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Fhe Omaha Bee PART FIVE PORTING SECTION PAGES ONE TO FOUR UN DAY SPORTS - VOL XLI NO. 7. Omaha Whitewashes DesMoines DEMOTT BLANKS DES MOINES, 2-0 7 Another Close One ii Added to the Rourkes' List of Recent Victories. WHOLE OMAHA TEAM BRILLIANT At Bat and in Field the Athletes Play . Star Game. PICK GET3 THE HIGH ONES Pleases the Crowd with His One-Hand Grabs. NIEHOFF INTO THE LIMELIGHT Itflaees Some, bat Bring l Omaki'i Two Rene la Well Earned T ' and (kc Other la Preaent from Baehant. Benjamin Harrison Demott put the kibosh on the Des Molnea HepefnK aspiration for garnering the last game of the series whan ha blanked them yesterday for nine Innings, allowing but thre hit and pas Ing on man. It waa the bent pitching1 aeen on the home grounda this season and the Rourkes took the long end of the I to 0 score. At the opening of the first round It looked aa If It would be a pitchers' battle, but after Pa' athletea atrurk their gait It waa aome going. Dena opened up by striking out the first three men wiio faced him. but he waa found for hla first hit In the econd Inning, and for the next four, dur ing which time elk'ht good sized hits were batted out, chief among which were two long onee made by Demott. In hla first time up he swung on the ball for two baga and the next time he Bent the sphere to the oenter field fonce for three baga. For ' three lr.nlngs Demott had the Dee Molnea batter aendlng up little pop files and eaay grounders. In the fourth M?"tlck got away with a scratch hit, but It failed to materialise. After stealing second base he waa helpless. It was not until the eighth Inning that they got another hit. After Graham had walked, Ultowskt broke up what looked for a one-hit game for Demott by slamming the ball across first for a single. Bena then hit Into a double, which spoiled the Hopefuls' only chance of scoring. In all there were thirty-two men who faced the Bourke twlrler. It Drains In the Fourth. Omaha got the flrat run In the fourth Inning and that ahould have been the only run of the game, but on an error by Ba ehant in the alxth Inning tho home (ram scored a second time. Nlehoff started the fourth with an infield hit and waa sacri ficed ' to second by Thomason. Kane put pretty single Just over" Korea' head, while Nlehoff raced acrosa the pin. Nlehoff also got he second run. He opened the sixth Inning with a terrible drive over third for two bases. An Infield hit by Thomason placed him on third and he aoored because Baehant let the ball go through when Bens attempted to catch Tommle napping at first ' Try eTT.ard as they might the Hopefuls could not get one man to third base. But four men managed to got on bases, and every man uleu at the second plate. In four. Innings but twelve men faced Demott, and in no inning illd more than four fac him. Pick, who Is substituting for u llama in the field, played a great game, making two -star catches. In the first In ning he raced almost to the fence and pulled down a high one from Mattlck's bat with hla bare hand. In the fourth Inning he made hie other catch by running from left field almoat to the Infield and then . making a final lunge for the ball, which he speared with one band. The Omaha infield played like a bunch of old-timers at the game. Kneavea cov ered the short station like a blanket and I Moore stopped almost impossible drives. Nlehoff was the only man off color, and made two errors. He made these, however, In attempting to field the ball too fast, and which under ordinary conditions he gets easily. Both catchers were- in .good form land but three stolen bases were made. Mat tick stole second base twice and Thomason got the other one. In the cuter garden Thomason took everything that oame hla way with apparent eaae, and at the bat made his usual hit by beating out a bunt In the sixth inning. Score: OMAHA. AB. R. H. 0 0 I A. (Moore, lb ... Nleholl. Sb Thomason, cf Kan, lb ... 4 .. 4 ... S ... s .. s ,.. a ... s ... a ... s Plok, II.. Kneavea. aa....... Lynoh, o. Demott, p Totaia. 29 t DBS MOINES. 27 14 AB. R. II. o. a a a l o o 7 0 A, B. Curtis, If 4 Colllgan, aa 4 ifattTck, cf 4 0 0 Hachant, lb.... Korea. 3b Anderson, rf... .Graham, Sb.... I'ltowskl, o Decs, p..., Totals Oman Rubs HU Iwb Molnea .... 4 .... 4 .... 3 .... a a .... a .ai a 24 la .... I H 1 M -1 .... oiiaiaoo a : Hum . