THE OMAHA" SUNDAY BEE! JUNE IB, 1919.
7 C
LEONARD HAS
HOT MET AtL
CHALLENGERS
Mas Not Boxed tendler or
Welling, Neither of Whom
Have Any Chance
of Bout.
New York, June 14. With the
possible exception of Lew Tendler,
the sensational young Philadelphian,
aud the hard hitting Joe, Welling
of Chicago, Benny Leonard, wbrld
lightweight champion, has defeated
every other challenger for his title.
At the present time there seems to
be; no likelihood of a match being
arranged between ; , either of the
above aspirants and Leonard and
the fans here are making it a spe
cialty at differing as to its reasons.
The chief objection in both cases,
it is belieyed, is the weight ques
tion. The champioftr it is reported,
will not, under any circumstances,
bpx any one under any poundage
less than 138 pounds ringside, which
is , quite right, and Tendler, who
stands out to be a more formidable
opponent than 'Welling, and whd
never scales more than 132 pounds
when in real form, believes if he
agreed to concede that weight to
Leonard it would be too much of
an advantage against him, so he
isn't in any mood for this bout
just now. Welling,; on the other
hand, would gladly box the cham
pion at that weight, - but for an
unfriendly, feeling which exists be
tween the latter and Billy Gibson,
manager of Leonard, all offers were
ind are declined for this match. -
. Coogan Would Meet Champ..
-However,., another'f boxer ' who
would gladly 'accept an opportunity
to meet - Benny Leonard is Iel
Coogan, the boxer of Brooklyn.
The latter holds referee decisions
over such men as Frankie Callahan,
Ritchie Mitchell, Vincent Pokorni,
Barney Adair and Pete Hartley, and
is boxing n prime form now. Scotty
Monteith manages Coogan, and al
thought he f believes 11 Coogan will
never whip Leonard, he is of the
opinion his protege would give the
title holder jvlenty of trouble while
on his feet. .-
Punching the
Bag
With JACK VEIOCK
International News Sports Editor
Carl Mays is the only underhand
ed pitcher of any real class in the
major leagues, today, and, one of a
select quartet who have gotten away
with the freak delivery over a period
of many years in the big show..
Jack Warhop, who used to sling
for-the Yanks; Rhines, oj the old
Cine? Reds, . and McGinnity cf
Giant fame, were pitchers who re
torted t& the underhand method pi
hurling a base ball, and though there
have been a number of. pitchers who
haveLtried ihat style of twirling, the
fflur; mentioned here . rank as the
pee'ri of their class. ;,''.. V.
;Mays graduated to the Red Soxj
in 191 S, coming up from the Provi
dence club, and right off the reel
h proved. a" winner, winning 25.
games and losing but eighty in his
first season. His delivery is a puz
zjc to American league batters, and
unless we miss our guess he is go
ing to be one- of Ed Barrow's best
bets on the mound this season. ;
By giving the Yankees an unmer
ciful beating in the first game of the
season' Mays started gossip among
players and writers. The merits ot
" his utiderhand delivery have been
discussed pro and con ever since
and the majority is agreed thai
Mays stands out among American
league hurlers as one of the most
difficult pitchers l6 hit. , - i
Mays has a fast ball, 'regardless of
the fact that to the fan in the grand
stand it may' look" more like a slow
one. His best ball is known among
the members of the Red Sox as the
"screw ball," which is a new one. It
is so called because it is alleged to
fvist as do the threads in a screw.
1 It twirls 'sideways in coming up to
the batter, and when it is working
good it breaks in toward the right
handed hitters rather than away
irom themes' '-.;f.;- ,
It isjasy to imagine .how a good
"rise" ball coming from a heght of
1 perhaps 18 inches to 30 inches from
" the ground, and, rising as it flashes
toward the plate is difficult to judge.
The average, pitcher uses either an
, overhand or a. sidearm delivery or
$ a cross between them and as a re-
- suit the batsmen are better able to
judge that kind of pitching. If they
could stand on their heads Marys
f fast ''screw bail"; would look natural
enough. - " , ' ' - ' " ,
. - Edward Barrow says he doesn t
figure that Mays is any better than
McGinnity was in his heyday 4s a
pitcher, but he points out that Mc
Ginnity was more of side , arm
pitcher than Mays., Mays, pitches
more like Rhine used to pitch,, ac
cording to Scout Joe Kelly-of the
Yanks, and has a faster bait though
not as good a curve as McGinnity
u.cd. . -
rield Club Caddies
Return to Jobs After
'Strike of Half Hour
Caddies at the" Field club struck,
tn hir nhiective and returned to
work in 30 minutes yesterday after
noon. Witn i.uw e . J? V
. ground ready to play, 75 caddies de
manded an . increase of 10 cents for
each trip around the course. They
were receiving 50 cents.; '
ctntv navies, nrofesstonal at the
dub, refused to treat with the strik
ers and ordered -them ; from the
grounds in case they did not want
to work. ine ooys men xongicgi
tpd i frant of the club home and
''i started to stage a demonstration.
