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8 THE BEE: OMAHA, FK1DAY, JANUAK 14, Creighton Opens Maroons and f Tabor College To Play Here ' iVebraska-Grinnell Game at Lincoln First Mix for Husk- 1 crs at Fair Ground Floor. GAMKS TOXKiHT. ('iwlrhtnn nculnot YmiMon lirrv. I.; ltinski, igtilnt (irlmifll at IJnroln. , W Omahrt uiilvrmlly agatnit Tnbor rullra tYnrk arulnxt HHHlingi rollrce al Ht- . lf. I'nlnrr collra;,- agalnut Trlirttjr at SIouv "lib. I Man rollrtte Bgaloit H ) ne N irniiil at I Wayn. Ontntl High acalnit South High at plinth High. S ( ommprcx against I'nlveralty Flare at Ylncoln. 8 Blnomrirld agaliut Randolph at Ran dolph. 5 Alhton aalnt foliimbiia at Allilun. ;C Wtliicj agitlnxt OakUml at Sldnry. J Crair agalniit I.yun at I..tod, WaitniU aaint IVInnrbago at Winnf biin. - I'lrrr againat Crrif liton High at Crelgh t ,lon. Srtt. it Auhnrn acaintt Ilambnldt at Humliulilt. V Vnrt Omaha, agiiinut Nonpareils at VtauBcU Bluffi. . i If' . By RALPH WAGNER. It Five Omaha basket ball tea.ms Hvill toe the mark in locnl ?ym I jtiasiums tonight. , r South High and Central Higr will jfiari incir rave uc msc ui wit an nual city interscholastic calendar at jlie former s Rym, while creigh . flloti Ilicrh and Falls City. Neb., bas fteteers play at the locals- cym- jtoasium in a preliminary game to tne Creighton university-Yankton col lege scramblf. f Coach Ernie AdamV University jbf Omaha Maroons aud the Tabor gollege of . Tabor, la., clash in the fourth game on the evening's pro gram. The contest will b.: played at the University of Omaiia zym '; basitim. f All four games are expected to be .close affairs from start, to finish. The South High-Central contest will Start the merry basket ball struggle for the city championship. For the ,,rtnual cage tossing marathon is pcr thaps the most thrilling of thi various Vontests the local knowledge foun dries offer with the exception of foot Jball. : Brings Together Old Rivals. The tussle tonight at the Packers' playhouse brings together two old rivals. These squads of ; hoop ar- tists, who will attempt to sink the pill in the little, o" fishnet,-are the cream of the basket ball players at the. two; schools. The dopster who can venture a prediction on this title should quit writing and ol! the " cubes for a living. It looks like an evenbet. Little is known of the Strength of Central, but Coach Har old Mulligan has the faculty of in jecting powe? into his cagers and the Furple and While contingent may prove troublesome ,, lor the .. Packer. " v : ,;- f-'' - Out at Creighton Coach Eddie Mulholland ha 9 a squad of frisky basketecrs who possess real scoring ability, i They also know somefhing about covering up on the defense 5nd we, believe they .will humble the 5,'aukton college representa'ives to-iiip-ht. Both quintets play again Satin-Hay evening. , The Falls Ctty-Crefirliton same '' which will be a nrelimmaty affair So themain ftruggle, should be nn Interesting contest (or the fans. The visitors have won three games this season, ; two more than Creighton. jrd ar? said to have a, bunch of Speedy performers. However, the "orep" players are doped to etferge rtctonous. , - Nebraska Plays Grinnell. Nebraska will dedicate its new gymnasium at the state fair grounds tonight when it meets Grinnell col jege of Grinnell. la., in a two-game series. The Cornhuskers have a fast team 'of tos.sers this so;ison rmd this, N feoupled; with their ability to work he short passing game and guard, makes, them a decided favorite over Grinnell in the .series. if Fort -Omaha and Council Bluffs Nonpareils' play in Council Bluffs jonight. ' .