Has Champion ;
, Jack Dcmpsey:
Slipped Back?
Utah Boy's Scrap With Ur?n
nan Starts Fight Fans to
; Thinking Champ Should
ir Steer Clear of N. Y.
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V By HApRY-NEWMAN. ,
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bn Leased Wire,
New Vmlr If. U, T-.-U
Dempsey gone back?
After watching the champion pugi
list of the world flounder through
12 ..rounds with
a commonplace
bojer like "Bill" Brennan, we are
inclined to the belief ihat he has
slipped back at least 40 per cent, or
else that he never was quite there
as real -representative titleholder.
Dempsey beat his man, to be sure,
and accomplished the trick with a
knockout, yet the crowd jeered him
as he left the ring a winner. It may
be that the crowd expected too much
front the titleholder. , ,
JThey had read of the Utah "boy's
greats accomplishments against VVil
lard, Fulton. Miske and others and
they rather expected he would step
our and annihilate Brennan in a brief
period. Great was the astonishment
when. Dempsey flew, at Brennan in"Taui ohenom stODoed Frankie Brown
:v.N Vw.U;7 ucw ax ultima" .
tne opening round andgreater was
it- -cnampipns surprise to hnd .
Brennan holding Jiis ground and will
jk io swap puncnes. s
. Crowd Cheers Brennan.
The crowd went wild and cheered
thjfc. courage of. the challenger at
every opportunity. showinE where
'cir . sentiments rested, and when
the Contest was decided all thir
vuGcia were ior me oeien iienier.
' Can you imag.'ne such a thing in
the days of Sullivan, Corbet, the
great Bob Fitzsimmon&J Tom Shar
key, and Jim Jeffries? 1 Wht is the
answer? Probably, nothing more
than that those fellows were real
fighters and not awkward, conceited,
ind over paid performers.
j However, the real question at is
sue is whether Dempsey has gone
back. Experts who watched him
the- other right were astounded , at
his w,ork. They contrasted his rip
jWng, smashing attack against Wil
lard at Toledo, and 6ouJd not bel'eve
it, Was th same Dempsey Then
again they thought of the night at
Harrison, N. J., when Jack crashed
the gianlFred Fulton reeling out of
the picture in less than a round.
It has' been hinted Dempsey was
holding up Brennan for the pictures
ind'that he d d not try his best,
vhich is probably a splendid line of
)uncombe. Allowing that Dempsey
night have been holding up Brennan
for the pictures, it is not likely he
wo'uld have beeiy willing to tak the
lasting he was subjected to, right
Tom the opening bell. Nothing do
ng n that score. Mr. Dempsey
s va? not holding up Brennan for the
Pictures. . v i
- Poor Excuse.' ;
Another suggestion presented by
he Dempsey excusers was. that Jack
was holding Bill up for a return en
jTieement. Now. anv one who has
ver seen uempsey tignt, Knows ne
yduld know how to act his part long
nuh to hold up any man.
'Dempsey has been matched to
ight Georges Carpentier for a purse
j $.UXMHK), and wUh this m view,
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i in not iiKciy wempscy wiuiiu xaivc
ny c.innces oi losing out on inai
core. Dempsey was in there try-
ng every men ot rnc way. dui ne
net a boy with a -good stout heart,
tnd when he found his opponent
wasn't" a bit scared, Dempsey
hanged his tactics.
"As we watched Dempsey strug
gling -along with Brennan for those
inany rounds, vainly trying to land
the knockout, and also watching
Brennan walloping the champion
ironnd with stinging rights and lefts,
we could not help-think Dempsey
was a lucky man that Brennan did
not carry a real punch.
tith the champion, the title would
have changed hands and new ar
rangements for the Carpentier fight
' Had Carpentier been the opponent.
,!t is almost a certainty he would
have, knocked out Dempsey, provid
ing, of course, that he could land as
nftan mm Tr,an snrt inAr ia small
v . . ii air uivimihh s... v w ...... .
tnskly, and. while Levinsky was noth
inir more than a stationary tareet.
Camentier showed speed and a
".mighty wallop, something that "Bill"
"Brennan does not possess, and we
aeainst the eame and will-nir "Bill."
