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12 THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1920. PAID PLAYERS iThese Rourkes Helped Trim Kansas HURT AMATEUR BASE BALL HERE Threaten to Disrupt Organiza . tions of Sand Lotters Out-of-Town Teams Buy Players' Services. - i Amateur base ball in Omaha faces a serious crisis. Out-of-town teams 1 in the middle of the season often want players for a single game or a single series or lor week-end ball and for the services of such players will pay from $10 to $150 a day. When an amateur base ball player hears an offer of real money from neighboring town he often forget , his amateur standing, withdraws T from the team he is lined up with and takes up the offer. .The' nine he left has to struggle through the remainder of the season '' without him. f Can't Apply Rule. " The local amateur association has , ruled that any amateur accepting ,f such an offer and throwing his team down in midseason is subject to sus- pension from amateur base ball for ! two years. But the ruling cannot be applied, according to officials of the' association, because it affects i . too many players. Although the Greater Omaha league was reorganized for the sca ' son with four teams last week, last night's meeting in the citv hall found one of the four teams withdrawn and another wavering. -Ernie H6lme, backer of the Holmes White Sox last year, has refused to put a team in the field this season as many of his players will not sign season contracts. The players can hear the call of out-of- town teams already and refuse lo tie themselves up with an amateur team . when they can sell their services. , The Cudahy team is wavering and t ft is doubtful whether the Murphy i Did-Its, last season's champions and western amateur champs, would enter, according to Secretary Fred f C, Eckardt, as the Murphys have made other plans for the season. Other Leagues Start. 9 Eight teams, Ramblers, Vachal Pharmacy, Bearcats, Woodmen of ' the World. McKcnney Dentists. M. C. Peters Milling company. Brode s gard Crowns and United States Rubber coninanv. were granted franchises in the Gate City class C league, which will open its season e..J.... AM 10 Will..- NpI. fill .llllllldV. nUUl I L. uailM i.v. son was elected president of the league. - Secretary Isaacson announced that four teams, Omaha National j. Banks, United States National Banks, Packers' National and Mer- chants' National, have joined the T 1 . ' 1An.v..A -i ii A turn trinrp 1 1 'J . r X(tllKCia league ouu .. promised to fall in line this week. The league will either play Satur-. g day afternoon ball or Sunday .morn ing. The Omaha Boy Scouts will also form a league and the Anieri f can Legion league will get under way some time this week. 1 Lincoln Amateurs Organize UlUWIl'i a.vu., ...... - i l A 1 1 II K has been organized in the citv and representatives of seven teams have. f ArrtA iVieir cnnnnrl to nut teams K wiwvx. ....... i ' " - - i . i i r . 1. ... in inc league ior me tunnuK smun. P. A. Barrows, lieutenant governor, will sponsor the state house team. City Blues Three Games Straight f ill- , a m " us m . Here are five of Pa Rourkes ath letes who have just wpn every game ofa three-game series with the Kansas City Blues in the Rourke training camp at Okmulgee, Okl. Walter Nufer is an Omaha boy. He played with an amateur nine here last summer. Nufer, Weidell brothers, Joe in center field and Bill at third base; Welch, an outfielder and Floyd Brown, a catcher, are all showing exceptional form accord ing to word from Okmulgee. "Carpentier Wouldn't Last Two Rounds With Dempsey " -BILLY ROCHE Veteran Fight Fan Thinks Frenchman Not in Class With Champion Suggests That Carpentier Be Matched With Fast Middleweight or Light Heavyweight. "Carpentier wouldn't last two rounds with Jack Dempsey, de clares Billy Roche, veteran fight fan and promoter of boxing bouts for the A. E. F. in France and Ge rmany. "Thex Frenchman is an admirable fellow and a deservably popular boxer of no little ability, bur he isn't in Dcmpsey's class." declared Roche Wednesday when interviewed in New York. "He is inferior to the champion in every physical way. Dempsey would dispose of him as easily as he has beaten any of the other heavyweights. "Carpentier should be matched Vjth one of our light heavyweights or middle weights, with a man who can't slug like Dempsey can, a man who would box rather than depend on his rugged superiority and rush him." Roche said he had seen both Carpentier and Dempsey in action frequently. During the war he was sent to France by the Knights of Columbus to promote boxing bouts for the A. E. F. and there he saw the French idol in action several times. "There's only one thing to be said about the present European crop