4
You 1 Have to Admit that Murphy Didnt Let the Game Gets Cold
OMAHA PLAYERS SIGN
AND ROURKE IS HAPPY
All but Krug and Brenner Have Af
fix Their Names to Con
tracts to Flay Here.
OUSTING OF MURPHY WINS 0111 I ftl 10 MPTM!
SIXTY-TWO SCHOOLS
praise fqrtener. i uULLLIl 10 llblun
AT
ENTER F0H TOURNEY
The Omaha
Driver of American Car Takes Fifth
International Grand Prize Race
with New Record.
Basket Ball Meet at University to
Be largest of Kind Ever Held
' in This Country.
KRUG OFFERED BIG MONEY
ACCIDENT" OIVES HIM PLACE
Goes Into Lead Whon Marquis' Ma
chine Skids and Turns Over.
THEREAFTER IT IS NO CONTEST
ARRANGEMENTS ARE COMPLETE
Sunday Bee
Pa AgTees on More Than Boston As
surcd Him Would Do.
Places Are Drawn for the Prelim
inary Round of Games,
INFIELD LOOKS REAL CLASSY
COMMITTEE TO NAME OFFICIALS
Chase, Clancy, Thomas and Ward
Reckoned as Speed Boys.
CLOSMAN COMES INTO THE FOLD
In Still nn Uncertain fl Timlin-
nnil K Will Tit i tint
Itltn to Come to Omnhn.
If Possible.
.With nearly all his recalcitrant players
teturned to the fold. Pa Rourke now looks
on Iho world with tolerant eyes tSr
Omaha Is sure "to have a full ball team
which will show some, of tho allowed
toams of the 'Western league Just how
tho national pastime In played In a
civilized community. pUxe rs,.,Krug
and Brenner, aro the only athletes ot
worth who hav!t.not accepted Pa's terms
lor tho 1914 .year.' Brenner would like
a bit more coin lor hla Services, uut ne
1
wm unaousteaiy sign up neiore me open- Governor John K. Tencr. who has made
ing same. , Krug Is different: Pa doe8goml ag ,,rcslaont ot the National leaguo
roa cnieriam any nopes inai n.ruS ""'
iport. If Krug does report Pa will just
cunaidorJimself that much luckier.
lvrug has been offered the very top
salary possible. If there is another
player In Claffi A base ball who received
a contract calling for any more money
than Krug's did, Pa wajits to know whero
tho spendthrift Is located. Krug'a agree
ment stipulates a salary that Is far and j
above tho salary the Boston club assured
Pa he would have to pay Krug, but Krus
thinks he's Borne ball player and Insists
that what ho himself thinks lshe only
way to make Judgment. Last year Krug
had a very bad year, duo to injuries.
There Is some question as to his ability
to come back and it doesn't stand to
leason, that Omaha should delve out to a
cripple .a stipend that would make Johnny
lillng return to the grand old game.
Una flood Team Lined Up.
But aside from Brenner and Krug, Pa
has considerable ball team- Bell,. Con
Kalton and Thomason wilt make up one
of .the niftiest little outfields ever, seen
around this part of tho map. Everybody
knows that Tommy and Cpny can show
and the youngster, Bell.Js heralded as
a demon at the bat, in tho field and on
the bases. Bell hit .337 last year; made
ono error and copped above tho average,
of bases. .
Chase;' Qlahcy, 'Thomas andifWard will
hold down tho infield. All haVo accepted
terms, and will bo on hand"to mako good
Thefdf is ho question as' to the quartet
making. good, and ft any one of,thcm,faU
flown there Is a man to step into his shoes.
6ehIpkeVnristll?h6p arourid a corner, and.
if Clancy falls to show tho-Skipper will
man the ship. If Chase flunks, and the
very mention of such a thing makes ;Po;
rise up with a mighty wrath, hecause, ho
says Chase is the coming first baseman
of tho country, Kano can come back
perhaps. Kane hasn't signed, but Pa
minds that never a minute, becauso Kano
Is about through, as far as Omaha la
concerned.
Plenty of Catcher.
Omaha la well supplied with catchers.
Slicstak. who showed such promise last
year, will bo on hand, as well as Johnny
Gondlng, Gtorgc Rogers and a semi-,
pro nan.cd Smith. Rogers and Smith
aro very dubious material, but they might
(Continued on Page Four.)
