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THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. MAY 15. 1921. Up-to-Bate News and Gossip of Interest to Sport Fans 2-IC East and West , ? Never Before In Title Clash College Med in Chicago to Set A Precedent; Many Ath letes to Come; To be Annu al Affair in Windy City. Featured by assurances of the presence of Charley Paddock of the University of Southern California,! .who is credited with running 220 yards in :20 4-5, md Earl Thom 011 of Dartmouth, older of the, orld's record for, he 120 yard high - urdles at :142-5, dans for the stag ng of the first an-i nual national inter-, j -ollegiate outdoo I track and field; meet on Staggi field June 18 arei .gradually being; .perfected. ; Jnlm I., (irirruii. it. of Illinois.) Director A. A. Stagg of Chicago, a member of the committee in charge of the meet, has received personal assurance from Paddock that the coast flyer will be on hand for both ciashes. loin Jones, athletic direc tor at Wisconsin, has received woro from Jack Watson, Dartmouth coach, that Thomson will remain in train ing alter the eastern intercollegiate for the national meet in Chicago. Athletes Promise to Come. Maj. John L. Griffith of Illinois, third member of the committee, has received word from other notable i athletes throughout the country, stating they will be on hand re gardless of how they make out in the sectional intercollegiates. Accord- ing to Maj. Griffith, over 600 circular letters have been sent to various in stitutions throughout the country, "and favorable replies are being re ceived daily. While the committee is rather skeptical about the cast being rep resented in large numbers, there is every reason to believe the best men will come west. The middlcvest has supported eastern track and field games for 25 years and it is high time officials in the cast reciprocate to a certain degree. In the recent Penn relay carnival, athletes representing middle west institutions came within eight points of equaling the score compiled by stars of the east. These points are figured on all events, relays and - individual. Do Well With Slim Entry. It is a well-known fact that insti tutions in the district where big meets are held have a large advantage in that they can enter large squads, while traveling teams are cut to the bone. The middlewest has sent only slim teams to eastern games, while institutions of the home section have entered eycry athlete who has a pos sible chance to win points or make it necessary for the stars to run sev eral preliminary and semi-final heats. As the national meet has been sanc tioned by. the National Intercollcg-! late Conference Athletic association, there is every reason to believe a big majority of the institutions will be represented. In some cases June examinations will prevent fine per' formers from being present, but most of these tests are held earlier in the month. An Annual Feature. Allowing for the great future of the national meet, there is a strong possibility rulings will be made in the various sectional intercollegiates to boost the country-wide event in succeeding years. Pressure may be brought to bear on the governing bodies for the holding of the sec tional intercollegiates on the last Saturday in May, so that the national meet hereafter can be held on the first week end in June. In the western conference agita tion has been started to .limit the competition, to "Big Ten" institutions, the same ns the indoor meet. Prom inent coaches maintain it is not just to permit one or two representatives from some ' remote institution to come to the games and win points from some member of the associa tion. They assert as long as it is termed a "Big Ten" meet it should he confined to institutions in the association. Others Would Follow Suit. If the western conference adopts such a measure, the Missouri Valley undoubtedly wilt follow. This would be apt to lead to similar action in other conferences, with the result that the class of the various intercol legiates will be seen in action in the national meet. A number of well known "Big Ten" coaches favor such a ruling. While the committee composed of A. A. Stagg of Chicago. Mai. John L.' Griffith of Illinois, and Tom Jones of Wisconsin is devoting a lot of energy to making the first attempt a success, subcommittees have been ap pointed and are hard at work in va rious sections of the country. Ac cording to Major Griffith, certain coaches in various sections turn in detailed reports each week on the number of prospective athletes who will attend the Chicago games. "If we receive the support as sured, the meet will be a great suc cess," Major Griffith said when he was in Chicago to referee the Chicago-Wisconsin dual meet. "Coaches in all section of the country have notified us they will send their best performers, and if they live up to their words one of the greatest fields ever assembled for a college meet will be seen in