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GRIDIRON SEASON GETS
UNDER WAY IN GATE CITY
LAST PART OF THE WEEK
Central and Commercial High Elevens Tangle With Each
. Other Friday, While South High Meets Blair;
Creighton Starts Season Saturday
in Game With Cotner.
White Sox Stars Upon Whom Windy City -Fans
Base Hopes for Victory Over Giants
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The 1917 foot ball season gets under way in Omaha this
week. The first games of the year will be played Friday.
All three of the Omaha High schools, Central, South and
Commercial, play Friday. Central and Commercial tangle with
each other, while South High plays Blair High school here.
Creighton starts the season Satur-Q,
day with Cotner as the first opponent
for the blue and white. j
Nebraska does not open the season
until a week from Saturday. The
Cornhuskers play their first game Oc
tober 6, against Nebraska Wesleyan.
Local gridiron fans are looking for
ward with keen anticipation to some
of the best foot ball in years.
Nebraska promises to have one of
ythe fastest squads in the history of
the school, while the schedule is a.
record-breaker.
Two Valley Games.
,The Cornhuskers will play but two
.Missouri valley schools, Kansas and
Missouri. It has long been the belief
that Nebraska has outgrown the val
ley and at last it is the general opin
ion that the scarlet and creamjtakes
its place with schools .of its own
class.
The Husker schedule consists of
seven games and six of them are big
games. ,
The feature clash of the season will
he with Syracuse university Thanks
giving day. This is the first time in
history that Nebraska has been sched
uled to meet an eastern foe in an in
tersectional game.
The second big game ' is with
Hurry-up Yost's Michigan crew. The
Michigan game will be played at Ann
Arbor, October 27. Notre Dame
comes to Lincoln October 20 and
Iowa will play on Nebraska field Oc
tober 13. The Huskers go to Law
rence to play 'Kansas, November 17,
and battle the Missouri Tigers on the
home grounds November 10.
Creighton Stays Home.
Creighton plays nine games this
fall, every one in Omaha. After the
Cotner game Saturday, Tommy
Mills' crew meets on successive Sat
urdays, Peru Normal, Drake, South
Dakota, Dubuque, Nebraska Wes
leyan, North Dakota and the Haskell
Indians. On Thanksgiving the blue
and white eleven meets Wyoming
university.
heaviest schedule in history. Drake,
South Dakota, North Dakota and
Wyoming are big universities, while
the Haskell Indians always turn out
great gridiron 'teams. Greighton is
even going a little out of its class
in selecting opponents, and this means
the gate city is going to see, some
real foot ball this fall without going
to Lincoln.
Omaha High also plays nine games
find has clashes carded with Lincoln,
Sious City, St. Joseph, Sioux Falls,
Beatrice and Norfolk, s
Commerce High Coming.
Commercial High is making rapid
.H ides on the gridiron and has book
it! some stiff games. This is the first
lime the bookkeepers have under
lain such a strenuous season. Games
: -r '.scheduled with Central, Shenan
vih. Council Bluffs, West Point,
S-rith High, Harlan and Lincoln.
All of the teams in which Omaha
foot ball followers are interested are
expected to have good teams despite
handicaps which must be overcome
,o that 1917 promises to be a ban
,ier year in the history of the grid
iron sport in this part of the country.
Berry Has Plan to Split
Pacific Coast Territory
Unless the war ends before April
it will lfbt be practicable to continue
the Pacific Coast league in, its pres
ent shape next year, in the opinion
of Henry Berry, owner of the San
Francisco Seals. Mr. Berry has con
ceived a plan for a splitting of the
Coast league territory and the form
ing of two o: perhaps three smaller
ball clubs as a temporary expedient
to weather the war storms. "We can
not very well continue- as we are
now," said Mr. Berry. "Expenses
are too heavy, especially on these
long jumps from California to Port
land and to Salt Lake. I believe the
only sensible solution of the matter
will be to lend the Portland territory
to the Northwestern league for a year
and the Salt Lake territory to a new
league over there, embracing Butte,
Salt Lake, Missoula and Great Falls.
