THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1921.
Up-to-Bate News and Gossip of Interest to Sport Fans
State Bankers
Plan Convention
At Happy Hollow
Can Skip From Business to
Golf and Tennis To At
tend Base Ball
Game.
Members of the Nebraska State
Bankers association are making prep
arations for their 24th annual con
vention to he held here June 16-17,
inclusive. More than 1.000 bankers
from all parts of the state are ex
pected to attend.
The Happy Hollow club has been
chosen as the meeting place for the
business sessions, so that the visit
ing; hankers may easily turn to golf,
tennis or other sports when they tire
of discussing financial questions.
They will also visit the local base
ball park and attend a banquet on
the evening of the day preceding
the opening of the convention.
, Among speakers who are expected
to address the bankers are John
Puelicher of Milwaukee, vice presi
dent of "the American Bankers as
sociation; T. L. Matthews of Fre
mont, S. J. Weeks of O'Neil, Harry
K. Moss, secretary of the Nebraska
Chamber of Commerce, and M. L.
Corey of the federal Land bank
of Omaha.
While the business sessions of
the meeting will be at the Happy
Hollow club, headquarters for the
visitors will be at a local hotel.
John M. Flannigan of .Stuart,
Neb., is president of the associa
tion. Willie Keeler Here
For Gibbons Go
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JACK DEMPSEY.
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Willie Kecler, San Francisco
heavyweight scrapper, who is sched
uled to meet Tommy Gibbous of St.
Paul in a 10:round encounter at the
City Auditorium next Tuesday,
breezed into Omaha yesterday, ready
to start polishing up his training for
Eddie Kane's protege.
The San Francisco heavy appears
to he in good condition. He says
he is anxious to exchange wallops
with Gibbons and feels confident of
trimming the St. Paul fighter, who
scored his ninth straight knockout
last night when he put. Jack Clif
ford to sleep in the third round of a
scheduled 10-round mix.
Keeler will work out every aft
ernoon at the Omaha Athletic club
with several of Omaha's heavies.
Gibbons will arrive June 6.
St. Paul Releases
Hurlers to St. Joseph
St. Paul. May 31. Eddie Foster
and Dan Griner, pitchers with the
St Paul American Association base
..it,,-, n?i,A rpii. rr ri-u lu
Joseph of the Westerti .league, it was
announced yesteraay.
Shepard Wins Over Sullivan
Salt Lake City, May 31. Ed Shep
ard of Salt Lake City last night won
a six-round decision over Dan Sulli
van of St. Paul.
$75,000 Suit Against Car
Company for Woman's Death
Mrs. Ella Thomas, 47. leaped from
a runawav street car last July 24,
and was fatally injured, according
to allegations made in a $75,000 suit
r j - . nn.,j.ict tin clrprt rar
company, being heard in district
court before Judge Day yesterday.
. Aurclia Thomas, who brought the
suit as administratrix for the late
Mrs.' Thomas, says the accident vic
tim was seated in an Albright cat
at Twenty-fourth and U streets at
lip. m. . " .
Anotncr car, uavcuug
rate of speed" crashed into the un
lighted Albright -car, starting it
down an incline southward toward
a sharp curve at W street, accord
ing to the petition.
Strikebreakers Kept From
Paper Mills by Strikers
Green Bay, Wis.. May 31. -All
officials, office employes and strike
breakers employed at the North
ern Paper Mills were turned away
this morning when they sought to
gain entrance -to the mill, by more
man i,wu on r- -. . -
at the mill, according to Louis Al
lard, local president of the paper
to be strikers were slashed in an
afffav with four men declared to be
mill' employes.
Madame Curie Returns
To New York Much Rested
York, May 31. Madame
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two days at the country home of
Mrs. Nicholas M. Brady at Man
hasset, N. Y. She was much
rested ' from her tour of the
American colleges. She is still un
der the care of physicians.
WTTHOTE
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee teased Wire.
