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You Never Can Tell
Rube Marquard Stops the Phillies;
Alexander Was Unable to Repeat;
Robins Hold Lead by an Eyelash
Rixey Triumphs Over Jeff Pfef -j
fer iii Morning Game, But
Rube Puts His Team
Back.
CONTESTS FULL OF HITTING
Both Brooklyn and Philadelphia
- Batters on Edge, and All
. Pitchers Oet Taste
of Slugging.
LEAD OF HALF GAME ONLY
Brooklyn Holds First Place
by Narrowest of Margins
After Hard Fight.
MONDAY LEFT TO DECIDE
Brooklyn, Sept. 30. Brooklyn came
back this afternoon by hitting Alex
ander hard and won from Philadel
phia, 6 to 1, thereby regaining first
place after losing it by dropping the
morning game to Philadelphia, 7 to 2.
Alexander lost because Brooklyn
could hit him when hits were needed,
while the visitors were unable to hit
Marquard effectively after the first in
ning when Paskert singled, took sec
ond on a balk, third on Bancroft sac
rifice and scored on Stock's out.
Alexander retired from the game
when Dugey batted for him in the
eighth arid fanned. Brooklyn promptly
made four hits and two runs off
Kantlehner.
Bancroft twisted his ankle so badly
in the first inning that he had to quit.
He will not play again this season.
' Both teams gave a remarkable ex
hibition of circus fielding this after
noon with Brooklyn showing the
greater steadiness. ' '"
' , First Inning.
Philadelphia Paskert shot a single
over Olson's head. Marquard almost
picked Paskert off first with a snap
throw., Marquard made a balk and
Umpire Kleirt ordered Paskert to
second. Bancroft sacrificed, Myers
to Cutshaw. Paskert went to third.
Bancroft wrenched his leg running
to first and was assisted M the play
ers' bench. Paskert scored when
Stock's grounder was deflected from
Marquard's leg to Cutshaw, who
threw the batter out at first. Whit
ted got a two-base hit to right. Cut
shaw threw out Cravath. One run,
two hits, no errors.-' ' ' : ; :
Brooklyn Byrne Went to third for
Philadelphia and Stock to short.
Stock threw, out Myers at first.
Byrne threwVout Daubert., Stengel
scratched a hit toward first Wheat
shot a single to right, Stengel going
to third. Wheat stole second and
when Killifer's throw got away from
Niehoff Stengel scored.- Stock threw
out Cutshaw. One run, two hits, no
error.
Second Inning.
Philadelphia Luderus was a strike
out victim. Niehoff fanned. Killifer
flied to Myers. No runs, no hits, no
errors.
Brooklyn Mowrey sent a high fly
to Whitted. Alexander threw out
Olson. Meyers popped to Byrne. No
runs, no hits, no errors.
Third Inning.
Philadelphia Alexander flifH out
to Myers. Cutshaw made a nice play
n raskert s grounder ana threw mm
out. Byrne struck out on three
pitched balls. No runs, no hits, no
errors.
Brooklyn Alexander threw out
Marquard. Stock came in fast fot
Meyers' bounder and threw him out.
Daubert singled to right. Stock fum
bled Stengefs grounder and both run
ners were safe. Wheat walked and
the bases were filled. Cutshaw flied
to Cravath. ' No runs, one hit no
errors. j
Fourth Inning.
Philadelphia Stock fouled out to
Meyers. Olson made a sparkling
play, picking Whitted's grounder back
on the grass and making a perfect
throw to first. Cravath struck out.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Brooklyn Mowrey beat out a slow
roller toward third. Luderus took
Olson's sacrifice and threw it into
left field. Mowrey was held at sec
ond. Meyers flied to Paskert. Mar-
qirfrd forced Mowrey at third, Al
exander to Byrne, Olson moving onto
second. Meyers was hit by a pitched
ball and the bases were filled. Al
exander threw out Daubert at first.
No runs, one hit, one erro.
Fifth Inning.
Philadelphia Luderus flied out to
i, Meyers. Niehoff flied to Wheat Ol
son threw out Killifer. No runs, no
hits, no errors.
Brooklyn Stengel got a home run
over the right field wall. Niehoff
threw out Wheat. Cutshaw got a
two-Jbase hit to right "Stock threw
outi'Mowry, Robbing him of a hit.
