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) v Mutt Evidently Didn't Know 1 Judgments y -y ERE are a few lines from I. A. I I Sanborn of the Chicago Tribune I I so much to the point on what we have often said as to "fans" and "knockers" that we print it for just what tt Is worth, 100 par: Why did Rath pull a bunt yesterday In the White Sox fifth inning with Kuhn on tHrd and two men out? Because that was the last thing the Athletics were looking lor in that situation, and the element of surprise gives the man who springs it a big advantage, Just as you can double cross a pal successfully once. On the diamond the double-cross is as laudable as it is deplorable off it. Psychologically It was the right mo n ent. The Athletics had faltered by leaving third. base uncovered, permitting Kuhn to advance two bases on a simple play to first and that play had given the .Sox the first run, which Is a big advan tage, in an airtight game. Rath knew liom experience that the opposing in flelders had their minds focused on what Connie Mack waa going to say to them. le was fully aware there were two out and that this was no place to pull a squeeze play ordinarily. He also was awake to the fact the infield was play ing deep forhlin, since it was necessary only to retire him at first to keep Kuhn lrom scoring the second run. Rath figured that if he could push a bunt safely past the unsuspecting Morgan his speed probably would enable him to reach first before Eddie Collins couM come in and field the ball, while if Me Innis tried to field the bunt the chances were neither Morgan nor Collins would think to cover first in time to take a throw. It was a quickly thought-out, cleverly executed double-cross, and it worked, for it caught Morgan napping and Collins could not get 1o the ball in time, even if he had not fumbled in his overhaste. And so the fans applauded Rath. If it lad failed he would have been termed a dub in spite of all hia smart thinking. That's base ball. Pa Rourke, like the pain-stricken David of old, must feel like exclaiming every time nightfall comes, with def erence to one or two of his young pitchers. "Is the young man Absalom safe?" Better hours, we feel sure, would make pitchers of both Hicks and Fen tress and if we were Pa Rourke we would see to it that the vivacious young fledg 'lings improve their schedule of diver- , slons. Hicks has been losing with rather striking consistency, while Fentress has done little better of late. With Rhodes r.ever at his best in cool weather, the team is left to depend on Hall, Robinson and Ryan, and Ryan, being wild, natur ally suffers more from the lack of con- . trol when the sun Is not beating down its best. Much poor pitching has been done on this foreign trip. Otherwise, with what terrific bombarding of the ball has been kept up by Kane, Johnson, Coyle and others, we should have won nearly every game. Of course, we do not expect to see Pa's patience endure much more from pitchers who can really pitch K the notion strikes them, and late hours and bright lights at night do not. A flash of old-time Cub form came in a s'ngle play by Sheckard and Evers during the week. A man is on first and one on second when the ball is hit to left. Sheckard could easily have got it on the fly, but lets it bound to him to make possible a double play. He throws to Evers at second, who is on the job as usual, and Evers touches second and also the runner who should have gone to tHrd. completing the play which old Sheck had planned in the twinkling of an eye. That is the reason we say the Cubs are not yet dead ones. And they win never be so long as a Chance, an Evers, a Sheckard or a Tinker remains. From Sporting Life: One of the real surprises of the season is the showing of the Omaha team. n the early days of the present pennant rice not a manager on the circuit ad mitted President Rourke could possibly figure In it. Some of these same men are now ready to admit that Rourke is in the counting. And it "do" look that way. Rourke is admitted to have some classy infield and some hard hitters. In addition his pitching staff seems to be going good enough to handle the opposition. It doesn't take much more to win games. Amen. Base ball has been adopted as the chief means of diversion for prisoners in some peniteniaries. The authorities who did that are students of psychology. Nothing could be more wholesome to moral