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i a-s ingmg Up TUP0 -fBAP i 'had statue of .the YEnub of MILO SCriT HERE C CD- Wit By w?jt;T vhcn- f . . ; MEET IHTBRBStS BOWLERS MILO SPmy . TTHEVAT THE Man THERE 1 ( "S OUR DAUGHTER , S SL Loaiji Tournament Occupying 4 Xwt 'of Their Attention. v t'KAHA ROLLERS LITTLE SHORT Mets Crnna' Mk tt Fair flttotrlng, 1 rattlHK The. In . Ninth Place C(baral Spores Mot as flood an X.hut Year."' It Martin .,..... .03 JUod'schwager 493 -"Johnson 4 'hefler 493 d!X 1.484 1.419 1.419 15 ICS 163 1H 4J W7 471 4M Below la tho standing of thet first ten contestants on th final wlndup: Klve-M an ' ISventa. UMinii lMICB.t,U. ....... 2.MJ ,IJyde Parka, fit, Louis.. wot nntr UmbfrlL HL LAUll... I. SOI Srank J. Forsters,- Bt. Louis AW enter Xto. 2, ?U Louis ""MS JJnlon Bodas, St. Louis MO lllneralltes, Chicago 2.TH Waterloo. Waterloo. 1ft ""H! MM. Omalia v.. MW Amolt No. l. Peoria- ... M fj Ttro-MiiH Kent. ..lnn.rl.t' CTilcnifn .... 1.3H .WUeon-Oirlatr. tfxcelafcr BtMlwa...,,l.lWl VrtnuftHM. kit. Iioulsr.... ....... .... Mil Jfprgusoa-uave. t,u 1J3m rS Lavai-H-ru, v,-icu... ...... .. laekln-Lorens, Waterls, Mb.,. J.JJI ier-HMen. cwa.t..M......... . ...Vdrkl riaua VanH l.W IHSiriauais. ra rtraoM.... ......... i 44) lfrVtefce..jlJtvi...'A.i'."M 2 May, ,Kana.v;Ky......,iM.i! 2; FargTuaon, St. ija....... ". 1 (SiernaKio, Kaai m. iav olaeek. ChlCUW irhomiin. Cllcao "j Wren, Bt. www. j -&arad, Ola ha..... , " All Kfema, oW, Cblowfo.... " " " 'S-At tho annual mwUnf ot thq Taidweat aiaoclatlon legWatlon was paaaea Damn iha dodo or loadea bail In future tourna fienta. Tho 4leatea alwvPtea to Vnfak. Mway from tho American UbwllnK oo Wte and fnn a. new and complete lot f rulta to b uar at iuturo tournaments. JThe- touraament for nt year was Vote 8!ou City. The anual elct!o ol Sffleere wa held, the fpllowlw Dels 'detected! ;Matdent Fre4 IMjuk. IuMot ftwrth ETVnteZnU C. bTkIII. ox CHy; ore4ary CUorgo a Lowo. Kansas City; jiimrr, - B. yrley, Kanaaa CHy. ! KxecuUve CoaUtec-T. lJintBBrt. -C Loula; Glus Hells, St. l-oulaj C J. ISlnTOntaha;. C. A. Mill. Ottwmwa; )Ukti Cole. Be Molnea; Oeorg Awl. fkTiM. CKy: o. c Ebrecht. aoux aty; 'Willis Orlmra. "Wlchltal M. Clary. St. s&ulg; E. JrfTjac;, Omahaj F. O. WW; vwell. StV JpKph: ,C. C. KnlBht, Pes Molnea; X. I'aul. Waterloo, la.; W. a. "Laldlaw. Pe6rta: D, D. Neblett, Mar. fcUalltOWB,'! TiV, F". Btuemafel. Kaat au (Ixiuls. . . M I . '' xrt,njf Schedule. h AWOCiATWN ALLEYS, 1 BooatetJ-hue-Tuesday, Beacon Pre" r.ffainal-TnwKrmirti. -Grande Hlghballa laealnkt Ch'Ha. Lycka. Ix-Isya against 1 'Omaha J-eague Thure9aJ Paxos , QARliOW'fl ALlipYtt. HOUTH OMAHA. Martin. Tirrg irftlnit The 'White 'Sox. 'Jetters Old "-Ago, otallwit Unole' Bom's ' "Vets. South Omaha Ice company against t Ulncbey'a Lwla, Culkln'a Tailor against jHlocK Taras national nana. METROPOUTAN ALLETS. Standard Oil Learue Monday Polarlne Auto Oil against iuca asm urease, per dTectlon OH against 'Crown Gasolines. Metropolitan League Tuesday, Mogul llana against Clrar ilakers' Bine Labels, Pete Lock Jrs against Ortmau's Bak ,i irs, Drosdas Kenoa against Eldlcwelss. .ghamrocka against Hugo P. BUs. Commercial Leafrue Monday. Frank's Candy Klda agalnat Brodegaard Crowns. RumohrB Old Tavoms agalnat Tracy's LJa Trudaa. Qulckserva agalnat Jabes Cross. Jctter'a Old Age against Beselin's 'TrademarKs. ilOIUUSQN'S ALLETB, Gate City League Tuesday, llagan'a .Falstaffs agalsut Mickey Glbsona, Stors . Triumphs axolnst X-Rays. Thursday, .Frank's Colu agalnat I'arrell's 8yrui, Mtraliv Xttir TsaraaBcat Kml Ole Johnson considered one of the best lnurnatnestt rollers ,1) err was a hopeleas alluro, SUmraerman iiad a sood chance for all vents, but 44 not, go good enough In ma alntHes. At last MoDonaUL the star anchor man -bt the Shamrocks, got a gocl same. Tola cino it was tm. ,J Fanton aaya be will tsaka a blr leaguer out of Terrell. 