3
Federal Ramparts Are Guarded by Real Fighting Men
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I
Federal League Has
Men of Millions and
Grit as Its Backers
CHICAGO, Jan. 3. (Special Telegram.); Talk of
ase ball war hog been the principal topic of conversa
tion among tho fans lately, and whiles tho forces on
each side have been gathering quietly for the fray that
Is sure to follow, a peek behind tho barracks of the
Federal league, the young "outlaw" body causing all
thi fuss, proved of great Interest.
Instead of hangers-on, adventurers and soldiers of
fortune! such as generally follow revolutionary armies,
iono found tho ramparts guarded by keen.hnd industri
ous men, who havo beon fighting from tUolf youth up,
Hn.l who nro tijtt'pped fbr the coming
strugglo with Rims of modern structure
anil ummun tton In considerable noun
dance. Since the Federal league C'rcU tho first
real gun of the war n week ngo, when
It took Into Its runk Joe Tinker and
Mordccal Brown, the fans, nil over tho
country have been wondering Just who
were the men beh'nd the sun. They have
been wondcrlm; If these men have the
financial substance to carry on war
against the mm of wealth In the ranks
of organized base ball.
IlarWfr . r Well Plxeil.
With tho ho; o or culning enlighten
ment on the subject, an np;al was made
1o Jan'.e3 A. G'lmore, president of tho
new league, and In a few . minutes he
had written down tho names of elght
t;en men) including himself. Those, ho
ays, arp the backers of the Federal
league, though there nro n great many
others, who hold small bits of stock In
the various clubs. Mr. Gllmorc has vis
ited every ono of the men, tested III?
financial standing of each, and pro
nounced 'It sufficient. With one or two
exceptions, every man still is young In
tho business world. Their careers are
ahead of them, and according to their
leader, every man In the venture1 has ab
solute faith In Its success.
CliicUKo Oiviicm lluxtlci-H.
Gllmofe, himself. Is n stockholder In
the Chicago franchise., .though ho gave us
chief backers '; the names of Charles
Weoghman and' William M. Walker Tho
former is known as a restaurant man of
wealth and takes some prldo In sayuig
that, ho made his wealth, III his business.
"Weeghman still is in hl3, thirties, and
about "fifteen years ,ago started to lea'n,
the restaurant 1 business, ' when he did
not have a dollar. As floor manager of a
lunch room and popular-priced c.n,,ng
house, ho' laid schemes to get a place
of his own. When he finally succeeded,
lie mado such a success of it that one
place led to another until today ho owns
ten eating places In tho downtown Us
trlct, besides owning a billiard room and
a moving picture, theater and Interest In
several p,thcr projects, r m
Wlllbinr Walker, Weeghman'i partner
In tho Federals, In a. man of the aume
type, although a bit farther advanced in
years. He Is conducting a fish and oyster
business of his own in South Water street,
and It was in that business that he gained
his wealth.
GUmore Is president of n manufactur
ing concern, besides being Interested in
the cosh business.
Cornhusker Manager
Will Keep Records of
State School Athletes
SPORTS SECTION f
The Omaha
NATIONAT LEAGUE EXECUTIVE
WHO WILL FIGHT FEDS.
Governor John C. 'Tcner, president of
tho National league of professional
baso ball clubs, who has Intimated that,
his organization will rnsort to legal pro
ceduro to prevent Joo Tinker and Mona
cal
with
flrown ifrorn. ktvelng their contracts
h tWo ' BeraljcaBtfo; . ,,!. 1 T.
Uy JAMKS K. LAWUfiNCis:.. ..
LINCOLN, Jan. 3. (Special.) Manager' Gii
Heed of tho Cornhusker athletic boanlVwtfl 'endeavor
to keep In closer touch with high school ,atWotlcs 'thari
has been tho custom In the past, and .as a prollrrilrlary
move lu thlB direction has this week trailed out letter's
to all of tho high school superintendents in the stato.
Reed expocts to .secure Ipformatlod' In this manner
wnicn win permit nun to. catalog uo me ituminviu m
letle records of every school .In eachatJilotlc branch;
Tho record will contain scores., of foot ball games
played by every, high school .In the state
during the last season ami will be fol
lowed ' up will) ,ino uasKei can. nyi.
and base ball records.
