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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1920)
r "" THE' OMAHA SUNDAY'BEK: JULY 25, WW. CHANGE IN.RULES $00N DISCARDED BY THE MAJORS YANK SWIMMERS LOOK STRONG IN OLYMPIC GAMES JAP STAR IS , .( FUNNY; LAUGHS j Golf Tourney Winners KfKrCN AT HIS ANTICS 1 Two- Rules-Revisions. Made JHTials Show Speedy ' Men Mile. Lenglen, Woman Champ, Solves Style of Com ical Jap Tennis ' Player. iThislfiarL; Have t Already I Proved Impracticable At All Distances; Ross Is Fast Man; Prieste DeO ' feats Champion. 4 'Third tna Qhnnlrl tin A Play in Finals for Net Championship J ' 1 ' tf if Already this Mason tVo rule re visions made by the maior Jeaeues list whiter have been discarded, the. explanation "being given that , they V'ere found impractical. A third one, which is more impractical than the others, ought to be dropped. i' The discarded rules are the one that included among fead ball those which connect with the bats man's bat accidentally when he is trying To dodge a wild pitch, and the one which made a ball hit out of hounds foul or fair, according to where it was when passing the boundary. - Ret urns "fo First Principle. ;. The home-run nrovision was the first to be changed back, to its orig-il - .1 . - mat jorm, so mat a oau over1 me fjtnce is now called foul or fair, ac cording to'whereat-disappear's.- Ex pcrience proved it was difficult for an umpire to guess when a batted ball cleared the fence unless said umpire faa'a 'near the fence or screen. Return . to firsf principles, did away with a lot of wrangling, which is something base ball patrons do not pay increased prices to see. I Next to be abrogated was the rule which absolved the batsman from an unjust strike 'or . aft easy out when he was unable to "get his bat out of the way of a wild pitch. The deci sion was 4eft to the umpire's judg ment, and produced more wrangling. That was the only reason for not re taining th new. " provision; which was decidedly a good. one. In this scase the' abrogation was not wise, because the . wrangling . would , soon have disappeared as the 'player's and umpires became accustomed to the new rule: , Any .change is provoca-: tive of argument in' base ball- until it is assinWated,. v Infield. Fly Causes Trouble.. ... 'Recently- a protested game grew c&it of the.nevy interpretation of the iufield fly rule, i which still is re-; tamed, but which ought to be tossed into the discard. Philadelphia,; pro tested a game won by the Giants, . because of a decision by Umpire Harrison calling ou a Philly run ner who advanced on a muffed in field fly. On the"face oLthe returns, 'the umpire was corretl, according to the new interpretation, which al low the base funners to try to ad vance on an. infield fly, but at their tin risk, - ' Formerly an infield fly, with first arid second bases occupied, and less,! tftan two out. operated to suspends play by practically putting the ball opt orprayttmrjorarny. ntux is; to say, as, 4000 m .anLttmptre declared a!: batsman out automatically on a pop fly, nothing else could happen until the ball was caught or muffed. Then- the rjunnefs- were released, as in case of any other fly out, but they had to stay on their bases until the 4lhit 4h fielderWhandsrth ground. ,r.., Advanc-at Player's Risk. Now the runner is permitted to leave his base with the ball in the air, and take a chance that it will be muffed, then advance if he can at the additional risk of being doubled up if the ball is -caught and he cannot get back. The argument that put this over -was that if a runner could advance on a muff by an outfielder without retouching his base he OUKht to be allowed to do so on a d ,.f(A infi'ald v i I The eases are not at all the aamej A. batsman on a muffed infield fly that is muffed by an outfielder is out on an infield fly under certain con ditions whether it is caught r muffed. When these conditions ei ist all other rules should automatic ally be suspended, just as in case of a rnnner being accidentally retired by being hit by a batted ball. Here's One for Rulemakers. Here is a tangle that came P once on an infield fly. .The bats man -ws-t-astomatically called ut, but the pop fly came down exactly over second- base, and hit the base runner, who was standing on that bag. The- contention wis that the runner was out, too, for being hit by a batted balk But the moguls de cided that both the batsman and base jruunet- could.