stamina than this grand, clean game that brings out the best there is In a man. To put the national game to such practical uses Is realizing double rrofit out of it. Wo are pleased to note that a com mendable spirit of international amity has Insinuated itself Into the acrimonies of base ball. Here is Olsen pitching and Yost catching for the Shamrocks. We shall soon expect to hear of Casey and Mulligan doing battery work for the Tcerless Pretzels. With the affairs at Chicago sizzling, and the Baltimore attraction ready to take the stage as soon as It is vacated, the Las Vegas proceedings are not get ting much chance at the front page. An exchange says Manager Hendricks expects to "clinch the pennant once more" on this homo stay of Denver's. No. ho doesn't. Encouraging tho iiids is only ainjtlicr v.ay of providing for gate receipts In tho future. It's a good business policy. rr OEHOCN6 U, AMCNH SrVLOR'i To GR(van JAILORS 'XOWt 5" SfWter- MEET 6N FRO TH? CRCAT v- V I VA TO I'LL BULL 1EN ABOUT WHAT 5OLV0 WITH fcr 6f BooVTIN&l GReM NAMV. NO T6UIN& , . ISKUSH, I J Sets? fT 11 ; .vairssfjsssn (?) ft ? Vr DOUBLE-HEADERS IN ORDER Many Amateur Parks Will Be Occu pied by Four Teams Today. BIG ATTRACTIONS AT BOURSE'S 4.11 of the Games Scheduled for Today PromliP to Be Interest ing; to Those Who Keep Tab on Amateur. The Alamitoes and Advos and the Townsends and Storz will line up this afternoon at Rourke park as follows: Admission price has been cut in half for this game. STORZ. TOWNSENDS. Drummy First Malum Graham Second Hall Minikus Short Woodruff Durkee ...Third Jenkins Dougherty Left O'Connor Hachten Center Fox Welch Right Faber Clair Catch Coe Probst Pitch Adams Pitch ;.. Young ...i Pitch Moree.rty ADVOS. ALAMITOS. McGrath First Cross Hollander Second Welch Bowlie Short Eastman Pabst Third Jenkins Carmndy Left Chrlstenson Feltman Center Caughlan Flanagan Right Lynn Coe ....Catch Roberts Madden ....Pitch Kernan Baker Pitch At, Fort Omaha. Two games are scheduled for Fort Omaha, the Workmen and Spaldlngs furnishing the first entertainment, and the Hollys and Hanscom Parks being billed to wind up the afternoon's ac tivities. The lineups: A. O. U. W. SPALDINGS. Koran First Gobler Young Second Rudie Brown Short May McCullougli Third Hofer Van Scoyce Left Mongerson Quigley Centpr Strangle Wright Right Swift Lighten Catch Gentleman Cass Pitch. Andrews Eisenhart.. ....... Pitch Jordan Riley.;.,... Pitch HANSCOM PARK. HOLLYS. Dougherty First Cavanaugh P. Keily Second Swoboda Gillham Short Bando McAndrews Third Collins Russam Left Yearnick Falconer Center Front McCreary Right Tuttle Erickson Catoh E. Bogatts Hickey Pitch H. Bogatts Doable-Header at Armour's. Another double-header is to be played at Armour park with the Brodegaards and Armours and two Squealville Class B teams will be in the field. The Crowns and Armours will line up as follows: BRODEGAARDS. ARMOURS. Sullivan First Graves Gibbs Second Corcoran Maine Short Jellen Variety Third Hyatt Slater Left Badura DolBon Center H.vdock Conklin Right Millett Fuller Catch Williams Pendry Pitch Gurness Bell Pitch Across the River. Another brace of games will be played at Athletic park in Council Bluffs. The Cubs and Imperials will play the firs', game and the show will wind up with the Merchants and Luxus, lined up as follows: LUXUS. MERCHANTS. Hachten First Wahl Rapp Second Hodge Smith Short McLean Tracey Third Phillips Denny Left Scanion Melady Center Geff Vanous Right Elliott Danze Catch Duff, Payne Dyke Pitch Peterson Cunningham Pitch Humbach Will Observe Custom. The custom of pulling off two games in one afternoon will be observed at Farrell park, where the Shamrocks and Kipling ers and the Farrells and Grain Exchange meet. Lineups: SHAMROCKS. KIPLING ERS. Fletcher ..First Guinane Kennedy Second Nelson Hronek , Horn Short McGrath Collins Third Platz Langheine Left Ban Clark Center Abdiil Cavanaugh Right Gloden Yost Catch Dineen Smith Pitch Moran FARRELLS. EXCHANGE. Kemp First... Dennison Michel Second Sigler Farrell Short Grossman Saup Third McN imara Kucera Left Thompson Ogden Center Murray Strong Right Knee Prefka Catch Morrow Luchen Pitch Rathke Steam Pitch Kinnard At Crescent Sunday the 'local team will meet the Stolz team of Council Bluffs. Both teams are a live bunch and fast They have both played seven games apiece and have their first defeat of the season to meet. With this in view an