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VOL. XL NO. 30.
Omaha Automobile Show on Solid
OMAHA AUTO SHOW
IS A SUllEJVINNER
All Expenses Are Guaranteed Before
the Doors of Auditorium
Open.
DEALERS BACK THE ENTERPRISE
They Then Pro P-ata on the Receipts
of the Show.
VEHICLES OF ALL STYLES
All Manufacturers Are Taking
Interest in the Exhibit.
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MANY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
Basement of Big- nulldln to Be Given
. Orrr to the Makers of Trki
of All Mnkrs and
Vrm.
The sixth annual automobile show of the
Omaha Automobile. Dealers' association
will open with evrry expense paid In full
and all money taVen will be profit. The
arrans-emrnts for the ahow provide that
each dealer shall pay for hie apace, and
thla puts a ram of money In the treasury
that pay the expenses. At the end of the
how the monry taken In will be divided
tip proportionally and refunded to the
dealers..
A meeting of the men who will exhibit
motor trucks was held In the last week
and arrangements for the placing of the
exhibits made. The Murphy company will
have six heavy' transport trucks, the FJec
trlo garage two Packard machines, the
Johnson-Danforth company the Avery
truck, which Is well known . in eastern
cities, but new here; the Nebraska Bulck
company one of Its cara and the Norwall
company one of lt light one-cylinder de
livery cara. v
The basement floor of the Auditorium
will be turned over to the merchandise
ears, a heavy floor Installed and decora
tions fitted up Just as on the main floor.
The Auditorium has been so built that
the trucks can be run directly In ' from
the street, making It easy to hav the
truck exhibition In the basement.
It was found necesary to Bhut down on
outside dealers exhibiting In this show,
as the space available was all taken up
by the Omaha men. In this city, however,
almost every standard make of car is rep
resented and only the small Independent
firms are the ones effected.
Posters advertising the Omaha show are
being sent out to outside towns by Clarke
Powell, secretary of the association, and
the country visitors to the exhibition will
be here In much greater force than ever
before. Many ot the small town a-uto
dealers have signified their intentions of
getting pointers In the business by coming
to Omaha February 20, when all Omaha
will te automobiles.
Local arrangements for an Interesting
week are coming along splendidly. An
orchestra will be on hand at the Audi
torium afternoon and evening all during
the week of the show and several touring
parties of the entire city are being planned
by the dealers' association.
Association May
Hold Motor Meet on
' . Omaha's Course
American Auto Organization Takes Up
Feasibility of Putting City on
Circuit.
Strong possibility that the Omaha Motor
upeedway will be made one of the speed
ways of a, national automobile racing cir
cuit this spring or summer, is indicated
by a letter of Inquiry from S. M. Ilutler,
chairman of the contest board of the
American Automobile association, received
by W. J. Klrkland, secretary of the Omaha
Jfotor club.
Mr. Butler's letter outlines the Ameri
can association's plan for a circuit of
apeedways on which, during the spring,
summer and fall of each year, races be
tween the ablest drivers in the count! y
would be held. It aska whether or not
the, Omaha Motor club would- l.ke to bo-
come enembtr vt such a circuit and
makes Inquiry rcsard'ni; the site, and
character of the Omaha speedway. Its ac
cessibility, publlo tnurst in automobile
races, and other matters ivhlch would de
termine whether or not Omaha should be
placed on the circuit.
A meeting of the Omaha Motor club to
consider the American n;-oc atlon propo
sition will be held Monday tvening In the
salesroom of the Ford Motor company,
.Twelfth and Harney etretts.
Fremont Quintet
in Omaha Friday
Omaha High School Five and Visiting;
Basket Bailers V7ill Have
. Hatch.
Strenuous preparations will be made at
the Omaha High school this week for the
first game of the basket ball season.
This ulll be played Friday with the Fre
mont High schofl.
Word has come from Fremont that it J
has the strongest team In many years
and Is confident of winning.
