THE BEE : OMAHA. SUNDAY. MAY.- 22. 1921. -: -..r-
Up-to-Bate News and Gossip of interest to Sport Fans
Americans Will
Have Hard Time
Winning Tournev
Guilford Draws Tolley, Ex.
perienced Golfer Evans
Plays Famous Cham
pion. N'e.w York, May.. 21. So much has
been written concerning the form of
the members of the American team
to compete in the British, amateur
co!f championship that to one look
ing at the question from only one
fide it would seem that the United
States team would have what is
known as a "walkover." No matter
how strong the visiting lineup looks
on paper, there is abolutcly no doubt
that .it one of the Americans man
ases to win it will be after a week
of just one hard-fought match after
the other.
Right now. the British golfers are
polishing their games, and it is no
to be denied that it is the younger
ccneration to whom most are look
ire to defend the honors of John
Bull. Cyril Tolley, by virtue of his
conquest a year ago, naturally
stands forth as the leading player,
and, despite the fact that he failed
to do anything in the national event
at the Engineers Country club last
vear. he must not be considered
lightly. :
Tolley Is a Fighter.
As captain of the Oxford golf team
he has been playing' a great deal late
ly, and his knowledge of the Hoy
lake course will also serve him in
good stead. Tolley is, above all, a
fighter, and at his best at the man-to-man
game. He js scheduled to
meet Jesse Guilford in the second
round, both iiaving drawn byes.
The American golfers who visited
Great Britain last year were unani
mous in their praise of E..W. E.
Holdcrness. and this' was especially
the case with Howard V. Whitney,
president of the United States Golf
association. Whitney stated that
Holdcrness. in his opinion, is the
most promising of the British golf
ers and many others share his belief.
Holderness' one , handicap is his
physique, as some doubt is felt as to
his ability, to. stand the strain of a
week's matches.
Braid a Good Golfer.
One of the newcomers who must
be reckoned with as a dangerous
opponent will 'be Harry Braid, son
of the Ercat and only James Braid
If the youth has inherited in but a
slight measure the skill of his dad
he is a most serious contender.; Tall
of stature, he can hit for long dis
tances. Aside from that the coach
ing he is sure to receive from his
lather will go a long way toward
i . i 1. :
Helping nun. , i
'Another youthful - contended will'
be K. W. Seymour, half-brother to
Abe Mitchell,: while W. D. Hunter,
Midio arained the distinction in his
nfst season dfTfttftfnarararti golf c
lading the .Sri?it!:frrin-,,1h opehj
Championship arid getting i into the5
last eight in the amateur event, aiso
will be ready at Hoylake. Then
there are Thomas Armour, the Scot,
who did well in the 1920 amateur
championship, here; T. F. Elison, one
of the new generation of HOylakc
amateurs; R A. Cmickshank, who
his the reputaticm.ofbeing the. long
est and straightest driver in England,
and Denys Kyle, the Scottish cham
pion in 1919.
Laurie Jenkins, champion in 19H.
is another who is sure to do well at
Hoylake. After his victory prior to
the war 'he "flurried off to the army
,-d consequently his game is not ye:
ad it might'be. -
Ouimet Plays Dix.
vThe fact that a number of the o
timers will be primed for battle must
not be passed by, for the old starf
such as John Ball, Harold Hilton
the Hon. Michael Scptt and Robert
Maxwell, are all getting ready for
the;, fray. Hoylake is the home pf
Bail and Hilton-, and they are both
practicing daily. Having seen what
Vardon and Rayv:, men beyond, the
half-century mark, can still do on the
links, it is 'hardly safe to count Ball
and. Hilton out of the running.
Quimct has to play G. E. Dijc in
the' first round, and. Dix is one of the
hest in 'England. Evans doesntj
have to play anyone bi t D.. Stoner
Crowther. and that individual only
w on the St. GeoYge's Hill champion
ship a couple of weeks ngo. They,
handed Guilford a fine opponent in
Cyril Tolley, while Wood Piatt drew
the Irish champion, Major H. A.
Boyd, injhc fitst round. " .
Bee Sport Album-'Dad" Huntington
i
Ask Clubs to Join
Golf Association
Although 600 Metrtbersin U.
S. G, A., Board Se eks Many
More" Golf Clubs.
