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Judgments
OF THE three members of the
Rourke clan who advance via
: the purchase route to the big
leagues, , two i of them at
least are expected to deliver the
goods. Earl Smith and Ernie Krue
ger are the ones predictions say will
be equal to the superior play of fast
company. Smith is already a fin
ished outfielder. He is one of those
adept kind of outfielders who make
easy catches of everything. No mat
ter how far he may pursue a ball or
what position he is in wherT making
the catch, he does it gracefully. And
he covers a world of territory. He
can go to the right or to the left, or
forward or backward, with equal ease.
He also fields ground balls quickly
and surely. His throwing whip is of
first-class caliber. Smith's only
chance to fail lies in lack of hitting.
And the wise boys believe he will be
able to hit big league pitching as
easily as Western league curving.
.Ernie Krueger is granted an equal
chance to stick with the Giants. Er
nie is a mighty hard-working, de
pendable catcher. He's a big fellow
with a good arm, and he's far from
slow. And he murders the ball. A
young catcher doesn't need any oth
er qualifications to be classed as
promising. It's about a fifty-fifty bet
that Smith and Krueger will stick in
the National. Kilduff may or may
not stick. Kewpie is still a young
ster and hi experience has been lim
ned. It may be that he needs an
other year m the minors. But, again,
the kid may be so . improved next
spring that McGraw will keep him.
For his sake we'll be pulling.
r Who profits in the deal for the
great Heinie Zim, Chicago or New
i York? That's a problem to stump the
most exhaustive dope expert and if
he doesn't conclude it is a case of
fifty-fifty his dope sheet is bad. Zim
merman is probably one of the most
natural ball players and one of (he
greatest ever born. But, liken unto
Rube Waddell, he has the brain of
a child. His slugging will probably
win games for McGraw, but unless
Muggsy can curb his irrepressive
spiritj his boncheads will probably
lose a few. Larry Doyle, who with
Hunter and Jacobsen went to Chi
cago for Zim, is an old veteran and
has seen his best days. ' He should
be good far . another year or two,
though, at .least.' But it is thought
Tinker got a good man in young
Hunter. This lad is still in his teens,
but he's played good ball at both
third and first and he hits wU. East
ern critics say he is bound to make a
great player when he gets old enough
to vote. Of Jacobsen little is known
except that he's a likely looking re
cruit. If Hunter proves to be a great
ball player, as anticipated, or if Larry
)Doyfe continues to retain his stride
a few more years, Chicago will profit
by the deal, but if both Hunter and
Doyle, fail, the Giants will reap the
harvest
The' Boston Red Sox are likely to
encounter some rough going the re
mainder of the season as a result of
the injury to Captain Jack Barry.
There is no escaping the truth, Barry
was the mainstay of the Boston in
field. When Barry joined the Red
Sox a year ago Carrigan's men im
mediately took a brace. It was not
until Barry was signed that Boston
became a pepnant winning combina
tion. Barry has always possessed that
rare ability to put j fight into a team.
He certainly put itiinto Boston. This,
in addition to his wonderful ability as
a player. Barry's services will be
sorely missed by the Red Sox and it's
a cinch bet Carrigan's men won't run
away with the American league pan
nantnow. The Giants pf 1916 will always be
a mystery ball club. McGraw's ag
gregation is one of the most puzzling
enigmas that base ball fans have had
' to ponder over for several years.
First the Giants dropped thirteen out
of fifteen games. Then Uie same club
won nineteen out of twenty-one.
Then another slump, then a brief
rally and again a slump. It's not a
poor ball club; a poor ball club can't
win nineteen out of twenty-one
games. Then . what is the matter?
You answer it; your guess is as good
as ours.
