Ty Cobb's Off to a Good Start and the Boys Know What to Expect
RUTHERFORD MAY
GO TO MOID CITY
Washington University Seeks!
Huskcr Coach as Director
of Athletics
EASE BALL TEAM IS SLOW
By JAMES E. LAWRENCE.
Lincoln, March 31. (Special.) The
University of Nebraska is very likely
to lose the services of Dick Ruther
ford as assistant coach next year,
with at least two western schools
ailing for the former Huskcr star.
Washington university, St. Louis,
wants Rutherford to take complete
charge of the athletic department at
that institution. Rutherford made the
trip and looked over the situation,
hut lias arrived at no decision. The
St. Louis job would give him a boost
in salary and at the same time put him
in supreme control of the athletic af
fairs of the school. Rutherford draws
$-',0Ut) a year at Nebraska.
The Huskcr management, while re
gretting to lose the services of Ruth
erford, will throw no stones in his
path to prevent him from securing a
merited promotion. The personal re
lations between Dr. Stewart and his
assistant are the most cordial and
the Husker all-year coach could be
depended upon to give Rutherford a
good boost in anything he went after.
Until Rutherford reaches some de
cision, no attempt will be made to
complete the coaching staff at Ne
braska for the next season. While
Stewart has been re-elected, no action
has been taken with regard to the as
sistant director of athletics, Guy E.
Reed, and the assistant coach. It is
understood that both Reed and Ruth
erford will be re-elected if they care
to remain. t
Base Ball Slow.""
Drafting a base ball team is a little
more of a job than Husker athletic
authorities anticipated. A big squad
has been working out during the en
tire week, but Coach Rutherford, who
is in direct charge of the base ball
men, has made little progress towards
assembling the team. Rutherford
wants to put ,in another week before
he selected any of the members ot
the team.
The battery situation is giving him
the most concern. He has a big class
of candidates for hurling honors, in
cluding Harry Smith, Mackey, Ber
quist, a South Omaha High school
lad; John Riddell and Pickett, but the
outlook is none too promising, as all
of the material is inexperienced.
For catchers Rutherford is using
"Doc" Shaw, Ed Shaw and Ted Rid
kll, all big men, but fairly active. He
does not anticipate he will have much
trouble in finding a suitable back
stopper among the trio.
For the other jobs there is a big
hunch of material, but no attempt was
made during the last week to line it
up.
Pleased With Track Team.
Reed is lining his track squad up
and is bctter'pleasSd with it than he
has been for years. In the two-mile
event Glenn Graff has all the ear
marks of a comer, while Captain
Overman is one of the best milers
in the Missouri Valley conference.
I'ot-il believes that Overman is a sure
,:nt winner in that event. In the
hail mile Grau, Jackson and Bryans,
the Iattt-r an old Omaha High school
lad. arc the best of the bunch.
In the quarter-mile Owens and
Tuwnscml have the call and should
prove to be point winners. Both have
lad a year's experience and showed
up well in the Missouri Valley con
ference last year. '
In the hurdles Finney is the best
man the Huskers have had in years.
He did exceptional work in the Kan
sas City indoor meet and Reed is con
fident he will deliver.
In the weights, Shaw, Reese and
Lon Graff can be depended upon to
land places for the Huskers. The
sprints, pole vault and jumps are Ne
braska's weak points. Werner is the
best man in school in the sprints.
Kimball, Jones and Adkins are new
men for the pole vault. Werner and
Flint are working out in the jumps.
Grau, Overman and Owens are the
only letter men on the squad, but
Reed is banking on his youngsters
strongly to bring home the bacon.
The Husker mentor has scheduled
a class day meet April 14, at which
he will pick his varsity squad.