Athletics Have Good
Lineup of Players
Although asked to resign from tlic
Oniaha Iligh school team, Mark Hughes
Will not retire from basket ball. Follow
ing the squabble with South Omaha
High, In which Hughes was a principal,
ho was asked to resign from the purple
and white five, and at onco consented.
Hughes is now a member of tho Ath
letics, a newly organized Independent or
ganization, which claims to have the
fastest organization in these parts. Tho
tea.m 'la composed of Crclghton alumni
students, Omaha High students and in
dependents. Karl Torrey of the Crelgh
ton arts cotlcge is manager, and has been
busy . booking games with town teams
in the vicinity. Such teams as 'Dana col
lege of. Blair, Neb., and Company O (if
Shenandoah, la., will be taken on.
Other members of the team aro Art
and Joe Moran, Torrey, Festncr and Folt
mnn. Any" team desiring games address Eail
Torrey, 2108 Cass street.
PAPILLION BASKET FIVE
BEATS PICKEO'OMAHA TEAM
The Papilllon basket ball tossers de
feated the Athletics, a team composed of
Cretghton students and Independents, at
(Papilllon Friday night, by a score ot 32
to 28.
Tho Athletics had a lead of fifteen to
ten at the end or the first half. At the
beginning of the second six spectacular
field goals by Stilt Jungmeycr, the cen
ter of tho home team, from the center
of the floor, put the visitors down and
out
Papilllon used good teamwork In tho
etcond half, while the Athletics were at
. disadvantage on the small opera house
floor. The lineup:
PAPUXtnN. ATIILETIfTS.
V, J u ngmey c r. R.F.I It. F J. Moran
Frli-ko UP.
M. Jungmeyer... ..C.
L.F
C. ........
R.G
Feltman
j'esincr
Becker R.G.
Torroy
Huff L.U.
L.G.
.Moran
Field goals: W. Jungmeyer (3), Frtcke
(3), Milt Jungmeyer (9), Feltman (3),
Fetner (6), Torrey (3). Free throws:
Milt Jungmeyer (S), Torrey, A. Atoran (3).
Iteferee: Gleason of Nebraska Telephone
company. Tlmo ot halves, 20 minutes.
Will Never Come Hack.
President Fielder Jones, prosperous Ore
gon appta grower, will nover again man
age a bait clib. TJils is Jones' positive
statement, lastern managers have made
mm tempting oner.
He believes that
had do ltstoned to the blandishments of
thu htsp ball powers that be a season
or two back he would have profitetl more
financially than he has by quitting the
same and growing apples. But he has
quit the game for good: ho J doing well
in the business world, and he Is not to
be persuaded
in tho uvea of the fans bv tho master'v
manner In which ho handled the Murpny
episode. It Is .generally believed that
Tener was tho only man who could have
convinced Charles P. Taft that Murphy
no longer was entitled to a place In ot-
I ganized base ball.
SORT OUT .THEIR PLAYERS
Seven Outlaw Bosses Meeting in
Chicago to Pick Teams.
CHASE OF WHITE SOX IS MISSING
Friends ot Ilia Sny He Una Received
Offer of Three Yonra' Contract
with Itnlnp from the New-
OrK'MllziltlllM.
CHICAGO, Feb. 28. Seven managers of
tho Federal league met In secret session
at the Chicago Athletic association today
to sort out their teams from the 200 or
more players the league leaders claim to
have signed. The missing manager wan
Otto Knabc of the Baltimore team, whoso
train was reported delayed. Manuger
William Phillips of Indianapolis. Larry
Sohlafly of Buffalo, George Stovnll of
Kansas City, Mordecnl Brown, , of St.
Louis, William Gcssler .of Pittsburgh, Jo
seph Tinker-'of Chicago and William
Bradley of Brooklyn wero on hand. -Bradley,
-wilt;' represent the Brpklyn tearn tem
porarily at leant, and It was Jilnted.ihat
he might get the place permanently should
Robert B. Ward, the Brooklyn owner.
faJlMn, his efforts to persuade Christie
MaUjewBon or Sam Crawford to undertake
the leadership. It is rumored, too, that
Gessler accepted the Pittsburgh place
with the understanding that ho might re
tire to the ranks if another manager sat
isfactory to his bosses Could be found.
Mini- Pliiyora Transferred.
