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4-S TITTl OMAIIA SUNDAY HEE: DECEMBER 2a, ,1914. Entrv Lists Clos J Tonight for State Billiard Tourney 1 Entries for the state billiard touroa- KiMit, which will be played two week, starting January 4 at Symcs" billiard parlors, will close tonight. The play will be at 18.1. Al Catin la the present champion, bar ing copped that honor at ' the tourney last year. He will enter and defend his title against Harry Byrnes, Herbert Me Coy and Art 8c I pie of Omaha, and George alann of Lincoln and several other out state cracks who are coming: her for Mood. Will Chambers will not enter this year. FEDS GRAB MUCH' TALENT HAY PERMIT DECISIONS 'Johnson i Said to Be Highest Priced IndiTidual Purchased. GREATEST PLAYERS IN GAME Oettawa trmm the Tptea nra 1st Their Ire-feeslos). By rRAKK. O. MEJIKB. NEW YOJtK, Pec la About tT,COI worth of base ball Ulent lias Jumped U ht Kc-dcral leasua eince the "outlaw crganlsstlon began 1U fllrUUon with the diamond alars. Walter Johnson ranks as the highest irind Individual. Had he been placed the open market he probably would have brought ST,:. Joe Tinker was vaiuea lit 1:5.000. "Rube' Marquard was worth SM.0CO when he came torn the minora. Ie taee, the great Cardinal outfielder, .... .h - i.. lifirtnfl. "Cv" ralken- lerg. the former Cleveland pitcher, was worth 110.00 at the very least. Ed Honetchy waa valued at 115.000 at the Winning of the 11 season, but his work during 1914 fell off. Ivy Wlngo, the Cardi nal catcher, was rated as a star of the firl w.lr and. no doubt, would have brought llO.Of had he been offered for sale. Eddie Plank and "Chief Bonder, tnmr Athleticitwtrlere. bad a big value. Benny Kauff, the sensational outfielder r.f ., IndtanaDolla Feds, was a minor .nutr before he Jumped to the Feds. Hla value then probably waa $2,ono, but h.'a worth 125.000 today. George htovan f Arrn niftna jzfr of the Browns, ranks as a first-class player androbably was worth r7.Sw- " Hap" siyera, nm '"" Brooklyn first baseman, was worth 15,000. Greatest Players In Gaaae. Tltcher Tom Beaton and Shertatop tflke X nanlan. who Jumped from the Phillies, rank as among the greatest players In the game. Beaton was worth $30,000 at the least He was rated as one of the great est pitchers In the National league, rvmlan. In the opinion of Charles Dooln, former manager of the Phillies, waa the h. ahnrtaton In either league with the exception of Walter Maranvllle of the Braves. n.if'liiH. who lumped the White Bo. was valued at $20,000. Howard Camnita, former Pittsburgh pitcher, was wortn rnunii iio.ooo. Bo was Hendrla, another . former Pirate pitcher. Earl Moore, who Jumped to the Buffalo Feds, was worui v000 at the least. Among the other major league pltohers who have Jumped to the Feds and whose valuation 'can be fixed at from $5,000 te $1(1,000 are: Frank Allen (Dodgers). Bargar (Cin cinnati). Puggs (Cincinnati). "Pol" lr rUl (Cardinals), Davenport (Cincinnati). Qulnn (Brave), Crandall (Nsw York), ' Brennan (Phllllea), Mosoley (Ited ox)c (3 room (Washington), Cullop (Naps), Bahkln Johnson (Naps, Packard (Cln ' rlnnati). Chief". Johnson (ClnctnBatl). Otto Knabe waa ranked as ens of the best second basemen In the game when he played with the PbUlla. . His value was about $15,000. Knabe Jumped to the Feds and now Is manager ct the Balti more Feds. Gra ' Good - Catchers. - 1 v . The Feds grabbed some mighty good catchers from the rankg of Organised Base Ball. The average value of the catchers they took' Is about W.000. They took about a dosen good catchers and flbey