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10 A fliK OMHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 20, 1920. Game Aids Boxing in More Ways Housecleamng in 3 : Wrestling Than One Comish Named By Council to Govern Bouts Success of Chicago 'Comujis gion Argument for Illinois Ring Law; Wrestling Folks Brought Ahout Law. If boxing becomes legalized in the state of Illinois, those who only re cently started cleansing all branches of sport will have to be given some credit for the passage of the bill making it possible. This cleansing move is Chicago own, and fortu nately it was deemed necessary at a time when it will do much to favor the ring game. Things often work out in strange' ways and this move, which will help the cause of boxing, really has noth ing at all to do with the glove game at this time. It is a move which concerns wrestling, the most closely allied sport to boxing. The wrest ling folks brought about the move themselves, and while it may sound strange, most of those connected with the sport believe that good will come "out of the wash." i City Council in Command. The city of Chicago, through its city council, is going to see that wrestling is honestly contested and honestly conducted, for by the crea tion of an athletic commission made up of seven men it will be on the square or there , won't be any wrestling. A riotous finish to a match staged at a burlesque theater in Chicago was the thing that spurred the alder men to action an resulted in the formation of the commission. Therefore, in a way, boxing may be helped by the disgrace that wrestling brought upon itself. Action looking forward to this commission was made necessary very shortly after the burlesque theater incident fof it was the opin ion generally expressed in all quar ters that such an affair did more to injure the chances of passage of a boxing bill something that has been sought in Illinois for many years than anything else, could. Something had to be done and the council, headed bar Alderman Anton Cermak, found the way, pr rather the cleansing remedy. ' . "J. Sox Scandal Another Blow. Those who have the interests of clean sport at heart have had much . to think "-about ih the last couple of years. Wrestling, almost always Vunder suspicion, was sadly in need of renovation Btffthat '-was not all Those Chicago White. Sox who ad mitted they threw the world's series of 1919. to the Cincinnati Reds pro vided reason for serious thought. So there were two sports in which the element of crookedness was conced ed to be in sway. Athletic CIub'Aquatic Stars Expect to Break Records at Jan. 13 Meet Pete Wendell, swimming instruc tor at the Omaha; Athletic club, has several swimmers ' who are regular speed demons when it comes to pad dling around in the water. Now these swimmers, Pete says, are going to win first place in easy fashion at the second winter swim ming meet scheduled to be held at the club January 13. Wendell, even goes further and predicts that his aquatic stars will even shatter the Yale interscholastic 200-yard relay championship of.l minute, 52 sec onds. The Princeton university team's Record of 1 minute, 51 sec onds is in danger when the KDmaha swimmers start splashing around in nhe tank, according to Wendell. The O. A. C. swimming meet has been sanctioned by the Western association of the A. A..' U., and records established at the local tank will be recognized as official by the association. E. Wallace McGillivray, Lloyd vNeff, A. L. Anderson and Roland Gaupel will represent the O. A. C. ia the 200-vard open event. In addition to the open event, sev eral closed swims are on the pro gram. Annual Meeting of Base Ball Federation Jan. 15 The annual meetina of the Na tional' Base Ball federation will be held at Cleveland, O., January 15, according to word received by the writer. That noncommercialized base ball is going to 'have one of the biggest years in the history of the sport is almost assured by the interest that is evident throughout the country, HIGH SOffeL BASKETBALL Gretna 68 Springfield 9. . Gretna, Neb., Dec. 25. (Special Tole tfruin.) The Oretna hlKii school basket ball team easily defeated the Springfield quintet here by a ecore ot 68 to 9. The victory over the visitors makes the seventy win for the locals thus far this ptasou. Oretna has lost only two games this seuaon. The local team has scored a total of SIS points