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10 -THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, MARCH 4. .1912. i If Mutt Hadn't Looked Out the Window, it Would Have ; Been All Right By "Bud" Fisher Zi . ' I . CPmM TT fOW i J ' . i V..' ..jp ' -ll I : ?!ftiiiiiiiyjiijiiili,jiii,iaiiiiiii! Sr- f I I se in in V- t BASEBALL SPORT ABANDONED Creignton Will Hot Hm t Team in ' Held Thi Season. TENUIS TO HAVE A EETTTAl Track. Athletic Will Ala Take ;Pralaeat Part la arias Sports J- Mark Material la Dla. ' T a caTerea. ,N .Crelghton university will b without a baa ball taun tin coming season, but athlvtk win not h wanting. Attention la already being turned to tennl and a varsity team will represent Crelghton. K'ebraska will ba met In Lincoln thla year and aa attempt will ba made to rvro 1ha dechooa ot Ut yoar, which gave Nt Vrartta th decision on tha numher at camas won; although tha two team war tied la tha lumbar of sets won. .' Two of last year' aura ara missing. Rmyth bavins gon to Holy CroM and Wilrley be nf loat by graduation. Adam and Bnachmaa ramaln and will form tha backbone of tha IMS teas. - Ed Smyth, a brothar of tha 8 myth of laat yra squsd. I la a vary promising player and will prob ably r make tha vanity. , a will Duffy: CralgMoa will atao try to achadula Minna, aata for a tama thla yaar to b played Ha Omaha. . - . . Track athletic will also tak a prom . laent part In th spring aporta. Last 'ar'wa Crelghton' fh-at attempt at iMet event, and a wealth of material aM discovered. Tha meet of laat year KM batwaea tha classes of tha oolleg and tha Junior won. Julius Faatner of ta Junior won tha hlfheat number of point -lodlvldusllr. At present meat with other school ara forbidden, but aa .other tntorclaaa meet will ba held, i fjaott ato Throw. A new aport will ba introduced into ool. lao atrcla by Cretrhtoa atudrata. It I .Iholt. There ara a number of Undents I la the eollece who claim to hold tha . taamplonehlp of their towns out la tha ' states, and ara anxious ta capture that vf tha university. The freshmen and seniors will meet la a pitched battle a toon a tha weather permits. Theea !aeaaa are deadly rival since tha basket bail season bogan, booauee of the severe 'iatrabMacs Uio froshmsa have reoelved at llaa (lands of the seniors. Grand Island Fans' 4re Supporting Team CoRAND ISLAND. .Neb., March -(Special.) The committee soliciting fund far the maintenance of tha a rand Island team la tha stats league for tha approicli ing season la having no difficulty, meet lag with, a liberal reception generally. W. A. Price, bee a as too busily ra nged in looking after kla political ami law Intaraet. has resigned from tha board of. dlraotors and ax-presldent XMver ot tha league ha been appointed Is fill tha vacancy. . . ' Player ara being rapidly timed up and steps taken to fit up the new grounds. Tor yaar Grand Island bis ueed the Belwood park for baa ball. 'liability to mako terms with tha owner, hoe-ever, ha lad to tho aelacUoa of new grou.iUi several block farther out. but evhtro rlaysrs aay they will not be atsths d: advaatag of the dark background formed by too STORZ JRIUMPHS AT' FEAST Promise by Mnnager o Hare Speedj Semi-Pro.j Team. BASE BAIL XE5 ENTHTSIASTIC ' i Pa .Ba,lnea,sjys JBasaka Teasai This" Vear Will' Ba Haaassrrfrsaa lartZ-Ko - .. Mlak l.eaaae. ' Assurance of on of the best aeml-pro-f eseional ' base ' ball ' tram -t na'- ever rep reasttted the Btors Brewing company was made last' night Jr C. F. Bradford, new manager of tha ltor Triumph baa ball team at a banqust given th team by tha Btors Brewing company Saturday at the llenshaw rathskeller.,.. - : Thirty ball players and guest of tha brewing