In addition Reed. In his letter asks the
superintendent to supply htm with the
name of -all of the players, the num
ber of years they havo played on tho
high school teams, their ages, weights.
size and number of years remaining in
tho high school.
' Kor Atiunnt Uenort.
All of the data will be Incorporated In
the annual' report which Manager Heed
prepares during the summer, containing
the records of the 'Cornhusker athletes
in all branches' of sport'. The details
of tho report. on Ud blgh schools havo
not been definitely declded( upon by
Heed, but he will probably arrange the
record of i?ach school In accordance to
tho standing-ln the high school foot ball,
basket ball ' and tracfe championship
events.
At th'c. close of his letter Heed callB
attention to th) fact that the high school
basket ball tournament, which deter
mines the championship In this branch
of sport, will be held" March 12, 13 and
H, probably, although .these dates are
hot absolutely settled. Hq asks tho su
perintendent to ' forward their entries
as soon as possible.
Heed's latest move to get In touch
with Ncbruslm high school, athletics Is
the logical conclusion 6t tho stnte tour
nament, wnlch was started by former
Athletic M imager .Earl O. Eager. Wince
Kagcr Inaugurated the basket ball tom
nament, tho (Jornhuskcrs havo .been nblo.
to conipcte" with tho, InrKorJUhlyVrsltlea
In tho , oast In retaining, ktlia -services, o$
the state's be,st athletes. ". x , '
Helps Secure lLerriitK.' .
'More high school athletic istitrs have
beon contcht to remain' In Nebraska'' for
their collegiate training since thoi'Com-.
buskers havo evinced soma Interest In
high school athletics: Heed's .move to
further popularize the work of tho tNe
braska high schools will meet wlth.'ap
ProvAl,. .? , 'Ai pi , , " ' '
After a lull since Aim close of 'the 'foot.
ball season, athletics will again come
irito'lts wn"at thf -State university- next
week,-when the basket ball season opens.
The, basket ball squad has beenHraln'lng
for over a month, but Stlelim hvs not
even attempted to pick a team ' and has
bien giving tho candldateii -floor (work
and practice in rgoal throwing.' .
Immediately .wlUwtha opening ofischoolt
Monday Btlehm will prepare his scldad
Sunday
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OMAHA, SUNDAY tOKNINft- : JANUARY 4, 1914.
Big League (Bae .Bailers in Japan1
NEWBLOOD HEADY
TO INSTILL SPIRIT
IN WESTERN RAGE
Fa Rourke Has Already Signed
Some Good Material, and Has
More in Sight.
"PEP" WILL BE THE NEW MOTTO
Fans Are Demanding' Teams Which
, 'Will Fight to Last Inning.
ROUlRKES MOSTLY NEWCOMERS
Cupid Disrupts the '
Sales' Force of Cole ,
Motor Car Company
One lli-iil Sllllonntre.
Probably the St. Louis club Is backed
by more money than any other In tho
league. The owner of the franchise in
tho Mound tilty Is Otto Stlfel, whoso j
lr lends declare he is several times a
millionaire. He Is owner of a big brewery
and director lr. several banks and trtist
companies. At ontf time ho raced astrlnff
of thoroughbreds.
The newest magnate in the league, and
one of the richest, is Bernard Hepburn,
who recently took over the Cleveland
franchise and will put it in Toronto. Be
sides coming from one of tho oldest
families of the province of Ontorlo, Hep
burn Is a. member of the Canadian Par
liament, representing the country of
3'rlnce Edwaid in the governmental body,
Jlls home is In Ptcton, Ont., a small city,
near Toronto. In tho pioneer days of the
province the Hepburn family became
-wealthy .by conducting steamboat lines on
tho great lakes. Tho Toronto magnate Is
one of the- youngest men 'in Parliament,
and besides being a man of noto in the
financial world he is known as a great
sportsman.
- Dad for Jimmy McGtU.
