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s t 1 3 THE OMAHA SUNDAY HKK: JANUARY 3J. 1915. 3 S Bringing Up Father Copyright, in. Interaatloual News Bervtoe. Drawn for The Bee by George McManus err coluy OF OGAUTirUL HOME)!. YOU WAVE HOT tEEN NM.P OP IT COMt IHTO THE b rootte a coovcoo- WHEN it comcv TO PIC KIM OUT TAO)Ctf LOOK AT THTS VrVG. I COOCHT THI IN OOR TAtTE TH1 I TCAROI-Oi THlt l- Mr WIFE- BRAVE. HAM! I WOnOEV WYfY ocrrr invite i TO CAUL OM THBH AHY MORE1 1 c7 5". I DOMT KMOW- I I Ik I. 'sj.L xH I V I I if i ii ir-m ri w m - m w J u rH ir 1 l in I V J u O I II I I 11 11 ill ' 1 I I ii I a .At ' ft ji m jm w.sT id I i I i - It I a- aT l I I I I I ll I Nl ll III J- U Judgments WHAT la the matter with Davy Fult end his purer . Fra trenlty? In't It about time . for Fult to come forth and take a tatand with regard to some official action bt the fraternity, when the his ruet busting- ault In Chicago has been settled? From out of the chaos of opin ion expressed by those who have opposing- views on the probable outcome- of the ault, one especially should call for a statement from FulU. That .. Is If the contracts of players In organised ball should become void. The base ball Play ers' Fraternity' was organized expressly (or the benefit of the players. Thus It strikes us that the fraternity should issue a declaration to the effect that ji layers enrolled in the organization would continue to respect their contracts with clubs in organised - boll. There is danger If the contracts are not upheld of the players eventually suffering severe cuts and a statement of good faith would be a protection to the mem I bers and also prove that the fraternity will work primarily for the best inter ests of base ball and the elimination or the nasty commercialism now apparent. And by way of speaklns of the present flirht in the "courts It is .to be hoped that the mooted question will be settled by Judge Lendls once- and for all. That rumor that the case might be thrown out of court, it is hoped; has no basis. For if Judge Landls clould throw the case out of court it would only mean renewed litigation In a lower court and the fuss started alt over again.. Contin ued litlKation la sura to ba harmful to the interest of the pastime, thus leaving matters In a wavering condition, which' would surely be detrimental to the sport. Unless all signs fail the supply of um pires' should be bouhtlfuf this year and the league president who- doesn't select a neat squad of arbitrators will have only himself to blame. For the purpbsa of cutting expenses many leagues have re leased umpires previously carried under the double system-two umpires for each game. They are reverting back to the single system, with the result that good, competent men are to be-had without, the usual scramble.- Heretofore Tip O'Neill, our own prexle, has always had an ex ' cuse-and a perfectly legitimate one. too -that umpires were scarce. They were. Now they are plentiful with the Ameri can Association and 1'aclfie Coast league releasing four each, and TIP should get In on the ground floor and pluck a few The Pacific Coast PLANS FOR HIGH TOURNEY t 1 1 Guy Reed Sendi Oat Entries for the State Basket Ball Champion ship Event CORNHTJSKEES WOEFULLY WEAK NATIVE SON SWIMMERS EAST University of California Water Sharks to Invade Middle 4 West and East. Ill are record holders By JAMES K. LAWRENCE. LINCOLN, Jan. 80. (Special.) Manager Guy E. Reed of the University of Nebraska, who Is In charge of the ar rangements for the annual Nebraska hgh school basket ball . tournament, Monday will send'out to all Nebraska high schools outlines of the plana for the tournament to be held 'the last four days the second week In March. , lie Is also sending out entry blanks to all schools, which must ba filled out and returned to him on or before February r2. , Entries received after that date will not be" received. As a conditlbn to en tering the tournament. Reed will require that all high schools fill out blanks giv ing the record of the team up until Feb ruary 15. These blanks must be filed with Reed by that date. The members of all tearua must comply with the eligibility rules of the Nebraska Interscholastic as sociation. . ' ' In tha detailed plena Reed Is sending out it Is stated that tha entries will be divided Into two classes, known as A class and B class. These divisions. will be made, according to the record of the teams, the size, of the towns, and 'the slsa of the school. The larger and stronger schools will be grouped against each other In one aeries of elimination rounds, while 'the smaller and weaker towns will fight It out among themselves for the championship of that division.