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TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 27, 191G, 3-S BRINGING UP . FATHER Copyright 1!. Interna tional New Service. Drawn for The Bee by George McManus MA'it -LCOK ATTHCTia I COT FtK COARTtP. ACT XOOTKt IT ttAXKJ CONt WITH ME. -I LU 5ET "YOUTH tAMt Tie DOWH TOWN OR. NiNC CENT ' 'T LOTUS VM.K TO frit STORE Mrt VA.LK? HOO CC.T TAXI WHA.T DO VOU THINK I AM A -CAMEl-- l I T1' t ' r v- ' fv --CAMEl.- r , nrsw.-r w.k,tT zyst 1 Ti Too xr-v-Tr-: ir T i J l f I tmc. other ckv-v r7 i i k i 'y k i irv ii ll v i iv- y tv i i i i lu- ii i i rr v r fSlX. dollars W1LU XOU PLEASE THITIE WLL COTVlC FlfTT DOLLARS BEFORE i5HE OLT5 Tmou4H: I Think fLU have soMeoxvrtft,. MWA jrU.rVO- Cmop -tea and CC CREAM- MAWt THERC SOME. PRINT IN ON THE. OTHER tDC TOO HAVEN'T SEEN. I'D LIKE TO ET TWO OP THObt TIE I tKW in YDOH WINDOW TESTER DAvT! 1 JUtT OLDTHC LAAT ONE TO A CHINAMAN -COT WB WILL HAVe MORE IM Judgments IULB he nigv be disinclined to err with the aphorism "their never coma back," FYank Ootch la finding the processes lfJ.-!Wl return mora or lea dlffl- w Ummmhv colt. Ootch wa matched to meet Adolph Ernst tn S.n Francisco, but he auddenly called the bout off for an Indeterminate period. Aa a reaaon (or the act ha declared ha did not feel hla physical condition warranted an attempt to throw a man the caliber of Emat twice In an hour, a waa the agreement made. A very good reaaon. Indeed, and Gotch haa one mora ahown hlmeelf a foxy wrestler whose motto la "eafetjr ftrat" A young; man. strong- and einewy, possessed of the speed of old, and indomitable en durance, Ootch would find throwing; Ernst once In an hour no gentle task, let alone twice. And Ootch reallaea ha la not the Ootch of old. And that bring to mind the possibility of a match between the retired champion and Joe H eerier. Ootch knows he will have to be in the very beat of ahape to tackle the Nebraska youngster. Perhapa the little touch of ego whlqh aaiata in all men will perauada the Iowaa to the belief that he la aa rood aa aver and aapabla of taking; Sterber'a measure. In that case a big puree will re cult In the match. But. on the other hand, Prank better Judgment may overrule the ego And In that event there will not be any match becauee Ootch.. unlike most retired champtona who essayed come backa that ajulokly proved fatal, haa money in the bank and aeveral acres of Iowa land, and a huge puree wilt not bo the powerful inducement it usually ' la. And carefully weighing the two potnle It la not bad Judgment even though the avert world seems to take It for granted the match will eventually be made to venture a prediction that there will nofi he any Oatch-Stacher wrestling; match. Incorporation into the rulea of an ar ticle calling; (or the numbering; of all foot ball players is. a .question .waioh will be an isaue at the coming meeting; of. the foot ball rules committee. Numbered players adds much to- the convenience of apectatora when the numbers are clearly dlacernable and when a key to the num bering la provided in a program. But many schools have a tendency to provide numbers which are ao indistinct aa to be totally Unreadable. Other schoole fall to provide a key to the numbering cystem. If the colleges would conscientiously number the players so that they could be seen and understood, numbering of the players will be a benefit to the game. If they continue to adopt the half-hearted measures they did in the Missouri Valley last year, numbering of the players is a nuisance which adds to the Inconvenience instead of convenience of spectators. Ted Lewis is stealing Jack Dillon's stuff.' After Dillon, who weighe about 175 pounds had Informed the world he waa willing to take a, chance with the 340 pound Jeaa Wlllard, Law la cornea ta bat with an offer to concede Mike Gibbons, lea Darcoy ,or any, other middleweight eighteen pounds In a twenty-round battle. Dillon made a distinct hit with fight fans by hla apparent willingness to do battle a virtue few fight ere of modern tlmea possess and Lewis evidently la calculating on the same result. But lwls haan't a record like Dillon. He hasn't put over the