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Judgments.
, T HE Western league ree continues
I 0 fast and fyrjpus. Topeka has
I fallen a little further behind.
- dropping eut of the .400 claw
but the other seven teams are
closer together th&n ever. Lincoln, in
seventh plaoe at this time, has a per
centage of .463, and St. Joseph, in first.
, .653, with Qmaha second, ,MS, If Omaha
wins half its games on this trip, it
'should, Jt will return home with excellent
chances of going down the pike for that
flag. U was a uttf disappointing not
, to split even, at least, in Denver, but tf
over a home team was determined te win
tt was Peqver, after losing six out of
the last eight games it had Played In
Omaha, Manager Arbogast seems te
'have mada the same mistake at Denver
in the second gams as he made in the
last game with Denver. At Denver he
left Robinson in after six runs were
made off him in one Jnninr; t Omaha
he left Rhoades in after a crucial one
inning peunding. AH managers have
their falllpgs and this is one of Arby'.
The pitchers, re doing fair work, but
perhaps it is well for the rt ef the
league that Omaha's pitching staff (g
not up with the rest of the team, for if
it were the team would be very nearly
invincible- - Nothing in the league ap
proaches comparison with our in and out
fields and catching department. Our
only )ack of steadiness s In the box.
Red Donln is doin' a food lob knockinx
the spit ball on the grounds of sanitation-
It Ja not at all a far-fetched 4a
to say that for several young menat
least twota squirt saliva en and handle
the same ball is potential of great phys
leal ham. But that is only one bad thing
about the spit ball, and yet we. don't
Know but It's the worst at that. AWn"7.
when a pitcher who relies en his spltter.
loses it, he Is usually all in. Frank Chance
took advanced ground ?oma tew years
ago in discouraging the use of the spit
ball among his pitchers. Spit ball artists
are not long-lived stars. Can anyone
Imagine Cy Young lasting as long as he
did by depending on this sort of charm ta
parry him through. But It is ens of those
tofoblems that are continually arising In;
base ball that require time tor solution,
Jt is gratifying that the gpertlne News
has thrown the great weight of its influ
ence against the spitter and on the side
of Manager Dooln ef Philadelphia in his
war upon it. The News has taken the
lead in this.
. Washington refuses to wake up and
go to the cellar. Old Fox Griff is send,
ing 'em along just as if be really meant
It . But H does look a If Poston aW
had a serious notion about a certain
tthing. It's a good thing to shift henors
as is being done in the American league,
But thi? IS our guess, that if such a thing
were possible for the Senators to win
the flag-which we doubt this yar-they
probably would make a fierce fight in
the world's series, for With a pitcher
like Johnson en dress parade, any team
would go an awful clip for a short time,
And then there are others on that Wash
ington, slab, yU know.
Omaha took three out of four games
from Denver on the last two visits the
Grizzles made to Omaha. As the visitors
were leaving Rourke park after the ast
erjes, the" closing game of which they
hadwdn, we overheard a feminine fan
jn a etteefe ear cry out ta the Denver
men, "Oh, you got one little old fame,
didn't you?'" And we heard Captain
Lindsay reply; ?'Y. we're soin to
panyer now to take gome more." We
are sorry the captain ig such a food
prophet.
Joe McQinnity is still able t w'n W
tjwt) games a day. He turned this old
favorite trick pf his for Baltimore the
other day and by so doing put his team
Into first place in the International
league. This is the same Joe who was
dropped from the Giants' payroll because
of. Indifferent work some seasons bk.
'.. Isn't Bill the. Skipper the dead one,
thougn? . lie just eats em aijve i sec
ond and whales out all kinds of big 'uns
at the bat. We know now It must have
been his bum knee that put him 9f
watch last year.
: The St Louis Browns have been offer,
lhg: Jimmy Austin in a trade to a minor
league team n the east If Jimmy J
ready for the minors, may the Lord have
mercy en soma of those who are pot.
I Out of respect for Miner Brew, who is
laid up Wtlh sore knee, the Cubs beat
the Giants with the might Christy hurl
ing in the opening game in New York.
. Nobody seems to worry what becomes
Ul faf? MUH. fi-l-iu pill? Cfc t-m-m up.?
ago he was a regular hero. Such is life
whenjyou can't hit- 7
President Ebbets of Prooklyn says he
wants a completely reorganized team for
1913. Can you blame him
Seanlonhe fone back in his hitting
siriee he was sick. Now that he is well
he ought to go forward.