11 baa atgaea mei oa the v.tgth caie team. ,' Ole Johnson liaaa't had much to say tr-e lest ifw days, II you should happen ' i nvret Mm ju rsnin turn or an. Lou. Xken run. Ooff eald tbat he had the abicles all ,seved up. but ran into seven splits his , ;ir two games and baa tbree uh M .His inu-a iry. 3rprW Cpnrad'ji.14 In the singles wa geeaf' one. Me rolled a xonsiatent mm; .started well and rolled the tame all the -way inrougn. H Tba Jetter Old Age team laid out Bland v J.TW SanRWt. ChlcaKO....,..M "'" BTonrusoB. Bt. IxJUlaLj,..... v M Omuta...,nn the Sks.f Kauonal jitoiining. rcpany ppainrt Cra Belle.. 4 ' . '' y TiKunaerlJna Leagefeaneday, Jpchtd- ul Is not noated. s ' Father T I Z 1 ' l VooKNowf t ) .. , ,. . . Vvhocdu-. (' u.0a.. r i i i . . In tne team event. He went Rood in thn doubles and singles, considering this being his first tournament. Joe Do be r says that at fetors Triumphs will win. Dahmhe, Abbott and Hoff man say tho aame thing about their teams. Somebody la wrong. Wonder how far "Trolley" Kar had to travel last week to rail hi games. Six hundred mtlea Is nothliMt for Itfm. but COO J pins Is a afferent preposition. Phil Ws'a 633 In the Single was an etoventhRur record score. Ue would have lno4 flrat In that event, but two single jn Mews to the last gaM afetled his chance. Den Mutl was back on the Metropolitan alleys Mo4ay night -for a lltUo clash with the pin WMI. i:Mng under the FraRk'a Cany K!A fia. Ita topped them to the tuR of SM. The Commercial leaguer have been unable to hem) ort the Brodegaard Crowns. The Jewelers started to lead the first of the season and have stayed nt tho top all the time. The Jotter's Old Ace bunch shot right alongside of the Blats Private Stock bunch and made the Chicago sharks mo some. The WJndr Cltr bunch rolled 3,701 against tho Jotter's Z.tCS. BweMy of 9C Louis was the most popular man at the tournament. Ho had a crowd of bowlers around him con tinually In hla room at the rear of the tournament headquarters. Omaha sent twenty-throe of tho city's best to roH In the big event. Ten ot them averaged HO or better. The wholo crowd had an average of 18L which Is good for tournament sheeting. Kay Kennedy -went good in all his events. He . 114n't .break any reeerda, but wa well up all the way through. He reflea' Set In the team event, 971 in the double and MO Ja the alntfle. The Omana player were disappointed at the faUwre ef the Lwrtts team to ptfoduce. At the i rU they have been going this eeason they were expected to ld high, but d4 Just the etie4te. Jlenrr Kritaeher was mAnst at a rood rate until Am reached hla attune, then the elevator went dewn.. Me stRrVM to nt team event with WO. earn back strong to hi ateufete wit frL but drop to U In hU alnglas. HoatOM lived un to hla name last week when he burned un the alleva to tha tun of tie, with three censlatent Ram of it, SOJ and iW. If the rest of the team had been shooting with hint the Brodecaard vrowna wouia av ren stopped. The krandatand was til! Ml Mrhan tfia Blats Private mock team of Chicago lolled. Kverybody expected Ut! bunch to tear Into the maplea for a record breaker, but they mlcsed the head pin K u ko xno rest oi inem. niey ronea ;794. It certainly ma4 the J4ets bunch aora at CM. Louie when they were forced tn alt down to a fine banquet, Including the trimmings and have to ntew rings of moke trem two Mt ctaara. Flatten trio to get cut ot It, but they made him come aoag. With the Midwest taurnatnsnl nOr tha I seal til omasbera are tai-nlnr tlielr at- tscttlon to the lntrttattm4 temaanient at St. rauL Three Omaba teaam are H44eaUy awe K golag. The WroUt's Cafe. Utk and Jstt&r'a CAA Aua nt South 'Omaha. The Booster teaguer can certainly -ft. r on waiting vmM the Hwt ball 1 thrown before ateddtog the winner. With me inn uycxs, utM Belles and Later all going good there Is no chance for a walk-away. von the Beucoa I'ress bunch to net thrtragw. CUry wa the bur man at tha town. nvent. He had to keen tket (Mm- aaxina- jfter starting them off-conduct an to- turmKiion uureau. answer tno telephone and do several tJier thlag to numerous to mention. To be aecntarv tt a larar tournament 1 some job. Job "Dob was aura tmt -with html n hla cyo when ho rolled that sumo against Ite'a. Ho plied up tc. which is lUghar than ha would bet on la four hmm. And Juat think, Joe had been dodging this match for a year. He must