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The Omaha Sunday Bee VOL. XLVII NO. 8. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1917. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Marin Plestina and Joe Stecher to Clash Labor Day; Addie Fogg Wins City Net Title horn Ruth Swenson PA'S PRESENCE ON BENCH PUTS NEW LIFE IN MEN Commercial and Rotary 'Cluljs Boost to Make Thursday's Opener Record - Breaker, Following April Failure. With Pa Rourke himself at the helm and bowling along at a rapid ' clip, the rejuyenated Rourkes return home Thursday to play their first game 'of the second season on the Omaha lot. Since Marty Krug gave up the man agerial reins and Pa himself grabbed the tiller ropes the old scow with represented Omaha in the Western league race has been transformed into a 1917 model speed boat and is, step ping along in great form. Pa's presence on the bench appar ently has worked wonders with the club. Before Pa took hold two vic tories in a row would have given Omaha fans heart failure, but now they nather expect it. New Men Star. The new men have worked mira cles in the outfield and even Earl Smith isn't missed. Ward Miller is hammering the pill to all corners of the lot and as he is a veteran of many years' experience ir fast com pany there is no danger of a'slump on his part. If Miller isn't one of -the half a dozen leading hitters of the league at the end ot the season a lot of dopesters will miss their guess. -r- Fin Yardley also is hammering the ball and Ward and Fin seem to have put new life. in Shag Thompson so that he is showing some of his old ' time form again. - Miller v and Yardley, with Thomp son, have been doing some fancy fielding out in the gardens, too, and thus accounted for some of the re cent nicely-pitched games. Park Delivers Goods. Jim Park, the new hurler, has proven himsetf the star of the Rourke staff and he probably is as depend able a hurler as there is in the loop. He is a rattling good hitter, too, and makes a dandy utility man. It is planned to make Thursday the big day of the year. Opening day for the first half of the season was a pronounced flivver. It was ex tremely cold and the fans didn't turn out. So the Commercial and Rotary clubs are working to make the crowd at Thursday's opener a record breaker. Missouri Valley Tennis Classic at Kansas City The tennis classic of this season will begin at Kansas City August 6, when entrants in the Missouri Valley Tennis tourney will begin play in the men's singles and doubles. The receipts of this year's tournament will be devoted to the Red Cross. Officials of the meet predict the largest attendance in the history of the Missouri valley, prominent play ers from Chicago and other Illinois cities, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Okla homa and Kansas City already having signified their intention of partici pating. . . V. " Omaha One-Armed Golfers Seek to Avenge Trouncing W. B. Cheek of the Seymour Lake flub, and Judge G. W. Shields and A. W. Scribner of the Field club, Omaha's trio of crack one-armed Sioux City this month to get another crack at C. C. Hamilton, one-armed shark of Sioux City, who trounced the three Omaha man in a fifty-four-hole golf contest in this city a week ago. The Omaha golfers believe they can beat Hamilton on his own ground and have issued a challenge which he ac i cepted. Qualifying Round for Club x Title at Seymour Started The qualifying round for the club championship of the Seymour Lake Country club started yesterday. The first half of the qualifying round was played yesterday and the second half will be played today. , Four "flights of eight players each will qualify. Prizes for winner and 'runner-up in each class and also a special prize for the medalist score will be presented by the board of directors of the club. Amateur Board to Discuss Annual Championship Series James H. Lowry, president of the Xational Amateur Base Ball asso ciation in which the Omaha associa tion holds a franchise, has called a meeiig of the advisory board to de tjrmine upon the advisability of hold ing the annual championship series. William Blozies of the Omaha asso ciation is a member of the advisory board, but will not attend the meet ing. It is believed the championship will be abandoned this year. Commission Turns Down Claim of Mobile Owners The 1 National commission has turned down Mobile's claim that it had a deal on with Pittsburgh for In fielder Gleasori before he was sold to Chattanooga. The evidence showed Mobile never offered any definite sum for the player and that the negtia tions were only tentative. The sale of the player by Pittsburgh to Chat tanooga is confirmed. 