Motorcycle officers from the police
station dispersed them and they de.
tided to return to work at the old
The strike was called St 1:30
- O'clock end at 2 o'clock the golfers
"teed off with their usual caddies
assisting them in negotiating the
WILLARO AND DEMPSEY AS THEY WILL SHAPE UP ON JULY 4-These photographs were made re
cently at the training camps of the big boxers in Toledo. The champion certainly looks to be in excellent '
condition and gives evidence of having reduced weight Dempsey, according to reports from his camp, is
fit to enter the ring today. For fear of going stalebe was forced to lay off hard work for more than a
week.'"-- ..- :N '
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Stecher-Lewis Match Here
Will Rival Toledo Scrap
With the signing of Joe Stecher
and Ed Strangler Lewis for a finish
match in Omaha on July 4, Omaha
is assured of an athletic event that
will rival the Toledo heavyweight
championship boxing match in in
terest to the sporting public.
The managers of the men read
the original articles presented by
Promoter Gene Melady and refused
to put their signatures to them until
a number of changes had been made.
since the changes were of the sort
that would make a better show of it,
Melady agreed and the new set of
agreements were typed - by Miss
Rose Bloom, world's amateur cham
pion stenographer and signed by
Billy Sandow for Lewis and Anton
Stecher for Joe. '
I he signatures were witnessed by
the sporting editor of The Bee, the
sorting editor of the News and Carl
Marti si. ibandow accented an offer
of $9,500 for his end, if Lewis wins,
from Jack Curley and Carl Marfisi.
The men will wrestle for a ourse of
60 per cent of the gross receipts on
a winner-take-au basis, bhould
Lewis win, he will get $9,500 and
Curley and Marfisi will take 60 per
cent of the receipts, standing to win
or lose a considerable sum.
announced that the match would be
held in the Omaha Auditorium, since
no other pjace that would conform
to the agreement was available. It
was stipulated in the articles that
the show must be staged in an arena
seating at least 5.000 persons.
.. The men must agree uoon s ref
eree at ' least 48 hours before the
contest or the promoter will have
the authority to select the official.
Uene stated yesterday that he had
already made arrangements for the
printing of the tickets and they
would be placed on sale at the earli
est possible moment. : - -v:
Batters, with
'Right Fielder Larue Kirby is still
ieading the Omaha batters, though
he has slumped some himself. Eddie
Hazen has fallen away down and
Harry Donica has stepped to the
front. l ' " ,-' "V
Kirby is in 13th position in the
league averages with .298; Donica is
the next Omaha man. being 17th,
with .290rand Hazen is, the third, in
23d place with .280.
. . WESTERN UEAGtlB. ' ' :
TEAM BATTING. ;
Twm Ab RiR HPShSb Bb Ho Pet
S'x C y 1017 150 273 3 40 25 123 108 2l
St. J'h 027 14S 174
S 4i 14 131 106 2)7
S 41 13 76 134 245
42 14 71 122 244
2 40 33 109 162 M4
44 40 81 103 234
S S 1 133 118 233
4S 23 111 103 226
D. M. 1107 12 273
.Tod! In - .115 132 282
O. C ..1113 13 J72
Tulsa .,1187 124 278
Omaha 1068 113 Z4
W'bita 1126 113 154
. TEAM FIELDING. '
W I. T dp tb Pb po A 15 Pet.
Dt Moln.2S 11 1 23 1 8 41 43 .968
Tulaa 18 18 0 26 6 1 346 409 63 57
Omaha ....IS 16 0 13 0 3 316 479 70 .952
Wichita ...13 23, t 18 1 943 470 70 .949
Joplill 16 13 1 37 0 1 921 44 76 .948
St. Joseph.. 11 20 13 819 387 71 .944
Okla. City.. 20 14 0 36 3 901 440 S3 .943
Sioux City.. 16 15 38 0 us 413 78 .940
indiv;dual batting. ,
(Ten or Mora Games).
. . ab H tb 2b 3b hr fh Pet.
Bonowltx. St. J... 54 19 28 0 1 1 .352
E. Walker. 8. C...106 37 49 10 1 0 2 .349
Griffin, Okla...,. 92 3 40 7 1 0 4 .337
iin, jop. .... SS 11 U T I ! 9 .
