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Omaha Sunday Bee OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1918. 9 The Bee's Special Sunday Sport Pages i All the Latest Sfport News All the Time The CUBS INCREASE LEAD OVER GIANTS IN PENNANT RACE Chicago Wins Doublc-Header From Philadelphia, While New York Loses One to Cincinnati. Chicago, Aug. -17. Chicago in creased its lead over New York in v the pennant race by winning both ( games of a double header from Phila delphia by scores of 3 to 0, and 2 to 0, , respectively, while New York lost one game 10 Cincinnati. , Score, first game: PHILADELPHIA. CHICAGO. AB.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.E. KtocK,3D 4 2 2 1 11-lack, rr 3 12 3 0 Hancrft.ss 4 Mensel.lf 4 Ludrus.lb 3 Willms.cf 3 Cravth.rf 3 Pearce,2b 3 . Adams, o 3 Jacobs, p 1 Fitzgrld 1 3 OHollchr.ss 3 0 O.Mann, If 4 COPaskrt.cf 4 0 OMerkle.lb 3 0 0Plck,2b 4 4 0 Deal, 3b 3 i OO'Farrel.c 3 1 OHendrlx.p 3 0 0 Totals 30 1 27 10 0 Totals 29 6 24 11 1 Batted for Jacobs In ninth. Philadelphia 00000000 00 Chicago 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 '3 Two-base hit: Pick. Stolen base: Pick. Double plays: Flack to Merkle, Adams to Pearce, Pearce to Bancroft to Luderus, Hflndrlx to Merkle. Left on bases: Phila delphia. 3; Chicago, 7. Bases on balls: Off Hendrijc, 1; off Jacobs, 4. Struck out: by Hendrlx, 7; by Jacobs, 4. Passed ball: O'Farrell. PHILADELPHIA. CHICAGO. AB.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.E. Stock, Sb 4 Bancrft.ss 4 Meusel.lf. 4 Ludrus.lb 3 Willms.cf 2 Cravth.rf 3 Pearce,2b 3 Adams, c 3 Oeschgr.p 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 10 0 3 0 3 0 1 J 3 0 0 OFlack.rf , 2 OHollchr.ss 4 OILjnn.lf 3 OPaskert.cf 3 OMerkle.lb 3 0Pfck,2b 3 0Deal,3b 3 OO'Farrel.o 3 OTyler.p 3 Totals 29 4 24 10 0 Totals 27 5 27 7 1 i Score, second game: Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 00 Chicago O 0 0 0 o.i u l a Two-bass hits: Luderus, Adams. Home run: Hollocher. Stolen base: Mann. Sac rifice hit: Williams. Sacrifice fly: Mann. Double play: O'Farrell to Hollocher. Left on bases: Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 4. First base on errors: Philadelphia, 1. Bases on balls: Off Oeschger, 2; off Tyler, 1 Struck out: Bv OeschRcr. 2; by Tyler, 8. ' Pittsburgh Gets Even Break. Pittsburgh, Aug. 17. It was an even Wreak for Pittsburgh and Brooklyn in to day's doubleheader, the visitors taking the first game, 2 to 0, and the home team the second, (2 to 1. Both contests were pitchers' battles. Scores: First game: . R. H. E. Brooklyn . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 6 0 Pittsburgh 00000000 00 5 1 Batteries: Grimes and Archer; Hill and ' Schmidt. Second game: K. H. E. Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 Pittsburgh 0 0100001 2 1 Batteries: Robertson and O. Miller; F. Miller and Schmidt. Muff Loses Game. Cincinnati, Aug. 17. Kauffs muff of an easy fly with two men out In the last half of the ninth inning, today enabled Cincin nati to tie the score with New York and the local team won out In tha 11th on a single by Neale, a wild throw by Sloklng and a long drive to left by S. Mages. Score: New York ..0 030000000 0 3 5 2 Cincinnati ..2 000000010 14 Batteries: Perritt, McCarty and Rarlden; Ring, Schneider, Eller and Wlngo. Boston Wins and Loses. St. Louis, Aug. 17. Boston and St. Louis broke even, Boston taking the first, 2 to 0, and St. Louis the second, 2 to 1. Errors by Hornsby and Tuero gave two runs which defeated St. Louis in the first. In the sec ond triples by Anderson and McHenry with ' an error by J. C. Smith and Brock's aeri fies fly put St. Louis to the front. Scores: .' sFirst game: Boston 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 ( 1 St Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 6 2 Batteries: Nehf and Wilson; Tuero, Sherdel and Gonzales. Second game; R. H. E. Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01 2 - St. Louis 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 Batteries: Ragan, George and Wagner; Doak and Brock. Young Eastern Stars Win National Tennis Double -Championship Boston, Aug. 17. Vincent Richards of New York, national boys' cham pion, and William T. Tilden II of Philadelphia today won the national lawn tennis doubles championship when they defeated; Beals C. Wright and Fred B. Alexander of New York in the finals of the national doubles tournament at the Longwood Cricket club. The match went five sets, the N score being 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6"-2. Richards is the youngest player to hold the title. He is only 15 years old, but his game has been the sen sation of the tournament and was worthy today of the best traditions. .He had the coolness, steadiness, re source and courage of a veteran, with all the speed' of youth. Early in the match he learned that Wright's weakness was overhead, and thereafter he lobbed the former cham pion into the back court away rom the net where he was dangerous. On the other hand, Alexander is very strong overhead. Richards never gave him a chance to kill a singly lob. His partner, Tilden, the national clay court champion, played a smash ing game. His service and returns were extremely severe and for the greater ,"part 0f the match he' kept his shots under control. Gornhuskers to Play . West Virginia Eleven in East in October Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 17. (Special Telegram.) The University, of Ne braska cancelled two games on the 1918 Comhusker foot ball schedule and substituted one with West Vir ginia, one of the strongest elevens in eastern foot ball, under a revised schedule announced by Coach W. G. Kline today. The newly revised Husker schedule is: October 5, Iowa University at Lincoln; October 12, Camp Funston at Lincoln; October 19, Notre Dame University at Lincoln; October 26, 'West Virginia University at Mor: gantown; November 9, Missouri University at Columbia; November 16, Kansas University at Lincoln; -November 23, Northwestern University at Lincoln; November 28. Syracuse University at Lincoln. "Old Master" Will Hurl , Pill at Cinci!:H3ti Wake Cincinnati, Aug. 17. The return to the mound of the "Old Master, Christv Mathewson, will be one of the features of the closing of baseball at the Cincinnati National league park. September 1 and 2. there also will be double-headers both days with St. Louis, airplane flights and plenty of Patriotic speeches and musia i Records Are Shattered as De Palma Makes Glean Sweep j: ' ' l j ,,m .,r- vJ&& N 1 New York, Aug. 17 Ralph De Palma, the daring automobile driver, won the International sweepstakes contest at Sheepshead Bay speedway today by capturing all five heats. Ralp Mul iord was second and Dario Resta third. In four of the five heats De Palma. established world's records. The time of the fifth race, which was for 50 miles was 27:29.1. The old record was 28:04:.63 and was made by Resta on the same track last year. The point score for the sweepstakes was De Palma, 30; Mulford, 22; Resta, 19 Arthur Duray, 6. Ralph De Palrha established a Standing of the Teams. NAT. LEAGUE AM. LEAGUE Chicago ...71 38 ,651Boston 66 45 .695 .New York .63 46 .678 Washington 6161.64 Pittsburgh (3 62 .627 Chicago .64 57 .486 Cincinnati ,63 65 .491 Cleveland . 64 49 .566 Brooklyn ..51 57 .472New York Phlladel. .. 47 69 .443' St. Louis Boston ....47 61 .485 Detroit .. St. Louis ..46 68'.404Philadel. . .63 55 .491 ,.63 56 .486 .48 62 .436 .44 68 .393 Yesterday's Results. AMERICAN LEAGUE. St. Louis, 8-3; Washington, 0-1. Chicago, 7-2; $Iew York, 4-7. Cleveland, 2; Boston, 4. Detroit, 3-3; Philadelphia, 8-4. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Brooklyn. 2-1; Pittsburgh, 0-2. Philadelphia, 0-0; Chicago. 3-3. Nesv Yo. !f, 8; Cincinnati, 4. -Boston, 2ll; St. Louis, 0-2. Game Today. American League Open data, all teams in east. National League Boston at Chicago (two games), Brooklyn at Cincinnati (two games), Philadelphia at St Louis (two games). BOSTON TAKES FIRST GAME OF CRITICAL SERIES Ruth Holds Cleveland Team to Five Hits; Washington Loses'Two More to St. Louis. Boston, Aug. 17. Boston took the first game of the critical series from Cleveland today, 4 to 2, Ruth hold ing the visitors to five hits. Score: BOSTON. ' CLEVELAND AB.H.O.A.E. AB.H.O.A.E. Hooperf4 8hean,2b. 2 Strunk.cf. 4 Ruth.p ...2 M'Innls.lb 3 Mlller.lf ..4 Scott, ,.4 Coffey,3b. 3 Mayer.c ..3 OGraney.lf. 4 OCh'pm'n.ss 8 OSpeaker.cf 4 OWood.lb. 3 IBescher.rf 3 OE venae, 3b 3 0Turner,2b 3 OONeill.c. 3 OMorton.p. 