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Judgments
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W
E ARB here to My tint In our
Judgment Pa lluurke has
bail team, and when the flat
raising goes on a year from
now In token of the pennant
winning or the preceding autumn, we
' would not be vastly surprlssd, barring
accidents, that the raid Pa will have
hand in the ceremonies, But, understand.
we are not making that as a flat precltc
tion, content to rest our case on Ibis
That Omaha is from a to Tt per cant
stronger than It wai In ltll, when, by a
prodigious ssa son-end spurt. It mads
fourth place. (Some of our sapient sages
over the circuit have gone on record with
the proposition that Omaha will be
second divlslo team. Well, only
prejudice or ignorance could actuate that
assertion. Hera la the situation: Last
year, aa avarybody who knows the facts
knows. Omaha was about as badly disor
ganised until tha last few weeks-as a
team could be. It fiddled along with no
body at third base, little mora at short,
weak at second, decidedly weak la Ue
utfleld until late. This year wa atart
more formidably In both In and out
field than we have been for many years.
If not in the history of ths team. Added
to this is a staff of pitchers who are
away ahead, both the old and new ones,
of last year's bunch, and the catching
department la aa strong. Of course, ws
realise that Omaha ia not the only team
that haa strengthened itself this year;
wa think all have, but we ere not fool
ish enough to Imagine that tha others
havf strengthened themselves so much
mors than Omaha as to make Omaha a
second division team, considering relative
merits last year and tha fact that under
tha greatest handicap wa ever suffered,
we still finished in first division. All
thlnga considered, It looks to eur calm,
ripe and unbiased Judgment aa It ths
race of 1MJ would be tha beet tha West
era league haa aeen Id many a year. Let
ilia beat team win.
President Rourks did a great thing
when ha landed Billy Pavtdson from
Brooklyn.- Billy Davidson, gentlemen,
was one of tha premier fielders of this
league when he played with Lincoln, and
ha la bettor now than ha waa then, for
he haa had two seaeena of experience in
tha majors, where he will be seen sgaln
some day. His addition makes Omaha's
outfield Invincible Davidson, Thomason,
Coyle. Where do you beat It? All are
batters, runners, fielders; all are beady,
all are tractlble, all ere ball players.
Davys last season with Lincoln was
measured In these figures: At bat, );
runs, at; hits. 17: total bases, M; dou
bles, 16. triples. Is: home runs, I; sacri
fice bits. If; stolen bases, tt. His hut
ting average waa JPS. But thsaa figures
do not tail it all. Those loyal Omaha
fans who have seen an Omaha runner
on third base when a fly went to Davy
In center know that; they know with
what trepidation they viewed tha anx
loua runner at third aa fee attempted ia
beat that deadly throw of Lincoln's tail
center fielder to tha plate, with the pos
sible exception of old Ira Balden, who
had anything on Davidson with the wing.
Cad man still opera tea his thinking ma
chinery aa ha did when wearing an
Omaha uniform. Friday ha had Nlahoff
dead to rights on the third bass line. Ha
tossed tha ball back to Retlly at third
and then stepped squarely In front of
Bert, effectually blocking his passage
toward hone. Of aeuree, the amplra gave
Nlehotf tha run, Asd right there waa
tha time to nip that sort of thing In
tha bud, and Umpire Carter did a good
Job of It, sounding a warning to all play
ers for tha season. It was tha only pos
sible way NlahoU could have scored and
Cad man gava It to him. There waa no
occasion whatever for Cadman'a Ivory
act, except that that la ths way Cadmaa
baa of ctlng.
Red Andreas seemingly hsa a good
team. lied, himself, looks Ilka the right
man for the right place aa manager. He
haa tha ginger and the head for a leader
and be la righting every inch of the way.
In Friday's game he showed thst. Ha
came te the front three tlmee with hits
when his team needed bits, runs and
courage. lie has Babe Towne aa far out
classed aa manager as to leave him tied
to tha poet. Andreas canaot only tell tha
others what to do, he can execute.
Omaha had good opening for Roarke
park, even it the weather was not ideal.
Sioux City and the home team put up a
pteixrld game of bail. Just tha kiad a
real fan likea-a slgzag back and forth
from atart to finish. The liberal a umber
of runs boots nothing so far aa the
quality of playing went- The preliminary
exercises were novel and Interesting asd
altogether It wag good getaway.
