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TULSA DAILY WORLD, SUNDAY, FgBRUARY 19, 1922 SECTION A 16 v Loss of Williams and Richmond Hits Oilers Hard Man Bolster Club at St Joe WHITE OR JACKSON TO GET NEXT CRACK AT LEONARD'S TITLE WORPE GREATEST ALL-AROUND ATHLETE-?- By Edgren Some Fn Think Chicatroan Would Have Chnrwn . n . r T1l- t..l.i; ir. ' dchz uenny voenrants icm ruuiic io ivcep ty0 Peeled for Warnie Smith Greb to Getiood Work, out With Big New Yorker, Hartley Madden. 1 1 . 2. CRAWFORD, FRIEL AND LELIVELT AT MEETTOR TULSA Catcher, Two Pitchers, an Inf ieldcr and Outfield er to be Sought Hy II. A. llltlllfir.WATIIll Coltnpse of tins deal through w h J c li the fenco - bustinK "Rhino" Williams wns to come to Tulsa from Mem phis in (jxchaiiKO for Jimmy Rurkc is tlio second hard blow the Tulsa hasuball club has received in the last week, announcement of the retire ment from professional base ball of Ray Richmond, star twirlcr, havinti been the first. These developments mean that officials of the Tulsa club will enter tho Western league meellni? at St. .Joseph MWiday hoping to secure by trado or ouli'Mit purchase the services of a first-string catcher, one or two pitchers, an outfielder and an inficldcr. Mnl'lu drain Williams. Th Jlurlte. Williams ilonl foil through becnuso nf tho Inability of Memphis to KM Wllllnms nut of the Southern leiguo. Mnlillc refused to wnlye on hint unit will purchase hint outrlclit. according to ndvlrcs. This makes Jlurlcw revert ti thn Tulsa club. Spencer Abbott, man ager of Memphis, wlm In wintering hero, wnntcd to purclniso Ilurho out right, but Business Mnimrccr Vrlel will tint consider such H drnl until artvr tho Western league meeting. With ilurkc ncnln tlio property (it Tulun, tho question nnturnlly arises Why Is It noccsnnry t" dispose of Burke? Why wouldn't ho bo Just ns Rood n mnn for Tulsa ns fur Mem phi 7 Tho reason lUirko In on tho mar ket simply It Unit .llmmy wants to try1 It olsowherc. Last fnll llurko went to lllll Frlol's office, and asked to bo told or trnded, ftoying ho be llqvod ho hud played long enough In Tulsa and could imvo moro put- -ecus elsewhere. Ko If" a ocrtnlnty that llurko will bo traded or sold It not to Memphis, then to somo oilier cluli. . y What Wo Ni'Ml. ' Tho Oilers mum hnvn nnother top liotrh catcher In addition to Kddlo Spellmnn, whoso signed contract al ready In nn tlio, and will noele olie, ...HI fn.ntili Klnl'H 1 1 1 Til 111 I) n ll llKS announced that ho will not pitch this year tho pitching stnff nlso in Woorully shy, so mr ni ninuiitMi h'urlers nro concerned, aeorgn Boehler. Tom Lukanovlc, Oscar Ifhugland niul "Hooks" Albnnosn of Inst year' staff will bo back, along with tho raft of youngsters, but nt leant ono moro enpiibln man, two It llley can tic hod, nro sought. Jack I.ellvclt. I.uko Stewart. Oonrgo Me. Olnnln and "Patty" Hauman nro on trio Inflold lint; I.ellvclt will handle Hint, nnd Mctllnnl short, tho othor positions not being settled. Bititman and Thompson will scrap It out for third unlets Thompson should be disposed of boforo tho season opens -fond Stewart will lio back at sec ood If tin can mako n bettor showing tlfan tho othors trying for tho place. ri U(o outfield Yank Davis nnd I tor sqhel Bennett are considered certain to land, while Williams had been counted on as tho third man. Now Itlls expected this berth will ln filled by whoever Is secured In oxchnngo frtr llurko or purchnsed with tho nloncy some club pays for nurlte. I Nut nisDiiiriiciil Yet. ivi-n hnni hit. but hv. no means discouraged," said Hill FrlctBatur dliy night Just boforo catching a train for St. Joseph. "Wo havo three or four deals pondlnB, somo of which Igbollovo nro certnln to bo put iU-ntiyU nl ItiA mnr'tlnir. l"I'in not worrying much nbout the Wlltlams-nurko deal falling through, llurko Is a high class man. nnd wo ...in i,n,. iiirriciiitv selling him trtr cash or securlnR n hlRh class .mnn In exrlmngc. a nunincr " WUhs In this Ic-nuiio. would be mlRhty Rind to have Jimmy llurko In their tTulsa" will be well represented at till. Ht. Joe session. Frlel left Sat urday nlRht, nnd received n. telosrnm frjim Owner Jim Crawford, who has bscn In Texas nn buslnoss, xtntlnR that he would' bo on hnndl Tho Tulsa party will be Joined at St. JAo by MnnRKer Jnck I-ollvclt. who his been soJmirnlnR with his family nV nxcelslor SjirlnRs. Mo. 