The Omaha Sunday Bee
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OMAHA,, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13,, 1918.
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BROMLEY LEADS
PtHNT GETTERS
FRED FULTON TO
GIVE EXHIBITION
HERE THIS MONTH
Claimant to Title Booked for
Beatrice and Hopes to
Stage Show in
Omaha.
CURLERS CLASH
FOR CITY TITLE
AT MILLER PARK
Balmorals, Skipped by Bob
Melvin, to Play Thistles, Led
by E. S. Dodds, for Cham
pionship of Omaha.
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE LEADERS TheNakens, who are at the top of the percentage
column in the Commercial Basket Ball league at the Young Men's Christian associa
tion. Standing, left to right: Nordstrom, Filler, Everson, Richards. Sitting, left to
right: Hansen, Kronstedt, Bromley.
T
. OF CAGE LEAGUE
Naken Player Has Scored 39
l.,,
1
Points; Russum Leads in
Foul Goals and Balderson
in Fouls Committed.
Bromley of the Nakens is the star
basket shooter of the Commercial bas
ket ball league playing at the Young
1 Men's Christian association. Averages
compiled show that Bromley his
scored 39 points for his quintet. He
madc19 field goals for 38 points and
one foul goal for one point.
Hansen, Bromley's running mate on
the Nakens, who, by the way, are
leading the league, is second with 31
points scored, 15 field goals and one
foul goal. Hovey of the M. E. Smiths
is third with 30 points.
Gene Russum of the Townsends
leads his teammates despite the fact
that he has failed to throw a single
field- goal. Gene, however, has made
15 goals for as many points. A re
markable coincident is that all of the
other Townsends, Moore, Klepser,
illsher and Phelps, have made 12
Toints each.
Balderson too Rough.
Balderson of the Central Furnitures
is the roughest player in the league if
figures count. Balderson has 13 fouls
marked up against him. Don Moore
of the Townsends is second with 10.
Price of the M. E. Smiths is the only
player without a foul credited aainst
his name.
The complete averages are as fol
lows: ....
g. t.g. I.g. I.C. Ptlt.
Urnrnlev. NakeilS 6 19
1
Hansen, Nakens S 15
Hovey, M. B. Smiths 4 13
Kronitadt, Nakens 6 8
Joseph, M. E. Smiths.... 4 10
Brown, Y. M. H. A 6 6
UnrrlsM in. Cent Fum. ..2 8
1
4
7
1
6
1
0
16
0
9
4
4
2
6
Goodman, Commerce High 6 I
Russum, Townsends 4 0
Nordstrum, Nakens 4 7
Sandelleu, Cent Furn.... 3 3
V. Moore Townasnds .... 6 6
M. Klepser, Townsends . . 4 6
Tsher, Townsends i 6
Phelps, Townsends S 6
Balderson. Cent. Furn. ..4 4
Comero, Commerce High, i 4
Richards, Nakens. , . 6 4
Everson, Nakens 5 4
Learnson, Com. High:... 5 0
Nalashok, T. M. H. A... 4 4
Price. M. E. Smiths 4 t
6
0
4
:
2
2
1
1
8
0
2
10 12
s
4
1
it
18 10
T
2
3
9
8
0
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Central High Is
Defeated in First
Contest of Season
A defeat of 28 to 22 fell to the lot
of the Omaha Central High school
basket ball team Friday at the
Council Bluffs Young Men's Christian
association gymnasium, when it play
ed the Council Bluffs High school
team in the first game of Centrals
schedule, A general shift of lineup
without sufficient practice, because
of no school gymnasium facilities was
the chief reason for the unexpected
defeat of the local team.
Coach Mulligan sent in Art Logan
and Bob Russell to fill the holes left
by the departure of Clyde Smith and
by Konecky, who remained on the
side lines until the middle of the
second half. Paynter was shifted
from center to right forward and A.
Logan nut in his place. Russell play
ed at Konecky's former position at
guard. Turk Logan played at right
guard and Maxwell left forward.
