Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1915, Page 40

1—8 SHORT SPORTS BY MENKE Base Ball Exacts Greater Toll of ' Human Lives Each Year Than Does Foot Ball. Y COBB AT FINANCIERING By FRANK G. MENKE. | NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Base ball exacts @& larger toll of human lives yearly than | | does foot ball. One hears much from " | the fanatics about the foot ball being a *brutal” game, yet the diamond game is deadlier. In 1915 sixteen persons died through foot [l Ball participation and over sixty are in || thelr graves because of accidents in base ball combats. The number of persons seriously injured in foot ball games was | slight in comparison with the base ball R A £ Ty Cobb made almost as much “side” monev Auring the month following the elose of the regular 1915 season as some players Aid all season. Ty drew down al- 900 for taking part in an exhibition In Montreal, $1,30 more for six | most | game | other 500 from his newspaper writings. Two thousand, six hundreds dollars in one month! Not so bad, eh, Oscar? The record score made during the 1915 foot .all season was that rolled up by ghe Bt. Viator team of Kankakee, I, When it scored a 182 to 0 victory over Park outfit from Chicago. Viator left end, led the attack by scoring elght touchdowns; Cap- tain McGrath, left halfback, scored seven, and Berry, the quarterback, scored five. The center and the two guards were the only 8t. Viator men who did not get into the scoring column, “ Bill Brennan, once with the National f league, now arbitrating in the Feds, is Writing a series, “Confessions of an Um- pire.” Call out the grand jury. the turf game inform us that Broomstick other animal. The offsprings of with the kitchen implement name $102,000. Thunderer, victor in the blg® fu- turity, won close to $18,000 and heads the fist of purse-winning Broomstick chil- dren. Kasl Adams, flinging person connected Datting average of exactly .000, ‘very early in the morning. had not breakfasted. ~ “I haven't eaten, either. *“Eat with me." ‘Three portions of steak. “Two portions of potatoes. Eight eggs. orders of chops. ~ Nine baked apples. A galion or 80 of beverages. as the bill was handed to him. ‘lmhm’omwm ‘Bob Folwel yards. % ¥ [ fngton and Jefferson gained 36 yards | which were succesaful art. ) rise to greatness on the links." _ Yale this year had the worst E ter by $10000 than ever before. games at $200 per exhibit and about| gmith came forth in 183 and claimed The figgering persons connected with s the leading sire of the 1915 racing sea- #on, which means that he is papa to more and larger money winners than any the have won 108 races for total earnings of with the Chicago Cubs, won the booby prise for batting in the National league 2 M6 Monsieur Adams participated in twenty-six combats and emerged with a A mewspaper person recently sought out Zbyssko, the wrestler, for an interview The grappler said ye scribe. ~ Well, I'm not very hungry, but I guess could dispose of a bite or o, said ‘The “unhungry” wrestler ate as follows: “Gosh, I'm glad that bird wasu't ac-|way. We refuse to search you, but will ly hungry,” commented the reporter | submit some facts that may relieve the for- j: pass in 1915 with more success than | We herewith proclaim Ted “Kid" Lewls the Washington and Jefferson eleven, | Welterweight champlon of the world, and warriors attempted the (one has a better claim to this title than 182 times and ninety-three of those | Lewis, we have yet to h were successful—a really won- | counter facts warrant, record, which netted the Washing- and Jetferson team a total gain of On seventeen successful | ica’s overgrown lightwelghts. The Briton | in the West Virginia game Wash- |oan fight at t average of fifteen years to & DaSS | beating heavier men. Yale game Washington and Jefferson | yrockout of Jimmy Duffy, thirty-eight passes, twenty-six of |ysver even been floored, attests to the © $Golf,” writes Harry Vardon, “provides more searching test of nerve and tem- nt than any other game in the Golf is the one game that comes In order to be- temperament would not be likely |y, -y, stale and overworked. TED LEWIS IS WELTER CHANP| Ringside Declares . English Bour‘:} Has Right to Titls in Long { Defunct Division. MANY PUT IN BID FOR HONOR | Ny RINGSIDE. NEW YORK, Dec. 18.