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GIANTS AND WHITE SOX DUE
TO REPEAT IN 1 91 6 LEAGUE
RACES, FULLtRTON ASSERTS
'Cincy Red Will Follow. Muggsy's Men in National and
' Red Sox Will Rank Second in American; Athletics
and Pirates Again Will Finish in
the Cellar.
: AMEBICAX JLEAOVE.
" ; w. .I- rt.
fhlrafo ;..( 0 .810
Bo. ton 7 7 .M
tie.eland .-... M .448
Now York 4 70 .S46
Detroit ,.75 70 ..47
Ht.. Iul , 70 14 .4M
Washington M H .41
Philadelphia, ..67 7 J10
By HUGH S. FULLERTON:
r Ladeez and Genlmn: The Ny Yawk Gintij and the Chi
cago White Sox will mWt again for the championship of the
world next October.
' The dope says so. The dope proves that White Sox and
Giants are the two strongest clubs in America, and that, barring
erious accidents and with an even break in the luck, they will
repeat the comedy and tragedy of last fall.
REDS SECOND. O
Cincinnitfi, a newcomer in chant
pionship circles, alone of the National
league shows strength enough to
press the Giants to the finish, and the
two dark horses are the Chicago Cubs,
the old rivals of the Giants, who, if
they win, - must win on pitching
stnength alone, and the St Louis Car
dinals, a much, strengthened and a
dangerous te&m with a new leader.
L a i i u:--
leads in "strength, both of individual
players and in team work, but prom-
ises this year to have a harder fight
before it attains a pennant than it had
last year.' -"
, BOSTON CHALLENGER.
The remodeled Boston club will
again be a challenger, Geveland a
serious contender if its pitching staff
manages to bald tip to the finish of
the season, and the New York
Yankees, under new leadership, is the
dark horse of the race. Huggins must
get the limit of endeavor from eachj
man and have a run of luck and
pitching to get through. I
The dope leaves no doubt as to the
strength of the clubs. We have fig
ured the batting, base running, field
ing, throwing, speed, ability to wait
for base on' balls', to get hit, to take
two bases on a hit, etc., of every'man
in every club of the two leagues.
When two or more men will play one
position we have calculated how
many' game each will play in the po
sition, and have struck the ratio of
strength and found the position
strength of each team. We have com
pared the teams of the two leagues,
position by position) and have given
them figure value based upon the
value of that position. We have as
sembled the position values into team
values and compared the teams.
The last process of the doping is of
course the rr.ostNriteresting. It may
be interesting to discover that the
total strength of the Giants is 11,623
to Cincinnati's 11,583, but what we
want to kno.v is; How many games
will they win and lose?
How He Doea It.
To reach his re'sult requires infin
ite figuring.' I have done it in this
manner: Knowing the comparative
strength of each team I have taken,
for instance, Cleveland, and pitted its
pitching strength against Chicago's
batting strength, its batting strength
against Chicago's pitching strength
and figured the number of games each
should win and lose in 22 games
scheduled. Then Cleveland against
New York, end so on until I con
cluded that Cleveland, with its pitch
ing strength against the pitching
and batting strength of the other
seven clubs, ought to win 86 and lose
68 games during the season if it
plays out the entire schedule. Then I
took Chicago and went through the
same process, figuring what its pitch
ers should b against each club 'and
what each club's pitchers ought to do
against the White Sox. And so
through ach club of the major
leagues until I arrived at the results
tabulated at the head of this column.
You will run across some peculiar
freaks in following this method. This
is because cf the fact that, certain
pitchers, who, perhaps, are with medi
ocre clubs i "have something ; on"
stronger clubs, and when we come, to
compare team -strength we suddenly
find the great attacking power of one
dub nullified by the peculiar style ot
some one piicher. Thus we find "that
tne pew xortc mams in au proDaono
ity will lose the series to the Chicago
Cubs', in spite of the fact (hat the
Giants are a much stronger team, be
cause Mitchell has chosen and pur
chased pitchers who "have something
on" the Giants. r v
"s Alex. It Cub Gain. '
. Chicago's big gain, of course, is in
getting Alexander, Even if he should
nat prove the winner for them he has
been for. the Phillies, the Cubs are
big gainers . because Alex always
i could beat them and usually, pitched
a large number of games against them
and usually against both Giants and
' JfATIOXAt LEAGIK.
W. ' I Pot.
New York , Mt .sio
ClnelnnaU .... H M .A77
St. Louis M 70 .
