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11 A Up-io-Date News and Gossip of rGri Grinnell and HuskerCagers Play Frichiy Nebraska Will Dedicate Audi torium at State Fair Grounds Against Iowaii Bob Rus sell Returns to School. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY. 9, 1921. Interest to Sport Fans Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 8 (Special.) Net Friday will seethe inaugu ration of one of the half dozen larg- est basket ball auditoriums in the country in Lincoln. Coach Schiis ler's basket tossers will play Grin nell in two games at the state fair coli.eum Friday and Saturday nights. ' 'With a basket hall court of maxi mum regulation size, and auditor him for seating about 3,000 specta tors Nebraska will start on a career .'01 ' making basket ball the most profitable and most interesting sport at' the school aside from toot ban. The Cornhusker team returned from Illinois, where they broke even with s the Illinois quintet and trounced the Illinois Wesleyan a? gregation. Coach Schissler was fully satisfied with the plavincr of his men, although the result (f the sec ond, game with Illinois wasrither disheartening. Illinois wpn 2i to 24. r: ,. Huskers Win First Game. ..' ' 'The first game was a 30-25 victory for Nebraska. -The Cornhuskers ifearlv outplayed their opponents Tft'this battle and put up a brand of basket ball that dazzled the Illinois spectators. The ...result of the Illi nois' Wesleyan game at Bloomingtdn was 30-17 for the Nebraskans. Coach Schissler will drill his men next week to put them in shape for the,Grinnell games. Four players jonifjd the squad. Ths Nebraska varsity sauad that 'will he carried nil Mason now contains: CaT- (laln Ruseell Bailey, Carleton, guard: Mel. vlit Bekins, Omaha, renter; Austin Smith. Omaha, forward; Jesso Patty, Omaha, tor. ward! Monte Munn, I.lnroln. Kiiartl and center: Wesley Yunsmeyer, Lincoln, cen- ir" Tlobort Russell, Omaha, forward; virhard Newman, Columbus, guard; Hnr iild : Hartley, Harvard, guard: Olen jum per. Columbus, Riiard; O. Warren, ViA vernlty Flnoe. renter and forward; Krank fT.irmen. Mlnilen. forward: Amll Dobesh. entity,, iiirniiitii ,'vunni jwm, j mcni.. runru ant rorwara: wrnest uavenv, jias-tlh-gs." forward; Mark Sommcr, Lincoln, fcrward. ' John Pickett has a squad oabout 50 freshmen working out for places on the yearlings cage team. The freshmen will probably battle the varsity on the new coliseum floor every day for the next month. Track Work in Full Swing. ' Coach Schulte, although handi capped by the lack of indoor track, is ' taking advantage of the spring weather the past few weeks and has a . squad of nearly 100 ath letes working out daily on the board oval and straisrht-arwav on the ath letic field. The weather has been ideal for outdoor work. The Nebxaska squad will be, kept in training all winter if weather eon- ?aitirinfc. permit- The Nebraska coach expects to enter, teams in all of the principal indoor" meets this year to give them a chance to get experience be fore the important outdoor contests are held. Last year, the limited number of meets made it difficult, for athletes to make "N" letters Athletic Director Luehring an Tioun.ced today that between 30 men had reported for iwaa&ing tryouts. He is in charge ofcoaching the swimming team and will enter the Nebraska Swimmers in .'number of meets this winter. At'present Mr. Luehring is train ing the men in the fundamentals of swimming races such as the plunge and the turns. Practices will be held three or four times a week. The Ne braska teams will probably be Aiatched against the Omaha Athletic club and Lincoln Y. M. C. A. teams and a number of Missouri valley fwrrnming aggregations. ; Russell Returns to School, r The Cornhusker coaches were greeted with a pleasant surprise last week when Bob Russell appeared in camp and stated that he was ready for work. Russell was a forward on the basket ball team last year and third baseman on the base ball aggre gation. He had been in South America. ' V. Jiussell announced that he would start work on the basket ball team immediately so that he would be in shape to plav as soon as he entered ... f. I 1- Ml 1 v-ne , . university, wnicn wm ne in February. He will be eligible for base ball and foot ball. Russell's ability as a punter will make him a valuable addition to the Nebraska , backfield. . Latest reports were that Athletic Director Luehring was still looking t around for a Thanksgiving foot ball game next fall. He has tried a num ber, of schools without success feut has several more in line that he can land if other projects fail. "Strangler" Lewis to Wrestle Laitmen in ' New York Thursday Ed v(Strangler) Lewis will defend hit title of heavyweight champion wrestler of the world against Amos Laitmen, a recent grappling import frorrK Sweden, at Prospect Hall, Brooklyn, on January 13. It will be Lewis' first engagement of impor tance since he wrested the champion ship from Joe Stecher in the Seventy-first regiment armory, New York, a few weeks agej. The "Strangler" is spending the holidays at La Paloma, his ranch near San Diego, CaL He never was in better condi tion than he was the night he beat Stecher, and he is anxious to keep jn that condition. - The gentleman who will next offer his block as a base of operations for the head lock is a bull-necked, strong armed individual, who was a "cop" before he became! a professional .wrestler. He did all his work in eisinctnra ana is saia to nave mauc ftn -enviable record there. i New" Teams in League. !! Muskogee, Okl.. Jan. 8. Topeka and Hutchinson, Kan., may be ad mitted to the Southwestern base ball Jeague at a directors' meeting to be leld at Coffcyville, Kan., tomorrow. it was srM here today by President , Enaley Barfepur,. ' Omaha Wigglers Spending Winter at Ak-Sar-Ben Barns f sm'J siNaue in action tt- tgy 'V ''S-Zr V f : -V'';!A4 c If HP I , I C- jr - a id pP . . Orlr ' ' . ; Vff-'i V WX77- aqtain FUQ6NE l Snow flurries may fall and the north wind may howl around the corner of Omaha skyscrapers, but out at the Ak-Sar-Bcn barns there are 100 or more horses waiting for spring to roll around so that they will be able to workout daily on the new mile dirt track.' Among this 100 head of wigglers are Hal Mahone, Manondalc, Kilo Watts, lwilight President Veeck of Cubs Is Angling For "Rabbit" Maranville, Shortstop Chicago Trlnnne-Omnh Bet Leased Wire. Chicago, Jan. 8. President Will iam Veeck of the Cubs .has. gone to Boston for a conference with Presi dent George Grant, presumably to make a deal for Walter (Rabbit) Maranville, the star shortstop, who is on the marktt. Veeck would not admit that he was going cast for that purpose, but in recent conversations he said the club would be glad to add Maranville to its roster. Veeck has already secured Thom as Whelan of Boston, and will try him out at first base. i Major league schedule makers were to assemble in Chicago today to pass upon the playing dates for the forthcoming season. ' The minors will get together next week to con- Packers Toss Way To Another Victory South Omaha Five Snows York High Under With 45 to 22 Count. York, Neb.,' Jan. 8. (Special Telegram.) Coach Jimmy Patron's South Omaha High school basket ball quintet added another victory to its list here last night when it wal loped the local team in a hardifought game by a score of 45 to 22. The local athletes started out strong and soon hafl a 4 to 0 lead on their Omaha opponents. With the score against them, the Packers un corked a brand of teamwork that puzzled the York shooters time and again. The flcor work of the Omahans, coupled with the basket shooting of Hill, Ackerman and Neiman, resulted in South High ending the first half with a 25 to 9 lead. During the second half the locals tried hard to knot the score, but again the teamwork and basket shooting of the visitors played an important factor in registering tallies. The defense of Coach Pat ton's players was superior to that of York. Feaster, Garmen and Neal played a good game for the losers, while Ackerman, Hill, Neiman and Emigh starred in the visitors' victory. The lineup and summaries: South High, 45; York, 'it. Ackerman R.F Neal Nplman ..' L.F Garmen Hill Grt'sness KmlKh R-G Ftaater Bernard I..0 Bary Substitutions: Sullivan for Bernard, Groschek for Ackerman. Field soala. Ackerman' (4), Netman (7), Hill (5. Kmight (2). Neal, Garmen (3), , Oreiiness (b), Feaster (2). Free throws: Nelma:i. I, out of 12 trials: Oannen. 