Tristate League Organized With Clubs in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota Magnates Deride to Adopt Short Playing Schedule Dirk (Jrotte Fleeted I’renidenl of Newly Formed Organi zation Seanon to Start May H. n \i PH U w.M n XKtV hanehall league *» born IhiirMliij when rcpmoili' liven ot bnll rluton III *1* rltlen of South Dakota, Iowa and Nehrnnka met , and organized the - -_ Trintatr league. Sion* Falls. X. I).; k sioiiv City, la., anil I^HaatinRS, Norfolk, JP Beatrice anil (iranil ^ Ishmil of Nebraska |T compose the new * circuit. league will play a short schedule of till games, each series being com posed of four contests. The season is scheduled to open May H and close September 7. Eighteen Sunday dates have hern included in the schedule. After discussing this question and that for four hours, representatives at the meeting finally got their heads together and organized the league. Much discussion was in order over the status of the Lincoln club, for merly a members of the former Ne braska State league but now known as "the baseball team without a lea gue." “The Lincoln club is in a funny boat. According to Charlie Moon and the fcltzer brothers, owners of the team, Eincoln owns its State league fran chise and players. At today's meet ipg the Lincoln owners were given to understand that the Nebraska State league owns the Lincoln franchise and Immediately voted the Lincoln franchise and club over to Sioux Fails. Following this action,. Moon and the Beltzers let out a howl that sounded to the high heavens. They maintain that they own the franchise and club and intend to start court action if Secretary Farrell of the Na tional Baseball association decides in Sioux Falls’ favor. “We offered to sell our players to the Sioux Falls men for $750,” said Charlie Moon. "First we asked $2,000, then came down to $1,000. Finally they offered us $500 and we turned that down. Sioux Falls then offered us $750 and we were about to accept when they backed down. “We have the complete Lincoln In field which won the Nebraska State league pennant last year. Besides the infield, which is composed of Bon durant, shortstop; Cleve, second base man; Cleveland, third baseman, and Dye, first baseman, we offered Cooley And Eller, pitchers, and De Butch, catcher. “Ping” Purdy, out fielder and one of the best flayers In the league last season, was also In cluded In the deal we offered Sioux Falls.” According to Bobble Warner, one of the Sioux Falls representatives, his club lias no players signed to date, but expects to get the Lincoln play ers. This, however, all depf nds on what ruling Secretary Farrell hands down. The Fairbury club of the Nebraska Slate league of 1923 has been offi cially moved over to Sioux City, la., where George Segrlst will hold sway. George reports that everything looks rosy tor a banner year and adds that every civic organization in Sioux City is pulling for a tristate team. Dr. M. W. Jenkins, president of the Grand Island club, was among those present, as was Ed Relchle of the Beatrice team. J. R. Carter represent ed Norfolk and Neill Dunn was boost ing for Hastings' welfare. All re ported that baseball Interest Is run ning high at their respective camps and all expect a banner season. Richard Grotte, president of the former Nebraska State league, will be the tristate's president, secretary and treasurer. Verne Whitney of Sioux City was appointed league sta tistician for the coming season. A schedule committee was appointed to draw up the playing chart. All clubs will keep home gate receipts. The admission to the games was fixed at 30 cents. BILLIARD EXPERT TO APPEAR HERE Followers of the green cloth and the Ivories will be treated to a series of sensations Friday when Charles C. Peterson, world's champion fancy shot billiard expert will give an exhibition of his skill at the Under the Sun bil liard parlor. Mr. Peterson will give a lecture on the principles of three-cushion and halkline billiards. He also will en gage some of Omaha's billiard sharks in a series of matches. Victoria Rifles Win. Montreal. April 10.