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a Shires Behind Bars of Jail Put Inside By Police When Discovery Made Carried Brass Knucks HOI.LYWOOI), Dec. in a Hollywood jail cell to curb his hoi.sterousnes.s, and facing a charge of carrying a concealed weapon, Arthur Shires, American league team ball player, refused to be quelled today. Summoned by an alarm of fire, jailers found Shires in the cell surrounded by plumes of smoke curling from the mattress on his bunk. MILLS DAZZLES IN COAST GAME Sooner Youth Brightest Star of East vs. West On Frisco Soil.

FRANCISCO, Dec. 29- PoHee Subdue Flames. The policemen put out the fire while Shlre.s watched them, nonchalantly flicking the ashes from a fresh cigarette. Shires was chatty. only w'anted to be friendly with you the boxcr-ball player movie actor He wa.s explaining why he drove up to police station in a taxicab and refused to depart by the same Hi 4 School BASKETBALL KEARNEY PREP.

KEARNEY, Dec. mean.s hen ihe bksy desk sergeant Kearney Prep squad, under direc- had him escorted there-to. tion of Arnold Oehlrich, has won was walkliig along the boule- three of the seven games played vard when a bandit Jumped out this season. Lettermen on the from behind a hedge and told me -Tiainer squad are Captain Mel- mt Wideber and Amack, while did and he went through me and took S50. Tells Tale of Holdup.

"I asked him to give me taxi fare and he handed me a dollar and a I asked him if I could put my hands down and he said, better so I didn't. "I thought he was going to hit me over the head with hl.s gun. hit I said, and he said he let me go and I came over here to the police Chicago (iirl His Bride. Meanwhile, Shlre.s’ bride of a month the former MLss Betty Oreenbaum of Chicago, was endeavoring to obtain liLs relea.se from Jail. Inside and looking out.

Shires became confidential with the Jailers. know in Chicago I know nil the policemen from the highe.st commi.s.sioner dowm to the newe.st copper on the beat. So in Hollywood I just tried to get otiier members of the squad arc Ilickenbottoin, Ba.ss, Parker and I rank.s. The remainder of the Prep schedule: Jan. Shelton nt Kearney; Jan.

IMeasanlon at Kearney, Jan. 33 Rlver- dale at Ktainey, Jan. 37 Shelton at Shelton, Jan. 30 W'ootl River at Kearney. Feb 3 Elmcreek at Kearney, Feb 6 Amherst at Amherst.

l-Vb. 10 Gibbon at Gibbon, Feb. 10-Wood River at Wood River. Slides Into Jail. HOIXYWOOD.

Dec. 29- Arthur Shires, prominent major league ba.seball player, slid Into the Hollywood jail here early tod.ay. after paying what he AVamioe at first believed was but an informal call at the Shires whisked up to the jail in a taxicab and breezed info the station to pay the police his re.spects. Officers said the erstwhile actor became exceedingly boi.sterous and he was escorted to liis taxi by Sergeant O. C.

Towne Carried Knuckles. CAMBRIDGE. CAMBRIDGE, Dec. Having turned a win over Wilsonville in tiie season opener, the Cambridge high squad is preparing for the remainder of a diliicult 12- faine slate. Coach Simon ha.s three veterans and much promising reserve material on his sijuad.

Lettermen arc Lvans, G. Mou.sol and Ilider. other players on tlie first- stnng are Moore, Simon, Cowles, Shitiiett, Fidler, A. Mousel, Roberts, Snyder, Stanton, Mayo, Kieth, Stanton, Baker and Hiuit. The Jan.

9 Uxinaton at Jan 14 HcaVff fity at CambndKf, Jan. 16 Red Willow at Willow, Jan 21 Ar.iphoc at Jan. 28 Indlan- oia at Cambridge, Jan. 30 Curiis at Curtis Feb 4 Farnam at Cambridge. Feb.

