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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1924)
Harry Lee’s Pitching Gives Buffaloes 2 to 1 Victory Over Wichita Team BRIAR CUFF LODGE READY TO ClYE WILUAM TILDES FAT SALARY ;SARAZEN AT SAMECLUB 1 iM«*h N«t in or of 'lorn-1 inf **Pk»" mil IVM* Hr maininf in \maiM«r Hank*. Hr t»%\ i* j. w uw N(W Ynrh, April I*,—A »»* A* relepmenl In (It# Internal nor fealtir leg M Illigm flldtn against tit# I Piled i Blaise town fpwtno seso. latton »ti made public toAat «Mh tin apnouPce lend Pul Briar Cliff l-.ntea pf ttrlar (HIT Mii<M N. V , bad tendered anj idler ta Tlhlen to turn ' pm' at a I eatery "ontwmenstirato * II h ><ilir I ■landing a* the CertmuM tennia play er in tha world." Thane making Ilia offer forwarded ♦n Tilden hr wire were at some paid in make rlear I lie fart that it wa* not their wish to tempt tlie rhampinn (inlets Hie tennia association's appar ent plan to bar Tlldrn under the play rr-widler rule herame actual. Th# proposition afforded tha first concrete evidence of a plan afoot to raise professional tennia to the status now enjoyed by professional golf. Briar Cliff T.odge la the same organl ration that employs Gene Sarnzen leading American professional golfer, at a aalsry estimated at aomewherc between >10.000 and >13,000 a year. They say it with greenbacks In that locality. Th® text of the offer to Tilden fol lows: “Briar Cliff lodge desires to negotiate with ion for your aerilre# should you deride to become a professional. The poo members of Briar Cliff lodge deeply de plore the posslldMIy of jour withdrawing from anrnttur rompetition nnd trust thiii this action may not be nrressnry. , Wn feel, howeree. that the splendid effort* ton bars made toward popularising Ihe gams of tennis might he continued ns professions! at this club, and Ihn Induce ment* we are prepared to offer are com mensurate with your standing n* tha fore most tennis player la the world. The message wag algned by C’hauncey Depew Steele, whose name, ss manager of the organization atanda for dough and dollars and leaves no doubt whatever that a determined ef fort will be made to launch profes sional tennia on a new born career ^ the tennia association fails to re code from the stand that has caused Ih# resignation of both Tilden and Vincent Richards. Early today Tilden had not been In receipt of the message of good cheer at hla Philadelphia home and there for# declined to comment on the of fer. H#, however, did not hesitate to make himself clear as to just how he stood on tha professional issue. "Personally, 1 do sot favor pmfes •lotiat tennis," be declared. "I foil elder myself an amateur and would prefer to remain eurh e\en though I could probably trebla my Income by Joining out and out professional ranks." Allen Loses in Billiard Finals Detroit. Mich., April SO—Benny Allen of Kansas City fell down hard In ths world's %pocket billiard title when he lost to Andrew St, Jean of Minnesota. In the national pocket billiard championship finals tills afternoon by a score of 125 to 111 In 42 innings. At. one time Allen led inj to 64 but from tills stage he only made tire more points while 8t. Jean ran off 61 for a well earned victory. The Min nesota player won only two games out of the 12-game schedule for the finals and both of these victories were over Allen. Nebraska Central College to Hold Regional Track Meet Central City. Neb., April 25.