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The Omaha Sunday Bee SPORTS AND AUTO CLASSIFIED ADS MARKETS AND FINANCIAL VOL. 51 NO. 43. PART THREE OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1922. 1-C FIVE CENTS m Western Athletic Conference Puts Ban on Intersectional Grid Games Big Ten Adopts Drastic Rules to Clean Sports Tramp Athletes and Ball Player. Hit Hard-Pur-poeljr Flunktng" Frown cd Upon. By WALTER ECKERSALL. jlfitnt action of the faculty com mittee of the wcittrn conference in forbidding intersectional conteiti of ny kind, increasing the residence of ineligible migra tory athletes Irom one to two ean and putting teeth into the amateur rule, make the association the inot strict of any similar organiza tion an tlie enun- t During the ie- V . J an which brought the pres- yP ident. faculty rcprcsrniai i v c and atheltic di rectors together in ioint sessions. MIl.TOK ROM MKT. (TRUCKI Pbals.) the commercial side of athletics came in for scathing and the keynote of all talks was to get back to the amateur side of othlctics. , Tramp Athletes Must Go. The tramp athlete and the one who puts a degree on ice by dropping out of college for one term in order to be eligible for competition in his specialty during one of the following semesters were frowned upon. The western conference will no longer be a good resting place for the tramp athletes. They will not be counte nanced and they must seek other fields to exploit. Although it has happened a few times that athletes have gotten by to compete in their favorite sport by dropping out of college for one term, the rule will be strictly lived up to in the future. During the recent ses sion the faculty committee refused to allow Milton Komney, captain-elect of the University of Chicago football team, to lead his eleven this fall. Komney could graduate this spring if be attended college until June. He had elected to drop out of school, re turn in the fall to play football and take his degree in February.. Baseball Question Settled. The baseball question waf settled once and for all as far as the present vflwittec is concerned. A college player .may play on a team, during the summer, but he forfeits his amateur standing the moment he plays in a game where admission is uharged. In previous" years colleg stars were members of teams which played to the gate. There was no conclusive way to prove they received compen sation for their services. The amend ment to the rule, however, eliminates all doubt as to the question o fama teur and professional as far as the conference is concerned. Prohibiting intersectional games is looked upon as one way to eliminate the commercial side of college ath letics. There is no getting away fro mthe fact that games between the leading football elevens of the coun try attract country wide attentions enormous crowds and the consequent large gate. In many cases the gate has lun into six figures. . It is the opinion of the conference that Big Ten teams can find enough competition within their own organ ization without seeking other fields to conquer, The gridiAn clash this fall between Chicago and Princeton on Stagg field will be among the classics of the year and the field will not begin to hold the crowd. Schedule Rule Adopted. - Adoption of a rule making it im perative for . conference teams to j compete only against those which have. the freshman rule will lean to more competition within the confer ence. In previous years the teams, football elcvehs particularly, ' have nlavrrf as manv as three games with r " . . ... - ... . not recognize the freshman rule. The new rule will go into eftect on Sep tember 1, 1923. A two-sport rule was proposed and it will be adopted at the next meeting in June at Iowa City. One of the c lauses in the rule will be that no athlete may choose football and basketball. As these two sports overlap each other, the players will not have the necessary time to catch up in scholastic work following the gridiron season. Cross-country run ning and track and field work are considered one and the same sport . No Alumni Assistance. Efforts of alumni to assist promis ing preparatory school athletes through college by the collecting of pools was, deemed detrimental to the efforts of the conference to make its sports clean and free from the taint of professionalism., Be this as it may, the alumni will continue to sup port their alma maters regardless of any action' oh the part of the faculty committee, according to a prominent alumnus of one of the leading Big .Ten schools. There is no association of col leges and universities in this country which has such a drastic set of rules. Action of the sort taken was deemed advisable because of recent expos ures in college circles, some of which involved Big Ten institutions. Rolfe and Maurice to Box at Grand Island "Billie" Rolfe, Omaha welter weight who is fighting the Jack Lewi colors, has been matched to battle 10 rounds with Alex Maurice at Grand Island on Tuesday, AjriJ IK IHbv&na Rummers Arrive : I " If -II ' I i 11-.