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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 18, 1817.
FISTIC GAME HAS
ESCAPED WALLOP
Great Headwork Displayed in
Canceling the Jack Dillon
Jim riynn Match.
PROMOTES BADLY ADYIflID
New York, March 17. The much'
abused boxing game undoubtedly es
caped another wallop when the Jack
Dillon-Jim Flynn affair at the Madi
eon Square Garderi was cancelled.
That thii match was ever leriomly
considered for a morr.irit (hows' how
poorly advised the promoter has been
by the man who has had his ear ever
since he took over the Garden. When
the syndicate, which is endeavoring
to corner all the neavyweignts in
si?ht. sutreested Old Man Flynn as a
substitute for Les Darcy It appeared
that the promoter did not even know
that Flynn and Dillon had met be
fore.
As a matter of fact. Dillon stopped
Flynn in two rounds at Dewey July 4,
last year, and twice neio mm up
through ten round in subsequent af
fairs staged in this city. Both were
disgraceful exhibitoni, as Flynn never
had the ghost of a chance to win.
Such matches are as sportsmanlike
as a bull fight One contestant is not
expected to win, but is in the ring
merely to take punishment
- Flynn Hat Stormy Carter,
Flynn has had a long and stormy
career as trial horse. He began
fighting sixteen years ago, and as far
back as J907, when Jack Johnson
knocked him out in eleven rounds,
ceased to be a contender for the title.
Since then Flynn has fallen a victim
to practically every prominent heavy
weight to appear.
' Al Kaufman, a big California no
vice, was the next to flatten flynn.
Kaufman did the trick in nine rounds.
Then Sam Langford took him on out
in San Francisco. Sam was in a
hurry that night, as he was jealous of
Johnson's fame and anxious to im
prove on his fellow) black's showing,
so in the first round Langford turned
loose a right uppercut without any
strings attached to It, and flynn went
to sleep for several minutes. .
The next time Flynn and Langford
met the latter was in better humor
and he allowed the fireman to go
eight rounds before (lipping over the
C. 0. D. wallop, Flynn, however; re
fused to be discouraged by these
happenings, and having turned the
tables on Al Kaufman by (topping
him in ten rounds, Flynn was match
ed, with Carl Morrw.
I Pint Iaportaat Moat
At that time Morris wae being
smoked up at the most likely op
ponent for Jack Johnson. The bout
with Flynn waa the Sapulpa giant's
first important engagement, and after
a great flourish ot trumpets the men
met at Madison Square garden in one
of the first fights under the Frawlcy
law. However, this was one time
when the, much battered trial horse
upset the dope. Although hardly up
to his giant opponenfa shoulder, lit
tle Flynn tore into the big fellow
with as much confidence it though
he never had known defeat aad he
battered Morris unlit the latter was
euch a pitiful sight that the erowd
called upon the referee to (top the
slaughter. ,
On the strength! of this victory
Flynn was matched with Jack John
son for twenty rounds at Las Yegat
by the fireman's manager, who also
iroinoted the fight From the very
int the match was panned k the
rest of the counter and nothing waa
more certain the that the match
would not draw even the amount that
Johnson waa guaranteed for hit end.
However, in spite of the fact, which
under ordinary circumstances would
have been enough to (top farther
)roceedings, the fight went on.
Handled Like a DoH.
Although Johnson had not taken
the fight seriously and was In poor
shape, he handled little Flynn like a
rag doll, laughing at hia attempts to
land a blow. Flynn kept yelling that
Johnson was holding his arms and
called upon the referee to award him
the verdict on a foul. But that of
ficial refused to comply and even
tually the police ordered the unequal
atruggle stopped. '
Shortly after that Luther McCarty.
then the leading white hope, picked
out the veteran shock absorber as an
easy mark and battered him down and
out in sixteen rounds. Gunboat Smith
was the next "comer" to use Flynn
as a stepping stone. Smith scored
a knockout in five rounda with a
(erieC of right uppercuts to the chin.
: Jim Coffey began to loom up
strongly about that time, so he, too,
took a crack at the fireman. Flynn
lasted four rounds on this occasion.