Pardello Was Willing
To Take Paderewski On
Carl Marfisi, Gene Melady's handy
man and for many years prominent
figure in boxing and wrestling circles,
was spinning yarns with a number
of friends at the Merchants hotel
one evening last week. The name
of Leo Pardello, once famous Italian
wrestler, who has appeared in Omaha
a number of times, came up and
prompted Carl to tell this story on
the grapplers:
"Pardello about twelve years ago
was working at Minor's theater in
'ew York. He was meeting all com
ers and a theater manager from
Schenectady came down to the
nctropolis to see Pardello and make
Leo an offer for a match at his show
louse. He asked Pardello if he would
ntertaiu wrestling one match for
tint.
"Pardello, Jn his Italian dialect,
iskcd him if he had, ever had any
null class performers at his theater.
The manager informed him that a
diort time prior he had I Paderewski,
Mellia and Kubelik.
"Pardello looked up, muttered
humph, ' and then said, 'Well, I never
;ear who those people is, just the
same, you make one big tournament,
match up the three, and the one who
win. I will come to your theater and
wrestle him for a finish.'"
State Golf Association
Will Meet Tuesday Noon
Directors of the Nebraska Golf as
sociation will hold a meeting in the
rooms of the Omaha Commercial
club Tuesday noon. The place and
lates of 191 annual tournament will
be decided and a new constitution
and bylaws suhmitted for adoptionj
i idus io exjenu me ouration ot tne
annual tournament to give ample op
portunity for all entrants to partici
pate in the qualifying round will also
be discussed.
Dig Up Old Tackle,
Fishing Season On
The fishing season opened in
Nebraska today.
All of the rivers, lakes and
streams in the state are open and
most of them are said to contain
many fish. Because of the warm
weather in March it is believed
the finny tribe will be easily
coaxed to nibble at the bait sub
mitted, and some of the best early
fishing in years is anticipated.
Many of the lakes have been
stocked with fish in plentiful quan
tities by the state.
A law has been introduced in the
legislature delaying the opening of
the season on bass until June 1,
but it is still being debated and
the disciples of Izaak Walton who
like to pursue the game fish plan
to have considerable fishing while
the aolons are still arguing.
TRACK INTEREST
MAKESJIG GAINS
Holding of Missouri Valley
Meet Brings Cinder Path
Game Back.
CUT OUT HANDICAP MEETS
s By KARL LEE.
Three things are calculated to con
tribute mightily in the drive for in
terscholastic track records in Omaha
and Nebraska this year. First, all
meets here are to be non-handicap
events; second, superior organization
of track festivals throughout the
state, and, third, interest of the coun
try in scholastic events will be cen
tered on Nebraska.
For years Nebraska has been handi
capped, as far as national prestige is
concerned, by the introduction of
handicap tourneys in the state. Rec
ords made in such meets, although
some of the most brilliant track and
field men in the country participated,
are unofficial in the eyes of those
who compile national records. This
has had a tendency to lessen interest
in Nebraska, to the end that the Corn
husker state has practically dropped
into complete seclusion in interschol
astic competition. It is gratifying to
know that the handicap will not be
incorporated in any meets here this
year.
In five years past few Missouri val
ley records have held prestige in the
zone of national reputation. For a
greater number of years valley inter
scholastic events have been practically
ignored. This condition is about to
be relieved. Centralizing in Omaha,
the second largest city in the valley,
Missouri valley officials are to stage
the greatest athletic field meet yet
held in this section. Leading up to
this event state meets are to be held
in each of the states participating.
In Nebraska minor sectional meets
are to lead up to the state event.
Enthusiasm at Central.
Coach Mulligan at Central High
called a meeting of track prospectives.
A full hundred answered and the next
night, although the state meet is six
weeks away, a half dozen of the hope
fuls were out in trunks ready for the
season's grind.
, In the state the interest is just as
intense. At North Platte, Kearney
and Fremont, track centers for dec
ades back, are to be held sectional
meets the first week in May. At the
close of spring vacation in the com
ing week, most of these schools will
have their track squads hard at work.
Seven veterans survive from last year.
Two dozen others who failed to get
in oh the pie at the state tourneys are
also ready to contest honors again.
