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    The Bee's Special Sunday
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n The Omaha Sunday Bee
12 A " -OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1918.
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MUCH
ST. PAUL MECHANICS
BATTER FORT OMAHA
x LINE FOR VICTORY
Fast Playing of Balloon Squad Prohibited by Slippery
,. . Condition of Field and Heavy Mechanics Excell
in Line Plunging, Scoring Two Touchdowns.
By H. O. PARSONS.
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The result: Fort Omaha, 0: St.
Paul Aviation "Mechanics, 12.
The reason: Too much Chicken.
" That really sums up the whole
: story, for a certain gentleman by the
name of thicken playing right half
-, for the Aviators may be a Chicken
' by name but in a foot ball suit '. e
is a bear-cat and a tiger and an ambling-gambolling
battering ram. He
was ably, assisted by'his team mates,
.Williams and Marshall, as well as
i a strong line which the Fort Omaha
boys were unable to penetrate. This
man Chicken is pronounced by
Coach Dr. Williams of, the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, one of the best
men he ever saw in a foot ball suit.'
1 Field Hampers Balloon Men.
. "' But it must not be said that Fort
Omaha did not play a wonderful
game considering Jthe condition of
the field and the fact that they were
.tfutweighed several pounds to the
man. King, r Faulk 'and Etidaly in
the backfield play fast and bril
. liantly and otvft-dry field the results
, might have been different, but in
''the mud and slush the Fort Omaha
' line was unable to hold until heir
i plays could te executed.
11 The south half of the field was a
! ' frozen subsoH, covered ; by three
Jnches of slimy slippery mud and
most of the game was played in that
' portion of the field, making the ball
' ' hard to handle, preventing well exe
cuted plays and almost prohibiting
the use of the forward pass.
" The Fort Omaha soldiers and
band were in the grand stand root
ing their best, led by a cheer-leader
who was always in action, in fact so
much so that he was .the envy of
3 000 fans, who had to, sit still and
ishiver. "
; Send Up Balloon.
Before the game Maj.. Clarence
Maranville, Capt. Charles McCfll
rough, and Lieutenants Horning and
Kingsland made a flight in ai free
;. balloon from the center of the field,
- traveling straight east andout of
' sight. The other aviation1 stunts
planned for the afternoon were
called off on account of the weather
conditions.
One of the features of the game
was that the Aviators played the
i entire game with their original line
tjp, while Fort Omaha only substi:
.tuted two men, Dessendorf and
Reed.
Fort Omaha defended the south
goal. ..Faulk kicked to Simpson, who
i returned five'yards. , Simpson then
made 25 yards around left endThe
. Aviators bucked the Fort Omaha
line to the middle of the field.
Chicken made 10 yards through the
line... Forward pas Williams to
Simpson made 30 more. Another
pass Williams to Simpson was gojd
for 10 yards more. The Aviators
then lost the ball on downs on Fort
Omaha's 10-yard line." King kicked
" to his own 35-yard line. The St.
Paul boys then started a march
down the field hitting the line with
V Marshall, Williams and Chicken
, (mostly Chicken), and the first
quarter ended with' the Aviators
holding the ball on Fort Omaha's
: 10-yard line.
Fort Omaha,' 0; S Paul Avia-
"tors, 0.
- ,v " Second Quarter.
After t preliminary scrimmage
, opening the second quarter, Mr.
Chicken tore through the line for
'. JO yjrds and St. Paul's first touch-i-1
down. Williams missed goal. Faulk
i ' kicked to Simpson on the Aviator's
15-yard line. Marshal made 2 yards,
Chicken 5, Chicken 5 more, Simpson
J 4.' Williams 4. St. Paul forced to
kick, Williams. to Weirich. Omaha
failed to gain, King made a poor
kick and Chicken returned the whole
gain. King intercepted a torwara
pass by Williams., and on a quick
formation Faulk made 50 yards
around left end .for the only long
gain Fort Omaha made. Fort Oma
ha lost on downs. Marshall made 5
yards, Williams 10, Chicken 5, Bas
haw. was thrown for a 5 yard loss,
and the second quarter ended in
middle of Held. -
Fort Omaha, 0; St. Paul Ava
iors, 6.
