The Omaha Sunday Bee "sports
PART SIX
SPORT SECTION
PAGES ONE TO FOUR
VOL. XL1I-NO. 26.
OMAHA, SrNDAY MORNING, DECIOMBIOR It), 191 "2
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
Even Christmas Does Not Hide the Fad that1 Losers Still Have to Settle
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M'LOUGHLIN BEST OF
1912 TENNIS PLAYERS
San Franoisco Man Heads Year's
Lists, Both in Doubles and
Singles Classes.
RANKING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Bundy is Coupled with Leader in
Two-Man Championship.
DIVIDED IN GROUPS OF TEN
Participation in Three Tournaments
Makes Player Eligible.
SOME FAIL TO FILE CARDS
rouiinlttPP of United States TcnnU
Association I.UU Thirty Urn
Only Kept from Honor
by Oversight.
NEW YORK, Deo. 14. Maurice E. Mc
laughlin of San Francisco heads the list
of the first ten ainoiiff the tennis players
of the country, according to the report
made public today by the ranking com
mittee of the United States Lawii Tennis
association. With T. C. Bundy of 1
Angeles, Mclaughlin also heads the list
In the doubles class.
The rankings are based on the standing
of the players for the season ot 1912 and
on the Judgment of tho committee as to
the relative merits ot the Individual men.
For runklrig In tho Blngles class each
player must have participated In at least
thred tournaments and in the doubles
class each pair must have taken part in
two tournaments. At the request ot the
Puclflo Coast Tennis association none of
tho players of that division is ranked
except those who played in eastern tour
naments this year.
Others In tho first ten, in numerical or
der, are: R. Norrls Williams, Wallace F.
JohnBon. Cynwyd, Pa.: William J.
Clothlor, Wynnowood, Pa.; Nathaniel W.
Nlles, Boston; Thomas C. Bundy, Los
Angeles, Cal.I Karl H. Behr. New York;
Raymond D. Little, New York; George
P. Gardner, Cambridge, Mass., and Gus
tavo. F. Touchard. New York.
.Ninety Grouped In Classes.
Ninety players In classes of ten each
also were ranked by tho committee ac
cording to their standing In tournaments
this .season. No numerical standing was
awarded in these classes, as the players
thustaesl'gnatcd were found to have made
about the same records. Tho committee
also listed thirty players whoso records
probably entitled them to places in some
nne ot tho, ten classes for singles, but
who failed to file their season's cards
with, the association. Tho second and
third groups of ten, designated as "CInsi
1" and "Class 2", respectively, are as
folows:
Class 1-George M. Church, Alfred S.
Debney, W. Merrill Hall, F. II. Harris,
W. Thayjes, W. T. Mann, jr.; Lylo E.
Mahan, Dean Mathey, T. R. Pell, Frank
J. Sulloway.
Class 2 J. J. Armstrong, Craig Blddie,
C. B. Herd, Fred C. Inraan, Edwin P.
'.arned, W. II. Mace, J. G. Nelson, P.
D. Silvers, Watson M." Washburn
Tho doubles ranking' In numerical - or
der Is: M. E. McLoughlln and T. C.
Bundy. H. U. Hackett and W M. Hall.
It. D. Little rd G. F. Touchard, W. T.
Hayes and J, II. Winston, W J. Clothier
and G. P. Gardner, Jr.; N. W. Nlles and
A. S. Dabhey, II. P. Hackett and R. D.
Little, K. H. Behr and F. C. Inman, II.
Hackett and L. E. Mahan. R, N. Will
iams and Craig Riddle.
Sutton Will Meet
Ora Morningstar
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec, 14. Tho
world's tltlp for the championship ot tho
18.1 balk line In billiards will be played
In this city on January 9, 10 and 11,
George Sutton' having challenged Ora
Morningstar of this city, present holder.
The winner Is to receive the title, dia
mond trophy, all gutc receipts and u
purso of J1.000 offered by Harry Davis
of Pittsburgh. In addition. Sutton and
Morningstar have agreed to post a side
bet of W0.
