Well, What Are You Going to Do When the Rourkes Come Home ?
OUREES SHUT OUT
ST. JOSEPH CREI
Merz lets Drummers Down With
Three Hits, While Omaha
Hits Ball.
SEVEN TO NOTHING SCOEE
St. Joseph, Mo., June 17. Merz let
St. Joseph down with three hits while
Omaha hit the ball hard and won, 7
to 0. Score: '
OMAHA.
AH. H. H. O. A. E.
Hrug, !b ., 4 1 4 4 1 0
Smith, If 4 1 1 t 0 0
Thompson, cf o
KINTH DRIVER TO ENTER THE
OMAHA AUTO RACES.
Miller, lb 4
Krueger, c 3
l'.irth,rf
Kllliluff, m 4
liurg, 3b 3
Slers, V I
1
Totals .. .31 1 10 21 16 1
ST. JOSEPH.
All. K. H. O. A. E.
tt.n
-nw;
McCnbe. 2b.-cf . .
0. William, 2b 2
tfelmer, rf.-cf 4
Blork, c 4
Kirk ham. It 4
uuur, g s
run van. rf.-ib ft
Keating, Sb S
J. WililBl.lH, p.. 0
Hommers, p o
l-flleen, p 3
-'usner, lb 'i
Totals , 31 0 S 87 10. 2
Omaha ff 0 0 1 fl 0 0 0 17
tit. Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Struck out:. By Kllleen, 1; by Mens, 5.
Banes on bulls: Off J. William, 1; off
Kllleen, 4; off Men, 1. lilt; Off J. Will
iams, 8, (none out In first Inning) ; off
Sommers, tn two inn inns.. Wild pitch;
Kllleen,. Stolen base: Burg.. Sacrifice hits:
Forsythe, Krug.. Three-base hit: Burg.
Double play: MoCabe to bulllvan. Earned
runs: Omaha, 3. Time: 1:45. Umpire:
Mullen.
Sioux City Beats
Wichita's Wolves
WICHITA, Kan., June 16. Sioux
City batted Fleharty for six runs in
the fifth inning, defeating Wichita,
10 to 4. The locals played ragged
ball, making five errors. Although
Clark yielded thirteen hits, they were
kept" scattered and Wichita was un
able to score more than one run in
a single inning, except once, the first.
Score :
WICHITA.
Jackson, rf 6
Fox, rf. 5
Hetllng. 3b 5 2
Giay, c' S 1
Brltton, lb 5 0
Abstein, lb. S 0
Lltschl, as .3 1
Rapps, If. 8 0
Malarkey, p 2 0
Fleharty, p 3 0
AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Totals
38 4 13 27 13
SIOUX CITY.
AB.
Cooney, 2b 4
Oilmore, If 4
Callahan, ss 4
Matz. lb. ' 4
Watson, rf 3
Lejeune, cf 6
Connelly, 8b. 2
Crosby, c 4
Clark, p 4
H. O. A.
0 6
Totals II 10 11 27 10 1
Wichita 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 04
Sioux City 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 010
Sacrifice fltes: Cooney, Met, Connolly,
Rapps. Sacrifice hits: Watson, Connolly.
Two-base hits: Callahan, Fox. Three-base
hits: Callahan, Lltschl. Home run : ' Gray.
Stolen base: Callhan. Hits: Off Malarkey,
4 In four innings. Double plays, Lltschl to
Brltton to Abstein, Callahan to Mets to
Connolly. Struck out: By Fleharty, 1; by
Clark, 1. Bases on balls: Off Malarkey, 2:
off Clark, 3. Time: 2:05. Umpire!, Anderson.
Bears Lose Contest
In the Fifth Frame
Denver. Colo.. Tune 17. Denver
lost the game here in the fifth inning
when Des Moines secured trie lead
with' three runs. Score:
DES MOINE8.
Hahn. rf 4
Meloan, If 3
Claire, 2b 2
Hunter, cf 8
Hartford, SB ..3
ones, lb 4
Ewoldt, 3b. 4
Bren, a 4
Musser, p 4
AB. R. R.
A. B.
0 0
Totals.,
.31 5 10 27 It
AB. R. H. O. A. B.
