THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1921.
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Propose Limit
On Number Men
On Track Teams
Coaches Advise Entrants Be
Allowed Size of Squad
Makes Difference in
Number of Points
Following the National A. A. U.
eutdoor track and field champion
ships at Pasadena and the country
wide meet of the colleges held in
.Chicago there are many mentors
who favor the limiting of teams to
a certain number in all events of
importance.
The limit in the national intercol
legiate was placed at 10 this year
and there are many who favor in
creasing it to at least 15. There
are just as many who favor a
smaller number. Illinois won the
meet because of its large team entry,
while the Los Angeles A. C won
the National A. A. U. .event because
it threw so many athletes into the
games.
Local Clubs Always Favored.
It is a well known fact that insti
tutions in the vicinities where cham
pionship games are held, have the
advantage, because of the prepond
erance of entrants. In former years
the New York A. C, Boston A. A.,
Meadowbrook club of Philadelphia,
Chicago Athletic and Illinois Ath
letic club were contenders for Na
tional A. A. U. honors. As the
games were held on the coast this
year, the clubs could not spend the
money required to send full
strength.
The athletic clubs were well
drained a year ago, when money had
to be raised to send the American
teams to the Olympic games. Mem
bers of the organizations thought it
best to cut down a bit this year,
with the result only skeleton teams
were sent to Pasadena. Several clubs
sent men for the sole purpose of
keeping the games alive.
No Denying California Stars. "
California, however, was entitled
to the championships because of the
number of sterling performers who
have competed with success in the
Olympic games, the eastern inter
collegiate and in the dual meet be
tween California and Michigan. In
stitutions on the coast always have
been placed at the same monetary
disadvantage as middle west and
eastern institutions were this year.
In the past only small representa
tion has been sent east.
If the team entry were limited to
a certain number, many coaches be
lieve the A. A. U. and college inter
collegiates would grow in public
favor. Larger institutions, with the
revenue derived from major sports,
foot ball especially, are financially
able ot send big teams, while the
smaller ones are fortunate if they
can send as many as five represen
tatives. ' , .
Clubs "Load Up" With Collegians.
It is a well known fact that at the
close of each college year the ath
letic clubs "load up" with the best
college timber. In the middle west
tUorr i a rnnference rule which
prevents an athlete from competing
for an athletic club while he is in
college. In other sections, however,
the star college men are pledged to
some athletic organization the mo
ment they show signs of prQmise.
As a result of this loading up
process the athletic clubs are able to
send as many as 80 to 100 athletes
into an important set of games.
This is the reason why the struggle
for first places in all open meets
generally rests between two to five
organizations. The smaller clubs
?re hopelessly shut out of first
place hopes because the larger ones
have so manv entries.
Naturally there are strong argu
ments both for and against limiting
the number of track entries. Cali
fornia journeyed clear across the
continent last May and won the
eastern intercotlegiate with 14
athletes by half a point over Har
vard. The meet was held at Cam
bridge, and the Crimson institution
was represented by every athlete
who had a possible chance.
Many Preliminary Heats Required.
Rules exist whereby a certain
number of performers can be nom
inated for each event, but only a set
number may start This ruling re
duces the fields to a limited number,
but in recent years it has been
necessary to hold preliminaries in a
number of events on the previous
dav. .
Every track and field coach strives
for team balance. He wants to have
men in every event who can score.
Many mentors claim this even bal
ance cannot be reached with a
limited team, while others believe it
will lead to a greater specihzation
and that the coaches will concen
trate on the development of a few
men who will come through despite
the competition. At any rate, more
representation would be received
from smaller colleges and clubs if
the team entries were limited, ac
cording to well known coaches.
Freddie Welsh to
Meet Bert Forbes
Alherta. Tulv 16. Fred-
A, WUh. former liehtweieht cham
pion of the world, yesterday was
signed to box 10 rounds August 15
under auspices of the Elks here.
Bert Forbes of Seattle probably will
be his opponent.
Two Homers in One Game
Fatal to Young Player
Louis Feetyk, 22, playing in an
amateur base ball game in V an
Cortlandt park, New York, dropped
dead after he had completed a cir
cuit of the bases for his second home
run of the game. Heart disease was
given as the cause of death.
