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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE : JULY 30. 1916, 8 S Judgments THE forfeit of Friday's game to Wichita because the Rourke left the field in order to catch a train for Denver is another result of some fancy . schedule making. In or der to get to Denver in time for Sat urday's game by the regular methods of transportation, it was necessary for the Omaha team to catch a car from Wichita at 4 o'clock. This car ar rives at a junction point twenty miles from Wichita in time for connections with a train to Denver. If the team leaves later than 4 o'clock a special interurban car must be chartered and then a chance is taken that a train will be caught. Rourke, in order to protect himself and the Denver club on its Saturday game, demanded that his team be allowed to leave the field at 3:30. His demand was refused and the game forfeited because he insisted on leaving. Undoubtedly the forfeit will stand. But it is really nobody's fault except the arbitrary schedule makers who provided such a ridicu lous jump. Wichita to Denver is a two-day jump because of the bad train connections. But Rourke catches the Wichita-Denver jump every trip. It could be avoided if the last game at Wichita were caled at' 1:jU or 1:45, but this cuts into the attendance and the Wichita manage ment will not start the games so early. As a result of the whole mess, Omaha has had to forfeit a gau.e, in which the Rourkes had a comfortable lead. Such impractical jumps should be avoided by the schedule makers next year. Rumors which will not down have it that several major league clubs are on the market. The Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati, Pitts burgh and Washington, it is said, can be purchased, and the buyers get a vote of thanks from the present own ers. It will be noticed four of the five franchises are in the National league. The National league is the older body, but for some reason or other it is said the ball is slower the American league is proving the more popular with the fans. When the Feds were dismantled it was thought base ball would come back into its own, but for some reason or other it isn't coming. Nineteen six teen will go down as another bad year, both in majors and minors. There's something wrong, and some quick doctoring is needed. What is going to happen this fall when the base ball magnates gather and discuss the matter of players salaries? For the last few years the autumnal months merely ushered in salary boosting time. With the Fed erals and Jim Gilmore jumping hither and thither the fall equinoxes tended to blow a little more gold into the old pay envelopes of the athletes. But, alas, the gentle breeze is hushed now and the outlook now is for sal aries to hit the toboggan. What will the athletes, then, have to say? Plsnty, probably. The pruning knife is sure to be wielded by the magnates. And the players are not going to submit until the wail of the slaves has been heard from coast to coast So we can all expect a merry little T1 I . L. t 11 BIMI III BUkJUk Vbt.UWM . You have got to hand it to Ike Dorgan, who conducts the business affairs of one Frank Moran. A week ago Dorgan signed terms by which Moran will meet Carl Morris at Tulsa, Okl., for fifteen rounds. Moran re ceives a guarantee of $10,000, win, lose or draw, with the privilege of thirty-five per cent of the gate re ceipts. Which is batting a thousand in the managerial league when a bruiser who has lost his last two fights and ordinarily would only be able to demand a guarantee of a plug ged Buffalo nickel and a split of the peanut sales, gets 10,000 smacks no matter what happens. We have always been inclined to think that a ball club which has re ceived the services of a player such as New York has from Mathewson, should be willing to carry the player on its roster as long as he was satis fied to remain. But the case of Christy Mathewson is somewhat different, if reports are true. It is said Cincinnati will pay Matty $20,000 a year as manager. With the Giants Big Six he drew $12,000. Something of a difference. This great increase in salary takes away the sentiment from the sale and puts it strictly up' to Matty. , Jack Holland has delivered a ukase. Jack says he will not stand for Um pires Eckman and Mullen. He places the responsibility for two Drummer defeats in Omaha to the umpires, and has warned President Zehrung to keep Eckman and Mullen in cities where St. Joseph is not playing. In other