The Omaha Sunday
PART SIX
SPORT SECTION
PAGES ONE TO TOUR
VOL. XL1I-NO. 38.
Trouble Shooters, Wire Benders
ROURKE TEAM READY
FOR TRAINING CAMP
Twelve Members of the Omaha Club
Will Lea) Hero Saturday,
for Oklahoma City.
FUGATE SIGNS HIS CONTRACT
Veteran 'Pitcher Who Has Been
Holding: Out Comes Into Fold.
BILLS IS TO REMAIN AT HOME
Last Year's Twirlerto Study and
'. Do Training In Omaha.
SEVERAL EXHIBITION GAMES
ISlovcn Comas Already Sohoanled to
Bo Played In the Sonth and
Oklahoma Unlvcralty "Will
trill Up All Open Day.
H .
DV C. MASON YOULD,
Accompanied by twolve members of the
Omaha base boll club Fa Rourko will
leave for Oklahoma City Saturday af
ternoon, there to train for twenty-five
days preparatory to the opening of the
1913 Western league season on April IS.
Among the Players who will accompany
Rourko are veterans and recruits, They
are Schlpke, Gonding, Robinson, Thoma
con, Fugate, Closman, Klngdon, Neff,
BhesUk, Reed, Bright, Lotx, and Apple
tratc. Those who will go to the training
camp without passing through Omaha
tiro Kane, Congalton, Bcobe, Hicks, John
son, BcanUn, Justice, Arbogast, Coyle
and Grubb.
Joo Sills, one of last year's twlrlers,
will not go south with the team. Bills
U studying pharmacy at Crelghton col
lege and does not wish to drop his studios
for tho training south, believing that ha
will be able to get 'Into condition Tin
Omaha. Therefore. Rourko has given
Rills permission to train here.
Coyle a lloluout,
Norman Coyle, outfielder with tho
Rourkes last season, has not yet signed
U) his contract, although Rourke ex
pects he will come around and show up
on time at training headquarters. Coylo
has been holding out for a salary In ex
cess of the limit placed on the clubs at
the, recent league meeting. However,
If he fails to coma through and play
with Omaha he will place himself liable
to suspension either b Rourke or Secre
tary Farrell.
Jack rugate and "Hickory" Johnson,
both of whom have been holding out, havo
agreed to their contracts and will be
seen with Omaha again this season.
Johnson came through with his contract
about a week ago and Rourko received
a letter yesterday from Fugato saying
he would be on hand to go south next
Saturday afternoon.
Transportation Portrarded.
Transportation was forwarded to all
the twenty-eight Rourke ploycrs yester
day and all the players instructed to be
on hand by March 17. Manager Arbogast
will arrive at the training camp at least
three or four days in advance ot tno
other players and 'will make final ar
rangements. The Omaha contingent will
riv in Oklahoma City on March 1.
Arrangements are being made, for the I
players to start active training uu .....
nornlntr of March 18. Ball playing will
I. j put on th. shelf for the first few days
and ths piyrs will to.t.i long un, i lay
foot ball aad basket ball. After their
muscles have been Umbered up and their
wind fixed up base balls will be brought
out on tho field and the soys given
practice throwing. No pitcher will be
allowod to- try out his steam, or curves,
however, for at least two weeks. Rourkn
U not (.olng to take any chances with his
Iw rlci-o getting stiff muscles and sore
arm-.
SItuy Practice fifiium. s
The fl:st yractlce game of the training
season will be held on March 22. when
U'o Rourkes will line up against the Lin
coln Antelopes at Oklahoma City. The
following day the same two team will
uiriilr ms It For five days the Omaha
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HIGH SCHOOL LIMBERING UP
Spring Weather Brings on Active
Spirit Among the Athletes.
ARE IN NEED OF MATERIAL
Many of the Departments Looking
for Available Fellovra Who Can
Handle Themaelvea In Dif
ferent Sports.
