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The Bee's Special Sunday Sport Page O The Omaha Sunday Bee q All the Latest Sport News All the Time 4 X OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1919. i. HARD HITTING IN EARLY INNINGS Villi FOR WITCHES Tri -Tt-T' Rourkes Unable to Cop Game, Although They Make Ten Bingles Off Liston. ";, Wichita. Kan., June 28. Wichita took a close game from Omaha, fl,7, to 6, by hitting hard in the early innings. Score: OMAHA. . . " ' A.B. B. B.H. P.O. A. E. OisTason, lb ft 1 0 4 4 1 -drkon. lb 0 1 S 0 0 Graham, cf S Kirby, rf t 4 0 0 Halo. . . 7. 0 4 t 0 4 14 Maun, . Barheau, Sb .... f fihlnkle. If I tibr. 9 Totab 83 10 14 WICHITA. A.n. R. B.n.P.O. A. E. 5 0 3 8 0 0 yMndler, lb .. MeBrlde, If .. lHKli rf 1 Washburn. 2b 4 4 4 0 1 11 1 0 O 0 1 0 0 1 t o 0 118 4 1 0 S 7 1 0 t 1 0 3 0 8 1 1 8 0 10 0 10 . 4 Yaryan, c 4 Becker, s 2 Mnrr, 8b 4 Llston, p 8 joiais aa 7 10 17 18 1 tttni.hu 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 1 2 -'Wichita 0 4 0 1 0 8 0 0 x 7 ji .Two-bitH hltet Graham, Marr, Yaryan, -Kirby. llama run: Kirby. Sacrifice hlt: "Berger, l'uhr, Mueller, Jackson. Double Itlayst Mnnon to Gislason to Jackson; lier mtr to Wanhburn to Mueller. Left on ' basest Wichita, 7; Omaha, ft. Baaed on -battel Off I.lnton, 6; off luhr. 8. Struck at I By Mston, 6. Tlmei 1:45. Umpire: Kokman and Ilolburt. .jSaos ops Win Opener From the i . Cooties by Score of 5 to 1 "" Oklahoma City, Okl., June 28. Sioux City bunched hits on Dennis JijlJhe second inning today and de .jited Oklahoma City, S to 1, in the opening game of the series. Score: BIOUX CITT. I AR H O. V.. OKLAHOMA CITT. AB. H. O. E. 'Msran. ef 6 0 Or'gs. rf vG'wln. tb 1 1 "D'ate, as 5 0 t"VVker, If 4 1 aiK'son, rf 3 1 OlB'sen. 2b OlFalk, If 0 Or'fin. of Olsp'r.lD.JD jones, so o 1 0 Lin' re, ss 3 Uaw. lb S 111 fllHauk. 9b 2 -Sohm'L e 4 1 8 S . 1 Hys. lb 1 Or'flth, o Dennis, p 0 Stoner, p 3 .yona. p 4 Totals 84 ( 27 0 Totals SO 4 27 0 Slffiix City 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 06 tOKUhoma City 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 01 , !;' Three-base hit: Lyons, Walker. Double .""play: Schmidt to Jones. Struck out: By ' K toner, 2; by Lyons, 6. Bases on balls: '"Off, Stoner. 3: off Lyons, 1. Hits: Otf ' "PaQnls, S In one and one-third innings; ,(-Stoner, 2 In seven and two-thirds tn ''.(HBfra. Left on bases: Oklahoma City, 3; ..Sioux City, 7. Hit by pitched ball: By fltonor (Drokaw). Time: 1:40. Umpire: "Kansas City Announcer to ' Officiate at July 4 Bout 3ave Stevens, official announcer -withe Missouri Athletic club in Kan sas -.City, has been selected as offi- ci'al announcer at the Stecher-Lewis , "Trtlitch July 4. In addition to his ffHies In connection with the Omaha "match he will announce the results y6t the Willard-Dempsey fight by rounds. A special wire will bring he results. y ' Stevens is considered one of the Reading announcers of athletic jeVfcnts in the United States and Gee Merady, promoter of the In i rependcnce day event, is to be con gratulated on securing him. ' f Av-t Returns From Army-A " i ..Pvt. Bryon Madsen. 5t)19 Pop jjton avenue, returned home .Wed i'i nesday from Camp. Grant, 111., where he was discharged from the ' "'amiy after 10 months service over .as. Madsen is well known as an nia.teur base ball player. Am-rican Association. .' Mnncapolls, June 28. Score: .-, R. H. V l' "Milwaukee S t 4 Minneapolis S 1 Batteries: Hansen and Huhn; Palmero .aad vOwens. r Louisville. June 23. Score: - j, R. H. B. Toledo f 0 ', XoMiavIlle 8 10 2 ' Batteries: Mlljus, Sanders and Keller; , Anderson, 0a vis and Meyers. St. Paul, June 28. Score: R. H. "B. ianas City 0 .1 0 KtPaul 1 S 1 ' Batteries: Hall and Lalon.e; Orlner . i and Hargrave. "Indianapolis, June 28. Score: : - R. H. E. Columbus 11" 17 1 "Tiaianapolls 2 10 3 . Batteries: George and Wagner; Rogge fcn4 Oossett Cryptograms of Sport By Karl Lee. "Hand grenade throw." This is the new pastime of sol- ?dTef-athletes at Paris. "Pat" Ryan's "na'irimer and "Tim" Sullivan's short pu'f' aren't enough, evidently. Walter Eckersall says