i“ws 1 Tup (iMAHASunday -Bee I VOL. 53—NO. 17. xCornhuskers Fall Before Rush of Illinois Team; Are Outplayed From First Slippery Field and Rain Prove Waterloo of Creighton at Lawrence, Kansas lllini Outplay Huskers in the Opening Game . Nebraskans Finally Go Down to Defeat by 24 to 7 Score, but Only. After Putting Up a Stiff Battle. Urbana, 111.. Oct. 6.—Nebraska was outplayed from any angle that Is con sidered in the game which opened the season for both Illinois and the Corn huskers here this afternoon but Coach Dawsons- machine got just what it needed to carry it through the rest of the season victorious—an excel lent lesson in football. The final score indicates the pres ent superiority of Bob Zuppkes Illi nois and the statics bear out the score in this respect. There’s no use painting the lily. But withal Coaches Dawson. Schulte and Frank got just what they wanted—a chance to see their charges under fire against a strong team early. After the game Coach Schulte said, '’Those linemen are ill right, they are green now but they'll come.” The first quarter was as pretty a battle as you could find in a day's walk; Nebraska was within striking distance once, when, after being forced to punt, Llewellen booted the oval 40 yards, Grange fumbling and Nebraska recovering on mini's 40 yard line. Noble gained 13 yards in two succes sive tries at the Illiql line but he fumbled on the third play and Illinois recovered on its 21-yard line. After carrying a sustained attack to Ne braska's 38-yard line Britton dropped back and tried for a place kick, but it was wide. From then until the quar ter ended neither goal was seriously menaced and the period closed with the ball In Illinois possession on Its 45-yard line. To start the secand quarter, Britton punted and H. Dewitz was downed in his tracks on Nebraska's 4 yard line. Llewellen punted 40 yards to Grange, the fleet Illinois sophomore back who was the sensation of the game, and (Turn to Page Two. Colojnn rite.) Good Games Mark First Day of Big 10 . Upsets and near upsets, the thrill ^factors In football as well as in other sports, marked the opening of the Big Ten conference grid season to day. The brilliant victory of the Uni versity of Illinois eleven over the Nebraska Cornhuskers by a score of 24 to 7, was regarded as prophetic of Coach Zuppke's strong bid for the conference title. Of all the victories by the Big Ten schools. Illinois' decisive reversal of the dope was perhaps the most sur prising. Harold Grange and Karl Britton were the Illinois heroes of the contest. Three times Grange crossed the Nebraska line for touch downs. Once he made a beautiful broken field run for 55 yards and touchdown and repeated with a 35 vard dash for another. The other touchdown resulted from a 28-yard forward pass from Britton. Chicago won its second start of the season from the Colorado Aggies, 10 to 0. The Maroons had the Aggies constantly on the defensive but failed to get one ''earned" score. Their only touchdown fame In the first quarter as a result of a blocked kick Northwestern Uses Passes. Northwestern was forced to resort 10 forward passing to defeat Beloit college. 21 to 6, In a game that was just one penalty after another, tt was only in the last quarter that the Northwestern offensive really got (Torn to Fmgm Two. Column SfTfB.) ^Americans Are Polo Champs Westbury, N. Y„ Oct. 8 —The open polo championship of the United States came home today. Undefended by the "four horsemen of the Argentine," who were unable to come here to defend the title they won last year, the championship was contested for by the British army team, which went down to a glorious defeat before the Meadowbrook club, 12 goals to 9. The teams went Into the last pe riod tied at eight goals each and as the lead wavered, first to the Brit ish. then to the Americans, specta tors stood up In their boxes nnd cheered wildly. tn that last period. Melville, of the British unity, first scored a leading goal, but In less than a minute Hitch rock had tied the score. Then Mil burn, with one of hi* .typical long drives, sent Me*.—Hiram. 10: Kenyon. 0. At I.evrlnton. Me.—Bate,. Mannnehu nettn Aaalen. «. At Oberllu. «>.—ttberlln, 0: Ohio l nl vernlty. 