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2-S THE OMATJA 8UNnAT BEK: .TANT7AHT !, IMG. AMERICA TIES WITH THE SWEDES Twenty-Minute Battle Between Two Teams Results in No . Decision. Mike O'Neill Says . Old Catchers No Good to Hurlers Germans and Danes Meet Tonight for Championship mm GHifif will i I GERMANS AND DANES "THERE" TAJf DXHO OF T1TE TEAKS. Woo. Uomt. Draw. Fct. XMaroark ttarmeay B IwtUta , 3 Amarto EnrUid 3 Bohemia 1 Ireland 0 Italy 0 o o 1.000 0 O 1.000 1 1 .760 g 1 .600 3 O .400 3 1 .860 4 1 .OOO 6 O .OOO Z.AST irXORT'S BEBtTXTS Americana and Swede tied aftr twenty minute. Germans beat Bohemians by eight and A half lnehea la twenty minute. fcvoi,ca-a.nlls beat Irish by four inches la twenty minute. Sane pnlled Italian oat of bonada (five teat) in twenty.one had three tlftha second. p4An.aiiBtiM iFvnnV wfanlnnla. tore" beat "Ink-Bplashr" by two feet la twenty mlantea. Although declared a tie after twenty minutes of close work, the contest be tween the American and BwedlHh teams In Friday evening's program of the Inter- 1 1 . ... i , ' ...... A mill nrlum nn in'uni lug-w tv ..... ..w was by far the most exciting of any of . the pulls. The German-Bohemian and British- i Irish pulls wire hard fought and wero won by only small margins by the first named of each pair. The Danes, favorites throughout the week, easily ran away j with the Italians In a hurry. ' By way of divcrtlaenient, team of Tax- ! ton-Gallagher office men and truckers staged a frenk pull, which was won by the Utter amid lota of hilarity and numerous blistered hands. lliu; ( rott Lively. There was much enthusiasm through out the evening, the big crowd Indulging in lively demonstrations at every oppor tunity. The biggest fuss was created by Referee Bert Le Bron's decision of a tio oetween the firemen, wearing the Amcrl- can colons, and the Bwedlsh aextet, who claimed to have won their pull by a frac tion of an Inch. The crowd demanded , that the award be made to the Americans, j however, and a wrangle ensued. During most of the strenuous twenty minute tussle Captain Kenneth Lund- quist's Swedes held an advantage of about j an inch, which was reduced to practically nothing when the ending gun was fired. Captain Ilartry of the Americana sprang to the center of the platform and seising J Old Olory waved It victoriously, while i It waa commonly assumed that tho fire laddies would get the decision Pull IWIbitU Tie. After Jack Prince, promoter of the event, had calmed the spectators and an nounced that the referee called the pull a tie, a typical antt-umpire base ball demonstration took place, much to the embarrassment of I Bron and Prince. The latter tried to plead for a "chance" and "fair play" from the crowd, which only hollered the louder. One man In the gallery passed a personality to Prince and was called a "hoodlum" by the pro moter. He finally retired to avoid a pro longed argument with spectators, who seemed anxious to "kid" the management for being unable to Judge a mtcroscoplo fraction of an inch in favor of on or the other of the two teams engaged. CapUIn Hartry of the American chl- lenged the 8wedes to a return match. and It will be pulled privately next week, when Lundqulst promises to snow the firemen a warm time. Assistant Chief Dineen wag a prominent rooter for the Americans. Germane Holl Pirn. After Captain Pete Loch's German had held the greater part of a foot advantage over Frank Itlha'a Bohemians Xor almost twenty minutes, and the end of the con test approached, some wag in the gallery ahouted, "It's a tie," and the crowd Hal ted to kid the referee again. In spite of many valiant spurts, the Bohemian were unable to overcome the German d vantage. Aa usual, the Irish did all the fighting In their pull, but were not husky enough to win back a alight edge gained by Captain Jandro'a Sootch-EnglUh, no mat ter how hard Phil Lynch and hi boy of the "Ould Bod" tugged. It was clog from start to finish, with the Briton simply laying back and playing a waiting game. Italy To Light. Previous performances by the Italian team having proved disappointing, be cause of their lack of training. Captain Jo Calabria tried out a brand new sextet last night agalnat the powerful Danes, who have been pulling in tugs-of-war for years. But it was the