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I. THE MNCOl.N ST A A Y. MARTH 1 Europe Boosts Its Bid for Services of Hamburg Promoter Raises Ante to Max by Offering $300,000 Exhibition Ham halL RYSI I TS. 'A 3. York HERIJX.

March pc finally may witness its first hcavywciiiht championship fight in recent boxing history next plans of Walter Rothenberg, Hamburg promoter who staged the Max Schmeiing-Steve Hamas battle, mnterialize. Rothenberg announced that Max Baer had accepted his $300,000 offer to risk his crown agatnst Schmeling, probably in London. Pari.s is being con- S( -N 3 IL Boston n. rtf UhUd, 10, Hollywood PC, 7 Cincinnati Toronto t. S.

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Baer demand.s that his $300,000 be posted in an American bank before the fight. Hi.s participa- is contingent on his beating the winner of the Madison Square Garden tournament in a scheduled June fight. isit to London. Rothenberg i.s planning a to London shortly to make up his mind on the question of the setting, but just now he think London is the ideal place for a It should be staged, he said, neutral place, where 'fighter will be Bras' Tl 4 so AT StHf Oli At Im Pfsch Ni-w York (N i 8f 'A I At Sucmmfnto- Chicago i Sacra- mpiJto Al Bradenton 8t, Loula iN va. 8oi.

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lOWANS ANXIOUS JOIN STATE LOOP IN MAIN EVENT. Council Bluffs DealinR With Omaha Club For Hall Territory. Chi- va. ai TOURNEY INTAKE UP TO STANDARD Cu Sherman tHE record reads that made a grand slam neither! annual state Omaha of the Receipts Equal of Year, Despite Snow BliTizarcl. The Nebraska high school ba.ckctball A championships, held at the TIniversitv of Nebraska coliseum last week, more than paid out, according to announcement Tup.sday by Secretary O.

L. OMAHA, March 19 Council Bluffs, may be a new member of thi Nebraska state league thi.s year if present plans of Paul Hamann. executive secretary of the Omaha Western league club, and Council Bluff.s baseball enthusiasts are carried to a succes.sful conclusion. The Council Bluffs chamber of commerce, together Hal McKain, former major league pitcher and resident of the Bluffs, are attempting to organize the team. Negotiations are under way with Hamann and if required specifications are met, the Omaha club will waive its territorial rights and permit the Bluffs team to enter the Nebraska State loop, Hamann stated today.

Western Gives Approval. Hamann intimated that the Council Bluffs team might act as a for the Omaha club when he said plenty of playing material would be available for the Bluffs team from the Packers if a State league club is placed in the Iowa city. The plan, Hamann said, has been approved by Dale Gear, RIVALS PUT ONE Critic See Red OVER ON JIMMY Contenders In Race for A. L. Bunting Gotham Fight Promoters Snatch Prize Bouts From Garden.

BY BOR NEW YORK. March 19 lot of Madi.son BY D.VVIS J. BRADENTON. March 19 ONS) flic outlay, fistic promotional efforts have rouKhl.v has ht't-n the sum of one million dollars. met with negative results during though Kcnorally I manage to speak gently and with consiU- the indoor but Jimmy crahle refinement in the prestmee ot anything over a dolUur Johnston he is just biding and a quarter.

The intake, the inlay, the ineome or call 't his time to announce a couple of what you will have been represented far by the bigge.st propositions for the Fenway park has known tho.se roaring, roistering davs when Mavor Furlev wore a hat and sang outdoor season. RoI.s\as'^agrwd^^to”^^*e^^ in tremulo xvith the hand and championships woi'e a lightweight title against Lou Am- commonplace. bers of Herkimer, N. and that Joe Louis, Detroit negro heavy- rpprest ntcd by plenty weight sensation, has signed for fourth place in the American league last rOMMy MARVIN. Opponent ot Tigorman John Poaek In Wodnotday nighf'i moin event ot wreatling program at the 4 Arena.

three New York summer fights all for a rival not outwardly perturbed Johnston. Even when it became known that the Twentieth Century Sporting club, which will sponsor the Ross-Ambors bout and fights, also plans a heavy- no ball club. At lea.st, in my vague, rea- 1 would say that anybody who had one-quarter of a pitching staff, one-half an infield and two-thirds of an outfield has almost no ball club. Thai, in a fmv, ill-chosen words. one of the hesi in both at what seems to be a fabulous price.

