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THE OMAHA SUNDAY MIK: MAY SO. 1015. Bringing Ud Father Corrrlcht. m InUrrmtlonftJ wi Srrvtr. RETURNED f?ONi COLLEGE A MONTH AGO- m oin' TO SEND HIM OVER TO SEE.TOU- I WANT tou to ao vi me. ato what i should do with him: a WEVE DfEM THIRTT EAK AN" ANT THfH, i Kin do fei? TOU A . HE JUbT yAN.UUATEO FROM COLLEGE : DOMT CALL ME acie: TOO KNOW MY NAME it mar;ucrte: ' "V . NOV DO TOU DOViLLTOU HAVE A CUF OF TEA? C NO 'THANK 00-lT OvP', . OCH HOWID MFA0ACHE ,NO I NCveR DRNs IT Ur4LEt IT FAT ICt'P r Drawn for The Bee by Georee McManus V J I i i r i i 1 1 i i i have: decn bo'jt TANCOlNCt AND min; SOCIAL CM-LS! XAWf,- wt HAD A ruDCE PAN Ti LAVST NWiHT IT WA'S LOYELT- Est THE WAT. DO YOU PLAT COUF I'LL HAVE TO PHONE Hl" IAT HER r w 7 I V ii HELLO ,R04rVV. I'VE. bEEN. YOUR tON AND MY ADVICE l? TO SHOOT HIM J Judgments B IO LEAGUE magnates have di rected their efforts now to th abolition of pool letting on baso ball frames, an! began with the arrest of a number if Chicago gamblers, accused of making pools on the outcome of the contests from day to day. TnTs is an undertaking that Is worthy of the most serious attention. It Is vitally essential to ban bail thnt It be separated as far as possible from gambling, because the ve.y life of the gam depends on the faith of the public In Ha Integrity. Once let lt,g?t suspected that the "sure thing" men hnve n hold on bare ball, and It will b go&d night for the game. Almost forty yearn ag.i a scandal was raised In icnnec tlon with brise ball, and by drastic action the National league then purged itself of suspicion, and the memory of tf-nt pro ceeding hss kept the game sweet and clee.n evr almV. Developments In recent years. Innocent enough, and easily ex plained, have been susceptible, of dis tortion Into support of the chargo that the owners are In with the gamblers: The effect ttils has had on the game has not been ,fo good. If the magnates se riously pursue the crusade they have started on, It wilt vcrV likely go a long Way to re habilitate the game in popular favor. As a matter of fact, base bait Is about the. poorest proposition that could be picked cut for the professional gambler, unless lie, doe-handle It In tho form of "poors To start with. It is all bul out of the question-to7'flx" a game, let alone a series . ofvv,glames. Laying. aside., any question 'of: the honesty pf tTTe players, and-lot iho matter' of that, the fas ball ptoyer ' !' quite ' as honest In lit life as is any other' man, too many would have to be dealt with In order to make the outcome of "fixed" games certain. The operation would have to bo. repeated too often, and after it was all done, the ele ment of chance that enters into this sport .to a larger degree, perhaps, than any "'"Wi teyona control, ana would de feat nine times out of ten any effort to predetermine the outcome of a ball game. VSit this, resson It hns remained the only professional sport to which the public has held with fcJth In Its honesty, and it is up to the magnates to see that it Is kept on that plane. No gambling taint can be permitted If base ball is to be kept at It pinnaclo. . Old "Chick" Autre hag Wt the slide at last, St. Paul turning him loose in favor of a younger player. This Is too bad, hut It Is the fate of the hall WK-n ... . nunc was wun unuhi h seemed the . Ideal first baseman, by many critics being called the egual of Hal Chase, his one weak point being his hit ting., He simply could not lilt, but his wonderful fielding ability and his Judg ment on bases when lie did get on held him in the game for years. His one trip to tho big show was a failure because of his batting,, but in the American assocla tlori he- ranked high, and his passing will bring many regrets from a lot of faithful fans who have enjoyed te the utmost the maneuvers of this first-class man around first base. The Rourke famliy Is away on Its first swing around the western half of tho circuit, and much of Us future will de pend on the outcome of this trip. The team has proved good on tho roal so far