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ft FIVE CENTS VOL. 51 NO. 27. PART THREE OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1921. 1 C The Omaha .Sunday Bee I I 'i r Burch Busy Signing Players for HT . 1 nine rncners Will Tryout With Buffaloes hce, Mnglc, Criffin and Cislu son Expected to Return , Secretary "Mike" Finn 1 Augling for More. - B RALPH WAGNER. t iivtrv it II u r If president of the Uinaha base ball club and manager of the lSulTalocs, heaved a huge chunk' of fuel into the "stove league" fire yesterday when lie announced the names of nine pitchers who have been ordered to report here March 15 for spring practice. Of the nine lulrlcrs who have been cnt contracts live are former liuf talocs, namely, Uauiiigartncr, Okrie, Kopp, Jelsnia and 'J'rcon. Kuumgartner was with the herd l" season, although during the lat ter part of the schedule he was re leased because of an injured arm. Frank Okrie. who was secured from the Detroit Tigers about the middle of the 1 92 1 season, will be back, while Charlie Kopp, a veteran of the 1920 squad, has returned his signed contract. Charlie started last sea son, but his arm went bad before the playing schedule grew very old. New Hurler. If Among the new hurlors are Drug---.iml, former star sandlot pitcher of ixidlawn, Pa.; J. L. Coltindatfer, "who heaved the borschide over the platter two seasons for the Birming ' ham clui) of the southern associa tion; "Mut" Wilson, Columbus. O-. and Norman -Glascr, who pitched good ball for Sioux City of the West ern league during the 19-1 season. P. G. Snedecor, , former Joplin first basemau, will occupy Jack Leli vclt's place at the initial sack. "Sned" is a gocxl hitter and plays his posi tion well. At second base, the Buffalo fans will no doubt cast their glimmers on the' veteran "Whitey" Gislason. "Whitcy" performed in stellar fash ion last year and is expected to re turn at his old position when the birds start flyin' north. ; Grantham at Third. '; G. Grantham, who was purchased i ft lioin the Portland team of the Pa- :, -,,,rj' . ni,v third. F red fancy, who ca vorted in ' good style around the "hot corner", last season, will get a chance next sum mer to show be fore .the major league customers. Grantham is con sidered, by fans who have witnessed his playing, to be one of the best third-sackers on the coast. He has a reputation of "knocking down" everything that comes his way. At shortstop, Chattanooga, Tenn., will have a representative in the per- son of Wilcox. He was referred, to I the Burch-Finn combination by sev eral major scouts and is said to be a speedy custodian of the half-way sta- tion. ; Griffin to Return. . In the outfield, "Pug" Griffin and 'Billy Lee . probably will be back, Griffin blew into town last -week t e -J ana . lmormeu Burch that he ist " V.nfttA niyA 1 n V ious to don the . Buffaloes' uniform and work out iri the sun garden. Ray O'Brien, hard-hitting right fielder and one of the best fielders who ever stepped inside the Jocal f ball park, has been returned to Fort I Worth of the Texas league. ' H. Singlardi, from Portland, will trvout for O'Brien's position. T Walters, formerly with the ipo me (Wash.) club, will report to Burch as a first baseman. Several Deals Pending. Several deals are pending, ac cording to Burch. The players have been ordered to report in Omaha on March IS. Sorine training will be held at the local lot. providing weath it conditions are favorably. How ever, should the weather man be un kind to the poor ball players, Car ney will instruct the pitchers and catchers to pack their grips and go south for training, Secretary Finn will meet with Tack Holland, owner of the Okla homa City club, sometime soon to draw up a schedule, lhe V.'-- schea tile will be presented at the next meeting of the Western lc-,i;ue. which is scheduled for February at St. Joseph. EarlMcArthurto Meet Earl Puryear Earl McArthur and Earl Puryear hav been matched for a 10-round bout in Sioux City next Friday night, arrnrrlinir to . wora received in Omaha. Stages Comeback Osdcn. Dec. 17. After being put down for the count of nine in the fir-t round. B Iv Wallace oi ac ramrntn came back and won from Kid" Bacr of Logan, Utah, with a knockout in the fourth round here to night The men are lightweights. V-r Tork. Pec. IT.- Jerome NapoVmi I np.rt. a-reat. irreat a-phew of the t t-uoo- Napoleon, deolar-d yesterday that t t, a, ot KiTinr --nous con-l"l-nition to an Invitation to ascend th tbrona of iibaala. ' Grifftn . Omdhans Who Wield a Wicked Cue J ' 1 ! ' If 1 Stephens ..2 1 .667 1 iw4?4f fflSH I- If HsfoJ 'P ! 