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BUCkEYESoFF
TO CALIFORNIA


Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 49,
Tventy-thres members Of the Ohio
state University football squat,
indicated CHAMPIONS of the West
ern Conference left today for Pasa-
dena. Calf. where they will meet
the University Of California eleven
an New Years Day.
In addition 70 the team and its
corps OF coaches, trainers ana caMp
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BIZ DEAN SNYDER.

Bx DEAN SNxDEh
The Mitchell Family-they're all
in the same business.
They have the same ideals and
they're getting along mighty we'll.
The END Of the Rainbow" which
they are chasing, has about reached
the ponit whether it may be real
lied soon or it may have to be put
in the scrap heap.
Their Ideals.
The fighting members Of the
family are Richie. who seeks the
lightweight crown; Pinky, who 10
making eyes At the welterweight
title, and Billy, who is supplying
the managerial fuel to assist his
brothers in gaining their respective
ambitions.
The fight game over in Milwsu-
kee, home Of the fighting family Of
Mitchells, centers largely about the
ideals Of the brother boxers.
Richie il considered the VESTS
best bet to win the worlds light
weight title. Pinky is in the
conner" class Of welters.
TIE two title holders Richie and
Plnky seek to haul down from
their pedestals are Benny Leonard
and Jack Britton.
That means they have 4 real jot
to work 1t.
Richie maintains that Leonard
cannot claim the worlds title until
he d6poses Of him decidvely. Fol
Richie Knocked out Lew Edwards
champion Of Augtralia, and Clonis
Taft Canada's champion. Thu
lightweight Of the Mitchell famil,
has also beaten yelling, Rivera
Welsh. White and . string Of othars
Pinly has fought himself up from
the featherweight class and ii.
though three or four pounds shy o.
the weight OF Britton, be boxed him
| q mighty close battle the othel
night The difference between thu
contender and the title-holder VA
20 blight that newspapers disagroed
q the verdict
Both boys are clean fvsrA They
devote all their tine 10 boxing
Brother Billy does the managing
thus keeping all the money they
earn In the family strdhg box.
Leonard II the GREATEST light
weight fighting machine the. Tina
has had for . long tina Br1tton.
though nearing his - mark, n Such
| . wise old owl that nobody, seans
.s,s . taPpr v'tA h sisis ia
% meanwhile ne lntehsn fan-
ny eoes about ~ buBtness AZ try
ing % aanex two tffleA That would
! - 1omsthing new IN ring history.
Whether they are chasing rain
bowD q mot II one Of those things
In boxing that Father Time WIN
have to settle.
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Girls TO act
IN GRID PROBE

Chicago. Dec. 1s.-Seventy stu
dents, one from each room, inelud-
Ing, boys and girls at Hyde Park
high school. VIII compose an In
vestigating committee to dsteEmi1s
the status Of the schools 1890 foot
hall eleven, which played . ring
er- in . tie game 1t Lansing, Mich,
DEC. 4. according to plan Of q. G..
LOOMS, principal. announced to-
day.
Members Of the committee must
posseas Q clear mind and . brave
heart. Principal LOOMS said.
Roy (-Wop.l simmons. former
Hyde Park .fallback. Who gradua-
ted last Juno and was "A outstand-
ing player on the UnivaFBity o. Chi
cago freshman elsven. thu year, IL
said to have replaced the regular
Hyde Park fullback soon aftsf the
game started. Coach Al E. Pres
sler has been dismissed and MEM
befs u TIE eleveA havs bosa o1s-
Dsn0ed huR sDorts at the scAoal
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I Z |SPEellLIsIS
~ - AUA r
SOUGHT TO FIX
EMpSEY'SEAR

M IL ARHSoN.

