Special
S ports WaOmakd
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KALLIO'S SLANTS TOO MUCH
FOR PA'S PETS, WHO TOSS OFF
ANOTHER GAME TO DES MOINES
V
Jim Park Hurls Good Ball, But Support Is Wobbly; Woody
Williams Pulls Prize Bonehead; Local Sea
son Winds Up With Double-header
This Afternoon.
Last Conflict of the Season Today
The last Western league game of the 1917 season will be
played at Rourke park this afternoon. Two games will be
played, the first game starting at 2:15. Merz and OToole
will pitch for Omaha.
After the games this afternoon, Omaha goes to St. Joseph
for four games and to Des Moines for four more. That ends
the season, unless, of course, Omaha should win the pennant
for the second season, in which event the Rourkes would take
part in the post-season series.
Many Famous Speed Demons to Saddle
High-Powered Gas Bikes in 100-Mile
Classic at East Omaha Speedway Today
, Pa's Pets played very punk baseQ;
r bail yesterday and tossed off another
conroaf to Des Moines, this time by
the score of 5 to 2. There is a sus
picion. Pa no longer will call, them
;,Pets- ,
v Big Jim Park hurled a good game
of ball for the home boys, but his
support was very wobbly. Mr. Kallio,
who has been sold to the Tigers and
therefore has become a very import
ant person and probably would admit
it, was on the job for the Coon creek
' ers and he refused to permit the
Rourkes any enjoyment with their
bludgeons.
Kallio held the Rourkes to five hits
tight in the pinches and kept Pa's lads
from doing any damage at critical
times. .
Des Moines got away, to a flying
$tart in the, opening stanza, by scoring
a run without the aid of a hit. Lass
drew a walk and went to third, when
Miller made a two-base muff of Shan
ley's fly. :Cass scored on Hunter's
sacrifice fly to Miller.
Omaha Ties Score.
Omaha knotted the count in the
fourth on Miller's hit and Brottem's
double, but the Boosters came right
back in the. fifth and assumed the lead
T C 1 1. 1 I. .... -
again, J-arry opanr maue a iwu-uasc
hit, was sacrificed to third and
scored on Cass' sacrifice fly to Miller.
In the seventh, Williams made a
, three-base 'muff of Coffey's fly and
John scored a moment later on
Spahr's hit; ' , ;:
Walks to Nye and Park followed by
Cooney's double gave Omaha one in
the seventh. 4
Keep On Counting.
Ewoldt's single and Hunter's
double scoted one for the opposition
in the eighth and a couple of hits, an
error and a steal netted one more
tally for the invaders in the ninth.
Omaha had a chance to do some
damage in the sixth, but a bone by
Woody Williams prevented it. Will
iams, first up, hit a grounder to Hart
f ford. All Hartford did was bobbled
it and then, throw it wild. But Will
iams, .for some mysterious reason,
didn'teven try to run out the hit.
Miller followed this with a single,
Shaw was safe on an error by Hart
ford and Yardley walked. Had Will
iams run out his hit, Omaha wou d
have scored at least one and probably j
more runs. Kourice jerKea vv uu.
from the game in the seventh.
Des Moines for two today.
Tailenders, Too
Cooney, 2b 5
William, rf..... 3
Miller, If. a
Shaw, lb S
Yardley, m t
Hrottem, o S
Thompson, of... 4
Nye, 8b 8
Park, p S
Krof, rf 1
OMAHA.
AB. B. BH.
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
TO.
4
0
14
S
0
A.
3
0
0
2
0
Total .
Cau, If 2
Ewoldt, 8b S
Hhanley, lb 4
Hunter, rf 8
Hartford, H.... 8
Murphy, ef. 4
Coffey, 2b 4
Spahr, e 4
Kallio, p S
..80 2 6
DES MOINES.
AB. B. BH.
1 1
27 14
PO.
1
2
12
0
0
8
4
6
0
A.
0
4
0
0
2
0
2
2
2
Total 32 5 I 11 12 1
Krua- batted for Williams In seventh.
