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TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY HKK: JANUARY J, 1910. 3 8 Judgments AS TUB verIUng toll of Urn tear Mother twelve ihMti from the calendar and 1916 be comes a mere matter of hls- tory, we greet the new year with the optimistic hope and confident prediction that 1914 will surpass aJl pre ivloua years In the autre of every kind f American sport. In the twelve-month ust paat all branchea of aport with the exception of base ball prospered to a thenomennl degree. And this year ahould and in every probability will see the envious iecord made last yer shattered In many pieces. tn far las ran be seen as the new year Is ushered , ,ln there should be no deterioration in the j ilPVlnis , receipts to business conditions, interest taken In any of the American j d,,,, t0 the war of the notions; ths Fed jsporta. The barometer Indicates fair era! league cpppsltlon to Organised ball IweAther, a clear sea and easy sailing for and ft, , disposition on the part of the the twelve-month to come and no evil players to -Jump contracts, to display fomcn springs up to disturb our pleasant. disloyalty and to openly show far dreams of a rosy future. The year llS greater Interest In their salaries than In 'should go down without a black mark I their playing on the diamond. Attend agalnst It. Base ball should enjoy ft big ance In the major leagues slumped woe year. It Is true, perhaps, that lil will ' fully and In the minora conditions were Inot see the return of the halcyon dsys of still worse. Indeed ft score of minor old In base ball. Neither will 1917 or 191S, j leagues were compelled to throw up the or 1919, or subsequent years. For the i sponge during -the season. other sports, golf, tennis, trap shooting, jautomohlllng, all have cut in to occupy Ithe attention of the American public. iThey are demanding their share of the Interest. But that Is no reason why base ball should not prosper. The professional game, of course, will not be the great 'financial success it was In the days of jyore, but It will not be a losing venture, I far from It, and the men connected with Ithe business end of the game should 'make reasonable and Justified profits. Base ball Is not the only sport" which should enjoy prosperity this current year. Golf should continue In Its line of prog ress as It has In the last few years, as should tennis, foot ball, automohlling. bowling, billiards and every other sport, major or minor. Nineteen sixteen should be ft great year, and unless the unforseen should happen it will be. With neann fitllv lnta...l I.. -Ar. alonal h.. h.ll . i. .uJof tha veal' . r,i,. u . j . The games s star performer was Ty , contract Jumpers who ceserted Organised hK . , . . ,7, ,.v tj... ,,. ... . . . .. Cobb, whe finished the season with a Base Bull in response to the tempting .,.-,.. , . . . ... ,u- v j t . 1 batting average of .30 and led both rLesi ihr: i rar wa n r p- . - TJl s i P "I". J,r.BrKt" for!ty-lx to his credit. Larry Doyle led remalned faithful" are receiving flatter- le Kauff the Tedetkl. 'Ing commendations and bouquets. I Bnemles of the Federals advocate that those who remained '"loyal" be given their Just dues; that they be rewarded handsomely, while the Jumpers be pun ished for their sins. This Is all verv well. ltll t If WAllM MAAm " . 111.. J.lil . , 1( a. Itl . 1 1 L HO UCtllWII- ticn that there wasn't an overly amount of loyalty among the players who re gained with Organized Base Ball during the fight. Such loyalty as there was aeema to have been of the purchased va riety. They were loyal because the Or ganized Base Ball magnate chose to boost the offers made by the Federals, or because the Feds didn't see fit to make them offers. It Is, perhaps, unjust to make a sweeping charge against .all the athletes, but It Is more than likely that it applies in eight cases out of fen. An example of the manner In which the minor leagues are usually treated by the big league magnates comes from Mil waukee, Outfielder Flack, a atar