—The Victoria rifles of Canada revolver team Wednesday were adjudged winners of the recent competition with the United States marine corps team by a mar gin of 13 points. iwtm*?' .KNIGHTS’ Cj LOVES >«w York. April 10.—Johnny llunilee. world's featherweight and Junior llaht weight champion, will not g<* to I'aitarne to meet Jo*e Lombardo, aa had prevloua ly been at ranged. It waa announced to day Lombardo'* d*f*-»t hy Ann:*! ■ > i o x at Havana laat week waa d* -la red to have cauaed Dundee to decline the bout Trenton, N. J . April 10.—Mat* hoaln* Commlnmner Newt.in Bugbe* m l he kould aanctlon tha propoa*d heavyweight ihamplonahip bout of .lark Pempaay end Harry Will* in New Jereey. How York. April |0— Charlee Jnhnatnn. manager of Johnny Lund** • •nnfmn-d Piria advice* today thai a French pro Motor had mad* the featherweight «h-»m plan in offer for a match «lfh I <«*'•" Crlqul In I'arla on June | l« hneton *e d ill* offer wii from Lola! and f,,r 11.600, where a a the i'arla report wa* 11,000. BURCH HAS WHAT APPEARS ON PAPER TO BE SPEEDY INFIELD AND ONE THAT CAN SWAT HARD Herd Ha* tin Punch llnth in llic In ami Outfield*—I .ee anti Hailey Onl) Hurler* Win* Have Shown \uything in I a liilution (iMmeH—C.iitchinp; Department Isn't Am Too Strong—Griggs Good Hitter. Ily %«.*’ VIAIIA'H entry In the 1 t»"J4 rnre lx ready to xprinp front the i barrier next Wad nexday. Whether the Bnf faloex Will pet _ away tn a pood ( lead and hold thnt position until the field nenra the fin ish In September Is ’ another question, one that can't be | answered at this writing, but taking ' every thing into consideration the 1924 club of this city should give account of Itself frn|n Sturt to finish. Omaha is in the same boat ns Its opponents when it comes to pitch ing. The Buffaloes haven't cot a pitching staff they can be proud of: ncillier have Ihe oilier Irani*. In llalley nml Harry l-ee, southpaws, Hartley lliircli lias two reliables, but just lunv long lliey ran carry the brunt of Hie iillcliltig cannot be anstvrrril until about Hie nitilille of the season. N'lrk Cullop. outfielder last season, who has been sold to th« New York Yankees, hut who will not report to the champs until 1925. Is taking his rtirn on the mound this year. Nick Isn't much of a pitcher. He plays the outfield better than ho pitches. Cul lop swings a good bat, but Inst year ranked well up among the hatters, considering the number of games In which he made his appearanre. Koupal and Stanton are former Ne braska State league hurlers. While these pitchers went good In the State circuit last season, they haven't shown any great amount of hurling ability in the exhibition contests. Schermanske Shows Up Best at Camp. Then (here's SchemmnsUe ob tained from the Washington Sena tors in the deal that sent Byron Speere to the Nationals. Of the lieweomers, SehernmnsUe has showed up the best. lie is troubled with a had wing, but is gradually getting his "soup-bone" in good hurling trim. Burch and Art Griggs, the latter manager, don’t intend to try and pull through the season with the present pitching staff. The Buffaloes' pay hoss is on the lookout for more hurl ers and hopes to connect soon. So much for the pitchihg depart ment. As for the catching department It isn't any too strong. Fred Wilder, sor rel-topped veteran of last season. Is beck in harness. Fred was troubled (w!th a bad leg In 1923 nnd If he has fully recovered from the Injury can hold his own with the rest of the back stops in “Ba” T»arney's circuit. He Is a good hitter, leaning more to ward the long distance clouts than the infield swats. Wilder has been going good In the exhibition games, hitting w'el! over the 300 mark. One tiling about Wilder