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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
Johnson to Re-Enter
Ring in Mexico; Wants
Battle With Willard

Havana, March SACK John
son. formerly worlds heavyweight
pugilistic champion, arrived here to-
day from Spain on his way to Mex
leo City, where ne will make his first
appearance in ring contest since he
lost the championship to Jess Will
lard in this city almost four years
ago.
Johnson declared that he wants a
return fight with Willard "any-
where, under any conditions except
those which governed the Havana
contest" He would, he said, split
the purse to suit Willard; winner
take all, rs and rs per cent, or other
wise.
Johnson looks to be in good con-
dition and said he weighs 225
pounds. The former champion has
signed blank contract calling for
five ring battles in Mexico with any
opponents who may be selected for
him He hopes to meet Jack Demp-
sey and others of the best American
fighters. Within four months, or af-
ter fulhllment of his Mexico con-
tract, he intends to visit the United
States.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
Drawings Completed
For State Basket Ball
Tourney at Lincoln

Lincoln, March 8. - Especially
Drawings for the first round of
the Nebraska high school basket
ball tournament, starting here We'd
nesday of next week, were made to-
day. One hundred and twenty Ne
hraska high schools are entered in
the tournament and will have teams
in the opening rounds of play.
The high schools have been di-
vided into eight divisions. Cham
pionship games in the first three
divisions, A, B and c, will be played
at the city auditorium Saturday
night. Championships in the other
divisions will be decided during the
day ....t
Three Omaha high teams were
put in Class A, including Central,
South Omaha and the School OF
Commerce. The Nebraska School
for Deaf FIVE was placed in Class c,
Omaha Central plays Geneva in
the opening round next Wednesday
afternoon, while the South high is
slated to go against Norfolk, and
Lincoln meets the Omaha School
Of Commerce. The Nebraska
School for Deaf was pitted against
scfibner in its first game.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09

Former lightweight champion,
Jimmy Britt. is on tour of the
southern states on the Keith circuit,
doing a monologue, concluding his
act with a recitation entitled, The
Murderers," which he delivers in
fighting togs. emphasizing the lines
with various fighting motions and
poses.
Willie Richie, former lightweight
champion boxer, who recently gave
the present title holder, Benny
Leonard. a stiff four-round argu-
ment out in Frisco, is not only a
ring star, but a golfer Of no mean
ability Richie won the fourth flight
championship in the Olympic clubs
annual golf tournament the other
day. He was scratch man and
eliminated his opponent by score
Of 8 to z.
For the benefit OF those opposing
legalized boxing in the state Of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
Billy Uvick, Popular Omaha
Boxer Signs Up Life Battle
Crippled in France, BILL" Hobbies Home With Cane
and Surprises His Friends, Running Off to Lincoln
to Get Married.

After he had travelled all over this
country and part of France, looking
over the girls, Billy Uvick, the
South Side middleweight scrapper,
at last decided that he couldn't do
any better than marry the girl he
had been going with for number
of years, Miss Martha Deminski,
also of the South Side.
A professional boxer for a num-
Der of years, Billy made quite rep
utation in various parts of the coun-
try as a middleweight When the
war broke out he made his way to
Camp Funston and was there made
one of the boxing instructors of
the camp. His division went over
to France and Billy was right on
the job, along with it. He took
part in the battle of St. Mihiel, Yer
dun and the Argonne Forest, COM
ing out without an injury.
Congratulating himself on being
able to get home with no scars OF
battle, Billy had the misfortune to
slip as he jumped from an ammuni-
ton truck in France and the wheel
of the truck passed over his foot,
Gripping it badly. 1t was about we'll
and Bill took another ride and again
the foot became crippled in almost
the same way. This time the sur
geons wanted to amputate the hoof,
but Bill demurred and objected so
strenuously that he kept the foot,
though badly crippled.
His long experience in TIE box
ing game, caring for injured hands,
stood Bill in good stead and he sur
prised the surgeons by bringing the
foot around to such condition that
he could hobble about with a cane.
He came home and was discharged
on February IS. He hobbled over to
his sweetheart's home and insisted
on little trip. They went to Lincoln
and there Bill bought license and
they were married. Again Uvick
hobbled to a train and came home a
sober married man.
When questioned about it Uvick
said, I've gone through lots of
scraps and never been seriously in
jured, tackled the kaiser's rough
necks and didn't get hurt, so l
thought / could take on this life
battle with a woman rather safely.
l stand a good chance of winning
this long scrap if she don't bring
an ammunition truck into the ring.
They're the only things that can
floor me for any length Of time"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
SWlNDELL GETS
CRACK AT TITLE
IN BLUFFS BOUT
Meets BreedIOve, Feather
weight Champion, in Finish
Match in Bluffs Auditorium
Next Wednesday Night.

