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THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 1921. 2 C FarsigHted Coach Is One of Big Reasons Why Teams Win in Close Events . 1 " : i i i I t ! - Gill of Illini Slips Surprise Over on Rivals Mentor of University of Illi nois Cinder Path Athletes Springs New Idea at Re cent Indoor Meet. By WALTER ECKERSALL. Although the ability of athletes to come through when important con--iwwsjg tests are held is the greatest fac- t --Vof tor in determin- 1 ine results, fore- tdS, vS3 or others in charge of the teams is just as essential to suc cess as ever. While most of the coaches try to do everything to improve the form of their runners and jumpers, equip , r. ii them with the (111, Truck Ccni'li) , . , harry oii.i. best shoes and give hcm the best of advice as to running their races, Harry Gill, who has coached University of Il linois track and field teams fr years, , has been noted for not overlooking a single detail when he trains his "teams for important events. Team Wins Big Ten Title. When the western intercollegiate indoor track and field games were held at Northwestern university gymnasium, the Illinois team was looked upon as a certain winner, and such it proved to be. Because of the ; large fields in the quarter mile and f half mile, it was decided to run trials in these events the night before the , games, to sift the field down to a reasonable number of six, for the .finals. , As the athletes were warming up for the tests, Gil! noticed the runners had trouble to take the turns. He also saw 'several trip and fall. After figuring what might be the trouble, he took a walk around the circuit to test the surface. 'He kicked pebbles off the course and dug his toe into certain parts of the dirt Hard to Decide Trouble. Other coaches and athletes paid little or no attention to him. The runners complained about the turns being banked too steep, while others could not txplain their inability to take the corners in their usual man ner.. Something was radically wrong, but apparently no one could diagnose . it exactly. ' As members of the managing com mittee, coaches and others were as sembled in the middle of the arena, a screeching noise was heard in one corner of the big building. For a few minutes no one paid any atten tion, but the distiurbance continued and then an investigation disclosed Gill as the responsible person. The Illinois mentor had discovered : what was the trouble with the turns. : He had gone to one corner of the track and gathered his runners about him. He instructed them to take off their running shoes. As soon as the first runner had done this. Gill reached for his hip pocket and drew out a long, thick file, and started to trnn down the long spikes of his men s running shoes, which had been sticking in the hard track and caus m gthe runners to stumble. Gets the Spikes Just Right. After he had cut down the spikes to medium length. Gill ordered his athletes to take the turns at fast clips. He watched each carefully, and kept on filing until the spikes were of such length there was no danger of stumbling o rtripping. Although Gill, intentionally or un intentionally, kept filing throughout the tests, there were a number of other coaches who wished they had a similar tool with them. Some un doubtedly wanted to borrow Gill's file, but did not have the "nerve" to ask him for it after he had shown the forethought to bring it along. It is needless to state that on the following night, when finals were held, the spikes of other athletes had either been filed down o relse every coach had such an instrument on his person to use if the occasion de manded. Coltner College Forms Ball Team for Season Lincoln, Neb., March 26.-(Special.) Cotner will put a strong base ball team into the field thi-. spring. Suits have been given out to follow ers of the diamond sport and the manager, Tracy Mumford, Vias re reived a bid for games from Nebrai fca City and from a Legion team. The team plans to schedule several games away irom home, .