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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1914)
THH OMAHA SUNDAY IIEK: XOVKMHKU 8, 1014. 3 S Bringing' Up Father Drawn for The Bee by George McMahus i Wf ARE that picture.. WILL fcE VlOWN ALL OvEW TliE Vsg&V .Sf?- SSP' t HO?' n (SThha? jtf J Explain:: ST , , d ipU OSh: L A. Ir fl a WrJC I 5 ;4 oftou Jfc- in thf picture- J 1 '. fV 1 TTHROW j '"r' THtj21H Judgments D i OWN In Dixie "the land w liar I i was borii in" there used to be an old darky preacher who, Uke most of the darky camp incetin' parsons of the day, wu much In clined toward the lugubrious shades of life. He saw the wond pitcnlntr head long to haues every once in o whlie and had a 'tyay of shouting to 1V deluded hearers. . '"The old gospel ship Is fast aplungtne down the tfhoals of destruction; soon hlt'll be done sunk, and1 tnen you slnners'll -wish you had taken l"nclj Neb's adlce and quit yo" meanness." Now, we have not come to the time f bWlevlng that the old ship of base ball has quite reached the shoals of destruc tion, but we do venture to say that un less those In charge oi the ship come to their senses and 'quit their mannes ATTENDANCEJS IMPROVING Fan Are Showing More Interest in Local Gridiron Battles. TWO STRUGGLES AT ROUEKES Coaple of Iaterrstlsis; Tusslea Will Br "tune Tbts' Afteraooa B twre.n Oatslde and Local A Carre nation a. Br Kn.K Qtica.KV. Apparently It Is a good thing to get out the hammer and bump the foot ball devotees occasionally relative to being on the Job when the Omaha troupes per form. The hammer play laat Sunday) was a distinct success. The largest crowds of the season were on hand at all the parka to greet the pigskin w arriors. The locals won't have to worry any more this year about the attendance end, because there is no telilng how soon the ship the crowds will now gradually increase, may reach tne rocks. Federal and or- i Many humans that knew nothing of the ganiitd leaders a.e Said to have agreed capabilities of the Sunday footballlsts that the' time has come for a halt in the ' decorated the scenery last Sunday, and frem.ed financial methods that have j when they ascertained that the local ex characterUed proceedings the last two , ponents dlehed out rellshable foot ball years. Indeed, yes. The time has m..e , yy were unanimous In their decision to than come for It. Base ball cannot but- I be tha Job wery Simday untl, th. vive anomer iwo years oi suci cui.-w.iwi b(JI UBhrr. thB .. to e.mn -.,,iu.ion. business. It cannot survive long the range of salaries thai are being, paid' in many cases. Not only does the mad, un bridled passion for pluyers, regardless of pay. upset the scales of business values, but it has a very demoralizing effect on the patrons of the game, who want ,to hear mora abouL base ball and Jess about money. They can get all the money talk from the market and financial pages of the paper without going to the sport ing page for more. . , The thing, then, for the magnates who meet In Omaha this week. to do la aim ply to take otf t.ieir masks, ind rignt up In mertlng and tell their right . names. In otker woids, the men who are behind the billboards tf . bate ball have com to the VI i4iu a reckoning wltfei their better stnsrs. Either they. are going to stay In the Kame or they are not, for they can have no game to" stay in very This season the' game In and around this neck of the woods la considerably fluster and all the teams are well drilled. Al though none of the Sunday leather egg manipulators have the advantage of day light practice they very seldom get their signals mixed up. The majority of the teams can skill fully negotiate the forward pass, and all the teams have' plenty of ' tricks ' which are utilized In the pinches. Another thing In favor of the Omaha contingent la that they are all thoroughly Inoculated with the fighting spirit, as they never give up, , regardless of how dark and gloomy the prospects for victory Jook. ' Blgr 8trnale at Hanrk'i.. . Rourke park will be the scene, of two magnlflcanV tnigg1ee- this-. afternoon. Good Bag of Ducks Made on the Platte : FOUR-BALL GOLF POPULAR i ARGUES FOR LONGER FIGHT . vdk , , ' '4- ( VifsV . -i mmmmm i v . .. ! .