THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. MARCH 29. 1921.
Up - to -
Trojan Brings
Spirit of Fight
Back to Bruins
Pitchers Are Johnny Evers'
Beit Hets for Pennant
This Season, Says
Scribe.
By a Stuff ('orrououitrnt.
(Coryrlulu, lu:J. by The Chicago Tiluune.)
Pasadena. Cal., March .(Spe
cial.) An improved morale is the
outstanding feature of the Cub
this spring; compared to those of
1920. John Kver. serving his sec
ond' time as manager, has instilled
into his men a spirit that was lack
ing totally last scaaon,
' don't know4 where we will fin
ish," is the way livers himself put
it, "lint I know this team is going
to fight. Tliat's all you can expect
of a ball club and frequently Vioht
ing or the lack of it is the differ
ence between a winner and a loser."
mattTiaf of wo'rth null have 'list 'o$
mr.u, navy Kooensou. netner or
not h's retirement is a loss or a
gain cannot he determined until the
season is well advanced.
Pitcheis Cubs' Strcng Point.
Manager livers is placing great
.-tore on his pitching staff, but he
longs for a better first baseman and
at least one outfielder who can bat
JOy, or better. The persons to plug
the weak spots are not available,
apparently.
rivers figures that Alexander,
Vaughn ami Tyler should win it
icast 60 games and thev may ap
proach a total of 70. If they do,
somebody must win 25 in order that
the Cubs may be contenders. Who
can accomplish this is the problem.
Oscar Fuhr, a rangy left bander
from Omaha with "a rubber arm,"
looks handy. Virgir Cheeves. a 20-vear-
old right bunder from Texas,
lias received intensive instructions
from Alevander until he apes his
teacher's every movement. Cheeves
is huskv and willing, owns a natural
ly good fast ball, and is developing a
curve. Everybody is impressed with
his possibilities.
"This Cheeves may be the man
who will wi! us a pennant," Evers
opines. .
The remainder of the staff con
sists of Speed Martin and Abe
Bailey, hold-overs, who look no bet
ter than they did last season. Alex
Freeman, recruited from Ueaumont.
Tex.: Karl S. Hanson, a right
hander from Peoria; Percy Jones, a
left hander held over from last sea
son, and Harry Weaver, recalled
from Kansas City. Jim York is a
southpaw, wild and discarded by
Connie Mack.
Jones seems to have improved
somewhat. He has the makings of
a, pitcher. Freeman is a smooth
working youth who doesn't appear
ready for major league company, al
though he knows considerable about
- nkehin.ir..' If Cheeves does not come
through as expected the Cubs seem
destined for a three-man staff, with
a big drop from the stars to the
second string men.
Three Honks for First liase.
Tha Infield presents a new flmt base
man. There are three .or him Rav
Crimes. Tom Vhctnn. and Alfred Tonus.
OHmes In a twin brother of the (ilant
Grimes, ii long nncj husky, but. alow In
proportion, tie haa a nixmrnoth pair of
hands ami tackles (he hall with great
bravery. He n hit. However, he haa a
weaK nrm. Ho batted .:s In tha Eastern
lengur last feason.
Grimes undoubtedly will get tha 1ob
if Turner Burlier Is not retailed from
tha outfield. He has been slow Retting
into condition, a failing of all largo men,
out he can hit and he hata right handrd.
Terry, who ran second .in fielding, will
be at the keystone sack again, while Hol
Iocher will operate at short.
Clmrley .Denl is looked upon aa the
regular third baseman. H was the lead
ing fielder last year, flon Brown, a
youngster from Springfield. Mo., la quite
handy at the hot corner. He flelda well
and throwg hard and will bear watching.
Kelleher to Be Retained.
Hoke Warner, who had a trial with
Pittsburgh, eomea to the Cubs via Kan
sas City and looks the part of an in
flelder. He rested last season and ao has
been late In attaining condition. Johnny
Jvillehsr, last year manager of the St.
Joseph. Mo., club, is certain to be retained
aa utility inflalder. He Ij fn.t and steidv
George Malsel has added strength to the
outflfld. He knowa how to play ball, can
field and throw and run the base.
. Kvers has been using Frlberg and
Twombly in center, neither of whom is
a finished fielder. Barber may draw the
. assignment later. Max FlarU Is going
along In right field the same as always.
He Is steady as a clock and will bat at
least .580. John Stangelo. a Boston semi
pro, la small and fast and larking In ex
perience. The Cubs need at least one more
good outfielder.
"o Change In Catchers.
There is no chango behind the bat. Bill
Klllefer will do the bulk of the work,
with Bob O'Farrell second string man and
Tom Paly operating mostly us pinch
hitter. Krertt Gomes also is with the club,
and if Evtrs keeps four catchers the last
named will he the king of the bullpen.