-.s they will be allowed much liberty in the mat ter of making trips over the state. There are seven last year men re porting in camp for early spring training. Regular practice began last week. Sidney Chamber of Commerce To Support Ball Team Sidney, Neb., March 26. (Spe cial.) The local Chamber of Com merce has pledged $9,000 for the pur pose of supporting a base ball team in Sidney this season. The manage ment has contracted with several former big league players in addi tion to several players of last year's team. . Movie Golf New York Golfers in Cleveland and that vicinity are getting s jump that will make easterners hustle to keep up. The latest is that a school has been established to take golf moving pictures, so that the poor players may see themselves as others see them and note and correct their own errors through comparison. Knockout Brown Broke New York. Knockout Brown, one of the greatest money getters in the ring during the early days of the Frawley law, is down and out financially. During the recent snowstorm he applied for a position as shoveler. Brown earned large urns ofmonev when he was the most talked of fighter in these parts. t - Louisville, 3 own By RALPH WAGNER. Every thriving community has its favorite athlete. Down in Louisville, Neb., where corn and hogs thrive well, there is a young heavyweight boxer who enjoys great popularity. He is Andy Schmader. Now, Andy's real first name is Andrew, but bis friends call 'cm Andy for short. Schmader has never appearad against any champions, but in the eyes of those rabid followers of ath letics that belong to Louisville and Omaha he is as wonderful as the most skilled gloveman in the game today. Especially his manager, Jack Lewis, thinks so. Andy has engaged in many bitter fistic battles since he left the services of Uncle Samuel, and although he has not emerged victorious in every scrap, the former "gob" has piled up a good record one that any boxer in the country would be proud of. Schmader trains every day at his home at Louisville. Whenever he is billed to box in this vicinity the fight fans of his town go to great lengths to show the high esteem in which they hold their pugilistic idol. They always hire flivvers and when the vehicles start for the battling ground they are always loaded down to the mudguards with Andy's followers. Born at Louisville. The Louisville battler first caucht a glimpse of this world on the morn ing of September 11, 189S,at Louis ville. When he was attending grae school he was able to handle h.s mitts well and very few youngsters Top' Geers Tops Pace Record Drivers; Has Six Marks to Credit Ed ("Pop") Geers stands at the top of the list of drivers who have made two or more world's records with pacers. He his six o his credit. Four of them were made by Robert J., and one each by Hal Pointer and Brown Hal. In 1892 after the appearance of the bike sulky, Geers reduced the world's record with Hal Pointer to 2:05!4 over Washington" park, Chicago, and gave Robert J., a 4-year-old, a record of 2:09)4 in a race. "Pop's" start to fame as a pacing record maker was a world's mark at Cleveland in 1889, when he won the free for all with Brown Hal, the Tennessee stallion, in 2:1254. No changes were made in the pac ing records in 1920. They are as follows: World and Stallion Record Dan Patch, 1:5514. made In 1905. Yearling Frank Perry, 2:15, made In 111. Two-year-old Direct the Work, 1:06, made In 117. Three-Tear-Old Anna Bradford, J:00, made In 1014. Four-Year.Old William, f:00, made In 191S. My Play, Brother to Man O' War, at Hot Springs New York, March 26. (Special.) My Play, a 2-year-old full brother to the mighty Man o'War, is being cut through his educational paces at Hot Springs, Ark., under the watch ful eye of Kimball Patterson, trainer for the Simms-McClelland confed eracy. Within another mouth My Play will "be on his way eastward, where he has been nominated for all the important juvenile stakes of the year. Amateur League Schedules Both the Commercial, class A, and the Greater Omaha, class B, amateur base ball leagues will start the ball rolling on Saturday afternoon, April 16. The leagues, consisting of six teams each, will play a three-round series, closing on Saturday, July 23. Following are the schedules of the two leagues as adopted by the man ogers last week: COMMERCIAL LEAGUE SCHEDULE April If May tl Jane S5. Armours against Swift te Co. Iten Biscuit Company against Kirch- baum Creamery Company. Western Union against P. Family L"Ue' April tS May t8 July t. Armours against Iten Biscuit Company. Swift Co. against Western Union. Klrchbaum Creamery Company against V. P. Family League. April SO Jane 4 July t. Armours against Western Union. Swift A Co. against Klrchbaum Creamery Company. , . Iten B'cult Company against u. P. Family League. Hay 7 Jan 11 July IS. Armours against U. P. Family League. Swift & Co. against Iten Biscuit Com- PWesten Union against Klrschbaum Crcameiy Company. Neb., Heavyweight Fistic Battler of- his age in his home town were able to take a "beatin' " from him n 1917 he