THE P.EU: OMAHA, THUIWDAY. MARCH 16. 19
Mclniiis Adds
Strength to
; Speakers Tribe
Hig Cl.Ier Face. V)22 $t
noii Willi Team Practically
Intact Pitclicri (rf8t"t
ProMcni.
, By IRVING VAUGHAN.
Oma ha lie. Imt4 Mir.
D!ln, Trx. March 15, One nun
) revived the pennant hopes f the
Cleveland Indian
ami tlut man it
Stuffy M'liini.
strength anl bin
vUie lo ' a ball
W flub are admitted,
but even with ttii
gren first sacker
on band, Mr, TrU
rlcker i men will
' ' liavp tiiuth row
4 to hoe if they hope
to attain the pin
nacle where they
fall
Looks Like Best Among Rookies
Camp Skinner, roc-Vie of the Nsw York YsaLsss, has Um goiof
grt t durmi tht spring training season n4 took! to b Ibe bt
among the youngittrf who are seeking btrUil with tht Hufina cfw.
)( i setting fast psct tt New Orleans,
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&2
Tris
I perched in the
',. In attempting to gauge the possi
bilities of the Indians one must deal'
with an unknown quantity; that
tnuntity i the fighting spirit of the
chief himself, Tris ?peikcr.
, Joe Wood in Right.
With F.Iuier Smith gone to Boston
a part payment for Mclnnis, the
Indian manager will have to use Joe
Wood in right field.
Speaker, nf course, i goiugr to em
ploy himself in hi accustomed place
in renter and he needs no eulogy.-
In left it may be Joe Evans, with
nn occasional introduction of Charlie
Jamteson' or Jack tjraney. There
a. 1,0 are three fly pursuing rookies
down here, but two have displayed
nothing startling, white the third,
who is Pat McNulty, created such a
stir in the first exhibition game that
the boys are sending back pieces
about another Speaker being dis
covered. McN'ulty i a product of Ohio
State university. 1
With Bill Waumbganss forjsec
ond and Joe Sewell for short. Speak
er has nothing to worry about in the
vicinity of the keystone sack. For
third base Larry Gardner is still
available, but the Vermont lad is
rearing the end of a brilliant career,
and a successor must be found.
Stephenson Possibility.
Stephenson, whodid well ai sec
ond base when Wamhy was injured
last year, is a possibility, and so is
one Ralph Benedict.'- However,'
Gardner will pTobably, . hold tan for
another year at least. This fellow
Benedict is another athlete who pass-
ed up a college, captaincy .to come
south with the Indians.'- .-A '-
When it comes to pitchers. the In
dians have a. flock. o fellows who at
one time or another' haye made the.
hall world sit.np.and take, ootice.
loveleskie, Ba'gbjy Morton, ilails
and Sotheron are-names'-to "conjure
with. The trouble is that, e-xcepting
Covelcskie, they have been unsteady;
Should they .get going togeth.er .it
would take an army to stop the In
dians. v . ,.( , .- "-. '.
In addition to. the.abov-e. f,ive and,
it seems reasonable that Coveleskie,
Mails and S6th"erpii'e.aelr.wilt.Jiavfc. a
good year Speaker liasa long .list
of others. Oneis .George-Ufele, who
may get to going any time.
Shows Up Well.
l nen mere is uave jveeie, UDxaiu
td from the--Athlcti.cs.; Great possi
hilities rest on .this kid'. He never has
had a chance with a good ball tea'hi
to back him up. The second finger
of his right hand is missing, and this
makes it a simple matter for him to
throw the deceptive "knuckle bait.
Summing it alt ufy 'Speaker need
have no worries aside .from pitchers.
It he can get Covey, Mails and
Sotheron to working regularly and
fill in with a couple of others, the
Indians will, be there or thereabouts
next October. .- '; " ' -:
Plan Matinee Race
for Ak-Sar-Ben Track
Omaha may have one matinee har
ness race meeting this spring at the
Ak-Sar-Ben track.