Miller, rf 4 1 0 2 0 0
Kelleher, 4 0 0 4 6 0
Oaken, cf 4 1 2 3 0 0
Butcher, If 4 0 1,0 0 0
Dyer, Sb 4 0 112 0
Moyd, 2b 4 0 2 2 4 0
Shields, lb 3 0 0 13 3 0
Fhestak, a 4 0 1 2 2 0
Manser, p 1. 0 0 0 8 0
Sterzer, p 3 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 27 20 . 1
Batted for Manser in fifth.
Des Molnea ...0 1018000 0-6
Denver .1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Stolen bases: Butcher, Hartford. Two
hasa hit: Hartford. Three-base hit: Me
loan. Bases on balls: Off Musser, 2; off
Manser, 2. Struck out: By Musser, 4; by
Sterzer, 1. Hits: Off Manser, 8 In five In
nings ; off Sterser, 2 In four Innings. Double
play: Lloyd to Kelleher to Shields. Time:
2:06. Sacrifice hits: Kelleher, Hartford,
Claire, Hahn. Sacrifice files: Dyer, Claire,
empires: Eckman and Carney.
Blair Team Comes .
To Omaha for Firt
w Time in 20 Years
For the first time since 1890 the
Blair base ball team will invade
Omaha today for a same with the
;rack Brandeis organization at
Rourke park this afternoon. The last
team Blair appeared in Omaha they
played the old Nonpareils.
A number of local lads are playing
with Blair this year, including Bernie
Probst. Pip Cooke and Art Dvck.
Blair and the Brandeis met earlier
in the vear at Blair, where Olson and
Cook got into a pitchers' battle which
Olson copped by holding Blair to two
hits. Olson will work again today
and will be opposed by Cook or Dyck.
Shooting on Rifle
Range This Morning
Member sof the' Greater Omaha
Rifle and Revolver club will com
mence shooting on their new range in
East Omaha Sunday morning at 10
o clock. A number or new members
have ioined the club and it is expected
some good scores win dc maae. ine
Omaha club is planning to send a
team to ine national
tournament.
rifle shooting
Games Today.
Western League Lincoln at Topeka, Des
-Moines at Denver. Omaha at St .Joseph,
Sioux City at Wichita.
National League St. Louis at Cincinnati.
Amerlran League New York at Cleve
land. Philadelphia at Detroit, Washington
at St Louis. Boston at Chicago
STECHER TO GIVE
AUTO RACE PRIZE
Dodge Phenom Offers $100 to
Driver Turning Fastest Lap in
Annual Speedway Classic.
FRED WAGNER TO BE STARTER
EARL COOPER.
Earl Cooper is the latest famous
speed pilot to enter the Omaha gaso
line classic which will be staged July
la. Looper will drive the tamous
Stutz with which he won first at El
gin and Minneapolis last year. Cooper
is one ot the greatest or the American
drivers and he has one of the fastest'
American cars ever made. Resta and
Dc Palma will find they have tackled
a big job when they try to beat Coop
er to the finish wire in the local races.
DODGE IS WINNER
OF LATONIA DERBY
Weber and War's Horse leads
George Smith Home for Vic
tory in Muddy Going.
THIRTY-FIVE MACHINES WORK
Cincinnati, O., June 17. Weber and
War's great horse, Dodge, with Mur
phy up, won the third-third renewal
of thee lassie Latonia derby at the
Latonion (Ky.) race track today.
George Smith, the winnp of the Ken
tucky derby at Louisville, finished
second, and Dick William sthird.
Dodge's time was 2:37.
A perfect day greeted trie large at
tendance, but after the running of the
first race, a heavy rain fell, turning
the track from good to sloppy. The
rain also turned the betting from
George Smith, who was a heavy early
favorite, to Dodge and, near post
time the heavieest play centered on
the eventual winner. There were
thirty-five pari mutuel machines in
the betting shed which were in con
stant operation, while three machines
had been placed on the lawn for the
derby race only and were opened to
the public at 1 o'clock.
Seven horses came from the pad
dock to the barrier in the derby event.
Gipsy George caused a delay at the
post of about ten minutes by bad act
ing, but when the field was sent away
it was to a good' start. Gipsy George
immediately went to the front and
opened up , a gap of five" lengths.
Dodge was second'with George Smith
running easy three lengths back.
