Getting Right Up to the Time When Bragging Wont Help Any
OURKES START
WORK THIS WEEK
CENTRAL HIGH STAR QUITS THE
CINDER PATH GAME.
SIXTY-EIGHT MEN
ON ROLUF HONOR
Officials at State Interscholaitic
Basket Ball Tournament Choose
List of Star Players.
SPORTS SECTION of
The Omaha
GREAT AUTO RACE
YEAR 1SJXPECTED
Many New Cars in the Game and
Most Successful Season in His
k tory is Predicted.
Pa Rourke and Marty Krug Will
Open Training Camp for Their
Athletes at Beatrice Friday.
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Tomorrow transportation to all mem- !
bers of the Rourke family will be sent
out with orders to report at Hentrlce not
later than March 27. Rourke will open
camp at Beatrice Friday or Saturday, a
It la probable several of the athletics will
arrive a day or two ahead of time and
Rourke and Krug plan to be there to
greet them.
All but two of the Rourkes have Reent
In their signed contracts, and the two who
have not signed have expressed satisfac
tion at the terms offered: Cecil Thomp
son, southpaw hurler, and Cy Forsythe
are the two unsigned men.
Rourke received a letter from Thomp
son Inst week. The southpaw runs a
confectionery store In Terry, X. T., and
he said that two members of the firm
died recently. On this account he may
be a little late In reporting. He said he
was satisfied with his contract, though,
and would be here before the season
opens.
Forsythe was In Omaha a short while
alto and told Manager Marty Krug at
the time that he was not holding out,
but would sign tip.
Plar Soccer Foot Hall.
Rourke and Krug have all the luggage
packed up, including the new and old uni
formsthe old ones -to practice in and
all of the necessary paraphernalia.
Among other things Rourke was packing
in the trunks were a couple of soccer
foot balls.
"For what, for what?" queried an In
quisitive newspaper person, "Is this a
foot ball team or a base ball team you're
running?"
"Oh, we let 'em kick the" soccer balls
around the first two or three days," ex
plained Rourke, "it's good for the legs,
gives 'em speed end wind and it's good
light training to start on. We won't let
them cut loose with much base ball for
two or three days."
Kiwi Slam Ex-Feds.
Pown Topeka way there ts a little ap
prehension over a couple of ex-Fed ath-
letes John Savage has signed up. The
ex-Feds are Joe Agler and Cliff Darln-
,er, a couple of nifty Infleldtng gents.
Savage thought Agler a free agent and
Agler had the same view on the sub
ject. By the pence rgreement, however,
Agler reverts to the International league
from which he hurdled and has been
awarded to Rlchmon 1. Whether Ravage
will get this crack flrst-sacker seems to
be pretty much up in the air. Agler
wants to play In the Western and he In
sists he .Is a free agent. V
Darlnger Is a third-sacker who leaped
from the Freeport club. and appeNrs on
that club's reserve list. Darlnger is also
of the opinion he is a free agent.
If Topeka is able to land both Agler
and Darlnger as free agents Savage will
have made a tenstrike, for they both
would be mighty swell ball players In the
K Western.
f Rapps la Released.
Topeka will be minus one of Its draw
ing cards this year. Roaring Bill Rapps,
human windbag and comedian extraor
dinary, ha been given his unconditional
release. Roaring Bill was always popu
lar In Omaha because of his pep and
ginger on the field and his comedy. Roar
ing Bill could always draw a laugh and
thereby liven up a game that otherwise
would be a dry affair. This is one city
that will miss him.
Jackson on Job.
Jimmy Jacksoni who will pilot the
Wichita club tills year, has already
started to make yules for his athletes to
observe. Jimmy lias darted out by an
nouncing the following ten command
ments: 1. Thou shall have no other boss before
me.
2. Thou shalt not cea6e to be a gentle
man both on the field and off: for the
prcxy will not hold him on the payroll
tliat shows himself ;o be a roughneck.