1 Shepard 3 1 .750 1 Sjgg YZL - M'ettte tfstsck Billiards is fast becoming one of the popular winter indoor sports in Omaha. Judging from the number of tournaments tmd parlor tourneys staged at the various local cue rooms, the green-cloth game is gaining popularity by leaps and bounds. , In the above layout are shown six entries in the annual state pocket Courses for Three Tburneys Selected Women's Championship to Be Held at White Sulphur Springs. New York Dec. 17. With courses selected for the three national goU championship tournaments for 1922 and dates practically arranged, minor associations can proceed on their new schedules with less uncertainty. At present the only positive date of ficially announced by the national body is for the women's champion ship to be held on the Greenbier course, White Sulphur Springs, Sep tember 25 and following days. Long ago Brookline was chosen as the scene for "the amateur, with no mention as to date, but that now appears to be fairly well determined, Colgate Basketeers Will Leave Christmas Day for Tour of WestTo Play Creighton Team Hamilton, X. Y, Dec. 17. (Spe cial.) Colgate's basket ball team will leave here on Christmas day for one of the most extensive intcrsectional jaunts ever taken by a Maroon ath letic team. The trip will include two contests with Creighton at Omaha, one with Dcs Moines university at Des Moines, two games with Illinois teams, the first being with Illinois Wesleyan at Bloomington and the second with the University of Chi cago five at Chicago. The clash with the Purdue university quintet at La fayette on January 2 will complete the Maroons' western schedule, the team then returning east to meet some of the strongest court fives there, including Yale, Princeton. Pittsburgh, Brown, Allegheny and Svracuse. "Head Coach -Bill" Keid of the Colgate aggregation has a nucleus of billiard tournament being staged at the Academy parlors. Hienie Harsch leads the tourney with a clean slate of three victories, while Shepard is second with three wins and one defeat. The latter is former state title holder and his de feat by "Billy" Usher Friday night was one of the big upsets of the tournament. Thus far, Ralph Stephens, former either the' first or second week in September. This will mark the sec ond time Brookline has been favored with the amateur event. The Skokie" club, near Chicago, will have the open next year, the time most favored being July. There is a desire to fjtve golfers competing in the British open at Sandwich, June 22 and 23, an opportunity to reach this country in time for the U. S. G. A. meeting. Were it not for that an earlier date would be chosen. Council Bluffs High Easily Beats Sidney The Council Bluffs High school basket ball quintet easily defeated the Sidney (la.) High basketeers on the former's floor last night by the score of S3 to 10. The Iowans started off in the lead and were never in danger of losing. At the end of the first half the score was 34 to 2. Walsh with eight field goals and Owens with eight and one free throw, were the stars of the game. eight letter men, veterans of last sea son, from which to choose a strong combination for this season's sched ule. The Maroon five has played but one game to date, defeating the pow erful Clarkson Institute of Tech nology quintet by a 48-34 score. The Maroon combination, with Barnes and Hermann at forwards," Mosicr and Leonard alternating at center and Liunehan and Steffen at the guards showed a wealth of promise and latent power for such an early sea son game. This is practically the same team which last year broke even in two-game series with both the University of Nebraska and Creighton quintets. Other men who have been traveling at top speed in late practices and who will probably make the western trip include O'Con nor, star forward; Murphy, speedy guard; Lav land, shifty forward, and McMulIcn, last working guard. champ, holds the hjgh run record of the tourney. He chalked up 64 tallies two weeks ago. Hurley Hamilton has a high run of 43, while Roy White ranks second to Stephens with a high run of 5. Monday afternoon the tourney will be resumed' with a match be tween Stephen and Swanson. Ush er and Harsch cross cues in the evening's game. Doctor Rebukes Effort to Stop Sports on Sunday "There is no better way to spend Sunday than exercising in the open air, said Dr. Valeria rarKer, execu tive secretary of the United States interdepartmental social hygiene board, at Washington, D. C, re cently. . "Devote part of the morning to divine service and the rest of the day to preserving God's best gift, health. Make it a day of sport and hearty enjoyment. "Tennis, golf and base ball are all good recreations for Sunday, and if fathers, and mothers will play spectators or take a hand in the game, the one possible evil, bad associates, cannot exist. The schoolboy who is unruly on Monday was stuffed, nagged at, and repressed on Sunday; the school