Chicago. May 31. Babe Asher. A. E. F.
bantamweight champion, who made a big
hit Willi the local fan in the easy way
he handled Jimmy Kelly, has received an
offer to fla-ht In the Braves' ball park at
Boston June 13. Young Montreal of Provi
dence has been selected as his opponent.
Carl Morris, the Oklahoma giant, evi
dently has been benefited by the advice
he has received from Biddy Bishop, who
recently took over the management of
the big fellow. Since, Bishop took Morris
he has won four matches and has scored
knockouts In each. Dave Goddard. Soldier
Carroll. Farmer Lodge and Jack Davis
were the victims.
Plans are now well under way for the
.1.. n H.hi.k t ... Km thtH
summer from June IS to September 15 at
Fort Sheridan for all disabled veterans
of the world war who are training under
the federal board of vocational education.
It is expected that exhibitions in boxing
will be Btaged by some of the country's
foremost exponents. Charlie White. Babe
Asher, Bob Roper. Joe Burman and Pal
Moore, local boxers, have already offered
their services.
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Atlantic City, May 30. Decora
tion day brought thousands of
pleasure seekers and a cold drizzle
to this seaside resort. The crowd
brightened things
up considerably
but the rain put
a damper on my
work in the
morning.
When I crawled
out of the cov
ers this morning
I found the sky
leaden and a
slieht rain fall
ing. The best I
could dp in the
circums tance?
was to bundle u
and take a short
brisk walk to
work up an ap
petite.
1 spent most of the morning play
ing pinochle with Art Phillips and
Teddy Hayes. Phillips is the old
theatrical man who is now treasurer
of the camp, and puts in -his time
spearing the nickles. He has the
camp running on a business like
basis and saves me a lot of worry.
My manager, Jack Kearns. is go
ing up to New York tonight for a
conference with Descamps, Carpen-
ticrs manager, and lex Kickard.
promoter of the big fracas.
I read a story in one of the pa
pers today quoting Willie Lewis as
saying that Carpentier will knock
me out within eight rounds and
that Georges will cut me to pieces
if I start rushing him. Now I am
fully aware that Lewis was a good
fighter in his day and is a good
judge of fighters but I am afraid
he is letting his friendship for the
Frenchman run away with his
judgment. Lewis taught Carpen
tier a lot of the fine points of the
Edholm Promises
Silver Loving Cup
To Best Fisherman
Albert Edholm, local jeweler, has
donated a silver loving cup which
will go to the fisherman catching the
largest bass at Carter lake this sum
mer. James K. O'Neil, sr., won all hon
ors for fishing last year. His son,
James, jr., is trying to show up his
dad, for he went out bright and early
the other morning and caught 13
bass. The largest catch weighed four
pounds, the record for this season.
Postpone Opening of
Nevada Race Meeting
Reno, May 31. The 21-day rac
insr meet of the Nevada jockey
'club scheduled to start here today,
has been postponed because of the
heavy rainfall in the past few hours.
While the track is in excellent con
dition the paddock, betting ring and
grounds are so muddy that the club
officials deemed it wise to delay the
opening. Announcement was made
this morning that the meeting would
start Friday, regardless of the
weather. '
New York Mermaid
Shatters World's Record
Honolulu, T. H.. May 31.
Ethelda Bleibtrey of New York
broke the world's record for the
100-yard women's open national
championship of the Amateur
Athletic union today, swimming
the distance in 1 minute, 3 2-5
seconds. Marichen Wesselau of
the Outrigger club, Honolulu,
swam second.
Miss Bleibtrey swam this dis
tance in 1 minute, S 1-5 seconds
in Honolulu April 17, 1920. ,
"Kid" Norfolk Loses
To Lee Anderson
Phoenix, Ariz., May 31. Lee An
derson of Portland, Ore., scored a
technical knockout over Kid Nor
folk of New York, here last night
in a match advertised for the negro
heavyweight championship. At the
beginning of the 10th round Norfolk
was unable to continue the fight. A
blood vessel had been ruptured In
one eye and the other eye had been
closed, completely blinding the
fighter.
