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iUtSi 5 i Windy City Horns In to Qrixb Fight Plum From Qotham Chicago Files Bid of Half Million to Maxie For Joust With BY LES CONKLIN. HUSKER TACKLE ON ALL-AMERICA Grantland Rice Awards Place On First Team To Hugh Rhea. Hugh Rhea, University of Nebraska tackle the pa.st two cam- NEW YORK. Dec. scramble between Chicago the gridiron ha.s and New York for the next heavyweight chimpionship party marked time today, pending the meeting of the New i reaching Lincoln today! York athletic commission tomorrow.

ji I land Rice All-Amenca selections The boxing commi.ssion. which was roundly roasted by review of the i 930 season. An New York business interests for letting gr.ab advisory board of five members, the Dempaoy-Tunney bout in 1926, now may loae the big fi.stic plum of 1931 as the result of its insistcjnce that Jack his nominations for All-America Sharkey be accepted immediately as Max BKass Sherman ponent, without further elimination bouts. Jacobs All But Faints. The Chicago stadium la.st night gave the fistic fathers something to think about by offering Joe Jacobs, Schmellngs manager, the princely sum of $500,000 for the champion to defend his title against Young Strlbllng at Soldier Field next June.

Herr Jacobs almost fell into a dead faint at the offer, but regretfully informed Nate Lewis, the Chicago matchmaker, that he had agreed to let Schmelling make his first title defense under the of the New York milk fund, of the Schmellng- Sharkey fight la.st summer. Lewis then offered to donate .50 per cent of the fight profits to the New York milk fund, provided that the latter turn over half the money to a sister charity body in Chicago. The promoters of the New York milk fund, who have been run- MF Union that Bobby Jone.s rates nlng heavyweight matches for 10 as Americas greatest amateur years, declined to agree to this the same being conveyed year were Sington, Alabama: Price, fittpulation. via A.s.sociated Pre.ss wires from Army Rhea. Nebraska; VanBibber, Manager Favors Chicago.

New York, rings the bell from all purdue; Crchan Dartmouth, and The arrangement committee for 1 standpoints with the pos.sible ex- Lubratovitch Wisconsin, the New York fund, in conjunction ceptlon of the news depart- i of Alabama was the with Madison Square Garden offi- menl, as it was well established I outstanding tackle of the cials, will attempt to persuade the some time ago that right- greatest for- boxing commi.s.slon tomorrow to Jul perch was the topmost rung of running mate is sanction a bout between Sharkey the ladder. Nebra.ska. Rhea was out- and Stribling to determine the out- The odd Incident in connection standing in his section. Pittsburgh standing opjwnent for Schmeling with the choice of the Atlanta i rated him as the best tackle the here next year. If thr fail to i wizard is that his nomination was panthers met.

Extremely ia.st, he I TuUne, i Ohio and Rhea, Nebraska. Baylor and Berkeit, Cal- ifiirnla. Harvard. Notre Dame. South California, and Dodd, Tennessee.

Collate. I In his comment concerning the tackle and his choice of Sington and Rhea, Mr. Rice says in Col- I "Great tackles always are scarce. In fact, there are few great tackles in the history of football. Even high class tackles are none too numerous.

They have the hardest assignment in the game. Two star tackles can almost make a football team, but you don't see many Weirs or Henrys or Eddie ECREE by the Amateur Athletic around. Best of the Year. "Among the best tackles of the FORESEES WARM ACE IN BIG SIX COLLEGE I -rmnhurgh, fl; Mar- Manrhrt- Ik, Irr. Olaf, 21.

Rlvar FalU Ik. Sloua 31; Aufus- tana, 21. uihrr, IdirroaM, Oubuqur -('nlurahla 2t; rialtx- vlllp 16 Kaffffie Coach Discounts Talk His Own Outfit Has Title Cinch. MANHATTAN. Kan I'k'C.

lA Members cf the Kan.sa.s Aggie bas- ketball squad and Charles their coach, as thev ni piedlction Om.h.-Mldland roUr.r, Omaha of In. r. C. AlltMl of KHUsas iinivrrAtUv. 0 university Uiat the Kaggies would kl Trarhrn sv- be tlip Rfg Six champion.ship roo, 2 team this year.