Chicago HO 74 ..MO
IlMtiin . 77 77 .5110
Philadelphia .....OS HA .HI
Brooklyn 04 00. Ait
ruuburth as c .n
Cincinnati when in form and was
aganst Chicago, which is a double
gain for the Cubs. ,
W find these variations all through
the dope, but they do not seriously
affect the averages upon which all
dope is based. '
Qddly enough, if the dope works
out as it should, there will be few
important changes from the finish of
last season, except a generally better
tone among the National league clubs
.and a slightly .better bunching of the
American leaguers. In the American
league New York and St. Louis show
the, most improvement. The experi
mental stage will be trying and the
teams probably will make a late start.
It is to be hoped that juggins can
lose the jinxl that has been pursuing
the team for several yetrs. St. Louis
ought to improve greatly as soon as
its pitching staff rounds into shape.
Tones has plenty of material, but is
liable to lose ground at the start of
the season while .trying to choose his
regular 'pitchers. Such lost ground
usually is made up later, but I have
had to give the western teams an
edge on the Browns because they will
get to play before the team settles
to regular work. i
4 Two Lose Ground.
In the National Tcague there is a
genercl forward movement, with the
exception of Pittsburgh andBrook
lynt which have lost ground. If Pfef
fer, who was considered lost to the
team, gets into shape and. is left with
th club even a month it will help
mightily.-- The best of the pitching
staff is getting aged. Coombs, an
nounces this is his last season and
Richard the Lion Heart Marquardt
cannot go his left-handed way many
more seasons. -
The dope picks the piants and
White Sox but we 'can1 pick any
team we please and this season I'm
going to 'give my second rooting to
Miller Huggins. Being a Dugan I
must root for the. White Sox, hut
Huggins comes second. And , I'm
going to pull hard for Matty in the
National. Imagine Matty coming back
to the Polo grounds leading the team
that may beat the Giants out I Oh,
boyl . v.
(Copyright, IIIS, by th Ball Syndicate, Ino.)
JOE STECHER IN
OMAHA SNAPS AT
FINNISH HUSKY
Joe Steelier, accompanied by . his
brother, Tonyent through Oma!ia,
Thursday on their way to Baltimore
and several other eastern points,
where Joe has matches scheduled.
Joe is completely "recovered from
his threatened attack of pneumonia
and says he is teeling in the best of
condition. He worked out at his
Lome in Dodge several days before
starting for the east and felt no ef
fects of his recent illness.
Stecher is hot on the trail of one
John Olim.who is scheduled to wres
tle Earl Caddock in Des, Moines to
night, according to Tony.
"Joe would like to get a match with
Olin above all men," said Tony.
"When Joe wrestled Olin before he
was practically a one-armed man. He
could not use his right arm at all;
the next morning he coiild not even
lift a spoon with it, it was so sore.
"Joe, believes he is entitled to a
match with Olin;. that if Olin intends
to boast of his first match with Joe
he should wrestle Joe again to prove
that he is the superior man he says
he is. Joe is willing to meet any of
the big fellows he bars nobody bul
he would prefer to gt just one
crack at Olin."
Abolition of All Hotel
. Bars Under Consideration
Chicago. April 12. Abolition of the
bars in all hotels in the United States
Today's Spori Calendar
Athletlrs Junior metropolitan
comitry championship, at New York City.
Bowling- Annual tournament of Ohio
Knight of Columbus open at Sandusky, O.
, Bane liftlt Drtrolt American against Cln
rlnnnlt Nationals, at Cincinnati. Hon ton
.National against Washington Americans, at
Washington. Cleveland Amercans against
New York Nationals, at Islington. Ht. Louis
National ngaliiHt St. Lout American, at
Ht. IahiIi. New York, Americans against
Brooklyn Nationals, nt Brooklyn. Phllaclel
lilila - American against Philadelphia) N'a
tionnl, at Philadelphia.
W rolling National amateur champion
shins, at Chicago.
Boning .lark Brlltnn against Johnny
Griffiths, 10 rounds, at Fort Worth. Benny
Leonard oiralnst Jack Brazzo, six rounds, at
Philadelphia.
ALEX THE GREAT
CALLED FOR WAR;
V.iLLGO APRIL26
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Former Pitcher Ordered by Ne
braska Board to Report at
Camp Funston With -
Next Draft.
St. Taul, Neb., April 12. Grover
Cleveland Alexander, pitcher of the
Chicago National league base ball
team, hai been selected by the draft
board of Howard county as one of
12 of the county1' quota of drafted
men to go to Camp Funston during
the five days beginning April 26.
Chicago, April 12. The calling of
GTover Cleveland Alexander, premier
pitclieY-of the National league, into
the army, as reported today from his
home in Sf Paul, Neb., will cost
Charles II. Weeghman, president of
the Chicago Nationals, $50,000.
Mr. Veeghman, made this statement
after being informed that Alexander
had been1 crafted ai.d ordered to re
port at Camp Funston on April 26,
News of Alexander's! loss was a
shod: to Weeghman, who purchased
the pitching star and his battery
mate, 'Catcher William Killifer, from
the Philadelphia club for a price re-J
ported to be in excess of $60,000. It
was one of the biggest base ball deals
in the history of the game.
