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humbess Ed Wetze Signs Contract to Hm for Omaha Buaoe
Heydler Comes
Near Losing
His Position

New York, Jan. 10.-John Heydler,
president of the National league, came
closer to losing his position than is
generally accredited, according to In
formation made available here this
week. The failure of the directors of
the Cincinnati baseball club to sup
port Garry Hermann I'm revolt
against Heydler proved the rock on
which the rebellion was shattered
Charles A. stoneham and John Nc
Graw of the Giants were out to get
,Heydler. They resented his handling
of the O'Connel affair. believing that
he should have called them in before
appealing TO Commissioner Lands,
evidently on the theory that they
could have hushed the whole thing
up and thus saved the Giants from
what threatened to hurt the gate.
Herrmann'was enlisted IN the move.
influenced. according to the story, by
his financial obligations to Stonehafn
and by the lure of getting Kelly as
first baseman for the Reds. Ebbets of
Brooklyn and Baker of Philadelphia
were to.sbe enlisted and with New
York, Cincinnati and Boston, the lat
ter going any way New York went,
they were sure Of five clubs. but the
directors of the Cincinnati club spoil
ed the coup.
Heydler. himself, was aware Of the
move and appeared in the office of
the managing editor Of New York
newspaper. admitting there was a
plot against him and seeking support.
mort
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Football Expert Predicts Grid
Game to Become Standardized

to experiment with proposed changes
only with extreme conservatism.
Thus is the end put to the long line
Of changes. Football at last is made
into a game which pleases the vast
majority. 1t is pleasing to find this
same viewpoint expressed by the men
In charge of the rules. There Is no
denying the fact that there is n strong
inclination toward resentment at
any additional fiddling with the funda-
mentals Of the game.
This report of Chairman Hall would
seem to be the finishing blow at the
heads of those who have been de.
mandlng that the forward pass be re-
stricted. There is an overwhelming
sentiment among the coaches. players
and followers OF the game-the MAJ
jority of them--toward hailing the for
ward pass as the final welding influ-
ence which has made fooball the great
game that II is today.
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New Orleans Race
Officials After
Better Racing

New Orleans, La, Jan. 1o.-Deter-
mined to give the public clean racing
here for the winter season OF 1925,
the stewards took quick action during
the FIRST week of the sport by setting
down jockeys for apparent listless rid
ing and warning all riders to do their
best in every race. otherwise their
licenses would be revoked. Owners
and trainers were also called to task,
with a warning that they must send
their horses fit to the post.
Tho activity of the racing officials
evidently has had the desired effect
among tho turf colony and the slo-
gan, clean racing. no doubt will be
carried out throughout the ~ days Of
racing at the Fair Grounds.
The first Jockey to be punished ct
tho meeting was Ivan Parke, one OF
Americas premier riders. He was set
down for rough riding and the racing
officials intend TO issue drastic rulings
whenever necessary
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Wichita. Kan. Jan. 10.-"All
things come to him who waits" the
old saw goes. Johnny Butler, star
third baseman of the Wichita West
ern league club. found 1t to be true.
But he found out also. that no men
ton is made of how long you have
to wait. He waited years.
Johnny has been a member of the
Wichita team and its regular third
baseman for five seasons. Each one
of these seasons he has rung up a
batting average above 800. For the
last three campaigns he has been the
best at his post in the circuit. De-
spite this he has been overlooked ap-
parently, until this year.
Now the Chicago White Sox have
bought him and will give him a trial.
He'll probably be given an opportu-
nifty to hold down the shortstopping
berth.
Butler played on the Pacific coast
before joining Wichita.
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the heavyweight champion goes, goes the
"A fight game
This is accepted axiom of the boxing world
In other words. II the king of them all is active
his activities reflected throughout the game and
interest in every class Is increased II he twddes
his thumbs there is little hope of stirring up much in
terest in the smaller divisions
So upon Jack Dempseys shoulders rests the fate Of
boxing in 1925
In Dempsey's case this is more true than ever be-
fore. He is of the most coorful fighters in the
realm of fisana His work time he into the
ring He carries with him into the ring but things
love for the game.
Dempsey is fighting wildcat when he enters the
ring. He carries with him into the ring but things
the hardest bodypunching machinery discovered
and the desire to lay his opponent low heavyweight
champion must be man-kling demon to be popular.
Dempsey is that.
When Dempsey fighting his way to fame he
lived constantly with but desre-to sock somebody
He socked 'em for nothing to start with The money
was secondary matter until Jack Kearns taught him
the A r Cs of high finance.
Even after winning the title Dempsey a
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HAWKEYE FIVE
DEFEATS PURDUE

