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FART SIX SPORT SECTION PAGES ONE TO FOUR VOL. XL1I-NO. 27 Omaha High School1912 Basket Ball. Team Ready for Hard ... I. ,-- .,1.1 II - I....' I I - I ! II I .I.... I CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM IS PROMISED OMAHA Rourke Team Next Season Will Be Practically Same as Last Sea son, Says Owner. .NEW OUTFIELDER IS WANTED To Make Outfield Fast a New Gar dener Will Be Added. OLD INFIELD IS UNCHANGED Same Faces Will Be Seen on Bases as Appeared Last Season.. ( .ROURKE AFTER TWO PLAYERS Tentative Denl Is Now Under "Way -"V Whereby a New Twlrler inii Outer Garden Mayer Will) Oe. Added to tfafSqand. .. ROURKE TEAM IN 1913. Pitchers-Bills, Fugate, Hicks, Rob , Inson, Beebe and Avo new .ones. Catchers Johnson, Gondlng, Arbo aast, Shoestak. First Base Kane. Second Base Schtpke. ' ' Shortstop Justice, Third Base Nlohoff. " ,. Center Field Thomason. Right Fleld-Coyle. Left Field To be named later. A base ball club of 'championship ma terial is to be offered tho Omaha fans ln'l'J13; according to.W.-A. Rourke, owner and president of the Omaha ball club. The story is told In brief in the foregoing box, Tho big boss returned a few days ago from Chicago, where he attended a meet ing of tho Western league club owners and gave out some Interesting information for the funs to gossip over for tho next few days to come. Chief of this informa tion was the announcement that he had entered Into a deal whereby ho would get a new pitcher and an outfielder. A pitcher could bp used here with great success, providing he was the right kind, but an outfielder is needed for the 1913 Hourke team. Mnny Arc Tried. There is no doubt but what Rourke needs a new outfielder, especially a man to hold down, the left field position.- Last year not a good man was used in the left garden. Schoonover was released beforo the season opened. Later Bill Davidson was tried out at great expense to the lo cal club and was found wnntlng. It was shown beyond a doubt that Davidson had lost his snap and was no longer the Bill Davidson who cavorted around the left (Continued on Pge Three.) WARN MINOR LEAGUE CLUBS TO REVISE RESERVATIONS CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 21.-The Na tional Base Ball commission Issued an order here today instructing Its secretary to notify every minor league club whose reservation list exceeds the legal number of names to revise it and make It accord with section of article 7 of the national agreement. This section says that ex clusive of the manager and Ineligible players a National association club may carry the following number of players under reservation: Class AA. 30; class A, 28; clas B, Mi class C. 24; class D, 23. The commission reported the Kansas City, Milwaukee, Dallas and Beaumont qlubs to have violated the section. The Boston National league club was Instructed In a supplemental finning to pay Player J. W. Brady salary for twenty-five days, representing the period between the termination of the Southern and National league seasons. To Keeii Secretary. When President James McAleer of the Boston Red Sox announced that he would stand pat on his team for next year he meant it to include his secretary known as Rob McPoy-as well as manager and pin very Tiio mayor of Boston J should take notice. However, the Job of mascot Is t'.l or-tn. If Fitzgerald wishes to doll lli eu' 'Q penis ana i.ikb me juu. OiieiilujJ Dates Hooked. ' d.o. !tt"' ls v .1) c m . it . e" t o-.i ta on al he i ui. . '. " -vnh the Plilla itelri...i AU.ietie aru ne t ..'..v t . The NEBRASKA EIGHTEEN STRONG Coach Stiehm to Lead Large Party Here for Alumni Banquet. FORMER GRADS ALSO TO GATHER "Jim," "Batch," "Uag" and ".lawn" Will lie Amonnr Fnmoim Com hunkers Who Add Pun to ' the Oconslnn. Klghteen strong the Cornhusker foot ball squad, attended by, coaches, trainers, athletic board representatives and news paper men (Just as though they were go ing away for a gridiron battle) wlll come up from Lincoln on Wednesday, January. S, to attend the banquet which the Omaha alumni of the state university are arrang ing" In their' honor for this date. Coach Bwald Stiehm, the young foot ball tutor of the big team, notified the alumni ban quet committee yesterday that all prep arations for bringing the eleven to Omaha had been completed. .In addition tosthe Cornhusker foot ball nartv there - wllL also benvanv other Ne- braskarisfc fh attendance -from Lincoln.