he Omaha' Sunday
VOL. XLVII NO. 9. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1917. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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Thoroughbreds to Race in Gate City Ti
Sandlot Lads Start Annually
PLAN RUNNING
RACES FOR WEEK
OF AK-SAR-BEN
Four Hundred Jumpers Already
Pledged for Big Revival of
Sport of Kings During
Carnival Week.
Unless a hitch cccurs in the well
laid plans of Fred Burlingim, well
known Omaha sportsman, and a num
ber of prominent local business men,
the sport of kings will stage a come
back in Omaha this fall, and once
more will the thoroughbreds be seen
to streach their nimble legs around
the smooth oval betore great gather
ings of enthusiastic horse, lovers and
race tans.
It is Burlingim's plan to stage an
entire week of running races in Oma
ha the first week of Ak-bar-Ben. He
has been working on plans for the
event for several weeks and already
has pledged the entries of the strings
of a hundred owners, from all parts of
the country. These 100 owners will
bring over 400 of the finest thorough
bred race horses in the united states
to this city.
That the race meeting would be an
unqualified success in Omaha is the
unanimous verdict of all horse lovers
and race fans in Omaha. It has been
years since the thoroughbreds have
been seen in Omaha. Running races
went out of style in the middle west
as they did all over the country when
the betting was stopped. But now
the jumpers are gradually coming
back into their own. Running race
meets have been held successfully
without the booK and there is little
doubt but what they would be sue
cessful in Omaha. For where is there
a man with soul so dead that he
doesn't get a thiill when the sleek
thoroughbreds charge furiously around
the racing oval and down the home
stretch in a bunch for a final spurt
under the finish wire? He doesn t ex
ist. that's all. For that reason it is
believed some of the greatest crowds
that ever witnessed a sporting event
in Omaha will be out to watch the
jumpers during the meet the first
week of Ak-Sar Ben.
Wiches Win From the
Josies, Although Outhit
St. Joseph. An?. 11. Although out-
hit today, Wichita s hits were more
timely and they defeated St. Joseph,
5 to 2. Score:
AVICHITA. ST. JOSEPH.
AU.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.B.
R'ther.cf 3 0 2 0 OMorse.lf 6 110 0
Berer,8S 3 1 2 S 0Holly.2b 6 3 3 7 0
Jones.lb 4 0 15 0 ORader.ss 3 0 0 3 0
Coy.rf- 4 2 2 0 OWataon.rf 3 12 0 0
Goodn.2b 4 113 OMuel'r.lb 4 1 12 0 0
.McB'de.lf 4 110 ACon'lly.cf 3 10 0 1
ravls,3b 4 0 10 OHealey.Sb 3 0 118
Yaryan.c 4 3 S 0 OCrosby.c 4 2 7 1
Baker.p 2 0 0 1 OSuth'nd.p 3 2 13 0
Totals.. 32 7 27 7 0 Totals. .34 11 27 16 1
Wichita 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 08
St. Joseph 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 02
Struck out: By Sutherland, 7; by Baker,
3. Base on balls: Off Sutherland, 2; off
Baker, 1. Hits and famed runs: Off Suth
erland, 7.and 6; off Baker, 11 and 2. Sacri
fice hits: Kader, Baker. Two-base hits:
Ooodwln, Crosby. Wild pitch: Sutherland.
Double plays: Jone-? (unassisted), Rader to
Holly to Mueller. Hit by pitched ball: By
Baker, Watson. Left on bases: St. Joseph,
8; Wichita, 3. Time: 2:10. Umpires: Wil
kinson and Daly.
Herrmann Goes On Record
Against Base Ball Wagers
, Cincinnati. O., Aug. 11. Chairman
August Herrmann of the National
Base Ball commission in a statement
regarding reports of alleged gambling
being carried on at the Boston ball
park declared today that the matter
primarily is for club control, with the
co-operation of the interested leagues,
if necessary, but believed that' the
evil, if it exists, will be- eradicated
eventually.
"I do not hesitate to put myself on
record as condemning gambling on
ball games," said Herrmann.
"In my judgment, the club that tol
erates open betting on its grounds is
noteworthy to enjoy the privileges of
thenational game.