-" l ,"-' 3?, I ,a . Forbid iMdlna field Hartiu . V3Tf A - , Ift to Hunt, top! Cork, Slmmonda upi Loyallit, O. Flfldii lip. Tjeft to right. . S mlL m mm0i ' . hottom: tieorie inmrt, I. Fribble up; Blaieaway, J. Jaupel, up. Bottmt rlfhti 1 P V Au Kcvoir, U. Trlbble up. ' V 1, m-J T?T'" Although the annual Ak-Sar-Ben spring running race meeting is not f f 1 ;W. A scheduled until June 3 to 17th, inclusive, several head of Kentucky and yZA 3$f V Vafe W Havana runners already have arrived at the local track to begin prepara- f '"tLj W tion for the coming meet. - I Ml ' The change in climate and tbe advantage of early galloping are I 1 , among the reasons why the stables are arriving weeks before the meet J "Kid" Schlaifer Intends to Make Monday 's Scrap Morrie Schlaifer is threatening to retire. . - Like a flash out of a clear summer sky the Omaha welter, in the midst of a brilliant pugilistic career, last night dumfounded his new man ager, Bobby fc-vans, Dy annoncing ne and go into business. , Schlaifer said his last battle - wouidf be against "Cowboy" Padgett at Council Bluffs Monday night. John ny Creeley, his former manager, arid Evans pleaded two hours to get him to change his mind. - He's Tired. ( "I have been fighting hard and am tired. I am - going to retire," Schlaifer is quoted as telling his managers. .'.-" "I have money and a reputation. I am going to capitalize it in business." According to the "inside dope," the "Kid" is not using this as a subter fuge to break his contract with Cree ley and Evans. As a result Evans is said to have refused to pay Creeley for the con tract. t ' ,' . The three were to confer -vyith an attorney today. Ironclad Contract. Schlaifer cannot be forced to fight, but as far as boxing is con cerned Creeley's contract is ironclad. It was patterned after the famous one between Fred Fulton and Billy McCarthy, which the Big Plasterer took through high courts in three states and then to the United States supreme court, in futile effort to break. By this contract Creeley can prevent the local welter's appearance in a ring for two years. Creeley intends to. hold Morrie to the contract, it is said. Evans, Creeley and Schlaifer re mained tactiturn when approached on the subject this morning. Who Can Tell If Schlaifer goes through with his plans he will be a fighter unique in ring annals. Few fighters, if, any, have ever quit the ring as young as Schlaifer after such a meteoric rise. For' this reason some of the know ing ones are not alaVmed by the Schlaifer report They say Morris is merely threatening "for a pur pose." Several fights are in the brewing stage for Schlaifer, including a fight His Last, Is Report v is going 10 quit we ooxmg game -" ' - - , ... a T Wlin ..K.ocKy xvansas, ine xunaiu mauler. .The Knights of Columbus are in tending to use him on a card here May 2 with Buddy Logan as his op ponent. : Husker Medics Form Six-Team Ball Loop The University of Nebraska "med ics" have organized a six-team base ball league which starts play April 17. According to the schedule of games, the "medic" ball players will play 15 . games. Each team will play every other sauad but once. The- Phi Beta Pi, Phi Chi, Aplha Xappa Kappa, Nu Sigma Nu and Phi Pho Sigma fraternities will have teams in the league. The non-fraternity men will enter the sixth club in the circuit. Morvick Qallops Half Mile in 50 Seconds at Jamaica Morvice, the new 3-year-old sen sation of the American turf, which ,is being primed for the Kentucky Derby, enraptured several hundred thoroughbred enthusiasts at the Ja maica track when he galloped a half mile in 50 seconds flat. This was perhaps the most im pressive work of the season for the handsome son . of Runnymeade Hymuv He was handled by an ex ercise boy. - - Jim Corbett to Be Dined by Old Time Frisco Pals James J. Corbett, once heavy weight champion boxer, is going back to his old home town of San Francisco. Some of his former pals, who knew him when he worked at the old