Talk About Your Come-Backs, What's the Matter With Santa Claus?
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EARLSMITH HAS
CHANCE TO STICK
Eourke Outfielder Has Better
Opportunity Under Mitchell
Than Under Tinker.
WICHITA IS WAKING UP
' There is one man in Omaha who
is tickled to see Fred Mitchell suc
ceed Joe Tinker as manager of the
Chicago Cobs. That man is Pa
Ronrke, owner of the Omaha club.
Pa has a chance to collect a nice
slice of coin from the Chicago Cubs
. and he believes the chance is much
better with Mitchell-at the helm than
Tinker.
It will be remembered when Rourke
sold Earl Smith, the crack left fielder
of the Rourkovinians, he took a gam
bler's chaxce with Charley Weegh
man. If Smith makes good Pa gets
several thousand dollars. If he fails
he doesn't get a cent, but Smith comes
back to this city.
That Smith is a major league out
fielder is Pa's belief. And it's the be
lief of many Omaha fans, too. Earl
is a finished fielder already, he doesn't
need any tutoring along this line. He
is quick to judge a fly, runs forward
and back, has a great throwing arm
with Which he throws with constant
accuracy and he keeps hits to the left
garden down to the least number of
bases.
' Is Good Hitter.
Earl is also a good hitter, but should
1 be still more of a power with the war
club with a little big league coaching.
He has the makings of a base runner,
too, with some good coaching.
Under Tinker last fall Smith got
away to a bad start. Tinker had half
a dozen outfielders and he juggled
them around like men on a chess
board. One day it was one man, the
next day another and he even switched
'em around during the game.
Tinker's systetu is all right with
veterans, but it's a poor way to han
dle recruits. It makes them nervous
and they lose their confidence. Un
der Tinker Smith's chances to stick
in fast company weren't any too
rosy. But under Mitchell it is be-H
lieved he has more than an even
.chance. Mitchell's strong point it
' was with the Braves was develop
ing youngsters. It is believed he will
see the possibilities in Smith and give
the lad every chance to make good.
And Rourke and Omaha fans are con
fident he will..
And thatjs why Pa Rourke is
tickled 'Ho see Mitchell step into the
managerial shoes at Chicago.
Wichita Wakes Up.
According to the' lates! .''reports
from the jobbing city, the, business
men of Wichita have at last opened
their .eyes and decided that Wichita
should retain a place in the Western
league. The period of slumber seems
, to be over. -V
When Frank Isbetl paid Wichita
..his first visit the business men 'gave
' iiim-the merrytitter. They refused
to put up a dime and tried to hold
Izzy up to boot Now they are sing
ing another tune and offering Isbetl
all kinds of inducements to return to
their city. They have promised to
sell $3,000 worth of season tickets as
a starter and have assured the bald
eagle they will do all in their power
to give the team the proper support.
As Isbell always had a liking for
Wichita, it is believed the Des
Moines owner will try toreinstate
base ball i.i the Kansas town.
Such a move would, of course, ne
cessitate a new owner at Des Moines.
This, however, should be a simple
matter, as it is pretty generally known
that Tom Fairweather and the Chi
cago White Sox have the money in
the Iowa capital, not Isbell. That,
it is believed, is one reason why Is
bell is sweet on Wichita; he wants a
club of his own. Fairweather and the
White Sox could get a successor to
Isbell without any trouble.
It is also said Topeka is waking up
and that the Jayhawlcapital does not
want John Savage to quit the village.
In case he insists, it is said, a number
of Topeka businesss men may come
to the front and buy the club.
Wants Eight Clubs.
Jack Holland down in St. Joseph
has come to bat with a plea that eight
dubs be retained in the Western
league, no matter what the outcome
of the Kansas muss. Holland prefers
a far-flung eight club circuit to a com
pact six-club circuit,
v The Joetown magnate suggests that
in case Topeka drops out Davenport
be added to the list. Permission of
the National commission would have
to be obtained to make this move,
but it is believed such permission
would be granted. Davenport should
be good territory. It's always been
a pretty good base ball town itself,
better than some of our Western
league towns, and Rock Island and
Muscatine are near at hand to swell
the population from which the club
could draw. . Cheyenne is another
town Holland suggests, but it is prob
able the other magnates would be
leary about testing out Cheyenne.
Charley Moon, former secretary of
the Lincoln club, is still angling for
a club. There is a chance that Charley
will be able to snap up a bargain in
the reorganization that is due to come.