Francis Ouimet Ready to
Serve His Country in War
Boston, Aug. 11. Francis Ouimet,
Western Amateur golf champion and
former national amateur and open
title holder, today announced that he
would not claim exemption from the
drift. He has already passed the
physical examination.
"My services are at my country's
disposal in whatever capacity I can
do the most good," he said, "whether
this proves to be in the army or play
ing golf in aid of the Red Cross."
Ouimet said he had received anony
mous letters charging him with being
1 slacker, based upon reports that he
would ask exemption.
Gecrge Shestak Is Caught
By Uncle Sam's Draft Net
George Shestak, former Rourke
hurler, and now catcher for the Den
ver Grizzlies, was caught in the draft.
Shestak's number was 181 and he has
been notified to appear at Wilbur,
Neb., his home, for physical examina
tion. He will not ask exemption.
"Why should I stay here when the
rest of the boys are over fighting in
the trenches?" said Shestak.
Nebraska Cycle Sells
Bicycle Stock to Roos
In making room for their Victrola
business the Nebraska Cycle-company
found it necessary to discontinue their
bicycle line and have sold out this
. entire department, including bicycles,
J accessories and good will, to Victor
j Roos. .......
Those Pesky Bears
OMAHA.
AH. R. H. O. A.
Cooney, 2b 8 O 0 2 S
King, s 4 O J 8 5
Miller, If S 1 S 8 0
Sataw. lb S O t 14 1
Yanllfj, rf S O 1 O 0
Krottem, c a... 4 0 1S0
Thompson, rf 4 1 1 S 0
Nye. 8b I O 0 0 3
I.uesrhen, p S O 0 0 8
Mrtiuire, p 0 O 0 O 0
O'Toole OOO0O
Totals
34 S
27 16
DENVER.
AU. R.
o.
1
1
1
8
4
2
10
0
0
Ilartman, cf 3
Kelleher, as 4
Butcher. If 4
Mill, lb 3
llarUell, 2b 8
MrCormick, rf 4
Nhestak, t 4
Vtuffli, 3b 4
Dale, p 3
0
1
1
1
1
0
o
0
1
Totals 83 5 8 27 13
Batted for Mctiulre In ninth. .
Omuha
Runs 10000000 13
lilt 30110101 29
Denver-
Runs 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 S
Hits 00012018 1
Two-base tilts: Kelleher, Mills, Kni, Kar
riflre hits: Vnrdley, Nye, Mills, Hartzell,
Hartman, Stolen bases: Miller, Thompson,
Hartiell (2), MrCormlrk. Double plays:
Knijr to C'ooney to hhaw: McUuIre to
Kruf to Shaw. Kits: Off taosrhen, 6 In
seven and two-thirds Innings; off McGnlre,
2 in one and two-thirds Innings. Struck
out: By Lenschen, 3: by Dale, 7. Bases on
balls: Off Dale, 8. wild pitch: Letischen
Mctiulre. Hit by pitched ball: Shaw. Left
on bases: Omaha, 10; Denver, 4. Time
1:85. Implre: Bush.
SHESTAK'S SINGLE
WINS FOR DENVER
Scratch Hit Which Bounds Over
Shaw's Shoulder Paves Way
for 5 to 2 Victory for
Bears.
A' scratchy hit by George Shestak,
which took a bad bound and thus es
caped the clutching fingers of Ben
SHaw, proved the undoing of Arnold
Lueschen, Pa Rourke's kid hurler,
yesterday, and the pesky Grizzlies
from Denver defeated our demon
athletes, S to 2.
Shestak's bingte which turned the
tide of victory for the enemy, came
in the seventh stanza. The seventh
was a very unfortunate frame.
The round started when Marty
Krug let Butcher's grounder slide
between his legs. Marty's fingers
missed the ball, and it's a well known
fact his legs never could stop the
horsehide. So Butch was safe at
first. Mills laid, down a neat sacri
fice and was safe when Lueschen's
throw to second was too late to nip
Butcher. Hartzell's sacrifice sent
Butcher to third and Mills to second.