the west is . fa?" inferior to the east in long dis . "Birice runs. Here's his proof: ter,Wile Run McCosh of Chicago, a ;32 4-5; O'Connell of Harvard, :23 3-5. . Two Mile Run Foreman of Kan- sat Aggies, 9:50 2-5; Dresser of Cor , ntl, 9:22 2-5. ... K "And Mac't from the Windy City. m t Headline "Boatload of 55 Yank Athletes Lands in France." ? Titanic or Lusitania? " "'A dope story says that Gilmore Dbie, the Navy's great foot ball coach, is looking for backfield ma- - terial being short .Loop up Eddie Mahan, Dobie. i.He's a marine now and has never . tut up at Annapolis, .ivrvurf,- av $ . t Which reminds us of a rumor cir 1 polated in an eastern joint the other Jay to the ffect that Elmer Oliphant ' thinking of resigning his commis sion and going back to WestPoint : for another "post-graduate course." '"The Army sports a new "gas i aehool. ""Elmer has had only 22 years of t school life. a tHicr' that Pmahj plica de Base Ball Standings WESTERN USAGUE. Wen. Lost. Pet Oklahoma Cits' 21 20 .692 OMAHA 28 24 .(38 8L Joseph .....24 14 .600 Joplln 24 24 .400 Des Molnea 2 24 .tuO Tulsa 24 28 .481 8 loss City 22 26 ,4 Wichita . 22 30 .423 Yesterday's Result. Bt Joseph at Joplln, rain. Wichita, 7; Omaha, 4. Des Moines at Tulsa, rain. Sioos City, I; Oklahoma City, t, Today's Games. Omaha at Wichita (two games). Sioux City at Oklahoma City (two games). St. Joseph at Joplln (two games). Des Moines at Tulsa (two games). NATIONAL LEAGUE. Won. Lost. Pet. New Tork 86 1 .448 Cincinnati 86 31 .tti Chicago 33 38 .653 Pittsburgh 30 27 .620 Brooklyn 37 2 .618 St Louis 26 32 .439 Boston 1 It .368 Philadelphia 13 33 .363 Yesterday's Results. Brooklyn, 1-6; Philadelphia, 0-8. Cincinnati, 3; Pittsburgh, 0. Boston, 4-3; New York, 6-6 (14 Innings). Chicago, 6; St. Louis, 6. Today's Games, St Louis at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at Chicago. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won. New York 32 Chicago 34 Cleveland S3 St. Louis 28 Detroit 28 Boston 83 Washington 28 Philadelphia 13 Lost. Pet. .663 .607 .600 .630 .619 .4S1 .407 .360 Yesterday's Results. Washington. 4; Philadelphia, 1. Detroit, 3: Cleveland, 1. Boaton. 8-1; New York, 0-4. Chicago, 3; St. Louis, 3. Today's Games. Chlrago at St. Louis. Boston at New York. Cleveland at Detroit. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. . . Won. Lost. Pet St. Paul 83 20 .616 Louisville 83 23 .693 Columbus 28 32 .560 Indlananapolls 30 24 .656 Kansas City 27 28 .519 Minneapolis 24 26 .480 Milwaukee 21 83 .389 Toledo 14 26 .350 Yesterday's Resnltr. St. Paul, 1; Kansas City, 0. Toledo, 4; Loulsvlle, 2. Milwaukee, 4; Minneapolis, 6. Columbus. 11; Indianapolis, 2. American Athletes Far in Lead in Paris Interallied Games Pershinsr Stadium. Tune 28. America's score in the inter-allied games, as the result of today's vic tories is 19 points. France and Can ada are tied for second place with two points each, and New Zealand third with one point. The American sprinters, Charles Paddock and Lieut. Teschner, took first and second places respectivly in the 200 meters finals. The former's time being a world's record. G. J. Stout, American won the 1,500 meter run from Arnaud, the French champion, in 4 minutes 5 3-5 seconds. Arnaud is the first Frenchman thus far to score. , The American rvearro. Butler was first in the running broad jump trials, making 7.4 meters.. Today's winners were decorated by the Kins, of Montenegro the stadium'! ,,henor guest M. Valder, Dantonexoi tne rrench opera cel ebrated the signing of the peace treaty by singing the Marseilles from the boxing ring, to the delight of the 3,000 persons in the stadium. America defeated Italy in the bas ketball match, 55 to 17. In the Rugby football match, America scored 23 points, while Roumania was unable to score. In the Greco-Roman wrestling, lightweight class, Porra Italy, de feated Kalombratsos, Greece. Ber anlo Czecho-Slovakia, won from Garray, Belgium. In the middle weight class, Van Antwerpen, Bel gium, threw Dentias, Greece, and Gargano won over Kayskow, United States. Following is the summary of the swimming events: Four