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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 19211 . Will Organize National Body To Rule Boxing Seniteen States Appoint Delegates to Attend fleeting In Irish Patsy Cline, Now Cured of V v "Double Vision," Prepares to Stage Comeback in Lightweight Class New York to Effect Control of Game. St II it ,1 'A York, Jan. 4. Organization of a national body to control pro fessional boxing will be effected at three-day session beginning Jan uary 10. Following a luncheon to the delegates, an executive session to select a temporary chainnn and secretary and constitution and hyj laws committees, will be held. The tentative title selected fu' the new body is the national I oarrl of boxing control. Delegates iro' '7 f tales have been appointed and other states have announced rtpre sentatives will be named. From correspondence received by the lutornation.il Sporting club ot licials. who are sponsors for the organization, it is evident delegates generally favor reduction of purses and admission charges; national regulation of boxing, so state laws hall be uniform; a requirement that all champions defend their titles, within reasonable fixed periods or forfeit ' their championships and a general working . agreement which 'shall be recognized and enforced in all states holding- membership. A provision for revenue whL'h shall make the body self-supporting is also advocated. Operation Remedies Defect in Visiou, Caused by Blow Un , tier Eye When Fighting j. Benny Leonard. New York, Jau. 4. After "suffer ing from one of the most peculiar afflictions ever known to a fighter Irish I'atsy Cline has started out to stage a ring comeback which is in tcresting alt the fans of fistiana. Several years ago Cline began a meteor-like rife to the top as a boxer. . , No modern lightweight beyond Benny Leonard made such a sensa tional advance in that class as did Cline. He was pointed toward tie championship and it seemed likely to many ring experts that he niigi.t batter and pound his way to tl.s cres:. ' The opportunity came to him tuo years ago in a fight with Benny; Leonard. During a tierce rally ui the fifth, Leonard shot out a lonaj righthander which caught Cline un der the left eye. Cline shook Ins h,ad, blinked and then jumped back; into th. battle apparently unhurt." However, when he returned to his corner he was unable to feee out of. his left eye. He continued to fight ia,ly- Gltiie.f1 tinder this handicap and Leonard.! (r'-', ft ' ' , f 1 ... c---rT Urbana Cagers Rally and Win. Scrappy Affair Nebraska Starts in Lead, But Opponents Stage Comeback ' In Last Few Minutes and Beat Visitors, 26-24. f( ' : - 1 II II it South High Preparing For Games This Week With York and Geneva With a victory over the Alumni to its credit, the South High cage quintet is preparing for games next Friday and Saturday at York and Geneva. Vot much is known about the ,eqber of the York five, but the .Grneva team has tlyce successive v ins to its credit and is known to lave a last sqi'ad.' However, Coach Pptton thinks he. has a pretty; good 'jie himself, and exoects the "Pack ers" to put tip a stiff battle with the Wt-sti'lf boys. In Captain Xuiinan and Graham, forward?. Patton believes he has a pair of the best high school for wards in the state. Einigh and Ber nard are working well together at the guard positions. Coach Patten, who has been train ing his men, especially in team work, was well rewarded in the. grime against the Alumiv, for it was mostly by jthis method that the graduates were defeated. A week from Friday the Packers play their biggest game of . the season when they meet Central High at the Packer gym. 11 McGowan Agrees to i j . Terms for Race 1 on j; r Steel Blades for Tide (f " St. Paul, Jan.! 4. Everett - Mc- ! Gowan. St. . Paul, International !; Amateur skating champion, has 'agreed to terms for a race here with is Norval Baptie in the first of what H is planned to be a series of contests )t tor the worlds championship. Mc ;t Gowan has decided to turn profes--JLjcTionarand eventually hopes to meet i . Oscar Matheson, Norwegian speed king. If flapties accepts he will tveet Mc Gowan here January 9, and 11 in six events the 220 .yard dash, the 440 yard dash, the half-mile mile, two mile and three mjle. The winner would be matched wirtf Ed Bamy of Saranac Lake, Ben O'Sickey ; of Cleveland and Art Staff of Chicago. The victor in this scries (ivould meet Bobby McLean, The winner in jthis contest would became United States champion. ; 5 n -1 r' V 4 n t" Davis Cup Given to Captain Hardy of Yank Tennis Team at Banquet Auckland, X. Z., Jan.' 4.