Spring athletics have been backward
among the high school sport lovers for
the last week sinoe the bad weather has
prohibited any active work along the
lines of tennis and track work. Track
men have, however, received consent of
Miss Kate McHugh to use the halls for
the sprinters and the 'distance runners,
and-those out for that branch of athletics
have had 'considerable practice and
have limbered themselves up for the out"
door work which will begin with the re
newal of good track weather. Coach
Mills has been too busy with the basket
ball team to put in much time on track
and so work In that line has been going
on under the coaching of Robert "Wood,
high ochool track star, who has done
much with the track candidates In Mills'
absence.
A track manager will be selected by the
athletic board and active work will be
commenced as soon as possible There
are some departments of the track team
that will be hard to fill this spring for
many of the old time track , stars have
left. This Is the cose In the hurdles,
pole vault, high and brood jump, and
Wood consequently Is scouting around
the high school trying to find some
promising men for 'these vacancies.
The weights are well filleA Arthur
Rouner being about the best there Is In
the high school for the shot put and thn
discus. No promising high Jumpers or
pole yaulters have yet come to light and
It Is feared that that department will be
unfilled throughout the season.
The high school tennis courts are ln
fair condition and with some care will
be In good condition for playing In a
week or so. As Boon as any active in
terest Is displayed In tennis, the annual
singles tournament for boys will be com
menced and the girls semi-annual tourna
ment will be started at the same time.
The recent bad tennis weather has kept
many tennis enthusiasts from the game
and so as soon as the weather opens up
there will be' crowds of players waiting
their respective turn.
Courtney Starts
to Build Cornell
Racine; Machine
ITHACA, N. Y., March 8.-Coaeh Court
ney has begun building up the Cornell
crews after a preliminary testing of the
material, and although he has only three
veteran oarsmen available for the Varsity
this year, tho quality of the varsity squad
Is such that the Old Man is not worrying
over material, but Is somewhat concerned
as to where the crews will practice when
the Ice breaks up In the Inlet und lake.
Courtney was asked the other day what
he thought of the scheme of teaching
American college oarsmen the English
stroke. "The plan of bringing the Eng
lish stroke Into use by American col
lege oarsmen Is a chestnut," he said.
"It has been tried frequently berore and
nover with any great success.
"The English stroke Is a good stroke."
he said, "but American oarsmen have
never had much success In mastering It
For myself, I believe that the Cornell
stroke Is far more serviceable than the
English stroke. You can see that It Is
radically different," he remarked, point
ing to a number of photographs In the
crew room illustrating the English stroke,
and comparing it with the Cornell stroke.
"The English stroke has been tried
time and time again by crews In this
country without any appreciable success'
he continued. "Whether the Yale crew
will make a success of It remains to be
seen. If they develop a first class crew
this year with a new stroke they will be
accomplishing a feat that few crews can
do, let me tell you. Success under the
Hist ytar of the new system will be some-
wilug they can well bo proud of."
Left to Eight-0. E. Stowell, 0. H. Meis, AV. L. Harris, A. H. Still, B. F. Noland, H. B. Fol
lows, W. C. Hutchison, L. D. Broboil. The Telephone company "put a basket ball team in tho
field this year which could not help but bo a winner, for not only was it composed of splendid
players, but it had the backing of all the "hello" girls as well as the officials of tho company,
who were always on hand to help roof.
STAGG'S MENMLL RUN HERE
May Be Fitted Against the Nebraska
Uni Relay Team.
ENTRY LIST IS TO BE LARGE
College and Universities Are Responding-
Nicely to the Invltr.
tlona to Take Part la the
Meet.
According to latest plans Chicago gnU.
verslty relay team will compete against
tho Nebraska . university team at the
second annual indoor amateur athletic
and gymnastlo meet of the Omaha
Young Men's Christian association Which
will bo held at the Auditorium on the
nights of April 4 and 5.
J. Trultt Maxwell, director of the big
meet, has written Coach Stagg of the
Crimson Unl asking if his men will bo
able to attend the meet There Is hardly
a doubt, however, but what Stagg's men
will como here as that renowned mentor
not long ago asked for entry' blanks and ,
much Information which was gladly fur
nished him by Mr. Maxwell.
