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.
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'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.
