THE. BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1921.
All Signs Indicate That Bempsey Wi
; : : ; ,
11 Still Be Champion M
orning ot July 3
Champ Will Be
Another Man In
Coming Battle
Caroentier Will Face Much
Setter Dempsey; If Georges
Had Been Brennan, the
World Would Have a
New Champion.
Those who have been accorded the
privilege of watching this Frenchman,
Georges Carpen-
tier. as he has ap
pcared in his
training camp at
Manhasset, L. I.,
have as yet seen
nothing that
gives a line on
his chances for
the w o r 1 d 's
heavyweight title.
We folks of this
country know
what Jack Demp
sey can do, but
we are woefully
weak on informa
tion about Car
pentier. There are two
GEOROE9
reasons- for the
present situation. One is that Car
pentier is doing something that hasn't
1 been done in modern - pugilistic
times excluding the public from his
training camp. The other is that
he is making an effort to prevent
knowledge of his fighting form from
becoming public property,
v Dempsey a Huge Favorite.
Georges and those of his camp at
Manhasset sincerely believe that he
has a chance to lift the crown, but
those who know Dempsey can't sec
it that way at all. They point to the
odds, which already have been estab
lished, making Dempsey a one-sided
favorite at 9 to S.
When one thinks about suchdop-'
ing we mean the 9 to S stuff it
naturally leads to wonder what will
happen bctweenTiow and July 2. Will
the odds lengthen, making the cham
pion more of a favorite- than he is at
present, or will the price shorten to
such a degree that Carpentier will be
considered more of an even chance?
That's a question that can't be an
swered and it isn't likely thai it will
be answered as long as Carpentier's
lorm js kept secret.
Scribes May Peek at Georges.
The fact that newspaper men are
permitted to watch him in his train
ing doesn't cut a lot of figure, because
it isn't the newspaper men who make
the odds on a championship fight.
That'a something that the public at
tends to, and of course in this in
stance the gambling fraternity must
be considered a part of the public.
Carpentier has now been in his
camp for six days, and his real
training is not scheduled to start
until tomorrow. What he really
shows when he gets down to the
grind depends on what he cares to
reveal for the benefit of the scribes.
He might show something and he
might not show anything. The Eu
ropean champion has plenty of capa
ble advisers around him, and they
may have reached -a decision that to
display "the stuff" might prove a
handicap when "he is called to face
the big test. ' '
This match between Dempsey and
Carpentier is arousing a world of in
terest, and our presence in New
York gave us an insight into an an
gle concerning the champion which
is interesting. It was mentioned to
us while we were conversing with
a smart New Yorker who knows as
much as anybody about this pugilistic
business.
If Oeorg3 Had Been Brennan.
"Do you know that it really is un
fortunate' for Carpentier that ' he
couldn't have clashed with Dempsey
instead of Bill Brennan that few
months ago?" he asked.
','Wcll, what's the Dempsey-Bren-nan
fight got to do with Carpentier?"
we asked. -
"It's got just this much to do with
it," was the comeback. "If .Carpentier
had been in the ring instead of Bren
nan that night he might have beaten
Dempsey and cepped the title. If the
Frenchman could catch Dempsey in
the poor condition . that Brennan
caught him in, it certainly would help
his chances. -
"But it's going to be a different
Dempsey who Carpentier meets from
the boxer whom Bill Brennan faced,
and- that, in a measure, is respon
sible for the champion's being a top
heavy early favorite. That Brennan
fight certainly taught Jack Dempsey
a wonderful lesson. It taught him
that even a champion can't go into
the ring out. of condition, or stale
from overwork.
"The result is now that he is going
to bump into Carpentier, he will
profit by his lesson and will be in
wonderful shape, the sort of condition
he was in when he took the title from
Jess Willard at oledo. Any one who
Jess Willard at Toledo. Any one who
that means, and that, to my mind,
means woe for Carpentier."
Perhaps these f ellovvs who make
the odds are figuring "Dempsey at his
best and establishing the prices ac
cordingly, regardless of anything
that Carpentier may display in his
training camp. ' 1
Paris Will Probably
, Hold Next Olympic
It is almost a certainty that Paris
will hold; the Olympic games of
1924 and it is expected in addition
that the French will agree to put
on a standard program. Hitherto
the countries holding the meet have
been allowed to select trie program.