It was in the eighth inning, with
the score tied, Feetyk sent the first
ball pitched far out beyond the op
posing fielders. As he crossed the
plate with the run that put his team
in the lead the young man suddenly
collapsed. Ambulance physicians
arrived a few minutes later, but he
was dead.
Date News and Gossip of Interest to Sport
Bee Sport Album
The only golf "pro" in Omaha
that doesn't belong to a Scot clan
one that has never worn kilties.
Neither does Stanley Davies know
how to blow a bagpipe. "Stan" is
one of the most popular "pros" in
the city, and is the friend of every
golfer in the city, especially his
own folks at the Field club.
"Stan" has eomething that very
few "pros" have, and that is good
ooks. Although some say it is not
essential to teaching golf, one can
see it counts very much, for Davies
has more women learning the game-)
under him than any other profes
sional. As far as that goes, they
Base Ball Suffers Heavy Slump
In Interest After First Month
New York, July 16. .(Special.)
Writing in the Evening Mail, Hugh
S. Fullerton says that base ball has
suffered a tremendous- slump in in
terest all over the country, the major
leagures being especially hard hit,
during the last four weeks, and the
club owners and others interested
are dazed with the suddenness with
which the tide of enthusiasm ebbed.
The attendance figures during the
first month of the season promised
a record-breaking year in attend
ance, although club owners and
others who observed the general
trend of business in the United
States and the tightening of all lines
of industry predicted during the
spring that there would be a de
crease in attendance.
Record-breaking crowds turned
out in almost every city, and the
early reports were that the general
attendance was something like 15
Tilden Sets New
Record on Courts
American Successfully De
fends World's Title; Wins !
St. Cloud Tourney.
New York. July 16. (Special.)
By his performance in successfully
defending the world's lawn tennis
singles championship on the historic
turf at Wimbledon, London, Wil
liam T. Tilden II substantiated two
opinions held by close followers of
the game in this country. The first
was that he would win. The second
that he is far from being the con
sistently capable player ot a year
a& . ...
It must be remembered mat
Titden has accomplished more than
any other player in the world, lhe
title on turf has twice fallen to him
at Wimbledon. He conquered the
greatest in the world on the hard
courts at St. Cloud, France. His
winning of the American title and
record in the successful conquest of
the Davis cup last season have never
been equalled. Now it is evident
that Tilden has spent much of his
physicial stamina. Shortly before en
countering B. I. C. Norton, the
young South African, in the chal
lenge match the famous American
spent 10 days in a hospital suffer
ing from a carbuncle. Under the
circustamnces his acknowledged er
ratic playing should cause no sur
prise. Norton early in the season dis
played his strength remarkably well
in the tournaments in England. It
was in winning the singles on hard
courts at Henley-on-Thames that he
attracted attention. The field there
was remarkably strong, including M.
J. G. Ritchie, Sir G. A.. Thomas, A.
A.: Fyzee and Dr. A. H. Fyzee, S.
M. Jacob and others of Davis cup
team caliber. , ' . '
The success of Norton is regarded
in England as a clinching argument
for rearing players upon hard courts.
According to the official publication
of the English association, the South
African is an astute tactician when
in action. He rarely permits op
ponents to clay pet shots. Norton's
greatest strength lies in his skill at
mixing his own game and making
his forcing shots when he wants
them. He accomplishes his best
work when compelled to come from
behind, as he has the fault of being
inclined to "loaf" against an easy
opponent
Norton is youthful in years. He
is an exponent of the all court game.
Richie Mitchell Not
To Retire From Ring
Richie Mitchell, whose gameness
against overwhelming odds has made
him the prize fight idol of the central
west, has no intention of . retiring
from the ring, despite recent re
verses.
' Following his sensational losing
fight against Champion Benny Leon
ard in New York, Mitchell met de
feat twice at the hands of Rocky
Kansas and lost a newspaper de
cision to Johnny Mendelsohn. The
defeat caused reports that the Mil
waukee fighter would retire, but
Mitchell insists he is far from
through, and after a short rest will
be back facing the topnotchers.
