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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, MARCH 1H, iyl Up - to - Keds' Crippled By 4 Holdouts; Morait Plods On Kouscli, Groh, Daubert ami Kopf After Increased Salaries Before Start ing Season. By JAMES CRUISINBERRY. Coprlglit, Wtl, by the (iiliuio Tribune. Cisco, Tex., March 18. (Special) Ever since the Cincinnati Reds lm! the world's championship forced upon them in the fall of 1919, they have been temperamental. At least, some of them have, and this spring things are worse than ever. Four of the stars are holdouts, and while they are expected to come to terms some time after the strenuous trip is over, or at least near the finish of the jaunt, the Reds are likely to labor under the handicap of a late start. l'at Moran, who was found down among the oil wells of this region laboring overtime, realises the situa tion, but feels he has fuund two or three sparkling recruits who will carry the club through the early contests. No Cause for Celebration. However, they have, nothing this spring to cause celebrating, and there is no celebrating. They are doing I heir daily grind with spirit and even enthusiasm that is, all except Eddie U'niisih- HeiiH" flrnli. Tnkp D.'iiihert. !.nd Larry Kopf, the four who haven't, at present writing, come-to terms with the hoss and apparently vill not until the hardships of tho .outhern tour are over. It Is Just jMlti' one nr two of them iirnijV M br sorry for r.-portinff for tbo U'uutlntr trip. Ikm-hilio, to all Indtcatlons Hosji "Mnrmt Iihm un,0VHret a real find in tme of his recruit, a sturdy rnun nanifl Sammy Holme, ho has be.-n performing t third bu.se In Heine Groh's regular .spot. T happened to catHi the Reds pluvlniff nn exhibition itHme uKuinst Clarenee Kow land'.f t'olunibuft club, tmininir at RaiiKr, short dlslnnce away. In this contest younir Mr. Holme went to bst five times and nil he did was to hit four home runs anil one sinRle. As 1 reeall It. that Mtmo reeord is down In the book, ns hav ing been nvide by Hd Delehanty, mora than I'll years nRo. l'onseeii Cn Aet. Another snnrkllng lad has been uncov ered In Louis Fonseea, a Latin skinned Mmliiftor from the lots of San Francises. He has drhlnir power In his batting as Ltreiit nit ltoline. and Is an ai'tlve kid on the Inflotd. though ho does need experi ence. It was Moran's Ule that ho might havo to play r.roh at second this, year and, nerhaps. Bohne at third. Or he might have played Kopf at second and Sam (rune, the utility Inflelder of last vear, at hhort. Noiv it looks as If Holme Is mire of a place and tf the stars tail to ennio hack, I'onesea will be at second with t rane at ohort ftmt Rube Rressler tha former pitcher, on first. Rube Is playing the hnjr nicely and-hilltng in his accus tomed style. Bill srhirtner. from Florida, end t'nrl Schmehl. a .New York semi-pro, aru trying for Infield Jobs. nil Hoi Made by Kouseh. . In the outfield with Rouseh gone, It means that I'ode Taskert, Pat Puncan and Charley See will do the work, the latter, performing In center. If ltousch turns up. See and Paskert may do the Tight fielding against right and left handed pitching, respectively. A coopta of good looking recruits are present In Denny Williams, last year at Moose Jaw. and Bis Dawson, from the Uni versity of Vest VlTglnla. Moran says he Isn't a bit worried over : his pitchers and catchers, and it looks like ho shouldn't le. In tvy Wlngo and Bubbles Horgrave, once of the Cubs, but last, jear at Pt. Paul, he has a pair of- splendid backstoppers. Tom Conway, a semi-pro from Cincinnati, la slated for tho bull pen job. A Veteran Pitchers on Staff. Moran has lost Reuther, Ring and Pal loo from last year's pitching staff, but In their places he has Jeptha Eppa Rlxey and Rube Marquard, both doing well In camp. Of the old squad, he has Hod Kller. Ray Flshen Adolfo Luque anl Dressier, providing the latter Isn't need ed at first base, Tn addition he has Fjred Coumbe", who performed In high class style last year at St. Paul with his left-handed curves; Lynn