Coffey became ao excited when he
found that he was winning handily
that he picked little Flynn up bodily
ind slammed him to the canvas. The
shock of the fall added to the force
of Coffey's wallopa wa( too much for
Flynn and he was counted out
Coffey lately added another knock
out victory to his credit over the fire
man, , winning in nine rounda at
Brighton Beach, Flynn might have
gone the whole distance on this oc
casion, but he was battered consid
erably, and his manager chose to be
more lenient than usual and threw in
the sponge, much to Flynn's disguest
Despite his many defeats Flynn has
worn remarkably well, but he is now
letting on in years and the chances
;f something (erious happening to
irt if he is allowed to take more
aeatings are much greater, Matched
with men of hit own class, there
would be no reason to object to Flynn,
who is a remarkably game and earnest
fishier, But because of their greed
Flynn's handlers have persistently
overmatched him. With men of his
own caliber he would be no card, so
he has been offered up to be slaugh
tered by the star of the ring at every
, opportunity.
KidHerman Is Spoiling for
Fight With Some Bantam
New York, March 17. Kid Her
man, the New Orleans bantam, who
recently obtained a referee's decision
over Kid Williams, is in town looking
for matches and claiming the bantam
title. The bantam situation is rather
ion fused at present
When Johnny Ertle won on a foul
from Kid 'Williams the St Paul
.. itaunt claimed the title and his
clan I has been recognized at valid in
many quarters,
MOOSE BOWLERS OF THE SOUTH SIDE First row, left to right: W. Wittig, F. Weiaa, I.
Denison, B. Altaian, F. Meegan; second row, E. Kaaner, E. Cederholm, Max Kopplo, E.
Burkhardt; third row, C. Denison, Charlei Zemanek, Walker, Skow J. Trammer; fourth
row, J. McGuire, F. Pichal, C H. Mickalls, J. Ostronic, C. Pichal.
ROWLAND'S CHANCE
TO MAKE BIS NAME
" .
On Big League Manager Who
JUver Played Baie Ball in
Any Past Company.
WOBQD BRUSH LEAGUES
New York. March 17. Clarence
Rowland of the Chicago White Sox
it the only present big league mana
ger who never played ball in fast
company. Owner Comiskey took
Rowland from a minor league club
ten years ago in spite of the tact that,
as a team leader, the latter was prac
tically' unknown. But inexperience
on the ball field does not mean that
Rowland cannot produce a champion
ship team.
After the National league was or-
Sanized In 186 pennant winners were
evelooed bv four men who never
figured as star players. They were
frank Bancroft, wno nanaiea ine
Providence team in 1884: W. H. Wat-
kins, manager of the Detroit! in 1887;
iames MUtrie, ine puor 01 ine uiami
l 1888 and 1889, and the late Frank
C Selee. leader of the Bostons, who
finished on top in 1891, 1892, 1893, 1897
nd 1898, ....
If Rowland scores a triumph this
year he will be the first nonplayer
manager to accomplish the feat in the
American league.
Rowland, like Bancroft, watmns,
Mutria and Selee. is a theorist. He
knowa base ball and how it should
be played. He is fortunate in having
Comukev, a practical base ball man,
behind him. Comiskey, once i a star
first baseman, is familiar with the
dutiea of a team manager Inasmuch
at be won fame at the leader of the
four time champion Browns in the
American association and, after man
aging the Cincinnati Reds, he cap
tured the first American league pen
nant with the White Sox in 1900. It
is tafe to say, therefore, that Rowland
will receive much valuable advice, if
he needa it. I
Others in Big league.
Outside of Rowland alt of the other
fifteen major league managers once
played in the big circuits. Six were
catchers, four were pitchers, four cov
ered infield positions and one was an
outfielder. The former backstops are
Mack of the Athletics. Mailings ot
the Braves, Mitchell of the Cubs, Rob
inson of the Brooklyns, Fohl of the
Clevelands and Moran of the Phillies.
The former boxmen are Mathewson
of the Reds, Donovan of the Yankees,
Callahan of the Pirates and britnth
of the Washington Barry of the
Red Sox, who will cover second base,
Is the only playing manager in the
big show.