witVthe Chifed. jumped a Milwaukee contract to 'become affiliated with the outlaws. Flack no longer la an outlaw, but to whom does he belong? The Chicago Cuba, not Milwaukee, to whom lie ahouh tfght ifully go. The majors are the men who made the peace compact. The major will be the principal beneflters. And enc mora we get a glimpse of the Inner workings of the big fellows and see the big stick swing over the heada of the much abuaed minors. ,. ' T,es Darcy Is coming to the United States. Now watch a few of our precious middleweight who take lessona from Vernon Castle and therefore have no af finity for mussy young persons with the good night. 42-eentlmetrr wsllups. en trench themselves for the winter. Among others neglected In the base ball peace compact are the umpires who iuuiru til iiio rcuviai league n me of the umps was alwaya a hard one even though, as tho late Tim Hurst was wont to say, "you can't peat them hours." The Ice skating game Is said to have landed a neat left hook under the right optic of the dancing erase. Thus Vernon Castle, Freddie Welsh and other experts of terpslchore agree with Wall street that It's a hard winter, , Nebraska university profited nearly lU.OflO on the recent foot ball season. If thla keeps on all our base ball magnates will Half fer their affections to foot ball. It ha.i hem charged that the Federal loague loHt over J:i.w).(00 during Its ex istence. The conventional brand of cur rency is r ill In c'rculallon, It seems. It v.oul'1 seem that of l'ie seventy-one Ked rnl league players on the open mar ket the New York Yankees would like to hav seventy-one. At leaHt from the success sttendini the prcsa stent's efforts, the W'lllird Fulton bout Is a regular i-hniiip'onKhlp scrap. So far as we can make out In two set- lemeivt of I lie base ba'l war Baltimore was verv en ffectlvely lielglunted. If J.ihnny Dennlsnn keeps on Oma-'.i amateur baae ball will be confined ex clusively to the Luxus next summer. Marty Krug will Jbe In Oiraba in a day or two. Then let the gree.i gram grow all around. Hugh Jennings Has Never Had Any Luck in Picking Hurlers Hugh Jennings admits that one aorriw of his life is that he can t get a goad pitching staff. "Clarke Griffith and I were talking about It," said Hugh. " Put a Washing ton uniform on any sort of a pitcher, I told him, 'aud he becomes a star In the bog.'" " Tea he replied, 'and put a letroit uniform on a .150 batter and he hits .3M.' ' ' It's true. Do you know that I passed up a chance to get Nap Rucker for about tUUT I did. When Cobb came to us he begged ma to get Rucker, but I mpuldn t listen to blm. "I also passed up Walter Johnson. Just this season I could have had Nthf, George BtaUlngs' aensatlonal left-hander. "I don't know why it Is. but I can t Judge pitching male rial. If I ejuld, a World' series would be easy for us." ALL SPORTS EXCEPT BASE BALLFLOURISH Professional Base Ball Only Branch of American Sport Which Did Not Prosper. NEW CHAMPIONS SPRING (Continued from raise One.) UP on the other hand the annais of amateur base ball mill show the year to have been a most prosperous one. Professional baae ball's troubles were largely Internal. Observers attribute the But the return of base ball to the pin nacle of American pastimes la predicted for 191. To wind up the year Organised base ball and the Federals compromised and declared peace, t'nder the new con ditions It I thought the game will boom once more and become the great Amer ican sport. The Boston Red Sox of the American league won the worldV base ball Cham pionship, defeating Philadelphia, the Na tional league pennant winners, four games to one. The victory of the Phillies In the Na tional league waa one of the big sur prises 'of the year. It waa the first pen nant ever won by the Philadelphia Na tional league club In the thirty-four yeara of the circuit. Thla feat was ac complished by Pat Moran, serving his first year as manager, and Qrover Cleve- j land Alexander, a St. Paul. Neb., boy. who proved himself the greatest pitcher Boxing has