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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 13, 1919.
5 C
PENNANT RAGES
IN BEE JUNIOR
LEAGUES CLOSE
Teams Playing Great Ball and
Outcome in Doubt;
Many Good Games
Today.
This Is the Way, Tad Says, It All Happened in That Fatal First At Toledo, July Fourth
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Local amateur base ball follow
ers are promised a real treat this
morning by the teams of divisions 1,
2 and 3 of the Omaha Bee Junior
Base Ball association, as a number
of interesting games are on the pro
gram. For the most part the teams hare
staged some great games thus far
and according to the managers their
warriors are in the best, of condi
tion and will fight hard for the
championship of their divisions.
Thus far, but two teams have
forfeited their franchises. They are
the Slogr Juniors and the Vinton
Cubs, members of divisions 2 and 3
respectively. These teams on ac
count of losing the majority of
their games lost heart and gave up
the ship, while a number of the
teams have met with hard luck and
have been unable to win but a few
games, however, these teams have
promised to stick regardless of
whether they win or lose.
The Lake Street Merchants, a
team composed of youngsters, last
week were granted a franchise in di
vision 3, taking the place of the
Vinton Cubs. The Lake Streeters,
by taking this franchise, will open
the season with seven games lost
and no wins, .but Manager James
'Cary announced that he is entering
his team for the sport of the game
and says that they will give some of
the leaders a hard game.
Pennant Races Close.
The race in each division for first
. honors is still uncertain and it will
probably not be settled until the
final games are played. In division
1, the Suburbas and the West Dodge
Dairy are tied for first honors, with
practically all of the teams, with the
exception of the R. A. M's, having a
chance for the pennant.
In division 2 the Farnam Candy
Co., is leading the league with a
clean slate, but the Dorcas Street
Stars, Leavenworth Merchant Jun
ios and the Omaha Taxi are still in
the running, while in division 3 the
Meyer Bearcats are leading with a
clean record, with the Riverview
Cubs, Walnut Hill Merchants and
Dee Park Ramblers all having a
gofd chance.
Exciting Games Today.
' The feature game in Division 1
this morning will be that between
the West Dodge Dairy and the
Kaiman Insurance Co., at Thirty
first and Ames avenue. The West
Dodgers are favorites in this battle,
but since the Insurance boys have
played great ball lately the result
of the outcome is uncertain.
In Division 2 the Farnam Candy
Co, leaders, will mix with the Dor
, cas Street Stars for first honors.
T. . r.. i i t,UI.,1
int Oiars arc uui one same ucuiiiu
;. the leaders and should they win,
the race will then be a tie. The
. Leavenworth Merchants Juniors
have been awarded a forfeit game
from the Slogrs Juniors.
First place in Division 3 is also
at stake when the Meyers Bearcats,
leaders, clash with the Riverview
Cubs at the Vinton school grounds.
Should the Cubs win they will be
tied with their opponents. The
Walnut Hill Merchants clash with
the Lake Street Merchants and the
Krug Park Sluggers meet the Deer
Park Ramblers.
Twilight Games.
Twilight games will be played
Wednesday evening. The games in
division 3; are regular scheduled af
fairs. The Meyers Bearcats will mix
with the Lake Street Merchants;
Walnut Hill Merchants against the
Deer Park Ramblers and the Krug
Park Sluggers against the Rivcr,-
view Cubs.
The Omaha Taxi and the Leaven
; worth Merchant Juniors will play
off their protested game of June 30
and the Omaha Bee will play off
their protested game of June 23.
These teams are members of divi
sion 2. In division 1 the Woodmen
of the World will play off their post
poned game of June 1.
None of the teams have been as
signed to their grounds but it will
be announced in either Monday or
Tuesday evening's paper.
Following are where the teams
play this morning:
Division 1.
Csrter t,ake Charles Street Merchants
tfalnst Locust Street Merchants, 10 a. m.
I Fontenelle Park Woodmen of the
World against Fort Omaha Merchants,
10 a. m.
