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CONFERENCE OF MINORS
OF MIDDLE-WEST CALLED
FOR PEORIA THIS MONTH
Representatives of Western,
Association to Gather January 17 at Call of Presi
dent M. H. Sexton to Discuss Plans for
Rehabilitation of Circuits.
That promised conference of middle-west minor league
club backers has been called for January 17 by President M.
H. Sexton of the National association. The meeting will be held
in feoria. ...
FOUR LEAGUES.
These four leagues are to be repre
sented at the confab: Western, Cen
tral, Three-I and Central association.
It is possible the Western association
also will be represented.
This conference was first proposed
by Sexton-at the Louisville meeting
of the National association last No
vember. It is Sexton s plan to re
habilitate the Western and Central
association and effect a combination
of Central league' and Three-I cities
that will result in a strong Class B
circuit
Just what details of this plan Sex
ton may have up his sleeve are not
known, but the National association
head is an old fox; he has been in base
ball many years as a club owner and
an association onicer and he gener
any knows .wnereot tie speaks or
plans.
. It is probable that the Western
league will delay its plans for the
coming season until this meeting is
held. If the meeting develops a
scheme of readjustment, the Western
probably will fall in line. If not,
Dickerson will continue to dicker for
new territory on his own hook.
Hutchinson Shows Life.
Hutchinson is trying to come to
life. Business men and merchants of
that city, learning that Jack Holland
was contemplating moving his bag
gaget got their beads together and
asked Holland how it would be pos
sible for- Hutchinson to retain its
franchise. Jack's reply was to place a
guarantee of $15,000. -
So the Hutchinsonites ar trying to
dig up the coin. Several of the
wealthier citizens of the town have
offered to donate $1,000 eaah. They
also are trying to sell season tickets
for $30 a crack, each ticket good for
70 games. The committee in charge
is optimistic and expects to raise the
$15,000 and a bonus to boot That
being the case, Holland may remain
in Hutchinson. ..'4. -
. ,, Brottem Goes South.
Tony Brottem, first string catcher
for the Rourkes last season, will ap
pear in a Little Rock uniform this
season. Tony, who went up to the
St Louis Cardinals last fall, has been
sold by the Cards to Little Rock.
Great Lakes Jackies Get
Recognition From Colleges
Great Lakes, 111., Tan. 5,-4-After
months of effort Dr. John B. Kauf
man, athletic officer at the Great
Lakes naval station, has received of
ficial recognition from "Big Ten"
coaches. The basket ball schedule
shows games with Minnesota, North
western and Purdue and tentative
bookings with Illinois, Iowa and Wis
consin. y The jackies' success in carding the
university teams practically means
that contests also will be arranged in
base ball. This assures the Great
Lakes aggregations of plenty of high
. class competition during the priod
cf the, war.
The Gophers were tackled at Min
neapolis today. Purdue will be played
atLafayette, Ind., January 19; Peoria
Collegians at Peoria January 30; Mil
liken university at Decatur February
1, Chicago at Great Lakes February
, 5 and Northwestern at Evanston Feb
ruary 16. .....
..Before the schedule is completed it
probably will show contests with 25
teams."
Benson & Thome Quintet
Still Looking for Games
The Benson" & Thome casket ball
team is looking for more world's to
conquer.'
Manager John Reel announces that
his quintet is having a hard time find
ing enough (opponents, He has sev
eral games booked, but he wants
more, Any teams, in or out of Omaha,
that would like to book games can
reach Reel at 315 Brandeis Theater
building.
The Benson & Thorne five played
its first game last week, beating an
all-star aggregation, 25 to 11. This,
too, with several substitutes in the
lineup.
New uniforms have been provided
for the team. They are orange and
black and the colors make a striking
combination.
Jimmy Milota Now Teacher
For Uncfc Sam's Air Corps
i Jimmy Milota, formerly secretary
ol the Omaha Amateur Base Ball as
sociation, has been made an instruc
tor in the aviation corps of Uncle
Sm's army.