'BlRlied contracts wero received Jn tlio lost week from several, th most notable belnc that of tho irttchlnK nee, Poi'hler. OenrRe sent a t heerful letter nlniiR wl h tho contract, say ii. i, n,lv for the season -.tn open rluht now nnd would ho on hsr.d March 12 with the other bat- terv candidates, yvnnuior in " wis OcnrBP 'Lofty" llnrrfs, who was ivjth the club In tho early part of last year. Eocal Race Officials to Preside at Miami IR. n. Penn, I'. J. Sullivan una Olorce Hmlth, well known grey- hound race officials who have served at the Tulsa courso, have cepnrted fdr Mlnml where they will officiate nCtho extensive meotliiK openltiK In" this month, Mr. IVnn will be pry s'.Hlns JudRC. Mr. Hulllvnn associate JJdKO nnd Mr. Smith paddock ludRo, I,co Cjulnn Is now preslditiK JudR here. V O. Hitnls Is nssodnto juKO and ISddls 1'rlend Is paddock ludK'j 1 steelier Triilns on 'Crnln. KKW YOUK. I'cb. 18. Joo Stech , former world's heavywelKht Wje'tllns clwnlplon, ivhu Is ex picted to arrive here tomorrow from rkllfornla for bli match with Wald ejt 7,bysko. oh Tuesday, hus wired litcnl promoters that ho kept In con dition n route, by dnlnn ViU trulu hIr lit multe-shltt eym ut ihu. bus ekso car. AGGIES ARE BACK ON T.U. GRIDIRON SCHEDULh Texas Aggies and Arkan sas Also On List; 3 Dates Are Open With tho Oklahoma Acstca. tho Texas AkrIvs nnd Arkansas unlver- rlty Included, tho Tulim university football team next fall will fate ono of tho touches! football schedule In tho history of tho school, accord Iiib tn nn lucomnleto schedule Rlvon out Saturday by Coach Frond Schmidt, Football relations nro renewed with thn ARRles nfter nn 'Off year rssultlnt; from n, squabble In tho fall of 1920, Tulsa nnd tho ArrIos nro tn clash at Stlllwnter on N'ovembcr 11, Armlstlco day, nnd will be Hero th next ynar accordlnc to the home-nnd-lmmo nrrnnReinent mado by Schmidt nnd OallaRher. Tho Th'nnkBlvlnB tamo will bo with Con tra! normal here. Southeastern Teacbers collene of Durnnt nnd Southivcstent iiorma of Weftthorford also nro on tho sched ule Wentliorford for tho first time nnd Durnnt after n lapse of several years. Only threo open dates remain on the senouuie, Msptemoer so, No vember IS and Novembor 21. Of these the SeptombcV dato will bo for a prnctlca rnimn nnd rhllllpg will ba Riven one of tho others. Thn nchedulo na announced by Schmidt: Soptemher 30 Open. October 7 Southeastern Tench ore' college of Durnnt nt Tulsa, Ofitober H-Southwcstorn Teach era' eolU'BO ot Wcathorford nt Tulsn, Octqber 21 llnptlst university of Shnwneo nt Tulsn, October 27 Texna Agsles nt Col leRO Station, Tcxus. November 4 University of Ar kansas nt Fayettevllle, November u ArntHKira nay, Oklahomn ArrIcs nt Stillwater. November IS Open. s November 24 Open. November 30 Central Teachers college nt Kdmond at Tulsa. Local Maulers In Next Boxing Show of T.A. Ci Youiir boxers, nil developed In Tulsa or the Immediate vicinity nnd all youthful, will make up the next card of the Tulsa Athletic club In Its entirety, to b offered Tuesday nlulit. Februnrv 2S. Jimmy Hlley, tho Cosden llRht wolRlit, and Kid Itlch of DrumrlKht have been matched to meet In the 10-riiund main event. (leorRo t:ourt ney and llabe Forsi the, IlKhtwelRhts will box eleht inunds; Kid Chaso and Ted lirown, welters, will ro on for six, nnd Carl Courtney nnd Youiik Snrconn will open Hostilities