Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 7, 1917.
There Isn't Any Nourishment in Warring in a Trench;
But Better That Than Quitting Flat and Loafing on a Bench.
Tkm ww an old athlete, roandor.
Who thought each ooqnoliitaiieo a bonder.
Beaeath nis old form
Boat a heart that was warm
Like tho tall at a woakflih or flooodor.
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FIVE GREAT STARS
ARE HANDED GATE
Lajoie, Brown, Backer, Tinker
and Schaefer Play Their Last
Game in Big Yard.
ALL PASSED DECADE MASK
' The passing from the big yard of
Xapoleon (Larry) Lajoie, Mordecai
(Miner) Brown, George (N'ap)
Rucker, Herman (Germany) Shaefer
and Joe linker has furnished the hot
stove league with an earful of gossip,
tor it is something out of the ordi
nary when five base ball stars of 'such
magnitude are given the gate at one
ana tne same time.
AM of these pastimers have been
brilliant performers in their day. But
the passing of Lajoie, "the daddy of
'em all," is likely to attract most at
tention. What the frenchman
couldn't do with a ball and bat has
yet to be invented. The ease and
. grace with which he performed at
, second and the way he walloped the
pill when at bat have excited the ad
miration of base ball fans for many
years.
Lajoie virtually jumped from the
sand lota into the big show. His
minor league experience was confined
to three months', work with the Fall
River New England league team in
1896. In August of the same year he
was signed by the Philadelphia Na
tionals. Since then he has played in
the major leagues continuously and
his twenty-one-year record, shows a
batting average of .338 and a fielding
mark of .966. As a member of the
Philadelphia Nationals and the Cleve
land and Philadelphia Americans he
has at one time or another played
every infield position, with the excep
tion of pitcher and catcher, and in
1897 he played the outfield for the
Phillies. j
Tinker Comet Nest
Of the other big leaguers who have
drawn the pink slip, Joe Tinker comes
next to Lajoie in point of major
league service. It was in 1902 that he
started hit career with the Chicago
Cubs. He wat placed at shortstop,
and with Johnny Evert at tecond the
fans were quick ' to discover the
brilliancy that featured the work of
the two keystone artistt. After ten
rears of thortstopping for the Cubt
Tinker tried hit hand at managing the
Cincinnati Reds, but suffered the
tame fate at the other fifty-seven va
rieties of Red oilots. Later he be
came manager of the Chicago Federal
league team and wat at the helm of
that outfit when the old ship "Fed
went to the bottom. Last year he
1 piloted his first love, the Cubt, but the
team failed to get anywhere and in
conseauence Tinker got the ax.
"Miner" Brown, like Tinker, won
his greatest fame at a member of the
old Cub machine. He started' hit
major league career with the St.
Louis- Cardinals in 1903 and a year
later wat traded to Chicago. After
hooking up with the Cubt it didn't
take the "Mnier" very long to estab
lish himself in the front rank of big-
time pitchers. The Cubt were a pen
nant-winning outfit in those dayt and
the grand twirling of "Brownie,"
game after game and year after year,
proved a big factor in keeping the
team up there. Since Joe Tinker hat
purchased the Columbus American
association team it would not be sur
prising to find Brown wearing a Co
lumbus uniform next teason. A strong
friendship exittt between the two old
start and it goet without saying that
Joe will place the "Miner" if the lat
ter can still show a sample of his
old-time flinging.
"Nap Rocker Goet.
Another pitcher who it no longer
to keep up the big league pace it
"Nap" Rucker, for ten yeart the ttar
southpaw of the Brooklyn team.
Rucker hat been one of the greatest
left-handed pitchers the game hat
ever known. And a remarkable fea
ture of hit career it that he wat able
to build up tuch a brilliant record
with only a second-division team be
hind him, It it said that Rucker will
be retained to act at scout for the
Robint.