- ' ; ' liiotrier College Quintet a Trounces Midland Team Fremont, Neb., Jan. 13. (Special elearam.) In a slow basket ball irac Dlayed last lic-nt between Cot- er college and Midland, the former JU;n by a score of 29 to 15. The Cot ter! squad jumped into the lead soon Jfltjr the start of the contest and liver never in danger of losing the rd. - - Dana and Cunberg starred for the cats. It was the first game of the eason for the Midland team. olumLus Boxer Scores ! ,1 K. 0. Over TagKart ii: Columbus, Neb.. ' Jan. 13. (Spe- irial) Louis Bordy, the 120-pound iSouth Side boy who has Ijeen clean ing; uo ; everything of his weight, iknockea out Paul McTaggart here l-Sefore an" audience' of American Region boys in the first round of jiyhat Was to have been a three :round . exliibition bout. j Philadelphia and Boston f , Pro Tennis Players to Meet Philadelphia, Jan. 13. Keprcsen latives of l'-oston and Philadelphia uv.ct today in the opening matches ij.f the national professional court Jennis tournament, the winner of l.vhich will meet Jay Gould, (open ;-nd amateur champion of America, 'n the challenge round. j: Fort Qmaha Tossers to t j-i ' Play Nonpareils Friday Lieutenant A. If. Foster's Fort Omaha . baskcteers will journey to 'Council Bluffs Friday night to play ;the Nonpareils of that city. The soldiers have been practicing hard j for the game tomorrow and expect 'ito win over the Iowans. a; , t- xachwartz of Minneanolis in their 10 Ijound bout here last night The nicn v:re, bantamweights. 1 f it Is estimated that Pete Herman earn.i ...two bantam kings before him. Mia neat-1 cc will probably total mora tban $100,W. "'-ft mom '.n thA ,nna wama than -nua . . .i !rj Sioux City la., Jan. 13. Earl Me lt Vrthur of SiotiK City defeated locv Will Defend Title rm , 1 ; I A new photograph of Benny Leonard of New York, and light weight champion, of the world, who meets Ritchie' Mitchell of Milwaukee at Madison Square Garden, New York, Friday night. The match is for 15 rounds to a referee's decision. Leonard knocked out the Milwaukee contender in their previous bout a few years, ago. "Mo" Pressly Will Captain Basket Ball Team far Maroons "Mo" Pressly, member of last season's University of Omaha foot ball eleven and right for ward of this year's basket ball squad, has been appointed cap-, tain of the cage quintet to suc ceed Jack Beacom, who left school. ''. Intercollegiate A. A. U. 0. K.'s 100-Yard Dash Mark 'ev Vnrk- Tan. 13. The Inter collegiate Amateur Athletic associa- firn liaa arrritfd as a recoornized ill- tcrcollcgiate record the time of 9 4-5 seconds tor the lUO-yara flasn, made by Morris M. Kirksey,. in a dual nifft l-irtwrpn T.rland Stanford. jr., university and Oregon Agricul tural college last May. inis was announced today by Thpmas Fitz gibbons of Columbia, secretary of th asenriatinn Kirksev. was a member of the last' American Olym- ptc team and scored tirst place in the 200-mcter event at the 'athletic meet hcA liv flip Federation of Un ions of France, held in Colorhbes, 1' ranee, last August. Princeton May Send Team I ' To Collegiate Regatta ; Princeton. N. J., Jan. 13. For the first time in a decade Princeton row ing authorities are seriously consid ering an invitation to send the Tiger varsity to Poughkcepsie for the in tercollegiate regatta on June l&. "Y" Basket Ball l' FK'IAT, STAN DINGS. Commercial league. i W. J j. P'.t. looo 1000 1000 ' .500 .000 .000 .000 Thorplan A C 2 Commerce Tigers .3 C . B. High Lion Bonding Co. .... McKenney Dentists ...3 ...1 ..0 ...0 ...0 r. B. Nonnnrleis ... Hughes-Parmer ..... Thorpian A. C, 14; I.lnn Bonding; Co., Hiirhes-Parmer, 9; Commerce Tljrera, 13. ('. H. IIIkIi, S4: C. B. Nonparlefii, 10. f'ommerea Cubs. 7: McKenney Den tist , 6. Tonliht'n Gaines. Orester OmaliP. I.eacue Wilson Elcr- Irtcs against Townsends, 8 p. m. ; Bowen I1 urnlturt f;o. against Omaha Athletic club, 9:15 p. m. Clmri-h I.eairiie SI. E. wops ngamst Teurl Kopa. 7:26 p. m. LAST NIGHT'S GAMES. First Game. .... Tlmi-plan A. C. (14) Uon Baondinc Co. (9) Freiberg rf Chnlcher ornniH n j, l.evinaon Conecky ;heno if , Wclser c Dugan . rg , Wilkinson lg ' Lundgren P. T.fvinaon for FriebertT. Substitutes- Field Goals FrIMierg. Coreman (3).' B. Levinson. Konecky, CUe'sno, Cholcher, Du ean. Free Throws Clincher (5). Fouls Committed -Konecky, E. Levin- son, Chcsno. D. 1 evinson (2), Cholcher, Weiscr, Dugan, Wilkinson (2). Second Game, 'nmcrce Tigers (IS) Hughes-Palmer (?) Kline rf . Mellnr I'umero If Schlolt fiokusek c N?lson Slar.e r Hovey Kransa ig Stephens Substitutes Rain for Nelson; Albertl for Rain; Techout for Kline; Ilathoot for Campro; RecNe for Rokusek. ' Field Coals Mcllor, Nelson, " Kline, Caiivro (3), Kranse (2). Free Throws -Mellor 2), Albertl (2), Camero. Fouls Commlted Nelson. Stephens, Albertl. Rain, Kline (2), Camero, Rokusc'.i (2). Slane (2), Kranse (3), Ilathoot 3), Ueeae. ThliJ Game. " , ' . C. B. Nonpariels (I0t r. Diwosky rf W. Owens If Kinsel c Robery rg Hawthorne Is Deffenhaugh Oeffenbaugh Braham Taylor Wise Substitutes Brown for Dlwoaky: Capel for Robery : R. Dcffrnbaugh for C. Deffen baugh;. Henry for Taylor. 