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Bofte mate ood fertilizer, so foot ball coaches know
In heads they see the young idee is pretty sure to grow.
Ttir wu i yonnf lArhle namcl Blneltle,
Hh had terkled m ton b mm tacky.
At th prsctle f law ,
HU work -..a m raw
That thtj sent him to eonfmw, by crackj!
Another young tarkl. mtmcil (.rnli
JlNMHOtHfii the grrat tileing ut gu!.
In a rentaurant gay
H n no 111 chatter away
Till hit friend had to Nettle the tub.
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NO CHAMPION IN
IE
NEW BASE BALL
CONTRACT DRAWN
Johnson Says - Pact Drafted
That Will Be Tail to Bosses
and Men Both. '
I Daniels and Baker at Army and Navy Game
JESS WILLARD IS
KIKfiOFTHEM ALL
EBBETS PROPOSES i ALL-STAR TOSSERS
INCREASE IN LIMIT!' BEATEN BY BRANDEIS
, MISSOURI VALLEY
Nebraska, Ames, Missouri and
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Kansas Aggies All Lose One
Game to Each Other.
JAYHAWKERS DROP TWO
Amfm tlefratrd KanMii. 13 to 0,
Ntbmwkn defeated Ames. I la I.
bannaa defeated ,ebraku. 7 to 3.
Amn played MIwmhiH tie.
Kunmia AnritH nlitjed Kanaaa lie.
KnitftlM A;ntlN detented MlRMiurl, 1 10 9.
Nelirat.ka defeated kannaa Asa-lee. 14 to I).
MiMwiirl defmted Kannae, 13 to 0.
There is no 1916 Missouri Valley
Conference champion.
Nebraska had the championship
locked up in a safe after the Ames
game, but the Jayhawk turned cracks
man and robbed the safe. He didn't
steal the championship, but he
turned it loos:, and at last reports
the coveted honor was still running
wild.
Perhaps there is a statistician who.
by working a couple of weeks and
dragging out a bunch of logarithms,
might be able to figure . champion
out of the above mess of figures, but
we give it up. Even Hughie Fuller
ton would get a headache trying to
dope the dope on auch a tangle.
it is possible to give .Nebraska a
slight edge on its rivals in the eight
games listed. Nebraska won two
games, those against Ames and the
Kansas Aggies. Missouri won only
. one game, that against Kansas, the
Kansas Aggies only one game, that
against Missouri, and Ames only one
game, that against Kansas. 'Hie Kan
sas Aggies and Kansas played a tie
and Missouri and Ames played a
ttie.
Kansas, who began to make ex
tensive plans to claim the champion-
ship, ia the only eleven which can't
assert equality. Kansas' lost two
games, while Nebraska, Ames, Kan
sas Aggies and Missouri only lost
one each, r . , ...
' On Comparative Scores.
Again, by figuring comparative
scores, one might .give Missouri a
shade. Missouri lost its one game by
the narrow margin of one point, a
field goal. And the Tigers beat Kan
sas by two touchdowns. But one also
could give Nebraska a shadi figuring
the same way on the ground that the
Cornhuskera trimmed the Kansas Ag
gies by two touchdowns, while the
Kansas Aggies beet Mljsouri.
. But figure it any way you want to,
it's impossible! to, declare an undis
puted champion. - .
Foot ball in the Missouri valley was
not up to.itt usual standard this year
The Corjjbuskeri were wfbcfully weak.
Kansas was also weak, and Ames was
far from as strong as it generally is.
The Kansas Aggies were a little bit
better than usual, wliih: Missouri was
about the same. I
Skipper Bill Hikes
" For Havana to Write
Racing Sheet Again
"Skipper Bill" Shipke has pulled
his freight for, Havana, Cuba, 'Skip
per Bill is going to be a sheet writer
for his wife's uncle during the 100
day racing season in Havana again.
When Shipke returns to Omaha
next spring he will make his farewell
to the world of sport. He is going
to go into the painting business.
Shiplte had an olfer a short time ago
to manage the Salt Lake City club
in the Pacific Coast league, out he
refused it. -. ,
"I've decided to stay out of base
ball and every other sport," declared
Shipke. "I'm not even going back
to Havana after this year. 1 in go
ing to make Omaha my home and
stay here the year around in the
painting business."
