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<v Baseball s Boxing i; Racing WWWVWWWWWfWVWWW nmrvwwvwvvv^^ftV U>ORT REVIEW > By WILLIAM T. KOZIOL AW/A,///1W^AV’AW,V.WA% W restling ■! Basketball | Bowling $ Both Confident Of Victory MUNROE TO FIGHT LAMBERT IN SEMI-FINAL Tonight at the Auditorium Morrie Schlaifer, Omaha’s fight ing fool, is going to endeavor to avenge the defeat he suffered at the hands of Simonich across the river last Fall. Morrie is confi dent that, he will bring home the bacon. On the other hand Simo nich is also showing a lot of con fidence and he expects to dupli cate his little victory of last Fall. The Butte mauler is working hard, as he is taking no chances cm Schlaifer. Billy Uviek split, whatever re lations be had with the Hebrew 1 battler, due to Moreie buying himself a automobile. Can’t train on automobiles, says Uvirk. Uvick bet $30 to $r>(K) that Simonich knocks Morrie for a row of wood en stool-pigeons. Great interest is taken in this, match and a rec ord breaking crowd is expected In the semi-final Battling -Mun roe will exchange punches with Lambert. This go ought to be interesting. In tile preliminaries Jones and Hudkins are to shut their stuff. Also a four round curtain rais er to the above. — That’s all. * YOUNG STRIBBLING LOSES TO SLATTERY. Young Stribhling received a setback when lie lost a six-round bout to Jimmy Slattery of Buf ( falo. The fight was evert the first five rounds. Strihbling lost what ever chances he had for victory, when Slattery tore into him in the final round, traded punches with him in the center of thering and then forced him to cover. — Stribbling was forced to hang on in the clinches to avoid Slattery's in-fighting. JACK DEMPSEY vs. QUINTIN ROMERO-ROJAB? Early next Pall Jack Dempsey may meet Quintin Itomero-Ilnjas the South American menace. Tex Riekard affered Quintin $100,000 to meet Dempsey, if hr came out victorious in three pr<> liminary fights. Rickard believes that Quitin may prove even a greater sensa tion than the “Wild Bull -of the Pampas. ’’ Wily not match Quintal Rsine •ro-Rojas with Luis Angel Firjio? POLISH ATHLETICS’ TO EN TER CLASS B. Under the management of Kid Sledge the Polish Athletic dub of th‘* Immaculate Conception' church is to put on the baseball i field a team to be known as the Polish Athletics. Sledge has been busy rounding up players for a team with which he expects to cop the well known 4l„_ i > rag. At the present writing Sledge is well satisfied at the success he has had in getting players, and before the opening of the season lie expects to have all the posi tions filled with fellows that are capable of playing a fast brand of all. — That’s all. LODGE KAYOED IN FIFTH ROUND. Kisses Canvas in Usual Style in Fight With Firpo. Buenos Aires. — “Farmer”) Lodge fought true to form and took a nice ‘•dive” in the fifth round in his battle with Luis Fir po while.35,000 fans cheered their idol. The fight was scheduled for fifteen rounds but Lodge never planned to go that far. He wasn’t supposed to. What little time he was in the ring he clinched. Hardly once did he hit SHrpo-ethe fighter any boxer should be able to hit. A left to the jaw and a right to the same place resulted in the kayo. Lodge was floored twice before! he stayed down. The . American weighed ‘121,! and Firpo 218.. ___ i LINCOLN ENrERS WESTERN! LEAGUE. When II. Hies wrote out a check for $1,500.00 payable to the Nebraska State league, it put Lincoln into the Western league. Now Nebraska is represented by two teams in the Western league. Omaha and Lincoln. AUSTIN TO HELP SISLER. Lefty Liefield will be replaced by Jimmy Austin as first lieutnn ant to George Sisler, the new manager of the St. Louis Browns. SCHLAIFER MAY FIGHT WALKER IN NEW YORK According to Pat Boyle, man ager for Morrie’s fistic accom plishments, Morrie is to fight Mickey Walker for the welter weight championship in New York on ar about May 5th. SYNDICATE MAKES