—Ne braska Central college of tills city will on Saturday. May 3, sponsor a regional high school track meet to lie held at the college campus during the afternoon. Medala will be as signed for tlis first three places in each event. In addition trophy cups will be awarded the Individual point winner, the winning school and the winning relay team. The schools to enter to date are Clay Center. Osce ola, Scotia, Fullerton, Clarks, Albion, Wood River, Archer and Central City. Bee Want Ads Produce Rosults. i American Collegian Defeats Crach British Sprinter ] ^' Philadelphia—Krir l.iddrll, much Innlnl sprinter Irani llie I iihirsily of Kdinhnrgli. lost Ids llrst ran- on Ameritan noil April !5, when hr finished arennd lo lrnl« ( larhe «>( Julms llophin* in Ihr s|ieelal iJO-yard da»li at thr l.'nlversity of I’cnusylianin relay minimi al Philadelphia. riioto ilium (lathe ulnniiiE. with l.iddell run ning aerond. Huskers Making Elaborate Plans for Staging Annual Valley Track Meet Assnrlntrrt Press Uncolii, April 30.—The University of Nebraska Is making elaborate plans for staging the annual Mis souri valley track and field meet, which la to be held In the practical ly complete Nebraska Memorial stad ium Friday and Saturday, May 23 and 24. The stadium, which will seat 30,000 people, will be the mecra for track fans in this section and the uni versity is expecting a large crowd for the championships. The cinder track Is now nearing completion and after several rollings and Takings, it will lie one or the speediest cinder paths in the country. This will take place In time for the hordes of athletes that will mine from schools of the valley for the compe titions. Head Coach Henry F. (Indian) Schulte of the Comhusker spiked shoe artists has be»n *u)>erintendinf construction of the new trick, which features two 100-yard straightaway* and one 440-yard path with a single easy turn. Induced rail fire of "fare and a half' for the round trip was -an nounced for the railroads by the uni versity athletic department this week. This applies not only to competing athletes, hut to spectators who are expected to Journey from all parts of tlie conference map to witness the valley cinder simmers and field lumi narles contest for honors. McCook ins County Mei't. McCook, Neb., April 29.—McCook won the cup and also the relay ban ner In the Hod Willow county track meet, composed of five entries. Mc Cook's fast relay team met no oppo sition In the half mile relay, making tlma of 1 minute 43 seconds on a slow track. Joe Gardiner Bluejay Champ By winning three out of four hand ball matches with Herbert Uchten berger Tuesday In the finals of tho Creighton university single* handball fbumament, Joe Gardiner, freshman art* student. Is today champion of ths Bluejay institution in this lino of sports. Gardiner won ths first game. 21-13, but lost the second to Idchtenberger, 26 21. Joe came back and copped the third, 21 6. and fourth and match, 2111. The champion will he'awarded a gold medal for his work. The doubles matches will start to day. _ Golf Dales Announced. Chicago, April 29.—The western Junior golf championship will ha played August 12-15 at Briergote Golf club, Chicago, It was announced to day by Secretary J. W. 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Mr* (•ill W in (hrr 11tnr 0|>|M»nrn(>, (1i)> ago, Ar* I t* - Hd *,f»'rangiet" !