forty-two-ceutlmeter awing on anybody twice hla iiu rutin has. Ha haan't much more than held hla own among the welterweiB-ht. 8n nut Xf Lewlg down as a plagiarist, or hla preaa agent aa one; It a the same thing. Base ball players are hardly to be censored for their greedtneaa. Once more tola la vividly brought to mind by the case of Joe Wood, still a very roust man Wood day are at least through aa a hlgn-aalarled ban player. An op eration robbed him of hi usefulness and he is to be east aside, a worn-out veteran. Wood only had a few abort years of uiiBiune ourai wnica in max sis nay, If he didn't make lt It la regarded a hla own fault. And while w realise a anod many ball player are highly overpaid relative to their ability In anr other line of endeavor, they really are not to be blamed for getting their share while the getting la good. .Freddie Welsh will "fight" in New York Tuesday with a person named Bloom. You have to hand it to Gotham, a wrestling tournament and then Freddie Welsh, dotham la certainly a glutton for punishment. Eight Western league managers predict first division clubs. Sis predict pennant winners. Showing that a base ball man ager regards elementary arithmetic aa completely fallacious. George Button has challenged Willie lioppe for K,6o ,tde. Either George is getting philanthropic or should be in the asylum instead of Calvin Demarest. Basa ball peace haa had one benevolent effect at leaat. It haa transformed the rlp-snortlng lld-atch George Btoval ;nto a cooing love. Joe Btecher haa a wrestling match en this week. Who the opponent musht be la of little Importance. Two year with the Feda cost Pbll Bali flSOiKk. But some day Ball may be an angel for a musical comedy. AMATEURS ARE SPEEDING UP Board of Director of Amateur As sociation Will Meet Wednesday to Hake Plans for Tear. CONTRACTS WILL GO OITT SOON BY FRANK QUIGLEY. Th preparatory work eaaential to or- ganlse the varloua leagues of the Omaha Amateur association la how In full sway and all the manager of the different teams are securing promisee to ' play from every piece of base ball timber available. In ail probability the con tracts will be dished out at the meeting ot the Omaha Amateur Base Ball asso ciation directors next Wednesday night at the city hall. At this meeting, the constitution will be submitted to the di rectors for their approval. On the aame night the American league and the Southern league will meet and make definite plana for the ensuing seasons. Friday night three leagues, namely. City league. National league and the Booster league will meet and lay the foundation for thia year. Ail managers or a representative of the teams holding franchises in the afore mentioned league ahould be on hand In order to retain their franchises and other managers that are desirous of entering a team ahould be- on the job and make their wanta known. The undeniable fact that the Omaha Amateur Base Ball association la grow Ing rapidly was amply demonstrated at the big maea meeting of the amateura laat week, when approximately 600 hu mans decorated the scenery for the au preme purpose' of. lnocculatng aoma knowledge and also to give a little gratia ad v lee for the benefit of all concerned. Three year ago about 1 attended' the initial meeting. Laat' year about 900 howed up and Judging from the atten dance last , week, the next mass meet ing will have to be held at the Audi torium In order to accommodate the crowd. -.: Greater Omafcaf Meets. At a meeting of the -magnates of the Greater Omaha league laat week it waa unanimously decided to deduct SO per cent of the groaa receipts of the various inclosed parka for the park owner, then I per cent for the association and the re maining 45 per cent te be played for, 0 per cent to the winner and 40 per cent to the loser, or any way the teams may choose. The Burgeaa-Naah team took over the franchise left open by the" de parture of the Black'a Kata. Thla team will be all dolled up this season with maroon-colored flannels, with black trim mings and a golden monogram. The magnate of the Greater Omaha league will meet against at the city hall tomor row evening. Chris Lyck, well known backer