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the m:n: omaha. Sunday, march 12.
Tommy Gibbons 7 to 5 Favorite in Coming Bout With Harry Greb
Winner Will He f
Contender for j
Jacks Crown i
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Meit in l.'iK'. .iiml
limit in Mrt lii.ori Spun
(4r!cii Tomorrow.
Ty RAY TLARSON.
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morrow, nit lit
wbrii Toih t rib
bon of M. Paul
and Marry lirdi
'lay to the l'"-'l in
Madison S'luaic
darucii. New
Voik, The other
iik iiiIht oi I hp
j'lTM'iit (!' t trio
is VK(irj!i-i i.arpra
licr, but a orpins
M l('k a if
icorr Imi mi
intention f'( ever
Win State Comffereinic Title
pi
Itarra l.rrh.
returning to this colliery to put up
his dulfl in taU A. en we rail fujitt
almiit It i it l ulii'ii thinking of puglislic
activity in the oi l 1'. S.
Tho. who claim to he liinf
wie will a thumb tlirmiicli the
buttonhole and hold a fan tiicht to
hammer iit the argument tli.it this
f'llow li'hbons is the real das of.
1 Hi engagement tomorrow night.
They'll point the figures of 7 to 5,
w'th Tom the' favorite over tircb,
which figure have been quoted for
uneral days' tv the rqiialJ v wise
birds who do the ilopiiiR in Gotham.
Gibbons Favorite.
There isn't any disputing the fait
that the odds favoring Gibbon are
about right. Even those who "like"
Grrb aarce the done isn't out of line
and that they should get the edge if I
.1 .1 a I ll.. I.- I
imy iiuow wis sway imo me nil
ting pool.
Hut these Greb admirer, and there
will be a lot r.f ttieni at the Garden
nuclide pulling for
, . Tommy Gibbons.
Harry to put it
over Tom, won't
be betting tlirir
jack pimply be
cause the odds are
in their favor. Greb
ha a 1 mighty big
following and these
fellow who firing
their money on the
Pittsburgh "rubber
ball" will do so be
cause they believe
he has the class
and the flashy box
ing skill to travel
the limit of 15
rounds and catch the eyes of the
. judges and the referee.
It looks almost as certain as that
we'll have to cough up the old in
come tax that the one way for the
l'ittsburgher to win is to travel nt
heart-breaking bounds for the full
route and even at that get no better
than an even break to be awarded
the decision.
There is more than one reason why
Gibbons rhould be relumed the w in
fer, but perhaps as important as any
is the fact that Tom will outweigh
Harry by something like 10 pounds,
even a couple more. In light heavy
weights that difference in poundage,
especially when both boys have a
lot of speed, is sure to count heavily
against the lighter of the pair. There
fore one needs to consider little more
than this to arrive at the conclusion
that the 7 to 5 odds pretty closely
iit the cafe.
Even Up on Cleverness.
Gibbons and Greb have met before
in these no-decision combats and the
results have been rather unsatisfac
tory. Tom has been credited with
having outpointed Harry and Harry
lias been handed the popular decision
over Tom, so past performances may
. just as well be thrown out. They
won't do' a bit of good for the dope
ster who has been burning the mid
night oil for the last week trying to
figure out what is going to happen to
morrow night.
Those w ho have seen both in action
will say that both are clever and that
there isn't anything to choose between
them- on this score. That may be so
and perhaps Greb should be given a
bit the best of it on speed. But one
can't, get away from the margin in
weight favoring Gibbons and of far
greater importance the fact that Tom
is the boy who carries the "poison" in
his fists.
St. Paul Boy Has Clout.
If Tom can get a clean shot at
Harry's jaw, the show will be over,
for the St. Paul boy has the clout in
his right hand to score a knockout.
On the other hand, Greb never has
given evidence of knockout ability.
He usually travels the route and pulls
out with the verdict by clever mill
ing. He's always moving too fast to
get set for a solid smack.
