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, THE. OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 23,' 1916. 3 S SILK HAT HARRY'S DIVORCE SUIT. Drawn for The Bee by Tad (VCVJwt-V OoJrvw KNOW AVT A AO fiwy 3uo5, "CT ( THHyL, nn 1 Awl- WCt CAJJlD 1 ) t AAflOf tHir V . , THAT OWNIC. I'M aoT Al OfoAiO Af AJtJO OrtAT J ) G7JC JamI MVO ) ti4TvMJw' ) V ( AMorHr ThC K-no- ). w OR,, oft- ( ? J vA. AJ, y It. 30 OAV y I TVWft Af OAO Af . MM- I -. fern I- (s'fcJ I iW I (Mi - " JnrlcnWs I rOUKfiltR ISSOX MYSTERY IT Is. to bo jromimrd that .the sale of Lee Mc and Benny Kauft by J ta rry Sinclair means that the Okla homa oil magnate will not purchase tha Ntw -rk Giants. It wii pre viously 'understood that" 'FlntlR.lr hold Kauff and M,ce In reservo "to strengthen the rluO- he wna hfle (o buy. Aa both of those pa yen' have been sold to the liotham iltine It Is' apparent 'Sinclair will not buy 1n the bit city. And It Is doubt ful if Sinclair will continue In bate ball at all, an abo'it Hie only major league franchise on -.h3 'market la the Cleveland affair, which Mn'cialr protmhiy would re fuse, ns- Him lslr i. H good bHisiriesa man and the Cleveluafl franchise Is a apecu latioi), to say u.e least. It has bern as aerted that thu oil' man offered $1.2 O.tO) for 62 per cent Interest In the Cilnrt'.s. but thnt I'lculiirnl Hemphill demjned adrtltl-mal .-UO.COO. which Sinclair, refused to ray'pha' ' 'thciefor Oropped ' mgcitlH tions. ,ft, would; ttocm on the surface .a.4.l ; rt(ll:(;loua!y hla-h-figure for a littlefover. ,liaif of the Uothani stock, and that' Hemphl'l niude a sad mistake in refusing' the, oi'i'i't' ' I'en hnnie Hemphill alacd 8lnclalr,up w easy casteriors liave that delusion rcgardina; wesuTneiH nd thought -ho '.ioul.J get two loavea Instead of a whole luaf, ;ht missed his mark. It ia to be TCKrctUJ that the Tuljsa;' citizen will not,rt inula ii base ball. ;ii Is a sport t)roiih lHd through, and bkae ball is sadly. .In ; need of auch men. Sinclair w ould fr a' valuable et to the senior league and would do much to overcome the anfmdalty the . tan now' holds toward magnates as a. clLra. i.: . : J i The puAfhase ' of :-Steve Vtrkcsby Joe Tinker ..for. IC.SOfl' as mbre or less of a aurprlsjj;iHiasi, UJ1 fans. ThereVlS ihn? sldersbi. 1 disrun'ion as to whether Tinker "; bty ' p-a a wiao one..-Yerkes waa the. hr4 of the 1SU world's series which avaa .cabtured by the' aton Kd Sox, but-In' Wit Carrlgan, who auo . ceeded Jake ;4rtahl aa manager saw 'fit to relekae ; hlni , unconditionally, Jt waa aid at the ttmu, however, thai y-erke was tahl adherent and ws,s therefore" la disrepute wltrr Carrlgan,1 who - aelied the first' .opportunity to let him out. Yerkes alffned with the Pittsburgh Fed erals and last year with the Smoky City nine hltL2M for tile season and played a great fteEdlng game and made a record for hlmaelt on the paths. In' the peaca shuffle yervS waa overlooked by . most of the niajor managers, but Tinker, who aays Yerkes Is a star, stepped In and bought , him. The bare fact that Tinker aayt Yerkea 4a a good player ia an Indi cation .thatj he la far from a Poor one and perchance Joseph Instead of com mitting an error merely proved himself a smarter leader than most of the pres ent Incdmbents.. 'The approaching season w ill tell. '''' . ' ' ' The announcement that Frank Ootch, retired, wrestling, champion, will travel with a circus as a feature attraction this year occasions mild astonishment among devotees bf the padded mat gams. Ootch refused rto coma out of his retirement to meet .tocher, but now he will gather In a few 'hundred dollars a week and meet all comers with a- sideshow. Bom of the wise one who profess to have a thorough understanding of wrestlers . and their met hoda-a, seemingly Impossible achieve ment to those who stand on the outside and attempt to reason out the loglo of startling maneuvers of wrestlers and wrestling' managers express the opinion that dotch's. advent to the circus game Is a two-fold training and publicity stunt, It la said Qotch will get back