A dandy league could be formed in
the northwest with Seattle, Portland,
Spokane and perhaps Tacoma. Down
in California we could organize a
state league embracing San Francisco,
Oakland, Los Angeles and either Ver
non or San Diego, or perhaps the
Vernon franchise could be moved to
San Diego. One of the army can
tonments is to be located at San
Diego and I'm given to understand
that more than 50,000 troops will be
located there. Mv clan is to have
salary limit of around $2,500 a
month for each league, putting them
ill on an equal classification basis. We
would not be AA and the Northwest
ern league B, but all would be the
same, perhaps A. In the fall then we
could stage a miniature world's series
in California, after the conclusion of
thj five months' schedules."
Stiehm Lands Nebraska Lad
To Be His Aid at Indiana
C. L. Rathbun, former foot ball star
at Nebraska, has been appointed as
sistant foot ball coach at Indiana uni
versity by Jumbo Stiehm, once head
-T.ch'of the Cornhusker institution.
Kathbun will be all-year coach at
Hoosier institution. He will be
i-n trot ball coach, head base
and head swimming coaeh.
' . evidently likes the NebrasVn.
V :-sn he went to Indiana iie
ijk? Dick Rutherford a'ona:.
'a. i.ig "to laud Dick he signed
i 'vvnian, another former II inker.
ov he has added Rathbun to the
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Nebraska Gridiron
Schedules
NEBRASKA.
October 6 Nebraska Wesleyan at Lin
coln. October IS Iowa at Lincoln.
October 20 Notre Dame at Lincoln.
October 27 Michigan at Ann Arbor. .
November 10 Missouri at Lincoln.
November 17 Kansas at Lawrence.
November 89 Syracnite at Lincoln.
rRKIfiHTOX.
September 29 Cotner at Omaha.
October 6 Peru Normal at Omaha.
October 18 Drake Cnivenlty at
Omaha.
October 20 South Dakota at Omaha.
October 27 Dubuque at Omaha.
November 3 Nebraska Weleyan at
Omaha. 1
November 10 Jiorth Dakota at Oma
ha. ,
November 17 Hanklll Indians at Oma
ha. November S9 Wyoming at Omaha.
CENTRAL HIGH.
September 28 Commercial high at
Omaha.
October 0 South high at Omaha.
October 12 Council Hluffa at Omaha.
October 19 Sioux City at Omaha.
October 26 Beatrice at Omaha.
November 8 Open.
November 9 Lincoln at Omaha.
November 17 Sioux Falls at Sioux
Fall.
November 23 Norfolk at Norfolk.
November 29 St. Jpaeph at St.
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SOCTH HIGH.
September 28 Blair at Omaha.
October Central high at Omaha.
October 13 Logan at Logan, la.
October 19 Beatrice at Beatrice,
November 2 Commercial high at
Omaha. '
November 9 Council Bluffs at Council
Bluffs. ,
November 22 C Diversity Place at fnl
vemlty Place.
COMMERCIAL HIGH.
September 28 Central high at Omaha.
October Shenandoah at Shenan
doah, la.
October IS School for Deaf at Omaha.
October 19 Council Bluffs at Omaha
October 27 West Point at West Point,
Neb.
November 3 South high at Omaha,
November 9 Harlan, la., at Omaha.
November 24 Lincoln at Lincoln.
GOLF CLUBS WIND
UP 1917 SEASON
Happy Hollow, Seymour Lake
and Prettiest Mile,. Last to
Quit, Finish Schedules
Saturday.