Entries to the big meet are cp.tnlng In
every day and Mr, Maxwell does not hes
itate to say that it la 'going- to bo the
largest of Its kind, ever held in this port
of the country. Already over 100 ath
letes are entered. Omaha will be well
represented at the meet, as forty runners'
and Jvmpers from the Young Men's
Christian association are training faith
fully dally for the events. The Unlver.
slty of Omaha and Bellevue college will
enter strong teams and their men are
now working hard to get Into shape.
Local Tennis to Enter.
Tho local athletic organizations and
clubs all over the city are taking un
usual Interest In the coming tourney and
It Is understood that about twelve clubs
will be entered In addition to the public
school boys and tho various church fed
erations. Out In the state many colleges,
high echools and associations are plan
ning to come to Omaha and take part.
Nebraska Wealeyan, Peru Normal,
Kearney Normal, 'Cotner, Doane, drand
Island, and Hastings colleges have all
sont for entry blanks and undoubtedly
will enter In the various runs and
Jumps.
In addition to the track numbers thero
will bo many field events, Including oole
vault, running broad Jump, high Jump,
shot put and gymnastlo events. The
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Cornhusker
Athletic Board Should Give Jfambo Stiehm Help He Needs
(Amos Thomas Is one of the most
prominent alumni of the University of
Nebraska. Until recently he was secre
tary of the Omaha alumni of the state
school, and now he Is secretary of the
University club ot Omaha. He Is dne of
the Cornhuskers who Journeys back to
Lincoln for all the games each fall and
who always Is boosting for Nebraska.
His expression represents the sentiment
of"Hll the Cornhuskers who llvo In
Omaha.)
11 V AMOS THOMAS.
In no spirit ot "knocking" Is this article
written, though I believe there are times
when a knock Is a boost; but now this
expresslnon Is one of sincere, earnest
criticism, penned because I truly believe
that the foot ball system at Nebraska U
In a deplorable, yet remediable state, and
I only seek to effect or suggest means
of effecting a cure for the evils whloh
give the University of Nebraska second
class foot ball teams when they should
have elevens of first rank In the middle
west. No severe criticism of Coach
Ewald Stiehm Is meant; he has done well,
and deserves credit for his achievements;
but those men who control athletics at
Nebraska are the men who should bo
J censured censuied for permitting Stiehm
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH'
and Pole Climbers Who Toss the Big Ball
Grrubb May Prove
Great Help to the
Omaha League Team
The trading of third baseman Bert
NIehoff of last year's Omaha team for
third baseman Harry Grubb of the Mor
rlstown team of the Appalachian league,
has created a stir amongst local fanatical
circles, that has roused a certain amount
of adverse criticism against those con
nected with the deal. It Is only. In Justice
to manager-Rourke that a slight 'ffxplai
nation of the trade should be made. In
the first place Harry- Orubb is said to
be the most promising bit of young ma
terial for the third corner, in the coun
try. Beside making an excellent record
In tho Appalachian league during the 1912
season, he played In some half dozen
or more championship contests for the
Cleveland club of the American league,
conducting himself In a creditable man
ner. NIehoff, while playing excellent ball
for Omaha was dlsntisfled with his berth
and the deal was consummated more'
through' his desire to try his luck with
some other club than anything' else.'
Manager Rourke has been watching the
progress made by Orubb during the last
two seasons and Is very well satisfied
that he. has secured a man fully If not
more capable than NIehoff. Orubb Is
a typical fence-buster and broke up
many a game for opposing teams last
year. Beside being over six feet in
height, swift in movement, he is an aver
age man on the bases. His hitting qual
ifications are heralded as his best
achievement. NIehoff was very popular
with the fans, his sensational fielding
and base running belng'a feature of many,
of the games on the local diamond. His
wishing to leave Omaha was simply the
outcome of his desire to become a per
manent fixture In one of the majors, and
considered his chances would be more
promising with a change.
Sick Room Goods.
We carry a full line of rubber goods
for the sick room, also rubber footwear.
Buy your rubber goods of a rubber house.
