Les Darcy Isn't Alone in the Quest for the Soft Spots on the Sport Map
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ROURKE WANTS TO
GET THOMPSON BACK
Omaha Magnate Trying to
Persuade Connie Mack to
Make Outright Sale. ,
STILL NEEDS- CATCHES
That he will be able to induce Con
: nie Mack to release Shag Thompson
: to him again is the belief of Fa
Rourke.
Mack is pretty well loaded up with
outfield timber and Rourke believes
he will probably' be nnable to make
use of Thompson. In that case
Rourke lias asked Connie to give
him first chance to buy the youngster.
. Shag is only 22 years old, but he's
already had three years of base ball
experience". He. is a nifty fielder, a
pro.tty good hitter, has a great throw
ing arm and is fast on the base's.
' Rourke believes Shag will yet prove
, himself a major leaguer, but neejds
. more schooling in the minors, as in
the past Shag has been a little head
strong at, times.
, A short 'time ago Thompson de
clared he intended to quit base ball,
'but later be gavel his plan a second
thought, and decided he would stick
to the profession. ,
" Wants Outright Sale. '
Last year Mack ' merely loaned
-Thompson to Rourke, but now Pa
thinks he can persuade Connie to
make an outright sale.
, If he secures Thompson's return
Rourke will have bis outfield about
rounded out and will make only one
more purchase necessary, that of a
catcher to assist Larry Pratt.
The players Rourke will send con
tracts to now are:,
t Holderman, flrat but. (
Irelan, second base. ' '
Kruav shortstop. , t
Watklns, shortstop.
Burs;, third base.
Smith, outfield.
r r-oraythe, outfield.
Brokaw, outfield.
Pratt, catcher. .
. Renton, pitcher,
rtarham, pitcher.
Men, pitcher. a'
O'Toala, pitcher. '
Thompson, pitcher,
Carrie, pitcher, ,- .
' askell, pitcher. - . -
Seven are New.
Of these sixteen players seven are
new men. The new men are Holder
man, Watkins, Brokaw, Pratt, Ben
ton, Barham and Currie. .
With i the possible exception of
Watkins, Rourke expects 'all of these
new men to win regular places on
the team without any trouble. Wat
kins is a semi-pro from Kansas City,
highly touted by Nig Perrine. He
may prove a sensation, but Rourke
regards him only as a prospect. The
others, he believes, are sure.
Benton, the hurler, and Brokaw,
the outfielder,' come from Winnipeg,
. where they were league leaders. Bar-
;' ham comes from Vancouver. The St.
" Louis Cards turned ' Currie ' ovr' to
Rourke and Pratt comes frony Co
lumbus. . ' . ' "
Assistant for Pratt.
' Rourke intends to - get 'another
catcher and another outfielder.' If
he gets Shag Thompson he'll look no
further for an outfielder. But he must
get a catcher to aid Pratt. He has
.several strings out now for a likely
''" receiver. - -A '
There is also a chance, it must be
remembered, for Earl Smith, Kewpie
." Kllduff or Ernie Kreuger to return. In
case these stars of last year fail to
hit the pace in the big leagues they
will be retu'rned to Omaha. Rourke,
.however, is not banking on this, as
he believes they, all have an even
' chance to stick.
Contracts , will go' out soon after
February 1, says Rourke. "That
gives less time for argument," he ex
plains, 'i
Marty Krug, who will once more
manage the Rourkes, arrived in town
last week and intends to remain here
sjntil 'the opening of the sca.son.
Omaha Volley Ball.
Team Enters State .
Tourney at York
- With the' avowed intention of cap
turing the state championship, no
matter what may be the odds, the
volley ball team composed of paper
men and printers in the Omaha
Young Men's Christian association
volley-hall league has announced its
entrance into the first annual Ne
braska state volley ball tournament,
which will be held at York Febru
ary 15. '
The paper men and printers are the
class of the "Y". at volley ball. Thev
have consistently cleaned up every
team that has faced them and the
local sharks are confident they wilt
prove equally as formidable in the
state plav. 1
One other Omaha team may also
enter the York tournament, but what
tram it will be has not yet been def
initely decided. The six regulars on
the paper men and printers' team ex
pected to play in the state tournev are
F.. H.'Hoel, H. E. Milliken, E. L.
