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TEE DAILY TIMES DECEMBER 29. Demetral Wins Two Out of Three Falls White Fights Tonight TUESDAY, INDOOR SPORTS By Tad Braves to Have Largest Plant; to Seat 40,000 DEMETRAL WINS TWO FALLS WITH STRANGLE HOLD WHITE READY FORSHUGRUE RIVALS IN FINE SnAPE FOR. TEX ROOD BOLT TONIGHT 4 GoMBY iTT)fr THAT PAT putr Pf A G7rvCMA i jUlK VOUP-E oaetrf I twcr-c nmr i Hots Will Draw Bhr Money, and Win. ner Will Be fihen Chance to Eight Freddie Welsh NKW YORK. Dec.

29. Charley White of Chicago and Joe Shugrue of Jersey City are ready for their tea round bout at Madison Square garden tonight Tho men have agreed to weigh In at 133 pounds at 6 o'clock. Both are under the stipulated pound' age and will make the weight easily. They have been inactive training for the bout for nearly three weeks and are In prime physical condition. Shugrue and White are th leading contenders for (he lightweight title.

Outside of the big Bum that each will receive for his work in the ring, there is a side incentive for their best ef forts in the form of a prospective match with Freddie. Welsh, the title- holder. Punch Wins White Fame White's past record proves he is a fighter of class and perhaps the hard est punchers since the days of Joe Cans He has won twenty-five fights in the past year, twelve by knockouts. Nine; of these battles have been won within five rounds and all with a left hook, a punch White is noted for. The Chicago boxer fought and deefated Wol-gast and Ritchie in no decision con tests, and held Welsh to a draw.

Shugrue has built up a reputation that stamps him as tho best lightweight developed In the east in years, and for endurance and aggressiveness he Is without a peer. His recent victory over Freddie Welsh won him many admirers, and not a few predict that he will take the measure of White. Shugrue Never Knocked Ont Shugrue has never been knocked out. during the four years he has been In the ring. Billy Roche will referee the contest 3 P0D 7 LCEDBTODS C30tD'IlS DEAL FOR YANKS TO CLOSE TODAY I LONtt CONFERENCE FAILS TO BRING MATTER TO HEAD Dec.

29. The new grounds of the Boston National league baseball club in Allston will be the largest in the country in size and seat ing capacity and will cost more than any baseball plant yet constructed. President James E. Gaffney said after i a discussion of the plans by the board of directors yesterday. Forty thousand two hundred and eighty-two seats will be provided, Gaffney said.

Of these 16,931 will be in a one story grand stand so constructed that a second deck may be added later; 18,015 will be built in bleachers back of first a a 1 third bases, admission to which will be 50 cents; and 5,336 seats will be provided to the right of center field for the 25 cent patrons. Cp' er field limits will be 400 feet from' the home plate and 460 feet from the grand stand. There will be virtually no "sun field." The grounds will be laid out to face the northeast, so that the sun glare will not be strong in any of the outfield positions. The playing field Is to be sunk fifteen feet below street level, after the fashion of the Yale "bowl." President Gaffney announced that the Walpole street grounds, the home of the Boston Nationals for nearly half a century, have been sold to a trust company. The work of dismantling the property already has begun.

No action was taken on selecting the players to be given to the Philadelphia Nationals in exchange for Sherwood Magee. President Gaffney said he would discuss this with Manager Stal-lings at the latter's plantations in Georgia next Sunday. ALL-IOWA LEAGUE BOBSUP AGAIN I'l-S SCKIBE PICKS HIS "IDEAL CIRCTIT" Would Place Davenport In an Organ-Ization With Seven Other Hawk-eye Cities No Chance Now DES MOINES, Dec. 29. The permanent location of a second Three-I league team in the tri-cities is anything but pleasing to those who have looked forward to the organization of an Iowa league, embracing the eight principal cities of the state, In the near future.

Under present conditions in the baseball world the prospects for the minor leagues are worse than gloomy. The Wrestern league, with its present circuit, cannot possibly survive, according to the belief of many of the club owners in the league. Topeka and Wichita constitute weaknesses in the O'Neill loop which years of endeavor have failed to remedy. Constant shifting of the Three-I and Central association circuits indicate that they have but few strong links. When the rearrangements of circuits come, which is practically certain before baseball resumes the even tenor of its way, the opportunity will have arrived for an all-Iowa league.