action, "We are hoping the east will be represented by some good men. We have supported their games for years, and as this meet was voted by the national body, of which all eastern universities and colleges are members, it is only reasonable to believe we can count on a good cntrv from that section." Willie Jnckson. who has b?n laid md "with an operation on his nose since hia flfht witli Rocky Kansas, at Aladiann ?quar Grdn, will b iwk in aittnn main -Monday night. He takes on Bed nolan of New Orleans in the final bout I I'bilade'phia for eithl rouads. Rival to Man 0' War Poitrel, Australia's Race Horse Champion, Has Just Retired From the Turf After Winning Over $135,000 in Stakes. In the Island-Continent Poi trel is Mentioned in the Same Breath With the Wonder Horse; Man 0' War. I f JCv 1 ( POITREL, Tobin Called "Ace" Of Major Batters Pitcher Jim Bagby of Cleve land Indians Explains Suc cessor to Willie Keeler. Pitcher Jim Bagby of the Cleve land world's champions has his own idea of the best batsman in big league base ball, and the chances are you'd never guess whom he picks. "No, not Babe Ruth; nor Tris Speaker; nor George S i s 1 e r, nor yet Ty Cobb. Bagby, who led all the pitchers in organized base ball last year with thirty - one Johnny Tobin. victories, thinks (Tribune Photo.) Johnny Tobin, the St. Louis Browns' right fielder, is the most scientific batsman in the country and a worthy successor to Willie Keeler, whose feats with the willow have kept his name rolling down the halls of base ball fame since 1897. Bagby says Tobin has the ability to hit the ball as far as other heavy hitters, can bunt more skillfully than most of them, and places his hits with more accuracy than any player in the American league. Reid Gets Golf "Pro" Vacancy Wilfred Reid. golf professional at the .Wilmington (Del.) Country club, has been chosen to fill the Vacancy on the American' team soon to invade the British Isles, which was caused by the inability of Eddie Loos of Chicago to make the trip. Reid has been a prominent figure in American golf for several years, and although he never has gained any important title he has generally given a good account of himself and finished well up with the leaders. Reid is of English birth. Charlotte, N. C, is to have a $10, 000,000 electric plant. Ring Erected in Grain Elevator When Governor Stops Boxing Match A well known western boxing j manager while m a reminiscent mood told of the sweet days in the long ago when he handled Young Peter Jackson, one of the greatest colored fighters who ever climbed into a ring. "Jackson was a tough bird," said the old promoter. "He knocked Philadelphia Jack O'Brien cuckoo on two occasions, and outfought Joe Walcott in their only encounter. To gether with that, he fought Jack Johnson, who outweighed him by 60 pounds, and stayed the limit, 12 rounds. "I was in Chicago with Jackson in the winter of 1900," added friend manager, "and matched Jackson to meet a boy named Eddie Croake of Clinton, la., the fight to be held at BcJvidere, 111., but the governor of Illinois stepped in at the last minute and ordered the fight stopped. Seeks Another Site. "The promoter was a politician and I gave him to understand that unless he went through with the fight his political enemies would, give him the laugh and his prestige would suffer accordingly. "Immediately it was decided to pull off the show in private, and five men were sent out in as many directions to locate a battle ground. We had to hustle, as seven excur sion trains were due in Belvidcre the next day. "The men sent out were ordered to wire in v We got two telegrams saying theifc was no chance. Finally a wire came, which I still have pasted in one of my scrap books. 'All O. K., come ahead,' read the dispatch, which was signed Green, and dated Gilberts. 111., 22 miles from Belvidere. It required sev eral hours to hook up a 'special' train and make the transfer for the 900 or more excursionists. Grain Elevator for Arena. j "Anyway, the special train with 117 loaded coaches pulled out of Bel-1 Tribune l'hoto Japan to Form New National Ball League New York, May 14. Japan is forming a national base ball league. A six-club league is to take the field shortly and it will be filled with players chiefly products of the teams of the universities of Yeddo and Tokio. It is understood that the Nipponese league is to apply for membership" in organized base ball in the United States. Dr. Iso Abe, the father of base ball in Nippon, learned his base ball at Yale when a student there, and returning to Nippon organized college games. He arranged with Pat Page of the University of Chi cago, to take an American team to Japan and Page took over the Uni versity of Chicago team and gave a huge impetus to the sport. This year the University of Tokio team is touring America, meeting the larger university teams. American Horse After First Place In Epsom Derby If the American owner, A. K. Macomber, should win