Third Quarter.
Faulk kicked to Marshall, who
fumbled. Williams kicked to Spang.
Endaly then made 15 yards but lost
. the 'gam on a penalty and King
kicked to center of fieUL Williams
fumbled and Fort Omaha got the
, ball. Faulk made 5 yards and Euda-,
Jy 15 around end. Warner threw
-"j?aulk for loss of T yards. -King
kicked over the Aviators goal am!
took the . ball on the 20 yard line.
Chicken made several gains through
" the line, but Williams then kicked
to Weirch who, fumbled, St. Paul re
covering the ball. Froelich threw
Marshall for a 5-yard loss. - King
Mocked a forward pass. The third
quarter ended" in the middle of the
field, with St. Paul carrying the
bait. ',., -. ' -
Fort Omaha, 0; St. Paul, Avia-
; tors, 6.
I ' V ,f-i'v Fourth Quarter.
;" Williams kicked to Spang.; King
- ind. Williams exchanged -unts.
! Reed went in' forEudary. For-
ward pass, King to Weirich failed.
Tooke blocked a kick by King giv
i ing St. Paul the ballun Fort Oma
i - ha's 15-yard line.t Simpson made 8
j' yards around left .end. Marshall
made 5 yards. Chicken made 2 mojje.
. Chicken carried the ball withjfl 2
f feet of Ft Omaha's goal. Chicken
then went over for St. Paul's sec
ond tonehdown, going straight
through center.- The ball laid right
on the line and after much measur
ing the officials decided the ball was
. 2 inches over the center of the line.
Williams missed goal. King kicked
to Marshall who returned 10 yards.
Chicken made 5 yards, Marshall 2,
Fort Omaha penalized 5 yards, for
ward pass, Simpson to Chicken, was
pood for 20 yards. Bashaw and
Chicken hit the line for good gains.
St. Paul penalized 15 yards. For
ward pass, Williams to Warner,
made 20 yards, more for St. Paul,
and the game ended with the ball on
Fort (Omaha's 20-yard line.
Final score: Fort Omaha, 0; St.
Paul Aviators, 12.
Lineup:
FT. OMAHA. ST. PAUL.
I.undberg R.E Warner
Jlankett K.T Bashap
wener k.u uunormsen
Reynolds C Shepard
Froelich I.f, St. John
Anderson L T Gatea
Weirich I..E Tooke
Bpantf Q B Simpson
Faulk R.H Chicken
Eudaly L.H WIHInms
Klnir . . F.B Marshall
Touchdowns: Chicken 2).
Officials: ,Dr. Rellly, K. C. A. C. ref
eree; Mulligan, I'nlverslty of Nebraska,
umpire; Patton, University of Nebraska,
head linesman.
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NAVAL RESERVE
ELEVEN HNS IN
LL BATTLE
UPH
Inability of Davies "to Kick
Goal After Touchdown
Loses for Pitts
burgh. Cleveland, Nov. 30. Fighting an
uphill battle, the Cleveland Naval
Reserve foot ball team defeated the
famous University of Pittsburgh
eleven, the undisputed collegate foot
ball champions of 1918, 10 to 9. be
fore the largest crowd that ever wit
nessed a foot ball game in Cleveland.
Davies' inability to kick goal after
a touchdown in the first period
brought defeat to Pittsburgh,
Stinchcomb's goal in the final period
made Cleveland winner.
Pittsburgh was the first to score,
McLaren going over on line plunges
in the first period. Davies failed to
kick goal.
Ducote's Boot Counts.
In the second period, Ducote
kicked a pretty field goal from the
40-yard line for Cleveland. At the
end of the second period Pittsburgh
had the ball on the one-yard line.
Neither side scored in the third
period.
Early in the fourth Gougler reg
istered a gdal from Placement for
Pittsburgh. Then the navy started
to victory. steinchcemb cut loose
with a sensational 45-yard run and
Ducote followed with a forward pass
of 15 yards across the Pittsburgh
line and right int6 Steinchcomb's
waiting hands. Following the
touchdown Steinchcomb kicked goal,
giving Cleveland the point necessary
to win,, 10 to 9.
