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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 25, 1919.
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JUNIOR LEAGUE
FORMED BY BEE
CLASHES TODAY
Seven Games Scheduled for
Various Sandlots at 10
OXIock This Morning;
" New Division Formed.
When the fourteen teams, repre-
) scnting division one and two of the
newly organized Omaha Bee Junior
Base Bait association clasli at the
.various municipal diamonds and
, parks they will be the happiest kids
in Omaha today, for they will have
the honor for the first time in the
' history of amateur base ball to play
regular scheduled games and it will
also mark the first time that an
organization of this kind for the
young kids of the city was formed
by this newspaper,
i Judging from the interest dis
played by the youngsters, many of
ihein making their first appearance
on the ' sand lots.it will be the
' greatest thing ever attempted in this
city by any newspaper. The mem
bers of the various teams are over
joyed with enthusiasm and every
one will work hard to make it a
grand success.
S Players on the various teams in
the association are between the
' ages of 13 and 16 years, with the
exception of a few who will be 17
years near the close of the season.
No player who is a member of the
, Municipal Amateur Base Ball associ
ation or who participated with any
: team in the Omaha Amateur Base
Ball association last year will be
allowed to play in The Bee associa
tion, according to the ruling passed
, by the managers at the meeting.
t ' , Launched by The Bee.
(- In former years no attempt was
made to organize Sunday leagues
for the kid leaguers by either of the
v officials 'of the Omaha Amateur Base
.Ball association or the new Munici
pal body, and it was at the sugges
tion of the sports department of The
oee mat tms association was
v launched so as to give the young
sters a chance to play and a little
recreation.
The games in The Bee associa
tion will be staged on Sunday morn
ings, starting promptly at 10 o'clock
so no to interfer with playing of
, the Sunday afternoon teams The
new association will not be affili
ated with the Municipal Amateur
Base Ball association and it is not
the intention of the officials to
interfere with the latter organiza
tion, v
With the opniug of The Bee Jun
ior league last Sunday, when six of
the eight teams- started ball to roll
ing considerable interest was shown
by the youngsters and it was nec
' cessary to form another league.
Second Division.
' Division two will probably also
, consist of eight teams as the
'J. .B. -Roots Juniors, managed by
, Eugene Couburier, have applied by
. a franchise and the Vinton Cubs, a
team between the age of IS and 16
- years . will likely enter this
week. Bill LaChapelle is manager
of that team.
: If both the Roots and the Cubs
' enter the second division they will
probably stage their game Decora
tion "day .or play a "twilight" game
some ; evening. The postponed
: game between the Beemis Park's
and the R. A. M's. scheduled for
last Sunday will likely be staged
Decoration day. It will be announ
ced in The Bee Tuesday should
these teams play.
' Blozies President.
' William O. Blozies, amateur sport
'write of The Bee, was elected
, precideiit of the association, while
Leo McCabe, secretary of division
. one, and Frank Birdy of division
two were chosen secretaries of the
' .association to assist the president
in ' handling protests and oilier
business.
It is planned to stage a series of
games between the winners of each
division at the close of the regular
playing schedule to determine the
championship elf the association.
Teams are requested to watch
the" sport page of The Bee for
announcements as to meetings and
other details of the association.
. Managers of each division are
V urged to telephone their secretaries
.the result of other games as soon
as 'possible; telephone Secretary
McCabe's telephone number is
Tyler'3850, while Secretary Bairdy's
rs Harney 1113.
Today's Games. ,
Following is where the teams of
division one annd two play today:
MVISION ONE.
Thirty-flint and Amn Avenue Chart
Mtreet Merchants against Locust Street
Merchant.
v Foatrnclls Park Hrandrls Juniors
acfttmt Fort Omaha Merchants.
taxua Park Suburbans against B. A.
Sl.'a. '
Creighton Field Went Dodge lalry
against Bemta Park.
. DIVISION TWO.
Central vHlgh School (irounds Slogro
J um lor ugalnxt Farnnm ( anily company.
Twenty-third and Vinton street Omaha-Be
agalnat Dorca Street Stars.
' Twenty-ninth and Hurt Streets Liberty
' Re.Un - against Leavenworth Merchants
Juittara.
Tho games in each division will start
promptly at IV o'clock.
U Trained Blueberries and
. i Wild Ones in Demand
- Washington. How about some
trained blueberries? If you have any
top notch wild ones, says the Amer
ican forestry association, get in
' touch with Miss Elizabeth C. White,
of New Lisbon, N. J., who is culti-
- rating blueberries. She has them,
"Xnow- as big as three-quarters of an
, inch through, but she wants to do
' better.!
The blueberry is a peculiar fellow.'