the Epsom Derby with The Bohemian, by Jim Gaffney, which recently ran second to Souviens Toi in the rich Prix Boiard in France, with the best horses in France behind him, our English racing cousins will receive a greater shock than when Durbar yon the same classic for the late H. B. Duryea in 1914, as the colt has pronounced strains of American blood, possessing a cross of Virgil through both sire and dam, as well as a cross of Lexington through his sire. , It is Mr. Macomber's plan to fol low the same tactics with The Bo hemian as Mr. Duryea employed with Durbar in 1914. On that occasion a special train carried Durbar and a stable companion to the channel, and there was another waiting in Eng land to make the trip to quarters near the course. In. this way the journey took only eight hours." Hay, feed and water were taken along at the same time. The Bo hemian will no doubt be ridden by the American jockey, Frank O'Neil, who piloted Spion Kop to victory last year. No race for the British Derby in recent years has created such keen interest in the United States. yidere at 1:30 a. m. for Gilberts, and, in the meanwhile the governors of lljinois and Wisconsin had militia out to stop the quarrel. "Green had secured a grain ele vator a large room on the third floor and started to heat the place when the trainload of fight fans broke from the train for the elevator. Green would not open the door, in sisting that the crowd wait until the promoter arrived. The mob refused to listen, broke down the door and rushed in. There was a nice situa tion. It required two hours to get that crowd out so that tickets might be taken up at the door. "The town marshal stood with b lantern at the gate while we shuffled the tickets of admission. Jackson Scores Knockout. ''Well, we erected a 12-foot ring and went to it., The fight was scheduled for 20 rounds, but Jack son . knocked Croake out in 12 rounds, after a desperate battle. Jackson and myself got into Chica go that night, and 20 minutes after we arrived we were tipped off that the authorities were after us. Thir teen indictments were found against that many of us. "Of the 13 who were indicted all excepting myself were arrested at various times and fined in sums ranging from $100 to $500. George Sisler, who refereed, received $50 tad expenses and it cost him $175. Jackson was arrested two years lateV and fined $500. "Tommy Ryan told me that when he was middleweight champion he engaged in a private fight in the same locality and that every tints they needed a new organ for the church or some other fund replen ished they would go up to Chicago and pinch him, take him to Elgin, litre him $100 or so. and a few months later repeat. Ryan tu!u mi he was fined live times lor one fighr. j "Those were the orr.it nlil da vs." i said the old manager as he mosicJ ! out and took the air. If People Really Knew Jack He Would Be Most Popular Boxer New York, May 14. J. P. Sinnott, known to the sporting world as "Skipper," says that if every one could know Jack Dempsey as some of us know him he would be the most popular fighter that ever drew on a glove. If those who will go to see him fight Georges Carpenter for' the heavyweight championship of the world at Jersey City on July 2. could see him these days at At lantic City, N. J., where he is during light training, he would be given at ovation that afternoon that would dwarf that accorded to Jim Jeffries 11 years ago, when he stepped into POTTING THE NEXT CNfc ' OVEIR" WORITE question is what are you drinking tor Jscotcn tins year? Rve is easy. Strain two t rnortc. rt( a t. til in cr ihrrmnrl, rptir,1inrtl receiver. Put label on it. Set on hip to age for five minutes. Deal oil cuff to customer. Impossible to get poisoned without influence. Every body seems to be anxious to die with friend. Great stuff. One sniffle makes cyanide look like soft drink. Two sniggers makes you see three moons in cloudy sky. Liquor costs lot of jack this year. Got to count in fun eral expenses. More than ever to drink about this year. Nothing to drink it with. Europe is using our backyard for garages for diplomatic tin cans. Throws international garbage over fence and calls it entente cordiale. Gave us mandate over harems in Turkey when everybody knows we Barnes and Hagen To Play British At Belleclaire New York, May 14. The Belle claire Golf and Country club, which will act as host to the junior cham pionship tournament of the Metro politan Golt association on June 28 to July 2, added another feature to its' list by clinching a match be tween Jim Barnes and W alter Ha gen, the leaders in tne protessionai golf world on this side ot the water, and Duncan, the British open cham pion, and his partner, Abe Mit chell, who arrive here July 11 for a tour of the country. The match will be played on Thursday, Sep tember 28. The Belleclaire club, which has come forward by leaps and bounds since its reorganization two years ago, is now regarded as one of