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THE OMAHA SUNDAY l'.HK: Al'CU'ST 20. 1'Uli 3 S That's Giving a Guy an Even Break, Eh? Drawn for The Bee by Tad ffcV $tmx mm$S!$& nrnrrr" f ISSPKi Hi B&ilftCr Wyl IMi Judgments ONE of "Pa" Rourkc's cherished ideas in connection with base ball has to do with the value of the bunt. He is strong for the sac rifice hit, as well as for the gentle little tap which dumps the ball just in front of the plate and affords a scramble for all hands and more than an even chance for the base runner to land safe. Omaha's present posi tion in the Western league standing verifies the value of the Rourke strategy. Omaha has led the league since some time in June, and bids fair to go through to the end of the season in first place. It is second in bat ting, eighth in fielding and fifth in base stealing, but it leads the league in sacrifice hits. Denver, with more base hits and a greater total of bases and more stolen bases than any team in the league, lacks 105 of having as tuany sacrifice hits, and fifty of hav ing as many runs as Omaha, and is in fifth place, nineteen games behind Omaha. Also, the slugging Denver ities are charged with having struck nut 467 times in 3,672 turns at bat, while Omaha is given but .180 out of .',635 times up. At that, the Grizzly sluggers have secured only thirty-six more hits during the season than Omaha, for only sixty-two more bases, the figures being: FIRST OF CLASS B CITY SERIES TODAY Murphys and Chris Lycks Will Tanirle This Afternoon at i Ducky Holmes Park. j DOANE'S NEW COACH HAS ! GOOD RECORD. CORRS BATTLE M'CARTHYS IMI, Total JBasca. 1.4S7 1.425 more Tjonvcr Omaha 1.030 Denver lias made fourteen home runs than Omaha and sixteen more three-base hits, while Omaha leads the Grizzlies by forty-eight two-base drives. This analysis might be extended indefinitely, but it has gone far enough to reasonably sup port the contention that the bunt is a great factor in the manufacture of runs, which are really the controlling, factor in winning bail games. Joe Tinker, following the lead of Johnny Evers, has filed a protest with President Tener of the National league over the granting of almost unlimited power to the umpire. Tinker avers that the umpires, exercising their arbitrary power to the utmost, rob games of their attraction by suppressing players who are inclined to get "sassy" in their zeal. After a manner Tinker is right. An umpire who strains his larynx to instantly s .it up a player getting ready to protest a decision, does take some of the spirit out of the game, because players lose some of their fight when the umpire is so strict. Hut on the other hand a lax umpire is likely to encourage a tendency toward rowdy ism. There is a happy medium some place. Fans like to see players argue with umpires a little, but they don't like too much, especially when it de lays the game. In other words it's a problem which must be settled by the umpire's judgment, and that's a doubtful qualification in most cases. The middle of August has now passed and fall is almost here. And Tris Speaker continues to lead the American league in batting. And for the first time in ten years it looks 'very much as if the great Tyrus Ray mond Cobb will have to acknowledge the superiority of an opponent in this line of base ball achievement. For ten years Cobb has led the American league in stickwork. But at this writ ing he is approximately thirty points behind Speaker. And Speaker con tinues to maintain his heavy slugging. If Cobb is to be the premier batsman once again he'll have to improve mightily. He'll have to hit at a .450 gait. For Speaker, it is believed from present indications, will keep up his .400 clip, so it will be only by his own prowess that the Georgian will be able to pass the Texan. Walter Johnson, the fireball king, has added the spit ball to his assort ment of twisters. This bids well to make trouble for American league batsmen. The ordinary spitter. with ordinary speed, is difficult enough to control, and generally has batters hopping around the plate with con siderable avidity. But with Johnson shooting a spitter down the pike w ith his enormous speed, it will take more than a mere hop or duck to escape ii Walter should be a little wild. And on the other hand if Johnson masters control of the spitter, even Ty Cobb will need four bats to hit it. John Ganzel is the real hard-luck guy. Last year John entered into a contract with the Brooklyn Federals for three vears. It