Many of the new varieties are poor
, er- than the parents and about one
- in 4.000 turns out better than either
, parent, which is no nie way for the
children to do if we are to get any-
where. -
' - Then, too, the blueberry will not
. behave at all on a well-balanced soil.
' They require a sour or acid soil and
are ; killed by fertilizer that would
help most anything else along. Now
Miss White has asked the American
. '", Forestry Association to help her find
some wild, wild blueberry plants, so
. ask Miss White for correct shipping
instructions at once.
Amateurs Start on Second
Round of Play Here Today
By WILLIAM O. BLOZIES.
Teams of the City, American, Booster, Inter-City and
Gate City leagues, members of the Municipal Amateur Base
Ball association, will start on the second round of their play
ing schedules this afternoon, and the following teams, Bowen
Furniture's, City league, Townsends, Gate City league, Hard
ing Cream company and Highland Park Pharmacy, Inter
City league, will have the honor of starting round two with a
clean sweep of victories.
The Ramblers, who are leading
the Booster league with four vic
tories and no defeat thus far this
season are not playing this after
noon as this is their day of rest in
the league on account of a seven
team organization.
Strong Teams Mix.
Followers of the national pastime
who have been anxious to see the
Greater Omaha league teams play,
will have the opportunity to witness
the opening contest in that organ
ization this afternoon at Thirty-second
and Dewey avenue, when the
Murphy-Did-Its and the Nebraska
Power Co. teams lock horns.
This will be the only contest in
the crack class A circuit and as con
siderable rivalry exists between
these two clubs, a fast and snappy
contest is expected. Neither Man
ager Lawler or Manager Gerhardt
would state who they would send to
the firing line but both are pre
dicting victory for this afternoon.
The Power company team prac
tically
consists of the members
of the famous old Ramblers
of the National league, who sev
eral years ago made such a won
derful showing in class A circles,
when that team was under the
charge of Otto Pecha. They were a
scrappy and game bunch of ball
players and won the heart of every
amateur fan.
Davidson to Pitch.
It was announced last night that
prior to the opening game, J. E.
Davidson, vice-president and gen
eral manager of the Nebraska
Power Co., would pitch the first
ball and Bert Murphy, backer of the
Murphy-Did-Its, will try and catch
Davidson s delivery.
As a preliminary to the Greater
Omaha league contest, the Town
sends, leaders of the Gate City
league in class C circuit will fight
it out for the second time this
season with the Vinton Street Mer
chants, who are in fourth place in
that league. Joe Ort, considered
one of the besthurlers in class C,
and practically responsible for the
victories scored by the gunners, will
again be on the mound against his
opponents. The Merchants are out
for revenge and are determined to
pull their opponents down a notch.
Said contest will start promptly at
1 :30.
In the City league the oldest
organization in the city the Bowen
Furniture Co.. have defeated all their
opponents, although every game
was hard fought until the last and
the furniture lads had no easy
sliding. At the" hour of 3:30 this
afternoon the Bowen's again clash
vvith . the Omaha Printing Co. at
Elmwood park, east diamonds.
Schupa to Pitch,
Manager Art Moran of the leaders
announced that he will pitch South
Paw Stanley Schupa, his best bet,
with Frank Delehanty behind the
bat. Moran is confident that his
team will make it another victonr
over the Printers, but Roy Spencer
does not agree with the Bowen
leader. Spencer has strengthened
his line up and expects his crew to
pull down the leaders.
The game between the Union
Outfitting company and the Wil-
Sandlot Base Ball Gossip
The Ernie Holmes crew will play at
Grlswold, la., today.
Bill Goodro, star heaver for the Mickel
Vlctrolas, is pitching pilt-edga ball this
season.
In VT. Short, La Chapelle. Egermler and
Sinclair, the Vinton Cubs have an infield
hard to beat.
The Holmes White So defeated the
crack Herman, Neb. team last Sunday by
rm score of 7 to 1.
Teams wishing; to secure cantos with
Portsmouth, la., address Dan Doyle, man
ager, Portsmouth, la.
Mclntyre, playing right field for thel
union uuiruters. maae a pair 01 nuiy
catches last Sunday.
Fred Zlegler has attached his name to
the Mickel Vlctrolas' contract, and will
be seen in the line-up this afternoon.
The hitting of Greko and the pitching of
Barry featured for the Iten Biscuit team
last Saturday against the Bemis Bag
crew. .
In Hoffman, Grimm and Hlatt, Manager
Pates of the Mickel Vlctrolas claims to
have the fastest outfield in the City
league.
The Mickel Vlctrolas had the Bowen
Furniturea outplayed in every department
of the game, but lost in the final round
on errors. .
