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SPORTS SECTION t The Omaha Sunday Bee 117 C O 1 Not an actor . fc. &) Sanborn Krssr Export writor I M Hl SSbtonjU?te Just a Newspaper man will report the games in the World's Championship Series for The Bee. Mr. Sanborn is recognized every where as the dean of the staff of base ball reporters the best in the world and that is why he has been en gaged by The Bee to cover The World's Series for The Bee Little Willie Gettit Don't anmav e SONNX- PAPA'S IN A Hurr to er TO VOPnc ! am V. y, WOKT A DlME" 'Pop- OMME A .DlMET OMAHA-, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1913. .011 j . i v. i r . i : CDRNHUSKERS BLANK WASHBURN ELEVEN Mudjjy Field Aids Heavy Nebraskans and Enables Them lo Sweep Through Visitors' Line. SCORE, NINETEEN TO NOTHING Purdy Goes Over for First Touch' down, but Fumbles for Ball. I I, QUARTER FAILS TO KICK GOAL Home Team Shows Proficienoy in Defense and Offense. KANSANS' MEASURE SOON TAKEN Ground Coiners for. Scnrlet and Cream Rutherford, TotvIc nnd Elvrell Ncuro Stars for Opponents. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb.. Oct. 4.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Nebraska's supposedly weak line made an Impressive showing: In the open Ins game of the season against Washburn university here today, the Cornhuskers winning In easy fashion, 19 to 0. The whirlwind Cornhusker back field could have easily piled up a much larger score, but with the 'game safely stowed away, Stlehm rushed in his new men to try out as many as possible. Nebraska played gooa 1001 nan, lar in advance of the form expected. There was no tumbling and few penalties. The Nebraska line was a revelation. The forwards toyed with Washburn, stopping play after play before the Wash burn backs started. Washbtfrn was only able to make the dlstatnce three times, so stiff was the Cornhusker defense in the line, he forwards played an equally dashing game when the Huskers were lugging the ball, ,and tore great gaps In the Washburn line, through which How ard, Purdy and Rutherford darted for consistent gains. New Lad a Star. .There was. little ..opportunity, for- Ne braska's back field to Bhowwhat It could do, although Rutherford, the Baetnca boy, who is playing his first season, dis tinguished himself as the star of the game by his line plunging and. accurate hard tackling. Towle. the diminutive quarterback, also played an excellent game, handing the slippery ball without l fumble and showing up especially well In running back punts. His generalship was excellent Nebraska was held for down but twice during the game, due largely to the work of the Nebraska line. The game was played In a veritable sea of mud, which made it imposslblo for any fast work In the backflcld. Wash burn won the toss and chose the west goal. Purdy kicked off at 3:05 to Elbe, who made a rhort return of the ball. linch Side l'unta Early. For the. next eight and a half minutes the ball zigzagged back and forth across the field, both teams playing a punting game. After working the ball well Into Washburn territory the Cornhuskers finally started oh a march to the goal line and In eight and a half minutes after the opening of the game Purdy darted across the line, but dropped the ball when tackled. Towlo dropped on It for Nebraska's first touchdown. Towle failed to kick goal a minute later. The quarter closed without further scoring. Nebraska plugged away at the Wash burn line again In the second . quarter and, -aided by a forty-seven-yard sprint by Towle, finally succeeded In crossing the goal line again, Towle carrying the ball. Towle kicked goal, making the luore 13 to 0 for the half.' Tries Out JVeir Men. In the third quarter Stlehm replaced his "team almost entirely with substitutes and Washburn held tho Cornhuskers scoreless, but again In the final quarter El well carried the ball over for Ne braska and Beck failed at goal, making the final score 19 to 