words, Holland wants to choose his own umpires. Which would make the league a nice, interesting, little circuit if the magnates were to choose their own umpires, and the ball games would be wonderful affairs. DIRECTORS START CITY SERIES PLANS Games to Decide Sandlot Championship to He Held Soon as Possible. FEW PROTESTS DOME ' UP ' Every fan with a tinge of sports manship in his make-up hopes that Christy Mathewson will be a success at Cincinnati. Matty, however, will almost have to be a base ball miracle in order to achieve success in Cincy, though. In recent yesrs Joe Kelley, Ed Hanlon, John Ganzel, Clarke Grif fith, Hank O'Day, Joe Tinker and Buck Herzog have tried and failed in Red town. It is a hard task. Big Six is up against, but he has the good wishes of the fans if nothing else. Base runners in the National league are kicking because umpires do not call balks on the pitchers. The com plaining base runners should visit the Western league. Pitchers in this loop have achieved a wider variety of balks than in any other circuit in the world, but they get away with them. To be outspoken about ft, there isn't any such animal as a balk out here. Minneapolis and St. Paul have left out a roar because Freddy Welsh kicked out of a bout with Charley White in the Twin Cities. Minnea polis and St. Paul are advised that they got away lucky and would better be extending heart-felt thainks in stead of knocks to Mr. Welsh. ' An argument has ensued in the east over the person and place responsi ble for the birth of base ball. The east is wasting its time. It might better try to find out what ails base ball right now and where it is going to end, not where it started. BY FRANK QUIOLEY. Last week the parade talk went the rounds and barrels of enthusiasm has already been evinced by the local pill shooters. What all the boys want to 1 know is when the big spectacle will be dished out. The exact date cannot be determined at this early hour, but the i parade will be staged the Saturday before the main fracas to decide the Class A amateur championship. The various teams in the different classes will have automobile floats and a prize will be hung up for each class as an incentive to have the best float. Most of the directors answered the roll call last Wednesday, listened to a few protests, made a few plans for the championship games and tended to the ordinary business in almost a har monious manner. The Corr Electrics protested a 6 to 0 game with McCar thy's Sunnybrooks, claiming the bark er, a fellow tagged McQuade, pur posely gave them the worst of every decision. Because no evidence was produced to ratify said charge, the game was ordered to stand as played and the adjudicator exonerated. It was decided to let the Corrs and McCar thys finish an unfinished game when agreeable to all parties concerned just so the game is played in time so the winner can participate in the city series. The rehearing granted Manager Hageman relative to the Trimble Bros.-National Cash Register game was given and it terminated as re corded two weeks ago. The game stands as played. Winner Draw Straws. At the next meeting Manager Boekhoff of the Armours, Otto Pecha of the Ramblers and President Cook representing the Greater Oma ha league will draw straws to ascer tain which teams will be pitted against each other in the initial game to de cide the Class A championship. The contract of Herbert recorded by Secretary Blosziers as being re leased was declared valid. Herbert is affiliated with the Trimble Bros. Because Tommie Graham, having re turned all the junk which he held in captivity from other teams, was al lowed permission to play with the Beddeos, At a meeting of the National league the magnates were unani mously in favor of calling off all the postponed games because none of the teams could head off the Ramblers. So now the Ramblers can be heralded as the champions of the National league. Each team put up a forfeit of $15 to stick through the season. This money will be returned this week.. Ramblers Return. Those Ramblers rambled back homeward sooner than anticipated. They made a good start, but the troubles that are bound to arise with a team on the road were delivered in wholesale packages to the Ramblers, so that the geek in charge decided that the best place to play the bal ance of the games they had already scheduled should be around the Stove league some time next fall. They had already booked games until Septem ber 1. The main "feature of the tour was that