Omaha Rubber company.
Sol-Phil Team Organises.
Thursday evening of last week, the Bol
Phll base ball club, a local ameteur or.
ganlcatlon, gave a stag party for Its
players and rooters at the hnm nt nni
Novitsky. Plans and arrangements for
the coming season were discussed, Sol
Novitsky was chosen manager for tho
club and Phil Monsky captain. This team
will be ready for Saturday and Sunday
Bumes uiicr sii'ru id.
Coaching System Needs Overhauling
to struggle along with Insufficient as-
oiomui.o in lurming me teams tnat repre
sent Nebraska on the gridiron,
Clyde K, Elliott, who has followed Ne
braska foot ball closely for several years,
has taken exactly the position that I
wish to assume; he believes Stiehm Is
the man for the first position, but that
the board of athletic control should pro
vide other coaches three or four to give
Stiehm the help that he should have
that he muBt have If the Cornhuskers
are to get from the material each fall its
full fighting, game-winning value. Uuder
the present one man system, teams of
first-class ability cannot be produced.
Stiehm is not to blame; the fault Is. at
the hands of the board of control, whose
policy of cutting down the expenditure
for coach ss Is not necessary, but is par
simonious. No Successful Exninnlea.
In no great school of the country, cast
or west, Is there an example of a one
man system which is successful. Wil
liams at Minnesota, gets credit for the
successful Oopher elevens, but the men
who aid him each fall ure fully as com-
peUut ot couching bit; tcuuu as Uio
9, 1913.
SUCCESS MARKS TOURNAMENT
1 1
A. B. C. Meet in Toledo Brings Out
Inoreased Interest in Game.
OMAHA TEAMS MAKE SHOWING
While They Will Not Come Array
vrlth First Prise, They Drmnn
atraetd Remarkable Skill
vrlth Sphere.
Success has marked the American
Bowling congress tournamenf thuB far,
probably on account of the increased In
terest In the game and also on account
of the sensational work that has been
don by somo of the bowlers. With all
the buslnera of the executive committee,
and board of directors disposed of, tho
bowlers and officials settled down' to
shooting for the big prizes.
The Bcores that have been rolled sur
prise not only the bowler, but the old
officials who have been connected with
the tournaments for years. Splendid
work has been done by the Chicago,
Buffalo and Milwaukee bowlers the last
week, to say nothing of the splendid
rooting of the St. ouls and Toledo teanm.
Cleveland has come In for Its shnre of
the honors, too, having placed one of 'its
bowlers In the record-breaking class In
the all-events and Individual totals. Tho
Omaha bowler, while not setting the
world on fire with their scores, have
made a good showing. It could not be
said that any of them made a poor dis
play of skill. The 2,784 team score rolled
by the Metz team Is a good tournament
score' and ought to bring them a nice
little slice- of the prize money. Hunting
ton and Payne, the Omaha-Denver com
bination, rolled a money winner In tho
doubles with 1,209, and Denman's C01 In
the singles was also good tournament
tJiootlng. Taking all the scores Into
consideration, Omaha furnished the
tournament with a good average set of
bowlers, even If they didn't duplicate
they pulled off at the Midwest tourna
ment In Kansas City.
Wallace Never a Holdout.
Bobby Wallace of the Browns brought
his contract with him when he reported
at St. Louts for the training trip to Waco
and turned It over to President Hedges
signed. It was Wallace's eighteenth un
nual major league contract and It Is
said for him that ho has never been a
holdout, though he generally takes his
time about signing the papers.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road to
Big Returns.
leador himself Is; there Gophers there-
fore have several coaches of high ability.
and they get good teams teams that whip
Nebruska almost as regularly as fall
comes around.
I know that Nebraska, with .two or
three high class assistants for 8tlohm.
could turn out an oleven next fall whloh
would make the critics of all section of
the country take cognizance ot this
state.
Individual Avrakenlnir Needed.
