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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1920)
THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTpiBEfl 15, 1920.1 13 Cornhuskers on v Gridiron Todav; First Workout Coaches Prepare for Squad Twice Sze of Last Year' Schulte Optimitsic Over Prospects. Lincoln, Neb., Sent. 14 v(Snecial1 Nebraska's foot ball men are jn ex cellent condition xand ready to go when foot ball practice , officially starts on the Nebraska field Wed nesday morning, according to Head Coach Schulte, who arrived in the Lornhuskcr camp a daypr two.ago. The Nebraska field fs in readiness for the daily grind and almost all of the old men are expected to be , in line for practicevwhen it begins. There will be practice every morn ing and every afternoon for the rest . 6f next week and the daily afternoon practice will start aweek from Mon day. - , ioaches have made preparations ipr a squad ot twjee the sue as that of J919. All of the men exoected bacjc this year will "be in line with inc exception ot scheiienberg and Russell. Schellenbem took his de gree last Jpring and Russell went to South America last summer and may not be back in time to play. Loach bchulte is very optimistic over the prospects for the teams. All of the old men are in excellent condition and.no one. of therrt has an extra poutvd of weight on him, i according to the Nebraska mentor, For this reason he believes that he will be able to get down to real practice almost immediately with out much training. ,' Will Ha Strong Line. A large nurnler of the men have been doing individual training for ' the past week or two and most of the rest have been doing heavy work most of the summer. The chances of a good strong line ' this year ar' excellent, Captain Bill pay will be-able to. fill the center position in the best of style as Iqng as he is able to go on the field. As ends, Swanson, Moore and and Sherer look iikethey best hopes. Swanson has played the end position for two- year and Moore and Sherer played on the freshman team last year, Moore has been training all. summer and -will prob ably try out forthc wing position opposite Swanson as soon as prac tice starts. - - At tackle the coaches will have to develop some new men. Monte Munn is expected to take one of the places left vacant by the departure of Lyman anl; Wilder. Several last year' men and some freshmen will worker the other place. ' Weller puts trjf a strong bid for a tackle po sition. Wade Munn, Pucelik, Young Rnd a number of others are working v for guard positions. Miinn has played the position for two years, while Young and Pucelik were sub stitutes last year. " . , The backfield i bound to. have some new men: There are a number ' of old timers 'back, among them Wright, Hubka. Dale, Howarth, Mc rlasson and Newman. Schocpple, Hartley and a number of .others 1 promise to bid Vstronglv for place bacjc of the line, ' No Assistant. , Coach Schulte stated recently that . no definite arrangements had been made for a second assistant foot ball coach. Coach Schissler will either assist with the varsity squad or have charge of the freshmen, but anotheri coach is needed. Dr. Luehring will' have nothing to dojwith foot ball ex cept on the business side as director of athletics. H. The Nebraska field is in excellent condition for the beginning of prac tice. The sawdust field will be used all season. It has, been found' very satisfactory by Nebraska coathes. Nebraska will play its, first game with Washburn colfege, October 2. The next game will be with .Colorado Aggies. Coach Schulte says that this promises to be a real contest. Three Labor Xeaders in Denver Indicted for Riot Denver, Sept. 14 Th'ree lead ers in local union labor circles, one of them vice' president of the Colo rado State FederaTipn of - Labor, were indicted by the' special grand jury investigating the rioting during the strike of street carmen in which several persons were killed and mu:h property damage done. State Base Ball 1 Bloomfleld, Neb.. Sept. H. (Special. Bloomrield won its venth itralKht vlo mry by defeating the VVauta team at that place Sunday by a acore of1 to S. Cock twirled ' rood came, etrlklnc out 11 men and Issuing but one tree ticket. Balrd also pitched food ball,' getting IS etrikrouta and walking one man. " "Red" Carpenter oarrted off--the, batting honors, getting two two-baggers and a single out or four times up. itewtoa suffered an In jured arm in thesixth Inning and was replaced by Hathaway, who finished the game In perfect abapo and got two eleVta