They ran in this position until the
fart urn was reached, the balance
of the field being strung out almost
the entire race. Here Dick Williams!
moved up strongly wnne , uipsy
George tired badly and dropped out
of the contention. Dodge then im
mediately went to the front and won
eased up. George Smith held on
gamely for the place, stalling off the
determined rush of Dick Williams
through the stretch. The other start
ers were Big Smoke, Votary and Elli
son.
King Gorin, Franklin and Captain
Rees were scratched just before post
time.
In the pari-mutuels Dodge paid
$5.80 on a $2 ticket to win, $3.10 to
place and $J.oU to show, ucorge
Smith $5 fora $2 ticket for place and
$3.30 to show. Dick Williams paid
$3.20 to show.
Griffith's Running
Catch Saves Cinci
Philadelphia. Tunc 17. A wonder
ful' running catch by Griffith of a
drive by Whitted with two men out
and two runners on the bases in the
ninth inning prevented Philadelphia
from taking a 1 to U victory trm
Cincinnati today. The only run
scored by Groh with a homer into the
left field bleachers in the first inning.
Pemaree and Toney had a splendid
pitching duel. Demaree was taken
out for a pinch hitter in the eighth
and McQuillan twirled in the ninth
inning. Score:
CINCINNATI. PHILADELPHIA.
AB.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.E.
2 11 OBancTt.ss 4 0 2 6 0
iNieirrr.zb 4
0Stock,3b 4
OCrav'h.rf 2
OWhlt'd.lf 4
0),-derus,lb 8
Paskert-cf 3
OBurns.c 2
OKilllfer.c 0
lTYi'r(it.n t
Totals. .82 6 27 I -JMcQ'l.'n.p 0
Good 1
Cooper 1
Dugety 0
Groh, 8b
Herzog.ss 4
Cha8e,cf 4
GrlffJh.rf 4
Wingo.o 4
Neale.lf ' 8
Mol.'ts,lb 3
Louden, 2b 8
Toney.p 8
Totals.. 20 6 27 13
Battrd for Bums in eighth.
'Batted for Demaree In eighth.
rRan for Cravath In ninth.
Cincinnati 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia ..0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Two-base hit: Chase. Home run
First base on errors: Cincinnati, 1.
on balls: Off Toney. 1. Hits and earned
runs: Off Toney, 6 hits and no runs in nine
innings; off Demaree, 6 hits and 1 run In
i-lght Innings; off McQuillan, no hits and
no runii In ono inning. Hit by pitched ball:
Cravath by Toney. Struck out: By Toney.
4; by Demaree, 6. Umpires: Harrison and
Rlgler.
0 00
(Iron.
Banes
LOCHS AND KLEEN MAIDS
TIE UP FOR HOT TANGLE
The Pete Lochs, who admit they
are champions, but can't recall of
what, will battle the J)urns Kleen
Maids, who are also champions of
something, at the auto speedway to
day. It is said as much as two-bits
will be risked on the outcome. The
lineups are as follows:
Pete Lochs Myers, catch; Toliver,
pitch; Rapp, first; J. Gurnett, second;
W. Gurnett, third: Keele. short:
Laird, right; May, left; Collins, cen
ter; Huber and Loch, subs.
Burns Kleen Maids J. Smith,
catch; Sidey, pitch; Grimm, first; R.
Smith, second; Hart, third; Evans,
f lort; Phelps, right; Welbe, left; Spit
zene, center; Davis, sub.
SPORTS SECTION
Joe Stecher, the famous Dodge,
Neb. wrestling phenom, will present
the sum of $100 in gold to the driver
turning the fastest lap in the annual
automobile classic to be held on the
Omaha speedway July 15.
This offer is expected to result in a
new world's record when the speed
fiends tune tiD their steel chariots
for a cracR at the 100 bucks. The
Omaha track is unquestionably the
fastest track in the world ana it is an
even gamble Resta or De Palma or
Cooper will turn a lap at over 110
miles an hour on their drive for this
added purse.
Wagner to Start..
Fred Wagner has been named to
act as starter again in Omaha this
year. Wagner is the celebrated gentle
man who wears the noisy checkered
pants, the leather puttees and gallups
around the starting and finishing line
of a track with as reckless a daring as
a driver hitting a right-angle turn at
eighty miles an hour. When Wagner
gives a pilot the tlag he steps witnin
a few inches of a speeding car and
slaps the bunting in the pilot s face,
Wagner is almost interesting a sight
as the race itself. v
Dario Resta, the famous Italian
driver who won the American speed
way championship last year and who
has already won the big Indianopolis
and Chicago races truVyear, will cCme
to Omaha.over a week before the race.