Brooklyn was unable to break its long
losing streak till it sent Don Bagan to
tha mound.
Tb two midgets, Evers and Leeah 0
the Cubs are going like youngsters this
rear. ' . .
We hope our young Mr. Beebe Is not
going to remain a .22-short.
And now coroa the long hot month of
Awaust
Lincoln deems to enjoy beating Topeka.
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a Gray Automobile
BIG GAMES AHORI OMAHA
Spirit of Rivalry Will Be Noticeable
Among Amateur j Today,
GIANTS JO MEET THE TEITOHS
Practically Everr T j Omaha If
Lined Vp for a. Gmm, Hwe ot
Tbeu riannlns t9 09 Out
Into the Jansles. '
At Fort Omaha the Hanscom parks
meet the Val Blata and tl Hollys meet
the Workmen. Lineup, first- gamei
Position. Hanseoms.
Williamson first Cavanaugh
Charnaulst Rnnr,A t.,..i.
Mlnikus Short Band
McCormlck., Third Collins
Mccoy.;;.-. ;;" cintVr " .rvS
Nystrom,
I. ,,. tVigPt.
Heve
uuuspia .....catcher.
..... Bosatts
,,.. Front
Bens?
Hollyi,
Pauiherty
nruuwwi.,., ntcner...,.
Foley...,..;..,..... fjtqher,..
F;'nd game;
Workman. VnalKn
gorii First J
Brown
veich
F. Dougherty
...McAndrews
Hronek
Falconer
... MoCreary
,,. Qreighton
Hlckey
Hlckey
Eastman fthnrt
McCuilough Third
f 1 L.en ,
Kennedy,...,, Center.,,.
Wright ,.... Right
Lighten, Catcher...
Cass..... Pitcher,..
MoCreary Pitcher.,,.
fiicner....
..Jteiiy
Tw4 games wU be played at Rourke
park .when the Triumphs play a double
header with the Kansas City Royal
(Slants, nussell Routt, an Omaha boy
Who Is playing league hall, will probably
twin one 01 the games, first fm. J
p, m,i second, 4 p. rn- Lineup;
Stort. Pnsit inn. fllanta
Fummy,, First Turner
faham...... Seaond
Minlkus,, Short Ashii
Durkee.
Third. Nsrman
Dougherty
Left..,., , Bterman
Center J. Lynch
fht Boone
Catcher Fenny
Pitcher Washington
Pitcher, Boone
Pitcher.., McNear
Welch
Clair.......
Olson
Erobst....,
awler
1 Pitcher Johnson
Two good games are billed for Athletics
park, Council Bluffs- Tht first game
will be between a pair of Couneil Bluffs
class B teams and tha second contest be
tween Luxus and , Council Bluffs M?r
chants. The lineup.
Luus. - - C. B. MerohWts.
Kachten First Wahl
Mapp Second Hodge
gmith Short MoLean
Tracey Third Phillips
Denjiy Lett Scanjon
4ve.ady. Center ,., Qotf
Vanous.., Right EJvers
Danzfi fatfh Piub.
Cunninsham, Pitch .. Bogatts
W Pitch Peterson
A couple of corking good games are
prsdieted for Farreij park. First game
fsrreu Byrups against Advos, seeend
game, O, D. Klplingers against J. 8
Cross,
The lineua for frt game:
AdVOS. ' Va nulla
McGrath First Strong
Hollander Second Kemp
lewley ..Short Steveps
Prnhna rrhl v.ilit
Carinody ...Left .Kucera
e'tman Center .... Smith
Flanagan, .Right Caughlan
0? Catch ..Ogden
Baker pitch ,.,,Hoiland
Lineup tor second game:
Guinana FMt ' Vrnii4i
Nelson.'. .Second .Overman
fiatz short Jabosh
WcGrath.. TWrd IdcPermott
AWjil Left ..afeQuad
g'aden cnter .Pohan
fhl Bight Langer
Wn?en Catch Johnson
Moran P tch Baber
Fitssgerald .,..,, Pitch ,,.,., Eastman
At Plattsmouth the Baums wU play,
Tha Crowns will go to Woodbine and
try tp tako a fail out of the town team.