started out smashing his way toward the top of pugilistic ladder. When the kaiser started a battle royal with the United States Andy was already a member of the navy and it was during the elimina tion bouts following the signing of the armistice that Schmader won the heavyweight championship of - the "sea dogs," when he knocked out Grant of the Battleship Kansas. Along with the heavyweight cham pionship Andy copped the light heavyweight title of the navy and up until he was honorably discharged, on September 7, 1919, was never able to get any member of the navy to meet him. Following his release from the navy, Schmader engaged in numer ous bouts with some of the best heavyweight glove smackers of the Country. Among his battles is one that the Louisville scrapper will re member as long as he lives and that is the Joe Teannette eight-round en counter. According to a clipping of the fight, Schmader and Jeannctte staged a great fight. The bout lasted eight rounds and when the bell sounded for the bout, to end, both men were assisted to their cor ners by their seconds. Another fight that Andy likes to relate to his friends is the struggle with Farmer Lodge last year. Ac cording to Schmader, the Michigan battler tipped the beams at 230 pounds before entering the ring. Soon after the bout started the Farmer swung a long and ponderous Shots From the Felt Dr. Harley Parker, former Cub pitcher and al laround athlete, is known as one of the best of Chi cago s a m a teur l billiard olavers. 'i Among his many is Tom N o la n, who' shines as a three -cushion performer. The octor was due to deliver a lecture at a north side and the game had gone longer than m e d ical society expected. With Parker at the auto wheel. DR. HARLEY PARKER. they put on full steam after leaving Madison street, and were soon scoot ing through Lincoln park. Rounding a lamp post on a rather sharp turn, the machine tilted and made the curve on two wheels. "Some masse," ejaculated Mr. Nolan, as soon as the machine set tled back on all fours. Cumberland, Md., After Dempsey-Carp. Bout Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire New York, March 25. The Dempsey-Carpentier imbroglio may be lost to New York after all. The latest episode shows Cumberland, Md., creeping up close and making a noise as though the good folks of that section would like to stage the big event. At any rats emis saries are in New York fot that pur pose and have had Tex Rickard put-ton-holed in secret confab. May 14 June IS July !t. Armours against Klrschbaum Creamery Company. 8wlft & Company against U. P. Family League. Iten Biscuit Company against Western Union. GREATER OMAHA LEAGUE SCHEDULE April IS May 21 June M. Woodman of the World against Wrlght- Wilhelmy. M. E. Smith against Nebraska Tire Rubber Company. Omaha Steel Works against Bemls Bag Company. April 23 May IS July S. W. O. W. against Omaha Steel Works. M. E. Smith against Wrlght-Wllhelmy. Bemls Bag against Nebraska Tire Rubber Company. April SO June July . W. O. W. against M. E. Smith. Wrlght-Wllhelmy against Bemls Bag Company. Omaha Steel Works against Nebraska Tire A Rubber Company. Max 7 June 11 Jury 18. W. O. W. against Bemls Bag Company. M. E. Smith against Omaha Steel Works. Wrlght-WMhelmy against Nebraska Tire A Rubber Company. May 14 June IS July tS. VT. O. W. against Nebraska Tire A Rub ber Company. M. E. Smith against Bemls Bag Com pany. Wrttrht-Wllhelmy against Omaha . Steel Works, , IF -A right that caught Andy flush with it and down went the sailor. "I camped on the floor for a mo ment and then jumped up," said Schmader. "I fought that big 'bird' carefully during the rest of the round, but when the third round bobbed up I danced in and out with a straight left that stung and cut and a hard right that had my husky op ponent helpless before the six rounds were history." To Fight Jack Burke. To tell you, Mr. Reader, about all of Schmader's fights would take a volume and then some, for the Louis ville slugger has had some pretty tough nuts to crack since his dis charge from the services of your Uncle Sam. Schmader's last fight was pulled off at Sioux City against Hughie Walker. The Kansas City heavy weight has stood up toe to toe with several of the best heavies in the country, and when Andy floored Hughie in the first round for a count of nine and then repeated again in the seventh, the Nebraskan even sur prised his manager. Walker has mixed some 10 rounds with Bill Brennan and has mingled with Bob Martin. Bob Roper and Walker have exchanged wallops on. three different occasions