One of the Interesting features, how
ever, centers In the efforts to includo
Yamada, the Japanese expert, who re
cently competed in tho 18.2 tournament. in
New York. Yamada has not yet con
tented to enter the contest, but negotia
tions are btlll under way. In any event,
Sutton and Morningstar will battle for
tho 18.1 title.
YEAR HAS BEEN UNLUCKY
FOR AMERICAN CHAMPS
NEW YORIv. Dec. 14. This has surely
been an unluclty year for champions so
far, as many of them have had the mis
fortune to either lose their titles or have
decisions rendered against them. Thos
who have lost their titles are. Ad Wol
gast, the lightweight champion of Amei.
lea; Abe Attell, the featherweight cham
pion of America; George Carpcntler, the
French middleweight champion; Matt
Wells, the English lightweight champion;
Jim Suillvan, the English middleweight
champion, and Johnny Bvendon, the
English welterweight champion. The
champions who liavo been defeated, but
Etill hold tho title, of their respective
countries, are: Bombardier 'Wells, the
English heavyweight champion: Jack
Harrison, tho English middleweight
champion; Davo Smith, the Australian
middleweight champion, and Digger Stan
ley, the English bantamweight champion.
'arpentler has relinquished his claim to
ihe title, as he cannot mako the weight
my more
NhvIii Wont to Trndr.
President Navin of the Tigers Is quoted
.i.s saying that anything left on the De
troit team except Cobb, Crawford, Dubuc
and Stange, is for sale or trade. At the
risk of offendlns friends of Donle Bush
It might be said there Is mighty little
If ft after the exceptions Mr. Navin
make?- Catcher Kocher and Onslow and
First Baseman Onslow havo already been
wulved down to Providence.
IROURKE GETS NEW PLAYERS
Owner of the Omaha Base Ball Team
Returns from Chicago. ,
SAYS O'NEILL WILL STAND PAT
Owners Who rr After O'.Velll'a
on I,nj- low .Vnrurn of .'cit
Plnyrm Will Me .n-
nonneed Soon,
Two new players, a pitcher and an out
fielder are promised to Omaha by Pa
Rourke, who returned from Chiraco,
where he attended a m-etlng of omi o
the Western leagun bosses. The pluera
according to Rourke aro top-notcher and
the deal will probablv be closed In u few
days, at which time Itnurko will announce
the names of the new men.
The deal which Rourke entered Into
Involves qillto a sum or money and prob
ably n. player or two. However, "Ronl-ke
says they are of such caliber that he
will pay any reasonable amount to get
them. At the present time four other
clubst are angling for the men. but Omaha
apparently has tho upptr hand tuid thy
will undoutedly, bo seen with Rourke uni
forms next season.
When asked what was dont regarding
tho removal of the Western league head
quarters Rourko said tho subject was
nevor mentioned. Tho club owners who
were to loud at first In wanting tho head
quarter moved and who were seeking
"Tip's" angora, likewise his resignation
took particular pains to lay low. Rourko
says there Is no question an in what
O'Neill will say on January 1 whim he
says he will speak. "O'Neill will never
quit under fire, you can take that from
me," said Pa.
Few Base Runners
Acquainted with
Art of Sprinting
NEW YORK. Dec 14.-At tho recent
league meeting In this city. John J. Mc
Graw got started on tho subject of base
running. "A. man that Is continually los
ing tho decision by half a step," ho said,
"will never win a close game for you
As far as results are-concerned tho ball
might Just as well beat him to first, by
thirty feet as by three. Real speed on
a team consists of Just that extra half
step."