Elmwood Park, East Suburbas against
R. A. M 's. 10 a. m.
Thirty-first and Ames West Dodire
Palry against Kaiman Insurance Co., 10
m'
Division 2.
Elmwood Park. est Farnam Candy
Co. against Porcas Street Stars. 10 a, m.
Crelghton Field Libertyi Bells against
Omaha Bee, 10 a, m.
Division S.
Vinton School Grounds Meyers Bear
tats against Riverview Cubs, 10 a. m.
High School Grounds Walnut Hill
t Merchants against Lake Street Merchants,
10 a. m.
Thirty-ninth and Burt Krug Park
Sluggers against Deer Park Ramblers, 10
Jack Britton May Meet
Ted Lewis in Return
Match at Jersey City
New York, July 12. Champion
Jack Britton and Ted Lewis, the
English welterweight, may box again
fo.- the welterweight title. While
the bout, if arranged, will only be
an eight-round affair, the chances
are that Lewis will fight his' hardest
in order to put the K. O. on Jack,
which would regain him his title.
John Jennings is trying to match
the men urj for a fight at the Ar
mory A. A. of Jersey City on July
28. As the terms which the man
agers of the fighters demand are
satisfactory to the latter, the pros
pects are that the scrap will be
AUTO SALESMAN
GETS CONTRACT
AFTER AIR RIDE
Unique Method of Selling and
Advertising Machines Is
Adopted by J. T. Stewart
Motor Co.
A unique methodof securing con
tracts with dealers was inaugurated
Saturday by the J. T. Stewart Mo
tor company. B. H. Sahlers, a sales
man for the company, visited a pros
pective dealer in Fremont making
the trip in an airplane. The air
plane left Omaha at 8 o'clock in
the morning and reached Fremont
26 minutes later. The return trip
was made in 22 minutes.
At Fremont Mr. Sahlers secured
a contract from the Ideal Motor
company, to handle Bethlehem
trucks ard Mitchell automobiles.
The contract was signed On the tail
of the airplane.
This method of getting in touch
with the dealer shuts out all com
petition in reaching the prospect ac
cording to Mr. Sahlers. He says it
is also a unique method of advertis
ing and that scarcely a man, woman
or child in Fremont is unaware that
Ideal Motor company has taken the
agency for a new line of cars.
Fred Fulton on Ocean
Bound for France to
Win Foreign Titles
New York, July 12-Fred Fulton,
who was regarded as Jess Willard's
nearest rival until he ran into Jack
Dempsey last July at Harrison, N.
J., and was flattened in less than a
minute, is on the ocean bound for
Europe, accompanied by Tom
O'Rourke, who is now steering his
pugilistic bark. They will stay in
France for a while before leaving for
London, where O'Rourke expects to
launch the big plasterer on a pugil
istic campaign which will annex for
him the French, English and Irish
championships. Jim Coffey is in Ire
land and without the advice and
guidance of his, manager, Billy Gib
son, may be cajoled into meeting
Fulton. There would be money in
it for Big James.
O'Rourke has serious designs on
Carpentier's pugilistic holdings and
the heavyweight honors of England,
which seem to lie between Goddard
and Becker. Then as a side issue,
there is Bombardier Wells, who
never tries of being beaten.
O'Rourke's program sounds fine.
If he can see it through to a suc
cessful finish, he says, he will be in
a position to come back and demand
a chance at Willard.
New York Base Ball
Scribe Says Western
Clubs Best in Circuits
New York, July 12. A base ball
scribe here says: Strangely enough,
save for the two New York clubs,
the Giants and Yankees, the
strength of both the National and
American leagues appears to be in
the west this year. Both New York
clubs are showing the way at pres
ent, but the other three places in
the first divisions are occupied by
teams of the west.
This condition, too, does not ap
pear to be a 'temporary one. In
my judgment it will prevail until
the season's close.
The Boston Red Sox is the only
eastern team in either major league
except the New York clubs that ap
pears to have a chance for a first
division berth. There is a possibil
ity that Ed Barrow can pull the
world's champions together enough
to keep out of the ignominy of the
second division.