Lineup and summary:
University of Nebraska Foot Ball Team
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HASTINGS COACH
PICKS ALL STAR
FOOT BALL TEAM
Names Players from Four
Teams and Gives Reasons
Why He Thinks They
Are Best.
Upper Row W. G. Kline, head coach; Monte Munn, center; Kriemelmeyer, sub tackle; Lyman, right tackle; Dana, right guard; Wade
Munn, left guard; Paul Schissler, assistant coach.
Middle Row Lanphear, sub end and center; Howarth, quarterback Jobes, left halfback; Ross,' sub guard; Hartley, fullback; Swanson, right
end.
Lower Row Reynolds, sub halfback; Davis, sub halfback; Lantz, right halfback; Hubka (capt), left tackle; Martin sub halfback; Neu
mann, left end.
CLEVELAND
NAVAL RESERVES
Bierce..j. L.
Corral t.L.
Taylor L.
OorgM C.
UNIVERSITY
OF PITTSBURGH
E McCarter
T Hllty
G Stahl
Stein
Hess R. G V.. Allshouse
Johnson R. T Mervls
Zanders R. E Harrington
Steinchcomb Q. B Goulgler
Holmgren L. H. B Daulea
Harlan R. H. B. Easterday
Ducote K. B '. McLaren
Score by periods:
Cleveland Naval Reserve 0 J 0 7 10.
University of Pittsburgh 8 0 0 3r-
Touchdowns Stelnchcombe. Goal from
touchdowns. Stelnchcombe. Goal from
ield, Ducote, University of Pittsburgh,
scoring; Touchdowns, McLaren. Goal
from field, GoulRler. Referee, Ray of Illi
nois. Umpire. Durfee of Williams. Head
linesman, Merrlman -of Geneva. Time of
periods, 15 minutes each.
Michigan Defeats Ohio
First Time Since 1912
Coluiubus, O., Nov. 30. In a
game which was scoreless, until .e!l
into the fourth period, Michigan de
feated Ohio State here today, the
first time these old rivals have met
since 1912, by a score of 14 to 0. The
fourth period opened with Ohio
State having the ball on her own 31
yard line. Stekette punted to Ohio
State's three-yardi line. As Rife at
tempted to punt out, from behind
the goal. Goetz broke through,
blocked the kick and fell on the
ball for a touchdown. After the
kickoff. after an exchange of punts,
Ohio State was penalized for un
necessary roughness, placing the ball
on their 12-yard line. From here,
a forward pass, Steketee to Dunne,
counted the second touchdown.
TOOT BALL RESULTS.
At Omaho St. Paul, 1; Fort Omaha, 0.
At Cambridge Harvard, S; Brown, 6.
At New York Syracuse, SI; Rntgera, 0.
- At Cleveland Cleveland Naval Reserve,
10; I alverslty of PHUburgh. .
At Celtunkiu Mlehlcaa, 14 Ohio State,'
.. At Chicago Great taken, 17t Purdue, t.
At Chicago Minnesota, 7: Chicago. .
At Den Moines Camp Bodge, 6 s Iowa, 8.
At- Philadelphia Philadelphia Navy
Yard, 17; Caarlmtoa Navy Yard, 1.
At Topeka, Kan. Washburn, tt; Has
kell Indiana, 7.
At Davenport, la. Davenport High, SI;
Mellne Htgh, o.
At Spokane Valvenlty of Idaho, t;
Mar Island UarlM Cerpa, IS.
INTEREST NOW
CENTER IN "HOT
STOVE CIRCUIT"
Littls Doing in Light Harness
Circles; Ice Racing at Mt.
Clemens Week of Jan
uary 13.
By H. K. WHITTED.
The biggest loss to the light har
ness horse interests for a long time
came in the death of the champion
stallion of the world, Lee Axworthy
1:58J4, who was found dead in his
stall recently. The grim reaper
took this great stallion before he
had had a chance to prove his
worth as a sire but there is no
doubt but that he would have taken
his place as one of the greatest
sires of the country had he had a
chance. The sort of Guy Axworthy
and Gaity Lee was about as game
a piece of horseflesh as ever looked
through a bridle and his loss will
mean more to the game than can
ever be measured in dollars and
cents. Arrangements have been
made to have his skeleton mounted
and placed in a museum in New
York city, but that will be poor so
lace to the men who had hoped to
have a colt sired by him ready to
start in the course of three or four
years.
