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THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, .1921.
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Shocker Fanned
Fifty New York "'
Yanks in 1920
St Louis Hurler Tops List in
American League Shawkey
Furnishes Secpnd &jth
33 Strike Outs.
Strikeouts, which have probably
created more x disputes between
player and umpire than has ever been
caused by close decisions, were dis
pensed in large quantities by Amer
icaiv league pitchers last year. Some
twirlcrs were highly successful whif
fing batters whtn opposed to certain
clubs. The most prominent instance
of this is that of Shocker, St. Louis,
who fanned at; even 50 New York
batsmen during the season. Shawkey,'
New York, finished second with the
- most individual .-strikeouts by fan
ning 33 Philadelphia players.
. The speed and curves of Morton
of Cleveland proved to be the great
1 est puzzle to Boston. Speakers
twirler set up the best record for the
season against the Red Sox by strik
ing out 28 men. Shawkey's ami
was an obstacle to several clubs.
Besides his vork against the Athlet
ics, the New York pitching ace
gained additional glory by whiffing
the most Chicago athletes, 20, and
he tied with Faber, Chicago, in set
ting down the most Detroit men, 21.
Williams of Chicago performed His
best work against Cleveland and St.
Louis. Against the former he put
across 21 strikeouts, and he com
pelled the latter to hit the air on 20
occasions. Sothoron, St. Louis, was
responsible for sending 31 dejected
Washington batters back to the
' lunch. His strikeout ability, how
ever, did not feaze the Senators, as"
they were able to beat the Browri
siabnian in all four games he faced
them. Excepting Sothoron, the
pitchers who established the most
strikeouts for the year against their
respective victims likewise won a
majority of games against these op
ponents. -
A Stettin bit of pitching wan per
formed bv Sharker tn the- St; Louis game
against New York. July 13, when he
-fanned II of the hard hitting Yankee
batters. Harper of Jloston ranks second
for most strikeouts In a single game,
i having disposed of 13 Senators. This
' piece of commendable heaving v occurred
In the second- game at Boston,1 Septem
ber 87. Walter Johnson experienced a
revival of hla old lime speed when he
i-ut down 10 Red So players liT-a. nlne
liinjng tussle at Boston July V It was
in this gam that the great Washington
pitcher acquired his first arid only no
lilt, no-run fame of his career. Faber's
alrtlcht twirling 4 a game with Detroit
resulted in nine futile attempts by the
Tiger athletes. Myers of Boston, delivered
an equal number of killings against the
Athletics, shortly afrer his transfer by
Cleveland to the Red So. Davis, St.
l.ouls. struck out the most Chicago bat
tors Ii an afternoon with seven; J.eon
ard, Detroit, served seven invisible' third
strikes to Cleveland, for their greatest
number of whiffing In one game, and
Williams and Coveleskle each sent across
weird curves which caused seven St.
Joula batters to rulssajhe agate.
Paradoxical as it may seem, the clubs
(who had the star slabmen gracing their
jroster did not compile the most strike
outs for the season. Heading the list
of the largest total of whlfflngs attained
by the combined efforts of the pitching
corps is Detroit with 4S. Boston Is sec
ond with 481. Cleveland ranks third with
;470, whereas those whom the fans would
expect to head the column, finished
fourth, fifth and seventh, namely Chi
cago, New York and Philadelphia, with
, 449, 42S and 423. respectively. St. Louis '
Htied for fourth place, and Washington's
..artillery was last with 41S.
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Joe HarrisWants to
Return to Cleveland
' Indians This Season
' Cleveland, O.. Jan. 29. Joe 'Har
iris, former Cleveland American
fleague hard-hitting first baseman)
fuants to rejoin the Indians, v
Writing to Catcher Steve O'Neill,
Harris said:
s "I want to play with the- Indians
.again this year. See what you can
;do for me." ' '- t ,
j O'Neill referred , the letter to
:James C. Dunn, president of the lo
xal club, who said that he was power
less to aid Harris in returning to
iorganized base ball and that Toe
would have to make his petition ,to1
tJudge Landis and the new advisory.
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Han-is held out .for, a larger JalarX
ia year ago and when Dunn declined
:to meet his demands he sii'iied up
jwith a Franklin, Pa., independent
I .team, with whom he played last year.
?This Looks Like
Strong Pin Team
The Smith Arcades bowling team
of Milwaukee, made up of the famous
"Jimmy Smith, John Kuth, yOoc
Ehlke, George Becker and Fred G.
Smith, will compete in various inler
; city matches and roll in the Interna
tional association events at St. Paul
: February 10 and 11 as preliminaries
to the A. B. -C. classic at Buffalo
February 28.
