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Nearly 200 Persons Partici
pate in First Gymnastic
Tournament and Exhibi
tion Since 1914.
Tel Jed SokM hall, 2220 South
Thirteenth street, was the scene of
gymnastic competition for the first
time since 1914 when nearly 200
men, women and children partici
mtti in an exhibition yesterday af
ternoon. Competing in the gymnastic num
litrs were men from the Tel Jed
Sokol of Omaha and representatives
trcm the South Side and Dodge,
Neb., turning societies. Women rep
resentatives of the same organiza
tion, and children, offered calis
thenic and dancing exhibitions as
part of the program. All gymnastic
events were included in the compe
tition for men.
O. Chavard of Omaha spoke dur
ing the meeting on the advantages of
gymnasium work. He explained the
physical development and mental
alertness that result from systematic
training, and the good health that
must follow Turners were fit for
service when ..ailed for military
duty, he said, and had a large part
in winning the war.
Members of the Tel Jed Sokol are
already in training for the state
tournament to be held at Crete, Neb.,
in August. Strong teams ,are to be
sent from the local society and
members are confident that their
representatives will carry off first
honors. Frank Lastovica and Ru
dolph Vanghc are instructors who
are grooming the "teams for the
tournament.
Amateur Players Seek
Positions With Teams
In Omaha Association
There will be no shortage of am
ateur base ball players in Omaha
this season.
Scores of applications have been
received by The Bee Clearing House
during the last, week from local
stars, ex-servicemen, former stars
and youngsters who are anxious to
make their first appearance.
These players arc ready to sign
up with members of the Municipal
Amateur Base Ball association, and
;iuy manager in need of players
should get in touch with the Clear
ing House at the earliest possible
time.
Although the Greater Omaha,
class A, Intercity, class C. and the
Sattirdav church league will not be
in the Jield this season, four other
leagues, the Banker, Boy Scout
American Legion and Industrial
league will appear on the diamonds
and with the City, American.
Booster. Gate City and Commercial
leagues already set for the opening,
the fans will witness many snappy
games the coming season.
The Bankers' league, with four
teams already entered, will meet
Wednesday night for final or
ganization, while the Boy Scout.
American Legion and the Industrial
leagues will also get under way this
werk.
Managers are lining up their teams
and will start the season on Sun
day, April 18, providing the weather
conditions permit.
The Booster and Gate City
leagues will meet tonight at the
city hall to make final plans and
adopt the 1920 playing schedules.
The Cudahy Puritans have reor
ganized with a fast semipro team,
and are arranging a schedule. Of
ficers elected at a meeting last week
.-.re as follows: W. T. Allen, presi
dent; J. T. McDonald, secretary and
treasurer; John Mogeson. manager,
,-ind Eniil Swansou, captain. Among
players signed arc: Potach. Lane,
Hadura. Waditler. Norgard. Pezd
titz, Trummer, Swanson, McAn
drews. Wolf, Krug, Christenson,
Alter and Mclntyre, the fans can
expect to see some snappy games.
Maxine Dempsey May
Not Testify Against
Her Former Husband
Washington, April 4. Maxine
Dempsey, divorced wife of Jack
Dempsey. world's . heavyweight
boxing champion, probably will not
testify against the champion when
his trial comes up in San Francisco
in two weeks on charges of evading
the draft law. If the champion
waives the right of excluding her,
which is a privilege accorded to the
defendant under the federal court
procedure, she may be called to the
stand, but otherwise she will not
figure in the trial of the champion.
This was discussed here Saturday
bv Miss Annette Adams, United
States district attorney for the
northern district of California, who
left tonight for San Francisco, after
consulting the Department of Jus
tice regarding Dempsey's prosecu
tion scheduled to begin April 17.
There are two counts in the in
dictment against Dempsey, the first
charging conspiracy with intention
to evade the federal selective law.
The second count charges him with
the violation of the law itself.
Jack Kearns. his manager, will be
tried on a conspiracy charge, as he
was in no way personally involved
in the charge of actually evading the
law.