Totter. A. G. Kittell, Leo Wilson and
..Ti. R. Wixson.
The, Omaha lawyers' volley ball
tin Is also going to do a little in
vading. They have scheduled-a match
"imie with the lawyers' team at Fre
mont.' '
Y. M. C. A. to Hold Annual
Circus Last of Next Month
'Hie annual indoor burlesque circus
-Id by the physical department of
'e Young Men's Christian associa
tion will be staged February 23 and
24. Physical Director Kearns is al
ready lining p the stunts and the
lalcrit and hopes to have the biggest
.-nd bestcircus ever held at the local
"Y." , - '
Gate City League Will ,
. .Hold Class B Tournev
The Gate City Bowling league will
Unl.1 a ni.-ngmne far alt rlaaa R
howlers in Omaha, starting February
8. on the Morrison alleys. A meet
ing wH be held ar the Morrison al
ley! this morning at 10:30 and all in
terested in the class B tourney are
urged to have a representative
present.
Ernie Krueger :
Grows Mustache
Ernie Krueger has raised a
mustache.
Ernie is down in Arizona acting
at tutori coach and nurse girl to a
bunch of youngsters enrolled in a
military school. He writes Pa
Rourke that "the only excitement
I get down here it watching my
mustache grow."
Krueger also writes Pa. that he
it in splendid shape, plays about
one game of ball a week and will
be ready to report to the Giants
at Harlin, Tex., in the best of con
dition to battle for a regular job
In McGraw't backstopping department
WHEN GREEK MEETS
GREEK, THEN WHAT?
And What Will Happen When
Steelier Scissors Tangles
With Peters Scjssors?
FEBRUARY 9 WILL TELL
Scissors against scissors, Nebraska
against Nebraska, that will be the sit
uation when Joe Stecher and Charley
Peters clash in mortal combat on the
mat at the Auditorium the night of
February 9, and unless all signs fail
wrestling fans .shave somctnlng of a
rare treat in store for them.
It was witn the' aid of his deadly
scissors "hold, which he employed so
skillfully and with such startling suc
cess, that Joe Stecher made his comet
like flash across the wrestling sky. Al
most in no fime Stecher bowled over
a score of the greatest wrestlers in
the country and made his name a
household word from the Atlantic to
the facific. Every match he has won
was turned into victory .Via the scis
sors route. Excepting Strangler Lewis
and John Olin, no wrestler has been
able to withstand, the pressure of that
scissors hold, and, for that matter,
Lewis in his . last match with Joe
didn't either, as the Nebraskan was
unable to seoure his pet hold. Joe
Stecher and scissors have become al
most synonymous. " .
Peten Bobs Up.
But last fall Charley refers bobbed
up with a scissors hold in his bag of
tricks and Charley, until he was sud
denly taken ill, had begun to lay all
opponents low with that scissors hold
that looked very similar to Joe's and
apparently Had the same effect.
What will happen when the Stecher
scissors tangles with the Peters scis
sors? Will Stecher be as effective in
defending himself against "the scissors
as he is in using it? And will Peters
be as efficient in defending himself
against the scissors as he is in using
it? February 9 alone will tell the tale.
And still another factor about this
coming match which is making gossip
for the mat fan is that both Ste'cher
and Peters are Nebraska boys, farmer
boys, horny-handed, sons of Nebraska
soil. Stecher comes from Dodge, a
little town in Dodge counly. Peters
comes from Papillion, a little .town in
Sarpy county. ,
Both County Heroes.
Stecher is easily the leading figure
in Dodge county, the county's most
prominent citizen, almost a hero.
Peters occupies the same position in
Sarpy county. Stecher has never gone
up against a fellow Nebraskan before,
and neither has Peters.