of va rloua base ball squads, haa decided to pull in hla horns, consequently he will net affiliate with tha claaa-A boys thla term. A team to be Vnowrfa the T. B. C.'s, backed by Tracy Bros., will be the bunch that Lyck will root for. They will utilise tha south diamond of the Douglaa County Agriculture association grounds and In all probability will book up In class-B circles with the City league. ' Ralph Whitney will manage this aggregation. Pre-Sfaaoa Goaal p. Hereafter the O. A. Nelsons will be known as the Emil Hansen a. The Murphy-Did-Ita will have new uni forms, which will be white with black trimmings. Tha Nebraska Auto School gang will roam around under the Beacon Preaa appellation thla season. It is about time for the Inter-City league gents to get busy. Nothing stir ring in their camp to date. Another gang that will probably be out of the race is the WloUel Vlctrolas. They have aang their laat tune. ' Pol an, Donahue, Burrlsh and Bwoboda, formerly with the Brown Parka, will be Uned up with the Murphy-Dld-Its. Any elass-A ball players wishing a try-out with the North Omaha Boostera should call Samuel Moore at Colfax 17J0, Now It Is up to Thomas Noone to snout up another backer if he Intends to be associated In Class A circles this year. That team known aa Oentleman'a Mol lys will be back as strong aa mustard, but John A. Gentleman may not be their backer. Kocher, an old-timer with a record a mile long, will hook up with the Uur-?tsa-Nash squad. lie ia a left-pawed wlggler. According to the dope going the rounds the Nonpareil club will have two teams in tha field, one Class A and tha other Class B. Bam Anderson will take care of the North Omaha Booatera on the field. I'n der his tutorship thia gang ought to oar high. Thla seaeon tha Townsend Oun com pany will put ur a silver trophy cup to be donated to the winner of the class B championship. Prof, fltorm, manager ef tha Council Bluffs Joe Hmltha last year, aaya he la going to cut eut and frame hla man agerial aspirations. The Emil Hannens will try tljelr lack with tha Class-B warriors this season. I-ajt sesson they won the championship pt tha Booster league. Thla aeaaon the North Omaha Booat era, formerly the Bam Moo res, will loin the elass-A forces and land a franchise In the National league. Next Friday evening the Bourgeois team will hold their annual Banquet and entertainment at Omaha Muclk Verein, Seventeenth and Caa streets. Puckv Hnlnr.es la aupnosed to cough up some deflnltee knowledge relative to his proposed bsll park at the next meeting of the Greater Omaha league. When asked what the letters on hla base ball shirt stood for Nutty George Dougherty replied that the only reason CLAIM GIRLS' BASKET BALL TITLE Kimball county high school gills' basket ball quintet challenges any girls' five in Nebraska for state championship. CI B J ...-- . ft. Kr? i, m t -Srv.. 'eW v Yr u if - I I ! Mr Sff-'ttK;: s r' 1 r I n r Pittsburgh and Browns Still in Row Over Sisler NEW TORK, Feb. r.-Allhougt George Sisler, tha former Vntverslty of Michi gan star, played elhty-one games w tl the Ft. 1-oiile Browns last aeaaon, title to his services, disputed by the Pitts burgh club, haa not been determined by Chairman Herrmann of the Na lnal com mission. Aa thla la a squabble between the two major league. Presidents Tens and Johnson put tha question up to Herrmann some lime ago. Briefly, Kisler, when a minor, agreed to play with tha Pirates. Then he at tended the University of Michigan, and. at hla request, tha National commission declared him a free agent, with the under- at and Ing that If he decided to play pro fessional base ball, tha Piratea ahould have tha flrat chance to sign him. Branch Rickey, then manager of tha Browns and also Michigan' base ball coach, I aid to have tampered with Staler ao that the latter finally signed with the Browns. When the Piratea protested President Johnson asked the Browns not to play Dlsler, but Johnson' order waa Ignored Meanwhile Herrmann made no ruling end still, has the case under advisement. Dialer waa recently sold by Colonel Hedges to the Browns' new owner, Philip Ball, which further complicates matter. Incidentally, Kisler, who