Minor R. (Dad) Huntington is
one Omaha man -who can recall . jlist
about everything there- is to recall
concerning the ancient" and -royal
game of bowling.;'" When Dad
owned the Association alleys, some
times known as the Huntington al
leys, down on Harney street bcttveen
Thirteenth and Fourteenth,- he be
came real intimate with the history
of the game, as all of the old-timers
among the crack pin tumblers
used to, hold their tourney's down
there not so awful long ago, either.
"Dad" is really the "papa" of "ten
pins" in Omaha. He' captained the
old Metz team when the'money was
counted in American Bowling con
gress at Milwaukee and Lmeinnati.
In 1911 he rolled himself into second
place at the Mid-West tourney held
in Des Moines. And year before
last "Dad" captained the M, E. Smith
team which copped the championship
of its league. ;"'
Bowling is the only indoor sport
that Huntington is crazy about. It
was "Dad" who brought Birdie Kern
here from St. Louis to show the
Omaha women how to bowl. He
asserts that some of the society
bells -who witnessed this match were
shocked pale ta see- Miss Kern ap
pear at the drives in -regular "bawlin
togs." Something, new in, this burg
then! ' The- sport editors- ran real
scare heads over her picture. '
Shortly after--this exhibition -.Mr.
Huntington started a league" for
women bowlers, and. the - fact that
they never missed a night in two sea
.sons of heaving the maple spheres
speaks well for "Dad's"- popularity.
, Mr. Huntington collaborates with
other,-: old-timers in the mnagement
of the M. E,: -Smiths base ball rune
and he has managed- several amateur
teams during -his 32 years 'ot . resi
dence -here. Spellman, McGuire and
Hazen are three of his proteges who
have risen to fame because of their
work on the diamond.
1 "There "should- be - another . set -of
alleys in "Omaha for the good.of.the
wooden bottle game, says Dad.
There are just about as many bowl
crs. m .Omaha as there :are base ball
fiendsj but the general, public doesn't
know it because of the limited , pub
lieity given to-the game." .
I 85-Ycar-OW Chess Shark to PJav Polish fonder li
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Golf Stars Getting 4Babe" Ruth
Distance With Old and New Balls
College Freshman
Pitcher Hurls No
Run, No HitGame
Northfield, Minn, May: . 22 J.
(Lefty) W'oock, a freshman at
Carleton college, is the latest col
legian "to bid for no-hit, no-run
- fame -i -
In game against Matalester,
Woock turned the opposing bats
men back w ithout -a t or a run,
passed three and struck but 12 bats
men. In the game against St. Olaf
he struck out 14 and passed two, al-,
lowing only three hits.
iWoocle is 23 years old. : He has
played but .little base ball, but Coactv
Claude Hunt - believes he is a
com'e'r."' Woock was a member of
flie foot ball and basket ball squads.
Former Weight Man Is v . .
. ggjgtant Cornell Coach
The Cornell" 'Athletic, .association
ha appointed J. B. Bangs, '20, as
assistant -track coach. He will aid
Coach Jack Moakley in developing
men for the field events. In hisi un
dergraduate days Bangs was a hahi
mer and discus wan, and won points
with the hammer in the intercolle
giate" thampionships. "
Capahlanca Invited to
Che$s Meet in England
World's Chess Champion Jose R.
Casablanca. has beeh asked to leave
Cuba to compete in the victory chess
tourney at Hastings, England, Au-
t 11 to 23.
The "lively ball" theory has hit
golf just as it did base ball a year
ago. flayers-are getting more dis-
' tane'e out of the
new : standardized
ball than they did
out of the - old
one. They -are4c-1
compiisnuig just
what -'the . . rul
makers tried to
, prevent.
Last year golf
ers began show
mg "Babe Ruth"
tendencies in.
knocking the ball
a mile. Ted Ray,
i Abe -MitehelFiaa'd
" George.; Duncan
' of the English
IIRIBUNB Photo. Jock Hutchins0I,(
.'. -.. : . . Bob MacDonald,
Jesse Vjuiltord, and other American
stars were-popping the little white
ball for distances far over 300 yards.
' The ;rqyal ; and ancient golf gov
erning body didn't !think such long
drives were best for; the game.
They conferred with the Ameri
can' committee and decided that all
championship, matches, must be
played with -a ball; .weighing "162
ounces and'-measutiiig: .62: inches
in diameter, '.
vfireyiou&ly. the.'balls vyireyhcavier,
ia'rfeer -inS of siich- weight "asjuited
whims of the players.,,. jg.;t
? The rule makers thotight that the
new ball would' cut dowrt the' length
of the wooden shots and ma;ke the
game more a . matter of skill and
less of muscular attack.
