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(1M4HA. SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 9. 1918. . ' 10
TO STAGE STATE
JEtlfllS TOURNEY
AT FIELD
Seventh Annual Nebraska Net
Championship Event Will Be
. Held In Omaha Starting
July 29. '
The seventh annual tennis tourna
ment for the championship of Nebras
ka will be held July 29 and following
. days on the courts of the 4 Omaha
Field club. , This event will be open
to residents of Nebraska only.
Finding that the needs of the day
require greater attention to nhysical
prowess than ever before, trre War
department of the United btaes has
given its sanction and encouragement
. to the re-establishment of tennis
championships. Having this thought
to mind the directors of the Nebraska
State Tennis association were par
ticularlv desirous of holding tourna
ment this year, and have selected the
' Omaha Field clubas the place where
; tVia Mhratr Viamninnhin will
be decided.
. The Omaha Field club offers all the
most desirable facilities for a tourna
ment of this kind. An" up-to-the minute
club in every respect, it has seven of
the best clay courts in the' United
States. Many of the topnotch players
of the country have played in tourna
ments, on these courts and three na
tional clay court championships have
been decided on them, v , "
Most of the crack players of the
state will be here. Charles Patterson
of Arapahoe, Ralph Weaverl in g and
. Prof. Partnjdge of North Bend, Math
ewson of Waltmll, Durland of Nor
folk, Van Dusen of Blair and Geson
and McKiltup of Seward are among
those who are already getting their
game under control.
Omaha Charm) in France.
Rev. John Calvert, last year's win
ner in the local patriotic tournament,
will not be here. His absence in
France will also break up. the doubles
team of Calvert and Ran, last year's
' winners. Of local players, Will Ad
ams at present is the most formidable
candidate for championship honors,
but there are many clever players
among the younger boys and his
hopes may be brushed aside by such
players as Will Nicholson, Virgil De
France or Merrill Gordon.
The state championship has been
won in the past as follows:
mi AT NORFOLK,
r Tt.irtr fTnrh. Omaha. In llnrles.
Harry Koch and Conrad Tounf, OmahaN
In doublta. j v
tH,j AT LINCOLN.
Ksrry Koeh, Omaha, t slntlss.
C A. Davit and H. H. Ellis. Beaver City,
jr "in doubles.
- ' . StU, AT WAINS.
ftavrir Vnfth. In alnfflss.
a.Jk. LvU and Hi H. Bills, la aouMil.
' . ISIS, AT LINCOLN.
, C. A. .Davis and H. H. Ellis, la doublss.
J SIS. AT WATNSI,
Ralph Pswsll, Omaha, in singles.
Ralph Powell and Clesrjr Hanntgben,
Omaha. In doublta. '
11?. AT SUPERIOR.
F.rtward Oeesoi, Seward, In alnarTo.
Edward Ueeaon and L. H. McKlllup, In
doubles... k. v. - .. i , . '. '
The board of directors of the
Nebraska State Tennis association
has appointed Ralph Rainey as secre
tary, oil the association for 1918. He
has charge of tennis affairs at the
Omaha Field club and will be chair-
man of the local committee having
the tournament m charge. ; .
FORT OMAHA NINE
TO, BATTLE WITH
BEANDEIS TODAY
The crack aggregation of base
ballists from Fort Omaha balloon
school will tackle the Brandeis stores
tomorrow afternoon at Rourke park,
the net receipts to go to the airmen's
athletic funxu
The soldiers' team is composed en-
tirelv of former league and aemi-oro
' talent and will make the locals ex
tend themselves to maintain their
reputation. 4
"Ted" Meredith, former Coast
leaguer will probably oppose "Husk'
Olson, the Brandeis ace," on the
mound, and the prospects are that a
bitter battle will be waged between
these crack slabmen. Game called at
The lineup:
Brandcla Store. " Fort Omaha.