Resta is scheduled to make a speed
trial against time on the local boards
on Sunday, July 9, six days before the
race. This means that railbirds will
see some exciting stuff even before
the race comes off.
Treat For Omaha.
As Resta will not appear "at Des
Moines, Sioux City or Minneapolis
this year, Omaha rate fans are in for
something of a treat. Unquestionably
Resta has one of the three fastest
cars in the game today and he is one
of the best drivers. This year Resta
promises to be on the job and as he
is not entered, at Des Moines or Sioux
City or Minneapolis there is no chance
for his car to break down before he
arrives in Omaha.
Nine drivers have already signed
up for the Omaha race and they make
up a choice field even at this early
date. The speedway officials, how
ever, declare they will sign at least
half a dozen more speed pilots within
the next two weeks.
The drivers entered to date are:
Dario Resta, Peugeot; Ralph De Pal
ma, Mercedes; Earl Cooper, Stutz;
Wilbur D'Alene, Druesenberg; Tom
my Milton, Duesenberg; Ralph Mul
ford, Hudson Super-six; Ira Vail,
Hudson Super-six; Charles Devlin,
Duesenberg, and C. W. Thompson,
Qlsen Special.
Senators'Bunch Hits
And Defeat Browns
The Omaha
Sunday Bee
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1916.
Who is "Smokiest" Pitcher in Base Ball
St. Louis, June 17. Washington
bunched hits and won from St. Louis
today, 5 to 2. The visitors started
after Groom in the first, getting a
run on three successive singles. Weil
man then went in and stopped the
scoring until the fourth, when two
singles and a double netted two more
runs.
A balk by Weilman in the sixth
scored Rondeau from third and in the
ninth a single, a sacrifice and a double
gave the visitors another. 1
Harper was a puzzle to the locals
until the sixth, when three straight
singles netted a run and forced him
to give way to Gallia in the seventh,
when Hartley, tirst up, walked. I he
score:
WASHINGTON. BIT LOUIS.
AB.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.E.
M'ftan,2b 4 12 3 OShotten.lf 6 2 2 10
4 I AUHtin,3b 4 12 8 0
0 OMlllnr.rf 6 110 0
0 OBorton.lb 3 2 10
0 fl Pratt, 2b 4
1 0 M'rsans.cf 4
1 OJohn'on.ss t
2 0 "Sevreid 1
0 0 Lavan.ss 0
0 OHartley.o 8
Uroom.p o
Totals. 21 11 27 11 IW'lman.p 1
ToWn I
McCabe.p 0
Slsler 1
Foster, 3b 3
Milan.cf 4
R'deau.lf 4
Judge, lb 2
Shanks, rt Z
Henry, c 4
McB'de.as 4
Harper, p 3
Oallia,p , 1
1
8
0
0 0
, ' Totals.8410 27 20 0
Batted for Johnson in sixth.
Batted for Wallman In seventh.
Batted for McCabe In ninth.
Waahlngton ...1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 16
St. Louts 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
Two-base hits: McBrlde, Morgan, Shot
ten,' Henry. Stolen bitiie: Rondeau. Sacri
fice hits: Shanks 2. Double plays: Johnson
to Pratt to Borton, Foster to Morgan to
Judge, Marsans to Hartley, Weilman to
LLavan to Borton. Left on bases: Washing-
ion, ; ot. ijouia, ii. uasFB on Daus: uri
Harper, 6; off Gallia, 1; off Groom, 1; off
Weilman, 2. Hits and earned runs: Off
Harper, 6 hits and 1 run in six innings
fnone out in seventh); off Gallia, 6 hits
and no run in three Innings; off. Groom, 3
hits and one run In one-third Inning; off
Weilman, 0 hits and 3 runs in six and two
thirds innings; off McCabe, 2 hits and 1
run in two innings. Balk: Weilman. Struck
out: By Harper, 3; by Groom, 1; by Weil
man, 2; by McCabe, 9. Umplres:-Owens
and O'Loughlin.
LIST IN FOR EARLY
CLOSINGGJ. RACES
Horses Named for August Meeting
at East Omaha Track Are
Announced.