0.' Following Is the summary; Edward Plank One of Athletics' Trump Cards for World's Series The oldest and roost famous southpaw In tho league starting n wimlup. AltNhtgh a bit more deliberate than formerly, l'lunk has lost little of, his spoed. C. Mason Yould, for the last three years sport writer on The Bee. left last night for Neaf Yprk City, where hwill tmkc in ', the1 world's series between Johnny Mo Craw's Giants' arid Connie Mack's Athletics. Mr. Yould has handled every Western league ball game in Omaha during 191 J, 1912 and 1913 and goes to New York to make a emmparison of base ball played in the major league with that of Class A. ATHLETICS WIN 1EIRD GAME Teams Field Poorly, Pitchers Wild . and Batting Light. '-' - - MANAGER HACK USES MANY MEN HAWKEYES ME WALKAWAY Trim State Tcaohers' College by Forty-Five to Three. 1 1 i TEACHERS START WITH RUSH Score Field Goal at the H?irlimln; of Play, AVIien They Secure Unit on Fumble of Punt. WASHBURN. Billings L.F. Rodgers (O....L.T. Uuse-Nlcholls L.G. Bariett C. R. Whltcomb .R.G. D. Whlteumb .R.T. VilllplKUe-Cham- berlaln U.K. Kibe O.B. Bears L.H.B. Hardy R.H.B. NEBRASKA. L.F. Beck L.T.. Hal'gan-G-rls-wold L.G , Ross C. Thompson-Irwln R.O... Abbott-Cross R.T..... Irwin-Ballis R.E.Masten-Gell wick Q.B Towle JUH.B.. Rutherfo-d- Delematrlft R.H.B... C) Purdy- KlwrXi Myers F.B.) F.B. Howard-Coffee Referee: Masker. Umpire; Graham. Head linesman': Luke. Time of quar. tera: 13 minutes. Touchdowns: Towle (2), ElwelL Goal front touchdown: Towle. PERU FAILSWSCORE AGAINST TARKIO TEAM TARKIO,mo.. Oct. 4. (Special Tele gram.) The Nebraska State Normal foot baal team from Peru came to Tarklo Friday and was defeated, 7 to Tarklo opened -strong and scored after thirteen minutes of play In the first period. Peru came back strong and reached Tarklo's thirty-yard line, but failed to score. Both learns played brilliant at times, but showed weak spots occasionally. Referee; Havens of Drake, Umpire: Sherwood of Des Moines college. Head linesman: Coe of Missouri Weeleyan. Length of game: 'i-nilnulo periods. Three Years for riandll. ("hick Gand:l has signed a three-year contract with Washington. The salary to be paid, it Is said, is 16.000 a ysar. IOWA CITY, la., Oct. 4.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Playing in drizzling rain, which became a steady pour before the end of the game, Iowa won the opening contest of the season from the State Teachers' college today, 15 to 3. Tho visitors were never dangerous after the first two min utes, when they took the ball to the Iowa thirty-yard line,- aided by a fumble of a punt, and from their scored a field goal. - Brilliant Individual work by the Iowa boys accounted for the the size of the score, coupled with a let up In the play of the visitors after the hawkeyes forged ahead. The Teachers were about as large as the Iowans and their team contained seven veterans. Their ends proved un able to stop the dashes of Dick and Pennlngroth In-the first half and Don nely and Gross circled them about as easily In the second period. The Hawk- eyes used only straight foot ball. Lineup; NORMAL. R.E Whlteford R.T C. Patty R.G Meyer C , Short L.G Spangler L.T.V Jarstad L.E. ,,. Houser ... Clapper . Richards IOWA Bowen R E. Kirk R.T. Breuckner ....R.G. Hughton C. Wilson L.G. Barron L.T. Qunderson ...L.E. Parsons Q B. IJ.B. Pennlncroth ..R.H. iH. Dick ..L.H. I L.H Mitchell C. Mcglnnuj ...F.B.J F.B Feaney Touchdowns; Jaco.unls fi) .3lclc, t.kus. Grot), .renn-tisrpiX Carreibon. (Ions from touchdowns; Parsons U), Wills. Uoa.s from field; Richards. Substitutes. BtTuto for Spangler, Brysoa tor Hansen, Thompson tor Aieyer, Krider for lUtcheU. Curreil tor Houghion, Ganna for Wilson, fcchulU to Kiric, Kason for Barron. Carberry for Bowen, Chase for Gunder son, Gllllland for Chase, Gross for Par cons, Swisher for Gross, Garretaon for pennlngroth, Donnelly for pick. Wills lor McGlnnl. Referee: Held of Michigan. Umpire: Burch of Earlli&m. Head lino man: Jonea of Illinois. HIGH SCHOOL RESERVES BEATEN BY LOGAN MEN LOGAN, la., Oct. .