ANFew. Horses at Lexington.
As is usual this time of year,
most of the horse interests 4n the
west are centered around the "hot
stove circuit" and very little is go
ing on. A few horses are being car
ried through the winter at Lexing
ton, Neb., one of them being the
pacing mare, Little Irish Rose, by
Exclusive Bells, owned by Mark
VValston. Walston raced this mare
a little the past season, winning
four firsts, three seconds and one
third out of eight starts. She should
make trouble for some of the side
wheelers in her class next season,
as she is eligible to the 2:20 class
and has the whiz to car.y a stiff
pace to the end of the route.
Another handy sort of a trotter
owned in the middle west is Todd
Echo, 2:09. by Echo Todd, owned
in Wilson, Kan., where he is be
ing wintered this season. In the
past three years he has never been
out of the money in a single one of
his starts, and his campaigns have
not been easy ones by any means,
as" he has met some of the best half
milers in this part of the country.
Horsemen through this part of
the country will remember the clev
er little mare that raced so good for
Warren Dennis of Salt Lake City
ftfr several years past, Josie Knight,
2:08.I4, by Twelfth Knight. Warrep
reports that she died recently of
blood poisomng contracted through
a nail prick in one of her feet. Dur
ing the past five years she has start
ed in a total of 55 races, taking her
mark at Denver in 1915.
Hal Boy to Chicago Sale.
Quite a number! of well-known
midwestern horses Vill go to the
Chicago sale in December, among
them being Dick McMahon's meal
ticket. Hal Boy, 2:01. Hal is prob
ably one of the best-known pacers
in the country and has been the
leading money winning pacer for
several years. His winnings jup to
the close of last season amount to
$58,143.50. Others with western
reputations to go are Braden Direct,
2:U1J4; Major Ong, 2:03; the Ex
poser. (4) 2.06. and the former
Omaha owned trotter, ' Spriggan,
2M'A-
Interest is already picking up in
the ice races to be held in Mount
Clemens,, Mich., the week of Janu
ary 13, and over 60 head of
horses are now on the ground, get
ting ready for the opening. Four
events of $1,000 each have been
added to the program and things
should be interesting for the cold
weather fans. The grandstand has
been enclosed in glass and arrange
ments are being made to heat it
during the races. It will accommo
date about 3,500 people.
John Clark of Overton, Neb., re
cently purchased the pacer Maxwell
Grattan, by Mitchell Grattan, from
H. L. Foreman of Lexington, Neb.
and will probably campaign him
next year. He has three wins and
three seconds to his credit for the
past season.
M. E. Bacon, well known as a
starting judge, who formerly lived
in Oregon, 111., has moved to Spen
cer, la., where he will become
secretary of . the Commercial club
and also handle the annual fair in
that town.
Marvin Childs, who formerly han
dled the stable of Ed Peterson in
Omaha, may be landing back in
Omaha before long, now that the
war is over. , Marvin went to France
with the A. E. F. several months
Chicago Loses Last Game
of Season to Minnesota
Thicago, Nov. 30. The University
pf Chicago wound up its bad foot
ball season today, losing to Minne
sota, 7 to 0, in the fourth successive
defeat for Chicago. The game also
closed the season for Minnesota.
The heavier Minnesota v team
plowed its way through the Chicago
defense for a touchdown a few min
utes after' the start of the second
period, Eckburg, right halfback,
carrying the ball. Lampi kicked
goal. v
Near the close of the game Chi
cago stopped, the Gophers when
they were within six inches of the
goal. Minnesota got, the ball well
within Chicago's territory several
times, but on each occasion penali
zations or poor selections of plays
prevented scoring.
Rutgers Eleven Defeated
by Syracuse in Loose Game
New York, Nov. 30. The Syra
cuse foot ball team defeated the
Rutgers eleven here this afternoon,
21 to 0, all three touchdowns re
sulting from blocked kicks or fum
bles. -
Syracuse scortde two touchodwns
in the opening period, Usher broke
through the Syracuse 30-yard line
and blocked the ball which was
caught by Alexander who ran sev
enty yards for a touchdown. Ack
ley kicked an easy goal.