into shape by this method And will also receive un limited publicity .which will greatly en chance the gate receipts In case the retired chamn essays a come-back and meets soma at the wrestlers now chasing tho elusive dollar. Percy Ilaughton will be a powerful ad dition te the National league. Percy is an Idol In Boston, where he has coached and led. to victory seven Harvard grid iron elevens. There Is not a mora popular man la Massachusetts and the entire population ' will beoome brave booatera because of their regard for the great foot ball mentor. It will mean bigger attendance In; Boston and that will not only prove profitable to the Boston club, but to the visiting clubs as well. The Braves have been good drawing cards In Beantown since George mailings led the crew te a world's championship and they will be. even mora so now. Scrappy . Bill Joyce baa become head scout for the Browns per appointment by Fielder Jonei. Scrappy Bill during the FreodmaA regime In the National league-?eara ago, made a reputation as aA umpire baiter that aver Johnny Evers, Muggsy MoOraw and Heine Ztm must bow before; . The amateur Question has finally started a rumpus In golf ranks. The dis pute over , amateurism appears to be destined - for a - Ufa aa long as Methus elah's' with, less chance for death than the blbilosl patriarch. In the right to promote a WUIard-Moran mill and incidentally line the champion's coffers with large sums of Americao coin of the realm. It is noted that Jack Curley lands with the upper hand. PantV Bowlanfl JTinds It a Problem What' to Do with French Boy Who Slujrs Three-Sackers. . . r . . v "' i .. - ' . BUT JACiUES CANNOT FIELD l-"or tiic:!t two years White 8ox base ball fans have had arguments regarding the'- ability of Jack Kournler, the sturdy snd heavy hitting- French boy of Comle key's squad of warriors. They all agree thnt he tan hit and they all agrue that he Is a poor fielder, and the argument starts when some oiie says the Sox would be . bcttr? pf to' keep Itlm out of the game except as a pinch hitter. . , . A" master of fact, Jlarmgrr Row land hue fmed the earn problem , and tried 11 both ways,, and Indications , are that he wlll.fe e It again next spring an ! perhHPs try both wavs arstn' Th fans like Kournler because he. always shows a fighting spirit and they .know he is try Ing desperately to win the ball game and, t the' same time,- Increase his batting average: " ' '.' " . .: After many stories had been" printed exploiting the batting prowess' of Four nler and- deploring "his woaknaas In the field, the young player grew aelf-con-srlous and for a time last season was f nervous that his fielding became even worse, in fact,' so bad that finally l.e was taken ntit'.so hat he might gain peace of mind. ''; - t, ; There was . one day .hat the -French boy had a comeback, .for things went quite the reverse. The team was play ing In Philadelphia and Jack Fournler went to bat jour times and rot nary a blow. He fanned twice and nnnnaif im a couplo tit weak files and as a batter lor.Koa.ni Onl for.a class D lesrtle -. vfir-the-tld-thaf-uay--h-was a sensa- t on. He nabbed several wild throws first basv,some of thorn necessarily with one hand. ". He scooped a hot grounder and pegged a runner out at the plate and ho stabbed a roller, ahnt tn ond for a force nljiv anil .nmrilAf ! double play at flrat. At all times he han dled himself In a way that would have made Hal hase Jealous. ' i' ' Lores Hie lilts. ' ' After the players had -returned t their hotel and had eaten dinner Jack strolled out in rront, where a bunch of his mates were gathered. Taking a position near them he add rented the following remark to an Imaginary companion: '.'Do you know Mr. Jacques Fournler of tha White BoxT He's a great fellow and you ought to meei him. He's a rotten fielder, but he sure can hit that nlll " Perhaps there never waa a ball player wno lovea m baw hit more than- does Fournler. When he la Mttlnr in hi. lar stride he's as gay and happy as a scnooi Doy. am ir ne gets Into a slump and goes a couple or