FINAL BID FOR WILLS FIRPO GO Chances For Match Slim. New York. — A final bid for a heavyweight battle on July 1!) between Luis Firpo and Harry Wills was obtained today in a statement issued by the New York syndicate which has for several weeks been dangling a half-mil lion-dollar purse in an effort to attract the principals into the match. lie iterating conditions imposed several days ago and subsequent ly rejected by Firpo, according to cable dispatches, the syndi cate’s statement asserts these terms will not be modified and unless the Argentine changes his| attitude all negotiations will be; canceled. Match Doubtful. Lew Raymond, who is associate j ed with Simon Flaherty of the! Qucensboro A. C. in the syndi-j cate, admitted today that he cn-i tertained small hope that Firpo would accept his terms, but de clared that since lie had received! no direct word from the South! American, he desired to make his final position clear. xurui vy me synui cate, which resulted in apparent breakup of negotiations, included refusal to post a $50,000 forfeit in Buenos Aires instead of New York, and a demand that the South American, upon his arrival here, forego aJl barnstorming and exhibitions and put himself un der the syndicate's control until the Wills fight. Stand by Offer. “We continue to stand by our original offer,” the statcmen said. “And we will deposit the first installment of $,10,000 of Firpo’s $250,000 purse as a guar antee within twelve hours of his cabled acceptance, of our terms. We then would stand ready to post an additional $100,000 to his credit with the same depository thirty days before (he match, and I he remaining $100,000 forty eight hours before he enters the ring.” MANY young, men and women like to travel, to a small town aivd get married. But there are many men who would l£ke to go hack, and travel: back home single. Some of the would be men and trmnam th'i-l :> .. __■. i f *——* •* *-**«• nfrui i. But when they are In the line lor a few months. They realize what a bum sport it is. After that the old saying “Gee! I Wish I Were Single." Princeton defeated ColumliSa it basket hall by a score of 24 to 17. A.LTHO KNOCKED OUT BY VILLA, WILD WAS BETTER. Can’t Compare Pancho Villa’s Record With Jimmy Wild’s. Pancho Villa, the world’s fly weight chafcnpion, who 'clashes with Bud Taylor of Terre Haute. Ind. in the star number of the fistic card to be staged at Mil waukee on March 6, is a great little fighter. There is no ques tioning that statement by those who are familiar with the boxing raicket. but there are many who try to compare the Filipino with the great Jimmy Wilde in the days when England’s “Mighty! Atom" was at his best, and that effort usually proves a failure. The fact that Villa won the ti tle by knocking out Wilde does not prove that Pancho is a great er fighter than Wilde for the sim ple reason that tlv dark-skinned young man from the Philippines got Jimmy in the ring at the time when be was at the end of his string. There are few who will say that if Villa could have fought! Wilde when the Britton was at! his best he would have been re turned the winner by the knock out route or any other way, for Jimmy really was a master hand in fisticuffs. Record Tells It. There is no bettor way of forc ing the greatness of Wilde to stick out than by looking over his record, which is really remark able. Wilde battled 128 times and scored a,' total of sixty-three knockouts. That shows that Jim my knocked out approximately! 