A fractionof an ounce in weight
and an inch n diameter has meant
tio'thinc to the hcavv hittersof Rolf,
'iwiio 'iaTe.idrivina! tfrijnew bl just
as 4ar.-,or tartnc.r.tnan tne wi. one.
If any "one ha Wffered jty ;the
smaller an - dlighcf ball ij.i!s! the
"duffer,"" who slops the course m
118. t - s 'K
The ' standardization of the ball
has done much good in that manu
facturers are now- concentrating on
making a better quality ;of bfll in
stead --o .turning -put. balls : of all
weghts and sizes. ' V-'-'
New York; May 14. Despite the
fact that no less than 14 clubs were
admitted to active, or voting, mem
bership in the 'United States Golf
association at a recent meeting, the
executive committee. of the national
body is far from satisfied with it$
membership. It was pointed out -by
,one of the board that while the J.
S. (. A. takes in approximately 6U0
clubs there are in the United States
'2,248 established" golf and .country
clubs and that it;should be the pb
jeet of the executive committee to
make every, effort, to. have a major
ity of these organizations enrolled
in the ' national bodv. . fc '.
. Under a plan adopted by' the ,oM
hcials of the . U. .. o. .A.cajhng
for a committee . meeting the iec--on4
Wednesday oE' each, jpontji, the
affairs of, the . governing' body are
naw being, conducted in. a. more, ef
ficient manner than ever before, so
that any problems that may arise
are . certain to, receive direct atten
tion from . those who are looking
after the - welfare both of the . game
and of the association..
One- of the national officials stat
ed that to -him it was incompre
hensible that with the country, so
dotted with , golf, clubs there ihave
been so ,few; to take -advantage of
the new greens section of .the ,U.
S. G. A. For example, in the whole
of the Massachusetts district only
eight clubs have joined-the ' greens
section. It is difficult to understand
how anytxlubcan afford not to join
that branch of the 'association.
Any club through the expendi
ture of $15, involved in becoming a
member- of the greens section, . can
get information, and advice which
might otherwise cost hundreds, pos
sibly thousand of dollars. -Then
again the information contained in
the monthly pamphlet issued by the
greens section' runs the gamut of
golf and deals with all phases of the
game.
T
'Way back in "njerrie" -Sjigfaad,.- '; f
about 7o yean ago, ueorge.. &Qtnuiv ?
oarxer, oner ot UOTaoa ;pominsor-. ;
chess "siaFit's?' teamed, .io- ntaflemrrw"
the-'ar'mtes 'Of f -'the' re . a-hd'jiblack'';
s'quares.tin -the fkior-'of aSirtftUng"-"'
shop, marked" .off -iptothe,v proper ; p
spacesVith cHalk.i 'i He u$ed;quad,s? r
and' spaces from (tie'btinter's cas.e.i3,;
for his chesmetiv - WlKri a we'Tl-to-
do-., man 'perceived how-mtefested
'yoting barker as "in the 'g amis' he
presented "George with ; his irst set '
of wood chessmen. ' .
But George Barker, now in his ,
85th -year, deserves mention outside
of the'annals of the chess world be
cause of his . strenuous and simple
life, which'.leav.eshim younger as he
nears Mhe centitryniariiir4h.eji--Tinost
men are-U.j5ti.:ryntfl the"prcscnt sea
son Mr-.' Barker m'ade-.the daily round
at the Field .clubf links, aftd even, to
day ht walks downtpwn,4aiIy tQ his
work.: ,.yv .'--,.' Ji, ' : :
Retired? "Weliy i giiess not! When
a man of. ,85'Cani drjve a flivver to
Colorado; cfimb:mountain?i fishplay
golf, toot lik'a iyoungster at base
ball gjfHMfSi au'doytfvery day he's
got sbmething, to talk about. Mr.
Barker doesn't look back at the
good y-days, he looks forward to
the good young. '.day's I
Omaha was a straggling little burg
when Mr. Barker staked out his
claim for a. front vard down hear
Eleventh street in 1856. But in 1880,
when he vypn a splendid medal for
winning the" city ches's championship.
the town was somewhat bigger, and
the trains came through nearly every
week then, Omaha boasted or a big
ger'' and better chess club , in .1880
than if has now.. Mr.. Barker could
have Avon more championships in
chess, but he usually relinquished his
claims to other 'members as . the
championship contests drew near.