Jimmy now is stationed at Elling
ton fiela, near Houston, Tex. He in
structs aviators in machine gun work
and even takes flights with student
air men to show them how to work
their machine guns while in the air.
He is instructor of, four classes and
is busy with this from 7:30 a. m. to
5:30 p. m.
Jimmy took the course in machine
gun work at the marine corps school
at the Savage arms works at Utica,
N. Y. .
Fred Luderus Headefd for
V Discard; Can From Phils
Philadelphia report has it that Fred
Luderus is slated for release by the
I'hilly, management and that George
Whitted will be the first base guard
ian. - .,
Central, Three-I and Central
HAND BALL STARS
CLASH THIS WEEK
IN DOUBLES PLAY
First Annual Team Tournament
Starts at Young Men's
Christian Association on
Wednesday.
Play in the first annual Omaha
Young Men's Christian association
doubles hand ball tournament will
start Wednesday.
Fifteen teams of hand ball cracks
have entered the tourney, and as
these teams contain some excellent
players, some exciting jousts are ex
pected on the "Y" courts.
The hand ball sharks have been
practicing ever since the middle of
December, when the Y singles tour
nament closed, and several pairs are
showing team work that bids no good
for their opponents. '
Rivalry is keen, even keener than
that manifested at the singles tour
ney, and some blood matches are
ahead. - ,
The players have been carefully
paired, so that no one team overbal
ances the others. J. he better players
have been lined up with less expert
players and no two stars are paired
togetner.
Some of the Teams.
Some of the teams containing the
better known individual players are
Kev. John Calvert and Lyle Abbott,
Paul Havens and Erion. Ray Cairns
and Frank Garvin, Eddie Lawler and
Eddie Dygert and Dennie Rvan and
Jim Noble.
Another event of importance start
ing at the Young Men s Christian as
sociation this week is the "Champion
Participants in this event will vie
with each other in 24 different athletic
and gymnasium stunts. The com
petitors will be placed in groups of
iu or n eacn, and the group which
wins the greatest number of points
will be declared the championship
group.
Omaha Ring Scrappers
Now Scrapping for U. S.
Guy Buckles, former Omaha nuci-
list, now is a corporal in the army at
camp coay, M.
Buckles enlisted in the. National
Guard when the Mexican trouble
broke out and now is a real veteran
and has been promoted to the rank
of corporal.
Guy used to be one of the most
promising tniddleweights in the ring
game and he fought several topnotch
ers. including Jimmv Clabbv when
i Jimmy was in his prime. Guy has
tangled in a scrap or two while on
the border.
Jimmy Stipe, alias Jimmy Fkzpat
rick, is another Omaha mitt artist who
is at Camp Cody. Jimmy awhile ago
went six rounds with Bobby Waugli,
champion of the southwest, despite
the"fact that Waugh is a welterweight
and outweighed the Omaha boy 15
pounds.
Buckles and Stipe intend to join
forces and go out after the middle
weight and lightweight championships
of the border forces before the win
ter is over.
Flat-Nosed Pug Reforms
And Now Leads Y. M. C. A.
Kid Farrell, who was until recently
a flat-nosed pugilist of the worst sort,
has become a leader of the Young
Men's Christian association, by which
organization he was reformed, and he
is now preaching in New York build
ings of the association.
Hudson Is Prize Winner
In Indoor Golf Tourney
Seavey Hudson captured the Bur-gess-Nash
trophy in the 36-hole put
ting contest staged on the Burgess
Nash indoor course yesterday after
noon. Hudson shot a 70 for the 26
holes and won the event from a large
field of entries.
Bancroft Downs Rosalie
In Basket Ball Conflict
Bancroft, Neb., Jan. 5. (Specials
Bancroft High school eliminated an
other contender for the northeastern
Nebraska championship by defeating
Rosalie High school, 11 to 10. Rank
for Bancroft and Anthon for Rosalie
starred.
