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10 THE BEE:' OMAHA. FRIDAY, MAKCH 26, - li20. BOSTON BRAVES NEED PITCHERS; TWO AT LEAST 'Stallings Faces Tough Season - Again This Year Has Class A fnfield, But No Twiners. Columbus, Ga., March 25. (Spe rial.) Ever since they gave him the r.title of "miracle man" for winning (the world's championship in 1914, it's been toujfh sailing for George J-Stalliiigs; who pilots the Boston j, Braves, and unless that miraculous ' power returns to him It looks as if "it'll be as tough again this sum-'-mr. Just at present Stallings is suffer ing from the complaint that ails most of the major league managers r-I have visited this spring namely, -aii unconquerable hunger for a iCouple of star pitchers. John Mc Graw is about the only leader who Hasn't contracted the malady. "My team would be all right and have a chance to finish in the first aivision w i couia oniy get some pitchers," were the first words of the Gcoreia nlanter when asked about the prospects for his Braves. Not Enough for Practice. . "I've been terriblv handicannerl in the work so far, because there larcn't enough pitchers here to give jms batting practice. The rest of the ifteam is pretty strong, but we must ..have some pitching help. A trip to the fair grounds of Co lunibus disclosed the Braves on the 'tield of action, and one found there Dick Rudolph, slab artist of many J Hasans, and Joe Oeschger, one time nuricr ti major league worm wun the Phillies. T1..J-I- I, I- I a ivuaoipn, wno is getting along in ,years, is allowed his own time to get ,liis arm ready for championship ac- Ition, so has been unavailable for service of any value in the training itcanip, seldom being asked to pitch ?to batters. 5 John Scott, a hurler who last year .gave promise of becoming great, started the pitching staff "trouble ,jthis-spring by joining the popular holdout club. Then, there was the case of Cecil u Algernon Causey, who wrote Grant pa sassy letter during the winter stating what he demanded as sal jary and requesting the Braves' boss pnot 'to annoy him with mail unless , it was a missive containing a con tract for that amount. How Causey Was Lost. Grant then decided to show young Cecil a thing or two, so asked waivfcrs on him, but instead of prov ing to the lad that rfa other club considered hint wrth shucks, to the surprise of thi Brives'. poss two or three big league clubs put in a claim, and vtiow Cccft is Rearing a Phila delphia suif. ': ' The Braves' boss hoped to get evenHvhen he claimed and obtained Frank Miller from Pittsburgh, after the -latter had -asked waivers, on Miller's refusal ' to reporh Grant sent: 'Miller a letter or two and got rw answer, wen let u oe Known Dy elegraph that he would pav a salary as high as $5,000. But Miller,, who lives in Michigan, across the lake trom Chicago, returned a cool re fusal, and now , Grant is perplexed over what a young man in a Michi gan burg can -be doing to refuse $5,000 for -six months' pleasant work with the Braves. In the meantime Manager Stall ings toils diligently with his squad of rookies, hoping each day that one or two will flash a bit of big league stuff. ., Infield Is Class A. Hrtgh McQuillan, Frank Fahey, Hugh Brown and Eddie Eayers are aspirants working like fury yyth hopes and ambitions. Their hopes seem higher than those of the boss, -or Stallings infield is all right, with Rabbit Maranville at short perform ing in his flashiest form. He looks lit for the best year of his career, which ought to be some year. Wal ter Holke is capable at first, and Charley Pick is doing his usual stunts at second. Toney Boeckel is on third, but somewhat pushed for the job by -young Horace Ford, a sturdy, able lad. Christenbury and Johnny Raw lings are hanging- on as utility men, or trying to oust Pick from the keystone sack. Has Capable Fly Chasers. Capable outfielders are present in Walter Cruise in right, Ray Powell in center and Les Mann in left, the latter being excused from the train ing trip, as he is getting in shape as athletic director of a Texas college. Gene Bailey is playing left in Mann's absence and should land the job of utility man, though. John L. Sullivan, a husky recruit, seems sure to make good in Boston. Hank Gowdy, soldier and catcher de luxe, is chief backstop, with the veteran Art Wilson as ' assistant. Stallings has no cause for worry there.' George O'Neill, a youngster who played at Rochester, is sure of the third place on the staff and is hustling and performing so niftily that he might even nose in ahead of Hank and Art for a lot of games. " That aviator who broke the alti tudVrecord was almost within