Moose McCormick whiffed, but Shes
tak sent the grounder at Shaw. The
bad hop took it over Shaw's shoulder
and Butcher and Mills scampered
home.
Wild Heaves Fatal.
This so unnerved Lueschen he
gave the Bears another tally in the
eighth and Pete McGuire, who suc
ceeded him, let another slip home.
Dale singled, took second on Hart-
man s bunt, went to third on Luesch
en's wild pitch and scored on Kelle
her's double to left. Here's where
McGuire appeared. He retired Butch
er, but uncoupled a wild pitch and
Kelleher scored.
The other Denver run was marked
up in the fifth on Mills' infield hit,
Hartzell's force out, McCormick's
single and a double steal by Hartzell
and the Moose.
Omaha scored one in the first. With
two down Miller beat out a bunt, took
third on Shaw's infield hit by some
fast sprinting and scored when Yard
ley poled a single to right.
bhag ihompsons single a walk to
O'Toole, pinching for McGuire, and
Krug's double to right scored one more
in the ninth.
The last game of the series between
Omaha and Denver will be played to
day, starting at 3:15. Otto Merz will
hurl for Omaha while Doc Manser
will do the twirling for the opposi
tion. Seymour Golfers Clash
In Team Match for Feed
Seymour Lake Country club golf
ers started their annual team match
yesterday. John Bekins and Roy
Dennis are captains of the rival teams.
The losing team must provide a din
ner for the winners. The first half
of the clash was staged yesterday
and the. windup will be held today.
The teams are as follows, the man
first named being on Bekm s team
and the second belonging to Dennis:
Frank Ames plays H. M. Anderson.
John Bekins plays James H. Adams.
.Tamos Allen plays Dr. William Berry.
W. B. Mredbeck plsys S. J. Bell,
llflce Culkln plays T. L. Combs.
Georgre MacDonald plays J. J. Fitzgerald.
William Cox plays W. B. Cheek.
Dr. W. A. Cox plays Allen Dudley.
William Jetter plays Roy Dennis.
Henry Forster plays George Francis.
A. S. Mldlam plays L. M. Lord.
J. M. McCarthy plays It. M. Laverty.
H. L. McWilliams plsys William Melcher.
C. A. Melcher plays W. R. Overmlre.
H. C. Marling plays C. A, Mangum.
S. E. Mathson plays J. D. Ringer.
Otto Radzuwelt plays Frank Roberts.
H. H. Roberts plays Gua Radzuwelt.
R. L. Reynolds plays T. J, Donahue.
K. A. Swanson plays D. A. Johnson.
Henry Wlndhelm playa C. 1. Vollmer.
Julius Lyon plays John Urlon.
Albert Cahn plays Guy Beckett. ..
Company K Nine to Meet
Town Team at Columbus
Columbus, Neb., Aug. 11. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Under the manage
ment of Sergeant Jake Levine the
base ball team of local Company K
will make its initial bow on Shady
lake diamond Sunday afternoon, when
they clash with Manager Justus Reg
ulars. The entire proceeds will go
to the soldiers. A band concert by
the Columbus city band will also be
provided
LAST CHANCE FOR
JOE STECHER TO
PROVE HIS CLASS
Match With Marin Plestina
Labor Day Will Be Turning
Point Which Spells Suc
cess or Failure.
When Marin Plestina, Omaha's
heavyweight champion, and Joe
Stecher, the Dodge county phenom,
face each, other within the twenty-four-foot
wrestling ring of the Oma
ha Auditorium Labor day night, they
will literally be at that crossroad
point "where the trail divides."
Base ball writers talk knowingly of
tne crucial series upon which a
team's success hangs. But if ever the
word crucial had a place in the lan
guage of the good old U. S. A., it
should apply to the forthcoming Ples-tina-Stecher
match.
Labor day will mark the turning
point in the respective careers of the
two famous Nebraska wrestlers. If
Plestina wins he will uneauivocallv
be "made" and it will be back to the
tarm tor Mecher. If Stecher wins he
will regain his former prominent po
sition at the top of the wrestling heap,
while it will be a coal truck for Ples
tina. All depends upon this one
match.