(V iAt n asW - jiaWss'JJaajBjB 4 ..... v . . .-. 1 1 It fa Shooting on the Platte river near Fre mont la amply abundant as the accom panying photograph shows. The picture shows the result of two mornings' shoot by three men, John Hansen, Oscar Han sen and Tom Fox. Of the seventy-eight birds In the cut, fifty-five are mallards. The birds despite the warm weather pre valent throughout the state are coming south in large numbers, which Is a suve . New York Clubs Ijnore Weekly Handicaps for "Four-Bailer." COMMITTEES TAKE NOTICE The DesMB laa rioalasj Asipareatly taat This la the Host Popular Form of Is Hnort. NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-A backward glance over the 1914 golf sraaon makes it more apparent than ever that the four ball match is the most popular form of the game. At many of the nearby clubs members are showing an Interesting ten dency to Ignore the usual week-end han dicap, preferring to get together In a so ciable "four-baller;" consequently wide awake committees are already beginning to pay more attention to the foursome. Dundee-Ritchie Battle of lour Rounds Brir.gi Such an Effect. NOW IN LINE FOR WELSH New Vorker Keels CatlnNed Now that lie la Physically Able- to Meet the Champion of Ilia Welaht. NKW YORK. Nov. 7 Dundee and Ritchie for twenty rounds rrn to he the logical outcome of their four-round bout In California. That aitalr wu. me first move In the process of manufactur ing Interest In a longer' battle and It seems to have attained Its end. ' That Imndee was able to rut out a faster pace than the alugglsh Ritchie could follow was to be expected. But that he would n t be given credit for nnr The time was, not bp. many years ago, than a draw was' equally sura t thosa that qualifying day. of a club champion- familiar w.th enmiitloi.a on ui lar v.w.; ship was regarded as one of the events of the season by the members, and It' was no yuuaual thing to have from fifty Lightweights have always been the big moneymakers In California, but Just at present there Is' a dearth of material In to a hundred lee up for the medal round. ,hat class. Therefore It was neccasary to Over In Philadelphia mm h the same con- develop a new opponent for Ritchie If the dltlona that have made themselves manl- Amer.can tltleholder was to continue fest here are In ev.de.nre. Take the start , lathering In purses of the else he Is ac- slgn that the main flight Is already in dnrwav and Is hrlnrlnr with it anmn real winter weather. In the northern part '"'e.r.-hole courw( m on qualifying of the recent rhamplonahlp of the Merlon Cricket club for example. Only Pew Take, Part, Here Is an organisation claiming hun dreds of members and boasting of two of the state good hunting hi alfo re ported, and It appears as If this fall will yb Ideal for the man with the gun. The flret battle will ba between the r-nnr.if ntnff Ti.r ,. riKi.n Bulllvan of the Hureriora is jieserves. xne iigers wm marcn across Merchants will battle with the home guards today. Woodbine has a husky aggregation of moleskin warriors, and, al though they will be heavier than the Omaha boys, they will have to cough up .a fast brand of foot ball In order to clean the Merchants. Gridiron Flotsam. a hum- ger at the enI poslsh, long at the rate they have been, going.' the waves with an excellent record, an! uo hV avenue of sue ess This Uada us to say that, the .settlement to data the Reserves .have amothered." This year the PlatUniouth boys are will Involve s'orne compromising; it will every tribe that has crossed their, path', after the state championship. necessarily be a give-and-take affal Neither side, regaidless tf .the rlgh or wrong of the matter, wilt be able to dic tate terms entirely: to its own liking. o If anyone has. tho notion now-that peace and prosperity may be restored by bull dozing or brow-beating, he has the very notion that, followed far enough, will bring up to the destructive shoals.. Theroi has beenj too much of this already; 1n fact. It is precisely this that we are trying to get away from. . Let's have done