0. . ..... , , At Granville. O.—Denlnon. 12: Hlllndnle. M At " Slllwaiikem—Marquette. S3; SI. At' ’Morgantown. W*. Va.—Went Virginia. ’'*AtAAtlanta''Ga>.: Georgia Teeh, 10; Vir ginia .Military Inatitute. 7. At Woreeiwer. Mann.: Holy t roan, 60; Lebanon Valley. 0. . . .. At New Brunnwiek. N. J.: Rutgera, 44, Villa Nova, O. At Athena, Ga.: t.eorgla. 20; Ogel *11 At'^ilIddletown, Conn.; Wealeyan. 13; Bowdoiu. 0. _ . At Mpringfleld, O.: Wittenberg, *4; Georgetown. Kj.. 0. At Westerville, €>.: Wooster, 21; Otter At Marietta. O.: Marietta, 14; Broad dUAt°Philadelphia: Man land, 3; Uni versity of Pennsylvania. 0. At Providence, R. I.: Brown, 33; Col yXt Ntate college: Penn Ntate college, 16; North Carolina Ntate. «. At Ithaca. N. Y.: Cornell, 34; Nusque haiina. 0. . ..... At Ann Arbor, Mich.: Michigan, 86; Case. 0. At Minneapolis: Minnesota 20. Ames 17. At Dubuque: Dubuque university 55, llepaui u. At K.»ck Island: Northwestern college of Naperville 20, .Augustaim 6. At Milwaukee: .Marquette academy 0, Loyola 7. At Columbus, O.: Ohio State 24, Wes leyun 7. At Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue 39, Wilm ington ii. At Hartford, Conn.: Trinity 7, Worces ter Tech 8. At Medford. Mass.: Tufts 14, Conneetl cut Aggies t). At Troy. N. Y.: Williams 20, Rensselaer Poly 12. At Washington: Quantlco Marines 14, Georgetown 3. At Ann Arbor. Mleh.—Final: Michigan. 36; Case. 0. At West Point: Army, 20; Florida. I. At Danville, Ky.{ Centre, 7; Carson Nfwman, 0. At St. Louis: KoIIa School of Mines. 0; Washington University. 7. At New York: Columbia. 0; Amherst, 0. At Hethlehem. Pi.: Lehlgli, 26; Gettys burg. 6. At Fayette, Ark.: University of Arkan sas. 26: Drury. 0. At Houston: Sam Houston Normal. 0; At St. Louis: Arkansas Aggies. 0: St. Louis L\. 39. At Swarthmore. Pa.: Swarthmore. 6; Crsinu*. 0. _ , At .AlllHnce, O.: Mount Union. 27; Adrian. Mich.. 0. At Milwaukee; Marquette, 33: St. Marys. 0. At Memphis: University of Tennessee Medical College. 19; West Tennessee Nor mal. 7. At Charlottesville; Virginia. 9; Lniver sit.v of Richmond. 0. w . ^ At Blacksburg: V. P. I., 7: Davidson. 0. At Kankakee. 111.: St. Viator. 68; Lewi* Institute, 0. .. . At Marquette. Mich.: Oshkosh Normal, 12: Northern Normal. 0. At Center: Pennsylvania Military Col lege. 16; St. Stephen. 0. At Haverford. Pa.: Haverford, 8; Tem ple University. 0. At Newark. Del.: Delaware University, 6; Muhlenberg. 0. At Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Alabama. 66; Mississippi. 0. . m . At Boulder. Colo.: University of Colo rado. 61: Western State Normal. 0. At South Bend. Ind.—Notre Dame, 14; Lombard. 9. _.... At Austin. Tex.—Texas. 61: Phillips, 0. At Stillwater. OkL—Tevas Christian University. 7 Oklahoma A. and M., 6. At Dayton, O.—Dayton. 27; Duqtiesne. 0. At Jackson, Tenn.—Union 1 niversity, 14; University of Louisville, 6. At Cincinnati—Kentucky State, 14; University of Cincinnati, 0. At l4iwrence, Kan.—Creighton, 0s Uni versity of Kansae. 8. At C’mwfordsvlUe, Ind.—Wabash, 27; llanover. 0. . _ _ __ At Stanford University—Stanford. 20; Nevada. 0. . At Missoula—University of Montana. 26; Mount St. Charles. 0. At roll man—Washington State College, 20; College of the Pad fir, 0. At Tacoma—College of Puget Sound, til l'. H. Ml«»l«lp|>l. «. At forvnlli.— Multnomah Athl.tlr Club, 0; Oregon Agricultural. 0- , . ,, At I... Angele.—I nlver*lt.v of Nouth cm California. 27: Pomona College, 7. At Phorni., Aril.—Vnlveratty of Arl r.ona. IX; Phorni. Indian whool. d. It f.nlden, Polo. Hrhool of Mine,. .0: tnllcu.-. Drntrr. «. At Polumhln. Mo.—I nlrrr.Hr of Mi« .ouri. H>: Monlhwratrrn Ml.aourl Tearli rr. Pollntr. d. _ It lllfhmonil. Ind.—Karlham. II: Ce dtirvlllr. <».. d. .... At Nnrthflrld. VI.—New llamn.hlrr Unlver.lt*. 19: Norwich, 7 At Mlddlehnry. At—Inlon, 7: Mlddlr bUAt‘ hnrlngfMd. Mb...—Vermont. 2d: Springfield. 7. .. . . At Pharlnttr.vllle. A a.—Virginia. »: Unl»er.lPr nf Richmond. 0. At lllarh.hurg. A a.—A Irglnla Tolj torhnlr. 7: Itavldann. 0. At Par#huge. Mo.—C arthagr. 27: Ull nol. Collrgr. 2t. .. At Wirrvrnort. la.—Cenlennary. td; College or Chattanooga. 7. At Lynchburg—Lynchburg f ollrgr. •: W.\t h?!*Ta»iil2^-'Wh.hlngfon. 