Only Half an Infield. The third baseman. Werber, is good, very good and a great base stealer. The rest of the infield, meaning the right side, is that ought to be kept under glass. Max Bishop probably He Webb.

The class A Lincoln meet, lace. Where neitner annual state carnival in in addition to paying its own way, president of at an sports, staged last week in Lin- will make up the loss in the class and J- Roy Nortmk a London stadium I coin. Omaha Tech captured the meet at Hasting.s. president of the Nebraska State Omaha South The at the coliseum last league. IRISH GRAPPLER BEATS BROWNING White City, tv that would accommodate around.

swimming title, Omaha South' The 100,000 spectators, being consid-i bagged the crown in wrestling week totalled according to Tarter ered. and Creighton Prep, repre.sented Secretary Webb. Last year, with Proposal Please. Carter mu.st also pick a olace where by one of the most efficient bas- 32 teams and more favorable NORFOLK, March conditions are most favor-' ketball quints in state tournament xveather. the intake was Roy Carter, president of 19- tax top laurels in quints Rothenberg added, in ref- hTtory, annexed erence to fears that, if tlie the cage pastime, fight held in Germany, most Although Omaha once carried of his slice would be eaten up in its peeve against Lincoln so far as taxes.

to withdraw its teams from the Rothenberg wa.s certain that he ba.si;etball competition, the folks Added Time for Qualifiers, i Nebra.ska State baseball A longer period of qualifying league, said here this morning that for the Nebraska high school plans to include Council Bluffs, In Line Now For Whirl at Champion Jim lyondos. "ill be the second-basemnn weight title bout Cham- been a probable second base- pion Msx Bdcr snn cx-Cnsnipion here tiiciny for 3 pr 3 cttco nvsn for yoHrs. Max Schmeling. Johnston didn Cardinals. The.se are all is Ell.sworth Dahlgren.

from the lift an eyebrow. practice games down here; they other fellows can sound off loud and often as tbey know what he said. ve got April 1 doing. They're just practicing, to lay my cards on I Having made that crack, I sup- fore the New York state athletic: go out and win the commission. American league pennant, just to but like to see more of him.

That Bitter Pill. be unreasonable. As a matter of just as I would wish to be con- agreement to meet the fact, almost anybody can. vinced about recruit pitchers like Herkimer hurricane in a bout And What Ahout Grove? Roger Hanlon, a right-hander tentatively for June 5 was a Grove can come back from Reading; Bill Hickle. an- bitter pill for Johnston to swal- what they all say on this other from Joplin; John Merena, low.

He had offered Ross club, meaning that if this gentle- a left-hander from Syracuse, and Hiliary Zummer, a right-hander San Francisco Missions. He has been doing well dowm here, but he hit only .301 in league. I want to condemn the young man in 10 easy lessons, track championships nounced Tuesday by the prep were not fully I jn the near future here today. board of athletic control. In past vcoJ'ked out, but look like a Dan O'Mahoncy, big Irish bone- couid have Ihe guaran- Tn years, the athletes have had two good crushing importation, took the tee for posted In an improved frame of mind during weeks to qualify for the state There are many details of the i wrestling spotlight with a quick lean bank in time late yeara, the proof being in evi- meet.

This season the period has proposed plan about which Car- victory over a former champ, Jim (ienee when the school authorities been extended to include April said he was not yet informed, Browning, at Madison Square NEW YORK, March -A new' heavyweight wre.stling OOO for an indoor engagement and man can have one of his 25-game an- jn the Nebraska loop during champion loomed as a possibility was turned dow by the Chicago- years, make up for all the Max Scoffs at Romance. h.anded dowm the verdict that SACRAMENTO, March 19 their teams w'ould be represented Baer, posing w'ith in the 1935 carnival, a diminutive and pretty brunette to the sports festival of in a photo pose on the past week, this column ex- an. On top of all this, the Twentieth Century organization is reported to be lining up another Ross-Jimmy McLarnin weight scrap. let try to promote a heavyweight championship other liabilities the Boston management has carefully purchased. But I notice that Grove had an w'elter- eight-game year in 1934 and that 34.

