rHE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 9, iyi9.
ALL - STAR SHOW
ON TAP AT BLUFFS
MATCHJONIGHT
Barney Burnham Meets C
Pesek in Main Event in
' Finish Match Best Two
Out of Three Falls.
Everything is set for a big time at
the i Council Bluffs auditorium to
night when Barney Burnham, the
pride of the Bluffs, meets Charley
Pesck of Shelton, Neb., in ther
feajtie event. .They will wrestle to
a finish, best two falls out of three.
Burhharn' will have a little ad
vantage in the weights, but the
Pesek followers declare that this
won't make a particle of difference
In the outcome 6f the bout anyway.
A crowd of Shelton farmers will be
on hand with plenty of enthusiasm
and bigf; rolls of money to back their
man with.
Being a brother to one of the
most famous heavyweight wrestlers
in the world has given Charley
Pesek a world of confidence and he
has made the statement that he
would beat Burnham in jig time.
Barney says he will have something
to say about that jig time thing and
if there is any beating to be done,
he'll be right there when its all
taking place and he will have a hand
in it. i
Omaha fans are taking an interest
in the show and it is expected that
a crowd of the local fans will cross
the river tonight (o see John I'csek's
brother in action. Mart Slattery
has said that Charley is a good man
and the local fans have learned to
place confidence in flattery's judg
ment. They know that Burnham is
a good mat performer and they will
expect to see a sensational bout in
the Bluffs.
Prompter Al Fiori forgot to send
out notices of who he had secured
for the opening bout, but the semi
windup was arranged several days
ago,- Kay Wood, the old Scotts
Bluffs welterweight, will meet
V'oung, Gotch in a one-fall finish
match, according to the arrange
ments. Wood has been laying off
for about three years and just re
cently" decided to make a comeback.
He is running a blacksmith shop in
the town of Ralston, Neb., now and
t a side line, repairs automobiles.
The other day, a machine he was
working on kicked when he was
cranking it and he received a severe
blow on the left knee, tearing a hole
in it and it may be that the doctor
will not allow Ray to go on. If not,
some other good man will be se
cured to take his place, '
Athletes to Be in on
Big 'Events at Meet
at Auditorium Tonight
Athletes will compete to the
(Strains of the latest popular music at
the Community Center Athletic car
nival, o be staged at the Auditorium
tonight, according 'to Commissioner
Falconer.
The Omaha Musicians' association
has donated the services of a 25
piece brass band. The program will
start at 8 o'clock. The event is free
to the public.
Falconer announced the following
list of officials for the meet:
Referee X. J. Weston.
Starter Tommy Mills.
.Announcer (Jus Miller.
Hearer Art Bromley.
' Clerk of Course Verne Moore.
Judges of Finish Chief, J. Naih McCrea;
asnllant. Pete Wendoll, O. M. lloyt, A. A,
lIooptiiKarner.
Timekeeper Chief, Denny Ryun;' s
tistantn, Fred 8. Hunter, Oeorga Parish,
Kenneth Klepser.
Inspectors Chief, Pat Boyle; assistants,
.lor.Ti Crowley, Arthur Brown, Warren"
Ritchie, Bob Koran, Robert Hicks.
Young Wrestler Comes
to Home of Caddock,
. Soldier and Mat Champ
Walnut, la,, April 8. (Special
Telegram.) A fine, healthy baby
boy, tipping the scales at 10 pounds
wag born at 4:30 o'clock this morn
ing" to Mrs. Earl Caddock, wife of
Earl Caddock, champion heavy
weight wrestler of the world, now a
United States soldier in France.
" When at home Mr. and Mrs. Cad
dock live in Anita, la., but since he
enlisted and went to France, scver
. al months ago, Mrs. Caddock has
been with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mickel, here. Before her marriage,
Airs. '. Laddock was Miss Grace
Mickel.
A cablegram has been sent to Earl
Caddock, informing that he ha.i be
some a father, and asking him to
return early that he may begin ttam
ing his son for the mat game.
t To Box at Racine April 10.
Chicago, April 8. Walter Jacob
son, lightweight champion o'f the
Soth division, United States army,
and Clint Flynn of Chicago will box
lO rounds at Racine April 10.