Brenton, a sterling hurler frorf the Seattle team; Buddy Napier, last year with Shreveport, and Leo Seiffert, who won 16 and lost 7 et Winnipeg. Selffert Is , Chicago youngster, who played high school base ball five years ago at Mc Ktniey. Fremont High Cageri Receive Basket Ball Lectures Fremont, Neb.. March JS. (Spe cial) Fremont high school awarded letters to six members of this year's basketball squad. They are Clifford Dahl. Arthur Chambers, Conrad Swart. Dick Johnson, Dean Wisdom, and. Tom Evans. Chambers, husky guard, was re-elected captain of the team for next year. Willis Stum was made captain of the track team for this year and Tom Evans was elected captain of the 1921 foot ball squad. The Fre mont cagers won eight games out of 12 and scored 251 points to 193 of their opponents. Ruben Wins Match Over Rezctlski in Two Falls Chicago. March 18. Hen Rube of Chicago Thursday defeated Steve Rezedski, also of Chicago, in straight falls in their wrestling match. Ruben won the first fall in 15 minutes with a toe hold and the second in nine mihutes with a hammerlock. Jkck Reynolds of Cedar Rapids, la., threw Ed Danks of Grand Rapids, Mich., in 16 minutes 32 seconds with a toe" hold. Danks conceded the second fall because of arr injured ankle. Lewis Easily Defeats Montreal Wrestler Fort Worth, Tex., March 18. Ed (Strangler) Lewis, heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated Dan Kennedy of Montreal in two straight falls in a wrestling matsh here Thursday night. Lewis won the first fall in 33 minutes with a head lock, and the second in 14 minutes with a hammerlock. Physicians Examine ' O'Dowd After Bout New York, March lS.--O'Dowd was examined in his dressing room after the bout by crab phyisicians. They reported he had been struck' in the left groin, which seemed to substantiate O'Dowd's claim that he had been fouled. " ' $ , Randolph Heavyweight . - . Boxer Defeats Ed Downs Randolph, Neb., March 18. Fritz llasehulet, local heavyweight box er.defeated Ed Downs of South Da kota in a six-round bout here. The victory was awarded on a referee's decision. Fast preliminary bouts were staged before the main match. Jo Stecher and Cliff Hinckley meeVln Pittabifirri tonight In a benefit wrestling matt Th proceeds will go lor relief of destitute Greeks In Europe Bate News and Gossip of interest to Sport Fans 1 ' Entered in Standing, Dr. Bert Bahr, manager. Second Row: Reed,' guard; Smith, center; John, forward, and captain; Menck, guard; Boyer, forward. First Row: Birk, guard, and Bowers, guard. Grand Island, Neb., March 18. Hall County American Legion bas ket ball team, champions of the Fifth district, have entered the state cham 'Farmer' Burns, Veteran Wrestler, to Lecture From Chautauqua Platform "Farmer" , Burns, wrestler and exponent of physical culture,' is about to become a "highbrow." The "Farmer," it was announced yesterday, is going to become a cliaiitauqua lecturer. ' The veteran grappler has signed a contract with the Redpath Lyceum bureau to make a 14-week tour be ginning June 1. Wrestlers have taken part in bur lesque shows and tackled the vaude ville stage, but this is the first time "Muny" Ball Directors Refuse to Reinstate Suspended Players Arguments in the supreme courts of the United States had nothing on the directors' meeting, of the Ama teur Base Ball association Thursday night. , The chief topic for discussion was the reinstatement of. the four mem bers of last season's Drive-It-Yourself team, of the City league,' and after oe of the stormiest sessions taking place for some time, the di rectors upheld their former decisions made some time ago, that the sus pensions of these four members and others suspended stands as ordereJ by the hoard. The four players involved in this argument are, Seldon Smith, Howaid Wahl, James Coleman and Lddy Hollander. f'BUGS" BAER The Omaha Bee: Speaking of Roughtown "castings," a light rough weight I know would have made Gink Fowler look like a professional fire-eater with a set of celluloid teeth. This fellow's name was Bubbles Sudds. He was so light