was a personal contract with Robert H. Ward. It called for $7,800 a year. The Ward estate has recognized danel's con tract and ordereil him to report every two weeks to draw his salary. Thus does Ganzel collect S'.RiHi yearly for doing nothing. And this continues through 1917. Talk about lough luck. It's about time for Jumbo Stichm to emit the "bear" yarns from In diana's foot ball cimp. It Jumbo maintains the gait at Indiana lie did at Nebraska, he'll have gloom drip ping from every telephone pole in Bloomingtcm. Only, perhaps, it 11 be on the level at Indiana, where they don't grow Halligans and Chamberlains. BY FRANK QUIGLEY. When the asbestos drops at Ducky Holmes' park sometime in the neigh borhood of twilight this evening, one team will be eliminated from further participation in the Class B cham pionship finals, and the championship of the Southern league will be defin itely decided. The first game will be between the Corr F.lectrics and Mc Carthy's Sunnybrooks at 1 :30 p. in., and the second offense, Murphy Did Its against Chris Lycks, at three whis tles and a half. Rivalry of the sour sort exists be tween the Corrs and McCarthy's pennant aspirants of the Southern league so a debate that would inject life into a balky mule will undoubt edly be the outcome. These two teams are approximately even ill ev ery respect. Donahue or Barry will hoist 'em over the platter for the McCarthys and the Corrs will have Krejci on the firing line. A tough battle for the winning number is anticipated when the Chris Lycks, the leaders of the American league, and the Murphy Did Its, pen nant dudes of the City league, dash. According to the Murphy Did Its, it is just a question of going through the motions with them or rather these city elimination games are only es sential preliminary games that will take the place of an alcohol rub to get them in condition to fight for the National Class B amateur cham pionship. They have already got their trunks packed and all they are waiting for is the proper hour to roll around for a chno-clfoo wagon to haul them to their destination. The Murphys have oodles of confidence and, of course, it is a valuable asset, but 'the road to fame is rocky and the Murphys might find themselves in an extremely unpleasant mess Be cause one of the other Class B pen nant winners might prove a stumbling block and cause serious upsets to their ambitions. Pinault, the youth ful wonder, will slip them over to the consternation of the Murphys, and Wizard Maxwell will hoist 'em for the Murphy Did Its. Lineup for first game: BunnybrookR Corr Klectrlcs. J. Portrouzek IB Lan Kruplrka Pollfka. . 2H F. Hubaika Divornk 3H L. KnvUr Jackson 9s Rlrldle Murphv LP Mormon pin,.in ''F Plotmw Boyd R F H. Hilbatka Sunny C vJ1'!", Donahue. Barry... 1' J- Krejci J. r.,clroujek Utility Krleglar Lineup for second game: Chris Lyoka Murphy Did Its. L,n 1" Foltman O. Nordstrom :n A. Moran Oultiano an J. Moran F. Kolnor RS Ostronlc J Nontatrom LF Poimliuo Thorspe, kor CP Hansen H K-Mnor R.F NVsllfbush MoFarland C Yont Ptnnult P Maxwell Herral Utility Johnson Lose Luxus Park. Last Wednesday night the directors became acquainted with the fact that their premature plans were knocked to smithereens relative to where the games booked for today would be staged. It was the intention of the directors to pull off these games at Luxus park, and negotiations had al ready been consummated to that ef fect, and then, according to President Isaacson, Buck Casey, king of the pill heavers advertising the Te-Be-Ces, refused to abide by this agreement simply because his stalwarts refused to play unless they could demonstrate their wares at Luxus park. When Albert Joyce, manager of the Nourse Oil Co., asked for a rehear ing in regard to a game played some Olger H Wood Alger II. Wood, star athlete of Alma college, Michigan, where he graduated in 1915. yesterday signed a contract with the trustees of Doane college, Crete, Neb., and will coach Doane's athletic teams for the coming season. His coaching experience is limited to one year, when he coached the high school team at Fenton, Mich., but his accomplishments there brought him at once into prominence. As an athlete he made an enviable record both in high school and in college. Out of a possible fifteen varsity letters, he won twelve during his college career, and for three sea sons his foot hall ability made him a place on the all-state foot ball teqm as fullback. He had just as good a record at base ball, basket