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2 C THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. FKLillUAKY 27. 1021. J Up-tq-Bate News 'port Fans and Gossip of interest to ChainpionsSVre VulnerahJc as 4.... f f . 1 Aiiv. oavs . atK Always on Look OuUfor That Swing to llic "Button" Ker Alertness Is Box- cr s Only Safely. By RAY PEARSON -a Jack Dcmpsey, world's heavy weight champion, made this btate- nient to the writer a few days before he step ped jiito the ring at Toledo and messed up Jess Willard in three rounds, thereby acquiring the crown: "I'm human, despite all this superman talk, and I'll have to watch my knit s' fj!r f ting all the time, r - for sooner or later some voting fellow is likely to come along and crack me on the chin for a knockout. The man hasn't been made who can stand ttp after a punch lands on the right spot. Reiterates Remark. This remark was .reiterated only a few days ago by Dcmpsey, while discussing his rivals in a talk with Robert Edgrcn on the coast. Per haps there were those who thought that Dcmpsey was joshing a bit after what he did to Willard. but he never was more sincere in any remark he ever made than that one concerning the possibilities of the future, y The years of pugilism show many examples of fellows who have been cracked for knockouts by men un questionably their inferiors in ring skill. We. might point to what re cently happened to Richie Mitchell, .the fine Milwaukee lightweight, in 'a bout with Rocky Kansas as dem onstrating the truth of this state ment. Kocky Kansas is a Rufalo 'boy.' v Not Tonnritcher. At one time, but that wasi several years ago, Kansas gave evidence oi getting somewhere in the fighting game, but his strides toward the top in the lightweight division were short lived. He wasn't of championship cal , iber, according to those who watched ' him perform, because he lacked in defensive ability. He wasn't the type that knocks out an opponent in a punch. And so Rocky went back wards in his chosen profession in stead of shooting upwards. But there was one thing that Kan sas did possess, and that was ability to stand the gaff. Some of his'rivals and a lot of them were stiff punchers swatted him hard and often,, but somehow or other they couldn't knock out -the Buffalo boy. His rec ord shows that some of his oppo nents did stop him, but that hasn't anything to do with thjs narrative. Kicliie Is HeadUner. But wlil Kanus n-M Tm.fin forward, then backward, ttichie Mitchell for yenrs held tho posittoti of he;ullltier. Ritchie, H rimer performer with a koo-1 punch In Ida right hand, was able ti command and set matrhea with champions. Ilea had three bonta With Vtenny Leonard., and had fought T.evr Temller and oilier stars of tho lightweight ranks. Mitchell al ways gave the fans ft run for their money, with tnn result he was an attraction that promoters could not afford to irnore. . Only recently, however, the Milwaukee boy was offered t ew hundred dollars to nreet this Rocks Kansas in Buffalo. It looked like, soft ticking for Mitchell, a hoy who was appearing anions the top- L liners, for Kansas in mora man a. year bad done nothing of note In. th rlne. So Richie arrabbed the match and showed that Dcmpsey knows what he is talking aliout by takins a 10 second nap on the canvas In the very first round of the ecrap. Kansas knocked Mitchell cold al Iniost before Richie kneiy that ho was in ) fight. 1 One runeh Enonfli. - Kansas simply re afnr Mitchell with the gong, socked one puncu to the "right spot," to which Pempscy haj refcrrea, and the bout was over. There have been plenty of other x nmplea In the past. For Instance, one inlirht go back about n score of years ago and recall tliRt memorable hout be tweeu the then famous Kid McCoy and .lack Mct'.ormlck, which was sscod in tho Stcr "theater In Chicago. The kid then claimed with the stars of the heavy weight field, ami that In spite of the fact he had to give away anywhere from fifteen to 35 pound to land matches. Mc cormick, an cx-restlcr. didn't bepln to look a match with tho clever and hnrd- pimchljig McCoy. I And What tlapiie"df flut they were matched, and what hap- ' Tiemd'.' JMoOormick crossed n' right to; - .McCoy's "Jaw In the first minute of the I first round and Iho star or the ring fell ; ttt on his hack on toe canvas. He was j out for something moro than the re- I quired 