CLASSY FIELDS WILL START
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"wHa v. " (Wlill 4t ft t-f'f'il JKs&' '
: So
(Walter Johnson and Joe Bush.)
Not long since a gathering of New
York base ball scribes was discussing
the passing of Joe' Wood, "Smoky"
Joe, as he is known. Most of them
agreed that Joe had more speed on
the ball when in his prime than any
other pitcher in the major leagues.
The talk then turned to the "smok
iest" pitchers now playing in the big
circuit. . .
Guy Morton of Cleveland was con
ceded to have a very fast ball, proba
bly as fast as any pitcher in the game.
Of course, "Bullet" Joe Bush of Phil
adelphia and .Walter Johnson of
Washington both rank among . the
leaders of the speed ball artists. Lou
dermilk, who has been acquired by
the Cleveland club, also has a fast
ball, but it doesn't do him much good
because of poor control.
Sheer speed may not be the greatest
of all pitching assets. Waddell, who
was terrifically fast, was said to have
a million-dollar arm and a 10-cent
head. He had the speed, but did not
use it judiciously.
Johnson, Bush and Morton seem to
get the maximum result from their
speed. At no time are the batters so
wary as when facing any one of these
three.
Johnson's control has in the past
been too good for his own goqd,
sure vvtic ..it uuacta ..uu.u i.v..
be hit they crowded close to the plate
and hit at Johnson quite as they would
any other pitcher, trusting to his con
trol to keep theni from harm. Re
cently Johnson has been hitting more
batsmen than usual. Perhifps that is
to rob them of some sense of their
past security in his control and to
drive them back from the plate.
Speed is pleasant to behold. It
does not seem humanly possible to get
the ball to the catcher as quickly as
Johnson, Morton and Bush do. The
fire-ball honors of the Johnsonian cir
cuit surely are theirs.
YANKS WIN FROM
LEAGDEJiEADERS
New York Wins, Five to Three,
Scoring Winning Hun in
the Fifth.
White Hose Blank
World's Champions
Chicago, June 17. Chicago bunched
hits off Ruth today and shut out Bos
ton, S to 0. The locals out hit the
visitors two to one, with Jackson lead
ing the attack with three hits and a
walk in four times up. Benz weakened
in the sixth inning and with men on
second and third and none out, Ban
forth took the mound and retired the
side. Score:
BOSTON. CHICAGO.
AB.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.E.
Hooper.rf 4 0 0 0 0J.Col's.rf 4 10 0 0
OWcaver.ao 4 10 4 0
OB.L'ol'S.Zb 4 2 3 2 0
OFoum'r.lb 3 1 15 0 1
0 Jarkson.lf S 8 1 0 0
0I.elbol1,cf 4 2 10 0
OSchalk.o 4 0 5 10
0Terrr,as S 0 t 6 0
0 Benz.p ' 3 0 0 0 0
lDant'th.p 10 0 10
M-N'ly,2b 2 0 2
:ady 10 0
Scott. 2b 10 0
l,ewl.l( 4 0 0
Hoh'zoUb 4 0 10
Walker.cf 4 11
0ard'r,3b 2 2 0
JanT'n.ss 4 0 2
Thnmas,c 2 17
ARnew.o 10 1
huto.p ( 1 s 1 Totals. .32 10 17 1 1
Totals. .22 S 14 IS
Batted for lUNally In sixth.
Boston o 0 0 0 9 a 0 0
Chliago 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 5
Two-base hit: Weaver. ThreVbase hits:
Gardner. Fournler. Double playa: Janvrin
to Mt-Nally to Hoblltsell, IS. Collins to Four
nler, Ruth to Javrln to Hoblltzoll. First base
on errors: Boston, 1. Bases on balls: Off
Bens, 1; off Danforth. 1: off Kuth, 1. HIU
and earned runs: Off Bens. 3 bits and no
runs in five innings (none uut In sixth): off
lanforth. 2 hits and no runs tri four In
nlnRs: off Kuth. 10 hits .and 5 runs In elaht
Linnlnss. Hit by plther:, By ftuth, Fournler.
o.iuin uut. uy num. i; ny uenz, t; oy
Dsnfortb. 8. llalk: Dalforth. Wild pitch:
Bens. Umpires: Evans and Nallin.