: Hans Wagner; the veteran short
stopper, is staging something of a
come-back himself this year. True,
Hans has never been away, but he's
having a better year this season than
he has had since 1911, the last time
Wagner topped the National league in
hitting. ,ans is riding in first posi
tion now with a mark around .330, and
if he can continue his gait he'll lead
the field home once more. Last year
Wagner hit .274 and the year before
.254, so it is something of a come
back. ,
BIG DOUBLE BILL
AT BALLOT TODAY
Murphys Will Battle McCarthys
for the Class B Champion
ship of the City.
RAMBLERS TO MEET LUXUS
A Lincnln scribe voices the opin
ion that Omaha is weak in the in
field, which will blow up if sufficient
ly agitated, and weak in one garden
of the outfield. That being the case,
ma we ask whcr,c Lincoln is weak?
By FRANK QUIGLEY.
Of course the two games billed for
Rourke park today governed by the
Omaha Amateur Base Ball associa
tion will not pack the stands as full
as last Sunday, when Lincoln split
a double bill with Omaha, but a record-breaker
of a crowd is expected
by all the loyal boosters of amateur
base ball. Some of you ardent sup
porters of the amateurs at gratis
games ought to kick through with a
two-bit piece today for the good of
the cause. The dudes that have am
ply demonstrated their superiority
in the various leagues will be fighting
for the honor of representing Omaha
as the Class A and B champions, so
a couple of nifty battles will be un
loaded. At 1:30 p. m. the Murphy-Did-Its,
champs of the City league, who
also sidetracked the Chris Lycks.
leaders of the American league, will'
collide with McCarthy's Sunnybrooks,
the big noise of the Southern league.
Last Sunday the McCarthys paved
the way to tumble the Murphys by
trimming the Stags, the kings of the
Metropolitan league.
According to the dope the Murphy-Did-Its
ought to corner this tangle
without much trouble, but the Mc
Carthys are a puzzle difficult to solve,
consequently the wise dopestert are
utilizing the soft pedal. The Mc
Carthys are an, erratic aggregation.
One day they look like major lea
guers and the next back to the kid
league stall. y
Maxwell to Hurl.
The Murphys always go along at
the same old merry clip. Maxwell
will dish out the twisters for the
blacksmiths and Donahue will dish
up his puzzlers for the Sunnybrooks.
The monickers, Murphy and McCar
thy, look like fight, sound like trouble,
so, fans, consult your roof and miss
that Sunday dinner if necessary in
order to lamp this tangle.
Immediately after the Class B con
troversy is a dead issue,, the Luxus
and Ramblers will lock horns.
Three games are billed between
these two contingents for the purpose
of eliminating one or the other from
the three-cornered Class A fight. The
team that wins two out of three will
have to play the Armours, the cham
pions of the Commercial league, in or
der to be crowned. For the second
consecutive season the Luxus copped
the pennant of the Greater Omaha
league, but the competition was keen,
for the Omaha Gas company team
was close on their trail, with only one
game on the wrong side of the ledger.
Ramblers Have Cinch.
The Ramblers took life and games
easy in the National league, and when
the bell rung they closed the gates
without a spec in the lost column. Ac
cording to ' their manager, Otto
Pechac, the Ramblers will go into this
contest with the dope all against them
but determined to give their reputa
tion a rosy hue. J awn Dennison is
not making any predictions.' Holland
will hoist them over the rubber for
the Luxus and Kaufman will curl
them for the Ramblers. A starchy
battle is looked for. Lineups:
FtBHT OAMB.
Murphy-Dld-Iti. MoCurthyf".
Tollman First J. Podrouvk
A. Moran Second Kropiek
J. Morn Third , nwor.k
Oftronto ...Short Feidtrt
Donahue.: Lett..... Burry
Left. Boyd
Haneon Center Dlneen
Drdla BlKhl Murphy
Johnson ...Catch Sunny
Yoat. Xatch
Maxwell Pitch........ Oonanue
Neatlebuah Pitch. Barry
JECOND OAMB.
T.uxua. Ramblers.
