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CUBS ARE SOLD TO
CHARLESJEEGHMAN
Former President of Whalei Ajrees
to Pay Half Million fsr Ninety
PejrCent of Stock.
TBA2T5FER TAKES PLACE JAN. 20
CINCINNATI, Jen. G.-The, Chl.go
Cubs cshanged hands here, today when
Charlea Weephman, former president of
the Chicago rlersl lrfi-n club. gred
mnnx thr Ihlngn to pay VM.Of) In
caah to Charlea P. Taft of thin city, for
M per ment of th utock of the Chicago
National leafiie club. -
The actual aale. exi hanite of money and
tranafer of property will take place on
January 2.
Sale Oar of Terma.
The aaja of the Cuba partly aerved to
complete the condition of the treaty of
peace recently alimed here, and at a
meeting of the committee to aettle the
dlapute between the drul and Inter
national leaftuea other koae enda that
were found after the ala-nlna; of the peace
treaty were put tn order.
Shortly after the Cuba had been euld
the National compilation went Into aea
alon and re-elected Auiruat Herrmann aa
Ita chairman and John K. Bruce aa Ita
aeeretary.
The original negotiation for the aall
of the Cuba were between Harry I. Bin
elalr of Oklahoma and Mr. Taft. and It
waa not until Mr. Weeghman arrived
here today that he waa Identified In the
negotiation!, Mtr. Sinclair linvlnn made
all of th prevloua arruiiKOtnenta.
Other Uetalla Not tilreo.
None of the detalla of. the aale were
frtven out other than the amount of atock
aold, the price and the fact that Mr.
Weeirhman haa agreed to aaaume all the
nbllgatlona accruing from the Went Hide
baae ball park In Chicago for a period
of two yea re.
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Fielder Jones
Takes Charge of
St. Louis Browns
ST. LOUIS. Jan. S.-Klelder Jonea, who
managed the St. lunula Federala laat aea
aon, took managerial charge of the St.
Loula Americana ted ay. He aleo became
aecond vice prealdent. of the club.
It developed today that In the final
agreement for the transfer of the Ht.
I-ouli Americans to the new owners Phil
Ball. Otto Sttfel and their aaaoclatea It
waa provided that Kobert U Hedgea. re
tiring prealdent of the club, should pay
the syndicate that handled the deal W.00
which he received from the Boston Amer
icana for Catcher Agnew, who waa sold
to Boaton before the peace agreement
waa algned. but after the syndicate had
obtained an option ou the St. Loula
Americana.
The ayndlcate, however, took over all
debts of the club, including the lto
Judgment in favor of John O'Connor, for
mer manager of the club, which was af
firmed by the St. l-oiU courts of appeal
yeaterday.
Plucky Girl Driver After Racing Honors
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GERMANS AND DANES
WIN IN TUG-O'-WAR
Germany Wins Tight Tussle from
Sweden and Denmark Gets Easy
Victory Over Ireland.
BOHEMIANS LOSE ON A FOUL
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
Germany
Denmark
America
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By Tad
MISTAM OHM tTiOJr
vou AttJr MO
GOJTIOAAW
Although cveral women
aeroplanea, i'oiii'arnttvely
have pllote.l
fuw womi'i
have eaaayed the difficult task of driv
ing a racing automobile. Mlaa Frances
Thornton, however, Is profeaalonal raco
driver and haa driven her high powered
car in competition with Borne of the beet
known drivers In the country. MlM
Thornton la determined to gain the heal
of her profcaslon. In her racea she aaka
no favors because of her aex, but drives
untler the aame conditions aa do her main
THOfZt TOH
competitors.
Ho far Mlaa Thornton has had a par
tlcularly lucky career, i-er only bad
pill waa made lost October at I'eoiln,
III., when sho plunged through the
quarter atrctih inside fence, her mi
dline turning end over and end, aeverely
Injuring hei mechanician. Mlaa Thornton
escaped w'th only a few minor bruises
and cuts.
Mlaa Thornton has declared her Inten
tion of challenging Mlas Katherlne Dahl
gren, amateur driver, to a race.
No Club is to Run
Golf Links at the
Elmwood Course
. .
City Commlnaloner Hummel states he
Intends to maintain the new golf links at
Klmwood park in the moat democratic
manner. Theao links will be ready next
rprlng. ' v,
Mr. Hummel waa advised that a coterie
of golf player met in a downtown office
Tueaday evening and started a club for
play at Elmwood park next aeaaon. og
t rations were made that a club house
should be erected In the park or on
nearby alte. In that lonrie lion the com-mist-loner
stated he d'.d not want to dis
courage the organisation of golf cl iba for
Elmwood park, but be will InaUt that no
club ahall have any prior light over
unattached players who ahall ue tiu-so
links.