Ingles In his two trips to the plate. Bat- . terlea: Cook, Newton and Hathaway; I Baird and Johnson. . This game was the closing game of a four-day bae ball tournament at Wausa. On Saturday Wauia met defeat A the hands oX ths Magnet team in, an excit ing game, ths score being i to 8. Hatha way, pitching for Magnet, was invincible and Balrd hurled a peach of a game tor Waut. On Friday Wausa defeated Pierce and on Thursday tney won from crofto, -Mhus getling an even break on the tourna- rnent. Trenton, Neb., Sept. 14. Trenton won the best game pfayed en their grounds today against the Belolt, Kan., team, who are the champions of Kansas. A fvature of the game was the. home run by Woods. R. H. E. Trenton 2, 7 2 Belolt t if 0 . 1 I Batteries: Baltej and Copple; Williams and K-nnnly. Struck out: By Bailev, 10; ty Wmiams, . Base on balls: By Bailey, 1: by WillJiuns, i. Umpire: Reutaei. Time: 1:56. . ' Beatrlcl, Neb., Sept. 14. With t.eftjr Wiley, a former Western league hurler, on the mound. Beatrice' shut out Wll bur Sunday, score .7 to 0. Wiley held ills match. opponents to two hits. ' R. H. E. Wilbur , 0 i S Baatiice ...7 S 1 Batteries: Caldwell and KIburs: Wiley and Gulnote. . Struck out: By vWilex, 8; vj VI1UHCII, 0. Sidney, Neb... Sept. 14 Sidney again defeated ths fast Sterling ' nine In a hard fought battle here Sunday by a scire of to 6. The gam was witnessed by 1,000 fans. Including a large number with a band from Starling. This makes Sidney's fourth consecutire defeat of ths Sterling club, Handsome Donovan win ning four straight from Sterling. Bat teriesSidney: Donor an and Snyder. Sterling: Noyes and Diamond. ; " Fremont, Neb., Sept 14. Fremont ' trounced Mora Bluffs In a slugging - R. H. E. tenia's Clothiers II 1.1 i Mors Bluffs S 1 i Batteries Souia'j Clothier's: Struv and Frits. Bluffs: B. Walla, and Former Record Holder to Race Eter6 Next Saturday W'i t' i -'V S Ray Burr Larrjpkfn, former holder of,several dirt trade- automobile records, will be ambng the entries in the automobile races at Ak-Sar-Ben field Saturday. Hewill drive a lC9-horsc power Deusenberg. Successes of Dodger Crew . - Bring put xRecord Crowds Superbas Have Won Ten Straight and Are Leading , The League by Five Games Visions of World Series Sends Throngs to Park, Neces- sitating Cjosing of Gates, New York, Sept, 13, The Brook lyn team of the National league by its double victory over the Chicago Cubs today, increased its lead jn the pennant race to five full, games over Cincinnati and New York. The Giants defeated St. Louis and Cin cinnati dropped a game to Philadel phia, these results placing the two teams tied so far as games are con cerned, but giving th-vorld's cham pions j an advantage ot two per centage points over McGraw's men. The five-game lead of the Superbas gives them an advantage of 32 points over the Keds and 04 over the Giants. All three leaders in the American league won their games today, so that there is no change in relative positions. The anomaly ccTmnues of the New York Yankees leading Cleveland by half a game.ut trail ing the Indians by one percentage point. Cleveland-and New York each named two points by their victories over Philadelphia and De troit, respectively, while Chicago add U. S. Ath!ees"Defeat Norwegian Sar s Christiania. NorwavT Sept. 14". America!, athletes who participated in the Olympic contests a Antwerp met Norwegian stars fierce Monday ana won the honors of the meet eas ily, being far superior to their com petitors, v " ' . J, V. Scholz, University of Jiis souri. equalled the world's record in the 100-meter dash, making the dis tance in 10.6 seconds. He also -won the 200-rrteter rac his time being 22.2 seconds. Joie Ray, Illinois A. C. won the 800-meter race in 1 min ute, 58.7 seconds, but was beaten in the 1,500-meter by a Norwegian. Walker' Smith, Chicago A. A., won the 110-meter hurdles in 15.6 seconds. f The Americans were well received arid are hailed fy the press as good sportsmen. a Graafian Commissioned as " First Lieutenant in Army Washington, Sept. 14.