Stengel Fools Hitters by
Playing Assists Off Wall
Cassy Stengel, the Robins' slugging
righifielder, led the outfielders of
the National League in the matter of
assists last, season, and thereby
hangs a tale. Many V the drives
that whistle into right field from the
bats of opposing stickers go over
Casey's head and crash against the
right field wall, and it is on these
drives that Casey appears to best ad-
VaThegerollicking right'fielder of the
Flatbush clan is a smarter ball player
than a majority of the fans concede
him to be, and he has calculated
nicely the angle at which sucli drives
will carom off the garner As a
natural result, he is invariably in
front of the ball as it rebounds-and
4 in a position to make a quick peg
to second base to head off those run
ners who have the temerity to at
tempt to stretch singles of this type
into doubles.
Yanks Have Largest and
Smallest Catchers in Game
If Manager Miller Huggins of the
Yankees keeps Truck Hannah his
catching recruit from Salt Lake ity,
the Yanks will enjoy the distinction
of having the biggest and smallest
catchers in the American
nah is a whale for sue, while i Wa Hers
is the stripling, fairly tall but light
in weight.
Fred Toney Put in First
- Draft; Makes His Peace
A news item from Nashville, Tenn.,
states that Pitcher Fred Toney of the
Cincinnati Reds, recently charged
with an attempt to evade the dratt,
has been put in the first class of
draff eligibles, his exemption claim
being withdrawn. It is presumed that
Tonejk squares himself with Uncle
Sam tlaccepting service.
Veteran Bill Leard Will
Be Manager for Seattle
Seattle report has it that Bill
Leard, veteran infielder, has been
picked to manage the Seattle team in
-the Northwestern league the coming
season. Leard, after going from Seat
tle to Brooklyn last summer for a
brief 6tay, joined Oakland in the
" Coast league, but secured his release
at the end of the season.
Rickev Sians Young Hurler
To Contract for Two Years
Oscar Horstman, the young right
narWer wh6 is expected to be a star
on Tack. Hendricks' Cardinal pitching
staff this year, is one of the first to
sign a new contract and President
Rickey thinks so well of him that it
was made for two years.
Fred Fulton, -self-styled champion
heavyweight pugilist of the world, is
to give several exhibitions in Ne
braska this month, and, perhaps, will
give one in Omaha.
Fulton, recognized as the leading
contender for the crown worn by Jes;
Willard, the well known circus pro
prietor, last December proclaimeu
himself champion of the world be
cause Willard refused to meet him in
a decision bout.
Fulton will give his first exhibition
in Nebraska at Beatrice January 22.
It will be merely an exhibition, in
which Fulton will aDoear onlv with
jiis sparring partner.
Beatrice is near tulton s old home.
Fulton, born nsar Blue Rapids, Kan.,
moved to Nebraska at an early age.
His family took up their residence at
Wymore, and it was there Fulton
spent his boyhood days. His parents
still live at Wymore. '
Omaha Later.
After the Beatrice show Fulton ex
pects to give exhibitions at Lincoln
and Omaha, although no plans for
the latter two events have been con
summated yet, and it may be that
there, will be some difficulty in ar
ranging for an exhibition in this city.
Fulton was last seen in Omaha
two years ago, when he was here
with a circus. At that time Fulton
was clamoring for a match with
Willard, but he was not taken se
riously by the ring fans and critics
tffen. He was regarded as pretty much
of a dub. Since then he has begun to
make a name for himself, has knocked
out several aspirants to fame and has
been recognized quite generally as
the one man deserving of a bout with
Willard. .-
Muggsy Declares Young
Prove to Be Wonder
Ross Young, according to John Mc
Graw, should be a wonder at second
base for the Giants next season and it
is because of his confidence in this
recruit that McGraw feels justified in
letting Charley Herjsog depart for the
last time. (According to McGraw, in
all his career as a manager he never
saw a youngster improve as rapidly
as Young did in he 1917 season.