Soon afterwardsa Rutgers punt
was blocked on its own 15-yard line
and Usher making a flying catch
scored. Ackley again kicked a
goal. In the third period a bad
pass from center caused a fumble
and again Usher gathered in the ball
on Rutgers' 20-yard line, going over
for a touchdown, unopposed. Ack
ley converted the goal, completing
the scoring.
Xthh
etic Instructor
of Crown Prince Leads
Yanks Against Pupil
Brainerd, Minn., Nov. 30. Jim
my Lightbody, who won many a
long distance race for the Univer
sity of Chicago, and who tried to
make an athlete of the German
crown prince, was on the job in
France when the Germans captitu
lated, serving as a lieutentant with
the American forces.
Mrs. Katherine Lightbody of
Chicago, mother of the noted ath
lete, who has been visiting with
friends at Gilbert lake, near hear,
received a letter from her son
written late in October. He re
lated his experiences at the front
and assured her that "the war
would end soon." ,
Lightbody is married and has
two children. When war was de
clared he arranged his business
affairs as quickly as possible and
entered the officers training camp
at Fort Sheridan. After he won
his commission, he was sent to
Camp Grant where he instructed
soldier in German.
After. Lightbody was graduated
from the University of Chicago,
he took up post graduate work at
the University of Berlin. His ath
letic prowess attracted the atten
tion of the imperial family, and
Lightbody had the crown prince
and other sons of the kaiser in his
athletic classes.
Royal Air Force Club to
Be Established in London
London, Nov. 30. A Royal Air
Force club is shortly to be estab
lished and Lord Cowdray has given
$500,000 to endow it. He hopes that
it will be housed in a building which
will be worthy of the service and a
memorial of its work in the war.
Greater Omaha League.
Yousem Is leading the Individual me
In the Greater Omaha league with an
average of 191 points with Wartchow In
second place, with an average of 1S7,
and StunU third, with an average of 185
points.
Won Lost Pet.
King's Lunch .' 16 6 78:'
Central Furniture 16 9 625
Murphy-Did-It 11 10 621
Scott Tents 12 J2 600
South Side 12 12 600
Beau Brummel 12 12 600
Washington Shirts 8 IS 375
Omaha Trlntlng Co 6 18 250
Huntington League. x
"-Mohr Is leading the Huntington Bowl
ing league for high place In individual
gnmes with 247 points, while Hansen Is
leading for three games with 622 points
The Cervo team Is leading the Individual
teams with an average of 1,011 and are
also leading for the three high games with
an average of 2,784 points.
Baker leads the Individual players for
high average with 196; Hanses is second'
with 189 and Kennedy comes third with
182 points.
Won Lost Pet.
Orpheum Gardens 18 3 8T.7
Cervo 15 8 714
Blue Devils IS 619
Swift & Co 9 12 42(f
Kooties -.. 5 IB 2S8
Holsum 3 18 144
New Athletic Club to
Work with Civic Bodies
There is an ever-increasing in
terest in the new Omaha Athletic
club as the time approaches for the
great opening event which will take
place on Dec. 12. The women are
recognizing the coming event as
perhaps the most important one of
the season, and are making big plans
for the occasion. The committees
have all been, appointed to look aft
er the crowd and see that everyone
has a good time and that the club
gets "off on the right foot."
At a recent meeting of the board
of directors, all the contractors
were called in and notified that all
work must be completed and the
building in readiness for the open
ing date. The general policy of the
club was discussed and it was de
cided that it should operate along
broader lines than those of merely
social and athletic lines; that it
would unite with the Chamber of
Commerce, the Real Estate ex
change and all other organiza
tions which have for their object
the betterment and growth of the
city. Among the many things dis
cussed, the matter of good roads
seemed to be considered as being
of most vital importance at the pres
ent time, and the club stands ready
to join hands with the Good Roads
commission to "pull Nebraska out
of the mud." y
There wa alcn cnm flisniQcirm nf
the nrilirv uhi'rh fVi rliil, vjptA nnr. I
sue during the season along the line
of entertainment, and a movement
put in motion to see what could be
done in the way of securing some of
the world's great musical artists to
give concerts during the winter sea
son. . ' - i
Caruso and Paderewski are among
the list whom the club hopes to
bring to the city.
