THE OMAHA SrXIUY IWK: l-'hUIHWltt 2. 1013. And Now Jeff Knows All About Turkish Furniture Drawn for The Bee by "Bud" Fisher i . - - i jk,ih. f, VJGyr6R.DrVY BUT VV6 GOT S CMANte NOW TO GET THn.ee thousand dollar. B6 l2.. i GOTTA HAJN tLU NVJTT. t N: HURR.X- rATY, USNO Me 30. I JOST FOUND A P09R.TUR.K VJItH N AMVIQUE TURKiSH CHMROV6R IO00 YtTrSRS OLD. IT OS 6D TO BELONG "TO A fcUCTAN. TH6 TURK. l R.OK and V46H.L sen. ir for. ao. WE CAN SGUU IT IN ANSR.'lCft FOR. THR.ee THOUS AMt e5,Y rU. GO Look vt r- ;, t Hate, to tvvrt VMITK.LT BtCAUbC-JT WAi , GIV6N TO KY ANCESTORS BN SULTAM AQDUU OLStN OveR A THCAJJfVND GAR.i AGO, BUT I'U-TAKC IT. H6K.'i AND THfiN G&Y IT NOIAE 11 1 1 k y lk- 07 1 : . , ' ---- 1 . -, 'Judgments CHANGE HAS NEW SCOUT PLAN NO charges of professionalism can In any way dUn tins honor unil esteem In which Jimmy Thorpe is lipid by the American people; neither can his conviction (or his noble confession), detract one bit of luster from the. awards which ho has been given by all the world. The speech less medals- nnd trophies, of course, are taken away from hjni hollow honors that tliry are: but tho records-Mho achieve ments of that splendid physical machine that conquered sport on all fatuous fields of athletic endpavhr. will nlwnva tnnrl In their true place in tho mind of tho Most Complete System Ever Origi nated for Finding Phenoms. TO REGARD ALL TIPS GIVEN BILLIARDS T0CHANGE FORM! 1 National Association Has Put Han on . Sanction at Tournaments. 1 Three Men .Malntnliinl for SnerUil I'lirponr of Itnniilnir Koivn Ink lliiH" of Extraordinary Hut I'likminn I'lnyern. NEW YOnK. Feb. 1. Frank Chance !s perfecting the most complete "scouting" system ever attempted In base ball. Whui all of the details have been arranged It will mean that not a player of merit. American sport-loving world. A king's en- i whether he be performing on,tho edge of tna isvcrgiaaes or norma or 'omlunr withstands the mandate of tech I ichI sporting law. .llmmy Thorpe Is 1 1 1 1 ' the athletic wonder of the world. but he has learned that a college student cannot be a "professional" and an "amateur" at the ame time. The arrangement of the six Western league teams to do their Bprlng training within playing distance of each other Is II good one, It seems to us; one of the best of which we have ever heard. It should give these teams an advantage over tho other two. we think, and we wonder why they don't get in on tho plan, too. This spring training program Is one of the many outside signs of base ball's stability and prosperity. Tlmo was when even major league teams did little' or no preliminary work, and It was only recently thut minors began to. But you find no up-to-date Class A team today that cares to hazard Us fortunes without going1 through a systematic course of spring training. So 'Murphy was only bluffing when ho threatened to Insert a prohibition pledge In every contract. - He can well afford ti trust to luck. If he gets a team anything like he has hud for these seven year? with four pennants and two world's flags, And, there Is no denying thus far, froni the looks of things, that the Cubs will have a strong lineup. They have 'added xtrepgth In Breanahan, surely, out whether they will be able to dojwhat tile old Cubs have none oh, that Is-pnoth'or question. Strong Individuals have, some-, times failed to make winning teams, ye knabw. : This recent warm weather got pow'f'.il tantalizing to Colored Oeorge, who had nil he could do to keep away from those ild third baso stands. One day when a little bird got to twlttorltig George 'went nit to sec what he could that looked Ilk-) iUBe bull, and he saw ?chtpke. "I caln't .Htanii this m'ucVruoe," exclaimed George, is lie ron to ftick drotto for relief. They iad to talic. the 'Skipper qilt ot his sight. Richie Worries Jurphy Our sympathies to Bill, Jim and Dava llourkc In passing of their verferablcN mother, w'ho always showed a mother's pride In the succoss of her boys. She liked the great game with which they have so long been honorably associated, and went to tho'olu park regularly .before Kuthor Time laid his hand heavily upon her. I'eaco to her abul. We are In receipt of a letter from a