WiUonville at l-cb 11 Indianola at Indiana, Feb. 13 Arapnoe at 33 Hobrook at Cambridge. Noted college athletes from all sec- tiorus of the United States, participated in the annual Shrine football game here Saturday, tod.ay were leaving for Southern California, where they will witness the Alabama-Washlngton State conte.st at Pa.sadena on New day. After two lean years, the stars repre.senting the West came back to win from the East by a of 3 to 0, the lone score being made when Buster Mills, the Oklahoma halfback, booted a field goal between the po.sts. East Had Edge In Downs.

Although the westerners won, they were extremely fortunate in gaining a victory. Statistics revealed that the easterners made eight first downs to four for the westerner.s. On three occasions, the East team mis.sed scoring touchdowns by the narrow-est of margins. Dick Hanley, co-coach of the Eastern team, today paid high tribute to the work of Kwh, Baylor guard, and named him as the outstanding pla.ver of both teams. He also had some nice things to about Kitzmillcr, Oregon; Bruder.

Northwestern: Gantenbeln. Wisconsin: Ta.ssi, Santa Clara, and Hart, Colgate. Locey Praises Mills. Percy Locey, co-coach of the western team, was inclined to believe that Buster Milis, the dashing little player from Oklahoma, was the brightest star of the contest. Mills did play a bang-up game, stopping potential touchdowns time and again and then booting a pretty place kick for the only score of the game.

HOLDREGE STEPS ON NORTH PLATTE SCOTrSBI.l’FF. SCOTTSHLUFF, Neb, Dec. 29 For tile fiist time in many years ScotUsbluft nigh will not have a basketball team. The high schwil at Scottsblulf has no gymna.sium and tlie building formerly used by the Bearcat cage now houses a miniature golf course Coach Ted HOLDREGE, lilgh opened the cage season with a 19-14 win over North Platte in a game played on the local court Saturday night. He.s.s of Holdrege and MatiLska of North Platte led the scoring with six points each The summary; Holdrege, 19 Cries Holdrege No.

Platte, 14 CrBiK Flebbe Pitman Hawley Cnllnway, Shlre.s, however, arcording to the to use a grade school police, declined to enter the taxi, lie was errorted back to the where officers started to btxik him a drunk charge. When Shires was the joltre found that lie was rarrylng building for inter-class games and gymnasium work. The building is tw) for high school games, however. He.s.s Edney John.si.n W.iugh S'lbrtitutinn'. tiannw Rrady, Hanson.

North Platte Rannie Kushlnp. Field goals Gallawny. 3 Kdnev 2 Ktee. Mafu.sk a 2 Reeohan' Hawiiy Free thro.i;; John.sen. Mntu.skn 2 Kufhmg, Pitman.

Referee George Oohde Nebraska. Qridders at Pasadena Enter On Last Lap of Preparing for Clash I AS.ADKNA, Doc. 29 of Ilio country ioatling: football foam.s—\Vashiiig:ton State aud Alabama into the htuno strotch of a fast waning soa.son and settled down to finaj preparation for the annual Tournament of lioses jranie liere New Year's day. Cougars in Stiff Practice. Charity Contest Financial Fizzle NEW YORK, Dec.

Levs tiian 2 000 spectators turned out to watch a picked football team from soulhern eollcgcs defeat a similar northern aggreca- tion at Ebhcts Field yesterday, 7-0, The gate was less than expenses. The gridiron was covered with snow and ice. In the third period, George Davidson, University of Georgia quarterliack. passed on his line to Holland. Tulane.

for a gain of 37 yards; slipped off tackle 1.5 yards, and then to Jim Magner, North arolina back, who ran the rest of the wav to a touchdown. Davidson kicked the extra point. WRESTLERS BAIT EASTERN PUBLIC FiMT. Uian icHook 5TAR. OH DAY OF DIAS XI limit RUkt.

BIRTH ne uiAS paa FCLB) PLKYEb EHOeo AT 4. "feo Grappi er Forward To Rich Harvest At Box Office. BV LE.S UONKI.IN. NEW YORK. Dee.

