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1 BRINGING He FATHER , Copyrlsht, C" Mil. International . Kswa ' Bsrrloe, Drawn foe The Bee by ; George McManus BENSONS' SPURT KEEPS WOPS FROM CHURCH TITLE Methodists From Suburbs Up set All Dope in Cage Circles . and Give Lead to Pearl f Memorials. HOW IT ENDED. P. W. Pearl Memorials ...... IS William Wop 10 7 Himon Park ....10 Vint H. K.. 10 Benson M. E 10 4 Walnut Hills 10 0 L. Pet, t JIM I .700 4 MH t .500 6 .400 10 .000 t LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS. Pearl Memorials, 7 Walnut Hills, 1. William Wops, Hi Benson Methodists, 11 Iuhw Parka, 18) tint Methodists, II Nosing out the William Wops by a one point margin, the Benson Metho distt upset all the dope on the Church league game's played last night at the Young Men's Christian association The Wops were . generally regarded by floor fans as the probable victors in last night's games, which was ex pected to cause a tie for first honors in ine league. Pochoplf was the star for the win tiers, while Weirich's shooting was the cause of the even score. Both teams were weakened by the loss of their .cist players. The Hai.scom Park five won the race for third place by defeating the First Methodist quintet, 16 to 12. The . game was marked by the absence of a single technical foul. The Pearl Memorials cinched the championship of the season by defeat ing the Walnut Hills in the last name on the Church league schedule, for this year. The lone point for the Walnut Mill five was made bv Pot ters free throw. Klepser, of the Pearl memorial!., was ine msnest Doint ma er of the evening with nine field goals ana three iree tosses to his credit. Konecky, the little Central High guard, did some close guarding for his mates and put the ball through the boon twice tor counters. The Pearls have stood at the head of the league all season, although tied with the William Wops several times. An extra game to play off the ex fected tie had been arranged. The lanscom Park five , and the First Methodists have also been neck to neck! with the Hanscom Park team, winning in the last round. The Ben son Methodists have remained near the bottom during the greater part of ine season, out SDrunsr the final sur prise by defeating the prospective champs last night The Walnut Hills nave lost all their games. , . Lineups and Summaries. ' FIRST METHODIST KPISCOPAT,, "7 c v r-a. F.T. P.P. T.F. Fta. MeNioSels, l.f. ....... l o a Gary; r.f. ..a s j t t ( Martini, c... .,...., 1 .-o- 10 4 Hawkins, r e;......,., e . o 0 8 0 Barnebty, !.(..,,..., ' a Dodda, sub.. ........ f . 8 18 0 Totals I J T O ,11 HANSCOM PARKS. ' , ; P.O. P.T. P.P. T P. Pts. Mntaru, rf. ....... 8 8 o 4 Palllngton, r. It 1 8 4 Nixon, e. : t a s 4 Reel. r.(.. ........... S O t 4 Anscow, I.f....w.... 8 8 18 0 Total.,. ...VI i f o It i v ', WILLIAM WOPS. ': '" ; . P.O. K.T. P.P. T P. Pta. Gram, T.t. ........... 1,0 0 t Anderson, If ... J 0 1 0 I Welrleh. e. .......... 1 4 8 0 t Burnham, r.J. ....... 88 0 8 l!nr. Lf.. 8 ,8 3 8 8 Totals....' 4 4 0 11 BENSON METHODIST KPISCOPAL. ' ' F.O..P.T. P.P. T.V. Pot. Pochoplf, 'T.t , t .11 0 1 Martin, It 0 . 0 0 Hitch. ... l t I I 1 Dutcber. r.f 8 8 t 8 0 Babcock, . I f tot 84 Calvert, sub......... 8 0 8 - Totals.;..; . t " 1 I " !i , PEARL METHODIST EPISCOPAL. ' P.O. P.T. P.P. T.F. Pis, Mordlelt, f t.. ........ 1 0 t 0 ' Xlepeer, If.... , S a e Jl Davie, e 0 0 v 0 0 " 0 Konecky. r.f .... 1 ,0 1 : 4 EJvlns. If..... 0 . . 0- 1 0 Wright, i. f 8 0 10 8 Totals. .i. ...... .11 J . ! J7 WALNUT HILLS, , , P.O. P.T. P.P. T P. Pet Simons, r.f... t 8 8 8 9 Potter, Lf.. ..... 1-0 0 8 Swan. o. ..... 0 0 - 1 0 " 0 Thomas, r.f......... 0 8 18 0 Hawkins, If 0 - 8 18 0 TotAh ..... IIS t ' Offlolals Refers: Pkller. TJmpIrs: Kron tsd. Scorer: Leo Koneckf. Timekeeper: Bloales. Tims of halres: II and IS win vtaa. National League After Holdouts Before Spring New York, Feb. 27.