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THE "BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 18, 1921. Up - to Ice Skaters eteiii x -;V Finals Soop r )mahai Amateur Steel Blade ? Performers Will Stage Semi- i .', Final Events Next I 'Wednesday. , f At least ISO competitors will take part in the fourth and final prelim j inaries of the second ice skating tournament, being conducted under the auspices of the Y.M. C. A. and . ti c park ' recreation department, at .J'onttnelle park, Wednesday nig'". ',. according to officials. Wednesday night's preliminaries ; will start al 8 o clock. Amateur ice S-skaters wno have not yet taken -jjgrt in the otlicr preliminary races ' -are eligible to enter. v Officials are planning onmaking the finals for the city championship next Saturday afternoon at 'ton tenelle park one of the Rrcatest 1 i winter outdoor sporting events ever staged here. 'The program is being - worked bv N. J. Weston, pnvsiciai director of th'e local Y and Ira lones. park recreation director. The ice skating contest will start at 3:30 o'clock, fbllowed by skiing and sled ' contests. ' The winders at Hanscom park, 1'Riverview, filler and Fontcnelle ' park .will compete in the finals for the city title. Official records will he established for the city of Omaha and some fast time" is ex pected. ' " N Medals will be awarded to the first and second place contestants. It has been announced that in addition 4 to the ice skating tournament, " skiing and seld races, fancy skating contests wtfl be hcln tor both men and women. Any fancy skater in li c city may compete in this event, without previous trial. ? Park Commissioner Falconer has, een appointed official referee in the . tn.als.y " ". , . ToComp t Harvard Track Team Not to 1 Go Below Mason-Dixon Line Cambridge. Mass.. Tan. 17. The . . Hcrvard 'varsity track team, which ; lud olanned a southern trip for the ' ' spring recess, will not go below the f ilason-Uixon irne, as a resuu oi ac ! Uon bv University of Virginia and i tiie naval academy. To a cdmmuni- ? cation fromvMajor Fred W. Moore, Si graduate manager of- athletics at . 4?irvard, saying that the rrmson i team included two athletesi negro blood? both Institutions replied that they considered it best under the circumstances that track mees 1 scheduled with Harvard in " April v vhoritd not be held. ADVERTISEMENT MRS. SYLVIA FOSTER, of Buffalo, N. Y., who says she wishes sjuf could, go into every home and tell how Tanlac com pletely restored her health: after she had lost all hope of ever be ing well again. ' ' . "They had given up. all hope of my ever being well again, but thanks - to Tanlac, I am feelingas well now as I ever felt in my life and I only wish 1 had time to go Ho, every home and tell every sick 'person about this grand medicine. X"A year ago last January I had a severe attack of influenza which left me in a terribly weakened con dition and my appetite was so poor Nhat I ate little more than enough to keep body and soul together. ., "My heart palpitated so dreadful ly at times that it seemed like it had stopped altogether and I would ahink my time had come. I was so weak that I couldn't go up (the ' steps without -holding to the rail ing. It was impossible for me to do any housework, I was so nerv ous that I couldn't drink my tea or coffee . without spilling it. "My sleep was restless and broken and I would have smothering spells and would just have to get up and go to the window .so I could breathe, "I finally started taking Tanlac on the advice of a friend and before I had finished taking the second bottle my neighbors could" tell . I ' was improving right along. Well, it has only taken five bottles tore ' store ny health completely. " ' "My appetite is just splendid now, mv serves are - stroncr and steady. my housework is afreal pleasure-and .. 