I.afayrtlr. 22. "It certainly i.s nice of Phog to' insii- present us with the champion.ship early in the e.svxHialJy i when It looks as if hi.s own team ought to win," Ccach Corsaut. "It seems to me that at the start of the iootball sea.son. Phog and Bill Harguss enjoy it much when Ro McMillin and Ad Lind.say predicted that Kansa.s would win the Btg Six title.

Maybe Phog is Just having hi.s fun now. Fine Rare. Of cotir.se. nobody has a idea who will win the conference title, except that each ccach would like to see his tram do it. Iowa kl 23; St.

loud 22. kl llltnolk 12: CuUri Stocklon. 26. kl l.k; Toronto. 21, kt llotiamr It.

apllol, 21. kl Ohio I rotlrcr. kl Dakota 16. PRIMO FAVORED BEAT BRITISHER Dec. 18 Primo Car- State lim.shPd third in the confer- nera.

Italian heavyweight, an outstanding favorite today for ois six-round ixuit tonight see the light. Herr Jacobs probably will that Chicago get the title fight under milk fund au.spices, with Stribling in the corner. With Jack Kearns flaunting $400,000 under one eye for a Schmeling- Walker bout and the Chicago stadium dangling a cool half-million under the other optic for a fight between Max and Strib, the good Herr anxioiLs to get of the mney In the bank before it all tunvs out to be a fantn.stlc dream. I.ewi» Has Racking. Matchmaker Lewis already ha.s Blgned Stribling, and may crack under the strain at any minute and affix the other aary signature.

Lewis offered him $500,000, with a privilege of 37' per cent of the gate. He declared the money could be posted immediately if and displayed a telegram of confirmation from Sidney N. Stortz, president of the stadium corporation. Stoitz and the directors of the corooratlon held a special meeting ye.sterday and kept the wirea to New York buzzing for Lewis said tickets would be prices at from $2 to $20. Soldier Field would hold nearly 1.50.000 spectators.

With thousands of in Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Chicago and other mldwe.stern cities anxious to see Schmeling in action, Lewis declared. a gate of $1.500,000 might be realized. This a.s.sertion was taken with a grain of here, one skeptic remarking that the never has promoted a fight that drew more than $200.000., Garden Head Not Talking. William Carey, pre.sident of spent a large part of the sea.son in the middle of opposing backfields. Nebra.sk$ in the past has had such tackles as Weir and Weler, and Rhea is a worthy successor to this pair." not unanimou.s.

Certainly no figure in amateur siiort is Bobby's peer, cither in proficiency of performance or popularity. It is now in the record that he won the four major tournaments in a single year, which achievement probably never will be equalled as long as golf is played. Inasmuch as golf today as national sport, it was fitting, perhaps, that Bobby should pass out when at the peak of glory. It will be interesting to await the national amateur of 1931 in i Coach John Waldorf announced ascertaining If public interest will today that the basketball slate at wane with the Georgian retired Nebra.ska Wesleyan is now complete. Wesleyan Drafts Its Basket Slate IH 1883 -TofA STWco Thc trip ABouHD he korv a V883, ixWRWEtk boSTDH VH urope perova IKDIA 1887.

iiikCROSS 1UH THVSi-Twe: ujxTikfUEU Tuto 80 A.HD A LWCBoKT IT our PooT STtEV. CHBLT; IWATtR CVTN OCT. 19,1910 DANS UkTeR.PWV.r IH The ATiANllc IVAS 9 YeARS Pm ATTBfiPT. cncp la.st year and lo.se a man. We finished fifth and lost two regulars.

Richardson and Rus- Nebra.ska has live leltermeu "ith Reggie Meen. British heavyweight The fight will be staged at Albert hall. the greatest conference race we've II from competition. a two tilts with Karney Normal, grid champions of the N. I.