flourished throughout the country In the last year despite the usual attacks upon It by purists and the 1 fact that no long-route, decision bouts were held. "the prospeilty of the manly art was largely due to the astonishing Victory of Jess Wltlard over Jack Johnson, the Galveston negro, at Havana on April S The heavyweight division of this sport fell Into disrepute on July 4, 1910, when Johnson won from Jim Jeffries at Reno. The championship of the negro was not Popular and the ' game suffered accord ingly until Jess Willard made history by upsetting the dope when he knocked Johnson -out In the twenty-sixth round of the Havana mill. The heavyweight title waa the only one to definitely change hands during the year, although It Is generally agreed Kewple Ertle should be given the ban tam honor over Kid Williams, who lost to htm on a foul. In the lightweight division Freddie Welsh retained his laurels by sedulously refusing to do more than enter ten-round no-declston bouts . largely with' pugilists of doubtful reputation. He was -out pointed, according to newspaper deci sions, In half a dosen bouts, but technl. cally he retains his crown. The middleweight championship goes to Les Darcy, the sensational Australian pug1. There .was no holder of this title In 1914 and there Is still a dispute as to Darcy' right to have It now. But the Australian Intends coming to America shortly to tackle the American doubters and It Is the consencua of opinion, that he will eliminate them all. Johnny K 11 bane retains his grip on the featherweight title, while In the welter weight division there is no holder, al though Willie Richie declares he has that honor. Golf. The golf trust Ouimet, Kvans and Txavero received a blow that all but mortally wounded It In tne national tour ney last year. Successively these cham pions of one golf division or another were bowled over. Robert A. Gardner was one of the upaprtnging factors which had largely to do with the defeat of the above men tioned "trust." Gardner, considered i good golfer, but not a wizard, won the national amateur championship wltn Fair Champions of Net Game If s ' . V: 5 r B F ' 8 V J i ii nar i- t snrnr t i ' 1- Tn r n r i case. Jerome Travers, a veteran, won the national open championship. His vic tory was one of the many surprises of the year, as he is an amateur and he won tho open honora from a field of aensatlonal professionals. The passing of Walter Travis, one of the greatest amateur playnrs the United States has ever known and the only Amer ican to win the British amateur cham pionship, was one of the features of the 1916 season. Father Time Is cutting in on Travis, who Is now In his fifties, and he can no longer stand the strsln of long tournaments as he once could. BlryellnaT. The year 1915 ends the same as many previous laps of the calendar with Frank Kramer heading the list ef professional bike riders.. It Is beyond the recol lection of .the oldest Inhabitant when Kramer was not champion, although the record books says he has only won the professional crown annually since 1901. . TeU. Tennis wss marked by the most sen sational surprise of the year. This sup prise wss the victory of the youthful William M. Johnston of California in the singles. Tennis followers never accorded this youngster a ohance against the steady Williams and the great Mc Laughlin, but he won clean-cut-victories over both and was given first ranking among the many court stars of the country. A new team also won- the doubles championship, Johnston and his partner, Clarence Griffin, another coast lad. dis lodged McLaughlin and Bundy from tho doubles title. And still again, a genuine meteor lit up the heavens tn the women's division when. Miss MoJI a BJurstedt, the Norse girl, captured the national Indoor and outdoor titles from the pick of American players. Billiards. The year in billiards was more or less dull. Willie Hoppe continued to dominate this branch of sport aa he did in IA14. Hnppe's superiority with the cue has be come ao pronounced It was found neces sary to