Nevada bank and become champion of the Olympic club, have gotten up a dinner and "do you re member?" feast for him at the club. About 500 Olympians are expected. - at Ak-Sar-Bni'S tables i a i ii i i i 1 1 . Logan Seeks Fast Sparring Partner The bird who chirps into the cauli flower ears of ' Buddy . Logan that Dave Shade a bad egg with a steel shell isn't imparting any in formation to him. Buddy realizes lie is in for the toughest battle of his career when he squares off with the Califor nia ring rocket in the city fight edi fice a week from Tuesday night. But Logan isn't a novite in the "give and take" sport; and Dave Shade. he plans to be in the proverbial pink of condition when the gong sounds. Logan was in telegraphic com munication with several leading lights in the lightweight and feather weight divisions today in an effort to get a sparring partner who is x ccptionally fast and who can absorb punishment. He expects to get one within a few days. - Ralpb Parcaut Barred From Chicago Ring Chicago, April 8. Ralph Par caut, the Spencer, la., wrestler, who lost a 12-round decision bout to Champion. Johnny Meyers here last Monday night, has been barred in definitely from Chicago rings by the city athletic commission. The action was taken because of Parcaut's al leged "stalling." England Has Soccer Record A remarkable thing about soccer football in England,, where the sport of kicking the football is as popular as baseball in this country, is that no club has won the championship of the first division during the last 20 years on two successive seasons. is . - Milton Barred : From Auto Races Fresno, Cal., April 8. Tommy Milton, national champion auto mobile driver, has been barred from all races on the Pacific coast, accord ing to a telegram received by Manager-H. E. Patterson of the Fresno Speedway association from William Schimpff, chairman of the National Contest board of the A. A. A. in New York. , Schimpff said in his message that Milton had been-disqualified because he demanded a bonus for entering a Fresno race and because of alleged false representations in advertising. Los Angeles', Cal., April 8. Tommyi Milton, national champion automobile racer, said he was "tre mendously surprised" when he was informed at his-home here last night that he had been barred from Pa- ijcific coast races. . It seems to me that it would be hoove the contest board to notify me," Milton said, "as I am one of the most interested parties:" Frank Friend Signs With Norfolk Team t Frank Friend, former Kearney Normal star athlete, has signed up with Coach Ernie Adams of the Nor folk state league club. Friend is an infielder; He played with the Kearney Normals in 1920 and 1921. Kerr to Hurl First . Semi-Pro Ball Today Chicago, April 8. Dick Kerr, who recently refused to sign a contract with the Chicago Americans for an other season, is scheduled to pitch his first game for the new city hall team here today in a semi-professional league. Charley Deal, former Chicago National league third base man, also will be in the lineup, Fans Waiting to SeellowIIurlers Show Under Fire IVrrcae Exported in Willow Work at Pitt-Iirn Improve Splif ret Seem to Be Nor mal This Year. By I. E. SANBORN. C'oukiderahle diciuion it being imlulKcd in concerning the outlook for an iucreae or .decrease in bai ting during the major league baseball cain paiens which will i e inaugurated icxt Wednesday. Tiifc is much CiirioMty to sec v. inch way the eternal battle be tween pitchers and batsmen will trend this year. " The bat wicld ers had all the better of the com bat in lV.'l, as the RF.n- faber. vjta statistics of (TRIBUNE H.oto.1 , t . . . , They had the abolition of the modern ireuk deliveries and the, restriction of the spitball to veteran users of it, besides the lively ball, to aid them in gaining a pronounced advantage over the slabmen. Batting averages climbed high above the no'rmal (or previous seasons and the pitcher lost a lot of the prestige he had en joyed as scores mounted and unex pected batting rallies added to the uncertainties of the game as wcil as to the discomfiture of the (lingers. Normal Spheres This Year. This year the baseballs furnished the major leagues undoubtedly will be nearer normal, as they were toward the close of the 1921 diamond campaign. The cause of the lively ball which created so many upsets in the dope last spring is said to have been diagnosed correctly by the man ufacturers.. Winding the new brand of yarn too tightly was alleged to be responsible for