The Omaha Sunday Bee
8 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1918.
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BOSTON OBTAINS
FOUR-GAME LEAO
III PENNANT RACE
Red Sox Defeat Browns, While
Nearest Rival Loses at
Washington; Cobb Puts
Over Victory.
Boston, Aug. 24. Boston defeated
St Louis, 3 to 1, today, taking the
series, three out of four. Boston
scored three runs in the second in
nine when, with the bases lull and
- two out, Gideon misjudged Coffey's
easy fly, which went as a single. Then
'Ruth scored at the head of a double
steal. Score:
RUE.
., St Lenta . 1 t 01 I
Boston t t I M H t I 4
Batteries: Letfleld and Nunameker; Hath
ana Agnw, genang.
Wsehinj-toa Defeat Cleveland.
Washington, Auf. St. Washington d
tested Cleveland, 4 to 0, today. The defeat,
' embtned with Boaton'a victory over 8t
. Leula. pot Cleveland four same behind
the league leader. Boo ret
R.H.B.
Cleveland 00 4
Washington .... 1 0 S 4 T
: Batterleat Xmmann and O'Neill; Harper
Ul Casey.
Cobb Bat In Pear Ban.
Mew Tork. Auf. 14. New York made It
' three eat f four from Detroit, breaking
' ven la a double header her today. De
troit won th first fame, S to 4, and New
Tork evened op by winning th second,
to . In th ftret gam Cobb batted In
low rnna. Boor, tint game;
R.H.B.
Detroit I I 1 1 aI I
Kew Tork ,.... I 1 t 1 4 11
. Batterlee: Boland and Spencer; Flnntran,
: Leve and Walter.
Second gam!
, R.H.B.
Detroit I IMMMM S
Hew Tork IMUMIM
Batter!: Paus and Telle; Mof ridge
and Hannah.
Divide DoBbleheader.
Philadelphia, Aug. It. Perry waa In
' vindbl la th plncbe and Philadelphia
won th second gam of today' double
header, I to 1, after Chicago luggd a I
. to 4 victory In th tint contest. Boor.
first cam!
R.RB.
Chicago... ...... I 1 !. 14 t
Philadelphia ... MIMI1 t I 4
Batteries! Qulnn and Bcbalkj WaUon,
Tvaraon and MeAvoy.
Second gam t
- R.HB.
fhleaga ........I 1 I 1
hlladalohla 1 I 0 t I I I I
Batteries! Bern and Jacob; Ferry and
Perkins,
Bill Klem" Reverses and
Chases Cubs to Dugout
New York, Aug. 24. Several times
fans have watched Umpire Bill Klem
halt a contest and chase players
from a dugout, but twice in the Chicago-Robin
series in Brooklyn Bill
topped contests and chased the Cubs
nto their dugout In the early in
nings of the games at Ebbetg field,
'while the Robins 'were in the field,
nearly every memt it of Fred Mitch
ell's club seated themselves in the
shade in front of the boxes behind
third ;lase.' Klem waited ' until they
were in cool soots and tl.tn walked
over to the Cubs' bench and showed
nyiajjons to the comfortable Cubs
to step into their dugout One by
one the players rose from the , turf
and walked slowly to their bench.
August Draft Hits I !ard ;
Blow to Amateur Base Ball
Amateur base ball will be hard
struck this week when the next con
tin gent of drafted men leave on An
gust 30. Included in the list will be
II amateur base ball players who wilt
go to Camp Funston. Although the
season ii nearly completed the loss
of these players will be keenly felt.