Verily, westward the course .-of
base ball sunremacy takes its wtvl
Amateurs to Finish Their
Season 3 Weeks From Today
Pennant Winners in Muny Leagues Uncertain as Sea
son Drawing to End; Many Hard-Fought Games
on Today's Program and Ties Will Be Broken
in Several Leagues.
BY WILLIAM
Four of the six Sunday leagues, playing under the banner
of thfi Municipal Amateur Baseball association, will wind up
their regular playing schedule in three weeks from today,
and the many thousand followers of the national pastime
here are promised a real exciting time from now on, as the
leading teams in the various leagues are running a neck-to-
neck race for championship nonor3
Pennant Races Uncertain
It is still uncertain as to who the
1919 pennant winners will be, and
from present indications. it is like
ly the championship will not be
settled until the final contest is
staged, and in few instances; affi-
cials predict tnat an extra series win
be piayed to determine the winners.
Following leagues will bid fare
well to the 1919 season on July 27.
The city and American, class B
leauges; Jnter-City and Gate City,
class C circuits; the Booster league,
another class C circuit will make
their final appearance two weeks
from today, while the Church and
Commercial leagues, two Saturday
afternoon organizations, will close
on July 19 and July 26 respectively.
In the Booster league, theTrim
b'.e brothers, who hail from the
south part of town, known as
"Sheeley-town," are picked by
many of the followers to carry off
the championship honors for 1919,
although it is likely that the World
Herald crew will give them a hard
fight. The fruitmen are leading by
a few games, as they have played
two more than the newspaper guys,
but both the teams have lost but one
game. The Trimbles will be awarded
a forfeit game from the Daily News,
while the World-Herald team plays
the Maney Milling company. It is
understood that the Millers have
disbanded for the season, and should
this be the case, the Herald's will
also be given a forfeit game.
The Ramblers started out like
pennant winners in the Booster
league, but met with considerable
hard luck and as the result have lost
three games.
Pearl Memorials Winners.
With the closing of the Church
league next Saturday, the Pearl
Memorials, under the managerial
reigns of George Parrish, well
known in local amateur baseball cir
cles, have won the championship of
that league for the 1919 season. The
Pearls have played great ball this
season and have fought hard for
their contests.
In the Commercial league, the
other Saturday afternoon league, the
Iten Biscuit Co. are leading that
league and are picked as favorites
for the 1919 championship. Their
nearest rivals, the Orchard-Wilhelm
team, who were picked by many to
give the leaders a hard fought race,
have withdrawn from the league for
the season. According to Manager
Yates, of the storemen, they were
well pleased with the league and
with the officials, but on! account of
business reasons were forced to
withdraw. Yesterday they forfeited
their game to the Bemis Bag team.
Many Feature Games.
Many feature games are on the
program today, and the followers of
the national game will be well af
forded with plenty of excitement,
as the games in practically all of
the leagues will have a- great bear
ing on the championshipj-ace.
At Riverview park, probably the
greatest attraction of the day will
take place, as both of the contests
have a great bearing on the league
standing. The main event, starting
at 3:30 o'clock, will be put on by the
crack Brandeis Store team and the
Murphy-Did-Its, the latter team in
a tie for first place with the Holmes
White Sox in the race for the Great
er Omaha league flag.
Should the Brandeis Store be vic
torious they will go in a tie for sec
ond place with the blacksmith crew
and put the Holmes in the lead.
Manager Marty O'Toole announced
last night that he has strengthened
his line-uo considerably aicca their i
O. BLOZIES.
last appearance in the city, when
they lost to the Nebraska rower co,
at Thirty-second and Dewey avenue
by a 9 to 7 score, and promises the
fans a real treat this afternoon.
Martv is still undecided whether he
will pitch or not. He has signed a
new hurler and is keeping under
cover to spring against the leaders,
should this gent arrive in time.
"Butch" Hay, known as the "strike
out" twirler, no doubt will heave
them over the rubber for the
Murphy's.
To Break Tie.