This has worked considerable hard
ship to the visiting teams. The
United States and Great Britain ate
already committed to a standard set
of games, and it is expected that the
French will lend their support. The
northern nations probably will fall
in line readily enough.
1,800 Players Listed.
There ar 1,800 players on organ
ized base- Lell teams' reserve lists.
Bee Sport Album-Miss Fogg
Miss Adelaide Fogg one 'of the
best woman athletes of Omaha is
one more proof that Omaha is a city
that -produces champs.
Dr. frank W. i-ogg, Adelaides
father, started things right when he
taught his daughter to shoot and
to play base ball. He used to make
some good runs at the traps himself,
and his work on the diamond was
excellent but the story is about
Adelaide.
When Miss Fogg entered Brown-
cll Hall, she first began to shine in
tennis, tor three seasons Adelaide
trimmed every girl who opposed her
on the clay court, and as a result,
she is the possessor of two dandy
cups, the only cups that Brownell
Hall ever awarded its tennis stars.
She also pitched a couple of seasons
for the Brownell Hall base ball team,
and according to the dope, she had
a hop on the ball that would make
most players dizzy. f
bince then Miss r-ogg has been
leading a most strenuous life for a
woman, teaching all sorts of dancing
at the Blackstone and at Brownell
Hall, and putting on recitals at the
Brandeis and other theaters every
month or so.
Tennis Champ Twice.
Adelaide has twice been woman
tennis champion of Omaha, and
Baseballs Weigh the Same
But Batters Clout Them Harder
Heavy clouting in some of the
major league games this spring and
the frequency with .which home runs
have been made started the report
that the- big' leagues were using a
livelier ball than in previous seasons.
On investigation, the report was
found to be untrue, but a lot of fans
still believe it, because base ball
patrons want to believe what they
want to, when they want to.
Although it is a well authenticated
fact,' few fans believe the balls used
in the American and National leagues
are turned out by the same factory
apd from the same machines and ma
terials. There is no difference la
the balls until they reach the men
who stitch on the covers. .Then
one man uses red and black thread
and the other uses red and blue
thread, and one ball becomes a Na
tional league pill, while the other
goes into the American league box.
Same Ingredients in Spheres.
"In a letter from the manager of
the base ball factorv in Philadelphia
it is explained that the only possible
effect the balls can have on the
increased batting is that they arc
made of a little better material than
those turned out during the war.
.there is no more rubber, and no
more or less material of any kind
tyed this year, but the yarn for wind
ing core is better than any that
could be obtained when the war was
eating up all the best wool grown in
the world, leaving only "second" for
base balls. The brand of pill
is no better or different in any way
Golfers Becoming Fastidious
In Matter of Dress on Links
New York, May 28. It seems that
golfers as well as tennis players are
becoming fastidious in the matter of
tress on the courts an.l links. No
player of either game turay would
think of appearing in piib!ic compe
tition in ragged and soilel clothing
as do some track athletes, merely
because the same article was worn
before on a varsity team or on the
occasion of a record being broken.
Most of our golfers today are on
.he fastidious side as regards their
personal appearance, especially dur
Professional Breaks.
Course Record at
Siwanoy Golf Club
New York, May; 28. Tom Kerri
gan, the Siwanoy Country club pro
fessional, who is to be a member of
the team of American professionals
to compete in the British open golf
championship at St Andrew's next
month, established a new record for
the lengthened Bronxville .course the
other day, turning in a card of 68,
which breaks the record for the old
course by a ' one-stroke margin.
Kerrigan was out in 33 and home in
35 and, had it not been for an error
On the home hole, would have fin
ished with a 67, four strokes under
par.
The pro was playing in a four
some with Neal Becker, A. E. Tay
lor and Reginald Narrelle. What
made his record the more remark
able -was the fact that the former
record was made on the old course,
to which considerable distance had
been added this year. It has also
been stiffened. .
once runner-up. In New York she
has battled with the champions of
several states in matches, and has
always put up a wonderful game for
a girl. i
Miss Fogg was advised to take
up dancing by her doctor after she
had been attacked by pneumonia
once too often. She liked it at first
--and better afterwards. She likes
it so well now that she's cne of tlie
foremost fancy dancers of the little
oil United Mates.