same old story. Kmll Tolbad's Denmark huskies simply pulling the Italian off their feet in seconds. The Pagoma men furnlahed a young circus. The anchor man for the pen pushers had probably never aeen a tag-of-war before, and sat down' on hi sad dle, Instead of putting It around his waist. One of the men on the truckers' team also provided comedy by getting hi leg and arm badly tangled up with the rope at the start. Although the Truck-Manipulator were ahead all through the twenty-mlnut pull. It wasn't a walk-away for them, nor a picnic for the soft Ink-Splashers. They will certainly be sore and atiff today, and If any of them can hold a pen In his ingers, it will be a wonder. Twenty minutes of tug-of-wsr Is harder than a full regular day's work, the participant all agree, and when rosin, water and friction mix on a coarse rope, skin Is sure to blister and peel off. When the office men were about all in, the band struck up the old tune, "Nobody Knows," and the crowd sang "Nobody Knoka How Tired They Are." Roy King captained the office men and Arthur Klxten led the truckmen. A bunch of fire station habitue challenged the win ners. Tonlaht's Proa-rasa. Tonight's added freak attraction will be pull between the Union Pacific baggage, nen and freight truckers. The teams will be made up aa follows: Baggagemen, Lipinskl and L. Llpinakl. Vance, Brack inuller. Pierce, Rothry and Senlft. cap tain. Freighters, Norman, tireigger. Wal ler, Donohue, An tin wold. Mailer and liyers, captain. 4'ho regular pull for tonight will b between the American and Italian, Swed ish and Danish. Scotch-English and Bo hemian. Irish and German team. The Ine and German are expected to win their respective pull, which will bring them together Sunday night for a terrific tussle, upon which several thou B.tid dollar has been wagered on the Ue. urth Mra la Wlaaer. NORTH Bt.Nti. Neb.. Jan. S.-(peelal ) r-The Nnrth Bend HUh school defeated tli fc' ril)ii-r lltKh school here last eve ning In aa interesting, although rather (ii-tiiati, game or Daakel ball. II to t '1 im goal sliuuung of the local team feat- (IKRMAN TRAM-RKATMNO T.T.FT TO RIfillT: TKTK LOCH. CAITATN; MATT HILL UMLAND. 1'ITTfi ITULHHARDT. CHRIS LYCK. FIRST L.1KCTE1NANT. HAMBH TKAM-READINO LEFT TO RIGHT; EMIL. TOLBAX). CAPTAIN; M. SORENSKN, HANS MKTZ, ANCHOR. BOWLERS URGED TO WARM RUNWAYS T. .r. j j fi.t,- xtn Tarl" Charged IB Omaha Not Likely to Last unless ssnoot ers Display Interest. GOOD MARKS DURING THE WEEK The splendid weather this fall has had a tendency to lessen the patronage at the local alleys, sometimes causing Mr, Alleyowner to make red figures on the wrong aide of the ledger. This condltlnon should not prevail, even if one would rather be oucutde enjoying the fresh air. The alley owners have howling plants superior to those of surrounding cities of like populations Mure frequent vIhIIs to the runways will not only be of bene fit, but will also give the bowler the much needed ' practice and exercise. Few realise that Omaha la One out of a few cities enjoying the 10-cent name. All cities east of the Mlnslsslppl charge IS cent,' and several west ' of the big stream chargs.tlie same, J'cnver, Puehlo ami Paciflo coast cltle being among them. In these places lie alley manage menu depend on the extra 6 cents a game to keep the alley In condition, new pollHhed pins stacked on the spots and their rack welt supplied with first-class balls. In Omaha and a fw other midwest cities the managements depend on a heavy patronage from the local bowlers during the winter to ketp the place In good condition and to carry them over four summer months, when bowling is light, the receipts often falling below ex pense. If the local rollers are to continue en- Joying the 10-cent game and expect the alley to he equipped in a flrat-clafcs way, they should make some Individual or or ganised effort to keep filled a before the present oft vacated runways. Bowling Notes. George "Kay" Kennedy is knocking off 600 totals with regularity. Myron Stun will bet anvthlnsr In a bowling match. 