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Xitle-Holders Clinch Game
In the Seventh Inning
By Scoring Three
K Runs
Cincinnati, April 14. The world's
champions opened their season here
Wednesday by defeating the Chi
cago Cubs, 7 to 3. Alexander was
hit freely and was unsteady but his
tatfinsr was responsible for three of
Chicago's runs. Ruether held the
visitors well in check except in two
innings. The Reds clinched the vic
tory in the seventh by scoring three
runs on a walk to Daubcrt and hits
by Groh, Duncan and Kopf. Score.
CHK'ACO. I CINCINNATI.
in ir o ic AB.H.o.K.
t S c,Ratn,:n. . . . t a "
0 1 fi'lmuberMb li 0 6 0
A 1 niOroh.Sb. . . 4 2 3 9
0 9 (I Roush.nf . . . 4 1' 6 0
0 1 0 Duncan. If . . 4 S 0 0
1 S O'Knpf.ss. ... 4 2 8 .0
1 2 o'Nfalcrr. . . 4 12 0
S 6 OiWIniro. c. . . 4 0 3 0
3 ft ( irtuelher.p. . 3 2 0 0
FTnk.rf... 3
11 olYher.sa 4
ll"rziir.'-h. 4
Bnrkcr.lli. 3
Vnlrt,rf. 3
T)cil.3b... 4
Twointily.lf 4
Ktllerer.c. 4
AlPxan'r.p. 3
Totl ..32 8 !( o! TolalM ..34 12 27 0
; riiir-RKo ft n 2 o 1 o n o 03
' Cincinnati 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 7
Two base tills: (Iron, Kllllfer (2). Thre
" hnnf hits: Alexander. Home run: Rotisn.
t(nrn base: Kopf. DouhlR play: Heutlier
to. Kopf to Daubert. Left on omen: Chl-
iien. 6: 1'im-inimll. 7. Ba on balls:
tiff llPiithcr. 1: off Alexander, 4. Hit hy
nlti-hed ball: By Reuther 2. Struck out:
Jiy Heuther. 3; by Alexander. 5 Umpires:
" Jligter and iloran. Time 1:43.
Harnes Prlven From lior.
New York. April" 14. Ponton easily d-
feaied the New York Nationals 'In the
opening (tame. 8 to 3. Boston drove
" Harnea out of the box In the second ln-
-jiing 'and scored five runs. It was the
first time Boston had defeated Barnea
fines he ,waa traded by that club to
New Tnrk. 'two years Hi
Ayrea. a recruit left-handed pitcher of
k t lie " Hoaton club, made a (rood showing,
" but vns relieved In the ninth. Score;
BOSTON. 1 NEW YORK.
v AB.H.O.K. I AB.H.O.E.
""sf'nritle.ss. 4
- Hlck.l'b... 4
" rnwell.cf.' 4
TVulae.rf . , 4
; Holke.lb.. 3
' " Boe kel,;!b 4
Mann. If... 4
.4 O'Nell.c. . . 4
VAyTf.n. . . 4
. "M'ljuillen.p 0
I)
ft 7
1
3 2
t 4
1 1
0 0
OlPurns.lf . . . 6
I 3 lil Young. rf . . . 6
1 4 0iKletcher,E. S
1 1 Oinoyle.lib. . . 4
OStatz.cf 4
3 0lFrlsch.3b. . 4
2 (HKelly.lb. . . 2
ft;lonzalea,c. 3
ft'Barnes.p.. ft
O'H'ihbeli.n. . 1
I'McCarthy. ft
IWInters.p. ..0
hKinn 1
iRvan.p.... ft
IzSlokinr... ft
Totals .35 8 27 o! Totals ..35 27 2
Batted for Hubhell In fifth,
x Hatted for Winters in eighth'.
Batted for Ryan in ninth.
1 3 1
1 4 ft
2 2 ft
1 0
2 11
0 4
0 ft
0 ft
ft 0
ft ft
ft ft
s
Poston t 0 0 1 0
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03
Two-base hlta-Boeckel, Cruise, Poyle.
Three-base hlt Statu. Sacrifice hita
Maranvflle. Double plays Pick and
Maranvlllei Doyle, Fletcher and Kelly.