Watchler Flrat Nysard
Hasan Second Kemmy
Atkins Third McAndrewa
Mlnlkus ...Short Swanaon
Smith Lett Holland
Melady ..Center Ohrlstenean
Dennlaon Blltht Hanaon
Ruahanbers Catch J. Mosjenaen
Holland Pitch Kaufman
Madden -Pitch . Moylan
Woolsley Utility at. aloaanaon
Girls to Play.
Out at Ducky Holmes base ball
emporium, Thirty-first street and
Ames avenue, a banner attraction is
on the bill of fare for tomorrow aft
noon (Labor day), when the River,
view Bloomers will bump up against
the Fontenelle Bloomers. They
were scheduled to play at Riverview
park some moons ago, but some of
the north end troupe were opposed
to staging a Sabbath matinee. These
girls are scholars of the game and
they put up an exhibition that is
amusing as well as thrilling.
Thursday evening the Krajiceks,
winners of the rag in the Inter-City
league, and also the class C cham
pions, were banqueted by their back
er. The directors of the , Omaha
Amateur Base Ball association and
otherInvited guests helped the Kraji
ceks to take care of their sumptuous
repast. Apparently the only regretta
ble feature of the evening's entertain
ment was that the Krajiceks could
not win a pennant every week.
Holding Tournaments.
Tournaments in wholesale gobs
are now on the menu in Nebraska
and Iowa, where base ball is the chief
recreation, and the salaried ginks,
semi-pros and amateurs with nothing
to do but pose as fashion plates, are
taking advantage of said tourna
ments. Quite a number were out in
the sticks last week picking up the
jingles for playing with country town
teams that wanted to fortify them
selves so as to be in a position to
meet the opposition, and quite a few
are billed for three squares and a
side dish of ten ringers or more this
week, '
Maybe There's Some
Sentiment in Ball
After All; Ask Hitt
When Roy Hitt gets back in shape
he can be depended on to work to the
limit for the Vernon ball club. He
figures he has a debt to pay to Prexy
Ed Maier, but adds that he fears he'll
never be able to show his gratitude.
The reason? Here it is as Hitt him
self gives it: ,
"The night I was operated on' in
San Francisco a wire was received
from President Maier telling them
to spare no expense. When I got
up, a bunch of receipted bills was
handed me all paid by Mr. Maier.
They amounted to over $700, and
my salary has gone on all the time
I have been out. And I don't for
get that when I was ill he wired up
saying he would make the trip north
if there was anything he could do."
Maybe there's some sentiment in
base ball after all. Hitt has been
with the Vernon club since it was
organized. It looks as if his serv
ices had been appreciated,.
Jimmy Kane Shows
Brandeis Five Some
New Floor Stunts
V :
The Brandeis basket ball team,
which won the championship of
Omaha last year and competed in the
national tournament at Chicago, is
already practicing for the approach
ing season.
By making the extremely early
start the Brandeis lads are stealing a
march on their opponents. Jimmy
Kane, former Western league player
and one of the best professional bas
ket ball players in the game, is giving
the Brandeis boys some pointers on
the way the pros play the game back
in Pennsylvania. Jimmy is showing
the locals some stunts that never have
been seen in this part of the country.
Despite the fact that Dutch Platz
and Mark Hughes will not be on the
squad, the department store five ex
pects to repeat. Some new players,
who come highly touted, have been
added to the lineup. V
Jake Isaacson will again manage
the quintet. I
Anderson Goes to .
Big St, Louis Swim
Adolph (Swede) Anderson, crack
Omaha swimmer, has gone to St.
Louis where, tomorrow, tie competes
in the annual river swim, held under
the auspices of the Missouri Athletic
club.
Anderson will represent the new
Omaha Athletic club, and carries the
distinction of being the first person
to ever wear the colors of the local
club in a competitive event.
"Swede" has been training faith
fully for the event, under instruction
of Pete Wendall, who was formerly
swimming instructor of the Central
Young Men's Christian association of
Chicago, and he believes he will be
able to finish among the winners.