It- Is probable that other manage:?
realize thlB fact as well as McGraw. It
seems strange, therefore, that spring
training does not Include expert coach
ing In the art of sprinting. Thero aro
very few ball players, who In the hands
of Mike Murphy would not learn to run
much faster than .they do. Verv few
.of the men hdve'any Idea of the scien
tific principles of sprinting. Aify'one
who has- watched ball players closely and
noticed their 'manner'of running and the
length of their stride will realize that
they do ,not run with the same power
and efficiency as the trained short dis
tance man. In tho first place many of
them, while they move their feet and
legs fast, take a short 'stride and run
with an up and'dpWn motion. They also
waste time ,by throwing the foot far out
behind them. Then, too, many of them
turn their toes out,
Any trainer, will tell you. that a man
la canable of taking only a limited num
ber of strides In a specified time. Tho
object is. therefore, to carry him over
every inch of ground possible at each
stride and to do it with the least waste
effort. Barney Wcfers Is sold to have
taken a nine-foot stride. Many ball play
ers with limbs Just as long do not stride
over five feet. It seems reasonable to
suppose that a really good coach by
teaching players quick starting and the
proper method of sprinting could give
many ot them that extra step or half
step, which In a ball game often meas
ures the distance between victory and
defedt.
Davis of Williams
Makes Good Record
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-George Davis,
who twirled for the Highlanders last sum
mer, Is the strong man at Williams col
lege, where he Is studying for his de
gree. In a recent test made by Physical
Director Seelcy, Davis made the remark
able record of 1.G05.5 points, which ex
ceeds the record made at Harvard by H.
R. Hardwlckthe Crlm?on,'s strong man.
Davis' record was 3S8.5 points better than
Hardwlck's and also considerably higher
than the one made by F. D. Huntington
last summer nt Harvard. The system
used for measuring at both Institutions
are the same.
The statistics for the separate tests are
as follows: Capacity of lungs, SCO; dips,
40; pull-ups, 30; back, 430; legs, 695; right
forearm, 89; left forearm, 84; weight, 94:
height, 178; chest and upper arm, 444; de
velopment, 671.7; total strength, 1.659.6.
Because of his wonderful pitching abil
ity last summer Davis was called the
"Iron Man" of the college twirling ranks.
Often he was able to twirl games within
a few days of each other. Last year he
captained the Williams team and his
pitching attracted the attention of base
ball men tho country over. The Yankeos
gave him a trial later, and from his show
ing it Is evident that he will become a
good major league boxman after he has
had more experience in the big leagues.
The funny part about Davis is that when
he first appeared at Williams he was a
weakling. Work In the gymnasium and
base ball soon developed him. He Is a
good uuunple of what a man can do to
develop himself.
Ilrnirn Still a Miner.
Mordecal Brown denies a report that he
has dropped money In h'i gold mine In
California, which lie owns Jointly with
Orvle Overall. Brown says the mine Is
being developed and looks better every
day.
Kliiaelln with filmits.
' Richard I Klnsella, who last year
I scouted for Roger Bresnahan and the St.
IxjuIh Cardinals und resigned when Mr.
i Brttton fired Bresnahan, hns hooked up
with McGraw again, Klnsella has turned
up some of the (Hants' best bets and Mc-
jGraw was glad to get him back.
OLD SAXON DUAU TEAM
Left to Right, Standing K. G. Sclplo, L. M. QJerdo. Seated H. W. Fletcher, L. Schoonmiin, AI. YoUBoni.
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BUCK HUNTERS GIVE UP HOPE
IV'ith Continued Warm and Clear
i Weather Nimrods Quit.
31AY FOR A GOOD SNOWFALL
."With the Flrnt Fnll of the "llenu-
tlful," l.ocnl Sportsmen Will
TnUe Yolloiv Cnr nml Illtle
nml Hunt nnltlilt.
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And still there has-been ho rouh breiikj
In the beautlfdl weather of tho last thrco
months', and still tl)o hunfertls left wMh'
out hope. True, the weather, has been ty.
trifle sharper at lmr.e thrpughout tho.
last week,1 but tho sun has shono so
blight and the atmosphere has been so.
pure and healthfufnhat nobody had tho
nerve .to complain. ' Esirly last Tuesday
morning it tried to cloud oer and thero
was a spot or two' of snow, and the
sportsmap's heart tool: a' feap accord
ingly. He felt that the fow .ducks still
lingering In this eectlon'of the land would
movo and that at last ho'nll'ght get olio
farnwell crack at the quaoRers.'' -
And the rabbit hunter fyf. was'lir h'js;
clemtnt, for ho Imagined' Just what-no
had been waiting for was comlrtg a good
track snow. But their hopes were all
quickly banished, for long before noon
the sun was again shining; warm and
balmy, every vestige of a oloud had dis
appeared and tho weather man hung up
the sign, "Pair and clear with rising tem
perature." f
Iluckn llnve Left.