7: Mlawturi School of Mine., 0. , , At Mnnlmltiin. Kan.—Knn.a. Agglr*. 27: AVa.Iilium. «. Denves’s Drop Kick Wins. Denver, Colo., Oet. fi.—A drop kirk hy O'Connell In the third quarter gave Denver University a 10 to 7 victory over the University of New Mexico eleven here today. A series of passes, Williams to Boyd, took the hall to New Mexico’s five-yard line In the first period and Williams plunged over a touchdown. He kicked goal. Captain Jones and Popejoy of New Mexico took the hall down the field In the second period on a series of line plans and Jonea plunged through for the tally, and kicked goal. O'Donnell'a drop kick from tho 28 yard lino In the third period gave Denver a three points lead that It held until the final whistle. llastinK" Winn, 9 to 7. Kearney. Urt. 0 — Hustings collrge defected the K-ti,W*y State Teachers’ college he e this ■ ftetihVou In s *doec, well played game by the scor'd'Kf * to 7. In the first quarter Hastings scored their touchdown, but were un aide to kirk goal. The second quar ter was scoreless and In the third quarter Kearney pushed over a touch down, the result of Homo sensational forward passes and end runs. In the next fetv minutes of play a punt hy Kearney went had, being blocked by a Kearney player, tho hall going to I lasings on KVurney's 20-yard line. Ilastlnts kicked a final goal immedi ately, A l ■ W . ft '*• Cottttie (V> f Hero are the principals in the two big bouts which will be held at the Auditorium Monday night. Morrie Nclilalfer of Omaha fights Billy Wells of England in the main event and Newsboy Brown of Sioux City talkies bis home town rival, Con nie Curry, in the seml-wludup. Aggies Lose Great Game to Maroons Play Even Game Despite De feat at Hands of Chicagoans. Chicago, Oct. 6.—Although defeat ed 10 to 0, the Colorado Aggies foot ball team played the University of Chicago a nearly even game at Stagg field today. A blocked punt recov ered by Henderson gave Chicago Its touchdown and Rohrke added three points with a drop kick from the 2*-yard line. Two Chicago players, King at cen roons in the shadow of their goal posts and In the third period Colo rado made five straight first downs to Chicago's 18-yard line but there the Maroons stopped them when Ag gie passes failed. Reid and Houser carried the chief part of Colorado's offensive and Houser's punting played a large part In protecting Colorado's goal line. Chicago opened a characteristic plunging attack in the fourth period but Colorado stopped it on the Ag gles’ four-yard line. Two Chicago players. King at ceil ter and Dickson at end, were Injured and it was said that they might not be able to play again for weeks. The lineup and summary. CHICAGO. Position COLORADO. Dlrkson-Barnea . .R.E. Brown Rolleaton-Oowdy . RT. Wl-Kle Rohrke Pokraas R.O. Bain McGaughey Klng-Oreeneed- _ haum-Frleda ....c... Pit* her Hobscheld ..1,0. McCall Hlbben-Henderson L.T.warn-r Lamp*’ .LK. T8.rr*7/r*11 Law-Hello .WB. Treffelaen Pyott .RICH. Held II. Thorns*- _ _.... McCarty .L H 1». Zorn .F.B. Houser Referee: R C. Huaton (Parson*): Um pire: Barnaba* h (Htanford); Filld Judg*’. Zerbllng (Indiana); Head Linesman: i 1 u**if *?I (Marquette). comedorerlmU; .o h • n-o chi”.,™ :::::::::::::.i * « Scoring—Touchdown: Henderaon Field goal: Rohrke. Goal from touchdown. Pyott. Peru Wins Again. Peru, Neb., Oct. (1.—Peru sent an other Missouri tram hack home de feated when Graf's liob Cats won the annual game from Tarklo by a score of 21 to 7. Coach Graf tried out many of his candidates in the last quarter. Tarklo never was dangerous until the Missourians opened up a passing game In the iast quarter. Four straight passes carried the ball SO yards. The last pajs, from Kylo to Wood, was completed over the goal lino for a touchdown. Captain Kyle kcked goal. Peru was In striking distance in the final period when four successful passes and a penalty gavo the game Missourians a touchdown. Captain Kyle played a sensational game for Tarklo. The Peru line deserves high praise. Only one Ural, down was made through the line. Hulslng showed up well In his first game at quarter. For rest Hell played a stellar game on both offense and defense. Peru, II. . Tarklo. f llrvm.lena. .t.I.. T.Vlerleeh Hu* sin ft.. . . O |i. ..