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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1918.
English Woman Golfer to Aid Red Cross
The
GREATEST TURF
(lOURKES START PESEK MATCHED
1910 SEASON AT TO MEET PETERS
iTOME WEDNESDAY HERE NEXT MONTH
SPEAKER GAINS
LEAD IN BATTLE
FOR SWAT ME
Cleveland Center Fielder Blazes
Trail With Average of .526;
McCarty Is National
Leader.
Opening Day and Military Day
' Will Be Simultaneous Events
This Year; Simple Cere
Colonel Pickering, commander
of the 4tst infantry stationed at
Fort ..Crook, will throw .the first
ball at the opening game of the
Western league season in Omaha
at Jtourke park Wednesday after
noon. Major Maher of the
Omaha quartermaster' depot will
catch ' Colonel Pickering's pitch,
providing the colonel's control is
good. -. , ;
Omaha will observe Opening Day
r..-.d Military Day simultaneously
Wednesday when the Rourkes usher in
. the 1918 Western league season' on
i the "home lot :
't Altb6ugh earlier in the spring Pa
Rourke planned to make opening day
I a notable event, he has concluded a
plan of simple ceremonies will be
best
' t All of the soldiers at Fort Omaha
and Fort "Crook will be guests . of
'.Rourke at the opening game.. This
applies to officers and enlisted men
, and Rourke has urged the cpm
u, nanders of the two local costs to
, give as many of their soldiers as pos
sible a chance to attend the first game
'of the season.., V
Real music wilt be provided by the
41st infantry military band from Fort
' Z 'rook. . . ', '
Dickerjon Here. ;
. Emerson Dickerson; president of
the Western league, has promised to
attend the opening game here to
" see what Omaha can do in the way
of supporting its ball club. '
Omaha again will make a by to
r capture the Arthur Capper cup, pre,
f snted by the governor of Kansas to
the club recording theliighest paid
attendance on opening day. '
' - ' -
tat nrsr. year inc tapper cup was
Offered, 1916, Omaha won the trophy
hands down with, an attendance of
! more than S.OOO. Last year, ' how-
-.nar Wiohita tint litnirrh nn the
ijate Mtywnen me weamer man an
looseda blast that cut the Omaha at-
tendance down to less than 2,000.
' This season,, however, Omaha has
,,n excellent chance to win the trophy
.gain. The Chamber of Commerce,
Rotary club and other civic or
,'sanizations are boosting the event
And many business houses will give
their employes the freedom o the
afternoon To they may attend the
'.game. : ;
. , Deserve Support.
The Rourkes this year deserve the
support of the Gate City fans. In, the
, race of the many dbstacles which con
iront the base ball magnate in these
times of trouble and strife, Pa Rourke
; has assembled a nifty batl club. ' Only
5 cue team in the last decade looked
any better at the start of tjie year than
) the present aggregation. That was
. the championship team of 1916 which
'nctnded such players as Ernie
Krueger, Peterkin Kilduff. now in the
"majors Lou North, Ray Miller,
Marty Krug and Cy Forsythe.
But the 1918 team appears to be a
real team. It, looks like a-4eam that
would put up a stiff fight -in Class A
, t in times of peace and such a team is
little short of a gem in times of war.
One veteran Omaha fan who has seen
imany Rourkes come and go it. his
' time, remarked the other day after
'scanning the lineups of the eight
aeams of the Western league: "If it
, fwas a certainty Rouke could hold
every one ofthe present players for
the entire season, I would be willing
to 'bet even money 0niaha finishes
"one-two.". 1
ii That is the only problem that faces
Rourke, the element of uncertainty of
?Tetaining his players. The'war may
riddle his team at any time. But all
base ball magnates face the same
problem, . v
;i A new manager will lead the
Rourkes into battle Wednesday. He
, is Bill Jackson, late of Peoria. Jack
f.son plays first base as well as man
" ges the club, and he is considerable
f first sacker. Ke formerly played with
(Seattle and when the Federal league
" was organized .he jumped from the
.coast to the Chicago Feds, where he
i - --i.i- 4 tin u.
iuauc u cuviauic iciuiu. lieu luc
Feds were taken over by organized
t--i
hall. Toe Tinker, for MOom Jackson
. played at Chicago, sent Bill to Peoria
' to manage that club,' in which Tinkef
owned stock. Jackson won two pen-
- -nant8 for Peoria in the Three-I league.