'Chuck' T.anger, on .the mound for the
Ernie Holmes last Sunday, allowed the
heavy hitting Herman team but three hita-
and whiffed ten.
Decoration day the Holmes will play a
double-header at Plattsmouth. Neb., play
ing one game in .the morning and the
other in the afternoon.
Walter Nufer at corner two for the
Union Outfitting team made his first er
ror of the season when he slipped, trying
to field a hard-hit ball.
Leo Kline, well known In local amateur
base bail circles and a member of the
University of Illinois, has signed a contract
with,- the Ernie Holmes.
Scheaf will do the hurling for the Sample-Harts
this afternoon, and as he is in
the best of form the Paiton-Vterllng crew
will find his curves hard to hit.
(iuinotte. Union Outfitting catcher. Is
sure playing some ball this year. He
fields good, has a perfect throw to the
bags and hits the ball on the nose.
Smith, Roberts. Munich and Lud Krejlc
of the Sample-Harts each drove out a
home run in last Sunday's contest against
the American Railway Express crew.
The Vinton Cubs would Ilka to ttcurc
games with any teams in the city aver
aging to 16 years. F-jr ci 'e&ls cull
Tyler H3 and ask for Bill La Chapelie.
Elmer Nufer allowed the McCaffrey Mo
tor crew five hits and Issued six passes,
but fast fielding by teammates saved the
day for the Union Outfitting aggregation.
Jack Krejic had on his batting ragS'Iast
Sunday and secured five hits, three of
them triples. Jack is playing a great
game in the left garden for the Sample
Harts. Around the third corner for the Sample
Harts, Roberts Is seen and heard from.
He la a regular demon when lt,comes to
stopping the hard ones, and la also some
clubber.
"Liberty" Munich won his place In the
"Hall of Fame" last 8unday when he
drove out home run with the sacks
loaded. He is connected with the Sample-Harts.
Marty O' Toole and his Brandeis team
will journey across the Muddy Missouri
this afternoon, where they will clash with
the crack Council Bluffs Longewaya at
the Athtetlo park.
A new municipal diamond is being pre
pared at the Municipal beach near Carter
lake by Park Commissioner Falconer and
lard Storage Battery, scheduled at
Fontenelle park, -also promises to be
a real treat for the fans .and prob
ably the feature game in the City
league. The Storage Battery boys
are out for revenge over the 6 to 3
defeat handed them at the opening
of the season, and have been prac
ticing hard during the week. Man
ager Pascal of the Outfitters says
his warriors will be at the large end
of the score when the game is fin
ished. Elmer Nufer will again be
seen in the box for the Outfitters,
while George Easton, formerly with
the Willard Storage Battery crew,
will play against his former team
mates. At Miller Park.
Although the McCaffery Motor
company trounced the Mickel Vic
trolas in the opening game of the
season by a decisive score of 18 to
1, Manager Walter Pates of the lat
ter crew says they will not do it
again, when they meet in the sec
ond game of the season this after
noon at Miller park. A pitcher's
battle is expected as two of the
crack twirlgrs in the city will op
pose each other. Bill Goodro will
do the heaving for the Mickels,
while Jimmy Moore will be on the
firing line for the Motor lad?.
At Riverview park at 3:30 o'clock
the Paxton-Vierlings, leaders of the
American league, will meet the
Sample-Harts- and a hard-fought
game can be expected as the
teams are evenly matched. Man
ager Frank Hubatka, the old "war
horse" of the motor team announced
last night that he is confident that
his crew will even up matters with
the iron workers. Scheaf will do
the hurling, and as he is in the best
of form, the opponents will find
his curves hard to hit.
Strengthen Rubber Team.
In the opening game at Riverview
park the Harding Cream company
who have not been defeated this
season by any team in the Inter
City league, will clash with the John
Day Rubber company for the sec
ond time this season. Although the
rubber lads have won but one game
thus far they are confident of pull
ing down the leaders a notch this
afternoon, as they have added some
new material to their line-up and
will spring a few "dark horses" on
their opponents'.
Considerable rivalry exists be
tween the Highland Park Phar
macy's and the Harley-Davidson
aggregations in the Inter-City
league, and a hard-fought battle is
anticipated when these two teams
meet at 1:30 o'clock at Miller park.
At Luxus Park.
Four of the seven teams in the
Booster league will be seen in ac
tion at Luxus park and all of the
games promise to be of great inter
est. The initial contest will be put
on by the Trimble Bros, of "Shee
ley" and the Daily News team, tail
enders of the league, while the sec
ond battle is scheduled between the
Maney Milling company and the
World-Herald team. Both Manager
Krakowski of the Trimbles and
Manager Hirons of the Milling out
fits predict that their teams will be
at the big end of the score when
their games are over.
will be ready for the teams to play on
within a few days.