companyguhered to Indulge In on of ' tha moat munptuoue . banquet given at th Iieniliaw, hotel In several months. . Th banquet of, eight courses was accompanied by speeches by every player on . th Stort team, , Pa Rourk. Owner of the Omaha, ball -team: iPred Carey, president of th Mink league, and newspaper men.', ,. ,. , . Arthur Stars was toaatmaster and mas ter of eeremonles. Mr. ,. Bradford said he had signed up; th best local talent to be found' In Omaha, and promised to put a fast team l the field. II. named the roster for the season,, which Included three az-wtani:laura. , He said tha schedule for thla season 'had not yt been adopted,' buti would buwlthin, a. few week. Arrangement are being jnad to bring at least. toor thraaiakml-profea-otonal team te Omaha from cuago thla year to meet ithe itor. . A.trlp will alao ba. made -by, th Htors team thi. year which may cover, a period of from one to two weak, embracing: towns In Iowa, Kakraska and Missouri, v ' . " ' Pred Carey, president, of ' the : Mink league, ald itharaiwouldi b'. no; Mink league this, year owing to tbs fact that th Jowai towns had .dropped . from th league.. However., he aald.) Palrbury and Beatrice had made, application for a franchise in. the Jeague and. would .prob ably be granted one. He also assured th iter manager tlisr hs-wquld rrsnge for game between tesnu In hlsjeagu With th fltora " " . " ' W. A. Rourk. said hs had looked ovT ; tit list' of piayer on th mors rooter and knew all personally. . lie aald tha team would be. ta.- stnmieat semi -professional team h had aver known. "The fltora toam this year," he-aald. "wilt ba equal to aay elaaa B team In tlie coantry. Th Wee tern I think will have tho best season in the . history, of the-league. We a! ought to have-a; great race and I am making -every .effort: to.put a- groat, team In th field and'l oan assure you that Omaha .will be In the runntng from th word go."-." '. -'i , ... .. . Following Rourk: .speech the various player on th tfm . were called . for Impromptu talks. , ; . ... OMAHA fflGHDRUBS LINCOLN Coach Clark'i Fnpili Trim Capital City Five in Hard Game. ' STHXAK GAME OF TEE TEAS Raahea aad Barkearaa Star for l.acala Baaarr Croevdl ot Sta dea a ad Teneoers y .Attend. . HE'S THE 05E BEST BET 09 TEE - WHITE BOX LIST. ' - CENTRAL CITY DEFEATS ' . BUSINESS COLLEGE TEAM 'CKKTRAI. CITT, Neb.. March l-(!pe-clal. Tha Nebraska School of Bustaea baakat ball team ot Lincoln mot a tirtar ia tho Central city High chool team at this place lest evening, being defeated m a wall played game by th score of XttC Thi was tbp last gam of th season oa lb local floor and was also on of tho beat play ed and fastest game at tha arasoa. This baa been th snoet successful season for th horn team, they having played eleven game and mm .uln of then. During th season they Ibav net some of th vry best his J Khool teams In th ata. The lineup: Bin. TKAM. ', CENTRAL CITT. Bell 1 Taa ... -i reJia Andraw fc.ru matt L'F. L.V. . k:F. B.P..-... dC........ ....R.O. Lti ......,L.O. R.U...., Keferee: Oleason. B-rU Ker- V.lllls Lute UNIVERSITY -PLACE HIGH . WINS FROM BEATRICE j;.-lVERSITT PLAC& Neb, March l-pdaJL-Ia aa exceeillagr fast and arcil eiayed gam of baaket bail tka local high . echoot Or defeated tho team of Bea trtae klgh hare hut night by th aeor of S to at. The game was played oa th Veaiayaa floor sad waa . vary cloae throughout. The lineup: BEATRICE . I . I JJF. PLAOB. 1-oee c ..L.r. ur. c Vlfqualn H. buwci. i.,.n.e..K.r A m le Ba. .. .... .v..tJ.j Oetae jimnerrora ....lu-lltj.. ropa-VlTqualn Maxwell. W....E.O.iR.U. Feta fM throwe: Luee HI. H. Maxwell -4i. p ' ' I' f, et . i p . ) p -. .... j v.--. ' i . i . .'