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Judgments
American Defenders of International Polo Oup
A rumor Is current that Mordecal
Brown Is about ready to quit In
disgust as manager of the- St
Louis Federals and toss tho reins
over to Al. Brldwell. who Jumped
from the Cubs. That may or may not bo
true. Seems a bit strange that a man of
tho miner' pluck and tenacity would
give up on anything, and as thero Is an
other team besides his In last place In
the race, ho cannot claim exclusive
grounds for disgust. Of course, It may
bo a money proposition; maybo the team
Is falling to draw as Brown thinks It
should, and maybo thero Is nothing to
tho rumor at all. Well, the situation has
its drawbacks. St. Louis fans had de
termined to go with the winning team,
even though It be an outlaw. They
tired after many years of following a
loser. Neither tho Browns nor Cardinals
seemed able to get much higher than last
place or seventh at best and fanB were
sore. Along came several gentlemen of
plethoric purses and genial dispositions
with a chance to break Into tho Feds.
They were going to build up a champion
ship team at the jump-up. Brown was
secured for manager. IIo was also
destined to be a great drawing card at
the gate. The season opened. The Feds
drew for a while and won many games,
but alas and alack! Both Browns and
Cards had "come back." They went to
pawing up the earth. Tho fans cast a
few furtive glances back at the new Feds,
then tore over to tho other two parks.
There Is this about It you can't keep a.
fan from going to see a winning team
play ball! you may be able, to beat him
back out of a loser's field. It was
Brown's famo and popularity against all
the other odds. He and his team may
yet prosper, but In tho meantime Interest
In the rejuvenated and fleet-footed
Browns, and to some extent In the prom
ising Cardinals, is up fever heat with
the Browns. There Is one placo where
the Invaders are hoeing a rough row, but
considering this is only their first real
year. It .may not be so bad.
If that staff of Whlto Sox pitchers
keeps up Its present pace the team will
not linger long near the bottom. Ctcotte,
Russell, Benz, Scott and a few others,
not to speak of Big Ed, who may yet
round to. Tha American race is going to
bo a raco all the way, evidently. The re
juvenated Browns are forming one big
factor. They are a speedy lot and with
big Karl Hamilton and one or two other
elabmen going good, are sure to make
trouble for all the other teams. Tho
Browns have some real stara, Shotten, for
example, whether you take him In the
field, at bat or on the bases; Austin,
though weak with tho willow, is a won
der fielding; C. Walker, In left, Is a find
of the season; Pratt, Wares and Lenry
are all coming hard. Illckey is getting
good results, tho best, In fact the men
can give. Rickey is writing a new chap
ter in base ball under the general head
ing, "Managing a Team," the keynote of
which is that gentlemanly methods can
be made to pay big results. Of course.
he Is not the first or only gentleman
among team managers; they may all be
such, but he Is hitting out on new ground,
just the same. Washington, the Athletics
or whatever team cops the flag will know
that it has put St. Louis out of the way.
It no doubt pains the average fan a lot
to know that Chawles Webb Murphy has
to cough up J2.900 back pay to Artie Hof
man, one of tho many stars he snuffed
out after they helped make him. It took
tho corkscrew of a court trial to get tha
judgment, but Hofman will collect a Jot
of satisfaction as Interest.
welcome oacK, mcx cooley, to our
midst and may the Kaws. kaw better for
you than they did for our esteemed oM
pioneer, Dale Dear, And maybe they will,
If you Instill Into them a little new ma
terial. That new material stuff la
great thing for any ball team that fails
to win game.
You have, been watching, we trow and
trust. Bert Nlehoff's wonderful work at
third and at bat for Clnz'nltty, we hope.
If ,.there Is a faster third baseman in the
old league at present we don't know
who he Is. Nlchoff was ready for tho
majors the year that Pittsburgh let
him go.
A good many fans are scratching their
heads for the reason for letting Jim
Kane got away from us. We wonder how
many of those pondering head-acratchera
were members of the anti-Kane anvil
chorus during the years Jim was here.
Buck O'Brien having failed in Boston
nd Indianapolis, Is once more rlpo for
unver. What ailed Buck, ohlefly. was
mat his wheels wouldn't work In the
thick air of Bunker Hill and Indiana.
Will You Love Me When I'm Old?
PREDICTIONS ARE SMASHED
Advos Take Game from Brown Parks
Under Heavy Odds.