ball and track. In order to better fit himself as a coach, he studied at Zuppke's coaching school, in connection with the University of Illinois, this sum mer, and with this and his own knowledge of athletics, will make one of Doanq's best coaches. time ago between the Nourse Oil Co. i and the C. B. Athletics, which re I suited in a victory for the lads across ' the muddy but was protested by the bourse, he was turned down, the directors thoroughly investigated this matter when the game was protested, and they made a fair decision, conse quently they did not care to rehash the case. Without this game the Nourse Oil cannot reach the top roost of the Southern league, so Manger Joyce decided to forfeit that 14-to-5 game, of which three innings remain unplayed, to the McCarthys. Said treatment irritated Albert Joyce so much that he requested the directors to take the Nourse Oil appellation out of the Southern league standing, and he also informed them that his team would play independent ball here after. Bourgeois Protests. H. J. Bourgeois, leader of the Bourgeois, pennant contenders in the Greater Omaha league, refused to abide by the decision made by mag nates of the Greater Omaha league relative to the games forfeited by the Ducky Holmes team, and in a letter addressed to the hoard he asked fol immediate action on this important question. The board referred the mat ter back to the Board of Arbitration of the Greater Omaha league, which consists of Marty Krug, manager of the Omaha Western league team; George Clark, chief supervisor of amateur base ball forjthe city, and the president of the reague. They will convene some time this week and they will, in all probability, uphold the decision rendered by the majority of the magnates of the Greater Oma ha league. Don't lUarfffnrd Your Cold. Few of ua realize1 the rlanRer of roughs and oolila, ; don't take the risk, take Or Klnic'a New lMsmvery. Guarantied. All druggists. Adyrrtla-'nient. Krug Makes Rourkes Shine Shoes; He'll Have 'Ehi Manicuring Next Nobody ever accused Marty Krug of being a Beau Brummel. True it is that on special occasions Marty has been seized with moments of fastidi ousness when he made himself sarto rial perfection itself, hut it is equally true that he has on occasions per mitted the shrubbery on his map to emerge and his trousers escape the tailor's goose. Rut while he may not be fastidious. Marty is scrupulously neat and he wants everybody else to be the same way. And thereby has the Rourke Ball dub suffered consid erable annoyance this year. For Marty insists that his hirelings shine their shoes. Who ever heard of a ball player shining the spiked boots with which be plows up the diamond turf? Who, indeed? Why, it doesn't even happen in the major leagues. Even the shoes which aid the fleet- footed Tyrus Raymond Cobb to scam per around the bases have never been subjected to the luster of a polish. There is absolutely no precedent (or it. But Marty defies custom and prece dent ami the Omaha Ball club shines its shoes. And the shine must be retained. If a delinquent athlete neg lects it. he gets a call from the boss. Some of tile Rourkes can't sec the logic in Marty's idea. Shined shoes don't make a better plaer. lluy aver. But unshined shoes don't cither, says Marty. As a resell oi Marty's care, the Rourkes mate up the neatest appear ing ball cluli in the league. The Rourke uniforms are kept as clean as possible and the Rourke shoes are always polished. Take a slant at the Rourke apparel some day and take note of how much neater and cleaner they appear than their opponents. GRAND AMERICAN STARTSTOMORROW Over Six Hundred Marksmen Will Take Part in Annual Trap Shooting Classic. STATE CHAMPS TO COMPETE St. Louis, Mo.. Aug. 19. The In . instate Trapsbnoting association's seventeenth grand American handicap i tournament is to be held at St. Louis under the auspices of the St. Louis j Trapsliuoters' association August -M i I lie entries in the main events closed August 5, At that time Sol entries were listed and those arriving j from the far western states have since j swelled the total to more than O00. In addition to this the usual large ! number of penalty entries have been 'received. It is expected almost 700 shooters will take part in the con tests. The attendance promises to I eclipse that at Dayton. O., in 1913 and i 1914, and will be near the mark set j at the record breaker at Chicago last i year. " St. Louis is prepared to handle the I tournament. The park