Omitted Press Star Correspondent
/ Chicago, Dec, 1s.-Jack Dempsey.
worlds heavyweight champion. was
on his way west today. wearing q
left ear which wouldn't function
normally.
The champion said there was
nothing serioubly wrong with the
internal ear and refused to discuss
his secret appointment With Dr..
Fred Bonnie, noted specialist OF
Niles, Mich, yesterday. The ear
wa examined during the cham
pion's brief stay In Chicago last
night by another specialist, DR.. n
R. Morris.
Nearly everyone who talked with
Jack discovered he couldn't hear az
we'll when the conversation was d.
rected toward the south side ear al
when on the other side.
6ougAt to Cover Tracks.
Dempsey did everything possible
to cover his movements during his
trip to Niles and. through Chicago,
although usually the champion is
placed on exhibition to newspaper
men and followers when going
through the city. Scores Of Demp-
seys friends waiting to meet him
here last night were disappointed
when the champion failed to show
at the hotel where his manager,
Jack Kearns, was staying.
Apparently authentic reports
were that while in Chicago, Demp-
ser was again in consultation with
DR.. BONNIE. Dempsey finally was
found at the railroad station Just as
he was about to board the train
which was to carry him to Salt
Lake City, where he will spend the
Christmas holidays with his folks
Meet Doctor ut Station.
DR.. Morris arrived at the station
about the time Dempsey showed
up, having been called by Kearns
DR.. Norris gave the ear q rather
superficial examination and said
| sASAe WeAS = <COupIS VI bSltCucs
taken In it, but that it would prob
ably heal all right.
Kearns and Dempsey discussed
the ear at length. They declare,
that it was injured In Dempsey
! fight with Bill Brennan in New
York. not BY a punch but by tn,
challenger when he butted tn
champion with his head.
They discussed the previous in
jury to Dempsey's ear, when it wa,
told exclusively in United Press dis
patches yesterday, and every ef
fort was made at the time by tn,
champion and his friends to keep
. secret.
Ten Days for Cure.
Dempsey apparently didn't hav,
the ear treated Immediately ate
the fight, He went to Benton Har
Dor and an abscess started. due t,
the injury. It took about 10 days
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old Ed WALSH
LAUDS SPLITTER

BY HENRY I. FARRELL.

Omitted Press Star CorTespondent)
= New York, Dec. Its no more
than right. THERE'S noEhing wrong
about the spitball.s
Biz I'd walsh, the iron man star
Of the White Sox and ono Of the
rreatest spitbAllers. thus COM
Imeuted. today ON the new lease Of
life grantsd to the moist ball
pftcheYs BY the American league. .
By this decision Stan Coveleskie.
str pitcher Of the American lsague
ana hero Of tho 1890 worlds ser
ies. along with the other veterans
Of the leagus. viii not have to seek
q new line Of work next season.
The National league p willing to
take tina same steps and probably
vii announce its decision after
Iudxs Landis and the advisory
board acts on their recomnenda-
ton.
-TAe spitball b nothing moro
than : curve hail." Walsh said. 1T
Il not dangerous and u mot . hand
leap to batting. Much Of effect Of
the spithall ON . batter i psycho-
logical"
while fasorias To spisAall. q
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IInI|0
ri QUINTET
ll!LsOPLlY
! UCE COPELAND.