is that he lias a good peg to serond. llis knowledge of the hatter's weakness has added to his catching ability. He should have a great season, pro viding, of course. Ills leg Is o. k. Wilders' understudy is a former St. Louis *seml-pro by the name of Seim ers. Wilder and Seimers showed up so well at Shreveport, the training camp of the Buffaloes, that Manager Griggs released George Hale, veteran of the Omaha club. Hale, however, re turns to Omaha after a 30-day trial with Shreveport if he doesn't come up to the expectations of the South ern club. Seimers has shown In the "xfilbition games that he can hit. He Is young and has gre.lt promise of developing into a major-league eateher. Infield of Club Well Taken Care Of. The Infield of the club Is well taken care of. At first will he Art Griggs, new manager. Now this Griggs per son Is an old head at baseball and should he able to Impart good base ball advice to the young Infield. Griggs was purchased from the Los Angeles club of the Pacific Coast league at a handsome price and al ready has shown Texas town fans that he la a hard hitter. To date he has slammed out 13 home runs in the exhibition games. riayine with Los Angeles last year, Griggs registered 31 home runs. 14 triples, a whole flock of doubles and oodles and oodles of singles. His fielding wasn’t the best part of bis work, lint still It was good enough that two other Coast league cluht wanted him and it was not until he was promised a berth as a manager with Omaha that those two coast clubs In ques tion consented to waive" on him. What Griggs can do as a manager Is another question. Art has never managed a club, but anyone familiar with baseball knows that a manager ran t win pennants without ball play ers. Ed Konetrhy failed to deliver as a manager for the herd laat sea son and Griggs has a hard Job on his dukes to fill the berth at first. ''Friscoe” Thompson will he sfa tloned at second. He's a youngster full of plenty of "pep” and baseball playing ability. He was purchased by the Buffaloes from the Nebraska State league. Thompson Is pretty sood with the stick and Is good on the bases. His fielding Is one of the bright spots shout his playing. Western league fans will find a new face at shortstop In Jimmy O'Neill, obtained from the Washington Sena tors. He was throw-n In along with Scbermanske for Byron Speece. O’Neill Is a brother to the former Cleveland catcher and If he Is half ns good as his brother at ball play ing he wdll make a hit with Omaha fan*. We has been showing up will in the exhibition games and that’s all we know about him. Wilcox Back at Old Third Base Job. Jimmy Wilcox, veteran of two seasons with Omaha, will he found at his old position at third base. Jimmy topped the league in field ing last year, although he only played in a few games. He took .McDonald's place at third, being switched from shortstop. Jimmy hatted .312 and played in 117 games. He Is a consistent player and can always be depended upon to do his best. He is well liked around the league and a mighty fine chap. Phelps, Shreveport semi pro, was signed by Barney Burch during the Buffaloes' spring training grind at the Texas town. Manager Griegs has been playing Phelps at third ami short. He Is said to be a valuable man at either position and a good batter. In the outfield the Buffaloes have three fly chasers well known to West em league fans—namely, Joe Bono wltz, Don Brown and “Chief" Robin son. Both Bonowltz and Brown were with the Herd last year, while Robin son played with Sioux City two years Today's Entries. BOW IK. First rare; $1,200, claiming. 2-year-old 4 furlong* Rejected ....114 Gypsy Flyer . . . 90 Pad r^jrk _K9 Bin Winfr*y ..113 Bernice Harrar 112 M garett* K. . .103 Matter Blue ..109 Helen tondon.. 101 C’rine Douglaa lrt1 Nightshade ..104 Crinkle . 99 p aehene Belle 19 Dark Wood ... 99 Second rare $1 200, claiming 1-year oM*. 