Great Walter Now a -League
Magnate
Walter Johnson, star pitcher of Xhp
Washington nine, who alone pitched
" a no-hit, no-run game last season, is
now a magnate, having purchased an
interest in the New Haven team of
"the Eastern leagueHe bought f 5,000
worth of the club stock. ' -
; Babe Sends Autographed
Balls to Orphanage Boysii
n. i?...i, v. .1.. Rr.i,.,
Paul, in charge of St. Marys Indus-
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'trial school, at Baltimore-48 base
'balls which he autographed in Cuba.
The spheres will be sold . to help
; rais funds for additional buildings
. at the home.
; Criticize Women Fight Tans
' London One result of the Moran-
Beckett fight has , been a newspaper
controversy over? the question 6i
whether women should attend prize
fights. One writer says: "The kind
of woman who attends these "func-
tions is one who jcannot prevent the
lowness of her nature being reflected
in her actions. Contrast these crea-
f tures with the fine type of woman
: one sees at cricket, foot ball and
; hockey matches." '
I , Babe Ruth to Carry Gun
New York Babe Ruth has ob
, tained a permit to carry a 'revolver,
j His reason for wanting thf permit,
he said, was that he frequently has
considerable money and much icw
l elry on his person, -
Barney Burch Will Select
Winner in Name Contest
0 yY v
H Mike Finn, part owner of the
Omaha Wsstern league base ball
club, has decided to leave his part
ner, Barney Burch,select the best
nickname for the team entered' in
The Omaha Bee's contest.
Hundreds of nicknames for the
club have been received by the
sports editor and at the present time
the men and women are about even
Time Cannot Erase This Rim
Go From Memory of Fight Fans
When Jimmy Britt, the California
lightweight, came east many years
ago to engage
Terry McGoverti
in a limited six
round bout, he was
tipped off that
Terry was as wild
as a March hare.
l ne moment irrax
Jimmy landed, one
of those lantern
jawed come-ons
eased himself into
James presence
and in a. most SC-
Jimmy Britt creiive manner
proceeded to "wise up the Calif orn
ian as to the lowdown on the whole
works. , - ' '
"Jimmy," said the moochcras he
held Britt in close," this boy Mc
Govern is in bad shape, ' plumb
crazy. You want to be careful with
him. Just box it through and try
and make it look good, but for the
love of green cheese, don't cutjoose
because the kid is in bad shape and
we may all land in the. jug if you
don'), watch your step. Get me?"
' Britt Would "Be-Easy."
v Needless to say that Jimmy Britt,
who never had been Accused of be
ing anyone's fool, "got" that mutt
the i moment he started his spiel.
However, Britt decided that if by
any chance Terry was not himself
he would act accordingly, and not
bring any discredit to the name of
the once wondetiful Terry.
wf &niT2I'
had been
licked the Second time by young
Corbett, and while the former
Brooklyn terror was far from being
himself physically or mentally he
was still a great piece of fighting
Two States Get
Bills to Punish
For Fixed Games
Legislatures in two states of the
union have recently ; received mea
sures' providing that the "fixing" of
base ball games be made x legally
defined offense, -with a fixed penal
ty. This action avas taken after
the decision of the California, judge
become widely commented on, to
the effect thaythe accused Pacific
Coast league base ball players could
not be held under any particular
penal measure . because the ' law
failed to govern iir the case of
"throwing" taill games.
In Massachusetts bill to make
it an offense punishable by a fine
of not more than $500 or imprison
ment for one year for a base ball
player to willfully make an error
or do anything to assist the op
posing team, was filed with1, -the
clerk of the house by Representa
tive Hugh J. Lacey oCHolyoke.
At Austin, lex., a bill proviu-
ng confinement in the penitentiary
i from two to 10 years for conspir
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iiiK iu liuuw A udsc uaii game ui
other sports was introduced by
Senator Dorough of Bowie.
Howard Drew Working
- For Cinder Path Sprints
New York, Jan. 29. Howard P.
Drew, the world's record holder for
100 yards, has started training and
will be a .starter in all of the im
p6rtant sprint races. taking place
during th balance of the indoor
season. He is now a practicing
lawyer in this city and has been
working out regularlv at the Seventy-first
Regiment armory.
Boxing Court Closed
Natick, Mass. The experiment of
allowing pupils to settle their dis-!
puies wmi ooxing gioves in me
school yard has come to an abrupt
conclusion following the appearance
in school of two combatants deco
rated with "caulifkwer ears.' Par
ens protested mightily, and further
combats were forbidden.
when it comes to number of names
sent in. Thtv fair ones jsve turned
ih several ,good nicknames and
when the time comes for -Magnate
Birreh to pick a winner and award
a season's pass, believe us, he is go
ing to have SOME job.