a it has had experience, getting a little better than half its games with Ht. Joe, tioux City and Pes Moines, and If It can do as well against Denver, Topeka and Wichita, it wlU be pretty likely to keen its place In the running. Rain stopped proceedings against Uncoln during the week, and activity was renewed at Sioux city after the deluge. Omaha will get Its next home game on June 15. What an umpire can do to mar the course of a ball game was shown in the last Topeka game here. It turned out the decision didn't have any especial ef fect on the outcome of the game, but It might have been different. The umpire wants to get his thinking apparatus Into better running order. So Jim Coffey Is anxious to get at Jess Wlllard, Is heT Well, he may get his chance sooner than he thinks, and In the meantime he might as well keep In mind that Jess la not the "easy picking" be was reckoned earlier In the year. Thomason says he thinks he has killed the "jinx" that was holding back his batting; let us hope this la so, for no one knew better than Artie just where to lo ts te the trouble. You'd have a pretty hard time con vincing the Western league owners that a week ot steady rainfall Is a good thing at this time of year. WITH AMATEUR PLAYERS Demand Made that Rowdyism Stop on the Gronndi of the Local Leagues of City. CITY HALL TEAM DROPS OUT BOHEMIAN GIRLS TO STAGE ATHLETIC MEET SUNDAY The first athletic meet of the Bohem ian Girls' Oyninastic club, Tyris, will be i I1 t.ext Sunday afternoon at 2:13 o'clock in Metz hall, Thirteenth street and Top fcleton avenue. Br FRAMK Qt lOLEV, Apparently the local base ball manipu lators have Inoculated the wsr fever from reading the matter chronicled rela tive to how people In Europe are spreading death and destruction ' and shaking . the foundation of the business world. If they don't stop their fighting on the local sand lots. It Is evident they will not only shake, but ruin the Inter est of the fans In local contests. The fans have been entertained along the pugilistic lines at Fort Omaha, and the party in charge of the grounds has Informed President Isaacson of the Omaha Amateur association that unleets the fistic encounters are cut out Fort Omaha will be closed to the amateurs. Three different fights were pulled off at Fort Omaha last Sunday. Cltr Hell Droit Out. It seems as though the Saturday Class A league is always in hot water when It cornea to keeping the same teams throughout the season. Last year two teams dropped out because the other six led them too fast a pace. The first team to catch the dropsy this season was the City Hall crew. The gap left open by its departure will be filled by the Wood en of the World team. The Saturday magnates decided to give the Woodmen of the World team a fair shake by starting them off even in the percentage column. They have six fast teams now, and the -games -in -this)- league- nhould be hotly , contested. - - - . "At Rourke park today the Stort will play ' against the All Nations. In all probability Donaldson will pitch for the visitors and Hayes for the Stors. A close game is predicted. The next attraction booked by Manager Bradford la Craw ford's All .Stars for next Saturday and Sunday, and later on during the season the Chicago Union Giants and Iceland's Chicago' Giant will be her. Coastltmtloa Approved. Most all of the directors of the Omaha Amateur association attended the meet ing last week. President Isaacson pro duced the constitution, which was ap proved and adopted. It gives htm full sway. A protest from the Mercantile was investigated and adjusted. Wacht ler and Moylan were thrown out of the Drexel team by tho magnates of the i league, because they were signed with Class A teams. The directors reinstated I both of them, because the constitution of the Mercantile league does not cover I this question. In order to oust these 'players, the Mercantile league will have I to change . Its constitution. Frank Hubaka of the Southern leaguo was flustrated, because seven Class A play ers signed contracts with one of the teams of this