on his feet that he would have made Ivory Soap sink in disgrace. Stop praising Gink and splash some credit on the men who deserved it. A lover of unfair play. HEftMAN KESSLER, Fremont. The Omaha Bee: As a creator of champs, you have picked a Sir Bar ton when you figured Senor Ginkero Fowler for the real Fit Thrower of the Spasm league. I speak for Scnor Pedro Lopez Gracia Assaulto y Bat tery, better unknown as the "Terri ble Texas Frijole Fiend." Pedro met Gink Fowler in a blind alley and ran him so far that he passed the milestones three at a time. I was not present at the meeting, but would appreciate your usual unabiased ac count of the affair in one of your un usual honest moments. Yours from Texas, J. E. ERCANBRACK. . . We take these two envious letters in a lump, just as Gink Fowler al ways fought his opponents, three at a time. What a man was the Gin kusl ... Afraid of nothing that ever crept, crawled or commuted. Subsisting on- herbs, roots and berries... And fighting always in his bare feet so that his prehensile toes could claw his foe in their enmeshing grip and blot him forever from the haunts of civilization. The muscles on his brawny skull stood out like iron bands. He fought all -these three pseudo champions in one ring on one night and harvested therrr like the golden grain of Iowa. You say that in his hunger for money Gink always insisted that the purse go to the loser. Well, that was not avarice.- That was generalship of the highest disorder. He was a champion and fought and fell like a champion with his face toward the gate receipts, and with the noble thought shining in his pure brain that somewhere there must be a better world, where the knuckles are made of rubber. At this late stage in prohibition, when Gink's laurels are firmly im bedded in concrete on his rSzor edged brow, don't try to rob him of his hardly earned prestigee. Think before you speak and the silence will be unbroken for centuries. Sioux City Boxer Win Sioux City, la., March 18. (Spe cial Telegram)rHomer Sheridan, Sioux City's promising middleweight scrapper, managed by Frank Whit ney, stopped "Sailor" Norton in the third round of a scheduled ten-frame mill here la;t night. day State Legion pionship tournament to be held here next week. Lincoln, David City, Grand Island, Gothenburg and Geneva arc repre one ever was coaxed to take a chance on a chautauqua circuit wlijere the trend is toward the higher arts. Burns is going to tell how to live until a ripe old age and to preserve one's strength and youth through declining years. He is passedthe 60 mark himself and believes he is the huskiest and most active man of his age living. The "Farmer" believes his train ing in the wrestling game will conic in handy in counting up 'the chau tauqua receipts. . . J O. 1 T' oe otecner in win Over Italian Wrestler Chicago, March 18. Joe Stecher of Dodge, Neb., won a one-fall match Thursday from Reanto Gar dina of Italy. The fall which came at the end of one hour, 43 minutes and 40 seconds was secured with body scissors and a half Nelson. Iowa State Wrestlers to Meet Peiui Grappler 8 Ames, la., March 18. Wrestling fans of Iowa State college are look ing forward eagerly to April 1, when the Iowa grapplers will meet those from Pennsylvania State. The easterners have captured the eastern intercollegiate championship for the past three" years, and their chances for repeating the performance this year are considered good. Thus the April 1 match will indicate whether the national intercollegiate cham pionship is to become the prize of the middle west or to go to the east ern grapplers. Midland College Beats Nebraska Weslyan's Lincoln, Neb.,- March 18. (Special Telegram.) Midland college de feated Nebraska Wc'slcyan, 14 to 12. in a game on, the Wesleyan court Thursday night. The Methodists led. S to" 4, at the close of the rst period. When the second period was half through the Lutherans had tied the score. Baskets by Dana and Lund i.erg put the game across. Dana scored four goals from the floor for Midland. Kahm of Wesleyan caged three