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I ft I Judgments PERHAPB It wlU ail oom out wall In the end and wa know that all's well that and well, but H looks very much as If Frank Zehrung. the new Weatern league prexla, In the victim of circumstance tn one Instance. For a venture Prexie Zeh rung: Is going to bans; up against one stumbling-block that would baffle wiser and more experienced base ball heads and It will be a case of all hata off If he survives. The said stumbling-block la Wichita. Wichita Is Indisputably and unequivocally the toughest ball town in the wide, wide world from an umpire's standpoint. Down In Wichita thev say he fans are aggressive and eager to win. Persona batting from other parts call 'em rowdies. But even so Wichita Is one tough town for umpires. Any arbiter who ever worked In Wichita will bear witness to the fact. Heaving cushions, pop-bottles, bricks and divers other missies with an ump for a target Is a popular pastime in Wichita and It's a duU .week when at least on ump Isn't chucked Into the river. But Wichita Is going to be worse than aver this year unless there is no truth In signs. For Jimmy Jackson Is going to be manager of the Wichita club. And Jimmy holds all records for umpire-baiting and he's a demon at egging a crowd on a Judge whose decisldns are displeasing to Jimmy. Jimmy will fmd the Wichita crowd easy ro egg on and he's going- to do that little thing, that's his nature. Unless Prexla Zebrting la so fortunate as to seleo a crew; of Iron-willed umpires with oodles of nerve and who will break up Jlmmya ball game for him when ha gets obstreperous, Zehrung Is going to get more telagraphi appeals from des perate umpires than the kaiser gets diplomats notes from Wilson, and, also, Wlobita won't lose many ball games tn the home ball wick. Here's hoping Zeh rung; and his umpiring staff win be able to handle the Wichita situation .but we aren't optlmlatio enough to anticipate It. As a result of the oolumns of self eulogy Benny Kauff has so promiscuously peddled this spring, major leagues sport writers have come to dub him with the apropos appellation of "Shrtnkin vim. mo pertinent litis could be attached to the manifestly chesty Kauff and it u chub; to mm auniu ti entire ball career. And It won't be long before Benny realises the folly of so much braggadocio. For someday in July, when the pennant flight Is relatively close and the game of the day is fairly close and Benny comes up in the pinch and falls to deliver, some rabid fan Is sure to destroy the two-fifty hay Ud of a neigh bor and scream above the roar of the multitude "Shrinking Violet" In company with other pat phrases of the occasion. And unless Benny is absolutely devoid of nerves it'll touch a tender chord and his batting average will suffer. Perhaps Benny's supreme confidence in himself will carry him through with flying colors, but it looks very much like he'll have a hard fight with less than an even chance to win. The signing of Rebel Oakes as manager of the Denver club Is resulting in con siderable speculation around the Western loop. Oakes, it will be remembered, was a very highly paid manager in the Fed eral league last year. Also Oakes Is a ball player of major league ability and would undoubtedly have been procured by a major league club for this season except for some extenuating circum stances, one of which probably has to do with salary. The Rebel didn't even o it lsn t necessary to possess any miraculous faculty of deduction to specu late even suspicion regarding Oakes' salary. Under the existing Western league salary limit, .500 is a pretty husky figure and considerably mors Om& seven manager will draw. But Is Denver setting Oakes for 12.500 or less? You can draw your own conclusions. Joe Hetmanek, manager for Joe Stecher broke into print in Los Angelft'i the other day with an Interview that (liquid glad den the hearts of Omaha fans. HvL'.nanek declared he believed the 8techer-Ot ten match would be held In Omaha when the time comes for the match to be staged. There is a good bit more to Hetmanek'e brief assertion than appears on ths sur face. Hetmanek Is a taciturn sort of hap who never makes ventures. He doesn't make predictions and he doesn't Hive utterance to idle opinions. Het nsnek more than "believes" the match will be held in Omaha; he knows it will be held In Omaha, or he wouldn't have said as much as he did. So there's a little something on the Inside that means Omaha will fee the place of the match or the match will not be held and the kero sene clroutt villages may as well quit making offers. AMATEUR