have been saving up on "Cap. Already Omaha bowlers are tslklng about the next year's iniimii-.n' t 4oux City. With the event pulled off so " wm uie present enthusiasm anu niner piano or bowling here, the city ought to aend not less than ten teams. More teams will be entered from the Booster, Date City and Commercial leagues, and tne tfouth Omaha rollers could enter there with ease. The alleva went In ts. -11 Hon and considered by many old atar to be the fastest ever laVi for a tourna menu It wa amusing to see the bltf hooks that were shot, but didn't take. Most of the Chicago and Omaha rollers who are considered the best hook and curve ball ahootara wora Invinv t.&m clear In from the corner and letting them roll. The Chicago bunch got right In the center and shot straight down. "DynamHe Baum itarted at th tnn and went down In hi match last week. Hla first game wa 1M, followed by l&L but he must bav either been tired, had a split thumb or been puffed up over his nunutnui allowing, lor ne collapeed completely In hla third try and rolled a 139 score, whlcn I too low tor this shark. The eantaln must hava nanniwl inriiHnf- from tbe score Clark Kline rolled. He tiunea wiin i. followed -ith IT and ended with a JO score. Well, the boy did good work even though they didn't bring back all the dough. They were Pitted acalnat the strongest shark of the country, who fiswit-suir mo on me aiieya, tm Chi cago and St. Louis bowler won practi cally even-thlnar. hut 'taking Inl tvnn. slderatlon tha number of all atar teams and list of bowler they have to pick from Omaha doesn't think they have any thing on Us boy. The Ifeu team made a good showing as did Conrad, Fritacher, Kennedy and Zimmerman. Cbve u the number of entries that the windy City uaa soq we Will nave a NW VVk Phil Wolfe of PueMo. Colo, lateate to stop off In Omaha about New Year on ha return from a bowling trip with the Walter Brewing company team of hi city. The team rolled in te Midwest tournament at St Louis vlayed f. eJ matches at Memphis. xJett Roe. Chicago. Milwaukee and OaMeeab. The bunch aeparated at Chicago and Phil to tend to. roll apectel jnaAcfae with ,the Mtarka on lil way home. At time he wa considered the beat In the land, and even now he la willing to take a chance with any of them. He wants a whack TJIK OMAHA Copyright, 1U, International News Service. 1 W"""ltW""""""""""l'illllllli'"'l""M I Athletics Foot Ball Champions of Omaha Standing, left to rlght-O'Nell. Bealcr. Xilackman, Eckman, Fltsgar, Jlars'ey, Fltdi, Croft, Qreene, TJavls, manager, Nordstrom. Kneeling, left to right, Ilay. LUorreL MtklvlbllL . MonMi, captain; - ---- ,..,,,1. in Ins fni-M.ln liialaAi rf 'Kfl tui.. tbl eeason, flnlahlng the eeason with only at Keale and Bclplo and also aald ha wouia into to navo a social game With his old friend Al Krug. One Of tha Inlernatlnsr nnd mrut tin. common Incident of the tournament was the mishap credited to Steers, the tourna- "win a inuiviuun cjiompion. just Deiore going onto tlie alleys for Uie team event he was practicing on tho practlco alloys with the rest of the Chicago crowd. In one of Its trips down the alley his ball broke half In two. This, ot course, put the lltte Windy City shark up against lt After scouting around a little bit he found a ball to his liking that belonged to a St. Louis bowler. He Immediately offered all bis money and clothe for It and brought about the purchase. The most striking feature ot this event la the fact that Btocra won the Individual championship with the 649 score rolled with a new and strange ball. ' TINKER SOLD TO DODGERS (Conttoued from Pace One.) heralded by rumor, supplies new berths to several Cardinal who wore said to be dissatisfied and brings about an ex- ae, of a major portion ot the infltld et each club, Konetchy, declared by toany baso ball followers to lie second estly in rank to Paubert -tnjong National league flrat Backers, ha long desired to play with . 