..Mr. Barker can well pride him
self upori hi? observance of the. rules
of simple living. He married early,
never gambles, and considers the
few cigars which he has consumed
as a part of his meals.'-'! -: '..
Long, Hard Task !
T D x x. i
;io luxunsiruci
Big League Team
White Sox Need Patience, Per
severance and Wisdom
Former Stars Unpur-chasahle.
Patience, perseverance and wisdom
are the chief requisites in building
up a major leagu
base ball team
that has been
wrecked for one
cause or another,
Of these, the own
er and manager
must possess all
three, and the
rooters must have
the first two.
Just now some
of the south side
fans" of Chicago
are beginning to
feel, restless about
the low standing
of the White Sox,
unmindful of the
faff
KID Jl.EASOJ.
TRlBUKE Tboto l
" "I enjoy chess," said Mr. Barker,
"because -it cultivates the intellect
It is a pratical game of miniature
warfare."
Every summer Mr. Barker spends
a month or two in the mountains of
Colorado, enjoying the scenery, fish
ing, climbing the mountains and
playing Chess. "'
" Mr." and Mrs. George Barker cele
brated their golden wedding two
years ago and have raised a family
of six children, all of whom are
married. For the past 30 years the
Barkers have lived in a spacious
dwelling at Thirty-seventh and Jack
jon' streets,- with lots of trees,
flowers and birds about the house.
Mr. ! Barker considers good sur
roundings as necessary to good
health as wholesome food.
When Sammy Rzesdiewski, the
9-ycar-o1d Polish ' chess ' wonder,
plays in Omaha Monday, Mr. Bar
ker will be one of his opponents. "I
am interested in the young man and
will certainly, put in an appearance,"
were Mr. Barker's closing words.
Leonard Training
For Title Bout With
Kansas, May 26 'fep''
Pitcher Who Faced Anson Thinks
; ttBabe" Ruth as Easy to Baffle
Foghi
n -
orn fans
Bring Apology VH
v Iri Yale -Paper
The urtgentle art of jeeFipg'oppos
inz college i- players ' and mak
ing demands that all isortS vof terrible
things be done to the -umpires has
no popular standing with. the edito
rial writers of the Yaje Daily News.
Since the opening of' the college
base balL season i SC-He'.
erouo of ultra-demonstrative roQteri;
has started the hooting'and' booing"
and it has been going t .such a clip
during the last few games that the
Yale university daily has requested
a brake Jie applied to the annoyance:
The editors say that '-Svhile- some
of the noise is made by the' towns
people of New. Haven, .they attribute
a lot to the undergraduates. Visit
ing players undoubtedly have noticed
the reception that they have received,
and it is feared, that.:some-. of -Yale'-s-.i
duty to ridicule a player who makes
an error: or a pitcher who walks a
man. -
'The arrival of the "foghorns' in
the Yale stands, say the editors, Js
something new aid it has been con
demned by Capt- Wilton deters ana
his men.
Swimming Pdol: Is Latest
, For Madison Sq- Garden
Plans have been filed for the con
struction of a swimming-pool to cost
$30,000 in the center of the arena at
Madison Square Garden, New York.
It -will be used in connection with
aquatic events this summer.
This College; Runner1 -X
Nearly Seik Record;1
' Starts Without Suit
Golf Committee May
Bar Ribbed Irons,
1 Say English Reports
,
New York, May 14.-Reports
from England intimate that the rules
of golf committee is likely- to bar
the ribbed iron, clubs after July 1,
by w hich time, also, there may be
some definite conclusion reached as
to the worth of the controver$y that
iu hcinsr wazed so persistently, over
seas - regarding. .Jhe ..new balls?:;"
'iuri'tfiatra'cijn-'-on
tne irons -witn ine aeepi jr.- bw
faces is being held in abeyance un
til ! after'ttlTe --.various championship
competitions are out 6ViKyf$y; so
that' there tray'-bc!'' no'-bppoVt'unity
toVinsinuatethai irVa a .slap al: the
American players ' entered in. these
events. This seems a little far-fetched,
for. Enelish opinion to the con
trary, not' every "American golfer's
game would go to the dogs follow-
New York, May 21. Before the
Dempsey-Carpentier battle is: held
in Jersey City on July 2 another
championship bout will be staged on;
the other side of the Hudson... this
will bring into action Benny Leon
ard and Rocky Kansas,, the light
weight champion's most dangerous
rival.
