Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 27, 1917, SPORTS SECTION, Image 40

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    INSIDE STUFF ON GOTHAM BOXING:
SLIP TWO HURLERS NO-HIT GAMES
Ringside Spins Yarn of How
Promoters Frame on Fred
Fulton in Order to Kill
Minnesotan.
By RINGSIDE.
Chicago, May 26. It is becoming
more and more evident why Governor
Whitman of New York, especially,
and itate executives in general; are
down on the fight game.
A case in Doint the insirle etr,r f
the recent Fred Fulton-Carl Morris
go, won Dy Morris.
Early in the year Fred Fulton's
stock began soaring. He was touted
by many as the only man who could
take Jess Willard's measure. In each
fight he showed up a little better
than before.
It was not long until there was a
clamor from the fans for a match be
tween the Minnesota plasterer and
the world's champion. The result was
a statement by VVillard that it was up
to Fulton to beat the best of the field
aspiring to the crown, and then he
, would talk business.
This Fulton did in ranid nrrW until
Carl Morris remained about the only
eligible left to tight. And here is
wiiere the story really begins.
Fulton, it seems, was willing to
wait awhile to see how Morris was
going, but some promoters down m
New York thought differently. They
not only thought he should fight
Morris quickly, but that Morris should
end for all time his aspirations for
the championship.
Thereupon they began casting about
for a go between Morris and some
other scrapper in which Morris would
put up a miserable showing. Fulton,
thinking Morris would be easy money,
then could be easily induced to enter
the ring with him.
Pick Mystery Man.
For an opponent the promoters
picked a mysterious person from no
where and began calling him the
money. He was a whirlwind, about
the fastest thing that had come to
' New York in a decade. So the fight
world, including Fulton, picks up its
ears and waits eagerly for the con
test. The night of the fight comes. Fred
Fulton and his manager saunter up
to the box office.
Do we need seats? they ask.
"Oh, no," replied the box office
man. "Special seats are reserved for
you. so r red and his manager, seat
ed by the ringside, glimpse the show.
Carl enters the ring. His belt is so
tight that folds of fat roll over him
and the fans begin to talk about it.
They don't hesitate to say that he
hasn't trained for the conflict, and
that he isn't a real scrapper, anyway.
ihats all right as tar as Larl is con
cerned, because he wants to create
an out-of-condition appearance.
Then in comes the mysterious no
body from nowhere. He looks the
money, and the fans have it settled
already.
The fight begins. In the first round
the mysterious nobody simply slaps
Carl all around the ring. In the sec
ond he repeats the dose. In the
third Morris does a little better, but
in the fourth his opponent resumes
the offensive, slams over a foul, Carl
crumples up and the bout is over.
Somehow or others the promoters
just ran into Fulton the next day.
They immediately began to talk lip a
match between Fulton and Morris.
Willard, they said, would insist that
he fight Morris just because the lat
ter was claiming the right for a whack
at the title, and, besides, Morris would
be easy money.
The outcome? There could be only
one. The match was arranged and
fought. Morris literally licked the
stuffin' out of the would-be champion
and sent him back to comparative
oblivion.
While Fulton went into the fight
with his eyes open, and there is not
much sympathy for him where- the
inside story has been known, the con
duct of the promoters obviously was
one that would tend further to blacken
the game.
Small wonder that Whitman and a
lot more governors have no love for
the ring pastime.
New Bantam Sensation.
With the bantamweight division
just now in the limelight, Harry
Hughes, a former Chicago newspaper
man, but now a New York traveler,
comes forth with a man he thinks is
going to do wonders among the pee
wees. "I want to make a bid for notice
for one of the scrappiest little scrap
pers that ever entered a ring," he said.
"That man is Toe Burman, the Chi
cago boy who lias been making good
with such a vengeance in the east
Iate,y- I t, c- i,
"His manager,- Dave Simons, has
commissioned me to challenge either
Pete Herman or Johnny Coulon. This
kid certainty is entitled to a crack at
the crown, for he is the greatest sen
sation in peewee ranks.