Joe Steelier Dumps i
Four Men in Eleven
Minutes at St. Paul
Jfie Stecher, the Dodge, Neb., wrestler,
who haa earned the wrestling champion
ship of the I'nlted Ktates, gava the grap
pling fans of St. Paul. Minn., a little
treat Tuesday night. Manager Hetmanek
wired Oene Milady that Joe took on Ue
four best men the St. Paul promoters
could dig up and dumped the entire quar
tet of hopefuls in the brief time of eleven
minutes. Hetmanek adds the information
that the hnuso was packod from cellar
to garret, and that It was necessary to
refuse hundreds admlraton.
COFFEY OUT FOR MATCH WITH
- JESS WTLLARD. .
ABBOTT ANT COWDREY HIT
HIGH SPOTS IN WHIST PLAY
At the Tral.le Park Whist club Mon
day evennig Abbott and Cowdrey clinched
their right to the title of the "Gold Dual
Twins" by cleaning everything In eight,
incidentally handing a severe wallop to
the North and outh favoritea. Cook and '
Mof'atin. On the EM and Wert, an "un
known" pair. Chambers and Barker, up--t
the dose by tying the redoubtable
Kilts and Martin for high sore. core
follows:
NORTH AND HUl Til PLAVEHJ.
X itmrre
bb..it and Comdrey plua 1
brryluM and !umi I'bia 3
t. ixk and Mc'aiiit plus
!w
I'.arton and Reynolds mlnua S
onley and ll mlnua S
brue iit'l A!iiiiIii '- minus J
KAhT AM v K8T FLAYER.
W IniM-rs
rl,fniers and Barker....
I and Martin
I .j. x and hiia ras
r iii end I'ennlitnn . . .
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1 ., -re
lie, u and luoimy
Charley Peters
Comes to Bat With
Defi to A. Aberg
Tele Ih. manager for Charley retera,
haa poated tioi) with the rpoilliig elltor
of The Bee and accompanies the colJ
caah with a defi to Alex Aberg, the Rus
sian, who haa been cWaiilnt things ui In
the New York tournament, and Paul
Martenson of Chicago. I.och offera to
place :M that Jters can defeat either
Aberg or Martenson at catch-ae-can
style and poata the IKO sum aa a guar
entee that he meana huatneaa lit Issuing
the challenge W the above men.
Sale of Links Will
Be Completed Today
LINCOLN. Jan. S. The nalo of the Lin
coln Weatem league baae ball club will
be formally completed tomorrow was the
announcement made Ute today following
a nuetlug between Hugh L Jonea. the
present owner of the club, and f jur of the
five director of t.e tocK company,
fornted cntler the ramu of the Lincoln
Rase Ball and Ami'evment company, to
purchase tho franchise. An agreement
was reacbrd to tllapo'O of the club at
the option price of I12.50U, it waa an
noumcJ. The contract for the aale will
be signed tomorrow at 9 o'clock by Mr.
Jonea and the dlrectora. Jonea will own
ten shares of stock In the new company.
The capital stock of the mw company It
tUOOO. the extra ti.M being raised to
provide a financial working bnala for the
club. One of the prtncloal stockholders
Is George It. Stone of Cole Ridge, Neb.,
a former major league baae ball player.
William (Ducky) Holmes, who Is alao a
stockholder, will bo the new manager of
the Lincoln club.
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If Jim Coffey, the IrUh heavyweight.
succeeda In outpointing Frank Moran i:
their bout In the Madiaon Square Garden
on Friday night he will be nearer to the
coveted match llh Champion Jess WD
lard than ever before. Coffey's stock
suffered a downward trend when Moi
knocked him cut In their last meet'ng
some weeks ago. but sluce then the Irian
man has rehabilitated himself to a cer
tain extent by knocking out Gunboat
Smith. It Is certain that Moran will find
Coffey a much more difficult opponent
than he did at the laat meeting.
With tiie Willurd-Fultnn match called
oft the chances for either Moran or Cof
fey to get a crack at the championship
title in the near future have improved
wonderfully.
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Germany and txnm&rk are the two
countries wrlth perfect records ln the
International Tug-of-War being staged
t the Auditorium all this week. Both
of tl esa teams won their pulls last night.
Pwcdcn, the other crew with a clear
record yeaterday, was vanquished by the
German.
And that pull between the Germans and
Pwedea was some pull. It was no dta
cred't for the Swedes to lose for they
put up a mighty battle and the Germans
have one of . the best little tug teams
eer aasembled.
Tho match lasted the full twenty min
utes and Germany won by a scant six
Inct ea. At thn start the Swedes obtained
a little advantage, but a few moments
Inter Captain Tele Loch signalled for hie
charges to get down to work and work
they did. They regained the lost six Inches
and gradually gathered in another half
a foot, enough to win the pull.