"What's that read it again," ex
claimed Weeghman, when the dis
patch advising of Alexander's call in
to the army was readover the tele
phone. Shock to Club.
"That certainly is a wallop-a seri
ous shock for 1 the Chicago club,"
Weeghman said after the dispatch
was again read to him. "It mean
that we shall lose $50,000. There was
a stipulation in the deal with the
Philadelphia club that if either Alex-i
andcr or Killifer was called into the?
army 30 days before the opening of
the season the deal could be called
off. That -time, of course, has passed.
, "While we arc sorry to lose him,
especially at this time, we are glad
to help the government in ay way,
and, df course, will do nothing to obJ
tain his release."
Weeghman admitted for the first
time today that Alexander had been
paid a $5,000 bonus" for joining the
club this1 season. He had been con
sidered a "holdout," as he had de
manded part of his purchase , price
from the Philadelphia club and
Weeghman gave him $5,000 to satisfy
him. i "
Alexander is the first base ball star
of magnitude to be called to the col
ors. Expertsare of the opinion that
his loss will materially weaken the
pennant chancer of the Chicago club
in the National league race.
. Ready to Go.
Guthrie, Ok!., April 12. Pitcher
Grover Alexander of the Chicago Na
tionals expressed surprise here today
that he had been oalled into the army,
but declared he was ready to go.'He
expressed the hope that he would, be
given the chance to pitch the opening
pame of the season in St. Louis next
Tuesday. .
" "1 know nothing about the order,"
Alexander said, "but it may be in the
mails. T am ready to go. No one
will have the chancejto call me a
slacker."
Manager Fred Mitchell of the Chi
cago Nationals was shocked at the
news.
"Alexander's departure, of cqurse,
will be a big loss to us," Mitehell said,
"but we will have ,to make the best
ef it." '
Alexander probably will be able to
pitch two or three games for Chi
cago, as the season opens 10 days be
fore the time he must report at Camp
Funston. Manager Mitchell had al
ready selected him to pitch the open
ing game of the year when Chicago
opposes St. Louis on April 16. ' -
and Canada was forecast in an an
nouncement today by the executive
council of the American Hotel ass6
ciation. v (
Declaring that the interests jof the
hotel business are paramount id those
of the saloon, the council strongly
advocated that the saleof liquor be
confined to light wines and beer.
Omaha Real Estate Is the best iij
vestment you could make Read The
Bee's reafestate columns. -
ONLY TWO OMAHA
ATHLETES STILL
REMAIN ABSENT
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With Arrival of Defate and
Hanford, Kopp and Holder-
marf Are Only Rourkes
Not at Work.
Tony Defate, infielder, and Charley
Hanford, outfielder, reported for duty
at Rourke prk Thursday morning.
Only two athletes now are missing.
They are Kopp, pitcher, and Holder
man, outfielder., Koppis detained at
hfs home in Peoria on'account of ill
ness in the family. Holderman is a
practicing physician in his home town
and" last Sunday he wired Managei
Jackson asking permission to report
10 days late on account of his prac
tice, Jackson wired in "reply toy re
port as soon as possible and he ex
pects Holderman this week.
The lWiirkes are showing all kinds
of speed in practice and Jackson be
lieves they will be in pretty fair con
dition when they tackle tlit 'Brandeis
crew in Ihe first game of the year at
Rolirke park Sunday. The pitchers
have been showing plenty of stuff and
some of the i athletes have been
knocking the cover off the pill in the
batting practice. Now that Defate
and Hanford are here the team is re
cruited almost to its full strength, so
that; even if Kopp ahd Holderman j
should tail to arrive before the Bran
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Don't Experiment with Cataarh;
It Of ten Leads to Dread Consumption
You Will Never Be Cured by
Local Treatment With Sprays
and Douches. j
rotovrVi ie n rnnrlition of the blood
andean not be cured by local- appli
cations of sprays and douqhes; this
has been proven by the thousands
whojiave- vainly resorted to this
method of treatment. '
Catarrh should not be neglected
or experimented-with. The wrong
treatments is vaiaaoie time iosi, cur
ing which the disease is getting
firm.. Vtnlrl nnon its victim, and mak
ing -it more difficult for even the
proper treatment to accompnsn re
sults. '.. ".; '
Though Catarrh makes its lirst
appearance in the nostrils, threat
and air passages, the disease becomes
deis game, the professionals will pre
sent a strong front.
"Not Guilty," Is Verdict in
Anti-Draft Conspiracy Case
" Topeka, "Kan., April 12. A verdict
of not guilty was returned by the
federal. court here. today in the case
of Dr. Eva Harding, Ike Gilberg and
Ernest Newman, all tf Topeka, and
Prof. George W. Kleige oi Lawrence,
Kan., charged with conspiracy to ob
struct the draft.
