The Bee's Special Sunday
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VESTY HOGANS
OF WEST WILL BE
HELD IN OMAHA
Nebraska Scattergun Enthusi
asts Organize to Stage Huge
Shooting Tourney in This
City Each Year.
Omaha is to be the scene of "The
Westy Hogans or the West" next
summer unless plans made by a
score of prominent Nebraska trap
shooters go astray between now and
the first week in July.
Theyesty Hogans shoot is an an
nual event staged in New Jersey. Not
even accepting the big Interstate
championships such as the Grand
American, the Western and South
ern handicaps, this event lanks as a
leader.
Friday night a number of Nebraska
scattergun enthusiasts gathered at the
Fremont Gnu club and laid the foun
dation of an organization which will
promote a Westy Hogans of the West
each year in Omaha.
It will be a handicap tourney and
will be held the first week in July.
This year the dates will be July 1, 2,
3 and 4. The shoot will be conducted
on the same plan as the Grand Amer
ican except that the division of the
moneys will be different three mon
eys for each 10 entries throughout the
program will prevail.
Known as Minks.
The name of this organization is
the "Minks." The word contains the
first letter in the names of the fol
lowing five states: Missouri, Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas and South Dakota.
Membership in the organization is
limited to 40. Memberships are $100
each. .
The following officers were elected:
G. M. Redick, Omaha, president.
Al Koyen, Fremont, first vice pres.
Cal Waggoner, Diller, second vice
president.
F. E. Ellison, Omaha, secretary
treasurer. H. S. McDonald, Omaha, corre
sponding secretary.
The board of directors will consist
of Charles Morehouse, Fremont; R. J,
Middaugh, Fremont; Frank Mid
daugh, Fremont; Bruce Thorpe,
Eagle; Dudley Dickinson, Kansas
City.
Charter Members.
The following are charter members
of the "Minks:"
R. J. Middaugh, Fremont; Arthur
Keeline, Omaha; ' Frank Middaugh,
Fremont; G. M. Redick, Omaha; C
H. Stoner, Fremont; Charles Reese,
Omaha; Carlos Morehouse, Fremont;
F. E. Ellison, Omaha; H. M. Land
roth, Fremont; H. S. McDonald,
Omaha; Al Koyen, Fremont; Lew
Adams, Omaha; A. Nelson. Fremont;
B. W. Barnes, Omaha; Otto Pohl,
Fremont; William McCaffrey, Oma
ha; C. H. Fhillips, rremont: John
Ragan, Omaha;Cal Waggoner, Dil
ler, NeD.; R. L. Kingsley, Umaha; h,d
Varner, Adams; A. H. Frye, Omaha;
u. 15. inorpe, tagie; Dudley JJickin
son, Kansas City
The shoot will be the biggest thing
in a trap shooting way ever attempted
in tins part oi the country. It will
surpass even the Western handicap,
which has been held in Umaha a
number of times. Added money to the
sum of $2,000 will be offered. This is
the first time added money to a shoot
in this part of the country has been
more than $1,000.
Charley-Murphy Wants
$20,000 From Weeghmann
Chicago, Jan, 19. Charles W.
Murphy, former president of the Chi-
jo Nationals, said ,today he would
peal to the directors ot tne Ma-
nal league at the meeting in New
ork next month to compel Char
s H. Weeghman, president of the
lub, and the stockholders, to pay
;20.000 which Muroh contends is
Flue him for rent on the old National
league park, .
The action, Aiurpny saia, wouia dc
eparate from the suit he filed here
csterdav. He named T. Oeden
Armour. William Wrigley and others
as defendants with Weeghman.
Talk of Independent Loop
In California Is Growing
Talk of an independent le&gue to
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tA hsa hall Nnr does it seem to De
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coast league for patronage, as tne
teams will be located in the smaller
cities, with the possible exception of
a team that will bear the name of
Oakland," but will play its games
abroad.
Auburn Trims Falls City
In Fast Basket Ball Game
Auburn, Neb., Jan. 19 (Special.)
The annual basket ball game be.
tween the Auburn and the tails City
High schools resulted in a victory for
the locals, 28 to 25. The game was
closely contested throughout, the
score varying but a tew points at any
time, tuiott ot Auburn was easuy
ithe star, making many difficult goals
from the field. Next Tuesday the
ocals will play Newman Grove in the
o Jill gymnasium.