three days without a blow, it Is unpleasant to be In his com pany. '. ,. Once last spring the Sox were engaged in a four days' session agalnstAhe Tigers Ir. Detroit and Fournler went hltless or tha first three days Wnen tha fourth day arrived ha was all unstrung and any one who crossed him waa In danger of being punched m the jaw. Three times that afternoon ha went to bat and failed to land tha ball to safe ground. Finally tha fourth time up ha hit one on tha nose right over second base, as pretty a Una drive aa one wo-ild care to see. Blsj glory gpolled. The Sox left Detroit that night for St. Louis and after the train was wsll under way Fournler Jcined a group of war scribes in the smoking compartment. "Well, fellows," he said, "t nearly had a great story for you to send to the Chi cago papers. That blow X got tha last time up spoiled It. When I walked up to me riata mat tim I bad made up my mind that If I didn't get a hit I would end It all tonight by diving through tha car window after the train got up speed. I'm sorry I had to disappoint you on the tory." , When the war broke out in Europe BASKET BALL TOSSERS OF CRETE HIGH SCHOOL Tront row, left to right: Leon ard Frundell, Lester Frundall (captain), Clarence Frundell, Ben Bilhourn. Back row: Squires (coach), Oldyn Kacer, Frank Died la, William Ellis. Not a smoker or chewcr or drinker on the team. jlo o n K i r f V I? t j v , I n A i I - i f t i i i ) M BjMMBBBBJBMMMas Fournler's. mates on tha White Sox Jo ir.gly rebuked him for not quitting base ball and going at -once to help the French lick the Qermans. "I'd like to go." declared Fournler. "It wouldn't scare mo a bit to be In one of those trenches and take pot shots at the Qermans whenever they dared to show their heads. X wouldn't have tha least bit of fear when tuose shells were break ing around r.ie, either. If one ever hit me, I wouldn't know It anyway. There' only one thing about war I don't. Ilka. The flrat time they aver gave tha order to charge bayonets, that's when I would quit" . e , MACK AND STALLINGS ARE STILL ENEMIES Though tha Athletics and Braves will meet In an exhibition game at Jackson ville In March, tt does not mean that Con nie Mack and George Btallings hay made up. Connie says ha made tha data with Jim Oaffney and that he means to have nothing to do with Btallings. However, down In Jacksonville they are arranging a little peace banquet at which It Is in tended Mack and Btallings shall shake hands. HARRISBURQ TO RETURN TO NEW YORK STATE LOOP ITarrtsburg. Fa., will go back to class B ball if efforts of tho magnates there are successful. After a disastrous season In the International league, operating with the Newark franchise, the Harris burg elub owners last week deolded to apply for a place In the New York State league. The Newark franchise will re turn to Its old horn as a result of tha Federals closing out there. Abcrg Challenges Stcchcr for $10,000-. at Gracco-Roman Style "Who Is this guy Joa Stecher 'that b should come la here and aay he's a champion T "Where Is Dodge, Neb.T Never heard of tha place. "I'll show this guy Stecher up. HI take him on. I'll challenge him." "It will take me less than ten minutes to throw this bird; that's how good X am I don't care how good be la "And I've got 10,004 perfectly good American dollars reoetvable for customs, taxes and publio dues, that I'll risk that I can beat him. "Lot him wrestle me If he's looking for fc-oublo." These and a few more modest declara tions of war are the result of the com bined efforts of MlsUr Axel Aberg. who Is now doing a Oil Anderson through the pocketbooks of unsuspecting New York wrestling fans by virtue of headlining the perpetual tournament now on in Oof ham. and his press agent. Mr. Abery Is very much wroth at the interest taken in Stecher, who has Just arrived la the east. Stecher has some what crowded Aberg out of the spotlight and the tempermental Axel la peevish ever It. Thua the sudden belligerency. But. ah, what is this? Hera Is the key to tha situation. Hera Is tha reason for Mister A