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10 THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1920. WILL PLAY BALL SATURDAY ONLY MANAGERS AGREE Five Teams Given Commercial ' League Franchises; Two Teams Turned Down; ' ' ) No Sunday Ball. f Commercial base ball league man agers at. the meeting held last night in the city , hall finally decided to play Saturday ball only during the season of 1920. It was first sug gested to have this circuit play both Saturday and Sunday ball, but that plan was voted down last night. The Bemis Bag team, Orchard Wilhelm, Western Union and Iten Biscuit company, last season's mem bers, and the Cathedral Phonograph DEMONSTRATION DRAWS INTEREST INGJROWDS "Howard's PricU" SUel Range Proves Its Reputation for Psrfect Baking at Union Outfitting Co. v K you haven't visited the dem onstration ' now going on at thef Union Outfitting Company, on Howard Ranges, yoq are missing valuable pointers oh home eco nomic which will help you in the fight on the old H. C. L. The attendance during the last few days has exceeded expecta tion. ' It shows that Omaha housewives are interested in any feature which will' aid them in keeping the cost of living within bounds. Hot Biscuits, made from Gooch's Best Patent Flour, spread with delicious apple but ter made from Mrs. Shephard's Apple Flakes, and fragrant Advo Coffee with rich Alamito Cream is being served free to all visi tors during the demonstration. ! While here register your name I, for the free range, to be given 1 away next Friday evening at 8 o'clock There are no strings to this offering, but the lucky win ' ner will get a brand new range ,' absolutely FREE. No purchase necessary. Springtime Very Severe on Catarrh There's no joy in the glad season to those who can hardly breathe Just as the happy spring time is about to bud forth with all its joyful message of nature's' wonderful changes, ;here comes a discordant note :o those; afflicted with Ca tarrh, for just at this season, while the system is under going a thorough renovation j any physical infirmity be- comes more aggravated and pronounced.. Hence those who are vic tims of Catarrh that most troublesome and tenacious of disorders find that with the approach of spring there is a decided tendency for the air passages to clog up, the throat and nostrils become sore and inflamed so that , their breathing, apparatus v operates only , with the great v est pain and difficulty. I Spring ia the great house- cleaning season, the time when nature throws off all tmmimtlaa attjl SaIta. mm . I lit and rresh vi strength and vitality. lie ana rresn vigor ana J r - - t I Therefore, this is the best season of the entire year to get real rational results from the intelligent method , of . treating Catarrh, because the t right treatment co-operates with nature in her rebuilding - and eliminating efforts that are now in full operation. Catarrh, as any victim of this disease will readily agree, is a great deal more than a local irritation , and disar rangement of the breathing apparatus. If the disease ; ' Vere nothing more than this, then the usual methods of lo cal treatment would give . some definite results. But A mild Fistula withoat 7 - ... ' - form. Ether or ether general anaesthetie aaed. A core guaranteed la every ease accepted for treatment, and no money to be paid until !"if?S w"u for DOO,k on Rectal Diseases, with names and tettimoniala f more than !. prominent people who have been permanently cored. PR. C R. TARRY 240 Bm Building OMAHA, NEBRASAK company were awarded franchises for the season of 1920. Officers will be elected and the schedule drawn up for the coming season next Wednesday night The Union Pacific and the Fort Omaha teams, who applied for fran chises in this circuit, were turned down, as it was pointed out that they are of class AA caliber, while the Commercial league is class B. It. was also decided that the old ruling "that all players must be em ployed by the firm their team repre sents" would be enforced again this season. GREATER OMAHA '' BASKET LEAGUE SEASON CLOSED Omaha National Banks Win First Plao Bowens Best Becldeos. By defeating the Beddeos last night in the closing game of the Greater Omaha basket ball league at the Y. M. C. A., the Bowen Fur niture Co. quintet captured second place in the final standing of the teams. ' The Omaha National Banks won by forfeit from Commerce High Reserves and captured first place. The Townsend Gun Co. also won by forfeit from the Live Stock Ex change. The Beddeo-Bowen game was hard fought, the final counting standing 31 to 29, Bowens. The official standings follow: . w. L. Pet. Omaha National Bank 7 2 .778 Bowena 7 3 .700 Bed decs S 4 .600 Townsends 6 4 .556 Commerce High I 7 ! .300 Live Stock Exchange 1 t .100 Tonight the Church league will stage its final games at the "Y." Purple and White