Interest,- it is believed, will be even
keener in this match'tban in the other
two Stecher bouts here, both of which
attracted record-breaking attendances.
stecher has many staunch , admirers
and supporters in Omaha and Ne
braska and so has Peters. And even
those who are admirers of Stecher are
interested in Peters because he is a
home boy and the same goes for those
who are supporters of Peters. It is
something different from an invader
meeting a home product.
Creighton Quint
Faces Three Hard ,
Games This Week
Three hard conflicts confront
Tommy Mills' Creighton basket ball
quintet this week. ,
Tuesday the blue and white five
journeys to Sioux City for a game
at tha,t point with Trinity. Wednes
day they continue to Vermillion,
where South Dakota university will
be the foe to overcome. And .then
Mills' men take a quick jump back
to Omaha for a game with Doane
here Thursday night. "
As all three of these schools have
Strong quints and the Creightonites
must make a long jump just before
each game, Mill's men have their work
cut out for them.
A longer trip, which will carry the
locals as far east as" Chicago, is
scheduled for the following week.
This tour will open February 6 at
Dubuque, la., with Dubuque college.
On February 7 Company F of Rock
ford, 111., will be the opponent. . Two
games are carded in Chicago. They
are with St. Ignatius and Loyola coK
leges on February 8 and 9, respec
tively. On February -0 Mills' men
will play St. Viateurs college at Kan
kakee, 111., before returning home.
Phil McShane to Attend
Chicago Auto Club Feed
F. J. McShane, director of contests
of the Omaha Auto speedway, will
be one of the guests at the annual
banquet of the Chicago Automobile
club February 1. It is at this ban
quet that the championship trophy
will be awarded to Dario Resta, along
with the snug sum of prize money that
accompanies it. Those other drivers
who won prizes irr the championship
flight last year will also be given
their awards. . Eddie Rickenbacher.
who copped .third place, however, will
not be on hand, as Eddie is journey
ing in Europe m search of a couple
of new racing cars. , .
Cubs Wallop Coyotes,'
Tigers Lick Giraffes
Two games were played in the busi
ness boys' basket ball league at the
Young Men's Christian association
Friday night The Cubs walloped
the Coyotes to the tune of 12 to 6,
while the Tigers trounced the Giraffes
20 to 8.
RAGE STARS MOST
.APPEARJ OMAHAj
New Ruling of A. A. A. Will ;
Force Five Leading Drivers j
to Enter Local Derby.
$100 A MILE PRIZE MONEY;
When the dozen or so racing auto
mobiles line up on the East Omaha
speedway July 4 next to clash in
Omaha's third annual automobile
derby the five leading drivers of the
country will be in the. starting line.
This is the word brought back from
New York by Director of Contests
Felix McShane, who went to Gotham
for the organization meeting of the
new American Automobile Speedway.
association.
The five leading drivers are Dario
Resta, Johnnv Aitken,' Eddie Ricken
bacher, Ralph De Palma and Wilbur
D'Alene in the order named. ,
. The Speedway association, in col
laboration with the American Auto
mobile association, under whose di
rection and supervision all licensed
races are. run, decided that in 1917
only eight championship races would
be held. Each speedway is permitted
to bold one championship race. It
can, however, hold as many other
races as it wants to.
Those speedways which will hold
championship events are New York,
Chicago, Indianapolis. Cincinnati, lies
Moines, Tacoma, , Providence and
Omaha.
Only these eight races will be in
cluded in the race of the drivers for
the American ' motor championship,
.which was won last year by Dario
Resta. Last year, however, about f.f
teen championship race's were held,
several speedways holding more than
one. r
: Will Forfeit Points.
When this decision was made the
speedway association began to lay
plans to force the leading drivers to
enter all these events. The American
Automobile association was appealed
to. And the American Automobile
association put a clause in its 1917
rule book that the five leading drivers
shall appear , in each 'championship
race or forfeit all their point credits.
The prize money for the championship
last year was $15,000. It will be at
least as large this year, if not larger.