FIVE TO THREE IS SC0KE
Cleveland, O., June 17. New York
won, 5 to 3, today, scoring the win
ning run in the fifth when High
doubled, Peckinpaugh tripled and
Pipp doubled. Shawkqy was wild,
passing five men during the first three
innings, but was effective and settled
down after Roth's hit had practically
accounted for two runs. Turner was
forced to retire because of a twisted
knee. Score:
CLEVELAND ' NEW YOItK.
AB.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.E.
Oranoy.lf 3 0 2 0 lailh'lcy.rf 5 0 0 0 0
rurner.SD 41 o 1 u nian.ir n . u -
Kvans.3b 0 0 0 0 OP'k'p'h.BS 4 14 10
Bpc'ker.cf 8 2 2 0 OHpp.lb 4 .3 8 0 0
Roth.rf 8 12 0 lnakur.Sb 4 0 110
(landll.lb 8 0 12 1 OMaK.n.rf 8 15 00
Ch'p'an.ss 3 1 2 5 0ll'deon,2b 8 13 2 0
Ho'ard,2b 4 0 4 6 ONun'ker.c 4 12 2 0
O'Nclll.o 4 2 2 1 lSha'ki'y.P 4 0 0 2 0
BaRby.p 10000 "
Coumbe.p 0 0 1 0 0 Totals. 36 9 :'7 8 0
C'leskle.p 0 0 0 1 0
Smith 1 0 0 0 0
Billing 110 0 0
W'b'ssa 1 0 0 0 0
Totals. 31 .8 27 15 3
Batted for Coumhe tn sevt'nth.
Batted for Coveleskle In ninth.
Batted for Evans In ninth.
Cleveland 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 03
Now York 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 1 06
Two-base hits: Turner, Hpeaker, HlKli,
Pipp. Maaep. Three-base hit: Peckin
paugh. Sacrifice hit:' Both. Sacrifice fly:
Uandll. Uouble play: Baker to Pipp. First
base on errors: New York, 1. Bases on
bails: Off Ilagby, 3: off Sbawkey. 5. Hits
and earned runs: Off Bagby, 7 hits, 2 runs
In four and one-third innings! off Coumbe,
no hits, no runs In two and nethlrd In
nings; off Coveleskle, 2 hits, r run In two
Innings: off Hhawkey, 8 hltB. 3 runs In nine
Innings. Struck out: By Coumbe, ; by
Shawkcy, 2. Wild pitch: BhawkeiT Um
pires: Connolly and Hlldebranil.
SPAULDING CREW TRIUMPHS
OVER ST., PATRICK NINE
The Spauldin's triumphed over the
St. Patricks in a brisk game Saturday
morning to the count of 12 to 8. The
Spauldings are looking for games
with 14-year-old teams. Call Edward
Mollner at Tyler 1546.
E. E. BRUCE TEAM LICKS
RICHARDSON DRUGGISTS
Employes of the E. E. Bruce and
Richardson Drug companies, drug
jobbers, played base ball at Fontenclle
park, yesterday afternoon, with the
former emerging victorious by a score
of 9 to 3. English and Munench were
the batteries for the Bruce crew,
while Greener and Morriscco obliged
for the vanquished Richardson clan.
LINKS WIN THE THIRD GAME
Have Best of It All the Way and
Defeat the Topeka
KawB.
THE COUNT . IS SIX TO ONE
Topeka, Kan., June 17. Lincoln
had the best of it all the way and
won the htird, game f the series
from Topeka today by a 6 to 1 count
Score:
LINCOLN.
AR R. H. O. A. k B.
ChrtlslA, If 6 2 2 2 00
Hlnchman, 2b. 4 I J 2 4 0
Hinlth, Kri 3 0 1 1 8 0
Lobrr, rf 4 0 0 1 0 0
GreKory, rf. ... 4 0 1.4 0 0
Iluhror, c 4 Of 1 3 1 0
William, lb. .. 3 1 0 f 0 1
Mom), 3b. ..... 3 2 1 ( 1 0
p 3 o 1 0 1 0
Totals SS' 6 8 27 10 1
TOPEKA.
AD. II. H. O. A. E.
Airier, lb 4 0 0 13 1 0
KruiciT. cf 6 0 1 2 0 0
Goodwin, 3b. . , , 4 0 0 1 0 0
HchwoiUer, If. . 0 1 1 0 0
Trainer, rf. . . 2 0 0 1 0 0
LuttliiWru, 2b. .3 0 0 4 4 " 0
Cofhran, hh .... i 0 1 mi 6 1
Mnnw, c 2 '0 0 3 0 0
Irion, p . . 2 0 A 0 1 0
Wont, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tydtfman 1 1 fl 0 0 0
Menu In g 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totsls 40 1 "7 17 11 1
"KhttPd for Irion In seventy.
