THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER ;31, 1920.
American Tennis
Players Defeat
Australian Team
Tilden and Johnston Literally
Smother Brookes and Pat
ter;n In Matches to Deter
mine Cup Winners.
Auckland, N. Z., Dec. 30. Ameri
can tennis players today scored a
double triumph over the greatest
Australasian net stars and tonight
held the position of favorites in the
tournament for the Davis cup, the
historic championship trophy of the
tennis world. William T. Tilden II
of Philadelphia battered down Nor
man E. Brookes, captain of the Anti
podean team, while William T. John
son of San Francisco virtually
smothered Gerald L. Patterson, the
brilliant young star who won the
English championship from his
teammate, Brookes, in 1919.
Ihe Americans need only one
match to win the cup. The scores of
the matches to low: niden deteat
ed Brookes, 10-8, '6-4, 1-6 and 6-4;
Johnston defeated Patterson. 6-3, 6-1
and 6-1.'
Doubles for Friday.
Brookes and Patterson have a
chance to partly redeem their post
tion tomorrow in the doubles against
Tilden and Johnston, The way Til
den and Johnston ripped their way
through the defenses of the Aus
tralasians in today's contests, how
ever, gave supporters of the Ameri
cans reason to believe that Brookes
and Patterson must play super-tennis
to win even a momentary respite.
The . final matches will be played on
Saturday. ,
Tilden was plainly puzzled today
by the splendid volleying of
Brookes, who maintained a terrific
pace throughout the match. Tilden's
brilliant returns did much toward
turning the tide, although the heat
and Brooke's age favored the Ameri
can. Brookes' game was only slight
ly below that shown when he was in
the heydey of his old-time mastery,
Tilden s play justified his position as
world's champion. -v
Took Two and a Quarter Hours.
The match was played in two arid
one-quarter hours, including, inter
vals of seven minutes between the
sets. It was contested bitterly, but
in the most sportsmanlike manner,
Brookes deliberately driving the ball
out of the court on one occasion in
order to make up for an assumed
error on the part of the line umpire.
The first set was a gruelling strug
gle, which Tilden wononly after a
remarkable recovery of form in the
laicr guinea. xviucuiaii iuunu
i wonderful reserve strengtn. ine
third set marked the culmination of
Brookes' play. After losing the first
game he opened fop a. series of irre
sistible drives which carried Tilden
off his feet and won the set, 6 to 1.
The fourth set was opened by
Brookes in the same masterful way
and he won the first three games,
making nine consecutive games he
had taken from the American cham-
fion. Here Tilden rallied, however,
irookes was tiring fast and Tilden,
continuing with unbeatable tennis,
won the set and the match.
Tilden's Serve Terrific.
Tilden's.. first-serves were terrific
and an analysis of the match shows
that Brookes can attribute his defeat
to this feature f the Americans
game. Tilden's second ball was in
variably returned by Brookes, "who
; . .v. n Um PViilaHrlnhistn's
back hand. ; t .
Johnston's severe drives .to Pat
terson's back hand in the back, court
featured his first set .with .the young
Australian star. " Patterson replied
to his drives weakly and his volley
ing' back handers were driven back
with lightning speed by: the Cali-;
. fornian. Johnston had -.won three
games before Patterson was able to
.score a victory, and finally won the
set, 6 to 3.
Patterson Was Easy.
The second set showed plainly
that Johnston had Patterson's mea
sure, as he won ,the set almost at
his own pleasure. Patterson won
the first game, but failed to break
through in another contest during
the set, which ended, 6 to 1, in John-,
ston's favor. Patterson's volleys
which crossed the net were so weak
that Johnston was able to run in
and score with lightning drives.
The third set was a repetition of
the second, Patterson's play grow
ing worse each game. Johnston
won five straight games before Pat-
i terson gained a victory, but the
.American took the following game
with ridiculous ease. It. is fair to
say that no one ever has been so
overwhelmed in a Davis cup chal
lenge round, and Patterson must
reorganize his back hand strokes if
he desires to retain a place in Davis
cup tennis circles. ;
Johnston showed - complete mas
tery of the game at - all times and
his forehand drives to Patterson's
back hand were almost always .win
ning strolces. ,
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"Young" Fitzsimmons
.'Wallops Jack Dillon
(hlca. Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Win.
- San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 30.
"Young" Fitzimmons of Oklahoma
City gave Jack Dillon of ' Indian
apolis, everything but the K. O.
blow in a ,12-round bout here and
received the decision with honors.