When you have
bought a Lanpher
hat from your
dealer, you can con
sistently say, r
"Good Buy,?' toO
5 1 TP
Senate Closes for
Opening of Coast
League Ball Season
San Francisco, Cal., April 8.
Business conditions on the Pacific
coast suffered today from depres
sion. There was an alarming in
crease in the number of funerals,
particularly of grandmothers.
School attendance was far below
normal. This was because the
Pacific Coast Base Ball league,
now an eight team organisation,
officially opened its 1919 season
today.
Portland was defeated at Los
Angeles; Vernon won from Salt
Lake on the tatter's grounds;
Seattle played in San Francisco
and lost. The Oakland team was
defeated' at Sacramento by that
city's aggregation of players, Gov.
Wm. D. Stephens pitching the
first, ball. At Sacramento locked
doors aided the assembly in main
taining a auorum and the state
" senate postponed consideration of
some measures because ot the ab
sence of many members who at
tended the. ball game. Pages
were excused for the afternoon
so that they also could attend.
Weather conditions, except at
Salt Lake, were reported to have
been perfect. Record crowds
witnessed the different games.
More than 12,000 attended the
contest here.
Sport Shorts
KID tiRAVKS
One of the most famous British
boxing promoters, Q. B. Cochrane,
has made a substantial offer for Pal
Moore or Pete Herman to box the
sensational British flyweight, Jimmy
Wilde, for the bantamweight cham
pionship of the world. Cochrane,
ike some American sportsmen is
not'eertain who is the bantamweight
champion. Pete Herman of New
Orleans is the bantam champion and
Pal Moore is the challenger, though
it is possible that Moore will be the
title holder before very long, but
at the present writing the New Or
leans bantam wears the crown.
The Armours' business manager,
Frank Delaware, is busy lining up
the out-of-town games for his club
and would like to hear from teams
that can offer sufficient inducements
for a team of this caliber. Any out-of-town
manager desiring to book
the Armours can reach , Frank
through the sporting editor of the
Bee or by calling Douglas i44 any
evening, the early dates open are
May 18 and 25, and June 8 and 15.
Having worn out as a lightweight
boxer, Frankie Whitney of Cedar
Rapids, la., has turned promoter .nd
is staging boxing shows in various
Iowa towns. Otto Wallace and
Tohnny Schumacher recently boxed
ior wnitney ai lowa v-uy, id. ne
gotiations are under way for a bout
at one of Frank's clubs for Harry
Williams, the local ball player-boxer,
to meet some youngster in the
heavyweight ranks.
An old time middleweight boxer
of Newark. N. J Kid Chapman,
was found dead in his home recent
ly. Death was caused by asphyxia
tion by gas. it was thought that a
strong wind had blown the gas out
while Chapman was asleep.
A light-heavyweight boxing cham
pionship battle' will be held at Tulsa,
Okl., on April 11, when Billy
Miske, the present title holder,
meets Battling Levinsky, former
champion, in a 15-round bout. Danny
Morgan, manager of both Levinsky
and the welterweight champion,
Jack Britton, predicts that the Bat
tler will regain the title next Mon
day night.
Challenges to the winner of the
Willard-Pempsey mill have not been
very plentiful, but that doesn't mean
that there will be none at i.ll. Tom
my Butler, heavyweight amateur
champion boxer of Queensland, has
decided to turn professional, and
will challenge the winner of the big
mill. Butler weighs 235 pounds in
perfect condition and is nearly seven
feet .tall. His record as an ama
teur, was enviable and he thinks he
has n excellent chance of defeating
either Willard or Dempsey.
Here's a little problem for our
lumber dealer readers. The Detroit
Tigers have twenty-five feet and
three-fourths inches of pitching tim
ber, divided intp four sections. The
tallest section is Love, six feet five
and three-quarter inches, and the
shortest section is Ehmke and Erick
son, each six feet two inches. The
problem is, how are the Tigers go
ing to make six foot berths fit these
four 'pitchers? James, the fourth
pitcher, is six feet three inches tall.
' The Willard-Dempsey scrap isn't
the only championship affair on the
bill for the 4th of July. Tex Rickard
wants to stage a bout between the
champions of the army and navy as
the semi-wind-up of the big bout. He
has made an offer of 510,000 for such
a scrap and the athletic heads of
the army and navy are preparing
elimination bouts to select entries
for it. ,
INDOOR SPORTS
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HANK'S STREET CAR
W
HEN a woman cries w-hen
whether , it's a love affair or
Great and Hank Ford weep it
to flivverize.