-The new l ork National league club is making t strong, effort to get hold-out play ers to sign contracts before the start ? traning season. George Burns, outfielder came to New York today t -President Hempstead's invitation and signed a contract after a two-hour conference. r Manager McGraw of the Giants will leave New York tomorrow to make visits to Norfolk. Va Louisville, Ky., Collinsville, 111, and Shreveport, La., in which cities he will endeavor per sonally to get the signatures of Play ers Robertson. Schupp, Fletcher and erritt, ail ofwhom had returned un signed contracts. Pitcher Sallee. also a hold-out, is expected to sign tomor. tow after telegraphic negotiations. I A I JfCVVHAT I (thEPm I "COME I I 1 MA. , WHA.D OA M .WILL, 1 DO? . WELL -IF ym , irrcr, I K 1 1 NEW BOWLING MARK SET ATCINCINNATI Harry Steers of CLicago Bolls Into First Place in All. ' Events; Also Leads Doubles. ' Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 27. One Amer ican bowling congress record was smashed, while new leaders in the two-men, and all events, appeared at the American bowling congress here today. Harry Steers and Fred Thomas of the Rubani team of Chicago, assumed first place in the doubles with a score of 1, 336, justO pins behind the American bowling congress record, held by Satorius and Holzschuh of Peoria, while Steers went into the lead in the all events with 1,959, 14 oins ahead of the former American bowling congress record made by H. Miller of Detroit at urand Kapids last year. Many Changes Made. numerous otner changes among leaders took place, however. Steers bowled his way into second place in the individual with 675 and was close ly pursued on the following shift by a. btemmiller of Syracuse, who went into fourth place with 655. Good bowling marked the latter shift in the doubles, as W. Carey and C. 0. Collier, also of the Rubini's of Chicago rolled into fifth place with I.Z4. v Individual Event. C. Wagner, eNwark, N; J...... H. Bteers, Chicago , J. Belmer, Eau Claire, Wis..., D. Btelnmlller, Syracuse .... W. Lambergf Milwaukee ... ...v. 675 6S 665 851 Two-Men Teams. , Steers and Thoma, Chicago .,,..1,138 McDowell and Thles, Cleveland 1.247 Pflum and Otto, Chicago 1,248 Dibble and West. Buffalo ,, 1,238 Carey and Collier, Chicago l.tii Five-Men Team. Aqullas Cigars, fit Paul ............ .1,021 Champion Sparkplug, Toledo ...,1,101 Mlneraltte, Chicago ,..,.....1,858 mown , urucKi, imcago .r...... 2.11(0 Wooster Lamberts, St. Louis .. . .2.859 STECHER MAKES QUICK WORK OF . MICHIGAN MAN Chicago, Febi 27. Joe Stecher, heavyweight wrestler of Dodge, Neb., took only one minute and thirty-nine seconds to throw Chris Sorenson of Battle Creek, Mich., tonight. On the same bill, Ad Santell of San Francisco threw Buck Weaver of Wisconsin in ten minutes and eighteen seconds, and Mike Yokel of the Great Lakes Naval training station was given a referee's decision over Ben Reubens of Chicago after one hour of wrestling. Wladek Zbyszko, who recently lost a decision to Earl Caddock in a cham pionship match, started to wrestle Steve Savage of Chicago, but after a few minutes the match was called off because of the continued roughness of the wrestlers. Savage, especially of fended, repeatedly biting Zbyszko. $100,000 Is Offered for Fulton-Willard Match New Orleans, La, Feb. 2. The Louisiana Auditorium Athletic club, before which Fred Fulton of Roch ester, -Minn., last night knocked out Frank Moran of Pittsburirh. tonio-ht telegraphed Jess Willard, heavyweight pugiust. cnampion, at Jacksonville, Fla, an offer of a purse of $100,000 tor a tight between Willard and Ful ton. It was stipulated that the fight niu ie for twenty rounds. The nurse would be divided in anv wav airree. able to the principals. Fulton announced that he was "ready and waiting" to meet ;the champion. Dates Are Set for Lawn ; Tennis Championships Chicaaro. Feb. 27. Word wm re ceived here tonight that the National Lawn Tennis association had an nounced dates for the championship tournaments this summer as follows: June 17 Women s national cham- pisnship, Philadelphia; ' July 1 National clay court cham pionships, Chicago. August 12 National doubles cham pionships, New York. , August, 26-NationaI singles cham pionships, New York. West Point Cadets Begin Cage Base Ball Practice West Point, N. Y, Feb. 26.