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Ul The Omaha Sunday Bee JLVJLh VOL. XLVII NO. 1. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1917. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. SEcra Fifteen Famous Gasoline Speed Demons Sign Up to Drive in the Omaha Speedway Races on July 4th EARL COOPER IS WINNER OF WINDY CITY AUTO RACE Stutz Pilot Captures 250-Mile . Derby With Speed of 103 Miles an Hour; Ralph Mulford Is Second. Chicago, June 16. Earl Cooper, driving a Stutz, won the 250-miIc automobile race from Ralph Mulford here today, covering the distance without a stop in 2:25:28. Eddie lieame was third. Cooper averaged lOo 1-5 miles an hour. EARL COOPER. .Mulford was three miles ahcod- of Cooper, who was in second place at 200 miles. Eddie Hearne was third. Mulford, who had not made a stop, averaged 104 1-5 miles an hour. De Palma practically was out of the running, owing to a cranky engine. Speeding at 104'4 miles an hour, Mulford was nearly two miles ahead of De Palma at 150 miles. The time was 1:24:14. Earl Cooper was third. Mulford was leading at the 100 mile, having covered the distance in 57:21, an average of miles an hour. Barney Oldfield and George Buzane were forced to quit because of engine trouble. Joe Thomas was uninjured when his car skidded in the back stretch, forcing him to with draw temporarily. Averaging 104 J miles an hour, Tra Vail, a dark horse, led the first fifty mlise, with Joe Boyer second and Ralph Mulford third. Henning, De vigne, Patterson and Lecain were forced out of the race because of en gine trouble. Number anfl Ir!v,r. Car. 1 Louis Chrnvolet Prontenac 2 L. Fontaine Mercedes 3Grorg Buzane Lietrolt Special 4 Ralph De Palma Packard 6 Karl t'ooper Httitz Jnc Thomas Mercer 7Tom Milton lluesenberg 8 P. Henderson Uuesenberg Ralph Mulford Hudson 11 Ed Hearn - Dueaenberg 1:: Dave Lewis iioskiiis ;-pe.n,i 11 Ira Vail 15 lules Devlgne 16 W. Taylor New 17 A. W. Patterson IS Walter Hatnea "7 nin Hemline . ..Hudson ....IMape an Spfflnl . . . FTii'lson . . ..M'Trer .Otrren 13 Tom Alley ..Pan-American 2i Job Boyer riouituai. 15 Jack I.ecaln Delage. :; Itarney Oldfield Oldfield Special 9 o,ar Tolt Omar Special 31 Jrrrv llason Keren !J Al S.hillo Mercer ,l:lt.M nte.lrlch Duesenberg J5 Cliff IMiratlt Pelage 4S Antlv Burt I'rlics Special Billy Bell Crosses Big Pond With Canadian Army V. J. J. (Billy) Dell, probably the best-read base ball fan Omaha ever had, iow is "somewhere on the cast coast" with the Canadian army. Bell recently enlisted in the Cana dian army. He was born in Omaha and therefore a citizen of the United States and it was only after his fourth attempt to enlist that the Canadian authorities accepted him. Ben J. Stone, 1821 Corby street, received an armv form card from Bell yesterday. It was postmarked "somewhere on the east coast. The card gives Bell's mail address as No. 1, 066, 290, 248 battalion.car Cana dian Expeditionary Force, Army Post Office, London. Bell was founder and manager ot the old Holly base ball team, which won the amateur championship of Omaha so many years. He also, played foot ball with the Belmonts, the Monmouth Parks and other teams. He was employed at the Powell Supply company at the time he enlisted with the Canadian forces Brandeis Play Lincoln Cleaners This Afternoon The Brandeis Stores, Omaha's crack semi-pro nine, will clash at Rourke park at 3:15 today with the Lincoln Cleaners and Dyers, amateur champs of the United States, m the second combat of the three-gamt series between these two teams. The first game was played here re cently and resulted in a 3-to-2 vic tory for the Brandeis after eleven thrilling innings. The game today promises to be another exciting enter tainment and a large attendance is anticipated. . Morrie Olson will be on the firing line for the local club. Omaha Red Cross to Have Concessions at the Races the Omaha chapter of the Red Cross will have the concession privi leges at the Omaha speedway races, July 4. The Woben's League for Na tional service win nave mc r.ruK'""" privilege, n is Denevea incsc pnvi ill meet a tidv sum to the two patriotic organizations. That Old Speed AH. H. HH. fO. A. T,. ThomDMD. rf.. Conner, 3b 4 Smith, If 4 Knur, nk 5 Hurt, 8b 4 llrodlr), lb 3 Nrhlrk, rf S rlrottem. o ft Mers, p 4 Totala. ..88 13 SI 1IKMKK. .411. R. BH. ro. Hartman, If 5 Kelleher, as S Oakrs, cf 5 Hotelier, 2b 4 Mef'ornilrk, rf.. 4 Mills, lb 3 Huffll, 8b 4 Hartliolomy, o. . . 