handicap him. But despite the handicap . marked against him, this sen sational youth had no trouble In winning the national honors again. Alfred De Oro is once more the three cushion chsmp and Bennle Allen con tinues as the leading light at the pocket gsma. Foot Ball. The season of 1913 Is chronicled as the greatest In the history of American foot ball. More schools took part In the sport than ever before and the crowds which .1 - : 'y t BJLRS7FDT Some Chammons of the Diamond asaa Hi I s i attended the conflicts surpassed all rec ords. The defeat of the Big Throe Harvard, Princeton and Yale tn the east was a big boon for the gridiron sport. The east ern championship lat year was more or less of a deadlock with both Cornell and Pittsburgh bidding for honors. Cornell probably had the edge aa Pittsburgh's eligibility rules are somewhat lax. In the Big Nine another dispute arose. Illinois and Minnesota both claimed the Big Nine honors with srguments on both sides about even. The Cornhuskers were once more vlc torlus In the Missouri valley and It la a widely prevalent belief that Nebraska should be awarded the entire western championship. Washington for the tenth successive year leads the Pacific coast field. Aato Baring. Automobile racing Is one of the many sports which enjoyed a big gain In pop ularity. New speedways cropped up all over the country and many more race were held last year than any other previous year. The racing game suffered a number of casualties last year, but this in no way deterred the progress of the gam. New speedways were built at Chicago, Minne apolis, New York and Omaha and all enjoyed big patronage at the . opening meets Many records were also shattered. All existing records up to K0 miles, with one exception, were made on the New York track last October. The one exception was Tom Orrs five-mile record made In Omaha on July 6. All records from K0 miles up to fioo miles were made on the new Chicago oval last June. Dario Rests, Karl Cooper and Oil An derson divide honors as leading driver with ' Rddle Richenbauher and ' Eddie O'Donnell close behind. Resta hold the honor for the greatest speed, while Cooper Is the road chaiitylon and Ander son the track champion. Trap Shooting. Trap shooting Is another sport which enjoyed a most popular year. A new champion was made when Lou.s B. Clarke, a Chicago banker, won the Grand American Handicap. As tn 1914, Wolfolk Henderson of Lexington, Ky., and Sam Huntley of Omaha led in the general average for tho entire season' shooting. Wrrstllnr. The gam which pulled the big "come back" of the year was wrestling. With Joe Ktecher, the sensational Dodge, Neb., youth to bring the game back Into good repute through hi Irreproachable repu tation for Integrity and honest wrestling, the grappling game began to win ba?k some of Its old-time popularity toward the end of the year. Wrestling skidded badly couple of years ago after the Hackenachmldt-Uotcn fiasco in Chicago and the mat fans be came disgusted. It remained for Btecher to win them back. And Joe did it. Hy iwrestllug absolutely on the square and by leaping to the front In such a sen sational manner the Nebraakan put the game back on the map practically by hs own efforts. 8t ether Is the unquestionable wieatling champlen. . ' . . Johnny Ertle Will Invade Baltimore NEW YORK, Jan. 1 Johnny Krtle Is planning to Invade the enemy's country early tins month, when he will tackl Jimmy Taylor for fifteen rounds In Bal timore, the stronghold of Kid Williams, whom he disposed of as bsntam champion some months ago. The bout will be a decision affair, but Ertle means to pro tect himself by Insisting upon a neutral referee. Krtle has been offered a match With Frankle Burns at New Orleans and the promoters promise to bill the affuir. as a chaiaplonshlp match, although 'iien Burns and Wllll.tma were matched there recently they Informed their patrons that the title was st stake. Frank Moran Tells His Life History ' In answer to the hundreds of queries as to Frank Moran's birthplace and na tionality. Moran has furnished the in formation a follows: "I was born at the corner of Lake and Alabama avenues. Cleveland. O., on March 18. 