Omaha and Council Bluffs
wrestling fans are expecting to see
one of the best wrestling matches
they have ever witnessed when
featherweight champion, Vernon
Breedlove, defends his honors in a
finish match with Claude Swindell
OF Lincoln, next Wednesday night at
Council Bluffs auditorium. The men
have agreed to weigh in at 125
pounds at the ringside. Swindell
says that is his best figure and
Breedlove is having no great trou-
bic in reaching that weight as he is
seldom above it.
Both of these little men are Won
derful wrestlers, often taking on
lightweights when no featherweights
were available. Swindell has often
wanted title match and when he
heard that the champion was out OF
service he made a trip down from
Lincoln to be at the ringside when
Breedlove wrestled Shoafstall and
challenged from the ring for a title
match. Vernon agreed to take him
on and the match was made before
they left the Bluffs auditorium that
night.
The match will be a finish match,
best two out of three falls with no
time limit OF any kind set on the
affair. The men will wrestle ill
one or the other gains two falls I'm
less OF course there is an injury to
one or the other that prevents it,
but both men in the condition they
are said TO be in, there is little likeli-
hood OF any injury to either. Breed
love has been training in Omaha
with Jack Tolliver, Young Gotch
and Barney Burman. He is in ex-
cellent shape and according to re-
ports from Lincoln will have to be
to win, for the Swindell adherents
claim that their man is in the best
shape of his entire career.
The show will open with a bout
that has not been fully arranged as
yet, but will be fixed up in time to
give the fans a real match for a pre-
lin and the well-known Teddy
brothers will exhibit their famous
"Rube Rasslin" stunt for semi
windup.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
Notes From Sport World

Nebraska for various reasons, l
quote the following expression from
Lieut.. J. Burke, corps of chaplains
U. S. n, 81 am absolutely in favor
of boxing because it promoted ply
steal development and bodily
strength, which are but adjuncts to
moral development. 1t strengthens
the will, which is absolutely neces-
sary for everyone, especially a
young man, who is constantly facing
temptations to body and soul"
The first 2O-round scrap of The
season will be held at New Orleans
tomorrow night. Young Dewey of
New Orleans will 60 that route in
bout with Art McGirl, of Boston,
at the Orleans club. This should
make dandy scrap as both of these
men were considered welterweight
title contenders four or five years
ago and both claim to be as good
now as they were when they were
in the contender's spotlight
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09


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prayed to Mr. Gette the man who makes razors safe for camp meet
the sutan's grandfather looking smooth shaven
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back with his
lie wore that right down knitting needle and then aimed
his dogs for the his
Landed Georgia and thirsty that he had
suit hadn't WISE Georgia would have had the finest Turkish propelled
laundry the works One hundred wash tubs and all going like
ticket choppers at E o'clock
Dnge has his
like red ants picnic pie Georgia four layers deep trick worries
Use EN- in theaters for fresco thing
Smoke down home going through earning living
He's there yet.
you go Georgia pipe dnge hopping up and down
like Mexican doing the shmmy you'll
bird and down all day like barefooted
baf patch
He's got million Turkish dollars in his head
And he's shake down his pocket
buy meal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
Lewis SIGNS UP
SWEDE CHAMP TO
TACKLE J. PESEK
John FrebeTg, One Time Win
ner Over Joe SteCher, to
WreStIe PeSek in Omaha
March Fl.