-rThe Davis cup was handed to Captain Samuel Hardy of the victorious American lawn tennis learn last night. The occasion was a banquet m honor , of the Australian and American players by the i Australian Lawn Tennis association. Included among guests were Admiral Jellicoe. gov ernor,, New Zealand and Pr?mier Massey. Speeches were mad? by Captain Hardy and the American plavers, William T. Tilden II and William M. Tohnston. Captain Hardy described l he 0ur namcnt as the greatest international contest he had ever known. He said he hoped the . best available Aus tralian team would visit America this year. .Entries for Futurities . . . : 1 Stake of 1921 Is Closed, New York, Jan. 4. Entries, for the futurities stakes for 1921 'closed to day with what was declared to be a record number of nominations. Of entries tabluated up to yesterday, Maior August Belniojit's stables led with 49, but it was reported that even larger strings would be found among the late entries, whic'r-include those of the Hancock, Madden- and Harry Payne Whitney stables. from then" on rolled up enough points to win the newspaper de cision. ...--, Afterward ' Cline was a different fighter. His left eye bothered him continually. He suffered from head aches and dizzy spells. The climax came in one of his fights when, re turning to his corner, he said to his seconds: "I know there is only one man m the ring who is fighting me, but I see two of them. Something seems to be wrong , with this eye." ' Cline's pugilistic star began to set from that time on. Even in contests with the most mediocre boxers he was a" mile off form in hitting. Eventually Cline, in disgust, quit the ;ring. He concluded that his eyes had gone bad pWmaneritly. But friends, insisted.. that he..shptjld con sult specialists to find out if it was not possible for' them to restore his vision to perfection. ''Cline finally agreed, and three SDecialists in con sultation diagnosed his case as "double vision." One of the doctor's explained Cline's case, 9aying: "TKe third cranial nerve having been injured, by the blow, the muscle controlled by this nerve was para lyzed. Therefore, the left eye could not be focussed with the right eye on objects moving to, the left, be cause the left eye would remain straight while the .right eye moved with the object. ..A crossed focus of this kind means that the individual sees-double and that is known as diplopia. .The afflicted person, through this ailment, has a different focal point for each eye. thus giving a double impression of a single image." . , - Cline's trouble has been remedied. An operation was performed .some months ago and' since-then his vision has been perfect. The youngster, naturally, has turnd again to prize ring work and has shown in training most of the stuff that made him a potential champion several years ago. - mails ana lvivers Larrv Win Streak Over to 1921 When the American league season opens next spring two pitchers Duster Mails of the champion In dians, and Elmer Myers of the Red Sox wilj each carry -winning Ftreaks over from last season. My ers won the last nine contests he pitched last season and Mails was credited with seven consecutive vic tories when the season closed. The Cleveland left-hander did not meet with a single defeat after he joined the Indian staff of twirlers. Burkett "of Holy Cross Signs as Coach for New York Nationals New York", Jan. 4. Jesse Burkett, coach of the Holy Cross base ball team, has signed as coach for the New York Na tionals, it -was learned tonight. With Hughey Jennings, former Detroit manager, he will . aid Manager McGraw in handling re cruits. Burkett was once a mem ber of the Giants, joining the team in 1890 as a pitcher. (Sferti HIT ?BUGS" Charges Racing Ass'n With Violating Betting Laws New Orleans, La., Jan. 4. Dis trict Attorney Robert Marr todav filed criminal information against five directors of the Business Men's Racing association and 38 "layers," alleging violation Saturday at the Fair grounds track of state anti--gambling laws. Don't seem much use of starting the new