Coach Cams and Captain Tarson have
been putting the. first .iial through a
hard two weeks at the Youiit Men's Chris
tian association, for the time (o :ick the
first team 's at hand and the lnH male
rial Is desired.
Practice games have also been played.
Coach Carns has announced the names of
sight men from whom he will pick the
team. They are.
Center Captain Carson; forward, Rau
Snan, Hughes and Crocker; guards,
Jamba, Howe, Hurket-.road and Wade.
Carson Is the only man who played on
last year's team, all the others being
new material. "arfit will be easily the
star' of the seaion, according; to the pre
diction of the old basket ball fans who
have seen him play.
The new gymnasium at tiie high school
has been finished and practice III now
be carried on theve.
A Guarantee of Buliii-fca Prosperity
The Use Advertising- Columns.
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WATERLOO HAT BE' OUSTED
Three -Eye .League JIy Force .Town
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rTAN T 0 CHANGE THE TITLE
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May Be Called the Two-1 Liii, as
the Result of the Recent
Salt Nevr Schedule Is
Planned.
BLOOM1NGTON. 111.. Jan. 7. Plans to
change the title of the Three-I Base Ball
leaguou to the Two-I lcagua, and to make
It a ten-club organization are said to be
under way as a result of the legal pro
ceedings started . by the Waterloo. la., club
to retain Its place in the league. Qulncy
and Decatur, 111., are the clubs which may
be added as members of the .organisation.
Through the arrangement of a schedule
depriving Waterloo of favorable dates. It
is planned, the club could be retained In
the league and the lnjunotlon obtained, by
It not Interfered with, but the club would
be at such financial disadvantat-e that Its
resignation would be expected as the out
coma. Gotch-Oestrich
Wedding Tuesday
Ceremony Will Be at Home of Bride's
Mother in Humboldt--Honey-moon
Tour of Year.
FORT IKMX3E. la.. Jan. 7. (Special Tel
egram.) It was definitely announced today
by Mrs. H. F. Oestrlch. "mother of fiancee
of Frank Gotch, that her daughter Gladys
will many the world champion wrestler
Wednesday. January 11. at 5 p. m. at the
Oestrich residence. ' Rev. " Kerr, pastor of
the First Congregational church, officiat
ing. The west Is to have the privilege of wel
cjniiug the celebrity and bride, as Mr. and
Mrs. (iotcli will start immediately after
the ceremony for a year s trip in the west,
...i.i. ii.iu - t rtr, t AlAMke and JaDan.
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I Fifty friends have betn invited to the wed-
dlnir. which will be unpretentious ana ioi
loned by a wedding dinner for the few
guests.
FOOT BALL MEN' GET SWEATEES
Hoard at Lincoln AnrU Troubles to
Class Pliyers.
LINCOLN. Jan. 7. (Special. i-Cleas play
ers on the gridiron were today awarded
oweaters.
The men who received the sweaters , ure
rherrinKton and Hascall. coaches: Impke.
Ralldoreen. Clancy, Zacek, Lee; Coad.
rhouwalter, Tolllfson. George, Gutberlet,
Uoble, Griffin. Montgomery, IXtterllne and
poht-.i
Interfraternlty basket ball ens next
week, and the 'varsity basket ball season
also opens on the local grounds.
jO IOS WITH Vt' II IT IS SOX
First llasrman llreak Into High
Hoelety.
ST. Jt8b:PI. Mo.'. Jan. 7. William R.
(Tex) Jones. Tirst base man. tor. the t-t. Jo
seph team In the Wentern league last sea
oi.' today signed bis contract with the
Wh'.te Sox for iSll. Jones formerly played
with Wichita in the Western association
and when Wtrhlta Jmned the Western
league, with the Kn'd club. He was re
garded as one of the find of the season
last year snd made a decided hit by his
heavv stick work.
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' OAKLAND HIGH ECHO OL FOOT BALL TEAM.
Ruie Champion of
: "Speed Through All'
, Base Ball History
Pitcher Fastest in Delivery that Game
Has Ever Seen Terror of
" Batsmen. .
