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H II It THE BEB: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1G, 1912. There is More Than One Way of Opening .a Bottle of Ink Drawn for The Bee by "Bud" Fisher wusr co pull it fr - ' "ka i rotter ir - v. BOTTLC OF INK ? WCLL IT5 WELL IT? 3 vmLL,H0W CAN You cer the (NK-ou)- or TrVr BoTfce mvhquv BREAKING- TM6 Borrue OR- POU.IM6 TMP COK.K OUT , : : CAN'T . R& -rvNi It Yes n- J . r 7 . i FORMER CAPTAINS TO GOME Famous Cornhuskers Invited to Ban quet by Omaha Alumni. REGENTS AISO TO BE PRESENT VI. l-nn I W'rltra It Plnrs Cannot rcrpt InvUnflon, AVIileli AVenl to Mliineaota City lnatrad of .VebraaLa Town. Member of the Hcard of Regents of the state university will nttend the ban suet to lie Riven In honor of the Corn )iuler foe ball 1em In this city on the Evening of Jnnuary 8 by the Omaha nlumnl of Nebraska. Invitations have jiono out to alt the regents, and It Is ex pected that every member will be present. All former captains of the Cornhusker fott ball elevtns have been Invited. Many of Uie former leaders live In Ne braska and will be able to attend. Some have already Informed tho nlumnl com Jolttee they will be present. The list of Nebraska foot ball i-aptalns Includes some of the best players ever produced In the West Among the leaders are Chnrle Uorg, John Westover, Sylvester Shoii'nc and Maurice Benedict. John Westover was captain of the Corn liuskers In 1902. when tho biff team from Lincoln went to Minneapolis and licked tlie Gophers on thnlr own soil. Those were the daya of bis teams of teams of tirawn and muscle and It took a group of players of the Westover and Bender type (both of whom were playing) to lick the strong northern eleven. Borg was captain of the Cornhuskers In IpOS. the year that tho Cornhuskers nold Michigan to 0 to 0 In tho first half and were licked In the second session. Mlchl Kan, that year, had on(i of Its famous elevens, and the showing of the Corn, huskers In tho opening half, was due mostly to the wonderful play of Horg at center. HhonUa was raptaln a year ago, and was picked as 'one of tne best lino men In the country. Westover was a fa mous tackle and ranks among the best tho west has ever produced. The alumni banquet will bring such men as these together and will give the high school student and alumni a chance to' net acquainted with some of Ne braska's most famous players. Alum ii I All ToKutlirr, Tickets for the banquet are going fast, and tli ere Is not an alumus In Omaha who Is not getting one and two tickets. Some of tho Omaha people who are not UnlveiMty of Nebraska inch are HSklng tho nlumnl committee to let them assist In the entertainment of tho visitors, and they arc adding their $5 notes to the en tertainment fund. It has been tho Intention of the enter tainment committee to confine the ban quet KUcst list to hlBh BCh'ools of Ne braska, but a stenographer who copied the Invitations addressed one letter to St. ivrul, Mlnii., lnteud of St. Paul, Neb., and tho Minnesota schools came very neur to sending down a delegation. They wrote the Omaha alumni that thry; had ttlcd to' raise tho transportation money, but that they had failed, much to their sorrow, for they had wis.ied to come. They thanked the Omaha alumni and said they hoped tuey would be able to accept In tho future. COLUMBUS BASE BALL team Will give fair COl.UMnUB, Neb.. Dec. lG.-iflnecll. The local base ball management Is meet ing witn very good success Inralslng funds for thn comlnc rear, mid rnlumhii will be an onthuslnstlc basball town dur ing WIS. Plans- hava been rmnnlel,.,! hv the management for tho holding of a fair during the month of January to raise money to meet tho deficit during tho last year, which owing to careful manage ment, Is less than any other club In the league. Crete DeN-ntn Geneva. OTIBTEJ. Nel... bee. 15.-(.Speolal.)