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VOL. 5! NO. 42.
PART THREE
OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1022.
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FIVE CENTS
Annual State Tennis Tourney Will Be Held During Second Week in August
i
I -
Racquet Meet
Will Be Closed
Hvcnt This Year
'.Vrtity-Kifcltt Cuurti Located
on (!amiu of University
Xcliracki Available for
Rig Tournament.
'Hie annual Nebraska clo.ed tenuis
Iwurnamrtit (or tlie singles and dou
championship of the slate will
be held in Lincoln this simmicr, prob
lily the second work in Aunut, ac
cording to an an-
lloUIUCtllrnt i o-
day by Ralph
Wcavetlinir, prri
Unt of the Ne
braska Slate Ten
n i agnation,
which will con
duct the tourna
ment. The rulrs
of the cloned tour
nament, which re
places the- open
tournament held
at Omaha lat year, limit entry to
Nehratkan.
Under tent;, 've plans, the tourna-
nirnt will begin Monday, August 7
i Mr. Weaverline stated. One hun
dred of the tate' best tennis player
will be exp cted at the tournament,
the firvt wiih Lincoln as host since
1915. Twenty-eight courts located
or'the campus of the (.'diversity of
Nebraska will be available for the
tournament. The Cornhukcr courts
are considered of the bcst'in the middle-west.
Consolation singles and doubles
will be run off in the tournament, ac
cording to Mr. Wcaverling.
The departure of Ralph Powell,
Omaha racquet phenom, will serve
to quicken the interest in singles
competition, in the opinion of the as
sociation. Powell, in former years,
has had little difficulty in standing
out over all tennir players in Ne
braska and adjoining states. The
Omaha man won the state title last
year despite an invasion of racquet
stars from the coast and neighboring
states, who stopped off at Omaha to
''practice up'1 enroute to larger tour
naments in the east and west.
, C. R. Mathewson of Walthill, vice
president of the association, and
Charles A. Patterson of Arapahoe,
secretary-treasurer, are well-known
tatc racquet wiclders. The board of
directors of the association, with the
exception of a representative of the
western section of the state, who is
to be elected, follows:
Leo P. Pascwalk, Norfolk; Mc-Killip,-
Seward; Guy Williams,
M l. . C ) J TV LL.. u U
artri3tVicn Bow; Harry Ellis,
Holdrcge, , and Dave - Rankin,
Lexington.
Western Coaches Get
Even With Easterners
" New York, April 1. The Penn re
lavs, which will be held on the last
m
i.
two days of April are sufferihg a
mild boycott on the part ofwestern
, track teams, a heritage of the tem
pest brewed in Chicago last June. At
that time eastern institutions did not
O respond too cordially to invitations
to compete in the first outdoor
championships of the newly formed
National Collegiate Athletic associa
tion. In retaliation most of the con
ference coaches are keeping their
men ont of the Philadelphia games.
u
. Img liijuiica may
Be Fatal to Boxer
Eugene. Ore., April 1. Injuries
which physicians say may prove
fatal were suffered by George Tetsie
of Brownsville, Ore., in a boxing
. bout here last night. Tetsie lost on
a technical knockout in the seventh
round of a bout with Carl Miller of
Eugene. He chatted with friends
after the contest and, IS minutes
later shnwprl indications of what
the doctors assert probably is a
broken blood vessel in his head.
to be Held in England
, London, April 1. The editor of
the "Field," with the approval of
Captain A. V. Hembro, M. P.,
chairman of the rules of golf com
mittee, has decided to offer a chal
lenge cup for a long-driving cham
pionship. The first competition will
be held at Sandwich on June 17, the
Saturday before the open champion
ship, by permission of the Royal St.
George's Golf club, and will be open
to amateur and professionals. The
winner, if an amateur, will receive
a replica of the cup; if a profession
al, a prize of $125. The runner-up,
if a professional, will receive $25.
"Zibby" in Draw
"Milwaukee, April 1. Stanislaus
Zbyszko and Amos Laitenen
wrestled 12 eight-minute rounds here
last night in a contest billed for the
Graeco-Roman championship of the,
world, to a draw.