with the bluffing; let's gtt down to brass tacks; let's look tba thing square In tha face, admitting that mutual inter ests are at etaHe. Then, and only then, will th way be clear to some sort of rational solution. consequently an exciting duel is looked in W. J. Schmlttrotu the Fontenellas for. . ... . ,v '. : have a leader to ba proud of. The aecond mix . Plattsmouth, Neb., Harry Dalley says emphatically that he (tgalnst the Columbians. The village through with - tho pigskin game lad have a strong, heavy, fast aggrega tion of gridiron gladiators that, In all irobablltties. will trim the Oimh.i i-rew, i but anyway they will have their hands full. To date neither team hns drop ii an argument The Columbiana have scored 115 points and, their goal is still; Oueaa that game last Hunday will be the first and last for the Superiors. At guard, Frank Gulden is playing a grand game for the Monmouth Parks. For games with the Ames Avenue Allies address Passnecker at MIS Taylor street Guess Harry. Williams has changed his thought reservoir relative to playing foot Statistician of Base Ball Coming to Magnates' Meeting unscored. . In, the beef department the ball. boya from Plattsmouth will have the ad- James Andrews, formerly with tha Bu vantage.' as they tin the beam at' 170 per.ors, Is now usuocUted with ' the Co- pounde, while the Omaha lads hover luinblans. One of the Interesting figures In the base ball world Is Louis Hellbronar, the debonair little president of the Central league. Louis lives at Fort Wayne. Ind-, though is as much at home In Cincinnati, where he held forth for some time. Hellbroner wUI not only attend the con vention of the National Association In Omaha, but will bring his league along. For three yean it has been the custom of this league to hold Its annual meet ings wherever the National Association held Its. Bo President Hellbroner and all tha owners and managers of the Central league will mohlllze In Chicago today and come on In their private Pullman to Omaha together. Just moment As to Louis Hellbroner, commonly cal'ed "Louey;" he Is the stat- j latk lan of base ball, at least one of them, j As author of the "Blue Book," ha has around the 161 pound mark. The Initial Now tho T' gmlnei fame for himself and' rendsrod v v. Columbians. j iu,wuuw aenrioa io an wno have an COLUMBIANS. Murphy l.ynoh Rosso Newman .. McCormlck Koran , Flrbush .... wulgley C ,.RO. ..L.Q. ..R.T. ..L.T. ..RE. ,.UE. ..Q.B. R.H.B. W say base ball cannot long survive the kind of oppression it has endured for these two years. Two years-is a short Interval in the life of an Institution. Quite true, but evidently not so short but that It can come perilously close to the death knell. Two " months is a shorter period In the life of a nation, yet M what Iwn mnnthi hul'i Hntm fnp Innu FltSgerald . Flanagan ....L.H.B di inf nations oi r.uruir. a?e oau w i gan,jaU p B not mane ror war, nor war tor base nun. Peace, and peace only, Is the propagating Influeoc their virtues; they may bring their re wards; may be crucibles, so to speak, fo greater refining, for burning out tha dross und making the metal pure. That is true, -'only provided the process of re finement ends on time, according to the laws of chemistry. And we maintain that the time is. now up. The period .of deatruction should give way to that of construction. Take the emphasis off the commercial and put it on the sport sld of the game. Let us have' done with the hammer-and-tongs methods. Let " the T1 thn mmimiI 1mm t T71 1 " b u . iu, f U11UW Ins la the lineup for the second game: PLATTbMOCTH e R.O.... Earl Bressman will referee for the Co. ' nl8rt m tha great came. But be lumblans SKalnat the Monmouih jfarkalfore he wag this author, he was a scout, next Sunday. and a good scout at that He has landed , ror irouiiiv wnn IT L.T t.K L1C... Q.B.... R.H.B. L.H.B. F.B.... Amea Tnf trmilkl with ihm fiotlth Omaha - - - a . l t .... Bu.row. MidgeU. call James Nestor at fc?outi ! , 1" " "T! 