Iowa City. Ia, Jan. s.--Iowa's
basket ball five continued It's march
toward conference championship by
defeating Purdue here tonight. as to
10. Jumping 10 a four.point lead, in
first two minutes, the Hawkeyes were
never seriously threatened by fhe
Hoosiers. Mcconnell and vanDeusen,
Hawkeye guards, held Purdue to
long shots. 40.
Hoosier offense was ragged and
fumbling frequent. Fast tricky floor
work was responsible for many
Hawkeye baskets. Janse. captain and
star forward, was higher scorer for
Hawks with Is points. Lauge ac-
counted for IL points. Purdue sub
stituted freely In second half IN ef-
fort 10 check Hawkeye offense.
Barry, Iowa coach. used three second
string men in last half.
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The catcher turned to tho manager
with the remark that he never did
see a southpaw with any great speed
"Rube" overheard tho remark and
called the manager to one side and
said: "Can your catcher hold speed?
Does he like II Is he used to big
league stuff" "Why, sure" said the
manager. He can hold tho fastest
guy ever round these lots"
After tossing a few moro 70 the
catcher. "Rube" motioned that he was
going TO cut loose. Go ahead, shoot
EN-" The catcher never saw that
ball. II tore his mitt Off, then crashed
a pine board In the baekstop. That
settled It. The catcher refused 10 go
on. "Rube" caught the game that
afternoon and did well. but he wasn't
permitted TO pitch he was too speedy
for cross-lot catchers and cross.lot
baseball. The game netted Rube ex.
sctly $3.50 cash. his meals and drinks
and q ticket to Detroit.
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/. Kearns played the game from

desire to do battle often. Kearns played the from
the box Office end. 80
For Is months Dempsey has confined himself to the
movie lot. He has donned togs only for hippodrome
stuff In connection with his work before the films. He
is much more at home in tuxedo these days than
pair of fighting trunks
His footworl< has been confined mainly patent
leather stuff movie location instead Of the rosin-
covered canvas of the ring.
He hasn't been real peeved In those 1e months,
unless 1t has been at undiplomatic taxi driver.
Has he lost the natural pugnacous. beligerent ma.
ture that made him terror in the ring?
There, Is easy picking the shelf for Dempsey.
Tommy Gibbons would be willing o take a real beating
for another big Harry Wills is waiting patiently
for chance at the champ Quntin Romero Rojas
much talkedof Chilean heavy, may be challenger
Der by late summer There Is time for or other
men to to the front before another Labor Day
rolls around.
The opportunities there.
VIII Dempsey fight Or fiddler
III he fights leave considerable space in the years
diary for dongs in the boxing IL he continues
his movie work hang some crepe the page.
Is he in a mean mood or inclined to the ipstick
and
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Nav Suspend Martin.

New York. Jan. lo.--"Cannonhar''
Eddie Martin. worlds hantamweight
champion. faces suspension as re-
suit Of his unsatisfactory showing
against Augie Pisano OF Brooklyn IN
bout there wednesday night. Il
was reported today The boxing com.
mission has summoned both fighters
TO appear for a hearing Tuesday. Ref.
cree James Crowley stopped the Mar.
inPisano fght. the first in which
the former engaged as a champion, In
the third round, calling Il no con.
test"
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CROWLEY BACK
TO SCHOOL SOON

Jim Crowley. one of the back field
stars OF the Notre Dame university
San Francisco hospital since last Sat
urday, will probably be able to return
to South Bend, Ind. some time next
week, according TO DR.. John Galwey.
the attending physician. Crowley's
condition is satisfactory. although he
is recovering his strength slowly. DIR.
Gallwey reported today. The Notre
Dame player suffered a collapse fol
lowing the game with Stanford uni
yersity, New Years day at Pasadena
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MARTIN MAY GET
RING SUSPENSION