That means the drivers will be very
,loathe to lose any points they have
earned and they will have to enter all
the l-aces for their own protection.
So that is why Resta, Aitken, Rick
enbacher, De Palma and D'Alene are
sure to be contenders in the Omaha
derby July 4. Aitken Is the only man
in the quintet wjjp did not take part
in the local classic last year.
Hundred Dollars a Mile.
Another ruling of the new speed
way association is that $100 a mile
prize money must be offered for each
of the championship events. Last
years severaj of the .speedways fell
under this mark. ...
Omaha will probably hold two races
this year as last, except that the cham
pionship event will probably be only
ip0 mites long, instead of 150, This
means the prize money for the Omaha
championship race will be $10,000. A
secondary fifty-nvile race, for which a
probable purse 'of $2,500 will, be
offered, also will be held.
Director of Contests McShane of
the local oval was made a member of
the board of directors of . the new
speedway association, so that Omaha
will be sure to be trepresented when
any legislation is passed. Harry Hark
ncss, head of the Sheepshead Bay
speedway in New York, and the man
who owned the fatal car which car
ried Dan Columbo to his death here
last July 1, is president.
Caddock Fails to '
Throw Man -Thought
To Be a "Ringer"
Earl Caddock ran into something
of a tartar at Huron, S. D., according
to reports from that city.
Caddock, according to the story,
agreed to throw a chap who was de
scribed as "Jack Hull of De Smet,"
ttfice in thirty -minutes, Mr. Hull
proved to be a young man of over
200 pounds and great strength. Hull's
superior weight enabled him to hold
Caddock on tlut mat until two-thirds
of the time had elapsed. Then Cad
dock broke away and pinned Hull, but
in the second period of seven minutes
Hull obtained a reserved seat on Cad
dock's spinal cord and held him down
for the limit. Caddock thus lost the
handicap match.
Hull's identity is, something of a
mystery. There is a suspicion he is
a ringer. He is thought to have been
; secured by De Smet sports who lost
heavily on a match some time ago,
when Caddock threw another De
Smet grappler. '
After, the match Caddock put up
$500 that he could throw Hull twice
in an hour Tuesday. This bout will
also be held at Huron.
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McShane Gets Word .
From Eddie Rick,
Who Tours Europe
F. J. McShane, director of contests
of the Omaha Auto speedway, yester
day received a letter from Baron Ed
die Rickenbacher from London, Eng
land. The letter was just twenty-four
days in reaching Omaha.
Rick was held up several days in
Liverpool because the authorities at
that point were a bit skeptical as to
Eddie's mission in England. Thev
must have learned that Rick is called
"Baron" in this country. i
Eddie said in his letter that he was
just getting ready to beat in from Lon
don to Northampton, where the Sun
beam automobile is made. After visit
ing the Sunbeam factory he said he
intended to go to France and Italy.
Rickenbacher is in Europe looking
for a couple of fast racing cars which
will chase Dario Resta all over the
lot and he declares he will get 'em
before he returns.
George Chip and Al McCoy
Are to Lock Horns Again
.George Chip of Newcastle, Pa., and
Al McCoy, the Brooklyn middle
weight, have been matched to bnx,ten
rounds at Youngstown, O., February
12.
SPOR TS SECTION of
The Omaha
SUNDAY BEE
ACTIVE IN PULPIT AND GYM Minis ten' team in the Y. M. C. A. volley ball league.
Reading left to right: Rev. H. C. Burrows, Rev. Albert F. Ernst, Rev. John Calvert, Rev.
Titus Iowe and H. D. Frankfurt, who thus display their interest inactive life.
. Yrn yj ; ;
FIVE NEBRASKANS
ON R0l0F HONOR
Only Tive Cornhuskar Trap
Shooters Break Into' Inter
state 1916 Records.
