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Murphy-Did-Its to Play Doubleheader at Fort Omaha Diamond This Afternoon Standards and Burlingtons to Meet Champions First Contest of Today’s Twin Bill Last of Metropolitan Loop Games This Season —Other Good Games. By HORACE L. ROSENBLPM. ORT Omaha will be the scene of two good games this afternoon when the Murphys meet the Standards at 1:30, and the C B. & Q. team immediately afterwards in a city championship game. The second game will no doubt be a pitchers’ bat tle between two of the best southpaws in the city, when Allen, portside liurler for the Mur phys, faces Johnny Braniff, the strikeout king of the American league. Several new fares will he seen in the Metro champs’ lineup this after noon as tile Murplis will be without the services of Stavniak, second I wise man, who has left the Aiy. Duce Yates, outfielder, is another of the auto men who will be out of the line up. Yates injured his ankle during a practice game last week. Outside if tlie pitching department the Mur phys have the best of the argu ment. The Metro eliamps, who have six left hand hitters in their lineup, probably will have a tough time with the slants of Johnny Braniff, portside hurler of the American champs. The first game at the Fort between ) the Standards and the Murphys is the last scheduled game of the Metro politan league. This game caused Manager Mahoney considerable trou hle last week when he announced that he would forfeit the contest to the Standards In order to keep his team fresh for the series game with the C. B. & Q. team. Now Mahoney, after being the victim of much criti cism on account of his intended action, is out to win from the clothes clean ers. Maney West, kid pitcher of the Carter Lakes, will probably dish out wares on the mound for the Mur phys, while Are Dyofc, veteran ama teur hurler, will do the mound work for the Laundry men. An admission of 25 cents will be charged for the games at the fort this afternoon. As » result of the Murphys decid ing io play the Standards this after noon, tile William Street Merrliants Brown Park Merchants game has been switched back to Fontenelle park. These teams will play 'or the Sunday Junior cluunpionship at 1:30 o’eloek as a preliminary eontest to the Woodmen of the W'orld-Schneider game. The W’illiam Street Merehants, who ran away with the flag in the (ieorge lira ham circuit, aro tile favorites over the Brown Parks, who copped the honors in the loop presided over by Joe W’oJf. Alphie Kline, 15-year-old midget wonder, will be on the firing line for Manager Comine’s men, while Nel son, the demon hurler formerly with the Twenty-fourth and Ames Mer chants, will zip ’em over the platter for the Park boys. The second contest at Fontenelle park will find the Schneider Electrics and .the Woodmen of the World, two old rivals, pitted against each other In the last Metro contest for these teams. In the first round the Schneid ers trimmed the Woodmen, 3 to 2, in 11 innings, and the Woodmen came hack in the second round and handed the wiremen a 5 to-3 defeat. Lefty Kibbles or "Chief'’ Provost will do the hurling for the Electric Workers, while Leo Krupski, the diminutive hurler, will pitch for the Fraternals. This game will have no hearing on the standings as the Woodmen have already cinched sec ond honors in the Pressman loop. * ^ Burch Releases “Buddy” Napier “Buddy” Napier, right handed pitcher secured by the Omaha West ern league club on option from the St. Paul American association team, haa been released outright and now Is a free agent. Napier was sent hack to St. Paul hy Burch, but "Mike” Kelly of the Saints gave Napier his unconditional release. "Buddy" Is a former big league hurler. Luis Firpo Shows Improvement in Work Saratoga Springs, N. V., Aug, 9.— Luis Firpo appeared to I* an Im proved boxer today after mixing sev eral rounds with his sparring part ners. BUI Tate, who had things his own way In earlier workout was severely pummelled. Firpo has abandoned his style of launching wild swings from here, there and everywhere. The Argen tinian Is concentrating on short jolts to the body. Several of these blows shook up Tate considerably. r .. ' N Walker and Benny Must Post Forfeit to Meet Shade v--/ New York, Aug. 9.—Dave Shade, California welterweight, will meet the winner of the Walker-f-eonaril fight, under a ruling of the boxing commit l slon. Leonard, Walker anil Hhnde WLf must post a bond of $111,00(1 each with ” the commission in the next few days. The winner of the title fight on August 20, must take on Shade be fnrw tha first of the year, the com mission ruled and cannot engage In ottMT hunts fe| the meantime I I ■y*. ---Q Texas Loop Said to Have Material for Big Leagues Twelve Players From Lone Star Circuit Groomed to Go Up in Higher Com pany, Say Reports. EW YORK, Aug. 9.