.v r.f L i - f T . . '' . x vV'r - A . ' 'm- t if . . . . i w . . . 8caw la I1S. ' Omaha High school, : Lincoln High echool, Jl. Omaha High school, M; UncolnHlghMhool.il In tho clslet and hardest fought sihlbttlon of tha Indoor floor sport that ht been pulled oft her -thi Mason, tha speedy Omaha High school basket toosers srtminlstered a sound trouncing to th Lincoln High ochool quintet to th tun oft a to 3 at th local "T" gymnasium Saturday. Thi I th Hcood baakat ball victory over th capltnl city lad that' ha been registered In favor ot th local thi year, a feat that ha seldom been duplicated In the annals of th Omaha school's, athletic history. Omaha won because of superior stay in ability., steadiness., and well plaoed basket shooting:' Loall Burkenroad, th purple and white turdy left guard, started th aoorlng early. In th first psijlod with an avsrhand baaket from th right extremity .of the floor, and after that the -team work showed ap strong with double pa ones, overhand flip and some excellent "dribbling." Th Whole Omaha five (tarred, although Mark Hughe, right forward, and Lssll Burkenroad, left guard, war th prin cipal point makers. Virgil Rector, th school's tar all-around athlete, played tho entire gam at the middle position and ouUumpad hi opponent at all time. Beryl' Crocker, left forward and captain, was always able to hold hi owa against the husky Ltndolnlte and flopped several difficult basket that brought forth tho plaudit of th crowd. James Gardiner, right guard, outclassed th red and black gymnasia tn guarding and waa respon sible for preventing them from flinging th leather wind sphere Into the. woven ntt on Mverai ocoaaloaa Caanfc Reaorrea feta. , Evidently th Linos in eoaoh I la favor ot 01 tlata-wara msthod ot retervtsg th tar of hi tnttr until needed, for Charles Maah, right forward, who ha spoiled many aa athletic victory for th Omaha ochool, .was notent In until' attar th locals had summed op the mark to eight point In their favor. Uugg, right guard, was; tho high point maker for tho red and tuack, with fourteen out of the twenty-three scored by them to hi credit. . Brannon, the Lincoln man who re f reed th obnteai, 1' I ho beat floor rule In terpreter that hs worked here this sea son. He proved conclusively in last night's I game that Manager ttager mad a good , choice when ha picked him . to officiate-in tna state high school tourna ment which o-Hi be held at th t'niversltr of Nebraska idle-week. ' The crowd . was the largest that haa wlttiesaad a-hatket ball gam her thi aeeaon,' and Physical Director Msxwell'a araaa wa, filled -to its capacity. Th fair', sex !od , a goodly numbtr of th local' hlght school' faculty wers on hand to keep tilings - lively with their yell w henever-a,' sensational play was mad. OVArfAIHMH. LINCOLN HIOH. Hughea..l.;.T...R.F.lR.e (C. Man a Crocker. (C...., UK.) UF Metheny nector .it: Burkenroad tt. L.U. 1 L.O. . . Uardiber i.BU.R.U.. Standing Fixed for . .Amateur Riflemen WASHINGTON. March J. -The Olympic committee of 8torkholm haa Informed the National Rifle association her that offi cer and men of th army, navy, marine corps .and. mill lia. and -tboe-who-have taken part In matches In thi country where money prise are. given will be eligible" as' amateur under.lt Interpre tation of th rule, to participate la the Olympic . came. . Uom . doubt - existed - on tho question of tn amateur status of huh of tho Americans who might par ticipate, but th committee aay no riflo- a . from ; th United State will be barred, ante he I employed In' testing and sighting rifles-for a living. Becauss of .lack of. funds there I still Hi . doubt - whether it will be possible to send a team