THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20 1921.
Nationally Uniform Rules Needed in All the Branches oi Athletics
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Greatest Aid to
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Ruth Struck
OutEkhtv-Two
Times Last Year
North Plfltte Cagfe Team
Bee's Sport AlbumCIiarlie Trimble
Intersectional
Sport Contests
Gambler Evil .
Takes Toll of
Larger Minors
Coast League as Well as
Majors Hard Hit by Tainted
v Players in Organized
. Base Ball.
Variances in Code Often
Beats Teams of Merit Es
pecially True in Track and
Field Events.
With so many intersectional con
tests of importance tobe decided
. during the current year, need of a
uniform interpretation' of rules to
cover the various branches ofsport
should be urged by those behind the
movement to bring different sections
of the country into a closer athletic
relationship.
While the national intercollegiate
foot ball rules committee does every
thing possible to make the gridiron
code clear, coaches vand officials
must agree on interpretations when
elevens of difterent sections meet,
When Ohio State journeyed to Pasa
dena to meet California on January
1, coaches aud officials held a lengthy
conference to determine how certain
clays should be ruled. '
The same is true when a midwest
eleven goes east. Some points are
always brought up which do not ap
pear important , on the surface; but
i which, through a difference of opm
ion on the part of officials, might
mean victory or defeat or cither
icain.
Differences in Track Sports.
track and held athletics. is an
other branch which should come in
for consideration. Western sprinters
always are placed at a disadvan
tage when they go east, for, the
rpQcrm tl,v ,,,119 e(?p rtflP tko Kna
via...-! nifc j.iuai gtvm , VI, lilt, uaiL
floor, while thc,y are permitted to
use cleats in their home section. This
method of starting is entirely dif
terent, and unless a runner accus
tomed to start from cleats gets
plenty of practice in leaving the
starting line from) the bare floor, he
will find! .himself at a serious disad
vantage when he meets runners ef-
As the National A'. A. L outdoor
track and field championships n'll
bejield at Pasadena.. Cal., this sum
mer and coast officials will de
'lermine winners'., in the various
events, disputes are certain to arise
unless the judges agree on rules in
terpretations before the contests.
Hardlv a national meet has passed
into history that there has not been
some wrangle over decisions.
Scored Wrontly at Itoston.
rant year when the nstlonsl!i were held
In Boston the soorlne; .luclges divided points
when athlete were tied for places. The
rule state plainly that in all championships-ties
should, he Jurtined or run off.
Scoring In this meet was finally corrected
when the National A, A. '. convention
was held In New Orleans during the win
ter The University of Michigan Is scheduled
to meet California In a set of dual track
and field 'games In April and unless the
coaches agree to a set of rules trouble
Is sine to arise. Competitive rulinfrs In
the Western conference and Paciflo Coast
conference are different and unless cer
tain points are uareed . upon beforehand
the meet may result in. one ofkthose dis
tasteful affairs which are erouncl. for ar
guments for years to come.
Wr?tlini Is tRlt'ne such a hold on the
college and preparatory school athletes
that a universal code should be adopted.
One of the best pieces of legislation whloh
possibly could be edopted is to have all
contests of importance decided In a ring.
Why Ring I ceded.
In inosit crs?s mats are laid on the gym
nasium floors. This places a referee at
a serious disadvantage . Under such con
dition no hold is allowed whloh Is not
obtained on the wrestling -mat. In many
cass one trappier may rush an opponent
and secure a hold Just as the other Is
leaving the mat. Aoeordlng to rules, he
should be given the upper position when
th men are brought to the center of the
canvas, but sucn a ruling would not be
satisfactory tn all.
Wrestling bouts are decided, upon ag
gressiveness. In the event there la no
fall. If the grapplera had to settle the
question of supremacy in a ring, holds
could b secured without , question and
winners determined to the satisfaction
.of every one. Portable rings could be
built with little expense and this should
be done In Justice to the wreetlersA of
ficials, and spectators.
Ante to Meet renn state.
Charley Mayser, athletic director and
wrestllnr coach at the Iowa State Agri
cultural college, whose team will meet
Penn State In a dual meet next month,
recently asserted Jje will have a ring
built for these contests which will be
. , ...1 .,(,. u t - In th.
middle west, and PeniiKtate In thg east
Invariably produce strong westling teams.