V, . Steer Clear of New York.
'u"TIn to the time Demosev met Wil-
lard folks here naa Deen ie'i to De-
ve from the-Rlotf-ma accounts that
Dempsey was nothing short of a
superman, and that" it was nothing
short of a crime to match him with
men like Carpentier. atfd Brennan.
Now oninions are eeneral'v revised
ii:u ti-y j w
rhanc airainst Carpentier as about
:even up. . ' . . '
his Door showinsr against Brennan.
"it may be that the next, time out
Tick will go through his man with
same st)eed he used a?atnst Willard
and 'Fulton. But we think that the
champion had better steer clear of
XT t.t, .U It. eta .KiMii trim.
.Yen i Ul I. Wiitifcii an. o'"jmi . ' " '
inr for his next encounter. ".
'. Tack Dempsey-. is still-, young
. : i : .. . u . T. n
Tnan ann ne ;a wise ch.-ukii iu mivw
that onlv the most ra'etui prepara
tion will put him :n shape for his
important battle w'th Georges Car-nontin-
Tf vou me?n to keto the
title in this country lackfor good-
ness safe net ihiu rnoijc iv.
caarrel with the Fren'-hman.
Gophers After $50,000 ;
' For Completion of Poo!
: Ann Arbor. Mich.. Dec. 26. What
'Is sa:d to be the largest committee
'ever formed with a single- object as
its goal land comprising the entire1
. . ... r , it..'
''fnale student noav 01 me univermiy
of Michigan, will attempt to obtain
tion for completion of a swimming
pool in the Michigan Union building
on the university campus.
- All members of the committee will
; visit alumni of the university in
1..L... 1, m a .it!.. fl 1 1 r 1 n , Vi a
,.ton, ana return m janua"y -wun
funds they have collected. About
.O.OOO alumni of the unfversity will
be asked to contribute. ( v
If, the fund is obtained, swim
ming. Will be ad''erl tn the list of
conwetitive sports at Michiean. v
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Featherweight Contender
" sc? " s4-iiL 'Tfc m
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j .W"w' " 1 rr itTTT"'''-'
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Billy DeFoe, St Paul featherweight, whose ring work has created
a sensation. DeFoe is being hailed by' sport writers and boxing fans
ac ttij. ArrA4tif fafhrs in ill mfn tiAv Tn lite tatpef match tht
Kaui Dnenom stODPea rranicie crown
had previously soundly thrashed
Kilbane, knocking the champion down twice in their no-decision affair
m fhuaaetpnia. ine onty tmng separating i;efoe trom tne teatner- iwraontj 01 soum sioc ians, ais
weight title, in the opinion of the writers, is the forrnality of getting ; placed Issy fron the bag tempora-
t - . I. . t r ta t i , , i ;i i. 1 . .. . I . t A 1.
Kilbane into a ring. The photograph of DeFoe shows clearly his
powerful forearms and shoulder
ability. -
Small Bore Rifle League Plans
Big Events for
Shooting as a sport in its richest
interpretation implies getting cut in
the open, where not only the .rifle
man's expertness may And satisfac
tory diversion and recompense for
the long grind a the range, but
also that the mental and physical
element may be relaxed and in
vigorated, where a fellow can 'get
nature's shoulder under his burden,
where the mind is unbent with free
dom, where the heart pulsates with
animation, where the whole animal
as well as intellectual being is re
vivified under healthful influences.
Shooting as a sport will eventual
ly take one outdoor, which de
velops square men, fair men, do and
dare Vien, it gives the right start, a
light heart, it is the builder of self
respect, the key to personal in
dependence, makes men tower in
the confidence of power, ma!:es the
world a comedy of success, and
makes few things impossible of
achievement. I
vThe American Sma'lbore league
encourages a program that will bring
us back to off hand shootng. both
in and out in the good old fashioned
way of our forefathers, an era that
bespoke America as a nation of rifle
men, an appeal in the broader sense
to make the rifle and rifle shooting
a genuinely sporting proposition. We
stand for a program of novelty
matches, crash and .bust up targets
that can be made at will to test the
skill of the best. Matches with a
laugh, good ratured rivalry, where
markmanshin is judged by a man's
ability to. shoot. A program, and
permit this with emphaiis, fostered
"TWO AND THREE"
Puttfa th Nrat On Ovr.
