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Good Sports Always Give the Other Chap a Chance . TOO MUCH SNOW; NO SDN, SAYS ROURKE But Jim Stoddard, Ground Keeper, Dilligently Labors to Remove the Said Snow; BOHEMIAN BOY WHO IS AFTER ALL READY FOR ATHLETIC MEET Entry List Showi 600 Athletes En tered in Various Indoor and Swimming Erenta SPORTS SECTION or CRAWFORD AFTER HITTING RECORD Wahoo Sam Will Soon Equal 3,000 Hit Mark Only Beached by Lajoie and Wagner. HOPES TO MAKE 3,600 BIKGLE3 FIRST HONORS TRAINING STARTS NEXT WEEK Out at Roiirke' park, -where about as tnuch mow fell during the several storms which visited those parts at various times during the winter ran be found Mr. J amen Stoddard, rround keeper par ex cellence, laboring diligently removing the enow, digging trenches and otherwise making; brave attempts to put the field In some sort of condition for Pa's athletes to pastime on. Fn-be it known the clan of Rourke shall report to Omaha for spring training on March 23, which Is Just ten days away, and Mr. Welsh's well known sun Is evidencing no Inclination to remove the snow of Its own. accord. Pa has not postponed his spring trail ing date and he will not do so. If the Held looks like the Missouri river on the fatal date It maea no difference, for tlio athletes will be given swimming lessons and ordered to go to It. However, Pa Is hopeful that Btoddard and sun Can put the diamond In pretty fair shape for the training season. Since the acquisition of A. D. Conley. outfielder, the Omaha lineup looks a hit better. A good soout recommended Con ley, declaring he Is considerable speed merchant, and Conley should help might ily. Pa now has Bell. Thomason. Aten, Conley and Payne for outfield candidates. Four Gaines Carded. Four exhibition games have already been booked for the Rourkovlnlans. And Pa la after Minneapolis for a couple more. With the Store and Li nod n to call upon, a full schedule of exhibition games should be carded. Kansas City will appear first, on April 1 and L They will be followed by Minne apolis on April I and 4. The White Box coma April 9 and Id and St. Paul on April U and 11 Among the former Omahans who will appear during the exhibition games are .Joe Rlggert and Chick Autrey with Pt Paul, and Pan Tipple and Bed Cprrldon with Indianapolis. v . A very persistent rumor is . working gradually around the Western looq. The rumor ha it that Johnny Kllng is an ssoclate of Savago In the ownership of the Topeka franchise. The story goes that Kllng owns a half Interest and Is very likely to manage the club before the season ends. The announcement that Jimmy Jackson will boss the team Is said to be a blind. It Is also asserted by men who are In the know that the Kaw fran chise will be shifted to Kansas City, Kan., eventually. Perhaps not this sea eon, but probably, and that Kllng wlU be made manager when the switch Is made. MoGIll Has Hard I.nck. Jimmy MoOlll, owner of the Denver and Indianapolis clubs, has suffered another piece of, hard luck. . A distant relative, very distant, too, has died leaving Jimmy $150,000 to do with as he pleases. As Jimmy already owns about half of the coin In the world outside of what Rocks feller and, Carnegie have, one can readily understand how grieved Mr. " McOlll is over bis recent bad luck. Dream la a la Stoax City, They are hitting the hop pipe in Sioux City these days, even though the federal drug law la, said to prohibit that prac tice. They aro figuring on a large' post season trip for the team when the Sioux cop the pennant rag. It seems to be taken for granted that the lianlon crew will do that little thing. Hho stunt is to trail Into the middle western ciLies where other league; championships were won and play those winners. They have In mind the American association. Central association, Threo-I and Wisconsin-Illinois loops. All Sioux City hare to do is win the pennant and then kid