He was raw when he joined the Gi
ants in the spring. When he came
back after playing the season at
Rochester he looked like a finished
ball player.
Many Candidates for Job
Of Manager at Portland
Many names appear in the list of
candidates for the position of man
ager of the Portland team in the
Northwestern league. This list in
cludes Bill.Rodgers, Art Griggs, Gus
Fisher, Bill Borton, Paddy Siglin and
Billy Sullivan. Unless Judge Mc
Credie decides on a playing manager
the impression is that Nick Williams,
with Spokane last season, will get the
job!
Old Pitcher Now Directs
Schoolboys in Texas Town
Ralph Works, veteran pitcher, has
been named athletic director of the
city schools of Beaumont, Tex. He
will have an important position and
one that will keep him on the job,
for the progressive Beaumont board
of . education has adopted a plan for
organized and systematic athletic in
struction in every school of the city,
high and low.
Tinker MayTrainColumbus
Athletes Near Army Camp
Joe Tinker talks of training his
Columbus American association team
at Chlllicothe, O., where there is a
camp of some 25,000 soldiers. Tinker
would condition his men by playing
practice games against the soldiers.
Twice in previous years Columbus has
trained at Chillicothe and if no trip
south is to be taken that city seems
as good a spot as can be selected.
George Stovall Longs to
Return to Diamond Sport
George Stovall, late manager of the
Vernon Tigers, thinks he can come
back, and he has put in his applica
tion with J. C McGill for the job of
managing the Indianapolis Indians.
George, when deposed as manager of
the Vernon, team, said he' was done
with baseball, but the old spirit seems
to have reasserted itself.
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"King of the Bushers" Is
Signed by Oakland Club
The Oakland Coast league club an
nounces that it has signed for a trial
in the spring. Mickey Shader, known
as "the king of the bush pitchers" in
California independent circles. Some
of his admirers say he looks like the
best pitching product that California
independent ranks ever have turned
out, which is saying a goqd deal.
Pacific Coast League to
Retain Only Three Umpires
Under the rule of single umpires,
President Baum had to discard one
half his staff. Announcement comes
from San Francisco that he has de
cided to retain as his trio of arbiters
Red Held, Ed Finney and Billy
Phyle.. However, the latter is in
poor health and may decide to retire,
in which case Ralph Frary probably
will be Vie third selection.
Former Yank Leads Cage
Squad of Army Shooters
Ray Fisher, former Yankee pitcher,
recently enlisted in the army, has
been made coach of th Fort Sloqpm
army basket ball team. He claims
a five recruited from college and ath
letic club players that is as fast as
anything ever put together and he is
going out to do up every other bas
ket ball team in army or civil life.
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Rough Going Might Do
Some Club Owners Good
Big League Magnates Have Had It Too Soft in the Past
and They Need a Bit of Adversity I
Now and! Then.
There are. any number of men who own base ball clubs that
have made from 20 to 300 per cent for the last 15 years, who
fear that they may lose a few thousand ddllars in 1918. These
good business men are hollering, "watch, robbery, horrors' al
ready. As if every business did not have a bad year now and
then.
There is no sense in the owners ofO
base ball clubs croaking about a bad
season in 1918. They have had 15
years of the fattest sort. They have
done less work and got more money
than any other merchant in the world.
They do four hours work a day for
70 days of the year. Their plants
are idle for 290 days of the year. Most
of them spend the winter hunting and
fishing when other men are really
working. '
The quieter the owners of base ball
clubs keep and the less fuss they
make just now the better it will be
for them. They won't get much sym
pathy if they cry- "Wolf." Their
graft has been too good too long,
says a St. .Louis writer.
There's no work to operating a
base ball club. You, don't have to
watch raw material, bargain or buy
far ahead a range of supply, delivery,
manufacture, sale, shipping, etc. You
say you have a club in a league and
publish a schedule. Every nwvspa
ptr in America then employes a man
to advertise your wares for yu,
If V ooderi nutmegs were advertised
as base ball is advertised, the forests
would have been destroyed long ago.