JSlmwegd park i where the Indepen
dents win jpap up with the f eunf Men's
jasnrew fsfpciaqon,,
On the green at Twenty-fouuh. and
Vinton $hd.6tr and Stripas will shake
paws with the South side Athletis riub..
ai iPrence parit the Florence Ath ettes
will selild with, the Ramblers,
The Shamrocks from South town will
sajl over t$ the Council Bluffs Elks' Dark
and fight the mighty gjks located there.
The Elks have a dandy park, located
dlreetly epiosite Lake Manawa. Large
crowds are always on hand to witness
their frays.
The Raiding will travel to PaPllUon
to apne? another victory to their long
uet.
Down at Fort Creek the Qo'dstvoms
and Steinbergs will clash In what is pre
dicted te be a gruelling battle.
At Armour Park the Polish Athletie elub
and the P- J, Qeurdons will luck horni
and the Armours wIJ also jilay Kme
bedy, The Armours didn't have a game
up tin tan pifht, &m they hope t rake
something up today.
Jacob Isaacson got slightly peeved last
week because h tribe, the Dundee
Woolen Mills, wouldn't obey ty Jiistruc.
Hons to the letter, and as a oonseauanea
he resigned. , Thipgs hav not been going
veijr wen wr me eiotmer ouUit f ir some
un.e. and if a ebange for the better 4,'t
put in an appearance In tne very Im
mediate tuture they wl go to ine wgl),
Manager Kocher of the Luxus taam
has now completed arrangements for the
10 De taKen by the Luue team In
August. They .have gamej scheduled for
the first two weeks and tha trio win nh.
ably be extended ona week more. They
win piay some of the fastest professional
teams in northwestern - Nebraska iM
southeast South Dakota.
Adams, who has done seed wnrir in.
the Oakland team this season, will ac
company the Luxus and assist Dyek,
Denny and Melady In pitching. n0ye
will also accompany tha team and help
out Danie behind the bat
schedule to date:
Aub. 4 Bialr An ionr i
Aug. J-West Point Aug! IWOpen.) :
o ooomer. AUg. It Butte.
Aug. f-Wlsner. Aug. liButte.
Am. kV&fadlann. An 1 niio.
Aug. 9 St Edward. Aug. 17 (Open.) '
""W JWvArts. j- r -' cross '
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Aug. 10-St. Edward- Aug. J(Ope.)
Aug, U-TUden.
Seen Through Knothole.
Kail is hlttlnc tha nill like a racular
bltsmith for too Townsends.
Thener resigned from tha Townsends
and Joined tha A. 0. U, W. team.
Last week Charles Faber turned in his
Townsend uniform to Manager Mullen,
For camea with the Val Blats call
Harney and ask tor Sidney Foley.
On pillow No. i Frank "Welch is work
ing like a regular leaguer for the Hollys.
Hlckey will slip over to Missouri Val
ley toaay and store away ten more
plunks.
Last Friday Bay Burns left town. He
Is playing semi-professional base ball in
eastern Iowa.
During the Btorz-Townsend jamboree
Frank Woodruff got four hits out of
four times up.
There Is going to be a regular didd ng
at Fort Omaha this aft, wlien the Blats
and Parks mix.
Hiekey of the Hollys twirled for Ban-
eroft, Neb., -last Thursday. Ten bucks
is what he lifted. .
That Townsend team has only four
pitchers, namely: Young, Morearty, Bal.
unger ana aauu.
Caughlan of the Farralls recently pur
chased some new sliding pads. Catchers
please tako notice-
Blonde Ruff of Pspilllon is one of the
best hot corner artists around this sec
tion of tha country. -
Next Sunday the A. O. V. W. and
Shamrocks will hook un for the first
offense of the season
Clink Clair would like to hear from
Dick Wells if he is In town. Address
Clair 1 Nebraska City.
Frank Hasl has quit the old game. The
last team he managed was the Omaha
Qas cgmpany aggregation
The Omaha fcJ'ectrio Light 8Jd power
company are still on the map and win.
nlng games with regularity.
Drummy is holding down bag No. 1
In his oid-tima wstuon at the present
writing for the gtors Triumph.
Wonder if the Gas Company teams
have exploded? Ttiey haven't been in
the limelight or any other kind of light
recently.
