Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 15, 1916, Page 36

i - BANTAM WAR IS IN FOLL BLAST AGAIN Williams — Defeats Kaufman, Who Outshaded Ertle, and Dopesters Get Under Way. FLYWEIGHT COMING OVER ¥ By RINGSIDE. New York, Oct. 14—The bantam- weight controversy is in full blast Ifil. And a settlement will not be effected until Kid Williams and John- ny “Kewpie” Ertle agree to meet in the ring once more and battle for the referee’s decision. Williams was uni- versally recognized as the champion ritil Ertle secured :\flucstlomble de- cision on a foul by Williams, The situation has been sort of mud- dled ever since: s For a time after the untimely end- ing of the Ertle-Williams*bout, the two claimants of the title appeared in various cities against varous con- tenders, cach striving to establish a rivet claim to the championship. Ertle was more successful in this, for he met inferior opposition, and out- sed his foes by such wide margins that he appeared a real champion in comparison, Williams encountered stouter resistance, because his oppo- nents were of better caliber than those Ertle met. Hus - matters stood for several ths, until Williams went into vol- untary retirement. He remained .in obscurity until a few weeks ago, when he determined to renew the quest for Hig old undisputed championship, He songht the only course to re-estab- ish himself in the estimation of the t fans. And that was to fight a ad who had just defeated Ertle be- yond the peradventure of a doubt. . So ‘Williams ‘came out of his sum- mer hibernation and trekked to Phila- delphia, where he signed to box Ben- ny' Kauffmar, the best little man the olent city has produced in years, week before Kauffman had pun- ed' Ertle severely in a si d t. Benny was primed to the Awh’er leading illiams the present form of Ertle and: Williams, is reasonable to 'l;‘;ue, that the.latter would get the iofi over a route if they got to either inside of a few months. Wil- * return to form is one of the THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 15, 1916. Here They Are—The Champion Swatters of 1916 %4 RIS SPEARER ] s of the young boxing season,|' t behoovés Er“: to'uree to a re- _futn match with Williams, and for once and all settle\ the moot ques- (&#I*Who is the bantam cham we isolated Americans will “not_ be afforded the pleasure of see- ~ ing Les Darcy ’eriom here, at least ‘the war if over, we are prom- a fistic treat almost on a par witnessing the Australian Ww“!‘n lhfew nllortl.‘nrnnahl 4 the great little fly- of En%fllnd, will invade this in, and endeavor to clean out tamweight class. These Unit- tes do not hoasf t’f’ any. good P de will have to go in order to get ac- T, t rems m‘a felluw-Enf to-induce Wilde to leave his na-| th, where he has won fame attending emoluments. Char- tchell, who will be recalled" as of the greatest fighters more than eneration n‘o, prevailed on Wilde a visit. It was ;}d -Eng- pride’ tat actuated Mitchel e the task of gaining Wilde's hell, who in his_time fought 0 Stllivln and a host of other vyweights, although he - himdelf never _scaled over 145 pounds—ijust bout what.Ted Lewis weighs today ine Lewis fighting Sam ord or Jim Coffeyr)—took a ing to little Wilde a year or so is now busily en‘gn d ex- the En, that every inch a cham- fact, Mitchell claims immy is the nearest :2:{ to per- ::. we have e rope today. _unsuccessful in rettlnu matches and l' with men near his weight, Wilde consent to meetings with Kid A Johnny Ertl a re sonable poundage, He does not plan _ to inflict any, severe weight restric- and for this reason it will be d It matter ‘for Williams' and to dodge out of matches. Sidney Hatch Will r‘Bun HEl‘li_redlMiles 1 / ‘Hatch, winner-of a score of 2 races, has started training _his 100-mile run from Milwaukee hicago set for October 17. ' Hatch ‘to set a new record for the ;i. which has been covered in | veteran lo_ns distance runner be accompanied by several auto- obiles with watchers. Arrange- ments will be made to have hot food dripks at various towns along the ¢ ke the autoists at night, . b to finish in Chicago between 1 d'clock the following after- TY, COBB/ With the ending of the world's se- ries, the crack of the willow Dbat against the horse-hide base ball will be 4 most infrehlient ‘Sound ‘in the Jland of, the free and the home, of the -brave, but around the sto n the corner grocery and ‘other. places at which the fans