"Germany" Schaefer, who com
pletes the quintet of released pas
timers, hat been a popular performer
under the big top for many yeart. He
first appeared in the major leagues
at a member of the Cubt in 1901. Af
ter two yeart with Chicago he wat re
leased to Milwaukee. In 1905 he wat
signed by Detroit and held down
the job at tecond base for the Tigers
until 1909. In that year he wat traded
to Washington. When "Germany"
i began to show signs of flowing up at
a player he turned hit attention to
coaching. Hit witty remarkt and
funny antict on the coaching linet
made a big hit with the fana and
Schaefer became base ball's greatest
comedian. He coached the. New
York Yankeet last year and wat re
leased at the close of the season.
Greater Omaha Rifle Club
Club Holds Election
The annual meeting of the Greater
Omaha .Rifle and Revolver club will
be held at 2 o'clock thit afternoon
oil the seventh floor of the Woodmen
"of the World building. Officers for
the ensuing year will be elected and
other buainess matters attended to.
Here's Laugh: Kauffls
Sued by His Press Agent
Louis Cohen of New York hat sued
Outfielder Benny Kauff, of the New
York Giants, for $300 at part remun
eration for press agent work. Kauff's
attorney, John M. Ward, has filed a
' demurrer.
Larry Sutton Signed V
By Christy Mathewson
Manager Mathewson of the Cincin
nati Reds announced that he had
signed Larry Sutton, the old-time ball
player, to do acout duty for the Cin
cinnati club.
- Gregory Defeat Lyaeh. .-4 .
Lmct,, Web.. Jan. . (PptMsia .) Orrory
Him ohoot banket bt.il teat Jefeeted the
Lynch High, chool team in 11 well.playeil
game here Thursday evening, IT to II
A Mtnm game will be played at Oratory
Heinie Zim and
Lew Ritchie Work
Some Rough Stuff
When Heine Zimmerman and Lew
Ritchie were together on the Cubs
they look a keen delight in staging
fake fights. They had the art of hit
ting each other without hurting, yet,
at the same time, making the blow
sound like the crack of a sledge ham
mer. Both were adepts in the knack of
falling with a thud. Often they would
practice these fights in the solitude
of their hotel room and other mem
bers of the team have opened the
door in time to see either Heine or
Ritchie fall headlong in the lire
place. Finally they got so they would
stage thes craps in public. They would
wait until a man happened to pass
and then started .arguing. Bad words
would follow, and finally a fair-sized
crowd would be attracted.
Before long one or the other would
land a terrific punch, knocking the
second member of trie pair into the
gutter or on the cehment sidewalk,
and the crowd would scatter to the
four winds, being afraid of a pinch.
One day a spectator ran so fast he
ran from under his own hat.
It takes a clever acrobat to fall with
a crash on a marble floor without in
jury, but both Ritchie and Heine
could do it to perfection.
If they could scare a few persons
into beating it from the seat of dan.
ger they would consider they had a
prontaDie oay ot it.
Of the two men. Heine m nr.
bans tho lmnir,r an A ... I
but they evened up things in the long
iuu me ions ocing aDOUt 3U-3U. -
Matty Gives Chief.
Financial Advice;
, Chief Drops Roll
Several years ago, when Chief Mey
ers wat a Giant, he asked Christy
Mathewson to advise him how to in
vest some money.
Buy Kock Island " was Mattv'i
reply. So the Chief put up $1,500 only
to tee the ttock drop to nothing. Of
iuuisb, inc maun, wno loves nis dol
lars, wat bitterlv disaDonintrd Ho
couldn't talk to Matty without show
ing ma leeiingt.
Latt tpring when Meyers had been
told to the Brooklyn! Matty faced
nun in a game ai tne folb ground!.
At the Indian came to the bat, Mc
Graw, who wat eager to disconcert
mm, snouted from the bench:
"Matty, pitch the Chief that Rock
itiana taae-awayr
The Chief then carved the air I
Bowling Notes
11 is nearly time Henry Bhlmtn. the
orach laft-hander of Chicago, returns for
a match with Dad Huntington, In the
nni Bwriea 01 ten game l ChlcafO hi led
with the narrow margin of eleven nine.
He will probably appear bar this month
Charley Zarp even manages to ihoot
biff hook on No. I at tho Faroe m.
Bo Barna haa returned to the (old. Ha
aacaa in now ana men for a few games.