For the A. 0- U, W, McCulleugh Is
doing grand work on the torrid sack.
We ' has every requisite necessary tor
leagut company.
Back of the platter Adams is working
in La Kilns fashion for the Pauma. He
lias a good lunch buck and watches the
bases like a hawk.
Several fellows who don't care much
abput pitching have showed that they
could jn a pinch deliver the goods, vis,
Thener, F Wuigiey, Cross, Tracey and
Malady, i
Herewith is the bunch representing the
"AH Btars" that got trimmed to at
Logan, 1., iast Wednesday; F. Qulgley,
catchi Bums, pitchf Thenar, first; wai(,
second; Wejou, short; Mcuuiiough, third;
Adams. Plata and Caughlan. outfielders.
U advice counts for anything our home
warriors better k8e( g,way frora Tekamah.
Nsb. Several ot our local teams have
played ' there already tiiis season and
were handed the wurst kind of treatment
possible by thlr cheap, phoney sports
who held down the side lines during the
games-
W.D.Olarke Foresaw
Downfall of the Vets
iti Golfing Circles
Last winter while W. D, Clarke, the
iFleid luh golf professional, mended
broken brassies in his shop at the club
grounds he predicted that th'a season
would mark a change In local golf cir
cles; that the youngsters were coming to
the fort and that tha veterans would
hjivt to stand hack and watpli their ree
ords broken- ,
parke was right Now bo Is regarded
af a proohet and his advice Is alwayt a,
ceptod.
gam Reynolds. II yeare old, ef the
Field club started out by taking the ttate
championship at the Country club while
such "vets'" at B. H. ISprague, Frank
Halp, Dr. H. C, Sumney and others were
eliminated, In th fame tournament JoHn
fledtek of the younger set at tht Country
club wat runner'up and W-year-old Ken
neth Bead of Happy Hollow grabbed the
directory trophy oup,
A few weeks later WW Chambers, an
other of the younger class at the Field
club, negotiated tha Field club course In
a low mark of seventy-two strokes,
thereby setting a record. On July 19 at
the western golf tournament at Denver
Chambers again forged to the front and
trimmed Mason Phelps, former western
champion, In the final match for the
president's silver trophy eup. Phelps, by
tha way, has a low rating of one ttroke
In the national standing of golfers, while
Chambers Is rated at six strokes western.
. Golf JTourney at Cntcago,
Under flie aunploes of the United States
Golf association the annual national ama
teur golf tournament will be held at the
Chicago Country ub links, Wheaton,
111,, September i to 7 Inclusive. About
25 entries are expected, a large number
of whom will come from the Midlothian,
Kdgwater, Homeweod and Chicago olubs,
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Key to the Situation Bee Advertising.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY
Copyright. 1913. National Newt And.
Droppco out o Tbt,
COACHES SEEKING BIG HEN
Two Hundred Pounds it Premium
for the Gridiron Teams.
MANY TACKLES ARE NEEDED
Last Year's Conditions Are Reversed
and tho Coaches Now All Want
to ItraBgtBjtn Tfeetr J)e
fensive Game,
new YORK. July v.-Young men who
have weight, as well aa speed, will be
weloome at the colleges in the fall. Un
der the new foot ball rules there will be
something ef a premium on avoirdupois,
and the ooaohes of the defense are cast
ing about for the lOO-pounders, for It Is
generally agreed that the tackles will
have harder work to do than last year.
The leading coaches took very little rest
after the close of last season and they
have been busy working out plans for
the coming season ever since the play.
Ing code was changed. It seems odd to
talk foot ball at this time of year, and
a conference of coaches with the perspir.
atlon Streaming down their faces would
be funny If it were not sq eerjous,
As a matter of cold fact if anything
can be cold at the moment many of
the best coaches are seriously worried
over the tackle proposition. Even a
slashing good taekle like Jim Scully of
Yale, who played at weight as low as )60
pqunda last year, would be hard put to
It to stand the work he would have to
face under the new rules, -. There are
plenty of coaches right now figuring on
Honus Loses His Dog
"
UW Ljcr rViP-A: 'yl
BONUS WAGNEH, WHO. ALTHOUGH ONLY A HAS'BKEJN COMPARED TO
WHAT HHJ WAS A FICW YEARS Af0, IS STILL ONB OF TH GREATEST
PLAYJJRS CONNECTED WITH TH0 NATIONAL PA8TIMB.