- . Pay on Three Floors. The university authorities have secured three floors for playing the games In. the tournaments, including, tha City, audi torium, tha City Young Men's Christian association and the regular university gymnasium. In addition, some of the earlier game will be played in the chapel. '' The Nebraska, tournament is the biggest In Ahtt United States. Reed expects the entries mill reach eighty' thia year, as compared with sixty-four last season. Kansas, which had the next largest tourn ament, admits both boys' and girls' teams, and had but forty entries. The university basket ball team has loafed on the Job-all week, owing to the final semester examinations. The Huskers have had a disastrous basket ball season, losing all chance for the championship by dropping two straight games to tha Jawhawkers. The Huskers meet Wealeyan next Friday night at Uni versity Place, and are due for a beating. The Methodlats have one of the strongest basket ball fives In their history and two Clashes With Redoubtable Hobey Baker nf tha rnlpaspfl nil! IT). i i ltri Hold. Jafk Mo! I,,,,,, ..,... ,. years ago defeated the Huskors. two out arthy and ucram ,h. h -fc r.' wipe out the sting of those defeats, but the chances are anything but bright, Wesleyan defeated all tha teams It has met o far, Including the fast South Da kota -university five. The Hunker basket ball quintet' will wind up the basket ball season two weeks hence with an eastern trip, when they play Drake and Ames two games and on additional game with Fort Dodge. to be good umpires. In the new cut. Any one of that trio would unquestionably ruine to the Western league and Tip might take a tip and employ one oitwo. Reverting back to the trust-busting suit, while we. do not fear -that an ad verse decision will ruin base ball, - as many radicals would have us believe, we still believe peace U the only successful solution to the problem now facing us. No matter If the Feds win the suit or If Organised Ball wins, peace njust come to remedy the present demoralising slt- n.iinn nnrn commercialism and con- Mr era to 'Leave School. Captain Myers of tha Cornhusker track team is likely' to leave school at tbo and of the semester. Myers la the beat man slant reference to that state of a'falrslln the squad and hts loss will ba tha BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30. -The Uni versity of California swimming team, headed by Ludy Langor,' holder of tha world's 440-yard record, will probably be seen in competition In the Intercollegiate championship and various' eastern tanka during the month of March. The announcement was made at the university that the executive committee of the associate students had decided to finance the tour of a team of five swim mers, provided the men could so arrange the trip aa not to Interfere with' their studies. This Is the only obstacle in the way of the team making the trip, and Swimming Manager Ernie Smith and) Captain Ludy Langor are now making an effort to get the work so arranged for the five swimmer a so that they can get away, with the Intercouegiates ana sev eral dual meets Smith and Langor figure the team will ba away from the campus twenty-one days. v i Trims Ullnl Men. The team Is an exceptionally strong) one. Ludy Langor, the captain, gained fame last July by defeating' RaltheU Mo Qilltvray and other cracks of the Illinois Athletic club at Sutro tank In the 440 yard event, and. Incidentally, he set a new world's record of I minutes 224 sec onds for the distance. The next day he came out and trimmed the mighty Duke Kahanamoku over 880 yards, and In this race he broke the .existing American rec ord; for the dUta.no. He is also good over SX yards, and In various meet will . owlm these distances, as well as taking A chance, at fancy diving, at which he is an expert. Besides i entering the Intercollegiate championships, the team will be seen In various dual meet. The Illinois Ath letic club has made an offer to the team for a meet In Chicago, and inqulrloa have been received (rom tha University , of Illinois as to when 'the team will be In Chicago, The University of Pennsylvania Is anxious to meet the Pacific, coast Inter