1SH7. I am the son of Irish I rents. My father was born In Ktl meena. County Mayo, and my mother at Caahel, Tipperary. I went t Pittsburgh In 192 snd hsv lived there most of thi time with the exception of the four years I spent In the navy, from 1904 t 1908." in 1915 It w. i- t . . : -. maj !i BILL CAR RIO AN, Dan Gaines is Now Base Ball Magnate Dan Galne. proprietor of th Mef chant' hotel and prominent eporUman of Omaha, Is now a base hall magnate or at leaat nearly one. Oalne ha ub crlbe4 th sum of ItWO to th tock com pany f(trganlxel by llucky Holmes for the pirchas of th Lincoln club from IDugh Jones. A Holme ha raised enouugti coin to buy th crub and th deal I about ready to b consummated. Oalne lay claim to admission to th magnate class. ,. . . ' , NOBODY IN THE WORLD HAS ANYTHING ON BILL KLEM Johnny Ever and Bill Klem ad a hot llttl argument over golf tha other day. Johnny had a little the best of It. and John McOraw, who Just had to rid Klem over something said: "Hs's got something on you. Bill." Klem at once became th autocrat of the diamond. "No on in the , world has anything on me" thundered BUI, and th argument closed, v " ' ' ' ; jr"'"'''"1 'win ii i ii iwnniiiTiwiiis; r?zp . ' "rr coo f - , ' f : V-?iV: v- . . i K- ' . ' t " Tk " t ' Tragic Side of Sport, Deaths That Occurred During the Year ratal Accidents. January Ludwlg Anderson (.lack Newton) d'ed as result of Injury In fight with Ik Cohen, ran Frsnclsco. January 17 John Zajacsowskl died from hemorrhace caused by concussion ot the brain In fight with Leo Jagla, near Chi cago. February 4 Cortex Wagoner died as re sult of Internal injuries In basket ball gsme. Wichita, Falls, Tex. February 15A. V. Brown died from Injuries sustained In bout with Clarence Seaman on cruiser North Pakota. March t Roy I-ayfleld. John Hopkln quarterback, died aa rsult of In furies re ceived during previous foot ball season, Wilmington. iel. March 14 Unroln Beachey killed as re sult of fall In aeroplane flight, San Fran cisco, Cal. March 17 Jockey Oeorga Besanon died s result of spill in race at Juares. Msreh Z7-K.dar F. Zarhrits died as rs hii I of basket I all Injuries two ytsrs a TO, t.t. Louis. April 10 Oeorge Brogan died after box ing bout witii Arthur Htebbons, New York. Msy S Fred Farwell killed in m-t-r-cycle race, Kacramento, Cal. May 6 tlu v Knease. Iowa City. Ia., killed In motor race. Coffeyville. Kan. Klny 10 Hall lvafouel (Kid Tollle) dlel from fiacture of skuII In fight with Kit Kerns. New Orleans, l-a. May 24 Mickey M.-Ciulre. aviator, re ported' killed 11 fllaht In Mexico. Jline l.T ICdwanl L. Mauler kl led by fall In tulo HCiitnmase, InUe Forest, 111. June k7 "larence o. King killed In motor race Hacramrnto, Cal. July 4 Charles ('. (.'ox killed in motor me. Moux City. Is. inly 4 Paul Franxen killed ln motor rsie Taornia W'si-h. July 4 It. F. Downing, '.eland Stan ford student, killed making dive, Hono lulu. July & Willism Carls in died as result of Injuries in motor ra at Tacomi, Wash., July 4. July 5 Hylveater F.lgln died after fight with John Harney. Vount Carmel, Pa. July t Artliur l.ejeal, Jr., killed In motorcycle nice, Corry, Pa. July i.t V. Lueders. Chicago, killed ln motorcycle race. tarmcn'o. Cal. AiigiiHl "Joe Cooper killed in motor race I"s Moines, is. Aiigual 14 Alfn-d '. ("ornwe.l. veterai horse lr. tne. Kii'el 1 ur ng workoi t Mlneola. L. I. .-eptemU-r 24 'Hoy Can'ield, amateur, tilled in motor race, Cedar rails. In. ;ctober i Dane Francis, driver, anl Frank Tutile, merhmii ian, klllid li m"o' ra e. rresno, (al. ( tober R Albeit Johnson killed 11 motor practice. Indianapolis, 1ml Oclorer 7 Harry rant, motor. st dlel as result ef burns re-elved In praotice on ew York trnck. betfunbr :s. November II John Hiuntcli, Oorpus Clirlml olleve. fled from heart faliura di ring tasket t all game. Decmbi-r lisrry Hiiof died is result of injury In foot ball .ante of two years sgo. Pittsburgh. Deaths arlac Year. Anderson. Thomas, golfer, West range, N. J., August 13. Kurt, Ouy L., ex-fuot ball player, Den ver. December M. Hray, Wallace L. (Happy Hogan). tut ball manager, Loa Angeles, Cal., :sv 17. . 