You come back at thirty-four. In fact, you generally stay away by request. The.se are general observations, 12 to May 4. but that if these details w-ere Garden last night. Browning was A slight change also has been brought to a satisfactory con-i pinned in 22 minutes, 31 seconds.

roared Johnston. got Baer made in qualifying positions for elusion, the addition of Councjl. made use of his under contract for the defense of not e.specially directed at the the big meet. Qualifying meets Bluffs to the State league should vaunted whip" to down his his title. also got Schmeling poli- .11 five, six or seven teams will be a welcome one.

rival, putting under him another under contract. As matters stand cy of Tom Yawkey and Eddie mento" Golf ciub links, took time weTcome'to'oma- qualify two places each event. Council Bluffs does enter rung of the ladder leading to a now. if Baer succe.ssfully defends Collins. As a matter of fact, their out to spike rumors of another herefore it is in order "'9h eight to 11 teams w'lll the Nebra.ska State Carter i bout with Champion Jim Lon- his title, love match.

to'shower the metropolis wlth three places and compets added, am confident we will the contract, nn 4 of With 12 or mote tcams will quail- have no difficulty in adding a from Joplin. Hanlon won five and lost five for Reading; Hickle 12 and 12 for Joplin; Merena seven and 10 for Syracu.se and Zummer three and two for Joplin. The only exception is Byron Humphreys, hander, who won 18 and lost 15 for Joplin, Pitching Presents Question Mark. I'd on the basis of the.se performers, that Cronin is prc- wish everyone would stop congratulations on the success of I trying to get me com- athletes, who proved again sixth club for tho coming cam- plained the champion, adding. Is no substitute for class.

with a smile to his attractive golf partner, that is absolutely i rom Dick ever no romance, and I hope this feel- esting column in the Minne- ing is mutual with the apolis Journal I glean the infor- Mrss Mary Kirk Brown, New; that spring football Prac-; BIBLE TO ADDRESS OMAHA MEETING York socialite, the latest girl in tice at Minnesota U. is under way, the Baer romances, garbed in a squad of 80 or more hope- modish golf attire, smiled back at Gopher duds, the champion, and in a soft review of the spring wuthern drawl, agreed his situation intrigue Nebras-, football romance and I hope the lady followers, in view of the fact! Dajia X. Bible head football ultimatum with the as-1 Coach Bernie I cfach and athletic surance, know I agree. gladiators will be the guests of the University Max. Cornhuskcrs Oct.

12 on Lincoln tne Manager Spikes Rumors. s(jd. The high spots of the Cullum While this romantic incident comment indicate there is little was taking place on the golf fpar the Minnesota camp con- grounds, An i 1 Hoffman, the cerning the prospects for 1935. champ's manager, had something All of which signifies that the to say at his Roseville ranch. Gophers will he in the game next ior Thursday morning.

no stuff fall with another spanking good is all ruled the watchful pi- team, despite the Big Ten deeree and the subsequent suspension The annual high school track i paign. meet will be held at the University of Nebraska Memorial stadium, Saturday, May If.ni tion now to name the pro.spective name of Paul Jones of Lincoln ms and golf 1 member, but it is known his list of victims Monday night be held Lincol York and Fairbury are dick- nt thp Ak-Sar-Ren coliseum bv York or Fairbury. He said he was not in a posi- if Baer succe.ssiuiiy aeieims ui irtci, men on his 1934 staff itle, released from the trouble is that not spent Fei rcB Grovl Oster- act but if he loses too much, but not quite enough. we.siey reiieii, urove, the new champion on the After all. they with noth- a Londos Dumps Paul have the dotted OMAHA, March world's heavyweight champion wrestler, added the champion ing except the right idea and a second mortgage.

Mr. Joe Cronin is the new reponeS' Under the Derby. One of the tricks Jonnston is berg and Welch. They sound im- pre.ssive, but Ferrell is the only pitcher who showed a winning average with fourth place club. Rhodes Value of Athletics in the Educational at the annual convention of the Central District Physical Education association, being held in Omaha this week.

talk is scheduled ering with the league executives, possible entry hinging to a considerable extent on the outcome of a Sunday basitali election on April 2. York has a fine, new baseball park, while Fairbury has a park already equipped with floodlights for night baseball. Lincoln, Beatrice and Sioux Falls, S. with Norfolk, make up the present league roster. at the Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum by winning the first and only fall with his pet the airplane spin and body slam.