333
Btllsan. 6t. J... 97 31 38
3 3 0 4 .126
72 1 .119
3 0 0 3 .31
S 0 1 11 .315
Robinson, 8. C... 14 39 43
Meyer. Tula . ... it 12 1
Hasbrook. D. M...127 49 51
Adamt. Okla. ....125 89 49
6 16 4 .311
Davis. Tulsa .122 38 54
T 0 1
8 .111
O'Brien, Tulsa..,, 65 t9 22 1
3 .301
4 .302
5 293
4 .395
1 .395
6 .292
3 ,290
1 .286
Griffith. Okla. ..101 33 43 6 1 1
Kirby. Omaha ...121 36 61
Llndimore, Okla.. .105 31 42
Thomason. & C. . (8 16 31
Horan. Joplln ....113 33 39
Donica, Omaha ..117 34 40
Musser. D. Si. .... 41 11 16
111
5 3 0
tit
4 19
4 1
1 1
Chicago Union Giants ;
Want Games In Omaha
; During 119 Season
; " ' .
sRuthven, la., Tune 14. (Special.)
.The Chicago Union Giants, who
played hete during 1917, under the
name of Lost-Island Lake. Giants,
have arrived here and are practicing
daily, out at Lakeside Electric park,
where they will play every Sunday
during the season, but on week days
are open for engagements with other
teams abroad.. This team defeated
Sutherland on the park diamonds
last ' ' Sunday, Burch. ; the Giant's
pitcher, not allowing' the visiting
team a hit " - - -
Among the new mea with the
Giants is Catcher Coleman, who, for
the last three seasons has been
catching Tohn Donaldson, of the "All
j Natjoasr foi games atoma. or
Kirby
An order for seven teservations
of ringside seats has already been
made by Jack Curley, who stated
that he and six other men would be
here from-New York City to see
the affair. Melady is organizing a
corps of office assistants to aid him
in taking care of the advance sale
and to handle the reservations.
The Stockyards National bank
has the checks of Billy Sandow and
Anton Stecher, each to the amount
of $1,500, as a forfeit to guarantee
the appearance of the principals
and the fulfillment of the contract.
The match must be to an absolute
finish, best two out of three falls,
unless one of the contestants shall
suffer a broken bone, and this is to
be decided upon by two reputable
physicians, if such a claim is made.
Each of the managers "expressed
great confidence in his man and they
both declared they had the winner.
Stecher will do his training at his
home in Dodge until within three or
four days of the match, and Lewis
will get in shape in his beautiful
wedding present gymnasium on the
coast. Lewis left for the coast, in
tending to 'rest during the summer
months, on Thursday afternoon, but
Sandow wired him to commence
training for. the Stecher match. The
telegram will be handed to him on
his arrival at his California home.
Immediately after the match was
consummated, the two y managers
made the telegraph wires hum, lo
cating training mates for their .re
spective men. Melady has been af
ter this match for three years and
now that he has. closed with the
men, he will rest easy.until the day
of the bout Stecher has been, as
anxious for it aS'. Melady, and An
ton expressed his joy flourishing his
check book with a lordly air after
he had posted the forfeit and the
deal was closed.
Still Leads Omaha
Less than 300
Hulswitt, Joplln ..136 36 42 4 1 0 1 .286
Do an, St. J 113 1111 Mi l ,286
McBrlde. Wlch. ..130 3T 42 1 2 0 6 .285
Marks, Jop. ...... 33 9 It 0 1 0 2 .281
Hazen, Omaha ...100 28 33 ' 6 0 0 4 .280
Burke. Tuisa .... 79 21 25 -3 9 9 1 274
Gregory, 6. C. .... 29 8 1 0. 0 2 .276
Gislason, Omaha.. 10S 29 35 4 1 0 JO .276
Cable, St. J 59 16 17 1 0 0 5-.271
GrlKM, Okla. ....138 37 49 4 4 0 1 .368
J. Walker, D. M.,101 27 24 7 0 0 1 .266
Breen. D. M. ....118 SI 34 3 0 0 2 .263
Brokaw, Tulsa ..122 33 89 5 1 0 5 .262
F. Thompson, Jop. 126 33 38 3 1 9 9 .262
Two Omaha pitchers are well up In
the standings, Behlnkel, with one game
lost, is ' third and Kopp is right behind
him In fourth place with .705.
. PITCHING BECORDS.
:t,;. I 8 IIW
' TVL Pet. P H R O BP
Sommers, Okl...t 9 1.000 34 31 10 18 1 0
flliette, V. M... 1 .833 89 30 14 29 0 1
Schtnkel. Om.,.,4 1
800 .47 33 15 25 1 0
Kepp, Om.......4 2
Rasmussen, S. C.6 2
Burwell, Jop.,.; 3 1
Fletcher, S. C...3 1
Bayne, Tulsa.... 6 2
Applegate, O. C.6 2
Musser, D. M...7 3
Boyd, D. M 4 1
Salisbury, Tulsa. 5 3
Donnis. O. C. .. .6 S
McL ghlln, St. J. 4 3
Town send. Om..4 3
Lynch, Wlch 4 3
Marks, Joplln. ,..6 S
Haines, Tulsa... 6 (
Stoner, O. C.....4 4 .
