Nebraska Newspapers

    "Wills Beats Mallory: Seven
Times Champion,
for U. S. Womens Tennis Title,
Omaha Amateur Situation to Be Ironed Out Under Direction of President Scott
California Girl
Loses but Three
Games in Match
National Doubles Title Is Won
by British Women, Miss
Kitty MrKane anti
Mrs. Covell.
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Forest Hills. N. Y.. Aug. 18.—The
long reign of Mr*. Molla BJnrstedt
Mallory as queen of American tennis^
broken but once in the past eight
years, came to a dramatic close to
day when Miss Helen Wills, 17-year
old wonder girl from the Pacific
coast, crushed the seven-time title
holder In straight sets, 6-2, 6 1, in the
final match or the tournament at the
West Side Tennis club.
Mrs. Mallory fought gallantly in
defeat, calling on all her power and
strategy to check her youthful rival,
but except for a few minutes of the
first set, the mastery of Miss Wills
was complete. Meeting the cham
pion at her own game, a back court
duel, the Berkeley (Cal.) school girl
rose to the greatest heights of her
meteoric career to maneuver and
smash her way to victory with a spec
tacular, irresistible attack.
Critics who saw her flashing
triumph doubted whether any woman
player in the world—even the present
acknowledged queen Suzanne Lenglen
of France—could have stopped tho
i oast prodigy as she played today. It
took Miss Wills Just 33 minutes to
crown with success her second at
tempt to gain the championship and
at the close of the match she was
acclaimed by a gallery of more than
■1.000 spectators, the largest in the
history of women's title tournaments
that occupied the big concrete
stadium.
Americans I»se In Doubles.
Title honors In the national doubles
championship went overseas for the
first time in American woman's an
nals wlien the British pair. Miss
Kathleen MeKane and Mrs. Nancy
Coveil, vanquished Miss Eleanor
tioss of New York and Mrs. Hazel
1 latchkiss Wlghtman of Boston In a
three-set Juggle, 3 6, 6 2, 6-1. Beaten
In the first set by the superior
strategy of their rival*, the English
women swept the American pair off
their feet with a brilliantly sustained
attack in the last two sets.
The losers tired under the swift
pace and were comparatively easy
victims in the deciding set.
Miss Wills, in dethroning Mrs Mal
lory, administered the first setback
the Noi’se woman ever fcas Bus
ed in the final round of the title quest
and the second defeat the latter has
suffered in nine years of tournament
history in this country. Back in
1913, Mrs. Mallory, then Miss Bjur
stedt. was off form through illness,
and fell before Miss Marion Zinder
stein of Wilmington. Del., .now Mrs.
John B. Jessup, in an early round.
Mrs. Wightman was the eventual win
ner of the tournament, the only one
since 1915 until this season in which
the Norse woman has failed to emerge
victorious.
Defeat Was a Decisive One.
It was one of the most decisive de
feats, too, that Mrs. Mallory has re
ceived in her long and brilliant ca
reer. Last year, in the final round
of the world's championship at Wim
bledon. Mile. Lenglen overwhelmed
rlie American, 6-2, 6-0, but the vic
tory of Miss Wills today, while she
allowed her rival one more game than
did the French woman, was pone the
less crushing in Its finality.
The decisiveness of the triumph by
the coast girl, who had never been
able to more than extend Mrs Mal
lory came as a distinct surprise to
critics, even those who held out the
highest hopes for Miss Wills as a re
„lt of her sensational march to vic
tory through the international field
that started tournament play last
Monday
There was no question that she had
reached the topmost heights of her
game all week, hut few expected Mrs
Mallory, who also had been showing
‘ her best formi to be swept aside so
easily But where she had seemed
nervous, uncertain in opposing tho
veteran tltleh^lder, previously. Miss
Wills today was the picture of conft
ilence Except for a few moments of
inaccuracy at the start, she played
with superb skill and cool general
shin.
Outplayed Mrs. Mallory.
It was this resourcefulness, this Im
perturbability under the hottest of
the champion's fire, coupled with the
all-around perfection of her stroking,
that cast the verdict In Miss Wills'
favor. One of the hardest hitting
players the game has ever known,
Miss Wills matched drive for drive,
putting. If anything, more “pace Into
her shots than Mrs. Mallory could
' muster, while time after time she
whipped across placement strokes
that the champion could barely get
her racquet on.
