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George -McManus
CINCINNATI AND
WHITE SOX HAVE
EDGE BEHIND BAT
Clarke and Wingo Best in Na
tional League and Schalk
Alone Gives Chicago
Marked Superiority. ,
AMERICA I-EAOl'K,
Offenalve. IefenU
Htrength. Strength, Total.
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ft. Loula ,. ....... .Ml 721 U
' riland 7 7?3 1.J40
lloxton . 7 .
Philadelphia 633 nH. 1.81
Uetrolt ..... ,...H7 " 1iW
New York 7 t.tll
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rinrinnaU Ml 7l M
t hirago l 7SX M7
ft. lul ,....! 7 I M
ew York t ., W j M
Phll.drlpl.la 6t ' . TO" l.M
Boatoil Ml 7 ("J pl,Nt
Hrooklya ......... .67 !.
Plttaburgh ......... U tJM l.W
' By, HUGH S. FULLERTON.
Doping catchers is the hardest
all the work of figuring the strength
of a ball club. If we coulf know
that Schalk would catch every game
for the White Sox, if we could know
that Wingo would catch 100, Clarke
40 and Allen 10 games for the Reds,
we could figure much more accura
tely. But we know that Schalk is
prone to accidents. We know for
instance, tljat McCarthy is strong in
the very departments in which Rari
den is weak, and thatRariden is
strong in McCarthy's weak points.
; It is because of these things that we
find 86 much difference of opinion
among fans, especially as ' to the
strength of a "team. One fan will
howl, .."Why, we have Schalk, the
best catcher in the country" and
usually he goes no further, nor does
lie stop to figure that, if Schalk should
be hurt (and the chances' are better
than three to one he will , be hurt
mose or less seriously), the 6econd
string is only average in ability and
the loss of "Schalk from behind the
bat makes the White Sox look like
second division dub.
Since, all dope is based upon the
law of averages, we art compelled to
figure how many games each catcher
will work, and strike a club average
based upon the proportion of games
each catcher will work. r
By this method we find Chicago
leading the American league because
of Schalk in combination with Yynn,
and Cincinnati in advance of the
Vational leaaue because of the
strength of Wingo and Clarke, Who
not only' are competent backstops
who work well with pitchers, but
strong enough at bat to help their
teams.'- " . '
.Browns Crowd Top,
It required a lot of figuring to keep
the St Louis Brown's from showing
the lead in catchers, for Severeid,
Xunamaker and Hale form a strong
trio and the first two named can hit.
New York, it seems me, has
placed too many eggs in one basket
and an accident that would seriously
incapacitate Walters would be a ter
rifle blow to the pennant chances of
Muggins' team. In fact we find sev
eral clubs this season prepared to
oeiy me ugnining oy starting wun
short handed catching staffs. How
ever, there is one consolation that, in
case of serious injuries, catchers of
average ability can be had. for the ask
ing. Of course it is practically im
possible to get the extraordinary
catchers, who have become the rarest
birds in the game, not,even excepting
good right handed hitters. The team
possessing a catcher, of extraordinary
ability has the'btg edge on the ma'
f iority of others.
The Boston Red Sox have Agnew,
a corking man, and Wally Schang,
who is needed elsewhere 4ut who
probably will catch a number of
games. He fortifies them against ac
cident Philadelphia Athletics are
well fixed with Cady, Meyer and
Haley, the last named a nice hitting
na very promising man.
Poor Hitters.
Cleveland lias wonderful defensive
strength in the catching department
but last year showed lamentable
offensive weakness. I am forced to
figure that the hitting of O'Neill and
Billings must get better: thev hit well
at a ball and meet it solidly, and per-
naps tneir low averages may be partly
due to bad hitting luck. Neither.
however, is 'liable to develop extra
. strength. Washington figures well in
defensive and lamentably weak in
offense, as Ainsmith has dropped
back into the fourteen and a quarter
- niting class. c ,
As to Detroit almost anything
. might happen. The catching staff
does sot figure well which is usual
with' Detroit Last year it seemed as
if Hack Spenser w6uld come backJ
strong, tit ma lor a time, then jaded
tway considerably. The team is trying
out a swarm of catchers, but tan
age must continue : as the anchor
' catcher. If Detroit ever can .develop
a great catcner who can hit. the pitch
ers will improve to a 'certainty. They
have been looking for one for years
ana witn only temporary successes
la the. National Hendricks has
Today's Sport Calendar
Hwtmmlnft National Amatenr Athletic
onion chantionhlpa, at Chlraito.
liolft Opening uf annual April Invitation
tournament, at Aahevllle, N. t'.