The lightweight battle will be. held
May 26 in Jersey City. The pror
tnoters intend to hustle it along
because thpy. realize that the battle
for the heavyweight title son will
occupy the -full., .attention "of ;ring
fans. 1
Leonard's injured hand which
caused a postponement of several
matches has completely mended and
the champion is ready for action
again. He is now training for the
match. Like Jack Dempsey, who
does all his work in public, Leon
ard does not believe-in- secrecy He
says-he has nothing to conceal and
that his opponents are always .wel
come to come and. look him over if
they care to do so. Leonard does
most of his training in a gymnasium,
x -. '
No Comeback to
Cobb's Argument
Tyriis ' Cobb and "Urban Shocker
have an argument every time. Cobb
faces Shocker. Last time the St.
Louis Americans played in Detroit
there was the usual Verbal passage.
"All right," said Shocker, "try to
hit this onel"-Cobb swung on the
pitchea ball and drove it over the
right field "bleacher screen. "Thanks,"
said Cobb,-as he walked to second
on his .way. a-round the bases. That
ended the-debate, for the atternoon.
' Arthur Cum
mings of thol,
Mass., ' often ac
claimed as . the
first ( curve ball
pitcher, in,; base
ball, history, who
is still hale and
hearty at 72, was
a- guest at Ebbets
field, .. Brooklyn,
recently at a game
against . Philadel
phia. -
"The pitchers
have it easier now
. than when I was
A. C. (CAP Ai'so?'i1, thp nano-lei "
1 , said the veteran.
"In my time w,e- were surrounded by-,
all kinds of restrkfionsi, including
the .underhand delivery, .nine halls,
and such things. : -
. -Tells What Will. Fool Babe,' : ',
"Yes. I think I could outguess
Babe Ruth if I were pitching right
now. I had to pitch against Dan
Brouthers, Cap Anson and other
sluggers of bygone fame and, believe
me,; it was 'some teat to tool ttiem.
We; did it often, but, of course,'
they hit 'em out just as often.
"Ruth can be fooled by an out-
curve, a high one in closer,, or. a
drop, the . same as the sluggers of
old, but, of course, he will, connect
once in. every three times by the
law of averages. ,. ..
"We did not use a spitter io our
days, but had something like it. T
used a similar delivery by gripping
the ball on the seam and shooting it
over -much the same as the spitter
'does nowt But it was so dangerous
because of the impossibility to con
trol it that I abandoned it. In other
words, it was a 'beaner.' ;
"In our days we schemed just the
same as they do now, though the
shine ball, the emery ball and such
were unknown. I remember intro
Disciples of Izaak
WaltonTakeNotice
Fishing to Be Extremely Popu
lar This Spring Many Good
Points Near Omaha.
Sporting goods salesmen of Oma
ha say that everybody is fishing this
spring. More stocks of wigglers,
wobblers, feels, rods, lines, sinkers
and ' fly s' .are being . depleted in this
spring's annual rush of the fishing
tackle bargain counters than ever be
fore.
The waters of Carter lake swal
lowed up two carloads ot- young
bass, perch, bullhead and sunfish last
and as a result tne oocks
o ttlnmn
ducjng the'sidearm delivery one time -re lined daily with hosts of brokers
ana scnooi Kias, an 01 wnom snow
arid dating the umpire td find any
tnirtg' in the rules to probihit it;
: i .,. Cause for Special Rule,
vije. cotld; .Jidt. find such- a' rule,
bn within a week the officials of
the league sent out a special order
prohibiting it. The first time I used
the sidearm delivery I struck out
10 batters in succession and created
a furore." '. t ...
. ilivCummms pitched a game only,
six years ago and did well. He only
rccecritly put on eyeglasses.
French Food Is
"Carp's", Mainstay
"If I would eat .American food
Jack Dempsey would have a cinch on
July 2," declared Georges Carpentier,
confidentially.
' "French cooking and French
food, and lots of it, is half the secret
of my success as a boxer," the
French champion added. "I am going
to have my favorite dishes in Amer
ica, and in order to be assured of
them I am taking with me a French.!
cook who also is one of. my sparring
i. partners. - U
Central's Best All Around Athlete
Wilmer Beerkle, 17 : captain-elect twa$ unable to play on the first team.
