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2S TlfK OMAHA SUNDAY BEK: IlKCEMBKtt 20, 1914. BASKET BALLSETTLES DOWN Players Swinging: Into Season's Gaines with Steadier Gait BO ME SURPRISES ARE STAGED ewad Illllli "chew I Team Other CJelatets Rlw Vp - I experted Victories Orfr limit hr oirfu. I Pel. 1.00 . rn. J.or ' .W .) n .tvo Pel. l.ou lorn 1 oi .Ml 6) .(U Jeff Wasn't Taking Any Chances Drawn for The.Bee by "Bud" Fisher i IIl RCK LKAOl'K. P. W. First Methodii H. P. Method!! 4 S "Irwt Methodist Hararaa.. I 1 .outh Omaha FHrtlt.... 4 1 Koontse Memorial 1 Church of the Covenant.... 9 0 COJKMEKl'IAU LEAGUE. 1'. W. I O. H. School. perond.... Y. M. C. A.. Secret Nebraska Telephone Co, Hrxt National Hank.... Omaha National ink.. Council Bluff full... TKI-C1TY LEAGUE. I. W. Townaend (lun Co 2 2 Omaha High whool 1 'Waltnr U. Ciarks I Mclievne College 2 Pirates 2 Council HUtfa Y. M. C. A. 1 hl(t and Compuny i Nen. hrn-wil tor tne leaf. 2 With the basketball eaon among trie Omaha tosscrs well under way, teams of the three leaguta are aettllng down for a moot strenuous aeaaon. All of the quintets are puttitur, forth their heat wares and are atrtvinc for points of vant age ao thnt they will not be outdistanced In the flrat few weeka of play. Nearly all of the aggrrgatlons have locatud and bolatered up their weak apote ao that In several, of the leaguea the teama are becoming; more balanced. Little of Interest took place la the Church league laat week. The Flrat Christians aeem to have an edge on the ether quinteta and up to date have not leat a content. Baptists Miklig Stride. Of the flippers, the South Omaha Bap. ' tine aeero to be making the largest etridea In their Improvement. The scrap py agrfreeslv way in which they took a tall out of the Kountae Memorial Tuesday evening waa a aurprlee unlocked for. The Flrat Mcthodiste also have tight- ened up. After two defeats the Baracae secured several new men and expect to ' come back stronger thao ever. So far the Church of the Covenant have not met any of the quintets, bill will do ao thla week. The Covenaters have a fairly strong aggregation and ex pect to have their prowesa felt before they are In action for any length of time. The Kountae Memorial played their flrat game laat week against the South Omaha liaptlsta and at their Initial de bute had the misfortune to lose tt to 16. Seconal Team a liriilMi 1 What caused the greatest surprise la the Commercial league waa the handy manner hi which Mllla second high school team took a fail out of tha Young Men'a cli.IHlsn association secretaries. TV e Nebraska Telephone oompany ittmi to have deteriorated from the track .organisation of laat year. Of all the teama in tha Commercial league, the Klrit National Bank aeema out of place, because of weakness. Both the Young Men'a Christian association aecretartea and the high school trounced tlwm un mercifully, the flrat game ending M to 4 and the second 64 to t, The Omaha National Bank and' the Council Bluffs Cuba are two of ... the stronner teems in the league. Drummonds Townsends hold the calcium In the Trl-Clty league. With Burken road. Hughea, Plata, Prummond, Mc Whtnney, Ritchie and Koran the gun men liivv some of. the beat talent In the city. Two Strong; tjwlatet. Bettevu College and the Walter O. Clark also have two strong quintet in the nilxup, who are 'able to give good accounting of themselves, y Weigle'a buocaaeering crew of Pirates also gave prom lee of being one of the leaders in the Trl-Clty league. With both Bob and Carl Welgle, Barrowman, Wilson. Clepaer and W 11 lard n their reater they have as able a bunch of baa ket eager ae any of th quintet. Swift aV Co., Council Bluffs Teung Men'a Christian association and the Ne braska B school for the Deaf also give fro mine of having good teama. Basket Boll Jfotee. That Swift sV Company team aeem to be playing in hard luck. J oca la the undirected leader of the South gmah Baptist. 