Alumni Subscribes to
Omaha Uni Grid Fund
Lack of foot ball equipment will
not be one of the drawbacks of the
foot ball squad at the University of
r 1. .eaann Thrntiarh Paul
Will." e.M... - ... d-.
Selby, president of the alumni, each
alumnus nas coniripuieo j iu i"
.,ul-: t..A the mnnev in he used
for foot ball material. In recognition
Ot this tne atnietic ooara ni ip riucu
to each alumnus a pass entitling the
holder to all athletic activities for two
seasons. v
Amateur Games Today
McCarthy' Bunnybrood aiatnit Murphy
DM ft. Rourke pirk. 1:M p., m
l.uxui aalnt Jumblera, Rourta park,
''mmpJra'a Jtll-Mara affaiMt Wilbur at
Crt. Ntsb. , ' "
Carter t-aka club aunt nut Xoorif tjll com
pany. Carur 1-akf diamond. I p. m.
BU.ru and Stripe a gal nut Joa Smith. Atk
lelic park :30 p. in.
Council Bluffn V,rtora at Traynor, la.
Townaanda al Schuyler. Nab,
Frank Uawy J union airalnat Trlmbla
Broa., Fontanel) park. eaHt diamond, I p. in.
Corr Electric ajialnat Albright Marcbanta.
Armour park. 3:30 p. m.
BourRoof at Ahftnanrtoan, la.
Armoura at Platumouth, Nb.
round 1 1 Rluffa Imperial at Dt niton, la.
Brotherhood of Railroad Employe aialnat
Mlaaourl Valley, Athletic park, 1:10 p, m.
HIGH GRID CRACKS
HEARSIREN CALL
Intense Rivalry Expeoted to
Lend Excitement in Scrap
For State Championship.
SOME CHANGES IN RULES
By KARL LEE. v
The Welcome call of foot ball has
sounded once again. Spring and sum
mer have passed and the first day of
chill the glad weather of the grid
ironapproaches. Autumn, with its
pigskin stars wilt soon be in the field.
Nebraska high schools will - more
than welcome the game this year. The
intense rivalry existing among the
leading teams at the close of the last
season only serve to show in a de
gree what state competition will
amount to this year. Three or four
teams that have been sniffers in the
last three seasons are coming into the
field with well-balanced, well-coached
aggregations that will contest strong
ly such leaders as Beatrice, North
Platte, Grand Island, Central High
; and Lincoln. Aurora, Gothenberg and
Kearney are reported to have ma
terial enough - to make any coach
look forward to a particularly fine
season. I ' ..
Expect Another Dispute.
For various reasons the state cham
pionship this year will probably be
disputed. The windup of the season
last year gave North Platte and Lin
coln equal contention for the title,
while by a process of comparative
scores Beatrice and Central High had
just as good a claim except that they
were disgraced perhaps by one de
feat. Lincoln came through without a
defeat and having defeated the prin
cipal teams of the Missouri Valley
without effort claimed the valley
championship.
An attempt has been made to or
ganize a sectional foot ball league.
The idea is to, schedule only such
games as will definitely eliminate all
but top contenders for the title. These
teams would play games for the title
on Thanksgiving dates.
Grand Island is enthusiastic for the
plan. The president of the Board of
Education there, A. O. Abbott, an
nounces that the school will enter into
any plan that will bring about a
speedy and fair determination of the
honor. Grand Island suffered but
one defeat last year and that was by
Central High. North Platte, the
counter contender for the 1915 title,
voiced an opinion. Superintendent of
Schools Wilson Tout of the city, who
also acts as coach, stafed that it
would be better to leave the organi
zation of such a league until the close
of the foot ball season or during the
basket ball season. Most coaches of
the state have not taken up head
quarters yet and opinions will not be
known unitl they return. The Omaha
schools are thought to be in favor of
the plan.
