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.HE BEE. OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1911. THE BATTERIES FOR TODAY ARE- By "Bud" Fisher I U6 HtP Prrn CTPPF ' 6 Dont ,Nuw I'VE GOT A Ti(.Kfcx To Tt cifvxve .TCDlV - CfXN'T GO n- i i i i ' :---t 7 n w - i r IT'S ONOf rV ( Saxj 1 T CAT KJ O. f f P(?ETT V3FT. H A CAINVTE tm- j ip J-.tk!tAWfAlfc.l.iM1WMfc Irss la-t -.. WARRIORS LEAVE FOR NORTH Cornhnskers Confident of Showing Well Against Gophers. DRAWN TO STATION IN WAGON Will Arrive Karly Ttale 'lamias I Minneapolis and Will Mold On ' Mara Prartlra Ilrfor Ih r.amr, What the Polo Grounds Looked Like When the Athletics Won LINCOLN. Oct. 19.-(Ppeelsl Telegram) Twenty-one stalwart foot hall phivers comprising the squad of the University of Nebraska loft amid tha rhorrn nf l.fliK) tudanta assembled at the Euiilnrton depot on tha annual northern Invanlon for foot ball honors on the Mlnnrta field. Drawn to tha depot In wagons tha foot ball players wera given a short oppor tunity to speak. . Coach Btlehm, Captain flhonka. Prof. Fred Hunter. Owen Frank and Jerry Warner made short speeches Indicative of a determination to set tha Gophers" aralps. Other member of the team were called and tha rally was one of tha moat enthusiastic held in recent years. Following a short rail yheld at tha chapel at 11 o'clook arrangements were Immediately completed to give the Corn buskers a royal aandoff. With braolng foot ball weather and the lona:, hard preparation for the coining battle with tha Gophers over, the Cornhuskers raced tnrougH twd hours of tlsnsl practice Thursday afternoon on Nebranka field and behind closed doors. The only man missing from tha lineup was Captain Bhonka, who had work to keep him from tha signal practice. The work was by far tha best seen on Nebraska field this season, aad tha squad, apparently enjoy ing tha cooler weather, went through the signal with a precision and speed which auger well. Th Cornhuskers have a number et new formations, the result of tha long drill of tha last thres days, and to the outsider tha plays look exceed ingly good, Tnosa who' comprised tha Cornhusksr squad wars as follows: Captain Bhonka, Anderson. Elliott. B. Frank, Fteltag, Harmon, Lofgren, Pearson, Purdy, Itoss, 8 wan son. Chaunef, El well. O. Frank, Olbsoa, Hornbarger, Mulligan, Potter. Racely, Russell, 'Warner. The team will arrive In Minneapolis early Friday morning and go Immediately ta a hotel. Tha morning will be spent In idleness aad In tha afternoon Bttehm plaa to give the varsity the last prao tloa before tha game. All of the squad 'are In axoellont condition with the ex ception of Lofgren, who Is suffering from a lama Side. His Injury is not at all serious aad he will start In the game and unless Injured mora will play the first quarter. In order to rest him for tha final quarter Mulligan, whoae work hae been sensational since the Aggies gam. w!11 relieve him at and and Lof gren will go In during the final round. Between thirty and forty rooters will accompany ths team In addition to the university band. P--ir iyiilH . liji . . Ww '-".SOS First pholngrspha of the world's series. Christy Mathewnon Is shown etrtkinu; out the first Athletlo bailer, Urlaooe Lord. Girls' Tennis Down to. the Third Round Tha second round of the high school girls' fall singles tournament has been finished. Mis Dumont, who Is managing tba tournament, expects to have all of the fourth round matches played off by Monday. Following ar the results of the third round play since Wednesday: SKCOND ROUND. Carmelite Jauklns defeated Beulah yrd. t-0. -. Laura Meyers defeated Catherine Cul ver by default. Anna Purdy defeated Irene Cotter, t-4. t-4. Luclle Fellers defeated Delia Rich, t-L 1. UUs Dumont defeated Elisabeth Ralney 0, 7-6. TrllRD ROUND DRAWINGS. Olga Anderson plays Carmellia Jenkins. Iurt Meyers playa Anna i'urdy. Uary Marston playa Hrlun anford. Luoile Kellers plays k.ffl Clellanil. Irene Majors plays winner of Maskl- rnen-MUllin malcn. Miss Dumont plays Florence Dow. lteitn Johnston plays alias SteKnar. Helen Curtis plays winner of bchon Wr((er-Nelnn match. TH1HL) ROUND. Mlse Duraonl defeated Florence Dow, S-. Helen Johnitoa defeated Mls Etegner, s-i, -. Plaaeer Ball Player is Dead. TROT. N. T., Oct. 1.