THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 15, 1917.
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Judgments
. HE once proud players' fratcr
ill nity seems U have been cl
I fectively bumbled. At least it
JL. has been completely with'
drawn from public notice. Uiv
. til a short time atro.when the threat
ened strike was called off, the players'
fraternity, through its president, was
always on nana to give extensive in
terview on current base ball topics,
A magazine, devoted almost exclu
sively to base ball, was the fraternity
organ, and the views of the fraternity
were in each issue carefully explained
in detail. These reviews no longer
aDoear. I he card showinf t ie oer
sonnet of the frat's executive staff and
hoard of control, which also was pub
lished in this magazine, has been with
drawn and the fraternity has notified
the editor of the Blue Book, a com
plete roster of all officials connected
with base ball, that it will not give
for its publication this year a list of
the officers. Thus, surface indica
tions, at least, would warrant the be
lief that the players fraternity has
been given a thorough trouncing by
organized ball, although there is, of
course, a chance that Fultz and his
confreres are merely laying low pend
ing a reorganization of that body.
The major leagues have started the
season. In a few more days those
clubs which partook of spring inter
league games will begin to realize
their folly. When the major league
clubs announced the spring inter
league games, critics who looked
upon them from an unbiased angle
advised against them, but the mag
nates who have for several years been
trying to conceive a plan to make the
spring training trips profitable, or at
least self-supporting, believed they
had discovered the solution and went
right ahead. But they are going to
discover shortly .that they have mis
cued again. Take, for instance, the
Red Sox-Robins series. Last fall the
Red Sox won the world's champion
ship from Brooklyn. But when these
two teams opened their spring series
Brooklyn crushed the Bostonians
easily in the first two games. The
reason was manifest The Red Sox
weren't ready. But no matter what
the reason, Boston fans will be dis
appointed because the Red Sox didn't
wipe the earth with Robinson's crew
again, and it will take a winning
streak to restore their confidence in
the 1917 Red Sox. Fall interleague
games are interesting, but the spring
games are injurious. They are very
likely to bring about a loss of pres
tige and a resulting shrinkage of gate
receipts during the regular season.
Barring the possibility that some
of the stars are lost through injuries
or that one of the other clubs develops
extraordinarily strong, the Kourkes
have almost a fifty-fifty chance to re
peat their success of 1916 this year.
The Rourke lineup looks pretty
lormiaawe toaay. ine new men nave
more than filled the vacancies left in
the ranks and the 1917 Rourkes should
prove pennant contenders from gun
to gun. Tony Brottem looks to be
about ,tne best catching bet in the
league. He is a nice receiver and he
hits well. Murphy Currie and Wayne
Barham, new hurlers, show every ear
mark of developing into winning
pitchers, the outfield, we know, is
the class of the league. It was last
year and as the same three stars-
smith, Xhompson and forsythe are
back in their places it will be this
year. The infield will be almost as
strong with Krug filling Kilduff's
shoes and Brokaw Miller's. Brokaw
looks like a real first baseman He
handles himself easily and smoothly
and he hits the ball hard. He may
not hit as well as Ray Miller, but
he won't be far behind. With a player
or two still coming the Rourkes really
look mighty sweet
Coincident with reports that a new
golf ball with a wonderful flight of
carry is to appear this spring comes a
suggestions that golf balls be stand
ardized, tor years, .n order to
maintain a standard of day, golf
courses have been lengthened untifto-
day the average course is 6,400 or
more yards. In addition, traps have
been set at certain distances from the
tees, water hazzards regulated and
every other possible difficulty provid
ed to make the game competitive.
And now ball with twenty yards or
so additional flight threatens to upset
the whole scheme. If golf courses
are lengthened for this ball the golfer
of the. future will have to have the
walking qualifications of an Edward
Fayton Weston and the endurance of
a camel. It would seem the time to
standardize the ball has arrived.
A new wrestling champion was
born in Omaha last week and the
muchly-cherished championship has
reverted back to Iowa. The Hawkeyc
state has now produced three wrest
ling champions Farmer Burns,
Frank Gotch and Earl Caddock. Cad
dock ha said he will defend his title
against any and all wrestlers named
by his. managers. It is to be hoped
us managers, when selecting op
onents for the new champ, will see
t to name those grapplers who reside
I this section of the country those
e know can wrestle for matches
eld out here at least, instead of im
or ting some of the huge hulks from
ic east who bat about .007 in the
resiling league, but are equipped
ith high-powered press agents with
. elve-cylinder typewriters.