Eugene Holmes, catcher for the Saun
ders school team, has had several offers
to play with the crack Class C teams.
Holmes is a dandy little catcher and has
the makings of a good ball player.
Secretary James Milota of the Municipal
Base Ball association and former manager
of the Brown Park Merchants' team, left
larft .week for a western business trip.
Milota expects to be gone about a month.
Following is the line-up of the Ernie
Holmes crew: King, short; McAndrews,
second; O'Keefe, first; O. Sutej, third;
Holbrook, catcher; Martin, left; Kline,
center; Pickett, right, and Langer, pitcher.
Eugene Wiman, who several seasons ago,
was one of the hurlers for Pa Rourke's
team, and who pitched a few gmes this
season for y.tarty O'Toole's Brandeit, team,
left last week for Winner, S. D where
he will pit,ch for that crack team
The City Base Ball, league at Beatrice
held a meeting last week and elected Dr.
G. H. Brash president, V. R. Johnson sec
retary and Harry Doll treasurer. The
league consists of eight teams and the
prospects point to a most successful sea
son. Teams wishing notes -in these columns
are urged to send them to BUI Hlozles,
care The Bee. by Thursduy of earh week,
and in reporting scores of Saturday and
Sunday games managers are requested to
telephone Walnut 2625 not later than 7
o'clock.
Where the Amateur
Teams Play Today
(ireater Omaha League.
Thirty-second and Dewey Avenue Mur-phy-Dld-Its
vs. Nebraska Power Co., 3:30.
City League.
Fontenelle Park Union Outfitting Co.
vs. Willard Storage Battery. 3:30 p. m.
Miller Park Mickle Vlctrolas vs. Mc
Caffrey Motor Co., 3:30 p. m. '
Elmwood Park. East Diamonds Bowen
Furniture Co. vs. Omaha Printing Co., 3:30.
American League.
Riverview Park Sample-Harts vs. Pax-ton-Vierling,
3:30 p. m.
Elmwood Park, West Diamonds Univer
sal Motor Co. vs. J. B. Roots. 3:30 p. ra.
Thirty-first s.nd Ames Avenue Ameri
can Railway Express vs. Rigg Optical
Co., 3:30 p m.
Booster Leagne.
Luxus Park Dally News .vs. Trimble
Bros., 1:30 p. m. ; Maney Milling Co. vs.
World-Herald. 3:30 p. m. ,
Fontenelle Park Benson Merchants vs.
Leavenworth Merchants, 1:30 p. m.
Inter-C'lty league.
Riverview Park Harding Cream Co. vs.
John Day Rubber Co., 1:30 p. m.
Thirty-first and Ames Avenue Ander
son Drug Co. vs. Beddeos, 1:30 p. tn.
Miller Park Highland Park Pharmacy
vs. Hartey-Davidsons, 1 :30 p. in.
Gate City Lea roe.
Thirty-second and Dewey Avenue
Townsends vs. Vinton Street Merchants,
1:30 p. m.
Elmwood Park East diamonds. McKen
ney Dentists vs. Omaha Printing Juniors.
1:30 p. m. ; west diamonds. Originals vs.
Beaellns, 1:30 p. m.
Dry Goods, Not Wet, Now.
Akron, O. From a rathskeller
to a dry goods store in two months.
Akron's most famous dispensing
place of liquory which since the
civil war had been known as the V.
B. & B. cafe, anticipating statewide
prohibition, closed its doors
Willard's Photograph Belies Stories
That Champion Is Not in Good Shape
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Three interesting photographs of
jess Willard, heavyweight champion
of the world. The center photo-
graph Nshows big Jess as he strips
today. This photograph was taken
recently at Willard's training camp
in Los Angeles, where the champion
Now it develops that Jess Wil
lard and Jack Dempsey may not be
restricted to a 12-round canter when
they meet for the heavyweight cham
pionship at Toledo July 4. While
the boxing commission of the Ohio
city has granted a few licenses for
bouts of greater length than 12
rounds there is no restriction to the
distance if the commission cares to
affirm a struggle of that kind. It
is up to the commission entirely,
and it mav be that Tex Rickard
will be - able to prevail upon the
Toledo officials to lengthen the argu
ment to the accepted 20 rounds.