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . Hits SOOlOOOll 3 Two-base htta: Demott, Nlehoff. Three base hit: Demott. First baoe on balls: Off Demott, L- Struck out: By Demott. 4; by live. A. Sacrifice hit: Kane. Stolen basea: Kane. Mattlck (!). Hits: Off IX moit. 3; off Bena, a. Left on bases: Des Molnea, 4: Omaha, 4. Time: 1:36. Umpires; .'lark and McDowell. St. Kdward Defeats Colaasbne. ' ST. EDWARDS, Neb..' Aug. . (Special Telegram.) The Columbus Young Men'a Christian association team proved eaay for the tit. Edwards team on the local grounds yesterday. The feature of the game was Jones' pitching. Score: St. Edwards, 6: Co lumbus. 1. Batteries: Columbua, Todenhoft and Taylor; St. Edwards, Jones and A new. Nebraska City Minks Strengthened. NEBRASKA CITY, Aug. 4.-(Speolal.-John Wilson of the Kansas league has been appointed captain of the Nebraska City Mink league team In place of Captain Plnkerton. Captain Wilson has signed sev eral new players snd ameng them la L.. Q. Kaasen, a route pitcher from the Colorado league- Genoa Defeats Colambua. tiKNOA, Neb.. Aug. fc Genoa defeated Columbua today by a welt played ama by the score of 4 to 6. The feature of the game wa, r batting of Cvniploii and the pitching , Schetnloaa. Battel ire: Genoa, Schando.a, Wake i.d Carrul; Co-lyml'-'a- Neater, Tut and Taylor. II TtaTIII-lll-l I IIIIIll I W L If 1 I 11. Ill 1 III 1 W I 'J III III U 1 I WJ I I 1 I 1 I I nTl VII U I I law" I I TfiM MXPSmiT. TRANK TXlPMAZT K zil V7) DZKF r i ' j jt i i ii , i ii , r: 0 alureadyforthebigshootIK vmmkffM ( :mi : 7 Amateur and Professional Trap Shots II A , , iK jT Vr ' Galore Arejomin,. . Y 1 i 7 MANY AfiE ALREADY ON HAND Kl : I 11 i Y K f t JPh These Will Take Part This Afternoon I x '' I -W . . ?la, I IS l J YaksiS M In the Resjalar Weekly Shoot of i'y ' k ' . WwS, SHflV Omaha Can Clab Across - f -f M i.''L' , Vr High School Plans a Strong Schedule for the Gridiron Indications Are for Another Good Team of Foot Ball Warriora Thii Fall. Omaha High school la planning a stren uous year in foot ball for the coming season, meting all of , the larger cities around Omaha on the gridiron and some of the beat of the Nebraska town teams. The annual two games wll be played with Lincoln, which la Omaha's greatest rival for the honors of the state of Nebraska. Laat year Omaha won the state cham pionship by a close margin, defeating the Lincoln lads by a few scorea to the good on the two games totals. The Missouri Valley championship, however, was lost by the Omaha warriora, St Joseph defeat ing them at St. Joe. Tbe prospects of having another of the big schools of Chicago " come here for a Thanksgiving game are rather poor, ac cording to R. L. Carns. manager of the athletics for the high school. It Is a big risk to take because if it snows or rains on Thanksgiving day and people do not turn out to the game the expenses of bringing the Chicago eleven here puta the athletic board' badly in debt. However, on the game with Wendell Phillips of Chicago at Vinton park lat Thanksgiving day Omaha took in much money. The schedule so far Includes Nebraska City, here September 30; Norfolk, Neb., there October T; Sioux City, here October 28; Beatrice, there November 4; St. Joseph, here November 11. This leaves four open datea. October 14 and 20 and November 13 and Thanksgiving. Lincoln will play prob- ably one of the October and on. of the novemw" fttrs. ami lorn, xvo., wit i In the other November Saturday. October 20 la filled, but Manager Cama declareJ thai he uua.c u uiauuao iu. num. of the school aa yeu Seven of the members of last year's tean will be back to play with the purple am white squad this year. Bowman, captali and halfback; Gideon and Gall, enda; Vlr gll Rector, guard, will probably play full back thla year; Andrua, the giant tackle and the surest ground gainer on the team; Golden, guard, and Baldrlge, center. Dela meter, Rouse, Jenks and other of l he ond squad will be on hand to compete for the vacant place on the team. Omaha High Is never lost for material, because there are so msny students and the out took la for another championship team. OMAHA, Laden with gun bags and the mass of other paraphernalia essential to trap shoot ing, 250 or more of the keenest shots In the west, both professional and amateur, are expected to descend on Omaha Mon day and Tuesday for the western handicap trap shoot, each Intent upon proving him self the best shot in the west. . That shooting of a caliber seldom wit nessed in Omaha la to be offered goes without