"Dot"' Kerr, who bowla when he Isn't
selling trucks, hai just returned from a
trip through the east where ha mat Jimmy
Smith, the count, and other celebrities
In the bowling tame. Ho mat them on
thft street, net on the runway.
"Pa" Klnnaman mania; a to ahow up now
and then juat to sing a song or two. .
Bill Keyt haven't retired completely. He
took a peek at the new Omaha dHvea one
day last waeh and ha Juat couldn't refrain
from rolling a few games.
Mr. and lira. Von He) wig failed to ap
pear on the Omaha runway New Year's
eve. Thoy have promlaad, however, to
atop on their return trip.
Tne mighty nave fallen. TIM Clara luiiaa
nave dumped tne odd one to their op-
ponvnia lar tnree siraigai eerie ana u
tail-end el aba at that.
Tho Booster league roll a double header
Tuaaday night Th tint aertea eomraencea
1 7 o'clock.
Those C. C. 0. Billiard parlor team la
till on the "tobog." They dropped three
10 me una team in th Omaha league
-jnureaay nignl,
Both th Omaha and Magic City leagues
nave team or th aam nam. The Oma
and C C, C. Billiard Parlor name ap
pear in Doin organise tiona.
Th Brand ele Store team haa fought It
way into second place In th Omaha league.
ana w going stronger every week.
Omaha harka have developed th vary
bad habit of appearing lata for laagua
matrhaa. Thl not only akowa lack of In
tereet and causes loaa of practice, but
throw hi teammate up in too air and
In many tnatanoea causes defeat for hta
team, especially th flrat gama. This la
not fair to th backer who 1 anxious to
support a winning team, It alao delay th
gama, which la detrimental to th allay
man, who expects all game to mov along
rapxiiy. it to habit ana anoum be
recttxl lmmadtaly.
Tod Noala ahowed up for a laagua gama
at 1 o'clock ona night and waa given
hand.
"Walt" Qoff la aerlatlng th Cowlaa
Brother In getting th gama atarted on
their new aeveo-alley layout In Council
Bluff.
'Kph" Terrell will shoot an exhibition
match en tho new Council Bluffs alleya
Monday nlcht
A tournament on New Tear day doesn't
aeem to prove extremely popular with the
bowiera. Zimmerman ana uinen won tne
double tournament on the Omaha alley
New Tear'i day and both aay they atayad
at nom tne nignt oeror.
Right now there are several young bowl
rr? tn Omaha who nhow mark of coming
tare tn tne game. Tney are snowing much
enthusiasm In the game, practicing a I meet
dally and In o doing are developing a good
delivery, putting stuff on th ball and are
Improving their accuracy. Thar are a few
thing lacking In their makeup and these
must no supplied by th old timer and
their superior In the art. Every ana can
be bolpod by the crarks who have reached
th pinnacle of uccea. If thta fortunate on
will only take th email trouble of noticing
tho email deferts In th younger player
ana advia mm wnat to do to correct them.
Abov all they should b taught aelf con II-
denca.
Tho Parnam throe-man merry-to-round
la being well patronised and a big pot la
being made up, Tho Kefrlgter, Devlne.
Amaden trie are atlll leading with a 1,761
toUl. Thla score is not high and will not
stand If the trloa of shark continue to
pound the Dine. Home atroni llneuoa hava
en tared, but have failed to get atarted right,
consequently they fell ahort of th mark.
Beside tne large pot made up by the
entry money, tha bona baa put up several
cash prise.
Although meeting with a few defeat.
tha Stora team of th Oat City league
ar still anxious to take on all comers for
nine aoma-ana-nome aarte.
Bill Learn will andeavor to come bask
with a three -bole ball. Juat to make It
good he uaea th tndei and middle angora,
Boderholm hain't hit hi stride la the
Mercantile laagua. He haa design on th
leadership of this organisation and when he
geta to going he will make It hot for those
who are up there now.
Ham 1 making it tough for those south
alders In to pot game. A 161 score la
nothing. , t
: Persistent Advertising Is the
. Road to Success.