Stanley Davies
come from other cluts to learn golf
under the good-looking Stanley.
Davies is a mean amateur boxer.
He made quite a reputation in the
roped circle while serving as a
doughboy in France. Davies was
overseas for jome time, having en
listed early in the war. He fought a
bit back in merry England, but
soccer foot ball was his game across
the seas. "Stan" is a big chap and
one doesn't care to get too close in
a foot ball game.
He is one of the best professional
golfers in the city as far as shooting
golf is concerned.
Although young in years, Davies
has had very much experience in
making clubs and teaching novices.
per cent over the high of the same
time last season. The New York
Yankees, a team which last year
broke all records for attendance, re
ported during their first home stay
and during their first western trip
an increase of 20 per cent or more
over last season's figures.
Then, suddenly and without warn
ing, the .slump came. Almost in a
day the size of the crowds dwindled,
and the fans have not returned to
the iport excepting, of course, upon
specialdays and Sundays, when they
always come.
The three reasons assigned by the
backsliders are:
First. Too busy; can't afford it.
Second. Games too slow and tire
some. Can't waste two hours and a
quarter at a game.
Third. If the players aren't inter
ested enough to hustle, why should
we fans be interested?
Release of Recruit
By Giants to Coast
Team Is Surprise
New York. July 16. (Special.)
The release of Bill Patterson by the
Giants to the Seattle club of the Pa
cific Coast league came in the nature
of a surprise because Patterson did
extremely well for a youngster on
the few occasions he broke into the
game. Furthermore, John McGraw
spoke enthusiastically ot the boys
chances to make good in fast com
pany. In view of all this it is prob
able that Patterson will come back
to the Giants at the close of the Pa
cific Coast league season. It was
announced that the player was re
leased outright to Seattle, but it is
quite possible that there is an agree
ment between the New York and
Seattle clubs by which McGraw will
have first "opportunity to buy him if
he cares to.
Dutch Enter Claim
As First Golfers
Contrary to popular belief, golf
seems to have been played first in
Holland. One of the most ancient
and interesting" of the pictures in
which the game is portrayed is the
tailpiece of an illuminated Book ,of
Hours made at Bruges. , The pfayps
are three in number and havebttt
one club apiece, the head of which it
steel or steel covered, and theyfolay
with a ball each. j-; 'A
The feature which gives thi'r .pic
ture a peculiar interest is that all the
others show the 'game on ice, the
putting at a stalse, while ' in 'this
Book of Hours they are putting at a
hole in the turf, as in our modern
golf.
It is uncertain at what date the
game was introduced into Scotland,
but in 1457 its popularity had become
as great as to interfere with the
more important pursuit of archery.
Two Captaincies
For Star at Yale
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An unusual tribute has come to
Malcolm Aldrich in holding two
captaincies in major sports at Yale
at one time. He is the leader of
the foot ball and base ball teams and
deserves both honors. It is a rare
instance of recognition of athletic
prowess. Few college athletes could
carry two crowns without getting
topheavy. Aldrich is one who can.
Cohen Starts Big League
Career by Changing Name
The St. Louis Cardinals recently
tried out a new shortstop named
Reuben Cohen, who hails from
somewhere in the east, where he was
just let out of college. He had been
with the Cardinals only a few days
and had got in his first game when
he decided to change his name to
Ewing. Whoever he is, he has the
marks of being a ball player.
. It's Hotter in Kansas.
El Dorado,- Kan., July 16. The
heat wave which has held this sec
tion of the state in its grip for the
last two weeks grew more intense
yesterday, the theromometer reach
ing the 103-degree mark. Towns
within a radius of five miles of El
Dorado reported rain,
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Racing Can Be
Stopped But One
Can't Stop Fans
"Blue" Sport Laws Make Will
ing Exiles Pearson Tells
Of Experiences in New
York State
By RAY PEARSON.
Chicago, July 16. A visit to
Gotham suggests any number of
subjects for a fellow in this
scribbling "perfesh" to write
about. The boxing game interests
us most, because that's our line, but
we'll devote the greater paft of this
yarn to telling about those wonder
ful days the followers of the ponies
are permitted to enjoy at Jamaica,
Belmont Park, Aqueduct and other
ovals where the steaming thorough
breds gallop.