saying, but one becomes more con vinced that the shoot Is to be Indeed a classy one when he glances over the list of entries. When such men as Lester German, George . Maxwell, Thomas Mar shall, Harry Taylor and Fred Gilbert, not to mention the score more of professionals and the hundreds of amateurs, get to gether In one shoot it doesn't take an expert to predict that some records are going to be shattered and that Omaha la to be the "big squeeze' in the shooting world for a week. Monday it Is expected will be largely oc cupled with practice shooting, but on Tues day the real sport begins. On that day there are to be ten matches, aa on Wednes day and Thursday. The 'tourney" closes on Thursday with the stellar event of the week, the shoot for the western handicap championship. Shooting la to begin at 9 o'clock each day. Targeta are to be thrown at about fifty yards distance. ,No guns larger than a twelve-gauge bore are to be used, but the weight of the guns is unlimited. Black powders are also under the ban. Profes sionals are to be allowed to take part In the shoot for targets only and the prises go to the amateurs. The Omaha Gun club grounda on the Iowa side of the Missouri river, just at the foot of the Douglas street bridge, have been put In excellent condition for the meet and it is said that there is not a finer shooting park in the west. Five new trapa have been Installed, besides other accommodations for the large number of crack ahota who are expected. Traps hiva all hMn irrnnrMl fA far tha nnrtli ; an4 , pumb,r of h.v, bfa removed . , order , the ,hoot, M unbroken :-; 'ine. New walka have also been laid. The shooters are to have tbelr head quarters at the Faxton hotel. Here rooms have been reserved In which there will be registration books, an Information bureau and free telephone service. In an other room a Dutch luneh Is to be kept ready at all tlmea for the hungry marks men. A number of the professionals have al ready arrived In Omaha to complete prep arations for the event. Elmer Bhaner of the Interstate association, who Is to man age the event, tamo in Saturday, aa did George Maxwell and George Carter. Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake. Ia.. and W. H. Vletmeyer of Chicago are also among the eurlv arrive la These men, along with a number of SUNDAY MORNING, AUOUST Again; National Clay Court Champions Start wu nr:.. t?-4v - 4.u t-:: t? SSM r ; VAi others to arrive today, will compete in the local club's regular weekly shoot at Town send park this afternoon. Special events are arranged for them. A number of ama teurs will also arrive Sunday and compete in the afternoon meet. Biggins' Orphans Will Return Home Manager Dwyer Goes to Dea Moines to Ascertain Sentiment that Exiats There. Bill Dwyer, manager of the Dea Molnea base ball team left for Dea Moines Saturday morning to psve the way for the return of the Orphans to their home town. The team will start a three days' series at Sioux City today and after that ' will try out the home town again to see what the senti ment now is. The Orphans have been playing ail the games scheduled for Des Moines tit other towns of late because the Dee Moines fans refused to support the team, but before any other move is made Owner Hlgglns will see If Des Moines really wants the team, - Nebraska City Landlord Sard. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb.. Aug. 6-(Pe-clal.) Dana P. Long, landlord of Hotel Watson of thla city, today received notice from Hamburg, la., that' a suit for 16,000 had been filed against him In the court of that district by Mrs. Myrtle Brown. Some months ago when M. Long resided In Hamburg, la., he owned a fine bulldog and it was lying on the sidewalk one day aa the woman passed and she stepped on the dog's paw. The dog grabbed her shoe and pulled It off and now she clalma the dog mangled her foot. Tke dog haa alnce died. - - Llahtalnc Strikes Straw Stack. Nt,t...