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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
By JAMES j.

ypyA4bA 100 - N"Ao
Jack kearns lifted d verbal blunder-
buss to his shoulders the other day
and took some pot shots at fight pro-
motors.
-Four flushers' volleyed the man
ager of Dempsey.
Then he Embossed some explanatory
powder and slugs.
1T seems nowadays that whenever
a cheap notoriety seeker wants to get
his name in print these days he gath
ers a lot of sport writer's around him
and talks about millions of dollars that
he's offered for Dempsey's flstic sery-
ices.
Anyone with ever half a memory
can recall that at least a dozen theat-
ricaf managers, fly-by-night promot-
ers and some of the nationally known
promoters have offered anywhere from
S20,OO to S $1,000, 600 for Dempsey:
But not n single one Of that group OF
four flushers ever put up Il dollar to
back up the escape of hot air.
Half a Million
mot so long ago one of the best
known promoters in America said that
he's simply have to have Jack tor
Jacks next fight. He talked S5N,ooo
and wanted me to sign a contract then
and there. ! said to him:
I'm sign Dempsey to fight under
your promotion right now Il you give
me 500, 900 advance money
That's the last | ever heard OF
him. And the reason is simple. He's
supposed to have a million or two il
his kick and he likes to talk millions
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
ILLlNI BREAK
WITHBADCERS.
Then SETTLE
Looks Like No Intersectional
Games on 1928
Docket.

Chicago. Dec. 2-(By The Associated
press1.-Football relations between IL
1inois and Wisconsin, bitter rivals IN
the western conference. were broken
and then patched up again at the an
nual meeting of the Big Ten" coaches
today to draft schedules for the 1923
gridiron campaign.
The break in the relations was cir
culated before the schedule makers
went into session. when Coach Zuppke
of Illinois announced that the Him had
scheduled a game with Nebraska, cham
pions Of the Missouri Valley confer
ence, to be played at Urbana October q
and that Wisconsin was to be dropped
from the Illini schedule, presumably
because of the charges of professional
ism made by both universities IN the
midst of the football season.
After the football coaches retired for
a secret session, however. with John
Richards. the Wisconsin football men
tor, on the outside, it was announced
that Wisconsin and Illinois would clash
in 1928. the game to be played at Cr-
bana on November 10.
The most surprising break of the
schedule making was the severance OF
football relations between Illinois and
Michigan. Coaches Yost of the VOL
yerines and Zuppke of Illinois could
not agree on q date. but it was ex-
planned there was no i'll feeling between
the two institutions. Yost scheduled q
game with Iowa to be played at Iowa
City on November 3. This will be their
first meeting since 1900.
Fer the first time in years Chicago
will meet Indiana. The game was
scheduled for Chicago On November 10.
Although it was expected that Chicago
would schedule a game with Michigan,
Coach Stagg said he could not arrange
the proposed contest because of the
number of hard games already under
contract.
Ohio State broke the engagement
with Minnesota. chiefly because Of the
long trip necessary to play in Mime
sofa
The Buckeyes will meet Purdue in
stead. playing in Lafayette.
There will be no east VS.. west inter
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
PAPERS HACCLE
OVER MISSOURI
VALLEY WINNER
Both Nebraska and Drake Fin
ish Season Unde-
feated.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 2.-Reports
that the University of Nebraska has
the undisputed claim to Missouri Val
lev conference football championship
are denied by supporters of the Drake
university team.
Drake, like Nebraska. went through
the season without a defeat and has a
conference standing of 1000.
In addition to winning all its con-
ference games, Drake supporters
point with pride to the intersectional
clash of last Tuesday when Drake de
feated Mississippi A. & NJ, As to +
Mt Starkville, Miss, and TO the 10 to
6 victory over the Colorado Aggies
several weeks ago.
Drake played and defeated the fol-
lowing conference teams: Ames,
Kansas, Grinnell and Washington.
Drake also won from Cornell college,
Iowa.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
BEST GRID PLAY
~ SOL METZGER
DOWNRIGHT, 1892. Sol Metzgerl

