8 .4 - .' THE BE&: OMAHA, .FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1918. - - ... '
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SENATORS LOOK LIKE TAIL
EtMRS TIIIS YEAR; PIRATES
DANGEROUS, SAYS FUILERTON
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Declares Pittsburgh Now Lugging Wealth of Undeveloped
Material and Will Not Be Any Joke ; Washington
Stars, Johnson, Milan and McBride, Now
j Fading Is Belief. '
, ; By HUGH S.
Here we have December
3 f ttl t
ana a coming Dau ciUDvvasnington ana riusDurgn. it iooks,
from th early study of the dope, as if Washington is interned
for the period of the war at least; that the team which built up,
made its bid and failed, is slowly fading away, and that even
its three strong foundations, Johnson, Milan and McBride, are
erumblinfir.
On' the other hand, we have
M 1 L. l.tti ill.
ox last year, ooooing up wun someimng trial resemmes a real
ball club it the -jpaking.- Pittsburgh, at least, is an interesting
experiment in base ball. ,The team which was the laughing
stock of base ball last season takes on -a new and healthy aspect
when studied in the light of new conditions., There is a lot of
hidden strength in this club it has a bunch of undeveloped
'material, and Jt is a cinch that the Pirates of 1918 will not be
the joke they were last season and a big chance that the joke
will be on some other clubs. Let us see.
-v PITTSBURGH PIRATES. 0
' In military service 4. . ;
Liable to call J.
. Pittsburgh ani everything to gain,
nothing to lose club. . Its owner is,
beyond doubt, the shrewdest student
and the closest watcher of vourn
players in the country, not excepting
Connie Mack. Of recent years the
owner, Mr. Dreyfuss, has become
peevish and hat Quarreled with man
gers. quarreled with other owners
. and nelped in the demolition of a
once strong club by his methods.
Dreyfuss had heavy burdens. He
lias taken a heroic and wonderful
step to rebuild a club. He is revolu
tionary. Instead of buying stars, hir
ing miracle men and such things, he
las buflt up a, club of young fellows
who are expected to work, and has
cleansed out all others He has bad
that theory for some time and could
not get managers to agree with him,
so he hired a manager who would.
He. hired a fellow who nejrer man
aged ball clubs, who played very
little ball, even at .college, who never
was even in a minor leagne but he
got a man who is with him in his the
ories. -
Dreyfuss went entirely out of base
tall and hired a big fellow named
Hugo Bezdek to manage his ball club.
Bezdek is a back of the vard fellow
from Chicago who worked his way
through the University of Oiiratm.
wlio boxed, wrestled and roughed jf
wuu oceanic m siar iooi oau piayer,
a bulldog line plunger and a fair ball
. 'piayer. He has the fighting spirit.
He can lick half the team if he has
to do it, and he has" theories.
' ' Bexdelt Has Merit.
The more one sees of Bezdek' the
tetter one likes him. He is a free
fighting, free thinking fellow, a gocd
fellow, a rough one and a square one.
He has studied base-ball He can
make a corking speech; he can fight
(and , will) and for anyone who is
square with him and doing his best
Becdek will go the limit. Hesis the
m i .1nan baU Payers adrhire.
lie don t givt a darn for precedent.
But he is a glutton for work and in
'stsnpon his men working which
' will help. ,
He has material Just how he will
nape up the team is uncertain" but
we are going to have a club playing
the highest type of aggressive col
lege base ball this summer. , -
Theteam escaped easily in the war
-thus lar, and is not liable to lose
much even if every man liable to be
called is summoned to the colors.
t The team, as it now lines up, has a
fast and clever outfield, a much
trengthened infield, an interrogation
mark for a catching staff and one
whale of a pitcher, supported by sev
eral skilled hurlers. ?
Cooper Is Anchor. '
The anchor of the defensive team
will be, of course, Wilbur Cooper,
who, with Ust season's hopeless club,
won 17 and lost- 10 -games. Bob
Steele, and Earl Hamilton furnish the
rest of the left handedness. The
acquisition of Hamilton is an experi
. mest of the highest order, a gamble.
. He was a great pitcher who went
back.) It is said he came back last
season in the association, and if he
lias, Pittsburgh has the strongest left
banded combination in the league; a
combination that wou!f especially
' trouble Chicago, New York and Cin
: cinnati. .