Frank V. Madson, member of the
W. O. V. team of the City league
and last year a member of the cham
pion Townsend crew, is listed among
the number. He was married last
Saturday to Esther Peterson. Frank
J. Moylan, a member of the Ramblers
last year, and Ernest Koehler, a mem
ber of last year's Vinton Street Mer
chants, will also go. N
Frank J. Hubatka, who has man
aged several teams, is included, as
are Frank and Joseph Bogacz. Clyde
C Spencer, Joe F. Grakowski. Fred
E. Wittig, Joseph Dargaczewski and
Joseph Lehre. Verne Moore, basket
ball player and manager, will also
Shaw Will Not Camouflage;
No Ball Team in Shipyard
Ben Shaw, the Pirates' utility
catcher and first baseman, formerly
-with Omaha, has about made up his
ruind to enter a steel plant engaged
in government . work. There is no
ball club connected with the concern
lie expects to cast in his lot that's
why he is going to work there, for he
says: "I propose to obey the work
or fight order to the letter, and al
though I have received several offers
to go with shipbuilding plants " and
mills where base ball players are
paid a premium I don't believe in
that sort of thing. I'm going to work
and work hard until the war is over
and base ball again comes into its
own." ,
Kauf f Gets a Furlough
; When Giants Visit Ohio
Benny Kauff, now a soldier in train
ing at Camp Sherman, in Ohio,
couldn't bold himself when the Giants
appeared in Cincinnati, so he got a
furlough, went down to Cincinnati
and presto, got into uniform. Benny
says being a soldier is one thing, but
playing with the Giants is something
else again. His old team mates gave
him a rousing welcome.
"Big Jess" Will Not Defend .
Title Until Close cf the War
Denver, Aug. 24. Jess Wills rd.
heavyweight boxing champion, will
not engage in a match to defend his
title until after the war is ended, he
announced in a statement here today.
During the war he will confine him
self to exhibitions, the proceeds of
which will go to war charities.
Fitzgerald Wins Golf s,o
Title at Seymour Lake
J. J. Fitzgerald won the 1918 cham
pionship of the Seymour Lake Coun
try club in the finals yesterday. He
dc.'eated J. Dean Ringer. 6 to 4, in
vjniwig the match,
Standing of the Teams.
NAT. LEAGUE. AMERICAN.
W. L. Pet. I W. L. Pet
Chicago ...7 40 .(! Boston ...TO 47. HI
New Tork. .f, I (0 .&66!-'leveland ..17 tl .44
Pittsburgh II il ,614Wablngton IS II .111
Cincinnati 10 II ,ll7New Tork .11 17 .410
Brooklyn II 14 .4l3jCb!cago ...17 II .417
Pblla 10 II .436jst. Lout ..14 II .471
Boston ....41 17 .422:Detrolt ....40 II .42
St. Loul ..10 71 .411Phlla. ...,41 70 .407
Yesterday' Reult.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
St Louis, 1; Boston, I.
Cleveland, 0; Washington, 1
Detroit, 1-0; New Tork, 4-i.
Chicago, 1-1; Philadelphia, 4-1
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston, I; Cincinnati, 7.
Phlldelpbla, 1-7; Pittsburgh, 4-4.
Brooklyn, 1-1 ; Chicago, l-l.
Game Today,
AMERICAN LEAOUE. '
Open date.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
New, Tork at St. Lout.
Boston at Cincinnati.
All game double-header.
CHICAGO WINS
BOTH GAMES OF
DOUBLE HEADER
Cubs Increase Their Lead in
National League to 11 1-2
Games by Beating the
Dodgers Twice.
Chicago, Aug. 24. Chicago won
both games of a double header from
Brooklyn today, 8 to 3, and 3 to 1,
respectively, and now leads by 11 1-2
games in the pennant race. The first
game was a slugging match, while
Grimes remained on the mound for
the visitors. Killifer outguessed
Cheney in the second game which
was a pitching battle. With the score
tied and a 'man on third Cheney at
tempted to pass Killifer, but the Chi-
cagoan threw his bat at the fourth
ball and singled, sending the winning
run nome. scores:
Pint gam:
Fir Garnet R. H. &
Brooklyn ...t 0 0 1110 o S a 1
Chicago .,..0 1 1 4 0 0 0 I is i
Batterleii Grime. Smith and If. Whsst:
neaaryg ana urarrtii.
ecend Garaat : . R. H. B,
Brooklyn ..0 1 1 1 0 0 0 01 4
I
1
Chloago ....0 000011 I I
Battrti Chnr and Miller i Martin and
Killifer.
Clncl Win la Tenth.
Clnolnnttl, Aug. 14. In th last half of
th tenth, Roush led off with a triple, a.