ttBDt4 X NJ I'--t 'N'
With the ball at midfield, second down.
one ward to go, most any line play
il good football 4 team should here
avoid taking chances that might lose
ground and force it to punt IN II later
down. Line %plunges. especially the
direct thruStS, rarely lose ground. And
most line plungeS carry beyond the line
Of scrimmage, for Il yard or so. Work
for first downs on all occasions, eX-
cent az noted below, as that gives
Won four more chances to gain the next
first Town.
If a team is behind in the score,
it is Il good policy to open up the
attack under the above condition, to
try to make n longer gain. When you
are behind in the score your first
objective is to tie it, so you have to
strive for t~ouchdowns. The safe and
conservative plan of striving only for
first downs has to be abandoned In
order to save time, to get the score
tied and to have time remaining for
another score. Should this be the stu
alton, a long forward pass is a good
play at this point. If successful, you
have gained many precious yards. II
it il not successful, you are still III q
fine position to strike for the first
down. Few long passes are caught by
the opposition. Some teams prefer
grounding them to gaining the ball near
their own goal-line.
The beauty Of q pass under this con-
dition, is that it is more or less un-
expected. The opposition figures you
will strike the line, A pass here catches
them unawares, to say the least.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
NEBRASKA WON'T ARGUE.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. I'm view of
the fact that Nebraska university
emerged from the Missouri Valley
conference football season in a tie
with Drake university of Des Moines,
in point of percentage. the university
authorities here do not desire to be
placed in the position of claiming a
championship.
The position Of the authorities is
merely that the university stands on
it's record in the games played. This
will allow critics of the football game
to draw their own conclusions.
Claims of the conference title Tor
Nebraska heretofore expressed in
newspapers has been the opinion OF
sport writer's and critics and are not
the claim of the university, it was
stated here today.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
BOYCOTT PLAN
WOULD START
ANOTHER WAR
Minors Directing to Draft
the Real Victims
Caught.
By |. c. SANBORk

Some folks. who may be a bit hazy
on baseball law, are throwing a series
Of fits over the prospect or announcer
baseball war, if reports are true !hh1
a n]ronosal to boycott the five MINOR
leagues which object to the draft IS
I'd be entertained favorably by the
American league at its coming anhual
meeting. ..
ssThese reports claim that President
Iohnson of the junior circuit confloea
tosa friend that it was ms lnteh'Iun
to introduce such a proposition at Tue
next session of club owners, ana me
friend eonfided it to the press IN
madiately there were broadcasted baie-
s,I forecasts that the new maJor-mlnor
agreement. designed by COMMISSIONS
lands was to be blown to smlthereens
n was Mt once opined the American
league planned to bolt the national
aoreement and land outside the pale
Of organized baseball:
Careful perusal of thS sad major
minor agreement fails to disclose any
section or paragraph which wouid De
even iarred-to say nothing OF belns
blown to Simultaneously the pro
nosed boycott, which would be Simply
an understanding by the CLUB owners
not to purchase or sell payers 10 the
five minor leagues "hiNh
c;sed their privilege under the SAD
onreement to be exempt from the
draft. Their often stated and empha-
s;zad reason for demanding freedom
from the draft is to have the right to
retain their players and build VI
strong teams.
Cannot Sell Without Buyers
IT is difficult to see how ever the
nrofessed spirit Of that agreement
would be broken by Il united move &c
hermit the said minors to retain all OF
their players by not purchasing any @
them.
Who claim exemption from the draft
do so for the purpose OF EXTRACTING
the highest price the traffic will stanf
for such players as the major clubs
need. Consequently it will work {
serious financial hardship on saie
minors II the American league decides
not to pay exorbitant prices for play
ers from the larger minors, but II
will help them to live up to their pro
fessed ~'Ioyalty' to their home towns
and patrons if the temptations to sci
their star players at blue sky prices
is removed entirely.
The owners of the %boycotted minor
leagues would not protest against it
because that would entail the %confes'
sion to their home folk that they don't
want to keep their stars, otherwise the
boycott would be the greatest thing IL
the world for them.
Nor can the five minors object il
the American league declines to sell
any of its surplus talent to them, be-
cause they are 'boycotted"5 in the
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
Unburdens Soul
About Promoters Sh0rf
on Cash., Long on Talk