1 can sleep like 1 child, at night. .In fact, I never felt better in my life than I do now" . ; The above remarkable statement was made by Mrsr Sylvia Foster, of i 206 S. Division street. Buffalo. . N. : Y a well-known and highly re- soected resident oft that city. Tanlac is sold in Omaha at . all Sherman & McConncll Drug Com' pany's stores, Harvard Pharmacy , and West nd Pfarmacy. Also m South Oaaha and Benson Phar - macy, Benson; Qeorge Siert, Flor ence, Neb.; Saratoga Pharmacy, 4th and Ames, North Omaha, Neb., and the leading druggist in each city and town throughout the state of Ne - . braska. ; . Ki Wxtv; 5-i ' - Bate News and t Gossip of iNDObR SPORTS PCAVAjs (lS 90 VslM fLUNClU WHO tmr.MOMf OF SAU-. v "" " " H vnatt T nia .x c At Annual A. B. C. Big'BowlingMeet at Buffalo Next Month Destined ! to : BrealtWH Records. ... ' . . Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 17. (Special.) --Scarcely had. the echoes of the first gun in the campaign for en tries to the annual tournament of the American bowlinsr congress, in LBuffalo, February 28 to March 31, j:. , - - t 'Li . uica away oeiore Decarae apparent that the 1921 tournament is destined to be a record breaker in the history of the sport. The most optimistic reports anent entries and genera! in terest are coming in, both from na tional headquarters, Nation aK Secre tary A. L. Langtry, No: 175 Second street, Milwaukee, Wis., and the tournament city headquarters, No. 501 . White buildiner. Buffalo, where John T. Smith, the national presi dent, -and J. A. Loekle, the local secretary, are busv at work in the interests of the congress. Indications thus early are that there will be a great and representa tive entry in this tournament It is now thought th Buffalo will surely go wen ahead ot the great entry at Peoria last year,, when 900 teams assembled, and that the Bisonj:ity will set a mark emblematic of later- day interest which will astonish even th veterans. There was great agitation in bowl- lu ' circles and gratification in the ranks of the tournament directors last' week, .when it became known for the first time . in many years the New York bowjers will be represented. ' " " "Bo" McMUlan May Lead t . Canton Foot Ball Eleven Louisville. Ky.. Jan. . 17. "Bo" McMillan. Centre college foot ball star, announced here today that he is considering an offer to lead e Can ton, O independent foot ball iteanT. i HIGH&mL BASKETBALL Odd!, 27 j Wymote, II. Wymore. Neb.. Jan. ,17. (Special.) The local high sohool Is represented thta year by a basket ball team, the first ona lu five year. In the flrxt fame ot the reason played here the OdII quintet wot over the locals by a score of 27 to 21. The schedule (or the . remainder of too season follows: , Jan. 21 wymore at Burchard. Jan. 27 Trip. r, Feb. o-Dlllti at Wymore.. . Feb. 12 Wynjpre at Holmelvllis. Feb. 1 Wymore at Burchard. t Feb. !5 Wymore ht Dlller. " March 7 Hulmesvllle at Wymore. March 10-12 State tournament. Lincoln. Oshkosh Clrli, 26; FaxtOa Olrls. 12. Oshkosh. Neb.. Jan. -17. SreclaLl The - local girls' basket ball team de feaied the girls' quintet from the Puxtoa II schaol by a soore- of 26 to 12. OrdJ 30: Shelton. 1. -' 'eb.. Jan. 17. Soeclal Teles-ram Or. Bigb, quintet won from the fast ShellaD ream bv u. m of 20 I, II rinl la coirteMir for the . champtwflshlp at the wwpy oaii loumamenr. Oiklandjeb.1: Jan. 17. (Special.) The Oakland y MWh school basket ball telm defeated thtNTekamah quintet here by n scoro of 31 U . The locnl girls' quintet of'j60torS V'ekmal1 "lrl" "00re Wcstra, 8'; Beaver Croesinr, 8, Western, Neb... jan. 17. (Special.) Western High dented BeaVer Crossing High school basket ball team here In a hard-fought game by a score of ( to 2. , nana CoUege. 