0'KJ...,. ...... .First.. Kemp
Robea...,,..,.,.,.Seond........ . wooster
Bjrnek,. ........... Third Tracy
Plats..,. ....Short Madden
Btanffl. ........ A. .l't Crawford
nycert. .. ......... Center. ....... Atkinson
iAwler...,.,.,.,'.. Right.. Brts&es
H. Williams.. Catch............ Eatep
Olson.... .Catch., . ...... . . . Moore
Pitch J. Williams
' ' ' ' Pitch......... Meredith
' ' Pitch......... . . Parker
C:!!:on Soldiers to Give
Athletic Program Tuesday
Tuesday afternoon and evening the
both balloon school will hold an
athletic carnival and dance at Krug
park, the athletic carnival depicting
some of the strenuous sports the
American soldier indulges in, in pre
paring himself to lick the kaiser.
The following program has been
arranged by Cantata Alexander, in
. charge of the 65th balloon school
company and should prove, particu-
UTijr at una umc, niRniy interesting,
BOXINO.
Corporal Joseph Patterson, ISth Balloon
XoL arsinst Ray Henderson. Ord Corps.
fcergeant Boland. Ssth Balloon company
aalaet Montoya, 18th Balloon company.
Nicholas JJurphr, 18th Balloon company,
fains t Joe Fsrren,1 "K" compny, 4 lit
Wastry, Fort CrooK.
WRESTLING. -
Charley Peters. Fappllllon, Nab., against
Tom Ray, Omaha, Neb.
Tonna; Remington. Omaha, Neb., against
Jack Tolllvar. Omaha, Neb.
Ernst Was, th Balloon company, against
: .K weal. 17th Bajlooa company.
?;:.trsl Furniture Star
ts Game for the Navy
Al Zieger. star ' pitcher for the
Central Furniture company team, has
t the sandlot game for the stern
rame in the United States navy.
tt has been the mainstay of the
v ..irals in the box and his loss will
; sorely felt ' . .
ONLY SEVEN HOME
GAMES FOR OMAHA
FANS THIS MONTH
Rourkes Return to Local Park
June 18 and Remain Until
June 24; Change Twi
light Hour.
Pa Rourke's Western league hurl
ers will return home June 18.
The Rourkes have only seven games
scheduled for the home lot this
month. June 18, 19, 20 and 21, Jack
son's clan will battle Des Moines
and on June 22, 23 and 24, Sioux
City. , s
All the rest of the month the
Rourkes will be battling the foe on
foreign fields. They have games
scheduled at Hutchinson, Wichita,
Joplin, Des Moines at Sioux City.
In July and August, however, the
Rourkes have a number of home
games. Sixteen games are carded for
the home lot during July and thir
teen during August.
Change Twilight Hour.
When the local prides return home
Tune 18, a still later brand of twi
light base ball will be played. In
stead of starting the twilight games
at 6:30, they will start at 6:45. Twi
light base ball has proved so much
more popular than daylight base ball
during the week, that Rourke deter
mined to set back the hour IS min
utes in order to give the fans still
more time to get their dinners and
then hike for the ball park..
The sale of coupon books of
tickets to the Western league games,
which is being conducted by the
Chamber of Commerce, continues
to progress. These coupon books
contain 20 tickets. They sell at $10.
It is the aim of the Chamber of Com
merce to sell 1,000 of these books,
or $10,000 worth.
Sale is Necessary.
Sate of this $10,000 worth of cou
pon books, is a strict necessity if
Western league base ball is to sur
vive in Omaha. Every other city in
the league ha! sold this amount, of
coupon books and Omaha alone is
lagging. Topeka failed to deliver the
goods and lost the team when Okla
homa City came to the rescue and
did deliver. , There is little danger
thai the Omaha team will be moved
if the $10,000 worth of Jickets is not"
sold, but it is quite probable that Pi
Rourke will close his gates. He has
intimated that he would prefer 'to
shut up shop rather than transfef his
club from Omaha.
The Western league race continues
interesting with Sioux City about
the only team in the league unable
to make a race of it.' Any other nine
in the loop, with a spurt of a tew
days' duration, could climb to the
toti oi the heap. .