1-ast week he lost his overcoat. The new Huntington league Is a good one. Ten teams started last Tuesday night and will roll one round. "Pa" Klnnaman is willing' . to bowl nyone in town "BelKlan style." the lat est fad among the bowlers. Is that Fremont crowd loatT We were receiving regular vlolts from them early In the aeason. but they haven't been hoie recently. "Breeiy" Floyd has deserted the run ways. He Is probably paatlmlng around the Auditorium ,a he la a. roller skater of national repute. . . wturui and Fit have discovered that " overcoat Is enough for loth of th'i. Stuns work In the daytime and Ftts works all nlhl at the raniam alleys. Four teams tied for first place Is the picture the.Omnhi leaatiM m, hr.w.'ni. The Wroth's Cafe. Mets. Luxus and Stora are the contender for the . leadership honors. Fits returned tiuax Mount Pulaski, 111., i.u lounu me innioua aney actieiiacmg viiniioYtrnv uuirieu nown. Alter discover ing that he wn hack in the good graces f Omaha boa lr. he signed up with the mi'ii team. The Rrandes Highballs don't wish to be too forward, hut they would throw out a hint or two that thev would ha- nnlv too anxioua to play with any other Omaha lesaue team on the Brunswick alleys for a snug sum. N hen the Palos added George Dingman w ih i,u six-foot five, and Don Anuden with hl nix-foot eluht to tlielr team, iiirjr anaing m ineir team. physical strength or bowling strength? hinli ii aI'as hink it over Frank Conrad Is now aitln aa etr assistant at the Hiititl.ilrn .11..,. nv.-i. .oniy oowieti annul seventeen years uu'iiniifna is wen enougn posted on the- bowling game to give the local pin tumblers the rUht kind of treatment. Ted Neale must he a real hnmu. n. T ' rr"nl Inquired of him how he roueo mat even Inn. "Hotten. said Ted. 1 only made .. Mirny good bowlers In this h.ns are living In liniws that they ihi man aoiii aay. "Kuh" Terrs It the Kuu u... w.uaua nowiera. is out with a new brand of rihilisnphy. This time' he Informs ua .I i . ... wrfaning aivie or narrow, tight-fitting trouaer will not last long 11 T "eminent to the pmix-r ........ .vmiwora or a nowier. ' Knh' blew a single pin In a pot game one dai last week and the fnreali ..lil.i .... mediately, thrust at those 'ruiM about. r mininc i .hii artrr the 1Mst stole tournament, which has alroadv been voted to I.'nc.'lii. There la a mnin. t,i lh far. of the Oar.lUl Cliv howlers to swlns It to- Fremont merely a good fellowship proportion. T.lnooln bowlers held the state meet last vrar and are willing (P let aome other.' city have it this year. Fremont Is well pre pared to handle It. Thev have a aeve-n-alWy layout., with 4enty f mora for spectator. Poaters announcing the' International """'"'I i,.Jrii.uriu H 11 1 snnn i9 mailed ' nig nnnnvm meet will be held a ninneapons mi year. tM-Klnnlnu Kehrj ary U. Oiuaha bowlera lima i.ni muni frated ny disposition to attend, hot in wile tney are wrung, arter on.: coul( ring the splendid entry the Twin Citie sent to the Mlddlewest tournament re cently held here. .Here hoping that the tir 47, .. , ... local bowlers will respond to Invitation of the International Bowling association official with at least two entries The Oate City league official have an nounced the opening date for their an nual bandlcao tournament. This sea son's event begins January S7 and will be open to all leagues rolling in me Mor rison alleys, excent the Omaha league. Teams from .the Omaha Gas, Omaha Electric Light and Power, Gate City ana LUhoKTanhers leagues will take Dart. The entrance fee will be $5 a team in the flve- mnn event and SO cent a man In the doubles and simile. Jake Btlne will officiate and reoelve all abuse attached to his office. A record entry is- expeciea. HAOGHTON BUYS BOSTON BRAYES (Continued from Page One.) a defeat. Within the last two or three years Harvard, with an established ay tem. has been able to run up large score agalnat the Blue. Beginning in l!tl2, with a 20 to 0 victory. Harvard fol lowed a year later with another, by a score- ot 16 to 8. won 88 to In 114. and scored forty-one point to nothing In addition to these vlctorie over Tale, Harvard, under Haughton coaching, ha won & majority of the games against Prluceton, defeated Michigan, as well as several of the stronger outhcrn -college eleven and the leading team , of the eust . No Mystery A boat It. Haughton aald recently that there was no mystery or secret about th succea of th Harvard coaching system. Com mon sense and business . efficiency i the basis t the system. Tha offen and defense of opponent 1 carefully studied In advanoe and a special cam paign of attack and defena planned for that particular team. A a result , Har- ard played a different gam against eaon combination met and usually with marked success. Th new president of the Boston Brave la a man of few word and rather ner vous temperament. 