Wichita Baseball Team Set New
Izzies Total of 149 Topped
All Minor and Major
League Baseball
Clubs.
WHEN the New lork Amer
icans, as a team, turned in a
rernrrl nf 1.15 home runs last
' aeason it was accepted as a record
and set down as such. In the Spald
W ing's Baseball Record can be found m
record where the Chicago team of
the National league, in 1884, made
140 home runs, If this record is
Represent
The University of Nebraska' baseball team
cracked open its 1922 season Friday afternoon at
Norman. Okl., when it defeated the University of
Oklahoma nine by the score of t to 3.
The i tuskers will compete in the Missouri Valley
leacrue this season.
Coach Owen Frank of the Cornhusker basket ball
team is coaching the varsity baseball team, ine
Huskers have several promisinc pitchers on the squad
this season.
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Gibbons Fades
From Spotlight
Overtoiled St. Paul Light
Heavyweight No Longer
Considered as Foe for Jack.
New York, April 1. Jack Demp-
sey saw anotner prospective oppo
nent eliminated when Tom Gibbons
not only failed to stop Harry Greb,
but lost the decision in 15 rounds of
mauling in Madison Square Garden,
Gibbons and Greb fought like a pair
of amateurs.- They were earnest
enough, but they showed nothing
that warrants coupling their names
with Dempsey. Even Gene Tunney,
who challenged the winner before
the bout, laughtcd when it was over.
He wore a grin that indicated he was
not at all afraid of losing his title
to either of the men.
The affair eliminated Gibbons, not
orilv from a bout with Dempsey,
but one with Georges Carpcntier.
Evidently lorn is the same kind ot
a fighter as his brother Mike was
before him. Mike built up a great
reputation at the expense of second
raters, but he always failed to make
good when he tackled a real fighter.
Tom was not facing a great fighter
in the recent bout, but one who is
difficult to handle, and Gibbons
failed to show the form expected of a
man who boasts of 27 knockouts.
Grid Practice Starts
at Minnesota Uni
Minneapolis," April 1. Ninety can
didates for the University of Minne
sota baseball team answered the
first call of Dr. L. J. Cooke, tem
porary coach, yesterday afternoon.
There were a score of prospective
pitchers and as many catchers.
For the first time in more than
22 years, a University of Minnesota
football squad took the field here
today for spring practice without
Dr. H. L. Williams, veteran coach,
who has been replaced by W. H.
Spaulding.
There are 114 men in the first
squad.
Central High Student
to Enter Kemper Academy
Donald Meyers, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. Meyers, 314 North Twenty-seventh
street, will enter Kemper
military academy next week.
Young Meyers is a student at
Central High school and was a mem
ber of the Central football team.
Olkahoma Accepts Creighton's
Challenge for Tennis Tourney
According to an announcement made by Coach (Chuck) Morearity
oi Creighton university tennis team, the University of Oklahoma has ac
cepted Creighton's challenge for a series of tennis matches to be played
at Norman, Okl., May 19 and 20.
. "Bill" Adams, "Spike" Linahan, Charlie Bongardt and Vernon Edwards-probably
will be Creighton's representatives in the singles' and
doubles tournament against Oklahoma.
correct, it is a most remarkable one.
That famous team played 114 games
in 1884 and had only 12 players on
its regular lineup. The most hom
ers hit out by one player was the
mark of 26. made by "Big Ed" Wil
liamson. This would leave 114 to
be hit out by the other 11 players.
While such sluggers as Gore, An
son, Daly, Mike Kelly, Fred Pfeffer
and Burns were hitting hard that
season yet, it is extremely doubtful
if. this record is correct.
A Year of Homers.
The season of 1921 will go down
in baseball history as the one most
Umverelty et
1 J Indians Taking Up T
I 11 Golf in Arizona
" 1 I if Chicago, April American In- I 1
II II dians have taken up golf, many of I 1
1 I the aboriginal caddies on the courses ' mwIpM
sJf 'n Arizona having procured clubs J
vj) j J and by imitating the white man, be- y fefS"'
I -. ' J5i come fairly proficient in the game. 'JfHiK
(rMx-r ?s s r At !he nc.w In6leside c,ub near L, W
Catcher
Betless Racing Gets
Trial in California
' San Francisco, April 1. Califor
nia's experiment in "betless racing"
is expected to get under way by next
Thanksgiving.