Omaha
Bum 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 02
Hits ...0 0 0 2 0 1.1 1 65
Des Moines
Buna 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18
Hits 0 10 11112 20
Two-bae hits: Shaw, Spahr (2), Cooney,
Hunter. Sacrifice hiUl Shaw, Brottem,
Cass, Hartford, Kallio, Shanley. Sacrifice
flies i Cast, Hunter. Double playt Nye to
Cooney to Shaw. Stolen bases: Miller,
Shaw, Hunter, Spahr. Struck out: By
Kallio, 4. Bams on balls: Off Park. 1; off
Kallio, 6. Wild pitcht Park. Left on bases:
Omaha, 7) Des Moines, 7. Time of camel
1:45. Umpire: Daly.
Recover at Hot Springs; Must
Take Draft Examination Again
Earl Caddock, world's champion wrestler, is beginning to recover from
the illness which has held him "back all summer.
Caddock is now at Hot Springs, S. D., where he intends to remain the
rest of the month. The tonsils which gave Earl so much trouble are be
ginning to heal and he is gradually ridding his system of the poison which
developed from the ailing organs.
Caddock is scheduled to appear before the draft exemption board at
Atlantic, la., October 5, for a second examination. The champion was re
fused at the first examination in August, but he was advised to report for
a second test October 5.
. Providing Caddock again fails to pass the army examination and his
physical condition justifies it, a heavy winter wrestling campaign will be
mapped out by his manager, Gene Mclady of Omaha. In such event it is
probable Omaha will see the champion in a big match or two.
WARD MILLER NOW
LEADING LEAGUE
Rourke Left Fielder Deposed
Ben Shaw as Leading Bat
ter; O'Toole Continues
to Climb.
Yanks Pay Coin When Other
Clubs Refuse to Cough Up
The St. Louis Browns had first call
on the Salt Lake club by reason of a
working agreement and they picked
Catcher Harry Hannah as their
-u:- Kt thr hitch in the agreement
was that Salt Lake could fix its price
for the player claimed, .sail
asked $4,000 for Hannah and the
browns passed. The Phillies, who
"also had some sort of an agreement
with Salt Lake, were asked to bid.
They passed, and then the New York
Yankees, always there with the
money when it comes to buying a
ball player, came across with the
coin, on the last day permitted for
sales, and took Mr. Hannah. New
-York is to give the $4,000 in cash
and two players besides.
Holmes to. Play Soldiers
For Two Hundred Dollars
Two games are carded at Ernie
Holmes park this afternoon. .The
first game will be between the Holmes
White Sox and the Te-Be-Ces in a
Greater Omaha league clash. The
second contest will be between the
Holmes and the Fort Omaha soldiers.
It is said $200 have been hung up on
this contest .
Connie Mack Finds Iron
Man in Baltimore Hurler
Looks like Connie Mack might
"have another iron man in Jim Farn
ham who has been recalled from Bal
Sr Rently Parnh:m pitched
a double-header against Rochester,
th first game going fifteen innings,
mating twenty-four for the two
Mines He won both games by the
Se of 3 to 2 and allowed fifteen
hits in the two games.
Minor League Catcher
Pulls Startling Trick
Go to the minors for fast thinking.
- Here s a play that was pulled off by
Catch" Connolly ,in a game at
J; "!... Runner on first and he
but sawhe could not head off the
. runner, so he dropped the ball.. Run-
had t0 return to first base. ,
Wounded Athlete Comes .
Back to Aid in Flag Chase
First Baseman Ed Miller of the
New Orleans team, who broke a leg
, early in the season, is again m shape
to Play, and if he shows his old punch
lilUe an aid to the Pels in clinching
their pennant.
Ben Shaw has lost his position as
the leading hitter of the Western
league. But it was another Rourke,
Ward Miller, who took the honor
away from him. i
Miller, Shaw and Marty O'Toole
are now the three leading hitters of
tne western league.
Miller is swatting the pill at a .339
clip, which gives him almost a twenty
point margin aver Shaw, who is hit
ting .321. Marty O'Toole has at
tained the highest average of his
career, with a mark of .316.
Jones of Wichita, Butcher and Dale
of Denver and Connolly of St Joseph
are the only batters in the league
except the trio of Omahans hitting
in the charmed circle. .