reach of a new spring suit. Veteran Third-Sacker to Play Against Omaha Jimmy Austin, who 10 or 12 years ago was the pride of Pa Rourke's Omaha team, is scheduled to play third base for the St. Louis Browns today against Omaha at Okmulgee, Okl. Austin is the oldest third base man in the major leagues. He was a profi:ient ball player when he joined the Omaha team more than 12 years ago. Rourke put the finishing touches on him and sent him into the big leagues. Jimmy is growing defiant "in his old age." He asserts that he is still good for several more years in fast base ball, regardless of mow majiy "likely" youngsters try for his place. Amateur Cage Season At Y. M. C. A. Closes; Party Is Postponed Last night marked the closing-of the 1920 amateur cage season at the Young Men's Christian association, when the Church league teams wound up their schedule. Last night Calvary Baptists forfeited to Pearl Memorials. Council Bluffs First Christians, last season's pennant winners, who finished in last place this year, for feited their game last night to Ben son M. E. Trinity Baptists scored a 10 to 8 victory over Hanscom Parks, although the Parks were awarded two points before the game started on account of the Baptists arriving late. First M. E. defeated M. E. Wops, 26 to 10. Despite the fact that the First M. E. won by a large score, the game was hotly contested throughout and only the remarkable shooting of F. and A. Gary brought victory to the winners. I he hrst halt ended in an 8 to 8 tie and during the first five minutes of the second neither team was able to score. Pearl Memorials won over a picked-up team, 14 to 11, and Ben son High defeated Benson M. E. bv a to i score. Kight forward Dutcher saved his team from a shut out when he shot a sensational goal from the center of the floor. Physical Director Weston an nounced that the basket ball party scheduled for next Thursday night has been postponed until the medals arrive. Penn Beats Chicago In Second Game for Basket Ball Title Philadelphia, March 25. Univer sity of Pennsylvania defeated the University of Chicago Thursday, 29 to 18, in the second of a three-game series for the college basket ball championship of the United States. This gives each team one victory. The deciding contest will he played at Frinceton Saturday night. Murphy Team Will Play on Creighton Field This Year Murphy-Did-It base ball nine has secured Creighton field for the sea son and according to Fred Eckardt, business manager of the Murphys, intend to bring some of the fastest amateur and semi-pro teams in the country to Umaha this year. The Murphys reorganized Wed nesday with virtually the same team they had last season when they copped the western amateur cham pionship. The following officers were elect ed: Harry Williams, president; Bert Murphy, vice president; Eddie Dygert, treasurer: Eddie Lawler, manager, and Fred C. Eckardt, business manager and secretary. A trip through the east is now being tentatively bookd. Champions to Be Out for Base Ball Practice Monday The first call for base ball candi dates at the High School of Com merce will be made Monday morn ing. The entire 1919 squad will be back this year. Last year the book keepers were the city and state champions, losing no games throughout the season. The business lads will again enter the interscholastic base ball league. South High, Central and Creighton will probably re-enter the league. Women Bowlers Lose Special Match To Armour All-Stars ED HEMINGWAY, ONLY HOLDOUT, IS NOT MISSED Mullins Is Showing Up Fine at Hemingway's Position, . Pa Rourke Says Over Telephone. Every member of the Rourke fam ily is now on the job at Okmulgee ! with the exception of Ed Heming ! way. This was the cheerful news ! imparted by W. A. Rourke to Mrs. Rourke over the long-distance tele phone last night. The Omaha magnate, Mrs. Rourke reports, is immensely happy over the prospects. He believes he has a fighting team and an Al manager in Jack Lelivelt. Hemingway is the only blot on Rourke's program. Hemingway is a good ball player. He proved that last year. And he would be wel come in the Omaha infield. But Hemingway apparently has devel oped temperament. It did not crop out until almost the beginning of the training seasop. Ten days before reporting time at Okmulgee, Hemingway wired Rourke acceptance of terms and said he was mailing his signed contract. But the contract failed to appear and when Rourke reached Okmulgee he received a wire in which Heming way stated he was quitting base ball. The supposition is that Heming way is trying to stick up Pa for a few more kopecs on his yearly sti pend. But Pa refused to