-not . justly.ht called out in such a case, since the fly was not actually caught, and the runner was standing in his proper place on the base, where he be longed. So it was ruled that the au tomatic out on an infield- fly put the ball out of play. - The 1920 interpretation changes all that, and we would like to know .trViaf hm ntlpre nf till. Hier 1aol1ft would decide in case a base runner should be hit by an infield, fly while taking a chance of advancing' on a muff. The runner would not Vt en titled to immunity under the interpretation, since the ball re mains in play, and still there, isno. provision for calling the batsman out when a runner is hit by a fair baH. . , . Christy Mathewson Is Througlv With New York The "Old Master" is through. - Christy Mathewson, for years the - idol of New York fans, a player whose nam was long a household word throughout the realm of base ball, ha decided to quit the pastime for good and all. - The coming of Johnny Evers to ' the Giants foreshadowed one of two things the retirement of Matty or - thb stepping "down of ,McGraw as a minimr nf th team. And now Matty has made his mov.e. For some weeks prior to the an nouncement that he would retire Matty- suffered with bronchi,! trou ble, -and this hastened his plana to sever relations with the team he helped wake so famous and arrange for an extended vacation at Laka The decision of the "Old Master" i-.nvas .kajncsl.w.ith.regret by New 'York fans, not to mention fans ihrrWi0Jit.!tn-?- JSRntry, for- he la one of baseballVbest-nked an tf most pictureique veterans. Matty has -Tfot-bwn-activCi a' player since ' "MIS ycfhc"fcmi.e missed; anhe best wishes of th; fans will follow 1 him wberevtr he gecs. y ' r I I 111 I II .lie HUlll'IIU.vnA : ,4 1 iff sssr hf i I-if Sfei- GERMAN LIKES SPORT; GOES TO HORSERACES Kaiser's Lodge and Track Now Used by piders Betting Is ... Big Boxing Is . Popular. . By EARLE C. REEVES. - . Intrnatlnnl Sfrvlea Staff Correpondnt. Berlin, July 24. Fragments, cross sections of j the life of a. country r 6f sf town frequently give a more vivid picture to the reader than a- labored and substantial attempt, to tell a com plete story. ! At any rate, there are always iso lated fragments -that fit anywhere, or that fit nowhere. jn. particular in a series of ''sach-.3tor.ies, ' as these. This is a stbfy ef fragments. Germans have recently taken up boxing, and follow it in a fashion but racing is- still the snort that : i..."r4i : t .C:. j... c wins the enthusiasm. In this day of taxi-less arid, one sometimes thinks, almost trafficless . Berlin streets, racing day brings the nearest thing to a congestion of traffic that '.he city knows. '. .. ', The best racing is at Gruenewald, a suburb. The endless' caravan trackward starts out Unter den Lin den, through the Tiergarten. It is a very, broad street; on a narrower one there would be a traffic jam. As it is the street is filled with vehicles of all kind, with the absolute mini nyjm. of motor cars arid taxis. Four-Wheeled Carts Popular." Most of us sire in steel-tired four wheeled carts. They were built fa' small folks, and the pony out in' front was built for a small load, But somehow grownups pwn "u tn oonv arets them there, by the tens ot thousands. Forward and back, as far as one can see, come the republican follower! of the sport of kings, jog ging and fingering . their paper money, reading the dope straight from the horse's mouth, from the litest tipping papers. . . . in Jtnglandr wftere inert is racing enthusiasm of the highest pitch, every daily newspaper has its staff of extferts. -and each addition car Sries its racing 'news and tips. Do the German newspapers oow to tne public taste? They de not.- They go right on printing a maximum of ,opinion-ar.d a minimum" oi news ana-Mi $cme of them you cant even find bare announcement that there's pacing - today. - Watch the exodus on racing afternoon and you '" We Have Two Winners Our ! ball tMsn it Uading tk City Ugu and our high class Ford car arc thaTcading pleasure or business proposition in Omaha. Come to 1314 Howard and Rent a New Ford drive !t Yourself A 6-miWf two-hour trip K 15-sniIe, five-hour trip. ..... A 24.mil. aiff hNhonp ' trio K 48-mile, sixteen-heur trip....r - These are' sample tripa. The ratea art baaed on the number f rhilea traveled; together with trie proper charge for the amount ; of gasoline-end oil you use and a small charge for property dam age collision and liability insurance. You only have to guarantee a minimum mileage of three milea for eYery hour you hava the ear. This guarantee is raised to five miles Saturday nights, Sun days and holidays. - , , . , )- , j It only takes five minutes to qualify to rent a? car on1 ur .Drive-It-Yourself Plan. . s . . ' DRIVE IT YOURSELF COMPANY . 