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FOREIGN CARS TO
' COMEJMMERICA
Two Sunbeams and Two Fiats
Will Be Campaigned by the
Speedway Association.
SICK TO DRIVE SUNBEAM
American cars and drivers entered
in the Omaha automobile derby July
4 and the other speedway events of
1917, will havi. some fresh foreign
competition, a scarce commodity in
the speed market since the outbreak
of the European war.
Four Eur .jean speed creations will
be brought to America by the Ameri
can Speedway association, of whiji
the local speedway holds a franchise.
These cars will start for this country
before the end of the month, so that,
unless some submarine upsets the
plans, they will be ready for the first
race of the year at New York, May 19.
The four foreign cars consist of
two English Sunbeams and two Ital
ian Fiats.
Baron Eddie Ricfcenbacher, Oma
ha's favorite son of the speedway, will
be placed in charge of the Sunbeam
team. Eddie made the arrangements
to bring the Sunbeams to America
when he made a journey to England
last November and December. The
Sunbeams are the latest creations of
Louis Coatalen, famous Sunbeam en
gineer, who is now in charge of the
manufacture of aeroplanes and avia
tion motors for the English army.
The deal for the Fiats was closed
by W. F. Bradley, an American now
residing in Paris and manager of the
victorious Delages that ook first
place in the- 1914 Indianapolij race,
lack Scales, an English driver, and
Enrico Cagno, an Italian, will come
to America :ith the Fiatt and will
drive them. Both Scales and Cagno
boast victories in the Targo Florio
cup race, the si eed classic of Italy,
and are recognized as two of the
best of the many great driven across
the big pond.
Mercer After Rests.
The Mercer-factory, taking a re
newed Interest in the racing game,
is seeking to get Dario Resta to cap
tain its team of three cars. It is said
Resta built a motor at the Mercer
factory In Trenton, N. J., this winter.
Eddie Pullen, who has been the atar
of the Mercer team, has transferred
his affections to the Fronenac, join
ing Louis Chevrolet.
Fred Duesenberp and Webb Jay
have been trying out their new can
on the Chicag , speedway already.
' Duesenberg has a new aixteen-valve
aviation engine which he believes will
make his can much faster. It is not
known who will drive the Ducsen
bergs this year, although it ia ex
pected Tommy Milton will be re
tained for on of the cars. Webb Jay
has a $17,000 Fageol which has hit
well over tht 100-mile-an-hour mark.
Billy Chandler will Dot captain the
Crawford team again. Chandler has
signed to be master mechanic for the
Hudson team. The Hudson team this
year will consist of five can and
twelve motora. Art Hill, who man
aged Resta last year, will be the con
test director, while Ralph Mulford
and Ira Vail will be two of the driv
ers. The other drivers have not been
named yet. Whether the Crawford
team will race this year or not has not
been announced.
List of Starters in
Big Nine Finals Cut
Down to Dozen Men
Chicago. March 24.Prelim.nary
trials .in the quarter and half-mile
rum todav reduced the field to twelve
starters for the finals in the semi
annual indoor track and field events
of the Western conference tomorrow
niffht
Three heats were necessary to cut
flown tne neia in tne MU-yara event.
Two men qualified in each neriod,
Hi rig a Diamond, negro ftthlate of the
lniversity of Chicago, won the first
heat in 52 4-5, the fastest time of the
trials. Williams of Northwestern
university wai second. Smart of
nortnwestern won me secona neat,
' with Field of Wisconsin trailinar him.
The third heat went to Peuratein of
University of Chicago, Fendarvis of
Illinois hn tin inn second.
Three men qualified in each of the
two heats ot the halt-mile. Van A ken
of Purdue won the first heat in 2:04,
with Sommere of Illinois second and
Clark of Chicago third. Hammond of
Northwestern, Spink of Illinois and
Orcen ot Chicaffo finished in the or
der named in the second heat The
time was 2:05 J.
Chicago ia the favorite to win to
morrow night, although Tenney, the
crack miler, is under quarantine be
cause of measles, Every institution
of the Big Nine, with tne exception
ot jowa, nas a team entered.