- Says It's Swee Business.
Base ball L one of the very sweet
est businesses in the world. Robert
Lee .Hedges came to St. Louis with
an initial investment of $15,000, made
an artistic failure in 14 of 15 seasons,
fought through two expensive base
ball' wars, idrew $10,000 a year and
expenses and wound up with some
$350,000 base ball cash in his pock
ets. The colonel was second in 1902,
when his, team was unpopular and
did not make money; fourth in 1908
and seventh in the other years. The
colonel had three bad financial years,
1902, 1914 and 1915, and then chuck
ed it. . .
Comiskev went into Chicago on
borrowed money in 1900. He is now
worth $5,000,000. He makes $250,000
wortn 7':9 Lwu,He
a year out of base bal I alone. He
dives away another $100,000 a year,
Dreyfuss was a bookkeeper in a
Paduch (Ky.) whisky house some
25 years ago. He got into the Louis
ville club, stuck to it, and can cash
it) a couple of million any time he
feels like it. ... .
The Robisons bought the Cardi
nals for $42,000 in 1899, ook out
about $25,000 a, year for 18 years,
then sold out for $350,000. This after
the affairs of the club had been gross
ly neglected fr 15 years, when the
team had not been a consistent loser
and had never finished better than
third, and better than fifth in only
one season.
Base ball Is the only business in
which a man can work three months
in the year, fail utterly, yet become
a millionaire in a few years.
The Hours Are Easy.
There is no work in owning a base
ball club. A club president or man
ager gets down about 10 a. vf., during
the winter, writes a few letters, goes
to lunch and calls it a day. He
makes a few trips to New York or
Chicago during the winter. Comes
spring, he works a little-bit. He hs
his pafk painted, sodded, cleaned
about a week's work and is ready to
take in the money. Money is first in
base rvill, you know. You may get
the goods afterwards. No wait for
cash no 60 days. Not even C. O. D.
Always F. O. B. in base ball. The
goods are not guaranteed, either.
The club owner works about four
(Continoed on Frngt Bit, Column lx.)
OMAHA BOWLERS
IN PIN TOURNEY
-AT S10UX FALLS
Local Alleys Send Teams to
Northwestern Event in Which
They Cleaned House
Last Year.
Two quintets of crack Omaha pin
tumblers left Omaha yesterday for
Sioux Falls, S. D., where they will
represent Omaha in the Northwest
ern bowling tournament at that city.
Last year the local bowlers came
away irom Sioux Falls with all the
money in sight. They cleaned up
against rivals from all over South
and North Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska
and Minnesota and have high hopes
of repeating their successes this year.
The Omaha teams will represent
thi Omaha and Farnam alleys. Some
of the best bowlers in the city make
up the teams, including Bill Learn,
Ken Sciple, Al Wartchow, Myron
Stunz and the veteran Dad Hunting
ton. The local maple crashers will roll
their events today. They are entered
in team, singles, doublstand all events.
The two teams are composed of the
following players:
Omaha Alleys Farnam Alleys
Learn Hansen
Sciple Jaroah
Toman Karla
Wartchow Swoboda
Huntington SUrfix
Bringham Young Uni Granted
Entrance to Conference
Denver. Tan. 12. Brieham Young
university, located t Provo, Utah,
I ta th. Rockv mountain
interdtlleiriate conference at its an
nual meeting here today. While the
institution was given full membership,
the entry will not affect the present
conditions concerning foot ball, as it
does not maintain a foot ball team.
Discussion of proposed modifica
tions of the foot ball schedule framed
last night occupied much of the morn
ing session.
The recognition of rifle firing as a
conference sport and the substitution
of grenade throwing or the javelin
throw in track and field meets were
among subjects to be discussed this
afternoon.