Chicago base ball writer, saying: "Mur Phv Is getting In worse with the base ball public ot Chfcago every day." No one wonders. Murphy h'as done about every thing he could to offend the base ball public the people who havo mado hm rich, and there Is this about fans they will suffer long, but not alaways. Itourkc may land Congalton for the left field opening. He is angling for him nnd If he gets him will have a man worth hav(ng. Congalton has done great work In the American association, last with Tolexjo, stud should bring strength to Omuhu. C'nnpalton. Thomason and Coyle would make spa outfield. Uarih Wagner, now libopt 42, thinks he will' be able to stick around tho .300 mark again thl season. No doubt, for lie nns stuck ther fur seventeen consecutive sea ion. oNeept when he ranged up nearer the .400 mark. The Old Grman Is a liv ing -'fwpument for what the slmplo life will do for ball players. Sure thing methods have spoiled an , uther haven for the professional sports, since' California Is about to drive "the boxers from the state. The gambler' has klTe.dj every sport he has yet gotten ft hold an. . Tre merry call of the- bug Is In the air, despite the weathrer. It Is only a couple wck t'l( word will be coming from the training enmps, so wht cares for the magna'te'a worn ? Can It be that the Omaha fans are get. .ting wise? Only $ taken n-at the doo at a yrestllng match wou,ld maKe pne think so.' And It's pretty nearly time, U that. Vnypow, those other athletes who only w jimpiy Thorpe's back at Stockholm, Mill agree that he U some runner. messed Is base ball, for It Is out of the clutches of the surethipg tinhorns. Can't you see Nlehoff stealing third, right now? Come on, you April days! Kvn the tennis players are perking up. In tho tlm ber lands of Ore'gon. will escape tho notice of tho manager of the New Tork Ameri can league base ball club. Negotiations with agents whose per spicacity In detecting major league null Ity, even though hidden "by the rougliues-i of unperfected playing, Is known to have been opened In all minor leagues. Thoae agents will be Instructed to Inform Ohaii"c Just as soon ns a youngster has been lo cated who possesses the qualifications which would warrant a trial In fast com pany. When notifications have been le celved by Chanco he will personally look over tho player, If possible, and If im possible for him to attend to the matter directly, one of the club's regular bcoiifi will make tho Inspection. If the player passes muster for the second time he will be procured, If ho Is procurable, in re turn for their services the agents are !o receive a certain sum whether the player is retained or not, and If the player "makes good" an additional bonus will be paid the "tipster." To follow Up Tips. Two or three regularly employed scouts will tie engaged by the club, und It will be the duty of these men to follow up tho tips forwarded from all parts of the coun try. They will devote their entire time to this phase of the work. The principal feature of tho system Is the "gumshoe" tactics to be employed. Agents and scouts alJUo, are to bo kept nd,er. cover. . Their names will not be divulged'. All business Is to bo conducted 'secretly. r' Chanco believes that the best results' can be obtained without hiring a bran band to announce the arrival of one of his representatives In a town where a prospective big leaguer Is performing. Tho employment pf this secret system by Chance Is a vindication ot those old timers who have ulways nialntalrmd that "gumshoeing" la mpre effective Inan the open scouting which has become so prev alent during recent years. The situation In tht- -American league will be watched with a vast deal of ln terest for a number of reasons. One of thoso reasops Is that the signing of Chance to handle the New York Ameri cans means that' the league Is going to make desperate efforts to place a winner In the metropolis. Good sign.- t Hans Wagner Says Pittsburgh Will Be the First Violin NEW YORK, Feb. l.