8rhang Has Hard Lark. Wall Schsng of the Athletics hits the ball Krrlflc blow, but hits In hard luck. If the Mackmen's ratcher could hit 'em "herp thy ain't" he would be a wonder Ub the stick. Still Coming, Bo .OMAHA. AB. B. 1. 0. 1 S S 9 3 0 0 1 A. E. 1 0 Coonej, Sb S Krug, ss S Miller, If 4 Shew, 4b Yardley, rf 5 Brotten, e..-- Thompson, el 8 Nye, Sb 4 Men, P 4 4 0 0 0 8 9 I 4 Totals M 7 U 18 A. 1 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 HUTCHISSUIH. AB. B. H. 1 0 0 t 0 1 2 s 1 0 o. 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 0 0' Mcf be, cf 4 ,1 Benson, 2b 4 0 McCleUan, Sb 4 0 Dlltf, If 4 0 Williams, rf 4 0 Henry, lb 4 0 Folk, is 4 ,0 O'Brien S 0 Wright, p 8 0 Shay 1 0 Totals 85 9 27 Shy batted for Wright In ninth Omaha 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 Hutchinson ..1 0 0-0 0 0 0 17 01 Two-base hits: Nye, Ot McOabe, Falk, O'Brien. Home runs: Shaw, (2). Sacrl flre hit: Shaw. Bases on balls: Men, 1; Wright, 2. Struck out: Mere, 8: Wright, 12. Passed ball: Brotten. Double plays: Krug to Cooney to Shaw, left on bases: Omaha, 7; Hutchinson, 8. Earned runs: Omaha, 5s Hutchinson, 1. Stolen bases: Cooney, Krug. Miller, (2) j Vardley, (2)! Nye, Falk, O'Brien. Time, 2:10. Umpire: Wilkinson. OMAHA WINS FIRST WITH HUTCHINSON Ben Shaw Cloutn Two Home Runs in First Victory of Rourkes at League's New Town. Hutchinson. Aug. 4. Omaha won the first game of the series from Hutchinson today, 7 to 1, by hard hit ting. Two" home runs by Ben Shaw were a feature. Wright struck out twelve men. Wichita Loses Listless ..Game to Lowly Links Wichita, Kan., Aug. 4. Wichita lost a listless game to Lincoln today, because the visitors made better use of their hits. The local club played a slow fielding game,' while the work of the Lincoln outfield kept the Wichita score down. Score: WICHITA. LINCOLN. AB.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.B Ruther.cf 3 0 1 0 0Smlth,2b 4 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 ri 2 0 0 0 6 0 Berger.sa i 1 J Jones.lb 4 1 14 Coy.rf 3 3 2 Godwin, 2b 2 0 3 M'Bride.lf 4 10 Davls,3b 4 0 0 Dobbins: 4 0 4 4 OThomsn.lf 3 10 OBalees.cf 8 11 OSchmUb 2 010' lLober.rf 4 2 2 OBergh'rsa 4 0 4 0Lamb,Sb 4 12 ORohrer.c 4 0 4 OGregory.p I I 1 1 0 6 0 4 1 Marks.p 8 11 Yaryan 10 0 4 0 0 Totals 31 7 27 16 2 Totals 33 7 27 19 1 Batted for Marks in ninth. Lincoln 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 04 Wichita 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Lett on bases: Wichita, I; Lincoln, 7. Sacrifice hits: Schmandt, Bayless, Coy. Three-base hit: Lober. Hits and earned runs:: Off Marks,, 7 and 3 in nine innings; off Gregory, 7 and 1 in nine Innings. Double plays: Berghammer to Schmandt, Marks to Berger to Jones. Struck out: By Marks, 3. Bases on balls: Off Gregory, 4; by Marks, 8. Wild pitch: By Marks. Time: 2:06. Um pire: Brown. Cleveland Grabs Largest Pitching Entry on Record Lee Fohl of the Indians has cap tured the largest pitching entry on record. He is Harry Pitenger, from the Kent (Ohio) Normal school. He is six feet seven inches and weighs 215 pounds. He has the height of Cy ralkenberg and the breadth ot bred Toney. Anton Stecher, Daddy Of Twins, Is Drafted Anton Stecher, brother of Joe Stecher, was among those drafted on the first call. Anton recently became the father of twin babies. Joe Stecher's- draft number was well down the list. Pa Rourke Goes Back to Bench After Ten Years Baclf in 1906, over a decade ago, Pa Rourke, owner of the Omaha base ball club, decided that a club owner had enough troubles and worries con ducting! the business affairs of his team without trying to manage the said team on the playing field. So Pa, who had hitherto always occupied a corner of the Rourke park bench -from which he directed the movements of his hirelings onMhe field, signed Buck Franks to manage his team, and beat it for his office at the top of the grandstand. For over ten years Rourke em ployed a playing manager and con fined his.activities to the