A crowd of 7,500 made up the largest Omaha grappling turnout in recent years. The bout lasted nearly an hour, with Jones winning much applause when he applied his famous hook scissors on the champion. It was this hold, however, to Int black dprbv is a new a lourlh place club. Rhodes is to present black dorby a new bettor of the shortstop, who Rood but not quite enough, Oster- contract which will bind Baer be Mr, Joe n'ueller and Pipgras can be as the Garden corporation in event he wins. one thing is a distinct improvement fairly it here, to fact that the contract calls for a title bout in June.

If the Garden fails to promote a heavyw'eight championship show before the end of that month, then the capricious cham-j pion is released from the bonds of the contract. not saying anything right said Johnston, if they Sox formerly had nothing at shortstop and are now playing that led to the try to sign up any of the men I Sauer Signs Up To Plag At Green Rag Georife Sauer, former all- American fullbark with the Nebraska Cornhuskers and assistant frosh Lincoln bone-bender leaping at Londos to apply his hold and fxi 1 1 r7A Londos to apply nis noia anu TrRCK oQURU. Oi 70 his foot in the ropes when the champion sidestepped. Out at Lincoln Hi bring this pair together in the Pa- lot. who rumors of a love vi-hich wiped the names of a half vvere parts of the build-up for the affair with predictions of two dozen stars from eli- innvitahlc arransfoment that will title matches this year for his nihility list, debonair Livermore warrior.

have Walter Roth- TN TttE Outturn nu.w,, me Dua.n™ Time of the latt was 58 min- enberg, Schmeling's mana gcr. I Lincoln high track athletes have been working out for sev- I eral days and more than 70 can- survey, I note The business that Coach Bernie will have a probably will cific coast George received equipment pick up his foe and finish him Jones On Noggin. Jones bumped his noggin on the floor with a resounding thud and it was play for Londos to have under contiact, and they include Art Lasky and James J. Braddock in addition to Baer and Schmeling, get my lawyers after and see if these contracts are come later. ute.s.

Jones w'as unable to return that 1 W'ould not agree to a battle; veteran backfield. the same com- though it may not come at all, for are the most promising years. fall if the trust fixers arrive at the All events are represented in the to Jhe the second falL CLASS tOUNLS IN DENVER TOUKNliY 10 lettermen available for the Tommy Marvin, who will meet in Europe unless he guaranteed i prising: proceeds of the match would Ro.scoe. a triple-threatcr who conclusion that Chief Little Wolf 1 inmin Wndnesdiv I be oxcmp, from Hoffman can kick, pass and luk has more mkir and ithf made shirt work of DopC UpsetS Bob Up then the Indian fellow, not mams from last years Lincoln the fa, ex-Okla- the former Michigan athlete, will high school squad in the state inherit the Pro- meet. in a manner quite as sprightly as any Gopher in years.

said. Demands Tax Exemption. He offered us a purse of Alphon.s, most elusive of all the 000, but I fear 50 per cent of this backs w'hosc brilliance helped to would be claimed by Germany if; establish the Gophers as national the fight is held in Hamburg, al-! champions of 1934. London has also been sug- Seidel, holdover quarterback gcsted as a site for the match, from last year and a team general This foreign title fight, if my tax whose direction of the Minnesota exemption demands are accepted, i attack of last fall w'on him high is slated to be held about Septcm- praise in Big Ten circles. with another title battle pro-i Beise, fullback who will be in posed in June at Madison Square'his third and last year as a Min- ncsota varsity gridder Hoffman, announcing he is rated in Gopher circles as the awaiting selection of a title con- most proficient blocker of last tender from the New York pro- champs, moters, declared he has made As a nucleus for the line, Bier- plans to take Max in a few days man will have two super tackles to a mine in Barstow, to in Wldseth and Smith, a pair of "rough him on mining labor he-men each of whom scales 225 before departing to the east to pounds.