in lour. I'onul.ir prices will prevail. SI be ing tho Kcnernl clmrRc with rlnRslde seats roiiir tor t.nv. Fight Decisions At Now Vork. Jak llrltton uiUl Davo Shado fought of l'-round draw, l'epiior Mnrjln benf Tommy Noblu In eight rounds. Kddlo ritrsimmons beat Jimmy' llanlon In eight rounds, Kid "aimer bent Jim u'Oatty In eight rounds. At Providence, It. 1. -Johnny Dundeu won from Jimmy D'Arcy In 10 rounds. At Philadelphia - Willie Ureen dofeutod Hobby McCnnn In eight rounds. i At Now Orleans -Young Abe At tol nnd Young McOmern fought n in-iound draw ,AI MlimcnuoliB. StewnA Mel i an 1922 i n Tin-: iti:ri:m:i: whips wauoii now. ' HllltI'.Vi:i'OltT, Ij., IVIi. IH. Hobby ViiiirIi, 1'ort Worth Imiut, and Truffle l'ollccinnu Wllllnm llcst tlili nftcriioii were chnrRcil tvllh disorderly rtintluct follimliiR 3 fist flKlil. Ath'cli resulted In medical nttciulon 1k'Iii rImmi WniiKh. Tlio encounter, It vwis mid, n tho result of n riH-cnt contest lictwccu WniiRli nnd Yoiiiik Wnlliu'c', In vtlilcli llchl, wl:o ih refcrw, pin tho latter tho itcdslon. O'Connell Signs At Highest Wage Ever in Minors SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl Fob IS. Jimmy O'Connell, ynuns San Fran. dsco bnsnball player lor whom the New York QlMita recently paid J75,- 000 for 1923 dollvory, slRned Codny his ip22-contract with tho local club of tho 1'nclflc Coast lenRuc, eecre tnry (IcorRo 2'utnnm o. thu club nn pounced. "O'Connell, under tho contrnct signed today, will recrlvo the larR est salnry ever Riven h minor Iciiruo bnsebnll player," Tutnam said. Tho amount was not mndo public, but It wns said to bo around 110,000, Tho i7r,uuo paid for tno player was said to hava beon tho Rrentcst amount over Rlven-for a minor lenRuor. O'Connell. It was said, several days neo wanted $7, COO of tho pur chase price before slRnlnR. This de- innnu, li wns repnrieu unuiuciany. was met throURh r I emyitatlon of tho cash and through tho large salary Riven him for n year. Iist year OVonnoll, Just brciiklnR In, ro celvul n much imnller salnry. Wirce More Games on Tulsa High Schedule Coach Itnu nnd his Tulsa IiIkIi school basketeera returned yesterday from Wichita where they, met n de feat Friday night. They wero scheduled to play I'awhuskn hlKli.M I'awh'uskn last nlcht but tho Ralno was canceled ,hy 1'nwhuskn. Tulsa lias throo more scheduled rfainM.i Tho Crimson and Cream meet Okmulxre hero next Friday night. ' Tho next Hume will bo u con frrenco tilt with Supulpn on Mnrch 3, nnd on Saturday, MarVh 4, Illack well will ba hern for theVlnal Biime, Thn district tournament will open hero a week mter. ' Practice Game Ilv-Tost (3uMillm'. 1st. zn. J ii totniM. 17S 171 1SI 533 llnrRwald . . . MorKtui ..jj Hecker , r4T, lMlcher ..... Spcllinnn , , . . Totals . . . . 193 149 1ST. 493 140 1H3 104 627 ISO 221 2US ilOit 134 207 212 S33 Maurer . , Kuhn . JtcOreRory Hughes ... Hejiklo . , . Totals .. 8t3 860 S01 2,474 IVentur Complete Thrcc-I, CIMCAtlO, Feb. 18. The Threo. I league rlcult, was completed to dyn, I rcslllent Al Tenrney an nounced, with the, acceptance of Decatur. III., ii h the eighth club In the lenguu, Springfield had been considered as tho eighth team, Deca tur nnd rnnvllle. III., this year re plno Itm-K I fa ml nnd Cedar ltaplds M5 931 920 2,710 All Stars. 1st. 2d. Sd. Totals. 105 19H 138 499 189 187 172 CIS 10S 18S 1CU Sl'.l '181 144 174 499 . 