Our old friend, Ham Patterson, got
,sy to a flying start in his new berth
i manager of the Dallas club in the
'exas league. Running true to form,
Jam got into row in the very first
Tame of the season, was escorted from
the park to the police station by a
brass-buttoned copper, fined $35 and
costs by the police magistrate and
fined and suspended by the president
o( th league. Western league mag
nates are preparing to extend their
sympathies to their Texas confreres.
West Point Will Keep
Up Sports Despite War
West Point, N. Y., April 14.-Wes't
Point will not abandon athletics. It
will hold its teams intact and play
as regularly as opponents can be
found. Cadets are alwavs under
pressure of study and drill at the
military academy,' and the hours de
voted to athletics ' are regarded as
valuable, inasmuch as they afford the
men a healthful mental and physical
".inn. If the government with
draws one or more classes for service
in the army teams would suffer, but
only in degree, as there is plenty of
material in the lower classes.
AMATEUR RAGE FOR
PENNANT STARTS
Four Leagues Play in Diamond
frays that Formally Open
the Season.
GIBLS GET INTO TBI GAME
By FRANK QUIGLIY.
Today is get-away day for four of
the leagues affiliated witb the Uinaha
Amateur Base Ball association and,
according to the dope, they will be
favored with a large and brilliant as
semblage of fans and fanettes. It will
mark the beginning of a strenuous
diamond campaign that will terminate
next September. The practice ses
sions of the various amateur teams
have been extremely satisfactory.
Consequently classy arguments should
be rolled on the boards this alter-
noon. At the enclosed nark the
Greater Omaha league will toss the
cherry.
The Holmes' White Sox and Ram
blers will collide at Holmes' park.
Armours, the 1916 champions, will tie
into Melady Brothers, and Pe Vol
Victors will lock horns at Athletic
nark. Council Bluffs. Teams belong'
nig to the other leagues are billed on
different municipal lots. It will not
be a difficult, matter tor the tans to
bumo into a contest this afternoon
that will be interesting and full of
thrills.
Fat Boyle a Director.
At the meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Omaha Amateur Base
Ball association last week the resigna
tion of Charles Hall was accepted and
Patrick Boyle was appointed in his
place by President Isaacson. Said ap
pointment was confirmed by the
board. Secretary James Milota also
turned in his resignation, but the
board unanimously voted not to ac
cept it. It is the opinion of the board
that Milota will reconsider his action
and be back on the job at the next
meeting.
The following amendment was
made to the constitution and then
unanimously adopted in the whole:
In case that a team gets the dropsy
and is willing to drop its forfeit the
balance of the round in which the de
fection occurred will be credited to
the team it was scheduled with, ex
cept where by special dispensation
from the board of directors and the
league involved another team can take
the olace of the defunct organization
and be initiated with a standing ap
proved by the board and the league.
Although permission has been se
cured to utilize the Fort Omaha dia
mond, the board did not deem it ad
visable to use it until the war agita
tion had been somewhat lessened.
"Pop" Vendors.
Now Geome Clark, chief super
visor of the municipal adjudicators,
has enrolled enough pop bottle dodg
ers to take care of the squads that
battle on the municipal diamonds.
Herewith the fellows that will be mis
branded robbers, second-story geeks,
gentleman burglars, unmasked thieves,
etc., F. C. Eckardt, M. E. Arnold,
R. B. McDougall, J. L. Sheehan. Ed
ward Miller, W. Hoi brook, Frank
Jacobs, Albert Hookey, Frank
Holmes, H. B. Bugbee, John Shields,
E. C. Thompsett and Arthur Moran.
Of course the number of them, which
is thirteen, is presumed to be un
lucky, but an umpire does not worry
about such a trine.
Last week the Greater Omaha
league adopted its schedule. It will
start the season today and close Sun
day, September 2. President Abner
Kaiman appointed the following um
pires: Harry Sage, Cleve Hull, John
Gonding, James McAndrews and
Louis Kocher. It was decided to al
low the home team eight passes and
the visiting team seven passes each
Sunday outside of the customary
practice pf allowing a player to pass
his wife, girl friend, sister, girl rela
tion or sweetheart. The general ad
mission to the enclosed parks of the
Greater Omaha league was reduced
from 25 to 15 cents.
Franchise A-Begging.
Because the La Siestas firm has de
cided not to back a team this year
another vacancy is in the City league.
Some fast team wishing this
franchise should call Frank Jacobs
at Colfax 1126.
At the justice dispensatory, more
commonly known as the court house,
base ball is backing war off the boards
as the ideal topic for conversation.
Two more herds of pill chasers have
been talked about and might possibly
by mucilaged together, one to be
known as the Court House Spars
or Veterans, and the other the Court
House Bloomers. But to what ex
tent their proclivities will be exer
cised is a mystery which will prob
ably be unsolved at the expiration
of this season, Herewith the line
up of the Veterans: Edwards, catcher;
Houck, pitcher; Church, first base;
Grimes, second base: Baier, shortstop:
Jewett, third base; Higby, Siefkinana
Russell, outfielders; Purvis, utility; A.