with honors about even. Schmader will play a nimportaut role in the Omaha Elks' show to be staged Tuesday night at the City Au ditorium. He will meet Tack Burke of Chicago in a 10-round event, the main event of an all-star show. Cutbill of Boston A. A. Is Theological Student Harold Cutbill of the Boston A. A., whose victories in indoor racing features the eastern season in mid dle distance tests, is 23 years old. He lives in Boston and is a theo logical student at Boston university, and an active worker in the Metho dist conference. Lifetime Batting Records of Fifty American League Players to Date COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS BY AL MtlNRO ELIAS. The records, which cover the batting deeda of 127 players, conclusively show that despite the many sensational per formers of the past decade Tyrus Ray mond Cobb la beyond all shadow of doubt the greatest ball player that ever trtfd upon a diamond. Cobb, when the curtain runr down last year, had completed his .16th year of diamond endeavor with the Tigers, being the oldest player actively in the majors today, for while Bill Hlnchman came up in 1905, the same year that the "Georgia Peach" reported, old slugging Bill spent six seasons later In the American associa tion. AMERICAN Gms Bat Players and Clubs Ty Cobb, Detroit 2,039 7,724 Joe Jackson, Chicago 1,396 4,920 George Slsler, St Louis 76 2,990 Trls Speaker, Cleveland. ..... .1,759 6,513 Babe Ruth, New York 631 1,568 Bob Meusel, New York........ 119 460 Ed Collins, Chicago 1,862 6,661 8am Rice, Washington S17 1,991 John Tobin, Kt. Louis 473 1,079 John Mclnnls. Boston 1.427 5,231 Bob Veach, Detroit 1,186 4,469 Bill .Tncohson, St. Louis 491 1,773 Stanley Harris, Washington... 137 506 Oscar Felsch, Chicago 749 2,812 Harry . Hellman, Detroit 717 2,665 Larry Gardner, Cleveland 1,640 (.496 Eddie Murphy, Chicago 738 2,361 Kenneth Williams, St. Louis.. 287 988 Frank Ellerbe, Washington.... 129 441 Clyde Milan. Washington 1.827 6.87S Duffy Lewis, New York 1.432 5,249 Derrll Pratt, New York 1,323 4,972 Oeorge Bums, Cleveland 818 2.847 Bob Roth, Washington 768 2,679 Joe Judge, Washington 608 2,286 Mike Monosky, Boston 371 1,196 Elmer Smith, Cleveland 610 1,986 Amos Strunk, Chicago ...1,186 4,116 Tim Hendryx, Boston 363 1,147 Ira Flagstead, Detroit 211 602 Ray Chapman, Cleveland 1,050 3,780 Ping Bodle, New York 1,011 3,584 Wally SchangT Boston 861 2,469 Earl Smith, St. Louis... 346 1,117 Clarence Walker, Philadelphia 1,074 1,837 Charles Shorten Detroit 333 914 Wilson Fewster, New York.... 115 301 Harry Hooper, Boston 1,649 6,269 George Weaver, Chicago 1,264 4,810 Walter Plpp, New York 836 3,124 Joe Wood, Cleveland 478 1,246 Eddie Foster, Boston 1,267 4,887 John Collins. Chicago 1,335 4.791 Lawton Witt. Philadelphia... 458 1,693 Wheeler Johnaton, Cleveland.. 163 3,120 Lea Nunamaker, Cleveland.... 646 1,817 Henry Sevcrled, St. Louis 689 2,079 Joe Dugan, Philadelphia 390 1,418 Ed. Gharrlty, Washington.... 367 1.043 Charles Jamleson, Cleveland.. 428 1,401 Leading five in batting, games played, at bat, runs scored, hits, two baggers, three baggers, home runs, total bases, sacrifice hits and 'stolen bases. Player. Ty Cobb .... Joe Jackson , George Slsler Trls Speaker Babe Ruth .. P.C. ....370 ....356 ...1343 ....342 ....324 Player. Two Bag. Ty Cobb. 469 Tris Speaker 439 Joe Jackson .,..30.1 Duffy Lewis 285 Eddie Collins ....236 Player. Games.! Player. Three Bag. Ty Cobb l,039ITy Cobb 220 Eddie Collins ..1,862 Joe Jackson 162 Clyde Milan ... 1,827 iTrls Speaker ....159 Owen Bush ... .1,767 Eddie Collins ....141 Crls Speaker . .1.769Harry Hooper ...134 -wayer. JV-Cebb At bat. I Player. Home runs. ...7.714lBabe Ruth. ..... 103 Stanley Zbyszko In Line For Lewis Big Pole's Victory Over Joe Stecher Proves That He is Entitled to Meet Champ. New York. March 26. (Special Stanislaus Zbyszko's victory over Joe Stecher of Nebraska places him in direct line for a match with "Strangler" Lewis and a chance for the title. It was his first real test since his comeback to activity on the mat. He weighted 225 pounds, ap neared a trifle obese, but he had i sackful of tricks that he spread all over the premises. Against Lewis, or any other of the current wrestling crop, he should make a creditable showing. Stecher, too, appeared in excellent conditiion. His recent illness did not seem to impair his strength or his wind. His skin was clear, his eye keen he had the look of a man in perfect health. He weighed 208 pounds. Yet there need be no alibi for Stecher. He gave his best and lost. He had his veteran