Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 15

FIFTEEN MayBe Kid McCoy, One Time Middleweights King, Found Dead In Detroit EVENING STATE JOURNAL, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1910. HUMBOLDT IS WINNER Tl BY JOE STANTON TO NORMAN SELBY TAKES OVERDOSE SLEEPING MEDICINE AT HOTEL Married. Nine Times; Once Served Part of 20 Yeaiv Sentence in Killing. DETROIT. CP).

Norman KMhv Sports Writers Pick K. Blues COLUMBUS, O. CP). There really Isn't much use playing out the American association schedule for 1940, the circuit's 30 sports writers having decided how the teams will finish, but the eight clubs are going ahead with their plans to launch the campaign Thursday afternoon. The scribes disagreed with prexy George Trauntman's prediction that it would be an eight team race, 26 of them selecting the Kansas City Blues to repeat as the No.

1 club. The Louisville Colonels, playoff winners and little world series champs, were ranked second, altho the Kentuckians grabbed only one first place from the newspapermen. 1 Hi 1 IN TRIANGULAR MEET HUMBOLDT, NebJrvllle Yo- cum of Humboldt tossed the discus 142 feet 3 inches in a triangular track and field meet won here by Humboldt with 71 23 points. Dawson had 37 13 and Bratton Union, 17. Yocum's heave eclipsed his rec ord of 124 feet 8 inches in the Little Ten and his record of 130 feet 5 inches in the M-I-N-K at Peru.

Event champions: 100: Rum. Humboldt. 10.7: 2211: Bum. Humboldt, 24. 440: Ktler, Dawaon, 6H.

R80: Btaurter, Humboldt, mile: Bnrnea. Humboldt. nun relay: Hum. bolt, 1:42.5: 00 hlxha: Taylor, Bralton Union, 110 Iowa: Mayer, Hum-bolt. 14.5.

High lump: Won by Wllllamaon, Hum- bolt, height teet 3 Inchea; pole vault: Bailey, Humboldt. teet 6 Inchea; broad Jump: Wllllanuon, Humboldt, IS leet 6'i Inchee: aliot put: L. Qlathar, Bratton Union, 38 feet Inchea; Javelin: Bailey, Humboldt, 133 (eet 4 Inchea; dlacua: Yo- cum, Humboldt, 142 teet 3 Inchea. the man successful t. who looks Wears II Wesleyan Opens Track Year With Panthers, Doane Thursday.

Because of adverse weather "con ditions. Coach Dwight Thomas plans to take only a small squad to York Thursday when his Nebraska Wesleyan trackmen compete In a triangular with York college, and Doane college. "I not entering men In all the events, mainly because I don't know what I have in those events," Thomas said. "We've had so few workouts many of my outfit haven't been able to get in proper condition." Thomas nominated 14 performers to make the Journey, and is taking four members of his tennis team along for a dual meet with the York netters. Friday four of the sprinters will go to Wayne for the Wayne col lege invitational relays.

Track men to York are Merle Randall, Fairbury; Vance James, Omaha; Bill Nichol, Scottsbluff, and Gerald Brackett, Lincoln, sprinters; Gerald Hicks, Farnum, and Everett Moles, Shenendoah, distances; Johnny Staten, Lincoln, and Don Williams, Farnum, hurdles and middle distances; Claude Clements, Marvin Keuten, Grant; Harold Ellis, Davenport; Pete Post. Grant; Lee MacAUister, Lincoln, and John Nickens, Wa-verly, weighs The tennis team includes Elbert Souders, Lincoln; Bruce Keith, Curtis; Bill, Sutphen, Lexington, and Merle Gels, Walton. Dutch Writer Has Heard of Our Phillies HOBOKEN, N. J. CP).

Alfred Van Sprang, 22 year old sports editor of the Het Vaderland of Rotterdam, is familiar with the whims and foibles of the Phila-delphia National league baseball club. Arriving 'Wednesday on theVo-lendam for a six month tour of the United States, Van Sprang remarked that mobilization In Holland had weakened the Netherlands football team "so much that even Luxembourg beat us." "The Luxembourgers are like your Phillies," he explained. OUDAS VS. BUDDY. CLEVELAND.