of the St. Louis Trapshooters' association is considered among the best in the country. The grounds are fitted with permanent buildings and all modern equipment. James W. Bell, president of the St. Louis association, conducted three grand American handicap tourna ments at Indianapolis, lnd, in 1904-05-06. and sportsmen feel confident he will bring the meet to a successful close in St. Louis. In addition to the handicap event state champions will be here to com pete in the national championship. For the first time in the history of the event women will be eligible to take part in the special and handicap matches. This appears to have added considerable interest and enthusiasm. Other events will include the St. Louis introductory. Mound City overture, preliminary handicap, con solation handicap, double target championship and a special match for professionals. Kid Gleason Pulls Deep Stuff on Hugh Kid Gleason. formerly assistant manager and general factotum of the White Sox, is noted for the sharp ness of his repartee on the ball field. Manager Jennings of the Detroit Ti gers had occasion to feel the sting of Gleasnn's tongue just before the vet eran left the Chicago club. Jennings, it must be remembered, has been in volved in two serious accidents, each of which nearly terminated his career. First he dived into the swimming poo! at Cornell when there was no water in it, breaking bones innumera ble and having to stay in bed for weeks while the doctors patched him up. Later he drove his automobile o(T a bridge near Scranton and hurt himself so badly that he was in a hos pital for a couple of months. Glea son, of course, knew all about these two accidents and when the tigie came he reminded Jennings of them in a way more pointed than polite. The Detroit manager was coach ing one afternoon anil had taken oc casion to make a number of extreme ly personal remarks to the Chicago pitcher. He plainly was "getting the slabman's goat" and Gleason was quick to come to the rescue. "Why, you freckle-faced ape," he yelled "at Hiighie. "You have a fine chance to be kidding anybody. You tried twice to commit suicide and vour skull was so thick you couldn't go through with it!" Maxwell Goes to Oakland; Leake to Foo Chow, China J. Trtiitt Maxwell, former physical director of the Omaha Young Men's Christian association, who retired about a year ago to go into business and then re-entered tile game al Grand Island, has been appointed gen eral secretary of the Oakland (Cal.) "Y." lie goes to Oakland September 1. Ralph Leake, assistant physical direclor here, is another "Y" man who intends to desert Nebraska. Leake is to become physical director of the Young Men's I hnstian associa tion at Foo t how. China. Joe Rivers Comes Back for Another Crack at the Title New York. Aug. 19, Through no fault ol his own Joe Rivers has been resurrected for a t'resb cainpaiKii in the lightweight division. 1 lie I. us Angeles terror is in Chicago, looking I tit anil ready tor sonic contemplated tights. Rivers has not totlght in several ! mouths. Joe speeded .o (Imago' from his Los ngcles home al lite cal! of his latest manager. Bob I .aga Laga let the intornialion be tuuscil around that before the snow is on 'he i ground Rivers will be back in llie running for the lightweight t ham-J pionship srtonger than ever, and ; whether it is Freddie Welsh who j holds tin- tille or t hai It v While, Rivers will be ready to tackle him F.vcr since the time that Rivers hurt his knee in a ten-round battle with Ritchie at Cincinnati, he has practically been on the shelf. The long rest has allowed him to take on a little weight, but not so much that making the lightweight limit would be an effort. Joe iias always been more of a featherweight than a light weight and has fought in both classes. Rivers' first fight may be near Chi cago. The promoters at Fast Chicago would like to dig up a tough oppon ent for him and stage a battle on Labor day. Rowing to Continue as Major Sport at Columbia New York, Aug. 19. Rowing will remain a major sport at Columbia un iversity and Jim Rice will continue to art as coach. This has been officially aimouced by Charlnes Halsted Napes, chairman of the university's athletic committee. Iowa Coach Has Line of Veterans to Pick Team From Iowa City, la., Aug. .0. (Special.) A vt'tfiaii line aixl a wealth of de siiablf hark field material will pre sent itself to Loaeli Howard Jones on September IS at the opening of the university for I lie first practice of the foot