"A certain amount of athletics-
net too much should be a part of
every girl's life. Miss Adelaide says
"Dancing, of course, is the most
natural and becoming."
To Shoot This Fall.
Miss Adelaide Fog will be the
prime attraction at the annual con
vention of the American dancing
masters at the Hotel Waldorf
Astoria in August, when she will
perform before the world's most re'
nowned critics. She wil! be busy
studying until September, but will
arrive in Omaha in the autumn m
time to do some clay bird shooting
with her father.
Whenever Omaha is really in want
of a, woman tennis champ, Miss
Fogg may again step out into the
limelight in this line.
than the one used before the war,
when hitting was much lighter than
now.
The abolition of the freak pitch
ing stuff undoubtedly has beep the
chief factor in the increased swat
ting. Not only have the new pitch
ing rules cut down the repertory of
the majority of slabmen, but they
have given the swatsmen new and
increasing confidence. In order to
enforce the rule against freak deliv
ery it has been necessary to forbid
the use of any substance formerly
employed by pitchers to take the
gloss off new balls, or to dry their
hands when, moist with perspiration
Talcum powder was one of the
things used by some hurlers to pitch
the shine ball. Rosin was used by
ethers to give them better control
of their curve or hopper. There
is some sentiment in favor of al
lowing the umpire to furnish a pitch
er a pinch of rosin on request, the
amount and frequency being deter
mined by the "umpire, just as in the
case of certain physicians prescnp
tions since the U. S. became a Sa
hara Hal
Spitball Becoming Extinct
The gradual disappearance of the
spitball pitcher, one or two ot whom
drop out of the picture every win
ter, also has tended to help the bats
man, and it may be. necessary to
give the slabman a little assistance
to maintain the balance of power at
the proper level. The way base ball
is drawing the crowds "so far this
year however, does not . indicate
there has been too much batting.
ing tournaments in which ladies ap
pear in numbers in the Ballet y.
Take the first two tournaments of
the year Lakewood and Garden
City during which rain fell heavi'y
at times. Large numbers of the
players, many from lonc distances,
appeared during the afternoons with
a ccmp'pte change fron i p to toe,
kniekor. creased, dry, at;i polished
Shoes, linen immaculate. Rarely does
a man appear with open shirt front
Ties generally are considered indis
pensable. Inter-Parish Track
And Field Meet at ,
' Creighton Today
Events in the first annual Catholic
inter-parish track meet to be held
at Creighton field at 1:30 a'clbck
this afternoon are: 100-yard dash,
220-yard dash, 440-yard dash, half
mile, one mile, shotput, discus, low
and high hurdles, pole vault, high
jump and broad jump.
Representating Sacred Heart, is
Kelly, winner of first place in the
state High school vault and second
place in the discus throw. Mahoney
and Slane of Commerce and Mach
and Belford of Creighton are run
ning under the banner of St. Peten
parish. St. Patricks parish will be
represented by Shanahan, McGrath,
Wages and Krajecik. Morearity,
Long, Daley and Shoulter of Creigh
ton are entered from Lady of Lour
des parish. Spittler and McAleer,
Creighton grid stars have entered
the weight events.
The affairs is sponsored by the
Marquette club and will be free to
the Dublic.
Georges' Backers
Lured By Record
: Of Hero in War
Man Who Wields Padded Mitts
Has Nothing to Do With
World Wars When in
Fighting Ring.
By RAY PEARSON.
Despite the fact that Jack Demp
sey is a topheavy choice to defeat
Georges Carpentier of France at
Jersey City on July 2 and retain the
championship crown, there are many
people who harbor the belief that
Georges has a good chance to upset
the dope and take the title back to
that dear old France.
Of course upsets are not new in
pugilism, but those who have been
accorded ,the privilege of watching
Carpentier in his training the last
week and also have knowledge tof
what "Jack Dempsey is capable of
doing with the padded mitts, are ot
tht opinion that the champion will
rock Georges to sleep, just as sure
as the sun will come up tomorrow.