A. have been scheduled. The Methodists will play at Kearney, Feb. 4 and the will invade the Wesleyan stronghold Feb. 11.

The We.sleyan mentor has not yet reduced his squad and more than 30 cage aspirants, are turning out for practice nightly. It is likely that the varsity squad of 15 men A PRESS dispatch from Laramie, seat of the state university of the Cowboy commonwealth, spreads the information that 28 freshman iootball athletes were included in the roster of atliletic awards, meaning that the boys received numerals for their toll on the gridiron. A of the list brought me up with at least a half-jerk, as I discovered therein the names of nearly a dozen former Nebra.ska high youths, as for in.stance. Hurley Scherfflus, Grand Island; Dean McCook; Lawrence Phelan. Grand Island; Paul Parkhurst, Lexington; George Brenton, McCook; Cecil Fell, Ogallala; Cecil Best, Hastings, and Harold Abel, Carleton.

The mystery nf it all was partially solved when I reflected that John former Nebraska: thi. ComhuKker, he id coaching addition the Laramie school and has a pair the Metho- of ex-lluskers, Clarence Raish and university JOY REIGNS IN NEBRASKA CAMP Return of Fisher Gives Cornhusker Quintet Scoring Punch. BY GREGG McIlRIDE. Return of Morris Fisher to active HISOKbL DESULTS At 16; Adams, 12. Bethany reserves, 26; Wesleyan hiicb 6.

At Deaf, 32; Decatur, 9 At t'ounrll I.inroin, Glennood, J6. At Foit Calhoun, 13; MoilaU. At Walton. 9. At 22; 1 CAGE TOURNEYS SOON UNDER BAN Hiffh School Com pets Due To Be Stricken Sport Roster.

OMAHA. Dec. 18 pal J. G. Masters of Omaha Central high last night Issued a back.

Kan.sa.s lost Jim Bau.sch and Thomson from the first five, but Jim play more than a lew minutes in either game against u.s.i and even a.s great a basketball player as Thomson be missed had in the years I've been when the John.son boys and ccachmg at A Tlirre i.sn of the other Kan.sas sophomores get! a team in the conference we can going. 1 beat easily and not one that we "It looks to me as if havecan give a battle I Witte, his aides. Madison Square Garden, declined to MmUT then came confusion, be- coniment today on the i MF cau.se I it recently in offer. The Garden holds a contract World-Herald that Friend l-'red- calltng for first title erick Ware quoted John "Choppy defen.se in New York, but Jacob.s to the effect that he had kept com- declares the document would not pletely aloof from Nebra.ska boy.s hold good in Chicago, "Pa" Stribling, father and manager of W. said today he wa.s confident that the Schmeling- Stribllng bout would be clofied.

"Ah knowed all about it 30 days he drawled. "We arranged the details, but likely give us cent of the Stribling Ready to Go. "Pa" Is negotiating with Frank Bruen, former Garden executive, for a Strlbllng-Carnera bout in Miami this winter. Tlie Garden also wants to feature Strib at a Miami show, with Vlctorio Camiwlo a.s his opponent. if Schmeling signs to fight my boy.

we are willing to take on Camera, becau.se W. can whip any man in the world," declared Pater Strib "But if Jacobs want.s us to remain idle this winter, we will. No need to fight Campolo- done nothing except lo.se four out of five fights in this country," "Pa" is always ready to listen to an offer, however, and he Is exiKCt- ed to confer with Carey today. Additional Sport On Pacre 15. during his roundups in quest of athletic material.

Still, one always be that these coaching fellows mean just what they I recall that Kaynute Rockne predicted Carnegie Tech would knock over his Irish terriers to the extent of eight or nine touchdowns. The the ap- of a contest. Just how and why did all these Nebraska lads get their sudden urge to pursue that higher education at latramie, W.vo.7 A prize to the winner, but, mind you, 1 grant only one guess. twice The Waldorf team will open its sea.son against Hebron college Jan. 6.

The Hebron game will be plaved on the Wesleyan floor. available for the 1931 quintet and. in addition much promi.sing freshman material mis turned out for the cage sport pe veterans are Captain Fellers. promise are Trott, furmcr Lincoln high player- Parker and McCormack, former Wesleyan high cagesters. and Pix- both of whom per- toTOe dat Jackson high last sea- Husker-Jayhawk In Dual Track Compel ing for the Fiiday game with the University of Pittsburgh at the coliseum.

eligibility was announced Wednesday afternoon and the former Lincoln high athlete immediately started working with the first- string combination, which had Sel- will be very how- duty gave Cornhusker basketball warning that high basketball I boost a.s Coach Charley who tt iif Dills, hoop.sters tapered off traiu- who will handle the reserve squad. i- A schedule of eight games has been drawn up for the second team. Two games will be played with each re.serve team from Cotner, Doane and Midland and two tilts have been slated with Russell Soorting Goods of Omaha. Dozen Conference Games. Tw-elve conference games appear At Boyal.