)oal Ruling Delays Play
In Charity Billiard Event
Giicago, Jjfn. 19. The American
illiard olavers' three-cushion tourna-
ncnt fpr the benefit of the Ambulance
ihid, scheduled to start here on Mon.
ay, has been postponed one oay
wing to the ruling on billiard rooms.
Wive of the leading players of the
ountry will compete, donating their
rvices on behait ot tne tuna.
Rodgers Relents
Bill Trt J-...- AernrA wtth rriar
Dili UUUIJ v w .t.w. Ps' g
if sitiveness that lie had quit base ball
7 ! J . .... ........ . w-i 1. nm v4Nn-,
uld coax him back, but finally he
itened to the entreaties of the back
s of the new Sacramento Coast
ague club and reconsidered his re-rement
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Only Two of Braves
Of 1914 Now Remain
There has been much comment
on the breaking up of the cham
pjon Athletics of 1914, but the
changes in the champion Braves
of the same year have attracted lit
tle notice. Yet they have been al
most as radical.
The Braves of 1914, the most
spectacular team in base ball the
club which defeated the Athletics
in four straight games and caused
Connie to dismember his team, will
include in 1918 only two of the
men who made up the winning ag
gregation of four years ago.
Rudolph is the only one left of
the three pitchers who made possi
ble the campaign of 1914 and who
helped trounce the Athletics. Fed
Smith, the third baseman who
played throughout the season, but
was in the hospital with a broken
ankle at the time of the world's
series, is, with Rudolph, the sole
survivor of the 1914 campaign.
The Braves of 1914 Included Pitch
ers Tyler, Rudolph, James. Hess,
Davis, Crutcher and Cochreham;
Catchers Gowdy. Whaling and
Mitchell; Inficlders, Schmidt,
Evers, Maranville Smith and Deal,
and Outfielders Connolly, Whitted,
Cather, Mann, Moran and Devore,
and Duge'y and Gilbert, utility
men.
MILITARY. DRILL
IN ASSOCIATION,
HICKEY ORDERS
American Association Head
Predicts Good Season De
spite War and Cities To-
i ronto as Proof.
Chicago, Jan. 19. Military training
of base ball players will be carried
out in the American association next
season, Thomas J. Hickey, president
of the league, announced tonight. Ef
forts probably will be made to have
the War department detail military in'
structora with each of the eight clubs.
These details will be mapped out at
the schedule meeting of the associa-
won to be held in Milwaukee aext
month.
President Hickey said the associa
tion faces every prospect of a suc
cessful teason despite the war, but at
the same time "will always be ready
ana only too willing to be governed
by the wishes of the government and
us neeas.
"We look forward to a pood ver."
he said. ''The people have become so
accustomed to base ball that I think
they would be lost without it. The
1917 season was good, considering all
conditions, mturaiiy, atter war was
declared, the excitement following.
occasioned by the efforts toward en
listments, diverted the attention of
the people from their regular chan
nels, causing them tempqrarily to for
get amusements and recreation.
"People must have some kind of
outdoor amusement. Some play golf,
some tennis, athcrs motor. But the
masses enjoy base ball. It is truly
the American game. The federal ad
ministration has approved the game.
We drilled our players in military tac
tics last season and will do it again
next season.'
Cites Case of Toronto.
As an argument that people want
base ball as a war-time sport, Presi
dent Hickey referred to the situation
in Toronto, Canada, which last sea
son won the International league pen
nant. "Toronto had the best year in its
history," he said, "in face of the fact
that Canada has been deeply in the
war for more than three years and
the fact that 10 per cent of Toronto's
population is in the military service.
This shows plainly that the people
want recreation and that base ball
is the kind they like.
"We will start the 1918 season
with as strong an organization as eyer
and will maintain the usual high
standard of the game as long as'the
people want it."
McGill Alone is Shy.
With the signing of Edward F.
"Ned" Egan as pilot of the Milwau
kee club, the managerial roster of the
association is complete with the ex
ception of Indianapolis. James C.
McGill, the owner of the club, has
several leaders under consideration to
succeed Jack Hendricks, who is to
manage the St. Louis Nationals.