league. ( oatracts Are Void. The manager of one of the teams in the Southern league last week took the boys out and before morning had their names attached to contracts, which were as void as an old transfer, because of the fact that the men were already signed up. Even if the players would play, the directors Informed Hubaka thut said contest would be stricken from the records. The rough tactics indulged In of late by several teams wers discussed and President Isaacson said he would ap point a committee to construct an ap peal to the commissioners for police pro tection on the sand 1st diamonds. Next tSaturday the clerks at Burling ton headquarters will go to Burlington, la., wnere iney wm p ay iiw cicraa i from Chicago headquarters. Yalo and i Kastman, fermerly of Omaha, will play v.ith the Chicago team. Tips from the Bat. Carmody has quit the Townsends. Ixgan Barr has buried his base ball aspirations. The Cpdlkes of th. Commercial league have gone to the wall. Charlie linger and Chug Ryan are tho men that do the pitching for the Indiana. Carl Rathke of the Black Kats pi ched Tor Hlalr (Neb.) last Friday against the All-Nations. The Woodmen of the World team will be under the personal supervision of Abner Kalman, Linn Toung and Hlland Morearty are now performing Hunuay mornings with the Brandels Mores, Those Nebraska Auto Brhool boys felt rather blue, when they were trounced by the Murphy Did Its. The Black's Kata have a new manager, Gerst Meyer. Their other manager, V al ter Overman, resigned. The Woodmen of the World tram has leased Luxus park on Saturdays up to and Including September 2S. On first base, Mose Howard Is picking off the cherries like a regular big leagua star for the bun and titrlpes. Last B'tnday the Isbina defeated the Vinton Midgets and are now lookiug for games with Class C teams. For games with the Indians, call Doug las V72 and auk for Robert Pickett or address him, 1411 Blondo street Yesterday th Council Bluffs Ioiperlala played at Dunlap, la., and nsxt Sunday they will journey to Hhenandoah, la. Last Sunday the Hrowning-KIng Co. gang forfeited a gam In tiie National league in order to play Bennington iNcb.). For tussles with Du.ky Holme's war riors, call Joe Wavrln at Harney W6 or address him at toS Crelghton avenue. Gillespie Is filling Potts Randan's shoes behind th bat for the Townsends. He caught a magnificent game last Sunday, I Saturdays Millard Durkee hovers nround the shortstop territory for the Midland Glass and Paint company's crew. So far "Hobblns" Hoffman of the Trimble Bros., on th slab, has averaged tin teen strikeouts in th last five games. For games with the Stars and IStrlpes call Roy Stacey at Couth 1238 or address him at 37 North Twetrth street. South Omaha. From appearances, Jvbn Andrews, an Omaha boy, will play with Hchuylnr this season. In his Initial gume he whiffed nineteen. Todav the J. D. Crews and the O. A. Nelsons will have a real battle for su premacy, llivalry exists between those two squads. At Ptxteenth and Vinton streets, the Black's Ksts have a club room. Their club consists of twenty members, which is the limit. Fred J. Krlebs, secretary of the Com mercial league, is some batter. Against Burns' Holsums ho got two singles and three doubles. Most of the Townsends are playing with the Hotel Castle of the Saturday Class A league. Ti date they have been going at a merry clip. Crawford's All-Stars, the Chicago Union Giants, and the world's colored champs, the Leland Chicago Giants, havo all been booked to play in Omaha. John Dennlson says his base ball am bition will bo reached, when his team trims the Stors. Bradford says he will give htm another chanc. Out In the center the Mandy Lees have a crackerjack in Keagan. He mad a grand stab with one hand last tiunday that looked like a sure hit. Many games art scheduled for tomor row. Managers are requested when re porting their games tonight to state where they will play tomorrow. Curly Rturskle of the Trimble Bros. Is the candy gent at bag two. You have to have the fade-away slide and every other kind of a wrinkle