Backstop Balks at Playing With St, Louis
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tui;;,-.,-
This veteran backstop, once rated
at the greatest catcher in the Na
tional league, it on the mlrket and
doubtlest will wear a different uni
JG4P-
and
FIELD
- By PETER P. CARNEY.
Statistics nrnered throughout; the
United Statea go to show that more
than 700 crun and tranihooting clubs
were formed during! 1916 yet only
terenty-two of that nunjer applied to
the Interstate Association for the En
couragement of J rapshooting lor
TrnnhiM. -
1 The interstate association, in its ef
forts to promote and popularize trap
shooting, offered in 1916 to give a tro
phy to every new gun club organized
if snnlication wat made for tame
and the association will do the same
in 1917. Either the clubs do not
know of the offer of the interstate
association or tbey do not want the
trophies. ,
Iowa leads in the formation of new
clubs registered with the interstate
association, with ten. The appended
list shows the activities of the vari
ous states in fostering the "sport al
luring:
Milium
Iowa
South Dakota
Arkanaaa . . .
Id try land
Kanus
Ohio
N.w York
Dolowmro
Nebruko
California
Mlnnaaota .....
W.I Virginia
Mlchlnn
Vlralnla
Colorado
Pannaylranla . .
Oklahoma ...
Tonnoraoa ...
Mluourl
Taxaa
Connoctlcot .
1
Dltlrlot of Columbia 1
Montana .. 1
t Honda 1
Maasacnuaotii l
I
Total
Coyotes and Giraffes .
Basket Ball Winners
The Coyotes and the Giraffes were
the winnert in the first of the tourna
ment gamea for the basket ball cham
pionship of the Businett Boys' A
class, under the direction of "Bob"
Hager. The Coyotes nosed out the
Cubs by a slight margin, winning 8
to 6. More scoring wat done in the
tecond game, in which the Giraffes
were victort, by a 16 to 10 score.
Moore, captain of the Tigers; An
derson and Reeves were the big point
gettert. The linup:
CUB8, I COTOTBS.
Altdraon . . . .
Walknr (o)..,
Nolaoa
Krr
Ruback
.R. F.IR. F Reevna
.L.P.UF. Kon.oky
....C.C Ayr.
.R. O. R. O Soalow (c)
. L. O IL. Q Nlcolora
Plaid foaai: Andoroon.
Bovm (1). Koaocky (I)
Walker
Rsfaraa:
B.O0OCK7.
, Second game:
tiqkks. oiitajrraa.
Bnrnham R. P.
R. F. Lorn
Mooro (e) L. B.
Ayra c.
L. F Soglow
C Brown
R. Q Coooar
Klrklaaa RO
Reovoa ........ L. O.
iL. a , . , Nelaon
Field ffoala: Mooro
(1), Ayrco, Roavoa
U(an (). Hrown (I), Ooopir, Nelion (I).
naterv, oini.n.
Church Beats Partner
In Manila Tennis Play
Manila, Jan. 6. G. M. Church and
Harold . Throckmorton. American
participants in the Manila lawn ten
nis tournament, opposed each other
in tne Oriental singles today. Church
Beat 1 hrockmorton, 5-7, 7-S, 6-3, 6-4.
Bob Veach1 Threatens
To Be 1917 Holdout
Bob Veach. the Detroit left fielder
threatena to be a holdout His three-
year contract expired last season and
he recently was quoted at saying he
would quit the game unleaa given a
substantial increase in salary for 1917.
Oeto Hlth School Wlna.
Grata Nab.. Jan. t 8nla.Ll rrt
Hlrh orhool defeated tha ITnlverally Place
Hlah achoot ktat ntaht. it to IS. Crete
played on the defenee tha entire fame ant
waa only auperlor In coal ahoottnt. Captain
l--n Frandell waa tha .tar of tha game,
making eeven field aoata. Captain Baney
of ITnlverally Plaoa aaoollod at frao throaa.
making au oat of ten.