'earn with prominent chrm plonshlp possibilities, aec rrt'mj to re port, and Harmon also has wanted a transfer. Barney DreyfUa. who an nounced the deal tonight, n confident the Infusion ot new blood means the rebuild ing ot the old Pirate machine that won two pennants and a world' series title in three years. On the othur hand, the St. Loula club gets Robinson, a senia tloaal pitching youngster runk'iu ui. with Harmon, together with a seasoned out fielder, two youthful Intlelders and Milter to take Konetchy' place at first. Manager Med raw has been noted for hi wllllngnea to let go of old players when assured they had managerial berths In view, hence his release ot Hcrzog. At the same time he acquires Besrher, one of the fleetest base runners In major league base ball. Hartley Is a seeond string catcher and played in but tew game thta year. With Shafer at third for the Giants, Herxog who played that position regularly in 191X could be re leased, McOraw figured, without weaken ing the infield. The first Important duties that de volved on Governor Tener since his eltctlon as president, ho performed today In appointing the ardule. playing rules and constitution committees. As the national agreement pmvldes that the presldtnt ot the league constitute Ita achedulo commltteee the governor ap pointed a his proxy. Barney Dreyfuza. who with President Ban Johnson ot the American league will draft the mi major league schedules. On the playing rules committee, Gov ernor Tener appointed John B. Foster, (secretary of the New York club; Miller Huggtns, manager of tbe St Louis club, and Umpire Henry O'Day. TtiH commit- tee will meet with one from the American league. Ilule change made by this Joint body wilt become base ball law without further approval by other authority. On the league's committee on consti tution, the governor appoint August Herrmann and President James E. Gaff ney of Boston and William F. Baker ot Philadelphia. ApprOTes Coiuutlaalun' Hlnnd. It waa announced tonight that the league before Its adjournment yesterday placed Itaelf on record as strongly ap proving the position taken by the Na SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 14, 1913. one dofcat marked, against them. Since the withdrawal ot the Superiors from the race tor the city championship, Man ager Davis thinks his team has a good a claim to the title as any other team in the City. Tfie Athletics, were -defetol early jit 'the -season by the Monmouth Parka, but In that gamo they were lack ing tho servlcea of Captain "Mo rah and tional commission with regard to the Fed oral lcaguo threats to. sign players either Under contract or reservation to clubs of organised ball, tho position ot the commission, stated by Chairman Herrmann, Is that In cases where play ers have affixed their denature to tha contracts 'that have' been mutual and satisfactory the committee wilt make an effort at all times to enforce all pro visions of such contracts, even though It Is necessary to resort to the courts. A player signing a contract containing a reservation clause. It waa held. Is paid for his action, whether he Is reserved or not, and every effort will be made by the commission toward enforcing this feature of the contract. The position taken by the National commission that there will be no place In orgunlted ball, either now or In tho future, for those player who do not fulfill their obligations Is there fore fully endorsed by the National league. Tho league also placed Itself on record as opposed to the Joint occupancy ot ball grounds by clubs of tho American and National leagues until It be made neccs sary by extraordinary conditions. Tinker noastderlnar. CHICAGO. Doc. 13-vToe Tinker, depoaed manager of the Cincinnati club of, the National base ball league, tonight la "considering" whether he will accept $lo.a cash for reporting, to the Brooklyn club. Tinker's face failed to conceal his curpriso when told ot the offer that had been made for hla services. He declined, however, to state whether he would agree to the deal until he had ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL. PAIL SCHISSLEB, Vassssm. bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbK IbbbU flllH. aaBBaBBaBafllBBiS Drawn for The Bee by George McManus i r 77 several other regular. Later they won from the Kxcelelors, who