We might tell something about
how it feels to be a Chicagoan who
is visiting in New York or there
abouts. We were enabled to make
such a visit because ordered there
to write about the world's champion
ship battle between Jack Dempsey
and Georges Carpentier.
Had it not been for Carpentier and
his manager, Francois Desehamps,
this yarn about the sport of kings
never would have been penned, but
the Frenchmen decided to make
the camp at Manhasset a closed shop
except on a couple of days each
week during the training period.
Therefore, we had to seek some
other way of killing time, and the
business of making a selection
wasn't at all difficult when he heard
the newsboys shouting on the cor
ners of Broadway, "Get your racing
entries and selections!"
Another Lonesome Turf Fan.
' The next stop found us hopping
into beautiful Belmont Park, and
soon we were sitting up in the huge
grandstand watching the nags whirl
around the big track. Next to me
I discovered a fellow who seemed
lonesome even in that wonderful
spot with all its thrills. He didn't
have the look of a loser, but just
seemed to be thinking, and thinking
deeply. I turned to him, and, being
from Chicago, my attitude smacked
of friendliness. Not being able to
slip a tip, I said:
"This surely is a beautiful race
track, don't you think so?'.'
He looked at me for a moment in
a thoughtful way, and then, not be
ing a New Yorker, he answered.
This is what he said:
''Yes, it is simply wonderful. Just
look at those horses speed over that
track, gaze on all the people, and
just think how nice it is to be able
to pick a nag to win and have a few
beans riding. A fellow wouldn't
care, even if he lost his swag, sitting
here and watching this great sport."
A Race Starved Chicagoan.
Then my neighbor halted his con
versation fo'r a minute, then con
tinued, and I quickly learned that he,
tod, was a Chicagoan, for he said:
"Do you know that, with all the
joy of sitting here watching these
races, I haven't been perfectly hap
py, as I should be? Seems that, as
I find myself in this great throng
and with this great sport to gaze
upon, I can't help but think how my
own town of Chicago hasn't anyi
thing like it. Here in New York
there is racing all summer long, with
several tracks operating. But in
Chicago Oh, well, you come from
there, too, so you know. I'd be hav-J
ing a great time right now it i
couldn't think of what we're missing
at home."
We are in perfect accord on these
views. -
Even Boxing Isn't Illegal!
Then another night we wandered
away from the hotel fireside and,
aided by a newspaper and a subway
train landed away out at 167th street
and Westchester avenue, the Bronx.
In big letters on a huge fence sur
rounding a base ball park we read,
"Boxingdrome. Boxing Bouts To
night." We wandered in and, with
something like 20,000 others, saw a
program of bouts pulled off in the
open air and under arc lights.
It was a wonderful show, and the
wmdup that night saw Champion
Joe Lynch knock put his opponent,
Sammy Sandow, in 55 seconds.
But the boxingdrome is just one
of . many clubs which hold boxing
shows in New York. They are held
because in the state of New York
the sport with the padded mitts isn't
frowned upon, and it has become a
legalized business which brings en
joyment to hundreds of thousands of
people.
It is wonderful, brother, but when
Mr. Chicaeoan nets so far away
from home and is enjoying himself,
he cannot help but think how tough
it is that "home, sweet home' isnt
as sweet as it might be. .
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Iad Wire.
Chicago, July It. In aplte of the fact
that Tex Klckard put In a bid of $160,000
for the Lew Tendler-Benny Leonard
crap. Promoter Herman Taylor of Phila
delphia finally cinched the match for
August 1. The ball park, where the con
test la to be staged, ha a seating capac
ity of 35,000 people and the top price will
be 110. Leonard will receive 40 per cent
of the crow receipts.
Sailor Freedman, local lightweight,
after hla 10-round draw decision with
Pete Hartley at New York, received much
praise In the eastern press of his fight
ing ability and has decided to stay
around New York for the next SO days.
Pete Herman, former world's bantam
weight champion, wants his crown DacK.