— Texas baseball clubs are ready to send up their fin ished talent and the crop Is said to be unusually good. There Is hardly a major league dub that will not put in a bid for at least one player of the Lone Htar loop because of the success attained „ by ike Boone, A1 tonVth Simmons and Den ver Grigsby, who belted the ball with great power and frequency Into the Texas lots last season and did pretty nearly as well in the major leagues this season. With the drafting season only a few weeks away the owners are pol ishing up the material that is ready for the high society. There are more than a dozen Texas league players worthy of a major league tryout next season, aceording to scouts who have followed the teams in the Roberts circuit. Texas clubs boast of some of the best outtlelding talent to he picked In many years, there being no less than four stars ready to try their wallop against the curves of major league pitching aces. These four are ('hie llafcy of Houston, Matt Donohue of Dallas, who is leading the league in batting; Art Weiss of Wichita Falls and Simon Rosenthal of San Antonio. These players have been selected for purchase by major league club owners, but It is Impossible to say just where each will go. Weiss, who is the star of the Spudder club. Is supposed to have strings attached to him because of the deal whereby Rip Wheeler went to the Chicago Cubs. Weiss was with Wichita Kails last season, hut because of his lack of fin ish In fielding the Chicago club de cided It would not bother with him. This year he has improved and will get a chance In the majors. I'p to the time that, Rosenthal broke his ankle he was declared to he the best plum in the Texas orchard. There was a rumor that the Red Fox had a claim to his service, hut this has been denied by the owner of the Hon Antonio club. Matt Donohue, the real star of the league, would have had a trial in the fast set tills summer were it not for the fact that lie refused to take the game seriously last year. His work this year has been conspicuous and Ills average is more than .Kill. Other outfielders who are hitting and who have a chance of getting in the majors are Rig liugwell of Gal veston, Rrown and French of Shreve port, Ostergard and Rabbit of lleau mont anil Fitzgerald of Wichita. Auto Races at Hastings. Hasting*, Neb., Aug. 9 - Automo bile rare*, with seven fnmou* middle west dirt trark driver* entered for competition, will open the annual Ad am* county fair here Tuesday. Horne race* nre on the program for Wed nee da 3', Thursday and Friday. t (Tiny) Jim Herman. Omnhn heivT walght fin liter, amt hi* him finger. .Imk I#**')*, ulan leave today for Araitl*. where n*» ia arhrd tiled t<» fight Floyd Johnson In a 10 round main event bout at the Han Mia IhmmOhiH park nott Wed nan day evening llorman leave* Omaha In cood physical condition. Here are seven of the Vinton Mer chants who helped bring home a pen nant in the Gate City league for the South End Merchants. The Mer chants, although they lost the first game of the season, came right back and won a number of games and went into the lead and were never headed. Although the Merchants ran Into some bad breaks, the boys kept up their winning brand of hall. Joe Vogel, catcher, who is not in the accompany ing layout, suffered the worst hard luck of all. Vogel broke his leg during a league game at Thirty-second and Dewey avenue. Browne, pitcher, while one of the smallest players in the loop, was one of the best hurlers in the circuit. Skomal, manager and thlrd sacker. is noted for his fog-like voice. Dutch Kohler, outfielder, is the vet eran of the bunch. Novitsky, firstsacker. saved many games by his work at the initial cor* ner. Jimmy Welch, outfielder, is one of the fastest men in the league. Ray Jourdan, stortstop, is playing his. third year of amateur baseball. Although the Merchants lost to the West L Improvers last Sunday in the first game of the elimination series, the business men still have a chance to cop the city championship. This afternoon the Vintcns will take a lay off and next 8unday will meet the losers of this afternoon's game be tween the Murphys and tha C., B. A Q. The Diet* M E. Sunday School team ran the has*** wild on Tesar, catcher for ihe Hirst Sunday S**hool. last Thursday. The I Met * Sunday School boya pilfered a total of seven bases off the Sunday School champa’ backatopper. Cecil Lehr, manager of the Standard Laundry team of the Metro loop, has a bitter feeling towards Ed Dodd, former manager of the clothes cleaners' team. When the Murphys asked for permission to use Dodd, Lehr told the Murphys' manager that he could use any one but Dodd. Dodd hase been playing with the Schneider Electrics. John Curtis, pitcher for tha North Presbyterians, ha* a new way of allow ing his opponents few hit*. In a recent game the north side pitcher walked 14 of his opponents and allowed them but two safe hits. Paul Shnnahan will he on the mound for the Woodmen of the World this afternoon when the fratarnals clash with th« Schneid.