113 148 148 i0 wni;i wiyiurew COUNTY'TRACK AND FIELD MEET SET, APRIL 21-22 Expect 350 Athletes Here During Two Days of the Competition Tho Tulsa County Aililctlc associ ation Saturday set AVrll 21-22 for holding rif tho, annual truck nnd field meetv. which U expected to draw 3C0 compotlnR nthletcs from schuoU In Sand SprhiBs, Broken Arrow, Colllnsvlllo, lllxty, Jenka, Turlcy, Olenpool, Rod Fork, Skla took and othor smaller towns. All public schools of the county save those In thu cHy of Tulsa aro elUlble to enter. Tho meet will be held on the athletic field of Tulsa university. All offlcorn of tlio nssoclntlon wero re-elected at ' Saturday's mcctlnff. They nro A. Q. Howies, Turlcy, preai dent' Mlis l'earl Unkhnrt, Ico presi dent and Miss Alma Oort, assistant county superintendent, accrctary treasuror. Grade school athletes will com pete, on Friday, the opening day, and nt least 2S0 ot them will strive for tho various prizes, while on Sat urday Urn high schoolers will con test, 1'rullmtuu.rles will bo run off on tho mornlnR of tho opening day, with tho finals In tho afternoon. (I old, silver and bronzo .medals will ba nwnrdod first, second and third In ench event, whllo tipproprlato banners will be 'given (hu wlnnlus rclny teams. only ono cup win no given tno hlch point Rotter amonit grado schools. Total points ot boys and Blrls will bo added und the school wttn tho largest total win no winner. Necessary committees wero ap pointed tn look nfter arrangements. Tho athlotlo department of Tulsa unUerslty will have chnrgo of run ning off tho events. Tulsn university nlso will furnish Judges. Utornry. oratorical nnd muslcnl events will bo held nt night duriiiR tho meet. Soccer Officials Win From Tulsa Hi Again Soccer officials and coaches who have boon leading lu tho move to establish that popular winter came hero ngnln dofented tho Tulsa high school team at McNuIty park yea tordny nftcrnoon. thn icoro being 8 Bonis to 2, Walsh, Taylor, Connor' and McCaslyn of tho coaches pinyen well, nil of them being voternns. Mn v.i stood out nn tho hlRh school Mtuad. while Co.wan nnd Walters nlso came In or much prnlso, hand ling tho ball like vejerans. Tho soccer olfldnls nro planning to accept tho challonRo of the llenryettn team, nnd If they defen' Hcnryettn will lay claim.. to thp tat championship. Anyone Interested In soccer, or desiring to phy. should rouimunlcntn with J. li. Miller' nt tho Y. M. C. A. IJrteutr. II. 8. (2) .Coaches (8) Tell Ooil 1,'hllllps Clark l(Ir Thomas Howcn . . . Galberth , . Solhy .... Anderson Mnys . . . , Thompson Cowen , , , Walters , . ....l.F. Horsy ,...HII.. ...,CH.. ....ur.. 1. ,,...F.. F, . Miller Prlngle Merry . ,, McCnlyn .... Connors Tayloi Wnlsh ..... SchniBl Mc.Miihon ...F. Hefcree, Th'otnns, YnnkK to Springs Sooti, NKW YOUK. Feb. 18. A small siuud of New York Yajnkees Is mak ing teady to derrend upon Hot SprtnRS for Preliminary condition. lug, U was announced today at the nfllro of tho champions. American -league Ames Tracker Ural Nebraska. A M ICS, Iowa, Fob. IS. Iowa State college defeated Nebrnska unlver Itv here this afternoon In a dual Indoor track meet by the scoro of . to 4 1. ,, , Hy ltOHKIlT KDGIti:.V. . Jm Thorpo Is now 37 years old and playing football with tho Cleve mnu iigers. lie plans to play one .u.,,B in iaiiioriua. into Chance, Overull, Meyers. Tapkc, Jeffries, and many other noted professional athletes. Jim Ilnsn't Slipped. Thorpe's retirement Joni r.nmin about because of any falling off In in amazing ainicuc .nullity. Hn Is still ns great n football player ns when ho starred on tho Carlisle In. dlan team. Hut ho is weary of professional sport. " Tho Indian has long been tho grentcst all round athlete ever de veloped In America, which Is to sav ho Is tho ..reatest nthletc nt mmlam times, ' lie could do anything In. the ath letic line. neforo government "econnmv" d prlved tho Indlnns of Carlisle, the Kgreat Indian school, Carlisle had a nno rooionii team. For years' tho Indians met the best of the big rnl leges, and usually they won. They were fast, shifty, headlong, tricky, and nlwny- fought their gridiron battles out .o the last mlnuto of play. Tho old stylo of football was In voguo then, nil lino bucking nnd end running. 