-(Special Telegram.) rred W. slitnn of Uma has has been commissioned as a first lieutenant, regular army, Veterinary corps, 'as the result of examinations taken under the provisions of the army reorganization act, it wa's aft' iiounced by the' .War department toi day. - Lieut. "Gel. JSmes H. Como, quar termaster corps, is relieved from du ties at Seattle, Wash., and will. pro ceed to Fort Crook. Neb. ' : Anti-Red Riots Break Out In Russian Capital London, Sept. 14. Serious anti bolshevik rioting is taking place in Petrograd, it is declared in reports from that city received in Berlin, says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from the Ger man capital, filed yesterday, j , v Base Ball Notes The fans over In Clncy go wild at the Red league ball park when the score board shows the Brooklyns or the Giants losing. They think that the National league pen nant will flap peacefully in Clncimiatl again. "Butch" Ruether says he is through with the Reds because of the action of President Hermann In taking a week's pay from his salary for breaking training rules. Tat Moran says "Dutch" will pitch for Cincinnati or retiaa from base ball. . The release, of Slim Salce will bring re gret from all fans. Slim was in the majors 13 years. He started his career with the St. Louis Cardinals In 101, and remained there for year, when he was traded to the Giants. At the end of the year 1917, Sallee announced his tnttntl.ia to- quit base ball, but was persuaded to go to Cincinnati. Sallee la now 35 years old and intends to get into the oil game In Cincinnati. Bab Adams, who at 38 and with vears of big league hurling behind him, Is pitching g-eod ball for the Pirates, says his arm is good for a season or mora yet. but ths globs-trotting la fitting on his nerves. He declares next year he will stay on his Missouri farm and plax the ball games through the newspapers. XinVrictCn Association At Milwaukee Minneapolis ... Milwaukee i . . . T TT X ...'.,..7 11 2 j. n. a- 11 1 and Mayer; Batteries: Thompson Morthrop and Staylor. At Louisville: Columbus . , , , Louisville R. H. Z. , .S 3 ...... .rl l: i Duefel; Kitelle Batteries: Gross and Koeher. and At Kansas Cltv: , V R. IT. E. I SC. Paul 10 S Ltansas City ..(...,,. ...4 I I Batteries: Williams and, llsrave; Horstman, Ross and Sweeney. T ed three p'oints by defeating Wash ington and thus crept up, a poftlt on the two leaders. Brooklyn has not yet clinched the pennan;, but its comfortable lead will enable the team to take things a.little easier for the remainder of ithe season unless the Reds' and Giants start a winning streak. Brooklyn has 14 more games to play, Cincinnati 22, and New York 18. Should the Superbas win'half their remaining games, it will be necessary for the Reds to win 16, Land the Giants 14 to tie Brooklyn, On the other hand, i Cincinnati and New York win onlyhalf of their remaining games it yTl be neces. sary for Brooklyn to win only four more games to capture the pennant, Visions of a world series in the greater city han icnt" New York and" Brooklyn base ball fans to the parks in such numbers t"at at Eb betts' field the police shut the gates a half hour after the first game be gan, A crowd estimated at 10,000 persons were turned away. Felix fiiaz Will Leave , Country Quite Soon Mexico City. Sept. 14. Felix Diaz, nephew of former president Rorfirio Diaz, and the reportf3' leader of a revolutionary movement in the state of Vera Cruz, wili leave Mexico nrobablv todav. according to an an nouncement ' at the presidential orlices last nipht. It was stated his followers, under the command1 of Carlos Arellano, chief lieutenant of Diaz, are being mutered out in the vicinity of Misantla under the same conditions imposed, when Francisco Villa s men were discharged. Several carloads of corn arid beef are being rushed to Canutillo, state of Duraniro. where Villa's men have been placed on farnif. These ship ments were made upon request worn Villa, who stated the region where his men are living has been swept clean of all supplies. '' 7 ' Four Jap Sailors Killed : Big Shell Explosion Tokio, Sept. 14. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Lieutenant Humada and four members of the crew of the Japanese battle cruiser Haruna were instantly killed when a shell being placed in one of the guns pre maturely exploded off Hokokaido today. One petty officer and nine bailors were fatally injured, while two'others were slightly wounded. Vice Admiral Prince Fushimi was aboard the warship when the ex plosion took place, but escaped in- lury.It is understood the damage r i . t . iT was connncq 10 one or me turrets of the ship. - Candidate Spends Only $3 for Campaign Expenses Washington -Sept. 14. Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington, re publican candidate for renomina tion, has submitted one of the brief est statements " , of before-primary campaign expenditures yet filed with the secretary of the senate. , "I paid $3 for a three-minute talk at the Yanks club, Seattle," he said. "The money was donated by the club to the Salvation army." No other expenditure was report ed by Senator Jones. Swimmer Pulls Boat Hands ahd Feet Tied Youngstown, O., Sept- H. Could you pull a boat -while swimming with your feet and hands tied? "Jimmy" Lane, life guard at Lake Glacier, near here, did. He did it with his teeth. As a result, "Jimmy" holds a unique world's championship. Not only did he' swim Lake Gla cier this way twice, but he swam Conneaut lake, nearly two miles, in this manner in the remarkable speed of 45 minutes. iMore than . 50 lives have been saved by "Jimmy" during his career as a life guard. udahy Company Passes Its Quarterly Dividend Chicago, Sept. 14. The Cudahy Packing company passed its divi dend stoday. Officials said it was the first time since 'the reorganiza tion of the company that a dividend JraK been- passed. In a letter to the stock exchange the company announced itsdecision to pass the quarterly dividend on the common stock, which otherwise would have been payable October 5. Railway Men Pledge Harding TheirSupport Benefits rind Fairness of Cummins-Esch Act Explained to Workers Who Refute Democratic Propaganda. By PHILIP KINSLEY. CblcAlw Trtbuue-$iahsi Be Lsaaed Wire. Marion, O., Sept. 14. Four hun dred members of the Railway Union of MaHon marched Jo Senator Hard-ing's-tTouse Monday "to pledge hun the railroad "support. They declared that the story that the railway men, were for Cox was in line with the reckless, unsubstantiated charges which" the democratic1, nominee has been making about campaign funds. "Safety first, elect Harding." was one of the banners displayed by the men who marched in their working clothes. Senator Harding read them a care fully prepared address in which 'he outlined the course of recent rail road history and defended the Cummins-Esch bill in detail. Re ferring to the Plumb plan of control of the roads by the workers, he said: ( r ,- Not American Spirit. ' "I do not belive America ever will consent to seizing the righteously owned property of any citizen "to place it in the hands of another. To have seized the railways and to have bestowed them upon . the operating forces would have bein the destruc tion of everything weiiold precious as an Inspiration to American ad vancement." He compared the difficulties fating V the government and the American people at this time to the maze oL tracks in the t.hicago switching yards, and said that the conclusion was that there is always a safe and sufe way to, any destination if one knows howito pick it'out.N He spoke of-the government ex periment in railroad ownership, and called attentionalso to the! seizure of the telephone and telegraph lines. He voted for the measure granting this power, he said, because he was assured that the government never intended to use the power given under the bill. Fifteen days later, he said, without any new emergency, the lines were taken ever. The un doubted intent of the -"ptesent ad ministration, he said, was to make public ownership permanent, ' Expensive Experiment "It cost America a $1,000,000,000," he said, "to make the government operation experiment in war, and no one can say that , it would hare cost less to make a like experiment in peace. Dur ing the expedient of govern ment operation the deterioration in value of-'aifroad property was a $L000,000,000 more and the whole advent brought a crossing obliga tion to the government arid to the ljeopb who pay the governments ODiigaijQU. uur uig islsk is iu liqui date the loss and startafresh." ' , The country was facing a complete breakdown in transportation, he said, when the Cummins-Esch bill was passed. He admitted tht it was hastily done, yet declared the bill the most progressive piece of rail way, legislation ever passed, ..v Yaryan and East Sold Wichita, Kan., 'Sept. 14. Everett Yaryan and Carl East of the Wich ita base ball club have been sold to the Chicago Americans, accordingJ to an announcement of hank Is bell, president of the Wichita club, today. Yaryan has, hit 35 home runs this season. Both will report in Hje spring. . y 9 i(ct"Caw 0 imir dowi OUvct Pete tfc euicUct trau UnMioui d rfixtttr.-" ifajuitnz. aatitteiV, h AAurri Aiibpicf 3 faun, jpr omA 6om MiMi rf 0Mt( pK!!'' CUdL, Pete --0fv, Pctc&ifevvo Obfo cjtw : "fai U'? qm rdk ovv 9'm jotrd $tyt. . mxq 1 fttU, 3'm, fafWxjV&j tJlifflOtoa xtoste tfe jfafaoecL look. SO, X(0U fell- 'tWV iKfi "-1. jjUB Oiiyfilde! J. Weird'Storv oiv Wile's Death Is . Told by Jones ' Probe Being- Made Into Death in Lake Michigan . Of New York Por.