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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, VJ20. Court Quashes Indictments of Ball Players Charges Against Borton, Mag gert and Rumler Dismissed; Judge Rules No Criminal Act Committed. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 24. Grand Jury indictments of Wiltiam (Babe) Borton, Hart Maggert and William Rumler, alleging that they con spired to prearrange decision in Paciftce Coast league base ball games, were quashed by Judge Wil lis in the Los Angeles superior court. Judge Willis held that the indict ments did not, allege a criminal act. The district attorney's representative inn court said he could, not say whether new indictments would be sought until he conferred with his chief. William H. McCarthy, San Fran cisco, retired president of the Pacini: Coast Base Ball league, said today professional base ball players should bar from their ranks W. Baker (Babe) Borton, Harl Maggert and William Rumler, players who were cleared of indictments in Los An geles today. Mr. McCarthy said he had feared the indictments would be o.uashed." Stand Convicted in Eyes of Fans. "Even ii these players may not be punished criminally, Rumler and Maggert stand indicted and con victed in the eyes of the coast league base ball public," McCarthy said, "if the law cannot punish them it re mains for base ball to do its share anyway and to at least keep them from participating, in professional ranks. An indictment against Nathan Raymond, who was accused of tak ing part in the alleged conspiracy, was also dismissed. ' " The decision of the court followed the entry of a demurrer to the in dictment which was presented by counsel for the accused men when they were called upon to plead re cently. The demurrer was argued several days ago, but Judge Willis took his decision under advisement until this morning. After reviewing the alleged facts in the indictment, which were in substance a recital of the steps by which the four were said to have ar- j ranged in advance to determine the winners in Coast league games so , that they and others could profit.! Judge Willis said: Players Notified of Ruling. ! "There is nothing in the penal code of California providing for prosecution for the offense named in j the indictment. The conspiracy, if it j existed, and if it -was carried out, constituted a violation of contract. The remedy for that is in the civil courts. The contract broken pro vided that the men should play ball to the best of their ability." Th ronrt nrefaced this statement by saying that ."if the charges of conspiracy were true," the actions on which thev were based were "re- orehensible." Borton and Maggert were in court and expressed great joy at the decision. - Rumler and Raymond, who were not in town, were notified by telegraph. A, : : Demands of Hard Coal Miners Are Rejected Philadelphia, Dec. 24. Declining to reopen the award of the United States Anthracite Coal commission, the mine operators rejected thev de mands of the hard coal mine work ers for additional wage increases, a minimum $6 day labor rate and the establishment of,a universal eight hour day. . , Mine workers representatives told the operators that they could not ac cept any compromise and stood by their original demands. They said that the entire matter v.ould be placed before the union's general scale committee at a special meeting in Hazelton next Tuesday, vhen a "definite policy for future action" will be outlined. Dundee Athletic Club Trounces C. Y. M. A. The Dundee Athletic club basket ball team defeated the C. Y. M. A. quintet at Dundee school gymnasium by a score of 27 to 10. The game was hard fought, from start to finish and featured by the good playing of Robertson, who scored eight baskets for the winners and Bader who played a fast floor game. Peterson played the best game for the C Y. M. A, scoring three baskets. Holmes and Gandoln also worked well for the losers. m Toledo High School Grid Team Leaves for Coast ' Toledo, O., Dec. 24. Coach Sara Willamon and his East Tech High school foot ball squad, 20 strong, left here today for Everett, Wash., where they will contest on New Years day with the holders of the . Pacific coast title for the national high school foot ball honors. All the players were reported in excellent physical condition. A workout was planned at either Pasa dena or Los Angeles. According' to schedule, they will arrive in Everett the morning of December 30. Professional Tennis Meet Will Be Held On January 10 Philadelphia, Dec. 24. Play for .he professional