4 l.rrrn, p S Nannnt, p 0 Miestak 1 Tntnl 37 " 4 9 37 33 flatted for IN a bow lit ninth. ninalm S 0 8 0 0 3 1 1 00 Drover 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 I 1 l.fft on bade: Omaha, 8: Tinvr, A. Stolen biihr; Kruir, Burg, iShfHtak, Coon-). Two-hane hits: Onkra, llrntttm. Smith, Mr (orinick. Three-bane btn: Mills, Thorn p Kon. Base on baits: Off Mets, 2; off Own, S ; off A abort,, 2. Hacrlf Ice fly : Ktul I h. acriMce hit: ISdilck. Struck out: tty Met i, ft; by lireen, 3; by Nabort.. 1. HltH anil earned run: Off Men, tt anil 4 In nine Innings; off ireen, II and 9 In aeven ln nlnKft; off Nalmrs, 1 anil none In two ln- ningH. Hit by pitcher: Bradley (by (ireen). Pairned ball: Bartholomy C4). Time of ram: Two hours and ten mlnutei. tm- plren: New house and MeliUtray. OMAHA CAPTURES FIRST FROM BEARS Bunch Hits in Several Inning! and Develop Lead Denver Is Unable to Over come. Denver, Colo., June 18. Omaha bunched hits in several innings and developed a lead Denver could not overcome, taking the first game of the series. St. Joseph Captures First Game From Truculent Sioux St. Joscpls Mo., June 16. St. Jo seph took the first game of the series from Sioux City here today, 4 to 3. Score: SIOUX C1TT. ST. JOSEPH. AB.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.E. GUmre.lf 4 2 3 0 ODIltz.rr 2 12 0 0 Holly,2b 5 2 3 7 0G;,lhy,2b 3 0 1 2 0 Rader.KH 2 112 OMcCbc.lf 4 110 0 Watson, rf 3 10 0 OKIrkhm.rf 4 110 0 ronrily,:tb 2 10 0 OShay.ns 2 12 0 0 Morae.cf 3 0 0 1 OHrnry.lb 3 18 10 arover.Ib 3 2 11 0 R.Mre.3b 3 0 12 0 Crosby.c 3 0 6 1 OH.More.c 2 0 7 1 0 Tedticop, 4 114 OHovllk.p 3 0 3 2 0 McCIen.aa 2 2 12 0 Totals.. 28 10 24 16 IGrahaui.p 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.. 28 7 27 10 0 Sfout City. . . .0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 St. Joseph 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 Strui-k out: By HovlIU, 6; by Oraham, 1; by TedlNco. 2. Bases on halls: Off Hovllk, 5; off Orahain, 0; off Todlseo, 4. Hits and earned rune: Off Hovltk, 10 and 3 in e.Rht inninRs; off Tedlsro, 7 and 4 in eight in nlnge; off Graham none In one inning. Stolen bases: Connolly, K. Moore. Sacrifice hits; Ooalby, Morse, Rader, Henry. Two base hit: McCabe. Three-base hit: McCIel kin. Wild pitch: Hovllk, Double play: Mr Clellan to Goalby to Henry. Left on banes: St. ,loepli. fi; Sioux City, 6. Time: 2:00. Cn'plrc: Shannon. McGranor Wins Seventh Victory From the Links Joplin, Mo., June 16. McGranor won for Joplin over Lincoln, 3 to 2, with a single in the ninth inning. It was his seventh ronsecutive victory. Gregory's poor fielding spoiled the efforts of his superb pitching. Score: LINCOLN. ' JOPLIN. AB.H.O.A.B. AB.H.O.A.E. rarllsls.K 1 T.amb.2b Smith. 2b 4 Bayless.cf 4 Lober.rf 4 Butlcr.ss 4 Grirrtn.lb 4 Sch'ndt,3b 3 Rolirer.o 4 Gregory.p 4 3 r.Coc!Tr.,3b 4 0 lDevnrr-.K 4 0 OHoran.rf 4 0 Metz.lb 4 1 ODaltmi.cf 3 3 OColllns.c 3 1 OL'more.aH 4 6 2MeG'nor.p 4 1 13 0 4 2 1 4 0 Totals. .34 S25 13 5 Totals. .34 6 27 IS ft Ono out when winning run scored. Lincoln 0 002000 0 2 Joplin 0 010001 0 13 Left on bases: Lincoln, 10: Joplin, 8. Sacrifice hits: Dalton, Carlisle. Stolen basea: Cochran, Smith, Gregory. Earned runs: Lincoln, 2. Bases on balls: Off Mc Granor. 