i. 10 - " THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1918. I BRINGING t FATHER t Copyright, V,' . 1117, . International . ' News ' : .'.Service. Drawn for euee Gorge IcManus llAKEUS RETAIN LEAD l(i FLOOR LEAGUE FLIGHT i i i r n (f t'.i I l ; 1 I . Rp I WELL -THE bUPPER I'd WHEN VE VTART .THE ; I ' :- , INTAKE , RCAOX - MO TO AftrNNE ' fx MARCH -TOU 7t ' iV-S F? I j Overwhelm Commerce High ; Quintet to Tune of 22 to 9 j ind Hold One-Game Mar-, ! gin Over Townsends I 1 Nakens 22, Commerce High 9. I Townsends 10, Central Furnitures M. E. Smiths 16, Y. M. H. A. 7. ! By triumphing over the Commerce I High quintet, the Nakens retained their lead m the Commercial league 1 at the Young' Men's Christian associ ation last night. ' The Nakens walloped the book keepers to the tune of 22 to 9, the most overwhelming defeat adminis tered to the high school lads this season.- The Commerce lads found the team ; work of the Nakens too much to overcome. The Townsends won from the Cen- Furnitures 10 to 8, but, the lat- j reiuse to acKnowicoge me aeicai : A have protested the combat. Oh- ' .ction to officials is said to be the ?soa' for the protest. 1 Che M. E. Smiths found the Y. M. it -A k u . - 1 easy pitKings, winning iu iu "RED SOX" LAND WINNIS, CONNIE tMACPSCHAMP Philadelphia, Jan.'ll-John "Stuffy" Mclnnis, first baseman and the last of , Connie Mack's famous world's champions, goes to, the Boston Ameri cans in a straight trade for players. The names of the players and how many will cope to. Philadelphia in the trade were not announced, ; ,. ' ? Word that Mclnnis was to go 'to" the Red Sox was received here tonight in a telegram from Connie Mack, who is at Jacksonville, Fla.. arranging fot the spring training trip. No one irw authority at club headquarters here has any information asTto the details of the trade. It was said that Mack will pick the players he wants later and that the number will depend upon the bien he selects. . . - .- Mtlnnis has been a star on the Ath letics team almost from the day he ar rived in 1909.' He was 27 years old last 'September. Trior to coming to the Philadelphia Americans, he played with, .the New Bedford and Haverhill teanjs,, ; V .; Iti the first year with the team he battf i.:239 and in every succeeding season , with the exception of . 1916, wheji his average was .295, he hit for morfr than .300. . '' Creighton to Clash With Cotncr Cage Five Tonight TnV" Creighton 'varsity .quintet is scheduled to mejfct the fast Cotner basket ball five at the Creighton gym nasium tonight. .The floor contest : with Cotner was arranged to take the j place of the Nebraska Wesleyan game ' which was called off on account of an epidemic of scarlet fever at the Uni versity Place school. I Coach Mills is of the opinion that Cotner has one of the strongest fives in the state and expects them to put up a notable- fight against his Blue" and White veterans. But of the final outcome the Creighton mentor has no doubts. : "' "Chuck" Kearney and Ed Haley will occupy the forward positions and Captain Eddie Mullholland and How ard Vandever will , constitute the guards, while lengthy Vic Spittler will jump at center for Creighton. A preliminary contest to the Creighton-Cotner game will be played by the Creighton High school and Pa pillion fives. Both teams are in niid scason form and a fast and exciting game is expected. The first game will star at 7:30 p. m. . ' ; Cap Anson Puts in Boost ; For Stars of Bygone Days Captain Adrian C. Anson has select ed an ""all-time, all-American" , base ball team that is notable for includ ing in its make-up not one of the pres ent day stars. - ' According to Captain Anson, at least four outfielders of old times ate better than Cobb or Speaker artd Clarkson, Rusie and McCormack, he thinks, were better pitchers than Alex ander or Johnson. His lineup would be: j Catchers Puck Ewinc and Kinf Kll'. lJltchr Amoi Kuai, John Ciarluon and James McCormack. Flrat Base-rCaptalti Anton, himself.. fioond Base Fred Tfeffer. Third Base Ed Williamson. Short 8top Bom Barnes. """ Outfielders 