but | don't think he could sign a check
for more than $4,000 today, without
the bank sending it back marked no
good
Match With Wills
Quite a few people thought for a
while that I was afraid to send Jack
against Wills. While all the bowling
was going on | sat pretty. After q
time wis put up $500 with the New
York state athletic commission to bind
his challenge. Then the commission
said Jack would have TO fight Wills or
forfeit his title. | again sat back
while everybody began to wonder what
Dempsey was going to do.
Suddenly | called a conference Of
all the people involved and said:
evils offer is accepted. Demp-
sey will fight him within 90 days
But you'll notice that Dempsey and
Wills haven't fought yet. And the
reason is that when ] spring the 60
day thing on them they wanted to wait
until next year in New Iork-and
next year, it may be remembered.
comes after the New York state cleo
ton last November.
Dempsey would have fought twice
last summer if I hadn't been bunked
BY promoters. Before Jack and | left for
Europe / was assured that we'd get
Wills for July 4th. When we got back
the match had slipped somewhere-and
there wasn't any fight.
No Go With Brennan
81 matched Jack for a go with Bill
Brennan in Michigan City, ind, on
T -. Inr Nh tIns r,a4.I ,-n, f.,aI.
ed overheard. We not only lost what
it cost us about $4,000 fooling around
getting ready for it.
TIN going to New York right after
New Years day and I'll stick there one
full month waiting for real offers. I'll
throw out Of my office any man who
comes in and talks millions without q
| certified check to back up his CONVEX
sation. III be ready to listen to any
sort of offer-but before | do any lis
tening I've got 10 see $50 1900 right be
fore me.
Jack is eager and willing 10 mix
it with any man in the world. He
thinks he can whip any man that lives
and so do L. Wills. Willard, Beck
| EFT, Gibhons-all Of them can have q
! Light ~ bht ID ilItN Asu JtCk
is ready to take on a wrestler in a
mixed bout, if that's necessary TO get
some work for him.
Maybe to Europe
IF no offer comes to me for Jacks
services-a real offer backed up BY
real cash-by February first, then
we're going to Europe. They still
think quite a bit of Carpenter in
France and they think n lot of Beck
EFT in England. They'll pay real
money to see Jack against those boys
and it's real money that we want.
"A championship is an all right thing
but you can't eat it. L~oafing around
never helped any mans bankroll-nor
| his physical makeup. Jacks getting
| older all the time and I want to get
some work for him before he begins
to grow gray hair. 1t looks as if III
have to take him to Europe to get
work-unless some of the promoters
quit four flushing and put up money.
Now if there's anybody who wants
to promote a Jack Dempsey match
this is the time to speak right up
with forfeit money in plain view of the
audience. If anyone does any more
talking without posting $4,000 to
guarantee good faith Of the offer you
can put 'em down in the little book as
four flushers."
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

matter Of obtaining drafted players by
the very agreement which they signed
It is baseball law now that any league
which is exempt from the draft shat
not obtain any drafted player who
fails to make good in the big show
during his first year up. In other
words, it is forbidden to draft a player
from the Texas league, for instance,
and farm him out to the American
association. 1t would be an injustice
to the Texas promoters, 70 draft their
players and turn them over to club
owners who refused to submit to the
draft.
Unjust Purchase of Players
1t is equally u"3siust to purchase
nlayers from a Iexas club and sell
them to the Pacific Coast league. Fair
play would dictate giving the league
from which a player was purchased
first claim on his services if he failed
to make good in the majors.
Perhaps the boycotted minors might
declare that the American league was
conspiring to keep Il ball player from
advancing in his profession by declining
/ to buy him from a class G. league and
sell him to a class IA circuit. But
| they would not come into court with
clehu ntldS bu SulI ii Chilli, lbE tuty
can be charged with conspiracy to
keep the good players from advancing
because of their refusal to submit to
the draft or to sell any of their prom
Using prospects below the blue sky
limit.
If the American league does come
out flat footed with a boycott it will
be no breach of the agreement. which
| contains nothing compelling any club
or league to buy or draft a player from
anywhere if it elects not to do SO.
| So long as the Johnson circuit respects
the contracts, reserved lists, and ter
%ritorial rights of the five d~raft-exempt
minor leagues it will not find itself
outside the pale of organized baseball
If the said minors were honest IN
| their professed desire to be left alone
to develop and build up the nationa.
game in their own territory the pro
| posed boycott would be a big help te
them in realizing their alleged ambi-
ton to corral teams Of major league
strength.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
SPORT BRIEFS

