Nebraska Newspapers

    Meres Where a Moratorium Would Beat a Law Suit Both W ays
TOPEKA CLINGS- TO
WESTERN LEAGUE
John A. Savafce Will Operate. Clnb
in Kawtown Instead of Colo
rado Springs.
MAGNATES SIGNING ATHLETES
After fussing around for on entire
. week. It wa derided at tho Wntern
league In Chicago yesWday to give To
peka one more chance to make pood as
a Western league-city. It was first an
nounced that the tinware would , be at
tached tothe Kansas capital In 'favor
of Colorado Pprings, which city once be
fore proved a failure In the Western."
Put the moguls changed their mind and
Mr.. John A. '"favage, secretary of the
Kansns City' American association club
and new magnate, will run the club. .
' The change of plans aa a result of
the tllrector of th'e Toneka club to trans
fer the franchise to lavage. A. M. Cat
ling, president of the. Topaka league, held
a consultation over long distance tele
phone wlthPrexle O'Neill and agreed to
,the transfer.
Savage declared he would operate the
club In Kawtown. although he had re-
' reived flavoring Inducements from Colo
rado .Springs business' men to take, the
club there. , ' ' -
Johnny Clancy,, who la year was a
mombcr of "Ihc Rourke tribe unjll . e
' broke his ankle. Is trying to hook i.i with
THs Moines. Johnny wrote Tom Fair
weather that he would consider a Boos
ter proposition at l-3- a month with a
I bonus of 100 rocks for signing and trana
portatlon to and from Boston. ,Mr. Fair-
Weather. ""giggled with supreme mirth
.lupon receipt of the missive and wondered
why Jvlinn forgot faro for hia wlfesand
meals on the diner. Clancy's leter.wlll
be forwarded to James A. GHniore and
company, ' t-
Matrnatea Bisrn Yoaatrs.
Western league, magnate are Aiusy these
days signing young blood, of which the
Western Slcogue is destined to be -thick,
' with this, summer. - Jimmy WcOUl has
purchased two new outfielders for Ms
Denver cluj.- They, are Helmer and 8pen
ccr, both youngsters from the Lansing
club of the , Southern Michigan ' league,
McJGlll will lose Hank Butcher and
' Grand-dad 'cassldy, this year.
Des Moines has signed Paul- Musser.
. who worked for the Boosters in 1913.
".'Muster acted on the coast last year, but
proved to wild in the, sunny climate.
When In the' Western, Musser possessed
a eurvc ball that broke all over the lot
and looked like a wln.ien
Down- In Wichita, they are still spend
ing money. Manager Wwres has signet!
Oull .Davis, a pitcher fronp Medicine
lioilge, Kan.,' and Wilbur Gray, a catcher.
' with- Notre Dame -university. Both, art
said' to be coming yotiths. .: ,
Sioux CltyV has signed Charlebols
Kchambaugh, whd caught Smoke Donald
son on the" AH-Natlona team, which so
often trimmed up ' the Stori last year.
They have also . slgoed Dick Boyle,
catcher from Peoria in (he Three-I league
and. the two will , battle for Leo Murphy's
job. ..y y .
Max Pn ThroBsjrh.
Tlid Chleng o White1 Box will waft
; thr?9Bli -Omalia .Wednesday t 3:40. oft
r their way to tho Pac Xoble training
iinn p, , where 't situated . the mallest
hall park In th world. Manager R6w.
innd and his protege. Including that-'weH-
known recruit, E. Colllus. will , weupy
t.p.cinl tfcin, , which 'will , consist of
"flve.r:epcrs, a library ar and a buffet
..-car."" The fast mentioned car Is or the
benefit of the newspaper men, who make
he' trip with the Hose. - '
Invitations Are '
Sent Out to Big
: Y'' Indoor Meet
Entry blanks for the fourth snnual In
door mee to be held at the, Auditorium
March 19 and 20, under the auspices of
tho Young Men a Christian association
have peea sent out fo alK big athletic
-)ub and Younit Men's Chriiitian associa
tions around Omaha. The induor meet
this year will Bo the last effort of J.
Ti-ultt Maxwell, physical director, who
leaves April 1. and the "V U trying. to
make the indoor meet te biggest of all.
Invitations to compete have! beep sent
to such, big cluks as the Kansas City
Athletic club of Kansas-City, the' Missouri-Athletic
club of St. luU and tha
Illinois .Athletic club' of Chicago. It it
expected that entries from all of these
rlu'os will. compete. The' manager of the-
Illinois Athletic club basket ball team
which playe'd here Thursday Jilght de
clared that It wus more than likely tbe
Illinois Athletic club TVTnild send out a
bis team, including some of Its famous
swimmers, to compete. , 1
In addition to Those big cltyhs invitations
havXbeen ser.t to .varlolis organizations
in Sioux City. Dea Moines; St. Joseph.