Cutshaw went to third. Alexander
thirew out Olson at first. One tun,
,tjwo hits, no errors.
Sixth Inning. -.
Philadelphia Mowrey took Alex
ander's slow roller and threw him
out. Olson threw out Paskert in an
other brilliantplay. Byrne fanned
for the second time. No run, no hits,
no errors.
Brooklyn Stock tossed out Mey-
ers. Marquard got a three-base hit to
right Marquard scored on Meyers'
hit over Stocks head. Alexander
threw out Daubert, Meyers going to
second, siengei inea to rasKeri. jne
run, two hits, no errors,
Seventh Inning.
Philadelphia The official scorer
says that Daubert sacrificed in the
. ., a,ii, ........B. .
f 1 Wheat. Cutshaw threw out Whitted.
Ulson threw out cravatn. xso runs,
f: hits, no errors.
VBrooklvn Wheat singled sharDlv
Xo right. Cutshaw sacrificed, Byrne
to Luderus. Wheat scored on Mow
rev's double to left. Olson beat out
a roller along the left field foul line,
Mowrey going to third. Meyers went
out to Luderus unassisted, Olson go
ing to second, Mowrey held at third.
The Story in Figures
Morning garnet
PHILADELPHIA.
. AU. K. H. O. A. K.
Paskert, cf. 5 1 l a l
Bancroft, ss. 8 0 0 t t 1
Stuck, lb. 5 0 0 t 0
Knitted, If. 4 1 a a
Cravath, If. 4 a 0 0
Ludenu, lb. 4 8 s 14 0
Mehoff, So. 8 t I 8
Killifer, e. 8 18 1
Blaey, p 4 o 0 4 0
Totals 55 J u J7 it 8
BROOKLYN.
A n r
H. O. A.
Johnston, ef. 8 8
1
Daubert, lb. ........ 8 0
18
8
0
Myers, cf. .'...8 0
W heat, If. 8
Cutshaw, 2b. 4 a
Mowrey. 8b 4 A
Olson, M. 4 A
Miller, e 4 0
Pfeffer, p. 4 o
TotaU .
...88 8 S
1011
81 14 1
0 8 01
0 1 0 t
Philadelphia
Brooklyn 0 .X 0 0
Two-baae hltst Ludenu (t).
Homa rnn !
Ludenu. Stolen basest Bancroft. Mvera.
Johnston. Sacrifice hltet Bancroft, Killifer.
Double plays t Stock to Niehoff to Lucletua:
Niehoff to Luderus. Left on basest Philadel
phia, St Brooklyn, 7. First base on errors!
Philadelphia, It Brooklyn, 1. Bases on balls:
Oft Rlxey, 4; off Pfeffer, . Hlta and earned
runs Off Rlsey, S hits, no runs In nine
innlntst off Pfeffer, 10 hits, 6 runs In nine
Innings. Struck out: By Blscy, 8i by Pfeffer.
3. Wild pitch: HI ley. I'mplreet Klein and
Emslie. Score, afternoon fame!
PHILADELPHIA.
All.
Paskert, ef. 4
Bancroft, ss. ft
Byrne, 3b 8
Stock, b.-ss. 4
Whitted, If.-lb 4
Cravath, rf 8
Lnderus, lb 8
.Islander, p 8
Kantlehner, p 0
Niehoff, 2b. 8
Killifer, c. 8
Wleser,, If. 1
Dugey 1
B,
1
0
0
0
0
0
A
o e
o
Totals .
.......29 1
BROOKLYN,
v AB. B.
4
4 1
6 3
4 1
8 84 15 8
A. E.
H. Meyers, ef.
Daubert, lb. .
Stengel, rf. . . .
Wheat, If
Cutshaw, 2b, .
Mowrey, 8b. ,. .
Olson, ss.
J. Myers, e. . .
Marquard, p. ,
0
4
1
4
8
1
4 0
5 0
4 0
4 0
4 1
,.v.
Totals 88 15 27
18
Batted for Alexander In eighth.
Philadelphia ..10008000
Brooklyn 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
01
. .Two-base hlta: Cutshaw, Mowrey, Whitted.