Football scores:
University of Tennessee. medical
department. IA: Wabash college, Z,
Boston college, Il; Holy Cross, Is.
University Of Arizona. is; Texas
college of Mines, O.
Hillsboro. Tex, Dec. IRIS
Speaker, manager-player of the Cleve-
land Indians, came within three sec
onds of II worlds record in a rodeo
contest staged here by the chamber
of commerce.. iris roped and tied a
calf in y seconds. within three see
onds of the worlds record. He beat
Tommy Myrnan, crack roper of the
rudeo, whose time was % 2-5 seconds.
Pittsburgh. Pa. Dec. 2-IIarry
Greb. American light heavyweight
boxing champion. was undergoing
treatment in a local hospital today.
His eyes, injured in Il recent bout with
Bob Roper, were infected with a cold.
His physician said there WAS 40 i'm
mediate danger of the sight being I'M
paired.
Paris, Dec. n.-(By The Associated
Press.l-Eugene Criqui, the French
bantam champion. tonight defeated
Billy Matthews of England, in the
seventeenth round. with Il technical
knockout. The referee stopped the
fight after the Englishman was down
four times.
st. Louis, Dee. 2.--f.ee FohI has
signed a contract to manage the st.
Louis Americans next season. Bust
ness Manager Bob Quinn, of the
Browns, announced.
Buffalo. Dee. 2-Johnny Weiss
muller made a new worlds record in
the 40-yard dash and the 110-yard
swimming event and Miss Sybel
Bauer lowered her record for 100
meter back stroke to 1:24.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
Declares Fumbied
Balls Chief Deciding
Factor in Many Games
Book Written 20 Years Ago Has Instructions
Modern Gridiron Players Could Study
to Advantage.

and how to- run the ball always down
hill for a short gain when necessary.
Altogether. the reading of some of
these old instructions will convince any
coach that the fundamentals are as
necessary today as ever. Perhaps If
some of these old cautions had been
carried out we should have seen less
fumbling and muffing, and fewer yag-
rant balls than we have been treated
to this season.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
Mikehasit

sectional games in 1923. Iowa had an
invitation to play Yale, but decided to
confine its opponents to the west.
Coach Stagg. at Chicago, said 10 over
ture had come from Princeton for an
other series oil games.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
Weather Conditions - Pacific 81

Weather Conditions - PaclIic Siope.
N~orthwcst and Canadian Northwest:
Pacific slopes northwest, Canadian
west. low barometers prevail In the
northwest. with lowest in washington
the Atlantic coast, also little change Is
noticed in the thermometers as COM
pared with Friday. The western
provinces report temperatures much
lowered; rain or snow fell over mueh
NJ the northern Rockies as well as the
north Pacific slopes.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
Flood Havre Gridiron
to Make Skating Rink
to The Tribune.

Havre. Dee. 2.-The municipal rink.
which covers the football field on
Seventh avenue and Fourth st,aet Just
south of the municipal pool. has been
flooded and is ready for use.
The Havre post Of the American
legion in cooperation with the city of
Hayre viii maintain the rink during
the winter. Plans are under way TO
build a small house near the rink
where people will have a warm place
70 put on skates.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

Each European nation would be glad
to have peace if it had some assurance
that peace wouldn't benefit the other
fellow.-Mansfield News.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
Apple, Lanky Center,
Cages Many Baskets
for Geraldine Five
cnnn;ni a The Irihune.

Special TO The Tribune.
Geraldine. Dee. 2.-GeraIdine high
school defeated Denton higN in bas-
ketball Friday night by & score of
40 to .. The game was played on the
Denton floor. but the heavier and
more experienced winners were not at
all appalled, by the strange floor
The game vas featured n by the
center, who, in addition to handling
tbe tip off without any trouble. sue
ceeded in caging IL of Geraldlne's
This was the first game Of the
season for Denton, and the second
game for Geraldine, who defeated
Montague at Montague a week
previous.
DENTON Position GERALDINE
Johnson ... left forward. 80. King
Hockstera right forward. -. slowey
Garrison ...... center. ....... Apple
Saw .........l left guard. 49,. Gustin
Cope ....... right guard. Mechling
Substitutions: Denton-Cortas for
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