As a preliminary to the Brandeis-
Murphy battle, the lownsend Ouu
company and the maha Printing
t. . - 'ii i i. .ii
company juniors win urea mc uc
for first honors in the Gate -City
league. Each team has lost but one
game thus far this season and are
also even in the series, defeating
each other once.
Both teams are confident of win
ring and have been practicing hard
for this battle. The gunners have
been somewhat crippled on account
of their crack hurler, Joe Ort, hav
ing his ankle sprained, several
weeks ago in the twilight game
against the Printing Company
Juniors, but Manager John Satrapa
stated last night that he will prob
ably send Ort to the firing line, as
the youngster is anxious to hurl the
said contest. In an effort to win
this battle Manager Cruickshank of
the Juniors will send Chleborad, his
star slab-artis to the mound, with
Pete Kliene, former manager and
pitcher of the Daily News team and
Elmer Johnson, former crack hurler
of the Maney Milling company, who
last week signed up with his team,
in reserve.
Tfiis contest should prove fast
and snappy throughout as both
teams have displayed some wonder
ful base ball and sensational fielding
thus far this season. The game will
start at 1:30 o'clock.
Other games in the Gate City
league are as follows: The Her
mansky Pharmacys clash with the
Reno Billard Parlors, formerly the
Originals, at Luxus park and the
Beselins meet the McKenney Den
tists at Thirty-second and Dewey
avenue.
To Settle First Place.
First place in the American league
will be settled on the battlefield at
Thirty-second and Dewey avenue
at 3:30 o'clock, when the Rgs Op
tical and the Paxton-Vierlirfgs cross
bats. Both teams have lost but two
games thus far this season and have
run a neck-toneck race. Beers,
who has been pitching gilt-ede ball
for the Paxton-Vierlings this sea
son is slated to do the heaving this
afternoon, while James Baumgard-,
ner will no doubt be no the firing
line for the Optical lads.
Both Beers and Baumgardner are
a pair of twirlers hard to beat in
the American league and from all
indications a pitchers' battle should
result. Favorites of both teams are
banking their cash heavily on the
out-come of the battle. Neither
manager would predict the outcome
of the battle but their only state
ment last night was "Lets hope the
best team wins."
The Sample-Harts and the Uni
versal Motors will stage their com
bat at -Miller park, 3:30 p. m. and
it is predicted that a hard fought
game will be witnessed, as consid
erable rivavly exists between them.
Manager Shields of the Universals
has strengthened his lineup and is
confident that his warriors will be
at the large end of the score when
the battle is over. '
?'Dode" Hubatka. will bt on the
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(Br International Newt Service.)
London, July 12. Shades of
Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson
and Pop Anson.
Professional cricketers in Eng
land dote on "ping pong." In
their idle moments they get
more excited about elimination
contests in this dainty sport than
they do through the long hdurs
of the hot cricket grounds.
J. B. Hobbs, one of the fore
most professionals, is said to
have a boomerang ping-pong
drive that sends the celluloid
back to his side of the net be
fore his opponent can touch it.
firing line for the Sample-Harts.
Hubatka has been pitching great ball
thus far and according to his sup
porters will pitch the Sample-Harts
to another championship. Should
they win today's game, they will go
into a tie for second place with' the
losers of the Riggs-Paxton-Vierling
contest.
At Elmwood park, west dia
monds, the Beddeos, who are in
third place in the Inter-City league
will clash with the Harding Cream
ery crew, second-placers, in a double-header
the opening game start
ing at 1:30 o'clock. Should the
Beddeos win both games and the
Highland Parks lose to the Curo
Mineral Springs, they will go in to
second place and will be but one
game behind the leaders.
Next Thursday evening the Hard
ing Creamery company and the
Highland Parks will play off their
postponed game at Riverside park.
Leading the City league by a
single game over the McCaffrey
Motor crew, the Union Outfitting
company will clash with the Omaha
Printing company, tail-enders of the
league in a double header at Elm
wood park, east diamonds, the first
game starting at 1:30 o clock.