'or nnnatl. Jlroi'seic Aiitr S p. m. (Chicago Cubs, New York and other For games will Valley, Neb., correspond i "m- 11 also has been manager of Battler ... Dawson' Noble1 Humphrey with N. K. Johnson, manager foot ball major league teams as well 'as minors team, valley, reD. Two (iainea at Lyek's. and is now and fnr t hr V. -. . nuniimrty, . - . ..... .. " " - wavii t Beal A"' "" "'" wiwiii.w presiaent or the Central leacua EJdwards Winnebago luuluns. address C. V, Rave H. , "fr " Arriel t Wlnntbago. Neb. , H wUI w-lcted president of .a( i Ilaaaiu In afSaa..a tw " A 1 J Btrelgbt I Hlllard A.orvarty nays lio would rather this Two Interesting games will be reeled off I oltlc;aie than May. and he -will act In ' that njinaLCltv hareitl'tar. The war flurries may have... rhHl , , lt Shamrocks were only as hard as . t .J . . . . ,t Chris Lyck park this afternoon. First ,nou ,hw moin nmva mum of a. num. muss. Athletic Reserves against Athletic hi.iiK block to their opponents. Reserves; second duel, Spalding against! Next Hunday the Monmouth Parks and A,Hh,eU?e -n,U"! "um"t d- X,0f1O,n.?'UlJrte,'Parit,m'nP'On clde which team will have to dig up Athoni ..ool.Led with the South new monicker, because the squad that; Omaha ilidgets. is their bright star. Ha lands the bacon will Ice the Athletic Re- .s the b&ckbono of tnelr backtieid. serve name. Lately the Spalding have In base bal Ouy Holland Is certainly nirWert nn npd nrt their icrmti,. ht there and back again, and. now he wauls league in Omaha. Other Important busi ness coming before this league will be me lining of the vacancy created by cropping Springfield, O. Applications ( " ' V'- - eM- , ' ' V m J LOUIS HEILBRONER. are In from two cities ami the circuit may bo anlarged from six to eight teams. day only just enough to fill the cham pionship sixteen took part. Because of the small entry some of the scores that qualified were ridiculously high. On the same day, however, uny number of four somes went out, andvthose foursomes In cluded some of the foremost player of th club. If th leading golfer will not compete for th local title, what Is the ue of such a tournament? Possibly era long ome enterprising tournament committee will Inaugurate a club tour-hall 'cham pionship. Plir.llln. h ...Ul .. - - vTvn lurtner. n cannot be denied that all the national I amateur championships do not always at tract all of tha beat players. At Ek. wanok, I). E. Sawyer, one of Chicago' j strongest golfers was an absentee. Only recently th player In question. In com- pany with Charles W. Evans, Jr.. was the guest or the Hlghlsnd Oolt club f In I dlanapolls, Ind. Although tho course la imore than 6,100 yards long, and at tho time of th match wn' slow becius of recent rains. Sawyer made th round In 72, two strokes better than the am.i..,.- record. Evans, who was Sawyer part ner, had a TH, and th visiting pair proved too much for their opponents, WIIMam Dlddell, who has been tho state and city champion flv times, and the professional, Lee Nelson. Sawyer (iood Player. Bawger, who has been east a number of times during th last ten years, has played over a number of courses In tha metropolitan district. II possess an easy, graceful style, that hundred of close students of th gam would glv a food deal to be abla to dupllrat. If a long trip from Chicago to Manchester, however, and the wonder Is that a many players a do find th time, to ssy noth ing of th mesna, to compet In this annual blue rilbon event. 1 customed to receive. rxmdre Will Kill Bill. Dundee will probably fill the bill. The New Yorker was very popular with 'Frisco fans, and now that he has been able to concede ten pounds to R.tchie and then moro than hold his own a longer bout Is Inevitable. From all accounts Ritchie I going to ' " T have a haid time making weight In'tni future. His weight In the bout wlthfif dee was estimated to be well over. lo.iui-f pound. Of course, much of hi excess " poundage was fat that can ba removed;- r but it la doubtful whether ha will ever be able to make ringside weight and rev , ' ". , tain his full strength., For this reason there appears, to be small prospect of a I return match with Champion. Freddie1'"; Welsh. ' , ' . .. i f Dundee, howevei1. Is now In line for an-' .. , uiMfi cruc ai veisn, and he I not llkoly tu overlook the present opportunity to press his claim. .Probably the New Yorker would have a much chance with. weun aa any of the present set but even If successful he would be no Improve ment on th present champion. , i i ' i J to jump Into the foot bail arena. 