Never before in the annals of the
wrestling game has so much hinged
upon a match which was not for a
championship. Neither Plestina nor
Mecher is a champion, although, of
course, it must be admitted both are
of championship timber. They are
not fighting for a title. Yet they are
fighting for their very existence as
wrestlers.
Followers Stick.
Stecher was chamnion until last
April, when he was vanquished by
Earl Caddock. He was considered
the miracle man of the wrestling
game. He still has many followers
who believe he is the peer of all
wrestlers and the Labor dav match
will tell the tale for them one way
or the other. If Stecher wins, his
followers will be more confident than
even that he will reeain the cham
pionship. If he loses, they will know
the pace has become too swift for
him.
Until a year and a half ago, Pies
tma was a workhorse in a Chicago
wrestling stable, lie was the foil for
a manager who handled a string of
bonecrushers. Whenever a call for
man to lose was sent in. Plestina
was shipped. He kept in no kind of
condition, made no effort to improve
nis wrestling and all the training he
ever got was to paint his manager's
barn. As a result, most of the first
class wrestlers could throw Marin.
Becomes Weary.
But" Marin became wearv "of this
Hind of an existence, moved to Oma
ha, went under Pete Loch's win.
has been training faithfully every day
for a year and a half, and now stands
a finished product. He has thrown
such capable artists as Strangler
Lewis, Jack Taylor, Adolph Ernst,
Fred Beell, Henry Ordeman and Bob
Managoff. He is thT only man ex
cept Young Zbyszko, who has ever
thrown Strangler Lewis. He per
formed the feat in Lexington, Ky.,
throwing the Strangler twice in the
rapid time of forty-five minutes.
Plestina has many supporters in
Omaha who believe the rejuvenated
Marin is a champion. His backers
are confident of it. The match with
Stecher will tell. If he defeats the
Dodge lad, Marin's place in the hall
of fame is assured. If he fails, his
next stop will be that Chicago stable.
It's a "crucial" match in every
sense of the word, and it should be
some clash when the two huskies
get together.
Brandeis to Play Four
.Games With Iowa Team
The Brandeis Stores base ball club
will leave by automobile Tuesday at
6:30 p. m. for Denison, the first stop
on their Irip to Lost Island Lake and
Lake Okoboji, where they play the
Lost Island Lake Giant.-- a series of
four games, two at Lost Island and
two at Okoboji.
Leaving Denison a I 7 o'clock
Wednesday morning and driving right
through, it is planned to arrive at
Lost Islard Lake at noon, or in plenty
of time for the opening game, which
is to be one of the features in con
nection with the oicnic of the old
settlers of Clay and Palo Alto coun
ties. The following players will make
the trip: Pete Lyck, Morrie Olson,
Gene Wyman of Imogene, la.; Sol
Novitsky, Matty McGrath, Frank
Synek, Bernie Probst, Eddie Robcn,
Eddie Dygert, Eddie Lawler and
Eddie Hazen.
Father Against Son
In Amateur Series
When the Murphy Did Its, pen
nant winners in the City league,
and Stags champions of the Met
ropolitan league, clash in the series
for the Class B amateur base ball
championship of Omaha the unique
circumstances of father and son on
opposite sides of the fence will be
seen.
Frank Jacobs is president of the
City league. The Murphys captured
the pennant in the City league so
it is up to Frank to pull for the
Murphys to win the city champion
ship. On the other hand, Foster Ja
cobs, son of Frank Jacobs, is crack
outfielder of the Stags.
So father is pulling for the Mur
phys to beat the Stags and son is
pulling for the Stags to beat the
VMurphys.
Ralph Powell
Two Tennis
Iowa State
Joe Adams, Brother of Will,
and Clarey Hanighen, Also to
Represent Gate City at
Hawkeye Event.
A tennis clash which Omaha net
fans have been keenly anxious to see
for over a year now is very likely to
occur on the courts of Des Moines
this week during the annual Iowa
state tournament.
The match is between Ralph Pow
ell and Will Adams, easily the two
best court cracks the Gate City pos
sesses. Last year Powell won the city
championship, the Nebraska state
championship at Wayne and the Tri
State title at Sioux City. Adams won
the Iowa state championship at Des
Moines.