I So far as tne ducks urn concerned, the
Nebraska hunter might as well give the
thing up; It Is now fur past the time
when they should, reasonably expect .a
single shot, as the birds have about all
gone to the far south, that Is, all but th
few hardy, red-legged ojd mallards that
never fall to put In the whole winter
along Nebraska waters where itho wltd
parsnip, water cross and tender grasses
aro always green and keep then in food.
As for the geese. Bill Fclk, the old Cal
houn hunter and trapper, says thero
never hus been u fall season In Nebraska
when tho birds were ro tcarce. There
has been little or no flight of Canadas
along the Missouri river at any tlmn this
fall and fewer white geese than lie ever
knew beforo. He says the weather haa
been too warm.,
But what the northern hunters have
been' denied they have certainly enjoyed
down In Texas and along tho borders of
the gulf. Nels Updike spent a couple of
weeks with toinn Now York friends down
In tho Lone Star state recently, and tho
shooting stories ho reels oft are, to say
the least, enthusiastic. He had the best
Canada goose shooting ho ever had In
his life, and he has been shooting ever
since he was 10 years old and shot on
most of the good grounds of both sea
boards, which certainly 'qualifies him to
speak by the book. And redheads, ho
says they were there by tho thousands,
but they shot only what they could uso
and send to friends, und Nels savs you
can bet that he. brought a flue lot or
Canndaa home with him.
BUI Schlpke, hunter and trapper, writes
from away down at Cluryvllle, Perry
county, Missouri, In the- fabled Ozarkn,
that he U having Uie tlmo of his life at
tho hunting cabin of his old pal of the
woods, George Lomlre. I-ast Wednesday
evening they were ou ulong the "crluk"
and bagged two 'possums ono of which,
a big fat fellow, he sent to "Pa" Edmund
son of this city one coon, two mallards
and two skunks of tv.e darker species,
which "Skipper" say are tare In any
country. He also said they were prepar
ing for a grand turkey hunt In the woodod
hills and are In camp there today.
Through the efforts of W. D. Town
rend, the well known tportlng goods man,
who Is chairman of tho national handicap
committee tieM year's Groat Wostern
handicap ulll pgula be held In Onuha,
" (Continued on Pago Two.)
Omaha Bowlers Score
OLYMPIC GAME BOOK IS OUT
Performances of Every Amerioan
Competitor Shown in Detail.
BERLIN MEET WILL' EXCEL
With Put routine of Emperor Wllllnm"
-No Effort' Wilt lie Spared to
Slibttv Worth or German
Athletes.
A tkiHAVV6ltKiooi4.-The OlyYnpfc
Samoa' or i9j2u$'Adt)v- the' Am&tica'n
cmftiVito'AaWiTcs' HlulllvA .tlifc
-subject pfi a. book Just pbltalicd whYoh
!jQf.efB-dlllH-.litcrnntlonal meet 'front a-'.ney
uhoV official .angle. Tl(e, inimss arp,
vjcvvcdtana'.ciaslfled In various w.o.y&,and
much "data, printed which has, heretofore
Bfec'n" uncovered: . , t . , i t .,
.TlA;., performances ot overy. 'American
cotjipctltor, whether lib won- a placo or
not, ,1s shown and .the details of' all . the
minor Olympic congests given In full.
Scores of tho tvurlbiLl; entrants In such
events as theV jfentUtliln hnd. dccuthlon,
both won byslumes Thorptf, iHre- shown
c'omplete, together :w!tli,' .tables' of record'
.for till congest?' of ev'cryVWrttyt. icp 189.
