Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 30, 1916, Page 34

e Silly Situations BAD MAN FURTING WiTH THE s - & WHO'S YOUR o SWELL DAME.. ORI ).OO\GD HA-HA -YOU k FRIEND ? | ARE ALL WRONG - ; | ANTHONY - ALL e ) [ 4 e SMPLY HINKNG B 2 ABOUT THE RAISE HE'S GONG B ASK FOR. 'SEE THE YounN® LADY | ISNOT THe STouT GENTLEMANS WIFE B8uT. THE Youn® van IS His COFFICE. CLERK AND — WELL YOU UNDERSIBAD “THE. SiTuATion, OH YEH- ,-NOWIbO".' G > \ BEATRICE SHOWS CLASS|LES DARGY IS SECOND FITZ After Two Defoats Queen Cify Five |Australian Middleweight Expeoted Makes Great Fight Against to Become as Great nfgh Central. l Fitasimmons, SIX FIVES HAVE CLEAR SLATE 'BOTH STABTEB_T;E SAME WAY Coach Millon ‘Jones of Beatrice High ! NEW YORK, ym #chool ‘athletics sent n cold chill lhrhl:h b b the hearts of Omahin roolers Friday even- Ing\by importing a team that had been heral A% a loser and’ which néarly | M.t will 'be mont unfortunate for boxing in general it Las Darcy Is .shipped off. to the firing line Just when he seemed nbout to re-estab- | | defeated the focal five. It took mdre thap An hour's argument before the score was decided, (a6 close wns the game. The Beatrico team was a complete sur- prise. With two defeats by Crets and lish the middlewelght class by becoming the undispted ehamplon of that division. The war killed the chances of one great star when Georges Carpentier was forced | 10 quit the fing and Darcy will be missed even’ mare than the noted Frenchman, who, after all, was never put to the acid Idncoln and only a close victory over :J-lvn‘ly Place ad a record, the te test. s vaded Omaha ‘and played Mulligan's From wh at Darcy already has aceom- :m::}n Un; l’l::l lnr-.en:lm"'n SERRON | plished during his short umr. there ..““..lm 5 m."mmnl ":'":H'- seemi to be no limit to what he may do payy i teamwork (RUANINE {iir nathing Interferes with his develop- 2 5 N ment. It takes at least. five . years to :hrl;. out the best within a fighting man an arcy has served an apprenticeshl t. As for Ce 1 3 -4 » it ot ‘entrel JUEK. | ot onty two. “Duting halt of that time : b6 was mérely ‘Dassing through the. ele- | 1t and Fal t traveled thro o el s ’ b mentary stage and all his noted victories ‘-_"fl m ;‘wm hre crowded In the space of one yer. : 'With threé years more. to gain experi- s {ence and the generalship that can only be loarhed il "that way, it is 4uite pos- sible that Darcy would become as great « fighter ‘s Bob Fitzdimmons was be- foro Wim,.. . ., " "| Both Wis and Darcy developed. thelr {‘:fln'm pounding | vil from N b ‘think ihat wiy now. I uséd to-fight in an | the middleweight division, and then later it the F Pt ot Mt i 23 ¥ the Milwaukee club. Mox Turn Hurier Baok. Shariicond backto Mivatkie'® CEpbussEEEEEREEEERS S ghbisEanapnge Wieerien ¥ e Mollend'eer 173 Nelson ... Phelpe 1 Belan - Melaad . ATLF. Mirsssy - e wi MAGIO CITY LBAGUE Team. w. THE OMAHA - Copyright, Jack Dillon Wants | Work; Says He’ll Meet Any of ’Em Any Time at Any Weight Any Place World's Champion Light-Heavywelght. 1 Will fight any man in the world over the ten, twenty or forty-five-round route, and if I don't win in & decisive way, I'll donate my share of the proteeds to char- This challengs goes for Jess Willard, Frank Moran, Jim Coffey and the sther come batk with the answer that I am “too small." That's what a lot of people thought a Year or two ago, but some of them don't I took on light-heavyweights, 1 believe you will find that Savage M in thelr fight. That was at a when Savage wasn i as good a ‘when find that in addition to Savage and Weln- Mike Mowrey Finds - No Profit in Peace ——— Mike Mowrey is one man in the world who is opposed to peace in base ball Right now Mike finds himself a man without & country, or perhaps it might bo better to say a man without a league, Mike neglected to renew his contract with the Pittsburgh rebels last month, aithough he was urged to do so by Ed Konetehy (|and Rebel Oakes. Mike sald he would wait and see which way the cat jumped. 