Herman, with hla manager, Sammy Gold
man, are scheduled to leave England for
New York Sunday. After seeing him
knock out Jimmy Wilde and Hlgglna
British boxing fans feel that he will be
successful it he (eta another match with
Lynch.
BoxInK In St. Louis Is' to be revived
Monday when a tistio card of four bouts
will be staged under the auspices of the
St. Louis Atbletlo association. Kid Bandy
of St Louis and Freddie Jscks, English
featherweight, will provide the feature si-
traction, going IJ rounds to a decision.
Bert Collma, Faclflo coast mlddlswelght
champion, la In the east, and hss placed
himself under the management ot the
Lawrence Woodman romblne. Colima has
decisions over Marty Farrell, Tommy
Robson and Joe Eagan,
Thomson's Showing at Pasadena
Makes Him Best AU-Around Athlete
New York, July 16. (Special.)
S. Harrison Thomson in -winning
lhe all-round national championship
in Pasadena stands out as the great
est all-round man that this country
has ever produced. The final score
made by the. new champion, 7,534,
beats all marks made by previous all
round men and in this division of
track and field this country has pro
duced some wonders.
Martin Sheridan was the first to
make a great record in this contest,
only to be dethroned bv the ereat
Jim Thorpe, who later gave way to
rrea xnomson, Drotner ot the pres
ent champion. The elder brother,
Fred, made a record of 7,499 10 years
ago and at that time it was looked
upon as a mark that would stand
for a great many years, which it has,
despite the many times the different
all-round college men have taken a
shot at it,
Thomson in winning the title
won seven of the 10 events, which is
another very fine part of the per
formance. He showed better than
the average in every one of the con
tests and could, from the marks made
in them, place in most of the college
meets held. He is probably at his
best in the hurdles and high jump
and has on several occasions won
prizes against championship fields in
these. As a member of the Princeton
team that went to England last year
and competed in the English cham
pionships and later in a dual meet
against Oxford-Cambridge, he was
unable to enter the Olympic tryouts
Dempsey-Johnson
Match Probable
Champion and Former Champ
May. Meet, But Not
This Year.
New York, July 16. (Special)
It is probable that eventually a
match will be made between Jack
Dempsey and Jack Johnson, former
heavyweight champion of the world.
but not for some time. Johnson will
not be allowed to box in New
Jersey, as the present boxing com
mission in that state has set its face
against him. Chairman Robert H.
Doherty, when told of reports that
attempts would be made to match
Johnson with Harry Wills in a Jer
sey ring next month, said:
"The commissioners are in office
to promote and protect the boxing
game in the state, we believe that
the appearance of Johnson in a con
test there would be derogatory to
the sport."
Jack Kearns, manager of Demp
sey, is not opposed to a match be
tween Dempsey and Johnson, but
says that Johnson should meet
Harry Wills or another leading
negro boxer before being considered
for a championship . match. He
added that he would demand the
posting of forfeits in case the match
were made. .
Harvard Decides to
Bar Freshmen From
British Track Meet
The Harvard athletic committee
has decided that no Crimson fresh
men would be used on the combined
Harvard-Yale track and field team
that is to meet Oxford and Cam
bridge athletes at Cambridge, Mass.,
on July 23.
This action was taken, the com
mittee said, to obviate arjy possibil
ity that first-year men might later
be declared to have participated in
the 1920-21 'varsity season. Burke,
a freshman, had been listed for the
two-mile run with Hilles of Yale,
The committee also announced
that boxing would not be recognized
at Harvard as an intercollegiate
sport.
May Split Canadian
Racing Association
Windsor. Tnlv Ifi f9nri'aM
Renewed reports that the authority
of the Canadian Kacing association
is to be split and that the sport in the
dominion will in the near future be
conducted under separate eastern and
western circuits are making the
rounds at the current meeting here.
It is common talk that Manager Abe
Orpen is dissatisfied with his Kenil
worth park dates and apparently see
ing no relief in sight so tar as any
action on the part of the C. R. A. is
concerned, is laying his plans for a
split.
A report further has it that Mr.
