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VOL. XLI-NO. 38.
OMAHA; SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1912.
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ROURKEIS READY
FOR HUNT SOUTH
Omaha Magnate and Three of Eii
Flayers Will Start from Hen
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Tuesday Eight
GHUSTEKSEN IS FrTFTITO FIT
Those Who Co Hot Go with Rourks
', Will Report on March 19.
ALL IS READY FOE TEE INVASIOI
Sua Eat Been Shining at Joplin aai
Ererythins; ii Fine.
MUCH PRACTICE IS IH STOKE
mnl Com Have Bern SchcdaM
' Witt Major 4 Mlaor mwajne
aad Jowlln Will Jam, lata
Ua Battla AIm.
An la now ready (or the departure of
Pa Rourka and hli player for Joplin.
Ton Omaha magnate and three of hla
player will laava Omaha Tueday night
" Tb thraa player who report to Baurka
oa March 11 are Lota, ona of laat year's
pttohan; Sour, a' new outfielder, and
Chrlatasaao. another recruit pitcher.
Cliilniissn arrived la Omaha today fool
ng m and fine and aaya ha la ready (or
'tha trip aouth. Lotx will arrlv In Omaha
tomorrow and Soura wUl cat here Tuea-
. day marntf- Tha reat of tha, player
ara not expected to report befora March
V at Joplin. but Pa and a few of tha
lunch win be there a day In advance.
At Kansas CSty Rourka will pick up Jua-
tlea. Ua new ahortatop; Thomaaon, Mat
oaar'a attMatlonal and etar fielder, and
Charley Arbogast wbn will manat the
' iltourkea thla year. .
i Armada la Oaad Snap.
I A lattar received yesterday from JopUa
laaya that vrything la ready for tha t
vaalon of tha Omaha, ball Mam. Tha
ground ara In food shape and tha enow
baa left tha around. Tha aun haa aeea
lahlnlnff all laat week and tha (round
ara la excellent eondltioa for bail play
tadC Tha weather la snappy and )uat
Hint tor a bunch of ball player. Tha
Weather, however, la ant what could be
oaUed balmy, but with a taw, mora days
of sunny weather real baa ball could
at secured. Mark Hall, who la la Jop
. Kb and who la managing tha Rourke'a
affairs until Pa and hla bunch arrive,
says tha Commercial club of that elty
haa fixed tha diamonds up In treat shape
and tha fan can hardly wait until tha
. Oman off arrive on tha poena. Ha
aid that two of tha Omaha player ban
' already arrived at that town, but be did
Dot any who thay were,
Arbogast js thraa loiters to Pa
, ftourke last week and each ona tried to
urw the Omaha magnate to (at down to
Joplin earlier than March ft "I ara all
up in the air,' said Arby. "and I want ti
(at to work again. I believe the compact
of a splttar Into my mitt will make ma
feel better than anything also In the
world. I am Juat aching to cat back Into
tha game and It seeme a eentury aco
since I had a breast, protector and a
glove oa my hand."
, Plenty at Practise.
There 1 ao doubt but what tha Rourkes
, will get all the practice neoeesary while
they ara In to Missouri town. Word baa
been received that Joplin will have It
team organised and In Joplin shortly
after the Rourka' arrive, ao that both
"team will have plenty of practice play
ing each other. Pa Rourka ha alas
, scheduled several gamea with the major
and tha American aaaoclattou teams, ba
eldee at least six games with Western
laagu team while In Joplin. Tha 8t
Louie Cardinals and Browns have bean
;algned up for two game each, and the
1 (Chicago Whit Sox will play two gamea.
fXansa City will com down from their
home town to play with tha Rourka,
and Minneapolis and 61 Paul will alio
play two game each. From the Western
learn Wichita, 8t Joseph and Toptka
will be seen la gamea-agalnst the Rourkes
at JopUa.
Traaka Ahead.