3. Remember the holidays and play ex
ceptionally good games then.
4. Hot.r 1hy manager and tny captain,
that thy days may be long upon the
bounty of the Wichita base ball team.
fi. Thou shalt not kill the umpire; leave
him to mc.
. Thou shalt not steal, except bases.
7. Thou shalt not benr false witness
when the pitcher slips one over on you.
. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's
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Railroads in Need
of Automobile Cars
for Shipments West
The Omaha railroads have discovered
that they are woefully short the regu
lation automobile cars, designed fir
bringing automobiles from the factorl-s.
It is asserted that If they could be e,
ct.-ed within the next ten days. 2.WX) cars
could bo loaded with automobiles to ba
shipped west from the factories.
A few days ago the Union Pacific gath
ered up a couple of trains of Its auto
mobile cars and sent them down into the
automobile factory districts to be loaded
for Union Pacific territory. Now word
comes back that but few of the cars ever
rrived at destination. En route they
were picked up by roads that needed
them bodily.' They were leaded wl'h
automobl'cs and diverted north and south.
NOT SO MANY MILLIONS
IN 0. B. AS IN THE FEDS
Charley "Weeghman, president o the.
Cubs, was talking with a number of Chi
cago newspaper men after attending his
first National league meeting at New
York.
"Well, how did you like It?" he was
inked.
"Great!" replied the new leader. "It was
lust like a Federal league meeting f x
:ept I didn't hear the word 'million' used
o often."
HIGH SCHOOL COACH TO
- BE MENTOR AT PURDUE
LAFAYETI. Ind.. March 18.-prtng
foot baJI practice will begin at Purdue
March 27, a call having been issued by
Captain Hake following the announce
ment that Cleo A. O'Donnoll had been
appointed coach. O'Donnell Is due here
April 3. Purdue foot fall followers are
xpecttng great things from the coach,
ho made the Kverett (Mass.) High
hod team famous. He learned his
foot hall at Hiton Latin anl Holy
Cross.
Ilrlalc Hrrgrr fcolil.
The Nashville club rt-rt U'r sale of
lie teleian pitcher. Heiiiie Herder, to
iiilveton of l he Texas league
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LAW VIOLATED BY
NEBRASKAHUNTERS
District Attorney Allen Says Many
Violations of Migratory Bird
Act Are Being; Reported.
KEEPS RECORD OF ALL CASES
Are wild birds the property of the sev
eral states In which they happen to be,
or are they the property of the United
States of America? Are they engaged in
Interstate commerce when they fly from
on state to another?
These are questions at Issue In a case
now In the supreme court to test the
constitutionality of the migratory bird
act passed by congress.
T. S. Alien, United States district at
torney, is receiving many Inquiries from
hunters about this law. The hunteis
want to know whether the district at
torney's office here is going to enforce
it and punish violators.
"Many violations are being reported, '
said Mr. Allen, "and we are keeping a
careful record, of these violations, to
gether with the names o fthe violator.
If the supreme court holds that the 'law;
ts constitutional, the Department of Jus
tice will, in all probability, order prose
cutions. The safest course for the hunt
ers Is to consider the law good and not
violate It until the supreme court has
decided about it,
"The government contends that con
gress has a right to protect these birds
ho matter whether they are the property
of the several states or of the United
States as a whole.
"If they are the property of the United
States, then tho right to pass the mi
gratory bird law Is self-evident. If they
belong to the several states, they would
be protected by the government as in
terstate commerce. "
Frank Moran's Auto
Hit by Street Car
NEW YORK. March IS.-Frank Moran.
challenger of Jess Willard for the heavy
weight championship, had a narrow es
cape from Injury today when a trolley
car collided with the automobile he was
Driving. The accident occurred on Third
avenue, in the Bronx. The car crashed
Into Moran's machine from behind. Mo
ran Jumped and escaped Injury.