Bee Want Ada Produce Results.
form next season. Owner. Weeghman
had arranged a deal for him with
the Cardinals, but Archer stated that
he would rather retire from the game
than play in St. LouiS;
Tommy McMillan
Hoists Ue S. Flag
In Canadian Park
' Manager John Ganzel of the Kan
sas City Blues had Tommy McMillan,
the former Indian star, playing short
for him one year while he was man
aging Rochester. Tommy used to pull
off little stunts that kept the league
in action, according to Ganzel, but
one of the best he ever cooked up
waa at Toronto on Dominion day.
"We played two games on Domin
ion day," said Ganzel, "One in the
morning and one in the afternoon.
In the morning we had given the To
ronto team an awful drubbing, 12 to
1, or something like that In the aft
ernoon game we were running ahead
about 5 to 0 in the fifth inning and
the stands were to quiet you could
have heard a pin drop. The fans
just sat back and didn't make a sound.
"Tommy McMillan then started
something. He propped up four bats
on end against each other and on the
top of the pile he stuck a little Amer
ican flag which he had been carrying
in his pocket. Vou ought to have
heard those fans then. They broke
loose like a howling mob and I had
to rush Tommy into the bench or
they sure would have come out and
got him."
Builders of English Ships
Get Orders to Speed Up
(Correapondence of The Aaaoctated Preaa.y
London, Dec. 21. The question of
expediting mercantile shipbuilding is
receiving attention from eovernment
authorities and a "speeding up" order
has gone forth to various shiovards
where the tonnage under construction
is believed to be very large. Lack
of men and materials seem to be the
chief drawbacks, and in all probability
skilled men will be brought back from
the front to enable further steel
furnaces to be opened while dilution
of labor and utilization of women
workers will probably be carried still
further.
Besides the large number of orders
on hand, three shipping firms have
each ordered a large cargo vessel of
over 7,000 tons, the P. and O. com
pany have placed an order for a big
passenger nner ana rurness witny
nave oraerea seven Dig cargo steam
ers. ' i
In various yards around the coast
ship repairing is being conducted a
rapidly as the moderate amount of
labor will allow, the recent stormy
weather having caused a considerable
increase in the demand for repairs.
several new steamers are being htted
out, notably a 10,000 tonner on the
Clyde, a Royal Mail liner at Belfast
and the 20,000-ton Red Star Belgen
land whereon some 2,000 men are em
ployed. In the Belfast district additional
building berths which have been
started will allow for the construction
of sixteen large steamers.'
Jap Wireless Picks Up
Messages From Germany
(romepondenea of the Aawoelated Proas.
Tokio, Nov. 30. The power of Ja
pan's new wireless station, which is
now in regular commission with the
United Statea by way of Hawaii, was
strikingly shown in its recent picking
up of messages sent from northern
Germany and from aome other conti
nental wireless station. The Japanese
station, which is situated at Funa
bashi, ten miles east of Tokio, was re
ceiving a message from Hawaii when
it picked up several messages ad
dressed to E. G. C, which stands for
Madrid, which were being sent by
some powerful station some 6,000
milea away. The next day a message
wat picked up while it was being sent
by north Germany.
Pertittent Advertising Is the
Road to Success.
I HARVARD CHANGES
ITS GRIDIRON CARD
j Drops Cornell- in Order to Play
i Brown at Date Earlier in
the Season.
MAY PLAY INDIANS AGAIN
Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 6. The
chief change on Harvard's foot ball
schedule for 1917 is the elimination of
the game with Cornell. The Ithacans
have played at Cambridge several sea
sons running and won their game here
two years ago. Last fall Harvard
came back strong and won over the
Ithacans with comparative ease.
It is possible that, had not Brown
beaten Harvard last year. Harvard i
late season list of games would be lit
tle, if any, changed. Brown's 21 to 0
victory, however, was not at all rel
ished at Cambridge and since Novem
ber 18 it has been in Harvard's mind
to play Brown on some date on which
the regular varsity team could get the
benefit ot the experience in the game.
Brown's strength last year and the
probability that Robinson will have
an even better team in 1917 has caused
Harvard to shift the date of the an
nual match with the Providence team.
Next year Harvard and Brown will
meet in the stadium on October 27,
a date corresponding to that on which
Harvard played Cornell last fall.