Mrs. Mallory fought her hardest,
bringing off many remarkable returns
and prolonging many brilliant rallies
from the baseline, but inevitably she.
was forced to the defensive, giving
Miss Wills a chance for a smashing
cross-court act or being forced Into
errors by the sheer power of her
young rival's strokes.
Mrs. Mallory made her first ap
pearance In American tournament
Play In 1915, coming to this country
fi-om Christiana, Norway. Her first
victory W'as in the national Indoor
championship, which she followed
. with a series of triumphs unprece
,| nied In women' court animls. She
the turf court tournament of
mi.Vafid 1916 and then, with the om
ul championship abandonment be
iiisp of the war, won a patriotic
oilman ent In 1917. She repeated In
mix and after her set hack In 1919
resumed a swav unbroken for three
more years. She has tiled, unsuccess
fully for the past three years to lift
tl,« world's title at Wimbledon, her
nearest approach coming,In 19J
w hen she fell before Mile. Lenglen.
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Dempsey to Box 10 Rounds Every
Day in Training for Firpo Bout;
Begins Work at Saratoga Today
White Sulphur Springs Hotel, Sara
toga Lake, N. Y., Aug. 18.—Jack
Dempsey, heavyweight champion,
will begin a steady training grind here
tomorrow In preparation for his clash
with Luis Angel Firpo of the Ar
gentine, in New York, September 14.
No fewer than ID rounds of boxing
are on Dempsey’s daily program,
w-hile each morning a period will be
devoted to road work. The last of
his eight sparring partners Is ex
pected here otmorrow.
In expectation of large crowds of
admirers at the Dempsey camp to
morrow, eight state troopers have
been assigned to handle traffic on
the road leading here from Saratoga,
supplementing two who have been on
duty since the champion's arrival.
Tex Rickard, promoter, who rs
staging the Dempsey-F'irpo fight, was
a visitor at Saratoga otday, but did
not come to the Dempsey camp here.
Dempsey and his manager. Jack
Kearns, motored to Snratoga this
afternoon for a conference with
Rickard.
With two exhibition boxing bouts
for charity scheduled tonight, Demp
sey spent no time in the ring today.
Early in the evening he left for
Schnectady, accompanied by Floyd
Johnson, Iowa heavyweight contend
er, and other sport notables, where
he took part in a four-round contest
for a church lyceum. Afterward in
Saratoga he stepped into the ring
for another four-round exhibition
against Charles Schwartz, society
boxing fan.
Bowlers Plan for
a Big Pin Season
Local bowlers are making early
plans for one of the finest pin tum
bling seasons in Omaha. Last night
the Booster league met at the Omaha
alleys and drew up a schedule for
10 teams while this afternoon the
Ladies' Metropolitan loop meets to
elect officers and the Gate City divis
ion holds sway at 10:30 o'clock this
morning. During the coming week
three more groups will lay plans for
the coming Indoor months.
The Farnam alleys open early In
September while the Omaha pin set
ters have been busy In match work
for several days. The Farnam leagues
will group In pairs this winter and
play two divisions each night with
10 teams to each league. The Amer
ican Express league will play four
rounds of match competition instead
of the usual three starting In the next
few weeks on the Farnam waxed
boards.
The following teams will compose
the Booster league: Navigator Cigars,
Union Outfitting, Harney Auto Re
pairs, Pantorium. Independents,
Swifts, Stlpletox, Cooper Specials and
Omar Flours.
Braves Lose Protest
on Dodger Victory
New York, Aug. 18.—The Boston
National league club's protest of
Brooklyn’s victory In the second game
of a double-header at Brooklyn July
4 was denied today by John A. Heyd
ler, president of the league, in a de
cision involving a new version of the
question—when Is a ball over the
fence?
The protest by Boston hinged upon
a home run allowed Fournier, Dodger
first baseman, in the sixth inning.
Fournier’s drive, by a strange freak,
struck a flag attached to a staff on
top of the right field wall, became
fastened in Its folds for a moment and
then dropped back into the playing
field The ball was returned to the
Infield and Fournier held to second
base, but Umpire Hart ruled the hit
a home run.
Boston claimed that the flag was
part of the playing field and that the
hit. therefore, did not go out of the
park, but President Heydlor, citing
several precedents, decided that the
flag was an obstruction beyond the
limits of the playing field, thereby
sustaining the ruling of the arbiter
Armstrong Wins Northwest
day Court Tennis Title
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 18.—Joe Arm
strong, 8t. Paul, won the northwest
cm clay court tennis singles cham
pionship hero today by defeating John
McGee, St. Taul, 6-1, 6-4. 6 4.