Then last year when the'Three-I avi-
ated, Jackson took his Peoria team
into the Central league. They ac
cepted a place almost at the bottom of
the standing of the teams in order
h to' get into the- league. And they al
rnost Set the loop on fire. Had the
; season been a little longer Peoria
probably would have, won another
. pennant
!- , 01 Fighting Type.'
t Jackson is a manager of the fight
ing type. He isn't a rowdy ball player
' vr anything like that, but he has the
' knack of instilling the spirit of the
raine into his men. A team, led bv
I Jackson can be depended upon to
tcrap, even though fighting against
itemuigly too great odds. And that's
v'hat the fans like to see.
. ' On paper the Rourke outfield and
' ' Seli seem to be easily- the class of
X'-e league with such stars as Defate,
- Lonkan, Manford, Bashang, Holder
' f an, Callahan, Nye and Jackson him
" ulf. The catching department, Pratt,
, l veteran, and Lingie, a recruit, should
laid its own.- The fate of ,the Rourkes
Jiangs on the pitching .staff, h Of the
tix pitchers. ; only two, Merz and
OToole, are veterans. If the ofher
" Tir. the youngsters, prove winners
i : r if only two of them prove win
6 ers the Rourkes have more than a
:ht tug. chance v for the Western
.?tte pennant y"- '
. Lioux City will be Omaha's oppo
Wednesday. ' .
Newest Nebraska Mat Sensa
tion to Make First Main
Attraction Appearance in
. Omaha in June.
John Tesek, Nebraska newest
wrestling sensation, will make his
first appearanceas a main attraction
in Omaha ''early in June. He will
dash with Charlie Peters, the Papil
lion carpenter.' '.Vf : . "
Arrangements for the Pesek-Peters
match were consummated by Mart
Slattery, manager of Pesek, and Jack
Lewis, manager of Peters, at Lincoln
following Pesek's victory over Yussif
Hussane.
Lewis, in behalf of Peters, made a
ringside " challenge to the winner of
the Pesek-Hussane bout When Pesek
earned the victory, Slattery im
mediately accepted and Omaha was
named as the place. Lewis will pro
mote the go. 4 . ''
No date was established, owing to
a bum wing Pesek is nursing. Two
or three weeks ago a growth of some
kind made an unexpected appearance
on Pesek's arm. . For 10 days prior
to the match with Hussane Pesek did
no training at all, on account of the
injured member and when he entered
the ring with Hussane it was the
first time he had been on a mat in
the 10-day period. He was practically
a one-armed wrestler.
In order to be. sure that the.arm
is entirely well before he tackles
Peters, Pesek asked that no definite
date be-aamed. He hopes to beat the
growth by the middle of May, so that
be will have two weeks of training
before June. In the event the arm
is repaired, as expected, the Pesek
Peters match'will be announced for a
date as soon after June 1 as possi
ble. Lewis Boosts Pesek.
Jack Lewis, even though manager
of a rival' wrestler, described Pesek
as one of the greatest wrestlers in the
game, after seeing the Lincoln match.
"I dislike to offer alibis of any kind
and this may sound suspiciously like
an alibi," said Lewis, "but Pesek was
fighting against great odds in his
match with Hussane. I am confident
he would have won two straight falls
over Hussane in quick time had it not
been for 1is weak arm. The arm was
practically useless v to him. Even
though Pesek won from Hussane on
a referees decision,- it . was a real
victory. The . ring was much too
small. It was far snort of the regula
tion size. And Hussane, taking ad
vantage of this, rolled to the ropes
in every mixup.
"Pesek, I believe, is one of the
greatest wrestlers in the game," con
tinued Lewis. "I have hopes that
Peters will beat him. But, to be per
fectly honest with myself as well as
the fans, I will only say-the match
will be 'one of, the best ever held
in umatia, because 1 believe Pesek
and Peters are as evenly matched as
any two wrestlers in the world. And
as I maintain that Joe Stecher is the
only man in the world who can beat
Petersand then only because of the
peculiar adaptibility of Stecher for a
wrestler of Peter's style yon can
understand what I think of Pesek.'
BRANDEIS PLAY
41ST INFANTRY
IN OMAHA TODAY
The Rourkes will play in Des
Moines this afternoon, but Omaha
fans will be treated to a classv dia
mond fray at Rourke park anyway.
Fred Bradford's Brandeis store semi,
pro nine will clash with the 41st In
fantry team from Fort Crook at 3:15.
Both the Brandeis and the soldiers
went down to defeat before the
Rourkes and each has a hunch their
ball team is the better. Today's game
will tell. '
The soldiers have been working
hard of late and expect to have a
stronger team in the field than when
they played the Rourkes. The Bran
deis also are a bit stronger, two old
favorites, George Graham and . Roy
Platz, having returned to decorate
Bradford's infield
The 41st Infantry band will be on
hand to furnish music for the occasion,
so it will be considerable afternoon.
Tha lineup; '
BRANPEIS feTORES. FORT CROOK.