Fill in the coupon printed in this
section -' and mail . it to the Sports,
Editor of The Omaha Bee.
machinery, that Britt was invited to
take him on for t)he well known six
round distance,- . '.' v
' Rough and Tumble Battle. 7
Well, the night of the jight came
along, and as Britt sat in his corner
wac,hing Terry he concluded that
the ' moocher had slipped him the
wrong dope, j " .
The gong'sent them off and then,
oh, boys, the lid was off. The air
was filled with flying gloves. Such
a scrimmage you never saw. Terry
McGpverti knew only pne style of
fighting. Rip, bang, zowie, the
whore works or nothing with Terry.
When the ell rang fori the end of
tlye round the 'two boys were at it
in the' center of the"ring, fighting
like a pair oMeapar-ds, Terry tried
to sweep Britt off the map, but Jim
my, who loved the rough going and
was jiiBJ as Irish as Terry, would
not have it that way, and the result
was the fastest round of milling you
could ever 4atpect to sec.
"Terry Crazy? Nothing Doing."
That' way the program continued
for the rest of the distance. Neither
boy .showed any inclination to slow
up for an instant. .How those two
great fighters did cut into their work
and how. they did just relish the slam
banging! When the bell stopped the
show there was, no difference be
tween them.i It was a good draw
and a wonderful fight.
As Jimmy Britt made his way out
of tjlie ring at the end of the fight he
stopped long enough to whisper to a
friend at the ringside: "They told
me that Terry was crazy. Well, if
he is crazy now am glad that t
never had to meet him when he was
in his right mind. Crazy, did you
say? Nothing doing."
Leonard to Box Welling
In Return feout at
New Orleans FeJ). 25
Clilraa-o Tribune-Omaha Bca Iaard VVJre.
New York, f Jan. ' 29. Benny
Leonard's next row will be with his
old side-kick, Joe Welling, at New
Orleans on February 25.
Despite the fact that Benny knock
ed out the westerner in the last en
gagement, the Stockyards Kid still
entertains the belief -that he will do
better with Benjamin the next time
out. Joseph stayed in for 14 rounds
at Madison Square Garden two
months ago.
Sports Boom at Girls' School
San Francisco. Jan. 29. Athletics
fcre on the boom with the girls at
Mills college. Hockey and hand ball
are the maior soorts. but basket ball
is fast gaining a foothold and candi
dates for the big five arc turning out
for practice daily.
How Indicted Sox
Are Spending Time
the Indicted White Sox play
ers are at the present time engaged
in the following occupations:
"Buck" Weaver, running a drug
store in Chicago.
Eddie Cicotte, resting on his
farm near Detroit.
Claude Williams, living quietly
with his family in Chicago. ,
Toe . Jackson, representing t
whisky dealer in Savannah, Ga.,
who, it is said, sells exclusively to
the-drug store trade.
"Happy" Felsch, livingrthe life
of a hermit on a houseboat at Fox
Lake, III. He hasn't been seen in
Milwaukee, Wis., hisjiome town,
-since he was indicted.
r "sweae Kisoerg, resting in oan
'Francisco.
) - Fred McMullin, playing in mob
icenes under an assumed name in
ene of the big film companies in
Los Angeles.
"Chick" Candil, also engaged in
moving picture work in Los An
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Champion Jack Dciiipsey Jeers Back
At Critics of His Fighting; Says Bbnt
With Willard Isn't Worrying Him
rtew lone, jan. (, special.;
jack Dempscy, heavyweight cham
pion, is all het up about the opinion
of experts who claim that he hs
gone back. They, base their claims
on the shoeing Jack made against
Bill Brennan in their recent bout in
the Garden. ,
"I only hope all the heavvweinht
fighters believe the bunk about my
being all in , and that they start
throwing challenges and can get the
promoters to listen to them," said
the champion. Jack has no excuses
to offer for allowing Brennan to stay
12 rounds, but is inclined to give Bill
considerable credit for the showing
he made.
"Bill is a better man than thev
give him credit for being," said the
champion. "Believe me, he took
plenty before I nailed him. Natural
ly I stopped a few mysejf. I may
not, have been in the best of shaoe.
but I felt all right, and I must have
been pretty .strong to go 12 rounds
and then slip over a clean knockout.
Doesn't Blame Crowd;
With Them LewiS
VCaddock's toe told and scissors
lock hurt me i great deal," said
Lewis. "The pain was awful. He
nearly had me just before I turned
the tables on him. I haven t recov
ered from the pain yet and still feel
it iit my toes' and legs. Caddock is
a strong and. agile wrestler. He
knows all the tricks of the game. I
won't, say he, is the hardest man I
have ever met Kut he-is one oflhe
toughest. I don't Wame the crowd
for sympathizing with him. He
weighs 40 pounds less than I do and
looks like a kid in comparison If
I had sat at the ringside as a spec
tator I would have sympathized with
Caddock myself. So you see I don'f
Diame tne-rowd tor being with him
and against me. As a matter of fact,
the. crowd is always against the
champion and want to see him
beaten." .