Rudolph Spreckles, Herbert Fleish
hacker, D. C. Jackling and the others
interested in the promotion of the
sport with gambling eliminated who
recently formed a corporation under
the Delaware laws to hold and op
erate the old Tanforan race track
near here, announce they expect to
begin construction of a new grand
stand at the race track. The struc
ture is expected to cost $500,000 and
will be ready, it is expected, by
November.
Davis Cup Ties May
Be Played Abroad
New York, April 1. There is rea
son to believe that the recommenda
tion of the officials of the United
States Lawn Tennis association that
the majority of the preliminary ties
of the Davis Cup series be decided
upon European courts will receive
favorable consideration. Samuel
Hardy, captain of the American cup
winning team of 1920, is now in
Europe. Hardy, who is thoroughly
conversant with the conditions there,
is expected to co-operate with this
country 'and the various challenging
nations in bringing this about.
prolific of home run hitting. Home
run hitters fairly swarmed the big
leagues and even extended to the
far-off bush leagues and Mountain
and Valley circuits. But, at that,
home run hitting wasn't so common
in the smaller circuits. It seems the
smaller they were the fewer home
runs were registerd.
There were seven teams in or
ganized baseball that reached . the
century mark in home runs. Wichi
ta of the Western league, had a t am
that led the world in driving out
homers. With 149 hon runs made
in 168 games played rft 1921, this
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Nebraska m Ball Diameimd
Chicago, April :1. American In
dians have taken up golf, many of
the aboriginal caddies on the courses
in Arizona having procured clubs
and by imitating the white man, be
come fairly proficient in the game.
At the new Ingleside club near
Phoeni, Ariz., young bucks from
nine different tribes have gained
considerable proficiency and with
gifts of clubs from winter visitors
practice ine various stroKcs tena
ciously. With the natural swing be
gotten of loose joints, the sinewy
muscles of the keen-eyed redskin
drive far and straight and approach
with the accuracy for which their
tomahawking was justly feared by
the white pioneer. All of which
makes it possible that some day the
national championship may be won
by a golfer who is indisputably an
American.
Jock Hutchison Leads
Southern Golfers
Pinehhurst, N. G, April 1. Good
luck and good golf conspired yester
day to place Jock Hutchison of the
Glenview club of Chicago, British
open champion, in the lead in the
north and south open golf champion
ship tournament. His card of 35-37-70
for the morning round was bettered
in the afternoon by Pat O'Hara of
Richmond county, who made a 33-36-69
for a second round. Because
0. rain the second round was called
off and the contest was reduced from
a 72 to 54-hole contest, which will
be completed with the two rounds
tomorrow.
McCarthy Wants Batteries
Announced Before Games
San Francisco, April 1. Manager
of clubs of the Pacific Coast Base
ball league, which opens its season
Tuesday, have been asked by Presi
dent W. H. McCarthy, San Fran
cisco, to announce their pitchers half
an hour before the games start. Such
a rule is enforced in the American
and National leagues.
To block gamblers who might be
helped by early knowledge of bat
tery selections, McCarthy will ask
managers, umpires and newspaper
men to keep the selections secret
until just before the games start.
"Strangler" Lewis Wins
Appleton, Wis., April 1. Ed
(Strangler) Lewis, heavyweight
wrestling champion, defeated George
Hill of Appleton last night in
straight falls. Both falls were won
with headlocks.
World's Record for
saucy little city, like Abou Ben Ad
hem, leads all the rest. Wichita
had four players who did the bulk
of this long distance hitting. Beck,
with 35, led; Washbourn had 30,
East 26, Blakesley hit out 25. Tulsa
produced a team tl.at was strong on
long distance hitting for the record
states 106 homers were made by the
players on its lineup. The hero of
Tul$a was a certain Mr. Todt, who
hit 28 home runs, and Davis with 21
came in for a share of Tulsan adora
tion. Wichita Knocked Most
With 135 home runs the New
York Americans have to play sec
ouineta
"Babe" Herman Defeats
Brooklyn Featherweight
New York,' April 1. "Babe"
Herman, San Francisco feather
weight, tonight defeated Eddie
Brady of Brooklyn, receiving the
judges' decision after their 12-round
contest. Herman felled his op
ponent once in the third round for
the count of eight.