Halted, for West In ninth.
Lincoln 1 l 0 0 0 0 1 1 ft
Topeka 0i 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 01
Homo run: Morse. Three-bane hit: Carlisle.
Two-bans hits: Gregory, Hlnchman, Stolen
bamn: Hlm-hmnn. Double play: Agler, un
aiHlntcd; La Ul more to Cochran; Agler to
Cochran to Agler. Struck out: Kast, 8;
Irion, 1; West, 1. Bases on bulls: Off Bast.
T; off lrlnn, 3; off West, 1. Wild pitches:
Irion, West. Hit by pitched ball: Oochran
by Kast. Passed balls: Snow, 1; Rohrer, 1.
Hits: Off Irton, 3 In seven Innings; off
Wt, E Id two Innings. Umpires: Ryan
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BIG REGATTA IS
WON BYSYRACUSE
Cornell Gets Second Place, Length
Behind, While Columbia and
Pennsylvania Follow.
SYRACUSE WINS IUNI0B, TOO
Regatta Course, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., June 17. Syracuse won the var
sity eight-oared shell race of four
miles, leading Cornell by ore length.
Four lengths in the rear was Colum
bia and Pennsylvania, four lengths
behind, was fourth, v
The unofficial time of the winner!'
taken on the judges' boat, was 20:15.
Syracuse caught the water first. At
the first 100 yards Cornell led by a
few feet. Syracuse, Columbia and
Pennsylvania followed.
At the quarter-mile Syracuse led,
with Columbia second, Cornell third
and Pennsylvania last.
As the crews nassed the two-mile
mark Syracuse was three-quartets of
a lengths ahead of Cornell, who was
two lengths ahead of Pennsylvania
and Columbia, with the last two on
even terms.
At the three-mile mark Syracuse
was in the lead three-quarters of a
length over Cornell, Columbia was
third by about six lengths, with Penn
sylvania four lengths behind Co
lumbia.
Win Junior, Too.
Poughkeepse, N. Y.,' June 17. Sy
racuse won the two-mile race for
junior eights on the Poughkeepsie
course today. One length behind the
winner was Cornell. Columbia was
third and Pennsylvania fourth.
The.. start of the junior varsity
eight-oared race was made in choppy
water. Syracuse caugnt water tirst,
Columbia second and Pennsylvania
third and Cornell in last.
At the one mile Cornell was ahead
a quarter length, with Syracuse sec
ond, Columbia third by a length and
Pennsylvania a bad fourth. ' ,
BY RUSSELL PHELPS.
"A man who" don't like music, the
women and bosses ain't much ac
count," soliloquized the old swipe, bit
ing a ragged crescent out of the stern
end of a formidable looting plug and
addressing a motley crowd of race
horse nurses grouped about him in
the friendly shade of the stables.
"Now, when I was at Lexington"-r
"But you're not at Lexington, old
man; you're in Omaha, the Lexington
of the west, when you're talking about
horse racing," someone broke in.
The old swipe, remarked that that
was just what he was going to say
but the gathering broke up at that
moment when the chief trainer ap- ,
peared and told the old track follower
to "take that there gray mare and
warm her up a bit."
Racing Center of West.
The old swipe was right. Omaha
is realty regarded as the livest harness
racing center of the great middle west.
The class of horses trained at the two
tracks here during the spring and the
way these same steppers are perform
ing at the early meetings are factors.
The keen interest taken in the sport
by the thousands of horse fans in
Omaha and contiguous territory is an
other patent criterion. v
But perhaps the paramount and
trump card of any argument dwelling
on Omaha's high place in current
horsedom is the Great Western circuit
meeting scheduled for this city August
22 to 26, inclusive.
The list of entries for the early
closing races of this meeting, which
will mark the climax of the season's '
activities in the middle west, were an
nounced last week and horsemen's
tongues have .been wagging about
them ever since.
Galaxy of Steppers.