Players must have Individual attention,
particularly at Nebraska, where most of
the students who enter the big sohool are
youngsters from small towns without
proper scholastic foot ball training. Only
Omaha and Lincoln give the university
men who havfi had experience under
capable coaches. These men. new ut
Nebraska, have not h., tmmh, h
, " -
fundamentals of the game and they go
Into their blfr Intercollegiate contests Im
properly prepared to do battle with suoh
teams as Minnesota, coached by experts.
Every man at Nebraska ought to have
Individual attention and ho cannot have
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SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTO.
NEEDED CHANGES IN RULES
Interoollegiate Athletlo Association
Revises the Code.
INCREASE HAMMER WEIGHT
Winner of Ilace la Man Any Part
of Whose Roily Covers the
Tape First-Meaning
Torao.
NEW YORK, March 8. Several needed
amendments were made to tho college
athletlo rules at the nnnual meeting ot,
the Intercollegiate Athletlo association
In this city, the most important being
In the hammer-throwing and hurdle rac
ing. It, was proposed to Increase the
weight ot tho hammer head to twenty
one pounds and reduce the handle length
to three feet, but that port of the
amendment td the rules was dropped, to
be taken up again next year. Safety for
spectators and contestants -was, how
ever, provided for by ordinary throws to
be made tram a cage around the throw
ing circle, ten feet distant, with an open
ing for the flight ot the hammer, and
all throws outside of a sector of 90 de
grees to be declared fouls. There Is a
strong minority In tho association In
favor ot the complete abolition of all
weight contests, on tho ground that only
the heaviest and strongest men In the
colleges can take part In them, and that,
compared with other field and track
sports, the number of competitors Is so
small that few will be hurt by the
abolition of all such contests at thn
championships.
It is doubtful If such a step would be
wise, for the students who go In for the
weights are those who, from their slzo
and weight, would be unable to Join the
athletlo squad, and with not incentive to
go out on the field, would get heavier
and clumsier every day, and one of tho
reasons for the existence of college
athletics the education of body as well
as mind among all the studentsi-would
disappear. The sports Indulged in by
students should be comprehensive enough
and varied enough to make it possible
for all to find something to do In the way
of competitive sport Gymnasium work
Is compulsory at many colleges, but, in
order to get a student to do his best
work he must have competition. Cutting
out the weights would be as bad as cut
ting out the sports In which the lighter
men Indulge
In last year's games the dead heat In
the mile run between Taber ot Brown onl
Jones of Cornell was the ciuse of con
siderable contention, some claiming that
Taber breasted the tape first To pre
vent further troublo tho association
amended the rule so that the winner shall
be the man any part of whose body-
meaning the torso touches or crosses ths
line. Formerly the winner was the one
who first completely crossed the line,
The new rules Is national. The men start
back of the line and should not be com'
pelled to go over It to finish. In other
sports the entire crossing of the finish
line is unnecessary under the rules, anU
there Is no reason why It should be In
track events at the colleges.
The amendment proposed by Yale bar
ring freshmen from competition In the
championships was not adopted. Latt
year the vote In Its favor was 11 to S,
one short of the necessary two-thlrdj.
but this year the vote was 10 to 9, so the
proposed amendment has lost ground
Individual colleges enforce such a ruie,
however, Columbia being tho only largo
! institution In the east that does not.
Syracuse lost out on the bid for the an
nual championship games, and they will
be held In the Harvard stadium May W
and Si. California, Georgetown, Johns
Hopkins, Union. Franklin and Marsnall
and Swarthmore were admitted to mem
bership.
The Kllntr Case.
One report has it llmt Jnhn K"lmir win
get J6.O0O a year for baokstopping for the
Reds and President Herrmnn and Man.
' nKer were so keen for him that
I Lhy Pf'T.L0. ma,k.e n.rrani?e,,,ont3 to et
, niui up in me uiiuaru uusinesu in iJtn
I clnnatl.
Would Kern Mo run.
Charles Dooln. manager of the Phllll.
! has changed his mind about selling Pat
I Aiorau. me veteran caicner, to the Cin
cinnati Reds. Dooln has Informed Joe
I Tinker, however, that he can have Moran
X in exchange lor a player.