Some of the well known players who
have left the ranks ot organized base ball
for tho new league will bo found with ;
teams othor than -those first announced
as having signed them.
Ned Hanlon represented the Baltimore
club at tho managers' meeting. It was
learned that most of the players signed
j by President Gllmorc had been assigned
to teams needing theinj .Numerous trades
j wero made, somo of tho managers who
ii au a supertiuuy ot pitcners, out a men
of good Infield era, making deals which
wero expected to balance their teams.
The trades will bo reviewed and ap
proved by President Gllmore next week,
and after that it Is expected the full ros
ter of the league will be given out.
Hnl Chase 3Ilmlnir.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Feb. 2S.-Hal Chase
of tho Chicago Americans, was missing
from his . accustomed haunts today, but
friends of his were responsible for tne
statement that ho tiad received ah offer
lot a three years' contract from tho Fed
eral league, with a material raise of
salary and the money In escrow for three
years.
Chase has not yet joined tho White
Sox at Paso Robles and his friends said
he might .not do so. unless the Federal
league terras werq met. Chase did not
meet the team when It was in San Jose,
and has not visited, the training quarters
at Paso Robles. He will not play In tho
practice game scheduled for tomorrow.
Nebraska Wesleyan
Takes Another Game
From Coyote Quintet
UNIVERSITY PLACE. Neb
b., Feb 2?.-
(Special Telegram.) Nebraska Wesleyan
won Its eighteenth basket ball victory of
this season by defeating tho University
ot South Dakota on the homo floor last
night. The final scroe was 23 to 12 and
was fair comparison of developing
strength ot the teams. Both teams put
up a flerco struggle, the game being,
roughest seen here this year.
Tho visitors made eleven fouls to
Wcsleyan's eight. Kccster was In his
best form In making free throws and
Johnson played a strong1 game at guard.
Vidal and McClelland did tho best work
for the visitors. The lino up:
WESLEYAN. I SOUTH DAKOTA.
j Kecstor R.F. R.F McClelland
iwine .......... .i i, r . 1'uto.ubuii
i uugnes u.
c.
Vldal
i Jonnson ,. u.u.
R.G.
McCormlck
viruuain Li.u,
UG.
Henley
Substitutes: For Wesleyan, Huffey and
McGee; for South Dakota, G. Randolph,
Quindy and Crane. Referee: Sam Waugh.
AM.t the iremo Weslevan mot Baker
, university of Baldwin. Kun., In a Joint
debate, the visitor winning a ! to 1 de.
minimum wage question.
Aflr Conut Pennant.
Kd R. Muter has stated that he Is out
I to win the 1914 and 1910 Pacific Coast
' league pennants His team linn to:n
I near winning the flags In 'the Coaitt
league In the past three years that ho'
i wants to win two n a row to even up
; lor the disappointments "If I win the
! i nnant this year," said Maler the other
I day. I will strengthen tho club enough
j to win it In 1M5 "
Guy Ball is Second, B. Taylor Third
and De Palma Fourth.
WINNER HAS AN ACCIDENT. ALSO
Forced to Swerve Into Cttrli ami
liOncnvrOfTlr'en When Olrt Sol
illcr WnlWn Out on .the ;
Trnck.
LIST Ob STARTERS.
No. Car. Driver.
1 Fiat Teddy TeUlatf
2 Mercer SpcnCor Wlshart
S i..Stuta Gil Anderson
4 Mercer Edwin Pullen
6 ..Alco B. Taylor
7.... Mercer Barney 0,'dfleld
8 Stutz v...Karl Cooper
J Mercer Huntley Gordon
11 ..Apperson Frank Ooodo
12 .'Mercedes Ralph Dp Palma
14 Sunbeam t. B. Marquis
15 Marmou Charles Muth
1R. Flat. Dave Lewis
17 Marmon Guy Ball
18 : Flat Frank Vcrbeck
in.... Aim .Tonv Jeanetto
20. ..." Mason E. Rlehenbacher
LOS ANGBLES. Cal., Feb. 28,-Exlwln
Pullen won tho fifth International grand
prize race over forty-eight laps, or 4(M
miles, on the Santa Monica course to
day. A now record of 77.2 miles per
hour was established. It was also tho
first tlmo In the history of the event that
an American car flashed In first at tho
finish, and there were several other tea.
tures.