Eddie lCannonbalD Martin, cham
pion OF bantamweight boxers, may
lose trip TO California, where he
expected to appear under the new IL
round law as a result of his failure
to fight during a contest In Brooklyn
Wednesday night. Martin and his
opponent, Augie Pisano. were ordered
out of the ring after three rounds of
pushing and mauling. The title was
not at stake, as Pisano weighed four
pounds more than the bantamweight
limit of 11a. Martin may draw a
suspension from the New York state
athletic commission. and yet his
previous good record may react to his
favor.
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GOLF CHAMPIONS
WINTER IN FLORIDA

Three champions of the links will
spend tho winter on Florida courses.
Walter Hagen, British open champion,
will serve as president of st.
Petersburg's club, Of which Joe Kirk
wood, Australian champion. Is pro
fessional. Cyril Walker, national open
champion, the third Of the trio. will
act as professional during the winter
season for a Winter-Haven club,
where he will be associated with Dave
Kober. permanent club professional.
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a whirlwind, and contained who will
undoubtedly be placed on the 1872!
Bluejay eleven.
And now. on the basket ball court
freshmen Coach Lloyd McGahan ha.
squad Of huslzies working out night
ly who look to be the class of any
similar aggregation every assenbl,
on a Hilltop court
They have the experience fight,
and knack Of caging the leather
that leads wearers Of the Blue and
White who have been following the
impetous yearlings In their daily
scrimmages against the varsity to
aver that the team looks to have
the possibilities Of being one OF the
greatest Of aII-time Creighton ma
chimes.
Pitted against the veteran varsity
squad Of this season the fresh have
more than held their own. They
have played long periods against
the first stringers in scrimmage
with the varsity being unable to
score against them.
They have formed tho best possible
sort of opposition, and much of the
form displayed by the Creighton quin-
tet can be attributed to the work of
the freshman in scrimmage.
Coach McGahan has in blessing,
Coffey. Moylan, Hayes, Mitchell, and
Fogarty. forwards, six men who have
experience, and ability plus fight.
Diesing, Coffey and Moylan are from
the state championship Creighton
Prep team Of last year and have been
going good with the freshmen.
Hayes Is an EIISton, Is. d. lad.
the same town which sent 10
Creighton such stars as Charles
Kearney. Jimmy Lovely, and
Johnny Trautmah.
Mitchell is former Central
high eager. who. though failing to
make tho school team in his reg.
ular term. has been showing up to
advantage at both forward and
guard with the freshmen.
Fogarty Is another Of the inter
class stars who is making a splash
with the freshmen. Tall and ranry.
he was deemed incapable of holding
down berth with the regular class
team at Creighton Prep. but once
in n freshman suit he has shown
with some degree Of h-illiance.
The center candidates for the fresh
team are both former Creighton
Prepsters. O'Brien and Dugan
o'Brien was all.state center last year,
while Dugan was a strong link In the
state championship Junior Bluejay
five.
Mcdonald. another Creighton Prep
student is probably the class Of the
guards. He was In the same boat with
Fogarty and Mitchell In high school
being unable to make the school team.
but since Joining the yearling rams
he has born the brunt of the varsity
attack with coolness and ability
which stamps him as a. likely csndi.
date for barricading honors next sea
son. .s
Leslie Quinn. who also halls from
Elkton. S. D., has proved a strong
running mate OF Mcdonald. at the
running guard position.
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MRS. WHITNEY
BUYS ORDINANCE

New York. Jan. 10.--ordinance. n
rich blood gray accredited with hav-
ing the best hind leg since Tracery." F"
Is now the property of Mrs. Payne
Whitney and Will be sent TO her new
stud farm near Red Bank. N. j. Tho
sale OF Ordinance. one OF the best
performers OF the late August Bel
mont string. was announced by the
estate yesterday.
Ladkin, conqueror Of the great
French racer Epinard. Will be sold nj
auction soon unless some leading
stable purchases him.
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BROOKINS TOKEEP
AMATEUR STANDING

Iowa City. Jan. 10.-Charles Brook
ins, University OF Iowa, holder of
the world record of s3 2-10 seconds
for the 220-yard low hurdles and ap-
plicant for recognition of a mark OF
% seconds for the same event, will
maintain his amateur standing dur
ing the coming season and make an
other attempt to smash the 25-sec-
ond mark during the spring and sum-
mer.
Brookins. who finished his collegiate
athletic career on the Eridiron this
fall. will be graduated at the end OF
January.
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Nmmi Munches
Apple Between Halves