What? Oh! Horrors;
Athletes Go to Work
It's really a fact: Two base
ball player j have gone to work.
Chuck Wortman, shortstop of the
Cubs, is selling haberdashery in a
Chicago store, while Mike Pren
dergast, former Bruin, who" was
sent to the Phillies in the Alexan
der deal, is working as a starter
for a Chicago taxicab firm. Now
we know this high cost of living
stuff is true.
The Omaha Sunday
OMAHA,
Making It Pretty Soft for Mitchell
A T
IE
FJSED. MITCHEJJC.
Charlie Weeghman restaurant mag-
nate, owner of the Chicago Cubs, mil
lionaire and spendthrift, is making it
pretty soft for Fred Mitchell, his
hired hand who manaees the Cubs
from the bench.
Charlie has cut loose the striners
from a bank roll the size of a bale of
cotton and is squandering dollars all
over theiface of the globe. As a re
sult, he is bringing to Chicago all the
talent available.
And Mitch, with a grin on his mao.
sits at his ease before the cozy, warm
fireplace and says "Oh, boy, and he
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TOUCHES OF HUMOR PICKED
THE SPORTING PIKE
Modest? Oh! My Yes.
There's no getting around the fact
that ball players, or rather a goodly
portion of them, never weary of talk'
mg about themselves, and going over
their various exploits.
On one occasion last summer this
peculiarity of ball players was being
discussed by a couple 6f experts (?)
when in the offing there hove a ball
player.
"Now, watch him." said one. "I'll
bet you he doesn't say a thing about
himself, for I know him well and he's
as modest and shrinking as a whole
flower-garden full of violets. He won't
say a word about himself."
The ball player came up and after
talking about a minute about things
in general and base ball in particular,
ne sent this one across the plate:
"You oughta see how I've been
crowning that old apple here of late.
The other day I hit the furthest ball
I ever got hold of in my life and I'll
Det it 8 going yet.
Ihe losing expert (?) took the
three over and bought the drinks. -
Hendricks Is Squelched.
Jack Hendricks, manager of the St.
Louis Cardinals, was well taken down
by Joe Cantillon on one occasion last
season. One of Toe's ball olavers had
kicked over the traces and the arbiter
had waved him out of the game. It
was a great joke to Hendricks, who
chuckled all over himself at the
ejected athlete, and it made Cantillon
sore.
Joe called nis player over and said
in a voice loud enough for Hendricks
to hear:
'Come over here andake a seat
where lyou can watch the greatest
manager in the world. Keep your eye
on him and you'll learn base ball that
the boojs haven't even got onto yet."
Jack's -mouth was closed, and he
didn't have another word to say the
remainder of th$ game.
Justifiable Murder.
Judge Is there any reason whv
you should not be hanged until dead
for the wilful murder of Charles
Trollisis, as charged in this case?
Defendant I am a sporting writer,
your honor, and I found out that this
man was one of those fellows who
writes puzzles to the sporting de
partments about "A bet B," and also
has been sending suggestions to the
managing editor signed "Old Subscri
ber I killed him in cold blood, and
I'm glad I did it.
Judge Case dismissed. Tustifiable
murder. ,
Some Dream.
Clayton Perrv. manager and o
ond Baseman of the San 'Antonio tram
of the Texas league, is one ball play
er wno loves oniy nis ntc more than
he does his money. He is the original
money-Hooverizer and when he ever
clamps down on a dollar bill, nothing
short of nitro-glycerine can separate
him from it.
They tell a little story about a
dream that Clayt was supposed to
have had some time ago.
Perry dreamed that he died one
night after he had lost six bits in a
poker game, and' strange to relate, he
found himself in heaven.
"Well who are you?" asked St.
Peter, the heavenly official scorer, as
he adjusted his "specs" and started
giving Clayt the critical up and down.
"Perry, Clayton Perry, a ball play
er, answered Clayt, who had visions
of one of those golden crowns that
are given free with every permanent
berth in the city where the streets are
payed, with gold.