William Clymer will again be back
at his old stand as manager of the
Louisville club, and St. Paul will have
Mike Kelly. John Ganzel will con
tinue to direct the Kansas City club.
Koger Bresnahan will remain at the
helm at Toledo and Joe Tinker will
stick as the big boss at Columbus.
Completing Plans for
Funston-Dodge Carnival
Kansas City. Mo., Jan. 19. Plans
are now being made for a big Camp
Funston-Camp Dodge athletic carni
val in Convention hall here January
25-26. Although the program has not
been completed, the committee in
charge states it will include war
events with hand grenade throwing,
bayonet contests and ambulance
races, t together with boxing and
wrestling matches.
One of the headline features, it is
said, is to be an exhibition boxing
contest between Mike Gibbons and
Bob McAllister. Gibbons is boxing
instructor at Camp Dodge, la., and
McAllister holds the same position at
Camp Funston. Earl Caddock,
wrestler, now at Camp Dodge, has
promised to meet wrestlers from the
opposing camp jn handicap matches.
Other mat. matches are promised.
The boxing program will be a large
one, according to the officials in
charge. Bouts are to be held in vari
ous classes, starting at the lightweight
class, about 13S pounds. There are no
featherweights in the army, the mini
mum weight being 128 pounds. Bouts
at 145, 158, 160 or 175 pounds and
even heavier are to be staged.
The soldiers at Camp Funston al
ready have begun boxing contests
there, in order that the instructor may
pick the best of about 300 men who
are anxious to compete at the Kan
sas City carnival
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COMMERCE HIGH FLOOR FIVE Business students who no only play other high school
teams, but play regularly in the Omaha Commercial league. Reading left to right Levin
son, Nicotero, Camera, Bernstein, Shanahan and Coach Green.
TOUCHES OF HUMOR PICKED UP ALONG
THE SPORTING PIKE
One About Golf
Charley Johnson, Happy Hollow
professional, in a fanning bee the
other day told this one:
"An Englishman playing on the golf
course on the other side got away a
good drive which hit an Irishman who
was sitting on the fence on the edge
of the course. The ball hit the Irish
man, knocking him off the fence. Th
man, knocking him off the fence. The
Irishman was willing to settle dam
ages for five pounds. The
English golfer replied that he had
said, tore, trom tne tee. rat re
plied: "Ifi a go, take four.' "
Larry on the Job
In New York they are telling pne
on Larry McLean, once famous as a
JNational League catcher and still ta
mous as a rounder in New York. All
the docks and other places of im
portance in the big city are guarded
by soldiers, who have orders to
snoot. Larry had a tnend in com
mand of a certain military company
and one morning about o clock de
cided to go call on him, down along
the water front.
As the big catcher approached the
dock he was halted by a sentinel,
who demanded: "Who goes there?"
' Why, me, of course," bellowed
McLean, "who didja think I was?"
Advance and give the counter
sign! called the sentinel.
"Countersign?" queried Larrv.
"Why, this ain't no department store!
Gangway there I gotta see my
pal!"
"You can t pass." insisted the sol
dier, "without the word. Back up,
there l' And his bayonet glittered
menacingly.
Larry came right on. and the sol
dier introduced him to the weapon.
Mr. McLean was about to crush and
slay the myrmidon, but remembered.
just in time, that this person repre
sented the flag. "Legally," said Lar.
ry, "I can't slam you, but I'll get
you. I'll give the captain, who's my
pal, an earful about you, young fel
low!" And Larry betook himself up
to the captain.
"Ill fix him. said the caotain.
"Did yo get his name?"
Sure I did," said Larrv. "I never
overlook a detail like that. Yep.
The big Swede slob I saw his name
right on his gun it's Krag-Jorgen-sonl"
Gene Some Salesman.
Gene Paulette. the debonair French.
man who takes care of the first sack
for the St. Louis Cardinals, is a genius
when jt comes to selling things. He
could dispose of razor blades to a
Cossack easier .than the general run of
blokes could sell ham sandwiches to a
hungry mob.
Before Gene took up hotel clerking
as a means of earning a livelihood
during the winter, he tried out a num.
ber of jobs, among which was that of
traveling salesman for a shoe manu
facturing company. Gene went all
through Dixie with his wares, carry
ing a trunkful of samples consisting of
about 150 different makes, one shoe of
a kind.