R. Hensel, manager. Following are
the Bloomers: Ruth Foran and Miss
Berger, catchers; Lottie Peterson and
Delia Figley, pitchers; Lottie Martin,
first base; Anna Cohn, second base;
Fraces Dargeczewski, shortstop; Miss
Dennison, third base; Cecelia Larkin,
Mary Con ley and Miss McLeod, out
fielders; Mrs. Schneider, utility; James
Rush, manager. Some time ago a
bunch was mustered together to rep
resent the court house, and the Vet
erans received the cold shoulder, con
sequently the Vets hereby issue a
challenge to the Cliff Dwellers to
combat with them to ascertain which
team is entitled to represent the court
house. The judges decided the con
troversy between Jawn Lynch and
Mike Clark, but they would probably
refuse to issue a decision in the above
case, in the estimation of the writer
the Vets ought to obliterate the
Bloomers first and then march against
the squad now recognized as the Cliff
Dwellers.
Dolly Gray Refuses to
Play With Fort Worth
Catcher Dolly Gray., released br
the Chicago White Sox to Fort
Worth, balks on reporting to the
Panthers and is out with a statement
that he will "retire." He thinks he
should have landed in Class A at
least if the White Sox could not use
him.
Galveston Club Buys
Fielder from Memphis
The Galveston club purchased
Outfielder Ralph Sharman from Mem
phis and released Nelson McNeill,
the Tulane collegian, to the Moljne
club of the Three-I league.
PENN ATHLETES FORM MILITARY BATTALION The .thletes of the University of
Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, are ready to answer their country's call. The picture show
tome ef the athletes undergoing military training.
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NN. ATKX'ETES
BAT NELSON GETS
CHANGE AT TITLE
Will Clash With Freddie Welsh
in Twelve-Round Decision
Fight.
AMERICANS GET IH BAD
By RINGESIDE.
Chicago. April 14. In St. Louis
Tuesday night Oscar Mathew Bat
tling Nelson, hulk of a former light
weight champion of the world, vill
have the opportunity to achieve the
ambition which has been consuming
him since that fateful day in 1910
when Ad Wolgast after forty gruel
ling rounds, stripped him of his title.
Nelson will contest again for the
crown which once adorned his brow.
Freddie Welsh, the Englishman who
is the leader of the division, will be
his opponent, and they will go twelve
rounds to a decision.
For almost seven years now Nelson
has nursed the belief in his heart that
he was as good as ever, a belief that
not even the most ardent of his ad
mirers shared in any degree. The in
domitable Dane has cherished the de
sire to redeem himself and regain the
title when others refrained from
lauehing only through pity. All up
and down the land Nelson had pleaded
for a chance and been denied it. His
confidence in himself others have
viewed as only the delusion engen
dered by a heart that never knew
when to quit in battle; by a courage
that sent him up against the mightiest
wallopers of the game and left him
on top; by the shattered belief that
no man was good enough to take his
measure.
When his friends besought him to
quit he only sought matches with
more ardor. His showing has proved
that he ii not one-half the Nelson of
old; that the stamina is gone; that
only the lion heart remains. His
match with fierce Mathews at St.
Louis recently, which Bat won by a
knockout, served only to make his
determination to keep on fighting
the more adamantine. So now they
have matched the Battler- with Welsh
and the championship is the stake
for which they will mix.
Has All To Win.
Nelson has all to win and nothing
to lose. It is inconceivable that he
can defeat Welsh, worn and slipping
as the Englishman is. Even Welsh
must be lacking in respect for Nelson
to consent to such a go. cut if the
fans insist on letting the old cham
pion have a try at the title again
Welsh cannot be blamed for signing
for the match.
Still Nelson might land with suffi
cient weight behind it to copt
It never has been done before. No
champion ever has regaind his erown
in that fashion, and especially more
than six years after losing it. Yet if
Nelson should win his path would
b a reeky one. There is no doubt
St least half a dozen boys could de
feat him in even short bout They
could do the same to Freddie Welsh
if they were able to run him down
or penetrate his clever defense. What
would they do to the battered frame
of Bat Nelson, who never boasted of
anything except a hard punch and
ability to stand punishment
the chances that Nelson can win
sre so slim as to be negligible. Yet
he may do so. It is to be honed that
the Dane will be outpointed not that
one would wish to deny him the
realization of his ambition, but in oitv
for the future of the veteran, who
might bask in having performed a
feat no one ever performed before,
but whs would be almost certain to
lose his crown again the first time he
met boy better than a third-rater.