collegiate champions, 'and both Tale and Harvard have asked i for a meet If the team goes east. The New York Athletic club la another organization that la anxious to entertain the Pacific coast boys, and their cham pions will measure strokes with the arslty boys. If time allows a trip will be made to Pittsburgh to meet the Pitts burgh Athletic club team, and besides all these moets there are other eastern colleges which are anxious to get a crack at the locals. . Compete a I Rmo. Too, On the way to Chicago meets will be held sgaliut, the Destert ..team at fclt Lake City, with the Denver Athletic club at Denver, and an exhibition Is slated forjthe swimmers at Reno. Nev. .. Ernie Bmlth, the manager of the team, Is the fastest sprinter on the Pacific coast, and has beaten every swimmer of note west of Denver. The only man able to take his measure Is Duke Kahana moku, and ha Is only a few yards better than Smith over the 100 yards. - Jim Resleure is tha third member of the tam, and 'ha will swim In the XX r s 4-a f . ' I s. ' . . 'v, . JI fc--f aw- ' ' Carlson Says New Records Sure to Be Made in Vanderbilt That the course Instil the exposition grounds at Can Francisco will of fer the crack rooter car race drivers opportunities greater In sov era! respects than thos nf the In dianapolis speedway Is the prediction of Billy Carlson, new world's non-stop cham pion, who is now In the exposition city and whs has lust mada an, Inspection of tna course in nis niaxwen car. . Carlson predicts that aa the result of tha two flue straightaways on the four mile course, new records will he estab lished for both the Grand Prise and the Vanderbilt cup events which - will be raced February 3 and 37, respectively. lie believes that the winner of the former vent will log close to aeventy-nlno miles an hour, and that the Vandorbllt winner will be ahle to go about a mils an hour faster, due to the fact that this event la for 900 miles, Instead of tha 400 in the Grand Prise. As Carlson predicted accurately the sensational time at Corona and Ban Diego the Isst two big events on the road rac ing calendar race critics are justly ex pecting his promised sensation to be fully realised. The fart that the course Is entirely within the exposition ground and will be thoroughly guarded will also enable the racers to add to their wild flights of speed In Carlson's opinion. Most of tha Han Francisco race will be over asphalt streets of the exposition broad, level and straight. At one end the racers will make their turn on the banked end of mile dirt track. I the one thing which will turn the Ian .from base ball. It Is truly nsuseatlng, with mercenary players JumplDg hither and- thither and Just as mercenary mag nates tempting them to do ao. The pub lic Is evidencing utter weariness and dis gust with the current scrspping, snd the one way to wean It back Is by peace. How easy It la to forget the heroes of the past Again we have that fickleness Zt the publlo thrust vividly before us. Napoleon Lujolc, ence tha pride of all Cleveland, once the biggest advertising auKe4 that citv Dossessed. Is no longer a household word In Bomersvllle aa ho once ' was. Cleveland, not so very long ago, thought so well of IaJoU that tha team was nicknamed after him. Now they want to forget die great Napoleon, lie has seen his heyday and as a star b no longer radiates the twinkling rays which brightened tha . eyes of Cleveland fail. They want to forget lijole in the Ohio city now. But Napoleon knew that when ha donned the spangles, and, while he may know It more graphically npw. he ha no license for regret. While the average player won't get much eulogy from tha average fan until he cracks out a lipping hit wt,th tha bases loaded, there is one player whom all real bugs hope wul make good. That la Jack Coomb, recently released by tha Athletics and now signed by Brooklyn. Coombs was a victim of circumstance. Fata dealt him a cruel blow and we all 'hope the veteran can come back and make good. And for giving him that chance Charley , . Ebbets, panned on every side, should be given at least one atom of credit. severest blow Nebraska eduld have suf fered. He is always good for three firsts In the weight events and the high jump. Myeru tamer naa summoned his son home to take charge of his farm, and unless the track captain can ffhd a sat isfactory substitute it will, be up to him to leave the university, Manager Reed, who Is training