29 Another rcnai.s.sHncc i.s acro.vs the wrc.stling liorizon a.s the re.sult of the of Don George, a Univer.Mty ot Michigan graduate, to the title held for almost two years by fiu.s Sonnenberg, victory over the Dartmouth boy. Many roads led to the battlesite, tlie Ro.se Bowl in its picture.sque Arroyo Keco setting. Tlie Crlnuson Tide will seep into top form by the ea.sy stages of llglu workouUs. Cougars from tlie northwest face hard se.ssions today and tomorrow, with tlie crowning drill Wednesday exiieeted to be light Coach Grin Babe" Holllngbery I.s satisfied with the phvsical and mental sUitus of hi.s Wiushington State array. Coach Wallace Wade IS convinced hi.s Alabamans have learned ilieir football well, but so sure that tliey will be ia top form.

Both mentors rounded the turn in final Saturday with tough in the morn.ng. and then allowed them a fir.st-haiui study of gridiron giHimetrv as di.s- played by the All-Notre Dame and West-South team.s in their charity tus.sle in Los Angele.s, Day of Kclaxatinn. Yesterday was a day of relaxation. with trip.s to the Pacific ocean front taking the edge otf a week of hard work for botli aggregations. Coacli Holingbery he Is not disturbed over tiic potentialities of Alabama's players.

What betting ha.s taken place favor.s Alabama. Conch Wade this IS without merit. He is con- vinred that should tlie weather turn exceedingly warm and there are indication.s it re.sult will work ill effects on either or both teaans Chances are that the contest will not, attract a maximum crowd of 9,5,000. The ndvanee sale, however, had reached almost 00,000 Suturd- day. who liad been considered well nigh invincible, ha.s arou.sed now interest in the 101181011 IJflltCnS OGALLALA.

OGAIJLALA, Dec. 29- -The pair of bra.s.s knuckles, wliich is snnVri ihn viwrv dS carrjlng deadly weapons. Madrid and, with three lettermen in Shortly after Shlre.s was arrested the imcup. Coach five aphis recent bride was notified and to be powerful. The Ogallala she began attempts to his liberty on bail.

At an early hour thLs morning he was still in Jail. Shlre.s. according to bus taxi driver, hired him early in the evening. He said he had driven the ball player to the home.s of many of Shlre.s‘ friencl.H. Then Shires derided to pay a social vi.sit to the jail, with rather unfortunate results.

as far as the ball player was concerned. schedule: Jan 9- PRXton at OcallalR: Jan 13 Chapprll at t'happpll; Jan 16 at Ogallala; Jan 23 Hig at Rig Springv Jan 37 Grant at Grant. Jan 3(( Oothrnburg at Gothenburg; Jan. 31 North Patte at North Platte Feb 3 Chappell at Ogallala Frh 13 laidrepole at Ogallala, Feb. 20 Oehko.sh at Oshkosh.

JUNI.AT.V Dec. 29 Coach Don Ellis ha.s a large four of whom are veterans, witli which to form his 1931 basketball machine. The lettermen are Needham. Tooiey, DeLay and The schedule: Jan. 6 Ayr at Avr.

Jan 9 at Trumbull; Jan 16 Holstein at Holstein: Jan 23 at Junita; 27 Kene.saw at Kene.saw. Feb. 10 at Juniata, Feb. 18 Ho.sleui at Ju- ni.ita. BOWLERS START IN CITY TOURNEY Nebraska Neons Makinj? Pace In Team Tilt At Lincoln Parlors.

Chess Champ Cheats Death FARHELL. FARWELL, Dec. 29 With three games already chalked up in the in column, the, Farwell high I cage squad next meets Cairo on the Cairo court. Coach squad has mucli veteran material and a fine is in view. The re- I maining i Jan.

Cairo at Cairo: Jan 13 Grand at Farwell; Jan 17 North Ixiup at Farwell. Jan 23 Elba at Elba. Jan. 30: Bor his at Farwell Feb 7 St Paul at Farwell; Feb 13 Cairo at E'arwell, fVb 17 North at I North Loup. Feb.