Week Program at Central High School Opened Monday Clss athletic events got under way in the "Purpfe and White week" program at Central High yesterday. The sophomores and freshmen di vided honors on basket ball and in door base ball, the latter team win ning the base ball game by the score of 40 to 10. . The sophomores won the basket ball game after a hard tussle. .JThe final score Was 24 to IS. , The junior and senior girl basket ball games will be played this after noon. The junior and senior boys' basket ball and base ball squads will also meet this afternoon. Presidents Confer. New York. March 10. President B. B. Johnson of the American league arrived here Wednesday for conferences with President Heydjer of the National league regarding a chairman for the national commis sion. have you, in all your experi ence and observation, ever seen anything more' than tem porary relief result from the use of sprays,' atomizers, jel lies, lotions, salves and other locally applied treatment? Take your own case, for in stance. Doubtless you have faithfully tried all of the local remedies ever recommended. Outside 'of possibly unstop ping, for the time being, the clogged-up air passages, and affording a little temporary relief from difficult breathing what real benefit have you received from remedies lo cally applied? , p ne (MM ugh- I no Nature acts with thorou; ness. she will tolerate no ? half-way measures.' "She in I sists upon eradicating all im I ouritiei, and is not content to have them merely hidden from "View. 1 . . Nature's remedy for the treatment of - Catarrh . is S. S. S., which has been so successfully used for this ail ment for the past futy years. Made from the roots and herbs of recognized medici nal value, gathered direct from the forests, this fine old remedy stands unique in the annals of medicine, because its therapeutic value is in such strict accord with the laws of nature. . You should lose, no time, therefore, in taking advan tage of this excellent season to get nature's assistance in cleansing your system of Ca tarrh. Uegm at once to take a thorough course qf S. S. S., which will act directly upon the millions of tiny Catarrh germs that infest your blood, and give direct, rational re sults by eliminating them from your system.' S. S. S. is sold at all drug stores. For free expert medical ad vice regarding your own case write fully to Chief Medical Adviser; 175 Swift Labora tory, Atlanta, Ga. .Fistula-Pay When Cured system of treatment that cures Piles, aad ether Reeta Diseases in a short time, a sever urrical one ration. Ma Rhlnm. THE Giants and San Antonio played Wednesday. McGraw s little visi tors turned the game into an ankle excursion in the seventh. But 21 runs ain't much in the Texas league. That's a pitcher's battle down here. They like those pinochle scores. ' v Fortunately for San Antonio, clubs were trumps. The Giants would have been paid double for spades. After the adding machine had cooled off, Doc Birs painted it with iodine and confined it to barracks. They paint everything with iodine in the army. Broken legs, homesickness, flat and cooties are all the same. A fliver was taken by a big Bertha in the Ar gonne. There wasn't enough Henry left to rattle, but Doc comes along, paints it with iodine and marks it "light duty." . Sunday's game was called off because of the ignorant weather. One of those dumb northers popped up and f rapped the works. Even a private detective could have guessed that it was cold yesterday. The natives claim that this is the first time in 30 years that the temperature has -skidded be low the boiling point Centigrade. McGraw didn't want to take a chance of any of the boys spraining their eating arms, so he had his groundkeeper roll the Persian rug, sprinkle the lobby and called for three games in the chow rooms. 1 , . '. v. i. - Teacher is strong for George Kelly, who is a star on geography around first base. George can parse the verb "to field" with any of the bigger boys in the second grade. Another of Teaeher's pets is Frisch. Statz will also be kept around until the board of school directors makes its annual visit. It looks like graduation day for most of the other pu pils. There are about 50 scholars in Teacher's class, and unless the board of education makes an appropriation, 20 of 'em will have to go back to the little red schoolhouse in the yam districts. Being a wise Cracker unto his generation and a student versed in the ancient sciences, McGraw was not bilked by last week's sunshine. When the thermomenter was bubbling oyer like Vesuvius playing a double-header Mac looked into the gypsy dream book and immediately cabled north for 50 overcoats. They arrived Saturday and would make Joseph's raglan of many colors look like a pallbearer's smile. They were tailored by the well:known firm of Primrose and Dock stader after a