UPl. Promoter Rnrwrt Rrinkman announced Wed nesday night hie had matched" heavyweights Buddy Knox of uay-ton and Steve Dudas of New York for a 10-round bout next Lincoln Tennis club will meet next Tuesday, April 23, at 7:45 at the city hall and President C. C. Donley announced there will be a number of things of Interest to all players brought up. The Muny courts will be lighted from now on, whenever the weather is fit for play which means night tennis for those who like after dark play.

The courts are lighted all nights except Sunday. The courts at the Tennis club on South street should be ready for play by 5 p. m. Thursday. New members are signing and one of these days play will be going strong.

smashed thru to twice stop Yale ball carriers and when Bob Kahler fell in the mud on the fourth down the Harvards took over on their own 20. Rubottom immediately punted out of bounds in midfield and Biff waved in the second units for another short stand. The Thompson brothers, Theos and Johnny; Roy Petsch and Hermie Rohrig were missing because of Injuries but otherwise both squads had their usual starting elevens. Summary: Yala No. 1 Harvard No.

1 Ludwick Preaton R. Kahler Muakln Grnlfef Bcbwartxkopf Burruaa Meier Abel Alfaot) Behm rt Herndoa M. Thompson Procraaka KnlKht on Metheny Hopp Ih Rubottom Bob Kahler rh Luther e'rancli fo Blue Talc -No. 2 Harvard No. Blinker le Kathol McNult Schlelcn Zorn If Von Ooett Kelly Harrn Steami rg.

Bryant Whitehead Lelk Nyden re Wertman Cooper Rebal Vincent Ih Weekea Fisher Athey Simmona Rohn Touchdown': Harvard Ray Procnaeka. Try for point: Harvard A I lion (place-kick). Score: Harvird 7, Tale 0. RAVENNA WINS MID SIX TRACK TOURNEY BROKEN BOW, Neb. VP).

Ra-venna high school track men collected 15 points in the three sprint events to edge "out Ord lor the Mid-Six conference championship here Wednesday. Ravenna scored 60 points, Ord 57. Other schools: St. Paul 17 '2; Loup City, Arcadia Broken Bow 5. No conference records fell as contestants were hampered by a heavy track and cold wind.

SOFTBALL LEAGUES MEETING TONIGHT Softball leagues will meet Thurs day night at the city league to organize for the season, Kermlt Yetter announced. Meeting will be called at 7:30 and represents tives from all leagues are expected to be present 4k It's no wonder that football players are reticent about speaking of their past glories to newspaper reporters. Their pals never let 'em forget. Example: viariey Arnoi, rormer Fremont Trib sports editor now with the United Press here, was among those who shivered thru the final spring workout of the Huskers. Henry Rohn, native of Fremont, and Ken Simmons, the blond bomber from Valentine, were passing the time on the sidelines awaiting a signal to return to action.

Sim-Bionnjvas speaking: "Now, let's hear my greatest thrill' again." Rohn, embarrassed, happened to catch sight of Arnot and he hauled Simmons over. "Now, doggone you Henry said, "here's a guy who can verify that. Isn't it a fact, Charley (addressing the former Fremont scribe) that I once kicked a 57 yard punt against Omaha North, then went down and received a fumble which followed the attempted return?" Arnot said it was all true. "Sure you didn't throw and catch your own passes?" said Simmons. "Let's go over 'my greatest thrill' once more.

What say?" It doesn't matter even when the stories are true, evidently. The "needle" remains the most popular present day instrument of torture. EXPATRIATE NEBRASKAN. Forrest' Abbott of Sargent, Is one of the returning lettermen on Oregon State college's track He is a high jumper and a Junior In school. officials have indicated that they will name a successor to Bunny Oakes on April 26.