Willie Astey, cuiy r-uzsmimuus,
Young johnny Solsberg, Jimmy Mur
ray and Dutch Brandt have all been
included in the complement of lads
Burman has defeated. Brandt, it will
be recalled, gave Pete the battle of
his life, and yet against Joe Burman
Brandt was helpless."
Ritchie Mitchell may meet Joe
Mandot in New1 Orleans soon. Man
dot has been going along so well that
Promoter Tortorich has decided to
have the southern boy meet the Mil
waukee lightweight for a finish scrap.
The winner may then be matched
with Freddie Welsh.
fCicotte and Koob Sneak In
Hall of Fame While Door
Keeper Is' Pounding
His Ear.
By JACK VELOCK.
New York, May 26. Two pitchers
credited with no-hit games by the
official scorers in the American
league this season seem to have
slipped through the door of the Hall
ot fame while the doorkeeper was
puunanig nis nonoraDie ear.
Reports from St Louis indicate
mac naa not the scorers been very,
very lenient with Eddie fientt. .nH
Ernie Koob, their no-hit games would
nave gone cown in the records as one-
hit games. All of which indicates
inat tne omcial scorers, even in th
Dig leagues, are prone to concede
point here and there to help the
pitcners put over a hitless contest.
There wasn't much said regard
the game Eddie Cicotte pitched
against me nrowns on April 14, toi
the only batted ball that really re
sembled a hit, according to all re
ports, came near the end of the rnh.
test when Eddie was roosting on the
threshold of the coveted troal. and
tne scribes calmly marked down an
error when Jimmy Austin smashed a
hot drive :it Chick Gandil, which was
fast enough to have torn a leg off
mat eminent nrst sacker. It that
batted ball was as fast and hard to
held as one St. Louis scribe has hint
ed, then Eddie Cicotte's no-hit game
was in reality a cne-hit game and he
Dreezea mrough because ot the ca
pable assistance of the scribes.
rirst reports on tne no-hit game
credited to Ernie Koob gave him
credit for a one-hit game. Later, it
is said, tne omcial scorer, after inter
viewing the members of both teams
and the umpires m charge that day,
ucimcu iu give plood creuii tor s
no-hit game against his better judg
ment.
Called Hit at First.
Pirates After Altenberg
To Hold Young Lee King
The Pittsburgh club arranged a
deal for Pitcher Duster Mails to go to
Birmingham, but he said he couldn t
stand the southern climate, so that
deal was called off and he was
shunted out to Portland in the Coast
league. Outfielder Jess Altenberg was
released to .Toronto of the Interna
tional league, much to the surprise of
Pittsburgh fans, who rated him a bet
ter outfielder than some of the mate
rial Callahan is keeping. The choice
with Callahan lay between Altenberg
and Lee King and the manager de
cided to retain King.
Handicap Match Against
Bogey for Women Monday
The Omaha Women's Golf asso
ciation will stage a handicap match
against bogey at the Omaha Field
club Mondav. This is the second of
the association's 1 monthly competi
tions. Par at the Feld club for wom
en is 83 and bogey is 97.
The play in question came when
Buck Weaver crashed a grounder to
Ernie Johnson, who was second-
sacking for Derrill Pratt, and Ernie,
say the reports, gave it a most valor
ous battle. He fielded it first with
his chest and knocked it down. Th
he picked the ball up, and with
scarcely time to throw, let it slip out
ot his hand and over his shoulder.
Then and there, it is said, the scribes
had argument, and finally the thing
was recorded as a hit.
As the game wore on and Koob
went through inning after inning
without allowing anything that looked
like a hit, 'the argument that had
come up m the first inning was re
newed and the scribes had it out
with the result aforementioned the
official scorer changing his first de
cision. First Judgment Best.