The Rourkes are putting up a
snappy article of ball. The morale
of the team cracked a bit when Cy
Lingle and Oscar Fuhr went to war,
Lingle being especially missed, but
they are hitting' their stride again
and Bill Jackson writes from the
road that he expects to be pursuing
within the shadow of the pennant
when he returns home next week.
SIGN AETICLES
U FOR MAT MATCH
HERE ON JULY 4.
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All negotiations for the wrestling
match betweoe John resek ot bhel
ton, 'Neb.i and Charlie Peters of Pa
pillion, which will be staged at
Kourke park July 4, Have been con
summated, according 'to announce
ment of Jack Lewis of Omaha, who
will promote the event.
Lewis announces he has contracted
with W. A,. Rourke, president of the
Omaha base ball club, for the use of
Rourke park that day and that articles
of agreement have been signed by
both fesek and reters.
The articles of agreement contain
the usual stipulations with the wres
tlers to split 60 per- cent of the gate
receipts. The division between the
wrestlers themselves will be 60 per
cent to the winner and 40 per cent to
the loser. The articles also call for a
finish match, two falls out of three.
with no time limit ,
Mat fans are already becoming in
terested in the match and Lewis says
he has even received a tew orders
for seats. Mart Slattery, Pesek's man
ager, says interest mounts high in
the Pesek country and that more than
2,000 fans will come to Omaha for
the Independence day event. Larney
Lichtenstein of Chicago, who is as
sociated with Slattery in the manage
ment of Pesek, says he will bring a
big delegation from Chicago for the
doings, -
Change of Scenery Proves
Making of Magee and Shean
Lee Magee was a failure in the
American league last year with St.
Louis, so he was shiooed to Cincin
nati. Dave Shean was a failure in the
National league with Cincinnati, so
he was shipped to the Boston Red
ox. Now both are making good,
What is the answer? ,
Amateur Games Todpy
GREATER OMAHA LEAGUE. ?
Krajlceks against Armours, dovblehoaderi
i;se p. m., L.uxua park.
Murpby-Did-Its against Holmes, double
header. 1:1ft p. m.. Holmes park.
Metcalfs against Beselina. doubleheader.
i:s p. m. Athletic par.
CTHT LEAOUB. I
Stags against Central Furniture Co., I. SO,
Rivervlew park.
Alpha Camp, W. O. W. against National
Cash Registers, S:10, Fontenelle. -AMERICAN
LEAGUE.
McCaffrey Motors, against Trimble Bros.,
1:30. (2a sna Dewey.
INTERCITT lEtGL"'.
Dally News against World-Herald. VS.
Miner park, j
Dresner Bros, against Krajlcek Jrs., 1 :SO,
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BOOSTER LEAGUE.
Parsley Commission : Co. against Rlggs
Optical Co., t:S0, Rivertlew park. (
Townsends against Trimble Juniors, 1:J0.
Fontenelle park.
Ramblers against Homesteads, 1:8.
Miller park.
J. B. Roots agslnat Ilarley-Davldsona.
!:, West Ulmwood park. ,
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In the; list of managers who have
started their teams on pennant cam
paigns catchers of olden days, are
more prominent than pitchers, in-
fielders or outfielders.
In the National league are four
managers who formerly worked
with the mask and big glove Mo
ran of the Phillies, Robinson of
the Robins," Mitchell of the. Cubs,
and Stallings of the Braves, while
the American league can show two
former receivers Connie Mack of the
Athletics andLee Fdhl of the Indians.
Mathewson of the Reds and Grif
fith of the Senators are the fotmer
pitchers now managing major league
clubs. Huggins of the Yankees was
a second baseman, Jennings of the
Tigers a shortstop, and McGraw of
the Giants a third baseman.' Jones of
the Browns and Hendricks of the
Cardinals were outfielders in their
major'league playing days. . '
Barrow of the Red Sox, Rowland
of the White Sox and Bezdek of the
Pirates never were players in the
majors. ;
MADELINE GOES
MILE 111 FASTEST
TIME TSEAS0N
Sears' Pacer Scoots Distance
in First Heat in 2:14 at Red
Star Matinee at Benson
Track.