11 possess great executive ability and - haa remarkable iStrateglo ability for planning compli cated and deceiving piaya,. Jayhawkers Take First Game from Ames Cyclones LAWRENCE, Ko., Jn. 7.-8pecUI Telegrm.)In cm of th hottt baket ball ' games ever staged her th uni versity of Kansas defeated Amei tonight by a score of 24 to 16. Five time during the game the score wa tied, and It wa only arter a whirlwind finish that Kan sas succeeded in securing th ion point that gave It the opening gam on it llf schedule.' - - Ames took the lead early In tha tlrat half, but Kanaa gradually overcame it and at th olose ot the tint period led hy a score of M to 10. Aroe etrengthened visibly in the aecond halt and wa three time ahead of th Jayhawker. Frequent fumbling and misdirected goal shooting characterised' tho entire game. Kennedy starred for Kansas, while Tomtlson secured the greater number of the Iowa point. Swlney wa taken from the ramV with a slightly sprained wrist. Low man refcreed, BELLEVUE PREPS' LOSE " TO PAPILLION HIGH Paptlllou High school defeated Bellevue aoademy In basket hall tn th new Belle vue college gymnasium, by th score ot 31 to Hnlh team ahowed early aon form, ' displaying ragged teamwork and missing many easy shot for goal. Fa pllllon w weakened by -tha absence of Its star center, Jungnieyer. hut bis un derstudy, Schmidt, played well. . Bellcvu was outclassed from the start. The height, th speed and th team work of the Paptllloa team gav them aa advantage to great, to .- be overcome. Hurdler secured the only basket from th field for Bellevue. although he caged th ball aeven time from th foul line. Cap tain Smith and Taylor played fast gam. but the clya guarding of Spegrman, JJeber - and , Zwtebel kept them from getting away. Callaway waa th Individual star . for Papillton, and mad flv baskets from the field. Frktk mad two coals front the floor and two from th foul Una.. The team lined up a follow: ' PAPILLION. BBLLHVtnV Callawav R.F.I R.F. ........ Zurcher Krlck c). ..L.F L.F. ,Uc.) Sniiih Hohnitdt .. Spearman r C. .. KG. ... Cuahlng Taylor Lieber .LG UU. Clifton Hubstituiioiis: . i ol (or Lieber. leter lor epeannan. Woala Iron Held: t alia wav i). r'rlcke I-'. IJeber. Schmidt Zurcher. Goals from foul; Zurcher 17), rrick (1). Lieber. - Jr w w r . ? -"Bat t .mTW-V.- , W- V r ', . f ' a- ' . SIMMER. ANCHOR-WILLIE f?INOV. CHRIST! ENSEN. R, RA8MX.S?EN, BAM SOUTHIES TAKE FREMONT IN TOW Coach Patton's Agile Basket Flip ping Sharks Too Much for Visitors. GAME, WON BY 39 TO 21 COUNT South Side High school basket ball team won a fait . game from the Fre mont basket ball squad, 38 tn 21,' last vanlng at the South Side High gymnas ium. Abenc of Captain Bert FulUng- ton. star forward and captain of the rtsltlng team, contributed greatly to the d of eat. Patton's men displayed considerably moro accuracy In locating the basket than ha previously been shown this season. Graham pranced In the lime light by tallying six baskets in a single half. Other member ot the squad, , in chiding three substitutes, contributed al most at pleasure. Captain Nixon of the local five fea tured the play until he sustained a sprained knee shortly aster the opening of the second period and waa forced from the game. Shalnholtx, lanky guard, who has also been troubled with sore knees, played in stellar fashion handling th ball like a veteran. Coach OrlUdell quintet knew basket ball to tha laat inch and not one mla waa made where it could be helped, Eiler hrook and Garduer, forward for the visiting quintet, played a star game, while Teigeier. left guard, mussed up the local teamwork considerably by holding Oorr, veteran tosssr to but a fw shuts at the basket. Th win make the third consecutive victory the local team haa tallied over tha Fremont five in tbrse years' past. Fremont' team this year is much bet ter than those produced iu inauy a year, th lineup; SOUTH HIGH. Corr ...,.. R.F. Graham L.F. Nixon C. Arthurton .....R.O. tihaiuholta ..L.