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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921. for hit Moneys ot Both. Dempsey and Carpentier Accounted For 10 Contract for Title Battle Not Violated Heavyweight Championship Fight Will Be Held July 2 Each Principal Has Posted $50,000. New York, Jan. 19. The forfait moneys of both principals and pro moters involved in the Dempsey . Cafpentier heavyweight champion ship bout set for July 2 were directly or indirectly accounted for today. As a result, it appeared that none of the terms of the contract signed November 5 have been violated and so far as can be foreseen there is no ground for the report that the match will not be held. , J. E. Ward, a surety broker who hand cd the bonds lor those in volved in the contract, stated that the American Security company had issued a bond for Promoter Tex Rickard's share of the $100,000 for feit fund amounting to $33,333.33 ' The United States Fidelity and . Guaranty company of Baltimore is sued a similar bond tor vvm. a RraHv. while Charles B. Cochran, English promoter, gave a checK tor his one-third resDonsibility. Post . Forfeits of $50,000. ; Each erincipal through his man ager was obliged by the contract to place a forteit tuna ot wun the holding trust company on or , before November 20. Dempsey's ' manager, Tack Kearns, arranged i with the Fidelity and Deposit com- nanv of Baltimore for such a bond. Carpentier placed a sum equivalent to $50,000 with the Paris firm of , Morgan Harjes, ' with instructions to forward It to JNew xonc. Ac cording to a cable from Paris $his amount was deposited November 22 and in a statement from coenran m London it was explained that the money had never been transferred to this country owing to refusal of the French government to permn it to leave.-' . . ' All those involved, however, con iderthe posting of the forfeit of Carpentier in France as being with in the terms of the contract. There is no desire to take technical advan tage of Carpenter's inability to tran fer the monev to the United States at this time. 1 Britishers Favor Carpentier. Rickard stated thmat the report of the cancellation of the bout had re- 1. - j - (win. Plrm! fa1. , let, a personal iriend of Carpentier who acted as - confidential adviser and interpreter during the French boxer's visit to America. Colonel Mallet stated that he had arrived from Europe last Saturday and had seen Carpentier within two weeks. At that time Carpentier had m no way intimated that he had any idea of, withdrawing. Colonel Mallet stated that after the reports of Dempsey's bQtit with Brennan reach ed London a number of English sportsmen who had seen Carpentier box Bombardier Wells and Beckett offered ' to wager even money on Carpentier to defeat Dempsey. - , INDOOR SPORTS Copyright, 1111 Intern'l Newi Senrlca Drawn for The Bee by Tad led Base Ball Trai !and .i ain at lowa Iowa City, la., Jan.' 19.-(Special Telegram.) R, J. Crary of Ute, la., who played second base on the Iowa base ball team last year, has been elected captain of the Hawkeqe nine for this spring and Lester C Belding of Mason City; all-western foot ball end and high and low hurler on the track squad, has been elected track captain, Crary takes the place of Vance McAlree, who was declared Ineligible for base ball because he had played for one year at UrJper Iowa and- Belding takes the place of Lester Dyke, who is ineligible on. account of low scho lastic Standing.' j , i j s May1 Hold International ' j Track and Field Meet Cambridge, Mass.," Jan." 19. An international track and field meet be tween' joint teams representing ,Yale, Harvard and the, English. Uni versities of Oxford and Cambridge is under discussion by the advisory committees on track athletics of the American colleges named. " They are considering whether to. invite the English universities to come here for meeting next summer. Simonich Awarded Boiit v I Over Sheridan Scrapper Sheridan, Wyo.; JVm. - 19. Joe Simonich of Butte, t Mont., was awarded the 'decision in a. 10-round ' bout here last night with Roy Con ley of Sheridan. They ' are welter weights. ' ' "". '"' ': HICHSCHL BASKETBALL Genoa, SX; Clsrks, 24. Genoa, Nab.; Jan. 1. (Special.) The jacal t1gh achool basket ball team .won var ma i;iaraa- qwintws on m - ftM. Ktf mrnvm of 11 tA 24. It Will the second victory of the season for the Genoa eam over darks. The superior team Irork of the locals featured the same. Gothenburg-, Lextalion, IB. Oothanburf. Neb.. Jan. (Speolal.) The Oothenburs high sefcool basket ball earn defeated the Lexington quintet here in s hard-fousht turn by a score of IS to IS. The feature of the contest was the Kardlnr displayed by ithe members of th teams. , Manhattan. Kan., hlrh school basket ball quintet will play Beatrice here Friday evening-. It will be the first time In the basket ball history of both schools that game has been played between tire ocals and