Marvin Childs, pjlot of Hal Ma
hone; Roy Owerts and Jimmy Ronin,
three wejl-knowri drivers of fast
steeds, are .planning-om-a matinee
race meeting. with tire cream of the
Ak-Sar-Ben-" stables entered- m the
big events. ..V.v
Childs,. Ow'e'its '. and Ronin have
started working -their trotters and
pacers. - - .: ; V,-.. . .,,.,.-,.'
More than' 1?' head of runners are
quartered atr the, Joial'.stabre"s&' The
gallopers will pla- a part; in t6e. mati
nee meeting, ;! ;; ''".- r . ,
Hawkey e SwimmerV -
to Compete in Big Event
Iowa City, la.,' March 15. (Spe
cialsThree Iowa swimmers and
possibly six will compete in the an
nual Big Ten conference swimming
meet to be held at Chicafo on Fri
day and Saturday of this week. The
three entries are Klingamon, who
will swim either in the 100-yard, 220
ard or 440-yard event; Shepherd in
, the divs. and Bane in the plunge
for distance: - ( ' '
Illness of SCover-and Clarke, two
members of the relay team may pre
vent that " quarter from competing,
but if they do recover their strength
by the end of the week,' they, with
(Joltman, will be taken to compete in
the 160-yard relay event.
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Sivanson Considered as
Assistant to Baldrige
Freshies to Have Mentor
Clarence Swanson. captain of Nebraska university's victorious football
team last year, may be assistant grid coach at Creighton university next
fall.
That negotiations are in progress between Swanson and Creighton of
ficials became known this morning. .
Mac Baldrige, head coach and acting athletic director, says an assistant
mentor probably will be employed until it is known whether Creighton will
have an athletic director.
Van Brocklyn of Hastings, Neb., a1
former Georgetown university star,
who has turned out several good
teams at North Carolina, university;
where he is head coach, also is an
applicant for the position, which was
made vacant . by the' resignation of
t reman ritzgerald.
Leo Kline of Illinois'', an' all-western
end, and Chiuk Neville, who- is
taking his last year in law at Creigh
ton', also are considered for the posi
tron; .. - -
Baldrige announces Creighton will
have a freshman coach this fall.- He
also said the school may employ two
assistant varsity coaches.
. Swansori- apparently is the'favbrite
for the position. He, graduated, from
Nebraska last year following a bril
liant season on the. gridiron and has
.located in Omaha, . . .
CHamp" Hurdler May"
Run m Meet Here
'Frank Loomis.i world's champion
hurdler,- now -coach .at Hastings, col
lege, probably will lead his athletes
into Omaha"" -next month for a dual
meet with Creighton university, .
I the meet is arranged Loomls
will be asked- to run an. exhibition
race. '
The Hilltop ' school . officials also
are negotiating for a dual meet with
Harry " Bell's " University of : Des
Moines spiked shoe performers for
next month.
Seeks to Write Name
, ; . Into Fight History
"Battling" OrtegS
Arrives for Bout
"Battling" Ortega, Portland, Ore.,
welterweight fighter, who follows
the sock 'em and watch 'em 6leep
profession, arrived in Omaha last
night to finish his training for his
10-round bout here March 21 with
Morrie Lux.
Ortega will work out this after
noon at the Business Men's Athletic
club.
Lux works out at the - Orpheum
Garden gym
Wil Hold Try Out ' .
Rifle Shoot in May
' Washington, March la. Riflemen
o defend the world's marksmanship
title for the United States in; the
1922 international matches in Milan,
June 9, will be selected-, by open
competition among army, navy, ma
rine corps,' National guard and civil
ian contestants, the national board
for the promotion of rifle practice
announced today. , ' '
The tryout-shoot-will be held on
the marinecorps rifle range at Quan
tico, Va., May 3, 4, S and 6, and the
scores made there will determine the
personnel of the American , team,
which is expected to leave for- Cher
bourg May 16. " ; ' " -
Today in Ring History
Q. Haw' high rawt reterea throw ball
at center ? H. P. D. - -
A. In profM.loi rulw.il feet. In
wmteiu- rule o height trret than
either plarM oa Jump, and the MU
will drop- between, them.
. Wfcat U proper m?thed to follow In
nubstltutim player la' amateur rulta?
. " A. 1 First reixwt' cr, then . -X
in ae . ' - . . - - - .