**(•. worlds kHiysrliM * f *♦ thiig t Hampton, retained hi* tilts to night hv defeating Mike Itomano, Italian challenger. In two out of lItis*w fall* S»\»e*l thousand spec laloi a, infuriated at th* decision of tt<*fei-c# iharles tavln* giving 1*#«la HI* **««nd fall, ahnwered lha chant Irtnn and refer*# with pop bottle* as lha match concluded. t/aii, Romano and IaiIm re malned In th* ring a* th* match ended and Itomano* manager atarted a flat tight with th* referee, claiming lAvin* had given Lewis th* deciding fill he for* Itomano w»* pinned to the mat. The police surrounded the ring find slopped the fight when th* crowd, spiKirently siding with fto inn no. atarted tossing bottle* Into the ring by the hundred*. No on* was hurt, hut I«cwl* was kept In th* ring for some tlm* whll* th* crowd "Imocd." He was finally aacorted from th* ring by a cordon of police and taken to hia hotel in a patrol wagon. Lewis won the first fall In 41:20 with a tnelock and ftomano took the second In 12:511 after applying 20 auc renslva headlock*. Lewis took the third fall In 8:10 with s double wrist lock. Pat McGill won a one-fall match from i larence Jenkins of Kansas City in 37:05 with a head scissors and wristlock find Wayne Munn, gradu ate of the Unlvereity of Nebraska, de feated Andre Andyson In S 10 with a toelock. Boxers Donate to Olympic Fund New York. April 3".—The Olympic fund benefited by $45,699 last night, as “Young” gtribilng and Paul Ber lenbach, leading contenders for the light heavy weight title, added to their reputations by coming through on the bit to easy victories over Mika Burke and Harold Abbot, respectively. Strlb ling left handed Burke to death for six rounds and gained a hollow de cision over the Greenwich Village strong man. Berlenbach added to hla lengthy knockout record by stopping Abbott in the fourth round, the referee halt ing the bout to save the loeer from further punishment. In addition to winning, Stribllng further endeared himself to the fans by contributing $600 towsrd the fund. Jack Zivlc, who gained a decision over Kver Hammer, gave a similar amount. Beatrice Defeats Wymore. Wymore, Neb.. April $».—In gjs ex hibition game, the first of the pres ent season for the Wymoreans, the Wymore Burlington baseball team suffered defeat at Beatrice Sunday afternoon at the hands of the Beatrice Trlatate league team, the latter win ning by the score of 6 to 4. The game was a tls up to tha last half of tha ninth inning. Batteries: Be atrice, Oliver, Wentley. Zink and Beal; Wymore, Halle and Wlsr. Franklin to Have Ball Team. Franklin, Neb., April $9.—A large numler of men Interested In baseball; met at the office of !,#on Samuelson and decided that Franklin should have a hall team this summer. At the meeting Mr. Thleler, owner of the Franklin speedway ball diamond, agreed to hire a pitcher. I-eon 8am uelson was elected manager. adi EHTtsr.nr. vr. FACE COVERED WITH PIMPLES— NOW CLEAR! Soothing, Healing Mercirex Wins Forceful Tribute From Philadelphia Man — Mercirex Guaranteed. or Your Money Back I “I went to my drug ator* to find out what wai good for my fac# and akin, so the druggist tola m* about your wonderful Mercirex Soap and Cream. I tried it. My face was covered with pimples and black; heads, but it is now clear. . . ." No matter how long-standing or aevere your skin disorder, Mercirex will positively relieve it—promptly too. Mercirex i* guaranteed to cure the worst cases. Thousands of times it has relieved and healed obstinate skin disorders and to-day it it positively guaranteed to help you—or your money will ho re funded. Give Mercirex the chance it deserves. Not greasy, messy or showy. 