THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1920.
AMATEUR BASE
BALL LEAGUES
HOLD MEETINGS
Greater Omaha Circuit Or
1 ganized Commercial and
Gate City Leagues
Plan for Season.
Four Uams were granted fran-
chises in the newly organized
Greater Omaha Amateur base ball
league last night at a meeting in
the city halt
, The MarphfDid-Its, thr Ernie
, Holmes, Foft Omaha and Cudahy
Puritans are the four teams.
It was decided to play all games
. on an open field and no admission to
' be charged. Fort Crook soldiers
-t were also represented, but decided
, that the league would be too fast for
them.
Both the Commercial Saturday
- league and the Gate City-league,
, the latter a class C circuit, complet
' ed their plans for the season.
Tjie Commercial league will open
. Saturday, April 17, and close August
14, playing a three-round series.
Robert Kroll and ,H. Ki Bell were
re-elected president and secretary,
" resoectivelv. of the Commercial
league, while Walter .Nelson was
again chosen president of the Gate
City league.
. Although both the 17th and 27th
i rtalloon companies at Fort Omaha
iave been ordered to the Phillipines,
T. F. Hill, representing the Fort
'Omaha base ball team, who was
granted a franchise in the Greater
"Omaha league last night, announced
that this will not affect the base ball
team, as all of the members will re
main here for the season.
Joe Judge - is the only Wash-
ington infielder sure of his position.
. number of candidates are battling
tothe other places
With the Bottlers.
i ATE CITY LEA G I E.
RMflln'a Old Boy. Omaha Prlnllnr Co.
Chandler 171 148 Hl'Hofroai n 17t 164 HO
Benaele 230 14S 1671 Ang'borc 190 14 171
Zlm'man US 172 165
Wmullw 147 144 10
Vow ....221 16' 10
Totals T7S 833
Guarantee Cloth. Co.
Radfurd 137
Iondon ..130 15 14
Wallace .191 18 18
Moor ...14 165 174
Total .MS 80 112
Sam' Indian.
Boord ...11 172 114
Howies ..150 162 151 Hluke ..,.184 183 188
Plrkatt .15 172 l8Hancock 213 170 110
Hall 184 172 172 Atkina ...140 135 180
Kanka ..142 152 140iartin ..161 224 1(4
Straw 13S 154!
Total 743 802 7581 Totals .877 285 24'j
Wmtern Union. I Olympla C. K.
N'nlnon ..180 203 213 Straw ...1S3 225 18
Watt ...170 170 172!Klilon ,.2ii 167 12
Askelot .167 16 157Mayer ...187 148 19
Straw ...130 146 16!'Norgard .130 201 19J
West '...160-158 169 Fltj 205 204 216
i Total 807 846 2731 Totals .920 943 95
Berg Clothing ( J. Kllte Furniture Co.
H'rmann 217 175 153IHorwleh .141 164 179
Harrison 205 195 204iLarsen ..192 180 205
Coleman 158 14 17!Bissett ..204 193 181
Ilallock .193 179 160Shedd ...170 177 182
Howard .163 192 165 Mlllson ..141 211 209
Total 936 887 8601 Totals .842 925 956
SWIFT CO. LEAfil'E.
(,rm. - Prld i.
Boaot'n 150 180 158Bronson 123 151 156
Melil . .166 168 176!Klnch ...114 136 105
Hend'sn 122 133 lSOIStraw ...130 130 130
Prey ...174 148 157'Jobnson .133 M 163
Stouffrr 2U 222 168Kelfor ..131 147 145
' .Handicap 42 42 42
1
Guiles ..120 130 130Total ...672 T72 741
Premiums. I Empire.
Raff ....165 134 169 Prawlts .119 127 12T
Kaspar .110 158 148!Kretch'r 180 104 167
Truelson 169 132 165!Blomer .130 180 130
Rullea ..130 130 130Kaaper ..143 145 146
Hoffer ..154 153 173'Heln ...148 183 167
Total ..718 70S 785Totala ..661 68 737
Brookfleld. . I Sllrer If.
Robin ...176 210 144iRobson .210 192 123
Helm ...199 136 162) Hump'rjr 123 135 126
Casper .138 148 1221 Purdue ..202 140 172
Wilson' .167 lT 10U jurgsen iu
Jones ...120 130 120lOum 190 164 210
1 Handicap .2 3 2
Totals ..760 791 708 .
J Total .. 85S 763 823
AI-AMITO DAIRY LEAGUE.
Plant. I 'Supply.