-Plttsburgh Is il ready being called the dark horse ot tho 1913 pennant base ball pennant race. Hans Wagner, captain, of the Plratos, regards the Gjantx also as a dark horse, though he figures hi own tram oe the real Black Beauty. According to Wagner, Elttsburfch Is going to play first violin In the National league orchestra, with New York grinding out minor notes n the second fiddle. He Is convinced that N?w York Is the contender In the race. , Marty O'Toole. tho big wage getter. Is relied, upon to do great things for the I'lrate tills year. Hendrls. who led -he National leagqe pitchers last season, will endeavor to' repeat his performance. Wagner hlmsolf will be seen at his old stand, and lie experts to be Just as good ax he ever was. Banrlle'Has a Good Von Der Ahe Yarn t J r- "Speakln,g qf old Chris Von Uer Ahe, president of th.e old-time 8L Uwls Browns," mused Frank Handle, count register of dees. and himself a grand old. catcher - year ago, "1 knew Chrl well, mot him often and. Ilk all his friends, thought much of him. ; "His generosity broke, hlhi. that's 'true, yet If he got an notion In his head con cerning money pr anything pise, It was hard to get it oit. Ope day we were pUylng the Browns In Bt. Louis. Our treasurer and Chris disputed over 50 cents In the gate receipts. Chris w4s sure It belonged to him. Finally they agreed to leave It to the winning team, Chris was In the little old cnb house off to the right, his head thrust through a small window wachlng the game. "It was the last of the ninth. We were at bat with a- man on. Then the batter hit safely. Chris saw It and ex claimed: "Dore goos my 30 cents and der game mlt It," withdrew his head from the aperture and strolled off In disgust. NEW P00KET PLAYS IN ORDER (niiu- l.liult Is Ititlnril nnd llrrenftrr Alt lnnlfiiri Wtlt L'kp I'nee Unit llrruk, .Mm I im I'rnfessloii- I ill Nom Do. NEW YOUK. Feb. l.-Tlie National Asssciutlon of Amateur Billiard Flayers has decided to do uwny with the old form of sanction required foi till tournaments and matches. Toiirn inients In the future may now be lield with optlunnl endorse ment by that body. The leferee. how ' ever. mut be a member "of the iikmm'Iu- ' tlon. Till legislation (cimies uk i. -er .if of the recent meeting of tho National ' AcFooiatlon of Aniat'ur Dili laid I'Uners. nt which harmony pro-, tilled. Another change decided upon was that the pocket billiard flnt.l nuitcheji must be played In u eluh mul not in a public mum Thn preliminary contests may he p!.yi-d in the latter, however. Also. It was de cided thut undir no clrcumstunces might n foreign player be Invited to compete in thn American balkllne championship ' llegntdlng propose! changes In Kcket billiard play, then- was some heated dls-1 qussIoii led by Arthur llvhwn, tjnl Udwanl Gray and the pocket bllllunt coi-tlngent won Its point to rule tho gtime limit in tournaments from too balls 'to VJ3 The match limit nlso was fixed tit 400. fifteen iuicli tho first and second nights and 160 each the final night. It was also decided thai hereafter the umdtoilrs will also use the face ball brcuk. the siime-u tho pro fessionals do. The proposed rules rclat-j fug to safety plays and the penalty pro 'vlded for Jumping bulls from the table have been stricken from the rule The class,' C 18.2 balkllne tournament is ticheduled to begin on Monday. February 10; the class H 18.2 uajkllne uli February 21 (ind the preliminary matches for the pocket billiard tltls on March lu. the three-cushion oli-iuiploiiship on Maivh 21 and the. cushion carroin tournament on March 31. The now rules will iippb to each of these tournaments. As all ol the suspended players have been duly rein stated, tlie entry list promises to bo repre sentative of the. best wlelders of the u In this country. Only two of the championships will lie decided in the rooms of prominent e.ubs tho class A 1S.2 balkllne title ami the finul matches for the honors ut pocket billiards. Tlw former Is scheduled to be gin March 3 and the latter on March 17 Omaha Gun Club to Hold Weekly Shoot For Prizes Today Tho first regular weekly shoot of thi Omahii Gun club will bo pulled off this ! afternoon at the club'B grounds Just cast of the Douglas street bridge, with nt eBt thirty entries. Shooting will start promptly ot 1:30 nnd twcply-flve targets will bo Bhot nt by each contestant. In' order to raise funds with which