-Hans Lobert, the army's new baseball coach, arrived here today from Cuba, and immediately went to work in the cage with a big squad of cadets. Oli phant, all round athlete, will captain the nine this spring. , Spanish Steamer Sunk. Madrid, Feb. 27, A dispatch from Bilboa says the Spanish steamer Neguri has been sunk by a submarine. Its crew was landed on Ferro island, one of the Canary group. y Old Library Sold. Chicago. Feb. 27.-The John H. Wrrenn library, a collection of origi nal manuscripts and first editions dat ing from the pre-Shakespearean pe riod, was sold tonight to the Univer sity of Texas for 1225,000, mti tiW. UMAtiA, xnunauAi, rtirmu.rvxi so, 1310. F. JAROSH FIRST IN ALL-EVENTS; FARRELL SINGLES Windup of Huntington's Handi cap Tourney Conies With Fast Bowling; Miss Nesbit Leads Women.' FINAL STANDINGS. All Events. F. Jartmh, nine games 1,710. Jnrosh, three games, 641. tieorge lluker, Hluux Falls, S. D Dingle game, 279. FINAL SINGLES. Farrell. Manning, lit 70S demands , , 674 I'erry, Wahoo, Neb 8.18 Scott, Carroll, la , 848 Johnson, Fremont, Neb '. ... 843 Hartley i. 612 Hnyrier, Irfigan, In 64. Hubbard, Manning, In 633 MeCormlck , t 620 Murphy 626 FINAL UOI'BLEM. Bengsten-llester, Council Jiluffs, la.. I,t49 le Bnhr-Koder, Winner, 8. D 1,228 Van Housen-MuehlirJc, Hchuyler 1,221 Crowe-llaiiMn, Council Bluffs ,1,218 Kuunman-O'Itrlen ,, 1,204 Ontronle-Sperry 1,198 Itnehman-Zadlna. , ....1,184 Frlstoe-llrown, Lincoln 1,180 Stuarh-Muetles, West Hide, la. ....... .1,172 Relnhold-Farrell, Manning, la 1,171 Gernandt went into second place in the singles with 674 last night in the Huntington handicap -tournament. McCormick with 629 landed in the ninth place and Murphy tenth place with 626. In the double. Crowe and Hansen of Council Bluffs went into fourth place with 1,215. Miss Lois Nesbit finished first in the ladies' tournament with S19. Mrs. Huff and Miss Rauber went into sec ond place with 986. Mrs. Thompson and Miss Thompson with 974 will fin ish fourth. . Lewis and Britton to Meet For 10 Rounds at Atlanta Atlanta, Feb. 27. Ted Lewis, wel ter weight champion of the world, and Jack Britton, former title holder, ave signed articles to box ten rounds here Wednesday, March 6, it was an nounced here today. Proceeds of the match will go to the Camp Gordon athletic equipment fund. Lewis Beats Langford. , Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 27.-Ted Lewis, welterweight champion, had the bet ter of Willie Langford, negro, in a ten-round bout here tonight. Joe Welling, the navy lightweight, stopped Jiddie Uorsey, the negro boxer, in the eighth round. Civil Rights Bill 0. K. Washington. Feb. 27. Complete agreement on the soldiers' and sailors' civil rights bill, was reached today by, senate and house conferees, who soon will present their report to con gress. Special Course for Tammies. Washington, Feb. 27. The Univer sity of Paris is preparing a special course for Americans to learn the lan guage, literature, art and history of France. Omaha Boy Pleased With Life in American Army Smiley W. Edwards of Omaha is now at Camp Travis, Tex., attached to Company 59 of the depot brigade. In a letter to friends here. Mr. Ed wards expresses a liking for army life, and has an emphatic word of praise for the mess tent. Watch the tittle Pimples; They Are Nature's Warning Unsightly .and Disfiguring Sig I nals of Bad Blood. Don't