"There have been fast pitchers by the
dozen," said the veteran Jimmy Ryan the
other day, "and all of them in their . time
have fired the ball across the rubber with
the greatest speed imaginable.
"Have you noticed, though, that Just one
man la taken as the standard of speed,
the one with whom all others are com
pared? Whenever you speak of any speed
hurler, what do you say? 'Fast as Amos
Rusle;' 'got as much speed as Rusls ever
had' that Is how you will word It, and I
think It will be that way forever. . As long
as great names are remembered, or base
ball Is the nation's game, Rusle will re
main upon a . pedestal as the champion
speed man, the one pitcher who could send
in the ball fatter than any one else that
ever lived. When you say 'fast as Rusle,'
you don't mean it, either you only wish
to Bhow that your favorite pitcher Is very
speedy. There isn't any one as fast as
Rusle, there never was, and perhaps there
never again will be.
"Words fall, really, "to describe the speed
with which Rusle sent the ball. He was
a man of great height, great width, prodigi
ous muscular strength, and the ability to
put every ounce of his weight and sinew
Into the pitch. Coupled with this, he had
a set of dazzling curves which were manu
factured with the same effect required to
produce the speed. Borne men can throw a
straight ball with great- force, but have to
slow up 1ft order to develop curves, but
Rusle drove In a curved ball lth all hi
tremendous power.
"Facing Kuslo, to a timid man, was like
going Into battle must be to an Inexperi
enced soldier. The distance was shorter
then. Rusle had the whole box to move
around In Instead of being chained to a
slab, and this giant simply drove .the ball
at you with the force of a cannon. I have
stood up to all the great pitchers of nearly
twenty years; I have seen scores of thetn
come and go and none of them Inspired
the terror In a batsman's heart that was
put there by the mighty Kusle. U was
like a white streak tearing past you, with
out time to balance yourself, figure the
course of the ball, or take aim at the pill.
The fellows ,with the wide curves might
fool you In reaching out and missing them,
but you weren't reaching out at Rusie
you simply swung at a white streak as it
hurtled past, and- It reached the catcher's
hands before you had half finished the
swinging motion. It took a fat, well
balanced, heavily built catcher to hold
Rusle, as you can Imagine, and the most
successful man who ever received his
thunderbolt delivery was Pick Buckley.
"The convincing proof of Kusie's terrible
speed was this: If any other pitcher hit a
man, the man limped a moment, and then
went to first. It Rusle hit a man. that
man retired from the game, went to the
hospital, and, sometimes, was never again
fit to play ball. To be hit by Rusle was
worse than to have an ordinary man hit
you with s rock. He hit me twice, I think,
and all the bumps other pitchers ever ave
me didn't bruise a tenth as much as those.
"Yen. Rusle was the fastest of them, all,
the greatest In his way. What a star he
was, and how fen- there are who can even
half approach hlmT
eneva Wins (iame. .,
GENEVA, Neb.. Jan. 7 ( Special.!-.
Hebron and (reneva high school baket
ball teams plaved in the R vmna.-tum last
rtght and made the following score;
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OMAI.LV, SUNDAY MORNING, -JANUARY
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Oakland Team Has
Good Season's Kecord
Although Very Light, the Team Goes
Through Season with hut
One Defeat.
OAKLAND, Neb., Jan. 7. The Oakland
High school foot ball team closed ons of
the most successful seasons In the history
of the school, having lost only one game
out of seven played.
The team was exceptionally light, aver
aging, only' 139 pounds and . being . out
weighed by . every team it played. But
what it lacked In weight it mads up In
speed.
Although Norfolk took the championship
of northeastern Nebraska, Oakland, by
comparative scores, has Just as good a
claim, as that Is the way they took the
championship,
Oakland loses seven of its regular team
this year, but from present prospects the
next year's -squad will again have ons of
the fastest teams in this part of the state.
Following Is the 1910 schedule:
.Tekamah, 0; Oakland, S.