-iKA CITY, Neb., Aug. S. (Spe cial,) Friday morning during the storm a large straw stack on the farm on Otto Wuertelle, four miles west of the city, was struck by lightning and aet on f re. It was destroyed and a number of theda also. It was only by the assistance of the neigh bors that his hl l.arn anil home wtrt saved. Dr. Ha. vuera. CRE8TON, la., Auif. 5 (Special.) Dr. Burns, one of the best known race horses of the state, owned by K. B. Johnson of Urlawold. was sold yesterday after taking econd place In the free for all pane at the Rrd Oak race meet, to M. It. Shutt ot Hock Rapids, well known as the owner of i hi. famous Penaia Maid. Three thousand dollars was the Jong )rtce paid. - (5, 1911. "f$ ilrM W- T';. tffi -' ' . a. ,-4V ' 0-'. MOTOR BOAT MEN TO LEET Lay Plans for a Real River and Lake Power Boat Club. MAY CONNECT TWO WATERS Plan Is to Have a Canal, So Owners Mar Keep Their Boats en River and Still Visit at the Ike. i- With an ultimate purpose of making the MlFSourl river accessible by means of a connecting canal to motor boats on Carter lake, and vice versa. Dr. J. B. Flckes has called a meeting of the motor boat ownera of the lake and river for Monday noon, be tween tho hours ot 12 and 1, In his office, 724 City. National Bank building. The In tention Is to organise and get busy at once. Dr. Flckes waa one of the late excursion ists down the river from Sioux City and la enthusiastic over the possibilities and pleasures of river motoring. The name of the new club probably will be the Missouri River Motor Boat - asso icatlon. Although the canal Is more or less a thing of the future, motoring of the river by' enthusiasts is going to be very much a thing of the present. A property owner and an old river man has offered to build the club a pier, run way and possibly a boat house near the Bluffa pumping station, on the Iowa side of the liver. Dr. Flckes says that a dozen motorists have already signified their In tentions of going in with him on such a proposition, and that the river harbor, as broached by the river nun, la an assured thing. The worst trouble experienced In keeping boats on the river so far, aaye Dr. SINGLE 4 A Flckes, Is that there has been no respon sible person to take charge of them. Thlevea have ruined $100 worth of property for the sake of 25 cents worth of brass. Under the new order this will be changed. The proposed canal Into Carter lake will enable the gasoline seamen to avail them selves of the social advantages of the lake and still have the great pleasure of liver boating. Engineers have pronounced the plan of a canal as feasible, although there are sev eral difficulties that loom large upon first consideration. In the first place the level of the lake Is generally higher than that of the river This oan be obviated by two water lolks. Then -the lake Is stocked with fish that would at once escape to the river. If tt were , not for the fact that especially prepared fiHh gatea and nets can be devised to keep them In. Aside from all the owners and operator of boats. Dr. Flckes has also Invited any members of the park board and the Com mercial club who wish to attend. "There is a mistaken Idea prevalent," said the doctor, . "that if your engine stops you must necessarily drift down the river until you can get It to going again. This la not the case. There are numerous eddies In which you can anchor and tinker with your engine to your heart's content. How ever, you can't steer to shore without power." "But what If you should run out of gas?" asked a doubting Thomas. "Well, that Is your lookout," said Dr. Flckes. ' Bancroft Wins In Ninth. LYONS, Neb. Aug. 5 (Special.) A large crowd attended the base ball game here Friday between the Bancroft and Lyons teams. No one msde a score until the ninth liming, when Bancroft got two to the home plate. Score 3 to S. This is the first gam a . , . '4111 COVY FIVE CENTS. CLAY COURT MEET GETS GOOD START Fourteen Matches in the Preliminary . a K. ... ttoona Are iinHhed Daring First Afternoon. HUNDRED AND TWENTY ENTRIES Tourney to Start in Full Force on Monday Morning. CRACKS TO ARRIVE TODAY Will Practice During the Day on the Field Club Courts. INDICATIONS FOR BIG MEET Attendance to Be Mack l.araer Tkaat Last Year, with Many State ef talon Represented Interest n Is Qalte Keen. The second national clay court champion ship of the United States opened yesterday at the Omaha Field club with ISO players from all over the country entered. Only fourteen matches were played Saturday afternoon, but several of them were speedy and indicated the class pf fine tennis that Omaha Is to see when the clay couriers really get Into the tourney this week. John T. Bailey, official referee of the tournament, called the first match of the national at 2:30 o'clock, Drummond Jones of St. Louis and Lyman McConnell of Omaha contesting In the opening match. . A good gallery waa present to witness that start of Omaha's second national ten nis event. Aa each