McOratb , , , .. Flnit ......... Jahoover
Uraham...,, 8econd Waller
Synck....... Third........... Coffin
, v"'1- Bhort.. .,.,, umboskt
I Hoben Left Faxon
Dycart. . . . . , Center. ........ Wheeler
Iwlr ....Rlcht. Fool
M. Wllllem Catch Wooten
Olion... Pitch.....', f Williams
First Round in Girls' '
Tennis Tourney Is Finished
, The first ruund of the Central ,High
school girls' tennis tourney hasbecn
completed and several games played
.in the next two rounds. Nearly half
oi me matcnes scneauiea nave Deen
forfeited. The winner of th
tournament is still uncertain. The
results of the weeks' games are:
Naomi Gignox won from Mildred
Benson by default Lillian Kavan
won from Lois Thompson by; de
fault, Helen Lud beat Georgiana
Steel by deftult, Katherine Singles
beat Olga Schermerhorn in two
straight setj. 6-3; 6-3; Mildred Wohl
ford beat Helen Sorenson by default,
Myrl Fonda Won from Geraldine
Roberts by default and Elta Kensing
er defeated Margaret Thompson, W,
6-0.' ;- - ,-.,
Amateur Standings
STANDARD OIL LEAGUE.
Polirinn, I: Re4 Crown, 4.
Perfection Olli. I; Ulca Axel Grease. S.
President A. H. Richardson pitched ftrat
ball. O. M. Smith, vice president, received
same. , -
STANDARD OIL LEAGUE.
P. W. L Pet
Polarities 1 1 e J. 000
Perfection Oil 1 1 .0 1.000
Red Crowns 1 1 .ea
Mica Axle Ureas 1 -O t y .000
Perfection Cooker .... A .000
Perfection Heater .... I - '.0(t
'Ifofewx&rtb ft'rr "V'-'-
,!'';" " - - y sjFA r' -II -ft I
it'' sfadr1' si 'II ' J'-u0' ;& - ' '
Mrs. William A. Gavin, the former
English golf champion and present
Metropolitan title holder, will play
the most expert professional and
amateur golfers in the country in did
of the Red Cross fund. George Low,
the Baltusrol professional, will be
Mrs, , Gavin's first opponent. This
SEASON IS ON;
AMATEUR LADS
BEGIN TO ROAR
Florence Merchants and Trim
ble Brothers Tangle in Pro
test That Even Directors
Can't Solve'.
By FRANK QUIGLEY.
Yep, the sky may ; be blue today,
but the local amateurs will not. be
in a melancholy mood. After hopping
to it for two consecutive Sundays,
while, the weather man was asleep,
the local bean pushers might possi
bly be' affected with heart trouble if
a real sunshiny flay would greet them.
Although ' the weather has" been
everything but satisfactory for night
practice nevertheless most all of the
teams are in the pink of condition and
with but few exceptions palatable
base ball has been delivered to the
hungry fans hereabouts. ' '
A meeting of the American leaguers
was held last week to decide the con
troversy, between the Florence . Mer
chants and the Trimble Bros. Both
teams were garbed with excellent
arguments and as it was a difficult
matter to ascertain which squad was
in the wrong pew, it was decided to
relegate this game to the river and
play it over. 1 It developed at said
convention that the Trimble Bri. had
a joy ride all mapped out for today
to Schuyler, Neb., consequently they
wanted to cancel, their engagement,
billed for three and a. half strikes at
Rivervisw park this afternoon, but
Manager. Bogue! of the McCaffreys;
refused .' to' cancel the prearranged
matinee, so the Trimbles will parade
around atfRiverview park with the
McCaffrey 'Motor crew this after
noon. -.: i;
Only Five Clubs. .
The City league has decided to
pump through the season with five
teams.' By not answering the roll call
for two games the Walter G. Clark's
automatically forfeited their franchise.
Today the Morris & Co. crew will be
off, so this gang wiu. battle out at
Fort Omaha against the horsehide
?elters stationed there, at 3 p. m. A
orfeit game will be allowed each
team in the ieague for the first
round. -
Well,' another .Saturday league has
been ushefed through the gates. It
broke the ice yesterday. The general
opinion that a Saturday league would
be organized hinged on the negative.
Because of the fact that many of the
star youngsters of the Union Pacific's
league have been called to the colors,
leaving huge gaps in the different
teams, to date this league has not
reorganized. It seems as though the
fading - veterans and the youthful
timber not quite ripe (or military ser
vice could v nil aforementioned gaps.