10 aeennds. . ; Yes, brethren, wen say nempsry is right. It's a smart thing for one in thfs f'ghjng game to watch his step, regard less of tho caliber of the opposition. Entry List Open for 'State Wrestling Meet AV - Lntry blanks for the fourth annual open amateur state wrestling cham pionship meet to be held under the auspices of the Omaha V. M. C. A. Saturday evening, March 26, were mailed out to the various "Y" uni crsitics and colleges yesterday by M. J. Weston, physical director. The meet is open to any organiza tion interested 4n amateur wrestling. Last vear 53 amateurs took part. Kntries are alrcidc assured frbm Nor folk. York. Urand Island. Lincoln. Council muffs and Omilnv Y. M. f. A.'s. while 'ebrslts. university, Stat university Rt Ames, la.; Kearney Normal school, Wlsner, Stsntton and Nebraska City. Tho following events will he contexted for: log pounds and under, Hi pounds. V.'5 pounds. 136 pounds, Hi pounds. 16S pounds, 175 pound and heavyweights. Prises will be givn to the first, second ana tmra places, ah coniema wm u uc- tided by pin fain, decision by one fall, orj referees decision of no fail la gained, and third places. All contests will be de The following four holds are barred double-nelson, hammerlock, strangle and toa hold. Increased Racing Purses New York The Brooklyn handi cap, which will be run at thea maica track this spring, has an in creased value of $2,500, the stake this year being 510,000. Other fea tures have also been increased in value bythe association. Dinner to Davis Cup Team Philadelphia William T. Tiidert. 11, and all the other members of the victorious American- Davis cup team, will be given a testimonial din ner here Aprilj5. - n , Ik f9 1 ' 1 i Top row, left to right: Charles llitgg, guard ; K. K. Kii,er, couch; Miles Main ley, student iiiuimkit; licmlce TeliiiliUc, Kimball, eb., Feb. 26. (Special.) The local high sehooM(askct ball team is preparing for the annual state tournament to be held at Lin- John Harper. 80-Year-Old Trailer Renowned for The" American turf has no' more brilliant name on its roster than that of Longfellow, son of imported Leamington and N a a t u r a by Brawners' lie-' lipsc, v.- h i c h gained renown through his splendid p c r foniiances in the cast at Saratoga 'and Monmouth park in 1871 and 72 when he de feated King fisher and Harry Kassett in the Saratoga and Monmouth cups r espective iv. Longfellow's v record1, in the stud matched his turf career, and much of his glory was shared by his part owner and trainer. John Harper, "whose personality was unique even in that dav when the turf had a more. romantic quality than at present. Longfellow did not race as a 2-ei year-old . He achieved fame in the west as a 3-ycar-old, winning his best races in the autumn. ' W hen tl.e horse was 4 years old the Harpers Ben, Jacob and John all bachelors and living with, their maiden sister, Betty, determined to invade the cast from their home in Kentucky. 80-Year-Old Trainer. John was the trainer and manager of the stable, and at the time Long fellow was at ttre height of his racing career his trainer was 80 years old. Longfellow was a superb animal, a rich brown in color, with a broad stripe down his honest face. He had a trace of white on all four of his ankles also, ft was not to be won dered that the outfit attracted the at tention of the populace, which was to know more, of the great horse within few weeksi It is a matter of turf history how Longfellow ran away from Prcak- Ruth Will Have to Stretch His Home Runs In 1923, Says Huston New York, Feb. 26. (Special.) Babe Ruth will have to stretch his home runs in 1923. Whether the right ..field stands of the Yankees' new home mean a longer drive than a similar homerun wallop at the Polo Grounds appears to have been the first question put to Mcssers. Ru pert and Huston by the fans. Colo nel Huston settled the matter in these words: "At first I was under the impres sion that our right field would be just the same length as the Polo Grounds. 1 believe I may havebeen even emoted to that effect. How ever. T find upon close examination of the engineering plans that Babe Ruth will be compelled to stretch his home runs in 1923. 1 find that our right field will be longer than the Polo Grounds by just two and 9-16 inches." Organize Trap Shooting Association inDakota Wagner. S. D.. Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) A league of sportsmen known as the riatte Line Trap Shooting as . . , , , - sociation has been organized in this section by Jack Smith of the Ne braska State League Trap Shooting association, the plans are to have one registered shoot in one of the membership towfis each month. The towns include: Platte Wagner, Lake Andes. Armour, Harrison and prob ably Tyndall. Chester Trumbo of Wagner is president; A- C. Schroeder of ArinourTViee president, and Carl Hammer of riatte, secretary-treasurer. Foreign Sport Stars Get Coin Playing golf agaSiist United States stars was almost as remun erative for Ted Ray and Harry Vardon of, Britain as Georges Cf pentier's venture into American filmdom. 'Kimball High School center. Secoml row: Kenneth I.lnn, guurd; Rnlrli Ktehenhcrger, captain nnd lornnru; I name. I.ocknood, guuru. Jlot- coln early next month and, according to the way in which the Kimball tosscrs are working for the games, Coach Rickcr's squad should emerge with a pretty good record. ! Horse. Longfellow ness and Helmbold in the Mommoiuh cup. He followed tip this perform ance by defeating Kingfisher in the Saratoga cup, though the son of Lex ington made him run the first mile of the race in the then unheard of time of 1:40. Although he was beat en at four miles at the same meet ing by Helmbold, the race was in deep mud n which a long stridcr like Longfellow was at a great disad vantage. ' Harry Bassett Great Rival. The horse returned home with a great reputation which was enhanced by a couple of fine performances in the west during the Spring of his 5-year-old form. The best horse in the east that year was the 4-year-old Harrv Bassett, and in response to a demand for a meeting between them; the Harpers started for Long Branch ith their champion. Longfellow's Last Race. The next meeting of the pair was in the Saratoga cup. It was a dis appointing contest, but it served to show Longfellow's gameness. At the start he grabbed his quarti. twisting jlrfe plate so that it was bent double, pressing into the sole of his foot at even' stride. Despite this, Longfellow struggled valiantly for a mile and a half, when the jendons gave way and the superb "creature pulled tips on three legs, his racing career atvanend. John' 'Harper, then 80 years old, was heartbroken. Begets Great Performers. Longfellow's stud success was amazing. He gave the turf many of its greatest performers, and to all of them he transmitted is ability to stay. Freeland was a great race horse.' Longstreet; Leonatus, Riley, Poet Scout and Rainbow were horses of great size, and theylujd speed and stamina as well. Wadswortii. Linden, Long Knight, Philosophy and a host of other good ones owned him as sire. Thora was Iis best (laughter on thclurf. , ? .. Golfer Herd Has Made 14 Holes in One Stroke If Alex Herd. the celebrated Scotch -pro. goiter, comes to the United States next season Americans will have the opportunity of seeing a player who has perhaps had more holes in one, than, any other living linksman. Oij December 11, at his home links, Coombt Hill, England, he got the 12th bole, 165 yards, in one stroke. This feat brought his total up to 14 single hole-outs. He has done 10 of these is at Coombe Hill (where he is a profes sional) as follows: 2d hole (215 yards), once; 6th (158 yards), three times; 9th (165 yards), twice; 12th (162 yards), twice, and 17th (147 yards), twice. The others have been accomplished at Islay, Portrush Huddersfield and Gauton. South Dakota Cage T Start? Snnnl Lincoln, Neb!, Feb. 2b. Special.) league oidrib juuii!M h 1S0 tpam9 had Clltfrcd Vermillion, S. D.. Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) The annual high school bas ket ball tournament of the southeast district of South Dakota will be staged for the championship of the district this year on the Armory floor of the University of South Da kota, Thursday and Friday, March 3 and 4. f The games will ,be played both afternoon and evening and 10 of the fastest high school quintets in the district will be present to battle for championship honors. The winner of the tourney will be sent to the state tournament at Sioux Falls to compete with the winners of other districts for the state title. Philly Club Loses T4tle ' Net Meet After 34 Years For the la; 34 years the Phila delphia Cricket club has been the scene of'tlic women's