Hank put the horses in the museum with his jitney hack. V hen the
war busted loose, Henneree started a jitney boat and made it tough for
the fishes. His first big success was the flivver which he put out in habit
forming quantities.
General Phil Sheridan chirped that when he got through with Virginia,
no sparrow could fly down the Shenandoah Valley unless it carried its
own provisions. Phil kept his word. Fifty years later, Henneree did the
same thing in Detroit.
We don't know why two of America's greatest men detested the HI'
feathered buzzer so much. Napoleon hated cast, Caesar despised one-eyed
armadilloes and Pershing detested cooties. We think it would be more
economical to hate dogs and fleas. You could do it with one hate.
The man who invented twin beds sure played a mean trick on the bed
bug. Got it dizzy running back and forth between the two. cots. Too
much territory for one insect.
Phil Got There on One Gallon of Oats.
Anyway, Sheridan and Ford agreed on some things, but when Phil
was twenty miles away from that famous battle we notice that he didn't
page a flivver. Hank hadn't started Hanking then. He staked the nag
to a gallon of oats, slipped himself a pint of something else and took all
the curves on two hoofs. In those days men neither Hooverized not
Boozerized.
"Crank Boys, We're Going Back."
Phil clattered up in time to chirp the famous phrase which lias since
worn out so many gfaphophone needles. The method of locomotion was
one thing that Phil and Henneree disagreed on. But Hank has lived to
"make Sheridan's choic! of transportation seem faulty. If he had taken a
jitney he mightn't have got there, but he would have, had a good excuse.
Outside of substituting "crank" for "turn," Phil could have stuck to his
original statement.
(gasoline Weevils Spreading.
In spite of the millions of jits that Henneree has knitted together, you
never see a picture of him riding in ojie. Jolted child dreads the flivver.
Now Hank is building street cars. It is driven by internal combustion
motors, is a self-stopper and starts by acciden
The street railway business isa new game for Ford, but very simple.
All you need is one niotorman and sixty lawyers. The conductor sues to
get the nickel from the passenger, the company sues to get the jitney from
the conductor and the passenger sues to get it back from the company.
Keeps the jitney in circulation.
When it's worn smooth you can pass it on some nearsighted beezark
for a dime. . '
Pay as You Get Jolted.
The new Ford street car is of the non-sectarian, sixty-passenger type,
and differs from the Interboro League of Standing Nations model, it
is one of the pay-between-bounces type 'and is run on the democratic prin
ciple, that a woman is as much entitled to a seat as a man if she gets
there first. ,
The only objectionable feature is that the flivver street car adds
another hurdle to the American chivalry obstacle race. We hope that no
man is poltroon enough to remain seated while a lady passenger gets out
and cranks the blame thing.
Hank may have to inaugurate the skip-stop system if thecar stops
skipping long enough to start the skip-stopping style.
Hank is doing a great thing for humanity when he finally puts the
darned things on a track. They've been
EVERYTHING ALL
SET FOR PLAYING
SANDLOT BALL
American League Organized
and April 20 Fixed as Date
for Playing First Game
of the Season.
Wednesday night at a meeting of
managers of the American ' league,
plans were completed for the open
ing base ball games of the season.
The meeting was called to order
by President Wagner. A six-club
league was decided upon, with the
teams playing three rounds. The
managers put up their forfeits and
drew up a schedule. The Spauld
ings and the Nakens withdrew from
the organization, and a new team,
the American Railway Express com
pany was given a franchise in the
league. '
T(he season will open April 20 and
close July 27. Opening games were
announced as follows:
Riggs Opticals vs. American Rail
way Express company, Sample
Harts vs. Paxton-Vierling Iron
works, Universal Motor ' company
vs. J. B. Roots.
Will Try for Fast Company.