Runs Six Hundred
Miles Training for
Run of Three Miles
Perseverance always wins, is a
maxim often heard. If yon ever want
to prove the point just cite the case
of Bart Kane, 602 South Thirty-sixth
street, who won the fifth annual
Young Men' Christian association
cross country run Thanksgiving day.
When , Kane entered the cross
country run he decided to try just
a little bit harder than anybody else,
and he started training at an early
date. He trained faithfully, taking
long runs every day. No matter what
the condition of the weather Kane
made his practice run.
All in all Kane ran a total of 648
miles while training for that one lit
tle run of three miles. That's why,
when he finished, Bart didn't even
miss a breath.
Will Mr. Brandeis Please
Read of This Triumph?
"Where's the sportin' editor?"
Three boys breezed into The Bee
office late Saturday afternoon and de
manded the attention of the foot ball
writer, They wanted the world to
know that the Brandeis stores eleven
had cinched 'the junior chamDionshio
of the city by crushing the Camera-
pnone to the tune ot 48 to U.
"It was a walkaway,'' said Harry
Kneeter, captain of the victors.
"We certainly piled through 'em,"
conceded Mauager Bennie Roditc.
"It was easy, my making those two
toucnaowni. cniroea v. Kuizel.
"And when ou write up this story
of our championship, put in a lot of
woras so that Mr. Brandeis. the unv
who backs us financially, can't help
but read about it."
Wlih these final instructions, the
i no mane its exit.
(frotn Wins from Valley. '
(Jretna, Neb.. Ueo. I, 8peulat.-Grelna
man acnooi oaaaei mii team defeated Val.
ler ftlf h school team har l-.i .v.u.
37 M IS. Thli u tho foarth arraltht (ma
Oretoa haa won this eeaeon. Camas have
. been aohadulatf with Omaha, Commercial
: man, iMoavn ana rapuuo.
EE WON'T TELL CONTENTS
Chicago, Dec. 2. Adoption of a
new form of players"contract is the
chief business before the special
meeting of the national baseball com
mission here .omorrow.
President B. B. Johnson, of the'
American league, announced tonight
that a contract which he believed to
be equitable to the players and club
owners had been drafted and that it
probably would be adopted by the
commission. He declined, however,
to give any hint what the new con
tract contained, i
President John Kv Tencr. of the
National league, and August Herr
mann, president of the Cincinnati Na
tionals, who, with President Johnson,'
constitute the commission, declined
to discuss the issue.
Lincoln Concedes
Omaha High's Hold
On the State Title
Lincoln, Nov. ' k (Sueciat.l
-Coach Mulligan and his Central High
toot nail warriors got tne Missouri
valley and Nebraska state champion
ship titles wtihout any dispute from
Lincoln High, officials here yesterday
declared.
, Awaiting the return of Coach Herb
Reese, who is spending the Thanks
giving holidays with his parents in
Randolph, Neb., no formal statement
will be issued concerning the pro
posed post-season game between
Omaha and Lincoln.
rher is no intention shown here of
disputing the claim of Coach Mulli
gan and his warriors to the Ne
braska championship laurels, Senti
ment has always been strongly
against a post-season game. Had
uincom oeen auccesstui i.gainst
Sioux City High school in the Tur
key day battle, it was the intention
of the local authorities to lay claim
to the state, championship on the
basis' of comparative scores Lincoln
having held the advantage until
Thursday. Omaha's decisive' defeat
of Sioux City and an equally decisive
defeat of Lincoln by Sioux City elim
inated all question as to where the
crewn belongs, and although the shoe
is now on (the other foot, the local
authorities will attempt to grin and
mane tne nest 01 it. - . ,
When Coach Reese returns, it is ex
pected that a format statement will
be issued, conceding the champion-
amp iu ismaiia un me i asis oi com
parative c ores and declining the in
vitation extended by Coach Mulligan
for a post -season combat,
Seventeen-Year-Old -Omaha
Lad Wins the
. , StateChess Title
: Howard Ohman of. Omaha cap
tured the Nebraska state chess cham
pionship by winning the annual state
tournament, held at Lincoln: Friday
and Saturday, Ohman was the only
Umahan tittered.