1.1. U . .. 1 , , . o 1 .- T.U.. inc rB, ...i nuuuay la, Vacyi Nebii wouW liK, t0 hear from excellent testimony of- their excellent the Upaldings. Athletics. Fontcnelle, work. The Athletics are also going good Columbian! and Monmouth Parks. and although thev . will nnihjter tha For timekeeDers. Bohun. Weirh. Mc- publlo undrstand that before It is a bu, Spaldlngs, they wlU have to ramble fastj evTnVsreth'Yra lnees;tase ball 1 a game: that the j In order tQ waits away with tha g-pes. Althou,h the doPe was spread in ta'vor mur.ey side is only a means to the end I First game at 1:30 p. m.; second at I p. m. I of tne Ciltton Hill Merchnnts, n vert ho of the sport, a legitimate means, to I On the gridiron at Thirty-second' and ' 'ess thu Columbian Ueaerves grabueu me sure, but only a means and not the end. Dewey avenue the Montclairs anil the! t1" Ames Avenue Allies will fight At tontenelle parte one of the rows, ago while wuralng with the Fon- wil be leteen the Athletic Reserves.' tenelies. and the South Omaha Midgets. Manager Cavanaugh of the Spaldlngs ON THE EY5 OF THE MINOR CONVENTION (Continued from Page One.) If the Omnh meeting should end with out bridging the chasm between outlaw, and orEanlxed base ball, then woe to the fortunes of the gamei In 19 Li! What happened In 1SH will hardly be a circum- stance In the work of disaster. Reader ia., where they will do their darndeit to must aster comes Today tho Monmouth ParK. will p.ck ' "V- U Jffi? a' steamer labeled for Missouri Valley, oVopa. Itememtwr the date. Sunday, t not get the Idea that this dis-' rhrash the' plow followers located there, her ii, tne stale chauip.otis Iroin Wlaner, has only to do with financial. In- The second game at Fonteoelie park' b- ""V ,gaml Um Coium- r;. ev;ery Intelligent student -ol ! h, .m be a batt.e royal for supremacy ba- j looking for a situation knows that lt has affected playing, dlsciplln and every other aspect of the game.. Discipline, eeperially m tha minor lust year, was probably worse than It had been for many years. Con crete caves o( .players ignoring man agerial authority could be cited, and there-Is no need to say that cpnere'e cases of Indifferent playing could be cited. Thing were badly demorallseJ, yet we do not hesitate to say that, un less present conditions are remedied, they will be worse demoralized next sea son. It Is 'our deliberate judgment that th remedy will come. We believe too thoroughly in the saneness of the men tween the Fontenelles and the Eagle Drug Co. from Council Bluffs. At Woodbine. Ia., the Thirtieth Street their own money Invested should lose no time in persuading Mr. Johnson to sea the error of his way. He la a salaried tr.an. though a very high one; he has almost plenary power in his position, but lie has not aa much at stake as those men who own team and franchises. It is our off-hand guess that Mr. Johnson will see the wisdom of peace as clearly as any other big man In the game. Ty Cobb saya he will retire In four with their money tied up In base ball nut ,tMr,. Shuxks, Ty may be up there with the archangel In four year. The death of old Jack Sheridan, 3 years old, remove an honored land inark from the Kame. As umpire, scout ai d player. Jack always gave them his to believe that they will take steps to rectify the situation and put the game buck on a sound, safe footing. Not to Aio tht. when they ran, would be the worst sort of nonsense. Some folks think Ban Johnson will stand In the way of settlement We have no reason to say Ix-at, and as umpire, his best was "the" ao. but If he attempted it the men with Ut. Peace to his aahes. Appalachian League Disbanded., California State League Disbanded. Central Association Otumwa franchise transferred to Rock Island. Southern Michigan Leagues-Flint club transferred to Mount demons. I Ohio Slat League Huntington, , Iron- ton and Paris club