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ALL-STAR PROFESSIONALS
TO CLASH WITH ALL-STAR
AMATEURS AT ROURKE PARK
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I Fred Bradford Assembles Team of Paid Players to Meet
Johnny Dennison's Crew of Star Sandlot
Warriors for Diamond Supremacy
Omaha This Afternoon.
seaspr
of tne
Tlie golf season in Omaha came to
an end yesterday. All of .the clubs
have concluded their scheduled sea
son of play nd the only golf from
this date until the time the snow
begins to fly will be individual
matches between those enthusiasts
who cannot keep off the links as long
as the weather permits.
The Country, Field and Miller Park
clubs wound up their schedules a
week ago. The Field club women quit
Thursday, when Mrs. Harry Arnold
won the club title.
Happy Hollow brought the 1917
n to a close yesterday, when all
e golfers in the club took part
in the annual team match. The an
nual golf dinner at Happy Hollow
will be held tomorrow night, when
trophies won during the last season
will be awarded.
Elmwood also closed the season
yesterday with a dinner team match.
President C. C. Sanford's team played
Vice President James Austin's team.
Elmwood, too, will stage a jollifica
tion dinner to celebrate the passing
of the season. , i
A team match started at the Pret
tiest Mile club yesterday. This is the
last event of the season for this club.
An eighteen-hole handicap match
play against bogey was the final at
traction of the year at Seymour Lake
yesterday.
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Baltimore Club Sells Six
Athletes to Big Leagues
Manager Jack Dunn of, Baltimore
has disposed of six players this sea
son: Outfielder Barber to the Cubs,
Inrielder Fewster, Pitcher Thormah
len and Outfielder Lamar to the High
landers, and Catcher j McAvoy and
Shortstop Shannon to1 Mack. How
ever, Dunn has signed a young south
paw named Howard McFall, so he is
starting early to build up his 1918
team.
FOUR ROURKES
BAT OVER .300
FOR THE SEASON
Earl Smith, Ward Miller, Marty
0'Toole and Ben Shaw Are
Omahans Who Finished
In Charmed Circle.
PA ROURKE HAS
ONLY FIVE VETS
LEFT FOR 1918
Williams, Cooney, Thompson,
Merz and 0'Toole Only Ones
Pa Retains on His Re
serve List.
Fair Miss Is Long on
Movies, But That's All
It was "Griffith day" at the White
Sox park in Chicago and a great
crowd, including soldiers, sailors and
just plain citizens, turned out tc
honor the Washington manager
whose bat and ball fund has mad',
thousands of soldiers happy.
A young man took his best girl
She was new to the game, but sh
knew all about knitting socks foi
soldiers and could name every movie
hero ever thrown on a screen.
The young man pointed out the
celebrities to her at the ball park
"There's Commy, that tall, white
haired man over there," he ex
claimed. "And there's Rowland
down there."
The girl seemed mildly interested.
An auto raced around the field, in
which sat Clark Griffith. He was
about to present base ball outfits
to variou. military units encircling
the fie'.d. '
"There's Griffith now," exclaimed
tlie young man enthusiastically.
The girl jumped upi clasped her
hands, rolled her eyes and gave a
Jong sigh of happiness.
"Oh,"' said she. "I've always so
wanted to see him in real life. He's
my favorite of all the movie stars.
Oh!"
Dale, penver hurler, led the West
ern league in batting, records for the
entire season show.
Dale, in ninety-eight games, slugged
the pill at a .367 clip and easily out
distanced all competitors.
Shanley, who came to Des Moines
the latter part of the season, finished
second with a mark of .331.
Earl Smith, who went up to the
Browns from Omaha, ranked third
with .328. Ward Miller of the
Rourkes was fourth with .319.
Marty O'Toole kept his batting rec
ord up by fininshing the season with
a record of .312. He ranked eighth.
Ben Sh;fv was ninth with .308. Marty
Krug fell just short of the charmed
circle. He batted .298. Dave Wil-1
liams finished with a record of .291.
Jim Park led the Omaha hurlers.
Park's record of earned , runs per
game was 1.89. He won nine and lost
seven.