4 nut of 13 trials. Edd Downs Downs Dodd In Match at Creston Creston, la., Jan. 8. (Special.) Edd Downs of South Dakota won a decisive victory over 'Strangler" Doss of Spencer, la., by taking two straight falls in a mate!; held here. Downs secured the first fall in 35 minutes and 30 seconds with a wrist lock and arm bar, and the second fall in 13 minutes with a half Nelson and arm lock, Doss weighed in at 148 pounds and Downs at 150 pounds. Londos Wind Match. . Ogden, Utah, Jan. 8. Jim Londos defeated Jack Harbertson of Odgen in straight falls in their finish match, which ended early today. Londos got the first fall in one hour and 35 minutes and the second in 22 min utes, ."sins the headlock for both falls. nd Captain Eugene. Hal Mahone, owned by George Brandeis and piloted over the dirt tracks last season by Marvin Childs, also of this city, holds the interest of visiting turf fans at the stables. This Idaho-bred pacer, which has a mark of 2:01 1-4, won more money for the total season in the Grand and Great Western circuits than any sider the new base ball agreement and there are broad intimations the little fellows will reject the pact. Much was expected in the way of trades at today's meeting of the majors. White-Friedman Bout' Will Be Real Grudge Affair for Ten Frames Chicago, Jan. 8. Boxing contests, as a rule, usually are advertised as "grudge" affairs if for no other rea son than publicity. But there will be a genuine grudge fight staged in Kenosha, Wis., when Charlie White and Sailor Freidman, rival Chicago lightweights, meet in a 10-round contest, January 14. They have been hitter enemies for years. Freidman has sought a match with White for two years, only to be turned down a dozen times. White Itas declared he would never give Freidman an opportunity -to make a dollar in the ring with him. A Kenosha promoter finally in duced White to box by meeting his terms a guarantee of $3,500. Freid man will not receive a cent unless the gate receipts exceed $5,000. Then he will share in a small percentage. Because of the interest in the match among their Chicago admirers, the "house" was virtually sold out a day after the match was made. White and Freidman both are of Jewish parentage and "have a large Chicago, following. Special trains will caffy their admirers to the battle ground. Welsh Is Matched. ' Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 8. John Mc Garvey announced here today that tie had signed Freddie Welsh, for. mer lightweight champion, to meet Joe Chip, New Castle, Pa., here Jan uary 17 in a 10-round bout. The Canary Kid, the Galloping Cubes dnd a Friendly Seven Send f 1 Home the Leading Bootleggers of St. Joe Mumbling to Themselves By H. R. HARRIS. New Year's eve the Canary Kid came to visit me. "Happy New Year!" I saluted. , "Be happy y'self," he retorted. "As f'my part I don' need no more happiness 'an I gt. Thanks jussa same.", The Kid beamed. "Don' need bit more happiness," he continued. "Bin out wit' Kid Alexan'er an Kid Alexan'er had lotta good-natured alcohol. Don' need no more happiness 'tall." I sniffed and understood. "By the way," I said, "will Alex ander be up here?" Every Drop Gone. "We killed ev'ry drop," retorted the Kid. "Inside o' th' bottle ain even damp. I'm 'orrihle sorry, as Ilenglish . 'Arry, useter say, 'orrible sorry." "Y'know," continued the Kid after gazing pityingly at me for sev eral seconds. "I wuz wit' a bunh o' cookies a w'ile ago wot wuz savin' wot they'd do if they wuz all a sudden t' hecome wea't'y. "One cookie he scz he'd go up an' tell th' boss 'Take a flyin kick at th' moon, will y I'm through 1' an' 'nother cookie he sez 'e wouldn't stop t' do 'at on 'is way out, 'e'd be goin' so fas', an' 'nother bird sez I'd catch th' nex' boat t' Parce' an' I scz "Hoi' on, none o' you birds knows wot y'd do. It's happen' t' me alreadv, an' v can' toll b'fore." "It has hai'Dcned t vou already!" 1 exclaim; other horse. The little brown geld ing won $11,562.50 during the season, of which $8,844 was collected in the Grand circuit. wrvmrUL NEXT CMC "If the world war had lasted until March 4, 1921, there would be no doubt that President Harding's first act would be to veto it and start a republican war with Europe. New administrations don't like to inherit the other party's troubles. They can roll their own. There is some chirping that Governor Miller will put the tap on New York's fight game. The only reason seems to be that it was launched by the state democrats and is a Jig bird of para dise in their hats. The boxing game office holders are doubtless opposed