Cutting Out the Bleachers is Another Good Way to Kill the Old Game ASK HUSKERS TO QUIT CONFERENCE Omaha Alumni to Lead Agita tion to Have Cornhuskers Seek Faster Company. FLAME OF AN OLD SPARK If Omaha alumni of the institution have their way, the University of Ne braska's days as a member in good standing of the well known Missouri valley conference are numbered. The Omaha alumni are somewhat peeved at the w. k. Missouri valley conference. They have been irri tated, annoyed and vexed and they mean to have revenge. The Missouri valley conference is now composed of Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Ames, Drake, Kansas Ag gies and Washington. For some time Nebraska alumni and Nebraska: foot ball enthusiasts have been more ! or less dissatisfied with the valley! conference. Since Nebraska's sue-1 cess on the gridiron overlooking the current year, of course it has been . v.iore or less generally felt thai Nc-j braska should be in a little faster company i As compared with the Cornhusk ers, Drake, the Kansas Aggies and 1 Washington arc secondary schools.1 There shouldn't be any secondary schools in a real conference. For ; that reason Nebraskans have fqlt the Cornhuskers should try to get into the Wesetrn conference, or, if they can't get into the Big Nine, should! at least drop out of the valley, and murmurings of that nature have been frequently heard during the last ! three years. I Omaha to Lead. ' Now the matter promises, tu conic ; lo a head, with Omaha alumni of Ne-1 braska leading the agitation. Refusal of the conference heads to, giant Nebraska permission to play ! one of its big gridiron games in ! Omaha is the reason. Stuib Hascall. secretary of the Omaha alumni, was j sent to the meeting of the presidents and chancellors of the valley schools.! Me presented Omaha's request for a game and advanced the arguments. That was as far as he got. ! Thus are the Omaha alumni irri-j tatcd, annoyed and vexed, and they i have decided that it is time for Nc-' braska to wake up. The sentiment is that Nebraska has reached the stage where to further its own inter ests it must break away from such schools as the Kansas Aggies, Drake and Washington. Call Meeting Soon. A meeting of the alumni will be l iilled in a few days and this sugges tion made. It is believed the organ ization will take it up without dis pute and file a formal request with the athletic authorities at the univer sity and then begin to promulgate ihc agitation. There is little question but what what Nebraska would have no diffi ".illy in obtaining engagements for its athletic teams, foot ball, basket hall, track, wrestling, gymnastic and every other line, even though it did not belong to a conference. There arc plenty of schools in the country not members of conferences. There is. Michigan, Notre Dame, Michigan Aggies and plenty of others that get along very nicely booking their games independently. The Omafla alumni are determined to get a big Nebraska game for Omaha. They probably won't get one for 1917, as most of the Ne braska schedule has been made, but they intend to keep right on plug ging, and if the Missouri valley con ference refuses to listen to reason the alumni will make" war on the confer ence. Bluffs May Hold Floor Event Again The success "of the district basket ball tournament held in Council Bluffs last fall has resulted in a number of inquiries to the Council Bluffs High School Athletic association concern ing a possible tournament again this season. According to members of the association there appears to he an ur gent desire for a repetition of the tournament. The mailer has been taken up in formally by Hie association and it was said a tentative agreement to hold a district tournament has been reached and it is expected that at ! least as many and perhaps more teams than competed last year will enter this year's tournament. Members of the association believe that with the high school athletic competition as keen as it is in this section there is no doubt but that such a tournament would be a success. Last year the expense of the teams entered were paid up to the time the teams were eliminated, after which, if they remained they re mained at their own expense. : 1 'Billy" Sunday to Use . Ball Park for Tab Site The International league ball park in Buffalo is to be the scene of "Billy" Sunday "trail hitting" stunts this win ter. The ground has been leased as a site for the "tabernacle" that Sun day requires be furnished for all his revivals. The pulpit end of the tab ernacle will be near the home plate and the base paths that players trod in the summer time now will echo the shuffles of sorrowing sinners as I they hike Sunday-ward to shake the hand of the evangelist and pledge themselves to sin no more. Weeghmann Gets Huffy . Over Tampa Contract President Weeghman of the Chi cago Cubs says it is positively de cided that the team will do its train ing at Pasadena, Cat. He has offered llie Tampa business men $1,500 to cancel their