Omaha Man Sells Filly
To Kansan for $1,500
Jack Kirkpatrick of Omaha re
cently .sold his 2-year-old filly, Anna
Lou, by Archdale, dam Anna Hall,
bv Walnut Hall, to C. C. Zellinger
of Bellville. Kan., and the fillv was
shipped Saturday evening. The
price paid by the Kansas man was
SI. 500. The filly was wintered by
Roy Owens, now quartered at the
Ak-Sar-Ben track, and was consid
ered one of the most promising
youngsters in his string.
Correct Arrangements of Orna
mental Plantrns For personal fa!!
and advice ohmus 159S. "We hav no
aeents. Menerav Nursery and Seed
Storp. 3341 West Broadway, Coun
cil Blurts, la. Adv.
- The Sot Put Continued.
The initial position.
Two positions acceptable: the side
stand and the facing stand.
In the side stand:
1. Stand facing at right angles
to the direction you wish to put.
2. Carry the weight on the rear
leg.
J. The forward leg should swing
up forward full lever in order to
aid in hitching the body across the
circle.
4. The first hop should place the
rear foot short of the middle of the
circle.
5. Alight on both feet. The body
crouched slightly. Rear leg. bent. Otf
arm fully extended.
6. Reverse " (Don't forget the
shoulder hitch and the off arm
lever).
7. From start to finish the body
must not ' hang" or hesitate one in
stant. The speed of action must be
progressive. Most of the success of
the effort lies in the continuous
increase of the speed of the motion
across the circle. Most young shot
putters check' or hang in the mid
dle of the circle. Remedy this by
carrying the body well ahead of
the rear leg as you make your first
hop.
Facing stand.
1. Take your stand facing directly
in line with your putting point.
2. Rear foot paralleling the edge
of the circle.
3. Kick your free leg straight for
ward several times. When you are
well poised start your first hop as
your leg goes forward and up.
4. Twist at your h.ps and alight
as in the side stand. (The rest of the
action to the finish is the same as
in the side stand). The advantage
of this form is the fact that the
putter alights from his first motion
with the putting shoulder hitched
well back.
General points to watch.
1. Stop a bit short of the center
on your first gliding hop.
2. Keep the weight forward to
avoid a hang.
3. Develop a good shoulder hitch.
4. Use the off arm as additional
leverage for the put.
5. Have as many fingers as pos
sible behind the shot. (Rose used
all his fingers and ' thumb behind
the shot. That gave him a fine wrist
snap at the finish).
6. Carry the shot against the side
of the jaw and neck until the last
instant.
7. The putting shoulder should be
lower than the off shoulder for four
fifths of the putting action.
TO WIN PLACES
AMONG LEADERS
Bowen Furniture Co. Team
High Among Omaha Bowl
ers in A". B. C, But Fail
To Land in Money.
Peoria. Ill April 4. (Special
Telegram.) Out of five starters in
the five-man event or the A. B. C.
here Saturday night, Omaha could
not deliver a single winner. None
of the teams was able to muster up
a total which would insure the re
turn of their entry money.
The Bowen Furniture Co. team
with 2,616. was high among the
Omaha pin mashers, but as 2688
is low among the prize winners they
will not receive any enumeration
for their efforts. The Omaha Boost
ers dropped 2,358, Beau Brummels
2,545. Chamber of Commerce, 2.453
and the Convention City team 2,554.
In order to land among the prize
winners in the two-man and individ
ual events here Sunday, the Omaha
bowlers will have to roll counts bet
ter than 1,112 in the doubles, 572 in
singles and 1.794 in all-events, as
these are the low counts marked up
among winners today. A. Jedlicka
headed the Omaha shooters Satur
day night with a .,628 total in his
three games. He hung up counts of
212, 214 and 202.
Bowen Furniture.
R. Shaw is: 1.1 ICS
O. lilbson mi its ins
Ft, Knrls 1S 160 174
A. Jodlleka 213 IH 20
H. Fits 148 1 SI 190
Totals 859 8S3 SV5 26l
Convention City.
L. Canfield 177 189 IS! ,
F. Hetruven 13 176 17
L. Coupal 143 199 193
K. Bramlan 175 1C8 U
F. Slmodynes 149 148 181
Totals 782 88 8922351
Bean Brummels.