1314 Howard Street " " ""T Douglas 3622. 'Ralph Powell, winner of city championship, and Will you will conclude that, no one will be left in Berlin to sell papers to, and that there's only one subject for the day that will interest read ers anyway. Nevertheless, the regu lar newspapers go'right on talking politics, national and international. Great Race Course. i The race course is a plant which certainly can be duplicated i few places in the world, if anywhere. There's no mark of war here, and no indication among the followers of the constant poverty talk one hears everywhere else. ! . Signs showing the way to "first, second and third-c1ass,,stands, and another ' pointing ' the "way to the tunnel which leads" to . the fourth class enclosure away out in mid field, bejekon the crowds and dis tribute them according to their pocketbooks: In -prewar-5 days? eight marks admitted the head of a fam ily and, six marks admitted his wife to the first-class enclosure-.Woman has won equality now; she gets in for 20 marks, as does her husband or male escort. , Behind each section are betting booths, where betting is done with the betting machines, and intricate apparatus that totals the bets onsa race, subtract a very liberal percent age for the government, and figure the odds after the race is won. "First-class" race followers must bet in, 500 or 1,000 mark lots. If you want to risk less, you're not really "first-class" and you have to go through the gate into the second ers enclosure, where the machines will register your 20 or 50-mark bet. Once upon a ' time Wilhelm had the prize view of the finish, a lodge alongside the first-class grandstand, where he also had a closeup view of 'the horses and jockeys as they filed out from the paddock to the track. He hasn't been occupying the lodge any! afternoons this sea son. The jockeys use it as a dress ing room now, Bookmaking is . illegal. . .. It de prives the government of its share of your gambling money. -But a bookie, with a woman paying clerk, was doing a big business openly near our seats. I know, I spent most ot an hour translating the grand dope,5 laboriously, then-bet, and n, ,-4. m ... ' he kept my 70 marks. Hundreds spent "thj,; afternoon standing in line to get their bets down with the machines. I heard how many millions of marks are bet daily, but I've forgotten It was some staggering sum, 90 or so. If the government opened a few more race tracks its "divie" would take care of the indemnity payments. Believe Yearling Sale at Saratoga to Top Records Because of the unusual demand for horses and the high prices being quoted it is believed the annual year ling sale at Saratoga, N. Y., Augu3t 4 to 13, will break all records. ? ,t .......... . .$1.25 r. .........- 3.00 9.28 Adams, runner-up. Lewis Says Stecher Js About Decide3 to Wrestle Zbyszko Here That Joe Stecher will consent to wrestle Stanislaus Zbyszko in Oma ha is the optimistic view taken by Jack Lewis, who is trying to bring the two gladiators together. : Lewis has communicated a propo sition to Stecher, which will give the Dodge phenom a guarantee of $15,000 to meet Zbyszko and $30,000 if he defeats the Pole. This is the biggest, offer ever made to a wrestler and Lewis says he be lieves Joe will accept. 4 , If Stecher accepts the match will be held in Omaha early in the fall. Mat fans would like to see the contest, as it would be probably the greatest match, and from the stand point of widespread interest, the most important since the famous Gotch-Hackenschmidt classic in Chicago Several years ago. Two Minor Umps Prospects For Wfajor League Berths 'Major league berths are in pros pect next' season for at least two members of the staff of -umpires in' the Western league. Tire favor able wefk of Umpires Frank. Wil son and Jet Becker has attracted attention from the National' league, and President' Heydler is said to be considering them for his 1921 staff. Becker is a Chicagoan. William J. Buckley Matty Fitz pafrick and Jack Daly jare other members of the Western league umpiring staff slated for advance ment. .President Hickey of the American association is anxious to itain the services of Daly and Fitz tratrick, while Buckley probably will goto the International league. American Athletes Best Ever for Olympic, Games Tire Anferican team" which sails from New York City soon to the Olympic games at Antwerp, Bel pium, is rated by coaches and close followers of track and field athlet ics as the greatest aggregation1 which ever represented this country in the world contests. The squad cannot be said to be weak in a single event.. The marks established by Uncle Sam's repre sentatives stamp them as practic ally unbeatable in most events. With seh an array of talent, an Ameri can victory in track and field is as sured. 