Those in favor of such a scheme point out that no better circuit could be mapped out than the one comprising Des Moines, Sioux City, Davenport, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque Clinton and either Burlington or Ot-tumwa. Such an organization would have approximately a half million population to draw from, counting Rock Island and Moline in with Davenport, and not a great deal less than the present Western league. Two towns would be included from the O'Neill loop and three other towns have larger population than the combined population of Topeka, Wichita and Lincoln. With all of the towns within the borders of the state it is pointed out that the compact circuit would cut down the operating expenses many fold and increase the rivalry and turnstile receipts in a corresponding degree. Gridiron Games In Gotham NEW YORK, Dec.

29rtew Y'ork will see more football next season than ever before. Besides the Army and Navy game on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, other important college games will be decided at the Polo grounds. Secretary John B. Foster of the Giants is now engaged in arranging a local schedule of games, and it is probable that four or more of the leading college elevens will be seen here before the Army-Navy clash. Negotiations are pending with the Carlisle Indians, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, Yale, Princeton, Rutgers and Washington and Jefferson, it is believed that within two or three years there will be a college football game here every Saturday.

Completes Indiana Chart BLOOM 1NGTON. Dec. 29. Coach Clarence C. Childs yesterday scheduled a football game with Washington and Lee at Indianapolis for October 30, completing the Indiana schedule.

Illinois wa3 dropped because the Zuppkes wanted an early date. The Chicago game is set back lo October 16. two weeks later than ever before. Ohio State will be met at Columbus November 6. The games here are.

Depew, October Miami, October Purdue, November 20. White May Fight Dundee NKW YORK. Dec. 29. If Johnnie Dundee's hands are uninjured at the conclusion of his bout with Ieach Cross here on Jan.

he will be signed lo meet Charley White at Milwaukee some time In the middle of January, Dundee's manager announced yesterday, GREEK DEFEATS JACK STONE IN INTERESTING WRESTLING MATCH VOSS RETIRES FROM ARENA Rock Islander Refuses to Preside When He Learns Strangle Hold Is Permitted ETers Defeats Buck Timothj (BY William Demetral, the Greek Demon, won over Jack Stone last night at the Empire theatre, Rock Island, in two out of three falls In a classy wrestling match before a large crowd of enthusiastic fans. The first fall went to Stone after the wrestlers were on the mat for 31 minutes with a scissors and strangle hold. Demetral won the last two minutes with a scissors and strangle hold. Demetral won the last two falls, the second in 31 minutes with a strangle hold and the third fall in eight minutes with a head scissors and hammerlock. Each time Demetral had Stone's wind cut off and the latter had to give up.

John Voss, the well known Rock Islander, started at referee for the main go of the evening, but after five minutes of fast and classy wrestling he discovered that the strangle hold was permitted. He stopped the go and refused to finish as referee of the bout If such tactics were to be allowed. He left the ring and Charles Youngberg of Moline stepped in and presided the rest of the way. Both wrestlers used dirty tactics and at times the bout rep. resented a sparring exhibition.

Stone proved the favorite with the local fans from the start to the finish and when he broke hold after hold of Demetral's the crowd went wild. Demetral tipped the scales at 100 and Stone at 210 at the beginning of the match. Stone made the following statement following ethe last fall: "I do not want to make any excuses, but if the strangle hold, which I did not think would be used, was not permitted I could throw the Greek. 1 know he is a good man and have defeated many top notchers, but I have never appeared in a match where such a hold was permitted until tonight." Evers Shows Much Speed Young Evers, Rock Island's coming etar, showed good form and won a name in his home town when he defeated Buck Timothy of Davenport, in what was to be a six round semi-wind-up boxing exhibition. The bout was called at the end of the third tft'save Buck from further punishment.

Evers showed much better form last night than in the bout at the Exposition park last summer. His straight jabs and upper cuts came too frequent for Timothy and at the end of the third round he had Buck on his knees from a terrific uppercut. The opening of the bout of the bill between Kid Williams of Daveniwrt and Huston Webster of St. Louis was more of a burlesque performance than a boxing exhibition. Webster outweighed the Davenport boy about 20 pounds.

Williams proved too slow for his opponent. Nehieberl Is Introduced Between the second and third fill of the Demetral-Stone match Referee Youngberg introduced "Peanuts" Schieberl who received a big hand. "Peanuts" is recovering fast from the sickness, which has kept him out of action the last few weeks. He returned from Milwaukee Monday morning. E.

