i r"HE Omaha Sunday ' iee i w»?ktk,atd; % _ \ _ VOL. 53—NO. 27. • PART TWO OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1923. 1—B . FIVE CENTS Barney Burch Decides to Manage 1924 Omaha Western League Ball Club BUFFALOES WILL TRAIN AT SHREVEPORT-SIGN PITCHER AND OUTFIELDER Ed Konetehy, Manager of Team Last Season, Plans to Or ganize League “Somewhere” in Wisconsin—Nick Cul lop to Play First Base for Herd, Unless Burch Signs New Initial-Sacker—Deals Pending. ARMEY BURCH will manage the Omaha Buffaloes next spring. The owner of the Herd said so himself this morning upon his return from Chicago where he attended the annual meeting of the Western league as well as the annual con fabs of the ma jor and big min or circuits. Kd Konetchy, pilot of the Buffa _ .;**# last season, will not be back. Kd plans to organize a league "some where” in Wisconsin. At the present he is peddling insurance in St. Louis. Burch’s decision to manage the :lub came when he discovered that he was unable to sign a playing .nanager for what he wanted to pay for such a ball player. Barney also announced that the Buffaloes would do their spring training down in Shreveport, la. The ironing-out process of soup hones and the like will start early in March. Tlie owner of the Herd has sev eral deals for players on the lire, hut refuses to give out any infor mation regarding said deals until I hey are either eompleted or aban doned. "Baseball players, the kind I want, are scarce,” said Barney. "The big leagues and the big minor loop club owners with the fat pocket books grabbed everything In sight and some who were not in sight.” Pitcher Praul and an outfielder by the name of Peterson of the Dakota league were signed by Burch and will tryout with the Herd. With Burch managing the team, Nick C'uUop, utility player last sea son, will be placed on first, unless a new player is signed. Don Brown, O’Connor and Bono witx, outfielders; Thompson, Kerr and Wllcos, inflelders; Hale, Wilder and Siniers, catchers, and Speece, Itailey, I,ee, Mathews, Darrow, Ok rie, Koupal, Praul, Miller and Ger uandt, pitchers, make up the roster »r the 1924 Omaha Buffalo team to _ „ ~„?te. Husker Football Team Banqueted Uincoln, Dec. 15.—The annual Corn husker banquet, a dinner compliment ary to the University of Nebraska football squad was held last night at the Scottish Kite Temple, with a large attendance. It served as a ratifica tion of a victorious close of the foot ball season following a disappointing opening, with congratulations to the players, coaches and the university nthletic deaprtment. Addresses were made by Chancellor Avery and other members of the faculty, together with words of appreciation by some of the players. Sacramegto Club Buys Smith. Sacramento, Dec. 15.—The Sacra mento club of the I’aclflc Coast Base hall league hits purchased Arthur Smith, outfielder, from the Rochester luh of the International league, ai - ■ording to a telegram received here from Lewis Morelng, one of the own ers of the club, who has been attend mg the baseball meetings in Chicago, No details of the purchase were given in the agreement •Jontenar yMay Play Colorado Shreveport, La., Dec. 14 — "Bo” McMillan's Centenary football eleven 1 ^d the University of Colorado may tilet here lif the annual Thanksglv ng day classic In 1924, according to entsnary athletic authorities. Colo ado has the Thanksgiving data open, t was said, and Centenary Is hope ful that negotiations now In progress \ 111 result In bringing ths western i leven here. ‘ioiifercnc <*of Boyg Tonight. All Boys wishing to play in the ".oys’ Municipal Football conference, «ro urged to attend the first meeting ,f tho conference which will he held mnlght In the basement of the St. ''.arnabaa church, Fortieth and Dav •nport stroets. The age limit of the conference Is t years arid the weight limit Is 120 inunds. Long School Beats Comenius In a replayed contest to decide the championship of The Omaha Bee Grade School Soccer league. Long school defeated Comenius, 1 to 0. In a hard fought contest at Thirty-sec ond and Dewey avenue yesterday afternoon. It was the fourth time the two teams had played for the title, two games resulting in a tie and the third game, although won by Long, was thrown out owing to a complaint filed by Comenius. The game, yesterday, was played In a windstorm which made