; Some duds are necesj'aryejven fofi
arrack man. Folks who witnessed
the Ohio State-Michigan dual track
meet at Columbus;' :;0.; iiearly saw
One athlete perform in even less than
the usual costume. .
: -As the high hurdlers were getting
set on their- marks,' Starter -Brod-beck's
eyes popped from his - head.
He looked again to make sure and
then bade the four men get up. Sar-
hts.extra.duds.he forgot .he wasn't
properly .clothed - and Iwjs all. ?r to
run w hen Brodbeck' discovered the
deficiency,
Not to Be Accepted
By IAA.F. Until! 925
. v-v '. .- : - ' " .
New York, May -21 .Charley Pad
dock, California speedster, will get
no international recognition this
year "as the world's greatest sprinter.
iThe five: sensational marks -made
by the Pacific -coast youth in the
sprints will not 'be offered to the In
ternational Arpateur Athletic Feder
ation when it meets 9 Geneva.
F.vW. Rubien, secretary of the
A. A. U.'will offer' for recognition
2i records made by American atb-
Irtp since 1914. but Paddocks
maVks will not be included and will
-hae' to wait four, years for official
-acceptance.'' , - , ,
Rubi'cn explained that- Paddock s
records could not be offered be
cause they cannot be accepted by
the A": A. U. until the annual con
vchtion of the union next -November.
Kelly Puts More -Over
Than Babe
George Kelly Nsf . the .New lYork
Giants, although behind Babe Ruth
in the total number of his circuit
gent, one of the Michigan timber' clouts m tneir nome run maramon,
toppers, ;vs minus--fiis-rpantiei" ; 'has-thedistincUon of batting -in more
jo guara against becoming cold
when not performing, Coach Steve
Farrcll's charges wore long, loose
over-garments resembling under
wear. When the hurdler removed
have been filled when a Kelly home
run eventuated and he. batted in 19
tallies with eight circuit drives. Ruth
has batted in 15 runs with-10 four-
of the" Central High - school V).ii
basket bait' quintet, tennis- shark,
foot "bair-star, base -balK player.
and cinder path athlete, is one ot
the most promising, athletes .that has
worn a Purple 'and "White "uniform
since the:, days of 1916 and 1917,
when winning championships was as
common as losing base ball games is
today. -: " r ;;-'
The lithe Central High school per
former , has . worked under three
coaches' during the past seasons.
Head Coach Mulligan, was his men-
9 imt
baggers.
k ' ; v--' ' "';
bn. rmtc1ir4 to bn Rock Mlth Tn a. t nhirhlia's t'frtcf v'liffihifitv'riilpc- that
wtiim bout it thi onen nir arena at Bat- T'n,n 's sinci riigioimy ruic. inai
U Creak, lllcb.. May 2t.
tor in track ---and-, basket ball. 'He
learned foot ball ' under Coach
Schmidt, while Coach Hill is teach
ing him base -ball. No one has
taught Wilmer the ;ways and means
of tennis, but he has sure picked.'the
game up, for he is the best be -in
the boys' tennis tourney at - the
school on- the hill.l5eg your jar
don, Wilmer's dad, J.: F... Beerkle,
1481 Emmet street, did learn him
the rudiments .of the game. kr ;
Ineligible Last Season.
Beerkle did something last year
that i. not good for. one,ba j&'in-
is, he flunked in, a course. Ha
Nevertheless, he showed up well on
the v second team under . Coach
Schmidt. He made his reserve let-
fter as captain of the team. Wilmer
played halfback, and will pobabiyj
mane tne same position online nrsi
team next year. -. , .-'"v
Basket ball is his game. He shines
on a gym floor, and just covers him
self with glory. Central High will
build its team around him in the cen
ter i position. He should make a
good captain, for he is popular
among both the strong and weak
sexes. A good floor man, . a
crack shot, and a steady player no
one could ask for more. -.
Beerkle made 10:2 in the century
dash in both the city arid intercfass
meet, but he failed to place in the
state meet. He- was unable to
weather the cold- arid .cOipld nBg(S
tns muscies working in pertecr time
Coach Mulligan will probably reward
him with a track letter for the good
work, for he placed high. in.4&$.iUr
class meet and made several points
against Commerce's best at Ak-Sar-Ben
field. .
Learning to Play Ball.