Undoubtedly this scrap will be one
of the greatest ever held in the gar
den, chiefly because Gibbons will play
for a knockout. If he can put over
the sleep producer it will be a killer
for Greb's chance of winning the deci
sion. Then, too, Tom's ability to
punch might serve to slow up Harry,"
in which case it would be up to Greb
to do his prettiest to stick around un
til the final gong sounds.
Must Win to Be Title Contender.
Another thing that is certain is that
Gibbons must win and win decisively
either by a knockqut or on a decision
to justify claims of his friends that
he deserves to be classed as a Con
tender for Jack Dcmpy's crown.
He should knock out Harry or beat
him to the decision if Greb manages
to stick around for 15 rounds, regard
less of the argument set forth by
Greb's adherents.
Yes. sir, 7 to S is about right for
this battle.
Villie Keeler Goes 100
Games "Without Fanning
Billy Kecler, in 1906, didn't strike
eut until Aunust 18, a stretch of 100
jure. O that date Ed Walsh had
fi')i spitr working to perfection and
Little Wi;i:c" fanned. ,
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Guard. nd fbructnl
I'eru. Nib.. March 1 (.(Special.)
loach . i. pecrs I'eru leacn
ers i'oiii-gc basket ball team won
the championship of the Nebraska
intercollegiate ' conference w hen it
finished the season by winning the
last game of the season's schedule
on the 1 eru floor iTiday. March 3,
In the I'cdagogue list of victories
is included two wins from the Kear
ney Teachers, two from the Doane
Tigers, two from the Midland War
riors, two from the Gotner Bulldogs,
two games forfeited by the Wayne
Teachers, one from the York Pan
thers, two from the Tabor college
(la.) quintet and one from the Syra
cuse Athletic association.
It has been a number of years
since any college in the circuit has
taken the title with a clear record,
and the Hobcat list of 11 confer
ence victories and three out-of-eon-ferencc
wins is quite an enviable ac
complishment.
I he I'eru quintet is a team oi last,
aggressive players who have re
sponded in fine shape to the strenu
ous season of training and instruc
tion that Coach Specr put thcrrf
through. An almost impregnable de
fense was worked out with Captain
Toft and Bitzenbaugh holding down
the guard positions, while Kothert,
Roscnquist and Frary have been the
main cogs in a fast, accurate pass
ing offense.
Captain Toft is a two-year man
on the Trru squad and has done
some excellent work in bis position
at stationary guard. Toft bails from
Superior, where he was largely re
sponsible for his team taking the
Class B high school championship.
He has directed the playing of the
championship five during the games
in a very capable manner and has
performed his work at guard so
effectively that no team has been
able to run up a high score on the
Bobcat quintet.
Rosenquist is a three-year man
on the Peru team and is one of the
main cogs in Coach Specr's smooth
working offensive machine. He has
a valuable habit of tossing the in
flated leather through the ring
whenever the Peruvian quintet needs
scores.
Bitzenbaugh lias played two years
on the Bobcat team. He plays a run
ning guard and is a valuable man
both on the defense and the at
tack. While in the United States
navy in 1920 Bitzenbaugh captained
a team which took the Pacific fleet
title honors.
Rothert is a one-year man who has
worked into the victorious combina
tion in fine shape. His excellent floor
work has been recognized in confer
Ca.p-ia.1 n - GvLAvd.
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Caxl Ioaenquisi L
Cener f
I-'rary is a one-year man on the
squad and hails from Auburn, where
he played on the Glass A high school
team last year. He has remarkable
ability at caging the leather from the
floor and combines speed with head-
work in his playing. He is a hard
man to guard and is a dangerous
shot when he is in range of the bas
ket. Wilcox is a two-year man on the
squad. He starred for Peru last
year and received all-state honor
able mention, but lias been out of
most of the games this year on ac
count of injuries received in the
early part of the season.
bomon is a one-year man who has
proven that he can go into a game
ence circles as an important tactor to w hen called upon and not weaken
Peruvian success.
the machine one particle. He is
speedy and aggressive and handles
either a forward or guard position in
a capable manner.
The schedule and scores follow:
At Peru Tabor, S; Peru, !fi.
At Karnfy Kearney, 16; Peru, II.
At Crete Pri iia, 12; Peru, 23.