"What did you ever do to deserve a
place in heaven," asked St. Peter. '
'"Well, I helped a blind man across
the street once," replied Perry.
"What else?'' "
"Yes, I gave a beggar 2 cents once."
"Is that all?" asked St. Peter.
"Yes, I reckon jt is," said Clayt,
trying to look pitiful.
"What are you gonna do with him
Pete?" said St. Peter's assistant
standing nearby taking in the pro
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 6, 1918.
SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1918.
pays me ten thou a year to play with
all these million-dollar kids.
Through Weeghman's liberality,
Mitchell now has probably the best
hurling corpj of any ball club in any
league. With Alexander, - Vaughn,
Douglas and Tyler, Mitch has four
pitchers who are stars. Behind the
bat he has Willie Killifer who will
make the work of these hurlers even
more effective because of his knowl
edge of batters and his knack of
handling pitchers.
Then, too, there is Nick Carter, a
youth with oodles of stuff and a lot
, of promise, and 'tis said all he needs
ceedings and who acted as turnkey.
"Guess you'd better give him his
2 cents back and send him to hell" v
Tris Jokes Home Folks. ' x
Ray Chapman, Indians' shortstop,
tells a little story of Tris Speaker
and his popularity with . the home
folks down in Hubbard City, Tex.,
that bears repeating.
Chappie motored through to Hub
bard City with Spoke. They arrived
at 2 o'clock in the morning. Tris stop
ped his car at the outskirts of the
town, went to the first alarm box,
turned in the alarm, climed back into
his machine alongside of Chappie and
waited.
They didn't have long to wait for
not only the fire department but
more than half of the inhabitants
bustled out of their beds. When they
arrived at the scene there was Speak
er laughing as if his sides would
PAGE THE MINT,
BOY! WEEGHMAN
. STILL HAS COIN
Chicago, Jan. 5. The deals which
brought Alexander, Killifer and Tyler
to the Chicago Nationals will be
eclipsed by one Pr-sident Weeghman
now is planning, according ,to Man
ager Mitchell. Mitchell said the
$250,000 with which Weeghman
started out to buy a championship
team is not nearly exhausted and that
the biggest trade of the season will
be announced in a few days.
While Mitchell would not intimate
who was concerned in the reported
trade, it was said last night that
Roger Hornsby, shortstop othe St.
Louis Nationals, would before many
days come to the Chicago team.
Creighton Will Open Basket
Ball Schedule on Wednesday
The Creighton university auintct
will open its 1918 basket ball schedule
next Wednesday night at the Creigh
ton gymnasium. The Blue and White
five will meet Coach Kline's crack
squad from Nebraska iWesleyan.
The Wesleyans are reported to
have as strong a team this year as
the ones in the past that annually
waltzed away with the championship
of Nebraska. Coach Mills, however,
expects his proteges to make a satis
factory clean-np on the Ministers.
I he treighton has not vet com
pleted his cage schedule for this win
ter. Negotiations are still pending
between the school on the hill and
sport managers at Camps Dodge and
Funston and a number of high class
teams in Kansas. It is very likely
that games will be played on the lo
cal floor within the next two weeks.
Former Boxing Promoter
Becomes Blue Sky Dealer
Eddie Pitts, former boxing promo
ter, has entered the oil selling game at
Denver and is a full-fledged "blue
sky" promoter, with engraved letter
heads and all that goes with the job.
They do say he even has carpets on
the floor but of course someone may
be spoofing a bit.
Still Plenty of Smiths
Left in the Big Leagues
The Smith family in the majors lost
two more members, when Elnier
Smith of Cleveland and Sherrod
Smith of Brooklyn decided to go to
war, but tTiere is still enough of them
left to make quite a ball team.
Athlete Made Officer.
Jess Legg, former catcher of the
Little Rock Southern league team
and before that a star in college ath
letics, has beer, awarded a first lieu
tenant's commisfion in the army. He
took the training course at the of
ficers' school at Lcou Springs, Tex.