It would make the competition keener
if two Saturday leagues were or! the
boards. ' Anyway the Standard Oil
Co. will play along with a league com
posed of six teams, namely Red
Crown Gasoline, Polarines, Perfection
Oil, Mica Axle Grease, Perfection
Cookers and Perfection HeaterstTwo
games were reeled off in this league
yesterday afternocn between the
Polarines and ! Red Crown Gasoline
and the Perfection Oils and Mica
Axle Grease. The Perfection Cook
(Cantlaaed oa Par TMrtaea, Column Three)
match will be played on the Baltusrol
course on Sunday, May K Low has
agreed to give Mrs. Gavin a handicap
of nine strokes for the 18-hole course.
Mrs. Gavin's recent defeat of Jerome
Travers, one of the greatest golf
champions ever developed on Amer
ican links, was quite a shock to golf
Major Xeague Averages
National League v
TEAM BATTING. . "
G. AB. R. SH. SB. Pet.
New VorkY.....l 410 80 131 23
Cincinnati IS 311 84 110 12
Philadelphia ...1! 401 48 104 8
P'ttnburgh t 284 37 69 12
Brooklyn , li 398 37 95 10
Chicago 10 314 39 75 18
St. Louts..:. ...13 387 26 89 10
Boston ...12 396 38 69 11
TEAM FIELDING.
W. L. DP. PO. A.
19
9
12
14
8
6
' S
E.
5
17
12
19
24
26
23
29
.320
.260
.259
.248
.239
.139
.230
.225
Pot.
.970
.968
.967
.965
.952
.948
.948
.944
S( t.niil. 4 8 11 319
173
195
121
180
162
16S
132
167
sTew Tork 11 10
11
10
14
8
S
7
16
823
229
345
309
309
269
324
(Pittsburgh ... 4 6
p.iclnnatl .... 7 (
Boston ....... t 9
Brooklyn 3 10
Chicago 7 S
Pliladelpha ..8 4
BATTING AVERAGES.
G. A. R. H. SH. SB. Pot.
McCarty, N. T. . 8 20
Smth. Boston... 12 47
Doyle. N. Y....12 42
Pauletto. St. L..12 40
O. Burns, N. Y..12 41
Bancroft, Phila..l2 47
Mollwltz, Pitts.. 9 32
Ktuff, N. Y....12 48
Carey, Pitts..... 9 30
Stock, Phlla 13 44
L. Magee, Ctnn..l3 48
J. Smyth. St. L.. 8 20
Rousn, Clnn.....l3 46
Allen, Cinn 8 23
Deal. Chgo 10 .32
Bt'kburne, Clnn.lS 45
Myers, Jlrklyn. . .8 80
Young, N. Y....13 64
Rtrlden, N. Y... 8 18
Zlm'erman, N. Y.12 60
Hickm'n. Brklyn.12 35
Hnlke. N. Y.....13 45
Hollocher, Chgo.10 30
Hornshy, St. L.li 46
Daubert, Brklyn.12 46
10
20
17
IS
is
18
12
17
11
18
17
7
16
8
11
15.
10
18
8
16
11
14
12
14
14
1
JO
2
0
7
0
2
1
6
2
S
0 '
4
.500
.426
.405
.400
.390
.381
.375
.370
.867
.864
.364
.350
.348
2
1
3
0
4
6
0
1
.8
0
5 .
0
3
0
1
1
2
0
3
2
2
1
1
0 .348
2 .844
0 .333
2 .383
2 .333
0'.333
1 .320
1 .815
2 .311
0 .308
0 .304
S .304
PITCHING RECORDS.
G. TV. U Pet. IP. R. H. BB. SO.
Rresster, Clnn. 4 I 0 1.000 35 14 36 13 AO
Ha'ilton, Pitt. I 2
Tosreau, M, T I I
Barnes. N. Y. 4 3
May, St L... 4 2
Hogg. Phlla.. 33
Dr'aree, N. T 2 2
0 1.000 2T I K T
0 1.000 21 3 18 10
0 1.000 28 4 ! 4 4
0 1.000 27 4 21 6 15
0 1.000 18 3 12 2 7
0 1.000 16 9 SO 3 2
,0 1.000 17 5 11 3
0 1.000 10 3 9 2 2
M.ller, Pitts.. 2
Sallpe, N. Y.. 2
(.'unlay, Cinn. S
Hotidrt. Cht. 1
O'whger. Phil 1
Main. Phlla.. 1
0 1.000 2 2 5
01.000 9 2 8
0 1.000 9 6 1
0 1.000 9 4 1
0 1.000 9 6 9
Perritt, N. Y. 1
Mayer, Phlla. 4
.750 85 10 25
Vaughn. Chi.. 4
Al'ander, Chi. S
Neht, Boston. 4
.750 29 8 19
.667 26 7 19
.600 34 16 35
10
13
13
11
11
Eller, Cinn... 0
.600 26 : 9 21
Cheney. Brk. S
.600 16
.50024
.600 n
.500 20
S 10
17
3 16
T 13
And'son, N;T I
Sherdel. St. L 2
Tyler. 1 Chi... 3
Sch'lder, Cin. 4
.333 33
7 19
P'd'gast, Ph!t
Coombs, Brk. 3
Rngan, .Boa.. 3
.333 32 13 27
.333 25 11 19
.333 25
II 23
M'dows, St. L 4
.250 30 19 24
.000 22 20 33
.000 21 12 25
".000 22 14 21
.000 19 8 16
.00015 I 11
.00017 3 IS
.000 T 18 17
.000 I ( 14
.00910 t 13
Mara d. Brk. 6
Packard, St L 3
Grimes. Brk. 4
Hearne, Bos.. 4 0
Sanders. Pitt. 2 0
Hughes, Bos. 2
Tlncup. Phil.. 4
Mamanz, Brk. 2
Regan. Cin.. 1
Reuthsr, Ota. 2
Carlson, Pit. 3
1 '.000 10 9 10
1 .000 ( 4 6
Amerlcaa Association.