Left on bases New York 10, Boston 4.
Bases on balls Off Barnes, 1: off Ayers,
i. Hits Off Barnes, 4 In I 1-3 Innings:
itt Winters. 1 in S innings; off Ryan, 1
In 1 Inning; off McQutllen. none In 2-3
Innings. Struck out By Huhbell, ; by
Winters, 1 : by Ayres, 2. Wild pilch
Barnea. Winning pitcher, Ayers. Losing
pitcher. Barnes, empires, O'Day and Har
rison. Tim of game, 2:17.
Brooklyn lilt Count.
Brooklyn. April 14. The Brooklyns
marls practically all of their hits oft
Klxey count today and defeated Philadel
phia In Ihe opening game to 2. The
batting of Wheat and Konetchy was tlme
Iv. Myers, although" credited with only
one hit, a three-bagger, scored three runs,
due to twb e forcing out runners. Cadoro
held the Phillies to four hits until the
ninth when they bunched four more after
two were out for one run. iNels and Ward
led In the fielding. Score; (
PHILADELPHIA. I BROOKLYN. I
AB.H. O.B.I AB.H.O.E.
Bancroft. 6 10 0 Olson. 2b... 6 2 0 1
Willialiis.cf 4 0 6 iMNels.rf S 1 4 0
Stengel. rf. 3 0 2 ftl.Iohnstou.3b 4 0 3 1
Meuael.lf.. 4 0 1 HZ. Wheat, If 4 3 10
.1. Mlller.Sb 4 ft ft 1iM.vers.cf... 3 15 0
J'aulette.lb 4 0 13 I'Koney.lb.. 4 2 7 1
R. Jllller.Sb 4 2 1 l'Ward.ss. . . . 3 0 6 0
M. Wheat, a 4 2 1 ftlKrueger.c. 3 0 2 0
Rlxev.p... 3 2 1 ftlCadore.p... 3 10 0
Le'veaU.
1 1 0 f
.33 9 27 3
. ... Aft 0 0 0 0 0 1 ft 12
0 1 4 0 0 r- 3 9
Totals. :i6 8 24 3 Totals
Batted for Rlxey In 9th.
Philadelphia
Brooklyn .
Three-hase hits: Myers. Stolen bases:
Ward. Kruegcr, Cadore. Sacrifice hits:
Ward Cadore- Left on bases: Philadelphia.
8; Brooklyn. 5. Bases on balls: Off Rixny,
4. Hit bv pitched ball: By Cadore (Sten
gel). Umpires: .McCormick and Hart. Time
of game: 1:42.
Pirates Nose Out Victory.
St. Louie, April 14. Pittsburgh defeated
St. Louis 6 to 4 In 10 Innings In the open
ing game of the season. Nicholson's In
field hit with the bases full scoring the
winning run. Doak was forced to leave
the box In the thtrd on account of Illness
.ind the pitchers who succeeded Mm were
Ineffective. Score:
PITTSBURGH. I ST. LOUIS.
AB.H. O.E.I AB.H.O.E.
Blebee.lf . . 6 2 1 0'Shotton.lf . . 6 3 6 0
ti 2 I'ln incoie.ri.
0 4 0 Stock. 3b...
1 3 llHornshy,2b
Carey. cf . . 4
S'worth.rf. 6
Whltted.3h 4
6
4
3
f!utshaw,2b 4 ft 0 I'iFournler.lb 6
Grimm. lb. 4 2 13 IH.McHcnry.cf 6
1 3 ll.Janvrln.ss
0 4
Caton.ss.
Clarke.c. . .
Adams, p. .
Ha Iton.p.
Nich'son.. 1
4
ftlClemons.c. . 3
fllUoak.p 1
tVTuero. p. . . 0
ft ""v.n . 1
I Haines, p.. 1
tloodvin,p, 0
IzSchultz.. 1
2 6
Totals.. 37 7 30 21 Totals ..37 1131) 6
Batted for Adams In tenth.
zBatted for Haines In ninth.