Arlington Hunter Wants
Shooting Laws Enforced
S. S. Dixon ' of Arlington Is one
Nebraska hunter and marksman who,
tnouph he oheys the laws to the let
ter, is far from satisfied with the
present restrictions on sorinsr shoot
ing. . Dixon addresses the following
j etter to the sporting editor of The
wee, in which ne speaks nts -nind:
Am I hv btn a ralr of your ptpcr
good many ytara I would Ilk to ity
i rw word in retards to int (atral mis r
:onr Kama law,
I aaw In your papar about thraa ytara
ago that In tht atata of Nabraaka and alae
that of Kanaaa hooters artot dueka to make
taat caaa of tha fadaral law and whan
It eamc to trial It waa decided by tha dis
trict courta that tha law waa unconstitu
tional. Then It was carried up to tha United
State auprem court and thsra has savor
been a decision handed down from that
court. Now aa I am an old hunter and have
lived In N brink a a food many yaara and
killed a rood many dueka and geaaa, will aay
that I havs not taken my fun out In
:ha aprlna; to shoot ducks or any ether
migratory bird atnrt tha law was passed,
but I am fatting tired ot tha way thinse
are running. They do not .aend out any
mme wnrdena to enforce tha law and they
tra shootint ducks every day all around ma.
t reed that down on Carter lake they
were ehootlnt; ducks every mornlnv and
evening;, Pp at North Bend tha hunters had
a camp and killed Jofl or ICfl ducks, dreaaed
them and took them to Omaha and sold
them to tha clubs and still nobody arrested.
Very alca laws w have got In tha United
States. If they would pass lies laws and
en ft ca tha laws they have I think the
country would be better off. We hav to
pay fl license (or the prlvltes; of hunting1
and flehlnv In our atata and I don't kick
on that, but thta amount to several tbous
and dollars and- Is supposed to go to pay
me game waraens o we. wo ana see ini ine
lew la enforced ou flahlna and hunt, n a, but
tney to out and seine and shoot and defy
tne taw.
Now I think th-lt la about time that
some of thosa laws war enforced or wiped
off the statuta and X for ana If I live to
the spring of 1111 and this law la not
' enforced I will take out my old blood-aplller
rmm-un end see If I hava forfetUgj bow
to ieaa a oiu wwi ii-
SEVEN YETS SHOOT
AT STATERECORDS
Omaha Is Well Represented
Among Stars, With Paynter
Moriarty and Logan.
BRIAN LEADS IN DISCUS
By KARL LEE.
Unaware to most followers of in-
terscholastic trak, a Nebraska youth,
Hollstein of Stanton, led the nation
last year in the 100-yard dash. The
time of this speed demon, who cap
tured the century run two successive
years at the state meet was 0:10.1
or a tenth of a second better than
that made at the nattonal meet at
Newark, N. J., by Motley of Atlantic
City High school.
Seven veteran stars of the 1916
track season surive 1917 and will un
doubtedly distinguish themselves in at
least five departments of the field.
Moriarty, Paynter and Logan repre
sent Omaha's contribution. Moriarty
led last year in the 220-yard dash and
the broad jump. His timei in the
dash was 24 seconds, while in the
jump he cleared twenty feet and four
inches. Although this is far from the
state and valley marks, the Omaha
athlete has been jumping consider
ably better than twenty feet eleven
inches in practice, which would indi
cate that he will get by with a few
startlers this year. Nelson of Ne
braska City at the mile, Brian of Lin
coln at the discus throw and Gallilan
of Hardy at the 880-yard run, are the
only other veterans of note, who will
survive,
The most promise for a record
this year, according to advance indi
cations, is the 220 and 440-yard
dashes, the mile run and the broad
jump. Moriarty will do his level best
to hit the high spots in the first dash
and the Jump. His three yean' ex
perience makes the possibility most
promising. The nattonal record for
the 220-yard dash is iii-i second, in
three years the Central phenom has
cut hit own marks by sixteenths sec
onds. Logan led the 440-yard dash
last year, crossing the tape at 552-5
seconds. This is far from a record,
but the Central captain with a year's
experience added will probably lower
wis marK suosiamisiiy.
Brian, the onlv survivor from the
all-star link team last year, captured
the discuss throw by a wide margin
last year and it expected to repeat.
Nelson of Nebraska City has led the
mile event two successive years. Cpl
lister, the Fairbury favorite, who Ms
back for another season, will probably
give mm a acare in attempting nit
third victory.