FAIRMONT DELICIAS TO
PLAY IN SOUTHERN LOOP
The Fairmont Creamery company will
put a base ball team In tho field this
year. This team will be known as the
Fairmont Delicias and will have a fran
chise in tho Southern league, which will
be organized at a meeting Wednesday
night. Manager Jerry Kulhanek will not
announce his lineup until Wednesday
night, but It Is known ho has signed Kuk
Dvorak and Crop Podruzek, who plaed
with the Prexels and Kohouts last year.
and several other South Side cracks.
PLAYERS GLAD TO SEE
FOHL STICK AS MANAGER
American league players are glad that
1a- Folil will be allowed to pilot the
Infiana for another season. Fohl ts popu
lar with the players throughout the cir
cuit, aud they are convinced that he will
make good if the new owners give htm
the material, or allow him a free hund
to go out and get It.
TRAINLOAD OF BUTCKS
COMES TO OMAHA THIS WEEK
H. II 8idles. president of the Nebraska
Bulck Auto company, has returned from
the Huick factory, where he made ar
rangements with the Northwestern Rail
way company to handle a fifty-carload
train order of liulck cars, to h deliv
ered into this territory, this tralnload to
leave the factory this week.
KITTY LEAGuTwiLL BE
BACK IN FIELD THIS YEAR
The organization of the K.-I.-T. Haae
Pall league for 191 la certain, with
Owensboro, Hopklnsville and Paducah,
Ky., and Cairo, HI., as members and
Kowllng Green and Henderson. Ky.. and
Clarksville, Tttin., as possibilities.
I aiilrn u Back.
The fhkt man to to from Manager
T'onovan squad of Mixty was Outfielder
ten l.ayd n, who was transferred to
Toronto.
Matty In l.rnl fthapr.
Christy MathWMon declares liin sho.ilder
is net hurting linn and that he feels sure
of laK'iig a grand conn back.
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ATHLETICS BOOM AT THE UNI
lly J IMF K. HWRF.XCK.
LINCOLN, March R tFpei lal.)-ilty-elght
of the i:) high school athletes, who
participated in the Nebras a Mate High
school basket ball tournament here last
week, the largest ever held In the I'nlted
States, have been picked by officials for
the roll-of-honor. which takes the place
of the All-State teams, which previous to
this year had been picked at the con
clusion of the championship scries.
Of these sixty-eight honor basket ball
players, thirty-three were members of
Class A teams, twenty-two belonged to
Class R and thirteen to Class C. '
Ouy E. Reed, manager of athletics at
the University of Nebraska, who had
direct charge of the tournament, waa
responsible for the honor roll. lie felt
the All-State teams did not afford the
players Just recognition on account of thb
limited number wnich could be chosen.
Dick Rutherford, George Rncely rind
Ed Hug?, captain of the IDlfi Dusker
basket ball team, all or whom officiated
In games throughout the tournament and
who had an opportunity to witness all
of the games, made up the honor roll
lists. They took In consideration the
work of each man before finally pushing
upon his name.
Beatrice Gets Fonr Men.
Bentrlco leads all of tho teams, with
four merr on the roll-of-honor In the
Class A 'division, of which t lie Queen
City boys were champions. Omaha got
three men, Lincoln but one, I'nlversity
Place three, Crete two, Columbus two
and Geneva two.
In Class R, Mlndcn ted with three rep
rescntatlvcs, and In Class C Humboldt led
with two.
Following are the selections for the
honor roll:
CLASS A DlVISIOV.
(11 raynter. Omaha; (21 Patty. Omaha:
(3) Maxwell. Omaha; (4) Ward, lleatrice;
(til Shelienberg. Hentrlce; ) Furrough,
Beatrice; (7) Hubka, Beatrice; S Cvprea
aon. Lincoln; () C. Frundell, Crete; (10)
I-es Frundell, Crete; (11) Grieve, Central
City; (K Corr. South Side: 1 131 Minn.