Between them, they brought plenty
of net honors to Omaha. But Adams
did not take part in the city, state or
Tri-State tournaments, while Powell
did not attend an Iowa event. As a
result, these two local stars did not
cross racquets at any time.
Issue Is Open.
Both had their followers and sup
porters. There are those tennis en
thusiasts who insist Powell is the best
player. Others declare Adams is the
superior. And because they have
never met the issue has been a mooted
one, with no prospect of an agreement
until thev two players meet.
Neither one took part in the city or
state events this year. Powell jour
neyed to Sioux City and captured the
Tri-State for the second time.
But both are entered in the Iowa
State tournament at Des Moines and
local net fans are confident they will
play through and meet each other in
the final round, provided, of course,
they are drawn in the opposite brack
ets. If they are drawn in the same
bracket, they will meet before the
final round. But, at least, Omaha fans
do not doubt they will meet and that
is one match they have been waiting
for a long time and are only disap
pointed because it will be held at a
city ISO miles away, instead of here.
Tangle in Doubles, Too.
There is also an excellent chance
that Omaha rivals will become tan
gled up in a doubles wrangle, too.
Joe Adams, Will Adams' older
brother, is also entered at Des Moines
and will team with Will in the
doubles. Clarey Hanighen is going to
Des Moines with Powell and will play
with Ralph in the doubles. As Powell
and Hanighen ate partners of long
standing, former state champs and
present Tri-State champs, and Will
and Joe always put up a great team
play, Omaha enthusiasts expect these
two Gate City doubles teams to play
through to the finals and meet each
other.
As far as Omaha is concerned local
dopesters believe it a foregone conclu
sion that the Gate City will capture
both championships. It is regarded as
certain that either Will Adams or
Powell will win the singles champion
ship and that either the Adams
brothers or Powell and Hanighen will
capture the doubles title. And if both
Will Adams and Powell fall down in
the singles, there's Joe Adams, who
is some crack with the racauet him
self.
Veteran Cecil Thompson
Is Released by Rourkes
Cecil Thompson, veteran southpaw
pitcher, has been sent on his way by
the Rourkes.
Thompson drew his release for two
reasons, in the first place, he has
been losing his efTect'veness this year
and has been soundiy hammered by
tne opposition too nianv times. In
the second place, the Western league
nas a ruling that only three veteran
pitchers can be carried by a club.
Lincoln complained that Omaha had
four, so Pa had to fire Cecil. Merz.
O'Toole and Park are his veterans.
With Thompson's deoarture the
Rourke hurling corps becomes en
tirely made up of right banders. In
fact, there is only one left hander on
the entire club, Woodpeker Wil
liams, first sacker, who is now on the
hospital list.
Reservations for Stecher
Match Already Being Made
As an indication of the interest
which is being taken in the Marin
Plestina-Joe Stecher wrestling match
to be held at the Omaha Auditorium
Labor day night, Jack Lewis, who is
promoting the event, declares mail
orders and reservations already are
beginning to pile up. "I was very
much surprised to find mail orders
for seats coming in this early," de
clared Lewis. "Usually, sale of tick
ets does not begin before two weeks
in advance of a match, but for this
match reservations are being made a
month ahead. This should be a warn
ing to the mat fans who want to see
the match that they will be wise to
place their orders early if they wish
to obtain choice seats."
Reservations are being made at the
Auditorium.
Joplin Miners Invade
Omaha for Four Battles
The Joplin Miners invade Omaha
Monday for the four-game series with
the Rourkes. The Rourkes took four
straight from the Miners at Joplin
and John Savage, who now is per
sonally managing the club from the
bench, is determined to haye revenge.
The two club owner-managers should
stage four merry clashes for the fans.
Monday will be ladies' day.
and Will Adams, Omaha's
Wizards, to Meet at Last in
Tournament at Des Moines
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Nebraska Shots
Enter American
Handicap Tourney
C. L. Waggoner, the famous Diller,
Neb., markesman, and E. W. Smith
will represent Nebraska in National.
Amateur Championship shoot, one of
the two principal events of the Grand
American Handicap, the trap shoot
ing classic of the United States, at
Chicago starting tomorrow.