Otto Merz ranked second among
the Rourke pitchers with 2.39 earned
runs per game. He won twenty-six
and lost fourteen. Marty O'Toole's
record was 2.86 earned runs per game
with nineteeivictories and seventeen
defeats.
Omaha ranked second in team bat
ting for the season with a mark of
.256, but was seventh in team Helding
with .948.
Russell Damages Meat
Hand by Grabbing Ball
Don't use your meat hand to stop
hard hit balls that are batted back at
you. If you do you may putxan end
to your pitching career.
This is the advice Allen Russell,
Yankee spitballer, has, to offer brother
members of the pitching fraternity,
and it is well worth consideration.
Early this spring Russell reached
for a hard ball through the box with
his nude flipper. He got"his hand on
the ball and succeeded in retarding
its progress, but immediately after
ward he suffered a sharp pain in the
first two digits of his pitching hook,
which was followed by numbness.
Then his hand grew cold and he had
to retire1 from the game.
Since that time Russell has suffered
with a new ailment that of cold fin
gers.. It only comes upon him at in
tervals, but at such times he is unable
to grip the ball,' and therefore unable
to control it, so he often has to leave
the mound.
Sore arms, due to a cold, are com
mon. The sprained tendon, wrenched
shoulder and the unexplainablejoss of
speed and. control at intervals are also
common. But cold fingers and a numb
pitching hand is a -new ailment.
Fielder Jones Says Base
' Ball is Much Faster Now
Fielder Jones of the Browns is
quoted as saying that base ball has
improved greatly in the last ten years
and that there are several clubs in
the American league today that are
greater than the pennant winners of
1906 in that league. Well.that may be
true, and then again it may be just
another alibi.
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Standing of Teams .
DES MOINES TAKES
FIRST FROM HUTCH
Graham Allowed Two Hits, But
Mates Toss Off Combat With
Errors Which Score
Two Runs.
Des Moines, la., Sept. 22. Des
Moines won the first game of the
series with Hutchinson for the cham
pionship .of the Western league here
tqay. 3'to 1. Locals bunched two
hits off Graham with two errors for
their runs. Score: I
Hutnhlnaon H1001M (11 7 J
Dor Moines 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 S 2 t
Batterlra: Graham und O'Hrien; KiHj
and Bren.
RATIONAL LEAGUE.) AMERICAN LEAOl'E.
W. L. Pct. W. P. Pet
Vw Tork. ..13 51 . Chicago it SO .5
Phtldlphia.(! 10 .C71 Ronton 15 57
St. IvOula...77.S3!Clevland ...S3 61 .563
Chloag-o 7J 74 .493jDetrolt 75 71.814
Cincinnati ..72 71 .5031 Washington. .7 74 .475
Brooklyn . . .J 74 .460:New York. . .87 71 .42
Boaton (3 7 ,45j;st. . .LouU. . 55 2 .374
Pittsburgh .41 8 .333 Philadelphia . 50 13 .350
Yfntrdar Roltf.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit, 4; 'Washington, 0.
Cleveland, 3-1; Philadelphia. 0-1.
St. Louis. 4-3: Nr York, 2-0.
Chicago. 1: Boston. 4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Ne.w York, 2-0: Pittsburgh, 1-1. "
Brooklyn, I; Cincinnati, 4.
Philadelphia. 2-4: Chicago, 1-1
Boston, 4; tit. Louis. 0 (fourteen Innings).
Game Tadaf.
American League Open date.
National League Brooklyn at Cincinnati,
1 Philadelphia at Chicago; Boaton at St. Louli.
Woman's Golf Association
To Elect Officers Friday
The Omaha Woman's Golf asso
ciation will hold annual meeting
and election of officers at the Field
club next Friday at 1 o'clock. Follow
ing the election, a nine-hole tnidiron
and putting contest will be held.