20 Cuahing at Cushing LEBANON. LEBANON, Dec. i I but 13 boy.s in and a single veteran around which to build a team, the prospects for a winning nt Lebanon are not bright. The srliedule: Jan, 2 Hendey at l.ehanon: Jan. 9 Bartley at Lebanon; Jan 16 Indianola at lybanon; Jan 21 Holbrook at banon; Jan.

23 Danbury -t Lebanon; Jan. 30 Red Willow at Red Willow 6 Danbury and Danbury, Feb. 11- Holbrook at Holbrook. AMENT LEADERS. FIve-inan Nebraska Kiii'ey 'I li ev l.lneot'ii star f'untineiitat Oil Vo; ue Cle.iner» Don Se.iaal-.Morrison ti-( rrwdson Towne-D Alienai Malm Ueui rirndt ire I olirk 1 ownr 4 It ,6 EasCs Coaches Oppose Plan Do Away With Scoring Extra Point 1' 7 0 I 2 6 6 .118 RY HKRREKT BARKER.

NEW YO.RK, Doc. openiriii vorhal blast of tho annual nieolinjrs of intorcolloKiate athletic officials has (iovolopcd support for much ahusod iKiint-after- touchdown. A definite move toward abolition of the extra point had been widely forecast, hut the first official action of the meetings favored retention of this scoring feature of the game. Favor Extra Point. AGRAM, Jugoslavia, Dec.

29 oP) The world's chcs.s champion, Alexander A. Alkehine, narrowly e.seaiiod death by aspii-xiation or burning in the hotel at Evseg, Jugoslavia, totlay nEATniCK. Doc. 29 Tho hm.ir'’lr';o!r/.S‘‘V 'rr Tho iwh.od dropiuhR from IhS'cmo" ht. mouth act tho hod Ithot, on the card l.s with a major high Dixie Basketmen Tackle Wildcats Alkhine tried to reach the door of his room, but down son.se- le.ss.

overcome by Hotel clerks entered the room in time to school. High of the program are the Lincoln. Fremont, York, Grand Island and Hastings only hurt, and to extinguish the fire. Ex-Captain of Irish 4 A 1 iiiwir, iviuiri, niui ICtim 01 Auto i. rash Klattenburg.

Others on the first Coach Hamilton has a large of exiierienced players with which to build his quintet. Five veterans from last are Larimore, Miller, Kuhn. McCown and 3 SEATTLE. Wa.sh., Dec 29 George Kuppler, 52, a contractor and of the Notre Dame football team in 1899, was dead here today of injuries received in an automobile crash. ROCK STICKS TO GRID COACHING are John.son Bloodeood, Dobbs.

Aii.stln, Shaffer, Robinson and Anderson. The Beatrice 9 Fwlrbury at Fwlrbury; Jan IS at Jan 17 at Jan 36 Havelock at Havelock, 23 Geneva at Beatrice, Jan. 31 at Beatrice Feb iirand Island at Grand I.vland. Feb 7 Lincoln at Lincoln. Feb IS Fremont at Fremont Feb 17 Jackson at Lincoln.

Feb 20 York at York, Feb. 38 Norfolk at Beatrice Notre Dame Mentor Has No Thought of Over the Reins. RtXiHESTER. Dec, long U.S college want.s me and as long as I think I have the ability keep pace with the present day college I will continue to coach did Knutc Rockne. tU- rector athletics and head football coach at the University of Notre Dame, give hi.s answer today to rumors that he is about to step H.side as football coach at Noire Dame, The wizard plans to leave the Mayo clinic next Wednesday for South Bend.

Ind, where he will resume his duties as director of athletics at Notre Dame Minor ilperaUon. It was learned that he had submitted to a minor otveration here last week on tl.e advice of his medical advLsor, Dr Barborka, a member of the clinic staff The operation proved succe.sslul, according to Hie doctor. Rm'kne admitted that he Is feeling well, but says he ls a little tired after the fviotball jiLst conv ileted That Is natural, he said, or a man who has directed a football team through a scheclule of the magnitude undertaken by Notre Dame last faU. FREMONT. FREMONT, Dec candidates, including four veterans, have turned out for the cage squad at Fremont high.