-Tho Crete High school , basket ball team de feated tho high soliool team from Geneva horo last night by tho scoro of 34 to 21 In nn exceptionally Ifast and well played game. The Oenavoj team caino touted os aspirants for stated honors, but tho ex cellent team work- coupled with tho In dividual work of Andrews was too much for the visitors. The play was fast and fierce throughout both lialvos with Crete a llttlo ahead In sobre and In team work, throughout. Hundo for Geneva and An drews Tor CrMe weto easily the Individual stars of the game. Crete has not lost a gamo yet this season. Finnish Runner First When Rival Falls BOSTON. Dec. 15.-W. Kolehmalnen of Finland, champion runner of the world, held his tltlo to the .fifteen-mile cham pionship1 In a field of International runners at Mechanics' building tonight, doing the distance In 1 hour, 21 minutes, 2i sec onds. The Finnish runner was hard pressed and might not have won but for an accl dent to Hilly Queal, the American cham pion, at the very, end of the race. Queal wai leading by five ynrds on the last lap, when he struck another runner and fell, allowing .Kolehmalnen to take thn lead and rucn. Alfred Hhrubb of Kngland fell out nt the- eleventh mile. OPEN TRI-CITY LEAGUE PLAY pmaha High Sohool Flippers Win Billiard Tournament to Start Tonight Tho state billiard tournament, which opens tonight t Harry Byrnes, billiard parlors, with Albert Cahn and Herbert McCoy as opponents for the champion ship of Nebraska. Tho Lincoln men will probably not be come actively engaged In the work of elimination until near tho middle of the weok. Cahn and McCoy are said to be -.cry evenly matched, having played a series of see-saw contests early this fall with tho edge remaining for no perceptlbU length of time on either side. I'leroe AVtns from Norfolk. PIBnClfl, Neb., Dec. 15. The Plerco High school basket ball team defeated Norfolk High sohool In a fast and ex ottlng game by a score of a to IB. Pierce haw now won three games, having de feated Verdtgro by a scoro of 41 to9 and Plalnvlew, 60 to 15. The lineup: P1KIICB. NOUIXLK. Powers K.F. AVUton ur Mansko ,C. Itoberts , R.G. netmers TUft Vanderpool,....I0. K.F lenders UP,. ....... Hosman C Qlllotto nVaV.V.V.V.V.V 'ii'iery IaQ Koerber r . , Wives Mothers Sweethearts! Here's the gift that every man who smokes a pipe or rolls his own cigarettes will be grateful for. It's delicious Prince Albert tobacco. It can't bite his tongue, it's fragrant smoked in the house, it's the delight of every man who knows good tobacco. IBB cBBQwliu B3.2;BSBBBBBBB Fringe albert the national joy smoke makes it possible for every man to smoke a pipe! Give "him" a-iar nfP A. JnEJ r intere?!ed ina ilmmy P6' You've " to ow mucVsolace and comfort it means after supper or any other time. IflSphSEf !,unii;dor.fho.Ids pound of Prince Albert and lasts a long Zn SYhfuFiS? MnklS U V,a 3 ,mmyjPiPe or a cigarette. A sponge in the top of the lid keeps the tobacco moist and delicious. It's your duty to make "Mm" P. A. ioyous this Christmas. May ftwcf A&trt at all tobacco ((ores in pound slatt humidnr. hair W tin WW and aUo in tho 10c tidy hsaffiw IL J. KEYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem, N. C. LOSE CONTEST UNTIL END ! Atlnntra' Ariilltlonnl Time Added to Game to Decide Tie, AVhtch Stand 24 to 114 nt Hud of ItegTiilnr Piny. 06LER-RUTT CYCLISTS WIN BANKERS LOSE TO FAIRMONT? ODD CASE OF OLENN SIMONS erman-American Team Finishe First in Six-Day Bace. C:eamery Team Wins Its EightL D.-ake Halfback is Suffering from Straight Game. i Ossified Muscles. 