The woman's association wil stage
its last monthly contest of the year
Monday at Miller park with a mid
iron and putting contest. Those
woman who expect to play and have
lunceon at Miller park are asked to
make reservations by calling Colfax
4,000.
Magee Gets Job Because
Matty Always Liked Him
Just what Christy Mathewson
wants of another outfielder is not
clear, but nevertheless he took Sher
wood Magee from the Rraves on waiv
ers. Matty always lias had a high
opinion of Magee and believes that
the reason for his poor showing with
the Braves was that he could not get
along with George Stallings. Magee.
because of his length of service, could
have claimed his freedom had no ma
jor league club claimed him.
Mrs. Silver Wins Woman's
Golf Title al Happy Hollow
Mrs. Walter . G. Silver won the
woman's golf championship of the
Happy Hollow club yesterday by de
feating Mrs. Howard Goodrich 2 up
in the final round of the woman's
tourney. Her mer'al score was 102.
CENTRAL HIGH TO
STARTTHIS WEEK
First Gridiron Game of Season
Will Be Staged Friday
Afternoon With Com
' mercial High.
Amateur Games Today
All-Stars against All-Professionals, Rourke
park, 3:15 p. in.
Bandeis Stores at Marvville, Mo.
KOUT BALL.
Shamrocks against Lucky Holme, Fon
tenello park, 2:30 p. til.
N. 8. Caf aealnst Murphy-Dld-Its,
Melady's Meadow. 1:S0 p. m.
Armours against Murphy-Dld-Its, Melady's
meadow. 3:30 p. m.
Te-BeCes at Shenandoah, la.
The Central High grid team will
take its first step toward the Mis
souri valley championship when it
meets the High School of Commerce
team next Friday.'
With the exception of the first week
in November a game will be played
every week, seven on a local field and
two on hostile territory The annual
Lincoln game will be played in'
Omaha.
Coach Mulligan spent last week in
hardening his men to the knocks of
the gridiron and getting them ac
customed to following and falling on
the pigskin. This week will be spent
in fitting men to their positions, work
ing out plays and developing team
work that will successfully carry the
ball against the best teams of Iowa,
South Dakota, Missouri and Nebras
ka and nab the championship of the
valley.
From an initial turnout of over 100
men, including eight of last year's
champs, a team will be developed
whose chief asset will be snecd. The
only drawback will be lack of weight.
Veteran Backfield.
The plays will probably center
about Clyde Smith, captain; Floyd
Paynter, "Turk" Logan and Eugene
Maxwell, all veterans. A good back
field will be made with Maxwell at
quarter, Smith at right half, Logan
at left half and Carson at full. Good
backfield subs include Aeton at
quarter, Logan and Dave Noble at
half and Shaffer at full. Arno Harper
will probably hold an end again, while
Lee Scott of last year's second string
is a likely candidate for the other end.
Moser and Buckingham are good ma
terial for center. Paynter and Krogh
will fill in the holes at tackle and
Sutton and Peter Kiewit at guard.
The school spirit is especially good
this year, -due to the success last
season. .Mass meetings were held
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to
boost the sale of student association
tickets which admit to all activities.
Notwithstanding the raise in price of
equipment the tickets will remain
$1.50 to pupils. They have been raised
to $2 for others. Due to the fine pros
pects and schedule, the sale was un
usually good and the mark of 1,500
set by Athletic Director Cairns is
rapidly being approached.
It begins to look as if the early
prediction that tha Mackmen wouldn't
finish in the cellar has turned out to
be a fliv.
All-star Professional clashes with All-star amateur at
Rourke park this afternoon at 3:15
The professional-amateur tangle is creating all kinds of
interest among Omaha base ball fans because the local en
thusiasts are anxious to know just how the Gate City's sand
lotters compare with the paid players.
Omaha amateur base ball has been
organized for five years now and some
mighty fast games have been played
on the local sandlots. There are many
amateur fans who believe their favor
ites are fast enough to compete with
Class A professionals on even terms.