H. Fritzchfr 197 211 137
J Blakeney 156 204 147
A. .Murphy 1S4 137 143
(. Zimmerman ...18 179 175
M. Huntington ...173 202 187
Totals 823 933 7892545
Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
.T. Hegan 160 161 157
R. Youn? '.ITS 147 1 44
It. Luiulgren 133 177 154
P. Pwonoda, ., 1S8 178 178
A. Fraud '. . . . .153 194 174
Totals 809 S37 40T 2403
Omaha Boosters.
J. J.nmlon 158 179 1 1
W. Wiley .., 157 155 179
.1. Welch 134 158 170
D. Butler 145 189 138
Al Krug 161 y181 144
Totals 755 862 7412358
OMAHANS FAIL WOMEN BOWLERS
Amateur Schedule.
Following is the Saturday Com
mercial league schedule for the 1920
season as adopted by the managers
at their meeting last week The
league will start the ball rolling on
Saturday afternron, April 17; play
ing a tiiree-roii'id se:?s ani dose
on Saturday, July 24. '
Following is the schedule:
April IT. May 22, Jane 28.
It"n Bis.'iilt Co. against Western Union.
Kirkendall Shoe Co against Swift & Co.
Orchard-Wilhelm against Bemls Bag.
April 24. Mar 29. July 8.
Iten Biscuit Co. against Kirkendall
Shoe, Co.
Western Union against Orohard-wllnelm.
Swift Co. against Bemls Bag.
Mav 1. June 6, Jnly 10.
Iten Bisc'iit Co. against Swift & Co.
Western Union against Bemis Bag.
Kirkendall Shoe Co. against Orchard
Wilhelm. . .
May , June 12. July IT.
Iten Biscuit Co. against Orchard-Wil-
k'western Union against Swift & Co.
Kirkendall Shoe Co. ngainpt Bemls Bag.
Mav l.i. Jnne 19, July 24.
Iten Biscuit Co. against Bemls Bag.
Western Union against Kirkendall Shoe
CSvlft & Co. against Orchard-Wilhelm.
Winter Base Ball Over.
John McGraw was asked for his
opinion on who should be named
chairman of the national commis
sion. He had no opinion, he said,
adding. "I can imagine nothing ot
less consequence right now." Win
ter baseball is over for McGraw.
Cheney Out for Good.
Larry Cheney, who is now in the
automobile business at Jacksonville,
Fla., savs he is done with base ball
for good. He gets a minor league
offer nearly every day. but throws
them all in the waste basket.
Kid Fielder Delivers Goods.
The San Francisco club's voung
semipro outfielder, Joe O'Connell.
has been showing up great in the
training camp. He is but 19 vear
of age and hails from Sacramento.
Hopkins Beats Cornell.
Baltimore. Md., April 4. Johns
Hopkins easily defeated Cornell
both at basket ball and lacrosse,
winning the former, 13 to 10, and the
latter, 9 to 1.
TAKE THIRD IN
MEET
HANDICAP
Annual City Tournament
Opens ( at Farnam Al
leys Entries Still
Coming In.
Women bowlers copped third
place in the opening games of the
anpual city handicap tournament at
Farnam alleys Saturday night. The
women playing under the name of
the Union Outfitting company
bowled 2,756 and s.tepped in ahead
of two-men , teams and another
woman's team.
Twenty-four teams were entered
when the first ball went down the
drives last night. Other teams were
still straggling in with entries, how
ever, and prospects are tliat the list
will approach 30 teams. ''
Tonight six more teams will take
the drives, the Armours, Paxton &
Gallagher, Sam's Scouts, Frank's
Jewelers and two Clan Gordon
teams.
Results of the first night's shoot
ing were:
ftonnr Tentsc 2.S40
Stauffers . 2.770
Union Outfitting Co. (women) 2.756
Farnam Alleys 2,574
Payne Investment Co. (women) 2.655
Nebraska and Iowa Steel Tank Co... 2,4,0
Scores of each game follow:
V. I. Co. (Women.) I N. A I. 8. T. Co. t
Th'pson 140 122 HS'Baustaln 113 137 143
Murrav i:(8 144 l-ismeonte lzs 13 J44
A. Stun 102 160 12UDodd 119 200 168
Th'pson 157 176 147iHirsch 121 141 179
Rauber 163 116 180McMahon 123 134 112
H'dlcap 125 125 125 H'dlcap 125 125 125
Total 823 903 834 Total 728 873 869
I.'. O. Co. (Women.) I Farnam Alleys.