Pittsburgh ..ft-0 ft 3 0 0 1 0 0 15
St. Louis 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 04
Two-base hits Mellenry, Hornsby,
Founler, Bigbee, Caton. Three-base hits
Urinim. Stolen base Beathcote. Sacrifices
Janvrin, stock. Hornsby (2); demons,
(2); Cutshaw. Left on bases Pittsburgh,
11, St. Louis 9. Bases on balls Off Doak,
1: Tuero, 1; May. 5; Goodwin. 1. Hits off
Doak I In 3 nnlngs, none out In 4th; off
Tuero. 2 in 1-3 inning, one out In 4th; off
May, 1 In 3 1-3 Innings, one out In 7th;
off Haines, 1 in 2 1-3 innings; off Adams,
Hi In 9 innings. SJtrock out by Doak. 2;
Haines. 1; Adams, 3. Winning pitcher.
Adams losing pitcher, Goodwin. Umpires
Klem and Emslte.
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RUTH'S ERROR
COSTS YANKEES
OPENING GAME
Batterin' Babe Muffs Du
gan's Long Liner in
Eighth Inning and Lets,
' In Two Runs.
Philadelphia," April 14. Ruth's
muff of Dugan's long liner allowed
two runs to score in the eighth in
ning, giving Philadelphia a 3-to-l
victory over New York in the open
inggame of the season. Home runs
by Pipp and Perkins . scored the
early tallies Both Perry and Shaw
key were in fine form. Score:
NEW YORK. 1 PHlLADKI.ru 1 A.
AB.IfcO.K.! AB.H.O.E.
Oleleh.rf.. 4 (I 3 OlWltt.cf 4 2. 3 0
P'paiiifh.ss 4 n 1 niHtrunk.rr. . 2 n z o
rtpp.lb... a & 8 ui- . walKcr.n s & u
4 j ii trirrin.i n. . i
Ruth.cf . . .
1 S 0
l.ewls.lf... 4 1 1 OlDugan.tb. . 4 0 3 0
Meusel.Sb. 4 0 0 0(ialioway,ss 4 0 11
Pratt,2b.. 2 0 0'Dykes.3b.. 3 II V
Ruel.c 3 0 7 0'Prkins,c. . 3 1 i n
3 0 0 0
30 7 IT 1
R.
Shawkcy.p 2 0 1 OiPerry.p..
Totals . .33 7 24 11 Totals
Score by Innings
Mew York 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 x 3
Home runs PirD. IVrklns. Sacrifice
hits Cirlffln. Strunk. Double plays Pu
gan and Galloway; Pykes anil Urlffin.
Left on bases New York, 6; Philadelphia,
6. Bases on balls Off Shawkey, 1 ; Perry,
Hit bv i teller By Perry, KnawKey.
Struck out By Shawkey, 6; Perry 6. Um
pires Dlneen and Nallln. Time,
Bl' Crowd Out.
Pleveland. Aurll 11. Cleveland opened
its season by defeating St. Ixiuis b to 0
before one of the largest opening day
crowds in the history of (Jievnana Daee
ball. Coveleskie held St. l,ou'.s to five
hits and struck out seven men. Cleve
land hit Sothoron hard, bunching Its hits
in the second Inning, when It scored lour
runs.
ST. LOUIS. I CLEVELAND.
AB.H.O.E; AB.H.O.E.
Aiiutln 3h. 4 12 0 Oranev.lf . . 3 10 0
(!edeon.2b. 4 13 OlChapman.ss 4 2 10
Tobin.lf... 4 14 OSpeaker.cf. 4 14 0
Sisler.lb... 4 0 "8 ( Smith.rf . . . 5 2 10
Wllllams.cf 3 13 li)ardnor.3b. 3 0 0 0
.Tac'son.rf. 4 0 1 0iV'ganss.2b 4 13 0
Severeld.o. 4 0 4 n'Johnston.lb 4 2 11 0
Oerber.ss.. 8 10 OlO'Neill.c . . . 3 2 7 0
Sothoron, p 3 0 0 o.Loveieskie.p 3 i ti v
Totals ..32 5 24 o Totals ..35 13 27 0
Pt. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland '. .-0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 x &
Twn-hase hits Oedson. Oerber, AV11-
iinmflV firnnev. Coveleskle. Stolen bases
Chapman. Speaker. Sacrifice hits Cove-
leskle. Chapman, uraney, uaraner.
on bases St. bouis. : uieveiano,
on balls Off sothoron. : uoveieitiiie,
Hit by pitcher By Sothoron, Graney.