to Its opponents . Ravenna 41 Utchfitld 15. Ravenna. Neb.. Dec. 25. (Special Tale- gram. )-rThe local high school basket ball team won another name here when It defeated the Litchfield quintet In a fast contest by a score of 41 to 15. The girls beat the Litchfield five by a score of 21 to 13. . ' ' ' Bethany Ha Good Team Bethany, Neb., Dec. JJ. (Spectetl-SThe Bethany high school basket ball team coached by superintendent u. m, uamauii ouehed Its sesson by victories Over Alvo, College, View and Bralnard. With -Cava at center;-Crane and Miller at guards and Gleen Turner. Ed. Turner and Fortlock working the forward positions with Bteyar, and Parker on the reserve Ust. Bethany expect to plow through the season with a clean slate, t tie scneouie initows: Waverlv at Bethany. December 22. WH- bor at Bethany. December 26.' Havelock at Bethany, December 21. Osceola at Osceola. January C. David OHy at David City, January J. Bralnard at Bralnard, January t. Seward at Seward. January 14. Wahoo at Bethany, January II. David City at Bethany, January 28. West Point ' at Bethany, February 4. Sutton at Beth- any, February 11. Friend at Friend. Feb ruary 17. Be Witt at DeWItt, February 15. Crete at Crete, Feoruary jy. Crete a Kethanr, February IS. American Stars to SwA fl W r America's hope to lift the Davis cud will depend on William Tilden. Watson Washburn, William John ston and Samuel Hardy. This speedy quartet of American tennis players sailed for Auckland, New Zealand, Britton and Lewis To Battle for Title WelterWight Champion Go ing Across Pond for Bout With English Scrapper. Jack Britton, the legitimate wel terweight champion of the United Statesy-is going to England for a fight. He has been matched by R. C. Welch, the fight promoter of that country, to battle Ted (Kid) Lewis the English welterweight champion, in a 20-round bout at the Royal Albert hall at London, on February 16. The men will fight at 147 pounds, weigh in at 2 p. m. for the welter weight championship of the world. Battling Levinskv is another American battler who is going to England for a fight. He meets "Bombardier" Wells, the English heavyweight, in a 20-round bout on the same card with Timmv Wilde and Champion Pete Herman, who fights 20 rounds on January 14. 1 he odds on the Dempsey-Carnen- tier match grow greater. Frank Moran's two-round knockout of Joe Beckett in London -will plav strongly on popular fancy and strongly em phasize the apparent superiority Dempsey enjoys over Carpentier. The Franchmah's reputation largely was built on his one-round knockout of Joe Beckett. That the knockout of Beckett induced many to over estimate Carpentier was shown when the British champion was stowed away in the second round by Frank Moran, tat, passe and at least one opportunity to regain his laurels. . Johnny Wilson, who took the mid dleweight title from Mike O'Dowd,' has the most brittle jaw that ever decorated a champion's face. In Canada the other night George Rob inson tapped him on the chin in the first round and down he went for the count of nine. Again, in the seventh, a poke on the iahr eave him a reserved sea't on the floor. Some of these dayj a reeular fighter will bob up in that class and the 'present crop -of middleweights will have to 'go. to work. McGowan to Turn "Pro." St. fauUMitin. Everett McGow an, national amateur speed skating champion, plans to issue a challenge soon to Oscar Mathieson of Nor way, for the skating championship of the world. . McGowan plans to turn profesional after Janury 1. Soccer Game War Taxes Pay $180,000 to Britain The British government has re ceived in war taxes at soccer games during October $180,000, showing the great popularity of the kicking style of foot ball in Great Britain. Ice Skating Being Fostered by Many MunicipalitiesOmaha In Line Two pieces of advice physicians give are: " - Get outdoors. Take plenty of exercise. Sensible people heed this advice. These people may shoot,' run, play golf or tennis in the summer season, and they are getting plenty of exer cise and getting it outdoors. These same people turn . to ice skating in the winter season. There is no more exhilarating sport nor better form of exercise than ice skating, espe cially when it is done in the clean crisp air. . Physicians know this and advice this form, of exercise There, are 25ice skaters today for every one there was five years ago. This army of ice