19 8eward, 1. " Blair. Neb.. Jan. 17..Hr..i.i t. . closely contested ram of basket ball, the ..I qu-'n'ei ueyated Seward Luther Seminary by a acora 0f u to IS At the end ot the first half u,e vtsitors were in .the lead, but during thAiast period of play the locals shewed morerwi" and forged ahead in the 'scoring. . f Benedict, 3S) Mromsbnrg, A Benedict, Neb.. Jan. 17. (SpaciaCwTne local high school won over the StronWurr squad here by a score of 13 to 7, la a Bird fought, but clean game of basket bn Benedict and Polk play next Friday n' the local'a court. ' j . J- Baswett Annonneea Rrhednle. h Bassett. Neb., Jan, 17. (Special.) tho local high school basket ball team, has played atx -games thus far this season and has won each contest. The locals have de feated Alnsworth, twice, Stuart twice and O'Neill high onoa and Johnston ones. Tho schedule follows: s v Jan. 11 Open. . , Jan. 28 O'Neill at O'Neill. Jan. I Johnston at Bassett , Feb. 4 Open. . Feb.-11 Open. - ; ' Feb. IS Atkinson at Bassett. . Feb. 24 Atkinson at Atkinson. . ' ' k March Id State tournament at Lincoln. Semi-Pro and Amateur Soda Xealea, 89; North Bend Iaioa, . Dodge. Neb.. Jan. 17. (Special.) The TJedxe, Neb., American Legion basket ball Warn defeated the . North Bend Iegn squad here by ' a acore of-21 to 1. The locals easily outpointed their opponent. Jus SmeaUr starrtsil tor the winners. - 'Copyright, 111 InUra'I t -a : : l .i : J ' 11 1. m " ' y . . 0 NEXT A COUPLE of the neighbor's children busted into society Friday night when Mr. Leon ard of the Harlem Riyerside Drive met Mr. Mitchell of Milwaukee, now a -famous waterinsr place, but once renowned for the luxuriousness of its foam Der caoita. .'' Atter- spending the wej;k-end in the 400, Bennie and Ritchie "resumed the sordid threads of their lives at the point M'Bere they were shattered by a dilapidated purse of . 40,000 milled edge buttons, it was a very mixed evening. First, a couple of social climbers put on a six-round tableau ' while the bired slummers in the thousand-dollar seats lowered their lorgnettes to a tolerant "half mast. . v ' Then a v couple more1 society up starts slugged each other formally without dulling the edge of the dawager's razor-like eyebrows or melting the wax on trie cotillon leaders'-mustaches. But .society was parked there to see their new pro teges, Ben and Ritchie, and had left a call for 10 o'clock. . When the two Queensbery kew pies softshoed their way intothe pavilion, society cut If ose with three rousing yawns. It Is for France. "It was all for France," thought Leonard as Jie took on on the chin. "They shall not pass, chirped, Ritchie, as he stopped eleven rights with one face; "C'est la guerre." remarked Ben it je,. breathing heavily through his ears, as a gjove blockaded his nose. "A chaque oiseau son nid est beau," Ritchie remarked to his im ported valet as he staggered to his Champ Leonard Says Richie Mitchell Is Classy Lightweight New York; Jan. 7. While the "I told you so" chorus was going strong, Benny Leonard', 'contented himself Sunday with ah interview, calling Richie Mitchell the "classiest lightweight I have ever met." The box office adding machine is still figuring the amount due the Euro--pean Relief fund, and the pickpock ets who mingled with the fashionable folk Ire saying "pretty soft" As for the- Mitchells, it cannot be said truthfully that they are good losers. Not even newspaper men were given permission to interview the lad, who handed Leonard the toughest opposition, encountered by Benny since he ascended the light weight throne. - Will Organize Three , ' Boys', Leagues at "Y" Plans arc now under way to or ganize three boys -leagues at the '"Y" The -leagues 'will commence playing the latter part of this month, and the players will be classed in the following weights': Boys -over 105 pounds, boys un der 120 pounds, and boys over 120 pounds. At least-six