to the -governor politically, but - all men agree on the Queensberry platform. There is nothing that folks like better than to see some other yamms pull the Punch and Judy for keeps. A fight between two newsboys can tie up Mall street tighter than a morator ium. A battle between two truck drivers can start a traffic jam" dur ing a pedestrians' strike. And two certified knuckle magicians can pack the Garden like free day in the subway. Fighting a Safety Valve. There is something about a scuf fle that appeals to the innocent spec tator until a wild punch on the waf fle makes him guilty. It shows that Americans are still a fighting race in spite of all the amendments. Jf Caruso could fight like he can hol ler, all the breakfast foods in the county would be after him. Two thirds of our presidents have led men in battle, while the other third have followed 'em at a respectful presidential distance. The fighting men of 1861 ran the country for 40 years. The battlers of 1918 will steer the works for 40 more. Fighting is the safety valve that keeps young men out of saloons and parlors. There are no more saloon's but more mistletoe was sold this year than ever. Fighting has changed since the Roman gladiators met cornfed lions "Yeah," replied the JCid. "After my big fight wit' Oakland Tommy in St. Joe I wuz invited inf contes' wit' th gallopin' cubes an' as I wuz feelin' lucky, havin' gone 15 roun's wit' Oaklan' Tommy wit'out bein' knocked coockoo, I sez 'Sure.' "Well w'en th' cookie nex' t' me lays down a hun'crd dollar bill I w'ispers ' th' promoter 'Is we shoot in' wit' th' board q' directors o' th' Firs' National bank or somethin'?' an' he scz 'Hellno, this ain' a bunch o' pikers these boys got real mon ey,' an' I whispers 'D' they work in th' mint or somethin'?' an' he sez 'These guys ain' crooks; they's th' leadin' bootleggers o' St. Joe.' an I sez 'Oh,' an' feels groggy, ' Turns Up Seven. "Th' bootlegger wit' th' marbles comes out on a eight an' en turns up a seven. "At brings th'. ivories t' me an' I picks 'em up on th' seven an' sort uv absen' minded like rubs th' bottoms on my han's, w'ich is still sticky from th' tape." , "You were absent minded?" I demanded. The Kid glared at nic but did not deign to reply: "I's still rubbin' th' bottoms o' them cubes on my ban' w'en one o' th' bootleggers sez,-'Wotta y' gonna shoot?' an' I sez 'Oh. I truefs I'll shoot a hun'erd,' an' I throws a cen tury down an th bootlegger scz, 'Y' feel sick. Canary? Y' look sorta pale.' an' I sex, 'Oh. it wuz a hard tight,' ail' 'en 1 gives th' dice a trcn'le Mariondale. 2:05 1-4. owned by Nelson Uplike, is another track per former wintering at the Ak-Sar-Ben barns. Kilo Watts, owned by Bert and tossed up a coin 'for the first bite. The gladiators used to take out their false teeth and have 'em honed by an ice skate sharj.ener, but the contests were usually as one sided as the gold-leaf on a delicates sen sign. . After the fight the lion weighed in for both parties. But there is nothing brutal about the metropolitan give-and-take ex hibitions in which the - stars give nothing and take everything that ain't nailed down. It's just a neat way of rubbing an evening off the long calendar-and nobody , is hurt any deeper than the war tax can cut. Boxing Not Brutal. If they take fighting away there will be nothing left worth a second look. Nobody can say there was anything brutal about the Bill Tate Kid Norfolk fight, although Bill acted as if he wished that the Kid had named himself after a smaller town. . During the last round of the Welling-Leonard vendetta Joe start ed bobbing for apples and went clown three times The last time he stayed out like the discard in a poker hand, but he earned 'himself a repu tation for the gameness that makes America the greatest country out side the league of nations. I Cheers. Dempsey and Brennan fought the same kind of a fight. When Bren nan checked out from a punch in the mezzanine the crowd went home and started figuring out Xmas presents. There was nothing brutal about these exhibitions. If the le.ague of Ghunda Dins put the damper on boxing we might as yell buy indi vidual aquariums and get ready to grow gills instead of ears. We will 5-oon be living in the stuff. One more law from the Anti-Everythings and two Mexicans will come over, here, boiling. , u . Eight millions of British workers become automatical insured against nnemnlovnipnt imdpr thn nnmntriv- " .. . . . u " " ment insurance act of 1920, whicn has just come into operation. roll in w'ich they eases along until one jerks up on two an' th' other goes a li'l fu'ther an' jerks up, sud den like, on five an', 'at set me t' thinkin.' "Be Good T Me." " 'Be good t' me dice,' I hollers. 