, " " Tt. II. E.
Score t-
Indianapolis
Toledo . . . .
...a,........"... iv u
Northrop and Schang; Brady
'. 1 latteries:
and Devlne,
Score: ' ,
Louisville
R. H. E.
..' 13 21 4
Columbus .................
6 7
Batteries: ghacKieiora
and Kocher
Henna Bluejacket. Zaehnlser and Hartley.
Score: . . B, H. B.
St. Paul S 6 1
Kansas City ... '.. 6 9 3
Batteries: Keating and Glenn; Caporal,
Johnson and Blackburn, Onslow.
Score: . R. H. E.
Minneapolis ;.V. 14 2
Milwaukee ...I.. .3 6 1
Batteries: Shellenbach aid Owens; John
son and Kuhn.
College Bass Ball. .
Princeton. N. J., May 4. Tale, 4: Prince
ton, 3.
Philadelphia, May 4. Pennsylvania, 9
Columbia. 6. (
Southern 'Association. .
Mobile. J; Atlanta, 4. . ' " ' ,
New Orleans, J; Birmingham, 0.
Chattanooga, V Little Rock, t.
' Nashville, 9; Memphis, 2.
ing fans throughout the country. The
fact that Travers allowed his Eng
lish woman rival a handicap of nine
strokes over an 18-hole course de
tracts nothing from her wonderful
victory, as she held her opponent
even on many holes, It is expected the
matches will assist greatly in raising
funds for the Red Cross.
American League.
TEAM BATTING.
G. AB. R. H. SH. SB. Pet.
Cleveland .
St Louts .
Chicago ...
Now York
..11 361 68 109
. 10 322 39 91
.'. 8 270 43 75
..13 429 58 110
..12 385 46 94
13
16
9
18 .301
9 .283
10 .278
17 3
17 7
6. 11
24 19
.256
.244
.237
.238
.214
Washington
Detroit 7 245 25 58
Boston .. ...14 417 63 97
Philadelphia ...11 341 21 73
TEAM FIELDING.
W. L. DP. PO.
A.
137
99
190
161
185
151
94
B. Pet.
10 .975
8 .975
15 .974
16 .965
20 .964
17 .964
12 .960
28 .946
St. Lout 4
Chicago 5
Boston ill
Philadelphia .. 3
11
3
14
13
14
12
8
12
261
213
875
.285
346
302
194
New York .... 6
Cleveland 7
Detroit 2
Washington ... 5
161
BATTING AVERAGES.
O. AB. R. H. SH. SB. Pet.
Cneaker Cleve.l 38 It 20 0 7 .526
linndil. Chi 8 28 7 13 0 1 .464
Jackson. Chi.... 8 32 6 14 2 2 .438
Wambsganss, Cle 7 26 2 11 1 0 .423
Ruth. Boston .. 6 -2 3 6 2 1 .417
MoMuilin, Cht.. 6 15 8 6 2 T .400
O'Neill, Cleve. .11 36 7 14 1 1 .400
Strunk, Bos. ..13 44 7 17 1 6 .386
Lavan, Wash.. .13-9 4 15 0 2 .385
Baker, Now Y.MS 48 6 18 3 0 .376
Hooper, Bos. .14 43 9 18 1 4 .372
A. Russell. N.Y. 5 11 0 4 1 0 .364
Shanks, Wash. .12 48 5 17 1 0 .354
Turner, Cleve. . 6 20 3 7 1 0 .350
Roth. Cleve. ..11 41 6 14 3 4 .841
Hannah, N. Y. .11 33 2 11 0 0 S33
Tobln, Sf. Li . 9 33 6 11 1 1 .333
Young, Dot. 7 20 2 8 1 0 .333
Shotton, Wash. 12 43 7 14 2 2 .326
Gedeon, St. L. .10 40 6 13 0 ,1 .325
Burns. Phlla. .11 42 6 1.1 0 0 .309
Staler. St. L. ..10 42 6 13 0 2 .309
Granev, Cleve. . 0 13 3 4 0 1 .308
Demmitt, St. L. 8 20 4 6 2 S .300
PITCHING AVERAGES.