the track squad, wi;.' send a relay team and a pola vauller to the Kansas City Indoor meet. which Is heU at the Kansas City Ath letic club's club rooms, February 17, Reed has not mads up his mind on the members of the icluy team No Pooling by the New York Race Men NEW YORK, Jan. 30. -There will be no pooling of Interests by tha several racing associations In this locality the coming season, as there was last year. The delations which will hold meetings wi do so as individuals and open their own tracks. when racing . will begin aad where is a question yet to- be decided. but it is more than probable' Belmont park win be the scene on which the cur tain will rise. Jamaica has applied for dates and the chances ar they will bs granted, though the grounds need quite soma fixing and the grand stand suffered considerable . from tht snowstorms las year. Benefits for Mwala. Vmi H club ia the Northwestern league Is expelled to hold a "Swain rtuy" next neasoii as a benefit to Charley Hwain, the Seattle outfielder who recently lost a leg 'a an acuidenU WILLIE BWTTOX. NEW YORK. Jan. 30,-The most inter esting' hockey seen here this year resulted from the clash between' Willie Brltton, oover-point of the Hockey club seven, and Hobey Baker, rover, of the St. Nicholas team. Although there were seven players en gaged, it seemed to the spectators like' a personal contest between these two ster ling men.i Brltton Is considered tha best defensive player In tha Amatsur Hockey league. Ha confined his attentions strictly to Baker, but the former Princeton star pierced his defense on several occasions. The score, S to 0 for tha St. Nicholas man, tells the story. 1 ' BASE BALL SLIPPING BADLY 1 Still Will Be National Pastime, but as a Commercial Proposition is on Downward Trail. OTHER SPORTS ARE CUTTING IN NW YORK, Jan. M.-Uase ball is and should always remain the, national pas time. It Is too firmly entrenched In the hearts of the youth of the nation to he supplanted by any other game. But base ball as a commercial proposition has sept to its crest and hit the downward train. This fact la indisputable, The handwrit ing on the wall says so plainly and un mistakably. As a money making proposition, base ball has passed Its zenith for many causes, tha least of whjch Is tha Federal league. Tba present tangles of the game, contract lumping, outlaw leaguing and) I I Whether tha Federal league finally at tains major league standing- and dwells within the Organised Base Ball corral, or ia cast Into, the discard, matters very and 440, and. possibly, tha half mlla. He WJ11 V,B?7,te ,nZ '""f" I llTlkAk ShA ' M ASA 1 AA BM 1 A 4flMdllSf A T ia a cripple, with one leg amputated.. He stands at tha asjart on a crutch, and Is one or ins fastest starters among tha local H mmrM . Xm I- - eAMHA. , . I hrM-. JZLiL " "7 " J": ' little to the ultimate cause of base ball today bold, s-everai English open andlTne rre",nt Kior T" J"." aWr ,n1 college championships. ' Ha also holds German, French and Hungarian chem. plonshlps, and holds records for various distances In all these countries. . The fourth member of tha team will ba Oeorge Lindsay, a good all-round swim mer, proficient over fifty yards In about 26 seconds, and can swim the 100 In an even-minute. He Is also good for points In the 120-yard event. The fifth member of the team Is not decided on, several men being mentioned for the other berth. Louisville Plans for Kentucky Derby LOUISVILLE. Ky., Jan. SO.-Vast Im provements are now going on at the grounds of the new Louisville Jockey club, and all will be In a atate of com pletion long. before the coming Kentucky derby Is decided next spring. The spring meeting at Churchill Downs this year begins on Saturday, May S, and continues until and including Friday, May 2L with the $1S,W0 derby featuring tha opening day. Let lilas Stay, Bays Jsaei, Manager Fielder Jones of the bt. Louis Feds Is quoted ss saying ' that if Roy Corhan reallv means it and intends to re main with the San r ram iaoo team, then ne win matte no errort to hold tiliu. .,d,.a M,r . lnfielier Joe Ukieon. formerly with Wnai:ingtnn and laat year a lib Loa Angeles, lias ' been oei-iyed by the Salt Lake Coast club for thecvining season. -. I Apt re's Wife Dead. Jaiit McNulty, who will umpire in tha W eatern association next season, has re turned to St. Louis from Corinth, M1m.. where he buried his wife, who died in Chli-agn following an operation for