CHICAGO, July ZI--Honus Wagner'e
dog Is dead, and the great shortstop of
the Pittsburgh ball team Is heart-broken-For
the last nine years Wagner has eared
for but two things-base ball and his dog,
Jason Weatherbee.
Wagner received the news In this city
that Jason was dead, poisoned by some
person who cared little for base bal) or
dogs. Tho great Hans wanted to leave
Immediately for Pittsburgh to bury his
dog and prepare the poisoner for the.
undertaker, and It took aU the authority
that Fred. Clarke, the manager of the
Pittsburgh team. eouM trie? to bear to
Induce Warner to wait until the club re'.
turned to. pittetmrslL . ......
Wagner has one of the most peoullar
personalities In base ball. He hat made
tew friends, preferring to stay by lilra.
25, 1912.
Drawn
how to keep putting the playt across
the tackle and they are sanguine of sue.
ce In the fall-
AH of which means that last year's
conditions are reversed , and that the
problem has been swung over from the
attack to the defense. Last lummer the
coaches were running around tha coun
try listening ta anybody and everybody
who had a "brainstorm" - to suggest
while the enaah of the defense calmly
sat back and enjoyed his vacation, sure
of tho thory of hie defense and certain
that ha would be in shape' to ttop any
and all running plays abort ef the goal
line.
flayers ro Hard Tutus.
Tho fall campaigns are peine planned
now, nd tho masters of . "aiggers,"
"triple" projections and alLhand-areund
shift are thoroughly enjoying them
selves, On the defense the tackles are
sorry for themselves Mj tnt halfbacks
are sorry for themselves and the tackles.
The rules committee certainly shook the
game to its foundations, and It la prob.
able that Its members will not be so
proud of themselves when they see the
amount of bolstering up the defense is
going to need.
It is a little early for the man with
the unstoppable play to be abroad In
the land, but he is out. nevertheless,
and tho chep with the Impregnable de
fenso has not yet turned up. Hitherto
he has come ground much earlier, There
Is wide difference of opinion over the
restoration of the forward pass. Mel
Webb, the Boston expert, does not seem
to think that it will have much effect
and can make out a good eaae with the
Charts he has kept of the big games In
whleh the old long heave figured ex.
tenslvely. He maintain that, measured
from tho Una of scrimmage, tha old pass
seldom if ever want any further than
the more recent restricted fling. Still
the threat is there, and we shall be able
to tell more about it whan tho Carlisle
Indians take the field, for If anybody
can make the long pass work It Is the
redskin. Warnsr used the long pa
in the old days with deadly effect, a
Pennsylvania players ean testify.
With the lor.fier pass it Is believed
that there is far less danger of its be-
Ing Intereepted and brought bank for
long gains, and this means that If the
passer can get the neceieary dlstanea
he can make his heave as far to one
side as the side line wilt permit.
Stnrphy trads SI lots.
Murphy of Humbolt leads the Mink
league batten with an average of .833 in
thirty games.
self, kut tht dog hat bean hie constant
companion, and Jason never wg absent
from the Pittsburgh bench when the
Pirates wert playing at home, Frequently
Wagper took Jason on the road with him.
One of the familiar sight around Carne
gie, Pa., where Wagner 11 vet, was the
big shortstop rising i) hit automobile
with his dog.
Jason's final official appearance was in
ths last garnet the Pirates played at heme
with tho St. Loud club on Decoration
day. Wagner was put out of the contest
at that ime for objecting to a decision
of the umpire. A Wsgner was leaving
the field Jejcm dashed out from the
bench, much after the manner 0f an
Irate, prottstlnf manager, and tried to
attack the umpire. Hans always declared
that tho dog understood tht Ins and outs
of big league base ball
for The Bee by
Oarsmen Prepare
Fete for the Illinois
River in August
P$0R!A, III., July JT.-Llteratur an
nnounelng the program and various
statistics ef the fortieth annual cham
plonshlp regatta of the National Assoela.
tion of Amateur Oarsmen, which wilt be
held on August I and 10 on tho Illinois
river at Peoria, 111., haa been Issued
by Fred R. Fortmeyer, secretary of the
executive eommitte. .