CURTAIN IS UP Practically All Leagues Are Org-an-ized and Are Waiting for the Bell to Sound. MANY PEACTlC'SAMES TODAY FIRST METHODIST CHAMPS OF CHURCH BASKET BALL LEAGUE Reading left to right: Dodds, forward; Grif fith, guard; Williams, center; Barnaby, guard; Reeve, guard; Comfort, forward; Moore, forward and captain. New Tork boxing critics say Benny Leonard will show FVeridl w.l.h n when they meet. Perhaps, but It's a cinch Freddie will score a knockout over the cashier. It Is pleasant news to hear Sheldon June will be back attain. Sheldon la the Halglan who thinks a two-bane hit is s buuL By FRIHK Ql'IGLFY. Lost, strayed or s'tilon! One or the other, will clear up the myatery of what happened to the 1916 constitution and bylaws of the Omaha Amateur Base Ball association. On account of said logs the constitution committee were up against a starchy proposition, but they managed to get over the rocks and produced a brand new constitution end a set of by laws that were satisfactory. Now the time Is ripe for Johnny Klsten macher to call together the magnates of his proposed weekday league. To date he has secured five carbon aggregations and one trtble of Omaha firemen. He might as well close the register and or ganise. If they want a couple more teams and If they ran be secured. It will be an easy matter to allow them a franchise later. Free Admlaaloa to Kids. That new park tobe known as ths Ducky Holmes' base ball emporium, lo cated at Thirty-first and Ames ave nue, will be up-to-date as everything es sential has 'already been ordered. Ac cording to Ducky Holmes it will not be necessary for the kids, to tear their garments or disfigure themselves In or der to gain admittance, because all the kids will be admitted free. There will be two games at this park every Sunday. If eltmatle conditions are- favorable this afternoon the base ball market will rise away above par. Numerous teams are billed to clash this afternoon In prac tice events. These premllnary tangles will give the bosses an opportunity to ascertain the strength of the old guards and also to acquaint themselves with the ability of the raw material. Qulgley Quits. Several meetings are on the menu for this week. The City league will meet Monday and tn all probability elect a new president because the one now In office Is the chief of two leagues and has decided to resign as president of the City league. On Wednesday night the directors of the Omaha Amateur Base Ball association will convene for too purpose of making the preparatory arrangements for the opening day. The National and South ern leagues will meet Wednesday, Both of these league are shy a couple of teams and any manager desiring a franchise should be on deck. This Is the last call because these league will close the gates next Wednesday. The American league will also meet on Wednesday night Managers of this league are requested. If possible, to have their forfeits on hand. The Inter-City league teams must have their forfeit money in the hands of their secretary on or before April 6 or forfeit their franchise. Pro-Season Gossip. John McAndrewa, a ciassy Class B ball tosser. Is still in the ranks of the un signed. A crowd of ball tossers to be known as the Oudahy Soap Works have Joined the Southern league. Curtis Peterson, an elongated youth, bss signed up to do the kinking for the Merchants Hotel. Out at Chris Lyok park today the Wal nut drove Athletics will bump up against theAleph Pro club. The directors of the association are unanimously In favor of annexing Bob Kroll to their corps. Jawn Andrews, local slabster of repute, will start the fireworks with the Emll Hanaen congregation. William Matthew, formerly with the Brodcouard Crowns. Is at present laid up with a bum shaft. The Stags and the Modern Woodmen will take a whirl at each other this after noon at Fontenelle parte. Seventeen men will show up on the Crelghton field today to try out with the Murphy Old It troupe. Suchy. chief mogul of the Hotel Castle afffc-regatton, says he Is going to mop up in tho Commercial league. This afternoon the Frank Deweya will play a practice game with the Omaha Oas Co. t.am at Fort Omata. Tb Alcph Pro club will be represented on liie turf this term by the gang form erly known as Hayden Bros. Next Sunday the Bosellns of the City league will buckle up against the Dundee Woolen Mills of the American league. Frank Carmody, formerly with the Ducky Holmes bunch, has carved his John Henry on a Burgess-Naah contract. Down in southtown F-rank Barrett la gathering together n troupe that will make the City league children step some. Joe Bowers