Omaha Boy Gets Wesleyan
"W" For Good Track Work
Lincoln, May 31. (Specials
Colin Hodge of Omaha was award
ed the 'W" for excellence in track
work at Nebraska Wesleyan univer
sity where he is a student. The
award was made in the presence of
a large company of students and
faculty Who manifested their ap
proval with loud applause.
"Happy" Littleton and
Battling Ortega to Meet
New Orleans, May 31. The fifteen-round
boxing match scheduled
here last night between "Happy"
Littleton of New Orleans and
Battling Ortega, of California, was
postponed until today because of bad
weather.
Jack Dempsey Will
Start Hard Training
For Bout Saturday
Atlantic City, N. J., May 31.
Jack Dempsey today is enjoying the
first of a four-day layoff prescribed
for him by Jack Kearns, his man
ager. For the first time since he
began training here two weeks ago
Dempsey dropped all training ac
tivities. He will loaf until next Sat
urday when he will begin an inten
sive training campaign for 3 weeks
to put himself on edge for his
world's heavyweight championship
contest with Georges Carpeutier in
Jersey City. July i.
game and naturally takes a keen in
terest in all that, happens to him.
But neither Lewis nor anybody
else can predict what is going to
happen when I start after Carpen
tier. If Carpentier intends making a
rusjiing battle it will be a wonderful
fight while it lasts. .
Lewis says I have never met a
fighter like Carpentier and that's
true, but on the other hand, Car
pentier has not met anybody who
fights in the style I do. I was asked
today if I thought he was heavy
enough to stand the beating I am
able to hand out, and in all frank
ness I must repeat what Bob Fitz
simmon once said, and that is that
a man weighing 170 pounds and
about six feet tall is big enough to
fight anybody in the world.
Weight does not make much dif
ference among heavyweights al
though a couple of pounds would"
mean a great handicap among the
little fellows. For instance, I think
Carpentier is big enough to have
whipped Willard provided he had the
class.
As far as size is concerned, I must
admit the Frenchman is big enough
to whip me if he carries sufficient
goods. The question is, docs he
carry the goods? Only time and the
fight itself will answer that question
In the meantime, I am not both
ering my head about what is going
to happen. My one concern is to
be in such fine condition that I will
be ready for anything.
Acting on Kearns advice, as I
always do, I am going to do no
more work until Saturday. Of
course I will take a little exercise
by walking, perhaps some shadow
boxing and bag punching, just
enough to keep me limbered up. I
followed the same program at To
ledo and you will remember that it
worked out splendid.
I like to follow methods that I
have found successful and dislike to
change from an old and tried sys
tem to something new. These who
want to know what plan 1 have for
the fight may find a tip in this. 1
like to do things in a hurry and
have the job off my hands.
The sun came out strong in the
afternoon and the largest crowd
that has visited the camp poured
out to see me box.
I put on the pulleys for a few
minutes and shadow boxed a short
time.
Larry Williams was elected to go
the first two rounds with me. Every
thing was running along smoothly
until near the end of the second
round when I caught the Bridge
port battler with a left hook, re
opening the old cut over his right
eye.
Jack Renault, the Canadian, came
on next tor two fast sessions. With
Williams it was mostly infighting,
but Renault tried to keep away froni
me. However, I found no trouble in
getting to his body and jaw with
the old onc-two-punch.
I oummeled Leo Houck for two
rounds and wound up the day with
some calisthenics.
President Herrmann May Trade
Groli to New York Giants
EW YORK, May 31.
With President Gar
ry Herrmann remain
ing in this city after
recent meeting of Na
tional league mag
nates at President
Hydler's office,
strength is attached
to the rumor that there
is a deal on between the New York
and Cincinnati clubs whereby
"Heinie" Groh may become a mem
ber of the Giants.