the Kansans. keaaedoafe Flays Bed Ork. Shenandoah, Neb., Jan. 1 (Special.) Ihenandoah high school's basket ball team jnd the Red Oak high school quintet Ire scheduled to meet on the local's court Friday night The following la the sched ule of the Shenandoah team: January il Bed Oak here. January SI Blsnclrard here. February 4 Council Bluffs there. February 11 Clarlnda here. February IS Glen wood there. , February z Kea uax mere. March 4 Open date. . March 11 Blanchard there. March II Open date. A,fi, hamGE - 1'U BT HS WREN PAHWS- f(tiscoW)k'rwrr TKM-ourtasai- LeiHiNfr me pRiie DAwce Ft-Arn THC 5VO(S GAWct yo 3US.T A V0J TrrOOOtfT hoo, HrM ir'cwcteO' ME- MvGr-HTfs' 5uT rtes AN MMfflMA v. Cifllro came on Trtc m. "...r. a iOrV m mi if fi r ri 1 . i raJ eg unuy S rtL" T- I ilJ' i.ft ,. tWh U J UP AW GfiT ir - sk mail t s . . . r -ua 1 n 1 wx 1 1 I.- ... . Central Tossers and Sioux City to Play Coach Mulligan Woking His Players Hard for Game At "Y" Saturday. Coach Mulligan's Central liigh basket r tossers have started a week of hard practice for their game Sat urday with Sioux City High at the local rY." The"Purple and White quintet made its initial showing last Friday and Saturday when it walloped South High, and lost to Council Bluffs by a two-point margin. The Central aggregation appears to be a fast team of cage artists, but their playing Saturday night showed that they are not yet in condition to play two hard games in a raw. ' However, with one more week 01 hard scrimmage, Mulligan hopes to round his team in condition fol two games m succession 1 ne central team swui De greany awed in . a coupie 01 weens wnen Beerkle. who has been "ineligible all semester, will aeainst be on the play ing list Beerkle is a fast, clever basket tosser, and wm probably De used at centers: When he gets-to working with Clement and Swcnson, Central will have one of the best scoring ma chines seen on the local floor for some time. Corenman will also help in this line. Corenman and Good have been showing up well as guards. Chicago White Sox-Sign 20 Pitchers for Training " Chicago; Jani 19. Manager "Kid" Gleason of the Chicago Americans will take 20 pitchers into training for the 1921 staff, it was announced today. Howard Feflnen a right hander, purchased from the Kalama zoo, Mich., club . is the " fifteenth pitcher to sign for the coming sea son. Fenner, a college product, scored two one-hit victories in his last three games last season. Dickie Kerr of White Sox First Holdout of Season Chicago, Jan. 19. Dick Kerr, di minutive star southpaw of the Chi cagd Americans, is the first holdout of the season. He wrote Iriends here todav that he was dissatisfied because his contract for 1921 did not contain an increase in "Salary. He asserted he would not pitch unless granted an increase. t Player Who Wears Glasses New Princeton Cage Captain Princeton, N. ' J., Jan. 19. How ard Opie of Pittsburgh - has been elected captain of the Princeton bas ket ball team. He wears glasses and a heavy protecting mask of steel and wire, a fact that has given him the title of the "masked forward." TOE LYNCH, the youngster who I copped the bantam title by hang t ing the crepe on Pete Herman, had never seen the inside of a box ing club until four years ago, but dur ing the last three months this scrap per has won $34,500 in his battles at Madison Square Garden...; - Babe Rutfi lost considerable money on the horses in Havana, accord ing to press reports, but Babe says he wasnf robbed. The king of home nyr swatters wan.ts the fans to know, that he was just outsmarted by a bunch of race horse slickers. Fans, use your own judgment : : ' Frank Moran got into the lime light of publicity again after his bout with Joe Beckett although he didn't want to. Frank appeared in the Lon don bankruptcy court. His liabili ties amount to about $2,500. His assets were given as "nil." t - , A match has been arranged be tween Midget Smitly bantamweight of New. York, and -Pal Moore of Memphis. They will battle at Mon treal, January 21. Bert Griffith, an outfielder, ' has been released by the Pittsburgh Na tionals to the Brooklyn club. George Lamson, Walthill (Neb,) heavyweight boxer, has been matched to box Tommy McCarthy, Montana cowboy, in a 10-round bout at Sioux City on the night of February 18. McCarthy and Homer Smith fight in Des Moines Friday night. " According to press dispatches, a large part of the noted French rac ing stables of the late William K. Vanderbilt will be brought to Amer ica this year by A. K. Macomber, California horseman. Mike Finn, half owner of the Omaha base ball club, will arrive in Omaha early next month. ' Finn and Barney Burch will leave for Des Moines February v14 where they will attend the annual meeting, of the Western league club owners. The meeting will be held to draw up the 1921 schedule. Base Ball Chatter Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, Jan. 19. Regardless ot Hairy