to sneak by him. Those Kennedy Besellns have unset tho dope of the American league. Their pels didn't think they had a look at It, but, nevertheless, they ar leading the league. Bernard Probst played 'lth Blair, Neb., Inst FrldBy, against tne All Nation. Blair wants him every ihinday and of ferred 16 and meals ' per game for his services. Old man Ruff, more commonly known as Blonde, is on the turf sgaln thin sea son. He Is the mainspring of the Pa pillion base ballists. Ills hitting ability will help some. The Council Bluffs Imperials would like to schedule games with Plattsrhouith, Blair and Oakland. Address Otto Achats, 3400 Third avenue, Council Bluffs, la., oi telephone Black 1638, Here la the . Woodmen of the World lineup: F. Qulgley, catcher; McGuIre, pitcher: Gutting, first; Hall, second; Mo- Lean, short; Smith, third; Trustln, Felt man and Kalman outfielders. Albert Newton, the individual high point winner of the state high school meet, has resigned his position as second baseman for the. Gentlemans' Athletics. He win probably quit base ball for this season. If the V. P. Nebraska Division team would indulge In a little practice they would surprise a fw of their opponents. Their pitchers go good and .the team hit well, but they muddle up many and many a play w the diamond. Amateur Games Today FORT OMAHA. 1:30 n. in. Armours aalnat Mirk KmtM. S:Su p. m.. Armours against Townsends. ii a. m uurgess-Nash against Drexel Sh-e Co. LUXUS PARK. 1:30 p. m., A. o. U. W. against Chris l-ycks. 3:30 p. m.. Alanines against Luxus. DEWEY AVF.NUE AND THIRTY-SECOND MTRKKT. 1:80 p. m.. -Murphy-Did-Its against The Hollys. 3;30 p. m Brown Park Mer chants against Nebraska Auto School. Lii a. m, Brandels againxt King-Pecks. FONTKNB.Xi; PARK. East dUinond, 1:30 p. m.. Nourse Oil Company against Ford Motor Company. 3:30 p. m., Fonlenelles against Ramblers. 10 a. m.. llupmehlles against Hay dens. West Dlsmontt. 3 30 p. in., Thorpelans against Auto Knw. ULMWOOD PARK. Esst Diprr..)nd-l:.'V) p. ,n., Ht. Francis against O. D. Ks. 3:80 p. m.. J. D. Crew Kainat '1. A. Nelsons West diamond, 1:30 p. in., Williams' Pharmacy against Meronants Hotel. 3 SO p. m.. Southeast Improvement club against Jsmes Corr Electrics. North diamond, 1:30 p. m., Ma id as against Beacon Press. 8:30 p. m., Walter G. Clark against Mickel Vlctro Iss. MILLElt PARK. 1:S P. m . Nstlonsls against Omaha Printing Company. 3 M) p. , Dundee Woolen Mills agalnrt West Leaven worth Merchants. R1VERVIEW PARK. , J p. in-, Rl'-ersldes against B. Preds. 3 30 p. n. , South Omaha illdgets against Tiimble Brothers. THll'.l IT-FIRST AND BOYD. P' m. Tradesmen against Mon mouth Parks. 2:30 p. m. Spring Lake Parks asslnet Gentlemsn's Athletics. l'i;CKY HoLMK.8' PAKK. Twenty-s.xll. and Duress Streets '0 P- m., Mn.wn Park Juniors against Vinton Cuh. 8 So p rn. Ducky Holmes against Kohouts Colts. INDEPENDENT CAM EH. Stort against All Nations, Itourke park P . Omaha Indians sgainst Coun cil Bluffs Imperials. Athletic; park. Council Bluffs. 1 30 p. m. Joe Smiths SKalnst IVrxhla, 1.. at Athletic park. Be.Uen.Btfefievaue:3n STORZ AND ALL NATIONS IN DOUBLE-HEADER SUNDAY The gsine scheduled for tMs afternoon between tno Bton Trlumpha and the rrack All Nation team of Chicago at Rourke park has been called off because of wet grounds and a doubt header will b played Sunday. Donaldson and Ja coM will be the pitchers for the Ail Na tions and Hayes and Cray for the Mors. The Bee Want Ads Are Best Business Boosters. Murray's Hoiper Dents Bank Roll of "Cause." V DAMON RVNYO. rt Writer. Mrs. John 3. Murray will never lay wifely hands on the ITi note now due Mr. John Murray from the suffragists. The i csuse will donate one flnnlf for veiy home run emitted by a Giant player at . the Polo grounds the rest of the season. Mr. John J. Murray compiled a r.m of the home description yesterday afternoon, and It assisted the Giants to some ex- i j tent In defeating the Chicago Cubs by score of t to I, but Mrs. John J. Murray will not be permitted to collect the re ward, as Mrs. Frank Hchulte Is said to have