are after more. Among the catch era already snared, not Including Wingo, ans: Rariden. once with the Braves; Btraon, who caught for the Pirates; Hartley of Cincinnati. Wilson of the Giants, Land of the Naps'. Owens, formerly of the White Box. and Easterly, formerly Of the Naps and White Box. Included In the list of outfielders that the Feds have taken from Organised Baae Ball are: Frank Delehanty, Pan Murphy, Artie ' Hofman, "Rebel" Oakea, Steve Evans, Charley McDonald, Johnny Bates, Kom mers, Guy Zlnn, Chadbourae and Choltv ard. Borne of theee outfielders are past their prlip.' Sotno were la the .recruit gang when the Feds got them. Bot ail had a money value. ' The Feds also got about fifty players from the mlnur league ranks. Every one of the minor leaguers they got had some money value. Probably the average price of each minor leaguer was around $1000, which means that $300,000 worth of minor lesgue talent was grabbed oft by the Keda over a stretch of one year. And the Feds say that "the end ain't yet" ,i New York Official Likely to Be Ap pointed Faror Such a Plan. WILL BE HTTP TO BOXTK0 Xew Orleans new Has Uw AHemlae Offlrlat stamp m Tweaty.lteeael Bewts a. ad Preaieieri Are Jafcllaat. Making Long Golf, Drives Depends on Number of Things NEW TORK. Deo. l.-Women golfers usually are not long drivers and many a time attempts hare been made to explain why It la so. Oenerally It Is attributed to lack of strength In the wrists, and It Is allowed to go at that Those who have delved Into the tech nique of golf understood that the reason why a person can get a long drive la be cause he has learned how to control his club so that at the moment of Impact with the ball the ctubheed Is travelling at all the speed the golfer can command. On the apaed of the crubhesd, therefore. rests the secret of a long drive, provided. of course, the other essentials of the swing have not been overlooked. . Te produce this result it Is necessaxV to have strong forearms and wrists. This probably accounts why persona of slight physique, but at the same time having strength from the elbows to the tips ot the fingers, can gat distance. It Is not the build of an ordinary woman to have powerful forearms and wrists, but where such Is the case hi variably they are long drivers. . ' . j As lluatrsUons, take Miss IJlUaji R Ilde, the metropolitan champion; Mlas Marion 1,'ollln. fonm-r title holder, and MUs Gladys Hsvrnscroft, erstwhile title holdnr for both Greet Britain and the I'nlted States. When Miss Ravenscroft was tn Alum lea, her driving was a matter for wide comment and a glance at hor wrisli when aha addressed the ball re vealed the fact that she was able to make the clutl'.ewd travel so fast at the moment of impact that the ball had to go. How fast a clubheed travels may be im agined wson cameras adjusted to take a (,i tuia at one thousandth of a second i. ii not record without a show ot motion the u at the moment of Impact or the ball wltiiia a fraction of a second after It has beoa aLrut k. By RIXGKIDK. NEW TORK. Deo. 19. New Tork may follow the lead of New Orleans In per mitting decisions In boxing bouts under the Incoming administration. If plans now under consideration assume concrete form. Should Govern or-elect Whitman appoint three members of the Bute Athletic com mission, which supervises boxing In this commonwealth, an effort will be made to amend the regulations calling for referee's decisions In ten-round bouts here. - The recent commissioners James Price, Frank O'Neill and Major Dixon are un equivocally opposed to the rendition of