-(Ppo!b1 Te gram.) Logan High schcol Cs'c Ud 'as Omaha High School Reserves, 12 to v In a foot ball game here this afterntvn Referee; Rock. Head linesman. Arthur Umpire; Ree of Omaha. In Sixth frame He Sends In a Brand Neir Bunch with the exception of Shatrkey, Who Is In Good Form. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4.-anager Mack of the Philadelphia American league champions put two sets of lufleldejs and outfielders, two catchers and three of his young pitchers In against New York in the final league agme here today and the latter won the game, 10 to 8. It was a weirdly played affair, both teams field ing poorly, the pitchers being wild and tho batting light. Philadelphia's regular fielders played for five Innings and ed by six to three. They piled up seven hits and stole four bases, while they were charged with four errors. In thu sixth. Manager Mack sent In a brand new team with the exception of Shawkey. In the eighth and ninth Innings, largely through Houck's wlldness In giving, eight passes, New York scored seven runs and landed the victory. Brown twirled for three Innings. He yielded three hits, gave three bases on balls and made a wild pitch, which, with errors by Strunk and Baker, gave New (Continued on Page Two.) 1 STURDY CAPTAIN OF CORN HUSKER FOOT BALL TEAM. In tho above picture the Athletics' famous southpaw Is shown facing tho batter unci about to use Ills "cross-flro" delivery, otio of tho most puzzling used by any pitcher in tho league. Veteran Picked for Leading , . Role Against the Giants Another poso of the veteran star, snapped Just boforo ho sent the ball on Its way to tho plate. Ills left arm is tho Athletics' main de pendence for another world's title. CREIGHTON ANMEARNEY TIE Hard Fought Contest on Wet Field Ends Seven to Seven. CAPTAIN PURDY, BY J. W. iCONAUGHY. Some months ago Mr. Ban Johnson, the fat gaekwar of the American league, ordered his umpires to. Jack up the speed of base ball games so as to send the Loyal Public homo In time for dinner. With these Instructions In mind an umpire approached a famous veteran twlrler In a game In Philadelphia and suggested that ho smoke up a bit and not waste so much time between pitches. The veteran looked grave. Instead of favoring the umpire with his views as to the slzo of that official's hat, the ac tlvlty of his brain and the character of his forefathers, he gently replied: "See here. I'm 'getting along toward 40 and I can't hit It up with these young sters. If I'm going to pitch nine Innings I have to take my own time to it" The umpire was abashed which is a mighty remarkable thing for an umplro to be. The veteran proceeded with his pitching in his usually deliberate man ner, unpursued by further suggestions from the umpire, furthermore, the story went the rounds of the umplies and none of them make any comments when the veteran Is "taking his own time." Oldest and Greutest Conthpuvr. The gentleman who thus spake to the umpire and moved him to respect was Eddie Plank of the Athletics, the oldest pitcher and trio greatest left-hander in baseball. He has been at It thirteen years, every year In the big league, and In all the time he came down to the finish of the season but once with a record of having lost more games than he won. This was the year lhat the Athletics fin Ished sixth. Other pitchers Matty, for Instance have been pitching big league base ball as long as Plank, but there are features of the Bllm Athletics' performance that make his career even morp remarkable than Matty's. In the first place he Is a left-hander, and left-handers are noto riously short-lived. There Is no Inten tlon to make this a surgical treatise, but any doctor can explain it to you. The constant hard throwing with the left arm has a bad effect on tho heart and drives left-handers out of base ball. Plank haa long outlived every other southpuw