Ban ball: Ketrolt Atnerlrana afalnut
Clnrlnnatl Nallonalii, at Fort Nmlth, Ark.
Buaton National afalnut New York Ameri
cana, at reenhoro, N. C. Cleveland Amerl
ean againat ew York National, at New
Orlean. Ht. lxula National! aalnt HU
IiOnlt Amerieanii, at Ht. 1-ouln. ilooton Amer
ican agalnat Brooklyn National, at Chatta
nooga, l'hllailelpbla National agalnet
Washington Americana, at reenvllle, H. C.
Boxing I Johnny Krtle agalnat Pal Moore,
15 rouncla. at Baltimore. Bryan Downer
agalnat Tommy Hobaon, It round, at Boa
ton, wonderful chances, for he has not
only Snyder but Gonsales who, when
properly handled, is a great man. I
figure Hendricks can handle him and
tHt he will be back in the form he
promised, Snyder, under proper con
ditions, is as good. It seems up to
the manager to get the best out of
these two.
v I cannot understand lorn Uarltg
decline. He ought to be the best bet,
not excepting Wingo, for Mathewson,
because he cart hit even better than
Wingo can. The Reds also have
Allen and besides that they may
gain something from Smith from rt.
Wayne who, with, a tatentedsclub, hit
nearly 3S0. stole a lot of bases and
drew a whale of a lot of passes. 1 his
fellow Las pep and should improve
Cubs uain.
Chicairo's Cubs gained wonderfully
in getting Killifer, who is againf the
best catcher in the National leacue,
and rather an indestructible catcher
in spite of the number of chpnees ue
takes. Last vear the Cubs' most vital
weakness was in catching. You must
know by this time, if you have loi
lowed" the dope, that the Cubs will
be almost a strictly defensive team,
relying upon pucning to wm uom
teams that 'excel them in hitting
power. Without good catch in fa-good
pitching practically is impossible; a
fact for you to remember when study
ing team strengths. Boston looks
healthier and. the Phjls will be very
strong defensively and weak onen
sivcly with Burns, Adams and possi
bly Dilhoefer, who promised to be a
world beater and then reported last
year with a sore arm. j
It is rather sad to find Pittsburgh
down at the bottom, but the case of
the Pirates U not hopeless they have
seven catchers on the list and Jimmy
Archer was grabbed to steady the
young staff. The sadness consists of
inding Archer, pretpier catcner B iew
year$ ago, rated so tar aown. it ne
could catch more games ;tne riraies
would be well up but he cannot, go
many games now, and the others do
not promise much excepting, of
course; Fisher. .
In the next we win stuay tne pucn-
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ers which is constaeraoie jou.
it is the most important, and upon
them depends the dope championship
ol the two leagues.
(Copyright, 11. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Amateur Lightweight
Champ Beat in A. A. U.Meet
Boston. April 9. Tommy Fall of
Lowell, the onlv champion to appear
to defend his title at the annual box
ing tournament of the National Ami
ture Athletic union, was eliminated in
a preliminary tonight, when he was
defeated by Owen McManus oi ritts
burgh in the 108 pound class. The
abjsence of title holders in the contest
tw vear was ascribed to war con
ditions. ' "
. William Roberts of New York was
defeated in the 175-pound class and
a short time later was knocked out
when he sought a place in the heavy
weight division.
. Preliminary bouts in the i ana
15,8 pound classes and the finals will
be held tomorrow night.
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Stanford University to
' Quit Athletics During War
Palo Alto. Cal.. April 9. Inter
collegiate athletics will be suspended
for the duration of the war at Stan
ford University, it was announced
today by the Board of Athletic 'Con
trol. Scheduled track meets and base
ball with the University of California
will be filled as the final events of the
inter-scholastic program.
Exhibition Games
Muskogee, Okla., April I. Scare:
s R. H. E.
Detroit Americana ................ 1 IS 1
Cincinnati Natlonala S 10 1
Batterlu: Boland, Cunningham and Stan-
age; Conlcy, Ruther and Wingo.
Anguata, April 8. Scora: B. H. B.
Pittsburgh National 0 S 0
Philadelphia Americana .......... S 1
Batterlei; Cooper and Schmidt: Orrgg
nd McAvoy. '
(Ctllad a or flftn. rain)
Dallas Teg., April 8. Score; ' R. IT. E.
Chicago National! t 8
Dalla Leagua SSI
Batterlu; Srhellenbach , and. Tjrnn;
Lewla, Joitph and Pratt.
Norman, Okla.. April I. Srort R. H. E.
Chicago Americana C IS S
V.'.HUIU, V'1'VH7 .... V D Y
Batterlta: Roblneon, ' BrnsFFaber and
iitmt; aieaaoari ana ueniry.