Thirty -Two Runners in
ShipmentManicure Is
Star With Five Firsts
THIRTY-THREE runners, fresh from a victorious campaign at Ha
vana, reached Omaha Saturday for the Ak-Sar-Ben spring run
' ning races, June 3 to 17. They comprise the first big shipment to
arrive at Ak-Sar-Ben stables.
Before the meeting opens, winners from New Orleans, Mobile, Mexico
City, Kentucky, Cleveland and Tijuana, will be here, assuring Omaha one
of the greatest racing meets ever staged
Twenty head from Mobile and
Mexico City arrived last week,
which, with those that reached here
this morning, make more than 50
now at Ak-Sar-Ben stables.
Charlie Trimble, Ak-Sar-Ben sec
retary, is responsible for the fine
shipments, for he visited all winter
meetings with the exception of Tiju
ana and succeeded in interesting
owners of fast stables in the Ak-Sar-Ben
meet.
Judge Budrow a Winner.
The star of this morning's ship
ment is Manicure, owned by J. K.
Baker of Lexington, Ky. This fiery
little steed placed first five times and
second once out of six starts at Ha
vana. Judge Budrow, Mildred and Blaze
away are other big winners in Col.
Baker's stable. Judge ' Budrow
placed first four times, second three
times and third three times out of
10 starts.
ond fiddle to the Wichita aggrega
tion, even if it is a minor team.
Any team that can hit out 149 home
runs in a - season is worthy of all
honor. George Ruth, with 59, and
Bob Meusel, with 24 home runs, is
the reason why the Yanks touched
such a high mark. With such long
distance hitters on its lineup as
'Home Run" Baker, Ward, Pipp,
Peckinpaugh, Meusel and Ruth, the
Yanks should have touched the 150
mark. .
' The big American association had
two teams in the century class of
home run hitters. Minneapolis with
122 stands third, The reason there
Hush Suspended
for Failing to
Join Senators
Washington, April I. President
Griffith of the Washington rluh hat
terved a suspension on Donme Hush,
the dtrmrr Tiger shortstop, whom
the Nationals intended to carry at
a utility intirldrr this year, because
of hi failure to report for spring
training with the team at Tampa,
FU. Griffith said he was convinced
that Donnie was trying to get out of
the training grind.
Griffith has withdrawn Hush' con-
trut, which he had not signed, al
thouch he had screed to the terms.
The Nationals' lute tin for their
seventh game with the Boston
Braves today at Tampa.
MhlU Hat Mia VWIorr.
Chl.a. April L Th Chlrxa Am.rl-
rail au Iram )ardar afla sin
nun ocion t-luB. 10
Th Chi.. Ntmna: tn In enly four
nnln. iih lh pan Kranriaro g.ala h.o
rain rhaal lit Haver Indoor
Tlx Am.rlr.m at. In Iiirminaham to-
9y. Th rub ar is irl sJO si
h.n Fr nci.ro.
Tarda anil llnmn flay.
Si. IjjuI. April J Th Cardinal! anil
Hrix.ii., HI. Lnul." rpr.rnlallva In in
National and Am.rlr.n lu pnnanl
rr, many fa- "-aril olhr al Nw r
Ivan In tha first (am of a two. gam
ihlMtlon .rlHi. Th other gam will
t playtd Sunday.
I'lratra I'lay Kaawu flly.
Pl(lt.urh. April I. Tha Plllabursh
National leaan first sirlna playara ar
rivail In Kanss CHy laal nlaht frnm
t.ltil Itnrk. Ark., b-lna unatu o play
th I'mverslty of Arkanaaa al Kay.lt-
vll. a x-hrilulril. on arrmint of rain.