By "BUGS". BAER.
' Tourists will, travel themselves
sour-looking over the ruins of Greek
and Roman ampithtaters and arenas.
They gallop all over Europe spot
ting ruins. Nothing seems right to
an Amerian unless it is a ruin.
Around 2460, a' Greek tourist will
get hunk by stepping over here antf
shooting a set of looks at the great
est arena in the world Madison
Square?Garden. -
And it is far superior to the Greek
junk heaps, because it has a press
gate. If any ancient reporter even
horned into a Roman spotting event
free, it was because he was going
to exchange bites with lion, winner
eat all. , ' ,
The old Garden has been sched
uled many times for the auctioneer's
baton. But the old sporting nest
manages to survive. The wrecking
crews that come to jerk it-jlown
stay to splash another coat of
hpainter's soup over it If there ever
comes a time when it must go to
make room for something useless,
America will lose its only real arena.
Anything that could ever happen
for the price of an admission has
happened there. Fights, municipal
choruses, opera, bike races, congrat
ulations, insults, moving pictures,
anything. . And don t forget the war
tax. - .
Next week it's .the six-day bike
race. Or what Tom McNamara calls
the poqr man's horse show. The
sprocket toreadors will paddle away
nine laps to the mile while the boys
in the attic mezzanine encourage 'em
with robust snoring
There's no time ttfstay awake like
the few minutes of the sprints. And
there's no time to sleep like the long
hours of the grind. ; It's a question
whether a six-day low gear mara
thon is. a sport or a punishment.
But there is a fascination about it
that would mflKe a bear leave his
hollow tree in a bliz?ard. The re
formers would like to change the race
and mount the contestants ori, swivel
chairs harnessed up to speedometers.
It's a tough sport, but it's gfeat
exercise for developing fhe. muscles.
It teaches man to fight, n if
it's, only for an overcoat.
The reformers are trying to elim
inate all kinds of port. A reformer
is a guy who. insists on installing a
Uiotise
That lets him out.
Tinker to Retire.
Columbus. oV-loe Tinker, for
mer shortstop of the champion
Cubs, is going to retire from base
ball. He has sold his stock in the
Columbus American association
team and says he is through with
the game.
Cowler to Meet Curphey
London. Tom Cowler, the Aus
tralian fighter, has been matched to
i meet Tark Curphcv. th heavyweight.
Ion December , ' '
of New York in fl roundsA Brown
or new iorx in ii n
the featherweight champion, Johnny
muscles, the ' secret of his punching
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Followers of Sport
and sponsored by civilians with no
other ambition than the promotion
of marksmanship as a national sport.
The program will be, different than
any ever offered heretofore. There
will be individual, tyro matches and
handicap sweepstakes, which will be
followed by an international indoor
match, team and individual, and then
a world s championship match out
doors. The international match will
be held in April. The scores will be
exchanged by cable. The American
Smallbore league team will shoot
against teams representing Switzer
land, Holland, Belgium. France,
Italy, England and Australia. The
American Smallbore league team
will be made up of the five shooters
making the highest scores in the in
dividual matches now on. The high
man in the international match will
be awarded the title of world's
chanipion indoor rifleman. .
Tne world's championship match
will be staged during September oh
the Amer'can Smallbore league's
range t Tenafly, NJ , This will
be a two 'weeks' tournament.