The winner gained his place by a seri
ous accident tho first In tho annals of
the Santa Monica course which Jeopard
ized tho llfo of Driver J. P. Marqult;,
when his car, the most dangerous foreign
motor In tho contest, turned turtle ut a
turn and crushed him.
Thereafter it was no race. Pullen wan
forty miles ahead of tho second car at
the finish and flfty-flvo miles ahead ct
the third.
Ralph De Pnlma, who won the Yonder
bill cup Thursday, was fourth because
there was no fifth out of all the seven
teen starters. Oldfleld, his most per
sistent opponent the other day, was elim
inated .from hte speed test by a bad mo
tor ten laps from tho finish.
Mnken It In Five Houra.
Pullen covered the 403 miles In 5:13:00.
setting a new mark of 77.2 miles per hour
against tho record of 74.45 established by
Cn!eb.jraBg.at Savannah In 3011.
aiiy'BAll was' second1 with an elapsed
tlmo of 5:03:23 and a speed ot 68,4 mlloa
per hour.
B.s Taylor tool? third placawhen, .Oil
nnaerson s car nroKo uownanci lost seo
ondjplaco "slxlaps' from, thd finish. His
time was 6:OS;29. s'' '
De Palma, who had held' the lead for
several laps, was declared out of tho raco
on tho thirty-fifth lap, but got back n
tlmo to limp over the finish lino and
claim fourth monoy.
Marquis wns far out in tho lead In tho
thirty-fifth lap when hVtook a turn at
too high speed and tho machine skidded
and turned over several times. Tho ac
cident occurred at a turn known as
"Death Curve," although no driver ever
has been killed there. The machine, ,i
big English car, stopped rolling and
rested on the body of tho driver. Mar
quis was picked up, bleeding and badly
crushed. It was reported at first that
he was fatally 'injured and he remalncJ
unconscious for two hours, but surgeons
declared tonight that he would recover,
although soverely hurt.
Ilnrcly Ienp Mlshnn.
Pullen won with the samo car in which
ho dashed Into an iron barricade Thurs
day, while leading in tho Vanderbllt
raco. Ho barely escaped a similar mis
hap today, when an old soldier walked
out upon tho track and forced him to
s'wervo into a curb, which ripped off
two tires. Pullen managed -to renew his
wheels and ro-ented the race wfth the
ipss or but a few minutes.
Teddy Tetzlaff, who set the courso
record of 78.72 miles per hour, whch still
stands, was out of the race early. He,
however, made several of the fastest laps
lri the raco, covering 'several' at the rate
of eighty-seven miles per hour. Tire
troubles, however, and finally the balk
ipg of motor and bearings, forced him
to quit.
Tho wholesalo elimination -x)t cars be
gan in the twentieth lap. A pace of
close to eighty miles 'per hour appar
ently was too much for many of them.
Engine trouble developed rapidly, and
one- of the cars stopped In the pits and
their drivers thereafter wero spectators.
Fourth In Thirtieth.
Pullen began Ills' climb to first placo
in the thirtieth lap. He was fourth
then, and going seventy-nine miles an
hour. Marquis, who held tho lead until
his accident in tho thirty-fifth, set the
pace and Pullen successively passed An
derson and De Palma. Pullen's prize
money was 33,(00. Tho two next prizes
went to Los Angeles boys, Ball and Tay
lor, who drow 12,000 and 31,500, respec
tively. Do Palma added 31,000 to the
money he won Thursday.
Taylor plugged Into third place with a
car which ho said ho had picked up as
junk and bought for $50.
This was Taylor's second race with
the old machine, and his time for the
last ten laps averaged sixty-five miles
per hour.
Wolter Suffers Injustice.
Says a Lot Ageles dispatch: "Harry
Wolter, the veteran outfielder was great
ly surprised and nettled when Informed
of his release by ho New York Amerlcun
club to tho Los Angeles club of the
Pacific Coast league. Wolter says: 'It is
a clear case of railroading. Frank Farrelt
never asked waivers on me and is trying
to send me to the minors without giving
nme a chance to get on with some other
American league club. I will sign with
the Angels for the same salary I received
from tho Now oYrks, but will not accept
any contract which calls for a cent less,
and unless these terms are met I will
jump to the Federal league.' "
Wiinl 1 lllllluiiulrr.'
