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BATTLERS IN FINE CONDITION AT END OF TRAINING FOR RING CARD Promise of Record Attendance Held Out as Result! of Interest in Perkins-Keeler and Young-St. Clair Fight Tomorrow Night Brisk workouts Sunday afternoon ended the training ses- sions of all of the principals who will take part in the Ameri- can Legion athletic carnival to be held at the Iris theater to- morrow night. The windup of the training grind saw many of the boxers stage good exhibitions before a large crowd gathered at the Casper Athletic club to get a line on the favorites. Chie San ae ae Morey ‘Youngs and Wile Keeler! were in action between 3 and 4 o'clock HUSTED GRID PLAYERS SHY They boxed several rounds and went A through other conditioning exercises for more than half an hour. Keeler and Al Plaza mixed matters for a few rounds. Later tn the afternoon Harvey Per- kins, Dude Gilmore and a retinue of followers worked briskly, closing an/ intensive training grind of pteara weeks. Everything 1s now tn readiness for the card, which lodks like the best athletic Dill that has ev@ Seen ar- ranged for Casper, and which holds promise of attracting the largest crowd that ever attended a show Of) services, Reports from Taylorville hie | Hind hare. said they had been hired when Car- At the present time Kecler seems tnvitie wis reported to have hired to be favored slightly over Harvey| Notre Dame players ‘and te. nace Perkins to win in the main battle. | wagered @ large sum of money on| Perkins terrific punching however.| their team. may reverse the complexion of the affair at any time during the battle. Sentiment ts at about a standoff in the Young-St. Clair fight, the other end-of the double headliner bill. URBANA, T1l., Jan. 30—The nine | Tiitnols football players who partict- pated in the Taylorville-Carlinville semt-professional game November 27 for which they were barred from var- sity athletics, today maintained that they had received no money for thelr Non» of the players would discuss the game, but all are being question- ed individually by George Huff, direo- jtor of athletics. Director Huff was reported to have said he had heard Young. has ‘worked himself, Into wop' sc, $30,800 was » wagered on. the derful condition after his long ae game. assured 0} SA ee ecitte ha ten ever atdiged |: Conoh iblett: thapSh ela Be koiew $a Canaan |nothing about the betting end of the ‘1 charges, and was not at all positive Prat Vi Neg eling aera £5 that the players had been paid: for humber but he will face one of the Playing. He will continue the inves- toughest men he has mixed with here. | tigation, he said. Real action is assured in the affair. For the first time since the Amert- can Legion has been dling the cards it is indicated that a capacity house will greet the offerings of the organization. " The double-headliner Dill in which many real fighters appear has placéd a premium on all but £en-/ fessional football game here Novem era} admission tickets and befote the| ber 27 were hired and that a :.e bell tolis to start the Monday night/ amount of money was but on the game car it is probable that only standing |were partially verified today by Dick room will be available. Tickets will Simpson, manager of the Taylorvillé be on gale at the Smokehouse today | team. and until late Tuesday afternoon. | Protesting that he “aid not get any college players in Simpson today asserted ho had hired TAYLORVILLE, 11% Jan. 30.—(By The Associated Press}—Charges that the nine Illinois football players who were barred from varsity athletics by the university athletic council yeste: day for participating in a semi-nro- want to bad,” | ———-—_———. |the Ininois players when he karned Carey, chairman of the athletic hoard |that Carlinville, the opposing team, and Knute Rockne, football ch, jwas “loaded with college stars who that they had played in the semi-pro ANDERSON BEATS DUNBAR ALL THE WAY IN BOUT AT LANDER Eddie Anderon, had little or ‘no trouble in worsting Luxon Dunbar in @ 12-round battle at Lander Sat- urday evening. but fafled to deliver the ether wallop that would have terminated the session. Dunbar’s hard hitting was offset by Ander son's cleverness so that the Lander midget landed solidly on Anderson but few times during the fight. Eddie showed he had everything and time and again apparently could have terminated the battle by a knockout. Dunbar was srogsy many times but held dn for minutes until he recovered himself and An- derson made no move to push tho fight during these stestas. THEY RECEIVED NO MONEY NOTRE CAME PLAYERS INVOLVED IN ILLINOIS GHURGES mately $30,000 tn wagera on their team, depending on star college play era from Notre Dame for victory. This money, he said, he understood was lost when Taylorville won ‘the game after Simpson had secured the Ilinols players for the local team. He declared he knew positively of one $6,000 bet on the game. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 30.—Pro- fessionalism among athletes on west- ern conferenée teams probably will be thoroughly discussed at the next meeting in June at Iowa City, Iowa, of the Big Ten, according to Prof. ©. T. French, president of the athletic association at Ohio State university and president of the Western Con- ference. Professor French said that the ac- tion of tho University of Illinois in declaring nine star athletes. ineligible becaus: they had played in a semt- professional foothall game undoubted- ly would cause the question of pro- fessionalism to be discussed at the June meeting unless a special meeting of the board ts called in the mean- time ume he knew of no move for a spe- cial meeting. “This whole thing came up so sud- lenly that we haven't had time to fo: clared. . SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 30.— (By The Associated Press.}—Eight Notre Dame university athletes today volun tarily con'esseti to Father William cost $2,700." fessional football game at Taylerville, Simpson said he had been told that Ill., November 27, 1921, with the Ca HL Carlinville backers iad laid approxt- linyille, Ill, team. They were imme- —————— — ee Barring of Athletes Who En- gaged in Professionalism Is Commended. CHICAGO, Jan. 28.—Coaches of Big Ten athletic teams were unanimous in praise of the action taken by the University of Illincis athletic coun- ell in declaring ineligible nine men who admitted having participated in a semi-professional post season foot- i game, ep erie three of the men ruled out of future Illinois athletics— Crangle, Sterneman and Walquist— ‘were stor members of the varsity foot- ball and basketball teams, the whole- sale cleanup at Illinois was declared by Conch Robert Zuppke to be a good thing. Other coaches expressed their intention of prying into alleged pro- fessionalism and the [ilinois action was en as a forerunner of quiet in- vestigations to be pa in every west conference university. bare Tom Jones of Wisconsin de- clared there was “a great deal of professionalism among college play- ers,” adding that if such a situation was not changed, it would mean the of intercollegiate games. be She in taking such action was “observing the ideals of the western eonference,” Dr. J. C. Wilse, football eoach at Ohio State said, expressing the hope hat a “thorough cleanup” would be made. “Without question the college is the hope for maintaining mmateur principles in sport,” he added. Del Monte Team — Wins Polo Match DEL MONTE, Jan. 80.—Del Monte Midwest team defeated the Mateo-San- ta Barbara polo team 9 to 6 in open- ing of American polo season. a TODAY Directed by DilhoeferIs - Critically Tl ST. LOUIS, Jan. % —William Dil- hoefer', catcher of the St. Louis Na- tional league Cardinals is in a serious conditicn at St. John’s hospital here as a result of an attack of typhoid fever. A TENSE W. F. Dunn * _ Phone 27 HAY, GRAIN AND FEED Best Quality, Lowest Price industrial Ave. Continuous 1 to 11 A bishop-Cass Theater SPECIAL RETURN SHOWING Samuel Goldwyn® Rex Beach present REX BEAC famous story The SILVER HORDE The All-Star Cast Includes R. D. MAC-LEAN—ROBERT M’KIM—MORRIS FLYNN—SIDNEY AINSWORTH—MYRTLE STED- MAN—BETTY BLYTHE A story woven round the great salmon industry of Alaska. The crookedness and intrigue of the domi- nating factors to monopolize the field, and the cour- ageous fight of the newcomer, —ALSO— “FALSE ALARM” A Two-Part Sunshine Comedy VAUDEVILLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON 6, He said, however, that at this late any definite action,” he de- Te] Frank Lloyd DRAMA Admission 30c Early in the fight Anderson took @ big lead and beat Dunbar with everything he had. The going final- ly got too rough for Dunbar and he was forced to dog the fight in order to stay the limit. Anderson made @ warm home for himself with many Lander fans vy his sportsman tactics, but disap- pointed some of his more ardent sup- porters here who believed that he should have taken a knockout vio- tory when he had the opportunity. This card featured the bill which ‘was staged at Tom Broderick’s club Saturday night. Many good fight numbers were staged on t bu p Sonasoetdetthtis teenie ical aee