President GUmore is enthusiastic over
prospects in the city of Indianapolis, bo
cause he thinks ho has a live set of men
runnr.lg the club there. The chief stock
holder Is J. Edwin Krause, a man 41,
years old,:who went to Indianapolis some
years ago with absolutely nothing and
recently completed tho construction of a
twonty-two-story hotel. Besides that
one, he owns several smaller hotels, Ab
fioclatefl with Krause aro E. E. Gates,
& prominent and wealthy lawyer, and
John A. George, owner of a big whole
sale coal and ice business.
Over In Buffalo the chief owner s
Walter Mullen, a man about 37 years of
age, who has done wonders In that city
in the real estate business In the last
fifteen years. Associated with him In
the ball club are It. T. Carroll, another
real estate man and a former professional
rai! nlnvM-. und Owen B. Ausperger, a
lawyer.
nae nnll Men Concerned.
Baltimore, another addition to the Fed
eral league this year, Is backed by three
men, two of whom have had long expe
rience In major league baso ball. One Is
Xed Hanlon, former National league man.
agor in Brooklyn and Cincinnati. Han
lon is considered a man of wealth taoday.
The qther pracalcal man la Harry Gold
man, a former Judge and a man who
helped start the American league when
It expanded and went into Baltimore.
"With these two men is John 8. Wilson,
Jr a banker of wealth.
Down In Kansas City the club Is owned
principally by two men, the president be.
lng S. a Gordon, a big clothing merchant
and real estate dealer. His associate is
C. C. Madison, once a ball pluyer on tho j
same team w.th Joe T-nner, out now n
lawyer. '
Xiin' "V.epWtienrted.
The' other club -is In Pittsburgh and is
owned by William A. Kerr and John B.
Barbour, who recently purchased the
holdings from tho men who conducted
Cupid has found time to elbow his way
Into the ranks ot the Cole. Motor company
r
The eeccrnipanying hotoSTapV wa
taken soon d'ter the arrival of tho Now
York plants and' Chicago Whlto Box In
Japan, ,on tjielr barnstorming tour ot the
,Wr)dT" ItfsKbws Jim" Scott, the great
. fk. ft.
twirlor cf. thofiltd tiox. aruiklnB nand
with Captain .Sugaser pitcher par ex
cellence of' Kcolo university nine; Tho
two teams, placed a pre)in)lnnryv.garAc
before, thj ri?irujar'eon1ibal 'jLt'wo.n tfo
i .i j:,..
OlanU and the T"''Sox The , Japs $l'i
up a stiff gnmn ngnlntt the big leaguers
but did Tjot class In Uio last two Innings
wh0n5lhVankTt ?wy $0Tt"
BELLfiYOE WINS BY POINT Good Sqoi?es -Are -
Made.t Trap at
Rourke Will Have Four New In-
fieldcra for Coming Season.
OUTFIELD TO REMAIN SAME
Bell is the Only Recruit to a Garden
Position.
SPRING EXHIBITION GAMES
ftTrims Council Bluffs "Y" Team by
xwenty-suctp , Aweniy-i; lve.
0L0SEIN;;5HE FIRST HALF , CHDAri BttjFNeb'.. :jW .(Bp
., .f . rola1.)The Ce'rfa-niuffs 'Gun-club held
a shoot at tlUlr. grounds hero Thursday
uiiu vuiiajr, VKiiicif WUB K-UV.VU.0P I 111 vcry
for tho Practice names. Ootner andH
ana has made his presonco relt with. con-, some ot tho ptnef seconuary scljopts jni Closer, ,ntiu JPi ."vF",".,", "ur IO
j slderablo force. In fact, a review of the i LiWoln will provide prejluilnac "sklr-i Cn'nnRcn In tlucnp AtVanetfer
'last few weelis makes It look. like he was ! mlsh for tho Iluskers, while the i basketil
on a rampage ball seuson will formally .open with two! 't
John A. Murphy, assistant secretary,,
started tho riot. Then Ed P. Harris,
field sales manager," looked longingly tit
the state of married bllesj. Hp slipped
off to Los Angeles. In a few days word
came that he had Joined the ranks of
the married men. Not content 'Ith thus
disrupting the sales organization, genial
Dnntl "sold" T. E. Byrne, another mem
ber of the sales department.