He probably will be able tObuy Sav
age out. '
filir.nSsota Puts Up More
. ' Seats at Northop'Park
Leonard Frank, track coach at the
University of Minnesota, has been re
engaged for another year at an in
creased salary. The board of ath
letic con tr o.l also has authorized the
erection of new stands at Northrop
field with a seating capacity of 3,000.
1-arge crowds are expected to attend
" conference basket ball games and
permission was given for the installa
tion of 2,500 additional seats in the
armory.
Wagner Moves Home to
Be Near Bill Carrigan
Bill Carrigan and Heinie Wagner
of the Boston Red Sox are the real
pals of the national pastime, Carri
gan winters at Lewiston, Me., while
Wagner calls New Rochelle, in New
York state, his home. The winter is
so long in passing that Carrigan has
induced Wagner to change his resi
dence from f.'ew Rochelle to Lewis-
ton.
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WatchM,Boys -Kilbane
Is Sore
G-r-rl Woof! Wowl These and
other noises denoting anger and
ferocity are to be heard daily at
the Kilbane training camp, Cleve
land. "Yet, I'm sore now, so watch me
go," said the featherweight cham
pion during a short period of rest
in the gym
"111 stop those fellows who say
I'm too easy and gentlemanly in
the ring; the gentleman stuff
doesn't get me much but criticism,
it seems.
"I've watched rough fellows In
the ring and heard them praised
and talked of after, as a 'good boy,
'rough and ready,' so here's where
John P. gets busy with a little
"heavy stuff P"
So now, you critics, watch
Johnny perform, and you feather
weights and lighties be prepared
for a mauling when you meet the
champion.
FIVE VETS NOW ON
CENTRAL ODINTET
Return of Turk Logan Will
Give Mulligan Five of Last
Tear's Regulars.'
FAVORITES FOR THE TITLE
Central high's prospects of captur
ing the Nebraska high school basket
ball championship were manifestly
increased last week when the news
that Turk Logan, star guard last year,
will return from the border Decem
ber 26 and will be mustered out in
time to report for duty with the Cen
tral squad upon the reopening of
school after the holidays..
This will give Central high five vet
erans back this year, with Maxwell,
Paynter, Patty and Smith. Clyde
Smith may be placed at a forward this
year on account of his basket shoot
ing ability. In that case Jesse Patty
and Smith would play the forward
positions, Floyd Paynter center and
i.oganana juaxweii guaras . rinaingja hjch was bfalen , b
likely substitutes is now the chief uaif , j ., Th ,. ,
worry of Coach Mulligan. Almost all
of the substitutes on the squad last
year were lost by graduation. Class
basket ball will be pushed as soon as
school is resumed and a close watch
will be kept on any likely material
byCoach Mulligan.
The schedule this year is one of
the stiffest ever attempted by Cen
tral. At least seven hard games will
be played away from home. The sea
son will open on January 13, Creigh
ton high being the first opponent.
South high will be, played on the
Young , Men's Christian association
floor January 19. . The following night
the fast University Place high school
will be met. -Omaha makes its first
trip away. from home on January 27,
meeting Lincoln liigh The : team
which will be met on February 3 is
still in doubt. Both St. Joseph and
Sioux City have been offered the
date. This is the only open date on
the schedule and Sioux City, who has
been an annual Opponent, but only
recently applied for a game, as they
Were in doubt as to whether they
would play basket ball this year, will
be given the first chance on the date.
Invasion of Iowa.
The following week will be a busy
one for the squad.- A three-day trip
has been arranged through Iowa and
three of the 'strongest Yearns in the
state will be faced. Jefferson high
will be played on February 8, Boone
on February 9 and Fort Dodge on
February 10. An old enemy will face
Omaha on the home floor on Febru
ary 17, when the husky Beatrice five,
state champions last year, will be
played. The second game with South
high is scheduled for February 16.
A two-day trip will be undertaken
the following week. St. Joseph high
will be played on February 23 and the
following nighf the team will play
at Wichita. St. Joseph invaded Om
aha last year and when the game was
over there was little doubt as to who
had the better team, for the Missou
rians put up a fast and aggressive
game and easily outdistanced the
locals.