tennis court title of America starts at the Racquet club in this city on January 10. The leading professionals of the country are entered in the event, which will rnntinue throushout the week. jay Gould, open champion of America, and amateur champion , of the world, will defend his title in a round with the winner of the tour nament. Uni of Pennsylvania Star Swimmer to Retire Ptiitadelnhia. Dec. 24. Ed Shields. one of the Stars of the University of Pennsylvania swimming team, an nounced today tnat ne soon wouia leave the university and probably would not compete in the champion ship, tourijiment of the Intercollegi ate assocLtion. He plans to cuter ..! fJ -t:f :. f sluices ip ViuyiuM May Meet f&W j Frank Moran, the Pittsburgh heavyweight, will probably soon sign articles to meet Georges Car pentier, according to reports from London where Moran knocked out NEXT CNC OVEI" Curfew. , With the yeggs working three eight-hour tricks, the police blotters read like Margot Asquith s diary. The crime wave reached a new high water mark, although some other kind of drink is causing it. With the country in the last staees of a democratic administration. everybody is suspicious of everybody else. A bridegroom held uo his wedding ceremony yesterday, while h? blew a police whistle and counted his money. This deplorable condition of civic unrest is what European diplomats label ihe entente cordiale. The city fathers will establish a municipal cur few, compelling all the proletariat to dc in ine poornouse Dy twilight Curfew was first introduced by William the Conqueror 'in England. He ordered all lights and furnace fires out by 8 o'clock, indicating that he was a landlord in his heart. Every yegg is a Santa Claus with sand in his sock. A fractured skull or two ain't so bad. You can cure every one except the first But com pelling every citizen v stay home at nights will soon put the United States in the power of the grapho phone needle trust. Having a sock knitted over your Believe Golf War V Has Been Averted New York, Dec. 24. The threat ened split between the Western Golf Association and the U. S. Golf Association ' probably has been averted.- Representatives of the two organizations conferred here yes terday. The Western Association1 recently announced a plan "to Amer icanize" golf. "There is every reason to believe the differences heretofore existing betwen the two associations will be adjusted," Secretary W. D. Vandcr pool of the national body said; Buckeyes Arrive at Pasadena for Game Pasadena, Cal, Dec. 24. The foot ball squad of Ohio university ar rived here today for its game with the University of California at Tournament field New Year's day. It was reported that all players were well, and that those whose minor disabilities from former games had caused concern, were all improving. American Polo Teams To Meet English Champs London, Dec. 24. The Hurling ham Polo club today formally an nounced receipt of the challenge from the American Polo association for a series of matches for the in ternational trophy next June. Extensive plans are nearly com plete for the accommodation of the largest gathering of fpectators that ever witnessed a polo match in Eng land. , The first contingent of American ponies arrived today. Willie JarkMii, New York lightweight, who hail been laid up for the last two weeks with a bad cold In the muscles of his shoulders, has started training. One of his first bouts will probably be with Lew Tendler at Milwaukee; January 2t. Fighting Dick roadman, featherweight of Buffalo, and Mike Dundee of Rock Island, will teatura In the final bout Tuts day night at Kond Pu Lae. Wis. Dundee scored a knockout the other night over young Dirk of RockTonl in four rounds. Klit McCoy, heavyweight of two de fades ago. has luM-oni? :t broker in Loa Norman Selby, la waking his homo thero. Angeles. The kid. whoae real name Is Carpentier Joe Beckett, the English .heavy weight champion, in two rounds the other night. The plans for the Car-pentier-Moran match call' for a 20-round bout in London in Feb ruary. ,-' , . bean with A black-jack is rather rough embroidery. But no New Yorker stays home unless he is ex pecting a visit from the sick com mittee of his beneficial lodge. In somnia is no disease in a barroom, pqker game or cabaret. Insomnia is no disease any place except at home. , r Between getting cauliflower ears listening to the wiff's relatives and inheriting a, fractured toupee on the street is about an even break. The man who wrote "Home. Sweet Home," was never there. A curfew law would punish the wrong par ties. v