4 furlongs: Murh Ado ...113 Barleycorn ..103 Little Alfred ..193 Rag* .102 Lieut. Farrell .107 Peggy O. .104 Play On .104 Normal .104 Arguments! ..105 Aunt Jane ... 104 Tropical Water jo.1 I.adv Cho^o . .D'l Fehrah . . .. 94 Alllaslmo ....103 Warren Lynch .103 Third rare; $1,200 claiming. 4-year edd* and up, 4 V» furlongs: Carefree .115 F-f'v-Fifty ...114 Ventxelox .11* Capt Costlgan 111 Bright Light* .104 Bur a do .103 The Peruvian.. 103 Aladdin ..... lfl4 Ardella .101 Wha1e>»on* ..103 Marie Maxim .10.1 Cavendish ...103 West Plttaton 94 Royal Charlie .112 Marble .113 star Court ...103 Rosa Teta ...101 Arendal .10* Weaale H. ....lot H'vjr Artillery 103 Fourth rare The Marlboro pur*#, $1,400, 4-year-olda and up, mile end 30 y« rds: Fairer .107 flolden Billows 104 Shamrock ....101 Llewellyn -101 Just . 3 7 Fifth rare. $1,200. claiming. 3-year olda end up, mile and n sixteenth: Rupee .113 Coral Reef ...113 King John -111 Beverwyck ..104 Flying Devil .104 Guelph .103 Krerxy Kneezy .103 Liveliness ...101 Serbian .101 Kirnh ..101 Ag’yatlng Pupa 9’. Sixth rare. $l,2on. claiming. 3 year old* and ii|>. mile and an eighth: Hickory .ID* Attorney Muir .108 Tody .ln3 Waywaaaamo .110 Royal Crown 103 Rekah ..103 Night Raider ..104 Owasrn ... .10-t St Jermain 103 Day Lilly • ••• 93 Buckwheat 9t fte\ enth rare fl ’ Ofift, rl**mins 8 year old* and up. rule and m eighth Ashland ....II 1 Norms' 1J0 Scare Crow .. 110 Doughnut ...110 Rur da Morny I*** t’mnme Cf . l"t Widow Bedotte 103 Gourmand ...103 Poed'a .103 Fmity Hoy .. »3 Cloudy; fa*» 111# lloatou Nationals turned the teble« on * ha Haahlngt'in Senators and heat them I (9 1 it Griffin, Ui. I ago. Lava Hie, an outfielder, came to Omaha In the Cullop deal with the New York Yankees. Ho has been pla3'ing riphtfield and his work at bat bids fair to rank him up among the .300 hitters of the league. Taking the 193 i flmaha roster ss a whole, it isn't so bad. The Buf faloes have a team of .300 hitters, and pretty good fielders. Omaha has the punrli, but the pitrhing is weak. If Harney Burch can sign two or three good hurlers, fans of the Buf faloes see no regson why the Herd can't finish high In the standings. But then there's that little "If." Peru College Relay Team Enters Kansas Relays Peru, Neb., April 10.—Peru college of the Nebraska state conference Is sending a relay team to the Kansas university relay games which will bo held at Ijtwrence, Kan., April 19. Coach I .on It. Graf Is taking fl»* men; each of them has done the quarter on a dirt track consistently under Bt seconds. Madden and lulle are Pawnee City boys. Edie Is one of the fastest sprinters In college circles. Thorpe is from Waco. Me placed In the quarter at last year's state meet and looks like a real quarter-miler. Conkle made Ids letter nt Lincoln high. He has a burst of speed. Majors did part of his prep work at Kndirott and part at Peru. He is developing rapidly. In the above photo appear, left to right: Coach Graf, Madden, Majors, Thorpe, Edie and Conkle. Tex Rickard Stands Ready to Stage Big Fight in September New Jersey Boxing Commis sioner Says So-Called Col or Line Doesn't Exist in His State. By DAVIS J. WALSH EW YORK, April 10.—"Tha aigna I tk\| I ture of Harry ITV AS’ilia la already on a contract /« with Rickard to meet Jack Demp sey In September. It 1* now up to . Kearns and the " champion. They > have never been • anxious to do - business with Wil business with Wills, but I do e not see how they can sidestep this one.” Paddy Mullens, manager of Wills, mads this statement today In reply to the announcement of Newton A K. Bugbee. chief boxing commissioner of New Jersey, that the socalled color line does not exist within his domain. The announcement was taken among boxing men to tncan that the proceedings are In the bag and ready for delivery. It Is regarded as tlar Wiangiir.il shout in a bally hno that will eventually bring the while champion