national ten nis tourney, which this year has been transferred to New York. Team : torn row: Harry Paulsen, forward. The locals have a good record thus far this season and will enter the tourney confident of winning their class. Kimball is after a class "A" rating. " Andy Schmader to Box Hugh Walker in Bout t $ioux City Monday Andy Schmader, Louisville (Neb.) heavyweight fistic performer, N who swings the padded mitts for Jack Lewis, will meet Hughic Walker of Kansas City in the main event of an athletic show to be staged in Sioux City tomorrow night. The bout is scheduled for 10 'rounds. The Louisville boxer has been working hard during the last two weeks in order to got into tip-top condition for the tough Kansas City slugger. Walker recently lost a bout to Tommy Gibbons at Cleveland. porriNG.TUE NEXT WHlLEhe usual woman might be frailer than a California bungalow held together only by the wallpaper, there was nothing effeminate about the Roughtown sopranos except their millinery bills. They had voices like an 'unoiled axle, chewed tobacco like gentle-' men and subscribed heavily to all the municipal riots, A Roughtown spelling bee was carefully avoided by itinerant yeggs, who tisuaily detoirred when on their way to put the soothing syrup on a neighboring bank. Weenie iTnsel was the Roughtown belle, having won the honors in an elimination contest, lighting her way up through the blondebantam, brunette welters and heavyweight henna classes. She was a pip and wore brass knuckles on the second finger of her left hand as a setting for, the beautiful cobblestone Gink had given Iter for their engagement. The engagment was later called off because Gink discovered Weenie studying cooking lessons out of the Artillery Drill Regulations. 1 New Queen Arrives. Tuesday night, June 30. 1897, was the date of the annual Roughtown spelling contest. A night that was to make history, wreck empires and change the tourist rates of the world. A tornado had been trying for weeks to work its way into Roughtown, but the town's balmy zephyrs had blown the lining out of it. During a lull in the good weather the tornado managed to make a local stopncar Rougtitown and a woman dropped out of the first cabins She was Texas Mamie, a ministering angel who handed out pain nly as a gentle hand tan. She More Than 150 High School Teams Have., Entered State Meet the annual State High School Bas ket Ball tournament up till noon to day, according to the announcement of Athletic Director Luehring of the state university. Entries to be accepted must have been mailed on Saturday. This means that the list of teams in the tournament wilt be complete by the early part of next week. Drawings for the tournament will be held in Lincoln Thursday eve ning. They will be announced so that teams will know their classifica tions before , they come to the tournament, March 10, 11 and 12. , in ,.mm.m I Franklin GunSForni Trap Shooting Club Franklin, Neb.. Feb. 26. (Special.) The Franklin Gun club, a newly or ganized trap' shooting club, has a membership of more than 22 local auns. The Franklin club holds week- ly shoots. Lharles I-riton was high lad had to ride with the greatest gun at the last shoot when he shat-(skill to bring Triumphant and El tcred 22 out of 25 birds, "iiioiit home in front Ask 'Farmer Burns To Referee Match Veteran (trappier Sought to Re Third Man in the King at Elimination Tourney. A gigantic t liniiiuitit'ii wrestling 'tournament for the leading wellrr weights and middlewcights of the mat is being planned fur Chicago. The winner v ill be declared the fhampVit of !,is class and will re ceive a .$1,0(1(1 championship belt to be presented by Bert'K. Collyer. The. belt is donated by Collyer as an incentive for "clean"' wrestling and to 'furnish tangible proof that the werer is the recognized cham pion. Under the conditions of the presentation, the wearer would be required to defend it at least once within a year and thus eliminate the muddle that r.ow obtains in .4he middleweight ra"nks. Charles Post I or "Farmer" Burns have been asked to referee. With the fans certain of sport on the "up and up," it is anticipfilcd the tournament will eclipse any similar athletic event ever held in tlm'. country. .The following middlewcights, con sidered the best of their ctoss will be invited to participate: Johnny Meyers of Chicago and Chris