Helf ...153 130 154IWlnneger 181 141 141
3urlafn 142 127 160lFltrh ...147 169 112
foung ..132 131 137IN01ana ..17 1U-J4
Brokaw 149 4uorirey . lat ili
Peters ..164 160 lHjKuhry ..199 156 211
Total ..691 697 6591 Total .. 705 705 741
Hairs. I Office.
Sfour ...166 141 124iPoncelow 111 182 131
Knoppel 145 143 134Bjrrett .160 113 122
Kneuzer 138 135 177,1 Huh'y 129 138 165
Bartlett 144 137 liSIKernap .149 178 170
Totals ..593 656 063Total ..639 611678
Lefty Liefield is acting as coach
of pitchers at the Browns' train
ing camp in Taylor, Texas.
BUSINESSMEN
DECIDE TO BUY
SEYMOUR CLUB
Organize Stock Company
More Than 100 Shares
. Already SoloName
Committee.
Thirty Omaha business men met
last night in the Omaha Athletic
club to further plans launched last
week for a new golf course in Om
aha and proposed to purchase Sey
mour Lake Country club.
An option on the property has
been secured. for $85,000.
Following men were chosen to act
on . the, organization committee:
James Allen, James H. Adams, Rob
ert Trimble, Everett " Buckingham,
Fred Hovey. T. L. Combs, Ralph
Wilder, George Brandeis, Al Scott,
George Mickel, T. J. DonohuA and
C. M. Skinner.
A stock company was organized
with .a capital of $200,000, consist
ing 01 400 shares at a par value of
$500 payable when 200 shares have
been sold. More than 100 shares
have been sold.
SeymourLake club consists of 110
acres, a club house, an 18-hole
course, valued at $150,000.
Various, players from eastern
courses have expressed much en
thusiasm over the course and say it
is nearer a real golf course than any
they have seen in the west. The
play is difficult, with natural haz-4
ards and the true Scotch idea of a
real golf course. Preparations for
the summer have been well started.
All trees on the grounds h,ave been
well trimmed and all the brush and
rubbish cleaned up. Over one-half
the course was re-seeded last fall
and will be thoroughly rolled this
spring. v
At last night's meeting it was
unanimously resolved to construct a
bathing beach on the grounds,
Omaha Mat Fans Eager to
Give Zibby the Once Over
Omaha mat fans are eager to give
Stanislaus Zbyszko the once over
when the big grappler meets Gus
Kervaras at Council Bluffs next
Monday night.
When Zibby was this country
half a dozen years ago he was a
rip-roaring demon on the padded
mat. He took on all opponents
and was full of battle from the
word go.
Many fans contend that the pres
ent crop of American wrestlers is
inferior to the topliners of half a
dozen years ago and as Zibby was
one of the best at that time local
fans are anxious to see him in ac
tion so they can compare him with
Stecher, Caddock, Lewis, his young
brother, Wladek Zbyszko, and oth
ers. If Zibby is as good as he was when
he was here before, champions of
the past declare he will convince
all fans tha he is the best wrestler
ill the country today.
Followers of the present day
wrestlers are not so sure, but they
want to see for themselves.
Although Zbyszko is a favorite
over Kervaras, Gus is expected to
give the big Pole a battle. Gus
has made a host of friends since
he established his home in Omaha
last fall following his return from
army service in France where he
was in the front lines with an artil
lery unit for 14 months.
Zbyszko returned to America less
than a month, ago following his in
ternment by the Germans during
the war. .Immediately uponfhis ar
rival he announced he ,wOuld meet
all comers and he is throwing op
ponents right and left in the east.
Doane Rooters Will
See Tigers Mix With
Omaha Five for Title
Doane college basket ball five,
holders of the state conference title
for 1919, will be accompanied by
100 rooters when they appear in
OmaVia nvf wiptr f nr th titular
tion for the kick-off of the racing clash with Omaha University at U.
Several Strings of
Horses Working Out
(V O'Neill Track
O'Neill, Neb. March 16. (Spe
cial.) The presence of several
strings of horses' here already for
the spring training and in prepara-
season at the meet of the O'Neill
Racing association June 16, 17 and
18 js arousing considerable interest
among the horsemen and already
the nags are. being tested out in
friendly brushes both on the track
and on several of the straightaway
courses.
' The feature last week was the
quartcY-mile race Friday afternoon
between Carl Romine's Salvatoron
and Jessie Page, a classy little gal
loper, the property of M. E. Ver
non, who has a string at the track,
Salvatoron winning by 'a neck in
:24J4. This is excellent time, con
sidering the season and conditions.