Lincoln, Fremont, Grand Island and all
cities inNebraska. The meet Is open to
the world and any amateur la eligible,
j . , ; -
.Nebraska Wesley an .
Outplays Grinnell
. Cpllege All the Way
tiiyNNKLU. la., Feti. 13. (Special TcV
eEram.) The Nsbraska Wenleyan-Orln-nell
gome of I anket WllVayed hr ,a8t
right nded with a score of 35 to 14 in
. favor of Wesieyan. At the end of the
t end of the
reTr!
firtt itlf it was H to t In
visitor. Tha Weslevans '
w 111 longer arms'' reach, light en theft'
- feet, good basket throwers, and with fine
teumwork, each "maQ aeented to . know
Utot where to find kny other one He
needed at a critical time. There was
soniev rough play and here Nebraka had
the advantage. Both sides were penalised
ed
foY holding und shared
In this about
. equally. Urlnnell had a surprising run
of bad luck In mlulng baskets by a
im-re hair breadth, but'tlievlctory Vaa
,'on by W eeleyan, through a consistent
playing of the game. '
BOVVLNG LEAGUE IS F0FWED
BY LIGHT COMPANY EMPLOYES
The employes of the electric light com.
rany have organized a bowling league
end wllf bowl each Tuesday evening for
the' hulanre of the season at the Metro
cl t.in alleys. At a meeting held last
aek C J. Knyder was elected president
an.l J. F. Senior iseeretary.
rnor iserretai
Bar Ilia
ilnrfei Heya Ills Heleas.
. OutrieM. Al March has purchased his
uii'-oiuhUoiial release from the Iouisville
k .in. h .lA Lue American assoclalioo.
STATE GOLF 10URNEY.IS OP
Happy Hollow Club Announce! It
Will vt, in a Bid for 1915
State Event.
DISSENSION AT COUNTRY CLUB
Finding that the golf situation In Ne
braska, as. far aa tournaments are con
cerned, la In a state, of chaos, the Happy
Hollow club .has decided toput In a bid
for the 191S Nebraska statetourney. .'The
Hapr.y Hollow club held the vrnt last
year and should not. under the rotating
agreement, have It again, but it seems no
other club wants It. and if ,heHoppy
Hollow doesn't enter the field, a' state
toumoy might not be held. l
Last year the event was tentatively
promised to the Lincoln Century club,
but It is feared tat Lincoln Is not ' In
shape to handle a tourney. The course
there haa always been nine holes, and
while an addition to eighteen has been
made, the course is yet far from perfsct
and other accommodations are lacking.
Lincoln wl!l be ready by 191ft and will
probably bo given the event that . year.
' Providing Linear is out- of . It. the
Country club here should be host at -the
event. . but the golf situation at the
Country club is at pVesent' such that J.
la believed the club will not be given, the
tourney. though entitled to it In the
first place, George Simpson tia (one.
Second, the attitude of the golfera is such
that objections would be offered. Mnny
of the older' golfer do not " want ; any
tournaments, while many of the younger
ones are demanding one. Between the
two a breach has been effected that haa
eliminated the spirit of harmony neces
sary for the staging of a successful
tourney. .
The position of the Country -club can be
readily understood when it is noted that
but nineteen members entered the state
tourney at Hapfy liollow last year. The
Hippy Hollow was represented by 1H5
and the Field club by 1!5 golfers. And
bc'oW the event was held each club In
Omaha promised ,100 entries in order , to
carry 4he state association Out of debt.
It waa agreed that at least 100 from each
club should pay : whether they actually
played pt not. The" association pulled
out of debt, nil -right, but only because
the 'Happy Hollow and Field, clubs' Uts
ran over' 100. . ' .
Field Club Not In Field.
The' Field club docs not care to hold
the event at that club, so' It is up to the
Happy Hollow, and the Happy Hollow,
realizing the state' of affairs, has come
forward, and both Charles R.' Sherman
nd C. K. Reed have announced that the
club will make s bid for the tournament.
That they wllKbe given it is assured. ' .
The division of the golfers .at the)
Country club Into' two factions promised
to' be- interesting this sumjiicr. The
younger set is determined to" have a
crack piuyer- for a professional to take
the place of Oeorg Simpson,' and they
are equally determined to stage Some big
events.' On the other hand, the opposing
faction can't see why a professional
should be more than a course architect
and. have, no desire for gallery events.
Before peace is established between the
two some excitement will probably occur.