The average season base ball scribe
will a.srree that in practically ten
cases out of every ten the best judg
ment on a play is the first impression
of it. The official scorers should fol
low this rule invariably. They know
what the scoring rules permit and
how far they can go. They know
that many a batted ball is left to their
judgment, and it seams that in the
cases of both Koob and Cicotte snap
judgment would have been that the
batted balls in question should have
gone as hits plain, unadulterated
hits and nothing more.
If the official scorers are going to
console themselves by saying: "It
could have been scored either way,"
many a pitcher will get by with
no-hit game that he isn't entitled to.
Itk is not that the writer has any
thought of detracting from the hon
ors of either Cicotte or Koob, for
such superb pitching deserves only
the highest praise, but the fact re
mains that a hit is a hit, just the
same as "pigs is pigs," and you can't
get away from it.
Bransfield Making Good.
Old Kittv Bransfield is getting by
admirably as an umpire, and indica
tions are that he -will continue to
hold down his berth as long as he
renders the service he is giving in
the National league this season.
Bransfield's return to public notice
this ytar recalls the fact that as a
player he was a member of one of
the geratest infields the major
leagues have ever seen, an infield
which deserves or deserved more
credit than was given it as one of
the best ever gotten together.
In speaking of great infields, the
base ball scribes always enumerate
Anson, Pfeffer, Williamson and
Burns; Tenney, Lowe, Long and Col
lins: Doyle, Reitz, Jennings and Mc-
Graw; Chance, Evers, Tinker and
Steinheld; Mclnnis, Collins, Barry
and Baker. In all fairness it appears
that the Pirate four of IW3 should
be mentioned also.
This great old infield was com
posed of Bransfield, Ritchey, Wagner
and l.eacli. mere was quality mere,
all kinds of it. The members of that
old infield could hit the ball and field
better than the best of their day,
and collectively they were as great
as any other, if we are to believe the
old-timers who knew them in their
prime.
Varied Program of Sport
For Carter Lake Opening
Trapshooting, canoe contests, motor
boat, sailboat and rowboat races, mast
climbing, sail rigging, bait casting,
swimming matches and base ball will
constitute the program at the Carter
Lake club opening day May 30.
The opening starts at 10 a. m. and
the forenoon hours will be taken up
largely by the trapshooting. The
other contests will be staged in the
afternoon. The ball game is to be be
tween the Murphys, Class B champs
last year, and the Carter Lake club
nine. A band concert also will be
given in the afternoon. Governor Ne
ville will be present for the opening
festivities.
Giants to Play Benefit
For White Stocking Star
The New York Giants will play a
benefit game in Paterson, N. J., on
July 8, for Jim McCormack, once- a
pitcher with the old Chicago White
Stockings, who is ill at his home in
Paterson. The Silk Stocking of Jer
sey City will be the Giants oppo
nents and John McGraw will pay all
expenses, as far as the Giants are!
concerned. . 1
UST off the coffin, boys, they're going to hang crepe on the box fight
Dimness in Mew lork next November, the geose that laid the golden
egg is about all in. It will be a long line of mourners that will
trek out of the nation's metropolis next fall to seek other) fertile
pastures where the sucker crop still flourishes. It will be a sad pro
cession, for the other pastures are not so fertile as the great jay way. When
ever a slicker had a scheme on which the simon-pure simps out in the un
civilized and unsophisticated bush refuses to bite, he hiked for the big town
and the big town broke its neck in the fall. But no more, at least with the
prize ring gentry. Salty tears will be shed when the grand old graft is laid
on the shelf and the gay life ceased abruptly. Migration to a few spots here
Famous Athletes Barred from Plattsburg for Physical Reasons
;Xj?- ill"
The news that three of the greatest
athletes in Harvard university have
been rejected by United States army
examining physicians came like a
bolt from the blue. R. Norris Wil
liams, national tennis champion; Bill
Moore, Harvard's second best
sprinter, and Eddie Casey, of foot
ball fame, were turned down and
will be unable to join the officers'
training corps at Plattsburg because
of minor defects in their respective
physical make-ups.