to Improve the club giounds and build a new club house the nlmrods bave decided to hold shoots every Sunday afternoon beginning today and lasting until after the Great Western handicap, which will bo held In thiscity during tho latter part of September. Frres will be offered for the winners of each shoot every Sunday. The prizes will consist ot solid silver spoons. Tlio nlpirod having the largest number of spoops when the hunting s'ea son opens this fall will iccelvo a grand prize of a case of shotgun shells. Tlio mctnhershtp fee Itas-beeji Increased from $1 to $2. Thin 'includes membership In the state association. The extra money will be used for the erection of a new club house, which will be finished hfijre tho Great Western handicap Is pulled pff This handicap tournament will be the largest affair of Its klpd In the west this" year and the Omaha" men nrc plan nine n loyal good time. Some of the greatest professional shots In' the country will be In attendance, although they will not be allowed to compete for prltes. I It is the desire of the plnb members to pull down the shack now hsed for a club houso and which has stood 'for num- i br 'Of years, and which .lias commenced to fall apart In places. The new club houso will be much larger present one nnd will liavo a women which will be richly and decorated. A lunch or dining room will be an- j other feature and. the nintrods attending I Vournaments In the future will not have to stop shooting for an hour or two every day U come to Omaha or go to Council Bluffs for lunch. Shooting will continue through the lunfch hour, ' one bunch, eating wtillq another set Is firing away at the traps. imu&mk. "V mi '-I i M Vv. . tvH ?tf?ii3B . I 3 :IT- J TO KOLEHMMNEN IS ABSOLUTE WEST POINT IS . OMITTED i Recent Victory Makes Him Great- Yale Does Not Include Its Foot Ball est-of i Distance Runners. 1 Team in Schedule of Games. IS i ENTIRELY "SELF-MADE" i REASON IS NOT' .KNOWN Lurid Low" nichle. the "Giant Killer" of tho Chicago Cubs' pitching staff. Klchie Ik looked .upon as tho comedian qf the ChlcliKo outfit, hut his failure ( return u tout met sinned to Owner Char Irv Murphy Is' causing that much ma ligned magna In to worry. Hlchle Is one of the most effective pitchers In the Na tional league when twilling against tile Giants, and for this renson alone, he h.s been one of the few t.otirres of grent Jov In Murphy's heait. That Lew Jntends tiv muko this ulsllnQtlon (profitable. lWlt deuced by Ills aloofness. I LAWN TENNIS AMENDMENTS I National Association; W.iU Consider Important Changes. CONSIDER PROFESSIONALS Intercollegiate Meets May See Few Definition of Amntrurs Will He Decided I'lMin nnil Anyone Ile- eelvlnur (riitulttp Ciinimt (Itiullly for Tourneys. NKW VOIiK. Feb. 1. When tho United .states Natioitil Lawn Tennis association holds Its fMimiul meeting In this city op Fobruarj 14, tho chief business will bo the ii' tlon upon thn proposed amendments to the constitution which have bn pre pared bj Henry W. Slocum, Ward C. Burton. Itiiymolid 1). Little, Lylo 3. Mn linn and I'ulmrr H. Fresbrey. Thoeii iminniltiietitH have uill'elldy been sent to I the members of the asmciatlon, and oppn '; kition litis developed to some of tlio chances-, the most Important being me Wnn Never Aililxed liy n Ctimprteiit Conch mi it Such a Thlnix Is Now Almost t'nhenrd of Anion it Winners. NKW YOHK. Fob. l.-Himnes Koleh muineitr ixs proved lioyond doubt by his sjilcndd victory in the ten-mile road rnee nt the Mllll'O.ie Athletic usJoclnt'on games that he Is the greatest of nil distance ruuuois. It needed Just that triumph to mako the title of the Finn absolute, and I when the record for the courno of 51 minutes 3S seconds wns added his signal performance was complete lu every de tail. l.'p until that time II ruin ok had been l.nllfd by Hdiiw ns thn best of them nil over a distance. Now ho is generally I conceded to be the "st of any who have j attempted to brave thn strain -tho tost I of stamina and speed -that koch with 1 rnres of longer than what are known as middle dlslnncn events. Ono of the most impressive of the many features connected with tlio work k of the Finn Is the fact that he is "self l