'Would He Changed Now. In present day open play the In dians would havo been almost un beatabla becauso ot their speed and sureness of foot and thdr nccurncy. in xicKing nnu nnnaung the ban. Among tno Indian players whose names will still bo remembered by old tlmo fans wero Hudson, Hclantl, Mont Pleasant, Welch, Johnson, Scn eCa, Houser, Ouyon, Mctnxcn, Wheelock nnd Demls Pierce. Olcnn Warner wns roach, nnd became famous with his Indian tennis. Hut grentest nnd most famous of nil was Jim Thorpe, hnlf back cap tain In 1912, nnd unanimously se lected ns AIl-Amcrlcan. Thorpe wns .the most, sensational football player In Uio country when on thn Carlisle team. Fix feet tall; powerfully , but ll.Thtly built nnd weighing nbout 180 pounds. Thorpo combined speed nnd quick tiraln wltn great npgrcsslveness nnd a natural knack of handling him self nnd tho ball. He was vcrsnjllo. As n drop kicker and a placement kicker ho had no .enual. in one game against nn eastern college he kicked four Held goals In four at tempts. Playing ngolnst West Point. Thorpo scored nil the Carlisle points hlmsclr, making touchdowns, field goals, placement kicks, goal kicks. and scoring by every known method except by a "sarety, ' Ho wns a strong nnd fast runner and Is still. Hrfiirt Hln An n Pro. When Thorno had won nss pos- slblo honors he gave part of, his ttmo to other sports. As a track athlete" he put over n number of very flno porformnnces. Going to Sweden to the O'.ymplo games of 1912 he won tho' .Dccathlon, 800 points ahead of his nearest com petitor. II. WrWnnflCr of Sweden It was nfter -there games thnt Thorpe was dcrlnred a professional bcrnusn ho had played setnlpro" baseball under nn assumed name In s mo of the snuthe n states. His prizes were alven tn Welslnndor. Thorpo also won tho American nil around championship. At this time, Mnrtln Sheridan, one of our great est nll-arnund champions, told me that In his estimation Thdrpe was the best nll-nrnund nthlete In th world, bar none. There wns some ntlestl whether Thnrpn or Pe-I- dlan was suprome on track and f.cld hut they never m-t. bemuse of Thorpe's retirement Into the pro fessional class. Thorpe could clear 6 feet 4 4 Inches in the running huh Juran run u hundred arSs In ten seconds flat, pole vnult overt 11 ' et, pit the shot 44 feet 9 Inches, cd)ver 22 feet In the running brnnd Jump, and 15R feet with the javelin, nnd run a fairly fast mile' ' Itcfus-xl King's Inillntlon. They told mnny stories nljoiit the big lod'in o- that Olvmlt'itr'n to Stockholm. Tho klnR of Slveden cur'nus to see n renl Indian nl clo.i quarters, rent Thorpe nn lnitntlnr tollne with Vim nt the pnlacV, Thorpo' declined tho Invltntlon saying that ho wanted to go to bed early. t On leaving Swedcri, Jim aald the Swedes-were fee sportsmen, nnd he had enjoyed tho trip, but he was nnxlnus to get back to an Amertchp bath tub. Like iwrmy Indian athletes, anil other nthletes for that- Jiiatter, Jim had a wild strenk 'hut rqme Out nw nn tbe This wn In the daya when firewater wasn't njulbs in Hi'Hire in the land. Glenn Vo,rn,cr, the coach, was the only man on enrth Thorpe held In nwe. On one occasion, when Carltsl and W. and .1 had played a no-seoro came. Thorpo disappeared. Olenn Warn er hunted for him un'll ho wn found n n cafe, and then bumped Jim's head on the marble floor un til he promised tn go back Into stri' irnlnlnir After , leaving innnteur nthleth ranks, Tlioipj u curie the center ot 16 POUND SHOT season mo.c, nnd then tet'ro to .1 scramble by pro. baseball man'1 ngers. John McOrnw of tho Giants grabbed him nt n fancy figure and tried to mako him as great, n star In baseball as ho had been In other sports. Nccr nt Top lit Iktsebnll. On tho day Thorpe signed with McOraw. several baseball writers "tip It would mako n good story I ir tno nig imnan was introduced to n quart of whisky and went on n tear. Hut Olonn Warner nipped the plot by sticking closet tn Thorpe for n week and shooing tho practical jokers off. Iry nil