wanta to play flrat base, has been told by Fielder Jones that ha must take hla turn In the box, Aa a result, the young collegian ia aid to b dissatisfied. The Kimball County High school isn't a very, big high school and It doesn't take an electric adding machine to learn tho extent of its student body. But the Kimball County High school boaata tha state championship of NobraSka in one branch of athleUcs and challenge any other high school to dispute Its claim. Kimball county asserts that the girl basket ball quintet of Ita high acbot ta the clas of the state and offers to pit It against any team '"Which haa an ob jection. Superintendent Jt. K. Truax makes tha claim 'for tha KlmbiJl county girls and also extends the challenge. Any girls' team In the state may accept tha challenge by .communicating with Mr. Truax. So far this year tha Kimball county lasalea bar won ten. straight games. Their record Includes viotoiiea over tha following teams r , -.,,".,.. Pottur. M to IS. Juleeburg, Colo., S) t K - Juleaburg, Colo., ) to . , Sidney, 26 to 13. . Sidney. M to 10. , Alliance. 7 to IS. Alliance. M to SO. Cheyenne, Wyo., 37 to 1. Cheyenne. Wyo.. U to S. , BILL DONOVAN CONFIDENT Leader of Yanks Declares He Will Have a Beal Fighting1 Ball Club of Winning Caliber. , BAKER FIXES lUh'l KIT) UP NEW, TORK, Feb. t. According to Wild Bill Donovan, tha on thing stand ing between him and a real fighting ball club of pennant winning" caliber and a remote thing, at that I tha possibility of neither Alexander nor Walters making good as a catcher. "Those two fellow are young," aald Wild Bill, "and If anything should happen to give them a check I would be without a reliable catcher. I have no veteran backstop to keep the boys In balance. I do not anticipate any trouble in that di rection, however, for, in my opinion Alexander ia one of tha beat young catch er I ever saw and toward tha latter part of last season lye was getting better every day. Waltera didn't have much ohanc to show wht h coufd do, but in tha few games that he did participate in ha displayed all tha earmarks of a real big leaguer. I think ao well of those boya that I am not going nut after a veteran. We are quite willing to take a chance. But as I aald, that la tha only possibility of a allp-up. "With the signing of Frank Baker our Infield la strong, and we've got aoma boy there who can hit. I do not figura on helving Pecklnpaugh, a many appear to believe. He la too good a fielder to put on the bench. If the other will only hit the team can well afford to carry Peck lnpaugh along Just for hla fielding. At that there were but two or three short stops in tha business who outhlt him last season." "What about your pitchers?" "My main dependence, of course, will be Fisher, Caldwell and Shawkey, but we've got Cullop. Russell, Mogrldge, Markle and a lot of stara from tho minora hanging around. By the way, do you know that Ehawksy pitched some remark able ball for ua toward the end of last season? He was in many a tough luck game, but always pitched great ball, not withstanding the fact that he was beaten by small scores. He ought to be a big help this coming season. "With anything ilka good hitting be hind them, FUher. Caldwell and Shaw key ought to wtn fifty games easily. That would leave about forty for all tha othera to win in the event that we won 'a pen nant. Ninety games, you know, will com pretty pear copping the flag. Still. I am not claiming any pennanta But I want to say that I feel mighty grateful to th captain and the colonel for the material they have given me. We are going to be In the fight whether we win. any pen nant or not." he knew of waa that they couldn't ait down. Arthur Weatergard will not be on the hill of fare this season because he ta irolng to purchase a ticket for Kl laao, Tex., before many days roll by. After listening to Joedy GUIham in ac tion at one of the coaching stations you would swear that he had as many mouths as the Mississippi river. Tom Koran, stellar foot be Hist and a mediocre pill alinger, la dickering with hla think tank a to the advisability of chasing tha ttorsvhida thia aeaaon. Knockout Brown Is Making