Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1916, Page 36

48 COMING YOUNGSTER SCARES VETERANS Nineteen-Year-0ld Kid Comes Up to Dispute Claims of Gib- bons, Moha and Others. AL M'COY HITS FOR HILLS : By RINGSIDE. ) New York, Nov. 18—Two divisions have commandcered all the attention of jthe boxing community since the inauguration of the fall campaign two months ago. These are the middle- © weight and light heavyweight classes. Never before in the history of the game has there been such a surfeit I of formidable combatants in any two | divisions of pugilism. As a result of this state of affairs, interest has been diminishing space in the five other classes—bantam, feather, light, welter avy. p : n"l"h':tolj regime of middleweights 1s rapidly dying out. Les Darcy, the . Australian prototype of Bob Fitzsim- mons, accounted for the elimination of the four real veterans of the mid- dleweight clan. His decisive victories over Eddie McGoorty, George Chip, Jimmy Clabby and Duck Crouse put those” gentlemen out of the consid- eration for championship honors. Among the-hardy battlers who re- main to dispute the championship claims of Al McCoy, the self-styled champion, and Les Darcy, who is champion by acclamation in Austra- lia, are Bob Moha, Mike Gibbons and a newcomer to the division, Jimmy O’Hagen. Of the last named, more - anon. Kid Comes to Front. Both Moha and Gibbons have prov- ed their worth, but it remains for O'Hagen, a 19-year-old boy, to €s- tablish his claim to recognition as a championship contender. 1f willing- ness and fearlessness, combined with ability, mean_championship, qualifica- tions, than O'Hagen must be given due consideration. 2 O'Hagen, who is a native of Al- bany, bases his claims for recognition on Kil work in the last few months. In a briéf space of time he defeated WOULD-BE “GAMPS” . HAVE TOUGH TIME Chaps Who Pick All-American Foot Ball Elevens Have Their Jobs Cut Out This Year, SCORE OF BACKFIELD MEN By FRANK G. MENKE. “Say you guys what's gonna do these here All-American foot ball pickin' this here year—well, you've got a job carved out for you, that's all T gotta say.” OI' King Foot Ball paused to help himself to the “makin's,” rolled his own, applied a torch, and then went on: “There's a paucity of line material and a plethora of backfield stars and— “What—what? O!' King grinned, “Ha! [ thought I'd surprise youse guys,” he exclaimed. “Large words, hey? And fancy ones? Well, they ain't mine. | nipped ‘em from Walt Camp. That's what he says when he's in Philadelphia. spouting about them foot ballers. [ didn’t just know what he meant, so I goes to Mister Webster and he sets me straight. “Plethora” explained OI' King, “means a lot of 'em and paucity means just the other way. And that's how she lays. So you see: you guys got a job tryin' to pick out a few back- fielders from a big buncha great birds, while, on the other mitt, you're gonna have quite a job pickin' out linesmen who'll match up with your back- fielders, Get me?"” Two From West. “Now le's see. There's Harley, of Ohio state. He's a whale. One of the best little foot ball players they've uncovered out in the west for years and years. Do anything. Couldn't keep him off, could you? And then there's Cofall, of Notre Dame. Great- est halfback Notre Dame has had in many, many moons, He oughta get on, oughtent he? “Hubbell, of Colgate, played Yale off its feet; ripped through the Yale line cvery time he hit it, didn't he? Hastings, of Pittsburg, is a wonder too. Sprafka, of Minnesota, is an- ike Glover, Marty Cross, K. O. gvlr’:eny, Silent Martin, Frank Car- bone and “Kid" Alberts, Then O'- H 's manager set about a match vl;r?‘(:hlmpion” Al McCoy. It was d that the bout go fifteen rounds to a decision at Providence, X Not for McCoy. i “MeCoy, who has seldom received . more than $1,000 a fight—even after his one-round knockout of George (g was offered the tidy sum of $10 to battle O'Hagen fifteen rounds, with a decision attached. '~ This ‘would involve whatever title M possessed. McCoy promptly L llm(rg down the offer, making strena~ hjections to the clause referring ecision being rendered. that clause obliterated McCoy . be quite grateful to accept “for his services extending over rounds or less. For O'*Hagen he can stop McCoy if the lat- makes any pretense at fighting, ch he hasn't since the night he Chip's length on the canvas lyn. ~ 5 =ivel a fair line on the high in which Mr. McCoy holds ¢ en, The latter's man- ecries McCoy's flat refusal to alling upon the shades of Jack sey, and the good sense of Bob ons and Tommy Ryan to ac- or such an action by a pre- - to the middleweight throne. ~ Would Meet Moha, }tio ensnare l}_(cCoy !m h'l en is willing to try his h ?ob Moha or Mike’Gib- * Michael also has refused to O'Hagen; so it is up to Moha or cy to consent to battle O'Hagen ermine for the public the stuff is made of. . h McGoorty, Chip, Clabby and out of the way, the middle- ~ scramble narrows down to cy, Moha, McCoy, O'Hagen bibbor. ?