1t was reported that Jack Lewis
had gone on east to see John FIRE.
berg and Stranger Lewis wrestle,
but Jack changed his mind as he
already had the signed contract for
Freberg to come to Omaha and
wrestle the new Nebraska favorite
heavyweight, John Pesek of Shelton,
at the Auditorium on Friday, March
81.
This fellow Freberg is the husky
that gave Joe Stecher such an ar
gument recently at Springfield,
Mass, when Stecher agreed to throw
him in 90 minutes. Joe not only
failed to throw him but was given
a real tussle to prevent being thrown
himself. Freberg has wrestled and
beaten a number of the prominent
heavy wrestlers including the for
mer American champion, Charley
Cutler, whom he threw in two falls
out of three. He tossed John DIN
of Sioux City not long ago. 1t was
expected that DIN would be Pesek's
next opponent here, but Freberg S
victory over DIN spilled the cream
for that bout and resulted in Lewis
getting Freberg instead.
Negotiations for this match have
been under way for some time, in
fact since DIN fell a victim to FIRE.
berg's prowess, but were not con-
summated until Jack Lewis went to
Chicago for the Stecher-L Lewis
match. While in the windy burg,
Jack hunted up Freberg's manager,
Joe Coffey, and induced him to try
and influence Freberg to take Pesek
on. Freberg was reluctant, but I'M
der the persuasion of both Coffey
and Lewis finally agreed and the ar
ticles were signed, calling for the
bout to be staged in Omaha on
March 2lst. The reports of Pesek's
work against Steve Savage were
such that all the big men in the mat
game around Chicago are a little
chary of mixing with the Shelton
farmer boy.
At any rate, Freberg has been
signed to meet Pesek and Oma-
hans will have an opportunity to
Judge as to whether the Shelton lad
is ready for the real top liners or
not. If he can beat Freberg he will
be doing something that Joe Stecher
could not do in 90 minutes and it
may mean a bout between Stecher
and Pesek at no great distant date.
Freberg is a wrestler of the rough
and ready type and opposed to man
of Pesek's style, he should make
great match. Some of the Chicago
fans expect to come to Omaha to
see the bout and hearing Of Pesek's
rough style, they expect to see
something out of the ordinary in
mat work.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
Amateur BaIk Line
Billiard Championship
Won by McAndless

Chicago, March 8-David Nc
Andless OF the Chicago. Athletic as
ISOLATION tonight won the national
amateur balk line billiard cham
pionship by defeating Percy Col
Inns of the Illinois Athletic club, 800
to 100, in 10 innings.
McAndless' victory bore out the
prediction during the tournament
that he had shown championship
caliber. Until this afternoon, when
Collins beat him, 800 to 264, Nc
Andless had FIVE victories and no
defeats. The defeat came in the last
scheduled contest of the tournament
and made a tie between the Chicago
men representing rival clubs.
McAndless made high runs of 90
and 40. Collins best were 80
and 10.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
OMAHA MANAGER
DICKERING FOR
CRACK PLAYERS
Jackson Has Deals Pending
for Class A. A. lnfieIderS;
Hopes to Land Pitcher
and Catcher.

Omaha's hustling base ball man
ager reports that he has several
deals pending whereby he will Sc
cure three or four class IA. play
ers for the local Western league
club, including a couple of inheld-
ers, a pitcher and a catcher, all of
whom will be of great aid in bring
ing the rag to Omaha. Bill says he
hasn't heard from any OF the local
semi-pros yet, but he may pick up
player or two from the semis if
they come out and show what they
have in stock.
Just who the players are that
Bill is dickering for, Bill says he
is not at liberty to state Just at
present, but as soon as the deals
are completed he will give out the
news. One thing the fans can bank
on and that is that Omaha will have
team that will he right in bat
Ting for the top of the heap from
the first call Of play" according to
Jackson. Contracts have been sent
TO all his old standbys and the
Rourkc's manager expects to have
enough players within the next few
days to stage a few practice games
as soon as the weather gets so it
IAN be done
Looks for Good Team.
Several days ago, Manager Jack
son stated that he was sorry that
Pa Rourke couldn't horn into the
American association for he feels
that he will have a ball team that
could cop the rag of that organiza-
ton as easy as he expects to gather
in the Western bunting. Bill thinks
the Western league is just about as
last as the American association
anyway. 1t is his idea that team
strong enough to win the pennant
in the Western league would be
strong enough TO win the associa-
ton flag, Several Western leaguers
have gone up into the "A. organ
ization and have played as good ball
in that class as they did when they
we're in the Western league, in fact
some of them seemed to improve
Just a little. The pitching is very
little ii any better than that in our
own league and the fielding isn't a
Dit better
Manager Jackson promises few
surprises when the season opens,
not only for local fans but for the
other Western league managers as
well. He says his team is going to
hop right out in front at the begin
ming of the season and stay there all
the way. He never expects to be
headed and expresses a hope that
the Omaha fans will get out there
and show his boys how well they
appreciate a real pennant winning
club. If the fans will do their part,
Jackson and Rourke promise they
will do theirs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
Richards Captures Indoor
Junior Tennis Championship