contract and they can :ake it or leave it, the Chicago mag Mate is quoted as saying. ,1awk?yes Start Floor Season With Victory Iowa City, la., Dec. 16. (Special.) A slow, listless game with the State 'cachers' college opened the Iowa asket ball schedule at the armory, the Hawkeyes winning, 3) to 15. I CAPTAIN OF CENTRAL HIGH ELEVEN FOR 1917. ! Junior Quintets of Hastings and Omaha To Tangle Thursday The junior basket ball champion ship of the state will be settled Thurs day evening, when "Bob" Hagcr's Young Men's Christian Association Midgets, tangle with the Hastings Juniors. ' These two teams met last year in the local court and a close and exciting game resulted, with the Mid gets winning. "Boh" Hagcr. who coaches the Midgets, was physical in structor at Hastings last year, and or ganized the Juniors. The Hastings ag gregation will present practically the same lineup this year as they did last year, including such youthful sharks of the basket ball court as Hull, Kohl, Dutton, Haverly, Kauf. Hart, Suck land and McGrew. The Midgets' line up will include "Fuzzy" Macfarland and Dick Gillcr at guards. Owen Comp at center, Austin Smith, Wil lard Usher and Johnny Nicholson at forwards. A game between the Intermediates and the Business Boys' A class will be played as a preliminary. Nonpareils Want To Pull Coppers For Hundred Bucks Not satisfied that the policemen are their superior, the Nonpareil tug-of-war team has challenged the police team to a second pull for a side bet of $100. The policemen pulled the Non pareils an inch in twenty minutes in a tug at Dc Luxe hall Friday night. But the Nonpareils are still inclined to dis pute the superiority of the coppers and Phil Lynch, manager of the crew, has hurled a $100 challenge to Charley Van Dusen and Al Samuelson, man ager and captain of the coppers. Kentucky Derby to Be Worth $20,000 Announcement of the new Louis ville Jockey club that the 1917 Ken tucky Derby at Churchill Downs, May 12, will be worth approximately $20,000. has fixed the eyes of turfmen upon that event, which is regarded as a race track classic, and is expected to swell considerably the usual field of notable contenders. Previously the Derby has carried $10,000 in added money, and had a total value of $15,000. In 1917, ac cording to the announcement of the club's directors, the added value will be $15,000. The increase, the an nouncement says, is expected to en hance interest of stable owners who have within the last few years ac quired thoroughbreds with the hope of capturing the fixed American turf events. Tinker Treated Manager Of the Peoria Team Whfte Joe Tinker, manager of the Cubs in his playing days, always sought lib eral treatment Iromi his employer. Besides bossing Ihe Cubs, Joe is half owner of the Peoria team of the "Three-l" leagues His profits this season amounted to $1,200, and he was so pleased with the way things were run that he vo luntarily gave Manager Johnson half of his profits and told him that he was reappointed manager for 1917. All of which disproves the charge that if a ball player ever became owner of a club he would be tighter fisted than the usual type of club owner. Blankenship Wants Job . As a Scout for Detroit Cliff Blankenship, the catcher who. according to some authorities, "dis covered" Walter Johnson, has ap plied to President Navin of the De troit Base Ball club for a position as scout. It is probable that Blanken ship will be signed. He managed the Salt Lake City team last year. MULLIGAN STARTS ; PRACTICE MONDAY: Basket Ball to Oet Under Way j at Central High Before the Holiday Season. f SCHEDULE BEING LINED UPj Altering his former plans. Coach Mulligan of Central High will start basket ball practice at the Young Men's Christian association gym nasium on Monday afternoon. It was Ihe original intention to wait until after the holidays, for very few of the first team men will be able to practice during the vacation and this would necessitate starting in on pre liminary training again after the first of the year. But the athletes are get ting restless and the coach intends to satisfy them. The 'first week will be spent mostly in conditioning the men and getting some sort of a line on the material. Although very few games have been definitely scheduled so far, it is only a matter of lifting the games lo the dales, for plenty of games arc in sight. The first game of the season will probably be played January 1.5 with Crcighton. A good trip has been lined up for February 9 and 10. Boone (la.) High school will' be played on the first day and Fort Dodge on the second. Jefferson High school, an other Iowa team, wants to play Oma ha on February 8, but it. is thought that this would be too strenuous a I schedule, making three hard games in as many mgnts. i wo games will he played with Lincoln. The Sioux City High school has again changed its mind and decided lo put out a basket ball team. With the local schedule so nearly filled, possibly only one game will be played between the two teams