-Marhal Ney King a pioneer bae ball player and one of the original "Haymakers," dlt-d tnilay at his honte here, aed W yrara. Hia f iat rrofrestonal erigagement was In 1.1 with the Chicago Nationals. Cornell Expects to Give Iowa Varsity a Hard Tussle MOUNT VERNON, la., Oct. , 1. -(Special. )-Coach Finger thinks that If the Cornell 11ns gets Into proper working order by next Saturday Cornell will battle the Hawkeye team harder than the Iowa rooters are figuring on. In the Cornell-I'enn game lust Saturday Cornells weak place waa In tha Una. Heavy Bcrlmmagoa every night this week have shown considerable Im provement In the line and in spite of Us weak showing In the first gam of ths season. Coach Finger thinks that they will be effective against Iowa. tsi years All-Iowa half. Kramm. Is playing a strong game at right half, both on the ofrenslvs and the defensive. Cornell will miss a star punter in Cod- peas, who Is Ineligible for the Iowa game, but Quarterbacks Wsst and Craft are damonst rating good form at boost ing the ball. Quarterback West haa promises of putting up a class of foot ball this season which will be aqua) to. If not superior, to that of Curry of Iowa. A gam scrap between thes two quar terbacks Is looked forward to. Coach Finger shifted Kramm to full back In the last half of the gam with Penn, but as to whether he will keep hlra ther Is not known. Reltsell at r-ght sod is playing steady and consistent ball. . , nelow, at the right. Is Fred Merkle. the a good Idea of the wonderful condition I mplre Klem la behind Catcher Meyers, j Into which the Polo Krounds were put Omnia' first baseman. The picture gives I for the opening champlonHhlp game. peels to got all the cripples In shape by Friday. Omaha High Leaves Tonight for Game With Des Moines The Omaha High school foot ball squad will leave over the hock Island at o'clock this evening for Des Moines, where they will clash with the fast Went Illirh eleven of that place tomorrow. A squad of seventeen will make the trip. In sddltlon to Coach Burnett and Prof. C. E. Reed, athletlo director. Tha following squad will make the trip: Baldrlge, Ballman. lilttlnger. Bow man (captain), Carlson. Crocker, Do La matr. Gideon. Lindell, Millard, M'oser, Munneke, Peterson, Rarhman, Rector, Selby and Smith. Prof. Reed, athletlo director: Coach Burnett, Rex Houlton, student manager, and Gordon- Mills trainer, will aiso make the trip. Dea Molnos West High and Omaha are about evenly matched and a cloae game la expected. Following Is the lineup of the two teams for Friday's same. OMAHA HIGH I rKS MOINBS HIDH. Onraar. W. Smith. .UB. It E Kvans will take on the aspect of a wrestling tournament. Mahmout, the Turk, who, according to Farmer Burn, 'Is Ihe king of all the foreign wrestlers, will also appear in an exhibition Saturday evening. Doane and Peru Play Foot Ball Today CRETE, Neb., Oct 19. -(Special.) Doane plays Its third came at Crate Frldsy afternoon with ths Peru Normal team. Ik.an has won both Its games this year and as yet has not been s.-ored upon, both Cotner and Grand Island drawing blanks, but the Peru game may make a difference In the record. IUc at end and Kins- at tackle have hn out of the game all week, the former with a severe cold and the latter with a large carbuncle on his left arm. Kornb and Goble In the back field are both hobbling as a result of too stren uous mlsups, so thai the outlook for Doane Is not rosy. Coach Johnson has, however, been putting his pupl.a through stiff scrimmages every afternoon and ex. Hachmaa UT ft T... ballman, Pataraes. .Uu.iRQ.,. Baldrlga C.it' Muaor ROLO... Oarlaoo. Llndall. .. .R T-1 L.T. .. ni4n, Millars. ...H K. I..B... Halbr Q Q Kluaueka, ta Lainatre L.H.IRH... Bowmaa (C) I Hlttlnsar TI.R.IL.H... Factor F.IK Mars ,, Oravaa .. Hw.u ... Spnng Kaui I Una ... Smith Brlndlajr ,. Hamlin Moaa ... Mallur FRANK GOTCH WRESTLES HERE SATURDAY NIGHT Frank Gotch. twice conqueror of George Hackenschmldt, ths Russian Lion, ths worlds champion heavyweight wrestler will glvs an exhibition of how he han dles the big fellows at the Auditorium Saturday night when he take Jess Wes tergaard In a finish match. This will be the first time Gotch haa come to this city since doing away with Hack, and It may be hi last appearance on the mat In Omaha. Although Jess realizes what he Is going up sgalnst hs Is confident thst he will at least maks as good a showing against the Humboldt man as the Russian Lion did. Several good preliminaries have been arranged for ths program, and Saturday night Second High Team to Play Deaf Boys As a preliminary to the Crelghton- I'nlverslty of Omaha gam Saturday afternoon on Crelghton flold the Omaha High school second team will meet the fast Deaf Institute eleven. Harold Andrus. last