: Coach Hill is spending much time
teaching the national pastime to
Beerkle. le has been using him at
short and tJiird .base. It is a new
game to Beerkle, for this is his first
year on the team. Nevertheless, he
is showing up very well, and there
is very little doubt but what he will
make .hisj letter.
Wilmer js as good a tennis player
as can be" found among the junior
players in Omaha. His chance to
win the city junior tourney this 'year
is very good. If he coos the school
title, he will receive a tennis "O."
Therefore, he has a chance to -do
something never before accomplished
at Central High or any other high
school around hejc, and that. is. make
five -letters. ' We've- heard "of four1
letter men, Mir here-is a i 7- elf-old'1
athlete in the junior'' class who is
auile sure of being a fiverletter. man.
Southern Colleges
To Enter Athletes
, In Collegiate Meet
Chicago, May 21. All of the .star
athletes frcjm the southern inter
collegiate will compete in the nation
al intercollegiate tra.ck field chamr
pionship-to be held at the University
of Chicago, 1 June 18, according to
latest word from the south.
'Several men from the colleges that
comprise this conference are do-
inff' creditable work this .. 'spring;
Clare of Kentucky has run the tow
Ihufdles. :m :2S, Coughlin.ofV.Sewanee,
the 440 in .:j0, and Helm of Louisi
ana the .100 in :10. Skidmore of
Sewanee nut the 16-pound shot, 43
feet, 10 1-2 inches in the riieet with
Georgia Tech and felchef of Georgia
TeGh threw the javehn 169 feet"
The southwest conference schools
will send the best men from Texas
to compete' in Chicago. Lindsey of
Kice institute, with a cecord of 9 4-5
seconds, will- make a worthy com
petitor for Paddock, in-the dashes-
Lindsey, in addition to his work on
the track, is credited with a shot
put record of 43 feet 10 inches.
Mahan, of Texas A. and M.rrecently
threw the javelin 187, feet 10 inches;
and Weir of Texas A.: and M.t.and
Goss. of Rice Institute," rah -the "220
fine catches
. Horseshoe lake has become the
real jnecca'of Omaha's rod and reel
sportsmen, however, since residents
of the vicinity exterminated over
200 destructive turtles last autumn.
A fine mixed string of skip-jack, bull
head and croooie is the reward of
anyone' who makes the trips Nelson's.
lake and Florence taice, notti nortn
of Omaha," are also much frequented
of late, because of increased stocks
"Pro" Golf Tourney
Will Probably Be
HeW i
'li
r-
in :22.
Pete Herman More
Popular After Loss
JjH. M Boxing;! lUe
fj$ X"York. MavClPe'cufiatr
Rflidugh ft Vay stem, P$te Herman is-
a far better drawing card today
without his world's bantam title than
fie was before he was knocked loose
from it by Joe Lynch last 'winter.
Sam Goldman, who attends to the
booking for engagements for Pete,
is tairly swamped with offers for
.the little New Orleans' Italian's
servie'es.' The reason, however, is ob
vious. Since losing his crown Her
man has been .displaying his real
ability in the ring. While champion
Pete seldom found it necessary to
really extend himself. He seemed
content to merely stall along; satis
fied to hold his title, whether ap
pointed pr not. in no-decision bouts.
Consequently he becanie unpopular.
At the present moment Herman
has been signed for a return engage
ment with Young Montreal in Bos
ton. The affair will be held May 27.
UTeajiis International Sport :.
V; Twelve nations'cliallcnghig'fof "thi
Davfs cup" shows the international
character, pf the lawn tennis game,
holding its annual championship
tournament immediately following
the United States Golf association
open, the Professional Golfers asso
ciation "seems jikely t6take a fall
date. At a mcetmg-in this oity of
the metropolitan section executive
committee it was voted to recom
mend -September "12 .to 17. It is
practically certain that the event this
-,, t. J.--J-J y -..-.
course. i . '".: V? ; - '
Conditions will bey different -than
in previous P. G. A. i events, there
being np series' of elimination tests
throughout the country. - Instead.
Lthe. top 3.1 the. United State GoU"
assoxiation c hampionsnip ttm r. u.
A. title holder w ill be paired , tor
match play. Jack Hutchison won
the "pro" honors last year.