All of which calls to mind the case
of Melvin W. Sheppard, the greatest
half-miler of his time. Peerless Mel,
back in 1908, wanted to be a police
man. He was at the time a member
of the track team of the Irish-Ameri
can Athletic club, and therefore eligi
ble in every way to become a member
of the finest body of police officers in
the world. Then came the physical
examination, and to the utter amaze
ment of-every one, and to Sheppard's
deep chagrin, the examining surgeon
rejected the great runner because he
had a "bad heart."
It was just a few weeks later that
Sheppard showed the world how
"bad his heart was by racing to
victory against the best middle dis
tance runners in the world at the
London Olympic games, winning the
800-metre and 1,500-metre champion
ships from the cream of England's
vaunted distancers. That 1,500-metre
struggle, often spoken of by Peerless
on fiapponingj n the
WORLD ofSPORT
and there m the west country where they don t bite so easily and where they
little return tor their money, or the free lunch trenches n all
demand a
that remains.
It's tough, boys; it's tough.
Mel as the hardest race he ever ran,
was test enough for the best heart
on earth. f
There's many an athletic champion
on sport's roster who could not pass
the army medical examination.
Dozens of them there are who have
slight imperfections, such as the one
that barred R. Norris Williams from
going to Plattsburg. Defective eye
sight is quite prevalent on the track.
Several runners who have won dis
tinction on the American cindtrpath
have but one eye to guide them. Both
Homer Baker and Harry Hillman
could never start in a race without
their specs. The same went for Frank
Waller of Milwaukee, former national
quarter-mile champion.
Buckles to Battle Thomas -In
Benefit for Guardsmen
A clash between Guy Buckles of
Omaha and Jack Thomas, said to be
the ex-champion of the Panama ca
nal zone, will be the feature attrac
tion of an athletic carnival to be held
by the soldier boys of Company B
at Camp Hamilton, the government
reservation at the east end of the
Union Pacific bridge. May 30.
Buckles and Thomas will travel
ten rounds and as both have been- ad
mitting confidentially to their friends
what they intend to do to the other
a warm conflict is anticipated.
Al Greenwood will go six rounds
with Bat Garrison. Two preliminary
boxing bouts between militiamen also
will be held and John Filler, wres
tling champ of the Fourth, will tan
gle with Joe Worton of Omaha on
the mat
More grief confronts Ham Patter
son, who for a couple of years cn-
ducted his "choke-'em when they're
down" policy in the Western league.
A Fort Worth copper has sued Ham
for $20,000 for injuries alleged to have
been received when Ham attacked the
officer who had been ordered to banish
Patterson from the park. Ham is find
ing that wild and woolly tactics don't
go so well in lexas as tney aid in
the Western and Coast leagues.
Sunday major league games are to
be played in the east for the benefit
of the Red Cross. Some day law
makers of the eastern states will tre-
ti're from the bigoted stand they have
taken and give Sunday ball a chance.
If put to a popular vote there is little
doubt that Sunday ball would be
legaljzed by as great majorities as
wnen tne people ot tne west piacea
their approval on the Sabbath game.
It will mean a lot to base ball when
this day comes. And it is coming
sooner or later, the benefit games for
the Red Cross is a step in the right
direction.
St. Joseph scribes are barking about
how rough and barbaric is the con
duct of Omaha fans, asserting
Omaha's base ball enthusiasts are
given to throwing cushions, pop bot
tles and the like. The St. Joseph gen
tlemen should visit Omaha. No city
in the country ever had a more lady
like assembly of fans. A few cushions
occasionally have been thrown and
the oldest inhabitant recollects tne
time when an overjoyful youth did
hurl a dod bottle at a hound running
across the field. We know one Omaha
base ball writer who has been waiting
patiently three years in the hope that
he eventually would see an umpire
mobbed in Omaha, but he has given
up all hope. If all cities were like
Omaha the umpire's job would be
duck soup.