O'KarreU'a rhanca to work last season
resulted In Seat improvement, and he Is
one of the coming backstops of the game.
The club is likely to get a flying start
in the National league rare because of
the condition of the pitchers. Alexander
and Vaughn spent several weeks at
t'atallna island before the others came
west and they are ready. Both have
trained faithfully and Yaushn is ten
pounds underweight. Alexander is cutting
tha ball loose avery day and Is able right
now to work a full nine inning game.
Tyler Bendy for Oood Year.
Tyler has tnlren things easy. Last year
after a late start he won fourteen games
and suffered no ' ill effects in his throw
ing arm. This-spring he started w.here
ha left off lt fall and says he Is ready
to go. It -anything' happens to Tyler s
arm he will he turned Into a flrsl !ne
ma.ii, -as ha is exceedingly handy about
th sack.
Omaha-Lincoln Church
Basket Teams to Meet)!
Trinity Methodist basket ball
team, champions of the Lincoln
church league, and the Benson
Methodist team, champions of the
Omaha church league, will meet on
the basket ball floor of the Omaha
Y. ,M. C. A. tonight. The
Benson lineup will be chosen from
Rodda, Olson, Calvert. Hitch,
Heckendori, Gustafson, Butler and
Gustafson.
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Naval Academy Will Have
Team at Pennsy Tourney
Philadelphia, March 28. An
nouncement was made today that the
naval academy would be represented
at the University of Pennsylvania
relay carnival here on April 29 and
30. It is the first time a navy track
team has been given permission to
compete away from home. -The
middies will enter the distance med
ley relay, the two-mile college relay,
discus and javelin throws and the
pentathlon or all-around champion
ship event,
Bate News and Gossip of Interest
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Wins Class L Championship
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Left to right Ralph Lockwood, Lawrence Morgan, Gilmore Dicher, captain, Herbert Johnson, man
ager, John Sumnick and Donald Barber. '
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ZoHi 311(1 Frailldill
Will Furnish Bond
Leuitsn. Deny Charge f
St.
Being Organizers of Al
leged Series Plot.
St. Louis, Mo.. March 28. Carl
Zork and Ben Franklin, St. Louis
ans indicted in connection with the
ba?c ball scandal, and charged with
being organizers of an alleged plot io
"throw" the 1919 series, in a state
ment today made general denial of
the charges. They explained their
part in making wagers on the se
ries and said they would go to Chi
cago this week and furnish $48,000
bond.
Zork is head of a shirt waist fac
tory and Franklin is a horse dealer.
The statement declared that Zork
lost from $500 to $1,500 on the se
ries, but that Franklin won'$5,000.
The two men originally had wag
ered about $9,000 against $13,000
that Cincinnati would win the se
ries, the statement added, but that
Zork began "hedging" by placing
bets on Chicago and consequently
Inst. Franklin, in explaining the
wager, stated:
"Why, I have bet more than $5,000
on a single horse race."
English Sportsmen
Bid Half Million for
Championship Fight
Xew York, March 28. An evev
enth hour offer of $500,000 purse by
English sportsmen for the Dempscy
Carpeutier world's championship
contest, was announced Sunday by
W. C. Tercival, American represen
tative. The group headed by Solly
Joel, British financier and sports
man, it was stated, desire to stage
the contest at the Olympia club,
London, the last week of June, or at
the Epsom Downs race track the day
after the English derby.
Tex Rickard, who is expected this
week to announce a site for the con
test, will be tendered the offer to
morrow. Mr. Rickard would have
absolute charge of the affair and
would be guaranteed by Lloyds
against loss by bad weather, injury
to the boxers or in any other man
ner, Mr. Percival declared.
Bowling Notes
Last week the eurtain fell, closing the
season for the Greater Omaha league.
There was no argument over first place,
as tha Bowena had It sewed up several
weeks ago before the season closed. The
real excitement was over second place in
the race. The" honors fell to the Why
Not Nicholas Oils,' who put on a big fin
ish in the last series, incidentally trim
ming the leading Bowens. The Nourse
Otis and Pwldeos were hard after the
Place, but failed to win their last sert ;s.
The season has been a successful uno,
viewing it from all angles. The teams
have been evenly matched and the games
hard fought.
The roming week will ha the last for
the Gate City league. The Strouds Lit
tle Red Wagons are easily the wlnnors,
although a lata spurf by the Hartirtin
Furniture crew threatened their lead, but
the spurt commenced too lote. Imme
diately following the close of the season
the annual Gate City tournament will "le
staged.