(i. FREMONT. L.F., Ellerbrook R.F... C uo... it.a... Gardner Dana KUI am , Telgelcr tiubatltutea: South High. r Nl Bott for Ar- thurton, Arthurton for Nlon, Proves for Orahain; Fremont, ohrlstenaon for Udman. Field goals: Corr iS. Uraham W, Bott, Arthurton (2), tfhalnholt (lit. Groves S). Gardner 13). Kllerbrook (31, Dana. Free throws: . Nixon t4, Corr, lans fT. Fouls: (routh 11 lull. 15: Fre mont, U. Personal fouls: Umhani, ruled out. uoore: rsoutn ingn, ;w: rTemoni, 21. Referee: Hurkjjnroatl. Timer: Pat Lee. Time of halves. 20 on. Hcoreri minutes. ' Sophomores Wla.' The aophomor basket bull team at the South. Side High school earned a right to battle with the Junior for the clas championship of the school last evening by defeating the Freshmen In a prelimi nary . game for the South Side Illgh iFramont. contest, hy a score of S6 to 8. FRSUMN. SOPHOMORE&. Zerb R.F. Onwald ..I.-F Wilson .......... .'.C. LiF M Hamilton R.F. Monroa C Barker KG Morris R.G Red men W. Bmtgh..-..R.G. U. Emign Lu Substitute: Larkln for Zerbe. Field reals: Zerbe, Oswald (S). Wilson (41. W. Kmlgh (3), Larkln (4), Monroe, Bar ker l. Free throws: Wilson (2). Bsr ker. Fouls: Freshmen, ; eiophomores. . eVore: Freshmen, s; Hopnomoraa. si. Referee: Rahn. Timer: Patton. Scorer: Lee. Time ot halves. t minute. . Bill Phillips Gets Axe Through Peace ' One of the goats ot the recently ended base ball war is Bill rhllllps. a Rod pitcher of the old, old days, and later a Central league manager. - ' When the Federals started BUI was a free agent, lie took the management of th Indianapolis Federal and won pen nant In 113 anl 1?14. He also had about th cheapest club in the league each year. Last sesson when hi club got Into a rut Bill waa canned. He' an excellent manager, but seems to have no chance of landing a big berth, while Joe Tinker and others whn jumped reserve clauses, are. back in the good graces of Organised Base Ball nJ placed In high positions. A STORY OF FEDS BRINGS .MEMORIES OF H. V. LUCAS v Bom bA ball historian remind us that back tn 1S84 Henry V, Lucas, tin. young nillllonar a ho financed th Union association venture, made the National league take him la aa aclub owner, a la Weeghman. True, hut doe tha his torian remember also that Henry V. Lucas, young St. Lotus millinnair and outlaw promoter, died broke. 6 -. PAUL. WATZIO, ALBERT ALCOX, . ...... METZ, CARL. HANSEN, NELS FORTY YEARS0F BASE BALL Founding of National League Two Score Seasons Ago Will Be Celebrated. DINNER HELD IN NEW YORK NEW YORK. Jan. 8. The fortieth an niversary of the founding o the Na tional League of .Professional Base Ball clubs, will be celebrated by a dinner in this city on the evening of February t. The officers and member ot the leagua plan to make this a notable event in the history of the parent base ball organi zation, which wag formed in New York City In Febmray, 1878. . Invitations wilt be extended to person prominent in all walk ot life, among them being President Wilson, Vice Presi dent Marshall, former President Taft and . Roosevelt,' Speaker Champ Clark, Governor Whitman, Mayor Mitchell and other state and city - offloials, all of whom are devotees of the national gam. Base ball men from all section ot th country will be Invited. Special ' efforts will be made by President Tener to have all the living ex-preeldents of the Na tional league present, as well aa th honorary . member ' of the' leagua and former president of club. Of tha ex. president o fth league, Messrs. Bulke ley. Mills, Young and Lynch, are living, and all, with the possible exception of Mr. Young, who Is in feebel health, ar expected to attend. Base hall players of tw generation ago will form a prominent section of th Invited guest, PA ROURKE GRABS ANEW INFIELDER (Continued from Page One.) . frier. Now it is Aald that the first John Savage, owner of Topeka, heard of th Jump, waa ah announcement made at th minor leugue meeting In San Francisco, favage heard nothing at all on the matter from Jackson. Also It is asserted Jackson had, made plana to cut' adrift from' Topeka and hurdle to- Wichita long before the ' isifi season ended. . There Is a chance that the other mag nates .of tha Western league will not per mit Jackson to act thusly, especially a Ebrlght did not make any solid hit