the greater resilience of the pills, and that mistake will be rectified, it. is promised. The spitball will continue to de crease as a faetor, although its dis appearance is bound to be gradual, because there is no time limit on its use by the slabmcn who were saliva experts prior to. the rule which for bids' newcomers in the major leagues to resort to the moist brand of de livery in competition. But age fixes a limit beyond which pitchers canno: expect to travel successfully in fast company, and each spring- finds one or two spitball devotees missing from the ranks. Even those who remain on the slab rosters of the big leagues have reached or passed their prime in all probability, and several of them, not ably Red Faber and Stanley Covel eskie. were beginning to discard the spitball of their own volition last season. As they developed greater skill with other brands of goods they cut out the spitter .except to keep the batsman guessing, using it just often enough to remind their antagonists that they still had command of it. Faber Leading Pitcher. In spite of that, Faber led the American 'league in effectiveness on the slab, with a team behind him which finished seventh in the pen nant race. He was much more suc cessful than Coveleskie, who ranked next among the spitters and had the support of a team which landed a close second in the race. To offset the fading factor of the salivic delivery there is a prospect of an increase in the use of the subma rine slants for whiiV Carl Mays is fa mous. Reports from spring training camps in both circuits have dwelt on the fact that quite a few hurlers have been' experimenting during the off season with the underhand style of hurling to which is due much of the Yankee pitcher's effectiveness. If, many of the overhanded, slabmen learn to mix their previous goods with the Mays style they will be even more effective than the New Yorker, who does not vary his offerings with overhand stuff to any degree. Inferior Matreials Used. Consequently the chief element to be considered in advance of the sea son is the effect the reduction 'will have on swat averages. It is expected the quality of balls furnished will ex cel that supplied during the wor.'d war, when inferior materials had to be used, but it is not expected they will be as lively as those which threat ened to rout the new crop of pitchers entirely last, spring. Fifty-eieht players in the National league rang up batting averages of 300 or better last year, and 55 in the American league reached the coveted .300 class. Of these 45 in the old league and 37 in the younger circuit played in over 75 games. Amateur Oarsmen to Form Veterans' Association A veterans' association has been formed among members of the Na tional Association of Amateur Oars men, the governing body of the sport of rowing among clubs which will celebrate its 50th birthday this year. The members of the new associa tion are to be men who have in the past been active in the sport and maintain their interest, although no longer active. Philadelphia Teams Clash. Philadelphia, April 8. Baseball fans here will have their first oppor tunity today to judge trip relative merits of the 1922 combinations of the Philadelphia Nationals ana Americans. Fresh from their south ern training camps, from which glowing reports have been receivea, the two teams were to meet at Shlbe park this afternoon in their only ln-ter-Ieague game of the season, George Lamson, Boxer, Suspended Imliiitt HcAywright Alleged to Have Written No Fund Clierki. Lincoln, April 8 (Special Tele grain) liforgc I.aiiuoii, heavy weiKHt boxrr. ha been Mup't'dcd by the honing commit ion pending In ventilation of a complaint charging him with writing no-fund checks. I ji in. on is not M Lincoln and bis former nia.iaiscr. "Billy" Hale, who released him April I. lus no idea where the Indian can be found. "We uiuot keep 'he boxing game as than as poiMc," said Secretary ti . nunc wrnare n. n. iiiik Sa' unlay morning. "Therefore we will take care to re that men who are not going traight are kept from boxing in Nebraska. Lamson, should he be proven innocent of the charge, will be allowed to continue his box ing." . , Johnny Keecan, who lias taken over the handling of Lamson since his release by "Hilly" Hale, declares that he does not know where to lind his protege. George Lamson left a week ago, declaring that he was go ing to his home at Walthill. Inquiry revealed that he had not been at Walthill and an investigation showed that he was not