4. Struck out: By McGranor, 2: by Gregory, 2. Hit by pitched ball: Collins. Passed ball: Rohrer. Time: 1:60. Um pire: Miller. Council Bluffs Golfers To Play in Iowa Tourney Five Council Bluffs Rowing asso ciation players ate entered in the an nual Iowa state golf tournament, to be held at Sioux City June 26 to 29. They are Harry Westergaard, Paul Scott, Harry Rose, Billy Rigdon and Tommy Leuchars. Leuchars is golf professional at the Manawa club. Ten Miles on Road Every Morning Part of Plestina's Training Diet Ten miles every morning before breakfast is part of the diet of Marin Plestina, Omaha wrestler, who is training for his joust with Henry Ordeman r,f Minneapolis at the Oma ha Auditorium, July 4. Plestina is a great believer in road work. So every morning, bright and early, the big Omaha bone-crusher dons his running togs and starts out for a ten-mile gallop. Some times he jogs out to the Speedway, in East Omaha, and back. Other times he hikes for a point south of Riverview park. But every morning, seven days a week, thirty days a month, rain or shine, Marin insists on his ten-mile spin on the road. . Plestina returned to Omaha last week from San Francisco, where he earned a decHon over Ad Santel. He remained on the coast three more weeks in an effort to wheedle Bohunk Zbyszko and Strangler Lewis into Famous Gasoline Speed Pilots Who Will Strive for Fame and Fortune on Boards of the Omaha Speedway on July Fourth I Ur4 k f X ;fyf' f& mm. rZ1E HgftDETZSort PROBLEM FOR HEW PREXIETO SOLVE Western League Magnates Want to Transfer St. Joseph Franchise to Springfield or Pueblo. When Emerson Dickerson, newly elected president of the Western league, assumes his chair of office he may be confronted with a problem that bids well to provide a few sleep less nights. The problem is the St. Joseph franchise. It has developed that the other magnates of the Western league have delivered an ultimatum to Jack Hol land, owner of the St. Joseph club. Attendance at St. Joseph games has been unusually small this season and Owner Jack has been informed that unless he can promise better attend ance immediately the franchise will be moved. .Some of the moguls even favor transfer of the franchise right away without giving St. Joseph further op portunity to show it deserves a place in the circuit. Holland, however, re fused to make any switch without giving the Joetown fans another chance. He said the lone series at home now wonld develop whether SrJ Joseph would patronize Western league ball or not. That scries is now being played. Attendance has been nothing to brag about, so it is believed the magnates will press their demands that the franchise be removed from the Mis souri city. Two Candidates for Club. Springfield, Mo., and Pueblo, Colo., are candidates for the franchise. Springfield has beconve an eligible candidate because of its proximity to Joplin. Being so close to Joplin, the transportation item does not figure strongly. Pueblo, of course, is between Den ver and Wichita and presents no diffi cult transportation problem. The Colorado city probably has the odds on Springfield. Several of the magnates last winter favored Pueblo over Ion in. In case the club owners are deter mined to oust St. Joseph the problem will be put up to President Dickerson as soon as he takes up his new duties. Barham, Fired by Omaha, Going Good at Vancouver Wayne Barham, bounced by Marty Krug because he didn't Know how to pitch, didn't know how to field and acted as though built of concrete above the collar, is hurling good ball in Vancouver, to which town he was shipped by Marty. He is one of the most dependable hurlers in the North western league now. Wavne s battery mate is an old Rourke, one Walter Cadman, well known as a pecan of extremely tem peramental tendencies around these parts. matches, but both sidestepped. Jack Curley laughed out loud when Marin suggested a clash with Zbyszko. "Us for the east and some easy money," quoth Curley, according to Marin, "we don't want to wrestle you." Zbyszko and Lewis, 'tis said, are matched to meet again July 4 at Bos ton. Boston is over 3,000 miles away from San Francisco, where Zbyszko l-eat Lewis the other day. Lewis once was dumped by Plestina in straight falls and cares not for more of the Omahan's handling. Plestina was in desperate straights for a match until Ordeman bobbed up.