Chris Christerisen
Accepts ChallengD
For Combs Trophy
Cfcj-l Cbristenaen fit Elk City, tha trap--shopter
who now-holds the , TJ- Comba
Nebraska trophy, ':has accepted Don Hc
Cown's challenge to battle for the cup
this spring. McCown challenged tha Elk
Cltyan two weeks ago, and Chrlstcnsen
will come to Omaha some time this week
to make plans for - the holding of the
event'
Chrlstensen agrees with McCownvthajt
an allday tournament should be. held on
the day. tha two -ahoot for the trophy.
He believes , It would be a good Idea to
invite shooters from all over the state to
participate, ' aJthough the main event
would be the private scrap between him
self, and McCown. . Chrlstensen la willing
to shoot as soon as the -weather opens
up this spring. As he has the privilege
of naming the locality of tha shoot, be
w'll probably agree on the Omaha, Gun
club,- -
Iowa and Nebraska
Shootp'rs vNear Top
vi'ASHLVGToX Feb. li-WaahJngton
State oollega has made tha best, score so
far In the Intercollegiate' shooting compe
tition, scoring jflSO out of a possible 1.000
in the fifth match? results of which were
announced today, . This ' score places
Washington state, well In the lead! for the
college championship. Score: ' .
Class A Washintrton State. against
West Virginia, fTS; , Michigan Agricul
tural. 969, against California; HI; Corner,
972. against Minnesota. 937; United States
Naval academy, 047, against Purdue, B43;
Iowa State, 9CT. agalnet Illinois, v40; Mas
sachusetts Agricultural, 972, against Nor
wich, 904.
Class B Pennsylvania. 950,. against
Notre Dame, 1137; Vermont, 946, against
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical,
K; Wisconsin. ML against Dartmouth,
9"j8; Worcester Polytechnic, 931. against
Mialne, M; North Georgia,' 96. against
Princeton, 882.
Cljea C Nebraska.r90I. against Idaho,
843; Milajssippi Agricultural and Me
chanical, 858, agalnaf .Jtilgh, 840; Tale,
8W. against Rhoda Island State, de
faulted; Michigan, ;' against ' Kansas
Agrk-uiruraJ, Stf; Arlxona. ha, against
Cniversity of Washington. 834. v
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presnahanLets:Go v
' Of Four Ball Players
'CHICAGO. ' Feb. 13.-Four players. In
cluding Tommy Ieaxh, last year captain
of the team, were releas3 uncondition
1 ally by the Chicago Nationals. The
'Otherb u era - Charles SmiU and' iUiWar t
j Mack. litchsra,' and Wllllarh Sweeney,
j second baseman. I-each. before Joining
; the Chlcuku Nationals wa4 a star out-
fielder for ihe Pltts'j'irgh club and was
one of the best known players in the
country. r
ianager brcsnahan, who Issued tha re
leu, said they were-made In tha fur
therance of policy he had adopted of
building Jp,a team of young playera '
Craaa Ialaad crls Wis at York.
tOHK. Neb.. Feb. 13. (Special .) Crand
island hdxI Vork colu-tte lrl played a
t'loe aiui iiitei-mtlng same of basket bell
at evening. Grand laun.1 won, J7 to 14.
ine wmk ago lorn piayvd at Grand
Uiaod apd auB. x
, 1
semi-Pro U Slsstd.
Tha Columbia club, of tbeT Month At
lantic league, has signed a s. jal-nofes-sionaj
catcher nam-! Arthur Kuehier,
iisllmsr Ixuui Iv.LWk. Hi.
' JJIfr-INTEREST IN
CITY J0URNAME11T
Crack, Are Already righting' for
First Place Several Gamei
Will Be Bowled Today.
HOT RACE IN THE GATE CITY
Last week's bowling Interest centered
on the annual city tournament, which
opened on the Farnam alleys last night
This season's tournament attracted. much
wider attention due to the large number
of entries received and the laraw cash
pflse fund. Thirteen all-star' five-man
teams have entered, also thirty-five
doubles and sixty singles. The winners
In the events of this tournament Will be
declared- city champions and will hold
that title until the next annual tourna
ment.. . ;' '-
This season's annual event I being
rolled under the" auspices -of tha great
American Bowling congress. . Most of the
teams 'entered will attend the National j
meeVat Feorta, III., In March.
A squad of five-man. te ami will roll this ,
morning at 10 o'clock.. This afternoon tha
two-man teams Will occupy the runway
and begmntng at 7 o'clock this evening
the Individual bowlers will compete.