. Jimmy Kane starts out plsying first
better than aver. Twice he saved Friday's
game with difficult one-hand staha and
owe ha woa It with bia vicious bat, soak
ing tha first bail pitched for a double
scoring two runs ahead of him.
Fa has at' last got a shortstop. Justice
Is the boy. it would de your aching
heart good to sea that chicken run up
and get 'em and whip 'em over te old
Jim. oh. men. he's a daisy.
Vrapires Kitaane and Carter started
welt, anyway. Here's luck, gentlemen
and lat a forget tha recall la tha bleach
ers "
Several Good Games Are Scheduled
at Local ?uki Today.
HAS SCOHS BATTLE A. 0. U. W.
Amatear Teasse Wilt Be Oat fa
Parra aa Both fides of River
and gam Lively Caateeta
Are Anticipated.
Tha Hoctora and Brodegaarda will play
this afternoon at Fort Omaha, and when
they finish the Workmen will take on the
Haaecam Parks. Fallowing la tha lineup
for tha second game:
A. O. IT. W. Poeltton PARKS.
Prucha First Cavanaugb
Brawn Short Bando
Elliot Second Front
'Woodruff Third Collins
Spellmas Left ftwlfi
Fox .Center Tuttle
Wright Right Carrigan
Lighten Catch Lehr
Eisenkart Pitch Boaatta
Morton Pitch Ben eon
Lilts Pitch Johnson
, At Rivervlew park tha Bpaldlnga and
Foresters will lock horns.
At Elmwood thsra Is an excellent base
ball field located la the vicinity of Sixti
eth and Leavenworth streets. Oa this
spot tha Advos and Independents will
mix this afteraooa.
Tha first gams at Athletic park. Coua-
rli Bluffs, today will suit at IM p. re.
Stars and Strips against Council Bluffs
Rsmbleis.
Thsra will be one gems at Fort Crook
this afternoon. It will be between ths
Dundee Woolen Hills of Council Bluffs
and ths Bluecoate stationed at Fort
Crook.
The main attraction at Florence this
afternoon la tha Florence Athletics
8. A. C.'f gams.
At Cist park thsre will be two games.
Ths Wagmans will play tha Alemttoa.
Immediately after tha tiret scrimmage
tha Townssnds and tha Shamrocks will
lineup for battle.
Lineup fof the second gams:
TOWN BENDS SHAMROCKS
Dennlson..
.1 Rase...
I Bsee...
Short...,.
I Base...
Center...
.Right...,
Left
Catch....
Fletcher
nan
atoLean
. Kennedy
Horn
... Collins
.... Clark
.. Bariura
May field
2d alum
O'Connor...,
Faber
The tier.
Cos
... Yost
Ceteh Cavanaueh
Morearty Pitch Masoa
Adams Pitch Badura
II. L. Tom Knapp aays be Is going
to run bis team from tha wood.
In the renter garden Oadrn Is doing
great work for tha Fsrrsll Syrups.
Vsrn Hlrseh Is pitching grand ball for
Portland, Ore., of the Coast league.
' Ths Sherman Avenue Merehants have
the distinction af winning ths first out-of-town
game.
Those Fsrrell Syrup have got a clever
hltsmlth In that fellow Kemp, who hangs
around tha first station.
Etsenhart of ths A. O. U. W. team
looks better this season than ever before
and he always was good.
Next week will find McKea of the A.
O, U. W. team hopping arouad the short
stop territory far Fremont.
Wlllard Quigtey, the southeastern
league umpire will handle the Indicator
at Athletie park this afternoon.
Linn Toung will hold down thei mid
dle cushion hereafter for tha Wagaiana.
He la a strong gent with the furniture.
That former Stors Triumph favorite.
Buck Kucera. Is holding down the left
pasture for tha Fsrrell Syrups In a fault
less manner.
Today the Stors Trtumphe will go to
Athletic park. Council Bluffs, where they
will da their darnedest to whip the Coun
cil Bluffs Merc hints.
Opening Day Fixed
by the Country Club
Tha formal opening of the Country club
will ha held aa Saturday afternoon. Msy
U, instead of April 17 aa previously de
aided upon, according to Laareacs Brin
ksr, secretary af tha organisation.