We believe that the members of
the American Smallbore le?gue are
prood sportsmen, and this very
thought excludes from its comrade
ship the unfair. The very nature of
shooting makes men who-follow it
a clean sport, with their own ideals
and standard of fair play. With thi3
in mind7 we have Adopted the honor
system of accepting scores. There
will be no reed of a shooter having
to have witnesses to his target, or
affidavits, or the humiliation of be
ing doubted. " ,
Boy Rifle Shot Bags
58 Birds in 58 Shots
Richard Lee Beck, the 13-year-old
Bridgeport, Ohiq, lad, who
just won the individual rifle
championship of the Winchester
Junior Rifle c; rfts f r t'i s?-ond
time, performed a feat in his home
town ori July 19 last which fully
attests his ability. Pigeons became
so thick about the Bridgeport
National bank that they were a
nuisance and the bank authorities
and the officials of Bridgeport in-.
vited young Beck t clean them
out. On the day mentioned he
came prepared for work. He fired
58 shots and brought down 58
pigeons, and not one of them was
neater than 100 feet.
Prospects for Winning
Basket Ball Team at
Minnesota Are Bright
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Minneapolis, Minn., Dec.' ' 26.
Basket ball prospects are as bright
at the University of Minnesota as
were pre-season prospects for a win
ning foot ball team this season, ac
cording to" announcement by ath
letic authorities.
Three of last year's first, string
men are out for the, ' team Capt.
Arnold Oss, Neil Arntson and Fred
Erike. All thre were on the foot
ball squad. In addition to these
men, 60 candidates for the squad are
working out regularly under the di
lution of Dr. L. j. Cooke, coach.
Unless players of exceptional
ability are uncovered, or injuries de
velop, Oss and Arntson ate expected
to be found at forwards, with Enke
playing one of the guard positions.
FcgelBerg, a new man, who, al
though lacking .in poundage, is
shooting and dribbling with the best,
and McMillan, look the best of the
field of second string forwards.
Kearney has had the edge for the
remaining guard position, although
rftlose fight is on between several
candidates. At center, Becker and
Grimes are leading the field.
Players Who Jumped W
Teams to Be Taken Back
Cincinnati, O., Dec 26. Ball
players who deserted the ranks of
organized base ball Jast season and
joined the . independent outlaw
leagues, are to be taken back into
the fold, according to a rumor here.
It is said that with few exceptions
the players will be allowed to re
turn on payment, of husky fines. v
No official announcement has been
made along this line, but it is said
that there" is a big possibility of
Manuel Cuets and Pitcher Gerner
returning to the Reds for the 1921
season,. Ollie O'Mara, who jumped
from Indianapolis, also is likely to
be taken back by the local club and
included in aP early ijeat
THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER . 27. 1920.'
Jinx Camps on
Sox First Base
For 21 Seasons
Except for Frank Ishell and
John Collins, Initial Cor
ner for White Hose Is
Hoodoo Job.
Except for two men, the position
of first ase on the White Sox team
has been a jinx job in the 21 rears
since Charles A. Comiskey invaded
Chicago with his St. Paul club in the
winter of 1900. . .
The. two exceptions are Frank Is
bcll and John (Shauno) Collins, and
those exempts may owe their immu
nity from the' hoodoo stuff to the j
fact that theyplayed many other po
sitions besides first base. There may
have been other mifor exceptions in
the cases Of youngsters who have
tried and failed to make good on the
initial corner of the south side dia
mond, but the jinx seems to have
pursued all the others who have ac
quired the right to be considered
regulars on that job.
Isbell Plays Every Position.
, Isbell was th-original first base
man of the White Sox. He came to
Chicago with Comiskey and, al
tnougn several otiiers, wnose names
never etched themselves into the
rUv. he keot on reverting to the task
season after season, until Jiggs Don
ahue claimed the berth in 1904 . '
l" Isbell then switched to various
other positions, both infield and out
in fact, in one season he occupied
every position on the team. In the
last- game of that -year, because it
was discovered from the records, that
Issy had done everything except
catch, he went behind the bat with
two out in the last half inning and
the final batsman fouled out.
Possibly for his versatility Isbell
escaped the hoodoo, for he gradu
ated from the Sox into minor league
dom, and is now the prosperous
owner of the Wichita Western league
club. . "
Fans Mourn Jiggs Donahue.
The man who got nearest to being
regular first baseman for the Sox
during Isbell s reign was the original
Cozy Dolan, who died before his
years of usefulness of the diamond
had passed. ' ' v
Sox fans all recall the unfortunate
end of Jiggs Donahue, who fell a
victim in his prime to a sickness
which cut short his career and ended
in his death. Donahue shared with
Isbell and George Roh the honors
of the world's series 'of 1906, the only
base ball Derby that has been played
between teams representing one city.