Cupid's pranks were not confined exclu
sively to the male members of the ColeJ
No, indeed." Murphy doubly crippled the
force by taking as hfs wife Miss Alice
Wlbjon, secretary to H. C. I-atlirop, head
of the Indiana sales department. And
right after Byrne .stole away Cincin
nati to get married. Miss Roeder, who
used to tako charge of the promotion de
partment . when Jay D. Riker absentee
himself, yearned for the continuous com
panionship of her beloved, one. She
showed, no more consideration than the
test of them, so she "resigned to get
married."
rallies with 'Missouri In Uneoln .lanudrv ('' .. . '
1G and 17. u J , Alio uonevue college Jivcuejcaioa
CminMl TUnfrn Ynnnp OI1H1
i-reimre mr iiiji nineii
the
j : Yuunuit X34U11H iujih men a uiiriBLiuu
The Missouri games wU be followed Relation qulnWl- last nig ,t t the
.. ... . fl Bloffs "V" n-nmasluln In a 'fast, same
Oedr Bluffs Shoot
way. The scores follow;
y.'Jriot at, Score.
Two Cities Divide
Gallery Rifle Honor
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Results of tho
second week'a competition for the gal
lery rifle shooting championship of the
United States bow the hlSh scbro hon
ors went tp Bridgeport .Conn., and Cleve
land, O. Scores," class' AJ
' "Cleveland, 0S9, against Bucyrus. MO.
Dick nson, N. V., 979, against Birming
ham, Ala., 923.
District of Columbia, 98S, against Mil
waukee Ilevoher. club; 9-12.
Bridgeport, M, against St Paul, 965.
Adrian, Mich., against Youngitown, O.,
942.
Manchester, N. H., 957,. .against Ta
coma. 909.
Milwaukee Old Guard, 950,. against War
ren, i-a., ueiauit.. .
Class B: ' ,
Bedford. O.. 94. atralnst Madliinn. Wis..
943. v- .:
Marlon, O., 917, against New Orleans,-
ItocheHter, N. T., 9a, against San Fran
clsco, C81,
Waltien, Colo., K, against Helena,
Aiont., vta.
Stillwater, Minn.. 915, against Mlhrie
apulls, 9jJ.
Hopkins. Minn.. 939. acalnst L.oulsvllle.
ten
O.K7.
Klndbtnlll, O., 9S5, against Boston, 21.
TELEPHONE BASKET BALL
TEAM WANTS SOME GAMES
tncy
with Wesleyatj, tho Methodist school; aj-j
ways putting Out a strong basket balli
five. Stlehm expects by that tlnys the;
sauad will be in shaoe to follow lto
Missouri Vallejf schedule, - whieh f opens
tho following weeK with Drake..' '
Nebraska, ha . coTpped threb JMlssourl
Valley championship's In ' .basket ball
sinco'Stlethmtp';cKririe'of;!al?alMland
suenm is anjtiou;:.to, repeat, i'-rhe jioss
of all but objfe'V(Reran has seriously
threatened luhances, but ewn at that ', tn i,.ir llim un In the second.
oui-iiiu nus a imeiy tooKing ouncn oi ui ,.1,1.1, .ru,,.,i h.in- t w.
goal- tossers. The chances of develop-1 ,','., m,i mnr hnnketii than
b' the sporo of. S8 toZS.
' Both teams went at It for all
wore' worth, the college flye, having tho
advanlage'.'liU poMtng the ball. Richards
for tfio,lBluffs played -a star game while
the Qjuactfenbush brothers were the best
for tho college boys.
Thej; first half was. nip and tuck, each
team playing Its best, but the half ended
in favor of the Collego boys, 11 to 12.
The Bluffs "Y" team made a number of
lng a great scoring mechlnp are espe
cially good, for in Captain' -Haskell
Stiehin, has ,6jo,.of .the, mos .reliable; goal
toesers' develuped'' n't Nebraska; outshin
ing even the brilliant Walsh.
Rutherford, the- foot' ball etar. falls!
little below Haskell -lnnolnt' of 'scoring
ability, being a metnberot the'champlcm-
sntp ueatneo nigh- school fivo when.it
captured the 'state ' championship tho
first year of" tho' high school tourna-,'
mcnt.