Groh has publicly announced that
under no consideration will he ever
again play with the Reds. That
statement was at first taken as the
usual threat of a hold-out, who,
looking for a bigger salary, gave out
such a report with no thought or
intention of living up to it.
But it is evident that Groh in
tends to remain out of base ball
rather than join the Reds. He is
serious and will remain under sus
pension until the Cincinnati club is
willing to make a deal with some
other club for him. When that is
done, doubtless Groh will be rein
stated in organized base ball.
Groh has not made public his rea
son for giving the Reds the go-by.
It wouldn't be reasonable to think
that the salary question was his sole
cause for remaining under suspen
sion. "Heinie" Groh is no John
Anderson, but he loves the coin and
is happy when walking up to the
captain's office the first and ISth
of every month. Groh is not so
very foolish as to throw away
chances to collect such easy money
as star players are paid.
It may be that the stocky little
third baseman became dissatisfied
with the treatment accorded the
Reds by Cincinnati fans when the
t" slumped badly after winning
lant. I have heard though
me of the Reds were greatly
lit in many ways, and that
, ... nase ball public of Porkopolis
could hardly be blamed for their
disapproval. Possibly it was the
way they expressed their displeasure
that cut in so deeply. It is very
evident that "Heinie s" feelings were
hurt.
No Place for Kauff.
That Benny Kauff and Lee King
are likely to be included in a pros
pective deal for Groh looks to be a
reasonable proposition. Kauff can
not be re-established on the Giants
for the simple reason that the club
limit of 25 players is filled without
him. To make Kauff eligible to
become a Giant some player would
have to be shifted to some other
club. I had the idea that Kauff
would be automatically reinstated by
his acquittal in his trial. '
Benny told me that he had not
received notification from High
Commissioner of Base Ball Landis
of his reinstatement. Benny seemed
worried on that account.
While Lee King has been played
regularly in certer field by Mana
ger McGraw against southpaw
pitchers, there are Curtis Halker and
"Big Ed" Brown to be considered
when permanent selections for the
positions are made. Walker has
proved himself to be a young mar
val, both as a hitter and a fielder,
and the same can be said of Brown,
who has shown himself to be so successful-as
a pinch hitter that he has
been dubbed "Lucky" Brown.
Rapp Could be Spared.
That Goldie Rapp has been men
tioned by rumor as another Giant
to figure in the deal is somewhat
surprising to fans, who have ad
mired and applauded his unbounded
energy and adeptness in making
sensational plays. He is a big
favorite with Polo grounds patrons.
He has flashed most brilliantly in
fielding and was thought to have
plugged the third base position so
that there was no danger of not hav
ing a well-balanced and strong team
in every way.
But it must be taken into consid
eration that Groh is an experienced
player, has been through the mill
and more than made good at all
points of play, lie has established
himself as a star at the difficult
corner. He knows base ball
thoroughly. He will not have to be
coached. He knows what to do.
It is instinct with him. He has the
confidence. It is his second nature
to do the proper thing.
The main thing in considering
Rapp as compared with Groh is that
the latter is the superior batsman.
There is no better player in "plac
ing" the ball on the "hit-and-run"
thato "Heinie." -
17 Drowned in Mine
Berlin, May 31. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Seventeen persons
were drowned today in the Ida mine
at Meuselwitz, Saxe-Altenburg,
owing to the flood of the mine by
the Ertcnhach river.
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At all seasons of the year
indoors and outdoors nothing
adds to one's pleasure more
than music, and no instru
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than a
Columbia
Grafonola
In our Grafonola department,
are Grafonolas of varying
sizes from the extreme large
. concert model to the smaller
vacation size.
Priced from $22.50
and up.
Your old machine taken as
part payment on any new
Grafonola selected.
Our prices on Furniture, Car
pets and Rugs are from 30 to
50 per cent lower than last
year. A brief inspection of
this store's merchandise and
prices will readily convince
you of the saving to be made
by buying here.
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