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    THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 16, 1912.
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Judgments
OMAHA left home in second place.
Up to date It has played fifteen
games abroad, winning- seven,
losing eight. Yet it is in second
place. The answer is that some
of the other first division - teams have
been losing. Here Is an Illustration of
what a have frequently tried to get our
friends to see more clearly than some
will one team's losing or one team's
winning does not decide pennant races.
So, when the home team is losing, be
charitable enough to remember that los
ing Is a part of the game and when the
home team Is winning remember that It
cannot winvalways. Omaha, we think,
should have more than seven of these
fifteen games to Its credit; It should not
have dropped those four to Sioux City,
but since leaving Iowa it has done well.
It split even in Denver and Wichita,
took Both games the weather man
permitted it to play at Lincoln and the
first of the series at Topeka. Now we
come home this week for twelve games,
four each with Des Moines, Sioux City
and St. Joseph. If we win eight of them
we shall do very well. But this team
Rourke has is up there to stay, that Is,
it is golneg to be in on the finish with
the best. It is playing individual and
team ball. It is now leading in team
fielding, ranks second in bases stolen
and second in sacrifice hitting. Niehoff
Is stilt the league leader on the bases,
having stolen twenty-two. Kelly of St
Joseph has him temporarily tied. Thom
ason is Omaha's next base thief, with
sixteen to his credit up to date, and
Thommy is also leading for us at bat,
with Coyle and Kane close behind. But
the team has plenty of batting, John
son, with his terrific onslaughts,- adding
to its strength in this department.
Manager Chance plainly charged Pres
ident Lynch, of the National league with
favoring the Giants, by putting Tinker
and Zimmerman of the Cubs out of the
play for three days while Chicago was
in New'York. Chance insisted that he and
not the active player should have been
expelled. This ia not the first time
other team managers have had occasion,
to make this complaint against Lynch,
whose sympathies naturally ' are with
New York. It is' a great pity there is
any ground for making such charges. It
is beneath a league president to bo
guilty of such tactics, 'ihe Giants seem
to need very little help from outside
sources and as Chance told Lynch any
favoritism of this sort will not only
cinch the pennant for McGraw, but mur
der interest in the pennant race for this
year.
This is Interesting gossip about Tommy
Leach succeeding Frank Chance as Cub
boss. Chance's injury still bothers him
and he desires to quit the game. It ia
now said that Leach was procured from
Pittsburgh with this in view. But what
about Evers and Tinker, old men on the
team and heady ones. A few days may
and may not develop the answer. In
the meantime Artie Hofman is playing
steady ball for the Pirates, while Lefty
Leifield has delivered for the Cubs and
Cole and Leach are. benching it.
Rhodes still holds the hoodoo on To
peka. Our venerable correspondent down
there advises us that the goal of the
Kansas ambition is to see Topeka wallop
Dusty just once. Like the man who re
cently fell dead after living to see Wash
ington win ten straight-games, Kansans
might rest In tfvace if Da'.e Gear's bunch
could only pluck one little weazened game
from our Colossus of Rhodes.
Evidently old Fox Griffith is making
good in Washington. Up to this writing
the Senators have got away with fifteen
consecutive games. Incidentally, Walter
Johnson is showing what a peerless
pitcher can do with a real team behind
him. Few fans but who would dismiss
all their local prejudices to see. Wash
ington get a pennant.
Here-'s hoping Hugh F. Johns, the new
Lincoln magnate, will make good. Des
pain's illness was too serious a handi
cap for a man who lacked seasoned ex
perience In the game. Don did some tall
pulling at first, though, and had a good
team together, but It and the fans laid
down on him.
Denver is making a sorry sight. Its
pitchers seem to be wholly unreliable.
Friday the Grizzlies had St. Joseph 9 to
2 and yet lost. Oh, for an O'Brien and
a Hagorman, eh?
The St. Louis Browns are making a
worse, out of It than ever. It really ap
pears that what Is needed Is for Mr.
Hedges to sell out and let a base ball
man take that team.
Nebraska may well be proud of its
representative who Is to contest In the
Olympic games.
Eastern colleges may well look to the
Nebraska high schools for athletic
material.
Hickory Johnson is rightly named. Two
and three hits a day is the least he will
have.
Come on Thommy and Kane, with chose
big sticks
HORINE REMARKABLE MAN
Leland Stanford Student Most
Talked of Man in America.