Jor t!on of Cleveland, O., claimants of the title; Ralph Parcaut of Spencer, la.; Gene Westward of New York: Henry Irslingcr. champion of Eng land; Waino , Ktoneu of Boston; Pinkey Gardiner of .Schenectady, N. Y.; Lou Talabcr of Iowa and Mike Yokel of Salt Lake City, Utah. ( Jack Reynolds of Cedar Rapids, la., the welterweight champion, has consented to defend his title and the following will be asked to contend with him: Adam Krr.ger, Lincoln, Neb.; Gus Kallio, Minneapolis, Louis Nelson, Brooklyn; W. Hallas, Can ton, 0.;.Pete Petropolis, former A. E. F. champion, Gary, lnd.; Young Mahmout ,and Young Gotch. Giants Pin Hope On Rookie Ryan Bill Ryan, husky Holy Cross col legian who opened John McGraw's eyes at Gainsville, Fla., in 1919 with a great bunch of untamed pecd and uncultivated curves, has sent in his signed contract to the Giants and is iiow a sure enough big leaguer. 1 Bill has spent two years in the minors one with Buffalo and one with Toronto and the speed is with him yet, but the curves are cultivat ed. McClraw is pinning a lot of hope on Ryan," and if he performs as well as he did in the closing days of last season the pennant chances of the Giants should be enhanced. ON had lost her baggage, but expected to pick up a duplicate supply of cannons on the way. Roughtown was her destination and the spelling stampede or feud Texas Mamie was I .The telegram was an open declara always the Queen Bee. 1,011 o w ar- Rickard . failed to an- She moved with the Brace of a nounce the reply to his telegram, it r!nrripc Hinniuli un lirinnr criorrl nf i saloon bouncers and busted'into the town hall ready for pastry, murder or gum drops. Weenie was in a formal massacre gown. She spotted Texas Mamie and the bristles on her perfect chin arched like an Old Home Week of Kilkenny cats. Diplo matically powdering her nose with a violet piece of sandpaper, she ig nored Texas with a heavy inkstand thafwas timed to bust Texas in cither eye. Jt missed both of Matiiic's eyes and socked her right between 'cm. Maine was no clay pigion. She paid no attention to the two-pound Valentine, having had her health toasted with many weapons. Fight-Gets Warmer. The next word was "hypodermic." Texas got out her needle and Weenie caught her cribbing. Nobody could use a pony on Weenie in a spelling fracas. She started the word with a vowel and let fly a consignment of knuckle consonants for Texas's chin( which Texas wore long to fool im migrants who swung for her face. The spectators decided to finish the night by telephone and Weenie and Texas had thi booth to themselves. Education got a big appropriation when Texas caught Weenie in the jaw with an elastic bookcase, but Weenie smoothed out matters grace fully by measuring Texas with a brass-bound yardstick. Matty Gaining Cta White Plague For the first time since Christy Mathcwfon was laid low with tuber culosis his devoted wife' has been , able to smile, according to the won oi friends who visited the former idol of the base ball world at the fresh air camp in the Adirondack mountains at Saranac Lake, N. Y. Christy has been making slow but .sure strides back to health in recent months, and his doctor has twice been moved to issue reassuring bul letins. "Big Six" now can move about in a wheel chair, after months spent entirely in bed. Mrs. Mathewson has been her husband's devoted attend ant almost all of I he period of his period of his illness. Apprentice Jockey Has ' Field Day at Havana L. I'enmain apprentice jockey at the Oriental Park race track at Ha vana, Cuba, had a field day on Feb ruary 8, when he rode two winners, two seconds and a third out of five mounts. In his winninu eflorts. the Bee's Sport Album- ''Billie ? Fox HAVE A Ou&U LET'S TALK r-? Six years ago, in a crucial game between the old Luxus team and the Storz "Triumphs, a pitcher's arm "went over the grandstand" figura tively speaking, and a crack amateur ball player had .'finished his career on the diamond. In those days, before the amateurs were organized into one association, the crack teams played for big side bets. There' was a big purse at stake when the1 Luxus tangled with Fred Bradford's Storz team, and the rivalry between the two squads was running high. Naturally, every player on the two teams was keyed to the'highest pitch "Billic" Fox was sent to the mound as the best bet of the Luxus, and Billie