or eight teams wjll be in each league- . I Cinder Path Athletes Preparing For 1921 Track and Field Events Lincoln. Jan. 17. (Special.) The winter season for preliminary train ing for track men has opened at the university. More than 100 mew nave een reporting for the workouts. . )-oach Henry F. Schulte reports trac prospects at the university are brigV Last season a squad of 175 men Vrned out for track and Ne braska ttantiirrd dtiat meet! with Minnesois ani Haskell and made, gooa.snojngS jn the Missouri Val ley conferee and Western-Inter collegiate. nVts. , ' Bach men icM8hon Wrlf ht. Dale. Stromer. lrr m.h rrin. Heeee, Iloulton. Kvu-i,,' .., Carson. Gibbs aud Leeee nd Leeee , ,1,'.,. iter li'inrfiir Hu-.n.. rnerals. They are : td.li.on. S(rlet.r. 8teYns, Sloan. Hartnil WMt Weller Kohl, Reese. Mackey. Moore! Dobe.h. Medlln. Dlwser a5y 00r0' i-Winter track facilities avhc s-hool are good considering theqCt (1Ht Nebraska has no indoor trwj Drawn for The Bee by Tad N.wa Service. CNt corner between" rounds. ' To each bird of the air its own nest is fair, he translated freely. .' . ' The affair. d'honneur becomes ardente. Comrade Leonard en deavors 16. knock his compagnoh de voyage for a round trhvBut. a Bon chat, bon rat. Goqd cat Good rat. They are well matched Citizen Mitchell's atterflpt to step Ch Leon ard 'a ncur de terre is metby Bennie a bras ouverts. ,Withopen! arms. ' "A bis ou a blanc" thinks Ritchie, "I will, win by the hook . or the crook." ' "Cuckoo- le boikdhard," murmurs Bennie to the referee de la socking tournament, "This" is one laugh bird." The Weeper, Grabs One. Society has a new toy. The thump ing mannikins. Ennui is an awful thing. A grands maux le grands remedes. Desperate ' illnesses re quires . desperate cures. s Riverside Drive has the' edge on the prince of Wales, who was photogrophed shak ing thj mitt of Bombardier , Wells 0tr here, we 'can shake the hands of winners. It was all for France, but the Bronx and Milwaukee grabbed a little syrup with their wheatcakes. 4t s a good thing for New York box iner to have the limousine riders in terested in it. Of course, it was all for France, .but we're willing to stage bbxinsr shows for Mexico. Enir land or any other country that would like to be devastated, Don't overlook the fact that Bill Halligan was perched onMhe bench r'il.t between the Morgans and the Vanderbilts. Bill sails, for the Lon don concert halls tomorrow, anT he can chirp the king all about the so ciety doiiiRS in the rolls and coffee belt. Incidently, Weeper Sheridan eot very friendly -withVince Aston The Weeper is wearing Vmce s over cokt right now.. - M MM XXI .1 nois wresuers Preparing for Meet ... ; Urbana, 111., Jan. 17. Six veteran wrestlers will face bisrten grap pliug opponents when Illinois starts the conference wrestling season this month. Coach Paul Prehn is putting the men through rigid training. The mat men, vho have been under fire in conference meets are: Captain Jessen, welterweightr Ems, heavy weight, "Esslingef, middleweight: Kallas and Chou, lightweights, and Flostrum, featherweight. Track "Work Starts at University of Illinois, Urbana, 111., Jan. 17. Track pre parations for the spring season at the University of Illinois are under way. . A large' squad responded to Coich Harry fL Gill's first call for practice. The Orange and Blue runners will meet Notre Dame in February for the, first indoor meet. While the Why Not Nicholas OU team are not at the top of the race, they are a toue-h combination for the leaders to beat. Tbey recently gave the Nourse Oil team a triple deroat, ana otner teams are also carrying a few extra figures in their loss cMumn due to this squad a consistent rolling. - ' twelftlf-mile oval . board track for the runners, a 70-yad straightaway for the sprinters antf hurdlers, a special sawdust pit' for