The Hnrtmans and Strouds, the lead
ers and runners-up in the Gate City
league, were forced to succumb to re
vere beatings at the hands of tall end
teams last week. The Hartmans. whs
have been having things their own way
the paat few weeks, were trounced for
the entire series by tha lowly Melchlirs.
The Little Ked Wagons fell before the
Wood row Cafes, 'who grabbed the long
tnd of their series.
lr. Toman, rolling with the Melehlor
Marhlne team, Thursday nlcht chalked : p
a hle-h seris with a 617 remit. He start
ed with 341, ended with 2J7 and sand
wiched a 79 score.
The Omaha Prints handed three to the
Sam's Indian Motors' in their argument
Thursday night.
fieores In the Gate City and Greater
Omaha leagues were low last week.
Jimmy Jarosh. the Stroud star. Is the
leader of the Oate City ltngu". Kennedy
and Mlratskyy top him, but they have
not rolled enough games to count.
Again it is At Wartshow headlne the
individuals of the Greater Omaha league,
Al haa been up there so ling it la he-
oining tiresome even to him. Nobody
wishes him any hard luck, hut many
hope to compete with hhn next season for
the top position.
Tony Fraud waa asked recently to
name all of the rollers mho rolled on
the Woodrow Cafe team thla season mid
he waa brought to tears when he thought
of the countless number who had roll-jd,
were gone and forgotten.
The secretary does all the work. At
least this haa been true In the Oate City
and Oreater Oma,ha leagues, and Frank
Jarosh and Harry Eldson are the hustlers
who put over the successful seasons of
these two organisations. The latter la an
eld head at the business and naturally
success was sssured, but Frank haa not
lxen at It so very long, but everything he
has attempted has been crowned with
Just aa much success. Both of them hive
lifelong jobs. The bowlers prefer that
It be that way Instead of wasting any
tins electing them every season.
Tha way the Omaha Towel Supply,
Omaha Alley and Paulson Ford teams
were rolling the last half the season
made all the high tsnma take notice. All
these teams started the season with hope
less lineups, but when they reorganised
they played themselves on a par with the
stronger lineups.
Charley Rels is out with the statement
that the Nebraska Tent team was not
really interested In the pennant race dur
ing the aesson. He declares that it is
the annual tournament that they Intend
U cop, n
Waterloo, Xeb., March 27. (Spe-
cial.) Here's the Waterloo High
school basket ball quintet. The local
hoopsters won the state champion
ship in Class L at the state tourna
jnent held, recently at Lincoln.
.Ma(li.011 Garddl
Pays Most Taxes
Famous Amusement Place
Turned Over $172,391 to
U. S. in Six Months.
By HARRY NEWMAN.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Hire.
New York, March 28. That Mad
ison Square Garden is the biggest
parcel oi taxable property in the
country, housing various amuse
ments, principally boxing; is shown
by a report issued Sunday by Pro
moter Tex Rickard for the first six
months he has held the reins over
the famous amphitheater.
From September 1920 to March
1921, he has turned over to Uncle
Sam the amount of $172,391.38 in
federal tax, not counting $105,616.18
for New York state and city revenu-;
tax, which includes a real estate tax
of $35,340, exhibition licence of $600,
boxing club license of $750, and the
state tax for boxing of $08,926.18.
The total attendance reported from
the various shows was 910,402. The
professional boxing alone attracted
270,076. persons. Amateur boxing
came into its own and was unani
mously patronized, the five tourna-4
ments bringing oi't 2.1,668 persons for
a federal tax of $2.78.16.
Rickard saved the Garden for New
York's sport-loving public and it is
a fact that he is the first man in a
number of years to make the garden
pay.
Nebraska Uni Medics
Will Hold Track Meet
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Plans for staging the first annual
out-of-door inter-frarcrnity track
meet by the students of the Univer
sity of Nebraska Medical college on
April 12 at Creighton field will be
completed sometime this week, ac
cording to Harry Kretzler of the
Medical college, a member of the
Nebraska distance team.
Each of the four fraternities, the
Phi Beta Phi, Phi Chi, Signa Nu
and Phi Rho Sigma will enter teams
fr. the meet and compete for the col
lege championship.
Coach Henry F. Schulte ' of the
Cornhuskers will attend the meet and
will.pick a team to represent the metr
ical college in the inter-collegiate
meet to be held at Lincoln, April 19.
Nevada Mining Camp
Offers $800,000 for Bout
s New York, March 28. Two new
otters ot sites for the Dempsey- Car
pentier heavyweight championship,
were made to Promoter Tex Rickard
today. One came from a Nevada
silver mining camp and guaranteed
the promoter $800,000 if he would
stage the contest there July 4. The
other was presented by representa
tives of a London syndicate and in
cluded a $500,000 offer for the bout
if it could be held in the Olympia
during derby week.