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I'aulk Co., Milfoid, Del We also racommsnd Marcircx Soap > Uffs^ Misses n"r Buffaloes ?{**"**»••* ~i tie lateHle Vawth •roe* k' hMlntn _ __ . m « s:m I Oilers Unable ' to Hit Wilson Be* Molne*, !«., April S" Tul*a ronld not hit Wilson today whlla I*» Molne* made every on* of Ita *»ven hit* off Koater count In scoring rum, with the result that th* Boo*ter» evened the aerlea. * to 2. Waahhurn and Ijovelaoa hit home run* In the eighth inning. Score: TUT.* A. AH M O A Austin, If 2 0 1 if sCaacy, if 1 • 1 • W urn. 1M ' 3 l>**is. rf 4 1 1 0 T.emb, **t 4 1 I 1 I.velt. 1 h * 1 It 0 Kll'pln, •• 4 • 1 Stuart, lb 4 4 0 4 • 'rosby, © I 1 Foster, p 1 0 4 4' Toi»i« «J utn PER JinjNK.f AH If.O A T'p#o«. |h 4 ft 0 ft for If 4 ft 2 ft M'l.'rjf, lb 4 2 Jt ft Ho-1U, cf 2 1 • J fIir#, rf Z " * ft Knap, fb I 1 * 4 W~hmL r 4 I * 1 i*h»vw, M 1 ft 4 4 \\ tlaon, p 2 • *> j Toni* :• t:in yHettad for Auatta l« tifntn uib'"I Tula* ...—• !>ea MoUiaa .. ©£•*** »•* © Summary—Hum: ^Vaahburo. Umb, Mr. T.arr- (2) Bodla. Ix»vel*'e (*». Lrrora: riippln, Fofter. i'h«4«* Home run*: Waabburn, UvtUr*. Thra# baaa bit*: tfrUrrf. Sicrtfk- hit* Bndle l,ovelace. Knaupp, Chavez " iiaon \*U on ban**: Tulaa. *; r>e* M«ine* 4. Hint V. out: By Wllaon. by Foa’rr. 1. Baae on ball*: Off WiU«n. I; off F«eler, ?. F.arned run* !*»• llol*f<, 4; Tul*a. irnplre*. Uaffnty and Jlayra. Tim' 1 17. _ Jofim Win SlugfeM. Lincoln, April I©.—Three pitcher* of the Lincoln roater war# unable *o ohe< '* the ■ luggtrif vleltor*. and Bf. Jo*<ph romped away with the ae^ond fame of the eer'e* by a nr or# of 17 to 4 Miller of *t Jo* aaph and Campbell of Lincoln put hom* run* Tha *core: ST. JoSKf'ff. LINCOLN A H HO. A DlMM'i’.K 4 2 1* <lMb*r(,2t> till r»r'ton.:b 4*22 4 114 t/»w*n,rf 4 12 4 Kttf*r.lb 4 1 T I CoTrifn-m 4 12 1 Rr<v>k4.«l 4 2 4 0 VY !ltl«m4,p 4 111 Totblb 44 14 17*: i ABlII'A Moor*. rf ft I S 0 Haroiltn.** 6 10 2 M'Dtn la.lb b > 1f 2 •nyd#r.o 10 10 K’nMiU. rt ft 1 1 0 M Don d.Jb *021 Milan.If ft o « 0 Voting, ?b ft 1 2 2 Romp Off# rampbolUt 2 2 0 1 And#non,p 110 1 Onktp-.c 2 110 Total# T: H 27 12 i 3f Ar# by inr.ng#; A» Jo##ph .Ill l#f—17 Lincoln ... • IM l" *Z9~ b Summary—Run*; £>• M*fgfo <•). Oil* b#rt. rarr**»*ton ti), Mlllor <81. Nufor, lUorrlfan, Brook# (I». William* <U. Ham. Ilton, McDantti*. Mil•«. Young. Ump h#JL Error# Ollbort, Miller. Lrwan. j Contfli, Hamutoia MeDonald. Homo; run#; Campbell, Mnl#r Two b»## hit# Fmrrlnflon tit. Low an. Moor#, MrDan tola Sacrlflco; Nufor Earned run#. Rl. i To##ph. It, Uneoln. 4. S»mck «ut: Ho William#. 4: by Rom. 1. Ha## «n hallo: Off William#, f: off Ro##. 1; off ramp hell, i off jinderaon. f Hit by pltth#*l ball: ]>#Mai|io by Campbell. Hit# and rur#: Off Ho##. 4 lift# and I run# In 8 Inning*: off rampbott, i h»<# and 1* run# in 4«4-S Inning# off And#r#on. 1 hits and t run# in 1 1-1 inning# Left ! on ba##« St. io##ph. f, Lincoln. 1# Tim#: 1 ?t. Umpire#: Shannon and Uosoboo. ENTRIES RECEIVED FOR MEDIC RELAYS Th. Medic relay, in he etaged at th. Media oval at Forty-eerond and Dewey avenue on May 17 ha. th. pcalbllitle* of becoming th. great est meet of Ita kind In thla aectlon of th. country. Deceiving not only the Indoiwemcnt of Coach Henry K. Schulte It haa already met with wide spread recognition and received th. rcmgnlt.on and pralee of many high achool coachee throughout thta aec tlon of th. country. Howard Wood, manager of the Da kota rtlaya advlsea that In all proba hillty Sioux Falla will be represented by one or two teams. Coach R. A. .lohnaton of Fremont High enter* th# meet with hla string of relay men end Poach Schmidt of Omaha Cen tral Mete, that hta men are looking forward to th* Medic relay, and plan to he In good condition for that day. Official recognition haa been r# reived from numerou. other blgba not In thla Immediate vicinity. M’COOK TO STAGE TRACK MEET MAY 3 McCook. Nob.. April SI.