ED VARNER IS HIGH GUN
Nebraska trap shooters didn't cut
much of a swath in the registered
tournaments held utrder the auspices
of the Interstate association during
1916, according to the annual aver
ages. Only five Nebraska amateurs shot
at 2.000 targets or over in registered
tournaments in 1916. And only three
Nebraska professionals shot at that
number of targets in registered events.
In 1915 over two score of amateurs
shot at over 2,000 targets in regis
tered shoots and wrre named in the
records.
Not a single Omaha marksman is
named in the records as shooting at
over 2,000 bluerocks in the twelve
month period just passed.
Ed Vanier of Adams, C. V, Wag
goner df Diller, Al Koyen of Fremont,
R. J. Starkey of North Platte and
R. J. Middaugh of. Fremont are the
Nebraskans who are named in the
records. Varner led the field with an
average of .9448 for the entire year.
The Adams crack shot at 2.750 tar
gets, breaking 2,126. C. L. Waggoner
was second with an average of .9368.
Al Koyen shot at the largest number
of targets of any of the Nebraskans.
He trained his eye on 4,290 of the
clay birds' during the year. Not over
a score of shooters in the entire coun
try shot at more targets than Koyen.
Razee Leads Pros.
' Rush Razee was the leading pro
fessional of the state, earning an aver
age of .9652. George Maxwell, the
one-armed professional from Hast
ings, had a good year, marking up
a general average of .9462.
Only two Nebraskans, L. C. Lar-
son of Greeley and C. C. Tappan of
Hoagland, made any effort at shoot-1
ing doubles targets in registered
events during 1916.
Scores and averages' of the Ne
braska shooters who shot at over
2,000 targets, according to the rec
ords compiled by Sporting Life, are
as follows: '
AMATEURS.
- ' ; Shot t,Brok, Pet.
I p.. w. .arnnr, AaitmB Aizn
C. T,. Winroner, Diller. . . .3109 cftftt .S36S
Al Koyen, Fremont 4290 MM .1277
1 R. J. StArkBy, North Pla.tto.2H5 nil .1.12
R. J. MldtUuKll, Premont. .24 40 21SX .S97
, " PROFESSIONALS. 1
Rush Role, Cartja (190 7114 .6S?
U. W. Maxvoll, HlJtlnKi. .S840 34I1S .146:1
Ueorso Carter, Lincoln 1260 . 3000 .9230)
DOUBLES.
L. C Larson. Greetor 00 . 41 .0923
C. C. Tappan. Hoagland... 110 13 .0310
OMAHA, SUNDAY' MORNING; JANUARY
Kewpie Kilduff
Wants More Coin
Kewpie. Kilduff, the diminutive
Rourke shortstopper, who was pur
chased by the New York Giants
last fall, is a holdout.
Kilduff didn't like the contract
the Giants sent to him, the salary
figures named weren't large
enough, so Kewpie ent the con
tract back unsigned. ,. -v
MILLS CALLS FOR
CINDER PATH MEN
. i
One Hundred Candidates Ex
pected to Answer Summons
of Creighton Coach.
HAS SOME GOOD MATERIAL
Creighton's first attempt to carve
its name on the cinder p'arth will
begin next Monday with . the call for
track candidates by Coach Tommy
Mills. At least 100 are expected to
respoird for what will really be the
beginning of the blue and white track
activities. ,
The Creighton mentor is enthousi
astic with the material he has on
hand. While he admits that he has
not a finished athlete in school, he
feels con6dent that he will have no
trouble in turning out track men that
will be the class of the state.
At least two early meets have al
ready been assured for the blue and
white cinder men. Mills has accepted
an invitation to enter into the Ne
braska Inter-collegiate athletic meet
to be held at University "Place un
der the auspices of-Wcslcyan college
and the other at Des Moines to be
held under the auspices of Drake
colleg. Both meets will be held, early
in May.
A number of athletes now attending
the Catholic school have made rec
ords in the high schools they at
tended before continuing their work
on the hill.
Carl Lutes, former Central High
star, now holds the state high school
record for putting the shot. Willi
proper training, Coach Mills believes
that he can develop him into the class
of the state. Lutes won the cham
pionship, while the Creighton men
tor was coach of the Omaha High
school. McCarthy and "Cy" Kamanski
are also said to be good weight men.