berg's belllooae greeting to the Nebraska boy. Mister Aberg stipulates that this flO,OoO guarantee-to-throw-hlro-ln-exninute af ffalr be Craaco-Roman style. Oraaoo Boraan style, be tt known, prohibits the use of leg holds, at eetera. No wonder Aberg challenge Steoher. There are a whole lot of punka te tha world who would take a chaaoe with Stecher if they knew they were In no danger of suddenly becoming deprived of four or five ribs via tha scissors process. Mr. Abcrg Is a foxy gent, he will get a lot of publicity out of bis loophols challenge of Stecher, and you've got to give him credit. But eome day he'll run up against Stecher or Karl Caddock or Charley Peter or some of these chaps out here at eatrh-aa-catrh-can and they'll hold an Inijuest ovr him. HO DECISI0NSFOR GOTHAM New York Bing Follower! Diiap pointed Because Commission Be fuel to Permit Deoiiioni, . ONE BAD FEATURE TO VERDICTS NEW YORK, Jan. KLMany local ring followers war disappointed when It be came known that the boxing commission had decided not to tuMHiiunt with referees' decisions. Perhaps the boxing I -".v.. wvw iw juuincn ior it can not be denied that often where A and gambling have flourished boxing baa oeen smotnered to death. Yet there are places where decisions era allowed and the srama rela iloni wall enough. Nor la any of them under me ruio or a state commission, armed with the necessary authority to suppress tha objectionable element Decisions never have been tried under commission rule, and thara waa a good deal of cu riosity (n the proposed experiment, in view of the fact that it would have been an easy matter to go back to the old order of things If all did not work as well ss expected, tha calamity howl ers might have waited until they had soma reason for objection There Is only one sound objection to decisions and that la that they encourage betting. Betting and scandal go hand-In-hand. If the commission had decided to go through with the plan. It Is quite possible that everything would have worked well unless those wtio have been bo enthusiastically predicting scandal, would have deliberately aought to manu facture some. In order to show that they war true prophets. That ia where the real danger lay. There are many persons who object to decisions from purely sel fish motives, and. no doubt, they would have done all they could to atlr up trouble In order to have tha rule wiped out. Tha argument that It Is unfair to ask a champion to risk his title In ten rounds Is not a aound one. Bouts of that length are tha rule, longer battles are the rare exceptions. Twenty-round battles have practically passed out and tha ten-round limit has eome to stay. That Is the dis tance bare In New York, which la ths center of the boxing game. Why should this great state and many others be forced to depend on happenings In out-of-the-way cornera of the country? The boxers obtain the greater part of their Incomes here, and it would be no in justice to force them to conform to tha conditions that obtain here. There Is far too much sympathy wasted on champions. They Invariably consult only their own' Interests, and when these clash with the best Interests of the sport they let the sport go hang. There Is not one who has not made a comfortable fortune out of the game, and could not have done so well in other lines of endeavor. RED SOX BUY A TWIRLER NAMED BADER FROM BUFFS The Boston Red Box have purchased Pitrher In Bader from the Buffalo International club. HOLD BIG BOUT IN SPRING Willard-Moran Fijht Will Wot Bo Staged Until OpenAir Arena ii Available. KORAN WANTS A GUARANTEE COMMISH NOT TO DISSOLVE Report from Philadelphia that Gov eraing Body of Bate. Ball Will Break Up Prove i False. COMMISSION IS MUCK NEEDED NEW YORK. Jan. U. The report ema nating from Philadelphia to tha effeot that tha National eommlsalon la to be dissolved appears to have little real value. Such a rumor waa circulated soma time ago, but when base ball conditions are understood It can readily be appreciated that Organized Base Ball without some such body as the National