Peter L Sold to
-Eastern.Trainer
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Champion 4-Year-Old Trot
ting Colt Leaves Stable of
Fred Edman.
The champion 4-year-old trotting
colt of the 1920 season changed
hands a few days ago when the Con
necticut trainer, Will Crozier, pur
chased from Fred Edman of Mem
phis the bay stallion Peter 2:06,
one of the most consistent of he
young trtters seen on the major
circuit the last season. Crozier oaid
$15,000 for the stallion, according to
reports, and at priees trotters have
been selling for during the last few
months it looks that the . blonde-
haired New Englander has secured
one of the bargains of the season.
Edman, who raced Peter L the
last season, is one, of the few trainers
of harness, horses . who believes in
going after the money early and late.
He started the colt at the Fiutllay
half-mile track meeting in May,
where he won, and, he kept him rac
ing over the half-mile tracks until
the Grand Circuit opened at North
Randall, winning all but one of his
races Over the two-lap courses. The
Canadian mare, Lou Todd, took his
measure in one of these events, but
it was generally considered a fluke
race, for the son of Peter the Great
possessed considerably more class
than the mare from across the bor
der. ' ,
Peter L won at the opening of the
Grand Circuit at North Randall, and
while the time was not Je
showed such a terrific burst of speed
finishing in one of the heats as to
convince such a good judge as Wal
ter Cox that he was a real star.' .Cox
negotiated 'for the horse and offered
a ( long price without success. The
stallion won several other races on
the Grand Circuit, but his best race
Livas a losing one. inis was in a
j 5,000 stake at the ' second North
Randall meetmg, where he was up
against "Man o' War" of the harness
turf, Peter Manning. The colt
made the -gelding from the Murphy
stable trot in 2:W!4 to-win and was
only beaten a-length.
N PVter L. is a son of that greatest
of sires, Teter the Great, while his
dam .is a daughter of Axworthy, he
being bred the same as Azoff, sire,
of Peter Manning. He could trot in
2:04 -the last season, could brush a
..... - .n . .1 I i
quarter in i&yi scconus ami iias
manners, so he looks to be tnc one
they will have to beat in the 2:07
classes of the Big King the coining
season.
WTIHTOE
fchlaiKO 'Trlbiin-OiniihM T.raW Wlri.
Chicago. Jan. 29. (Special.) A matt-It
between Pal Moore anil Jimmy Kelly, n.
local product. Is soheduleil for Aurora
Monday nlRljt over the lD-rouml route.
Both boy fought P4e Herman when ho
hi-ld th tltlo un.l the winner may met
Joe Lynch, bantamweight champion
Thrre vtre 8.4SI 9at anld nt t for
the Harry Wills-Bill Tate no i.t nuffalo
last week. The total receipt were $10,
787. Wills hnocHe.l Mut Tale In one
mlnufo and 18 econd.
' Mtt II Inkle, Cleveland promoter, nho is
after a Joe Burman-Joe Lynch bout
Feburary 18. has offered the rhampiim
$4,000 flit for the match.
Sammy (iootl. C nllfornln wlterivelvht, in
scheduled for a- 15-round hnut. with Paul
Doyle bt New Torit, February 6, at Brook
lyn. Iiarh Crow, former lightweight, who la
making California hla home, will hooji
organise a motion 'picture com pa
picture comparry.
tils
associates will be Benny Leonard, Jim
Jeffries, Jim Corbett and Jack Dcmpsey.
Mike O'lMrr, Iron man of the ring, as
he was called by his former manager, Jim
Mullen, Is making a big hit on the const.
O'I.eary fought t'nrl Macltay at l.os
Angeles to a four-round, drsw In his last
contest. '
A letter from Marty Klllllen, manager
nt champion Johnny Wilson rends: "What
has become of Mllte O'DowdT On New
Year's day Wilson accepted Mike's chal
lenge, but to date not a ward has been
heard from the former champion." Maybe
If Marly would get In touch wllh .Tex
Rickard he would quickly find out.
The articles calling for Hip Brltton
T.ewl.s battle f,vr the world's welterweight
championship at Madison Square February
7, railed upon both flehters to weigh 147
pounds at 2 o'clock. Hrltton Is to receive
hi per cent of the gross rfcelpts. out of
which he guarantees Lewis flO.OOO. Lewis
has an option nf accepting "0 por cent of
the srffss receipts.