I.och Shows Sportemasmhlp.
After about fifteen minutes of the Dull
between the Germans and Swedes one of
the neatest bits of sportsmanship ex
hibited around these parts In many a
moon was shown by Pete Loch, the Ger
man captain. During a spat, when the
Germans were pulling; their ml ph test Nels
net land, the powerful anchor man for the
Swedes, momentarily lost his balance and
ne slipped from his position. In getting
nacK into position on the ladder it was
necessary for Holland to brace himself
against the ladder. One of the Judges
aeci.ired he had graaped the ladder with
his hands. This Is against the rules and
the match could have been awarded to
the Germans had the referee seen fit.
But Loch stepped forward and said "no."
we don t want to win by a foul." de-
dared Ixch. ' If we can't mill them.
don't want to be given a decision. We
want to win by merit."
So the pull went on and the Germans
did win by merit. But they might have
loat; there was still plenty of time to do
o when Loch refused to accept a foul
decision, and Ixch and his Germans
must be given due credit for their action
Victory S garprlse.
The victory of the Germans was more
or leas of a surprise. The Swedes were
favorites In the tournament, and it was
thought the Danes would be the ones to
give them the real battle. But with blj
Matt blmmer. strong man, sitting In that
saddle, the Swedes couldn't pull the lads
from along the Rhine.
The first pull waa awarded to America
on a foul. The defeat waa chalked up
against the Bohemians. Big Bill Hokuff,
anchor man for the Bohemians, was the
offender. Hokuff was caught by the
umpire grabbing the ladder, and the
umpa called htm. Hokuff waa accused
of the same offense Monday night, and
after a dlapute a match between the Bo
hemians and Irish was called draw,
The pull had been going on thirteen min
utes when the foul was noticed, and the
Bohemians were leading at the time. The
American team, the Omaha firemen, was
considerably strengthened last night
when Teddy Fchutt was placed in the
anchor position. v
KNgllah Mck Italiaaa.
The Scatch-Engllah carried away a vic
tory over the Italians In eighteen min
utes and twenty-two seconds. One of tb
Italians' heavy men became sick during
the pull and It waa necessary to aaslat
hint off the platform.
lenmark broke a'l records laat night
by yanking the Irish team the five feet
in the brief and sweet time of fifteen
seconds. Captain Tolbad's men caught
the sons of Erin unaware and the
match waa over before the Irish laddies
could get thenuelvea set.
The scnedule tonight Is as follows:
America agatnat Italy.
Sweden againal Denmark.
Scotch-Kitgllah attatnat Bohemia.
Ireland againat Germany.
Much Interest la being taken in the
match tonight between the Swedea and
Danes. These chap are natural rivals.
and It la expected that the Auditorium
will be packed from top to bottom, for
the event.
Achillea' only vulnerable spot was his heel. Ills mother had dipped the Gre
cian Jees Wlllard In the River K-lyx, and, of course there was no weak spot ex?
cept oti the heel by which tho careful
mother had held him.
Out west, pome years ago. Fam Pruitt,
tho colored demon, tried tho same trick;
but Instead cf helng dipped into the River
Styx, Tham's friends soused him with
eTOosegTease bo that his opponent's blows
would slip off.
The mistake they made was the . same
that Achillea" mother made. It seems
that Fam had a slight cut upon hla
tummy and wore a piece of courtplaater
I over it. The gooaegrrase hit every spot
except, inai coverea ny iriu iiinnn-i.
He was to fight Bob Armstrong, and
entered the arena this night with the con
fidence of a champ. He felt that ho had
the edge on Bob, and could hardly hold
back a broad grin. Oh, wouldn't Boh ba
surprised when ho hit Tham and the
blows dropped off like water from a
duck's spinet
When the bell rang, Tham did break
out In a loud laugh. He couldn't hold
back. Ho spurred, and then something like
a slap from a mule's hind paw bounced
right off the courtplaster ,and down went
23S pounds of dark meat. At the count of
six Tham arose. He had his hand upon the plaster, and, walking to hla corner,
looked back at Bob, saying: "Mr. Armstrong, you ain't no gentleman."
a-g. jAF
AMOturtM THrr -
Pauirr CETAenrO
STIEHM IS IN BAD
WITHJEBRASKA
Athletic Board at Lincoln Con
siders Whether to Ask Imme
diate Resignation. ,
ALL OVER HIRING RUTHERFORD
Huntley in Second
Place as Amateur
In Year's Records
NEW TORK, Jan. 5.-The official aver
ages of the Interstato Trap Shooting as
sociation for the season of 1915, made
public today show that Woolfolk Hender
son of Lexington. Ky., is high average
amateur while Charles G. Spencer of St.