Ohman is just 17 years old and has
only been playing chess three years,
but he more than held his own against
a field of eleven oMcr and more ex
perienced players.
unman won nine games and lost
one.' J. H. Mockett, jr., of, Lincoln
had the same score, but in the in
dividual match between these two
Ohman won and was awarded the
championship. (
l'roi, a,. L. Jrtinman ot Lincoln
was third. frol. ffinman won six,
lost two and drew two games. Dr.
Haldeman ot Urd. who was fourth.
won five, lost three and drew two.
Prof. Engbcrg of Lincoln won a
rapid-fire tournament,
Crcighton Town Team Defeats
Winnetoon, Six to Naught
Creighton, Neb., Dec. 2. (Special.)
In the Thanksgiving foot ball time
between Creighton town team and
Winnetoon town team, played here,
Creighton Won in the last two min
utes of play, 6 to 0, Winnetoon had
tne bail on creighton a twenty-yard
line and Dobry tried a drop-kick,
which failed. Creighton took the ball
on its own twenty-yard line, made
twe forward passes and a line smash
which sent the ball over for a touch
down. These same teams played a
O-tp-0 tie last Sunday. .
Turkey Shoot to Be Meld
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On Omaha Gun Club Grounds S
A turkey shoot will be held on the
grounds of the Omaha Gun club this
afternoon, starting at 1:30, A large
number of marksmen are expected to
test their skill in the'compctitions for
the choice turkeys. Aa the supply of
shells on the grounds is limited,
shooters are advised to take their own
powder with them.
Coppers and Street Car
Tug-o'-War Men to Meet
Serireant Samuelnon's tuff-fi'-urar
team of stalwart' coimers will clash
with a tug team from the Amea ave
nue car barn next Friday night at De
Luxe nan. the coppers challenged
tne street car men and the latter.
after pondering over It a while, de
cided to take a chance and accept the
acn.
Pirates Change Training
'. Camp After 16 Years
The spring training camp Of the
Pittsburgh Pirates will be established
at Columbus, Ga., according to an
announcement by President Barney
preyfuss. This will be the first time
in sixteen consecutive years that the
team has not trained at Hot Springs,
Alk,
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Secretary of the Navy Daniels and
Secretary of War -Baker are here
secretary ot war Baker ire here
shown holding the ball before the
FEW REAL STARS IN
VALLEYTHIS YEAR
(Continual! Vrom F Ont, '
yard clip regularly, it was his punt
ing tha won for the Jayhawkers over
Nebraska. He also is good at throw
ing forward passes and receiving
them. He runs the open field fairly
well and is a good plunger. He plays
any position in the backfield, but full
back is the position he will have to be
given on the all-valley eleven.
Weak at Quarter.
There are only two men in the val
ley who resemble quarterbacks., They
are Sloss, of Ames, and Stanowski,
of Missouri, Sloss gets the call be
cause he is the bigger- man and a beb
ter ground gainer. Sloss was the best
ground gainer Ames had; as a matter
of fact he comes pretty near 'being the
best in the valley. He's a slippery
open field man who also can buck the
lincoccasionally for variety.
The two halfback positions go to
two Missourians-'-Pittam and Collins.
Neither man is a great star, but both
are good line plungers and fast
enough to skirt tne ends with mod
erate success. Missouri had the best
scoring machine in the valley and Pit-
tarn and lolling made it so.
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' Four from Nebraska.
Thus do Nebraska an.l Missouri
both get four men on the first all-Missouri
Valley eleven) Kansas gets one,
Ames one and the Kansas Aggies one.
Choosing' a second team is even
more difficult than choosing a first. It
is probable eleven other players could
be chosen who would be the equal of
those we name.
Packer and Jones, of Ames, are
given the end positions. Goth are
good defensive men; both are good at
running down under punts and both
are , good at receiving the forward
pass. They're not stars, but they're
good, consistent players.
Frost, of Kansas, and Kojitsky, of
Nebraska, get the tackles. Frost is
big and powerful and endowed with
natural ability, Kositsky earns his
position because of his fighting spirit,
lie hasn't the natural talent, perhaps,
of three or four other linemen in the
valley ,but he's a fighter from the
word go and more than makes up for
any lack of natural ability.
Rhodes at Guard.
The selection of Rhodes at guard
is more or less arbitrary. Rhodes,
playing his first year, started out in
tne backhcld. then was shifted to
i ..i,i i i i ... t.
lainic aim wen iu uuaru, uih lie
ped guard only on the otfense, oc-
Py"" " end . on the defense.