T1 i
iHn .mm mm
to become one of the greatest pitchers
in the game is a catcher who can help
him and teach him the fine points of
the game.
Weeghman also got Dode Paskert,
star outfielder for Mitch, and tied the
can to Fred Williams because Mitchell
and Williams failed to get along well
He put down $15,000 in cold hard
smacks for Barbour, an outfielding
star from Baltimore. N And he's still
got more money to spend.
John McGraw may have been lucky
at New York, but he'll be envious of
Mitchell before long.
Pretty soft for Mitch? Yea bo.
UP ALONG .
......
break. The Hubbard Cityites joined
in the laugh and proceeded to give
their idol a warm welcome.
Heart Failure.
Jim Buckley, the New York man
ager, was telling old ones the other
night.
"Do any of you fellows remember
the crowd I had stuffed in my little
old bharkey club to see Sam Lang'
ford and Jim Barry box? That was
one of the most successful shows I
ever naa tnere. wo Digger tnan a
cigar box, it took in $8,000 at the
door," said Buckley. "Langford and
Barry boxed for $150 apiece. Barry
gave us a shock, though. With all
that money in, Barry didn't show up
until almost an hour after the regular
time. When he walked in the said.
'Am I too late, Jim?'
"'Get into your tights quick. Not
Your're not too late my heart, is
still beating faintly. Hurry upl"
OMAHA COLLEGE
QUINTETS RESUME
CAGE PRACTICE
Omaha intercollegiate basket ball
quintets, idle for two weeks owing
to the holiday vacations, resume prac
tice this week and prepare for the
opening of the 1918 season.
Creighton, Omaha university and
Bellevue all start practice again to
morrow, as do the high school cage
fives. v
Omaha university will pry the lid oft
the college basket ball season Friday
night when Burdick's charges will
clash with Doane.
This is one of the biggest games
of the season for the localfschool. It
will be played at the local school's
gymnasium.
Omaha uni has the best prospective
floor squad in years. The team has
suffered some from enlistments
Clyde and Donald Nicholson, both in
line for varsity positions, are the
latest to join the colors but Burdick
believes the material left will fill out
a good floor combination.
At Bellevue, Coach Reel is struggl
ing against odds. There are 11 male
students in the school. Of the 11,
Reel has eight on the basket ball
team.
Tommy Mills at Creighton is mom
fortunate. Mills has several veterans
and a number of new men who are
showing all kinds of speed and ability.
Creighton followers believe the blue
and white five this year will be in a
class with any other college quintet
in this part of the country.
Southern Loop Umpire Is
Winner as Foot Ball Man
Charley Moran, Southern league1
umpire, as coach of the Center col
lege (Danville. Ky.)'foot ball team
the last season, has shown his class
as a gridiron general. His team
cleaned up everything in the way of
opposition and won the championship
of Kentucky. He merely was re
peating the success he had with the.
A. and M. eleven in Texas.
Gay Crusader Big Winner
Of English Turf Season
Gay Crusader heads the list of win
new on the English turf this year
with $50,625. In a normal year the
amount would have been more than
$'00,000. He has also placed his sire,
Bayardo, and his jockey, Donoghue,
and his trainer, Alex. Taylor, in first
place.
Peoria Lad ip Army.
Harry Laross, well known minor
league outfielder, who finished last
season with the Peoria Central league
team, is a recent enlistment. He goes
into the quartermaster's end of the
war game.
All tjie Latest Sport N ews
All the Time
DOC STEWART ANNOUNCES
NEBRASKA GRID SCHEDULE,
AND, OH DOY, SOME CARD
Cornhusker Mentor Evidently Working on Theory That
-
the Bigger They Come the Harder They Fall Goes :
from New York to Washington Looking for , .;,
Playmates for His Athletes. M
NEBRASKA GRID SCHEDULE.