Gregory, S. C. ..4 4
Smith. Jop....'. .4 4
Dlmmoek, D. M.4 4 '
Rose, St. J...... 8 2
Delburn, D. M...1 3
North, St. J, . . . .3 4
Lyons. WIeh.....J 4
Crutcher, Jop...l 3
Men, Om ...1 6
.Norman, Wieh..,l
Mapel, Joplln....! 4
East, 8. C 2 S
Fuhr, Om 2 S "
Waldbauer, Wlch. 3 6
C. Thomas, Wlch. 2 6
Allison, 8. C....1 S
CaJoraL St J...1 1
Covington, Tul...l 3
Griffin, O. C 1 3
Bluejacket, O. C.l 4
Hewitt. Tul.....l 4
.705 75 46 15 33 0 0
.750 60 61 18 27 0 0
.750 43 44 21 14 2 0
.705 36 41 23 15 1 0
.714 64 41 23 23 6 0
.714 67 47 22 1 8 1
.700 92 57 25 62 4 2
.667 65 48 27 25 5 0
.625 80 62 27 22 3 1
.600 87 70 27 49 5 0
.671 65 65 47 22 3 0
.671 S3 48 18 17 1 2
.571 64 53 23 21 9 0
.600 85 86 45 32 4 0
.500 76 64 27 33 3 9
J00 77 63 28 28 $ 1
371 72 79 34 34 2 0
.500 70 63 83 29 3
.500 68 51 18 25 6 2
.600 35 28 12 8 1 0
.60 84 35 17 16 2 0
.429 62 40 15 87 9 0
.429 64 63 27 27 0 0
.400 44 46 24 13 1 9
.376 66 69 31 80 1 0
.338 69 39 20 22 2 1
.831 60 65 28 23 2 0
.286 63 45 24 27 1
.284 60 41 20 28 4 1
.250 71 68 30 26 6 2
.250 72 65 23 19 8 0
.250 48 68 31 12 0 0
.250 39 42 20 12 1 1
.250 36 37 26 10 9 1
.250 23 28 18 t 1 6
.200 44 47 17 t 9
.300 34 88 21 11 1 1
abroad, write or wire R. P. Gilker
son, care Lakeside Electric park,
Ruthven, la. -, -
British Planes Must All .
"-. Carry Safety Parachutes
London, June 14.(British Wire
less Service.) Compulsory fitting of
life saving parachutes to " all air
planes of the Royal air force has
been decided upon by the govern
ment and instructions to this ef
fect will be issued sooil by the air
council Whether the order will be
applicable also to British commer
cial aircraft has .not yet been de
cided, but it is probable that train
ing machines; ajt least, will be com
pelled to carry, tome form of life
saving appliances. v
Rubber tire workers in Fort Mad
ison, la., have formed an organiza
tion which promises. to increase
their wages and improve working
Jram The
yportJnMtor;
S3
csa
Nebraska being denied legal box
ing, it may be that fans of the glove
game in and around Omaha need
not be entirely without boxing, after
all. The officers at Fort Omaha are
all clean sport lovers and despite the
recent disappointment when Johnny
Lee so flagrantly violated all laws
of sportsmanship in his bout,-with
Harry Williams, those officers may
be prevailed upon to stage some
more bouts at the post this fall,
It may also be arranged for pro
perly conducted boxing shows to be
held in , Council Bluffs,- easily
reached by Omaha fans on the
street cars. Al Fiori, prominent in
business circles in' the city across
the river and also the pioneer wres
tling promoter of the Bluffs, may
soon secure a permit from the
mayor to stage boxing shows, if the
official can be shown that the bouts
can be conducted in a clean manner
and that enough Bluffs people en
joy this kind of entertainment. .
Mayor Zurmuehlin is a real sport
fan himself. He is a regular at
tendant at all the Council Bluffs
base ." ball games and wrestling
matches and Fiori is certain that he
will give him the permission for
boxing shows at the Auditorium.
The promoter has promised the
mayor that he will stage notmng
but high class events and see to it
that nothing is done in the ring that
will offend the most fastidious fan.
He will insist on all contestants be
ing on the grounds at least 48 hours
in advance of each show in order
to show that he is in proper physical
condition to take part in a contest
Rules that provide for the clean
est kind of boxing are being consid
ered by Fiori and his "associates,
who have had considerable experi
ence in promoting such events.
Coaching frccn the corners will be
prohibited, and other detractors of
spectators' enjoyment will be barred.
In all, the shows will be modeled
after those given for the soldiers in
the various army camps under the
auspices ot the commission on
Training Camp Activities.
There are a number ot boxers in
Council Bluffs and Omaha that
should make good cards for the
Bluffs shows, and they will probably
get opportunities to display, their
wares over there. Des Moines, Wa
terloo, Cedar Rapids and a number
of other Iowa cities permit boxing
and there is no valid reason why
Council Bluffs should not be per
mitted to stage such entertainment,
especially under such rules as Fiori
has j in mind. The contests in
Council Bluffs would be as good or
better and the arrangements for the
comfort of patrons would be as fine
as in any of these other towns.