playing end. When in 1907, the year after Pa re tired from the bench, Buck Franks won a pennant for Omaha, Rourke decided his move was a wise one. But in succeeding years Pa wasn't so sure of the wisdom of the move. Sometimes his athletes played good ball, sometimes they didn't. When they didn't he worried, fumed and fretted, but he never said a word. He spent many a sleepless night dreaming of the bones pulled on the field the day before. . Finally the other day Pa gave it up as a bad job. The Rourkes had been going from bad to worse. They pulled everything on the field from mayhem to murder and ,it drove Rourke almost to distraction. So when Marty Krug handed in his resignation with the explanation that he could not get the work out of the men, Pa decided to take the reins himself. He concluded the grief on the bench would not be any worse than the sleepless nights. So when the Rourkes come to Oma ha Thursday to play their first game of the second half of the split season on the local lot, Pa will be on the bench managing the team. And, if TENNIS TITLE OF OMAHA IS WON BY ADDIE FOGG Diminutive Net Star Captures City Championship From Ruth Swenson in Two Straight Sets. Addie Fogg, diminutive net star who has won more championships, titles, cups and trophies than any other woman player in the city, added to her long list of conquests yester day by capturing the woman's cham pionship tennis tournament through victory over .Ruth Swenson in the final round. The score was 6-1; 6-1. Then little Miss Fogg, aided by Mrs. George Thompson, won the doubles championship from Mrs. Mc Mahon and Mrs. Platner, 6-3; 7-5. ( iff JCSYJf i The champion had no difficulty in winning her title. She easily proved her superiority over all entrants in the tournament. Her southpaw serves proved too. much for Ruth Swenson yesterday and she won many games by wide margins; Two games in the first set were love games for Miss Fogg. Miss Fogg was metropolitan cham pion in 1916, was runnerup to Kath erine Krug last year, was champion of Brownell Hall several years and captured several titles at the Carter Lake club Mrs. McMahon and Mrs. Platner put up a game battle against Miss Fogg and Mrs. Thompson in the dou bles, but were unequal to the task. Miss Fogg carried the heavy burden of the playing and she performed in noble fashion. National Coursing Meet . At Grand Island in Fall The annual meeting of the National Coursing club will be held at Grand Island next fall, kennels from Ne braska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Ar kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Cali fornia, Texas, Illinois, Minnesota and Pennsylvania to be represented. The program will open October 2 with, the national futurity, in which there will be about 100 participants. The Aberdeen cup and the Waterloo cup stakes for dogs of all ages will be run at the meet. v as Mere Spectator reports form the road are true, it's a different team since Fa took charge. Ms r', . - vt k'1 '''?t$i Earl Smith Hits Ball at .500 Clip in Big League Earl Smith, crack Rourke left fielder who was sold to the St. Louis Browns for $5,000 in cash and four players, Miller, Yardley, Nye and Park, has made good in the big show with a resounding crash and it is probably that Freddie Mitchell near sighted leader of the Chicago Cubs who didn't even know Smith was on his team last spring, is gnashing his teeth in anguish. Smith has played four games with the Browns. He has been at bat fourteen times. And, now harken to this ! He has made seven hits. An average of .500. Thursday was Smith's first day in a Brown uniform. A double-header was played. Earl made one hit in two trips to the plate in the first game and two hits in four trips to the plate in the second combat. Friday, he made two hits in five times at bat and yesterday he reefed two bingles in three journeys to the rubber. Fielder Jones evidently knew he had landed a ball player in Earl for on the first day he put him in the cleanup position and then shifted him to, the leadoff job. Thus has Earl oc cupied the two most important posi tions in the batting order. Smith was sold to the Chicago Cubs last fall, but Mitchell shunted him off to the second, team this spring and forgot about him until time to cut down. Then Smith was sent back to Omaha where he played such sen