Two shooters from each state in the
union are eligible to compete in the
National Amateur Championship
event. Waggoner and Smith earned
the right to represent Nebraska by be
ing winner and runnerup respectively
in the state tournament which was
held at Fremant.
Waggoner and Smith also will
shoot in the other events of the big
tournament, including the Grand
American Handicap.
Several other Nebraska shots intend
to journey to Chicago for the event.
Al Koyen of Fremont, Ed Varncr of
Adams, George Carter of Lincoln,
George Maxwell of Hastings and sev
eral from Omaha, including Henry
McDonald, George Redick and Ray
Kingsley, will make the trip,.
The Nebraska shots are expected
to return with some of the big money.
Duffy Lewis Enlists in
Navy Reserve as Yeoman
Boston, Aug. 11. George (Duffy)
Lewis, out fielder of the world cham
pion Boston Americans today enrolled
as a yeoman in the naval reserve.
Lewis will report for duty at the
Mare island navy yard on the Pacific
coast, as his home is at Alameda, Cal.
Series
JRalph Vowell
Registered Trap
Shoot at Carter
Lake Club Today
Shooters from Nebraska, Iowa and
Kansas are expected in Omaha today
for the first registered trap shooting
tournament ever held by the Carter
Lake Gun club. The event will be
staged starting at 1 o'clock this after
noon at the club s traps on the Car
ter Lake shore.
The registered program consists of
ten events of fifteen targets each,
making the afternoon's program a
total of ISO birds. This morning, a
100-bird practice event will be held.
There will also be special events for
women shooters.
The committee in charge vof the
shoot intends to make it a gala af
fair. Governor Neville has been in
vited to attend and has accepted. In
vitations were sent to all shooters m
Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas anil many
replied that they would be on hand.
Special invitations were issued to
women shooters and to the Omaha,
Valley, Wisner, Fremont and Colum
bus Gun clubs. It is expected at least
100 marksmen will take part in the
registered event and half as many in
the practice shoot.
The registered tournament is ex
pected to give the Carter Lake Gun
club a flying start on an active season
of shooting. It is planned to hold
regular shoots from now on at Carter
lake with special events inserted from
time to time.
Former Rourke Athlete
Gets Gate at New Haven
Do you remember Fenton Whalen,
alias Red, celebrated cutup, who pas
timed at shortstop for the Rourkes
three years ago before Rourke discov
ered Red was a comedian instead of
a ball player? The New Haven club
of the Eastern league made the same
discovery the other day and gave
Whalen the grand and glorious
bounce. Red played third for New
Haven until the tinkling tinware was
attached. Now he is anplhcr athlete
without a job.
Western League Prexie ,
To See Omaha Game Today
Emerson Dickerson, new president
of the Western league, will visit
Omaha today to watch the Rourkes
lambast the pesky Denver Grizzlies
at Rourke park this afternoon. Dick
erson is coming up from Lincoln to
see the game and have a business
chat with Pa Rourke. He returns to
Lincoln Monday to aid Ducky
Holmes in staging a booster day at
the capital city.
At Last Omaha Player
Sports Red Undershirt
At last the Omaha base ball club
boasts an athlete who occasionally
wears a red undershirt. Ward Mil
ler, who succeeded Earl Smith in
left field, blossomed out in a bright,
new red undershirt the other day
and for the first time in ten years
Omaha fans saw red sleeves on a
Rourke player. Every other team
in the league has always had one or
more players who decked them
selves out in red shirts, but Omaha
never had one until Ward Miller
came.
Today
THREE CLASS B
TEAMS CLASH IN
DOUBLE-HEADER
Townsends to Play Both Mur
phy Did Its and Stags in First
of Elimination Contests at
Melady's Meadow.
By FRANK QUIGLEY.
The fourth annual city champion
ship series of the Omaha Amateur
Base Ball association will get under
way at Melady's Meadow, Twenty
fourth and Vinton streets, at 1:30 this
afternoon, when the Townsends, win
ners of the American, league pennant;
Stags, champs of the Metropolitan
league, and Murphy Did Its, cham
pions of the City league, clash in a
three-cornered joust for the Class B
title of Omaha's sandlots.