Orpen regards Devonshire park as
the key to the situation and that the
alignment of the latter with his track
would spell success for the under
taking. Thus far Bradley Wilson,
manager of Devonshire, has refused
to commit himself.
The position which Devonshire
park is rapidly assuming in a racing
way in this vicinity, was again at
tested the other day when upon reli
able authority it was learned that the
Palmer-Hendric confederacy made
their second offer to Manager Brad
ley Wilson for the purchase of the
plant. The first one was refused.
Expect to Construct
Automobile Speedway
San Francisco, July 16. Con
struction of an automobile speedway
here is planned by the Motor Cr
Dealers' association of San Fran
cisco, it was learned today. The or
ganization has appointed William
Hughson to visit the automobile
race tracks at Tacoma, Wash., and
Cotati, near Santa Rosa, and study
their construction.
It is calculated that 165,000 tons
of soot falls on London every year
as the result of the combustion of the
17,000,000 tons of coal Londoners
annually consume.
in this country, so could not repre
sent the United States team in the
all-round events.
His recent showing bears out the
statement made by the Princeton fol
lowers at that time of Thomson's
being the best man this country had
for these all-round events. Thomson
will return to Princeton next fall and
will be out for Keene Fitzpatrick's
track team. In his college work he
will be a very valuable man in the
hurdles, high jump and shot put and
discus, the latter event being new to
the program the coming year.
Tourney a Week
For Junior Champ
Richards Says Tennis Will Be
At Height of Its Popu
larity This Year.
New York, July 16. -Vincent
Richards, junior national lawn ten
nit champion, says that this summer
should see tennis at the height of
its popularity, judging by the way
the season opens up this year. There
is practically a tournament a week
throughout the whole season, num
bering something like 200 in all Al
though it is still early in the sea
son we find one tourney running into
the playing time of another.
.In a very short time we will have
the annual Californian invasion of
the, eastern tournaments. This inva
sion will be led by William M.
Johnston, with Rowland Roberts, Ct
J. Griffin and Willis Davis complet
ing the party. The advent of the
western racqueters always stimu
lates interest here in the east as to
the probable conquerors of the stars
from the Golden Gate.
Then we have the Davis cup ties
to be played in this country some
time in August. Probably the big
gest attraction of the year will be
the local appearance of the wonder
ful French mademoiselle, Suzanne
Lengion. This girl is undoubtedly
the greatest female player in the
game at the present time. On July
18 at the Agawam Hunt club of
Providence, R. I., nearly all the
stars will be gathered together for
the Rhode Island state champion
ship. Collegiate Golfer
Not to Participate
In Title Tourney
New York, July 16. (Special.)
In view of the splendid golf dis
played by J. Simpson Dean in win
ning the qualifying medal and then
playing through to the intercol
legiate championship in his . last
tournament as a college golfer, it is
to be regretted that this brilliant
addition to championship ranks will
not be a participant in the national
championship at St. Louis in Sep
tember and in some of the other
events in which he might be matched
against Evans, Ouimet, Jone's and
several others among the leaders in
amateur golf in the United States.
Dean has played his last golf in the
United States for this season, as he
has sailed with a party of collegians
who will be gone until fall.
Others who sailed with Dean are
his teammate, R. A. Haight; A. Lu
cien Walker, jr., of Columbia, for
mer champion and retiring president
of the Intercollegiate Golf associa
tion of America; Sidney Scott and
A. T. Buffington of Yale and C.
W. Baker of 'Harvard.
Middleweight Champ
Wins Decision Over
Robinson at Boston
Boston, July 16. Johnny Wilson,
world's middleweight champion, won
the decision over George Robinson
of Cambridge in 10 rounds here last
night. Robinson, three and a half
pounds .over the 158 pounds stipu
lated weight, had the better of the
first and the ninth rounds. Wilson
had a clear advantage over Robin
son in nearly every other round.
Robinson set out to make a quick
end of the bout in the first round.
The negro with repeated lefts and
a right whip to the jaw first shook
and then knocked down the cham
pion. Wilson fell to a crouching
position but recovered quickly and
although he did not land a blow in
the rest of the round, he weathered
Robinson's storm of punches:
May Complete Stanford
Stadium by Grid Time
Stanford University, Cal., July 16.