' Two large trunk filled with para
phernalia has been nt to Joplin al
ready aad two. more trunk will go down
with Pa Rourka and the Urea player
Tuesday night A base ball cage, which
will be used behind tha bat. ha already:
been received at Joplin and la now wait
ing to be aesd. This cage Is placed dl-1
rectly behind the batter' box and doe
away wfth a catcher during practice.
Tha catchers will then have mora time
to devote to the pitchers and the recruits.
Pa' Rourka ha mad plan ao that Arbo
gaat will have complete charge of the
regular players while Pa win take care
of the recruits, with tha exception of
tha pitchers, who will be turned over to
Johnny Oondlng. Tha latter will have
nothing to do but develop star twtrlera
Bam After Tryoata,
Whan tha Rourkes cease training at
Jopttn they will be a bunch of good
trained men. While la tha aouth they
will nve aa a diet which will have tha
tendency to build ap body aad aarvea.
A aoon as the training season la dosed
the regular will Jump noma. They will
arrive in Omaha April It, On April 13
and 14 they will play with Lincoln at
Lincoln. They will then come to Omaha
and play two games with Ua Antelope.
Aa Anrll 1 and 1C Tha hunA vflt V,n
practice every morning until April It, j
whan they will open the aeaaoa here with I
Sioux City. After four game with the
Boux they go ta Dee Motnoa tor four
tss&rr? Omaha Bowlers Who Are Going to Chicago Tournament
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TALLEYBASEBALL
EliSihility Committee of Conference
Sefnsea to Let Scnuner Ball
Ban Sown.
COLLLGIAKS TO EXEF CLEAS
Only Permitted to Flay on Their
"Home" Teami.
$cz.t To
Cornhusker Dates '
i Are Being Arranged
LCTCOLX. March .-(Special.)-Coach
auehm and Manager Eager are together
arranginic the tout rail schedule and have
taken Important atepa during tha week
,x Ua dostrg of arrangements for foot
kali games during the season next fall.
'for Cicaaa
Director.
Bardic
IE. 8. Burdtck, former h!ii school bas
ket ball, foot ball and track star, le a
candidate for the position of gymnasium
director of Ua Ouaaa High school.
OMAHA MEN BOWL THIS WEEK
Six Local Squads to Take Fart
Chicago Tourney.
XTTCH
Lark's Team Ft rat at the Lo
cals ta akaat aad Othrrs ral
- law Dartag tha Wwfc
- Look far Rrewrda.
Next Tuesday evening at I o'clock the
first Omaha Louie will ahoot In the
American Bowsing congress which 1 now
holding away at Chicago. Tha Fete
Loch's, with W. A. Baler as captain, will
be U first men on tha alley to rep re
sent Omaha In tha present tournament
Oa March IS, la the forenoon. Ua mem
bers of the same team will roll In Ue
double, and In Ua afternoon the nun
bunch will roll In the alnglea.
Up to date Uer haa not been what
could be called a good acora made at
the tournament and It 1 expected Uat
the Omaha boy will make at good allow
ing- . The Met Bros, bowler are looked
upon with fear by the other team en
tered m the biggest bowling event In the
history of the gam. Tha average gam
of the Meti boys is 171 for the season
and the avarags aerlea la t.3U, which la
far In excee of the highest acora made
by a five-man team In tha aerlea to data
Tha Pet Lochs are also expected ta get
Into Ue money and bring credit to Ua
town which they represent at the tourney.
SI X Local Teaaaa.