' ' Mnhy-Trr ftor Tenm.
Iloward of Omaha is trying hard for
a guard position And -may make t,but
ho has a lot otcpmpetltlon ond will
have, to beat out at 'least two good men,
Stlehm was afraid ho would be. short
oj material for develop ng his basket
ball , team, but there are all ' the way
from, three to six candidates fighting
fof each position on the rive.
Stlehm is due. td return from New.
York, where he attended tho meeting
pf the Nebraska Collegiate ' association,
next Monday. The Cornhusker leader
stopped off .In Chicago before going to
New York, and conferred with .some
Big Nine representatives. He expected
on, his return to complete f.ie work ot
drafting the Cornhusker foo ball sched
ule, which as yet Is very indefinite.
Toot Unit Shednle.
It will probably be some time, yet be
their opponents In this half through tho
basket shooting of Thomas, but could not
overcome the lead of the Bellcvuo team
and lost by one point. Tho score;
C. B. Y. M. C. A. BKLL.KVUE.
Thomas UP. UPjP. Quackenbush
Richards R.K. R.r... .'.....' Stookey
PMliinn '.....-..-a C Ohlman (C.)
Grow (C.) UO I UO Kyans
anthers R.O.IR.G.R. yunckeubiiith
"Substitutes: Council Bluffs Young
Mnn'o Phrlatlnn association. Giles for I'hll
linn; Phllllnn for Suthers; Ucrtxen for
Thomas; Mcintosh for Phillips. Baskets:
Thomas (4), Richards (B), Giles, "crtsen.
It, QUackcnbush (5), Ohlman (2), !
quackenbush (5). Stookey. ITco throws:
RIchardH W Score, first half: Council
Bluffs Young. Men's Christian association,
12; vBellovue College, 14. Referee: Owens
Timekeeper: Montgomery. Time of
halves VI) minute. ....... .
In the preliminary game the Fifth Ave
nue Methodists defeated the Hanncom
Park Methodists, 44 t& 31.
te Tas a fast game an only won by
the Bluffs five in the last ten minutes
of playing. Bauman starred for tho
Omal.a bunch, Mcintosh and Giles for
the Bluffs.
Georgo Bouller. Cedar llluff,',..2K)
niucri uiscn, i.niiur 1U11UH.,'-..''1"
J. J. Martin, Cedar Bluffs,.,. ..KO
A. RobcrUpu, Scrlbncr,. ..1W
T 11.......... . . ....... J ' ..a .
c. R. Gaucher,. wahoo..!n(..:.iso
A. J. Rcrtt, Iloopdr..).... 1D0
.ISO
21
21
aofi'i
133
121
119
117
108
99
90
91
H3
73
64
112
109
74
m
37
41
36
-8
"Jack
LEAGUE EXTENDS SEASON
Churchmen 'fciaylnp Basket Ball to
Add to' the Schedule.
PLANNING BIG TOURNAMENT
At Clnac of Ilegralnr Scnoii, Mn4ehe
, 'i
l Are' to He Arrnnareil Detwven
) Pnnteat AinrreRatlonyi In .
. , the City.
PIFTH AVEKUB.
Owens (C.) Il.P.
Mcintosh UF.I
ClUrm '.
Fonda R.O.
IIANSCOM PARK.
R.P Sandberg
UP. i. Bauman (C.)
C Reel
It.G willaru
Pulmer UG.iUO Partridge
Substitute: Putnam for Fonda. lias
kots: Owens (3), Mcintosh (5). Olles (5),
Fulmer (2), Putnam (4), Sandberg t4),
Bauman (4), Reel (2). Wlllanl (I), tree
throws: Owens ,(4). Fulmer (2), Baumap,
Heel. Wlllard. Score. nrl nan: rum
fore the schedule In nnhllrlv nnnmm.,.H Avamio ?1: H&nnrom Park. 16. Referee
ah Stlehm Is desirous of sequring games i Vol. Timekeeper: Pel. Hcorcr
(Continued on, Pago Two.)
The Nebraska Telephone basket ball
team, one of the fastest members of tho
i Commercial league of Omaha, desires Uo
book games with teams In Omaha and
vicinity having their own floor. For
games call R. B. Johnson, manager.