hundred meters, French style, preliminaries, first heat: Nor man Ross, America, first; Hardwick, Australia, second; M. Franshinet, Italy, third. Six minutes 11 sec onds. Second heat: W. Longworth, Aus tralia, first; S. Biddle, United States, second. Six minutes, 41 seconds. Third heat: I. Steadman, Austral ia, first; M. Massa, Italy, second. Six minutes, 7 1-5 seconds. The American water polo players partment "tug-of-war" team. Not that Denver is looking for the O. P. D., but we know somebody that is. Page Pete Loch, too. J. Dean Ringer coached South High school in its palm days. Which "his" or "its?" Observe our decision. "Fifty-three Greek athletes are on their way to Paris," a cablegram from the French capital states. "They include 17 officers and 36 en listed men selected to represent their country after hard-fought elimination trials." Gee, the Greeks did fight after all! We thought they were slipping. Coach "Tommy" Mills, the fight ing mentor of Creighton U, went home to Beloit so suddenly two weeks ago that he must not have known that somebody was boosting him for the job of directing the Cornhuskers this fall. That's one on you, Tommy. The sporting editor of this family enterprise left for Toledo and the big mill Thursday. Before he left we laid two rocks on Dempsey to knock that big Kansas cheese off the map, provided he hit him. We're hopin' the s. e. isn't wise. You see, "Bill" Nixon, our kandy kid copy shark, is stakeholder and he'erd those last three words and thj fourth fcpns V4 14.3- a tht ftefce pro tectioz'p'ysu N want r fircinQlejLLewij eadfoch iyitrous mart Ch'capq who carries the bats for ' entiepfayf oaiitee. SALLEE PROVES EFFECTIVE AND REDS WIN AGAIN Cincinnati Scores 3-0 Shutout Over Opponents; Hurler Allows But Four Bingles. Pittsburgh, June 28. Effective pitching by Sallee enabled Cincin nati to win from Pittsburgh today, 3 to 0. Miller was unsteady in the first inning, hitting a man, and with two hits scored two runs for the visitors. A hit, an error and a dou ble in the ninth scored another run for Cincinnati. Score: R. H K. Cincinnati 20000000 1 3 9 1 Pittsburgh ....0 0000000 0 0 4 2 Batteries: Sallee and Wlngo; Miller, Mayer and Schmidt. Dodgers Win Twice. Brooklyn, Junn 28. Brooklyn beat Phil adelphia twice today, by 2 to 0 and 6 to Canore and Rlxey fouEht a Ditchers' battle in the first game, each allowing only three hits. Brooklyn batted Jacobs hard In the second game, while Mamaux kept the visitors' hits well scattered. Ward made his debut at third with Brooklyn. Score: First game: R. H "E Philadelphia ..0 0000000 0 0 3 i Brooklyn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 Batteries: Rixey and Cady; Cadore and Miller. Second game: R H K Philadelphia ..60001200 0 3 7 1 Brooklyn 0 113 0 10 1 6 12 0 Batteries: Jacobs and Clarke; Mamaux and Miller. Cubs Defeat Cardinals. Chicago, June 28. Chicago played an uphill battle today and by bunching hits defeated St Louis in the final game of the series, 6 to t. Hollocher, the local's shortstop who has been out of the game with a split thumb, was ready to play today, but during the batting practice, he was hit In the mouth by a batted ball and rendered unconscious. He was car ried off the field and it was necessary to have a stitch taken In his lip. Score: R. H. B. St. I,ouis 22000100 0 6 ft 0 Chicago 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 11 i Batteries: Goodwin, Sherdell, Tuero, May and Snyder; Tyler, Bailey. Martin and O'Farrell. Braves and Giants Break Even. Boston, June 28. Boston and New York divided a double-header today, Boston winning the first game, 6 to 5. and New York the second, 6 to 3, In 14 innings. Errors by the rival shortstops were re- apunaioie lor me loss or each Scores : game. First game- R. H. B. New York 3 0000300 06 0 3 Boston 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 x 6 12 1 Batteries Toney, Dubuc and Gonzales: Nehf and 'Wilson. Second game R, h. B. New York..O 001000110800 2 5 13 2 Boston ....0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 t Batteries Barnes, Dubuc and Gonzales: Rudolph and Wilson. defeated