Mage and Cueto were purposely passed by
George, and then Griffith singled to center.
soaring Roush which gave Cincinnati th
viotory over Boston, t to I. Scor:
R. St. K.
Boston t 10000000 01 10 S
Cincinnati ,.,.0 1 I I 0 0 0 0 0 17 11 I
Batteries: Georc and Wilson! Kins?.
Mitchell and Archer.
Pirate Win and Los.
Pittsburgh. Aug. 14. Today's double
header between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
waa a 10-10 affair, th horn team taking
in iint, i to i wnne tn easterner cap
tured th second, T to 4. Score! First gamei
R. H. B.
Philadelphia ....lit 11 I
Pittsburgh ......0 0 I 0 1 0 0 4 S S
Batterleii Jaeoba and ASams; Cooper
and Schmidt
Second gam! R. H..B.
Philadelphia ....0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 07 S 1
Pittsburgh 00000100 I I S 4
Battrle( Hogg and Adam) Mayr and
Schmidt
Two Golf Champions Leave
Links for Military Lite
Kenneth Reed, Nebraska golf
champion in 1918, and Blaine - S.
Young, champion in 1908, are two of
the latest Omaha athletes to enter
the military service. Both are mem
bers of the , Field club, where they
rank amonpr the leading golfers.
Young has held the club champion
ship for several years.
Young left last week for Detroit,
Mich., where he will enter the avia
tion section. He has been trying to
get into service for some time, and
has been assured that he will be, suc
cessful in Detroit
Reed leaves this week for Camp
Zachary Taylor, Ky. He has a
brother, Lt. John S. Reed, instructor
in the aviation camp at Kelly Field,
Tex., who was a promising golfer
at Happy Hollow where Kenneth got
his early training. '
When Reed won the state title last
month he was entered from the Elm
wood park municipal course, but he
later joined the Field club. Two
weeks ago he was put out of the club
championship race by a "dark horse,"
but explained that he was too en
grossed with plans for the war to
concentrate on golf. ;
Cornhuskers Arrange Stiff
Schedule for 1918 Season
The University of Nebraska fcot
ball schedule this year is one of the
stiffest arranged for the Cornhusker
eleven in years. It calls for but eight
games, but every one will be with a
team of the first magnitude. All
games with smaller colleges have been
cancelled and bookings arranged with
other teams.
The schedule for the coming year
will be:
Oct 5: University of Iowa at Lin
coln. Oct. 12: Camp Funston at Lincoln.
Oct. 19: Notre Dame University at
Lincoln.
Oct. 26: University of West Vir
ginia at Morgantown, W. Va.
Nov. 9: University of Missouri at
Columbia.
Nov. 16: University of Kansas at
Lincoln.
Nov. 23: Northwestern University
at Lincoln.
Thanksgiving day: Syracuse univer
sity at Lincoln. .
Low Scores at Field Club
In Informal Competition
No golf competition was staged at
the Omaha Field club Sunday. M. H.
LaDouceur turned in the low score
in the informal play with a 77. Milton
Swartx and Guy Thomas turned in
scores of 79.
R. M. Laverty Is Low in Race
For the Jack Beaton Trophy
R. M. Laverty was medalist in an
18-hole qualifying round for the J. H.
Bcatc cup at the Happy Hollow
club. . His net score was 74.
National Cash Registers Winners of
Championship Title in the City League
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FAST BASE BALL
AT ROURKE PARK
ON SEPTEMBER 1
Omaha Naval Recruiting Sta
tion and Camp Dodge Sol
diers Have Major
League Teams.
Omaha will have one more chance
this year to witness a base ball game
between league players when the
Naval Recruiting Station team of
Omaha clashes with the Camp Dodge
soldiers at Rourke park next Sunday,
In the lineup of both teams will be
seen some of the best major and ml
nor league players.
The Omaha Submarine crew feels
confident of winning and doubly so
when assured that a 36-piece naval
band would be on the scene from the
Great Lakes training station to cheer
them on. A concert will be rendered
by the bluejacket band, which re
ceived its training under one of the
country's greatest bandmasters,
Philip Sousa. The band concert will
start at 2 o'clock and the ball game
at 3 p, m.
lhe khaki clad warriors are of the
opinion that it takes more than mu-
sic to win uati games anu iicuiciiaiu
Rothe, manager of the team, will
come to Omaha surrounded by a gal
axy of stars that would put up a for
midable appearance against any of
the major league teams. Lieutenant
Rothe says his team is composed of
all major league material and he feels
confident that they will be able to
take back the title from the sea dogs.