this year. Play Beatrice Here. Beatrice High school will be played here January 17. Two games will be played with St. Joseph, although no nlates have been decided upon. Uni versity Place will be played here and also South High. An effort is being made to schedule"somc strong Kan sas team lo play on the night follow ing the Si. Joseph game. Class basket ball will be boosted at Ihe high school this winter in an ef fort to find more material for the first and second teams. A schedule is being arranged and will be started about Ihe middle of January. Each team will play the other teams at least twice and the team having the highest percentage at the close of the tournament will be declared the win ner, doing away with the old elimina tion plan. The following class cap tains have been elected: Dave Noble, freshmen: Dick Gillcrf sophomores; Austin Smith, juniors; Willard Usher, seniors. C. A. Cairns, R. A. Meyer, Fred Spinning and J. A. Bexten will act as class coaches. KeelineWiUBe Head of Omaha Gun Club One More Year Art Keejine will head the Omaha Gun club for another year. He was re elected to the office at the annual meeting of the club, held last week. A. H. Frye was re-elected vice presi dent. Frank Ellison, who was secre tary, was given the dual position of secretary-treasurer. Another poultry shoot will be held on the Omaha Gun club grounds this afternoon, starting at 2 o'clock. The Mull l,a piinno-h tarcrpfs anH shells at I tl,n.1.,KI,ocn r.. ct that all tnarlrc. men can be taken care of. Bellevue Cards Basket Ball Games The Christmas holidays will put n end to KeHevue basket ball until after the new year, when Coach Benjamin will put his proteges to work daily. Seventeen men were given a chance during the game Friday evening with the South Side First Congregational team. With several other candidates who have not come out yet there should be no dearth of competition for varsity positions. Coach Benjamin has announced a partial schedue for the basket ball team this winter. The following games make up -the program: Bollevup al 'olnpr, January 2f. Bellevue at (otnr, .la injury 2b, I'oam; ut Deileviifl, February 2. ('otnor at BHlovun, February 9. BellfVU'' at Nehranka City, February 22. IMIevuc at Hyracuao, February 22, Negotiations are under way to play the following teainsa)so: H!lnvue at Mnroln Younff Men' Christian a&aclatlon, February 24. HeMevuc at Pptu, March 2. Bellevue at Tarklo, March 3. Games with Creigfaton, the Univer sity of Omaha ana the Townsends will probably also be played between January 10 and January 23. Violet WilfBe Color Of Giants Next Season Violet will be the Giants' colors next year. Manager McGraw has de cided to abandon the style of uniform worn by the New York players last year. In 1913 the Giants adopted the colors of New York university and they won their third consecutive pen nants. As McGraw believes in omens, he thinks that the Giants, in uniforms trimmed with violet and wearing stockings of the same hue, wiil over come the evil influences which de prived them of the National league championship last season. So violet will be the prevailing color when the Giants line up against the enemy in 1917. Billy Newman Now Takes Sudden Interest in Carl New York, Dec. 16. Frank Moran had better not take his proposed match with Carl Morris too seriously, for Billy Newman, who has a con tract on the services of the original white hope, says he will not allow the hattle to take place. Newman's con tract still has two years to run, and although flic has not bothered much with Morris since the latter left these I parts, he now has determined lo en j force it. This means that Morris must pdn wiui i.j i i iiiii in ins I'm ii iiifn, something that he has refused to do of laic. SPORTS SECTION of The Omaha S KEARNS TO FORM ANOTHER LEAGUE Greater Omaha Basket Ball Loop to Take Place of Disbanded Tri-City. BRANDEIS TO STAY OUT A rejuvenated Greater Omaha Bas ket Ball league will beVonncd out of the disbanded Tri-City league if the plans now beiiiR perfected by Hud Kearns, physical director of the Young Men's ("hrisiian association, are successful. That there will be at least seven and possibly ten quintets in the organization is thc"belicf of the director. The 'possible (VCS now hcjng urged to join and who will in all probability compose the loop arc Kellevite college, Omhaa High school. I'liiversity of Omaha. Walter (i. (. Iarls, Townsend Gun company. Young Men's Christian association secretaries and a quintet made up of flippers of the South Side "Y" branch. The Hrandcis Stores five is to be left out of the reorganization, and. ac cording to its manager. Jake Isaac son, is to play practically all of its contests with out-of-town teams. The chief reason for the disbanding of the old Tri-City league, according to a number of the managers, was be cause the Brandeis five was much too fast for the loop. Managers of oppos ing quintets asserted they had prac tically no show with the storemcn and that they would rather