Kliodea, we anticiuate. will nlav at
end entirely next year. And he's a
better defensive end than Randells or
Packer or Jones. But he has never
played that position on the iffensive
jo he can't be given that!DOsition on
a vvalley selection. His work in the
Iowa ond Notre Dame games was of
first team calibre, but it's impossible
to find a position for him because
he has been shifted around so. But
he must be given a position on the
honor roll, so we place him at guard,
arbitrary as it may be.
Burton, of Kansas, who played
tackle this year, is given the other
guard position.
Rider, of Missouri, is given the full
back job. Rider is a oowerfut line
plunger and is fast enough to skirt
the ends. He also plays a good de-
lensive game.
Woodward and Aldrlch. '
Woodward, of Kansas, a marvel at
flipping forward passes, gets one of
the halfback positions, v Woodward
also is a good line plunger and a fast
man in the open field. Aldrich, of
Ames, who is just shy of first team
ability and has one bad habit occa
sional fumbling gets die other half.
Stanowski has no competition for the
quarterback position. ,
It ia noticeable that not a Nebraska
i
Av. run &mt9.
start of the great Army-Navy foot
ime ' ,ne Fol ground
yorlf jn which th, Army d
the Navy by a score of 15 to 7.
man is chosen for a backfield oosi
tion. Otonpalik is the only Corn-
nusner wno mignt oe cnosen tor one
of the honor positions. If Hugo had
played in alt his games as he did
agafnst Iowa nobody could have beat
en him out of a job on the first team,'
but hia work in all the other games
was. poor. Caley, Cook and Dobson
are out of the question.
Fast, of Kansas, was heralded as a
Qstar by many. Fast was undoubt
edly a brilliant open Ticld runner
probably the best in the valley but
he'd make a twenty-yard run and then
fumble the ball, and anybody who
fumbles as frequently as he did
against Nebraska does not belong on
an all-star eleven.
All in all an All-Missouri Valley
eleven is a very ordinary affair this
year- . y
STATE COLLEGES
SHOW REAL CLASS
(Continued lom Para On.)
any member of the York team de
serves credit Jahn certainly does.
.Newman of Nebraska Central and
Heuftle! of Kearney State Normal
would prove a valuable addition to
an,- team in the state. Both are husky
and powerful and have shown ability
in defensive and offensive work.
Heuftle, right guard, was considered
by i any coaches as the strongest
man that graced a normal suit.
No one will dispute that Hughes
has won the pivot position on the
mythical eleven. Every person who
has watched the big Wesleyan center
feels hat he is the neer of centers.
That he was not selected captain of
tne team was only because he has
been shifted around quite a bit by
ioacn mine.
White of York at left half and
Thurber of Hastings at right make
an ideal combination for the back
field positions, 4 Both are fast and
nave snowii great power m skirting
the ends or picking their holes
through the line. White is also a
good open-held runner and has been,
perhaps with the exception of Cox,
one of the most consistent ground
gainers of the York contingent.
To fill out the team there is Blod-
gett, the hard-plunging Wesleyan
fullback. Blodgett carries the ball
well and could alwavs be relied unnn
to do his share of the ground gain
ing. X
The second team ia composed of
luminaries ot nttie less brilliance than
those comprising the first selection.
That tfley have not been first choice
does not signify that they have less I
anility than the first selection. In all
prqbabilities they are just as good.
Quarterback Craig of Peru hat been
selected to captain the second con
tingent. It is a regrettable fact that
Craig cannot be placed on the first
team, as the doughty quarter was
without doubt the real leader of his
team. '
' Britt of Cotner and Dbane of Blust,
both strong men, are the logical
players for the left and right tackle
positions.
At left guard Buckner of Wesleyan
has the edge. E. Hanson of Nebraska
Central is his running mate.
Kinnicr of Bellevue seems to be the
best selection at center. Kinnier was
the mainstay of the Indian team, Par
minter of Lotner deserves honorable
mention for the position, but the
Bellevue man has a ahade on defen
sive work.
There is little question that Cox
of York and Sanborg of Peru should
have the right and left half positions.
At the ends King of Doane and
Bayer of the same contingent played
an unusually strong game.
Shellmadine of York it one of the
best fullbacks in the state. He ia a
consistent ground gainer and ahowed
a great adaptability at picking the
open spaces in tne line. , . .