«••••• .Kyi* Krtle.....7 It H.Ilrtiham |- rteil.t. It H. u.itit lort UHrie.K. H. K* use Substitutes: Peru !>e!iell. Ssnrtl-'S. Oonwsy. Williams, Tsvlnr. Psirloil. Mai thews. Tsrklo— L Nl-hols, White. It Harr, Mehhitr. Wilkin, Perrtew. g»f»re»' Hurl ley. Nebraska. Umpire I utnsm, Nebraska. lloatl linesman Det-k. Ilsr varil. ,KrKa „ Po, Ho; Imn nn. !>#-1 roll ...14 626 4*0 “It 40| Hilt ti. Nniv Yolk .161 Btt 149 !<)H 3*6 Hi.nnknr, Hlnvolitnil ,.14> 670 13H *17 ,361 l'nilInn'. Ctllru*.. . 144 600 II 17* >6| Wllltamn. tit. I.ouln 140 666 106 1*4 .661 NATIONAL I.EAltl K. <1 All. H. It, Po|. Hnrnnby. At. I.ouln . 107 424 *11*1.9*6 Whnnt. Brooklyn Its 34* «:t 1.11 370 Bnttomtnv. Nt, I.ouln. 163 616 7* 1*1 .371 rnurnlnr. RrooHlyn ..133 61 1 ol |7» .660 6 rlncb. N*w York 161 111 111 131 .141 Damon Runyon, David ,1. Walsli, John P. Medbury, Waite Hoyt and John J. Evers. The above are five great writ ers who will “cover” the coming world’s series for the readers of The Omaha Bee. Runyon and Walsh need no in troduction. All sport fans know this pair. They are experts In their line, and their line is writ ing sport news. John P. Medbury, Internation ally famous humorist, creator of the “Mutter and Mumble” series, will furnish daily yams on the games that promises to be better than anything in this line that has ever been published. Wnite Hoyt, star pitcher of the Yankees, and John J. Evers, for merly a famous player with the Chicago Cubs, will furnish special stories after each game. Added to this staff of experts is the Associated Press accounts of the games, sidelights on the games, interviews with the play ers, managers and prominent per sons and little out-of-the-way stor ies will appear In The Omaha Bee. The Omaha Bee Is doing every thing it can to give the readers of Omaha ' a complete report of this great sporting event—the red letter event In sportdoin. Watch for the Omaha Bee. Read It! _ Same Prices to Prevail at World Series Games New York, Oct. 6 —One of our lead Ing sport writers says that the base ball world series directors have met and most Important to the fans, they have decided on the prices of admis sion to the games which will begin October 10. < The same old high prices, ranging from ft for admission, |3 for unre served seals. $3 for reserved seats nnd for box seats, will prevail. They are truly gouging prices In these (lays of the vast stadiums, and rightly call for criticism from those who pay the way. Burn* Defeats Holland. Robert T. Burns defeated Yale Hol land yesterday, 3 and 2. In the final match play for the Omaha Country club trophy. The finals of the 36 hole match will he played today be tween John W. Hedltk and Francis Gaines. Omaha U Ties Score in Final Quarter Play Brilliant Game to Over come Handicap of First Score. With the score 7 to /> against them, and one minute and 45 seconds to play, thp University of Omaha won a moral victory from Tabor yesterday when a forward pass, Chalfont to Prestley. netted a much needed touch down, and goal kicked by Chalfont tied the score. The game started with Captain Porler of Omaha losing the toss and elected to defend the south goal. Omaha kicked oft and Tabor marched triumphautly down the field to a touchdown, their only one of the day. Mann kicked a goal following the touchdown made by Bell. Steadying, the Omaha U put up a stiff resistance and checked Tabor's charging backs, and often when the ball was in the shadow of their goal posts. Omaha U was forced to play a defensive game and it was not until the last moments of play, when they released a brilliant passing attack, that ended In a touchdown, were they able to come within striking distance of the goal. Considering that Tabor bad 17 letter, men in the lineup, nine of whom were three-year men. and that Omaha was without a single man from last year. Omaha university football stock took a decided Jump for the better following the re|wrt» from Tabor. The playing of B.wendaugh, Chal font, Danahey and Porter were big factors for Omaha, while Bell, Mann and Captain Schenln were the shin ing lights for Tabof. Omahn. Tabor Thompson.T.. F .... .lab-b M..k.!,. T. Hrown T’eternon.t. fl. Harvay Fries . c*. .lohneon Porter Srhenln Hoar ml* tig h. . It T .M - .rrla Rcnnlng. ..R. F..Kllntan Chnitont .I.. II.Kemelmo Preetley.. .. .R 71.....Putnam Dean.I' It.... Hell Danahey.....Q..... Mann Score by quarters; Omaha .fl " " Tabor . 