the vaultcrs and jumpers in "connection with the board tracks, is a part of the winter track plant. - 1 'The present arrangement of ths winter practice facilities, coupled with the event-coach system that Coac!i Schulte has used for years will make it possible toNcoajA more than .300 men efficiently Well. Event coaches for the present season have not bo?i selected as yet, but the following tneu have, charge of the various depart ments for the present: Wright, hurdlerS; Dale, shot and discus; Dorn, runs;. Decring, sprints; Gish, jumps The first re'af" competition that tho Cornhuskers will enter is the Kan sas City Athletic club meet the cud of February. Four Games Scheduled AtY.M.C.A.Tonrght Four snappy cage contests are scheduled in the Church league at the Y. lM. C. A. tonight. The first, starting at 7:30 o'clock, will-be be tween the M. E. Wops and the Clif ton Hill Presbyterians, while con test Not 2 will be. put on by the jPearl Methodist Episcopals and' the LM. E. Baracas. This contest, should ue the feature -event, as both teams f are in a tie for second place) honors I he other two games are as toi lows: Benson M. E. against Lowe Avenue Presbyterians and the Pearl Kops against South Side Presby terians ' ; ' Matchulet and Cprrion . : x ' To Meet in. Roped Arena Randolph,, Neb., Jan. 17. (spe" If iaL) Fritz Matchylet, local heavy weight boxer, will meet Eddie Gor- douf ISO pounds, of Sioux Citiy here Tuesday night, January 18 Gordon has challenged Matchuret to a six roundabout for the gate receipts. Thus far in his career Matchulet has iought two wins and a draw. For GOOD Special The Omaha Bee. (Six Week Day Issues) r McCall's .. . . . . ... . . The Omaha Bee.. tXix! The 01aMa 3Bee ; Extraordinary Mail DUDscription Bargains '.6 iV7l (Daily ad Sunday) McCall's ,. v...v...... Collier's . . American Woman .......... People's Popular Monthly..) Good Stories.; Special The Omaha Bee.. (Daily and SundayJ McCall's ........ V. feresf 1921 High Cage To Set Record Indications Are That Basket Ball Tourney to Decide . Champs Will Be Larg est Ever Held, i Lincoln, Jab. 7. Indications are that this year's state high school basket ball tournament; to be played here March 10. 11 and 12; will be even greater than the one held Ja$t year, which was declared the largest ever held in the cnited btates. Ap proximately 170 high schools of Ne braska sent teams to Lincoln to par ticipate in lastvear's tournament and winners were determined in eleven different classifications. Class A and B games and possibly hothers will be played at the big coli rseum (it the state fair grounds this year. Other, games will be played at the University gymnasium. A joint ruling of the high school and university athletic officials re quires that all. teams coming to Lin coln for the tournament be accom panied by an official escort selected by the high school faculty. . iu the various classes follow: Clasrl A, Lincoln; B, Superior; C, Have- lock; u, Kimball county; , Benson; F. Aurora: G. Genoa: I. Milford; J, Teachers College high school; Lin coin: and K, Courtland. State high school basket ball tour naments were first started m Nebras ka about 10 years ago. At the first tournament approximately 20 teams participated, fcwee then the number has increased steadily .each -year. Several Spills Feature Chicago Six-Day Bike Kace , Cbicaeo. Tan. 18. Several spills ocenrred early yesterday in the six day .bicycle race which started at 10 o'clock last, night. Willie Keller, Tom Hallow, Cecil, Walked Al phonze Verass and "Larry Gaffney alt went down but got back into the race. At 7 a. m. the riders were bunched, -having covered 190 miles and four laps. 