was "nutting everything he had on the ball." He had to, with such sluggers zf Harry Welch, Ed Lawler, Joe Various, Frank Wood ruff and others'on the Storz Jjneup. Jt was a nip and tuck battle for six innings, with the Storz squeez ing in the only score of the game. In the fatal sixth, with the Storz at bat, two men got on base, and "Big Harry" Welch came to bat Welch was the most feared hitter in town, and Fox nut everlnuscle be hind the ball as he pitched to the big outfielder. I he third ball pitched was right over the pan. With Wrestling and Ring At Odds Rickard Trust's Private There's a line fight, brewing be tween Tex Rickard, head of the boxing trust, and Jack Curley, chief of the wrestling monopoly. Rickard seized upon the opportunity offered when Curley announced that the headlock is barred, and started bid ding for a match which would take the champion Strangler Ed Lewis away from Curley. Rickard, who has Marin Pletina, an alleged wrestler, in his control, saw the chance to get into top ranks of the wrestling game, and tele graphed to Billy Sandow, manager of Lewis, saying: ' "How much do you want to have Lewis wrestle Marin Plcstina in Madison Square Garden All holdfc 1'lease answer immediately. he rcceci cd ally. but later Curley issued a statement that Billy Sandow had declared that, so long as Curley believed the pubhc is airainst the headlock, he and Lewis are 'satisfied with his ruling. Which sounds well, in spite of Lewis' anger "when Curley made the ruling. Lewis Boosts Curley. Curley in his statement quoted Sandow as saying: "Jack Curley has done so much for the game (he ne- glccts to say what) that we will be I the last to handicap him with selfish troubles. M Jack feels that the game New Maine Find j Tops Babe Ruuv 1 ' ' r-In Size, Height ! "Talk about Babe Ruth." -air Ar thur Irwin, manager of the Hartford club in Connecticut, and the original David Hartiln among managers who like to trade players, "I've got one bigger than him- Just signed a Hartford contract. His name is James Durgin. he conies from Maine, he's six feet four' inches tall, weighs 210 pounds, and strikes out 18 or 20 men a game. I'll develop him and the big league clubs will be camping dn my doorstep next fall." Charlie Peters to Meet Stanley Zbyszko in New York City Monday Charlie Peters, Sarpy countv s west ling sheriff, will meet stamp tj m team 3r 1. ., V Br . 1 jL.dvszko tomorrow nigni at mc I.S.t, ILgLllim Jii"wi , j,i -.v.. City in a finish contest. The bout will be in conjunction with the bout between Armas Laitinen. the Finnish champion, and John Pesck, Ravenna Neb., grappler. Omaha Boy Winner of Checker Tournament Lester rainier of Omaha, who is attending the Augustana college at Rock Island, 111., won the annual checker tournament of the school when he defeated Victor Holland in the finals by the score of 4 to 1. Round the World on Hike Paris. Maximc Leurct, a Swiss, has just arrived here after traveling around the world on a bicycle, lie left Geneva on January 1, 1914. and crossed Germany, Russia, Siberia, Japan, South America, the Autillrs, the L'nited States and Canada. He worked his way across the Atlantic as a stoker. lie traveled about 35,- ' U00 miles. II . : II J r J I H I went the throwing arm of "Billie" Fox. lift iiad tried too hard to stri'ic out Welch, and he paid the price by "throwing out' his arm. Since that tiay, Fox has been un ttble to play base ball. "Slim Billie," as he is kij,own, is one of the most popular young sportsmen of Omaha. For the past two years he has conducted a cigar store in Omaha. Born near Twenty-fourth and Vinton, w here sone of the best ball players and teams in Omaha hail from. Fox grew up thinking, eating and talking ba.se ball. In 1900, he or ganized the Am icans, city, cham pions, which team later became the Luxus. In 1911, Fox played with Hum boldt, Xeb., in the Mink league. He played semipro ball with many town teams in this region. He played every position on the diamond, but most of the time was an outfielder. Fox was also a foot ball player, holding down an end on the famous Superior eleven for three or four years, when that aggregation was defeating all comers. He celebrated his1 30th birthday this month being born on February 3, 1890. Me was in the armv during thu war, being stationed at Lamp Dodge, I la. Magnates Are Invades Grappling Domain