the other tlubs Into the games. Frank Isbell has hired a couple of more athletes. Frank Gregory, a pitcher hailing from Ottuniwa, of the Central association, and Joe Boyd, a semi-pro lnflclder from Pella, la., are the lads. Isbcll has also fired Barney Duffy, who ywas obtained in a trade with St. Joseph for Sam Lufferty. Duffy was embalmed and shipped to Toungstown, O. I'a Rourke has encountered one of the many peculiar occurrences which happen to base ball magnates, and Pa doesn't know whether to get peevish or giggle, lie has About decided the latter is the proper course. A youth by the name of James C. Lane wanted a Job on Pa's team, was given It and accepted terms. The acceptance has been recorded with the National association and everything was nice, until T-ene decided he didn't like the terms. He Is now objecting to them. He will probably object for some time to come for Pa knows little about the lad except that he comes from Iowa, and Iowa doesn't turn out phenoms like Kansas does. I Evers and Schulte All that Are Left Johnny Evers watches with peculiar in terest the work of Frank Schulte, his old teammate, for ho and Frank are com petitors In a race, or rather an endur ance contest "Of the old Cub machine Frank Schulte and myself are all that are left In big league bam ball," writes Evert, "and Frank has to go some to beat "ma out I don't mean by this that Frank Is slowing up or going lark, but I mean to challenge htm to a race for the honor of being the last member of the greatest base ball machine of all time to pass out from under the big tent" SALT LAKE CITY STAFF COMPOSED OF ALL NAT0NS Chief Blankenshlp, former Washington Catcher, now manager of the Salt Lake City (Utah) team of the Pacific Coast league, has six nations represented on tils pitching staff. Laror s an Indian, Johnny Williams. Hawaiian; Frank Ac relanes, Spaniard; Apau, Chinese; Ting ling, former Cleveland plsyer. Ix Germs n despite a Chinese nume, while Malarkey and Touer are Irish.. MIDDLE OISTANCERUNNER DIES OF HEART DISEASE CHICAOO. March 11 William A. Mo loney. Who was coniidered one of the bent middle distance- runners in the country, died at his hnfti here yesttrdny of heart Jtilseas. He was :r7 years old. Moloney, f with his brother. Frederick, was tlio mainstay of the Cniversity- f Chicago track teams from V to 1JC4. lie was captain ef the team during the lust two tears of hla college career. f ) . f i .. t ' ' i 4 ' " I Ttanh Kocorek FRANK RIHA NOW HAS RIYAL Tel Jed Sokol Tyrs Believe Frank Kocorek Will Win Color from the Champion. ENTERS THE Y. M. C. A. MEET Tel Jed Sokol Tyrs of Omaha has only one athlete of the first class, as turners are ranged, but that one turner is such an expert that the entire order Is unanimous in their belief that their one representative Is the superior of Frank Rlha, the Tel Jed 6ok.il star of Omaha, who onoe was second In the national championships. The .Tyrs' man is Frank Kocorek and the Tyrs is depending on Frank to down the mighty Rlha. For many years Rlha has a clear field In Omaha. He hna really had no one to push him hard. His expertness and grace on the parallel bars, the horse and the horliontal - bars were regarded almost perfect and wherever he went the deci sion was his. Now comes Kocerek for ward to give Rlha a run for his money. These rival Tel Jed Bckol athletes will encounter at the fourth annuel Indoor meet, which will be held at the Audi torium Friday night. Rlha Is entered with the Tel Jed .Sok-l team, but the Tel Jed Sokol Tyrs has no team intcred, only Kocorek. The Tyrs only boasts of second and third class teams, so Kocorek has no team-mates. Kocorek Is but 24 yeara of age. He has been In this country six years and only became, polished as a Turner since - his arrival over . her. Ho learned some of the game In .the old country, but was rather crude and far from perfect, when they undertook to tnkke a turner