In order to show the officials of
his cityx that he doesn't want the
boxing game in the Bluffs entirely
for his own profit, Fiori has offered
to pay the city a 10 per cent com
mission of the proceeds from each
show, something that is not done
in any of the Iowa cities where the
game is permitted. fThe corflmission
would be no small Item, considering
the number of fans a good card of
boxing bouts would attract. - Th?
recent show at ' Fort Omaha "at
which there were over 2,500 admis
sions, is worth considering when in
doubt as to whether Boxing shows
would draw or not.
It is to be hoped that Fiori can
make Mayor Zurmuehlin . see the
light and pursuade bim to give it a
trial at any rate. Iowa and Ne
braska boxing "bugs" will be glad
of the chance to see some high class
bouts and they will make the pat
ronage of such shows worth while.
The first show would probably draw
$3,500 or HOOOUnd the boxers who
work in the" initial - performance
would receive a good sized purse for
their efforts. v :
- Professional Troubles, r
"Whatever became of that patient
of yours you were telling me about
last fall? ;
"Oh, he's got a ' complaint . now
that's giving me a great deal of
trouble."
"Indeed! What is it?" ' .
"It's about the amount of my
bill." Boston Transcript. "
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Could Probably Go.
, "She seems a timid, flowerlike
girl." -
"Well?"
"Do you think her. mother would
allow her to go to the theater with
out a chaperon?" v
"Why, I think so, my boy. She
drove a supply wagon in Franca
during the war's-Lomsville Cour
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H
APPY day soon coming in Ireland
on tne nag ana put a wjnoje
. Will Bill Bryan buzz us what a bird is going to train on before step
ping off to the dentist? - ',
' Getting so that even' a hurdy-gurdy grinder refuses to grab a jitney
unless he gets the war tax. with it. . . v
"Congress figures that Woody is appropriately entitled to a salute of
21 blanks. ' - L
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Sixty seeds for a fight ticket ain't so bad if they don't turn out to be
lemon seeds. , ;
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The White Sox have got the old nimble skulls. By their upper works,
ye shall know them.. Book of Comiskey. Verse 67.
The only question without answer is will Wicljita fans support a pen
nant winning team? ' .
k " They will, but they've got to take
' . Dempsey will close his eyes and
to get 'em closed. ,
Wouldn't say that Willard had
piped prune dish loaded with IW.Wu
Beating the Oilers is a lot of surplus trouble when they'rewilling to
do that themselves.
: -. ',-
If De Palma would shoot a few rose leaves into his gasoline it
wouldn't smell so bad to the birds who think they are racing him.
" t
If bomb tossing gets a little more popular, the A, A. U. will be send
ing along officials to measure the throw. V, 1
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Only 80,000 words in the. peace treaty scenario. Can read it while
waiting for your trolley car to come along if you live in the right neigh
borhood. 'it',;
. ,)
Don't ask a golfer if it takes brains to be a golfer and expect -to get
the right answer.
Eleven hundred towns that bid for the Willard-Dempsey scuffle how
admit that you can't hold a heavyweight fight in lightweight city.
LEE SUGGESTS
LOCAL COACH AT
NEBRASKA UNI
Bee Cillegiate Sports Writer
Offers Argument for Home
Man as Leader and Asks
for Omaha Games.:
By j-ARL LEE.
In these days of "watchful wait
ing" when the fate ; of Nebraska
university's sport department seems
to depend on the whims of whoso
ever happens to.be members ofthe
university board of control, thou
sands of admirers are jlf .without
an inkling of the real state' of af
fairs at Lincoln.
The condition is deplorable.' Ne
braska university today stands in
the limelight as one of the country s
greatest universities. Her football,
basket ball an tf track teams have at
times attracted national attention.
Men who have graduated from her
athletic department have gone forth
as the greatest athletes of the world.
School Makes Recdrd.'
Today the school stands at the
threshold of its greatest year; Next
fall will see the gathering of foot
ball material produced in. Nebraska,
such as never had before been
known. Track prospects based on
the talent produced by Stewart dur
ing the recent season are such that
the Corhuskers will have an inter
national championship team next
spring. Basket ball, wrestling and
base ball prospects are on a similar
par. ";;'.. i . n
Yet three things are evident. "
1. Nebraska is without a coach.
2. Nebraska is without si compre
hensive system of handling her de
partment athletics.
3. Nebraska is still bound part
and parcel to the czaristic rulings
ofMhe Missouri ; Valley Collegiate
association. - - O
Taboo Valley Control
For years Omaha and other real
boosters of . the Cornhusker school
have fought for the withdrawal of
the university from Missouri Valley
control. Repeatedly her two recent
;oaches, "Jumbo'? Stiehm and "Doc"
Stewart, men of meteoric careers in
the collegiate athletic arena,, have
teld the state board that such a
move was necessary. Yet just as
repeatedly that board has hesitated
to act.