girl who is hard to manage on Mon day didn't have a hard game of ten nis as an outlet for her spirits the day before. "Stop games on Sunday? Why, it we were wise, we'd have more of them. We'd have the whole fam ily out running, jumping and shout ing together, instead of lolling bored at home, on Sunday afternoon. Bankruptcy Petition Filed Against Steamship Firm New York, Dec 17. An involun tary petition in bankruptcy was filed in federal court late yesterday against the France and Canada Steamship company. Creditors listed were the McCoy Moran company, which claims $5,000: American Trans-Marine company, inc., $17,824, and United Mates Alan Steamship company, The petition charges the allceed bankrupt has paid about $50,000 to former members of the United States Mail corporation, making them preferred creditors. Postpone Fight New Orleans. Dec. 16. A sched uled 13-round fight between Chuck Wiggins of Indianapolis and Martin Burke of New Orleans here tonight was oostooncd on account of in- clement weather. The fight will bci 1921 Season-Report March 15 English Harriers May Come to U. S. Negotiations in Progress Which May Bring Oxford Runners to Meet. New York, Dec. 17. There is every reason to believe that next fall will see cross-country runners from Oxford or Cambridge, or both, in action in this country. Though no definite plan for a return of the visit of the Cornell harriers to England last winter has been formulated, it is believed that negotiations to that end are in progress. It is possible that the British universities will be invited to send their teams to the Intercollegiate A. A. A. A. cross country championship race next autumn and, failing in this, there may be some arrangement for an in ternational hill and dale contest dur ing the Christmas holidays. It has been pointed ou that the British collegians will hardly be able to leave their studies as early as No vember 1, when it would be neces sary for them to sail from home so that they could reach the United States in time to limber up for the I. C. A. A. A. A. run in the middle of the month. Eac.ern Golf Pros To Invade South Evidence of how the game of golf is spreading in the south conies with the announcement that open toura ments will be held at San Antonio February 18 and 19; at Houston, February 28 and 29, and at New Or leans. March 4 and 5. It had been expected that a large delegation of eastern "pros" would take in the new circuit, but the general opinion is that it will be impossible to make Texas and New Orleans on the dates mentioned. . Eastern professionals feel more or less in duty bound to stick by the r londa duos, w hich have been hang' ing up purses for a good many years. Were they to go to Texas on the dates given they would be unable to get back in time for the tourna ments at Miami, Talm Bead) and Deland. Will Lead 1922 Hastings Team Here is Cecil Adcock of Hastings, who will captain the Hastings col lege gridsters in 1922. Adcock has played left end th past two years. He is a steady consistent man and an especially strong defensive player. B&UetbiMl FRIDAY'S RESULTS. . ' LOfAU Cr.l.lit..-. 43 1 MMI.nd. IT, mulU High, 0 Alumul, 14. TATK. OrHn, til Cruftoo. 11, llnrulQ. iAl lark, . oi Kr hnwa, 1 rrlvtiil. It. VslimralM Town, ti Wavrrlr, (. Mllfliaa, M Nhlrfclry, 11, tarfr. It i raiment, II. Mike Gibbons Outpoints O'Dowd In Ten Rounds St. Paul, Dec 17. Mike (Phan Gibbon. easily outpointed torn) Mike O'Dowd, former middleweight champion, in a 10-round battle Iwc Friday. Gibbons displayed all bis old-time cunning and bad the Harp" missing from start to fin ish. For the most of the 10 round Gibbons was content to jab O'Dowd with his left, occasionally crossing his right. O'Dowd kept boring in hoping for a chance to land a hay maker, but the elusive "Phantom" was right and most of the former champion's blows were wide of the mark. O'Dowd managed to open an old wound over Gibbon's left eye, but this failed to bother the "Phantom" perceptibly. Outside of this the battle was bloodless, although the "Harp's" face was as red as a beet from the numerous jabs be took. But O'Dowd, tough as ever, wasn't hurt despite the blows lie sustained O'Dowd weighed 160 and Gjbbons 158. Both loo' cd to be in perfect physical condition. It was lie sec ond meeting. In the first O'Dowd generally was considered the victor. Griders Start Practicing for . New Yi Game ears Berkeley, Cal., Dec. 16. Thirty three foot ball players, comprising the University of California foot ball team and its substitutes, went into vigorous training here today tinder direction of Assistant Coach "Nibs' Price. It was the first work out for the scheduled post-season game January 2 at Pasadena with Washington and Jefferson college. Head Coach Andy Smith, who has