Never before in the annals of Mis
souri valley horsedom liaJ such a
galaxy of racing stars been named to 1
start. The size of the purses and the
class of the horses entered insure
nothing but- metropolitan racing. A
pumpkin show nag would have about
as much show in this Great Western
meeting as a rrinnlrd dachshund in a
pit of hungry English bulldogs.
A glance at the entries and 'the
purses brings vividly to mind the fact
that Onjahans will have the oppor-j
tunity to see racing on a scale never
before attempted on a local track.
The meeting is too far' away to go
into details as to the merits of the
horses filtered in th early closing,
races. Suffice to say that they are the
class of the stables of the middle west, '
west and soutji horses which will go
down the Great Western circuit, start
ing at Cleveland July 17-20 and finish
ing at Sedalia. Mo.. Sentember 25-.10.
The Great Vestern,offers $250,000 in
stakes and purses this year and the 1 ;
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dbmmefcial Club .
Golfers to Play
At Country Club ;
Again the directors of the Com- '
mercial club are to engage in a golf ,
tournament. This is to take place
i uesclay at the Country club. The di
rectors are to meet at the Commer
cial club rooms at noon and go to the
country club immediately after lunch
to begin the game.
1. L. Davis and Harrv A. Tukev
are to be the captains of the tw,o
teams. The teams are being chosen
and the handicaps decided. Prizes are
to be offered by the various directors
who will give products of their man- '
ufactormg or wholesale plants. Di
rectors wno are otticials of railways
will probably give a caboose, nihil
officials of a macaroni factory nvy
offer a noodle. President J. A. Sun-
npriann will nrnh.h v :i
-- "... K.wwnwiT ulici a puvcr
cup, as is the custom of the president
Tifffirs 0nr.fi A train
' Crush Phila Macks
Detroit, Mich., June 17. Detroit
made it three straight from Philadel
phia today, Myers' (Unsteady pitching
and six costly errors behind him aid
ing the Tigers to a 7 to 3 victory.
Myers issued nine bases on balls,
three of which became runs.. Craw
ford, who has been out of the Tiger
regular lineup for some time, got a
three-basi hit in the seventh when
he relieved Heilman, who was sud
denly taken ill. Score:
PHILADELPHIA. DETROIT
AB.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O A H
Wltt.ss 4 114 URii.h.. , 1 1 . .
v.ioiiB.iL - i a u uvill,4D I 0- I
Strunk.t'f 2 0 S 1 OCobb.cf 8 12
Schann.c 4 1 8 S 2Vftach,l( SOS
I,Jole,2b 4 1 S 5 Oin'ann.rf S 0 0
Mi I' l, lb 4 110 OlVfopd.rt 1' 1 0
WalHh.rf 4 2 0 0 OHurns.lb 4 1 10
I'li-Mb 5 0 4 0 0YounK,2b Sis
Myers.p 4 10 0 IStanaae.o 4 11
t;":r:T:-:c,hara'P
iuu.ia.oo a ,
Philadelphia .0 2 0 0'o" o" o' V 'J-i
Delrolt 0 0 2 0 2 11 0 7
Two'-base hits: Myers, Burns, Stanare.
Throe-bass hits: Schang, Crawford, Cunning
ham. Stolen bases: Pick. Bush, Cobb, Toung.
Sacrifice fly: Veach. Double plays: Strunlc
to Pick: Witt to Lajole to Mclnnis; Toung
to Burns. First base on errors: Detroit, '2.
Bases on balls: Off Myers, t; off Cunning
ham, 4. Earned runs: Oft Myers, 1; off
. uiiMiiis nam, i, isirucK out: By Myers. 2:
Cunningham, 2. Umpires: Chill and
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Coach Griffith Is 1
-Honored hy Drake
Des' Moines, la., June 17. (Special
Telegram.) John L. Griffith was ot
day made vice president of Drake uni
versity. . Griffith is the director of athletics
at Drake and is the father of the
Drake relay games which have be
come one of the ' biggest athletic
events of the central west. '. ,
It wasa nnounced today that Ray
Whisman, an ex-Cornhusker player
and assistant foot ball coach at Drake,
will go to Indiana with Juntbo Stiehra
to act as assistant coach under the
former Nebraska mentor.
Ronthern AssoeUtloaw "
Atlanta, 13; Little Rock, 1.
Birmingham, 0, t: Memphis, t, s. "
New Orleans, t; Chattanooga, 4,
Mobile, 2 NaahvlUe, (.