The bowling last week was of the classy
variety, especially ln the Omaha league,
d.u to the fast exhibition pulled off by
the Stora and Burgess-Nash teams In
their fight for first placed ,The Storm
rolled one of. the highest acorea ever
rolled In a league game here,' With team
scores of 1.07P, 992 and 1.034 they plied up
a. grand total of 3.105, winning three
games and going Into tha lead of the
Omaha league, ahead of the Burgess
Sash. Martin, the Stors star, rolled one
of the beat exhibitions this season, with
such scores aa S67, 1S and 224, totallhg 4.
The Gate City league race still continues
to be a moat Interesting one. Thrf Fair
mont Creamery. Ragan's Falstaffs and
LewXs" Buffet team are all tied for flrat
place and each Is fighting hard to gain
iConilnuedon Page Two, column two.j
Omaha Qlub May Be
Represented at Big
Meet at Exposition
Providing the athletes who become af
filiated with the new Amateur 'Athletic
association of - Omaha are proficient
enough to stand the test of keen, compe
tition, J. O. MaeVetgti. president of the
club, will make an errort to taae a
tn the athletic champlonshlpe Which will
"be held at the San Francisco exposition
In the fa'l. .
McVeigh-has high hopes of seeing the
Omaha club on a par with other big ath
letic Vlubs, and if the men hr are suf
ficient athletea to Justify their compe
tition wlth- the big athletea from other
clUes, an attempt will be mad to take
tbe trip. . '.
As soon as the affairs of tha Triple A,
era arranged, an application for member
ship in the American Athletic .union will
be filed. The club will, eventually De
come a registered member of that union,
and MatVelgh wtllf flla application as
soon as conditions are on a substantia!
basis. . . '
The Triple -A has been Installed In tha
Mmory a week now,, considerable appara-,
tuit has been put up and thing: are ex
pected to be. running smoothly In a short
time. 1 , . ,.. 4 ' ''' "' . "
Nebraska Cityans '
Outplay Packers
; In ferillintJame
The lanky proportions of three Ne
braska City basket ball sharks wera re
sponsible for the defeat of the South
Omaha High ' school Friday' at the
hands of the Nebraska City High school
five, to to II, on the South Omaha, floor.
The Maglo City team was unable .to
break up the solid Vail of offense offered
by tha students of Coach McCandlesa.
Tha game was without 'ifoubt tha fast
est played on tha South Omaha floor and
the local five played the best game of
the season. Tking the lead on a chance
shot by Schultz. left forward far the. Ne
brttHkans, the' visitors kept on the wlnnlg
side thrpughout the en thro game. '
Foley, Nixon and Beal were the stellar
trio of the Magie City machine. Pchults,
Thorre and Kellogg wera tha atar per
f orators of the visiting quintet. The
lineup: .
- SOUTH OMAHA. .
McBride (CI....R.F.I R.O.,
Foley -.IF.
Nixon . C. C
beach .R.a.i R.F..
Heal ' LK..
NEB. CITY.
Dennieon
i... Inarch
Kellogg
Thorpe
..(Ci Bihults
Substitutes: Corr for Foley,
cihaln-Harri
holts for Nixon.- Bott f'-r Iesch
son for Dennlson. Vlnarmon for Larch,
Welch fr.r Kellogg, lloberg for ,Thorp.
Field gosls-f McBrliie, Foley, Nixon,
Iah, Kellogg. 8' Thorpe, 8; Schullx. J.
Foul throws! Ale Bride, 3. Fouls: South
Omaha, 9: Nebraska City. M. Time of
halves: in minutes: Heferee:- 'Miller.
Omaha. Timekeeper' cCandless. Ne
braska City, t Sforerf Te . of South
Oinuha. "T4ore: South Omaha, 11; Ne
braska City, 20. ' -
Xraynor Company
Takes'Over Agency
For New'Cole Eight
' Th Traynor Automobile company at
1513 Furnain street has taken over the
agency of the Cole far. Tha Cole people
have pow added an eight-cylinder ma
chine Ao their line of cars and from ad
vance orders wWi-h have flocked in since
the announcement- the newest model Is
destined to- become far . more popular
than the six or four. -"Louis Traynor Is
enthusiastic over bis new agency i and
predicts that the Cols' wll be among the
most popular cars in Nebraska.
"We anticipate," declared Mr.. Traynor,
"to hfeak any previous sales records wj
have made. The Cole, we believe. Is the
best car we -have ever handled and con
sider ourselves indeed fortunate In secur
ing the agency in Omaia.' The eight
cylinder machine Is the, coining ear' anil
lerore'long you will .see 11 companies
making, eights. The. Cola being ana of
lue pioneer eights, la bound to be at
tractive to Nebraska buyer, who are, I
find, tha most critical and at tbe same
time, Judicious buyers in tha country."