Uobort O. Wbi-d. a millionaire baker,
will finance tne UrooKlyn rlut 11m
wealth Is estimated at . lo,oCK,00t. He Is a
Uo.-e pcrtwnal and business friend of
Charles Weeghman. the Chicago restau
rant man. who has taken a leading part
in Federal league affairs recently and is
president of tho Chicago club.
Will These
Left to rtlsrht Chief
Will Oonnlo Muck bo ablo to put these
four pitchers in tho box tills Bummor?
There-seems to be no question but that
Shawkey, the recruit who brought glory
unto himself during the last season, and
the vcieran Indian, Chief Bender, will
ajaln bo seen In Athletic uniforms, but
there Is some question whether Jack
Coombs and Eddie Plank will twirl for
Connie this season.
Plank, the wonder whom Mnck pulled
How the Star Pitchers Got
Help from Team Mates in
Winning String of Games
BV ERNEST J. LANIGAN.
It Is a matter ot comment during tbe on and oft
seasons ot base ball that certain teams bat harder
and field hotter beblnd certain pitchers than they do
behind others and it would naturally be assumed that
tho major league hurler who emerges from a season
with the greatest total of victories to his credit would
bo tho man who had obtained the finest backing both
on tho offense and tho defense. Inspection of the
records, therefore, should reveal tho fact that Walter
Johnson ot the Americans, the man
whom the Chalmers Ju,ry of newspaper
experts voted the player most valuablo
to his team, had a great number of run
procured for him by his associates, who
ought also to be reasonably supposed to
have given him nearly nTHlght support
so that he could have led the field. The
Senators neither hit heavily nor fielded
very accurately when their star artiller
ist was laborlng-at least they didn't in
tho twenty-nlno complete gomes he
pitched, twenty-three of which wero vie
torlea and tlx of which wero defeats.
3n these games the Federalists obtained
eighty-one runs to their opponents'
forty-two, iSi hits to their opponents'
179, thirty-four errors to their oppo
nents' fifty-eight and twenty-two double
plays to their opponents' sixteen. Thir
teen of Sir Walter's wins (complete
games pitched only considered) wero by
a one-run margin, two by a two-run
margin, three by a three-run margin,
ono by a four-run margin, two by a
five-run margin -and two by a six-run
margin. Sir Walter had no reason to
tha norvo displayed by hi
niicnr1ntfii In rasninc finishes, for they
won five games for him In the ninth
Inning and one over-time battle.
Christy Mathewson, whom many fans
would Uko to see oppose Johnson in tho
world's series, was furnished with an
average of four runs per game by the
Qlants, or 1.21 more than Johnson re
ceived, An odd thing about "Big Six's"
showing In the complete games he pitched
was that the opposition made eight more
hits than did the Giants, hut forty-four
fewer runs.
An artillerist who bad Just rauso for
complaint about the weak hitting behind
tCont'nued on Pago Four)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH
Twirlers Repeat for Connie Mack?
Bender, Jack Coombp, Eddla Plank and
out of Gettysburg colIeRo In 1901, re
turned his contract Unslsned. Plank
wanted an Increase over his salary for
last year, but the new contract called
tor the jsamo amount. Mack says ho
will not ' grant the request, adding that
Plank was a hlsh-prlced man and the
club had reached Its limit In his salary
last year.
Jack Coombs, who lay many weeks In
a plaster cast wlt an . injury to his
Changes in Rules to Make
Base Ball More than Ever
Game
NEW YORK,
brought about by
section 4 of rule
Dy striking out
NEBRASKA OUTLAYS iGGIES
Cornhuskers Have Easy Time De
feating the Iowans.
RUN TWENTY-TOUR TO SIXTEEN
At No Stave ot Gurae Are Nebraakans
Olillaeil to Extend Tliemselvrs
Airhlnat 1 Their llnsky
Opponent".
LINCOLN, Feb. 28.-(fipeclal Telegram.)
Nebraska had an easy time defeating
Ames last night, 21 to 16. The Iluskers wero
not compelled to extend themselves any
time during the game, although the score
stood 12 to 12 at the end of the first half.
Meyers starred, for Nebraska in point
scoring, wh.Io Haskell played his usually
brilliant defensive game. Lineup:
NBOUAtiKA.
Hunzllk R.F.
liakkell ,,..L.F.
Meeib ,., C.
HawMns R.O.I
Rutherford 1..G.
AMEH.