Chief Ross, who will manage the
recruiters, says his team will not be
composed entirely of major leaguers,
but that class shows in every mem
ber of the team. He admits that the
doughboys will be able to give his
team an interesting tussle, but says
his boys never give up the ship and
will romp home with the winning
tally ere the nine innings have been
played.
Navy Has Record.
The Omaha team has gathered a
host of admirers by winning 19 games
out of 21 played this season and they
have no lack sapport In the con
test. They eviJentl have a shade
the best of the soldiers in the heav
ing department. Freynik of the Ath
letics will prob; My be on the mound.
If not, Smith, the White Sox star,
can be called upon. Flattery of Se
attle and Hanihan of the University
of Chicago will dish up the curves for
the soldiers.
The navy team, assisted by the
Great Lakes band, will play the Ar
mours, leaders in the Greater Omaha
league, Monday. The Armours cap
tured a game from the sailors a few
weeks ago and they are determined
to avenge the defeat. The "Wash
Day" battle will start at 3:15 o'clock.
Band concert at 2 o'clock.
The two teams have been recruited
from the following organizations:
CAMP DODGE.
Rumler, center. St. Louts Brown
Roach, third, St. Loul Cardinal
Strlegel, seoond, Sioux City Westerns
Agnew, catch. Boston American (played
In world' series. 111?, ,
Flattery, pitch. Seattle Pacttlo Coast
Wolf, short, Chicago National
Kverson, right, Philadelphia American
Dovenberg, left, Boston American
Senderberg, first, Jersey City Internation
al Monlhan, pitch, University of Chicago
NAVT RECRUITINO. STATION
Nys, third, St Louis Brown and Omaha
Western
Lyck, catch. Slout City Western
Freynik, pitch, Philadelphia Americana
William, first, New Tork Amerloan
Krug, short. Nsw Tork Americana and
Omaha Western
Wahl, second, Topeka Weetera
Dygert, center. State league
Towle, left. University of Nebraska
Stevens, right. International league
Smith, pitch, Chicago American
Byron Persistent Cuss
to Join Uncle Sam's Army
While many of the noted base ball
stars are trying their hardest to stay
out of the service. Umpire Bill Byron,
who. is 47 years old, is trying his best
to get in. Byron has made many appli
cations to get into the ground service
of the aviation corps as a mechanic,
but has always been turned down be
cause of his ae. He's going to keep
on trying, though, and expects to be
successful before long. .
Guy Buckles of Ring Fame
Comes Here for Prisoners
Guy Buckles, former well-known
local pugilist who has been in the
United States army for about a year
was in Omaha Saturday, having been
sent here from Fort Sill. Okl., to take
back some of the men who were
wanted there and who were taken in
the slacker raid 'here Wednesday
night. He was as brown as a Mexi
can, i . . , .
Burets, as; Goodrow. p; Miller, rf
3b; Hiatt, cf ; Ludwick, 2b; Hoffman, p and If.
Pates, c and mgr; Finy, lb and
Hitting
The High Spots
On the Sporting Trail
By A. K. DONOVAN.
President Ebbets' action in con
verting the Brooklyn park into a
storage plant does not seem so
strange. The Robins had a bunch of
"eggs" this year and he will need
some place to keep them.
Where Are They?
Cincinnati furnished the best joke
of the base ball season shortly before
the announcement of the government
plans to increase the draft age. A
team composed of players "over the
draft age" it was announced would
be organized to tour Cuba. A team
composed of active players over 45
years of age would prove a rare
curiosity and should be a drawing
card among the natives of this coun
try. Not So Old.
Speaking of old players, there are
very few in organized base ball, and
considering the draft age, this is also
true of young ones. If base ball rec
ords are correct, the oldest player
actively engaged this year was Joe
McGinnity, who pitched a few Coast
league games. . Joe was bprn in
March, 1873, and will be eligible for
service if Mr. Crowder's plans are ac
cepted. Clifton Heathcote is the baby
of the big show, but will probably be
of draft age. He is 19. Bobby Wal
lace, also a member of the Cardinals,
is the oldest in the majors, being
born in 1874.