Should the Outfitters win both of
these games they will practically
cinch the flag in the City league,
but according to dopesters, the
Printing company, who have thus
far failed to win a game, are about
due to cop one and these gents are
looking for the unexpected thing to
happen this afternoon. Nufer, wnl
heave them over the rubber for the
Outfitters in the initial event, while
Stucker will be on the firing in the
stcoyd.
McCaffreys Against Bowens.
The McCaffrey Motor company
are scheduled with the ancient
rivals, the Bowen Furniture com
pany, at Fontenelle park, and a bat
tle royal is looked for. The Bow
eh's are practically but of the run
ning, for first honors, but are out
to give the leaders a hard tussle.
The'Mickle Victrolas clash with
the Willard Storage Battery com
pany at Thirty-first and Ames ave
nue. Although it was announced last
week, that the Curo Mineral Springs
of the Inter-City league and the
McKenney Dentists of the Gate
City league have forfeited their
franchises for failing to appear for
two consecutive games, this report
has been denied by the managers of
these teams and they will finish the
season according to the leaders.
Now They Are Playing
Base Ball in Germany
New York, July S. Now that the
summer is really with us and young
men's fancies are engrossed in
thoughts of big league base ball in
stead of the gentle art of man-killing
which was somewhat in vogue about
a year ago, it is only natural that
the American lads in Germany are
whaling the daylight out of base
balls around Germany lots these
days.
When the 10th field artillery
moved up to Kruft, K. of C. Secre
tary David Henneberry of Joliet,
111., hiked along with it and brought
along a wagonload of base balls,
bats, gloves, masks and all the other
paraphernalia of America's most
popular game. And so it is every
day the amazed people of Kruft see
a strange formation of nine men on
a diamond,' one hurling a ball with
terrific speed in the direction of
another; a man banging a thrown
ball with strange failure to miss it,
and all the other sights of base ball
that astound the unacquainted.
Secretary Henneberry says the
Germans now like the game, and
flCV'W miss a contest
Great Inter-Allied Athletic
Meet Closes; U.S. Leads Field
t
Fifty Thousand People Witness Epoch-Making Gath
ering of World's Greatest Athletes; United States
. Is Victor With Score Exceeding Four-Fifths of
Total Points; 150 Americans Entered in Events.
By KARL LEE.
Creating an epoch in the realm of
athletic sports and establishing a
precedent that cannot but be fre
quently repeated, the Inter-Allied
"soldier-athlete" meet at Joinville-le-Point,
Paris, closed last Sunday
after two weeks' daily sessions in
which athletes of fourteen nations
participated. Fifty thousand people
attended.
The United States, due to the
splendid physical condition of its
army of 4,000.000 and more soldiers,
came away an overwhelming victor,
scoring 92 of 124 possible points.
France was second with 12 points
and New Zealand third with 6.
The standings:
United States 62
France 12
New Zealand.... 6
Australia 6
Canada 4
Greece 1
Total 124
Contests were held in a dozen
related sports besides track and
field events. In the latter, the fol
lowing events were staged, and
winners announced: 100, 200, 400,
800, 1,500-meter runs; 110 and 200
meter hurdles; 200-meter relay
dash; 16,000-meter modified mara
thon; 10-kilometer cross-country
run; javelin throw; pole vault,
shot put; standing and running
broad jump, and running high jump.
Grenade hurling was a new game.
The construction of "Pershing
stadium," with a crowd capacity of
22,000 people, and the athletic field,
a "horseshoe" affair, including run
ning track, base ball and foot ball
fields, by American army engineers,
alone constitutes an epoch. Five
thousand cubic meters of earth were
removed in grading, and 26,000 cu
bic meters of cinders spread in the
construction work. An immense
gymnasium was built.
The American team, containing
the nation's crack amateur athletes,
numbering 150 men at the start,
won 16 firsts of 19 field and track
events. Thirty-two Americans were
r Jrom The
Since Jack Dempsey won the
world's heavyweight crown from
Jess Willard at Toledo, July 4, the
sporting world is watching him
anxiously and laying a highly sensi
tized ear to the ground, listening for
.word of his near future actions.