1K,el,doJ niwosky (3), Owena (3), Kinsel (2). Robery, Braham 3), R. Def fenbaugh (2). Free Throws Owens (6). .' .Foa ... Commlted Diwosky. - Owans, Kinsel (2). Robery (2). Hawthorne (2). C. Deffenbaugh (2). Braham, Wise (3), B. Deffenbaugh (3), Henry. ' Fourth Game. Comment Clubs (7) McKenney Dentists (6) Eastman . rf . . Brown n.nv - lf. .. . Cahlll Rnny ' Vallereaux Swe-naon rg Padrlck Shoemaker lg Tipton Substitutes Rand f(,r Vallereaux: Mor rocca for Tipton; Rrookover for Swtnson; Johnnan for Rhany. ' Field Goals Browns (2), Krebs (") FrK Throws Rrown (3), Krebs I)' Fouls Commlted Brown (2) Valler eaux (3). Padrlcit, Tipton, Rhany, Swen son (2). Shoemaker (2). - Officials Referee, Verne Moore; Time keeper, Russum; Scorer. Crowley, Tim of halve, 16 minutes. Cage Season Tonight Packers Shively Rallies And Defeats Moon Stages Comeback in Final In nings of Billiard Match, Win ning by 100 to 94 Score. STANDINGS. W. ret. MIH) .mo .wig .HH6 .3IHI .t.ik) .:; .MIO llitrrh ... Nlephrna .'. Mhrpard . . . Shivt; ly 1 OHtrr . . . . Sclplti .. .8 ...4 ...1 ...t ...1 ...I ...I .. .0 1 149V Moon .... . NtvanNOii Me lieletta The best match playtsd thus far in the state pocket billiard tourna ment at the De Luxe parlors,' was :4aged yesterday afternoon between Harry Moon and George, Shively. in vhich the latter won by a score of 100 to 94. Playing a steady game, during the early innings of the match, Moon chalked up 89 tallies,' while Shively scored but 25. However, as the con test reached the final three frames, Shiyely uncorked a bunch of fancy shots that resulted in him register ing 75 marker and the tanif The winner left his opponent few open ing in tne last tew innings of the game. .1 In the afternoon Swanson crawled cut of the cellar position in , the standings by defeating JJeletts, 100 to 70, in another interesting game. Kenneth Sciple and Harry Moon will play this afternoon and Ralph Stephens and George Shively are scheduled to stage their game this evening. . Bout Between Dempsey And Willard May Be Canceled, Says Kearns Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 13. Jack Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion, said today the match between Dempsey and Jess Willard, March 17, might be called off because of the iccent rul ing by the New York Boxing com mission fixing $15 as the highest ad mission fee to be charged at chain pionship matches. iHe said that this meant that no more than $150,000 tould be obtain ed if the bout was held at Madison Square Garden, the largest place available in New York at that time of the year. ' ' - "This sum is not enough to han dle the match, he said. ..-i ' Farrell May Be Named , Secretary to Landis Chicago, Jan. 13. John H.' Far rell of Auburn, N. Y for 20 years secretary of the National Association of Minor leagues, is slated to 1C' come secretary to Federal Judge Kenesaw M. Landis," conm issioner of organized base ball, it became known today. . Secretary Farrell. a oioneer in base ball, has received a tentative offer, from Judge Landis, but the question of salary and the term of office has not been considered. -It i known, however, that Farrell will decline unless, the term is for seven years or more, the length of time Judge Landis was chosen to serve. Farrell receives a salary of $7,500 a year as secretary of the minor leagues. , l Arrange for Boxing ' i Tournament January 23 New York, Jan. ,13. Arrangements were completed today for an inter national amateur boxing tournament between the best boxers of Canada and those of the Metropolitan Asso ciation of Amateur Unions. Bouts, which will include one international contest in one of each weight classes, will be fought at Madison Square Garden, January 25. . The bouts will be contested under the rules of the International Amateur Boxing fed erationf the weight classes being 112, 118, 126, 135. 