Tha itinerary nf the week ef sports
for there wUl be various other import
ant equatia events decided In the four
dare prior to tho stellar fixtures-forms
tht most complete and Imposing schedule
of events that have ever 'before been
attempted, The Peoria Regatta associa
tion will be sponsor and host of the
visiting delegation thit year.
All rsoes scheduled are open to mem.
bere of any amateur club In tho world.
They will be rowed on Lake Peoria,
an inlet of the Illinois rlvor, on a mile
and a quarter straightaway course. The
freo-for-all slght-oared shell raoa will be
rowed on Friday. August
Tho national events, which will be In
competition en Friday and Saturday, will
bt the following 1 Quarter-mllo dash,
senior tng;e nulls; tingle scull sheila.
Intermediate; association senior single
sculls, double she.lt, intermediate;
double ' scull shells, senior; quadruple
teull shells, senior: four-oared shells, In
termediate; four-oared shells, senior;
four-oared shells, senior Intermediate;
eJght'oared shells, ntermedlete, and
eight-pared shells, senior,
Commencing on Monday, the aix-Junior
events of the Central States Amateur
Rowing association will be held. e
side those there will be swimming and
tub races, On Tuesday, tht half dosen
senior events of the same association
will be decided, with canoe racing as a
side line.
On Wednesday the Southwestern Ama
teur Rowing siaociatjon will hold its
el junior events, with the senior events
on Thursday.. Water polo, water base
ball and other features win bo innov.
tloni as extra attractions,
It l expected that some of the oarsmen
win be on the ground next week to com
mence practice nd training on Lake
Ptoria, The body of water Is practically
still, t Is understood, with a scarcely
perceptible current. Training quarters
and hotel accommodations have been
amply arranged for by the Peoria Regatta
association.
Tho challenge cups and plate offered
by the national association will be sent
to Peoria and kept on exhibition at the
Jefferson hotel. The gold medals will bo
given to all winners, as usual. A silken
banner will also be presented to winning
clubs.
Olympic Golf Team
Trophy Competition
to Be Held in August
An Olympic team trwhy competition
open to golf association all over the
world will he held at the Chicago Golf
club links at Wheaton. 111., on Satur
day, August J, the Satursdy preceding
the amateur championship tournament of
the United Slates Golf association.
Each team must be made up qf four
players and competition will be for thirty-six
holes, medal plsy, total medal
scores of sack team to count. The asso
ciation whose team has the lowest total
score will have the custody of the trophy
until the next annual competition, and
tack member of the winning team will
be awarded a medal. ,
Charles g, WUlara, secretary of the
Western dolf association at Chicago, has
Charge of the entry Jlet,
No definite arrangements hav yet been
made by the Nebraska Oolf association
to send a team to enter the event, If
s many as four focal golfers attend the
national tournament at Wheaton It it
probable that the Nebraska association
will be represented.
Canoeists to Cruise
Down the Missouri
The Rod and Gun club's river erulse to
St Joseph in canoes win start on Satur
day afternoon, August 17, from a point
in the Missouri river near the end of the
East Omaha oar line, Byron Harts, secre
tary of the club, who has charge of the
arrangements, expects at luast twelve
canoes to make the trip, each to have two
passengers.
It Is planned to hake the trip to Joe
town In seven days, pltehing camp along
the river banks each night. - if tentative
plans with the ItOtua club ef 8t. Joseph
go through, either the Omaha yacht,
Manawa, or the Prlsnlll will be shipped
down and entered in the Lotus club races
t Lake Contrary the week Of August 17.
Tha canoeists will return to. Omaha by
rail.
F0YE WILL SHOW THAT
HE CAN "COME BACK"
Just to show that he can "come back,"
W. J. Foye of the Country club, former
state golf champion, will enter the com
ing Transmlsslsslppt golf tournament at
the Mipakahda club, Minneapolis.
Foye has remained eut of the lime
light so far this eesson. .He did; not
enter the Nebraska state tournament at
the Country club per tb Western golf
meet at ti)e Denver Country club.
n
Hal Coffman
Aquatio Carnival -
Planned for August'.'
By Eod and Gun Club
The Red and Gun club will hold Rs
annual Venetian carnival about August
It, when a program of aquatic features
and an illuminated water craft 1 proces
sion along the lake front will be pro
vided for tha members snd visitors.