the French players- three goals to none. In the middleweight boxing, Harris, Canada, knocked out Checket, Australia in the first round. Zoonenn, Belgium, defeated Martin, Canada, in the lightweight class, Referee Bronson stopping the bout in the third round, after Mar tin had been knocked down repeat edly. Fagan, United States, knocked out Negri, Italy, in the first round. With The Bee Juniors TODAY'S GAMES. Division L Miller park Charles Street Merchants vs. Suburbans, 10 a. m. Thirty-first and Ames Brandela Jun iors vs. R. A. Ma, 10 a. m. Fontenelle park Locust Street Mer chants vs. West Dodve Dairy, 10 a. m. Elmwood park, west Fort Omaha Mer chants vs. Kalman Insurance Co., 10 a. m. Division 2. Crelghtton Field Omaha Taxi tb. Dorcas Street Stars, 10 a. m. Elmwood park, east Farnam Candy Co. vs. Leavenworth Street Merchants, Jrs.. 10 a. m. Slogra Juniors forfeited to Omaha Bee. Division 3. High school grounds Walnut Hill Mer chants vs. Deer Park Ramblers. 10 a. m. Vinton school grounds Krug Park Sluggers vs. Rlvervtew Cubs, 10 a. m. Vinton Cubs forfeited to Meyer's Bear cats. Twilight Games (Monday). Division L Thirty-second and Dewey avenue Brandela Juniors vs. Suburbans, 6:30 p. m. High school grounds Kalman Insur ance Co. vs. R. A. M.'s, 6:30 p. m. Division t. Miller park Omaha Taxi vs. Leaven worth Merchants. Jrs., 6:30 p. m. Luxua park Omaha Bee vs. Rorcat Street Stars, 4:30 p. m. Division 8. Elmwood park, east Walnut Hill Mer chants vs. Kru i Park Sluggers. Rlvervlew park Meyer's Bearcat tb. Deer Park Ramblers. Wjtpt Aril Produce Rtujt, r I ri r d Scissors vs. Headlock There will be no -JtallwP m this match I ft! ' i6e Stecbers famau-s fwm tin PWTTlMGTIIE- NDCir A CONSENSUS OF OPINION. STICKING Willard into the same ring with Dempsey is like trying to raise cabbages and rabbits on the same farm. Jack will knock him for a row of Chinese pagodas. He has about as much chance as one apple in an orphan asylum. By the time that Jess powders Dempsey's nose with that Djer Kiss left a few times, Jack will be wishing that he was back home in a nice, safe tornado. The fight is as one-sided as the heels on a bow-legged hobo's shoes. Place a thousand-smacker bet on Willard's beak and watch it grow. The money, not the beak. Jess will flatten him like a wet sock in a wash wringer. Dempsey has no more business there than a guy with an appe tite in Welch's. Jess mixing it up with Dempsey is like a bear fighting bumble bees. When the bees go away the fight is over. They buzz that Willard is a lobster, but remember that those birds are dangerous. When they're alive they have claws, and when they're dead they give you ptomaine poisoning. If Jess can play a golden harp he will get a chance to use his musical talent about the fifth round. Willard will drive Demosey's teeth so far back into his comolexion that they will cut his hair. Jack will hang him over the ropes like the week's wash. Dempsey won't want to see a glove for 10 years. He won't be able to see anything else for at least five. When Willard comes to in the second he will pipe a rainbow in the water bucket. Jack will be cutting out paper dolls in the seventh. He will be in a forest of ring posts with a cuckoo chirping on every twig. It's another Belgium. If Jess knew what was coming to him it would take more guys to get him into the ring that it will to carry him out. By the time that Dempsey asks what happened he will be wealthy from the interest on his share of the gate. It's a push-over. Dempsey could smack a 50-car freight train on the nose and knock four guys out of the caboose. When Willard starts swinging those danger semaphores Jack will think he's in an ocean of gloves with a punch in every wave. Dan O'Leary and Edward Peyton Weston are the only birds who can bet on Willard and reach home the same year. Sandlot Base Pascal?, the heavy hitting outfielder of the Beddeos was out-of town last Sunday. Porter has been released by the Omaha Printing Co.. Juniors. For practice games with the McKen- ney Dentists, call Red 9042 and ask for Ernest. "Butch" West will be on the firing