Three-base hit! Maiquard. Home run: Sten
gel. Stolen base: Wheat. Bases on balls t Off
Alexander, 1, lilts and earned runs: Off
Alexander, 11 hits, 8 runs in seven Innlngst
off Kantlehner, 4 hits, 2 runs in one Inning.
orr Marquard,, l run. Hit oy pitcnea nan:
By Alexander, H. Meyers. Struck out: By
Marquard, 7. Balk: Marquard. Umpires!
Klem and EmslieX
Marquard went out to Luderus unas
sisted. One run, three hits, no errors.
Eighth Inning,
i Philadelphia Dugey batted for Lu
derus. Cutshaw fumbled Dugey's
grounder and the batjer was safe. Nie
hoff sacrificed, Meyers -to Daubert.
Killifer flied to Meyers, Dugey hold
ing second. Weiser batted for Alex
ander. Weiser struck out. No runs,
no hits, one error.
Brooklyn Kantlehner took the
mound for Philadelphia. Weiser went
to left field. Niehoff threw out Myers
at first. Daubert singled through
Stock. On the hit-and-run play Sten
gel singled through short, Daubert
going to second. Byrne threw .out
Wheat, Daubert going to third and
Stengel to second. Daubert and Sten
gel scored on Cutshaw's hit to left.
Mowrey singled through Byrne, Cut
shaw going to second. Olson flied to
Paskert Two runs, four hits, no er
rors. Ninth Inning.
Philadelphia Paskert struck out
Byrne flied to Stengel. Stock singled
to left. Whitted flied to Wheat. No
runs, one hit, no errors.
This Is the Way
Bullet Joe Bush
Gets Arm in Form
Bullet Joe Bush, the hurling star of
the down-trodden Athletics, has a sore
arm. He hurt it while pitching his
no-hit game against the Cleveland
team last month, and has been nurs
ing it carefully since, according to re
port. At Cleveland, Fohl's players were
telling some of the Philadelphia crew
about Cobb's terrific drive over the
right field wall, whereupon Bush on
a wager, stood at the home plate and
threw. the pill over exactly the same
place.
Fighter Has No Punch
Unless It Lands: Clabby
Jimmy Clabby is a fine example of
the boxer who keeps cool at all times.
Jimmy was boxing twenty rounds
with George Chip at Daly City. He
had been warned that if Chip ever
connected with his chin he would be
"knocked dead."
Along about the tenth round, while
sitting in his corner, Clabby leaned
over and spoke to those in the press
seats.
"Say," he said, "I thoqght you fel
lows said this guy had a punch."
"Better be careful, Jim, cautioned
one of the scribes. "If he lands you'll
find out." '
Clabby threw back his head and
laughed. Then he came back with
this:
"If a guy has a punch and can't
land it, he hasn't got it, has he?"
The newspaper men had no imme
diate reolv to the Question. Clabby
had ?hir Boat And throughout the
remainder of the fight, between
founds and in thevclinches, Clabby
k,eP' kidding the newspaper men about
the punch that wasn't landing.
Hat Salesman Slips Jolt
Jo Clarence Mitchell
Speaking of ' headgear. ' Clarence
Mitchell, formerly of the Denver
Bears, got a jolt in a Broadway hat
store. Mitchell went in to purchase
a lid and casually mentioned that he
was a member of the Cincinnati club.
The clerk immediately brought out a
lot oi on nats tor his inspection.
, Kansaaa on Bonier.
Several veterans or last year's Kansas
university team are on the Mexican border
ana ins coacnes at Lawrence are anxiously
hoping tor their return at an early date.
When One of Those Old , Spavs Will Turn a Win
AMATEURS TO HOLD
FIELD MEET TODAY
Armours, Class A Champs, and
Murphys,, Class B Champs,
to Tangle for City Honors.
BOURSES PLAY ALL-STARS
The biggest event in the history of
amateur base ball in Omaha will be
held at Rourke park this afternoon at
1 o'clock, the hour chosen for the start
of the big field day program.
With favorable .weather conditions
a crowd surpassed only by that
record-breaker which saw Omaha and
Lincoln clash in a double-header last
August, is expected to find its way
into the base ball plant for the ban
ner attraction.
The first part of the program will
be the field day events. These con
sist of iunco hitting, circling the
bases, long distance throwing, accur
ate throwing and bunt and run to first.