"I am not Whercd by the criti
cism. I won my fightand that is
hat I was in the ring for. Then,
to, I showed a lot of wise birds that
F could go a routeand still have the
sleep-producing punch." !
lack is not worrying about his.i
'coming match with Jess Willard. He
hgures that the former champion s I
long laydff is going to affect his I
chances.
"The beating Willard got in Tole- j
do isn't going to do him any good," j
s;i:d Dcmpsey. '.'He has waited so I
long that he has probably forgotten
what a trimming he received. He's
game and all that, but when we get
in there that old Toledo thing js go
ing to ease its way into his tmnd and
he isn't going to be as calm as he is
right now." .
Of the Carjientier match the cham
pion said: "Personally I like Car
pentjer very much. He is a regular
fellow, but I'll go in to stop him
just as I would any other fellow. I
think it will be some scrap while it
lasts." ,-
Limit oh Price for
Boutr3 Pleases Fans
Action of New York Commis
sion in Reducing Fight Ad
x rriission Popular."
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Everybody with the interests of
boxing at tieart heaved a glad sigh
when ' ' the New
York state boxing
commission took
the stand that no
more than $15
should be charged
as the top price to
a boxing contest
in the Empire
state. We'"' have
said everybody,
but perhaps th
promoter-s of Go
tham should be ex
cepted, although
the Tnam stem ot
the game there, Tex Rickard, seems
to be well satisfied .to go along un
der conditions the commission has
seen fit to inaugurate.
In setting a limit on the price of
tkkets to boxing bouts the New
York commission is doing something
that not only benefits patrons of the
sport in New. York, but in all sec
tions of the country. It means an
end to the exprbitant demands of
boxers, which naturally means that
the "madness" of the promoters in
throwing the golden bait to the fight
ers also is a thing of the past. -
With New York Setting the pace it
recently established (before the price
of ducats was -limited) and paying
huge gobs of coin to the glove wield
ers, it looked as jf something would
surely have to be done and done
quicklyto restore the sport to a safe
and sane business basis. - '. -
The snarks of criticism, which
were ignited to light the path of Tex
Rickard and other promoters in New
York blazed too hot to be unheeded.
They saw the danger, but even be
fore they were aware of it the com- j
mission saw it and took the action
which removes this pernicious angle
of boxing. Unlimited prices are
harmful in New York, and they will
prove just as harmful in any other
locality, so it would be wise for pro-
motcrs in other 'states to gain wis
dom from the short-lived folly of the
New Yorkers. . -, ,
Ohiowa (Neb.) Player
v Signs Giant Contract
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Iieaacd Wire.
New York. Jan. 29. The signed
contract of Edward W. Brown, an
outfielder of Ohiowa, Neb., was re
ceived by the Giants Friday. Brown
was bought from the San Antonio
team of the Texas league last sea
son. Kilbame Wants $50,000
Cleveland, O. Johnny Kilbane,
fealJierwei'Kht champion, is willing to
defend his title, but he has a price.
Kilbane says he wants $50,000 and
not a cent less. He made this an
nouncement in reply to Tex Rickard,
who asked his terms for a bout in
New York with either Andy Chancy
or, -Charley Beecher. ,
To Play for Chess Honors
New York. A match for the chess
championship, of the world and a
purse of $20,000 will begin at Ha
vana on Marclv 10 between U. R.
Capablanca of Cuba and Dr. Em
manuel Lasker of Berlin. The two
greatest exponents of the game have
agreed to all the arrangements made
for the contest, which will consist
Epics of Hornsby,
Star St. Louis Slugger
Mr. Brcadou and Mr. Rickey can
refuse a million for me, and I'rrr-t
going out this season to do what I
did last year lead the National
League in hitting. ' t
Do you know where I'd like toyhe
right now? Up -t the plate with
three on, Alexander up fciid, oh boy,
how I'd crack it!
lii, 1915 I worked like a Trojan
and argued with the 'players and
they referred to me as the freshest
kid who ever came up. My spirit
has not changed. I am in to win
every game. '
I have to laugh at the stories in
the New York papers abour me
wanting to get away from St. Louis
They are lies and nothing but lies
and they are not just to me.
I had orfe row with Rickey last
year. That's the only one we ever
had. The next day I was normal
and all of us forgot the argument.
If I'm traded. I'll play with the
new club like I always have.
My fiture is in' the hands ofthe
owner of the club. My work comes
.when I put oh a uniform and if I
remain with the ' Cardinals I hope
to duplicate my 1920 record.
Get the story straight and don't
get the impression ' that I'm ffoing
to throw- down the real friends of
baseball the fans,
Bee's Sport Album
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Te Hint
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By WILLIAM O. BLOSZIES
Success of athletics at Commerce
High school during the past four or
five years, is largely due to the fact,
that the nun in charge of the train
ing of the athletes, has had years of
experience,' prior to taking charge as
coach of that ' school.
