'ee6M SDOFtS mmaima .V; FABER EXPLAINS .HIS CLASSIC BONE Thought Weaver .Htfcl Scored on Hit and Third Was Un occupied Demands Ap plause for Speed. Every world's aeries in the history of the game has been productive of bone plays, but Urban raber com .,, mitted the cjiampon of them all in the second game at Chicago. The Sox pitcher tried to steal third base with Buck VVeaver on the bag. Char itably inclined, the fans believed that a hit and run was on. and that Faber followed orders. Urban, however, was honest enough to admit the truth of the play. "I thought Reaver had scored from second on my single," said Faber with a smile "It was a bone, that's alL" The play had to be seen to be ap preciated. Swat Milligan or Casey, the hero of Mtidville, never put on anything like it Thirty-two thousand fans laughed hysterically when taber made his daring dash for third. Nemo T.iehnM at the . elate ignored the pitched ball to watch the comedy. caicner nariaen dckjjcu iu mc Weaver threw a half Nelson on the cushion and Faber slid in feet first Heine Zimmerman tagged both iten. "I got 'em both. What about it?" barked Heine. ' , "You're like the German kaiser. Want too much for your own good," ' chirped .Umpire CrLoughlin. - "It s Weaver's bag until he leaves it. Faber can't run him otf it Faber s out" s ' ' Eiit' to get back to Faber and the "boner" that will find space in base ball history probabjy. - Fletcher's boot enabled Weaver to reach first base. ; Weaver advanced while Schalk was going out and Faber surprised 32,000 people hy hitting a sharp and clean single to right field. "Robert son threw the ball home and aber reached second before a relay throw got there. Faber jumped up, full of pep, enthusiasm and confidence, As Perritt wound tip Urban dashedto third. ,He made a beautiful slide. The ' catcher threw to third apd Weaver, not seeing Faber tliding into the bag ' from one direction and Weaver doing the same thing from another direc tion. One of Mr. Faber'i feet met one of Mr. Weaver's. After this collision the ball reached the scene of disorder and chaos. Both had beaten the ball to the bag. Zimmerman surveyed the scene and tookythe action above de- C"Row'land haa Instructed us to steal on Perritt, if McGraw used him," ex plained Faber. "We were to run bases wild. Well, Perritt was pitching and when I went all the way to second on my hit into right ( naturally conclud ed that Weaver scored, inet Weaver had to go only from second. I didn t see Weaver on third, didn't think about looking for him, because my mind was all set on stealing third, and on the first ball he pitched I Jdug out for third. And give me credit I had the throw beaten.". . , That the White Sox had order to steal on Perritt was shown In the next inning. An error let Collins on. H,e immediately stole second. Jackson walked. Then jmd there Collins and Jackson worked the double steal. Association Players May Find Salaries . Cutinl918SeasoD ' From Kansas City comes the story that , the ; American association will play a 154-game schedule in 1918 ss usual,. but that "players' salaries will be cut so that the magnates will not have another , disastrous year finan cially, such as they have just passed through.', . , . For many . years in the ;American association the top price paid a ball nlavpf was. $1,800. .Today the top price is about $2,500, a raise of $700 for five months' work. The average price paid a few years ago .was $1,600, while the average price loaay aooui $2,000, meaning an average increase nf um There are about 140 olayers in the league, meaning an increase of The masnat believe if they can rnt salaries down to an average of $1,600 each club owner will save ahnnt $7,000. Bv reducing other ex thfv believe the leaeue can be put back on a paying basis in 1918, u ii i fact that one or two mag nates will lose about. $23,000 each this year. But they own' clubs that have been down in the race, and there are other conditions that have brought thjs financial loss. The. Columbus and Indianapolis teams have made some money, while one or two