Zamlock Loses Job When ,
War Stops College Ball
Carl Zamlock, former pitcher with
Detroit and in the minors, has lost a
job because of war. Last spring he
coached the University of California
base ball team, but because of war re
trenchment the college' authorities
have decided to do away with all pro
fessional coaches except for the foot
ball team, and that lets Zamlock out.
Alfred De Oro Wins Second
Block of Match With Otis
Havana, Jan. 12. Alfred De Ooro,
champion three-cushion billiardist of
the world, last night won the second
block in his championship match
against Charles Otis of Brooklyn by
a score of 50 to 42, .
NEBRASKA GRID
ELEVENS ARE TO
IfJVADE TOCKIES
Nebraska to ' Play Denver at
Lincoln Npvember- 2 and
Creighton to Battle Colo
rado Miners at Omaha.
Nebraska foot ball elevens will in
vade the Rocky Mountain Intercolleg
iate conference this year with two
games, according to reports made pub
lic last night.
The Nebraska university Cornhusk
ers have filled the vacant date on their
schedule with a game with Denver
university, 'tied last fall with the Utah
Aggies for the mountain champion
ship. This game will be played at
Lincoln, November 2.
When Doc Stewart, Cornhusker
coach, announced his 1918 schedule, h
reported negotiations for a game for
November 2 were under way with
Washington university, Calofornia
university and Denver. Denver re
ported last night the game between
Nebraska and , Denver had been set
tled, although no confirmation came
from Lincoln.
The other Nebraska eleven, which
will lock horns with the mountain
talent is Creighton. Creighton will
play the Colorado School of Mines
at Omaha, November 28.
The Colorado Miners played
Creighton here last fall and went
down to defeat bcfoTe Mills' men.
The game proved such a success the
two schools decided to meet again.
NO, CHANCEFOR WILLARD-CARPENTIER
. BOUT FOR BENEFIT OF RED CROSS
Frenchman is Too Busy Trying
to Land Kayo on the Kaiser
to Monkey With
Jess.
Mr. J. Willard, who, you probably
will recall if your memory is good,
won the heavyweight fistic cham
pionship of the world from Jack
Johnson at Havana, Cuba, four years
ago, will not fight Georges Carpen
tier, the famous French champion.
Mr. Willard recently startled the
prize ring world by announcing that
he was ready and willing yea, even
eager to fight and defend his title,
And nothing would please Mr. Wil
lard better than to battle some lead
ing contender and turn over all the
receipts to the Red Cross.
In naming over a list of those "lead
ing contenders" Mr. Willard came to
Georges Carpentier. Ah, Monsieur
Carpentier! Just the man. Would
somebody please make arrangements
to match Mr. Willard and Monsieur
Carpentier? What a match thie would
make! And, being for the benefit of
the Red Cross, it could not possibly
draw less than a million dollars or so.
Of all possible opponents none would
be so welcome as Monsieur Carpen
tier. v
But, alas and alack, Jess never will
have an opportunity to box the great
Frenchman. For Georges has another
and more important task before him.
He is fighting the kaiser and too busy
to fight Mr. Willard. Georges re
gards it as far more important to slip
Bill Hohenzollern the kayo with a
haymaker right than trying to land
an uppercut on Willard's beak.
Carpentier, who is a pilot aviator
in the French flying corps, recently
was in Paris on a short leave from
the front. The Willard subject was
MY CAGE LOOP
WILL GET UNDER
WAY ONTUESDAY
Community Center Basket Ball
Quintets to Clash in Scheduled
Play; South Side in Run
ning, Too.
Omaha's first municipal basket ball
league gets under way Tuesday.
The league is composed exclusively
of community center quintets and all
games will be played at the com
munity center locations. Two games
a week will be played and no ad
mission will be charged.
The muny league is the outcome of
a community center tournament
staged" last year. The tourney proved
so successful that a league schedule
was arranged for this season.
Each team will play two games with
each other team in the league.
The schedule of games in the muny
league is as follows:
F1HST HOUND.