0 Ohruan at center for Bellevue college la tipping tbera out of th air in great style. ' Eight field goals waa the total Obis Meyers mad against the Pirates last fcwl urday. The Thorpelans are out for the Class B ' ihainpionahlp. Up to data they have not lost a game. Patty performed in a atelier way against Maxwell tnbe of secretaries, laat Thviratlay. Not and est lis refuses to listen to the rntrauliea of the. Telephone team to re- jola uuelr aggregation. Fellows, the avrreaaive. forward of lt svaamtn'a Telephone quintet, has At last decided to Join the Clark. ' With the Christinas holidays coming on team In the Commercial and Tri-Clty leaauv will lay over tor a rvet. Bewermaa got avay In great shape In hie first game with the Kountae Me morials, shooting four goals front field. New Year' day. Moran's Murphy Did Ita will Juurnt-y to hhenandoah, la., said there engage the military team known as CO. lu. The Waiter O. Clark are represented 1-inn. bmah, 1'arish. r'ellowa, Meyers auil . poeca. The I.a Plasoma club of Benils park . ha le.fiuly organtterl, and would like to re x from sin4 of th local teams. 'al llaiiicy and ask for il. LJne- haan. "Blub" Uu- all. president of the Church league, is out of the city on a honey moon tour. The juie waa recently mar ried in Topeka, Kan. Mark and Cooper are th bright stars for the isebraska School for to Deaf. iietamn them they shot .ht baskets against the rales Thursday evening. The Council Bluff Young Men'a Chris tian aao(Ui.tloa a represented In the Ti-1-City leHgue by the following bunch Mcnni. rirmlrtck. Puryear, Urok and ill titer. Here is the) First Christian lineup, that Is sweeping everything before tlieni; Hob- ikb. rixtil forward; Cleer, lelt forward i'. Welgle. renter; Psrrtsb, right guard it. Welgle, Id i guaia. A new omaaisatioa ha recently come into the field. The uewuomef are known s the Townsend urvee. and are claim Irtg the chajupKinship of that class of Tt.no First Methodist Baracaa hv l(iniiBiU argregMlmn In till lineup ljirn. right forward: Clcvett- lelt for. u: tlM-.p. liter; Hammooa, right grd, tJuatnK, KIT guard. .The OsLt aV Co. aggrecstn will con- t llir fT aaamat the Counc I Mttt ium Men Christlaa aaeoi'ialio Tni.rxty evening on the Ne- i.raeaa r-t. fr the laf gymnasium. f JCFT. INC GOT r GJrVT -ffji, Vltgu GO-XOwN , . j I Mf2 2QQ0O. rtT UKe FO2Q.OOO ANO THfh t RAU YOU SiPUr ) hcotin-tiv t J I Voo die. and- J ' ?Lf( vtftt w0 f TJf V OHEHZ: Jr cVj1 fyT?) ' ( oh.-imc ) Y , r a zo I r-r T'T j 1. Hr 'rH j: 1 felfiW -m vtfatv - .aiijsjgr, -atist. , ru. BORV You IN TM.1 eVsr THN APTffR NfiNe CAM rVNO GO C0CJ6CT CtTT THp rVONfT rLU COfAC ' TWCnoPOO A0 BACKED TMWYOO CAJT. I J i '"i tDfeA AIM'T IT , lZ 7. v -y, y Ano wHeT f J 11 0 cOy I You I I ' I J v. : ? t I . LOSE YDVR. j tile In the awsoriallnn next year. Colum bua wants lu4 gnmee Instoad of the old anheduie of ItH aonvne and it I believed several other clubs will sanction the same reduction In the length of the season. NATIONAL- VICTORIES CLEAN .(Contluued from Fag One.) McCook High School Claims Championship of Southwest Nebraska won every world's aeriea In which one of the Bean teams engaged. . Twice thsy aaw the Red Box winners In close historic scries, onco In 1903 over tho Plrutea and In 1911 over the Olanta, while last year they aaw the Braves badly maltreat th Athlctlca. ' i The Hub, therefore, haa seen the two longest, as well aa JJi shortest, aeries In the modern recoixj. Both th IMS and 1912 series went eight gamea, the only American-National claehee which have been atretched out that far. while the Boston-Athlntle series last fall waa th first series to be terminated In four games. Chicago licked the Tlera four straight gamea In 1W7, but the flrat gam waa a tie. In glancing over the reoorda of past world's aerie, what must Immediately strike an outsider la the fact that out of eleven aerie only two want to the limit' Nothing could be a greater boost for th honesty of baa ball. Were there nny "fixing" In base ball what would be more natural than to have th two leading teama of tho country fight It tooth and nail to a seven-gam series? Almost every year the crttlci advise the fana to look fpr a close fight, orp to the finish, but the close aeriea have been amerce. Fivo of tha aeriea have been terminated In five gamea