Frasee a declaration tnat ei jrait wouia play with the Red Sox this coming sea son, the former Yankee inflelder has stsnned out In nrlnt and denied he will leave Ann Arbor. Pratt already la work ing on the pitchers for the Mlcnigan team and expecte to have a fast aggregation. Al lAwton's avowed Intention to play the suaDended members of the White box has developed a lot of laughs throughout the major league circuits. Most of the experts say the publio will hot ntand for this sort of thing and It will smash whatever chance of success the new Continental league did have. Seven major league clubs will get their spring workouts in Texas, according to the final list of camps given out. The longest swing will he mads by the Cubs to California. Ed Sweeney, the 'former American league catcher, who a few years ago was a atar of the Yankees. Is sliding on down the ladder. Latent reports show his re lease frdm the Kansas City club to San Antonio. Sweeney should get a new lease of life down on the border. Joe Kelly, scoot of the Yankees, has beea conferring with Frank Baker at his Maryland home, and. the home-run hitter may return to the game. Baker Is wanted badly by Washington. He did not play In because ot ttra death of his wife and the illness of a baby daughter. Kid v Klberfeld evidently hasn't muoh faith in the. pitching of Chief Tellow horse, the Radian hurler grabbed by Pitts burgh last fall. He Is expecting him back to LHtle Rock this year, but the Redskin may prove a surprise. He proved a star In id's Southern league last year. Kid Cleasoa of the White Sot has giv en up all hopes of landing Chick Few ster from the Tanks. Hughes' demand for the utility inflelder were so absurd they' were comical, according to hase ball men who know the circumstances. Howard Fenner, theyoung pitcher bought frem the Kalamasoo club soma time ago, sent his signed contract In the White 80s efflcea today, Nebraska Gun Breaks 272 Birds in Two Days At- Pinehurst Shoot Pinehurst, N. C, Jan. 19. (Special Telegram.) J. H. Severson of Wis- ner, Neb., Nebraska representative in the midwest target race being staged here, broke 140 "birds" this after noon and stands credited with 272 for two day s shooting. With 300 targets .already thrown in the great 450 target race, Tracy H. Lewis of New York now leads the field of 146 guns with a score of 292, while Paul Earle, South Carolina champ, is second with 291. J. H. Severson of Wisner, JNeb., is third. Los Angeles Catcher , Goes to Detroit Team Los Angeles, Jan. 19. John C. Bassler, catcher, Los Angeles club of the. Pacific coast base ball league, has been traded to the De troit Americans for Catcher Oscar Stanage of that club, Third Base man Lindemore of. the Oklahoma City club of the Western league and a right-hande4 pitcher and a second baseman to be named by March 1, it was announced today by Wade Killefer, Los Angeles, manager. University of Pittsburgh Athlete Goes to Pirates Pittsburgh, Jan. 19. James De Hart, former star athlete at the University of Pittsburgh will go south with the- Pittsburgh Pirates for spring training.? He will try for an infield berth. Johnny Klesch K. O.'s "Marine" Kelly in Bout Charleston, W. V a., Jan.. 19. John ny Klesch, .Cleveland, middleweight, tonight knocked out "Marine" Kelly, Cahrleston, in the sfxth round of a scheduled 10-round bout. - i . Shortstop Bancroft ' First Giant to Sign New York. Tan. 19. The contract of Shortstop Divid Bancroft, the first Giant to sign for the 1921 season, was received yesterday at -New-York National league headquarters. S0I0118 ! Giving Boxing Bill. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 19. A billion legalize boxing in Kansas under the direction of a state athletic director was introduced in the legislature to day. .,- Semi-Pro and Amateur Oshkosh Team Completes Schedule. Oshkosh. - Nel.. Jan. - 1. (Soeclal.) The-local town basket ball team Is ready to start tne season, usnkosn is anxious to schedule games with state teams. Ths schedule follows: January 28 -Big Springs. February 4 Bayard. February 11 Alliance, ebruary H Sidney. February 25 Lodge Pole It is not certain that Jack Britton, welterweight champion, is going to England to battle Ted (Kid) Lewis. February 23 at London, The English promoters must' agree to Dan Mor gan's articles, which call for Harry Stout to officiate. ,. The promoter wants an English arbiter. Word has been received from New York saying that Ed (Strangler) Lewis is ready to meet Stanislaus Zbyszko. Lewis will defend his title m a one-fall match with Earl Cad dock, former champion, at Madison Square Garden next Monday evening. Bill Brennan and Huge Walker will meet in a return bout at Kansas City next Friday night.' ' The for mer won the decision in the first bout. J'BUGS" BAER THE, bottom has dropped back into- Wall street again and the public is singing the."Margin Blues." I got the blues, I got the margin blues. Ain't got