22. At IS; Vlcarwatrr, 3. WESLEYAN HIGH PLAYS FREMONT MORRIS FISHER. don Davey at the other forward position. and Don Maclay at center, with Steve Hokuf and George Kos- tcr at the guard Husker Fans Rejoire.

The presence of Fisher on the toulnameiits in Nebra.ska are far- At 30; IK. Itlg a po.SSiblo ball Oy the NOl'tll At Brlerade, 'Central As.SOCiatiOn Of CollCgCS iUld Fiillrrlon 26; Belgrade i JJigp SchOOls Mr Ma.sters issued his warning in conjunction with a statement revealing the full action taken by the five Omaha high school principals in regard to efforts to have the Omaha city champion basketball team reentered in the state meet. Notice In Bulletin. The North Central A.s.sociation. said Mr Masters, has indicated that .1 1 'high school toumameiits will be; Junior Methociists luke eliminated.

The information, he i wa.s contained in a recent bul- On I athlindcr Cuijfcrs letin of tlie a.s.soelation. Great doubt w-as expres.sed here I last night that tlie Omaha cliam- pion would be entered in the meet. The high school heads voted to re-enter the meet and accept tlie financial provl.sions of the oifer for In Game Tonijiht. We.sleyan high meets its opponent of the cage tonight at 8 when Coach qinntet goes against IjTeniom as made by the State The lilt will be played in the Wes- athletic a.s.socmlion, but voted against participation in leyan gymna.sium and is the initial game of the sea.son for Coach squad. Wesleyan high, Greater Lincoln league champs of last out- the Fremont five in an early season encounter last year, winning by a 19 to 11 margin.

The Fremont team is likely to sfpiare matters tonight, however, a.s Coach Knapp has a veteran team, having lost but two lettermen from last squad. mice. May 2 or 9. according to a fivhK by H. fhi.

wf of athletics imdun the two-year contract to by competition oy limited number of The Wesleyan high team won its tiicet at Law- Again.st South Dakota last Saturday night, the Coin- huskers showed plenty of defensive strength, but were weak in sconrg punch. With Fisher teaming it up with Don Maclay. veteran center, the Scarlet should be able to organize an attack which should go a long way towards making a win- duo wa.s roll- and ing along at top during a lineup at A Wednesday scrimmage wi center iiositlon. The Wesleyan LL the while, the state board of probably will be made control w'i's commerri baskeU while Fusher piayrrs that started tlu. by tuki (mu reucl-, age of the and of Hie var.sity.

st.rtim Defense Slops Freslunt does not yet have the cla.ss of la.st aggregation, as but one of eight regulars from the 1930 team is in M'hool. Fremont Vets in Aetion. Mullally. star guard on the Knapp five last year and one of the best linemen of the 1930 grid again in basketball togs and will start against the young Methodisus. Fuermeister Is another veteran who A REAL CHRISTMAS GIFT tempered blades, on a real black and tan with hard toe.

All Sizes Lawlor's SPORTING GOODS 11.11 SI. RINCIPAIB of the Omaha high schools have flopped back into the anti-state ba.sket tournament camp. It that the educators in the metropolis recently decided to permit participation of Omaha youths in the March cage fe.st, scheduled to be staged in Ha.stings. but then came reconsideration and subsequent abrogation of the previous verdict. The folks in Omaha, it seems.