While he was on one of his tours,
the factory suffered a disastrous fire,
and when Paulette came home off the
trip, the mates to all the shoes he had
been carrying had been destroyed.
New samples were necessary, so Gene
took his trunkful of old ones and
dumped them into a box.
In a couple of days, a Jew from
down south came into the factory on
a hunt for job lots at a bargain, and
Gene showed him the box of samples
which he had recently discarded. The
Jew looked them over and then quoted
a ridiculously low price.
"Sold," almost yelled Gene,
They were boxed right then, and the
joyous Jew, confident he had made a
ten-strike, headed homeward.
When he arrived there he discovered
they were all for the left foot.
Nothing was ever heard from him,
however, he evidently feeling that he
had been made the goat while trying
to make one out of the foxy Gene.
Salute? Oh, Yes!
Dick Wells, a righthander with the
Dayton club of the Central league last
season, is an old army man, having
been in the signal corps a few years
ago, as he is an expert telegrapher.
Dick is expecting to go again soon, for
there is a big demand for operators.
During a fanning bee one day last
summer Dick waa talking about the
big war, tha army, etc, when the sub
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OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY
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ject came up about saluting negro of
ficers. Most of the boys said they
wouldn't salute a negro. Dick came
back with the rejoinder that he had
saluted them. He then told the rea
son. "In the section of the signal corpi
where I was stationed our paymaster
was a negro and was so black that an
ace of spades would look like an arc
light. Of course, we didn't want to sa
OMAHA WH1STERS
WILL ENTERTAIN
ANNUAL TOURNEY
Omaha whisters are preparing to
entertain the 24th annual tournament
of the Central Whist association. The
tourney will convene at the Hotel
Rome February 15 and 16.
It is expected that more than 100
whisters will take part in the event
and cracks from all over this terri
tory, including such cities as St. Jo
seph, Kansas City, Sioux City, Lin
coln, Fort Dodge, Des Moines and
Davenport, will play.
Omaha whist sharps, as a rule, have
been fortunate in the Central whist
play and the local team has captured
the championship several times.
February 14. the day preceding the
two days of championship play, a spe
cial completed pair contest will be
staged. C. W. Martin has donated
buttons as crizes for this event.
C. W, Martin of Omaha U president
of the Central Whist association and
J. A. Abbott of Omaha is secretary-
treasurer.
Famous Sporting Man of
Early Days Dies in West
James McCord, famous t sporting
man of the west who lived in Omaha
years ago when this city was a bright
spot on the map ot rough-ana-reaay
enrtef ..frtrlrl AimA itt Oalrlatlrt Pal .at
Jl'Ul I mill IMi IV .-'.."' I " -
tne age of 67 years, according to word
received here by Bill McCtme, an old
pal of McCord s. .
McCord started out as a boxer. He
was a handv chao with the gloves
and he engaged in many fights here.
He made Omaha his headquarters
and is well remembered by the old
timers here.
Durinsr the sold rush. McCord left
Omaha and went to Alaska, where he
opened a gambling house. He later
onerated cambium houses in Seattle
and the Nevada mining camps, He
was famed as a "square player.'
something of a novelty in those early
days, and through his long career as
a gambler no charge of fraud was
ever directed against him. He was one
of the best known and most pictures,
que characters of the mining towns
during the gold rush days of Alaska
and Nevada. .
For the last two years McCord
lived at Oakland and was employed
in a little billiard. parlor ot tour
tables. Despite the fact that.be profit
ed hugely during the early days he
was practically penniless when he died
and triends ana acquaintances raiscu
a subscription to provide burial.
Four Matches Are Played
In "Y" Hand Ball Tourney
Four matches have been played in
the doubles hand - ball tournament
now in progress at the Young Men's
Christian association. . Results were
as follows:
Hunter and Moise beat Garvin and
Cams.
McCarty and Reed beat McLean
and Frankfurt.
Calvert and Abbott beat Herman
and Remington.
Ritchie and Koran beat Gilman and
Dowley.
Sox to Aid Egan.
The Milwaukee Brewers worked
with the St. Louis Cardinals in ex
change of players last season and the
St. Louis club practically made the
Brewers, but this year the new man
ager, Ned Egan, hopes to draw most
of his needs from the surplus of the
Chicago White Sox.