skaters is growing every year. vice skating is making wonderful headway because municipalities are interested in its promotion. Play grounds and recreation centers have Been erected in hundreds of Ameri can cities during the past 10 years and until two years ago most of them were unused in the cold season. It is different now. These playgrounds and recreation centers, as well as va cant lots, etc., are being utilized as municipal ice skating rinks, and are lieet Australians from Vancouver on November 11. From the brand of tennis the Amer icans have displayed during the past year, teennis experts feel confident that they will return with the Davis cup. t John McGraw Tells of Funniest Ball Play New York, Dec. 21. "Do you re member the funniest double play on record?" sadi John McGraw to Barney Dreyfuss in a fanning bee. And then McGraw told this one: "Beaumont ('Old Ginger') On first base, Fred Clarke at the bat, Patsy Flaherty, who had a wonderfully deceptive first base movement 6n the mound. Patsy bluffs around with the ball, raises his arm, throws to first and Clarke swings his bat at the ball. - , " 'One strike,' says the umpire. Flaherty bluffs 'round with the ball some more, raises his arm, throws one straight across the plate. Clark lets i it go by and Beaumont slides back to first. ' i 'Two strikes,' says the umpire. "Flaherty fools with the ball some more, raises his arm again and throws to first base. Clarke makes another desperate swing in the air. j " 'You're out,' says the umpire. "The ball got to first before Beau mont could get back and he was tagged out for a double play." Trinity Cage Five 1 Expects to Win Over University of Omaha "i Sioux City, la., Dec. 25. (Spe cial.) With ' the first game ofithe 1921 basket ball schedule cardedj for January'8 at Omaha with the Uni versity of Omaha tossers. Gpach Erwin of the Trinity college team is planning on a hard week of prac tice tor the locals when they return from their Christmas vacation. Coach Erwin has developed a tairly good defense within the short time the Trinity basketeers have been practicing and with a week of work before the Omaha game the local athletic instructor believes his squad will be able to trounce the Maroons. May Match Plestma And Older Zbyszko New York, Dec. 25. (Special) Efforts to bring Martin Plestina and Stanislaui Zbyszko together at Mad ison Square Garden some time next month in a finish match are being made oy Promoter lex Kickard. the news leaked out today that Rickard had wired the managers of the two wrestlers offering 55 per cent of the receipts, which is calculated at about $bu,uw, to stage the contest here. Connecticut Boxing Bill. Watertfury, Conn. A bill for proposed law to legalize boxing in Connecticut will be drawn by a com mittee of siven, named at a meeting here.- The bill will be modeled after the Massachusetts and New York laws. Bouts would be of 15 rounds. even more active in the winter than summer. , Omaha has municipal rinks which are popular among the ice skaters of me i.iijr. me cjiy idKcs care oi ine rinks and every effort possible is be ing made to make the winter sport one of the biggest in the history of skating in the city. Boston,' Mass- has 18 municipal rinks whfn the weather is cold enough, and some of these links are large enough to accommodate thous ands of skaters. These are not the only skating places in Boston, but the 18 that the city takes charere of. Springfield, Mass., has 20 municipal skating rinks under the direction of the school board and the park com mission. Pittsburgh, Pa., utilizes its playgrounds as skating centers, as does St. Louis, ; Mo.; Worcester, Mass.; Columbus, Cleveland and Lin cinnati, O.j Baltimore, Md.; Lake wood, N. J.; Minneapolis, Minn.: Mil waukee, Wis.; Salt Lake City, Utah, ana Chicago, in. Chicago has the greatest number of free skating rinks. The city has Jloodd 70 playgrounds and 329 va cant lots 399 skating places. American Golfers Hit By Old H. C. L No Cure In Sight for Follow ers of Scotch Game Brit ish Cousins Protest. New York. Dec. 24. (Special) American golfers are not alone in feeling the pinch of rising costs in everything pertaining to their favor ite game initiation fees, annual sub scriptions, clubs, balls, tees, gaso line and what not. Our British cousins are rising in protest and the condition is worldwide. ( While no cure-all is in sight, conditions in in