On the other hand, fans who follow ;
the professional game have always
scouted the theory that the amateurs
arc even within striking distance of
the pros.
Todays' game will tell the tale for
both camps. k
The all-star professional team has
been assembled by Fred Bradford,
manager of the Brandeis. .
Two Rourke Twirlers. I
Bradford has signed up a hurling
staff which should make the sandlot
ter prove their mettle. Marty O' Toole
and Joe McGuire of the Rourkes are
the men Rrad has obtained. Ed Spell-L
nian will do the catching. Jimmy
Kane, demon hitter of old, will hold
down first base: Harold Irelan. for-
mer Rourke and big leaguer, will play
second; Probst and Clair will play'
short and third. Gus and Harry Wil
liams will play two of the gardens. ,
! Gus has returned home armed with
the score or so of heavy bludgeons
with which he hammered the ,day--lights
out of the American associa
tion pitching and he has sfrved notice
on the amateur liurlers who will face
him today. George Stone will play the
other outfield.
Dennison Leads Amateurs.
Dynamo Dennison has assembled
the amateur nine and he has picked
the cream of the local sandlot talent, i
For pitchers he has Andy Graves,
who twirled trfe Armours to the pen
nant; Dyck of the Holmes and Grant -of
the Meladys. Behind the bat he
lias Spellman of the Holmes and '
Jones o.' the Victors. Joe Wachtler of
the Meladys will play first and Ed
I Minikus and Chugs Ryan of the Me
ladys will hold down the keystone
corner, Ed at second and Chugs at
short. ' '" .
Weiss Corcoran, star of the cham
pionship Armours will play third base
and the outfield will consist of Den-
nison, Mayfield of the Armours,
Christenson of the Ramblers and Felt
man of the Holmes.
The game should be one of the best
of the season,
When the winter mouths roll
around and Pa Rourke begins to
shape up hit; 1918 base ball club he
will have just rive men left over from
1917. Of the thirteen juen with whom
Pa closed the season a week ago eight
will have gone their way.
Dave Williams, first baseman; Phil
Cooney, second- baseman; Shag
Thompson, outfielder, and Otto Merz
and Marty O'Toole, pitchers, are the
only veterans who remain.
Otto Nye, third baseman; Ward
Miller, outfielder, and Tony Brot
tem, catcher, have gone to St. Louis.
Nye and Miller have been recalled by
the Browns, while Rrottem was sold
to the Cardinals.
Fin Yardley and Jim Park also have
been recalled by the St. Louis
Browns for transfer to the Columbus
American association team in part
payment for Lowdermilk, Gerbcr and
Demmitt, purchased from Joe Tinker
by the Mound City club.
Krug is Drafted.
Ben Shaw, catcher, lias been re
called by Pittsburgh and former Man
ager Marty Krug was drafted by
Cleveland. Joe McGuire, pitcher,
joins the army. , ... ,;
Thus Pa faces considerable task in
molding a pennant contender next
season. '
There is a suspicion, however, that
Pa feels just as well off. Minor league
base ball is an uncertain proposition
right now and if the war continues
it will be .still more uncertain when
spring roll, around. The Western
league, too, may need some alteration.
Then there is talk that Omaha may
land in a faster loop. Sitting as he
does now Pa can move with the wind
and he will not be hampered by a lot
of unavailable talent hanging on his
hands.
Will Hold Big Auto
Classic Saturday
Harry S. Harkness. owner of -the
Slieepshead Bay speedway, has offered
the Harkness gold challenge trophy,
valued at $10,000, to be contested for
on Saturday afternoon, September 22,
at 100 miles, with the condition that
the cash prize and bonuses for the
event be no tcss than $20,000.
"I want to see the next meeting at
the speedway Hie biggest event in the
country this year," said Mr. Hark
ness in discussing the offer, "and I
am willing to put up the Harkness
cup to help make it so. I want to
seethe biggest and best Held of start
ers ever entered at the track and with
the big pri" I know they will come.