adversary all but out. He wrestled magnificently when required to- extend himself. More than once he had Zbyszko in a tight predicament, but each time the aged gladiator wormed his way to .freedom. The defeat, however, places Stecher temporarily in the reur rank among the rest of the spear carriers. Whether he will come back again with sufficient stuff to rewm the title is a question Only the future can answer. He'll need plenty of it to hurdle the elder Zbyszko. U. S. Justice Hard On Hunters Who Shoot Ducks Out of Season Aoorehended for shooting four pintail ducks out oi season, a Mis souri hunted on March 7 was fined $200 and costs by Federal Judge Van vaiKennurg, sitting at at. i-uuis, Mo. This sentence followed closely upon the conviction of a hunter in New Tersev before a federal judge, who was fined $200 and costs, and sentenced to jail for 10 days. The spring flight of migratory birds is at its height during April, and the biological survey of the United States department of agri culture is putting forth every effort to see that they- are permitted to go north to their nesting grounds un molested. Due to the active co operation of federal game wardens and state authorities, fewer violations of the federal law are occurring this spring than formerly. Nevertheless, some unscrupulous hunters are taking a chance; arrests for shooting out of season are being made by the game wardens and con yictions are being obtained in nearly all cases. joccer Game Lacks Competent Referees New York, March 26. (Special.) The greatest problems that soc cer officials and club managers have to contend with today, particularly in this district, is the lack of com petent referees. Very few men are available who are capable of taking full control of two strong teams riurincr action on the playins field. There is no official more imposed upon by many players than a soccer referee, particularly it tney nna mm weak in his decision. Ty Cobb leads all batsmen of today with a percentage of .370; played the most games, 2.039; went to the bat the most times, 7,724; scored the most runs, l,600t garnered the most hits. 2.858; punched out the most singles, 2.-109; smote the most two-baggers, 459: clouted the most three-baggers.820; amassed the greatest total bases on hits, 3.967, and stole the greatest number of bases, 780. Babe Rtuh of the New York Yankees Is the undisputed "Home Run King with 103 home runs, and the late lament, ed Ray Chapman of the World's Cham pion Cleveland Indians, has the most sacrifice hits to his credit, 340. LEAGUE. Runs Hits 2b 451 303 186 439 119 40 266 88 79 191 255 100 26 125 128 232 6 6 18 216 285 262 134 129 102 61 118 181 60 35 162 167 118 61 170 24 10 246 190 137 69 164 230 65 123 66 73 78 47 45 3b R.H. 220 70 S.H. S.B. 185 780 Pet. .170 .368 .341 .348 .328 .328 .327 .81 .306 .307 .304 .300 .300 .293 .191 .287 .286 .238 .288 .286 .266 .286 .286 .284 .283 .283 .263 .281 .380 .27 .278 .278 .278 .278 .271 .277 .276 .272 .272 .266 .266 .264 .262 .262 .21 .261 .260 .260 .160 .259 1,500 2,858 869 1,751 474 1,026 1.287 2.233 363 516 75 151 1,247 2,180 269 636 223 526 584 1,608 609 1,367 238 632 78 152 385 825 313 743 685 1,577 407 677 145 284 51 127 938 1,965 601 1,499 603 1.422 338 813 309 761 353 648 188 339 245 661 684 1.157 142 821 83 168 611 1,050 392 997 359 686 127 311 434 1,064 98 253 48 83 98 1,707 626 1.310 445 830 182 64 39 61 103 11 28 7 10 17 32 19 1 28 31 22 4 16 0 16 37 31 30 28 10 10 2 12 I 17 41 21 . 1 . 1 30 21 45 It 17 3 11 2 4 7 t I 141 191 186 285 27 4 662 121 49 151 156 31 16 88 44 154 111 20 10 490 112 220 75 188 92 68 44 166 26 9 236 94 76 31 121 10 8 300 172 69 16 177 192 44 131 84 22 18 19 SI 62 169 39 7 141 28 23 62 107 32 6 64 49 111 32 22 3 94 68 94 43 71 67 22 38 82 20 8 81 70 60 28 60 12 130 69 75 18 65 104 28 64 27 18 10 8 14 86 183 24 12 309 60 60 266 161 36 24 86 90 259 44 44 29 177 260 166 89 80 61 36 64 194 49 23 340 159 70 61 128 49 9 181 242 112 64 81 199' 39 142 41 40 41 29 14 160 382 632 1,288 572 1,254 211 446 283 170 166 124 109 192 813 474 640 368 270 361 Clyde Milan ...6.878Ty Cobb 70 Eddie Collins ,.6,661.'larence Walker .56 Owen Bush . . . .6,DMIfoe Jackson 64 Trls Speaker ..6,513Trls Speaker II Player. Runs. Player. Total bases. Ty Cobb 1.600Ty Cobb 3.961 Trls Speaker . . .1.287 Eddie Collins ..1,247 awen Bush ....1,170 Harry Hooper .. 