Cumdrtmmm May Qalt.
Conxelinan, the promtslna touni
piicner or the Pirate, may ba lost lo
Fre.l I'lmke. The youir men. who is
I a uratluato of F:ro a. itiiUiklng ser
iousiy of forsakltur lb game to engage
in :ivsi iiamerina.
Urates (jo olh Kariy.
The Boston Braves will go south earlier
than ever this season so as to get In
shae for their annual sprint in July and I was luarrled la Brooklyn to Alfred UU
iunuL I u . '
SPORTS
The '
TODAY
WILLOW SPRINGS TEAM of Magic City league, South Omaha. Will enter the big
American Bqwlino; congress touraynent at Peoria, 111. Last year's champions of the
Magic ,City league. ' .Also hold' high total record fcr that Jeague, with a 3,019 total. Aro
I in second place this season
l"" JV.. V V S
ngnt: .ieuer, x.epuisKy i
hDskers swamped
; by ames offense
Iowa Agxie Basket Ball Players
, Eomp Around the Ne
! - i brukt Tift.
WIN, TWENTY-FOUR TO TWELVE
! I - r t . Z
' lAMEIa...Feb. U.-(f!pJal Jelegrarn.)
Tilt Nebraska Cornhusk rg played At
yesterday and on. TlieT played the
dyelones today and lost Yesterday tha
Nebraskana won, M to 13. and this after
noon they lost, 28 to XI. 1
Tha Improvement In the playing of the
Ames team would not have been believed
among1 the possibilities yesterday after
the wretched showing In comparison with
tha superior playing of the Cornhuskert.
The difference In tha achievements Of
both teams today was aot due to per
sonality, for practically .the im mcn
wera In tha lineup In today game.'
.' ' Ames Starts Karly.
Amea commeaced tha scoring when
Captain Swlney dumped In a clean foul
basket, which resulted - front a miaplay
of ! Nebraska. Ames alko finish the
coring whens Holmes, center, terminated
a long rainbow from tha middle of the
field in the Cornhuskers' basket The
gam 'was a fight from one end to the
ether, but In spite of tha fierceness H
wns clean considering the energy thaj
was turned loose In It. . "
' Swlney scored In 'tHe first minute with
his foul goal and Cramer came right after
him with tha first one of his five field
scores. Campbell, tha Nebraska forward '
who scored so promiscuously yesieroay
wa bald down to two baskets, on at ine
end of aach half. ' -
Ruthrfor4, Hu.ker guard, s Important
In th pusallng 'floor work f th Ne -
braskans) yesterday, likewise got nowhere
today. Atne covered o closely and prose-
cuted th offense se vigorously today
that Nebraska never-had any time to
argue before throwing at a net.
'' ' Ilebraaka. Lacks Dasb. .
Tbe Nebraska dash was not present to-
day and the offense df. Cramer, Cyclone
guard, waa sensational. Lineup;
AMES,
I
NEBRASKA.
Campbell
' "iVfl!!
rorterfield - F.IK
fcwlney- F. F
-t Holmes C. C.
Cramer O. J
Hm-nloil J.ia
MilUkeii
Kuinerioru
. Field baskets: wlny, ILolmea. Cramer
ffil, Boynton (Z), Morgan, Campbell Jt),
Rutherford il). -Foul baskets: Swinof
m. Hugs; (3. Substitutes: Morgan for
Porterfield, Thlesen for Gardiner. Huirg
for Kutberfbrd. Referee: . Mark Hylanri,
Iowa.
Chicago Speedway
Official Consults
With Omaha Expert
F. E. Edwards, director of contests of
the Chicago speedaay. and for aevert
years an American Automobile associa
tion' official at various races held under
Its sanction, will l In Omaha today to
confer- with Omaha speedway officials
with regard to th construction of board
M ' . -V f t 'vy f
, ' ' W-V ! 1
iL... -; r s i ;
j&
speedways. The Chicago track will beive ocn enrolled in thea-classes be
bosrd and la yet to be constructed, ir cause of their Interest In ' following up
towards a eel aea to aiscuss in teciini-,
calltie of. th work with Construction
Expert Vaughn, who is building th
Omaha,' speedway. ' '
Edwards (s a veteran race man, and a
conference with him will be a Big halo)
to th Omaha men. On th other hand.
Vaughn Is legarded aa on of tbe bW
construction engineers In th country, and
as h has had some experience in build
ing the first instsllmant of th Omaha
track, his advta will go a lorfg way with
Edwards. V
MlM.EkWt, Marries.