These events are divided for players
of Class A, B and C. The entry list
for these events totals over 100, so
some exciting competition is antici
pated. Any member of the Omaha
Amateur Base Ball association is
eligible to compete in these events.
Play for Ttitle.
Following the field day program,
the Armours, Class A champions of
Omaha, will tangle with the Murphy-Did-Its,
Class B champion, for the un
disputed amateur championship of the
city. On the surface it would appear
that the Murphys are undertaking a
little too much, going out of their
class as they are, but amateur fans
who have seen both crews in action
look for the Class B boys to put up a
scrap. Art Moran has assembled a
fancy organization of athletes, some
of them are of Class A calibre, and
the packers won't have any walkaway
when time is called at 2 o'clock.
The final event of the extravagent
program is a conflict between the
Rourkes, pennant winners in the
Western league, and an All-Star amar
teur team. The All-Star team has
been carefully selected. It contains
the cream of Omaha s amateur play
ers and it is believed they will give ;Ju
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Dennison Leads Stars.
D...i.-.n . r:t. u . 'q
Johnny Dennison, the celebra
Luxus pilot, will manage the All-Si
team and play first base. Bunny Hi
land ot the Luxus and Jim Moyianj
the Ramblers will do the hum
while Ernie Rushenberg of the Lu:
and Herman Yost of the Armo
will do the catching. Coady of
Omaha Gas Co., will play second
Chuggey Ryan of the Armours
pastime at short Corcoran of the
mours will handle the hot corner!
third. Jimmy Mirasky of the Bel
geois, Jim Melady of the Luxus
Carl Stangel of the Omaha Gas
will hold down the outfiedposition
Johnny Mullen, who is about
best little umpire the Western leal
has had for a number of years,
do the umpiring tor both ot
games.
The lineups of the team in the
big games are as follows:
ARMOURS. MURPHY
Fletcher. . First Felt
Rapp Second. ...... ..A. M
Ryan Short u.. Oitr
Corcoran Third ....J. M
Learner Left J. Dom
A) Oravea Center Ha
Colllne Right Dl
Yost Catch
Burness r.--- juax
Andy Graves Pitch Nestlell
ROURKES. ALL-STAR
Miller First Denn
Irelan Second
Ktliluff Short ;
Burg- Third Corocl
F. Smith Left J Mlra
Thompson Center ...J. Mel:
Forsythe Right Star
Krueger Catch RushenU
Marshall Catch Y
North..., .Pitch Holl:
O'Toole Pitch Moy
Doane Prospects
Brighten Up With
Arrival of Recruits
Crete, Neb., Sept. 30. (Special.)
Although Doane's foot ball pros
pects seemed rather dark at the be
ginning of practice last week they
have brightened up some since the
arrival of Captain Blust and some
more recruits. Only three of last
years "D" men are back this year,
Blust, Bayer and King, and but sev
en of last year's squad remains, Kin
ney, Mickle and Haylett in the back
field, and Krebs, Deselms, Kemp and
Smith, line men. A number of re
cruits are showing fine form. Jeffer
ies, a new man from McCook, and
McDonald of Clay Center are mak
ing a good showing in the back field,
and the line is strengthened by Ben
nett and Powers. Because of a sore
knee, King, 1915 star end, has not
reported yet, but will probably be
out next week. Coach Wood has been
putting the men through the usual
stiff grilling of tackling the dummie,
blocking, passing, etc., in preparation
for the game with York next week.
Gus Williams Drafted
By the Louisville Club
Gus Williams has gone up again.
Gus doesn't go back to the majors,
but he goes to a double-A minor
league, the American association.
The Louisville club caught the
Omaha boy in the draft. Williams
played on the Nashville team in the
Southern this year and his heavy
stick work was one of the reasons
Nashville won the pennant. Louisville
watched his work all year and
grabbed him.
Gus went to Nashville from To
ronto after the St. Louis Browns,
where he played a couple oi years,
sent him to the Canadian city.
Buck Herzog Proving to
Be Some Business Man
Buck Herzog, it will be remem
bered, got a $5,000 bonus, cash in
hand, when he joined the Giants.
Buck has been planning the best way
to invest that flock of iron men ever
since, and has just decided where to
spend it. A fine piece of farm and
hill territory, adjoining his famous
cantaloupe ranch, is now in the mar
ket, and Buck will buy it. Besides
raising more melons, he intends to
start a kennel ot uiooaea aogs, ana
m make sDecial effort toward reviv
ing the famous breed of "Chesapeake
Bay" dogs, almost extinct today, but
rated as among the finest hunting
canines in the world.