Coach Sehraeder of the University of
Iowa wrestling team la another firm be
liever In the ring, as la Paul Prehn. who
teaches the grappling team at the Uni
versity of Illinois. -
When Chicago and Pennsylvania met
for the national Intercollegiate basket
ball championship last year, certain points
In the rules had to be agreed upon by
coaches and officials.' When the Illinois
A. C. water polo team lost its national
title last year to the Olympic club of
San Kranclsco, members of the losing ag
gregation uaserted difference In playing
rules hindered them materially.
4f Important intersecilonal contests are
to continue and Increase in number, their
life will depand to a large extent on
uniform Interpretations of rules as losing
events over rules technicalities, and will
confine their competition to their respec
tive sectiona. '
Cass Wallops Saratoga
' . In Practice Contest
The Cass grade school basket ball
team trounced the Saratoga- quintet
in a practice game Thursday after
noon at Central Park gymriasium by
the score of 20 tr 9. At the end of
the first half the score was 10 to 7
in favor of the Cass tossers. '
James Carroll scored 16 of Cass'
20 tallies, while Tommy Thomas
caged two field goals. Frank Itener
was, responsible for the nine points
scored by Saratoga. - '
Both teams are members1 of The
Omaha Daily Bee grade school basket-ball
tournament.
Cleveland Farms (5ut Two
Players to Western Club
Cleveland, O., Feb. ,19. Pitchers
George '.Cykowskk Cleveland saad
lotter, and Rubbell Elison, Univer
sity of California, have been farmed
ouF" by r the Cleveland American
league base ball club' to the Joplin
team of the Western league. ,
Jeffries Has Luck V
San Francisco Jim Jeffries, fo
mer heavvweicht chammon. need not
worry any more about the highcost
r , t r . i I
oi living, nc recently purcnasca a
tract of land on the hills near his
San Fernando Valley cattle ranch.
Oil was struck on the property
and Jeff is getting richer every day.'
Signs With Seattle - )
Seattle, Wash., tto. iy. kud
Oldriiig, .for many years an out
fielder for the Philadelphia Athletics,
has signed to play with the Seattle
eluH in the Pacific coast base ball
league, President W. H. Kleppea,
announced Friday. .
Sitting, left to right, Bunnell. Wilson,
Klrkham, eoacbi (apt. Donald lost,
Expect , to Match;
Pesek ahd Laitiften
11 That Remains toi .Complete
Big "Rassle'lVAgreeing
Upoir Purses. ' ,
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New York, Feb. 19. (Special.)
AH that remains to becompleted is
the detail of agreeing upon financial
terms to bind a bout to a finish Ji
tween John Pesek, the Nebraska
Tiger, who leaped into fame almost
over night by scoring a quick and
easv victorv over Walderk Zbvszko
and Arjnos Laitinen, the heavy
weight grappler trom t inland.
Larney Lickenstein in a telegram to
a sporting man here declared that
anything like fair terms would be
acceptable to him. What Lichen-
stein 'wants is the chance to show Ins
warrior belore the Metropolitan
crowd. Once established, Pesek will
be a sensation, it is thought.
Johnny Fleesoni promoter of
wrestling at Prospect hall, telegraph
ed to Chicago to Lichenstcin
offering 50 per cent of the gross re
ceipts for a match between the pair.
His offer followed a' long talk with
Hjalmcr Lundm, in which the for
mer strong man and near champion
declared that Laitinen could tie Pe
sek into "knots. Fleeson breathed
words into Ltmdin's ears to the ef
fect that Lichenstein was willing to
bet real money that Pesek could toss
the Finlander twice in 90 minutes.
Pesek is without doubt one of the
most remarkable of the younger set
of wrestlers. He is 24 years of age 1
and balances the scales at about 194
pounds. This is something under
the average poundage of the big fel
lows specializing in head locks and
toe holds, but what the Nebraska
man lacks in weight he more than
makes up in aggressiveness. He is
rancher with a home at Kavenna,
and he laid the foundation of his
tremedous power by hard, rough
work. ' ,
In the ring Pesek is u real fighter.
There is. nothing geutle'about him
Once the referee signals the onset.
His speed and agility are that of a
lightweight, and he has a well
grounded knowledge of the combina
tion holds. He is a quick" finisher
once the opportunity presents itself.