hall srason. Coach Jones, elected last winter as head cach at Iowa tinder a five-year contract, will! Kive his expert services to the Hawk eyes for the first time in real prac tice and will instill into them some of his foot ball knowledge as devel oped at Vale, where he was a star of a few seasons aRo, and as fostered Mine in caching eastern teams. Iowa will face its usual severe schedule, (iames for the season have been dated as follows: ortoljr 7, Cornell t Invr City. Urtntiftr 14, Orlnnfll Rt Iowa City, i. l.irr 21. Purrtiift at lows City. nrtolw is, MlnneiiotK at Mlnnntpolti. Nnvmbr 4, opn Novf inbfr 1 1, Northwilrn i( Evanitnn Niivmtier IS, Atn at Amt November 36, Nobraaka at Iowa City. The final frame of the season, that with the Cornhuskers, will be the oc casion of the annual Iowa homecom- BOURGEOIS MUST WIN COMBAT TODAY Must Overcome Armours This Afternoon if They Hope for Chance at Flag. Omaha High Grid Stars To Go to Illinois Uni Wilbur Fullaway and Clayton Nich ols, both foot ball and track stars at the Omaha High school, will enter Illinois university this fall. Futlaway was fullback on the grid team and Nichols an end. Fullaway is also a crack pole vaulter and jumper and Nichols a middle distance runner. Kalph Powell, Nebraska state ten nis champion, intends to pursue his education at Iowa State college. Cleveland Recalls Five Players From the Minors The Cleveland club h:i exercised options on live players now with minor IcaRuc clubs. They .ire: I'aul l)ts Jardicn, the former I'niversity ot Chicago pitcher, now a star with Marsballiown in the central associa tion; Josh HilhnRS. with Louisville; Walter Harbare, with Little Kock; Joe Kvans. Portland, and Jack Uradiey Columbus. Joe Leonard, an iutiebier from Columbus, has reported to Man ager Kohl Gossip of the Sandlotters Hoopar, Neb., la at HI In th market for tnncrlua. Addresa Hhe rrr.an 2llrE, Hoopf r Nh. ITnzen waa th klna- h with thn po fnr the Mmim attain! th Armour. Ho pouncil on two that landed safe. Nelnon. th.- .r nldt-iit of (he Am. rlran IfiBKiie, will imvt hfre tonight to npnd l is va.Htlon In Miiiiiaiiolla. Last week Walter SpeMman, Inrat prod uct, won a game fnr ilreeley. Neb.. &gninat Hcotla with a limit nnindh. The Chrla I.y.-Vs n-funr-d to have their mnjja taken lipforc ihelr wrangle Sunday, claiming It wnn a hoodoo. Although the Murphy-IMd-Ttn outhlt Plattemouth lnnt Miin.lay thiy were unable to push a run nvor tint flatter. Ray Younir naya he wtll k.'fp In seclusion thla year, t.ut hr will ) atlfklng em over with oodlen of steam next e"oi. All Indlrntloria point to thf faH that Irwin Morf-ariy, local hurter of repute, has evured hi hnni' hit 1 i onn-'t Maxwell of the Murphy-Pld-Its only al lowed Plattumnuth four hits and made aeven fruitlessly beat the atmosphere. Those National Tunn Rfglfltcr are etlll In the ring and thry mnK up a victory over the 1'ark Avenm- Florists last Sunday. Murray wan the bljr noise with the tflck fnr the Houra-eida against the Huravaa-Xaah II rracked thno out of flvt aUciniHf; Oulnane of the Chrta I,yrlts pulled down a acr.-anier at a frit tea I moment during the Chrta Lyck-Omaha Hlcyrlt Indians squabble Hec Carter and Donavon are the bat tery team for tha Btare and Sfrtps Thy work together with ma htne-ltne precision. Last Sunday, Plnnutt of the Chris Lyrks. twirled his best game of the season, strik ing out fourteen and allowing eeven pea tier ed hi is. fl-veral taama will lay off'tortay ao they can wltnesa the championship ("lass II bat tle between tha Chrta T.yrka and the Murphy iMd Ha. Sullivan lays If he can't play with th Armours h" will utilize bla lungs to Jonah (he opposition during the final class A wrangles, Two eriora were nil that were recorded d urine 'he Armour-l.uiua tiut one by -lawn Hassan and the other by I'tcmenta of the Armoura. The Te Re C-t muit have heen suffering with Inaomnla when thy plnycil the Omaha On com pan". Anyway, thty were un -usut'lly atcepy Tho nest tilt between the Armour and Luxua will be, if the Ramblers are elimi nated, fur (he amateur Claai A champion ahlp of i maha. Accenting to Stelger the Mr Cart hy Stm nvbnu'ks will grab the bacon In the South eru N'Hgu He is aguln back on the Job with this ganrr Frank I'srmody, the shortstop of the Eur-gn-p Nash tnuipe. ebty rli monstrnted his i lil Mt y last Sunday, handling ntn - rhancs without a frizzle. t'athro. the captain of the Nourse nil gang, fights hard for every tn h He In a hendy. pepp.