988 Player. Hits. Ty Cobb 2,868 Trls Speaker ..3.143 Eddie Collins ,.3.812 Joe Jackson ..1.640 Clyde Milan ....2,417 Player. Sa'riflce hits. Ray Chapman ...340 Trls Speaker . .2,233Eildlo Collins ...809 Eddie Collins ..l.lftOIDwen Bush 387 Clyde Milan .. .l,986IIames Austin ...272 Joe Jackson . . .1,'HlIohn Mclnnls ...266 Player. Stolen bases. Ty Cohb 780 Eddie Collins 663 Clyde Milan " Owen Bush 394 Trls Speaker 295 Bee's Sport Album Sam Reynolds l j CHAMPION fH h . V -seven l ; SOME OF TIMES - , 1 HIS GOLF r i.i V TROPHIES - We all know what Jack Dempsey is to the fight world, what Norman Ross is to the aquatic world and what Willie Hoppe is to the fol lowers of the emerald table game. Sam Reynolds holds the same high position among Omaha golfers. ' 'Way back in 1899, when golf was the rage in this country, Sam Rey noldsthen a freckle-faced lad of 12 years appeared at the Omaha Field club and applied for a job as a caddy. He got it. from this humble bcgmniiiK he has risen to the highest position yet at tained by an Omaha golfer he has copped the city championship three umes, tne state championship tour times and the Trans-Mississippi trophy once, in 1917. uch a record could be exoected of one who studied and Practiced the game in his youth, and Sam is only we let you guess his age. Sam Reynolds is followine the footsteps of his father, who also wus an enthusiastic follower of outdoor sports. It was T. J. Reynolds, Sam s ' pops," who lonceived the idea of giving Omaha a golf chib, and it was Sam s father who was one of the impelling motives "and original founders of the Omaha Field club. T. J. Reynolds was the first and last secretary of the Omaha Cricket club, in the far-off days when cricket held sway over the ol' Scotch game and base ball, too. There was once a Scotchman, Sam relates, "who was very fond of the clubs which his great-grandfather had used, and which were in his possession. A friend commented on the age of the Scotchman's clubs, to which the kilty-garbed High Anxious for Match With Champ Lewis Here's Plestina, who offers to do nate his end of the "gate" to anv worthy charity in a match with Ed Lewis or any other heavyweight wrestler campaigning under" what he terms- as the Wrestling Trust. Plestina says he does not fear the headlock, and if Lewis will agree to meet him he will permit the cham pion to adjust the headlock and let the match start from that point. Japs Eleventh Challenger For Davis Cup Contests New York, March 26. (.special.) In spite of the fact that we have ten nis players here like Wiliarii Tilden and William Johnson, who are fig ured the best two players in the world today, there is a menace on the courts in the personnel of the Japanese team which has just chaU lenged for the Davis cup. Japan is the. 11th challenger for the Davis cup contest of 1921, ac cording to announcement by the United States Lawn lennis asso ciation. The challenge, however, was not unexpected. The remark able progress recently made in ten nis by players like K.umaga? anu Shimidzu indicated that it was only 9 nupctinn of time before Japan would be represented in the Davis cup matches National Singles Tennis Tourney on at New lork New York, March 26. The na tional singles tennis tournament opened here today with 55 entries. Illness prevented William T. Tilden, II, indoor and outdoor champion, from defending his title in the sin h vneets to play next week with his partner, Vincent Rich ards, in an effort to retain their dou bles title. ' Notes From a Rookie Elm Creek, Neb. March 26. Manager Omaha Paid Nine, Dear Sir: , , t ,an m nlav with some regular paid nine and I give you first chance at me. . Last yead I plaid with the boys up hear at Elm Creek and in twelve games I faned out a hundred and 59 and dood of struck out 200 but the first catcher was sick a few games and the second katcher kood not hold me. In kase you think your catchers in Omaha cant catch me 111 bring our first catcher with me and he sure is good. I ought to be a good pitcher as I fool the batters most of the time and sometimes the catchers, but our first string katcher is so use to me now that he can almost guess what am going to throw. I am six fee two inches tall in Pa's socks and can run like a dear. Marty O'Toole, he says he knows you, told me last summer i was good enough to hire out to the Pitts burg nine but Ldon't want to go so far from mothev. lander replied, 'Yes, mon, this club in particular is moi favorite. 