A tremendous effort has been made
to strengthen the weak catching staff
and there are six men on the list." -;
The outfield will be Carey and
King, with Jackson, Bigbee and old
t-Bustem Bill Hinchman as reserves,
f Hinchnian serving largely as pinch
titter. -: -.. ':
:The infield i$ " tremendously
strengthened by the acquisition - of
George. Cutshaw from Brooklyn, Saier
r Mollwit at first," Pitler, Bill
; Stumpf and Boeckel to fill the other
two jobs. - There also is Caton, and
whoever works hardest gets the jobs.
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FULLERTON.
and May of base ball a going
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WASHINGTON V
In Military Service, 6. ,
Liable to Call, 3.
Fading. ; x t
Washington sure is a bait club more
to be pitied than censured. It has
been hit harder by war conditions,
financially, than any other club, it has
been jplted terrifically by enlist
ments and the draft, after1 most of
the fans had been drafted away; from
it, and it stands for more heavy jolts.
The team has been gradually losing
strength for three years and all the
efforts of the owners seem useless. It
is developing Jew men and the old
ones are wearing dawft under the
strain. Hit hard in the treasury
through' lack of interest in base ball
in Washington, due to the war, it was
compelled to retrench in purchases
and salaries, and cannot afford to
buy strong players in competition
with the, rich-clubs, nor can, it afford
salaries. This has caused dissatisfac
tion among the veterans, and gloom
amonfr all fans. - i f
The team, already sadly lacking in
hittin oower. and dependent, largely
on defensive work and pitching, has
lost most of its heavy hitters to the
army or navy, ana nas lost mucn oi
the strength that it strove to add
through trades. ,
, Johnson Dissatisfied. v
With Johnson dissatisfied because
of a cut in pay, with Leonard, Horace,
Milan, Mike Menosky and Johnny
Lavan in service, with Rice either in
service or about to enter, the prospect
is Elnomv enoueh for Griffith.
Johnson, the mainstay of the team,
is not satisfied, lie does not like a
reduced salary after the service he
has given the club. Last year John
son lost a bigger percentage of his
games than he has done for many
years. Some critic said he was slip
ping. The fact is he was pitching al
most as well as he tver has done, but
the team was not hitting behjnd him,
and besides that, the othlr clubs,
grown accustomed to batting against
him, hit him rather more freely than
they have in theast. An examination
of his record last season, however,
shows that the heavy hitting against
Johnson almost always was in games
after Washington was beaten and
Johnson eased up.
Obtain Only Shotten.
Griffith has a hard task to revive
the club, and one which, under the
existing conditions, seem impossible.
Rice, his one big discovery of recent
years, probably will be in thenavy.
He traded and secured Levan, and
Levan immediately went into the
navy. He secured only Shotten in re
turn for Gallia, and Gallia was a big
asset in helping Johnson with the
pitching. 1
The team as it now shapes up is
not a serious first division contender,
nor is there much chance that it will
be, able ' to strengthen enough 1 to
threaten the strong clubs. '
The financial situation is bad in
Washington. The war has sapped al
most all interest from base ball and
government employes are . too busy
and too engrossed in their duties to
attend games. This has caused dis
couragement among the players. The
dope "obably will show Washington
a number of points stronger than the
team really will be on the field be
cause o. this discouragement and the
lack of enthusiasm among players. j
It is-hard luck, and old hard luck
seems to insist on rubbing it in on
Griffith. But if the war should end
about June Oh boy I !
Eldred Released.
Chicago, March 14. R. C. Eldred,
a recruit outfielder with the Chicago
Americans, was released today to the
Sacramento club of the Pacific Coast
league, . .
Game Wardens, Ever on Alert,
Cause Arrests
. (From Staff Correspondent.)
Lincojn, March 14. (Speciai.)
Game Warden George Foster's spe
cial deputies are having a lively t'me
"hunting the hunter." During the
week several violators fell in their
grasp.
At Schuylec Donald D. McCloud,
E. B. SinalalinSnd Charles Mastney
each paid a fine of $45 and cojts. a
total of $53.03 each, for having . in
their possession nine ducks, while the
latter donated an extra dollar becarse
he was hunting without a licence
Dr. J. L. Robinson of Atlantic la.,
came to Nebraska for a little visit
and incidentally brought his gun along
for pr6tection. A flock of savage
MONEY END MAY
CAUSE SPLIT IN
BIG FISTIC BOUT
Manager of Fulton Says Unable
to Consider Offer; Twa
Men Will Meet Again
in Conference.
Kansas City, Mo., March 14.