'Jake Magin and Eddie Madden of New York, led in the point,scores. ' , Caddock Starts Training for Lewis Match Next eek New York. Jan. 17. Earl Cad dock, former heavyweight wrestling champion of the world, has begun training for his bout with Ed (Mrangler) Lewis, the champion, here a week from tonight Caddock weighs 190 pounds, about five pounds more than on previous ap pearances here. He declared he was confident of regaining the title. Bee Want Ads Are Best Business Getters. Meet Expected New and Renewal Subacriptions Within 400 Miles of Omaha ONLY TO Offer A .... $5.00 ' Both for One ' Yaar Only $5.75 . . . . . .$1.50 J . . .$9.00 . All Six for i One Year Only $10.50 .$1.50 .-2.50 .50 .35 .25 Offer C ... . $9.00 1 hJo2" .$1.50 J $9.25 to Sport Fans "RabefluM'OfHor Hunting Grounds New York, Jan. 1ft Babe Ruth' left Sunday fof hunting (rounds in Georgia to see if he can nit deer and wild turkeys as well as he Lean home runs. He will be one of a large party of huntsmen. Central Will Play Fremont Cagers v Coach Mulligan Changes the Schedule May, Meet vCreighton High. The Central Hig'h school basket ball schedule has been revised and one new school added to the list. A game will be? played with Fremont during examination week at Fre mont, v ' A game will probably be sched uled with Creighton High some time in the near future. 1 hey have been fanxious to schedule a game with the Purple and Wjhite aggregation, and one will be worked in if possible. It will have to be played in the mid dle of some week, for all of Cen tral s week-end dates are tilled. : Following is a revised schedule: Jan. 2J-r-fllouxTtty at Omaha: . ., Jan-28 Fremont at. Fremont. Jan. 11 Council Bluffs at Council Bluffs. Jaii 20 St. Joseph at St. Joseph. Febl 4 Lincoln atjOmaha. Feb 6 South HTRli at Omaha. Feb. 11 Sioux City at Sioux City. Feb. 12 Ft. Dodxe at Ft. Dodge. y ' Feb. IS Commerce at Omaha. ' Feb. 26-r-Beatrlce at Beatrice. Feb. 2 Lincoln at Lincoln. , ' Mar. t Ft. Dodge at Omahfc. Mar. 1-12 Touriiuntent at Lincoln. Tracy Curls His ' Way to Sty Title fn the finals for the Malcom cup in the curling tourney wnicn was held -at Miller park yesterday, Tracy defeated Gait, 21 to 9 in a hard- fought and interesting game. By virtue of his victory, Tracy is the single-handed, curling champ of the city, i 1 Tracy won over Bell, 8 to 7 in the semi-finals and Gait beat Lowdeu, XI to 8. Inter-City Wrestling i Bout Scheduled March-8 One of the bie features in amateur wrestling which is stirring up great interest is the intercity heayweight championship to be held March 8 for he entertainment of the mer chants during the Merchants' week celebration at the city Auditorium. The match which will be the main event of the athletic program will be put on by, Hason, the local heavy; Weight champion, and Walker, who will represent the Council Bluffs Y. M. C. A. Both men hit the scale at-483 pounds and ane equal to one another in build and size. ' . 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President Heydlcr of the National league, who is a mem ber of the advisory board, an nounced Saturday that a contingent fund of $-10,000 had been provided for the commissioner to draw upo.i in order to Abarry on any investiga tion he may deem advUablc. In the working agreement now be ing formed, it was written that the minor leagues shall have until Feb ruary IS to declare themselves either ia favor of or against the draft, the privilege of coming in or staying out, navinir been crantcd in the new agreement. It also was decided that in case dratted players are tunica back, the minor leagues who accept the draft will hav the' chance' to claim them, while those who have chosen to operate without the draft. will have no such opportunity. mat means tnat 111 ine iuiurc. .1 a major club should drafts player from a small minor league, then de cide not to keep him. the big miY nors who favor the draft will have a chance to claim him. 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