Methodists Are Victors.
The Wayne Methodist Episcopal
church basket ball five defeated the
Wakefield High school here 44 to
34. It was Wakefield's first defeat
of the seasoi
20. 1918.
lute him, but when he had our dough,
wnat eise was tnere to dof
"We'd go up kinder hesitating like
and try to get out of saluting, but he'd
notice it every time, and would say:
"Come up with it,' and up would go
our right hands. Sure was tough, but
believe me, when you needed your
kale like we did, you would have
kissed him if the regulations called
for it."
JIM KANE LEADS
H00P SHOOTERS
, IN PR0LEAGUE
Jimmy Kane, former first baseman
for the Rourkes, has earned the crown
of leading basket shooter in the Penn
sylvania state league, the major
league of professional basket ball.
Kane, who still makes Omaha his
home in the summer time, has been
managing the Scranton quintet in the
Penn state cage league. He piloted
tne acrantonites intotirst place in
the race during the first half of the
50-game season and it was largely
due to his own scoring that he ac
complished it.
Jimmy, during the 25 games com
posing the first half of the season,
scored 220 points, an average of more
than four to a game. His nearest
rival scored only 192 points in the
same number of games.
Jimmy has been a professional
basket ball player for several years.
He began to slip a bit in base ball a
couple of years ago and he has re
tired from active participation in the
diamond sport, but he is the Jimmy
of old on the basket ball court and
reports from Pennsylvania are that
be it easily the class of the state.
So successful has Kane been that
Wilkesharre lias lured him away
from Scrantoivand he will manage the
WUkesbarre crew during the remain
der of the season.
Hawkeye Gridders Face
, Stiff Schedule in Fall
Iowa City, Jan. 19. When the Uni
versity of Iowas foot ball team is
mobilized next fall it wall face a
strenuous schedule of eight games,
according to the list of contests al
ready arranged by the athletic board
of control and announced as follows r
fccpt. It Ureat LaKes at Iowa City,
Oct. 5 Nebraska at Lincoln.
Oct. 12 Northwestern at Iowa
City.
Oct. 18 Chicago at Chicago.
Oct. 26 Grinnell at Iowa City.
Nov. 2 Illinois atUrtana.
Nov. 8 Open,
Nov. 16 Ames at Ames.
Nov. 23 Indiana at Iowa City.
Oh, What a Difference a Little
War Makes; Just Ask the Athlete
In the good old halcyon days 'twas
great to be an athlete. For only sev
en months in the year was one con
fined by the binding laws of toil and
the actual working period covered
only a couple of hours or so a day.
And the vacation period was five
whole months.
Ah, those were the days. , Pullman
cars, expensive hotels, sumptuous
meals and a pay check that would
make a bank president weep with
envy, that was the lot of the athlete.
By trade he might be a truck driver
or a blacksmith or a ribbon clerk, no
matter, when be got to be an athlete
he became a plutocrat among pluto
crats. After spending the winter at a
southern winter resort, where the
rates are not a cent less than 30 bucksLwon't have to bring a suitcase with
a dav. he sauntered into the sanctum
of his boss and fn dignified tones de
manded that he be given a $3,000
boost in salary and that he be given a
couple of thousand bonus for signing
the contract it was worth $2,000.
anyhow, to sign a contract because
his wrist had been weak ever since he
sprained it reaching for the free lunch
when he was a barrel-house bum in
Butte before he discovered he could
play ball.
Did he get it? He did.
Then the jaunt to the sunny south
in a special train. If tli secretary for
got to give him a stateroom on this
All the Latest
All the
Rcd-Letter Days of
Miracle Month
December 11.
Chicago Cubs obtain Grover Al
exander and Bill Killifer from
Phillies in exchange for Mike'
Prendergast, Pickles Dilhoefer and
$50,000.
December 14.
Athletics send Joe Bush, Amos
Strunk and Wally Schang to Red
Sox in return for Vean Gregg,
Chester Thomas and Marlin Kopp
and $60,000,
December 14.
Browns trade Bert Shotton and
lohnny Lavan to Washington for
Bert Gallia and $15,000.
December 29.
Phillies get Fred Williams from
Cubs for George Paskert.