One is forced to wonder why there
are so many boxing fans who con
cede Carpentier a chance for victory.
This really is surprising, in view of
the fact that the closed gajes of his
camp at Manhasset have prevented
fans from watching him in his work
outs. But there . is an answer for
that.
Like Georges for War Record.
Sentiment in favor of Carpentier is
produced by his praiseworthy war
record. There are lots and lots of
people in this world who would like
to see the trench war hero, who
fought and did his bit in the down
fall of the Hun. become the cham
pion of the world.
That, of course, would mean the
defeat of Jack Dempsey, and though
Dempsey is an American, it seems
loyalty to one's countryman in this
instance isn't the overshadowing
thing.
Dempsey Big Choice.
This fight is not a story of heroes.
It is a story of fighters, and a man-
to-man struggle with padded mitts
has nothing to do with world wars. It
concerns principally the skill and
punching ability of Dempsey and
Carpentier, and Once more we find
those one-sided odds staring us in
the face.
What those figures mean and
around New York, at the present
time, with the battle nearly six
weeks away, they are quoting around
2 to 1 with the champion favorite
is no problem for those who look at
this contest in a cold, dispassionate
way I mean fellows who bet their
money on judgment, not on senti
ment.
There is no real reason why Car-:
pentier should be considered nnv bet
ter than the figures indicate. In al
most every way, except possibly one,
he stands at a disadvantage. He will
enter the .ring . IS or 16 pounds
lighter than Dempsey.
Physique Favors Jack.
In height and other measure
ments Dempsey holds the edge, and
in the matter of strength, which is
going to be essential m this contest
if it should go any distance, there
isn t the least question as to which
man is superior. Dempsey . is tar
more rugged than the Frenchman,
and that ruggedness means that he
will be able to stand more punish
ment without crumpling than
Georges.
Those who have seen, Carpentier
tell us that the frenchman will out
class the champion in cleverness and
speed, that, he will dazzle Jack -by
his footwork, and beat him in some'
what the same way that the clever
Jim Corbett beat his opponents of
other years.
Pacific Coast Has
Large Number Star
Pugilists In Ring
New York, May 28. The Pacific
coast is itself again, as the current
crop of western featherweights tes
tifies. During last winter boxing
fans along the Atlantic seaboard
have been given not a few pugilistic
treats by boys who own .some far
flung state as their home.
The- first to appear bwlhantlv on
the cauliflower horizon was Earl
Baird of Seatttle. He has fought his
way into prominence during the last
12 months, and some of his bouts
with rival featherweights have been
entered on the books as classic?.
Joe Gorman of Portland, Ore., and
Babe Herman of California are two
other recent products of the far west
who have been favorably received by
eastern critics. In fact, the latter is
hailed in some circles as the logical
successor to Johnny Kilbane.
Keyt and Way Captain
Central High Teams
Robert Keyt and Harold Way,
Central High school juniors, were
elected captains of the Purple and
White track and base ball te.in's,
respectively, yesterday afternoon at
meeting of Central O men.
Following are the men who re
ceived track letters: Capt. Floyd
Green, Robert Keyt, John Day,
"Duke" Gleason. Frank Maritsas
and Thorval Berg.
Wilmer Beerkle. who placed in the
city and interclass meets, but fail
ed to make a place in the state tour
ney, was awarded honorable men
tion.
Those who received base ball let
ters were: Captain Sautter, Way,
Hansen, Somberg, Haiken, Beerkle,
Reynolds. Clement, Weitz, Redg-
wick, Hughes and Clarke.
Nicholas U'inch .Hitter) Amos
was awarded a base ball "R." Amos
has not played enough innings to
receive a first team letter.
Rival to Man o' War.
Australian runninz horsemen be
lieve they have a rival to Man o'
War in Gloaming, middle distance
champion of that country, which re
cently ran "a half-mile in :45 in New
Zealand.
J'BUGS"
:BAER
porting Editor At it time when civil
lintlun Imi advanced to far that it w
now posnlble for a man to take a drink
In New York and wake up In Alatteanau,
It eem that we should be entitled to
the truth, even If we don't deserve It.