Big Hit in Australian Climes Knockomateef Brown wasn't much on Clark street in Chicago, but you should sea him on tha other aide of th world. Brown at whan opportunity offered when he' waa a hanger-on around local boxing headquarter, . but he' waxing plump on kangaroo steaks or whatever the main article of diet 1 In Sydney, Australia. On King street, Sydney, h responds to'George Con tag" with a curt nod that doe not ' throw him out of strld aa ha atrute along. Veaatr, Knockemateef la rich. Soma few weeka ago tha cable informed Chicago that Brown had stuck twenty rounds with Lea larcy. the champion boxer of the continent under the world. It would have cost too much to tell what Brown made, for eubnea tolls Am hlsh. Freddie Gtlinorej, Chicago welterweight, who took Brown abroad, haan't forgotten the folka back home, and in a letter re ceived laat week told of the Greek's suc cess. "Brown got S3,000 for his snd and another 0,000 from the moving picture rights," pens GHmore. "Tou should sea him strutting up King atreet with the klda following him.- He would be a riot on North Clark street." Langford Waiting To Challenge Jess NOW TORK. FebTV-Jt la rumored that the state boxing oomml salon cannot make up it collective mind whether to rescind the rule which prohibits fights be tween negroes and white men. Although the rule has been in effect for several years and there is no public demand for mixed bouts, tha boxing commission con tinues to be ta doubt If tha present rule should be wiped out Bam Langford, th "Tar Baby," who always has been the best colored heavyweight In the world, not exempting Johnson, would promptly challenge tha winner of the Wtllard Moran flaht to box ten rounds in this City. Langford's challenge probably would be declined, whereupon there would b mora embarrassment for tha whit race. Bo long as New York bars mixed bout promoters ia all parts of the Utilted States are satisfied ta cut them out. What Influence la at work with th boxing com mission T Extra! BertGrover ' Is Really Working Get this, your Rourk fans. Down in Topeka Bert O rover, better known as "Bugs," has been laboring all winter in the Hants V shops. He is a helper in the boiler shops and it' an arduous existence, holding a hammer over a rlvst on a sheet of Iron while a big boiler-maker alam It with a ten pound sledge. G rover says, "it ain't ths dolla.'a half a day, but It's tha conditioning that ap peals to ma" Truly the world eharigrth every day. Can you iniagin Bert Grover laboring 1 ILL JESS FIGHT OR HOT? Boxing Fans Wonder if Willard Will Make Any Attempt to Knock Oat Koran. AND THE VEHDICT IS "NO" NEW TORK. Feb. M. Sporting men are actively discussing tha ton-round, no decision glov fight in which Champion Jeaa Wlllard and Frank Moran will clash for a purse of 970,000. While many dif ferent view ara expressed by men who follow tha fortunes of the prise ring go closely that they usually know what they ar talking about, th general opinion eems to be that Willard cannot bo knocked out, no matter how etrenuoualy Moran may try to hang a Bleep wallop on the point of his Jaw. But whether Wlllard will make a genuine effort to floor Moran for th fatal rount I a ques tion that tha wis men are not attempt Ing to answer. There ia no doubt that Wlllard can hit with great power, particularly with tha light hand. He haa a tremendoiie reach, and when h lets fy either hand he can put nearly U pounda Into tha punch. Willard landed a straight right hander over Jack Johnaon'e heart in tha eight eenth round of the big anrap in Cuba last year. Thla blow had ao much trength behind It that th negro cham pion almost collapsed. Tet Wlllard, alow and cautious, did not try this walloa again until th twenty-sixth round, when he knocked LU' Arthur cold. Would Have to Open TJ. Equipped with remarkabls punching ability Wlllard. in th opinion of many competent students' of pugilism, probably would send Moran Into dreamland the first time he happened to reach "the button" another nam for the point of the Jaw. But in accomplishing such a feat, Wlllard would be compelled to open up bis defense, thereby running the risk of receiving a damaging punch