1 Vers, Farker, A. ex-bllllord player, afuyetle. Ind., January U. WEEGHMAN Ml GAMBLER SUrti to 8pe,n d. $28,000 in Bate Ball and Windt Up by Blowing Half Million. BUT EXPECTS TO GET IT BACK This is a time for making confession In base ball, and one of the most Interest ing stories that comes out along this line Is that told hy Charley Weeghmsn of how he got In up to his neck In the outlaw venture when he only meant lo Just wet Ms feet a little. Weeghnian was speeding to New York from Chicago on the xace arectnl when he unburdened himself to group ot friends. . "I d always taken more or fess Irlterest In base ball." declared Weeghman, "but I had no idea of backing any cluh. Then Ollmor got hooked in by advancing some ralariea to the Federal league clubs, not so very much, rut enough to get him stsrtid. Ollmore finally got the Idea that the Feds could be made a real b! leatrue and every time we golfed together he got snsr me to get behind the v hlcaao club. , If I told him 'No' once I did it 4V times, but he kept after me and finally g.abb,-d n" off' ,"I must have been drunk or out of my mind or something that dy, hut 1 told Jim I'd Just gamble ton his word. "Make It !.. . .1 he. '.nd well make It a corporation. That will give you cnrol. ' Bo I put In the 2.(W. and hone.-tlv. 1 thought that I'd not spend another cent, j I Intended either to lose that or to rs j in int. r.in. "Well, sir, do you know I got worked ... .1.I- L.ll I I.., .1, .. I i.tf III nil iwhb 1 1 1 1 iiii in., mii ' ' ri portion. I went out snd nabbed Joe Tlniter. signed him to a threo-y.ar con- tiO.CW cash as an evidence of good faith. That made IRt.OliO I put up or guar- -r. Ur... snteed to put uP-l.000. One thing led h,nd "ncoln.had a comparatively aasy to another, and I simply went msd. Got ! t!m ln 'Pin out Wllbur . 0-' to talking big money and then got hooke.1 j lth 'on, "rn en tb flrt two In for big money. Signed up players right round, while they easily won thH gam nd left. I from Hastings In the third round. "Of course. I wss up against all aorta i ,'t V University of Nebraska offt of holdups. Would you believe It. paid !c,, effort tft enttnaU th ob- Imost 160.000 to clear the land of tenanta sfter I hsd our grounds. One guy stuck me for $2o,0oo and he had only a one year lease on a sixteen-foot strip of ground. "Then I hsd plsnned wooden stands, but whsn I took our plana to the city hall I was told I would have to use steel nd concrete I had counted on spending tlS.onA or ttt.OOn, but this meant I'd hsv to pay more than JWO.ono. I waa In so deep, however, that T couldn't afford to back out, so I went (head and got modern stands. "When everything was totaled up I waa on th nut for M6O.O000 before we evee opened our gatea. And I had started out to gamble Just IM.000." Omaha Gun Club to " Hold Turkey Shoot The annual turkey shoot of th Omaha Gun club will be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock at th Carter Lake Qun dub " . , . rfM., vlded for tne marksmen and everything will be In shape so that blu rock shoot, er can make n ftmoon of It. Ther will be an abundance of bird for th win ner ot th events. . , ' - ' BAKER NO LONGER HAS. A. CHANCE TO GjET BIG COIN J. Franklin Baker la one of the big "goats" of tb baae ball peace pact. Two week ago Raker refused a big contract and a $10,000 bonus offered by th Ted- rata. nd ' contract offered by th New York Tn- kees. Now, If he play hall, he Win be forced to work at the magnate' terms. Cameron, A. B. Zspperlne, athlet, Berkeley, Cel., June 14. Cameron. William F.. yachtsman, Chi cago, March 27. Chaffln. William T.. hors breeder. Col umbia, Tenn.. Febriry . Clay, Bseklel F horseman, Paris. Ky., January gn. Colllngwood, John W horseman, War wick. K. I., November 14. Condon. John (Blind John), track own er, Chicago. August . Corbett, Thomas