—Th# largest athletic event of th# year will take ptac* at tba fair grounds net! Satur day. May *. when It town* In Kan sas. Nebraska and Colorado clash In th* annual trlatat* meet. One hun dred athlete# will parth-lpata In thl# great athletic carnival. Wray. Hot yoke. Colo.: Cambridge. (>101* and McCook all have strong team*. In addition to thl*. some of th* smaller town* have fast men who will lake their share of the points. It will he a hottl# royal from start to finish. The meet will start promptly at 1 o'clock. The McCook high school band of Ml pieces will entertain the crowd throughout the afternoon. The McCook chamber of commerce will entertain th# athletes and coarhrs at a banquet at th# K#y#ton# hotel In th# evening at *:»<*. The cups and medal* will be awarded at thl* dinner. Franklin County Arrange# Fair Harr Program Franklin. Neh,. April S».~Th# Franklin county Agricultural aoclety officer# met today with U< n Oetken of Bloomington and arranged their rice program for the fall, which oc cur* this year September I. 10. II and 13. The 10S3 fair was by far tb# must successful of sny previous year and everything point" to a lugger and better fair for list. -•stahlo" Mark, farmer I be sts WM«* *n« pitcher ehn "•*• r*i***rJ te Ik* ,"Uir***r.»rl Tei*» leajru* tilth, k»* hr*" j israe-t "’•» t* Ik* Om*h* 'V*st*ie |i**i'i* rlub “Thief HuIhumiii Siam's Both Huns for Burrh Vdrew Wilt lira I atl In ItH Man In I hint Hun in litf Inning* Kinal l.aiii* 1imI«) ; TiiImi llrft Iritlti, Hr Mli*ll M(|KN ANAnt.it A»rr nnmc.i dMti t t> sk# at tike W*!n#M*. n»| ha a*if* el Mart le* to burl aaatrrt (ha Wichita tMir)i«a la llta acmitd aan a of tit* aerie* Th» tlllla _, i * (mind IN* dtp In hit llhlni and pitch**! til# at*# l« t i In I Victory nvtr th# Istell entry. I<e# waa In g>*>d fmm atl afternoon. It# h*t't the Witch** In th# pulm cf hi* hand and lot th»tn down without a run until th# ninth when Wlehlta •cored 1t* only tally. And Harry waan f altogether reeponatM# for th# enemy# run. tn fielding Bntt • grounder J<e# mad" a fairly good peg to firat, hut Art UHag* had a llttl# trouble In handling th# throw and Haley scored. Th* Wltchca had a man on third and a chan** to even . th# acor#, but Harry r*Ured Th# l next thr## vlaltnra In aluirt or<l#r*^" J Th# Buffalo## harked J>*# up IA I everything that h# did. They gava > him support from first to last I*iter. Th# Infield eut down many Wichita chance* to score, while Bonowltz and Kobtnaon, In th# outfield, mowed down th# opposing aid# tbre# time# when a hit or an error meant any where from on# to thr#* run*. Tak ing everything Into ronsldsralh n. th* Buffaloes pisved hangup baseball fop on# hour and 40 minute#. I.e# allowed th# Witch## aeven hlt% on* mors than Jolly permitted th* Buffaloes |o collect. J*e, however, kept hi# hit# well scattered "hit* Jolly !