- Old "Dog" Eager, that popular mannsT of several years, Is coming alopg to meet all his friends In Omaha and those from out In the state who are also-arranging to bo on hand. Then ' there will bo Fred' Hunter, member of tho famous 1902 Corn husker team the one that licked Minne sota In those days when big teams wero at a premium. Hunter Coming;, Ton, Mr. Huriter. still one of tho young men of the state, Is superintendent of the Lin. coin public schools, and keeps close tab on Nebraska foot ball doings. James Harvey, who was captain of the Nebraska eleven that tied Minnesota in 1D0S . and tint beat Ame.i hero in Omaha li one of the most .popular .of the former 'Nebraska foot .ball leaders, John West- over, greatest tackle of former years, and now resident of Lincoln, la to come along with "Dog," "Butch" nnd "Jim." And there are going to bo. all kinds of other Lincoln Cornhuskers up for the big do ings. From out In tho state the high nchool youngsters are going to strenm into Omaha. Columbus yesterday notified the committee that It would ?end In Its cr.ew of foot ball players. Council Bluffs, our neighbor across tho river, and the only Iowa high school. In vited, has accepted the invitation and will add Its prefence to the occasion. Just all kinds of schools arc Interested and they all want to have their students repre sented. Theater hemline Aid. Omaha Is uniting with the alumni to make the banquet a success. Tho theater managers are lending their encourage ment. Ed Lee Wroth and his show will be here at the Oayety that week and sev eral of the performers from this attrac tion will put on a Bketoh for the enter talnment feature of the program. Kd Lee Is an Omaha boy and wants the local affnlr to be a big success. At the Krug "The Pace-Makers" will be the at traction and also will take part In the entertainment. The management of this show has been written and four or five of Its players are now getting up a "stunt" to put on before the alumni. All the amusement Is going to be of a clean, high class order with plenty of clean, rich fun. RNEW THE ANTI-FREEZE BY OCCASIONAL ADDITIONS "Experienced automobile owners who use their cars throughout the winter know how Important It Is to keep tho proper quantity of anti-freeze In the cool ing system," says 3t P. Davis of the Pioneer Implement company, the Jack son Automobile company's representative In this territory. "The simplest antl-freeze agent is alco hol, and It Is usually used in the propor tton of two parts alcohol to one pa it water when the first preparations are made i for winter driving. Alcohol, how ever, evaporates more rapidly than water, but the proper proportion can be main tained If, each time the radiator ia fl'.Hd a half-and-half solution of alcohol and water Is used. "A number of my acquaintances who drive during the winter months keep a -quantity of alcohol on hand, so It la no trouble to urn It when replenishing the cooling fluid in the radint .r. I) i.ntu red al' . hoi n. .irs (iii v -s c I a woe 'I il .i.J IS l' )..