sational ball that Bobby Quinn of the Browns paid the big price for .him. And Earl is amply showing that Quinn's confidence in him was noj misplaced. , ' ACTIVE SEASON IS AHEAD OF CADDOCK Starting This Month, Gene Melady Intends to Outline Busy Fall and Winter ' for Champion. Earl Caddock, world's wrestling champion, who has been vacationing for two months and honeymooning two weeks, will return to active mat work August 17 and from that date on, according to his manager, Gene Melady of Omaha, he will be an ex ceedingly active champion. Caddock's first match, since he temporarily retired from the game in order to recuperate from his strenu ous campaign last winter, will be with Clarence Eklund of Buffalo, Wyo. It will take place at Carroll, la., on the last day of the Carroll county fair there. Eklund, v,ho is well known in Omaha and Nebraska, is a good light heavyweight wrestler, but he is not conceded more than a long chance against the champion. Immediately after the Eklund go Gene Melady intends to outline a busy season for his charge. Scores of promoters seek to stage bouts be tween the champion and local favor ites so that Melady will have no trou ble finding engagements for Earl. Pay No Heed to Stecher. There is little likelihood of another Caddock-Stecher match soon. Stecher is clamoring for the match, but Me lady is paying little heed. The cham pion's manager goes on the theory that Stecher led the parade two years and that there are many other wres tlers who should have a chance at the championship before the Dodge lad. Also he says Hetmanek did a lot of dictating when Stecher occupied the top of the heap and that he intends to give Hetmanek a taste of his own medicine now. And still again he in sists Stecher should step out and wrestle somebody else in order to show that he is entitled'to a return go. So it is probable Caddock's next ap pearance in Omaha will be against Marin Plestina, the local heavyweight. Ernie Holmes Tries to Drive Auto Fast Asleep Ernie Holmes, Jack Lewis, Will Simeral and Sandy Griswold went out to see John Pesek, the Buffalo county mat marvel, wrestle at Gresham, Neb., one day last week. The journey, 145 miles, was made in Holmes' automobile. The party made the trip to Gres ham the night .before the match, and started home the next night at 11 o'clock, after the match was over. Three hours sleep was all the rest they had between trips. , When the party was traveling between Columbus on the road home in the wee, sma' hours of the morning, Holmes, who was driving, began to nod and finally his eyelids completely closed and Ernie began to journey in the land of slumber. And the auto con tinued to speed along at a thirty mile clip. Suddenly the car began to slide toward the side of the road, and then it was that Simeral, who was just sufficiently awake to detect that something was wrong, discov ered Holmes trying to drive the car while fast asleep. He awoke the slumbering pUot just in time to avert what might have been a spill in the ditch. - The rest of the way into Omaha Simeral, Lewis and Griswold kept a good watch over Holmes, who happened to be the only member of the party who could drive. Milan Pounds Pill. The veteran Clyde "Milan is the only Sen ator batting; In the .100 set Base stealing used to be Milan's strong suit, but stick work has his attention at present. 3 CARTER GUN CLUB TO HOLD TOURNEY v First Registered Trap Shoot Since Organization of Club Will Be Held Next Sunday. The Carter Lake Gun club will hold its first registered trap-shooting tour nament since the organization of the club next Sunday at 1 o'clock. Twelve events of fifteen targets each will be held, making the day's program 150 targets. Sunday morn ing a practice shoot will be staged. All trap shooters in Omaha are in vited to take part. Invitations also have been sent to the Fremont, Co lumbus, Wisner and Valley Gun clubs. The Omaha Gun club plans to at tend the shoot in force. Governor Neville has accepted an invitation to attend. In addition to the registered events special contests for women shooters are planned and invitations to all the women marksmen in Nebraska have been issued. Starting with the registered tour nament, the Carter Lake Gun club plans to inaugurate increased activi ties in target shooting. Special events will be held from time to time and