House'n 185 153 155lTeynbee 116 147 19S
G'mandt 153 164 137IUarre 173 153 100
Jameson 138 168 183;Bushman 143 167 135
Radford 166 195 1781Ashton 81 164 201
Pilling 178 153 143iKanka 17 156 177
H'dicap 107 107 lOTiH'dicap 7 79 79
Total 27 S20
Scott Tents.
Martin 198 167
Mivell 157 199
Kneskl 158 184
Pevlne 192 173
M. Stun 201 196
H'dicap 31 31
9091 Total 768 866 940
I Stauffers.
184iRachman 139 157 221
170;t:rlmm 137 154 IBS
168' Prey
22ti'Col1ins
174iCtauffer
31H'diicap
167 214 177
164 162 203
147 193 172
65 65 65
Total 37 960 963 Total 19 945 1006
With the Bowlers
WESTERN INION LEAGUE.
27
2
30
30
36
47
Lost.
30
30
36
36
Team Standing Men.
Won. Lost.
Construction 39
riant 38
Auditor 36
City Superintendent 36
General Manager 30
Traffic 19
Women.
Won.
All-Stars 3
Traffic 36 '
Commercial 30
Plant 30
Individual Averages Men.
Nelson lRH Ambrose
Winn 174! YelvinKton ..
Lamb 173l.skelof
Watt 17 lj Saunders ....
We.t 171 Raeblch
Tolliver 1701 M. Lanyon ..,
Women.
Selander 1181 Murphy
Tonge 112Taylor
West 106Long
Sanger 1051 Ostler
M. Meyers 101Askelof
Yelvington 95j Carson
Wandell 94 Nerness
ivt.
.591
.576
.545
.545
.455
.288
Pet.
.545
.545
.455
.455
.ins
. ic
. 164
.162
.160
.167
93
93
92
93
91
91
90
LADIES METROPOLITAN LEAGUE.
Team Standing.
W. L.
Union Outfitting Co 40 :s
A. B. Sweet Shop 36 33
Payne Investment Co 36 3S
Omaha Printing Co 30 3S
Individual Averaged.
Mrs. Mullek ....1621 Mrs. Cowles
Miss Housman ..lSl'MIss Neshit
Miss Pilling ...158i.Mrs. Murray
Mrs.' Jameson .
Mrs. Thell
Miss Ooerne ...
Mrs. Gernandt .
Miss Thompson
Mrs. Stunz ...
Miss Rauber ...
Mrs. Thompson
158
.155
.1551
.151
149
.149
14
Mrs.
Miss
Miss
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mi:
1451 Mrs.
Tillson
Verdegren
Crowe . .
Stanton .
Beeson . .
lleese ....
Collins ..
Belden . ,
FARNAM LEAGUE.
W.
..45
..45
. .44
..44
Gmah Towel Supply Co.
McCaffrey Motor Co. .
Tnwnpend Gun Co. ...
Mil. a Taylors
Auto Delivery
H"tsy Ross Salesmen 34
Baker 1cm Machine Co,, Office 24
Baker Ice Machine Co., Shops 23
Indivlduul Averages
179' Rice
L
27
27
28
2i
40
41
51
02
Younger
Kent ...
Mlllson ,
Murphy ,
Chiles .,
Kanka
..mlTllliver
..178' Wolff ..
..177lHensIey
..175i Rowlts
.174 Wenke
Plambcck 174i Ashton
Pet,
.580
.522
.522
.435
..143
..142
..142
.143
141
.136
.132
.131
.124
.123
.119
Av.
.625
'.625
.611
.611
.467
.453
.320
.307
. .174
..172
..171
..170
..19
. .169
..168
TWO SANDLOT
PRODUCTS SURE
OF THEIR JOBS
Freynick and Skups Practically
Assured of Berths on
Pa Rqurke's Base
Ball Club.