official decisions In boxing matches In this state. The project has been sub mitted to them several times, and each time the official stamp of disapproval was branded on the resolutions. Under a new governing board, there Is a likelihood that the matter will receive serious consideration. Those' who have started the agitation to have decisions permitted claim that such a rule, would tend toward the betterment of the ling game In New Tork state. It Is their con tention that better bouts would result, as the principals would not dare "stall" through the ten rounds, as they too often do now. These agitators also have an answer for those opposed to decision on the ground that it bresds betting. The sup porters of the decision movement point out that a state law provides that "It Is a misdemeanor to place a wager on any form of competition:" they say that If this law were enforced the "sure thing" element would quickly he rounded up and eliminated. Revives Decision Talk, Ths recent contest between Champion Freddie Welsh and Toung 'Bhugrue, the Jersey City boxer, revived the talk of allowing decisions to be rendered In local bouts. Bhugrue's followers are- bemoan ing the fsct that no official verdict waa rendered, for then their Idol would have been the lightweight champion of the world, as Bhugrue was the undisputed victor over the title-holder, . , Toung Bhugrue and Charley WJilU have been treated unkindly by the fates as re gards "decision" fights. Before Willie Ritchie left for England to hand over the lightweight crown to Freddie Welsh, White mauled Ritchie all over a Mllwau. kee ring for ten rounds. The Chloagoan was unanimously proclaimed the winner, but the referee was not empowered by the state to give an official decision and Charley will have to wait unUl he gets Freddie Welsh for twenty rounds, with a decision attached, before he can hope to win the championship. Bhugrue rather regret that Referee Roche could not lift hla hand that night and make htm the happiest fighter Jer sey aver produoed. But It waa not to be; so Jo finds solace fo recalling Jits "moral" Victory over a world' champion. After five year of deolslonless bouts. New Orleana ha been rewarded with law calling for official verdict In twenty-round bouts. The first battle over the route under the new law did not draw a well ss anticipated, andtthe lack of Interest was asorlbed to ths fans having so wearied of no-dealslon boutet that It will take soms Urn for the sport In New Orleans to be restored to It for mer high plane. ' Proaaater la ODttaatstU. ' Promoter Domlnlck Tortorlch la optl- mtstlo over the boxing outlook In the south sine the game ha been abolished In California. He ha under oonstruo- tlon an enormous fight 'arena with ' a I eating capacity of 16,000. J Tortorlch, however, has one kick,- com-1 Ing. He . resents the Intrusion of Tom ; MoCarey, the California fight promoter, Into the New Orleana field. But this ob jection win avail him nothing, as Mo- Carey Is well liked In the south and will I be a formidable rival to Sir Domlnlck. I Tortorlch should know' better than to I try to restrict the field or to attempt to , have a monopoly on the fight promoting ' game In Pouislsn. McCarey has an Inter national ' reputation as a sagacious matchmaker, and It wJU be a fight tn the finish between Tortorlch and McCarey. New Orleana will benefit, as each of thene two will constantly be trying to 'improve ; on the opposing attraction. -1 The eminent Freddie WV.sh 1 taking ' the rest cure. The lightweight cham pion decided to ease up la hla work for several