baskets. Owen Daley Wins Match With Kansas Wrestler Holdrege, Neb., March 18. (Spe cial.) Owen Daley of Minden, Neb., defeated Tom Doctor of Hutchinson, Kan., at the Holdrege auditorium in two straight falls in 56 and 12 min utes each. The match was for $500. The preliminaries consisted of a three-round boxing match, between Carl' Pelander ot Holdrege and Carl Goings of Wilcox, Pelander getting the decision. ' . Shop Crafts to Hold Dance -N For Benefit of Ball Team To raise money to equip a Class A base ball team the Union Pacific Federated Shop Crafts of the Ameri can1 Federation of Labor will give a ball at the De Luxe academy next Friday night. The federation hopes to raise $350. Exhibition Games Cisco, Tex., March 17. n w e Cincinnati Nationals W 13 i Fort Worth, Texas league 2 4 t Batteries: Brenton. Couroi and Wlngo; Hargrave, Appleton, 13ones and Moore. Log Angeles, Cal.. March 17. I. IT. E. Chicago Nationals 2 6 1 Vernon, Pacific roast .7 ( 1 Batteries: Weaver, Jonps and Gomes; Love, Shellenback and Jlannan. r Lake Charles. La.. March 17. R. H. E. St. Louis Cardinals 6 4 1 Philadelphia Athletic -. 3 ( 3 Batteries: Haines, Klrcher and Mc- Cariv; Mooro and Ferry, Harris and Per kins. Gainesvilla, F14., March 17. R TT E Philadelphia Nationals ....... S 1J 6 Washington Americans 11 It 0 Batteries: Ring, Keenan, Causey and Peters, Bruggy; Schacht, Broker and Pi ctnich. Crowley, La., March 17. R. H. E New York American 6 10 0 Indianapolis, American Association IIS Batteiiesr Poyle, Mays and Hoffman. Schang; Jones, Striker. Bartlelt aud Dixon. New Orleans, March 17. R. H. E. Brooklyn Nationals 17 6 Now Orleans. Southern in Z Tlatterls: SchrrlsSr. Poste and Krueg crt Taylor, fult.urt, lllgglns, Lehman and Dtberry, Emitft Tournament sented; in the tourney. Omaha en tered, but will be unable to compete.- ; Select New Grid j Coach at Nebraska Director Luehring Will Not Announce Name Until Tutor Accepts Position. Lincoln, March 18. (Special Tele gram) Selection of a new foot ball coach for the University of Nebraska has been made and approved, but no reply has been received from the man who has been selected. The athletic department will not an nounce the name ot the new coach until his acceptance has been re ceived. , ' Ever since the close of the 1920 foot ball season, Athletic Director, F. W. Luehring has been looking around for a new gridiron mentor. Several foot ball experts have visited Lincoln. ' Coach Henry F. Schulte who coached foot ball last fall, will be re tained at Nebraska as a track" and intramural athletic coach. Track is Coach Schulte's specialty and he is making a great success here. Start Organizing Team - Lodgepole, Neb., March 18. (Spe cial.) With -the basket ball, season over, sport lovers have begun the or ganization of a base ball team. iiaiKiiMiiiKiMigjiiillllllligi;,,!! Charge Account With Ont-of-ttmii TatronB Solicited. BUY YOUR EASTER CLOTHES ON PAYMENTS All ready fellows at the new Price levels Hundreds of Easter Suits 1 ' 22X Main Floor Fine Hand Tailored Suits $291 392 $49? - Clever styled suits fashioned from fine worsteds. Patterns that are highly attractive. Not a limitcdselection but rack after rack of these better clothes awaits you here. - Buy Your Suit Saturday We'll arrange the pay ments so you'll never miss the money Cotner Hoopsters End Fast Season Coach Strain's Bulldogs Won 10 Conference Gaines Out Of 13 Played. Bethany, Neb., March 18. (Spe cial.) By soundly trouncing the state conference champs on the Ti ger floor at Crete last week, Coach Strain's Cotner Bulldogs from the Christian college, rounded oufc-a fast season of basket ball, and secure ly entrenched themselves in second place, with a record of 10 confer ence games won out of 13 played. The Bulldogs Wave defeated Wayne, Midland, Hastings, and Kearney Normal twice each, and have brok en even in the games played with Weslevan. Peru and Doane, winning cne of, the games played with each' of these latter schools. Cotner has a percentage of .769 in the confer ence and won two out-of-conference pames, drubbing