The line, it appears, will line up new ring conquests. present chief problem, girl friend came to but the Minnesota coach Sacramento by train from Reno, He expects to assemble where she had flow from New a team next October that will be York, and, after a brief golf capable of bidding for another playing championship with Max, Big Ten crown. will continue to Los Angeles. Miss --------Brown denies any pending di- fixers of the heavyweight vorce proceedings with her hus-1 JL wrestling trust, the tentacles band, Bobby Martin of New of which reach to almost every York. important city on the map of the just mutual U.

S. are the wa- Bashara, making the fat ex-Okla homa U. footballer cry with his pet chin lock. The fans vided, of course, ine cams Vprinu. HaroW scou introduction when stacked for the Greek to Paui neck, high broad jump.

BoU un ho onrHc havp lettermen are Herm Rohrig and hardly had settled back in their the cal els nave Harold SCOtt and 4 I r.4 ion been i coach at the University of aska, will play pro football with the Green Bay Packers next season. Sauer announced Tuesday aft noon he had signed a contract with the Green Bay team. The salary is un- GEORGE SAUER. pass out of the picture. In the Interim, I shall be free from worry.

The only real world champion this column recognizes Is John Pesek. the Nebraska tiger- man, who, incidentally, is scheduled to display his wares Wednesday night in Lincoln. I know that Tiger John always puts on a good show, which is what one has a right to expect of a grappler with whom the tools of the trust decline to come to grips. Simmons. ouarFer and haU-mile; Clement Theobald middle distances; Dick Evans and Johnny Capron.

pole vault, Orville Hansen, hurdles. Several oi these men have been working out on the indoor track. Paul Beck been particularly Industrious, making a good showing in his workouts. To Smear Form Sheet In Cage Fest. DENVER, March contenders, including the favored the Florida wound up pigs and the newly the match.

Ray Richards, also due Southern Oregon Normal. to appear in Lincoln Wednesday, I from the sidelines today: Exponent of HIGHS INVITED TO S' Tactics derstood to be $4,500 and calls for Sauer working for a paper mill company during the off season. While connected with the latter concern, he will make headquarters in Nebraska. Pipgras can be a.s good as they w'ant to be, for different roa.sons. Pipgras wa.s out last year with a bad arm, wherein he differed fiom Ostcrmueller who was merely in and out.

The pitching, barring a miracle with Grove, just get above fourth place. Neither can that right side of the infield. Rick Ferrell keeps the catching in the major leagues. The other.s? Gordon Hinkle, w'ho hit Louis Leggett, who has to learn about handling pitchers, and George Savino, a kid from Reading. Cooke Mostly a Delusion.

The outfield, a.s it quit last year, was Allen Cooke, Roy Johnson, a good man, .322. Carl Reynolds, a fair man, .304, and Julius Solters, .299, hits for distance. Barring Cooke, about a delusion is fast being dissipated, all be in there again. But Cooke w'ill have to hit to hold his job against Mel Almada, who hit .328 for Kansas City; Arthur Graham, who hit ,331 for Reading. and Cecil Trent, w'ho hit .352 for Joplin.

The fight is on be- Cooke, Almada and what of it? Frankly, I rightly know. COI.LEGE VIEW TRACKMEN REPORT. College View trackmen will report to Coach Merritt Robson this week for indoor drills until the outdoor track la in condition for Robson expects at least 20 men to check out equipment by the end of tho week RELAYS AT DOANE CRETE, March was completed last night Rivalling his fellow None ot the house tactics. Tommy Marvin, the Florida is booked to failed to pass the first round, fights last NI6UT hundred Nebraska high schools five second round appfaranTbctoie in The i Capital City mat fan, report Marlon Marrow and Al Richardson, weights: Eugene Miller, sprints, broad jump and hurdles; Wolff, pole vault, sprint and hurdles; Huddleston, quarter mller, and Leonard Walters, high jump and sprints. Along with track, Robson has announced, playground baseball teams will be organized this spring to play league games within the school.