There have been thousands of blackjack festivals recently. Every night is a Tag Day with a chunk of lead pipe. . . !y All citizens have been compelled to buy two hats. One to wear with a lump and one without. Leaving the question up to""' a plebiscite of robbed inhabitants would probably result in cm few be ing abolished. The streets are dan gerous, at night. But most any bird would rather prefer 10 years n a hospital to the deadly monotony of a -happy home. , And the strangest of all curfews is the one the Blue Lawites arc-now ringing on the Liberty Bell. Pete Zivic Deserts Ranks of Amateurs Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 24. Pete Zivic,. who was a member of the United States blxing team .at the Olympic games, will turn profes sional here on Christmas afternoon, when he meets Patsy Young in one of the preliminaries of. the Harry Greb-Jeff Smith bout. 0 . " " Zivic was defeated at trie Olympic games in the final bout of the ban tamweight class. -,;!: Moore and Sharkey " Swap Punches Dec. 29 New York, Dec. 24. AH the neces sary details have been completed for the 15-round contest between Pal Moore of Memphis and Jack Sharkey, the , East Side ' bantam weight, to be ' held at . Madison Square Garden on December 29.The two boys, have agreed to weigh 122 pounds at 2 o'clock on the day of the contest. It is expected the winner will furnish another opponent for the new champion, Joe Lynch. t ; Cornell Harriers and Oxford to Meet Dec. 30 Cambridge, England, Dec. 24. Cornell university's cross-country runners, who will meet the pick of Oxford and Cambridge universities at Roehampton December 30, took their first practicVyesterday, cover ing the five-mile, course. The time was -not recorded, but Coach Moakles said the performance was satisfactory. Pete Zivic, a member nf the tnlted StaUs boxing tealn at the Olympic games, will turn professional on Christmas after noon when he meets Patsy Young In one nf the preliminaries of "the Harrv Greb Jeff Smith bout In Pittsburgh. Zivlo Is ft bantamweight, and Is one of the most consistent tmateur winners In the Pltts Inrgh district He was defeated at the Olympic games In the final bouts of bis class. y Ray Signs Contract With Philadelphia Stillwater, Okl., Dec. 24. Wilbur Ray, the only athlete who has won a letter , in .four .different sports at the Oklahoma A.! & M. college here, has signed a contract with the Philadelphia Americans as a pitcher, he stated here yesterday. lie will re port,- tie said, at the Athletics spring trainirig camp at Lake Charles, La., late m cbruar' Pacific Coast Coach Sure of Win New Year's Confident California Eleven Can Defeat "Big Ten ' Cham pions Buckeyes End Journey Today. By WALTER ECKERSALL. I (Copyright. 1920. by the Chicago Tribune.) Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Stanford University." Palo Alto, Cal., Dec. 1 24. Fortified with a wealth of secondary players and first string warriors who have shown their ability by winning the Pacific coast championship, Andy Smith, coach of theCalifornia eleven, which meets Ohio State, western con ference champion, in the big inter sectional game at Pasadena New Year's day, is confident his team will be the victor in a struggle which is the main topic of conversation in the golden state. "I have a powerful eleven, ' one which may be stronger offensively than defensively," Smith said last night, "the reason for this statement is that we have Had the ball in most of our games and the few times other elevens had possession of the oval, they did not give our defense a severe test. "I am positive we can stop Ohio's straight attack and I have evolved a defense which, I believe, will prevent the invaders liom executing the forward passes, which I under stand won the conference champion ship tor tnem. ut course tney n,ayijT.ii t e j if' , f",! get away with one or two, but not Will UeienCl lllS llUe enougn to score. One of the interested spectators was Robert "Dink" Templeton, Stanford s treat all around athlete. Templeton was a member of the American Olympic team whifjjwent to Antwerp last summer, ana ne played half back on the Starifora eleven this fall. California won from Stanford, 38 to 0, but Templeton said the .battle jwas harder fought than the score indicates. The Ohio oartv continued its jour ney late this afternoon and will reach Pasadena at noon, tomorrow. Big Game Hunter Has Pig Which He Uses In Capacity of Bird Dog Natchez. Miss.. Dec. 24. Tucker pGibson, known as the champion big game hunter of lensas parish, Louisiana, claims he owns a pig which he