design by Batik. They are extra heavy and just suited to Texas' trapical climate, having an extra pocket in which to pack gum drops for the blonde esquimaux. Neil Bryan's. minstrels are in town and paraded around the works Saturday morning. It looks as if Neil will be a bust, as all the Yams can look at the Giants' overcoats for nothing. The coats look something like a crazy quilt in the moulting season. A large bruised .stripe runs east and west, cut at irregular intervals by a boneless herring boned pattern made of polka dots and futuristic plaids. Neat but not guady. The only thing missing is a bagpipe. ' The weather sets the team back five miles, but tomorrow the frost will probably go back to the president's cabinet, where it belongs. Teacher gossips like a dozen littlenecks on the half-shell about Chase and Zimmerman. The only thing anybody is hep to is that Hal and Zim are not down here crowding 'em at the home without Hal. I he African adding machines roll out sickly and anae mic, as if they knew that a master hand was not guiding 'em. The poker deck seems to be all deuces and treys, which shows that the plantation is running to seed. The seven lean years havejallen upon Egypt and the only bright spot in the works is the fact that the pitchers are striking out as usual. Show ing that base ball' is still on the level. , After two weeks more the minstrels will play split weeks on Pantages circuit, giving the Yanks a chance to pipe their circus overcoats. Base Ball Notes Chicago Trlhunc-Omaha Bee Leaded Wire. Jing Johnson, who balked on the terms offered him by Connie Mack, has been given his unconditional re lease by the tall leader. All other major league clubs waived on the pitcher, who once promised to de velop into a star. The Yawke interests in the De troit club have been sold for $500,- 000. A half interest in the Detroit -club brought $300,000 and the re mainder was paid for half interest in the. park. Larry Gilbert, slugging outfielder of the New Orleans, club, declines to accept a major league berth ottered to him. He has a. prosperous busi ness in the Crescent city ana pre fers to remain there. Cecil Causey, former Giant, who was traded to the Braves last sea son, balked long and strenuously on the terms ..offered him. He may not be with the club next season. Nick Cullop apparently has de cided to come out of the retirement which he entered upon two years ago. The veteran southpaw is in cluded in the list of players of the Salt Lake City club of the Pacific coast league. Shuffling Phil Douglas, ex-Cub, has reported to the Giants, but is still unsigned. McGraw has re instated him following his suspen sion at the tail end of last season. There is talk of a deal between the Dodgers and Cardinals whereby Jeff Pfeffer will go to St. Louis. Illinois Team Will Cross Continent for Track Meet Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Champaign, 111., March lO. Illi nois track team will journey to Berke ley, Cal., for a dual meet with the University of California on April 3. The Illinois team, with 15 men, will depart March 27. Permission for the trip has been given by the coun cil of administration. This will be the second time the Illinois athletes have been invited to California. Frankie Mason Completes His Training for Wilde, Bout touth Bend, Ind., March 10. rankie Mason, Fort Wayne, Ind, concluded his training here today for his bout with Jimmy Wilde, English flyweight champion,- which will take place at Toledo, O., Frii day night. He reported that he was a half pound under the required weight J08 pounds. Mason will leave south bend, for Toledo Thurs day afternoon. ' , . Fitzsimmons Wins. Detroit, March 10. Eddie Fitz simmons, New York, defeated John ny Sheppard, lightweight champion of England, in a 10-round bout Wednesday night. The English champion was severely punished in the latter rounds, being knocked down five times in the eighth round and twice in the ninth. , ., j Harvard to Meet Valparaiso On Gridiron Next October Cambridge Mass, March 10. Harvard foot ball eleven will play University of Valparaiso of Val paraiso, Ind, at the stadium on October 9. v i , Joe O'Neill Is Bead. Joe O'Neil, traveling secretary of the WJiite Sox, is dead. The end came at the home of his brother, Pete O'Neil, in Chicago. The funeral will be held Friday morn ing. U'Weil had Iongrteen a sufferer from tuberculosis - ' table. The old place don't seem like Penn Trims Yale. , New Haven, Conn., March 10. Pennsylvania defeated Yale, 44 to 16, in an intercollegiate league bas ket ball game here Wednesday night. SK w mm m a ssw mmw mr vsaam -mmmmr .mmw 'Vsm bsbb. ev mm .mw ssssav BUSINESS MEN WANT NEW GOLF . C0URSE1 CITY Final Action to Be Taken Next Wednesday Night; Stock Company Proposed; Op-' tion Obtained. Realizing that the memberships of a number of the Omaha golf and