The idea itself is a progressive one
and would be well-liked all aroun9.
Cook County (III.) the center of Chi
cago high schools, entertains the most
interesting football competition in
the entire country because oi just
such an organization, while the states
of Indiana and California are also
sponsors for identical leagues.
Changes in Rules.
The changes in rules, although not
materially altering the style of play,
give the referee increased powers of
decision. Many of the argumentative
difficulties which high school teams
experienced in games of the last sea
son have been cleared up. Three
principal, systems of rules obtain.
First Fouls behind the goal line
are exhaustively defined. A foul of
any sort behind the goal posts while
the ball is free inevitably results in
the awarding of a touchdown by the
referee to the offended side. If the
foul is committed while the ball is in
the air a safety is awarded the attack
ing side. ' The referee shall also have
jurisdiction over all roughing or foul
ing on the line. . Under no circum
stances, the new rules say, shall a
player lock his arms or hands at any
time or any place in the game. Vicious
striking on the face with the heel of
the hand is also termed ."unnecessary
roughness" and deserving of a pen
alty as such.
On Free Balls.
Second A free ball or a ball out
of bounds is definitely defined. A
ball that crosses the goal linle on the
kickoff but either before Or after
touching the ground also crosses
either side line extended, the ball is
a free one. If recovered by the de
fensive side it is a touchback; if re
covered by the kicking ' side it is a
touchdown. Other rules pertaining to
this section are: 1. If on the kickoff
or on a free kick the ball goes into
the stand or into the crowd behind
the goal line it shall be a touchback.
2. If on a block kick the ball goes
into the stand or into the crowd be
hind the goal line it shall be a safety.
i. If the ball is passed backward and
goes into the crowd behind the goal
line it shall be a safety. 4. If a blocked
kick bounds over a side line fence
the ball belongs to the blocking side
at the point where the ball crossed
the side lines.
Third Formations come in for a
bit of legalizing. It will be entirely
proper for the quarterback to nose up
to the Very shirt of his center if he
sees fit. In receiving a forward pass,
however, it is required that he drop
back at least a vard from the line of
scrimmage. A guard or tackle may
carry the ball or form interference on
a forward pass formation provided he
has traveled at least five yards after
being dropped back that distance from
the line of scrimmage. The guards or
center may run with the ball if re
ceived from a second man provided
they are eligible to take the pass by
being at the time on the end of the
line. .
Kid Brother Will
, Succeed Smith in
Left Next Season
Despite the fact the Chicago Cubs
have purchased Earl Smith, Smith
will continue to be the name of the
left fielder for the Omaha, club. But
it will be Floyd Smith, not Earl
Smith.
Floyd Smith is Earl's kid brother.
He has been with the Rourkes for
three weeks now and Marty Krug
has been watching him carefully dur
ing the practices, although he hasn't
played him because of the close pen
nant race.
Marty has about come to the con
clusion that Floyd is going to make
good. He's only 20 years old and he's
far from a finished player as - yet.
But he seems to have the goods, and
Krug thinks he'll be fully capable of
filling his illustrious brother's shoes.
Rourke Predicts Victory r , '
For Both Boston Clubs
That both Boston clubs will re
turn victorious in the major league
pennant races is the opinion of Pa
Rourke, owner of the Omaha club.
Pa believes the Red Sox will con
tinue to hold their lead down the
home stretch, because Carrigan's
hurling staff is the class of the league
and his club is a well balanced or-
fianization. In the National, he be
ieves the Braves will beat out Brook
lyn, because the Robins have a couple
of weak spots which result in defeats
on many occasions when closely con
tested games are being played.
Speaker Point Better.
Trla Speaker, preset leader of Ihe major
leasue wallnpera, flnlatiad last aeaaon with
a battlnt average of ,aji and tied with
Pournler of Chicago for third place among
American leasue balamen, .