At Peru Midland, 13; Peru.- 1.
At Tabor, la. Tabor. Zt: Teru, 31.
At Fremont Midland, 17: Peru, 18.
At Peru Kearney, 17: Peru, CI.
At Bethany Cotner, 11: Peru, 27.
At Peru York. 13; Peru, i9.
At Peru Cotner, 18; Peru, 3R,
(Wayne forfeited two gomea to Peru.)
At Peru Syracuse, 13; I'eru, 34.
At a meeting of the letter men
Pred Rothert, Harvard, Neb., was
elected captain of the next year's
team.' All the letter men but one
signified their intentions of return
ing to school next year, and Coach,
Speer is planning on another cham
pionship year.
Golf U of Faroc-Vr!on
T cvr field cf human flf.'il
I mine individual rlnnb l the pm
''iiaile. in the field ot golf, the
world Riratett oport, tliii pinnacle
i oiTqpic-4 in i)hury sraiidfur vy
Hairy ird"ii, Ibe (treat HiitUli
tvli-t, rhiimpiuii and start I would
ji.1i! t. luit mie other man a pUre in
snli'i lull of fame more ecuie than
Vardou'. Tlii ingle figure who
iiiiuht be greater than Vardun if lie
could be identitird would be the nun
who or icinati'd the emif.
Vardou, born in l7t) in Grouvillr,
erey, one of the Channel UlamW of
"ngland, h " tny outntanding
ditinrtion in R"'f that it ii diitVull
to name them all. Here are a few :
He inaiked out in the aml of the
i!and the first comic tie ever played
on, it being ot four holei of about
50 yardi each.
He fa-hioned liU first c!ut from
brant-tics tut from the trees of, the
isl.nnl.
Won Championship.
II won lh Prltl'h onm etiippionlilo
It time anil l I" ""'r P'r
v-f ( lured that h"r all lnn II
American open ewmii"n ' I'"".
Ho nrlilllej III tt olfln ljl"
Iho name ma ever knon an.l trna of
ihutiean.la olfer, ierha liheul
knomnc l. hava cn luhl method of
otay created by Vard"t. Ill aiane.a and
hu awlnica ara lha iimtl atandarda lor
balaiu anil r'-. .....
Ili tiook nil the methnda of olf p'ay
la tho mnrt eiha'iatlva and the m"t -thoniitlve
Ireutni.nt of th atihjail aver
conlrll.ntel lo Ilia aporl world.
ardon' lt appaaranea In Amarlea,
wa It 12" when ho participated In th
Amerlran National t'pen lournament Jf
Ilia Inverneea club, riavelaud. . Th
ret maatir. then In hu l"!h ar,
.hould hova won lha Vnllad Htatea rham
llonalil that year and only one of th
freal'.a of U tournamenta denied nim
lha honor for aeeond time. Il
ahead by a comforlabla margin and had
but alx mora hotea between him and a
lrlnrv Ihat would hava thrilled lh whola
Bolflne world, when a youoa- hurrUana
burat. Thla Ihraw Vardon off hi Kama
4 ! " peleia ha
"tl leamineie. fl li.
I plaiad tai4a lr h firt
at illo rlxk. t l.i.ei", in 111,
a4 heal niiM. I "o"
lavdiH and I l..l i'l..n and liar l
n.a " in ll axd ' I
In lha i.i-i. Ii II waa l ll'i
Itm thai at.lu M a'.eily ran,ptiiniaid
a p Mink"'- pu'-ilo lt vpioiun Hial I
ih ir.ut ...Mi'..r i.'K'f In lha
aurid I ha ! Urand In'
l.no.enl from ' to l-o f
lieal. ! Iiuiuire I e '.n f'oin Ilia
in aay !! Iu-aie I he , h.n,il."i.
ahn I wan elei.'.l. wei lriii m
reeuil ft Vardon hln rlnl
riH. M lihnal ilia e aoood
ponat l"iru.ii"a h a m i-a. !"
lire I huuld oeerr h win a thani
piuiieb In Amerl.an tournament,
froper Way I HI4 tla".