made" In every respect. Never having I been advised by a competent coach, 1 humor has developed llmiolf, and In these days of proficient mentors bucIi a thing Is nut only an exception, but It In almost unheard of Kolehiunlnen runs his own races. Ho maps out his time schedules without tlio aid of others, except his time keeper, and ho Iihh shown tho world that ho cun lead mo nest or tnem to tlie tape in races where endurance, generalship and 'speed are thn thren prednmlnniit requirements. B0WD0IN USES POLAR BEAR -AS INSIGNIA FOR ITS TEAMS BOSTON. Fob. l.Yulo hns Its bull dog, Princeton Its tiger am) Columbia' Its Hon. and now Bowdoln has come Into tho field with a polar bear hs tho Insignia' for Its alhletlo teams. Tlio round) of tho collegu mado tho lecommondatlon In honor of Hear Admiral I'esry and Donald U. McMillan of I'eaty's expedition to tlie North pole, both of them Bowdoln alumni. Key to the Situation- Bee Advertising. It nt It Is rrrsnmril thnt It I" He-onii-e OiV TVn Teams W'onld Have to 'Meet Too Knrly Iti Sermon. Nl' HAVBN. Conn.. Feb. 1, Grout surprise ruled nt -Yale when the foot ball schedule, was nnnounccd nnd Jt was (ootid that West Point was omitted. For sixteen years the cadets and 1311 have met on tho gridiron and next to the cham pionship gnmns with Harvard and Prince- .... it... nt Yn-t Pntnt hnn been lui most largely attended of any on the schedule. Tho reasons for the change are not mado knowri officially, but after last year's contest It was generally thought by the coaches that tho game should not he played another year ns It was to6 early In the season for so hard a. contest. Further thnn this there aro no receipts from the game, and It has been nn oxpenslvo proposition for the, Yale team. Hyrnouso has also boon dropped from tho list, and the substitutions aro Maine and Lohlgh, o tho only hard gam beforo Princeton, la that with Brown, apd tho only gome, away from homo Is Hint with Harvard, 1'rlncrton playing nt New Haveti this' year. Tho schedule Is as follows: September 24, Yale against Weslcyan at Ynln field! September 57, Ynlo iiRnlnst Holy Cross it Ynle field; October 4. Yale against Lafayette at Yalo field; October 18, Yalo against Lehigh at Vnlo field; October 25, Yalo against Washington nnd Jefferson nt Yalo field: November 1, Yale ngolnst Colgate nt Ynln field; Noyember 23, Ynle against Harvard ut Cambridge. "HANK" 0'DAY TURNS DOWN" UMPIRESHIP IN NATIONAL CINCINNATI. O., Feb. WHank" O'Duy Is not yet nn umpire In the Na tional league, v he refuse) tho contract offered to him by President Lynch. Ho g'avo lils.rrason that ho was. not, ready to deride. jhn matter and was not at nil certain that ho was going back to the pad and mask. There Is a strong possi bility that he may go to tho American league under Ban Johnson, with whom ho was an umpire when' Ban was presi dent of the Western league. ni-ionrvaci in Pn1o3i"ew '',11"01' l,f nuiateur. whic'i is UilCuJLigtb ill JAiUlOo j u drastic, that It declares as i protes- slonnl any Player having nny tonno-tl in hnngps lu tho J whatsonver with a sporting good houtc, Athletic nsso- ,md prohibits any hotel or club irom of NUW YOHK, Fob 1 -Clip I rules of the Intercollegiate elation will b recommended by the ex- ' fortug gratuitous courtnsles III tho way leoutlvo committee at the annual llieet- of expenses or transportation. With tlie Ing of tho association in this city In tho I penalty of tho player receiving tl. mino ilutter part of February. Ono is involii- dbarilng himself from all tournaments. 'tlonary In American athletics, although 'it Is In force In England. It content- plutos the in-o of fixed' hurdles. It was expected that the committee would rcc- omnieiid the abolition of the hammer- The latter part of this rule Is aimed di rectly lit the muny hotel tournaments, nt which players have bon rutertiuneil largely for no other consideration thuti their performance on the courts. It is to the runner, j The proposed changes are being dis cussed by amateurs, and, while Eome of tho new things are favorably com mented upon, others are not. Tho great est opposition throwing nil. I agulnst the and James 13. hammer-Sullivan. than tho room for furnished