Everybody's Doing It
Marv Pickford. the movie star, is
tne latest ceieDruy to join mc i turns
of the golfers.
"Duke" Not a Duke.
Duke P. Kahanamoku, the flying
fish from Honolulu, has no ducal
estate, as a surprising number of per
sons seem to believe. Neither does
he pose in a "soup and fish" to give
this impression. lhe handle uuke
was presented him by fond parents in
the land ot the tiuiu gins wno ap
parently wished to simplify a long and
cumbersome name.
Track Meet is National
Sportmanship such as was shown
by the Chicago Athletic clubs is a
rarity that deserves commendation.
About $10,000 was subscribed to de
fray expenses of visiting athletes and
to entertain officials of the coming A.
A. U. track and field championship
contest. The meet will be really na
tional and no attempt is being made
to give local athletes an advantage.
The A. A. U. ctiampionships will
mark the dedication of the new ath
letic field at the Great Lakes naval
training station near Chicago con
structed at a cost of $100,000. This
is also the first meet ever held on a
military reservation. Never before
has it been possible to hold 440-yard
dashes on a straightaway track and
some exceptionally fast time is an
ticipated. Let's Ante Again, Boys.
Capt. B. V. Ogden, camp athletic
director at Camp Funston has sent
out an S. O. S. (send over supplies)
to recruit finances to buy athletic
equipment for the boys scamped
there. It is estimated that $10,000
will be required to put the camp in
first class shape for athletics.
With the departure of the 89th di
vision overseas and the steady influx
of drafted men the wear and tear on
equipment has left the camp in a bad
way. Cheerful donors have supplied
the camp once, but if the new men are
to enjoy the privileges of camp ath
letics another subscription is needed.
Checks should be made payable to
Captain Ogden and sent to Camp
Funston, Kan. 'Nuf sed. We are
sure the boys will be playing foot
ball, base ball, boxing, etc., with new
equipment in the near future.
Bicycles Still Popular.
Base ball and other sports may feel
the pinch of war, but the good old
pastime of bicycle racing continues to
flourish in all its pristine glory at
Newark, N. J., and Revers, Mass..
which have been the two centers of
speed contests ever since the days
of the old high wheels.
What looked to be a winning com
bination for the New York Yankees
earlier in the season has been shot to
pieces through the pastimers seeking
other fields of labor.
With 27 years of continuous service
in the National league to his credit,
Bob Emslie comes near to being the
dean of base ball umpires.
A bill is to be introduced in the
next New Jersey legislature to make
it a state's prison offense to attack a
referee or umpire.
Gowdy Passes Exam for
Lieutenant's Gold Bar
Hank Gowdy probably is a lieuten
ant by this time. A report from
France last week stated that he had
passed the examination required for
an officer's commission and expected
news any day that he could change
his sergeant's chevrons for a lieuten
ant's bar.
; Williams, scorekeeper: Jacobs.
p.
WAR CHARITIES
BENEFIT FROM
WORLDS SERIES
Tenth of Receipts Set Aside as
Contribution; First Three
Games to Be Played
in Chicago.
Chicago, Aug. 24. The first three
games of the world's base ball series
will be played in Chicago, starting
Wednesday, September 4, it was an
nounced tonight by President Ban
Johnson of the American league. The
remaining contests, if any, will be
played on the home grounds of the
American league pennant winners.
War charities will share in the receipts-
of the championship games
President Johnson said.
Details for the annual classic were
announced by President Johnson
after official sanction for the games
had been given by Secretary Baker.
Aid to War Charities.
Base ball is expected to contribute
between $30,000 and $40,000 to war
charities under the plan suggested by
the National commission, which
agreed to donate 10 per cent of its
revenue from the series and recom
mended that each league as well as
the contesting clubs, participating
players, officials and other officials
contribute a like amount.
"The National commission could
not arbitrarily rule that the players,
club owners and leagues must give
up a share of their receipts to war
charities," President Johnson said,
but it recommended contributions to
such worthy causes and I feel con
fident the recommendations will be
carried out.
"Basing my figures on the receipts
of the iyi7 series. I think between
$30,000 and $40,000 will be realized.