Besides winning the title, Dempsey
set some new records for a world's
champion. He is the youngest
heavyweight title holder we have
ever had, probably hits harder than
any that ever woje the crown and
won the championship in the short
est champiopship battle in the
heavyweight division, ever staged.
Prior to this, Jim Jeffries' 11
round victory over Bob Fitzsim
mons was the shortest title bout
and at the time, Jeff was the
champion, so did not win the title,
even in that time. More than this,
Dempsey is the only champion that
ever won the title, when apparently
outclassed in weight, height and
reach. Willard towered over him,
outweighed him sixty pounds and
had a reach five inches longer.
With this great handicap. Jack's
victory is considered all the greater.
Before the history making en
counter with Willard, Dempsey and
his manager, Jack Kearns, stated re
peatedly that he would be a real
fighting champion, that he would
meet heavyweights as fast as they
appeared on the horizon as aspir
ants for the title. At present, there
is only one man in America that has
the temerity to challenge for a title
bout and it is likely that he is wary
enough to sheer off, at that. Frank
Moran is the only heavy of promi
nence in America who has not vet
met Dempsey in the ring and he
named in the finals. Norman Ross,
famed California swimmer, broke
all French records for the 440 and
800-meter river dashes, and "Bob"
Simpson, University of Missouri,
came within one-fifth second of the
world's record in the 200-meter hur
dles. ..
Comparisons with records follow:
Track Events.
EVENT. PARIS WORLD'S
100-meter run RESULT. RECORD.
200-meter run 11.26 Seconds 10.6 seconds
400-meter run 23 seconds 21.6 seconds
SOO-meter run 60 seconds 4S.i seconds
1.600-meter run 1:55.4 minutesl :61.s minutes
200-meter hurdl4:05.6 mlnutes3:55.8 minutes
24. 8 seconds 24.6 seconds
Field Events.
EVENT. PARIS WORLD'S
Run. br'd Jump RESULT. RECORD.
Stand, br'd Jumi6.615 meters 8.639 meters
Run. high Jump 3.4 meters 3.425 meters
Shot put (16 lbsl.S64 meters 2.0011 meters
Pole vault 13.776 meters 16.669 meters
Javelin throw 3.674 meters 4.034 meters
65.3S7 meters 60.234 meters
There appears to be some dis
pute as to who captured the honors
in the running broad jump, Sol
Butler, the colored Kansas cyclone
of Dubuque (la) college or Ray
Madden, Omaha, Army of Occupa
tion. First cable reports placed the
distance leaped by the Kansan at
better than 6.692 which, being bet
ter than the world's record, could
not have been correct. Later Mad
den was announced winner ir? the
finals with a jump of 6.615 meters
coming dangerously near the
record.
That the field at Pershing
Statium was not conducive of
record dashes was the statement
of Abel Kaviat, of New York City,
member of the 59th Coast Artillery,
and holder of the world's record for
the 1,500 meter run at 3.55.6
minutes. Kivat, who returned in
June from France, pointed to the
records established in the trials
when Mason of New Zealand, lead
ing the field won his fastest time at
4,10 minutes, Mason finished at
4.05.6 minutes.
stated at Toledo that he would
probably meet the winner of the To
ledo mill, sometime in the fall.
It is unlikely that Moran would
give Dempsey any great amount1 of
trouble, but he is of the opinion that
he can give Jack a harder tussle than
Willad and perhaps beat him. Moran
was decisively beaten by Wjllard in
New York, but he declares that Wil
lard's strength and height were the
main factors in that bout and caused
his downfall. He points out fhat he
was not floored in that bout and was
fighting strong at the end. On this
account, he figures that he has a
chance with Dempsey, because the
new champion is not any bigger
than he is and could be reached so
much easier.