The game will be played two weeks
before Harvard meets Princeton down,
at Princeton and, coming at the time
that Harvard usually has played Cor
nell, should find the Crimson well ad
vanced through its middle of the sea
son foot ball. Harvard surely will send
its first team against Brown next fall
and judging from Brown's strength
last fall the match should be a good
one to help toward the development
of the Crimson eleven for its two big
games.
The transfer of the Brown game,
however, leaves open the date between
Harvard's annual game with Prince
ton and Yale. The Crimson will be
at Princeton November 10 and will
entertain Yale i.. the Stadium Novem
ber 24. The open date, November
17, has not yet been filled finally, but
the foot ball committee is considering
several teams, none ot which, how
ever, is considered too strong.
Indians Want Came.
A few dayt ago it was announced
from Carlisle, Pa.i that the Carlisle
Indians had approached the Harvard
management for a foot ball game
next year. The Indians last played
at Cambridge in 1912, getting on the
schedule early in October. Harvard
had offered the date to Vanderbilt
which declined, because it already
(lad a t ne scheduled. Then Carlisle
appliei! for the date and got it; but,
after tl contract, had been signed, it
developed that Carlisle had can
celled a game with Vanderbilt that it
might come to Cambridge.
The Harvard-Carlisle game that
year was played, bat under protest
by Harvard. The Cambridge man
agement requested Carlisle to cancel
the game, but this was not done, al
though Harvard's announcement was
that no more games would be played
with the Indians so long as its coach.
Glenn Warner, should remain
charge.
Warner left Carliste to go to Pitts
burgh, the Indians playing practically
no toot ball two years ago and only a
few games last fall. In 1917, how
ever, there will be a team, and there
are good prospects. It seems likely
that the Indians will get a chance to
come to .Cambridge on November 17,
1917, and, if they do; should prove
tne usual good drawinsr card.
Two of the teams that will not be
on Harvard's list next season are
University of Virginia and Univer
sity of North Carolina. Neither of
these teams offered very much in the
way of valuable experience to the
Harvard players last season, and
their places on the schedule will be
taken by others. Bowdoin already
has received an early October date,
and other changes m the schedule
will be announced soon.
Play Tufts Again.
Harvard will play Tufts again next
fall, but two weeks later than last
year. October 7 was the date of the
Tufts game at Cambridge in 1916.
but in 1917 the Medford team will go
to the stadium two weeks later, or
on October 20, a 'week before Har
vard plays against Brown. There
fore, in both the Tufts and Brown
games this year Harvard will be
matched against elevens that won
over the Crimson in the stadium dur
ing the campaign recently finished.
There was no special reason for
eliminating the game with Cornell
from the Harvard schedule. It merely
was a question of reducing the
strength of the schedule for this
year's team. Harvard, to be sure,
will have a lot of veterans on top
next fall, but the coaches and the
foot ball committee realize the neces
sity for the team to retrieve last
year's defeats by Tufts and Brown,
and in order to be sure to have their
regular team against Brown have had
to change the date.
Swedish Bank Plans Big ,
Issue of Capital Stock
(Correapondenca of the Associated Preee.)
Stockholm, Dec. 10. The Stock
holm Bank of Commerce has de
cided upon the issue of 10,500,000
crowns of new stock, increasing its
capital from 30,150,000 to 40,200,000
crowns. Thit it the largest new issue
of bank stock that has ever been made
in Sweden. The step is dictated by
the directors' conviction that all signs
point ' to a tremendously increased
business after the war.
Japanese Steamship
Company Growing Rich
(Correspondence of The Aaaoelated Praaa.)
Tokio, Nov. 28. The Nippon Yusen
Kaisha, the empire's largest steam
ship company announces net profits
amounting to about $8,500,000 during
the first half of the current year. This
is about $3,800,000 more than the
profits during the previous six months.
A dividend of 28 per cent will be de
clared at a meeting of the stockhold
ers this month.
BLUFFS BOWLERS
TO TRY NEW ALLEYS
Seven Runways Will Be Open
Tomorrow for Cross -Siver
Sharks.