the di recting of the ball very difficult. Long won the toss and chose to defend the south goal, having the wind in its favor. The only score of the game was made five minutes after play started. Comenius, receiving the ball on a penalty in the last half, failed to score by having a kick go wild. John W. Muir, donator of the trophy to the winning team, umpired the game. Curling Season Opens Sunday The 1923-24 curling season in Oma ha will open tomorrow when four teams, members of the Clan Gordon Athletic association, get Into action for the first time this winter. The association Is made up of six teams. Bobby Burns, Balmorals, Thistle, Miller Park, Aisle Craig, and Omaha Scots. Drawings for Sunday are Bobby Burns against Miller Park, and Bal morals against Thistle. The teams will compete for five cups during the course of the season. The Engel ear and seeing a k ' gang of fellows on the river bank Jabbing at things in small rake* of he \ hl'li floated past. Kaeh man had a long pole, with a spike sir honk on the -mH. "One fellow liaf this week to help usher in the 1933-24 basket ball sea son at Creighton gymnasium. ccrrrca^ | £oan 11 hff n .37 * V>rr!-I»t*«l . « I I.Mider. Th« < S1 tit ^ Tto. ord i n«'.f**»o milt*. ni;*d» t>y thm Glutt Goto »n 1543. It will be Keen by the nrat ntn tivtics that tl»i*y are way behind the rernrti but that Ik berauKe The (ilutt Ik tHIitig the drher of hla t oicnl him h wagon to take it f»*y Will Swap Punches Tomorrow Night MOKKIK HHI.AIKKK, Omaha welterweight, and I'nnani.i Joe (Jans, considered the colored welterweight champ o( the world, will swap punches In the main crept of a hoxlnc program which will he held in the Auditorium tomorrow night. The Sililaifcrtmns hoot is down oh the card for 10 rounds. l ull nf Ontou, I«m u(« «1 nl I n Kfnt, had f»H iturtenin l<*iunititf m*lf thin full hm part nf tho phyeh nl itdll Mitlon plan. Fifty wara men and 18 H orn# • Mam lionlrr tmlwmll) of I o tin nil lit ttmintliiK a miiliy footlmll four of Krttnc** for tuff. I'mrIn in orw of tho thrno tml' orally tunu th«t Mum lion l«*r will pmy Creighton After Nine Games for Grid Card Blue Has Eight Straight Con tests on 1924 Schedule and illing to Arrange Came for Oct. 4th. I KI K.I1TIIN SCHEOl i.K. Or tobe r 4—Open October II — At De» Moines university October 1H—Morningslde ai Sioux City. •October 25—Henkel) Indiana here. November 1 — .Marquette at Milwaukee. November &—North Dakota university here. November 15—Oklahoma A. and M bere. November 12—Orinnell college here November 27—South Dakota State here. •Homecoming game. By RALPH VVAGNKR. INK football games are want ed for the 1924 grid schedule of the Creighton university. To date Ath letic Director Sch a h inger of Crei ghton ha* arranged a card of eight games for next season's eleven, but Is willing to ar i ange a contest for October 4. the official open mg L .to ... i: 24 season. The m nedule as arranged by Direc tor Sehahinger includes eight straight games without an open date and in cludes such teams as Dos Moines uni versity, Haskell Indians and Mar rjuette. Only one Missouri Valley conference school, Grinnell. appears on the Blue and White program. I our North Intercollegiate con ference teams, lies Moines.fi Morn ing side, North Dakota university and South Dakota State college, will meet the freigiiton eleven in football battles next season. Four games with conterenre teams must he played by each member of the circle in order to claim the cham pionship. Creighton’s prospects for a strong football team in 1924 appear bright and no oiu seems to know this any hotter than Missouri Valley teams, especialf )the two Kansas schools. Director Sehahinger tried his dam dost to arrange grid contests with * both Kansas university and Kan sas State college for next season, but without any success. Both schools seem to be content with the victory each gained over the 1923 Creighton eleven. While at the Western conference meeting in Chicago, Sehahinger tried his bent to arrange a contest with one or two Big Ten teams, but here he again waa unsuccessful. Creigh ton's team of 1923, while not the strongest ever developed at the Insti tution. seemed to gain a reputation throughout this section of the coun try that (damped the university as one that puts strong athletic teams on the Krol field. Mouth Dakota university athletic