Mobile, At., April S. Scora! R. H. E.
Brooklyn National .......... .... IS 7
Boaton American g 11 t
' (Thirteen ' Inning, darknera) .
Batterle: Mitchell and Miller, -Crufer;
Maya, Jeonard and Mayer. ,
Spartanburg, 8. C, April 1 Score: ''
It. H. E.
New York American S 1
Boaton National 1 0
Batterle: Mogrldge, Lore, Thormahltn
ana nuei; .Nenr, univtn and Wilson.
New Orleans, La., April I. Score
t I , y R. H. E.
Cleveland American ..v .IS 11 1
New York
Nationals 0
Batlrrt: Morton, Eniamann
and
O'Neill;
Benton. I'errltt and Jtarlden,
POLICE COURT REFEREE HEP
House of Thousand Scandals Would Be
Good Name for Hoosgow, Willie Affirms.
TO ALL THE SOLOMON STUFF
BY WILLIE GREEN.
Assistant Sporting Editor of The Bee.
The boss sent me to police court.
He didn't get me pinched, but he told
me to dig up a story. An' he sed if I
knocked him any more I'd get canned.
I won't, but theres' a lot I'd like to
say about 'im.
It's the first time I eer had to mix
with policemen an' pink haired girls,
an' society people an' automobile
guys. Most of 'em is tougher'n ham
burger an' not half as good.
They hold these seances down at
the jail at Eleventh an' Dodge streets.
I thought when I landed there the
Dutch was tryin' to gas the whole
buhch, but they told me it was
formaldehyde they used for sanitary
reasons. I don't know what the for
malde is, but the hide part is qght. A
tanyard would have smelled like attar
of roses alongside that dump. Believe
me, boy, anything in the sanitary line
belongs right there.
If you're able to go the route
there's a big room at the head of the
stairs where they pull off one of these
jabberwocs every moriing. They
oughta call it the house of the thou
sand scandals. Nearly all of the hoi
poi loi an' the unwashed was .there.
The minute you enter the door you
get the notion that some of them
geeks can't hardly wait till Saturday
night to take their bath.
The Camels Are Coming.
' The referee sits on a platform up in
front. Sergeant Wilson ,sed his name
was Madden, but he ain't such a bad
lookin' cheese at that. He's hep to
all that Solomon stuff, an the way he
hands out the packages would jar you
loose from Genevieve. A high brow,
preacher lookin feller told me he as
suages them with vocalization." I
made him write it down so I'd be sure
to get it. Talk about pumpin' hot air
that ump has got 'em all skinned to a
frazzle. He's just lovely to the shrill
sex. '
The ginks that was waitin' to get
theirs was spread, out for inspection
on the benches in front of the ump.
The layout reminded me of the
halcyon days of John Barleycorn,
when Omaha was an oasis an' we
used to start home for dinner vyith
the best intentions in the world an'
not get there for daze an' days.
Back in those dizzy times before
May 1 got to be the synonym for a
whole caravan of camels we used to
wet up every new suit with a few
scuttles, of suds an' when little Charlie
or Pansy came to town, sans
cutlottes, it took more'n that The
judge told one poor boob a camel
can, go eight days without a driqk,
but ooinetl wants to be a camel, any
way. s
Then, as we got organized, we hit
'em' up to the health of our friends an
pur enthusiasm increased till we had
abiding faith in the universal brother
hood of man. We put 'em away till
we got so spilicated we wouldn't
know our mother-in-law from a hair
mattress, an' saw red rats, an' pink
pigeons an' silver snakes an' things
an' finally gofc miked by a lulu bird
just like this Madden.
Another Horse on Him.
"All the glory that was crease" was
lumped in the case of Tony Powell,
a Peloponnesian wop charged with
keeping his store in North Sixteenth
street open on Sunday. Officer
Thomas swore that Tonv made a
33d degree royal arch monkey of him-
seit when he pinched him.
Tony had a hunch that Helen of
Troy was some swell chicken an' that
the lrojans swallowed the wooden
horse just to show them tramps from
Athens that a hghtin Greek don t
mind a Jew splinters. He wanted to
wallop tne mayor in the eye an' sed
heeould lick the chief of police. The
ump pried 'im loose from $10 an'
costs.
Ella. Perkins, ,a battle-scarred
lorelei, who sometimes says her name
is Ethel Miller, was filled with the
fame that made Milwaukee) bilious an
was -communing wildly ' with the
wraiths an doIIvWobs of the mid
night atmosphere, when a flat-headed1
copper, took her to the booby hatch.