year when we have to start it ' with the old telephone system. New York boxing loses 1 the best friend -who ever filled the guberna torial pajamas up at Albany. The new duke is reported hostile to fight ing. But this is only an uncashed rumor. He hasn't spilLed any o: his -.thoughts to the world yet. Ru mor is like the dust oh 'the parlor lamp. Nobody knows where it conies from, it covers everything, and it wouldn't be there if ;the parlor were kept clean. ' . -' Rumor is a hybrid, sired by idlers and damned by gossip We came away from the Sharkey-Moore fight, firmly convinced that Sharkey was the victim of dissipation and the cost of high living. We never met Sharkey outside of the ring and wouln't care' to meet him inside of it. He is still a good battler,, but we know he is through, because Tu mor says so. Somebody pipes Dempsey nickelling along in the Automat and rumor has it that he is twirling along the primrose path cf luxury and dissipation. ; Probably not one of the thousands who- clog Madison Square Garden has ever seen any of the fighters with their neckties on. But let one of Those scuff lers . get knocked non sensical after 14 rounds of vicious punishment and everybody is satis fied that caviar and champagne softened up his jaw. Rumor is a great press agent. Many a guy who , wouldn't sign another man's name .to a check,, will step out and forge gossip affecting a fighter's career and reputation. True of every line. All newspaper men are supposed to be rummies. As a matter of fact, you never saw a news paper man buy a drink. Actors are the greatest sufferers from cottnter fiet news. The minute one hops tip into the limelight, bangl, goes the Johnstown dam of imagination. In swearing off, it would be a pretty good thing to cut out the rumors. Champagne is no. longer the ink of genius. When they tell you that so-and-so, the great fighter, poet financier or organizer, is a double souse, make 'em prove it. Make 'em show you the facts. Also when he I gets it. j . Still, we've got to talk about some thing, even if it s nothing. Among Drivers of Horses That Race On Ta Plan OrtraniTntiftn 3 . a1... .umAPS ie 1inf Vie 1C ttlff daft ,.., nn new year, Can't convict it on cir to race on . , . . u Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. drivers of horses trained the ice are to meet this week in an effort to Organize a short ship Wis consin circuit of harness horse races. The first race will be held shortly at Mayville. A track is being con structed on Lake Winnebago for the local horses to train on. Base Ball Chatter Wills Is Puzzled How Fighter 8 Figure Ages n It's most remarkal'.e." says Harry Wills, "the tricks time plays on a man. . I'm 28 years eld now. Well, when I was a kid riding horses at state fairs and around the race tracks I used to see Sam Lang ford fight once in awhile. Sam was a grown man thea - Ten years ago, when I went with Jack Johnson from Reno to Chicago, after the Jeffries fight. I saw Jess Willard for the first time. Jess looked to be about 28 years old. What I'm get ting at is that the other day I looked at a record book and saw what Sam and Jess are now 33 years old. I seem to be catching up on 'em rap idly, but, to save me, I can't figure how it's being done." Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Ifid Wire. Chlrago, Jan. S. Everett Tartan, author of forty-one stinging circuit clouta in the j Wa:rn league In 1920 and known a the rmuo nuin oc me minors. nas reiugeu Uio terms offered him by the White Box manasement. . Teryan made known the fact last week he would not play with the nouthstdera unless his salary demands werw met. Chicago didn't torn a hair when It was , nnounced In Boston the other day that a new league had been Incorporated. If anything, only yawns were caused here. The Yankee-Senator trad. Involving Eobl'y Roth and George Mogridge. means' another summer address for the latter. The local boy has already worn Chicago, Philadelphia, and Cleveland uniforms. eight American league players par- t!cliiat-d In every contest of the 120 sea son. They were 81sler, Jacobson and Oer be of the Browns, Scott of the Red Sox. iardner of the Indians, Pratt of the Yan kees, Rice of the Senators and Eddie Col lins of the Sox. ' A few pitchers, one or two Infleldera and a couple of young outfleldeaa consti tute Speaker's recruit parsonuer" for