8o he waited and saw, L. u . !;E JANUARY International News Service inspired any fear in my T've beaten meén that were too|major league pitcher ended there—ended for both of them. I know that Mo-|after Walsh had hung up the unenviable | ran and Willard can hit & powerful blow, ; record of ylelding a triple, a homer and but I think I'm just a lttle bit too fast |five runs on two pitched balls—a record without parallel in the long history of “And_when it comes to hitting—well, | the natienal pastime. look over my record of kmockouts. N I reiterate my chal- : ] [ I'll fight any man in the world SIOU.x clty FlnlSheS anywhere, any time and any distance, - and If I don't win either by a knockout - | or declsively on points my share of the e, . | proceeds goes to charity. It you'll look through my record you will| “Can I make a fairer, squarer challenge for either of “In conelusion, WALTER JOHNSON EASY FOR GREAT TYRUS COBB Ty Cobb 1s the best batter in the gawne today. There are many who belleve that “n‘:l.u Walter Johnson is the greatest pitcher. | Doubles Yot Ty waxed fat on Walter's pitehing last season. Rip Miltken has it all figured out that Tyrus slugged the Speed King for an average of .37, while against Bert Gallia he hit .07 Rodgers in Luok. Bill Rodgers can breathe easy—for a | bel least. The Cinnln:lu:ln;lub has | of proper been base and has decided that he is the person to stick on sec paid the Portland, Ore, club in full, Francis .10Gallagher .. 130 | Name. Av. Name Av. 10 Klempnauer 120 | Hansen .....172Beal . Ideal Mackinaws.. : s 31! Olympia Candies ' 13 | Rowers “canay Kids Individual averages | Grups " ....168 Panuska ... 100 e TirRpes COM- Individual averaws Individual averaxes Name. A 30, 1916 | “Runt” is Only Pitcher in Captivity Who Hurled Two Balls and Al- lowed Five Runs, TRIPLE AND HOME RUN MADE Jimmy “Runt’” Walsh once aspired to hopes died a sudden and violent death “Runt”—last season a third-sacker on the St. Louis Federals—was doing in- fielding chores for the Phillles two or three seasons ago. Frequently he ap- proached “Red” Dooin, the manager, and sald: “I've got apeed and control and I sure- ly ean curve that pellet.” “I'll glye you a chance some day," an- swered “Red"—and the -chance vcame during a_Boston series. The Braves had méAssacred a brace of the Phillles' pitch- ers, two more wers unfit because of duty the day before, the game was hopelessly lost anyway—and so Dooln yelled to Walsh: “Hey, you, ‘Runt!’" Get In that box and let's see what you kin do.”" Proydly, almost haughtily, . ''Runt’ strode to the mofind. Three men were lert T have fought such big men as Jim|On the bases. “Runt'* uncorkeq his usual Fiynn, Porky Fiynn, oanb:n Smith, £d.| Warming up benders, then hitched up his dle MoGoorty, Georgs Chip, Frank Klaus, | Polt: 10ddéd in affirmation of his catch- er's signal, wound up, and the ball was seen hurrying at a terrible clip toward the batter, Against the Femce. The batter, however, reached out his ,| War club, . caught. the ball fairly and ing against the' fence for three bases— ‘which, of course, sent across three more rons for the Braves, 1 “Runt* was very ‘much surprised at heartened. ‘He hitohed his trousers onbe again, gave the next batter the ‘“once over,"” nodded to his signaling catcher, and cut loose. _ The batter hooked Walsh's curve as it fence for a home run. “Hey, you get outa there; get outa there before I assassinate you!" shrieked Dooln, and “Runt” Walsh's career as a MITOHELL, D. the honors in the doubles. president. Boxing Match Called Off. BEATRICE, Neb.,, Jan. 29.—(8 been pulled off at coln mext week twee this Wednesday. A 23 08 | Woodworth 189 Kurts W 0 E 8 | Plambeck .. 158 Batler X % 5t tse | W Blsasser by 14 3 i | Swert .. Anderson .. 137 B0 0| R Pastow 16 Krands ... 137 e d | Maner 186 Hutchines 133 e 3% Cser | C.Blsasser 184 Crossman ...131 "1 Corer . 163 Seltsar ue Her HA-IUE BEEN PUTING ONE OER. ON THE BOSS AL RGHT il BERY NIGHT HaUIN* £ GooD (WALSH HOLDS SOME RECORD | BIG FLOOR FRAYS | T ARE ON THE CARD ' wationar Association will- Attempt to Clarify Much-Discussed Situation. association with High school-Brandeis i battle. Commercial league the supremacy bn—l tween the High School of Commerce and | NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—-At the coming STAYING 'AMATEUR FUSS IN TENNIS (Continued from Page One.) Two other titles will be decided. In the | GOLFERS ALSO IN' TROUBLE |be a pitcher, realized his ambition, Im- | Central High Reserves is drawing un- 8nNual meetings of the National Golt and | mediately established a world's record, |ysual attention. The Commerce