from th United Btatea, to defend tho world' championship won by tho American team at th last Olyra pia game In London, four year ago. - PINEHURST WITNESSES KEEN ; GOLF AND TENNIS MATCHES PINEHURST. : N., C. March ' 3-Keen playf marked, both the 'golf and tennis match her. yesterday, In ,th Invitation mixed foursome forty entrant played th course, -a double tie resulting for first and second position between J.", D. C. Rumaey . and Mr. W. K. Truesdell of Brooklyn, with a handicap of ft.' and Mr. and -Mr. R. C. Shannon, second,, of firockport' handicapped with M, ' who made SS.. With a score of 17. P. 8. Mc Laughlin of New York and ' Miss Mary Fowne. pekmont, tied with C. L. Becker, Boston, and Mrs. L 8. Robeson, Roches ter, N. In tennis, Baall Durant of Alaska de feated T. W. Etewelle .of Philadelphia, 4-C -4. H'la the final ot th February, men' single tennis tournament. Basket Ball Title , i : Taken by Columbia PHILADELPHIA. March 1 -Columbia university won th Intercollegiate basket ball championship her tonight by de feating lb University of' Pennsylvania by the score of S to i. Hsd Pennsyl vania won the two teams. would havs been' tied for first place. The (landing of th team I as follows: - ' f - ... Won. Loot Columbia , lxrtmouth Pennsylvania .....'.v.....', Cornell ...........'. Princeton i Yale , ..7- ...I ... ... ...1 t Two Goatee ' at . Madleon, .' MAniBON,' Neb..'Msrch'l.-8peclal.-Two-sensational games of .basket , ball were played ' Friday night , between tha hour of M ik .nr., and-mldnlgbt, between the Newman Urov girl and 'boys and th Madison glrla and boys. The visiting women, won. the ecore standing M to If In favor of Newman drove. Also th via. King boys' team beat the home team, it to M. Both ' gamee ar considered to be the fastest baskei ball - ever played In title aectton of in Mat, titoddard of Newman Grove umpired and Flndiey ot Madison w,ae referee., . .' f. , ..... . One "Great Big Yankee Harry .Lord, .great third . basoman of th Chteago WhiteSox who. according t iteaur. Callahan, th 'coma-back" loader of th -team. Is th only Box sure of bis Job. Lord has-burial all hi former leal ouay for the man who got tha poeltioa ho had -nopad -to ilaad. . and ha baa- dared - himself wSUng 4o work with -an bis might for the suceeo of the -team. Lord ia a. wonderful -weleW and thrower, a brilliant baa runner and a dangerous J Be r:. Rntherford mi, W. Maxwell I man-to havo at bat In th pinch. -Mora- rl. VlferuaiH m Allen it ruM "oul tbrvws: Luas (2K Allen 4. Tou Judge a naa not by what ho prom toe to do. but by what aa ha done. That I the only tru test. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy lodged by thla standard ta n superior. People everywhere speak ef It ia the highest term of praise. For aia iv ail dealer. over, he h Meg on- In Grains, oemg on of tho most gifted players, mentally, tn the gam today." Thero la no man In either league who can boast of Jbtlaf a better third baaeman. considering everr thing. than Lord, although many would plac Frank Baker dt tbo Athletic and Bobby Byrne of' Pius burgh oa th sanw plaa witk klnh " - 1st. ... U II IVIIki Albroeht .... Hugg w. Total. it m Otraha A.J Lincoln ! .t..'...'.v.'.:. nuMiituies:;klot.wy tor Mann at right forward. Iteia goals: Hughs. 4; Crocker, . iwiot. ourarnroan. s: Methenv. l Wilms, t; Mann. t. riugg. f. Pre throw: Burkenroad. t: Ifiitf. a Point awarded: isnian rtign ecoool. i. Kereree: Bran non 'of Lincoln. I mptr: Hutchtton ot Lincoln Young -Men s Christian associa tion.; cVorer: C. . B. Reed ot Omaha. Timekeeper i Homer 8. curtti. Tim ot naive; - jo mi.iutr. -- I or ow th Some. Omaha ha ' seen It real basket ball gam ot tho prevent Maaon. . New for the t'1 elate high school bas set aau tournament at . Lincoln this week. Th cade,t -.