Now that the president has ad
vised American sports be continued
throughout the war period perhaps
some of those hasty and previous per
sons who took a blind shot and called
off the sport activities with which
they were connected, will realize their
rror. Lolleges and universities that
cancelled their athletic programs de
feated the 'very aim of their move.
Instead of developing the sturdy man
hood within them by providing ath
letic training, these schools are check
ing the physical progress of their stu
dents, making them bookworms in
stead of robust, capable chaps. When
this country. General loffre de
clared that if the young men of France
had been given athletic training that
American youths get, the results ob
tained by the French army early in
the war would have ben inestimably
greater. The president is right; our
sports should be continued.
Omaha Gas Bike Cracks Go
After Grand Island Prizes
Otto Ramer. Birdie Lutz, Herman
Fisher and Chick Eggleston of Oma-
as battery of motorcycle riders are
entered in the 100-mile dirt track race
t Grand Island today. The race was
to have been held last Sunday, but
was postponed on account of rain.
Several racing stars are entered in
the event, but Omaha pop-pop rid-
rs believe Umahas representation
ill have no difficulty in upholding the
reputation of the Gate City.
Gossip Heard Among
the Amateur Warriors
The HvpodermicNeedle
By FRED S. HUNTER.
The base ball magnate chortled
With a fiendish sort' of ilee,
"They've slapped a tax on base ball,
On my livelihood," said he.
But I refuse to (ume or fret;
I hava not t'en the least regret,
Because, belicvs me, be, I know.
The fan will har to pay the dough.
Captain Kidd may have been a
highanded gent, but he had noth
ing on Zehrung's umpires.
Douglas Fairbanks may be a
great athlete, but there is some
thing wrong with his noodle. He
has undertaken to manage a wres
tler named Bull Montana.
Alexander has gone back yes,
to pitching two-hit games.
If Johnny Kilbane Is one of the
first to be drafted Freddie Welsh
no doubt will shed tears. This
also applies to Benny Leonard.
New York boxing fans paid $4,
502,280 for boxing in five years.
You guessed it. 1
The Western Golf association
officially has abolished the sty
mie. The stymie oftimes has been
A-ery annoying; occasionally one
bug gets between another and
the nineteenth hole.
Why not put a war tax of 9
or 10 per cent on all wrestling
matches; then confiscate the
watches, diamonds and jewelry .
of alt the spectators and shoot
the grapplers at sunrise?
SLAP A WAR TAX.
Every time Shag Thompson
steals a bxe.
Every t:..ic Earl Smith makes
a hit.
' Every time one of Zehrung's
umpires calls one wrong.
For every minute over one hour
and forty-five minutes it takes
Currie to pitch a game. 1
Every time the score board at
Rourke park fails to work.
Every time Joe Burt; says
"Atta boy."
Every time Wichita gets beat.
Every time a wrestling press
agent writes a column.
Every time Jimmy Snipes holds
a job more than a week.
Every time Fred Sullivan goes
to see the Dahlman Knights play. '
We hereby Issue wanting to tht
popultct of Omaha to bewar el
Tony Brettem and hit high-powered
automobile. Keep on the
sidewslk always and if a tela- .
phone pole It handy seals It Ed
die Rickenbtcher never had t
thine en Tony; With proper
coaxing and cajoling Tony t one
lung but can be kidded into mak
ing all of tight milts an hear,
Honus Wiener may have
1 .thought he was through as ball !
r i i. a t- i
piaycr, out ii ne nas teen enq
Pirates in action this year he '
probably has changed hit mind,
National League
TEAM BATTING.
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New York IT 101 111 147 tl II .171
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Brooklyn If 101 II 111 II IT .131
Olnoinnatl 34 HOT 111 161 II 10 .III
Pittsburgh It 1010 101 111 II IT .111
Motion ii go7 no II .111
LOUU II lit II 111 II 11 .101
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Burns, N. T IT 0I 11 40 1 T
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PITCHIN0. RECORDS.