Philadelphia, March 8.-Vincent
Richards, New York, holder with w.
T. Tilden, II, of the national dou-
bles title, won the middle Atlantic
indoor. junior tennis championship
by defeating Rodney Beck, a local
star, here today, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Richards stroke carried much
force behind it, and his work at all
times was characterized by steadi-
ness. He exhibited a deceptive at
tack, his change of pace proving the
undong of Beck.
Earlier in the day Richards cap
tured his fourth and semi-hnal
round matches by defeating An
drew Morgan and A. D. Whiting, re-
sDectivelv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
GIBBONS
STOPS AT Omaha
A. C. short time
Guest of Members for Few
Hours He Lays Over
on Way to Denver
for Bout.

On his way to Denver for a bout
scheduled there during the coming
week, Mike Gibbons, fresh from his
clean-cut victory over Soldier Bart
field at St. Paul, passed through
Omaha yesterday afternoon and
stopped for few hours as the guest
of Gene Melady, Frank McCaffrey,
George Brandeis, Frank Kennedy
and other members of the Omaha
Athletic club. Mike was invited to
work a little at the Omaha A. c.
and played a couple of games of
handball, shadow-boxed and skipped
the rope to the edihcation of a few
of the club members who were in
the gym at the time.
In his workout in the club gym,
Mike amazed some of the members
by his wonderful speed and the ad-
mirable manner in which he went
about his little workout One man,
noticing little mark 'on Gibbons
nose asked where he got it and
Mike told him he had received that
in little boxing match the other
night. Surprised, the gentleman
asked, as it possible that there is
a man alive that can get past those
arms of yours in such a manner as
to leave a mark? I should think
it would be like sticking your head
against a buzz saw"
After the Denver bout, Mike will
stop off in Omaha for at least few
hours on his return trip. The Omaha
Athletic club members have invited
him to make the o. A. c. gym his
headquarters whenever he was in
town and Mike rather liked the place,
so it is likely that he may be per-
suaded to stay over day or two.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
Hagen Winner of National
MidWinter Golf Tournament

Tampa, Fla. March 8.-Walter
5. Hagen, professional Of the Palma
Celia club, won the national mid
winter open golf tournament here
today on the Palma Celia links. III
competition with "a other profess
sional players, Hagen made 3l2 for
the " holes, a margin Of FIVE strokes
over his nearest rival, James NJ.
Barnes Of Sunset Hill, ST. Louis,
Jack Hutchinson Of Glenview, Chr
cago, was third with a score 81
32l
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
St. Joseph High Trims
Omaha Central High
in Fast Game, l8to IA

St. Joseph High, 10; Omaha, IA.
A keen eye for the baskets gave
the St. Joseph High school basket
ball team an Is to IA victory over
the Central High quintet last night
in close game played on the Young
Mems Christian association floor.
Although the Omaha five kept the
sphere bouncing around their basket,
yet inability to send it through, lost
them the game.
Winters and Miller, making diff
cult losses, were the stars Of the
game. The ball in the hands OF
these two men was almost sure to
result in a counter for the boys from
the wet town. The Koneckv
brothers showed up we'll for the
locals and were we'll supported by
Clements, Burnham and Swoboda
who played a hard game against
odds.
The opening moments of play
were close and the score was low
Near the end of the half, however
the Joetown lads rushed the basket
compiling an II to S count by the
end of the half Winters free losses
of fouls helped boost the score OF
the visitors.
Omaha came back strong in the
second period and held the Missouri
flippers scoreless for several min
utes. Miller broW loose later and
sent the score climbing before the
Omahans staged rally which net
ted them several points, When
Mully's men got their real form late
in the game the chance for victory
was gone and they lost their final
home game, IS to IA.
Lineup and Summarizes:
OMAHA ST. JOSEPH
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
Foot Ball Stars Awarded
Letters at Shenandoah Hi