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SPECIAL DEMON ST R A TION
OJ
of O. gymnasium Tuesday night.
Ciach H. H. Johnston of the Doane
Tigers made that statement yester
day'' over the telephone to Manager
Paul Pfessly of the Omaha school.
Doane and Omaha claim the 1920
state conference title. Both are will
ing to settle the matter next Tues
day night.
OMAHANS PLAN
TENNIS CLUB:
ASK CITY AID
Will Petition Field Club Di
rectors to Grant Use
Of Its Courts Tem
porarily. Omaha tennis players' are plan
ning the formation of an Omaha
tennis club, devoted exclusively to
the net game.
But they are finding the row a
hard one to hoc.
Here's the situation as Billy
Adams, former Iowa state champion
and Creighton net star, puts it:
"Omaha tennis men need to get
together. There should be some
one place where the more experi
enced men could meet men of
their own caliber and not have
to compete against novices, and
where newcomers could learn
the game. There should be some
real place where big tournaments
could be played; some centrally lo
cated club of which all tennis fan
could become members at moderate
cost. The average Omaha tennis
player's age is about 21 years and
he is unable to pay the price of a
membership in a regular present
day club. It would cost about $25,
000 to build a tennis club."
Ask Falconer's Aid.
A committee headed by Guy H.
Williams, another local net star,
sought the aid of Park Commis
sioner Tom Falconer last week.
Williams suggested that the city
lay out courts on a piece of city
2.
Bartholomew McGowan
Celebrates March 17;
Takes Lead in A. B. C.
Peoria, 111., March 17. Bartholo
mew McGowan took the lead in
the singles event in the American
Bowling congress here Wednesday
when ' he " bowled 098. McGowan
hails from Evansville, Ind.
The Bruchs No. 1 of Chicago
still hold the lead in the team event
with a score of 3,096.
property, crlling thchi the Omaha
Tennis club, and to collect an an
nual membership fee of $30 from
each player. "It would mean an
income of $2,000 or $2,500 a year as
soon as the club is organized," said
Williams, "and the upkeep of 10
good clay courts would not be more
than $700 a year."
Falconer ' said municipal tennis
courts must be open to all; that
the city Could not restrict the use
of any city property to those who
can afford to pay $30 a year for
such use. That announcement put
the committee's plan high and dry
on the rocks.
Yet Another Committee.
Another committee has been se
lected to appear before the direc
tors of the Field club at the next
directors' meeting and petition them
to grant "tennis memberships" at
about $30 a year to Omaha net fans.
The Field club courts are recog
nized as among the best in the middle-west
and their location, close
to the downtown district, makes
them especially desirable. "Tennis
memberships" would restrict hold
ers of. such memberships to the use
of tennis courts, shower baths and
dressing rooms, according to the
suggestions of the new committee.
Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
PA RflllPlC WAS
n iiuuiii,l nnu
TWO HOLDOUTS;
MAY HAVE MORE
Hemingway and Fuhr Won't
Sign Rourke Threatens
, Suspension to them
And Others.
Okmulgee, Okl.,. March 17. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Edson Hemiug
way, infielder, and Oscar Fuhr,
pitcher, both veterans of 1919 seat
son, have not yet signed Omaha con
tracts or joined the Rourke outfit
here and both are classed as hold
outs by Rourke. Both have sought
releases from the Omaha manager
but they have been' refused and
Rourke wired Hemingway Wednes
day that he would be suspended un
less his contract was signed. The
same awaits Fuhr, Schatszman, Gis
lason, Lingle and Paltnero.
The only member of the team
aside from the holdouts who art
not here now are expected to arrive
by next Monday. Seventeen men
were in the squad which worked out
today in cold air under cloudy skies.
Rains during the night left the field
in poor shape but the weather is
clearing again.
Whitney's Nag Wins.
New Orleans, March 17. Damask,
Harry Payne Whitney's 3-year-old,
a strong favorite, won, Wednesday;
the Louisiana derby at one and one
eighth miles, $5,000 added. Bullet
Proof was second and Breadman
ihird.
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Oil Leases Are the Foundation of the Greatest Money
Makers of the Twentieth Century
Rmh Yy .
Forty one
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Great fortunes are made in oil. The basis of oil wealth is the oil lease. In
vestors who are putting money into oil leases have the finest kind of an opportunity
of acquiring great wealth. , . . .