good stroke was made by one or the other of the contestants' ap plause would quickly follow, showing the Interest of Omaha In good tennis. On Fast Match. The match between Drummond Jones, the St. Louis expert, and L. 8. McConnell of Omaha was one of the interesting fight of the afternoon. Jones started off with a rush, playing his game far back In . the court and cutting the ball close over the net. His shots were swift, although a trifle wild, and he steadily gained points on the Omaha man. . . McConnell fought well the first set, low ing it, 6-8, but in the second set the Bt Louis crack got his stride and allowed Mo Connell but one game. i Paul McQulston ot New Orleans, the gulf states champion, was matched against Lawrence Bushman, the Crelghton college boy and a novice compared with the south erner. McQulston had It all his way, but in spite .of the faot that he was loafing it was pretty tennis. Harvey McQulston,' his brother, put on an exhibition' game with Arthur Scrtbner; the former Omaha champion, and the two fought merrily for a long series of games, although no score was kept. Later the two McQulston brothers playefl a practice game with Drummond Jones and Roland Hoetr, making a very ..pretty match. A 'large majority of the matches Saturday were between Omaha men an dthelr part-, ners, because many of the out-of-town players entered had not arrived aa yet from attending other tournaments. Mon day, Referee Bailey has docreed that all the first and preliminary rounds must be, played so that the consolntlons may be started Tuesday and the doubles Wednes-t day. Melville Long, present holder ot the clay court championship tftle, will not be lit attendance at the second . national clay court tournament. He Is at present In the east attending tennis tournaments and sent word to Omaha Saturday that' he would be unable to come to this city for the championship round and would forfeit his title. Long's reasons for not' coming are partly his engagements and partly tie cause there are so few men entered in the national clay court tournament that are ot tbe same class of player that he is that he gets little credit for winning the event. He waa dissatisfied last year because of the ranking he received. PRELIMINARY ROUND. Ray Farrell. Omaha, beat L. H. Taylor, Dallas, S. D.. 6-1. 6-4. ' Drummond Jones. HL Louis, beat Lyman McConnell, Omaha. 6-S. 6-1. , L. A. Hlgglns, Omaha, beat M. Buck, Omaha. 6-3. 5-7, C-I. '"' P. D. McQulston. New Orleans, beat Lawrence Hush man. 6-0. 6-L J. Madden. Omaha, beat A. N. NewelV. Omaha. 6-2. 4-3. .. ,' Joe Adams. Omaha., beat C. H. Young, Omaha, bv default. v. Koiln' . Cmiah- beat R. Larmon, Omaha, 6-4, 6-1. - ,' Cedrlo Potter. Omaha, beat R. L. Cama, Omaha. 6-3. 6-1. H. M. McQulston. Val VIeck. Tex., beat Dick Stewart. Omaha, bv default. Harold McKlnnev. Lincoln, beat George Blerman, Omaha. 6-3. 7-5. Omaha". t-Vti e0rt' R1Uy' OmahaT 0mah' J R Nl y FIRST ROUND. H. J. Rendell. Irwin. Pa., beat Oeorre Falter. Plattsmouth. 6-2. 6-L Percy Slverd. Pittsburg, beat M. Cole petzer, Omaha. 6-1. 6-3. COLLINS JUMPS DENVER TEAJIJ I. f New Oatfleider Seada Letter to MeOIll' Haylagr Me If aa ((nit. DENVER, Colo., Aug. 5. Joe Colllna. an outfielder obtained by the Denver club only a few days ago, has "Jumped" the team and left for parts unknown. Collins failed to show up at Thursday's game and President McOIll received a letter from the player, saying that he felt he had "got; In bad" through his two erros In Wednes day's game and had quit the team. Col lins formerly belonged to the 8prlngfleld. O., club, of the Ohio State League. JOB ARMSTRONG WINS AGAIN St. Panl Man Keeps Tennis Champion, ship from Hleka. SIOUX CITY. Aug. 6.-(Special Tele gram.) Joe Armstrong of tit. Paul, tooay won the trl-state tennis championship for the second time by defeating Will Hicks of Sioux City In three hotly contested sets. Armstrong showed supremacy in hla accurate placing.. Score: 6-S, 6-3, 6-4. Two Oasat-s at Fairfield. F AIRFIELD, Neb., Aug. . (Special.) The Beatrice Business college base ball team played the Fairfield team on the local diamond yeaterday and was defeated by a score of 21 to 4. Another game waa played this sftrnoon In which the Fairfield team waa defeated. Score, 11 to 1 White os ny keaao. OTTl'M WA, la., Aug. C-Dan grnna,. right fielder of the Ottumwa Central asso ciation was sold today to tbe Chicago American league team. He haa niaJe thirteen home rune I hi year.