‘ agen has al- Jeclared his willingness to jour- Australia if Darcy will agrea n '?eopmr over the twenty- h t heavyweight division also psents some interesting fodder for hought. Up to a few weeks ago Dillon’s claim to this champion- _was undisputed. Then llong me Battling Levinsky and trounce the gidnt destroyer in a twelve-round ecision bout, which logically made the champion. A few days insky submitted to a ten- _d"lhnmping at the hands of one y Miske of St. Paul. ) are two others in the hunt for. the light heavyweight bauble— irle hWein;rt and !I(\e same Mr. Moha, whose “meat” is any onc e hh(lfrom 160 pounds to Wil-| s heft. The only way to reach settlement of the dispute in this di- :ilbn is for these five men to engage round-robin series. Each one t two or more times, as not ds out in bold enough relief e other four to warrant his aside and then meeting the winner, $150,000 to Improve Cornell Athletic Field rder to have suitable base ball tions on the Alumni field, for the semi-centennial in Cornell Alumni field trustees tideavor to raise a fund of §150,- - next June. Besides a big nd, it is wlpoud to erect istration hall, where' offices | the college athletic interests enter. In the new structure’it nded/to have quarters for train- ‘and for entertaining visiting ath- ~as well as facilities for ‘winter for members of the crew and rs for the coaches and care- ‘of the various teams in all field ts. A covered running board is also contemplated, fifteen ‘width with ten laps to the mile. llard Will Go Into Real Estate Game ‘Willard, the he, ¥ » r,v business k:;‘ CM“‘O& ac- ) infgrmati recei by "%'Hif’contuct with a ed and he plans to - Worth, Tex, to ut November 27, nuch heavier out with the the neighbor- it is said. * i8 considering cntering the | shine. other one of those wio belong. Le- gore: of Yale, he got to going great carly in the year and then slipped off. But he's a wonder, ain't he? Bum leg may lose him job on All- American, but if leg mends for péxt two games and he plays like he can play, he must be given the up-and- down, / And Oliphant, Too. “And Oliphant of Army. Well, there ain't no use discussin' him. He belongs—that's all. Greatest half- back in America today. Forward asser, punter, end runner, line uster. Another one of those guys that's abie to do anything, “Maubetsch of Michigan, Casey of Harvard, Horween of Harvard, Ger- rish of Dartmouth, Thielscher of artmouth, McLaren of Pittsburgh— they're all entitlsd to jobs, ain't they? But some of that bunch has got to be disappointed, because only four backfield men can play on a team. “When it comes to quarterbackers, Long of Minnesota and Anderson of Colgate look like the to) pers right now. Great boys, both or em. Lots of other good pnes that been playin’ good enough to get on. But only one can get there. . Peck Has the Call. “Linesmen? Well, Peck of Pitts- burgh ain't got no equal at center; McEwan of Army, Rdyzewski of Notre Dame, Hanson of Minnesota, they're good at passin,’ too, but Peck's got 'em blocked. At guardin’ you otta figure in about two dozen fel- ows. None of 'em stand out as truly grel!s like some of the old timers, ut lots of pretty good fellows at the business just now. Black of Yale, he's a prett{) nifty tackle. Lots of others, too, but none that you could call outstandin’ right now. “Ends? there's quite a bunch of ‘'em. Baston of Minnesota— awfully good; Harte of Harvard, 'nother good one. Herron of Pitt is a bird. Colgate's a mighty good endsman, too. Yale's ends ain't very ood; neither are the Tiger wings. ut there'll be about a dozen before the end of the season that'll be in line for jobs. “Whatcha gonna do with 'em all, hey? And whatcha gonna do about them halfbackers? About fifty guys that oughta get on that first team— and only eleven can do it. - Nope, I ain't envyin' the guys what's gonna do the pickin’ this year, They'll hafta burn lots of midnight oil—and oil is doggone costly right now.” Omaha Uni Girls Will Hold Basket b Ba.ll@rnament Basket ball at the University of Omaha has made an early and flour- ishing start this year. Already all the classes Have two teams, one of boys and one of girls. The boys are practicing twice a week, while the girls are going them one better. This enthusiastic attitude, together with the coming of the two new coaches, Harry De Lamatre and Miss E. M. Beaty, promises that the university