line for the Omaha Prints this afternoon against the McKenney Dentists. John Brandt sprung a surprise Wed nesday night when he made his first error of the season In left field. In the Beddeos-Highland Park game last Sunday. Barton of the Beddeos struck out eleven men and allowed but three bits. The fielding of McLaughlin of the Bed deos was the feature of last Sunday's Beddeo-Hlghland Park game. The Sample-Harts have a trio of .600 hitters in Jack Krejlc, Frank and Dode Hubatka. Clink Clair. Is Playing a stellar game at the Initial corner for the Murphy's and is also hitting the ball hard. Pete McGuire will be on the mound for the Murphy's this afternoon against the crack Chicago Gunthers. Louie Stowe and Sautter, star out fielders of the McKenney Dentists played a great game last Sunday. Edward Hornback, star hitter for the Hermansky Pharmacy is always therj whan hits mean runs. With the bases loaded Barton of the Beddeos retired the Highland Park bat ters with ease. The McKenney Dentists have a pair of hurlers hard to beat in class C circles In Curley Rand and "Dusty" Stribbllng. Soflo Is slaying a stellar game at eorner three for the McKenney Dentists and Is hitting the ball at a merry clip. Frank Mancuso. short atop of the Mur- phy-Dld-Its played a star game last Sun day against Greenwood, accepting 10 chances without a bobble. Eddie Dygert. centerflelder of the Mur phy's showed his speed last Sunday when he stole a quartet of bases. Eddie also hit two on the nose. In Ray Creighton and George Carr. short and second respectively, the McKenney Dentists have a combination hard to beat In class C circles. The Holmes White Sox will play at Missouri Valley today. Bel Smith, who recently returned from France, will prob ably do the hurling tor the Holmes. Farley, Peterson, McCreary and Barton knocked the ball for two-baggers last Sun day. They are connected with the Bed deos. Omaha Prints Juniors and the Besellns had a swatfest last Wednesday night, re sulting In a 16-to-12 victory for the Juniors. The Sample-Harts would like to secure an out-of-town game for July 4. Call Tyler 1838 and ask for Manager Frank Hubatka. 'Butch" Hays, the shut-out wonder of the Murphy-Dld-Its will go against some real nlicWng this watk wasp the Murphy's 'Jot tayj he plays Ml try day, 1 dorrt believe ytu JouphM "scissor' ONE Ball Gossip face Donaldson, the famous negro hurler and Joe Benz, former white hose twlrler. Beware American league batters: When ever you knock a ball out in Ollle Btoemer's territory in center field, it's back to the bnch for you. Ollle Is con nected with the Sample-Harts. Pete Kline, former manager of the Dally News team, has signed a contract to pitch for the Omaha Prints Juniors in tha Gate City league. Pete has a world of speed and has added a thousand per cent to the Juniors' pitching staff. The following is the line-up for the McKenney Dentists: Sofio, third; Carr, second; Creighton, short; Valereaux, first; Sautter, renter; Stowe, left; Mor roco. right; Clark, catcher; Rand and Stribbing, pitchers. The Sample-Harts lost an interesting game to Morse Bluffs last Sunday by a 6 to 2 score. Krejlc on the mound for the Omaha team held his opponents safe until the sixth round when he had to retire on account of the heat He was succeeded by Scheef. C. C. Cape, general manager of the Omaha Printing Co., told the members of the Juniors that if they won their last two games he would tender them a ban quet. They were victorious in both the games and feed, and will have a good time this week, at the expense of Mr. Cape, who Is a great booster for amateur baseball. The Holmes nine is strong on battery men. Besides Moore, Smith and Langer, regular hurlers, Manager Pickett can send In Jim SuteJ or Joe O'Keefe, both twirlers of ability. John King and George SuteJ are also better than the average twirlers. For catchers besides Holbrook there are O'Keefey, Martin, McAndr..-v.