Brown College Beats
Harvard University
, in Hard-Fought Game
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 30. Gag
non, the Brown halfback, booted
two goals from the field today, and
Harvard was defeated, 6 to 3. A
field goal by Hunneman, in the
third period gave Harvard its points.
The score does not indicate the
relative merits of the elevens, for
except a few minutes of the third pe
riod, Harvard was kept on the de
fensive. Twice Brown carried the
ball inside the Harvard ten-yard
line only to lose its opportunity for
touchdown, when 15- yard penalties
were inflicted.
Brown scored first in the sec
ond period. Gehrke of Harvard
fumbled a punt on his 25-yard line,
and Gagnon scooped the ball up and
ran to Harvard's 27-yard line.
Three line plays placed the ball di
rectly in front of the Harvard posts,
and Gagnon kicked a field goal from
the 25-yard line.
Harvard early in the third period
rushed the ball from midfield to
Brown's 20-yard line. Hunneman
kicked a field goal. Brown carried
the ball to Harvard's three-yard line,
but was penalized 15 yards for ille
gal aiding of a runner.
The winning field goal was kicked
by Gagnon in the last five minutes.
Score by periods:
Harvard 0 0 3 03
Brown 0 3 0 36
Scoring: Brown, goals from field,
Gagnon (2). Harvard, goal from
field, Hunnerrran. Referee, J. J.
Hallahan, Boston. Umpire, F. W.
Burleigh, Exeter. Head linesmen,
Pendleton, Bovwloin. Time of pe
riods, 15 minutes each.
Joe Cantillon May Pilot
Milwaukee Club Next Year
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 30. When
base ball is resumed in the Ameri
can association, Jack Egan of Provi
dence, R. I., who piloted the Mil
waukee club last season, will not
be retained as manager. A. F.
Timme, president of the club, in
making the announcement, said he
would like, to sign Joe Cantillon, for
several years manager of the Min
neapolis club. He said, however,
that negotiations had nof been
opened.
"Cantillon is the most popular
manager in the association," Presi
dent Timme said. "Official attend
ance figures show that he is the best
drawing card in the circuit, for
whenever he brought his team here,
the attendance was 25 per cent larg
er than anj other club drew."
Something in regard to the Mil
waukee management is expected to
develop when the annual meeting
of the association is held in Minne
apolis December 13.
Dates Set for Race
Meetings in Kentucky
Lexincton. Kv.. Nov. 30. Dates
were awarded by the Kentucky rac-
ing commission nere toaay ior me
next spring running race meetings
in Kentucky. They are:
Lexington, April 24 to May 8;
Churchilldowns, Louisville, May 10
to May 23; Douglas park, Louisville,
May 24 to June 7; Latonia, June 10
to July 5; making a total of 61 days
of spring racing in this state.
Great Lakes Naval Station
Trims Northwestern, 27 to 0
Chicago, Nov. 30. Outplaying
their opponents at every stage, the
undefeated Great Lakes naval train
ing station foot ball eleven defeated
Purdue, 27 to 0, on the Northwestern
university field today.
Purdue made first on only two first
downs. Great Lakes sent virtually
an entire new team into the game
the second half. Hale put over the
first touchdown for the sailors early
in the first period and Eilson count
ed two and Williams one in the
third period. - ; i
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Metzlcr It. O.
Swift K.T.
Hedges U.K.
Copeland Cj. 11.
Ktzemiller 11 II.
Knappe I. H.
Harper Y. 11.
lty CARL K. l'K TT,
Coach Masting College,
AII-NehrHKku.
W. Brown L.K Hustings (Cl
Cains 1..T Hastings
McVaney L. (' Krarnef
McCandluss Wcsl-yan
Warren R.T Hastings
Clarcne It K HaxthiKM
Pressly H. H Cotnt?r
Strain Q 11 Hastings
Dixon I..K Cotner
Dillon V.U Hustings
Hecoml Team.