the Ramblers blew back with a few jingles in their trousers. Now for a few reasons why they bobbed up sooner than expected. James Moy lan endeavored to stop a pill with his lamp and said light was decorated with rainbow colors. Kaufman and Swanson put their lunch hooks on the bum showing the burgites their puzzlers. Norgard's catching paw is puffed up like a kid's head when wearing his first pair of long pants. M. Morgenson was crippled when he attempted to put a husky out at the plate. The Ramblers played six games icing three out of the six. They dined at Elba, Scotia, Greeley Center and St. Paul. Deweys Fall Down. Somehow or other the idea inocu lated by the Frank Deweys that they could make a clean sweep without a broom in the Greater Omaha league failed to materialize, consequently after one offense, which proved rath er disasterous to their aspirations. they threw up the sponge. A good pitcher is what the Frank Deweys need. Somebody the Greater Omaha 1 BERT wiEHorr. "Bert" Niehoff, former Omaha third baseman, is one of the most valuable cogs in the Phillie machine. He is leading the club in stolen bases and fielding. He is hitting for an average of .250. league dudes can't slaughter all over the lot. Manager Moore thought he had one when he secured Wes Baker's John Henry on a contract, but said Baker skedaddled out of town last Sunday when a temptation in the form of ten bucks and expenses to fling one game was hurled in his di rection. According to Samuel Moore the Dewevs will stick around until the curtain drops, but they will flirt with teams of their own caliber. Six Teams Finish. According to the dope the Greater Omaha league will finish the season with six teams. It is too late to add another aggregation. The magnates will gather tomorrow night and de cide how to arrange the forfeited games so that all concerned will be satisfied. There are only two games booked in this league today, one at Luxus park, between the Burgess Nash and Luxus, and the other at Ar mour park between the Armours and Te-Be-Ces. The big squabble in Class B so ciety will be jerked off at Thirty second and Dewey avenue about three strikes and a half, when the Hollys and the Murphy Did Its lock horns. At the present writing the Murphys are roosting on perch one and if they put this argument on ice they will be the champs of the City league, but if they fall down the Hollys will have another grab at their scalp because they will be knotted for roost one. Intense rivalry exists between these two contingents, so a game worth risking a little yellowish brown tinge to your complexion is looked for. Hick Johnson Now Leads the League Johnson, Lincoln, has taken the bat ting lead in the Western, records of which include Tuesday's games. Shields, Denver, is ahead in stolen with 24; Litschi. Wichita, in sacri fice hits with 26; Dyer, Denver, in home runs with 10; Kelliher, Denver, in total bases with 178 and in runs scored with 72, and Denver in club batting with .294. Leading batters: Johnson, Lincoln, .349: Oakes. Denver, .347; Gilmore, Sioux City, .346; Butcher, Denver, .341; Livingston, Sioux City, .341; tr.ti.'i am. f"--i:.l- t i. coln, 328; Connolly, Sioux City, .323; R. Miller, Omaha, .in; JLobert, Lin coln, .315. Leading pitchers tor tuteen games Player. North, Omaha O'Toole, Omaha Oaftpar Sioux City Thompion, Omaha Halla, Lincoln Men, Omaha Davli, Wichita Koeatner, Wichita Baker, Del Molnea Hall, Topeka ..II ..14 ..10 '.'.It ..IS ..II Loet 1 2 I I I Some Inside Stuff On Those Speeding Yanks from Gotham The Yankees have registered twelve shut-out victories up to the present time. In club batting the Donovanites have been holding down third place and in club fielding have stood fourth. Philadelphia and Washington have been the easiest picking for the Yanks so far this season, the New Yorkers having won eleven games from each. Mullen is the only member of the Donovan crew who has been able to stick with the .300 class of hitters. But lack of .300 swatters has not prevented the team from winning games. Pitcher Ray Caldwell, who started to hang up a healthy batting average earlier in the season, has suffered a big slump in stick work. Pitching fur a top line team doesn't give a heaver much time in which to train his batting eye. While Lee Magee is hitting under .250, against .327 in the Federal league last season, the brilliant gardener is leading the Yanks in base-stealing and otherwise putting up a flashy game. "Germany Schaefer comes through for a share of