collected the reward due her hus band for scoring the Cuba' lonely tally the day before. W say "la said to have collected," be cause the women entrusted the flve.cnser to Charley Dryden, the Mark Twain of base ball, with Instructions to turn It over to Schulte. Mr. Dryden claims to hold a duly ar rested receipt from Mr. Schulte fcr the money, but then anybody can sign a re ceipt. However, we will rive Mr. Dryden the benefit of the doubt and say that we hope the receipt Is not a forgery. Returning to Mrs. John Murrsy. She will never receive Mr. John J. Mm ray' five-spot, because ther Is no Mrs. John J. Murray. Judging from th fact that Mr. John J. Murrsv u so years of age and still without impediments, we might say ther will never t a Mrs. John J. Murrav.. but then we once knsw another young fellow who reached that age with out encumbrances, only to finally suo cumb, It was a sad case. He afterward be came a base ball writer. BOATS MUSTJBEY RULES Government Regulations Concerning Uie of Water at Port of Omaha Are Strict. TO BE ENFORCED. SAYS TAYLOR Vessel plying In the government waters in and about the port of Omaha will he held to strict compliance with the rules rtgardlnff equipment with lights, llf3 pre servers, eta Vessels In other large ports, such as New York, Boston and Philadelphia, must obey all the regulations. Why not in the port of Omaha? "W were a little lenient with them last year," said Cadet Taylor, colle.o,- of customs, "but this year we will hold them to strict accountability. Thi pen alty for disobeying the rules is tyin:f up of the boat and a fine of 1100. Curler Lake and I.ake Mansws are government waters, and the boats In them must obey the regulations." In accordance with these rules every boat carrying pusaengers for hlro must have a licensed operator. All motor beats must carry a white light aft and a combination lantern forward lower than the white light aft. showing green to starboard and red to port, and "so fixed as to throw light from right ahead to two points abaft tho beam of their respective sides." They must also have a whistle, also life saving belts or ush Irns sufficient to sustsln every person aboard. Salt or sand or a mixture of the two must be kept abosrd in buckets to use In case of fire. Row boats and canoes must ciry a whits light and sailboats must have a white light on ftf foremast. Ai'srtments, f:ntr. nouses and cottages can hi rented quickly and chiuply by Leo "For Rent" Ad. All Eager to Hear About New Twin-Six of the Packard Co. 11. F. Orr. local Packard dealer, 'n speaking of the now Packard "twin-six" says: "Uf. course, every automobile man Is naturally prejudiced 4n favor of the particular machine which he la selling which is a good thing and as it should be, but when anyone hears me wax en thusiastic about our new twelve I am golm,' to ask them to give me the benefit of tho doubt, at least until the demon strator strives ond ov ryone may Judg for himself. "Kveryone who ever owned sn auto mobile or expects to own one Is hungry for news of this new car, which Is such a radical rhange from unythlng e.'er be fore manufactured, and we are earrly waiting for catalogs and the printed mat ter to distribute among our Packard own ers snd friends. The actuul slxe blue prints, which we have on display In our salesroom, has helped wonderfully, and If they hadn't arrived when they did I surely would have become an expert car toonist cartoonist is the right word If you could see the drawings on the bscks of envelopes and on scratch pads you would agree with me." BIG M'KEEN JITNEY IS TRIED OUT ON STREETS one of the highway wagons thst Is being built t-t tb iiheps of the McKeen Motor Car works has been completed and wss out mi the streets of Onisha for rxhl- i Mtlon. This wagon is one of twenty thst have lyon ordered by cities of the central portion of tho country. The M Keu highway wagon is con structed along lines similar to those of the McKeen railroad motor. It has a seating (Sparily for twentv-four pss-ensr. GRIDIRON GAME CALLED OFF Stiehra Will Not Hare Spring Prac tice