South Side; (11) Schick, Hastings; 15)
Amos. University Place; (lfi Payne, Unl
veisity Place: 17 Marsh. Unlverslt
Place; (18 Howarth. West Point: (lit)
Hoot, School of Agriculture: cmi Mliul,
Fairmont: (211 C. Nelson. Gothenburg:
(2Ji Iirion, Cothenburc; (J.t) Gillen. Sew
ard; (24i Zlllig. Seward: I2f.) Halley, He
bron: uVi) C. Newman. Columbus: (27) R.
Newmon, Columbus; (2M It. Hcnnlnger.
Shelton: C2! C.lllsple. iiseeole; (3) C.er
hart, Newman drove; (31) Holiecek, Wll-her-
(32) Martin, (Seneva; (33) Aahton,
tieneva.
CLAPS R PI VIRION. '
(l) Anderson, Mlnden: (2) Carman, Mln
rien: 3) Thompson, Mlnden; (4 Hollsteln,
Stanton; (5) Hallou. Schuyler: (fi Fassett.
Arlington: (7) Johnson. Arlington; (8)
Hurner, Stanton: (9 Straver. Bethanv;
(10) Carson. Fullerfon: (11) T.. Smith
Grand Island: (12) V. Smith, Grand Isl
and: (13) Klilam. Fremont; (14) Weber,
Friend; (i: Hartley, Harvard; (1i Hinds,
Kenesaw: (17) Mnngan. Kimball; (IS)
Nay. Ord; (19) Kennedy. Rroken Row;
(20) Closman. Sidney: (21) Snvder, Elm
wood; (22) Miller. Falls Cltv.
OLASC DIVISION.
(1 Ppnveck. Ravenna: (2) W. Plllard.
Temnle High: (3 Dorland. Humboldt; (4)
Rohle. Humboldt: (5) Morris, Talmaae;
(fi) Hummel, Wahoo; (7) Verlln. In
rManMa; (S) Powell, Tllden; (9) Mockcl
strcm, Wausa; (10) White, Genoa: (11)
Peba. Dunbar:' (12) Holmes, Dunbar; (13)
Lacejr, Osmond. . - '
AthlrHrs Take ftparr.
Athletics at the university took a spurt
during the week and preparation Is being
made to take full advantage of the spring
weather during the coming week.
The track on the athletic field has
been repaired and a new surface of cin
ders put In for the sprinters. The tarack
squad will commence outdoor training in
earnest Monday, when tho track will be
ready for use.
The university tennis courts have been
put into condition and Manager Reed
had a force of men busy all week put
ting the base hall diamond In shape for
the opening of the Interdeparttnent games.
The Huskers expect to cut a more
prominent figure in tennis this spring
with a large squad of availahles from
which to pick teams. Tournaments will
be scheduled with at least three Mis
souri Valley schools. ,
Foot Ball Tirtdir.
Assistant Coach "Dick" Rutherford wilt
get the foot ball men together next Tues
day for the first meeting of spring prac
tice. Rutherford has outlined a stiff
course for the gridiron followers during
the spring session, and expects to do
more than merely condition the men. He
Says that he has assurance that fifty
men will take part in the spring prac
tice. Manager Reed announced he had de
cided to enter a team In the Woung Men's
Christian association Indoor meet In
Omaha. He has not picked the men he
well send to the metropolis, but will take
along a big squad to represent the Husk
ers In the big meet.
Reed says that his track prospects are
Improving each day and he expects the
Huskers to have the best squad the
school has had In years.
GOLF TEAMTfTlIJNOIS
ENTERS EASTERN TOURNEY
URBANA. III., March IS. University of
Illinois golf players will enter the eastern
Intercollegiate neet as well as the con
ference tournanent, according to George
Huff, who is organizing the squad. John
Simpson, vinner of last year's Indi
vidual honors In the west, has been
elected captain.
WASHINGTON CLUB HAS
TWO BOWLING QUINTETS
When the big Atlantic Coast Rowling
cliampioiiHhlii Is decided in Washington,
D. C. In April, the Washington Amer
ican league club will have two teams,
one captained by Shortstop George Mc
Pride and the other by Walter Johnson,
the famous pitcher.