credit for the Yanks' dash. He is in a class by himself when it comes to "makin' a bit o' fun" for the boys. being shitted trom the down-trodden Athletics to the hustling Yanks seems to have given Rube Oldrinsr a new lease of life. The former Mack- man started pasting for New York at top speed. fitcher Boo ahawkey, another former Mack pupil, is improving steadily in his work for the Dono van crew and present .indications are that he will be up among the lead ing twirlers of the league before long. Two years ago Frank Baker, Rube Oldring and Bob Shawkey were big factors in the winning of the Ameri can league pennant by the Athletics. Now this same trio of pastimers arc striving to duplicate the trick for the Yankees. The Yankees have not finished a season in the first division since 1910, when they landed second place. Since 1903, the year in which the Ameri can league invaded New York, the team has never Won a pennant and only four times-has it finished in the first division. In 1908 and 1912 it finished in the cellar. Nick Cullop, the Yanks' star heaver and leading pitcher of the American league, was formerly with the Cleve land Indians. Last year he worked for the Kansas City Federal league team and finished the season in a tie with Eddie Plank for third place in the league's pitching records. Both pitchers won twenty-one games and lost eleven. The Yanks have been the prize pippins of the season in the matter of disabled players. Few teams could stand the gaff with such players as Frank Baker, Frank Gilhooley. Fritz Maisel, Nick Cullop, Ray Caldwell and Hughey High out of the game at the same time on account of in juries. Before tackling the job of manager "Smiling Bill" Donovan had a great reputation as a pitcher. He started in the big show tor many years, first as a member of the Brooklyn Su perbas and later with the Detroit Tigers. Bill's first managerial ex perience was gained at Providence, where his fine showing as a pilot won for him his present .berth as boss of the Yanks. MAJOR PITCHERS GET HOOK OFTEN Forty-Four Pitchers Used in Sixteen Big League Games Played on a Recent Date. ALEX ALONE STUCK IT OUT The season's record of major league games to date indicates that the big time pitcher able to go the entire dis tance is fast becoming a rare bird. The daily box scores almost invaria bly show the names of from two to half a dozen flingers appearing for a single team in a nine-inning contest. President Ban Johnson of the American league has voiced a protest against the conttnual changing of pitchers during the game. He ex presses the belief that the pitchers would gain more confidence in their ability and thereby do better work if they were permitted to stick on the slab. . In this particular, however, the big league pilots are not inclined to agree with the boss of the American league. They declare that the pitching is off color this year and consider them selves lucky if they have one flinger in their stable who can twist 'em over for a full game. As evidence of the wisdom of their system in changing pitchers so frequently, the managers call attention to the fact that the average hits per game is no greater than in past years, nor has the num ber of .300 stickers increased. At the close of last season 17 batsmen elev- in the American and six in the National league had marks of .300 or better. At the present time, with half the season yet to be played, there are fewer than a dozen batsmen in each league traveling in the select circle. Slabsters Look Weak This line of done seems fn mil;. the managers' method of handling their pitchers look right. It also makes the slabsters look a bit weak. Nowadays it seems to take a small squad of pitchers to do what one heaver formerly accomplished. No fewer than 44 pitchers worked in the sixteen major league games played on a recent date. Of this number Alexander, of the Phillies, was the only flinger able to go over the entire route of nine innings. The Boston Americans, on the day in question, used Ruth and Foster to de feat the Chicago White Sox, for which team Danforth, Scott, Cicotte Russell, Benz and Walsh did the pitching. On the same day the Yankees, with Cullop, Caldwell and Russell do ing slab duty, defeated the Cleveland Indians, who used Beebe, Coumbe and Gould in the box. Meyer and Bush of the Athletics defeated Ham ilton, Groom, Weilmann and Parks, the Browns' quartet of heavers, while the Tigers, with Dauss and Cunning ham doing the twirling, defeated Washington, the Senators