Marty Krug's batting mark is still
.292. j
Dave Williams, who has been
showing the league how to play right
field with a first baseman's mitt, is
climbing steadily and has now reached
a batting mark of .275. ,Nye has
dropped from the .300 class to ,271.
Shag Thompson has boosted his mark
to .265, while Fin Yardley has fallen
off to .261. Tony Brottem is down
to .243 and Phil Cooney is trailing
the field with .227.
Omaha is easily leading the league
in team batting. The Rourkes also
lead in hits made and total bases.
They have made 369 hits and 472 total
bases for 203 runs. Omaha, however,
ranks sixth in fielding.
McCredie Has Scheme for
Two Leagues on Coast
President. McCredie of Portland
does not approve of the plan of Presi
dent Berry of San Francisco for a
three-league combination to provide
base ball lin the far west next year.
Instead he advocates two leagues of
six clubs each, the Pacific Coast and
Northwestern retaining their 1917 cir
cuits, the two leagues to play inter
series, which would mean in effect a
twelve-club league. His schedule
would run twenty-two weeks and each
city would play in every other city
but once. Such a plan would mean
much saving in mileage.
S . a
umana speed enthusiasts are prom-o r I " JJ LTD
ised some real thrills today when 01 C 00000? IS Beginning tO
over a dozen ot tne fastest gas bike
riders in the country clash in a 100
mile race on the East Omaha board
speedway under the auspices of the
Omaha Motorcycle club.
A number of the best known of
American racing stars are entered in
the event, while a formidable array
of local riders will - tool mounts
around the oval.
The century race is a free-for-all,
open to any registered rider and any
make and size of machine. For this
reason every rider entered has a spe
cially constructed, high-powered rac
ing machine and some fast laps are
certain.
Factory Stars Favorites.
"Spec" Warner of Ellsworth, Kan.,
and Ray Creviston of Los Angeles,
two famous professionals, are sched
uled to pilot eight-valve racing In
dians. Ray Weishaar and Clarence
Johnson make up the Harley-David-son
team entered. These four stars,
professionals on factory pay rolls,
rank as favorites, but local stars
promise them plenty of competition.
"Chick" Eggleston of Omaha is a
local favorite who will saddle a Har
ley. "Chick" is a veteran of the Dodge
City and other great pop-pop contests
and the century is his distance.
"Birdie" Lutz is another Omaha lad
with something of a reputation among
the speed boys. Lutz will be Eggle
ston s team mate.
Dan Reeder of Lincoln is carded to
saddle an Indian, while John Beng
ston of Lincoln is the Excelsior
entry.
Fast Practice Laps.
Omaha riders in oractice spins have
turned the saucer at better than eighty
miles an hour. Roy Rolland has
made several laps at over eighty-five
miles an hour.
Several events will be staged in
addition to the century run. Three
dirt track dashes of five, ten and
fifteen miles will be held and as
serial feature. Bert Potter and Vic
Roos, two veteran bicycle riders of
Omaha, will clash in a one-mile bike
race. I ney win nae tne oia-iasmuncu
"bone rattlers, witn immense nign
wheels in front and tiny trailing
wheels behind. This will be the first
bicycle race of its kind seen in Omaha
in a score oi ycais.
The motorcvcle races will be run
under F. A. M. sanction and only reg
istered riders permitted to compete
HUSKER ELEVEN
LOOKS LIKE ONE
OFBESTIN YEARS
With Six Veterans and Flock of
Freshmen Stars, Stewart
Has Plenty of Material
for a Winner.
Folwell Expects to Have
Strong Eleven at Pennsy
Bob Folwell expects to produce a
strong foot ball team at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania this year. He
says: "Not a team has canceled from
our schedule except West Point. I
will have a team and a good one. Of
course, we lost nearly everything be
cause of the war. But this is true of
every college. Penri is no worse off
than its rivals."