'If y' come out on' a natural this time I'll let th' money go on a long ride. Oh, please speak f me, dice!' "An I gives th' dice 'nother gen'l roll an' firs' th' five stops wit' a jerk an' then does th' two. ! "' 'Can' lie f th' dice I' I yells, 'Hop on boys, I goota let th' money ride!' "An' th' boys climbs right on, an' th marbles puts on' th' brakes again at twovan' five. ' " "E can' hit all night,' sez th' bird t' my right, throwin' down eight hun'erd beans,' 'Shoot, y're faded!' ' They Hit Again. vi Can' lie t' th' dice!' I yells again. 'Speak t' me, babies, an' I'll shoot th' sixteen hun'erd!' "An' th' freckled fellers hits again wit' a seven. "Well, I cases 'long three -more throws wit' so much money on th' floor 'at we has t' sweep , it aside wit' a broom f have room t' yhoot. "After th' sevent'. natural th' cookie at my lef hollers, 'Aw, gwan. pas th' dice, y' don wan' all th' money in St. Joe, d'y'?' an' I sez. 'I guess I better give some other gen'elman a chanct' an' passes th' dice wit'out no hesitation, havin ion, hav:n ji how. J) a' th' wiscX vera uneasy feehn anyhow An at wuz one o Murphy and Tom Denuison'is ex pected to be one of the star trotters during the matinee racing season which will start as soon as weather conditions permit. . Captain Eugene, three-year-old trotter with a mark of 2:14 1-4, had a successful season, last year. This wiggler, owned by Mrs. O. M. Smith, won every, start during the "Strangler" Lewis' Headlock Now Removed From the Joke Class In view of the fact that Wladek Zbyszko and Joe Stecher, Strangler Ed Lewis' two most recent oppo nents on the mat, wound up in hos pitals, wrestling fans without num ber are asking if.ihe headlock is not inimical to the best interests of the game and therefore deserving of ban ishment. They point c(ut that, strictly speaking, the headlock is not a genuine wrestling grip designed to nut the shoulders of a grappler to whom it is applied to the mat, but a punishing grip calculated to maKe him quit. It is a fact that Lewis has won m&ny of his matches by subduing his opponent through sheer' force of the pain inflicted upon him,while he was not in danger of being flattened at the moment the headlock was ap plied. The grip is strongly opposed by those who hold up the . Gracco- Ohio State Coach Is Sorry About Tangle at Wisconsin University Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 8.-Regret that a controversy should arise be tween members of the Western con ference was expressed rfere last night by Coach John Wilce of the Ohio State university foot ball team after reading the statement of Coach John t. Richards of Wiscon sin, intimating that he would resign if Ohio State is again placed on the Wisconsin schedule. Statements attributed to Richards that visiting coaches and players re ceived poor treatment at Ohio State were branded by Wilce as "utterly impossible and absurd." Wilce, with other Ohio State rep resentatives, stopped here on the re turn trip from the California game at Pasadena to attend a banquet of the Indiana-Ohio State association thin's I ever done in my life fur wit' th' vera firs' throw o' them bones th' bird at my lef looks int' make eyes. "why, er, Canary," I asked, "didn't you sort of slick those dice?" "O' course not!" exclaimed the Kid, indignantly. "D'y think . I'm a crook jus' because a li'l glue gets on th' bottom, o' them weep pro ducers? Anyhow, I starts O'lt t' tell y' 'bout spendin' ' surprise money. s "Shortly after T passes th' dice I remembers I gotta catch a train for Denver an' on arrival' there I buzzes, aroun' t' th' Blue Moon restauran' an' fin's my sweetie gazin' up int' th' eyes uv a cop w'ich I swings on wit' no hesitation, puttin' 'im down fur th' count o' seventeen." : Make It $500. The Kid threw out his chest and chuckled. "Well," I asked, "what has that to do with spending monev?" "Oh," replied the Kid, "th' judge sez 'Fur assaultin' a officer, upset tin' th' dignity o' th' law, fightin' an' disturbin' th' peace you is fined $100 each o $400 in all.' "'Judge,' I sez. 