-s. King and Jim Sutej who can do the back-stopping to a perfection. The Sample-Hart-Paxton-Vlerllng game at Rlvervlew park will be a battle for blood, as both teams are tied for second place and today's game will be the last time these two teams meet this season. Jack Krejlc, who held the ironworkers to one hit the last time they met. will again be on the firing line for the Sample-Harts, with his newly-wed brother, Lud, behind the bat Following la the line-up for the Sample-Harts-Paxton-Vlerllngs this afternoon: Sample-Harts Poesch, fihst; D. Hubatka, second; Probst, third; Pelsle, short; Munch, Bloemer, F. Hubatka, outfielders; J. Krejlc and Scheef, pitchers, and Lud Krejlc, catcher. Paxton-Vlerlings J. Carl son, first; Ray Luebbe, second; E. Carlson, short; Delehanty, third; Carl Luebbe. Roy Luebbe, Swoboda, outfielders; Beers, pitch er, and Tmmmer, catcher. The Holmes White Sox claim the bot pitching staff In Omaha. Jimmy Moore is easily the cream of the southpaws and Smith, Is a crack righthander. Smith has twirled with a number of crack class B and A teams. He was with the Luxus team two years ago and was going good when he enlisted In the army. While in France Sel twirled with the fast army ag gregations and was in the same company v'th Ty fnbh i"i a number of other bl league alab-artlsU. - ttWf Jftltf 99 Selection of Referee for Stecher-Lewis Wrestle is Causing Big Discussion Dodge County Marvel Insists That Nebraskan Be Third Man in Ring and Selects List of Suitable Officials for Event; Billy Sandow Objects to Home Talent; Names His Choice; Reddy a Favorite. The announcement of Sailor Joe Stecher that he would insist upon a Nebraska man refereeing the Fourth of July match with Sergt. "Strang ler" Lewis has started a battle that will only be equalled when the two men enter the ring at the Auditorium on our nation's birthday. Billy Sandow, manager of Lewis, is as emphatically opposed to a "home product" as Stecher is in favor of one. The outcome of the argument may end in Gene Melady selecting the third man in the ring or following the example of "Tex" Rickard at Toledo and officiating himself. Sandow makes the suggestion that Eddie Reddy of St. Paul, one of the premier promoters of the Twin Cit ies and a former wrestler, be selected to officiate. In case Reddy is not agreeable to Stecher he wants Ed bmith of Chicago, who refereed the match three years ago or Otto Floto of Kansas City. Omaha Likes Reddy. In case a Nebraska man is not se lected a majority of Omaha fans favor the selection of Reddy. He is absolutely impartial in his decisions and his long experience in both the mat came and as a promoter of athletic contests makes him ably fit ted to officiate. Stecher has announced his willing ness to accept any one of a num ber of Nebraska sportsmen to de cide the winner of the Independ ence day event. Arthur Lowe of Lexington, Si Sherman of Lincoln or Ernie Holmes, C. L. Thomas and Bert Murphy "of Omaha meet with favor in the eyes of the Dodge grappler. While the referee is still unde cided the principals are industrious ly training for the coming event. Stt-cher on his Dodge farm is work ine out of doors every day. You could not exactly say he is in the "pink" of condition as his skin has taken on a "tan" hue that is nearly UNION GIANTS BEAT PACKERS IN FIRST GAME Hard to Fought Battle Chicagoans by Close Score of 4 to 3. Goes the The Armours and the Chicago Union Giants opened their three game series at Rourke park yester day afternoon with a redhot base ball contest, the Giants winning in a hard-fought game, by the score of 4 to 3, before a crowd of 800 fans. "Slim" Marshall was on the firing line for the Giants, while Manager Harry Williams of the Packers sent Jimmy Moore, the crack local south paw from South Side. It was a pitchers' battle between these two cracks, with the honors slightly in favor of the visiting hurler. In round one, "Wes" Corcoran, considered one of the best third sackers in the city and also a heavy sticker, hit one on the nose for two sacks after Graves and Williams had retired in the opening frame. Dyck scored Corcoran with a clean single to right. The Giants evened matters in the third. They scored again in the fourth, sixth and seventh. The Packers scored a pair in the seventh, on