LIVE BOUT AT ROUBKE PARK
Storx mid Leluiid Glnuts from Cht-
cu co Will Take Each Other on In
Wlint Promise to He Hie
Bull', null riattle.
one tiling the Western league needs
more than anything else 1b a high grade
of pitching. Its lack in this respect 1
more marked than for'several years, am!
here Is one way In which Omaha prac
tlcally leads the league.
Left to right; Larry Vatorbury, Devoroaux Mllburn, Monto Water
bury and Rene La Montagne, the four daring horsemen who" havo been
solected to form tho team that will oppose tho efforts of tho British team
to lift the international polo championship cup, which has been hold by tho
Americans for years.
xiy frank: quiomiv.
All predictions wero smashed to smith
reens last Sunday when the Advos
marched out to Florence park and
marched away with the grapes against
the Brown Park Pharmacy squad. Ac
cording to the wiseacres the Advos didn't
havo as good a show as the poorest show
on tho road. Tho Advos wero determined
to win this gamo and win they did. So mo
ho( or another It is natural for tho ma
jority of humans to bubble over with
Joy when tho leaders aro pushed down
ward and this case failed to prove an
exception becauso all the city leaguers
were tickled when they received the joy
ous news.
From present Indications and all ap
pearances It will bo a difficult matter
for the Brown Park crow to lose tho
pennant unless this bump jars tho
confidence they had stored away.
Form Athletic Clnh.
Recently all the dudes that lounge In
the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and Vinton
streets got their noodles together and
after thoroughly digesting everything on
the map relative to organizing and main
taining an athletic club thoy decided In
the affirmative. Many athletic clubs
havo been organized in this city, but the
majority of them havo died In their 'In
fancy becauso tho members would bo
Imbued with an over abundance of en
thusiasm on the jump off, but the activity
was not of a lasting quality.
The club aforementioned will be known
as tho Luxus Athletic club and the mem
bers already enrolled took Into consider
ation all tho matters that were responsl
ble for the failure of other similar clubs
beforo they organized and unanimously
decided to guard against them. The club
will be for athletic and social purposes.
It is now equipped with the things eosen
ttal for a fair start, but eventually, ac
cording to tho officers, It will contain
everything necessary to make It one of
the best .In the west, from which the ox
penses are derived from gents anxious
to boost amateurs. Tho officers elected
for the Initial year are Frank Lynch,
prcsldont; Oeorge Hachtcn, vlco presi
dent; Anton Matters, treasurer; Otto
Hachteu. secretary; Oeorge Rapp, sor-geant-at-arms,
An Open FrunehUr,
At a meeting of the Saturday Class
"A" leaguers held last week It was de
cided to slvo the franchise left open by
the departure of the Auditorium Phar
macy squad to any team that wants It.
For several weeks the Saturday league
has been composed of seven teams, but
regardless of this fact they stuck like
glue. Several teams promised with all
the sincerity In tho world that they would
join the league, but their promises never
materialized. If they can secure another
team they will all stick and the league
will be on a solid footing.
At a meeting of the City leaguers held
In the city hall last Friday night It was
unanimously agreed to slide through the
j balance of the season with eight clubs.
on account of tho James Corr Electrics
and tho Sterlings going via the aviation
route. Plenty of teams wero willing to
Join the league, but they were averts to
taking the standing of the defunct or
ganizations. Live Gnme nt Ronrkc.
Rourko park will in all probability bo
fairly well packed today when the Storz
will again collide with the Chicago Le
land Giants. Generally these two clubs
put up a good fight and as a good deal
of sour stuff exists between the pale
faces and the1 chocolate drops, a gamo
worth tho nicks and then some Is an
ticipated. Manager "Connie Mack" Brad
ford Is rather airtight about tho outcome.
but as still water runs deep predictions
aro not In order. Sanders, the phenom
who halls from Kansas City, will slide
them over the platter for the suds crow
and Crawford will probably do tho sling
ing for the gang from tho Windy City.
This gent Sanders used to wiggle in the
Western association, but on account of
parental objections at that tlmo he
dropped out of tho salaried ring and as
he Is noW holding down a good position
with prospects that aro very alluring,
ho isn't In tho market for a profes
sional career, From the way ho worked
Inst Sunday he ought to be able to
garner a berth at least as high as the
American association. . Ramble- around
to Rourke's emporium and turn your
lamps on him today. Game called at
three bells.