Bib Falk, one time White-Sox outfielder, is coaching baseball at Texas U. Disch, veteran Longhorn- mentor, is ill with a heart once pitched for the Phillies and who died In El Paso, April 10, was born at Blair, He was one of the first pitchers to use the knuckle Portland has two underhand throwers in Ad Liska and Byron Speece. is a Dwight, product, while Speece was an ace right hander in the old Nebraska State loop (1922-23) turned in 2 hit shutout last week against Sacramento. jviarcnie ocnwarcz apparently was kicked up stairs. getting $4,600 as an assistant at Stanford, and that's more than he drew as head coach at Creighton Eddie Brietz again: "Dale Bur nett, wno played ten hard years of pro football with the New York Giants, tried to get the Oklahoma backfield coaching Job They told him he didn't have enough experience and took a high, school wonder Oklahoma just managed to escape Intact from the 1939 Orange bowl game." PEPPER MARTIN, SAGE.

Dizzy Dean is ready to 'admit that Pepper Martin is The two of them owned some land in Kansas together and at one time their holdings appeared to cover pools' of oil. wanted to sell when they could have obtained $10,000 But Diz wouldn't listen "He was smart," Diz now concludes," I sold my half interest this winter for Marian Bowers watched the last women's diving champion paying particular attention to the work of Butch Mrs. Keith Walker was helping June Bierbower, Ne-braskan sports editor, keep notes and also watching Cousin Vlke Cousin Vike, by the way, has given every Indication that he intends picking up where he left off last He found himself against Pittsburgh, continued the swell work against Oklahoma. Charley Brock is having contract troubles with Green Bay. First pact offered him was at same pay as last As a result, Columbus Charley may look up a job somewhere and forget pro ball.

Cornhusker track team chose the queen of the Kansas relays, this year, from numbered pictures of the candidates. Helen Johnson, a Kappa from Kansas City, proved to be their choice. Lou Nova Sure Hell Beat Back LOS ANGELES. (UP). Bronzed and apparently hearty, Lou Nova announced he'd be pitching punches faster and sharper by the end of this summer than he's been able to for two years.

Resting now to regain, his old strength after a blood infection had him critically ill six weeks ago, Lou said he was anxious to spike rumors that he'd never be the fighting man he was before he lost to Tony Galento last fall. "He's a tough baby to handle, all right. But it'll be different next time. I'll box him, slap him silly and keep clear of that barroom tuff he uses fighting in close." His siege In the hospital left him till slightly shaky but Nova said the result of his Galento fight hadn't discouraged him. "On the contrary, I think the rest was the best thing that ever happened to me," he said.

"Because the doctors said this blood impurity had been slowing me down for a long time, maybe two years. I knew something was wrong when I was training for Galento, but I couldnt' tell. Even the sparring partners beat me, I was so slow." MIDEAST CONFERENCE MEET AT YORK COLLEGE YORK, Nebb. (UP). The Mid-East Nebraska conference of high schools will stage its track and field meet at the York college field next Tuesday, April 23.

On Saturday, April 27, the college invitational meet for high schools will be held. Over 40 teams are expected. 42 Yard Dash Gives Reds 7 to 0 Win Over Yale Club. BY WALTER E. DOBBIN S.

Ray Prochaska "stole" a Yale lateral from a surprised blue jer-seyed player and raced 42 yards for the only touchdown of the afternoon as Harvard took a 7-0 decision from the Ell squad in the spring practice finale Wednesday. a ska broke thru the grabbed the ball, and was out in the open before? any of the Yale i backs realized jv he had the leather. War- verted via the placekick route. Otherwise Raymond pbochasij Yale's backfield -r- dominated the play with Harry Hopp and Vike Francis sharing honors on one squad and Jack Vincent and Ken Simmons on the other. Royal Kahler blocked a Har vard punt early In the scrimmage and- Behm fell on it for a Yale first down on the Crimson 20 but after advancing the pigskin to the 5 yard stripe, Rubottom and Luther smashed thru to force Vike out of bounds short of a first down on the last play.

Schleich Breaks In. Vincent and Simmons alternated carrying the leather on another drive that bogged down sight of the uprights. Vic Schleich broke thru on two successive plays and a bad pa-, from center put the Blues back almost in midfield. Nyden's recovery of a fumble gave Yale another chance, the Elis taking possession or the Harvard 25 but again they could get no farther than the red shirt ,5 yard stripe. This time is was Francis Leik of Hastings who recovered a Yale fumble, Ernie Weekes kicking out of danger.