in Omaha, where he was believed to have stopped off en route to his home. Lamson was scheduled for a bat tic with Tony Rawn of Wahoo on April 10. The bout at Wahoo has been ostponed until April 13. Hawn is to meet Anton Peterson of Iviithton, Minn., who will take Lam son's place. Omaha Discard Beats Buffaloes Wichita Falls, Tex., April 8. Barney Burch's Omaha Western league Buffaloes were defeated here yesterday by the Wichita Falls Spuddcrs by the score of 7 to 1. The game was the first contest of a four-game series. "Mutt" Wilson was on the mound for the Buffaloes, fared well until the seventh stanza when the Spudders started to peel their war togs and throw over a bombardment of hits. When the smoke of battle cleared, the locals were leading the procession, 7 to 1. . Up until the sev enth the score was 7 to 1. Abe Bowman, who was released two weeks ago to Wichita Falls by the Omaha manager, held the Buf faloes at bay for six frames. He as relieved by ' Steve Mokan, who traveled the remaining distance. i gOod fashion. The Omaha infield showed up well throughout the game. Th noore: Wichita Frill. Omaha. ab h po a ab h po a a Sum's, rf 3 110 0 Ofa'l'n. 2b 4 110 0 Tan'er, 2b 3 1 3 1 0 Mee. sa 4 2 2 10 O Br'n, cf 2 0 6 1 0 Manush. ct 3 16 0 0 M'D'd, 3b 4 1 2 3 0 Oriffln, rf 3 0 3 0 0 Com'k, lb 4 3 8 0 1 Her'an, lb 3 1 1 1 Miller, If 4 0 2 0 0 Oran'm, lb 2 0 0 0 1 1. ingle., o 3 0 3 1 0 Wilson, p 2 0 0 2 1 Cofrer, p 0 0 0 1 0 xWller 1 0 0 0 0 Sorey, sa 4 113 1 Kltch'a, o 3 2 3 1 0 Bow'n, p 2 0 12 0 Mokan, p 1 0 0 3 0 Totals 30 8 27 14 2 Totala 28 6 24 6 8 x Bat ted (or Wilson In eighth. Wichita Falls 2 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 x 7 Omaha 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Summary Two-baae hit: gumma. Three-bane hit: McDonald. Sacrifice hits: I.ee. Grantham, O Brien. Sacrifice files: Manush, Summa. btolen bases: Comstock, McDonald. Double play: Bow man to McDonald. Hits: Off Bowman, 4 In 6 Innings; off Mokan, 1 In 3 lnninga; off Wilson, 8 In 7 innings; off Coffin doffer. none In 1 Inning. Bases on balls: Off Wilson, 3; off Bowman, 1. Struck out: By Wilson, 2; by Bowman,. 1; by Mokan, z. Time of game: 1 :4t. umpire: Magee. Hornshy Highest Paid Player in National League Rogers Hornsby, the leading bats man of the National league in 1921, when he clouted' the apple for an average of better than .400, . has signed his contract with the St Louis Cardinals. Terms of the con tract have not been made public, but it is understood that the salary is between $20,000 and $25,000, proba bly $22,500, with a clause increasing it if the club finishes first, second, or third in the league race. The con1 tract, it is said, makes Hornsby the highest paid player in the Heydler circuit. . 1 ' ' ' Australian Tennis Expert Names World All-Stars Here's' how ,Mai. R. M. Kidston, noted writer of tennis for the Sydney Referee, ranks . players of the world: . 1. William Tllden, America. 2. William Johnston, America 3. B. I. C. Norton, South Africa. 4. Manuel Alonxo, Spain. 5. Zenzo Shimldzu, Japan. ti. R. Norris Williams, America. 7. Gerald Patterson, Australia. 8. J. O. Anderson. Australia.. 9. Norman Brookes, Australia. '- in. Ichiya Kumagac, Japan. 11. Vincent Richards, America. 12. R. F. Kingscote. Great Britain. 13. WTatson Wasnburn, America. American Polo Players Share Honors With English A quartet of American polo play ers namely. Hilburn, Webb, Hitch cock, and Hopping, share with two Englishmen, the famed Walter Buck- master and Lord Wodehouse, the honor of topping the rating of En glish experts with 10 goals each. Tom Dennison to Purchase Trotter Tom Dennison, well-known Omaha sportsman, will leave Monday for Oakland, Cal., where he will purchase William Gray, trotter, that has a mark of 2:15. . The horse will be shipped to Ak-Sar-Ben field where it will be given tryouta. William Gray will journey to the "Raging Grand," should he show up well during the spring workouts. Walter Johnson on 15th Season With Senators Grratrt Speed Hall Pitcher Expected to Hurl l'ir't Game at Washington Opening Day. Br Internal lonat arlr. Waaliinmoii. Anril 9. Walter Johnson, king of opeed-ball pitcher, will begin hit 15th campaign under the big tent when tle raucous bellow of the umps formally ushers, in the American league naieiiMii ciou m Washington on April I.'