EVOLVES STYLE ALL HIS OWN
He Explains that Ueaon Why He
is Master in High Jump Is that
He Has More Effective
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NEW YORK, June 15.-In more ways
than one George Horlne, the young
Leland Stanford student who broke Mike
Sweeney's long standing world's record
for the high jump and became'the most
talked of athlete of the year, is a
very remarkable young man. With prac
tically no outside assistance he taught
himself to jump, evolved a style of
jumping all his own, used It and became
the greatest jumper of his time. Now
he declares he Is sure several eastern
athletes, among them Piatt Adams,
Grumpelt and Erikson, ought to be
greater jumpers than himself. He ex
plains this interesting belief with the
statement that their natural spring is
superior to his, and that the only reason
he is their master in the sport is his
more effective style.
"I wasi much Impressed with the per
formance of the -eastern high Jumpers,"
said Horine recently. "To begin with,
they all have great natural springs, but
I notice that nearly all go over the bar
with the head much higher than the
feet. My study of jumping has con
vinced me that the most effective way
to jump Is to go over the bar with the
feet higher than any part of the body.
I evolved this style through long ex
perimenting, and I think my success
has been due largely to following this
method.
"There are two essentials in the
makeup of a great jumper. One is the
spring and the other form or the ease
with which the bar is cleared. Adams,
Grumpelt and Erikson all have better
natural springs than myself, but I be
lieve my form more effective. If the
great spring and the most effective form
could be combined in one man we would
have a truly wonderful Jumper."
From this remarkable statement It is
seen mat Horine is not at all excited
over his world-famous performance In
smashing to bits a world record of sev
enteen years' standing and then soon
after beating his own mark. But the Cal
ifornian Is a serious-minded youngster,
very methodical and conservative In
going about the task of making himself
what will doubtless prove the greatest
high jumper the world has ever seen.
It is accordingly natural that he should
view all things connected with his chosen
sport dispassionately and with due re
gard for the real reason for his ability
as well as hi limitations.
Today at th height of his fame Horine
is just as f efully campaigning on the
human aeriplane altitude limit as ever,
for he is sure he has not yet done all
that more practice and study will make
him capable of. Where he will finally
leave the record he declines to predict,
for there is nothing boastful in his make
up. His conquest of height does not
seem actuated by any thirst for glory.
Horine rather looking upon it as some
thing that ought to be done by some
one, and finding himself equipped for the
task he assumes it.
Horine was born in San Diego, Cal.,
twenty-two years ago. Until he was nine
teen he never indulged in athletics seri
ously although he had done some pole
vaulting. Then on the eve of entering
Stanford he was suddenly filled with an
ambition to become a high Jumpers He
didn't know how proficient he could be
come, but he was attracted to the sport
by its graceful, spectacular qualities. He
liked to watch nther yoi.th J-.: nip and j
thought he would like to Jump himself.
As he entered college he began to prac
tice. Progress was very slow for a time
and then he decided he would get along
faster by studying style and deciding
on the most effective method. There were
no really good Jumpers about so he had
to depend on the experiences of himself
and his eollegemates. How well he pro
fited by his study, however, was appar
ent Kst year when he began to do better
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GEORGE HORINE, THE WORLD'S GREATEST HIGH JUMPER, CON
SIDERED BY MANY THE MOST WONDERFUL MEMBER OF AMER
ICA'S CLEAN-UP OLYMPIC TEAM.
than 6 feet. In the first regular meet In
which he participated ho did 6 feet M
inch. The next time out he cleartd
feet 1 inches, a new college record. ;
fore the close of the season he had ac
complished-6 feet 4 Inches, equaling the
American college record held by Page
of Pennsylvania.
This year he started training January
1, but for three months participated In
nothing more Important than the college
games every Saturday. Then the last of
March, In the dual meet with Pomops,
he' ;id 6 feet 4i Inches. It was three
days after this that he set the new
world's record of 6 feet 6 inches. At
the Olympic tryouts he increased his
marls to 6 feet 7 Inches. These steps !n
his career show his steady Improvement
That all the while his jumping has been
consistently high is shown by the fact
that In thirty-five out of forty-five meets
he has cleared at least 6 feet.
Horine was asked to tell something
about his training system. It proved slm
pllclty Itsolf. The chief feature of U is
caro to avoid too much practice.
"When I start training," said the cham
pion, "I do a little exercise of all kinds
I run a little, hurdle a little, put the shot
a little, etc., and for three weeks I do
no high jumping whatever. Then I cut
everythlnK out but the high Jump and
begin making half a dozen low Jump
every evening. Then once a week I try
for height n competition. If I find any
thing Is wrong I get someone to watch
me and tell me what is the matter, if thev
can. They can tell better than I whether
thera Is anything wrong with the 'lift'
or th 'throw-up,' while I can watch mv
footprints to catch defects In the 'take
off and landing.