Poor Showing of Yanks
Means No New Baliwick
The poor showing of the Yankees
this year probably has killed the
proposition to build a new park for
the club. Plans were well along last
winter to erect the plant at the close
of the 1917 season, but the falldown
of the team has hurt interest in the
Yanks and it is not likely'anything
will be done for another year at
least '
Kansas City Signs New
Hurler With Nifty Name
The Kansas City Blues have a new
pitcher, a left-hander.. His name is
Karosen or Carlson. The first is
correct, but sounds too much like
kerosene, so he prefers to be known
as Carlson. The fans won't care
about his name if he can pitch an arti
cle that can't be hit.
Otto Bush to Buy Interest
In Coast Base Ball Team
Talk in Los Angeles is that Otto
Busch will acquire an interest in the
Vernon Tigers and beassociated with
Tom Darmody and Walter Jackson
in the club for next season. Otto
Buseh is one of the younger mem
bers of the wealthy family and is a
great sportsman, with base ball his
particular delight
Cincy Pays Cash and One
Athlete for New Hurler
The Cincinnati club, according to
Buffalo report, not only pays a good
cash price for Pitcher Joe Engel, but
gives up Pitcher Jimmy Ring besides.
Engel has been doing good work with
the losing Buffalo team and Interna
tional fans are sure ihe will stick in
his new trial in fast company.
Chief Bender Draws $50
Bonus for Each Victory
Chief Bender is working on a bonus
arrangement by which he gets $50
for each game he wins, m addition to
a "rather small salary." Bender prob
ably would have to win 100 games to
equal the salary paid Grover Alexan
der. ' He's not a bad investment for
the Phillies.
Smith, Kilduff and Krueger Make
Good for Omaha in the Big Show
Earl Smithj Peterkin Kilduff and Ernie Krueger are more than making
good in the big show.
Smith has established himself as a regular with the St. Louis Browns
and Fielder Jones declares Earl is one of the coming great stars of the
American league.
Smith has played thirty-five games in the big show. He is batting 264,
despite a two weeks' slump. He has been making long hits, too, as his
record accounts for five triples and seven doubles.
, Kilduff is going great guns at Chicago.' His fielding has been sen
sational and his batting mark is .267, which is some record for a shortstop.
Peterkin leads all shortstops in the National league except Hornsby in
hitting..' , - ' ..' -
Krueger, with Brooklyn, is only hitting .240, but Ernie is just getting
Into his stride. He's the kind that needs lots of work and his batting
record slumped when he wasn't getting it ' Now that he plays fairly reg
ularly Ernie's eye is recovering.
Krueger was caught in the early draft, but Smith and Kilduff escaped,
so Omaha fans expect great things of the latter two when next year rolls
around. : -
That the University of Nebraska
will have one of the best foot ball
teams in its history is the belief of
Omaha alumni of the institution.
The Cornhuskers have not been
hard hit by the war. Many Husker
athletes have answered the call to
the colors, but most of them were
graduates, ineligible to play this fall
anyway, or substitutes last year,
whose places it will not ot hard to
till.
Moser and Kositsky are the only
two regulars from the eleven whose
enlistment in the army leaves holes
to be tilled. Moser leaves a gap at
center and Kositsky at guard. It is
believed, however, that Coach Stew
art will have no great difficulty plug'
ging these holes.
Six Veterans. . ,
Stewart has six veterans around
whom to build his team. They are
Captain Shaw, Riddell, Qtoupalik,
Knoaes, jjobson and Look.
Shaw will fill one of the tackle do
sitions. Riddell and Otoupalik will
hold down the ends. Rhodes will
probably be played at guard on the
offensive and end on the defensive.
Dobson and Cook are backfield men.
Stewart has aworld of material
coming up from last year's freshman
eleven, including a quartet of back
field men. who oromise to be nothing
short of sensations. They are Shei-
lenberger. my. McMahon and Kel
logg. All four are said to be 10.2
men and possessed of wonderful driv
ing power, Flaying on the treshman
squad last year these backfield men
ripped the varsity squad to pieces.
It is believed they will make up the
regular backfield.
Ends Taken Care Of.
Thus are the backfield positions
and ends taken care of. Rhodes last
year showed himself to be almost as
great a defensive .end as the wonder
ful Chamberlain, while Riddell is a
seasoned performer who can be
counted on at all times.