fall for the bait and the Hemingway physi ognomy is still conspicuous by its absence at the Okmulgee camp. In his long-distance telephone con- Mabel Housman's all-star women bowlers dropped a special match to the Armour all-stars last night at the Ofriaha alleys despite the valiant effort of Miss Housman to bring her team to a victory over their male opponents. Miss Housman rolled 220 in her first game and 205 in her second. But for several bad breaks in luck in her third game she probably would have captured the high score for-the evening. In her third game she bowled 158. Following" are the scores made by both teams: Houaman'g All-Star.. Armour Co. Ho'man 220 205 158 Clark .,146 196 201 Stunz ..158 14B lfiS Strom ..1S1 106 167 ern'dt .11S 133 138 Raff ...184 150 16S ramlson 180 166 142 Trout'an 158 188 158 Pilling .146 153 216 Paulson 230 152 230 CAREFULLY selected materials and cleverly designed models char acterize the . Spring Lanpher styles LANPHER HATS Total 820 803 822 Total 898 792 922 Senior Girls Capture Championship in High School Basket League Central High senior girls' basket ball squad won the championship of the school Thursday afternoon by defeating' the freshman sextet in the final round, score 10 to 3. Captain Marguerite Walmer of the victors was the mainstay of the upperclass squad. She scored for six of the winners' points. Edna Warren's guarding was responsible for keeping the losing score to one field basket and a free toss. Louise Jorgensen. substituting for Captain Wycoff of the -freshman team, was the big gun on her squad, but was unable to defeat the seniors single-handed. The junior team will play the sophomores this week for the celar position. The freshman squad will be hosts to the senior team at banquet. Rain Prevents Game Between Rourkes and St. Louis Americans i Okmulgee, Okl., March 25. (Spe cial lelegram. ) Heavy rains Wednesday night prevented the game between St. Louis Americans and Omaha scheduled to be played J hursday afternoon. The game booked tor Inday between the same teams will be played if weather per mits. New Leader in A. B. C. All-Events; Frequent Changes Take Place . . Peoria, 111., March 25. J. Hradek of Chicago went into first place in the all-events at the American Bowling congress here Thursday night, scoring 1,886 pins in his nine games. He replaces R. Meyer of St. Louis. Hradek also fhot for 682 in the individuals, taking third place. Changes among the 10 leaders came thick and fast late Thursday. M. Leucker, Chicago, landed fifth in the individuals, when he scored 679. B. Bruske, Chicago, moved into fifth place in the all-events with 1,858. W. Van Beck and S. Lard nois, Green Bay, Wis., went into fifth place in the two-men events with 1,250 pins. A chance to go far into the lead in the doubles was lost by T. Kar licek and T. McGlone, Chicago, late Thursday afternoon, when they fell down in their third game. Shooting 852 in their first two games, they needed only 407 in the third frame to assume the lead. They shot for only 324, a total of 1,176, and were barely able to land among the prize winners. Teams from Denver and eight other cities were on the late shift. versation with Mrs. Rourke, Pa sang soothing words concerning Mr. Mullins. This youth, Pa reported, is showing all kinds of stuff. He is showing up so well in training that Pa is beginning to miss Hemingway less and less. Pat Mason also has reported. Pat, it will be recalled, is the Kansas City sandlot youth who took a quick brodie into the bush last year. He has repented. Mason looks like a comet. A lit tle more experience will make him a finished athlete. So Pa's infield looks pretty sweet without Hemingway. (' MllllltllMUIIIIIIIIilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllM TRACK TALKS By Coach Henry F, Schulte University of Nebraska niiiimiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimin The Running High Jump. Bear in mind that the object of form is not alone to put the center of your bodily mass as high as pos sible, but to get it across ,the cross bar. in other words your jump is good form only when at the highest point of flight your center of a mass is as near as possible to the cross bar. While there are three or four quite generally used forms in the high jump, there are almost dozens of variations. It will be possible, however, in this article to discuss only some of the distinctive forms. The Oldest Form. The first jump any boy makes is invariably a straight front jump with the legs doubled up and the body al most perpendicular. This form gives good elevation to the center of mass but is worthless when you must cross a bar. A mature juniper with this might do 5'6." The Side Scissors. Realizing the fact that the hang ing legs of the oldest form knock off the bar at too low a height, the jumper naturally turns to the side scissors. 