Another Good Gnme,
A couple of tangles that have undoubt
edly created an unusual amount of ex
citement among the local bugs will be
on the bill of fare at Fort Omaha this
afternoon. The first show will be on tho
boards at 1:30 between the Alamltos and
the Valentines and tho second muss the
Ancient Order United Workmen against
tho Luxus. According to the dope they
aro going to emphasize their loquacious
junk with a pot of dough. Hlckey will
ooze them over for tho Ancient Order
United Workmen and Snuff Smith will
work for tho Hop family. This will bo
called at 3:30.
Diamond Dunt.
Several changes have been made in the
Pagoma lineup.
Smith looks pretty sweet bohlnd tho
tapping station for the Farrell Syrups.
Blondes ought to be ablo to get around
the bases foster because they aro lighter.
So far this season tho Armours have
played twelve games and mucllaged tVin
an.
Out of eleven times nt bat. Feeney,
hitched to the South Omaha Shamrocks,
mado nine hits.
Mlnlcus bumped two on tho noodle at
critical moments during tho Townsond
Fremont Jamboree.
For the Mountclarcs Trail Is doing
nicely, Laet Sunday he held the Farrell
Syrups to four hits. I
At the short territory, Bucher is play
ing iho cars off the game for the J. H.
Bourgeois combination.
Loving of the Chicago Burlington Hdqts
sapped on for the limit against the Omaha
Burlington congregation.
Aside from bolng a clessy box ar(lst
that man Jackson of the Shamrocks is
also there with the billy.
The Shamrocks were only able to regis
for three hlta off of Altman, the box
artist for the Chris Lye Its.
Next Sunday out at Chris Lvck park
the Storz will show the K. & M.'s how
to wiggle around tho bases.
O'Nell. formerly of the James Corr
Electrics will hereafter be stationed back
of the willow for the Hollys.
Out of three trips to tho crockery Pie
Coe smashed three on the coco for the
Townsends against Fremont.
Bellman, formerly with tho Murphy Did
It, Is now holding down the left pasture
tor me uunaeo wooicn Aims.
Joseph Adams Is now hitched to the
A. O. U. W. team. He Is a southpaw
klnker with slow, tantalizing twisters.
Bolz and Henley were the big guns with
tho artillery for Mlnden, la., agnlnat the
Black Kats. They sapped three apiece.
Probably, If some of the amateur
pitchers would wear skirts, It would be
f UV F. S. IIUNTKR.
Vnrhtlnff,
'Tta likely you this day have seen,
Thoso yarns about the races,
With old Tom Hp, the Oolong queen,
Avast our sailors' traces.
But as for us, a landsman's plea.
Wo cannot grasp such tale,
Tho difference we ne'er can see,
'Twlxt bowsprit and topsail.
Bill Chambers may be chesty over his
victory over Harry Legg, but he's got
nothing on Charley Sherman. Sherman
would rather beat Harding onco than
Legs forty times.
Glancing over the morning contemp.,
wa havo found that among new players
on tho Rourko squad are "Howard"
Grovor, "Billy Thomas, "Happy" Ward,
"Nap" Crosby and several others. In a
minute wo'll be reading about "Big Six"
Wagner and "Honus" Mathewson.
About two more weeks and Walter
joniiBon would nop to the Fods for a
blamed sight less than 1100,000 the way
Jno Benz and A. Rankin Johnson have
been wielding? tho victory olub.
As fur as wo can learn a polo match
Is only a success when the aonltty ed.
can grab names of half a thousand of
N'Yawk's elite who wore In attendance.
And It makes Uttlo difference who wins.
Lamping tho definition of an amateur,
we have come to tho conclusion that au
umuiour am i.
an easy matter to keep the men a-guessing.
Against Fremont Matty McQrath was a
regular baso thief. He stole four bases
and ho Is no Cobb on his pedals at that.
Rather stramre. but nevertheless true.
Carter of the Alamltos allowed nlna hits
and struck out nine againBt tho Dundee.
Grossman, tho general of tho Florence
Athletics, Is still looking for a wranglo
lor lira cracKor clay, wan mm m r lor-
enco 333. ' '
Manager Wolff shook a few 'lemons
from his gang nnd ho predicts that tho
new geezers ho signed will chock their
losing streak.
Out at Fort Omaha next Sunday after
noon the Black Kats and the A. O. U. W.
outfit will battlo for the socond offeoso
of the season.
Tha largest score made by any one
team last Sunday was compiled by the
Trimble Bros.' gang against Ithe liemls
Park Resorvcs.
With the bases drunk and two on the
shelf, Malady of tho Luxus Bnatched one
thut looked like a circuit plunk against
tho Joe Smiths. ,
As predicted In these columns last
week, tho mightiest havo to fall, so Mr.