Vardori d.e.oveie.1 ihal h proi.ee way
In h.ild a 'f rluli la wiitt lha ffh.i
Ha dicoer-d Ual Ilia fame I "'
f..el ami deltiau t u. It, I had !
held tn cUiImi in my palm Ilk .ae'l
,aiaand It I tihvinu- to m that
the. (m rouid heer t pl)tl H
"I anil feel a If I rn ply well
I eier tli.l." ardn wroto lit a-'tn
lima o, " bul t leniiol enduie Ilia lul'l
ahioa of Io4roam'nt play a I uf l In.
I in. I hi add aomnhlna tl'al I'"" P"li.
already know, whwh I ihal I anil
intra my u.u.l Hire pull on njr third
or fouuh hole,"
Vardon hoMa iliel ..ir f.nt h"t I"
lha inieniional pull or Hi Intentional
alt. when either nf tha lah '
ulatee ul of a iliff lenity from wh'eh la
rould aiirlrat himeflf In no other way
iihnl Ilia of a etrfc. it la ""
era lo )'. of rioiree. Ilia! ha liiaa
lee of lha InlniilotMlle rir-d Pill. b"in
abla In maha Ilia ball hi-k nul.Uly or
hieak later, when II writ on na
In hia tiell In Ain-ri.-a in 11'. when
h eompeled for tha Naliotial "n rham
nionahio. ardon look pari m hel prr-
hap ha !'"' lit tMlnay nod .nn-'
day of iMirnanieoi o;inn,'"o-inp
,.. B.Ma l.ea eer known In llila loontr,.
Thai wa when ha wa itneed out of tho
American rtnampnuipntr "r ri.i- ,
niel, after llulmet. Iinianina; oo
tunal aenaailonnl lournameiu ni eer
Played, lied with ardon and lt. 'V
iilaytna in iai i'ir ,.--
i. i',mirv elub tn on atroko under
par. than healln lh two Ilrltleo alata
'"a.iS.f'.lT-. Utn, of .o.r. hall of
f.ire lun iny hi drive be far and
trait-lit and hi putt not mora man
two to th. ran!
(copyrigiii. i-i.r
Six-Day Bike Racers Eat Many
Times a Day to Hate "Steam" for
Grind Snatch Sleep iti Winks
Champ Britton Says
Ted Lewis Likely
to Beat Carpentier
llf;.-:m:;l
Cleveland, O., March 11. Ted
Lewis has a chance to beat Georges
Carpentier if they meet this spring,
Jack Britton, wel
tenveight champion
of the world, de
clared on a visit
here recently;
"I bcaf Lewis by
pounding his
body," Britton
said, "but Carpen
tier seldom devotes
any attention to his
opponent's stomach
Dr ribs. He prefers
to slam his m e n
with straight
Jaek Britton. rights and lefts to
the head. You can't beat Ted that
way, I ought to know, for I fought
him 21-times and knocked him put
but once.
Added Money With'
Toledo Race Stakes
Toledo, O., March 11. An inno
vation in Grand Circuit racing will
be. introduced at the opening meet
ing of the Grand Circuit at the Fort
Miami track here July 10 to 15, when
the eight stakes to be raced at the
meet will carry $10,500 added money.
While the stakes will be for the same
classes as were raced here last year
at the opening meeting, all of the
events, except one, will carry added
money instead of purses.
Derill Pratt Will Join
Red Sox at Hot Springs
Ann Arbor, Mich., March 11.
Derill Tratt, second baseman for the
Boston Americans, will leave Ann
Arbor about Mr.rch 10 for Hot
Springs, Ark., wliene he will join his
tr.ra for spring training. Special per
mission was granted Pratt to return
several days late, as he has been
working out each day with the Mich
igan baseball nine in Waterman
gymnasium. Pratt, who was coach
part of the last season, has been
helping Ray Fisher with his 1922
nine.
Cleveland Nine Celebrates.
June 9, 1908, the Cleveland team
celebrated in a wonderful manner. In
the fifth inning of that game every
player on the lineup made a hit and
a run off tbe Boston hurlers,. a .cir
cumstance unheard of in baseball.