of boxers they're a poor lot. And as I see it, Georges Carpentier is an outstanding star among them. I'm not trying to take anything from Georges. But he isn't in the same class with Jack Dempsey. "Carprntier really belongs in the light-heavyweight class. It is true that he knows a lot about the Amer ican style of boxing, for he got his dearest lessons from Americans. But I can't see where he has a chance against that rugged fellow from Salt Lake. "1 expect to see this atrmy heavy weight championship settled be yond question before many months have passed. There is a movement on foot to match all of the A. E. F. heavyweights in a scries of elim ination contests. New York Legalizes Boxing. Albany, N. Y., March 24. The senate, by a vote of 30 to 19, late today adopted the Walker bill, de signed to legalize boxing in the state under the auspices of the army, navy and civilian board of boxing control. Now Comes With Its ipringtime Severe Tax Upon the Human System That general run down condition, known as 'Spring Fever' is now : abroad in the land. . Pour ra. T"1 P arp fortunate fvvi"v . .... ' enough to escape the deoili tating, dragging down condi n tion that Always comes with ' the changing seasons, and es ; pecially when nature is under- going the transition from win-';- ter into springtime. T Juit now there ! univer- i al readjuitment of every T element in nature. Plant and S i animal life alike merge into S the re-awakening that conies T with the budding of spring- f 'S time. 4" Naturally, such a decided change means a severe tax upon the elements involved. In plant life it means that all the energy stored away for winter sustenance has been consumed, and the plant or tree must gather new forces to feed and develop it and give it strength and nourishment to enter upon the long, dry, heated term. Similarly, the human body has just passed through the severest season of the entire year, and has been subject to the' hardships of the winter season with all of its various attacks of sickness and dis ease. And even though, you may have escaped the prevail ing dangers and come through the winter without having succumbed to illness, still your system has been severe ly taxed, and all the stored up energy has been consumed in warding off disease. .... The human system is now endeavoring to throw off the accumulated impurities, and your run-down condition is a mute appeal to nature for help in preparing for ths changing season. As springtime approaches, you begin to notice a loss of energy, you become easily tired out and fatigued, your appetite fails, and that worn out, good-for-nothing, run down feeling seems to have complete possession of your body. Your poor, tired out body has fallen a victim te what is commonly called "spring fever," and a feeling of complete lassitude per vades the entire system. Just as plant life throws off the accumulations of the win ter season, so does the human system find it necessary to get rid of the impurities that have crept in. and made the blood supply sluggish and interfered with the vigor and strength and energy that is so badly needed to enter upon the new season. The most important part of the human system is the blood supply. It is absolutely nec essary that the ever-flowing stream of life-giving fluid be kept pure and rich and that no impurities be permitted to creep in to maJte it sluggish and impair' ramr general health. You should! take the first indication of "spring fever" as an unfailing warning that your blood needs a thorough cleansing and toning up. Im purities that have been accu mulating throughout the win ter season should be elimi nated, "and the system put in the best possible- condition to withstand the dangers of summer sickness. Of course, you do not feel like placing yourself under a doctor's care, and there is really no necessity for doing so. Your system simply needs a good toning up, and for this purpose there is nothing equal to S. S. S., the fine old blood purifier and tonic that has been in successful use for more than half a century. S. S. S. is nature's own rem edy, being made from roots and herbs of recognized me dicinal value, gathered direct from the forests. It acts di rectly upon the blood, prompt ly cleansing it of all impuri ties, improving the appetite, and giving new strength and vigor to the entire system. S. S. S. gives prompt relief i from so-called spring fever, and a few bottles taken right now will put your system in perfect shape for the chang ing season. You can obtain this fine old remedy at any drug store. Your druggist will tell you that it is one of the most reli able remedies on his shelves. For free expert medical ad vice regarding your own case you are invited to write to Chief Medical Adviser, 176 