The final home game of the year
will be played on March 3, Lincoln
high coming here. The season will
be concluded with the annual high
school tournament at Lincoln on
March 7, 8, 9 and 10. -
Coyote Flippers Will
Play Creighton Here
The University of South Dakota
will be represented by a basket ball
team this season, according to recent
announcement of the athletic board of
control of the school. There had been
some doubt as to-whether a varsity
basket ball team would be organized
this year. The athletic department
now" is drilling candidates for the
sqaud. '
No schedule has been decided up
on yet, but it is probable that three
trips will be made, a northern trip,
which will inctude games at Yankton,
Dakota Weslcyan, Aberdeen Normal,
Huron and Sioux Falls college; a
southern trip which may include
games with the University of Nebraska-,
Creighton and Nebraska Wes-i
leyan; and a central invasion into
Iowa. This schedule, however, is
only tentative.
I ifa nt Otono Prnwoc
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Too Much for MamauxK
Because of illness the vaudeville
engagement of Pitcher Al Mamaux,
the Pirates' sweet singer, was cut
short. The theatrical pace was too
fast Mamaux lost ten pounds in
weight, and he's not a fellow who can
afford to lose poundage, either. He'll
rest now and tj-y to get in shape for
the real business of next summer.
Rip Hagerman Runs Down
Little Girl With Motor
Pitcher Rip Hagerman of the Port
land Coast league club recently, while
out in his automobile, ran over and
killed a 13-year-old girl in Anaheim,
CaU The coroner's jury exonerated
Hagerman. It was shown that the girl
ran out into the street in front of his
auto to recover a tennis ball and that
he had no chance to stop.
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NEBRASKA RANKS
HIGH IN SHOOTING
Report of Interstate Associa
tion Shows Cornhusker State
Was a Favored One.
HELD NINETEEN TOURNEYS
Nebraska ranked third among all
the states in the union in the amount
of money contributed to the states by
the Interstate Trap Shooting associa
tion for registered trap shooting
tournaments during 1916.
A total of $975 was contributed to
Nebraska. Missouri and Pennsyl
vania alone were more favored. The
association contributed $4,525 to Mis
souri and $1,550 to Pennsylvania.
And Missouri entertained the
Grand American handicap this year,
the biggest' money shoot in the coun
try, while Pennsylvania is a regular
hotbed of trap shooting and holds
more big money shoots than any
other state in the union.
Nebraska held nineteen registered
tournaments during the year. Three
of these were held in Omaha at the
Omaha Gun club. Six other states
held more shoots than Nebraska.
Iowa holds the record with 56. Illi
nois held 55, Pennsylvania 52, New
York 26, Indiana 24 and Minnesota
22.
A total of 255,305 targets were shot
at in registered shoots in this state
during the current year. Five other
states surpassed this record. Penn
sylvania's record was 633,515, Illinois,
517,855, Iowa's 491,785 Missouri's
421,390, and Ohio's 299,275.
Standing is Remarkable.
Nebraska's standing in these three
divisions is considered quite remark
able in view of the fact that three
fourths of the states in the union have
more trap shoting clubs than Ne
braska, and most of them three times
as many shooters enrolled. There
isn't a really big considering num-vl
bers trap shoting club in Nebraska.
All the clubs are little ones, but they're
a lot more active than many of the
big ones in other states.
The average attendance of amateur
marksmen at Nebraska shoots during
the year was 44 and 3-19, a veiy good
half a dozen states. The average at
tendance ot professionals was four.
A total of 546 registered tourna
ments, at which 10,528 marksmen com
peted, were held in the United States
ihis year. A total of 6,366,110 targets
were trapped at these shoots.
These figures are all shown in the
annual report of the interstate asso
ciation. Bellevue to Play
All Grid Combats
With State Teams
Bellcvue college- lias practically
completed its foot ball schedule'for
1917 is the announcement made by
Coach Benjamin of the Indians. Only
two games are still doubtful, that with
Wayne at Wayne on October 26, and
tharwith Peru at Bellevue on Novem
ber 9. A feature of , the 'schedule is
the absence of games out of the state,
Benjamin and the athletic board of
control having decided that games
outside of Nebraska do not. pay.
Hence Tarkio, Midland and Trinity,
which have been on the schedule for
two years, will not appear next year.
Instead games with Hastings and the
University of Omaha will be played.
One other game, perhaps two, will
also be scheduled.
The schedule is as follows:
October fl Open.
October 13 Cotncr'at Beth&ny. -
October 19 HaetlnvN at Bellevue,
October 26 Wayne at Wayne.
November 8 Open.
November I Peru at Bellevue.