SO JN
NEXT
OVER"
WiTMP0flwTDAtR
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 11.
Everything is sweeter than
sugar in the bowl. Taking com
plete control of the perfect weather
today, McGraw sent his entire, cir
cus over the route.
There were bOys on -the flying
trapeze,, players leaping over ele
phants and clowns jumping through
paper hoops. About 50 amalgamat
ed old-timers and new timers are in
the bunch who are trying to get im
portant enough to gain that pinnacle
of baseball fame which includes a
reprimand from Judge Landis.
McGraw dragged himself away
from 35 grand in cash and players
for Shinners, of Indianapolis, and it
begins to look as if it weren't
enough. John is tickled pretty over
Shinners's ' showing in two short
days of practice. Ralph steps into
the ball at the plate like a walrus
into a school of sardines. In the
field he spears flies with either his
fork or knife.
Boone of New Orleans also has
all the earmarks : of a ball player,
if ears make a ball player. He is
built like a ferry boat. Wide on
both ends and thick in the middle.
When he pops that bail of w-ool, it
goes away .from there like one of
Geronimo s flaming arrows.
A mob of new olavcrs is some
thing like voices in a choir. They
all may be good, but there are one
or two who stick out like flagpoles
on a steeple. It might not be doing
justice to the other boy scouts to
single out Boone and Shinners.
McGraw has plenty of other boys
recommended by his scouts. But
most of them are nandcutted by
nervousness. Soon as that wears
off you will be able to tell the sheep
from the goats.
The Giant training trips have long
been a school for big league play
res. Even if McGraw can't use a
youngster, he generally, places him
in a spot where he can eventually
branch out as a league in two or
three years. As he says, it is impos
sible to tell whether a rook is only
three years away from the league
or whether he is fifty.
When a manager lets a youngster
go and the kid bobs up a couple of
years later as a star, th home town
fan? seem hurt personally. Rut re
member, Gain Curci came to .New
York once and couldn't even start
as a singer in the moving picture
tncaters.
There are many reasons why
good young player must be let go.
Sometimes he breaks training rules,
Often he is too nervous to show any
thing. But generally it's the player
limit that holds a manager down to
so players during the league season,
London Startled by
Electric Signboards
London, March II. A new marvel
has been added to London life. It is
by far the biggest improvement that
has struck the town in many years.
Londoners stand for hours admiring
it and write letters to their country
friends about its strange and start
ling ways.
The marvel is a collection of elec
tric display advertising that has been
erecting on buildings fronting Pica
dilly Circus, the .heart of the theater
district.
Perhaps a dozen huge electric
signs, brilliant with. flashing colored
lights, tell of the merits of British
pills, automobile tires and theaters.
The New Yorker sees nothing ex
traordinary in this. The display
makes him think of Times square
20 years ago. But to the Eng
lishman it is the greatest thing in the
world. The signs have all appeared
in the last few months.
Russian Planting Halted;
AH Farm Animals Ealen
Riga, March 11. Prospects that
.the peasants will be unable to plant
the seed grain received from Ameri
ca due to the fact that all farm ani
mals have been killed and eaten is
stirring the soviet national commis
sariat of agriculture to activity, ac
cording to the Rosta.
Preparations are now being made
to repair hundreds of American trac
tors which are now lying broken
and disabled in the Volga district,
as well as other farming machinery.
The Moscow machinists union is
now equipping a frieight car which
will be a small machine shop on
wheels.
Machinist) working in this shop
will be allotted several wagonloads
of clothes, which it in hoped to ex
change for food, concludes the Rosta.
Cleveland Business
Men Play Indoor
Polo on Kiddie Ears
Cleveland, O., March 11. Staid
Cleveland' business and professional
men, members of the Exchange club
and Electrical league, are playing a
new indoor game at their headquar
ters on the. top floor of a down
town hotel indoor polo, not on
ponies but on small kiddie kars, the
same as used by tbe youngsters.
This latest addition to the list of
local indoor sports is proving highly
exciting and interesting, the game
furnishing plenty of thrills and
spills.
The match is played with four
men on each team, a goal tender,
two defensive men and one forward,
The ball is about the size of an in
door baseball and the mallets are the
same as used in parlor croauer.