OMAHA MAY PLAY
WNNERSJN A. A.
Seven-Game Pott Season Se
ries With American Asso
ciation Champs.
PLAY DURING AK-SAR-BEN
The Omaha base ball club, provid
ing it wins the Western league pen
nant, may play the winners of the
American Association race in a -postseason
series in Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben
week. Negotiations for this "little
world's series'' sre on now.
The stunt was suggested last spring
by the Ak-Sar-Ben entertainment
committee. .The suggestion was that
the pennant winners of the two
leagues, no matter what club it might
be, play a seven-game series during
Ak-Sar-Ben, starting on a Tuesday
and finishing up with a double-headed
Sunday.
This series, it was believed, would
bring many people into Omaha and
thus greatly swell the number of Ak-Sar-Ben
visitors. The committee sug
gested it would put up a purse for
the athletes to play for.
Now that Omaha looks like the
pennant winner, the plans carries ad
ditional attractiveness because it is
only natural that Nehraskans would
be more interested in seeing Omaha
battle the A. A. champs than Denver
or Wichita, for instance.
, Omaha Stands Chance.
The series should provide sonic in
teresting base ball, too. The Ameri
can Association is not so much faster
than the Western, and there are many
fans who have seen both Omaha and
the A. A. clubs play, that aver Omaha
rduld return triumphant in just such
series.
At the present time Indianapolis
looks like the winner of the American
Association rag. This would make
the post-season conflicts still more at
tractive,, because Jack Hendricks,
manager of the Hoosiers, is a former
Western leaguer, has a host of friends
in Omaha and is well liked here.
Coach Mulligan Enters
Nebraska Medical School
Harold Mulligan, coach at the Cen
tral high school, has entered the Ne
braska College of Medicine and in
tends to learn to be a physician. As
a result Mulligan will not teach any
classes at Central high as he did last
year, but will confine his instructor
ship to that of athletics.
Chatter of the Sandlots
B, Prob., t of ih feounroli iptkud three
Uat Hunday, one for half-way trip.
Affalnat Gretna Rdtrerd Roban pold
couple to the tall and uncut for the Bran
dele. Th Star and Stripe want a fait game
for neit Sunday. Call Roy Stavey, South
1231.
Skytlpper Ban do puahftd th pill for the
Noure Oil lent Sunday and Joe Brown did
the reoolvtnf.
Jame Mlraaky of the BeurvAOls t h
Greater Omaha league with two-baae hit.
He eopped eight.
Mr. Stork dellverd a twlvepound boy
to Don 3ulnnr. Don 1 big not with
the C. B. Victor.
Tomorrow the Armours will take another
whack at the ball toaer stationed at
Plattamouth, Neb.
Wfthner of the C. B. Men' Fashion hop
hinged on for th limit during their tan
gle at Imogen, 1.
Oscar Orant twirled no hit, no run gam
and brecied eleven for Mary Wile, Mo.,
against Albany. Mo,
Several Omaha gent will participate In
th tournament, starting at Neola, la., today
and ending Tuesday,
Last Sunday th I.uxu Indulged In a
much needed rent preparatory for thlr
final grueling debate.
The Te-Be-Ces stepped Into th limelight
taut wk when they took th meanurt of
the Burgees-Nanh tribe.
Pete McGulre I now hitting the tourna
ments strong. He la billed for Neola end
Red Oak. la., this week.
Next season, according to th dope, Krnte
Adams will get a chance to demonstrate
bis wares at les Moines.
Th Merchant Hotel team Is still look
ing for games. Call Webster llfil and
squeak for Curtis Psterson,
Retermeyer of the Stars and Stripes hit
homer so far th oenterflelder of th Trey
nor team never got the balL
It la very seldom that Edward Trawler,
suit garden custodian for the Hrandets, falls
to register In the hit column,
Jawn Hasan of the Luxus says he Is sure
going to put one over the boards when th
Luxus again meet the Armours.