Champion it in Fit Fettle to
Fight Wkhin Two Weeks'
Time.
A FINE HUMAN MACHINE
Kansas City, Mo Dec. 2. Jess
Willard is still heavyweight cham-
'pion of the world, and probably will
De tor a long time to come. He out
classes all hit rivals as badly now as
when he proved his titular worth in
that bout with Frank Moran at Madi
son Squate Garden. '
lhere is not a man in his division
who compares with him in boxing
skill or physique. Nor is there one
being developed who fieures with a
chance of dethroning him in the near
future.. He stands alone among the
heavyweights. The day of reckoning
must come, of course, as it did for all
his predecessors, but the dawn of
that day is not yet in sight. -Only
a fortnight or so ago it was
reported that "Jess weighted every
ounce of 300 pounds, if not more.
As Jim Coffroth, former California
promoter, and a marl who enjoys a
world s reputation as judge of boxers?
their .physical condition and ability,
was said to have made this declara
tion, it was , given extensive pub
licity. Weight ia Right
There is not a whit of truth in the
report. Willard is not a candidate
for any circus fat man's job. He is
a big fellow, sure enough, and his
weight is in proportion to his height,
but he does not scale three hundred
weight. This statement is made on
personal observation. '
Willard closed his circus engage
ment in Fort Worth, and later passed
through Kansas City enroute to his
home in Chicago. On, the invitation
of Tom Jones, who was in town to
confer with Jack Curley, his asso
ciate manager of the champion, re
garding plans for the future, the
writer gave Willard the up and down
and several times over. The cham
pion exhibited himself for only 15
minutes between trains, but. that time
was ample for the purpose of sub
stantiating or disproving the reports
as to his poor condition.
"Here I am. How do I look?" in
quired Jess as he stepped into the
train shed, "Well, my appearance does
not belie my condition.
Jess grinned and stretched the kinkt
out of hit frame.
"Yet, I saw that story about my
weight. It's a joke.
The boyish smile vanished and he
became serious.
Coffroth Misquoted.
"In the first place, I believe Cof
froth was misquoted. He certainly
is too good a judge to be so badly
mistaken. I will tell you what I will
do. I have only a few mindtes, but
if there is a scale around here, I will
gladly let you weigh me 'yourself.
That's fair enough, isn't it? Come
on, then, let's hustle.V
Being directed to the baggage room
scales, Jess first set the weights at 272
pounds. Thep he got on the platform.
The beam just wavered.
"Make note of the clothes I have
on," he said, "and allow accordingly.
When I last weighed myself stripped,
which was about two weeks ago, I hit
exactly 263. That's only a few pounds
more than I weighed for Moran."
Knowing his own weight, and in
order to remove any doubt as to tht
accuracy oi tne scales, tne writer men
got on them. The beam balanced
truly. Never mind the exact mark; h,z lpr ".presidency, ilickeywaa
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was about half the champion's weight,
In Great Shape.
"I could be 'ready to fight in two
weeks," Jess continued. "Of course I
don't want to, as I wish to remain at
home for a while, but if it was neces
sary it wouldn't take longer than
that to get into condition," and Jess
unbuttoned his vest and held it open.
It wasn't necessary to probe into
him to learn that he carried very little
surplus flesh. The stomach, always
the first place for fatty tissue to accu
mulate, was as flat as a board. A
glance at his belt showed that it had
but one buckle mark way back toward
the last hole. Obviously it was of long
standing. .''
Jess's cheeks were also thin. They
were, not actually drawn, but there
was a perceptible depression below
the bones. There was an utter absence
of anything resembling jowls. His
neck rose straight above his collar
without lapping over either in front or
behind. His eyes were bright and his
spirit fresh and buoyant.
Never Weighed It.
"I never weighed 300 pounds at any
time," he said, reverting to the sub
ject at though it annoyed him,
"Once, before I started boxing, I
weighed 288 pounds. That is the top
weight of my life. Why, my two per
formances a day with the circus and
they went on for twenty-nine weeks,
remember precluded all possibility
of my growing into a fat ma.i.
"Twice a day I wrestled and scuf
fled with my sparring partners, and
every afternoon and evening boxed
three rounds with them. I did a lot
of "running besides, and then every
night after the show was over 1
wrestled and roughed it with some of
cne canvas men. 1 aeiy any man to
grow fat under the conditions I have
been living while on the road."