Q. How many aubaUtutea can be uMft
In a g-amet J. O. -
A. In uwtar nlet no limit, la pra
feMional ralew three.- - - -;--".
Q.- la It- permieaiWe t hnr ball" J.
r. c. : -, ".. - "
A. In both profeeaienal and anteteu
rule thl to legmlr
Q.-1 At and of drlhble. how long ean
player hold iall Jiefere shooting; or p-
'TiaeieftBMeijrV V aot elaeeir misrded.
K3csssssssssssssaa
No one ever heard of Joe McCann,
outside of his friends in Newark, N.
J until he punched- Pat Malarkey
into .dreamland in. half a Touad. And
now the -experts are claiming that
he is championship timber. He' will
seek to inscribe his name in cm
hlizoned letters into the scroll of
fight history. Hei trekking over the
knockout route in an effort to reach
the' , kingdom . of Jack Dempsey,
whom b hopes to make abdicite..
124 Tean. Ago. , : ,
.Tern ..Belcher won trom Jack Brltton,
Bristol," England, S3 minutes.
Twentj-Seren Xears Ago,
Joe Oans won from Howard Wilson,
Washington,' 10 raands.
Twenty-Two Years Ago.
Jatk- (Twin) i Sullivan won from Joe
Robinson, Boston, IS rounds.
Fifteen Tears Ago.
- Young- Erne against Spike Bogson, no
decision, Philadelphia, six rounds.
Thirteen Tears Ago.
Joe Bowker lost to Al Delmont, Boston,
11 rounds..
Eleven Years Ago.
' Leach Cross (Dr. Louis C. Wallack)
knocked out - Joe Bedell, Brooklyn, 10
rounds, t .
Four Tears Ago.
George Chip against -Young Joe Borrell,
no decision, Philadelphia, six rounds.
Weather Man
Smiles Down
on Buffaloes
Harney 1
Burch )
Omaha Pla)rr t ic
Itiria Tale Advantage of
(loocj Wrather for Thrir
riiig Training.
kiori. Tri., Marih 15 ipt'
th Telegram.) Aided by brautiiul
iiiiuhine, characteristic ei the nouth-
trn taies, the
Onuhi Hm Utoe, f-
who ate doing thrir
19.'.' aprinir train
ing in Victiri4,
Tt, on the
bsnkj of the Gua
dalupe fiver, urt
practically in shape
nd ready for the
fiarting gun that
will send them off
h the mad scram
ble for the Western
tnguc pennant.
Not a day ha
pi! kinrf the
arrival of the tram here, that the
quad ha not been able to got out
to Kio ViMa park and put in two
In 1 hours in the momma and two
more iu the afternoon, with a hot
tun overhead.
The fact that the Omaha Rang
made ucli a good showing agaiim
the San Antonio (Texas league)
Bears, after being in training only
three day, is a feather in the cap
of the weather man, who has been
unusually kind to the" Omaha, eaug
by dishing- out ideal training -weath
er. J he Jan .Mitomo squaa nas
been practicing two weeks. '
I'cte Snedecor joined the squad
last week, and he and Walters are
having a merry time of it around the
initial corner. Mce. Wilcox and
Grantham, at second, shortstop and
third base, respectively, are showing
up in fine fettle. Manush, Amen
and Griffin, have been cavorting
around in the outer gardens as if in
midseason form.- The 13 pitchers
Manager Burch has in camp are kept
busy every day. He declares that
it is going to be a hard' proposition
to weed the twirlers ont and decide
which ones he is going to keep, be
cause all of them are mighty sweet
heavers. .