CHICK DAVIES LEAVES
BASE BALL ON ITS BACK
Charles ("Chick") Davies, pitcher and
outfielder of the Athleties for the past
two seasons, announced tuat he had given
up professional La ho ball permanently
and would devote his tim to business
affair.
BILL CLARK. OLD-TIME
PRIZE FIGHTER, IS DEAD
ST. I.OUIS, March !. mil Clark, once
a well known prize flyhter, died here to
day, aged Ci. In h!a youth he wad noted
in F.ngland as a bantam weight. To ring
1 follow en be was known as the "Belfast
Chicken."
unday
BEATRICE HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL TEAM, CHAMPIONS OF NEBRASKA,
winners of the state tournament at Lincoln. Top row, left to right: A. P. Hillyer (princi
pal), J. 0. Schmidt (treasurer), E. Hubka, H. Ward, H. Cosford, M. F. Jones (coach).
Bottom row: E. Smith, F. Stoll, E. Burroughs (captain), E. Schellenberg, C. Stevens.
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"Y" GYM CRACKS T0
HAYE OWN TOURNEY
Seven Associations of State Entered
in Gymnastic Tourney to Be Held
as Part of Indoor Meet.
WILL BE MADE ANNUAL EVENT
A new annual competlon will be Inaugu
rated at the big Indoor sjlhletlc and gym
nastic meet which will be held at the
Auditorium the night of March 31 under
the auspices of the Omaha Young Men's
Christian association.
This new compeitton will be an annual
gymnastic tournament for Young Men's
Christ Ian associations of Nebraska.
In the past the Young Men's Christian
association athletes competed In the regu
lar gymnastic division of the Indoor meet
and that was practically the only com
petition they took part In. But this year
the "Y" lads will have an event all of
their own.
Thirty-one entries for this event hare
been received. Three-man team from the
associations of Omaha, Lincoln, Hastings,
Columbus, Grand Island, York, Fremont
and Seward are entered and It Is prob
able one or two more team will enter be
fore the lists close.
This gymnastic event will be held every
year from now on. It may be held at
tho subsequent Indoor meets In Omaha
or It may be transferred to some of the
other associations of the state as a dis
tinct event.
I nlversllles K.nfrrd.
K u tries In other division of the big
tournament March 31 are rolling In fast.
Kansas and Nebraska universities will
both be represented and a number of the
smaller colleges of Iowa and Nebraska,
including Drake, Tarklo, Wcsleyan,
Doane, Hastings, Kellevue and Omaha
university, will be entered.
An invitation has been extended to
many high schools of the state to enter
teams and it is probable that a number
will accept It is expected that the Bea
trice relay team, which won the state
championship, willbe entered for a tilt
with the other lnterscholastlc teams.
Tamers Are omlna".
Omaha turners will not have the gym
nastic division of the tourney all their
own way this year. Turners from Platta
niouth and Fremont are coining for tho
event and will give the local cracks a
run for honors.
Monday evening a meeting of the big
boosters' committee will be held at the
Young Men's Christian association. This
committee ts composed of men who will
conduct the sale of tickets for the event
snd they will start work Immediately.
As an Incentive for the ticket saleamen, a
canoe and a Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation park membership will he awarded
the man who sells the most tickets to the
meet.
HANS LOBERT IS SHOWING
HIS OLD-TIME SPEED AGAIN
Reports from Marlln are particularly
enthusiastic, about Hans Iibert. who Is
aid to have waked up and is showing
some of his old-time form. McOraw says
Hans looks great and that he Is no longer
worried about thiid base for the (Hants.
Uiu Hamilton Weds.