Coach quintet, with Mullully in the lead- i ing role, won the opener from Wes- leyan high and now' faces a difficult slate witii leading teams from the eastern of Nebra.ska The remainder of the 14-game I schedule Jan 1 at roiincll 9 York at York. Jsn IS- Omaha at Frpmonl Jan 30 Bpn- at Oitiaha. Jan 23 Norfolk at Fremont. Jan 27 Benson at Frpmont, Jan. 30 Oreighton Brrp at Omaha F-b 6 Omaha at Omaha Feb 10 Miiisoiiri ValRv at Fr'-niont Feb 13 BpTlrnp at He.trire Frb 17 Thomaa Jeiffrion at Fremont FpIj 20 Creighton Prep at FterooiU, Feb.

37 Columbua at Fremont CHICAGO, Dec. 29 -OP) University of Alabama cagers, winners of 23 consecutive basketball games, hope to annex their twenty-fourth victory in meeting the Northwe.stern university five at Evanston Wednesday night. The Cnm.son cagens hold the Southern conference champion.ship. Last year thcv won 20 games in a row. To date this year, they have won three straight game.s.

The visitors from the however. may run into a snag, as Northwestern experts to have a complete crew of regulars in action. With Bob Lockhart and Frank Manshall. two ailing guards, back in the lineup, the Wildcats may regain the form which already has carried them to victories over Bradley, Notre Dame and Carleton. Purdue Invades East.

Tomorrow night. Purdue will invade the eiLst for a battle with Pittsburgh. The Boilermakers will engage Temple at Philadelphia night. Purdue makes its eaatern invasion a.s a true representative of midwest ba.sketball. In the last five year.s.

Purdue teams have won or shared in three Big Ten title.s juid finished runner-up two years Tomorrow night atso will find Brigham Young universitv of Provo. Utah, meeting the University of Chicago in Chicago and WLsrorusin Datthng Marquette Milwaukee. Lidlana will take a trip east for a battle with Penn.sylvania Wednesday night, with Ohio Wesleyan nirntshing the opjiosition for Michigan at Ann Arbor. The Nebraska Neon team of Ten- pin.s took the lead in the team event of the city handicap bowling tourney, in progress at the Lincoln Parlors. The Neon quintet rang up a total of 2.804 to top the place Kin.sey Tires five by 19 pins.

Members of the Neon squad are Acker.son, Gartner. Merrit, BlLsh and Sharrar. Vanburg of Kinsey Tires, with a of 600. ran off with individual honors of the team contest. duo of Schaff and Morrison, with a handicap of pins, ran up a big lead over their comjx'titors in the doubles event.

This pair bowled a scorr of 1,167 to stay 68 pins ahead of the H. DavLson- Crewd.son team. Schaff ea.slly liigh for the event witli a 648 total. DeVriendt propelled the mineral- itc to a 669 score and fir.st place in the comiau DeVriendt had games of 192, 202 and 209, along with a handicap of 22 pins game, Moore, with a bonus of 25 maples game, rolled into the runner-up position with a 649 total. Eighteen ijowlers took part in the singles, while eight teams and eight duet.s bowled ip the five-man and doubles event.

The remainder of the tourney in which 32 are entered, will be bowled this weekend. HACK BUSY AS BALLSLUGGER Swatsman King Of Cloutinff Tribe In National lAiop. Qood Qolf. BY CHESTITt HORTON, Greatest Teacher Smoothne.ss in the golf swing, and particularly in the forward swing, LS attained soinettmes through un- derstaiiiitng the CURTIS. CURTIS, Neb Dec the fact that veteran material is lacking, Coach R.

J. Becker hopes to develop a strong quintet bv the date of the first game Holdrege, which w'on the first game of its son from North Platte, opens the Curtis slate at Curtis Jan. 2. The Curtis schedule Jan Holdrege at Curta, Jan. Ca.her!*!.! at Jan ll at Oirtia: Jan 30 McCoox at mi 23 North at North Platte; Jan 30 Cambridge at Ft'b 0 Indianula at Fets 10 Gothenburg at Feh 13 LeMiig- ton at Lexington Feb 17 Mt'Cooa at McCook.