out of him down at Mets ball. Kocorek is only five feet three Inches tall, but ho in said to work' 'much uulcktr. c'lsler, quieter and perform more feats than turners with more Indies to their advantage. State Turners to , Compete in Omaha Next September Tlio I'.'lo state turing tournament will fee held in South Omaha In September. All turners from any turning societies In the state will be eligible and already the various . turners are practicing up for that meet and several sectional tourneys whioh will be held at various cities around Nebraska and Iowa. Last year Omaha entertained the national tournament, but that event only occurs every five years, so the state events are the big ones this year. . There will be threo classes of turners to compete, first, second and third. In the tourney. First class teams are made up only of athletes who have won first places 'n regularly scheduled tourna ments. Ban Johnson Still On Warpath, Says Congressman Lobeck , Congressman C. O. lobeck, who re turned from Washington yesterday, drop ped In on Ban Johnson, president of the American league, at Chicago on his way home and had quite a little talk with Ban. Lobeck la the boas rooter at Wash ington, so is privileged to chin with the American league chief on all occasions. True to his colors. Johnson is still ranting about the Federal league. The denuncia tion of the Feds is still Johnson's primary I topic of conversation, says Mr, Lobeck, and Bet Hee still predicts their early downfall,., In other wordb Ban. Just like the kaiser, U still on the warpath- Fred Gilbert Shoot at Gun Club Today Amoving c-ubI whl,h the winner will re taiit'permaadnt possession of, Is the trophy attracting .Omaha trap shooters out to the Omaha Quhv club grounds today. The Fred, Gilbert ahoof, in which some 300 trap shooting clubs In America' will participate, ' Is the occasion, and It is expected that the Omaha club will see the largest crowd It has enjoyed since the warmer days of last fall. Qlbert is a professiona shooter living at Silver City, la. ' Today he celebrates his twen tieth year 'as a professional shooter, and that is the reason for the shoot Gilbert himself will shoot at Wilmington, Del. The event will be lt tsrgeta Miller Park Golf Meeting Tuesday The annual m ting of the Miller Park Golf club for th election of officers for the anason of II will be held In City P. Hummel's office, all., on Tuesday even- Commissioner J. seoond floor city lng, March U. X. J A I BIGGEST EVER HELD IN OMAHA The full list of entries to the fourth an nus indoor athletic m-et which will be held at tlio Auditorium Friday night, with the swl'niiiliig the following night st the Toung Mon's Christian association, has been turned in and the schedule of events completed. Kverythlnp Is arranged and In readiness for the hit event. The entry list Include some 000 ath letes of all clashes. The meet will be the biggest ever held here, according to pre dictions of "Y" officials. Many thrilling vents are carded and some records should be broken. The organisations entered are: Vnivrrslty of Nebraska, Nebraska Wes leyan. Omaha High school. Omaha Vomg Men's Christian as"Mntton. Council muffs Toung Men's Chr'sttan acsooiatlon, Fouth Bide Turners, Tel Jed Rokol. Tel Jed Pokol Tyr. Mondaniln Athletln club, Thropeian Athletic c'.nb, Amsteur Ath letic asaociation. City mission. Rcllevue college, hi hols, churches, etc. The entry liat is as folvws: Two-Mile Team Ri'-e Carl Welpcl Floyd Haynter Rulph Root Thurtton I-oksm H. K. .lohnaon Aaron Iuvtiaon K. A. Kittpalrirk J. . Mne.Volgl.t Comllo t 'uldero 1.. I. Kelny Andrew I'cneno H'irt Ksne Fred Fulllner Vern Moore Bimr Pofton John FHer .foe Wirt J. F. Burton Owen ph hn ider V. 11. laina'oy oo aril Oah, open Warren Lltch William Funk H. K. Johnson Charles Mortarty WMrn n. Hrvina llii:V Krllev Pierce Roger J. OersUI Mm VolEh niathan KaFsr.man ienn remy Albnrt Newton W. II. Hnrnaby Phllim r'liua Walter liurton Carl l,utes R. C. FuroU Running High Jump, open Carl AV. Jenwn Wilbur Fullaway Hart Jenkk Charles Morearty I. O. Haines VaI Hcanlon John R. Morrison Hal Hlaeknian F. R. Giles Robert Bounner W. D. Brians M. Oilmore Albert Newton 11. C. Furois Arthur Rouner Philip trelshv Marshall Jameson F-dward l.owrey WUHsm Newton Clarence Squires J. l. MacVelgh P lova lJaynier .