regular shoots will be held each week. Officers of the club' hope the Carter Lake club in time will be one of the largest gun organizations in the state. Sends Scout Out to Look Over Star of 20 Years Ago This comes to us as a true story: The veteran, Billy Gilbert, who used to first-base for the New York Giants, is now employed by a New York con tracting company, but on Sundays he plays ball with an independent team in New York. The box scores of these Sunday games are printed in the New York papers and a certain club owner not a thousand miles from New York noted where a player named Gilbert was hitting about .500 and fielding a lot of chances, so he sent one of his scouts to look the prospect over. The scout went out to the game, saw the second baseman make three or four hits and take everything that came his way. "Looks pretty good," he mused, "but I II have to get a close up view." So he went to the bench. "Where's this' player Gilbert?" he asked. "Here I-am," answered old Billy, emerging from a corner. "Who wants to see me?" And the major league club scout.! . . ..i. , ago and almost forgotten him, threw up both hands. Then he came to and said in all earnestness: "Well, somebody may have put something over on the boss in send ing me out to look you over, but at that you look better than some of the infielders he's got on his club." The scout returned to report. "The second baseman you sent me out to see is Billy Gilbert," he told the boss. "He's a damn sight better than some you have, but he won't sign, I'm afraid, for he's got a job that pays more money than you do." Joker in Mamaux's Contract; Pirate Hurler May Get Left Al Mamaux was working under a peculiar contract with the Pittsburgh club. He was to draw a salary of $5,000 for the season. Only $200 a month of this was to be paid him, however, and the rest retained by the club. If he behaved himself and pitched good ball he was to get the balance at the close of the season. If he fell from grace it was to be for feited. Mamaux has fallen from grace all right and in Pittsburgh they are speculating on what settlement he will get from the Pittsburgh club. ... un; .?' JACK LEWIS GAINS CONSENT OF DODGE PHENOBTO WRESTLE ! OMAHA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP After One Whole Year of Negotiations, Hetmanek and Loch Agree to Pit Their Grapplers Against Each Other at the Omaha Audi torium Labor Day. ( Marin Plestina, Omaha's heavyweight champion, was matched yesterday to clash with Joe Stecher, the Dodge phenom, in a finish wrestling match at the Omaha Auditorium, Labor day. 1 Jack Lewis, well known Omaha sportsman, is the man who finally managed to bring these two celebrated mat gladiators to terms. JOE STECHER. MARIN PLESTINA. Omaha Net Sharks v Expected to Clean Up Sioux City Play Ralph Powell, city and state net champ of 1916, with Cltfary Hani ghen, Percy Banister and John Brotherton, a trio of local sharks, will represent Omaha inthe tri-state ten nis tournament at Sioux City this week. Powell won the tri-state tournament at Sioux City last year and, as cham pion, will defend his title. . He will pair with Hanighen in the doubles and Omaha tennis enthusiasts expect Powell to capture the singles title and the doubles title with his part ner. . , "'win Banister and Brotherton will team in the doubles and it would be no surprise to Omaha if this pair should oppose Powell and Hanighen in the final round. Jack Ryan Suspended for Hitting the Flowing Bowl Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 4.--Charged with being under the influ- d.., ...f. ,!,,i, t 1 1, a-. 4Wail, VlLViail Ul LUC hlU3 lee es c ub of the Fac he Coast eairue. was today indefinitely suspended by John Powers, president of the club, who is in this city. Tinker Expects to Sell Loudermilk to Big Show Joe Tinker, manager of the Colum bus club, believes he will sell Grover Loudermilk, the veteran pitcher to a major league club before the draft period. Loudermilk is rated as the leading pitcher in the American as sociation. Several major clubs are re ported to be bidding for him. Harry Sage to Umpire Fifteenth Tournament Harry Sage, veteran Omaha um pire, this week will handle the in dicator at the annual base ball tour nament at Malvern, la., for the fif teenth consecutive year. For fifteen years Malvern has staged a base