Douglas !.
Branch Mncger,R. U Harphaui Of the
Flroetono Tire and 'Rubber company, made
a business trip to Nebraska. City this
week.
which will bring additional prestige to
Nebraska. His Missouri Valley battles
will include the leaders In this section
and his big games will be with the strong,
est colleges In the west. Nebraska Is
absolutely sure of meeting two, if not
three, of the blgrteam In the middle
west next fall. An oddity which will
present Itself in the Nebraska schedule
will be the lark or games at home. Ex
cept for tho Karsas game. It Is not cer
tain that a single big" game 'has been
scheduled to be played in Lincoln, but
Stlehm will endeavor to close Ihe season
at homo with a ganie which will draw
equally with tht Iowo contest. The
Huskers play tho Hawkces Jn the clos
ing game of the year at Iowa the flrs.t'
C. R. Vlrek. Wahoo.
u. u. laudeliDiirgcr .Morse
Bluff .....150
C. Hopelln, Hooper ....Aid.
Georgo Krause, Morso Bluff. ...IK)
P. H,. RaiiBlem, Scrlbnor .-...160
C. CrfokJ Wahoo i 150'
IC R.BIock. Wahoo (....150
Wecht. Yutan ICS
PuU,',Yukun , 140,
u. 'Tjtsen, ueaarr inurrs nu
T. BtfokV Cedar Bluffs W
A, .Ostrand, Cedar Bluffs ..&-
Bcnpoh, Yutan ...8a
Klllttbn. Mead '. 70
P; Williams, Codrir Bluff : 90
A. Racok, Morse Bluff.tiK.iV. 10
F. Knctcehuet, Morso, Bluff ..j., 40
A. I,lnebnugh, Morso Bluff...... 15
This 'shoot, was the so-called
rabbit system," given under the auspices
of the Cedar Bluffs GUti club. - , .:.'
Scores Run High in
Revolver Tourney
NEW YOItlf, Jan. 3.-The official scores
In the th)rd and fourth matches of tho
United States .revolver association Jndoor
tournament were announced today us
follows:
MATCH NO, 3.
Spokane, 1,W3, against St. I.ouls Colonial,
1.0S2.
Philadelphia, 1.075, against Providence,
Loss. ; . -
Munhattan, 1,125, against Troop D (Syra
cuse), Dallas. 1,014. against Chicago, 991. ,.
Portland, 1,121.. against YqungstoWp,
''Boston, 1,067. against Belleville. 1.017.
Olympic. 1,123, against Seattle. J.076.
Knuln?rs (Cleveland) against Citizens,
S$2
l'lttaburgh, 1.12. against ' Sh'ollmound;
1.C9.
Portsmouth, M2. against Onborne, 379,.
MATCH NO, 4.
St. Lou'tr Colonial, l,0i ugaltiBt Provi
dence. 1,079. em
snokimc, 1,100, ugalnft Troop I). WO
Manhattan, 1.13s. against Youngstown,
1.W3.
I'ortland. 1.127, ngnlnt Seattle. 1 070.
Boston, 1,041, against Citizens. WS.
UNI OF OMAHA RESUMES
BASKET BALL MONDAY
fltitiulliiir offTemii.
P. W. Ii.
First' Chrlsllan Church,.... 3 3 0
First, .Methodist Church.... 3 2 1
Hanvoom Park Methodists. 3 2 1.
Pot.
'Presbyterians ;....'3 1 2" .311
nrst Baptist Church 4 0 4 .op
So successful bus tho Church , .league
.hasket ball games become that the league
schedule hue been extended three weeks.
Starting tho league with but ii schedule
forslx woeke all titer teams In tho organi
sation havo unonlnibusly decided to con
tlnue.tho organization' for a longer porlod,
, Tljrej?, now church teams havo applied
for t'litrnnco In tho organization' and
Fh"oul4 they enter nt the present tlmo
;hy would bring the league up to a total
of eight teams, making It the largest
basket ball leaguo In tho city. Tim new
teahris"ltliot have applied" for ontranco'aro:
ountze Memorials, Walnut .irillMotho-
(lists andftho Central Presbyterians.