Harkness' offer to permit the gold
trophy to be raced for was brought
about principally by the wonderful
support that the fans gave the last
meet at the track. If the trophy js
accepted it will be the only big classic
of the year in this country. The In
dianapolis speedway called off its sea
son entirely. Cincinnati and Chicago
cut their purses in two and all of the
smaller tracks followed suit.
With the big stake all of the pilots
in the country that are racing now
and some that have temporarily re
tired will be seen in action Septem
ber 22 at the bay course.
Ganzel to Change Tactics
At Kansas City Next Year
Reconstruction of the fCansas City
club with young players is the plan
of Manager John Ganzel. who is keen
ly disappointed with the showing of
the team this season. It was the first
time in years: that Ganzel has piloted
a loser. He has won pennants in at
least two leagues, giving Rochester
of the International league several in
a row. Ganzel believes that young
piayers win give me club speed.
Minneapolis Hurler to
returns to life on farm
Pitcher Mutt Williams of the Min
neapolis Millers says this is his last
season in base ball and that he will
stay on the farm next year.
Tip O'Neill Sells Oil
Well for Only $200,000
Colonel Norris O'Neill, alias Tip,
xormer president of the Western
league, is in hard luck. Tip sold one
of his oil wells the other day for
$200,000.
The well in question is located
in Pennsylvania. Relatives of Tip
negotiated the deal and wired Tip,
wha promptly beat it to collect
the cash.
As Tip was sole owner of the
well he gets the entire bundle of
$200,000.
Sam Reynolds and
Blaine Young Meet
For Championship
Sam Reynolds, Transmississippi
champion, and Blaine Young, Trans
mississippi consolation champ, will
clash today in a thirty-stx-hole match
for the championship of the Omaha
Field club.
This will be the last championship
match of the season, but it promises
to be one of the best and,a closely
contested game is anticipated. '
Byron and Quigley Are
Back in Favor With Fans
The turmoil over Umpires Byron
and Quigley has subsided largely for
the reason, that the base ball public
doesn't believe in persecution. Byron
and Quigley presided over.the games
at the Polo grounds recently and
their wofk gave satisfaction. Thera
was no trouble in any of the games,
the rival players accepting the vari
ous rulings of these much-abused of
ficials without a show of displeasure.
Good umpiring is a cirtaintv if the
players control themselves. The un
ruly element of fandom doesn't find
fault unless the players set an exam
ple. Since the Giants returned home
there has been no kicking to speak of
and the games have been unusually
entertaining.
Johnson Urges Yankee '
Owners to Build Plant
President Johnson and the Ameri-...
.can league men are urging Colonel
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it"' wuiivi a inw iiuuic ior me
Yankees. An excellent site has been
picked out, but it is not in Queens.
It would require an outlay of more
than $500,000 to construct a stadium
on modern lines, but Colonel Rup
pert. before making this radical move,
probably would desiro a winning com
bination on the field. The Yankees'
would have to be wonderfully for
midable to retain their patronage
away from the Polo grounds.
! Ten Million Gives Up His
Store for Chance at Kaiser
Ten Million, the little outfielder who
played in the Northwestern league
and had a brief trial with St. Louis
in the National, has quit his sporting
goods business in Seattle and entered
one of the army officers' training
camps. He is small in size, but valiant ,
and is sure he can make a bunch of
rookies in khaki obey orders.
Girls' Tennis Tourney at
Central Starts Tomorrow
The fall girls' tennis tournament at
the Central High school starts tomor
row. A loving cup will be awarded
the winner, while winner and runnerua
will be given an "O" in the form of a
gold pin.
Katherine Singles ranks a favorite,
but Eleanor Hamilton and Evelyn
Stallard are expected to gwe ler A
run for her money, -, ; '
