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J-: 2 C n!E OMAHA SUNDAY KKE: JUNE 13, 1920. Interest of Middlewestern Ring Fans Centers in Omaha , , 1 1 , II I f t 1.1 i 5 I 4- FORT OMAHA TO STAGE 3 BOUTS: GARPENTIER HERE Teddy Murphy and Frankie Callahan Mix Here Wednes dayFrench Idol to Show Monday. Interest of middle western boxing fans is centered on Omaha - this week. Georges Carpentier, the fa mous French soldier-pugilist heavy weight champion of Europe, and George Lamson are hooked to stage exhibitions in the City Auditorium Monday night, and Frankie Calla ' han and Teddy Murphy, two of the best featherweights in th'e ring, will clash at Fort Omaha Wednesday night. In addition to the Murphy-Calla-han bout the fort will be the scene of two other goqd scraps. Jimmie Bclaney, the clever St. Paul middle weight, and Bill Crawford, the Pa cific coast middleweight, are also scheduled to fight 10 rounds. The third bout will be probably between Ralph Spellman and Battling Garri son, Omaha boys. Entertain Bankers. The Fort Omaha show is to be en tertainment for the bankers' con vention. Half the seats will be re served for the bankers. -,1 Tlje state bankers have also been invited to. attend the Georges Car pentier show in the City Auditorium Monday night. The famous Frenchman will give a four-round exhibition with one of his sparring partners. George Lam son, the Indian heavyweight, is also on the oroeram for an exhibition. The Soard of governors of Ak- 5ar-Ben will attend in a body. A reception will be tendered the illus trious French warrior after the ex hibition. Every person in the audi ence will be given an opportunity to meet Carpentier and shake hands with him. Omaha's Champion Juvenile Swimmers Patronize the Morton Park Muny Pool Central High Books Tough Grid Schedule For Corning Season Centra! High's 1920 foot ball schedule as announced by Coach Harold R. Mulligan is one of the strongest the school has had for many years. Nine games are on the list, all but three to be played at home. The season will open September 25, when the Purple and White play South High" at Rourke park. All home games will bcr played there. Creighton High does not aopear on the schedule this year, and the Commerce Bookkeepers is in its place. The North Des Moines team will be here October 23. The Iowans are the, Strongest team in the valley, anJ, brave won every game for two ' years. The season will close with St. Joseph in the annual Turkey day game, November 25. i Ten foot ball regulars will be graduated this year. They are Her man Swoboda, Louis Rockwell, Ivan Robertson, Lynton Ayres, David Chesno, Oliver Maxwell. Ed Moser. Ed Monroe, Howard Turner, and Ed Willmarth. William Campbell, Beryl Weston, Lisle Hberner, Harold Stribling, Ray Clement and Irving Anderson will be back. Herman Swboda, who"was elected captain for the coming season, will be graduated this year. Campbell and Clement are being mentioned to fill his shoes. , Following is the schedule: Sept. t5. South, here; Oct. 2. Council Bluff, there; Oct J, Commsrs, her; Oct. IS, Sicux City, here; Oct. 23, North Des Moines, here; Oct. 30, Beatrice, there; Nov. 6, Lincoln, there; Nov. 23, Norfolk, her1 Nov. 29. St. Joseph, here. , I Inquisitive Fans Q. Oconto. Neb., June 8. To the Sporting Editor, Omaha Bee: Please an swer In next Sunday' Issue of The Bee: la Jack Leltvelt, manager of the Omaha Bee, the same Leltvelt who played In the American association last year. In quisitive. A. Tea. ' Q. Coon Rapids. Ia.. June 10. To the Sporting Editor, Omaha. Bee: Has Eddie RIcHenbacher retired from the automo bile racing game? R. J. S. A. Yes. After the famous American ace had flown ovr th , Indianapolis ipetdwsy Memorial day. during the 600 mlle auto race, he was asked by a news paper reporter If he were through with the auto-racing game. He answered In tho affirmative. Q. Omaha. Neb., June 4. To the Sporting Editor: Please tell me If Lew Tendler has ever been eaten. H. Drier. X Yes. Eddie Fitsxlmmons won a de cision over the Philadelphia southpaw In eight rounds only last week That, to BlJ knowledge, la the only time Tendler was ever beaten. Q. Omaha, Neb.. June . To the Sport ing Editor of The Omaha Bee: In an amateur game recently a base runner came home from third on a ingle. but neaiected to touch home plate. W hen the catcher rteelved the ball he tried to tag the runner, who had Just started toward tho players' bench. The runner dodged treund him and, touched the base before the catcher tagged him. Is the runner ut H- T- T- A. If the runner went more