Cuban Palmero Only
Brown Who Has Not
Signed 192 1. Contract
1 St.' Louis, vFeb. 19. The lineup of
the St. Louis Americans for the com
ing year was sounded out Friday
with the receipt ofthe signed con
tract of Catcher Billings. Of 38 play
ers, the only one remaining unsigned
is Pitcher Palmero, the Cuban trom
the, Omaha team of the Western
IcaguevTlis terms have been met, it
is stated, and he is expected to join
the advance guard of the Browns
in the training camp at Bogalusa,
La., Monday. ' 'v.
Drewman, SnaUrro and Probaaeo were
the point getters for the Bellevue Presby
terians thia week.
Twelve of the 5 points scored br the
First M. E. quintet against the Clifton
Hill Presbyterians were made by Bight
Forward Parmeloe.
Kamproler and Eltien, guards for the
First M. E. team, are considered the best
in the Church league. . .
Don Moore, right forward of the Pearl
M. E. team, still continues to throw the
oval Into the loop and last week contrib
uted H of the 33 points for his team.
I. Graham ofhe South Side Presbyte
rians Is running a neck-to-neck race with
John Calvert of the Benson M. K. for
first place In scoring the most Individual
points. ' ,
The Benson M. K. team won the pen
nant In the Church league last week. Of
the 30 points scored Calvert contributed 22('
Wilkinson and Wetser are the guarding
demons In the Commercial league. They
are connected with the Lion Bonding
Company. . .
The three Deffenbaugh brothers, R. W.
and C, are playing with the Council Blafts
Nonpareils; ' - , , .
The Pearl Hope scored their second vic
tory of the season Thursday night, when
they copped a 16 to ( victory from the
Grace Lutherans. , . . .
' Although the Townsends hare a' great
cage team, they have been unable to cop
a victory thus far la the Greater Omaha
league this season. , . , .
Ftothow and "Ike" Maheney took ad
vantage of the Townsend guards last week
and shot seven and tlve baskets, Respec
tively. Cart l-ntes' guarding was one of the
features in the Athletic Club-Townsend
mix.
Billy I'sher was the star basket shooter
for the Bowens In the game against the
Wilson Eleotrlcs and scored the goal that
wen the game, A . .
TUtehlo and Koran, old-timers In the
game, and members of the championship
Brandels team several years ago, aro still
performing In great style for the Wilson
Electrics. ' (
esc . IN -THE
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Back row,
Nafth Platte, Neb., Feb. 19. Spe-S
cial. The local high school- basket
ball team is making a strong bid
for the state championship and
when the. North' Platte quintet
enters the state tournament at Lin
coln next iiionth followers of the
aggregation expect Coach McKirk
ham's players to plow through un
defeated. ' '.
The following Is- (he list of
pluved and the ecores: '
games
, North Hlatte, 45:' Oulbertson, 24.
-North matte. 17: Alliance, 11.,
a J North Platte, 35; Sutherland, 13
, -North Platte. 11: OgallaJn, .
North Plane. 41: Brady, 5,
North Platte, 17; Kimball, 4.
North Platte, 14; Uni. Place, 24.
North Plaltc, 1: Bayard, 2. ' .
North Platte, Curtis, 23.
- North Platte. 1'9; Kearney. 7.
. North' Platte. It; Shelton, 15.
North Platte. IS; Gothenburg, 34.
North Platte. 24; Kearney, 12.
North Platte. 3.-,; Oftallaln, 8.
BUGS"
BAER
Sparring the. Rodv
accomplished debuatante of
t tht
the betterv class writes to in
quire the proper age at which an
ambidextrous parent should cease
spanking his almond-eyed laughter.
From the accrued "evidence it
seems that this fluff has an old man
who lays down the law. with a free
and heavy hand. He drapes, sister,
over his knee and puts the wood to
her. Indicatin(r that, above all, he
is a stern partjnt.
The old woodshed is one with
Ninevah and beer. The flivver rat
tles where once the boss heaved. In
the old harnes days the old man
would lead the strop cotillon to the
wopdshed - and the toggle liame
would chirp "Hame, Sweet Hanie,"
or the martingale would sing sweetly.
Aovv the woodshed is a garage:
Some difference between a drum
ming with a strap and a walloping
with the spare parts of a flivv. v
We don't know the exact age at
which the old man should stop lay
ing 10 cents worth of lumber over
the .apple oi his good ejK. Leaving
tpe decision up to the pmocma play
ers in the supreme court, we get
slipped the ponderous answer that
the proper time to stop is when he is
tired. ' -.