Fights For Education.
Here is a boxer who is in the game,
not because he likes it, but because
is the stepping stone to realiza
tion of ambitions. Maurice Flynn is
the bov and he is stcomnor uo raoidlv
toward the higher ranks of the light
weights.
One of Flynn's ambitions is to ac
quire an education and to similarly
equip his ten brothers and sisters. His
earnings out of the ring would be
small at best, so he is devoting him
self to a study of the manly art in the
daytime and commercial art at night.
In the meantime his proceeds from
fights are financing the school courses
of one brother and three sisters. As
the others reach the age of reason he
expects to do likewise by them.
Joe Keefe, Flynn's manager, is an
exception also. He takes nothing for
handling Flynn and has mapped out
a hard campaign for him. By the
time it is concluded Flvnn hones to be
launched upon a business career which
will enable him to get out of pugilism
forever.
Charley White, Chicago's left-hook
artist, finds himself in the unique po
sition of being one of the best in the
business yet never having a challenge
to combat. In more than three years
not a deft of any kind has been hurled
at the Chicagoan. He manages to
keep slmost busy in the ring, but his
matches are of the forced and manu
factured kind. Nobody is very keen
to mix with him, for there ever is
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deadly fear of tint terrible left hook
connecting. They used to look upon
White as easy pickins, but they don't
now, and as a result his life is one
serene round of routine training and
righting while a frenzied manager
hunts for purses of a size to lure the
drawing cards into the ring with
White.
Clabby Loses Chance.
American pugilists in the Antipodes
are hitting the toboggan and losing
the admiration which once they bred.
Jimmy Clabby, the Hammond
(Ind.) boxer, lost his chance to suc
ceed Les Darcy as middleweight
champion when lie, was defeated re
cently by Tommy Uren in twenty
rounds of fierce battling. Papers re
ceived here assert that Clabby has
lived the easy life too long, that his
work is decadent and that he appears
to be through.
Concerning Eddie McGoorty, the
former Oshkosh (Wis.) battler, the
paper says reports in the United
States that McGoorty had made a
mint of money backing the ponies are
utterly unfounded, and that he prob
ably would have trouble digging up
the fare back home.
Australian critics who have been
panning Freddie Enck, the Aurora
(111.) boy, got the surprise of their
lives when he trimmed Hector Mel
ville, regarded as a wonder, in fifteen
rounds. Enck was beautifully trim
med by Bert Spargo in his first fight
when he was stopped in the fifteenth,
but now the critics are taking back
all they said and are trying to make
up for it by columns of praise for the
Auroran.
Amateur Schedules
Greater Omaha Imiw fchodal.
April .16 Holmes a trains t Ramblers.
Holmes park; Melady against Armours, He
lady a meadow; De vol victors against T
Be-Ce'a, Athletic park, Counoll Bluff.
April 22 HolmM avainat Polleh Mr
ehants. Holme park; Jieladya aainat Te-Be-Cft'8,
Melady'a meadow; Armour affalnat
Pa Vol, Attak'tlo park.
April ! Melady airalnat Rambler, Ma
lady's meadow; Armoura aa-alnat Te-Be-CVa,
Holme park; PolUh Mtrcfeant agatnat De
Tola, Athletic park.
May 6 Holmes against Armoura, Holm
park; Ramblers against Polish Merchants,
Mlady's meadow; Melady against P Vol,
Athletic park.
May 13 Holme airalnat Te-Be-O'.
Holme park; Melajlyl against Polish Mer
chants. MelHdy'a meadow; Ramblers a gal net
D Vols, Athletic park.
May 20 Holme asainst Da Vols. Athletic
park; Armour against Ramblers, Melady'a
meadow ; T-BeVa against Polish Mer
chants, Holme park.
May 27 Hoimes again! Melady, Holme
park; Armours again t Pol la h Merchants,
Melady meadow; T-Be-Ca against Ram
bler, Athletic park.
SECOND ROUND.
June J Holmes against Ramblers, Holme
park; Melady against Armours, Melady's
meadow; D Vols agatnat Te-Be-Ca's, Ath
letic park.
June 10 Holme against Polish Mer
chants, Holmes park; Melady against Te
BCe', Melady's meadow; Armoura against
De Vol, At hlo tie park.
June 17 Melady b against Ramblers, Me
lady's meadow; Armours aval net Te Be Ce's.
Holm park; Polish Merchant against De
Vols, Atnletlc park.
Jun 24 Holmes against Armoura. Holme
park; Ramblers against Polish Merchant,
Athletic park; Melady against DeVol. Me-
way a meadow.
July I -Holme against Te Be Ce's.
Holme park; Meladya against Polish Mer
chant, Melady' meadow; Rambler against
vevois, At nemo para.