Like most of the truly greats In
their respective divisions, raavo
Nurmi. Finland's crack middle
distance star. has no regard for
the accepted fundamentals In
training, Between races nj Madi.
son Square Garden Tuesday night
Nurmi munched an apple. while
Ray, Watson, Hahn. Booth and
other American stars looked on In
awe. Hut >urml only smiled.
munched ava, and then stepped
out and broke another worlds
record.
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ENGLISH RUNNERS
INVITED TO RELAYS

An invitation 10 compete in a spe-
cial set Of races at the Pennsylvania
relay carnival April "a and 25. has
been sent Eric Liddell of the Uni
versity OF Edinburgh and Abrahams
Of oxford university. DIR. George Or
ton, manager Of the carnival an
nounced today. Both were Olympic
winners at Paris last year. Liddell in
the 4oo-meter event and Abrahams in
the 1o0.meter race.
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by Track Coach John Jacobs, he said.
The champions of the world have been
running in the past at the races Of
the conference, and Jacobs declared
he would try TO engage them as an
attraction for the games here. He
expects to see then on February T..
when he-is in Kansas City with his
indoor track men, attending the Kan.
sas City Athletic clubs invitation
meet. Willie Ritola. also Finn, ma y
come with Nurmi
More than 80 Sooner frnckmen
are making preparations for parti-
cipatiOn in the best season for the
track and field ever seen at the Uni
yersity Of Oklahom.a Entries are
to be made in eleven svents on the
schedule.
Lindsay, yogel. Andrews, Leahy
and Bates are warming up for the
50-yard dash. while the 50-ysrd low
and high hurdles will be entered BY
Andrews, vogeI and Res.
In the 440yard dash there will be
Frank, Ringo. Schaff, Guthrie.
WoodalI and Cameron. Mead, Ham
rick and Edsell have been picking
up a dust in fheir conditions for the
S80-yard dash.
Only one man has been working
out for entering the indoor mile. He
is Stevens. a member of the harrier
squad, RutherforA ehaznpio6snf the
Missouri Vailsy.fn lfhs ffS6-nt[S rsc ce,
will take the two nsiis Indoor 6eat.
Frank Potts. football star ana state
champion high school vaulter, Is TO be
the vaulting entry. Kniesfey will also
&c on the field asa vaulter.
Tho sanre team which Is 70 rnn in
the 4so-yard dash viii make up the
mile relay squad for the sooners.
Morgan win enter the :. high Jump
event and Lamb and Guffey are work
ing for the shotput.
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SCHOOL FOR DEAF
WINS GAME HERE

The Nebraska School for the Deaf
basket ball team trimmed the Platts.
mouth High five at the N. s. d. gym
nasium last night by the score OF rs
to 10.
Tthc playing OF Meujahr and Reverr
for the winners starred. saeh scored
IL points. Buttery and Westcott
played well for the losers.
In a preliminary game the Nebraska
School for the Deaf girls defeated the
Catholic Daughters OF America by the
score OF 21 10 8.
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"BILLY" WELLS
DEFEATS ROACH

''Bermondsey' Billy Wells, English
welterweight champion. got off to a
flying start in his first appearance in
California since last winter. when he
handed out a laeing TO Chick Roach
in an eight round bout at San Fran
cisco last night. Wells seemed at
home ands easily captured every one
of the eight rounds from his oppon-
ent, who is rated as one OF the lead
ing welters OF the San Francisco bay
region.
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Stranger" Lewis Improving.

Kansas City. Jan. 1o.-Ed "stran.
gler" Lewis. injured hers Thursday
night In his wrestling match with
Wayne Big) Mum. in which he lost
his heavyweight championship was
resting comfortably today. Lewis
suffered sprain OF tho sacroiliac
Joint when he slipped or was thrown
outside the ring.
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Amateur Boxing
Champion Sings
in Church Choir

Tho New York state amateur
boxing champions crowned at last
weeks tournament nj Madison
Square Garden. include Tommy
Lawn. 1s5-pound title holder. who
II y choir singer; Harry Traub.
young artist. who topped the fly
weight division, and Tony Can
yoreri. high school youth. who
proved the hest of the bnrtams.
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citation, makes this rather plain.
Considerations like these" he said
in conclusion, after quoting illustra-
tions of the games present state of
strong health. ARE responsible for the
feeling on the part Of your committee
that the committees task IL to en-.
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QUARTER
IONS RENTAL FIRM