The radio dress has appeared. It
is made of d cloth with a series of
radio waves in the pattern.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

Chicago-Gordon Locke, Iowa foot
ball fullback is the individual high
point scorer of the season according
points.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
WEATHER

Reported for The Tribune by the United
states Weather Bureau at Helena.
Obseryations taken at 6 D. M, Dec. z,
1922. for the preceding "a hours.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03
NATIONAL FORECAST:

Washington, Dec. 2-Weather out
look for the week beginning Monday;
Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys, Rocky mountain and plateau
Generally fair and normal tempera-
lures.
Pacific states:
Generally fair in California, unsettled
and occasional rains in washington
and Oregon normal temperature.
MONTANA FORECAST:
Unsettled Sunday and probably Mon
day, with occasional snow. not much
change in temperature.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

His
Christmas
Present

This is u time when many people
Ave at their wits end every day;
Trying hard to think of something
To give as presents Christmas day.
What shall I give TO my dear daddy?
Or husband, brother, son or friend?
Are questions that are daily pondered
send?
To those TO whom this question
bothers
| wish to say a word or two:
Bring your questions to me promptly
I'll tell you what is best to do.
/ have presents for all mankind.
Presents that will bring delight,
Hasten 10 me with your questions
Take his present home tonight.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-03

Substitutions: Denton-Cortas for
Cone, Cone for Garrison. Geraldine
-Rrunskill for Slowey, Bronson for
Mechling.
The Dolores star., 1922-03-03

n - llns | no stumda for ees suule-
body maka fool weeth me. | getta
porn cen olda country and | dunno
soihating yer mooch bouta Engleesh
But dat ees no indicash my mudda
gotta foolish keed.
Eef l can iinda one guy am looka
tor lasa week l puncha hees nose so
haFda l can. l never see dat guy, but
ne maka somating l read and ees no
straighta goods. Georgia de Wash he
no leila da lie one time and hees papa
maRa heem da president. But dat guy
lasa week he tella so many lie l BETA
You seexa bits he never be da vice
president.
Ole day maka da feever clean and
l tetla my girl on da phone eef she
wanta go for da ride. She say ALA
right and tella wot time l am gonna
come up? l say bouta half pasta seek
and we so somaplace and hava da sup
per.
You know l lika dat girl and was
payday, too, so wot l care for da leetle
expense. Mebbe somaday l tella her
she gonna marry me, dunno. l been
plenta trouble before so l no care yer
mOoch.
But l starta for tella you bouta dat
guy. Me and my girl go out cen da
fleever. l aska where she wanta 20
and she say mebbe some other town.
see one sign on da road wot gotta
hand pointa one way and says DE
tour" l never been dat town, so
tink ees ALA right buy da supper
there.
maka de fleever go so fasta he can
but we no getta some place. Was
rlenta sign tella where "Detour" was,
but no town show up. For tree, four
hour we 90 cen dat feever try finda
dat place. But da town of "Detour" ees
gonna way for da vacash, tink.
My girl she getta preety hungry and
aska me where we gonna eat l say
we gonna eat cen "Detour" eef can
find. She say we no find because dat
place ees no tOwn-jusa road.
Den she tella me am craze cen da
head and say she gonna home on da
streeta car. She no treata me good
seence dat time any more. sure like
to finda da guy wot maka dat sign or
nova da town, no care wheecha one
Eef he tolda me straighta goods mebbe
/ no losa my girl.
Wot YOU tink?
(Copyright)
The Dolores star., 1922-03-03
INVITATIONS

And I'll request your presence.-shake-
speare.
IERE is nice little problem in
L etiquette that may perplex some
of the brides who are making plans for
spring weddings.
Suppose, for instance. that woman
of mature years and independent
position in life who possessed no near
relatives is about to be married, and
suppose because of the fact that she
is without family ties she herself must
make all those arrangements for the
wedding that would usually devolve
upon the brides mother or aunt or
other woman relative. 1t may be that
she is to be married at church and
that she wants to invite her friends
and her husband-elects friends to the
ceremony and to wedding breakfast
or supper following the ceremony at
her own home where she has lived
with no other companion save an old
and trusted servant, or it may be that
she and her bridegroom want to en-
tertaln their small wedding party at a
hotel wedding breakfast following the
ceremony. Who then should send out
the invitations?