using Gallia, Ayres, Dumont and Boehling in a vain attempt to bring home the bacon. Alex Held His Own The National league games of the same day included a victory for Pitchers Kantlehner and Jacobs of the Pirates over Hughes and Barnes, pitching for the Braves. The Brook lyn Robins, with the help of Pitchers Smith, Cheney and Pfeffer, took one from the Cardinals, who used Mead ows and Doak on the slab. Alexan der the Great, alone and single handed, twirled the Phillies to vic tory over the Cubs and Messrs. Lav ender and Seaton. Perritt, Schaucr, Benton and Anderson, of the Giants, managed to squeeze out a victory over Knetzer and Mosely of the Reds, in ten innings, the only extra-inning game of the day. This record for one Aiv thi-h i. a fair sample of what appears to have become an established practice this year, indicates that all the big league outfits are working along the same iinca in me nanming ot their pitch ing staffs. "Put 'em in and take 'em out has become the rule. With all the clubs it appears to he the umi A couple of safe bingles is the cue for the heaver to beat it to the shower and civilian scenery. Should this system of changing pitchers during the game continue to grow as it has thus far this season it won t be long before two-thirrl r, the roster of every team will be made up of pitchers. One for each inniug. NICK CULLOP IS FIND OF SEASON: i Yankee Southpaw Upsets Dopg j of Experts Who Said Ex Fed Wouldn't Make Oood. MAY WIN TANKS THE RAO ! j&lew York, July 2V. Back in April an "expert" eased this inside or out: side tip" 'Nick"' Cullop will be a merry joke in the American league. He didn't have much in the Federal and hasii't one chance in ten ol weathering major league batting." But for some quaint reason the Chilhowic Grag-Jorgenen, instrad of being a failure himself, has switched the guffaw on six of the best hitting clubs in the Johnson circuit, and apparently is destined to become the pitching sensation of the season. Twirling with all the brilliance fore cast by his performance in the Fed eral league, the Virginian has lodged the harpoon in the White Sox three times, and the Indians. Athletics. Browns, Tigers and Senators once each, The only club of which he hasn't taken the measure is the Red Sox. In sport the test is in victorious achievement. "Nic" Cullop has done trine more than any other in dividual on the Yankee roster thus far to keep the club up in the race, and it is safe to say 'that if Dono van's men scale the laurelled crest in October it will be due largely to Cullop's handiwork. "If Cullop maintains the same pace he set in recent games," remarked "Bill" Donovan, "there doesn't ap pear to he any reason why he shouldn't be the season's pitching star. Neither Alexander nor John son is going as well as last year, be cause they are being overworked and there is an opportunity for a new star to tiash across the horizon. It ought to be Cullop, for he hat every thing a great pitcher ought to pos sess. He has one of the finest curves in the league, and mixes his delivery with skill. Any pitcher who can turn back the hard hitting White Sox three times and limit them to a small number of hits on each oc casion deserves a wreath of laurel." The Yanks showed in the first set to with the Sox why they are the most feared club In the American league at present. The victory was due almost entirely to the superb pitching of Cullop, but Donovan's men also hit at opportune moments. and displayed the dash and speed that carried them through seven victories out of eight on their last trip. And they are fighting harder than ever to lead the promenade. Infielder Goes Into Box And Hurls One-Hit Game Ziggev 'Hasbrook. the star infielder of the Musatine Central Association club, who was purchased by the Chi cago White Sox a few days ago, tried his hand on the mound and proved a success as a pitcher, when he shut out the Cedar Rapids club recently in the second crame of a double-head er, 10 to 0. Hasbrook took to the mound like a regular twirler and let his opponents down with one hit. He will report to the White Sox when the Central association season closes. ! JOHNSON LEADS AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHERS. KMLT9 iooV Walter Johnson of the Senators is the hardest worked and most etieiiive twirler in the American circuit. He has labored in more than 200 innings to date, with an earned run average against him of hut 2.06 per game. Close upon his heels, however, are Harry Coveleski ot Detroit