His playing at first base contributed
as much' to the victory of the White
Sox as did. the four two-base hits
by Isbell or, the three-bagger by
George Rohe with the bags loaded.
Chick Gandil succeeded Donahue
for a brief spell only before he was
sent to the m;nors for more season
ing, only to return years later to the
south side team after lie had played
with the Washington and Cleveland
teams of the American league.
Gandil and Chase Now Out
Gindil could not h;t a curved ball
when he first came to Chicago from
the Pacific coast, but after being
canned to Montreal he learned to
cope with the low benders which
drove him out of the big leagues. He
was a world's champion in 1917 and
might iiave been in 1919 but for the
gamblers. , He was one of the eight
Sox players implicated in that sensa
tional scandal and did not come
back. An unsuccessful attempt to
manage an outlaw team in the north
west finished Gandil's diamond ca
reer. - i ' ,
Following Gandil came several
who tried their hands at first basing
without much success until Hal
Chase was obta'ned and starred in
Chase was obta'nea ana starred in
the position until he jumped to the
Federal leapue ;n midseason. Once
more John Collins finished the year
on first. '
Barred From Outlaws.
Chase was one of the first majo,
league players to be implicated with
gamblers, while he was with the
Cincinnati club in 1918, but escaped
punishment until the following year,
when he was with the Giants and
tangled up others with him. including
Heine Zimmerman. Chase recently
Was barred from playing with an in
dependent team on the coast.
)f the youngsters tried out Babe
BoVton came nearest to making good
Borton recently was suspended-by
the Pacific Coast league following
revelations regarding the scandal
pertaining to the coast circuit's pen
nant race in 1919.
Among those who tried for the Sox
first base job and failed were Bob
Hasbrook and Ted Jourdan. neither
of whom inhabited the place long
enough to become infected, so Jhey
had good prospects of fninor leagu?
careers before them. 1 With each
failure John Collins gravitated back
to the job and finally, achieved much
distinction thre this last vear.
New Tennis Rule Would
Jeopardize Future of'the
Sport in This Country
London, Dec. 26. (Special.)
There is a proposal to be put before
the general meeting of the Lawn
Tennis association' which is of very
sinister import, and, if carried, wil'
jeopardize the future of the game
through the world in.geneiul aj in
this country in particular. By a
curious irony the proposal aims at
international uniformity, but at this
date, is absolutely destructive of in
ternationalism. The proposal runs: '
That, wltji e view to uniform Iw be
ing adopted by all eountrlMi whore lawn
tonnla la played, power be given to the
International Lawn Tennla Federation to
maintain and modify the laws of the
ftrtme, aubjent to the following condition,
via,: (1) That the official and deelatve
text of the lawa ahail forever be In the
KngUah language. U) That no altera
tion ahall he made In the lawa of the
came, except at a general meeting of the
International Lawn Tennla Federation, nor
uhleaa a reaolution embodying alien amend
ment ahall he carried mm. con.
Yale to Row Columbia.
New Haven, Conn. Yale and Co
lumbia will row two races on. the
Housatonic rive at Derby on April
3G. according to tentative plans. Yale
will also row Pennsylvania over the
same course on April 16. On Mav
21 Yale will row Cornell and
priucetpu at Itljgia-
Anyone , Want
Many freak sporting jwagers have been lost and won, but here is an
absolutely new one. Charles Wade, a well known 'Los Angeles athlete,
has offered to bet his services for five years against $10,000 that he can,
in one year, "walk", from Los Angeles to New York on his ands and
feet. He esVmates he can cover 15 to 16 miles a day. As yet no one
has accepted lis ofUsv . '
Tries to brive
Champs Info Bouts
Tex Rickard Wants to Stage
Great Series of Fights by -
, Title Holder " ;
New York, Dec. 26. Fighflovers
are, in for the biggest treat in the
history of the game,, if the plans of
Tex Rickard are carried out; and the
tport "reformers"., fail to check him.