Whether Jess Willard, heavyweight
champion, and Fred Fulton of Minne
sota, aspirant to the title are to be
matched for a bout Jvly 4 remained
problematical tonight, following a
conference of more than an hour here
late today between Mike Collins, man
ager of Fulton, and Colonel J. C. Mil
ler of Oklahoma, representing Wil
lard. ' .. .
The conference did not get beyond
the financial discussion stagr al
though the two men parted with the
understanding that they would meet
again, ihe sums mentioned were not
divulged, but Fulton s manager said
he was unable to consider the offer.
At the conference he informed Miller
that he would guarantee yfilhtd $100
000 to fight Fulton in New Orleans on
July 4. Nothing 'definite concerning
tne latter proposal has transpired. "
Larson Gets Furlough to
Compete in Athletic Meet
Waco. Tex.. March 14. CI nton
Larson" of the Third provisional reei-
meht. Rich aviation field here, who
competed for Brigham Young - uni
versity before entering the service,
holder of the collegiate record of six-
feet, five an( three-eighths inches for
the running high jumo, has been
granted a furlough and is on his way
to New York to compete in the A. A.
U.. national indoor track and field
championship.
Smiths Win Final Game
Of Basket Ball Season
'Two games were forfeited in the
last night of the elimination contests
in Class A basket ball, for the city
championship played on the Young
Men's Christian association floor last
night The William Wops - of the
Church league defaulted to the Town
send Gun five and the First Metho
dists failed to appear for their con
test with the Central Furniture team.
The third game scheduled ended in
favor of the M. E. Smiths over the
Hanscom Park five. 25 to 22.
Alexander Offered Half 'v
Of Bonus; Final Compromise
Chicago, March 14. Grover Alex
ander, the pitcher purchased from
Philadelphia by ; the Chicago , Na
tionals, and who is holding out for
a bonus of $10,000, has been offered
$5,000 as a compromise, according to
a speciat dispatch to the Daily News
from . CIovis, N. M., through which
the team passed today on its way to
Pasadena, Lai.
AMUSEMENTS.
AUDITORIUM
ALL THIS WEEK '
Shew Continuous 2 and 7P. M.
Russian Womens
Battalion Death
"THE GERMAN CURSE IN RUSSIA
Every Person in Greater Omaha
Should See This Wonderful Picture.
Far the Benefit of
NEBRASKA BASE HOSPITAL UNIT
THE RACES
CAFE AND CABARET
1415 Jackson St.
Entertainment De Luxe
Soft Drinks and Meals
Dancing Until 12:30
A. M.
Popular Prices
for Law Fractures
ducks attacked him near Ashlan'iand
in defending himself he killed three
of them. A game warden in syni'
pathy with the ducks pulled the doc
tor and he meandered ls way Lick
to his lowa home 50.U5 to the bad,
John Myfield of Grand Island and
Harry Hay ward of the same piace
paid a fine of $10.75 each for shooting
a duck apiece.
Sam Doringo of Fremont, John
Hopkins of Fairbury, Joseph Smith
and Mr. James of Endicott paid tari
ous sums running from $5 and cojts
to $10.80 for hunting without licenses.
Norton Frym of North Brnd
killed two ducks and George Stover
at the same place also killed twj. It
cost each of them $13.45.
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T'H EATERS
Promises of the Press Agents.
Orphfum On of th most elaborately
tag-ed Buailan act aver offered at th Or
pheum 1 on thla week, presented by the
, Bpyarr company of 10 vocalist and Rus
sian folic dancers. Th costuming Is ei
peclally gorgeous and th seen showing
th Kremlin of Moscow, with Its great
snrines lighted, is very beautiful and Im
pressive. This act la much admired and
with th magnetism of Fritsl Scheff, th
Avon Comedy Four and other current fea
tures, is drawing the customary Orpheum
Dig anaiences. - Trie Naughty princess." a
farcical operetta with a big company headed
by Esther Jarrett, Donald Dunn, Earl S.
Dwey and Mabel ("Billy") Roger, will be
th chief offering next week. j
Cayety Weepy time are expected this
afternoon and evening st the two last
performances of Mollle Williams, whose an
nual stay In Omaha terminates tonight Th
Intense satisfaction given by this enter
tainment hss sent th public's approval of
her ability way up above par and her re
turn to th Gayety next eaaon will be a
pleasurable anticipation. Tomorrow mat
lne th always welcome Dan Coleman comes
to town for a week's fun making. Dan has
a following her that la th envy of a great
many. Conspicuous among his desirable
traits Is th absoluta cleanliness of th Hast
ing show'a performances. Matinees dally.
