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The Omaha
Sunday Bee
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will report the games in the World's
Championship Series for The Bee.
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where as the dean of the staff of base
ball reporters the best in the world
and that is why he has been en
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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.)