will be at the steering wheel for the recently organized Htags. You ran communicate with him over Col fax IX. The Council Bluffs Athletics dropped their franchise In the Metropolitan league and are now members of the Southern league. At Riverside park this afternoon the Polish Merchants will cross bats with the Stars and Stripes at to and a half strikes. All dues and forfeit monies must be In the hands of the secretary on or before a week prior to the opening of the var ious leagues. Frank Golden, local foot ball lit, with a wide rep. Jumped Into '.i wn the other day. He will probably aign up wtlh the Mer chants Hotel. Any manager wishing to enter the Southern leaKue. a lae B organization, should commune wn l Frank llubulka. over Tyler KM-. IihI week Jerry Kuluunck was elected , aecielaiy of the So'iUiem league. He 4t ui 11 i'rl V'"i Vi . V ?T 2i JE) h 7 j 4 iVl N jw'V f kh4 y W ml. ( :yn . : : 1.: tV. lb.--7 'VT i , 1' i'-V: 1atVBMslBWaBw .vaai si v . '' T MAKE WAR ON DEADHEADS St. Joseph and Dei Moinei Leal Fight of Weitern Leagme Club Owners on the EvU: ' i DICK BRXEN LOSES APPEAL ill- 1 S np - h tUMUMMMkiMhlkiMkL MMMWMIMMMWMIk a4t k M Mt Id C ought to be able to booit the stock In this league above par. The Stars and Stripes would Uko to book games with out-of-town teams. Ad dress Hoy Btacey, 4410 South Twelfth, or telephone South 1238. Tub Carter la again anxious to dodpe pop bottles, cushions, etc He has ap plied for a position as a barker in the Greater Omaha league. The Zelger brothers will do the battery work for the South Omaha Merchants. Albert will be on the. rubber and Frank will be behind the stick. Al Rudlne will hold down one of the gardens for the Bouth Omaha Merchants. His hitting and flel.llng ability should belp this squad considerably. Now the North Omaha Boosters have changed their monlckar to the Frank Deweys. They will be backed by Frank Dewey, the present county clerk. Art Moran of the Murphy Did Its slipped back the other day after a tour through the east. He ought to have grabbed a tew big league ideas. The Dundee Woolen Mills and the Montclalrs have organised an athletic olub known as the Moutclalr club. They now have approximately sixty members. The reliable Io Kieny will be stationed behind the slaughter block for the Kmll Hanaens this season. His roof will play a conspicuous part in all of their tang lea. Ducky Holmes' army: Gillespie, catcher; Baker and Vernon, rdtchere; Graham, first: Flanagan, second; Plats, third: Mc Andrews, short; Front, Madden and Kirk, outfielders. The Commercial league met Thursday and adopted their schedule, which opens April . They will meet again next .ft...--.! w Vnw Inftrmfttlnti tifa rA Ing tn Joining the National league call Red M03 and squawk for Otto Pecha. Here are the fellows that will endeavor to make good with the Polish Merchants: Bham Badura. Hank Bogats. Jim Roncka, Stanley Roncka. Qlfl Dombrowskl. Frank Stlllmach, Max Forgy. C. Bobosyk, Bans Koralewskl. John Badura. Frank Maxwell, John WosnlaK, Frank Bcsyman skl, Joe Stawnlak and Frank Padrose. ROOKIE HURLER WILL BE LEFT RFHIND BY TIGERS DOT RIOT, March . Pitoher Raymond Fagan of the Detroit A mart cans, must spend another season In the minors. Dispatches from local base ball writers with the Tlgere, at the Waxahachle, Tex., training camp, eald that Manager Jen nings has decided to leave Fagan with the Beaumont. Tex. .club when the Ti gers break camp. ARE JEALODSOF HAUGHTON Leary, Browne and Erickley Want Some of Credit for Building Up Harvard Elevens. PERCY LOSES SOME OF POWER NHW TORK. March 86. While Parcy Haughtan may have the title of head coach at Harvard, It la pretty well as sured that .It Leo Lreary Is appointed field ooaoh. Ha ugh ton's powers will be practically nominal. It la no secret that several men besides Mr. Haughtoa have been responsible for the success of Har vard elevens in recent years, but It Is not so wall known that these men have been somewhat restive over the fact that the credit for their labora has always gone to Haughton. This Is the fact, and one may be sure that with Leary and Browne and Briakley, In direct charge of th man on the field, and that the head' ooaoh" will receive all the honors that are oorolng to htm for what he does and no more. Ail this apropos of dlspatchss from Cambridge, which, while embodying no definite announcement from the Har vard authorities, give the impression that the information contained therein, was more or less Inspired. Haughton, of course, could have con tinued with his field work had he had time to give to It, and the Inclination to accept Harvard's