Miss Marguerite Davis, Sf. Paul,
raptured the women's singles title by
heating Mrs. Ethel Bose, Minneapolis,
60, 6 2.
Williams Hits 22<l Homer.
81. Louis, Aug. 18.—Kenneth Wil
liams of the St. Louis American*
got his 22d home run of the season
In the first Inning of today's game
with Washington. Zahnlser whs
pitching for the visitors. There was
no one on base.
Helen If ills Is Fourth
California If oman Who
If on National Net Title
San Francisco, Aug. 18.—Four
California women have been na
tional tennis champions. Mrs.
May Sutton Bundy of Iios
Angeles, won the national title in
loot ami Mrs. Hazel Hotchkiss
Wightmaei, formerly of Berkeley
hut now living in Boston, annexed
the championship in 1909, 1910,
1911 and 1919.
Miss Mary Brown* of I, os
Angeles, held the national title In
1912 and 1913, and Miss Helen
Wills captured the title today.
Kinsey Brothers
Team a Winner
Newport, R. I., Aug. 18.—In n
match replete with sparkling vol
leys, hard hitting and tense moments,
Robert and Howard Kinsey, rated as
America's premier doubles combina
tion, triumphed today over S. How
ard Voshell, of Brooklyn, and Clar
ence J. Grlffln of San Francisco, 7-6,
6-4, 7-5 in the final round of the
Casino Invitntlon tennis tournament.
Howard Kinsey, a few hours earlier,
had won possession of the Casino cup
for a year by defeating Harvey Snod
grass, conqueror of Vincent Rich
ards, 6-4, 4<6, 6-0, 9 7 in the final
round of the singles.
Kinsey excelled his opponent in all
departments.
Big Blaze Is Surprise
at Saratoga Meeting
Saratoga Springs. N. Y.. Aug, 18.—
Glen Kidlo farm's bay colt. Big Blaze,
carrying 112 pounds, provided tho
greatest surprise of the meeting to
day hy defeating the fleet St. James
and the Whitney cracks, Swlngalong
and Klondyke, In the Grand Union
Hotel $10,000 stakes for 2-year olds.
Swlngalong and St. James rail each
other to exhaustion In the first part
of the race and then Big Blazo rnmo
front third place and won hy a length
and a half. St. James was two
lengths ahead of Swlngalong. The
time, 1:11 2-ti for the six furlongs, waa
the fastest ever made In the stakes.
Tho Traversa etnke for 8 year-olds
at ono ami a quarter miles, worth
$12,000, was won hy Wilderness hy a
head from Flagstaff Itlnllo got. off
poorly and was last for half the Jour
ney, but made up many lengths and
secured third place.
Wnlkrr Cup Team Member
in California Golf Finals
Bos Angeles, Cal., Aug. 18.—Fred
Wright, Jr., of Bos Angeles, member
of Die victorious Walker cun team
which recently Invaded Great ltrltnln,
today entered the final round of the
Bos Angeles Country club's Individual
tournament by defeating W. W.
Campbell, 7 and f> I’laylng at the
top of Ids game, Wright mnde the
first nine holes In 33, two under par,
and was at no time endangered. Kv
erett Beaver of Bos Angeles pre
viously had eliminated Jack Neville,
stale amateur dhwnplon
Mathewson Plays
Don Elliott for
State Net Title
Final Match This Week—Al
bert Finkel of Omaha V. ins
State Junior Title by
Defeating Deising.
Ry Jl'DI) CROCKER.
Lincoln. Aug. 18. — The Ne
braska state tennis title remains to
be settled between C. M. Mathewson
of Walthill and Don Elliott of Lin
coin. The final match will be played
some time during the coming week,
being postponed on account of the
rain Thursday which caused the net
play to be delayed.
Mathewson won his way to the
final bracket Saturday afternoon
when he defeated Clyde Seymore of
University Place in four sets, 6-0,
6-4. 4 6, 7-5. Elliott defeated Ced
Potter, 6 3. 5-7, 6-2. 6 4. Mathewson
has held the Cornhusker title twice,
his last victory being In the 1916
meet at superior, while Elliott Is a
former Lincoln city title holder and
University of Nebraska champ two
years ago.