Rickard does not have to make
any announcement regarding the ex
tension of the bout, since the ar
ticles call for a fight of any distance
up to 45 rounds. It will make little
difference to Dempsey, who is con
fident that the further the fight goes
the more certain he is to knock Wil
lard loose from his crown. Willard
is supremely confident that he can
win. In conversation with friends
recently, Willard could not conceive
of the possibility of losing. He be
lieves himself supreme in the ring
and has no great respect for Demp
sey. His overconfidence may work
more harm than good, for it may
keep him from training as diligently
as he would otherwise. Willard has
not taken the best of care of him
self for the last three years. He
has developed several retarding
habits during his three years of
idleness.
A close friend of Rickard says he
is willing to go on record that
Dempsey and Willard will meet in
a 15-round contest, instead of the
12-round affair. Willard has asked
that the bout be allowed to go just
as far as the law of Toledo will
stand. He believes that the further
the distance the greater chance he
will have. He has no fears as to
his condition nor his strength. He
wants a contest of 20 rounds and
has advised Rickard to that effect.
Jack Kearas, who is handling the
business affairs of Dempsey, is cer
tain that Willard is the only one
concerned who will benefit by a
short bout. According to Kearns,
Willard may be able to stand up
under the attack of Dempsey for a
limited number of rounds, but if
Dempsey can have time to get in
his powerful punches W'illard will
be toppled over.
So far, Willard has done most of
his work in private, and no one can
say how long absence from the ring
has affected his prowess. Judging
by the latest photographs -of the
champion, the big fellow has a sur
prise in store for those who expect
to see a wind-broken hulk. Wil
lard has not run to fat as Jim Jef
fries did as soon as the boilermaker
tossed the gloves aside after hifij
Lout with Jack Monroe.
The main questions to be an
swered are whether thf champion
still can deliver his blows with the
necessary . speed and accuracy to
find a" resting place for them on
Dempsey's bobbing head, and
whether he still can shed punish
ment as he did in the days when
he was meeting all comers. Whether
his boxing has improved, really is
of- little importance, for he never
was, or could be fast enough to keep
Dempsey from hitting him.
A boxer's ability to deliver the
short, snappy blows that produce
knockouts usually is the first thing
to leave him,, and when Willard met
Moran it looked as though he had
lost a great deal of his former abil
ity as a hitter. He did not snap his
blows, and his muscles were more
elastic. - His straight lefts were
more like shoves than real blows,
while his left and right hooks had
lost much of their jarring effect.
Immediately after he arrived in
Toledo to begin his active prelimi
nary training Dempsey placed a
strong guard on the gate to his
quarters, whose duty it will be to
Jtoiel Tile
was going through the first stages
of his training for his coming cham-
pionship mill with Jack Dempsey
July 4. The photograph belies the
recent reports that the champion
was hog fat and out of condition,
The insert on the right is one of the
extract quarters, dimes and nickels
from any curious ones who stroll
too near the building or who want
to get a peek at the challenger iji
action.
Jess Willard also will exact a
stated amount from the sight seek
ers. When Jess trained in New York
for his match with Moran he kept
one eye on the door -of his Forty
fourth street quarters and the other
on the punching bags put before
him. In this way Jess half accom
plished his desire of being fit and
fully piled up the money. If it takes
a quarter to peek at Dempsey in
training stunts it will cost twice that
amount to see Willard perform.
In case Willard and Dempsey are
unable to flatten each other when
they meet, the title will go by a ref
eree's decision. This will be a de
cided change. No heavyweight
championship none in the last 30
years has ever changed hands over
any other route than the K. O.,
which is generally conclusive. The
closest call to a decision was Cor
bett's first meeting with Jeffries
over the 25-jound distance.
For 22 rounds Corbett outpointed
Jeff by a dozen leagues. He had the
argument all his own way until he
became overconfident and strayed in
close reach of Jeff's swing. If Cor
bett had been content to play it safe
for a round or two longer he would
have rewon his title to a certainty,
for the referee could have given the
decision no other 'way.
Nine Thoroughbreds
Entered in Kentucky
Handicap, Louisville
Louisville, Ky., May 23. Nine
thoroughbreds, regarded as the best
handicap horses ever sent to the
barrier on an American race course,
are carded to go to post at Church
ill Downs tomorrow afternoon in
the seventh Kentucky handicap for
3-year-olds and upward at a mile and
a quarter for a prize which carries
$10,000 in added money.
The field, weights and jockeys'of
the declared entries, are:
Cudgel 136 Sande
Exterminator 134... Morris
The Porter 129....,
Midway 122 Thurber
Royce Rolls 113 Buxton
Freecutter 112..... Groth
BeaverklU 108 Robinson
Vulcanite 101 C. Howard
St. Bernard 102 Poole
. Prospects are for a heavy track.
Dempsey Takes No Chances;
New Hand-Made Gloves
Toledo, May 23. Because of the
danger of an injury to his hands,
Jack Dempsey probably will drop
base ball from his training program.
