Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-09
Sport Shorts
BY KID GRAVES

boxing promoters, 9. B. Cochrane,
has made a substantial offer for Pal
Moore or Pete Herman to box the
sensational British flyweight, Jimmy
Wilde, for the bantamweight cham
pionship of the world. Cochrane,
| like some American sportsmen is
not certain who is the bantamweight
champion. Pete Herman of New
Orleans is the bantam champion and
Pal Moore is the challenger, though
it is possible that Moore will be the
title holder before very long. but
at the present writing the New Or
leans bantam wears the crown.
The Armours' business manager,
Frank Delaware, is busy lining up
the out-of-town games for his club
and would like to hear from teams
that can offer sufficient inducements
for a team of this caliber. Any out
of-town manager desiring to book
the Armours can reach Frank
through the sporting editor of the
Bee or by calling Douglas 9447 any
evening. The early dates open are
May 10 and rs, and June 8 and IS.
Having worn out as a lightweight
boxer, frankie Whitney of Cedar
Rapids, Ia, has turned promoter md
is staging boxing shows in various
Iowa towns. Otto Wallace and
! Johnny Schumacher recently boxed
for Whitney at Iowa City, la. Ne
gotiations are under way for bout
at one of Franks clubs for Harry
Williams, the local ball player boxer,
to meet some youngster in the
heavyweight ranks.
An old time middlewcight boxer
of Newark, N. J., Kid Chapman
was found dead in his home recent
ly. Death was caused by asphyxla'
ton by gas 1t was thought that d
strong wind had blown the gas out
while Chapman was asleep.
A ight-heavyweight boxing cham
pionship battle will be held at Tulsa
Okl., on April II, when Billy
Miske, the present title holder
meets Battling Levinsky, former
champion, in l5-round bout. Danny
Morgan, manager of both Levinsky
and the welterweight champion
Jack Britton. predicts that the Bat
tier will regain the title next Mon
day night.
Challenges to the winner OF the
1 Willard Dempsey mill have not been
very plentiful, but that doesn't mean
that there will be none at all. Tom
my Butler, heavyweight amateur
champion boxer of Queensland, has
decided to turn professional, and
will challenge the winner of the big
mill Butler weighs 255 pounds in
perfect condition and is nearly seven
feet tall. His record as an anna
teur was enviable and he thinks he
has an excellent chance of defeating
either Willard or Dempsey,
Here's little problem for our
lumber dealer readers. The Detroit
Tigers have twenty-five feet and
three-fourths inches of pitching tim
Der, divided into four sections. The
tallest section is Love, six feet five
and three-quarter inches, and the
shortest section is Ehmke and Erick,
son, each six feet two inches. The
& problem is, how are the Tigers GO
ing to make six foot berths fit these
four pitchers' James, the fourth
pitcher, is six feet three inches tall
The Willard-Dempsey scrap ISM
the only championship affair on the
bill for the +th of July. Tex Rickart
wants 70 stage a bout between the
champions of the army and navy a.
the semi-wind-up of the big bout. He
has made all offer of $4,000 for sucf
scrap and the athletic heads Of
the army and navy are preparing
elimination bouts to select entrie,
for it.