Donaldson took his tumble last Sunday
againBt tho Storz.
Tho A. O. U. W. team is anxious to se
cure games out of town for July 4 and 5.
Address Frank Qulgley, 11XM Chicago or
buzzor Douglas 2250.
Teams In or out of town wishing trou
ble with the Mtckel's Victorias squlbble
to Ernest Wolff, lb05 Locust streot, or
telephone Webster 72!H. '
Burns, tho skyscraper who performs
behind the willow for tho A. O. U. W.
team, tickled four on tho beak off of
Andrews at Woodbine, la.
Curtis Petersen, formerly of Iho Flor
enco Athletics, and Edgar, formerly of
the Nebraska Auto School, have been
glued to the Mlckcl'a Victrolas.
Although Roncfca of thu South Omaha
Ramblers whiffed ten of the Springfield
clubbers, he had to bo satisfied with the
short end of a thrilling wrangle.
Huntington of the BcmU Parks was
ragged out in his strike-out garments
last Sunday. He mado thirteen of the
Shady troupo waltz back to tho bonch.
According to reports gathered from
Omaha contingents that have evaded
Fremont this season, the fans located
thero fall to decorate the grandstand.
Andrews, the Omaha klnkster asso
ciated with Woodbine (la.), didn't faro
very well against the A. O. U. W. con
gregation. Ho was trimmed to tho tune
of 12 to 3.
Now the Windsor Hotel team Is ex
ceedingly anxious to meet the Valentines
again. Thoy think they can grab tho
Wichita, Knn.
We know the Inquisition was a powor of
mighty force,
That old Nero was a demon In a pinch,
And thut Aloxander was a burglar who
stolo his trooper's horse
And that Caesar never quartered e'en an
Inch.
But for all these facts of history we
smirk with awful scorn.
Such irrlef terrors wrrn tuf Inv.
When we say four wins, each one unborn,
auiiicu uuck against our uoys.
If the AVltches could only hit all the
tlmo like they did against Omaha they
would bo hitting about 1,100.
In front of the score board tho other
day a bug announced with appropriate
gravity that tho Athletics wero a hit
ting team and outside of that weren't
Nebraska School for the Deaf Third Team
much. Which would be like saying that
outsldo of the fact that he had a oouplo
of billion bones John D. Rockefeller Is
a bankrupt.
How many fight fans know when and
where tha Johnson-Koran match Is to
he pulled offT What? Both of yoUT
Well, then, who gives a car who wins?
Unanimous again.
Wo have finally come to the conclu
slon that to be a polo player Of any
merit It Is necessary to have a title or
a bank account.
R. S. B, aska If Walter Johnson la
really worth 1100,000. Well, If it was
worth J10.000 for Coulon to fight eight
minutes and then flop on hla book It
must be worth a couple of million to
have Johnson pitch an hour and a half.
modern Dane Dull.
We ask not for the ball fans cheers,
nor for his praise we yoln.
We play the game tor O. U. O. and want
magnates' coin.
The new umps, Mr. Fyfe, is said to b
a very good musjeal Instrument but a
little off tune as an umpire. Flat de
cisions a specialty.
Charley Herzog has not up to date
claimed the pennant. And now wo
know that geezer Is not a regular manager.
Br n Fan.
Tho saddest words
That come my way
Are these by Pa
No game today.
Well the Hourkea will be back Tue
day and we'll be able to give 'em tha
once over and form our own opinions.
Our Idea of the classiest time of
mediation would be when Walter John
son pitches against Ty Cobb.
Or when Omaha plays Wichita next
Do not condemn the man who says "the
Rourkos are a rotten bunoh."
Perchance he's oft In the attlo or tho
heat has touched his brain,
But turn your orbs toward the other
peat, the gink with the awful hunch,
Who writes those Jokes about that man
he only should be slain.
gravy and are willing to risk some dough
on tno outcome.
Manager Krullsh of the Valentines has
switched Rube Feltman from the outer
works to cushion one. This I good a piece
of bum work, because Feltman Is at home
on tho Initial pouch.
Heretofore the Luxus team has been
known as tho hltless wonders, but this
season they aro bieaklng up tha dope.
So tar the whole crowu look rather
sugary with tho pole.
Smith, the big cheese of the Pasomas,
is now stationed behind the platter for
tho PagomaB. Ho hasn't worked behind
tha hit block for four years, but he
doesn't seem very rusty.
(Jet a hammer and knock the knocker.
Alfred Adams Is back. He says the
roads are rather rocky for a benlnner
when you chaw off a big hunk. He waa
playing with Qulncy, 111.