the best in the metropolitan district, and, under the direction of Peter Lees, is improving fast. Both Barnes and Hagen, who played over it re cently, prounonced it one of the best that they have ever played on. Rickard and Belmont Names To Conjure "0 This is a zttry of two men who specialize in sport. There are other men who spe cialize in sport, but they aren't like these two. That 's w h y writing about the "big two" is worth while. It is a cinch that if. these men weren't identi fied with boxing and horse rac ing, those sports wouldn't be on the plane they now occupy in America. Because the SEX RICKARD. writer dabbles in boxing we will first tell 'something of George L. (Tex.) Rickard, present home New York City. Rickard has done more for boxing in the United States than any other man, and before he is through and it will not be very long, either he will be credited with having done more for the glove sport throughout the world than any other individual. Always Knocks for Success. But why Tex Rickard is placed on a pedestal as the . "great and good" of boxing is a question fre quently asked by others who are in terested financially or otherwise in the game. ' If one were to delve into the achievements of those who raise a question about Rickard, he would find plenty of evidence of ax grind ing. It makes no difference whether or not said ax grinding is warranted; it is there and loud enough to be heard. One of the weakest spots of the whole pugilistic fabric is the mark ing for criticism of a successful op erator. The man who would be big in pugilism, but can't, attempts to cover his own failure by "hammer ing" the man who has reached a higher rung on the ladder. It is a prevalent practice in pugilism, and it is a familiar one in almost any busi ness to a lesser extent. . Always On the Square. Regardless of what Rickard may do in future, it can safely be said that he has accomplished more than any other man in America and the reason, is that he always has been a "square shooter." Go back to the start of Rickard's roving existence, which carried him in all directions 1 the compass points to Texas, to the wild west when it was wild, to away Alaska and to South America always moving in carefree, :il- though rough company, and one the ring against Jack Johnson at Reno. "These thoughts were uppermost in my mind as I came away from Summit after a day with Dempsey. What a big, rollicking, unaffected, unspoiled boy he is, this champion of the world! "When I first saw Dempsey after a four-mile drive from the station up to the beautiful Welsh resort, he had just come in off the road and donned white flannels and spo.'t shirt. He was silting with Freddie Welsh s little boy on his knee in the living room of the Welsh house. He was as absorbed in the prattle of the youngster as if he were his father. have only to go as far as Jersey City to find those things. Staked us tp ready-to-wear quar rel in Yap, when we like them built to order. We're supposed to feed Asia, Africa, Europe. Only restau rant in world that gets along with out cash register. Big thing tor manufacturers of American dyspep sia tablets, but bad for United States treasury. Slogan is: "Starve Feed a Hottentot." Yourself and Get them out of trenches by Christmas is now, get 'em away from tables by Labor day. They ate for you, you die for them. Give until your stomach hurts. Earn foreign hunger stripe on your nap kin. During war it was for France. Now it "seems to be for Siam. All right to be known as chari table. Willing to feed world. But when they start discovering new planets on us, time to stop. Soon be shooting skyrockets loaded with hamburger steak at Beetlegoose. Another miscroscopic detail. Fine to be waiting on first, second, third tables. But ever stop to think that waiter eats once in a while? When they sign peace treaty, make 'em also sign menu. s New Plan Applied to Tennis t:o Stop Defaults New York, May 14. The pay-be-fore-you-enter p.lan as applied to tennis tournaments during the com ing summer should eliminate many of the defaults which have marred events of this kind in the past. It will also probably mean more com petition than ever before, which is just about what is needed to sus tain the high standard this country has set in tennis. There will be a natural tendency to rest on our laurels now that the Davis cup is back home again. With in Sportdom easily may gain the impression that such association does not tend to produce characters prone to play loose and suspiciously. That very association made a gam bler of Rickard in bis early days. He still is a gambler. He is the kind of man who will back his convictions,, and back them heavily, but if the deal is not a square one, Rickard must be counted out. Delivers What He Promises. He plays a big game and plays it Miuarely. That's the way he started playing when he entered- pugilism and offered purses that astounded the world, lie paid the purses he prom