country clubs are already crowded, a number' of men held a meeting at the Athletic club Wednesday night for the purpose of organizing a new golf club in this city. Final action will be taken at another meeting to be held at the Athletic club next Wednesday eve ning. Among those present at the meet ing last evening who urged the or ganization of a new golf club 'were: John W. Gamble, A. C. Scott, John W. Welch, J. E. Davidson, W. B. Cheek, George E. Mickle, J. E. Al lan, F. E. Hovey, Robert L. Trimble and Arthur iThomas. . '' It is the purpose to form a stock company to organize the new club which would have an 18-hole golf course, tennis courts and a modern club house. An bption on club prop erty in the city has already been ob tained and it is not improbable this option will be taken up and the new club established there. With the Bowkrs SWIFT CO. LEAGUE. Gems. Empires. Krltchmer 390!Mehl 464 Straw 3901 Straw 390 Straw 3901 Henderson 502 Kaspar 3971 Prey . ..." 484 Helm 474iStouffer 672 Handicap 1021' Total 2143 Total 1412 Pride. Brookflelds. Klefer 489' Robin 452 Krltchmer ..... 372 Helm 476 Bronson 475 Casper .. 498 Wilson ......... 695 Pearson ........ 621 Johnston 442 Humphrey 483 Handicap 78 Total 2339 Total 2641 Premiums. Raff 448 Kasper 426 Truelsen 467 Hoffer . 470 Garrlck 662 Total 2361 Sllverleafs. Robaori 530 Humphrey 380 Perdue ........ 459 Straw 390 Shaw 390 Handicap 90 Total ..2239! Today's Calendar of Sports. Racing Winter meeting of Cuba-American Joc key club at Havana; winter meeting- of Business Men's Racing association at New Orleans. Athletics Annual meeting and election of American Industrial . Athletic associa tion at Akron, O. Bench Show Annual show of Western Kesene Kennel club at Cleveland. Swimming- National A. A. IT. men' senior 100-yard championship at Brook line, Mass. Basket Ball A. A. V. national eham- filonship tournament at Atlanta Illinois iitercollegtate championships at Rock Island; i Inland . Kinpire Interscholastlo championships at Spokane; Indiana inter scholastic championships at Bloomington; Colorado Interscholastlo championships at Denver. Three Minutes your banker what he considers essentials Qf good business. v. . .. One of the first things he will say is "keep accurate cost records." ; Some business men in the past have told us they would keep accurate records of their truck operating costs if they could find a system simple enough, cheap enough to run, and accurate enough to get a banker's O. K. Today, those men are using the National Standard Truck Cost System. They spend less man three minutes a day in book keeping. The mistakes in track Ask Packard 3016 Harney St., LINCOLN BRANCH Packard Lincoln Co. Track and Field Athletics. The coming years are .going to bring us such a wide and deep in terest in athletics that the future looks as if it almost might be called the age of athletics. Base ball, foot ball, basket ball, tennis, golf, wrestling, boxing, swim ming, skating, rowing in fact all forms of true athletic endeavor will have a greater and more en thusiastic following than ever be fore; but it is probable that the va rious track and field events will make the greatest strides in public interest. ' Although lacking the lure of the team games, track has several tre mendous factors in its favor. Each event is man's final refinement of one particular human effort. When you hear that that chap Jones is the rastesKman or the best jumper in the world, you mean that he can run a dash faster or jump higher or farther than any one else. ' Compete with Champions. Down through the ages man has competed with his fellow men in the high jump, in the dash, in the shot put or stone put, anc in the runs. Earliest history records this fact. In the days of the ancient Greeks, athletic games were the chief features of great athletic festi vals. Our modern American interest Ban On Boys Is Lifted; May Watch Girls'1 Floor Games Central High school was agog yesterday wijh the news that Miss Jessie Towne, , dean of girls, has lifted the historic ban against boy students witnessing basket ball games between bloomer-clad girl schoolmates. This afternoon,, it ii announced, boys will be admitted to the girls' gym,' for the first time in the history of the school, to cheer from the sidelines while two girl teams battle for floor honors. The senior girls' sextette, led by Margaret Wahlmer, a "veteran" of two seasons, will clash with the junior squad, cap tained by Eleanor Hamilton, school champion and al-round girl athlete. A rumor that . hair-pulling has been strictly barred from this par ticular contest indicates that ex citement may not reach the height attained in some games, heretofore played behind closed doors, but the report is not likely to cut down the attendance of boy rooters, it is stated. 