1 « o o Buffaloes Play at Millard. tVhen the Omaha Buffaloes .face the Millard team this afternoon they will he burking the same lineup that Millard Intends to use In the games next season. The game Is one of a barnstorming tour that ha* been ar ranged for the Omaha player*. Miss Edith Cummings Takes the Woman’s National Coif Crown Rye. N. 7., Oct. *.—The national women'll golf ehamplonnhlp. no long (lie property of the east and south, went went todny when Minn Ivllth Cummlngn. plucky Chicagoan, tri umphed over Minn Alexa Stirling of New York, a native Oeorginn, who had held the title three tlmen. The western girl won hy a margin of .3 up and 2 to play, after a tense mol brilliant struggle In the 38 hole final round mntrh at the Wentcheeter Blltmnra Country club. Jt wun a fine display of grit along with brljltant golf that carried the Chicago girl, a member of the On wentnla Country club, to victory over Mlsn Stirling, who has been known an American most consistent woman player. In the morning round, when play wan alternately ragged and per fect. It seemed that the greater ex perience of the three time champion would play ha part. After losing the first hole of the day, Miss Stirling nettled down nnd noon took tlie lend. She wn* one or two up much of the way unlit the middle of the after noon, having finished the first is 2 the afternoon with par fours; then came the great effort that resulted In Hie crowning of a new champion. Miss ('uunuliiBs. with pnr golf, won five holes hi a row and became 3 up. They halved the seventh and Mlsr Cummings lost the eighth. The ninth was halved. The 10th and 11th were wretchedly placed. Itoth took fives Itoth missed short putts for wins at the 11th and It was halved. Ukewtsc the 11th. The 13th went to Miss Stirling with a well-played pnr four amt she t.u tint one down. Miss Cummings over pitching. Pnr figures won the 14th and 15th for Miss Cummings Oil both holes Miss Stirling dubbed Iron shots When they halved the IRth with five* the shouts of the gallery In applaud Ing the now champion were carried by the wind to the clubhouse where, too. a shout went up. Miss Cummings has entered five national championship tournaments. In one she was eliminated In the fliwt round; In another she was defeated In the second round; In her third she failed to uoalifv. hast year she went as far as the semi finals at White Sulphur Springs, hut was eliminated by Miss Glenna Collett of Providence, who won the title. The new national champion's golf Is considered unusually great because of the handlcsii of i\ broken right arm. which ba* been locked at ths elbow lines she was an Infant. Central Tramps on Bluffs High Red and Blue Boys Were Helpless to Stop Attack of Locals. Central High ushered in the 1923 football season Saturday afternoon in an auspicious manner, defeating Council Bluffs High, 13 to 0. The final score of the game does not tend to show the strength of the Purple lads. Carelessness in the fore part of the game deprived them of at least two touchdowns. While the two teams were of about the same weight, Omaha's backfleld gamed at will through the Bluffsmen line. Again and again the Central lads would plow through the. line of their opponents. The Red and Blue boys seemed un able to make any noticeable gains by plunging the line or via the air route. *Egan, Robertson, Muxen and Howell starred for the locals, while Shepherd, Patrick and Helwig were the ground gainers for the visitors. Council Bluffs won the toss and chose to kick off. Robertson returned the ball 10 yards. First down was made by Powell on plays through center and around right end. Egan went through center for five yards. On the next play Howell went over the goal line for the first touchdown of the game. Howell failed at goal. The next play Omaha kicked off and the Iowans returned the ball 10 yards. Heiwlg fumbled, but the ball was recovered by his teammates. Council Bluffs then punted to Howell, who was downed