.Ill
The Tomaneki hava changed managera.
John McKanna la the naw leader.
Joe Hamm hai atgned up to hold down
coiner two for the National Ch Regiateri.
The Central Furniture! bloiiomed out In
their new and nifty gray aulta lait Sun
day.
Joe Burr hien't got a thing on Tuffleld,
who la warming corner three for the Kra-
jiceiu.
Jimmy Moore of the Tomaneki whiffed
twenty-one and did not allow a hit lait
Sunday.
Today Schupa will b on the mound for
the Sample-Hart Motor Co. agalnet the
Tridnman.
Frit ile Clemente, the Central Furniture
ithortstopper, Is gome lad around the half
way station.
Reggie Dean stopped a pallet with his
lamp last Sunday because he catohea with
out a mask.
Becauae he is luggtns; around a broken
ami Raymond Lane has been released by
the Tomaneki,
Kink Bpellman of the W. H. Newsboys
c?outt4 a couple to remote corners of the
lot last Sunday.
Buggi, who holds down the hot come
for the T. M. -Rosgalls, acta In opposition
From present Indication Rsimuas Ii the
beet bet thst the Stags hava attached to
their hurling corps.
With Buck Theltseo and Marey Olenon,
the Branded) team Is well fortified In the
hurling department.
With progressive cases of "cherley-horie"
both Ruby Feltman and Ross limped
through last Sunday.
Emit Kleburg ti Kill In the ranks of the
unsigned. Webster 3666 will nip him. He
is a clever outer gardener.
Today the Burgess-Nimh family will be
entertained at Gretna, Neb. They played a
tie game there last Sunday.
Runny, who hss been the chief wind-pad
dint for two years for the McCarthys, threw
up tne sponge last Sunday,
Pat Boyle Is advocating a rule that the
association should Instruct the players ai
to the tools they should use.
In the left patch Watchman Dross hsa
been doing sensational work. He gathers In
everything that fllrla with him.
Thirty-seven strikeouts In three gsmes
have been gathered by McDermott, the chief
klnkster for the W, H. New boy i,
O'Connor and Erlckson of the Tomaneki
declare they expect to carry off tha bat
ting honors of the Intercity league.
Zip Woosley looked sweet on the rubber
for the MHady Mavericks against Platti
mouth. He only allowed four hits.
Fevr-ral dsys sgo Manager Victor of the
McCarthys signed up Williams to do the
hoisting. He looks sweet on the mound.
Last Bundsy Peter Peterson held down
cushion two like a big show gent for the
McCarthys, He also looked nifty at bat.
Alfred Vornoon of the Murphy Did Its
grabbed three hlta out of four attempts
against tha Drain Rxchange congregation.
That recently organised Morris Jb Co.
team il looking for games. Call Mr, Pen
man, purchasing department, Morris A Co.
Speed Vanius of tha Krajleeks showed
some style laot Humisy, striking out four
teen and allowing the Beddeoa only two
hits. , .,
Under the supervision of Gale Moredtrk
the StauB have and will continue to make
the skating difficult In the Metropolitan
league.
The Tomaneks want a Decoration day
game out of town. Write John McKenna,
Forty-fourth and Q atreets. or call South
1738.
On the firing lint Rill Good row is doing
excellent work for the Hample-Hart Motor
Co. Ha whiffed eleven of the Benson Mer
chants.
F. Beloyed, who winged m over for the
J, B. Roots against, the Tomaneki, struck
out leven n allowed only two clean
drives.
With AI Zelgtr on the mound, the Cen
tral Furnitures declare, there Isn't a team
In tha American league that can take their
nieaaure.
An tnterenting battle will probably he
staged In Melady'i meadow, at 1:30 today.
whan tht Park Avenue Florist and Trlmblt
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Philadelphia
uetroit
Brothers' Juniors elaib. These two awcre
gatlons art tied up for parch on In tht
intercity itagut.