The only .- positions which will
greatly worry Stewart are center, one
guard and one tackle, and he has such
men as Munn, Janda, Hubka . and
Henry coming up from last year's
freshmen team. Janda and Munn are
reputed to be above the average.
The Cornhuskers face a tough
schedule, with games with Iowa,
Notre Dame, Michigan, Kansas, Mis
souri and Syracuse, but it is believed
they have the material to make good
Jim Thorpe Will Play
With Canton Grid Team
Big Jim Thorpe, the smashing In
dian fullback, is again to lead Canton's
1917 foot ball eleven, announces Jack
Cusack, manager of the Canton
eleven, which won the worlds' pro
fessional championship, last fall.
Thorpe, who played left field for the
Cincinnati Reds until repurchased re
cently by the New York Giants, has
assured Manager Cusack he will be in
Canton as soon as the pigskin flies.
Bob Roth Likely to Lead
League in Stolen Bases
Bobby Roth of Cleveland, in spite
of his bad start and his weak hitting,
is likely to lead the American league
in base stealing this year. However,
Ray Chapman will give him a race
for it.
Eddie Cicotte Shows How
To Control that Shine Ball
Talking about control, Eddie Ci
cotte has pitched five games this
year without giving a pass, showing
that the shine ball, when properly
manipulated, can be put over the plate
at all times.
Gossip of Interest to
Western League Fans
Tony Brottem, Rourka receiver, goes to
the St. Louis Cards next sprint. P bought
Tony from St. Louis last spring and Cardinal
scouts liked his work so well here they de
cided to take him back (or another trial.
Herbert Hall, star of the Joplln fllnglnf
corps, has been sold to the Detroit Titers.
John Bavate says Hall la the best pitcher In
the league.
McClelland, Hutchinson third sacker, and
Paul Mueaer. Des Moines pitcher, have been
sold to the White Sox. Comlskey also gets
Pitcher Robertson and First Baseman Mc
Clelland from Hutchinson.
A lot ot ex-Western leaguers played on
the Dallas team which won the Texas league
pennant. Ham Patterson, who managed
Dallas, formerly managed 8t Joseph. Scog
glns, his star pitcher, used to be with Lin
coln. Lltschl, last year with Wichita,
played short for the Lone Star circuit
champs. Frits Bchllebner, former Rourke.
played first base and Chick Mi t tick, who
went up to the Whit Box from Dea Moines,
was In the outfield.
CREIGHTON AND
ONI OF OMAHA
CONTINUE SPORT
Bellevue, However, Finds War
Too Big a Handicap and
Throws Up the
Sponge.
Creighton and the University of
Omaha will continue their sport pro
grams this year despite the war, but
Bellevue has thrown up the sponge
and will abandon all athletics. '
Creighton will retain all branches
of athletics including foot ball, basket
ball and base ball and may even, per
haps, launch a track team in the
spring.
Tommy Mills has been retained as
coach at the blue and white school
and he is expected to issue a call for
his gridiron warriors within a week
or ten days, :
Creighton faces a hard schedule
this year including games with the
universities of North Dakota and
Wyoming, but Mills has the nucleus
for a strong eleven and Creighton
followers look forward to a success
ful season on the gridiron.
Undecided for Time.
The University of Omaha was for
a time undecided whether to continue
foot ball or not. Yesterday, however,
Dr. Jenkins, oresident of the institti.
tion, declared a foot ball tearA
be maintained if enough boys return
ed to scnooi to make up an eleven.
The Omaha authorities decided it
would be better to have a losing team
than no team at all. so thev will have
the team whether it ranks as strong
as the other Nebraska conference col
leges or not.
Bellevue, after some discussion,
took the other side of the miextinn
Athletics at Bellevue have been ilin-
ping fast the last few years and when
tne war began to take some of its
young men the board of control con
cluded to quit for a while. ;.
Cubs Eat 'Em Alive and
Exit From Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh. Pa.. Sent 8.-Chieaeo
marked its last appearance hete by
defeating Pittsburgh. 6 to 2. todav.
In the seventh, with the score tied.
nenonx allowed the first two men to
single and Vaughn relieved bim, re
tiring the side runless. Score:
CHICAGO. PITTSBUKOH.