dropped from dr. VVangberg of the Fontenelles Is getting I cult and Newport club transferred to along fine. 11 broke hi wrim a few . Paris, Ky. Trl-&tat League York club transferred to Lancaster, 1'a. Union Association Disbanded. Western League Top'ek a club tor sal and Wichita wavering. Fifteen minor league hav experienced difficulties that wer serious. Four of those league disbanded- It mrIy shows what must be don. Salary Qnestloa. Th salary question ha onoe more com up. Without question salaries must b lowered, bat It will be Impossible to rend th knife at on slash. Salaries must be clipped gradually and while that Is under process where will th minor club obtain th coin to live onT An other matter whloh must b theshsd out definitely. Th Western league ha a nice Uttld matter to attend to In th Tope k a and Wichita franchises. Topeka haf publicly announced it desire to kick In. Wichit t Is said to be just as willing. But her we find difficulties again. Topeka has tried to transfer It franchise' to severul towns, Including Waterloo, Davenport and Cedar Rapids, all In Iowa. And not one of the three towns ran see the Klw proposition. Davenport might make an acceptable Western league city, but Waterloo and Cedar Rapids are out f the question. The Western league should hav a franchise In Kansas City an wrana-la on iuraey any. Aadre4 Frank vui,y, likM cnu ago street, or telephone Douglas fA or W. baler . . , . Penny and Duteher. two Class A play era. are working with tne Ci.fton It'll Merchants, 'ihey sjr' tear tiuuas uu I against the Clasa B children. I Kay Byrne would be a crack for some foal team to land. He can play either end In wliaid ladiuun uuu would be a cukoo for aay Clas A aquad. lt is' not yet an assured faot that th Monmouth Parks will (day at Valley, Neb., on Tiiauastflvltig day. Tbey au now dickering Willi Had Oak, Ia. Now that thef Monmouth Park and Column. i,e have u.iit,i,aicl all tn outer conieaiani for tb my clmmiaunsaip, they will fight it out neat bunuay. Her are the gnu La representing tu Font-nelle: Uautter, ' Carlson,- Flea, liuaatUe, Uuinuuo, Ouey, bealou, Pluitu gun, MaJiuort, lu miaon, V ninlllroUi, vjuinta, u.asgow au4 LrtwsWr. Ryan, tha manager jl lli iaiier tt-am, a teiittimy pen.ud at the Monuiuuui I'urka. The Park booked a game witn uieui . for i touay, but -eapceiMiu sain, nyan aya tno i aiks lolietl him laatl year tn same w. Minneapolis. Under, present condition that Is Impossible. With peace relations tstabllshed, this circuit could probably find entrance to Kanaa City. At th present time Bt Paul is perilously near out of th association, a th club lost money and It directors are trying to sell. Change for Omaha. And right there is chanca for Omaha, even though th war continues and the Western league flops. I there any rea son why Omaha should not purchase tha St. Paul fianchlse and enter the Amer ican association? With any kind .of a club In this rity the attendance (loulrt be easily sufficient to pay for a Class AA club.- despite ridiculing? denials of tha U.'l North Platte Boys Plan for Invasion by Omaha Saturday . NORTH PLATTE. Neb., Nov. T.-(Spe-clal.) When Omaha High school Invade this cltJ next Haturday Coach Tommy Mill wit find that he and hi lads will hav their hands full If they return with a victory. Of the six gameg played by North Platte to date only one has been lost and that one to Lexington. The work f th North Platta team at the starting of the season was. very dis couraging, ' barely winning from Curtis Agrlcultursl college by a single safety. The following week they defeated Cosad 12 to 0, and l th week after defeated Gothenburg 17 to . The game October possibility by certain Omaha knockers & was scheduled With Kearney Military CAMBRIDGE PLAYE HURT ' IN GAME AT FRANKLIN FRANKLIN. Neb..- Nov. ' ?.