MOEE INTEREST IN GAME
Bowling in this locality will take
another leap forward with the open
ing of the new alleys in Council
Bluffs tomorrow evening. Seven new
up-to-date glossy drives have been
installed by the Cowles Bros, at Main
and Broadway, and four leagues, con
sisting of twenty-four teams have
been organized to roll regular weekly
matches on the new alleys.
As an opening feature the Luxus
and Brandeis Stores, two of Omaha's
fastest tenpin squads,, will roll an ex
hibition series. An orchestra will furn
ish music throughout the evening. Re-
tresnments will be served to all free
of charge.
Nothing has been left undone to
make the new place an up-to-date
one. The building was especially
constructed lor sucn an establishment.
The newest and best equipment has
been installed, including locker rooms,
shower baths, women's rest room and
a men's club room.
Tournament Planned.
With the assistance of Walt Goff
a big sweepstakes tournament will be
pulled off next Saturday night About
eight Omaha teams will enter and, in
addition to these, Lincoln, Fremont,
Sioux City, Des Moines and one or
two smaller Iowa towns will send a
team each.
At one time Council Bluffs boasted
of a set of alleys and the game flour
ished fairly well, but at that time
the game itself did not have a strong
hold in the west as it has now:
Omaha bowlers are anxious to see
the game grow across the river, they
having visions of some big intercity
matches in the near future.
Fremonters Coming. -
This afternoon on the Omaha alleys
the Fremont pin pounders will again
put in their appearance to give the
Omaha cracks a chance to get a little
revenge for past defeats. Dad Hunt
ington's all-star quintet with Learn,
Wartchow, Toman, Neale and Hunt
ington in the lineup will endeavor to
knock the haughty Fremonters off for
$iuu purse, borne doubles and singles
matches will be staged.
Late "aturday, Sciple, Maurer and
Olsen went into the lead of the Far-
nam merry-go-round with a 1,810
total.
Russia Will Not .
Slacken Hold on
Outer Mongolia
(CorreBpoodence of The Associated Press.)
Peking, Sept. 30. Russia's demand
that representatives of outer Mon
golia shall not be permitted to sit in
the Chinese parliament is an indica
tion that Russia does not intend to
sfecken the hold which it obtained
upon outer Mongolia through its
treaty with China recognizing the au
tonomy ot outer Monogolia in so tar
as domestic affairs are concerned.
With Japan encroaching upon in
ner Mongolia, as is indicated by the
recent riot at Lhenghiatum, and with
Russia pressing in on outer Mon
golia, Chinese officials are especially
uneasy about the intentions of these
two powers, particularly in the light
of the recent Russo-Japanese treaty
in which the two countries agree not
to interfere with each other's "special
interest in the far tast
Prince Koudacheff, the Russian
minister, represented to the foreien
office that outer Mongolia being an
autonomous government naturally
should not participate tn the Chinese
parliament, but should have an as
sembly of its own to direct its own
internal affairs.
Chinese officials have, apparently.
never conceded the absolute auton
omy of outer Mongolia. TAe foreign
office is unwilling to admit that the
members designated to represent
Mongolia when parliament was first
convened in 1913 should not now
take their seats. Furthermore, the
question is raised as to the validity
of the Russo-Japanese treaty grant
ing autonomy to outer Mongolia. Re
publican leaders say the treatv is
not valid, as Yuan Shi-kai negotiated
without the ratification of parlia
ment. Originally twelve outer Mon
golian senators and fifteen Mongolian
representatives were designated to sit
in the two houses. Ten were Chinese,
tive Manchus and twelve Mongolians.
Kussias absolute control ot outer
Mongolia is well known to all per
sons in official life in the Far East.
Trading with the enemy regulations
in outer Mongolia is quite the same
as they are in Russia. The Hutuktu
of Urga, who is the real ruler of
outer Mongolia, is nnder absolute
Russian domination.
So far outer Mongolia has not of
ficially stated ' whether it desires to
be represented in the Chinese par
liament. However, in view of Rus
sia's control of outer Mongolian af
fairs, it is believed that the Hutuktu
will decline representation at Peking
if he be called upon by Russia to
make a decision in the matter.