-r Electrics at Fontenells nark. Leo Krupakl. the regular Woodmen hurler, has a sor© arm. The amateur sporting editor of The Omaha He* In still hooking games for amateur teams that want to play out-of town teams. He also has th* nam«s of several team* that would like to play In thro* or four-day tournaments. Any out state teams that need the servlcee of pitchers or hall players * should get In tou< h with him, in care of The Omaha Bee. Several well known amateur hall play ers were in Dennison's office last week complaining about the Municipal um pire* After listening to the players’ troubles for n while Dennison asked these players to fill out umpires’ application blanks, which they did. Not one of the {Mayers was able to answer more than isif of the questions correctly. Tha smsteur basehnlt editor of The Omaha He* is now ready to accept and publish all star amateur teams picked from the \artous league* Fans who have been following the** various leagues close ly no doubt can pick what they think are the best players in certain leagues. Six Omaha amateur ball players are playing with the 1' P. Shop team, lead er* of the Twilight league, in Council Hluffs Krajicek. FJernatetn, Vest. Kud lar*. Art K la use hie and Hntrspa are the gent* who are playing with the after supper loop leader* across tha river. All leagues will have closed their sched ule* after today's games Tha Metro politan league, which played three Hun days longer than tha rest, will closa this afternoon. "Hud" McLean, rlghtftc'der for the Dietz Sunday School team, Is the son of "Buck" McLean, who played ahortatop for tha fast semi pro Stora team years ago. Dick Wage*, shortstop for the Ouir antee Fund Lifes. got into an argument last week with his bos* st the insurance company and as a result lost hi* position and was dropped fn>m the insurance lineup. If tha C. 11. A team plays aa good a brand of hull as It did In the first game against the Lincoln Hportlng Goods last Sunday at Lincoln the rsilrnnders stand a good chanc* of setting buck tha Mur phys this afternoon Arthur Hwarfs, leading hitter of the Metropolitan league, is slated to b* tha regular fullback on tha Tech High foot ball team Ibis year. N. J. Weston, president of the Com mercial and Inuustrlal leagues, will leave Omaha soon for Evanston. Ill . where lie will take the position n* physbul director of tha V. M l* A The Lincoln Hportlng Goods Company will play a return game with the C. H A Q team her* next Sunday afternoon Tha Lincoln team defastad the rallroadera at Lincoln last Sunday In two close games. Tha Woodmen of the World team, sec ond place winner* in th* Metropolitan league, will participate In the South western Iowa tour nn mam at Council Hluffs August 52 to Sept ember 1. The Woodmen will use their regular lineup with tha exception of a pitcher who will be added to tha lineup. Home funs Ilka to criticise An urnplr* when ha fries To rail them the best ha ban. And soon put him on the pan The unip Just smiles st their Jest: Hla boa* knows he la doing h‘a beat. Tha llrown Park Merchants and tha South Omaha Juniors of tha Intercity league provided th* best league race in t h" amntaur circles After about six weeks of neck end neck fighting the llrown Parks nosed out the Juniors In a playoff conte*t The llrown Parka will play Ilia William Mtr**t Met hauls, champa of th* Junior Omaha circuit, tpla afternoon at Fontanslls park at 1:1® for tha Sunday Junior championship. The Knights of Columbus wiJl play at flcotta lake thla afternoon. The lake la located near Prague, Neb The ball gam* will be the feature attraction of a larg* Bohemian Turner exhibition. About 1®, 000 persona ara expected to attend. The Omaha Sporting Oooda Company of the American league will play at Her man, Neb, thla afternoon. All amateur attendance record* are expected to be broken this afternoon at Fort Omaha when the Murphy-Dld-Ita play a double-header Preparation* have j been made for handling a large crowd, according to