commission would cease to be Organised Base Ball. For this reason. If for no other. It seems that tha National commission will qnn tlnue to do bujlness at tha same stand. Organised Baae Ball would never of Its own accord dissolve the National com mission. Should It be ordered to do so by the courts that, of course, would be an entirely djfferent matter, and whether the courts wouid look upon It as some thing which should be dissolved for any violation of the Hherman antl-truat law is something that we are not In a posi tion to voice an opinion on. That there Is little ohane of the courts rendering any such decision Is apparent. The ac tion brought against Organised Base Ball by the federal league Is in stau quo and will be withdrawn by the Federal league In the near future. A decision In this case would not then be given, and as the only action pending it seems that if tha National commission were to be dissolved It would be at tha Instigation of Organised Base Ball Itself. Majors Woe Id He Independent. In such an event the National and American leagues would operate mora In dependently than they do at tha present time. All of the rules which form the foundation of Organised Base Ball would no longer be In operation, and there would be no final base ball court of ap peals to which cases between minor and major league clubs and between clubs and players, etc., could be carried for decision. The strength of Organized Base Ball la garbed In the cloak of authority worn by the National commission and It Is decidedly unlikely that Organised Base Ball Is contemplating throwing aside any such protecting cloak. When the National and American leagues buried the hatchet and decided to awing together wise base ball generals dictated the forming of the National com mission, composed of the presidents of tha two leagues and a Chairman to be elected by tha two presidents. Its forma tion was the link which united their strength and male thera so formidable. Had It not been for tha National com mission It would have been a far easier task for ths Federal leagua to have dis rupted major letgue base ball, for It waa the National commission which bound together tho American and National leagues. Tha old adage, "United we stand, divided we fall," has a prominent place la base ball, NEJW YORK, Jan. 23-It la probable that tha projwsed WUIard-Moran ma ton will not be held until late In the spring when the weather will permit an open air flsht. Word cornea from Willard that he wilt not be ready to enter the rtng until May, and under no circumstances will ha agree to battle In March aa proposed. The difficulty of obtaining a closed arena large enough for a match of such Importance la another reason for delay. Talk of running tha bout In some small hall and charging UXi for every ticket Is a joke on the face of It. There la too much boxing going en these days at popular prices for any such schema to ba possible. There are plenty of open air arenas capable of seating enough people to take In the S4&.000 that la to go to the boxers and leave enough over to pay tha pro moters for their trouble, and It would not be necessary to raise the prices above the average rate. Fbbeta field In Brook lyn would be an excellent place to hold the big battle and It Is not unlikely that this arena will be the one selected. Moran said that the money end waa satisfactory to him, but that one or two other matters had to ba settled before he would sign articles. Ho probably' will demand that a big forfeit ba posted to guarantee that the bout will be held. He has many profitable matches In sight and cannot afford to ba tied up for tha rest of the winter season unless sure thera will ba no slip-up, Moran la Ckesty. "We don't have to fight Willard. you know," ha said, using the plural pronoun In order to take In his manager. "There are plenty of matches for me that will pay well Just .now, I don't want a long delay, for boxing only draws well In the winter and I've got to get mine while the going Is good. "No, I never saw Willard fight, but I saw