R.F Porterflcld
I. .F Uwiney
C Noble
II. U Hansen
I..U Kelly
Hubstltutes: Hugg
for Hanzllk, Flnlu
for Meyers. Howard for Rutherford.
Field goals; 'Hanzllk (3). Haskell, Meyers
(4), Hugg (2), -Forterfleld (i). Noble C),
Ilansell (3). Free throws: Meyers (4),
Swlney (2). Free throws missed: Hanzllk,
Meyers. Referee: Mark Hyland, Iowa
university. Time ot halves; 'M minutes.
Mnlset Some It miner.
Fritz Mfilsel. the clover little third base,
man of the New York club, Is expected to
Ktvu Ciydo Milan a hard struggle for
baso-stiullng honors this season. It Is
llgured that Maisel d'U more effectlvo
work on tliu bases in t fifty-one Rumen
he played with tho New Yorks last sea
son than did Milan In 111 contests tie took
part in
1, 1914.
(below) Bob Shawkey.
splno last summer and unable, to get In
tho world'it series, expects to besm play.
Inir about July 1. He has boon rocu
poratlng at his homo at Kcnnebunk, Me.,
and Ira Thomas, the Athletic catcher,
who recently visited him there, sityn
Jack Is almost as Rood na over, How
ever, in view ot the serious condition
in which Coombs was last year, it
would not be surprising If he had lost
somo ot his pitching ability.
of Science and Skill
Feb. 28. A point of moment regard
lng tho changes In tho playing rules ot base ball
effected by tho joint committee ot the National and
American leagues Is that several of them are oxpectod
to produce lees wrangling over Interpretations. Also
several rqles have been changed to make thorn, more
equitable. The, chief ot .the latter revisions ' waa
rewording section 7 of rule G4 and
55,
tho words "on fair ground" In sec
tion 7 and substituting tho clause "while
standing back of tho plate" for "or the
umpire be struck by a ball thrown by the
catcher or other fielder to Intercept bane
runner," base runners no longer are com
pelled to return to the base from which
they started when u thrown ball strikes
an umpire who Is on fair ground.
Tho Injustice of tho then existing rule
was Illustrated forcibly at the Polo
grounds last summer, With Hartzell of
tho New Yorks on base, Borton made
what was practically a base hit. There
wns no clmnco to retire cither man, yet
when Collins, who stopped tho hit, threw
It against Umpire Dtnccn's head, Hart
zell was sent back" to his base and Dor
ton had to bat over again,
In rule SO ' Pellvory of the ball to tho
bat," the words "or on top of the plate"
aro Inserted to mako It clear that a
pitcher can have his fret in that position
an well as his heejs In contact with the
front edgo of the rubber; and In section
3, rulo 34, devoted to balking It Is now
brought out plnlnly that neither foot can
be hack of, tho plate without being In
contact with It. It was tho practice of
soma pitchers to slip n foot behind the
plate, thereby starting a kick by an op
posing manager and a dispute for the
umplro to settle.
Tho occasional practice ot batsmen In
not running the bases in prescribed order
on a home run over tho fence, or a two
base hit, It the distance was less than
235 feet, Is forbidden by the epeclfie re
quirement that "In either event the bats
man mut touch tho bases In regular
order." The rule, as It was, seldom was
evaded In the manner mentioned, but
there have been a few such cases and
nf umpires being con.r'lalsant.
In order to do away wtlh a contradlc-
(Continued on Pago Four.)
Entries Divided Into Four Divisions,'
of Eight Games Each.
FLOOR RULES ARE ADOPTED
Ten inn Arc So Selected lit tbe Divi
sion Hint None of thei Wenker
Teniim Should lie Able to
llench the Flnnls,
11V .IA.MHS K. I.AtVllUNCE.
MNOOLN, Fob. 28.r(8peclal.)rA com
mittee yesterday completed final ar
rangements for the high school basket
ball tournament tAo biggest In the his
tory ot tho university . and Incidentally
tho biggest athletic, event ot Its kind
among high f-chools of tho United States.
Sixty-two" schools have sent' entries to
Manager Guy li. Reed ot the University
of Nebraska, an Increase of twelve -over
the entries last year. Tho committee yes
terday drew for places In the preliminary
round of games and appointed a sub.
committee, which will have full charge
of the tournament. Tho subcommittee on
officials and adjustments .will have offices
nt tho athletic headquarters ot the state
university. Tho selection ot officials will
be left entirely to this committee mid all
rules will be referred to It for Interpreta
tion. The membership of this commltteo
Includes Karl W. Brannon. Boss Haskell
and Arthur Mlltner.