Before each game Manager Burch
holds skull practice at the hotel
where the team
is quartered. The
men are working
hard to condition
themselves and
Burch is driving
them in order to
whip them into
the proper shape
The fence-busting
tactics of some of
the members of
the sauad. nota
bly among them' "Pug" Griffin, "Cy'
Lingle, Manush and Wilcox, has
caused Burch to order them to stay
away from the batting cage, because
they are losing too' many horschide
covered pellets.-' Okrie, last year's
CrtJlttt
lii.lff, joined the qu44 last Friday
iienioun, and ttut leave only three
turn ia repair. littin, Wilder and
I'ftrraOlt,
M-iiuKrr Bunli Idt yeirrdy
rrnopit or San Antonio to confer
with John McC-raw eoneerning the
Klicdttltiig fit mi exhibition same in
Vuti'fia toith the Guiitts. lie tvill
ilvo gi to Si-gum in order lo conier
iih rvid"' tilea.rtn, manager of the
Cliieaso White ok. in an atieuipi
ia nuich a fame with the American
Uagu coiitiiistnt, lie is now in
loiirh wi'b Cnni Mack of the Ath
Irticf, ho are training in Eagte
181. Tex , and it I thought that be
Hill he able to n.auh a game with
t tic Madmen uhrn thev break ranin
snd Urt on their animal exhibition
tour,
Iowa Arranges
Practice Games
Iowa City. la-. March 15. (Spe
cial.) Practice games with more
college teams rather than with pro
fessional ball clubs in Iowa will be
used as eonditioncrs for the lows
diamond squad tin spring, according
to Coach Jsmes N. Ashmore, who
expects ti have his schedule of
games completed in the near future.
Already seven games have been
scheduled w ith Iowa colleges, includ
ing two with Cornrll, two with Coe.
and three whh upper Iowa. One of
thee will played at Iowa City and
two at Fayette. ,
Iowa opens the conference season
with four games away from home,
tnectimr Northwestern at Evanston.
Anril 22; Illinois at Urbana, April
27: Purdue at Lafayette, April .'S.
and Michigan at Ann Harbor, May 6.
Prospects are considered good for
a better team this spring thn rep
resented the Hawkeyes a year ago
when Iowa niade an unusually weak
showing owing largely to lack of
experienced pitcher. Becker, Froh
wcin, Voltmer. Anderson and Wells
from lat years pitching stair are
back and are working out regularly.
Fabricius, a freshman southpaw from
last year, and Nichols, another
,f , .... . ...
yeaning, iook ine nesi ot me pucn
ing recruits from last year.
Behind the bat, .Iowa will have
Locke. Michaelson, Redmon and
Barrett. Locke, however, will prob
ably not 'come out for catcher this
season since he feels that stooping
will not help his legs for football
next fall. He may be given a place
in the outfield since he was one of
th strongest fielders on the team last
year.
At first base Arneson and Barton
appear to hi likely - candidates.
Shimek, Hicks.-are possibly seconds.:
Huburt- and Popsil for third, .'and
Barton, Popsil orEmmert for -short.
In the outfield Lraper .ahdWilhelm
are 1921 veterans and . Locke will
complete the trio. . - .
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Howard Roland Elected
Beatrice Captain
Beatrice, Neb., March 15.-4(Spe.
cial.) Howard (Stub) Rowland has
been elected captain,.of the Beatrice
basket ball team for t the' season-of
1923. Roland has been one of Coach
Hughes' best cagers during the past
season. 1
Horry Greb and Tommy; Gibbons
Eliminated as Contenders for
Crown Adorning Dempsey- s Dome
' Omaha Bee' Ieaied Wire.
New York,' March ,'15. Iif ; those
boys who have been Snapping at the
heels' of Jack 'Dempsey don't stop
'.::' '" . !..' quarreling between
themselves, Jack
may - have to go
through with h i s
threats and hop
across the big
drink and pick up
some of the boys
in1' Europe to bat
tlepw'ith. Tom
G:$'b b o n s and
Harry Greb step
ped out in Madison
Square Garden last
Monday night, and
when it was all
oyer two more
c a n d i d a t es who
might have been
considered as opponents for Demp
sey were eliminated;.,' ;
Of course, Grebb' dusted off Tom
to. a queen's taste, but" he did not
quite show enough "stuff to warrant
a combat with the- big heavyweight
champion. It was an awful soak in
HAKBY WILLS.
...; ni?;f li
the ribs, for Tom Gibbons wierfMii
blew the verdicf-'tor the' Pittsburgher.