Hockey Season Opens at
. Qeveland, Ohio, Tonight
Cleveland, O., Dec. 30! The local
hockey season opens .here tonight
with a game between the Toronto
university and Cleveland teams The
two teams also play here tomorrow
and Saturday nights. '
Tremaine and Montreal
Mill Through 10 Rounds
Detroit, Dec. 30. Carl Tremaine,
Cleveland, and "Young" Montreal of
P.Atr!f(.NM fMtafit 10 rnnnda la fit
.night, neither fighter showing a
marked advantage. Some sport writ
ers gave Tremaine a shade. -
Amateur Fenceca of U. S.
May Challenge Britishers
New York, Dec. 30. The Ama-.
teur Fencers' League of America if
considering challenging English and
Italian teams to a series of, tourna
ments in this country next spring,
St was learnedi today,
&
Defeats Australian Star
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lis? V5U $f I
William T. Tilileri: II. of Phialdelohia. ranking tennis oerformer in
the United States and champion racquet wielder of thecoUntry, Won the
first match played in the Davis Cup at Auckland, N. Z., Wednesday
when he defeated Norman- Ei Brooks, captain pf the Antepodean team,
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NEXT
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There are some transom climbers!
who don't think there was ever
knucklebuster By the name of Gink
Fowler or an egglet by the name of
Roughtown. N
We wouldn t gain anv surnlus
profits giving our readers the run-
around. You can find Roughttovvn
on the right map. You dan't find lots
of places in France unless you con
sult a battle map of Europe. And the
place (to look for Roughtown is on
the battle map of America. Gink
discovered, that -he was a fiehtcr in
a peculiar way. His father wanted
to educate him as a spigot inspector,
but his mother thought he would
make a better thimble repairer. In
stead of that Gink ran away and
Roy Moore Scores
Win Over Sharkey
New York, Dec. 30. Roy Moore
of St. Paul scored a technical knock
out over Tack Sharkey after one
minute of fighting in the 11th round
of a scheduled 15-round match here
last night. Both men are bantam
weights.
Referee Harrv Stout of Milwau
kee, stopped the bout to save Sharky
from further punishment. The man
ager of the local bantamweight, who
was not in his best form, .wanted to
throw up the sponge in the. 10th
round but Sharky insisted in finish
ing. He was badly battered in the
next round when the referee stepped
in and stopped the tight.
Sharkey weighed 120 1-2 nounds
and Moore 122 1-2.
Punch Carnival to Be
Stage
ed at Fremont
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 30. Fremont
will be treated to -its first boxing ex
hibition in IS years New Year's day.
Ihe main bout will be between
Walter 'Swede' Erickson and
Johnny Sudetiberg, two light-heavv
weights. It is to be a 10-round, no
decision affair. The semi-final will
be a six-round bout between Bob
Ferguson and Ray Stannarc. light-
heavyweights. . Bob Ferguson was
discharged from the navy as the
champion light-heavyweight of the
racitic fleet, .lhere will be several
preliminary bouts also. t
Jack Fitzgerald of Omaha will
referee the bouts.
South High Five
Trounces Alumni
Coach Patton's South High school
basket ball tossers donned their ab
breviated uniforms last night and
walloped the Alumni in a hard-fought
game at the school gymnasium by
a score of 25 to 14.
The floor work and basket shoot
ing of Graham and Captain Neiman
featured the game. It was the first
game for the Packers this season.
Chess Tournament Starts
At Bloomfield 15 Entries
Bloomfield, Neb., Dec. 30. (Spe
cial.) The local chess tournament
is now under way, the first session
taking place last evening. In the
tournament each one of the 15 mem
bers will play one game. Players
are rated in three classes: A, Bi and
C A class A man must handicap
a B man with two pieces and a C
nan with one piece.. B men- must
give C men a handicap of one piece.
Some good play Vas developed in
the Monday evening session. ,
Jact Reynolds Beats '
Jensen, St. Paul Rassler
h ; Cedar Rapids, la.,' Dec. 30. Jack
Reynolds, welterweight champion,
aeieaiea inor jensen ot St. i'aui
here tonight in 'straight, falls. A
body scissors and quarter nelson
brought the first fall in two minutes,
while a leg split won '.he second fall
in 28 minutes. .
pan!
r'wsK
m v
v
CNft
got a job as master of ceremonies in
an election riot.