Struck out By Sothoron, 1; Covelcskle, 2.
Umpires Evans and Hildebrandy
lime i :ao.
Need Tow Extra Inlngs".
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nicago, .iiii.i x. .,iii-w
n.l l. J , O In nn ll.lnninff alT1A llSh-
l.'.U Ull, o I " " . .1. " " . " " -
erlng in the American league season here.
Williams' good pitching, coupled with
Weaver's heavy hitting and base running
and couins iimeiy minus ww
game for Chicago. Hellman's -home run
had tied the score In the ninth Inning.
CHICAGO. DETROIT.
a r u n v. AB.H.O.E.
i.i u - e 1 0 AiniisVi e. K A 3 fl
Weaver,3b. 6 4 1 0 Young,2b.. 4 0 2 0
E.Col'ns,2b 6 3 5 nlCobb.cf . . . . 5 2 10
Jackson.lf. 3 0 4 01 Veach.If . . . 4 f 1 0
Felsch.cf.. 4 1 2 0 Heilman.lb 4 118 1
Jourdan.lb 4 0 6 alFlagstead.rf 4 1 1 0
Rlsberg.ss. 4 0 1 UPlnelli.Sb. . 4 0 0 0
Schalk.c.i 4 112 O Stanage.c. . I 0 0
Wllllams.p 4 l ' xiiiniuiiii.u ' j
inua.,.,,, v " "
Totals ..8811 33 li Totals ..38 431 2
One out when winning run scored.
Detroit 0 000001010 03
Chicago .0 000020000 12
Two base hits: Weaver, E. Collins, 2;
Flr.gstead. Home run: ;ellman. Stolen
hases; :Cobb. Weaver, z. sacrince nii:
First of all, get it firmlyf. S'K'Kr
cago, 6. Bases on balls: un wiuiams,
Struck out: By Williams. 8; by Dauss, 4.
Owen and Chill. Time of game: 2:25.
George Lamson won a place in
the hearts of Omaha fight fans Mon
day night when he beat Johnny Su
denberg at Fort Omaha. Lamson's
clean, army style boxing is winning:
applause from every source.
Kig Graves claims the Indian
knocked tout Gene Tunney in six
rounds in France not so long ago.
Tunney won the light heavyweight
title in the A. E. F. tournament.
Lamson was barred from the finals
in the light heavyweight division be
cause he was a few. pounds too
heavy. Tunney has beaten Bob Mar
tin, heavyweight champion, on sev
eral occasions.
Lamson has great prospects. He
is but 22 years of age and should
Lroaden out and take on a little beef
in the next year or two. He cer
tainly has a wallop and is as quick
as a flash. If he can bring his
weight up to 190 pounds he will
doubtless be one of the country's
foremost contenders for the heavy
weight crown.
Charley Peters will get an' oppor
tunity to make a name for himself
April 29 when he wrestles Stanislaus
Zbyszko in Atchison. Kan. The
elder Zibby is not only one of the
greatest men in the mat game todav,
but he is one of the greatest the
game has ever seen. If Peters is
able to put up a good showing
against the giant Pole it will classify
him among the higher lights of the
mat game.
The American association has put
the ban on profanity this season.
How's a ball player going to tell an
umpire what he thinks of him if he
can t swear?
. Amoncr the oreliminaries at the
Fort! Monday night was a leaiv'
"grandstander," who styled himself
the "Fighting Irishman from In
dianapolis." .He had never seen a
boxing glove before in his life un
till someone tied i pair on his lily
whites just befch-e the "battle."