-aarin ivi'iovu Thurston lxgsn Herman Conn l-'rldolf Kngstrom W. Burton Philip Chase W. H. Barnaby Raymond Burgess Rooler 8kating: 3. Dlollck B Klerdlng P. Buttem J- Sealiso H. Conipton S. Btalac C. Tltsworth 40-yard dash, open: R. U McKean Wilson I. Brysns Bert H. Hermes Plt.rce Rogers R Purcotaik Clayton Nichols Carl P. Steogel Nicholas Mayne ("rnn ti w ifeli I.eonard Weirleh Carl W. Jameson Thomaa Roulette Arthur A. May cartrles r. morearty Ionald MuniM Ieroy Kelley Howard Home Jlmmle O'Nell L. O. Haines U I Kieny H. K. Johnson Kdward Simpson T. F. Peterson Hal Blaokman John R. Morrison , Paul Ohman Arthur C. Gertsen Barton Maxwon F. It Giles Stephen Wlrtz Othello Rountrea R. C. Furlos Gymnastics: vibuBui, A rthiir Krecek kiharles Wleger Frank Krecek John Then r rann nma Albert E. .Snyder , J. R. Rlha Kmll Hanth Frank Kohl Otto Gemandt John tokr Art Jordan Frank Kocourek H ny Gemandt. C Reichel Cliarles Krbe . J. Fornbui g John Pribosky 40-yard swim, open: Fridolf rkigstrom fvard Purycar Hart Jenks l(K)-yard swim, open: Fridolf Engstrom Hart Jenka Plain and fancy diving. K.Benson Whealon I lark Owun Conip Robert Downs lYIdolf EngBtrom , Arthur Nlcols Harrv Shepard 40-yard swim, on back: Fridolf Sngstrom Kvert Purjeur Raymond Burgess 40-yard swim. Junior: Owen Cnmp Jaoob PoUsrs Paul Nieholaon Harry Khepald - Harold LJndley Sa Carlyle Ross Barnes High Jump, Junior: Owen Comp William Penney Hick Oilier Amos Horper Clark Anderson Paul Beacons WlU F. Ntcolson ' iDonald McNttt Paul F. Jonea Harry Meloher Henry C. Lauer Hart Longawell -( teorge M. Roger Ttiobert Pofd Howard Turner Edwin Moeer 4f-yard dash. Junior: nuwn OuniD Harry Molcner IDIck Oilier lon nrwell Paul isicoison rwum run Paul F. Jones Wllllm Funk Henry C. Lauer Kugone Neville Arnollorper August V erts T. Rountree G Relohal . lxiule Mtllthaler Relay Race Schools: Thomas Carew Gus Falbaum Harvey McNeal August Wlrts Raymond Burwood Karl Rlgby Jake Fleishman Le WUon William Ellbert Joseph McColllsusr FredKrouse Bdwln Mtwer Fred Wefelmeyr Ilarry Walker Edward Reltar Joseph Rylen John Hesa John Freeman Marbel Uewitt Harry Logerqulat iinuell Snurg rtusrt Arthur George Clifton W,UN?!lonu l,ouls Moiony v , .,' .i, lister B-al Michael Muller Relay Race Church: Edward Flenlor ank Ferry William King Russell Tthhs Joseph Plenler Chester Pleroe John Schmelser Ray Murray Jacob Paera Mason Talmage Edward Bartsha DarrelTate IeRoy Brown Charles Vorhes Iean Rannle Robert Downs . Vred ritrongberg , Karl Learning I ouis Mtllthaler Harry Gamiile Rov Willis William Holmes Thomas Klvlns Paul Moser 4 inward Gibson Alva McCTenahsn Hamilton Hall Gerald Edwards Harry liowes numniwuw Norman Jones Arthur Hlgbee Robert Tonge Phillip Moeller lyde Ren from Walter Farwell Myron Hinrhey Carl Nellson Ouy Goodrich Jack Brecon Hairy Benson Raymond Brlson Fred leader Krvln Rohlff Joe McConvey Barnard Battles , George Paundera . Ellas Ferris Robert Chlrteeter George Btribling Henn-Moodv Paul Garrotto PaulMcArdle Tsathaii Elllgan Preston Loomis Hollls Barlght ' Clarence Won't Let Sox Smoke Even Pipe "No smoking!" That's the stringent order just issued by Clarence- Rowland, the new and youthful While, 8ox mansger. It's prob ably the moat radical rule ever Issued by any base ball manager. Most of the team bosses have the greatest difficulty enforcing even an antl-clgarette rule. .But Rowland isn't afraid. After he had posted his new edict, he caught several of the 'vets" violating It. He cautioned them, and not once since then have any had the hardihood to be caught In the open with a cigar or pipe between their Ua. Rowland himself doesn't smoke or chew. He says every form of smoking is bad for aa athlete's wind. Sunday Bee . 