weeks, so as t recover from the strain of ' fighting seven bout In six week. The reversal at the hands ot Bhugrue baa made Welsh realise that he has been overworked and- was la danger ot going stale. Kid Williams Not Very Strong on Making Friends NEW TORK. Dec. -Considering his great work In the ring and since winning the bantamweight championship. Kid Wil liams has made remarkably few friend. It la hard to account for this. ArconVnx to all nrr1nt- h RiitimiM T-twt.. should, have the flatlc world at h;s f. ' for he I the only champion who I dolus any real fighting worth mentioning. ' In the ring Williams takes all sorts of chances. He has more fighting ability to the square Inch than any other boxer of today of any degree or class. When he ; ,umpe through the ropes he sterns to for get that he has a title to lose. Instead of playing safe, his one object Is to land a hU reckless way of risking hla title would be Jess worthy of note. Ent he Is a clever boxer wtioii ha cares to play the gapie that miv If nrnvsrf ha nut. crueher with the very least delay pos,,.., jorir)riCo..lo ! that t-n-round sible. And the number of tlnws he suc ceeds is really remarkable when It Is eor.aVlfred that he I a member of the lightest class. As a rule, the percentnge of knockouts varlM according to the size of t!v men engaged. The heavyweights, of courne, lead on account of their superior brown And the freAt weight behind their wol lops. - In the other classes the proportion of knockouts becomes smaller as the weight decreases. Vet William, the bantam, can point to as many declalve victories as any first cluss man of thei heavier divisions. . If Williams were merely a crude slugger, I bout st Madison Square garden. Tetry MoOovero, Battling Nelson, Ad Wolgast and others of that type, who are con stantly referred to a Ideal champions, were herd fighters, but tlwy knew no clher wey of milling. Had they been arietta at the htt-and-get-away style they mipht not have ben no v llllng to make a fight of nil their bouts. Williams, hav ing two courses to choose from, deserves all the more credlU Nashville Fires VetsN The Nashville club last week asked, waivers on the two veterans, Inflehler Otto Williams and Pitcher Forrest More. Official Batting Averages of American Association, 1914 . Club. W. KrniMi City M Minneapolis 7S Cleveland Kt Milwaukee (H Columbus M Loiilsvllli .....ift Indlnnspolts b 8U Paul m Name and flub W. Hlnchman, Columbus..! ! 227 B7 l CI.rB BATTINO. I T. in. H. KR, M 1 S7.H M 7IW W J ' fi7' 7K1 ' 647 $1 $ r,2.1 741 M$ S J Mff7 Kg 7 T7 t MM 74 W1 71 I 671 M TB ' T7 4 5AI1 11 MH 111 1 6730 2 634 Klrke, Cleveland. Mlllfer. Mlnm-Bpolle.... Titus. KanrasTlty. OriOlth, Indianapolis... Rath. Kensas City I-alt Minneapolis V. Demons, ijoulsvllle... .Miiwr. Minneapolis INDIVIDUAL r. h. lb. Sb. r. h. h. bh. so. pet jo . & 21 .341 21 .S4' 2 ..14; 2 . 38 .33) H. TB. 211. SR. H.R. BIf. PR. TIR SO. f.B. Pet. 1S79 2132 IK 9 40 VM 23TI 6T.2 1?S8 .275 I. -.7J . 2.4 Til CI . 33 210 n Y (Vi-t ' 6!7 1Z7S .275 1rt5 225 PH 17 Ml Ifil B' S lls.1 .273 1527 20 tm 83 ) 61 22S 1K 7"S W7 14 .272 217 M K M f,n 6.14 127 .2ff li'vH) v ZM VW ) 211 140 733 h7 ' 124ft jc,7 1471 1J 1K- Jim . 24 ' 1! 212 SM 612- 12 .2,7 1471 1920 KIT . 70 M 140 1(J9 634 B75 1215 . 257 BATTINO. 24 II a a . 42 7 1J 11 S 24 39 38 a I 74 ST 44 VI 17 4 101 140 St 11 ... M SIS 1" 10 7 ...13C 600 19 170 26 M ...167 122 r a c ... M 231 S2 7 ir 1 ... 1 V tO It 17 t .. 4 17A 1 l- m VI 'llilyn Comnton. Kansas Clty.....'l m 8 1P7 83 U 11 22 8 Jvanilall, Milwaukee ls (II UO ao 2f 11 26 2 IVTette, Ijoulsvllle 15 2S . 