AB.H.O.A.S. ADHn.l Hi
Flack.rf t 1 1 0 0Blgbee.1t 1 1 1 0 o
X O'Flynn I
0 lM'lwlti.lb t
1 OKIng.rf t
I OOarey.cf S
0 0Ward,sa 4
1 OBo'ckel.Sb 4
1 0Plt)er,2b 4
1 OFIscher.c
0 OSchmldto 1
Mlller.D 1
Totals. .34 It ST 11 lOrlmes.p 0
J.W'gner 0
, , Jacks'on t
GOLF CRACKS CLASH TODAY
IN FIRST ROUND OF ANNUAL
Cin CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
Over One Hundred and Fifty Local Golfers Expected to
Take Part In First Thirty-six Holes of
Competition at the Field
Club Today.
The annual Omaha city golf championship tournament starts today at' -The
annual Omaha city golf championship tournament starts today at
the Omaha Field club. Over 190 local golfers are expected to take part'
The tournament will consist of seventy-two holes of medal play. The
first thirty-six holes will be played today at the Field club, eighteen holes
this morning and eighteen this afternoon. v
O
Larry Cheney Agrees to
Pay Salary as Alimony
Pitcher Larry Cheney of the
Brooklyn Dodgers must be a great
financier. He agreed to pay his wife
alimony of $300 a month out of his
salary of $3,600 a year. Necessarily
he couldn't meet the payments and
eat, so his wife had him arrested.
It might have been cheaper to keep
married to a wife like that
CENTRAL PREPARES
FOR GRID SEASON
High School Arranges Schedule
and Will (Jo After Mis
souri Valley Cham-pionship.
GAMES AT OMAHA.
September 28 Commercial High.
October 6 South High. ,
October 12 Council Bluffs.
October 19 Sioux City.
October 26 Beatrice..
November 9 Lincoln.
GAMES AWAY FROM OMAHA.
November 2 Open.
November 17 Sioux Falls.
November 23 Norfolk.
November 29 St. Joseph.
Kllduff.rt S
WolteMf t
Doyle.Sb 4
Deal.Sb 6
WIH'ms,cf 4
Merkle.lb I
Wllson.o 1
H'ndrlx.p
Vaughn, p 1
Totals.. 14 7ST 10 1
Batted for Blgbee In ninth.
Batted for Orlmes In ninth.
Ran for J. Wagner In ninth.
Chicago 10001001 1
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
Two-base hits I Wolter. Wllllama. Moll.
wit. Three-base hit: Flack. Stolen baiea:
Williams, Wilson, Ward. Bases on balls!
Off Hendrlx, 3; off Vaughn, 1; off Miller,
2; off Grimes, 1. Hits: Off Hendry. ( in
six Innings; off Vaughn. 1 in three Innings;
off Miller, g in seven and one-third Innings;
off Grimes, S In on and two-thirds Innings.
Struck out: By Hendryi, 4; by Vaughn, I;
by Miller, t Umpires: Qulgley and Byron.
Short Leg Keeps Coast
Star from Big Leagues
Manager Bill Bernhard of Salt
Lake says that but f- Earl Sheeley's
bent leg he could easily sell the
youngster to the maiors for $15,000 or
$20,000. The Bee boss regards Shee
ley as about the sweetest thing that
he ever saw in the way of a first
sacker. The kid is death on low
throws, and it takes a mighty wild
infielder to throw a ball over his
head. He also is a dead sure rangy
fielder on batted balls All this despite
the fact that he is handicapped "by
his left leg. which was broken just
above the ankle and did not grow to
gether straight. It has been sug?
gested that the-leg be broken again
and reset, and in that way collect the
$20,000. Bill seems willing, but
Sheeley might offer objections.
The Central High school foot ball
team will bid for the Missouri valley
championship against the strong
est teams of Iowa, South Dakota, Ne
braska and Missouri. Harold Mulli
gan, whose coaching secured for Cen
tral High the Missouri valley cham
pionship . last year, will coach the
team again this year. The best games,
including the one with Lincoln, will
be played at home. The Thanksgiv
ing game will be played in St. Joseph.