y
4 II candidates has bsen II.
~ ~ Rock Island pat.
R isgion, with sxDectations
1nIag frst class besketbalt
- another champtonship
H - lat seasons sensation
\ 80, In which The Legion
ellaed up with svsfything n
SSf 4 ~ resolved this year to
/ - toebse team In The field and
o1Ieaai honors.
N - NJ practice session Of the
vii take place Monday
n the Legion hall 1t Third
I1s IA sixtseAth street. Call
~ - Issued TO every available
I1Sall player In the vicinity to
~ With others and become
SGo1 With the Legion spirit. The
! 111Ie u expected to draw about
r 0oli1ates, including most Of
r. l1ars stars.
~ Smith to Coach.
g. Nth, one OF the two great
= 1Iufessional football ends in
q 9Duntry. and also one Of the
Glrttsst stars Of last years great
~ ~ been engaged to >coach
r. ~ machine; and the Legion
800 epuld not have made . bet:
ri loglion Oke, playing regular
~ 1oatoS, moves in the same &C
Ss1Ioes With his football deftnSss,
HI1l6lne the utmost skill at all
- 70 outwit his opponents.
~ superior knowledge Of
- Dkstball game, including his
n ~ Of tricks. will give the
In1I6naires . heft.er Jump on
rival teams. The big fellow
inngrssd to remain In Rock ISL
u throughout the season and
ri lhs players the entire benefit
9th long experience in the cage.
ohg game.
Three Practice Nights.
'nIlnning Monday. practice SEES
will be held Monday, Wedne3.
Annd Friday Of eachS week. A
side COMMITTEES will be ap-
- Monday night to arrange !
n season. Of ganeg- with thu
4 -
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be . test Of muscle combined with
some little skill. Yet some years
ago Julian Elliott, . $50 pound
school boy with over-developed
wrists, startled the shotputting
world with his prodigious feats
from the wooden half-ring. He had
all the "whales"-Ralph Rose, AL
Plaw, Martin Sheridan and the rest
worried for . time.
No one thought that Fitssimmons
with his dwarfed, spindle-legs
would get far amongst the huskies
Of the ring. His legs wouldn't hold
up under the heavy mauling, twas
said. But they did. His murderous
punching took him to the pinnacle.
The bigger they are the harder
they fall" philosophical Ruby
Robert.
Big Third Basenan.
Bob Meusel, . strapping six-foot-
er covers third base In acceptable
fashion for the Yankees. He would
be deemed big, even as an out
fielder. People figured he wouldn't
display enough ability for the fast
play demanded OF the inheld. Meu-
sci fooled 'em.
Dick Kerr, one Of the shortest On
the diamond, Is also one of the best
in the boz At first they tried to
discourage his aspirations to be-
come . pitcher on account OF his
slight fines. They advised him 10
try shortstop. Kerr wouldn't have
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RUDOLPH GIVEN
RIGHT TO OPEN
FOR HIS RELEASE

Boston, Dec. 12-Dick Rudolph,
the little MASTER" who was one
Of the trio that pitched the Braves
out Of the ruck to . league and
world championship in 1914, has
been given authority by President
George w. Grant to negotiate for
his transfer.
It Is understood that hs seeks to
join the Detroit Tigers because of
. desire to take Q ding 1t Ameri-
can league batsmen. Consent of
all the other National league clubs
win Be necessary before he can
negotiate with Detroit directly.
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n pICK YkIRCHThn..