A1 Finkel won the state Junior
honors by winning from Gordon
Diesing in straight sets, 61. 6-3. 6-2.
The two Omaha youths paired to
gether won the youngsters doubles
title from North and Elliott of Lin
coln In straight time.
The. doubles championship w-ill be
decided Monday afternoon. The two
undefeated teams are both of the
capital city. Elliott and Russell meet
McBride end Htanton. The fomer
won from Stocking and Potter yester
day, 3-6, 6 4. 7 5, 6 3 while the latter
defeated Proud and Emmet, the last
outstate team to fall, after a long
match, 6-3, 6 4, 4-6, 12 19.
CHAMPION SHIV SINGLES.
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Mathew aon boat Svymoui', 6-0. 6 -4. 4 6.
Elliott boat potter, 6-3. 6-7. 6 2, 6-4.
CHAMPIONSHIP jMdhi.ES.
vinl- Final a.
Elliott *nd Hu s. ii i,i at Stocking and
Potter. 3-6. 6-4. 7-6. 6-3
M< Bride and Stanton beat Proud and
Emmett. «-3. 6-4. 4-6. 12-10.
Firemen Still After Cope.
Omaha firemen are still looking for
| the police baseball team to accept
their challenge for the city uervic®
championship, according to Manager
Casey of the fire laddies.
School Girl Wins U. S.
Tennis Championship
MU* Helen Will*.
Floyd Johnson Gets “Blues” and
Tiny Herman Loses a Chance on
Semi-Windup to Dempsey-Firpo
BY FRED 8. Hl'NTER.
A great sadness has crept into the
usually Jovial solil of "Tiny" Jim
Herman. The reason? Floyd John
son.
"Tiny" Jim thought he was to be
allowed the delightful privilege of ex
changing pokes in the nose with
Johnson. And his happiness knew no
bounds.
But alas, it appears that It is not
to be. At least, Tor the time being.
For Johnson, It seems, cherishes no
great desire to venture Into the same
24 foot ring with the Omaha heavy
weight Here's the how of It:
Shortly after Tex Rickard com
pleted arrangements to send Luts
Firpo. the angel from the pampas,
against Jack Dempsey on September
14 in New York, the big promoter
began to scan the lists of logical can
didates for the semi-windup.
A Likely I/Miking Match.
Rls eye fell upon Floyd Johnson.
Then upon Jim Herman. What could
be better than a set-to between these
pachyderms of the ring? Nothing at
r^ll, Tex reasoned. So he instructed
his matchmakers to see what Could
be done about tt.
"Tiny" Jim and his manager. Jack
Lewis, heard the Joyous tidings and
became Intensely gleeful. Visions of
great wealth flashed before them.
They pictured in thetr own minds
the acclaim of a huge audience In
ecstacies over the spectacle of "Tiny"
.tim standing over the prostrate form
of Floyd Johnson. And they dreamed
new dreams, dreams of Herman re
spending to the plaudits of a multitude
cheering this latest challenger of
Jack Dempsey while Lewis, the man
----
ager, In a busy box office counted
endless bundles of greenbacks.
Because Herman and Lewis confi
dently believe Floyd Johnson is made
to order for Herman, that after 8, 10
or 12 rounds of scuffling Herman
would wallop Floyd Into dreamland
And wouldn't a knockout victory over
Johnson put Herman right in line for
a match with Dempsey and great
riches? Verily.
But in their joy Herman and Lewis
overlooked one important element.
They forgot about Johnson.
Wants a Cut at Gate.
And now comes the word from New
York that Johnson Is not consumed
by the same aching yearning to
meet Herman. Johnson does not de
cline to battle "Tiny.” Not at all.
But his financial demands give some
Indication of the respect he holds for
Herman's left hook. To meet Herman.
Johnson wants a percentage of the
gate.
There the matter rests. Rickard
is of no mind to give Johnson a per
centage. Dempsey and Firpo get
such large percentages It would be
folly for him to pay out another
chunk of the receipts for Johnson.
It would remove his chance to make
a sizeable profit for himself. And
Rickard is not promoting fights for
his health.
Johnson demands a percentage to
fight Herman.
Rickard says he can't afford to
pay it.
Which puts Herman up a tree. And
the visions of great affluence are
fading rapidly. "Tiny” Jim's cup of
bitterness Is filled to overflowing and
his gr.ef is groat. No fight, no fame,
no fun. no dough, just gloom. It's a
tough life.