This squad also will be assembled before the end of the week. val to be held here April 26. Marvin of Ra- the same produced an upset. i night at the 4-H arena -11 J- -J 4 I Southern Oregon, with an Afro-j wrestle John Pesek I center-forward combina-i main event, a finish clas.ses, those with an enrollmen made an impressive showing tactics in under 159 bi-ung in a 43-14 conquest of the Monda he hriwarded for the triumphed over Eilis Rashara. Medals will be awarded for the first three places.

At New Berlier. LHH'i. New Orleani, decisioned Pete Nebo, Ill's, Cue Prodigy Coming Friday. Robert Moore, youngest of the key West, rounds. Dave group of seven billiard stars who they both asserted.

Handball Results, First round play in the city handball tournament is expected accusation being that he ran to completed Tuesday evening. i qj contract to grapple with Monday results at the in- Little Wolf, former Haskell eluded: Indian footballer, on a Los An- beat Weir-Minor. i 21 19 21 20 Epst-in-ReU'kes heat Step- 8 vlvs mat. In punishment for hens-Underwood 21 -iB. 21-17.

which the Greek has been sus- nkeisteip best stokes-Feiimsn. 21 -u, the three states of Cali- beat Ammon, default: 1 fornia, Missouri and New York. ters with a new brand of goo. From the far west comes the word that Jim I.ondos, the Greek Adonis and so-ealled world champion, is in bad with the California cog of the trust machine, Tavinskv beat OeUler. 21-14 21-9: Siraahetm beat Mandell.

21-14 Klrk- brlde beat OUisberg. 21-20, 5-21, 21-20; beat Harrington, default KEUY-SPRINGFIELD TIRES Mean time, eastern advices have it that the trust is greasing the works and otherwise making ready to pit Londos against Ed Don George, ex-Michigan U. athlete, the scheme being to deck the dome of the latter with the championship complete TIRE REPAIR SERVICE WESTERN STORAGE BAHERY CO. BTl. he two versions exactly make sense, but the confusion of it all impresses this column as bcin.g just another trust fooler, by means of which a sucker public may be roped in to contribute a series of fat gate receipts.

My personal guess is that Lon- I dos and the Chief eventually will collide at L. that the alleged 1 run-out on the part of the Greek Chirago, derlsionrd Timmy Perrin, UW, New Orleans, eight Lou ry, St. decisioned Jimmy McNamara. ISl'i New Orleans, eight At Wolfram, Datroit, decisioned Pete Oe Orasse, Brooklyn, 10 rounds. At Sharkey, Minneapolis, drew with Orville Drouillard Windsor, eight rounds.

At Babe Risko, Syracuse, N. decisioned Sammy Slaughter, 185ti, Terre Haute, 10 rounds Frankie Battaglia. Winnipeg, deel- sloned Mickey Bottone, 163, Newark, N. 10 rounds. At Buffalo, N.

Grave, Buffalo. decisioned Mickey Devine, 128, Batavia, rounds. At Huntington, W. Kid liiO, Dover, decisioned Tiger Hairston, Huntington, 10 rounds. At lloster, IS scheduled to play in this city in a series of free exhibition.s and instructions, w'ill appear at the National Recreation Parlors, 1333 street, at 2 p.

Friday, March 22. This exhibition is part of the I national pro-1 gram being sponsored by the Nai tional Billiard association of I America and the invitation to re- i ceive these free instructions is ex' tended to both men and Robert, who hails from Grand Rapids, is but 17 years old and has already retired undefeated Coiumbos. knocked out Muri Thomp- junior and intermediate son, 12.7, St. Louis, In first round. At Gibbons, St.

pOCkot billiard title. decisioned Al Dismund. Paterson, Ill rounds. -Al Ettore, Philadelphia, knocked out Art Sikes. 180, New York, In fifth round.

Albany, N. Vignali, Waterbury, decisioned Willie Pal. 1:49. Albany, eight rounds. Holyoke, Lombardi, Jersey City, decisioned Billy McMahon, New York.

rounds. At Newark, Keyea. 1.47, Jersey City, decisioned Levy, Trenton, rounds. At New Pennino, New Last year on a similar tour through the United States, this young billiard expert played 318 exhibition games and won 290 of them. He began his billiard career, like others of the present day experts, in his billiard room in Grand Rapids.