Two ism' ar srhtduLd with Kan..
City, th riralea remaining ovr eunflay
(or the second contest.
Tlrera Hlart North.
rtroll. April I. Th Petrolt Americana
today wer acheduled to play th last
Kama of th practlr at their Aua-uata.
(!.. training- camp, meeting th Aunu.ta
South Atlantic league team. Testerday'i
rnnteat called off on account or rain.
Monday th TiK.ra begin their north
ward journey.
Reds on Road Trip.
Cincinnati. April 1. Th Cincinnati Na.
tlonal leaKU basebsll team split today,
Ivy Wlngo taking th second team to
Evansvlll for a gam with Columbus
and th regulars going to Springfield, Mo.
to tnk on the Western association team
Saturday and Sunday.
For th third day In succession th
Reds wer stopped yesterday by rain
and cold,
Indian HpH Cp.
Cleveland, April 1. Th Cleveland In-
Alan. split Into two aivision. wer resay
today to play their first games on their
way north. Th first team wi In Okla
homa City nd th second In Wichita,
Kan., wher they r scheduled for con
l.ta tntlev and tomorrow.
JIa- suer Speaker remained with Jame
C. Dunn, president of th Cleveland club,
who la III In Dallas, but ho expected to
leave for Oklahoma city tonignt.
Sutton Again Beats
Yankton High Five
Yankton. S. D., April 1. The
Sutton High school basket ball team,
chamDions ot Nebraska last nignt
won again from Yankton High
school quintet, champions of South
Dakota, bv a score of 21 to 17, and
3nnexed the basket ball title for the
two states. Last night Sutton won
by a score of 24 to 17. Another
game, the last of the series, will be
played tomorrow night.
Bryan Downey Is Matched
to Fight Mike O'Dowd
Cleveland. April 1. Bryan
Downey, Cleveland's middleweight,
has been matched to box i rounds
with Mike O'Dowd, former title
holder, at Columbus on May IS, ac
cording to an announcement made
here.
in the west.
Mildred was first to the wire three
times, placed second thrice and
copped third position out of her
Havana starts.
Have Good Records.
Following are the-horses which
arrived this morning and the number
of times they were in the money:
Manicure 6 10
Judge Budrow 4 3
Fictile S 8 4
Mildred ," S 3 6
Blazeaway 3 8 2
Balfour 8 1.1
Loyalist 2 4 1 3
Dolph 2 3 3
Tawaaentha 2 2 I
Two Byes 2 1 0
Oeorue James 2 0-1
Fickle Fancy 2 0 0
Byrne ,2 0 0
J. C. Stone 12 1
Cork , 1 1 2
Acclamation 12 1
Miss Hilarity Ill
Starkey 1 0 2
Forbid 1 1 2
Au Revolr 12 0
Misa Frauland 1 0-0
Others in the shipment were: Carol, J.
Gomul, Lady llene, Onota, Loonrack, Imo,
Precious Jewel, Coroway, Prospero Baby,
Helen Major and San Stephano.
Home Run
of was the phenomenal batting of
Rob Russell, former White Sox
hurler, who drove out 33 home runs.
Wade with 31 helped some. G. A.
Fisher hit out 14 and Sherwood
Magee of big league fame made 13
home runs.
Blues Collected 112.
Kansas City's team with 112 home
runs made in 1921, had the premier
home run hitter of all minor leagues
in the person of Bunny Brief, who
hit out 42 home runs. Bunny is the
only player in the country who has
a right to say "Howdy" to "Babe"
Ruth, the champion. Good, with 23
Somcrs, and Zwilling, with 22, form
Decrease in Bat
Work Predicted
Hatting in Practife Cunifi I
Much Lighter Than a
Year Ago.
New York. April 1 In nearly atl
practice itame t this spring batting hat
been much lighter than formerly.
Patrball men declare the official
balh to be used in the National and
American leases this season will be
manufactured iih the same ma
terial and according to the tame
method of a year ago. They re
tuse to admit that a "lively ball" ever
was introduced for the purpose of in
creasing both home run record and
Kate receipts. Yet insider are quiet
ly hinting that there will be a mark
ed let down in shiKRing and a cor
responding improvement in work of
pitchers.