Papyrus’ Owner Says He
JT ill Accept Offer to Race
Rest American 3-Y ear-Old
II? I'nlvrmai Kervtc*.
Tendon, Aug. 18.—Bon Irish. York
shire tenant farmer, owner of Papy
rus, winner of the derby, today con
firmed the report that August Bel
mont, owner of Tracery, the sire of
Papyrus, had offer* to match the
host American 3 year-old against
Papyrus for a purse of $125,000.
Belmont, he said, proposes that the
winner will take $100,000 of the stake
and the loser $25,000. Irish added
that an agreement has not yet been
signed, but if the race takes place
it will be about the middle of October
at Belmont park. New York.
Jumbo Stiebm Is Victim
of Cancer of Stomach
II, I nKm,l Serrlre.
Bloomington, Iml., Aug. IS.—Rat
tling with the odds against him,
Conch E. O. (Jumbo) StlPhni. for sU
years Indiana university athletic di
rector and head football conch, suc
cumbed today to cancer of the stom
ach. Upon Ills last visit to a hos
pital In Rochester, Minn.. In Juno,
Stiehm was told that he had only a
few weeks to live, and upon his re
turn here he began preparations for
! death.
Th« body will lie In state here nil
■ day tomorrow and will be shipped
to (lie home at Johnson Creek, Wls,
tomorrow night.
Previous to coming here, Stiehm
was coach nt the University of Ne
braska. where Ills football teams won
the Missouri Valley conference
championship five successive sea
sons.
Came to Nohraaka In 1911.
I.lnenhi. Aug. IS. — K. O. (Jumbo)
Stlehni. whn died this morning
at Bloomington. Ind . was dlreo
lor of athletics and head coach of
football nnd basket 1mll at the In
\eislty of Nebraska during tho years
101 1 1 ?»1 r. and during that time No
Itniska won five successive Missouri
valley football championships and
three basket ball championships, no
cording to records at the university
here. I'nder Stlehm’s guidance hnsket
hall rose from an almost abandoned
sport to one of the leading games
at Nebraska.
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Summary — Homo run.: Borman. Murphy.
O'Cannnr T«a ba-c hit.: bliiinian, "
,,,(. I.. hall: IBmglln*. bit by pitch
ed hall: Hale, 2. WUens. Ibnbfr play:
Murphy B. KlngmaO. Man. anil hlfa: Off
l ee 2 and II In 2 2-3 Inning.; off Boehler
n ami o In I 1-3 Inning. ; off I > neh, 3 and
H In H Inning.. B inning pitcher I l ee 1 aw
ing nlleheer. I.ynrh. SlrurU out: By
l.n.V 4; hv lee. A; by Boehler. .. Itaw
on hall.! Off l ynch. 3; off Tee I . off
I,lull 0 left on ha.I’.: Or. Maine., a,
Omaha. 1 1 mplre: Shanahan and Mc
llnnalil Time 1:30.
National 220-Yard Swimming
Record Lowercdnt DcKalli. Ill
PeKalb. Ill . Aug. IS.—One nntlonnl
swimming record woo hroken ami
filiother established in a meet liere
today at the opening of a how mu
tili’iiwil swimming pool.
Robert Skelton of tbe Illinois Ath
let In elub. rhlcago. min '220 yards
In 3 08 3. three and two fifths seconds
faster than the previous national rec
Old for Ibis dislnni'i . which lie set
Bugene Bolden, from the name dub.
swam two miles in 50:20.3, tbe flirt
lime this event has been held under
Official a usplces.
Talierski, Former BiUaril
(.liatup, to Stage (.oinebaek
Nrw York. Au«. IS - Frank Tabor
*kl, who rot trod four rear* "K" «»
umWmtotl |HH’kPt blllhutl chatnplnn
of tho worhi. will R com obit ok
thin your. Ho will roontor compel
tlon In tho Interstate Pocket Hilllnul
longuo ns n representative of hoirnlt.
Sixteen ethos in tho eaat ami mid*
rtlewost will hnv* entries In tho
I longu#.
St. Louis Amateur Team
Invited to Play Omaha
Champs Here, Sept. 15-16
St. Louis has been Invited to
send Its amateur champion to
Omaha to play the local C lass A
virtnr on Sept. 15 and tfi. The
following Sunday the Omaha Glass
A and B champions will go to
the Missouri metropolis for the
annual intercity games.
The Omaha champion squad
is likely to he the winner of the
Murphy-Woodmen of the World
tilt at Fontenell park today.