gather past per- DARCY IS REAL PUG, - SAYS CAPTAIN RICE American Who Has Seen 'Em in All Parts of World Says, Australian is Goods, ° I8 A MATOH FOR GIBBONS 'By FRANK G. MENKE, “Les Darcy is a real fighter; one of the most brilliant that has flashed across the pugilistic horizon for many years.” ¢ So says Cushman A, Rice—and “Cappy” knows a real scrapper when he sees one. The retired army of- ficer has seen .in_action. every one of the pugilistic satellites of America, Europe and Australia during the last five years, and to the Australian champion he accords the distinction of being a real wonder. “Darcy. . knows the fight game,” de- clared Captain Rice. “He is fast, shifty, can take a tremendous lot of unishment—and he surely can hit. et Darcy never seems. to aim for a one-punch knockout. He cuts his man to ribbons first and then shoots over the crusher, Darcy’s Huge Hands. The most remarkable thing about Darcy is his hands. I noticed them first when I saw him fight in Sydney, Australia, when I 'was there last win- ter. They impressed me as being the hugest I had ever seen, Later he was introdiiced to me IT! when we shook hands he practically. smothered my right in his. Darcy, you know, was a blacksmith in his earlier youth, and I guess they develor huge hands in that trade in Aust 3 “The . most disconcerting thing about Darcy, from a foeman's view- oint, is that the oftener he is hit the arder, he fights.. Usually, when a man is walloped by another two or three times, he begins to back up. It is exactly the reverse with the Aus- an. He really doesn't start to le until the other fellow lands on him. But just as soon as he is on the receiving end of a blow he be- —really begins to fight, rder and oftener they used to hit Battling Nelson the more furi- ous would become his attack. And, after a while, you kn: the other fellows quit hitting Bat. So it is with Darcy, except that Darcy doesn't fight y along Bat's old theory of ‘take a ’ | dozen punches to land one. When Darcy starts out after a man_ he con- tinues to protect himself—somet that Bat rarely did, o Is Ring Genlus. “I saw Darcy in his second fiiht with: Eddie McGoorty. Many alibis since have been made for the second knock- out of the American, but in my opin- ion Darcy beat him because he was the better man. McGoorty is clever, but Darcy was more so. McGoorty 1d time his punches and had a good | M U ‘é,’i. but Darey, in Irothl ~ was better an Eddie. The Adstralian battered the American into a state bordering 'JAKE, DAUBERT formances will be discussed. Which brings us to the subject of the cham- pion ‘“swatters” of the season just closed. Strange to ‘say, the 1915 season produced no ,400 hitters. Hal Chase, the Cificinnati first baseman, led the National league, with an.aver- age. of 332, while Jake. Daubert of Brooklyn ran,a close second, points behind. Hal and Jake are bot first sackers, too. In the Americas league the great Tyrus Cobby the hit- ting marvel of Detroit, was nosed out by Tris Speaker of Cleveland. Tris finished with an average of .388, while Cobb was, twenty points behind. Bot! of them are outfielders. b Sl -3 on helplessness and then sent over the morpheus swat.” 3 Captain Rice recently received a let- ter from Australia which declared that it was possible for Darcy to come to the United States. The communica- tion was from William F. Carbett, the most famous sporting writer in Australia. ' “Carbett told me that if at least three .matches could be arranged for |} Darcy it was likely that he would make the trip,” said Captain Rice. “Darcy, of course, is subject to call to the European battle front. But I as stre he could come to the states for three or four months if he could Bet fights with Mike Gibbons, Jack illon, Battling Levinsky, Bob Moha or some of the others, “Darcy is the particular pet of the Australian premier and members of the government there. Should actual bouts be framed for him here and his money be guaranteed, Darcy would come. His departure from Australia probabllb\:ould require the posting of a.big bond, say %lS,OOO or $20,000, but he ‘wouldn’t have any trouble getting it. 3 Want Darcy-Gibbons Bout. “Oyer in Australia they are keen for Darcy to try conclusions with Gibbons. ~ Stories of Dillon's ‘giant killer' deeds have ‘)ecped into Aus- tralia, and. they've heard a lot there of Battling Levinsky. ard Gibbons as the ranking Amer- jcan rhiddleweight, and the cry is, Get Gibbons for Les. “I've seen Mike in many of his fights—and I've seen Darcy in sev- eral. A fight between the two would be a lu-lu” Would Test Results 0f Mahan's Coaching But they re- New York, Oct. 14.