July Holme agatnat DeVols, Holmes
park: Armoura against Rambler. Athletic
park: Te Be O agaiast Palish Merchant,
Melady a meadow.
July IS Holmes against Meladys. Me
lady' meadow; Armour against Polleh mer
chant. Athletic park: Te B Ce's against
Rambler, Holmes park.
THIRD ROUND.
July it Holme against Rambler, Holmes
park; Meladys against Armoura, Melady's
meadow; Da Vols against Te Be Ce'a. Ath
letic park.
July 29 Htlme againat Polish Merchants;
Holme park; Meladys against T Be Ce's,
Melady' meadow: Armours against Da Vols,
Athletic park.
August 6 Meladys against Ramblers. Me
lady's meadow; Armour against Te B Ce's,
Holme pavk: Polish Merc ban is against De
Vols, Athletic park.
August ii Holmes against Armours,
Holmes park; Ramblers agatnat Polish Mer
chant, Melady's meadow; Melady against
DeVols, Athletic park.
August is Hojme against Te ne re s,
Holmes park; Melady against Polleh Mer
chants, Melady' meadow; Rambler against
DeVols, Athletic park.
August 26 Holmes .against Pevois, Ath
letic park; Armour against Ramblers. Me
lady' meadow; Te Be Ce' against Polish
Merchants, Holmes park.
September 2 Holmes against Meladys,
Melady' meadow; Armour against Pnllh
Merchants, Athletic park; Te Be Ce's against
Ramblers, Holm.es park.
City League Haas Ball Schedule.
April 22-May 21-July 1 Murphy Did Its
against Carter Lake Club, W. a, Clarks
.againat Omaha Oraln fCxchange, La Siestas
against umaha crockery Co.
April It-June -July t Murphy Did Its
against Omaha Crockery Co., W. Q. Clarks
against Carter Lake Club, La Siestas against
Omaha Oraln Karhange.
May s.june ie-July IB Murphy Did its
against La Siestas, W, O. Clark against
Omaha Crockery Co., Carter Lake Club
against Omaha Oraln Exchange.
May IB-June 17-July 22 Murphy Did Its
against W. O. Clark. Carter Lake Club
against 1a Siestas, Omaha Crockery Co.
against Omaha Grain Exchange,
May 20-Jun la-July 2 Murphy Did Its
against Omaha Oraln. Kxchange, Carter
Lake Club against Omaha Croekery Co.,
W. a Clarks against La Siestas.
Miller Park Golf Club
Committees to Meet Soon
All committees of the Miller Park
Golf club will meet at the park pa
vilion April 22 at 12:30 p. m. by re
quest of the president, J. McTaggart.
Committees for 1917 are:
Oolf A. Taylor, chairman; B. Toui.ra,
Bob Miloolm, H. O. Wiuon, If. F. Dillon.
Houao E. M. Tracr, chairman; H. Home,
O. P.aeoek, T. falconer.
Membflrahip J. Bchlndler, chalrmap; J. B.
FrRclenburs-, J. K. Pinlayaon.
Improvement J. B. Merrtam. chairman;
CUIt Hldilleaton, U. J. McCarthy
PLESTINA MEETS
TAYLOR IN OMAHA
Lincoln Orappler to Tangle
Witb Local Favorite on
April 27.
WILL BZ BOUT TOE BLOOD
Marin Plestina, Omaha's contender
for the heavyweight wrestling title.
and Jack laylor, Lincoln s entry in
the tlightvor the laurels now worn by
Karl Caddock, will clash in a mat tilt
at the Omaha Auditorium the night
of April 27.
Joe Stecher was originally carded
to tangle with Plestina on this night,
but when Joe was flattened out by
Earl Caddock he canceled the date.
So Taylor was substituted.
the match promises well to be a
warm one. I'lestina and laylor were
matched to tangle in March, but an
argument arose. Plestina wanted to
wrestle in Umaha. J aylor wanted to
wrestle in Lincoln. Both were stub
born and refused to give in to the
other.
Each Accuses Other.
But the night of the Stecher-Cad-
doclc match the two gladiators ran
into each other at the Auditorium.
Plestina spied Taylor, charged up to
him and accused him of kicking out of
the match. Taylor came back by say
ing it was Plestina who was afraid to
'wrestle.
Plestina had $500 to post as a for
feit for a bout with the winner of the
Stecher-Caddock fray. He immediate
ly nulled out the roll and defied Tay
lor to wrestle him. Taylor only had
$50 on him, but he offered to put up
the fifty. For a few minutes it looked
like spectators at the championship
match might also enjoy an added at
traction in the way of a battle royal
between Plestina and Taylor, but
peacemakers finally succeeded in in
tervening. So when Stecher cancelled. Taylor
was suggested as an opponent for
Plestina. And Taylor lost no time ac
cepting when the offer was made.