Minden Legion at Minden and putting the skids under Trinity college at Sioux City. The Bethanyites opened the sea son by defeating Wayne at Beth any and then made a flying trip, re sulting in victories over Midland, Wayne and Trinity college at Sioux Cilv. The first reverse came when Doane won at Cotner. After this, the Bulldogs won, four games, defeating Hastings, Minden Legion, Kearney Normal and Midland college. The Bulldogs then lost to Peru at Peru, won from Wesleyan and Peru at Bethany and dropped a close game to Wesleyan at Wesleyan. The, season was capped by a win of 20 to 15 over the Doane Tigers. Captain Etzelmiller, the Bulldog star forward, who has caged 124 points this season, has an able team mate in McPherson, who is playing his last season at forward, and whose 'floor work turned the tide at Trin ity and other games. Raver looks like a good man to be considered as all-state guard, and his work spelled defeat to Midland and Teru. Sher man, the midget guard, was a de pendable foul tosser and is captain elect for next year's team. Shull wa the N cog of the machine that beat Doane held down the star cen ter of the Doane aggregation to three licld goals. . Superior Organizes Team And Elect 1921 Officers Superior, Neb., March 18. (Spe cial.) Those interested in the or ganization of a first-class base ball team this year are raising a sub scription among the fans of Superior, soliciting $5 and $10 4 month for each of the four months of the base ball season, from every base ball en thusiast in the city. An organiza tion has been formed with Roy Ells worth, who successfully managed the team the latter part of last season, as president; C. G. Hout, secretary treasurer, and G O. Graves and Charles Ruth as managers. They expect to get all of the players, with the possible exception of the bat tery alone, from among the boys of this vicinity. 1417 Douglas Street MIWnnHBM--HMKirr --wIS-5----r----. Here's Fighter Who Received Two Kayoes In One Night's Work New York, March 18. Young Mullen of New York, a prelimi nary boxer, was flattened in the first round of a bout at the Com monwealth club the other night. He put on his clothes, went over to the Star Casino club and was knocked out again in the first round, making two knockouts in an hour. How's that for a glutton for punishment? Omaha Kennel Club Plans Lectures and Shows for Public The Omaha Kennel club is plan ning to give Omaha dog fanciers a real show in the fall under the aus pices of the American Kennel club. The following spring another regular American Kenrjel club licensed show wilt be staged. Omaha also has the chance to become- posted on the points of all dogs by men who are breeders of pedigreed canines, as the Omaha Kennel cluj) is putting on a series of exhibitions open to the public. . A special invitation to the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire girls is extended, that they may hear the lectures. At the next meeting of the Kennel club in the city hall police dogs, col lies and one other popular breed will be discussed. , Dog fanciers cut in the state art urged to get in touch with Secretary W. H. Harrison- at 500 Saundcrs Kenncdy building. Champ Lewis to Meet Pesek in New York; WillNotUseHeadlock New York, March 18. John Pesek of Nebraska, has been matched to meet Ed (Strangler) Lewis, wrest ling champion in a bout to a finish on April 4 here, it was announced Thursday.1 The champion has agreed not to use his .famous "headlock." Lewis previously had defeated Pesek with this hold. Beatrice Fans Raise $1,500 for Base Ball Team Beatrice, Neb., March r8. (Spe cial.) Several base ball fans held a meeting in the Chamber of Com merce last evening and took steps tc raise $1,500 for an amateur club i this city. More funds are needed, and it is planned to raise this at a later date. The men behind th? project purpose to have a ball chili in Beatrice .this season regardless of the cost. Gayville and Rapid City Teams Win in akota Meet Sioux Falls", S. D., March 18. 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