Trouble would suffer through the headlock he can get along without it." There hasbeen a keen rivalry be tween Rickard and Curley for some tinve, and a practical truce has ex isted, with a tacit arrangement that Curley sjiould haves control of the wrestling while Rickard predominat ed among the fight impresarios. Rickard thinks Plcstina is a wrest ler and Curley and 4 number of r,tV,r ovnerls refusp to believe it. other experts reiuse to Deueve u. i and say Rickard s judgment of i wrestlers is on a par with his belief that Jess Willard is a great fighter. ' ! Fine Chance for Rickard. j However, Rickard is a shrewd j showman. He knows that any j match with Lewis in it and using the ' lieauiOCK is teri.ru to iiuaii x mis, attendancc. Also he knows that Lewis is aggrieved because the head lock has been barred and is ljkely to break away from the Curley regime. Jn other weds, Rickard can break into the wrestling game with a big attraction. How far he can go after that match is bard to tell, but Curley. has practically a monopoly on the services of the prominent wrestlers of the country and probably has public sentiment with him in bar ring the headlock from matches. Incidentally Tex is willing to con tinue to advocate the free and un- limited coinage of championship belts and give one to the winner of the proposed match. Kilbane Has Ruled Feathers for Nine ars; Won From Attell Cleveland, Feb. 26. Is Johnny Kilbane to lose his featherweight crown the first time he steps into the roped arena with an opponent who is just as sturdy, a decade or so younger and possibly a lot more ambitious than the present title holder?, It was nine years ago on Washington's birthday that Killy wrested the featherweight diadem from Abraham Attell, after 20 rounds of milling in the arena at Vernon, Cal. Referee Charley Eyton declared the Cleveland lad the win ner on points and Sir John has ruled the 122-pound roost ever since suc cessfully turning back the attacks of various and sundry contenders. But it's a long road that has no turn and there are those who are well versed in things fistic who be-j foot ball teamWill play eight con lieve Johnny will come to the end j tests next grid season, according to of his rope the first time he tries to j the schedule announced here today, travel the marathon route of 15 j The locals play Creighton High at rounds in New York and thev don't ; Omaha, October 21. care much whether his rival is Danny Frush. Andy Chancy, Billy DeFoe or, Sammy Sieger. They seem to be agreed that any one of this quartet can "take" Kilbane on points, if not via the kayo route. It w'ould be'th'e irony of fate if it should come to pass that K illy "reaped" as he "sowed," that is lost his title (n poiuts. Ilendrix Quits Leagues To Play as Semi-Pro laude llendri.v. unconditionally released by the Cubs a week ago. has announced that he has, retired from professional baseball and will devote his time to the automoible business at Kansas City, semipro ball on the side. playing j Six-Day Race March 6 Nkw York The next six-day bicycle race in Madison Square Gar- I,... ..Ill K I, ..1.1 M.r.l. I. l.-i 1' Sprint races will be held 1 lie Satur - day ni'Kht preceding (he race. The pick oi the foreign riders will be Moguls Lfcaru ; : Game Must Run On Legal Basis - I Major anil ' Minor f.oapup Magnates Call for Aid To Civil Law Thoy Helitllerl. Promoters of professional ba.-o ball used to boast they could run their own business and enforce their own laws without, any aid from the courts and that any time the inter preters of civil law tackled a base ball problem there was sure to be a miscarriage ni justice. They have learned that it was an empty boast. Today base ball is in the hands of, the courts and asking aid from law makers. Tho national commission, formerly composed of "practical asc ball men," has been replaced by a judge on the fcdial" bench as su preme commissioner and by a law fer as secretary and treasurer neither of them practical base ball men. The new national agreement was drafted by lawyers, and, pre vious to the consummation, all sides to the controversy, which nearly ended in a diamond war, were: reprcseutecd by attorneys during their sessions. Need Aid in Gambling War. It was necessary for the Cook county grand jury to tackle the gambling scandals last fall to pro duce any result.;, although the club