—The Univer- sity of California eleven wishes to make a practical test of the efficiency of Eddie' Mahan's coaching, and is trying to induce some good eastern eleven to visit Berkeley ‘after the regular foot ball season here. It is said that Yale was approached, but without avail. - The ficufly of the Uni- versity of\Pennsylvania riow has the project under consideration, but no one has any idea what the present attitude of this body is. Fall Track Meet Is Carded for Purdue In order that Coach' O'Connor of Purdue university may get a better idea of the track afd field material he will have to work with next spring, a fall handicap meet will-be held on Stuart field on. the afternoon of the Eur%e-lown foot ball game, Octo- er 21, Michigan Freshmen Squad Bigger Than Varsity Gang Michigan may have gnother great freshman foot ball teéam thisgiull. More men reported for autumn prac- tice to Coach McGinnis of the first K_nr squad than Yost obtained for is varsity machine, | ten NONPAREILS CAN'T FIND OPPONENTS No Class A Teams Organized in 5 Omaha and Phil Lynch Is Up Against Problem. MAY FORM ALL-STAR TEAM . By FRANK QUIGLEY. Phil Lynch, the indefatigable man- ager of the Nonpareils, who glommed the 1915 foot ball championship of Omaha and almost grabbed the state ! title, has run head-on into a stumbling | block that is giving him many anight of nightmares. Phil is trying to get) games for his 1916 athlctes and it is! interfering with his slumber because he can’t find any Class A teams. For some reason or other the Class A field was completely overlooked by everybody this year—that is, every- body except Lynch. About twenty- five Class B teams were organized, but no Class A. * The Ducky Holmes and the Council Bluffs Longeways may be induced to take a chance on the Lynch crew, but the rest of them aver nothing to do. So Lynch-will have to take his eleven out of town or bring outside warriors to_Omaha in order to provide amuse- ment for his_huskies. Talk of All-Star Team. Several of the former big guns on the gridiron got their noodles to- gether last week and decided to my- cilage a bunch of the bright lights to- gether and challenge the Nonpareils to combat with them in the immediate future, The team will be known as the All-Stars and will consist of speed gents of repute that would like to dis- tiiguish themselves once again before cremating their foot ball activitjes. If this.game is arranged it will probably be the banner attraction among the local® high-class talent. Although the Thirty-third and Cali- fornia Street Merchants proved them- selves to consist of every requisite desirable to hike up the road of fame- dom in their class, they were too light to withstand the terrific onslaughts of the heavy backfield attached to the Duhlap, Ta., foot ballists, Dunlap wishes to meet teams that will give them a close game in order to, enter- tain and retain the patronage ‘of the foot ball devotees in that county. There is only one team in Omaha that could probably"trim them and that squad 1s the Nonpareils, so they will have to seek other fields to locate the competitibn they are anticipating. This season the question of parks was solved long MWefore the season arrived, At that only two enclosed parks will, be utilized in Omaha, namely Ducky Holmes, loecated at Thirty-first and Ames avenue, and Luxus park at Twenty-fourth and Vinton streets. Joe Smith park at Sixteenth and Sixth ayenue, Council Bluffs, is the home of C. B. hong- ways. The teams that will not be afforded an opportunity to play in an enclosed park will confine themselves to municipal lots. Some Excitement Today. The first real battle of the leather ‘egg seasom - will be jerked off at Luxus park this afternoon at three strikes, when the Athletics, a north end troupe, clash with the-Nonpareils, b Teams Fighting For High School Tutle of State Captain. Charles Morearty Coach, d Mulligan. South High William Graham Coach, James Patton. “Bully” Brian Coach, Herb Reese. Beatrice .. Clarence Kilpatrick Coach, Mr. Rathbun. Kearney Herbert Cameron Coach, Prof. Bergier. 