The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-12-10

When Callahan meets Callahan"
VIII more than ever be football by
word next year.
Tim Callahan was reelected cap
tain Of the Yale football eleven the
other day. Henry A. (Mike) Gala
han was elected captain Of the Prince
ton team and just to make extra glad
the heart Of Mrs. Callahan. another
brother, no doubt Pat by name. was
elected captain of the Lawrence high
school eleven at Lawrence, Mass.
When Yale heard that Mike had
been elected captain at Pripceton. and
when Princeton heard that Tim had
been reelected captain at Yale. excite
ment ran high. And when both heard
that still another brother had been
elected captain Of his school team
everybody gasped.
Tim and Mike played against each
other at center in the ale-Princeton
game this fall, and next year they
Will face each other again. but as cap
tains of the opposing forces.
This is a unique situation In football
and will arouse interest among grid
iron followers from coast to coast.
II by chance a game is scheduled
between Dartmouth and Syracuse an
other situation of the same kind
would rise, as Jim Robertson. half
back, has just been elected captain of
the Dartmouth eleven. while Henry
Robertson. center, has been named
captain OF the Syracuse team.
John Kienninger, a junior In the
college. has been elected captain of
the Columbia varsity football eleven
for the season of 1920. Kienninger
played center on the varsity team
during the season just closed and was
guard on the Columbia s. A. T. c.
eleven last fall. He was captain of
his freshman team in the fall of 1917
He was also president of his class in
his freshman year. His only opponent
at the football election was John D.
Kennedy, captain Of this years eleven
who will retrun to the university next
fall
Kienninger played three years on
the eleven of the Stuyvesant high
school in New York, and since he has
| been playing varsity football has de
veloped into one Of the best linemeu
Columbia has had. His work as de
fensive center was especially brilliant
this fall, and he shone in the same
position a year ago when Columbia
played Syracuse S. A. T. c. eleven.
With Kienninger's election it be
came known that at the present time
every player who started in the
Brown game on Thanksgiving day
will return to college next year.
Roy Moore, the little battler from
Minneapolis, claims the distinction OF
having given Jack Dempsey, heavy
| weight champion of the world, his first
boxing lesson.
Moore drifted in Reno, New, via g
brake beam, five years ago. There he
met Jack Dempsey, then a boy ol
nineteen and weighing 145 pounds
The two became pals. Moore, being
!, an experienced boxer, took it upor
himself to teach the fistic art to Demp
sey and try to make a fighter Of him
Dempsey never had had boxing les
son up to that time and Moore became
ond
Johnny Seidenberg. He almost stopped
him. He next met colored boy by th'
name Of Knockout Williams. Dempse!
landed his right few times ant
Knockout Williams was knocked out
The victor again met Seidenberg ant
won.
"Guess will drift along, Roy" sait
Dempsey to Moore, the morning afte
his last victory.
"An right, Jack" replied Moore
"I'll go and get the tickets"
"No tickets for me, Roy" said DemI
sey. II came into Reno without
ticket and I'll go out the same way"