-ry captain containing the O'-v.t-Rive-up spirit. rte McCoy of the Omaha nicyele Indiana, kinked a niat;tilTi'-"iit gumo against th" Chris I.viks, brc.v.log- a rtoxen and allowing a half d"Z-n fip.n'iks The base bull supremacy between t'n derwood and Nenla. la . was aettb-n last Sunday, when Netiln grabbed tho long end of an 1! t f- scire Don't f'Mgr-t the date for the first class A tilt for supremacy. Humbler against win no rs. i renter i iim lui league. Hourke park. Siindiy. September :' ll don't Imik mi tin. I to see Cap Ren son ii rid Joe Hnmn l.tMng Oast A ball with lh NVtirv MI o Thy could still fool the I'UM A liutKLKlfK Th:t No"' il iompin team iooka Mir.-;, ic on i ..pr ,i".l if tlifv played thr b.ll ii,v ;,, . i(. .f. m oii,d h- roost one In th" Snuih.rn p.iKue tor them. old man t ; n of 'h Armoura. ran stl'l KIM- (.ot i id hi. t puzale He held the I.uvih hub- diiriiiK the Utter part of the Luxus Armour Mjintbl.le. Krrora by tb" h.t'.: SSO. litled With .1.1- k til. k-r dumped o tti. Nourie i Hi lavt Sunday. After picking iw all tha kale ,oi.sitLe ' rany the different teams out In the state, frank Butler was allfewed to perform behind the stick for the Bourgeois last Hunday. Now the directors of tha Omaha Amateur HaHB Hall attsoclatlon are figuring on bonk ing the Carter Lake Club team to ahow the I.akeltea how they can play ball. On the hot corner Wt 1011 Atklni per formed like a spring rhtik.-n against the rtnours. Ha took rare of six different cha-ice.i last Sunday without a mlataltx. Over at Pes Moines, U , Kdward McCrearn local product. Is surprising the natives with bis long pokes. In nearly every gsme Kd ward taps two for two cushlonaor mom. This will be Plnault's last season In the Omitha Amateur Base Ball assor tatlun, as h Is going to move to California. He Is th" ch ef dellverv clerk for the Chris I.yrks Miiascn and Charnqulst were the bright lights for the I'.ijj-gr aa-Navh lest Hundav. Alde from playing a beautiful gams In 'he field, tney chalked up a couple of safe pokes On next Sunday the Beddeos. nennant ! grabbers of the Booster league, and the ' Krajlceks, leaders of the Inlnrclty league, j wtll battle to decide the Class A champion ' ship I President Tsaacson has secured flourk 1 perk 10 atsge the Initial same of the rr a a. -rles between the Ramblers and th (Ireater Omaha league winners. September 3 la the I dale. 1 Twice this season tha Stars and Strlpea 1 have cornered the grape In the last rhapter. j last Sunday, they garnered seven counters 1 In the ninth and trimmed the C. B. Victors 7 to ft. j The forfeit dough was divided three ways I In the American league Tha Chrla Lycks 1 received 40 rocka, Omaha Bicycle Indians i 36 beans and ths flout h Omaha Merchants 1 16 bones. ! Several new gents have been added to j th Frank Dewey lln-up and as a conae quence Sam Moore, their boss. Is willing to I meet the Class A glnka for money, marbles or chalk. Albert Storm wishes to announce that he Is nut connected with tho Joe Smith team now In eitstence across the waves. Th Joe Smith team that he bossed has tons to the wall. Kumovirh, twlrler for the Burlington Bed Socks, struck out th- flrt three gents that facd him laat Sunday and nil three landed safe, when the catcher let the Ust ime whirz by. Jdneen and Boyd were granted permission to play with the McCarthys after the time limit. June H. but still the McCarthys are averse to allowing tha Corr Electrics any m-w men. The only way to keep Stelger of tha McCarthys from kbklng la amputate his limbs His latest kick la that It. Hubatka Is not eligible to play with the lorr Electrlrs. The Stars and Stripes would like to meet the leaders of any of the leagues For further information write to Roy Htacey, 4 4n Smith Twelfth street, or telephone South 123. A I though the only compensation received by the directors of the Omaha Amateur Base Hail ussoebtlb'n t" abuse, nevertheless they battle on in the hopes that soma day the tiMMM-lst Ion will nearly reach the state Of perfection. Last Sunday th Townends bumped up against the famous Hansen from (.'nunc ft Bluffs at Seliuier. Neb He pitched for 5 huyler and trimmed the Townsends 1 to 1 The Towns-mis will play at Schuyler again on September and 4 Pown at Uretna, N'el . . for th Prandels. Erwar.t La wler showed t hat he U nut a candidate for the graveard, bate balltcallj speaking, because he was the star wlti the stick, getting three safeties So met lines circuit smashes only make ej tra work for the tabulator, but when one Is stunshei mit that ices a tangle Ilk ih one lip'tnd by Learner of the Armours against Th" 1.111111. a storekeeper would write a book aOoul sanuv Acordlr'g to Thomas N.one the tlood rtch Rubber Company gang want to bounce ;way w I tli th championship of the vari ous t-ams representing different tires with out giving the Lee l'uncture Proofs a chance to puncture th-lr record. I net sutid.i) . 