Major league managers, with no ex
ceptions, are paying unusual atten
tion to their pitching department
and already correcpondciits with
some of the teams are sending word
to their reader that surprise are in
store for them when the champion
ship race get under full headway.
From all camp news is flashed
that veteran pitchers and ambitious
iVcruit have received instructions to
practice diligently with orthodox
curve. Evidently manager and their
lieutenants are following the exam
ple of McGraw, whose Giant pitch
ers, persistently feeding curves to the
Yankees, sewed tip the world cham
pionship last fall.
"Batting records thi year will not
surpass figure of 1921," said a well
posted man. "Neither will they
touch high water mark. There is
bound to be plenty of slugging, here
and there, as a result of inferior pitch
ing, but just as soon as the boxmen
get the hang of the old-time curve de
livery hitting will become normal."
a,
Indiana Nine Sails
Seattle, Wash., April 1. Among
passengers on the steamship Key
stone State, scheduled to sail today
for the orient, are Efram Zimbalist,
the violinist, and members of the
University of Indiana baseball team,
who are to play a series of games in
Japan.
Track and Field
By Frank Loomis, Jr.
World's Champion Hurdler
WHEN the final event of the
Olympic games at Antwerp,
RelrrMim nrtt cevecil
champions also ended their track
careers. The performances of Frank
Foss, world's champion pole vaulter,
were through when he cleared the
cross bar at 13 feet, 5XA inches, on
his last trial. This feat was the
f e a t u red record
breaking perform
ance of the games,
and America will
miss his service in
in 1924, as Foss
could have com
peted straight
through until the
next games, for he
was a perfect speci
men physically and
was the type of
athlete who will
not go stale easily.
After the games
h'e remarked that
he was through,
and Frank made
his remark good,
T". ... 1
even to the extent of exhibition vault
ing, by which he has been ever
tempted by different athletic clubs.
Possess Athletic Nerve.
Foss has an infinite nerve, speaking
in athletic terms, and was not easily
rattled. His final vault, which gave
him his world's record, came on the
third trial, so you readers put your
thoughts on the frame of mind he
must have been in just before at
tempting the last jump. Here are a
few thoughts he had: Failed twice on
record height, had already won the
Olympic event, at the same time
breaking the Olympic record of 13
feet 1 inch, and also held the world's
record of 13 feet 3J4 inches, made by
himself in 1919. Now with ac
complishing victory and holder of
both Olympic and world s records in
the vault, together with a slight rain-
falling, along with two misses on
13 feet 3'A inches, he collected his
nerve and came down the runway
Another Foreign Golf
Pro Coming to U. S.
New York, April 1. Alan Gow,
who has been appointed professional
at the Edgewater club, Chicago, has
sailed from England for this coun
try. He is accompanied by Forbes
Leith, his assistant at his former
club, Banstead Downs. The Surrey
professional is the latest addition to
the considerable list of British' play
ers who have drifted to America in
recent years.
Clouting Last Season
the trio who hit out two-thirds of
the homers made by the Kansas
City team.
Salt Lake City team hit out 122
home runs in 1921, which equals the
mark of Minneapolis, but it required
187 games for the Salt Lakers to
turn the trick. "Gavvy" Cravath. fa
mous home run hitter of many
leagues, was on the lineup and this
is one reason why Salt Lake City
team was strong- in long distance hit
ting. Sellin, however, led the team
with 22 homers, Cravath had 18,
Sands 17, D. Brown 15 and Duffy
Lewis of Boston Red Sox fame,
nicked 14,
Big Crowds Turn
Out for Tijuana
Feature Events
Inrrraurd x Attendance May
KfMiIt in Meeting Hring
Continued Throughout
Month of April.
Tijuana, Mcx., April I. (Special )
Following closely on the herls of
the record crowd for all time at the
Tijuana track which turned out for
the $.'0,000 Coffreth handicap a week
ago, was another asrml1.iKe of
great magnitude ami enthusiasm yes
terday to testify once more to the
popularity of western thoroughbred
racing, Thi was for the $5,Kh1
Tijuana cup at two miles, the event
being won by George J. Miller
l'ast, Indian, which has performed
admirably in his stake engagement
here.