Expectation that the Stanford
stadium, under , construction here,
would be completed by October 15,
more than a month ahead of sched
ule, was expressed today.
Athletic Director Walter Powell
said that at the present rate of con
struction the stadium probably could
be used for the .Nevada-Stanford
foot ball contest next November 12.
Carpentier's Thumb Will Heal
In Time f Qr Gibbons Bout in October
New York. July 16. (Special
Telegram.) The fractured thumb
sustained by Georges Carpentier in
his fight with Jack Dempsey will
not keep him out of the ring for long,
said his physician, who has removed
the splint which had been bound
around the injured member.
Six weeks is given by Carpentier's
physician as the period which it will
take the Frenchman' injured thumb
to heal. In this time the physician
has forbidden his patient to put on
the gloves or to engage in any exer
cise strenuous enough to retard the
knitting of the fracture. Disobe
dience of this order might cause Car
pentier to lose the thumb or to suf
How'8 This for a Catch?
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' Trenton, Neb., July 16. Special
A. . J. McCay, well known local
sportsman, ransacked the attic for
his fishing tackle early this week
and the.i spent several hours at Lake
Champion, a few miles northwest of
Trenton. McCay came home with
a six pound bass which he believed
is one of the largest that has been
caught in Nebraska thus far this
season. . . . . '
Editor's Note The Omaha Bee will be
glad to publish plotures similar to the one
above. It you have a rood "fish"
story or a photograph you would like to
see published, mall it to the Sports Edi
tor ot The Omaha Bee and we'll do the
rest.
Important Horse Sale
Completed by Laurel
Hall and Taggart
Cleveland, O., July 16. (Special.)
The most important transaction in
harness horseflesh that has taken
place since the opening of the racing
season was the sale a few days ago
of the 3-year-old trotting filly, The
Great Rose, a daughter of Peter
the Great and Rose Watts, by Laurel
Hall farm of Indianapolis to Tom
Taggart, jr., of French Lick, Indiana.
While she is little known to the rac
ing public, having started but once
in a race last season in an event for
2- year-olds at Syracuse, to those on
the inside it has been known for
some time that this youngster was
highly regarded by Trainer Walter
Cox and the other attaches of the
famous Indiana breeding establish
ment. A few days ago Cox gave The
Great Rose some, stiff work over the
Toledo track, two miles around 2:07
with a last half in 1:0134. As this
was the fastest work by any of the
3- year-cJd brigade, numerous pros
pective buyers drifted toward the
Cox stable soon after the report ol
this sensational workout had been
noised around. Young Taggert is a
close friend of Greeley Winings, su
perintendent of Laurel Hall, and he
secured the filly, the price being re
ported at $15,000. She will probably
be shifted to the stable of Lon Mc
Donald and raced by that trainer in
the futurities later.
Taggart, a son of the famous dem
ocrat politican and ex-senator from
Indiana, is not a novice to the racing
game as he owns Dottie Day, 2:07,
a good winner on the Grand Circuit
the past season, and the 3-year-old
colt, Peter Pluto; a son of Peter the
Great, which trotted a good race at
the North Randall meeting last week.
The latter, however, did not look to
be hardly u to the task of meeting
the best of the futurity youngsters,
but in The Great Rose he has one
which looks to be capable of holding
her own in any company.
Will Compete for
Printers' Honors
Detroit, Mich,' July 16. Twelve
cities will compete for the champion
ship of the Union Printers' National
Base Ball league here July 31 to
August 6.
Union printers and apprentices
make up the amateur nines. The
cities they hail from are New York,
Washingtpn. Chicago, Philadelphia,
Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Bos
ton, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Pitts
burgh and St Paul. Games will be
played on Navin Field, home of the
Detroit Tigers.
An application from Toronto,
Can., for a membership in the
league will be considered at a meet
ing preceding the games.
A cup donated by Garry Hermann
of Cincinnati is among prizes to be
played for.