Chick Evans Is to Enter
Druid Hills Golf Tourney
New York.' March 17. Chick
Evans, amateur and ooen champion,
has written the tournament commit
tee of the Druid Hills Golf club, At
lanta, Ga., that he will not only enter
this tournament but that, in addi
tion, he will try to bring Ned Sawyer
and one or two other western stars.
The committee la still expecting
Nelson Whitney and Reuben Rush
from New Orleans, as both will make
tverf effort tk get away to round out
the southern team.
Three additional entries expected
are Hamilton Kerr, Henry Topping
and Phil Carter, now at Bellaire, Fla.
so, when the entire roll call is com
pleted, the field will embrace the
names of a majority of the leading
golfers of the country.
Miss Gertrude Artelt Wins
Another Record in Swimming
Philadelphia. Pa.. March 17. Miss
Gertrude Artelt the 14-year-old
swimming prodigy of the Philadel
phia Turtigenieinde, who created a
sensation a couple of weeks ago by
pressing hard upon her champion
team mate, Miss Olga Dorfner. when
the latter lowered the fifty-yard
world a indoor record tor women to
twenty-nine seconds, has herself
beaten the sixtv-yard national figures
held by Miss Dorfner at 36 2-5 second!
HONOS WAGNER IS
ABLE TO COME BACK
After Twenty-Six Yean Pitts
burgh Pirate Loves Diamond
at in Dayi of Tore.
GIYM BOYS SOKE POQTTS
A few yean ago It wu thought
wonderful when Cy Young started on
his twenty-fourth year in base ball,
but old Cy didn't finish. It was also
thought that Matty wat going to last
forever, but hit pitching years were
limited to sixteen. Now Honus Wag
ner of the Pittsburgh Pirates steps
out on his twenty-sixth with the same
spryness that characterized his play
ing ten years ago. He wins, pulled up.
Honus Wagner is the athletic won
der of the base ball world and is
fully entitled to the honor of hav
ing that monument erected to him
in the historical building in Pitts
burgh. To repeat Wagner'l record would
be like calling attention to the fact
that Christmas comet on December
25. Everybody knows it. Instead of
trying to fix these figures in your
head, just remember that he is the
best hitter and the best infielder that
the game has even known and that
will be sufficient. He led the league in
hitting so often that it became a
habit.
Not only it Honut Wagner still en
thusiastic about professional base
ball, but he has never got over hit
Inclination to step into a game played
by small boyt on a town lot. One
day last summer a crowd of kids were
flaying near Schenley park, Pitts
urgh, and for an hour they had Wag
ner playing with them. And he was
just at eager to win among those
little shavers at any man on the club.
The name of thii club, by the way,
wat the "Slugtown Yellow Jackets.
Date Set for First
Of the Chicago
Automobile Races
Chicago, March, 17. Awakened
from winter lethargy by the spring
harbinger notes of an Italian's hurdy-
furdy, the directors of the Chicago
peedway association have formulated
plans for the first of three profession
al automobile racea to be held on the
two-mile Tamarack course thia tea
son. The inaugural event will be run
on the afternoon of June 9, the dis
tance being 250 miles and the prize
money totaling $20,000. Entry blanks
will be tent out within the next few
weeks.
The Chicago race of June 9 will be
the third speedway event on the 1917
calendar, New York opening the tea
ton with a meet on May 19, when the
second annual 150-mile conteat for the
Metropolitan trophy will be the fea
ture of the card, and Indianapolis,
after a year't hiatus, reviving its 500
mile motor marathon on May 30.
In deciding to stage a middle-distance
race in June President David F.
Reid aims to give variety to the early
season events and will run another
classic in the fall at a time when the
interest of automobile race followers
and drivers in the battle for the 1917
American Automobile association
championship is keener. Title points
will not be given in the auto Derby, as
this year only one championship race
is awarded to each speedway.
Morningstar and Jap Wiz ' 1
To Play Matches in Omaha
Ora Morningstar, formerly the na
tional champion, and Koji Yamada,
the Japanese wizard, will meet at
Charley Cannam's room, Fifteenth
and Harney ttreatt, Tuesday and
Wednesday of thia week in a four
game exhibition at balkline billiards.