Central Park vs. Dundee, at Dundee, Jan
uary 15; .Millar Uark at Caatelar, Janu
ary IT. ,
Miller Park at Dundee, January IS; Cen
tral l'ark at Caeti-lar, January i.
Castelar at Dundee, January tt; Miller
Park at Central Dark, January li.
SKOOND ROl'SD,
Castolar at Miller Park, February 4; Dun
dee at Central 1'ark. February 4.
Dundee at Miller Dark, February 11; Cas
telar at Central Park, February 11.
Central Park at Miller Park. February
18; Dundee at t'at'lar, February It.
A. four-team league also will be
organized at the South High school,
where the community center athletic
class is larger than at any other cen
ter. The winners of the race in this
"league will tangle with the muny
league, leaders for the municipal
championship of Omaha.
CREIGHTON
IN COTNER GAME
OF BASKET BALL
The Creighton basket ball quintet
opened its 1918 intercollegiate sched
ule at the Creighton gym- Friday
with an overwhelming victory over
the Sam Waugh's Cotner bulldogs,
and incidentally avenged the tie game
which Cotner held Creighton to on
the gridiron last fall. The final score
stood 53 to 21. Every man on the
Co tn or five had played on the bull
dog grid squad and the Blue and
White rooters and enthusiasts cheered
the easy work of Uie Creighton Jeam.
Coach Mills expressed the con
viction that the finished work of the
Catholic team was evidence that he
had in hand one of the fastest and
smoothest snuads in the west and he
offered to play any five in the west
that shows any "class" at all.
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Mere Child in Years is
New Gopher Grid Leader
Norman Kingsley, 19 years old, the
youngest man ever named captain of
the University of Minnesota foot ball
team, is 6 feet tall and weighs more
than 200 pounds. The captain-elect
started his foot ball career on the high
school team at Spring Valley, Minn.,
his home, and this year yas one of
the mainstays of the Gophers' back
field. ,
Marquard and Russell
Sign Brooklyn Contracts
New York, Tan. 12. The signed
contracts of Rube Marquard and John
A. Russell, pitchers for the 1918 sea
son, were received today by the
Brooklyn National league base ball
club.
Former Fed League Hurler
Is Busy Lad at Camp Grant
Sergeant Thomas McGtiire, "Big
Tom," a pitcher of Chicago Federal
league fame, is the busiest noncom
missioned officer at Camp Grant. He
has been selected for regimental ser
geant major of the divisional trains.
MxQuire is a Chicagoan.
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Km.w:mtm.W)(.wmwvhv,vm..,.i,I
mentioned to him, but Georges said
"nothing doing," he was booked solid
with more important engagements.
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Omaha curling fans are smackingf
their lips in anticipation of the warm,
est curling clash seen in the gate city
in vears this afternoon.
For the Balmorals, lasto'ear city
champions, and the Thistles, winners
of the state title two years ago, are
scheduled to tange this afternoon in
the decidmg combat for the team
championship of Omaha.
Keen rivalry exists between the
two rinks and the race to the 21 ends
promises to be a thriller. Fans are
lined up on each side and odds are
quoted at even.
iPlay will start as soon after 1:30
this afternoon as possible. The team
will inetip as followSt i
. ItalmitrsU: Thistles!
K. 8. Dodds, skip Robert Melvin, skin
John Mulr BobUalt
Charlie Johnson E. M. Tracy
Tommy Leuchars Alec Melvin
Games Last Week.
Several good curling games were
played last week. A rink skipped by
E. S. Dodds licked Wilie Mislop's
rink IS td 10.- Lineups were as fol
lows: i
W. J. Hlslop, skip 8. 8. Oodds, skip
W. D. Brydon Charlie Johnson
John Kulin Oeorge Entrtkan
C. J. Fernandes E. A. Ilia-gin
Then Hislop turned right around
and got revenge by beating a Happy
Hollow rink skipped by Charlie John
ston, 23 to 11.
