TMK'.'HciE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, APRIL 11. 1919.
SHAG THOMPSON
JOINS RANKS OF
HOURKES ON HAND
Entire Team Pulling Jor Owner
to Put Over Association Deal
Even If It Means They Will .
1 Have to Leave Omaha.
Starting last Monday, the Rourkcs
ball club began dragging, in until
now nearly all the players are on
hand. . Shag Thompson arrived yes
terday morning, giving Manager
Ja'ckson a full outfield. The rainy
weather has prevented the. team
from working on the field for the
; last couple of days, out they Have
.been; tossing the , pill under the
grandstand and their arms are pret-
- ty well loosened up. Bill expects to
have a linup of regulars to oppose
; the Armours, whom they meet in
. their first practice game Sunday.
When Bill Jackson first landed in
town he promised that he would
furnish Omaha with a hitting ball
; club, and, judging from the early
' work of the bunch on hand, he will
1 do it Every one of the boys, even
the pitchers, are laying on the ball
right heartily, and they smack it to
all corners of the old ball yard.
Mack. Btshang, Donica and Thomp
son haven't had a chance to get any
batting practice yet, but they are all
noted clouters, and the rest of the
bunch show signs of being heavy
clubbers. The fielding, even at this
early date, is pretty nearly perfect.
There are few niisplays made by the
infielders.
. "... t r ,V New Infielders.
The two hew infielders, Cable and
' Xranda, gobble up everything that
1 Cdmes within any reasonable dis
tance .of them, and when they get
their fingers arotfhd a ball it doesn't
get away from them until they
throw it. Their throwing thus far
has been par excellent. Jackson, at
fitst, hasn't had to move a step to
get any of their throws. Cable slaps
the pill down on them at second
after Corderman or Hale make the
r throws to catch base stealers. Both
' catchers get the ball away quick and
it lands just at the right height
when it reaches Cable at second.
Army, Navy and Civilian
Boxing Control Board
Faces Difficult Problem
, ' . : By JACK VEIOCK,
International News Sports Editor.
New York, April 10. The newly
formed army, navy and civilian
board of boxing control has appar
ently bitten off too big an assign
ment, j
True, the board is parading an im
posing arrajj of sponsors, from
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood on down
the line to a number of well known
college presidents. Yet just how
the board hopes to acqtfire control
of the fistic game is difficult to
fathom. ' ,
i Apparently, those who were re
sponsible for the formation figured
that the lining up of a number of
. leaders in army, navy and civilian
life was all that was necessary to
' put it across, and there is not the
shadow of a doubt that its purposes
are to be lauded and that its aims
will work for the good of the game.
But the sponsors of the new cr
- ganization pulled a palpable boner'
when they attempted to wish them
. selves into power as the dictators
of nation-wide boxing'without tak
ing the active men in the game into
consideration.
No one man can be pointed to as
the maker of boxing in this or any
other country. The game is so old
. that in tracing its origin into the
hazy past there is plenty of room
for argument over who was original
ly responsible for its inception.
In the United States there are
hundreds of men who keep boxing
' to the fore as a major sport,1 and
they all act independently of one
another. The closest tie that bindi
the many active participants in the
game together is the code set down
: by Lord Queensberry, which is uni
versally accepted. ,
For this reason the new boxing
board apparently has a tough row
to hoe; for aside from the apparent
. futility in attempting to dictate to
. individual boxers, let alone the hun
dreds of promoters and managers
who run their own business affairs
and spend their own money, not a
single boxer or manager and not a
promoter has been called into the
' council of the board.
Having organized and obtained a
charter under the laws of the state
cf New York, the board will have to
go out and try its hand at lining up
the numerous clubs, athletic organ
izations, promoters and the boxers
themselves. Its work as an organ
ization is only begun, and it may
succeed. '
Stockholders of Toledo
Club Clear Difficulties
Toledo, O., April 1X Difficulties
of the Toledo American association
controversy of stockholders were ar
ranged Wednesday and players were
ordered to report here at once for
training.
President Hickey of the American
association, who has been here, no
tified all other A. A. club owners
that the Toledo club is all set for
the race. ,
Roger Bresnahan wifl remain as
manager of the team. A new club
v president will be elected.
Owner Rourke of the local West
ern league club has been angling for
the Toledo franchise, but now that
the owners have settled matters,
Omaha must do without an A. A.
V club at least another year.
v Cubs Win Easy Game.