who started at tho time he did. This is probably due to the faot that he began playing base ball much later In life than the other big leaguers later than any American boy. It has been reported that ho began pitching on ths day the battle of Gettysburg was fought, but this Is slightly erroneous. It prob ably arose from the fact that he was born In Gettysburg In 1S75, but it was im before he had ever had a base ball In his hand. That's right. Twenty years old before he over handled a baud ball and In America all that time. llejcan When Twenty Years Old. It was shortly after bis Introduction to the national nuisance that young Mr. Plank cast his eyes upon Gettysburg col lege, in other words, he headed for the fountain of learing- about the time that most youths are wiping their flps and backing away. He was 35 when he qual ified as Pitcher for the colIegeeam, and this explains the fact that he Is still hale and hearty. In pitching, as In pugilism, it Is the strain on tho boy that eventually crumples up the man. An old-time pitcher, Frank Foreman, was coach of tlx Gettysburg squad at Wonderful Record Made by Veteran Plan on Diamond Edward 8. Plank Born at Gettys burg, Pa., 1875. Helght-:11V4. Weight ISO. Pitches and' bats left-handed. Began Pitching when at Gettysburg college in 1900. and while playing with tho college team attracted Manager "Connie Maok's attention. Signed with the Athletics for 1801. Ills record since: - BaUlDxFel4lnc Pitch's IUoord. Tew, Dimes. Avtraxc ATas. W. I P.O. 101 13 .in .Ml 17 11 .U7 1C02 ......M .It .111 0 It .171 1M1 U .IM ,111 23 U .tM 1IM U ,n .7I M 17 .601 IKS 1 .111 .IM 11 .It7 ISM r .til .Ml II .150 107 4k .111 .tit 14 It .(00 1K I .10 .Ml 14 1 .4171 nw ii .tin .it9 is io ,en lilt 40' .111 .171 SI I .711 1 1111 14 .M7 l.OCO 21 .111 x13 40 .071 .III 17 10 .6 WOHIOVa SEHXES SUBCOKI), Vtir, aimti. Wou. Lint. Tltd. P.C. liXK 3 0 2 0 .000 1110 .. .. . 1111 J 1 1 0 .100 X To d4t. that time. When Plank came out to try for the team he handed out a few spec imens of what ho called "a slant ball." It Is what we know nowjia "the puzzling cross-fire." He stepped away out to tho left and shot tho ball In at a sharp angle across the plate. It was this wlerd method of "casting a base ball as demon strated by young Mr. Covaleskle that tied tho Giants Into a Laccon group on the historic occasion when the Giants nearly won a pennant and didn't. When Coach Foreman saw the youth ful Plank shoot a few of these at the batters he cast himself upon his bosom and wept tears of Joy. "Stick with me, young man," ha told him, "and I'll make you the greatest pitcher in the country." Foreman Tipped Slack. Plank was a whirlwind as a college pitcher, but the scouting and tipping sys tem of the big leagues was not as careful In those days and he pasted un noticed until Foreman went to Boston. One night he nailed Connie Mack In a hotel wtlh these remarks: "Connie, the best college pitcher In the world la throwing his arm off at Gettys burg. You better grub him While the grabbing In aood." Air. Mack made u few long strides to the telegraph counter, with the result that PJank reported to the olub In Wash ington a few days later "with his heart Just at the root of his tongue," as h put It. It the heart must have moved back to Its proper place In a hurry, for ho Jumped Into the gme the day after he landed and beat Washington, 0 to 2. He lost his next game to the White Sox and then he won eight stialght. He haa been rather sedulously ever since. L.ki Mutty, he started out with the Idtm that he had to pitch his hardest all the time, and like Mattj, he quickly aw the folly of It and madb his brain work harder than his arm. That's why ho Is still there. LONG RUN IS MADE BY WARE HAM Local Team lias AdTantaare in AVeluht, bat Falls to Gain Con sistently, While Visitors ( Work Well. Cretghton university and Kearney Nor mal school foot ball teams battled to a 7 to 7 draw at Crelghton field Saturday afternoon. The