As to the hurdles, Vic Spittler, for
merly of the Ewin High school, is
expected to be a strong asset. Spittler
has had four years of training along
that line.
While Mills knows that practically
all of his men are green, he feels
certain that a blue and white squad
will be developed that will hold up
the colors of the Catholic school.
28, 19ll J
SAVAGE WILL PUT
CLUBjNTO JOPLIN
Business Men Pledge $6,600
and Savage Says Missouri
Town Qets Franchise.
ROURKE APPROVES DEAL
' Joplin, Mo. Jan. 27. -(Special Tel
egram.) John Savage, owner of the
Topeka Western league franchise, to
day pledged himself to local business
men to transfer his holdings to this
city. ,
Joplin business men had subscribed
more than $6,500 at noon today to
ward a fund to build a park and Mr.
Savage had only asked for $5,000,
Savage will close the deal Monday.
The park will be six blocks from
the busiest corner in Joplin and will
be served with an electric line con
necting Joplin with Carthage, -Carter-ville,
Webb City and Galena, Kan.
F.ach city will have direct car service
to the gate.
Pa. Rourke, owner of the Omaha
club, declared the remaining Western
league club owners would undoubt
edly sanction'Savage's move in invad
ing Joplin. ("Ut course, said Rourke,
"the lone, lump will mean an addi.
tional expense of about $700 per club
during the season for transportation,
but it is probable Savage will be. re
quired to pay a larger guarantee to
tne visiting clubs, probably about -U,
This will offset the increase in trans
portation cost.
"Joplin, however, I believe will be
an asset to the circuit for the time
being at least. I presume the site for
the park will be leased to Savage
without cost and. $6,500 will almost
build the plant, so Savage won't lose
very much even if he has a bad year.
It's a cirrsjh it will be better than To
peka. "The mines at Joplin, Carthage and!
wenD uity ana tne rest ot those
towns are running full time, most of
them night and day, and there's plenty
of money down there. Joplin ought
to dc a winner.
Chicago Cubs to Play ;
First Game on March 2
Chicago, Jan. 27. The Chicago Na
tionals will play their first exhibition
games on their training trip in Cali
fornia on March 2, it was announced
today. The squad will be divided into
two teams, one playing the Los
Angeles club at Pasadena, and the
other playing Santa Anna at Santa
Anna.
Norris O'Neill, former president of
the Western league, who is arranging
the dates will leave here tomorrow
night for Oakland. He will stop at
Denver, Salt Lake City and Los
Angeles to schedule exhibition games.
JOY REIGNS AMONG
STATESTDDENTS
Missouri . Valley Governing
Board Permits Freshmen to
Compete in Athletics.
BUT RULE IS RESTRICTED
By JAMES E. LAWRENCE.
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 27. (Special.)
Nebraska athletic authorities are j
overjoyed as a result of the action of j
the Missouri Valley conference gov- j
erning board, composed of the chan- '
ccllors and regents of the Missouri J
valley schools, in voting to permit
freshmen competition ,in , athletics, .
limited as follows: '
Two foot ball games a scascu. ".,
Two (rack meets a season.
Five basket ball games.
Five base ball games.
The rule does not mean that fresh
men will be permitted to play on
the varsity teams, but authorizes the
scheduling of games between Mis-:
souri Valley conference schools for
first-year men only. Acting under1 the
rule, the Nebraska athletic board will
start at once an attempt to arrange
foot ball games with the University
of Kansas and the Ames Aogricul- '
tural school between the freshmen
elevens of each university. Two track
meets with the freshmen squads of 4
other universities, five basket ball
games and five base ball games will ;
also be arranged. The Kansas fresh
men foot ball game will no doubt be
played on the same day as the big
battle between the varsity elevens-of
the two schools, while the Ames game
wilt be earlier in the season.
New Era Dawns.