others will break about even., .Tii nlaver limit verv likely will be placed at fifteen men, exclusive of the manager, for next year, and it may be that the schedule will be cut to 140 games. It is certain that several magnates-will demand a later start and possibly a later nmsn. !.. .., ' Russell Damages Meat . r Hand by Grabbing Ball . Don't use your meat hand Jo stoV hard hit balls that are batted back at you. If you do you may put an end to your pitching career.v :s This wAht 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 it progress, but immediately after ward be suffered a sharp pain in the first two digits of his pitching hook, which was followed by numbness. Then his hand grew cpld and he had to retire from the game. - , Lincoln Team Makes Best : Fielding Record of Season i Th'e best fielding record for the season so far as known was that made by the Lincoln team of the Western league which " went b7 . innings in August without an error being made. Included in this was a 21-in- ning . game played , and won by uncoin v CRACKS SAFE TO GET SERIES SEATS Chicago Fan Employes Expert Yegg to Blow Strong Box to Obtain World's Series Ticket,' N . CREIGHTON HIGH GRID SQUAD Back row, left to right: Murphy, Delamatre, coach; Shea, Powers, Brainerd, managerKelly Owens, Rossiter, captain Middle row, lefrto right, Olsen, Lonergan, Kuhl, O'Brien, Pawlowski, McAlsery, Van' Ackeren. Front row, ten 10 rignr, murpny, anrnn, isorsey, woyie,. nonajrne. List to the tale of Fred Anderson, a Chicago fan, and his friend Si Mayer, secretary of the, Chicago po lice -department. Attune thine ears for a tale of vandalism, for long after the world's series becomes history this incident bids fair to be the most outstanding sacrifice of mere fan- dom before the shrine oMoyalty. Mr. Mayer, being a personage of some prominence about Chicago, pos sessed a box. He invited Anderson to Ee his guest at Sunday's game and gave him a ticket. "' , The pasteboard, a precious thing, Fred took io "Blind Gus" cigar store on the North Side, to be deposited in the safe. After biting the edge of the safe door to determine its trustworth iness, Fred departed.. He would call the next morning for the ticket, sure. Among "Blind Gus' " patrons were some youths with inclinations toward making money. After several lengthy conferences jney agreed to let the proprietor in on the proposition. In a secluded part of the store they con fided to Gus that they were going to make a fortune Sunday, by buying cigars at 4!c each and selling them for 10 cents to the thousands in line, xuhn flared tint leave their rnvereri positions. V vlind Uus saw with a clearness of vision a fortune dangling before his eyes. , Sandwiches 1 - .The magic word, Had not men greater than he started with a lowlier beginning? He would sell sandwiches at the game. .i-- - So early in the morning lie went to the Sox park. This was, Sunday. And Anderson came for hisSicket, valu able beyond the reach of the commer cialized dollar. '' But the safe ' was locked and no one knew the combina tion. . :.; , v" 'v:' ' He hurued to the nark on the South Side to find "Blind Gus," but the lat ter was ltfst among the thousands; Anderson dashe t back. Mayer couldn't aid him. So Ander son literally flew to the North Side. confided to friends and soon located a safeblower. - t i Yes. the job could be done. It would cost $15. But what was money compared to a ticket? . The store was open and Fred An derson ana his safe-blowing friend went to work. They blew the com bination and got the ticket. A taxi took Fred to the game and Si Mayer, host, who is secretary of the police department, was asked to square things with the chief. But whats a safe blowine when a world's series ticket is involved ? arfcrway.,. Anderson promised to fix the safe again. "Blind Qus" has his fortune, and, what's more i important, Anderson saw the game. ' i Stewart's Men Win VJ From Notre Dame By Score of 7 to 0 (Contlnn) From Flnt Sport Fc.) .... ' V pV x ?v if I Clean Play Marks Games of Amateur Gridiron Warriors ' (ConUnnedi IVom Xlnt Sport Tmt ) discouraged, however. Cook' tnadeV nutc iiiu ijuusun six ana Schellenberg made first downs with a four-yard gain. Dobson and Schell enberg in ; two attempts each made first downs again and placed the ball on Notre Dame's 20-yard line. Here Notre Dame held and got the ball on her own u-yard line. On.Phalen's punt Cook ranlhe ball back 35 yards to the Hoosiers lyard line and on the triple pass, puy Dusty Rhodes bowled over all in his way for a 12- yard run arotmd left end., Otoupalik went over in two line plunges. Shaw kicked goal Score: - Nebraska, 7; Notre jDame. 