Swift-Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga. "TWO AND THREE" PUTTING THE NEXT ONE OVER By BUGS BAER. Like a leader without an orchestra. Like a porcupine without its quills. Like a whale without the ocean. Like unto jlack Sennctt without his bathing girls, as a turtle minus its shell, and a pinochle club with no playing cards. Like Bevo without the raisin. Like a hornet with no stinger. Like a guy in the automat without a nickel. A walking delegate a without a strike, and John D. minus all his oil. Like a ptecher without his good old Bible. Like a truck farmer in the Canni bal Islands, similar to a mail order house during a letter carriers' strike, and bearing close resemblance to a baby without its mother. Like a vaudeville show without its Swiss bell ringers, its flying armadillos, its eight xylophone players, and its tramp juggler. Like a hen without claws trying to scratch up a concrete.sidewalk to get a worm that ain't there. Like Judy without Punch. Like Boston without its beans. Like Liberty without a torch. Like a cootie without a war. Like a Barnum and Bailey without a circus. Like a llaig and Maig label with out the contents.' Like a constabulc without his badge. Like a red ant with no picnic. Like the glass slippers without Cinderella. Like the League of Nations with out the nations. Like the sun without its heat. Like Uncle Tom with no cabin. Like the wildcat without its claws boiler tactory without a Like a hammer. Aiicl like an engagement without its diamond. ring THAT'S HOW THE RED SOX ARE WITHOUT BABE RUTH. Exhibition Games. l.os Anuples. March S4. R. H. E. Chtoauo Nationals 4 10 0 Los Angeles Pacific Coast 3 6 3 BaUerlps: Alexander, Hendrix and O'Farrell; Schultz, Thomas and La pan. Waco, Tex.. March 24. It. Tf. E. Chicago Americana 14 IB 0 Baylor University 0 3 4 Batteries: Heath, Marquis and Lynn; Lane, Dawson, Lyons and Weathers, Long. Tampa. Fla.. March 24. R. H. E. Cincinnati Nationals 3 10 0 Washington Americans 6 6 S Batteries: Ring, Oerner and Allen; Erlckson, Shaw and riclnioli. OkmulfreeJ Okl., March 24. R. IL E. K. C. Am. Association 4 8 0 Omaha Western 9 lj J Batteries- Evans. Horstman and Brcck; Smith, Robinson and Hale. With the Bowlers. SW JFT CO. LEAGl'E. Prides. I FramitimV i.m i ma .131 124 113 Hump'y 1 fi9 162 175 Roff Finch ..12? 120 miKaspar Kiefer ..127 lii:l mi.Nielson Johnston 181 132 J91Hoffer Callius .170 ISO lC3Ulasnlck IHandlcap .173 142 154 .125 170 109 .157 157 154 18 18 18 Total .801 77 eillver lf. Robson .134 197 Neptns'y 144 135 Pirdue .204 135 B. Irlne.130 130 Grimin .203 207 309J Total .762 772 768 I Empire. 182iKoctch'r 123 143 110 J99IBInmer .130 109 130 177Oulles ..130 130 130 130!Kapar ..125 150 106 2231 Heinz . .124 205 193 Handicap 28 28 28 Total .824 8G7 Gem. Boatin'n 139 142 A. Mehl.15.1 181 Hender'n 146 218 Prey ...183 182 Stouffer 175 190 Total .796 913 AI.A311TO 801 Total .670 771 696 I nrookfielrf 178IRoben 168Hehn . 160) rasper 1781-Wllson 1831 Pearson .182 141 148 .145 182 159 .143 145 158 .142 147 138 .162 221 167 AMI' ant. Flam Gustof'n 145 174 Hlef ...152 136 Younc .124 150 Beckm'n 155 131 Petcra .169 123 857 Total .774 836 770 DAIRY LEA4.1 E. I Sales. 104lPtmin ... 93 165 112 1491 Knaeffel 105 1 17 93 142 129! 148 Rasmes'n 106 1 17 93 Krenzer 123 124 105 Liartlctt 169 135 139 Total .745 664 673 eiupply. IVeimlg'r 168 143 1671 ntcn ..147 177 161 Howitn Rueler .146 188 209!lluehler Kuhrey 181 138 159IKeman Noland .190 16& 172ILuhrey -1 Total .652 692 694 Offlee. Poncelow 170 187 120 .104 161 131 .114 138 168 .150 155 160 .126 1D 115 Total .832 754 8881 Total .664 797 694 Today's Calendar of Sports. Karlnr Winter meetlnr nt Cuba-Ameri can Jockey rltih, at Havana. Ilakethtill I'nlversltr nf Pennsylvania arniitsa I nlrerslly of Chicago, at Phila delphia, 4iolf .fnifeil .North and Booth women' rhnmiilnnnhip. at Plneliurst, X. C. W rent line Southern A. A. V, champion shin", at Mew Orleans. Ilniing -Pinkey Mitchell against Joe Welling, 10 round, at Kenosha, Wis. Dr. Scoor, Dentist st Nat BX Bldg. Adv. V PHILLIES ARE NO JOKE SAYS CRUSINBERRY Jesse Tannehill, Wise Old Slab Artist, Is Teaching Pitch ing Staff Tricks of The Trade. By JAMES CRUSINBERRY. ' Birmingham, Ala.. March 24. Ex pecting to find a badly wrecked ball team, one is somewhat surprised upon coming to Birmingham, the training camp of the Phillies, and discovering that Gavvy Cravath not only has assembled quite a formid able outfit, but has things hum ming briskly and harmoniously. The Phillies may not look like pros pective champions, but they aren't a joke. "Better than I expected," said the famous slugger manager, when asked how things looked. "I was a bit scared about our ' chances to make much of a showing until I got this gang down here on the