Fremont and Kearney, strong track
schools of years past, failed to enter
the tourney at Lincoln last year. The
schools, however, are coming strong
agailt this year and will have strong
fast men in the field. Hurdle men are
especially abundent at tht normal
town.
Aviator Invites Race
Drivers to Join Air Corps
Detroit, Mich., March 24. Infor
mation was received here today from
Los Angeles that De Lloyd Thomp
son, a well known aviator, today tele
raohed to eleven famous American
automobile drivers, inviting them to
Dccome memoert ot air aviation unit
to serve the government in case of
war. The proposed unit would be
known as "the aerial sharp shooters,"
Tha racers whom Thompson hat
invited are Barney Oldneld, Dario
Resta. Ralph De Fatma. Eddie Rick
enbacher, Johnny Aitken, Howard
Wilcox, Earl Cooper, Eddie Pullen,
Wilbur D'Alene, Thomaa Milton and
Eddie O'Donnell. All of these men,
it it. understood, have made flights
with Thompson.
Call Golf Event Off on
Account of Fear of War
New York. March 24. Announce
ment today that the Fox Hills Golf
club of Staten Island had called off
Its invitation tournament scheduled
for May 17 brought to the attention
of golfers the question of how the
sport would be Effected by war. The
Fox Hills club cancelled its tourna
ment on account of the grave inter
national situation.
Howard F. Whitney, secretary of
the United states Uoll association,
laid that the organization had as yet
adopted no policy, although ita exe
cutive committee wat watching de
velopment!. He declared there would
bt no attempt to torce tournaments
down the throats of players."
Marsans Will Travel
In the Air in the Future
Armando Marsans sayt he is eoim
back to his home in Havana next fal
by aeroplane. He and Earl Hamilton
had a rough passage from Cuba to
New Orleans on their way to report
to the Browns and he wants no more
of it. .
We sail three days from Cuba,
"volunteered Armando, "the boat
headed for, New Orleans, The gulf
it keeck up trnbull rumpus, tarl and
myself get seek don't care what hap
pen. Just as soon go down at not.
Oh, my head, it ache and then ache
tome more. Earl, he say same thing,
No more sea rides for Armando."
Ernie Holmes Signs Up
Nifty Bunch of Talent
Ernie Holmes, who makes his debut
aa a sandlot manager this spring, has
already collected hit team and it
lookt like a real contender. Some of
the classiest amateur talent in the city
ia included in the lineup which
Johnny riazen will lead. I he lineup
it at follows:
Catchers: Walter Hpallinan and Lee
Klany.
Pitchers! Art Eyck, BUI Madden, Bill
Kffre.
Flrat toaee: Hush Graham.
Second baae: Johnny Haaen.
Short atop: Joe Ultham.
Third baae: Hernle Prohet.
Outfleldera; Pete Murray. Carl Stansel
ana t ran ana Jim MiresKy,
Jack Hughes -Makes 82
Over Field Club Links
Sixty-five golfers took advantage of
the spring-like -weather yesterday to
take a turn around the links at the
Field club. Some pretty goods scores
were made. Jack Hughes was the
low man for the afternoon with an
82. C. E. Griffey negotiated an 83,
M. A. La Douceur an 86, H McCoy
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PA STILL IN NEED
OF THREEGOOD MEN
(Contlanad from Fact One.)
Thompson has gone to his old home
in Perry, N. Y., where he will bury
his father, who died last week while
visiting Cecil here. He will return
in a week or so. He took a couple
of base balls with him and intends
to work his arm into shape himself.
Barham. it is believed, will prove a
winner. Barham comes from Van
couver, where he pitched some great
ball last year. He is, of course, a
doubtful prospect, in a sense, but
Kourke believes there is little danger
that he will fail to deliver the goods.
Need One More,
This trivet Rourke five pitchers, but
he wants another one, to make sure.
He had the sixth man in Benton, but
that worthy hat a grievance over
$100 he alleges the Winnipeg club
owes him and refuses to tign until
the laid $100 it forthcoming. Rourke
Rourke doesn't get the idea of Ben
ton threatening him for any short
comings of the Winnipeg club and is
about to cut Denton adritt u ne
doesn't become reasonable. So he
has a couple of ttringt out for a
hdrler or two and expect! to tnare
a good one in a week or to, when the
big-league clubt begin to cut down.