his baseball days Thorpo stuck to training nnd did his best to make good. Ho played a fair gamo nnd became a heavy hit ter, but ncvor reached the height of his athletic form on tho diamond, probably becauso he didn't hegln playing bnsoball early enough In his career ns nn athlete. After several years ho, took up football again, for recreation nnd revenue. Jim Thorpe nover cared for the applause of tho crowd, or If ho did care for It, Indian like, never let his feeling show. He Is married nnd hn two little girls one of his rea sons for retiring from professional sport n"d taking up farming. As a professional nthlete James earned about $100,000, but his liberal habits kept mm from saving much or it. (CoprrlfM lti by the Hell Srmllcals) College President Would Discharge All Paid Coaches NtCW YOItK, Feb. 18. A confer- enco between Yalo, Harvard nnd Princeton to consider disarming colb c athletics by "scrapping" nil paid coaches was suggested last night by President A'lex Melklojohn ot Amherst college In an address before the Amheret nlumnl here. President Melklcjohn doclarcd coaching systems nnd sports control an "t urcssnt exercised by college authorities were wrong. "An In tcrcollcglnto gamo Is. or oucht to be n contest between tho under graduates of two competing col leges." hn raid. "Our games are managed by outsiders, coached by outsiders and In a' very real and lam entable sense, played by outsiders" Collego authorities, President Melklojohn believes, are responsible for this condition Jiy taking, over control of sports from undergradu ates and placing the entire manage, ment In tho hands of board. "These men build up a system," he said, "In the hands of that sys tem the players are puppets used In the conflict wl'h n like system else where. If wo have one coach, Wll. Hams must havo twofTind then w three. We will not nllow our stu dents to earn money by plavlng be cause that would destroy the nma. teur ijuallty of collego sports. Hut these outsiders, demanding for 10 weeks wprk salaries twice those pn'd to our best professors for a year, make Iho rules of tho game, domi nate the plays, and substitute for our games nnnual contests between themselves." . . Expczt 30 Teams in . District Cage Meet Thirty or more team's nre expected to participate this year In the First district scholastic basketball tourna ment to bo held nt Harwell gym, Tulsa university, on , March 10-11. the Friday and Saturday beforo tho state tournament at Norman, ac cording to Principal Merle C. Prunty of Tuls.i High school who Is chair man of thn executive committee. M. C. Halo Hardware company1 will give a handsome cup to the winner. The university will furnish free board and room to teams while In actual competition. Last year Tulsn HlRh won the: dis trict tournament, with Jenks the runner-up. Cnpnti CngiTS Win Two. 'Sneelal tn The World. CO PAN, Feb. 18. The Copnn girls continued their victorious msrrh al the head bf the column In the Snntn Fe basketball league here Friday night, winning from Rartlesville by a ncore of 12 to 8, The Copan team was never tn danger and outplayed their rivals In every stnge of the rnntest. This makes the Igxtl strnigm victory for me i;opan gins. The Copan boys also won their con test against nartlesvllle by a scord of 20 to 17. Hartlesvllli' was in the ,Ieod tho first half, with a scoro of n to 0 Tho game was clean through out and hard (nmrht Important Boxing , Bouts This Week Kb. iO Chtly Whits . Willi Jtckton. 1ft round, nl New York. Frb. :o.Frnkl Jerams vs. wiiiitj Ob. JO, Dv ltoitnbers; vs.VVull miner, It ronniii, st Nw rork. Kfb. i0, Carl Trraislns v. Harold Kartff, 10 roiimla, at New York. Feb. 20. Hob Mohn va. Tail Jamltaan, 10 rnuncti, at Milwaukee, ftli. :0.-.'htky I'itta va . Oaore Ward, 1! munJf. at Jtrary City.'