ap .nnl.;it1. McNultv will make his iiome In Bt. l.ouls until the season opens. Another ' I mp Boaared. Rconnmy has hit another umpire. Presi dent Heilbroner of Hie CvntrHl league )u released his chief ot staff. Harry le.isei. Am tie I ac I got married only a mouth or sc a" all will be serena again, but as a money making proposition the sport can never be what It was a few years back. Bta- Teau. Will Draw. Base ball men will make money. Cham pionshlp teams will still draw the hordes In. In New York and Chicago rearly any kind of a team will pay expenses and a little better, but minor league clubs. and most of the majors as well, will usually be fortunate to break even. The reason for this chance Is not directly connected with base bnll at all. It is due primarily to the rturn to outdoor life of the men and boys of the big cities. It ia due to the growth of golf and tennis, and the reduction In the plica ot automobiles, motorcycles and motor boats. It-Is not that general in terest in base ball has lessened, but that other games and pleasures, to which there Is a more personal side, ar call lng a large portion of faudom away from the game. There are nearly TGO.Ooo golfera In thia country today. It is estimated that dur ing 114 at least 100.000 were added to the golf lists. There are approximately 100,000 who play the game In and around New York. The majority of tlio men who play golf were and are still Interested In base ball But whereas before tsey took to the links they would head for the ball park any summer afternoon they had off, they are now content to read the game in their evening paper and spend the day golfing. Their Intercut Is still In bass ball, but the fact that at golf they have the open air advantages of watching a hull a-arne and derive the benefit of viertiae aad have tho j Icasura of play ing themselves, outweighs tho lure of the diamond. ' Teaals Big; Factor. Tennis has fully as many, If not more devotees than golf. It, too, has made big strides In the last few years. It Is luring 1U thousands out of the ball parks to the courts, for the same reasons that the golfer leaves tha national pastime for the links. The effect of the low-prlced automobile, motor boat and motorcycle Is not so ap parent, but none tha less certain. Oil- serve the livers around Blahbattan is land In -tha spring, summer, and fall, dotted with boats. Motor boating Is no lunger the rich man's sport. It has been brought within reach of the man of mod erate moans of the average fan. Tha same la true' of automohillpg and motor cycling, 'though the loss her la not aa great, due to tha fact that many people motor to tha games. . . Bas ball,' as a sport, was never "In healthier condition. It Is as a business that the writer 'contends that If has fallen off, and that aa a business it will never- return ' to' Its halcyon days of a few years ago. Few Profited Laet Year. We do not pretend to, know -exactly which teama made money last year, but venture to say that among the sixteen club of the major circuits. you could count them on the fingers of one hand Had it not been for, the .unprecedented feat of the Boston Braves that added a much needed stimulus to a flagging race In the' National league, you would not need all the fingers of one hand, either. The Federal league, bickerings of play ers, and wrangles among magnates have undoubtedly had soma effect on ' the game. But as we stated In the beginning. If these were the only causes of tha slump, base ball would soon come Into Its own again. They ar not The return of the peopjle ef the cities to their herit age of the great out Ibors. has worked havoo with the business, 'though not the sport, of base ball. ' . ' Ford Cars Still Are Boon to Salesmen in Covering Territory There has been in the last few months a notable Increase In the use of the Ford by local traveling1 salesmen. Last year almost 300 cars were sold at the Ford branch for this service, and it la said that prospects are bright for doubling this number this year. - After thoroughly Investigating the auto mobile proposition aad trying out several different makes of cars, one firm alone purchased twenty-five Fords for use of their Nebraska salesmen, and the 'claim Is made thst their business has been largely increased, although traveling ex penses In all Instances have been lowered. The greatly Increased development In the building of better roads during the last few years has made