will sce its first season of active bas- ket ball playing. A number of games have been ar- ranged between the boys and girls of each class. Thursday the seniors will play a team chosen from the rest of the school in the university gymna- sium. The stars for the former will be Edgar Ernst and William Thomp- son and those of the latter will be Leach, Korbmaker and Allerton. As a whole the coeds have shown more interest, so far, than the boys. They have been working ever since school started and each class has had as many as two teams out. The only crippled class is the junior class. Miss Esther Knapp is the only basket ball cnthusiast i it. She is not down- hearted, however. . She is convincing the rest of the girls in her class that basket ball is the only thing. Each class has its stars. freshman class Miss Mabel Norris-is the heroine. Mi i JEddy s make the sophomores ith Misses Jean Berger and May Leach it looks as though the sentor girls will take everything, At the present time the girls are having practice games with each other and latter they will stage a tournament, Each class will have its team in the ring. The school basket ball team will not start practice until after the foot ball season. In_the N HARRY H. BRANDEIS ARE 00 | PAST FOR LEAGUE Basket Ball Qui;;s Aver Isaac- son's Orew Is Too Swift for Tri-City League. TOWNSENDS li;’l‘ TO ENTER Basket ball managers are up against it this year. After lining up their favorite flippers and getting every- thing ready to start off in a ship-shape manner they find that after all they might not all take a part in the sea- son’s activities. And this is the reason: For some time the Brandeis Stores | quintet, under the manaficrship of | ‘;ake,lsalcsnu. has been collecting the astest bunch of basket ball passers | in the cit{. Among the list are Virgil Rector of Dartmouth, Leslic Burken- road, Bob Koran, Ernie Adams and Warren Ritchie. Other prospective members of the Tri-City league point out that they would have no show against such a stellar aggregation and rather than play second fiddle feel that it would be to their interests not to enter the league. They would much rather have the Brandeis stay out, but to that Jake Isaacson has given a very strong negative. “Why should we stay out,” Jake says. “They have the same opportunity of collecting a bunch of stars and if they don’t do so it's their own lookout, We intend to fo into the league.” And, anyway, saacson points out, that instead of lowering the standards of the organi- zation, his team will set such a high mark that the other quintets will have something to shoot at. Townsends Drop Out. As a consequence of the agitation the Townsend Gun team, managed by Walter Gartner, will not enter the league and several other fives have decided to do likewise. Just how the matter will be threshed out will be decided at the basket ball meeting to be held at the Young Men’s Chyistian association Tuesday evening. _Coach Mills of (freighton has defi-| nitely decided not to enter his team in the Tri-City league regardless of whether the Brandeis are members or not. The blue and white mentor has lined up all the college contests his flippers can handle and he does not ! propose to let them take on morci work. Harmony in Other Loops. . While there is considerable agita- tion in the old Tri-City league, all is harmony in the ommercial and Church. Tteams of both organiza- tions have been gdtting in weekly workouts at the “Y”{and are ready to jump into the fray at| the first honk of the referee’s whistle| What is expected [to work for the benefit of the two C(llass B organiza- tions is the fact that more floor space has been added. In| addition to the Young Men’s Chrigdtian association courts of both Omaha and Council Bluffs and the University of Omaha floor, the Woodmen of the World hall in the South Side has been secured and is now being marked off. ONE OF THE NEW OWNERS OF THE RED SOX—The sale is announced of the Boston Red Sox to Harry H. Frazee an'd Hugh' Ward, theatrical magnates of New York. Frazee is prominent in the world of drama. Ward is an Australian and spends most of his time in the United States, making his home THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 19, 1916. & FRAZEF, MULLIGAN IS LAD WHO TURNED TRICK Central High Mentor Surprises Liacoln With New Style of Open Foot Ball. MAKES TIE GAME POSSIBLE By KARL LEE. Harold Mulligan—strategist. A lesser title would not do. In the game with Lincoln, Mully demonstrat- ed beyond doubt that he was the goods and that he could make foot ball out of anything that resembled foot ball. There is no question but what Coach Mulligan is a great mentor. Just seven weeks ago Central