than three 'est out of the natural base line to avoid Ming tagged he was out. If be did not he rsi safe. Q. Grant Island, Neb., June 11. To the Sporting Editor of The Omaha Bee: What In your opinion are Battling Levlnsky'i ;hances of beating Carpentier? Is Le vinsky the Battler' real name? A. JAOOBI. A. Considering that both men are about the same else, that both are brainy, fast tnd aggressive, that Levtnsky haa two 10 ound draws with Jack Dempsey, that the (tattler is one of tho cleverest boxers who ever entered the ring, and considering other more familiar points In regard to the two men. th bout should be very close, with odds slightly favoring Le- vinsKy. serine? Biuf William. Here Are the Dates for "Big Three" Grid Games The "Big Three" eastern foot ball tames next fall will be played on ;he following dates: November 6, Harvard against Princeton at Cam bridge; November 13, Yale against Princeton at Princeton; November 20,. Yale against Harvard at New Haven, suismsiiw iibsiiiii -mi linn 1 1 iii siiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiriffigaisi7i wvq - Q ' 'f 1 1 5 v&. - rv $e&.CVSX. .F1"vs5BK rma?: fg"Laii r on it 1 f i HEAVY SLUGGERS REAL ATTRACTION FOR AVERAGE FAN Record - Breaking Crowds Flood Base Balr Parks to See Free-Hitting Contests. When you are out on a seeing vjuidiia xrip mciuae Morion parK swimming pool in your itinerary, and when you reach this popular resort ask the boys and girls whom they would nominate for president cf the United States, and they would exclaim: "Billy Earl!" This public pleasure spot is a rendezvous for boys and girls who live in the vicinity of Forty-second and Q streets. The pool is main tained by the city park department and is more directly within the jurisdiction of the public recreation department. Billy Earl is the life guard who watches with fatherly interest the youngsters who slash around like a lot of little animals. He has kid dies of his own and he exercises something of a paternal interest over hundreds of children who heed his admonitions and advice. It is said there are more juvenile swimmers irt the Morton park dis trict than in any otlx;' neighboihood in Omaha, on account of the pool. The youngest of these swimmers is a tot only 2 years old. A child in this neighborhood feels ashamed of itself if unable to swim at 8 years of age. The bathing costumes at Morton Park are of all patterns and styles, some being made by the mothers and others by sisters. Stella Clary, 6 years old, Forty first and U streetss, and Ethel Swan ron, 7 years old, 3922 W street, are the champion girl swimmers of this community. Miss Swanson can swim a mile, her record being 31 minutes, and Miss Clary is the 75 yardi champ. AnU.'by the way, Billy Earl, is a form big league base ball player and enters into the spirit of sports with the ihildren. So if you want to see a real dem onstration of the enthusiasm ot youth, call around at Morton Park pool some warm afternoon. Manila Golf Course Laid Over Old Battle Fields Many of Trenches Where Opposing Americans and Filipinos Took Refuge Are Serving as Hazards Enthusiastic Golfer Plays Year Around Pick Up Bullets on Links. Manila, P. I. June 12. The 18-hole links of the Manila Golf club, less than Jive years old, are laid out over an old battle field where the Filipino insurrectionists and the Americans fought 20 years ago. Many of the trenches, where the opposing forces took refuge from bullets, still remain and some of them serve as hazards. The trench es, which cut the course in many directions are so numerous, how ever, that the player is permitted under the rules of the club, to lift his ball from some of them, into the fairway without penalty. In Good Order. The course id kept in good order the year round with the exception of the months of March, April and May, when little or no rain falls Kand the heat becomes excessive. During these three months the ground becomes so dry on account ot the dwindling water supply that great cracks open along the fair ways. The greens are watered dur ing this, period so no permanent injury results. The enthusisastic golfer plays the year round, even during the summer months, when the heavy rains pre vail. The course is rolling and well drained, and besides the ground is of such formation that the water is rapidly absorbed. Between show ers the enthusiasts are enabled to to tee off , and frequently finish the 18 holes before being driven to thvclub house for shelter. Cut by Two Ravines. The course is cut by two ravines and along the fairways, many wide spreading