He started playing at the age of 10 and never has taken a lesson from York, stopped Bobby Bruno, 172. New York. professional billiard player. i At VencfueU, drelslened Kid Chccolste, foimer champion, III Valencia. Sangchuili, Spanish bantamweight champion, dect- sloned Al Brown.

Panama, riaimant to the world title, 10 rounds. At Little Rock, Monte. 1.7« Tulsa, stopped Bobby Garcia, 154, Mexico City, eight in one of his recent exhibitions, he scored a high-run of 119 and many others above the 50 mark He is a modest young man and many of those who have witnessed his play predict that he will be another Ralph Greenleaf in a few years. Tul.sa. The victory placed them beside Utah Aggies, Rocky Mountain conference champion, as a college outfit with a chance to win title which no schoolboys have taken since Washburn college of Topeka, was champion in 1925.

Pigs Swamp The powerful Pigs, The shows Earl Wampler against Ray Richards and the prelim lists Buresh against Frankie French. BOSTON RED SOX. SAR4.80TA. March 19 (INSi- Pol- lownlg a busy day of polishing up on the fine points of defen.sive strategy, the Boston Red Sox set out for Bradenton today for a clash with the St. Cardinals odds-on Lefty Ostermueller and Wesley Ferrell were favorites, swamped Hamburgers, Omaha, 46-14.

The Globe Refiners from McPherson, Mis.souri Valley A. A. U. League champions, who play with no apparent plan, met and conquered a team of the same or- down to dc the hurling for the Sox BOWLING. BUSINESS LEAGUE.

Storz. with a series total of 2.914, paced the in the Business league TV TTtah' The Lincoln Parlors Monday night, also Shoes of Lehi, Utan, up 03 single game high, in- in a 58-37 game that had the dl'ldually, wts top series e- and 2.76 was high single game Refiners worried for a while. Slmon storz, Bak-r- Kansas Stage and Clowes each won the deciding gane beaten out ot the Missouri Valley title by McPherson, recovered all three from lowa-Neb-aska Power, from a first half of indifferenti jaysee league. passing and shooting, to oust the, lowa-Nebraska Power rolled 2.459 Cheyenne, W. O.

W. Jay.see league 48-25. Colorado Aggies Win. The Fort Collins, Nash i at the Lincoln Parlors Monday night, also recording an single game. Among the Individuals.

John 568 was high series and 220 the lead one-gam) effort. lowa-Nebraska niiintPt fpatiirinp an all-star cast! Kinsev Federated quintet. leaiunng an an siar casii odd game formerly with Colorado Aggies, from Dalton star Van. Xeau's and barged into the third round in a 45-35 victory over the Weatherford, Teachers. INDUSTBIAI.

LEAGUE. lowa-Nebraska Power alao won high honors in 'he Industrial league at th- Todays 11-game program, Monday night, hitting a 2- which will reduce the field to 16 499 series, but Postoffice shot the high 14 4 4 game. 8R0 hit 592 for in- teams, calls for the first appear-, iijvidual knocking 201 ance of the twice-champion Tulsa. one pnw mop 1 two of from Olove Finance and Oilers against Colorado college at duplicated aga'nst Paramount 7 p. m.

The smooth-passing col-. EGBERT MOORE. lege boys scored an impressive second round triumph over Sioux Falls, S. college yesterday, 52-21. Golfers.

Sell your old clubs for cash to buy new. A Want Ad will sell them. 7 days for the price of 4 days. Call B1234. SEE JOHN PESEK WRESTLE Undar the Auapicet of the Club 4-H Club Fair Qroiinde Lincoln, Mar.

20 First Bout 8:30 P. M. MAIN BOUT. FINISH MATCH, 2 Falla Out of 3 John Pesek The Nebraska Tiger va. Tommy Marvin 218 Pounds Alabama error SEMI-FINAL RAY RICHARDS EARL WAMPLER One Fall Flnlah OPENING BOUT FRANK BURESH FRANKIE FRENCH The Old Professor, Adam Kreiger, Referee.

Bus Direct to Arena Leaves 18th and at 8:00 and 8:15 P. M. Building will be heated. General Admlsalon 40c Reserve Seats 75c, Tax Included. Children 10c when aecompanied by Tickets on Sale at tha Fhona B01M.

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