Each goal counts five points and
a' foul counts one. A foul is called
when a player strikes at or hits the
ball while not on his "pony" or
when he touches the ball with his
foot or hands' in an endeavor to re
tard it. Four 10 minute-periods of
actual play constitute a game, but
time is taken out when a "pony"' is
damaged by breaking a wheel, or
when the ball is out of bounds.
Tenth Public Course
Planned at Chicago
Chicago, March 11. Plans have
been drawn for the 10th public golf
links m Chicago, giving the city the
largest number ot public courses
of any place in the world, although
some Sotch towns have more links
n proportion to population. In addi
tion to the 10 links, four of which
are 18 holes, the outer park com
missioners are planning another full
course and the extension of some of
the nine-hole links.
Besides the public links, conducted
by the park- boards, and the forest
preserve, there are four pro rata, or
semi-public links, - either in opera
tion or under construction, while the
plans of the forest preserve commis
sioners call for the gradual building
of several more courses. . .
All these courses are over-crowd
ed, players waiting in line for hours
to get a chance to play.
Soccer Fan Falls Off
Stand and Breaks Leg
During the La Sultana cup game
at St. Agatha 'oval in Brooklyn be
tween the Norwegian Turnverein and
the Red btars one of the excited
Norwegian rooters fell oft the grand
stand and was taken to the. Nor
wegian hospital with a broken leg.
Chicago, March 11. Men who cat
often as ten times daily and
snatch their sleep in minutes rather
than hourly doses, make up the cote
rie of athletes who ride in the six-day
bicycle races in America.
Aside from the riding itself, eat
insr is one of the best things the
athletes do. Nor is their appetite
during the six-day grind ot the
"pork-and-beans" variety.. It is noth
ing if not epicurean, the riders dis
playing in some cases marked
flashes of temperament in selecting
articles of food.
Food for Fuel.
Some riders are satisfied with four
or five meals daily, while others cat
double that number. Trainers ex
plain these lusty appetites are due
to the constant tearing aown oi tis
sues o the riders' bodies, owing to
the continued pedalling about the
track. The body requires plenty of
"ammunition" to enable the rider
to drive his wheel along the wooden
track for the 146 hours of the race.
As far as sleep is concerned, there
are no Rip Van Winkles' riding in
the six-day races. The riders' sleep
comes in periods that average three
to four hours, are more often less
than an hour and very rarely arc
stretched out to eight hours.
Highest Type of Athletes.
There is no certainty about the
length of the sleeping period. A
rider may doze off when a "jam'
is started on the track and he is
aroused by his trainer and obliged to
mount his wheel and resume pedal
ling to relieve his partner, who. by
reason of the "jam," which is nothing
more than a sudden sprint, cannot
continue the fast pace.
Men who haye followed the six
dav bike racing sport closely dc
cla're that the highest type of athlete
is required for the event. . For a
rider in oerfect physical trim, they
declare, the long grind has no de
terrent cttect, aim lie nnisncs in as
fresh condition as when he started,
although naturally with many hours
of sleep to make up. Strangely, the
rider upon the completion of a six
day race, does not feel sleepy and
it generally is several hours later nc-
fo.j sleeo comes. Drowsiness is
noticeable, riders declare, for several
days after a race.
Mexicans Need No
Introduction to .
American Basebal
Teams of baseball players whicl
recently invaded Mexico City from
iexas tor a series ot exhibition
games in connection with the Mexi
can centennial celebration found the
American national pastime well
played there, even though with
Mexican accent, borne of the players
expected to find a city unaccustomed
to baseball and a public attending
the games merely out of curiosity to
see the sport that set all the united
states on its ears tor so many
months each year.
.Instead they found a city with at
least ten first class diamonds, two
full fledged leagues, and a number of
independent clubs all of them Mexi
can or bpanish. They met critical
rooters who were not loath to tell
the umpire that his eyesight was lost
or to pan a runner for making
por slide to third.
Baseball is a popular sport' in
Mexico and has been tor many years.