There will be a base ball tournament at
Red Oak, la., this week, starting Septem
ber I and terminating on th 7lh.
Out of four times up Welsner of the Oas
Company tapped three against th Bour
geois. No half bad for a stranger.
In the three-base column Willie Proat was
th bis spleen of the Greater Omaha league.
He grabbed two three-base swats.
Lsst season the Drexels upset th dope
when they trimmed the Brown Park. Won
der If the McCarthys can do likewise?
The score keeper for the Te-Be-Ce gave
Walter Overman four hits out of three times
up. Strange things happen In base ball.
Mattle UrUrath blew In the other day
from Artesian, 8, U. H looked prosper
ous, so he muet have bad a good season.
The games between the Carter lak club
find Nourse Oil company stand a horse
splec They will ply the deciding game
today.
King of Gretna proved to be the king.
with the pole etui nut th Brandeis. H gar
nered tnra a re blows out or tour at
tempts,
Carl Stanget, one of the chief swstsmlths
of th uaa company, only managed to land
In th safe column for one offense last
Sunday,
That trip proposed and half arranged by
James Saunders never materia lined. He
was going to organise a U. P. gsng to hit
ine rails.
Reed, the elass A heaver, was not In
condition to oouch up his beat for the
Htsgs, He ssid he had not handled a pill
for a month.
Leimsr. Armours: Hatim, liuxus, and
Shaffer. Gas Company, led th horn run
column of th Greater Omaha league, each
lanamg a pair.
Cleve Hull ta th Muggsy McGraw of the
Pontenell Bloomers. He Is an excellent
teacher and the fair one think Clev 1 all
to th muatard.
Marly Flanagan took car of seven
chances In a faultless manner for th Te-
Be-Cs laat Sunday,. He sure steps right
aner tn not ofS. ,
Frank Butler, chief backstepper for the
Bourgeois, hss been mumbling to himself
ever slnr the Gas Company brigade wal
loped th Bourgeois.
Sammy Felt man proved lo be the best
thief In th Greater Omaha league. He
pilfered fourteen bags. He also led In sacrt
flee hits, getting twelve.
Five of th six men composing the T. At.
H. A. infield ao left-handed. All they
neud Is a southpaw catnhsr, but they are
an hard to find as radium.
Horace Gillespie surprised himself last
Sunday when he belted one for the limit.
He also cracked another pair safe during
tne uss company-Bourgeois tangle.
The greatest number of times at bat Is
ihs property of J. Mtrssky or tne Bourgeois.
He hooked seventy-three times at bat as
member of the Greater Omaha league.
Th A. O. U. W. team, representing No.
IT, would again Ilk to play th A. O. U.
W, representing all the lodge. Mr. Watt,
please take notlc. They played yesterday.
Jawn Dennison, the Luxus general, sure
get shoved from pillar to post via the
loquaolous route by the Omaha Amateurs,
but it don t seem to keep him awake nights.
Carl Stengel, who played In all the fames
of the Greater Omaha league, tapped the
pill for an average of AM, but Wleener hit
,M. H oniy piayeu in signi games, now
vr.
Evidently the Kmjlcek do all their yelp
Ing on tli diamond. When speeches: were
In order at their banquet they succumbed to
the disease common1 among ball,p1yr
known as cnotteaius.
When the eighth Inning of the Gas com
pany-Bourgeois games rolled ground the
Bourgeois had It eewed up I to I, but at the
end of the ninth, tne score was it to in
favor of the Oas gents. Base ball la a
funny game, Isn't it?
Bert Fox bet a dollar that the Omaha
gaiiK that played HUlr at Kennard, Neb.,
would win. Bradford, leader of the Omaha
troupe, let the barker get away with a few
raw ones, but Brad would have ohlrped a
different brand If he knew the dollar bet
was hit, He gsve Fox authority to specu
late on the outcoma.