Phoenix, Ariz., April 10. The
Chicago Cubs on their training tour
had no difficulty winning from the
f Great War Veterans Base Ball team
, here today, 7 to 2. A capacity crowd
saw the game, in which Vice Presi
dent Thomas R. Marshall pitched
the first ball, which Governor
Campbell failed to catch. The Cubs
left tonight for Tuscon, where they
arc scheduled to play tomorrow.
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many local' friends of Earl
Peryear, the Denver bantamweight,
will be pleased to hear that in a
10-round bout at Peoria, 111., the
other night, he shaded Jack Wolfe,
Jimmy Dunn's Cleveland title con
tender. Most of the reports sent
out were to the effect that the bout
was a good draw but a Bee corre
spondent at the ringisde wired that
Peryear was clearly entitled to the
:-hade. Wolfe has been making
great strides in the bantam class
in" the past year and getting the
better of him, Peryear has put him
self in demand all over the coun
try. Earl is a fast, clever kid, with
a reasonably good wallop.
The Omaha Western leaguers
held a fanning bee in the lobby of
the Rome hotel Wednesday evening.
Various plays and players were dis
cussed but the main topic was the
proposal of Pa Rourke to take over
an American association franchise if
he could get it. The players won
dered where the Western league
club would be placed. Some of
them said they'd like to play in Lin
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BULLSHEVIKI IN SPORTS. '
WHOOZUS, Conn.: The quoit situation in Whoozis threatens
to shake America to its Rockefeller foundations. A couple of for
eign looking lobbs blew into town and were easily spotted by
Mayor Gipp, who was elected to his high and dizzy office by reason of
having tossed seven straight ringers.
Len Finn says he ain't so sure about that high part of the office, but
he's certain about the dizzy business. Anyway, these two slicker looking
guys look up Lem, who is hard to find since the Riggs house bar has
been turned into a soda sanitarium.
Lem ain't been much in favor since councils hired him at $2 per diem
to keep the hawks away from the mayor's chicken roost. It turned out
later that the chickens would have been safer if Lem hadn't beert hired
to watch the hawks. .
These two guys must have found Lem, because that night at the , semi
centennial meeting of the Whoozus Quoit and Chewing Tobacco asso
ciation, Lem got up and threw a nimble quid of tobacco at the mayor.
The mayor is used to that, but what made him sorer than a wholesale
distiller was that Lem had borrowed the chew from him. There are
marks of Lem's false teeth on every plug of chewing tobacco in town.
We don't mind lending Lem a chew of tobacco, only the sucker cheats
on you. First he shows you just how much he is going to bite off and
then he controls his false teeth and moves 'em forward when he's biting.
This enables him to bite off twice as much territory as a guy with sta
tonary teeth.
Another thing what makes it so tough is that councils voted an appro
priation for Lem's teeth after he lost his in the mayor's eating house on
a municipal steak that was more municipal than steak. It don't do any
good to hold your thumb on the plug when Lem is biting off a chew un
less you want to write with a limp for the rest of your life.
,
Quoit Soviet Gum the Parade.
There wasn't any reason for Lem tossing the quid at the mayor, but
Lem claims you don't have to give reasons in Whoozus because there
ain't any reason for being there in the first place. The mayor was right
in, the middle of his usual speech about what the present mayor has done
for Whoozus and how quoits have prospered under the democratic ad
ministration. The mayor was urging a consolidation of the Quoit Pageant and the
Whoozus welcome to the returning Home Guards, who will return home
just as soon as the turnkey gets careless. They got into some kind of
trouble up at Ruttville while guarding the Ruttville brewery when things
looked blackest on the western front. Anyway, they guarded the brewery
like Lem looked after the chickens. Then they went downtown and
started kicking Fords around.
Lem hollered that they ought to have the two parades separate to
give their high hats a chance to cool off. The city councils voted an ap
propriation for those kind of high hats that you pull on over debries.
They're shaped like wastebaskets, and the derby makes the rim for them.
They look funny if a guy happens to be wearing a brown or a pearl derby,
which -was what Lem was hinting at. ,
Then -the two out-of-towners who were egging Lem on started to
make a buzzing sound with their mouths. They called it giving the
mayor the Grand Buzzer. It sounds like on of those no-rim cut, over
size tires blowing out, and it made the mayor sore. This put the parade
on the blink.
It turned out later that the slicker looking birds were a couple of
suffleboard manufacturers whawere trying to ruin the grand old game of
quoits, which doesn't require any equipment except a couple of shoes off
a dead horse and two spikes off a dead railroad, like the kind that used
to run through Whoozus.