Lyons, 0; Oakland, 6.
Blair. 0; Oakland, 1L .
Lyons, 6; Oakland, 3.
Wayne Normal, 0; Oakland, 28.
Blair, 0; Oakland, 26.
Belmonts,s0; Oakland, 16.
This makes a total of 91 for Oakland,
against their opponents' 5.
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Managers Pay High
Tor First Basemen,
But Find Them Not
But Four Star . Ones in National
League Jake Stahl, One of Two
in American j to Betife.
NEW YORK,. Jan. 7. Any minor league
manager who can develop a really star
first baseman can obtain almost any price
he cares to ask for them. Gilt-edged initial
sackers belong to a rare breed and are be
coming more valuable every day. Most of
the experiments that the major league
olubs will try In the spring will be at the
keystone cushion.
There are really only six stellar first
basemen In the sixteen clubs comprising
the two major leagues, and four of these
are In the National. One of the two Ameri
can leaguers, Jake Stahl, has announced
his retirement from the game, so that Hal
Chase Is really the only first base marvel
left in the Junior organization.'
In the National league there may be dif
ferences of opinion as to the relative merits
of Chance ' of Chicago, Konetchy of St
Louis, Hoblltzel of Cincinnati and Daubert
of Brooklyn; but In the American league
Chase Is without a peer, since Stahl, who
was bis nearest rival, has chosen banking
in preference to base ball. '
Tom Jones ot Detroit is a good, reliable
first Backer and one of the nerviest men
In the game, but he la not In a class with
the New Yorker. Harry Davis of the'Ath
letlcs is past his prime and there has been
talk of his making way fur a younger man.
Btovall failed to shine for Cleveland last
year with his old-time brilliancy, but he
may. play. the high-duns ball of which he
Is capable when next season opens.
Chicago, Washington and St. Louis are
all after new. men and if any of their re
cruits show sufficient class there Is a
position open , for them. Boston must of
course replace Stahl and will probably use
Bradley unless aaine one better appears.
In the National league Pittsburg, Boston
and Philadelphia would all welcome a first
class guardian ot the Initial sack. First
baseman .on many big league teams only
owe their position to the fact that there
is apparently a shortage of a good crop
in the minor league fields.
I Frank Gotch Will
Again Take to the
Wrestling Game
Humboldt Grappler Comes Out of Re
tirement and Will Try Zbyszoo,
Mahmout and Hackenschmidt. ''
CHICAGO. Jan. ".(Special Telegrams
Champion Frank Gotch has come out of re-r
tlrement and this time the news Is of
ficial. There are no strings attached to
the statement that the Humboldt grappler
will be Men In the ring with Zbyseo.
Mahmount and Hackenschmidt before an
other winter rolls along.
It was not Gotch's influence or his ef
forts thst lifted the ban that had the
champion tied to retirement, but to J. II.
Herk, manager of the Empire theater and
treasurer of the Empire Athletic .club be
longs the credit, and wrestling fans through
the country who delight in watching Frank
perform ran give one lilg vote of thanks
to the official of the Empire club.
lion Has Kntrles t'lose.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Jan. 7 The entries for
the tiitemtlonal tournament of the Amer
ican Howling coi'.frm. to be held here on
January il to February I rlased a mld
i.tftht tonight with about forty leas teams
than entered at letrolt last ) ear.
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Danny Maher Drives Kinnikinio to
Victory at Washington Track.
CHARGED WITH THROWING RACE
William Clnrke Pats Him on Orossd
When He Falls to Win Classic .
of American Tnrf wlk
Bannister.
NEW i YORK. Jan. 7. When "Danny"
Maher was. thrown Into the saddle carried
by the : brown horse Klnnlklnlc, at Ben
nlngs track, Washington, some twelve or
thirteen years ago, no one thought that
the little brown-eyed lad would bs the
premier Jockey of England today and, one
might say, the world.