and Man ley Coveleski of Cleveland. MURRAY IS NEITHER FROM EAST OR WEST Southpaw Tennis Shark Can not Play With Eastern or Western Teams. Champs'Will Step Around New York If New Law is Passed New York, July 29. If the pro posed plan to lift the ban on decisions whenever a championship is con cerned goes through New York will see very few champions in action in the future. That would not be an unmixed evil, however. , Allowing champions to stall through ten rounds to no decision is distinctly harmful to the game in general. Whenever a champion is engaged he never neglects to charge as much for his services as thoush he were really defending his title, when, as a matter of fact, he merely defends his chin from a knockout wallop, which is a considerably ditterent proposi tion. It is more or less of a swindle, for since he does less real fighting tnan tne contenders tne champion gains the money under false pre tenses. The practical exclusion of less Wil lard would be the only serious effect the proposed edict would have. Kil Dane practically is barred as it. is, while Ertle and Williams are of lit tle importance. Freddie Welsh, of course, would betake himself else where. ;- - ; . Treat Coughs a ad Ooldj at Ohm. Danteroui bronchial and lunt allmonu follow nflooted (raise take Dr. Klns's New Discovery! it will keep roll wot!. All dru( gliU. Advertisement, Read Bee Want Ads for profit Use tnem lor results. News Notes of the Sandlots For Kamaa with McCarthy! Bunnjrbrookt, call Stelgcr at Harney 4410. Today th famous Joe Smith's acroai tha waves will battla afalmt Anita, at Lewis Lake, Iowa. The fltsfB would Ilka to maat a few of the corn fd. Squawk to Joe Bauar over Colfax mt. Two of the three hlta made by the Mlokel Vlotrolae aa-alnat the Hollyi were regletared by E. Haien. Hwimon oltohed for the Hamblen at Scotia, and he pulled down the lon end of a 5 to 4 core. Laet Sunday HcCarthyi Bunnrbrooka handed the Carter Lake warrlora a bunch of cooee efgi. - The Inter-City leane hae euhed In all of Ita iimn and the KraJIceka are the on dlaputed champions. Pitcher lhaffer of the Oaa Co. bliaade lapped one on the wrist for the circuit ag-aln-t the Armours. The Mlokel Vlctrolas are look In a for games. Tinkle tha bell on Barney 111! and make a noise lor Burnett. Oulvera. the sun garden artist for the Mlcknl Vlctrolas, ought to endeavor to land a berth with the Qui vera ball elub. Three double plays pulled In a elever manner by the Trimble Bros, put a orlmp In the Tradesman cnances to win. Murray of the Bourgots was the tending man with the itiek during tne L.axusBOur gom debate, getting three safe plugi. No team has a elnoh on tha pennant In the American league. The elx remaining clubs are approximately evenly matched. For the C. B. Imperials League and Aehett are strong battery gents. League Is on tbe firing end and Achats does the receiving. Af .hurt. Francis Carmedy Is playing a olesey game for the Burgeas-Naeh and he la now plait ring tne piu to an corners vi tne lot. Al Wedemeyer twirled an excellent game tnr tha Traaeiman egainet mo inmoiee, striking out fourteen and allowing only all hits. Frank Butler Is atltl icing the rooks out ih. .uicki. Aetde from being a clever bark a lop per he knowi how to handle the stick. Those Hollys were sure togged out In their hitting toggery last nunaay. -i ney lied twenty nits ano coppea eisniuau runs. p.tA Mr-Co Is now pitching grand ball for the Omaha Bicycle Indians. When he Is going good he Is & difficult fellow to And. nM tn.n Corcoran of the Armours strong- armed one against tbe Gas Co.. and before it made the return trip he had circled the paths. Because ft couple or outn vmena mer nn ih siick list, the Uhrls Lyrks agreed to postpone the game billed for last Sunday. fv. .iin.il sr something eue aia not agree with L. Hsnsen at Salem, f' because ne iwsnu last week. rrriii Raahenberger. cuier mck stopper for the Luxus, has fln on the blink. Foul tips Mm to plok Urni for the fall gur. .k. .n.riaien or retor reiereon. the terrible swede on the slfcb. the Modern Woodmen, No. MS, iquod. are fast forging W the front. Although the Tradesman smaenea o .h. l-nrt of safety against the Trimble Bros, they failed to cough ltt In the pinches. Vrnm a.w.rh. COlf)., Mr. j. n. Kemp floated back the other der. Ho "led good but came oaca on . ness of his wife. Holbrook of the Hollys, came book to Mrth last flunday and nabbed his customary three punches. Two went for the limit and the other hall way. That awkward station