John f)*nnnon, secretary of the Municipal Baseball association Four umpires will b#i used in today's games at Fort Omaha Two ump« will officiate at the first contest and two different erbltera will taka care of the second contest. [ Frank Pelehanty. who was seriously 111 as a result of being overcome with the heat while playing with the 1’ P Head quarter* team In a tournament at Halt Lake C|?y. Utah on the Fourth of July, Is now fully recovered Frank expects ♦ o he back at hi* desk at the U. P. building some time next week. Lloyd Hahn Returns Home IJoyd lfahn. Fall* City, Neb., ath lete who competed in tha Olympic Rami'* In Paris. stopped In Omaha laat night en route to hla home In the western part of the atate. Hahn was not a bit backward In saying that the European countries are rapidly coming to the front in athletics, especially the track and field events, and that tha l.’nlted Htates will find Olympic meets harder to win each time they ore held. HELEN WILLS AND RICHARDS PAIRED Boston, Aug. 9.—Miss Helen Wills of Berkeley, Cal., and Vincent Rich ards of New York will appear as part nera In the national mixed douhlea championship, l'lay In this event will be run off In connection with the national doubles championship during 1 he w eek of August 18. STRIBLING TO MEET BOB FITZSIMMONS Macon, (la., Aitg. 8.- Articles were signed here today for a 15-round bat tle between Young Strlhllng of thlH city and Young Bob Fitzsimmons of New York. Ealmr day. This Is four days after Ntrlhllng's scheduled battle with Paul Bcrlenluich In New York. r \ Important Hoxinn Hauls 'This W ork Aug. II—Itrnny l.ooonrd ng*in*t I'mI Morsn, 10 rouiula In f levclmtd. Aug II—Jurh lit nnult iigitin-l llurtley Mndden. 1A round* In lane I«III ml city. Aug. II—Isirry I'm* ridge ngnlnat 1’itnnmn Jos 4«nn*. It round* In long laland fits, Aug. II—-Jock Mslons ngnlnat Crunk Mootl.v, III round* In Detroit. Aug. II—Itrnny Y nlgnr ngnlnat llnail Unllnno, 10 rounds In New Or ison*. Aug. II—Hilly Kennedy ngnlnat Peter Hh< I*, It round* In Jersey City. Aug. It—lul* Yleentlnl ngnlnat •lark Bernalein. It round* In tlrook lyu. Aug- I?—Monny Mtnlfh ngnlnat F.d* die Ander*on. It round* In Hnekhn Aug. It—«lnek Hurke ngnlnat lllll t lemons, IO rttunda In llollnlrr, O Aug ID—Jock Jolmaou ugain«t Tut Jnckaon. Ill round* In C.n«t Clticngo, Aug. Ik—Cuddy DeMnreo w«nln*t Dlek Contln. Ill mnoda In Itrad dock. f*n. v-- J 0 Good Hurlers Need Clever Catchers Declare Scouts Ogden, Athletic Castoff, Going Strong With Ruel Behind Bat—W ally Schang’g Days Are Over. EW YORK. Aug. 9.—A baseball ex pert says that old timers derlare that the catchers In many of the cluhs today are the weakest In the history of the game. None of the harkstoppera of today compare with Jimmy Arch er and Johnny Kllng. Scouts ever with an eye to good pitching ma terial. fall utterly to realize that the weakness of some of the present-day pitching Is due chiefly to the man behind the hat, who does not know the plays and has not enough strate gy in hlg makeup to aid a pitcher. Many of the big league cluhs would be better off If they hunted receivers Instead of pitchers. Just what smart catching can do for a pitcher can he seen in the case of Warren Ogden, the Athletic cast off. Ogden pitrlied so many curve halls while with the Maciunen that Ills arm was always sore. When he landed In Washington, catchers held a consultation with him. and Instead of all curves, Ogden mixes them up now. Ills record of eight victories in nine starts speak* volumes for the backstopping of Kuel and Gharrity. Snyder and Gowdy of the Giants are no longer young fellows, and they have passed their best catching days. So, too, has Schang, the lankees great backstopper. Schallc of the While Sox, a wonder among re ceivers, Is no longer able to go in and do the bulk of the catching, and the work Is falling upon the shoulders of Crouse, who Is coming along nicely. Steven O'Neill Is passing, though still a great catcher, ltassler of Ih» trolt, catching as well ss ever In his career, will not be In a Detroit uni form many more scssons. Severeld of the Browns, who glories In catch ing every game, will soon make way for Pat Collins. Connie Mack ran see no one In sight better Ilian Cy Perkins, but Cy is not the hitter hr was a few years ago. Hargraves of Cincinnati Is still s master workman and has a few years of baseball. St. lands has to depend upon Gonzales, who is no longer a young star. * If women ■V/., Weil only take Nuuird iron whi-n thrvV^M ■/ feel weak, l un-losn. tiled ■ / out—wkrn (hey air pair, nri \ V W t IT"! *n<J hazzanl—<hrr» ,hou \ W * a sand* who might readily build up 11 11 ,5',r. "J corpuscles, become rosy II If cheeked slims sml healthy and ll 11 •" niui h more attractive In every 11 I 1 Tr -, 'h'" ,,M‘lrou sue* (mm the II I ■ blood id women, the healthy (low f I II « WUth leaves their skin and their SI l\ chsim and vivavtiy depart. A two/J »eek* inline o( Nutsled Iron IM ■ \ w’tss wondets In many cases. / B •«'•!