field was a veritable lake and the players were covered with mud and water, making fast play impossible. Crelghton had a slight advantage In weight, but could not gain consistently. Kearney used only a few plays, but worked them smoothly for consistent galnB. Both teams were guilty of fre quent fumbling, and the forward pass was rendered praotlcally useless. Thi tackling of both teams was fierce and the game hard fought. Nothing but straight foot ball was attempted. The sensational play of the game came at the beginning of the last quarter, when Wareham, the visitors' little full back caught a punt from Miller on his' own forty-yard line, and eluding all Crelghton tacklers, raced up the side line for a touchdown. Tho Crelghton touchdown came In the (Continued on Pago Two.) OMAHA LAD PLAYING 'THIS YEAR WITH CORNHUSKERS. SbssiisBssbissssH "NaLLiiLiiiV IVi fmB H4a-naw-arais-asss-si K1 GIANTS TRIM PHILS. IN DOUBLE-HEADER Regulars Win First Game Easily by Score of Twelve to Seven and Yanigans Second, BRENNAN AND MARSHALL FOUND Quaker Twirlers Rapped for Eight een Hits in Initial Contest. 0RANDALL WEAKENS AT FINISH Left-Handed Catch by Fleming iff Fielding Feature. SUBSTITUTE FLAYERS IN EASE McGravr'a Assortment of Kooldea and Veterans ShoTr Considerable Batting; Power, Wlnnlnjr, Seren to Fire. . WARRKN HOWARD, NEJW YORK, Oct 4. The curtain ran down on the local National league rea-j son today when New York took a double-header from Philadelphia. The! New r York regulars won the first game' easily by a score of 12 to 7, while the Giant Yanlgans won the second by a. score of 7 to 6. The regulars rapped Brenn&n and, Marshall for eighteen hits In the first' game, eight of them being made offi Brennan in the first inning. It was ths first time that Brennan had faced Njvt York since his altercation with Manager: McGraw in Philadelphia last June. Cran dall weakened at tho finish of his gams and the Phillies bunched five hits for four runs In the eighth, inning. Umpire Klem cleaned the bench of ex.. tra Philadelphia players In the fifth In ning of this game. In the first lnnlna Thorpe ran for Snodgrass and McGraw procured the permission of Manager Dooln to let Snodgrass stay In the game, but Umplro Klem would not permit It. A one-handed catch by Fletcher was the floldlng feuture. Both clubs used substitute players in the second game and McOraws assort uient of rookies and veterans also showed considerable batting power. They won the game by bunching five hits and a pass Alexander in thn third inning for five runs. Score, first game: IMMLADBLTMIIA- NE7W TOTUt An H.O.A.E. A3 II. 0. A B, Rd, 3t-M.. 4 12 3 0 (tnodcru. ct 1 1 0 0 0, Drolan. KlbX 0 3 1 0 "Thorp ....1 1 M a Iibert. Jb... 3 2 1 0 OHtnos. lb. I 1 1 1 n) Urrn. 3b. -1 o o 3 1 Dorl. Sb.. . . t 2 o 2 a Mige. lt....b 3 0 0 OFUUlwr, u. B 2 2 a r-ravatli, rf-I 3 3 0 ODurni. if.... S 12 0 1 tju4nii, lb. 2 1 10 ORhatcr. Jb-ctt 2 4 11 Puktrt cf.. 4 1 2 0 0-Murrar, rt I I 1 t 4 Kllllftr. e .. 4 0 6 2 OMertr. o. 6 110 0 Brennan, p, .0 0 0 0 lWllaon. e 0 0 0 0 4 Manual!, p. 3 0 0 4 O&Iarkl. lb.. 4 114 0 j 'Crandall p.. 3 I 1 I I Totsli J 10 54 11 3 Total.... 40 12 27 12 3 Itan and also batted for Snadgrass in first. Philadelphia 1 0 0 1 0 0 ft 4 1-1 New York C 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 -U First base on error: Philadelphia, 1 Two-taie hits: Reel, Burns, Home runs: Merkle, Fletcher. Sacrifice files: Burns, Criivuth. Stolen bates: Burns, Meyers. Left on bases: New oYrk, 8; Philadel phia, U. First bate on balls: Off Cran dall. 3; off Marshall. S. Struck out: By Crandall, 1: by Marshall, 4. Hits: Oft Brennan, & In one liming; off Marshall, 10) In liovun Innings. Time: 1:80. Umpires. Klem ad Orth. Score, first game PHILADELPHIA. NEW YORK. An H O. A E AB.H.OJl B. nTor. If 1110 0 Thorp, ct 4 0 0 0 1 Patkrrt .1 0 0 0 0 Ooopar. It . . 1 2 1 0 i Doolm, Jb. 4 0 1 T OOrint. 3b... 4 till Lobtrt. lb. .2011 OMoOttdC rf 4 2 0 0 o IContlnued on Pag Two.)