Always the storv is the same. For
years we have wathced the progress
of the institution, religiously wor
shipping its record, watching it pass
from the state circle to the Missouri
Valley, from the Missouri Valley,
circle to the Western Collegiate,
from the Western Collegiate to the
Pacific coast and Eastern Collegi
ate circle. Nebraska has met and
equalled such schools as Notre
Dame, Minnesota, Michigan, Mis
souri, Oregon Aggies and Syracuse.
s. Great Stars Produced.
The school has praduced Vic Hal-
ligan, Guy Chamberlain, Dick Ruth
erford, Vincent Haskell, and Ed son
Shaw, names of men that are rever
ed i3 east and west never to be
forgotten. In the Missouri valley
her record is one long 'series of
championships, easily won "and - er-
.......
liy uncnauengea.
Stiehm left the school in 1916.
Now Stewart is gone. Yet the ath
letic department has no ', system.
Two years ago Guy Reed "coached"
the track squad. Stiehm practically
ignored base ball and basket ball,
concentrating almost exclusively on
football. Stiehm was a good foot
ball coach but his influence as a
disorganizer in other departments
had its effect '
Stewart Lays foundation. "'
Then Stewart come. The Pacific
expert was a good coach. He tried
his hand in all departments, organ
ized the first base ball team of note
the school ever had.. Yet it was a'
failure. He could not combat the
demoralizing influence of the years
of abandonment in this department
that had preceded him. lie' intro
duced new twentieth century tactics
on the gridiron. - .
He. lai4 ft foundation. - -Coaehina
when they will take that lone harp
orcnestra on tnere. -
the trolley to Omaha to do it
wade in, which looks like a good, way
, ,
a boarding house reach. You never
U. a. certificates.-
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Jack Taylor in Open
Challenge to All Big
Men in the Mat Game
,. Wrestling fans will remember that
a short time ago, Marin Flestina de
feated Tack Taylor in New York, at
hthe Madison Square Garden. On
rus way to his home in Buffalo,
Wyo., Taylor stopped in Omaha and
left a forfeit to bind a match with
any other heavyweight in the coun
try, barring only Plestina. ,
The forfeit amounted to only $50,
but since the Pesek-Zbyszko match
was announced in The Bee, Taylor
has sent another $50 and wants to
challenge the winner of that match.
Promoter Al , Fiori; who is promot
ing the Peters-Gana match in Coun
cil Bluffs Thursday night, is trying
to secure Chris Sorenson to meet
Taylor during the latter part of July,
for the gate receipts and a substan
tial side bet .' '
- .While in: Omaha, Taylor offered
to wrestle any heavyweight . for a
side bet from $500 to $1,000, and
agreed to bet'Zbyszko any part of
this amount that he can throw him
twice in 90 minutes. His last letter
to Promoter Fiori states that if
Sorenson doesn't , accept the match,
try to get Pesek, Peters,,,Zbyszko
Lewis or Stecher, he doesn't care
which, and he will make them a
side bet that wilt make it worth their
while. ' , ,
At any rate, the sporting editor of
The Bee has a forfeit of $100 to
bind a match with any heavyweight
wrestler in the world, and Taylor
defies any of them to Cover the
money. He agrees to post the bal
ance of the money for a side bet
three weeks before the bout or for
feit the money he has already post
ed."; ,
Students' Visit to Omaha
I Will Be an Annual Event
The recent visit of students of the
University of Nebraska ,to Omaha
proved so instructive and entertain
ing that Chancellor Samuel Avery
has decided to make this an annual
event.
The next visit will be Friday.
May 20, 1920, and this date will
appear in the printed curriculum of
the university. The publicity bureau
of the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce will have charge of the de
tails of next year's visit
isn't a "paying business" Stewart
says. Yet it is to be noted that
there are plenty of "suckers." Sup
pose the state board gets busy on
some real propaganda break away
from the yalley stricture and cm
ploy an organizer.' A coach at Ne
braska don't have to be - so much
an "expert" as an organizer. Ne
braska boys, raised on , the farm,
usually are the "goods."
, "f Nebraska Man Wanted. -i.
Nebraska athletes, have taught
Mr. Camp and ether eastern scornr
ers' a few things 'n the past few
years. Let's have a "local" coach
for once. There are two available
that we know of one in Omaha and
another in Hastings. .Suppose the
state board gives -them a trial. It
is a sure bet that the state would
be back of them. 1 : . J
An4 .lastly Lets have a couple
games in Umaha,
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Fifteen Amateur Base Ball
Battles in Omaha this P. M. J
Double Headers Scheduled
In ' AllMiT Tmmb fr
Schedules; Union Outfitters Clash With Bbwen
. : Furnitures. r:l;:.::4::? 1: h';-'). t. Irl.'l-: J
By WILLIAM O. BLOZIES.