- He couldn't find a wrestler will ing to take a chance with him. But Ordeman came to bat with a chal lenge and an expression of confidence in his ability to test grips with the Omaha man and Plestina almost killed himself in his hurry to accept. Thus Omaha gets to see "a wrestling match on Independence day, zave RALPH MULFORD. OMAHA SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE SPORTS Greighton, Omaha Uni, Belle vue and Three High Schools Will Play Out Foot Ball Schedules in Fall. Sports will not be abandoned by- Omaha educational institutions on ac count of the war. Creighton university. Omaha uni versity, Bellcvue and the three high schools intend to maintain full activi ties in all athletics. Tommy Mills will be retained as coach and director of athletics at Creighton and the blue and white will go through with its full foot ball schedule this fall. The schedule com prises a number of big games, includ ing contests with the universities of Wyoming and North Dakota. In fact, despite the wartime conditions, Creighton expects to have its greatest foot ball year this fall. Omahauni and Bellevue may find the going tough because of their rela tively small number of students. Both of these schools are a bit uncertain about attempting a foot ball season, but if enough students are in the schools will go through. Both have schedules and will play them out if possible. The high schools, of course, will continue all branches of sport because their students are for the large part under the service eligibility age. fkhupp Still Panto. Pitcher ftchupp of the Giants continues to bsffle National league batsmen just as he did the latter part of last season. frowns' fielding Bad. Whlla ths record of the Browna In club batting Is of the best, their club fielding record la a crime. Jot Thomas SMITH-REGAINS , SLUGGING LEAD Omaha Outfielder Hitting at .384 Clip, Tops Western in Both Hitting and Buns Scored. Earl Smith once again is leading the hitters of thr) Western league. Earl now is cracking the pill at a .384 clip and holds a twenty-point margain over Tex Jones of Wichita, who is hitting .363. Horan of Joplin is third in the standing and Tex Crosby of Sioux City fourth. Ben Shaw, who ranked second last week, has dropped to ninth position, but is hitting at a fast rale, .320. Marty Krug of Omaha is tenth with a mark of .312. Smith, Shaw and Krug arc the only Rourkes hitting above .300. Big Bill Bradley has dropped back to .290, while Shag Thompson is hitting .278. Morrie Schick is picking up again. He climbed to .271. Joe Burg is hitting an even .260, and Phil Cooney, .252. Tony Brottem has dropped to .248. Marty Krug is leading the league in Sacrifice hits with twenty-two, while Shag Thompson retains stolen base honors with eighteen. Smith not only is the leading hit ter, but the leading run-getter of the loop. He has scored forty-five runs Cochran of Joplin is his nearest rival with forty-four. Koabe Playing Second. Otto Knane, who has sitrceeded BIMy Rmlth as manager of the Richmond Inter national league team. Is playing second, bis old league position. TaonehtU Dropped. Jesse Tanneblll, former well known big league twrllsr, has bean dropped from tbt Inlernatlonftl league umpire itatf M'SHAKE LANDS FULL FIELD OF DRIVERS FOR THE OMAHA INDEPENDENCE DAY CLASSIC Mulford, Vail, Thomas, Hearne, Henderson, Milton, Lewis, Alley and Chevrolet Brothers Among the Celebrities Landed for the Gate City's Third Annual Automobile Derby, July 4. Driver. Ralph Mulford.. Ira Vail Art Patterson . . , Joe Thomas Walter Haines. Al Schillo Eddie Hearne.. Tommy Milton. Car. ..Hudson , . .Hudson ..Hudson ...Mercer ..Mercer ..Mercer ..Duesenberg ..Dueaenberg fete Henderson uuesennerg Dave Lewis Hoskina' Special Russell Burns Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Gaston Chevrolet Frontenac Tom Alley Pan-American Billy Solmon Omar Toft.. Omar Special Alton Soules Otto Henning Ogren By FRED S. HUNTER. , (?make the bet time in the elimination Fifteen of the fastest and most dar ing speed pilots in the country have entered the third annual Omaha gaso line classic, which will be held on the boards of the Omaha Speedway July 4. A message from F. J. McShane, jr., director of contests of the Omaha Speedway, who was in Chicago all last week signing the drivers, con veyed the information that the above listed classy field of noted gasoline demons had signed up to take part in the local Independence day derby. McShane does not intend to stop with the fifteen signed. Only fifteen drivers will be permitted to start in the Omaha grind, according to the rules of the American Automobile association, but it is McShane's aim to sign as many drivers as possinie and then start in the 150-mile flight for fame and fortune the fifteen who Miller Park Golf Club Program for This Year The Miller Park Golf club lias is sued its program for the current sea- n. The annual club championship will tart nn Tulv 21. There will be two flights of sixteen each. A team match, president against vice president, will wind up the season, September 15. ine neiu comnmiec wnicn arraiiKcu the program consists of Art Taylor, Hob Malcolm, Bob Watson and Ben Yousen. The program is as follows: June 23. MrCaffry cup, clghtann-holo handicap, metlal pin;, 1xtn to qualify; prlzca to winner and runnnr-up. July A Eighten-holi handicap match play aKalnat bottoy; toll club donated, by B. A. Weathero. July 7 Eihten-holt hundloap madal play; prlio donated hy Max Kaplan. July 14 Twenty-..even continuous handi cap medal play, golf club donated by Charlea Johnston. July 31 Qualifying round club champion ship, el(hteen-hol mndal play, alxteen to qualify; d Inset org' flight, if con d aliteen to liiflllfy; prlxes to wlnnars and runnen-up; directors' prlia donated by E. M. Tracy. August 4 Eighteen -hols handicap medal play agulnat bogey; golf, club donated by F. Kusell. August 11 - E!ghteen-hol handicap match play agalnat bogey; prize donated by Mr. McDuff. August 18 Bat nine out of twenty-aevfn consocutlve boles; prize donated by Mr. Carter. August 26 Open date. September 1 Blind bogey; prize donated by W. FJ, Davie. Snptemher 1 Eighteen -hole handicap mednl piny; prise donated by Vice Presi dent Thll Kendall. rVpttmher 16 Team match. president against vice president. Big League Too Fast for Lou North, Former Rourke Lou North, two years a Rourke Kitcher and hit year the leading nrlcr of the Western league, has found the going too tough in the big leagues. North, who went up from Omaha to the St. Louis Cardinals last fall, has been shunted back to the Little Rock club of the Southern as sociation. Omaha fans prophesied that North would not be able to stick at St. Louts because of a sore arm. Pie had plenty of stuff and speed, but the arm made it a task for him to pitch. He had trouble with it both years at Omaha and when he went up it was believed he would be unequal to the task of pitching major league ball. T0URMASTER FOR OMAHA MOTORCYCLE CLUB. eTAMEJ mv AVERY if -,.'