mango trees grow. Some of these are approximately two feet in diameter and of great age. Two of the 275 members of the club fought over the course against the Filipino insurrectionists two decades ago. They are Maj. P. G. Eastwick, formerly of Portland, Ore., manager of the Manila branch of the American Foreign Banking corporation, and Capt. H. L. Hoath of McMinville. Ore., who represents a San Francisco cordage concern 11 in the islands. Both were officers in the Second Oregon regiment, under Col. Owen Sommers of Port land, which came to the Philippines with the first American expedition, commanded 'by Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Anderson. At the club house there is an exhibit of bullets which are picked up on the course from time to time by players. , Amateur Gossip It took Denny Llnlhan of the Federal Reserves to turn the trick against the Beddeos last Sunday. Ha allowed but five hits and struck out seven men, having the Clothier at his mercy throughout the gam. McGrath, who receives them for the Federals, has beeji playing a nifty game and "hitting 'em where they ain't." He stole a pair of sacks in last Sunday's game. With Price at short, Ecker at second. Miller at third and Greshan at first, the Federal Reserves claim they have the best Infield in the American league. The Federal Reserves are sending a warning to the Paulson Fords to be on the lookout for the same medicine that was given the Beddeos last Sunday. The J. B. Roots won from the Colum bian Optical Company last Sunday, 4 to 3, although it was reported that the Optical team won, 6 te 1. Egermeyer, on the mound for the Ram blers last Sunday, struck out 20 of th VachM Pharmacy players and allowed but two hits. Mancuso was on the mound for th Paulson Fords last Sunday and 'had the Kasy Furniture Company team at his mercy at all times. Rlts, pitcher for the Paulson Fords, wss called to take Manager DoAn Hubatka's place at second and played In big league style. He secured four hits, Including a home run and a triple. Kuehn also drove out a homer. McAullffe and Poesch have at ' last found their batting eye and are hitting the pill to all corners of the lot. Hornig. left fielder, and Dode Hubatka of the Paulson Fords were out of the game last Sunday on account ot Injuries, but will be back in the line-up today. Stahurskl is gathering everything that comes his way around the hot corner for the Fords. Bloemer fand Frank Hubatka were robbfed of horns run drive by sensa tional catches of the Easy Furniture Company outfield. Fred Miller of the J. B. Root played a great game against the Columbia Optical Company last Sunday, accepting eight chances without an error. Leo Krupskl, heaver of the J. B. Roots, struck out 20 of the Columbian Optical Company players. Some record! So watch out, Paulson Fords. Referee's Fee to Be $50 For New Jersey Bouts New Jersey boxing referees will be paid $50 for their work at larger clubs and $30 by the smaller or ganizations. Spring Foot Ball Practice On at Stanford University Stanford University, Cal., June 12. Spring foot ball practice is in full swing here. A squad of 60 men are going through the preliminary coach-elect. A number of heavy men are out and some of these will be used to bulwark the line ext fall. Righter, De Groot, Adams, Reid, McAlpine and Sprout are on the squad. Giant Boy Is Athlete. Mondesto, Cal., June 12. James Corson, 14, a student of Modesto High school is the biggesrall-round athletic student for his years in the Stanislaus county. He is six feet, one and a half inches in his stock ings, weighs 215 pounds and is still growing. He is most proficient in base ball and running. . Estimate Race Handicaps A rough estimate is that were Shamrock IV, challenger for the America's cup to race against Van itie and Resolute, the best of which will defend the trophy in the races of Sandy Hook starting July 15, on the basis of a time handicap the Shamrock would be asked to give the Vanitie four minutes and the Resolute six minutes. By I. E. SANBORN. That the base ball public prefers a free hitting contest to an airtight pitchers' battle as a basic part of fan fodder is being demonstrated by the scores of major league games mount higher. VRecently it was announced that alt attendance figures for the New York Polo grounds had been broken at a Sunday game. That was because the promoters took a chance and jammed a few more thousands into the plant than they had risked let ting in before Forced to Lock Gates. Practically every Sunday this sea son, according to eye witness re ports, it