'Make it a even $500. 'At upsettin" wuz wort' morc'n you charged.' "An','r added the Kid. "it wuz." The Kid looked thoughtfully at me. "I know we're" He leaned over and whispered the rest.. 1 put on mv coat and we left the Cflice. , 1920 season. ; Twilight, saddle mae owned by M. C. Peters, while not in the same class as the harness racers, holds the center of, interest in the north end of the barns. Twilight re cently returned from the Internation al Horse? show at Chicago, where she won first, prize in the ladies' saddle class, with Daphine Peters up. Roman style as the ideal and deplore the rough work that', occasionally creeps into , the catch-as-catch-can style, which Is widely popular in this country. ( . Whatever the justice of the grow ing agitation against the headlock may be, in one respect at least Lewis' hold has been vindicated. It used to be that many followers of the game ridiculed the efficacy, of the lock, branding it as a joke and disparaging Lewis' claims as to the damage he could do with it. If it is sufficiently severe in its effects to, send two wrestlers of, the i.ahber of - Stecher and Zbyszko to. the hospital, it would seem that it must at least be removed from the joke class to which it once was consigned. " ' 'In fact; most fxperts -declare that me neaaiocK is a very dangerous grip and that Lewis has not dared to apply if with the. full' force, of his strength for. fear of causing death. Nebraska to Plav Colorado Eleven Aggies anil Cornhusker s Will . Play Turkey "Day. .Contest . On Lincoln , Gridiron. ' Lincoln,' Neb., Jan. 8. The Colo rado , Aggies will meet the Uni versity of Nebraska foot ball eleven on , Nebraska ' field, Thanksgiving day, November 24, 1921. Director pL Athletics Fred. W. Luehring an nounced this evening that he had closed arrangements ' with j the Aggies school for, a. Turkey day game at Lincoln. ; . ' This comoletes '- the foot . bait schedule. ' The Aggies have been Rocky Mountain champions for sev eral years. Nebraska defeated the Aggies 7 to 0, pn; Nebraska field, last Uctober. ; Slcaung ce ar Throughout Country New "York' ., Tan: R d5?ni.r!a1 - - - - 1 j - nr-r'-"" Ioe skating ; is : making wonderful headway because municipalities are interested tn us promotion. , Play grounds and recreation center have been erected in hundreds of Amer ican cities during the past 10 years, and until two years. ago most of them were unused m the cold season. It is different now. 'These nlavffronnds and recreation centres, as well as vacant lots, etc., are being utilized as municipal ice skating rinks, and are even more active in the winter than in . the summer. Spencer Abbott Will Be Manager of Memphis Club Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 8. Spencer Abbott of Topeka, Kan., former American association player and manager last season and pan owner of the Tulsa club, Western associa tion, has been appointed manager oi the Memphis, Southern association, team. He will direct the team from the bench. Johnny Kilbane Ready To Defend His Title Cleveland, O., Jan.' 8. Replying to a defy t'oday by the manager of Danny Frush, Baltimore, feather weight, Johnny : Kilbane, feather weight champion, declared toniirht that he will meet Frush, Chanev or anybody in the world who will make the featherweight limit, providing the r"e is large enough. ; HornsbyCase Is a Mystery To BallFans Public Anxious to Know Whether Giants Will Cop Great Cardinal Slugger. The next important case on the base ball docket reads: "Where will Roger Hornsby play in 1921?" The future of the star swatter is the most important story before the fans today, and it is on a par with the elusive pill that bounds and hops under the shells. St. Louis fans demand that Hornsby be retained. They also fhreaten a boycott if h is sold. And rumors are running wild about the star. One friend of the family has openly announced that the new swat king of the National league was solo to the New York Giants last September. Another unconfirmed statement has it that Rogers already has received a share of the pur chase price paid to the owners of, the Cardinals by the Giants' owners. ' McGraw Pressed Offer. This much 5 known positively that late last summer McGraw pressed an offer for Hornsby of from $200,000 to $250,000 