Dempsey already has stored his
motor car until after the match and
is avoiding all risks of an injury.
He has decided to wear a headgear
when he begins boxing to protect
his earsfrom damaging blows.
Bill Tate, a giant negro heavy
weight from New York, joined the
challenger's camp today, and he
looks like a valuable addition. He
is 6 feet 5 inches tall, just an inch
shorter than Willard, weighs 236
pounds in ring togs, and has a reach
of an inch and a half longer than
that possessed by the champion.
Rickard today ordered two sets
of especially- hand-made boxing
gloves for the .championship battle
from a San Francisco maker. The
gloves will be of the regulation five
ounce weight.
Use Hail for Ice Cream.
Albany, Ga. The high price of ice
cut no ice in the vicinity of Edison,
Ca'lhoun county, recently, following
a heavy hail storm. A party of
young people, gathered for a Sun
day dinner, gathered up a goodly
quantity of the hailstones and soon
added ice cream to the menu.
few pictures published showing the
champion in cowboy costume. He
is shown with a little Indian baby,
a member of the champion's wild
west show troupe. The insert on
the left is a good likeness of Wil
lard. It was made at his Los
Angeles training camp.
EXPEDITIONARY
FORCES TO HAVE
TRACK ENTRIES
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Commission on Training Camp
Activities Sending Supplies
for Teaching Runners at
Pershing's Request.
Washington, May 24. America's
expeditionary forces will present an
American-made track feam when
the inter-allied championships are
held in Paris in June. All the ma
terial for the track uniforms and for
the training of the men is being
shipped to them from this side of
the water. Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft,
cjiairman of the athletic division of
the War department commission on
training camp activities, has repre
sented the commission in the expedi
tionary territory for the last six
weeks and at the request of General
Pershing, has made the arrange
ments for the materials the soldiers
of Uncle Sam will need in prepar
ing for the meet.
Supplies Forwarded.
Already vaulting poles, javelins,
shoes, ordinary track suits, weight
equipment and other paraphernalia
for a track and field team have been
forwarded overseas. The A-. E. F.
order of vaulting poles almost de
pleted the American supply of bam
boo and the javelin order was the
largest ever placed in this country.
Official uniforms, to be used by the
track and field ' team representing
the United States in the inter-allied
games were manufactured in this
country and reached Col. Waite C.
Johnson, athletic offioer of the A.
E. F. the first week in May.
In the course of the war the com
mission on training camp activities
supervised the buying of large quan
tities of athletic material, not only
for the A. E. F. but for the camps in
this country. These purchases cov
ered everything in the line of ath
letic equipment from cage balls to
ball laces. Between these extremes
were most of the articles made
familiar to the American people dur
ing the last decade by high school
and college athletics.
Material Donated.
Most of the items of less than
.'1,000 total were supplied for the
forces in France. Even the large
totals for boxing gloves, base balls,
etc., doi not represent the major per
centages .of these materials used in
the camps. Individual soldiers pur
chased much equipment for them
selves. Mess and post exchange
funds provided their quota. Gate
receipts from athletic contests -outfitted
most of the teams known as
the camp representatives. Individ
ual donations reached unheard of to
tals. County and state organiza
tions sent material into , the camps
in large amounts. Welfare organ
izations within the camps kept ath
letic material in their buildings to
he loaned to the soldiers. In some
of the camps accurate count was
kept of all the material issued to the
soldiers and these records would in
dicate that the material "supplied by
the commission was about 30 per
cent of the material which did its
part in keeping the men in the
camps and the A. E. F. interested.
Great Number of Horses in
Beatrice for Circuit Meet
Beatrice, Neb., . May 24. (Spe
cial.) About 150 head of horses
will be here for the June circuit
races, and a number have already
arrived to be "whetted up" for the
raAno- nrocram. Warren Dennis.
Sale Lake City horseman, yesterday
wired tor reservation lor i& stalls.
A mare in one string has a mark
of 2:03.
Twenty-Year Term Pleases.
Pittsburgh, Pa. A sentence of not
less than 19 years nor more than 20
years brought a huge smile to the
face of James Burchel and remain
ed long after he had. been placed be
hind the bars. "I expected to get
the chair," he told the officer.
Burchel shot and killed a man.
Airplane G(?lf Latest Idea;
Players to Fly From Course
v to Course to Make Strokes
Bv H. C. SMITH.