has been necessary to loc the gates some time before starting the game, and belated New York newspaper writers have had to scale she picket fence in front of the en trance because the police did not dare open a gate to let them in for fear of a rush by the locked-out ifans. I Sunday base ball is a new nrooosi ! tion in the east and the fans there have not got over being crazy about it. That explains why mounted no lice are required to keep people from crushing each other at the ball park entrance in New York, but no such serious congestion exists in western cities. Increased Interest in West. The fans of Chicago, Cincinnati and other western towns have had Sunday base ball all their lives, some of them, and accept it more as a mat ter of fact. At the Decoration day games it) Chicago, however, it was necessary to close the gates of the Cub's park with several thousand patrons still trying to get in. There wasn't any more room inside the plant without curtailing too much of the playing field. Consequently the argument of increased interest holds good in the west, too. Getting back to the high score proposition, there is no disputing the fafct many fans like to watch a 1 ti 0 contest between a pair of star pitchers, and when they see a 14 to 13 score come over the wires from some other city they remark "That must have been a rotten game." Just the same if they had wit nessed the big score combat they proba,bly would have gone home too hoarse to talk about it for a couple of days. , Fans Like Action. There is an absence of.action in a" swell pitchers' contest that does not appeal to the average Yankee as a steady diet. The thing that brings him up on his hind legs is to see the home team come from behind, and score seven or eight runs in one in ning. And if his favorite team is half a dozen runs behind in the fifth he likes to know there is some chance of making up that difference before the ninth is over. There is bound to be a lot of bat ting in a double figure score and bat ting is the one thing the average fan best understands. Good pitching is all right if the home slabman is do Kin it. but if the enemy's (linger is airtight that becomes punk batting by the swatsmen in his own outtlt J he contest that arouses most en thusiasm is a batfest in which each team has a chance to win. Slugger Ii Real Hero. The slugger is a bigger hero than the star pitcher. In proof whereof listen to the gabfest whenever Babe go Ruth makes a home run. The quantity of money already wagered that the Yankee gorilla will beat lus 1919 record is a fortune, even in these days. Some of the methods adopted by the Gotham press agents who are helping the Yankee club owners get back the coin they paid for Ruth are laughable, still a larger part of fandom probably likes to know how complacently egotistical Ruth really is and don t blame him for it. Even a thousand miles away, Chi cago hears more about Babego s home run count than about how many games Alexander has won. That's because the slugger . fills a bigger spot in the heart of a genuine fan than the pitcher does. That's because the majority of base ball bugs know games are won by. bats and not by strikeouts or .double plays. 'V It dpesn t do a bit of good to shut out an opponent for 20 or 30 innings if yiur own squad can't hit hard enough to make even one tally. Bordeaux Soccer Team Anxious to Tour Canada A finrfmr frinf rtall tam frettn Bordeaux is anxious to tour Canada this fall. They have not only writ ten to all the rlistrirf assnriatinn secretaries but the mayor of their citv nas also written to th van mis i j ! . mayors in tanaaa asKin? tneir as sistance in the project ot the tour. Ross Buys Two-Year-Old Baby Grand for $30,000 J. K. L. Ross, the Canadian horse owner, has purchased the crack 2 vear-old Babv Grand from T. H Louchheim at a price reported to be $30,000. Baby Grand in nine starts previous to the closing of the deal was outside of the money once this season. Officials Pass Plans For Kansas U Stadium Kansas university will soon boast modern stadium, as the erection f the big athletic field on McCook field, Lawrence, has been authorized by the state authorities. flieoductcf Experience ON the job every day1, delivering suburban points, carrying capacity loads over any road a motor car could possibly negotiate, Chevrolet Light Delivery Wagon furnishes as dependable and economical transpor tation as you can get. Chevrolet Motor Co. of Nebraska Retail Store 2215 Farnam Street I Chtvnlti ligto Dtlivtry Wagon, tnf, ... Flint, Mkk. Don't Forget Our Special Sale on Bicycles $5.00 Off on Any Bicycle. $10.00 Off on Any Full Size Indian Bicycle. Omaha Bicycle Co., Sam, thm Indian Man ChUf of Omaha Wifwam 16th and Chicago St. "Same Plaeo Your Daddy Bought , HiaBiko." 