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' the, man who oxvns one Omaha Company Omaha, Neb. pi TRAGI TALKS ByCOACH HENRY F.SCHULTE UNIVER5I1Y0FNEBRASKA in track and field events came to us through the Anglo-Saxon side of our European forebears. ' Through the use of the split-second watch and the steel' tape, along with a universally accepted stan dardization of events, any man can find out positively how he ranks. To a great extent he can rank him self. Every chap who competes in track and field today, no matter where it may be, is competing against the best athletes our modern world has produced. The present day athlete who runs the 100 in 10 1-5 seconds or the quarter in 51 sec onds unconsciously is running against Wefer 93-5 seconds for the 100 and Maxey Long's 49 seconds fj- the quarter. Olympiads Influence. The Olympic games, the great modern revival of the famous games of ancient Greece, because of their international scope, will become a tremendous influence in stimulating universal interest in track and field as well as in many other athletic sports. Other sports may lose favor in one way or another, but track and field are elemental in nature and an cient in origin and appeal. Interest in them will remain keen until that time of which some dyspeptic scien tist has prophesied when our arms and legs shall have atrophied. physical instructor, has lefused to provide bleachers. "The boys can get their exercise in standing while the girls play their game," she ruled. Miss Towne explained her lifting of the ban against boy spectators as a concession to -"Purple and White Week," now being celebrated at the school as a means of encouraging and strengthening school layalty. Boy students are jubilant. So are the girls. They have grown weary, 'tis said, of cheering athletic "heroes" year after year, with never a chance to appear in the role of athletic "heroines." 1 Canada's Challenge Rejected. Sydney, N S. W., March 10. The Australian Lawn Tennis asso ciation has rejected Canada's chal lenge for the Davis cup, the world's premier tonnis trophy, on the ground of its having arrived after the expiration of the time limit for challenges. It is suggested, how ever, that Canada apply, to the other challengers for a redraw. Thou sands of nationally known concerns have taken up the same system. It has received the ' unqualified endorsement of the NationalTruckOwners' Con ference. One concern, the American Express Company operating a fleet of 317 Packard trucks re ports mat the saving on a single Packard was $855.72 a year. Our transportation engineer will help you install and operate the National Standard Truck Cost System. Our service to you Is free, no matter what type of truck you are using. Phone Harney 10. SIOUX CITY BRANCH Packard Sioux City Co. akL STATE BOWLING TOURNAMENT IS ON ATFREMONT Sonin's Clothiers of Fremont Take Lead In Five-Men Event With Score 0f 2704- Fremont, Neb., March 10. (Spe cial Telegram.)-! Sonin's Clothiers ol Fremont took the lead .Wednesday in the annual state) bowling tiirna ment here by toppling over 2,70 pins. The.Hein Clothing vCo., also of Fremont, captured second place with 2,585 and the Puritan Flour team of Schuyler third with a count of 2,549. , Other scores made Wednesday night in the five-man event weret Wahoo Specials of Wahoo. 2,546 Marr-Hein CandylCo. of Fremont, 2,463; Wahoo Stars ff Wahoo, 2,431. In the doubles event in the after noon Wright and Douglas topped the list with 1.168. Middaugh of Fremont rolled 583 for lead position in the singles Bailey Is 'Made Captain Of Husker Cage Quintet Lincoln, Neb., March 10. (Spe cial.) "Skipper" Bailey, guard on the Husker basket ball team, was elected captain of the 1921 cage team at a meeting Tuesday evening. , Bailey's home is at Hebron, Neb., where he was pjominent in athletics before coming to the university. He has served two seasons on the Ne braska 'varsity. , " 1 Crowd at Wedding. Paris, March 10. An announce ment that the religious marriage ceremony for Georges Carpentier, the heavyweight pugilist, and Made moiselle Georgette Laurentia El sasse would be celebrated at a Paris church Tuesday proved to be an error, crowds appeared Deiore tne church, blocking the street, and finally the police requested Carpen tier and his bride, whose civil mar riage took place in the city hall Monday, to appear and disperse the throng. This they did. Later Car pentier said the date for the church wedding had not been set R. M. Hennessy Dead. Chicago, March 10. R. M. Hen nessey, 55 years old, formerly a wjdely-knuwn turfman, died at his home in Morton Park, a suburb, after a long illness. Most famous Qf his racing string was Ethylene, but the foundation of his prosperi ty came through the winning of Little Singer just before the close of the Harlem face track. In re cent years he had been active in lo cal politics. Hennessey was born in Pennsylvania. V at