-(8pe,cal')- Franklin academy foot ball team defeated ' th Cambridge High, school team here yesterday afternoon by th decisive score -of 77 to 0. At no time wa the academy' ' goal In danger, and they -clearly" out- : .' played the Cambridge team at all tlmes f The Cambridge quarterback was seriously Injured In the second 'quarter and wg , carried from the field nnoonscloiu and ' a substitute wa put In. Th first, game " '. playel between the academy and Cam-'' bridge thla year resulted In a victory for ,' Cambridge, and this victory by.th-' j academy give It the hlght fo claim the rhamp'ouahlp of the Republican valley, as it ha won all the rest of Its games. ' Before the foot ball game th academy vv girls' basket ball team defeated the Cam- : bridge girls by a a core of 10 to I. GOLFERS TO DECIDE ON COURSES NEXT JANUARY i NKW YORK. Nov. 7.-At the" annual . I meeting of the -United States Golf a- oi latlon. which will be held on January. ' 16. th nhnlco of the coore.es for tha three' ' .: national golf championships will be made . i , by th deleg&taa, . The executive com-- - j nittee must submit three course for each i tourney, and at the meeting th dele gate must confine their choice to tha 'v list aubmitted by the executive commit-- . tee. At the present time' the Country clurh of Detroit ha Ihe best chance to obtarn , . the amateur championship. ' around th circuit. If Lincoln, with t0.. 000 population, can cling to th Western, Omaha, with three time th population and another (0.000 to draw from In South Omaha and Council Dluffs, should eaallv hold it own In th American association. Board of Arbitration lite. Th convention open for executive ses sion Tuesday morning. But tomorrow the board of arbitration will meet and pas judgment on some 100 complaints which have been made by clubs and players. Pa Rourke has on caa against the Ra cine club, which club. Pa asserts, trimmed him out of $lu0. The Commercial club has planned a nifty program of entertainment fur the visiting base bsll mags. It ia expected that at least 300 will be In session, so that It can b seen that Vlo Parrish and hi mob will have considerable tlmi. Tuesday evening a theater party will be In order. On Wednesday the Western league will be gueat at a banquet at the lxyal hotel. The visiting women will be dined at the Paxtun that evening. Thurs day evening the Commercial club crowns the event with a big blowout at tha club rooms. The blowout will consist of a smoker, and Parrlah promises It will he some smoker. Thursday evening th vis iting women will be entertained at a the ater party. academy, .whose team disbanded a few days before that time and a gapia was hurriedly scheduled with Lexington, who happened to hav an open data, and North Piatt suffered th first defaat of the season of 30 U 0 on th Lexington grounds. A wet day sad field wa a da-1 elded advantage to Lexington, whose (f team Is heavy and well bala need. Th following week North Platta woa from the strong Sterling, Colo., team, 87 V , and this week won their fifth game by defeating Kearney High school 11 to T. ' North Platte emerged from the game with a considerable hospital list, and it 1 doubtful whether Cool or Thompson will be In th Omaha game,t How much weather condition were against North Platte at Lexington WUI be seen when Lexington and Kearney High school play at Kearney next week. North Platte an ticipates a hard game with Omaha and are using every means to point th team for this particular game. Marqnard Trims VeaTro Teaau.."-' ' Rub,. Marquard found some team h cntiirt beat.. After the season closed he pttchel a game against a negro team In New York and beat it 1 it t He waa ' la' k.nl by practically the same team that. Mulshed eeond n th Natl mtit league race and the dusky opponent gave tho Ulant a plenty before th victory wa . won, hit bv 1-Jirry Doyl and Moot Mo-, ' t'ormlik finally turning the tide. . Try Pitcher on Flrat. It 1 reported that Manxaer Jon Cn tlllon of M nneapolia Intends to us Carl e aahloiv, one o( the pi a, era se u fr m Waahlngton la the Rondeau deal, as a first basmnan. though fashion was rated as a pitcher with Washington. Ti ls move is on the advice of I lain GrU.hr. ho thinks Cashion should develop into a great first Backer. I Attention Motorcyclists Ckll or write for Catalogue) on tba 1915 IIARLEY DAVIDSON And you will hav the most agreeable surprise Imaginable. VICTOR II. BOOS "THE -MOTOKCYCLE MAV 2703 Leavenworth 6L, Jumna, xeb.