Willard certainly appears to be in.
excellent condition. He lookt far
better than he did when he arrived in
New York to begin training for
Moran. His plans just now are in.
definite. He does not propose to do
any work of any kind until after the
first of the year. He feels that he
deserves a vacation after a 20,000
mile jaunt throughout the country.
Fritz Maisel Shoots
His Brother in Face
On a hunting trip in Carroll county,
near the city of Baltimore, the other
day, Fritx Maisel of the Yankees ac
cidently shot hit brother, Ernest
Maisel, 36 years old, causing painful
wounda in the jaw and near one of
the eyes. Physicians who attended
the injured man. stated that the
wounds would not be likely to prove
more tnan very paintut.
fteiident of Superbas Thinks
Twenty-Two Men Bight
for Club.
BUCKIE WILL BE SCOUT
New Yor, Dec. 2. Upon his re
turn to New York today, Charles H.
Ebbets, president of the Brooklyn
Nationals, announced that he had sub
mitted an amendment to the Na
tional league to increase its player
limit from twenty-one to twenty-two
players. The amendment will come
up for consideration at the league's
annual meeting here on December 12.
Ebbett also announced the pur
chase of Infielder Adams and Out
fielder Miller from the Winnipeg
club. The Brooklyn club has re
leased the following players outright:
G. Napoleon Rucker, under op
tional agreement; Pitchers Colwell
and Goodbred and Outfielder Miller
to Oakland, with privilege to recall
at end of 1917 season; Infielder Kelle-
her to Denver and Outfielder Nixon
to Beaumont.
'; Rucker, for years one of the lead
ing left handed pitchers in the game,
will be employed to scout- for the
Brooklyn club in the American asso
ciation, Southern association South
Atlantic league, South Carolina
league, Texas league, Georgia-Alabama
league and Dixie league. 1
Ebbets also announced that his
club probably would abandon its
training site at Daytona, Fla., in favor
of Hot Springs, Ark.
Bob Marshall Goes
To BeaumontXIlub in
The Texas Circuit
One member of the championship
Rourke tribe of 1916, it's a cinch, won t
return to Omaha next spring. Rob
ert Marshall, second string catcher, is
the athlete.
Marshall was loaned to Omaha by
St. Paul. When Pa returned him this
fall he told Mike Kelly he didn't want
him back. "Well, if you don't want
him," said Mike, "I don't want him,"
so he proceeded to sell him, trade him
or give him away to the Beaumont,
Tex., club.
Marshall left Omaha somewhat pre
cipitously a few days 'after the post
season series between the Rourkes and
Louisville. His whereabouts are un
known. 'Tit said a number of former
friends would like to learn them.
Chivington Will
Call for a Meeting
Chicago, 111., Dec. 2. President
Thomas A. Chivington, of the Amer
ican association, issued a call tonight
for the annual meeting of the asso
ciation, to be held in Indianapolis,
Ind., December 8. . -
The chief question to be placed be
fore the club owners it the election
of a president. There it reported to
be opposition to the re-election of
Mr. Chivington, and, although he will
be a candidate to succeed himself he
said he would not fight for the office.
Norrit L. ("Tip") O'Neill, former
president of the Western league, and
i nomas nicxey, or ot. raui, nave
been suggested as probable i candl
the first president of the association.
Try These at Rourke Park,
But Be Ready to Dodge
The rules and terms of base ball
have been translated Into, French in
order to popularize the game among
French speaking people. The faculty
of Assumption college, at Worcester,
Mass., has drawn up a manual to play
in that language.
The pitcher is a "Ianceur," the
catcher a "receveur," shortstop is a
"blopuer." Other places in the line
up are 'indicated in the manual in
this manner:
First base, "premier but;" second
base, "tecondienne but;" third base,
"troisieme but;" right field, "volti
guer a droite;" center field, "voltiguer
au centre' left field, "voltigeur a
gauche." The coach is termed "agas
seur." Those who drew up the manual
were assisted by a member of the
faculty, who had seen base ball
played behind the battle lines in
France, and so made observations of
the phrases used by French soldiers
to desribe players and positions in the
game.
