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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*<Jo»yj{pook' Viwo the
lead. Hitchcock Welnpont thi-r
co-operated In i** the American
score 12.
Lieut. Col. T. P. Melville the 120
pound number one of the British
team, made the noted Devereux Mil
burn appear helpless at times. Mel
ville rode through nnd around the
bulwark of the American defense for
seven goals, while Ills riding oppo
nent made only one.
It. hi. Strawbrldge, Jr., was Mend
tuvbrook'a feature.
Colorado Wins Over Kivale.
Boulder, Colo., Oct. 8,—The Unlver
slty of Colorado smothered the West
ern State Normal College of Gunni
son, Colo., here today, 51 to 0, In the
opening gHme of the season. Colorado
began to substitute early and not a
regular remained In the lineup at the
•nd of the first quarter
At Dm Moines—Cornell College, Os
Drake. 9B0.
At Princeton. X. <1.—Princeton, 10 s
Johns Hopkins 7.
At Iowa City—Iowa, 45: Knox. 8.
At Camp Hand all—Coe College. 7: Wis
consin. 3.
At Chicago—Northwestern, 21; Beloit, 0.
At Crbaipt. III.—Illinois, 24; Nebras
*At Annapolis. Md.—Navy 13; Dlekln
•°A New Haven—Yale, 53: North Caro
lina* 0.
At Cambridge. Maai.—Harvard 36;
Hliodr Inland Ntate. 0.
At Bloomington. Ind.—Indiana. 0; Dr
putiw, 3. _
At Plttnbargh-rlJifBvette College. 0:
Cnlvernlty of Pittsburgh, 7.
At Geneva. N. V.—Hobart. 49: 8t. 8te
1 ^At Nyrarune—Hyrartine. 01; William and
"a?’ Hanover. S. H.—Dartmouth. 0:
Ml\te Dayton. O.—Cnlvernlty of Dayton.
14: Duuuenne. 0. „
At Tiffin. O.—Heidelberg. IS: Bowling
Green, 12.
At Hiram. <>.—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 <ci . 11 (7.(C> 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<t nUSkl#* before the (•canon I# o\tr
tltAl will «1cae»%e mention There " AA n-*
• pert »-*nl»r playing In th* gam* but a
food clean gam* "01 lb ••ring. R#(«r««
• j > Lakv«nd««
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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
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