ised, regardless of size. He kept his j word with the boxers, their man agers, and, of far greater importance, with the public. " But probably the greatest thing that can be said of Rickard is: "He never starts anything that he doesn't j finish." That's Rickard. That's the kind of man pugilism needs. Too bad we haven't a lot more like him to boost the game. Turf Has One Belmont. Now let's hop to racing and ask where is there another toprung man like August Belmont? New York for years and yeais back has1)ten famous for thorough bred racing. There is racing there today, and it is still great racing, because August Belmont w.iclds the power that controls it. It is racing as raving should be run. Belmont is not of the Rickard type. Wealthy and with other powerful finan cial interests, he turned to the turf years ago because of his love for horseflesh. Racing is a part of his life, and when at M.U. AUGUST ' BEUJOST tempts were made to kill the sport in New York a few years ago Belmont fought for it and New York succeeded in keeping it. It probably always will keep it as long as Belmont is at the helm. There are other big cities in the country, and we might cite Chicago as one, which might have racing such as New York boasts, if Well, coming out, cold turkey. mr W A far-sued say. It there were more men j like August Belmont, to forget do!- . lars, at least for part of their time, land play spoil fur sport's sake, , Bee's Sport Album Although the daily sport page of all modern newspapers devote much space to base ball and other sports in which men are engaged, very lit tle is written about the athletics pro moted and played by girls. Eleanor Hamilton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James V. Hamilton, 4835 California street, is Central High school's leading girl athlete. Miss Hamilton takes part in all sports played by the Purple and White girls. She does not confine herself to sports, for Miss Hamilton is the first girl at Central High school who has made the debating team. A debating letter is the only "O" that both girls and boys may aspire for. Miss Ham ilton has earned her letter by win ning a debate. "Colonel" Hamilton. The hero of this week's yarn is a title lady not a lady of nobility. No, but with a more democratic title of "Colonel." Miss Hamilton-er, Colonel Hamilton is chief in com mand of the girl regiment that at tends Camp Brewster every year. She took charge of the girls in such a faithful manner last year that she has been put in command again this year. Miss Hamilton was captain of the Senior class basket ball team which won the girl's class pennant during the last basket ball tourney. She is eligible to wear a girl's basket ball Gallic Invaders Aim At Tennis Title As Well As Ring Honors It used to be the British invaders who were the bugaboo of the cham pions in American sports. Nowa days the Frenchmen are coming to play as big or bigger a part in stirring up the national feeling of rivalry Witness the im pending argu ment on July 2 between M. Car pentier and Utah Jack Dempsey. The last time a foreign born box er took a w h i r 1 against the Amer ican holder of the title it was Ruby Bob Fitzsimmons of Cornwall, Eng land, who put the kibosh on Jim Corbett. The present summer season in ANDRE GOBERT. TRIBUNE Photo. sport will witness the arrival on these shores of a French expert who cuts as much swathe in European sport ing circles as Georges in boxing acrossthe Atlantic. This expert is Andre Gobert, who has faced the tennis champs of Great Britain many times on their own courts, and made the lion roar "enough." Gobert, be sides holding the British singles title, won the interallied singles championship in the games follow ing the close of the war, in which he was a French officer. Gobert was mainstay of the French team which put up the best fight against the Davis cup team of Amer ica in the preliminary rounds in Eng land last summer, and he will come to the United States with the Gallic Davis cup forces this season. Syracuse U Back In Big Regatta . Syracuse university will compete in "the American regatta on the Schuylkill river, Philadelphia, May 31. It will be the first time in re cent years the Orange oarsmen rowed in the regatta. tow. J Old Reliable Captain Dieges Will Hold Watch at Championship Bout New York, May 14. Ordinarily the position of timer at a boxing bout does not carry great responsi bility, but at a world's championship encounter like the coming Dempscy Carpentier match, where hundreds of thousands of dollars might change Viands on the variance of one-fifth of a second, the duty of official timer assumes grave importance. Hence, the sporting world will be glad to know that Captain Charles J. Dicgcs, considered the most efficient, re liable, experienced, honest watch- holder in America, will be the otti- cial timer for the bout. Captain Dieges has held the. watch over most of the important sporting events of the last quarter century. He has