been in the east for several weeks, was scheduled to return to the campus tomorrow and supervise fur ther work. Harry Greb Will Meet Wilson New Ycrk, Dec. 17. Harrv Greb of Pittsburgh will meet Johnny Wil son of Boston for the middleweight title in February, Tex Rickard an nounced today. The bout will be held in Madison Square Garden. It also was annouced that the bout between Pete Herman, New Orleans bantamweight, and Midget Smith of New York would be held next Thursday night instead ot Friday. Kieckhefer Cuts Layt Leac on Chicago. Dec. 17. Aucie Kieck hefer of Chicago, three cushion bil liard champion, Friday reduced the lead of Challenger John Layton of Sedalia, Mo., from 16 to 7 points, in .the second block of their three- cay matcii tor tne worm s tnree cushion championship. Kieckhefer made 69 points in 7.i innings with a high run of eight, while Layton made 60 points in 5 innings with a high run ot seven. , Hamilton and Usher , Win Cue Matches Hurley . Hamilton defeated koy White, 125 to 81 in 29 innings of fast billiards at the Academy parlors Fri day afternoon. The match was played in the annual state billiard -tourney. In . the evening. Usher easily trimmed Harry Shepard, 125 to 58 in 30 frames. Usher had a high run of 20. 21 and 16. Major League Magnates End Annual Meeting Without Any Settlement of Draft Question Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire. New Y'ork, Dec 17. Major league base ball magnates wound up their annual conclave Friday without any settlement of the draft question, but 'while most of the club -owners departed for their homes, they left the advisory council here - to hold another session tomorrow on the important issue. Members of the two majors spent all the time at their meeting today in making minor changes in rules of the working agreement and as a number had transportation westward on the afternoon train, the business came to halt at train time and the draft question, was left to the council. Principal among the changes made in the working rules by thetwo majors was one referring to waivers on players and it gives both Phila delphia clubs a great advantage. It was decided that in case more than one club puts in a claim on a player on whom waivers are asked, the various claimants will have priority Husker Hoopster Injured in Practice Plr i Lincoln. Dec. 17. (Special Tele gram.) Frank Carmen, Cornhusker basket ball star, received a dislo cated elbow in cage practice Friday night which may cause him to be out of the lineup for some time. Carmen is one of the most promis ing players on the Nebraska squad and is a letter man in basket ball. The injury to Carmen is the first accident that has occurred to the Huskers this season. Carmen is an athlete of repute at Nebraska. Last year he won three letters in athletics,, basket ball, base ball and track, in one scinister; this feat is rarely performed at the Uni versity of Nebraska. University of Penn Announces 1922 Gridiron Schedule Philadelphia. Dec. 16. Seven of the nine foot ball games comprising the 1922 schedule of the University of Pennsylvania were announced to night by the council of athletics. Newcomers on the schedule are the United. States naval academy and the University of the South of Sewane?, Te;in. The University of Delaware and Gettysburg college are dropped. Negotiations are under way with Lafayette and Dartmouth, both of whom were on this year's schedul", for the open dates, and also with the University of Alabama and Maryland. All of the games so far arranged will be played here. Yankees to Build New Ball Park New York, Dec. 16 The last ob stacle to th. erection of a new ball pari: for the New York , Yankees across the Harlem river from the Polo Grounds has been removed. The board of aldermen has granted the Yankees permission to close a street that runs through the site. Contracts for the stadium, which will be the largest in the major leagues, will be let within a few days. Col. T. L. Huston, one of the owners of the Yankees, declared that they hoped to lay out a foot ball field on the grounds so that games could be played there next fall. The diamond will be laid out in 1923. in reverse order of their standing in the pennant race. . It was recommended by the ma jors that the rule on optional flay ers be changed so that a club may put out 15 instead of eight. It seems that several of the clubs have been breaking the rule when it limited them to eight and all might live up to it if they were allowed IS. The player limit will stand at 40. A motion was made to increase it to 45 but it was voted down. In case a club is up to the limit it cannot put in a claim for a player unless an nouncing at tbe same time the re lease of one. if a club gets a player through the waiver route and