With this spirit here and a similar
vein in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and
South Dakota, there is little else to
expect except the greatest track
meets in history.
Jack Ness to Play
On Semi-Pro Club in
Chicago This Year
Jack Ness, holder , of the world's
record for consecutive hitting, who
played first base for the White Sox
last year, has quit professional base
ball and gone into business in the
manufacturing end of the United
States Ball Bearing Manufacturing
company.
This does not mean, however, that
Ness will not play base ball any more,
for he will play first base and act as
captain of the United States Ball
Bearing team, winners of the Chicago
Mercantile league pennant last year,
which team has been entered in the
Chicago Commercial league for the
season of 1917.
One thing is certain, however, that
Ness will lead a real base ball team
this year when he dc:s play, for on
the United States Ball Bearing team
are no less than seven ex-professional
players.
Earnest Dennis, catcher; Billy Har
ley, right field, and Harry Glazer,
pitcher, all played with Joe Tinker on
the Chi-Feds. Red Torkleson made
a most enviable reputation pitching
in the Western association and Char
lie Jensen was given a tryout last
year by the Cubs. Happy Rudolph,
second baseman, was formerly cap
tain of the University of Chicago
team. '
Ty Cobb Will Play Right
For the Tigers This Year
There is a possibility that Ty Cobb
will play right field for the Detroit
Americans this season. Manager Jen
nings believes that Sam Crawford is
through as a fielder and expects to
use Harry Hailmann as the third
man in the outfield. Jennings says
centerfield is easier to play than the
other gardens and plans to use Heil
mafin in that position, while Cobb
is shifted to Crawford's place.
Ed Hanlon May Lose His
Ball Park at Sioux City
The Commercial club of Sioux City,
which is back of the movement to
erect a new armory for the town s
military companies, has its eyes on
the Sioux City ball park and if it can
make the deal Ed Hanlon's club will
have to move. The fans have been
demanding a new ball park anyway,
for the present one is far too small.
RODRKES BATTLE
BRANDEIS TODAY
Pa's Hopefuls Make First Ap
pearance of Year in Game
With Semi-Pros.
WILL USE THE NEW MEN
Unless the weather man unmerci
fully turns the raging elements loose
so that the athletes would become
entirely congealed and spectators
could not lamp the proceedings un
less protected by overcoats, ear
muffs and portable stoves, Pa
Rourke's hopefuls, who will strive
this season to repeat the success of
their predessors, in capturing the
Western league gonfalon, will make
their first appearance of the year to
day. The Rourklets are scheduled to
engage in mortal combat with Fred
Bradford's Brandeis team at Kourke
park at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Manager Krug will send his strong
est lineup against the semi-pros and
will probably use at least four of
his twirlers, including a couple of the
new men so that the fans will he able
to get a line upon the athletes upon
whom they depend their hopes this
season.
Wayne Barham and Murphy Currie
are two of the new hurlers, who will
probably work for at least an in
ning or two today. Both of these
young chaps are right banders with
plenty of smoke fcnd curves and Krug
believes they will be winners in the
Western this year. Currie especially
looks promising. Young Wyman may
be given an opportunity to show his
stuff this afternoon, too.
New Man Behind Bat.
A new man will be seen behind the
bat, Tony Brottem. If Brottem lives
up to expectations and shows the
same kind of stuff he has been the
last week in training, the fans wilt
forget all about Ernie Krucger be
fore long.
In the infield," Oak Helming and
Johnny Watkins are the men. Hen
ning is the first sacker striving to
till the shoes of Ray Miller and Wat
kins is a shortstopper of considerable
class.
Hal Brokaw is the only new out
fielder. He will occupy the left gar
den. Shag Thompson and Cy For
sythe, favorites of last year, will be
on the job in center and right.
In Good Shape.
Until yesterday the weather all
last w eek ideal for practice and Marty
put his charges through three hours
every day with the consequence that
practically every man on the squad
is ready to go at the discharge of the
gun.