The adoption of the rule by the
conference heads virtually marks a .
new era in University of Nebraska .
athletics and will lend a decided im
petus to freshmen athletics at the '
state university. Competition for'
first-year men with outside schools
has been a sore point at Nebraska for
years. Under the old system all of
the larger institutions in the confer
ence, particularly Nebraska, Kansas,
Ames and Missouri, suffered the loss
of many promising freshmen athletes
because first-year competition was de
nied. Only last year three Beatrice
High school foot ball stars went to
Grinnell because that school is not
bound by conference rules and fresh
men could compete for their numer
als the first year. .
Although the Nebraska athletic .
board has not taken final action in
arranging for the freshmen competi
tion, undoubtedly a special first year
letter will be " adopted, subject to
award on the same basis that the
varsity letter is now given. With, the
elimination of the only talking point
which has been used to lure Nebraska
high school stars to other states, the ,
athletic authorities here are much en
couraged. ...
. - ' Runners Pefy Cold.
Nebraska's 1917 track squad has
well earned the title of snowbirds and
have been training faithfully outdoors
in scanty track suits for the last two
weeks in spite of the wintry blasts.
Coach Reed said, his track squad is
one of the strongest he has had.
When the weather was severe, the
track men donned heavy sweaters, and
woolen trousers, with foot ball shoes.
Therei is again a notable absence of
veteran material with only juniors
and sophomares available. No seniors
have reported. .
.Captain Overman has all of the ear- -marks
of a wonderful miler. He took
third place in the Misouri Valley con
ference meet last year his first col
legiate experience. Grad, a star high
school long distance man, looms up
strong for the two-mile run. ........; ;
Lack Sprinters. r ,.
Werner Is the most promising
sprinter, but! the Huskers are short
on good material for the dashes. Fin
ney is the best hurdler in the univer
sity since the days of Dale McDonald
and Owen; Townsend and Bryans are
all splendid quarter milers. Reed -says
Grau is a comer in the half-mile
run and Flint, an Omaha high school
star,' looks good in the jumps. '
- In the weights Nebraska is well
fortified, Reese, a brother of Herb
Reese, the Lincoln High school coach,
is in school and bids fair to develop
into a great shot patter and discuss
thrower, Shaw, the holder of the
university record in the shot put and
captain of the 191 foot ball team, is
also available. '-
The javelin throw will be a new
event in the valley this year. Reed
says the track outlook is bright for,
the youngsters this year. The Huskers
meet with Minnesota, Kansas and
Ames, in addition to the relay carni
vals. . i .. (
Sam Reynolds Wins Tilt J
On Burgess-Nash Course
Sam Reynolds was medalist in sn
eighteen-hole medal play match on
the indoor course of the Burgess-Nash
company yesterday. Reynolds shot a
36 for the eighteen holes which is
bogey for the course. Karl Beck shot
an even 40 for second money.
A tournament for the women will
be held at Burgess-Nash Wednesday
afternoon and an open thirty-six-hole
medal competition will be staged next
Saturday . ...
Commerce High Quintet
. Will Play Alumni Five '
The High School of Commerce
basket ball quintet will meet 'a team
composed of former Commercial stars
Tuesday evening at the Young Men's
Christian association. -
The Undergraduates were scheduled
to meet the Commercial teachers on
that day, but the la'tter on account of
the extra work of the new semester
had to call off the game so John Fixa
volunteered to organize a squad con
sisting of the alumnae to substitute.
The graduates will include such stars
as John Fixa, Lennart Millburg, Miro
Rokusek. Arthur Dutcher, Max Moko
vitz, William Dewey and Sam Brown,
who are expected to furnish a hard
game against the regulars, i v , ; .,
Bobby Christie Says'
His Farewell to Omaha
Bobby Christie,' formerly assistant
to Charley Johnston at the Happy
Hollow, club, leaves Omaha tonight
for Chicago, where he will spend the
remainder of the winter before going
to Kcwanee, III., April 1 to take up
his new duties as professional of the
Midland Country club at that city. '.