and one In four, allowing that the profits of tha owners in the series doe not amount to a great deal. Sixty per cent of the flrat four games goe to the player, with IS more to the National commission. That means that th two clubs divide only SO per cent of the profit of the first four gamea, and what they can make after that, which, with a five-game series habit, haa not amounted to nearly aa mucn aa aeem to b generally sup posed. With the extra expea of ar ranging for th aeriea, sale of ticket. etc., profits are cut way down. Last season the two world a contenders made next to nothing oa the aeriea. r trt A. A. Sebedale. , Tre stiv li hhler of th Columbus Amer- I- aawi iwn rtufe at a ribeetia laat .- tinr'l U s:i4 for a shorter ached- 0 w w.te-Wra h I -w. ui- r,wi ' i i r it : ""ijls-il ... 1 M'LOUGHLIN GETS HONOR California Tennis Player Given the Place of Distinction. FOR THIRD YEAR STRAIGHT la Placing; Ulna Above R. Xorris Wllllasaa, Recosd, ' Rejort Ex plain Ranking; Accord In;, to Record. In th Sunday ifee of November 2S, th Franklin Academy claim th champion ship of th Republican valley by virtu at having played seven gamea out 8f which It won alx and loat one. It aaya that McCook High school is the only other contender, and that comparative) scores give Franklin the count, as Franklin de feated Cambridge 27 to 0 and McCook could only defeat the same team by the score of SO to 14. Now, McCook High school claims tha championship of aoulhwestern Nebraska and the Republican valley, basing the claim on the fact that It played nine gamea, winning every one of them, and during th aeaaon met and defeated the strongest teama in th locality. It la' true that there 1 Just one team played by both school by mean of which tha ques tion of th championship can be settled, and that team la Cambridge. jrranklln failed to mention that both McCook and Franklin played two gamea with Cambridge, one each at Cambridge, and one on their respective horn field. On their home fields Cambridge waa de feated by both team, but on the Cam bridge field Franklin loat and McCook won. So comparative game played Skgalnat Cambridge for the season of 191 give McCook two victories and Franklin one victory and one defeat. McCook' record 1 absolutely without a defeat, while Franklin haa played two game less and loat one of them to a team twice defeated by McCook. It I on the strength of the games that McCook claims the championship oyer .Franklin academy. CLUB HOIJSEJOR GDN CLUB New Omaha Gun Clnb Planning Ex tensive Improvements for 1915. WILL BID FOR TOURNAMENTS Also Probable that Manx Inter-lt Shoot Swch Colambns-Omaha Kvent Will Be Held Here, Next Year. 1 FINE TRIBUTE TO HAUGHTON (Continued from Page One.) Foot Ball at Big Unis Worst Abuse Modern Educational System CHICAOO. Dec. 19.-Foot hall at tha great American univcrn:tls Is the "worst abuse of the, modern to-system." Dr. Charlea Alexander m.hmond. president of 1'nlon college. Schenectady, N. T., aa- aenea in an address at the annual ban quet of the college alumni from the mid dle west here last night. The foot ball situation in most col leges U disgraceful," Dr. Richmond said. "Fathers and mothers allow their sons to be exploited In the arena for profit like circus performers or vaudeville actor. Academies are aooured for athletic ma terial and Inducement of all kind ar offered to promising athletes. "Th men that go Into foot ball are driven and coached under the profeaaloaal system until they have no time for study. They have n time for anything dui aimeuca. STAN TING OF INTERSTATE THREE-CUSHION LEAGUE PITTSBURGH. Dee. 1.