Two products of Omaha sand lots
tre practically assured of berths on
the Omaha Western league base ball
club accordinc to a letter received in
Omaha from Pa Rourke Saturday.
They are Ed Freynick and Stan
ley Skupa, both pitchers.
Freynick pitched for the Armours
the last of last season. His first
introduction to Omaha fans was in
1917 when he played on the base ball
team of the local navy recruiting
station.
Skupa started last season with the
McCaffrey Motors in the City
league. Then he jumped to play in
Wyoming but finished the season
with Ernie Holmes' White Sox.
Freynick look particularly good,
according to Rourke, and Jack Leli
velt, manager of the Rourkes, be
lieves he will make a good Class A
hvrler.
Skupa is described as a willing
youngster with a good assortment
of stuff. He is still very green, how
ever. Walter Nufer, star infielder with
the Union Outfitting Co. last year,
who is with the Rourkes at Olkmul
gee, probably will be farmed out for
experience. Rourke, however, will
keep a string attached to Nufer. as
the local lad is regarded as a good
prospect. Nufer is still less than 20
years old.
Welch and Alervest, outfielders,
are not quite ready for Class A com
pany and probably will be farmed
out. The same applies to Earl Smith,
recruit pitcher.
The infield is airtight, according
to Rourke, despite the retirement of
Ed Hemingway, who was expected
to play third base. Wicdcll will be
the regular third sackcr.
He reminds of Jimmy Austin, ac
cording to Rourke. He is the same
type of hustler. Sam Maullins is
making good at short and with
Gislason at short a rare keystone
combination will he seen in action
at Rourke park this summer.
Rourke is sweet on rannero, the
Cuban pitcher. He not onlv is a
dandy hurler. Rourke writes, but he
is a good al! and a hangup hitter
Joe Wiedell, brother ' of the third
baseman, looks like the goods, ac
cording to Rourke, and probably
will be held.
Cv Lingle and George Hale will
easily take care of the backstopping
department and all that is needed
to make the team about as strong
as it is possible for a Class A club
to be is a good hitting outfielder I
and a righthanded pitcher. Pa has
lines out for both and expects to
land them before the season starts.
Rourke is particularly happy over I
the acquisition of Jack Lelivelt. He
believes Jack will .make the best
manager Omaha has had in years.
Lelivelt is hitting great guns in
Okmulgee and Rourke declares he
would not be surprised if the Omaha
manager leads trie league in hit
ting. Lelivelt will play first base.
World Billiard Champion
Here for 0. A. C. Exhibition
Robert Cannefax, world's three
cushion billiard champion is in Om
aha prepared to give exhibitions this
afternoon and evening at the Om
aha Athletic club.
Cannefax won the world's title
last fall in a tournament in New
York City.- Two years ago he de
feated Alfred De Oro, then title
holder. Otto Reiselt, a Chicagoan, is
matched to play Cannefax in his ex
hibitions. (
Indoor Ball League
Opens Tuesday Night;
Four Teams Entered
Final plans lor the opening of the
first indoor base ball league at the
Young Men's Christian association
were completed at a meeting held
Saturday afternoon.
ihe league will open its season on
Tuesday night, when Dygert's Old
Timers clash with the Parish's
Pearls, starting at 7:45 o'clock. On
Thursday night Mahoncy's All
Stars meet the Bowen Furnitures.
The league will consist of four
teams this season and will iday a
three-round series. Medals will be
given the winners.
Many- well-known base ball play
ers, among them being Eddie Dy
gert, Eddie Lawler of the Murphy-Did-Its,
Ernie Adams, Ike Mahoney,
George Parish, Spellman and others,
have entered.
Dempsey Case Postponed.
San Francisco, Cal., April 4. The
cases of Jack Dempsey, heavyweight
champion of the world, and his man
ager, Jack Kearns, indicted by a fed
eral grand jury in connection with
Dempsey's alleged evasion of the
selective draft were called in the
United States district court Satur
day and went over for two weeks, at
which time, it was announced, the
cases would be set for trial. Neither
Dempsey nor Kearns appeared in
court.