STATE HIGH SCHOOLS
TO MEETAT LINCOLN
Representative Basket Ball Teams
Will Battle Last of Week to De
cide State Championship.
ALL ARRANFEMENTS COMPLETED
Referees Selected and Places Drawn
For in Preliminaries.
SILVER CUP FOR FIRST PRIZE
Goes to Winning Team, While Each
Player Gets Silver Medal.
FOR VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP
Nebraska and Knnaaa Will Contend
Monday nnd Tnridny Nlfxut for
HlRh Title In the Missouri
Volley Conference.
DV JA3IKS IS. LAWRENCE.
LINCOLN, March 8. (Speclal.)-Three
hundred and forty-two high school ath
letes, representing forty-four high schools
of the state, will be in Lincoln March 13,
It and IS for tho annual basket ball tour
nament to decide the championship ot the
state. The tournament Is held under that
auspices of the University ot Nebraska
athletlo board' and this year entries are
nearly doublo those In previous yearn.
Twenty-nine high schools, the second,
largest number, competed last year In
the tournament, In which Omaha High,
school won championship honors.
Final arrangements for the tournament
were completed this week -with the selec
tion of referees for the various games
and the drawing ot places in the pre
liminaries. Following are the officials
selected for the tournament: Sam Waugb,
W. E. Knvan, A. H. Hlltner, M. O. Hanz
Uk, Earl Hawkins, August Schmidt, Sam
Carrier, C. A. Meier, Charles Myers, Ben
Beck, CO. Underwood and Owen Frank.
For the preliminaries Thursday lifter
noon the following teams' were drawn,
the remainder having been fortunate ta
draw a bye and thus escaping the early
elimination round: Lincoln against West
Point, DeWltt against Osceola, Fremont
against Temple, Geneva against Herman,
Omaha against Newman GroVc, Auburn
against Ohlowa, Norfolk against Blue
Springs, Crete against David City, Colum
bus against Swanton, Nebraska City,
against Cortland, Beatrice against York,
Hardy against South Omaha.
Teams Druivlne Ilyrs.
Of the teams drawing byes, the fol
lowing will play In the second elimina
tion round Friday: Mlnden, Wllber, Lt
Ington, Gothenburg, Central City. Kear
ney, Falrbury, Trentoji, Tecumseh, Oak
dale, Grand Island, Elmwood, Benkel
man. University Place, Holdrege, Sutton.
Elgin, Albion, Kearney Military academy
and Schuyler.
The prlxe offered the winner of tho
tournament is the large silver Sheen cup.
Each member of the winning team will
receive a sliver medal from the university
athletlo board and winners of second and.
third places in the meet will recelvo large
pennants. Individual members ot tho
teams will receive bronxe medals.
List of Players.
Following Is tho list ot teams and ath
letes taking part In the meet:
Albion Amos Casey, Lee Halstead. Gil
bert Raleigh, James Fox, Paul Casey,
Maderson Lehr, Marlon Walworth.
Auburn Ivan Mastln, Wlllard Whit
more. James Allen, Roy Robertson,
Harry Saunders, Kenneth Klepser.
Beatrice William Maxwell. Harry
Maxwell, Charlie De Land, Schell Grant,
Clyde Dempster, Leslie Van Horns, Har
old Duncan, Ralph Herman, Emit Pow
ell, Henry Schlacter.
Uenkelman John Hamburg, John
Dunn, Harvey Dunn, Henry Ewlng,
Leigh Hamilton.
Blue. Springs Richard Herman. Eugene
Hasklns, Justus Smith, Gordon Mason,
Charley Salisbury, Arthur Krause, Ralph
Falwell. r
Central City Carl Lutes, Vuughn Lutes,
Clark s Grieve, William Stubbs, Claire
Grieve, Newton Bankson. Victor Flem
ing. Oliver Williams, Walter Waecke,
George Lvhr.
toiumbus George Brown, Don Faubla,
Fred Rector. Albert Phillips. Jacob Ulur,
(Edward Weaver. Earl Trawbaugh.
Cortland Milton Jungmeyer, Walter
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