0. Notre Dame ', Iticked off to Ne braska's 25-yard line after, the touch down. Schellenberg made five yards off tackle and Otoupalik hit the line tor two. JJobson made it first downs and followed with a five-yard plunge through the center of the line. Cook slide off tackle for four yards and Otoupalik made first downs. A 15 yard penalty stopped this rush just as the half ended. ; ' ,; Play, Better Bali Nebraska played better ball during the second halt, but failed to score. Munn kicked off to Miller, ,who fumbled and Nebraska got the ball on Notre , Dame's 27-vard line, but failed to gain. ; Notre Dame got the ball on its own 16-yard line .and promptly punted. Nebraska took the baN on its own 43-yard line and Dob son made five yards on the first play. i he triple pass was tried again and this time Dusty Rhodes charged around end for fifteen yards. Cook made four yardfe, Otoupalik two and shellenberg four and hrst downs. Ne bra ska pushed over for first 'downs unable to (unearth an opponent for today, but in all probability this is the only Sunday which will find this team srameless. Today the Nonpa- Ireils will take advantage of theirNff- day and utilize the team in rehearsing trick plays, which' will be used later to baffle their opponents. ,." ' At Riverview Today. At Riverview park this afternoon the Spaldings and Superiors will bat tle at 1:30 o'clock. According to re ports, these two squads ought to put up a nitty battle. . as soon as mi. contest is over the German Sham rocks and the Mohawk Juniors wil clash in a battle roval for supremacy The Fontenelles will entertain thd nojrth end foot ball fans at Fonte-I nelle park at 1:30 p. m. . , At three and avhalf strikes this afH ernoon at tontenelle park the Mon mouth Parks will clash against tht Mohawks. , Both of these teams have been practicing hard for this tussle and a' thev are approximately evenlv rilatched an exciting row for the win-l ning number is looked for. lo ana h Monmouth Parks have not lost al game with a Class is team. Dut tneyi b t off more than tney coma nanma . - 4 m when they bumped the Uuclcy tioimes1 a Class A contingent. " To Settle Title Soon. The state independent foot ball title! .-. . r .. . . . j whirh i now tne unaisuuiea proucnw of the Omaha Nonpareils will havrj rn..h .ett ed between the iouowin teams namely, Nonpareils, Waterlool Havelock. David City and Wisner. Td date none of these teams have beetl sidetracked. ... T aef Sunday the mix , betwee Waterloo and David City resulted ii a tie. So far the Nonpareils nave no tied op with any of the foreign coni gregations, oui in an pruMu"-j will nlav the out of town" team wit " X ' ... .. the best record tor tne state cnam pionship towards the termination d the season. . , Many After Fag. The citv chamoionship will lie b twecn the Soldiers, All Stars, Ducl Holmes and Nonpareils and of cour; the winner of the city afaampionsh will play the champions sjf Counc Bluffs' to determine the best bet the ' sister cities. Last season tl Council Bluffs Lonoreways were tl nnriisnutedv chamnions of Cound Bluffs . :The Lonsreways trimmed til Nonpareils when the Omaha chaml were in a sadly depleted conauion aij after gettihg away with tne groceri the Council Bluffs dudes failed to li up to the balance of. their contrad which was, to give ;ne jNonparens return Bime in Omaha. However, the Longeways again prove their s periority in Council Bluffs they w and already have agreed to play t Nonpareils in Omaha. i'-J:H; ' ' Heard