with some of thjs magnates when he gave Tip O'Neill hi proxy vote at th Ban Fran cisco meeting. Tip wasn't standing well with the moguls andw hen Ehright gave Tip . his proxy Ebright's ; popularity dropped a notch or two.. It would appear On the surface - that Jackson handed Savage a little knifing In the back by his lump to Wichita, and the rest of the magnates are very likely to enter an objection to such dealings. G rover to the Coast.' Bert Grover, former Rourke and a com plete 'bug,"" may not be sen in th West ern this summer, Salt Luke City is after the eccentric Grover and I aald to hava made an offer for him. Savage ha named a -price and if the Mormon come througlr Bertie s will make the Journey westward. ' Tw Roarkea Are Staatd. Two of the Rourke have been signed for l'.i!6. They are two of tho three new men procured so far. Pet Kllduff, short stop, aud Ainsworth. pitcher. " ittlduff comes from Oklahoma City and Alns worth from " Fort Wayn. Thesa two players . ar . the only tw Rourke haa sent contract to. The players held under reserve from last year's will not receive their contracts until the Utter part ' of this month at the earliest. Rourke doe not have to send out his contracts until March 1, thl year, under the new ruling, ami Is In no hurry to sli:n up his re servists, especially he probably won't keep Over half of them. ' ' WILL HOLD TRAIN FOR - FIGHT SPECTATORS Fans are already securing thlr reser vations and their seals fir the Ulbhons Ahearn fight at St. Paul on January It Fred Hurllngim has made arrangement to hold the fast train after the fight, so that all the Omaha folk may reach hem th next morning and thu loo hut otj day away from their usual occupation. Among thoa who are going are: Fred Burliligim. JOn Gains. Art Ahlman. Her man Peter. William Neatlehous. Pete Loch. Pr. Trry. Jack Sullivan, Tom Parmelee and many others. Tho de siring reservation on th train which will wait after the fight should see Fred Burlinglm at the Merchants, o that there will b plenty ot car. Mike O'Neill believes one item where a hlg saving can bo effected hy club owners Is by doing nwsy with the veteran catcher employed to coach young pitch ers. Mike, who now manage a lenm In the New York tate league, Is a catcher whn won fame a decade ago, but he doesn't fnll for the popular gag that n cnpable receiver chii teach a pitcher anything. "Tho best catcher In the world can't show the woist pitcher In t'.ie business anything Ht all." opined Mike recently. "He can xint out mistakes, but so can a wise manager. No matter .how experi enced ii catcher he can't go out there on the mound and show the pitcher how to correct these mistakes. "If you were running a street rnilw,v. you wouldn't employ an old conduc tor to teach a young fellow how to act as inotorman. You'd go and Ret an ld motnrmnn for that Job. It takes a pitcher to show a pitcher anything, and that's why Clark Griffith haa had such success with young hurlers on his Washington clOh. '1 believe th time has come when magnates are awaking and when they do they'll cut swsy from these old catchers who are carried solely to coach young pitchers." ' Huffman Looks for a Big Demand for Autos This Year A little less than a month ago the W. L. Huffman Automobile company secured the asr-ncy for the Chalmers line of cars and contracted for 1.500 care for the 1316 season. When he left Omaha for the New York show last week W. L. Huffman took with him sub-agency contracts covering prac tically one-fourth of this allottment and on the strength of this remarkable show ing he was able to secure considerable additional territory, taking In a portion of northeastern Kansas. Mr. Huffman state that he is abso lutely sure that he will sell 2,000 cars this season, or moro If it were Possible for the factory to ship hint any more than that number of cars. The Huffman organisation has enough cars on hand and in transit and bllle-d for shipment to guarantee delivery up to March 10, but after that time deliveries will be made in accordance with the date that the order was taken. War Does Not Hurt Sport in Sweden NEW YORK, Jan. .