4 . I ivmgBton, Indianapolis.. , 124 375 62 120 21 11 1 9 Miller, Coliimbu . isfi 6.' SI 177 !f ! 10 1 M 12 1S" 4S 117 2ns r,t , j3 j M 143 615 MM 24 10 14 14 ir.7 62 m i7 11 11 n 122 46H95 1M 21 14 it 11 30 87 6 42 70 67 77 22 W 24 S3 6 77 43 Rrlef. Kannaa ll Pevareld, lxulsvllle Mrlrfirry loiilsvllle Wllle, rieveland Heall, Milwaukee Smith, Cleveland Rondeau, Minneapolis... Knight, Cleveland, Feli-h, Milwaukee Powell, Milwaukee Oeorge, Ooveland. Clark, Milwaukee Nlloa, Kt. Paul Cnlahan. lxiulivllle Mets, Indlnnspolls Hall, St. Paul Lewis. Milwaukee Itllvelt, Cleveland Roth, Kanaas City. j "linn, 01 urn nits (..aiiowsy, Railev. fit Hates, Cleveland Flene. Minneapolis Iturcli, Loiilevllle -Wlllinms, Minneapolis.. Oardner, Clevelsnd Ptumpf, Cleveland H. Hniilh, Columbus.... Paddock. St. Paul Jamee, fit Paul w.... Hll I yard. Cleveland MoCormlck. St Paul... Parbeau, Milwaukee..,., fheehan. Milwaukee..., Htant)ury, Uoiilavllle.,., Hemphill. St. Paul I'oll, Columbus .liw 63 81 iwt as 1 10 14 n .23 M . i-2S 4 4 .. .. 1 .1fi0 510 n 157 37 6 I tfi .136 630 75 11 20 It S 17 13 ..1M 67 176 41 11 ll 2 19 30 114 15 33 4 10 1 1 .. J .. 3 4 44 129 14 M 1 .. I .. I II ..160 478 ing 144 26 4 4 tl 18 143 87 ..147 6M M IT n I 12 14 63 42 .. W W 11 II 1 .. 4 1 3 6 ..1A9S21 P9 1M1 i 4 20 24 65 44 .. K 816 47 3 t I 4. 6 10 36 ..10017 1 12 23 U 4 14 17 63 16 64 IK 11 7 S I I 18 20 ..123 W4 8li:s28l12 8 23 52 102 1m m iir h 1 11111 ai 9s iDiianpolls....U3 427 6(1 124 18 16 paul-Columbua 63 224 4 4 12 4 ... 72 2-12 36 7 1Q ...121 M 4 112 21 4 ...107 324 00 93 10 3 ...14 5'lSrt 158 25 7 ...118 46 4 131 17 T ...132 478 64 137 18 7 ...148 64fl 44 167 27 ...122 4X7 71 lis 24 ...14 275 33 77 17 .... fl 214 i 00 15 ... 3 229 21 44 15 t ... 8 201 40 69 10 I ... 16 38 8 10 .. t ...190 606 K 182 M U ... 31 101 7 28 8 .. ... 81 298 62 U g t 170 ft 62 167 21 Name and Club Rnseman. Minneapolis 101 377 41 An K 8 Hhelton, Columbus ..112 S14 119 120 14 12 t lothlcr. loulsvllle... 33 104 10 29 4 T. Jones. Milwaukee...- 163 69 99 149 22 Delhi. Kansas City 91 197 21 41 6 Rddlngton, Columbus-Ind. 28 102 12 23 .. Cook, Columbus 33 IM 13 23 4 lkiiK, Milwaukee I ts W2 P'i 142 22 Pevogt.. Clevelund 114 373 3,"i W1 14 tJelbel. IHnwi City ...IH'SM 37 89 6 Cov'Ktnn, Clove -Kan. City 16 33 4- 1 1 Henson, Columbus ,.. 1 Ho 60 W 10 Hraun. Mllwjkee A . ?.i W 4 1 2 Hunter, MlneriMpolls . 1.1 48.1 72 11(1 11 Johnson, Ht. Paul... IS ',00 ?f; H Autrey. St. Paul 1B1 M 5 i: 26 Biiemlller, Ixilnvlile 13ft 4.13 W 108 13 Pauletle, Clevelnnd 22 79 9 IS 4 Nlfnecker, ft. rtul Jl K 15 20 1 Davis, Columbus.... 42 94 9 22 2 Wortmon, Kansas City.. ..139 627 7G 146 If T. Rellly, Cleveland 67 194 26 45 7 Downey. Kansas City 187 493 64 114 17 Lush, Cleveland ?5 52 S 12 3 Neale, Cleveland 18.48 8 11 1 Bhovlln., Columbus....' 17 67 10 1 3 2 J. Jones, Cnlumhus-MU'kee 65 20 g. a.b. r. h.2b. 8b. r. h. b. bh. so. rxA. Tannehlll. MlnneannlU tmskette, Clevel.-Ksn. City 40 S 10 39 5 Muttick, Kansas City 187 MX) 72 137 30 Mldklff, Ixulsvllle 69 299 38 72 9 HuHhes, Milwaukee 163 498 93 133 18 Upeilman, Cleveland 16 41 5 11 1 )!enn, Ht Paul 104 317 2 90 7 !'ni!ii Minneapolis.'. 70 no M 73 11 44 8 5 11 29 1 10 9 11 4 2 14 2 13 5 .. 11 8 m 7 8 21 6 48 7 .. 11 20 S3 7 .. 12 21 47 ., 6 34 8 ft 6 8 46 2 10 3 2 62 6 2 10 7 19 t .. IS t 13 f I I 16 62 ,. I .. 4 1 87 17 64 . t 4 10 224 20 42 1 32 7 39 1 .. 1 4 .. 20 17 49 2 19 10 82 23 15 W Ciymer. Minneapolis.. Ohm-rity, Minneapolis , UiUliips, Clavdiard . Karger. Pt. Paul , Whelan. MInneaiolls I.oudermll!'