For completeness and detail It surpasses'
any sarlc Of articles wrttten'on'tlin Olytn"
pic games to date, and will provcan in-'
valuable soiirco of Information' on the
Olympic games. ,
Special chapters aro 'devoted to the trip
to Finland, tho stadium, the person
nel of tho American team.' shooting, ten
nlH, foot ball; swimming and many othor
subject. According to the author, thero
were 4,172 entries for tho meet. Of this
number KW were In the track und field
events, 1,261 In the gymnastics, 234 .In i-ow-ing,''J70
in (Wrestling and 00 In foot bull
and fencing each. The official point
scores for tho atlilcta, contests were:
United States, clghty-flye, polntH;;Flnland,
twenty-nine polntsr, Sweden, twenty-seven
points; Great Britain, fifteen points; Can
ada, seven polntH; South Africa, flvo
paints; Germany, Frunce and Greeco, eaoh
four points; Norwuy, two iwlnts; Jtaly
and Hungary, each ,ono' point.
Tho scores of nil events were as fol
lows; Sweden. 133 points; America, 129
points; Great Britain, seventy-six points;
Finland, fifty-two points; Germany, forty
Bovcn points; Frunce, thirty-two points;
Denmark, nineteen points; Hungary, Nor
wuy und South Africa, each sixteen
points; Italy, Australia und Canada, each
thirteen points; Belgium, eleven points;
ltiituila and Austria, each six points:
Greece, four points, and' llolln'nd, three,
points.
In considering the Olympic meet to bo
held at Berlin during the summer of 1918,
the author writes: "That the Olympic
games at Berlin will surpass all previous
events of tho kind goes without saying.
With the patronage of Emperor William,
whose enthusiasm for everything" tllat
tends to the betterment of the German
raco Is well known, no effort will be
spared to show the world the superiority
of the German athletes, and, Judging
from tho remurkublo performances of the
comparatively few athletes, who have
represented Germany at previous Olympic
gumos. there must be untold wealth of
athletic material In the German empire,
which with characteristic German
thoroughness of preparation, will be In
evidence at Berlin In 1916.
It has been suggested that after the
various events that go to make up tho
Olympic program have been promulgated
by tho German Olymple committee, all
promoters of athletic meets Include In
their progmms slmll&r events, so that
the American uthletes will huvo' plenty
of practice. It Is to be hoped that tho
German Olympic committee will ask for
and glvo consideration to the suggestions
of other nations beforo deciding upon tho
program, that sufficient tlmo for prepara
tion may bo hud. All In all the Olympic
games of 1916 will b.o u world event In
the true senso of the word, and may
wo all be there to again cheer when
"Old Glory" Is hoisted to denote an
American victory
High , at Kansas
GOLFERS HARD TO COMPARE
It is Hard to Compare .Experts of
Today with Other Generations.
VARD0N HAS A GREAT RECORD
Siiniilnudnli! TunrniimrnfM Won lij
' the A til of Finn Worllof the' Iron
mid Mniliie nii 'tlonsl'steiit
1 - llrl'vlnK.
,&ha"roflnt: ifeolfr-vIcYo'fy .of Harry
5Vard"ott over; Edward Ray In the final
.Wllrittltef h!fX) tournament k(tm
tUngUiUo ortl ' sts'rvcd as a further r
knlh'afr of thh cUss ofVthlH product of
tliell'sliOirt of Jersey. It Is, of1 course,
hart,'(o compare with nnjr degreo of uc
cUricyigolfna''p(onp generation with an
other, becailuoio't tho change, lh Imple
mejits' balWTuliil th reconstruction -of
courses, tbftliy nothing of the difference
hr tljo iipVc'fip ot llnlJit: irnqusfttlunably,
tho plrtyers 'of long tigo weru great, and
tho tfidno owoH inuch to 'the stirring times
associated wth Alan Robertson, Yuung
Tom" und Old Tom Morris, the Dunns, tlm
Goiif Idyrt'und old' Wllllo Parlr, ytt not ono
of MleaofffTefLt 'irnlfel-M. nor one of thriHi, of
(Ihe pretiellt-iay, has ,u record which cuu
mear cdhipa'rlson with that of Harry
Vurdon. '
' ' Beforo this opinion could bo passed, 'It
wus' not-necessary to wait until Vurdou
hud won tho big prize at Sunulimdule,
and Incidentally defeated the open cham
pion of Great Britain In the final, but
what happened thero came as u fitting
cllmux to Vardon's many triumphs. With
out further referenco for tho present to
that memorablo mutch, It inity ba as well
to call attention to tho fact that It ay
Is 'u fellow townsman, both being born
ut Grouvllle, In Jersey, where Buy began
his workaday life us a fisherman and
Vardon as a gardener. With a differ
enco of ulght years in their ages Ray
now being thirty-four, ant Vardon forty
two they saw. comparatively little of
each other at home, for Vardon wus on
the point of becoming a professional
golfer whin Ruy wus a youth of twelve.