Ia thosa days he was. a lljtle chap 'to
whom-everybody seemed to take a liking,
From .' that victory . on Kinnikinio Maher
arose to fame that will live in turf history
as long as turf records' are preserved.' The
name of Maher will be linked with, those of
the great "Fred" Archer, George Fordham,
"Tom" Cannon,- and, lest It Is forgotten,
the greatest Jockey that ever rode a horse,
In the estimation of all American horsemen
Isaac Murphy. , '- '
It is an honor, indeed, to have the' name
of a typical American horseman attached
to tha list of the greatest riders the world
ever knew, but such has been the result of
Maher's ability, Integrity and conduct both
in this country and abroad.
While he was engaged by the, late' Mr.
William Clarke, who tried to win the clas
sics of the American turf by buying. .the
best horses obtainable, he was accused by
his employer of pulling up Bannister , In
the Suburban Handicap Immediately after
the' start was made. There was always a
difference of opinion regarding the accuaa
tlon, but Mr. Clarke was so positive In his
belief that he kept Maher on the ground
for several months, not permitting him to
ride a race. Maybe Mr. Clarke had good
reason for his action, and maybe it w
no fault of Maher, who had a very Litter
temper In those days) and would beat a
horse severely if It did not act aocordlng to
his wllL
inis was sucn a common occurrence
with Maher that ho was' fined and set
down more than once for the offense. At
Brighton Beach he lost many friends and
admirers because he beat a horse ove
the head with his whip when the animal
was beaten In the sixth race of the day,
me otner rive having been won by the
now celebrated Jockey.' .
From a pr- little chap In Hartford
"Danny" Maher today -la reported to be
worth nearly 11,000,000. Much of this ha lias
made riding horses, more came from. hand
soms presents and the remainder. It
claimed, has been accumulated by good
financial Investments, brought about
through the friendships Maher holds with
some of the peers snd financiers of Eng
land.
-mat tne little Hartford boy is well
thought of In England Is gleaned from ths
following, taken from a I-ondon sporting
paper, In an article on tha success of JocJ
ej m riuiiiH in L.iaiHiia. '
"No exaggeration Is involved In wrltln
that the jockeys vho have attracted the
lion's share of public attention during the
last few years are Danny Maher and
Frank Wootton. It seems strsnge that a
man from America and a boy from the
Antipodes should occupy such a poslilo
when we recall the names of BrltiHhers
like 'Fred Archer, George Fordham, 'Tom'
Cannon, Momlngton Cannon, the brothers
(Continued on psgo Two.)
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
Hard Blow
Idiamond sport
GETS BODY BLOW
Dean Richards Days that Summer
Sport Must Go at Nebraska
Uniyersity.
CORKHTTSKERS FIGHT KEW RULE
But Their Efforts Are All Without
Results.
ACTION IS NOT UNEXPECTED
Loss of Turkey Day Foot Ball Game
Also Hurts.
NEW COACH TO BE SELECTED
taarfoe Benedict In rrw, WTatl
There la Little C a a nee for Johnny
Bender, Hero of Many Grid
iron, Battle In Nebroaksv.
LINCOLN. Jan. 7. (Speclal.)Tha Ne
braska athletic board was not "grandstand
ing" when It Instructed Its delegate to
fight agalnM the rule prohibiting summer
base ball, and if unsuccessful In having
tha measure rescinded, then to fight base
ball as a collegiate sport. .
Base ball at Nebraska received a knock
out blow yesterday at Dee Moines when
the conference approved tho provision
against summer base ball, passed last
spring, wtth a few modifications.
"College base ball must go at Nebraska,"
says Dean Richards, who Is the president
of tho athletlo board. "Wo tried to take a
conscientious attitude In regard to the rul
ing, and as such an attitude made It Im
possible for tho players to participate, we
believed It wiser to secure the rovfulon of
tha rule or to abolish base ball.