Empress Clarence Wilbur, exponent of th
"Weary Wllll" 'character, presents at the
Empress theater "Trampoiogy," that affords
him ample opportunity for th display of
hla talents ak a "hobo." -Wilbur's singing
vole help materially to gJve class to hla
charaoUrliatton.
Brandies The Boy Scouts, who are going
to attsad th big Brandies Hippodrome
show tonight, are bound to have th time
of their lives. Not only Robinson' Milt-
AMUSEMENTS.
Vaudeville and Photoplays
Dreamland
Aa Imagination In Three Scenes With
Lambert and Fields I -
The Lampini
European Illusionists
Clarence Wilbur
"Trampelafy'
Comedy Singing and Talking
Harris and Hilliard
in a Bit of Holland
Photoplay Attraction,
Ef fie Shannon
In i
"Her Boy"
Sunday,
for 4 Nights
America's Greatest Colored Show
Formerly THE SMART SET
Headed by
Salem Tutt Whitney and '
'tenT1" "MY PECPU"
The Music and Mirth ef a Race
Everything New and Ahead ef the
Times
Prices Matinee Sunday, 25c and BOc
Night, 23c 35c. 50c, 75c Other Mate. 25c
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FRITZI SCHEFF
THE AVON COMEDY FOURt Keller,
Mack and Anna Earl; Hndler, 6teia end
PhUlipsi Ra Eleanor Ballt The La Grehai
The Boyarr Co.) Orpheum Travel Weakly.
aiu-l:tl. :! AM Week
ROBINSON'S HIPPODROME ELEPHANTS
u;..VSU:N", War Picture
S-BIS ACf-4 BOROlN'8 ORCHESTRA
Mstlsee- Teesy, lie. Tealeht. 14. . -
Thle Weefc.ChnaVCT 10c Any Performance
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WAWtH Ev-ngs. 2S-S0-7SC-I1
LAST TIMES TODAY SlS
Mollii Williams Own Show
Tomorrow (Saturday) Matinee and Weak
Dan Coleman hJ show
LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS
Pi
tary Elephants, who are wondera at mili
tary tactics, but alao ths Donald C. Thomp
son pictures, which are direct from ths war
In Europe, will give the little fellows a
chance at a first glance at war aa It really
is "over there." Another feature Is Paul
Klelst, a eamouflager with a regular cam
ouflage act. It Is a show worth while tor
very on to see. ,
In the Silent Drama)
Strand Only two more days remain In
which te see Marguerite Clark in her .latest
Paramount picture, "Th Seven Swans." It
is a screen adaptation of a fairy story by ths
same nsme and haa during its showing here
been enjoyed by both old end ynung alike.
There are many notable scenes, such aa the
dance of the moon fairies,) large, elaborate
sets and a story that is full of action. Polly
Moran also Is on the hill in a MacK .Bennett
comedy, "Sheriff tVell's Tussle."
Mose Today and Saturday Jewef Carman
will e seen at the Muse In "The Girl With
th Champagne Byes." Lovers of tense thrills
and melodrama will find a plerty- of 1 in
this pretty love story filled witn quick ac
tion and human interest.
Empress The devotion ot America s man
hood is told In "Her Boy," a five-act Metro
screen drama of mother love and patriotism
starrins' Effle Shannon and Nile Welch at
khe Empress theater for the last half of the
'week. By every means In her power Helen
Morrison in "Her .Boy" tries to Keep ner
boy" from entering the service, only to find
that her moat extreme measure, her "last
card," is the very one that convince htm
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PHOTO Vl&Cf OFFERI Na T ;
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"The Price of
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( SEE THIS STORY OF A LIFE IN THE CITY
v "WHERE NOBODY CARES"
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"THE PRICE OF A GOOD TIME" adapted by Li Webar from
"THE WHIM" by Marion Orth, and directed by Mi Weber and
Phillip. Smalley, come, to the BOYD Friday and Saturday with
MILDRED HARRIS a. thjjeatured player, .upported by KENNETH
HARLAN and a carefullychoten cast. It. .tory no one can afford
to mitt a picture that reache. out and grab, your .heart string.
One ef the most original and intensely dramatic feature, erer
produced.