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 10 0 2 2 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 Bagby.p.. 1 Totals. 29 7 27 17. 1 Totals 29 6 24 13 2 Cleveland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 Boston 0 4)0020002 4 Two bass hits: Speaker, Wood, Strunk. Three-bass hit: Graney. Stolen bases: Besch er, Mclnnls. Sacrifice hit: Shean. Double play: Shean, Scott and Mclnnls; Hooper and Shean. Left on bases: Cleveland, 3; Boston, 6. First bass on errors: Boston, 1, Bases on balls:- Off Morton, 6; Bagby, 1; Ruth, 8. Hits: Off Morton, 4 In 7 Innings Bagby, 3 in 1. Strck out! By Morton, 2; Ruth, I. Losing pitcher: Mirton. Browns Make Clean Sweep. Washington, Aug. 17. St Louis main talned Its unbroken record of victories In Washington by taking both games of a double-header today, winning the first, 3 to 0, and the second, 3 to 1. Shanks was sent to the club house In the second game by Umpire Connolly, thereby arousing the anger of the spectators, one of whom was arrested for throwing a ball at ths um pire. Score, first game: R. H. E. St. Louis 0 0000210 0 3 $ 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 4 2 Batterlts: Wright and Severeld; Matte on, Hovllk and Alnsmlth. Score, second game: R. H. E. St. Louis 0 1000002 03 8 1 Washington 0 00 1 0 0 00 01 6 8 Batteries: Sothoron and Nunsmaker; Ayers and Alnsmlth. 'Breals Even at New York. New York, Aug. 17. New York and Chi cago broke even In a double-header here today. Chicago won ths first game, 7 to 4, and New York the second, 7 to 2. Score, first, game: - R. H. E. Chicago 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 9 3 New York ......0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 04 12 2 Batteries: Shellenback, Dun forth and Schatk; Mogrldge, Keating and Walters. Score, second game: R- H. E. Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 02 10 2 New York 4 0003000 7 9 2 Batteries: Danforth, Benz and Schalk, Devormer; Love and Hannah. Athletics ,Take Two from Tigers. Philadelphia, Aug. 17. The Athletics fin ished strong In both games of today's dou ble header, wiping out early leads secured by Detroit and winning, 8 to 3 and-4 to 3, the second contest going 11 Innings. Harp er's poor fielding helped ths locals In the second game. Scofeq: , First game: Detroit 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 3 Philadelphia ...0 0003194 S 12 J Batteries Dauss and Spencer; Watson, Gregg and MeAvoy. Second game: Detroit 0000300000 03 11 4 Philadelphia 0000000300 14 11 S- Batteries Boland and Spencer; Perry and Perkins, MeAvoy. Hot Stoves Start' Soon. With the regular Bason HoRinJr down September 1. ths Hot Stovs league will oysu a month earlier this year. world's record for two miles in the first race of the International automo bile sweepstakes at Sheepshead Bay speedway today. His tine was 1:56.10. Ralph De Palma established another world's record by winning the second race for 10 miles in five minutes, 23 8-10 seconds. The third race, for 20 miles, also was won by DePalma, time 10 min utes, 51 6-10 seconds. The record is 10 minutes 50 4-10 seconds, made by DePalma last July. The Italian driver likewise won the fourth race, for 30 miles, and again broke a world's record. His time was 16 minutes, 31 2-10 seconds. AMATEURS START FIGHT FOR TITLE . IN CITY LEAGOES Cash Registers and Sample- Harts in Class B and Roots and Daily News in Class C. If the weather man will refrain from interfering with another down pour, such as characterized the sched uled date last Sunday, the annual fall championship, series of the Omaha Amateur Base Ball association will start today. Class B and C league teams will again try to contest for titular honors