exciting game is expected. The lineup. Stolz. Position. Crescent. Bell Catcher H. Watts Hudspeth Pitcher Foote Wallace Pitcher Currie Dinkel .First base Hough Praker '. .Second base Barrett Grieves Third base Kinney Young Shortstop Adams Moore Left field Dorsett Wallace Center field Williams Austin Right field R. Walu Towne Still Farms. Babe Towne seems satisfied with farm life and howg no signs of wanting to join Sioux City. He is said to have grown so fat that he couldn't be of use anyway. Watson Makes Kerords. Watson, the St. Joseph outfielder se cured from the Central association, where lie was the champion of about every thing last year,' Is keeping up his record. He leads the Western league In hitting. a French Ship Was in the Harbor . ; , . ; um-arxr 7.. vv ft m mm H r!V From Left to STATE GOLF JOURNEY HERE Big Event to Start at the Country Club June 26. OMAHA HANDICAPS PREVAIL Plenty of Golf Is Staved to Keep All Visitors Busy Doriog the Four Days of (be State Tournament. Over 200 golf enthusiast of Omaha have entered for the eighth annual tournament of the Nebraska Golf association which will be held on the links of the Omaha Country club June 26, 27, 28 and 29. The tourney will be played with a handicap, the Omaha style prevailing. The Omaha style handicaps are as fol lows. Medal play against bogey; player takes a stroke for each hole bogey wins, and gives a stroke for each hole bogey loses. Match play against bogey; If player Is even with or flown to bogey and loses a hole, he receives a stroke on next hole. If a player Is even or up on bogey and wins a hole, he gives bogey a half stroke on the next hole. If a hole Is halved, or if player Is down and wins, or if player is up and loses, no strokes are given. Ties In Omaha style handi caps are to be decided by another round of the course. Following Is the program which will be observed during the tourna ment: WEDNESDAY MORNING. Qualifying round Nebraska club team championship, 7 a. m. THURSDAY MORNTNG. Amateur champion, first round, 8 a. m., eighteen holes, match play. Director's, first round, 9 a. m., eighteen holes, match play. Secretary's, first round, 9:30 a. m., eighteen holes, match play. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Amateur championship, second round. 1:30 p. m.. eighteen holes, match play. Consolation, first round, 2 p. m., eigh teen holes, match play. Dlrectof's, second round, 2:30 p( m., eighteen holes, match play. Secretary's, second round, 2:45 p. m.. eighteen holes, match play. Match handicap. "Omaha style." 3 p. m., eighteen holes, match play against bogey. FRIDAY MORNING. Amateur champion, third round, 9 a. m., eighteen holes, match play Consolation, second round, 9:15 a. m., eighteen holes, match play. Director's, third round, 9:30 a. m., eigh teen holes, match play. Secretary's, third round, 9:5 a. m., eighteen holes, match play. Swatfest (cost you one ball), 10 a. m., eighteen holes, medal play, ten to qualify. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Amateur championship, semi-final, 1.30 p. m., eighteen holes, match play. Consolation, semi-final, 1:45 p. m., eighteen holes, match play. Director's, semi-final, 2 p. m., eighteen holes, match play. Secretary's, semi-final, 2:15 p. m., eigh teen holes, match play. Medal handicap. "Omaha style," 2:30 p. m.. eighteen holes, medal play. Professional match, first round, 3 p. m., eighteen holes, medal play. SATURDAY MORNING. Amateur champion, first half final, 9:30 a, m., eighteen holes, match play. Consolation, final, 9:45 a. m-, eighteen holes, match play. Director's, final, 10 a. m., eighteen boles, match play. Secretary's, final, 10:1$ a. m., eighteen holes, match play. Professional match, second round, 10:30 a. m., eighteen holes, medal play. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Amateur champion, second half final, 2:3) p. m.. eighteen holes, match play. Robe Some Hitter. Rube Marquard on this year's record is not only the zenith pitcher of the un salted base ball seas, but a bearcat with the Mick. He has macerated the ball to the extent of almost .300. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BE2: JUXE One of Omaha's p wm - k mil llil li rn Bight Daley, Martin, Schuhart, Prawl, Westergaard, Ncmltz, Parkins, Schroeder, M. E. SMITH IDEALS. Norfolk Preparing to Entertain State Tennis Players NORFOLK, Neb., June S.-(Special.)