- ra;mjit ' band furnished brass hamony during tha intenaiauoa. a cornet a-xo ortngu forth rouaoa ot a A cvupie. of. ni!l end whit cheer leader rvtV mo ttvwd to show its vortferou cilor.a'whea th oaud wa not p laying. . ... ; The Lincnln.r.i f tade a hit In red and blai. t. lr. 1 Irtnit fd crimson ieraeya while the 'oc-lls npiwared In their purple aau. wane 'un.ionua. 'Attorn:'- ICowa-d. 2L BaMrlge and Prof. Natltai t3?rr.aieia. one of the prom inent meai!eTf the Omaha High school farslrv.- were twa ef the most ardeat rooters tenth local lads. 'V-'''-"-':;':S'C; ' L , -r'-t. jt V I! ',T-v . 1 NEW YORK CLU3 CAPTURES : BIQ RELAY SWIMMING EVENT NEW YORK March l-Tps City Athletic elob team of New Tork woa tha o-yrd national relay ' swimming cnamntenanlp by an extremely cloae margin la It owa tank tonight- Tho Chicago Athletic asso ciation team wa defeated by what looked It as but a fraction of an Inch aad prob ably would havo been winner but for aa unfortunate mBtak of one or Its wtm larra The' New Tork Athletic club team finished third. ' 1-tgktsl Pwlwa In th stomach, torpid Kvor. last back and weak kidney -ar aoea relieved by Elertrte Bitters. Ouaranteea. Be. For aie by Beaton Srvg -Ca. : J ' ' - ' - Vi' lr 1 V CORNHDSKERSIXEY STARS Defeat ' Xni at Basket Ball yn at. r: pfti.: . X01UU1 alUUG lull 0CUVB, SOUGH TACTICS JY JATHAWXS -low. ... Tr.pp....-p..yo. rati. Offeader Pat Oat of Caaie, " Whlek Goes to Nebraska, S ta S8. , ,. (Hun) (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb.. March .-(Special Tel egram.) Nebraska cloood th basket ball essoa In -tho Missouri Valley conference with a clean , slate by taking a cloe gam from. Kan, the final score stand ing 2 to. II. ':;.', Tho game wa rough and unsportsman like from tho (tart th Cornhusker root er Joinlng ln the general disorder when Kansas started roughing tha Cornhusker player. I . i " Right Guard. Hit of Kanaa waa tha moat flagrant .offender, atriklng Hanxo llk full in th fac with th ball about tha middle . of th second half. Refer Touton saw th play and penalised Kan- Baa. . . , - ,.- - . Brown .of .Kanaa wa banished by the Jayhawker coach whan h dellberataly triad to trip CtpUIn Frank during the Mcond period. Frank wa running down th field with, the ball when Brown put hia foot In front of th Cornhusker Mar. Th Kansas coach i promptly jrkd hi star forward. Nebraska 'Started th gsm with Hyde end Nagl.as guard in place of Haskell and Frank. .Th Nebraska captain under estimated th strength of th outhra- ra and'th tint, halt clooed with th cor In favor ot th southerner, 1 to It. v Frank I promptly prsnted tho old lino up and Nebraska soon overcam th lead of th. Jsy hawkers. In th second halt From that tlmo'tnd until th final whlstl th. game wa alp and tuck with tb Cornhuakera finally ; winning by th nar. row margin ot 1 point : With th score, three points to th good for tho Cornhtsken. Hasellk was ejected and a second team man -placed In kla po- Itloru' Again, th -i Jayhawker became dangerous, but' In th last minute of play th CornnUsker scored th lucky goal. Tb Corahukcr ttav not-been defeated thi season by the Missouri Valley confer- snc teams, th first tint a Cornhusker baskst BaN suad hsyever gone through th season- without-a defeat. Tb only gm lost! during th Season waa at Min neapolis to th Uophfr when th Corn husker. wer minus "the service ot th star guard. Captain Owen Frank. While th Missouri Valley, confcience rules pro vide thit'winntra of the' two . division must pISy a championship series of th gamea Nebraska anil ' undoubtedly be conceded the championship since th Oomhadkrrs lsv defeated th Jsyhawk ars, th read -In dhe acuthern division. four straight gam, two on th Knaa floor and two on th Nebraska floor. NEBRASKA: KANSAS. " Hyd ...u. L.F. LP. Brown Nagl ....t:......R.F.!R.F: :...