. Kab. :. Hob Itniicr va. Illlly Jljaka, t rnumta. at I'htladetnhta. sfb, :o. I'l Mosra va. Jack Sharkey, Ib. IO.t-K. U. I.nillhlln ta. Italpti Kchappert, to rnunda, at Troy, N, V. Keh. :o. Jeff Fmlth a. Tim Kelly. 10 rounde, at Trur. K. V. a Feb. 20, Terry ilettusli v. Al 21m. mer. 10 roumte, at Cincinnati. Kfb. Ptwra Kaliar t. Al Walker, I! roumla, at t1, Ixiun. Feb. 31 IM Warner va. til Smith, 10 roumla, at Neorieaha, Kan, Fab. 11, Mike McTlgua a. Ynuns Klahar, IS rnunda. at .New York, Feb, tj. Warnla Smith vs. Cowbn 1'adxett. 10 rounds at Oklahoma CI I jr. Feb. Mllca McTIrn v. Young Flther, 1 rounda at New York. , Feb. 22. Uryan Downey va. Frank Carbone, 15 round., at Canton. Ohio. Feb. 22. Joe Oorman a. Mike Dundte. 10 round, at Omaha. Feb. 22. Cart' Mnrrle a. Texaa Tata, 10 rnunda, at Fort Sill. Okla. Feb. 23. Hennr Leonard va. pal Mo- ran, 10 round, at New Orleana, Teh. 23. Mike llurka va. Joe McCann, 10 rounda. at New York., reb. 23. Carl Ilalnl'v. rted Monroe, 19 rounda, at New York, 'eb Jr Joa Iienjamln aa, Clonlo rait, 10 round. nt'New York. Feb. 24. Kid I'almer a. Jimmy Darcy, 10 round, at New York, Feb, 24. llabe Herman va. Qlmmy Rleger, to rounda at New York, Feb. 24. Johnny Dundee a. Jimmy L Hanlon, 10 round, at Sefantnp. Pa, reD. 3, jiarry uren va. Hartley Alan den. 10 round, at Toledo. Feb. 31. Joa Lynch a. Terry Martin, 12 rounda, at lloaton. Hy KUWAItD W. COCHRANE. Having rent tho best of tho chal lengers Rocky Kansas against Denny Leonard, lightweight cham pion, and discovered that Kansas did not measure up tn qualifications suf ficiently strong to llfo the crowd flclently strong to lift tho crowd Hebrew, Tex Itlckard finds himself tn the snmo position In casting about for a foe for Leo' rd that he Is In. trying to find a mnn who nt least has r chance to beat, Jack Dempsey thero Isn't any. However, RIckard Isn't going to give up. Ho believes that a' scries of elimination bouts In tho heavy weight class will develop a man who will have the contldenco of the public and tuua bo n good one to send against Dempsey. Tho same thing Is trdo of' the lightweights. Tlio first ono In this class will be staged In New York Mondny night when. Charley Whlto of Chicago fights Willie Jackson. ' White Hud Ills Chance. There was n. tlmo when Jackson was considered tho best of, the chal lengers. He knocked out Johnny Dundee, being tho otily ono' to ac complish that feat ami wns well on hl way up tho old pugilistic ladder) when ho encountered Lew Tcndlcr nnd was outpointed In IS rounds. Later he was held to n draw by Dundee. These results sort ot eliminated htm but ho still Is, a dangerous fighter. Whlto foijght Leonard, once and scored a knockdown. For nbout seven rounds he had tho untrained Leonard In a bad- way nnd the championship wns within his grasp when ho leaped from his corner in thn ninth tound with the nvowed In tention of cooling Leonard with h's celebrated left hook. In doing so Whlto loft his defense as wide open as n church door on Sunday and Leonard, nulck to take advantage of tho opening ernshed his right against tho cnin or tno untcago no- brew nnd flattened .him tor tne fatal 10. Groli tn Hot Madden. Ever since, that time a whole lot of people havo believed that It Is possible for wmte 10 oeai l.oonaru. They do not take Into consideration tho fact mat Leonara was noi ni his best ion that occasion. If they meet ngnln he will bo. However, if White can beat Jackson ho Is sure to get a bout wl'h Ionard In New VnrU whltn'a stock took a boost when ho trained a deIs'on over Johnny Dundee In Roston recently. It Is n fnrt that tho .verdict was a 510 SOUTH Everything for Rifles, Pistols Fishing 'lillllllll gag j2 That' fit for fihinj if you want to see all the new things, stop in and let us show you. OLD, TOWN CANOES ELTO MOTORS BASEBALL EQUIPMENT Uniforms from n-jvar-olil boy to the best Cnllor nludo professional 2.00 to $31.00 TRACK EQUIPMENT Track Suit ,. '5i'D!I Track Sliocs ,..