-The first annual Nebraska state tennis tournament, which will be held in Nor folk July 15-20, will be a success if Nor folk can make It one. The whole city Is joining in the movement to give the vis iting racquet wielders, of whom 100 to 150 are expected, a good time and superior tennis courts to play on. A professional caretaker Is already at work on the three cloy courts at the Norfolk Country club grounds putting them in shape for the meet and by July 15, when the tourney begins, It is ex pected that the courts will be as perfect as any in the west. Beautiful trophy cups, costing several hundred dollars, are to be hung up for winners In singles and doubles, and there will also be consolation prizes. Secretary N. A. Huae of Norfolk, who recently was appointed to that position by President Koch, is receiving lists of players from over the state who are In terested in the meet and will be glad to have additional names. Every tennis played in Nebraska Is eligible to enter. The entrance fees will be ti per team in doubles and J2 per man In singles. Omaha and Lincoln are expected to send a big field of players, as well as all other cities and towns In the state where ten nis is played. There will be smokers, boating trips, automobile trips, billiard tournaments and dances for the evening programs during the meet. Creighton Men Plan for Future Work When the twenty-one members 6f the senior class of Creighton university gather at the Orpheum theater June 20 to receive their diplomas, It will be the last meeting of the young men who have worked together In the school room for the last seven years. The majority will continue the student life in professional schools. Other departments of Creighton university will receive a majority, while several will go east. Plans of the graduates are as follows: Steven Boyle will probably enter the priesthood. Philip Cahlll and Lewis Moore will study law at Creighton Law college. Carl Russum will study medicine at Creighton Medical college. Julius Festner will ti.-.vel In Europe and take an r.dvanced course in the arts and sciences at Prague university. Basil Lanphier will take engineering at Cornell. Maurice Miller will study pharmacy at Creighton Pharmacy college. Edward Costello will travel for the Iten Biscuit company in Oklahoma. Paul Tobln will study law at Harvard, George Riley will study medicine at Bush Medical college. Robert Connell will enter Princeton. Thomas Norris will study surveying. Louis Kavanagh, Thomas Keenan and Mark Ryan will study law at Creighton Law college. Reginald Whlttaker will enter the drug business. John Spellman will study medicine at Creighton Medical college. Deles Muffitt will enter the automobile business. Michael Quinn will enter Columbia uni versity. Thomas Kennedy will enter some col lege in the east. John O'Connor will enter Columbia university. 5, 1012. Drawn Lively Leaders A "2.1 ' TOM JONES MBIG TALKER To Hear Him Tell it He Rakes in Thousand Dollars a Day. . DRESSES LOUD AS HE TALKS Ad Wolgast's MmianWT Itefusea to Consider Business Matters ihat Do Not Concern Sums In at Least Five Figures. NEW YORK, June 8. Tom Jonos, man ager of Ad Wolgast, the lightweight champion of America, likes, to talk big figures. If you want to conveiso with him It has to be of sums raiiKlng from 110,000 to $100,000. To hear Tom tell it, every day of his life he la making $1,000 or more for him self or his f)stic wonder. He Is con stantly cleaning up fortunes in oil wells, land deals or something like that. And Jones drosses just as loud as he talks. He manages to wear the noisest clothes that can be purchased and is covered with diamond emblems, pins and rings that would make a king's favorite daughter green with envy. And It Is his unwillingness to talk busi ness unless it Is in big sums that will probably keep lilin from matching his charge with Packy McFarland. He be lieves that as Wolgast Is the champion he is entitled to the largest portion of the receipts in a bout against the stock yard's sensation. Some of Ills ilia: Tnlk. "If all of these fighters want to get a chance to win the lightweight title why don't thoy agree to be reasonable in their demands. Why when we won the cham pionship from Bat Nelson a couple of years ago we got about a fourth of what Nelson received and about a tenth of what was in the houso. And we were glad to get even this comparatively small percentage to get an opportunity of