Lineup:
Chas. Johnston, skip
P. D. Wead
Joseph I'olcar
C. C. Belden
W. 3. Hlelop. skip
William Brydon
Aleo Melvin
O. J, Fernandes
0e of the best games of curling
played this season was played yester-'".
day by rinks skipped by W. J. His
lop and Bob Gait. It was a 13-end
game, which .resulted in victory for '
Gait's rink, 12 to 11, despite the sen
sational bowling of E. S. Dodds -on
the finest sheet of ice the curlers have
had this season. The teams lined up:
W. J. Hlalop, skip Bob Gait, skip
HI. R, Dodds . Robert Melvin
William Brydon John Mulr
C. J. Fernandes Kev. RalphRaKan..
i Spencer, Neb.
Malcolm Cup Play.
Flay for the Malcolm cup emble .
matic of the individual curling cham
pionship of Omaha continues. The
following ties in the first round are
to be played off:
Oeorge Peacock vs. Peter I.owden.
Bob (H.W vs. William Hsnnle.
John Flnlayson vs. J. K. Flnlayson.
John Mulr vs. C. 3. Fernandes.
In the second round the following
ties are to be played off:
W, J. Hlalop vs. W. W. Horn.
W. O. Watson vs. John Haqderson.
Alee Melvin vs. winner of Lodwn-Pacock
rontt'h ' k-
Ocorf A. Punn vs winner of Oalt JUnnl
match.
Bob Watson vs winner of Flnlayson Broth
era' match. . , '
J. Johnston v winner of Mulr FernandeV
match.
John Syme vs. E. M. Tracy. t
John JMcTaggart vs. William D. Brydon.
east no better
thanMsisays
g1lm0ur dobie
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Gilmour S. Dobie, theyamous foot
ball coach,' who was in ctiarge of the
team at the Annapolis naval academy '
last fall, had his ' first glimpse at
eastern foot ball and was nsl very V
much impressed. Dobie; of course,
took the war situation into consid
eration, but was not converted to the
belief that eastern foot ball is su-
perior to the western brand.,
Dobie made a wonderful record on
the Pacific coast. His University of
Washington teams never were
beaten. -. ' .
"From what I saw in the eastt I
cannot say that the east is superior
to the west atoot ball," Dobie said.
"My last year s University of Wash-
ington team could easily have beaten
any eastern 11 this fall."
Many experts have given reason!
for Dobie's success as a coach. He
is a driving, merciless teacher. He .
grinds football into his men. H
forces them to tackle low and hard,
to charge the same way, to block
fiercely and effectively and to ever
lastingly follow the ball. When his
men have learned these rudiments to
Dobie's at least partial satisfaction,
he teaches them team work and
plays. Then he sends his team out
and it wades through its opposition
like a tank through a snowstorm. (
Tom Chivington Will Do
All Louisville Business
Tom Chivington's appointment as
business manager of the Louisville
American association' club does not"
mean that Bill Clymer'is to be dis
turbed as the team manager. Clymer
and Chivington should work together ,
right well and Derby Day's voice on
the coaching lines will be as raucous .
as ever, Tom Hickey permitting. .
Pug Who Licked Fulton
Once Was Minor Leaguer .
Harry Tate hailed as the newest
"hope" in pugilistic circles, formerly
was a minor league pitcher and
achieved enough prominence? to get a
trial under Connie lack along about
1910. Failing to advance. in base ball
he took up the boxing game and is -now
in a fair way to achieve fame
McCredies Refuse $15000;
Then Give Their Club Away
Two years ago, according to a story
printed in the west, the McCredies
were offered $150,000 for their Port
land Coast league franchise. They re
fused the offer. Two weeks, ago they
transferred it to Sacramento as a gift,
and seemingly glad enough to be rid
of it.
Cubs Sign Semi-Pros.
Ed Corey, one of Chicago's most
promising semj-pro pitchers, has been .
signed by Manager Rowland of the
Chicago White Sox for a trial next
spring. He is a right-hander, said to
have great speed and has made a fine (
record in Chicago independent circles