Art of Same Weight
Plestina and Taylor are of about a
weight. Both are fast, aggressive
wrestlers, and even though neither is
the world's champion, they probably
will put up just as good a bout and
perhaps a better one. With the bad
blood between the belligerents, the
go promises to be a desperate affair,
especially as some side bets of con
siderable dimensions are in the male-
Pete Loch, who promoted the
Stecher-Peters match which brought
the wrestling game back in Omaha,
will promote- the Plestina-Taylor
match and he has placed his stamp of
approval on the event. He says it
will be just as good as any champion
ship af air.
Johnnie McDermott to
Try to Pull Comeback
New York, April 14. Friends of
little "Johnnie" McDermott, formerly
the most sensational golfer in Amer
ica, will be pleased to hear that he is
almost himself again and about ready
to enter tournaments. Two years go
McDermott, looking in anything but
a condition for golf, entered the
metropolitan championship at Fox
Hills despite his doctor's advice. But
"Mac" still had the same old fight in
him, and to the astonishment of the
other "pros" returned a 70 on the
first day, leading the field. How
ever, the strain of four rounds was
too much and he was not able to fin
ish in the speed wtih which he started
off, so he lost. Since then "Mac" has
steadily improved, but he will take no
chances this time until he is sure that
he is physically fit to do himself jus
tice. Games Today
Ormftor Omaha Lag.
Holmes Whits Hog against Itamblsrs,
Holmes psrk.
Uolady Bros, against Armours. MelsoVa
Meadow.
p Vol Victors against T -&-(', Ath
letic park, Council Bluffs.
MctawpoUltM LaagiM.
tags against Western Union, 7ottnIU
park, 1:19 p. m.
Woodmen of thft World against Modtrn
Woodmen, South Bid diamond 1:10 p, m.
Bsddsos against Kr J leeks, Killer park,
t.io p. m.
Boaster Lsgo,
Trimble Brothers against 8amplMart,
Thirty-second and Dswsy avsnu. !: p. m.
pah) man Knights against Urahant lea
Cream Co., Thirty -socond and Powey ave
nue, 1:10 p, m.
Ma id as against Tradesman, Klmwood
park, east diamond, 1:10 p. m.
Dreshsr Brothers against Practice, River
view park, l:Iv p. m.
later-Ctty Laafvo.
T. M. itoxgalls against J. B. Roots, Soath
Bids diamond, J;I8 p. m.
Park Avenue Florists against Kontotalra,
Elm wood park, west diamond, 1:10 p. m.
Tiny Tots e gainst Trltnbl Brotbsrs sirs,,
EHmwood park, west diamond, 1:10 p. m.
Tomaceks against W.-ll, Newsboys, River
view park, 1:10 p. m.
ladepooslMtl Oshms.
H, Besslln Boa at Tutan, Neb.
Murphy Lid Its against Omaha Bicycle
Indians, Miller park. t:B9 p. m.
Omaha Oraln Kichsng against Somebody,
Fontanel. park, 1:10 p. m.
National Cah Regiaters against Omaha
Crockery Co., Elm wood park, at dltmsso,
1:30 p. m.
K1vrviw Bloom frs against South Side
Juniors, Holmes park, 1:10 p. m.
The HvpodermicNeedle
By FRED
The Song of the Duffer.
Spring is htrt snd I'm prepsred
To gallop on the links,
My eye I vs found retained its
skill,
IV ironed out all the kinks.
I've got my Instruments all
bought.
I'm on a golfing jag,
I've got a driver, putter, deck,
And three niblicks in my bag.
Joe Stecher is at least still
champion of Dodge,
Two Oueases,
Joe says he had a cold the night
the night of the match. A guy
with a mean disposition might
wonder where the said cold af
fected him.
By JOHN M'GRAW.
I do not like the baae ball game,
Itj ways for me are much too
tame,
Fifty thousand's all I get
For six short months of toil and
west,
I do not like the base ball game.
The heavy firing yon hear in
the east is Strsngler Lewis' and
Gossip of the Sand Lots
This season Arthur Moran will be on of
th mttnlclpal barkers. He Meed to hold
down tht pivot station for the Murphy Did
its.
By hitching Denny O'Brien on to the
Msrpby Did Its, Joseph Moran ts not war-
rlsd about lbs Mi pasture.
Toe majority of In graduates from rlaas
B ar affiliated witb th To-B-Ce's of the
Greater Omaha leaga. Her la hoping that
they aro as strong as mustard.