. , I,oul(!Vllle.... Kayrs, Columbus Willis, Indiannpolls Rohcrtpon, Columbus O'Rourke, 8f. Paul W. Smith, Minneapolis... Oosiwtt, Indianapolis Capron. Milwa'kce-Bt. Paul 49 142 Fchardt, Indianapolis "S3 81 Khnckelford. Milwaukee.... 20 48 Kelleher. Indianapolis 116 363 Dodge, Louisville 84 274 Morgan, Kansaa City 18 40 McOraw, Milwaukee 48 111 26 11 21 67 47 145 , 46112 , 79 2.M , 39 109 , 81 14 , 37 107 , 29 81 40 115 29 42 49 87 Megan, Kansas City.. I levelftnu. H. Hlnchman. Ht Paul, CraiMtall, Indianapolis. Moore, Kansas City WM n MM I 1 I I uiuiHRn, oiinfieapoiis Zl .164 6r,2 76 174! 22 U .. IS IS .149 606 79 IK? 18 11 116 21 Weinberg. Ioulsvllla Osborn, Louisville Murray. t. Paul Rronkle. Indianapolis... Daley, Columbus ,., McNally. St Paul. ....... Hell ley, tndlanapolla Laroy, InJlanapolla Blackburn, Indianapolis, Cole, Indianapolis, 49 A m a m .. 4 76 142 29 18 3 14 94 174 19. 19 8 26 i 7 10 ..164 536 ..170 era ..-74 281 42 74 12 ..167 600 98 158 30 t 1 86 86 .. 95 312 47 63 t I 1 11 8 ,,110 4 61 K T 7 1 12 19 .. S6 78 .. 46 127 94 140 24 4 ., 2 I 1 I l.i I I H 9 8 12 40 22 28 29 39 48 71 38 30 80 t 10 73 78 74 14 23 41 68 47 82 64 S3 80 70 64 19 165 648 91 142 24 12 1 24 80 100 Oerher, Columbus 191 6IB M 100 17 T 1 81 14 67 Houth worth, Cleveland 138 43 78 123 12 M t 19 2J 87 McCarthy, Indianapolis.... 41 109 19 27 I ,. 1 110 jrinni Lull. Sheckard, Inulsvllle Cleveland .163 6 66 143 83 ...119 871 68 94 21 lit 10 19 8 .28 72 15 Rrenton. Clevelnnd. 31 79 7 Oardner. St. Paul . 38 BO 4 Hoheneuers, Columbus 32 8 8 Allen. Indianapolis.......... 25 81 12 Toney, Louisville 4J 116 3 1 Togue. Mlnnenpolle 44 88 11 Thompson, Columbus 29 HO 8 Walker. Bt Paul 47 141 13 Pfeffer, KanaHs City 32 113 21 Hopper, St. Paul..... 36 99 3 Ferry, Columbus ,.. 22 62 4 Mers, Indianapolis 45 11 10 Young, Milwaukee 46 10S 5 FJlls, Louisville ' 27 49 4 Hovlik, - Milwaukee.....-.'.-.,. 46 115 12 Eums, Mlnneapolls-L'tvllls 41 87 Northrop, Louisville 45 114 6, Patterson, Minneapolis..... 21 69 3 Burk, In'.llanapolis ,,28.63 1 Allison, Kansas City 31 73 4' Ingersol, Col'bus-Mlnneap. 24 1 3 Kahler, Cleveland 24 64 6 Galltn. Kansas City 48 117 6 Dougherty, Milwaukee 29 67 10 James, Cleveland 18 61 1 Adams, Indianapolis 24 61 S Perry, Louisville 15 28 t Slapnlcka, Milwaukee 29 08 S' P. Jones, Cleveland 19 48 3 Cutting, Milwaukee 86 66 3 Richie, Kansas City 18 41 1 Association to Try Developing Tennis t With School Boys Nnw TORK. Dec 19.-Of floially the executives of the Nstlnal Lawn Tennis asnoclation have decided to develop the games among the school boys of the country, especially In the eastern and southern sections. Careful analysis of the hlntory of the most famous plsyers In this country has brought to light the fact that all begin as boys. The unbroken line of victories won by the youngsters from California has demonstrated that the east was fsr behind the Pacific coast In encouraging school boys to take up the game, Raymond B. Little, who will report a plan for the development of school boy tennis championships at the meeting of the executive committee, talked of the matter yesterday: "McLaughlin began to play when he waa 13 year of age, Williams, the national champion atarted at the game at the tender ago - of 8 years; Karl Behr, Beats Wright. -Nat Nlles and Oeorge Church all began at approximately 10 years of age. The four last" named, by the way, all started oa tho road to .fame on the court by win ning the national lnterscholastlc cham pionehlp. Behr won in 1903 when he Was at Lawrencevllle school. "All that the boy In this section of the country need is a chance for