1LE SPEINT DECIDES CONTESI f "JDENTS ALSO DROP A GAME In a remarkably close and exciting game of basket ball, tho Omaha High school opened the Trl-Ctty season with a victory over the University of Omaha quintet Saturday at tho Young Men's Christian association gymnasium by tho score of 28 to !7. Tho game was not de olded until after the end of tlmo for the last half. At tho end of the second period tho scoro stood 25 to 25. To decide the gamo It was necessary to play five min utes more. IJoth teams showed a serious laxk of proctlco, but with possibility of winning form. Tho collegians appeared to be tho better balanced of tho two as all of thrlr men played on a par. For the high school tho whole game was played by Burkcnroad and Hughes, though Gardiner at guard showed up well. George Parish was easily the star of the game. He scored nine of the uni versity's points and was in every play. Parish came unprepared to ploy, but made up his mind at tho last minute that he would go In. Beryl Crocker at guard also played n stellar gamo against his former teammates and kept his forward from scoring n field goal. At, tho opening of tho game tho high school lads were favorite, but soon It was scon that the gamo would be close. During tho first half the Purple and White ran the score up to 10 to 8 In their favor. During tho second half the varsity boys after getting a poor start picked up arid soon had the scoro tied. After the playoff was began Burken rood sobn g6t the ball and scored a field goal. Parish threw a foul and Halsey tossed one In from tho field. "With about half a minute of play Burkenroad got tho ball under his own goal and ihrow another goal, scoring xtwo points nnd winning tho game for his team. The llnup: UNI. OF OMAJIA. HIGH SCHOOL n.F Hughes Halaey R,F. Parish UF. Dow C. Crocker LG, Parsons Tt.G. C C n.o.... uo..-., Li.G.. I'lnis Moshor . Burkenroad Gardiner . Burkenroad Bauman Field goals: Burkenroad. 4: Hushes. 6 Parish. 3; Halsey, 3; Dow, 2; Crocker. 2. Goals from foul: Burkenroad, 7: Parish, 4; Crocker, 2. Points awarded: High School, 1; University, 1. Referee: Kle wttt. Time of halves: 15 minutes. The Omaha "Y" five, tho winners or last year's championship, defeated the Council Bluffs Young Men's Christian as sociation quintet lost night at thopllufr "Y" by the score of 26 to 22 In U fast game' that was free from roughness. This was the Intlttal game of the Tti- City Basket Ball league In the Bluffs and drew a slim attendance on account or It being Saturday and so near to Christmas. Harris, the sturdy little right forward of tho Bluffs quintet, scored IS out of 22 points for his team. He also got all tho free throws In the game. Tho features of the game were the bas ket tossing of Harris, Hettler and Unn and the passing of Phillips. In the first half It took five minutes before cither team could get a point, but the Bluffs quintet broko the Ice when Harris got the first field goal. In fact It was the .all around basket shooting of the little right forward that kept the Bluffs In the lead. Omaha was out classed In this half through the superior team work of the Bluffs bunch. The half ended: Council Bluffs Young Men's Christian association, 12; Omaha "Y," S. The Council Bluffs "Y" quintet kept the lead up to the last five minutes of playing when Captain Linn of Omaha made an all around change In his team which was bad for the Bluffs quintet, for basket shooting of both I.lnn and Hettlor put the Omaha "Y" In-the lead. The half ended Council Bluffs Young Men's Christian association, 10; Omaha Y," IS. Next Tuesday the Council Bluffs "Y" will play the Omaha High school at the Omaha ' Y," and the Council Bluffs High tchool will play the NebrasKa University alumni at tho Bluffs "Y." Kltchie refereed. The lineup: COUNCIL, BLUFFS. OMAHA. Thomas .UKkc Hettler l?J7?.B K.P.(IF Frankfurt P ;..C. C Linn (C.) Grow (C.) UO.iR.Gs joy J!.Uie. ' i aa'l ua AVelgel bbstltutos; Morrison for ' Thomas, Deems for Frankfurt. Welge! for Deems Miles for Welgel, Koran for Miles. Goals from the field: Thomas. 1; Har ris. 6; Grow, 1; Frankfurt. 1; Hettler. 6; I.tnn. i; AVelgel, 1 and Joy, 1. Free throws: Harris. 6. Fouls committed: Grow, 1; Frankfurt, 1; Hettler, 4 and Unn. 1. Referee: Ritchie of Omaha. Timekeeper; Wheeler, Bcorer: Gross. Time of halves: Twenty minutes. Aabarn Defeats Tecumaeh. TBCUMSEH. Neb.. Dec. 16.-Cepeclal.)