uses in the capacity of a bird dog, and asserts the pig makes perfect stands and never flushes a covey of birds- . Mr. Gibson said that soon after the birth of the pig, bn the death of its mother, it was adopted by a pointer dog with a litter of pups and that the pig continued to associate with its foster brothers and sisters after it became well grown. He de clared that the hunting proclivities of the pig were accidentally discov ered the first time the young dogs vere taken to the field, the pig ac companying the party and taking an animated part in the hunt. Maupome Defeated 'Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 24. John Layton. world's thretf-cushion bil liard champion, defeated Pierre Mau pome, 5U-4U, in i innings in the nnai game of their three-cushion match here last night. ADVERTISEMENT. 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Tanlac is sold in Omaha at all Serman & McConnell Drag Com pany's stores, Harvard Pharmacy and West End Pharmacy. Also in South Omaha and Benson Phar macy, Benson; George iScrt, Flor ence, Neb.; Saratoga Pharmacy, 24th and Ames, North Omaha, Neb., aud the leading druggists in each city jitfd town throughout the state of Nebraska, 1 Win $100? Here's Your Chance! Owing to. the Christmas holiday no pictures are published today in The Bee's $100 movie star contest , ' Pictures numbered 41 and 42, which are next in line for publication, will be printed tomorrow in The Sunday Bee. American Tennis Team Is in Good Condition And Ready for Matches , New York. Dec. 24. Cable mes sages received here today from Sam uel Hai'dy; captain of the American tennis team now at Auckland. N. Z., stated that the plavers were in ex cellent condition and keen for the opening Davis cup matches, which begin December 28. The New Zea land climate has enabled the chal lenging team to round into perfect condition and the players are looking forward to the contest for the in ternational championship with con fidence. The order of play and the final selection of the players, who will meet in the four singles and one dou bles match, will not be announced until next Monday under the 24-hour clause governing the contest. All re served seats for the matches have been sold and a capacity throng of spectators will witness the three-day tournament which will decide the possession of the international ten nis trophy. ' New Bantam Champ to Rest Month Before He New York, Dec. 24. Joe Lynch, new bantamweight boxing champion of the world, will take a month's vacation and then start "the serious business of. defending his title," Ed die Mead, his manager, announced today. Lynch went irtto seclusion after the fight Wednesday, ip which he triumphed over Pete Herman. A tour of the country, in which he will meet many bantamweight aspirants, is being planned, Mead said. "One thing is sure," he added. "h will nor en in Encland: the Ttittle old United States 'of America is big enough for us." ' Back to j ' J 4 .... ' Pre-W air Si Battery Prices Prest-0-Lite Batteries for All Cars Last to RaiseFirst to Reduce That new storage battery your car need can now be bought at a big and substantial saving. You will think the good old days have really come back when : you see what Prest-O-Lite has done to restore the low cost of motoring. Heavy Reduction in Cost of Your New Battery :;'o'-' V' -; Yet quality has been rigidly maintained. That un- usual pep and reserve power for which the Prest-O-Lite battery has always been famous is greater than ever today. A full powered battery of correct size for your car is ready, waiting for you at the new price. A Prest-O-Lite battery in your car will give you a world of satisfaction. '" . j. ' ' . The Battery, Service Company, Park "Avenue and -Harney Street, will quote you the new low price. If your old battery still has some value, we will make you a handsome allowance in buying a new battery, a still further saving in addition to the substantial discount that the new low price will give you. e : . Battery Service Company . Distributors Park Avenue and Harney Street fhon Harney 3358 Horn of Friendly Service Phone Harney 335S Indian Motorcycles ' , Indian Bicycles EVERY TRICYCLE AND BICYCLE At Wholesale Prices Until Jan. 1st OMAHA BICYCLE CO. t Sapi, th Indian Man, Propv Bowen Basket Bailers " Beat Fremont Roses , In Hard-Fought Game Fremont, Neb., Dec. 24. (Spe cial.) The Bowen Furniture basket ball team of Omaha added another victory to its growing list here to night when it defeated the Fremont Roses in a hard-fought, but clean contest by a score of 40 to 26. The