On the water sports program will fie
motor boat races, canoe tilting contests,
twlmmlng races, yacht races and a mfeni
and women's rowboat race. A mara
thon swimming" race from the club doctci
on the south side of the lake to the lee
houso on the narth bank and return
wilt also be held- '
A water polo game of five Innings has
been scheduled to take place early lin
the evening. The carnival will wind uo
with a brilliant display of fireworks
following the aquatio program in tfe
evening. , , . .
Byron Harte, tcretary of the club,
will have charge of the general arrange,
menu of the affair and several "siim
commlttees will be appointed- It IP
planned to have the bungalows along
the lake front decorateo wnn japenes
lantern. , .
Amerioan Amateur
: Far in the Lead in ;
Open Golf Gomes
NKW YORK, July IT.-There Is never
the same Interest shown in the open
golf championship of the United States
as there is in the "open" In the British
Jsles. On this side of the water the
amateur la far and away the leading
tournament, and the profeselonale them
selves do not dlsplsy tho kee'nness for
the open that night be expected. ' k
It looks. howeVer. as U, this year the
open will be more popular. Buffalo is
a fairly central place for the qhemplon
ehlp. It will undoubtedy attract the
profession from the Chicago district,
Bt. Louis and other golf centres of the
Middle West, a well ae those from the
East, so that as far as the number of
entries goes tha oomlng championship
should be one of the best on record. s
There are' several reasons to account
for the seeming dlffldenoe of the pro
fessionals in tho national open title tourn
ament. The professional on this side of
th water have not nearly so much time
to give to competition as their brethren
on the ether side, the leaders there be
ing allowed the greatest Jattitude in leav
ing their home clubs to travel about; the
distance! to be traveled in this county
to got to the national and , to other p!
open tournaments are ever to PWh
greater: there ere more beginners in
fessionals for lesson and round bf
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Omaha Golfers Go to" -i
Transmississippi
. i mi f
The date for the annual TransmisstS
slppl golf tournament has been set for
August to IT. Play will be held over
tho oighteep'hole course at the Mina
kahda Country club at' Minneapolis. . " '
Many Omaha golfers are planning to at
tend the tournament and it la definitely
assured that there will bo at least twenty
local entries. Coming as it doe aboat
the middle of the month., Omaha ntna
slasts of the game say there are moe
chances of getting away from business; (Or
a few days. "
W, N. Chambers, gam Reynolds, r.
H. C, Sumney, W. J. Foye, Albert "Cahh,
John Rediok, E. H. Sprague and BV- A..
Nordstrom will be among the premier
Omaha entries. . -
Sport Gossip for :
the Various Fans
The Sunday afternoon yaoht reqes for
the Edholm trophy cup at the Rod and
Gun club at Carter lake are drawing
good sized crowds. The races will eop-
tlnue, weather permuting, every punaay
until the middle of September,
R, L. Welker, a graduate of Hastings
college, will continue this year as a's
slslant physical director pf tht! Omaha
"Y" association. J. T. Maxwell will re
turn from Estes park in September and
assume hit duties as physical director,
Athletia Director C EV- Reed pf the
Omaha High school a still scouting
about for an all year athletia coach for
tho coming school year and expects to
land one within the next four week
L. L. Touton, athletic director of the
Kansas City Central High school, whw
was considered a likely candidate for
the position, failed to agree on terms.
There is still some doubt as' to when
the annual city Junior racquet tourna
ment will be held. Tha.Field club teniv.J
committee usually has charge ef the
meet but up to date no arrangements
have been made. Last year the tourney
was held the latter part of August at
the Field olub courts with an' entry list
pf forty-five youngsters, It years old
and under. " 1
The Field club city tennis tournament,
the Rod and Gun club series and tha
Happy Hollow invitation - meet have' ail
been held- In a couple of week the
Diet club will come to tho fore With
the Omaha (nterclub tourney, Frank
Spellman has charge of the entries and'
has announced a trophy ' list Including
silver cups (or tha singles, chamuiun
and double winners,
" Negro Pitcher'a Great Game.
A negro pitcher In Moultrie, Ga., re
cently pitched a nohit game In which
not a single runner , waa plowed to
reach first base. . g
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