100 in the Shade Nobody likes tiife troubles on a hot day or any other day. INR GARDS practically end tire troubles, for-, they are guaranteed to absolutely pre vent blowouts and 90 of 'all pun ctures. They dou ble tire mil age. They cost little and do much. iMcCSTH-Brady Co.l ) Omaha, Jteb. By WALTER ECKERSALL. That America will be represented. in the Olympic games at Antwerp, Belgium, next month by a'swirn miijg team hard to beat is the opin ion of Otto Wahle of New York City, recently appointed by the Olympic commttteeo handle Uncle Sam's natatore on the other side. -Wahle atteflded the national try- outs held in the Lincoln park la goon by the Chicago Athletic asso ciation. .'Although he expressed re gret over the inability of Perry Mc Gillivray of the Illinois A. C to make the trip, he was gratified by the showing of Ray Keferis of the Los Angeles A. C, who captured the 100 meter backstroke.. Kegeris Helps Weak Spot j JJcGillivray had been depended upon v to score points at Antwerp. His specialty is the backstroke and he holds numerous national records over, various distances in this style of 11 swimming. The , unexpected showing of Kegeris, however, plugs up what looked to be a weak spot after McGilHvray's announcement that he would not.make the trip.- , Hawaiian swimmers, headed' by the great . Duke KahanamokuNwill bt a valuable asset to the American teai. Duke canj be relied upon to win the 100 meters event and swim cji the i relay team. He has been swimming the distance" consistently better, "than 59 Seconds, and, n he receives keen competition .nay establish 'a record which will stand for some time. Ot.er Sprinters of Note. - Duke will be supported in his spe cialty by Pua Kealoha, his teammate Norman Ross of the Illinois A. C. and J. K. Gillman of the United States navy. This trio finished in the order named. in thermal heat of the 100 nefer " swim" n ..the.: try outs. According to the rules of the Olympic games, each country can enter six swimmers in each event, but only four-'can start. In the 200 yard breast stroke Mike McDermott of the United States navy, who was national cham pion for nine successive years, should be able to hold, his own with the best on the other side. McDer mott defeated G. H. Taylor of the Chicago Athletic association, na tional champion, by four yards in the final heat. Jack Howell of the Los AngelesVAthletic club- finished second, but on the second day of the trials was - disqualified tor illegal swimming in the same style over the 400 mejer dfstahce. Shoulders Out of Line. -According to Wahle, who suggest ed to the referee that Howell be dis qualified, the Caflfornian does not swim with both shoulders in a straight line. , According to the swimming - coach, 'Howell- advances either shoulder at' various 'distances A . ' mm i llil - ' . , : ; les YopWill ContinueTo Use - -'" v.; , ' TIRES AND TUBES 7 r , . ! . - . '" ; '. x .... - ment at the Omaha Country club last week; Kenneth Reed, winner of the president's flight; and Francfs Gaines, winner of the consolation flight and employs a side stroke more than a "breast strok. Wahle assert ed Howell musfc change his form, as he certainly will be disqualified on the other side. Eugene Bolden of the v Illinois Athletic club. will be- the mainstay in the long swim. The tri-color club natator won .the, one mile National A. A. U. championship in the try outs, and defeated such well known experts as Ludy Langer of Hawaii and Leo. Giebel of the -New York Athletic club. K K. Kahele, an Hawaiian, who is in the naval serv ice, finished third in this race, and will be, a .valuable addition to the team. . " " ' , " Ross Fast at 400 Meters. -Norman Ross of the Illinois A. C. recently returned from a suicessful tour of Australia, wilt 'be hard to beat "in the 400 meter swim, accord ing to Coach Wahle. Ross took the event in" the trials' in "handy fashion from a fast field. Without being pushed, "Ross" stroked the distance , . y .v- to v.. ... ... 4&a,i,a v. 'Hawaii, was second .to Ross and Pua Kealoha,. third. 