Outlaws Have Hard Sledding.
All those Idaho towns do not seem
so keen for outlaw base ball and
paying salaries of a thousand a
month to jumping ball players. Twin
Falls, after efforts to finance such a
team, has decided to give it up. The
money was not forthcoming from
the fans.
Yacht Eegatta Dated.
Vermillion. O., April 4. The In
terlake Yachting association's 19J0
regatta will be held at New York
July 1 to 11.
Over 150 Boys Take
Part in Hexathlon
Tourney at Y. M. C. A.
Scoring 528 points, William
Peerkle won the annual hexathlon
contests held at the Young Men's
Christian association during the
past week. He competed in the un
limited weight class, and set two
records and tied in the third event.
This year, 152 boys took part in
the contests, scoring a total of 17,
S75 points as against 17,310 last
year. The following 26 boys scored
over 400 points and will receive the
International "Y" athletic medal.
They are: William Beerkle, 528;
Hob Keyt, 497; Clarence Hunter,
426; Vemer Shallberg, 408; Van
Duscn. 470; Edward Fry, 409; Wal
lace Marrow, 480; R. Kucharo, 479;
C. Reis, 424: Frank Scriven, 413; J.
Fetteman, 403: John Madgett. 458;
M. Fuller, 433: A. Head, 407; B.
Perti, 447; A. Withrow, 477; Ray
Rubin, 467; E. Reis. 428; R. Rupe,
409; R. Chapman. 403; Henry Smith.
418; Harry Sunblad, 456; Harland
Wiles, 420; William Bergahm. 413;
E. Gember, 437 and R. Blundell, 405.
The best records made in the in
dividual events were:
Short potato race H. Iloblnson, 13 3-B
aernmls.
Long potato race Harry Smith, 34 sor
onris. High Jump Wilmur Uoerkle, S f'.et 34
inrhrrf.
Stnndlnit broad .lump W. Bforkle an.i
Harry Sruiih tied. 9 fet I inch.
Kanre vault Hoy Keyl. 5 foft.
Shot put W. BpprklP, 38 feet 5 Inrhes.
The above arc all new records for
Juniors.
The highest point winners in each
class were:
R0-11. class A, AVi throw, 417.
95-lb. class John Madgett, 438.
110-lh. rlass Wallace Marrow, inn.
1J5-1I). class Harry Van Dusen, 470.
I'nllniited Wllmcr Heerkle, 528.
George Wingfield to
Ship Thoroughbred
Harness Horses East
Sacramento, Cal., April 4. George
Wingfield of Reno, Nev., has been
in Sacramento several days prepar
ing to ship out his string of thor
oughbred horses that have been
working at the state fair grounds
during the winter. Walter Heath,
Wingfield's trainer, has had 30
horses under his care.
Heath will take J2 horses east to
face the barrier and send 13 year
lings back to the home ranch at
Reno. The racing string will go
direct to Havre de Grace, Md.,
where the season opens April 16.
next meeting will be at Pimlico. The
horses also are entered in the prin
cipal stakes throughout the east.
Wingfield considers Plucky Chap
the star of this string. This horse
was imported from England with
Wingfield's first shipment. Last year
he was raced at Honolulu, winning
every start.
Another horse Wingfield regards
highly is Waterwood, a three-year-old,
who won his brackets at Reno
last year. There also are 10 two-year-olds,
the get of Honeywood
an dthe Dutchman, which have been
working here all winter and are in
the pink of condition.'
Volley Ball Teams Will
Clash This Week for Title
The championship of the volley
hall league will be settled on Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday noon
at the Young Men's Christian asso
ciation, when the Tanks and the
Gas Bombs, who are tied for first
honors, will clash. They will play a
series of three sets, best three out
of five games to a set.
The winning team will receive the
championship belt and will be
matched against the winners of the
Council Bluffs "Y" league to decide
the Inter-city championship.
F'ollowing are the lineups:
Tanks.
F. A. Jlatthews
Oeorifo Long
A. 11. Kittell
J. Crowley
J. 13. Smith
In-. H. VV. Weeks
Gas Bombs.