November IS Unlveralty of Omaha al
Bellevue.
November 24 Doane at Bellevna. .
Bill Donovan Hopes
Love Will Make Good
Bill Donovan has hopes that Slim
Love will win a regular place on the
New York's pitching staff next sea
son. Love, simply lacks confidence
in his own great ability. In batting
practice when he puts his stuff on the
ball Love usually has the New York
hitters helpless. At such times his
control is exceptional.
Utility Job with Giants
For Indian James Thorpe
Jim Thorpe will be utilized as a
sub outfielder for the Giants next
year. The Indian made a reputation
in the association as a deadly slug
ger against southpaw pitching. He
will replace either Kauff or Robert
son when left-handers perform against
the Giants.
Believe Barbare Will ,
Be Cleveland Regular
There are a good many wise base
ball men who believe that Walter
Barbare will be the regular third
sacker of the Indians in 1917. Illness
put Barbare out of the running for
two years, but he appears to have en
tirely recovered.
Paul Kamansky Captains Border
- Eleven and Turk
If Tommy Mills and Harold Mulli
gan, coaches at Creighton and Central
High, respectively, want to use Paul
Kamansky and Turk Logan on their
basket ball squads when these two
stars return with the Nebraska
Guardsmen from the border, they'll
find Paul and Turk in the pink of con
dition and ready to jump into place on
the teams. For Kamansky and Logan
hwe been playing foot ball all fall in
addition to undergoing the rigid train
ing a Guardsman Ordinarily gets.
Kamansky is captain of the Fourth
Nebraska foot ball team, which won
six games on the border and then lost
to the Second Texas in the final fray
for the championship of the border,
Thursday. He plays center. Logan was
the quarterback and, the star ground
gainer on the eleven.
Last year Kamansky played center
oji the Creighton foot ball team, while
SPORTS SECTION of
The Omaha
Sunday Bee
LES DARCY SAYS
HE IS NOT SLACKER
Australian Pugilist, Reaching
New York, Going to War
After Makes Money.
HAS FAMILY TO SUPPORT
New York, Dec. 23. Les Darcy,
Australian middleweight, arrived here
today, after an adventurous two
months' voyage from "the antipodes,
and will be signed to 'meet George
Carpentier, the French heavyweight;
Jack Dillon or Billy Miske within Jhe
next twenty-four hours, for the Amer
ican ring debut.
Darcy, who is accompanied by D. J.
O'Sullivan as manager and trainer;" re
ported that he was ready to box any
opponent selected to meet him after a
period of training. He stated he had
kept in moderately food condition by
working aboard ship.
The Australian middleweight left
Newcastle, Australia, as a stowaway
late in October without saying fare
wells, and his disappearance caused
much wonder in Australia sporting
circles. He traveled under the .name
of Dawson.
Darcy said that he wanted to make
it clear that he was not a "slaeker,"
and had not left Australia to avoid
going to the front.
"1 am going to fight for Great Brit
ain as soon as I have had a few fights
here and made enough money to sup
port my father and mother and sisters
in comfo'r,." he said. "After thatt i
will go to Canada or England and en
list. . .
, "I would have gone before, but I
would have left my family in want
then. One of my brothers is older than
I am, but he is a cripple. Another is
17 and he works day and night as a
baker. The others are only little fel
lows. After I havexeot cnoush monev
for the family then I will go to war
What happens after that won t make
much difference then. I can be killed
then. There is not much chance of go
inn through without being killed."
The immigration authorities waived
the usual examinations in Darcy's
case. . -
Magnate Knew it.
Five Years Before
, Player Did Himself
Joe Cantillon tells this story as his
latest contribution:
The magnate wanted the player to
appear at a position to fill in for an
injured man.
" 'I can't do it.' declared the player.
"'You can do it and you're going
to do it, repnea me magnate.
" 'I tell you I won't play that's all
there is to it,' said the player.
" 'You will if you remain on my
pay roll that settles it,' retorted the
l club owner.
Tnv through, replied the ath
tele
"'Iimew that. five years ago,' was
the quick retort ot the magnate.
'The player had no come back."
Medal Shoot at
Omaha Eifle Club
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No snow or cold, no, not even a
blizzard, will be able to stop the an
nual members' match at the Greater
Omaha Rifle and Revolver club to
day. The shoot is for the medal
presented by the National Rifle Asso
ciation of America. About 150 are ex
pected to take part. The shooting
will be as follows: Ten shots at 200
yards, rapid-fire; five kneeling and
five standing, with time limit of one
and one-half minutes, and at the 300
ana suu-yara ranges also.