in return. Moran may be clumsy and looking in boxing skill, but he can hit with the right hand hard enough to drop or dase tha champion providing ha reaches the proper mark. Tha fact that Moran is dangeroua ao long aa ha can retain suf ficient strength to swing Ms right from tha ground would seem to indicate much caution on Wlllard' part, a defensive fight by th champion. Who cannot lose tha world' heavyweight title unless Moran scores a knockout or wins on a foul. Mcwasi Outclassed. Going bark to Moran' twenty-round fight with Jack Johnson In Franee nearly two year ago It must be remembered that Johnson, in Just fair condition, never waa In trouble, except from his own exertion. Moran waa outclassed in box lug to such a degree that if Johnson had been able t punch with hla eld vigor tha white man would not have stayed th limit. It is conceded that Johnson was In about th same ahape, physically, when ha fought Wlllard in Cuba I yet th negro, after putting up a brave fight for fifteen rounds, discovered that W 11. lard, unhurt and wonderfully strong, was Invincible. GOLF PROS BEGIN WORK ON BY-LAWS OF ASSOCIATION NRTW1 TORK. Feb. .-A subcommittee of that embryonic national association of professional golfera I hard at work on tho constitution and by-laws, and ft Is only a question of a short time now when legal aid will be secured. Th aentlment t present with regard to member-ship due is to have tha annual tax about S10; that Is, th regular members. Assistants to professional will, most likely, be ac cepted at a leas figure and It may be that an aseodata form of - membership with restricted privileges will have to be worked out. FARMER BOY STAR ON TRACK Dave Caldwell Product of Massachu setts Farm, Makes Name on Cinder Path. HOLDS RECORD AT HALF JULE cambridok, Mass., Fan, ta Day' Caldwell, the farmer boy. who, after tak ing his "prep" course at Massachusetts "Aggies," finally emei'SSxi from Cornell with a degree which make him a rule fledged member of the gentleman farmer class, is fast fitting himself to beoom one of tha greatest all-around athlete the Vnlted States, and probably the world, has ever seen. Several years ago Pave began making) hla mark in th various meet held ta New England, and, while hi Victoria have been legion, it was not until tha 1M4 Intercollegiate that he broke lata that mystical elrcl ot "intercollegiate" winners, as old ' Jim" Robinson wootd say. At that time Caldwell covered the) heflfV. mtle mute in supplemented by beating the best at 1,000 yards at th in door championships. Since then tie haa coma on Ilk a house afire, and tn run ning any and all distance In winning style has become known as a mux to be feared by any title holder at any rout from a quarter mile to ope mile. He recently went out of his distance, or was conceded to hava don ao before th race started, in th Hunter mil tn Boston. In that event he showed th Way to tha American champion. Jot Ray; tha two-mile title holder, ipke" fDevanney, and a number ot ether wh have at on time and another earned tha right to be labeled champion, . NEW NATIONAL UMPIRE IS FROM BILLY EVANS TOWN Pat Harrison, President Tenor's saw umpire, halls from Tottngstown, 0 which la also responsible for Billy Evan of th Amerioan league. Harrison is K year old and started umpiring five years g- In th now defunct Ohio and Pennsyl vania league. He umpired two years 1 th New Tork Stat leagu and, during th past two year ha bee a o th staff of th International leagu.. No Charge Account BARKER'S CLOTHES SHOP Second Floor. Rose Building 16th and Farnam i 7 Open March First mSBLBEBHSBB Pt It mm Buy a BICYCLE Kegain that lost appetite, replace that lagging footstep with the elastic spring of youth, keep your "punch" and enjoy yourself at the same time. Save your carfare. Buy a 4 4 Model 25." Our Model 15, bolJt ot H-gaug tubing, boxbars. with, long rubber (rip, Corbln coaster brak, roller chain, motorcycle pedal and seat, Fusrantd bIdkU tube Urea, at I2& it tha finest wheel ever shown la Omaha under f 35. Wo havo them from $17,53 to $38.50, Juveniles' Bicycles, too. See exhibit Monday, Tebruary 2Sth, "Bicycle Day" Bporticff Goods Department. ii t i V