Pa hat no wornet regarding hit
outfield. He hat three good men in
Shag Thompton, Fonythe and
Brokaw. . Thompson, the Omaha
leader has a hunch, is going to have
his biggest year. Shag it the kind
of a player who putt all hit tpirit
into hit playing. Brokaw comes to
well recommended Pa ia certain he
will be one of the ttara of the cir
cuit. Fortythe hasn't signed yet, but
is working out every day ana no
doubt will be fixing his signature to
the papers shortly. And, of course,
Earl Smith may be returned by the
Chicaaro Cubs. In that event there
will be four candidates for three po
sitions, and no one of the four would
have' a cinch on hit job. The outer
works are well protected.
lhe mheld needs only a first base
man. There ia t chance Rourke may
yet be able to get Holderman. If
he can't, he'll try to get some other
good first sacker who is also a long
and hard hitter.
Practically all of the athletes are
in Omaha now, and if the weather
continues aa spring-like as it was last
week, Manager Marty Krug expects
to have hit men in great shape by
the time of the exhibition games the
first of April.
No Humorists in
To Chase P. Bodie
Back to Pacific
i
Ping Bpdie's return to the Ameri
can league gives him the long desired
opportunity to prove to his for
mer manager, Jimmy Callahan, that
"Jeems" made a mistake in sending
him back to the minors. Bodie -came
from the Pacific Coast league to the
Chicago White Sox several years ago
heralded as a "fence buster. He took
a long swing at the ball and when he
landed the horsehide took a regular
Cravath trip. He, however, got a
reputation for not being a quick
thinker or close student of the na
tional game. In other words, Bodie
wat supposed to play the game only
with main strength. Numerous funny
stories were written with Bodie as the
"goat," some of which were true, but
the majority were new to Bodie until
he saw them in pryit.
The reputation did not do Bodie
any good and Manager Callahan sent
him oack to the San Francisco club.
This Ping considered an injustice.
Bodie went back to the Pacific Coast
league vowing that he would do such
good work that he would some day
come back to the majors and "show
up Callahan."
Ping made good his vow so far as
getting another chance was con
cerned. He rattled the horsehide off
the fences in the Pacific Coast league
and it it said cured himself of his
weakness of not being able to hit
curve balls. Harry Wolverton, who
manages the San Francisco team, and
his report to Manager Mack of the
Athletics on Bodie was ao excellent
that Connie decided to purchase
Ping. In to doing Manager Mack
slipped in ahead of several other
clubt which were eager to land the
"fence buster."
There are few humorous writers on
Philadelphia newspapers so that Ping
will be judged there on his merits as
a ball player and not be a mark for
tunny rainy-day stories.
Ebbets Likes to Hear
Team Called Champions
Charley Ebbets' hearing ia improv
ing. At a recent practice game in
Hot Springs the umpire announced
to the assembled tans: the Boston
Red Sox. champions of the world, will
play the Brooklyn National league
team here Sunday."
"What'a that, Mr. Umpire?" asked
Mr. Ebbets, as he leaned over. "Please
make that Brooklyn champions of
tne National league.
The umpire made the correction.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH
MOST REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH OF JOE STECHER
IN ACTION Stecher hat hit famoui scissors hold clamped
en Ad Santell and the agony it causes it plainly shown in tha
face of Santell, whom Stecher it just pinning to the mat be
fore 15,000 people in the Exposition Auditorium at San
Francisco.
EARL EARNS RIGHT
TO HEETJTECHER
(Continued from Fas One.)
came a professional he swung right
into that stecher trail ana nes toi
lowed it ever since despite the many
obstacles encountered enroute. .
In the short year and a half that he
has been a professional wrestler Cad
dock has met no less than fourteen
opponents who had previously been
foes of Stecher. And, as Stecher
threw them, Caddock threw all four
teen in straight falls.
It is, of course, true that Caddock
didn't make aa short work of them
at did Stecher. That it all except
two. Caddock bumped Bob Managoff
off in thirty-three minutes, while it
took Stecher forty minutes to turn
the same trick and it took both thirty-three
minutes to polish Paul
Domke off. In the other twelve cases
Joe vanquished his opponents faster
than Caddock, but the margin of dif
ference wasn't so very great, not great
enough to make the odds very heavy
on Joe.