For example, the National commis
sion's share of the receipts last year
approximated $42,000 and the winning
club got approximately $91,000.
Prices Reduced.
Because of the demands made
upon the public for contributions for
patriotic causes and also for the in
vestment in Liberty bonds and Thrift
stamps, the commission decided
"materially to reduce the prices of
admission in order to enable the pa
trons to attend the games at reason
able prices." The price of box seats,
which a year ago sold for $5, was re
duced to $3. Grandstand reserved
seats will sell for $1.50; pavilion seats
for $1 and bleacher seats at 50 cents.
Bluejackets Expect
to Wrest A. A. U. Title
From Present Champs
Great Lakes, 111., Aug. 24. Coach
Franz Marceau of the Great Lakes
Naval Training station track team is
extremely optimistic in regard to the
Navy's chances of lifting, the
A. A. U. track and field championship
from the present holder, the Chicago
Athletic association.
The 1918 games will be staged in
the new athletic field at Great Lakes
a stadium that boasts a quarter
mile straight away path and a quarter-mile
oval track. The senior events
are booked for September 21. the
juniors for the day previous and the
all rounds for September 23.
Marceau has not lined up his ma
terial from the 46,000 sailors here,
but it is no secret that several national
champions are included in its person
nel. For instance there is Andy
Ward, holder of both the senior 100
and 220-yard titles, and Ed Knourek,
pole vault king, connected with the
team.
Loren Murchinson of St. Louis.
junior 300-yard champion, is serving
in detention. Dean Letner, western A.
A. U. hurdle star, is a seaman at
Camp Dewey, Earl Gilhllan, he
Notre Dame star, is ready for the
jumps ana weight.
Loach Marceau himself will enter
the middle distance races. Marceau
was a point gainer on Coach Martin
Delaney s team that cleaned up in St
Louis a year ago.
The coach will issue an official call
for all track men in a few days. He
expects several hundred candidates to
turn out
Kingsley to Defend Gun
Club Trophy Ayain Today.
Ray Kingsley will defend the Oma
ha Gun club challenge trophy at the
Omaha Gun club again today. Mc
Andrews, McCaffery, Stroup, Ellison.
Christensen and Barnes have chal
lenged Kingsley and it is against
these marksmen he will defend his
trophy.
- The gun club is making elaborate
plans for a registered tournament
which will be staged September 1
and 2. ,
RQUSH DRIVES
FOR NATIONALS'
BATTING TITLE
Hard Hitting Outfielder Climbs
in a Week from Seventh to
First Place, . With
Sixteen Hits.
Chicago, Aug. 24. The big drive for
premier base ball honors in the major
league is in full sway, with leaders in
the various departments measuring
strength in the race for the top.
Eddie Roush,. the hard hitting out
fielder, with but nine days of the
season remaining, is attempting to
crowd "Zack" Wheat, the Brooklyn
veteran, from the coveted top rung
of the National league batting ladder.
Seventh in the list of leaders a
week ago, Roush today is in second
place as a result of collecting 16
hits in his last eight games. He is
15 points behind the Brooklyn vet
eran, who is leading with an aver
age of .343. Charles Hollocher the
young Chicago star, batted his way
from sixth to third place, with an
average of .322. while "Jake" Daubert,
another Brooklyn veteran, fell into a
batting slump and slipped from sec
ond to seventh place. The averages
published today include games of
Wednesday.
Roush also took a spurt in sacrifice
hitting, going into a tie with Moll
witz of Pittsburgh for a total of 28.
Heinie Groh of Cincinnati is giving
Burns of New York a fight for scor
ing honors. Burns having registered
76 runs as against 72 for the Cin
cinnati star. Cravath of Philadelphia
tops the home run hitters with seven.
Max Carey, the fleet-footed Pitts
burgher, is in a class by himself in
base stealing. He has 55 thefts to
his credit, while Burns, the New
Yorker, his nearest competitor, has
only 36.
The leading batters:
Wheat Brooklyn, 343; Roush,
Cincinnati, .328; Hollocher, Chicago.
.322; Groh, Cincinnati, 317; f. C.
Smith, Boston, .317; Merkle, Chicatjo.