the spring training trip. Joe Sewell la ex pected to prove a star, regardless of his Inexperience. Roth Dutch ReutheT and Rube Marqnard who figured In the recent southpaw deal between Brooklyn and Cincinnati are to be u?ed aa trading material. Marqunrd Is understood to be slated for the minora and Reuther Is headed the same way un less he cuta aut some of hla rapid atep plng. . Although most of the other elube ehang ed their trading campa for 1(21. the Red Sox are going back to Hot Springs, ac cording to reports. Rob Qulnn la still nevntlatlnv far training camp. Last sprlr the Browns r worked out at Brownsville. Tex., and came j out well conditioned. It Is probable the I elub will go back to some srot In tha Lone I cumstantial evidence. Hope it's so. French and Belgian Army Boxers Won't Come to U. S. Xcw York, Jan. 4.-French and Belgian army andnavy boxers will be unable to partfeipate in the pro posed international boxing carnival to be held in Madison Square Garden this winter, it was learned today. Unless some, other countries accept invitations, fighters from the British army and navy and police depart ment -will be the only foreign corn pctitors. The British representatives arc now in New York. Roper to Meet Brennan. r Chicago, Jan. 4. Capt. Bob Roper, the Chicago heavyweight, today was matched to .meet Bill Brennan of Chicago in a 10-round contest in Kansas City, January 16,- Roper will box Homer Smith of Kalama zoo, Mich., January 11, at St. Louis. Urbana, 111., Jan. 4. Coming from behind in the last few minutes of play, the LTniversity of Illinois basket ball quintet slipped one over on the University of Nebraska team ! here.last night, 26 to 24. The Corn h tinkers easily started in the lead whjch thcy maintained until the last lew minutes. The game was one of the scrap piest exhibitions ever played on the Illinois floor, both teams fighting desperately throughout the entire gan!t . Patty of the Cornhtiskers played a brilliant game, caging three hoops with Newman and Bailey annexing two each. Bekins, the Nebraska captain, succeeded iii securing eight tree throws. Reitsch, center for Illinois, registered .five ringers and Mee, left forward, added eight free throws. During the two scheduled games played with the Illinois the Corn huskers showed team Work com paring favorably with the, showing made by the "big ten" c6nfcrence basket team this season, and with a little more practice should be. hard for any team in the middlewest to defeat. ' ; The game tonight completes a week's workout between Nebraska and Illinois, daily practice being held with two regular gsanies. Champ Dempsey Made Defendant in Action Filed by Burns, Negro Salt Lake City, Jan. 4. Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight pugi list, was made defendant, in the dis trict court here totlay in action filed by J. F. Burns, a negro, in which it is alleged'that Dempsey has failed to pay Burns for ' special se"rv'ees performed between January 1, and March IS, 1920, amounting to $700. It also is alleged that Burns loan ed Dempsey $3,500 between those same dates and a third allegation is that the plaintiff provided the pugi list with automobile and taxicah ser vice during those dates to the value of $300, for which he says he has received no compensation. Demptey and his manager, Jack Reams were served with the papers in the case when they were in Salt Lake a week ago. Omaha Elks to Stage Chess Tournament i Omaha Elks are going to stage a chess tournament this month to determine the champion player of the club. More than 30 local Elks are ex pected to compete in the tou.-ney, which will be an elimination affair. The entry list will close January 10 and play , will start January J2. The idta of staging a chess vour- nament iamong the brother Elks bobbed up when Frank Yates Omaha attorney, and member of the local order, returned from New York with the information that the indoor game is all the rage in the east. . : -: San Francisco Club Purchases Rath) San Francisco, Cal., Jan.'. 