Feb 20 North Platte at North Platte; ieb 27 Gothenburg at Gothenburg. March Indiariola at IndisnoU Champion In Motor Smash Dec 29 Helene Madi.son, Seattle swimming star, was in a motor car cra.sh yesterday. The car in which she wa.s riding collided with a truck and lodged against a telephone pole Miss Madison minor bruises and scratches, but went through her cqstomary swimming practice. VT Ball Game Ends In Riot by Spectators OAKLAND, Dec. 29-At least a score of persons were nursing battered heads and blackened eve.s today a.s the result of a not staged after a ba.seball game between the Emeryville Tires and tlie California club The fight began as the aftermath of one player trippuig another.

Bats and pop bottles figured in the battle when fana joined Ibe players in the melee. principle of een- tiifugal force The swing ing golf club i.s truly a application of jjower winch runs from the center outward In your easy practice you may sometimes note that the ging 1 a in the.se being i ted toward anything in partielular, gives left arm a notii-eablf pull as It readies its bottom arc, and then swings smiwthly onward and upward. Thl.4 is centrifugHl fone at work, and at work, and is a principle of swinging greaHy to be striven for with your club.s Often you a tip-top Roller club apiamr.s to swing in an unauly slow manner as it goes forwaro, and vet the ball gfM-s far TliLs player attains the maximum of centrifugal pre.v.ure agaiiLst the ball and with it, the umxinium NEW YORK. Dec, 29 -Hack Wil.son of the Chicago Culxs, leading of the National league last sea.son, gets attention in the official IX'reentages and other ml.scel- laneoiLs records of the National league year, Lssued today. Wilson.

going to bat 585 times, hit lor 423 bases and compiled a average of .723. Hl.s near- e.st rivals were Chuck Klein of Philadelphia and Herman of Brooklyn, wiio had mark.s of 687 and 678 respectivelv. Wilson batted In 190 run.s to eclipse the former league record of 159 he set the year before. He drew 105 bases on balls and struck out 84 times to top the league in botli rr.six'cts. licague Record Broken.

Another league record fell when 17 players had 100 or more run.s batted in. The old mark wa.s 16. Wilson accompli.shed the feat for the fifth sucre.s.sive year, while Sunny Jim Bottomley of St. after doing it for year.s straight, fell three of the 100 mark. In the club marks, Chicago made the bisst iierientage, ,481.

and hiwl the most ba.ses on balls, 588, and the mo.st St. Duils batted in 942 to e.stabli.sli another new league record. The former mark of 933 ls made bv the Cub.s the year before. Best On Road. The New York GianUs proved tluuiLscive.s the best road club in league by winning 41 games and lo.sing 26 away from liome, but three teaiiLs iwtter record- when rforiulng on their home fielci.s St Cardinals led in thi.s risspcct by winning .53 con- te.sis and lo.sing oniv 24 at men jMirk Brooklyn participaud the number of shutout games during the year, 22.

and won 13 ol to top Hiat list as well ihncinnati wa.s held seorele.s,s 10 times Delegates to the annual of the eiLstern as.sociation of intercollegiate football officials last night approved the extra point, but that the penalties for fouls occurring while the try-for- point i.s made now are too dra.stic. They referred to the present rule under which extra points are awarded, or disallowed, becaase of offside. They sugge.sted the of distance penalties for off.side. The a.ssociation a.skcd for a uniform interiiretution of the lumble rule that on all kirks, as aa fumble.s ball, if recovered before It strikes the ground, may be advanced by the one That Yale Touchdown. It wa.s jiLst on such a play that Barres, Yale end, ran to a touchdown agairust Georgia la-sl and thereby a widi'spread discussion as to the legality of the pliy under the fumble rule which that a fumble of a kicked ball i.s dead at the jxiint of recovery.