"Freaky" is the best single Mtord
to use in characterizing the outlook
for the 1919 golfing season. Tech
nically, there is suspicion n the
minds of long time observers that
the year will leave plenty to be de
sired, Init sensational developments
promise to be as thick as small
strawberries at the bottom of the
grocer's baskets. In short, it will
be an episodic and newsy-period in
the sport now second only to base
ball in point of diffusion.
there has been no competitive
play worthy of consideration since
1VI6, and most golfers are in any
thing but form. In the meantime,
several smashing youngsters have
been developing, but under such
thick cover as to render them still
obscure.
War influences will predominate
Few pastimes will appeal so strong
ly to invalided soldiers who have
classified the clubs as follows:
Putter, close range; mashie, effec
tive range; iron or brassie, 'long
range; driver, distant range. ' Lift
ing the ban on all Sunday sports
will speedily be felt by the royal
and ancient.
Equalizing Sex Handicaps.
Testing the sexes as to handicap
acquirements will be undertaken
next month in England, and not a
bit too soon, in view of their in
creasing tendency to oppose each
other, cultivated through the Red
Cross matches. Many believe their
equalization can be brought about
wholly through the varying loca
tion of tees without complicating
the situation by stroke allowances
in addition.
Another change is due in two
months, when the tea room will re
place the tanglefoot rendezvous.
The 10 per cent war tax on club
dues exceeding $10 also constitutes
an element that must be taken into
account.
The juniors will not prove a new
incoming force, but for the first time
players in pin feathers will receive
adequate encouragement and not be
shunted into the misty background.
Many high schools are taking up
golf, and for a second time Georgia
students are to invade the piney
precincts in hope of drawing fire
toward palmetto land.
Small Prizes Ignored.
Another increasing influence will
be the rising outgo for prizes, cor
responding to the cost of living.
Michael Brady, Massachusetts open
champion, says the $150 cash offered
by the Bay State association is quite
too insignificant to warrant his de
fending that title.
For the first time "States" players
will have a team match with Cana
dians, who are likely to get into a
mess through their curiously double
back action- scheme to also turn the
dominion championship into a fes
tival for average golfers.
So much for the fibre of the com
ing season. Now for the threatened
filigree.
An aeroplane match is seriously
Amateur League for
17-Year-01d Players
Opened Season Sunday
Following , is the Bee Junior,
league schedule for the 1919 season.
The leage, composed of eight teams,
started their season yesterday with
three games, the Bemis Parks and
another team, which will be organ
ized this week, not playing,' but will
open their season next Sunday. The
teams will play twice around,
closing the season on Sunday, Au
gust 10.
Schedule of Bee Junior league,
season 1919:
MAT JB-JULT It.
Charlea Street Merchants Mtatnit lo
cust Street Merchants.
Brandeis Jrs. against Fort Omaha-Merchants.
Suburbans against neff team.
West Dodge Dairy asalnst Bemis Park.
JUNE l-.TULY 20.
Charles Street Merchants agalnat new
team.
Brandeis Jrs. against Bemis Park.
Locust Street Merchants against Sub
urbans. Fort Omaha Merchants against West
Dodge Dairy.
JUNE 8-JULT 27.
Charles Street Merchants against Bemis
Park.
Brandeis Jrs. against. West Dodge
Dairy.
Locust Street Merchants against new
team.
Fort Omaha Merchants against Sub
urbans. JUNE 15-AUGUST 3.
Charles Street Merchants against West
Dodge Dairy.
Brandeis Jrs. against Suburbans.
Locust Street Merchants against Bemis
Park.
Port Omaha Merchants against new
team.
JUNE 22-AUGUST 10.
Charles Street Merchants against Fort
Omaha Merchants.
Brandeis Jrs. against Fort Omaha Mer
chants. Suburbans against Bemis Park.
West Dodce Dairy against new team.
JUNE 29-AUGUST 17.
Charles Street Merchants against Sub
urbans. BrandeisJrs. against new team.
Locust Ktreet Merchants against W.st
Dodge Dairy.
Fort Omaha Merchants against Bemis
Park.
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
Remodelled for Auto Races
New York, May 24. The Sheeps
head Bay speedway will be re
modelled for the opening automo
bile racing meet on June 14. James
J. Johnston, the manager, has en
gaged an engineer and speedway
expert who will survey the two
mile board oval and report how it
can be made faster than two miles
a minute in order to meet the speed
requirements of the star American
and European drivers who will
race over its surface this season.