two bases on balls, a pair of errors, Graves' sacrifice and Marty Collins' single. Burchi who relieved Moore in the seventh round for the Armours, also pitched nifty ball. Dyck, Tur ner and Jones led with the stick while Corcoran, Ryan, Moore, Jones, Turner, Redd and Burch starred in the fielding department. Turner, the speed merchant of the Giants, stole a trio of bases. Two games will be staged this af ternoon, the opener at 2 o'clock. Burch and Graves will do the hurl ing for the Armours. Score: Armouti 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 S Giants 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 I Earned runs: Armours, 1; Giants, 1 Two-base hits: Corcoran, Bingham, An derson. Left on bases: Armours, 10; Gi ants, 6. Sacrifice hits: Graves, Williams, M. Collins, Jones. Bingham. Stolen bases Turner (3), Coleman. Struck out: By Moore, 4: by Marshall, 6: by Burch, 2 Base on balls: Off Moore. 6; off Marshall. 6; off Burch, 2. Hits: Off Marshall, 4 In 6 1-8 Innings. Time: 1:50. Umpire: Mc Quade. Holmes Team Will Take a Two-Week Trip in August Manager Leslie Pickett of the Holmes White Sox of the Greater Omaha league announced last night that he has arranged a two-weeks trip for his aggregation the latter part of August The team will leave on August 17 and return about the first of September. Games already have been secured at Fremont and other Nebraska towns, along the Northwestern line. It is planned to schedule most of their games along this road as far as Lander, Wyo. Returning they will arrange games through South Dakota, having already schedu'ed games at Bonesteel and Rosebud. Ernie Holmes, backer, is planning on making this trip in automobiles, and camping en route. The mem bers of the team are in favor of this plan, but whether it can be arranged is still an uncertainty. Be Want Ads Produce Results. black. The warm winds that have ripened the Nebraska wheat have likewise treated the state's favorite son in a kindly manner. He is as hard as nails and never was in bet ter condition to enter the ring. Stecher is Confident. Stecher is confident of again "bringing home the bacon" for his followers and is exerting every en ergy to pin the shoulders of the Kentucky "Strangler" to the mat in the same quick time that made him the premier wrestler of the world. The same winds that kiss the fa mous orchards of California are conditioning Stecher's opponent in the ring. During his leisure from training Lewis has been climbing trees and assisting in gathering his fruit crop. Climbing trees, he as serts, is a far better conditioner than the system of following the plow used by the Dodge county phenom. Lewis will arrive in Omaha sev eral days before the match and has made arrangements to complete his training in the Omaha Athletic club. Local heavyweights have been se cured to assist the regular trainers of the exponent of the "headlock" when he reaches this city. Lewis expects to complete his training in a whirlwind fashion and says he will dump his partners as fast as he can get to them. Arrangements Completed Stecher will r&main at Dodge until the day before the match. His brother, Anton, will complete all arrangements for the contest so as not to interfere with the training. Gene Melady announces that all preliminary arrangements have been completed. Workmen are busy pre paring the seats to care for the larg est crowd ever assembled in the Auditorium. The special cooling ar rangement is ready for installation and all of the comforts of home are assured the audience. Prize Shoot for Returned Soldiers at Gun Club July 4 The Omaha Gun club will hold a special prize shoot with returned soldiers as the honored guests at their grounds on West Dodge street on the afternoon of July 4. A large list of prizes will be awarded i i the various events. The regular weekly shoot will be held this afternoon. Tilden Defeats Williams. Wilmington, Del., June 28. Wil liam T. Tilden, 2d, holder of the na tional clay court tennis champion ship, won the singles title of the state of Delaware by defeating R. Norris Williams II, the national sin gles