on the Grid. The Nonpareil! re atlll lookln for m Call Phil Lynch at Tyler 2871-W". Now' the Maidai aro orsanUed ad a aaxloui to meet all the olaa B children. For trouble with the Monmouth Far call Colfax 346 and squawk (or G. K. Fra I.mt Sunday the Monmouth Parka clean tip on thavYountf Men'a Hebrew asaoclatld Neither ueorge Renneay r uynm w nlson hav orcanlzed a root eau team data.. - - Knea, who playa enfl position for ta Monmouth Parks, is perlormtnc aamirao to date. Coyne. Crelshton atar. was tha refer. lui Sunday between tha Nonpareils art Soldier. . . . . Now a fast' team oucht to be orranttH at Fort Crook and play tha bunch station! at Fart Omaha. I Hentfee of tha Soldiers la soma fullbacn He la an elegant Una plunger ana a sran 0ne-Man,Team From South vDakoa: Too; Muchior'Omahans (fjontlnnad Qrom' ilrt Sport. Page.) yard line, when'a forwari' pas9 over the goal line, by Heck failed and. Cap tain Morgan brought t,he oval out to the 20-ayrd ; litre and the , blue and white started a march down the field But it came to an abrupt halt, when, after allowing first downs ohce, the Coyotes refused to yield another inch and the ball wtntAintd their posses sion. Collins and Patrick, again took up1 the march, but on the, blue and white's ' 10-yard ',jifie ' Tommy Mills' charges bracefrahd.-ncld the Dakotans. HERE'S GOOD WORD . FOR MODERN BOXER Pugilist of Preseht Generation Rallies Better Than Bare Knuckle Warrior, of l : the Past. ! When a member of the' Humorists' league is confronted with a paucity of ideas he gleefully turns t j the sport of boxing and deals it a merry uppercut. One of the genus recently remarked with evident delight that the difference between modern and ancient fighters was that in days gone by the fighters contested without purse and to a fin- whereas the oresent croD of box- !ean toward big purses .and no les. e object of the wag was to create jnpression that decisive results are ically unknown lin modern boxing Vhat the only rinsr combals con- si on their merits were those be- ii the bare-knuckle bruisers of ast. ; ' ' . ' f ubtless the jovial jokestnith was sy fulminating- merry quips he o time to glance at the progress boxing game, nad he paused manufacture of mirth he would ecome aware that, taking into it the great number of bouts ted annually in the United and the limited character of he ts, the decisive results greatly those of the days of the Lon- es, when nearly all bouts, were to a finish. , f -" in a few months Leonard has four men holding champion- es,- which is the most remark rformance in the history of Leonard knocked otft Richie i T.'-T.. .'U. MUMM n . seven rounds Leonard out Freddie Welshr" liftht champion of the world, in unds. Leonard knocked out Kilbane, featherweight cham- Amenca, ,in three rounds. knocked out Lee Johnson, ht champion of the negro pne round. ' CENTRAL HIGH WINS FROM SIOUX CITY Local Foot Ball Players Score Victory of 2 0 to 0, Putting Them in ; Line for Championship. The Central High schools. foot ball team, defeated the Sioux City High Friday on Creighton fielcl, 20 ,to 0. The game brings the' Missouri Valley championship a step nearer to the local team, leaving Lincoln High the only formidable rival to be oyercome. A speedy backfield decided the game in Central's favor. Central was slightly outweighed on the line bufovercame this disadvantage by hard playing. Forward oasses were used to good advantage by the" Central men. only threeout of en failing. Noble and Smith did good work on end runs. PaynterVas the mainstay of the Cen tral line. , - Brown,', the Sioux Gity full back; saved his team from being scored on Uby long, punts. Central had hard luck, twice losing th,e ball on downs in the shadow of the goal posts and fumbling at criti cal times. ' v a Like a Stone Wall. The ,Sioux. City team maintained a stone wall duVing the first five minutes but soon bnpketip, letting Maxwell Jhrough for fifteen yards. -Smith went around end for a like gain and worked the ball , to the five-yard line, .from whence it was punted out of danger by Brownr