gout, crowned Hauser, took care of six chances during the Trimble -Tradesman scramble and also I clouted four on the beak out of five at tempts. For the first season' In years, Bd ward Clair has steered clear of base ball. Kd was, and still is one of the best catcher arouna inese jungles, Ernest Smith, the crabby leader of the MercnanTft tint, agsrearatlon. Is .till In her. neee, although reports have boon going the ' iu wi contrary. Of course Weianer, the new gent mud aged to the Omaha Gas Co. bunch hit Ha only tapped three out four during the nrtnuur'UU 0, miXUP. Any out-of-town team In a pinch for a game toward the latter part of the week call Frank Qulgley at Douglas S9SI, and a mmmm wm om arrangea. The J. D. Crews sprung a surprise en the "l,v"V wnan mey suppeo tne Omaha Bl- cycie inaians, leaders of the American oKSue, a aoee or aereat. Linn Cy Toung slipped In on tha. Mut. gols roster against the Luxue and played a Vr'Z mr" w" Paring with the Clarks of the City league. Collins, well known tn local base ball society, now playing with Oretna, ts a regu lar oase tnier. his base pilfering was the iiurai m in. ureina-re-Be-UO mix. Heavyweight Potts Sandow Is working be hind the clout stick like a regular troian for the liurgesa-NHsh. When hs tickles inm iney generally soar nigh and far, Pflasterer, affiliated with the Merchants hotel squad, contains the puppor coupled with the right kind of a disposition to keep a losing team on the Tiring tine. Oeorge Lane of the Albright Merchants w tne man ine uorr nJiectr.ee want to sign up to battle with them against McCarthy' Sunnybrooks. The latter will raise no ob jection. This season Jawn Haxen, tlrd to the Lux us Is going like a house on tire. He wan a Aashy ball tosser last year, and now that he he learned more about the game he 1 more proficient. If birdseed, and knowing the art of spreading the salve, will get a manager any place, then Stelger, the chief of McCarthy's Sunnybrooks, ought to be the pilot of a big show elub. The Stags struck a snag when they bumped up against the C. B, Victors of Council Bluffs. The Victors had the honor of being the Initial team to defeat the olagn thts season. McCarthy's Sunnybrooks still have a couple of unfinished games to play bfore they can claim the pennant of the Bouthern league. One with Nourse Oil, another with the Corr Electrics. Peter McGuire slid in town the other day from Bryant, S. D. He made quite a record as a slabster at Bryant. He will probably stick around Omaha for the bal ance of the season. Murphy, who used to play with Osorgr Kennedy's Shamrocks, steps out and stops 'em behind the willows every once In a while on a Sunday morning for one of the Knights of Columbus teams. Although the A. O. U. W. team have not won many games, credit Is due them for their sticking qualities. They started too lata to muster together a fast nine, because all the good timber was already obligated. Gerhard, the manager of tho Omaha Bi cycle Indiana, t still wearing that smile that won't wear off. although his pets lost a hard fought 1 to 0 contest last Sun day. Thts game was the first one dropped by the Indians since tha Amirinm i.,.. opened the gates. Herewith the Krajloek lineup, the boys that copped the straDn tn tw im.....,. league: Horning, first base; Swoboda, cen ter held; Hawland, second base: Qurlnek left field; Tuf field, third biuie; Huhatka pitcher: Petdlrtst. short ton- n.;.h.B.' catcher, and Schesf, right fielder. Joe Moran. the heady leader at th v,.. Shy-Dld-It ts soma olubber himself. He vmped three against tho Basellns. one for a single, one for two, and another for three. Those Beeehne were unable to rathe hit. off of the pulers dished out by Maxwell of tho Murphy. They only grabbed three BOTH COULD USE HIM New York, July .-Robert Lind lev Murray, national indeer tennis cliampinn. and one of the greatest oxpcm'tits of the racquet sport that has ever come out of the far west, which is saying a great deal, has conic to be sort of a man without country. This is no reflection on llayonnr. N'. J.. where Murray now makes liis home, nor Is it derogatory lo Palo Alio, the left-hander's na tive rity. The fact is that Murray now has the experts and close follow ers, of the game up in the air about whether he is all easterner or a west erner. If Murrar were only a medicorc tennis player or it his ability were not an rslahlished feature, of the great court Kame. no one would lose much sleeu omt where he railed Iron or whal section he can now call home. As