dividual cases might be mitigated to some extent by rigid economy on the part 'of clubs and green committees in the matter of wholesale improve ments. y ; ' Undoubtedly there is a compelling demand for first-class, even cham pionship courses, from players who have money to pay the price. They ask for billiard-table putting greens, a fairway on which every ball every time will come to rest in a perfect lie, tees level and smooth as a rug covered floor, and a club house with hotel .service. A man who demands everything in a club house, and a course on which he can play at any hour on any day of the week, with out waits at the tees, will have to pay ior ii. On the other-hand, smaller clubs are often impelled to emulate the larger organizations with apparent unlimited money behind them, on the insistence of a few members dis satisfied with ordinary ereens and club house conducted on simple and economical lines. uouDtiess there is a great deal of waste in manv clubs on course' rearrangement, re building of tees- and greens to the height of the latest fashion, for there are styles in golf course construction, anu me eiaporation ot club house maintenance. Scarcity of Basket ' Material at Badger School This Season Madison, Wis., Dec. 25. Coach W. E. Meanwell is the hope of the University of Wisconsin far a strong basket ball team this year. His proved ability to develop a pow erful quintet from ordinary material appears to be the only reason for any expectations that the Badgers may have for a standing among the conference leaders. There is a scarcity of trained ma terial on the .relatively inexperi enced squad, Captain Taylor at for ward is the only outstanding man. Last year was his first conference play. Ceaser, guard on the regulars last year, is being developed to fill the other forward position. Knapp, last year's captain will be available only until February when he grad uates. Mcintosh, a former substi tute, and Farrington, captain of the 1915 freshman team, are other for wards on the squad who may figure in the playing this year. , Refused $25,000 for Dugan, , Second-Sacker Philadelphia, Dec. 25. Connie Mack refused an offer said to be in the neighborhood of $25,000 for Joe Dugan, his youthful second baser. The temptation was offered by Mil ler Huggins of the Yanks, which club is scouting around for a key stone sack guardian. Dugan can play second, third or short with equal brilliancy, is quite a swatsmith and has only temperament as his fault. Connie. thinks this can be cor rected, after which he is certain Du gan will develop into one of the greatest infielders in the game. , Will Mack Sell Dugan? Philadelphia Despite the fact that Owner Comiskey has said he would "pay the price" for Infielder Joe Dugan of the Athletics, Connie Mack says the player is not for sale. Now Dugan says he will retire if he is not sent to the White Sox. Will Mack yield? , ""IS "POTTOfGTUE NEXT QHt OVER" We told you about Gink Fowler's early childhood in Roughtown, Lwhich was about 20 miles from Pueblo as the old crow used to ny. But on the Roughtown railroad the distance was 60 miles as the frog bounces. The Roughtown limited was only limited in comfort. The roadbed was so rought that a man could buy a jitney beer and have it churned into an $8 souse. The Roughtown hotel was located on the second floor of the roundhouse. They nsed to switch engines right in the lobby of the hotel, and they sold meal checks at 2 cents a mile. Room and bath was 50 cents. No discount without the bath. The ho tel was open all the year' round, especially the roof. The right clerk was also the track walker and switchman. He could play the Morse code on his celluloid cuffs and used to setid guests up the dumbwaiter to avoid grade cross ings in Peacock Alley. At the time all the other railroads went back to private ownership the government decided that the Roughtown rail road still had 20 years to serve. GINK GOT TWO BITS AND A B.AD LICKING. It was in these surroundings that Gink grabbed his early collegiate training in academic thuggery. His first fight, was in a preliminary to an earthquake in Roughtown, The sur vivors claim that Gink put on the best bout of the evening. He got 25 cents for thai battle, but had to part with it as a luxury tax on arnica and crutches. . . He was out for two hours after the final gong, but his opponent is now 52 years old and still believes