terms; the understand ing seems to be that he had neither. His position. It may be Imagined, will be more or less honorary, although at the same time It Is logical to believe that bis opinions will be sought In ever-Increasing degree ss ths sesson advances. It will be a surprise. Indeed, If he Is not seen on Soldier's field when the Na tional league season and world's cham pionship Seiles are decided. In the mean time, with Briokley as baokfleld coach, with Lcary having general supervision, but paying a lot of attention to the ends, with Reggie Browne, scout and strategist, and with Berrlc Parmenter, Blagden, Hitohcock and Pennock to attend to va rious details of offensive and defensive play, both Individual and collective, there Is little reason to believe' t Harvard will suffer a great deal th( H Haugh ton's absence. Get This One Boys, and We Didn't Even Know He Was Here BOSTON. Mess., March .-"Wrestllng was never so strong In the west as It In at present, said George Tuohey, who haa returned here after a flying trip through the west "This is especially true of Omaha, Kansas City, Salt Lake and Louisville, where the average gate la well over the 18,000 mark. , "Joe Stecher la, of oourse, the big card, and he pulls no matter who Is opposed to him, so eraay are the people to aee him tn action. Out there It la not a oaae of who Joe la wrestling, but of how quiokly he can down his man. "One Indication of the boom the game la enjoying la shown by the bona fide offer of 110,000 to A berg to meet Stecher at Omaha during May. "Everywhere there ia talk of Gotch and Stecher, and If they ever meet within G00 miles of Omaha they will break rec ords for gate receipts at a sporting event In this country." I Fred Fulton May Battle Jim Coffey NH7W TORK, March tt.-Fred Fulton. the giant heavyweight of Minnesota, may be seen, after all. In a ten-round bout In this olty. Billy Gibson, manager of the ftadlum Athletic club, which will hold Its boxing ahowa In the Manhattan Opera house, wired a big offer to Fulton to oome here and meet Jim Coffey, the Irish heavyweight, In a scrap at the second show of the club, which will be staged the second week In April. Sherman-Howard League Schedule At At At At At Farwell St Ibory Boelua Aahton Daiuiebrng Aug. II April to May 14 June Farwell Sept. 24 June 11 July U Sept. 10 " ' MayM Aug.! June 25 May 14 St Llbory Xur jo fcept. 10 BPt I July H JuTyll May 7 Aug July 10 Boelus Kept. I June 11 . Sept. IT j MayJl July Aug .30 Altn JijiihIS JulySJ Aug. ;'7 Kept. 24 , Ait J ilyO May L'l ApnlTO May 28 lamiebrug Sept. 17 Aug :7 I Jul U J JuueU I Superbas in Form as Season Opens The Superbas had a good workout last Sunday with the MUxdas. and also defeat ing them by the scors of 4 to 1. William L'owdry. president of the Superbas ball club, Is backing the Superbas of the Inter-City league this year. Hubatka and Howland will twirl for the Superbas. Delehanty of the Superbas of last year will do the catching. Jode Hornick, who played with the Williams' Pharmaey last year, will try to hold down first base. PROTEGE OF "CY" YOUNG HOOKS UP WITH CINCY Pitcher Stanley Dougaa ef the Clnaln- nati Feds Is a protege of "Old oy Young. Doug an was a student at Ohio ntilveraary, where Young Is coaching, and lienor haa arret hones of bis makinc I good. FLYNN TO QUIT THIS YEAR After Sixteen Tears in Prize Ring- Pueblo Fireman Declare! He is Through with Game. WAS MOST POPULAR OF PUGS After sixteen years of glove fighting Jim Flynn announces that this will be his last ysar In the ring. He has battled nearly all the prominent heavyweight boxera of hla time, and once fought for the championship of the world. Though never weighing much more than U0 pounds, and never considered much of a boxer, he haa been one of the moet dreaded of all men, because of his vi cious fighting instlnrt and rough-and-ready ability. So long as he was on his feet Flynn haa never acknowledged defeat, and only a knockout or Interference by the referee or police could atop him. When fighting Jack Johnson at La a Vegas, N. M.. July 4. 