diately disqualified from further ath. letic competition at Notre Dame. The eight men were. Eddie Anderson, Mason City, Iowa, all-American end. Chester Wynne, Orinoque, Kan., all- western fullback, selection of several football writers, and star hurdler. Roger Kiley, Chicago, varsity end, captain of the basketball Star track man. Lawrence Shaw, Stewart, Iowa, var- sity tackle and western champion shot putter. ‘ ‘ Harry Mara, Huntington, Ind., sub. stitute center in football and regula: baseball player. Robert Phelan, Fort Madison, Iowa, substitute varsity fullback. Earl Walsh, Adrian, Iowa, substi- tute varsity back. Dick Seifert, Carlinville, TI, substi. tute end. suv players exonerated Gus Desch, member of the American Olympic eam and John Mohrdt, all-American back, from taking part in the game, saying that neither was in any wiy impleated in the ir, Amateur Cue Artists Meet NEW YORK, Jan.\ 30.—Three matches wore on the opening day pro gram for the national amateur 18.2 balkline billiard championship at the Crescent Athletic club today. The card: Edgar T. Appleby vs. Percy Collins; Francis Appleby vs. Henry Clarkson; Charles Heddon vs. Edward W. Gardner, ———— There doesn't seem to be anything jolng for Benny Kautt in the way of reinstatement in the big show “Brown's YES, SIR, JUST * * *. HE’S BACK IN * * * WHAT COULD * * * li Is Shows at 7 and 9 P. M. be Casper Daily Cribune team and| LOOKIN’ BETTER'N EVER * WIFE’S IN THE COUNTRY * * * * * A HE WANTS TO SEE YOU L. P. WALL Sapphire Girls Company “BROWN’S IN TOWN” A Complete Musical Comedy Reproduction of the Famous Rural Farce in Three Acts. As Refreshing as a Mountain Breeze, As Entertaining as a Three-Ring Circus. As Funny as a Charlie Chaplin Comedy IF YOU MISS IT—YOU WILL ALWAYS REGRET IT HEAR'IGNATZ SING “SALLY ,IRENE AND MARY” SUPREME PHOTOPLAY IN FIVE REELS THE CAST L. P. (Ignatz) Wall, Al Darr, Billy McCoy, nedy, Loretta Kidd, Imogene Kennedy, ' SEE IMOGENE KENNEDY IN HER BLACKFACE SONG AND DANCE Block West of Henning Hotel COLUMBIA PAGE FIVE PADDOCK WOULD SHEVENNE WINS Cheyenne high school beat Casper on the capital city basketball court Saturday night hy a eccre of 23 to 18, but in winning was forced to extend itself to the limit for the first time this season. The. Casper cagers had an off night after travelling all night from ‘Wheatland in order to be on hand for the game. The two teams will have a chance at decisive ‘contest February 9 when they meet in Cas- per. Bill Lester, starred in the offenstve Coaches at the University of South-| teamwork of the Casperites and ern California, where the “fastest| scored to a Casper’s 16 points. Ho jhuman,” as Paddock has been called.| W# unable to score consistently ts Tesistered, believe that ff he can im-| Prove his start he will be able to lower Indoor Golf In Heart of Paris'| |Coast Phenom Out to Clip Fraction Off 100-Yard Dash This Year, LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30.—Charile Paddock is out to cut a fifth of a sec- ond or more off the world’s record of 9 3-5 seconds for ths one hundred yard dash. he 100-yard mark, which is held Joint- y by himself, Dan Kelly and Howard} | Drew. | Paddock tied the world's record Inst |Spring on the University of California! |track at Berkeley on the same day that he set & new world’s record of 21 4-5 seconds for the 220-yard dash. Fred Kelly, former holder of the high hurdles*record and now assistant |track coach at U. 8. C. pcints out that Paddoek always gets away to a slow start, the other runners general leav- ing him behind at the crack of the pistol. In some races, Paddock has even heen behind at the halfway mark. His speed, however, has enabled him to pass the others and make strong finishes. “If,” says Kelly, “Paddock can only speed up his getaway one-fifth of a second, and continue to bound along with his usual rapidity to the tape, he can shave the record.” i! By improvement in arm action, Pad. dock reduced his time for the dash from ten seconds flat to 9 3-5. Coach Dean Cromwell ts credited with having leveloped Paddock's present graceful » from previous awkwardness and ed-impeding movement. This, according to Kelly, is the se- ret of Paddock’s syeed. Others givy considerable credit, ni turally, to his thigh ‘muscles and his 17-inch calves, with which he covers nine feet at a stride, his well balanced action of shoulders, and the “Co-ordi- nation of all the muscles in his body.” But, with all that, his start is poor experts say, and they are going to try to improve it = ao OLF RESULTS. SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 30.