Robert Bob" curley. quarfcrback
of the University Of Chicago football,
team. western conference champions.
has started learning new set of
signals as member of a firm of rem
tai agents. lie finished his college
course In December. N~S
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1923. At the close of the 1923 sea-
son "Thumbless'' Ed was released by
the Bears to Wichita Falls of the
Texas league His arm went on the
fritz and Wichita Falls made him
a free agent. During the latter part
Of the 1924 season Des Moiens signed
him to a contract. Said contract
called for a certain sum of money
and il the money was not forth COM
ing at the end OF the season Wetzel
was to become free agent. He was
made a free agent.
Last week Wetzel was I'm Omaha
for the sole purpose Of comforting
with Owner Barney Burch. The Buf-
faloes' boss sent for Ed and the re-
suit Of the meeting was Wetzefs
signature to a contract.
In 1922 Wetzel turned In IL vic.
tories for Denver. He was credited
with losing 13 games. His record
for that year didn't set the world
afire, but II wasn't such bad
record considering the strength Of
the Bears in 1922. Denver finished
in seventh place I'm 1922.
Tho pitching staff Of tho Omaha
club after Wetzers signing con-
sists Of Harry Lee, Arnold Stone,
Harris, Bailey and Of course,
Wetzel.
Burch also handed out the Info"
Yesterday that he was angling for
two more hurlers, all of the right
hand variety. The two pitchers he
has in mind have been with a major
league club for the last three years
and IL Barney can sign them to an
Omaha contract he opines that he will
have The strongest hurling corps in
the circuit.
As the Omaha club stands this
morning Burch has Art Griggs on
first base. Art will also manage the
team. At ssecond will be Munroe. late
of the Houston club of the Texas
league and at short will be Jimmy
O'Neil. Jimmy Wilcox will take care
of third base, while Red Wilder and
Roy Luebbe will do the backstop-
ping. II Art Swartz, the Omaha
amateur, shows enough catching
ability Burch says he will carry
three catchers. }
The outfield will be composed OF
Chief Robinson, Frank Osborn and
Art King, the latter a newcomer.
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w YORK. Jan. 10
Robert +. Kelley,
football expert. says
that football. for the
la st 10 years the
victim OF changes in
its rules every sea-
son, is fast on the
way to becoming a
, sta ndardized game
1T la st. The report
Of f. X. Hall, chair
man of the rules
committee, TO the
National Intercolle
giate Athletic asso-
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- RESIDENT JOHN A. HF

~ RESIDENT JOHN A. HEYD-
LER of the National league has
- warned George Kelly Of the
Giants and Sam Bohne Of the Reds
that they will be liable to suspension
II they play on the same basket ball
team with Jimmy O'Connell. barred
from baseball as an outgrowth of his
attempt to bribe Helnie Sands. Has
any action been taken against those
who are associating with Cozy
Dolan's poor memory
Jack Kearns, manager Of Jack
Dempsey, announces that Jack
Dempsey will fight this year. Then
he denies having signed for any
battles for the champion Great
stuff.
n XFoRD university IL sending It's
l 10 best boxers to the u. s. in
March TO meet Yale's ring
squad. In view of tho feeling now
prevalent in England that the ma
tons hopes of finding real ring
champion lie. IN the ranks of the stu
dent or the nobility tho work OF these
Oxford mitt FINGERS will be watched
closely by American experts.
British sportsmen have had the
feeling for some time that the ex.
elusive clubs could produce a heavy
for instance. worthy OF con-
sideration were he convinced that II
was his duty 10 attempt TO restoce
lame in the ring.
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Coach McCahan
Developing Good
Varsity Material
Diesing,. AC'.offey, Moylan,
Hayes, Mitchell and -Fogarty
Will Make Strong Bid
for'1925 Team.

Creighton univer-
sity has long
been famed for
its fiery and i'm
petuous freshman
terms. In foot
ball the fresh
men have ever
held their own,
while In basket
ball the frosh
have been tradi-
tionally of super
for merit. =
The freshman
football team of
la st sea son was
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ers junior lightweight. won decision from
Tommy o'Brien. Milwaukee. 10 rounds;
Bushy Graham. Utica, knoexed out Nat
smith. chiceso. won decision from Jackie
Snyder. Brooklyn, 10 rounds johnny
Brsslin New York, defeated Bobby
Green. Nav York. six rounds