Buffaloes Hit
at Right Tinifc
and Win, 5 to 2
Omaha Vi ins Ihree Straight
From Des Moines—O'Con
nor, Gorman and Murphy
Get Homers.
By RALPH WAGNER.
Those Omaha Buffaloes made It
three straight over Lee Keiser's Den
Moines Boosters yesterday when they
copped the third contest of the five
game series by the score of 5 to 2.
0'&nr»r
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A couple tnou
sand or so spec
tators were on
hand to see the
Buffaloes do
their stuff
against t h ,e
Boosters and
were well paid
for their after
noon at the
park. Both
teams played
good ball. Snap
py fielding,
hurling duels
and home runs
were sandwiched
in the one hour
and fifty min
ute9 of the national pastime.
Harry Lee. who has been stamped
the "are” of the Omaha pitching
staff along with Byron Speece, and
Adrian Lynch, the elongated Booster,
got tangled up in a pitchers' duel
that went a little over seven innings.
In the eighth the Boosters poked two
balls over the fence for home runs
and hit two more into the territory
inside the fence. This attack on the
part of the Iowans broke up a hurl
ers' battle and resulted in Lee being
sent to the showers, P. V. Q.
Holds Boosters Scoreless.
Harry held the Boosters scoreless
and to four singles and one double
until the eighth when he sort of lost
hts stuff on the ball. Gorman was
the first visitor to face Lee Sn this
inning and he slammed the ball over
the right field fence. In the previous
innings Harry had whiffed Gorman
twice. MeLarry grounded out. and.
then was knocked a home run by ol'
Buzz Murphy. Horan and Corriden
singled and Kingman forced the lat
ter at second. After that play Konet
chy jerked Lee and put George Boeh
ler on the mound. The score was 4 to
2 in favor of Omaha when all of this
happened, and as Des Moines didn't
score any more runs, Harry gets
credit for the victory which rightful
ly belongs to him. We have seen
Harry pitch all of his games on the
home lot and we have yet to see
him go through a game without ex
periencing one bad inning. How
ever, he always manages to pull
through these bad Innings in good
shape, and we opine that yesterday's
game would have been no exception.
As for Adrian Lynch, the Des
Moines hurler, he pitched Just af
good a game as the next one Satur
day. He allowed the herd eight hits,
one of them being a home run by
O'Connor and another a double by
Wilcox. The Buffaloes clouted the
ball at the opportune times and there
by hangs the tale of victory for Oma
ha.
O'Connor Scores First.
Lynch let the Buffaloes down w-ith
only one scant single until the fourth
when O'Connor singled to center.
Wilcox's double, his fifth hit of the
series, scored O’Connor from first
with the first run of the afternoon.
All this occurred after two outs and
Konotchy made it three by being
called out on the third strike.
In the next inning the Buffaloes got
two more ruins, but errors figured
in these tallies. Wetzel started
things when he reached first on
Gorman s error. Hale got hit by a
pitched ball and Catcher Hungltng
then made* a wild throw to first
which allowed Wetzel to reach third
anil Hale to Journey down to second.
Lee's timely bingle to right field, a
dandy hit. scored Wetzel and put
Hale on third. With two men on
and no outs, Kerr got overanxious
to connest with the ball and struck
out. Joe ltonowitz sent a high fly
out to Joe Horan and Hale scored
what proved to le the winning run.
Mnnush lined bps down the third
base line and the play at the plate
eaught Lee for the third out.
Dick O'Connor's home run over the
right field fence in the sixth Inning
registered Omaha's fourth run. and
three straight .singles and Gorman's
error enabled the Buffaloes to score
their fifth run in the eighth.
A double header is seheduled for
this afternoon, the first game start
ing at 2 o'clock.
W ililrrnesg Is \X inner of
Travers Stake at Saratoga
Saratoga Springs, N. V. Aug. IS —
Wilderness, ridden hy Jockey Mar
lnelli. won the Hi.500 Traters stake,
11 mile and a quarter for 3 year-olds,
at Saratoga track this afternoon.
Flagstaff was second amt Kialto was
third. Time 3:04.
Knglish Air Perliy Winner
Knters International Hares
St ]jOiil*. Aug IS 1 1 Carter,
Inner of the recent British Mir der
hy. h«M entered the international air
races to be held here October IS. it
%vj»m announced tonight. Him entry
make* fi\e foreign nation* already
represented, the other* being France,
ltali, Mexico and Canada.