~The long de- funct welterwelght diviston is beginning to show slgns of resuscitation. Hventu- ( ally a champion may be recognized and one of the two champlonship tities that have been in abeyance for many years may have a rightful ana undmlfl! holder. The welterweight class has always been without a universally recognised champion. From the time of its in- ception, this division has been buffeted about with disputed champlons, although several real fighters have pretented to the crown and defended it like real champlons. Back In the early §0's Paddy Duffy was looked uUpon as the welterweight champion, He retired undefeated; and then the trouble started. Mysterious Billy the title; and it has been claimed ever #nce. The mysterious person was beaten | by Tommy Ryan, who soon graduated | to the middlewelght ranks, as did Kid | McCoy, who was becoming a terror at thig time. In 1897 Mystererious Bllly sub- | mitted another claim to the welter- ‘welght title, and he was adjudged su- preme after his defeats of Matty Mat- thews and Joe Walcott. The ocoveted champlonship had several self-imposed holders during the next few years. Joe Walcott was considered the high black king in the division until 1004, when he lost on a foul to the Dixie Kid. More Wordy Scra) The another Willlams-Eitle controversy was on, Dixle Kid and Walcott entered | counter claims for the title. The pailr never met again, however, In 1908 Honey Mellody whipped Walcott and then both “Honey Boy” and Dixie Kid were at odds over the much-abused title. Along | came Mike Sullivan—he of the famous | “twins"—and polished off Mellody in 1907. Mike “Twin" persisted in claiming the | title up to 1910, when he outgrew the division and advanced a notch higher. | ) OMAHA This gave Mellody a chance to clAim the honors again, as did Jimmy Clabby, who ghined a newspaper declsion over Dixie Kid. The next year Clabby moved up to the middlewelghts and Ray Bronson and “Rube” Ferns tried to annex the title by default. There was no recognized cham- plon up to 1915, Then Bronson posted a forfelt to battle all comers for the welter title, At this time Packey McFarland was considered the peer of welterweights, champlonship, preferring still to classed as a lightweight, although he would not reveal his real fighting welght. Mike Gibbons appeared on the horizon for the storm-tossed title, But he ad- mitted his inability to make the American welght of 142 pounds at 8 o'clock, or 146 | pounds at the ringside, Last year Bronson went to Austraila and was beaten by Matt Wells in seven | rounds. Matt has been beaten several times since, even by lightwelghts. Which brings us to the current time. ‘Who 1a the welterwelght champlon, any- tension, Calls Lewis Champ. we don't care who knows it. If any- and It gladly | r of I we wil withdraw our nomination of Lewis. Lewis has defeated the best of Amer- lightwelght limit if L | occasion demands; but his forte les In Lewis one-round who had calibre of Lewis The latter has also whipped Charley White, Chicago's hard punching lightweight contender. A person with a truly phles- |, ;0410cre exhibition, This is only when | but Packy refused to lay claim to m;mm of Columbus, O, be at the precise moment and put In & bid | in 1399 by Joseph F. Carr, now president SIX M—ALFRED, GUARD; College foot ball is one thing, and pro- fesslonal foot ball 1s another, and as the two never meet, comparisons cannot be drawn. However, it is doubtful if the best college team In the country could #core a victory on the famous Panhandle This team, composed of employes of the Pennsylvania rallroad in that city, has made some wonderful records in the last sixteen years. The team was organised of the Ohlo Btate Base Ball league, The six Nesser brothers, who have made fame and fortune playing on this team, are Germans by descent on both sides of the family, their parents having come to America from the Fatherland far back in the early 'S0s. Today they pride them- moives on saying that although they are proud of their ancestry there is no hyphen in their Amuunnlun. They are plain American citizend whose forbears came from Germany. The parents of this great family are still living, and although far advanced in age enjoy the best of health, ‘The fatiier s a bollermaker and follows his craft dally. In addition to the members of the noted family shown in the ploture there are two boys and two girls. The entire family were born and reared in Columbus, O, and all of the boys are employed by the Fennsylvania Raliroad company as boller- makers, None of the boys has had the | advantage of a college education, but all have applied themselves dligently. Thelr activity in foot ball dates baok sixteen years, when the Panhandle foot ball team was organized. At that time only two of the brothers were of a slze INDAY BEE NESSER BROTHERS. LEPT TO RIGHTTHED, HALFBACK, COACH AND CAPTAIN; JOHN, QUARTERBACK, AND PHILIP, TACK! BOTTO FRANK, 3 FULLBACK, AND FRED, END. sufficlent to play the gridiron game, but the team has continued in existence, and as each of the boys grew to age and size to play on the team they were given places until today all six of the brothers are playing regular positions. In addition to their ability to play foot ball the Nesser brothers are athletes in almost every department of track and fleld athletics. . ‘The brothers as they appear in the plo- ture and their athletic attributes follow: Ted, coach and captain and halfback of the team, is the star of the family on the gridiron. He welghs 230 pounds. College