-Auaurn defeated the Teoumseh High school basket ball team in a game- hers Friday evening by a aeons of 77 to 15. Fit Ilia t'aae Ksnctly. "When father was sick about six years ago ho resd an advertisement of Cham berlain's Tablets In tho papers that fit his case exactly.' writes Miss Margaret Campbell of Fort Smith, Ark, "He pur j chased a box of them and ,he baa not jbaen sick since. My sister had stomach trouble and was also benefited by them." I Vvr sale by all dealers.-AdvertUemenu Ictorlons I'alr Cnrrlea Awny Six teen Hundred Unllnra, nnd Seven Other 'I'rnma rnrtU-Ipnte In IHvlalon of Money. NEW York, Dec. i.V Fogler and Rutt. tho German-American team, won the six day bicycle race at Madison Square Gar den, which endod tonight. Walter Rutt took-the honors for his team In the mile sprint which decided the race. The Bodell-Mltten team, represented In the sprint by Bedell, wab second, Hnd the Clarke-Hill team, with Jackie Clarke do ing the riding, finished third. Tho Root-Hchlrn team, the Drebach Coltlns team and the Grcnda-Pye team finished, fourth, fifth and sixth, respec tively. Root, Drebach and Grenda rode for their teams In the sprint. Tho time for the mile was 2:09)4. Tho sprint was necessary to decide the tie between these six teams, "which, when the- time for the end of riding appeared, were bunched In the lead. The track was cleared at 9:57 and tho fyial sceno of the race staged. Immediately afterwards a second sprint wan started between tho Kramer-Moran and Perchlcot-Egg teams, which were tied a lap behind the leaders when the long grind ended. Frank Kramer won this sprint, which gave his team seventh place and the Perchloot-Kgg team was rele gated to eighth position. The time was 3:45. Perchlcot rodo for his team In the sprint. These teams all finished within' tho money, the prizes ranging from $1,600 for first and $1,000 for second down to $260 each for winners of seventh and eighth places. Walker and Wolls brought up the rear of tho nine teams which completed the long race. The six leaders had gone 2,061 miles and five laps with tho trailing pair a lap behind and Walker and Wells an additional lap In tho rear. The record for a slx-nday race Is 2,737 mires and one lap, made by McFarland and Moron In 1905. llinois' New Coach Never Varsity Man CHICAGO, Dec. 15. The graduate coach system passed out of University of Illi nois athletics today when R. C. Zuppke, for three years coach of the Oak Park High school foot ball team, signed a three-year contract to coach the Illinois squad. Zuppke never played on the 'varsity squad of a college team, owing to his small build. Ho tried for the Wisconsin team but, as he expresses it- "only played the part of the tackling dummy." After leaving AVlsconsIn he coached for four years In the Muxkegon. Mich., high school. Since coming to the Oak Park school, he has taken teams to both the Paclfio and Atlantic coasts and returned victorious over the best squads those sec tions offered. lonunerr-lnl Illsh School Tram Suf fers Drfent at llnnds of United Statra Nationals In ISxcced InRly Fast Game. PERATI0N AFFORDS RELIEF njnrr la "Charley Ilor.nr' In AsTera vated Form, AVlilrh an Opera tion linn tli-rn Able to ' Relieve. Standing of die Leaene. Pet. 1000 ,finG .62H .375 .250 .111 W. Fairmonts S o Nebraska Telephone Co........ R 3 Commercial High 5 :t IT. s. National Bank :t 5 Omaha National Bank 2 6 Merchants Bank 1 8 Tho -Fairmont Creamery company team of the Commercial Basket Ball league yesterday afternoon added another game to Its string of victories and still retains first place In -tthe league, having won eight games and Jost none. Yesterday they snowed the Omaha National bank team under an avalanche of SO points to tho bankers' 10. The Omaha High School of Commerce team, which has mndo a reputable show ing thus far, dropped a gamo to the United States National bank boys by tho score of 18 to 11 In one of the fastest gumea played In the league since Its origin. The bankers took tho lend in the