13111 Lama, Georg Qort, Jim my Byan and Hugh Duffy. Tie spit-ball is "old stuff," accord ing o Anson. Chesbfo of the Yan kee generally credited with perfect ing its cse about 12 years ago, was anticipated in the 80's by Pete Conway of Detroit and Bob Mathews of Phil adelphia, he says. ," , I ' You can secure a maid, stenogja- pheft-or bookkeeper by using a Bee r.Vant Ad. FULTON DOWNS 'TEXAS' TATE IN SECOND ROUND Loser Puts Up Hard Fight; Goes Down Twice Before Blow to Jaw Puts ' : Him Out. (By AtUtd PrM.) '7Af1i Vf t! 11 Prat1 ITtil At. jvtuit sm vf jcau 4 a vu uiiuii. of Rochester. Minn., tonight knocked out Harry "Texas" Tate, of Nowata, Ukl., in the second round of a sched uled 12-round bout. VTate went down twice before receiving a blow .to the jaw that out him out. ' It Was apparent from the opening of the bout that Tate was outclassed. ' -Fulton opened with a left jab to Tate's stomach, and followed with an other to the same place. A hard left to the face brought blood from Tate s hose and mouth. Tate swung wildly and sent in a hard uppercut that Ful ton barely missed,, but Fulton came back with an overhand swing that tent iaie vj ine noor. ne remainea oown tof the count 6f nine.- Fulton sent in repeated jabs to the face. I, Tate came back iiHhe second round with vicious swings t(jat Fulton dodged. Fulton again sent in hard punches to Tate's -face, and with a right to the jaw sent him down. .Tate got up only to be sent to the mat Bain. Another hard right put the Ok toman down, and his manager, Billy McCarney, threw In the spontfe as Referee Tommy Sullivan, of St. Louis. counted 10. Tate weighed 205 pounds and Ful ton 215 pounds. , .. . , Commerce High to Play ; . Council Bluffs Saturday ', Hampered by too little practice and with the lineup yet undetermined, the Omaha Central High floor quin tet will meet the Council Bluffs five tonight on the Council Bluffs Young Men t Christian association floor in the first game on its basket ball schedule. - . . . . The sudden departure of Clyde, aniun win enm me lineup or put some one jn his former position at fight forward." Coach Mulligan is try ing each member of the second string at Smith's old position but has not yet definitely, decided who will be used. . . . ,. . ,The first game on the home floor will be with the Commerce High lads tomorrow night at the local Y. M.'C A. gym. . .. v: ; ... v. , Due to the fact that the class teams have - had little opportunity to get together, the usual games of the inter class, tourney will not be played be fore the main game Saturday night: The seniors re planning on copping the honors. No preliminary game has not yet been arranged. i ; Since both Central High and Coht merce High season tickets' will admit, a big crowd ii expected. There will be-no reserved seats. ? . COMMERCE .HtOIt Camero ,. r, f. tioodwln . .....t. e. bhahahan ...... e. Kooper ........ r. t. L Vinson 1. f. council Et.urrs r. t. founders I.,t. ........ (lorva.ni . rArlson r. a. .......Morrison I. f. vJ5rrlU Major League Winners May Play for Lads Overseas Chicago, Jan. ll.-Plans for send ing to France the winning teams of the National and ' American leacue pennants, provided that the war is ended at thee lose of the coming base bail season, were discussed today by a number of major leageu officials. President C A. Cotniskey of the Chicago American, President' Charles H. Weearhman of the Chicago Na tionals, President James C Dunn of the Cleveland Americans, all of whom have pennant aspirations, expressed approval of such a trip, and B. B. Johnson, president of the American league, said he would use every en deavor to further the plan. . New York Yanks' to Play ; In Ten Southern Cities New York. - Jan. "11. The New York American league team will play in. 10 southern cities with the Boston Nationals artd three games with the Brooklyn Nationals in Brooklyn dur ing its training season, it was an nounced here today. The games will start April. I, with Boston at Macon, Ga ana subsequent game