W. Schieberl, manager of "Peanuts" read a letter to the sporting fans, which he received from the manager of Danny Dans, the promising young scrapper, who won a decision over "Peanuts" a few weeks ago. A match was under way between the two boys for New Year's night, but Dans has already signed a contract for that night and stated Tie would be unable to meet the Rock Islander. In all possibility this go will be staged on Monday evening, January 4th. M'GOORTY TOJEET MURRAY Boxers Clash In Milwaukee January 8 OTer Ten Hound Route Associated Press Leased Wire.

CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 29. Eddie of Oshkosh, and Billy Murray of San Francisco, middle-weights, have been matched to box ten rounds in Milwaukee on January 8, it was announced today. The weight will be 160 pounds at 3 o'clock. Johnson ill Decline Draft COFFEY VI LLE, Dec.

29 Walter Johnson has not received the $6,000 which dispatches last Saturday said President Weeghman of the Chicago Federals was returning to him. The money was returned to the Chicago club by Johnson to pay back a bonus advanced for signing contract with the Federals. Johnson said that even if the money came he would not accept it until after he had the advice of Manager Griffith of the Washington ciub. DUDLEY 2tf inches NORMAN 2i inches AlROW COLLARS MAJAyerT5- riO THE CM AMP FijRT Swedish System of Gymnastics BY 0, E. JOHNSON (Physical Director Davenport Y.

M. C. The Swedish system of gymnastics was founded by P. II. Ling (1776-1839) who developed the educational side of the system and laid the basis for the "Swedish movement cure." He also established "The Royal Gymnastic Institute" at Stockholm, this being Sweden's first training school for physical instructors.

The medical or curative feature of the system was further developed by Dr. T. J. Hartelius. As a curative these exercises have met with considerable success.

Like Jahn, the founder of the German system, Ling was a patriot who wished to strengthen his countrymen physically in order that they might be beter able to meet the foes who had been devastating his country. About 1888 the Swedish system was given real attention for the first time in America, when Baron Nils Posse Introduced it into the Boston schools and organized a normal school for the training of physical Instructors. In a short time this plan of physical training was adopted by fifty-two cities and towns and by many private institutions and academies. Both the apparatus work and drills of this system are snappy, clean cut. and very precise.

For corrective work these exercises are among the very best. The weakness of the system lies in the fact that, it gives no consideration for the recreational side of physical training. TENER TO DEVOTE TIME TOBASEBALL TERM AS GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRES FRIDAY Will Then Take Active Charge of National League Affairs See Fu- tnre for Game HARRISBURG, Dec. 29. Next Friday noon John K.

Tener will have served his term of four years as the governor of the state of Pennsylvania, and will then assume active charge of President of the National Base Ball League. Mr Tener already has served more than a year as head of the oldest base ball organization, but has not been able to devote much of his time to directing base ball affairs. At present Gov. Tener is preparing to turn over the governorship to Dr. Brumbaugh, but after taking a day off for Yuletide festivities Gov.

Tener was keen for a talk on base ball prospects. Although business has been greatly depressed and base ball has had its ups and downs since the Federal League came into existence Gov. Tener anticipates a good reason for the game next year. The future of organized base ball, according to Gov. Tener, is very bright and he predicts that saner and sounder business policies will do much to bring this about.

The financial burdens, which have been greatly increased along the line, roust be lessened in order to assure a proper return to the club owners for their investment. That the present year hnc been a poor one financially for organized ball is admitted by Gov. Tener, but this condition he attributes to business conditions due largely to the European war. In dieusslng the outlook for 191 n. Gov.

Tener said: "Because banc ball is a sport, and always has been conducted on lines of sport, many burdens of a financial character have been saddled upon the game. Liberality and prodigality have always featured the business conduct of our national sport and the former always will prevail, but there is no Kirmayer Will Stick to Giants NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Secretary John H. Foster of the Giants announced yesterday that he had received a letter from Ollle Kirmayer, the young pitcher of the Decatur (111) club, who was reported to have jumped to the Federals.

Kirmayer Is under contract with the Giants, and the officials here did not believe the report. Kirmayer stated In hlg letter that he had not accepted terms with the Federal league, nor did he have any intention of doing no. The young pitcher said he would report to Man ager McGraw at Marlin before March 1. MUST KEEP UNFIT OUT OF FOOTBALL ONLY TRAINED WEN SHOl'LD BE PERMITTED IN GAME Committee on Fatalities Makes Re. port To Convention of National Collegiate Association Associated Ti'fisK Leased Wlr.

CHICAGO, Dec. 29. Keep the physically unfit and the untrained player out of football and the game will be free of danger was the opinion set forth in the report of the committee on fatalities in football, submitted to tho convention of tho National Collegiate Athletic association here loday. Dr. Geo.