Fortune wavered during the rest -of the quarter, but Central broke away.with an end run and after one minute of play in the second quarter, Carson, toqk a pass from max well and went over.fo? the first score. Maxwell kicked goal. ' Sioux City rallied and forced the ball down the field. by, line plunges until it lost it on downs.1 ; Central tried the aerial route. with little success until Noble was given the pigskin' for a 20-yard run to goal. Maxwell kicked goal, ending the half with-14 points for Central and noth ing for Sioux City. Near Fight in Last Quarter. ', Several fumbles and a punt by Brown 'prevented any score during thethird quartern A fight seemed imminent i the last quarter when Jones, the Sioux City captain, kicked Paynter in the face. Maxwell wormed his way through for a sensational 30 yard gain and Omaha placed the ball on the five-yard line. but lost it on downs. Brown punted the ball out of danger, but line plunges and-a for ward pass gave the final score, mak ing Central the victor, 20 to 0. The lineup:- , " r ffrntTv rtTT. CLEVELAND MYS n FOR THE SOLDIERS Indians to Journey, to Camp" Sheridan in Alabama, Where f Ohio Guard is Now,: 1 Stationed. I.E....W. Jones (C.) L.T....f Soper L.G Klrkpatrlck C. ........... Barnett R.O Ryan R.T Kanan R.E Armour Q... Fltzpatrlck L.H ...L. Jooea R.H. ......... Seam F. ........... Brown -" CENTRA! Scott k.E. Paynter .......'.L.T. Sutton ........,,L.O. Hoser ..... C. A. Logan R.O. Sha(er ..........R.T. Carson ..........R.E. Maxwell Q. T. Logan.,. L.H. Smith (C.) R.H, Noble n..,. ...F. Substitution: . Central Eaton for T. Lo ran, Russel Oar Carson; Sioux City Knott for Fltzpatrlck. Touchdowns: Carson, Smith, Noble. Goals: Maxwell, 2. Penalties: Central, 15 yards; Sioux City, JO yards. Referee: Carberry, Yankton. Umpire: Coach Kllen, Wifaleyan. ' Head linesman: Coach Johnson, Peru. I. - 1 " ' York Defeat Grand Island. Tork, Neb., bet. 20(t-(Speclal Telegram.j York defeated Grand Island here this aft ernoon, 14 to 7. Through the patriotism of President' Jim Dunn of the Cleveland club and the willingness of his players to co operate with him, the Indjans are the first to announce, themselves for aid in the amusement of the soldiers pre paring to go to France. Last week the Indians and Cincinnati Re'ds took part in an exhibition game at Camp -' Sherman near Chillicothe, O., where the Ohio and western Pennsylvania conscripts are being, traiued. This game followed the close of the Ohio champi6nship series, won by the Redv and was attended by 30,000 soldiers,? Such enthusiasm was showJi by the boys in khaki and so persistent wer the army officers in pleading that sol diers in other camps should have a.' like opportunity to see a major league. team HTn- action that the Cleveland--players, instead of disbanding for thffrt winter, as they had intended, and as ; did the Reds, agreed to assemble, aft. er a brief vacation and visit' to their. hofnes, at Camp Sheridan, near Mont gomery, Ah., where the Ohio Nation- -al Guard regiments are encamped, and play regimental teams there for a week. .The Indians will gather at Montgomery October 31 and play six or seven games vith the sol"dier boySj. The players to "make the trip will bdf Catchers Billings and Deberry, Pitch- -ers Kleper", Lambeth, Bagby, Morton , and Wood, Infieldcrs Harris, .Wambs- ; ganss, Turner, Chapman, Evans and Howard, and Outfielders Speaker, Roth and Smith. Jim Dunn will share the, expense with" the govern- menti . ... - Because the tribe is going to go out of its way to arrange this unusual en tertainment for the soldier boys, the War department kindly offered Y grant furloughs to Joe Harri( 1 Klepfer and Elmer Smith, so that-wey need not report to Chillicothe tintil the series of .exhibitions at Mont gomery 'js completed.. Mrs. Blaine Young Head ' Of Held Club Women ' At a meeting of the Field club golf women held Tlfursday Mrs. Blaine Youn was elected chairtnanfor golf events for 1918. Lunch was served, and planS for the coming year dis cussed. . Let Us Tailor Your New Suit Don't pay $30 fpr the