1 1 Vvfcr- k The pair pictured herewith captured supreme bouors at Indoor tennis by de feating Karl Bohr and Theodora Roose velt Bell In the annual tournament for ALL B00STINGIN WICHITA Big Banquet to Be Held Latter Part of This Month So Fans May Get Acquainted. STRONG FOR MANAGER WARES Never was basw ball Interest In Wichita so much alive as it Is right now. The fans have a hunch that a turn Varna In Wichita's fortunes with the signing of Clyde Wares and on the theiry that the Lord hvps those who helo themselves, every fan and fanette in town Is turning booster. An Indication of the feeling Is ibown In, the announcement that J. II. Elera, president of the Wichita Booster club. Is planning a banquet In honor of Manager Wares and the Wichita olub officials and players for II arch 33 or Vs, to ba held at the Booster club rooms. Tba purpose of the banquet will ba an Informal get-together meettvr to mt the manager and players and to e ect officers and form an organisation to get out and boost Wichita up In the West ern league pennant race. No subscription papers of 'sny kind will be circulated at the meeting asMng for any money. The mee'tlng will be just a get-acquainted affair. President A. M. Ebright will make an effort to have Manager Branch Rickey of the St. Louis Browns attend the meet ing and make a talk on base tall. Wichita deserves a winning base tall club.' The owners of the team have stood heavy losses, but they are 'putting In several thousand more dollars In an ef fort to produce a winning team tor the fans. There Isn't a city in the Western league, or any other league, that bas a more loysl bunch of base ball fans than Wichita.', Now that the owners have ' secured Manager Wares and Incidentally the good will of the Ht. touts Browns, it looks like tha long dreamed of event has cone to pass for the fans a winning- base bi.ll team. The fans do not expect a chain pioaatilp team thla year. A team that will win at least half Its games wlH te A (Continued on Fage Two, Column One.) Tin: OMAHA KUNDAX BEE: MAKCII New National Doubles Tennis Champions jr S -ff.7r ir-v a i v tw ''(.,' : J . '- i ' M m . n was n islisj a. , . r . the ohamplonship of Now York City. In tba fifth game, a doube fault by Behr gave Gustavo F. Touohard and Watson M. Washburn the match and the title. Mike Gibbons and Brother Tommy at the Krug Monday Alike Olbbons, champion ten-round, no decision champion of the world and one ot our best exponents of the modern fox trot, will display his knowledge or cuts and nifty foot work at tha Krug theater Monday along with Brother Tommy, who Is said to be considerably expert at tba same lines as Mike. Mike now holds newspaper decisions over Jimmy Clabby and Eddie MoOoorty and enjoys tha title of "Phantom." He Is giving a few exhibitions of his skill In a few towns along the Missouri river and se lected Omaha for Monday night. Manager Franke reports that Omaha fans are taking quite an Interest la the "Phantom" and that tha brisk advance sals Indicates a good house. Preliminary to tba boxing exhibition by Gibbons and his brother, wilt occur a few wrestling matches. Omahan Named in Story of Noted Run Hospitality of J. T. Stewart of the Mitchell Motor company, Omaha, Is praised In a story In book form of the 7,509-mlle run made by a Mitchell four with sealed hood last fall,' Just Issued. Besides making the drivers of tha car his guests In Omaha. Mr. Stewart fur nished a guide as far as Oakland. The run was a noteworthy one and re ceived a large amount of publicity. Tha booklet, which Is handsomely printed and Illustrated, describes It In detail, with an Interesting daily account of the trip, which lasted thirty days. The car aver aged 260 miles per day over all kinds of roads and in bad weather during a large Ipart of the Journey. 