Cameron , T.. !.' Kearney
Walfe r,.T Kvanifv
Sheldt .., Wesleyon
H. Urown C Hastings
. . . . Wesleyan
. . . . Wcsleyan
. . . . Wosli'van
Hastings
Cottier
Cot'ner
.... Vrsh an
Played Won Lost Tie Ivt
Hastings 3 2 1 1 660
Wesleyan 5 2 2 1 6011
Cotner 3 1 2 3:m
Kearney 2 1 1 000
Hastings wins first place because
of the biggest percentage and high
est total scores. Hastings scores be
ing 33 points, Wesleyan, 14 points,
Coltner 27 points and Kearney none.
Willard Brown of Hastings is
picked as left end because of his
terrific tackling and mixing in on
every play. His playing was noth
ing short of spectacular. Because
of his experience and knowledge of
the game, he is chosen captain. He
is a natural leader.
Cams (Hastings) is given left tac
kle. His offensive was instrumental
in the big scores Hastings piled up.
He is a cool and steady player at
all times. y
McVaney (Kearney) is a natur
line man, although he played back
be drawn back for either a pass or
field. He is a good passer and coulJ
be drawn back for either a pass or
run. He has great defensive ability.
McCandlass (Weslelan) was one
of the finds of the season. Never
, having played foot ball before he
found himself immediately and
played a great game, especially
against the state university and in
the last game against Cotner.
Warren, the Wesleyan captain, is
a good line man although he played
a poor game in the back field earlier
in the season. He is placed at right
guard.
Carlene (Hastings) is given left
tackle because of his ability to break
through and spill players. This he
never failed in all the games this
season. He is a big man and the
fastest lineman in the state. He
made big gains in the Cotner and
Kearney games.
Pressly (Hastings) is placed at
right end, because of his hard and
fast tackles. He never met his equal
this year.
Strain Good Leader.
Strain (Cotner) at quarter dis
played the best generalship; is fast
and nervy. uarterbacks in the
state were not plentiful, but Strain
was by far the best man for this
position.
Gait (Hastings) is placed at right
half because of his ability to circle
the end in the conference games. He
is a hard tackier, fast and cool in
the game.
Dixon (Cotner) is a great player,
always in the game, lots of "pep"
and charges like a pile driver. He
made gains against all lines which
Cotner played against. Cotner suf
fered much from depending entirely
on Dixon, for he was compelled to
leave the game several times, which
stopped the team work for them.
Dillon (Hastings) at fullback
could make any team in the Mis
souri valley. He never met his equal
and no line' in the state could hold
him. He was generally on the re
ceiving end of the many successful
passes made by Gait. His defensive
work was good and he charged in
like a battering rani, and developed
into the best fullback in vears.
The Wesleyan backfield was not
a scoring machine and for that rea
son none of the men are selected to
represent the first team.
IIUSKERS MEET
WASHINGTON
FOR BIG HONORS
Post-Season Game Arranged
Between Teams That So
Far Have Lost No Con
ference Battle.
Stop Golf Gambling on
Louisville Muny Links
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 30. Wagers
on golf games on links in Louis
ville's public parks has been pro
hibited by the Board of Park com
missioners. Jt has come to the no
tice of the board that there was
much gambling on games and
strokes, and "that some people were
making a living on the links." -'This
is said to be the first time in Ken
tucky that official cognizance of
gambling in golf had been taken.
"Fighting Dane" May Sue
Wife to Regain Property
Milwaukee, Nov. 30. Ad Wol
gast, the former lightweight cham
pion, desires to regain full posses
sion of his property, which, for sev
eral months, has been in control of
his wife. Wolgast has asked his at
torney here to start proceedings to
terminate the guardianship.
The former champion is now lo
cated in Los Angeles. He spent
sometime in the northern woods of
Wisconsin in an effort to regain his
health.
Buel Nakano, President of
Tokio City Council, is Dead
Tokio, Nov. 30. Buel Nakano,
president of the city council of To
kio, who, with Baron Shibusawa,
headed a Japanese mission to the
Usiited States in 1909, is dead. He
was for a long timeresident of the
Tpkio Chamber of Commerce and
a leading figure in the Japanese bus
iness world. " J
Lincoln, N"eb. Nov. 30. Cham
pionship of the Missouri Valley foot
ball conference will be decided at St.