withdraw than to be beaten consistently by the same five. Although there has been consider able agitation in the old Tri-City loop, matters arc sailing along serenely in the Commercial and Church leagues. Quintets of both organizations are about equally matched so that there is small chance of the same agitation springing up as in the disbanded aggregation. In addition to the Commercial and Church leagues, a South Side church loop has recently been formed. Eight quintets are in the loop, playing twice each week. They arc: Grace Metho dists, Trinity Baptists, Wheeler Me morials, Stj Luke s Lutherans, United Presbyterians, West Side Congrega tional, Lcfler Memorials and South Side Christians. Basket Ball Notes. Th Omaha National hank quintet, tart PMsnn'n rhampa of thn Commercial lea (rue, will engage the Arlington, Neb., town loam at Arlington Tuesday evening. Alumni of the Nebraska School for the Deaf have organized under thn appelatlon of H. Beaelin &. Son In the Commercial league. The following make up the five: Cuscudrn, Nelaon, TamlSRa, Btark, Trenke and Binder. Mark HugheM, former Btar forward on the Prandeia Stores quintet and now residing at Hastings, watr In the city the latter part of last week rcnedlng basket ball acquaint anres. Because a number of the star tosiers have to teach In the evening High School of Commerce, the teachers' team of that school has decided to withdraw from the Com mercial loop. Members claimed that the team did not have time to practice. Coach Kline of Nebraska Wetfleyen was In the city laat evening for the purpose of arranging a content with the Branded Stores five. The Methodist coach InslRled that the contest take place In the Auditorium. Man ager Isaacson of the merchants, howovor, couldn't see It that way. The Clifton Hill Merchants have again or ganized Tinder the leadership of Harry Pen ny. The Merchants arc not connected with any of the league and will play their games on the NchraHka School for the Defa court. Vern Mooro, former captain and manager of the First Mothodtnts Is now director of basket ball In the social center clubf. Motorcycle Club Will Hold Shoot A shoot for live poultry will be held by the Omaha Motorcycle club at the farm of Henry Kriebcrg, four miles west of Fairacrcs, today. Over thirty chickens and ducks will be given as prizes. Those who intend to go to the shooting grounds by gas bike are asked to gather at the Motor cycle club's headquarters in the Crounse block at 9:30 this morning. Louis Flescher is in charge of the event. Gymnastic Exhibition by St. Joseph's Athletes The St. Joseph's Athletic club will give another bymnastic drill and ex hibition in its hall, Seventeenth and Center streets, Sunday, February II. Henry Sawatzke, director, will have full charge of the affair. Five Concerns Want Leader of Luxus to Manage Their Teams The man without a country never had a thing on Johnny Dcnnison. the firebrand manager, who piloled the Luxus nine lo two consecutive pen nants in the Greater Omaha league. Johnnv is now a manager without a ball club. When the voting populace of this great and glorious commonwealth slipped the demon rum a wallop in Ihe teeth at the polls last November they voted Johnny's ball club out of ex istence. The Luxus, one time cham pions of Omaha and twice Greater Omaha league pennant winners, are no more. But Johnny Dennison worries not. Any manager who wins two pennants in a league the class of the Greater Omaha doesn't have to worry. Plenty of teams can find a place for him. But, according to the dope, Dcnni son will blossom oul with a new team unday Bee OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1910. Will Handle Proceeds .MORGAN. I A My b ?.f,AcT tOiS ELIZABETH MARBOJtjr If the promised battle between Georges C'arpentier, the French heavyweight champion, and Jess Wil lard, champion of the world, actually materializes, two very prominent so ciety women will handle at least $50, 000 of the proceeds for the benefit of the American fund for the French wounded. The society women are Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of the late J. V. Morgan, and Miss Elizabeth Marbury, both of New YorJ. ' C'arpentier would agree to fight only on the condition that $25,000 be CHARLIE PETERS PULLSJOME-BACK Papillion Carpenter Starts Training After a Long Stretch in Hospital. IS HEAVIES THAN BEFORE Charlie Peters, who flashed across the wrestling sky in such a sensa tional streak last winter and then dropped out of sight owing to an ill ness which sent him to the hospital for a long stretch, is going to try a come-back. After over six months of inactivity, (luring which time he lost over thirty pounds of avoirdupois, Peters has so recovered his strength that he has started training again. Before Peters was ill he weighed about 190 pounds. Now he tips the scales at 202 pounds before a work out. He loses two to three pounds after a workout of an hour or so, but gains them back shortly afterward. The Papillion carpenter seems to be even