-, hut (l.Cu.. Ill co Omaha sIjnday tf A G&AUA, SUNDAY MORNING, DKCKMB10H 19111. THOMAS MILLS, Coach; EITC11, FLOT110W, t'L-Ai'Z, IJAl'MAiNiW UAKDIMUH. Ml 11 r ENROAD, Cnplain; HUGHS HOUSEK. THE BASKET BALL SQUAD A TTHE OMAHA NTMPfinQ WATTTNft FOR SNOW HIGH SCHOOL PACES A HARD SCHEDULE AFTER- THE CUlilTMAS HOLIDAYS. umimu ivm unuu UNDER COACH MILLS A MOST LIVELY TEAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND THE.with Duck, 0ut of the auestion STUDENTS PICK IT AS A SURE WINNER AGAINST NEIGHBORING I HGI I SCHOOLS.l Hunters Await the Rabbit. ' FAIRMONTS LAND THE FLAG Creamery Lads Finish Commercial Basket Ball League Undefeated. PHONE BOYS ARE SECOND BEST Ttvo (J n in en Yetrdnr Afternoon Cloned the Sermon, with Fair mont Ten in llnvlnar Won Nine StrnlKht. P. W. 1 Pet. Fairmonts 9 9 0 1.000 Nebraska Telephone Co.. 10 1 3 .700 Comemrclal High 9 5 . Omaha National 10 4 6 .40) U. H. National 10 3 7 ,.M0 Merchants National 10 1 9 .1W The Commercial basket ball league fin ished Ijgj Bsoson yesterday -afternoon with .tjyo fasftaijiesj". The Fairmont Crcaincry company' won Tts ninth" rtralgiit game by defeating the United States National bank team, by tho scoro 6f 34 to 7. Tho Fulr mon team won every game It played and ohded at the head of, tho league with ia, prefect percentage. The second gamo yesterday was-won, by the Omaha National bank team, which took the United States National Into camp to the tuno of 15 to 6. Tho Unltod, States team played good, ball In both, games, bu tcould not make field goals when they had tho opportunity. In tho first game tho Fairmont team took tho lead at the Jump and at, the end of tho first half tho score Btood 22 to 2. In tho second .half the bankers got but five points, while the victors ran up u total of twelve more. . The lineups: FAIRMONTS. V. S. NAT LS. Deems L.F.1F Ralney McWllllam s...R.F.R.F Smith Qulllaii .t. R.F. Mettler C.C SJolln C Armbrtut Neuby L.G. L.G Baumbuch L.G Solguard Welgel R.G.R.U Vlckery L S. NAT'LS. OMAHA NAT' LS. Ralney(C) L.F.L.F Torrell Armbrust R.F.H.F (C) Bu3-lng SJolln C.t' Hawkins Socgaard UO.iLG.... Beek-Bender Vlckoy R.G.;R.O Sandburg It.G Mullls.. Symes Beats Sciple in Billiard Tourney Stnnillnur f I'lnrcrs. P. W. 1. Pet. Calm a 2 0 1000 Chambers 2 1 1 .6 McCoy 2 1 1 .MO Symes 2 1 1 .S9J Sciple 2 0 2 .'JO" Harry Symes laft night defeated E. S. Sciple in the filth round of the 16.2 balk line billiard tournament, 300 to 225 In eighty-one innings. Symes' high run was thirty-four, while Sclplo made a high run of seventeen. TWO BILLIARD TOURNEYS ARE STAGED BY SYMES With billiards row occupying a promin ent place In Omaha sport circles, Harry Symes, tho local billiard sharp, has de cided to put the game on firm basis in Omaha. On January 15 he will start a three-cushion billiard tournnment. Any one who knows the game of bil liards In the least will agree that three cushion billiards Is one of the hardest and mrst uncertain "games. Tho greatest 18.2 talk line bllllardlsts In the country are novices at HiIh game and seldom make a high run of over four or five. Tho culst playing the game must be familiar with the varlo-is kinds of shots In order to even get the right kind of "speed" on the ball. Following tho above mentioned tourna ment, will be a handicap (tournament jo 13.2 balk line billiards. Many of the local players did not enter tho present tourrament due to the fact that they d'd nit feel auallfled to battle with such players as Calm, Symes. McCoy and Chambers, but If given a handicap of even a small margin, over a score of Omaha bllllardlsts hv agreed to take part In tho tourney. This tournament will probabllv start Immediately follow- I Ir.K the three, urhl n tournament uvr lit(f u tuc Io.j to Lawmakers May Be Asked to Legalize Boxing in Nebraska Ono of (he many Important bills which wilt bo brought up for pnsRago at the coming legislature will bo a bill for the legalltlng of ten-round boxing bouts. In tho state of Nebraska. The various representatives in the stnto have been approached on tho subject and many who have been seen on tho matter seom to favor such a bill. Tho bill will provide for the singing of fights bsfore bonaflde athletic rlubR. It will also provide for boxing oxhlbl I tlons only not to oxceed ten .rounds nnd under no circumstances wlUthero be a ' decision. Tho' TjIII VwouldibeV similar to tthnt under whlcirKew-York cpnduots-its boxing matohes. A box commission Is ono of the features of tho New York law which would be embraced In the bill presented to the coming legislature. This commission Is composed of reputable sporting men of the