*. non zusrsnieed or BIIII.V tel,inded At all ifllj^V ■ «cod druggist*. y''Msm Buckeye Grid Mentor Opens School at Columbia-Expert at Aerial Game New York, Aug. 9.—Dr. John W. Wilce, Ohio university’s noted grid iron coach, has started his football coaching course at Columbia univer sity again. As Dr. Wilce is decidedly a "modern” In football, the former University of Michigan star's pupils can expect to learn a great deal about the forward passing game. As a mat ter of fact, Coach Wilce has empha sized this phase of the gridiron sport at the Columbia summer sessions of the last two years. Moreover, the effectiveness with which his own Buckeye elevens have used this FIRPO-WILLS GO SEPTEMBER 11TH New York, Aug. 9.—Announcement has been made by Tex Rickard that he will promote the firpo-WIlls heavyweight struggle at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City Thurs day evening, September 11, so as not to interfere with the polo matches scheduled for September 6, 10 and possibly a third game on September 13. He Intended to put it on the night before, but after going over the situation thoroughly he decided on the 11th. Preceding Wills and Firpo, Rickard will stage two eights, one six and a four spot, bringing together a bunch of 175-pounders and heavyweights. The best seats will cost $25. Ten thousand $2 and $3 tickets will be placed on sale at 5 o'clock on the day I. — 1 11 ■ .— weapon la more than a fair Indica tion that he la a master. The course makes a study of the various methods of attack and de fense and in position play, with par ticular emphasis on generalship. In this connect ion/Coach Wilce, after In structing his pupils in the Impor tance of having a good tactician at the quarterback post, gives them strategical problems to solve. All the work, however, Is not done in the classroom, for the students are re quired to don moleskins from time to time and practice on South field. of the show. The reserved prices will be $5, $10, $15, $20 and $25 for the best seats, in addition to the war tax. International Loop to Have Hard Sledding New Tork, Aug. 9.—Jack Dunn and other advocates of the nondraft sys tem now prevailing In the Interna tional league may say what they please about the value of their circuit of being able to retain their star play ers from season to season, but there Is no doubt the league is not what it was under the draft system. The plight of clubs which cannot get ball players except by rare luck or at big expense brings the question to the fore all the time and there is a growing feeling now that the modi fied form of draft adopted by the American Association, for example, will finally be agreed to by the In ternationals. TRACK RECORD MADE AT MALVERN Malvern, la., Aug. 8.—Toddland won the feature event, the 8:20 trot, on the closing program of the Mills county fair. Dr. Douglas finished second, while Princess Lander won third place money. Time: 2:14 1-4, 2:15 1-4, 2:17 1-4, 2:21 1-4 and 2:21 1-4. Ledgewood Patch, In winning the 2:11 pace, set a new track record, traveling one heat In 2:08 1-4. Hags won second money. Prince Pachuta won third money. Kate C finished fourth. The race was for a purse of $250. Malvern defeated Emerson, 4 to 1. In the baseball game following the races. Batteries: Bartholomew and Tyner: Haynes and Graham. BASEBALL TODAY DOUBLE-HEADER Omaha vs. St. Joseph First Game at 2 P. M. | * Box Seat* For Solo at Beaton’s, 15th and Farnara Street* | ! Study this picture closely. Note the sleepy, list less attitude of this fisherman. He will get no fish, of course, yet he seems satisfied to sit and dream. Many merchants are like this fisherman. They seem content to sit and wait for customers to hunt them up. They get little business, because they make little or no effort to get it. If you want a list of the men who are “on the job” for business, watch the advertisers in The Omaha Bee. They’re not “waiting” for busi ness-they’re going after it! Wake up, men! Catch this spirit of optimism! The business is here. Conditions never looked better. Tell Omaha and Nebraska what you have to sell, through continuous, constructive advertising in The Omaha Bee. Phone AT 1 antic 1000 and let’s start something! THE OMAHA BEE Service Department i