They had ribbedVup ThPmagrto the
point where he looked as though he
ought .to get a call for a shot at
Dempsey. Now it is all over. Tom
blew his chances' in that Greb- con
test. ',' ...''" -s
Looks as though the entire chal
lenging field is left, to Harrv Wilis,
the big: neero heavvweiarhtl '. Hatrv-
looms up larger, -tha.n ever now as'.tbei
boy they will have 4o pick on toydd:
business with. Dempsey; the nextitime
tho big white ..champion starts.. , Greb
is out, of .the question.- vThe 'plain'
truth, of the matter is that Harry"
can t; hit a -lick.-. He s a. good, ag
gressive boy with .a .good fighting.
heart, but he is not ready tor a- rnan
of Dempsey's proportions, and prob
ably never will be. This is not any
reflection on the game boy from
Pittsburgh. He sure is a very busy
proposition in , the ring. He gave
Gibbons everything that could be
doled, out,, and when, it -was over,
he had. blasted -Gibbons', hopes - of
ever becoming a heavyweight cham
pion. '''' '- '
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tobacco quality .
We state it as our honest
belief that the tobaccos used
in Chesterfield are of finer -quality
and hence of better
taste) than in any other
cigarette at the price.
titt & Tiseei Ct.
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Fourteen Nations
.Will Compete ,
for Davis Cup
WiJfst Kntry Ut Evrr
Ketiilied in an Intimation,
al Conlct to Play in Tru-
ni Coniprtition.
New York, .March IS. J-'oui'tren
nations, including the United Stairs,
will compete this year in the Davis
c rp tennis tournament, entries for
which close today. This is" said to
be the widest entry list ever re
corded in an international athletic
contest, not excepting the Olympic
game.
LnaurnKCi !ue been received
from Australia, Belgium, Hritisli
Ile, Canada, Ciecho - Slovakia,
Denmark. France, Hawaii, India,
Italy, Japan, Komnania and Spain.
The draw will be nude publicly
Friday noon at the office of the
t.'nited Slates Lawn Tenuis associa
tion. Each of the competing coun
tries then will be cabled the name
of its opponent and the' date on
which the first round match mut
be finished.
Four rounds will be required to
select the combination that will op
pose the title holding players of the
United States. The challenge round
will be ptyd on th courts of U
Wrt Ndt Tenuis club. Forest IlilU,
Long ItUnii, 011 $rptf mbe r I. i tud
4 't he final round will be play4
at Newport, thewrrjfof August
Western League
Releases Claim to
Joplin Territory
Chicago, Ma'ch" JS The Western
league lias rrhiirmished all claim lo
lhe territory in Jiplin, Mo,, follow,
lug the tian-frr of the franchie of
that titv to liivrr, Cob., l'reidein
Al K. tearnev said jeaterdjy.
There had been some doubt as lo
whether the Western league was mil'
in control of the territory, as oli.
del of that city were anxious to:
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President Teamey said today that
inasmuch a the franchise had been
lrsiiicrrrd to the Colorado city, the
league no longer held any rtaini
there.
Paw noe I.rcion Lot-a
Pawnee. Neb, March IS. (Special
Telegram,) The Pawnee American
Legion basket ball team w at defeated
here Iat night hv the Filley town
tram, 1 lo ,U. Charles (iatcly, local
high school roach, refereed.
l'ddie (VDowd Win
Columbus, O, March 15 Kddie
O'Dowd, Columbus bantamweight,
won the decision over Willie .Spencer.
New York, in a 12-rouud bout hcrij
1.1 m nivni,
Nucleus for iWt j'
rn. a a I
1 ram at umirai
Pfoprcis for a strong track and
field squad It Central High school
mi fott tool a
big jump skywsra
yesterdsy whrq
ior than 150 ath
etes answered! in
'oath Schmidt's
urst rail to ids
i inder psih.
it nun .oati
Sclmii.Ii's call was
nothing more than
a meeting of all ha
athlete, tt mull
rd. however, thst
' il numbers eount
' J Jjj ir anything. Cen
( f if at wil have a
' r " ui irsca an'i
lu'ld repreienia-
tive kicking cinders in the face of
rititl track'.ters tins jsr.
The Central coach told liis men
jut what would be expected ol theni
should they decide tc try lor the
liack team.
Preliminary tisining will start this
afternoon umler the eagle eve of
Couch Schmidt. Early training will
consist of cotiiiiiioning the candidates
and ahir.ting them to improve their
"wind.
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