. Miss Genevieve Ebbets. daughter' of
PrnMtnt l:ifclM.ta of It. Vtr.w.itlin
SECTION of
Qua
OMAIIA, s SUNDAY -HIOHNINd, IT1IUIUARY H, 1915.
fighting the JetterJ Old Age for
m v jna Nlil
captain;, uooiey. oiuing: iienncay, xniscner.
WITH BASKET BALL PLAYERS
First Christians, , Omaha "Nationals
and ' Towns ends Lead in the
' Race o( Three. Leagues.
ATTENDANCE ON THE INCREASE
Staadiusr of lasra Taansatf
CHURCH W5AOUB. i
Won. Lost
First Christians Ol 0
Manscom l'k. stethodists., I t
Kountse Memorials 4 " S
First Methodists 4 - ,6
South Omaha iiftptlsis. ... 1 7
Church of the Covenant... 1
COMMEHClAb LIOAatJIS.
. Won. Liost.
Qmahn National Bank.... 0-
Council bluffs Cubs S t
Omaha High School ads.. S 4
V. M O. A. SnereUrlea.... 4
t'relKhton Laws 2 , S
Clearing House 0 f
'tri-city lkaouh.
Won. Lost.
'Pet
1.000
.727
.44fi
, .446
.1U0
Pet.
LOW
.fro
.4
.428
. '.4)
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Pet.
1.0.10
.fit
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JoiO
.8.11
.
.143
.0)0
Townsends
Clark
Omaha High school
Mrala
tlelievue college ....
Council Blufls "Y"
7 0
1 I
i
, I 4
r-wift ft Co
Neb. School for Deaf..
Where Tfcey Play This Week.
Church, League First Methodist Bar-,
acaa against lianxcom Park Methodists
at 1 10, and Mouth Omaha Baptists against
First Chilstians at S.3U, Tuesday at
Young Men's Christian association.
Commercltit , IeagueA-Omsha National
Hank against Omaha High Hchool Ho
serves, Tuesday at 6 at Young Men's
Chrlntlun sssoelatlon; Omkha High School
Iteservea against loungMen s Christian
.Association tecretarlf, Thursday at S
at Young Men's Christian association.
Trt-CHy League (.Marks ennlrt Omnha
.Klgn school, Tuesday st 7:), and Heile-
vue (Oti!gn against tswitt co. ac b:m
at University iff Omaha gymnasium; Pi
rates analnst Nebraska Hcliool for the
leaf. Tliurtdsv at 7:10. and Council
bluffs Young Men s Christian association
; -ull. t rtwlr. . ro at at Vounc
I Men's Christian aasoriatlon; Townsends
n'enivue!. .co"e,0 Saturday at
1 Abu8 from tfie fact that th nilnela
: Athletic club performed In Omaha Thura-
itly eVenlng, very little activity marked
the week' play In local basket ball cir
cles. Only seven scheduled event took
place, th lowest number sine basket ball
was launched this tee son.
Because of the switching around of
the new entrants into th Commercial
i league and bacause of the postponement
r many ottier games, on leers or th
three basket ' ball circuits are becoming
I worried over the large number of delayed
ames.. An effort is gto b made, this
; wan so mat an quintets can caj.cn up in
in sc.neaute. i - ,
The slump of th Kountxe Memorials
was out short th last ' two" weeks by
their steady advance In th Church
league. After slipping "for four week
the Memorials have at laat found Jhelr
stride and bid fair to oust 4 he Ilanscom'
Park Methodists from second place. Th
unexpected defeat of th Hanscom Park
ers st th hi nils of-the Memorial last
week was tha on big event In that group
sine th season was Inaugurated.
l.eresses ( faarrh Atttsissrf,
That Interest Is an th Increase is shown
by th lain turnouts ' that greet th
flippers at nearly ever contests' This la
more marked in the Church league.
The large turnout are doing wonders
to increase the Sunday school attendance
at most churches. Many new worshipers
imr"s nuu iiv. aacn
Church league player 1j alao required to
attend the church he represents at least
one a week.
Aside rem the Wesleyan game here.
March 6. It la doubtful whether any nior
traveling teams will be taken on In
Omaha. Manager Prununond of th
Townsends has given up the idea of play
ing the Toledo, 0 fiv that oome
through her to eompet in the Panama-
Pa tito expoaltlon.
Basket Ball ftotea. N
A tiff VnA la -.III , -, 1
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from th liuoup of the. Pirates. .