Board Meets This
Week to Act Upon
Metro Situation
American League to Ask for
Class A Hating and to
Bar All Semi-Pros
From Clubs.
By CARROLL R. MILLEN.
HE amateur base
ball situation in
Omaha is in for a
thorough investiga
tion when the
board of directors
meet at a call of
President A1 Scott
this week, probably
Wednesday night
The situation in
Omaha needs iron
ing out which easily
» can be done be
| cause the few are
I trying to force their
R wishes over the
’ heads of the maor
it v. Definite deci
sion* must be handed down at the
meeting If the sport on the Omaha
s,an<l lots is to be kept at that
standard which has>made it so suc
cessful in the past.
Among the various measures which
President Scott and his board of di
rectors must settle are the following
Why was Pitcher Jinttny Moore of
(he Woodmen of the World team
whitewashed by a 3 to 2 vote of the
eligibility committee of the board
after he admitted playing out of
town baseball in opposition to a
rule which prohibits this?
Why w as Pitcher Leo Krupski of
the same team treated with the
same consideration when it was
proved he played out of town?
It tlie Metropolitan league stUi
insists on gaining its profes«icmll
status ran it remain a member of
the Municipal Amateur association
and rerehe the same benefits whirl)
are due to players of amateur stand
ing alone?
Who Is the individual, or Individ
uals, trying to make the association
a political issue rather than one of
a pure amateur sporting character?
Why is the board retaining so
many directors who never attend a
meeting to settle disputes which
roine before it for the good of the
association and amateur baseball in
Omaha?
There is no danger of the assocla
tion going on the rocks. It is toi
well-meaning a body for that and th'
business men who have supported
teams under its Jurisdiction and ths
hundreds of players who have playeo
under its standards are satisfied 17,5? »
it can function for the good of the
sport in Omaha. The rigid enforce
ment of the constitution and by
laws of the organization will stop all
arguments among the teams and play
ers at the present time.
Too Many Directors.
The size of the present board of di
rectors is a considerable handicap.
Each meeting of the board draws no
mere than a sufficient number to con
stitute a quorum. The majority of the
board may be great boosters for the
amateur sport but when it comes to
the discharge of their duties they
rank with proverbial "dead timber."
There has been some secret agita
tion against the present heads of the
organization and seme rumors of
changes in the organization which if
followed out will make it a purely pc
litical organization A change would
bs fatal because the association has
prospered and grown under the pres
ent management which serves with
out compensation and for a love cf
the sport alor.e.
It is the advent of professional
tendencies which is the big agitation
now. The Metropolitan league, led by
only a few- men who started the
trouble, is trying to force views upon
the board which the board turned
down at a recent meeting. At a
meeting of the league last week a
unanimous vote was taken to try to
bring the issue up again and urge the
board to adopt a measure into the
constitution that players in that or
ganisation be allowed to play out of_
tow n hall during the week. Tt i^Jss*^
a handful cf professionals who seek
amateur protection when they are not
entitled to it.
The American Class B league is
making a strong stand behind ama
teur policies in Omaha. At the next
meeting of the board it will make ap
plication to be rated as Class A dur
ing the next season. In addition. It
will request that the league be rated
as purely amateur and no semi pro
players be allowed the teams, as i«
the present condition in the Metro
politan league.
The American league played ball ef
a better class than B rating last year.
The players in the league, for the
most part, have been together In that
circuit for several years and are now
entitled to a better ranking which
may be given them at the meeting.
Helen Wills to Become a
Freshman at California I
Forest Hills. Aug. 1$—Despite her
dignified position as woman’s ten «
ch.impoln of the United States. Ms-s
Helen Wills will return to California
some time next week, to be readv
when the fall terms opens at the Uni
versity of California, where she w.t
enter the freshman class. She w l
specialise In art and languages. She
will 1m* IS on October $. a few months
older than was M o Sutton, now M
Thomas C. ltundy. when she won the
same title almost a score of years
ago. W.
California Pro May F'tablith
New Worlds Coif Record
Butte Mont . Aug. IS -Joe Nou .
professional of the Berkeley (Cal 1
Country club, playing In tha open
golf championship at the State tour
nament here today equated the course
record of 69
Novak's record thus far !n this
event is TJ. 69. 66, and tf he makes s
69 in tomorrow s final round that, it
is believed here, will be a worlds rec
ord.