Contest at He Had Expected. WILL RESOD NEBRASKA FIELD By JAMES K. I.AWRKWm. LINCOLN, Neh., May (Special.) Ther will lie no foot ball game between the members of th spring foot ball squad at the T'nlverslty of Nebraska, as Coach Jumbo Stlehm had originally planned as a feature of commencement week. The committee In charge of the arrangements for the commencement festivities found It necesssry to cancel that part of the program because It was already filled. The practice Wednesday wound up th spring foot ball training at th stat university, fltlehm chevked In all of the men and Issued foot balls to candidates for the varsity so they can keep In training during tho summer vacation months. Coach Pllehm I much encouraged as a result of the spring foot bait showing. The squad has been the largest and most faithful since he took charge of athletics at the University of Nebraska. There has been a larger percentage cf the varsity men report and more promising new material out than ever before. Cap tain Dick nuthcrford will remain In Lin coln during the summer and keep la close touch with all of the members of the squad. There Is also a chanc that Corey and one or. two other members of last season's eleven will b In Lincoln during the summer and th boyr can keep up training without Interruption. . Five members of the track squad ac companied Coach Btlohm to Columbia yesterday for the Missouri Valley eon feicnco meet. Heavls ha entered In th polo vault and Reod had prepared two teams for the relay race. With these ex ceptions, the Cornhuskur took no part In the meet, owing to the poor showing mad In th earlier meet. Th Huskers will send no representatives to Chicago next Saturday for the Western Inter collegiate meet. Athletic Manager Guy Reed will re main In Lincoln all summer and se that th Nebraska field Is put Into shape for foot ball practice next fall. It will b resodded. Coach fUlohni will undoubtedly spend part of th summer vacation at his father's home In Johnson Crk, Wis., but will come to Lincoln early to b on hand lor th opening of school. Ftlehm say the style of play next fall will not vary much from last year. Many of the Fast Drivers Equipped WithGoodrich Tires "About twenty-seven of the thtrty-thre entered rcrs for th great UO-mll raoe at Indlanai-olls this year were equipped with Hllverton cord tires." said M. 8. Ruther ford, local representative of th Goodrich company. "This was not a mere coincident. Neither was It th result of any special Inducement offered to drivers or to th owners of th cars. "It was the direct and logical result of ol servatlons made by the drivers and th men vho employed them. "These automobile experts have during the lust two years leen studying Hilvei town cord tire. They have seen these tlrrs In use at the various races, on all kinds of roads and on all kinds of cars. They have, subjected them to every pos- l slblii test, and th result of their careful and thorough investigation is summed up In th choice of rillvertown cords for twenty-seven out of thirty-three of the csrs entered tti this, the greatest of all the speed and endurance contests." Bull Fighting Game Looks Good to Jack Jack Jyhnson, who Is in I 'art, now is a rival attraction to soldiers on the bo.il evurds. Asked If ho cume to go to war, he replied. 'Man, for me wsr Is over, I am at peace the first time In Ju verul years." His Interviewer sM. "Anyway, your name goes down In war history, for big German shells are called Jack Johnsons." Jack replied: "Wasn't I In history before this wsr?" Asked what h intended to do, he said: "I have been Invited to be athletlo direc tor for a gentlemen's club in Havana. I miKht go there and open a cafe as a jsidfe lino. It certainly is one of the last good towns, but on th way here I stopped in Spain to see bull fights. My jgoodn.