Coah James Drummond, Jr., who,
has been connected with Commerce
High since the fall of 1915, when he
coached the ; school's first grid
eleven, is ','wcll-lcnown among ath
letes and fans in this section of the
country.
Coming to Omaha in 1513, lie was
appointed a's assistant coach of Cen
tral high under Coach Tommy Mills.
He remained at Central during 1913
and 1914, but the following year,
Commerce High was in need of a
coach, aud with the long experi
ence, he was immediately chosen to
lead that school in athletics. Drum
mond has successfully coached the
base hall, basket ball and foot ball
teams. - - v ,
Coach Drummond is a former
student of Dartmouth college,
Seven Knockdowns
Yet Neither
Recent Match Between Leon
ard land Mitchell Set New
Record in This
' Respect.
Benny Leonard knocked down!
Since the sensational bout fop the
Jfghtweisht crown in NevTYork last
week followers of boxing have dust
ed off their memories and found this
was not the only record set by the
Leonard-Mitchell fight. '
Numbered among the other rare
happenings crowded into the knock-'em-down
exchange were:
The largest purse ever received by
a lightweight champion in defense of
his crown. "
The biggest bankroll ever collect
ed by Champion Leonard for a
fight - -
The greatest number of knock
downs crowded into a titular scrap
in this division in modern years.
A new record for receipts in a
lightweight battle.
The second biggest purse ever col
lected by a 135-pound challenger.
The most arithmetic spilled by a
referee in a championship tilt for
lo! so many years. .
And all this is in addition to the
part New York society played in
staging the bout which netted a
worthy charitv-devasted France
more than $30,000. .
Kansas Aggie Cager
Wears Head Harness
In Basket Ball Games
Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 29. (Spe
cial.) A head harness which is d
signed to protect his eye glasses
while taking part in basket ball
games, is being worn by "Bill"
Knostman, Kansas Aggie forward.
The big Aggie basketeer is near
i sighted, a defect that spoils many of
nis snots at tne Dasket and slows up
his-floor work when lie plays with
out glasses. The head harness was
manufactured by a local opticianT
Knotsman wore it for the first time
in the Ames game last week.
X. V. Bollentlne Is working hard on the
shark degree. Swimming quarter utiles
on the breast and back. Si, In slroke ia
getting easier. He will have to go some,
however, to beat that young tadpole of
his family.
Samuel Colin Is hack In the oltl tank
warming up again. Never swims I eta
than a half-mile and villi be hitting ft
mile swim dally a?ain very soon. Best
exercise In the world to put your weigh:
where it belongs. v
Too have to glv It to K. K. Moses
when it comes to the underwater stuff.
Was trying to see how many times he
could bob up and down la the deep water
the other day when the attendant dis
covered him and thought he was going
down for the last time. After Harry
jumped Into the water to start the rescue
net Moses began to inquire why all the
rough staff.
I.. M. Olmsted was 'hack In the tank for
a. few days last week and working up
B'ime law dives from the high board.
When It comes to divine; for pennies A,
S. Borglum is In the submarine class.
V.. S. Jewell missed swimming for three
days straight lsst week. Having a vaca
tion Mr. Jewell?
James Flynn going good and expect a
o.uarter-nille side strjjl-4con.
Glenn (1. Rieder la making" wnne good
records on the shark degree. Aak Kiedor
if he can float. v
The O. A. C. Kelav team sure copped
off the mackerel In nice style Inst Thurs
day night. ff, Anderson, Mctlllllvray
and baopel are strong quartet to beat.
Jack Sharp getting in noons again an-l
making progress with the breast stroke
John Kobertsun manages to have plenty
of high school girls in Uie gallery every
tank meet We noticed nhn was ttnsble
tu keep his eyes off his fair admirers and
as a result placed third in the 200-yard
twlrn.
N. F. Marrlman took Ills first lesson
Inst week and learned to float without any
trouble, Uolng good and will soon be a
one-length cr&wistroker.
Jack (iarrey sure doing real shimmy
dive from the high boartW He shimmies
from his eye brows to his loes. -
nr. Stanley G. Reed going good on his
rrawl stroke. You have to ham! It to Pr.
Peed when it romes to distance ewlm
ir:lng. Ten" miles, t00 yanla In the tank
In one swim Is the record ut the O. A. -'.
by this star merman. ,
Tarty night Is beronunc more popular
than ever for the O A. v. soi-l.My s 1m-
Is fall of hnr.py splashers. Novelty raow i
are proving to be the real stuff on these
Mghts. . i
iilng fans. Every Friday night the tank
STUDIED '
MliB
James Drummond
graduating fronv that institution in
1910. At Dartmouth he was one of
the school's star performers in base
ball, foot ball, track and basket
ball. He also ccaehed the foot ball
elevens at New Hampshire, Maine,
and in 1911 went to Guatemala,
Central America, where he played
base ball with the crack American
team. ' i
After serving two years in the
army, he returned to Commerce
High, and coached the ' base ball
team, the bookkeepers winning every
game. The foot' ball eleven last fall
also made a splendid showing.