For instance,- Caddock threw Mort
Henderson in seventeen minutes,
while Stecher did it in fifteen. Cad
dock jammed Demctra! in twenty
three minutes, Stecher in seventeen.
In other matches the margin was
wider. But in not a single match
was the margin of difference as much
as half an hour, so it can be seen
that Caddock comet pretty near be
ing as fast a worker as Stecher.
Neither Stecher nor Caddock have
ever had their shoulders touched to
the mat. One of them is going to
get it on April 9. Will it be Ne
braska or Iowa? Dodge county or
Lassr lime alone will tell.
George Sisler Will Not
Pitch at All Any More
Manager Fielder Tones of the St.
Louis Browns is out with a declara
tion that he never will use George
Sisler in the pitcher's box again. After
pitching Sisler finds that his shoul
der muscles tighten up for several
days, throwing him off his batting
striae, sisler is a wonderful pitcher,
but he is more valuable to the Browns
as a. batter.
Schedules of the
Amateur Leagues
BOOSTER I.KAfU E.
April IS-June .
Uaidaa vi. Tradotmena.
Dreeher Brothers va. Mandan Parka.
Dahlman Knlehta va. Oraham Ice Creama.
Trimble Arothera va. Sample Hart Motor
Co.
Graham lea. Creama va. temple Herte.
April Si-June 10.
Maariae va. Ureaher Brothers.
Tradesmen va. Mandan Perua.
Dahlman Kntshta va. Sample Harta.
Oraham Ice Creama va. Trimble Brothers.
April SB-June 17.
Maadaa va. Mandan Parka.
Tradeamana va. praehr-r Urothera.
pahlman Knlshte va. Trimble Urothera.
Oraham Ice t'reams va. Hample Harta.
May fl-June 14.
Maadaa va. Dahlman Knlt.
Tradeamana va. Oraham Ire Creama.
Dreeher Brothera va. Trimble Brothere.
Hample Harta va. Mandan Parka.
May lS-Juljr 1.
Maadaa va. Oraham Ire Creama.
Tradeamana va. Dahlman Knlshta.
Dreeher Brothers va. Sample Harta.
Trimble Brothera vs. Mandan Parka.
May lO-Jnlv t.
Maadaa va. Sample Harta.
Tradeamana vs. Trimble Brothera.
Dreeher Brothera va. Dahlman Knlshta.
Urabam Ice Creama va. Mandan Parka.
May tl-July 15.
Maadaa vs. Trimble U. others.
Tradeamana va. Sample Harts.
Dreeher Brothera va. Oraham lee Creama.
Dahlman Kntfhta va. Mai4an Parka.
ISIKR-CITV LEAUIE.
Aprn IB-Jana S.
ltamblera va. J. B. Boots.
Ttny Tola va. Trimble Juniora.
Tark Avenue Plorleta va. Mont Claires.
South Omaha Titers va. World-Herald
Newaboya.
April fJ-Jone 10.
Ramblora va. Tiny Tote.
J. B. Roote va. Trimble Juniora.
Park Avenue Florlste va. W. H. Neweboya.
Mont Clalrea va. 8. O. Tlsere.
April tO-Jnne 17.
Rnmblera va. Trimble Juniora.
J. B. Reota va. Tiny Tola.
Park Avenue Florists vs. 8. O. Tlsere.
W. 11. Newaboya va. Mont Clalrea.
Muy t-June 24.
Rambtera va. Park Avenue Florists.
J. B. Roots va. Mont Olalrea.
Tiny Tots va. 8. O. Tlsere.
Trimble Junlore va. W. . Newaboya.
May It-Jnly t.
Ramhlera va. Mont Clalrea.
J. B. Hoota va. Park Avenue Florlsta.
Tiny Tola va. W. II, Newsboye.
Trimble Juniora vs. 8. o. Tigers.
May 10-July t.
Ramblers va. W. H. Newsboys.
8. o. Ttsera vs. J. B. Hoota.
Tiny Tots va. Park Avenue Plorlata.
Trimble Junlore vs. Mont Clalrea.
May Sl-Jiilr 19.
8. O. Tlaera va. Ramblers.
W. H. Neweboya va. J. B. Roote.
Tiny Tola va. Mont Claires,
i'rlmble Ju.itors va. fark Avenue Plor
lata. CITY I.KAUI R.