-MrH Mechanician. Ralph Kripler Barney Newgard E. Olson Henri North Harry Smith Art Anderson Louis Lecocq Ed Miller contests. Ralph De Palma and Earl Cooper, the latter the winner of the 250-mile race at Chicago yesterday, are not among the pilots signed for Omaha, but McShane has high hopes of land ing both before he returns home. These two are practically the only celebrities McShane has not signed. Of the fifteen already signed, Ralph Mulford, Ira Vail, Tommy Milton, Baby Pete Henderson and Dave Lewis took part in the great Omaha race last year. Tom Alley was one of the participants in the 1915 race in Omaha. The other drivers have never be fore been seen in this city. Hearne of Old SchooL Eddie Hearne, teammate of Hen derson and Milton in the Duesenberg outfit, is one of the old school. Hearne was one of the leading registered driv ers half a dozen years ago. Then he jumped to an outlaw circuit and has been tooling cars on the dinky dirt tracks of the country for several sea sons. Last winter, however, he was reinstated and once more the big time fans will have the pleasure of seeing this sensational driver on the speed ways. Already Hearne has begun to make inroads on the prize money. He has been in the money in all the races staged so far. He placed at Union town and Cincinnati and was third at Chicago yesterday.' The celebrated Chevrolet brothers are new to Omaha. They are driving cars of their own construction. Their Frontenacs are exceedingly light, weighing only 1,600 pounds, and they are capable of 110 miles an hour. Louis Chevrolet was the winner of the Memorial day derby at Cincinnati and his brother, Gaston, was third. Louis Chevrolet a decade ago was a member of that famous Buick team of Burman, Strang and Chevrolet, said to have been the greatest racing team ever assembled. Burman and Strang are both dead. Coast Product. Omar Toft, who drives an Omar Special, is a Pacific coast product and this is his first year on the eastern tracks. He is said to be a driver of the sensational type, the kind the coast turns out. His Omar Special is reputed to be a very fast car. Otto Henning was a former Mercer driver. His Ogren, a Chicago-made car, is fast and Henning is expected to make a name for himself this year. Mercer Pilots New. All three of the Mercer drivers are strangers to Omaha. Joe Thomas is the leader of the team. He rode with Eddie Putlen for several year and later drove Mercers on the coast To show the class of Thomas it is only necessary to point out that he quali fied at Chicago with a mark of 107 miles an hour. Al Schillo is a comeback. Schillo was one of the noted drivers of years gone by. He retired irom tne game and became the Mercer agent in Chi cago. When Baby Pete Henderson quit the Mercer team the other day Schillo was induced to take his hand at the wheel again. Umahans remember schillo wnen he drove Billy Leet's car to victory in the Chicago dealers' race last year. Walter Haines, the other member of the Mercer team, is new at the wheel, but has had a lot of experience riding with capable drivers and he is heralded by the railbirds as one of the coming stars. Ralph Multord, who will drive a Hudson, drove a Peugeot into second money in Omaha last year. Ira Vail tooled a Hudson here and was one of the contenders until he blew up after seventy-five or eighty miles. Art Patterson, the other Hudson driver, is new to Omaha. Baby Pete, Too. Tommy Milton, one of the Duesen berg pilots, drove the same car to third money last year while Baby Pete was fourth in both the Omaha races last year. Dave Lewis was a member Of the Crawford team last year. His Hoskins Special is said to be a much faster car than his Crawford and he is ex pected to prove one of the leading1 pilots of the country this season. Some of the stars who put up such a wonderful race here last year will be missing, of course. Eddie Ricken bacher is in Europe with Pershing. Dario Resta has retired. Art Klein has jumped to the outlaw circuit Wil bur D'Alene still is suffering from an injury received at Ascot Park last December and is not driving. But others have been signed to take their places and with the fifteen men Mc Sliane already has lined up. Omaha is assured of a race that at least will be the equal of last years classic in speed, competition and thrills..