A., sportsman, San Francisco, Cal., April 11 Crlahani. Tatrlrk, ex-ball player, Syra cuse, N. Y., June 11 Decker. Dr. Adolph. chess problem composer, Chicago, November M. Dunkhorst, Edward, ax-boxer, Chicago, October . Egan. . Charles F.. foot ball player, Washington, Pa.. December I. Freedman, Andrew, ex-ball club owner. New York, December 4. Grace, Dr. William Gilbert, ex-crioketer, 1nndon, October 2S. Hall. Mark, ex-pitcher, Joplln, Mo., Fel nmry 24. llasler, 1-xlward 1... polo player. Lake Forest, III., June 13. Herreseshoff, John R.. yacht builder, Bristol. It I. July 20. Hurst. Timothy, ex-umpire, Pottsvllle, r.. June 4. Johnson. Otis, bsll player, Bingham ton. N. V.. November . Kennedy. Wll'lnm. ex-ball player, Bl lalre, O., September M. Kent. JeV-n Matthew. bllMardlst, Chi cago. March 2 Ijunl et-t. t;eorre. tennla player, 1-ondon, August 3. 1 jiw. Dr. Fred, ex-foot ball player, Mlnneipoi's July . Itwley. lleorxe, yacht builder. Boaton, FebriiBi v ?7. ' LlttVield. Charles I... turfman, Brook lyn. .lu'v s. Msginn. Kdward W., turf official, Cov lrt. n. Ky.. June 17. MrChesiev. Hrry (Doe.i, rx-fo-t ba'l plaver. Iltihurgh. Pa.. December 6. McCoy. Kcrtt eT-bourKe trainer. Mar- ion. ia., wctouer 11. Mulln. Mr" -mtewr b'lliarjlst, C'-einnd. October ?7. Parker bv 8. x-foot ba'.l player, To-lui-a. III., .tune 21. IVrr!". I-'Vert ' B ilM. ex-vmn'ie, Olk land. Cel., June B. t'.illnrei i.e-Te L . e-"H o 'IVh achool foot I all player. New York, Arll Prst " . ex-fun-y I e skater, Chi os "o. Apr'l 11. .,m,. "T'ltm. ex-pH-hrr, Cleveland. O October 11. PIibi U'e'"r1. tc'"i. golfer, . Atln'l. f 1 ,-.-! V Plifvl" T'-r" 4 e-Ys'" fno' lell o'avr anil inch iliineprlli Mlnr . Tec m- t.- : Srdsrst'o' . Ar""'- F. high rchool ball plever. Chiei.iro. April 3. rireM'11". "er v-e all pioneer. K" Dleo, fa'.. Ke'jtmbcr . 'ternhel.-i. ' -, haee ba'l maniger, CVIcar". June JT. Ftroebel ciris " '-biise bsll club owner. Tol'do. o.. .tune i. , TenWe ' v!ooi director. La- fevette. InS . Ju'v tS. Terry AVlli-" tnnls ex-plteher, Mllwa'ikee. W1-.. Februsrv ft. Thlel, Otto (H-cki. ex-ball player, Ft. Jonh. Mi. -tsnuerv 4 Tlldn Hert rt ' . e-er.-ii player, Pbllsdelohls Pa., Septe-iiber t2. Toepfer Peter o ches eioert. Mil waukee. Wis.. Jul:- S Ward. Robert B p-- ' t "-orkfede. New Rochelle. N. Y.. October 1 wtdir Anthony F.. terns champion, Fr-M. Vo 11. WUlTs, Thoress H., turfms. Osk Isnd. Cel., November I. MAY LENGTHEN STATE MEET. Plan to Prolong .State Basket Ball Tournament One Dtj at Nebraska Uni. . SHORT TOURXEY HARD ON KEN .The problem of so arranging the state tournament to vlim nste the strenu ous features of the thre day' play Is already coming In for consideration from official circles. The fact that two Omaha a'thletes were confined to the hospital for a matter of several months after the close, of the session layer has made It lm- tpnratlve that something be done. Ac j cording to nnouneement of M. R. Clapr. ,rhalrmn of the athletic board at the University of Nebrasks, the tournament will be prolonged one day I mger. Unoer this new srranevment It will he possible for teams of each division to pl.iy not more than two games a day, these being not less than (Vctve hours apart. Kxample from-last year's tournament. hen the two Omaha fives, Hsstlngs and Lincoln played fm.r gsmes tn less thn ifiv.iiK honra. a little over a sing: , day convinces o'flclals at the university ,nrt cnaehea throughout the state that ithe ptsUng Is far too strenuous, flouth j mt fonr of , Mrontt trunl n ! ,tateAuburn. Crete. Alliance and . Intral High-while Central High,' with ; (h M of tn8:r nt mtQh With m,t hrB topnotrhrr, ln Qenev. ! York and South High. The gam be- . ,. . . hMlii was undoubtedly the most spectacular snd hardest fought of the entire tourna- .,, ...l.k.L.jl,,. it,. .. ttiit Vntk t " ... . ,. . ,j teama were so tired that they oould , ... . . . I bou.t th i compelled to play Lincoln the night ntat champion hip whffl thir condition m- a .. a, tka MOhav Jeotionaoie tenures oi u raw ny dividing the team Into two