tossers Tenmis' assoclations efforts will be made {and right then and there his pitching | have perked up the last few games and '© further clarify and strengthen the feel confident of handing a drubbing to their scholastic contemporaries. South Side Churches Mix, What will probably be the toughest ,rules governing the conduct and actions [of players who pose as amateurs in these |sports in keeping with the new code adopted at the recent conference of the (leading sport governing bodies in this these flippers are more evenly matched | This is fllustrated by an occurrence I than any of the other fives of the Church |summer which involved a prominent te { champ. amateur tossers of the state. | proposition is the match between the eity. While the rules have been altered Bouth Side Presbyterian and thé South from timé to time to meet changing con- Side Baptists. The championship of the ditions the impression prevalls that the South Side churches is at stake. That regulations can still be improved upon. league is seén from the lcague standing. nis authority and a business man from Both have lost two contests and won the middle west. The business man, wWho one. With the St. Mary's Congregational- | knew nothing of tennis, ‘Was on an east- ists they are tied for fourth place, {orn tHp when he recelved a request from All eyes Are directéd toward the big |friends prominént in tennis ciroles at melee scheduled between the Brandels home to secure the entry of several high. five ‘and Nebraska Wesleyan for Feb- |Class tournament players for a tourfiey. ruary 10. That this will be one of. the [POUt to-start. A% Margest home mame of the year, the out- | 1i® clled upon the other principal, of come will determine the amateur cham.- | the- story and after- stating his mission . nd requesting the latters' assistance, ex- plained that he was willing to give mevs eral hundred dollars for expenses and a raslon: | still Jarger sum for the time and services Wesleyan on the other hand claims the'| oo vo ol v ™ omed 1¢ was pointed out. state intericoll e title which their | |to the business man that tennis was an record easily proves. To date the Metho- st plonship of the state. The department store. manipulators are . accredited . the amateur sport and that the players were - squarely on the seam and sent it eoliid- this roiigh treatment, ‘but was not dis- broke and the ball went salllng over the In Lead _a._t Mitchell 2.—Sloux City finished in the lead in the five-men and! singles events of the tri-state bovllnt; tournament today. The 'Martin hotel quintet and G. Addlph Otson of Sioux City top the field in their events, with Branson and Young, of Mitchell, lolllnll | ponea 1.)— The ten-round ~boxing match to have n “Kid" Wheelock, u \lghtwelght city, lfl? Joe Carr of Lincoln, has od_off. " Wheelock has aranged to meet a Chicago pug at St. Joseph next i dists ‘have cleaned up the University of Nebraska, defegted the University of South Dakotz twice, and have decisively beaten the best secondary colelges of the state. Doane Game Off. Because of the {mpossibility of ‘secturing a floor for Friday eyening, Manager | Gantz of the Clarks has called off his £amé with Doane college, The collegians will meet the University of Omaha Thurs- day evening and were to play the Clarks the following night. The game will prob- ably be played at some latter date. With Teams Players. “Bud” Kea ph director of the iYoung Men's C| lan association, will referee the Kansas-Nebraska games at | Tdncoln, February 11-12. The basket ball schedule of the Benson B Y st e [er n an gation of former 1m ball cracks. Bob Koran of the Brandeis will not be able to play for some time. Koran is laid up with water on the knee, Since the Church league organized four new' churches have' sought. admission, They, cannot be accomodated because of lack of courts, A serious case of grip Reel. star center of p\- Methodists, from partic floor game. As a reliminary to the University of has kept John Hanscom Park ipating in “the Omaha-Doane game "Thursday wan!n‘ on the college cou the Omaha Higl Bchool Reserves will play the High 8chool of Commerce, Becauge Oy’ Kamanski of the Creigh- ton h-?r find severe other Bellevue alumni wis! to play against Bellevue college Thursday evening the Townsend ‘Tiger-Oreighton Law contest was post- Because !hr: of their star flippers were on the blink t \pOSSi- 1187 | p) Hollev e collegs iast Mlonda D Derdeen secured ‘the 1817 tournament. | " Yrich™ thi J. B. Shannon of Aberdeen was elected thirty-eight ou:&‘l- tossers & Rl.cdk from the St. Mary Con tio: only £ ir regulars for their Baptists iat he Calvery st nst -the The Congresationalsists lost, 'Ong Defeats Swanton In Two Swift Games ONG, Neb, Jan. 29.