She was a bit bashful an' she forfeit.
Fed her cashy bond of 25 good kopecs
ratner tnan come m an give the
judge her dull, drab autobiography.
Mike Maloney, a paragon of de
pravity who tried to put the saloons
out of business by drinking all the
boose himself, was one of a trio lit up
like Christmss candles. Yqu kqow
With the.
MERCANTILE LEAGl E.
DREXEL SHOE CO.
lt Id. 8d. Tot!
Mvlngiton . .16 ITS 104 6S1
Richer .....lt 178 80S SH
Johnson ....141 150 143 449
Armstrong . 147 16ft. 101
Raura .;04 193 13 140
Totals.... 881 831 86S 1887
i BRYNE-HAMMER CO.
1st. !d. 3d. Tot
Straw ......148 14T 143 438
Swart .173 188 134 498
Handicap 63 S (3 18
Total TS4 818 8tT 1458
NEBRA8KA CtOTHINO CO.
1st. id. 3d. Tot.
Vetter 1:3 14T 10 458
Voder 113 133 170 403
Rlpa ...... .111 158 1(3 418
Tonus 14S 143 148 433
'..171 133 143 455
Handicap 23 23 II
Total ....!! 723 331 2243
gJMultrk 141 14S 160 460
I Darling .... St 117 181 30
Berka 138 157 1U 437
they do those things in "bone dry
Omaha" every once in a while.
Maloney an' John Kilcullen an'
John Lundy had the colly-wobbles at
Eleventh an Dougals streets an' were
chattering like jibben-ainosays when
they were taken to the house of the
good shepherd.. They were Interned
for 10 days.
When You Need a Plumber.
Lena Gala is one of those pantella
shaped girls that they tie a string to
when she takes a bath so she won't
slip through the waste pipe an' you
gotta get a plumbed Her pathway
has not been lined with daffodils an'
daisies since she got into a scrap with
Mrs. Dobjoyski out South Twenty
fifth street way. Get that Dob-joy-ski?
.
Neighbors down there fell out over
a well deal. Mrs." Dobjoyski sed the
well cost $600 an' Lena only paid 10
cents. The ; common scolds got to
gether an' resolved that Lena couldn't
get water at the well not for that 10
cents. Some purple adjectives were
used an' the first thing anybody knew
the whole bunch had to come to the
jabberwoc an' tell their secrets. Right
there the ump worked in some of that
Solomon stuff. He told 'em to kiss an'
make up, an' to let Lena have water
an'' not to say anything about the 10
cents, "
A nigger named Nightingale was in
for shootin craps. Ever been there an
lit on a splinter? Perkins an' Bonder
in' John the Baptist smokes de
scended direct from the Senegambian
slave trade, were in the same load.
Judge Julius Smith Cooley, a lawyer
they say Charles Evans Hughes is
jealous of, defended the bunch an'
they was discharged. Can you beat it?
Waterloo Will Offer
$35,000 for Big Match
Waterkro, la., April 9. (Special
Telegram.) Waterloo may be the
scene of the Earl Caddock-Joe Stecher
wrestling match July 4.
F. J. Hanlon and W. J. O'Neil of the
Blackhawn Athletic club with the sun-
port of a number of prominent wrest
ling enthusiasts will submit a bid of
$35,000 for the championship
match. r
i Carl Marfisi, the Omaha sports pro
moter, stopped in Waterloo this eve
ning on his way to Chicago. He an-,
nounced that bids would be opened in
Omaha on May 1. The place of hold
ing the big bout will be decided at that
time and the bid of the local club will
be amohg those considered.
Mr. Marfisi stated that Gene Me
lady, Earl Caddock's manager, is de
sirious of giving all promoters an op
portunity of bidding on " the big
event
Wrestling Matches and
Ring Bout for Benefit
.Three fast wrestling matches and
one sparring exhibition were given at
Ernie Holmes' gymnasium Monday
night to raise funds with which to
buy base ball equipment for the
Omaha boys at Camp Funston.
Barney Barnum threw Steve Can
non in three minutes. Tom Ray
slamme'd the "Mysterious Kid" to the
mat in five minutes and then wrestled
Jack Solomqjp a 15-minute draw.
Battling Garrison and Young Gillam
gave the sparring exhibition.
Zbyszko Victorious Over
Cutler in Waterloo Bout
Waterloo, la., .April 9. Wladek
Zbyszko defeated Charley Cutler of
Chicago in straight falls here Monday,
night, the first coming in one hour
ana iu minutes and the second
four minutes.
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McGoorty Wins Battle.