Not content with promoting the
Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier
fight, Rickard is now on the trail of
every champion in his class.
Outside of Densey and Leonard,
none of the champions seem to be
willing to risk their title in a de
cision bout in New York. They find
the no-decision bouts more profit
able. But Tex is not disheartened.
He is going, to keep right after the
champions until he lands every one
of them. He feels that the publltrj
wants to see the champions in action,
not in decisionlcss bouts, where the
title holders get a big guarantee and
weigh as much as they please while
holding their opponents to the
weight limit for the class, but-in
titular bouts where the champion
must extend himself in order to
keep his crown.
Pete Herman, the vanguard of
the bantam division, has given a
promise to Rickard that he will sign
up' But if Pete should sign up and
lose hisvtitle. &11 thoughts of a match
with Jimmy Wilde, the flyweight
chamolon, .would go by the boards.
And a match with Wilde, provided
it was held in England, would bring
thousands of dollars to the Amer
ican bantam. -
Rickard has been staging fights
between near-contenders in the dif
ferent classes. He is weeding out
the boxers in order to get a suitable
opponent for a champion.
The welterweight' ' tournament"
will be over in a few weeks, and
then Tex will try to get Jack Brit
ton to meet the contender who
stands out most prominently in the
tdurnamnt. .
Johnny Wilson is another of
Rickard's objectives. Wilson, who
purloined the middleweight crown
from Mike O'Dowd in Boston sev
eral months ago, has been a rather
lough proposition with whom to 4
business, but Ric!:ard has developed
penchant of usually getting what he
seeks and Wilson :s on Tex's
calling list at present.
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qVOS lnrOllfmOUt
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U. a. Seek MUjions
" lor New Stadiums
The stadium' idea has spread among
the country's colleges. Following
the success of the Ohio state
stadium project, universities all over
the country have been seized with a
similar desire, although no univer
sity has yet undertaken such a large
task as Ohio has shouldered.
Leland Stanford university has
planned to build a $750,00(1 horseKfie
to seat 60.00tr people, while the Uni
versity of Illinois is discussing one
at about the same cost, to seat 50,
000. University of California has
set its hopes on a $1,000,000 bowl to
seat 60,0001 "
Michigan is planning to enlarge
Ferry field, owing to the large num
ber of people who were turned away
at the foot ball games there this fall.
Their contemplated stadium will
seat 44,000, and the cost is estimated
at $400,000.
It is probable that the Ohio
stadium will be the largest in the
country for some time to come, be
cause there- is no other school in the
country that has the central location
that will demand such large seating
accommodations.
, To Hold Race Lotteries.
Sidney, N. S. W. A'ith reference
to the, announcement made some
time ago that the state government
was considering a scheme for the
raising of state loans locally by
means of state lotteries, it is now
stated that s cash prizes on racing
events, and ,not treasury bonds,. will
be given.
Big Bonspiel (or Quebec.
The Quebec Curling club is invit
ing clubs from Canadian cities to
take part in a gigantic bonspiel next
January, celebrating the 100th birth
day of the club. It -is expected 200
curling rinks will participate.
(2Kq (ChildroriWo
in. the SundavBcV
me c
0
to Ride Him?
kk J7
Christmas Day Was
Tough on Rabbits
' Christmas .was a bad day for
Br'ier Rabbit in this section of
the state..
All out-going trains yesterday
marning carried nimrods to
their -favorite hunting grounds. -
One local follower of the gun
returned from Herman, Neb
with 57 cctton tails and reporte
that if he hadn't ran out of am
munition he could have shot 5?
more, which only goes to show
that fiie life of a rabbit on Christ
mas day isn't worth as much as
a German mark in a near-beer
parlor.
Schmader and Lee
- To Box New Yi
9
ear $
Andy Schmader, Louisville, Neb.,
heavyweight scrappei, and JohnnV
Lee of Omaha, will meet in a '10
T0 bouV the. feat"re, ev.ent ff- a
athletic entertainment to be staged
at Central City, S'eb., New Year's
night. ' A ,
Roy King will battle Fav Hal
stand of Central City, in one of the
preliminary mills, while "Irish Kid"
Heaton and Lew Davis swap Wows
in the' second bout. ' Andy Wilson
and "Kid" French meet in the first
battle.
r- s:
Harry GrebEjeats
Jeff Smith in Bout
Pittsburgh. Dec. 26. Harry Greb.