Shortly after the first teams re turned to the field, Prochaska romped to the only score. His touchdown was the signal for another Yale spurt that was halted on the Harvard 20. Hopp Runs 17, Hopp, failing to find a receiver, raced around end for 17 yards and then passed to Bob Kahler for a 30 yard gain, the longest of the afternoon, for a first down on the Crimson 18. 1 At this point Warren Alfson 2120 Street ft 5 aje 1 iw hy BOTTLED the Kid McCoV of the rintr wax found dead Thursday in a downtown hotel and Deputy Coroner Lvle C. Lin? said he hud taken an overdose of sleeping medicine.

jHCjoy claimed the world middleweight title early in the cen- tUTV after he' defeated Tnmmu Ryan. He had fought all over the world, including South Africa. The Kid was 66 years s-ld. He was born in Moscow. and was married nine times.

McCoy in recent years was employed by the service department of the Ford Motor company. Loses Ring Fortune. The Kid made and lost a for tune in his fighting days. In the later years he came to grief and in 1924 he was senU-tenced to 20 years in San Quentin prison for killing Mrs. Theresa Mors of Los Angeles.

He was paroled, however, and obtained a job. thru Harry Bennett, Ford personnel chief. McCoy first met Bennett when the latter was a young boxer in the navy. McCoy was credited with invention of the socalled corkscrew punch. "World's Madness." Selby left a note saying that at the age of 66 he could no longer endure "this world's madness." An almost fabulous character, Selbymade-hisexit "in the same dramatic way he had lived.

"To all my friends I wish the best of luck," said his farewell note. In another note to an associate, he said: "For the past eight years have wanted to help especially the youngsters, who do not know nature's laws, to help teach them the-proper-carriage-of the body, the right way to eat, etc." Selby always denied he was guilty of the homicide for which he was convicted. "I could always fight the men, but not the women," he said. He was born in Moscow, Ind. He is survived by the widow, Sue, to whom he directed that all his possessions be left.

FIRST MOVE TO FIND LINCOLN MARBLE KING Migs Shooters Appearing in Preliminary Bounds at 17 Centers. Elimination rounds In the an nual city marbles tournament will be held Saturday at 9 a. m. This activity, sponsored by the Lincoln Newspapers and the recreation board, is in charge of Bob Black. Seventeen centers, have been des ignated 1 with a supervisor in charge of each.

The finals will be played April 27 at the muny tennis courts and following this is the state tourna ment in which the winners of the Lincoln crown will be eligible to compete. The various centers and supervisors for the elimination rounds: Urban league playground, 2lst and Millard Woods; Belmont community center, Belmont, Rus-sel Llndquist; Bethany school grounds, Fred Soflin; College View high school, Floyd Kearns; Muny baseball fields, 22nd and Her vey Dale; Havelock community center, Ivan Baker and Harold Sommers; Hayward school grounds, 9th and New Hampshire, Bill Bowers; Jackson school grounds, University Place, Harold Carmlchael; street Roe McCune; Prescott school grounds, 22nd and Prescott, Forrest Norman, Henry Yet- ter, Roy True; Saratoga school grounds, 13th and Saratoga, Rex Watson; Whittier school grounds, zznd and Vine, Archie Jones; Peter Pan park, 32nd and Hugh Ashlock; Irvingdale park, 18th and Van Dorn, 'Allen Ernst; Pentzer park, 27th and Potter, Henry uompDeir, Everett scnool grounds, 11th and James McMichael; St Theresa, Cathedral high, Blessed Sacrament and Sacred Heart, at C. X. Melvin P. Marshall.

OMAHA HOCKEY FANS GIVE EMMS NEW CAR OMAHA. (UP). Happ Emms, player-manager of Omaha's ice hockey team, was presented a new automobile Wednesday night at a dinner attended by more than BOO, The car was donated by loyal followers of Omaha's first year, squad. Checks from the American Hockey association playoffs were distributed to the Knights Wednesday. For finishing second each Knight received $212.53.