Bradford promises to give the leag
" uers some real competition with his
semi-pros. He has all of last year's
stars back with a couple of additions
and he is confident his men will put
up a real battle. Morric Olson, who
is a pretty keen hurler, will be on
the firing line and that means the
Rourkes will have to be on the job
to get their hits. The teams will line
up as follows:
OMAHA. BRANDEIS.
Henntns Flrnt Clair
Irian Second Graham
Burg. , Third flynelc
Krutr Shot W'OMirurf
Wutktns Shot
Brokaw Left Rohen
J. Thompson Center Dygert
Forepthe Right Lawlcr
Brottem Catch Lyrk
O'Toolo Pitch Olaon
Merz Plteh Hazen
Barham Pitch
Currie - Pitch
Wyman Pitch
Les Darcy Swears
He is Worth Only
Three Thousand
Of all' the accusations against Les
Darcy only one seems to have cut
him to the quick and that was the
charge that he was worth $100,000.
He was much cast down by the
printed statement as to his worldly
possessions and his despondency was
increased when Governor Whitman,
during their conference at Albany,
pointedly asked the Australian if it
was true that he had $100,000 in cash
and real estate in Australia.
Darcy emphatically replied in the
negative, but in order to make his
denial more positive he has signed an
affidavit to the effect that he has not
more than $3,000 worth of property in
his native land. In his affidavit Darcy
aLo attempts to set himself right in
reference to other charges against
him.
War Would Cause Tennis ,
Tourneys to Be Cancelled
New York, March 31. The ques
tion of cancelling the 1917 tennis
tournament schedule in case of war
has been delegated by the National
Lawn Tennis association, it was an
nounced today, to the executive com
mittee of the organization. The com
pleted schedule contains more than
200 tournaments, dates ranging from a
few days to two weeks. It will be
issued for publication shortly. Should
cancellation become necessary, every
club in the association will be so noti
fied. Norris Williams Wins
In Three Tennis Matches
Boston, March 31. R. Norris Will
iams, 2d, national lawn tennis cham
pion, won in three matches in the
invitation tennis tournament on the
covered courts of the Longwood
Cricket club today. In the singles he
defeated H. G. M. Kelleher, Seattle,
Wash., a student at Harvard, 6-2, 6-2.
In the doubles, paired with G. W.
Wightman, Boston, he defeated C. M.
Bull, jr., New York, and Irving C.
Wright, Boston. 6-2, 6-1, and then won
over Richard Bishop and H. C. John
son, 6-1, 7-5.
Evers' Brother Signs
Contract With Peoria
John Evers' brother, Joe, who has
been knocking around in various
minor leagues for several years, try
ing to become a real Evers. has
signed his contract with the Peoria
club of the Three-I league and will
keep on trying.
Wild Bill Bees Pennant,
If the Yankees have the good tuck to
aldeatep accident thla sesson there la noth
ing to It but the penn.int. So aayeth Man
ager "Wild William" )ouovan.
SPOR TS SECTION
The Omaha
Sunday Bee
OMAHA,
FOUR OF PA'S STAR FLINGERS Upon this quartet of righthanded hurlers depend the
hope of the Rourket to capture the Weitrrn league pennant again. Two of them, OToole
and Merz, are tried and true veterans; the other pair, Barham and Currie, are new comers.
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SMITH HORSES ARE
MOVEDTO BENSON
First String Transferred From
Speedway Stables to New
Quarters on West Side.
MOVE REST WITHIN WEEK
iy RUSSELL PHELPS.
The first big string of horses has
been moved to the Benson plant, fu
ture home of Omaha harness racing,
from the Speedway track at East
Omaha. Within the next few weeks
the entire Speedway stables, number
ing more than half a hundred head,
will be ar'liome in their new quarters,
ranked as among the best in the west.