In all there will be aix team from
Omaha, and South Omaha at Ua tourna
ment. Omaha bowler will start ap tiling
the maple on March 12, and will not get
away from Omaha until about March js,
wnea Ue last five-man team will ahoot
Pour of the team which go to Chicago
will bo from Omaha and two will be from
Bouu Omaha. The Omaha team ara:
Met Bros., Pete Lochs, Luxu and Ua
Star Saxon Brass. Tha South Omaaba
teaame will be tha Jetter Gold Top and
the Martin Tigers. -
It I expected that mm tf the boys
will get in Ue money in tha single and
also In the double. Blakeney of the
Mctx team, who had the satlifactloa of
laying It over on Blouin of the Chalmera-
Detrott team of Chicago In a special
match at Ua Morrison alleys last week,
la looked upon aa a possible contender
for high single man at the tourney and
Ua Omaha, boy ara anxiously awaiting
hi tor to ahoot In Ua International
ampbiUeater. . '
Omaha Bawlera Eaters.
Following are Ua teamas that will roll
at Chicago: .
Met Bro. Huntington, Blakeney, Con
rad. Xeale, Deiunaa and Hartley.
Jetter's Gold Tops Brlggs, Fitter raid.
Hull, Solomon and Zarp.
Storx Saxon Bran Cochian, Stuns, May
tham. Gjerde and Weber.
Pete Loch Kunry, Spragne, Fraactsca,
McMartla and Balxer.
Martin Tigers rtlteber. Zimmerman,
OMAHA PLAYSSODTH OMAHA
Two Fait Teams Fig-ht Oat State
Basket Ball 'Championship.
BEATRICE HOPELESSLY OUTDONE
University Place Ha Match for
Oaaaha, the Gam Ending- Twvaty,
Five ta Five Barkearaad
LINCOLN, Neb., March 1. -(Special Tel
egram.) A a result of hard won vic
tories over Beatrice and University Place
high achoola, the Omaha and South
Omaha High school basket ball fives
entered tha finals Saturday night at the
university gymnasium to decide Ue
championship of Ua state among Ue
high school team. Omaha la an over
whelming favorite for championship
honor, although Ua team play of Ua
BouU Omaha five wa a revelation to
tha hundred of high school students who
thronged tha gymnasium Saturday after
noon. , . '
The Beatrice-South Omaha gam was
Ua first of tha aeml-flnala to be played.
Beatrice for ones found Haelf hopelessly
outplayed and although the Queen City
boys played hard to overcame tha odd
agalnat them. It wa to n advantaga
Soum Omaha too -the lead In tha first
half and maintained It throughout In
fact increasing It Just befora Ua close
of Ua game. The final aoora wa S to H
Luaa Ittaycd 'aensatlonal ball for hla
teammate while Collin - and Manefe
continued t etar for South Omaha. -
University Place waa no match for Ua
Omaha High school five, the gam end
ing SS to a To Ue credit of tha Uni
versity Place five It may be said that
they played desperately. Omaha took the
lead from Ua start of the gam and tha
result waa never In doubt Tha fatal
weakness that University Place baa
shown throughout the series In the gym
nasium waa present Saturday afternoon,
aa Inability to locate basket. The Uni
versity Place team did not scare a single
field goal during the game Saturday, but
tnla wa particularly due to (ha great
work of tha Omaha guard and the effec
tiveness of Ua team play of tha Purple
and White.
Burkenroad was again a
Rector playing a strong game. Tha Uni
versity Place boy depended upon Allen
and Wquain ta win tha game for them.
but Ua two etar war ao cloaaly watched
that they bad no opportunity to throw
basket.
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. tCentiaued on Second Page.)
O. H. S. GETS 1KTO TUB f-ISALS
Local Sefeeal afwet Trias Fast
Geneva Bsaek.
LINCOLN. Neb.. March . -(Special
Telegram.) Omaha, South Omaha, Beat
rice and University Place will flgh;
tt out for the Intcrscholastle basket ball
championship of Nebraska as a result
of the preliminaries in the high school
basket ban tournament which haa been
OHIO BOWLERSTAKE LEAD
Eelwert of Toledo Take! Individual
Score at Tournament,
(Continued aa Second Page.)