For ninny yours, however, they hud been
firm friends, though their companionship
hud not lessened In the slightest degree
the kcennesH of their rivalry on the links.
In their methods they have little In
common, for Ray's drlvo Is essentially u
lungo nt tho ball, while. Vardon's Is a
well-nigh perfect swing, Invested with
plenty of power. The latter has a fond
ness for a brassle when he wunts to play
a wooden club shot through the green!
Itny does not even carry n, braatte. Ho
uses cither a driver or a clock. The
champion til to prefers a muHhtenlbtlck
for uppronchtng; Vardon uses an ordinary
inuthle, with which club ho Is a muster
of the urt of applying cut to the bull.
But, to return more particularly to
Vardon. Jt was at Prestwlck, somo twenty
years, ago, that he proved himself quite
good enough to extend, tho Scottish pro
fcuslonals, who wero at Sandwich next
year to lora their supremo hold' upon the
game. It wn also Vardon und Taylor
who led the English professional attack,
whlch'scored Its first triumph -In 1KU4. This
wh ttlfo ut Sundwlclj. Shortly nfter
that, Vardon was the outstanding figure
In golf. He ruled supremHoywywhere,
nnd held the British and American titles
In successive years. It was 111 1900 that
Vardon came here and won the open
llltrd Ileeord to Ilrut,
It is almost safe In saying that Vurdoi
hus a record which no other man can
scarcely ever hold. Alun Robertson wa
generally acknowledged to Imi the gruutnt
golfer who over hit a feather ball, but
Vurdon Is probably the greatest gnlfeu
who has over hit a gutty bull, besides be
ing supreme with the present-duy rubbel
core creation. Another Instance of A'ur
don's brilliance may be cited, when In
IffflS that was before the udvent of the
lively ball lie tackled Willie Pork, , the
groulekt Mirvlvor of the old school. They
intt in a twt-grrtn tndtch over an In-
(Continued on Pago Two.)
City
;CHANGE GETS AN INVITATION
'Asked to Come to New York by
President of Highlanders.
IFARRELL WILLING TO'SIGN HIM
Former I,euder of CIiIcmko Sn-
tloiiuW, In Itepl)', Urmnmli Store
Detnlln nnd Asuertn Wnnts
Unod-Nlsed' Nnlnry,
LOS .ANGHLH.H, Cal Dec. H.'-Fl ank
Chance received a telegram today from
PresidentFrnnk I'.' Farrell 'o thNftW
York Amrricnlis, asking him to cMna tfl
New York at onco to talk over Uio limn
ngcrshlp ot the lilghlandcrs. Chance
suld ho could not leave his orange, ranch
nt Glcndora for a time and wired to Far
roll that moro details ho sent regarding
his proposition' and moro tlmo bofore
starting, eut.
Chiuit'Q ald there was no mention of ,a
$20,00) salary In Farrcll's message, und
added that ho would not go to 'Now York
unless u, woorlh-whllo wngo wero given
Mm, Fqrrell'B telegram today wus tho
first official notice Chunco lion hud of
tho pronosul to mako him manager pf the
Now York American league team.
.VcHotlutloiin After Holiday.