This so-railed ehnmpibn of Houchtown
was nothing bnt a puellUtle leech who
fattened on other fighter' reps. My
mini. 1'lnheah J.iican, met (Sink before
nil the fang of Riffraff, and not one of the
pectitors staved the limit. lie defeated
every uuilienre be ever fought before.
Yours until Zip understands the JKinstein
ineory
ROGER SIIEMHBN,
Atluntlo City,
STRANGE, but we remember
this Pinhead . Lucas. He came
to the luxurious city of Rough
town claiming he had partaken of
the knuckle refreshments in over 400
fights. It was his proud boast that
he Jiad never been knocked on his
back. His admirers claimed that no
opponents ever made him pull in his
head. - His favorite pose was a
croucnfhg position on the canvas
with his chin parked on the health
giving burlap. l ,
Pinhead was a graduate of the
Denishawn School of Firsticuff.
When he got a paddle on the jaw he
would play that the water bucket
was a lily spangled pond.. He would
leap from dewdrop to dewdrop. If
his seconds threw in the Turkish
battle flag he would dance around
holding the towel over his head like
a Grecian umbrella. His footwork
looked like a set of broken dishes
on avbusted dumbwaiter. It was the
verse libre poetry of motion.
He had a beautiful style and shed
blows like a blotter sheds ink. His
head was built like the palmetto de
fenses at Fort Moultrie. The Brit
ish cannonballs sank into the soft
palmetto logs and were absorbed
without damage. A punch on Pin
hcad's skull was like sparing with a
birthday sponge cake. King beat
the tattoo on Pinhead for 16 rounds,
but it was like thumping a wet
ukulele.
Finally the mayor of Roughtown
started a popular subscription to
buy gondolas for the mounted
police. 'The debate raged and finally
wound up in the Koughtown jail.
The mayor was so eloquent that
the packed jury tore off a decision
of self-defense. It was a mixed jury
of six Roughtown ladies and six
chaperons.
The glad news ran around Rough-
town like a ringworm around a
baby's little finger once -again. Gink
Fowler had met the foe and emerged
victorious from the nearest exit. He
was wiaed and dined at the Rough-
town breadline and the town pump,
Roughtown couldn't do too little for
their hero. . '
When the sands of the desert
finally turn into icicles, when the
loose leaf . ledger of history .is
eventually - written and when the
prejudices of nonpartisans are flat
tened out, then, and not till then,
will the "world concede that Gink
Fowler was entitled to first bite at
the porcelain egg omelet. '
British Pros to
Play 60 Matches
Duncan and Mitchell to Tour
United States and Canada
For Four Months.
New York, Maf 28. George Dun
can and Abe Mitchell, British pro-
fesisonal golfers, will play 60 odd
exhibition matches during their tour
of this country and Canada this sum
mer, including their appearance in
the national open championship at
the Columbia Country club. Their
itinerary has now been completed, at
tlTbugh one or two more dates may
be accepted. It has been the plan
from the first to keep the number of
engagements down to reasonable
proportions in order that the tw
players may have an opportunity for
rest and comfortable traveling.
Whether they will appear in the
French open at Le Toquet the last
week in June is not certain: at all
events they will be here in' time for
a day of . practice before their first
formal appearance. This will be at
the Pelham Country club, where
thev are fcooked for July 11 and 12.
The first day they will play against
Barnes and Hagen and the second
against Chick Evans and Bobby
Jones. They will go to Shawnee
for the open tournament and will
have two days of practice at the
Columbia Country club before
starting in the United States open
championship. "
After having visited Washington
the visitors will head westward to
fill several engagements, returning
east for a trip through New York,
New Jersey and New England. In
mid-August Duncan and Mitchell
will start on a swing through Can
ada, which will keep them busy
until the second week in September.
Then they come east again, with
numerous engagements that will
keep them busy through the first
week in October.
Six Hundred High
School Athletes Compete
Chicago, May 28. Six hundred
Hieh school and academy tracK
athletes representing 115 institutions
throughout the country today com
peted in the 17th annual national
interscholastic track and field meet
at the University of Chicago.