-The standing ef th player In th Interstate Three- Cuahloa Billiard league. Including Friday night's matches, la aa follow: ' W. Worin, Chicago t Kllng, Kansas City T Maley, Iietrutt T Ktex-khefer. Milwaukee S MoCount. Pittsburgh C Keogh, Rochester .......S Oil Ion. Buffalo . nil. Cleveland S Iun, Ctikago ................. S Heat ToUwio I Helm, Cleveland 4 Maupomo. Philadelphia 4 Itros. Cincinnati . heiison, Kt. Louis 1 Cooler, Indianapolis 1 ha been booked to become head coach of the Columbian university foot ball team In case the faculty lift th ban which at present prohibits the playing of th gam. Fish I a cloae student of th Haughton system and knows all th twtsta and turn that hav brought aucoeaa to Cam bridge trf the last few years. Old Stars Assistants. Most of the old Harvard stars are de voting their time to Harvard foot ball aa assistant coaches to Haughton, how ever, liothrop and Paul Wlthlngton, Tommy Campbell, Percy Wendell. Sam Felton. Bob Fisher. Bob Btorer, Harry Gardner. Dick Wlggleswerth and Rex Hitchcock all hover around Cambridge during th fall aeaaon. Instead of hieing off to coach elsewhere. Although any of th" first string play- era of thla year's team who will get their degrees in June might sign up for coach ing positions, the most of them are In tent on following original plana for their after-graduation work. Logan, the quar terback, will go to the Harvard Law school: Pennock. th all-America guard. will enter a chemical business In Syra cuse, N. T.; Hardwtck will go into busi ness, Frknck will continue hi ctudle at Harvard, Jeff Coo lid ge will follow a business career la Boston, aa will Brad- lea, th halfback. Swlgert, th substi tute quarter bees', will go Into th ateel bualneaa In Portland. Or. T Pet. I 2 S .7011 4 . 4 . 4 . 4 .' 4 . 4 .uu I ' .&4u 5 .4 s .too . .&u ,SD II .0.1 Be Want Ada Produce Results. FARMER BURNS SHOWS AT SAN DIEGO EXPOSITION Farmer Burn, the grand old man of th wrestling gam, has deserted Omaha for a few months. The Farmer haa be come a "speedway" magnate. 11 haa purchase! th motordrome concession at th Saa Diego exposition and is building th motordrome for opening January 1. The Farmer ha a little drome about 3M feet In circumference. . In It he will alage automobile races. He baa several aaon and on womaui ander contract t drive little twenty-horse power machine. Th Farmer also haa th athletic con cession and any athletic event which may be pulled off at tha exposition, the Farmer will superintend It. M'SHANE NAMED SECRETARY Is Chosen for Important Post Be cause of Familiarity with Game. TRACK IS TO -BE CHANGED Mad More Safe th Curves Graadataad le to Be Mad More Extensive Than Waa at First Anticipated. Sheriff Felix MrShane haa been ap pointed executive secretary of th Omaha Automobile speedway, and will In the futur act aa th executive head of that venture. MaPhane waa selected for the Impor tant post because of his familiarity with the automobile racing game. To tne stockholders and officers th speedway I a business Investment, and it wa deemed advlsabl to procure a man who knew the finer working point of th raring game. Mc Shane ia a race fan and makes It a practice to visit all of the big race. He la intimately acquainted with nearly all ,f the widely known drivers, and hla connection with th local corporation la expected to give It considerable prestige among the men who tac death behind the humming motora. ' McShane will be absolute manager of the track. He will go to Sn Franclaco for the Vanderbllt cup races at that city, February ti and 29, and he will also go to Indianapolis and Chicago, u me iracn at that point Is completed and the race held on June aa scheduled. McShane will sign up the really big drlvere, the men who are roost expert at the gam and are kuuwn not only all over thla country but Furope aa weU, for the Ini tial race on the Omaha boards. He ex pect to sign such men as De Palma, Oldfleld. Burman, Pullen, Rlckenbacher, Anderson, MiUford. Alley. O'Donnell. Patschke and other star. Keens Work la the Bprlasr. Work on tho Omaha track will b started this spring. At present some dev iation from Jack Prince' original plans ar being made. Prinoe'e crude idea aa to the trlrle radius aVd th banked turn waa all rtrht, but it waa found that a skillful engineer could change the angle and the piovh, and add both speed and safety In entering and coming out of the turns. Thcaee hanega are being drafted and wilt be made wnen work on thA construction ' again starts. Another change In the original plana baa been made. It waa first decided to build a half length grandstand for the opening race and enlarge It