-.50.00 nml S7.B0 .IIK'k Kllllis ., ,."' m S3 MAIvi: THIS STOlU: "YOUIt STORK" IIIIIIIIII mi wt snauy, out no got it i..erthi., Harry Orcb, ono of. the cor endtn for tho hc.ivywdBht chamt nihls nnd tho llRhtcst of tbo clu ' iisert will 10 put to tho Bold !s this weea wiicn sm niei'in nariifv Mad. den for 10 rounds at Toleilc, M4. den Is a big, tough fellow He tt. rently gave Fred Fulton a haM fight nnd stnyed -10 rounds with. Tommy Gibbons, Tfho latter wis e. vcroly criticised because he i .d not put -Madden to sleep with Im Justly celebrated knockout wallop but Madden takes punishment nteel nnd Tommy couldn't turn the trlclt. lioiMi J.inc iirrti. It Is hard to concclvo ot Madden nettlmr near Oreb In 10 rou i slow moving, slow thinking fighter into the sew Yorker win look Ilka a hitching post, in a ring with a clever, speedy. Jumplng-jack ilk Orcb, who hits from ever anglo nnd hits mighty often with either mitten. Tho bout will give soma Idea at to what Ureb rnn bo expected to do with Tommy Olbbons when they meet In New York, March 1J. fJreb weighs about 160 when In condition. If ho can beat Madden, who will outweigh him .20 pounds and have, every physical advantage. Gibbons will find himself up ngalnst the but man ho has ever met. Hoxlng followers should keep their optics peeled on n youngiter named Warnlo Smith, developed this season down In Oklahoma, who will bo put to a test In Oklahoma City Wednesday night, when ho clashes with, "Cowboy" Padgett, of Colo rado, who has mado a splendid rec ord In Western rings. New King- Sensation. Smith onlv n few- months ago wa. n preliminary boy nnd Just moved up to tho main event class, nu recent triumphs were victories over Harvey Thorpe and Morris lux, Louis Nowman, who Is managing Smith, believes ho will become- champion of the welters, ana u srolnir to hon cast with him for the summer If ho beats Padget and one or two moro boxers no will meet in tho next six weeks. Smith Isn't very clever, but lio Is nggrcsslve tough and packs n.punch that his foes have a jot ot iesp'ct for. Padgett has beaton somo tougn l,nvr. nt llln wplchf OUt Wtt and he comes to -Oklahoma heralded as t a coming champion, iiis snoum bo the best bout held in UKianom City in a long time. Thero aro a numtcr or omer bouts on this week's schedule that will commnnd attention, Including Johnny Dundee and Jimmy Hanloa In Scranton, Pa.,-ipe Benjamin and Clonlo Tnlt In New i otk, uryan Downey and Frank Carbono In Can ton, nnd Joe Lynch and Terry Mr tin In Boston. lighter Plrkcd Wrong" Name, Gold, Oakland, Cal., lightweight. chose tno wrong nom uu comuat nnd will not be permitted to meet Lew Tcndler of Philadelphia in a ...... l,,n l.-AHvvMnrir 91. Itn flB. suincd tho name of Jimmy Duffy, and the state ainicuc i-uiiuiubmuii ruled him out, becauso there aro al- ... . i . , a r t tn f nfltnl listed. The rules ot the commission do not permit Doxers 10 tuny their activities under assumed names that aro real names of other pugilists. Rifle Match Dates Set. WASHINGTON, Fob. '18. The natlonnl rifle matches at Camp Per ry, Ohio, will bo held this year from September 2 to 28, it was announced today by the national board for the promotion of rlflo practice of which Assistant Scrotary pf War Waln wrlght la president. More than a thousand picked marksmen from tho army, navy, marlno corps, na tional guard and civilian rlflo clubs competo annually rh tho matches. Hutchinson SUtns Flrst-Snekcr. ST. LOUIS, Fob. 18. "Dutch Oel lorman ot this city 'has signed a con tract to play first base for tne Hutchinson, Kan., team of the Soetthwettern league ho announced yesterday. .Illlnl Win Track Meet. IOWA ,CITV. Fob. 18. Illinois unulvcrsity" track team won a but ten conference Indoor track dual meet hero this afternoon over Iowa bv the scort" of 81 to 23. . MAIN STREET the Outdoors j nnd Revolvers Tacklej