close your eyes to the warn- j ing which nature gives, when un sightly pimples appear on your face and other parts of the body. Not only are these pimples and splotches disfiguring, but they lead to serious skin diseases that spread and cause the most discomforting ir ritation and pain. Sometimes thty. foretell Eczema, boils, blisters, scaly eruptions and other annoyances that turn like flames of fire, and make you feel that your skin is ablaze. When these symptoms appear on any part of the body, take prompt steps to rid the blood of these disor DR. E.H. TARRY 240 Establish 1894. mm nave peneeiea ine oesi treatment in existence today. I tlo not Inject paraffins or wax. as it is daRgerous.Tb advantages of my treatment are : No loaa ot time. No detention from business. No danger from chloroform, shock and blood poison, and no burins up In a hospital. Call or write. Dr. Wray, 306 Bee Bdg, Omaha. THOUSANDS SPENT BY L. & N. IN POLITICS Head of Southern Line Tells Commerce Commission of Expenditures Made by Road for Influence. Washington, Feb. 27. Another chapter was added today to the his tory of the Interstate Commerce com mission investigation into past politi cal and financial practices of the Louisville & Nashville railway, by the public declaration of Milton H. Smith, president of the road, that his company had made a number of ex penditures for political purposes in southern states before 1915. In a deposition, Mr. Smith answered categorically nine questions relating to political expenditures, to which he had refused epliesfwhile under ex amination during the public inquiry in May, 1916. Thus he complied with the order of the supreme court last November, holding that the commission had au thority to inquire into practically all expenditures of a railway company. Liberal Expenditures Made. Mr. Smith referred specifically to four items of expense: $30,000 spent in 1914 in Alabama, for political cam paign purposes and charged to operat ing expenses; $34,800 spent in Ala bama through the Johnson-Dallas Ad vertising rfgency in a campaign against rate reduction; $20,715 spent in 1910 for maintenance for political agents, whose identity and precise work was not disclosed, and $15,000 expended in 1907 "in aiding a newspaper which was advocating certain views upon public questions in which the Louis ville & Nashville Railway company concurred." The name of the paper was not mentioned. WESTERN LOOP HEADS TO MEET AT DES MOINES Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 27. The an nual schedule meeting, of the club owners of the Western league will be held in Des Moines, la., next Sunday, E. W. Dickerson, president of the1 lcatrue, announced todav. The following, Mr. Dickerson said, would attend the meeting: . W. A. Rourke, Omaha: Thomas Fairweather, Des Moines; E. J. Han- lon, st. Joseph; spencer A. Adams, Topeka; John Holland, Hutchinson; Frank Isbell, Wichita; John Savage, Joplin; William Holmes, Lincoln. At the meeting, according to Mr. Dickerson, Holmes probably will an nounce whether he has decided to transfer his franchise to Sioux City or remain in Lincoln for the coming season. Mr. Dickerson said a number of im portant matters were to come before the meeting, one' of them being whether to abolish the "spit ball." Stick to It's' safe L 6 ceirfS-topreserve ffie quali NILES &MOSER. CIGAR COMPANY DisnasaTOKi KMtsxscnr ders. And the one remedy which has no equal as a purifier is S. S. S., the purely vegetable blood medicine, which has been on the market for more than fifty years. It is sold by druggists everywhere. " " If you are afflicted with any form of skin disease, do not expect to be cured by lotions, ointments, salves and other local remedies, as they can not possibly reach the source of the trouble, which is in the blood. Begin taking S. S. 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