Introduced by Americans, it was
readily taken up by the Mexicans,
and for some time a city league has
been maintained there which each
year meets the champion of a league
comprised of outlaying cities such as
Vera Cruz, Puebla and Montgom
ery.
Newspaper sport pages each Mon
day give the standing of the various
clubs.
Fifty Men Report
for Oklahoma Nine
Norman, Ok!., March 11. More
than 50 men reported for the first
official workout' of the University
of Oklahoma's baseball squad, and
the practice period- evidenced a
wealth of material.
The baseball squad will be under
the supervision of Elmer Ponder, a
former O. U. pitcher, who plans on
building a strong battery as the
nucleus of the varsity team. Only
one member of last year's pitching
staff will be on the squad this year,
but a number of promising men have
reported lor trial.
Expect Large Entry List
in Iowa Cage Tourney
Iowa City, la., March 11. Ath
letic Director Howard Jones of the
Iowa State university expects be
tween 75 and 80 high school teams
to clash in the higb school basket
ball tournament to be held here
March 16, 17 and 18. There will
be two divisions of play, A and B,
and in both there will be lively con
tests, for all of the better "prep"
schools of the state arc entered.
Hoppe to Train Ten
Days Prior to Title
Match With Schaefer
Piker Coacli
Selects All-Star
Valley Teams
Kttua, Drake. OkIImm.i,
Mifsouii and Va'l.intfor
l(ejrfnlfI on Applr
grunt'i l'irt Tram.
M. Louts, Mr. Mrth ll.-Kn.
m, Drake. Oklahoma. Mionri n4
Vdliiiiutii iinnmitif r repie
'iiied .i ii all Mioiiri Va'ler
femur li4Ur lull kaiw flfCeJ by
ll.imue Aj'pl'Kt t, c'ih ft
Vfshitipt"ii uuivcMity Inf. A f
end .ill filar ok'kti K.ituoi cite Mi
tnirj tlnre pt.ir tiud NJ'Usl. ami
KattM ctrli iitr.
The lineup vl the fnt ami fefmul
tram, fhoMii by tV.uli Apple
cram, fellow :
I'uallivtt
Ural Teem. end Tram.
Moday, Ka" . .t f. HnlaHt, Ht.'l
I'l.a-ur. r. Irake.. f lr..anllK M . ji I
Walte, klal.om.. o . .Xn.lli. Srbl ,
H .I..I. Mi.muii. , , ,r .. .Kndl.otl. Kai uo
llioniarr, Welin..l .. Hunker Sll ml
Applrgram brbrte lhat K'ody and
Favour are (he be-t players in the
roiiiVrnu e nn oll'eiir. Hold are lead
ing in 'coring, but I'ody probably is
tl e iitnst aei'ttrate thiower. 1'aysfttr
w.i. named r.tplain r( the ftrtt leant
hriaii!c of bis ability to rnrnurare
bis teantm.itr tn win, aeeordmo; to
ApprRram. On the ecoml ir.ini
Knight and Browning of M iriri
are interior ko.iv a-m i ayetir
only "lightly, the roach Mid. thry
bfir.R rotiM-lrnt scoters and excel
lent drfriiMtr player.
The position of .filter went to
Waite on the irt team. Applcuram
averted Waite i one of lb ir.nt
(polished players, U the punch of fii
Oklahoma tram, Ita prrieet control
of the ball, i an excellent jumper
and a consistent scorer. On the sec
ond team Smith of Nebraska n
named captain. Smith' regular posi
tion i forward or guard, but Apple-
Igram declared be was too good a
player to be left off the ecoud team
and that Bunker, Missouri, gtiaid
on (he second team, could do the
jumping in bis place.
Smith is a good shot from the
floor and would handle the tossing
of free throws.
Bond of Missouri i gieit fii.-t
choiee at right guard, with I'.ndicott
of Kansas close second. B"Ui are
first-class players., but Bond is a
much more acenra'te shot from the
floor.
Applegram thinks Thumscr of
Washington is the best man for left
guard. lie is a line runner, excel
lent defensive player, and shows
splendid form on the floor. Bunker
of Missouri is named left guard on
the second team because of bis gen
eral utility.