This league, which covers more
territory than the major leagues, is
maintained with the idea of educat
ing the younger members of the
printing industry in the arts of the
craft and making them better men
physically, according to Secretary
Treasurer Ed Springmeyer of St.
Louis.
fer permanent injury. It would
probably take Carpentier another
six weeks of intensive training to get
in shape for his bout with Gibbons.
Under present plans Carpentier
has left for France for a rest after
arranging his financial affairs in this
country. He will return to America
in time for his match with Gibbons.
Carpentier, his manager and Rick
ard have no intention of arranging
a return match with Dempsey, as
Carpentier concedes that Dempsey's
victory was obtained on its merits.
Gibbons, however, is the same weight
as Carpentier, and is known as a
scientific boxer as well as scrapper.
The two fighters will be evenly
matched as a result
Fans
Rickard Against
Dempsey-Willard
Fistic Encounter
Promoter Opposes Match Be
cause of Setup for Jack;
Disapproves Bout With
Harry Wills.
New York, July 16. (Special.)
It is stated on good authority that
Tex Rickard has placed his stamp
of disapproval on a glove battle be
tween lack Dempsey and either
Jess W'illard or Harry Wills, the
negro boxer. Rickard declares that
Willard, with less than two months
in which to train properly, would
prove a soft mark for Dempsey on
Labor day in the Jersey City sta
dium and that the match, under
those conditions couldn't be a draw
ing card. As for Wills, Rickard is
opposed to contests between whites
and blacks, particularly when cham
pionship ring titles are involved.
Williard has been idle for two
years. He came east several months
ago before Rickard had arranged to
stage the Carpentier-Dempsey battle
and wanted to meet the world cham
pion on July 4. He said he had been
training lightly for some time and
certainly looked the part. But when
Rickard sidetracked him for the
French challenger Willard returned
to Kansas and devoted his entire
time to private business ventures.
Willard probably weighs all of 265
pounds today and neeSi at least
three months or more in which to r
harden himself for" real fighting. He
is about 40 years old.
Dempsey would have disposed of
Willard as easily as he put an end to
Carpentier, even though the gigantic
Kansas pugilist had been in better
physical condition than he was at
Toledo in 1919. At least, that is
Rickard's opinion, and also is the
reason why Jack and Jess will not
engage in a return match this year,
if ever.
Wills is a dangerous heavyweight,
and while it is not admitted that he
can defeat Demjisey, Rickard evi-"
dently doesn't care to be held re
sponsible for the return of the world. .
title to the colored race should Wills -take
the measure of Dempsey under : r
the auspices of the famous promoter.
It is understood that Rickard
favors Tom Gibbons, the St. .Paul .
light heavyweight, as a possible con
tender for Dempsey's crown. Rick
ard is ready to match him with Car
pentier for a 12-round bout in the ;
Jersey City stadium on Labor day.
There isn't a doubt that Gibbons and w
Carpentier, evenly matched as to
weight, would , draw another enor- i
mous crowd..
Women's Diving Meet
At Brighton Beach
New York, July 16. (Special.) 'l t,
The national fancy diving champion-. ..
ship for women has been awarded
to the Brighton beach baths, and will (if
be held in the open air pool at the ' t '
seaside resort on Saturday afternoon,
August 6. The competition will ,
bring together the foremost fancy
divers in the country. .;, . . .
Arkansas Moonshiners ,,"7
Work on Raft in Lake
Conway, Ariz., July 16. Moon-" ' "
shiners have come down from the
hills in a sort of piratical effort to
escape the provisory penalties for ' '
non-observance of Volsteadism. The
latest is a complete liquor-making ,
device on a floating raft, securely
chained to a cypress "knee" in a ,
dense canebrake on Grassy lake, 18 '
miles south of here
Revenue officers rowed far out,
into the canebrake and confiscated
the booze plant, along with 40 gal
lons of "mash," while the thirsty pa- '
trons of the cache owner are await- v
ing delivery of the "next consign
ment." , r .
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12th Annual
-At-
West Point, Neb.
TWILIGHT
RACES,
July 19, 20,
21
Races begin promptly at S
p. m. Something doing all the
time. Carnival and dancing
in the evening.
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