1UUJI 1 Ms Qsae wt&m s Westcott's power, 6exibility and smooth-riding are -recognized after- single demonstration. But it takes ownership to bring out the hidden qualities of long life and low upkeep. Standard Motor Car Co. " Omaha Quality cars and square dealing. Our sixth year. CARL CHANGSTROM, President and Gen. Mgr. 'BABE' RUTH NOW HAS 16 HOMERS TO HISJREDIT George Sisler Clubs His Way From Seventh Place to Sec ond In Batting List In One Week. George Sisler, star first baseman of the St Louis Americans, today is a dangerous contender for the American league batting leadership. He batted his way from seventh to second place within a week and is trailing Tris Speaker of Cleveland with an average of .381. Speaker, the leader, is batting .393. "Babe" Ruth's home record suf fered a momentary check last week, "Batterin Babe" annexing but one four-bagger, bringing his total to 16. Rice of Washington, with 22 thefts, continued to set the pace for the base stealers. Other leading batters: Jackson, Chicago. .368; Mausel, New York, .368; Johnson, Cleveland, .363; Ruth, New York. .355; Judge, Washington, .352; Milan, Washington, .351; John Col lins. Chicago, .342; Jamieson, Cleve land, .340; Murphy, Chicago, .338. Hornsby Leads National. Jake Daubert of Cincinnati ad vanced from fifth place to second among the batters of the National league and has taken Robertson's Dlace as runner-uo to Roeer Horns by of St. Louis, who is leading with an average of .382. Daubert is 32 points behind him. Williams of Philadelphia bagged anather home run and is leading the league with seven. Max Carey of Pittsburgh continues to set the pace for base stealers with 16. Other leading batters: Robertson, Chi cago, .347; Groh, Cincinnati, .343; Nicholson, Pittsburgh, .342; Young, New York, .328; Williams, Philadel phia, .324; Roush, Cincinnati. .321; Duncan, Cincinnati, .319; Myers, Brooklyn, .318. Tincup First in Association. Ten leading batters of the Amer ican association: Tincup, Louisville, .421; Gainor, Milwaukee, .386: Wickland, Toledo, .383; Good, Kan sas City, .340; Henry, Columbus .330; Hartley. Columbus. .333; Wade, Minneapolis,, .323; Rapp, St. Paul. .322; Duncan, St. Taul, .320; Beschcr, Columbus, .317. Bogart Leads Western. Ten leading batters of the West ern league: Bogart. Joplin, .388; East, Wichita, .387; Brannon, Tulsa, ..vo; ritr. ukianoma Uty, ' .372; Yaryan, Wichita, ,371; O'Conner, Des Moines, .363; Bonowitz, St. Joseph. .352; Shestak, St. Joseph, .353; Tierney. Tulsa, .350; Reithl-, Sioux City, .350. New Rules Abolish Limit n For Height of Polo Ponies By abolishing the height limit in its new rules, the Polo association has made it'Iegitimate to pl.iy horses of any size in the matches and tournaments this season and has cleared the way for development of the great equestrian game in the army. The American rules are now in accord with the English rules and the international agreements re- specting playing for the challenge trophy. 1 Dartmouth In Gymnastic Assn. Dartmouth has been admitted into the Intercollegiate Gymnastic association. 3 Harrison Returns to Omaha STERLING 6.-HARBIS0N, who recently accepted a position in one of Chicago 's largest clothing Btores, has returned to Omaha and is again connected with the Nebraska Clothing Co.'s Men's Clothing Department. v ..j Mr. Harrison sayJ "Omaha and this store look better to me erery time I leave here. First, lot Angeles drew me away from the middle west, and then Chicago, but I'm back to stay this time. It may seem like I'm prejudiced to say that the Nebraska's stocks are better selected, and that no other store offers sack service and efficiency, but I'm absolutely 'sold' on this store. That it stands without an equal between Chicago and the coast has been demon, strated to me, not only by personal obserratlon, but by personal experience, and they say experience Is a good teacher. Tes," continued Mr. Harrison, "peo ple who patronise this store from far-off Montana, Oregon and Washington are people who travel and compare. They, too, have learned by experience that this Greater Store delivers the goods because it is equipped and organized for real service." luli wtumrti r iCOKKECT APPAREL FOR MEN AND WOMEN: Spragoe Cord Tires Cost No More Than Other Cord Tires, Yet Spragues Are 10 Oversize. 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