met Ccmmerce High in the first game of the season. It is just seven weeks ago that the wise ones shook" their head and smiled as best they could when some overly enthusiastic Cen- tral rooter burst forth with predic- tions of a brilliant season. Yet in that seven weeks Mully gradually built up a défense that prove impene- trable and an offense that remained all-powerful to the last, Central rooters religiously believed that their team would wallop Lincoln roundly. But Mulligan knew and he sensed the peril of his team. = Beatrice had broken through that power de- fense and the Link mentors already hlad had a two weeks’ squint at the play. Teaches New Foot Ball. So the week before the Lincoln smashup Mully held private confer- ences with his men, He taught them some new foot ball. A more brilliant assemblage of line shifts, forward passes and backfield formations prob- ably was never given at one time to a high school team as by Mully to his Omaha eleven. “If we can't beat Lin- coln one way, we will beat it an- other,” was the byword on the hill all that week. And the wise ones saw again. The game opened. Central made a dash to striking distance. = Lincoln held and took the ball. Then the slaughter started. The great Griffen pounded the line. At first it held, but soon began to falter. Central held twice next its own goal that periad be- fore the sensational intercepted pass by Paynter in mid-field. Omaha had about given up, at least for the half, when this brilliant run came to be- deck them with glory. But Lincoln came back again and the powerful backs pounded the line again, Griffen, despite his lame leg, leading in every smash. A forward pass, Griffen to Lamb, well known as the touchdown play of the Links, netted the fatal score. . Mully talked to his men between halyes. He told them to open up. And they did. Perhaps on Nebraska field few such brilliant exhibitions in the art of playing foot ball have been performed as by Central High during that period. The line shifted, the back- field wormed this way and that, and the ball eased its way sideways and forward. The maze of the formations, called in rapid-fire form, baffled the All persons interested in joining any of the three leagues are invited to be present at the big basket ball meeting to be held in the physical director’s room of the Young Men's Christian association Tuesday evening at 7:30. This Basket Ball Event Starts at.8:30 in Morn Eight-thirty in the morning is pret- ty carly in the day to play basket ball, but that is the time set for the basket ball tourney, which will be staged at the Young Men's! Christian associa- tion Thanksgiving day. .The entire event will be played during the morn- in| g. The annual “Y" cross-country run will start at 11 o'clock Thanksgiving morning. A score of athletes have al- ready entered this event and about fif- teen of the runners have been work- ing outdoors of late despite the cold weather. School for Deaf to Play West Point Thanksgiving The Nebraska School for the Deaf has sighed up for a game Thanksgiv- ing day with the West Point High school.- The local eleven will journey to West Point for the combat. Links. They forgot themselves and played in a frenzy. And they failed to recover that ball before too late. Mulligan had turned the trick. No Longer_ Do They Say “Hurry Up Yost” “Hurry Up” Yost of the Michigan foot ball squad finally has failed to live up to his nickname. Yost recently was watching the first eleven in practice. Quarterback Sp‘arks was tearing through his sig- nals. “He hurries his team too much,” shouted Yost, and then he told Sparks to case up a bit. “You can't slam down the field the way you could in the old game,” said the Michigan foot ball wizard. “With ten yards to gain you have to take your time." And so, the Yost nickname, won in 1900, received its first setback. Lee Fohl is On Lookout ' For a Young Outfielder President Dunn of the Cleveland Americans has announced that he has one or two possible trades in view and that he also hopes to buy. at least one young outfielder. MOGULS GONSIDER THIRD BIG LEAGUE Ban Johnson and Others Behind Move to Stimulate Lagging Interest in Base Ball. OMAHA IN OLASS AA LOOP That the powers that be in base ball are giving scrious consideration to a suggestion that a third major league be organized, to be known as the American association; that the International league be changed -and that the Western lcague be raised to AA classification, is news that Joe Vila, a New York base ball scribe, who probably knows more about the inner workings of the big base ball men than any outsider in the country, makes known. The scheme is this: Form an eight-club major league, free