Included in tfie initial string to
make the change to the Omaha Driv
ing club's new plant were several fine
animals owned by Otis M. Smith,
secretary of the driving club and a
prominent figure in Great Western
circuit racing. The Otis Smith-Joe
Hildreth horses total about a dozen
head, all of them good ones.
Some of the harness steppers which
are now to be found at Benson are
Governor V., 2:l7'i; Cambridge Belle,
2:2'4; Maharba, 2:25; four Archdale
colts, a Bergen (2:06) 3-year-old
and a Sorento Todd 3-year-old. The
colts are looking fine and give unusual
promise.
Two well known Nebraska horses
will be taken to Sedalia, Mo., tomor
row to be trained for the Great West
ern circuit meetings. They are Sweet
Aubrey, 2:09, "Doc" Hall's dandy
little trotter, and Sadie S., 2:07,
the fast trotter owned by Nick Ronin
of Fremont. Dr. Hall is an Omaha
horseman of note. Both of these ani
mals are to be trained for the season's
battles by W. B. (Billy) Taylor, a
harness racing expert of high repute
among Omaha horsemen.
The famous string owned by Tom
Dennison, headed by the one and only
Hal McKinney, is to be moved to
Benson as soon as the stables are put
in shape there. After numerous de
lays, it is expected that the East Oma
ha stables and equipment will be
moved bodily to the suburban harness
racing plant some time this week. The
first stretch of rial spring weather
will 'see the extensive imnrovements
planned for there started. The grand
stands are to be raised, the track
widened and the infield beautified bv
a landscape garden scheme. For it's
not long now until the Omaha Driv-'
ing club's June meeting.
Denver Sells Reed to
Southern League Team
Second Baseman Milton Reed, who
has traveled much, is back in the
south again, the Mobile club having
purchased his release from the Den
ver club.
SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL
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COBB CUTS HERZOG
AND FIGHT STARTS
Tyrus Piles on Top of Qiant
and Fletcher Joins in
Melee.
GIANTS CAPTURE THE GAME
Dallas, Tex., March 31. In a game
marked by frequent clashes between
the players and squabbles with the,
umpires, the New York Nationals de
feated the Detroit .Americans here
today, 5 to 3.
In sliding into second base in the
third inning, Cobb spiked Herzog,
cutting a long gash in the tatter's
left leg. The players started fighting
at once with Cobb on top of Herzog
and Fletcher on top of Cobb players
from both clubs participating in a
battle royal. Police finally separated
the players and Cobb was banished
from the game.
Bad feeling was shown between the
two teams throughout the game, fur
ther actual fighting being averted by
Managers Jennings and McGrew.
Score: R. H. E.
Detroit 01000010 01 2
New Tork 00010300 I 0
Batterlea: Petrolt. Bhmke, C. Jonea and
Stange; New York, Schupp, Benton and Mc
Carthy, Fifty Bowling Teams
Expected in State Tourney
Fremont, Neb., March 31. (Special
Telegram.) With thirty-five teams
already entered, and doubles and
singles in proportion, officers of the
local tournament association, which
is handling the local end of the third
annual meet of the Nebraska Bowling
association, look fro fifty teams by
the time all entries are in. Omaha
leads with twelve teams, Lincoln
is next with eight, Fremont has ten
and Hooper, Leigh, Schuyler, Colum
bus, Wahoo, Prague and Osceola one
each. Grand Island is expected to
send two or more fives, while Omaha
and Lincoln will swell their entry
list by from two to four teams
each, according to reports from Sec
retary Paul Brown of Lincoln and
C. L. Weeks, president, Omaha. Last
year thirty-nine teams took part in
the tourney at Lincoln.
Dutch Hoffman- Goes to
San Antonio, in Texas
The Toledo club has released Ed
ward (Dutch) Hoffman, third base
man, to the San Antonio club. Last
year Hoffman was with Springfield in
the Central league.