-Ernie HJertberg, the former track coach of the Irish- American Athletic club, arrived her from Stockholm a few days ago. Ernie surprised his hearers by declaring there was a positive boom fn athletic in Sweden, despite the European war. The sport is getting more popular all the time. and. Incidentally, the Swede are developing aome great athlete. Ernest Wide, whom HJertberg expected to win the 1,600-metre race at Stockholm, ha improved so that he ia now getting undr 4.20 for th mile every time he tarts in condition. Abery, the broad Jumper, who luat nosed out Harry Worthlngton of Dartmouth for third place, when both wero school boy at the Stockholm meet, Is now a twenty-four-foot Jumper, having don this feat on more than one ooca ion last summer. ' Hjertberg. also, has several high Jump ers, ' who are beating six feet; one in particular, Sojberg, being good for ix feet three Inches almost any time at all. ' Sanders of Marieberg, Eml be lieves, will develop into a great distancer possibly another Kohlemalnen. At the hop, step and Jump, the Swedes have a school boy, Sahlln, who beat forty-eight feet flv times. f C. Murphy's Income Tax is Now Big Item Charles Webb Murphy, former prenldent of the Cuba, ha to pay a bigger income tax every year because of his realty in vestment. Murphy owns some choice real estate around th country. Including a M per cent interest in the site at Broad and Huntington streets, where th Phil dis port themselves on a summer day. Murphy and Mrs, Taft, wife ot Charles T. Taft, own the Plhla' ground outright and collect a big rental each year. Mur phy also own much valuable theatrical property in Chlcrgo. He is a native of Wilmington, O., ond the other day bought some property in the livest part of the place and wilt erect a theater capabl of holding 1,600 person. The building will be a sort of memorial of Murphy' to his home town. And in addition It probably will help swell Mur phy's bank account. Mid-Winter Tennis Tourney in Florida JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Jan. 8.-Mlaml. Fla.. will hold a winter lawn tennis tournament, which will attract a num ber of the best players In the coun try. Februsry int after the an nual speed boat regatta at Miami, and Immediately before the annual tennis tournament at Palm Peach, which al ways attracts a number of the eastern cracks. Among those expected to coin pete this year are T. R. Pell, Q. M. Church, and a number of others of na tional prominence. Carl C. Fisher 6f Indianapolis and Miami, haa given a challenge cup to become the permanent property of the player winning It three times. CALLAHAN AND WAGNER ARE ALMOST SAME AGE There is a difference of twenty-two days in the ages of Jisns Warner and Manager Jim Csltahan.' Hans being the senior. Cal was "born March 1. 1174 8nij mtaued being rsllnd Tatrlck by a day. Tlans might have gone through life a George Washington Wsgner had he ar. rived two days' earlier than February !, 174. And yet there is no dearer name than Hans to the American populace after all. LOOK THIS OVER. IT GIVES TED LEWIS' REAL HANDLE " ' Ted Lewis, th itiritiah prUa fighter, say that hi right nan hi Qerahoa Mendeloff. Gilmore Sayi Owinner Will Pur chase Club if Terms Can Be Agreed Upon. FORMER OUTLAWS IN CONFAB NEW YORK. .Up. T After a long con ference here tod.iy between James A. Gil more, president of the Federal league; Harry Sinclair, owner of the Newark Fed erals: Edward Owinner. president of the Pittsburgh Federals, and C. B. Corn stock, vice president of the same club. President Ullmore aald Owinner would buy the Cleveln.vl Americans if he could ajrrep on terns with the banking com mittee that Is now running the club. Mr. Gilmore vould not make any defi nite stnteiricnt os to whether Sinclair would buy the New Yorir. Nationals. "Just now Sinclair la out of base ball," h said. "But I am not saying he will not be back. I think Sinclair would be a good man to own a club In New York." Gilmore. said nothing would be done about disposing of Federal league players until the base bail atmosphere, clear. He announced that the Federal league meet ing planned for New York on January 12 has been postponed, owing to the inabil ity of Phil Ball of St. Louis to attend on that date. Ed Gwinner Happy Over Two Hundred He Got from McGill ' None of the men who took a chanoe aa club owners in the Federal league derived any profits from the Investment. This was particularly true in Pittsburgh, as Ed