"I do the best 1 can to get perfect form
and then I forget style and look out for
my condition. That is, I believe, what
every jumper should do. Style should bi
as near perfect as possible before enter
ing competition at all. Another Im
portant thing is the necessity , of belna;
thoroughly warmed up before oompetlng,
and If one feels the cold the legs should
be kept covered with oil before starting.
"I am not a food faddist, but I am care
ful about what I eat. During training t
never eat pastry, but most anything els
that appeals to me. I think lamb chops
are the best meat. Veal Is bad.. Beef In
various forms Is good and so are scft
bolled eggs. I never smoke or drink and
am careful to get eight or nine hours'
sleep every nlght'L
WenterslI C'omn Bark.
Tex Westersll. released by Iniianapolls
to Wichita and then recalled, has been
sent back to the Jobbers again.
LIVELY CONTESTS PROMISED
Amateur Base Ball Nines Warming
Up Into Mid-Season Form.
KEEN RIVALRY IN ALL CAMPS
While Several Tennis Will Invade
the Jangle of Nebraska and
Iowa Some Brisk Tilts Will
Be Wo aril Here.
This afternoon's headl'ner at Rourke
park will be the contest between the
Btors Triumphs and the Beatrice Mink
leaguers. The Advos and Blats teams
will play the first game, which is booked
to commence at 1:30 o'clock.
Manager Bradford of the Storz has
secured "Doc" Humbach, the big south
paw, whose work with the Council Bluffs
Merchants ranks lilm among the lead ng
pitchers of western Iowa, and will prob
ably us him in t.ie game today. Manager
Wlsser of the leaguers will use either
Belts, his star left winger, or Dull, whom
he secured from St. Joe, to do the sling
ing. In addition to manager Wlsser, for
merly of Milwaukee and St. Joe, who
plays second base and Is known to a
great many of the fans, will be such
well known players as John Dennlson
of the Omaha Americans, last season
with Shenandoah, and Tom Pot let, for
merly on Lincoln's catching staff. Sec
retary Smith expects great things of
Shortstop Smith, a youngster from Pitts
burgh, Pa., who was with Des Moines for
part of last season. According to latest
league averages he is hitting .387 and
stands third among the fielding short
stops.
The lineups:
Advos-
-Biats
Kelly
.Charnqulst
.McCormiek
McOrath ., First ...
Hollander Second .
Probst Third ,.
Bowlie ,t ShoK: ..
Mlnlkus
Carmody. . ... .. .Jf t . Jt '. Williamson
Feitman ....;.. .. tenter Faaey
Flanagan. . ; .-. .Right Stacey
Coe . Catch Olllesple
tinner r iicn .,
Madden Pitch ...
Btors
Drummy... First ...
Graham Second
Mlnlkus Short ..
Karbowskle
Guthrie
Beatrice
...Dennlson
...... Wlsser
Smith
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Daugherty . . , ... Left . '. , Hutchinson
Hach'.en. Center Dye
Welch... Right WUIiams
GHalr Catch Darrow
Probst....". Catch .Potict
Pitch Belts
" Pitch Bonham
I'.PUoh .v.. ...Dull
Pitch Culver
The A. 0. V- W.'a will go to Nebraska
City and do battle with Ducky Holmes'
Mink leaguers, Two weeks ago the Ne
braska City gang walloped the Store
Triumphs; i a consequence the A. O.
U. W. tribe Is going to do its best to
make a better showing than the suds
crew. The lineup:
A O. U. W. Nebraska City
Koran First Drum
Young Second Clair
Browa Short Bush
MoColloug-h Third Jones
Fox Left Marsnall
Qulgley Center Holmes
Wright Right A; ?p0r
Llghtwell Catch Goldwalt
Cass ,.. Pitch Conway
Elsenhart Pitch Corcorati
As customary two excellent games are
billed for Karreli park, the first of
which will be between the Klpllngers and
Hoetors and the second between the
Farrells and Baums. Up to date the
Kips have been going at a fast clip and
the Hoetors have been doing likewise.
The line-up:
Klpllngers. Position. Hoetors.
Gulnane First Guyer
Nelson Second Webnor
Plats Third Llsmond
McOrath Short VanOrden
Barr Lft Schlffbauer
Abdlll Center Shields
Gladen Right Thurber
Dlneen Catch Miller
Moran Pitch Reever
Forsland pitch Winters
Second Game:
Farrells. Position. Baums.