. It i fureifoiif conclusion tlut the Hig Train wilt receive the assignment of performing on the iimund in the sra tou's oneuiiiff same here, when it is expected I'rriiciit Harding and nu merous public luminaries will ie present. fourteen yean oi service in me lunior maior leasue perhaps has :.pped some of the oldiune zip from Johnson's fast ball, but there are great hitters in the league today who will tell you coniidentiaiiy tney would much rather face the wares of Mavs. Hovt. Covaleskie and other pitching star of the American league than toe the rubber wnen jonnson is shooting them over with his ter rific speed. Has Remarkable Record. In every one of his 14 years with the VVashington team Johnson has been the lone source of comfort to baseball fans of the national capital, who have seen their favorites, year in and year out, flounder around in the pennant scramble like a fish just yanked from the water, lie ha been the idol of Washington bascbaM bugs since he joined the team. And to merely remark that John son is deserving of the respect and admiration that is his today is put ting it quite mildly, when one con siders the remarkable record he has hung up while performing for a team that was the butt of the league until the Athletics usurped this hollow dis tinction some few years ago. Lost First Game. , Griffith's pitching ace joined the team in 1907, a big, raw-boned, green country youth, with practically no big league assets except determina tion and ambition, coupled with blinding speed. His first start was against the Detroit Tigers, then numbering in its lineup such swat- smiths as Cobb and Lrawtord. jonn son lost that game by one run. But what a whale of a record he has hung up since then with a team that has come within striking distance of the championship only twice in the. last 15 years 1 He nas chalked up 320 victories since he became a regular flinger for Griffith, mre than twice as many as any hurler in the league today has to his credit, and it is a mark that young pitchers will be shooting at for some years to come. Has Fooled 'Em AIL Walter, being human, has experi enced his off days, when Tival batters bumped his offerings to all corners of the lot. But never has this humili ation been accompanied by the wild jeers and hoots from the fickle fans' to, "Take him out!" When, on very rare occasions, his blinding speed was smacked all over the park by opposing sluggers and he was com pelled to give-way to a relief pitcher,, the faithful bleacherites, the dyed-in-the-wool, wild-eyed fans who bask in the hot summer sun for the privilege of glimpsing their favorites in action, sent up a loud groan, "There goes our team!" ' When .Johnson experienced some trouble with his salary whip several years ago gloomy baseball prognosti cates broadcasted the doleful infor mation that he.was through on the decline, a hasBeen. But he fooled 'cm all by turning in some scintillat ing pitching performances, and that same year uncorked the first no-hit, no-run game of his career. Last year he encountered some difficulty in rounding into shape, but when the hot summer sun loosened the kinks in his mighty right arm he had the best hitters in the league feebly punc turing the ozone and completing the round-trip from the home plate to the bench with the despairing remark that" "you can't hit what you can't see." 1?inillflf1 SaAn Sfrnns The smoke-ball king wound up the last season traveling like a - house afire. He reported to the Griffs graining camp at Tampa, Fla., this spring in tine shape and, according to reports from the Florida shores, is cavorting around and cutting up like a 2-year-old. So-called experts who have given him the double-O report that Johnson is far from being' through yet, and according to John son himself he will be out there this summer dishing them up with the oldtime zip and. snap to the fast one that makes a batter wobbly in the knees when he has to stand at the . plate and face the blinding speed of the greatest speed-ball pitcher that ever has donned a. spiked shoe. Sudenberg Matched With Whitey Fulton Tnfinnv iirfpnhirtr fnMHTtarirrVif under the wing of Jack Lewis, popu lar Omaha sportsman, and "Whitev" T?..1AM t .U f T7 I T..1. . - - "mi uiivu, uiuiuci ui rjxa ruuon, win meet in a 10-round bout at Tecumseh, ieo April iv. The Tecumseh Leeion nnt i" tiac- ing the show. Sets Skate Record. Chicago, April 8. Roland Cioni. world's professional roller skatinz champion of Akron, O., holds a new record today. In winning the half mile race at the championship tour nament in progress here, he made that distance last night in 1:15 3-5 on' the nine-lap track. This time, it is claimed, is world record,