at Holmes park. The Class B battle will be between Jhe' National Cash Registers and the Sample-Harts. The national Cash Registers proved their supremacy in the City league, while the Sample Harts walked away with the pennant in the Amerrcan league. The boys lepresenting the Dayton factory feel pretty confident of winning the bat tle, although they lost one of their h.urlers. when Goodrow joined forces with Uncle Sam. Hoffman will be on the mound for them, and Fates. "the never miss 'em kid." will be on the receiving end. The Daily News team and the T. B. Roots will fight it put for the Class C honors. The News team won the pennant in the lnter-Lity league, while the Roots captured the title honors in the Booster league. Newsies Favorites. The newsboys are leading in the betting in the Class C embroglio, al though no odds are being given as the Roots are a fast aggregation and have a habit of upsetting the dope at crit ical moments. Preference of fans for the City league over the American league jjs accredited by many for the popularity of the Cash Registers over the Sample-Harts. American league followers, however, are confident that their team will win and they have an exceptionaly fast team to back up their confidence. These games are the only inter league championship ones that will be promoted by the Omaha Amateur Base Ball association this year. But two leagues were organized this year in both Classes B and C. The Greater Omaha league is the only league of Class A standing. The first game today will start at 1:30 p. m. between the Roots and the Daily News. The National Cash Reg isters and Sample-Harts will follow at 3:30 with the second game. Blaine Young Wins Field Club Honors By Beating Thomas Blaine Young won the golf cham pionship of the Field club by defeat ing Guy Thomas in the final round 4 up and 3. - In an 18-hole medal play champion ship at the Field club yesterday the following scores were turned in: Grosu. Fodi?e 101 A Buhalek 97 fi. D. Thomas 82 S. B. Young 77 W. O. Nicholson 87 J. A. Abbott 87 M. T. Swarts js M. J. Swartz s L. C. Kohn 98. Art Rogers 92 .1. W. Tlllson i Al Krug u 1. Allen 101) Al Cahn xt; J W. Hughes 7s I.. H. I.a Douceur 82 H. C. Kohn 00 L. H. Chambers H'c'p. 18 IS 8 3 12 12 8 11 18 16 16 1 18 8 8 8 14 16 18 16 18 14 1 14 Net. 93 79 74 74 85 76 77 77 80 70 75 74 82 71 70 74 "6 80 74 82 83 81 89 81 82 n i V. young. L. iionie 90 Charles Burmester 100 F. J. Vette 99 W. M. Wood 99 O. J-. Haunmn 1 OS C W. Shield. 97 C M. Rii-harris m 11 !. Cuuns- man 101 18 Thus? who rj;i!lflcd: Huhe , Thomas. M. .1. B'.vart. Al Krvg, S. B J. W. Tllison. V. Bonis, M. 11 La Douceur. "OLD FOX" SEES BRIGHT FUTURE FOR BASE BALL Cantonments Developing Fans and Players and Great Re action May Be Antici pated for Game. Chicago, Aug. 17. While baseball magnates contemplate sorrowfully their dwindling coffers, and with the first of September ever in mind, look with apprehension ward the future of the national pastime, Connie Mack, the "Old Fox" of base ball sees no cause for alarm. Neither, according to his views, will the recent embrogho at Cleveland in which both National and American league magnates participated in swatting Ban Johnson, endanger the position tne American league presi dent occupies witn regard to the sport in general. Mack's conclusions may be summeiw up as tollows: . 1 Unless the war continues two years or longer, ba e ball will feel no permanent ill effects. 2 There will be no break in the re lations between the American and Na tional leagues. 3 The seeming unpleasantness de veloped at Cleveland will be forgot ten and Ban Johnsors prestige un impaired. 