in Santa Claus. Gink's share of the gate receipts enabled him to get " ' ' .' How to ' A long and powerful drive is invariably the hope of every golfer. A study of the above photograph will help the average golfer to his ambition. Harry Vardenj veteran-British professional, and often called the -world's premier golfer, illustrates how he' gets distance in driving from the tee. Varden is shown in three poses, addressing the ball, at the top of the swing, and the finish of the swing. Varden swings somewhat on the order of a ball player swinging a bar, giving him the good follow through," which accounts for his remarkable distance. At the finish of the swing his body is twisted almost completely around, and club far back shows that he has "gone after the ball." Gripping the club wrong has probably been the cause of more unsuccessful golfers than any other fcranch of the game. Note how Varden grips his club when ad dressing the .ball. A perfect grip makes' a perfect golfer, it has often been said, so here is your chance to cure a bad habit. , Dope Is All Wrong If Willard Wins Jess Thinks He Caff Beat Dempsey for a Champion ship "Comeback." New Yorlc, Dec. 25. (Special.) Jess Willard is one champion who believes that he will "come back." When the former heavyweight champion was beaten by . Jack Dempsey in the memorable Toledo fight Willard made no excuses. ' He packed up his belongings and hiked bick to Kansas.- There he added tOhis farm holdings. And then Jess began a system of traihing to take off his bulk. For several months he trained faithfully, according to re ports, and Jess never did, like train ing. He was just a good-natured fighter and lazy. Jess now feels that he can win back his laurels. The only apology Jess made after the fight was the next day, when he said that he was dazed from the ef fects of a punch on the head that Dempsey landed in the first round. Jess said it was the hardest punch he ever felt in his life. It so dazed him, he said, that he did not remem ber what happened afterwards. , And yet the Kansas Giant came back, and, although beaten and dazed, landed an uppercut on Jack that had Dempsey on Queer street. Jess Silent on Money. ,Tex Rickard, who will promote the match between Dempsey and Willard on March 17, says that he has had at least 60 letters from Wil lard, asking fof a chance again to fight his conqueror. And Tex stated that to all his letters Jess never once mentioned money or the amount he was to re ceive for his share- of the purse. "And you know that-Jess never missed a chance to demand the limit when he was champion," said Tex. But Jess will have one advantage he lacked in Toledo. He will not un derestimate his man. He did it in Toledo and got a terrific beating. He won't do it again, and he may get an other beating just the same. Race Horse as Souvenir. London, Eng. The liner Themis tocles, which arrived at Plymouth recently, had on board the Austra lian! steeplechaser, Kinlark. The Prince of Wales saw the horse win a classic race during his recent tour, and the owner, J. N. Niall, has pre sented the horse to the Prince as a souvenir. kicked off a freight train near Green River. A town where canary birds sang bass and blackjacks were trump. They traded bullets for answers and every house' had two doorbells. One for callers and one for crepe. Most of the population were wear ing tombstones for hats when Gink blew into town. It was Christmas week when Gink planted his stamp ers on Main street. Green River, and a spirit of Yuletide was in the air. He hunted up the village cemetery to -ad the-'latest news on the head stones. He discovered that he was champion as the bst figjiter in Green River had just made the mis take of trying to prove it. Gink got a job as waiter and started to throw off feelers. GINK MADE $2 FOR 82 ROUNDS OF FIGHTING. There was great rivalry between Green River and a town calb;d Splints, which has a heavyweigiit named Sudden Death, because he was as quick as cyanide. Gink of fered to rigjit Sudden for the cham pionship of both towns during the Christmas celebration. Sudden was a tough commuter and thought that pohon ivy was mistle toe. Gink won in 82 rounds of fighting. In the . last . round, 'he knocked Sudden down twice with one punch. He got $2 for hisgfight before his manager divided .the money. Gink decided to leave Splints about five minutes before Splints decided