HOWARD IS CHOSEN PRESIDENT
Weber of Osaka Elected ta Exrca
tlvw Caaaxattte Washlactaa
' a4( Saa Fmaelace) Ex
tonal Iavltatlaaa,
CHICAGO, March S-Ohioana made
uocaasful bra for the leadership In the
Individual event of the American Bowling
congroa tournament yesterday.
: William Eelwert of Toledo, former third
baseman of the Toledo American associa
tion club, but now manager of Ua Mont
gomery club of the Southern league,
dropped m pins, the highest Individual
acora rolled her ao far. Ha snatched Ua
lead away from Christy Thai of Clev
land, who, rolling In Ua aama squad a
Eelwert, bung up a score of Cg shortly
before U Toledo bowler ftalahed his
aerlea.
Eelwert bowled three splendid game.
Ha got ZW pin In hi second, 2t In Uf
third aad 1M in hi opening gam. .
The rolled Uree games over the
double eentury mark, making 223, 233 and
X3. HI total put htm In second place.
Al Swansea of Chicago, with 3S, ba
led the division sine Monday.
High aoora In Ua double went to John
Hagerty and B. Conllck. also of Toledo.
They roDed LU. which put than In third
place.
Officers of the American Bowling eoa-
graa ware elected today. Judge George
V. Howard of Chicago waa unanimously
chosen president on the motion of J. W.
Lambert of St Louie, his opponent after
the balloting had proceeded a short time.
Tha rest of the slate went through wlU-
out opposition.
Washington, D. C. and San Francisco
made bfda for Ua 113 tournament but
Ua congress voted to leave Ue decision
with tha executive committee. Washing
ton' bid waa offered by Granville Hunt
aecretary of the Chamber of Commerce,
(Continued aa Second Page.)
Joplin Will Give
Ronrke Rangers
. Great Reception
JOPLIN, Ma, Starch l.-Spectal.)-Baae
ball bus a here ara planning ta
maake W. A. (Pa) Rourka and his
Omaha "Rangers" honorary Mlasourlana
upon their arrival next week for a sea
son of spring training. . Th fan are
warming up to Us Idea and a rouatng
reception will be given th athletes when
they arrive.
Quarter for th training squad have
been obtained at the Clarkson hotel. In
Ua downtown business district, and
transportation has been arranged to and
from Miner park, where the men ara
to condition themselves.
The Invasion of Joplin by the Nebraska
men will be th first real harbinger of
spring, ao far a base ball affairs are
concerned la th mineral belt True, a
robbln redbreast or two baa been seen
here, but Uelr appearance Isn't consid
ered by Joplinite when they Ulnk of th
approaoning season of baa ball.
Dyed-ln-tba-wool follower of th na
tional game, who keenly feel the loa of
a profeaalonal base ball club, believe that
something of a benefiting nature to Joplin
In a baas ball way eventually will result
from Rourke's decision to work out bis
men her this spring. .
Joplin I crying for a Western league
team and a concerted movement la to be
launched to land on In time for tha 1113
season. Local men have assured , certain
baa ball men Uat am pi fund will be
provided to back a dub should on be
put In hare.
Mack Hall, one of Omaha's twlrlers. al
ready hi oa U ground. Hall ha been
dotng a few u numbering stunt up con
venient alley with young aemi-pro ath
lete here. He sends word to his Omaha
friends that ' be will be in pretty good
shape by the time Ms teammates hit the
sine son. !
MURPHY WHIPS ABE ATTELL
Two Fngiliits Fig-ht Desperately
for Twenty Bounds.
DECISION PLEASES AUDIENCE
Farmer Fetkerwelfet Cfcampl
r reseats Barry Fiawr aa Ha
Tettrra ta Dresslaat Please
After th (aatest.
Western Defeats pirate.