coaches speak of his ability as a player, and his work as coach has met with many compliments at the hands of com- petent college men. He is 31 years of age and has a family of five children. John, the oldest of the brothers, plays quarterback on the team and has long held the dlamond medal of the Pennsyl- vania system for being the best all around athlete in the employ of the company. He has played on the Panhandle team constantly since its organization, and ai- though now close to 40 years of age is still active and one of the team's best players. He welghs 178 pounds, Phillp, next oldest of the brothers, welghs 287 pounds and plays tackle on the team. He has seen eleven years of service on the team and is still one of its best players. He holds the Ohlo state independent champlonship for the stand- ing high jump and putting the shot. He 1s 8 years of age and has a family of five children. Alfred, the youngest of the six broth- ers, s playing his fourth season on the DECEMBE! R 19, Our Travelogue No. 7. Cleveland, O., is sixth in the population of the United States and last in the | American league. | When you arrive in Cleveland you ar- |rive at a depot. You may say that is the usual procedure, but unless we tell | | you 1t 1a & depot you may have reason to doubt it in case you ever go there. |This depot in Cleveland is one of the seven wonders of the world, They may | have a worse depot in Oruro, Bolivia—if | you don't belleve there is such a place | 1ook 1t up, look it up, it exists, and you'll #oo0 for yourselt we're an educated guy— but it doesn’t seem possible. They have {been making plans for the last fifteen |years to get a new depot in Cleveland | and they have high hopes of getting one | by s, Cleveland's streets are a mource of amasement to travelers. One street is so |narrow a guy with regular shoulders | would wear out his coat in two days if | ‘he 414 much walking up or down it. | Another etreet is #0 wide four street car tracks run up the middle. Another street i ®o crooked you almost turn around in the same block. Another street runa olear to Buffalo without a turn, or some- thing lke that anyhow. The big street in Cleveland ts Fuclid avenue, Clevelanders have been telling the world about this | street for ages. It Is one of the principal | bustness streets of the town, one of the | principal residence streets of the town and a lot of automobile garages are lo- cated on it, thus making it a very cele- brated thoroughfare. It also has somo swell paving. The cobblestones used for ita surface, we have been told and have | no reason to doubt it, were brought over {to this country by Columbus in 1492 It | | you want to see how smooth riding Buclid | avenue 1=, go over it In a fllvver some | | day. | | Cleveland has many large and beautitul | |cafes and restaurants. When we were |there we stopped at a certain hotel, tho | name of which we refuse to divulge be- cause the advertising department might | want to get some business out of it some {day. We asked a brother in crime who | works on a Cleveland paper where the best place to eat was and he mentioned By FRED 5. RUNTER Panhandle. He plays guard and his work has been the talk of college coaches ev- erywhere. Although he weghs the least of the brothers he is one of the bright stars of the team. It was his work as guard that first gave college coaches in the middle west the idea that lighter men in the guard position were better than heavy men. He is still in his teens and welghs close to 160 pounds. Frank, next youngest and the heaviest of the brothers, plays fullback, and also does the punting for the team. He is also a professional base ball player, hav- ing played in the Ohio Btate league for three years, and last year was the man- ager of the Greensboro, 8. C., club. He 1s a glant in staturs, weighing 274 pounds and can do the 100 yards in less than| eleven seconds. He oan punt a foot ball | farther and higher than any man in the | middle west. As a plunging fullback he is a wonder, and no single player has been found who can stop him. He is usually seen with three or four tackles hanging ' on him when he s downed. He is 22 years of age and married. | Fred, the tallest of the brothers, plays end. He is 24 years of age, stands aix feet five inches and weighs 228 pounds. At receiving the forward pass his height | stands him in good stead, as he can re- celve a pass that will be far above the head of any ordinary player. His speed makes him one to be feared if he is near an opening. On the defense few forward passes or end runs get far on his side of the line, Within the last year he hes turned his attention to pugilism and has scored four knockouts in the four bouts that he has fought. He intends to com- #4n=s iy the roped arena. FLOOR GAME IN SPOTLIGHT \ T Interest in Basket Ball in Nebraska High Schools is Already Ap- proaching Fever Pitch, Jimmy Johnston is alsc in the claim- ing