1 iuy Holland, struck out lateen of ihe Armours in fourteen innlnKN. and 1li lhs dsva sixteen seems to t a million, but years ago the fans er peeled HUls.r.1 Morearty. Cub WUMams and Vernle I Wan, ! whiff at least twenty tn nine innings. LUXUS PLAYS TE BE CES I'pnii a game to he playfil this alt errinon at l.tixus park tlepeiuU the hope of the HourReuis to laml at the top of the (ireater Omaha league race The Hotirgeois are half a game he hind the Luxus in the flight for the pennant in this Class A league, hut they have played one less game than the Brewers, if they win the remain ing two games on the schedule thi. is provided the Luxus win their rc niamiug game the Bourgeois will lie up the race with Dennison's machine. But if they lose one game and the Luxut win their only game, the Brew ers: will he the undisputed champs. This afternoon the Bourgeois are up against a stiff opponent, the Ar mours. Last Sundav the Armoura beat the Luxus, 1 to 0, in 1 sixteen-in-ning game. If they duplicate their achievement today the Luxus will win the pennant. The Luxus will play their Ust game of the league season at Luxus park this afternoon. The weak Te Be Cea will be their opponents and victory is conceded Dennison's men. The Bourgeois and Armours will play the first game at 1:30, while the Luxus and Te Be Ces will play the second game immediately afterward. Sisler Ranks Right Behind Great Tyrus New York, Aug. 19. George Sisler is probably more responsible for the sudden flight of the Browns toward the flag than any other player. Sisler is already a recognized star. Though this is only his second year as a professional ball player, he is regarded as the best player in the league next to Ty Cobb and has been picked as the successor to the great Tyrus. Sisler can do anything with a ball. He can hit and run bases and play first base and pitch. ,He won a game against Walter Johnsin last season. Sisler never argues with an umoire, and does make a peep from the time a game starts until it is over. Y.M, H.A.Will Hold Field Meet August 27 The Vnttnn fin' lThr,i, mn.M j tion, which was organized in Omaha : a few weeks ago, will hold its first animal o'M . !... T" 1. . , ........... " ' . . ' Ml L1IE mU(ll. I county fair grounds the afternoon of i A . -7 .1UUM LI. All manner ot track and field ath letics will be included in the program of this first annual event. The asso ciation plans to run it on a big scale and already 150 athletes have entered the events. Giant Rookie Bats .300 In Dinner Table League Une Saturday atternoon during the spring training season the Giants sec ond team dropped a game to the Waco club of the Texas league. It was said later that the reason for the defeat was that the youngsters had overeaten at luncheon. This was borne out by one of the "bushers." "Vc did eat too much," he said, "but there was a reason. We had breakfast at S.iO and didn't get any thing more to eat until nearly 'i o'clock. We sure were hungry." "Do you mean to say you had to go without food for more than five hours?" he was asked. "Yes, we did," he answered veh mently. Notre Dame Starts Grid Practice September First Foot ball practice at the Notre Dame university will begin Septem ber 1. All candidates for the squad have been notified by Head Coach Jesse H. Harper to report at that time. Assistant coach Knute Rockne, also will report for duty on that date. Amateur Games Today Pr,ra ami Stripes vs. Ramblera, Fontenelle park. Kast diamond. 3:30 V rn Corr Kie.-trh-tt vs. McCarthy's Sunnybrooka. DU' ky Holtii-a park, 1:30 p, rtl. Chrla l.ytke v. Murphy Phi Ita. Ducky HMmes park, S SO p m. I.uu vs. To-Be-Be'a, Luxua park, 1:3 p. m. Krank Peweya at Schuyler. Neb. 8iniron'a All Stara at Imngene, I. Armoura v. Bourtceoia, Luxua park, 1:34 p. m. Buriraa-Naah tb. Omaha Oaa Co., Armour park, 1:30 p nv, doubleheader, Frank Iwty Jre va Benaen Merehantt. Font enelle park, Kant diamond, 1:30 p. m. Joe Smitha v. C. 11. Vlotora, Athletic park Counrll BlufT. Rrandela at Plattamouth. Nab. A. O. t. W, ve. L(Mi IT. Kiv. rrl. vr park ; p m North Pifie Hlwiii-r, x, s..uth Side Bio witt er a, Klvervttiw nark, 4 p. at