In the marvelous development of the oil industry, oil leases are attracting the
vast capital which seeks activity along development lines in connection .with the pro
duction of more crude petroleum., Oil leases bought from a reputable company that
is managed along skillful lines, located just ahead of development, may make you
4 independent for life. ,
Owners of Oil leases report an unprecedented We offer you 40, 80, 160 or more acres in
demand for acreage by persons in states that are Western Texas, located m the very trend ot drill
far removed from the active oil fields. People where such big concerns as the Sinclair Co., the
north, south, east and west are purchasing oil
leases as investments that promise splendid re
wards. The wise investor has-recalled John D.
Rockefeller, the most prominent oil personality,
who advises investments in oil leases, ahead of the
drill, and John D. Rockefeller ought to know what
he is talking about. :
Just how many millions of dollars are coming
from the rich communities for the purchase of oil
leases in the rapidly , growing Texas Oil Fields
cannot be learned, as no statistics are available.
But it is known that the leasing companies are
selling thousands of acres of leases every day.
People who are skilled in the oil business have
learned that the foundation of great oil fortunes
has been laid in the purchase of oil leases at times
when the prices of the acreage represented only a
few dollars an acre. There are many who recall
the leases that sold at Ranger,' Burkburnett and
other oil districts for, as little as $5.00 an acre.
Ohio Citv Gas Co.. the Texas Co., the Standard
Oil Co. and it$ subsidiary have acquired holdings
in this section. More than 35 w.ells are now drill
ing and many more will start in the next 90 days.
The big field majr underly the tract which we are
now selling.
Remember that the greatest ' oil wells gush
forth great wealth from what was considered out
side territory. Yet, today, hundreds of derricks
are in these fields.
The undeveloped acreage of yeesterday be
comes the gusher of tomorrow. Pluck and action
are what have made rich those who had the cour
age to get in before the oil boom strucfc the wealth
producing oil. They are the ones now drawing
big dividends. v ,
Your name is recorded as owner. If you own a
lease it is recorded in your name and scouts rep
resenting oil companies are constantly looking out
It 11 ...... t 1- A- 1 !! TJ? 1
ior new lanas upon wnicn 10 arm. n you lease
enormous fisures. hundreds of thousands of dol
lars having been paid for only a few acres after
oil was known to be present on those same leases.
So there can be -no surprise to learn that in
vestors are getting into the oil business through
the simple and profitable leasing system. In
vestors know that huge fortunes have been made
by small investments in oil leases in the early days
before oil gushed forth ,and blackened the tim
bers of the big derricks.
After oil is found anyone can then go and buy
ncn leases n nenas a uig uan. accuunt, uui iw
vestieration of the county records that you own
the lease and through correspondence or by tele
graph will endeavor to buy it or possibly make a
deal to drill on it, giving you 50 per cent of all oil
produced. And this at no expense to you.
v Hundreds are wildcatting for oil throughout
Texas. When new oil fields are discovered, leases
anywhere near the new wealth will go sky-high.
When you buy one of these leases you secure
the full drill right to drill for gas and oil rights
until its expiration.
. Remember that a five or ten year lease means
that you have five or ten years in which to begin
small fellow the investment in an oil lease is some- HriiiiTio--.if van nav vmir annual rental. Tf vnn
i.1 4.14- V. -..- la Uftlo irrn-nAam nonf ' i imi . . 1 . 1 l . i1
luing u aiUiituve uiau wicic 10 nunc wuuutiw'
expressed at the stampede wheh takes place to
gobble up a few acres in Western Texas ahead of
the drill. ' i
After the drill hits oil the time is too late to
buy leases at low prices. That is the reason so
many shrewd investors are now purcnasmg ou
leases ahead of the drill, selected in new territory
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or anyone else drills on your land before the ex
piration of your lease and gets oil, you then have
the oil and gas rights so long as you continue to
produce oil or as in commercial quantities, and
you have the privilege of assigning your lease to
anyone at any time you wish.
A one-acre lease has sold as high as $25,000.00.
If operators bring in a well near your lease, there
where one or more of the next big oil pools will is no telling what sum you could sell your lease
mm f T a T . "IT. M 1 A IT I. 'll'
create a new group of millionaires. Oil invest
ments now are being made along scientific lines.
The old gamble has been shoved aside. Leases '
at low prices are going to create millions in new
wealth in the next decade. . '
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Morris Milder Leasing & Producing Co.,
503 Electric Bldg., '
Omaha, Nebl , , ,
Gentlemen: ' I 4 A .
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formation relative to yottr Texas acreage. .
Name
Address
City
for. Nor with the enormous amount of drilling
going on in Texas in all counties is there any tell
ing where the next big oil boom will break out. If
it is- near your lease, or a few miles from it, your
fortune is made. Take a fling at fortune. This
is your big 'chance. ,
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