then asked waivers on him within 30 days during the playing season, the club from which the player was obtained shall have first call. In the off sea son if waivers are asked on such a player within 90 days the club from which he came will "have first chance. No trades developed today. A number in prospect were advanced a step or two, however. Creighton Wins Opening Cage Game of Season Cieiwhton university' basket tji'U team defeated the light but crau Midland college five last night .t the Creighton gym, 43 to 17. before the largest crowd that ever witneM ed an opening game on the Creigh ton floor. At the start of the game the plav lacked speed and map, a both teams passed rather poorly and missed many easy shots at the hoop. Capt. "Ked" Wise of Creighton suk a long bard shot from the sid of the court tor if first basket aid from then on i!e result of the game was never in d o u b t. Wise' basket seemed to be the signal toi the artillery w open up, and at this juncture 'Ik,:' M a h o n c y, the Creighton center, and Jimmy Love ly, the lanky .or ward, came out of their hiding place and began pilifg up points from all angles on the floor. Mahor.ey was the main spring of the Rlue and White ma chine, scoring five of the field goals t credited to his team, and playing his usual brilliant floor game. "Red" Wise scored five baskets from the field. Jimmy Lovely v. next in line with four to his cr-ir and Johnny Troutinaii, a youngster who entered the game in the last few minutes, rang tip three in quick succession. "Pat" Kibuer and Dick Haley each registered a pair. For the visitors Daiia and Horn played the best brand of basket fall and each scored a pair of baskets. Lindburg, the giant center, also show ed well and at times beat Mahoncy to the tip-off. 1 Coach Kearney of Creighton used 16 men. Berry, Condon, Slanc and Lynch played well at the guarding positions. Jimmy Condon, running guard, had to be removed from the game in the last half when he received a broken thumb on his right band. The lineups: rrl.hton, 4.1. Tna. .Miillnnd, 17. Win-. (Capt.) K Imnn Lowly K Welch Mahoney C. LlnlbiirK Cnmlon ,fl l-fnru Berry tlauk (Capt.) Wuhstilutea Crpighton: Lynch for Con don, Slane for Berry. Troulnian for Wlup, Motr for Mahon-y, WW-khnm for Lovely, Paynter for Hlane, Kinner for Wlrham, Haley for Troutman, Powell for Molr, tllll for Condon; Midland: Stauffer for I.incl burp. Kllfott for Horn. Referee: Bailey, Nebraska. Yale Grid Team Wants Baldrige As Line Coach Mac Baldrige, coach at Creighton, may become head line coach at Yale next year if he chooses. A telegram from Tad Jones, head coach at Yale, offering him the post was received here and forwarded to him in the east where he is honey mooning. It is not believed likely Baldrige will accept despite the fact that the position carries a substantial salary. The Creighton mentor, it is believed, will choose to remain here so that he can continue his law practice. If he accepted the New Haven post' he would have to remain there the greater part of the year. Creighton followers view the of fer with considerable gratification. In the first place, they point out. it is convincing evidence that the local school has a real foot bill coach. In the second place they be lieve the offer tends to show that Creighton is fast gaining recognition in athletics. Baldrige played tackle at Yale while a student there and later wis a graduate coach while taking a post graduate course at the New Havcri institution but his first experience as a head coach was at Creighton last fall. Coyotes and Huskers Meet on Lincoln Gridiron October 7 Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 17. (Special Telegram.) The University of South Dakota will be the first team to op pose the Cornhuskers' gridiron next fall. Athletic Director Lehring an nounced today, that he had closed with Coach Stewart of the Coyote! for a gameat Lincoln on October 7, 1922. Thus far the Husker schedule if oprn tor three games. 1-ivc garnet have been slated already. The pos- sibilities of another Pitt-Nebraska game are still good, although the Huskers would probably have to make another trip cast if this is car ried out. The schedule to date: October 7 South Dakota at Lincoln. October is Oklahoma at Norman. November II Kanaas at Lawr-nre. November -5 loa Stt collr.e at Lincoln. .November 30 Xotra Dunn at Lincoln Denies Baldrige Offered Yale Job New Haven, Dec. 17. A report that Malcolm Baldridge. foot ball coach at Creighton university, has been offered a position as assist and foot ball coach at Yale was stated to be without fact by the chairman of the athletic board, Clarence W. MendeL "We have not made such an offer to my knowledge, and m uch offer could be authoritative without my sanction," he taid.