and his brunette pursuer within the 21 foot confines of a Jersey ring. Aecordlng to the best advices, the affair will take place In Rlokard'a arena at Jersey City. However, the trifling deal of signing Dempsey re mains to be cleared up but the writer looks for that end of the transaction to be settled without trouble. Neither Kearns nor Dempsey have ever been known to hasten away from money and a Wills bout will get them plenty. It should draw as many customers as the Dempsey-Carpentier comedv and at the new scale In Jersey of $25 per person, the gate will run at least a million and a quarter. Of that, Dempsey will ease away with *000,000 and Wills will gel about $200,000 and a punch on the neck. Rickard and Jersey poli ticians will get the rest. But Wills must step oiH before tlie public In the meantime, and Rickard, who knows his customer a* the butcher know* hi* *rale, ha* arranged till*. HI* contract with Will* call* for the colored gentle man to meet Spall*. Rnmero-Roja* or Flrpo with the winner to dally with l)rmp*ey. Hoppe Gains in Plav With Belgian J c New York, April 9.—Stroking with perfect pr» inlon and accuracy, Willie Hoppe, world'* 18 2 l«alklln# champion, assumed a commanding lead over hi* Belgian challenger, Kdouard Hore mans, tonight by winning the second block of the title match, 600 to 16 In 11 Innings. The champion now has a lead of 1,000 to 440, with but one more hlock to play. Hoppe's victory tonight was, one of tha most outstanding features In the history of the game. In 1921, during the championship tournament at Chi cago, Jake Schaefer, former cham pion, defeated Welker Cochran, San Francisco, 400 to 0, in two Innings, averaging 2*0 in this performance. As a decided contrast to Hoppe's exhibition, the challenger was badly off form, scoring In only five Innings and not once during the evening having the hells together. Hoppe started where he finished last night, adding eight to his un finished run of 37. He missed a short draw and Horemans ran one. In the third Inning Hoppe got away strong and by careful nursing and brilliant position playing, ran 17* before be ing stopped bv a one-cushion shot. hlch missel the second object bell by a narrow margin. He followed after Horemans ran one by a run of 118. He finished hie block with an unfinished run of 48, leaving th* balls in good position for the reeumptlon of play tomorrow night. Th* ecor# by Innings; Hoppe; 8. 3. 17*. 113. 0. 11. *4, 82, 16. *5, 48; total, 666. Average for night, 45 4 11. Average for match, 21 13-47. Horemans: 1. 0, 1, 2, 9. A, A. S, A. A; total, 1*. Average for night, 1 *1A. Average for match, 9 2<-5*. Joe Rshbltf. (hirst" America* rsnril da** for a h*rth In iin alr*ady t#ph*avy nuffleid, * a a th* h#rn of th# Tftalt* ftoi 5 to 4 victory ov*r »n# New Tnrk Giant# at K’. anavillt If# t!*d tha #cora 1n th* r*v*n'h and ma«la tha w.naing tally In th* l*th, THE TRUTH ABOUT HATS The true measure of goodness in a hat is satisfaction. Quality minus style is of no interest to well - dressed men— the smartest style doesn’t hudge the man of judgment unless backed by quality. The only combination that pledges hat satisfaction is adequate quality plus authentic style. Th at’s what you get when you say Crisp styles, graceful contours, alluring colors- quality! for Easter wear REDUCED RAILROAD RATES TO RELAYS De* Moines, la., April 10.—Western railroad* have granted a special re duced rate of fare and one half for the round trip for athlete* and visi tor* attending the 15th annual Drake university relay meet here April 25 and 26. Ticket* carrying this reduced rate will he sold In the central state* from April 22 to 26, with the privilege of return on nr before April 30. In the far west and southwest, ticket* will be add from April 21 to 2with th» privilege of return on or before Apr;l 30. -- Nol.lt* Gives Central Squad Hart! Workout Dave Noble, former star athlete of the I'nlverslty of Nebraska and Cen tral high, who ha* complete charge of the Central track team this week, will put hi* candidates through their last workout today in preparation for the interclas* meet to be held at Creighton field April IS. After today's workout. Noole *nd Ihe Central high s^uad will go to Fontenelle park to see Technicals erns* country meet. Governor Smith Elected to Golf Club Membership fcrw V»il>, April !