WESTKr.X. Neb.. March S.-Jf'pecIaU-
vteaieni o-mwi vii ruam . i. m mot .
gam of basket ball. Score. 3 to IS. j
DALT CITT. Cat.. March a Abe At
telt erstwhll featherweight champion,
lost tha decision to Lightweight "Harlem
Tommy" Murphy In the twentieth round
tbia afternoon at the Daly City open air
arena. It waa a bloody fight throughout
and Attall prevented a orry figure a ha
(uttered to hla dressing room after tha
contest Murphy had a dear lead la
Ua majority of tha rounds, his best blow
being a right cross with which ho time
and again aent At tail's head back.
Referee Welch' decision waa cheered
by tha spectator. Murphy outweighed
Attell by at least eleven pounds.
Fight fey Hamad.
The first round devaloned fierce mill
ing at cane range, the ft I iters pummel-
mg on anotnera neaas loaeinev. Alien
landed frequently on the body and
forced Murphy to reek protection against
the ropes. No damage. Attell bled from
the mouth as the round ended, with
honors a chad In his favor.
Murphy waa wsrned and repnmanoco
-rai times in the second round (or
holding and hitting. He almost put the
ex-featherweight through the ropes with
a wiccesrton or anon arm anw. nut
Attell almost floored him with a almliar
onelaurht. Attell went to his peat un
steadily wlU a badly swollen left eye
end bleeding freely.
In rouno tnre wurpny naa mien
groggy, landing a tuaiiiaae snorx arm
puoche to in lace, arawuw viww
streams. Abe fournt been oesperaieiy.
So fieri was the fighting that both men
almost fell through the rope. As the
round dosed Attell staggered the
Harlem!! with a risht hook to the Jaw.
It wa honor even In rounu tour. Al
ltel I now appeared to gain strength end
la well direr-ted valley of snappy Join
! caused the New York boy to eptt blood
Murphv rushed Aba to the rope" In the
j fifth. The crowd yelled that Murphy
I was holding and Jeered hlrt Attell hat
i the better of a mWrlng rally. Murphy used
t his upper right and pushed Attell through
(Continued on Second Page.)
NEBRASKA STUDENTS GRIEVED
Means TSo Team for Them This Sea-;
son, as They Hoped.
DR. CLAPP DELAYS REPORT
Director Blamed far Delay la Re
part. Which Give Athletic
" Beard X ("bear ta Make
Kiakt hi Sprlnc.
LINOOLN. Nab.. March M.-( Special. I-
The taport of the eligibility committee of
th Missouri Valley conference which hai
been anxiously awaited for several weeks
beoauee of the bearing It had to eollagate
baa ball In th Missouri Valley achoola
ha at laat been completed after an al
most Inaxplainable delay of several weest
and waa filed tat Friday with th sac
rotary of th conference. Prof. R, C
Cmpp of Nebraeka.
Aa has been- expected, th report is
Marly a body blow to tha hundreds of
sndersTsduate students who had hoped
that MIS would see the reinstatement of
base ball In the universities of Ua
valley. Coach Ewald Stlehm. after a
lamination of tha report, x
hls dissatisfaction mildly, say
ing that while It might again place bar
bail for on season. It would do nothing
toward curing th HglMllty troubles .'
th player in another year.
Report at Committee.
Tee report of tht commute I as ful
lws: In, MA-ahall be modllled to read "A
student shll be ineligible to represent hl
college in at hie Ik contest aa a repre
sentative In athletic contests, who en
gagaa In euch contest aa a representa
tive of any athletic organisation not con
nected with hie colk except that u
may engage in occasional games a a
member of hie home team.
INI-Tn at rile out all til claUSC, Sum-
mr baa ball."
II Tout It he oeciarea in amumimi
of thla conference.
A-That most of the technical vio
lations of the amateur rule committee In
the past, lor good reasons may ha over
looked, and the offending parties rein
stated. (Be-In order Ihst this plan may be put
m practice It was further agreed thai
each conference athlete in order that be
may become eligible for further Inter
ollagtata iiartlclpailon ehell elan a aute
ment of hla athletic experience, up to
oata, pn a uniform conference bran a.