first half of the game and held the stu dents to no baskets or even a foul, but In the second halt the high schoolers came back strong and held tho hankers close-while they ran up a total of eleven points. When the whistle blew the Com mercial lads were Just getting their sec ond wind and were going like a machine. The flrat game was a walkaway for tho creamers. MoAVllllams. the left for ward for the winning team, played a wonderful gome, shooting eight baskets, four coming the first half and a llkj number In the second. Deems, the right forward, was close onto his teammate's heels with Beven baskets. AVeigql, the star guard, shot four baskets. Following Is tho lineups of both games;. First - game: FAIRMONTS. Deems r.f. MoWllIlams ...UF.I Hetler a Nubev .-nn AVelgle-Qulnlan.I.a. necona game: HIGH. L.r, R.F. C. IG R.G. COM Detrlng Swanson I.lnn .... Joy .... Brought OMAHA NAT. R.F. Busslng- Sandberg li-V- Beck B,n... Torell L.G Bender C. Hawklnp-Yongcr U. S. NATIflNAT L.F Rainev R.F Armburst C... SJolin IG Vickery R.G Soegard IOWA CITY. la., Dec. 1o.-(Speclal.)-The medical faculty of the state university ns well as foot ball authorities, oro watching with great Interest the result of the operation performed during thi last week upon Glenn Simons, the star halfback and track man of Drake uni versity nt Des Moines. It has been as sured now that Simons will bo ablo to resume his athletic activities by the first of the track season, although It was feared for a time that his training days were over. In order to make .this pos sible, however, Drs. O. J. Fay and Thomas Burcham, dealt In one of the most unusual cases ever brought to thn attention of Des Moines' physicians, in connection with the physical care of an athlete. The ailment, In plain terms, Is an os sified muscle found In Simons' "punt ing" legr Fibers-tii tho muscle had been found to have changed to bono and could easily bo distinguished In their hardened shape by, the use of the X-ray. Dy tho operation performed theso fibers wero removed and tho remaining fibers bound together again. It now only remains for theso to heal together and Simons will be a free man. Ho has been kept from foot ball practically the cntiro season on account of this Injury. Only one other case similar to this has ever been recorded in the history of foot ball In this state. The Injury Is always brought about by a hard blow to the muscle and Is lgnorantly known among players as a "Charley horse," al though much different In form from what a "Charley horse" Is commonly supposed to be. Simons' Injur', previous to his operation, consistently refused to heal. NOTABLE GOLFERS ENTERED IN HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT PINEHURST, N. C. Deo. lB.-Entries for the ninth annual holiday golf tourna ment, scheduled for December 27-31, In clude Robert Ii. Hunter of Midlothian, former tntercollegiato champion, and his cousin, Paul Hunter. AValter J. Travis will head the Metropolitan delegation, whjle Parker AV. AVhlttemore and George ll. Crocker of Brookllne will represent Massachusetts. Ifenry C. Fownesr and others from Pennsylvania will participate. Urn Star Fly Cop is Landed m Jail The ambitions of a budding young de tective were nipped when Louis Camboy of Is Angeles was sentenced to spend thirty days In the county Jail. Camboy said he had heard of tfic death of J. J. Delight In this city and came here ex pressly to solve the problem as to whether death was due to accident or other causes. He expected to solve the mystery and then get a little piece of money for It However, he was arrested at the postofflce on a charge of va grancy, after he had made several de ductions, according to himself. What these deductions amounted to he refused to disclose. He says he will not in vestigate the sanitary conditions of the county JalL Pioneer Resident to Be Buried Today Mrs. Florinda S. Briggs, aged 71 years, wife of the late James U Briggs, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Briggs, 1130 Burdette street, Fri day morning. Mrs. Briggs had lived in Omaha forty-two years. She is survived by one son. Arthur. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the resi dence of her daughter at 3 o'clock and from the Clifton Hill Presbvterii church at 2:99 o'clock. Connell Contends , . His Automobile is Not Expensive Health Commissioner R. AV. Connell believes his automobile is less expensive io the taxpayers than any other auto owned by the -city In proportion to the work It does. Every head of depart ment of city government with one ex ception has a machine. Officials employ chauffeurs at vrom $S0 to $125 a month. Connell -operates his own machine. "Yesterday," said Dr. Connell, "on city business, two seven-mile trips were made to the detention nospltal with smallpox cases, two to the emergency hospital, one to St. Joseph hospital, one to Nineteenth and Burt streets, one to the East Omaha rendering plant, one to Eleventh and Bancroft streets to look after sewer connections, four to Twenty ninth and Decatur streets to look after smallpox cases and put under quarantine four exposed cases. "Nearly as much work Is done Sun days, as the health office never closes. "Also, take Into consideration the fact that this automobile Is driven over all kinds of roads, the roughest streets, In all sorts of weather, and you will not be surprised that it costs nearly $2 a day." Dr. Connell says the pay to chauf feurs to operate other city machines Is equal to almost twice the sum he spends each month for repairs. The city commission will be asked by the health commissioner to appropriate $323 which, applied with the automobile on the cost of a new machine, will buy another automobile to- .replace the one tho commissioner has been using for two years. Dr. Connell may also ask the commis sioners to purchase at a cost of $1,000 an ambulance for contagious diseases. Ho cbjeets to . hauling smallpox and other contagious cases In his auto, which Is difficult to properly fumigate. Park Commissioner Hummel's auto mobile cost a total of $571.7S this vear. In addition to-the chauffeur, who Is paid $S5 a month. .Other city machines cost approximately as much. M00SERS PLAN BIG PROGRESSIVE DINNER A Joint meeting of the executive com mittee of the Douslas Countv ltnouiv.it club and the executive committee of the progressive party of Douglas county was held In the I'axton hotel yesterdav. whn It was decided to have a Droeresslve niriv New Year's dinner Thursday night, Janu ary 2, to which all members of the party In the city will be Invited. It Is expected to have some rood xru.nl-. Ing. reports from the recent Chicago con ference and other matters of interest for the progressiva party. Form Athletic Association. ATIjANTA, Neb.. Dec. 15. (Special Tel egram.) The Atlanta Athletic association was organized last night with a member of sixty-two. It Is the Intention of the nssoclutlon to Install an up-to-ate gym nasium. W AV. Hedlund was chosen ?iresldont, J. T. Bauer, secretary, and S. I. Pattlson, treasurer. I M A POINT f OROEK Christmas gifts from this men's store are always "in order." We want to impress up on the minds of Omaha people this fact: We are not "high priced" but w j do assure our customers that every suit, oA'ercoat, hat or article of furnishing goods in our store is absolutely new, correct in style, and brim ming with the highest quality that is compatible with the price at which Ave sell it. We spare no effort to give every customer the most courteous treatment and efficient service. Yule-tide Hints, House coats and robes, $4.50 to $18; Shaker knit sweaters and jerseys, $1.50 to $8.50; neckwear tubular four-in - hands, imported broadsilks and English handknits, 50c to $3; gloves, mufflers, hosiery, combina tion sets and leather nov elties. Come to this different store that emphasizes superior quality. NAGEE & DEEMER 413 8. Sixteenth. Omaha Lineal "7' -tr