In turn played a tie game with Monmouth Porks. Man ager Davis challenged the Monmouth Parks to a poet-season game for tha tamfitosBhlp, but wa refused. , The Athletics defeated Missouri Valley at that town, being tho first .teem to accomplish this feat In six yearn, 1 received an official account of the trans ' action. Frionds of Tinker expressed confidence that tho 110,000 bonus. In addition to hit salary, would be sufficient to Induce htm to sign as shortstqp, andrrlnUer's Interest In the rfcport ot the deal appeared to con firm this. "What's happened to' Brooklynr he asked. "That Is tho last team In the league to which I exected to"" be sent. I never cjreamed that Brooklyri-'would bid for ma." It Is expected that Tinker will see Charles W. Murphy, president ot the Chi cago club, a soon as Murphy reaches here tomorrow, and ho Indicates that he would either accept or refuse the otter, after he had seen the Chicago owner. Tinker expressed no less Interest In the report of the, 'trades by Pittsburgh for Konetchy than he did In hla own affairs. He praised Miller as one of the greatest first basemen in the league. CU11S ARB AFTER JOU TINKER Rumor. Which la Denied, Say that Mnrphy Wants Shortstop Back. CHICAGO, Dec, li President Murphy ot tho Chicago Cubs said her today, on his return from Europe, that he had Practically concluded a deal at New York yesterday for Joe Tinker and was grterlcusly disappointed at the informa tion that Tinker had been sold to Brooklyn. Despite the failure ot the Cub-Clnclnnatl trade, however, rumors were rife here that the shortstop will be found In a Chicago uniform next spring, Ebbets purchase being simply the first part of another trade by which Tinker will ccme hero in exchange for one or more Cubs and possibly some cash. Tinker declined today to comment on his trade to Brooklyn, pending word from Ebbets or Garry Herrmann of the Cincinnati club regarding hla 110,000 share of the 125,000 purchase price and proposed salary ot T7.5O0. Ebbets la believed to have been Influenced In the purchase by the hope or promise that Tinker could be ucd as trading material with the Cuba A big ahakeup Is due among the Cubs, according to Murphy. Players and money will be sacrificed to strengthen the team for the 1311 campaign and plans will be made for the changes when Manager Ever returns from Troy next week. NEW TOB.K, Dec. 11 "There is not a word ot truth In the statement that we bought Tinker to uie in a trade," said President Ebbets ot the Brooklyn base ball club. "The Brooklyn club Is not bing run from Chicago, but from Ebbets' Held in Brooklyn. We bought Tinker because we thought his playing ability was a good business Investment. Ho Is now on the Brooklyn rolls and will undoubtedly appear In a Brooklyn uni form next season. Now that hi release has been bought from Cincinnati I will take up negotiations with him In the usual order. Record to Rubs. When Vean Gregg, the Nars' south. (paw, fanned nineteen pirates In thirteen tnninga he did not break a world's record, according tu base ball historians. The , records show that Rube WaddclL with iiw jmieiicB in iwi, struck out sixteen fNew Yolk batsmen In twelve Innings, while Glade of the Browns the same year Iranned sixteen Washington hitters in nine , Innings Glade, therefore, did the best . w jrn w th an average ot 1 77. men an inn ling. Gregg overage being 1 46. High School Fives to Have Big Annual Tourney, at Lincoln (Continued from Page One.) tho management of overy high school flvo in tho state. The basket ball season at the univers ity has also opened with none too bril liant prospects. Captain Haskell Is tho oilly experienced veteran back and Sllehin will have the Job of developing an en tirely new five. To mako tho situation worse, there la very little material on hand. Stnra Re torn. Hantlllk, who played a substitute posi tion last year, is In school again this year and la out for the team. Ho may be developed Into a good man. Hawkins, another substitute, who won his letter. Is also bock for basket ball, but lacks experience. Rutherford, tho foot ball star, looks llko a good basket ball man If