'Californians wcYe easily the class of 'the divers who .took part in the Jryout. H. Prieste of the Los An geles A. C. was i)y far the best con testant who executed the dives pre ; It is logical that workmen, trained' for so long a period, should know how, to build so superior a product; it is j. logical that more than two decades of study should enable . : Kokomo chemists to incorporate in Kokomo Tires only the best suited raw materiais. It fa a feet that Kokomo - Tires onthe road prove the wisdom of their makers they wear out slowly, uniformly. c The wear-resisting kokomotread and the resilient gray C sidewalls, periptly united in aftire foundation renowned r , for; its' strength, are the result of a quarter century spent k-'v Kokomo Rubbjer Company of Nebraska ' ; 2061 Farham Street ' OMAHA ' scribed by the Olympic committee. This expert won first place, in the plain diving from five and ten me ter heights' and took the fancy div ing contest from the same heights. Defeats Fonner Champion. . In both styles of diving Prieste defeated C. A. Swendsen of theLos AngelesA. C, national A.. A. U. champion. With few -exceptions the divers were lyiaccustomed to the new styles and fell down miser ably in their attempts. C. Pinkston of the . Olympic club of San Fran cisco was the victor in the spring board contest. , ,. The relay and water polo teams will be chosen from tht swimmers who are selected-for; the trip, ac cording to Coach Wahle.: A goal tender and one or two backs may be taken for polq, which is sec endaryto swimming in the eyes of the American Olympic committee. American Olympic Teams Train at Antwerp Stadium Training facilities will be availa ble American athletes at Antwero at the stadium, the foot ball field and a big aviatio.. field in the cen ter of the city. Other competitors in Olympic events will be similarly provided for. TpHE first pneumatic automobfle tiro made in America . was a Kokoma Twenty-five years of progress have passed Today, in point of construction and miles de livered, Kokomo Tires retain their premier classification. in bringing the first American pneumahc toe to perfection. They are the result of a determination to build tires that will continue to give unfailing service tires that you wilf know are not equaled tires that you will continue to use. By Intrntionl ' Scrrir. J? London, July 24:MlIe. SusanfV Lenglen, holder of the women's ten ' nis championship of the world, hai solved the style of play of the little Japanese wonder, Shimidzu, who soon will go to the United States ' to play. . Mile. Lenglen takes the.match be tween the Japanese and Gobert, the trench champion, in which the lat ter was defeated. "Although five sets were played before an end could be made, the game was not so good as that," says Mile. Langlen. v Gobert Falls Twice. "Gobert would be the last in the world to wish anyone to make ex cuses for him, but although he said before the match that e wit 'all right.' I knew that he was not. ' lwice he tell and after that he went to the net no more. , "Gobert plavinsr from the hark f' the court all the time is nob Gobert at all. "But Shimidzu h U AUoht(1 Only twice did he not smile. On. bert's falls worried him as much as they did our champion himself. 4 he little Japanese s service is so funny that he Jaughs at it himself. Monsieur Zenzo looks as if he is going to apologize about it all the ' time. And yet it seems to trouble everybody. ' ,' Jap Always Smiles. "'Surelv.' I think, as I W drive crossing the court, 'surely he will not get it.' "Yet he is there, smiling as though to say: 'Thank you very much for sending this one to me.' ; "He might have been waiting in that soot for a vear to iudo-e frnm his face, but he was certainly on the other side of the court a moment S ago. i l 'How does he do it? I was quite 1 a. long time in finding out, becaule he does not run. This is the -secret. He dances, do not know what is the national dance of Japan, but Shimidzu seems to dance all in one place while the court moves under him and brings ine Dau to mm.. And then he smiles. "His shot begins at his toes and ends by his trying to hide his head behind his right shoulder, and all the time he smiles. "It all looks so simple, so imoos- sibly simple. His smash is a push stroke. "He almost plays it with his racket in both hands. Holdinir the frame before -his face with his left hand, i . , iic peeps mruugn me strings ana pushes." - ; Motor trucks and tractors have re placed horses on more than 50 farms in Kansas. Outside of one of two cows to furnish milk and butter, no other live stock is to be found. ,1 l 'J 'M. A " " f , . .A? '-' .... '''. - '' ' ' :".' ". . ' .... .: . ' II . " . ,- - - - - '- ' - - - - I ' I ii Hi i - ... . " " - " r 1 - . . i f .. .J 0 - T " ' "-' ' 'm j J'V'"--' . 'v.. ' 'I - " ' '-' '