to. He had a beautiful disposition and could make friends with any turnkey in about a week. His next fight was back in Roughtown three days later. This story will be con tinued as little fts possible. m Get Distance in IB t ii ftp White Sox Will Send -Rooks to O'Rourke, Coach of St Marys Mike O'Rou'rke, famous foot ball coach of St. Marys college in Kan sas and manager of the Springfield (Mo.) base ball team in the Western association, has reached an agree ment with the management of the Chicago White Sox whereby the Sox vill give Springfield first call on its surplus material after the playing season opens. The Chicago "club has notified O'Rourke that it will send four players, including" a pitcher, to Springfield for more seasoning when the spring season opens, if the local management can use them. Otherwise they will be parceled out to other minor league clubs. - This reciprocity on the part of the White Sox is due to the fact that -the Chicago management .secured sev eral good players from the Spring field team at the end of the last playing season, including Catcher Gomes, who has the earmarks of a big league regular. Johnny Coulon After Match With Wilde Chicago, Dec. 25. Johnny Coulon, former world's bantamweight cham pion, expects to land a match with Jimmy Wilde, the world's flyweight champion, to be decided in London after the first of the year, according to detters from the diminutive Chi cagoan. Coulon is in Paris at pres ent engaged in theatrical work. He writes that he has received numer ous offers to box in Paris, 'Berlin and other, cities. Fairs May Be Held Together With Horse Racing Meets Baltimore, Md., Dec. 24. Agricul tural fairs to be held in conjunction with the race meetings of the four one-mile tracks of this state are a likely development of the plans of the' Maryland racing commission to establish a live stock breeding bureau to be maintained by these big tracks, according to Joseph P. Kennedy, a member of the commis sion, today. Boston A. A. Is Rushing Arena for Winter Meet Boston A. A. will hold its 32d an nual indoor track sports in the new Boston arena, rapidly approaching completion. The sports will take place February 5. The structure will include an 11-lap track, i More Seats in Yale Bowl. New Haven, Conn. Enlargement of Yale bowl to increase the seating capacity is under consideration. Thousands of more persons could have been accommodated at the'Yale Harvard foot ball game, had there been seats. Henry McDonald Writes History Of Nebraska State Sportsmen Assn. By HENRY McDONALD. Member OraBhn tiun Club. The Nebraska State Sportsmen association was organized at Platts mouth, Neb., in 1875. At that time there were no inanimate target shooting and the organization was for the purpose of deciding the cham pion shot of the state on live birds (pigeons). ' . " " A diamond medal was donated by E. Hallett of Lincoln,, and was held by the, state champion ior a period of one year. At the end of one year the medal was again put into com petition. In 1900 the medal was put into open competition and retired, being won at that time by William Duer of Hastings, Neb. Hallett, who donated this valu able prize, is still a resident of Lin coln and although past 85 years old, it still active and always interested in the affairs of the state association. After the 1900 association meet ing, the organization provided suit able prizes each year which were put into tpen competition and the winner at 100 tygets declared the champion for saia year. , In 1910 when the American Trap shooting association was founded the Nebraska association became a mem ber of the national organization. During 1910 the state association was reorganized and the first section of the constitution amended so as to state that she object of the Nebraska organization to promote trapshoot ing is to encourage the enactment of good game laws, and to render as- Driving All-Epstern Grid Teams Still Coming Ilek Takes a Chance and Se lects Star Eleven From Big Colleges One From Yale. J , By HEK. New York, Dec. 25. (Special.) It is much easier to pick a champion foot ball' team after a season's r""y than some people would have you think. And v it is much easier this year than ever before.' Putting myself in the position of a coach appointed to choose the best foot ball tern from the colleges in the section bounded by the Potomac river on the south and