'Ti3 verra ould. in the last 50 years it's had five shafts and four heads.'" To relate the rest of the golf yarns that have been sprung at the Field club during the time Sam has been con nected there would require many volumes, but the one above is a lair example. As lone as Sam sojourns here, and there is not much chance of his o-oinc. south as he is in the coal business so Omaha can hope each" season to see Sam Reynolds swing' Now, lamp Sams record, and wish you were him 1911 The first tourney Sam en tered in. He was beaten by Cap tain Foy for the Nebraska state championship in the finals, two. up and one to go. 1912 Won the state champion- shio. T. Redick was runnerup. 1913 Lost the state title to Jack Lacy in the finals, two Up and One tn , . . 1914 Won the State Champion- shin. Harold Tohnson was run- , nerup. 1915 Lost State title to J. Redick i ci in the hnalS. . . 19M5 Won the State champion- ct,,'r P T-T Qr,racTiiB wis runnoriin ,, P g irW ? runnerup. iyi won i rans-iviississippi ime from Harry Legg. 1917 Lost state title Beckett in semi-finals. to Guy 1918 Sam in the service cf his Uncle Sam, 1919 Won the state champion ship.- Blaine Young was runnerup 1920 Lost state Peters at 37th hole. 1020 Lost state title to , Ralnh 1921 Sam expects year's title. to cop this No Such Thing as Athletic Heart,' Says Harvard Uni. DoctorP New York, March 26.-r-There IS no such thing as an athletic heart, says Mr W rtorwr I I OA n.nlor.n. nf hi, . I giene at Harvard university. Dr. Lee. who has chare- : of th srnrWs at Cambridge and makes an exam- inaWon of each upon entering the in- stitution and also upon graduating, declares that most of the talk about Tecumseh, Neb., March 26. (Spe the injurious effects of strenuous ex- cial.) The southwestern Nebraska ercise upon the heart is misleading chess tournament was held in Te- zna narmiui. in nis study or atn, cumseh this week, with a small al leles Dr. Lee made a close examina- tendance of players from out of the tion of oarsmen in an effort to study county. EIlis cf Auburn won the the action of rowing upon the heart tournament, having won U and and found that rowing, . the sport it t , . . a . - V1 - c aHoH n m rlAimlnnin nr me . r.. ."uk's - largement or me nearr, nas no ap- preciable effect upon that organ. t i 7 V j a part of 1 per cent suffered any harm. i . i -,.. t m uenirat cny region i earn Ohectjs jtjoj jBjjej jRuled Out t-enirai tity, ico., Marcn to. (Special.) The basket bal lteam oi the local American Legion post was ruled out of the state tournament uciiijj nciu ai urauu isiaiiu last year. This action was not taken until Cen- tral City had played its first game With Clearwater. It was quite apparent that Grand Island was out to win. and the nnlv sure way was to eliminate the Cen- irai iy aggregation. v.onseauentlv the three Grand Island officials held all teams having olavers who had played on othe rteams this year. The locals considered this an unfair rul- ing, as every member of their team was a member of this oost. while the same could not be said of all mem-J Ders of the Urand Islanders team. I see by The Omaha Bee where the leagues lost so many pitchers bv aratt, well, you will never lose me mat way, as i never naa a cold in my life. Another thing I want to tell you iii pe easy on your grounds and pitching box as I don t wear any prongs on my shoes. Everyone at r.im creeic ieeis Dad about me hiring uuv iu a icgc mnc ana u win oust bouts witn jonnson aown in Aiex up our nine Tiere at home. Gee. I ico and Tack likes his stvle. Tohn- hate that. My gal, she don't want me to leave the farm, either, but I'll be helping Omaha out if I kum to your club. 1 11 expect to here from you soon and let me Lnnw what vnii n rx. I game for a good pitcher. ' l-ast year thev paid me 10 dol- lars game and a dollar for every lanoui over nueen, so i maia about twenty aoiiars a game. As soon as you get this letter,, rite mc, as i may cnange my mine ana sign up with those Tittsburg fellers Marty O'Toole told me to hire out to, , . Hoping to come to Omaha soon, i am. nuciviiss. J Scandals Show Ball Folk Share Human Frailties Barring From National Came Better Sentence Than Jail "Base Ball is On Trial This Year." ! Speaking of the honesty of bast ball, as nearly everybody is doing just now, where did the idea origi nate that base ball players and pro moters were any different from the rest of the human race? For years there Was a tendency among rooters to put the ball player on a high pedestal and idolize him as a super forty-two or forty-six, ac- cording to his chest expansion, im maculate, impersonal and irreproach able. All that the world's series scandal of 1919 (and the lesser scandals that have followed it) did to the base ball fan was to wise him up to the fact that ball players average up just like those engaged in any other business or profession. Happens