Persistent Advertising Is the
Road to Success,
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FRENCHMAN HAS
EDGFJN DARCY
Carpentier Is Taller and Much
Heavier Than the Aus
tralian Sensation.
BOTH FOUGHT JEFF SMITH
The possibility that Les Darcy, the
Australian middleweight, and Georges
Carpentier, the French heavyweight,
may meet in an American ring in the
near future makes a comparison of
their pugilistic careers of more than
ordinary interest. Should events so
shape themselves that the French
boxer and the fighter from "down
under" face in the roped arena, Car
pentier will have the advantage in
weight, height and reach.
Darcy is strictly a middleweight,
while the Frenchman in 1914 was a
light heavyweight. The Australian
has never entered the ring over 160
pounds, while Carpentier's fighting
weight two years ago was fully ten
to fifteen pounds above these figures.
It is reasonable to assume that he has
gained additional poundage in the
period he has served in the French
army.
There will be a difference of be
tween four and five inches in the
height of the two pugilists, with the
advantage resting with Carpentier.
The physical statistics of the boxers
show that Darcy's reach is not quite
? Sreat as that of the French ring
idol, bat so far as can be judged by
results, there is little difference in the
hitting powers of the two pugilists
when allowance is made for the
variance in weight.
So far as the records show but one
pugilist Jeff Smith has met both
Darcy and Carpentier. The French
boxer in 1913 won a twenty-round de
cision from Smith, who weighed 160
pounds. Some fifteen months later
Darcy lost to Smith in five rounds at
Sidney. In a return match fought a
tew months later! Darcy won on a foul
in two rounds. It is doubtful if Smith
was a better boxer when he faced
Darcy than in his match with r,r.
pentier.
In a majority of the contests in
v.....-.! v-arpenner nas met American
boxers he has given away weight
Joe Jeannette, who defeated the
frenchman in fifteen rounds, weighed
!!? : P?Unds' G,,nboat
imitn from whom Carpentier won on
a toul m six rounds, was over 185
pounds. Bombadier
PLESTINA SAYS:
If Mr. Caddock is u clever wrWtler
as he U m bntinesa man, I must eonfets
he's a wonder. Mr. Caddock, In a recent
pnblicatkra, I note, offers to wrestle me
for $1,000 with the proviso that Charlie
Peters first wrestle him for the same
snm. Very shrewd, Mr. Caddock, but why
brmc Peters in?
I am in no way connected with Charlie
Peters; I don't care anything about him:
I'm not interested in him. Mr. Caddock
says he will not wrestle me unless Peters
will wrestle him first What haa Peters
ffot to do with it? Nothing- except that
Caddock insrenioasly uses him to evade
me. Why try to avoid the troublesome
truth, Mr. Caddock, why not admit yon
don't want to meet me T Play square with
the public and 111 say no more.
PETE LOCH SAYS:
"Mr. Caddock, I see, has mentioned me
as the backer for Marin Plestina and
manaft-er of Charlie Peters. I am the man
aer of Charlie Peters, but I am not the
backer of Marin Plestma. I once men
tioned that I would bet $600 Plestina
could throw Caddock. I'm still ready to
bet it, but the willmpmees is merely my
judgment as a student, of wrestling-, not
because I am Plestlna's backer. I've made
bets on other wrestlers and X wasn't
managing- them.
I have not given any thought to a
Peters-Caddock match as suggested by
Caddock. Peters is just recovering from
an illness of several months and I have
the promise of Joe Stecher that he will
meet Peters in February. This is a far
more important match from Peters' stand
point than one with Caddock and he
would be foolish to try to force two such
matches in such a short time. However,
after his match with Stecher, Charlie will
be pleased to accommodate Caddock, al
though I don't think Caddock will ever
have the nerve to again enter a wrestling
ring if he is ever so incautious as to step
into one with Plestina.
"And if Mr. Meladv, whom X presume
speaks for Caddock, mnista on connect
ing me with the Plestina-Caddock dtfr.
ances. Til wrestle Melady for $1,000 my-
aeu.
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