April Sa-May tt-July I.
Murphy-lnd-lta ve. Carter Lake Cu.
W. 11. Clarke va. uiaabn Oraln Huhane
Steatea vs. Dundee Woolen Mills.
April It-June t-July a.
Murphy-Dld-Ite vs. Dundee Woolen Mllla
W. O. Clarka va. Carter Lake Club.
LaSleatas vs. Omaha Oraln Btchant.
May t-Juna 10-July IB.
Murphy-Uld lla va. LaSlestaa.
W. o. Clarka va. Dundee Woolen Mllla.
Carter lk Club ve. Omaha Oraln
chanse.
May lS-Jnne 17-Jnty ft.
Murphy-Dld-Ils vs. Walter 0, Clarka.
Carter Lake Club va. JaSleataa.
Dundee Woolen Mills va. Omaha Drain
Exchange.
May try-June K-July tf.
Murphy-Dld-Ite. va. Omaha. Oraln Si
chance. Carter Lake Club va Dundea Woolen
Milts.
Walter u. Clarka va. Lesieitae.
25, 1917.
CAST OFF BY MACK,
NOW CALLED STARS
8am Orane and Billy Kopf Her
alded ai World-Bcaterg by
Orif and Matty.
FAILED WITH ATHLETICS
Connie Mack for the last two years
is supposed to have had the worst
ball teams that ever took the field in
a major league, and yet and this
looks like one of the upsets of base
ball two players who were not good
enough for the worst team in the
majors are expected to be high-clast
performers this season with other ma
jor league clubs. Reference ia made
to Billy Kopf (Brady), who wilj be
with Cincinnati, and Sam Crane, who
will be with Washington.
. Kopf and Crane are shortstops.
From 1910 until last season Manager
Mack experimented with several short
stops in the hope that one of them
would fill the bill in case anything
happened to Jack Parry. Among these
players were Claude Derrick, Billy
Orr, Sam Crane and Billy Kopf. None
of them could fill the bill. Three of
them were sent to the Baltimore club
of the International league, and the
other, Orr, to the Sacramento club.
Orr and Derrick are still playing in
the minor leagues, but Crane and Kopf
have, fought their way out of the
trenches and back to the big leagues.
Crane was twice tried out by Mana
ger Mack. Connie thought that he had
a coming star in Sam, and a lot of
time was spent in tutoring him in the
fine points of the shortstop position,
after he was brought on from the Ra
leigh club, which was managed by
Connie's son, Earl. Both times that
Crane got try-outs he was sick and
failed to show-the class that was ex
pected of him.
Where both Crane and Kopf fell
down hard was in hitting. Connie cer
tainly does love the plaver who can
lay the wood to the horsehide.
Crane did excellent work for Balti
more last year, and recently Manager
Griffith of the Washington club
turned three players over to Manager
Dunn of Baltimore for Sam. Griffith
is confident that Crane will be able to
jump into the place so long capably
filled by George McBride.
Groh Boosts Kopf.
Kopf was secured from Baltimore
last summer by the Cincinnati Reds.
He showed a lot of improvement
from the time that he left the Ath
letics and his work made a hit with
Manager Mathewson. It also im
pressed Heine Groh, the second
sacker of the Reds, who says of Kopf:
"Billy Kopf is destined to fill that
shortstop place so beautifully that the
Cincinnati fans will not miss Her
zog. During the twelve games that
Kopf played for us last fall, I was
on second and working with him.
That little set of games was all 1
needed to convince me that we had
at last found Herzog's successor.
Kopf was digging them up to the
right and left, anil be was coming
over to the base to do team plays
with me just as though he had been
there for seasons. He never hesi
tated or stood with the ball in his
hand, as too many youngsters do for
a second or so while making up their
minds what thev ought to start, or
which base need's the ball the most.
Neither did he commit the opposite
mistake; make flurried plays or rush
ill the wrong direction. He can hit
and isn't a snail on bases, and, as I
have remarked, he is a thinking in
fielder." Connie Mack will pull for both
Kopf and Crane to make good, but
the Athletics' manager will continue
to believe that he has picked the right
man in Lawton Witt.