W. Filler of the University or Wisconsin, chairman of the committee, in the report said that the association should go on record to point out tho dangers of the game that exist for those who are physically unfit, either because of ago or weakness, and the untrained athlete. He urged that all candidates for teams submit to a rigid medical and physical examination and the strict supervision of players, both in practice and the playing of regular games. No Cause for Prejudice Investigation by the committee, the report set forth, showed that the cause for an outcry against the game as a "brutal and degrading sport cannot bo maintained and the sensationalism tiiat has been attached to it should cease to exist." Of the thirteen players reported to have died during 1914 from the results of partic ipation In football games or practice, Dr. Filler said that, only threo of these were college men and that only one was a member of a regular 'varsity team.

All other deaths reported be said, were of boys under twenty years of age who played on high school, athletic club and Irregular teams. Blood Poisoning (ante "One of these deaths among the boys," Dr. Khler said "Occurred as the result of blood poisoning from a scratch on the arm received In a game. So far as can be learned this boy was the only well trained and fit athlete of the ten non-college men who have died from football. "The results of last season anly emphasize that which all football men have insisted on from tho first that no one should participate in football who is not physically fit in every respoc.t and then only after he has bad proper training and has learned to adjust himself to the conditions arisinsr from tho game." Dr.

Khler said that it was a cardinal principle in college athletics that no student should be permitted to participate In football or any other competitive athletics without a preliminary medic al examination to protect the Individual against unsus-1 tiected organ "Close Deal hy Sundown Today Or Not At Air Is Ultimatum of President Johnson NEW YORK, Dec, An all day conference of Col. Ruppert, Capt, Huston, Frank J. Farrell, Han Johnson, and Joseph J. Lannln at the Belmont hotel yesterday failed to solve tho problems connected with the proposed sale of the New York Americans, At the conclusion of the pow wow Capt Huston volunteered the opinion that matters were progressing favorably. Ban Johnson, however, was a trifle more explicit.

"The deal will be closed by sundown Tuesday or not at all," said Johnson. "At least by that time I shall wash my hands of it. Naturally enough It must be expected that a transaction embracing such expenditure calls for time and consideration. But I believe the interested parties have been given ample time for reflection. The matter is beglnnlg to drag it has dragged too long, in fact.

"Two weeks ago I would have gambled my life, nearly, that the club would be Bold to Messrs. Ruppert and Huston. I am still hopeful that I shall not bo disappointed. Tuesday will decide absolutely, but stll for the life of me I dare not hazard a prediction which way tho negotiations end." While Ban refused to dlscuBS the subject it was learned from an American league magnate that Messrs. Ruppert and Huston could have had Eddie Collins.

It was suggested that the-y Instead of Chas. Comiskey, ptov chase the stellar second baseman-'-iua build around him. When Connie Mack named his price, however, the prospective magnates balked. Hchedule for Yale Eleven CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 29.

Th Yale football schedule has been arranged, with Oct. 30, still open. Notrs Damo Is dropped. The schedule follows: Sept 25 Maine. Oct.

2 Virginia, Oct. 9 Lehigh. Oct. 16 Springfield college Y. M.

C. A. Oct. 2.1 Washington and Jefferson. Oct.

30 Unsettled. Nov. 6 Brown. Nov. 13 Princeton.

Nov. 20 Harvard at Cambridge. Syracuse Club on Block SYRACUSE, N. Dec. 29.

Th franchise of the Syracuse basebali club is to be sold at public sale ot January 11, order to this effect belni granted yesterday afternoon by Re' eree Stone at the first meeting of tl creditors of the bankrupt ball teai The Turnin; Point I 13 Begin the New Tear by re- I OjioiviiiKr to lane oeuer rare or the digesthe system and frood 0 health Is assured. Should weakness develop at any time, remember, a real first aid In Stomach trouble is BY "OLD POKE" Walter Johnson doesn't want that $6,000. Neither does Charley Weeghman. In the meantime, the draft Is spending the holidays by choo-chooing back and forth between Chicago, Ill-noise, and Coffeyvllle, Kansas. If those 6,000 simoleons are too much of a burden for Mr Weeghman and Mr Johnson, we wish someone at this address would intercept them.

Jan. 1 and those Christmas bills are almost upon us. Speaking of the Johnsons reminds us that Ban B. says that if the New York Y'ankees are not sold by nightfall this afternoon, he's done with the job. Second the motion! For two weeks now, you and us have been reading about Colonel the New York Highlanders, $500,000, "greatest manager in baseball," and a few other exciting paragraphs about that New York deal, and it seems to lie in as bad shape as it was a fortnight ago.