Louis, Mo., next Saturday when
teams of Nebraska and Washington
universities meet there. , Neither
team has losta conference game
this season and, although the con
test between them will be a post
season affair, it is generally accept
ed, that the result wiil determine
the 1918 Valley title holder.
University of Iowa
and Camp Dodge Play
0-0 Game in Des Moines
Des Moines, la. Nov. 30. Camp
Dodge and the University of Iowa
elevens played to a tie here today
in a clean, hard fought battle devoid
of penalties. Iowa kept the ball in!
the soldiers' territory much of the
time, twice reaching inside the dod
gers' 5-yard Iflie, but lacking the
necessary punch to put it over. Iowa
stars were Beider, Slater, Kelley
and Reed, while Bradley, former
West Tointer; Smith one time Lake
Forest punter; Masspust and Movold
were Dodges mainstays.
A. A. U. Senior Cross Country
Title Won by Max Rohland
New York, Nov. 30. Max Boh
land, of the Paulist Athletic club
of this city, won the national sen
i?r cross country championship ol
the Amateur Athletic' union over
the six-mile course at Von Cpurt
land'park today in 33 minutes. This
is 26 seconds less than when he
won the national junior title over
the same course two weeks ago.
Charles Pores, the national five
and ten-mile champion, running for
the Pelham Bay naval station, was
second in 33:01 and James P. Hn
nigan, of Boston, last year's victor
who entered from Fort Slocum, was
a poor third in 33:46.
Bohland led the field all the way.
There were 33 starters and 28 of
them finished. The team prize went
to the Morningside Athletic club,
with 32 points.
Taft Declines to Become
Permanent Base Ball Tribnnal
Dayton, O., Nov. 30. In discus
sing the request on the part of Mr,
Hempstead and Mr. Frazee that hi
become a permanent tribunal to set
tle base ball disputes, former Presi
dent William II. Taft said here to
day: "I was asked to arbitrate a cer
tain dispute as to the legality of
certain exemption of baseball con
tracts, and I was very glad to be of
service, in this capacity. However,
wucn me iiiduci ui uctunuiig a yci-
manent tribunal is suggested I could
not even think seriously of it."
Mr.' "Taft left here this afternoon
for Oxford, where he vwill speak .
tonight and then go to Cincinnati.
Philadelphia Navy Wins
from Charlestown, 27 to 7
Philadelphia, Nov.' 30. The Phil
adelphia Navy Yard foot ball team
defeated Charleston Navy Yard here
today, 27 to 7. Philadelphia scored
the first touchdown in the first pe
riod. Proctor scored in the third
and fourth periods and Pearce
added another touchdown in the
final period. H. Vandevere scored
Charleston's only goal when he ran
0 yards, after receiving a long for
ward pass -in the closing minutes
of piny.
Former Omaha Man,
J. B. Eagan, Writes ;
Book Now Published
A former Omaha man, Joseph
Burke Eagan, has written a story
r.f the great outdoors, "The Beaten
Path," which has been printed in
book form and bids fair to be one
of the most popular of the riew
books of the year.
The author was graduated from
Creighton university in 1899 and
later attended Harvard, where he ,
graduated in 1904. His mother, Mrs.
Josephine E. Carroll, to whorrt the
book is dedicated, was formerly po
lice matron in Omaha.
The book is for those who love
romance and the freedom of the
open places. The plot is daring and
is full of thrilling episodes. It is
a strong, clean, virile story of love
and adventure.
The plot is strengthened by the ex
quisite style of Uie author who, at
times, is almost poetic in,' describe
ing the beauties of the Washingtoi
woods, "the gray, ,green waters of
She Bkagit swirl, the youth of the
verlasting mountains in their flow; -where
the air is sweet with cedar
and the giant firs, dark as the dusk,
stand, heedless of the centuries, on
the purple-misted hills, there, truly.
is the land of dreams, where dwells
the spirit of eternal youth. ,
Mr..,fc.gan is also the author of
"Little People of the Dust."
Republic of Lithuania
, , Proclaimed at Riga
Amsterdam, Nov. 30. The re
public of , Lithuania has been pro
claimed at Riga, the Rhenish West- i
phalian Gazette of Essen states. -Carl
Ullman is the president of
new republic. .