Sudenberg and McKay
End Bout on Even Terms
Sioux 'City. Ia.. May 28. Tohnny
Sudenburg of Omaha and Gordon
McKay of Salt Lake City boxed 10
fast rounds to a draw here last night
McKav outboxed Sudenberg, but the
latter was the aggressor throughout.
The men are middleweights.
Stanislaus Zby6zko in
Wins Over Davis Court
Wichita. Kan., May 28. Stanis
laus Zybssko, world heavyweight
wrestling title holder, defeated Dick
Davis Court in straight falls here
last night.
Zbyszko got the first fall in 47
minutes, 30 seconds, and the -second
in five and a half minutes.
Jack Dempsey Loses Support of
Curley and Brady, Former Boosters
By TAD. .
WO of the greatest
boosters that Jack
Dempsey ever had,
have lately switched
and gone over to the
sidef Georges Car
pentier.
Jack Curley was
the first man that the
writer ever heard
boost the present
cnairtpion.
That was some years ago. We
were standing on the corner of
Broadway and Forty-second street,
and Jack was quite hopped up on
Dempsey.
"You never saw a fighter like him
in your life," said Curley, who had
just seen Dempsey beat Carl Morris
in Buffalo. "You'll admit that I've
seen some good ones, won't you?"
piped Jack. "Well, I never saw one
like Dempsey. You can't stop him
and he can hit the way dynamite
bucks. He took my Carl Morris
and almost killed htm. Morris didn't
budge him and be hit Dempsey with
everything he had This fellow will
knock Fulton out before the sixth
round if they ever fight."
The writer at tl.at time had never
seen Dempsey, but was a great be
liever in Fulton, and right there bet
Mr. Curley a new ?15 skimmer on
Fulton if ever a Dempsey-Fulton
match came off. Jack won in a
punch.
Well, so much for that.
Yesterday we ran across Mr. Cur
ley in Great Neck and asked "him
about the coming fight.
"Put me down for Carpentier,"
said Jack with a grin. "I know I
used to like Dempsey. I liked him a
lot, but when a better man comes
along my money goes with him.
Carpentier will startle the world the
day he meets Dempsey. There'll be
new champion.
"Yep, for the first time in the his
tory of boxing a foreigner will be
National Green
Committee Formed
To Educate Golf Clubs
on
Links Work ; Pamphlets to
Be Issued Monthly.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 28. Go
ing along on lines suggested by the
United States Golf ' association,
progressive step was taken by a num
ber of clubs of the golf association
of Philadelphia at a recent meeting
at Huntincton Vallev. On that oc-
! c.asion the Green Committee Asso
ciation of Philadelphia, was formed,
with Georee W. Elkins, jr., as
chairman. Practically every club in
the district was represented and the
slogan adopted was "Better courses
for less money.
The organization should prove a
most useful body, if plans discussed
at the meeting are carried out, and
there is every indication they will be,
Co-operative buying and course up
keep as a weapon against the high
cost of golf will be one of the ob
jects of the association. The asso-
ciation is planning to hold monthly
meetings and to issue . a pamphlet
once every four weeks.
The plan is for a certain number
of men to go from one course to
another when exhibitions of various
machines for mowing and links work
generally will be given. Demonstra
tions in seed testing, in the usage
of proper soils, in drainage, and talks
on all phases of course upkeep will
be in order at thtse gatherings. For
instance, if at one club a plan has
been evolved to cut down the cost
of things, the idea will then be made
common knowledge through the
pamphlets.
Arnold Jones Wins
First Tennis Match
St. Cloud, France, May 28.
Arnold Jones, the American tennis
star, defeated M. Cousin of ranee,
in the first singles match of the
world's hard court tennis champion
ship whioh opened here today. The
American won in three straight sets,
6-0, 6-2, 6-3.
William H. Laurentz of France,
the present world's hard court cham
pion, defeated M. Blanchy of Bel
gium, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Eleanora Sears of Boston de
faulted and will not . play in the
tournament.
Everything Set
For Auto Races
Indianapolis, May 28. All of the
drivers and their cars are here and
everything is in readiness for the
ninth international 500-mile sweep
stakes race to be held at the Indian
apolis motor speedway, next Mon
day morning at 1U o clock.