ball tournament. And for fifteen years Sage has. been summoned from Omaha to umpire. Harry has never had a bad row since he has been officiating at Mal vern and seldom has he even had any minor troubles with recalci trant athletes. Tit' , w k ! v v it 8 i Y 'A Ever since Plestina came to Omaha two years ago, he has been attempting to land a match with Stecher. Stecher, however, apparently had a lot of re spect for Plestina's prowess and he did not appear eager to trade locks with the Omaha favorite. - After his victory over Peters; though, Stecher, consented to meet Plestina Jn Omaha April 27. An agreement was reached and the match declared on. . Bout Is Called Off. " i But. Earl Caddock stepped into the scene on April 9 and won a decision over Stecher. Joe immediately called off his coming go with Plestina and 5 cat it for his borne in ! Dodge . to est up. " ' A month ago, Joe Hetmanek and Pete Loch began negotiations for a match, but they failed to arrive at " any conclusions. Yesterday Hetma nek came to Omaha and was prompt ly rounded up by Jack Lewis. With a little persuasion, Lewis obtained the consent of both Hetmanek and Loch and announced that the match will be held Labor day at the Audi torium. Lewis had previously enter ed into negotiations for a Pesek Peters match, Labor day, but this event will be postponed until a later date. Fans Take Sides. The coming match ' is one which Omaha wrestling fans have been anx ious to see for many months. Both men have many supporters. , Stecher has a host of followers, who believe him the greatest wrestler in the world, insist Caddock's victory last April was of the fluke variety and are firmly convinced Joe , would make mincemeat of Caddock if they should, meet again.- - - : On the other hand, Plestina has supports i who; believe Marin could throw both" Stecher and Caddock and will back the Omaha man to the limit despite the Dodge phenom's wonder ful record. r , i ' Superstitious Atheletesh f. Scrape Shellac Off fiats Base ball players are. as supers tj fious as Zulus. In no Way , is this more lucidly illustrated than in the care which some of them lavish upon an ordinary base ball bat. Manufac turers, says .the Popular Science Monthly, oil and shellac their bats to make theni sleek and fresh, and the superstitious base ball player pro-, ceeds to tise glass, bone, saadpaper and whatnot ' td remove the finisn. Why? ' Oh,4'ju8t because" to give a woman's reason. He may have a na tion that the batwill last longer with out it. ' But the truth, is that the sellac really acts as a preservative to the wood. t,;. ' ' Some base! ball players imagine that it is impossible to make a strong hit with a new bat, because1 the bat is &o sleek that the balls glance off it. Oth ers believe that scraping a bat fills up the crevices,, and cracks and tints lengthens the life of the bat. .a J immy .Sheckard" Coaching ' ? Uncle Sam's Sailor Lads Jimmy Sheckard, nominally coach for the Chicago Cubs, but actively at work as athletic director at the naval training station near Chicago, has forty-eight base ball teams organized . among the 2,000 rookies in camp and says that out of all the players under his wing he is going to develop some major leaguers for use when Uncle Sam is done with them. v Hiinh RP7rioL' tn Return in ' I lUMM, WVfcUVIt iv I iwtui 11 iw Oregon as Coach in Fall Manager Hugo BezdeKof the Pi rates will not give up college athlet ics. It is announced that after the tlose of the major league season he will return to Eugene, Ore., to resume his duties at the University of Ore gon as coach. During the winter, no doubt, Barney Dreyfuss will have; ac quired a new manager. They do say he already ias a little man in mind. : ' Texas League Star Hits Fifteen Home Runs to Date First Baseman Roy Leslie of Waco, who is to join the Chicago Cubs in the fall, leads the Texas, league in homers with some fifteen to his credit. . It is noted by critics, too, that his ' drives have been of the real four base kind, not flukes over short out- field fences in the Texas circuit. ; Scout Buys Minor Star and Then the Draft Catches' Htm Bobby Gilkcs, scout for the Yan- : kees, who made the deal for Out-! fielder Vick of Memphis is much put out, for Vick has been drafted by -Uncle Sam. Bobby, was sure that; Vick would W a staf in tie Aaer ican league . .