Constantine Romonoff No
Match for Joe Stecher
Los Angeles, March 24. Joseph
Stecher, world's heavyweight wrest
ling champion, brought his famous
body scissors into play again and de
feated Constantine Romonoff in
Straight falls here tonight. The
champion required fourteen minutes
and thirty seconds to accomplish the
first fall and six minutes to end the
second with a combination half-Nelson
and body cissors. The contest
ants rolled through the ropes in the
second clash and Romonoff severely
wrenched his arm.
Bradford Looking for '
Hurler to Help Oleson
Fred Bradford's Brandeit team is
getting ready to clash with Pa
Rourke's pro athletes in the first game
of the local season on April 1. Brad
ford has Jined up practically an entire
nine, but ia ttill searching for a few
more men to complete hit full
ttrength. He it still shy a good hurler
to aid Morrie Oleson. The Brandeit
ptayeri signed up to date are Morrie
Oleson, Pete Lyck, Clink Claire,
Geoace " Graham, Frank Woodruff,
Frank Synek, Eddie Lawler, Eddie
Dygert and Eddie Hazen.
Klabart; a geneailoau
The feet and clever work of Milt Rtsherir,
tha Pactne coaat inflelder, la tha aaneatten
of tha White Sox training camp at Mineral
Wetla. If tha Paolfle aloper cfen keep up
hie preeent pece he will aurely land a reg
ular berth with tha Sos.
GOLF THE GAME THAT
CATCHESTHE MASSES
Spreads Over Country Like a
Prairie- Tir Drivn by a
Swift Gale.
MA&Y MKTS ABE OAEDID
It can truthfully be said that no
game in the world demandt the
amount of intelligent thought and la
bor, aside from the actual playing of
it, as does golf. This 1 rnade up in
the time and consideration necessary
to the creation, preservation and per
fection of the ground upon which it
is played. Other games demand that
the playing surface be everywhere
alike.
Golf stands alone as the one great
game which has no set ideal in this
respect. What ideal there is is largely
subjective and hence the power ' to
create a golf course worthy of the
material in hand may be called an
intelligent activity of a high order
and a fascinating one, too, because of
the variable and novel conditions
which each individual example pres
ents. Laws Not Admissible.
Absolute laws are not admissible
and the fascination lies largely in dis
covering We best manner of applying
the general laws involved. Every soil
has its own peculiarities, demanding
a special treatment, and every piece
of ground a Singular conformation,
requiring special adaptations of the
broad princples of golf architecture,
Green keeping as a necessity to the
playing of the game is new in the
life history of golf. Fifty years ago
the flocks of sheep that roamed the
links land of Scotland were the only
actual greenkeepers. It was only
when the game commenced to in
crease in popularity and spread south
into England that the real birth of
the necessity for the proper care of
the ground came into being.
Golf to took possession of the new
devotee that he was not content that
the playing conditions should only be
at their best during one period of the
year. He wanted to play golf the
year round, and was not to have his
pleasure spoiled necause ot tne tradi
tion and feeling in Scotland that it
was a sin and even a sacrilege to in
anyway present a natural growth of
the green. More than that, he must
have his golf near his home.
This rapid growth and spread of
the game into what were then new
and unnatural situations brought into
being the present art and science of
green keeping. The spread of the
game to America was another move to
conditions far more unsuitable than
any that existed in Great Britain.
There is little doubt that the quick
disappearance of eighteenth century
American golf was due to the fact
that economical means did not then
exist to overcome the natural un
favorable golfing conditions.
Americans have attacked the problem
of creating turf in a climate unfavor
able to its natural growth with an un
remitting attention to details which
has resulted, despite everything to the
contrary, in some of our courses hav
ing greens the equal of any in the
world. The general improvement of
the game through the country or in
any section of it depends upon the
quality of golf offered. This is some
thing which every one it awar of,
and yet how difficult hat it been for
green committees to make even the
simplest changes. Humanity is at
bottom conservative, and every sud
den change is looked at askance.
Although one of the objects of the
Metropolitan Golf association, as set
down in Article 2 of its constitution,
is to arrange dates without conflict
for open and invitation tournaments,
it would appear as the seasons roll
around that the task becomes more
and more difficult.
For instance, in the latest list of
tournaments announced from the sec
retary's office of the local association,
the Sleepy Hollow Country club is
given June 21-23 for its invitation
meeting. That is in the same week
with the women't metropolitan cham
pionship at Piping Rock. To be sure,
the tournaments in question have lit
tle in common; Just the same, there
are those players who would be glad
to visit Piping Rock who are likely
to be found in the Sleepy Hollow
tournament.