Gathering ntometuin with each
week' raring the meeting at Tijuana
has become antiseasonal in a way
and is now likened to an ever bloom
ing plant by 1'residcnt Jame Wood
Coffroth of the Jockey club. He is
so well pleased with the steady and
increased attendance that he sees a
continuation of the inciting for quite
a period.
l'hi impresario of western rac
ing did not fix any date for the end
of the extension, saying that before
the last day there would be two
weeks' notice in advf.ice. It is In
dicated that -the extension will be
for a period greater than was at first
planned. Consequently it would not
be surprising if the extension went
through the month of April.
Drawings for Cage Meet
to Be Made This Week
Chicago, April 1. Drawings for
the National Jnterscholnstic basket
ball tournament to be held April S,
6. 7 and 8, at the University of Chi
cago, will take place next Tuesday,
tinder the direction of Coach A. A.
Sfagg. The teams present at that
time will have the first drawing.
with enough confidence to clear the
bar easily four inches. His athletic
desires were fat-stretching, as the
average athlete would be satisfied
with winning the event, especially
after holding both records.
Star at Cornell University.
Foss graduated from Cornell uni
versity, Ithaca, N. Y., with laurels
as an eastern collegiate champion.
When first going east he was vault
ing just a little over 12 feet, 4 in
ches, and under Jack Moakley, who
later led the Olympic team across,
Foss got so he could vault close to
13 feet quite often. Upon gradua
tion he -returned to Chicago and
tried to give up competing any more,
but Martin A. Delaney, athletic di
rector of Chicago Athletic associa
tion saw too good a champion stay
ing at rest, so he urged Foss to go
after the record of Mark Wright,
Dartmouth, at 13 feet, 2 inches.
Foss was in an environment of
great vaulters then around Chicago,
as he had five friendly competitors
all doing better than 12 feet, 6 in
ches, to work with, four of them
in his own club, Sherman Landers,
Carl Buck, Percy Graham and Lad
die Myers. Edward Knowrck of
Illinois Athletic club was always a
close competitor. With these men
vaulting, Foss pushed the record up
to 13 feet 3 inches at the Sears
Roebuck invitation meet in Septem
ber, 1919. This victory spurred
him on to comncte in the Olympics
and when he had won there, his
wreath of laurel was full, so Frank
Foss' retirement was accepted as a
retired champion.
Inquiries and Answers
Question In training for the mil run
should I run on mile everv d v in
practice? What is good time for a high,
school boy J Robert M,, AUIanc, Neb.
Answer T)o nnt ran mtl Amm
In ppractlce. Run your practice mile
About twice a week, tf you hv not at
meet at th end of th week. High school
milrra running around 4:40 la good time
for Inter-scholastic running. i
Question What hlirh school meet do
you know of at thi time rn Nebraska?
George C. L., Lincoln, Neb.
Answer Omaha high school will hold
a meet probably the first week of Slay.
.nance win stage a meet on May 6.
Hasting college holds their lot li annual
inter-wholastlc meet on Mar . T'nlv.r-
iry of 'ebraaka tnter-acholastic, May 13.
Questions Do you think 8 feet. 1 inches
will get me a place in the state meet
this year? R. B., Omaha, Neb.
Answer Yea. but why not add on. Ineh
or two before that time?
Question Would like to know If von
did any other event in hleh school he-
side hurdles? H. C. Lincoln. Neb.
Answer I comnete.1 In ih. rf..h..
high Jump, broad jump and hurdles, al
though I use my judgment during
meet to not ever do too many events.
Seven Clubs Hit Over Cen
tury Mark in 1921
Tulsa Got
106.
Baltimore club of the International
league led that circuit in home run
hitting. Jack Bentley, the star bats
man and all around player of the
team, was the strong man in this re
spect Bentley hit out 24 home runs,
Holden 19, Bishop with 14 and Ja
cobson's 12 put the Orioles in the
century class of home run hitting
teams.