"Fair enough. In the case of- a
boy, l the old man should cancel
the hickory education when the kid
is able' to fight back. Papa Corbett
used to lay a handful of birch over
Jim right up until the day Jim beat
John L. Pop Corbett did not chal
lenge" the winner of the -fight, but
asked for a temporary armistice 'to
consult the rule book. Nevertheless,
Jim1 states that his old man was
always champion- of the home. ,
A beating , brings the parents and
child closer together. For the time
being. They may drift apart tem
porarily, but a .woodshed conven
tion " always .strengthens the family
bonds and inspires a warm, clannish
feeling in the immediate zone of
operation.
If Pop Legree insists on' beating
Little Eva, there seems to be no
remedy outside of keeping her face
to the foe. The supreme court is
right this time.- The proper time to
stop paternal thumpings is when the
old man is tired. ; '
"Home Run" Baker td"
Don Yankee Uniform
S Baltimore, Md Feb. 19.-J. Frank
lin Baker will again don a Yankee
uniform, it is believed, following his
conference here Friday afternoon
with Joe Kelly, scout of the New
York Americans. After the confer
ence Baker said: , '
"I can't tell you what I will do
right now. Joe Kelly and I have
talked it' over. I want to play. ; I
have been in correspondence with
Miller Huggins for some time and
expect to make a- decision soon."
It "Is said Huggins is expecting to
pday Baker at third base and that
Meusel will go to first. f ,
French Distance Runner v ;
To Race in Relay Carnival
Philadelphia, Feb?S9. W. Dennis,
the sensational French distance run
ner, will oppose some of America's
fastest college athletes irv a two-mile
race added to the University of
Pennsylvania elay carnival program
at Franklin field in April. All great
college distance runners will be in
vited to compete against him,-
Pease, Shilling ml lllumao.
Ilealey and Nhaner.
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WNCOMAUAmPAliCULiP
NICkNAME. L:
, CONTESTANTS NAME; , ,
CONTEST CLOSES MARCH 1
left to right, Schultz, Locke, Ir. Mr-
First Big Sale Made
Of Harness Season
Lucile . Bingen Passes From
Ownership of James Snell
to Brook Farm. ,
The most important sale of a har
ness horse since' the advent of the
1921 season is that of the bay nurds
Lucile Bingen, 2:03 3-4, ' which a
few days ago passed from the owner
ship of James Snell of Lexington to
that of theTTrook Farm at Chester,
N. Y., the lst named the "breeding
establishment of Richard Dofafield,
one of the leading bankers, of New
York Cit While she is well up in
years, having been in the stud for
several seasons and having raised
three jcolts, she cost her new owner
$25,000 in cold cash, not for use in
the stud but for racing during the
coming season in , the important
stakes of the Grand circuit.
Lucile Bingen took a record of
2:08 1-2 in a trial against the watch
when a 3-year-old she being at that
timeowncd by- C. K. G. Billings.
Billings refused to race his horses
for money and she was retired to
the matron ranks at his Curies Neck
farm in Virginia., At the dispersal
sale of the Billings horses four years
ago Snell purchased the mare. That
season she raised a filly by -i he
Harvester .which -the past season
took a record hi 2:08 1-2 and won a
race on the Grand , circuit. 'Her j
other two foajs also took standard i
records. '
Snell trained Lucile Bingen last
season and she showed so much
speed in her early work at Lexing
ton, a. mile in 1:08 3-4, with t(ie last
quarter in 28 3-4t seconds, that he
turned her over t Walter Cox to
further develoy, having the 1921
stakes in view. Cox -did not hurry.
witn ner DUt sne was worxea in
2:06 in September at Columbus and
then during thefirst week of the
rots at Lexington she was started
against the watch and took a record
of 2:03 3-4. .
The second week of the trots it
was decided to start Lucile Bingen
in a race, sfie being eligible jn the
Castleton event in which the great
Peter Manning was a starter. Of
course, the race .was conceded to the
Murphy star, but "few believed that
the Cox mount would beat the
others.- However, she was always
second in all three heats in time
around 2:04 -and now the "ex-brood
mare" is figured to be one of the
greatest prospects for the Big Ring
stages of the coming season. -
"BiirWest Scores New
High Average Record
Wh
He Bowls 719
en
"Bill" West, who bowls with the
Adair-Lee Rubber Company team, in
the Booster league at the Omaha al
leys, shattered the high average rec
ord for three games Friday night
when he scored a total of 719 points.