1. In this form the run is from an angle of about 30 degrees. 2. The near side leg is kicked straight up and caught with a snap when above the bar. 3. The far leg springs hard with the aid of arms and body and then swings up and over the course of the near leg. 4. When over the bar the body is in a hunched sitting position ;ac- ng along the bar. 5. Jumper lands facing as he did in run. Slight The Front Scissors. 1. Run straight at bar. circle near bar. 2. Near foot kicks straight up. at about 60 degrees to bar. 3. Far leg doubles and slides side ways over bar. 4. Arms and, body aid spring of far leg. 5. Torso crosses bar slightly lac ing towards center of slight circle run. 6. Torso and first leg lying al most horizontal in air over bar. 7. Alight almost facing bar. Front Hitch Kick, Sometimes Called the Front Scissors. 1. Run about perpendicular to bar, very slight circle at end of ran usually. 2. Far foot toes decidedly out as it is set for spring. This aid in twisting over bar. "3. Near leg tremenduous stilt legged kick almost perpendicular to bar. 4. Arms and body aid maximum spring of fore leg doubles under beside near leg when going ovei bar. 5. OVer the bar body (perpen dicularly horizontal to bar) twists sharply and comes down facing bar. Arms extended over head. 6. This jump is in effect a hitch or double kick. Advantages. 1. Maximum spring. 2. Low center of mass. 3. Body jack-knife over bar. T'ic body lrom legs to arms in cross ing the bar act somewhat like h cloth being drawn over the bar. 4. Not merely difficult to master. Effective for well over 6 feet. FORTY-TWO MAT MEN LISTED IN STATE TOURNEY Largest State Wrestling Meet Ever Held Scheduled for Y. M. C. A. Satur day Night. Forty-two entries had been re ceived last night for, the annual Ne braska amateur wrestling' tourna ment scheduled to take place Satur day night at the Young' Men's Chris tian association. Norman J. Weston, in charge of the tournament, expects at least 12 more entries before noon Friday when the lists will cIom. Amateur wrestlers from all part of the state are registered in compe tition. Among close followers of amateur wrestling, Joe Thomas, who will represent North Platte, is a big favorite. Another favorite is H. W. Angle of York Y. M. C. A. York will be represented in each of the eight classes at the meet. Ohe Shirt With. Comfort Points Your ollar will set comfortably on a Beta Brummel Shirt th neck is cut at the proper slope. There ar bust ether fu. oni why yon'U enjoy wearlns J 4 7 A REAL COMBINATION Of STYLE ANOGQtfORT Expenditure of $5,000 for Golf and Tennis Approved Expenditure of $5,000 from the park bond fund for golf and tennis court improvements in Fontenelle park this season, was approved by city council yesterday. An appropriation of $1,000 was also authorized for the purchase of trees and shrubs for parks and boulevards. Valgar Scores E. 0. St. Louis. March 25. Benny Val gar, French lightweight, knocked out Harry Kabakoff of St. Louis in the sixth of a scheduled eight-round bout Thursday night. The men fought at 128 pounds. Exhibition Games. Jacksonville, Fla., March 26. R. H. E. Brooklyn Nationals 2 6 1 New York Americans 0 4 1 Batteries: Pfeffer. Cadore and Elliott; Kruger, Marya, Quinn and Ruelus. Valdostn. Ga.. March 25. R. H. H. Boston Nationals 4 8 1 Detroit Americans 1 1 Batteries: F.ayas and O'Neill; Cox, Okrle, Stanage and Wootlall. Deland. Fla.. March 25. R. H. B. Washington Americans 5 S 4 Cincinnati Nationals 4 t i Schant. Carlson and Pictnlch; Reuther, Sea and Ruriden. T,os Angeles, March 25. R. H. B. Chicago Nationals 3 9 1 Vernon Pacific Coast 2 14 (Twelve Innings.) Batteries Stolz, Martin and Daly; W. Mitchell, Snyder, Hill and Devormer. San Benito, Tex., March 25. R. H. E. St. Louis Nationals 6 10 0 Philadelphia Americans 4 t Batteries Haines and Clemson; Perry, Rommel). Schultz and Perkins. Today's Calendar of Sports. Raring: Winter meeting of Cabs American Jockey club, at Havana. fiolf: Annual tournament of South western Golf association opens at Tucson, Aril. I'ulted North and Month women's championship eloses at Pinehurst, N. C. Gymnastics : Eastern Intercollegiate championships, at Haverford. Pa. Wrestling: Eastern Intercollegiate cham pionships, at Philadelphia. Boxing: Ctay Turner against Battling Levlnsky. 10 rounds, at Hartford. Conn. Young Klohy against Frankie Brltt. It rounds, at Boston. 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