Plank Warns Against
Use of the Curve Ball
Eddie Plank insists that rare use of
the curve ball has been the greatest
factor in prolonging his career as a
pitcher. Plank claims that during his
entire career he has thrown four fast
balls to one curve. Constant use of
the curve soon tends to sap the
strength of the salary whip, accord
ing to Eddie.
Logan Is Quarter
Logan played halfback with Central
High. Both also played basket ball.
Logan was heralded as the best high
school guard in the state last year.
Kamansky and Logan are both ex
pected to re-enter school upon their
return and they are due shortly. Ka
mansky will make the Creighton floor
five look like a real championship af
fair, while with Logan back in his po
sition at guard, a state championship
seems inevitable for the Central High
squad. "-.' ;
Another Omaha boy, Julius Fest
ner, played part of the time on the
Fourth Nebraska eleven, and Breetz
ke, who played at Creighton one year,
also played half on the militia team.
Other stars on the Fourth regiment
team were Lee, former Kearney High
school star; Miner, Dana, Schultz,
Green and Thomas, all former Ne
braska state high school players.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1916.
AUSTRALIAN CHAMP ARRIVES IN UNITED STATES
This shows Let Darcy, the sensational middleweight cham
pion of the Antipodes, who arrived in New York yesterday,
boxing with Jim Tracey, his sparring partner.
TKACiY
STECHER TO REST
FOR THIRTY DAYS
Champion Will Be- Unable to
' Enter Ring for at Least
V 1 ,: '. '..Month. ,' ... ' "
WILL THEN MEET PETERS
Joe Stecter; the pride of Dodge
county, will not climb through the
ropes into a squared ring to do battle
with any of the hulks occupying posi
tions on the wrestling map for thirty
days at least and the time may be
longer still. Neuritis In a shoulder
will "Keep Stecher inactive for this
time. ' '
The neuritis set in after Joe's bout
with Charley Cutler at Chicago
Thanksgiving day. Joe passed it off as
a temporary pain, but it refused to
leave him. Stecher wrestled Cyclone
Burns and John Olin anyhow and
during the clash, with the latter the
neuritis became so bad Joe was un
able to use his arm. ' ,
Joe Hetmanek, Stecher's manager,
is much distressed over, the Conflict
ing reports of the Stecher-Olin match,
which have found .their way to Ne
braska. One report was- that Stecher
quit cold. Another was that Olin
stalled through the match much like
Lewis did in Omaha on July 4.
Hetmanek is said to have , a cer
tificate from Stecher's physician that
Stecher is suffering from neuritis.
To Wrestle Peters.
When Stecher lias rested up and is
ready to resume the pursuit of his
calling two big matches, it is said,
will be made. One is with Alex
Aberg, the noisy New York Russian,
who made such a racket in New York
last year, and the other is Charley
Peters of Omaha. Both events prob
ably will be held in February, the
first in New York and the second in
Omaha.
Last winter Aberg called attention
to himself by offering to give Steelier
$10,000 if he could throw him Graeco
Roman style. As the scissors Joe
employs cannot be used under Gracco
Roman rules, Aberg's offer was not
taken seriously. But Aberg got a lot
of prominence and publicity and New
Yorkers are anxious to see the two
tangle, Aberg has agreed to wrestle
ca.tcli-as-catch-can and the event will
be held in Gotham as soon as Stecher
recovers. t
Carded Before.
Stecher and Peters were carded to
meet in Omaha on July 15 last, but
Peters took ill and Stecher cut out
wrestling fo while after his affair
with Strangler Lewis.
Now Peters is a well man and is
showing his old-time speed on the
mat, some .fans who have seen him
working odt believing he is even a
better man. than he was last spring.
Hetmanek is said to have agreed to
have .Stecher meet Peters some time
; in frcoruary,' or as soon atter.jpe re
covers as poMble - ,.
Columbia Wins Chess,
tourney; Yale Is Second
New vtorkOec. 23. Columbia uni
versity again ytron the intercollegiate
chess champion vip, which -frik fin
ished "here :today with a.awre of
eight i poinfs wpn. . The ;Yai team
was second. 'with six ,and', one-half
points,;; JJarfard thirdj with' five and
one-half, and' Princeton last, with four
poiHts'.j I '; ";'f .