--(Special.)—-The ?nl High school basket ball team de- |game was exceedingly fast and eclose throughout. McLaughlin, the midget guard for Ong, was the star of the game. Balley rang up 22 peints for the visftors. Line-up: ON SWANTON Nelson .. . A Bailey Rosenquist | . 'Gilifland Mot mnghi GG "t Vasd cLau . - ST .1G.G ! Liska Referee: Killion. , The Ong girls’ team defeated the Swan- ton wirls,, 38 to 10, Both teams played ex- cellent ball, but the Swanton players were unable to break up the accurate goal shooting of the Ong forwards. Line- | up: ONG! SWANTON Berquist X LR, Witte McCrain ;. Nispel Oekiley Ellermeir Nordgren UL Mumby Rundberg .G, Witte | Swanson C. Mumby GENEVA TRIMS YORK IN BASKET BALL FRAY YORK, Neb, Jan. 3 -—<Speclal)—York and Geneva high schools played basket- | ball last evening, Geneva, defeating York 2 to 18 Lineup: Harry Smith, formerly manager of the N J. club of the International osen manager of the league. been che lwh—lln‘ club of the Central leagus. ated Swanton last night, 30 to 28. The | not supposed to take money for playing,’ - The matter ended there, but thé tennis authority is still wondering whether his visitor simply took it for granted that it {was necessary to offer t6 pay for the wervices of the players. destred or was- {acting under. instructipns from the folks |back home. ¥ - M Moran Admits HeIs Pugnacious Person NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—Ffank Moran, the big blonde Irish-American who is to fight Willard for the ~world's heavy- 'welght championship, in a talk here the other night said: 5 “I guess T have always been & fighter. When I was just a kid of 9, knocking' around. the freight yards of Pittsbutgh I was as confident that I could lick ahy~ one in the world as I am now. I was always a fighter at heart.'But I hav not always worked at it. And some day J shall go on to other things, I hope. “Outside of the ring my greatest inter- est 1s in the poor youngsters. I.am very proud of the friendships I bave made among the newsboys here, I want to help them, I want them to get a chance to lTead good, clean lives in decent surround- ings. “When I'm through with boxing, per- haps, I will make my life work. I know no more laudable work than that done in the settlements for the welfare of th: poor kiddies. . NARY DETROIT PLAYER WAS HIT THROUGH PEACE Base ball peace will have no immediate effect on the salaries of the Detroit Tigers. President Navin annbunced.that his squad has all been signed and that practically all of the signing was done while Friend Dove<was homeless. 'FIVE HUNDRED BOXING MEN ENTER THE BIG WAR | “Snowy" Baker, the Australisn pugfis« | tio promoter, figures about 500 men more or less prominently connected with the | boxing game in Australla are in | trenches or on their way to the war. J. EVERS IS LINGUIST, | SPEAKS THREE TONGUES | * A Boston fan suggests that the name of the Braves be changed to Haughton ! Tots, or Hottentots. He says that the Hottentots speak three dialects. A ‘Well, [ that lets the Braves in. Johnny Evers | can talk base ball, English and profans, I' st. mawara Defen ST, EDWARD, Ne —In one of the best most _exciting basket ball games played in this part of the country this year, the St. BEdwand High. Seward won from _ the Fullerton High school, 25 to 23. This makes ¥ull- lerton’s third defeat this year. The o |played in the local gym before a e crowd was no ones' game until the final whistle blew. Fullerton. 29.—(Special.) Boy for Mellwits. Herr Friedrich Mollwitz, late Hew t in the Sixty-ninth Silesian infantry, istarted an infantry corps of khis ‘own. Boy; weighed in at twelve unds; clegant lung power, and already demand- ing the right to travel with the. Cigcln- natl club. i E X | Osbor Fired. ‘Wiltred Osborn, who for the last seasons led Américan As fielders in the number of putouts made, :\.. been released by Loulsville to Als anta. -