If necessary. But the confidence of Richard Kenner dell, the American Automobile associa tion head, who declares tho Omaha track will be on of the most spectacular In tho country, has prompted the manage ment to build a full length grandstand, capable of holding many thousand people. ' Also, the standa will be built up within eighteen feet of the track. It waa first planned to build them back forty feet But stands so far back would Impair the view of apeotatora toward cars - which enter the first turn, while at eighteen feet the view will be perfect. Btrong guard rails of steel will circle the outside of the track, so that a car cannot plunge off the track Into tho elands. The work on the dyking at the west side of tha track haa been completed, a that no high waters In Carter lake can seep through under. the construction. ' KANSAS HOUND TAKES FAIRBURY COURSING TROPHY FAIRBURY, Neb., Dec l.-8pectal Telegram.) Fatrbury'a second annuel coursing race closed thla afternoon after three day' meet Eighteen racing dog entered the coursing meet dally and Fairy DUry lost ins Diuv vauey vuver , trophy, which went to Stephena and Pm' or pummemein, tvan.. logemer wiin iirt money. Their dog, Racing Rymen, out classed all other dogs In points of apWd. Ed Oorden of Beatrice was trainer of this dog. Hard Pine, a splendid racing dog be longing to Jam Kasparek of Odell, was awarded second money. John Griffin of Sioux City took th purse stake, hla dog being entered by C. D. Parker of thla city. Karl Morlsn of thl cltv waa Judge of the coursing meet. NEW YORK, Dec. 19. The ranking committee of the United State National Lawn Tennis association issued tha an nual list today, Maurice B. McLoughlln of California getting the honored place of No. 1 for th third conseoutlve year. In placing the hero of the Davis cup matches above R. Norrla. Williams 2d, the national champion .who beat Mc Loughlln at Newport, the , committee clearly stated In the report that the rank ing ia aocording ,to the record. Fred C. Inman, chairman; W. L, Pate and W. M. Hall, tho committee, aura up' their finding oa follow: . , , Comparison I'nnecesaary. "The committee doe ma unnecessary td comment on the comparison of these two records. The data tells its own story. Il admits for no discussion. It estab lishes without any doubts whatever the superiority of M. McLoughlln' s record over that of Mr. WU llama, and the for mer haa therefore been awarded flrat place." The committee recommends that the national association pass a rule that in coming yeara the national champion be arbitrarily rated No.'l, and that the rule be made clear aa to whether or not Davla cup matches ar to be taken into ac count The women' list, again headed by Miss Mary Browne of California, was pre pared by B. Wallach, chairman; Mr a. Thomas C. Bundy and Mra. B. F. BrTgga. The first ten men, single: 1 Maurice B. McLoughlln. 2 R. Norrla WtUlams, d. 5- Karl H. Behr. 4 It. Lindley Murray. 6- Wllliam J. Clothier. 4 Will. am M. Johnson. 7 George M. Church. 8 Frederick B. Alexander. a Wataon M. Washburn. K-Ellaa F. FottrelL In doublea the flrat ten are: 1 M. E. McLouglln and T. C. Bundy. I George M. Cnurcli and Dean Mattiey. 5- K. H. Bohr and T. It. Pell.S 4 WUUaui M. Johnston and C. J. Grif fin. 6 H. H. Hackett and F. B. Alexander. 5 Nat Browne and Claude Wayne. 7 W. N. Nlles and A. 8. Dabey. 8- W. J. Clothier and G. P. Gardner, lr. G. C. Shafer and King Smith. 10 R. i. UtU and F. C. Inman. The flrtt ten women: 1 Miss .Mary Browne. 5 Miss Florence button. . J Mill Mario Wagner. 4 Mrs. Kdward Raymond. 6 Miss Edith llotch. 6 Mias Eleanor A. Hears. 7 Mr, llobert Williams. 8 Mrs. Pa vis Wood, ft Mrs. H. A. NlemeyeY. 10 Misa tfara Livingston. Dartmouth May Play Michigan or Illinois CHICAGO, Deo. 1.