147, 160, 175 pounds and heavyweight. George McBride Appointed Manager of Senators Washington, Jan. 13. George Mc Bride, former shortstop and captain, was appointed yesterday manager of the Washington American League club. Clark Griffith, president of the club and former manager, will devote himself to executive duties and scouting. . - ' : Four Players Expelled From Organized Ball Chicago, Jan. 13. Players Rum ler, Borton, Maggert and Dale, in volved in alleged base ball crooked ness in the Pacific coast league, .to day were expelled from organized base ball by the National Association of Minor Leagues. HIGHSCHL BASKETBALL niue mil. 4: Ron. land, 11. Blue Hill.. Neb., Jan. 13. (Special.) The local high School basket ball team easily defeated the Roseland quintet, here by a acore of 46 to 11. The pame was clean throughout. The local achool has a.i open date January 21. Grand Island, 22; Kettrney, It. Grand Island. Neb., Jnn. 13. (Special.) The Grand Island High school basket bull team won 1s second game of the mason hero wen It defeated K'-arncy High by a score of 22 to 14. ' Pruner. Kelso and Black, ln.scorlmr, and R-hder. In guarding, did stellar work for the locals, while Sternes was the oulsuudlnt; star of the visitors' play. ftlenwood Announces Schedule. Olenwood. Ia., Ian. 13. (Special.) The Olenwood High school bssket ball sched ule has been completed and Is as follows: Januf.ry 14. Villisca, here. , January 21 Blanchard. here. January 2S Missouri Valley, here. February 16 Tabor, there.' . . February 1 8 Shenandoah, here. February 26 Sidney, here. ' York, 24 1 Aurora, 23. York,- Neb., Jan. 13. (Special.) York High school defeated Aurora High school basket ball team In a hard fought, but clean came here by a acore of 24 to 23. Semi-Pro and Amateur North Bend Teflon, SI; Weinberg, 14. North Bend, Neb., Jan. 1i. (tipeclal.) The North Bnd Amerliiiii 1-eslon basket ball team (teffiited- Wit1iher, team here by the score of S3 to 14. tMUten played the best game for the losers, whllt Oorey starred for the winners. tm NEXT Leeding the World. Professor has just spotted new planet 27,000,000 times bigger than the spots on the sun. Distance sounds like another war loan to Eu rope. It's so far away that it is out of the high rent district. 4 We discover everything. Course we lend it to somebody else. But we .discover it. Columbus discovered this nation, but Woody discovered a whole league of 'em. We're a democracy, which means that every citizen is born with a pat hand. But even in royalty Leeds the world. the U. S. Old man Leeds made a washboilcr full of jack out of tin pie plates. He was a rough American who wore red flannel underwear in .winter, night and day. He could never figure why Rodin's statue of a guy playing squat tag should be called the Thinker. " Now the Leeds family is buying the state's rights to the Greek throne and will soon have a royal Chi cagoan on the Athens throne. They have secured the retail royalty rights Pubuc Vol. 1 . - To supply umana " r saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaOaO HLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaC ' ship of thfe gas. plant, there will be required about 10,000 jnsof coal; 25,000 tons of coke, and 4,000,000 gallons of gas oil.trthe prices paid by the Omaha 'Gas Company, these supplies wouWTnave cost last year about $650,060, Their cost during theSent year is estimated at $1,050,000 an increase of $4O0OjQThis increase alone amounts to aboutlO.OO for each familtn the city; and is but one ofthe causes . f the. increased ost of gas in Omaha.T says We Have a Bigger Problem- Coal1 Instead of using 35,000 tons of coke 1 and coal a year we use 150,000 tons. This coal alone during 1920 cost us more than $1,000,000 AN INCREASE OF $517,000 over what it cost us in 1915. Our present rates are based on 1915 costs. v You Can a Bigger They Took an Increase The gas company, because "municipally owned," made their own increases. They increased