business. Besides claiming the wel- team in | terweight title for Lewls, Jolmes claims eareer—yet its foot ball income was| he alone is responeible for developing Lewls Into championship possibllity, Seott Cuscaden, son of Dr. captain of the football y for the deaf. Young will encounter a tough proposition Joses five of his veterans, all the Gallaudet students a at are certain to comfront him, Ox lad is & graduste of ti s eleven 1916 at Gallaudet collge In Wash- D. €., Gallaudet is the national Cuscaden, who Is known as *Cussy” by his schoolmates, has played end on the team three years and was year the Individual star of the team. up & strong team next fall as graduate in the spring. The team year was not overly successful and for the future are not very but according to dispatches from » in the abllity of the Omaba 10 lead @ winning team on the 4 despite the many handicaps _School for the Dgaf in this| _was glven his diploma with honors and he was also Omaha Boy Elected Captain of Gallaudet Eleven of Washington|i:s."ui. for ot i vy e Gerturde , 362 Webster street, has been in of re BCOTT CUECADEN. —— STRONG TEAMS 1LOSE VETS With the practice among high school basket ball teams of the state in full sway, the usual intense interest ia being displayed by the hugdreds of followers of the state basket I dove as to which teams will lead this year. Last years state tournament proved the biggest and from out in the state entered {all tuned up to the greatest possible efficlency, . | A dozen teams loomed up mighty strong in thiy final sorape of the season. From reports it is expeoted that the majority | of this dozen will bg in the limelight as | leaders again this year. Through gradu- ation many all-star men were lost, the two Omaha teams being counted among the heaviest losers. Hastings, Beatrice and Lincoln were three other teams that lost several mighty good players by grad- uation. Norfolk is bound to have one of the strongest fives in the state, according to earliest reports. The hardest fought same of the entire tournament last year was played between Norfolk and Univer- sity Place, three extra periods being taken out before the result was assured | The Lincoln team won by a margin of two | poluts. Oakdale abd Geneva, two of Nor- | folk's western nelghbors, will have very strong quintets, while Nebraska City, University Place, Columbus, Plerce and York are touted as the other leaders over the state, Omaha's two representatives, Central and South High, have games scheduled with the majority of these teams. Most of the games will bg played on local floors, thus affording local basket ball enthusiasts opportunities to witness some of the prettiest and hardest fought bat- tles of the year., Central has added at- tractions in the Kansas City and Sioux City, while South High's game with the Nebraska Aggies should be a blg draw- Ing card. The Assies bave generally al- ways loomed up &8 the best in the Capi- tal City, having been close leaders in the Commergial leagus there, ACCORDING TO THIS ZIM COULD RIVAL B. SUNDAY Jim Thorpe is in love with ‘base ball, but is only & falr player. He dislikes the gridiron game, but Is said to be the great- est foot ball player of all time. Following this same reasoning, Heinle Zimmerman ought to be & successful evangelist, Melady Says Gotcli Will Look Like All Others to Stecher Gene Melady has come forth in detense | of Joe Stecher again. | In a recent issue of a Chicago sport publication the position was taken that the proposed match between Frank Gotch and Joe Stecher would be more or less a hippodrome to get the public’s money. Mr, Melady composed an answer to the paper, which printed it in its issue a week ago. | Melady wrote In part, “Joe Stecher is without question the greatest athlete ‘the | world has ever seen. He is a clean-cut, straight, honest lad and a credit to clean sports. ““Phere is not question but what Frank Gotch 1s a great man, and one of the most wonderful wrestlers the world has ever seen, ‘but you can take it from e, that Gotch will last about as long with Joe Stecher as all the others STATE BILLIARD TOURNEY TO COME OFF IN JANUARY The annual state billiard tourpament will be held in Omaha shortly after Ji uary 1. A number of Omaha sharks are going to enter the event, bent on trim- ming Al Cahn, the title holder, of his laurels. Harry Symes, Bill Chambers, E. A. Sciple, Herb McCoy, Bob Willlams and Arthur Sturges of Omaha, George Mann of Lincoln and Louls Jeager of Chadron are expected to enter the tour- nament. NAME SCHEDULE MEET DATE Western League Conference to Ar- range 1916 Dates Will Be Held in Lincoln February 14. URGE A IONGER SCHEDULE The Western league schedule meeting will be held in Lincoln February 14 The schedule meeting next year should be another exciting event, as exciting as last year's if mot more so. Last year the schedule was cut to 140 games from 168 as played in 194 But the cut was made with