—soun | James and Hutchison defeated Hutt and Joe Martin, brother professionals in an 18-hole goif game, three to two. fii aioe ao eave) PARIS, Jan. 30.—Parisian golfers unable, because of business, to go to the country clubs. have brought golf links right into the heart of Paris. An indoor golf club, unique in Europe, has Just been opened on the: Champs-Ely- sees, with putting greens trausplanted from Dieppe. | The greens aro laid in the middle of | @ long hall and tables are set around them so that members can dine while | others play or have dinner after a} game. The lofty tunnel or hall where| the game is played, {s {lluminated at | night and makes possible Practice| shots of 40 years. When the ball hits the side curtat: it 1s returned to the green on an in cline plane. There are many ingent fous bunkers of various shapes mado of real turf. Practice in approach shots ts afforded in many ways, Membership in the new clyb ts re stricted to the members of the leading Paris clubs and 250 person already have applied for membership. Indoor golf now 1s expected to become a pop. ular sport among wealthy Parisians. ns SE EY Jewelry and watoh repairing by ex Pert workmen. All work guaranteed Casper Jewelry Mfg. Co. OS Bldg. 2.5-tt 99 TODAY ONLY In Town” }) auice prapy TOWN : The: e Hope” BE SWEETER? * * * Land 0 SNOOKY In “SNOOKY’S BLUE MONDAY” 10 and 25c TOMORROW May Allison ‘ In “Big Game” A Canadian Story. Also BUSTER KEATON COMING “Flower of the North” PRESENTS Tony Ken- Twilight Cline Continuous 1toll “CAMERON AMERIC The picturesque Canadian Pacific is the background for this most engrossing icture. A story that will thrill with its suspense and human interest. rom RALPH CONNER’S STIRRING STORY. With GASTON GLASS—VIVIENNE OSBORNE—IRVING CUMMINGS —ALSO— “ANIMAL TRAITS” and CURRENT EVENTS “30iea? ““THUNDERCLAP” Admission 40c A Bishop-Cass Theatre LAST TIMES TODAY of the ROYAL MOUNTED” THE BIG SPECIAL RACE TRACK PICTURE LOWER REegAD CAGERS: 2370 16, IN FAST GAME FROM CASPER from the field, however, eight of his cre coming from free throws. McClure with four pointe and Baker with two mad« up the re mainder of Casper’s scoring power. The Casper team returned here this morning from the trip on which they won and lost one contest. The local boys are confident that they would have little opposition from any high school team‘ only for the fact that Jimmie Quinlan and John- ny Groves have been eliminated from playing tn tnterscholastic con- tests because of conflicts with the rules of ‘the atate athletic associa- tion. Tennis Champs Retain Title PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29.—Clar. ence Pell and Stanley New York, today retained the tional doubles racquets championship na- by defeating Jay Gould and J. W. Wear, representing the Philadelphia Racquet club. The scores were 12-15, 17-15, 15-7, 7-15, 15-8. Morrissey Gets ALGODONES, Lower Californta, Jan. 30.—Lee Morrissey, Idaho Falls, won from Chet Neff, Seattle, on a fou] at end of 15 rounds in a scheduted 20. round bout here. (Continuous 1 STARTING TODAY First Little Richard Headrick the Screen’s Wonder Child Lewis Stone as the Husband of Spite Woman in H PATHE First in News “THE CHILD THOU — GAVEST ME” From the Story by Hal Caine, Author of the “Eternal City” and Other Famous Stories. Introducing four stars and recalling John M. Stahl as director of ‘The Woman in His House,” ture promises unusual drama for our patrons. There’s an Amazing Climax to This Drama of Retri- bution, Directed by the Man Who Made “The —NEXT— —NEXT— A BIG COMEDY —NEXT— This Is the Best Show in Casper. Of All Events MGRAW NEEDS LEAD-OFF MAN Groh and Bancroft Favored for Place Held Last Season by Kelly. NEW YORK, Jan, 30—Joun Mo Graw, leader of the world champion Gianta, has gathered a great squad for the 1922 campaign, but he is be set with a worry that bothered him before he 4 with Burn Mr.Graw, before he left veral days ago, “tell me e for lead off man. I want s. Groh © but when 8 at a ball he seldom misses, I need him at bat when men are on the bases.” McGraw sald he thought Frisch, a free hitter, was bent suited for the ‘hird or fourth niche; and that Young was always good somewhere around the clean-up position, leaving Ban- croft as a possible lead off man, ‘for Mousel and Kelly aren't being consid- ered, and the Giant lenade- dosen't want to take a chance on any of the new men. So it's a tose up between Greh and Bancroft. to 11 P.M this pic- Then Barbara Castleton as the Secret Mother Yet the Faithful Wife William Desmond, Merely the Friend is House.” NEWS 1