in his tracks. A forward pass. Marrow to Howell, netted the locals 10 yards. Marrow gained five more yards through tackle. On the next two plays Muxen gained 10 yards. Council Bluffs gained possession of the ball on a fumble by Thomas. Council Bluffs punted to Egan, who was downed when he caught the bail. An ineompleted pass ended the quarter. Omaha opened the second quarter punting. Council Bluffs receiving the ball on the 45-yard line. Pierce made five yards through center. Council Bluffs punted and on a series of line plunges Omaha made first down. Muxen got away around right end for a 10-yard gain. Marrow failed to gain ground on the next play. Howell punted, the Iowa boys receiving the ball on the 80-yard line. IBeKarff went through center for eight yards. Helwig made a gain of 10 yards through center. Pierce smashed through center for a gain of five yards. A forward pass netted the Bluffsmen five more yards. The Iowans were held and Inst the ball on downs. Omaha attempted a for ward pass, but failed. On the next play Clarke, center, made a poor pass to Howell and Council Bluffs gained possession of the ball. Oliver re placed Clarke at center. During the third quarter the teams played on even terms, neither gain lng much ground. Thomas recovered a fumble and ran 60 yards for a touchdown which the referee did not count due to the fact hoth teams were off side when the ball was put In motion. In the fourth quarter Central's backfleld got to working again and the local boys marched down the field for their second touchdown, Thomas kicking goal. Shortly afterward the referee's whistle blew, ending the game. The lineups: Central. Council Bluff*. Percivat.I.E. Pet rtek t.aweon.t.T .... ..... Mean Oort-ii .. I. Cl. Walker H Cl*rkc. !' . Mnhsffe I,spicier.Hcl . I'legman Thom*. IIT.. ttohlnann Kelterman. HE .... WaiMi Egan. Q.B . Shepherd Rohertaon. I. It M Kane Vuaen. R.H Helwig Howell Col. .F.B. Pierre Suhatitut na—Central tire, rdierg for Oort OB. Oliver for Clarke Kln*ev for l.epl. ler. Mattow for Roberteon. rtol.ort eon for ktuaen. council Bluff*: Milder for Shepherd. I-ewia for Fierce T ouchilowne.—Centra I: How ell. final after Touelidown—Thomas. ‘ tffli’lala—-Referee : Moriartv. Creigh ton. Empire Hoadlej-. Cornell, Head llneaman: Bailey. Nehraeka Time of periods: 14 minutes. The acore: Central ..issti 7—1*. Council Bluffs . .000 0— 0 Championship Hand Ball Dates Are Set T. M. C. A.handball committee com posed of E. I». Erlon. John Gillespie. Will Mlckel. met today and assigned the dates for the "f" handball chum plnnshlps; October 16—Fall doubles tourna merit. November 1!—Single* champion ship. January 8—Doubles chatppinnship. February 7—State singles chant piotislilp st Elncoln. March 4 - Mixed doubles tourna ment. April 14—intercity championship at lies Moines. 'Hie state championship and the intercity series of games with lies Moines are two ew events, and will bo contested for the first time this coining season. Schedule ('.hanged. Owing to wet grounds the soccer games scheduled to he played In Athletic park today will be played at Miller park. The games, between Omaha Kickers and the Walter ('amps will Mart at 2 this afternoon and tho game scheduled for Miller put k. between the llnrtk Furnitures and tho All Aim-Means, Will he played at the dose of tho first game. Gregory, S P Oct. *- With all bur four men Inc % p#rlrnc#«1 Gregory held th* f>%«» Platt# lum to 3 iftiichdowni on | ltu» vlaMor# grounds Friday losing (he i ■ sin#. SI to n It wm a f a At mnif and | Co son Ifny will ti a v# a t#Atn Ad#ctrd Irony j ht" S Lakv«nd«« t Batting Averages Good at Season End ___ Sluggers Had tu Hit Hard and Often in Order to Lead. Chicago, Oct. 6.