owners involved spent good money trying to ferret out the truth. And, in order properly to punish the play ers involved by the confessions of three of the Black Sox clan, it is necessary to depend on the courts. Aid is being sought from the ftatc legislatures and even from congress to curb the gambling evil by the enactment of laws extending the penalty for bribery to cover the base ball profession. Uniform statutes making it a felony, punishable by imprisonment, are being sought in all states in the country to help the promoters handle the situation that their own shortsightedness and com mercial blindness allowed to exist. An Abject Confesalon. No inpro abjact confession of thrlr own Inability to govern thcjiisnlvrs and their affairs can be Imagined than that made by the hackers of baae ball In the last, six months. Their proud citadfl, Impreit i.alile to crooka, according to their boaat. proved hi Yormldable- to the garablera as a aoft and tender sirloin aleak, and no more so. The promoters, who were a -law unto themselves and chesty about (hat fact, found themselves unable to en force their owu laws or to protect them selves from foes, either outside or In side th'lr breastworks. Ro they yelled for help, and found It only in the courts wh'ii-h they had belittled. What will be the result remains to bo seen. The first few weeks of the coming season will give an Indication of the atti tude of the rooters toward the new deHl. Alrearty the teams are beginning" to mo bilizo for th" campaign and still the scan dals of 1919 and 1920 fc'ave not been cleared up. Swift Action Demanded. Th" law la notoriously slow. Sport of any kind demands swift action and quick decision. The umpire Who allowed a pitch sr and batsman to arffue with him and time to file briefs after very ball pltchd w0ulrt neel an alrsnlP to escape, i nis is uue m baBe ball t0(1ay a9 aWays, . t-j . r i n C e t 0 11 braClUateS i tj i j faVOr LOaCh' HaUghtOn S , i i i- heme Qn fOrWard TaSS Percy Haughton's proposal to make a forward pass grounded be hind" the line of scrimmage a free ball has received the approval ot Keene Fitzpatrick and Nat Poe, Trinceton gridiron alumni of prom inence. "The proposed change," said Fitz patrick, who coached Princeton's 1918 team and has been cn the coach ing staff for 10 years, "would force teams to develop a defense for the thrower similar to the protection now afforded a kicker. "II do not believe that it wouli affect-a well developed forward pass t game nor hinder a team which de pends upon such a system for of fense. The elevens that succeed with the open style of nlay are the ones that always get their passes off and whp have some one wait ing to rccciv'CL the, ball. I believe that such a ruling'would be an ex cellent thing." Poe ucnt ;nto the spectators' side of the matter. "Haughton's sugges tion," he stated, "would eliminate thur kind of thing that featured the last-Harvard-Yale game, the wild throw ing of passes. Certainly the spec tators do not enjoy such an exhibit tion, of inaccuracy, but in addition to that, I am for it from the players' standpoint. "There is the objection, of course, that such a move would act to put the game back to the old mass move ments and would detract from the open style of playing. I do not take this stand, however. North Platte Grid Team To Play Creighlon Here North Platte. Neb.. Feb. 26. (Spe- rial.) The North Platte High school The schedule follows: September 29. Cozad at' North nU. October 7, MrCock at MrCook. October 14, open date at North riatta October 2t, CTelgliton (Omaha) at Omaha. October ??, Pavard at North ' riatte. November 4. Uothenburj at Gothenbur. November 11, roluinbus at North. Platte November IS, Curtis atw:urti. November !4. Lincoln at Nortb. riatte. Cincinnati Rooters See Groh Shifted to Keystone Cincinnati critics are predicting that Heinie Groh will be shifted to second base this season, leavng the hot corner to Sam Bohne, the coast phenom who has never played any other position. Groh was a second saCkcr before Charley Herzog shifted him to third. Whatever Heinie plays, second, intra or snort, ne win oe a ! thorn in the side of the opposition. Coast Forgets Its Rughy Despite criticism at dropping rug- as the headline autumn sport. the regulation American foot ball nies of the leading coast varsities have stirred much more enthusiasm. j i i I i