Speed spectators from all parts are
already rolling into the Hoosier cap
ital and the seat sale is U per cent
greater than ever before. It is an
ticipated that the record breaking
crowd of last year will be over
shadowed by this year's race throng.
One hundred and twenty-five thou
sand people saw the race last year.
Seven of Every Ten Autos
In India Come From U. S.
In the month of September, 1920,
1,041 motor cars were imported into
British India, according to a report
of the department of statistics of
India. Seven hundred and twenty-
three of these ears were consigned
from the United States. Bombay
imported 2,775 cars, Bengal 2,694
Madras 908, Sind 590, and Burmah
531 during the six months, April to
September, 1920.
Woman to Try Channel Swim.
Mrs. Arthur ,Kamilton will try to
swim the linglioi: channel in August.
the heavyweight champion of the
world.", '
Hark to Mr. Brady.
Now we turn the page over and
come to William A. Brady. You
will remember that Mr. Brady was
manager of Jim Corbett when James
beat Sullivan. He took the short
end on that fight and cleaned up.
At Toledo he took the Dempsey
end against Willard and raked in
once more. He .figured Dempsey
a cinch and his money said so, too.
But now, right now, he has left
the champion flat and gone to the
side of the Frenchman.
Says Mr. Brady:
"Dempsey isn't the man he was
when he beat Willard at Toledo.
He has had but two fights in two
years and that is not enough. He
has slowed up considerably. He
showed that in his battle with Bren
nan at Madison Square Garden. He
wasn't one-third the man that night
that he was in Toledo. He has never
met a really good man and never
faced one the equal of Carpentier.
The Frenchman will beat him just
as Corbett beat Sullivan. He's too
fast and knows much more about
fighting than the heavy hitting
Dempsey. Carpentier is the great
est glove man since the days of
Corbett."
Up With the Napkins, Boys, Here
Comes the boup.
A western exchange prints the fol
lowing: ,
The Pons-Winnicke's comet will
be within "speaking" distance of
San Francisco on June 7, it was
announced today by Director A. O.
Leuschner of the students' observa
tory of the University of California.
At that time, says Leuschner, the
comet will be only 12,000,000 miles
from the earth, and is at present
37,000,000 miles away. Astronomers
say that on June 27, inhabitants of
the earth may expect a meteoric
sjiower.
Then five days later wtM see a
leather shower at Rickard s 'party in
Jersey City.
Home Run Uniforms
Of Babe Ruth Fetch
Bid of $200 Apiece
The New York Yankees might
make a neat sum on the sale of Babe
Ruth's" uniforms.
Manager Hug
gins says the
team has hund
reds of requests
from would be
purchasers of
Ruth's uniforms.
Uniforms worn
when he has hit
a homer are es
pecially desir
able,", according
to the manager,
and one renn
sylvfiiia club has
offered to pay
$200 for all such
BADE RUTH.
TRIBUNE Thoto.
outfits the
Yankees w i 1 1
sell. Since Ruth's
uniforms cost no more than $50 each,
it might be well for the Yankees to
sell the star s clothing as a .sideline,
All the jChamps
To Make Bow at
Ringside July 2
"Before Carpentier and Dempsey
start mussing each other up in Jersey
City on July 2, Promoter Tex Rick
ard will have every reigning glove
champion in this country introduced
from the ring, and also four former
heavyweight champions. Each and
every one will receive a scented,
cerese-tinted invitation from Rickard.
Reading from left to right, the
boys will step forward to make their
bow in this order: Flyweight, John
ny Duff; bantamweight, Joe Lyncli;
featherweight, Johnny Kilbane;
lightweight, Benny Leonard; welter
weight, Jack Britton; middleweight,
Johnny Wilson; light-heavyweight,
Georges Carpentier, and heavy
weight, Jack Dempsey.
After these kings of the kayo
have rushed from the -ring to gobble
up the nearest ringside seats, the old
war horses of the game will hobble
through the ropes on crutches,
stroke their whiskers and be intro
duced as follows: James J.. Corbett,
James J. Jeffries, Tommy Burns and
Jess Willard.
Intercollegiate Track
And Field Meet Today
Cambridge. Mass.. May 28. East
or west, that was the broad question
of the destination of the champion
ship tratk and field trophy of inter
collegiate A. A. A. A. involved today
in the annual title games.