Then there it the Apawamis invita
tion, for which June 23 to 30 is set
aside. Here again is a conflict, this
time with the national open cham
pionship at Brae Burn. First on the
list of the new datet it the Fox Hills
Golf club. May 17-19, and next comes
"arden City, May 31-Junt 2. The
New York Golf club tournament at
Van Cortlandt is on for August 29-31
and the Tuxedo invitation September
20-22.
flenaon first Ten in Wlna. I
Gretna, Non March 84 ISpecia! Tele- 1
(ram.) The first and neennd banket ball
teams of the Uretna High arhool played
nnalnot the first and aeeon4 teama of Ben
son HlBh eehnol at FJenson Frfclay evenlnf.
The Honecut first tssm won, 10 to IS. Tha
Cretna second team won, J to 1.
That Spring
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THE CYCLE MAN
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PETERS SEEKS ONE
MORE CRACK AT JOE
Papillion Carpenter Hopes for
Another Chance at Stech
er' s Crown.
HAS SYSTEM WORKED OUT
Another crack at Joe Steelier and
the muchly cherished wrestling
crown Joe modestly wears upon his
brow, is now the one desire, ambi
tion and hope of Charley Peters, the
Papillion carpenter.
A year ago Charley s sole ambition
was to get one crack at Steelier. He
got it. After some forty-seven min
utct of cracking Papillion's leading
citizen had a little bad luck and, like
all the rest, S. Lewis excepted, re
ceived the short end of the purse.
Now Charley wants the second crack.
'Twas ever thus, e'en since the day
the first Roman gladiator harpooned
amidships in a joust with a merry
playmate, rose manfully on his death
couch and dramatically gurgled: "I
wasn't in condition and the lucky
stiff got all the breaks," while a cou
ple of stone-age reporters, charcoal
and slate in hand, scribbled down the
first alibi on record. Since that date
Alibi Ike has been the world's busiest
f;uy and nobody will admit he is
icked until they play the soft music
behind him.
Offers No Alibi.
Peters himself ofters no alibis for
his defeat at the hands of the Dodge
phenom a couple of months ago, al
though his handlers and friends have
several. Charley just wants another
crack at Stecher. The Papillion grap
pler did not let up on his training
after his bout with Joe, but is work
ing out regularly. He believes he can
induce Joe to give him a return
match.
And, if Joe does, Charity says it
will be a different story. Like the
bird who tried to lick .he bank at
Monte Carlo, Peters has a system.
He says he learned Stecher's style
and Stecher's ways in the last match
and that he has worked out a defense
that will completely baffle the champ.
This, of course, all depends upon
Stecher's match with Caddock. If the
Anita (Ia.) lad chucks Joe, Peters will
have to look to Caddock for his sec
ond crack at the crown.
Lincoln Ryers at Last
Get Chance at the Title
Lincoln, March 24. The Lincoln
Cleaning and Dye Works base ball
team, member of the National Ama
teur Base Ball association, and 1916
champions of the western and south
erns divisions, will have an oppor
tunity to meet the Cleveland May
team for the championship of the
United States.
A telegram received today from
James H. Lowrey. president of the
association, says that he proposes the
championship game to be played bc
played between Lincoln and Cleve
land on Memorial Day at Cleveland.
If the Cleveland team does not put
up expense money for the Lincoln
club before April 20, the champion
ship will be awrded to the Lincoln
team and trophies indicative of that
title will be given to the local club.
The Cleveland team last fall re
fused to put up the expense money
for the Lincoln team's trip to the
Ohio city and since that time the
championship has hung fire.
MERCHANTS
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Sunday, 50c Table d'Hotej
From 11 A. M. to S P. M.
Olives
Green Onions
Radishes
SOUP
Puree of Tomato
Roast Prime Ribs, au Jus
Roast Young Turkey with
Celery and Oyster Dressing
Cranberry Sauce
Roast Virginia Ham
Cranberry Sauce
June Peas in Butter
New Potatoes in Cream
Head Lettuce Salad
French Dressing
Cream Pie Mince Pie
or
Chocolate Ice Cream and Cake
Coffee
Fishing Trip
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