NF.W YORK. March 17.-Tbe engage
ment was announced today of Mi-h II. leu
Morgan Hamilton, riimuliter of Mr. anl
Mis. William pierson Hamilton, and
grariddaUKliter of the late J. P. Morgan, to
Arthur Woods, police coinmUHloiier vt
New York Clly.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUXIX0, MARCH
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BLUFFS GET THIRD PLACE
Sensational Work by Puryear Ena
bles Council Bluffs Five to
Trim Sioux City.
CEDAR RAPIDS WINS HONORS
IOWA CITY. Ia.. March 1H. (Special
Telegram.) Cedar Rapids displaced Fort
Dodge for first place this afternoon and
Council Bluffs outfought Sioux City for
third place In the finals of the state cham
pionship high school basket ball tourna
ment. Both games were won by, the
same score, U to 14.
In both halves--of the championship
game the Cedar Rapids five tossed In a
counter Just a second before tho revolver
hot ended the periods and this helped
materially to give tho new slate cham
pions the big margin c t points over Fort
(Dodge.
The final game of the tournament waa
close from first to last, though Cedar
Rapids had the lead every moment.
Stellar work by H. Xremers featured the
last encounter. The Cedar Raaplds guard
held his men down to one basket and
registered four himself, all of them pretty
hots from the middle of the floor or be
yond. Individually there waa little to
choose between the two teams, but. col
lectively. Cedar Rapids put up the best
game.
The victory of Council Bluff over
Sioux City was a featureless contest for
the most part. Puryear for Council
Bluff put up a great game at center and
counted for times from the field while
holding the clever Mcnefee to on baskets.
Lineup:
CO. RLUFFfl
SIOUX CITY.
It K Fletcher
I..F Itrson
C Menefee
Il( Ktogal
l.; Montgomery
Sl-eppard R.FV
Mahonev N 11'
Puryear C.
Brewlck Rl.
Inwery I.U.
t.oals from rlelil:
Mahoney Ml. Pur
year 4, I .arson (41, Illegal ill. Fletcher.
Ixiwery. Ooals from fouls: Puryear, t
out of eleven; I.arstm, none out of five.
Substitute: Morrison for Ixiwery. Ref
eree: Hchroeder. I'mpire: Kellogg.
Timer: Kent. Time of halves: 20 min
utes. Leaders in Bowling
Tourney Are Saved
TOkKliO, o.. March H.-Spares In thu
wrong place aaved the leaders in both
the doubles and singles from beging de
feated today in the American Bowling
congress tournament, new second pluce
holders showing up In the two-man event
In Mattle Faets and Charley Hlldehrandt
of Chicago, with 1.273, and a new sixth
place In the singles In 8. Ardollnl of New
Haven, with GCU.
Two brilliant attacks failed in the
singles, Ardollnl, one of the New Haven
stars, shooting 66H, with spares In the
fourth and ninth frames of his last game,
which was all strikes otherwise, holding
lilm down to sixth place.
HURLER SUES YANKEES
FCR SALARY HE DIDN'T GET
Milton Baker, a New York pitcher, who
waa signed to a Now York contract by
Frank Fsrrell, and whom the new own
era refused work last season, last week
filed suit against the New York American
League club for salary for 1HIS.
Hilled by Dirt hilar.
KAI.T UK'K CITY. March 17. Vincent
Winter. 17 lean of a, naa instantly
killed and two other stud- nts of the twit
ter lny Saints' uutvertotv were Intuied
by a fall of earth and sand here toila).
Bee
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GOTCH COMING TO
' OMAHAJS REPORT
Retired Champion Will Stop Off
Here on Way to Humboldt for
Conference.
SAID TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE
That Frank Clotch. retired wrestling
champion of the world, has finally de
cided he will be able to stage a success
ful come-back and that hi condition will
warrant an encounter vlth' the sensa
tional Joe Ptecher and that he la coming
to Omaha the latter part of this month
or the first of April for a conference rel
ative to the staging of the world's cham
pionship event In Omaha on Iahor day,
la a report that reached Omaha from the
Paclflo coast yesterday.