The fastest mile paced in the state
ot Nebraska this year was the heat in
2:14 ,won by Shadeline, owned by
Judge W. G. Sears of Omaha, at the
Red Star matinee Saturday afternoon
at the Benson track.
During the afternoon the boy scouts
of Troop No. 3 collected $50 for the
benefit of the Red Star, the equinie
relief society which is doing so much
for the Wounded horses in France.
Shadeline not only paced one mile
in i:l4, but came back in the second
heat almost as fast, 2:14, but made
a break in the third heat which was
won by Van Sickle, owned and driven
r:y Warren Dennis of salt Lake City,
Utah. : ,
Class B pacing was" won in straight
heats by Hal Gray, owned and driven
by Edward Peterson of Omaha. The
horse has been trainedby Roy Owens
of West Point, Neb., aad is entered
in the Grand circuit
The two running races were closely
contested and the judges had difficulty
in separating them at thefinish. There
are 50 runners and 100 trotters and
pacers at the Benson track ready for
the twilight race meeting which
starts r.ext Tuesday evening, June 11,
promptly at 6 o'clock.
The judges at the matinee Satur
day wet e .Tom Autt and J. T. Cotter
of Omaha. The timers were Robert
W. Patrick and S. W., Crowley of
Omaha. Starter C M. Buck of
Omaha. , v
Dr. C. C. Hall, secretary of the
Omaha Driving club, announced that
he has closed a contract by telegraph
with Dr. F. E. Stone of Burlington,
Wis.; the famous Grand circuit
starting judge, to start the horses at
Omaha. Charles L. Trimble of Prince
ton, 111., the well known eastern pro
gramed arrived yesterday, so the
official arrangements of the coming
meeting are wel taken care of.
The summaries of yesterday's mat
inee were as follows: t
Class A raring I
Shadeline. Jackson ............ 1 I
Van Sickle, Dennis i 1
Walter H., Ivy 4 S 4
-Timet 1:14. S:UH. Ittl. . ... .
Class B Pacing: .
Gray Hal, Peterson 1 1 1
Clay Chimes, Dennis ...S S 1
Symbol Patty, J. A. Rhodes, ,. I S S
Time: S:e. 1:18. i:20. , -Class
B Trotting!
Otto F.. Leva I ley .....1 I 1
antaleta. Ivey 1 I i
Time: J:24, l:tt. JrJJV
Running. Fob and one-hall Furlongs t
MeMundy. Wayson .........v......... 1
Prepaid, Comntock ......
Esther Fay, Gibbons .....
Camella Muller. Wilson .
irisie, siciann f. .,
New Orleans. Woodlngton .............. (
Time, 5 seconds. . .
Manning, Three Furlongs! '
The Cub. Wilson ; I
Iiren Mist, MrCann t
Brownstone. Gibbon S
Zlpp. Wsyson , 4
Time. 17 seconds. -
Jim Scott Shifted to Eastern Camp.
Captain James Scott, former White
Sox pitcher, has been transferred by
the army authorities s from Camp
Lewis, Wash., to Camp Perry on Lake
Erie where he will be assigned to
j some special service.
Catchers Make
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OMAHA GOLFERS
TO ENTER EVENT
AT KANSAS CITY
Thirty or Forty. Field Club
Members and Several From
Country Club to Take in
J Trans-Mississippi.
Thirty or 40 members of the Omaha
Field club expect to take in the 18th
annual TransrMississippi Golf tourna
ment at Kansas City, June 17 to 22.
The Omaha golfers may be shy
their "ace.Sam Reynolds, who won
the tournament t last year, but they
will lead one or two other .strong
players into the fray in the hope that
the honor of Omaha will be upheld.