Harry Smith, formerly with the Luxus
brigade, but now holding down the short
poslsh for the ChrU Lycks, is sure smack
ing the pill this season. He spankod two
out of three attempts last Sunday.
Lukes, who recently dropped Into
Omaha, Is holding down the hot corner
for tho Alamltos. Teams wishing iiamiu
with the Alamltos call James milej at
Tyler 20Z5 or write to 3109 South Fourth
street.
Ross, tho lad that halls from Superior,
Neb., Is a dandy In the outer works. He
nailed five last Sunday, three of which
looked Uko sate blows. He la tlod to the
Black Kats.
Joe Olllham Is now holding down the
short field on Saturdays for the Telephone
troupo and on Sunday for tho A. O. U. W.
With both teams he Is playing excellent
ball and hitting better then ever.
Floronce Athletics against Moose club,
second game, at Florence park,
MicKel'a victrolas against Twenty
fourth Streot Merchants, second game,
at Thirty-second and Dewey avenue.
Hollys against Mountclares. Looking
for a diamond
Victors against Imperials, first game,
at Miller park,
Fontonellea against Jepsen Bros.,
Thirty-first and Taylor.
Nebraska Auto School against Vinton
Street Merchants, rontenelle park.
Southtown Imperials against Walnut
Hill Merchants, Forty-fourth and Dewey
avenue.
Hernia Parks against Brown Paris
Pharmacy, second game, (west diamond),
Fontenelle park.
West End Merchants against Dundee
Woolen Mill Reserves, first game,
Thirty-second and Dewey avenue.
Dundee Woolen Mills against Polish
Athletlo club. Twenty-sixth and Martha.
Jl. Ia Tinnam against Tnmmo vros..
second game, (east diamond), Fontenelle
park.
Hernia Paries against Auto Row. Bec-
cond game, Elmwood park, new diamond.
Aavofl against ueacon J'ress, second
game, Miller park.
Columbia Fire Writers against Mer
chants National Bank, Fontenelle park,
(west diamond), this morning,
C. B. Grays at McClelllnd la.
K & M's against C. B. Columbiana,
first game, at Chris Lyck park.
"Hi In lWm IH1
Top Row Kuhn, pitcher; Kochlst,
catcher; Rlppc, substitute, Hawkins,
renter field, Kennedy, substitute; Bab
ccrk substitute Tcrpenlng, rltcher, KIN
na, left field, Folk third base Bottom
Etop; Chase,- right field; Dletz, second
base; Anderson, substitute; Peterson,
catcher; Schcnmnn, substitute They are
tho very strongest players of the N S.
D k(J team and r,on neven and ono
Row Luman, sjbstitutr, Zabel, short-, tie Tho final scores were N, S. D.
St, K; Walnut Hill school. IS; N. S. D.
3d, 3S, Fontenelle Park school, 8: N. S.
D. 3d, 2, Fontenelle Park school, 0;
N S. D. 3d, 6 Walnut Hill school, 6, N.
H I), 3d, 8 Fontenelle Park nchool, 0;
jr, S, D, 3d, S, Wainut Hill school, 2.
Local Teams Have
List of Games for
Various Diamonds
The following games will be played
today by the local sand-lot teams;
A. O. U. W. against Luxus, second
game at Fort Omaha.
t-w. WmIm MMIb rn1nat AlamltftS.
IW,,uu ' isvi.va. " o . - ... '
first game, at Fort Omaha.
Storz against Chicago ivciana uianis,
nt nnurWn nark.
Blair against Bennington, at Blair,
iNeb.
John Deere Plow Co., at wahoo. nd,
Windsor Hotel, at Arlington, Neb.
ond game, at Chris Lyck park.
Independents against Knights of Ak-Sar-Ucn.
stcond gamt, at Elmwood
park, old diamond.
Wettrrn Auto ft Supply, at Missouri
Valley, la.
King Peck Co., against Thomas KIN
Patrick's. Elmwood park, th's morning.
Brandols Stores against P. O, Hup
mobiles, Fontenelle park, thla morning.
Browning King Co., against Drexel
.Shoe Co., Fort Omaha, this morning.
Ulark Kats against C. B. Stolz, at
Twenty-first street and First avenue
C'ounc 1 Bluffs.
Joe Smiths .against Woodbine, la., at
Athletic Dark. Council Bluffs.
Wagmana aga'nst 8. O. Ramblers, at I
Twenty-fourth and Vlntoa,. j
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