4 No reorganization of the Na tional commission with a view to the elimination of Garry Herrmann is contemplated. Sar-Americin soldiers and sailors will not permit base ball to die out Discussing base ball affairs inform ally, Mack said: Will Close Next Year. "Whether base ball will suffer per manent injury as a result of the war depends entirely upon the war's dura tion. Unless it last several years base ball will retain all its favor and popu larity. Of course the sates will be closed next year, as it would be fool ish to attempt to keep the game go inn with men outside the present draft age limits. Some of the club owners undoubtedly will be hit hard by idle ness, but I doubt whether in any case the blow will prove fatal. ' When the war is over, the great est base ball reaction in the history of the game will result. The sport cannot be forgotten when it is being played in every post, camrj and can tonment in the United States and overseas. "There is no dagger of a break in relations between the two leagues due to the law suit I filed involving Pitch er Scott Perry. I anticipate a satis factory adjustment of every difficulty during thelwinter. ' "In viewing the present situation it is necessary to take into considera tion the fact that the. magnates are under great stress, due to the uncer tainty of war conditions. It is a period to test the character of men in all lines of endeavor. Club owners have not yet recovered from the shock of having their business classed as non essential, and until this shock is ab sorbed chaotic conditions must pre vail. I think we all have underesti mated the war's immediate necessi ties. Johnson Will Remain. "If the war continues longer than two years, all the 'stars' of the first magnitude will have passed on. But so far as hurting the game permanently is concerned, such an eventuality seems unlikely. War, in the long run, will boom base ball. The cantonments' are developing thousands of fans." Regarding the set-to at Cleveland, during which several magnates op posed Ban Johnson's proposal to play the world's series before September 1, Mack said: "There is not the slightest chance that the American league will drop Ban Johnson or limit his powers. I believe a majority ot those wno attend ed the Cleveland meeting which voted down Johnson's proposal to end the season August 20, favored Ban's plan. There were many who agreed with me that it would be better to complete the world's series prior to September 1. But when we learned that the club owners having chances to compete in ,the world's series were satisfied to keep on playing until September 1 and take a chance on the big games being stopped by the War depart ment, that let us out. We were satis fied if they were. However, a majority of- us today believe Johnson was right." Miss Claire Galligan Lowers World's Record Tor 880-Yard Swim Belmar, N. J., Aug. 17. Miss Claire Galligan of New York, unattached, lowered the world's record for the women's 880 yards swimming cham pionship from IS minutes 15 seconds to 13 minutes 31 4-5 seconds when she captured first place in the event here tonight. Miss Charlotte D. Boyle of New York, also unattached, finished second and Mis Dorothy Burns of Los Angeles, third. In the 440-yard back stroke invita tion swjrh, Harold Kruger of Hono lulu defeating Leo Gicbel of New York clipped two seconds from thc( world's record of 6 minutes 30 sec onds, i Duke Kahanamoku, the Hawaiian j swimmer, won the 200-yard event in the new record time of 2 minutes i 13 3-5 seconds. Miss Eleanor Uhl of Philadelphia won the 220-yard handicap for women and Miss Olga Dorfner, also of Phila delphia, captured the 100-yard event in 1 minute 8 2-5 seconds. St. Paul 'Cross Country Walker Gassed h France St. Paul, -Minn., Aug 17. Max Bernstein, a local athlete, who was gassed in France, is rapidly recover ing, according to a letter received here. Two years ago, Bernstein and a chniu, Leon Blehart, walked from St, Paul te- San Francisco. They were boy scouts then'and they made the journey to advertise St. Paul. When the war broke out, Bernstein and Ble hart enlisted. The former joined the martnes and Blehart the navy Mermaid Makes Record in New York Titular Event " s' ; ' ' ' Y? if cnsiiw ...... If f j Miss Claire Galligan successfully defended her title in the one-mile metropplitan championship swim at the International Exposition, Bronx, Bluejackets Cinder Path Chosen for A. A.U. Championship Races Great Lakes, 111., Aug. 17. The first permanent quarter mile