October 5 University of Iowa at Lincoln.
October 19 Notre Dam at Lincoln.
October 26 -Washington State at Lincoln.
November 2 (Open).
November 9 University of Missouri at Columbia.
November 16 University of Kanacs at Lincoln. ,
November 23 Northwestern univertity at Lincoln.
November 28- Syracuse university at Lincoln.
No matter what other faults Doc Stewart, Nebraska foot
ball coach and athletic director, may have, you have sot to
hand it to him and on a silver platter at that he is a game
guy and he bars nobody.
OH. BOYI Vr
BIG AMATEUR ,
TOURNEY WILL BE
STAGED IN OMAHA
Simon Pure Grapplers Are to
Clash for Championships at
Young Men's Christian
, Association.
Omaha mat fans will have an oppor
tunity to see their first amateur cham
pionshin wrestling tournament in this
city before the current season ends.
Physical Director Weston of the
Young Men's Christian association
and C. E. Seeley, wrestling instiuctor
at the "Y," are making plans to stage
this event at the Young Men's Chris
tian association.
Omaha has always been a center of
professional wrestling, but the ama
teur game has never thrived here and
an amateur tournament never has
been staged.
Omaha Big Enough.
- Other cities, however, have their
amateur wrestlers and hold successtul
amateur tournaments. So Weston and
Seeley decided that such an event
could be held successfully in Omaha
and they now are taking the first
steos to brine it about.
Next Friday a wrestling class starts
at the Young Men's Christian associa
tion, fceeley will be in cnarge. xnere
are a number of active young huskies
at the "Y" and Seeley believes some
excellent mat timber is contained in
their number. He is confident the
class will turn out some classy ama
tear mat sharks. 1
the tournament will be staged
when the members of this wrestling
class show sufficient ability to enter
championship competition.
All Classes.
Chamoionshios will be determined
in all classes, heavyweight, light
heavyweight, middleweight, welter-
bantamweight and paperweight and
flyweight if any grapplers in these
latter two classes can be found.
Coincident with the start of the
wrestling class at the "Y" Friday, a
boxing class will get under way.
Cards Will Take Fewer
Players to Spring Camp
Fewer players will be taken on the
spring training trip of the St. Louis
Nationals next season than in several
years, l he squad, accoraing to Presi
dent Rickey, probably will number
ZS. Although the camp has not been
selected, rcrsident Rickey said it
would be "somewhere in Texas,".
The Cardinals have trained at San
Antonio for the last three yesrs and
it is probable the club will return
there, although Houston, Temple and
San Aneclo are under consideration.
There are no high winds in the vicin
ity of aan Antonio and the'Ciimate
usually is dry and warm in the early
spring.
The Cardinals probably will put in
two weeks in the camp, as they must
return to St. Louis in time to play the
Browns in the spring series and have
a day or two of rest before the open
ing.
The Cardinals will play exhibition
games at Houston, Fort Worth, San
Anionio and Little Rock, according to
present plans.
Owen Moran Gets Job as
Constable in Home Town
Owen Moran, the English fighter,
is now a constable at the water
works in London, occasionally getting
a chance to engage in a bout. Owen
fought a 15-rouml bout at one of the
clubs in England a few weeks ago
and got $295 for his e,nd. Johnny
Summers and Jem Driscoll, the Eng
lish fighters, are at the front.
Rowdy Elliott of Cubs
To Lead Salt Lake Club
Rowdy Elliott, Cub catcher, is to
be made manager of the Salt Lake
team of the Pacific Coast league. The
job was first offered to Walter Mc
Credie, but the latter will go with
the Portland team to its new home in
the Northwestern league.
Pacific Coast Managers
Face a Stiff Proposition
Pacific Coast league team managers
not only will have to use moe bushers
under the new league regulations, but
they also will have to get along with
fewer players of any sort, for the
league at its recent meeting cut the
team limit to 16 men. '
The doctor has just announced
seven of the eight foot ball games in
which the University of Nebraska
eleven will be one of the combatants
next fall. .And, believe us, it is some
announcement.