.309; Daubert, Brooklyn, 304; Young,
New York, .299; S. Magee, Cincinnati,
.295; Paskert, Chicago, 294.
Cobb Gets Race.
There is a wild scramble in the
American league for honors in scor
ing and base stealing, and'Ty Cobb,
the Detroit star, is getting the worst
of it. Cobb, of course, is certain to
bag the batting championship but
Chapman of Cleveland, and Geotge
Sisler, of St. Louis, are leading him
in the other departments.
"Chapman is showing the way in
scoring, having counted 77 times.
Cobb has registered 73 runs Sisler
tops the base stealers with 38, with
Chapman and Cobb tied for second
place at 34. Chapman also is tied
with Shean of Boston for the lead in
sacrifice hitting. He has 31.
Cobb's battng mark, according to
figures including games of Widnes
day, is .379, which gives him a 36 oolnt
lead over Burns of Philadelphia who
is second with .343. Sisler is back
into third position, displacing Speaker
of Cleveland. "Smokey Joe" Wood,
the veteran pitcher, who has been
playing the outfield with Cleveland,
climbed from tenth to fifth place
within the last week. His average is
.309.
"Babe" Ruth of Boston and Walker
of Philadelphia remain tied for the
honors in home run hitting, with 11
each.
The leading batters:
Cobb, Detroit, .379; Burns, Philadel
phia, .343; Sisler, St. Louis 335;
Speaker, Cleveland. .319; Wood,
Cleveland, .309; Pipp, New York. .304;
Murphy, Chicago, .304; Baker, New
York, .302; Ruth, Boston. .299; vValk
er, Philadelphia, .298.
Chicago and Boston May
Meet for First Time in
World Series Contest
Granting that the Cubs and Red
Sox cop the premier honors in their
..m.rt!,,. i3ciips as now appears
n.Nk-,M it-will make a rather odd
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condition, uotn vmcago aim
have flown scores ot pennants, out
M.,.r Kofnr have teams from the
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two cities contested for the cham
pionship in a world's series. When a
rhirotrn tsm wine, in enner league
Boston falls dowr. in the other and
,nV v,ru Note the curious fasnion
in which the two pennant-winning
towns have kept from fighting each
other. . ...
1903 Boston won in the American
leatrue. but Pittsburgh was the Na
tional winner.
1906 Both Chicago teams were
the champions.
1QA7 Chiraeo won in the National.
but Detroit was the victor in the
American.
1908 Same as m 1907.
ioinThe Cubs won. while the
Athletics took the American flag.
101? Rnct. n rnnoerl in the Ameri
can and New York in the National.
'9i4The Braves won, but had for
their opponents the Athletics.
a l . . a lit- 1
lOli Kea SOX won, dui Datum
Philadelphia.
1Q16 A train the Red Sox win. but
have Brooklyn for their opponents.
iyi7 White oox win, out meet tne
Giants in the big series.
1918 Time will tell.
Tlir have been 14 world series
since the two leagues made oeace
and either a Chicago or Boston club
has figured in 10 out of the 14 yet
the two towns have never sent their
stars against each other.
Golfer Finds Profar.ity
is Costly Indulgence
A eolfer. addicted to the use of
profanity on the golf links, decided
to reform so he said to the young
ster who had been carrying for hiro
every day: "Boy, after this I'll give
you 10 cents every time I use
swear word.
A week later the youngster failed
to put in an appearange. The golfer
asked the substitute caddy:
"Where is my regular boy?
"Oh. he's in town today buying
himself a bicycle and a suit of
clothes with the money you gave him
last week.
TENNIS TROPHY
WON BY TILDEN BY
BEFEAJJF PELL
Champion Also Victor in Final
of Doubles, Aided by Boy
Marvel, Richards, as
Wheel Horse.
Southampton, N. Y., Aug. 24.
j William T. Tilden, second, of Phila
delphia, won the singles final and
trophy in the lawn tennis tournament
here today on the turf courts of the
Meadow club. Tilden defeated T. R.
Pell, New York, in straight sets, 6-4,
6-2, 6-4.
Tilden played with more caution
than usual. He did not make his
? fiery assaults at the net with the
same frequency as in other matches.
He forced the openings and then
moved up for the shot.