possible the use of a Ford throughout almost the entire year, and salesmen are able to make reg ular vlnlts to some of the smaller towns which could formerly lie made but once or twice a year because of the limita tions of railroad transportation. This re sults In mors business for the salesman, and also enables the country merchant to keep In much closer touch with the large markets to his own sdvantage and the convenience of his patrons, TRAINING FOR GOLFER NOW Ben and Oil Nioholls Advocate Ad vanced Golf, Which Demands Conditioning-. . . LIKE BOXER AND BALL PLATER prised friend gclfer If at no very distant date you should hear some ardent devotet declare hts intention to go Into training for such and such a championship or tournament. Heretofore the mere thought of a golfer training would hare caused a smile, but In this advanced stage bt the gnme there is no telling what to ex For complete details on golf training a conversation with those well known pro- fasslonala, Ben and Oil Nleholls, should suffice. These two Englishmen are keen on what they termn "advanced golf,', which Is Intended' to ' keep one In form and Improve his game, just aa the rowing machine helps the oarsman and the punching bag the pugilist. It hag been discovered that a goMtr derives the power In his stroke from a train of extensor muscles on the left . side. There la no t rapes! us, also the lattssimua and the teres major and tho extensor carpi ulnarus and so on and s,i forth. The Nleholls brothers assert that faults In golf are caused by weakness In these muscles and therefore they have set about to strengthen them. And It by Indoor work on a machine that this ya done. No More Hit and Mlaa. Ho It would seem that the ancient ait-1 honorable game ia no longer going to be a hit and miss affair, so far aa prepared-' ness Is concerned. The golfer ot the twen tieth century must be conditioned for that game, just as the boxer learns how to hit fast, hard and true by punching the bag. ' . For many years the ball player has had the cage whare he could keep his muscles In trim when the snow was en the ground. The oarsman has had hta Indoor rowing machines, -the foot ball star his drill in the gymnasium, and there has been some sort ef lodoor work for all athletics. But the golfer has had nothing of the sort to keep him fn trim. The man who was a true "bug" jilayed the game in all sorts of weather, 'tis true. He has been known to take a round on the links when the ground was covered with snow. But that was nit doing his muscles a whole lot of good It was not tending to improve his golf under good conditions. DOES THIS SOUND LIKE WESTERN LEAGUE, FANS? boes this) outfield remind you Weetern. league fans of anything: Moose MoCor ntlck, Willis Cole . and Normal Coyle? That Is the way the outfield of the Memphis club of the Southern association will lineup next season. Coyle . one chased files for Omaha, McCormlck and Cole for Lincoln. Also Btlck O'Brien, former Orlxxly pitcher. Is on the Mem phis squad. Canadian Racing Schedule Arranged HAMILTON, Chit., Jan. 30,-The Can adian Racing association schedule for tlli Is as follows: May W to. , Ontario Jockey club. To ronto; May 11 to Juite 7, Durval Jvckey club, M out real. June to 15, Montreal Jockey club; June 10 to ti, Connauht Park Jockey club; June ti to July X, Hamilton Jockey dub, Hamilton. July t to 19, Niagara Racing assocla tioih. Fort Krle, July 14 to 21. Wlndaw Jockey club. Windsor; July 24 to 81, Ham ilton Jockey club. August 4 to 11. Niagara Racing asso ciation. Fort Krle; Auguat 14 to 21, Wind sor Jockey club; August 1 to SI, Con aaughx Park Jockey club, Ottawa September t to , Montreal Jockey club; Foplemher 1U to 17, lJorval Jockey club, Montreal; September IS U 26. Ontario Jockey club,. Toronto, ' t m 7 Ti rord Kedau U Ford Elegance bullded upon Ford Quality. In town and country here is the . Ideal, eyery-day-lo-tbe-year car. Not only Is It a car of extraordinary smartness and distinction, but Jt ,1s the game Ford "The Universal Car" which more than 675,000 owners have found to be ' tbe most reliable, the ruoiit serviceable, practical i,.i , and economical, car lens than 2c a mile,. Ford Sedan l75; Coupolet 1760; Town Car $690; Touring Car M0; Runabout $440. Fully equip ped, f. o. b. Detroit. On sale at 1916 Harney Street, Omaha, Neb. Buyers will share In profits If we aell at retail tOO.OOi) ' new Ford cars between August 114. and August 115