«*’je<l a doubt# and a singl# la a bunch and lost the game. Thai happened In th# fifth. I<ee, too. ha41 the lest of th# Wichita hurler when j It cam# to hsmesaing th# tinII. Jot' walked ftv# Buffalo*# and Harry h. < sued by on* fr#* ticket to flr-t. ! In the very firat lnnin# th* | Witches got a man around to third j when Butter singled and twinning j doubled after on* down, but th* gooot j work of Wlleor and Grtgg# retired the aid# without any damage '.elag done. Joe Bonowltz robbed Ha)*y of a bit In th* aecond, when he mad# on* ef hi* apactacula* catches out In center I field. Wilcox then knocked down , Lotte tin* drli# and retired th# run- : ner at firat. McMullen doubled, but Jolly abnt another high one out te BonowJtx, who ruined Wichita'# chance* to acor*. Robinson scored both of Omaha g run*, ona In tha second, whan <• a walked and went to second on Griggs* ' infield out. Bonowlts singled and the “Chief went to third. Wilcog walked, ! filling (he sacks, with one eut. Wilder grounded out. but Robinson e'-ored 1 during the play at first. The “i'hi«f registered again In the fifth, when he stemmed the t^ll out against the right field fence for a double. Grtgga* single sent Robinson home with the second Omaha run. With one down In the third Smith of Wichita got on third, hut egain l>e« tightened and with the good as sistance of the Omaha infield, re tired the aide. The prise play of tha afternoon came In the fifth. M<w Mullen waa on third. Jolly on second and Bmlth on first. One out was registered end Omaha was leading, 1 to ». A eaerlflca fty would tie tha score end a hit probably win tha game. Punning, who had pn*' loualy doubles), came to bat. He knocked the hall out to Joe Bonowlts. who pulled It out of the air and quick a• a f1n»h whipped the hall to Wilder. Tha Buffalo catcher didn’t lose any time putting the tall on McMullen ea he came eliding home. Thle dandy Mt of work on the pert of Rnnowita and Wilder enapped the Wichita rally short without any run*. Th« Witches didn't get a man on third after thle until the ninth, when Haley singled and scored when Grlgga muffed Tdw’e throw to first trying to catch Bolts. The latter went around to third, and with no outa, . everything looked like an extra ir M nln* l<ee then whiffed MrMui^ and Jolly, trying to sacrifice. sent up a weak fly to Thompson. Robin, son got under Smith's high fly out Id left field and the game ended The final game of iha wlchltg series will be played thle afternoon. KINSEY TO PLAY ON •DAVIS CUP TEAM Ran rraneleco. April It.—Howard Kinary In commenting today on Tin* cant Richards' elaleroant that "Rob ert and Howard Klneey writ# ay r*dl» cated artlolea for California paper* end I aspect them to decline any In vitation to play on the Pans eu* j leant." eald that ha did not wr.te tea* :i nla for newapapera. •'1 cannot apeak for Robert, who la now enrente from Honolulu.'' **M ! Howard Klneer. 'but aa for tr reel* I do not writ# tonnla for newepaparg i and I will not decline any InvttatM to play on tha Parte rup team " - ■ I Rutherford Home on \ iait. Real rice, Nah, April It.—“IRck* Rutherford, onetime captain of lha t'ornhuaker foottwll team amt an old Beatrice hoy, who la dlraclor of ath letlca at the agricultural coRes*. Corn \ a Ilia. Waah , has arrived In town tg vlalt for a few data with hta paranta, Mr and Mra Marlon Rutherford. 11% waa horn In thle city and began hlg athletic rarear under tha tutelage Ouy lUthhun. than dlraclor of ath-. I lettca at lha R-atrIca T. M. C A. * I nland Defeat* Mindm. I'pland, Nah. April It—The haaa- I half trarn of tha I'pland High a h +<\ defeated lha Mlnden High aohnel j tram on lha lore! diamond Sunday afternoon hr lha ecore of * to I >% lha Aral game of the >ea%Mi. • |