Kemp First Krigler
Tel Berna, Cornell's sterling distance
runner, one of the mainstays of the
Olympic team.
Coady
ParlMV
Nickel
.vHansorf
Polskl
.Wachtler
.Adam
Graham Pitch Oleson
Travis Pitch Johnson
The leaguers representing Auburn,
Neb., will drop Into Council Bluffs to
meet the Merchants at Athletic park.
Since the Merchants slipped one over on
the Fremont herd they think nothing Is
Impossible for their crowd to accomplish
and they will go Into the battle arrayed
with confidence. "Brick Top" Peterson
will sing 'em for the boys across the
muddy and Zonderman will be on the
mound for the leaguers. The curtain
raiser win be between the Council Bluffs
Cubs and the Council Bluffs Stolii.
The Spaldtngs will go to Blair to meet
the Metropolitan dudes. They have got
a good bunch of ball tossers mustered
at Blair and it would be an honor to trim
them. Wolfe will hurl for Blair an!
Andrews will whla "em for the Spaldtngs.
At Elm wood park the Stars and Strlpos
will hook up with the Independents.
These teams are evenly matched . so a
tough battle is looked for. ,
Fort Crook will t the scene of a lively
tangle when the HanscOni Parks and the
Luxus teams lock horns for the first
offense of the season. For years these
two squads have battled with the park
outfit, always In the lead. Line-up:
Luxus. Hanscom Parks.
Hochtcn First ...Cavanaugh
Rapp Second Swoborta
Smith Short Bondo
Tracey Third Collins
Denny Left , Yearlk
Melady Center Front
Vanous Right - Tuttle
Dance Catch K. Bogatts
Cunningham Pitch H. Bogatts
Dyke. Pitch Benson
At Diets park the Alamltoa and Sher
man Avenue Merchants will do things
to each other. In their last fight the
Alamltoa won, but the Merchants, say
they can't stand to be licked by the same
aggregation again. The game will be
called at 2 o'clock. Kernan or Riley will
zip 'em for the milk bunoh and Pike or
Nolan will work for the Merchants.
Seen Through the Knothole.
The Alamltos have a goat for a mascot.
Hereafter Andrew Lang will manage
the Spaldtngs.
The Workmen will get 190 for playing
at Nebraska City.
The Alhambras want an out-of-town
game for July Fourth.
Wilson Atkins will be back In the
game on or before July 1.
Cecil Lehr quit the Wacmans and
Joined the Farrell 8yrups.
Horne, on station two for tha. Alharh
Bras, Is playing some game.
Gobler has resigned aa manager of the
Spaldtngs to accept the captainship.
An Interesting duel Is looked for at
Avoca when Avoca and Harlan clash. -
Morgensen says he made a mistake
when he broke with the Luxus team.
Jenkins of the Workmen squad wilt
work at short for Avoca against Harlan.
Erlckson of the Hollys has made good
behind the hit station for Colon, B..D.
Belvllle and Moore will form the bat'
tery for the Council Bluffs Cuba today.
The Alhambras and South Bide Athletics
battle today at Twenty-fourth and Vin
ton.
Cass, formerly with Nebraska City, will
hurl for the Workmen against his old
teammates.
Manager Mullen of the Townsends says
his team will make a clean sweep In
Omaha this season.
Next Sunday the Alhambras and Flor
ence Athletics will be the main attrac
tion at Florence park.
Rex Eastman' formerly with the Storz
Triumphs, ts now holding down the short
field for the Alamltoa
For games with the Spaldings address
Andrew Lang, 2814 South Seventeenth
street, phone Douglas 6207.
If Manager Bressman says It Is O. K.,
George Falconer will meander over to
Avocu and play with Harlan.
In August the Luxus team will make
a three-week tour of Nebraska, playing
ut the most Important towns,
James Kelly and Morey Miller easily
made good at Wlnslde, Neb. They used
to be associated with the Hollys.
The Workmen will congregate at the
Union station at v o'clock this morning
and grab a boat for Nebraska City.
Teams that are figuring on busting up
please remember that there Is no fun In
a graveyard. Dundees, please take notice.
Morearty Is now In fine fettle. Hl
shoulder was on the blink for a couple
of weeks, but now he Is as good as ever.
William Pahl was chosen to fill the gap
left open when Tom Davis departed. He
ought to make the Klpllngers an A No. I
leader.