It was announced by Jake Isaac
son that H. E. Miller, who played
with the Central Furniture team
last season, has organized a Class A
team, and will enter it into the
Greater Omaha league if such a cir
cuit is formed. This makes four
Class A teams organized and ready
to enter a Class A league. The Class
A league proposition will be defi
nitely settled at a .meeting next
u pot . . 1
Copyright, 1918. lnlern'l
ONE
she's peeling onions you don't know i
the onions. When Alexander the I
is because there are no new worlds I
i
running around loose long eno'uglu
Gibbons Brothers in
Omaha Monday; Guests
Omaha A. C. Members
Both Mike and Tommy Gibbons
were the guests of some of the
Omaha Athletic club . members on
Monday afternoon. The Gibbons'
boys stopped in Omaha to visit
friends here while cn route o Den
ver and the coast. Mike will 'box
Battling Ortega on the coast, and
Tommy meets George Chip in Den-
ver within a few days. The boys
worked out a little at the O. A. C.
and entertained the few witnesses
with a classy boxing exhibition.
They left together Monday evening.
CHARLIE PESEK, Shton, Neb.
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"News Service.
STOCKHOLDERS
OF TOLEDO CLUB
UNABLE TO AGREE
Manager Bresnahan Insists
That Some of Them Drop Out
and Allow Him to Continue;
Omaha Renews Offer.
Toledo, O., April 8. Stockhold
ers of the Toledo American associa
base ball club were unable to reach
an agreement in a conference which
lasted late tonight and postponed
until tomorrow morning when def
inite action relative to the disposal
of the club is expected.
Thomas J. Hickey, president of
the league, presided at the confer
ence' and offered suggestions in an
effort to settle these differnces be
tween President-Manager Roger
Bresnahan and the stockholders.
The minority stockholders want
Bresnahan to resign on the ground
that he has not been a success.
Bresnahan insists on the share
holders dropping out and permit
ting him to continue with new back
ing. Transfer of the franchise to some
other city is threatened unless the
men get together tomorrow morn
ing, President Hickey reiterated to
night. Omaha Renews Offer.
Immediately upon learning of liic
trouble in the Toledo Ajnerican
association, Owner W. A. Kourke
of the Omaha team and the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce wired Pres
ident Hickey that Omaha still was
in the market for the, franchise, if
it was for sale. No reply had been
received up to a late hour last night.
Donze, Cassidy and Lagonia
Win in Boxng Tournament
Boston, April 8. Ashton Donze,
New Orleans, 115 pounds; Frank B.
Cassidy. New York. 135 pounds and
Sam Lagonia, New York, 158
pound:1, earned the right to repre
sent the United States in the in
ternational boxing tournaments in
Scandinavia this summer by winning
the championships in their classes
tonight at the annual competition of
the amateur athletic union.
Donze defeated James Tomasutr,
New York, who was the only 1918
champion entered in this year's
bouts.
DON'T
MOVE
before you call us up and get
our estimate of the cost
Only experienced men arc
employed men who know how
to move you in the least pos
sible time and without any
"muss" or trouble.
OMAHA VAN &
STORAGE CO. '
Phone Douglas 4163.
806 South 16th Street.
WRESTLING
AUDITORIUM
Council Bluffs
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9.
8:30 Sharp.
Burnham vs Pesek
Finish match for. a purse of
$1,000 and all gate receipts.
Two Good Preliminaries
Ladies Cordially Invited
Ringside $1.50
War Tax 15c.
Balcony, first 5 rows. . . .$1.00
War Tax 10c.
Balance of Balcony 50e
War Tax 5c.
Al Fiori Promoter.
TICKETS ON SALE AT
CLARK'S DRUG STORE.
Wt. 160 lbs.
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STECHER-LEWIS
MATCH IN OMAHA
AFTER MAY 15
i Melady Will Stage Bout if
I Sandow, Strangler's Mana
ger, Will Post $1,500 For
feit; Nebraskan Accepts.
Following his announcement that
he would stage a Steelier-Lewis bout
in Omaha under certain -conditions,
Gene Melady reports that the match
is almost arranged. Lewis' manager
demurred a little on the $1,500 forfeit,
but Gene informed him that if he
wanted the match he would have to
meet all the conditions and that
sized forfeit was one of them.
Steelier has announced his willing
ness to make the match and to post
the forfeit.
The bout will be held some time
after May 15 if Lewis' manager
conies through with his forfeit. Me
lady says if Lewis doesn't want to
put up the money, he won't have
anything to do with it. Gene says
he thinks Sandow, handling the
business affairs of Lewis, will agree
to post the money, and the bout will
be put on in Omaha shortly after
the middle of May.