Chicago. Dec, IL Northweptefn'
University has a1nltshed The OBJ
structivs two-sport rule and luw
~. hear Of her AkAletic recfudep-
csnce, with lively talk about new
basketbali arenas, better talent Tor
/ her sives" and 3 smart basehall'
team the coming spring.
brayed the Nor-east wind today
and reached the great marble ard
cement gymnasium bvilding IN
SAeridan Road. Evanston. a1d
found ensconcsd IN Q small. 1igAtE
room, one Dana n. Evans, director
Of al athletics at the old school.
Evans, his friends claim, gave the
name to the beautiful suburban
city Of Evanston, but We do notI
knoNn. He IL no relation probably
to Df. John Evans. an early 81
tier OF the classic town, but he ID
admired BY ell present. Just The
AtAls6ss s,s.lhs.
Under Evans, the afore-mSntion-
ed athletic recrudescence It
Northwestern II sizzling. He clafmsi
that with the two-sport rule kick
Cd into the discard. Northwestern
~" athletes, now having the
chance to participate In more than
two sports. are on equal tsrmSl
with other conference performsE1
Naturally. the letting-dovn Of
bars makes possible big things I'M
various sports.
Take for instance, Wrestling.
Northwestern this season 10 going
in strong for the mat game New
men will register It once but the
old squad looks good.
GrapplcES Busy.
| The tentative wrestling scheduled
calls for q bout With Beloit JAM
Il, With the Purdue grspplers e.
pearing at Evanston . week htnr.
On Feb. 4 Chicago Will Wregfle the
Purple and seven days later come,
the Indiana ~" bunch. Ameo II
booked for Feb. 20 and Wisconainl
for the last day Of the month while
Illinois will probably show up
March s.
Jack Sawtslle, all-round athleta,
graduate Of Lehigh University and
tquite incidentally amateur Wrest-
ing champion Of the country q It's
pounds, is coaching Northwestern,
wrestlers.
Sawtelle also acts as assistant
football coach and saw him IN
action last fall when MacDev1tt and
the others were whipping tho raw
Purple gridironefs into ths
semblance of . team. Well, Saw
telle has the biz and also the dog
lged courage which means every
thing In sports.
Some of the footballers have fol-
lowed him to the mat Hathaway.
center on the eleven, II q cracker
Jack mailman and is leading fuf
honors. He Is not wholly nsw %
the game - he COPIED the school
championship honors at 15S pounds
last year when Prof Elmer u
Jones, . strong grappler. was 30
Ing q bit Of coaching.
Seek Hat HonsFs.
Other candidates in SawtglloD
wrestling class are Graum1ek
, halfback on the football team, Who
goes to the door 1t 146 poun41s
, Matthews and Fischer. tvo -
Founders, who worked Last yeazs
, and two tyros in Hall and Oa1
who are 125 pounderA
Myers, who showed form lAsl
, season At the Ames meet ard ~
, taking the school championship q
his weight, 10 the leading candidate
. lat lis pounds. Now that the ew0.
sport rule has been eliminated, -
doubt half . dozen other struo1
men will knock 1t Sawtelle'e 4ool
lthA noxt fortnight or %.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-18
TRAINER WITH
MAGIC HEAT'TO
LEAvE'I0WA j,
Jack Watson, veteraa Healer o
Rock Island Independent Grid.
dies, to Co to Dartmouth.

1t WAS announced that Watson
Coach and Trainer Jack Watson
refused 10 sign = contract to re-
turn next year at Iowa Uni.
versity.
Watson has been 1t Isva for
eight years and has been . mn.
teriA1 aid to IOwa's success On
the athletic field. It Is said he
VIII accept . position It Dart.
mouth.
Prominent among the trainers of
the universities OF the country,
doc" Watson, the famed dispenser
OF Magic Heat" as q cure for
bruises, strains and the gamut Of
injuries suffered by athletes play
ing the game, is well known in
Rock Island, having been for the
last number Of years the healer for
the Rock Island Independents.
Uses No Lfninents.
Watson 10 a firm believer in ma
ture cures. He uses no liniments
and in treating even the most
severe sprains and bruises relies
upon the natural warmth Of his
hands-"Hagic Heat"-to effect the
relief and cure. His thorough
knowledge Of the muscle structure
of the anatomy has given him re-
markable results in this massage
treatment and his reputation takes
= place among the most famed
trainers Of the country.
Iowa City has for many years
been a Mecca for the incapacitated
athletes from the colleges Of the
middle west and cases have been
known where the Iowa trainer has
worked for several days to round
members Of the opposing teams into
shape for a big tilt with the Iowa
team. Minnesota q. athletes have
often limped into the Iowa gym
been under Watson's care for days
or weeks, and frisked hack to Min
neapolis Tor the critical games Of
the Gopher schedules.
Has Helped 1n4ependeutA.
Doc has often attended indie
pendent games In this city and
busted himself between halves
pressing out with his Magic Heat
the knotted muscles Of embryo
"chariey-horses" suffered by the IL.
lander griddefs IN the melee Of thu
first period.
Often the boys would 80 to low,
City and spend . week under thu
nursing Of doc" and como home II
better shape for the following Sun,
days battles.
During the years Of Jesse Hav.
ley's regime In charge Of athletic
ut the Unworthy Of Iowa, Watsor
came to this school and soon hal
become one Of the leading ,chaEac
tiers in the school. It IL understood
that his friendship with Jesse Haw
ley, who 70 nov coach It Dart
mouth q. Is accountable for tho re
fusal Of lack to accept the contrae
offered him BY the Iowa authorities
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NORES ATTEND
aPP'S FUNERAL
~ Ca Fails to Deter Hundreds
I 4lsa Rangers hvm Fellsw. n
~ Grid Star 70 Grave