1912, for ths world's championship It became necessary for Captain Fred Fomorf of the state mounted police to draw his revolver and enter the ring in the ninth round and order the oontest stopped, because Flynn, enraged by his inability to outbox the big negro, resorted to such an assortment of rough-and-tumble tactics that Johnson was appealing to Referee Ed Smith for protection. Though Flynn has lost many of his contests be has never ceased to be a drawing card, because promoters and ths public know that whan Jim I'lynn la one of the conteatanta there Is going to be some action. He always has been ready to accept any match offered him, and was never a hard man to do Dullness with, accept ing a guaranty or a percentage of the receipts as might be suggested. Flynn hss been under the management of Juck Curley for the last five years and haa been kept fairly busy, prosper ing in all his matches except the one with Jack Johnson. For that match he trained eleven weoks, lost the fight In nine rounds and all he got for his time and trouble was Curley' a automobile, which he ahlpped to Pueblo, Colo., and put in the Jitney service. Flynn has been boxing steadily since Christmas day, when h knocked out "One-Round" Davis at Buffalo in eight rounds; boxed Tony Ross ten rounds on New Tear's day at Uooheater. N. T.; Al Reich ten rounds on January 11 at Brook lyn, N. T.. and "Gunboat" Smith sieves rounds at Cincinnati. O., on February 1. Wllteo A gal a Lands mm HiUftr, George CHooki) Wilts haa landed an other managerial Job, announcement be ing sent out that be has been signed to lead the Albany team In the New Tork State league. . Dead-head flenda and those ardent fane who like to hear the turnstile click but not when It costs anything, are doomed . to get "theirs" tn the Western league thin yrnr. Foe a steam roller movement to rut the dend-head list hs been started with Dcs Moines and St. Joseph handllnv the machinery and shoveling In the fuel. Jack Holland at St. Joseph broke forth with the portdve assertion that he would trim the paiw lit to the limit. Now comes Kn.m Itrrlmar, president of the Dcs Mntnra Rooster club, with a sugges tion that pnsecs be limited to ministers, head city officials, county and state of- flclala and 'lewspaper men. Holland a.ys the pass evil la the curse of the Wentern league and Larrlmer agrees with him. So do the other club owners snd It looks like a well-anotalned movement to eliminate the free trans portation will be Inaugurated. Topeka Is tlirt, The god of circumstance has taken a' mighty wallop at Topeka. Through the said wallop Topeka loses the two niftiest athletes It had signed up. They are First Baseman Agler and Third Baseman Der ringer. Topeka signed both men. bellav-' ing them to be free agenta. Both played in the Federal league last year. But It aeema Richmond owned Agler and Dei-, ringer waa on Freeport'a reserve list, so Manager Lattlmore found hla contracts with the men were valueless and he la now looking for a couple of athletes. Both Aaler and Derringer were good with. 17-.l- . . ... 1 1 k, Kl M . IU I this loop. Dick Breen, who pastlmed at second for Rourkes Inst year and was Bent back to Blnghnmton, N. T., tried to ease a little dough out of Pa rtourke by filing a claim with the national board of arbitration. Dick declared he waa unjustly treated snd had some money coming from Bourse, but the national board couldn't see it that way and Dickie will have to be aat lafled with hla salary thla year. Jarksou to Peoria. The ft. Joseph club hss turned Flnst Baseman Bill Jackson back to the Cubs because Jackson wasn't Inclined to report to St. Joseph. Now Jackson haa beea made manager of the Peoria club through recommendation by Jo Tinker. Indianapolis haa sent Frank Mets back to Denver, but Meta may not Join the Mile High gang. Meta was a Rourk about fifteen years ago. H tried out as a hurler, but wasn't much good at the slanting business. But he could wallop the pill and when he turned first base man he made good. Meta la atlll a good man, but Indianapolis turned him back to make room for Jaok Leary, scoured from the Browns. West Point Takes Up Tennis Sport WEST POINT. N. T.. March . Army athletes promise to put a tennla team In the field thla summer. Permission haa been granted the eadeta to compete with outside college teams on the diagrammed court, and a short schedule haa been arranged and approved by the athletla council. Cadet Parker C Kuhn, 14. la team manager, and Cadet Thomas D. Flnley. 'II, le captain. Cadet John Me Ewen, the big Mlnnesotan, who has been the star center rush on the Army foot ball team for the last three years, la a player of aome class, who will coma out for the team. The schedule la aa follows: April M, I-afayette; May f, Stevene Institute; May IS, Colgate; May to. New Tork university. The unxurp&ssed popularity of the 1918 HARLEY-DAVIDSOH la proven by the large number of them already In uae and the enthuaiaatla boosting being done by the proud riders. Why pay more for another make? 3-Speed Twin $265.00 Immediate Delivery. Gall for demonstration. Victor H. Roos "The Motorcycle Man." S70S Leavenworth SC. Omaha, Neb.