staled in the first para graph, however. Murray is not medicore nlavrr. In (act. he is so good that both the Atlantic and hirifir coasts would be triad to clain him; furthermore, one cannot think of any section from Horida to Alaska that would not welcome tin ability to have him represent them in the big tennis tilts. But Murray himself is in a sad predicament. Although it looks as if he will make his permanent resi dence in the east, ne cannot repre sent the east, not having lived here long enough. The prescribed time ot residence is two years, naturally he cannot represent the Pacific coast because he does not reside there, so Murray merely has to sit tight and watch his friends of the tennis world bearing the colors of one section or tne other to victory or defeat Even this would not be such a mat ter of great moment either for Mur ray or the following of the came but for the fact that there is a 'big intersections! tournament, the west vs. the east, coming along very soon, The matches will be played in this series at the West Side Tennis club, Forest Hills, Long Island, on Fri day, August 4, and Saturday, August j. Is An Outlaw. ' This series is what brought the matter up, and as both sections were anxious to enlist the services of Mur ray, the question was gone into at great length, and Murray seems to be an outlander. Just what the indoor titlenolder thinks of it is hard to sav There can be little doubt that if he had his choice he would do his rlav- ing for the Pacific coast that is, if ne were on the facitic coast team namraiiy enougn, Murray's , sym pathies arc with the Pacific coast contingent. It is lust as true, how ever, that if Murray were assigned to piay witn tne eastern team as a regu lar dyed-in-the-wool easterner ii would not be through any symathy that he would lose a match. - Murray will not play in the great west vs. east series in the first week of next month, but the left handef will be among some 7,000 others who win turn out to see the matches. In cidentally. it would not take a Sher lock Holmes to discover what turn Murray will be rooting for. Judging irom rne requests tor tickets that nave reached Harrv Parker'a office Murray will not be'the one lonesome rooter for the Pacific coast atari either, for there have been some re quests trom California and practical ly all of the native sons in anH around New York got in their bids tor tickets early. Strong Card Offered At the Kalamazoo Grand Circuit Races KalamarAt VfMi Tt.1 -MUrk.i iMuiiiiBcs iu dc me strongest carrj vsr rtffrmA it PuMsti. :tl be preiented for the Grand Circuit "'- juccung, wnicn win dc kU k.-. f r..l. . -S4 a . . uu iictc irom JUiy Ol lO AUgtMt 5 SiVanrin vfita will m ran n(( Announcement that Grand Rapids K U.IK M.aA..Mj ... -......-. , - probably will help Kalamazoo. There will be no division of west Michigan crowds, it ia expected. The list of entries is unprecedented. Seven early the ten regular classes, which closed juiy io, orougm in sdoui tne same Th loxtinir .( .k. ic uic rapcr juius purse Ot 1U,WU lur l. no irouers ana tne celery City free-for-all nar with ,.- .A.k $3,000. The former race will be run nugust i on tne tour-heat plan Twentv hnrsea ar eliorihl The free-for-all is to be raced Au gust i. two out ot three heats will decide it. Breeders are narlirtitarlv ita.J - r ...... .j iii mu swccpsiaKcs xor coits. une u an open event. The other is for 3-vcar-old trotters in th ?1H ,1,.. The week's program follows: MONDAY, JOLT II. I 3:U tae. thr in nv. tl.Ofto. ' ' - 2:08 Irol, three In rtv, tl.OOO. 2:11 trot. Rlrkman hntl n,.HA .k , ,g,v,u, TUESDAY, AUGUST I. 1:11 pare, thee In tl, ll.oos. Fri-,(ir.ll m,i im h ... i!olumlil hntal ...u,.... 1 ' old trotter,, two hoatl, ,no. Recreation park eweepitakea for S-year- . irunere, two neaia, ,3UO. WEDNESDAY, AUOUST i. 2:11 trot, three tn ftve, ft ,000 ' 1:01 trot, the Paper Mill,' rune, I1S.09S 2:06 pace, three In five, 91,000 THURSDAY, AUGUST I 1:1 trot, three In five, It, 000- 2:0, MM. Riirrflrk hnf.l n,.-. ... five. 12,000. ' 2:20 trot, three. In ftve, tl.OOO ' FRIDAY, AUOUST 4 t:0S pace, thraa In five, 11,000.-. 2:1& trot, tha nv....!,. ' . ...... ---- . . -j lares 2:01 trot, two In three, 11,000. Third Coveleskie Brother - Out nf ftima inn CaaeaJ f ,iatrarrtn Pn,ral t.9011. ,am , .......... b,.... twui .11 my not nlav ao-ain thte aeaann D....,L he wrenched the tendon of hi leg 'loveieskie, a orotner 01 aury ano Cleveland, respectively, has been a. star 01 inc. musxegon 1 cam. ;i v ,.