champion in 1914 and 1916, on the turf courts of the Wilmington Country club today, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. ON ROAD OR TRACK HARLEY-DAVIDSON Superior endurance, speed, stamina and quality were again dem onstrated in the Omaha-Grand Island and Return Endurance Run held by the Omaha Motorcycle Club, June 22, when the Harley Davidson won First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Prizes. And again in the 200-mile championship race at Los Angeles speedways, June 22, the Harley-Davidson won First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Prize. Competition in both events was very keen. Such victories are only more reasons for the popularity of the Harley-Davidson. Ride a motorcycle, but treat yourself right and ride a Harley-Davidson The Motorcycle of Real Quality Backed by REAL, SERVICE. Victor "The Cycle Man." Harley-Davidson Motorcycles and Bicycles. 2701-03-05 Leavenworth St. Omaha, Nebraska. c The Greatest Motorcycle Races., EVER PULLED OFFWILL BEAT- Grand Island, July 4th on the only two-mile track in the state Suffi cient entries from professional riders positive ly guarantees the greatest motorcycle race pro gram ever offered to American speed fans. PASSENGER-CARRYING AEROPLANE ON THE GROUNDS ALL DAY c TIGERS TAKE SIX1 STRAIGHT; BEAT CLEVELAND, 3-1 Three Hits by Detroiters and Two Passes in Fourth . Frame Put the Game s on ice. i -'.. Detroit, June 28. Detroit won its sixth straight game, defeating Cleveland, 3 to 1, by bunching three hits with two passes off Coveleskie in the fourth inning. Score: R H Cleveland ....0 0100000 0 1 0 Detroit 0 0030000 x 3 6 0 Batteries: Coveleskie, Phillips and Nunamaker; Leonard and Alnsmlth. Senators Take a Pair. Philadelphia, June 28. Washington tri umphed twice over Philadelphia today by reason of the superior pitching of Erlck son and Shaw. The scores were 4 to 1 and 4 to 3. Strunk reappeared with the Mack men after two yearn' absence. Burrla made his debut with the Athletics In the second game and Dowd In the first. Scores: First game R. H. B. Washington ...0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 04 11 8 Philadelphia ..00000010 01 7 2 Batteries: Shaw and Charrlty; John son, Kinney and McAvoy. Second game R. H. E. Washington ...0 0101022 04 11 1 Philadelphia ..3 0100000 0 3 0 Batteries: Erlckson and Plclnlch; Perry, Kinney, Rogers and Perkins. Yankees and Red Sox Spilt New York, June 28. After shutting out New York, 2 to 0, in the first game, Carl Mays, of Boaton failed In his "Iron Man- stunt when the Yankees batted him hsrd In the early Innings of the second contest. winning cy a score or 4 to 1. Mays was the first major league pitcher to pitch a double-header this season. Score: First game R. H. E. Boaton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 4 0 New York 0 000000 0 0 7 3 Batteries Mays and Schana: Thormah- len, Mogrldge and Hannah. Second rame R. H. E. Boston 00000010 0 1 8 0 New York 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 x t 7 1 Batteries Mays and Schana: Shore. Shawkey and Hannah. White Sox Beat Browns. St. Louis, June 28. A two-base wild heave by Gedeon In the sixth put two runners In scoring position, the single bv Jackson drove them across and Chicago nosea out oi. muts today, 3 to z. score: R. H. E. Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 03 4 1 St Louts 0 1000010 0 2 6 1 Batteries Willis ms and Schalk; Shock er, Koob and Severeid. Telegraphers Lose Out in Hard Fought 3-1 Battle Before a crowd estimated at 1,000, mostly followers of each team, the Western Union telegraph aggrega tion of ball tossers lost a hard fought contest to the Orchard-WIl-helm team, by a 3-to-l score. The contest was a pitchers' battle be tween Lee of the store men rd Ambrose of the telegraphers- with honors about evenly divided. Sen sational fielding on the part of both teams kept the spectators on their feet all through the game. The batteries were: Western Union, Am brose and McCune; Orchard-Wil-helm, Lee and Roth. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. H. Roos 1 Br 4 - s. T -- -v ; - t.