straight away running track constructed in this country, a cinder stretch fitted for the flying feet of a Meredith, a Redpath or a Shea, will be thrown open at the new Great Lakes athletic field for the national Amateur Ath letic Union track championships on September 20, 21 and 23. The games will be staged under the auspices of the Chicago Athletic association. The straightawav is under the course of expert construction by sailor labor. Broad enough for six runners with plenty of elbow room, protected from the wind and scienti fically laid out as to eliminate all ruts or soft spots so damaging to records, the course is ideal for the 440 runners. Frank Shea of the Univesity of Pittsburgh will go after the world's mark of 47 flat on this track. Only once before in athletic history of the past 10 years did a runner have con ditions so favorable to chopping Maxey Long's time. That ws at the Panama exposition on the coast when Meredith tried and failed. ; In addition to the 440-yard path the Great Lakes stadium is equipped with a regular four lap to the mile track for distance events. The track resembles Francis Field in St. Louis, where the national Amateur Athletic Union championships were run off last year. John frl.- flofeldt Born' in Nebraska. CANDIDATE FOR Sheriff of Ocugla .County Subject to the will of the Democratic voters in the August primaries. Your Support Is Solicited. My Pledge, Honest, Ef ficient Public Service. All profits accruing from the feeding and care of prisoners will be given to the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and K. C. for the further ance of War Work. fy , n ?V "!. York. She incidentally shat the women's American record for the distance, her time being 29 minutes 33 3-5 seconds, more than two minutes better than the old mark. , Casey Stengle, in N-ivy, Runs Broooklyn Ship Yard Canteen Casey Stengel, former Pittsburgh outfielder; now in the navy, is in charge of the canteen at the Brooklyn navy yard. He says he likes the work, all except the getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning to open "the store." In addition to running the canteen Casey is captain of a ball team of Navy men, among the players being Jimmy Hick man, lorninrly ot tne uocigers, and Harry Heitman, a pitcher who "be longs" to Brooklyn. t Bobby Quinn Fails as a Peacemaker jor Rogers Bobby Quinn's efforts to act as a peace maker in a family quarrel havV failed. The wife of Pitcher Tom Rog ers of the Browns has sued him for divorce. She threatened to do it a couple of months ago, but (juinn sent for her and succeeded in having the pair make up, It didn't seem to be a permanent reconciliation, and ' it means that Rogers will find himsalf in Class One of the draft. New tered A Campaign Slander Exploded v In the closing days of the Demo'craticPrimary Cam paign a disgraceful and wholly false attack has been made upon the patriotism of John H. Morehead, Demo cratic candidate for United States Senator. The charge has been widely circulated that he at tempted to secure exemption "from military service under the draft for his son, Edwin J. Morehead. It is alleged that he made the effort before the local board in Rich ardson County; that he then appealed to -the district board at Lincoln, and on being turned down there car- ried the case before President Wilson. The charge is outrageously false. Governor More head's son enlisted as a private on July 3, 1917, and went to Camp Cody in August of that month. Since that, time, by earned promotions, he has risen to the rank of ? second lieutenant. Governor Morehead never asked for deferred classification or exemption for him, neither j did anyone else. The facts in the case ara set forth in the appended affidavit, signed by the members of the exemption board of Richardson County: . TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: . We, the Exemption Board of Richardson County, have been informed that certain parties "are circulating a report that Ex Governor Morehead and his son, Edwin John Morehead, appeared before us asking deferrred