Iowa's Champion Wrestler
Defeats New Englander
Ottumwa, la., April 12. Alex Bean
of Ottumwa, middleweight champion
wrestler of Iowa, defeated EdAberg,
middleweight champion of New Eng
land, here tonight in two straight
; falls. Bean obtained the .first fall in
43 minutes and the second in 23 min
utes. ! I 1
Exhibition Games,
Dallas, Tex., Aprlf 11. Score: R. H. E.
Chicago Nationals 3 S 1
Dallas Texas teaiue 0 -8 1
Batteries: Alexander, Walker and Killi
fer; Wilson and Dowte.
Topeka, Kan. April 11. Score: R. H. E
Chicago Americans, (second team) 8 14 3
Topeka Western League 7 7 5
Batteries: Oanforth and Lynn; Huggins,
Haines and Manlon, Mosseman.
Little Rock, Ark., April 1L Score:
, 1 R. H.B.
Cincinnati National! 6 11 1
Detroit Americans 4 1
Batteries: Ruthor and Mingo; James,
Hall and J. Cobb. ,
Wichita, Kan., April 11. Sdore: R. H.B.
Chicago Americans 8 5 2
Wichita Western League 6 12 8
Batteries: Penz, Clcotte, , Roberson and
Schalk; Lyons and Taryan.
Columbia, Mo., April 11. The University
ef Missouri won Jrom Ames University at
baae hell today. 6 to 6.
16th Street
mAro nnrl more acerravated and final
ly reaches down into the lungs, and
everyone recognizes the alarming
condition that results when the lungs
are affected. Thus Catarrh may be
the forerunner of that most dreded
and " hopeless of all diseases, con
sumption. No local treatment affords perma
nent relief. Experience has taught
that S. S. S. is the one remedy
which attacks the disease at its
source, the blood, and produces sat
isfactory Tesolts , in even the worst
cases. Catarrh sufferers are urged
to give S. S. S. a thorough trial. It
is sold- by all druggists. Yu are in
vited to write to the medical depart
ment for expert advice as to how to
treat yodr'own case.: Address Swift
Specific Co., 436 Swift Laboratory,
Atlanta, ua
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GERMAN U-BOAT
CREWS DEPRESSED;!
ALL CURSE WAS
London, April 12. Crews of the
German submarines are downhearted
and often extremely nervous.
British seamen whose vessels have
been torpedoed and who haye thus
had an opportunity to observe the
Germans bear testimony to this fact.
In the offjeial records of the sub
marine war, says the Manchester
Guardian, again and agaift the sub
marine crews are describedas "very
depressed" or "my nervous." Here
is one description; "Master and crew
were very much struck by the pallid
appearance of the officers and crew
of the submarine, and by their nerv
ous and excited manner. The cap
tain of the submarine was continual
ly urging haste and the officer who
was placing the bombs could hardly
hold them from the condition of ner
vous tension in which he appeared
to be.!'
One of tW crew who had ilived
long in England, speaking to the
boat's crew, cursed the war and wish
ed it was over. In many cases the
Germans tried to justify themselves
or excuse themselves to their fellow
seamen. Some of these reports show
the hideousness of the German fight
ing system, but they are all mild com
pared with the classic story of Ger
man bestiality where the men were
taken on the submarine deck, their
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TOR U. S. SCHOOLS
Washington, April 12. A demand
that the country's school! give in
struction to make them 100 per cent
American was made by George A.
Strayer of New York in an address
before the nafional 'conference of
American lecturers here today.
Mr. Strayer, who is chairman of
the joint commission on education of
the National Education association
said: I " '
1 "The American democracy which
is being developed by the war is dis
satisfied with the present situation in
which it is possible for American
boys and girls to complete their edu
cation in schools in which German,
Polisn or some other foreign tongue
is the language of instruction.
"The ideals and institutions for
which America is willing to sacrifice
its choicest manhood cannot be per
petrated in schools which seek to
hand on the traditions and the institu
tions of peoples who speak other
tongues."
lifebelts 'removed, and then the boat
was submerged.
The men of one three-masted
schooner" were left with only one
oar in their boat, and for this the
master had to beg, the others being
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rHOTOLATS,
This
Fie in dl
asM Berlin -
seduced Russia.
ravished Belgium.
strangled Serbia,
murdered innocent
women and children
in Paris, London
and scores of other
cities.1
Q IE IE with your
hs7 ILsai ttssi own eyes
what this monster has
done in
destroying: the world's peace the
Hres of millioni of ianocent people.
See his autocratic, overbearis!,
atrocious. Insane fiendiehnese. It
will make your blood boil. The
most imaziaf picture oi the century.
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