4'obb Will ftkaw. Manager Hugh Jennings expects to make expenses on tlie training trip this year. Ty I'ol'b will rerort with the tint 'iuaJ and be in condition to appear In all of the exhibitions. L'suallv Ty passes up the sfiing barnstorming tour. 14, 1915. Touohard recently won the national In door' single ohamplonship and Is playing In better form than lis ever showed be fore this season, Touohard Is shown at the left. GOLFERS GIVEN RATINGS Marks Rangt from Scratch, for Ouimet and Travel to Fire for 202 Playen. CHARLES EVANS RANKS NEXT NEW TORK, March 11 Two huntlrea and seventy-one golfers were given rat Ings In the handicap list of the Unites, States Golf association tonight. The marks ranged from "scratch" for Francis Ouimet, the champion, .and J. D. Travel t' "five" for devotees of the link from clubs In all sections of tha coun try. "Because of tha large membership in this association It Is Impracticable to fix any handicap for players who da serve a rating greater than tire strokes." explained tbeexecutlvs committee of the association. Charles Bvans, Jr., of Chicago, w-etrte.ro amateur champion, Is ranked next to Ouimet and Travers with a handicap ot one stroke. Kvans Is tha only player with that rating. Next to him oomee a quartet with an allowance of two. These men are U. M. Byers and W. C. Fownes, Jr.. Pittsburgh; W. J. Travis, Oardeu City, U I., and W. K. Wood of the Floosmore elub, Cbluago. An even dosen receive allowances ot throe. E. P. All Is. Id, Milwaukee; H. Chandler Egaa of the Kxmore olub, CmV csgo; R. A. Oardner, Hinsdale, XII. I Ma son Phelps, Chicago; . Albert Socket, Riverside. 111.; Frederick Uerrtshofi. Ebtnneoock Hills, N. T.I J. a Anderson, Bras Burn, Mass.; B, W. Cockraav Balti more; R. R. Oorton, Brae Burnr Oswald Klrkby, Eogelwood. N. J.; J. B. Schlot man. Detroit, and P. W. Whtttemore, Brookllne, Mass., formed the group. In the final group are 202 players. In cluded In it are O. N. Aldrlne, Dallas, Tex. ; U D. Hroomf leld. Denver; J. E. Cedy and Ardon Mitchell, Rock Island. III.; Walter Fairbanks and II. A. Fisher, Denver; H. A. Fleage.r, Seattle; D. P. Ft ed rinks, ban Francisco; Norman Mao Beth, Los Angeles, and K. 8. Patrick, Culuth, Mina. Another nouple of seasons will find Pe trol t In possession of a slugger who will have charge of 5.000 msjor league has hits It doesn't take any great amount of base ball knowledge to figure the ath lete; there's only one Tiger to whom thsj honor could go, and that is "im" Crawford. The big outfleldtng star has been with Detroit for twelve years; In the reasons of 1S04 to 1M4, Inclusive, Crawford made t,n hits, an average of slightly better than 1M to a season. Craw-ford broke Into major league base ball In 1W, as a member of the Cincinnati National leagut team; In about thirty games he made thirty-two hits. Ilia years as a Tiger and the total of his hits are tabulated thus: 1904. 141; 1VS. itl; 1H08, UK; 1WJ7. 1S8; 1W. UT; 1908, 1!U0. 17; 1911. 217; 131J. 1W; Wit, 193: 1W - The statistics of modern day base bail. are somewhat deficient, but figuring that the slugger mado an average of 1S4 hit a season, which ha undoubtedly, did. it can be found that In the seasons of 19ft! t 19(0, Inclusive, he collected 736 afi swats, thus ringing tlio total for hi career to SLTW7. Just ordinary hitting In the seasons ' 191 and 191H will send "Wahoo Sam" under the wire iind onto the heels of' Hans" Wagner and "harry" l.njcje, the only other veterans to reach the mark. Met I pun Record. Crawford proposes setting a mark that -111 stand for all time. He has set uDon 1.600 as the total for his hits, and reach ing tbis mark, lie will Just about put up a mark for all hitters to shoot at. "Harry" Tuthlll. trainer of the team. says Crawford has at least five mora . years to go as a major league star. Tnless meeting with an accident, there, la no reason why Crawford should not continue playing almost Indefinitely," de-' clared Tuthlll. "Sam takes better cara of himself than any other player In baea ball; probably better care of himself than sny other man In the country. 