Tartan. Mich. Dec. 1s.-tUnit-
q heeey Bitter cold today did
0d1lef hundreds Of Iron Range
Ml6nn from paying fnAl tribute
eoesrSs Cipp, hero Of Nc.--s Dame
0oAll Who died at South Bend,
u I1esday Of pneumonia
nees Of close friends and Id
11os called at the Gipp home.
- Sody was to be taken to the
Aaneey at l o'clock. where It will
~ state, with . military guard
~ tUo hours.
- ! o'clock Rev. Mr.. O'Connor
- 1aStst church and Rev. Mr.
.oa1oa Of the Congregational
- were to conduct the funeral
oay. Following tho sermon
9ooy vas to be taken to Lake.
~ anstesy for interment-
- Of Gipp's teammates, IN
e Coach Rockne Of Notre
- were to be pallbearers
- ether classmates were r
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Old star IL against fssak deliver

old star II against frsak deliver
ies.
-Rasoell Ford vas the nrst one
to use . freak hail. walsh said
-He vas putting f1oaters and fun.
ny twists over The plata that were
being mighty hard to hit. Every
one was curious 70 know what he
vas doing With the ball. and they
might not have known to this day
Il he had not taken OF his glove.
One afternoon. howevor, one Of the
boyD picked mp his glove and sav
IT, palm cut out. unAefneakh was
. shest Of emery paper. That VA
d real start Of the emery hall"
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No CONTRACT.

Columbus, Dec. lS.-Coaoh Joc4
Vilce has>no cnntfact With Ohio
STATE q Z football mentne. He u
iust ! mere member q the feoafy.
However, he isn't expecting e get
canned" AFTER his impressive show
iug.
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High School Basketball IS"
Begins Season Tonight With
Alumni Team, For Opponents

school boys by tho score Of 1919
and the high men are expecting to
got revenge. The only way the
locals can win is BY superior team
work. Coach Kimmel has been
working hard ON this detail and the
team works good together for the
first of the season.
Last night the first squad put it
over the scrubs with ease, scoring
basket after basket With ltttle ei-
fort The teamwork was god and
the team had the signals down to
perfection. II the high men work
Is good tonight q they did last
evening the battle VIII b. close.
ProAaAlo Lino-ups,
Following are IL probable line
ups:
High school: Alumni:
Biehl RI LofgTen
Duncan LF Efbstesn
Rosenkranz (C) c PafaeF
Hsnks RIG Dunn &C.
Hail z L0 Dopp
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u news all the time-Ths
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Villa fAEorfng tAs sDislaIl. O 49,
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Dempsey apparently didn't have
the ear treated Immediately after
the fight, He went to Benton Har-
Dor and an abscess started. due to
the injury. It took about 10 days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20