That Is ths reason our delegate was In
structed to take radical steps to secure ths
abolishment of tho rule. Wo were not at
tempting to hold a club over other colleges,
neither did wo believe In passing a rule
which every college knows must be vio
lated If base ball Is retained as a college
sport Tho board will undoubtedly abolish
bass ball at Nebraska. That Is the only
consistent course to pursue, and I am sura.
that it Is what will happen..
"You may say for ma that I am greatly
disappointed In the action of the confer
ence In regard to the summer base ball."
Action No Snrprlse to Richards.
Dean Richards was not much surprised
by tha action of the conference in regard
to the annual Thanksgiving day game. He
had rather expected tho board to fight"
against tho abolishment of tho game, but
said that he understood fully tho objec
tions against a Turkey day game. He
concurs fully with the view that finances
will be seriously Impaired at Nebraska by '
tho abolition' of tha Thanksgiving day'
battle.
It remains to be seen," says Dean Rich
ards, "whether tho management can sched
ule enougli big games to make up tho loss .
sustained "by the abolition of tho Thanks-,'
giving day game." '
Tho attitude of Dean Richards in regard
to tho abolishment of base 'ball as a ool
lege gams Is sustained by other members
of ths board. Manager Karl O. Eager has
long been, In favor of doing away with,
bass ball If the rule could not be rescinded.
8. V. . Bhonka was also strongly opposed'
to playing under tho ruling. ""
Tho other faculty members of tho board,
with tho exception of Dr. Clapp, agree
with Richards and Eager. The undergrad
uates will sustain any action taken by tho
board looking toward the - abolishment of
base ball. ,
' It Is probable that the athletlo board
will meet tomorrow night, and at this time
the discussion of tho action of tha confer
srioe will take place. Although action may
bo deferred In tho matter. It Is tho opinion
of tho members of tha board who dis
cussed tho matter that somo action will
bo taken while ths conference ruling ia"
still frsh.
' Tfew Coach Mast Stick.
"The man who comes to Nebraska as
coach of the foot ball team must come
with tho Idea of making It his life work." '
declared Dean Richards Saturday morning.
"We do not want some one to cotno who
Intends to stay two or three years. Wo
want a man who Is willing to devote Ms
time to developing tho athletic policy of
tho school, and such a man will have to
give up Intentions of over engaging' In
othor business."
This is ths only new suggestion which
the board has to offer In tho matter of
the selection of the all-year coach. Never
theless, tho declaration of the president of
the board puts a -new complexion . on af
fairs, for . a number of- tho . candidates
presented by the board are known to have
other business Interests, which will ulti
mately draw them from tho field of, athletics.-
If the board adopts , tho policy of
tho president, then these candidates for
the Job are out of the consideration.
At tha same time the president declared
that the coach must be content to take
tha position with the Intention of making
It his life work, the difficulty arises with.,
ths ability of tho board to pny salary.
Very few high class athletes cars.- to
enter the work with a salary of $2,200 for
tho year of coaching,' and but slender
hope for a substantial Increase, even
though athletics should boom at tho Uni
versity of Nebraska. Tho coach Is a
member of the faculty, and the othor pro-
fessors would not look with kindly (sol
ing upon an Increase In salary out of ITO-."
portion to what they are receiving.
Dean Richards Is openly an enthusiastic,
supporter of Maurice Bennedlct. He '
reiterates the charge that members ot the
faculty would not stand for tho selection
of Johnny Bender, but he believes that
Bennedlct would be a good man for the
place. He said that Bennedlct had never
been approached In the matter and it la
not known whether tha former gridiron
star and track athlete would consider an
offer. He is now engaged In the forestry '
service.
o Chance for Bender.
The president of tho hoard Insists that
there Is no chance for tho undergraduate
members of ths board to win the endorse
ment of Bender from the faculty members.
At ths meeting ot tho board the question
of the coach will .corns up again, though
no action Is expected.
The class champions In foot ball have re
ceived sweaters from ths Interclass board.
The sweater Is the regulation quality,
with red body and white numerals, "Wil."
Ths seniors won the class championship
after a close game with the freshman.