Thus far little has been said con
cerning the possible; selection ofJi
course except that tjie Jdo links at
Long Beach-seem to have met with
favor,
France Japaa 5a.vis .Cup. , ,,
Play Slated at !CleveIania
i.Tenriis stars of France "arid Japan
may meet in Cleveland in one of
the Davis' cup preliminaries in Au
gust, according to an announcement
by officers of the Cleveland Asso
ciated Tennis dub.- Ichaya Knmagae
and Zenzo Shimidzy probably will
represent Japan. The French repre-.
scntatives, have not been announced.
- . - :. - i:,'- ...
Decatur Of fers Trophy ,
For World's Golf Champ
The Decatur (Ill Business Men's
Golf association will offer a perpet
ual trophy for the -world's open golf
xhampionship. . t
lact no team in base ball's history
ever' got a harder bump than the
Gleasons-did last fall, when eight
stars, who would have brought a
cool million dollars in cash, if they
had been placed on the market, were
t - . . - f i L M r i 1 . I
u u l uui oi. Disc uau lur kuuu vy tne
coniessions of .three of their num
ber. Such Stars Unpurchasable.
; - A , million dollars could not replace
those eight players, because men of
their talent on the diamond cannot be
purchased from their club owners,
and men of their mental and moral
caliber are not wanted in profession
al base ball at any price.
Sixteen major league clubs had "a
small army of scouts combing the
minors all last year for promising
prospects, and there was no curb on
any of the scouts as to finances. In
the merry scramble it was possible
for any one club owner to dig up
only a possibly two or three budding
stars, even if he was lucky.
Comiskey of the White Sox un
earthed at least three youngsters that
look good, but those three cannot
begin to fill the places of the eight
that were put out of business by the
gamblers who fixed the 1919 world
scries, They cannot fi.'I the holes
left by even three of the discards, be
cause it takes years to train a rookie
in msjor league styles. .
Get Seasoning in Play.
The only way to drill a recruit is
to drill him on the field. It cannot
be done with any degree of celerity
on the bench or on-the farm. And
Kid Glcason is taking the quickest
and surest way to find out what is in
his new men, particularly the pitch
ers. With a string of veterans to
use regularly, any manager can drill
along with a rookie on the bench,
using him for relief work and in
structing hinv in the wise plays of
the slab. .
That is a slow process, but with ,
veterans to depend on, it can be done
.without injuring a team's showing in
the pennant race. With only a couple
of regulars, as Gleason now has, it is
necessary for him to teach the kid
hurlers as much and as fast as pos
sible, and that is why, when the
rooters veil "Take him out!" the
f White Sox boss turns a deaf ear.
Schooled to Bad Breaks.
A green pitcher will learn more, if
he has brains and nerve, in nine in
nings of real batths on the slab than
he will acquire in, weeks of watch
ing things from thlj: bench. Conse
quently when'th jrookie starts going
badly, j or the-its;begin to whittle
niist the infielderst- tio ffood can ' he
srVd by diking hhn out, possibly
breaking his heart, and sending fan
equally green and nervous pitcher; to
replace him. ,
By leaving the kid pitcher on the
slab to work out his own salvation,
with the aid of good advice and. sup
port, he often gains a new confidence
in himself and in his pals, and profits
by it rapidly. , '
Only when a youngster begins to
show lack of nerve by forcing runs
across the plate, instead of making
hif ioppdnepts hit them in, is it the
part of wisdom to take him out.
Kemoving a pitcher at such a
juncture is an object lesson that con
trol is the prime factor in major
league pitching. For all the "slab
goods in the world will not avail
a man anything if he cannot tame
his stuff. The bushes are the place
ftsf.-.- wild i men, .where batsmen are
hot so particular, nor so eagle eyed.
., Kid' Gleason has a long way to
"g(r befejre he rebuilds the wrecked
box into pennant timber, but he i
on his way. I
B Runner to Try "Grid" -
Penn State Students
Honor Coach BezdekT
As "Champion Milker"
Jimmy Connolly, crack mile run
ner, will try foot ball at Georgetown
university next fall. ; J
A gold foot ball and a irold base
ball, gifts of-the Student Athletic as
sociation of Pennsylvania State col
lege, have been presented to Hugo
Bezdek, director of athletics, as a
token of appreciation for the ereat
record he has made since he came to
the Blue and White institution. '
The three years that Bezdek has
coached these two" sports are en
graved on the charms, and each
year additional numerals will be
added. . Bezdek has carried . Penn.j
Slate to the forcfront-in a'lt tranche's t
of .athletics; since .going ."rtheVe in',!
1918, when he was manager of the
Pittsburgh National league icara. i
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