4. Maurice Rath, second baseman of the Cincinnati Nationals, has been pur chased by the San Francisco club of the Pacific Coast league, and will report in March, it was announced yesterday by Manager Graham of the aeals. ' N Jath played with Salt Lake in 1913, and lead the Pacific Coast league in hitting that year. Northwestern Wins Over Badger Five Chicago, Jan. 4. The Western confereiree basket ball season opened last night with Northwestern university defeating Wisconsin, 13 to 12. - . Elect Law6on President - Of Continental League Boston, Mass., Jan. 4. The Con tinental base ball league, incorpor ated, which, its promoters say, will put base ball teams' into several major league cities, held its first meeting today and elected R. F. Lawson of this city, as president Franchises were assigned by states as follows: 'Massachusetts, New York. New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Michigan. Indiana and possibly the province of Ontario, with a team at Toronto. Mr. Lawson announced that it had been agreed to have no salary limit and that "in tjle event of the Red Sox not accepting the offer to sell, a park would be i built in Boston." i Number Hockey Players. "Boston, Jan. 4. Hockey player? will be numbered at all games held in the new Boston arena, the man agement announced today. Star a Tam-o'-Shanter and Tresses Fall To Ground and Golf Match Ends Chicago Tribune-Omaha" Bee Leased Wire. Pinehurst. N. C. Jan. 4. A sensa tional and laughable denouement at tended the playing of a1 mixed Scotch sixsome match in which three well known golfers were respectively paired with women partners at Pine hurst yesterday. James C. Ward of Kansas. City, Mo., state champion, was paired with Miss Martha Thieme of Fort Wayne. Ind.: O. C. Frost of Auburndale had Miss Clarissa. Metcalf of Providence, as a partner; A. Lucicn Walker, jr., winner of last week's midwinter tournament, played with Miss Eleanor Fox, a tall and dashing brunette, whom nobody bad seen here before and who started the excitement by driving about 200 yards from the first tee. ' - When the unknown Miss Fox lifted an iron shot for another 200 yards on the second fairway, the ef fort shook off her tam-o-shanter; Tier luxurious tresses fell with it and Miss Fox stood revealed as William E. Donohue, winner of the midwinter qualifying medal. Walker and his fair partner were promptly disqual ified for conspiracy, misrepresenta tion, failure to properly register at the country club and on several other counts, and the match broke up. in disorder, . . . i rfta Coot 'RVERYDODY& STOR3 January White S ale Can the Calamity Howler Do you remember the years when Nebraska's green fields withered under a white-hot sun, when clouds refused to quench the thirst of the parching earth, .and crops failed? Then as now the calamity howl er was in his glory. He predicted that Nebraska would go to the dogs but it didn't. He said fanners must move away or starve and they did neither. He foresaw dire1 peril facing us all business men go ing into bankruptcy, banks closing, their doors, women and children starving. ' For a time we listened to, and be lieved him. .. Some ' of us lost our courage and ' conceded defeat and those who did "went down in the crash. . - - . And then the inherent good sense of the people suddenly reasserted : itself. The calamity howler became ' an object of. derision. He faded from viow andi the country pros pered. Today he is with us again. To our shame be it said that many of us hare strain lis. tened to him, even eagerly. And as we listened, we lost our courage, our optimism, our enthusiasm even our faith It's time to throw the' calamity howler again into the diseard. The country is inherently sound. There is plenty of re sources, plenty of money, plenty of every thing to make for big business. The trouble is we are looking backward toward abnormal times, easy money and indifference to tomorrow. Now let's look forward. Let's quit frowning and smile. Let's quit grouehing and enthuse. Let's turn around and go forward, not stand stHl any longer, Idoking backward. We're all right if we just realize it. Let's do itl Can the calamity howler I Extraordinary Values in Splendid B-L-A-N-K-E-T-S Beautiful Blankets, $4.95 Beautiful Blankets at $4.95 pair. Included in this lot are blankets con taining only a small percentage of cotton. The designs are beautiful plaids as well as plain colors. All arc large sizes, suitable for full size beds. 1 . ' . t Pure Wool Blankets, $9.95 Pure Wool Blankets at $9.95 paAr. These are a beautiful soft, fluffy qual ity possessed of great i' warmth. They come in all white with pink or blue borders as well as the handsome and popular Scotch plaid design. These are all full aize blankets. Plaid Blankets, $2.95 Handsome Plaid Blankets for $2.95 pair. These are of heavy weight and excellent quality, in splendid range of beautiful colorings. ' Cotton Blankets, $1. 