SEE THIS WOWERFBL 7-REEL JEWEL PRODUCTION
FRIDAY1 and SATURDAY
1, 3, 7, 9 p. m
All Seat.
I V'ANT LOVE LETTERS!
In fact, so.badIyvthat I'll give $25.00 for the mot
: "eloquent" one written me before March 20th.
' Do-You-Believe-in-Me-Thomas, Manager.
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Today's Spork Calendar
Bowling Annual tournament of Northern
Bowling association opens at Duluth.
Basket Ball Illinois Valley Athletle asso
ciation championships, at La Salle, 111. In
diana state interscbolastic championships, at
Blooming-ton, Ind. ,
Polo Opening of annoal tournament ot
Camden (S. C.) Polo club.
Wrestling Eastern Intercollegiate cham
pionships, at Columbia university.
Base Ball Philadelphia Nationals lewte
for training camp at St. Petersburg, Fla.
Automobile Opening of annual show at
Great Falls, Mont. ,
. Boxing Willie Gradwell against Jack
Perry, 10 rounds, at McKeesnort, Pa. Phil
Bloom against Johnny Martin, 15 rounds,
at New Haven.
that enlistment Is a necessary and a glorious
privilege. , '
Sun Mary Mile Mlnter will be featured
at this theater today and Saturday in her
latest success, "Powers That Prey." It Is a
delightful story of a girl who takes charge
of her father's newspaper and, proceeds to
clean up th town, disclosing the crookedness
of a band of politicians. She 1 successful,
but nearly ruins the future of the paper in
gaining her goal. A good comedy also will
b shown.
Hipp Louis Lovely will be shown at thla
theater In her latest Butterfly production
called "Nobody's Wife." It iaa fast action
rv nf how a detective endeavored to cap
ture a criminal. There was no picture avail- i
Today and
Saturday
The Sweetest
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How a girl editor cleans up the town and shows
the power of the press in a woman's hands is
pleasingly told in this, one of Mary's best, v
BILLIE RHODES CQMEDY
a Good Timo"
1 3V 7 9 p We
All Seat.
able ot the culprit, but It was known that he
had a sweetheart and they knew that If they
could locate the woman, they wouSd find
the man. "Nobody's Wife" also will be
shown on Saturday.
Grand The William Fox kiddle picture,
"TreaauTe Island," will be shown here today.
It Is a screen version of the story by Robert
Louis Stevenson. The producers have spared
neither time nor expense in maklngit as
perfect as possible. Saturday 1 William Rus
sell In "The Midnight JTrail."
Ixithrop Francis X. Bushman and Bev
erly Bayne will be trie feature at this theater
today in their latest Metro play, "The Vole
of Conscience." It Is a dramatic play In
which a story Is told that permits of soma
of the best screen work of this Inseparable
team of stars. -Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew
will furnish the laughs In anotner of their
pleasing comedies. ''The Voice of Conscience"
will hold forth again Saturday.
Hamilton William S. Hart will be pre.
sented at this theater today In a Paramount
Artcraft play, "The Silent Man." It tells i
story of how a mttief came out of the desert
with gold and was robbed. The way In which
he geta It back forms one of the' best
stories of Hart's career. Hearst-lathe News
also. Saturday comes a double bill of Gladys '
Brockwell In "Conscience,'" ar.d Charlie
Chaplin in "Behind the Scenes."
' Suburban Douglas Fairbanks In "Reggie
Mixes In" will be the Triangle offering at
this theater today. It Is a humorous atory
of how a millionaire takes a position as a
bouncer in a cheap dance hall to be near the 1
woman he has fallen In love with. Saturday
comes William Russell In "New York Luckr
FOR TODAV
Today and
Saturday
Girl in Pictures
MUTT AND JEFF, TOO
MARGUERITE CLARK
'THE SEEN SWANS"
POLLY MORAN, in
"SHERIFF NELL'S TUSSLE'
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MUSE
Jewel Carmen
in
'The Girl Witn the
Champagne Eyes'
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Today and Saturday
LOUISE LOVELY in
"NOBODY'S WIFE"
LOTHROP
Today and Saturday
' BUSHMAN A BAYNE la
"THE VOICE OF CONSCIENCE"
SUBURBAN
24th and
Amea
Col. 2M1
Today DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS i
in "REGGIE MIXES IN"
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HAMILTON .;
Today-WILLIAM S. HART in
" THE SILENT MAN"
G-R-A-N.D
16th and
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Today WILLIAM FOX Spectacle
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Binney
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