the unanimous approval of the magnates. This year several of the mags believe the sghedule should be lengthened to 164 games. The argument is to start as early | ms the majors, around April 14 or 15, and finish in the middle of September. Last year the season opened April 23 and closed September 6. It so ‘happened that a bunch of swell weather seemed to “hap- pen” the two weeks before the season opened and two weeks after the season closed. Following the hunch that the weather will “happen” again, some of the magnates favor the 154-game schedule. But there s likely to be some opposi- tion to this. John Savage of Topeka has already announced that he does not favor the plan. Thus It is expected the schedule meeting will be & merry little event. The tralning season in the Western | league this year will be of but two weeks' | duration. Thus If the season opens April | 14, the players will not report until April | 1. The training season last year extended over & month and was a fallure. * Firemen | Jack Prince, promoter of the Interns- | tio. .1 Tug-of-"™War which will be staged | at the Auditorium January 3 to 9, walked | into engine house No. 1 of the Ompaha fire | department the other day. Pronto, sev- enteen husky firemen hopped on the de- fenseless frame of J. Prince. “You're the guy who'se golng to stage the tug-o'~war, ain't you?" an excitable fire laddie opened fire. “Sure,” responded the startied Prince. “Well, listen to me,” continued the knight of the two-inch nossle. *If you want & tug-o'-war team to represent America in the pull, you call on us fire- men. We'll pull and beat any team in the United States.” This and much more was warbled Into the pink left ear of Mr. Prince. The tire- men lugged Prince to the back end of the house, where Jack found to his surprise Tell }’rince T:hey Can Outpull Any Tegin in the World inch-and-a-half rope, a pulling platform, anchors and everything else. “We pulled against the policemen and | tried to get a meal there. | western clubs, especially those in Chicago (& champlonship course. our hotel. So we took his advice and If you intend to eat there some Wednesday, put in your order on Monday and you'll chance. Speed is the paramount virtue of all Cleveland cafes. For the benefit of the Luxus team of Omaha we will not say anything about the White Auto base ball team, the ama-~ teur champs of the country, who are from Cleveland. We could say a lot more about Cleve- | land, but thoughts of that city always bring up unpleasant memories as we ‘were last there as a member of the afore- mentioned Luxus party. About the only thing Cleveland has to recommend fitself is that Marty Kryg lives there. Its chief short-coming is that Barney Harris, who sets heads for this great religious dally, is always boosting the town. Attention! Mr, Camp. Honolulu citizen—or near-citizen—cap- tain of 1916 Harvard eleven. Decatur, Ill, man captain of the Cornell eleven. Nebraska boy captain of 1916 Navy eleven, Yeh, you're right, they turn out rotten foot ball players in the west. 1916 And speaking of Mr. Camp, in view of Country Club Will Have Opposition from California for Western Amateur Golf Tournament. OFFERS FREE SPECIAL TRAIN The Omaha Country club is going to have a fight on its hands if it expects to land the western amateur golf tourna- ment for Omaha. And the opposition is not likely to come from the Midlothian club of Chicago, but from the Del Monte club of California, The Del Monte club offers to provide One hundred and fifty players will be carried on the train and the club will stand the expenses of all of these players. This most magnanimous offer is being given due consideration by many of the and east, and it seems a pretty safe bet the Del Monte club will get a good pro- portion of votes. Of course there are several objectlons to the trip to the coast. The first objec- tion is that the California course is not It will be some years before it will be one. The Omaha Country club course is now & champion- ship course. The odds favor the Omaha club in this regard. Trip Too Long. Again it Is a long trip to the coast and many players would be unable to make the tour. Omaha is right in the middle of the western territory and is one of the most easily accessible cities in the assoclation. Again there s a chance the Western Golf assoclation will rule that the pay- ment of expenses on the special train by the Del Monte club would make the play- ers professionals. And still again any method of declding what players would be eligible to take the special train which has a limit of 150 persons would probably incur the wrath of those declared ineligble. Probably 3% ney just to get the gratls trip to Cali- fornia. This would make a selection of eligibles difficult and some deserving players probably would be left out. The California club has but one advan- tage over Omaha, that is the novelty of the long jump, and for this reason it is