from draft rule, to comprise Toronto, Buffalo, Newark and Balti- more in the cast, with Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Toledo and Louisville in the west. The name of the new league shall be the American_ association. The International is to be retained, with Providence, Rochester, Mon- treai, Syracuse, Albany, Utica, Bing- hamton, and perhaps Jersey City. The Western league is to he raised to Class AA, with the circuit includ- ing St. Paul, Minneapolis, Columbus, Kansas City, Omaha, Denver, Des Moines, and one other city, perhaps St. Joseph or Sioux City. Johnson Favors It. It is said this suggestion has al- ready been discussed by members of the National commission, club own- ers and others interested. It is said that Ban Johnson is a strong advocate of the idea and that promises well, for' Johnson can do moré in a minute than all the rest of the basc ball men in a year, The big men of Organized Base Ball have come to the conclusion that something must be done to stim- ulgte interest in the ame. The majors had a prosperous season this ycar, but there was an unmistakable rec- vival of enthusiasm in the big cir- cuits due to the decease of the Feds. Whether this revival of enthusiasm will be permanent or was merely tem- norary canrot be told. Bul the minors arc in a bad way. They have all lost money, the big minors and the little minors, and some old and strong leagues are going to blow up unless a remedy is found. Take, for in- stance, the Western league. It is the oldest league in this part of the country. 't has weathered seventeen campaigns. And prospeets right now are for a return to a six-leaguc club and three of thosc six clubs don't promise much. International in Trouble. The International league had a most disastrous season. All of the clubs, with the possible exception of To- ronto, lost money. The American as- sociation was nothing to brag about and seemed to be boiling with inter- nal digsension. And if things continue the Ameri- can association, the Internationaland the Western, three of the five" big minor leagucsl‘f the country, are going to have more and m6ure trouble and there is no foretelling what the end will be. It is believed the cities suggested for the third major league are real major league cities. Newark, Buf- falo, Bdltimore and Indianapolis had the Federals and didn’t get enthusi- stic over the return of minor league ball. That they would support ma- jor league clubs is the belief of most base ball men. Milwaukee and Louis- ville have had previous experience in fast company and it is believed are ripe for a return. That the proposed shift in the In- ternational league cities would be a benefit is also the belief. Omaha in its Class. And we know it would help the Western league. Omaha and Denver are out of their class in the Western league as it is made up today. They belong in a league with such cities as St. Paul, Minneapolis and Kan- sas City and that is just the kind of league they would be in if this plan goes through. It is not likely the plan can be put through this year, the time is too short, but the big moguls are giving it serious consideration, Ban Johnson is pulling the wires diligently to bring it about and there is an excellent chance that it will be consummated before 1918, Caddock Rivals Great Gotch for Speed in Action “The Boy With a Thousand Holds” is the title wrestling fans have tacked onta Earl Caddock, the Anita, Ia., flash who will tangle with Yousiff Hussane, the Terrible Turk, at Coun- cil Bluffs November 29. £ Caddock is probably acquainted with more holds than any other wres- tler. He is a thorough student of the game in addition to having the wrestling instinct, and in the course of one match he will use more holds than the ordinary wrestler will in a dozen bouts. Frank Gotch always was considered the fastest thinking, quickest acting wrestler in the business, but Caddock is giving Frank a race for his laurels and the wise boys believe that ulti- mately he will prove himself superior to the Humboldt wizard. Caddock is now in Omaha training for his bout with Hussane. The event is another ten days distant, but Earl is working diligently, for he has high hopes of vanquishing the Turk in rapid fashion. Pitcher Ed Kelpfer Has Tonsils Removed Manager Lee Fohl of the Cleveland Americans is of the opinion that Pitcher Edward Klepfer will be much more efficient next season for the reason that Klepfer has undergone an operation for the removal of his tonsils. “Klepfer's throat bothered him last season,” Fohl said, “and' I am cer- tain that if he had submitted to an operation last sprmg he would have been a different pitcher.” Omaha Ski and Skat Club