Reynolds, however, hopes he will be
able to defend his title. ' '
E. A. Higgins, Dr. H. L. Arnold,
H. B. Morrell and Tommy Leuchars,
all of the Field club, plan to motor
down if the roads are in good condi
tion. ! '. -
Several Country club golfers also
expect to attend the .event, including
Willie Hoare, the Country club pro
fessional, who will ko down two days
ahead in order to take in a special
event which will be held June 16.
James E. Nugent, secretary and
treasurer of the Trans-Mississippi
Golf association, has announced the
program for the annual tournament
to be held-on the Hillcrest Country
club course at Kansas . City, June
17 to 22. . -
W0LVEEINES STAGE
COMEBACK AND WIN
ATHLETIC HONORS
' -: - ' . - A
Chicago, June 8.After an absence
of 12 years, the University of Michi
gan staged a sensational "come-back"
in the Western Conference outdoor
track and field championships decided
on ' Stagg field this afternoon and
scored a triumph with a total of 11 Yi
points.- The Wolverines won first
place in five events and tied for the
premier honors in the grenade throw.
It was the eighteenth annual renewal
of the western classic.
The University of Illinois was sec
ond, with 26 points,, and Missouri,
regarded as the favorite, third, with
24. Chicago piled up 18, Wisconsin
13, Minnesota 12 and Drake and
Notre Dame 11 points each.
Good as Big1 Time Pilots-
FIRST BARGAIN
BILL OF SEASON
ON BOARD TODAY
. . . V.
Armours and Krajiceks and
Holmes and Murphys Battle
in Double-Headers this
Afternoon.
riy FRANK QUIGLEY.
The next draft will be as disastrous
as a tornado to the Omaha Amateur
Base Ball association. It will hit the
Class A boys with that knockout tab
let made famous by Bob Fitzsimmons.
Already the ranks are in a sadly de
pleted condition, because many have
enhsted in different branches of the
service, rather than take a chance on
the draft. Last week Matt McGrath
of the Brandeis Stores and Harry
Nystrom of the Beselins floated out of
Omaha for Des Moines, la., where
they will join the Nebraska base hos
pital crew station there. They have
many friends in the base hosoital
bunch, so things will be lovely fbr
mem
"HE MACE HORSE
- AS A
.There are only three breeds - of horses in the
world from which the different countries obtain their
cavalry horses The ' Thoroughbred or . the Race
'Horse, the Saddle Horse and the Harness Horse.
A cross between the above
.
between the cavalry horse ana
The Percheron Clydesdales and Shire of the heavyweight class are absolutely unfit for cavalry use.-
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' Over 95 per cent of the thirty thousand cavalry horses have been sired by or their dam was a
Standard Bred Animal. ' , , ;
The United States Government has purchased more than fifty Standard Bred Stallions for thepur
pose of raising cavalry horses on their government tracts. . .
Mr. Walter Palmer of Ottowa, Illinois, a race horse breeder-and owner of "many famous racing
horses, was the inspector of all trotting stalliohs purchased by the UVS. government for thejuse of breed-.
ing horses. Mr. Palmer is now in Service at Ft Sam Houston as an officer )in army horse inspection.
The' cavalry horse is produced solely by the men who raise and race horses for both money and
v pleasure The proposition of supporting the racing game is up to the public so that we may continue
- to build vp th fovndationf th cavalry horse. . ..-'-.y . ' "
A Omaha and the State of Nebraska have many citizens who are helping to produce the war horse
through the racing sporC You can meet these men at the OMAHA DRIVING CLUB TWILIGHT RACES,
I JUN? 11 to 15, 1918.
The initial double-headers of the
season in the Greater Omaha' league
will be jerked off this afternoon at
Luxus and Holmes parks. At Luxus
park the Krajiceks and the Armours
will lock horns. The Armours have
changed their tune now and are
fighting like they were up against
Kaiser Billiam, so the Krajiceks will
have to unload some speed to capture
these two arguments. Although not
discouraged, Frank Yost, the chief of
the Krajiceks, li not in the best of
spirits. He lost his best pitcher last
week. He has three more kinkers, the
best of which is Peanuts Mason. He
will let Peanuts try to roast one
game and Cornish will probably hoist
the other. The Armours will- use
Graves and StillmacK for mound duty.