state, "whose duty It would be to in vestigate nny violation of tho law. Trotter Mill iltn llnlu. LEXINGTON, Ky. Dec. 21 Jt was an nounced today that Kllpatrlck, 2:15, a trotter, has been purchased from his owner, W. B. D. Stokes, by Dr. A. Mnro soff of St. Petersburg. Kllpatrlck Is by Peter the Great, and will be shipped to Russia for racing purposes Immediately, The prlco Is said to have been fU.OOO. PICKED FOR HALF BACK ON THE ALL-NEFRJISKA TEAM. C APT.MN PAW This husky boy Is halfback i.inl cap tain of the Grand Islund college team nnd has bren picked by Coaches Hoists of Bellevuo end Mon-ow of Grand Island a-i halfback on lie Ail-Nebraska team. ; His .ll.e i luiit(ij ai. l r ,'t .slve work wero e..t ! lu tvri sai,n he pl-Tjed this j er. FAME FOR CORNHUSKERS! Thr.ee Nebraskans Placed on Roll of Honor in Outing Magazine. ENTIRELY OVERLOOK MICHIGAN i:li;lit WInimiiihIii rim! Nl llnrvn'rd Pln-er Seleeteil, While Knnnnn. loiTn nnd Mlmourl Ainu (in I ii lleeiifrnllloii. Three University of Nehrnsku foot ball players Harmon, tackle; Pearson, guard, nnd Purily,'' fullback aio placed on 'the roll of honor, which appears In tho Jan uary Issuo of Outing magazlno In connec tion with n review nnd unnlysls of tho 1912 season. i Jlpllko . the' All-American selectloni!.; of j .Walter Camp and several other honor. elevens, which originated in me cast.ni roll of honor gives places to many wpstr j ern men. No attempt Is ihtulo to rank tho playern according to comparative ability, but the list Is Hindu of men ex celling In their respective positions. Eight llndicei'N : Keeled. Under this codification, Wisconsin, champion of the ' Big Nine" conference .colleges, secures eight names n tho list, 'while Harvard, which vanquished both Yalo and Princeton and generally was accounted tho champion of the eust, has nix players. Princeton gets four places nnd Chicago tlnce. The local players naiued are Vruwinck, end; Dos Jaidlcn, center, nnd Norgren, Jialfbuck. Tho list. Is noteworthy also In that pre sentations are given to northwestern Iowa, Nebraska nnd Kansas, which have Jwo representatives, ns comparing with a pair from Dartmouth. Brown, Ponu sylvnnla and Ynle, In tho east. Michigan, however, Is entirely overlooked, contrary to tho best opinion of critics, who have seen the Wolvertlnes In nctlon. High tower of .Northwestern Is named among tho quarterbacks, and lemke among the lmllbncks. Tho roll of honor follows. ENDS. O'Hearn, Cornell Ofstle. Wisconsin Jourdet, VruwIiiK, Chicago Pennsylvania Itomelsler, Yaio Urownlec, Kansas. Very. Penn State Hoeffel, Wlsconrlii AshDaugh. Brown TACKLKb. Barton, Missouri Storer. Harvard BurnKnm, linnsa Dovore, Army Hat "noli. Nebraska Probst, Hyniouso DaVis. Indiana ,,1".V",a'w.r'Cl0ii0nn Enilenorn. liutlcr, Wisconsin Uartmouiu nmiiM. wm Guards. Pear.-on. Nebraska I'ennock. Harvard Jeleln, Wisconsin Urown, Navy tian.on. Iowa CKKVKJt Dca Jardlen. Morgan, Vandcrbllt Chicago Utuethcnthal. Pnrmenti;r, Harvaxd Princeton Ketcoam. Yale- .,,..r,1.n Ql'AllTEUBACKS. Hurst. Ames. Gillette, Wisconsin. Lewis, Williams. Baker, Princeton. Hlghtower, North Roues. .Navy. western. Crowther, Blown. HALFBACKS. Simons, Drake. Thorpe, Indians. Van Riper, Wlscon- Baker, Princeton.. gtl MoAlmon, Minnesota Oliphant, Purdue. iJimke, Northwest Norgren. Chicago. em. ' Morey, Dartmouth. Knoebel, Missouri. Brlckley, Harvard. HardaHu, Vuuderbllt Hardwlck. Har'urd FULL BACKS. McGlnnls, Inwa. 'i anbury, Wlbroi:n. Mercer, 'eniis I-Wnndell, Hurvurd. vanla. Miiuthe, Ponu State. Purdy, Nebraska Ue Witt, Princeton. PITTSBURGH ASKsTwAIVERS UPON VETERAN OUTFIELDER CHICAGO. Dei' 21. Waivers have been asked op Mike Donlln, tho veteran out fielder of the Pittsburgh club.. As yot no club has refused to waive on him and It appears that he Is due to return to the minors Donlln did well at the bat for Htts burgh last year until he broke a toe and was forced to sit out most of thn remainder of the Beason on the bench, Nor was Ills fielding as fast before liW Injury a in former years. Ruinora have been