This aftsraooa the B1lna will take a
shot at th base ball manipulators stationed
st Tutan, Neb. The Tutan horse hide tossors
bar Joined th ft ad era County league.
In KreJIc, Devln Llsmnnd, Clement.
Ladwirh and Donovan th Boaotlos have an
snnr of hitsmUn that ara liable to wreck
any game.
Thro cheers, Ralph Tuttls ts again going
to gamble on th green. Ralph has signed
up witb the Besellns.
Now Fred Prefk Is sgsln bl to' waits
ground on his stilts. Fred's props have
given him oonsldersbls iroublg since th
curtain dropped last tail.
Teams wishing ts com ran n witb Wt'Mara
Ammona, prldnt of th Metropolitan
league, can call him amr Oovglas ITI4 or
address 714 Bancroft trL
Nst Sunday at Rourfcs park Mattls Mo-
drath'a All Burs will taka whirl at tba
Rrandels aggregation.
Tm data th Adams family H unsigned.
They ara class A sphere artists. Ernie Is a
first saektr, Joseph hi a twlrler and Alfred
picks tim off behind the bat.
it look as ir mi i am saoroarqr has ilea
the hard war to hi base ball aspirations.
He is unusually 4fllt this Mason.
well, well, Potts sandan. a class A
ei teller, and We Baker, a eiaas A holster,
have signed up with the Woodmea of tht
World team, a class B organisation.
victor B. LnnrL scrtarr at th Metro
politan Iagu, 1 seme hustler. He Is al
ways willing te boost amateur bass ball to
th clouds.
Now It Is up to Vrnsm Carrin te demon
strats his managerial ability. He will be at
the helm for the rsosatly rgasised Omaha
Crockery Company annad.
With H. H. Dudley at the wheel, th
Western Union congregation aught ts go
skyward Instead of cellar ward this season.
la all probability Anita, la., will boast of
a base ball team this season, known as th
Cart doc colts.
Cain. D Vol, Rowley, Langhoine and Kn
nady ar mw faces that will be associated
with th champion Armour Chi aesaon.
McCarthy Is a new ?ek macllagsd to the
Holmes trlb that might surprise a few of
the natives before many moons roll by.
Neither on of the Su ty brothers mad
the grade at Jnplln, Mo. To date James has
not signed up with a local squad. butOoorge
will parade In the left patch for Melady
Bros.
Thost Badura brothers will undoubtedly
Inject Ruwntalug of jlp Into the Polish Mer
chant. Stanley Badura will perform behind
the hat and J. Badura wttt be th Jigger of
right field.
Perry Van wormer. JCdward Ford. Kid
Supernola and Francis ara a bunch of eg-
eellent klnkers that will push out their pug
sfrs ror in u. m. u voi Victors. -
At last Samuel Feltman has nut his Jeha
Henry on a contract. Ho will teks car af
on of th gardens for th T-Be -Ce's. i
TH Albright Merchants have fallen br th
way sid. Th Modern Woodmen team !
plaggae up th hole left ap by their de
parture from the Metropolitan) laagu.
An agreptlonal strmttr is vsrr notlea-
abl la the bscltstopplng department of th
Court House Bloomtrs. Ruth Feran tips
th haama at approximately 101 and Miss I
Brgr. the thsr catcher, would make aa ,
egcellent sparring partner (or Jess Wlllaro.
Jamas Rush has ba assigned to ths 1
managerial poslsh for ths Court Houas 1
Sioomors. ir his msnickar is srmboll af
his activity ths Bloomers will demonstrate
sera speed.
cisv Hull, abler sf the Omaha Oas Com- i
paay aejvad but season, doaa not Intend te
Ign up with a class A team. He will prob
ably do a little kinking out In the sticks.
According to ths Ramblers, Barieo Caruso,
John. McCormlck and Alma Gluck have not
got a thing en Irma Fodelek, Haul Rssd
and Hilda Rice. These girls entertained the
Ramblers at their recent banquet with mu
sts and songs.
Two weeks from today Holme' White Sov
will endeavor to tak a fall out of th
Brandels troupe. Said battle will be staged
at Remits park.
Th South Bids diamond, located at Twa-
ty-flfth and W street, ig now In shape and
lol gladiators will as sssa la action there
today.
Today is the off Sunday for ths Fellah
Merchants of th Qrester Omaha laagu.
This Msson Billlam Fox will not be a mu
nicipal umpire. He might possibly be added
ts the Greater Omaha league sorps.
Whtn the new grandstand I completed at
Holmes park, th sealing capacity will he
approximately 1,490,
The Ramblers a re firmly convinced that
they will not hav to sins that pathetl lit
tle ballad, "At ths Tall With a Lonesome
Nine."