A. G. Plnkerton
Wlllam Jamison
K. A. Root
V. T. Johnson
H. Nestor
A. lironiley
Maroons Trim Badgers.
Madison, April 4. University of
Chicago gymnasts defeated Wiscon
sin today, 193.075 points to 174.75.
Tasche of Wisconsin, with 35.626
points, was high individual scorer,
four-tenths of a point higher than
Inlow of Chicago. Chicago forfeit
ed four of the dual wrestling bouts
and lost the decision in the two
staged. The Maroons also forfeited
the broad sword match.
Cut Rate for Kid Fans.
St. Louis, April 4. The St. Louis
Americans will admit boys under 14
vrars of age to the pavillion the
75-cent seats for 25 cents. This
was announced following receipt of
work from other team owners in the
lKigue that no objection would be
1 made to the arrangement.
Today's Calendar of Sports.
Raclnr: Winter nieetln ot Cuba-American
.lockey rhih at Havana.
Billiard: Knellih professional champion
hii tournament opens In London.
Bench Show: Annual show In Louisiana
Kennel dun at New Orelans.
Tennis: Opening of annnal tournament
of Cnronndn. Cal.. Country club.
Golf: I'nltd north and south amatenr
cbmp'onhl tournament at Pinlirirnt.
Skating: World's roller skating cham
pionship at ( olumhus, O.
ISotIiik: Willie Median against Al Rob.
ert. eight rounds at Newark, N. J. One
Tunney against Dan O'Dowd, eeigbt round
at Newark, N. J. Charley Welnert ngalnl
(lie Anderson, eight rounds at Newark,
N. tf. Joe liurman against llnghey Hutch-
non. six rountis at rniiadeipma. I'l'l
Motr nga'nst Harry Ilramer, eelglti
.,,,..r,.iM j,f Memphis. Tele Hartley against
lh:l Vh-aels. 20 rounds at New Orelean.
Wrestling: National amateur champion
ships at liirmJnghaiii, Ala. i
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be best -The Lanpher
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carries the proof.
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Plan to Arouse Fresh
Interest in Amateur
Base Ball This Year
Detroit, Mich.. April 4. Plans to
arouse increased interest in sand lot
base ball were discussed at a meet
ing beer recently of the . National
Base Hall federation. A campaign
will be conducted this season to in
terest the larger cities in the United
States in organized juvenile base
ball, and group the cities into re
gional districts.
One of the. aims of the federation
is the establishment at Washington
of a national department of recrea
tion, which would provide the
means for till athletes in the country
unable to purchase their own equip
ment. New rules reducing the size of
halls and bats used by boys under
16 years of age, and providing for
seven instead of nine-inning games
probably will be adopted by the con
ference here.
Launch Lipton's Ship
Southampton. April 4. Sir
Thomas Lipton's 23-meter Sham
rock HI, which will he used in the
tuning up races with Shamrock IV.
the American cup challenger, off
Sandy Hook this spring, was
launched here Saturday. The Sham
rock III will sail for America on
April 7 without escort.
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Cbmfbrt Points
Correctly cut yoke
gives that .tailored
effoct across the
shoulder 3.
There's class to
CCMBt MATON'OF STYIE AND COMFORT
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How Shall the Government Be
Reorganized and Set On Its
Feet Again As An Effi
cient Going Concern
By LAWRENCE F. ABBOTT of the Outlook.
For the Federal Government
is at present completely disor
ganized. It is politically bank
rupt and is well along on the
road towards financial bank
ruptcy. It has no permanent
policy. Its various heads of de
partments are following conflict
ing policies. The abrupt and
startling dismissal of Secretary
Lansing, the resignation of Sec
retary Lane, the discouraged re
tirement of important ambas
sadors like Francis in Russia,
Page in Italy, and Fletcher in
Mexico, have disclosed the fact
that important functionaries of
the Government go to bed each
night without any intelligent
idea of what they are going to
be able to do the next day. No
body knows what is to be the
final solution of the railway
problem, of the merchant marine
problem, of the Mexican prob
lem, of the Russian problem. To
be .sure we have not come to a
full stop, but we are running on
momentum only, and we shall
come to a disastrous stop if some
new, wisely directed propulsive
force is not introduced into the
machinery of government.