It is my opinion that Champion
Dempsey would have no greater
trouble in disposing of Moran than
Willard had; in fact, would prob
ably do the job up easier and neater
than did Willard. There is no oth
er big man on this side of the big
drink that would have any sort of
show with Dempsey and followers
of the mitt game must look to the
old world far a contender. Georges
Carpentier was judged as a likely
aspirant before the war, but now
that the world is at peace, it is un
likely that Georges could get a
place among the near champions.
Americans returning from the
other side say that Carpentier is no
longer a great fighter. He is fat
and heavy, too big to get in any
thing like his old-time form. His
ability has slopped backward due
to his long inactivity and they say
it is doubtful that he can beat the
English champion, Joe Beckett. It
appears that Beckett is matched to
meet the Frenchman in the near
future and the winner will be asked
to meet Dempsey.
The English champion is a man
built greatly on the lines of the
world's title holder. He weighs
about 200 pounds and is reported to
be fast and clever with a great
AMATEURS FORM
GLASS G LEAGUE
LATE IN SEASON
To Play After Regular Season
Is Finished; Omaha Enters
Mid-West Amateur
Association.
With the .closing of the regular
playing schedule in the class C and
B leagues, now affiliated with -the '
Municipal Amateur Baseball asso- ;"
ciation in three weeks from today, : ,
plans are now underway for the
formation of four or five leagues of
class C and B caliber, according to
Secretary J. J. Issacscjn. '
These leagues will be formed
within the next week or so and 'wil.
be open to any team in the city, ei- "
cept those teams who have won the
pennants in their respective league'
during the regular playing season.
According to Issacson ' these"
leagues will not start their season
until after the conclusion of the reg
ular playing schedule by the Muny "
leaguers.' Each league formed will .
play regular scheduled games.. The
leagues will be limited to six teams
each. Thus the teams will be able -to
two rounds of games before the
baseball season ends.
No prizes will be given the -win'
ners in the late season leagues and
the result of their pennant flights
will have no bearing on the city
championship. The purpose of or 1
ganizing these leagues is to main
tain interest in amateur baseball un- -til
fall. , .
The teams entering these leagues
will play under the jurisdiction of :
the Municipal Amateur Baseball as .
sociation.
Plans for the distinction between
class C, and B will be discussed at
the next meeting of the Municipal
Amateur Baseball association, which
will probably be h?ld this week. .s
Secretary Issacson announced '
last week that Omaha will enter the I
Mid-West Amateur Baseball asso
ciation, since the National Federa- -tion
consists of all eastern cities. -white
the Mid-West is composed xt
St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and
other western cities.
Omaha followers will probably "
have the opportunity to see some
of the crack western teams in ac
tion here, although the officials of
the Western association have not
yet drawn up their schedule, but
expect to do so within a few weeks.
issacson will probably attend the
meeting of the western moguls.
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knowledge of ring lore. He is mak
ing money boxing in England and
France, but would probably be wil
ling to come to the United States '
for a chance at the world's honors '
and the fortune he would probably '
gather, not only for the bout alone,
but in the event he was the winner,
for his appearance on the American "
stage and in future bouts. He is a -
six footer and according to his BriN ;
ish boosters, can hit as hard as any "
man living. He will surely . be - a
cuckoo if he can hit as hard as Jack
Dempsey.
Like Dempsey, Beckett likes t
fight and can assimilate a great
amount of punishment. And like
Fitzsimmons he has a habit of
winning, after his opponent has
been handing him an unmerciful
beating. Should it so happen that
Moran and Dempsey are : no!
matched, the next big bout will in v
all likelyhood be between Dempsey :
and Beckett. No such purse as was
hung up for Willard and Dempsey
will be offered for such a bout, but '- .
enough could be offered Beckett to .
make it more than worth his while '
to make the trip to this country for
a championship bout with Dempsey.
If Beckett should, prove as won- "
derful a fighter as is claimed for
him, it would make a great bout
Two hard hitters, each of the slam- -bang
type, taking one to land one,
would make a bout that might be
greater than the July Fourth milL
Nearly everyone that saw Dempsey
win the title would want to see him '
defend it and a great host of .
English sportsmen would make the
trip over here to see their champ- '
ion meet America's greatest battle '