receifing consideration. The Country club is confident it will land the tourna- ment, however, and it certainly deserves to on the merits of the thing. we pulled ‘em seven inches in twenty minutes,” volunteered a pipeman. “Seven inches!” howled Prince. “But you have to pull seven feet in my tug-of- war." . “We'll pull ‘em seven feet,” declared the eager pipeman. “We'll pull ‘em seven hundred feet. We'll give you a team on which every man will welgh over pounds. We'll pull any team In the world and skin it to death.” match between the firemen and police- men the week before comes big event £ complete pulling apparatus where the firemen practice tugging. They had a big off, and the winning America in the big H 220 (804 Joo Higgins, manager of the Bed- After half an hour of this kind of chat-|; yy gna Higgins are forming ‘a t ter Prince began to get interested. He Is|,r New york semi-pro. stars, balanced considering the firemen serlously. He 18 |y some major league players. The party | also copsidering the policemen. And his|cnaperoned by Hisgine and Irwin, will | present dope is to, hold & preliminary |jeqve New York City next January 4 and | shall represent | ag they will play games with all the New York Semi-Pro Nine Will Play in Cuba and the Canal Arthur Irwin, the old New York scout, ford Parks and scout for the Detroit Tig- ers, are recruiting a team with which to invade Cuba, Porto Rico and Panama. m return on March 15, The government will pay the expenses of the team in Panama, have a| OMAHA HAS FIGHT ON HANDS| or 400 near-golfers would enter the tour- | the fact that he put Halligan om his third All-American team this year, in em- pected to give Johnny Poe, who was fe- | cently riddled by some German shrapmel, | & place on his 1916 team. Attention! Mr. Whittler, The beautiful snowflakes Are falling down; They're white In the suburbs, But some diff'rent downtown. Pat Moran says he is satisfled with his 1915 team. Oh, yes, Alexander ain’t such a rotten team. And once, it you remember, Mr. Byron Bancroft Johnson sald the Federals were through. Oh my, ves. - 3 POETRY. Some of these Jokes About Xmas amokes Are mlmost as good jokes As the Xmas smokes. Six.to-Stx, Remember? Montana has offered to play Syracuse next year. WIill Syracuse accept? Oh, most assuredly, Harold, most assuredly, these westerners are so easy to beat. WB ARE NOW IN THE BAMB OLASS WITH DOC COOK AND THOMAS EDISON AND MORSE AND ALL OF THEM, Oh, Webster, we've discovered, Though we know this is absurd, That In all the language isthmus, And your book we've quite uncovered, Is the very only word That can be rhymed with Xmas. Melliticla, Give a Look. The skating oraze has hit soclety in N'Yawk. The skating craze has hit society in Chicago. The skating crase is about ready to hit soclety in Omaha. So says the soclety ed, or words to that effect. But, we ask, the sodjety ed to the con- trary notwithstanding,|is the crase new to you? \ What kind of skates we talking first time. about? Yes, you got it AND SPEAKING OF %‘rfl WE READ THAT THI ACCORDING TO ADVOCATRA | OF PROHIBITION, WILL GO | DRY BY JANUARY 1, 1830, | WHICH INSPIRDS THIS VB.a1 The grand old game of wolluf, | Is n game that is a “pip,” For you crack a gutta percha, Ana then you aip a little nip. It's the bestest game in all the world, I'm for it heart and soul, A I'm the guy that plays a par When at the nineteenth hole, But the gnme is sadly waning, For its future I must ery, For the nineteenth hole is soon te be Quite dewolate and dry. And then I'll pass Upon my Wary, As & golfer tried and true, For when old nineteen-twenty comes, ‘With golfing I'll be through, Most any golfer could have written the above, and from deep within his heart, too. We have a hunch Jim Gilmore is not stuck on peace, for about §15,000 a year— salary—he is not stuck on it. There are a lot of candidates for the coaching job at the University of Ne- braska. Yes, most anybody would be willing to coach a team with a G. Cham- berlain on it. Dimitrius Tofalos, a Greek Wrestier among those working on the theory that Broadway is merely another name for Jayway and therefore staging a perpetual wrestling tournament in Gotham, hums a tenor solo while working for a genteel strangle rold on the opposition. We won- der what opera he will Caruso If he should some day encounter a ocertain | a apectal train from Chicago to the coast. | 8cissors hold regarding which much has been sald and written. They call him a filbert, a nutritive nut, They knock in his lattice till he’ mered and cut, ‘They juncture his roof and they crack every bone, They tell him he's useless and he stands all alone. Ad infinitum, ot cet., and so on, ‘We haven't the heart to finish this song, 8o we'll tell you the guy we are harp- ing about— He's the guy who stays sober Til New Year's {s ober.* And gets the morn meal ticket out. *Showing that we have been rushing the season. local teams on (he isthmus.