January 4.
Cubs get George Tyler from
Braves for Larry Doyle, Art Wil
son and $15,000.
January 8.
Boston obtains Charley Herzog
from New York Giants in exchange
for Jess Barnes and Larry Doyle.
' January 9.
Pittsburgh takes Charley Stengel
and George Cutshaw from Brook
lyn, giving Dodgers Chuck Ward,
Uurleigh Grimes and Al Mamaux.
January 10.
Boston Red Sox get Stuffy Mc-
Innes from Athletics for players
yet to be agreed on.
CREIGHTON WILL
PLAY ILLINOIS
TEAMJIIIS FALL
Blue and White Grid Card Calls
for Combat With Urbana;
Marquette Added, to
Schedule.
Illinois Univeriity.
Colorado Aggies.
Haskell Indians.
Marquette univeriity.
South Daketa university.
Drake university,
Cotner college.
Kansas Aggies or St. Louis.
These are some of the teams
Creighton's 1918 foot, ball eleven -will
hattle next fall.
Coach Tommy Mills announced
yesterday that negotiations had been
practically completed for these
games.
South Dakota will be played at
Omaha on November 2. The Hask
nil Indians come here November 9
and Marquette on November 16.
The Colorado Aggies will fill the
Thanksgiving date.
The Illinois game will be played
at Urbsna. No date for this com
bat has been set, but it probably
will be played early in October. The
Drake game also will be played in
October.
Cotner probably will J)e the first
game of the season. Another pre.
Jiminary game may be . played with
Peru Normal. Peru is anxious to
play Crelghton and Mills will give
the school teachers a date if he has
an open one.
St. Louis Kicking.
Mills is negotiating with St, Louis
university, Kansas Aggies and Du
buque for another game. The only
thing blocking a Creighton-St. Louis
game is a squabble over the fresh
man rule, It is expected, howeven
this game will be arranged within a
week or so.
The schedule, even in its incom
pleted state, is the best that has
ever been outlined for the local
eleven. The Illinois game will be
the first time Creighton has ever
invaded the big time of flie Big Ten
conference.
Play Wisconsin.
Marquette takes the place of North
Dakota. Marquette is located at Mil
waukee and is one of the ranking
Catholic colleges of the countrv.
vine vvisconsms nad a great eleven
last year and expect to have an
equally good team this fall.
South Dakota, Colorado Aggies
and Haskell Indians all were on the
schedule last year, so that local foot
ball fans know the class of those
teams.
With Illinois, South Dakota, Hask-
ell, Marquette, Colorado Aggies and
St. Lou$ or the Kansas Aggies for
big games, the blue and white war
riors have something of a task ahead
of them this fall.
strenuous two-day voyage, the secre
tary was in danger of losing a couple
of limbs. He never ate less than, $4
meals in the diner.
A fashionable hotel at a fashionable
watering place was his next stop.
There, at the expense of the boss, he
boiled some of the malt and hops out
of his system before continuing to the
training point, where he spent another
month at the expense of the dub.
Then came his six months of work.
Two hours a day. Work he calls it;
play is the small boy's term for the
same thing. For which he drew a sal
ary which approached the output of
the United States mint.
But, now what a difference! Now
when the athlete saunters into the of
fice of his boss he is notified his sal
ary has just been sliced So that he
him when he calls around for his bi
monthly stipend. A 2-year-old baby's
vanity case WM carry it now.
And the swell hotels, the five-buck
breakfasts and the Pullman cars!
Gone, perhaps, forever. A four-bit
boarding house and the one-armed
restaurants now. The athlete may
still ride in Pullmans, but he'll prob
ably have to double up in an upper
berth or be hung on a hook in the
washroom with a couple of comrades.
Yea bo, it's going to be a hard year
on athletes. Yet think how much
worse it would be if he were back on
that five-ton truck
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CADDOCK IS SURE
TO WRESTLE HERE
DURING FEBRUARY
Ad Santel Probably Will Be
Champion's Opponent in Clash
in Omaha; Peters in the
, Running.
Now that he has lost the Earl Cad
dock-Wladck Zbyszko mat go to Del,
Moines, Carl Marfisi is trying to cook
up a February date Mr the champion
in Omaha.