(C.) 8tucy Hiitner ..' C.C Boehm Carrier .UU.I.u. : Ureenlee Cndtrwood ....ItWHU. Hits Hubatltutes: Hasksll for NarL Hanxellk for Hyde. Btryker. for Hlltner. O. Franh for Underwood. Kavih for Hansellk, Smith for Greenlee. Baldwin for Brown. Goals from field: Nagl (1), HUtner Carrier 1. - Frank (t. Haetnll &. Hansellk (1), Brown U), Utuckey !). Boehm (IA Greenlee (II. Throws tram foul line: Hyd (I), Brown it). Refer: Touton, Wisconsin...'. ... CURLEY DENIES VYENDOVER . IS SELECTED FOR BATTLE MINNBAPOL18. March I "The report that tha fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Flynn t to be held near Wendovar, Utah, on July H, I mer ruenwork," said Jack Curly. Flynn' manager, to day. "I htvs three town under consider ation tn Nevada and I still feel partial to Las Vegas. X. M ." said Curtey. Oeorg P.- Shear, a New York Taaka tof the Blue Crass league. abJch woa th recruit southpaw pneher. who' I expected 1311 pennant In that srganlxatMa. Hs to do great thing daring lb eomlnc sea-! worked ia thirty-seven game. . wtnaJag eoa.-Shear, only '2 year of age. is twenty and loslag ten. ' He (track oat Ml feet r tnche tall, tho greatest nature batamea aad gar aixty-etx baars of any member of Harry WolvartoaV ! kalis. : ' t . quad. Shears hails fro tha Pari dub j ': . BOWLING BEGINS. IN CHICAGO Eeoord-Breakinp; Entry for Twelfth American Tonrnament ' FIRST TWO DAYS' WOBK LIQHT Bowler Pay Forty-Five Tkoaaaad . Dollar la Entries aad Thirty s Thowsaad Will Be' Dla. tribated la Prise. CHICAGO, ' March 1 With a reoord breaktng entry list, th twelfth annual tournament of the American Bowline congress waa opened last night to con tinue for twenty -two day. Dexter Park pavilion wa packed to the door. Alder man Tearney welcomed tho bowler with an address, and then turned th allege over to national official ot the American Bowling congress, who rolled the ftMt ball down th drive. . Eighteen team, representing a (Chicago organisation, took the alley for tu opening game and th three weeks' play that will be watched by bowler In sverj tat formally waa under way. - ; "Tomorrow squad of singles and doubles will be lighr and Monday' wll bo but little hotter. From then on bowlers will compete almost every hour between t o'clock In th morning until midnight for record and cash prise. .. . Katry Fee Total Big; 8am. Thla year tournament eaally 1 the greatest event held In th history of th gam. Bowler have paid In almost M5.90U In entrance fee, ot which ftt.Ott, nearly trt.OOS mora than ha been awarded at previous events, wtll b distributed in pels. More than 4.000 men, representing nearly every state In tha country, will compete. Jlv hundred and ninety-four five-man team, 1.413 two-man team and i,M Individual make up the entry list. Illinois haa entered nearly WO teams, while Ohio will bo represented by asventy nln five-man teams. Wisconsin ha fifty nine, Missouri, forty-one; Indiana, twenty-eight; Michigan, twenty-seven; Ken tucky, twenty-two, and alxteen from New Tork state. Numerous entries have been received from Atlantic and Pacific coast cities. New Tork, Philadelphia. Washington and other eastern cities will have representatives. Teams will come from Los Angeles tnd Seattle In tb tar west. Two Csnsdlan province alio will b represented. In th south team ar entered from several ot th larger cities. Sprains Sloan's Linimetit is excellent (or sprains and braises. 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