U. TV. L. Tct. IP. R. H.BB.SO.
CovTskle, Cle. 4
4
0 1000 3 10 28 12 11
Bush. Bos. .. 3
3 0 1000 27 2 14 7 8
3 0 1000 24 5 13 16 9
2 0 1000 21 7 19 10 2
1 0 1000 16 7 12 6 8
1 0 1000 12 8 13 7 7
1 0 1000 9 2 8 S 2
1 0 1000 9 3 9 2 1
3 1 .750 36 9 29 20
3 1 .750 35 10 27 11 9
3 1 .750 19 9 19 3 1
2 1 .667 21 12 22 19-"I0
2 1 .667 20 12 20 It - 9
Williams, Chi. 3
Coumbe, Cle. .3
Yingl'g, Wash. 3
Morton, Cle. . 2
Faber, Chi. ..
Bens. Chi. ...
Mays, Bos. . .
Ruth, Bos. ..
Mogr'g, N. Y.
Leonard, Bos.
Gallia, St. L. .
KuHSQlt, N. T.
2 2 .500 31 10 23 21
I' 1 .500 27 10 22 8
1 1 .500 18 11 19 10
1 1 .600 20 6J2 12
1 1 .500 12 9 16 4
1 1 .500 22 8 27 7
2 3 .400 40 16 36 14
1 2 .333 26 4 20 10
1 2 .333 22 12 18 10
1 2 .333 25 2 12 "3
1 2 .383 21 10 21 10
1 2 .333 21 10 22 13
0 3 .000 23 17 32 4
0 2 .000 22 16 18 11
0 2 .000 14 7, IS 10
0 2 .000 11 11 22 6
0 2 .000 6 10 14 6
0 1 .000 16 7 12 10
0 1 .000 13 8 14 4
0 1 .000 9 i0 15 5
0 1 .000 5 6 4 11
Love, N. Y. ..
Davnpt, St. L.
James, Det. ..
Dum't, Wash.
Ayers, Wash.
Jnson, Wash..
Perry. Phil. .
Myers, Phil. .
Gregg, Phlla. .
L'drmk, St. L.
Erlckson, Det. 3
Cicotte, Cht... 4
Thormln. N.Y,
Adams, Phila.
Bagby, Cleve.
Groom, Cleve.
Sothrn, St. L.
Shaw, Wash.
Finnoran, Det
Harper, Wash. 3
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Omaha Gas Bike Riders to
Hold an Economy Contest
Omaha 'cas bike riders -will com
pete in a gasoline economy test at 2
o'clock this afternoon. Twenty
seventh and Pinkney streets is the
starting point. .
Sam B. Carpender, president of the
Omaha Mortorcycle club, will act as
referee. The contest is one.of a nation-wide
series to be staged under
the ausoices of the Federation of
American Motorcyclists and the Al
lied Trades association in all the
laree cities of the cnuntrv.
Each contestant will be given one
auart of cas. The mileaee will be
taken by the judge at. the time the
tank runs dry. The 1 course over
which the local riders will compete
runs from Twenty-seventh" and Pink
ney, tour blocks north, one wesi,
four south and back to starting
point.
The comnptitmn fs' divided in three
classes: First for three-soeed solo
machines of more than 45 inches dis
placement; second, for three-speed
side car combinations; third, for
three-sneed solo machines - of 45
inches displacement or less.
Chicagd, May 4. Tris Speaker is
"over the top" with a comfortable
lead in the race for the 1918 batting
honors of the American league.
Averages reltased today show him
blazing the trail with a mark of .526
for 11 games. Gandil of Chicago, his
nearest rival, is 62 points behind him.
The averages include games of Wed
nesday. Speaker, ir. 38 trips to the plate,
drove out 20 hits five of them doub
les and two triples. He also .eads the
base stealers with seven. Chapman,
his teammate, and Pipp and Gilhooley
of New Yo-k are tied for honors in
runs scored each" having registered
dozen. Jackson of Chicago, Ged
eon of St. Louis, Burns of Phila
delphia, Baker of New York, Shanks
of Washington and Chapman have a
home run apiece to their credit. Dave
Shean of Boston is leading in sacri
fice hitting with six.