Every time his second-rate opponent
clouted him the "Fighting Irish
man's" slick pompadour did a som
ersault down over the Irishman's
(?) eyes. While the alleged Irish
man was smoothing it back again
with his gloves, he generally stopped
two or three good wallops with the
end of his beczer. .k
Higgins Meets Spellman
And Ragan In California
Earl Higgins, former', president of
the Greater Omaha Base Ball league,
has returned from California, where
he met Pat Ragan. former Rourke
hurling star, and Eddie Spellman,
graduate of Omaha sand lots, kdaie
is DacKstoppmg tor tne uatciana
team of the Pacific Coast league and
Ragan is on the Oakland twirling
staff.
Spellman is a dved-in-tbe-wool
California booster, but Ragan is
quite the opposite. The whole coast
circuit is promising a big base ball
year, Higgins says
ROURKES NOSE OUT
VICTORY OVER FORT
SMITH BALL TEAM
Eight Hits Bring Four Runs to
Omaha Team, Enough to
' Win From Arkansas Nine.
Fort Smith, Ark. (Special Tele
gram.) Pa Rourke's Omaha team
was handed a surprise here Tuesday
afterno. . when they were held to
eight hits and four runs by the Fort
Smith team, while the latter garn-
eqpd as many hits but one less run.
Omaha's first tally came 'in the
initial inning after two men were
out. Doniea singled. Lee followed
with a single over second, sending
Donica to third. Manager Lelivclt
sent a clean drive into right, chasing
Donica home. Mason popped out.
In the second lrame Maullin got
a walk, stolen second and scored on
Hale's double to left. The Rourkes
scored again in the fifth viheir Wei
dell tripled to right ce'nter and tallied
on Lee's sacrifice fly. In the eighth
Maullin walked, stole second and
came home on Hale's screaming
double to the center field fence.
RJIK
Omaha 110 0 10 0 1 04 ri
Fort Smith 00030001 0 3 8 I
Batteries Omaha: Tuhr. Freynick snd
Hale; Fort Smith; Dodsun Shelby and
Kosteckl.
PERSHING ASKED
TO THROW FIRST
'BALL (MAY 5
Pa Rourke Wires Request
That War Hero Formally
Open the Local Base
Ball Park.
.
Ta Rourke Tuesday afternoon
telegraphed Gen. John J. Pershing
at Washington, the following re
quest: The city of Omaha and the West
ern League Base Ball club respect
fully ask you to formally open the
season in Omaha on May 5, by pitch
ing the first ball.
William A. Rourke.
Omaha is scheduled to meet
Tulsa on the opening day. Present
arrangements' include the closing of
business houses for half a day, May
5, and an automobile parade
through downtown streets to the
ball park. ' ; ,
Extensive plans are now being
laid by enthusiastic Omahans to in
clude General Pershing in the "big
event, in case he is able to comply
with Rourke's request.
The Rotary club, the Concord
club, the Chamber of Commerce and
other local organizations are tenta
tively planning big representations
in the opening day parade.
Sudenberg Denies Rumor
That Lamson "Killed Him"
Omaha Scrapper Says Indian Hit Him Pretty Hard
But Not Hard Enough to Kill" Fight Circles
Excited Over Report That Johnny Passed Away.
Tolinn Sudenberg, Omaha scrap
per, who was bested Monday night
by George Lamson, the Indian
heavyweight, at Fort Omaha, denied
Tuesday that Lamson killed him.
"Ira not deadl insis.ted udcn
berg, when a reporter told him that
fiarlit f-irrlpc nhmir lowll were
bubbling over with excitement be
cause of the rumor that he had died
Tuesday afternoon from the effects
nf HirpA. linrlv Klnwc tWp Inrli-an arl-
ministered in the fifth round of their
fight.
Sudenberg was high in his praise
of the Indian. "I am in a position
to say," commented the Omaha boy,
"that Lamson has SOME wallop."
"He, hit me pretty hard and pretty
often," added Sudenberg; "but he
didn't hit hard enough to send me to
an undertaker."
Lamson's wallop put Johnny Lee
to sleep in two rounds and Joe
Stangle in two minutes. He landed
that same wallop on Sudenberg con
stantly for five rounds before the
Omahan finally went down fcr the
count. Sudenberg took a terrific
swat that rocked him in the first
round. Again and again in the third,
fourth and fifth rounds he took sim
ilar punches.