Jimmy Jarosh of the Bowen Fur
niture tejim established the new city
high average record several weeks
ago when he toppled the pins for a
count of 718.
In Wst's first game last night he
rolled 274 and in the sepond con
test 'smashed 214 pins, boosting his
total to 719 in his third and final
game with a score of 231.
The new holder of the season's
high average record holds 25th place
in the individual average tolumn of
the Booster league, but in his games
Friday night seemed to forget his
individual standing percentage and,
as "Wild Bill" London said, "shot
like a house afire."
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Johnny Meyers in .
Win Over Paul Prehn
Chiitago Tribune-Omaha Dee Leased W ire.
Chicago, Feb. 19. Successful ap
plication of the double wrist lock, one
of the most dangerous holds in
wrestling, gave Johnny Meyers,
claimant of the middleweight cham
pionship, a victory over Paul Prehn,
University of Illinois mat instructor,
in the niam bout of the show at the
Coliseum Friday night. Myers won
two out of three falls.
Attention has been called to the
fact that all the cost of obliterating
fthc trail of the
gambjer from pro
fessional base ball
will not be borne
by the major
leagues, an nil
pression which
4i was miintention-
'-V ally conveyed by
r- v; last week's at
tempt w estimate
. the cost to the
bw? circuits.
There was no
s ida at the time
of issuing a card
index, or even a
partially " complete
tom sfaton. list of all the play
tribune Pboto.l crs and others
-.connected with
csMiimercial base balls who have been
sacrificed because of evidence or sus
picion connecting them" with gam
blers. The story id not even mclnde
a,H the jilajor leaguers in volved,-
Suffers Ne to Majors.
. Next to the big circuits, an inter
ested correspondent has pointed out,
the Pacific Coait league apparently
has done more and suffered more loss
to suppress the evils that have crept
into the sport than any other similar
organization. Taking the record of
that league in the. last year under the
fearless leadership -of President W.
H. McCarthy, the club owners were
forced to accept severe losses in the
matter of men implicated in scandal.
The first players to come under the
ban were Tom Seaton, the former
Cub pitclir, and' Casey Smith. They
were released unconditionally by the
San Francisco club, although that
action eSrly in May handicapped the
Seals, seriously"" in the pennant race
tha't followed. Then in mid-season
tire Salt Lake club released outright
Outfielder Harl Maggert, who was
mixed up with Babe Borton, a former
White Sox first baseman, in a. money
transaction which could not be ex
plained satisfactorily, Borton was a
member of the V ernon team ot me j
same league and was first suspended'
bv President McCarthy and later re
leased unconditionally by the Vernon
cjul). ,
.lunrj iei T,u i.,u,iiii.
W illiam Rumler1, another Salt Lake out
fielder, was suspended for a period or
five yearB by President McCarthy for
Another financial deal with Borton which
they could rot explain to the satisfaction
of the league's executive. Another act
of the Coast league president was to rule
Hal Chase off all its grounds and to bar
numerous gamblers from the grounds of
the leagues.
Indictments were returned by a Los
Angeles grand Jury against three of these
players. Borton, Maggert and Rumler,
and against an alleged gambler named
Raymond who was supposed to be mixed
up In the deal, but when the, cases came
into court it was ruled that the charges
of conspiracy against thera were not
substantiated and that their clubs had
action against them only tn.-the civil
courts for breach of contract In "failing,
to deliver their bMt services at all
times," etc.
Minors' Body Takes Actioo.
Action taken by tho National . associa
tion of professional leagues otherwise
the minors indicates that the failure of
the indictments to hold up against the
Paciflo Coast leaguers will not permit
them to return to professional base ball,
and that Is the only point In which the
rooters of the land are interested. An
edict was issued recently, by the minor
league body strong enough to prevent
players engaped by independent teams on
the coast this winter from participating
In games with or against Fred McMullin,
the former White Sox player, and that
would indicate some fear of the laws of
base ball, at lesat, has been inspired In
the breasts of the athletes.
Organized base ball has fallen down on
the Job of keeping the game above re
proach, but If organized base ball really
wants to clean house it can do 1, by con
certed action. '
If is a significant fact.- however, that
W. H. McCarthy, who did so much to
clean up the game on the Pacific coast,
was not re-elected president.