tournament competition. California has no monopoly on champions. It Is not the climate or the playing surfaces or anything of that sort In California that, produces skilful players. It Is starting at the adaptable age and ' getting plenty of ' good, hard competition." ' ' GOLF COURSE ON EAST SIDE . OF THE RIVER ABANDONED There will be no big elghteen-hole golf course on the other side of ths Missouri . river next year The project, promul- gated by a number of Omaha golfer who do hot belong to the country clubs, hss fallen through, temporarily at least It Was planned to lay out a big course acrosa the river andorganise a golf cjub. It was thought that the Miller park crowd would Join the new venture, as the Miller park course Is but nine holes, and eighteen holes would be far more satis factory. But the Miller park crowd didn't come over as expected, and the Idea has been abandoned for the present A few of the more ardent promoters have high hopes of renewing the enthusiasm In anothe year, and If they can get promises of a goodrmembershlp plans will be formed for 1916. ""2 The Whiskey of -rrV F wt s t r t. : mainiainea vjuauty lld.it la tL Heart of the Bine Grass Country For 79 year this famous Bottled in Bond whiskey ttas Been custuiea in the old- fashioned way in rriaii tubs. It s acknowledged to be the) only method by which highest quality ton be strain eo. . r "ft : f9 P I i I t I 3 C r r ' Wf "Qualify Tells" It's hand made, sour mash Kentucky whiskey. Men of critical taste have always pre ferred it the quality has been supreme . for three generations. j BOND & J 1 1 11 1 Ai?ri7i a LILLARD la sold ererywhere, because demanded everywhere. BOND A LfLLARO . DISTRIBUTING CO, iitUOuryi Lawrseweburg, Ky. WestataOffW 41S-417 ItaUwat Street. ffl 1 Elf WW WM SaaSar Us II fur Arksaees- !f the Arkanmi W'latire permit humln tall Fort hmno will prove i riiir- tu tiie Western association. Its II I ruu.!M to be one of UiS best towu Shorter Boat Eaco Course for College Teams Next Season NEW TORK. Dee, la The agitation In favor of reducing the Intercollegiate var sity elght-oared race at roughkeupsi from four to three miles appear to have won enough supporter to bring about the - change in 101&. Kor" vral years discussion regarding the "deadly fourth mile" has Increased steadily. 8-v. aral cf the leading coaches spoke strongly VJ m isvor or snortening the distance of ttiu big race and the board of atewards la expected to ratify the change at the annual meeting of the Intercollegiate Rowing association. The withdrawal of Wisconsin as the result ot a faculty ban oa rowing and the possibility ot Prince ton crews entering fhe regatta la place ot the Badgers are understood to have been Important factors la the decision to return to the distance at which the eight first raced. WAR SHOOTS BILLIARD PRICES TOWARD THE SKY The poor billiard merchant tn Omaha 14 having hard time these daya, due to the war ever tn Europe, Just like the rest ef the civilised world. dlncc the beginning of hostilities tlw price of Ivory balls ha advanced from S3 to M and td. The price of table clotlt haa taken a Jump. The green fabric, which la somewhat similar te broadelolh. except that It la closer woven and one td la perfectly smooth, conies from Vraaoe, and new tfca FYsaca cloth can not be purchased for love nor money, subatltutrs are demanding top prices. Thus It Is that. In keeping with th.; general advance la French billiard sup plies. It Is said the- price of masse shots will be raised to ten but per rip. 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