Marfisi failed to land the Caddock
Zbyszko joust because the Des
Moines business men went crazy
over the match. According to ad
vices received here, the Des . Moines
Chamber of Commerce offered to do
all the advertising, pay for the hall
and foot almost every other bill. This
was too much competition for Mar
fisi. It is reported that Ad Santel, alias
Adolph Lrnst, has the inside track
for a match with Caddock in Febru
ary. Joe Coffey, the- Chicago pro
moter and manager, is handling San
tel and he says Gene Melady, Cad
dock's manager, has promised to
match Santel and Caddock in Omaha
in rebruary.
Makes Two Reputations.
Santel is one of the cleverest wres
tlers in the game, He first made a
great reputation tinder the name of
Adolph Ernst. Then he went out to
the Pacific coast and under the as
sumed title of Ad Santel made him
self another reputation. This is an
achievement few grapplers can point
to.
Caddock and Santel probably would
make a good match as they are wres
tlers of pretty much the same type.
Both depend upon speed more than
weight or strength as neither is very
large and they are both heady grap
plers. '
If the Caddock-Santel match falls"
through Earl may be matched with
Charley Peters. It is said that Omaha
surely will see Earl Caddock in a
bout with a topnotch opponent in
February and that even though Des
Moines or any other city horns inta
the running as happened with regard
to the Zbyszko event, the match will
be held here any how as Melady he
Haves it is time Omaha saw Earl ia
action again. Santel and Peters are
the two men now being considered,
Peterti to Go East.
Unless he is matched with Caddock,
Peters shortly will make an Invasion
of the east. Jack Lewis, his mana
ger, is conducting negotiations with
promoters at Columbus, O., and other
points and thev are anxious to book
Charley. Lewis probably will accept
some of these matches unless he can
dicker successfully for the champion
ship go. . .
Deming, N. M., also wants to see
Peters. The Nebraska national
guardsmen aro located at Deming and
their -reports of Peters' prowess has
prompted the promoter there to get
into communication with Lewis. He
has asked Lewis who would be a suit
able opponent for the Papillion car
penter and Lewis' reply was "any
body In the world."
Westside Club Ready to
Take National Tourney
New York. Jan. 19. The Westside
Tennis club announced today that it
would continue to stage the national
lawn tennis championship tourna
ment if the national association de
sired to award the 1918 date to the.
club. This desicion was reached
at the annau meeting of the club
here last night, The Westside club
nas neid both the national tourna
ment and the Davis cup matches at
Forest Hills, L. I., since the removal
of the events from Newport.
The selections of the courts for
the titular tennis events for the
coming season will be -made at jhe
annual meeting of the U. S. N. L.'
T. A. to be held in this city Febru
ary IS.
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Four-Event Trap Shoot
At Omaha Gun Club Today:
First event 10 targets
First prize .shootipg gloves by
Townsend gun Co.
First prize, shooting gloves by ,
Townsend Gun Co. v '
Second event IS targets
First prize, duck by F. E. El- ,
lison.
Second prize, box candy by '
Barnes Drug Co.
Thirdevent 10 targets
First prize, chicken by H. S.
McDonald.
Second prize, flashlight by Ray '
Kingsley. i
Fourth event. 15 targets
First prize, cuff links by John
ny Ragon.
Second prize, thermometer b'y .
Ray Kingsley.
One Crowd Which Won't Be
At Shibe Park Next Spring
Emery Titman, Philadelphia's. 00
pound fan, who was a prominent fig
ure at the world's series last fall, is
being sued for $7,000 by John D,
Shibe, of the Athletics, the suit grow. '
ing out of the sales of a yacht. There's '
one big crowd the . Athletics won't
have next season.
Falls City Falls.
Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 19. (Special.)
The Beatrice basket ball team won
from Falls City here Jast, evening by -a
score of 26 to 21. The locals played
a strong uphill game from the start
and the visitors were unable to over-
come their lead. Beatrice will play -the
fast Newman Grove five next
Friday evening.
Salt Lake Loses Siglin.
The naming of Paddy Siglin as man-
ager of the Portland Northwestern
league team was something of a dis- -appointment
to Manager Walter Mc-;"
Credle of the Salt Lake Coat lcamie '
club, for he haa figured that he might
De able to land biglm as a member!
of his Bees- " '
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