Chicago; April 9. "Eddie" Mc
Gooty, of Oshkosh, Wis., making his
first appearance in. the ring since his
return from Australia, knocked out
"Frankie Brennan, of Detroit, in the
second round of a scheduled ten
round bout tonight Brennan - was
knocked down .twice , in the first
round. Both men are middlcweights.
Bloom Disqualified.
Chelsea, Mass., April 9. Phil
Bloom, of Brooklyn, was disqualified
in the seventh round of his 12-round
match with Patsy Cline, New York,
tonight, for holding with on? nand
and bitting with the other, i
Bowlers
OTIS ELEVATOR CO.
Ellis .......ISt 178 180 117
Anderson ...US 143 143 443
Webster ....143 160 168- 463
Wenke ,....150 1SS lit 437
Ruffer ....13S 130 134 230
Total ....747.735 T72 2255
M. K. SS1TH
Hefton 163 118 37 424
Welch ....178 166 168 810
Murphy ....Jl 144 113 tit
Barblerl ...187 171 138 413
Senger 13 188 303 Sit
Total
.y.883 307 a
MISKE WINS OVER '
COWLER IN SEVENTH
St. Paul Lad Clearly Outclasses
Heavier Opponent, Taking
Every Round Except Third;
Scores Knockdown.
Minneapolis, April 9. Billy Miske
of St. Paul won a technical knockout
over Tom Cowler, English heavy
weight, in the seventh round of a
scheduled ten-round no decision
contest here tonight; After the Eng
lish boxer had been knocked down
twice for the count of nine, the
referee stopped the fight to -save
Cowler from further punishment.
Miske clearly outclassed his heav
ier opponent, taking every round ex
cept the third, which was ever.,
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The
Thrtraghoirt the country in the great military camps, officers are
being trained, recruits whipped into fighting shap and aviators and
artilleryincn schooled in their special arts. ' x
In the foreground of all this activity, provitfiag rapid cammna.
cation for the new armies, is the Bell Telephone System.
Thousands of miles of new telephone lines have been bnxtt and
hmidreds of switchboards have been installed in training camps, army
schools and other
government.
The Bell System has organised and furnished fourteen complete
battalions' of telephone men for service with the army signal corps in
the field. A great number of our men have also gone with the national
guard and in other branches of the military service, or have been
drafted. These thousands of trained employees cannot be readily re
placed. ' ) ' '
In addition to the requirements of the government for skilled tele
phone men and for telephone service and equipment, we are confronted
with the growing telephone needs of countless industries expanded and
accelerated by the war.
The constantly increasing drain of the war on our "maintenance
forces is causing great difficulty in installing telephone equipment even
for the most urgent needs. In addition telephone materials cost practi
cally double what they did two years ago.
On some of our long distance lines the added number of messages
: isso great that we are not "getting through" the calls with the
former promptness. Our local service is also suffering in some locali
1 ties on account of the present conditions.
carried the fight to the Briton and
had the better' of clinches and in
fighting. Cowler appeared slow and
bewildered by Miske's aggrcssive
sess. Cowler weighed 210 pounds
and Miske 175.
Czernin Insists French
Took First Peace Step
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, April 9. The state
ments of the French government and
ex-Premier Painleve that itvas Aus
tria, not France, which took the initia
tive, resulting in the conversations in
Switzerland concerning the possibility
of opening peace negotiations, are de
nied by the Austrian government,
which insists that France took the
first step.
Theatrical Man Dead.
Detroit, Mich., April 9. Harry F.
Parent,,manager of the Detroit Opera
house, and known to theatrical peo
nlp thrmiD-hoiit the rnnntrv. Hied of
pneumonia here today.
Telephone's Part
in the Nation's
military headquarters as a part
Wont you help us "do our bit" for the government by not asking
for additional telephone equipment unlet absolutely essential to the
conduct of your busineee, and by putting every possible restraint on
unnecessary" use of our local and long distance service T
Mum TELEPHONE
Germans Demand Russ
Fleet Be Dismantled
Petrograd, April 9. In reply to i
protest of the Smolny institutt
against the landing of German troopt
in Finland, Germany has sent a wire
less ultimatum demanding, in accord
ance with article ' five of the Brest
Litovsk treaty, the removal or dis
armament of all Russian warships in
Finnish waters by noon, April 12
The Smolny institute has ordered tht
commander of the fleet to accede tc
this demand.
The German and Ukrainian troopsv
being within 30 versts of Kharkov, th
soviet has quit that town. ' .
James Seeks Re -Election.
Washington, April 9. Senator Olli
M. James of Kentucky today an
nounced his candidacy for re-election,
subject to action at the democratic
primaries in Kentucky next August.
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of our work for the
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