There were 13 full shares and sortie part shares. BROWNS WIN WOMEN'S BOWLING LOOP CROWN KEARNEY, Neb. Browns Transfer women's bowling team was crowned the city champions here, winning both sides of a split season In the women's league. Members of the team Include Mrs. A.

H. Johnson, Helen Fleming, Mrs. Lloyd Leibee, Mrs. Virgil Long and Mrs. Alvin Brown, captain of the team.

League records for the season went to the Transfer five in team series at 2,226 and team game at 803. Individual honors were taken by Francis Brock. NORMAN SELBY: The one time Kid McCoy, king of the middleweights, was found dead in a Detroit hotel room Thursday. He figured in a heroic act in helping save 11 persons, four of whom were children, when a rowboat turned over near Detroit last summer. T.

NEW YORK. (NANA). Sixteen major league managers, having hammered their teams into shape in the south, have moved off to a new start. On. some of them the demands of the fans will be heavy.

On others, there will be no de mands at all. The latter are for tunate in one sense, Their teams admittedly have no chance to win and they can spend the summer picking over their material, making changes as they along, building for the future and just doing the best they cam to win a few ball games here and there. No American league manager is on the spot. Joe McCarthy comes closest. Fans elsewhere on the circuit are pulling for his defeat because they have become weary of the dominance of the Yankees, but in New York they are expecting him to do what no manager ever has done before: Win five pennants and five world series in a row.

of the strang est quirks in the concerning the Yankees Is this: No team ever has won five times in a row yet if the Yankees fail to do it, it will be an upset. McCarthy's status cannot be affected adversely by failure to win this year, altho his prestige will be enhanced by victory. In other words, he has nothing to lose and everything to gain. Yet his own fierce pride and his Insatiable thirst for victory will drive him on. Nobody ever hated to lose any more than he does.

If he goes down it will be only after a terrific struggle. NO PRESSURE DOWN LINE. There is no pressure on the other American league pilots or very little. Victory practically having been conceded to the Yanks, Joe Cronin in Boston and Oscar Vltt in Cleveland will be regarded as doing well if they finish fairly close to the champions, in urn- cago, Jimmy Dykes is expected to beat out Del Baker in the ush for a first division berth and in Detroit they will call on Baker to beat out Dykes. Little is expected of Stanley Harris in Washington and any degree of success he has will be so much velvet.

Nothing is expected of Conni Mack in Philadelphia or of Fred Haney in St Louis-nothing that is, in the way of an upward swing in the standing of the clubs. TWO PILOTS ON THE SPOT. The major excitement will take place in the National league, as usual. There two managers are on the spot, and four others are not far from it. The two who definitely have been spotted are Bill McKechnie and Ray Blades.

McKechnie hav ing won the pennant last year fiving Cincinnati its first flag in 0 years saw his team beaten and humiliated in the world series. His task this spring was to bring the Reds back from that defeat by the Yankees and restore the spirit they had at the start of the campaign last year. The fans in Cincinnati expect him to win again, So do many of the experts all over both leagues. He won under pres sure last year and the pressure is even heavier as he goes about try lng to win again. Blades has been visibly disturbed by the weight of sentiment in favor of the Cardinals this spring.

"How can anybody tell what's going to happen In a pennant race even before it starts?" he asked me at St Petersburg. "Why do they pick up to win?" OPEN TABLE TENNIS TOURNEY NEXT WEEK The Lincoln recreation board is sponsoring the Lincoln open table tennis tournament re week to climax a successful season at the new munv game center, 22nd and IX The tournament will be double elimination and will include the following classes: Men A singles, men's sin cleg, ladies singles. junior boys singles, junior girls singles, men doubles, ladies doubles and mixed doubles. Medals will be awarded all classes. All entries will be closed midnight Friday.

Bob Black at the city recreation ornce or refl Fnclehart at the muny rame cen ter, can furnish Information on the tournament LOU AMBERS WINS. DENVER. UP). Lightweight Champion Lou Ambers, landing a murderous left almost at will, punched a ten round decision over Wally Hally of Hollywood in a non-title boxing match Wednesday night. Ambers weighed 139, Hally 140.

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