Pittsburgh's mills on the west, I say that the fol lowing is the best all-eastern eleven than could be selected: Legendre, Princeton End Keck, Princeton Tackle Woods, Harvard Guard Alexander, Syracuse Center Moore, Navy Guard Dickens, Yale ..Tackle Urban, Boston College End Lourie Princeton Quarterback Da vies, Pittsburgh Halfback Garrity, Prniceton Halfback Horween, Harvard ......... Fullback This combination has all the ele ments that make a team great. Each player is magnificent on the offense as well as on the defense. The center trio is as great a group as has ever been called- upon to repel a line smash. - At tackle and on the ends there is no question as to the ability of the men selected. Each has shown what he can do. Some critic may object that I have selected too many Princeton players in view of the fact that Harvard played the Tigers a tie game. To such I can only say that Harvard ws very lucky to escape a terrific drubbing. On form Yale can easily be award ed one tackle position, and nothing else. Acosta, the Yale gnard, can not be considered the equal of either Moore of the Navy or Woods, of Harvard: Star Yank Swimmers, One i! A Girl, to Tour Australia Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey of Phila delphia, Olympic champion and the foremost woman swimmer in this country, will represent the United States in a tour of Australia. ' In ad dition, Duke Kahanamoku. Ludy Langer and Pua Keoloha will make the trip. -r Charmed Letter for Fighters. There seems to be something in the names beginning with "J" which makes pugilistic champions. Wit ness: John L. Sullivan, Jim Corbett, Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey. sistance to every clean branch of sport. The Nebraska association holds an annual convention and tournament every year. The me'eting and shoot is always held during the last week in May. Members of the N. S. S. A., take great pride in the fact that the Nebraska association is the third oldest organization of this character in the United States, New York and Penn being the oldest associations. By reason of the membership the Nebraska organization was classed by the '. National association as a Class A association along with New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Iowa. All other states are in a lower classification. Dan D. Bray of Columbus, Neb., is the only living charter member of the state organization. Dan helped to organize the association in 1876 and has never missed a meeting or tournament. He is always prominent at the meetings and at the traps the youngsters have to, pull a wicked trigger to beat the veteran. The next meeting and tournament of the state organization will be held at Chappcll. John R. Wertz is presi dent and Guy C. Newman is vice president of the association. George L. Carter is secretary-treasurer. Sec retary Carter is anxious to enroll new members in the state organiza tion. When the tournament is staged at Chappell next year it will be the first time the state meeting has been held west of North Platte. Husker Cagers Mil Nev Year's Day Nehraska Basket Ball Team to Meet Illinois Jan. 1 and 2 ? Coach Schissler Will - -Take-Two Squads. -Lincoln, Neb.," Dec. 25. (Special.) Nebraska will invade Illinois next week with a basket ball team that should compare favorably with te . Cornhuslcer aggregation that last season cleaned up everything in tliis section of the Country. Coach Schissler has not greatly" changed the style of play that ill past years has proved so successful. ii '4 This system is one of a five-mau. : defense and a four-man offense.;-""' Day in and day out, Coach Schts- slcr fight to get his men .o do this great thing of "breaking." In au1 basket ball sense, the word "break'- i means to change from offense to de-V' fense. When the ball changes hands.-v the Cornhusker quintet is expected to move ftom offense to defense or:ij defense-to offense with the greatest : j. speed possible. , The success of the Husker coach's: t system play is certain to be giverMi- a severe test when the Nebraska.;-..; cage quintet goes up against Coach ;$$ Zuppke's aggregation of basket toss-,,",..