Next week tht Booster league will eon
vena and If Vernt McLean makes good his
threat to resign It will have to elect a naw
president.
A home run and two half-way amashea ti
all that wai registered by Walter Bpellman.
out of three tlmaa at bat for tht Holmaa
White Sox.
Mattle HcOrath la hooking them at ajfcortj
for tht Brand ! in a faultiest manner. Hf
Ii also a dangerous fallow with, tht club
this seaion.
' Qulnn, second corner coverar for tha
Omaha Grain Etch an it, wait ted In tha
llmelfirht lent Sunday by pouncing on, on
lor tht limit.
With a bunch of loyal ftmlntna reottrt,
who couldn't win? Such fs tha casa with
the K raj treks and tha fair on at are al
ways on the job.
John Dougherty, who used to clamp them
at pouch one for tha Hollys, blew In town
tha other day Cor tht purpose of renewing
old acquaintances.
Madsm Rumor hat It that tht Maidas
ara going to drop their franchise In tht
Booster league. This -Itagut la now com
posed of nine teams.
A limit smash and a pair on which ha
hesHettM at Italian two were compiled by
ciix Wagner for the Sample-Harts against
tna isenson wercnania.
In Herman Yowt and P. Musssr tha Ar
mours have a pair of backs top pert that
can deliver tht groceries both in the field
ana witn tht stick.
Although tht Benson 'Merchant! crawled
under tha wlrt with a trad start they will
wskt up a few of the dopa mlxtn before
many moons liy by.
Several Important matters wilt come up
for consideration at tha meeting of tha
Metropolitan league to bt held tomorrow
night at tha city ball.
At tht middle bag Kennedy Is picking 'am
out of tha dust In a faultless manner for
the Council Dluffs Da Vol- Victors. He has
an accurate speedy peg.
Joseph Wachtler continued his slugging
for Melndy Mavericks last Sunday, getting
three out of four. Tracy Is still fielding
In a phenomenal manner.
On the slab for tha Polish Merchants M.
Roncha Is making a good record. Laat
Sunday the Te-Bt-Ces hltsmlths only
touched him for four hits.
Decoration day tht Te-Be-Ces would like
to play out of town. For further Informa
tion call Casey Oalnei at tot North Nine
teenth on tetephona Red 0133.
Hugh Graham of tht Holmes Whtta Sox
stilt continues to be a pernicious man with
the ash furniture. He was credited with
two safe knocks last Sunday.
Billy Harris, the big gun of the National
Cash Registers, has released the following
players: George Pent, William Montgomery,
Lester Spencer and James Moore.
Three games hurled In two daya la the
Iron man stunt that James Sutej pulled
last week. Re whiffed a dozen or the
Polish Merchant! for tha Te-Be-Ces last
Sunday.
Many changes have been made In tha
Beaelln lineup. Following Is the present
rang: Rickttr. Tarter, Prosier, Nystrom,
Tuttle, Conroy, Llamond, E. Stacsy Cain and
R. Stacey.
Today the Resellni will lunch at Have
lock. Neb., and Incidentally endeavor to
whip the hue ball manipulators stationed
there. Prosier, a new klnkster, will bt given
a try-out today.
At short Tltiworth for the W. H. Newt
boys la a regular dig 'em out of dust kid.
He Is also there with the clout furni
ture. Iiast Sunday ha spanked three for
tickets to bag one.
Just an even dosen of tht Council Bluffs
DeVot Victors fnll vlrtlmi to the DUixlers
whisaed over the crockery by John Andrews
of the Holmes White Sox and he allowed
only four hits.
The Tr-Be-Ces will lose the services of
three clever amateurs this week. Berg Is
going to the Copper league. Vsndever goes
home In the state and Lueschen Joins the
Sioux City club this week. I
With Potach in the pink of condition
and his backers togged In their hitting I
garments, the Ramblers hooked a game I
from the Armours In the final chapter Shaw. Wash
when they garnered four runs. 'James, Dat..
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