Two Million Pay
Roll for Majors
Eulh to Receive $373,000 for
Five Years Bis Salaries
Menace Game?
St. Louis, Mo., March 11. Willie
Hoppe, who will attempt to regain
the world's 18.2 balkliue' champion
ship from Jake
Schaefer, jr., of
Chicago in a 1,500
point match at Chi
cago, March 27, 28
and 29, plans to
train in St. Louis
for at "least 10 days
prior to the con
test. This an
nouncement was
made by Charles
C. Peterson, local
billiardist, who ac
companies Hoppe
on exhibition
tours.
'Peterson said he
would aid in condi
tioning Hoppe for the championship
match and that a physical trainer also
would be employed in putting the
tormer champion into shape. Hoppe
held the title for lo years.
V V- 'r
I J, .
WKXIE HOPPE.
t World balkUna
CAamcuon. J
McGraw Is Highest
Salaried Manager
A sportive world is a bit aghast
over the fact that the Giants have
concluded a new contract with John
McGraw which will net the peppery
Irishman $65,000 in annual wages.
It's a figure without parallel in
baseball history, a sum of money
twice or three times greater than
ever was paid to any manager, it
is within a few thousands of dol
lars of being equal to the entire pay
roll of a whole major leaeue ball
club a few years ago.
Signing Up Players for
Mississippi League
Dubuque, la., March II. Reports
received here from the majority tf
the teams represented in the new
Mississippi Vallev association base
ball league show that the sienintr
up of players for the individual clubs
is going forward in good shape and
that the beginning of the baseball
season is expected to show a final
selection equal in playing ability to
any other league of its class in the
country.
To Lead Missouri Nine
St. Louis, Mo., March 11. Dick
O'Reilly of St Louis has been
elected captain of the University of
Missouri baseball team. He played
left field on the team last year and
was' a heavy hitter,
Xcw York, March 11. -George
Wright, star shortstop of -the Cin
cinnati Reds, played throughout the
entire season of 1869 for a salry of
$1,200. Tbe Reds played 57 games
that year, of which they won 56 and
tied one, a record which has never
been duplicated. Wright was the
highest paid member of the team.
Babe Ruth, homcrun hitter extra
ordinary, signed a contract with the
New York American league club
which will net him approximately
.$75,000 durin; the coming season.
The contract is for three years with
a renewal option for two seasons
additional. If continued for the fulL,
five years, George Herman Ruth
will receive a total of not less than
$375,000. .
These figures give an idea of the
development of professional baseball
in this country during the past 50
years. They also arc the cause of
frequent conferences behind closed
doors in which baseball magnates
argue the question as to whether
they are building a salary frankin
cense which will in the end turn and
destroy what has. been in the past
a resaonably profitable business.
Big league baseball club owners will
not discuss publicly this subject ex
cept in the most abstract way. It
is the consensus of opinion, as ex
pressed by the magnates, however,
that the situation is serious.
It is estimated that the salary lists
of the 16 clubs of the two major
leagues will aggregate more than
$2,000,000 this season, "The miximum.
figures for any one club are placed
at about $125,000 and the minimum
at a trifle over $100,000.
"Davis Cup" Play for
Women Is Urged
Another attempt is under consid
eration by the United States Lawn
Tennis association to start interna
tional lawn tennis competition
among women. The original attempt
was made two years ago, when Mrs.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman of Bos
ton, former women's national cham
pion, offered the Wightman cup as a
tronhv to be contested for by play
ers of her sex, the intent being simi
lar to the Davis cup competition, for
men.
When the suggestion was first
made the nations approached ap
proved the idea, but encountered
various difficulties which prevented
the starting of the matches. The
association believes that present
conditions are more favorable.
Hoinerun Record of 1906
Doesn't Compare With 1921
In 1906'only 123 home runs were
rmadc in the American league. The
Athletics with SI were the leaders
and the White Sox with seven were
the low boys in this respect. Last
season Messrs. Ruth, Williams.
Mcusel and Walker of Ban Johnson's
circuit knocked 130 homers, which
was better than the entire circuit of
American swatsmen did in 190&
