Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-03

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What's the matter with the Ne
braska intercollegiate Athletic con-
ference this season? No one seems
TO know.
The University OF Omaha was the
first to drop out OF the conference.
Now Cotner breaks the news that
the Bulldogs have severed athletic re-
lations with York college, another
member OF the conference.
When the conference coaches
were drawing up their 1921 grid
schedules, Cotner, Midland. Wayne
and York scheduled the University
of Omaha. Why the other teams in
the conference refused to acknowl-
edge the local school is a question.
L season Omaha plowed
through the season without a defeat,
both in foot ball and basket ball.
Were the locals considered confer
ence champions? They were not.
The reason was given that Omaha
didn't play enough conference games.
This season Coach Adams tried to
schedule the required number Of
schools and missed by one school.
Outside of Cotner. Midland, Wayne
ard York it was impossible to card
more conference games.
According to Athletic Director
Moss of Cotner. York played Half
back Mclaughlin contrary to con-
ference rules and over the protest
of Cotner. The result was that Cot
ner severed athletic relations with
York.
Eleven state college teams COM
pose the conference without the Uni
versity of Omaha. With foot ball
one of the greatest of college sports,
especially in Nebraska, it seems like
there could be some way in which
the Nebraska conference could be re-
organized and made success such
as the Missouri Valley conference,
only on smaller scale.
Officials at the head of a confer
ence who will make the teams "tos
the mark would help the Nebras-
ka conference. Scheduling of all
teams in the conference would help,
too. ....
Mike" Finn, secretary of the
Omaha Western league base ball
club, informed US just before leav-
ing for the south that the mag
mates in the base ball world are
dead against the lively ball now.
They have found that too mary
go over the fences never to come
back. And at $l.50 copy.-Oy.
Eddie Mahoney, lightweight cham
pion of the Pacific coast and the boy
that Jack Dempsey picks as the next
scrapper to beat Leonard, is con-
sidered the "Babe" Ruth of his class
because of his mighty right hand.
The Pacific coast battler and Ever
Hammer mix in a 10-round bout at
the City auditorium the middle Of
this month and then local fans will
have an opportunity to cast their
glimmers on the lad Mr.. Dempsey
selects to knock Champion Benny
Leonard cuckoo, thereby annexing
the lightweight championship.
With the John Pesek- Martin Pies
tina wrestling match scheduled for
New York, November ID, fans
throughout the country are wonder
ing if the Gotham city promoters
will! go through with the tussle now
that much publicity has been given
to the record of Plestina's manager.
w. S. Farnsworth in the New
York American, writes:
Plestina is self-confessed fnker, and
that his manager, George N. Marsh. alias
served term in the Leayenworth peHi-
boxing bouts and wrestling CONTESTS; also,
leaders Of the famous Mayberry gang.
'The investigation also disclosed that
q fake record Of Piestina's work on the
mat. In Mondays announcement these
press agents wrote: On the list Of those
Plestina defeated arc Wladek Zbyszkc
He also held Joe Stecher to q draw and
did the same with Earl Caddock.'
Careful investigation Of Plestina's rec
ord shows that he never wrestled Wladeh
him In straight falls: that Stecher de-
feated him three times and never wres-
tied him to y draw, and that Caddock
defeated him twice and never wrestled
When the famous praying colo
nels" of Centre college trimmed
Harvard last Saturday Umpire
Charles Moran of the National
league, who coaches the Danville
tKy.) team was the lnappiest man in
the world, outside of "Bo" McMil-
lin, Centre captain, according to
press reports.
Umpire Moran was permitted to
knock off work in the Heydler cir
cult two weeks before the season
closed, in order to resume his duties
as coach of Centre. This will be
Moran's last year at Danville, KY,
and possibly as an umpire, as he has
accepted an engagement to start in
1922 with one of the big eastern COZ.
leges at a salary said to run into
five figures.
Ham Patterson, former manager
of Jack Hollands St. Joseph West
ern league ball club, and Jess Hes
sell. changed their minds about
wanting to sell the Dallas Texas
league club for Sl50, 900, when they
learned they would have to pay
tie government about 10000 Der
RES in tax.
Gousifi Mahmout, who was con-
.sidered one OF the best heavyweight