All tho Scheduled contents' (ft tlie'loaKilo
have -lieon cllnnged from Tuesday to
Thursday Who chango was made so as
not to Intorfere with the Corhmerclal
league.1 Twbkgnmss will be played each
Thuwiayl evening, tho first starting at
7J5 o'clock and the second at 8 o'clock.
At the ' c'oso tot the Cliuroh Ic'iitfuo
basket ball schedule u tournamo.it to
bo' playe'd at' the Young Men's Chris-
tlon association consisting ot all the I
church tennis Jn the city. Each team j
entering wll put up a J5 entrance feo
the' money to be imcd' Ih buying cups 'and
medats for tho best' Individual players,
as well ns the best team. It is hoped In
this 'manner 'to pick tho" best ch,urch team
In tho city. ll Interesting a number of
outside churches In basket bah It' Is also'
hoped to put a stronger church longue
In the tlejfl hext year and to make' It 'an
annual, cyent. .So fur about .twelve
churches have expressed their, willingness
to enter Into the tournament. Admission
Is also to bo charged to Jiclp defray the
expenses of officials, balls, and such
things. Mr. Muxwcll of the local Young
Men's ChY(Rtlan. association Is backjO'itho
affair and expects to mako it thegreatcit
baskettball tournament ever held In th)
cily. f
Quiet IjnM Week, .
The last few weeks witnessed little
basket-ball among1 the amateur teams of
Plttubui-Kli mid '. Minneapolis Will
Hurvl- Play Here nnd t'lilongo
mill St. l'nul Arc llxiiected
to 8toi In Untnlin.
The WoHtcrn Icagilo during tho 1911
conflict for tho cherished pennant em
blem Is bound to be almost an entirely
new league because ot tho extraordi
narily largo number ot players who havo
gone to the majors or been discarded
In favor of nowcr und younger blood.
Even tho bat boys are going to be new
In order to clmngo tho luck and two
new umplrea have nlrcady been signed
for next season.
In Omaha the change, Is going to bo
moro than apparent! WJien tho 1913 sea
son closed, Pit Rourko Instantly an
nounced his Intentions of securing n,
bunch of hew players, who fight at tho
drop of tho Kit, if .ho had to trado SiIb
whole tcum lo'ifo It. Fight Is what he
Omaha funs jnro after and It makes lit
tle difference If Omaha wins the pennant
or not, If tho fans nre satisfied that
their representatives on tho diamond aro
.aping to work every last minute and
mako their opponents lubor overtime tv
get a score, then It is a safo gamblo
that1 pa will find his wooden stands a
bad Investment becauso It would then
lake huskier concroto stands to hold '
safely tho hundreds of bugs who would
swarm through the gates eo fast that
Brother Uavo and DlckwOuldrt't bo able
to ic.Qnntthc .dollar without the uld of
on adding machneX
Already Rourke,, h""' nailed .half a '
down youngsters' to tho mast and has
his optics casting friendly overtures to
several other speed boys who would look
well In Omaha uniforms. Tho players
he has secured are youngsters, with all
tho youngster's .ambition and nerve, but
ut thq'same tlmo all have had sufficient
expkrlenco to know tho finer points of
the game without moro than a month
or two of tutoring under tho peerless
Instructor, Johnny Oondlng. Ono player
In particular will be. moro than welcome,
Ths.t In Martin Krug, who waij secured
from tho Boston Red Sox. Krug Is fata
enough for an AA loasue, but Rourko.
was first on the Job when Boston an
nounced willingness to sell him and
thus Omaha gets the prize.
But Rourke bus a half a dozen moro
players he Is uftor and he has deals
ponding which will bring to Omaha tho
brand of players who win games In the
eighth and ninth Inning, when pessimis
tic fans get up to go home. He will
sbon have a catcher, a pitcher or maybe
two, and a couple of Inflelders to swell
the" -ranks. All, of heae players aro
young fellows with a future ahead as
well as a brllllunt past behind. With
Krug occupying ono sack ctj Jlmmlo
Kuno on flrsti and two other first-Class
Inflelders Omaha should have an Infield
thut would be almost unsurpassable for
n mlnorj league. It Is possible that a
new fls,t ' baseman will replace Kane, as
Rourke plays no favorites, and would
Just as leave trade Kane as any other
man on the team If he thought It would
benefit Omaha's chances to cop the rac
.next, fall.