One plan already submitted calls
for an expenditure of $45,000 and
the installation of a new method of
banking the turns, which would
make the track, from eight to 10
seconds faster per mile. The final
decision to increase the speed possi
bilities was made only after cabled
complaints from three foreign
drivers that the course was too
slow. This, following Ralph De
Palma's record-breaking driving
feats in Florida, which proved that
high speed machines had outraced
developments of existing speedways,
made it evident that radical changes
must e made at the local track
in time for the opening races.
proposed between stars who would)
play a hole each at leading courses
flitting from one to the other at
whirlwind speed. It is only the logi
cal advance from aeroplane maps of
links. Anyhow, the plane propellers
would be mighty handy in fanning
tangled spots Out of the rough and
at the same time throwing so much
dust in the eyes of the "referees"
they couldn't see infractions of the
rules. The idea recalls Francis
Ouimet's scheme for a match with
ideal players at every stroke, as fol
lows: Abe Mitchell, driver; Cbick
Evans, brassie; Jerome Travers, or
Walter Travers, putter.
First Shall Be Last.
And now for detailed wrinkles.
Beginners are likely to be obliged to
master the putter first, as long advo- -cated
by advanced minds, although
by that method it will be long be
fore they experience the thrill of
making a good drive by accident.
Now that history at Columbia and
Harvard is to be taught backwards
instead of starting amid the uncer
tain light of primeval chaos, the last
club in the bag shall be called first.
and the first last, but by compromise
those in the middle won't be dis
turbed. Reverse Greens; Prolong Life.
Speaking of order on the courses,
greens are to be played in reverse
direction to help them wear longer.
There is no reason why they
shouldn't run either way, like a re
versible collar or a street car. Bos
ton dentists in a reunion match last
season all started the same ime
from different tees, and instead of'
calling it first and second round used
upper and under as demonstrators.
Another increasing wrinkle is in
the line of undulations on putting
greens, such as at the Broadmoor
(Col.) club, which has one shaped
like a clover leaf and another like a
horse shoe, while at the Lochmoor
club, Detroit, one is in the form of.
its number. After a golfer has
played it he feels like a trick skater.
Busy Season Ahead.
Is it to be a busy season? Well.
there were 316 starters in the Pine
hurst championship, March 3. On
March 27 the Massachusetts associa
tion had 40 tournaments booked and
was, trying to crowd in others with
a shoehorn. The Merion club, Phila
delphia, was obliged to, fix starting
times by mid-March, and the Bal
tusrol (N. J.) club a few days later
had to open its Saturday and Sun
day reservation list Wednesdays.
The terrible tangle of fixtures
has brought the national open cham
pionship the week before the west-
ern amateur, a thousand miles away
so Chick Evans, both United States
amateur and open title holder, has
elected to enter the. last named,
rather than defend his open honor.
That, of course, affords the captious
minded a chance to say that by
choosing the lesser affair he dodged
obligation in favor of personal ease.
Selection of "Ace"
As Referee for Big
Race RecaUs Spin
Indianapolis Eddie Rickenbacker
and his smile, equally as famous
throughout the country as Barney
Oldfield and his cigar, will not only
lend further international color to
the 500-mile liberty sweepstakes
here May 31 (Eddie having knocked
off a few dozen Huns while cruising
through the air over the European
battlefields), but will give the
countless auto-race fans a chance to'
remark: My, but this seems nat
ural" t
No imagination is needed to pic
ture the enthusiasm of the vast
throng and the welcome certain ,to
be accorded Eddie when that most
popular Yankee "ace" walks out on
the track and up into the referee's
stand. For, as you know, Eddie has
consented to officiate as referee, and
it will be just as it was when he was
fighting Huns "What Eddie says,
goes."
Race fans recall with shivers and
smiles the time that Eddie all but
went through a wall while rounding
into the homestretch in his favorite
Maxwell. That was a sight never
to be forgotten. With two of the
fastest drivers on the track right be
hind him, one of Eddie's rear tires
went bad and the thing happened.
Frenzied auto fans held their
breath while Eddie spun around on
that .slippery brick track three times,
clinging on to the steering wheel
with grim determination, being bare
ly missed by both onrushing racers
and then crashed into the Upper
wall. The car was smashed but Ed
die and his mechanician escaped in
jury. The thousands who witnessed the
miraculous escape will recall how i
the big oval, and the entire big en
closure for that matter, thundered
its joy when Eddie was seen to
emerge from his car, and, in com
pany with his mechanician, come
walking down the inne side of the
track toward the judge's stand.
And Eddie was wearing his most
approved smile. But beneath the
grin there was a pallor, a deathly
whiteness which could not be hid
den. As Eddie neared the judge'
stand it apparently occurred to hira
that he had been knocking at
death's door and that death itseli
had even asked him to come in. The
thought was not very humorous to
Eddie, but the majority of that vast
crown only saw nis smile and
cheered all the more lustly.
Eduie has defied death quite often
since, but we nave a hunch that no
Hun bullet ever brought the "ash"
to Eddie's face as noticeably or with
as much force as that little "spin" "
out on the Indianapolis speedway.
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