at, Dublin, Ga.; Augusta, Ga.; Orangeburg, S. C; Columbia, , Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina,- Charlotte, Greens boro, N. C. artd Petersburg, Va. Trainer of Browns Jumps To the Boston Red Sox Club Boston, Jan. 11. Martin Lawler, for many yeari physical 'trainer for the St. Louis American league base ball club, was engaged today to train the Boston American league players. He succeeds Charles Green. . Eddie Cicotte Signs New . : Contract With fthite Sox Detroit, Mich., Jan. 11. Eddie Ci cotte, staf pitcher for thi Chicago Americans, 'announced today that he has signed his 1918 contract. John Martin First Man in Northwest to Sign Papers The first player to sign a North western league contract wifh the Port land club was a right-handed pitcher. John Martin, who hails from Duluth. PREMIER HUGHES RETURNSTO POWER Remains as Head of Australian Tfjrovernment Despite Pledge ' to Resign ii Conscription Was Defeated. Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 11. Several days of political uncertainty nave ended with the reinstallation in power of the nationalist government, headed by William Morris Hughes. There has been no change in the make-up of the Hughes government. At one time it was thought that FranklTudor, the labor leader, would be commissioned by the governor general to form a labor government. Tremier Hughes is criticised by the press and is accused of breach of faith by some politicians because of the pledge he gave at Bend'fo during the recent referendum campaign that the nationalists would not govern the country if conscription was defeated The Australian voters returned a ma jority against conscription in the ref erendum. A motion of no confidence has been introduced in parliament by Mr. Tudor. Idaho Senator is Said To Be Slightly Improved Washington, Jan. 11. Senator Brady of . Idaho, stricken with an acute attack of -heart trouble last night, was slightly improved today and hopes for his recovery were en tertained by his physicians. FREE NEUTRALS OF LIABILITY TO DO ARMY DUTY Washington, Jan. 11. Citizens or subjects of European neutral countries, regardless of whether they have taken out first papers for American citizen ship, will be freed from liability to military service in the United States if they appeal Hhrough their diplo matic representatives here. ' , Minister Sulzcr of Switzerland to day reached an agreement witn the State department wheby Swiss al ready drafted, and in "mc instances actually serving in the American army, will be discharged, if they de sire.' upon proof of their Swiss citi zenship. - Similar arrangements may be made by other ncutra representatives, and the War department has signified jts willingness to co-operate in securing "the quick discharge of drafted aliens, entitled to release. i - Jug GIVEN YOU M A EE Look at This Avalamche olf CLOTMTC Prices IN IfldlflBV L SALE THIS. OUR For ten days we have been giving the Men and Young Men of Omaha the Greatest Clothing Values they have ever had. It's kept our large force of regular and extra clerk "humping" to 'wait on all who called to take advantage of our January Clearance Prices. Read this advertisement over carefully, decide upon what you want, and be here early in the morning. 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You have the choice of many clever styles and patterns. $3.43 For Boys' Suits and Overcoats Formerly Priced at $5.00 and $6.00 Parents, come and look for yourself what great money saving values this January Clearance Sale holds for you. Here are the finest values ever shown, in Hand-Tailored Suits and Overcoats. V sT sT b4 $4.48 For Boys' Suits and Overcoats . Formerlv PrieA . CK ft and S7 rtfl n Parent if aa finr-TYiirn1 Hnn'fc mic this fOTHING COMPACT I Clearance Sale. You'll experience the surprise of jets-tn JJn C TVTTT AC I your hfe- These high class fabrics will give tre C"ijKf 14U tf IKll lit 1 AO J I mendous amount of wear. Boys will take an m-!Z--immi Miiw V F stant liking to the nobby patterns. if r'liiihiSiliiihliilillii'iiiiiiill.H!, liiaiiiliil i.i isii t.iss, .Mti::iU5iiT.TIl:.:: ;.-?;.-siiii ;;.i;:;:-iTT?g-