50 per cent of his opponents. None Like It. Now look at the record of Vil la. or any other boxer, and we! find that that performance sel-. dom has been equaled. World’s Champion Jack Dempsey, of course, has a great knockout rec ord, but big fellows are more prone to register the K. O. than] the little fellows. Only two boys were able to knock out Wilde, and in one of these matches his opponent, Pete Herman, outweighed him by half a dozen pounds. Therefore that K. 0. ought to be thrown out when doping the class of Wilde. The only other knockout was that administered by Villa. Wilde has retired from the ring but llie name he left behind will never lie forgotten by followers of pugilism. WESTERN LEAGUE UMPIRES FOR 1flS4 Chicago. — President Teamey of the Western league Tuesday night announced his staff of um pires for the 1924 season as fol lows: Pat Donohue, Matty Fitzi Patrick, Kd Gaffney, Oili«* Ander «>n, Gerald Hayes, H. R. Held. I’at Boyle and “Bpike” Shannon. Anderson formerly officiated in the Three-Eye league. TICKET PROBE TO BE INVESTIGATED To Hold Private Investigation of Speculation Charges. New York. — The New York •State Athletic Commission an nounced today it will conduct a private investigation into the charges of ticket speculation at the time of the Dempsey-Firpo fight last Fall. The charges were made against Tex Rickard, promoter, by Tom O ’Rourke. Rickard, visiting the commis sion to demand a hearing and full investigation, was asked to ap pear before the body at a special meeting to be called when the private investigation is complet ed. When told of a public investi gation concerning 0‘Rourke’s charges against Rickard to be held before a committee of the late assembly next Tuesday Chairman Brower said that it would not deter the commission’s private investigation. In the event the commission found any one guilty of violating its rules, he said, prompt discip linary action would be taken and in the event of a criminal viola tion the facts would be turned over to District Attorney Banton of New York City. SIKI and his best gal going through tlie Park at Midnight with a diamond stick pin on his tie. WORLD THEATRE “WHEN ODDS ARE EVEN’’ n In conjunction with a new 6 IS act vaudeville show headed by Vat 4 * Obick. * ’ Haines. Starting, Sat. March 1st a: MOON THEATRE “THE BIRTH OF A NATION” For an indefinite engage ment starting Saturday March 1st EMPRESS THEATRE HER ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND” §3 In conjunction with a new IHalton Powell Comedy nknow as * * HSH^Cksd tTnmwt ’ ’ !§ One week starting Mch 1st SUN THEATRE “THE ACQUITTAL” One week, beginning Saturday, March 1st ZBYSZKO BOBBED OF DECISION Cops Escort “Strangler” to Shelter. After Pat McGill gave the de cision to “Strangler” Lewis over Stanislaus Zbyszko, the indignant crowd so threatened Lewis that lie was escorted to his room by policemen and firemen. McGill was also escorted from the ring. RESTORE TITLES The commission today took two titles out of cold storage. Joe Lynch, bantamweight champion, and his manager, Eddie Mead, and Mickey Walker’s manager. Jack Bulger, appeared before the commission on a summons and it was agreed that both boxers would defend their titles in bouts suggested by the board. Lynch was signed to meet Abe Goldstein on March 21, while Bul ger, acting for Walker, agreed to meet any leading welterweights suggested by the commission ori or before May 5th. The commission left the matter of sites to the principals and the interested promoters. WalkerV suspension in New Jersey does not expire until April 1, and for that reason he was given until May 5 to defend his title. Opponent Not Named. The commission did not select Walker’s opponent, but preferred to look over the field of contend ers and select the most logical candidate. The Vinton Street Merchants beat the Omaha Eagles 24 to 17. Iheatre Thur«. l<Vi. . Sut Febr. 28-29 March 1 “RENO” with an all star east Comedy, ‘Ride ’em Cowboy’ Sun. . Mon. - Tues. Kenneth Ilarlan in “THE VIRGINIAN’’ Comedy, “Babies Welcome” Wednesday “THE WKIEFZEEB NAME” Fighting Blood No. 9 Comedy, “Regular Boy” Thurs. - Fri. - Sat. Colleen Moore in “PAINTED PEOPLE” Comedy, “High Life” SQUIRE EDGEGATE—This Girl Certainly Owns a vivid Imagination c---1—^ - . ■ = -r BY LOUIS RICHARn I tAkvE A STPjCK or DICTATION TO UMGAvEi TO VM - mOHOER. 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