Gwinner admitted that he had lost 100,00ft in two seasons. But even with this big sum gone Mr. Gwinner points with pride to the fact that he 1 one of the few men In the league who made money at any etajre. He figured in a proposition that netted him iMO. This had to do with Sanford Burk, th pitcher, who Jumped to the Pittsburgh Federals last season from the Indlanai lis association club. While the peace committee waa disposing of tho players who had figured in iitigatlon it wa dis covered that Gwinner waa th only-Fed man against whom a minor league club had a auit pending. ' Gwinner waa advised to settle with James MlcGIll. owner of the Indianapolis, club, and as McGill waa not present his interest were looked fter hy Jack Hen dricks, his manager. After Indianapolis had declined to take Burk back by assum ing the Pittsburgh contract calling for" n.000. It was suggested that Owinner pay McGIU $300 for Burk and retain th pitcher, disposing of Banford a he de sired, but this wa not satisfactory to McGill, who wa notified of the offer by wire. McGill wanted $500, hut Owinner would not pay it and hi refusal won him $300. At th suggestion of James Gllmor. Gwinner consented to decide the wrangle by. flipping a coin. Owinner tossed up a 25-cent piece and a it etrock the floor, Hendrick called tail." But the coin turned up "heads' and Owinner had won. This. Gwinner saya, is the first and only profit he made in any way from the Fed eral league, and he is thinking of saving the money aa a eouvenlr, , " . Scale of Salaries In Majors and Feds NEW YORK, Jan. 8. The following table shows how much salary some of the players received under Organized Base Ball and what the Federal league paid them: Organized. Federal', Bali. League. pinker ...IS.SnO . JU.uuo Campbell .. 3,300 7.5ui Cooper 2,8ii0 T,m Falkenberg 4,Ono ' ' 7.5no Kauff - 9 Ail u,MMk Seaton . I.'0i 7,5ut has 6.0U0 ,0i MILLR0SE ATHLETIC. CLUB WINS CROSS-CUT TITLE NEW YORK, Jan. .-Nlok Qlanako pulos of the Mil I rose Athletic association of this city won the senior national croes country championship over th Van Cort landt park cour etoday. The winner' time waa 32:46, Hanne Kolehmainen, IrUh-Amarican Athletio club, wa second, about forty yards behind the leader, and Russell Sprlngteen, Yonkers Young Men' Chris tian association, finished third. Th team prize was won by the Irish-American Athletio club with twenty-five point and the Millrose Athletio association wa eo- ond with thirty point. EVERS WILL QUIT WHEN HIS CONTRACT RUNS OUT Johnny Fvers ha two mor year to I play under hi contract with the Boston ' club. He says that he will never play anywhere else, and he expect to retire from the game when the two year are up. He is getting a large lary, and by that time hopes to have enough saved to enable him to go into a private busi ness of his own. PENN DIRECTOR IS NOW "L MAJOR INBRITISH ARMY Dr. R. Tait Mackenzie, artist, culpter. anatomical expert. formflrfll. a ta a ' .... a , wi .urooio j and McGIU and later physical, director at .... ..luteisuy or Pennsylvania. Is a major In the British army medical corps stationed at Manchester. tiauiea Thla Week. aZIin!Ti1,yRJt"K"'Crrnlvers'r of Omaha against Buigess-Nash. Tuesday ttT5 Lin-.Ve?'t; of "'ha: Bellevue y a t M.it ,H,8h chool. Thursday it Men-, CUr&roV "'" XUn ..jinneriiai iagut mha National bank against Commercial High school Tuesday at 1 Aa, nd Omaha High sThnoi Reserves against Fair-mount eanJeTv company at s.te at Voung-Men' Ch"s tian association; Joe ginttha agaan.t Com mernal Hit!h s. hool. Wednesday at 7i0 t Council Blutfe Voung Men' ChrUtiah aso.-i, Hon; Townaend Tigers aaainat rail-mount Creamery company. Thuradav at 7 at Youn Men's I 'hr.,i.- Mlon; Omaha High School RVslsrv' I aaainat Omaha National Banks. Thura wy .Rt L30 and O'-'Xhton I -aw. against M. K. Smitl.s at at FnlveraUy of lOmaha; Commercial High school against y reunion j-aws. .Saturday at 7:7 nd Townsend Tleer against M-. B. Bmitha at i;l at I niverwitr of Omaha omnD - ' u iMiiLa. l ueadav at at Vminv fn'. rv, Jy 7i.'. is. ..r .r. ""."u ss associa tion- r irsr i itnMin, i . . Rsntista Ttiea.l.v 1 at University ,i V against First Methodista, Th 1 vr.,1 ZKTH Met and Bt. Marv'a rnn.nXT.T! Tl " r south Hid. ;.. gmt Christian i.V ' uo i 1 , other that wr aWiTiLhot "