The players will oppose each other
in a 300-point snatch at the 18.1 re
stricted game, after which Yamada
will execute some of hit fancy shots.
Morningstar gives an instructive lec
ture on billiards, during which Ya
mada demonstrates the salient points
of the talk.
CENTRAL DIAMOND
LADS READY TO GO
Pire Regular Remain Prom
Last Year and New Talent
Ii Heavy. ,
SPUiKlHO WILL COACH
Base ball will be undertaken in
earnest at Central High school this
spring and indications point to one
of the best team ever turned out.
Five regulars remain from last
year's team, enough to build another
successful nine around. Fred Soin
ning will once more take charge of
the coaching. The athletic board has
purchased tuppliet for the teason and
la 'ready to come forward with addi
tional money if needed. A ttrong
scneouie win - oe undertaken with
nearby high schools and the team will
aiso oecome a member ot an inter
city high tchool league if such a
league is formed this year.
Several high school team of recog-
nucu euuiiy win oe orougni 10 uma
ha this year. . , .
There it little worrv bv that Omaha
will have an outfield that would do
justice to any high tchool team. Ed.
die Hazen and Joe Wolfe are veterans
oi last year s machine, mien will
probably be used in left and Wolfe
will occupy hit old position in the
middle pasture. John Peterson, util
ity outfielder and catcher last year,
will probably be seen in irght field.
Two veterans are left out of the In
field combination, Captain Hugh Car
son at shortstop and Pete Keiner at
second base. Grove and Curtis, who
were used at third last season, have
graduated. Daugherty, at first base,
is now attending a prep school in the
east. George Yardley, who starred
behind the bat last year in auch a
sensational manner, has also left
school. "Hap" Pearson, who is laid
to have considerable ability along the
base ball line, will try to fill in at
first base. Paul Konecky, who played
a guard position on the basket ball
five thit teason, haa had experience
in catching and Is a likely candidate
for a first team position. Floyd Gil
fry, who just entered high tchool thit
fall, ia counted on for one of the in
field positions. Not one of the regu
lar ntoundmen remains. Eddie Hazen
was used frequently last year, but he
Is a more valuable man in the outfield
and will probably be seldom used in
the box.
A large squad is counted on to
turn out for the first practice, which
wilt be held the latter part of thit
week if the weather permits.
Afton High Wins Floor
Tourney Held at Tabor
Tabor, la., March 17. (Special.)
The first annual inter-high school
basket ball tournament for thit sec
tion wat held here Thursday and
Friday. Afton High tchool wat the
winning team; with a score pf 23 to
5 over Modale. 1
Twelve teamt were entered, but
several failed to show up and Glen
woodl came in late. Scorea were: .
THURSDAY,
Afton, IT; rontenelle, 14.
PUaah, IS: Mondamln. T.
Tabor tilth, SSl Olenwood. tl. ,
Modala, l Thurman. a,
FRIDAY.
Afton, tl: Tabor Him, II.
Tabor Academy. 11; Pitfall. ,
' Plitah, 141 Modale, to.
Olenwood, 14; Tabor Town, IS.
Afton,, II: Modale, I.
A banquet wat given all the teams
Friday evening in the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Indoor Broad Jumping of
Vltorthington Astonishes Many
New York, March 17. The great
est indoor performance at broad
jumping was accomplished by Harry
Worthington, the Dartmouth track
captain, in an exhibition March J at
the interscholastic games at Hanover.
They measured his jump at twenty
three feet, two and one-quarter
inches.
' Mar M IwUr Meoonaei,
Pitcher Rob floheuer. the Olanl caetoR
who elarrad with I he Loularlll team laat
aeaaen, la allowing venulne big ahow ohoek
Ine to tha Alhlellra and standn a excellent
oheece ot beeonUne a reiular wtlk. the
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The Missouri Pacific Railway
St; Louis, Iron Mountain &Southern R.R.
B. F. BUSH, Receiver
V St. Louis, Mo., March, 1917.
To the Public and All Officers and Employes:
We have been advised by the Conference Committee of the
General Managers' Association that at Six o'clock, P. M., Mon
day, March 19th, 1917, all Enginemen and Trainmen on the
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Railways' will refuse to
run our trains.- , ' .