authortlics made no hones about Creighton's athletic strong! h when they came right out In ttie o|s>rt and Informed Director Scliablngrr that the Blue teams are too strong for them. Drake university of Dos Moines and ( rxgtiton almost had contracts signed for a game here October IK Someone tint the butt in Coach Sol emn’* ear and tluit ended tilings. Drake and B righton will not meet on the football fiold next season. Texas \. and M. nearly t a me carding a foothill game with Creighton. Here again, the sein'd tiling of these two schools failed ft materialise. Director S-liabincrr and t oai h < let Wynne are in favor of piny, ing nine games next tail, providing, a suitable opponent can Is* signed for the o|H iiiiig game October 4. The University of Nebraska has an Open date Thanksgiving day Creigh ton has scheduled South Dakota State for the Omaha gridiron, hut the State eleven Is willing to withdraw from the Creighton schedule If stchablnger can arrange a game with Nebraska for that date. Football fans of Omaha and Lin coln favor a game between Creighton and the Buskers. Such a contest would be a fitting climax to the foot ball season In this state. Whether thi game would be held In Omaha or ILn coin. Nebraska would benefit flnan ! dally, although Sehahinger would not agree to play the Buskers unless It was on a 50 50 basis. Followers of Creighton believe they could sell more than ;,,m*i ticket* to i V Itraska Creighton game next fall. Three or four < i eight,in alumni We have lallo-il lo oil llie proposed contest seem will ing to guarantee the sain of S.immi ticket* to such a game. M hat better offer conld anyone make Nebraska for a game that would not take the llu*ker* out ol their own backyard? Him It Return* to Omaha. Harney Hurrh, owner of the Omaha Ruffalo. s members of the Weetrin league, together with Secretary liana Iteta. returned to Omaha this morning from Chicago, where they attended th* annual meeting erf major and minor league*. Hutch had lift I* to say regardlnng the signing of new players lo Meet VII C.hooker Player* A. It. Hurke, crack checker player of fit !joule, will meet All cottier* In simultaneous play al the Omaha Chesa 'tub headquarter* room 14 Ratter i n block. Monday e\citing at li o'clock-. Checker players are urged to bring their own oheokeruicn. Sohool tor Drill I t»st*s (idmo. *l'ho Nebraska School fer the 1 teaf Uf.ketl-all team lost to tlie Waterloo quintet lust night at the Redfnrd av enue gymnasium by the scot* of 1< to 3 it Says He's Comer Henry sand, the Piiiiiy in fielder, whom Fletcher names as a comer for 1921, in spile of many shortcomings in 1923. This boy, earnest and eager and overstrung and overambifious, made more errors than any two infleiders the first part of last sea son, but after a few weeks on the bench found hinlself and began to slum some class and a lot of pro mise. The averages make him look awful, but Art Fletcher's word makes him look line. Huskers to Play K. C. A. C. Cagers Lincoln. Dec. 14.—Nebraska univer sity will play trie Kansas City Athletic club's basket ball team at Kansas City December 119. Final arrangements for the game were completed this after noon. The Blue Diamonds of Kansas City are former university athletes and last year they won from both Kansas and Missouri, the Valley lead c-rs. at basket ball. , The Huskers were sent against the freshmen this afternoon In the first scrimmage of the year and showed plenty of fire, holding the yearlings scoreless while the varsity rung bas kets from all angles. The Nebraska team to start had Captain L'sher and Cozier at the for ward positions. Goodson at center and Volz and Tipton at the guard position. Some Idea of how Missouri ar.d Ne braska stack up In basket ball can be pained as a result of the games with K. C- A. C. as Missouri meets the Blue Diamonds at Kansas City Satur day night. Coach Bond brings his Missouri Tigers to Lincoln January ; | to open the Valley season. Panama Joe Cans \rri\ei? in Citv *■ | Panama Joe Gans. recognized as the colored welterweight champion of the world, who has been signed to tight Morris Schlatter in a lOround bout at the Auditorium Monday night, arrived in Omaha this morn ing from his home in New York City. Cans will work out at !'■ .-him Men's gymnasium this afterm n and | tomorrow The i-olored m n<|»pfr up \» iru to be :n ».