Louis, Mo., leads the professional gun
ners. Sam A. Huntley, the crack Omaha shot,
ranks second among the amateurs with
an average of .9679, a few points behind
Henderson. Ed Varner of Adams. Neb.,
is the second hlgb Ncbraakan with an
average of .9282 and AI Koyen of Fremont
la third with .9116.
The averages were compiled from the
records of more than 5,00) trap shooters
and are based upon a minimum of 2,000
targets shot at during the progress of
registered tournaments In all parts of the
country. Among the amateurs who
scored high enough averages to be In
cluded In the list of the first hundred
TARKIO PLAYS THREE
GAMES IN NEBRASKA
TARKIO. Mo.. Jan. .-Speclal.)-Th
mt Ttxklo college banket ball schedule
haa been about completed and eontalna
a total of eleven Intercollegiate games.
Of three eleven, eight are to be played
iUi tnenibera of the Missouri Intercol
legiate Athletic conference. A pie-con
ference trip will bo made Into Nebraska,
when three non-confeienco games will
be ployed. About twenty men havo bee
responding to the call for practice and
Captain Thomas and Coach Elder have
been working overtime in an endeavor
to develop a winning team. Tho Ne
braska achedulo !i as fol'om:
January . Coiner unlveriaty at Beth
any. January . Nebraaka Wealeyan at
L'niveraity Place
January 7, Nebraaka university at
Lincoln.
Moore Meats McU. -
6T IjOCIH, Mo.. Jan. 6 "Pat" Moore
of Meriiplila, 1 enn , outpointed Archta
Mcleod of Mrlx1, llo.. In an eight
round bout l.rr loulght. The figulers
are lantamactgbta.
Play Indoor Golf
At Burgess-Nash
A free Indoor irolf courae has been In
stalled at the Burgeae-Nesh store and
Fred Bartach. who several years age was
orofeaslonal it the Country club, ha
been placed In charge. Barlsch has ar
ranged a system of scoring so that a
player may maxe hi game correspond
in yarda to the Field. Happy Hollow and
Country club courses.
Advertiser and customer profit by the
'Classified Ad" habit.
were several women experts.
Thn lenders in both the amateur and
professional claases together with the
rumbtrs of targets shot at broke and their
averages follow:
AMATEIIB.
W. Henderson. Lexington, Ky2 mi .9753
S. A. Huntley, Omaha iWOO 8775 .9tf79
F. S. Wright Buffalo. N. Y.. 333 .tM
W. Ridley, What Cher. Ia.. 2300 2215 .9i30
V. HollHnd, Springfield. Mo.20"0 19a .9615
J. It. Jahn, Davenport, Ia... 2100 2019 .9814
PROFESSIONALS.
C. G Spencer, St. Louis 8620 64J .9750
U S." German. Aberdeen, Md. 4r.50 44:53.. 97 42
L. H. Held. Seattle. Wash... 2550 24S2 .9733
Coast Loop Season
Will Open April 4
SAN FRANCISCO.Jan. 6. April 4 waa
fixed today for the opening of the Pacific
Coast league base ball season by tho dl
rectors and a complete schedule of games
waa arranged. Portland and Salt Lake
City were given fifteen weeks of play each
and San Pranclaco and Los Angeles, con
tinuous base ball. The season will close
October IS.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 5. Special Tele
gram.) The Nebraska Athletto board
met tonight to discus another unex
pected complication in the selection of
coaches to replace "Jumbo" Stlehm and
Captain R. B. Kt-'therford, who It was
planned should serve as assistant coach
next season.
Stiehm's action in making an offer to
Rutherford has aroused the most caustta
criticism and as soon as the athletic
board decides whether it will attempt to
outbid Stlehm for Rutherford's rervlces,
"Jumbo's" case will receive attention.
Alumni and others are urging that tho
Nebraska board dismiss Stlehm without
further delay. Some members of the
board feel there la nothing else to do but
to ask for hla resignation at once.
Secretary R. G. Clapp says stlehm
promised he would not proceed furthet
In his negotiations with Rutherford until
the Nebraska board could straighten out
its coachshlp tangle. Clapp Is supported
In this by Chancellor Avery.
Stlehm was supposed to draw salary
from Nebraska until next September.
Postofflce Discontinued.
WASHINGTON, Jan. (..-(Special Tele-
den county, Nebraaka, haa been discon
tinued. Mail will go to Benawah.
Movements oC Ocean Steamers.
Tar. Arrlred.
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$1.50 Manhattans $1.15
$2.00 Manhattans
$2.50 and $3.00 Manhattans. ,
$3.50 and $4.00 Manhattans .
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