Pell used his long and crossing
drives with fine effect In the first
set he led at 4-2 on games only to
have Tilden outplay him by a more
severe game for the set. c
Tilden and Vincent Richards won
the final of the doubles. In a hard
fought and brilliantly played five-set
match they proved their superiority
by defeating Walter T. Hayes and
Ralph H. Burdick, the western cham
pions, of Chicago. The score was
6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. J. S. O'Boyle of
the Pelham Bay naval training sta
tion acted as umpire.
Richards, the boy marvel, stood as
the wheel horse of the victorious
doubles pair. His steadiness and
strategy saved many of the rallies.
Tilden was over anxious, often hit
ting the ball too soon, his outs and
nets throwing away the fourth set.
In the fifth set he did better, prac
tically finishing off with a service ace.
Burdick played very strongly. His
service was fine, and he always had
speed. The western players took too
many chances in the rallies, losing on
outs and nets. '
Miss Molla Bjurstedt and W. M.
Hall met Mrs. Rawson Wood and R.
L. Murray in an exhibition doubles.
The girl from Norway and her part
ner won 6-4, 6-2.
Mathewson is Commissioned
in Chemical Ssrvice Corps
Cincinnati, O., Aug. 24. Christy
Mathewson, manager of the Cincin
nati Nationals, received notice from
the War department that his applica
tion for a commission in the chemical
warfare service of the United States
army for overseas service has been
favorably acted upon. He was in
structed to go to an army doctor at
once for vaccination and did so. re
porting at Fort Thomas, Ky., for this
operation. He may have to leave be
fore the season closes on Labor day,
but hopes to secure an extension of
time until that date.
Former Foot Ball Star Says
"Hello, Omaha'" From France
"God is the 'big idea' with the Am- ;
erican army in France and the
churches with 'watch fires' ever
bright through the long night are,
of course, the sentinels who put Him
here," wrote Lt. Will N. Johnson,
Omaha Negro lawyer and former
University of Nebraska foot ball star,,
in a recent letter to his friends in
this city.
Lieutenant Johnson wrote that all
of the Omaha men of his race are
"right there," except Captain Peebles.
And he wrote that the all send greet
ings. Lieutenant Johnson's mother, Mrs.
Laura Johnson, lives at 2010 South
Fourteenth street. Lieutenant John
son in his college days at the Uni
versity of Nebraska was considered
one of the greatest ends in Cornhusk
er history. He was a wonderful
tackier and also a brilliant all-around
gridiron performer.
Not a Second Tyrus Cobb;
is First George Sisler
Annually "new Ty Cobbs" are
born in the spring, flourish through
the free grub training junket and ex
pire in the pitiless ordeal ot the
major league campaign. Seldom a
year comes around in which some
player is not alluded to as "another
Ty Cobb," "another Wagner" or
Lajoie," perhaps.
The fact that in 20 yean there has
been only one Wagner, one Lajoie,
one Cobb and one Speaker indicates
the futility of over-praising begin
ners with one exception, George
Sisler of the Browns.
He is a player who bore out all
the early predictions made for him
and there were many. He is the
only blossom that proved to be no
bloomer.
English Naval Officers
Given Raspberry by Caddy
New York, Aug. 24. Some Eng
lish officers, from a battleship off St.
Andrew's bay. decided to try a round
over the famous old course near bv.
There are three circuits running"
alongside each other at St. Andrew's,
and one of the officers started off on
the old course. Going to the second
hole he sliced his tee shot, then he
sliced hisa second and his third also.
After which he turned round to his
caddie and asked:
"What is the line to the hole, boy?"
"Well," answered the caddie. "If
you can tell on which course you ar
playing, sir, then I will be able to tei
you."
Red Cross Benefit Golf
Match at Seymour Club
Frank C. Sherman and William
Haaske will play a special 18-hole
golf match at the Seymour Lake
Country club at 2:30 o'clock this aft
ernoon. All proceeds from the match
will be donated to the Red Cross.
Red Cross to Provide 40
Nurses' Recreation Houses
Washington, Aug. 24. Contracts
have been let by the Red Cross for
40 special nurses' recreation houses.
One will be built at each large base
hospital with the approval of Uts
military authorities.
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