A special golf tourney for members of
tha club will be held oa the afternoon of
tha opening day aad several aultable
prises win be hung up for the winners.
Several ether features. Including several
tonal matches sad a ball game, will also
be arranged. A dinner and dance will be
given In the evening.
Tha shower of yesterday helped the
golf tlnka oanslderabir and aa a result
the grass Is beginning ta take oa lis
original color. The putting greena kre la
excellent condition,
-Dare Men tl ply will be la charge of all
artlvttlea at tha club thia season.
OMAHA CRICKET PLAYERS
TO ORGANIZE FOR SEASON
Local aathustasl of ths wicket sport
will organise aa Omaha cricket club at a
meeting ta be held at Jacob' Memorial
hall Wednesday evening
Cricket received considerable ancourage-
and It la the aim of too
followers ot the English pastime
ta ssaka tha gams mora interesting for
the Omaha sport loving public during the
sprlag and aummac. There are about
thirty active wicket follower her at
present.
Deaa J. A. Tsaeock af Trinity cathedral
tateoda to or gas ire es English eleven and
Otto Bridge expects to ft the Scots to
gether for g team. If enough! Interest te
taken, a third squad will be organized.
Suitable (roonds tor playing tha game
hv keea secured at Miller park.
He Got a Present Ju the Same
f K;- - J m ' .w""-w."W ' T. '8V .sajsw s..imm-i
m ."d.'l.,, .W,
ROUNDING UPJFOR THE MEET
University of Omaha to Put Ilea in
the Big: Track Meet.
ATHLETES SHOW UP GOOD FORM
Batraate la Most af Events aad
Physical Dlrectur Maxwell Is
Pleased ivllh the Work
Being Performed.
The track tca:.i at Ihe University of
Omaha Is rsptdly rounding Into shape
for the big Indoor meet to be held at ths
Auditorium .-.siurdsy, April 17. This will
bo the first time that the Crimson and
Black have taken up track sports, but
notwithstanding that, prospects for mak
ing a good showing are very bright. The
last week regular practice has beon held
on the track recently Isld out on the
university campus, supplemented by some
work at the gymnasium of the Omaha
Toung Men s christian ssaortallon.
Though there has been no regular coach
secured, Chysh sl Director J. T. Maxwell
of the association haa been giving the
boss instruction In starting, form for
shot-putting, jumping and pole vaulting.
and has been highly pleased with the
progress of the work. Maxwell was dur
ing his dais as an amateur one of thr
beat ail around men In Indiana, and stnre
taking op professional training has
learned a grrat deal more about ail u!
the track and field sports.
iDlrrnl ta Aewased.
For collvge entries from Nebraska thi
half-mile lelay is arousing mora Interest
thsn an. other event, and In this the
L'niversity of Omaha has high hopes of
winning the cup. Kaeh of tha four men
will run rJl yards, tha same distune
that will bo rua at tha lotaroolleglate
meet ut Hustings. Those who will rua
for Omana will be selected from the
squad t nsi.ilng ot Wlllard Flor, Andrew
Low. (jlrnn Waltcomb, Oecrge Pariah,
Land iJii-on and Paul Selby. Wlltard
KUr. u ho cornea from the Waterloo Uign
school, probably will rua the fifty-yard
dash.
The 0-jird Tun will be done by Paul
Selby kid Andrew Dow. George parish
and Larson will be entered la the
half-mile mn.
The on: point of weakness will be In
lumping t.d pole vaulting. There Is v
one at the school who has dona much In
either ot. of these branches, and so It Is
probate that there will be no entries In
these nents. In the running, though
the chances are vary good for tha Omaha
school 10 get a place, the department hi
which th-re ia a feeling of assurance thet
they wij ia first pla, e Is in tha wefgnts
Dow. .sputa of the team. wl,l hsnd'e
those. r.d ia practice haa been showing
greai form. He Is heaving ,ne j,B
bail en the avenge about forty feet, aad
bi.ii fair ho do better than this before
Ui end of tlx week. La,t year Dow
toe tec-Jod puc i the weight at Us
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL
Omaha High School Base Ball Squad
i
state meet at Lincoln and Is doing much
better this season than last.
F. H. Currnes, faculty manager of ath
letics. Its been ainulutcd chairman of
the committee on entertainment and
among the lionns of tha students has
provided places for all of the visiting
college teams.