'He starts training for a season with the beginning of the year. He eliminate' all pastries from his foodstuffs, he doesn't drink at any time, he never smokes dur ing the training season and seldom out, o It. Aa lives regularly, eats regularly saa wnen a Healthy man at the begin ning keeps UD a Ufa lika thla there In no reason why ba should not continue play ing mss ball almost as lens as ha wishes. Is Ideal I'larrr, 'Crawford Is an Ideal nlkms. ttm im player everyone looks unon with favor. and ha carries the respect eC teammate a and opposing players. Ha Is easily han dled, and when a man carries this record tnera is nothing to fear. - If Crawford makes good on his hopes the chanees . favor the e.1 eatioa nf record of mora than S.900 safe hits, am seems ' to hare ' been ' Improving with age. In tha.laat four, seasons Tia has averaged lKVi hits a yaar. whereas in, Detroit's trio ef pennant, winning;, sea. sons ba averaged a fraction, better than -181 hits a season. '1 believe I can reach the 3,500 main. While realising that about 700 hits stan.t between ma and the mark, with five mora good 'years I should do much . toward slicing this difference and with a reason able amount of luok I will eitminut n ' declared "Sara." Washington State ? Leads the Teams -In Rifle Tourney ; WASHINGTON. March U.-Washlngton State College, with a score of 990 nut .r ' a possible 1,000. leads tha teams In class in tna Intercollegiate rtfle shooting competition according to figures (or the -week, make publlo today. North Georgia retains Its lead in class B. which Ne braska leads Yale In class C by a very' 1 small margin. Soores of the ninth match follow: N!l"."i.A."Bn!r,rton sta,?- 0. against Norwich, Vestorn Virginia, m, Mi&Tt.. Ci,lf!?.nl'' M4' Massachusetts AI1',UL?.U:"1, 55s- 'nt Purdue, ... ?w.Jt,t, J?"' matnsl Cornell. Shtf. ' United htates Naval academy, W, against "a'n'it 'frinoMr1 ojfcr , sis Maine. Ms. Worcester Poly. K4, iSiln" s'r:"i.. aL r uiauiu5a. mm-eton. against Oklahoma A. and M.. . v-wnHi Agriculture. ftis, stsTialriaaJT Kakswabai sVsxt A . . " . T . . Arizona, i?:-"' missis. against Rhod. lilaTd St? HARVARD HURLERS ARE FIRST TAUGHT CONTROL Harvard's pitchers will be taught cAn-i trol of tha baU If nothing else, according to Coach Sexton, who haa adopted sev ., eral new contrivances to develop this art In his twirlers. Tha candidates for the box are required to pltoh at a padded backstop with a bole tha slse of the "strike" area for the ordinary batter. It tha pitcher Is able to put tha ball through tha hols, a tho same time patting 'Some thing" on the bail, ha Is credited with a strike, while alt other balls are counted against him, In the score kept for each twirler. The fores of mind ever matter is slso believed In by the Harvard coach and large signs are posted behind the catch ers, facing the pitchers, bearing the en couraging words. "Control of the Ball " Dummy figures ara also used at mhlcii tha pitchers, throw to accustom -them to having a batter to throw to. - TOM MORRIS MEMORIAL ' PLAY THIS YEAR JUNE 16 Play in the annual .crab match for th Tcm Morris memorial trophy -will occur on June 18 this year. AH clubs In the I Western Golf association compete m this play and tha Omaha clubs which ' srw members ' of tba' association ' have been notified of tba date. Hasaaas ' Brats Lean.' CHICAOO, March 11 -John' Hamans. Mluneanolte, defeated Jess Ian: Chicago.; fid in :i7 ' In th fir., ... ..A . - . - - - --- ..... . v. j m tviiimi, in the world s championship three-cushion viuivfi luwritaiiiem. int content went seveuty-slx inning. Haitians high fua was five and lxau s t lifts.