Besides devoting most of his time
training the athletes at C6nimerce,
Coach Drummond finds time to
play hand ball, volley ball and other
indoor sports at the Y.
Coach Drummond - has played
basket ball with a number of the
star independent teams in the city
and in 1914 he played with the
Pirates, citv chamoions. and man
aged the Townsends in 1915. with
the1 followingnwell-known oldtime
players, in the line-up: Burkenrode,
Hughes,, Plati, Koran, Ritchie, Linn
and McWhumey.
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for Count of 59,
Boxer Is Tolled Out
According to the figures an
nounced by Tex Rickard, the gross
receipts for the bout were $133,
745.60. s '' .
Leonard received a $40,000 guar
antee but the bout netted him $50,-
500. , He realized $10,000 more than
the guarantee by wagering his
money that he would stop Mitchell
in less than eight or 10 rounds.
There were seven knockdowns in
the six rounds. ' Leonard scored six
and Mitchell one. Though the
referee counted 59 he did not count
out the loser, having stopped the
bout to save Mitchell from probable
serious injury.
Leonard was not downfor. the
count of nine in the first round. He
Hvas on his feet .at eight. Twenty-
six was Xhe count over Mitchell in
the firt round. Referee . Johnny
Haukop counted eight on Mitchell's
first visit to the. boards and nine on
each of his next two.,
"This made it a total of 34 seconds
of the three minutes' fighting in the
first round that one of thefighters
was on the floor. ""'
The bout; terminated 1 minute and
55 seconds after the start fn the
sixth round. Mitchell was on . the
floor 25 of the 115 seconds in this
round. On his-' first visit to the
boards m the sixth Mitchell remain
ed down for a count of nine, the
second time he arose at seven and
the third time was on his sagging
lees at nine. Then the bout was
I stopped.
Johnny E vers Says
'limps' Are Human
Scrappy Base Ball Manager
Has Reformed Once Cnief
' itnoeker Changes Tactics.
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New York, Jan. 29. (Special.)
Jolinny bvers, the scrappy base ball
manager, has reformed, at least he
says he has. Johnny may become a
great manager, but whatever great
ness he may attain as the pilot of a
team, he probably never will be as
famous for that as he was as a team's
chief' kicker. And let it be said right
here that in order to b'e chief kicker
of the old Cubs a fellow had to have
quite a kick. John had all the kick
that was to be desired. All umpires
with good memories can testify to
that. - , ,
'I am not going to do any more
kicking against decisions by the um
pires," says John. "Furthermore.
my players this year will be models
of good behavior, on the field. Even
though we lose an extra inning game
because some blind fathead pardon
me, that was a slip of the tongue.
As I was saying, even though we
lose an cxtra inning game because
an umpire misses a close one, we
will not kick much. I believe, and
I hope to convert my players to the
same belief, that an umpire is human.
I have arrived at this conclusion
after much thought and no little
study. There have Been tintts but
never irynd. To get back to the point
I seek to emphasize. Having come
to the conclusion that they are hu
man, I realize that, being human,
they must err now and then like the
rest of us."
Organise Athletic Club
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treston, la., Jan. zv. An ."iniciic
club has been formed in this
City
with an enrollment of siMy mem-berV-
A room has been engaged for
the club and here the members will
be given physical training under the
instruction of Chester Gravett, a lo
cal wrestler. It is also the intention
to put on some good wrestling and
boxing botits for the members.
It is expected that 'k membership
of two luindretl will be secured in
a short time. .
South Dakota League May
Have to Be Abandoned
Siou Falls. S. X)'., Jar!. 29. South
Dakota base ball fans are awaiting
with interest the action which the
legislature "may taVe with regard to
the blue laws of the state.
President "Mike" Cantillon. of
South Dakota base ball league, de
clared unequivocally that if the leg
islature takft artinn tA tlnn s,inou
i,.,. l-ii th l,,ao.- ,.,J t,,,,. ,"
, , Dd"' lnV Ka8ue WOUld nave to
be abandoned.
Fonyard Pass
Row Agitates
Foot Ball Camp
It Is West Against East in dis
pute Now in Full Swing
. Coaches Opposed to
Changes.