Shenandoah, Ia, March S.-(Spe-
sial)-The coveted foot ball IS"
went to one woman this year, when
The letters were awarded the Shen-
sndoah high school players. Mrs.
Louise Wyatt, principal whose hus-
band is in service overseas, was the
faculty member awarded the letter.
Coach Earnest d. LANCE, from St.
Joseph, No. presented the "S's" and
7. Is Jones, manager of the Athletic
association spoke. Those who won
letters were Captain Paul Ristine,
Dsvid Siulin, Orville Byers, Clark
Riagle. Samuel Lewis, Leo Drake,
Paul Purcell, Harold Fishbaugh,
isorge Martin, Harley Corey and
Ei9on 2sehanan.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
Pete Lynch Signs With
Sioux City Again; Was
Star Of Local Semis

One Of the old Omaha amateur
and semi-pro baseball stars, Pete
Lych signed up with Sioux City
about two weeks ago. Pete said
he didn't care for any publicity out
side Of the playing season aud kept
Il dark. Semi-pro fans will long re-
member Pete's work behind the bat
two years ago with the crack Bran
ieis team.
Last year Pete was one of the
mainstays Of the Sioux City club his
work behind the Bat being of stel-
lar type and his stick work figured
conspicuously in many of the 500
teams victories. His work under
the pad in the Iowa town has made
Pete quite a favorite with the fans.
His many Omaha friends will be
glad to hear that he is back in the
Sioux City lineup, but most local
fans would rather see him in an
Omaha uniform.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-09
new MARK SET
FOR HIGH JUMPS
At A. A. U. MEET
Taylor Raises Worlds Record
for Standing Leap From 5
Feet 4 1-8 Inches to 5
Feet a IA Inches.

New York, March Swords
record of feet, "A inches for the
standing high jump was made by
1t. William H. Taylor of the Mari
eta (Ohio) Young Mems Christian
association at the National senior
indoor championships of the ANA
teur Athletic Union in Brooklyn to-
night. The previous record was 5
feet, 4 l-8 inches. held by Plat
Adams of New York
Walker Smith of Cornell Univer-
sity equalled the worlds record OF
9 rs seconds in winning the 20
yards high hurdles.
The Boston Athletic association
took the team prize with IS points
with the Marietta (Ohio) Y. M. C..
A. and the St. Louis A. A. tied for
second with 10 points each.
1t. William H. Taylor of the
Marietta club won the standing
broad jump after breaking the
worlds record in the standing high
jump. Loren Murchison of the
st. Louis A. A. also scored a
double victory, taking the 60-yard
run and the 300-yard run.
Joie Ray Of the Illinois A. c. Chi
cago failed in his attempt to better
his world mark of 2;l4 in the 1000
yard run, his time being 2:16 rs.
John r. Sellers, unattached, Of
New York covered a fast sprint at
the finish, coming in second to
Ray, and later in the evening cap
tured the 600-yard run.
Summaries;
sixty-yard run final won by Loren
Murchison, st. Louis. A. A, Bern Fefers,
jr. (unattacted), second: Fred Teschner
Glencoe A. c.. New York, third; +. Mot
ley. MeadowbroolS club, Philadelphia,
fourth. Time, 3-5 seconds.
One thousand-yard run won by Jole
Ray. Illinois A. c., Chicago; John r..
Sellers tunattached). second Tom Camp
bell. University OF Chicago, third: d. S.
Caldwell. Boston A. A.. fourth Time, 2
minutes. Sc So seconds
Three hundred yard run final won by
Loren Murchison. st. Louis A. A.: James
OBrien Loughlin Lyceum, Brooklyn, n.
Y, second: Elmer W. Smith, University
Of Pennsylvania. third; Cornelius c.
shaughnessy. Knights Of Statony Brook
Ign, N, Y. fourth. Time, 80 rs seconds.
TWo-mile run won by Gordon Nlghtin-
gale. New Hampshire State college, clyde
Stout. University OF Chicago second: Max
Bohland, Paulist A. c., New York, third /:
c, e. Leath, Boston A. A., fourth. Time,
minutes. 2s is seconds.
Sixteen pound shot put won by Patrick
]. Mcdonald (unattached), 40 feet, z
inches; George Bronder Cunattaohed), So
feet. Y inches second Harry Corell
Pastime A. G., N, r., 40 feet, OK Inches
third; Fred L. Onken, Brooklyn A. A.,
ss feet II inches. fourth.