From the clasj1 of the teams upon
which Stewart takes picks one would
imagine the doctor had one or two
Guy Chamberlains, Ted Coys, Willie
Ilestons, Walter ,Eckersalls and, El
mer Oliphants'up his sleeve.
To start the season and give the
boys a little preliminary joust in
which to feel their oats, so to speak,
the doc chooses Iowa, a small, sec
ondary university over in the Hawk
eye state which never has much of a
foot ball team. .;
Just a Romp.
This will be just a practice game
for the Comhuskers, one of the essy
games on the schedule,
Next, the Huskers ' tangle with
Notre Dame, another little early sea
son fray in which the Scaflet , and
Cream takes picks on a college of lit
tle class on the gridiron.' v
Then comes VVashington State col
lege. Washington state isn't the Uni
versity of Washington which was un
defeated for ten years while Gilmour
Dobie handled the reins; but even so,
Washington state has considerable
foot ball eleven and just for a guess
is about as good as the University
of Washington or any other Pacific
coast team at that. -
Looking For More.
No game has been booked for No
vember 2.v. This is the one open date
on the schedule. Negotiations now
are said to be under way with the
University of Washington, University
of California and Denver and that one
of 'the three will be -played.
Of Washington university we spoke
before that's where Mr. Dobie was
located. California is about of the
same class and, incidentally, beat
Washington last year.
November 9 the Huskers Invade
Missouri for a clash with the Tigers,
then on November 16 they play Kan
sas at Lincoln,
And then -and then, the Huskers fly
right into the'bull dog's face, They
take a shot at Northwestern, which
beat Michigan last year, and Michigan
beat Nebraska, at Lincoln, and then
come right back four days later to
play Syracuse.
No Piker. ' v
Neyer let it be said Doc Stewart Is '
a piker. Perish the thought,. When
Daniel entered the lion's den he never
had a thing on Stewart. For plenty
of brass and the nerve to back it up,
all the laurels go to the doctor.
If we ever said anything against
the doc, we taki it all back now. for
if Stewart never did anything else he
is putting Nebraska pn the toot ball
map and that's what we've been pray-'
ing for for these many years.
If any college in the country shows
a classier schedule than Nebraska next
fall, show it to us. Opening the sea
son with Iowa, then Notre Dame,
Washington State, Washington or
California, Missouri, Kansas, North
western, and Syracuse. Good night
The far east Syracuse the far west
Washington the central west No
tre Dame the Western conference--
Northwestern and Iowa the Missouri
Valley Kansas end Missouri. And
only one of these games, the Missouri
fray, is away from home and that
game is the busher of the bunch.
Small wonder if the foot ball fan
smacks his lips and licks his chops
in anticipation of next fall when he
gives the above schedule the dou
ble o.
Sherrod Smith of Robins
Reports at Camp Gordon
Sherrod Smith, the big left-handed
pitcher of the Brooklyn Robins,, has
enlisted in the arm v. and will renort
at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.
It has been known for some time
that Smith was planning toenlist. but
the formal announcement came in a
telegram to Charles H.jEbbets, presi
dent of the Brooklyn club.
Mr. Ebbets wired his congratula
tions to Smith, who , is the fourth
pitcher of the Robins to join the
colors. The others are Lfon Tadnr.
Jeff Pfeffer and Jack Miljus.
Cincinnati Plans to Use '
Blackburne at Shortstop
Russel BlacTburne did his hestt work
of his base ball career at third bascftor
Toronto last season, but it is the plan
of Manager Mathewson of the Cin
cinnati Reds to play him at short
Groh, of course, will be left at
third and Dave Shean is the favorite,
for second base.
Dallas Athlete Enlists.
Lyman Smith'a California olavtr
who was with Dallas in the Texas
league for awhile last season, has en
listed in the sithmajine service at SftB'
Pedro, CaL
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