Pittsburgh, received the newspaper
decision over Jeff Smith of Kayonne,,
N. T., in a 10-round bout here.
Pete Civic, Pittsburgh, in his first
professional bout, was defeated by
Patsy Young in a six-round prelimi
nary bout. Civic was former ama
teur bantamweight champion. ,
0. A: C. Flashes
By O. P. WENDELL,
Director of Swlmi-lng, O. A. C.
Member Not. Swlmoiing Inntriieore' Aa.
The 50-yrd elub breast etrolie cham
p'onshlp awlm Is Betting moro interesting
iach day. Keed Pete-s, Dr. S. E. Isaacson,
A. V. Crawford, Scofir'.d DeLong and P.
J Dlmntid have entered this Important
event and it looks like the race will be an
exceptionally close finish. -
R. I.. Koblsnn M borU In the tank after
an absence of two weeltp. sir. jtonison
says tho best pools In New ,Tork havo
nothing on us. rive swims a week ketfl
Mr. Boblson In the best of trim.
J. A. Mornn la onother whale who Is
(Jetting amblt'nus to become a' ahark.
The O. A. C. sharks are ail the name Ini
plUa. M. E. Itnndall ts working hard on the
erewl strol-e. Ce'tlng better ever dny
end we look forward to the day when we
will get him enterf'd In one of our meets;
Edwin 8. Jewell ! n real b-eaxt stroker.
Tho Bullfrors tnke notice when thry sse
his "frcs kick." Life-saving stunts are
caFy for Mr. Jewell. , ,
J. M. Hurdlng sryai "If you haverleI
to float'gtr rour life and hav deeided ou
are not built rlirht to f:oat, and have giv
en up hone of enjoying this pleasure, get
In the swim at the O. A. C. and learn to
float In five minutes."
We look for another quarter-mile side
stroke record in a few days from E. F.
liorgjum. . Back -stroke Is going better
Jao. , ' - -
Charlie Garvey la bark In the tank
practicing alnce he discovered Charlie, jr.,
end Bert trying to teacb Tount BUI
!arvey, , how to awlm !n the bathtub
last week. As soon as BUI learns to swim
we will have enough swimmers to form
the Garvey swimming team.
' I 1 Bweet now admits swimming la
the best exercise. Ask him why. Quarter
mile swims are easy now for Mr. Sweet
The .O A. C. Relay team looks Tery
strong. E. VVa'lace. McOllllvray. Lloyd
Ntff, A. I Aniler.on and Roland Gaupel
are swimming in fine form and expect to
bring home tho macheral.
L. H. Mntt-xm Is another regular who
Is progressing fast on the shark degree.
John Robertson Is going good and 'has
siTned up for the JOO-yaruclub champion
ship -awlm to be held on January 13. Soma
exceptionally good .time la expected ot
this event.
Dr. Stanley G. Reed was In the tank for
a couple of quarter miles last week. The
reds need another good swimmer for the
polo team.
I). I. Dlmond and Heoflehl IHI-ong B
two evenly matched young mermen w '. ,
enjoy a mile crawl stroke awlm. The (
two young coming champs will set a fast
pace In the next meet.
Have too noticed swimming models the
yuung o. A. C. mermen Into regular
Apnllos? Swimming la the best exercise
to build you up if under weight and re
duces If overweight.
Jack Garrcy Is practicing regularly
again for the diving exhibition Janunry
1,1. Jack is showing better form Uian
ever. .
K. A. Taomann, Jr., is hitting up the
sprints In exceptionally good form.
The O. A. O. Rwlmmlng team la show
ing better form every May and trom th
time being made, It looks like some rec
or (in will be hung un for the western aa
se.emrion or mi A. A. V.