Will Meet Monday Night The Omaha Ski and Skat club, re- cently organized, will hold a meeting tomorrow night in room 413 Bee building. All members of the club and anybody interested in winter sports lare urged to be present. By FRED A hundred men in uniform swarmed out onto the playing field. The foot hall practice was on. casual observer watched them for an hour, “How many men are there on a foot ball team?” he asked a scribe standing nearby. “Eleven,” answer scribe. “Well, then, who are the rest of those chaps?” asked the c. o. “Coaches.” the said Clarence Rowland has been fired again. So has Joe Tinker. Bill Carrigan is still retiring. Charley Ebbets is still selling out. Fritz Maisel is still being traded. Showing that spring is still a long way off. POLITICAL NOTE. We do not like you Charlie Hughes, The reason is you had to lose, , And we had down a bet on youse, We do not like you Charlie Hughes. . We sce a guy threatens to sue a newspaper man for $50,000, which is funny if you are a news- paper man. If-a month ago somcbody had predicted Ohio and Northwestern would fight it out for the Big | Nine championship, he would have been advised to cut out drinking wood alcohol. | Some day a foot ball game will result according to the dope. And on that day they'll sing Tipperary on a U-boat and drink a toast in ! S. HUNTER _ grape juice to Bill Bryan in Mil- waukee. The eight-hour day may be o. k. for Mr. Adamson, but per- sonally we would prefer a one- hour day. Levinsky and Morris fought last Thursday night in Kansas City, but it would have been more ap- propriate for them to have waited until April 1. Tris Speaker,.it is said, is wear- ing a wrist watch. Conclusively proving what fame will do to a man. TIf Tris can wear a wrist watch we can expect shortly to learn that Heine Zim is wearing spats. By JESS WILLARD. The price of coal is going up, And meat has hit the sky, Sugar’s selling by the cup, And flour is more than high. The demos are in power again, And winter’s in its might, The circus has run out of yen, And I can’t get a fight. Mr. Jones, in behalf of Mr. Wil- lard, says Mr. Willard cannot get a fight, proving that “you can fool some of the pub—etc., ctc.” A Mere Trifle. Now, after meeting Iowa next Saturday, all Nebraska has-to do is to play Notre Dame. It is said Willard and Levinsky will not fight. As a result of which we lose no interest for the simple rcason that we were not interested before. Bill Carrigan says he is going to quit base ball, but Connie Mack beat him to it two years ago. Moylan and Stangel | To Get Trials With Rourkes in Spring Jim Moylan, star hurler for the Ramblers, and Carl Stangel, four- eyed outficlder on the Omaha Gas companys, will get trials with the Rourkes next sprfing. Recently Pa Rourke announced he would give two local amateurs trials with'his profes- sional club in the spring and Moylan and Stangel were the fortunates chosen. Basket Ball Men Wil Meet at “Y” on Tuesday A big booster meeting of Omaha basket ball enthusiasts will be held at the Young Men's Christian associa- tion in the office of Physical Director W. A. Kearns Tuesday. It is planned to start the ball rolling for the coming season. Gossip Heard on the Sandlots Of course, and foot ball team can have a percentage of 1.000 in the Radiator league The ‘Nonpareils will wade across ‘the creek and bump up agains the C. B. Longe- ways next Sunday. Those Dundee Woolen Mills have changed their appellation. Hereafter they will be known as the Ben Kennedy Colts, Orville Crabtree, associated with the C. B. Midgets, is about as hard as a pretzel. He bumps ‘em all, regardless of eize. Louie Camero, left half for the Webster Street Merchants, 1s a terrific line plunger and also & speed demon on his pedals. Dunlap, Ta., # where the Monmouth Parks will perform on Turkey day. They will re- ceive $25 and rations for said offense. Tommy Graham's Tigers went to the wall They were unusually flerce as long as they stuck, but they used punk mucilage. A team called the Young Pharmacy drop- ped into the limelight for one offense, but was splintered after the initial fracas. The German Shamrocks sure have a mushy place to practice. They practice on the pavement at Ninth and Bancroft streets. In Harry Penny the Monmouth Parks have a halfback that is hard to check and he also plays a wonderful game on the defense. At left end Arthur Chapman is a marvel for the C. B. Midgets. He is speedy and can side-step and dodge like a first-class Pug. Since Frank Golden assumed the respon- sibility of coaching the Fontenelle Reserves they have climbed up the ladder at a rapid vace. That Thiry-third and Parker street team was swallowed up Jn one gulp. They