In regard to Jim" Londes, Melady
says he doesn't care who meets the
Chicagoan, he only wanted to bring
Jim to the notice of Pesek and the
other Omaha promoters, as Londes
had wired him to challenge Pesek
for him and would post $1,500 as a
forfeit to go through with the match.
He will stage the match, though,
if Pesek agrees to take Londes on.
U. S. Army Officer Wins
Tennis Match at London
London, April 8. Capt. Watson
M. Washburn of the American army
won his match in the first round of
the covered courts tennis champion- j
ship at the Queens club today. He 1
defeated Lt. H. J. Gilbert by 3-6, 3-6,
6-0, b-Z,. 6-3.
Why Telephone Rent
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ROURKES HAVE
ONLY ONE MORE
PLAYER ON HAND
Team Is Slow in Showing Up,
But Manager Jackson Has
Heard From Most of Them;
Cable, Infielder, Here.
All the Rourkes expected in yes
terday did not arrive, but word was
received from most of them that
they would be on the job today.
Cable, the young infielder, was the
only new face out to the park yes
terday afternoon. He worked at the
plate and in the field in nice style,
causing Manager Jackson to allow
a little grin to crawl over his face.
Cable's throwing, fielding and bat
ting was as fine as could be ex
pected this early in the year. Bill
will have a great combination in
Kranda and Cable on the infield.
All the boys smacked the old pill
right heartily yesterday and the
pitchers taking turns in the box and
in the outfield had plenty of work.
A session of fast infieldlng livened
the players up and the throwing
around the bases was all that cou'd
be hoped for. Kranda again showed
a wonderful arm for this early date,
while Cable proved to have one al
most as good. His wing will prob
ably work around and be in as fine
shape as Kranda's after a few days.
Manske and Kopp felt more like
throwing yesterday than they did
the day before and they uncorked
a few fairly fast ones, despite the
cool breeze blowing across the field.
The owner of the club, Pa Rourkc.
was out to see the boys work a
little and he appeared well pleased
at the showing of the few who are
on hand. Jackson said he will have
a corking good team if the rest of
the fellows show as well as the first
bm.ch. vHc expects to have them
all here in time to have a regular
line-up against the Armour team
next Sunday and it is likely that
each of the pitchers will work
little in the game.
POSTOFFICE AFFAIRS.
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gram.) Ciitherlnp K. Warner In appointed I
portmaste.- at Whitney, S. D. vice Maude j
IS. Scott, removed.
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EXPECT RULING .
IN BIG LEAGUE
DAMAGE CASE
All Testimony in Case Com
pleted Tuesday; Both Sides
File Motions for Di
rected Verdicts.
Washington, April 8. Motions
for directed verdicts in their bthali
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for the Baltimore Federal lcagut
club and for the National and Amer
ican leagues at the conclusion today
of testimony in the District, ot Co
lumbia supreme court in the $00,
000 damage suit of the Baltimore
club against organized base ball
The jury hearing the ca hac
been dismissed for the day, when
the motions were filed -and argu
ments on the proceedings were in
terrupted by the adjournment ol
court until tomorrow when Justice
Stafford is expected to hand dowr
a ruling.
Completion of testimony was im
mediately followed by argumen by
George Wharton Pepper, wunsel
for the defendants, with a View tc
presenting the motion for a directed
verdict. He was interrupted by the
attorney for the Baltimore chin, who
informed the court that the dftense
had anticipated such a move, where
upon Justice Stafford ruled t -in t the
Baltimore club as plaintiff should
hohrard first on anv such nrntr-ed-
ingS.
Chicagoans Betting on Kid
Herman to Beat Pal Moore
tBy rnlverial Service.)
Chicago, April 8. Bets were laid '
yesterday in some sporting circles
that Pekin Kid Herman will get the
popular decision over Pal Moore,
the. bantamweight champion, when
they meet at Racine Thursdav
night. Tnere was no betting thai
Herman will stop Moore, but he lysis
a chance for the popular decis:ou.
it was said. Herman has a great
kick in his right hand and knows
how to use it, according to his
friends.
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how subtle blend
ing and skilled
workmanship can
make choice
Havana tobacco
so enjoyable.
Shape and lima to luit
yonr tott, beginning with
the Poritano Fine thap
at 10c etraight.
Groneweg Schoentgen Co.,
Distributor!.
Telephone Douglas 1302.
insists