Lem Ungrateful.
These two-quoit bullshevikis hired Lem to pour soup on the parade,
and Lem sure slipped the mayor the kiss of Judas, only being in the sixth
row from the platform he did it with a quid of tobacco. The mayor was'
considerable peeved about the whole thing and labels it ungratefulness on
Lem's part, considering that Lem's only visible means of support is his
profits from watching the hawks and a pair of crutches that were voted
to him by city councils.
. There is some talk about the mayor calling an extra session of coun
cils to pass an amendment to the Lem Finn crutch bill to repeal Lem's
crutches. However, Lem's friends in councils are practicing the grand
buzzer with their mouths and there promises to be some fun, as some of
them claim the mayor wears shoes that are eight sizes too big for him
and that was how he was elected to his high and dizzy office.
There used to be so much inching up over the line in the quoit page
ants that the mayor passed a bill for all- contestants to stand with their
heels on the line. Then he bought his big shoes and inches up inside of
his boots. That's how he threw those seven ringers right during a dead
lock in the balloting. -
Nobody knew how he did it, as his boots didn't move a bit and he
was getting "closer to the spike every toss.
Lem Finn .figured it out on his cuffs which he got by mistake from
the Chinee laundryman just before he was interned under the Whoozus
enemy alien-bill that carried the rider for Lem's false teeth.
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GRAVES.
coln, others favored towns further
south, while three or four of them
were in hopes that Prexy Pa would
keep both teams right here in Oma
ha. It was the consensus of opinion
that an A. A club would be suc
cessful here and many seemed to
think that an American association
club and a Western league dub
could be operated in Omaha with
no great difficulty. They seemed
to think that .an inter-league cham
pionship series would be . staged
right here in Omaha if the A. A.
club was strong enough to win the
double A. ' pennant, never doubting
their ability to garner the Western
rag. . . , ... . -.
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The oldest of the Shelton farmer
boys, John Pesek, , has two matches
booked for next week. Monday
night he will meet Herold Christen
son in' a' finislr match at Sioux City,
la. He will jump back to one of the
Nebraska , towns on Wednesday
night for a finish go with Julius
Reif, who lays claim to the heavy
weight championship of Kansas.
After these matches, husky John
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Drawn for
News Service.
will continue training in expecta
tion of a match with Wladek
Zbyszko at Gordon, Neb. The busi
ness men of that hustling little
town have offered Zibby $6,000 to
meet Pesek. The same offer was
made to Stecher and Lewis, but no
response was made by either of
these two, so now they are trying
to get the big Pole.
..
The manager of the Pesek boys
announced ,that he would like to
match Charley against Jack Rey
nolds, the welterweight champion,
when the latter makes his trip
through this stale and he will wager
$1,000 or as much more as the cham
pion cares to post, that Charley can
beat ' him. Vernon Breedlove says
he wants another crack at Reynolds
and he will bet some money that he
can pin Reynolds, despite the differ
ence in their weights. Ray Wood
wants a crack at Jack, so it looks
like he would have a merry old time
if he should come around this neck
of the woods for a few matches.
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The Bee by Tad
With all these fellows wanting a
crack at the welter king, Al Fiori,
Bluffs promoter offers to guarantee
Reynolds six matches in the Council
Bluffs auditorium, providing he wins
each of them. Every time Jack wins
a match another one will be booked
for him to take place within two
weeks until he has had six matches.
One week from Tuesday, Charley
Pesek will get a return match with
Adam Kreiger of Lincoln at York,
Neb. Some time ago, Kreiger was
awarded the match on the referee's
hasty decision after each had won
a fall. This time, the Pesek people
declare there will be no room for
any decision but one, declaring
Charley the winner.
The "little old man" of the local
wrestling fraternity, Jack, Tolliver,
slipped and fell a week ago, throw
ing his left shoulder out of place
causing him to cancel his engage
ment to meet Erwin Carroll at Lin
coln this week. Jack thinks his
SLATTERY WILL
MATCH PESEK
WITHUONDES
Manager of Shelton Farmer
Boy Willing to Take on
any of the Best of
Big Fellows.