Will the Col. please give us a chance to start the New Year right by either closing the transaction or going back to the Brewery? The Sport World would like to sit up a couple of hours Thursday night, and it doesn't care to become too fatigued listening to the Col. in the meantime. Some of I he late fashions in the boxing arena: Last evening in It. one of the colored fistians came out attired in summer underwear, trimmed between Hie knees and the ankles.

Me wore socks and garters, and on his feet were a pair of carpet, slippers tied with white ribbons. All he lacked was a kimona and a sunbonnet. His opponent hung several oilier adornments on him before the evening was over, but it was his initial raiment that amused the populace. There's a hint for budding pugs for future use. Jack Johnson and Jess Willard will desecrate St.

Patrick's day by getting together at Juarez. Mex. It's time for the Celts lo register a holler. Oliver Kirmayer lias become a penitent, lie will report to Mc- reason why the latter should not. be eliminated, or at least reduced to a minimum.

"Being an optimist in every sense of tho word, 1 cannot understand why a pessimistic view of organized base ball should be entertained for the reason of I firmly believe and expect the business atmosphere to clear and with it will come base ball prosperity." Grlner Boost' Darinircr Dan Griner, star pitcher of Hie St. Louis Nationals, claims that Huggins has picked up the best young shortstop in the country in Holla Daringer, a recruit from Peoria Thrce-I league. That's the position the Cardinals need. Poor little Arnold Mauser, whose health failed him completely last winter, and who has been confined to a St. Louis sanitarium since last spring, was badly missed by Huggins all summer.

Hauer was developing right with Maranville; in fact. Little Nemo was considered equally as brilliant a prospect as the Rabbit. I'. S. Leads In Horse Them are, it is estimated, 23,000.000 horses in this country, more than four times as many as in 1860, and nearly one-fourth of the horses of the world.

Graw at Marlin Springs, that is if they'll let him. You may remember that Oliver refused to go to New York last fall because the Decatur club would not slip him 1,000 beans out of the purchase price. Then came the report that Oliver had hopped to the Feds. Spending the winter In Kansas is a rawther lonesome occupation, and fearing that he might be left there all next summer, Oliver believed It would be a good idea to urge the New York club not to forget that he was its property. New York had been worrying so much about hlm.doneher- know! Every now and then the base-! ball moguls allow an athlete to sweat until the prickly heat breaks out on his person in mid-winter, and then It's a grand sight to note how fast he makes an effort to get back into the fold.

Insurrection Is an excellent thing in the fall, but it dooBti't go well in the rear end of winter when the rest of the boys are getting ready to go to work. A Fssay on Wen) her Fifteen below may be a trifle uncomfortable and a bit tough on the coal pile, but it's got several things on the brand which overtook this community last eve and today. Every flake that fell in the mush came laden with fifty-seven varieties of microbes, parasites, germs and other foreign nationalities, and the Association will call a special meeting to adopt plans for taking care of the prospective customers. This weather is fine for chill-blalns. mail trains, telegraph wires, etc.

"Buck." our lightning operator, hasn't grabbed a single exciting sport item off the line to help fill space on a rotten day. The gent who penned "Snow, Beautiful lived on the Equator, where nothing ever falls not even the thermometer. This weather Is fine for the alleys. One of our longest and highest reporters got his knees wet this a. m.

This is a hint to keep out of Commercial Alley. Other folks are In danger of being drowned. (Foreman "That's enuf. you big slob. It's time to go Thanks Ii'! WESTFALL NAMED ALEDO CAPTAIN (Times' S'picial Service.

ALEDO, 111., Dec. 23. At a meeting of Iho members of the Championship William and Yashti college football team held recently at the Hoys Dormitory, Paul C. West.fall of 111., was unanimously elected captain of the V.tiZ team. The past year was his first as a member of the William and Vashtl team but ho demonstrated that he has tho ability not.

only to play a hiidi article of football but can be depended upon to keep the team spirit, keyed up to a high pitch at all times. West tall played halfback and fullback of he team this year and made an enviable record for himself, being chosen by many of the coaches and sports writers for a berth on tho All Conference team. The new leader will make an Ideal captain, and with the assistance of Coach Kenncy, West-fall p'tiould bring another championship to William and Vashti in 1015. Of the fourteen men who received jthe.ir sweaters this year, eleven will be eligible for the team next season. Ex-captain Braucht and Phillips will be the only men lost to the squad.

HO STET TEH'S'" I Stomach Bitterjyj.