score at the end of the first half was 14 to 12 in favor of the Omahans. Both teams played a close guard ing game during the initial period, but during the last half the visitors displayed a better brand of team work and this, coupled with their ability to shoot baskets from all angles, spelled defeat for the Fre mont basketeers. Klepsar and Usher starred for the winners. The two visiting forwards played a good floor game and their basket shooting was one of the fea tures of the game. Chambers and Bloome played the best contest for the local contingent of tossers. Purse of Kentucky - Derby, Feature Turf Event, Is Increased Lexington, Ky., Dec. 24. The purse for the Kentucky derby to be run at Churchill Downs, Louisville, May 7, 1921, has been increased to $50,000, it was announced tonight by Col. M. J. Winn, general manager of tne Kentucky jockey club. This sum, together with entry and nomination fees, will make the total value of the race in excess of $60,000. The value of jhe race to the winner in 1920 was $33,000. The ipring racing season in Ken tucky will open in Lexington, April 23, and extend 61 days to t July 8, the state racing commission decided today. Lexington will have 11 days of racing. Louisville 20 days at the Churchill Downs track and Latonia 31 days. v - 16th and Chicago Sis. ; Joe Lynch Idol Of Fight Fans In New York Lower Vest Side of Metropo lis Still in State of Uproar ' Over New Champion Of Bantams. Clilc)ro Tribune-Omaha Bee Teased Wire. New York, Dec. 24. The lower west side of New york is still in a state of uproar all due to the fact that Joe Lynch, the great little fighter, won the bantamweight championship of the world when he defeated Pete Herman at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night. The chances are that the celebration will continue well into the New Year because Joseph is a most popular boy. Modestly wearing his new crown, Lynch shrunk from the adulntion which was showered upon him. Nev er much, for the spotlight, Joe managed to shake himself free from his friendfand went for a long walk alone. Eddie , Mead, who manages the new champion, was as happy as the kid with a new toy. When we asked the chanfbion if he had any new plans, or matches in sight, he replied: "No I have no plans, other than I am willing at all times to defend fJAYDEN'Jy JL JL THE CASH STORE v Wish to All Is the Merriest Kind of a Merry Christmas and a Measure full to overflowing with Happiness and Prosperity for the Coming.New Year We deeply appreciate the good feeling and confidence of the buying public evidenced by the Immense Christmas Selling, and are bend ing every effort to make the New Year one ia which we can insure our clientele Better Values Better Service than ever before in the history of this big Cash Store. v Monday, Dec. 27th We begin out Great Annual YEAR-END CLEARANCE. Sweeping Price Reduc tions in all lines of Winter Merchandise. WATCH SUNDAY PAPERS for fur ther announcements. 1& tt I . i Your attention is directed to our advertisements in Sunday's Papers. It's news of a' most iw portant type news of the Greatest Sale of 1920; 1417 Douglas St. my title.; I have struggled for this for five years, but now that I have it I do not intend to sink it away from the rest of the boys who might like to take a shot at it. "The title is mine only so long as I can protect it, and when the time comes and I am compelled to re linquish it, I hope to do it with tlic same grace as Pete Herman did I like the stand taken by Herman. Ik never uttered a murmur against the "decision of the judges. At any rate I did not hear him (make any pro test." While Joe Lynch was receiving all the admiration, Peter Herman and his party hopped a steamer for Lon don today and are now well out on the briny. Peter is going to fight Jimmy Wilde, in London on January 14. On the same steamer was Bat tling Levinsky and wife. The battler is ou his way to London, where he is scheduled to fight Bombadier Wells on the same night as the Herman-Wilde bout Paul Prehn Beats Moline Wrestler Charles City, la., Dec. 24. Paul Prehn, University of Illinois wrest ling coach, defeated Bobby Bylund of Moline, III., middleweight, in straight falls here last night. Prehn won the first fall in 35 minutes with a reverse arm scissors and the sec ond in 32 minutes with his leg-split hold. Prehn is to wrestle Charles Chav eriet, Franco-American champion, at Mason City next Tuesday night. Elmer Beddeo II -7. pvTsunuuy wis ti es to thank the many friends of this store for their liberal pat ronage and to wish them a Merry Christmas