Semi-Pro' Hurler is.! 1 ';
- Pii Sifjned by the Giants
Tne ljilritt bve signed Sterling S.
Strykef,J a N. Jersey semi-professional,
'who pitched a lot -Of winnirig
ball' around Atlantic Highlands last
summir; r ' '
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LES DARCY.
BRANDEIS TO PLAY
; ; DES MOINES QUINT
Looal Champs Clash With pes
Moines Gas Co. Five at the
" Y;,M. 0. A. Saturday. V;
IOWANS feAVE 7 AST TEAM
The 'first big basket ball game of
the year will be held at the Omaha
Young Men's , Christian association
next Saturday evening. The Bran
deis quintet, champions of Omaha
last year; will play the Des Moines
Gas company teami cnampion 01 .cen
tral Iowa.
The Brandeis five is not a member
of one of the local leagues this year
because other teams refuse to com
pete with the department store lads,
averring they are too fast. So all the
Brandeis contests will be with out
side teams. The Dea Moines five is
the first team the Brandeis will bring
to Omaha. i . ;
The Des Moines feaifi is one of
the fastest in the country. It cleaned
up everything in central Iowa and
walloped a number of traveling teams
last year. . J ne team remains practi
cally intact from last year and in
cludes some of the best former high
school and college stars of the Hawk
eye state. ,
The Brandeis, however, make up
some team themselves. The local
quint is much better this year than it
was last owing to the presence of
Virg Rector at center, the one weak
spot on the Brandeis last , year.
The Brandeis expect tb. sweep
through with a long list of victories
this season and Manager Jake Isaac
son declares the Des Moines team
will be the first victim.
Kaiser and Cameron
Setting Bike Pace
New York, Dec. 2.1.-In the 135th
hour at 3 o'clock, the Kaiser-Cameron
team was setting the pace in the six
day bicycle race here and was tied
with five other leaders. The six had
covered 2,4u5 miles, nine, laps which
is 163 miles, three laps lower than
the record set by Moran and Mc
Namara in 1VU. .
South Dakota Gridiron
Warriors Get Emblems
The sixteen foot ball players who
were awarded varsity monograms in
recognition of their season's work on
the University of South Dakota's 1916
foot ball team have been announced
as follows:
Ferdinand H. Duncan, captain,
Humboldt; Don McKiimon, Sioux
Falls; Harold Sprague, CUrk; Claude
Manary, Sioux Falls; Carl Hoy,
Hurch; Clark Elmore, Vermillion;
Robert Bergh, Sioux Falls; Hugo Al
leman, Pierce; Abraham Seely, Ann-over;-..
Frank McCormick, Yankton;
Leo i Hack, Pierce; Floyd Brown, El
lendalc, N. D.; F. Harmon, De Smot;
George; Ellis, Mitchell; Carter Riegal,
Sioux City; H. V. . Frankcnfeld,
Dallas,; . , ; : .
Weeghman Will Release '
i ; .; fTinker Unconditionally
..CHiqag,' Dec. 23. Jose B. tinker,
formed manager of the Chicago Na
tionals',' whet with Thomas, E. 'Wilson
of, 'Chicago, has practically closed' a
deal, for the purchase of the Columbus
clpb of the American association, wilt
be given his unconditional, release
from the Chicago club, if he desires
it.' Charles H.. Weeghtnah, president
of the club, made this announcement
today; ' The price of the Columbus
club-Is given as $65,000. . -
CURLERS TO START
PLAY OH XMAS DAY
Sixty-Four Players Are Drawn
in ' Match for Individual
Championship of City.
RINK PLAY ON NEW YEAR'S
1 The curlers are at work.
With the arrival of heavy ice the
curlers began to dig up their curling
stones, polish up the handles and buy
new brooms in order to "scoop 'em
up guid and clean." Activities start
on tlit rink at Milter park Christmas
dV, 1
Sixty-four players are drawn to
compete for the individual champion
ship of Omaha starting Christmas
day. Bob'Mclvin now holds the tit
and the Robert Malcolm trophy, but
Bob will be up against a difficult task
to hold it.