*>,! phvw , ,1 , n«i lion and during the pours* i f hi-< i conversation remarked that be would ! put the blinker* *»n Mr S•-dVr Monday evening and then hurry right l*a»k to Mr*. <;.»n* In X^w York City Easterner* to I’lav ( oloratlo. Colorado Spring*. Colo.. Dec. 15.-—! Football teams of St. James High i school of Haverhill, Maae.. and t'olo- 1 rado Springs High school meet here this afternoon in an intersectional game The SI. James eleven chain- j pions of New England, arrived here 1 yesterday and went through a light ! workout Coach J. Edward Carroll j said his men were In good condition ' in spite of thetr 1.197 mile journey! Epinard May Run at Belmont Park Early in Summer Event Would Be for Rich Purse W ith Three or Four of America's Best Horses Entered. New York. Dec. 15.—Epinard. cham pion 3-year-old of France and perhaps the best colt of his age In Europe, may participate in one or more international race at Belmont Park next spring. Pierre Werthoini or, owner of Epinard. has Just arrived here, presumably to size up the pros pects for a rich turf event in which his horse will meet the Rancocas Stables' Zev and other prominent American thoroughbreds. 4 years old or over. M. Wertheimer, before he began his voyage across the Atlantic, Issued a sweeping challenge in behalf of Epin ard to meet the leading American and British 4 year-old on one of the French courses next May. It Is as sumed that he still prefers to pit his colt against all comers somewhere in France. M. Wertheimer expects short ly to have a chat with State Racing Commissioner Sinclair, proprietor of the Rancocas Stable, who firmly be lieves that Zev can beat any thor oughbred of his age in the world. If Epinard's owner can be persuad ed to bring his colt to this country to participate ir) a race with Zev, In Memoriara, My Own and one or two other good American horses, per haps August Belmont and his fellow members of the Westchester Racing association will be glad to hang up another purse of $100,000 for such a contest at Belmont Park in June. The American turf has received great benefits from the $100 000 Inter national Derby in which Zev outran Papyrus at Belmont Park last Sep tember. It was Mr. Belmont's energy liberality and sportsmanship that made the $100,000 race possible. As a result of Zev s memorable triumph, racing here has won the moral sup port of the general public including many influential citizens to whom the turf never had appealed. It is hoped, therefore, that induce ments will be offered to M. Wertheim er to permi’ Americans to see Epinard in competition w ith the best American 4 year-olds next season. If the race should take place in France it will probably be at Longchamp* in April The English horse Papyrus would probably compete. Linemen Favored for Pilot Jobs New York. r*ec. 15 —Football line men, whose names seldom appear in headline? during the gridiron season are gathering rewards in the form of football captaincies, a list of eastern college leaders elected for 1934 re veals In 39 eastern college* foot hall elee lions 35 linemen have been chosen and back field men in but IS. Tackles furnish 10 of the captains and lead all other positions. Ends and half hacks, tie for second with seven cap tains each. Centers are next with five and quarterbacks, fullbacks and guards follow, each providing three captains for next year, i-everal col leg's including Harvard, have yet to r. .me twr.r 1:-. 4 field genera1? W ill Have Dog as Mascot. !v.Otic Wash . Dec. li.—When the l- ..\ersiiy of Washington Huskies . > i * 1* — atlrfxa. i\*l . for their r’ u Year > day gridiron Hash with ‘i i .-d Sr* tea Naval acadtrm r • i* \ • \r ■ to t *.kp w.ih ihem h tea! I . - a v , * *r l *k mo slcdgo dop ar iMt mnaftt. a counter-attraction for the traditional navy Rt^at. Three l - •« < hi\* » — n off- rod f- *othall of fldal* of the I rivereity of Washing ton. Signs to Play With Giants. New York. Dec'. 15.—Paul Florence halfback and « sptsin of the 1SIJ foot bell team of Georgetown unsver»:t>, r.nd * baseball etar. haa signed a con tract to play on the diamond for the New Y'ork Giant*. Secretary Tierney announced He said Florence w.l! re port at the end of the collegiate year. In June f riilay's Results Tl %JI AN A Fir#! taog. big furlong* I*a<1y I .ah a no II* nr. 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