He grinned last night at what he
called the ridiculous rumor that
Lamson had killed him. Yet many
of the fight fans who saw the bout
were ready to believe that the In
dian had dealt out mortal blows.
D MP
POTHNGTWE
NEXT ONC
'OVER,"
WlTUTMraiTDAtR
v Washington, April 14, 1920.
THE first green buds are erupting on the White House links, showing
that nature intends to defy both the late frosts and the malignant
blight of the president's veto.
The city of magnificent differences is taking on a vernal appearance,
partly due to spring and partly due to verdigris. Over in congress new
leaves are sprouting in the lopse-leaf ledgers. A nonpartisan squint
from the visitors' mezzanine reveals an orchard of bald domes nodding
in a field of ears. The nodding is not that friendly north and south nod
which means "Yes." Through long association with the president's rubber
stamp, senators have trained fheir skulls to say "No" in their sleep. The
president is not yet a member of the Senatorial club. The last time he
was voted on for membership it looked as if Smith Brothers had dumped
their cough drop factory into the hat.
Downstairs in the servants' quarters the representatives have
synchronized their nodding with the senate. An oratorical blizzard is
raging, with all the wires down between the tongue and brain. An
orator 'is a gent who can stand up all day and talk without thinking.
The house is loaded with orators. ' '
Both the senate and the house are trying to break Pantage's grip
on refined vaudeville. The senators are introducing novelties into their
acts. Jefferson, Webster and Calhoun were mere coolers compared
with the modern orator. A cooler is a vaudeville outfit that performs
while a red hot moving picture machine is cooling off.
When Senator Bozo speaks now he indulges in 17 minutes of polite
pabter and then goes into his dance. Senator Shillaber breaks up his
monologue with comedy, jugglingand card tricks. When the band plays
the "Star Spangled Banner" all the patriotic senators rise and stand on
the president's feet. The "S. P. Banner" is nothing more than an exit
march in the senate.
All of the squawking is due to the war, which seems to be over in
every place but Wilsonton, D. C. There are 242 repub voices in the
house to 150 demos. The other 63 representatives are dumb and deaf
in the order named. The democrats are keyed up to a high pitch of
anger. They resent the republican strangers talking about their war.
Some day the repubs hope to have a war of their own to talk about
In the meantime, a substitute serves as well. The war is no secret
thanks to the efforts of. George Creel's publicity bureau. The only secret
about the war is what kind of liniment the president uses on his sprained
veto. The democrats started off in 1914 shilling for peace without vic
tory. What they got was victory without peace. Their only mistake
was in refusing England's demand for the extradition of all republican
senators.
By a unanimous vote among the republicans, the house has declared
the republican share pf the war is over. This puts the league of nations
down to Boy Scout size. " '
The house has buried the league. It sleeps under its granite slab
like Ben Bolt's sweetheart. If the president wants to slap his daily veto
on the dotted line, he will have to trade his self -leaking fountain pen for
a chisel.
Woodrow's signature will not bring the dead to life. A fountain
pen is not a needle. It is sad that the republicans and democrats should
split in this crisis just when the country needs them the least.
But blood s thicker than water, ink is thicker than both, and con
gressional brains are thicker than all three.
' UlliK
E. S. MqEACHRON
Republican Candidate for
Justice of the Peace
HISTORY!
26 Year in Omaha.
Graduata Omaha High School.
7 Years County Judge's Office.
3 Years Night Law Course.
16 Month U. S. Army.
Now Probata Clerk Douglas
County Court.
Jack Holland Has Cure
For Contract Jumpers
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President of Oklahoma City Club Would Hang Three
Years in Exile on Any Player Guilty of Jumping
Says That Sentence Will Be Irrevocable With Him.
Alexander Flayed by Championship Reds as 1920 Diamond Season Opens
CUB TVIRLER
KNIGKED FOR
12 SAFE HITS
Oklahoma City, Okl., April 14.
(Special.) Three years in exile is
the sentence President Jack Holland
cf the Oklahoma City base ball club
has promised his players will be
hung on any of them who jump
their contracts.
"Every club owner in organized
base ball should do the same thing,"
insists Holland. . "It would prevent
contract jumping. With me it is a
rule from now on and it will be irrevocable."