Any out-of-town team needing ball
players address Frank Qulgley, Ml Barker
block or telephone Douglas 2315 or Web
ster For trouble with the Klpllngers ad
dress William Pahl, liens Pratt street or
buzz Webster 6B60. ,
The Council Bluffs Cubs are looking
for out-of-town games. Address George
Putnam, 2702 Avenue A, Council Uiutis,
or telephone F l&O.
Captain Benson of the Hanscom Parks
says the wind always blows- his way when
his team hooks up with the Luxus,
formerly the Americans.
For games with the Shsmrocks call
South m and shout for George Ken-'
nedy. They are especially anxious to
hear from the Storz Triumphs.
Captain Benson, the leader of the
Hanscom Parks, is looking for an out-of-town
game for July Fourth. Call him
over Douglas 6072 or Douglas 7434.
Marlon Gibson says playing base ball
is like a tough conundrum. We all have
to give It up. He had to quit because one
of his optics was put on the hummer.
On July Fourth the Workmen will
play at Woodbine, Ia. A grand celebra
tion Is booked at Woodbine, so the
Workmen are assured of a good game.
The Council Bluffs Elks have organized
a Sunday team composed mostly of the
Rowing association crowd and they are
now ready to meet all the speed mer
chants. Fisher Goes to Oklahoma.
Des Moines has sent Pitcher Fisher to
the Holdenvllie club of the Oklahoma
league.
Lehr Second ..
Penny Short ....
Soup Third
Kucera Left
Prefka Center . . .
Smith Right ...
Ogden Catch ...
NINE CLUBS ENTER TOURNEY
Golfers of Nebraska Will Play Here
Last of June.
WILL CONTINUE FOR F0TJB. DAYS
About Two HnnAreff Followers of
"the Sport Will Be Seen on the
' Several Golf Conrsea in
Tula City.
Attention Is now being turned by Ne
braska golfers to the eighth annual tour
nament which will bo held at the Omaha
Country club links June 26, 27, 28 and 19.
A total of nine clubs have entered. In-'
eluding1 the Omaha Field club, Happy
Hollow ' club, Mlljer Park Golf club,
Omaha Country cub, Fremont Country
club, Hastings Country club. Overland
Country club, Lincoln Country club and ,
Council Bluffs Rowing association.
About 800 followers of the gutta percha
game will take part.
The big tourney will open at 7 o'clock
Wednesday morning, June 26, when the
fluallfylng round will be started. From
then until Saturday afternoon. June 29,
the Country club links will be busy both
In the morning and afternoon.
1 Prise Are Airnrded.
Prises for the tournament were an
nounced by Frank J. Hoel. secretary of
the Nebraska Golf association, ' last
week. A gold medal will be awarded
for low score In the. qualifying round,
a sliver trophy cup for the team win
ning the championship and. a trophy cup
to the winner of the amateur champlon
ship and the winner In the consolation
class, Prizes for the runners-up will
also be awarded. ,,
Suitable trophies will be hung up for
the winners and runners-up In the direc
tors' and secretary's classes and handi
caps. With ''the exception of the Field club
none of the local clubs have yet made up
their entry list. Following the Field
club entries as arranged by Wlllam
Clarke, professional at the. club last week:
June Ahbrttt. '. .T W nl . .
'.Tames Allen. Jack Hughes.
K. M. Balrd, Harold. Johnson,
O. D. Klplinger, H..R. Morrill,
M. H. La Douceur.
Ed Murnhy.
J. B. Llndaey.
James Blakeney,
Albert Cahn.
A. O. Nichols,
W. E. Palmatter,
J. B. Porter,
Foye Porter.
W. N. Chambers.
W. O. Cundiff. .
Sam Reynolds,
Selwyn Dougherty. D. V. Sholes.
I. J. Dunn, J. w. Williams,
H. C. Greenstreet, H. C. Sumney,
h t. Hamilton, J, W. Tillson,
K. A. Hlgalns. a. T. Wlsoa. ,
SACRED HEART PARISH TO
. CELEBRATEANNUAL FEAST
Sacred Heart parish will , celebrate
solemnly Sunday the feast from which
It takes Its name. There win be a
solemn high . mass procession of the
blessed sacrament. The celebrant of the
mass will be Rev. C. Collin, assistant
pastor; deaeon, Rev. P. J. Judge; sub
deacon; Rev. Thomas Kelly, 8. J.. The
sermon will , be preached by Rev. A. J.
Taltmadge. S. J., of Crelghton university.
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