Practice will start in earnest next
week. The athletic board is expect
ing the largest turnout in the history
of the school, flans are being made
to equip 100 men. A strong second
string is expected and will have a full
schedule.
Although "Chuck" Morearty has
been graduated, several old men re
main. Clyde Smith, last year's right
half, will lead the team. Eugene Max
well, former quarterback; "Turk"
Logan, who played on the team two
years ago, but was in the army last
year: Arno Harper, end; Hugh Car
son, Dick Haller,, guards; Fkyd
Paynter, tackle, and Lee Scott are
good men left from last year's first
string. J
Of the reserves, Dave Noble,' Dick
Giller, Peter Kiewit, Art Logan,
Moser. Biggs and- Woodard will
work tor a first team position. George
Sanders of the Northwestern Military
academy and Clark, Lincoln, are
of the new material.
Indications are that the team, will
be much lighter than last year, but
much speedier.
A mass meeting will be held at the
lunch periods next week to boost
school spirit and the sale of students'
association tickets. These will admit
holders to basket ball and base ball
games, track meets and debates, as
well as to foot ball games. Election of
the students association officers will
be held about the middle, of the
month.
Ducklings Lose Out
When Josies Rally
Lincoln, Sept. 8. St. Joseph bat
ters hit opportunely today, gave
Pitcher Gaspar perfect support and
won from Lincoln. 4 to 1. Score;
ST. JOSEPH. LINCOLN.
AB.H.O.A.K. AB.H.O.A E.
Gllmore.lf 4 0 2 0 Pmlth.2b I 1 1 1 1
Holly,2b t 1 J 3 OThom'n.lf 4
Rader.ss 1 0 I OBaytess.cf 4
Crosby.o 4 14 1 OLober.rt 4
Muel'r.lb 4 119 OSelk.ss t
Con'lly,3b Sill 0E)irfert 1
Healey.Sb till OSch'dt.lb S
Dugan.rf 4 1 t 0 (Lamb.lb I
3aspar,p t 0 0 i . 0 Rohrer.o I
Kast.p I
Totals.. 31 7J71J
Totals.. II 8 2714 S
Batted for Selk in ninth.
St Joseph 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 24
Lincoln 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 01
Two-base hits: Healey, Selk, Bdimandt.
Double play: flader to Holly to Mueller.
Stolen base: Rader. Sacrifice hits: Rader,
Healey, Caspar, Lamb. East. Struck out:
By Oaspar, 4; by Kent, 4. Bases on balls:
Off Oaspar, 1: off Est, t. Earned runs:
Lincoln, 4; St. Joseph, S. Left on bases:
Lincoln. 4; St. Joseph 1. Time; 1:21. Um
pire: Daly. ;
Soccer Team Will Hold
Practice This Afternoon
A oractice soccer game will be
played at Miller park this afternoon
at 3 o'clock. All members of the
Omaha Soccer league are asked to be
present. '
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Fulton is Chap to Lick Champion,
Declares Carl Marfisi at Canton
That Fred Fulton, Nebraska boy, has the stuff with which to apply a
trimming to Champion Jess Willsrd is the belief of Carl Marfisi, well known
Omaha sportsman who saw the Fulton-Morris scrap at Canton Labor day.
Marfisi had been a follower of the ring; game for many years and is some
thing of an expert at picking winners, so his dope is good to tie to.
"Fulton has the footwork of a featherweight" writes Marfisi to the
sporting editor of The Bee, "is cool under fire, has a perfect left hand
and a right cross that will drop any heavyweight living.
"Critics may hesitate to concede Fulton a chance with the champion,"
continues the Omaha man, "because of his showing with Morris, but the
Oklahoman is such a foul fighter he makes a good man look bad. Fulton
has the stuff and after watching his scrap with Morris I now believe he
has the courage, too." , - , , , ' .
The second thirty-six holes will be
played at Happy Hollow next Sun
day. There will be three flights in all. .
Based on scores made today, the field,
will be divided into three flights of
equal sixe next Sunday. 1
A club team match will be one of
the unique features, of the tourney.