ourrent during tho winter that Donlln might become a mana ger next year, and If he lands suoh a position he may never retur to the smaller leagues as a player. More Itenl Dupe. A suggeMlon comes from Kansas City that Joe O'Hrlen recently deponed secre tar.v of the New York Giants, may be tho successor of Tip O'Neill as president of the Western league. They'll have the American association a.id tfc Western league consolidated yet. Bee SINGLE PLENTY OF GEESE IN SOUTH Iteiaarknlile Tnlrn Kninnntiiiw fj.om Trim, Where t.nrnl Men llnve lluntcil nnd Ilronuht llnek lllnls I. j- llnrrol. It Is the same old story, bright, balmy weather and no hunting of any Bort. While a few ducks have been killed dur tug tho Inst weok at Isolated points In tho snndhtllB, there has been absolutely no blnls nlong either the Platte or Mis souri rivers. Even tho Cannda geese, always fairly abundant nlong these Btrenms,at this season of tho year, and epeclnllyNiien tho weather Is good nnd tho feeding grounds not covered with biiow, hovo only been consplclous by their absence. Never Blnr.o Nebraska has bijon n state, or at least within tho memory of .the anient Inhabitant, who is ninicieu - i.ii.iip. inir. iuiyi. meet uhjb been as scarce nlong lhn Inrger streams li..... loiVKij as If tho wild geese. so "fur as Nebraska sportsmen are' con cerned Is little better than a fnblo. Numerous pnrtles have be.en out with iii,. tinnn of ii llttlo winter shooting, but UHUiilly they have been disappointed. Con Young, Georgo Redlck and Frnnk iliislcall.Ntnil their tents pitched Tor two weeks upon the formerly famous goose I'rnMiuiK nnir Teknmnh. and two blr4 were nil they brought to bag. Realizing thore was no chance for sport on the Missouri, they switched for tho Platte nenr Kehuvler. whero they have been off nnd on for the laBt two weeks with tho net result of something like a dozen red-legged mnllunls, but not a goose. They did have one flock onto tho docys on Wednesday evening InBt, but over eagerness on the part of oim of tho unntlnmen. siiolled tho opportunity and they came homo Saturday In dlsgusl. Charlo Dollnrhlde of Wolbach, i.n en ihtiinliisilo sunner. says It Is tho samo along tho Iwiup; but few blrdB and no geeso worth mentioning. He assures. i.nii.nv.r. thnt two small boys r nldlng down the rivor knocked five Cnnndas out of a flock that flow over them, while they were husking corn. It Is different, however, down south, for tho reports have It that there never wero more ducks nnd geese, nnd the shooting Is good nnd has been ever slnco early In October. Frank Pnrmoloo and George English returned from Rockport. Tex., it couple of dnys ago, and they tell soino greet stories about the fine Canada shooting they had. The shot on the samo grounds, whero Oeorgo A. Hoag land and Ncls Updlgo made their big kill tho week before. Like these two gentle men. Frnnk nnd English, brought home a barrel of nice fat birds all picked and dressed and ready for the oven. Billy Hoagland entertained a little hunch of sportsmen 'coming In a car from Dundee yesterday by telling them about tho big goose dinner ho had oa the re sult of a present of a couple of the big Cnnadas brought' from Texas by his father a short time ago. Frank levering will hold his usual old fashioned shooting match over at Town send park tomorrow. Ho htt several hun drcd turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens on hand, and expects a big crowd. Notwithstanding that hunters have had no hunting snows yet. reports received ... ..At, rlixf mil lit H Indicate an abund- ance of rabbits. So, far, however, but few have been killed, and hnrdly any have been offered on tho markets. John Longstrcth and Bob Young, residing on the liver above Florence, hud a fine old coon hunt ThurBday night, with their famous dogs, Belle Meade and BUI Tuft They run three coons up one three and got them all. ono u whale, weighing eighteen pounds. They struck the trail of thn big fellow in the bottom alonff the river, to which the old ring tall took three