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After ' being unable to participate
on the various, sandlots and muni;i
pal diamonds - for the past two
Sundays, due to the unfavorable
weather conditions, Omaha's 30
municipal amateur base ball teams
will make another attempt this af
ternoon to stage their battles in
the race for city .j championship
honors. . . v,- -: ,
Today's program consists of
many interesting battles end the
many thousand of amateur fans,
who gather each Sunday afternoon
to see the youngsters perform will
no doubt see some hard-fought con
tests when the teams of each of the
leagues mix. . -
Double-headers will be staged at
Elmwood park, east and west dia
monds; Riverview'park, Thirty-second
and Dewey avenue; Fontenelle
park, Miller park, Luxus park and
Thirtv-first and Ames avenue. The
i opening games are scheduled . to
start at 1:3U o clock, v -
Probably the best game in the
city will be seen at Fontenelle park
at 3:30 o'clock when the Union OuN
fitting company and the Bowtn
Furnitures clash for the second time
this season. The Union Outfitters
are leading the city league, with the
Furnitures lad but a single game
behind. Considerable rivalry ex
ists between the two teams, and the
Outfitters are out for revenge, as
the Bowen's' defeated them several
weeks ago by a 3 to 2 score in 14
frames. ;l - ' .
Although the Bowen's have los:
several of their star players since
they played the Outfitters, neverthe
less, Manager Art Moran predicts
that the Furniture lads will take
first ' place after - today's battle,
while on the other hand Manager
Pascal claims that his warriors wdl
hold first place in the league from
now on. Nofer, "the ironman of
amateur, base ball," will be on the
firing line for the Outfitters, while
Al Ziegler, will leave them over for
libe Bowen's.
; The Mccattreys, : Dy aeieaung
the Omaha Printing company team
last Thursday evening in a twilight
game by the score of 24 to 3, are
tied for first : place with : the Union
Outfitting company.
Managers are requested to notify
the writer at Walnut 2625 immedi
ately after the games are played so
that they can be announced in Mon
day's paper. Scores must be re
ported not later than 7 o'clock.
The games between the Mickel
Victrolas-Omaha Printing company
at Thirty-second and Dewey and
the McCaffrey Motor-Willard Stor
age Battery also should prove en
tertaining, aS these teams are all
playing great ball
For the second consecutive Sun
day no games are- scheduled in the
city by , the teams of the Greater
Omaha league, and the, local follow
ers who have planned on seeing the,
class A leaguers perform are again
disappointed, as all of - the teams,
with the exception of the Murphy-Did-Its,
have out-of-town , games
scheduled for this afternoon.. The
Mnrphys also were slated to play
out of the city, but, according to
Manager Lawler, the games were
canceled at the last moment.
When the Greater Omaha league
was formed the latter part of last
month, after being undecided for six
weeks as to whether or not they
would play on the local sand lots,
they have played but one game
that on the opening Sundav. If
was the intention . of the officials
that one free game be played each
Sunday. ' 1 ,
However, the fans are' hoping
that the teams will play next Sun
day, although the Holmes White
Sox have already game scheduled
at Griswold, la. Today the Holmes
will play at Greenwood, NebM and
Manager Leslie Pickett is predict
ing a victory for his crew. "
The crack- Brandeis team will
clash with Grand Island, Neb., and
according Ao Manager Marty O'
toole the locals are confident of
bringing back the bacon, al.thpugh
Paige Plant Being
Enlarged to Double,;
the Present Output
"An'irmy of workmen is engaged
at the Paige-Detroit plant installing
machinery and otherwise busy in
bringing to completion new manu
facturing facilities planned some
time ago to meet the ever-growing
demand for Paige cars." v .
"The enlarged plant, which will
shortly be ready, will give us more"
than ,15 acres of floor space," says
President Harry M. Jewett 'We
are installing every labor-saving le
vise known to ' modern shop prac
tice and with this new, equipment
and the added tloor space we will
have a plant that can take its place
among the giants of the industry;;
- "We figure that these newfacili
ties will enable us to double our pro
duction. We need this greatly in.'
creased output, for in spite of con
stant additions to the factory and
TIt? TALli OF; WE TOWN"
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Vsivvf fit nam
in Various Muny Leagues
rafAi TTn in Tlit?r Plavinflfi
-WHERE THE MUNY .'
LEAGUERS PLAY TODAY.
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Thirty -weond and Deway Avnua Hick :
lea Vlotrolaa va, Omaha Pralntlna Co., -1
.10 p. m. .. ... .f v '
Fontanclla Park Union Outfitting Co.
va. Bowen Furniture Co.. 1:10 p. m.
Rivarvlaw Park MoCaflery Motor Co. ,
vi, Willard Storaaa Battery. t:S0 p.m.
Amarieaa Leacu.
Thirty-Trt and and Am Paton-Vtar
llnga va. American BaUway" Kxprcaa, lilt
Millar Park nieirn Optical Co. va. Unt
varaal Motor Co., S:0 p.m. ' ' , .