It was University 01 Caluornia
againstvthe colleges of the east, with
the westerners well prepared by
Qualification in the trials yesterday
for an assault on the championship
that has been kept in the east during
the entire 45 years of the game.
Big Below Cost Bicycle Sale
Of Boys' and Girl' GOOD GUARANTEED
Blue Bird and Fairy BICYCLES
YOUR CHOICE for one week or until all r ,0W
BEGINNING SUNDAY, MAY 29TH
Other Bicycle., including Indian, at vry special price.
OMAHA BICYCLE CO.
Sam, "The Indian Man"
Rumor Says Ruth
And Prohibition
Are Not Friend
"Bahe" Draws Large Crowd.'
Yankees Lack Teamwork
and Discipline to Win
Pennant. i
It is obviously the purpose of all
big league base ball clubs to win
pennants. The Yankees have been
chasing the American league flag
for more seasons than oue cares to
admit that he remembers, but to date
they have yet -to produce anything
more nearly resembling the cham
pionship banner than a burlp bag.
The Yankees started last season
with a great collection of Stars, most
of them representing a large invest
ment of money. Their hitting
strength was1 undeniable. This yenr
it is even more in evidence and it is
backed by a powerful pitching staff.
As it stands the team has its weak
points. . It lacks speed, but most of
all it lacks teamwork. One reason
assigned for that lack by most base
ball writers who have traveled with
the Yankees and have had an oppor
tunity to become familiar with the
team is the fact that certain mem
bers of the aggregation have an ever
present tendency to kick over the
traces. Not only do they kick them
over but they do not stand in meek
docility while the harness is being
adjusted again.
"Babe" is Bad Offender. v
In this disturbing habit "Eabe''
Ruth has been by no means the
least offender. It is, common
knowladge. that the demon of swat
came back from the southern train
ing trip considerably overweight.
Estimates of the excess poundage
ranged from 25 to 40. The reason,
or one of the reasons, for this con
dition was not bruited about so
much, probably because the "Baba"
has reached the place where that
"the king can do no wrong" thing
is held to apply partly to him.
Every base ball correspondent
who made the training trip with the
Yankees, however, privately ' ad
vanced the information that "Babe"
was not taking . the prohibition
movement any too seriously; that
he was quite frequently among
those missing when the roll was
called each evening at the Shrevc
port hotel where the club stayed,
and that his conduct was such that
Miller Huggins was in continual
fear that some one might feel called
upon to do bodily harm to his prec
ious piece of diamond dust.
"Babe" a Popular Player.
There has been no indication
since the Yankees returned to the
north that their star slugger has
mended his ways. Indeed what
ever has passed along the line indi
cates that he is still followingf; his ,
old ways.
"Babe" undoubtedly draws a great
many people to the ball parks. Just
so long as he continues to do his lit
tle stint of walloping homers that
patronage will continue.- But how
long can he last at his present gait -off
the field is a matter for a
prophet to deal with. It is too deep
for a mere chronicler of sport hap
penings. Since he has such a mag
nificent pfiysique it is possible that
Babe caii go on indefinitely. The
probability is something else again.
John Barleycorn takes 'cm on witli
not a fhought of weight or build.
Perhaps Ruth will see the light
soon. Quite a few persons of influ
ence are holding the lamp in front
of his eyes at every opportunity. If
he docs it goes without saying that
he will continue to he the greatest
asset any ball club has. If he. doesn't,
however, his behavior is certain, to
keep-fanned the flames of discontent
and disobedience in some corners of
the Yankee camp, and the result of
that condition will be the joss of
whatever chances the team .lias, to
win a pennant. -
The question in . that case will be
whether a player, no matter how
valuable as an individual, is an asset
to a team if he costs it its chances
for the pennant. '
Billy Mascott Wins
Over Memphis Pal Moore
Portland, Ore., May 28i Billy
Mascott, Portland bantamweight,
won a close lu-rouna decision over
Pal Moore of Memphis, Tenn., here
last night.
Bobby Harper, Seattle ; light
weight, won in a walk from Eddie u4
jwanoney oi cnicago in iv rounus
of fast milling. ' ; .-!
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