times, but couldn't throw the dogs off, and they finally put him up the big cottoiiwood. in whloh the two others had already taken refuge, Umpires Announced. At the International leaKue meeting In New York, Presldont Bdwurd a. Barrow announced the slgnlns of Umpires Gerald Hayes from tho American association, Jack O'Toole fiom the Western league and 12. S Qulgley from the New York State league and tho release of Umpire Y. J. Byron to the National leaguu sport COPY FIVE CENTS. Schedule CLAPP IS REPLACED Blf JUMBO STIEHM Coach Goes to New York to Repre sent Cornhuskers in Collegi ate Association. CLAPP STEPS DOWN AND OUT Chancre Meets with Approval of Students at State Sohool. NO STATEMENT IS MADE PUBLIC Athletics Now to Be Given a Boost All Along the Lines. SCHEDULES ARE BEING MADE UP llnsket Hull Team to Met Into Four teen (Slimes Drirlntr the Winter, " Hh Most or Them nnOirr (ftWrOnVa. LINCOLN, Nob., Dec. 2t.-(8peclal.) Prof., Jt. G, Clnpp's retirement from a controlling1 position In shaping tho ath letic policies of the University of Ne braska became a reality today, when It became known that Coach Rwatd O. Jtlehm would represent the Cornhuskent at the National Collegiate association meetings to- bo held In New York Cttv during the ChrlstrmtB holidays. Stiehm will leave Lincoln the first of tho week to bo present at the sessions, which will bring together representatives from all of the leading colleges and uni versities of the land. Whllo tho associa tion does not have within Us scope the drafting of rules to govern collegiate sports, It does havo a strong Influence In 'slinplnsr tho nthletlo policies of tho big schools. It was hero that Dr. Clapp lent his support toward advancing so-called puri fied athletics, TTs well as at tho meetings of the Missouri Valloy conference. Stiehm will Jlkowlse replace Dr. Clapp as th Nebraska rehresontntlve at the remainder of the meetings to which tho Cornhuskers will send n delegate, It Is asserted by those on the Insldo of the affairs of the athletic board. Pollc-leo Sot Mltcd. Clapp's retirement meets with the hearty approval of both undergraduate and alumni students of tho university Ills unsympathetic representation of the Cornhusker Interest at tho collegiate meetings has been a thorn in the side of those who lelleve that purified policle have been carried a trifle too far In tho Missouri valley rchools. Whether he will continue to servo on the board us a faculty representative at tho conclusion of his present term Is a question that Is bothering his opponents Just now. Should he enre to remain a member of thp board stripped of his power as he will be In the future Is only a matter of conjecture. Dr, Clapp has made no statement since the Omaha alumni opened the fight against him some weeks ago by passing resolutions denouncing his attitude in university nthlotlcs. Stiehm will return to Lincoln Immedi ately after the New York meeting. The basket ball season at Nebraska opens In earnest when the students return from the Christmas holidays. The Missouri valley conference rule havo forbidden even practice games until after theflrst of the year and as a result the Corn husker squad has been compelled to de vote Itself only to floor work. Stiehm returned from Minnesota tho first of the week whero ho arranged for basket ball games with the Gophers and a track and field meet to be held n Lincoln. With the scheduling of the Gopher (Continued on Page Two.) CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL TEAM STARTS FOR COAST CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Wendell Phillips High school foot ball team left last night for Portland, Ore., where they will meet the Washington High school squad of that place on Christmas day. In addition games will be played during the trip wltlt the Boise (Idaho) and Astoria,. (Oregon) High school elevens. Six substitutes and Coach Hugh L. Day accompanied the team. Buck Kssjg, one of the regulars, and an all-star high school end. was un able to make the trip "because of Jllnes&i 1