•.—Governor \ltreil Hinllli lias Hern elri-led to membership of Ilie I Nnlnt (lull nml \ in III Huh uf llaystite, I., I, mi a platform, It was aalil, "that inily eight stroke* mi eai h hole should roiitit.*' ---/ Frank Tesar Units Technical llijrlt frank Tesar, Omaha Athletic club boxer, who entered Technical High at bool last semester, ha« left school for unknown reason*, l-'rank aspired to make the track and football teams this yesr. In the boxing ring h* Is belter known as .lark Tesar. He re ceived his reputation two months ago at the Omaha Athletic boxing shew w hen he knocked out "Rlue" Howell, all around athlete of Central high. and all state football selection. In the first round. HI* hope of making the Olympic lioxlng learn was checked at the re cent boxing show staged at the city Auditorium. BLUEJAY TRACK MEN ENTERED The Creighton university and Ne braska Wesleyan track and field teams have entered the second an nual Dakota relay games, which will be held at Sioux Fall*. 8. D„ May 3. The entrji list for the Dakota re lays include six North Central con ference colleges, ail the South Dakota conference Carleton, Trinity, Buena Vista, Western Union and a large number of high schools in South Da kota, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska. Columbus Churches Form Baseball Organization Columbus, Neb., April 10.—Boys af filiated with all the Columbus churches will organize a Sunday school basehall league this summer under the direction of the T. M. C. A. This organization marks the begin ning of the fourth series of local baseball teams for the summer. Columbus will have a regular bu«h league team under American I.egion auspices, a twilight league team and a series of grade school playground activity teams. Tlie Vrw York Cmrrirint and the Brooklyn Nationals browsed -brtvjah in 11 to * Yankee victory at Greensboro, N\ C-. Wednesday. The Rrnwni also dropped a Same at Tulsa. Okl . to the T'j.sa O'.era. I to 4. Inhaling of Boot in tn# air greatly decreases one's vitality. 'Pros* Will Make 11> \m<*ri< a*s Ulf Invasion New fork, April 1« - America'*gulf invasion of t lr«i■ i■ >i• ■ n sliip, while only one outstanding woman player. Miss Audrey I a net of si Iamis, so far has filed an en try for ihe llriflsh women’s t ham polnship. On the other hand, the prof»*(don*t cracks, headed by Walter Hagen, who hn* h»!d virtually every major title on both side* of the wn*er, and f}en» Sarazen, P. O. A title holder,.expert to make another attack on Royal and a\ncient strongholds, Hagen won the British open crown in 1S22 and came within a etroke of retaining it a year ago, when Arthur Havers recovered some of Britain's prestige. Sarazen failed to qualify las? year. .loe Kirkwood, who has burned tip southern links with his brilliant play in the winter months, Cyril Walker and Jim Barnes are other prospective invaders. Willie Hunter, former British amateur champion, vvlm now resides In law Angeles, indicated early this year he might return to his native soil in an attempt to lift the ama teur crown again. Miss Edith Cummings of Chicago, 1 resent national women'* champion, and Miss (Henna Collette, former title holder, finally have decided not to seek British laurels this year. O’BRIEN CHOSEN IOWA MAT CAPTAIN Iowa. City, la.. April 10.—J. W. O'Brien of Bayard, la., lightweight grappler, was elected captain of the n*xt year'* wrestling team Wednes day night. 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