field, but now I think I really may have a team that will suprise a few peo ple this summer." The situation on the Phillies is just this: It is a pretty fair hitting ball club, one that can produce enough runs to win a lot of games providing the de fense is good. The club boasts a set of infielders and outfielders capable of doing good defense work. . Cravath has a pitching staff that is doubtful, but at the same time one which lias four or five men of experience who- might happen to have, a good year. If four of them should have a good season, the Phil lies sure would be a surprise. That Manager Cravath is making pood as a leader seems quite evi dent. He realized at once that only good pitching could make his club look like it belonged in the majors, so he went after that end of the game right from the start. He hired Jess Tannehill, old time southpaw pitcher, who in his day was rated one of the wisest of slab artists. Cravath simply turned the pitch ing staff over to Jess and told him to get busy with it. And Jess has been busy. He's going into the de tails and rudiments of pitching. He takes a squad of three and works sometimes an hour or two with them and a catcher on nothing but signs. He believes many a ball game has been lost because of a misunder standing between the pitcher and catcher. He drills them on signs and switching of signs until thy have mastered it. iiiiiifiiiniiiiiiiiiiiii:iiiMiBEiiKititiiiiiiiriii;itMiiiriiiEiiiMiiiinMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim TRACK TALKS By Coach Henry F. Schulte University of Nebraska niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiumuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin THE 880-YARD RUN COMPETITION. ttway or just as you approach a curve. Passing on the curve is rare In order to run the race properly it is necessary to know yourself. By proper training first and then later by try-outs you must discover just how you can make the best time. Some 880 men find that they can do best running the first quarter fairly fast; others, that they can make the best time by running the first 440 rather slowly and coming faster in the latter half of the race. The event, however, is not a race ugainst time. In competition the ob ject of all runs is to beat the other fellow. To do this you should know pomething of its possibilities. You 'hould know how he runs his race, where he leads out or sprints, whether be has a poor sprint or a 'ong or short sprint, and whether he is really game. Bluff a Little. If he has a habit of sprinting his 'irst quarter, you may have to let him take a gradual lead in that part of the race. If he has a poor sprint. .ill you need do is to stay at his heels until the home stretch is reached. Against a chap'who has a r.hort sprint you may have to lead out along about 220 yards from the tape, while against the man with the long sprint you may have to match him with an equally sharp sprint at the very finish for victory. If vour opponent lacks gameness, a little bluff when the race begins to tell on you both may take the heart out of him and make it easier for you at the finish. Since the race is usually on a quarter-mile track, there are a num ber of places in the race where you can take the lead. It is best to take the lead either as you hit a straight-! ly advisable. Each foot that you run wide gives your opponent a big handicap. If you try to pass Jinn as you enter a straight-away you may let yonrselt in tor a long stamina-trying sprint; while if you try just as you come to th curve ivou may be forced fo check back. A sharp, quick, and unexpected try, however, will often succeed. What Is Confidence? The footraccr holds that it is best to let the other fellow make ihe pace if he will go fast enough to suit you; and further that if you make a try to pass him it is well to fight it out right then to set who is the bettef man. To drop back after a try, not only means a loss of position already gained, but it means that you have added a bit to your opponent's assurance his faith in himself. If the othei fellow believes in himself strong.y enough he is a hard man to beat. (Right here it might be well to consider what assurance or oelicf in self really means.) True con fidence, like the quiet stream, urns deep. The chap who always tells you how good he is and what he is going t do, is usually talking to bolster up his own courage. He is afraid, and the sound of his own voice gives him a spurious cou'age. His very boasting or prophesying causes a flaw in his confidence. When lie gets in a tight place and the ever-present fear of defeat strikes at him, he will recall his boasting and recognize that ' c has talked too. much. On the other hand, if the chap who even' before the race lacks