the, margin, that's why I got the blues. The boys will hold their inaugural parade and inaugurate all the new suckers. Santa Claus comes every day in the Street and wears brass knuckles at. the latest quotation. Money ismuch easier. , To lose. International delicatessen jumped 18 points. Three up and IS back. The per capita wealth of this coun try is 60 washers, That means every man has got $60 when he's got it. Cosmopolitan Ukulele Varnish, Suburban Wheat and Aggravated Rent are holding their own in spite of the fact that Moose Factory has just laid off three balloomsts. The European loan k still a loan and more European than ever. All the foreign nations are busy crochet- msr: new oaoer money ana encour aging souvenir hunting on this side of , the Atlantic. - A German marks, Italian lires, Fin nish pankki and Norwegian mackerel are restinsr comfortably in the sink. A man with a million marks can just about buy a Berlin license to beg for a living. Ihe pankki is a furnish dollar. A million of cm is your money and your Finnish. ' They print a new edition of pa per money every time tney shoot the cabinet. It took the U. S. just 140 years to get the pictures of 30 presidents, but over in Europe they use movie cameras so they won t miss the guy going in as the last guy is being carried out. tvery ruler s map is printed on the money. It's like getting paid off in tomb stones. ' The league of nations will is sue its own paper jack. It will be worth three cheers or its equiv alent in cash. Par value is a moon beam. When you go to cash in. you discover that the bank has closed up like A pinhole in rubber. ' It's a good thing the Big Berthas blew a lot of shellholes in Europe. Otherwise they wouldn't have any place to put the paper coin. Even the Bunk of England is starting to mix their pewter shillings with al loy. With about five Lincoln pen nies in his kicks, a man can go over to Russia and die like a prince.' 1. 1 . Anybody who bought European money in anticipation of a jump in the market had better make insoles out of it. If there is a jump, it won't be in the market. , It will be in the lake. , " Husker Aguatic Stars Preparing for Meets Lincoln, Jan. 19. (Special.) Ne braska's swimming team is working hard to get in shape for swimming coritests during - the next month. A .1 , . . T . . T . . . . Ainietic erector luennng is in charge of the swimming squad and reports that the men are making fairly good progress. . , Heinie Engle Defeats Stefanski of Detroit Dubuque, la., Jan. 19. Heinie Engel of Dubuque, claimant of the Iowa middleweight wrestling cham pionship, last night defeated Ben Stefanski of Detroit, two falls out of three, using a top scissors each time. Stefanski won the first fall in 38 minute's with a' hamer lock. Engel took the second in 24 minutes and the third in 13 1-2 minutes. Stefanski weighed 167; Engel 157. . Burcji Expects To Have Best - Teanrin Loop Catcher Stapleton New, Addi tion to Squad One of Best Backstops in V J Southern League. , . By RALPH WAGNER. Looks like a real case of the new broom with the Omaha base ball club, or at least it is beginning to appear that way, for Barney Burch and Mike Finn, new owners of the local franchise, are combing the country for plavers who would make good with the Omaha team. Of course, both Burch and Finn could grab off half dozen or so big league boys, but that costs money And a base ball club stocked up with high-salaried players especially a Western league team, isn't. going to reap a big harvest of dollars for its owner. Going to Have Winning Team. However. Manager Burch says he is eoin& to have a winning team this season if a couple of Ruths, Horns bvs. Speakers 'and the like have to be purchased from eastern clubs to turn the trick. Mike finn is busy securing men for the team, and Monday wired Burch that he v had signed Charlie Stapleton of a Southern league team as catcher for Omaha. The new Omaha backstop hit .325 last season, and according to Finn, is a coming ball player. Finn even went so far as to wager Burch a new hat that Stapleton would be one of the best catchers in the league and that he would lead the other backstoppers in batting. UAH of whiah only goe-to show that "Cy" Lingle and "Chuck" Kyan, last season's catchers on the team, will have to step some if they expect to keep their old positions with the club this year. Benton. Wilson and Baumgardner, pitchers, have been secured from the Detroit Tigers. Wilson, is a former college hurler of no small impor tance. He is considered a coming twirler and should be a , valuable as set to the Omaha staff of mound artists. Haunigaraner, southpaw, is an other eastern pitcher who is expected to curve 'em around the plate next season. According to Burch, Baum gardner is a good ballplayer, but is one of those kind of diamond per formers who refuses to don the uni form on Sunday. Contracts will be mailed next month to every member of last year' team. Jack Lawlor Wins Over Gene Delmont Tulsa, Ok!., Jan. 19. Jack Lawlor of Omaha won a referee's decision over Gene Belmont of Memphis here last night after 15 rounds of boxing.