Practically all of the local clubs will
be represented in this event No
teams will be designated, but the four
low men from each club in the seventy-two-hole
battle will automati
cally comprise the team. The team
with the lowest number of points will
be declared the winner. .
Beckett With Uncle Sam.
Sam Reynolds of the Field club and ;
John Redick of the Country club are
favorites, Guy Beckett, the youthful
Seymour Lake star who won the Ne-
braska state championship, will not
take part as he has joined forces with
Uncle Sam. .
Ralph Peters was the winner last
vear while Reynolds and Redick tied
for second money in the championship
flight. Ray Low was winner of tha
second flight and W. N. Chambers
copped the third flight.
All of the proceeds of the tourney j
will go to the Omaha chapter of the
Red Cross. . ' '
Officers of the association who will
have charge of the tourney are John'
W. Redick, president; Frank Hale,
secretary, and , Frank Russell, treas
urer, i '
Tight Race in Southern -Starts
Troublesome Row
The tight Southern league race is
likely to cause a row before it is over.
Charley Frank at Atlanta charges
that Johnny Dobbs at New Orleans
is stacking the cards, failing to play
all its games with Nashville, while
juggling the schedule to get in all
with Mobile. Frank, who is in the
habit of saying wild things, intimates
that if Atlanta loses out the Cracker -City
will withdraw from the Southern
league and form a new circuit to the
east, with Jacksonville, Savannah; etc.
This threat 'coming oh Little Rock's '
hint of desiring a berth in a circuit
made up of the present Texas league
cities, indicates one might infer, that'
what the Southern league needs is' a
good strong hand andemind td keep
it running smoothly. , ,' ;
Fort Wayne Club Loses
Bundle in Central Loop
The " backers of the ' Fort Wayne '
club in the Central admit having lost
$3,800 in their venture this season and ,
inside advice is-that the figure is
nearer $6,800. The notion that the
game could be made to pay in Fort
Wayne under conditions that now
prevail probably has been 'dispelled
and there will be some revised opin- .
ions as to the wealth accumulated by ,
those who backed the club in past
years. It is admitted that no further
attempts will be made to finance a
ball club in Fort Wayne until there
is a change of conditions. v
Grandpa Banny Says New -Reds
Best Since Days of Ewinrj
Frank Bancroft, the oldest baseball "
man in America stilt in harness, says
that the present Cincinnati team is
the best the club has had since the
day that Buck Ewing used to throw .
a scare into the National league.
Banny says that everybody In the
Ohio city is plugging hard for the
Reds and that Matty is the most pop
ular skipper the team has had in years.
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Grif Says Umpires With ;
Bad Guesses Annoy Him
Manager Clark Griffith here of late
has not been appearing" in uniform
and he is quoted as saying that he
had concluded to keep off the coach
ing lines and be a real bench man
ager. Griff says that he gets too much
worked up over decisions by um
pires when on the coaching lines and
that his nerves won't stand it any ,
more. , ' - ' . .
St. Louis Cards Get Rookie .
From Delaware County Loop
The St. Louis Cardinals have crone
to the independents and landed a new
second baseman. He is Billy Lloyd;
who hails from Trenton, N. J., and Ty
has been playing in the Delaware .
County league, the circuit made fa
mous by Frank Baker, .
Alex McCarthy to Be Sent '; j
To Kansas City in Deal
It is announced in Pittsburgh that ; '
Ale McCarthy will be turned over' ,'
to Kansas Uty as part payment tor,
First Baseman Mollwitz and Pitcher '
Sanders, but that he will not report
to the American association club un- '
til next spring.', , :, '
Fohl Refuses to Trade
Bob Roth to Washington '
When the Washington team was in
Cleveland Clark Griffith made an offer,
for Outfielder Bobby Roth.. He is said .
to have told Lee Fohl he could have
any Washington pitcher except WaN ;
ter Johnson, in exchange, but -Fohr
declined td make a deal. , ,-''.'"-..
Even Tyrus and Tris Have
Little on Roush of Cincy,
Eddie Roush of the Reds1 comes V
very near being - the best ' center
fielder in the big leagues ? Speaker ;
and Lobb haven t; much on hira la '
covering ground. , I