been chief timer at Vandcr bilt cup races, international yacht races, intercollegiate track, field and rowing races. Olympic games and fencing, swimming, wrestling and boxing championships of every de scription. Captain Dieges has been official timer at four sets of Olym pic games: St. Louis, 1904; Athens, 1906; London, 1908 and Antwerp, 1920. During the last winter Captain Dieges has been officiating as offi cial timer at the bouts in Madison Square Garden and held the watch ever most of the championship con tests staged there under the RickarU regime. Captain Dieses i a tinier of nil doubted honesty,, integrity, - Eleanor Hamilton "O" and a sweater with three purple and two gold stripes. The purple stripes are for years of service, while the gold stripes represent two years as captain. Captain Hamilton plays a star forward, being one of the few girls that can shoot with accuracy. She is one of the dominant factors, in the attempt to start a girl's golf tourney. "Girls can do anything in the line of athletics that a boy can do," is the opinion of Miss Hamilton. "A girl's basket ball game is much more exciting that a boy's, but Ml admit I'd rather go to a boy's game." Plays Volley Ball. She is one of the leading figures in the Cenlral High girls' tennis tourneys. The girls have been un able to finish their tennis matches during the last two years, but no matter how far they do get, Miss Hamilton always manages to keep in the race. During her freshman year at Cen tral, she played on the freshman vol ley ball team. She has spent much time in the gymnasium, enough time to qualify her as a teacher of gym nastics. She teaches a class of grade school children in the South Side Y. V. C. A. "It seems so funny to have a bunch of kiddies light to hold your hand and call you 'teacher' and 'Miss Hamilton,' but teaching tliem proper exercise is a lot of fun," she says. Challenge Matches May Be Abolished International Lawn Tennis Federation Indicates Favor able. Attitude Toward . Abolishment. New' York, May 14. Reports of the recent meeting of the Interna tional Lawn Tennis Federation held in Paris appear to indicate that there is an increasing favorable attitude toward abolishing the challenge match in the great championships of ; the world. Unofficially it is even , hinted that this is the last year that the holder of the title and trophy, ; who happens to be W'illiam T. Til den, II, will encounter the winner j of the tournament on the historic ; turf at W7imbledon, England. At the time he won the championship last year by defeating Gerald L. Pat terson i.n the challenge match, Til den declared that he was ready to return and play through in its de fense as he would be required to do if he was playing under American rules. The British praised his sport manship, although they made it plain that the rule requires a challenge match a worn and tired player against a fresh opponent. At the recent session at Paris the delegates of the French association proposed that hereafter a challenge round should be instituted in con nection with the world's champion ships on hard courts. With little ceremony it was rejected by a vote of 22 to 5. It is possible that Fiance was only testing the sentiments of the assembled nations. Anyway, M. Henry Wallet, president of the French association, immediately no tified those present that at the' next meeting he would offer a carefully prepared resolution abolishing the challenge round in all world's championships in the future. It is to be remembered in this connection that the tournament at Wimbledon is decided as a world's championship. Far East Olympics The fourth oriental Olympiad is to be held in Manila this vear. rience and ability. He is cool of nerve and possesses great ability of concentration. If the roof fell in he would be found on the timing job. Captain Dieges has never failed to have his two imported Swiss chronometers both working. The two watches are among the mos: valuable chronometers in the world. They are tested to the most in finitesimal part of a second. Richard Made Over $30,000 on Match New York, May 14. Tex Rickard made $31,500 after he had paid ex penses on the last boxing show he staged at Madison Square Garden. The gross receipts, including the government tax- of 10 per cent, brought the total receipts up to the unusual sum of $74,080.60. After the state had received its 5 per cent, which gave it "$.1,367.30, this left Rickard $63,985.70 from which he paid eight fighters $30,750. Rickard probably had to pay $3,000 for otlnr expenses, enabling him to make the above mentioned amount C!n to 13.000 txple mv the bnuf. Of which xrtly 1J.0S3 Paid for tlekotn. )or Ik what tho flglitc-m r-.i 1 ; Andy Chany, $7,500: Saimnv Hirer. ?.S00: Johnny fluff. 3.:i0 Rnd a culfl llt worth II.oOO: Kilills tfrtow,!. ;:,0: I Miflrt Smith. IS.ncti'. Jak Shnrky, ex-.Howard, $i,26o. 