Th First Christiana mad a uCcesaful
recovery of their lost basket ball tos
iCoiUliiued, oa Pa T wo, Cui urn uTh msTi
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the lead. Standing, left to
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STATE LEAGUE HAY
LAY OFF. ONE YEAR
With York Quitting League , and
Kearney Threatening, Affairs
Are in Turmoil. 1
WOULD. RESUME FLAY IN 1816
After siruggllng brsvel to retain their
una summer pastime, two mors cltioa In
th Nebraska State leagu have about
decided to'gtv ui th ship. Tork and
Kearney ar the two cities, 'fork having
definitely announced that th Stat leagu
toam In that town (nust be abandoned and
Kearney admitting it probable they w!U
not be able to start tha season, ,
The fact that York and Kearney1 will
not start will probably mean that the Ne
braska tat leagu will suspend opera
tions during 191S,- some of th officials
or th league even admitting the .fact
One change haa already been mad In
th circuit, tha Superior franchise groins
to Falrbury and It will ba a difficult
matter ttf find men who will tak
chanc on a base ball club In these
turbulent"" limes. Kearney has ba
trying to sell to several cities, but has
failed. Nobody wants th club. And
the same will undoubtedly apply toTork
when f n attempt 1 mad to transfer th
franchise. . "
Last season was disastrous to th Stat
league, . Not on club mad money, but
each and every one lost heavily. Eivan
Grand Island, th largest city in th
league and a pennant winner, mad no
money. Such a state of affairs la try
ing even on the ardent sportsmen who
own 'Club In Class, D leagues. Class D
club ownl-rs don't expect lo make money,
tby are merely In th gam to prvtd
summer amusement, but they don't Ilk
to lose money any more, than do other
people, and this year Its looks Ilk a
loss 1 the Stat league plays. ,
Na Baa Ball for York.
President Kll.low has definitely an
nounced that no base ball will be played
In York. The park will b torn down and
th game abandunrd. C. W. Klbier In
Kearner-hm mad offer of th sal of
hi franchise to several cities, the latest
of which is Aurora, -but no one wjllbuy.
But If 4heltata leagu moguls agree
to lay off one year with the Intention of
returning In UK probably thes titles.
no ar now quitting, will make an ef
fort to stlok and revive th sport In
191 after th fan find bow dreary ar
the summer day when ther Is no base
ball to see
Without question permission would be
granted tho State leagu to suspend
operation and tha player could be rej
talned for li!3provlding they were sup
plied with position during WIS. It could
be very, easily don and It la mora than
probabl th BtaUf leagu magnates wtll
tak this method of weathering the storm
which Unow threatening organised ball.
York Lad Would Race
Omaha Greek Runner
Chris PuIos. the Greek runner who
created stuh a st'r In local athletlo cir
cles when It was learned he waa a crack
marathon runner, tjas a competitor.
Merlo Legier of York has wrlttan t..
Johnny Fllier, that h would Ilk to rao
Puloa over a long course sum time,
Legier ran In Omaha Thanksgiving day
at tha Young Men's Christian association
cross country rac and flnlahed third
after a neck and neck rare with b-ui.-
whp Ml back, to fourth position.
believe- 1. can put up a good rac against
id urea.
Lier alo told Filler he would Ilk to
com to Omaha and loin tha "Y" h..-
To tiet 32,800.
According to thu K1ri i,,. t.i
WJtf r Juhiuiin is to a-et m a yr
w . ur
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POSRER TRACK HEH
FAIL TO COME BACK
Hopei of Coach Reed Are Bkited,
but He it Building Up' a New
Team of Merit
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ENTRIES I0R BASKET . BALL
By JJAMRS E. I, A WRIT, NCR, V
LINCOLN, Feb. 11 Speclal.)-Just as
Track Coach Guy E. Reed, aaalstant
manager of athletic of th University
of Nebraska, thought he was gning to
hv a championship track squad, this
spring, h found hi chance gone glim-1
merlruX by the desertion of sis cooat
prom 1x4 rig star, upon whom h had
placed his hope. . Reed lost tlx star
track athletea by their failure to return
to school the seconl semester.
Included In th list were Captain Cupid
Meyers, Brian O'Brien. Smith,. Vldsi,
Maxwell and Rasmuaann. It left him,
without an experienced hurdler. Weight1
man or Jumper. s
Myers waa a sure point winner In thej
I.Uh Juin.v Olse.-s thrjw and BhoUput
VMal, a South Dakota atar athkot, bad!
a record of better tMtn six feet la the
high Jump. Raamuasen, a frwahman last
season., held th 'W'lBoaruiln reoord tn the
low hurdle and. was expected to gtv
Nebraska a most dependable man. Bmitbj
another freshman, loomed p strong In
th sprints last season, but did not return
to chopl. Maxwell and O'Brien wwrej
br th weight men and Reed waa oountlng
upon tljem to replace Meyer la thorn
vents. ' " .
La la Ileavy.