landing the crown. "I can't see for the life of me why some of these managers don't get wise to themselves and fight Wolgast for nothing. If need he, for thoy know they are sure of a fortune in theatrical dates and ring engagements as soon as they capture the title. "As to McFarland, we are willing to fight him anywhere, at any time, but he mustn't think for a moment that he'll get as much money as we'll command, for he won't. If he is contented to fight for a smaller percentage or a smaller guarantee than we are getting, th'.n we'll take him on. "WolgaRt thinks that McFarland is afraid of him and feels sure that ho can beat him easier than he has any opponent he has faced. I'll make a proposition to Packey. I'll guarantee him a (12,500 bit for his end if he'll meet Wolgast in a twenty-round bout on the coast If he accepts, then you may a sure that Ad will add another victim to his long K. O. list. Would Mnke Concennion. "We're willing to concede McFarland seven or eight pounds In weight, too, for Wolgast usually weighs 130 pounds ring side, while the Chicago boxer weighs 13S pounds, which he showed when he met Matt Wells in the Garden recently. "I haven't been In New York since last October, when the trip cost me close to $6,000, between betting on the Giants in the world's series and puying hotel bills and taxicab fares. When here last three different clubs came to me and offered mo all kinds of money, but nobody was there with the real papers when it came time to signing. It made me so disgusted I went to the coast. The same th!ng Is happening now. I am willing to natch Wolgast at any club I play no favodtej 2 fo: The Bee by 7 -rf i M irJlf'i. Florkoe, Weber. but if they don't stop kidding me thle time I'll run right back home," Not only Is Jones here seeking matches, but he Is also here to sell some motion picture films, which he claims are the most novel ever taken. They consist of the training and home life views of six American champs and ex-champs. The list is made up of Jeff, Attell,. Coulen, Papke, Kilbane and Wolgast. Not only Is Jones the manager of Wol gast, but ho Is looking utter At Kauf man's Interests, and says he Is willing to bet $5,000 that the coast heavyweight can whip either Palzer or Bombardier Wells. Ha says Palzer's knockout of Kaufman waa an accident, and that if tbey meet again his man will win hands down. Olympiad Program to Be Standardized NEW YORK, June S.-There Is a move ment on foot to standardize the Olympio program, and It has found supporters In almost every country likely to be repre sented at future games. Lord Des borough said recently that ho hoped it would be possible to bring the change about In the near future, adding that the program ought to be as compressod as posslblo because of the heavy burden in expense borne by the country holding the games. The standard program," he said, "could only be decided by the various countries which take part in the Olmplc games and would naturally Involve long and careful consideration, as there Is a great variety of views. A committee of the International Olympio Council Is en gaged in this matter at the present time. The expense of holding the games 13 very great, especially to the country which is responsible for them, and the program should be as compressed as possible. "As regards England, t'nere was no government assistance In money, whereas at Athens and Stockholm the funds were and are largely provided from govern ment sources. It will cost us $22,500 to tako the English team to .Stockholm this year, exclusive of tho teams whose gov erning bodies will defray their expenses. "The Swedish Olmplc committee has re celved from the Swedish government over $225,000; Germany, $5,000; Hungary (about), $10,000; France (about), $15,000; Italy, $5,000; Norway, $5,000." Game to Settle Some Old Scores A game of base ball will be played be tween Swoboda's Colts and Kessler's Ath letic club at Twenty-sixth and Martha streets. This Is to settle an old feud between the teams. The game will be called at 9:30 sharp this morning. Re freshments will be served. The lineup: Swoboda's Colts. Kessler's Athletes. Krist Center Schuhart Klein Pitch ....Wennlnghoff Humphrey First A. Turdich L Swoboda Third ....H. Bwoboda Neplnaky Short Motieka Fasten Second .