Mart Slattery, manager of the
Shelton farmer boy wrestlers, John
and Charley Pesek, promised a few
days ago to write sn answer to
Gene "Melady's offer to staee a
match between John Pesek and Jim
Londes but saia when he 'would
start a letter, he'd get so mad about
it that he'd tear the letter up. He
waited until he came down to
Omaha with the wrestling brothers
when Charley met Barney Bum
ham in the Council Bluffs audi
torium and wrote the letter in his
room at the Paxton hotel and de
livered it personally. It is self-explanatory
and is herewith given:
"To the Sporting Editor of the
Bee: Had a proposition to make in
regard to a match between John
Pesek and Jim Londes, but will not
make it at this time as I see by the
sport sheet of the Bee that Clarence
Eklund is after Londes hot and
heavy. I personally know that Ek
luud has been trying to get a match
with Londas for the last three years
and as I sincerely believe they
would make a great match, do not
wish to do anything , that might
prevent them from getting together
and settling their controversy of
long standing.
"Gordon, Nebraska, a little sand--hill
town with perhaps 1,000 popula
tion, has offered a $10,000 purse for
a match 1 between Fesek and
Zbyszko. They have picked out
Zibby for this match, because at the
present time he appears to be the
best man in the country, at least dur
ing Earl Craddock's absence abroad.
"I have already accepted the terms
for Pesek and I told the Gordon cat
tlemen who are trying to stage the
show, that if Zbyszko did not feel
that it would be worth while for
him to come out and wrestle on a
percentage basis, that Pesek would
wrestle him, winner take all. This
shoulder will be as good as ever in
a few weeks, but it is doubtful that
he will be quite as good as formerly,
for he will favor that bum shoulder
a little every time he goes in the
ring, detracting from his usual bril
liant mat work.
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OMAHA LINCOLN SIOUX CITY
Factory Pontiac, Michigan
goes to show that John is not pick
ing the easy ones. J
"I understand that Earl Caddock
will be back in the states in the near
future and that he will defend his
title against any man in the world.
Will he wrestle John Pesek? If so,
I'll post $1,500 and Pesek will wres
tle, winner take all. Caddock and
Pesek are of about the same weight,
both fast as lightning; know the
game from A to izzard and undoubt
edly would make the greatest wrest
ling match of all time.
"It's up to Mr. Melady; let's giv6
the public a real run for their money,
l'esek is ready.
, "MART SLATTERY."
Exhibition Base Ball Games.
Spartanbug, S. C, April 10.
R. H. K.
Xbw York Nationals ....4 8 0
Boston Americans 1(1
Batterlfs: Rnrne, O. Smith' and K.
Smith; .Toff. 8ha, McNeil and Walters.
Tulsa. Ok!.. April 10. K. H. E.
Cincinnati Nationals 8 14 0
Tult-a Westi-rn l-eauuo 0 10 2
Battsrlfn: Oerner, Luquo and Karlden;
Allen, Salisbury, .Sparks and llanlon.
JarkHonvlllp, Flu. April 10. R. H. E.
rtrooklyn Notional 8 T 0
.Now York Anii-rlcuns t S 1'
Batteries: Trade, Cheney and Kruoger,
Qulnn. Shore and Ruel.
Houston, Tex., April 10.
R, H. K
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.4 10 1
: Harris.
Chicago Americans
Houston, Texas League
Batteries: Jnbertson and T.yn'n
Oanltner and Myatt (10 Innings).
LANP
The final test of a
hat is wearing it.
Who ever wore a
Lanpher till it wore
out knows how long
the best hat ct
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Merz and Donica Show
Up for Pre-Season Work
Out, Already t in Form
Two more Rourke players; Ottc'
Merz and Harry Donica, blew into
town Wednesday night and reported
to Manager Jackson and Pa Rourke
that they were ready for the pre
season workouts.
Both players looked to be in good
form physically and each said he
anticipated no great trouble , in
rounding into playing condition with
a couple of days work. They will
throw the ball around with the bal
ance of the team under the grand
stand at Rourke park today. The
infield is too wet for any play on it.
Today's Calendar of Sports.
Raring: Winter meeting of Cuba-American
Joekey club, at Havana.
Spring meetlnr of Business Man's Rac
ing association at Hot Springs, Ark.
Hprlng meeting' of Southern Maryland
Agricultural association at Bowie, Mr.
Athletic! Central A. A. V. Indoor track
and field championship at Chicago. .
Boxing; Fred Dyer vs. Jock Mnlone, 10
rounds, at Milwaukee.
Pal Moore vs. Fekln Kid Herman, ' 10
rounds, at Racine. --
Morris lug vs. Eddie flnkmaa, 4
rounds, at Neattle.
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