Old Detroit Battery
Is Together Once More
When Edgar Willett and Charley
Schmidt reported to the Memphis
club a famous old battery was re
united. These two' were big guns
with the Tigers in the pennant win
nings days of Hugh Jennings' team.
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WILL SCISSORS DO
WORLTHIS TIME?
Wrestling Fans Wonder if One
Hold Will Triumph Over
a Thousand.
GOVERNOR OF IOWA COMING
Will one hold triumph over a thou
sand is a question puzzling wrestling
fans, who are looking forward to
the Joe Stecherarl Caddock match,
which will be held at the Omaha Au
ditorium, April 9, with a keen eager
ness. Joe Steelier has often been called a
one-hold wrestler. This Mias come
about because Steelier has employed
his famous scissors hold so consist
enily in removing opponents from
his path on the way to the wresting
title. It isn't quite accurate as Steelier
uses other holds. He has, for in
stance, a wrist lock and a double wrist
lock and an arm hold, all of which
he has used to help his scissors in
downing foes. But in almost every
match the Dodge phenom hai con
quered his man with the aid of the
scissors and his attack is always to
T;t that scissors. Thus he has been
called the one-hold wrestler.
Caddock is the very antithesis of
Steelier. He has been called the
wrestlerwith a thousand holds. He
is said to have used all the holds
ever defined or dreamed of in his
bouts. The scissors is one he uses
and unlike Stecher doesn't stick to
the body scissors, but uses it with
variations.
Disputed Issue.
Heretofore Stecher's one hold has
always been a sufficiency. He didn't
need any more. It was worth a hun
dred of other fellows. But . ill it be
enough when he runs up against the
Iowans, who is said to have a thou
sand holds? It's a disputed issue
which will remain a subject for argu
ment until the night of April 9, is
history.
Gene Melady, who is promoting the
go, is making all arrangements to
handle the crowd so that there will
be as little congestion as possible
and no squabbles over scats. Harry
Walker, doorkeeper at the Orpheum,
has been signed to actually handle
the crowds the night of tl.j match.
No general admission seats will be
sold until 9 o'clock the night of the
match, so considerable of the confus
ion will be avoided this way.
Melady yesterday teceived a mes
sage from Governor W. L. Harding
of Iowa, saying he and a party would
come to Omaha to attend the match.
flrflna Will Have Rnae Halt Team.
rlretna. Nan.. Mareh 31. (Special ) The
Oretna -Base Ball aaaoolatlon has decided
to have a team main thla year. C. H. Con
nor was elocted preeldent of the Manoclatlon
and Ben Zimmerman manltver. Three baae
ball dances will fee lvn. April 28, May 12
and May 26, to help ralao money lor the
treasury.
A
LIFT BASE BALL
LIDMSDAY
Pacific Coast League, as Usual,
First to Start, Opening
On That Day.
TEXAS IS OFF THURSDAY
Only two more days until the bing
of the ball yard gong will be followed
by the old familiar cry of "Play ball,"
and the regular base ball season of
1917 will be undei way. Tuesday is
the day fixed for the opening in the
Pacific Coast league, which, as usual,
is the first to start pastiming. Fol
lowing the lid-lifting on the coast the
big and little leagues will fall into
line and opening games will be staged
in different parts of tho country every
few days until well along in May.
About the only new attraction at
the Coast league opening will be the
debut of George Stovall as a pilot in
that circuit, the former Cleveland
manager and player having taken
charge of the Vernon team.
Thursday will be the opening day
for the Texas league, A few days
later, on April 11, the turnstiles will
click for the first time this year in
the American league, the National
league and the American association.
The big show will present two new
managers to the assembled hugs and
bugettes, the new leaders being Jack
Barry, who succeeds Bill Carrigan as
pilot of the world's champion Red
Sox, and Fred Mitchell, who has
taken up the Cub burden laid aside
by Sir Joseph Tinker,
In the American association three
new managers, all former big
leaguers, will strive to win the pen
nant. Danny Shay will hold the reins
at Milwaukee, John Ganzel will lead
Kansas City and Joe Tinker will en
deavor to show Columbus the regu
lation brand of big league pastiming.