classes. This reduced the number of game to th mini mum, and all that I needed to make th tournament a physical aueoM I to lengthen the period . of rest between game. But It would be rank tnjuatic to compel a team that ha a aplendld. chance for th championship t play thr of the best team la th atat -all on th me day, morning afternoon ul ,v- . ning. '. - 1 Htara f rem las all Towaa. . , For th reason that athletic star' of the stste university nail In a large part j from th smaller town, th atat unl officials are unabl to aocord th larger cltle of the atat any more favor by reason of ' greater population. Bhonka. AlW-Anwrloan tackl in 1W. Halllgan. All American taokl In 1914, and Chamber lain, All-American end tn 1910, are star that come from such town as David City, North Piatt and Blu Spring. "Bill" Chaloupka, ln foot ball phenom, came from Wilbur; Csptaln Jim Harvey of th IX eleven from Aurora; "Buck" Bellser. member of th famous undefeated 190 ' I aggregation, from Broken Bow; while. . . "J" " , ' ..,. . w ., . ' scor of famous athlete have hailed from, other small towas of th stste. - -' a" Local Influence I being brought to bear 1 on th tournament problem. Officials jot both Central and South High schools 1 inumat uiai unless a oeiier cneou . la arranged neither team I likely to st- , tend th tournament next March. The financial feature 1 tb only troubling ; Issue at present and if the state unlver- - stty committee find It possible to In- I crease their allowances to permit four days of playing Instead ot three, the trou- Kl - III ..MK.t.lM kM Kamm .tlmli..l.J A . Ithe aatlsf.otlon of all. Th. commute , -ward, the monev. ta each team accord ing to the number of mile traveled by . th men, Last year th Omaha manage- .. ment received but $ each as their share, but as th Interest In th game la food here, th local team have but llttl trou ble ln making enough money to seod their quad to th capital city. . Bxoept for the games between Fremont and Cedar Rapid. Arlington and th Townsend Reserve ef Omaha, th basket ball field tn th state was devoid ef bat tle during th last week. Fremont de feated Cedar Rapid Monday evening by a score of 17 to 23. Th gam was fast, th Fremont flv leading .by nly .en point at t end ef the first half. Ar lington dafoated th Reserves, 14 to If, In a hard fought gam. Tb Arlington flv 1 th team that gave South High a acar lat year la tnld-eeaaon. Th towa youth still have thro ef their eld men back and ar looking forward to a great season. They will play Fremont soon. 1 J. Evers Knows Who ... Eowdy on Braves Is Johnny IDver waa talking to Christy Msthswson the other day about th let-, tera which President Oaffney seat to all of tha Brave recently, warning them against rowdyism next season. . . "He might Just as well have put all those letter ln on envelop and ant them to one address," said Evers, "for they were all aimed at on man." "If he had done that," asked Matty, "where would the letter hsv gone, JohnT" "Troy, N. Y. that' my home." replied Kvers. HOWARD DREW WILL GO EAST TO MEET JOE L00MIS NEW YORK. Jan. 1. Howard P. Drw. champion sprinter, telegraphed hi ac cepts nee the other night to an Invitation of the Mlllrose Athletic association to compete in its all-star gamea ln Madi son Square Garden on January 36. Drew will make the long trip from the coast for the special purpose of meeting Joo loorrU of Chicago, who raptured the national sprint title In the Panama-Pacific games. CAP ANSON WILL SPRING NEW ACT ON THE PUBLIC Adrian (. Anson Is going to put on a new vaudeville act. In which his two daughters will lirlp him out. It is to be d Mlnrtly different from Cap' former lino of .monologue, for It will get away from bsse ' all exclusively and there will be some singing and dancing In It - by the daughters, to be sure. ATCHISON MAKES TRIP OVERLAND IN A WAGON Raleigh Atchison, the former Wichita pitcher and now th property ef the lirookiyn National, and Mra. Atekiaen re on their way from Fisher, Arte, to Columbus, Kan., making the trip land ln a covered w t