year's star tackle and member of the All Nebraska II gh School eleven, has been coaching the second team this week nnd the lads have all worked hard. Following is the lineup: SECOND HIOH. I DEAF INSTtTl'TC. Dnwaa, In knar UK. R E Trrnks Nation, tloonay 1. T.iR T Orals L.O.iR.0 Woolary Duraaa, Kayas. ..c.c H.O.IUO... Jonea K.T. ! L.T. .. MrFarland H E. U.K.. . Culver, Mo('rmlck...Q Q Sin. Ira L.ll. R.H.. (loulo. Larson RH.IUII.... W taeman Tamlarea .... Zabel . Mueller Newman . Yalanlk ... Hladlk . . Nalaon Martha 1 1 Cola K.IK cuacadan iweteiee, uaiawin oi umma CREIGHTON PLAYS UNI OF OMAHA SATURDAY Owing to the cancellation of their game with South Dakota Mines, Crelghton will rut on a strictly local contest Saturday afternoon., when they play omana uni versity. This Is the first contest be tween these schools, and it will probably establish relationship and make this an annual event Coach Miller' men are now In fine trim, and It now begin to appear as though his bunch was caught napping In the opening of the season. They dis played real foot ball against Yankton last week, and outplayed their opponent In several departments, but were unable to break away with mora than a tie. Coach Miller seem to hav inreciea some of that foot ball snap into them. Their aim Is now focused on Morning side, who seem mor than usually strong this year, and not Oil then will Crelghton be able to surmise the probabl outcome of such a babble as Marquett. oppon ent of the near future. 3fes.- MORE RAIN IN PHILADELPHIA Fourth Game in the World' Series it Again Postponed. THOUSAND PERSONS NEAR PAKK Fans Were Standing; In Rain Walt I n a- for Opening of Gates When AnsoSnreatent Was Made Oldrlngr'a Slater trad. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 1.-Raln today caused another postponement of th playing of the fourth game between Philadelphia and New York for the world's base ball championship. The . grounds wvre in a sjgy condition and. as a light rain was falling, the umpire called up the members of the National commlHSlon in New York und Informed them of conditions. It was decided to call off the game for loday and it will be played here tomorrow if weather con ditions permit. . V hon the postponement was announced there wire nearly 1.000 perrons around Shibe park hoping that the rain would cease and thst the game would be piayed. Death has entered the family of one of the Philadelphia players, but It will not break up the combination. Reuben Old ring, the Philadelphia centerfieldor. was notified today that his s.'ster. Lillian Oldrlnsc, had difd last night In Mount Vernon. N. V. She had been ill since July and the announcement of her death was not unexpected, but at the same tlm It was a shock to him. "My first Impulse was to Jump to New York," said Oldrjng today, "but consid ering the matter calmly I have decided to stick to the team It may seem ttrsnee for me to plaj- base ball with my slr'.ed dea, but 1 can do her no good, a. d ut thU critical stase of the world's idles I feel I had better remain wu.i the team." Oldrlng will go to New York today and expects to be back for tomorrow's game. In case Oldrlng later decides not to play In one or any of the games fitrunk will play center field, fitrunk Is a good substitute. He played In four of t..e world's serie's games last year, making five hits and scoring two runs, his bat ting average being .278. JOHN M'GRAW IS CENSURED National Commission Must Not Re peat Misconduct of Tuesday. MERKLE DRAWS FINE OF $100 Giaats First Bsaesiss Scored for Using Improper Language Moth Meat Waraeal Removal Will Follow Beeoad Offena. played on the Polo grounds In New Tork City on Tuesday, October 17, 1911, and you are warned that a repetition of this offense will result in your disbarment from the remaining games of th present world series by th commission." It you have an thing to exchange ad vertlse It in Th Omaha Dally Bee. How Snodgrass "Got" Baker at Third Base Files First Brief in Eailroad Rate Cases WABHINGTON. Oct. U.