Two games will be played today.
The first game, starting at 1:30, will
be battled out between the Town
sends and Murphy Did Its. The sec
ond game, starting immediately upon
the conclusion of the first, will be
between the Townsends and Stags.
The Class B title will be settled by
three games between each of the
teams, making six games in all, un
less a tie, which will have to be
played off, results. The games will
be played in double-headers.
By the draw, the Townsends were
chosen to play the first double
header. A weekfrom today, the
Murphys play the double bill, bat
tling both the Townsends and Stags,
while two weeks from today, the
Stags get the heavy burden.
Defend Ttitle.
The Murphy Did Its are defending
the Class B title. They won the
honor last year with ease. But this
year, they are not expected to have
the clear sailing of a year ago, be
cause their opponents have consider
able more class this time.
Both the Townsends and Stags
have played a nifty article of base
ball this season and, while the Mur
phys are favorites, the dope sheet
reads for a bitter tussle.
Pete McCoy will hoist the curves
for the Murphy Did Its in the first
contest today. McCoy recently
hurled a no-run, no-hit game for the
Murphys against Plattsniouth and is
counted upon to hurl an airtight
brand of ball for the blacksmiths
against the gunners.
Probst for Gunners.
The Townsends win use George
Probst against the Murphys. Probst
is the veteran who was with the Grain
Exchange of the City league. He
was signed by the Townsends with
the permission of the board of di
rectors of the amateur association,
because the Townsends only had one
pitcher, Smith, and must play a double-header
today.
Smith will pitch for the Townsends
in the clash against the Stags. Smith
is said by many amateur fans to be
the best Class B hurler in Omaha.
At least his record is a formidable
one and he makes the Townsends fa
vorites over the Stags. Either Far
ley or Rasmus will throw the curves
for the Stags.
A large crowd is expected to attend
the double conflict today. The Class
B pennant races aroused untold in
terest during the playing season and
all three teams have a large number
of followers.
The city series games are all played
under the auspices of the Omaha
Amateur Base Ball asociation and arc
conducted under the direct super-
ision and control of the association s
directors. All the proceeds go into
the association's treasury.
The lineups for the games today
arc as toiiows:
TOW NHK.NDH Position. MURPHYS.
H.MaJsBn First J. Moran
llllnny Soeond K. Moran
Flnlajson Third Mancuncc
Kins; Short A. Vernon
(i. Htnrey Left O'Brier
ljiiiuer (.'filter lonahue
Y. Madwii KlKht Kells
HbrKlioff...? Onti:hr Yosl
Smith Pitcher McCoy
Prol.st Pltihnr F. Vernon
Lutes .Utility
Cole Utility
TOWXSENDH Position, oTAUS,
H. Madaen First Brace
Dltney Second Douglas
Klnlnyson Third Conley
KIiik Short Parish
(J. HUi-ey I,ft Nuffer
l.anger Center Eastern
V. Madsrn Right Jacobs
Uerghotf rati-her Flit
Smith I'itrher Rasmus
Probst Pitcher Farley
Lutes Utility FeterBon
Cole I'ttltty
Western Must Find New
Territory, Says Prexie
Lincoln, Neb . Aug. 10. E. V.
Dickerson, president of the Western
league, who arrived in Lincoln early
this morning when asked tonight
whether the lea.'ue would finish the
season with its present lineup, ans
wered in the affirmative, but added
that there "probably would be a move
next season." Just what this "move"
would be he would not say, confining
himself to the general statement that
a. new city "pn.l.ably" would be iu
the league in 1918
In local Western league circles
Denver is picked as the team to be
moved as the result of poor attend
ance in tne western city and because
of the expense or the long jump from
the other cities. Centralization of the
league is looke 1 for here and Mr.
Dickerson expressed the belief that
Rock Island and Moline, 111., and
Davenport, Iowa, combined, would
make a good berth for a team, and if
a change is to be made, it is thought
one of these cities will have the team,
with the other two as backers.
Kumors have had it that a Western
league team would go to Oklahoma
next year, but this is thought to be
out or the question, since it is aimed
to cut traveling expenses.