—Harry Heilmann of the Detroit Tigers will be crowned 1923 batting champion of the Amer ican league, with Rogers Hornsby, of St. Louis succeeding himself as the premier swatter of the National league. With the season closing tomorrow. Heilmann, who won the title In 1921 with an average of .394, hag an aver age of .401 including games of last Wednesday. If this .400 average is maintained In the final games of the race, it will be the sixth time In the history of the American league that a player has batted above .400 for the season. A year ago, Oeorge Sigler, star first baseman with St. Louis, who was unable to play a large part of this season because of eye aliment led the race with an average of .419. One of the notable achievements of the 1923 race was the performance of Eddie Collins of the White Sox, who answered the challenge that he was "slipping" by climbing from 20th last season to fourth this year, with an average above .350. Collins also Is far In the lead in stolen bases. "Babe" Ruth, star of the Yankees, is 14 points behind Heilmann. Ruth managed to collect two four baggers during the past week, bringing his total up to 39. He still leads In total as a run-getter by Heilmann and Speaker and Jamieson of Cleveland. Jamieson is leading with 212 tallies, while Heilmann has scored 210 times and Speaker 207. Ruth has registered only 196 runs. Other leading batters: E. Collins, Chicago, .359: Williams. St. Louis. .354, J. Sewell. Cleveland. .352; Jamieson. Cleveland, .341; Cobb. Detroit, .340; J. Harris. Boston, .331; Manush. Detroit, .331; Burns. Boston. .327. Hornsby l^eads Nationals. The National league race finds Hornsby of the Cardfnals batting .384 with Indications that no other player will pass him. Zack Wheat of Brook lyn is running second with .378. The veteran Cy Williams of the Phillies Is heading for the home run honors of the majors with a string of 41. Carey of Pittsburgh looks like the king of the base stealers with his 43 thefts, with Grantham of Chicago trailing him with 43. Carey and Young of New York are running a close race for the honors in scoring, the Pitts burgher having counted 11 times, while Young registered 121. Other leading batterB: Bottomley. St. Igluts, 367: Fournier. Brooklyn, 353. Frist h. New York, .347. Roush, Cincinnati. .347? Griium. Pittsburgh. .349; Young. New York, .335; liar grate. Cincinnati, .534; Trayror, l'itts I urglt. .332. Johnston. Brooklyn* .327; Duncan. Cincinnati. .327. I -a mar lla- Most Hits in Association. The batting leaders In the Amer ican association are beginning to frel the strain of the hot race which is drawing to a < lose. T.amar of Tole do, however, is safely out In front with an aierage of .393, with his manager, Terry, trailing with .377. and Carl East of Minneapolis In third place with .375. Bunny Brief of Kansas City fell off in home run clouting, allowing East to pass him, with 31 homers. Brief has 29. Cooney of Milwaukee by stealing 50 bases has set a pace that assures hint of first honors. Other leading batters: Combs. Louisville, 373. Brown. In diaimpolis. .385; Brief. Kansas City.. 857; Griffin. Milwaukee, .356; Bra limn. Kansas City. .354. Good, Kansas City. .349; J. Smith, Toledo, .346; 17 Murphy, Columbus, .344: Kaas, st. Paul. 343 Ilnran Is King of Westerns. Horan of Ivs Moines Is the chain plon of Ihe Western league. Ho fin lshe«l with no average of 411 coming fnto the stretch with more steam than when he started. Bauman of Tulsa was Horan's closest rival, so cording to the unotflclal figures, his average being .S75. In addition to being crowned king of the swatters, Horan scored 122 runs and smashed out 57 two baggers and was among the leading home run hitter* with 23. Blnkesley of Wichita Won the hen or of champion run getter. He scored 1.51 times. MclVwcll of Wichita look the home run honors with 37 four I'aggers, with Blakesley one l>chlnd him. Smith and I'onlan of Wichita were the lending base stealers, the former with 56 and the latter 44 tuber leading batters for 100 games or more: Palmer, Sioux I'ltv. .365. MeLarrv.j Pea Moines, .363; Buib rns. Oklahoma City. 362; Blakkealey. \M. hlla. .355 Pavis, Tulsa. .353; Kingman, Pes Moines, 346; t. MoPnnahJ. thuaha 315; Lcllvett, Tulsa, .344. Creighton Loses Kansas Game by 6 to 0 Score Wet Grounds and Drizzling Rain Handicap Blue and White Players to Con- • siderable Extent. By RALPH WAGNER. Stadium Field, Lawrence. Kan. Oct. 6.