Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15

There was pep and go to it from
the start and everyone present had
their moneys worth in real amuse-
ment in the vaudeville stunts and
clever expositions of the manly arts
OF wrestling and boxing in the ath-
letic bouts.
The big hall held large crowd
and the order prevailing was COM
pimcnt to Omaha's sporting intelll-
gence. There was a liberal sprln-
king of ladies in all parts of the
house and barring the strenuousness
of the events in the squared circle,
with a showing of claret in one OF the
bouts. the whole affair could have
been pulled off in a church gym
nasium so far as the prophecies were
concerned, it was so clean IN every
feature.
Thrills Aplenty.
Not that the carnival was devoid
of thrills, for there were thrills
aplenty and interest in the entire
program was sustained until the
closing bell and the last announce
ment made by William HELEN.
AS a result of the work of the
committee in charge, consisting OF
Carl Marfsi, Gus Rene, William b.
Byrne, Charles A. FRANKIE, George
Brandeis, Howard Goulding, Miles
Greenleaf and Charles R. Docherty,
with Gene Melady as director, some
of the best talent obtainable in
America was assembled here for the
carnival.
The event was benefit perform
ance given by Omaha lodge No. 50.
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Flks, for the Salvation Army war
fund. 1t was the last of a series OF
pulls that this benevolent and boost
ing organization had given to the tow
line in support of the movement for
obtaining "doughnuts for doughboys"
and like everything else the lodge has
done since the inception of the drive
in this city it was great success in
every way.
Many Vaudeville Stunts.
The large crowd began assembling
at 7:30 o'clock and was entertained
at the opening by Dan Desdune's
famous band, which not only gave
concert prelude but played stirring
numbers between all of the rounds
of the athletic events and Fingered
up the holiday atmosphere that pre-
vailed.
Then came the vaudeville stunts
to entertain the crowd until the ath
letic program was on. The Boyd,
Empress, Gayety and Orpheum con-
tributed headliners among their
galaxy of talent to the affair and
every number on the impromptu
Stunt was the best the talented per-
formers could give.
NJ. ]. Dillon and H. Henry Cohn
of the odds and Ends" company at
the Boyd, Guerro and Carmen of the
Empress, Lillian Isabelle, Jene Lord
and Catherine Dickie of the Sight
Seers," at the Gayety. and Ed Rich
ards of the Orpheum entertained
with songs, dances and violin solos
and all had to respond to enthusiastic
encores.
The athletic carnival opened with
a wrestling match between John
Pesek of Shelton, Neb., and Paul
Jakonski of Poland. While the Mil
waukee man was fast and clever. he
was clearly outclassed by the Nebras-
ka favorite. The exhibition, though,
was an interesting one in its exposi-
ton of the science of wrestling. Pesek
got the first fall in minutes and
Al seconds and the last down in 2
minutes and q seconds. In the final
Pesek demonstrated an absolutely
new hold in the game, that of an arm
scissors and it brought home the
bacon in short order.
Young Hackenschmidt of Milwau-
kee, who was fast at the start, fell
an easy victim to the Shelton panther
and his shoulders were pinned to the
mat so quickly that he did not realize
how it happened and wanted to try
it all over again. This was an added
attraction.
Ertle in Fast Go.
The Ground go between Jack Law
Ter of Omaha and Johnny Schauers
of Baltimore, both aspirants for the
lightweight championship, and each
stepping into the ring at 1873 pounds,
was a very clever exhibition. 1t was
full of steam from start to finish and
made fine impression.
Johnnie Ertle, ST. Paul, champion
bantam weight of the world, against
game little Bonnie Vogel of Philadel-
phia. gave the big audience its
moneys worth in 10-round 60. The
footwork of the two men and their
technical adeptness at the game was
worth going miles to see. There was
no stalling from the moment the
gong sounded to the final round.
Young Ertle is a classy fighter and
a miniature steam engine and he had
a good boxing partner in Vogel.
Interest in the Ground welter-
weight contest between Billy Kramer
OF Milwaukee, the boy who cleaned
up Australia, and Jack Malone,