1 ol SRR A0 T J. Conway Coach, Dewey Harmon. Grand Island ... Clarence Engleman Coach, M. Y. Harding. ~ North Platte ......... Ernest Baker Coach, Paul Ohman. Norfollk Claire Blakeman Coach, Harry Walker. Team, Central High .. for the championship and as their lineup is considerably stronger this year, they are liable to upset the dope of the local Solomons. Anyway, a combat worth the sheks and a wee bit on the side is looked for by the fullqwers of both contingents. Lineup: NONPA! Blackman Sandan Nystrom Pearson . Shields Conley Greens . Gladen Fletcher Jacoberger . | Flannery On the grid at Duck Holmes' park, at three whistles and a half this after- noon the Fontenelle Reserves will col- lide with the. Ducky Holmes tribe. Qodles of enmity exists between these two aggregations, so a warm tussle is anticipated. Thirty-second and Dewey avenue is where the Young Pharmacy and the Thirty-third and California Street Merchants will put on a show at 3:30 p. m. The Young Pharmacy bunch is a new gang, consequently their ability is unknown, but they will have to hit a merry clip in order to vanquish the Merchants. Down on the turf at Riverviéw park the Dundee Woolen Mills will try to hand the Shamrocks from Packersville a whiff of defeat. To date the Woolen dudes have been playing stellar foot ball and they don’t intend to let the Shamrocks dent their rec- ‘ord. Soft pedal from the Shamrock camp as to what they are going to do. At Twenty-first and First avenue, Council Bluffs, this afternoon the Mohawks will lock horns with the Council Bluffs Midgets, provided the Mohawks don’t inoculate cold feetins on ori before three bells. Some of the Omaha teams have a tendency to stay on this side of the muddy even after their manager has closed the deal. Jess Willard to Visit That Jess Willard will visit Omaha the latter part of November s news contained in a. message from Jack Curley, .partner ,in the firm of Jess with the circus business then, and so says Curley, will be ready to take on some. of these: aspiring youths who have hopes of attaining the cherished heavyweight crown. Jess, with Curley and Tom Jones, third'member of the h|the champions of Omaha. For years the Athletics have been contcndersl firm, will be guests of Gene Melady while in Omaha. {Second Annual Omaha Last of November| Willard Co., Ltd. Jess will be through | ONAHA GUN GLUB WILL HOLD SHOOT Registered Tournament to Be Staged on Traps Across the Muddy. TWO DAYS OF SHOOTING The second annual registered tour- nament of the Omaha Gun club witl be held Monglay and Tuesday at the traps across the big muddy. The Omaha Gun club held its first registered shpot a year ago, and it proved a huge|success. Over 200 scat- tergun marksmen from all parts of Nebraska, Jowa and South Dakota at- tended. believed this year an mber of shooters will two-tlay event. for the first day, es 150 targets. The of this program will maha Gun club’s an- Monday, incl first 100 targe determine the nual amateur ¢ phy of $100. gram is also fof 150 targets. The en- trance fee on Both days is $15, with $2 optional on gach fifiy targets. The entrance fee forjthe Omaha Gun club championship is| $2. \ A new pot shpot stunt, which it is believed will prpve popular with the shooters, has bgen arranged. After | each event 10 cdnts for each lost tar- get is deposited{with the scorer. high guns-in edch event divide the money, It will jnake a good pot to shoot for, and itfentails no bookkeep- ing. ! k| e Riley Represents Omaha At National Rifle Shoot W. B. Riley will represent Omaha on the Nebraska team entered in the national rifle shoot which is now be- ing held at Jacksonville, Fla, Riley is the crack shot of the Greater Oma- ha Rifle and Revolver club and local marksmen believe he will turn in ong of the best scores of the tourney. You Can Fiake Pure Lager ‘You can now brew your own beerwbest yrn ever fgfl—mfly. cheaply, right in your own Thom ith Johann, Hofmeister Beer Extract make th e high quality lager ns in Germany for ages— in the same honest, old-fashioned way \Beer that's so tasty, wholesome, satisfying, Ma member of the family will surely be ‘clighn with it. Better beer than you can buy in saloons or in bottles anywhere. And it will cost less tham 8 cents 6 quart—a little over a half cent & glass ! Real-Malt and Hop Beer at 11 Cents a Gallon Rmember. is i beer—but o “wkh'f Beer of fine, natural color = toj with a rich, S0 purp o ¢ bewith e and 3ealth In very a hes Groo. And the taste—oh. delicious! 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