- , They are lightweights. ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. Quaker Minister Is Grateful to Tanlac Rev. Parker Moon. Nearly everybody in Southwest Missoun either knows or has "heard of Rev. Parker Moon, who for a full half century has devoted his life and talents to Sunday school and or ganization work for the Society of Friends or Quakers. , "Uncle Parker," as 'he is more familiarly known, came from fine old rugged Quaker stock, and there is not a better known or more highly respected citizen in thatpart of the state. In referring to his remark able rstoration to health by Tanlac, he said: -' : . "About five years ago I suffered a general breakdown. My, principal trouble was nervous indigestion. My appetite was very poor and my food seldom agreed with me, and I had to live'on a very restricted diet. I sufj fered a great deal from headaches and dizzy spells: I had severe pains across the "mall of my back and was badly constipated most of the time. In fact, I was so weak and rundown I was not able- to attend to my duties. ."This condition made me very nervous and I could not sleep at night. Frequently I would lie awalfe most all night and was in that con dition more or less for five years. My physician said he could not do anything for me and suggested change of climate. I tlien moved to Texas and went back and forth three times but did not get the relief I. had hoped for. Finally, I got so bad off I was not able to get around with any degree of comfort. I was also told I had heart trouble. "I had read about Tanlac and, as it had been very highly recom mended to me, I decided to try it. I got a bottle and had taken only a few doses unil . I could notice a marked improvement in my condi tion. I noticed especially that I was not troubled any more with sour stomach after, eating, which was a great relief. "I kept on taking Tanlac until I fully regained my health. My appe tate is splendid: I, enjoy my meals and I do nor find it. necessary now to take any laxative medicines of any kind. I cam sleep much better and am not nearly so nervous. "I take great pleasure in rcom niending Tanlac to anyone who needs a good system builder, or who suffers with stomach trouble. I have recommended Tanlac to a great many of my friends and am pleased to reach others by giving this state ment for publication." Tanlac is sold in Omaha at all Sherman & McConnell Drug Com pany's stores. Harvard Pharmacy and West End Pharmacy. Ako in South Omaha and Benson Phar macy, Benson; George Siert, Flor ence, Neb.; Saratoga Pharmacy, 24th and Ames, North Omaha, Neb., and the leading druggist in each city and town throughout the state of Nc braska. 1 Maroons Preparing For Game Friday - ; . . ... -. Coach Adams Changing Line upExpects Hard Con test With Visitors. The University of Omaha Maroon's will olav their first conference game friday night at the local gymnasium with York college. The ftTork college quintet lost last week to the Hastings . college Broncos in a close game. The York ers played a good brand of basket ball, but lacked the ability to push over the few points that would have turned the game. Coach John Rid dell is shifting his men this week and expects to turn the trick on the Mroons Friday night. Coach Adams has been busy at the University gymnasium with his squad of men and says that his team will be in the best of condition for the opening conference game. Adams has been patching up weak parts of his machine and is still shifting his men to remedy these faults. The university five will work each day with the second string men in a 45 minute 'scrimmage. HiiskersWill Stage Valley Golf Tourney JVehraska Cluh Sends Invita tions to Conference Schools Phil Aitken President of Student Organization.. Lincoln, Jan. 19. (Special Tele gram.) Lincoln will be the scene of the first Missouri Valley conference golf tournament next spring. Ne braska university has sent invitations to all school in the valley. Drake and Missouri universities have al ready accepted the invitations and . expressed their willingness to come, to Nebraska at any time the Corn husker authorities decide. - Solf as a university sport began to take torm a lew weeks ago when a few students under the call of Athletic Director F. W. Luehring met and started plans for a Nebraska University Golf club. Plans tooki shape more definitely at a mectmff last week when about 30 students elected officers for the club and drew up a tentative plan of what the work of the club would be. Phil Aitken, champion golfer of the Lincoln Country club, was elec ed president of the student organi zation, with Jack Whittcn as vice president and , Walton Roberts as secretary-treasurer. 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