GRID HOPES HIGH
AT DHIOF OMAHA
Coach De Lamatre Begini to
Line Things Up for Start
of Practice This Month
MANY VETERANS RETURN
With the first game of the season
only three weeks after school opens,
Coach De Lamatre of the University
of Omaha is rapidly lining things
up for the beginning of foot ball
practice the early part of September.
The new football equipment ordered
by the alumni is alread on hand and
extensive Improvements have been
marie in the gymnasium tor the pre
liminary workouts. ,
The first contest is with Tarkio
college at Tarkio, Mo., Qctober 8.
Captain John seibert and several
of the back field candidates have
been working- out the laat two weeks.
centering most of their time on pass
ing and drop kicking.
With practically all of laat season's
veterans returning, Coach De La
matre is enthusiastic over rjroanects
tor a successlUl year, fcrme Adams,
who olaved such a hard same at let!
half last year, has written Del
Lamatre that he intends to return
and Chester Dutchrr, who was by
far the strongest lineman on the
eleven, has given assurances that he
will be on hand in answer to the
opening call.
In addition Uo the old candidates,
hosts of new gladiators have been
lined up, Captain -Seibert, assisted by
Manager Finklestcin, has made
systematic canvass of the graduates
of the local high schools and are as-i
sureq of a large following of new
players. ,.;..!.
Golf Pros Start
Tourney in Fall
New York, Sept 2. An annual!
. t t ! i f it
ciansic iur professional goners win dc
started the first week ot Uctober
probably at the course of the Siwanoyj
Country club ot Mount Vernon, N, V
The event will be known as the an
nuat championship of the Professional
Golfers' Association of America for
the Rodman Wanamaker prizes. For
the proa it will be one of the rich
est events of the calendar. Cash
prises aggregating $2,580 have been
assured. .
While it has been practically de
cided to hold the finals at Siwanov,
the organization committee in charge
say no place has yet been selected for
qualifying play. This committee ein-j
Draces james nepourn, cnarrman;
Herbert Strong, secretary! Jack Ho
bens, Robert White, Gilbert Nichols
Jack Mackie and James Maiden.
The committee in charge has -been
assured a generous patronage of the
maiden event. None but members in
good standing of the Professional
Golfers' association are eligible to
compete. There are 263 of thes
divided among the seven sections of
the association.
Thirty-two cash prizes will be dis
tributed. The championship carries
witn it j-hj casn and a diamond
medal. The runner-up will receive
$250 and a gold medal. The defeated
semi-finalists will find balm for their
disappointment m $125 and a silver
medal each. There will be four casl
prizes, of $75 each, eight of $60 each
and sixteen of $50 each. Bronze
medals will be given to the winners
of the qualifying rounds. A silve
cup will be given to the club which
produces the champion, with the
champion s name engraved thereon
Jim Savage to Return
After Five-Month Rest
New York, Sept. 2. After a five
months layoff, Jim Savage, the Or
ange (N. J.) heavyweight, has de
cided to return to the ring, and hr
will box Bob Moha, the Milwaukee
heavyweight, for ten rounds al
Bridgeport on Labor day night. Sav
age hasn't fought since he boxed Bat
tling Levinsky in the six-round semi
final in the Willard-Moran bout lasi
March. Savage has taken on some
weight during his absence from the
arena, but he has started working
for the contest and expects to be in
tip-top form by the night he tackles
Moha. Savage feels confident that if
he keeps in shape he can hold his
own with any of the heavyweights ex
cept vviiiard.
Omaha Gun Club Resumes
Its Weekly Shoot Today
After a vacation ot two months
the Omaha Gun club will resume op
erations at its first firing line this
afternoon.
When the heat wave of July struck
Omaha, the gun club marksmen put
their artillery in storage and called
oft the program ot weekly shoots.
But with the arrival of cooler weather
these weekly shoots will now be held
regularly every Sunday. .,
A number of events are booked for
today. . - .