It Is said that Qotch will leave Cali
fornia shortly for his home at Humbolt,
la., where ha Intends to stay a while be
fore he Joins the circus with which ha
la to appear this aummer. He will Join
the show troupa In April. On his way
noma to Humbolt, It Is aald, Gotch In
tends to atop off In Omaha for a confer
ence concerning the now evident event-
There la no longer any question but
what the match. If held, will be held In
Omaha. There Is, of course, a chance
that arrangement satisfactory to both
Gotch and Stecher cannot be made, but
this chance is small In the light of re
rent happenings. Roth Stecher and Gotch
have decided It will be much more sat
isfactory to accept a percentage of the
receipts than a guarantee such as Bat
tle Creek. Mich.; Butte, Bloux City and
several other cities are reported to have
offered. The biggest offer so far was
made by Hioux City, a sum of 160,000.
This figure. It la believed, would be
small Indeed compared to what would be
taken In at Omaha, which Is the logical
location for the event, due to the cloee
proximity of both Dodge and Humbolt,
the respective homes of Stecher and
Oo!ch.
With Omaha practically settled as the
place for the event (Jene Melady will In
all probability be the man to promote the
affair.
That Gotch is In great condition is evi
denced by a letter received from him by
"Farmer" Burns the other day. Gotch
wrote the Farmer that he waa In splen
did shape, as good as ever before In his
life and would be ready to do battle
with anybody with but little mora traln
nltr. University of Utah
Team Wins the Title
CHICAGO, March " IS. -The National
Amateur Athletic union basket ball cham
pionship was won here tonight by the
I'nlversity of rtah team, which defeated
the Illinois Athletic club, in to 27.
Klaats Beat M'aro.
MARI.IN, Tex., March lS.-Tlie New
.ih .suiloiiaia today defeated Waco,
pennant winner of the Texas league, by
the. score of 7 to . Doyle, Merkle and
Fletcher distinguished themselves by
sturdy hitting, I'oyle's record for the
day Including a home run.
Tie for First llai-.
CHICAGO. March 1.-The Vnivemity
of v hleugo anil Northwestern univeraity
tUxl for firm place In the Big Nine con
ference swim tonight. Kach scored 44
ikiiiiis Illinois whs next with 12 and
l-connln lust with &
MERCER WILL BE BACK IN GAME
The greatest season In the history of
tho exciting and thrilling sport la pre
dicted by speed enthusiasts for the auto
mobile racing game this year.
Investigation of the plans of owners of
the Iron chariots for the approaddnj
season indicates that more fast machlnea
will circle the speedways of the country
than ever before. Several new make of
machines will be In the field this year
and a numler of the old stand-bys have
built new machines.
The first man to announce his plans for
the year Is Fred Deusenberg, who hal
three cars entered at Omaha last year.
Deusenberg has built three naw m.
chines. They are all alxteen-valv lobs.
and the dope reads that all of thete car
will hit the track at a clip of 110 to 113
miles an hour if the pilot chooses to
open up. The Deusenberg machlnea last
year were eight-valve Jobs and they we.-a
capable of a 100-mlle clip.
All Ynaac Pilots.
Kddle O'Donnell, Pete Henderson and
Wilbur D'Alene will drive the Deusen
berg mounts. All of these pilots are
youngsters. O'Donnell drove his first
race at Elgin In 1914. Previous t that
time he was mechanician to Edd'.a Rlck
enbacher. O'Donnell Is a wizard at the
wheel, however, and makes a capable
captain for the Deusenberg trio.
Ist year Eddie won second place In the
Omaha race, as he did at Sioux City.
He was third at Minneapolis, third a.
New Y'ork. fifth at Indianapolis, third at
Des Moines and first at Galeshurg.
Henderson drove his first race at Des
Moines last August. He acted as O'Don
nell's mechanician In the Omaha race.
D'Alene Is a Callfnrnlan, who drove In
outlaw races last year and was Just re
Instated by the American Automobile as
sociation. Mercer Retarna.