Barres grabbed a kicked ball after it bounded out of the arrn.s of a The ball did not touch the ground Barre.s caught it. Members of the ea.stern a.s.socin- tion lor tile selection of football officials heard Walter Oke.son of Lehigli declare that the tune was about for tlie lormution of a national orgamz4ttion to handle football ofticlating. The American Football Coache.s as.sociation holds its annual meeting tcjday. Tomorrow the Br.st of National Collegiate AHileiic a.s- will be held Tins u.sswia- tlon LS coneerned largely with the end of all intereol- athletics, but football gc-n- erally monojxihze.s most of the intere.st at its December gathering. Dr.

Nieholas Murray suggc.stions to curb in the game pnibably will iiirni.sh plenty ot fuel for debate. The Niom will continue into Wedn.ssdav, Hull, chairman of the pHitball lilies i.s Ui make his IKirt T'he chance.s are will recommc nd that no the (Kje be Tnacie Elwood Rigby, manager, who is negotiating for a matdi lirrc, said today he had receivt'd attractive oilers from promoters in Los Angeles, City, Chieago, Milwaukee. Miami, Buffalo, Rochester, Boston and Philadelphia lor a tiHe bout. ('oast City It. One promoter in Ix)s Angeles Is conlicient that a return match there between George and Bonnenberg would draw a gate and has offered no le.s.s than $75,000 lor of putting on the according to Rigby.

It e.stimat- ed that the would draw $100,000, with plenty to a ligure whieli for it.self a.s an indiention of the nc'W-lound jxipu- larity of the mat game. SonnenbiiRs biggest gate was against Strangler Lewis in Boston, the bout drawing $78.000. "Dynamite Giis" wrestled in aiiproxunate- ly 200 bouts a year while he held the title. Wrestling fans throughout ruuntry paid two million dollars thi: year to witness his fam- ou.s flying tackle Reap Harvest. George, who to reap a harve.st, says hr i.s ready to meet all ciiincrs The former Big Ten ani Olympic champion has been beaten only once, by Sonnenberg in their fir.st meeting, when Ch'orge wxs out in a head- on colllsio'i.

Although he had but six matches as a rnain-eventir fore he won the title, George beat such gtxxl men as Strangler Lewis, Joe and Pat McGill in bis career ol 18 month.s as a prn- fe.s.slonal. He ls only 25. being youngest wiest lor ever to hold the title. On New night. Cicorge will wrestle at Springfield.

against Eugene Li'doux, the Montreal grappler who pave Sonnenberg a hard battle Gus lost his title. LonduK Champ In (iotham. Gi'orge is willing take on Sonnenberg or Jim Ijondfte, a.s champion in New York and He believes, however, that I ondos should first defeat Strangler who has thrown the little Greek Matches with Malcie- wicz, Lewis. John Pesek and Count Zarynnff. the are under ration.

clean uf. blaek-liaired is a bit dazed by bis to fame and fnitune. He is a native of North Java, and is of de.seent. Although George plaved football at Michigan, he is not rnen'ly a gridiron rfortner grappler, wii'stled for six year.s a amateur. Hi.s flying tarkle is six'ctacular than rg In Tennis Compet NEW YORK, 29 After two days of comparatively smooth sailing.

the lavontes in the junior national indcMir tennis cham- pionship.s hit rougher water this afternoon at the Seventh Regiment urmory. Eight of the original 10 in the lumor group have the weeding-out by which the field of 144 starters lias beejj cut down to 16. When the finals I cii filU'd by this evening. at Ica.sf (he eight, will be also-rans, for that many of matche.s favorites against each ollu'r The out.standing match between two players brings together Richard Downing of New York. 2 on the honor list, and Handy DaveniKirt of Harvard, who ranks tenth Davenport Chance.

Despite the disparity in their rankings, Davcnpoit is ronerded a of conquering the leader of the lower half of the draw' Willie Jacobs of Pift.sbnrgh tini- versitv, tlie fending champion and No. 1 player, find George A. Harns, of Brown university, hard to heat. Harns ha.s well so lar. but he Inck.s the stroke repertoire the who has been improving w.th every match.