Evidently the Greater Omaha learus has
no regard of ths IL C. L prles, because
they rdued th price of admission to
Qrea tor Omaha leaga parks.
Aimougn jonn bans id his damdast to
keep the Albright Merchants above water,
nsverthel they wer sunk and th kaiser
did not know a thing about It.
ueorg uraham failed to mars a backer.
s hs was compelled to turn hi flock loose.
It Is a shock te amateur base ball to la
a capabt general ilk Ore ham.
rate srn, who used to hnr for the
Modern Woodmen, is looking for a berth
with some fast team. He Is a classy pitcher
with kinks and spssd gators.
Undsr th custodianship of Leonard An
dr4n ths J, B. Roots ought to show gome
p9d In th Inter-City league.
This year Milton Holland Is very sn
thuslastle, baaeballleslly speaking. H says
his Sam ule-Hart crew will hook th res
et the Booster leagge.
m. w. Brae, th manager of ths Trades
man, eould as hi monicker to brace up
the Trade man la th pinches.
Botch Sllaawakl wilt b at th helm for
the Trlmbl Bros. Jr. He is a general
that will make his army to ths mark.
Clifford I.ong, ths Isd that glommed fame
on the gridiron as quarterback for Crtlgbton
BUDWEISER IS REAL LAGER BEER
Brewed of the best materials by ANHEUSER-BUSCH and
FULLY AGED before being bottled.
, IT WILL KEEP
May be had packed In barrels ORDER NOV. .
Empties may be returned for full allowance st any time.
C. H.HANSEN,
rtti(l Declsr. Pbons Douglas ZS00.
S. HUNTER.
John Olin's battery of
agents getting into action.
press
Dangerous Jobs.
McGraw gets $50,000 s year.
An umpire is pretty lucky if he
gets $5,000. Which shows why it
is only necessary to pay guys in
the trenches sixteen bucks a
month.
Johnny Kilbane says he'll fight
any lightweight in existence at
Uj pounds. Who ever heard of
a lightweight weighing 133
pounds.
Battling Kelson is going to
fight Freddie Welsh in St. Louis
Tuesday. Why not bring out
Young Griffo again?
The rookie gently slumbered
On his downy bed one night
He dreamed of fame and glory
And a place within the light;
He dreamed of laurel wreathings,
And he heard the songbirds sing
Like the softly tinkling music
Of rippling, bubbling spring.
He could hear the tinkling music.
Like the chimes of eventide,
But 'twas really just the rattle
Of the can that will be tied.
laat fall, will stop 'em behind the bat coca
eionaliy for the Murphy Did It. Frank.
Tost la their regular backstoppcr,
Tomorrow night at th city hall the
American leegu will congregate and put
up their forfeit monay and finish Hp their
unfinished business.
The City league will meet at the city
hall tomorrow night and decide what to do
about the vacancy In their league.
On nest Sunday th American league and
the City leaguo will open the season. When
these two leagues hit th pike six Ivsguea
will b working on Sundays under ths Juris
diction of th Omaha Amateur Baas Ball
aaoclatlon.
rat Holmes should not havs any trouble
recognising Ivories on his team, H haa
been In th billiard business too Ions not to
know Ivories when h see them.
Ddune colored musician will dolt t
th latest raga out at Holmss park this
afternoon. It Is worth tho price and then
some to hear this band.
Manager Hasen was th Initial font to
tarn In the forfeit In Ore tor Omaha
league, first to hand la the contracts,
played ths first practice gams and was
also first to claim an option on ths pennant.
Tht afternoon th Brandels team will
practice at Rourke park. This team will
open the season at Rourke park nut Sua
day. when It wilt battle th All Stare.
Ouy Martin, who claims te be a hard
hitting third aarksr, would Ilk te Join
soma elass A squad. For further m forma
tion oall South 8044.
Ths Ramblers of th tnter-Clty league
hav changed their nam and hereafter will
be known as ths T. ML Rosgalls.
Two More
World's Records
Shattered
By the 1917
Harley
Davidson
"The Master
Motorcycle"
At Los Angeles
Bedell, on a 1917
ptock Harley-David-son,
broke the former
world's records for
1,000 miles and the
24-hour record. Stop
ping only for fuel and
tires, the 1,000 miles
were made in 20.42:
30. 115314 miles were
covered in the 24
hours, beating the
former records by one
hour and 125 miles
respectively. '
Contistency and tpeed
and endurance, only
to be had in the un
beatable Harley
Davidson, could ac
complish this astound
ing feat
Ride the Master
Motorcycle and be
content
Victor H.Roos
"THE CYCLE MAN"
Harley-Davidson
Motorcycles and
Bicycles.
2701-03 Leavenworth
St., Omaha, Neb.