Stlehm decides to let him play. Tm big mentor la a trltfte fearful that Ruth erford's work on the gridiron next fall, where great things are expected of him, might be hurt by his season ot basket ball. It has been the experience of sev eral foot ball players that basket1 ball Interferes with their succms on tho grid Iron, notably In tho case of "Tommy" Johnson, tho great Kansas player, whoso last year on tho grldlon suffered greatly because lie had taken 'port' In basket ball. Jimmy Gibson, who played for two seasons on the Cornhuskcr team, and is a regular whirlwind at tossing goals, may be In School next semester, and should ho decide to return, he -will bo eligible for one mora season of tho sport. Gibson's return would materially strengthen the Cornhuakers and help them retain the basket ball championship of the Missouri Valley, which they have held tor three consecutive years. Gntne nt Home. Tho Cornhuakcr schedule ha already been partially made up and Includes home games with Drake and Ames and an castorn trip, during which th two schools are met. The Huskers will also play the Gopher two games at Minne apolis and some ot the smaller Iowa col leges on the eastern trip. Coach Stlehm will keep his squad go ing until the Christmas vacation wltn out attempting to lino up a team, but Immediately following the holidays, He will work out team play. The prelimi nary work Include practice in throwing bankets, floor work and conditioning the players. Practically nothing has been accomp lished In drafting Nebraska's foot ball schedule so the completed list can be given out. Coach Stlehm said today that negotiations were delayed while arrange ments were being mode for on more big game. The smaller games will be ar ranged after the big ones aro arranged for. It is Intimated unofficially that there may be some surprises when the foot ball schedule la announced and that an eastern college may bo Included In the games, which tho Cornhuskers will play next fall. Meets niar Teama. The Iowa. Minnesota, Ames and Kan sas games are already arranged for on the Nebraska schedule. All three schools are under three-year contracts and there never waa a question but what tho Cornhuskers would meet them. It is certain, however, the Haskell game will bo dropped from tho Cornhusker schedule, the experience this year prov ing tl-at too much danger was encoun tered In the way of injuries for the lit tle prestige that Nebraska might gain by defeating the In Jan a. Except for the games played In other college towns, Nebraska will meet all of Its opponents In Lincoln. There 1 very little chance" of Omaha getting fc game, the Missouri valley rule Pro hibiting games In outside cities. In order-that the annual Kansas-Missouri game might bo staged In Kansas City, the Jayhawker and th Tigers are said to favor the repeal ot the rule, but Chancellor Avery and the Nebraska Ath letic board have announced their opposi tion to altering the rule and It Is doubt ful If the two southern schools will be able to muster enough rules to put tbe change through. Towle Case Still In the Atr. The case ot Captain-elect Max Towle, against whom charges are said to bavo been filed that he ha already partici pated in three years of athletic. Is still hanging fire. Cornhusker student are somewhat amused at the statement ac credited to Manager Hamilton ot Kan sas that Bteuwe, the captain-elect ot the Kansas squad, would be disqualified un der circumstances somewhat similar to Towle's case, There Is a smirking sus picion that the whole affair was a grandstand play of the Kansas Athletic board. Including the election ot Detwlller to lead the Jayhawkers next season. Steuwe'a case is not altogether like Towlo's, either, for the Kansas Athletic board took officlat cognlza'nco of Jhfbaso ball season complained. of, while tho Ne braska board refused to recognize thn Nebraska nine, - Towle'a case may bo fought out in the athletic board this week, but Dr. R. G. Clapp, who is credited with raising tho question as to Towle's eligibility. Is still sick and tho athletic board will not meet to pass on the matter until Dr. Clapp Is personally