Boston Preps ,
x Play Grid Games
, . under Doctors
During the last season in Boston
under the centralized system of ath
letics in force there the district high
schools played all fcheir'boot ball
games at Braves field, National
league park. Competent officials
were hired by the school department
and doctors were in attendance to
look after the physical condition of
the players. v
Clearing House Statement ,
' Shows Healthy Condition
New York, Feb. 19. The actual
condition of clearing house banks
and trust companies for the week
shows that they hold $11,722,370 re
serve in excess ot legal requirments.
This is a decrease of $7,625,180 from
last week.
Navy Crew Champs May
- Row Crimson and Tiger
The world's champion varsity
tight-oared crew of the U. S. Naval
academy will prohobly row against
Harvard and , Princeton 'varsity
eights on Carnegie lake, Princeton,
May 7. - v
16 Titles to Mrs. Wightman
Mrs.G. W. Wightman of Boston,
1 :
. ex-icnnis cnanunon, nas won sixteen
Apational tennishampionships. The
, 1,'ef 1le nltinnsl singles fniir
times, national doubles four times,
mixed doubles six times, and indoor
singles and doubles once.
Your Income Tax
ought to bo attended to at
once. Get it right, don't over
pay or don't under-pay. Save
?'ork and worry later and
erhaps a penalty. Reliable,
exact confidential service. For
rates and appointment, call
DOUGLAS 4269
B. F. WOODBURN,
Former Deputy Revenue Collector,
629 Peters Trust Bldg. Omaha.
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MAAA6ES
AK-SAR-BEN
RACES-"",
Coming to Omaha in September,
1919, at the request of the Ak-Sar-
Ben governors to takp charge of the
race meets at the new $2,000,000 Ak-Sar-Ben
plant, out on West Centfr
street, Charles L: Trimble, secretary
or me AK-aar-cen exposition com
pany, has already found a warm
spot in the heart of the Omaha and
Nebraska racing elements.
In selecting Mr. Trimble as man
ager of the plant the Ak-Sar-Sen
people displayed excellent judgment,
for he combines capability with a
hustling disposition, and is very pop
ular with the horse and stock con
tingent because of his genial ways
and versatility.
Mr. Trimble was born in Spring
field, 111. In his boyhood days he
was fond of horses, and as he grew
to be a young man he became inter
ested in the racing game, and has
followed that occupation.- in the ca
pacity of managing and assisting, tor
the past 23 years.
During that time he has conducted
races in the various cities throughout
the country, and has perhaos the
widest and most varied experience of
any ' race manager in the United
States and Canada.
Back in 1898, in his old home town.
Springfield, 111., Trimble started his
career as manager of theace meet
held by the State Board of Agricul
ture. 'Since that time he has con
I Hi .
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Many Times Open Golf Champ 6f
Britain-Deplores U. S. Rule on Styme
Fr.om England has come the news
of a letter written by J. H. Taylor,
live times open
golf champion oi
Great Britain,
published in one
of the large Lon
don dailies, de
ploring the situa
tion created by
the action of the
United States
Golf -association
in parsing its in
terpretation of
the istymie rule.
NT a y 1 o r ex
presses the opin
ion that "all true
..:it
TATUB,
v KOlicrs wm uc-
plofc the action taken in the matter
of the stymie by 'the United States
Golf association which, with char
acteristic thoroughness has elimin
ated all mention of- it in their rules.
Handicap to Yankee' Invaders.
"We are' expecting an invasion
from a team of crack American ama
teurs this season." his article con
tinues. "They ill be compelled to
play under; our rules, which will be-
J. H.
e Mmm.
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tinually been connected with various
organizations.
Mtfiiy of the improved features of
the Ak-Sar-Ben field can be credited
to Mr. Trimble. He is, always on
the job to puf things over in big
shape and has promised to give the
racing lans of Umaha and vicinity
this season and always as long as
he is connected with the Ak-Sar-Bcn,
one of the best racing- cards tnat
money can bring.
Already Mr. Trimble has scheduled
two of the greatest meets for Omaha
the coming year. The Ak-Sar-Ken
running racesHvill be held June 2 to
June 10. inclusive, and auto races on
June 11, while the Great Western
circuit meeting, to be held Septem
be 1J, and the auto races on Sep
tember 17, has been called the Ak-Sar-Ben
festival races.
When the entire plant is finished
it should be a model affair and one
that may be pointed to with pride
by the peqple of Omaha and the
state.