:May Stage March 17 :
Bout in Jersey Gty, -Says
Willard Impostor
Final arrangements for the Jack
Dempsey-Jess Willard tight are be
ing made by T Rickard and Jack
Kearns, despite criticism ol the pro
posed battle. Opposition to staging
the bout in New York has become
so strong, however, that it is under
stood it will be staged hi Jersey Citv,
N. J., and negotiations are being con
ducted to titilize the ball park there.
Few can conceive Willard's, abil
ity to stand with Dempsey, even one
round, if the '-Jagony" is not pur
posely prolonged. W. F? Corbett
of Sydney, Australia,'. one ; of the
greatest-boxing critics in the world,
dubs Willard as an "impostor," having-
the following to say about his
match with Dempsey: "The huge i n
postor, Jess Willard; is talking about
ctmv'ng back, and some New York
scribes will fall for anything if he
tolerates that."
Suspicion has been aroused over
the length of the Dempsey-Btennan
battle, statements being made it was
purposely prolonged' to give Demp
sey an opportunity to secure other
matches. Attention is now drawn to
the offer to Dempsey of $50,Q0O to
meet the winner of the Harry Greb
Jeff Smith bttt in Pittsburgh to
night and to efforts to pit such op
ponents as Bob Martin, Tommy' Gib
bons and other of the lesser fry
against him.
Pulitzer TroDrSv Race
For 250 Miles to Be
Held NextAugiist
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 26. The
Pulitzer trophy race, the airplane
classic of America, is to be held here
in 1921. according to Col. J G. Vin
cent, head, of -the Aviation Country
club. , ,
As tentatively , planned, the con
test will be staged over a triangular
course. The race, it was said, would
be for about 50 miles, with 45
hv'e's to a leg. .
The date for the races has not been
fixed, but would probably be held
late in August, Colonel Vincent
stated.
Templeton Named Track ) '
Coach at Stanford Uni
Stanford University, Cal., Dec. 26.
"Dink" Templetoq. one of the
famous athletes produced at Stan
ford, has been named as 'varsity
track coach for the coming season.
He was a member of the foot bail
'"am this -year. ' '
He placed third in the broad iump
in the latest Olympic games at
Antwerp.
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Athletic Director tuehring Is
Trying to Schedule Notre
Dame on 1921 Gridiron
Program.
Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 26.(SpecUl
Telegram.) The University of Ne
braska's foot ball team will buck up
against the Haskell Indians at the
state fair ground gridiron here Oc
tober 15. Athletic Director- Luejhring
this afternoon signed the contracts
which will bring the Indian pigskin
kickers here to do, battle with the
Cornhuskers. " i
In completing arrangements call
ing for a game with the Haskell war
riors, Athletic Director Luehring as
sured Nebraska grid fans of an op
portunity to see one of the strong
est elevens in this section of the
country in action against Cornmtsk
ers. Seldom a season passes but
what the ILiskell school is repre
sented by a team which is consid
ered on a par with Missouri valley
elevens. '
Thus far Director Luehring has
scheduled six games for the 1' 21
squad. The Cornhjiskers and Ne
braska Wesleyan clash October 1
and on the following Saturday the
Nebraslcans will. rest. The Indians
will perform October 15, and two
weeks following, Oklahoma uni
versity, headed by Benny Owens,
will invade Lincoln for a struggle.
Following' the Sooner game the
Huskers hop a rattler for Pitts
burgh, where tl) Pittsburgh univer
sity will be met November 5. Kan
sas university and Nebraska tangle
at Lincoln on the following Satur
day and on November 29 the Iowa
State Cyclones will entertain - the
Cornhuskers.
Star Yank Swimmers, One
A Girl, to Tour Australia
.Miss Ethelda Bleibtiey Vt Phila
delphia, Olympic champion and the
foremost - woman swimmer in this
country, will represent the United
States in a four of Australia. In ad
dition, Duke : Kahanamoku. I.udy
Langer and Pua Keoloha will make
the trip,
Prince of '
Wales Boxing Prize;
A challenge shfld for a
London-
boxing competition among, units of
the Territorial cadet force, has been
presented -by the prince ol Wales.
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