assurance, silently ad mits his fear he will have no weak ening regrets in the race. Western Union Pin Tumblers to Compete For Carlton Trophy Employes of the Western Union Telegraph company all over the country will compete in bowling Monday night for the championship and the company and the Carlton trophy. All matches will be handled by telegraph. Omaha will be head quarters of the central division re ceiving "results from Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas. Omaha will be repre sented by two teams in the central division. The results of contestants will be reported over a special wire. Carpentier in First Bout Tonight; Opposes Major Drexel Biddle . New York, March 24. Georges Carpentier, champion heavyweight boxer of Europe, is reported to have agreed to stage an exhibition bout here Thursday night in which Major A. J. Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia will be his opponent. Major Biddle is the chairman of the army, navy and civilian board of control and president of the International Sport ing club of New York, and a heavy weight boxer. OMAHA TEAM IS VICTOR IN THIRD GAME WITH K, 0, Clean Up Final Game of Series With Kansas City Team St. Louis Americans Are Next. Okmulgee, Okl. March 24. (Special Telegram.) Pa Kourke's Omaha Western leaguers made it three straight .from Kansas City Blues here Wednesday by trimming the Missourians 9 to 4 in the final contest. The St. Louis Americans will play here Thursday and Friday. Smith and Robinson of the Rourkes held the visitors down- to eight hits, while Omaha pounded Evans and Horstman for 13. Three Teams Roll Into A. B. C. Money; Rank Below First Ten Peoria, 111., March 24. Three teams rolled into the prize-winning class in the five-men events' at the Amer ican Bowling congress Wednesday night. Academy of Kenosha with ,82.?. was high: Cabanue's of St. Louis hit for 2,815, and McCarron Regulars, Kenosha, scored 2,810. None of the marks will carry the teams to a ' place among the 10 caders. Stecher Dumps Popoff. Cleveland, ()., March 24. Toe Stecher, world's champion heavy weight wrestler, won from Ivan ropoff, Russian wres'tlcr, in straight falls here Wednesday night. Steelier took the first in 48 minutes, 30 sec onds with a body scissors ami arm lock. He took the second in II nrinutes and 10 seconds with a head scissors. Ohe Shirt With Comfort Points ertg comfort" in Continuous facing on cuffs prevents tearing There's real work- mtnihip, u J1 tl SecwelcSlurfe A JEAL COMBINATION OF 5TYU AND COMFORT Pll II MF The deinand is loud, emphatic, insistent. .It comes from all classes and all corners. It will not down. It cannot be stifled. It comes from Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado, from Kansas, Utah, Montana and Wyoming: from Missouri, Minnesota and the Dakotas, as far south as Tennessee, as far east as New York. All of these states are splendidly represented in our sub scription lists. ' Public Sentiment, standing squarely for Individual Liberty and State Rights, sent forth three weeks ago its call for support and for approval of its principles. The response wras not only gratifying. It was sensational. The cry for some relief from the present prohibitory exactions reflects a state of mind that may well give concern to reasonable men if there are any in the Prohibition fold. Whether or not irrecon cilables heed the warning, they will realize next November that made-to-be-broken promises, trickery, intimidation and bully ing must si . They will learn that the raising of huge amounts of money among feverish gullibles and squandering it on a horde of parasites is neither honorabte nor politically clean. " A week or so ago, chief Political J awsmithpublicly announced that Prohibi tion will be the paramount issue in the coming campaign. And only a fewr days af ter that utterance, this same exhprter proclaimed if press dispatches quoted him correctly that Prohibition will not be the leading issue this year. Either he is hopelessly muddled or he is purposely trying to hit on some expedient to make the public forget. But The public will not forget. Broken promises, search-and-seizure lawlessness and the premeditated curtailment of the citizens' individual rights are not easily erased. ' The voters of the nation are waiting a little impatiently, 'tis true to get . a crack at the "Reformers" next November- It is g'oing to be some swat or we miss our guess. When the smoke clears, you'll see a sprawled and drubbed bunch of Anti-Saloon .League leeches separated from the payroll. Favor Us With that Delayed Subscription of Yours Today. PIBLIC SESTDLEJiT riBLISHIAG COMPANY, INC, PUBLISHERS 310 Patterson Block - - - - Omaha, Nebraska Subscriptoin. Rates One Year, $5.00; Six Months $3.00. First Issue March 27.