Cobb is Absent
Ty Cobb, the 1917 batting champ
ion, does not appear in today s
average, as illness kept him out of the
early season games and the Detro;t
club was idle' several days due to
weather conditions.
Cleveland is leadintr in club battine
with an average of .301 an St. Louis
in team fielding with .975. The 14
leading batjtfrs:
Speaker. Cleveland, .526H Gandil.
Chicago, .464; Jackson, Chicago, .438;
Wambsganss. Cleveland, 423; Ruth,
Boston, 41; McMullin. Chicago. 400t
O'Neill, Cleveland, 400; Strunk, Bos
ton, 386; Lavan, Washington, 385,
baker, Mew York, 376.
Giants Cop Honors.
Members of the chamoibnshio New
York club are in possession of vir
tually all of the early season honors
in the National leaeue. with Lew
McCarty, the catcher, showing the
way to the 'natters with an average
of .500 for tight games. The averages
include games of Wednesday. There
are four New Yorkers among the 10
leading hitttrs.
George burns, the Giant's left
fielder, is leading 4he base stealers
with seven, and is tied with Youmr.
his teammate, for honors in runs
scored with 35. Kauff of New York
and Roush of Cincinnati each have
made five sacrifice hits. Fred Luderus
of Philadelphia is topping the lt of
home-run huters with two m twelve
games.
New York is leadmsr in club battine
with an average of .320, and St. Louis
in club helding with .970. The 10
leading batters:
McCarty. New York. .500: Smith:
Boston, .426; Doyle, New York, 405;
Paulette, St. Louis, .400; George
Burns, New York. .390: Bancroft.
Philadelphia, .381; Mollwitz, Pitts
burgh, 375; Kauff, New York, .370;
Larey. Pittsburgh. .367: Stork . Phila.
delphia, .364.
Lightweight Champions
To Appear at Benefit
San Francisco, May 4. The light
weight boxing champion and a former
woider ot the title are both in this
city to give their services next Fri
day night at a great exhibition boxing
tournament. Its object is to raise
money for the purchase of athletic
paraphernalia for the use of soldiers
at Camps Kearney, Lewis and Fre
mont, Cal. Champion Benny Leonard
arrived today from New York; Form
er Champion Willie Ritchie is here
tram camp Lewis, where he is the
boxing instructor. Each will be
matched against a local boxer.
Boston Nationals Trade for
Pitcher Daria Fillingim
Toledo. O., May 4. Pitcher Dana
Fillingim of the Indianapolis' Ameri
can Association club has been traded
to the Boston Nationals ior First
Baseman Covington and Pitcher Crum,
according to an announcement maoc
here tonight by Larry Lojoie, Indian
apolis manager. Fillingim is already
or, his way east, Lajoie said. Filling
im is a spit ball pitcher and his work
has been made ineffective by the ban
placed on the moist ball in the as
sociation. Covington will report some
time next week, Lajoie said.
Illinois Defeats Iowa, 3 to 0,
In Western Conference Game
Iowa City, la., May 4. Illinois de
feated Iowa, 3 to 0, in a western con
ference base ball game here today, er
rors by the locals and the airtight
pitching of Klein for Illinois being the
main factors. Klein pitched a great
game, and had wonderful control. He
struck out 16, batsmen. Two of the
visitors' scores were the result of er
rors. Score:
R.H.B.
Illinois 3 7 0
Iowa S 3
' Batteries: Klein and Kopp; Hamilton and
Frank. !
Fort Crook' Soldiers to ,
. Play Lincoln Semi-Pros
The 41st infantry r team of Fort
Crook is looking" games with fast
teams out in the state. Teams in the
state wishing games with the soldiers
mav arrange them by writing Man
ager Jack- Pettus,' Company C, 41st
infantry. ort Crook, Neb.
The Fort Crook lads already have
one game booked for foreign soil. It
will be against the Lincoln Cleaners
arid Dyers at Lincoln a week from to
dy.
Iowa State Beats Iowa U
By Two Points in Track Meet
Ames. Ia.. May 4. Final events de
cided Iowa State's 69 to 67 victory
over Iowa University here today in
track matches. Anderson of Ames
starred with two firsts and a tie for
anothev v
CLASSIC ONLY
TWO WEEKS AWAY
Racing , Enthusiasts Speculate
Regarding Probable Field of
Thoroughbreds in Famous
Kentucky Derby. ,
Louisville. Ky., May 4. With'ths
running of the Kentucky derby, at
Churchill Downs less than two weeks
off, there is much speculation among
turf enthusiasts regarding the prob
able field which will contest for th
rich' $15,000 event. ' The classic ; al
Churchill Downs is the greatest of.
all races on the American turf, ani
sentiment prompts many aa owner . ,f...
to start one of his thoroughbreds, ,
which, on form", seems to have scant
chance. - - ;i --
A 'glance-at ' the ?st of eligibles
shows that there is- a possibility of
abig field. How many go to the
post, however, depends entirely -upon
the manner in which these star three- :
year-olds continue to train and the
showing they make in the races at v.'