SPORTS SECTION of
The Omaha
Sunday Bee
OMAHA,
JOHNNY AITKEN IS
astor cup Winner
Peugeot Pilot Captures Third
Successive Automobile
Classic.
EDDIE RICK IS SECOND
List ot Starter.. '
No. and Car. DrWer.
1 Sunbeam Chrlstlaens
t Peugeot Resla
8 Dueaenberc Milton
4 Mercer Pullen
5 Hudson Vail
a llneembara- Mulfnrd
S Crawford Kllna
Crawford D'Alene
10 Peugeot Altken
11 Mercer Rnckstall
12 Maxwell RlcUenhacher
14 Maiwell Hendereon
; 5 premier lialvln
18 Delate Lecnin
15 Uclaga Devlgne
10 Nunbeam Chevrolet
21 Ians L'Arrent....
it Peugeot Wilcox
4 lluesenbers; Busana
!5 Premier 1-ewlm
f Deuftonbert' Pevlln
27 Adams Adams
IS Hosklns ." Hughes
S! Erbes Oabel
U Wast Dulntb Rawllngs
ft Crawford Moore
38 Ogren Hennlng
14 Olsen NrHiide
3.V Olsen Watson
SS Pugh Meyer
37 4)gren
Upsets.
'a car. No. 11. turned tur
tle on the eighth lap of the 210th mile.
He was injured. An ambulance went
to the scene. The accident occurred
near the bend of the main stretch.
Ruckstall was then in the eighth po
sition. Ruckstall's injury was trivial
and his mechanic, Thomas, escaped
being hurt. His car, however, went
out of the race.
Columbus Club Now
Takes Ray Miller
From the Rourkes
Ray Miller, the hard-hitting Oma
ha first baseman, has been drafted
again. This time it is by the Colum
bus American association ciud, irom
which Pa Rourke purchased him last
spring.
Miller was first drafted by the
Cleveland American league team, but
the Indians cancelled the draft at the
last minute. Now Pa Rourke learns
that Columbus drafted him after
Cleveland cancelled its draft.
Miller was with Columbus for three
years before he came to the Rourkes.
Pa purchased him in the spring. Ray
went so good in the Western league
this year the Columbus management
evidently figured it pulled a bone and
drafted nim back. '
Ernie Krueger Never
Quits Playing Ball
Ernie Krueger never quits playing
base ball. When the Omaha-Louis
ville series js over next Sunday,
Ernie will get ready to hike for Mesa,
Ariz., where the sun always shines
and the cold blasts of old Boreas are
never heard. At Mesa Ernie acts as
coach at a preparatory school. He
tutors the school's base ball team.
Thus does Ernie have the edge on
his mates; he keeps in condition all
the vear around, and when he ap
pears at the New York Giants' train
ing camp next spring he'll stand a
mighty good chance to make good
just on this account, because he'll be
better able to do his best than the
rookies who spend their winters in
the frozen north.
Kvans Is Modest.
"Chick" Evans, the golf wizard. Is one
champion who evidently Is not all "swelled
up" over his success In winning the amateur
and open championships. He says he was
lucky to cop ths titles. (
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SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1916.
RUBE DOES THINGS TO GROVER Marquard not only
pitches airtight ball, but helps win the game with his trusty
willow, putting the Dodgers in the lead again in the National
league race.
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OMAHA GETS JULY 4
DATE FORSPEEDWAY
Phil McShane Secures Holiday
Sanction for 1917 Automo
bile Classic.
TWIN CITIES AND SIOUX OUT
The Omaha Auto Speedway com
pany has landed the July Fourth date
for its 1917 automobile classic.
A wire from Felix J. McShane, jr.,
director of contests, who is in New
York, attending the meeting of the
American Speedways association and
the American Automobile association,
was received in Omaha yesterday an
nouncing the glad tidings.
McShane went to the New York
meeting instructed to make every pos
sible effort to obtain the holiday date.