Joyous news to the speed enthusiasts is
tho Information that the Mercer people
will have a team on the speedways this
year. Iist year there were no Mercer
machines of KM) cubic Inches or less, a
qualification demanded by all of tin
speedway except those on the coast.
Guy Rucksteli and Joe Thomas n"
been working on the Mercers, and as
Merrer has always turned out some of
the fastest of all speed chariots, some ex
citement can be expected when these ma
chines go on tho track. Kddle Pullen,
(Continued on Page Four, Column Four.i
Muggsy McGraw
Says No More Red N
Men for His Crew
NEW YORK. March l.-John McGraw
la through with the Indians, red, white or
blue. Not even another Pockalexls could
get a contract with the New York club,
said John Foster, for his experience with
original Americana has convinced the
manager of the Giants that the tempera
mental Indiana are a liability. Jim
Thorpe's contract with tho clnb hag an
other season to run, and when that ex
pires It looks like the curtains for tha
red men as far as M oO raw's team la con
cerned. The subject of Indians came up when
Foster was asked what the New York club
proposed to do with Jim Blue Jacket, tha
pitcher, whose unconditional release by
the Brooklyn Federals will send him back
to the Giants. The Giants bought Blue
Jacket from the Bloomtngton club of the
Three-I league and Instead of reporting
to McGraw. Jim hopped to the Brook
feds. The New York club refused to pay
Rloomlngton, but the National commis
sion decided In favor of the minor
leaguers. This decision will make tha
Indian revert to the Giants by the terms
of the peace agreement.
Blue Jacket has asked to be taken back,
but he has been offered no contract by
the New York club. He spends his time
repairing wagons for Oeorge Ward of tha
ex-Brooklyn Feds. As a Federal leaguer
Blue Jacket waa mora or less of a
bloomer. Miner Brown once aald that tha
redskin had tha maklnga of a. great
hurler ha had all tha stuff In tha world,
but tried to put It over every lime and
did not use his head.
Prof its on the Cubs
Nearly a Thousand
Per Cent at One Time
CTNCINNATT, O.. March Jg.-Charlesi
P. Tart. In his answer filed today In
court to tha suit of Charles PchmaJstlg
for 155, tw5, alleged to ba dua from Taft
as the proceeds from the sale of100
shares of tho Chicago National - league
club stock that was owned by Sch mail tig,
revealed some of the profits of tha Chi
csgo club.
Mr. Taft saya that during tha period
of seven years from 1907 to 191J, In
clusive, the dividends upon tha capital
stock of the club totalled 810 per cent.
Un 1913 the disputes and controversies be
tween officials of the National league
and President Charles W. Murphy and
the starting of the Federal league in 1914
reduced the earnings of tho Chicago Na
tionals so that a dividend of only 10 per
cent was declared In 1914 and only per
cent for the year 1915.
Taft admits that Pchmalatlg owned tha
100 shares of stock referred to In tha suit,
but declares that there Is due BchmaJstlg
only $8,253 of the SoOO.000 paid for tha clu
by Charles Weeghman of Chicago.
Bchmalstlg was formerly employed by
Taft In his office In thla city.
Cedar Rapids to Play
Fort Dodge in Finals
IOWA CITY. Ia.. March lS.-(Spedal
Telegram.) Cedar Rapids and Fort Dodga '
by virtue of victories over Kioug City and
Council Bluffs remain undefeated In the
state high school basket ball champion
ship tournament at the state university.
Sioux City and Cauar Rapida In tha
first game this evening put up tho hottest
game of tha tournament, with accurate
long shots piling up the score. Cedar
Rapids took an easy lead. 21 to i, in tha
first half and threatened to turn tha game
Into a walkaway until the Sioux City five
cams back in the second half and played
their opponents to a standstill, winning
the half, n to 5. but losing the game,
2" to 16. .
Yu 11 got Cedar Rapids only basket In
the second period, wh:e Fl ux City
counted five times from lie f oor.