NEW YORK. Dec. 14.-Presldent Fur
rell of tho New York Amorican loajrua
club lut'otids 'to open negotiations with
Frank-Chance shortly after tho holidays.
In a statement mado tonight following
his return from Chicago, Air. Fii'rrell In
dicated that ho hoped to sign Chunco
and expressed gratification that the way
8001110(1 open for tho former lender of tho
Chicago Nationals to take up the man
agerial reins here,
."Whllo, of course, It Is tnken for granted
thut, Chance's release will bo tlirned .over
to tho New York club," suld Mr. Farrell
hi his statement, "It Is true that I huvo
rejjelyed no offlclul notlco ot hl release
by President Horrmunn of the Cincinnati
club. Until I havo been hbtlfled that
Chunco Ih eligible to consider an offer
from mo I shall bo compelled to remain
Inactive. Nothing will eolt mo bettor
than to have him manago our team.
"I Intend to open negotiations with
Chunco by Inviting him to visit me here
after the holduys. Then I will bo ready
to sign him to a contract. It Is my do
s'lro to give the New oYrk huso hall public
a chnmplotishlp American league tenm,
If possible,' and If thero In one man In
the -world capable of achieving this task,
that mail Is Frank Chance,
r was surprlsod to see statements at
tributed' to me In today's dispatches from
Chicago to the effect that I was ready to
pay1 aifubulous sum for Chance's cervices,
fur as u matter ot fuct I gava no state
ment to any newspaper mutt regarding
this mutter In Chicago on Friday. Thero
Is plenty ot time to fix It up with Chance
und nobody will bo moro relieved than
myself when that has been accomplished.
Personally, I never believed that this deal
could bo put tluough successfully. It
seemed to be too greut un undertaking,
"It Is u wasto of tlmo for mo to pralso
Chance, for every buso bull fan knows
his worth as a manager, but I will sny
that the entire American league Is well
satisfied with tho now order of things
thut will prevail hero."
DEMAREST RUNS HIGH
IN EXHIBITION PLAYING
Calvin Demurest, tho bllllardist, and
Harry Sjinnd, proprietor of the billiard
hall ut 313 South Sixteenth street, staged
un exhibition IS. 2 balk line gumo beforo
nearly 20O spectators in Symos' hall lost
night. Duiiitrost ran 300 In the hour und
u half of playing while Symes scored
flfty-flvo. The match wos given as un
Introduction of the hall In which the state
championship tournament will begin on
Monday night.
Dcmarest will give an exhibition mutch
with Albert Calm ut tho Commercial club
at 3 o'clock this afternoon
I STARTS TOMORROW
Cue Experts, of State to Battlo for
Championship of Nebraska at
18.2 Balk Line.
JfARRY SYMES IS FAVORITE
I seal Man is Picked by Many to Pull
Down First Honors.
LINCOLN PLAYERS EXPECTED
Ijur Local Players and Like Number
from Lincoln Arc Entered.
DEMAREST 'AROUSES INTEREST
Ki-riiniiililon, Who !ln Been Meet-
ItiH Omnlin Nhnrns, Jinn Mndo inn
tin ne Ontj of, Mueli Interest
nml Mnny PlnylnHT It.
The tournament which will dectdn th
IS.2 bulk line billiard championship of
Nebinslta will open tomorrow night at
Hurry Byrnes' parlors with probably ono
of tho blggert crowds in attondoncA
which haa ever , gatherwl In this city to
see tho Ivorlc rolled by men who know1
liqw jo rtill them.
All Ih ln readiness for the event, and
.with, those wiio have filed, 'for entrance
spnndlngi a. good part of 'their waking
Jioiirs practicing for tho 'affair It
bound to bo A classy one. Albert Calm
and Harry Symen took a whirl at Calvin
Demurest during tho post week, who
proved n good mnn to try out on, and
from Uio nrnctlco ho afforded theso two
men they should bo ablo to innke qh
excellent showing. Harry Symcs. will
Chambers, Albert Calm und Horbert Mc-i
Coy aro tho only local men who have
entered up to date, but tho Lincoln
crowd of cue artists will " no doubt be
on hand to swell tho nuiber.