-Michlgan or Illinois may fill th date on th Dartmouth foot ball schedule definitely . declined today by the board of Athletio control of the ni varsity of Chicago. Immediately upon The erection of a new club house, re plete with all the comfort and luxuries which a first class trap shooter should enjoy, ia tho plan of the new Omaha dun club. The club house will be started this spring so that when the ahootlng ae&gcn opens in 191S, the Omaha club can boast of ono of the best club houses in the country. The new Omaha Gun club la more or leea of an Infant organisation, but Us members are live ones and they expect to make Omaha one of th best trap shooting centers In the country. ' Tho old Omaha Gun club broke up about a year ago and the grounds across the river were abandoned. . Form a Real Clnb. But Ray KJngflley. Don McCown, Art Keeline and a bunch of other shooters put their heads together last summer, formed the new Omaha Gun club, took Over the old grounds and are making a real club out of It At first only 'one trap waa Installed, but the first squad' of membera waa so large that another trap waa Installed last week. Probably before the 1915 aeaaon open more trapa will be built ao that any number may ahoot without delay. There are now about 100 membera In the club. Some are expert shooters, but many are aa yet novices at the game. The club members are encouraging the sport among those who are not marks men, and every attention ia given to I those who ar anxious to learn. That spirit will bring man Into the organisa tion, and It is expected that the mem bership will advance rapidly during sub sequent seasons. Bid for Tournaments. Omaha will make a strong bid for shoot ing tournaments In the future. With two i gun cluba here, the Omaha club and the Carter Lake Gun club, both of which are recognised as first-clans clubs, Omaha will be aocorded considerable prestige. While the Western Handicap was loat to Omaha, the shooters are pot downcast, bilt will renew their energies next year. The auccess of the Omaua-Colurobu Intercity shoot a week ago, when the trappera faced aero weather to Indulge in their favorite pastime, haa prompted tha officera of the club to promote sev eral aucb lnter-clty ahoota next year. . It Is probable that a dozen of such will be held hero and at other placea next year. With the new Omaha club expending such efforts, aa well aa the Carter Lake club, Omaha la bound to occupy a goodly portion of the trap shooting calcium next year. ;i Cab Book Eaalkltloas. Th Chicago Cuba have exhibition datea booked as follows: April I and 1 Bir mingham; April 4. Naahvllle; April and . Chattanooga, and April I, S, 10 and 11, Memphia. ( Be Want Ada Produce Result. CHICK AUTREY ON TRAIL OF FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH Chick Autrey, former Rourk and now first baseman for the St Paul . club, la anxloua to be graded from the leaser of the Twin cities to the Pacific coast. Chick believes that the "Fountain of Youth" la the Pacific roast althoarh Ing notified that tne maroon cam au- , Omaha is a nice town to speni the winter ready contained too many hard gamea to allow one with the green to be added, Walter A. McCormack, representing the alumni k of the Hanover school, wired Paul Bartleme. Michigan athletic direc tor at. Ann Arbor, and George Huff, in charge at Urban, inviting them to meet the Dartmouth eleven in 1D15 and lSli- The Chicago schedule, la it understood 1 complete, but ha not been given out Weeld Bay Ball lobe. In spit of hard tiroes in base ball there Seem to be a number of players nursing the notion that there Is money In managing. Miller Hugglns and Char ley llerxog seek to buy tha Buffalo In ternational league club, liuek Freeman la said to be snxlous to become a club owner la the Trt-State league and Jack Deal I another player who think he could prosper a a team owner la the Trt-bUta. In, and he ha askel he management of the association club to trade him to a coast league team CRIBBAGE HAND COUNTS TWENTY-FOUR GOOD POINTS PEADWOOD. 8. n. IW. IS. To the Editor of 1 be Bee: An argument came U In a gam of cribbage over tho couotlni of a hand, which la aa follow: Koui seven In hand, deck head ao. Th pnrtlee lntereateU agreed to leave It at The omaha Bee. Answer through pora Ing columns, please, liow muoh Is it? r. a k. Answer Twenty-four I th right count Four seven make alx royal pairs. o twelve points, and th ae count flftaan two for each royal pair, or twelve, points ) i