stronger than before his illness and his followers arc confident he will come back as good as ever. Peters took part in his first work out the fore part of last week. He felt so strong he continued his train ing every day. He has lost none of his old cunning and throws his train ing partners about the ring with ap parent ease. CKarlie will continue his workouts another week or ten days. Then, il he is satisfied he has regained his strength, skill and stamina, lie will begin to seek opponents. Peters was matched to wrestle Joe Stecher in Omaha on July 15 last. Just as wrestling fans began to look forward to this go. Charlie was stricken with bronchitis, contracted an abscess and became generally bunged up with a whole flock of troubles and the bout had to be called off. After one or two preliminary tills Charlie expects to go after Stecher for another engagement. in the spring. It is said five concerns are seeking the services of the Luxus nilot to organize and niauaee their teams. All five of lliesc concerns arc; said lo be new lo amateur base ball in Omaha. DcnnisfHi will not admit that be is dickering with anybody for a team, but he confesses that he expects to be manager of a crew again next year. And as he has been lining up a num ber of Omaha's crack sandlot athletes and getting their promises that they will sign Dennison contracts when the spring rolls around, Ihc gossip is that Dennison has about completed negoti ations to handle a club. Luxus park, despite the fact that the Luxus leani is no more, will con tinue to be Ihc home baliwick of the Dennison aggregation. The park is Johnny's and he intends to hold il. He probably will change the name to that of the team he will lead next year. of Ring Battle ICHT paid to the America fund when the artirlcs are signed and that 50 per cent of all profits above a certain sum, with one-third of the motion picture proceeds, go to the fund. Carpentier will get $20,000, with 11,000 for ex penses, all of which his manager iay he will turn over to Miss Morgan and Miss Marbury for the benefit of the French wounded. Carpentier at present is a member of the French flying corps. He is said to b$ in excellent physical con dition. Y. M. C. A. TO HOLD TWO STATE MEETS Annual Volley Ball Tourna ment Will Be Held at York, Starting February IS. GYM TOURNAMENT LATER Two stale competitions will be held by the Young Men's Christian Associations of Nebraska this winter. The first event is the annual state volley ball tournament, which will be held at York starting, February. 15. Columbus, Fremont, Central ' City, Hastings, Lincoln, Norfolk, Grand Island and Omaha probably will enter teams in this event. The second event' is the annual state gymnastic meet. The time and place of this affair have not yet been decided, but it is probable the tour ney will go to Fremont, Columbus or brand Island. The Columbus team now holds the gym title. It won the honor in the tourney last year, piling up a total of 2,195 points. Omaha ran a close second with 2,165. Fremont was third with 1,970, and Lincoln fourth with 1,5111. The teams arc closely matched, as the above results of last year's tourney show, and the Umaha Y team has high hopes of wresting the title from the Columbus lads. They arc in training already and intend to continue their practice right up until the day ot the meet. Volley ball is proving to be a oonu lar pastime at the Omaha Young Men's Christian Association, and Bud Kearns believes he will be able I to send a team to York that' will cop me siaic ciiampiunsnip. uanica arc plaved every noon. Tuesday noon an exhibition game is scheduled. Every body is invited to attend. The Paper Men will play the Mer chants. The teams will line up as follows: Merrhaiit Papr Hn Frank H. Palmpr CI. W. I.nnff A. .1,. Havflns K. O. nanlel Cl. M. Wallacr Paul llavenn R. H. Ullmore B. H. Noel II. K Mllllken K. I.. Potior n. b. woiou O. A. Tav!dKon A. O. Klttell One Record at Least Is Held by Pirates Pittsburgh surely holds the honors in one respect for 1916, the number of men who tried their hands at the different infield positions. During the last season (besides men who played just a few games and didn't break into the official fielding aver ages) Callahan tried three first base men, Johnston,' Hinchman and Wag ner; no less than seven second base men, Knabe, Bigbee, Baird, Viox. McCarthy, Farmer and Schultz; three third basemen, Baird, Schultz and Warner, and three shortstops, Wag ner, McCarthy and Smith. Carey, Costello, Barney, Hinchman, Schultc, Baird, Compton, Farmer and Bigbee were listed in the outfield. MARTY KRUG WILL AGAIN LEAD OMAHA' Rourke Announces Genial Ger man Will Once More Be the Chauffeur of Machine. NEW SCHEME AT WICHITA Marty Krug will again manage the Omaha base ball club. While Pa Rourke has not yet signed Marty to a contract for 1917, the Omaha magnate intends to retain the genial German at the helm of his diamond machine. Marty Krug has led the Rourkovin ians through the last two pennant