classification or exemption for bis son, , Edwin John Morehead. There is no truth in this statement, as neither the father or son has ever appeared before us, asking favors in any way, but the son enlisted, and we are pleased to know that he made good and is now second lieutenant, being promoted from corporal and sergeant, and now has a commission of second lieutenant. , Governor Morehead has been chairman of the Red Cross, Coun sel of Defense and chairman of the Liberty Bond sale, and no man in our county has done more to win the war than Ex-Governor Morehead. D. B. RATEKIN, Chairman. C. O. MARSH, Chief Clerk. C. L. HULSTEAD, M. D., Examining Physician. STATE OF NEBRASKA, RICHARDSON COUNTY, ss v Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me by the above named D. B. Ratekin, C. O. Marsh, C. L. Hulstead, this 16th day of August, 1918. - Witness my hand and official seal the day and year last above written. (SEAL) CHAS. MAJOR LEAGUE PARKS RENTED AS WAREHOUSES . Demise of Base Bdl' Evident in 1919 and Club Owners Plan . Use for Parks While . Closed. By International News Service. Brooklyn, N. Y.(Aug. 17. Charles Ebbets, owner of the Brooklyn basa ball club, of the National league, an nounces that he has made arrange ments to convert Ebbets Field Jiitd. a storage plant by enclosing the spaca under the grand stands. Similar action by owners of base ball parks all over the country, it is learned, is probable. It Is known that 7 Harry Hemp3tead, owner of the New York Grnts, is negotiating for the use of the polo grounds for this pur pose. If the movement extends to the! other ball grounds throughout the country it means there will be no S yt ui vaaiuiia uasc uu iicai jrcai. Mr. Ebbets, in making the an nouncement, said the space under the grandstands at Ebbets Field can be used for the storage of 100,000 cases of goods. It has all the facilities i lighting system, steam heating plant, etc. necessary for a storage ware house. Will Add Building. " He contemplates also the buildin of additional storage space in the held, using the centre held fences, which are of concrete, as a base. This bisi by would give him a building 800 feet 150 feet, with 16 fe-' headway. The plan of using baseball parks.fibf storage purposes was first tried out at Washington Park, former home of the Brooklyn club and later occupied by ? the Brooklyn club of the Federal league. It has proved entirely satis factory, every available inch of space being filled up with storage and pack ing cases. It is estimated that over 1.000.000 cubic feet of storage space would be available at the polo grounds. The motor speedway at Sheepshead Bay, which "is likewise under consideration, for the saVne purpose, could provide , over 2,000,000 cubic feet. The speedway, it is pointed out, would be a most advantageous Iocs tion for a storage plant because of its ' proximity .to the bay and ocean, and its excellent railroad facilities. Luderus Will Play Ssmi-Pro . Ball in Lake Shore League Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 17. Dick Marcan, president of the Lake Shore league, a semi-professional organua- lina s-f-.rsl 1tTtP trfrr KV4 tlUilt HAS ILVVITVU m V.fc v. stviti - : i Luderus, first baseman for the rnua- - j delphia Nationals, in which the Philly , captain expressed. willingness to a play in the league following the catf-s, of the present season. ' w - Luderus said he had been offered a -i berth in the Steel league, but that j he preferred to come to his home in I Milwaukee to seek employment and v 1 play with the local Lake Shore leaguo ' j club. Dr. Ford Returns from Trip" Into Mountains After Game Dr. M. J. Ford, proprietor of the , Ford hospital, has returned from a . three weeks' hunting trip to the Rat tlesnake mountains, where he met with considerable success. With him was his'fcon, who bad.been spending his vacation on aWyoming ranch. ( They went to Lander "by train and thtrh journeyed 75 miles by horseback into the ' mountains. Dr. Ford said the game was so plentiful that it was -a shame to take the money. LOVEE, Clerk District Court.