- : trait Painter. , Chicago Tribune-Omaha 'Be Leased Wire. Clinigo, Set 14,-Police and fed eral officials are investigating the story tald by Vfack" Jones, president of the Pillpickle club, whowas res cued after clinging to capsized dory 18 hours. His wife of a week, weakened after hanging to the boat 19 hours, was swept away by a giant wave And drowned. Police xuk"al& at Raciuu .Wi&t,p which point Jones was taken, say they believe his version ot the affair, and the builder of the ULfoot launch also says it would be possible for a man to right it, Jones claims he righted the boat three times; Con sidering the length of jhe launch; that it carried a heavy mart and a large square sail, it waj' at first thought impossible for one man to ritjht it in an angry sea, but sailors said it would be possible, by taking advantage of the waves and wind. ' Jones also changed the story of his wife's death Monday. At first he said he had chained her to the right- . 1 t . . t .1. . A l. ed boat and that an nnuwUly heaVytcontroversy was offered Vhen the sea broke the cnain and carried her, 'A away. He now says they wer caught in the motor'and tlidt he held her in one arm antil she died, when lie !c' lus slip into th- lake. His first story to the effect that he had soaked mast oi the cloihing of himself) and wife in gasoline vv$ burned, the garments iji i,ope oi at tracting attention til n"t , compare j-' - 1 'r-1 - SBsVMBflpBfSS" i V Pefer. t&at AdtoMoouw cu riytoi 5ts with the facia tJUt who,: rescuerkit burned a quantity of rags. ' -His wife' was Anna Mitchell, - a N, York portrait painter. He had teceu;v been divorced trom I"li7a- betjt-Gurlay Flynu, the ''Joan ot Arc ot the so:ia!ist j. Gew of -Special Held ' For Labor Day Wreck Denver. Colo., Sept. 14. The-crew of the Boulder-Bound special car and the st&tion agent at Globeville were held responsible for the Labor day collision of two inteirurhan trains,' which 'resulted in the death of "12 persons and injuries of-101 others, in a verdict returncsi late Monday by a coroner's jury which investigated the accident. 1 The crew bf the inbound 'regular car was exonerated. Assistant District Attorney G. A. MeCann of Brighton, who assisted! Coroner E. G. Jones of Adams, county-in-eenducting the inquest, an-J nounced that information charging FW. Schulze, conductor of the special car;,, E, Cripps, njptorman, and C, H. Ohland, station agent at Globeville, near where the wreck' occurred, with criminal neglect would be filed in criminal; court at once. years' The maximum penalty is 10 imprisonment. Striking Teamers in New York Want to Debate New 'York Sept. 14. A' unique Miei'estion for settlement of a labor strike committee of the Van Teanir kters uiMOiv challenged , the Van Owners asspetation to annate the is sues of the teamstets' strike, which started last week, in Madison Square Garden. The tefcmsters suggested that two-thirds of the garden be al lotted equally o friends of the coiit tn.'ing parti.M and the remaining third thrown cper to the public 1 tSSSS Cost Plus Demndei v By .Wheat Growers at Kansas City ,Meetlng Kansas City, Sept.. 14. Growers of the spring wheat producing area of the nortJiwest ar to be urged ty engage in the movement of the win- j , lerv wheat grawers . to hold tbeir -AvBcat until it brings $2JS a bushel , at country elevators, it was ui-, nounced following a wheat growers' : conference here. v Representatives of farmers in Kan-; sas, Missouri, " Oklahoma and, Ne-. braska ratified resolutions a'iopted! by statewide meetings endorsing .the K movement to hold wheat ".Mntii it brings cost 'pls.. a small A prflfiR' Farm oranizatioais of Jvjunnflota, 'the Dakota, and foptana ;ere urged to Bppral to they j Members to ' follow suit. ' ; !;i A survey by which' yt was shown thfit the' eotst of growing a bushfcl f wheat to insure the farmer a 2Q.!per cent profit 'Was $2.77 in four sfcatea and $27SK in seven others, was-the basis of the price suggested. ... An ex:ciiti.ve committee ojrjiuposed of Maurice McCauliffe, SaKna.'Kan.; WiNiam Hirth, Columbia, Mo,; C. H. GustafMMi, Lincoln, NeJ., and' Qi H. , Hyde, TA1va, Old, -wars name4;: to handle details eft marketing iu'th lour'atntes. Reds Take Offc aisive on i! Both"?ude of Bnidv Lontdon, Sept. 14. The Russian! soviet forces, Jt is reported .rom Moscpw, have taken the -offeitiive on borth sides oe Jirody, near rthe iold Galieian border, and are marfiiinj on Imberg, accoodHjg to an Ex change .telegraph -dispatch front'Ser lin. daed Monday. ;(; l hje roush and Ukrainian troops, Mt, Is. declared, "have been .drjyen back by the Russian cavalry. J- if 1 ,"yf r bo r f 5'