very same suit or overcoat we are tailoring to order for $15. Over 500 styles to select i rom V N. W. Corner 15th and Harney Sts. around that tha old Mori xXy IMrLKWT -T, TiUcMVla-W t I llll " Ht SSSMSS I 111 Jtre Qualiitrj? again and.had the ball on Notayi6;JV'v p'w;1 t id . !... Tit -it- i ItIs rumored waincs io-ypa line, uui rmiDin in- -outh Parka will be reorganised to tha vets tercepted a forward pass and carried immediate future. Orvllle Crabtree, rormeny a rooiesain oiar the ball to his 40-yardv line before he was stopped. Fhalen and Dobson exchanged punts and when Nebraska drew, a 15-yard penalty,. Dobson's punt went out of bounds on the 20 yard line. A forward pass from Rhodes to Pearson netted nine yards and Miller's line plunge one yard and first downs. Gipp made four yards and Miller two, but Gipp on his next attempt was piled up and thrown for a loss. When Notre Dame attempted a forward pass, Otoupalik intercepted Pierson's throw and Nebraska was saved again. Dobson punted out of danger. v , ' The fourth quarter consisting large ly of kicking. Notre Dame desper atelyattempted to open up with for ward passes, but Dobson and Schel lenberg, were on the job and the Catholics failed to complete one. The ball wsa in the middle of the field when the game ended. Jack Corbett Puts in Bid c ,For Job of Boss at Mobile Among the applicants for manager of the Mobile team of the Southern leaguevis Jack Corbett, who this last season led the pennant-winning Co lumbia team of the South Atlantic league. - acrossUhe, waves, la In 'the marltet to referee thla season. ' 1 Leo Klenyplayed with tha Ducky Holmea team last Sunday, but since then signed up with the Nonpareils. - Tha Soldiers at Fort Omaha are looking for games. Call .Colfax 301 and make a noise for F. F. Faber. ' .. It rratt Is as good managing a foot ball teanr as a base ball manager his team eught to be a (distinct success. . These columfca are used to Pjraote amateur foot ball. Spill the news to F. Qulgley at Douglas JS6. So far Frarik Murphy, crack canter for the All Stars, haa not signed up to enter tain the fans this season. At center ' Nelson Is playing a dandy game for tha Ducky Uolinea. Ha la espe cially good on tha offensive. In all probability tha Soldiers and the Nonpareils will get together again next Sunday at Melady'a meadow. On a tackle Kearney Is doing swoll work for the Monmouth Parka It la Ufflcult matter to plow through htm. ' ' , Although Harry Williams haa laid off foot ball for two years, ha came back hut Sunday aa strong aa mustard. David City haa organised a team and Is looking tor games. For further lnforrajtloa write to Mr. -Ottopanlc, David City. John Rosso, the big guard, baa again joined the Nonpareils. Ha w missed during their battle with the Qpldlera. It Is now a settled fact that tha Athletic will not be reorganised. Moat all of tha 11 Athletic team have Joined tha colors. -Walnut SMS la where Bill Sherlock can be located. He Is a nitty guard and played that position with the All Stare last seasonal In F. F. Faber the Soldiers have a peach srlno at right half. . II Is speedy on his shank sticks and an excellent, open field f N w. cluuPIV ai'ticrs eleven scored a touchdown and a -goal n.each of the four periods. At the . start of the game Syracuse threatened, . but after the first period never proved dangerous- The Pittsburgh line held well and open playing was prevented by a muddy; field, .j, ; i 'v - , -v Kansas Aggies Romp Off - With Washington Uni Manhattan Kan., Oct, 20. The Kansas - Aggies romped over the Washington university this afternoon by the score of 61 to 0. Only in the third period was Washington able to prevent a Manhattan score. Because of a Washington , protest Captain Randels of the Aggies was kept on the side lines. " . . - Chicago Collects 27 Off v v ; ; : Purdue's Gridiron Eleven i Chicago, 111., Oct. 20. Chicago de feated Purdue, 27 to 0, in the first con ference game of the season, today. Higgins scoredy three of Chicago's four touchdowns. " .. 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