Lexington. . v . i
While there is at present a possi A
bility for a field, of sixteen or, eight
een starters, turfites are inclined to -
the opinion that derby day will find '
nine or ten starters. Barring acci
dents, Escoba, Everest, Sun Bria"r,
Sewell Combs, Aurum, Freecutter, , ,
War Cloud, James iT. Clark, Hil- -hampton
and either Plum or Ol've
VV ood seem sure starters. Doubtful
starters are -High Cost, jack Hare,'
Jr., Enos, Jaybird, FJags, Duke of
Savoy and James Foster. i
Owing to- their splendid perform- J
antes as iwo-ycar-oius, oun ciiar aim
Escoba are the choices. It cannot , Y
be said that these colts have trained
in 9 caticfartnrv mantipr Thprff 1
no question regarding their class but v
critics agree it takes more than class ""
to win a race like the Kentucky der- 1 - ,
by. Sun Brias and Escoba will start
at Lexington, which will show their
condition and determine their chancesV.'
for the derby. , ?
Clark in Condition. ' :
From the standpoint of condition
James T. Clark is in the best shape
of any of the eligibles and he has
worked in sensational fashion, but V i
horsemen figure he lacks class. In
the matter of training, Freecutter has
worseu m trie iuui sausiai-iuiy man- .. ..
ner of any of the three-year-olds and
he also possesses class. 1
The Lexington meeting may bring
Sun Briar and Escoba to their best ..
form, but many shrewd turfmen fig- '
ure that Freecutter- is the logical
choice for the race, because of the -V
manner in which he fms trained. Sun
Briar has failed to work up to expec
tations, while Escoba -threw a splint,
which may interfere with his run- ,
ning.
The uncertainty regarding the con
ditions of the choices makes the Ken
tucky derby quite an open race, and , r
speculation regarding the probable , v.
winner will be rife until the evening ' :
of May 11. s. '
Fred Kelley Wins Laurels
A" Aviation Service Meet
Dallas, Tex., May 4. Cadet avia
tors, contesting under the banners of
the 30 schools from which they had
graduated and embracing in their
numbers athletes of great scholastic
prominence, participated at Camp
Dick ground today in what officials
declared probably was the greatest
track and field meet ever held in the
southwest. The California ground
school, wjth Fred Kelley, former
Olympic star, won easily, with 42
points. The proceeds were divided
equally between the Red .Cross and
the Camp Dick athletic fund.
A fleet of 20 airplanes, in battle for
mation, flew over the field during the
contest and gave an exhibition in trick
flying.
( Princeton carried second honors,
with 21 points: Austin (University oi
Texas), 18; Cornell, 8; Illinois, 6;
Ohio, 5; Fort Sill, Okl., 5. The en
trants were all graduates of the above
named schools.
Fred Kelley, Olympic star; W. M.
Kelley and R. L, Templeton starred
for California. . !
Princeton Defeats Columbia; .
xHigh Scores Made by Erdman
Princeton, N. J., May 4. Princeton
defeated Columbia in a dual track
meet here loday, 66 4 to 41 J4.
Erdman was high scorer for Prince
ton, capturing first place in the two
single events and third place in the
broad jump. Captain Barrett won t
place in the 220-yard dash and quarter
mile run.
Brown, Princeton, won the 100-yard
dash; Shaw, Colunibia, half mile; Lar
sen, Columbia, two miles; Walker,
Princeton, pole vault; Brock,"Prince
ton, high jump, and Sinclair, Prince
ton, shotput. -
Armours Go to Lincoln
To Play Cleaners' Team
The Armours, Class A champions
of Omaha, journey to Lincoln today
to play the Lincoln Cleaners and
Dye'rs. It w:ll be the first game of
the 1918 season , for the latter team
and it also probably will be the ini
tial performance of the new year for
Andy Graves, the veteran of Omaha
veterans. . -
Urie's Puzzling Shoots
A ; Give Missouri Victo
Ames, la., May 4. Errors by Iowa
State college and excellent twirling
by Pitcher Urie of Missouri, gave the
latter aggregation a 5 Jo-2 victory to
day. . ocorc:
Missouri
Ames
Batteries: Urie and Morris;
aid Stewart.
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Deforest
Yale's Undefeated Base Balk
Team Scores Another Victory
Princton, N, J May 4 Yale's un
defeated base1 ball team added an
other victory to its string this after
noon when they beat Princeton, 4
to 3. ' -
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