If Jacobs gets by Harris, hl.s next probably wil be Raney Donovan oi Fordham Prep, the lad who Sidney Sellg.son. star, la.st S.iturday and who have little dlftirulty bv Nogrady, New York, this afternoon. 17 CII.4.MPS. In Metropolitan New York there are 200 hiuh IfHitball teams. Seventeen of tin in went through the iindefealed.

FOREIGN BOXERS ON BOSTON CARD an le bu' Portuiiucsc and Italian Booked to In Thursday Bout. NEW YORK, 29 Jo.se Santo, lahctnoth. he ir la met''mg tlnit he Kiiow.s more alKtut line jxjinUs of wre.stling than his rival Roberti. Bf Mi ton (Tarr laii rnaX cl'iU COAC HES (ifid Star to Figure In Second Wedding ROWLAND FOR LI CHICAGO, H. Rfjwiand, toiiin'r mana ol the C'lucago Sox and an Anii'rican league a deal tormuTow for purchase Pa of Hie Ifucue Howland an le ftav wiHi William L.

k. d'nt of the Cliu Cub', rs of the Reafiing to sett final details. Veeek saM und'T Ho'Alaiid intends manage a as the lub Hfiwland Na.sliville in Southern a.ss«x:iation the years. l')- Italian heavyweight, in Thursday Square FTlday inelit -how' Uigether G.a. Sjiani.h heuwwelghf, and Charle.s Ilelgium.

The rnay he mutched with Max Haer, California who mu'le a hit on bis first in York reeenlly A feathi rwelght, duel Ijetwf'cn Shea ot Clileago and Andy Martin ot Bffston iiead.s a card at St I.fiiiL'i Friday I.eo light-heavyweight Wash take.s Oli Charley Belanger of WinnltM'g in a 10-rounder at TIiuiwIhv tW'i LONii BEACH, 29 oV Bay landy, of the 4 614 4 14'I A i nniverMty ftiotball tf UiU Al ANNUAL EAST marry Wanna for Ule time this Tandy new VtJRK, Dee 29 The annual dinner and famou.s brown del by gtoi telling ot Amenran IVajtball will be held here this evening Major Frank Cavanaugh of l-ord- ham umver.sily. New York is favori'd to win the efMiU'st thts by telling the funniest fixitball ex- ('alifarnia Still Seeks dr id Tutor aid. e.s of swing Just felt 4 In nrm af gtill- IRC iiitr III creall'r inipravlnc ll frrr in rnrnr il I llarinn tntrlopr far MBMwgraph 4, night. that LS right, the lime You see. we were married Tijuana la't Jan .30, hut have kept it a The second wedding, Tandy was agri'fd uixui uIIit Uts Angi eounty legality Ol Mexican young to ki the marriage until aftor seasmi the thfiughi It might alli'ct Jils a a team Mrs Tandy the daughter of Mr and of Dun Her father an oiaralor.

the tarkle uil SKW YORK, ate Manager W. W. of the I iiiverslty of aliforma hti eonsiderable attention today as of football eoiihes gathered in for their annual Moiio- Initi is around a sm esMir ral lies are slifippiiix ariiuiid for just a job. Georgia Teeb reported in the markrt lor a staff of assistants supplant the aidi's mivsed last week. Kansas Coming Out.

29 oP, Baxter tHiine.s. promifiiiig voting Jigiit- heavy-A'i'ight Irom Wielnta, Kiv, steps inUi major tition in toinoiTow. Jerry Barbli'ux, Belgian puncher, in an eiRhf-round hout. I of the of the croj) of I hil Tobia.s ot New York ariij Nate of South Bend, Ind. collide in another ight rounder.

Hand In Training. NEW VGHK '29 MateoO.sa, the thiimjar, will not be l)le to apixar in the top sprd at t' Jardi'ii ni'xt Eriday night. with much eiithtisia.sin in training broke a hand In his t' I I fiisii'emi-iit with apil a a re still, the Gar(i, around i lav for a liitf anley the kiny i. being feought to i Like o. a plaee..

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