C)-That It la underwood that par
ticipation on ball team under th
ruling of the national commission, or on
so-called outlaw teams, or learns of a
. ,. , ..... i ii.hiM 1 1 u re
el Tin imi l" v, ,-- -
alud reinstatement under this plan.
Ul-That II la the sense "f this con
ference tnat continuant m i,n,-. -
athletic la contingent on a cloee adher
ence to the amateur principle. Further,
Uat the success of the plan to place ath
leilo upon a more wholesome plane ian
R haa been In th past, depend upon t h
o-operation of th student with in
facultlee. With thla end In view eeuh In
mutton I ked to taks Immedleta steps
ta acquaint Ha atudenta of this new proj
ect (Note)-lt Is suggested that a atu-
. . 1 ... t ha the am-
sent nupni,!.-, w ...---. - - -dent
to confer with the faculty Oommlt
ta on matter of eligibility.
-. na ua to State th
; method of reinstatement aad eloeaa with
U following paragraph an paoaiue tor
violation:
That If K la found at any "ma mat
a atudant haa mlarepreeented hla algned
statement or who ha eubsequently beea
found guilty of partldpaung In athletic
amateur ru.a . -- - -aourl
v allev oonference. he shall thereny
btcTma tnellglb'. and .object
eipllna commlttae of hi Inalltutlon.
Threw Draft StwSaek -k.
ana drafted by A- W, Beyer,
J. L. GriftlU and T. H. Everhardt Tha
bJactwDa aaa aiiy seoa aa pwruaau
of th report Th definition of "bom
tatm" and "unrslnnal gameef ta aura
t bread trouble at tha autaat, whll
the aanaltv faOa to aoocxnpllak Ua pur-
poaa In that It e a premium upoovas-
Ion of th rule.
-k. e-.rw. e ta tuat what nans of
th summer baa bell rota wanted and
what thaw opposing It war ngnung. it
come ut flat-tooted ly tn favor of th
m mil almnt In th oorifereaoa,
eata w.Mt, eenealsla axjorta at
uy east rasher than aav tt tainted
with o called rofessmnauiam.
r.ailMlila faellna haa baain axnsamad
at Nebraska during th Uat few weeka
tha aala tn tha report. It waa
feared that tha aalay waa pwrpMely re
sult! r from U utaenpta to patvem tee
lellialslamsnl of baa Pall for the com-
Dr. Chap tm Blamed.
i-hea aaaat Ixdarastad la Ua game at
Meknak hava made thing xooet ex-
jaoettlngly ttvaly during th hut weak for
Dr. Oapp, who. tt wa stated, waa work
ing sgr'f tha reinstatement at has
ball at tha Cornruiakar Insututloa.
wiua thai Comhuaksr atblatlo board
sr aakad ta take up Ua matter f sum-
mer has ball. It wag psiaMd out tnat
ih. hnarit mast wait ana Dr. Claoo'a
report from th eligibility emximltta of
th Misaoar! Valley cssferanoa. Several
membara of tha boara eauca upon aim,
asking that It be nurrtad along, but noth
ing resulted from Ua attempt, and Uo
ittar dragged along. Now tna aoara
mm aaatntma acrton until after the
spring vacation or lata In March, ar else
eaQ a special seaaton during tn early
met at aaxt week. Tha regular Mareli
meeting of the board doe not com an til
the third Monday, and tt la vary likely
the tha. anater will be allowed ta rest
until then- Stlehm aaya h is for oo!-
leglata baa ball, and Ue all-year caeca
ha th backing f th etrtir undergrad
uate body. v
Veteraae StlU Oel.
Lea TannehilL one of tha White v.
veterans, was anable to make the trip to
Waco because of a aoralned ankle. lie
wilt Join the team, however, within tw.
treeks, Pat Doughert:. soother veteran,
haa retired from the game. Matty Mc
intyrc, outfielder, ha not eigaed far ta
011 season.
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