While one of the classiest fields of
drivers ever assembled held the
boards in Omaha last July IS, and
staged what speed enthusiasts de
clare was one of the best motor races
ever held in the United States, the
attendance fell below the mark. In
fact it was very poor in comparison
to other cities which possess speed
ways. '
The local management believed the
date had something to do with this
poor attendance and decided that if a
holiday date could be procured for
1917, Omaha would come back into
it own as a racing center.
McShane put up the Omaha plea to
the Triple A and his request was
granted.
Little Competition.
Omaha will not have much compe
tition in this part of the country next
year. Minneapolis has been placed on
the blacklist and a race for that speed
way will not be sanctioned. Soiux
City, it is believed, is a dead issue.
Its last two races were failures and
it is not believed an attempt will be
made to hold another race there.
Kansas City got away to a poor
tart this year and is not expected to
hold a very big; event next year.
m-:-.
THREE MATCHES' IN
SIGHT FOR STECHER
Charley Cutler, Alex Aberg and
Adolph Ernst Top Notchers
Hetmanek Is After.
MET CUTLER AND ERNST
Three big matches are on the card
for Joe Stecher this winter if Joe
Hetmanek, his manager, can arrange
them. .
Charley Cutler, Alec Aberg and
Adolph Ernst are the three grap
plers who will clash with the Ne
braskan. Stecher has tangled with both Cut
ler and Ernst before, but never with
Aberg. Joe threw Cutler in Omaha
a year ago July 5 and Ernst at Fre
mont last rcbrtiary.
But Cutler of late has been clam
oring for another match. Chicago
promoters, who hold Cutler m high
regard, are trying to frame an event
between the two for the Windy City
aunic time tnis tan.
Aberg shot off his bazoo eonsid.
erably last winter and hurled a num
ber of conversational defies at loe
When Joe answered, "You're on,"
Aberg threw in the reverse. Now
Aberg has become sufficiently fa
miliar with the catch-as-catch-can
style of wrestling to believe he can
throw Stecher. New York is bidding
for this match.
A lot of wrestling fans who saw
Ernst and Mecher clash at rremont
believe Ernst can throw Stecher. At
least, he is capable ot putting up a
nifty scrap. Ernts is now in San
Francisco, wrestling under the name
of Ad Santel and this match may be
held in the coast city. -In
addition. Stecher will continue
to meet the usual number of hope
fuls and as he is willing to take a
chance with any of them, he'll prob-
aDiy spena a Dusy aim pruituuie
winter. r - -( - :
STAGE IS ALL SET
FOR OMAHA SERIES
Louisville Club Will Play the
Rourkes in Seven-Game
Conflict Here This Week.
EARL SMITH TO TAKE PART
With a lineup of stars that looks
more like a major league half club
than a minor, the Louisville club, pen
nant winners in the American associa
tion, will breeze into Omaha Tuesday
for a post-season series with the
Omaha club, winners of the Western
league flag. .
The post-season series will be
played Wednesday, Thursday, Satur
day and Sunday, with a double-header
Sunday. The team winning four
games first will be declared the win
ner. Jn case one team fails to win
four games by Sunday another game
will -be played Monday, and possibly
a double-header. The Thursday game
will be played in the morning on ac
count of the Historical parade that
afternoon.
The players are conducting the ser
ies themselves. Pa Rourke, owner of
the club, has donated the use of the
park and will not receive any of the
gate. Neither will the Louisville man
agement. - j .
The Louisville club is certainly a
tip-top organization. No less than
half a dozen of its players took part
in over half of the major league cam
paign this year before joining the
Colonels. Wade Killifer, who plays
center field, will be well remembered
in Omaha as a member of the All-Star
team which played here last fall.
Wade made a catch in center field in
that game that was one of the great
est catches ever seen on the local lot
Pete Compton in left is another ex
major. Pete was with the Boston
Braves until August. Roxie Roach,
who plays short, is an ex-Fed, and is
said to be one of the fastest fielding
shortstoppers in the business. Bill
McCarthy on second is an ex-Giant
Tohn Billings, who once belonged to
Omaha and was with Cleveland, does
most of the backstopping, Palmero, '
Schauer and Stroud, ail hurlers, were
with the Giants, and all return to New
York next year. Hub Perdue, former
Brave and Cardinal, is another well
known pitcher with the Colonels.
Corriden an Old Pal.
And last, but not least, a one Red
Corriden, the fiery, brick-topped lad
who used to play short and third for
the Kourkes, and was with the M.