The foot ball row is on. It has
developed over the forward pass,
and it is a case of cast againM
the west: Percy Haughton, formct
Harvard coach, wants the rules com
mittee to put a curb .on the for
ward pass. This he desires ccoin
nlished through permitting the
blocking of a forward pass behind
the line of scrimmage just as a
punt may be blocked. A pass block
would create a free ball.
Discussion of this proposition
arises wherever foot ball men con
gregate, and the question no doubt
will come before the rules commit-,
tee in March, but we doubt if the
suggestion will be adopted. The
forward pass has done a great deal
tor foot ball, and it is strange that
there should be a reaction against
it. Quite a number of men well
known on the gridiron have sup
ported Haughton, but most of the
coaches, are opposed to any change
as regards the forward pass.
Yost Opposes Haughton.
"Hurry Up" Yost, coach at
Michigan, is among those who are
against the adoption of the Hauglv
ton idea. Yost says:
"It has been the tendency of foot
ball rule makers for several years
to make the play as open as possible.
The forward pass is the one big
thing that does that, and to make
the pass valuable the team using it
must be protected. The way the
pass is played today jiuts a premi
um on its skillful handling and en
courages its use."
Yost thinks that to give the de
fending team an additional opportu
nity to take the ball would in a large
measure discourage the offenders
from putting it to use. This, lie
thinks, would set the game back all
that had been gained in recent vears,
and we agree with him.
Another suggestion which has
been advanced and which has found
strong support in the Western con
ferenceis to do away with the goal
from touchdowns. Frank Cava
naugh, coach at Boston college, is
one of the advocates of the elimina
tion of this relic of the old days. The
goal from touchdown serves no pur
pose but very often to beat the bet
ter team. It would not be missed.
"Retain Forward Pass.
The forward pass is a most spec-'
tacular play and should be retained
in the game. But the haphazard
throwing about of the ball by a de
feated learn which has nothine to
lose in the hope of getting one over
should be made mipossib As this "
play 'stands, it is putting a premium
on luck against skill, which is not a
good sporting proposition.'
I offer the following suggestion
as a solution: Allow one forward
pass after each, first down. This
would not interfere with the olav
as a threat, for the opponent never
knows when it will be used. It auto
matically would make for a scientific
development of the play, vlf com
pleted for the necessary 10 yards, the
pass could be used again and again.
To my mind it would make for a
much higher development of forward
passes formations and would elim
inate the haphazard throwing about
of the ball. " It would require that a
team develop other parts of the of
fense to an equal standard with the
pass. . It would not complicate the
play, would require no extra meas
uring and would retain the play in
the game in the proportion it de
service. The number of passes used
in a game -would depend entirely on
the team's ability to successfully ex
ecute it.
Boxing Is Popular
At Kansas School
Large Number of Students Enter-Classes
Award Letters
to Winners.
Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 29. (Spr
eial.) Boxing and wrestling have
become popular ports at the Kan
sas State Agricultural college since
the athletic board has decided to
award letters to the amateurs- in
hatidicuffs and grappling. Mike
Ahcarn, athletic director of the Kan
sas Aggies, has decided to conduct
regular classes in wrestling in two
hour periods, three days a week.
W. S. Wiedorn, a graduate of Cor
nell university, where he held the
middleweight championship, hns
been secured to instruct the poten
tial Stctchers and Lewises among
the student body in, the science of
grappling. The men will.be en
rolled in the following classifica
tions: 115 pounds, 125 pounds, 14:5
pounds, 158 pounds, 175 pounds, and
over' 175 pounds.
Boxing became a recognized ath
letic sport at the Aggie school lat
fall for the first time, and the large
number of students entered for in
struction with tiie padded mits, at
test the tact tnat tins sport which
was until recently frowned upon
in collegiate athletic cricles. is ex
ceedingly popular with the sfidents.
Letters will be awarded to the
champions in each weight class.
jonnny Wilson Wulins
' i To Fight i or 560,000
Middle Weieht Champion lohnny
Wilson is willing to fight at Madi
son Suqare Garden, provided he re
ceives $60,000, with an option of tak
ing 60 tier cent of the eros re
ceipts. Of this sum l.e is willing
to pay Mike O'Dowd $.5,500 or Jef(
Smith $5,000. Promoter Tex Rich
ard will not ai'ee to such terms.
O'Dowd wants 21 per cent of the
receipts.
Hunker Gymnastic .Team
May Enter Hoosier -Meet
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29. -(Special.)
The University of Nebraska plans
to send a team to the Nebraska
Western Intercollegiate gymnastic
meet to be held at the University of
Indiana next March. f
rionie Talt. Itghtwelsrht champion ef
Canada, was an interested spectator at
the Tndler-.laikon match at Milwaukee
lsst night. Tom Andrews, Milwaukee pro
moter wants to ue the Canuck with
Richie Mitchell for his next card the tt-ast
part of February.
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