played one game and then went via the the balloon route. Since the Nourse Oll team changed their name to the Marquette Club they have failed to register a point on the debit side of the ledger. Jacoberger, the new gent hitched to the Nonpareils, has overly made good. His noodle plays a conspicuous part in every tangle. Next Sunday the C. B. Midgets and the Nonparell Reserves will demonstrate their wares at Athletic park, Council Bluffs, at 2p. m ‘Wagoner, the chief of the German Sham- rocks, Is rather dublous about their squad since the recent accident to one of their good players. Tommie Boyne. a star of repute. is now tied to the C. B, Midgets. He will play at left half and should strengthen the team con- siderably. < During scrimmage practice Anton Munch of the German Shamrocks slipped while circling the end and broke his right arm. About thirty-five teams were organized this season and only eighteen are still in the ring. Inability to secure capable leaders tells the story. Those Monmouth Parks Reserves .caught cold feet during the recent cold snap, and from present indications they will thaw out some time next season. It seems as though the California Street Merchants need California weather to put them in condition. They have not chalked up many victories thls season. Several Omaha squads have already con- last week OMAHANS BACK OF NEW BOXING BILL Law Permitting Ten-Round Scraps to Be .Presented to Legislature. WAS TURNED_I;(TWN BEFORE That Nebraska will soon have a state boxipg law similar to Wiscon- sin, New York, Minnesota and other states is the belief of local box fight enthusiasts who intend to draft such a law and present it to the legislature when that body meets. An effort was made to put a box- ing law through the last legislature, but the bill was defeated. The com- plexion of the new legislature, how- ever; has led the Omaha fans to be- lieve that the bill would be passed this time. Gene Melady was sponsor for the bill previously introduced to the state dads and he may put his shoulder to the wheel again. The bill the Omaha fight fans in- tend to present to the legislature would provide for ten-round, no-de- cision boxing matches such as are held in Wisconsin, New York and Minne- sota. It provides for a state boxing commission, which will possess un- limited and irrevocable jurisdicition over all bouts. A percentage of the receipts will go to the state through this commission. The law covers practically everything connected with a bout and any violation by fighter or club is punishable by suspension. The local men expect to start a campaign to put the bill over within a week or so. They have been wait- ing to sec what kind of a legislature would be elected to serve Nebraska and they are now confident that a legislature which will be friendly to- ward the bill has been placed in power. Plestina,_ Declares War on E. Caddock Marin Plestina has resumed his war against Earl Caddock. The big Omaha grappler suspended diplomatic relations with Caddock last spring, but no fatalitics resulted, as the two gladiators did not get to- gether, Learning that Caddock had agreed to meet Yousiff Hussane in Council Bluffs November 29, Plestina imme- diately began plans to resume hostil- ities against the fast ITowan. Plestina says he'll wrestle Caddock in public or private, any time, any place, and has $100 to post as a for- feit. Rifle Club Will Hold Turkey Shoot Sunday The Greater Omaha Rifle and Re- volver club will hold a big turkey shoot on the East Omaha range next Sunday. Each event will be five shots at 200 yards. A hot dinner will be served at the range, so the marksmen can prepare for an all-day shoot. The scattergun marksmen will also hold a turkey shoot next Sunday, probably at the Carter Lake club. SILK $7 FANCY ed arrangements to Eobble 'up :::’l\(:‘y“lnd incidentally play foot ball out of town on Thanksgiving day. he Monmouth Parks could use a good Iln:mnn during their game booked with Dunlap for Thanksgiving day. For further information call Thomas Kelly over Colt,x 2096. Madam Rumor has it that Wisner will organize especially to put a crimp in the Nonpareils. All the foot ball bugs in this community would welcome a match between these two aggregations. That famous heady leader, Thomas Moore, will be back on the job to lead the Non- pareils on the fleld today. Thomas ought to know a few things about foot ball, for he has played the gamo vwenty years. Phil Lynch, boss of the champlonship Non- pareils, foreclosed a mortgage on the inde- pendence of a vision of loveliness some time ago. but him team mates were kept In the dark until Phil got ready to pop. 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