Donlin la Manager.
The Southern league anj the West
ern association have fixed April 12 as
the date for beginning their seasons,
The Southern league will be the
scene of Mike Donlin's debut as a
manager, the former well known Na
tional leaguer having been signed to
pilot the Memphis team.
On April 17 the opening games in
the International league will be
played. Napoleon Lajoie, former
American league star and one of the
world's greatest ball players, will be
in charge of the Toronto team. Mike
Dpolan, another former star in the
big show, will lead the Rochester out
fit, and Tom Needham, who returns to
the game after an absence of several
years, will be found in charge of the
Newark team.
Western league fans will be out
bright and early April 18 for the
opening contests in that circuit. Since
the close of last season the Topeka
franchise has been transferred to Jop
lin, Mo. Jack Dalton, the former
Brooklyn Dodger, has been engaged
to pilot the new member and appears
confident of his ability to show Mis
sourians pennant-winning stuff.
Change in South Atlantic.
The South Atlantic league season
will begin April 19, the schedule call
ing for a continuous season of lOfK
games instead of the usual first-half
and second-half seasons. '
With the salary limit increased
from $1,800 to $2,000 a month and the
player limit raised from thirteen to
fourteen men, the Northwestern
league will suttlts sixteenth season
on April 24. One week later the
Blue Kidge league will get under way.
Central league pastimers will fire
the opening guns in their pennant
warfare on May 3. Richmond and
Fort Wayne have displaced Terre
Haute and Wheeling in the Central
circuit. The league this year will be
the first to try municipal base ball.
Under city auspices the clubs in
South Bend and Grand Rapids have
disposed of 10,000 tickets at $2 each,
making the average rate of admission
3 cents for each game.
May 3 will also be the opening
date in the Central association. From
May 7 to August 4 the Georgia-Alabama
league will stage its pennant
straggle. May 11 will be the open
ing sate for the Eastern league, the
oldest of the minor organizations.
The league has been reduced from
ten to eight clubs, the circuit now
comprising New Haven, Hartford,
New London, Bridgeport, Worcester,
Lawrence, Springfield and Portland.
If present plans of its promoters
I are carried out the old Cotton States
league will be revived in time to be
gin the season on May 14.
Yanks Even Series With
Braves by 1 to 0 Victory
Waycross, iGa., March 31. The
New York Americans evened their
series with the Boston Nationals, by
winning the fourth game today, 1 to
0. The only run of the game was
scored in the fourth inning on two
hits by. Maisel and Baker. Score:
R. H. B.
Boston 00000000 00 4 t
New York. 00010000 01 I 1
Batteries: Boston, Tyler, Nehf and Tre
gressor, ntackuurne: New York, Fiaher.
Monroe and Nunamaker, Alexander.
Omaha Boy Rows On Third
Crew at Yale University
Frederick H. Bucholz, son of Wil
liam H. Bucholz, vice president of
the Omaha National bank, is now
rowing on the third crew at Yale
university. Young Bucholz is row
ing at No. 7, one of the most impor
tant positions in the boat, and it is
said stands an excellent chance of
being drafted by the second crew at
least before the season is .much
older.
Jess Willard Dodges
The Hero Worshipers
Jess Willard went to Kansas City
from Mayetta, Kan., to market ten
carloads of cattle.
Jess was tired and . sought rest in
the officer of a commission firm. But
his presence soon was discovered and
the champion's haven quickly filled
to overflowing with a crowd demand
ing a speech. less fled through a bank
office, climbed through a window and
escaped via a street car.
Bobby Wells Is Sent to
Muskegon by Bresnahan
The Toledo club announces the
safe of Catcher Bobby Wills to Mus-
keo-An nf the Tentrol l... U
nahan and Sweeney will do' all the
catching the Toledo Ironmen require.