cittHl the following objections; 1 Tliev declined to stage either a sectional or regional tournan.cnt, as required bv the state high school board of control, me and regional 2- They refused to pay to the murnanii nt The board as state board a jht rentage of the of fact, might not fmil it With Maclay and Fi.shcr from round robin games an easy rmitter to prove that con- the ball through the netting, the siarx played at home by Omaha trams, one varsity dcfrn.M* fc itunng Hokuf board and had the fro.sh forwards uci tpp leit. imanr forbid.s, well two ba.sket.s by or the holding of a regional tourney in Omaha, in 1932. as demanded by the stiktc a.ssociation. this payment to be in lieu of receipts from regional and sectional tournanifnts. 3 They were satisfied with their round robin arrangement, which would establish a local champion jii.st as well as subsequent or regional coninetition national federation of oiimu Fm-rmpi in Hronsuti or Henrion.

former Wlehita cage.ster. LEA gives repre.senting the sum total of the I LITTLE basketball tournaments that, certain imstances. covers a of four weeks. ad team, which high given notice that competed last spring in four week- Interscholastic of all regional. sorts are to he banned, probahly sectional and state.

Numerous other during the next year, so the Omaha Uanis took in princliials could sense no giwid rea-, tournaments. I nder these mndi- SIX IX)OP Three of first-year performers were u.sed during scrimmage One outfit had Ma.son, ivnmn Omaha North, and Bo.swea, Ra- i i Acmia, at torvaids; a land, at iiter; 2 2 Lincoln, and Ft lor- 3 wards Another quintet had Muel- high i.s setting the A Holiday Suqqesfion Men ff Box of Fine Tropic Flavond Sf if if Getting AMfay From Tlu'i-d is nothinjj tliat would suit him bettor than otio of All Wool Ocoats Snug, Warm. proof, jiLst Hie thing lor Hie wintry weather Uiat is coming. Make lilm hapviy with one of these wonderful garmenus Christmas. You find anything that would please him more.

and think of the price! Here Are Gifts Men Prefer for CHRISTMAS- Chosen by a Store Hosiery I MuSElers Pure 1 1 nr mixtures or pure Oolf in 0 11 i olors, locks, or pMtlerni He wUI more tlisii nne pair riellKllt him viith box Presented in or square', ahown in the better quality of crepe BhantunK-' 'I ills and Hepp-, patterna for everybody, at to i t.ei he sill wficr morning and tlirougii.nil i tv elf fValured at for Uklng part In a what chance Humpltm. and nrion, Vig ilit i lu Six hmh I ioo I con- malntain dcired srholastie stand- m-h gaanls no Hok. bc alo view or gleaned from i that is be from the slate at an early date. Omaha objections, how- situaiion FToni niy own standpoint, It has been evident for several years that basketball in Nebraska high high school men of the could consistently advocate i.s the return schtxiU lias been from an to the single statewide competition. overdo.se of supervLsion by the state high board of control When the stale tourney idea was flr.sl worked out by the university, the stati'Wide c.tge festival in Lincoln WHS an outstanding Rucce.s.s The boys flocked to the university ae conducted so tn former years by the university.

To string the thing along over a peruKl of three and four weeks provides a striking example of the evils in ihe over-emphasis of sport. In the elrcumstanceH. it prohablv from all corners of the Cornhusker i will be Just well for the na tional federation to rome ax'rusN with its bin. The and conifieted in a tournament that a champion in the presence of enthusiastic crowds Jealousy of the univemity brought the snipers on the scene, the statewide plan waa knoeked in the bead I tia Hie aec- plan, with its prnloneed competition. pius the rakeoff of receipts by the control board, provides nothing that is worth while to I tlM htfli arhoola mt Dm state.

College View, at guards Pitt Starts West Trip With Victory MILW.kl'KEE, Dec The I'liiversitv of I'ilisburgh sturted wesfern invasion last night with a 24-18 over .51 tte. Tlie Panther grabbed an early lead and never headed the light Pitt defense forcing to resort to long I 1 shots. dehated Walton Wedne.sday night on the Walton 25-9. piled up a 10- pmnt lead before Walton eould tally and was in 15-2 half-time Stoncman, Denton renter, led the scmnng with 15 points 'Die Denton gi.ibb the long end of a score irorii the Walton IV Dctit iti -J Po P'-trikGii ni man i Mi.kl« ii iiii! UU'n- Ill -I 1 (. 7 to Sweaters A.i foi ''pori and 1 I i I aisr bini, si dmrcs H.r und i I imhl.

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