-ss. t:.an, 1 crrtulnly felt I wasted my time at prlxe fighting. These bull fighters are busy all the time and make more money than world's champions, so maybe I will be a bull fighter." Asksd about the Wlllard fight. Johnson said: "That guy ain't no fighter, but you can't beat him. Why, man, he's got a reach from her way over there.'' Jack pointed at buildings across th bonlevsrd. DISTURBS OTIS SHARKS Crack Player Who Hare Been Killed in War Learei Fata of Challenge Cup in Doubt ,' CHALLENGES ARE WITHHELD NRW YORK, May 29.-Tha tat Of Anthony F. Wilding, lone famoug a on of th greatest lawn tennis player ef the world, ha, during .th lat wk. Inspired th question T What Is to be the fate of th Davta International cup? Wilding, Kenneth Powell and othr who have had a shar In tb great work, of the development of International tennis have been victims ef th European war. strangely enough th cup remain In this country, In fact In this city, and sn far a any of tho who ar UiUr estd in th gam ar oonorne It may be several years befor It leav u. By a strange coincidence Robert t. Wrenn, president of th United Mat National Lawn Tennl association, re ceived a letter from Thomag Hicks, secretary of the Australian association, th very day that th fat ef Wilding was cabled to this country. In It th Australian wrot In hearty appreciation of the action of th American associa tion withholding a chaleng for th grant trophy this season. He I4 that all of those In the down-under-eld of the world recognised It a: . .. . ' Jest What Was Esthete. . "A most sportsmanlike, and considerate action." It was the tort of thin that waa to be expected of this oountry which had. taken such a high-minded position In lawn tennis and wa surely averse to making a "bloodies battle" for a trophy, which with th present unsettled stat of nations, would simply give the cup to the Americana for their trouble of issuing a challenge. ' In commenting upon th situation. Wrenn said that it was a certainty that international competition on tb courts were at a standstill for many year to com. Th president of th German as sociation ha met hi death la battl, and strangely enough th kaiser waa on of the chief patron of th gam. Eng land had ' cancelled tb ntlr tourna ment season. Bo bad Canada, whsr th usual International Nlagara-on-th-Lak championship had been abandoned. Th great clubhouse and grounds) ( th dub in Pari had been transform lot, a hospital. It wa certain that whan th Davis cup ' wa next ompt4 for that the old names would T missing from th list of contenders. It was a matter of sad regret to Wren as . h- wrot bla msag. which Was cabled to Thoma Hicks, Sydney, New Bouth Walsst "Th death of Anthony F. Wilding 1 reported. Pleas express our deepest sympathy to hi family and te your association." fJaesalaST I AnnyiT. - One of the things that ha annoyed th president of the National oelUon la the amount of guessing and taken for authority statement a to th pUyr who will maks tb Journey as the Eaatern States team to the Paclfio coast "With th xeptlon of R. Norrla Wil liams, 2d., th . national champion,' and Watson M. Washburn, postlvely uo selec tions have been made for th tsara," ld Wrenn. "Tho guessing that thl player r an other will be chosen hss 14 to aoio embarrassing situations. Probably th matter will not be decided until near th closo of next month. "There Is Intense Interest all over th country as to th team. Almost daily the committee receives letter from club end Influential men in the mlddl wt ml south ursrentlv reuuestlnc that th ! Uam stop off at their city for exhibition matches. The team could b booked for a year If It had the time at It dtpoel. It will be Impossible, however, to meet any of the requests. Tho team will get together for the first time In the na tional clay-court championship tourna ment, which will begin on th courts of the Pittsburgh Athletic association. June K. This will tuno the four men up for speed and competitive play,. From there the team will uo direct to Cali fornia. . T1IK 15 Ilarley-Davidson Vfltb Us OH rfiiieiiu'nU will five you all tlie hjaUfiuilou, comfort, aperd, rnnver antl evoniuny that la to be derived from the sport of motor cycling. Call for demonstration. Open evening. VICTOR n. noos "The MotorcycU 8 Ian, Open evenings. 2'o.i Leavenworth tit Omaha, Meb.