I.uxua Park Sampla-Ilarta va. X B.
Rooti, 1:10 is, m. . i" -
BiNMtor Lmcua. '
' Thlrty-aacond and Dwy Avenu- ,
Ramblera va. Trlmbla Brothara, .
p. m.
Fontenelle Park Dalley Nawa va. Ben- ,
ion Merchant!, 1:S0 p. m.
Elmwood Park Went Diamond-
Leavenworth Merchant! va. Maney MUN -Int
Co., 1:10 p. m.
Cata City iMCtie. r X
Thlrty-flret and Amaa Townaandl v
McKenny-DentHU, 1:10 p. m. s
Elmwood Park Kaet Dtamoadi -A
Originate va, Omata Prlntini Co. Jun k
lora, 1:30 p. m.
Elmwood Park Wait DlamoHdl
Beaellni va. Hermaneky Pharmacy, 1:H);
P m" Intercity Learua. - j
Rlvervlew Park Hardlni Craamery Co. .
VI. Curo Mineral Springe. 1:10 p. m, '
Miller Park Highland Park Pharmacy "
VI. John Day Rubber Co., 1:10 p. m.
Elmwood Park Eaet Dlamondi
Harley Davldaoni va. Beddeoi, S:S0 p, m. k:
the Grand Islanders are composed1!,
of former big league stars. These ',
men will be seen in their line-up
against the locals: Kaufman, first;
Ronnedau, second; W. Linder- ,
kaump, third; H. Linderkaump, f
catcher; Rehder, center; Odtim,
first; Hendrickson, short; Bishop,'
right; Luby, Taylor, Peterson and'
Hirsch, pitchers. V-
Marty O'Toole is slated to do the1,'' .
pitching for his crew, with Pete J; ,
McGuire, who recently : returned1.
and also a former exlRourke in re-!
serve.
Two games will be played by the
Nebraska Power Co. team at Her-s
mart, Neb., this afternoon and Man-'1
ager Gerhardt will send his star
twirlers to the firing line in an ef
fort to cop both contests. : Frank -Potach
will hurl the opening fray,
while Mongerson and Madden will'j
do the throwing in the main event
A hot old game is promised when1
the Ramblers, leaders of the Boost
er league clashes with the Trimble m ,
Brothers in the opening game at
Thirty-second and Dewey avenue. ;!'
Both teams hail from the south
part of town and are out to cop the
flag in that league. The Daily'y.
News, tail-enders will meet the Ben-
son Merchants and the Leavenworth J
Merchants meet the Maney Milling';, ,
Co.? Games in the Inter-City and.'
Gate City leagues the other two
class C circuits are also chuck full , a
of excitement and some real playing
is anticipated when the warriorsa t '.
The feature game in the American,.; ,
league is on the program at Miller
park, 3:30, when the Riggs Optical, '
leaders and the Universal Motor
crew wrangle. Manager Shields of
zap- Motors expects tnat nis aggre-t,,
gation of ball tossers will be in thevi
lead when the battle is oyer, regard-'.'
less of the fact that Johnny Cogan,,rr
his star first-sacker will not be ipJ
the line-up. Cogan left last week on ),
a western trip for the United States f(
Rubber Co., and is exoected to be
gone for several months. Neither
manager wascertain wh he would
send, to the firing li le, The claih
between Paxton-Vierlings and
Arrferican Railway Express should'5
prove an easy victory for the iron- .j
workers, who. are in second place in ;
the league, while their opponents?,1
have not won s game thus far this:" '
season.. , - '. , ' v
Last week several twilight games ?
were staged, and a number are on
the program for this week, although '
no definite schedule has been an- ' '
nounced by Secretary Isaacson. -.Should
weather conditions make '
playing impossible this afternoon, it
is probable that a bunch of twilight
contests will be played or the sea
son extended. However, the manag
ers and officials k are hoping that
"Old Pul Jupiter" will not interfere"
with today's battles.
increased production-scheduled, each ,
year has found the demand for
Paige cars greater than we could
supply. ' , - ' ,
"When much larger production is
demanded it is no less a problem to jj
maintain quality than it is to turn
out the cars in the required num- f
bers; but with the increased facili-
ties of all kinds that we shall have"
we are confident pf achieving balh(. "
goals. "At present we are well un-V
derway on ; a very large, schedule
and speeding up as fast as possible
to meet the immediate demand." - "
Sir Charles Gordon on L
' Board Canadian Rubber Co4 .
At a meeting held in Montreal on
June Sth, Sir Charles B. Gordon. K.vf
BE., and Lieut-Col. Herbert Mol
son, M. Cf were elected to the
board of directors of the Canadian
Consolidated Rubber cdmpany. Lim- .:
ited,' which "is affiliated with the
United States Rubber company, the i -largest
rubber manufacturer in the.j,
world. !! 1
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