... -.,. h,n . hJth clty- In 80me manner It seems hard
irB..,wK ...w.....w, -- "-for. some, of tho local fives to
secure
N'nmnn Grore Defeat Alliance,
NEWMAN (JllOVK, Nob., -San. 3.-(Spo-.
c!al.)-The people of Newman Orovo wit-
nxmrul one of the fastest high school ... . i. in h iinnl ,
basket ball games over played In this n.verruy w - . SBI(
,r if ih Hintn in.t niirht. Tho lonil harder than ever and a varsity team . .
team aereaieo me iasi uvo irom jn- which seemea
school five at the University ' ne l0W.nn? ''aVe ,a ,gr'at Tny moro
cons'derable this season lv'ua. " u! " ,n
a game this year and hu defeatci tho , by ft numbcr ot unexpected thinks which !8,"n'n w"tk n number of
Columbus Young Men's-Christian asso- j " uml,e' l ,'Xf 'amon the st ,mU matahea are .scheduled to
clatl?p and the Auburn alumni. .""Cw- V; take l.laco lu the city. One .reason that
ance by a score of 10 to 48, Alliance i f WWJks will 1
claimed tho championship for western 'ew weoK wl" '
Nebraska, having only been defcatwl once , formlnif of n sclu
(this year. Newman Or6V6 has not lost ! has bean delayed
bo put In the field. The ""h, league. For tho size of .the town.
J, W, Catron ot Ixs Ange'.cs made an
overland trip from Los Angeles to Chi
cago and book to Omahoi and was. a
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Annim (hut l firnnM Iia lfnnpnit rattln In I
put a five In the field. , .1 , . , 7' . . . W'
The chief csuso for delay has been ,cf. V Wek" the laCk of
In secur'nr 4 coach for the varsity sauad. ""HaWe P aces to stage games. The ITnt-
vliltor at the local branch of the Firi-!naa a coach been, secured a month orlve"lly 01 """aha and the Nebraska
'stone Tire and Rubber company, He 180 ttK0 practice, could have been under 1 br001 'or the l,enf hfts been closed for
ind is'wav and hi' no a team could have been!''1.0 hoUday. and as the .amateur teams
I
on hs way back to Los nceles at
! uu ng Firestone tires entirely.
I formed.
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Outfield Hufflolentlr Strong.
The Omaha outfield will stand as It Is.
Thomaton, Coyle, Puyne and Congalton
will all be back and Bell, from Superior.
Wis., will compete for -a stoady Job.
BoII'b chances . for one garden are ex
cellent, us ho comes w Omaha with
HUlto a record and If he can. hit Western
Icoguo pitchers with any degree of con
sistency he Is almost certain to be given
a position, as that Is one requisite In an
outfielder which Pa demands.
Tho pitching staff still needs bolstering
and Pa lias his eye out for deals whlcn
will Involve twlrlers. If he can obtain
ono good dopendublo pitcher he will be
satisfied, but It would be supreme con
tent If ho could obtain two.
Who will manago tho locnl team Is still
nn open question. Several guesses havo
btcn made by funs and some are very
reoHonoble. but the most logical guess
appears to bo that Pa himself and
Johnny Gondlng will do the work. Eddie
Justlee. who handled the reigns last
year, will probably not bo given that
privilege this year. Rourke, If he can
spare the time along with his execu
tive duties, would manage the team In
tiptop style, as he knows moro about
base ball than the ordinary player or
manager. Ills long experience In tho
game would prove Invaluable, and t
tins proved Invaluable before when ho
has fanaged the team In the absence of
managers. Several other times Rourke
hus boen the boss and the team has al
ways done remarkably well.
tiondluK a Goo tlTralner.
Gondlng could do the training and ha
could, do it' belter than- any manager
Itourke might sffcure. While softie ath
letic trainers are training record-breajt-Ing
sprlntcrs'and rurmero and by so do
ing receiving a. large-amount of pub
licity. It Is tho belief of nearly every
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