Many Famous Athletes
Will Soon Be at Front
Toronto's famous One Hundred and
Eighteenth ' Sportstnen's battalion,
which will soon participate in the
European war, is made up of 1,157
soldiers of all ranks, each of whom
has been connected with sports. In
cluded in the battalion is Tom Long
boat, famious Indian marathon ..run
ner; Teddy Wood, English profes
sional .runner, holder of the world's
fifteen-mile record; James J. Corkery,
winner of many marathon v events;
Bob Dibble, ex-amateur single tculls
champion : Tom Flanairan. ex-man
ager of Jack Johnson; Lou Marsh,
and many others. ,
Persistent Advertising Is the
Koad to buccess.
Former College Basket B;.ll
Cracks Fall Before Store
Champions.
BY THIRTY TO EIGHTEC"
The Brandeis Stores, city cham
pions, had little trouble in defeating
the All Stars, a quintet of former col
lege cracks, in' the benefit basketba"
,game held at th Young Men's, 'Chris
tian association Friday. The sco
was 30 to 18. , '
The Brandeis flippers never we-i
in danger of losing their lead, whir'
they secured in the first few minute
of play. The half time count showed
the Merchants 12 and. the All Stars 8
Rutherford Showo Skill.
Dick Rutherford, of the' All Stars
assistant football coach of the Corn
huskers and former- Nebraska tosscr.
showed his old time skill in the floo
game, He cavorted around the righi
forward position, and although slighi
ly off in locating-the basket, which
Brahdfis rooters attributed to the
close guarding of Ritchie, played bolli
a strong offensive and defensive
game. Then there was Leslie Mann,
member of the Chicago Cubs; Bud
Kearns, physical director of the
Young Men's Christian associations
Bob Hager, his assistant and former
physical director of the "Hastings
"Y;" Art Hiltner, of Lincoln, and
"Doc" Methaney all of which played
a strong game.
Burkenroad There.
Les Burkenroad and Ernie Adams
did the best work for the Brandeis.
Eaeh found the basket for three flips.
Virg Rector, former Dartmouth cen
ter, and Warren Ritchie also showed
up to good advantage.
The money taken in at the contest
will be used to finance the Tri-City,
Commercial and Church leagues,
which are expected to resume play
the first of the year. The line-up:
All Stars. Brandeis. '
Rutherford R. F Burkenroai,
Mann L. F. Adams
Kearns C ....Rector
Hiltner R. G Koran
B. Hager L. G. ....Ritchie
Substitutes: Methaney for B. Ha
ger, jCohn for Adams, Stryker for
Ritchie, Schmid:. for Stryker. Field
goals: Rutherford, Mann 2, Kearns
2, Hiltner 2, Burkenroad 3, Adams 3,
Colin, Rector 2, Koran 2 Ritchie 2.
Striker. Foul goals thrown: Hiltner,
B-Hager 3, -Stryker 2. Fouls com
mitted: All Stars 9, Brandeis 10. Rfe
eree: Mulligan. Umpire: Charles
worth. Time of halves, twenty min
utes, i
What Dates Purple
And Ohio State Will
Ask Is Question Now
Chicago, Dec. '2. Foot ball date
for the 1917 season of the "Big Nine
will be scheduled at a meeting hen
tomorrow of the coaches and athletii
representatives of the Western Con
ference' universities.
There is much speculation as to
what Ohio State, winner of the 1916
thampionship, and Northwestern,
runner-up, will ask in the way of
dates for next season. Neither was
seriously regarded by the schedule
makers last season. Ohio State did
not meet Chicago or Minnesota,"
while Northwestern had no game
with either Wisconsin or Minnesota.
Northwestern, it is reported, will
ask games with Ohio State, Wiscon
sin, Chicago, Purdue, Indiana and
Iowa. It is regarded as prqbable
that Ohio State will be given a game
with Chicago and, that Northwest
ern will probably meet Wisconsin;
but not Minnesota.
Btbby Quinn Leaves the
Columbus Association Club
Columbus, p., Dec. 2. James N.
(Bobby) Quinn, business manager
and secretary of the Columbus Amer-'
lean association baseball club since
1902, today tendered his resignation
to the directors of the locar club. He
is expected to become identified with
one of the major league cluba either
as scout or business manager.
Afauadrbt Hlg-h Wins.
Alexandria, Nab., Dec. S. (Special.)
Alexandria High achool defeated Toblai,
HiRh achool here last night In a baakel
ball game. 58 to 17. y ' - ,
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overcoatings in town a finer
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