He equipped himself with 10 cents'
worth of lumber and swung '"the
election for Taft, who was so de
lighted with Gink's efforts that he
appointed him to his cabinet for a
Tuesday matinee. Gink's first fight
was a shadow-boxing tournament in
California. Gink' won from, his
shadow when the sun went down
after 12 hours of the roughest kind
of shadow boxing. After that he
went after the gooseflesh champion
ship,! defeating Tom Cowler in three
10-word challenges, collect '
, Wonderful Battle.
His best fight was with Kid
Measles. The Kid kept pushing
Gink's nose like an electric button
for 11 rounds. In the 12th Gink
swung one from. "the terrace and
caught the Kid square between two
rows of store, teeth. The Kid went
up toward the ..nickel sets, and the
referee counted him out in the air.
It was the first time that a fighter
had ever been counted out on the
wing. Giiik was famous after that
and would have made lots of jack
if he could ever have gotten by the
night watchman ' and the .burglar
' After that he grabbed a job as a
sparring partner to the boxing kan
garoo. The boxing kangaroo J was
the first real vegetarian champion in
the game. However, he got to chas
ing grasshoppers for dessert and the
fast life killed him. This gave Gink
his first championship. He went
back to Roughtown in triumph, was
met at the station by tht best loafers
in town and was the guest of honor
at a dinner in the jail that night
He was invited to stay thirty days
by the town sheriff and spar with a
pile of rocks. The town hated to
see him go and Gink hated to have
the town see himigo. He justified a
fortune teller's prediction of future
success by swinging down a rain
spout and going away from there.
, His Record.
At this time he had been in the
fighting game for 11 years, had won
300 no-decisioin bouts from railroad
detectives, 40 finish fights with beef
stews ,and lost three battles with the
health authorities of V small tiwns.
Each victory found him a little near
er to New York and finally he was
adopted by a wealthy ear trumpet
tuner who wanted Gink to serve an
apprenticeship in. the boll - weevil
nurseries of Texas.
Gink was prouder than a darky
with straight hair. He passed up
the offer colder than a picnic dinner.
He was without a nickel and pro
ceeded to aim his flat arches for
the big metropolis. He picked .'em
up and laid 'em down all night. In
the morning another day dawned
with its new hopes and fears.
(Gik's life will be continued in
spite of the high price of pipper.)
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Work Piling Up lot Judge Landis, -New
Commissioner of Base Ball; '
. Clark Griffith First to Submit Case
Chicago, Dec 30. Work is piling,
up for Judge Land's, new commis
sioner of base ball, while he is wait
ing for the minor leagues to ratify
the agreement with the National and
American 4 leagues. Cases for him
to decide in his new capacity as su
preme udge of the national sport
are coming In, but he has no juris
diction at present, and will have none
until the compact with the minors is
officially ratified and signed January
12 at the joint session at the Con
gress hotel. Until that date Landis
can merely gather the data, analyze
it and then be prepared to hand
down his decisions after the cove
nants .have been accepted. .
Clark Griffith, president and mana
ger of the Washington club, is the
first major . league club owner to
submit a case to ludce Landis for
adjudication. The latter- .has Grim
uui s version oi mc anair Dciore mm,
Bakersfield High
Defeats Berkeley
Eckersall Saya "Prep" Teams
Of Coast Not as Far Ad
vanced as Midwesterners.
V By WALTER ECKERSALL.
Chicafo TribiMM-Onuktui Bee Xjgmni Wire,
Pasadena, Cal, Dec. 30. After
watching the struggle between. Ba?
kersfield and Berkeley High schools,
foot ball champions of California
mterscholastic federation in tour
nament park yesterday, the highg
school elevens of the coast cannot be
said to be as far advanced as those
of the middlewest." Bakersfield won
the game, 14 to 3. j
The contest, despite the absence
of the varied attack displayed by
leading "prep" teams of Chicago,
Detroit,' Toledo, Cleveland, and oth
er cities of the middlewest, was in
teresting Because the contenders to a
certain measure followed the style of
play used by the University of Cal
ifornia the same style which prob
ably will be called into use against
the Ohio State middlewest confer
ence champions on New Year's day.
From reliable sources it was learn
ed that the University of Califor
nia, which wilt" meet Ohio State in
the important intersectional battle
at Tournament park on New Year's
day, employs the same sort of of
fense. If the Golden State eleven
does not vary its attack more than
did the two prep elevens, the Buck
eyes will be a certain winner. The
play which worked successfully, to
day, cannot be expected to be pulled
on Ohio.