$ ers. The Illinois team has been working hard and is certain to be in tip top shape, for the games Janu-,, ary 1 and 3. ' -. - Will Take Two Teams. - i;- i. It is not certain just what men' -; will represent the Nebraska school'.'" in the opening game with Illinois,'! but Schissler has at least two com- - " ' plete quintets, which he can useV'" These teams are classified as the light and heavy aggregations. ";"-";! The four regulars from last year's ' ''" varsity ' team , with the addition of""" Munger at guard constitutes the light-- team. On this aggregation are:;;r Captain Russell Bailey at one guard f,y and Munger at the other. Both of '. these men have a world of speed and ' have won renown by their ability1 1 to "break" fast. At center, Coach Schissler has"' probably the strongest man oa his entire squad, Melvin Bekins. Be'--kins is a fighter to the last word : and has a world of speed. He cam' "break" away from an entire team' I and advance the ball the full length of the field without being stopped.'.: He regularly gets "tip-offs" from op-' " posing centers that are some times as much as three or four inches taller. In addition, "Bek has a rer": ord for more cpnsecutive free throws ' than any Cornhusker that has gorre before him. ' At forward, Patty and Smith, for--:. mer Omaha High stars, will have lit- ' tie difficulty in competing with op-' posing tossers. Patty is an accur." ate basket shot. Smith is known for : -1 his ability to throw baskets frpm a'y most any position. Munn On "Beef" Team. ' ' Coach Schissler's heavy. team ,fh- T. eludes, Hartley and Munger, a pair', '; of husky foot ball players at the','. guard positions. Both are big and " ' " ' fast. Either man can, toss baskets with as much ease as the average; forward. Munn, because of his sizt,1 '' can be used well at the center posii: tion. Both men are in excellcpt condition and for that reason caiv' stand more hard playing than their' lighter team mates. M4!' At center, "String" : Yungmeyer-,. c; former Lincoln High star, fills the V: bill. Yungmeyer is good on basket" ' vl. shooting and free throws.. Carmen JSl and Warren are valuable forwards51'',' on this team. Both are pretty good;' size and strong guards as'well as. 1 forwards. . In addition to these teams, Coaclr'v ' Schissler has Newman and Sommers ".. ? as substitutes. Newman is the' ' quarterback of the foot ball teamv that played so much last fall. .He is short but stout and fast.' He can'"" fit in at guard on either of the two. other teams to good advantage ' . Sommers is a forward. Squad to Leave Tuesday. This cage squad will leave Lincoln .. Tuesday for Urbana. , It ill train ..:, daily on the Illinois gym floor until ft,,, the end of the week when it play;,' a game New Year's day and another-.' the following Monday. On Wednes-.,- a day the Huskers play Bloomington," the Illinois Wesleyan. . , ' Other sporting activities at the,., state university are taking a rest . over the holidays. Dr. R. G. Clapp is making plans for speeding up liis - . j wrestling squad to get in shape frfcJ" some mid-winter meets already scheduled. Track athletes will sfart work on . the board track immediately after',; the. holidays. Coach Schulte expects to work his men hard all winter andi take them to several iridoor meets,.!-", iu an effort to lift the Missouri Val-; .. ley track title next spring. Tlwj,. Cornhusker coach is badly hatuli- ' capped by the lack of an indoor,-; ; track, but will dp everything pos-; ", sible to make the team a success. .- Track Work Starts Soon. ;.;rtv Calls have gone out to all men,J',, organizations in the school .to seiic." out their' "dribs" to train for track work. Coach Schulte has asked for,: a track squad of 250 men. Captain John Gibbs and several other veter-e ans will help him get the squad ire-v shape. 1 ' vr" ' Floyd Wright, notable Cornhusker' hurdler, and Fred Dale, who broke cv a couple of .weight records last year,, a" promise to be big point getters forv'. the Nebraska school again this sea-i -i son. There are a number of fresn men coming up who show consid-"--erable promise. .... Athletic Director Luehring is lay ' ing plans for getting a swimming crew to repf esent Nebraska in some : meets during the winter. A swim-?", ming class instructed by Frank Ad-'V kins will probably form thj nucleus ' for the water, squad. Pirates Holding Out. Pittsburgh. Several Pirates have started the long-expected hold-, ' up of major league players fpt -hicher salaries. Whtttrd. p diithaw' Carev. Grimm and Connrr riav in. " C nuumcu mcir determination to niaKC Barney Dreyfuss come across with .. big increases in their contracts. ; i t