campaigns, finishing in the first di vision both trips and capturing the coveted league flag this year. Marly, to Rourke's notion, proved himself a thoroughly capable leader both times. In Iul5 krug was hampered and hin dered by bad breaks in the luck, in jury lo athletes, switches in the line up and like, but he pulled his team through into fourth place. This year Marty had the talent to work on and he waltzed home with the flag in relatively easy fashion. While they aren t signing any men . and don't intend to until the new ' , year. Rourke, and Krug are quietly searching for men to nil the vacan cies made by purchases and the drafts. They have a line on several athletes and will grab them when the pro pitious time arrives. Rourke lias been offered a number of men and will probably announce some buys within the next thirty days or so. Need Eight Hen. Rourke and Krug have ouite a task ahead of them filling the holes. Two catchers, two infieldcrs, two out fielders and a couple of hurlers are all Pa and Marty must get. But they anticipate no great difficulty in find ing the men they want. A new plan, something of an in' ' novation, is on foot to retain a West ern league club at Wichita. The stunt is for a number of players to . organize a stock company, which they will aid by giving tneir services as players. It is believed enough players who have a tew shekels saved away can he found to promulgate the pro posed scheme. h lex Jones, hrst sacker on tne Des Moines team: Reals Becker, former big leaguer; Jimmy Durham, ex- , Wichita hurler; Earl McCauley and Walter Rchg of the International league, all players who live in or around Wichita, are among those said to be interested. Isbell In Offing. The scheme might be a howling success. The players would certainly toil industriously both on the dia mond and off and might be able to arouse an interest and enthusiasm which would result in big dividends. There is a suspicion, however, that Frank Isbell ot ties Moines is behind the deal. Izzy would like to break into Wichita, but has found it im possible to do any business with the Wichita business men. This scheme might give him an opening. Leary In Joetown. Dan Leary, one of base ball's vet erans, is slated to become manager ' of the St. Joseph team, according to report, from the Holland village. Leary made quite a record for him self at the head of the Davenport club, winning several pennants and developing many players. He has been in base ball for many years and owns an enviable reputation as a play er and a leader. v Holland' has signed a couple of pitchers and a shortstop as his first move in bolstering up his panic 1916 lineup. Fillenger and Miller are the hurlers. They were obtained from the Indianapolis American association nine and Holland predicts they will be two of the best dingers in the Zehrung loop next year. Joe Fautsch is the infielder. Fautsch comes from the Chicago White Sox and it is said is only to be fanned oat to Joetown for one year, it being Rowland's belief Fautsch needs another year of season ing before tackling major company. ' Some Big City Stuff. Holland is going to pull some big' league stuff on his fellow magnates next year. . He has announced he will take his hopefuls south for train ing. He has not made a decision on the locality, but says it will at least be as far south as Oklahoma. The Rourkes trained in Oklahoma one spring and almost froze to death. Hol land also is considering the aban donment of his bleachers. He intends to make every seat in his park a grandstand seat, fully protected, bat on the far sides will make the admis sion charge two bits, the regular' bleacher price. The Brooklyn club has returned Johnny Kelleher, the demon shors. stop, to Denver. Johnny is the flashy lad who smote triples for the Griz zlies last year and went up to the Dodgers in August, but .wasn't even given a chance to show his speed de spite the fact that Brooklyn only had a couple of incompetent cripples at ' short. Kelleher's return is something of a surprise, as, while he was noisy and inclined to be quarrelsome, John ny was a mighty good-looking pros pect and it is hard to understand why Brooklyn, waefully lacking in shortstopping talent, should turn him back without a trial. Ray Barrett Will Lead Bluffs Team Ray Barrett has been unanimously chosen captain of the Council Bluffs High school foot ball team for the season of 1917. Barrett played half back on the Council Bluffs eleven dur ing the season just closed. Five members of this year's eleven are seniors and will not return next year in the ordinary course of events, and it will be necessary for Barrett to build a virtually new team. "Bobbie" Christie is Aid To Clark at Indoor Golf "Bobbie" Christie, assistant to Char ley Johnston at the Happy Hollow club, is aiding Bill Clark at the lat ter's new indoor golf course at 1410 ' Harney street. Clark and Christie are looking forward to a big winter season at the indoor game and are planning a number of tournaments.