Omaha Asked to Join
National Base Ball
H Federation This Year
A campaign has been launched by
the' National Base Ball federation of
non-professional clubs to enlarge
the membership in the association.
Omaha has been invited to join
the federation this year and in order
to secure the membership of this
city, James F. Potts, secretary of
the association, will be in Omaha
during the latter part of this week
or the first of next in the hope of
inducing this city to join., .
Word was received here yesterday,
that Secretary Potts left Cleveland,
the home of the federation, last night
for Chicago, planning to visit Minne
apolis, Kansas City and other points
besides Omaha in the interest of the
association.
Buhl Base Ball Club
Releases Players
Salf Lake City, vDec. 30. The
Buhlbase ball team, winner of the
Southern Idaho league champion
ship, will be minus several of its
1920 players next season in that
they have been released to other
clubs, according to word received
here. Those released include Crego,
rightfielder, who will be with the
Portland team of the Pacific Coast
league: Riol. shotstop. who has
signed a contract with Oakland;'
Whitehead, third baseman, who will
be with the Dallas team , in the
Texas league; Downs, who will play
with the Jersey City team in the
International league Williams, first
baseman, who will be with the Weth
crford" team of . the , Kansas State
league. .-.'" '
Formation of New
Athletic Conference Sure
Chicago,1 Dec,,30. The formation
of a new interstate athletic confer
ence oratiially was assured today
following a conference of represen
tatives of middle western colleges
here. It was decided to hold a
track meet at Coe college, Cedar
Rapids, la., in May.
Beloit," Carlton, Coe, Cornell
(Iowa), DePauw, Hamline, Knox,
Lawrence and Wabash are expected
to Become members.
Colleges May Permit
Boxing Among Students
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Chicago, Dec. 30. The boxing
committee of the National Collegiate
Athletic association will submit a
new plan, amended to the extent that
objections which caused the associa
tion to refuse to sanction boxing in
colleges and universities yesterday,
will be eliminated at next year's
meeting, it was announced today.
Fear that boxing under the plan
offered yesterday would get beyond
control of faculties was said to be
the reason for disapproval. v
"Kid" Schlaifer May
Meet Chicago Scrapper
"Kid'' Schlaifer, local welter
weight scrapper, may journey to
Chicago early next month to swap
punches with Jack Perrin "of the
Windy City in a 10-round mill. Gene
Melaay, manager of the Omaha He
brew battler, is trying to close the
contract. 1
If Schlaifeu and Perrin battle it
will be in Chicago, January 8. .
but as the Pittsburgh team of the
National league and the Little Rock
club of the Southern association are
involved, he will have to hear from
them iiefore being in a position to
pick the winner.
Two players, Miller and Brottem
of Little Rock, are involved in the
case Griffith has submitted to the
new commissioner. According to
the Washington club owner's con
tention, these two athletes belong to
him, although now on the reserve
list of the Pittsburgh team. Griffith
entered into an agreement with Ihe
Little Rock club whereby he was to
secure Miller and Brottem in ex
change for two players and a cash
consideration. The two men were
sent to the- Southern association
team, but one of them was unable
to play. As a consequence the Little
Rock officials concelcd their arrange
mentwith Washington and sold Mil
ler aid Brottem to Pittsburgh.
Roger Hornsby, Star
St Louis Player, Not
For Sale Rickey
St Louis, Mo., Dec. 30.
Branch Rickey, manager of the
St Louis Nationals, today reit
erated that Roger Hornsby, in
fielder, is not for sale. This an
nouncement followed one made
in New York last night that an
offer by the Giants of $200,000
and four players for the local
star had been turned down.
Bee want ads are business getters.
A Small.
of Splendid Quality Merchandise
Friday in the Downstairs Store
V Owing to the fact that this "Small Lot" sale includes just limited
' 'quantities and broken sizes in all lines of merchandise we can
not guarantee for the day's selling. ' .
Women's Wash
for $1.00
White Cotton Blouses slight
ly soiled from handling during
the holiday season will be
placed on the bargain table
Friday at, 3 for 11.00. Sizes
34 to 44.
Damask
kins
39ceaci
v Hemstitched damask Nap
krns. of heavy weight and fine
quality,. 19 inches square; limit
of 12 to a customer; 39c each.
NaD
.