Turonirli willi Ihr n;e. John McQraw, In closing his vaude ville engagement for the winter.' an nounced that he was through with the stage for all time nnd tha nothing would tempt him before the footlights again. New Tlwer tnfieldcr. Denver has lgd Frank Mathews, who Is declared by President K. W. Dicker son of the Mlohlgau Htato league, to lie the best Itiflelder turned out by his cir cuit' last season. --j - the socretHty of tho Amateur Athletic i union, declares that making the weight of tlie hammer twenty-onu pounds and decreasing tho handle to three feet Is a iWp. hnclyv-rd. JJio,qhJf 't of ilW chango lbi tlJoHll&;WiS .toldsetiyfo torn- petition ip inui sport, ami any leguiauon which wlU bring this about Is wnli-onie. It Is a useless oompetltion. Heine In Dt-iiitinil, Miller Muggins did not nab Heinle I'nltr any too soon as a coach for his pitchers, for Frank Chaiv.-e offered him a Job with tho Highlanders as soon us ho bngun to figure out what tho team uedrd in the way of advlsor material. Chanco was much taken' with the way Pelti handled the I ted pltchttrs lust seuson and culls him tho best muu In the country to huudU young hurlers. litis Tell ill of TllliNlcrx. In sitting up the claim of the Browns lining the youngest, team. In the majors a 8t. LouIh scribe khown where fltovull could put nine men lu regular positions whoso uvftuKO iisj' Is 'it y.trs and S months. The 'oldest of thH wo'llld b Sliotten, aged 34, and tun youngevt Itoche, Hgod 19. Tlie battery yould Im Humllton, Jlr-und Alaxundw. 3Z. . . . will provull. Suill to he desired. u change Is greatly throwing championships, but change In f doped thftt the 'action of tlm oimnltteo woUht from sixteen to twenty-one pounds und doereuhe In length of handle fiorv- threo feet Mx Inches to threo fo.ct will b'o recommended Instead. An effort' will also b'o 'niado to define a finish so ! that tho tate must be touched with the torso Instead of any part of the body of SOUTHERN GOLF COURSES ARE BEING IMPROVED NKW YOUK. Feb. 1 -A wave of golf seems to be sweeping throughout tll southern states, if courso construction and Improvement nro to bo taken as i criterion. Northern players who have re turned from u brief season in the, south report thut many changes have been inude lu tho last yenr- The new links of ' the August Country club have been com- pleted and are now In uo. The new elghteen-hole circuit of the Capital ,City Country "club, rysnr Monjgouiyvt covering 1 about' lOnPaerorf', is 'under oonstrjirtloh. At Birmingham twelve holes have been put In conimUsion.Niind by the time tho sum mer season arrives the reinalndrr prob- , ably will he ready for use. M?Wi7 You'll get yours if you place an early order. Every day adds to the already un precedented demand for Ford cars. In spite ot the greatly enlarged production late buyers are" almost sure to be disappointed. Get yours to day. ' : "Everybody la driving a Ford" more than 200-,000-ln Borvlco. Now iirlfceg-rujiabout IB25 t6urlnK,tnr6O0 town car-'$.80U wljh nil oiu!itneht. f, o. b. Dotrblt.' Get particulars from Ford Motor Company, 101C Harnoy St., Omaha, or tllrt-t from Detroit factory. TH Omaha bee's D1R EGTORY RiOf Auiomobiies and Accessories n.' Persistent Advertising Is the Bond to Big Returns. ! i:ers WiintM Iultern. Manager Kvers of the Culm ha put a ' lino out for Al Mattorn, the former Bos. , ton pltchor cent to Montreal last season ; wiisro lie mufii.- u line reuoiu., r.vern iinv ' been tlppisl off that Muttern Is as good jus ever, whirl! meuns ho Is ono of the I best left-hundeiH In the busliiexs 1 ' NtulllitK Wnuls Doiore, Manager HtallliiKB of thu Boston Braves i Ik Hald to have propound a tradn to .Mr .draw of the Olants by which Jouli Devoio would become u Brave and Vino Camp I bell it (llant. Ftnlllngs wants Henry Groh Juiid Milton Xieak also In the deal. VanBrunt Automobile Co Overland and Pop. Harifonl I OonnoU Bluffs ! umaoa. user. Marion Automobile Co Irton una a os Cr. Standard su a t rtcs Dlitrlb ntora tar wstrn Iowa aca ajoi.a anin at. Man&on Ohio Ui BUICK CARS Nebraska Buick Auto Company it .tnooln Branch, 13tu ana P Bts H. a, srDLCS, Otnl Mgr. 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