Tha loss of these men will b severely',
felt In th Oornhusker camp, but aprlnaj
training has already started. Th track
men, are working out In the gym ewry
day and next Monday Reed will get his
first lino on the material at his disposal
when the annual Charter day meet Is)
held. There- Is considerable Interest In
tha Charter day program and tha list ft
ntrles I large. ,
Reed has plenty of men In the print,;
but he Is not over enthusiastic. Georgw
Irmlh, who hung up a record of 10 sec-,
onds at Kansas Inst. year tn the 100-yardJ
dash, la eligible. Reese, another veteran,
la eligible, but will probably not get out
for track work this spring. Reese Intend
to return to school next fall again and'
ho has already participated In uni
versity athletic two years, he wants to
rave his final year tor foot ball. Derrlng.i
a new man. looks 'good in the 230-yard
dash. '
For the 44(wyard dash. Reed has a bunch'
of material. Zumwlnkel, the veteran. Is
back and eligible attain; Scott, another
veteran la ' on hand, with Bates and
Clarke- ,
,-- Chamberlain t TralalasT.
Guy Chamberlain, Stelhm'a sensational
halfback last fall, Is getting out for
track, and Is rated aa an exceedingly .
valuable man. Chamberlain will b used
In- the 440-yard dash and possibly In th
half mil, although ho runs th 100 and
JX. Another promising new man Is Kioan,
a treehman' last season, and a son of
Congressman Sloan. Sloan look good In
th century run. . i
For the half mil. Reed .has tho veteran
KublUk, and h believe Clark v ant
Chamberlalrf pan b converted Into half
mller. . . .
Reavls, Nebraska' star pole vaulter.
Is again on hand and will provide th .
iMiakar Jdta a good man In that event.
lit tho mil run,. Hed has two veterans,
Uoctas and Ralph Anderson, and In tbe
two-mile event, Reatk and Krats will
be tn deck. , . ' . i '
' Reed Is planning to us Russell Israel,
n old Omaha High school boy, for tha
hurdles, but he has no line or) material
fur the high hurdle. I -on Is Hummel, a '
former high Jumper, Is back and may
decide to' get out for track work.
"There Is, som good material in th
freshmen squad of this year, but It will
not be sliglble for varsity competition
until , year i hence. Young Owens Is a
good sprinter. QlUlland. th former Wc
leyan mller, la a good dlstano man, and
Nixon 1 alio a good mller.. thaw, a'
freshman," la strong la the welxht.
Reed .expect next week to recetv
cult number of entries for th high,
school basket ball tournament. All en-
trie must s In before February 10, tha
opening date for filing them being' Feb- '
ruary IE. Reed confidently expects tha
list of entrie to exceed that of last year.
- With Coach 8tlohm along- tho. Nebraska'
basket ball squad wound up Its (astern
trip in a gam with Amea Tbo Iluaker
still have a gam -with Waleyan. which
will decide th state championship. Ne-j
braska succeeded In taking tho first gama
against Wesleyan by a clos score la a
rough and tumbU exhibition. Tn Mask
er ar determined to trip Coach Kline''
-pupil two straight for th licking Vfe
lcyan gave thtra two years aco.
Qpme Wardens Ask
Amendment, to Law :
' On Spring Hunting
Hunters la Omaha are In receipt of W
resolution adopted at a meeting In Dea
Moine of th gam warden of Iowa, N
braska, lUinoi and Bouth Dakota, a copy
of which ha been forwarded to th pro-i '
per authorltkt at Washington.
Th resolution has to do with the fed
eral law covering the killing of migratory
bird during tho spring month. Th
gam warden ask for th amendment of
th present law so that it cover all of
th tatea jn th south.
Th gam Wardens, In their resolution,
expressed th opinion that tho four ataUa
mentioned ar discriminated against la
favor of th south where they claim th
real slaughter of migratory bird occurs.
They ask -that the taw be amended. W
permit ehooting between September IS,
and December IS" and between March l'
and March 20 with ' reasonable limit so
that oxceaslv killings be prohibited. Tha
warden recommand that the law apply
to all states. ,
Further the wardens recommend that
th four sutca represented pan 0uua a
law In case the federal ruling b dclxoi
unconstitutional.
DD,NIS0"N MADE MANACER '
OF THE LUXUS BALL CLUB
The Luxu Vail club, on of th Clas A.'
amaU-ur clubs pf Oroaha. held a meeUng
last week, aad plana for th coming
seasoxi were discussed. Jake Krug wilt
again act a president and Johason Iri. V
nlaon was elected manager. Denniso
needs no Introduction to Omaha fans. He
as a professional ball player two years
and knows the gam from th ground up.
Several of last year's Luxu roou will
b missing this season, but new player
of recognized ability win Kei
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