-The fight of th Slates for unrestricted rights to ij i lata stat rates on railroads was opened formally today In the supreme cou t of th Cniud Btatc. when Edmund t. Dur tnent filed th first brief in the cats Involving state rates. Thes cases hsv bee sat for oral argument on January t. lit. Durment was one of the counsel for tha tat of Minnesota when the 1'nlted State circuit court for Minnesota hell Its stat rates unreasonable. H will tot appear before the supreme court as a representative of ths ut". tut his brief today represented If i views. Kt-arfal laaghtcr f deadly microbe wi . an throat and lung dlseaaes sre treated with Dr. aging's New Dieovrv "V and 11.00. JTor aU by alon Drug Co. o i'. '. f- - s 5 r.m,. ... Th tiuodg iwatoaas saaaraacai tikaWjauSt first Injury in tha world's .rl.a . iti th fix I h linimt nf the opener ut New , Tlimiiaa uud Is spiked In th arm la th raaa la fkvlureU stcaUng third baa 11 era. uaaar tumble a gooa mrow iruua t ciuimuu, Banqaet to Superiors. Manaae.r Bverlv of the Superior gave his team and star rooters a banquet last evening, which was by no means a small affair. There wer about twenty- flva present, and th card tournament was won by "Buck" Woosley, the star guard for the. Superiors, and Hachten won tha "Booby"' prise. Steel Trust Will Cancel Ore Lease NEW YORK. Oct. 18. -The Pnlted States Steel corporation will cancel Its lease of the Greet Northern ore prop erties, one of the largest leases of the kind' which the corporation holds. The rumor, current in Wall street today, wss confirmed sfter business hours from of ficial sources. When the lease will b terminated is undetermined. The contract stipulated that It should continue until all the ore Is exhausted, unless on January 15, 1K15, the lease should be abrogated under the option reserved by the lessee and In case the lessee so determined, two years' no tice should be given. The Great Northern properties ar esti mated to include deposits of SOO.OOO.O0O tons of Iron ore. Officials of the tel corporation refused to state th reasons for the cancellation of the big leasa and this phase Is a matter of conjecture. NEW TORK, Oct. 1.-The National Esse Ball commission today censured John McOraw of th New York National league club for hi conduct during th Athletics-Giants gama bars last Tuesday and notified hlra that a repetition of misconduct would result in removal from th field dlabarment from all further world' series game and a heavy fin. Klrst Baseman Merkle of New York also waa fined 1100 for Improper language: Th National commission mad public tonight thi latter to McQraw, dated yesterday: In th discharge of its duty to main tain order and discipline In th series now In progress for th championship of th world, as required by th rule and regulations. Jointly enacted by th Na tional and American leagues on February lti, Uufi. for the control of this event, the National con-mission ha taken official cognisance of your unwarranted conduct and language while passing from the coacheis' Una to your team bench dur lug th last few Innings of the gam played on th Polo ground on Tuesday, October 17. 1911. Threatastd with Removal. 'Notlc la hereby served upon you that repetition of this misconduct on your part will at one b called to th at tention of the umplre-ln-chlef of the game in which it occurs, with Instructions to remove you from the field and th com mission will disbar you from all sub sequent game. In addition to this pen alty a severe fine will be Inflicted upon you. "The commission will not permit a manager or player to attempt to Influ ence by word ' or deed public opinion against a capable and conscientious offi cial of the ftame, and unless decisions are accepted by you in a spirit of sports manship you will be dealt with aa indi cated in thia letter." The letter to Merkl reads: "You are hereby notified that a fin of UU) ha been Imposed against you by the National commission for using Im proper and lndeount language In th gam Mohler's Assistant is Given Promotion T. M. Orr, assistant to President Mohler of tha Union Pacific, has been promoted to the same position on the Oregon Short Lin. Last Saturday Mr. Orr was promoted from his old position of assistant general manager to assistant to Mr. Mohler. He received word of hi new promotion on the Oregon 8hort Line Wednesday. Three Sailors Are Eaten by Cannibals VICTORIA. P.. C Oct. 1. Rev. J. O. Patton, who arrived today from Male cules. New Hebrides, where he ha been a missionary for nineteen year, ald that shortly befor he left, a French trading vessel mad a raid and a number of na tives were kidnaped. Th natives, In re venge, attacked tha steamer and captured three of the crew, all natives. Theae were killed and eaten. If you hava anything to exchang ad vertts It In Th Omaha Daily Bee. A TRIUMPH IN THE ART OF BREWING THE LEADING BEER IN THE MIDDLE WEST f amily Trad bupplieU by .'haa, 8 tor. P bones Websver lUtMJi lailetxuiUeni U-tufll. Oil - Ji 1 IP Wf3 cRsi lie's Coming Here Uc's Coming Here