Louis Browns and Chicago Cubs.
Corriden was one of the most popular
players Rourke ever had, and there'll
be a big bunch of his friends out to
see jiim perform.
' Good news for Omaha fans who are
boosting for the Rourkes to lick the
AA tads is the announcement that
Earl Smith will return from Chicago
to play left. Marty Krug, it is ex
pected, will also be able to resume
his old station, at second, which will
greatly enhance the locals' chances to
cop the series.
Tlie teams will line up as follows:
OMAHA. LOUISVILLE
Miller First Klrlte
Irelan.. Second McCarthy
Ilurg.... Third ..,.. Corriden'
Kllduft Short Roach
Hm'h Left ....Compton
3. Thompson..... Center ...Killifer
Forsvths Right ....Platte
Krueger Catch Billings
Marshall Catrh Williams
North Pitch Perdue
O'Tools Pitch ........... Palmero
Krause Pitch Mlddlston
Mers .....Pitch Schauer
C. Thompson. .... Pitch ...Stroud
Oasksll Pitch James
......Pitch Luque
Pitch Northrop
Butcher Leads the
Western in Hitting,
Ray Miller Fourth
Final unofficial averages of the
Western leafgue show that Butcher of
Denver won the championship with a
percentage of '.377. Watson of Sioux
City was leading base stealer with 49
and tied for sacrifice hit honors with
Krug of Omaha at 34 each. Dyer of
Denver took home run honors with
16, beating out Butcher by one, but
Butcher easily took the total base
championship with 320. Kirkham
and Rebel Cakes, Denver, were tied
for the lead in runs scored at ' 205
each. Denver led in club batting with
.304. Batters who have averaged .300
or better in one-third of their club'a
games or more:
Butcher, Denver, .377; Kirkham,
St. Joseph, J50; Coy, Colorado
Springs, .350; Miller, Omaha, .344;
Oakes, Denver, .342; Gilmore, Sioux
City, .340; Johnson, Lincoln, .338;
Watson, Sioux City, .335; Krueger,
umaha, .J Jo; bhestak, Denver, JJ4;
Hunter, Lincoln, .333; Rader, Sioux
City, 332; Griffith, Colorado Springs,
.329; Defate, Topeka, .324; Gray, Col
orado Springs, .321; Krause, Omaha,
fin. i 1 1-- c: 1 1 .
.UfeU, lUI!IIUIiy, OIUUX liy, rtJt ,
Jones, Des Moines, .317; Metz, Sioux
City, .317; Forsythe, Omaha, .316;
Sullivan, St. Joseph, .315; Breen, Dei
Moines, .315; Jourdan, St. Joseph,
.314; Lobert, Lincoln, .315; Reed, Den
ver, .311; rletling, Colorado springs,
.310; Dyer, Denver, .309; Litschi,
Colorado Springs, .308; Kelliher, Den
ver, .305; Hartford, Des Moines, JOS;
Cochran, Topeka, .305; Carlisle, Lin
coln, .305; Shields, Denver, .303; De
vore, Topeka, .301; McCabe, St
Joseph, .300; Livingston, Sioux City,
Leadlnt pitchers for 14 samsa:
- won. uai
O'Toole. Omaha IS
North. Omaha IS
Bchardt. Sioux City 1
Kaet, Lincoln tS
Ford, Dsnver 16
Halls, Lincoln IS
Oaspar. Sioux City ....... SS :
C. Thompson. Omaha ...... IT
Mers, Omaha II
Musser. Des Moines SS
Orovor. Sioux City SO
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Two Soccer Games Are -V ,'
Carded for Miller Park;
The ' Townsends will play .the
Czechic and the Caledonians will play. ;
the Nonpareils in the games ached T
uled in the Omaha and District soccer
foot ball league Sunday. Both games ,
will be played at Miller park. .The '
first game, between the Townsends j
and the Czechie, will start at t o'clock
ana the second conflict, between the
Caledonians and Nonpareils, will start
at 3:45. The standings of the teams
in the league are as follows.
P. W. L. Dr. F. A. Pta.
Townsends I t . .. .. t i 4 v-
Nonparells .1 1. 1 ..' S I I t,
Caledonians .. 1 1 I 1
Csechle v. I .. I 1 S 4 1