Small Lots of Enameled Ware
-t 29c, 49c and 69c
These come in gray enameled, white enameled and blue enameled. . . Some pieces are slightly imper
fect. Included are: '
Covered Buckets
Colanders
Preserving Kettles
Women's Wool
Jersey Suits
$10.00
In this lot are included just 20 of " All-Wool Jersey and
Poplin Suits made of good quality material. The colors are
gray, green, brown and blue. Some of these are unlined and
are just a nice weight to wear in place of one-piece dresses this
winter.
Men's Felt
House
Slippers
at$1.95pr
The man of the house would
certainly appreciate a pair of
these felt house slippers at
$1.95 a pair.
Women's
Boudoir
Slippers
at$1.00P'
Boudoir Slippers left over
from the holiday business are
Included in this lot. The colors
are red, brown and black. Not
all sizes in the lot.
May Withdraw
From Association
International League and
American Association Dis
satisfied With Ruling.
i
Baltimore, Md.i Dec. 30. The
possibility that the International
league and the American association
msy'withdraw from the National as
sociation of Professional Base Ball
EVERYBODY'S STOR3
Small
Women's
at
50c
. These are slightly soiled from counter display,
but every garment in the lot is a splendid value.
The lot includes :
Outing Flannel Gowns
Outing Flannel Petticoats
Muslin Nightgowns
Envelope Chemise
Sweaters 1
Children's Winter Coats
Children's Wool Sweaters
Milk Kettles
Coffee Pots
Tea Pots
Clearance Sale of All Broken
Lines of Merchandise in
Men's
Furnishings
'Men's Neckband Shirts, Madras, neat patterns,
slightly soiled, at $1.00 each.
Men's Initial Handkerchiefs, 6 in a box, 75c box.
Men's and Boys' Jersey Gloves and Mittens, 25c.
Men's Flannel Shirts, all colors, $1.98.
Boys' Blouses, fine quality, broken lots, 50c.
Men's Fine Silk Hose, 35c pair. '
Boys' and Girls' Play Suits, $1.00.
Men's Flannelette Gowns and Pajamas, $1.98.
Men's Work Pants, $3.00.
Men's and Boys' All-Wool Sweaters, $2.95.
Men's Silk Mufflers, 75c.
leagues, composed of the minor
leagues of the country and enter
the new national agreement as a
separate and distinct body, is in
dicated in correspondence between
President Hickey of the American
association and Jack Dunn, president
of the Baltimore club of the Inter
national league.
Judge Landis, base ball high com
missioner, is quoted as saying he
saw v no reason why the two class
AA. leagues should rot enter the
agreement to be adopted at .Chi
cago next month, as a class by them
selves along the same lines as the
National American leagues.
The chief cause of the dissatis
Lots of
Garments
each
Children's Colored1 Dresses
Children's Outing Flannel
Gowns '
Children's Outing Flannel
Pajamas ,
Mina Taylor Dresses
Mina Taylor Breakfast Sets
Convex Kettles
Tea Steepers .
Strainers
: A Limited Number of
Untrimmed Hats
at 25ceac
For those who are tired of their hat by now or find it be
gins to show the season's wear, this is surely a wonderful op
portunity to get another. One of these shapes and a bit of
trimming will tide you over nicely to the next season.
faction of the two big minors is the
ruling of the National association
that it be given S per cen of the
gross receipts of all post-season
series.
Two Stars of Chicago Five
In Poor Condition for Game
Chicago, Dec. 30. The University
of Chicago basket ball quintet, sched
uled to meet the Princeton five here
tonight, will enter the game with two
regular players in poor condition.
Stahr is just recovering from a siege
of three weeks' illness and Williams
is having trouble with a bad knee.
Both, however, are expected to play
part of the game.
Girl's Wool
Middy '.
Dresses
$3.98
Girls Middy Dresses made
of ' navy wool serge ' with
pleated skirts, emblem on-;
sleeve ' and trimmed in white
braid are offered for quick
clearance at $3.98.' Sizes 18
and 20. ,
Turkish
Towels
These are large size and
good quality, they have fancy
colored border and colored fig
ures, very specially priced from .
35c to $1.25 each. . ;
Safe
Handled Covered Sauce Pans
Pudding Pans i
Sugar Bowls, Etc.
Women's Black
Kid
Slippers
at$1.95pr.
i
One lot of Women's Black
Kid One-strap Slippers; just
the thing for house wear; on
sale Friday at $1.95 a pair. '
Children's and
Misses' Felt
Slippers
at$1.00pr
There are not many of these
felt slippers in this assortment,
but while they last you may
choose from the lot at ll.QO
a pair.