Omaha High School
to Be in the Base
Ball Game Again
Base ball has ".oirie. back" at the
Omaha High h"l and the fact that
the game has iM-en abandoned fur the
last four yea is now entirely forgotten.
Competition fur I ' ' s on the regular
squad so far this "awn has been keen
and Interest among t"s students haa been
aroused. i
A atrlct llan was placed on cigarette
smoking last week by Coach McKay. So
far no boy has hroken faith, but once
tha rul Is broken t' any member of the
team, ha will Ue promptly dropped from
the rooter.
Daily practice somewhat divided
between the I nii-iMty of Omaha dia
mond and CreiKiit"" fi'ld last week.
Father Devlin of i'. Hue and white uni
versity has gram. ! the high school per
mission to use 'i. Kinon field until
o'clock each aft. '''"'-
Several new fa. et nave shown up In
the lineup. Lltl Ke'i. '1J. is working
hard In the pit.hitg and Mark Hughea.
'14, la cavorting ar ind the second bag
at a lively rate. V first team will not
be picked until ific the game with
Harlan high hw' Jt Harlan Saturday
afternoon of thi Tha tentative
lineup la aa follow
Pitchers, Ufl" '
snd John McKarla
Catcher. Alfred
First base. Mar.
BVoond base, Hj'
Menzir.
Tnird base, H".
Shortstop, I.. '
Warren Fitch.
I .eft field. P.-'
Center field. Ft '
Wolff.
Klghl field. In
is. A mo Truelaon
i ine. captain.
Munneke.
i ,Us and Wallace
BJrkearoad and
Maiih.
corn and Earnest
OFFICERS AT FORT OMAHA
ARE INDULGING IN GOLF
Golf has come I
Omataa and the , "
playiruj the gam.
spars time preset.:
In excellent conu.t
be kept in go'iJ -Car.
taker. E. VV 1.
The sextet of t-i
lowing the lure o
are Major Catl r' '
irg officer of t: '
rbrist, Capum .
tenant A. H- B.'
Liouunant C. '
i. its owa at Fort
atoned officers are
. is green whenever
. self. The course is
i present and will
a.c ail season by
sey.
. men who arc fol
gutu percha baU
, iiiann, command
siajor Harry tJU
S. Cowan. Lieu-
nant Clark Lyuo,
,;il.
Key to tha Sltaa' ' -Bo Advertismg.
21, 1912.
, :. Drawn
College Pitchers
Keep Scores Low.
in Most Contests
NEW YORK, April .-ln I hew days
of good pltohiiiff high MurM In cotleK
ban ball Kamat hava drrrcaad in al
moin in tha Muntu propurtloa aa lhy tutvu
in profftiiaional cuntrala, and. Indpd, In
tha ramea belwann thm larger collofa
nine lataly thfra hava bxn fw hlRli
core cuhtla. In (he '7a, and vu a
lata aa 1KMI, high acoia framea war nut
naarly aa uncummun aa tliey ara now.
It tha record ara correct Lafayette hta
acoird mora run In one hats? luitl sama
than any othr col leg nine, lit IK1 La
fayetta won the fliat sanie of the aeries
with XahiKh by a auotv or M to 16, and In
tha second contest established the ex
traordinary record of W runs to Ihlgh's
JC. One hundred and clfiht runs In pna
Sam is almost like the Mai ac ne In
soma C'arlisle Indiana' foot ball game.
Tha next highest score mud? by a col
lege tram see ma (o hae bni in the
Mlnneaola-Michigan g-aina In Ifcti, which
the Wolverlnea won by a score of -7 to 7.
Vale haa several high score, tu its
credit and Its record la toftpfd by tha
defeat by tha University of C hit ago in
14 by ft score of 31 to 5. Against
Princeton Yale scored thirty runs in IW
in the rlwt game played between the two.
In tha second game In the dual aeries,
played two year later. J'rinceton won by
a score of to la, one of the two highest
Princeton scores on record, against a sup
posedly equally strung team, t'orneil
waa beaten by Prlmxton bv a a.,re of
to f In ikji. In WM against Harvard
Pennsylvania scored twenty-sti runs to
the Crlmaon's seven. Chicago has ne
24 to S 1v tory over Michigan to its redlt.