"The independent menace today
is greater than that of the Federal
league a few years ago. I do not be
lieve there is a club from class D to
tlve majors that has not been robbed
of one or more stars by raiding out
laws in thelast few years."
Holland called attention to the
fact, that there were more than 200
players under suspension in the
minors alone at the close of last
season and he attributed the ma
jority of these cases to the tempta
tions of independents.
Chess Champion Beats
Nine Players at Same
Time on Nine Boards
Howard H. Ohman, Nebraska
state chess champion, Tuesday de
feated nine different chess players
6n nine different boards at the same
time. He also lost two games to
two other players during the opera
tion. . V
Eleven chess boards were lined up
before Ohman at 8 o'clock at the
Omaha Chess club, 1511 Capitol
avenue, with a player behind each
board. Ohman went from one board
to another, moving his men as he
went along. The 11 games were
played in the remarkably short time
of two hours.
La Rue Williams and-John Hu
ling were the only players of the
11 who succeeded in defeating the
champion.
American-Legion to Show
Caddock-Stecher Pictures
American Legion officials yester
day" completed arrangements for a
free showing of moving pictures of
the recent Caddock-Stecher match at
Legion meeting in the council cham
ber of the city hall at 8 this
evening. The pictures are offered
through courtesy of Ernie Holmes,
promoter.
Secretary E. K. Hammond an
nounced today he had received from
Legion national headquarters a re
quest that the Douglas post go on
record more definitely as to desires
of its members regarding bonus
plans. This question and the elec-
Detective's Eagle Eye
On You When You're
Watching a Ball Game
Chicago, April 14. Byron Ban
croft Johnson, high mogul in the
American league, proposes to do
what he can, to stamp out the grow
ing gambling evil and his plan in
cludes the employment of a small
army of detectives,' probably under
charge of Clay Folger, for 14 years
chief of police and detectives at
League park, in Cleveland. Folger
has practically stamped the gaiil
blers out of the Cleveland stands. He
has also put the race track touts and
pickpockets out' of business and
would be the man to have charge
of Johnson's force of detectives.
Folger has been approached on the
subject, but has made no definite an
swer to the offer.
The system, as outlined here,
would be to have the detectives mix
freely with the crowds, Jjaunt the
poolrooms and hotels and get a line
on the gamblers and those who are
trying to "fix" certain players t&
throw their games. Once these men
are spotted, they will be barred
from every park, regardless" of
whether they are players or spec
tators. Gamblers making bets at the
game will be escorted to the gates,
their money refunded, and they will
be requested to honor the park
thereafter by their absence.
tion of two members to the post
executive committee, to fill vacan
cies created by resignations, will be
taken up at the business session.
Sport Sparks
New York, April 14. Mike Dolin,
former Giant outfielder, says there
is too much handshaking in base
ball these days. We'll agree with
you, Mike, but one always shakes
hands before a fight. It's a case
of shake hands and step back, no
hitting In the clinches.
Why does Jack Johnson want to
return to this country when so
manv people are trying to get out
of it ?
Bachelors are taxed in France.
They get a double dose over here.
They marry them and then tax 'em.
Wood alcchdl eventually means
flowers in any language.
Why use the ouija board to com
municate with the next world when
one li'l swig of wood alcohol will
serve the purpose.
Every bachelor knows the joy ol
marrying and bringing up children.
That's why he doesn't get married
and bring up children.
Tunney May Meet Martin.
Middle western promoters are
trying to book Gene Tunney, light
heavyweight champion of the A. E.
F., and Bob Martin, heavyweight
champ of the A. E. F. Tunney now
holds two decisions over Martin.
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A REALOOMWNATiaiOP STYLE ANDQOrfOW
One of Omaha's Down
Town Stores
Is Selling Their Entire Stock of
Merchandise
The sale will itart Thursday of this
week and will continue until all the
stock is sold. Watch the papers each
day for details concerning this sale.
Thousands of people will take adan'afe
of this opportunity to get goods at
prices much below the regular -rice.
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For men who judge a cigarette by its
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thing better than:
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that good old tobacco taste..
Spur's satiny imported paper crimped (not
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