ablo to attend the meeting. It Is a foregone conclusion, however, thnt Towle will bo allowed to play another season and accept the re sponsibility of captain. OFFICIAL SEASON OPENS (Continued from Page One.) played at the Young Men's Christian as sociation, the teams meeting twice a week. Two games aro to be played each Saturday evening and two more some time during the week. Regular officials nre to bo chosen who will Judge all. the contests. By having such officials It Is hoped to do away with all unfairness to any of the teams. It was hoped at first to make th new league an eight-team affair, but at tho last moment the Fairmont Creamery company decided 'not to enter a team In the league because ot the unsuitable ma terial on hand for putting a fast team In tho field this year. TnVet tlnll Gonatp. The X-Unls, composed of former, col lege players, have, changed their name to tho ilagoo & Dccmors. . 7 Omaha National bank players show out rathor conspicuously among players on other teams, as they have suits trinlmed rather profusely with green. Anthes Is tho tallest center In th Com mercial league and as a result has some what of an advantage over his shorter opponent. He plays with the Magee Dcemers. Nouland of the Nebraska Telephono Ing company team, seems to bo the most game. The stocky forward gets Into every play and make more baskets than anyone else on his team. Ludwlg. manager of Th Bee Publish ing company, seems tb bo the most en enthuelastlo booster In the league. He has a large assortment of Ideas and always talks basket boll. Hobson of th Church league la( still leading with the number of baskets made, up to date ho has twelve. As an official Hascall can't be beaten. So far not a protest has been made about his decisions. Burkenroad., former Omaha High school Btar. Is playing with the Pirates this season. Lynn, center of the Pirates, hod things all his way in the game against th' Ne braska Telephono company last Satur day. Ilo mado eleven baskets In t ho game. Crawford Bowling Teams Do Good Work CRAWFORD, Neb., Dec. 13. (Special.) Crawford's Gate City bowling team and the SherrlllB, each winning nineteen games during the eeason and losing one, havo been bested by the Brueer's -Blue Ribbon a, which won twenty. Following ar the league bowlers! Gate City Harry Strohmeyer, Ben Itsoovltch, Fm 6nyder, A. W, Sprague, C. Eschenbrcmler. J. O. Bergman, Ed Easier. C. L. LaJthoff. Rimer's Blue Rlbbons-MIke Waro, Paul Ballengee, Fred Ware, A. R. Connors, B. U. Livingston, Garret Hartwell, U. M. Davis. Harry Claytor, R. U Hplden. Mud Mlxers-J. A. Rainpy. II. L. Wil son. Perl Beckler. Frank Thorp,' Allen, i-eierson, virg itenneuy, wiillom uotney, Bert Lawrence. Barbers Harry Wilson. Norrls Hart well, Ole Anderson. Jay Elliott, George Scott, I J. Secrest, Merlin Remington. Sherrtll Jess Spencer, Fred Banert. R. U Case. Homer Sherrill. Jim Will lams, Jeaa Sherrill. George Baker. Lumber Jacks Ray Moss, Bill Schmidt, John Toblen. Guy Harvey, Grovar Can non, Spike Merrltt, A team composed of Mike Ware, If. I Wilson. Harry Wilson, J. A. Ralney and Bert Lawrance waa defeated Thursday at Chadron. Pairbury City Team Trims High Sohool FAIRBURY, Nftb., Dec. IS. (pedal Tel- ; egram.) Before a large crowd of high school atudents the basket ball season was opened In Falrbury last night with a double-header game. The first game was between the city team and the high school boy, resulting tn a victory for the city team. 8 to 85. The second game was between the girls' team of Falrbury and Balvldere High school. Horn players apparently threw goals at will, the score standing, 43 to 5, in favor of Falrbury at the close. Lineup, City against Falrbury High school boys' tcamt CITY. FAIRBURY H. S. Braoiey C. A. Dennoy R.O. C ...V. Denny R.O Coleman UG Powell R.F Bradley L.F. Iloleman i Forslund .......L.Q. Purcell K.. 1 Harrla L.F. Quite So, Quit So, a rant land Rice rises to remark: If . Branch Rickey has signed Brown con tract for a (en-year rbn be must have wonderful faith In his constitution. In haling the damp air of the cellar would kill an average roan In five years, much jless ten."