'Sticks' Groom i-k lie O For Fistic Fame Claimants From Sioux Cily and Winnipeg Pop Up; Far,' McArthur, Iowa Lad, Has Very Good Record. Ambition is responsible for many things, and one of these is the an noyance of the gent who earns his meat and potatoes in the clTort to enlighten the public on matters pugilistic by young scrappers and their managers. It seems that al most every young fellow, as soon as he gets accustomed to the feel of the padded mitts, thinks he's goinr to knock over all the other guys in his class and wear a champion ship crown. Of course, one really likes to se ambition in a young fellow, no mat ter what his profession, and ior the reason that champions in t lie box ing game come from obscure places just as well as from the big cities this space will be allotted to a cou ple of young fellows who may or may not get somewhere in the glove sport. No. 1 from Sioux City. Out in Sioux City, la., there's a manager who believes he ha- a grc.it boxer, then still farther away, or up in Winnipeg, Can., another pilot punches the typewriter to toll its that he has a young man who is a real topnotchcr. Here's what we get fiom Sioux City: "Perhaps you would be Interested in the record of a Sioux City boy, Earl McArthur. McArthur first fought four years ago with Jack Lawlcr of Omaha. At lhat time Lawler was a featherweight and Mr Arthur weighed 112 pounds. Thry fought 10 rounds to a draw. "He then fought a boy named 'Kid Nekis' from Cheyenne, Wyo., in a preliminary and knocked him out in one round. Mis next tignt was an other preliminary with Harry Free man of Kansas City, knockout, two rounds. Next fight, Bobby Kernan, Sioux City, knockout, two rounds. Next, Young Leach of Des Moines, a fast, hard hitting kid, knockout, three rounds. Next, Butter Miller of Denver, knockout, five rounds. ' Trains on Bakery Wagon. "Next fight, 'Midget' Johnson of Minneapolis, knockout, four rounds. These fights extended over a period of four years, in which time he never trained for a fight, working on. a bakery wagon, delivering bread, and taking the fights on practically one day's notice. "In December of 1920 I sent Mc Arthur against Bennie Vogel of Milwaukee, believing that Vogel would surely crack him. Instead he turned around and gave Vogel a furious fight and had him groggy and nearly out in the JOth, but lacked the experience to finish him. "Then I brought Joe Schwartz of Minneapolis here for him on Feb ruary 12. In the eighth round, with Schwartz staggering from one clinch to another to save himself from a knockout, the scats caved in with 6 0 spectators and gave Schwartz a three-minute and 50 second rest, saving him. "The bell saved him again in th 10th round. Makes Hit With Mike Gibbons.' "McArthur's next fight was March 7 with Babe Asher of St. Louis, the A. E. K. bantamweight champion. For this fight McArthur did his' first real training, and it evidently did not agree with him, for he stepped into the ring weighing 113 1-2 pounds, tired and with a cold in his head. But in the bad condition that he was, he put up a furious fight and scored two knockdowns, but lacked - the strength to finish his man. "Mike Gibbons refereed this fight for me and liked McArthur's work so well that he asked me to send him up to St. Paul, where he could teach him some of the finer points of the game. . "McArthur is 24 years old. mar ried, and has two children. He has worked for five years driving a wagon for a bakery in Sioux City. He is a good, clean-living boy, has never had a drink, smoked or dis sipated in any way in his life. The fans here believe that lie is ripe for Lynch, Herman. Burman or any . of the other topnotchcrs in the ban- ( tamwcight division. "SAM SLOTSKY." Budding Canuck Heavy. Here's what we get from Winni peg: llicre is up in Winnipeg a young fellow that is being carefully groom ed for the fighting game in the heavyweight class. He is six eet two inches tall, with a 78-iuch reach, weighs 182 pounds and is just 21. Men of experience and judgment who have seen him working out declare he has the making of a topnotchcr. "Jack Ross is the name of the lad. The climate of the north breeds men rugged and strong, with the wind and endurance of the In dian, and Ross has all the wiry characteristics of the red man. lie possess wonderful speed, wind, and is a hard and accurate hitter with either hand. ED WILSON." English Soccer Teams Seek Best Canadians -English professional soccer teams arc signing Canadian players. Pres ton North End, one of the most fa mous clnbs, has offered a contract to Walter Simpson,, the Twenty-seventh battalion goal tender, who helped the Norwood Wanderers of Winnipeg win many honors before going over seas. Doug Thompson, one of the cleverest forwards who ever played in Winnipeg, and who went over seas with the Princess Pats, is play ins? regularly for Millwall of Eng- lanu. Younger Darey Making Good as King Star Frank Darcy, the 19-j ear-old brother of ;the late Les Darcy. h making wonderful progress as a pugilist in Australia, He is a mid dleweight, 5