Interest Is running High In every
billiard parlor in tho city over tho outn
como of tho tourney, and while tho ma
Jorlty plnco Utolr fultli In Symes to once
again bo returned as ntuto champion, the
other nion all havo their followers who
are ready to bacK tJIn skill of their
chosen one with good, hard. Iron dollars.
No doubt tho opening match will bo be
tween two of tho local 'contestants, nt
leant tills waa tho plun lato Buttirday
ovcnlng. although who the two would
bo had not been decided upon,
Calvin Demaresl's 'exhibition!! last week
surved to whot tho appetite of tho bill
iard fans for more, and, the opinion ot
many Ih that when ,ho undHoppo meet
curly In tho coming year an ex-champlon
Will drop tha prefix to the. title, Dp-
marcsf spent! ButuiSllinloriilnB at t,mV
ftymes 'parloijjtrnrvrtwejjsons to
enthusiasts now to tjlo game. A uoeret
of Dernarcst'N skill with tho otin r.s
apparent from the niannor In which he
gave Instruction, In the foot thnt he Is
a greut stickler for litall. While In
Btructlftg tho son of n prominent Omaha
banker In the art. ho spent fully a hal
hour In teaching his pupil' how to stand
nnd the propel method of holding tho
cue, never ceasing until the lesson wan
thoroughly learned. ,
J3emand for $20,000
' is Denied by Chance
r,OS ANGELES, Dec. 14.-Bcfore leaving
for his ranch at Glendora today, Frank
Chanco declared ho had received no of
ficial communication concerning the offer
Bald to have been made by the New York
Americans' owners.
"I only know what I havo seen In tlm
'pupors," sold tho former Chicago Na
tional manager.
Chanco denied cmphatlcully that ho had'
nuido any statement to the effect that ho
wbuld ;not return to base, ball unless ha
wqro offered 20,000 a' year.
"I never said anything like It," he
said. ''It, would be foolish to knock my
own gumo like that because I might get
hioro," ho added wHIi a smile. "I did
say tlm I hud not decided to return to
basn bull, and as t have not as yet re
ceived any offer to manago tho New York
Americans or any other tcum, I havo not
mode up my mind whether to ploy ball
nguln or rtny out here und pick oranges.
"At any rate, I do not think I would
accept any offer until I have had an op
portunlty to tnlk tho matter over per
sonally with thoso making It."
New Partnership in
Six-Day Bicycle Race
NHW YORK, Deo. 14,-At midnight tiro
eight leading teams In tho slx-duy bicycle
race hnd traveled 3,299 miles fi laps. Tho
leaders were tweuty.flvo miles and ono
lap behind tho 'record.
It wus announced shortly after midnight
that Walthour .was about to retire fropt
tho race, because of lameness, und that
at 12:80 o'clock his partner, Cameron, und
Thomus, the lutter left purtnerless by tho
accident to Ryan, would team -up,
A eplll.wus suffered by Egg, who es
cuped unhurt, und. Ryan, whose collur
hone wus broken, at tho Twenty-seventh
street bunk. Ho was removed to Join
Jlagln,lwho was taken' to a. hospital after
receiving, a liko Injury Tuesday. Ryan
lives In Newark, N.'J.
Collins was -fined, ,S2S, the refereo de
claring he "stullcd," keeping other riders
back whljo the Grenda-Pye Und Ryan
Thomas -teams wero gaining a lap, The
gain ot these teams was pot allowed.
JOHN NIX0W CAPTAIN OF
S. 0. HIGH FOOT BALL TEAM
At a meeting ot tho 1913 foot ball teui.i
of tlio South Oniulni High school John
Nixon of tlie class of 1914 was elected to
lead tho team next year." Nixon waa
chosen by practically every sportinw
editor, in tho state nn quarterback on tho
all stato team. Of the ' twenty-two nui
thnt played In one or moro games thin
ear eight graduatu. leaving fourteen men
with which to build a team for anth'r
eur