You are familiar with the issues which have culminated
In this strike order, being the same which resulted in the strike
order last September. The Representatives of the National Or
ders of the Engine and Trainmen demanded an increase in
wages of approximately Twenty-five per cent by insisting upon
the same wage for the so-called Eight-hour day that they had
been receiving for a ten-hour day under existing contracts,
with overtime at increased rates, which demand they are un
willing to submit to any impartial tribunal.
To Avert the strike last September upon thes same issues,
the Adamaon Act was passed by Congress, which, in effect,
placed upon the carriers of the country the increased wages de
manded by the men. The Procedure by which this Legislation
waa secured from the legislative branch of our National Govern
ment is now a part of the History of this Strike movement.
The only recourse left to the Carriers under our existing
form of government, unless as trustees for the Public and the
properties which they represented and they yielded to the de
mands made by the representatives of the enginemen and
trainmen for increased wages without a hearing as to the Just
ness of such demands was to submit the question of the validity
of this law to the only forum provided I. E., the courts.
Unless the arbitrary demands of the employes of the car
riers, either for increased wages, for shorter hours or for other
concessions which, under our form of government, are legitimate
subjects of contract and agreement between employer and em
ploye are to be acceded to without dispute whenever presented, ,
the issues presented to the courts in an orderly way by the car
riers should have been permitted to proceed to a final decision
before the representatives of the employes attempted to again
take' the issues into their own hands.
. Upon any legitimate issue concerning life or property the
framers of our constitution intended that a hearing should be
had in a court of competent jurisdiction unless the issues by our
agreement are'subraitted to arbitration, and, unless force in
stead of law, is to control the rights of property this principle
of our government should be strictly adhered to.
Before the promulgation of the present strike order, the'
General Managers' Association for the Railroads again offered
to submit the issues to the Goethals committee, named by the
President under the Adamson Act, and to abide by the decision ,
of that committee, which proposition the National Representa
tives of the Engine and Trainmen have again flatly refused.
Under the arrangements made last fall, if the Adamson
Law is upheld by the courts the Railways agreed to pay the
increases in wages established by that law from the 1st of Jan- '
uary, 1917. This agreement is also ignored in the present strike .
order as are the existing agreements establishing a ten-hour
day as the Unit of service ant) the provisions in existing con
tracts that thirty days' notice shall be given of any termination
of the' contract relation existing between the Railroads and
these employes.
No notice has yet been given by the Chairmen of these or
ganizations to our officers as provided in the contracts they
should have done. But all these contracts have been rated by
the National Representatives of these employes as holding the
carriers as by a log chain, but not binding the employes by so
much as a silken cord. Since connection with the properties of
' the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Companies, in return
for my efforts to render the Public efficient service, I have at
all times received the Loyal Co-operation and support of our
officers and employes without the skill and co-operation of the
officers and employes the rails, cars and locomotives would
have been useless mechanical devices in, the service of the
public. i
I have always believed the great majority of our citizen
ship believed in a government by law as distinguished from a
government by force have in the past believed, and shall al
ways believe that the enginemen and trainmen in the service
of our companies are as patriotic and law-abiding as any other
class of citizens in our country. But just at this'crltical period,
tying up the transportation facilities of the country will do.
more injury to our national defense than any aid that could be
furnished our country's enemies. As the receiver of these prop
erties appointed by the' United States District Court, it is my
bounden duty to attempt to continue to serve the Public by the
operation of our lines. In the performance of this duty both
the public and the employes who are ready and willing to assist
me are entitled to the protection of all law-abiding citizens, be
cause of the grave problems now confronting the Administra
tion, our country needs the loyal support of all citizens engaged
In interstate commerce as never before. The president of our
country has appealed to our people to suppprt the government.
In this time of need I appeal to our employes, not only for the
property which in the past has furnished the means of Suste
nance for the families of our officials and employes, but for tha
benefit of the public, the injured innocent party in this'strug
gle, and in the name of our country, to which our allegiance is
paramount to perform the full measure of their duty in this
crisis, B. F. BUSH,
, Receiver.
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