—The Blue and White ot Creighton university slipped down u a 6-to-0 defeat here this afternoon when the University of Kansas wot the first game of its season for th< Jayhawkers. A steady downpour of rain thai' made the field as slippery as glass and the liall hard to handle hand! capped the players on both teams Only straight football sandwiches with punts was staged by 22 mud smeared grid warriors as they bat tied two hours in the rain. A small sized crowd braved the rain to see the Jayhawkers flap their wings a* they clawed down victory from Creighton. Creighton fought like ali Creigh ton athletic teams fight, but the breaks went against them at the wrong time. It happened in thethiid quarter. This period of the game was still young when Gerald Smith, the Jayhawk star, kicked 45 yards t> Mahoney who caught the ball on his own 10-yard line. Ige dropped hat-., to boot the leather out of danger as he had previously done when his team was In a tight place. Cent r Nolan passed the slippery ball and | Mahoney's hands, w et and cold, and nimble slipped the oval. The bail fell on the ground only to be pounced upon by this same Gerald Smith, who a minute before booted the pig skin that led to Creighton's defeat This Jayhawker recovered the oval on what looked from the press stand to be the two-foot line. Here, in the very shadows of the Creighton goal, eleven Kansas football men lined u.) to put over a touchdown. Once th*» Jayhawk pecked at the center of the line and once 11 Creighton war riors threw every ounce of strength in their bodies against the center of -41 the line. Creighton turned the enemy V A iVf iUiWAgrVl'i, centered it* »L,— Tack nt the center of the visitor * line and for the second time these same Creighton athletes dug their cieated shoes into the soft earth and held Kansas. Plunge Through the Line. With one down to go and a touch down staring them in the face, Ka sas substituted Halfback Burt for Hodges. A cheer went up from the stands as this Jayhawker galloped out to take his position in the back field. He was called upon to carry the ball and carry it he did. right through the right side of the Creigh ton line for the first and only touch down of the game. Black failed at the kick after" touchdown. Following Burt s' plunge for * touchdown. Kearney was sent in t«. relieve the hero of the Kansas Creighton game. Burt. It is said, is suffering from two broken ribs that he. received in scrimmage practice early this week and it was only due to his continuous liegging to get into the game that the Jayhawker coach permitted him to lake his place on the fight. His broken ribs received further injury when he hit the Creighton line. Creighton desert cred't for it - shewing and Creighton got credit There was not one person who wtt nessed today s game who has not a | good word for the Blue and While I grldsier* only to lose the game In tin iTars te f’ni, Tss. t slums Imir.t iNew Stars May Be Made in Big Series A young man by the name of John Watson of Homer, La . will be ow of the main hurdle* which Babe Buth and hi* mates must take next week The October series has a way of lug ging new names to sudden glory and Watson ha* a good chan.se of lame Kate's next pick. The Utant pitcher has nerve and the stuff, which is about ST per cent of It. When it came to a pinch he nicked the Beds and Pirates In five important engage nients, proving himself to l«e one of those useful tytwa who can crowd on extra Juice in an emergen It ta set too early to suggest that the C.lnnt pitching staff will be moth eaten, although Bush. Shawkev. Hoyt, Pennock and'Jones present a stronger front. Jockey killed in Fall. Now York. Oct. $ —Ted Rice, wide ly known Jockey, riding at the Bel mont Bark track died this afternoon from injuries sustained when he was thrown by h!s mount, McKee, of the Charles A. Staneham string. Rice's horse' swerved, crashing into the low track fence and hurling Ilke from the saddle The animal fell on the Jockey. Rice was takeiv to a hospital at Jamaua but died before medical attention could le admin istered. Baines ('ailed Off. w i-iiin*ton. r > . ixi .. scheduled football game belw-s . Washington and JrlFersog amt IS. b Inglon and t.ee was declared forfeited to Washington and Jefferson h> a score of t to 0 this afternoon when Washington an.l las refused to idsv against Charles West r.rgro half Its ok on ih^ W ashlngtcn anil Jilt son team. Wist s athletic -landing was not challenged K