tha moving pictures of tha Havanna battle when I was In England. I looked them over several times and I have a pretty good Idea of what he's got That talk of him being Invincible la all rot. Any man will go down when b gets hit on the chin hard enough." HOME RUN BAKER LOSES OUT Famous Four-Sack Clouter Was Of fered Eight Thousand a Tear and Big Bonus by Feds. NO CHANCE TO GET IT SOW These moaning sounds that have filled tha air recently are not tha fllataat rum bllnge of an aoUva roloano they merely are erica af anguish that canape Hone Run Frank Baker whenever ba think of tha might-have-been. Just a few brief montha suro Fra&ki waa approached by Federal agents, who spoke to him thuslyt "Coma and Join us. We will give you tio.000 aa a cash bonus and wall give you an Ironclad three-year oontraog ,'l'ng for JS.OM a year." "Honestly, will your queried rranlrte. "Just to ahow yon that wej mean busi ness," spoke up James A. OUraora, "X hand yon herewith ten aXOOO Mils and X plaea before you a contract atatlac that wa will pay you M.OCO par year and guar antee the payment" And Oilmora did that vary thlngv Baker fondled tha yellowbacks In a loving way. Ha hemmed and ba hawed. Ha started to aay. "All right I'll alga." several times, but always bis tongue seemed to refuse to form tha wards. Finally ha Spluttered! "It's a awell offer, gents, but X can't take It I'm still under contract with Connie Mack and some day X may want to get back with him; Furthermore, you can offer me a Jot, for only three years. After that X may be out In tha world.' "But" Interposed OUmore, "we offer you 134,000 for those three years. That's aa much aa you'd earn la organised base ball In six, years." But Baker threw down tha Federal offer; he said he would Ilka to take the matter up again next spring meaning the spring of IMS. And now the Feds are dead. If Baker wants to ge tack Into Organised base ball ha will have to go bark at any sort of salary the elub owners decide to pay him. That probably will be In the neighbor hood of I8.S00 a year. Oh, yea. Baker la worth more than that but bail players in tha future, aren't going to get all they are worth. And you must remember, too, that Baker Is In bad with bla ownere. Can you blame tha home run king for tha moans that escape hint whan he recol lects what ha did passed up aa offer of 134,000 for three years T Mori's SUITS PRESSED The Pantoriura Way Phone for one of our Autos to call. We, get them one day and return the next. TiH PANTORIUM GOOD CLKANKKS AND DYERS" 1518-1C-17 Jones ttt, Iliona Donglaa DC3. Branch Office, 2016 Farniun 8U South Side, 4 7 OS Bo. JMth 6U "NOTICE TO FANS" Marty Kruff, the Manager of the Omaha Base Ball Club of 1916, has taken over the management of tho Ak-Sar-Ben Billiard Parlors at Sixteenth and Howard streets, in the Her Grand Basement. I have renovated the place and have 'everything in first class shape I am f?oing to have a haso ball race, and will also give a gold piece away every month. Good service and popu lar prices. FOR FANNING DEES SEE ME. Give Me a Call and Hear All the News, V ...1 Jj rr.es Mie CAN BE CURED Free Proof To You All I wsnt is Tar name snd sitdrees so I ro seed yea a free trial treat, ment. I want iuii ju.t la try tbis treeUaeBt Uiat's all Net try tt 1 bat's air ouly atguaacnt. I've been In the drug business In Fort Wsrne for (0 years, nearly e knwi about an suv.aa.ful traatmrot. Over tfcrea tasnaseS sm Wayne hate, accord lag to their ewa etatuueuta, beca cuiU by Uu Ucaunaut siuce I grat suede this otfer public If ynu have Ecxesaa, ttck. Salt Rheata, Tetter never mind new bad srVeatBMet Was cored tlie worst cease i ever ur-iNt saw a tunc, ia arm say atsMa. OUT AMD M All. TODAY " " 1 J. C. HUTZCLL, DraggUts SS6 West Mala St, Fart Wayste, 14. FlisssssaJ whhowt sort at ebllgettoa as sae yea Free Front T satisesi Ksaia i. .i tw ' i eulaile ef fort Send ms your asms and addrawea tbeeoapen below end set the trial traetsaent I wast teesod you fat B. 1 he weudcrs accauipliaUad ia our ewa case will be Bret. Poet Office.. . Blatav. New.