Drawings for the first round of
play for the individual championship
is as ioiiows:
R. O. Wfttaon
Al Fttlconor
W. E. llilo
W. R. Adama .
R. L. Chrlatlo
W. J. Hlatop
H. Horna
I. C. Kent .
9. Nlalaon ' 1
P. Lowdea
H. Polera
A. Mololn
H. Farnandoa
H. V. Hlalop
norro Andoraon
W. Hamndon
Tom liauoaara
B. Oalt
a. I.eltih
r. a itttTia
A. Paleonar
Jim Handcraeil
William Scott
I. Munro
R. Andoraon
John Handomoa
I. l.yall
J, Murrey
J. X KannaSy -A.
McArtbur
W. licAdama,
John McTairxart
W. W. P. Horn
Boy Mlvln j
J. Ifum
p. Bluott
J. O. Pltftnlns
A. WlnrhcoU (
S. lulrolm
W. D. CUrk
Q. Dunn ,
1. S. ForbM
p... MRlrolm
P. Mclojild
B. Malcolm
R, Touns .
I. pnrrun .
Jftml Bowl
D. H1 , .
D. CAthroo '
W. Rnnnlo
R, Hendnon ..
M. Ittnh
t. Mllclwll - .
1. W. Mulr
W. M.-.Donld
CharlM Johniton
B. D. DoSdl
A. niok
D. Duna v
B. Tracy
Attx McKoo
John Hrmoo
W. McCtba
Grid Star Wants
- Uni to Pay Repairs
. For Smashed Auto
. ' . ; . P. .
" Ernest Murphy, quarterback of the
University of Washington foot ball
team, is shy $78 that is, if the stu
dent board of control doesn't come
to his rescue. . ,, . .
Murphy; was a lieutenant in the
National Guard encamped at Cos
grove when the university opened
this fall. In order to get to Univer
sity field each afternoon in time for
foot ball practice, Murphy hired an
automobile, in which he and his fel
low guardsmen rushed to the grid
iron "front"
-.1 On one of these trips a smash-up
occurred and Murphy had to pay the
damages, amounting to just $78. This '
amount Murphy is trying to recover
from the university students) 1 fund,
declaring that his wild dash was
msde in' the interest of varsity foot
ball aspirations. -
Manager J. Arthur Younger insists
that he warned Murphy against the
accidents of motoring, and told him
before' the catastrophe that he would
not 'be responsible for injuries to
property or limb. .
A committee has been appointed by
the board of control to Investigate
Murphy's claim.
Lincoln Club Sends
Harry Williams to
Bloomington 1. 1. L
Harry Williams, Omaha boy, has
been released by the Lincoln club to
the Bloomington club of the I. L L
league, r - - . , - I
Williams got his start in base baQ
on the sandlots of Omaha. He be
came good enough to play a year
with the New York Yanks, who sent
him back to Lincoln two years ago.
Williams will trade places with Ray
Schinandt. Last spring Harry beat
Schmandt out of a job on the Lin
coln team aqd Schmandt went to
Bloomington. This fall, however,'
Ducky Holmes got Schmandt back
again and now Ducky sends' Harry
to Bloomington. -
Western League
Umpire Again is ,
Leader of Union
Edward Eckman, rotund arbiter of
the Western league, has been re-elected
president of the Professional Base
Ball Umpires' union. The union is :
injts second year.
The umpires at their annual meet
ing, which was held in Chicago, filed
protest of the conditions governing
umpires and the uncertainty of their
employment. The union also decided
to establish a clearing house which
will make it easier for umpires who
suddenly find themselves without
work, to find other jobs. , .-
Xyronenof Millrose
Club Comes First
t " -
New York, Dee. 23. Villar Kyro
nen of Millrose, Athletic club of New
York, who won the senior na-
tional cross-country championship two .
weeks ago, finished first in the Yonk
ers' marathon today.. His time for
the distance, about twenty-six miles,
ten of it on the Rapid. City race track,
was two hours fifty-one minutes and
fifty-eight and two-fifths seconds.
Kyronen finished a mile ahead of
Sidney S. Hatch, unattached, of Chi
cago, whose time was three hours and
thirty-six seconds. James Brooks of
the Mohawk Athletic club, New York,
was third, a mile back of Hatch. Of
thirty-two starters ten finished within
the time limit.
First Iowa Infantry
, At Fort Des Moines
' Des Moines, la., Dec. 22. The Sec
ond; battalion of the First Iowa infan
try leached Des Moines late last night
after a four days' trip from Browns
vilte, Tex. The returned troops de
trained at Fort Des Moines, where
they will.be mustered out within the
next few; days. The First and Third
battalions are due here early today,
having left Kansas City last night