In Fonr Divisions..
In tho drawing ot places for the first
round ot tho tournament the entries wero
divided Into four divisions, with eight
games to be played in each division. In
order to eliminate criticism that weaker
teams succeeded in gottlng Into the finals
ot tho tournament because the stronger
teams wero pitted agnlnst each other In
tho opening rounds, the committee en
deavored to mix up tho so-called stronger
teams so they would not compete against
each other until later In the tournament.
In explaining tho floor rules the commit
tee adopted the following provisions:
"Winner ot match No. 1 playa winner
of match No, 2 in the armory, it tho pre
liminary match Is played In the chapel
In tho chapel If the preliminary Is played
In tho armory. Kach team will play only
one game on the smalt floor, all other
games being played In the armory."
"Tho losers of tho preliminary matches
(Continued on Pago Four.)
Cornell Athlete Who
May Outdo ..Thorpe?,
as' All Around Man
ITHACA. N. Y.. Feb. JS.-Cornell hat
an athteto who mav mako an ct-nnt nn
pthlctlo recoril na Jim Thorpo, tho Car
lisle incuan. Thorpe's work In tho de
cathlon and nentathlon will hardlv hn
surpassed, hut his other Olympic, figures
may be shattered in 1916. Cornell's star
Is Alma Richards, tho most promising bit
of timber In sight for the next, Olympic.
Hero aro some of Richards' performances
to date;
HlxtnAn-Tminr1 flhrtf Tin f A
inches.
Running nroad Jump 22 feet. Inches.
Running High Jump 6 feet, 4 Inches.
Pole Vault-10 feet. 8 Inches.
Hundred-Yard Dash l&H secpnds.
Richards Is alreadv
for the events. He Is trying htmelf o.ut
ror tho decathlon, the hurdles and tho
discus events. In all these braches of
track and field sports he has shown
promise.
Base Ball Tourists
Start for Home
LONDON. Feb. 28. Members ot the
American colony and English athletes
and eportlng men gathered at the station
ioday to bid farewell to tho American
base ball teams.
The players all expressed regret that
they could not stay longer In ,L6ndon,
whero they had been extensively enteV
tnlnod at dinner, luncheons and tncater.
parties.
John J. McOraw, in a few words spoken
from tho train, thanked Americans 'and.
English present for tho cordial way" In
which tourists had been received here.
Among other passengers on the boat
train were members of a Japanese gov
ernment commission headed by Baron
ICogoro Taklhara, former ambassador to
the United States, which has been Inves.
tlgatlng tho Judicial systems of Europe
and expects to continue Its work In the
United States.
Mrs. Whltclaw Reld, widow qf .the lato
American ambassador to Gre'a 'Britain,
was also on tho train. .,v
Peru Wins Rough
Game from Bellevue
PERU, Neb., Feb. 2S.-(SpecleJ)-The
Peru Normal school basket hall 'team de
feated the Bellevue college' team hero
last night, 44 to 20. The visitors played
ball all of the time and it looked, at the
end of the first half as If the pedagogues,
would not be able to translate the Hebrew
of tho preathers. or the half ended with
tho score In Bollevue's avor, 16 to 16. In
the second ha'.r tho pedagogues had evi
dently "jionled" a freo translation, how
ever, and read it "fast and furious," The
Peru boys wero rougher than usual, and
showed more mettle than was consistent
with the best playing, yet even in the
midst of it all Bellevue players were gen
teel and remained perfectly calm. Jauda
starred for Peru. The lineup:
Peru- f Bellevue
Sandberg R.G.IR.G Evans
Jones L.Q -0 Halderman
Long C.fe..... Ohman
Btaddard R.F,IR.F.,P. Quack'bush
Jandg .L.F.IL.F..R. Quack'bush
C. Soudcrs, referee.
Cleveland llrads Association.
BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 2S.-Richard F.
Cleveland, son of former President
Orover Cleveland, ond a student at Phil-llrs-Exeter
academy, waa elected presl
dent of the interscholastlc Association ot
Amateur Athletics of New England, at
the annual meeting today,
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