him. He frankly admitted. however, killing one bandit chief with a machine gun at Hinche while he was attempt ing to escape He fired at the bandit from his own front porch, he said
 Lang testified after esfour native gendarmes had taken the stand and de clared they saw him murder several prisoners, bringing the number of vtc- time up to nine.
 Each witness went into detail and described how the natives were shot. One witness was confused on the point as to whether the prisoners were shot V hile attempting to escape.
 Just after beginning his testimony Lang suffered nervous weeping at- tack.
 A Haitian courier who was called to the stand described Lang as very young, of blonde hair and very beau tiful" '@The beauty of Lang" the witness added, makes a strange con trast with the acts for which he had been reproached."
 Taking the stand after Capt Patrick Kelly of the local gendarmerie and the sergeant had denied every charge re- garding wholesale murders, Lang de- cared that he had shot only one pris- oner. '"rhis was q division bandit cbief," he said, "who was brought from the jail by a gendarme to my residence for questioning. The bandit chief refused to talk and was ordered rejailed. He tried to escape from che gcndarme, who fired twice, missing him. l quickly got a machine gun, fir ing spurt of bullets. killing him in- stantly. The reported occurrence was told all right"
 Answering an inquiry by Maj. Jesse Dyer, judge advocate, as to whether he applied electric treatment to prison CTS, Lang admitted putting coins in a water bucket and offering to give them to natives if they removed them, which they attempted to do, while, he said,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
SEVERANCE IS SOUGHT
Selma Confident of Keeping Down
 Telephone Rate Increase

Selma, November 19.-(SpeciaL) )-City Attorney Leo Leva and Morgan Richards returned last night from Montgomery, where they attended the telephone rate hearing before the public utilities commits sion. It was announced that no action will be taken by the commission at this time on the petition of the company for increases, and the whole issue may be postponed until after January. when the new commission. with President Patter- son in charge. will assume office.
 The city of Selma did not join forces with the other municipalities in a general fight on the proposed raise in rates, as it is concerned with it's own case. In which it is claimed that the profits of the company here do not warrant any increases. Selma is asking for sever ar ce in the trial of it's case and feels confident it can keep down increases on tho showing made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20

other natives turned generator,
 shocking the prisoners. When asked to explain the volume of testimony
 charging him with monstrous crimes,
 Lang declared the natives were prone
 to exaggeration. He testified that the
 numerous reports of murders were
 started by a native who, seeing the bodies of bandits awaiting burial after the Hinche attack, said Lang was crack shot and hence must have done
 the shooting. Captain Kelly testified he was with Lang on the night of the
 shooting and they inspected the jail together. He swore Lang had killed
 nc one
 The testimony of the prosecution and defense was conflicting, the defense attempting to discredit the gendarmes,
 who told stories similar to those given ir previous hearings
 As the gendarmes related the cir cumstsnces of the alleged shooting. they dramatically rose from their seats and identified Lang as having been re- SD0nsib1e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
TO DRILL FOR OIL.
Ohio Capital Will Hunt Pay Sand
 on Big Lease Near Greensboro

Greensboro, November 19.-(Specia1.)- J. Cincinnati and local capital is inter- ested in the boring for oil now going on at Wadworth, near Akron. The equip ment on the ground is thoroughly mod ern and up-to-date, anG they are pre- pared to drill tofa depth of 3.oo0 feet if they do not strike oil or gas at lesser depth. The company has an oil and gas IeasA on 26 0OO acres of land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
GREENSBORO ALARMED
G. o. P. Victory May Put Republican
 In Local Postoffice

Greensboro, November 19.-(Special)- Since the republican landslide Greens boro feels little afraid that she may lose her very efficient and capable post master, Lee M Otis. Courteous and obliging at all times, he has brought the office up to the top notch, and Greensboro would sustain a real loss should the party slogan of turn the rascals out be raised and MT. Otis have tO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
SELMA MAN INJURED
Bursting Gun Inflicts Painful Wound
 on Roscoe Hinson

Selma, November 1s.--( Special )-Tne bursting of gun barrel inflicted pain full flesh, wound on Roscoe Hinson Of the Hinson Furniture company as he was duck hunting late Thursday afternoon at Kahn's brick pond He was rushed im- mediately to town by his companion. John Land, and the injury to his, left knee dressed at doctors office.
 The gun used by MT. Hinson was new, and had only been shot three times befoYe