One of the cloeent high score games was
the Illinois-Chicago contest In isiM which
Chicago won by a score of 1$ to IT.
In recent years there have been few
gamea In which the winning nam t.a
made aa many as twenty runs. Williams
beat Amherst S to 8 a few years back
and Columbia beat Georgetown -I
two years a.-o. but In the great majority
of gsimes the eollece pitcher have b-n
able to keep the opoatns tfi-ms from
i.reaklng Into double fieures even. 1
I'olatrd I'araicraphs.
It 1 always ths open season fur killing
time.
liow much does It cost you each year to
be sarcastic?
It la human nsture to blame others for
most of our mesooess.
Ti e email boy by any other name would
be just as strenuous.
One pood term deserves another ss
snv officeholder will tell you.
Very soon alter m engagements are
announced they are denounced.
The average exoti- Is s., ihln that
I even a blind man ourht to see through it.
Many a young anan s interest in an
hrlress Is the kind that looks ! t ver
cent.
As a matter of fact there U nt anyone
sn eartii today who Is better than you
should be.
A man Isn't necessarily emked because
he aalks ss If he were following the hue
of a rail fence. Chicago News.
for The Bee by
1 MH
Olympic Games Are
Supervised by. the .
Swedish Government
NEW YORK. April 2,-lt I the fact
that for tli first time since the days of
ancient Greece, a government Is con
ducting; sn Olympiad ; building the sta
dium, supervising tha games and, mora
Important still, footing the bills.
Despite the wtdesprced publicity at
tending preparations for the games at
Stockholm next July there has been prac
tically nothing said regarding tills Im
portant phase of the event, and I'rof,
William M. Bloane ot this elty, a founder
of the Olympic games rsvlval, was ths
only on who could explain tha slttiatlon.
Prof. Kloane. who Is still a member of
the International Olympic games com
mittee, believes the taut thst ths Swedish
government Is "running" tha gamea ta
be held neat summer, msrks an Impor
tant epoch In the history of the revival
ot this historic event. Incidentally, hs
said that It Is practically certain, that
Berlin will be the srne of the next
gamea after tha Olynuilsd at Stockholm.
Prof. Sloans holds the distinction ot
being nns of tha four remaining founders
of tha Olympic revival. The others are
Plerr Coubertln, France: Col. Black,
Hweden: 11. Jlrl Outh. Hohemia. Origin
ally ths International committee was
composed of forty delegates from lbs
various nations participating.
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The Headquarters. -
"Bud" Fisher
Basket Ball Game is
on Probation Until
Rules Are Revised a
NEW TORK. April .-In declining ta iJI
make more than a few, and compare
lively minor, changee In tha basket ball
rules for next year tha members of the
college basket ball rules commute hsv
placed the burden of responsibility for
Ilie souses inl niarrro ine ganiv vuimisi
the last sen son upon ths shoulders ot
tlie official referees where la not a few
instance it belongs. But there Is some-
thing more the mstlrr with basket bail
than lha officials. The game has stead
11 y lost standing at all the leading uni- '
versifies except Columbis, snd ther '
must be k reason. Perhaps It lie la tha ""'
rule themselves; perhaps, the com- a
mine , the fsult Is psrtly with the
players, who lay more stress upon guard'
ing their opponent than upon following
and passing the ball. Whatever may be 1 ;
the secret, it Is a fact that basket ball '
has suffered because of the tremendous 'r
number of foul called throughout tha
season, and th great amount of scaring ""
possible from fouls. When a gsms
reaches a point where one teem aaa and ''
doea win because of tha (apartness of
on ot Its plsyera to throw foul goals It
Is on th downward path. Th rule '
committee propose to Instruct tk off!- '
dais to enforce holding and blacking
rules mors rigidly snother year, and la
that way ths committee thinks ths play :
will become less defensive and mor of- ""
tensive I character. But this I leaving - ''
good desl to th offlclsls.
Bssket ball Is a good game, asd a fast " J
one. It Is sllogether too goon a game ta
en account of tta admittedly bad
leaturti. But so long ss fouling goes v -
merrly on the srort will continue to lose ,-
IU'IU-,1 .. (, MIW ,,, VV, ',
that they were about to drop basket ball
as a lesgu gsma t Yale. It I said that
Yale will remain In th league anoint -season,
during which th gam will b "
on probation. w , . .
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