Two classy duels and a large crowd
are looked for by the followers of
both squads.
That quarrel between the Central
Furniture Store and the Stags of the
.City league ought to be a peachjrino.
In the lnter-Citv league the best
wrangle will be between the Krajicek,
Trs.and Dresner tiros, ihe wiseacres
have picked the.cleaners to trim tne
Krajiceks, but here, of late the juniors
have been dishing out classy stuff,
consequently the Dreshers will have
no cinch oh. the gravv. Mahoney will
kink
.X. n...li... Tliia rliiel
will be full of thrills
cui tut lilt; uitouLigi a ... umv.
from the bell
until the curtain.
WAR MEASURE
breeds and the draft horse makes the
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tne aruuery norse is speeo. ana weignu
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TWILIGHT RACES
AT BENSON TRACK;
IIORSESON SCENE
Horsemen Enthusiastic Over
Plan to Hold Nebraska Cir
cuit Program During the
Evening Hours.
Horsemen from Chicago to Califor
nia who have arrived in Omaha for the
race meeting to.be held at the Ben
sffn track June 11-15, are congratu
lating the Omaha Driving club on in
augurating twilight racing. The Oma
ha association is the first one in the
United States to try the stunt.
, "You are on the right track," says
C. E. Beveridge of Chicago. 'The
man who is kept at his desk because
of war conditions can come out in
the evening and enjoy the sport. -1
look for the plan to be tried in many
parts of the country.". :
The Benson Jrack is located op
posite Krug Park, one of the high.,
est spots in the country. It is high,
sightly, and cool,' making a delight
ful place to spend an evening. Cof
fee and sandwiches will be served in
the grandstand, so that fans can come
direct to the xaces from their offices.
"We anticipate a good attendance
at our meeting," announces Dr. 'Grant
Williams, president of the Omaha
Driving Club. "T believe there are
still many horse lovers left in Oma
ha and since this will be the only
ace meeting here this year, they are
sure to be present.
"We should all encourage racing
, ' t , t . r
as mucn as possiDie, says ur, v.
C. Hall, secretary of the club. "Ihe
horse is playing an important part
in the war, particularly, now that
fichting is more in the open. The
war department is doing everything
it can to encourage racing, because
it stfmulates the breeding of horses,
and there is a great shortage im
minent. Even in fcngiana, wnere
the war has been in progress, much
longer than here, they insist that
racing be maintained, ana tne an
nual derby was decided only re- .
cently."
There are over 100 norses on the
Benson track ready for the meeting.
They come from Caliiornia, Montana,
Utah, Kansas,' South Dakota, Arkan
sas, Louisiana, Iowa, Illinois arid Ne-
Soldiers and sailors in uniform will .
be admitted free. T
Pa Rourke in Colorado
, To Give Farm Double 0
Pa Rourke, owner of the Omaha
base ball club, is" in Colorado. Pa
has a 900-acre farm out in the moun
tain state and he is there now to
give 'this bit of land the double-O.
There is a report current in local base
ball circles that Pa has gone out to
see if anything will grow on the land,
but this is put down as the brilliant
sally of a practical joker.
Dr. J. F. Schleier, prominent Oma
ha surgeon, accompanied Rourke to
Colorado., -
Parker Lands Job. i
Outfielder Clarence Parker, who
had a trial with the St. Louis Ameri
cans in 1915 and since then has been
playing with Lowell and elsewhere
in the minors, has been signed by
Rochester. '
TWILIGHT
RACES
JUNE 11-15
All the famous trotters,: pcr
and runners from the Mississippi
river to California will open their
racing season at Omaha. Racing
starts promptly at 6 p. m.. Sand
wiches and 'Coffee served in the
grandstand. - ':
DensonRaccTracli
Opposite Krug Park. . ,
Admissions 50c; Grandstand Free.
best artillery horse. The difference
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