"One thing I would like to im
press, said Air. Trimble, and that
is the help and assistance given me
by our president, K. Buckingham,
and the directors. 1 hese gentlemen
were willing at all times to give their
time and effort to make the organ
ization a success, and with their help
this year I expect to put Omaha and
Nebraska on the racing map."
in direct conflict with1 theirs on the
putting green, and it is a fair assump
tion to predict that complications
will arise.
"Should the Americans fail to cap
ture the amateur championship little
credit mav be given to u for retain-
ing ine line, ior tuey win say ngni
ly they were playing under rules
foreign to their own and which tlrey
consider unfair. ,
Foresees Possible Gojf -Break.
"Looking at and judging this
matter from an international stand
point it is the greatest misfortune
that such differences of opinion
should exist, and now that the point
of the wedge has been inserted, the
CTeavage to the point of absolute dis
ruption may eventually arise, which
would be calamitous." .
Snow in Oklahoma ,
Oklahoma City, Feb. 18. A blaiiT
ket of snow varying in depth from
two to six inches, covered Okla
homa tonight. ' With the snow 'con
tinuing, a record 'Snow fall may. be
registered by morning, according to
the local weather bureau.
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meet the boiS.
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Ward, Babe's Teammate,
Missed Eighty-four Chances
to Crack Out
Agate,
Besides his numerous scintillating
performances, George "Babe" Ruth
of the New York American leaaue
club finished second in a less praise
worthy department of
ue game strikeouts.
Bkt for a - two-point
margin held by Aaron
Ward, Ruth's team
mate, the home run
king might have led,
this enviable 1 class.
Ward missed the agate
84 times in the season's
tailed to connect on 8Z occasions. .
The glory of being the most suc
cessful m the number of strikening
against the star slugger is shared by
vcimiaii ana snocker, both of" the
St. Louis Club. Each twirler erve,i
the invisible third strike to "Babe"
six times. Shocker's accomplish
ment is marked by the stellar feat of
having whiffed the New York halt.
man three times in one game. This
excellent achievement was ennalleH
only by Keefe of Philadelphia in the
morning, game of September 0.
Shocker turned the trick in tho first
game of the double-header played in
New York July 13. Weilman, in
vuiwMuiiK "is six siriKeouts against
Ruth, gained the distinction of being
the only slabsman to whiff the bat
ting ace twice in each of two sepa
rate matinees.
Fanned Three Times.
"Babe" also fanned three times in
the course of the afternoon on April
15, his conquerors being Naylor and
Kinney of Philadelphia.
In addition to Weilman. three
other pitchers fanned the Yank twice
one game. They were Tohnsou
and Shaw, Washington, and Russell,
Boston. Johnson slipped across his
unhittable fast ones oil April 29.
Shaw sent Ruth back to the bench
twice on May 31 and Russell made
"Babe" miss the third strike twice on
May 3. In four other battles Hig-
gms mauler hit the circumambient
air twice, but in these instances two
pitchers combined to fool the slug
ger.
Hanking alter weilman ana snocKer fur
the total strikeouts acquired egainpt'
Ruth are Naylor anfl Keefe, PhlladPl--phia:
Dauss, Detroit, and Shaw, Washing
ton. These artillerists compiled four strike
outs each In their contests with, the New
Yorker e wicked mace. Seven twlrlTs
fanned the circuit clnuter three times
each, eight whiffed him twloe each and
15 succeeded in preventing contact of ball
and liat only once.
Fanned Butb Twice.
Nit Is Interesting: to note that Coveleskie.
Cleveland, who finished the 1920 season
first in strikeouts with 13K, found Ruth
of assistance on only three occasions in
amassing this figure. Williams, Chicago,
second among tne atni-eout celeDrltles,
with 138, fanned Ruth but twice, .
It will be, quite likely, a revelation to
fans to learn that moundamen of the
clubs least expected to trouble -the New
York hitter were nevertheless his chief
antagonists. This was true of Philadel
phia and St Louis, the combined efforts
of the two pitching corps being respon
sible for fanning "Babe" 34 times. Sev
enteen for eaih club. Next In order whs
Washington, whose flingers together struck
out the base ball jewel II times; Detroit's
first line offensive garnered 10 whiffing;
Eoston and dLhlcago tied with nine each,
and Clevelano s stars were least bl to
fan Ruth, totalling only seven.
Ward Joins Ranks Df
Major League Holdouts
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 19.
Aaron Ward, third baseman for the
New York Americans, has returned
his contract to the mangement of
the club, unsigned, he announced
here Friday, He said he would be
a holdout until u's salary demand
is met. .
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