-.C. Turdich Pheffer Left Gusoy J. Voborll Catch Miller H. Voborll Right Newguy Substitute Kane Substitute Bellan Umpires: Grleb and Korf. ICaws Get Two Pitchers. Topeka has secured two pitchers who recently wore Kansas City uniforms. One is Chick Brandom, the other Pep Hornsby, who was taken on by Kansas City from Houston on trial and turned back, Manager Gear then buying him from the Houston team. "Bud" Fisher MANHATTAN JRULES SEVERE Violators Will Not Get Much Sym-' pathy from Commission. WAR AGAINST PROMOTERS Commission is Said to Have Been Too Lenient with Those Who . Woald Menace Boxing Game. NEW YORK, Juno 8. -There Is trouble ahead for all the men who have defied the' authority of the State Athletic com mission. The officials of clubs who have violated the rules will not be allowed to participate in the sport In any manner, either as managers of clubs, fighters or referees, but will be deprived of the privilege of entering clubhouses and. wit nessing the bouts. , Nor Is this all the fighters themselves will be placed under the ban. ' Any boxef who In the future signs a contract or verbally agrees with the directors of a olvib to fight, with, the understanding that the referee' shall decldo the wlnny, wilt be debarred from boxing In the state for six months. Sich In tabloid form is the substance of the" boxing commissioner's Intentions regarding violators pf their rules. It means war against those who' are' seek ing to ruin boxing in this state for their own petty ends and financial benefit. "The State Athletic commission has been too lenient In the past to men who haye menaced the best Interests of boxing," SHld Commissioner O'Nell. "The law under which boxing Is permitted here Is a nevr one, and. the commissioners, realizing that all angles of the sport could not be at tended to at once; thought It advisable to go. slowly and not ask at once too much of the club officials and the fighters. We thought it advisable to be lenient and to smooth over the rough edges that cropped up In the game by suggestion rather than orders. By this method we considered everything ' would be working smoothly and harmoniously before the end of the year. ' Leniency is mistaken.' "But this leniency was accepted as a sign of weakness on our part by some of the men Interested In boxing clubs, and they proceeded to tako advantage of It. They had an Idea that this commission, appointed by the legislators of this state, hud no right to formulate rules to prop erty conduct and supervise It. Their Ideas were rudely shattered by Justice Corard In the first fight to establish the authority of the commission. "Now I want to say that In the future tho commission does not Intend to dally in matters pertaining to sport and all of ficials of clubs, managers of fighters and boxers themselves will bo held to a strict observance of the law and .the rules and regulations laid down by the commission. The State Racing commission and the Jockey' club punished vlolaters of the rules of the turf not only by suspensions, revocations of . licenses to trainers- and Judges, but; debarred them and owners of horses from entering all race tracks under their Jurisdiction. . t "This Is the Intention of the commission to prevent any man who violates Its rules from taking part in or witnessing a boxing bout In this state. The secretary of tach club will be provided with the names of those men who much not be permitted In the club house and they will be com pelled to enforce the ruling made by the commission." G0BERT IS STILL KEEN .5 TO COME TO AMERICA $ NEW YORK. June 8.-Andre H. Gobert, the French champion and holder of the 3. Engllah, covered court title, is still keen ii on visiting America this season. Be would probably have come over for the clay court championship were It not for . tho fact that It conflicts with the Eng- Ti Huh championship at Wimbledon. As it "V" is he expects to cross over in the middle of July, that Is, if the Frenchmen beat tho Englishmen In the Davis cup pre- -limlnarles. The man who wears perfect fitting, good t looking clothes feels at eaea at all times and In any sur- roundlnga. If you are cur tailing your expenses and yet want to buy correct '. clothes, come here and let me Bhow you how to econo mize. . ' The fabrics are worsteds, tweeds, cheviots, serges In grays, tans, blues, blue-grays and hairline stripes. Each, suit made by. expert work men with the utmost care down to the smallest details $20 and $25 CLOTHES 3HOP 107 South lflth St. Successor to Vollmer. rl O F I5