the charge on every 1,000 cubic feet of gas used. ' They "soaked on" service charges. They cut down the heating units of the gas. They quit paying taxes. Service and Adjustments ;-x When you come to the electric light office to make an adjustment you are treated cordially; your case is investigated promptly; service is given you. ONC to Corfu and have made an offer to the Kaiser. If he makes good he will get split-weeks on the. Pantages circuit. . -t , Corfu is an island like Cuba. An island is a body of American tourists surrounded by water. A continent is the same body of American tour ists surrounding water. Government has made fieat strides in America. First we had the nionarcliial. Then we had the democratic form. Now we have the compulsory. All our great corporation families have branches in Europe's royalty Over in that hemisphere they think a check-book is the map of America. Impossible to figure how the'-Lceds can be happy on an isand that sounds so much like curfew. They have so much money they can live like princes, which is great in Greece, but only about five minutes in Rus sia. ( They will have to watch the Kai ser, who calls himself the' Second Consul. Don't know whether this title is stolen from Napoleon or from the famous ape. I X '111 II 1111,11 I I I I II Service Bulletin j, PuMUhoe) by tha Matrepelitan Watar District . Operating Omaha' Water, Gas and Ice Plants OMAHA, OCTOBER, 1920 with cas during tne nrst year or puonc onnrer- the GAS RATES WERE INCREASED the water board said in its "Public Service Bulletin" because coal, coke, and gas oil, which cost $650,000 last year, now cost $1,050,000 an increase of $400,000. The board also points out: "This increase ALONE will amount to about $10.00 FOR EACH FAMILY in the city, and is BUT ONE of the causes of in creased cost of gas in Omaha. Taxes- Herman Beats ' Wilde in Long Distance Bout American Bant am weight Is Awarded Decision in 17th Round of 20-Frame G Yank Over Weight. London. Jan. 13. Pete Herman, the American bantamweight, won over Jimmy Wilde here tonight. The referee stopped the battle and awarded the decision to Herman in the 17th round. , At the 14th round, Herman was considered to have the advantage of the fighting so far as points were concerned, although Wilde was still fighting gamely. ; Herman was overweight and Wilde claimed the champiofiship. Announce Dates for Amateur Aquatic Events j New York, Jan. 13. Dates for na tional, amateur championship swinf ming events were announced last night as follows: Men's 220-yard free style, N. Y. A. C, March 1. 100-yp.rils. free style. lirookline, (Mass.) swimming club, March S. 500-yarils, tree xtyln. Great Lakes Naval training station, .March IS.,. 220-yanls. senior breast stroke and women's junior r!uy, Olympic club, San Francisco. April o. No. 10 o- Water Because the gas company is "municipal ly owned" it pays no taxes. This means that almost $200,000.00 in taxes which were formerly paid by the gas company NOW COMES OUT OF YOUR POCKET in the form of additional taxes. Our tax rate in 1920 was one and two thirds times that of 1915 AN INCREASE OF $99,000. See From This Comparison That We Have Problem to Meet Than the Water Board Did j 1 and Central Play IMlly Edwards and , , ' 1 ' Peterson Sign for Bout 'Nebraska City. Ncb tan. 13. Special,) Hilly Kdwards ' of Mhis MY-OMI.MY- CAN i .POSSIBLE JHEUOTRQPEMS i r I l"Tt ii k i ' r 'l r j , ii w i i . : ; . for Labor- Board: Our labor costs INCREASED $200, 000 one. and a half times 1915 costs. We had to meet the increases in order to keep up our 100 per cent service to you and to provide a reasonable wage for our family of 450 employes. v All We Ask is a "Living Wage" We have asked the City Commissioners to decide what fair rate we are entitled to. All we ask is the means of meeting the increases in our expenses. Honest compensation is our plea a fair return on the fair value of our property. , Isn't that Fair? Nebraska Power Co. city and Anton, Peterson of Roches tcr, Minn., light .heavyweight wrest lers, have been ma-tcheil for a bout to he held 'in this city on the night of January 19. ' ., IT BE Each J 1