95 pr. Cotton Blankets at $1.95 pair. In cluded are colors of gray, tan or white. These have handsome colored borders of blue or pink. These are large size blankets and are of splendid quality, perfectly finished edges. Main ir I "Tifi - - Floor Wool Blankets, $5.95 . Wool Blankets at $5.95 pair. This is a most unusual . of fering. .In this lot are included some of the ."St. Mary's" celebrated wool blankets. They come in ; beautiful plaids or block de signs and in handsome colors.. Hand some finished edges. Bed Comforts, $3.95 Fancy Cretonne and Silkoline Cov ered Comforts. These are of excellent quality and in handsome designs, They are filled with good quality of white cot ton and come in sizes of 72x78, .72x80 and 72x84-inch. Much tinderpriced at $3.95. Household Linens , Dependable, trustworthy linens from American and Irish manu facturers. An opportunity for housewives to supply their needs at prices much lower than have been known for years. January White Sale of Wand Made Blouses $2.65 $4.65 $5.65 Every woman likes to have several dainty white blouses, and our annual Janu ary white sale affords an . opportunity to offer the public very exceptional values in dainty hand-made blouses in batiste and voile. Also tailored blouses in dimity, with long sleeves in high and low collar styes; Priced special in three groups at $2.65, a.j cm J cm i $4.65 and $5.65. Second Floor Damask Napkins Bleached damask napkins. These are of unusually good quality that will give good service. Size 21x21 inches. Several good designs, at $2.19 dozen. Table Cloths Damask table cloths, size 60x60 inches. These are Irish manufacture and will give good service.' Handsome de signs, at $2.95 each. . - - k Lunch Napkins Hemstitched linen damask furfcheon napkins. These are of an extra fine qual ity in two neat designs. - Size 14x14 I inches, at $6.95 a dozen. Lunch Sets Luncheon ' sets, consisting of 13 pieces. Half dozen each of two size doilies and one centerpiece. These are splendid quality of pure linen and with neat scalloped edge! $3.95 set. Pillow Cases Hemstitched linen pillow cases, size 45x36 inches. These are made of good quality of linen and have neat three inch hem, $3.95 pair. I Main Lunch Napkins Linen luncheon napkins with scal loped edge. Tbtjse are made of round thread Irish linea and are unusual value for $3.75 doz. Bed Spreads Filet lace bed spread, size 90x108 inches. These have lace centers with lace bolster designs and they come with col ored stripes of blue, ' pink, gold,' all '- white, at $16.95 each. .V - : Toweling ' Bleached crash toweling, half linen, a very absorbing quality that will leave no lint, at 15c yard. Turkish Towels Large size . bleached Turkish Towels. These are made of two-ply yarn and are " of heavy weight. Some have bhie bor ders. Each 29c. m Huck ToWels , Huck Towels, size 18x86 inches,' are excellent ' quality, with neatly hemmed ends. Each 26c. . Crown elastic sanitary belts, 19c each. Gotham sanitary aprons, large size, 49c each. ' Sanitary-napkins, 49c doz. ' ' Floor -"; Philipp Jariuary White Sale of ine K Lingerie Dozens of beautiful garments, wrought by deft fingers of the Filipino women who are noted for their wonderful skill with the needle. Made of beau tiful batiste, nainsook and other fine materials, priced at less than cost of replacement during our January White Sale. Philippine Hand-Made, Hand-Embroidered Gowns . ' $1.95, $2.95, $3.95, 4.95, $5.95 to $45.00 Philippine Hand-Made Envelope Chemise $1.95, $2.95, $3.95, $4.95, $5.95 to $35.00 Philippine Hand-Made Chemise $2.95, $3.95, $4.95 to $25.00 Philippine Hand-Made Drawers $1.95, $2.45, $2.95, $3.95 to $25.00 Philippine Hand-Made Corset Covers $1.95, $2.95, $3.95 to $10.00 Second Floor , We Still Continue Our Great Sale of Women's Winter Coats l2 Price While th? buying on the part of discriminating women has been brisk since this reduction was announced, there is still a splendid selection in such materials as' Marvella Cloth Velour Bolivia Silvertone Duvet y ne Veldync 1 , 1 And a Wonderful Assortment of Plushes, Some Fur-trimmed. ' Second Floor ' t