in cash, with no "ifs" or "a.nds" and that he was ready to write the check if the Cardinals would agVee to the sale. The Hornsby case is one of the most peculiar a club owner has had to deal with in many moons. One interesting sidelight deals with this line of gossip: Last summer, while the Cardinals were in New York a merchant claiming to have an extreme fond ness for Hornsby offered him a partnership in a business with this proviso: "It's j'our name that will draw and for me to make you my partner you have to live In New York 12 months in each year I" K Attached to the Cardinals, natural ly Hornsby could not live on Man hattan Island for 12 months per year. Get the drift! Who wouldn't want to play with the Giants with such an inducement flashed right between the eyes? ? Hornsby a Drawing Card. While no particular names are mentioned, it is known that Horns by's fame is entirely too much for the lesser lights on the club to di gest. Where exhibition games are played by the Cardinals the small town boosters, in placing their biff sheets in conspicuous places, play up but one member of the Cardinals. Hornsby is tieir three-ring circus. x "See Hornsby. National league's greatest hitter, here with the Cardi nals!" is a sample of their cop'. No other player is mentioned. Natural ly Hornsby's colleagues are not happy over this. By accepting a bid of $200,000 from the Giants for Hornsby, the owners of the Cardinals would find themselves on Easy Street financial ly, temporarily at least. Success has not changed Hornsby and he is the same quiet, bashful even-tempered fellow who came up from Texas, in the fall of 1915 for a pur chase price of $600. Babe Ruth's Playing In Cuba Netted Him $1,000 Every Game New York, Jan. 8. (Special.) "Babe" Ruth, greatest long distance hitter in the history of base ball" whose world's record of 54 home runs last season, will probably be . unsuccessfully shot at by rivals for years to come, with small prospect of being beaten, unless he does it him self, is in town. "Babino" has iust arrived from Cuba, where he finished a contract that netted him i more money than he received for playing for the Yankees last year, and that wasn't any mean salary, either. "Babe" went to Cuba for $1,000 a game. When he finished this con tract, which was at Havana, he went to Santiago and played two games for $3,000. They wanted him to sign up for 10 or more games at $800 per game, but- "Babe" said $1,000 a game was his price, so the deal didn't go through. Maybe Laurels Will Help John in Running Farm John L. Romig of the Pennsyl vania State college, intercollegiate cross-country champion, will gradu ate in June, next, and will take up farming. HGHSCIRL BASKETBALL North Piatt Jnlor U Fulon It. North Platte, Jan. I. (Special. Tbt North Platte- Junior high banket ball tram defeated the Paxton quintet in a hard-fought came here br eeore ct 21 to U. AlUance IT North Matte II. North Platte. Neb.. Jan. . (8prrlal. Alliance hlfh school defeated the North Platte senior quintet here by a oere of IT to 11. v Bhaner of the local team scored 14 of his team's 1? ponts . i i Alexandria, SS Carlefain IT. Carleton, Neb., a.Tn. 8. (Special.) The Alexandria hfh school boys' and lrl basket ball teams rtofeated he local niilnteta here by scores ot is to 1' and IS to , respectively. HaTclnrk 1 State ArcUs IS. Lincoln, Nob., Jan. g. (SpeVlal.) The Hsvelock hlfh school team last niht defeated the State AffUs In a hard fought and Interestlne- cac rame her by a score of IS to Id. llecht, captain and' forward for the Boilermakers, was the Indlvldnal stsr, scorlnc IS of his team's It talles. Wehoo' ST Haretftfk II. Wahoo. Neb., ajn. I. (Special.) The local blph school baeket ball team de feated the Havelock team by a score ot 5? to 11. I was Wnhoc's fourth atralrhc victory thus tar thK seeaon. The local' teamwork and harxet shouting- was tb feature of the same. Oretna SO raplllltm IT. Orctna, Neb.. Jan. . (Special.) The (tretna hlh school eager trounced the Pepllilon quintet here by a score of 3 to IT. The locals played a clean game throughout. leWttt Re TVeetera t. PeWitt, Neb.. Jen. $. Special.) The DoWItt first team ! frated the Western quintet here In an unlnterretlag game by a acore of tt 0 t J. The boye' f nerves lost to flatonla, IT to Js. while trrVglrl trim med tho Hallara stria, 17 to a. V li