It is of little use to argue
about who is to blame for this
situation. What is needed is to
realize the situation and to set
about in a common-sense and ef
ficient fashion to remedy it. If
we begin to understand that, to
paraphrase President Cleveland's
effective aphorism, we are face
to face with a condition of gov
ernment not a theory of gov
ernment; we shall be in a frame
of mind that will enable us to
deal with the coming Presi
dential problem intelligently.
WANTED: A BUSINESS MAN.
When a great corporation with
rich assets, but with a depleted
treasury, extravagant expenses,
decreasing production, and dis
sension in the board of directors,
faces bankruptcy, what do the
stockholders do? -They choose
a new president who can reor
ganize the concern, select effi
cient department heads, cut
down expenditures, transform
the assets into productive capi
tal, increase the output, and
work in harmony with the board.
The people of the United States,
who are the stockholders of the
Government, and who are paying
for their holdings in immense as
sessments of taxes, begin to see
this analogy. That is why one
hears them talk of a "business
man" for President. That is
why they are interested in Her
bert Hoover and Leonard Wood.
These two men are being con
sidered by the stockholders, not
by the manipulators.
General Wood's record as an
organizer in this country during
the war is too recent and too fa
miliar to need description here.
He created the Plattsburg idea
and the training camps for the
A. E. F. under his guidance were
models of efficiency.
LEST WE FORGET.
We Americans are sometimes
a forgetful people. I wonder if
we are not in danger, under the
glamour, on the one hand, and
the fear on the other, of militar
ism I wonder if we are not in
danger of forgetting that Gen
eral Wood's great services to his4
country are really in the domain
of civil government. Three of
the best judges of modern gov
ernment have not forgotten it.
And they are all three civilians.
WHAT ELIHU ROOT SAID.
From December, 1899, until
General Wood came out of Cuba
in May, 1902, I kept track of
.what was done, and studied the
subject as carefully as any busi
ness man ever studied his own
business or any lawyer ever
studied a case which ho was to
try. I went to Cuba three times
and went all around the island
and visited the camps and the
army posts and the prisons and
hospitals and asvlums and th"
schools and public works; I
talked with everybody I could
get hold of, and got all the in
formation I could get by conver
sation with soldiers and civilians
and Americans and Cubans. I
read the reports and I directed
the course of the government in
Cuba, and I knew what was go
ing on; and I feel under a debt
of the greatest gratitude to Gen
eral Wood for what I think is
one of the most conspicuous and
meritorious pieces of work ever
done by an American.
Lord Cromer, the greatest
colonial administrator that Great
Britain has produced, who put
modern Egypt on its feet, and
whose two volumes on the Egyp
tian problem are the master
worJc on colonial government in
the English or, for that matter,
in any other language, is report
ed by Eric Fisher Wood to have
said .that "Leonard Wood's work
in Cuba was the best colonial
work of the century, that he was
the only man in the world who
was completely fitted to carry on
the work which Cromer himself
had initiated in. Egypt, and that
he only regrette'd that Wood was
an American and not a British
subject."
FAIR PLAY FOR ALL.
And, finally, Theodore Roose
velt, who if he were alive and
well, would undoubtedly be
elected president next Novem
ber, confirmed in 1917, what he
said as follows in 1903.
"Leonard Wood four years
ago went down to Cuba, has
served there ever since, has ren
dered services to that country of
the kind which, if performed
3,000 years ago, would have
made him a hero mixed up with
the sun god in various ways; a
man who devoted his whole life
through those four years, who
thought of nothing else, did
nothing else, save to bring up the
standard of political and social
life in that island, to teach the
people after centuries of misrule
that there were such things as
governmental righteousness and
honesty and fair play for all men
on their merits as men."
The testimony of these three
witnesses is high praise, indeed.
But might it not at least lead us
to read the records and ask our
selves: If what we really want
is to have our Government re
organized on a plane of effi
ciency, with competent men ap
pointed who will work ably and
harmoniously to give us a fair
return for our taxes, do we need
to look much farther for a Presi
dent than Leonard Wood?
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