in Evedy Profession. Every depositor in the Unite States does not start a run on his bank every time some trusted employe of such an institution is discovered to be an embezzler. All the newspaper readers in the world do not brand every newspaperman a crook because a few of them have written stories which they knew to be untrue. Why make base ball players any exception. to the average run of humanity? Base ball has an advantage over e Qther businegs or profession in . A- i..i ,i, : -,,.,,ic that the individual crook is powerless to do any cheating. He must have assistance, as was proven when one of the White Sox players confessed that the whole eight of them, who were in the conspiracy to throw the worlds series of 1919. could not . tU.Ut ....wi., ,nnv nari Five of theeieht culprits took part in that game, but the other four par ticipants were on the level and won a contest which was supposed to go to Cincinnati. Rlddins; Game of Suspects. The nroblem that confronts the men who are Interested In professional base hnll now (s to rid the snort of all players against whom there is a reasonnble doubt of their honesty. Even if that does not eliminate every man wbo would accept a bribe for throwing a game or series, It will make It practically impossible for him to cheat, lust as the precautions taken by banks and bank examiners make the national banKs oi tms nation tne next thins; to Gibraltar In the matter of safety. It is of secondary Importance whether or not the ball players who nave been "caught with the goods" are sent to the penitentiary. If they are kebt out of base " wl" b Breeter punishment and e(fuaIiy satisfactory to the general public. Hast Eliminate Gambling-. And the Alimlnatfon rtf dlehnnest ttlav- ers is secondary In importance to divorc ing int saniuicr irum mt g"ua in promoters are looking optimistically for ward to a prosperous season. They may be merely whistling te kesp up their courage. ' A few more weeks will tell, but the best way to Insure a retention of tm con- fldenee f the public in the honesty of moters. nlavera. -and others vitally lnter- ested In the vitality of the sport to oom- uine in an ensieaviir Cq ,uoiu iui -m-bler, to aiacourage even the average fan, who cannot get a thrill out of the game unless he has a bet on Its result, and to work for lawa to suppress the base ball pools. ' If there be any club owner In major or minor leagues who will not join hands with his associates In the game to ac complish that end, that club owner Should Game on Trial ThU Tear. Base ball ' is on trial this year, and the promoters of the nation's pastime to earn tnat reward py ngnting tne gambler, Aiihlim I hf PVnPrf KUiUUfU V41C5J LAUCIl XJre Anmiol TnnmAif TTlila rtllllUal lOUIiiey i ivaii vii anu uu-tiaii itaiiivs v n v v s, I . . 15 played. Wilbur Sherman ot ie cumseh was a ciose secoridi wjning 1Q and , j one t o n mes p yed. The following is the score .. , . -J ; I VI nil U1C yielVCia WltU- sciltaiiiu the tourney for more than a lew games: p. w. o 8 13tt 8 S 8 1 10 6 3 1 3 13 ltt 3 Dr ct,, Tecumen , Greene, vesta io g: "L"1'U Tf"eh U Nibbe. Tecumseh ....... ...is T.cu.meh. " w. Sherman, Tecumseh ....11 Sullivan. Tecumseh JJ S!Tr& TTSSSTh "::::" Dr. Oristka. Talmage 7 9 a.l,. 'J1.'!. 14 1 A number of Dlavera started and were S"m"v'r ietergi.n?r5r "w The" Hans Wagner Strong or Kabblt Maranville New York, March 26 (Special.) Han's Wagner, once the National league's star shortstop when he seonnerl Vm un for the Pirates, is enthusiastic over "Rabbit" Maran- ville. who will fill his old position this year. "Maranville is sure to work won ders in the Pittsburgh infield," says Wagner. "This season you will see more nrmhe nlav. and raoid stunts with th'ball between Matanville and Hrimm than have been pulled off at Forbest field in recent years. Johnson Plans Tour New York. Jack Johnson is plan- nine a boxine tour as soon as he gets out of prison and wants Paul Samson to act as his sparring part- ner. Sampson boxed two exhibition son says he is five times as good now as he was in Mexico and will astonish the boxing world if he is permitted to meet some of the pres- ent-day fighters. Form Athletic Association IVvmnr Mr. t,rr-u ?fif;r,e. cial.) The Southern Gage County Athletic association was organized at Blue Springs. A base ball schedule for this year was made and games will be played by the seven schools which form the association. The schools included in the association are Wymore, Blue Springs, n.irnes- ton. Liberty, Virginia, Odcll and nolmesville i I jaTaw ,vV JJ