"Brady" Cowell Elected
Captain of Kansas Cagers
Manhattan, Kan., March 28. (Spo
cial.) "Brady" Cowell, Kansas Ag
gie basket ball guard, was the unani
mous choice of his teammates tor
captain of the 1922 team in an elec
tion held recently Cowell is the
only, regular who will return next
year. His home is at Clay Center,
Kan.
The following have been awarded
letters by the athletic board: Ham
Bungcr, '"Wheat Ridge. Colo.: "AT'
Jennings and Favcl Foval, Winfie'.d;
"Shorty" Cowell and "Brady" Cow
ell, Clay Center; Bill Knostmr.i,
W'amego: C. Kuykrndall, Twin Falls,
Idaho; Freddie "Williams, Sylva;i
Grove; L. J. Bryan. Golden, Colo.
Fifty Candidates Turn Out
For Football at Harvard
Cambridge Mass., March 28. Head
Coach Robert Fisher surveyed the
prospects for the Harvard foot ball
eleven of next fall when spring prac
tice for the gridiron squad began to
day. He found a likely backfieU! in
the making, but a line full of holes.
Of the 50 men. who reported for the
three weeks' drill mo'st were candi
dates for line positions and Fisher
said he w-ould devote much of his
time to them.
The Crimson spring season this
year is starting later and will be
shorter than usual.
Sines Art Pedersen, thu Hnrttnan ta.
commenced reading hook.4 and mapal.ie
at night Instead of those little round
spots, his bowl I ii it has picked up.
''Bill" T.enrn claims tlm; the Vond:-v
Cafes pulled the tongue out of the Htio'ids
I.tttlo Bed W-.gons In thlr match Inst
week. At least the hash hounds .vcre
making all the noise while the dirt haul
tri did not have a thing to say, i
Court Action Taken to
Make Mclnnis Play Ball
Boston, March 28. "Stuffy" Mc
lnnis, first baseman of the Red So,
has been served a notice of an action
in contract bv II. II. Frr.zcc. presi-
cent of the local American league
club to compel him to show why he
sl ould not report for play. I ne
action is returnable May 2, in the
Suffolk county S'iue.-!rr court.
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Cold Weather
Halts Workout on
Local Diamonds
American and Booster Leagues
To Be Consolidated, Due
To Teams Dropping
Out, Report.
Spring training iu local amateur
base ball circles was abandoned and
the fields where amateur teams were
scheduled to report for practice were
deserted yesterday, due to the cold
wave which greeted all Omaha.
However, base ball players, man
agers, captains and fans again
gathered in large numbers and
"stove league" chatter was plentiful.
With but two teams reporting for
entry in the Booster, class B league
thus far, and the Federated Shop
Craft team of the Union Pacific drop
ping out of the American league and
Dode Hubatka, who holds a fran
chise in this league being unable to
secure backing, the, American and
Booster loops will be consolidated,
according to an announcement made
by Secretary J. J. Isaacson.
This leaves two openings in the
American league, unless Hubatka is
! able to secure backing,
It is under
stood that the Pipkin Detective
agency is willing to back a team and
Hubatka may secure this backing. A
meeting of the American league will
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II AS ,L fliers av X' '
probably be called by President
(Clix) Wagner this week.
Meetings of the new industrial
league, which will consolidate with
the Bank league, the Uniform league,
composed of the "Coppers," fire
men, street car men and mail car
riers, and the Gate City, class C,
leagues, will be held at the city hall
tonight, at 8 o'clock.
Basket Ball Still in
Limelight at "Y;" Four
Contests This Week
Basket ball will still hold the cen
ter of the indoor atraction at the
V. M. C. A. this week and on Tues
day and Thursday nights the folow
ers will see some real action, two
contests being scheduled for each
night.
Tuesday night at the "Y" the main
attraction will be put on by the Ben
son M. E., 1921 champions of the
Church league, and the Trinity Me
thodist, All-Stars of the Lincoln
Church league for the inter-city
championship. The Bensonites closed
a most successful season in the lo
cal Church league and during the
season were never headed in the race
for the title. The All-Stars are com
posed of some of the fastest players
in Lincoln and four of the stars arc
former Nebraska university players.
As a preliminary, the Thorpian
Athletic club, champions of the Com
mercial league, will meet the Pearl
M. E., runners-up in the Church
league. Thursday night, the Thor
pians will play the Wincbergs of
Fremont, Neh Arrangements are j
being made for a fast curtain-raiser.
to Sport Fans
Buffaloes Lose
Third Game of
Series to Joplin
Contest iu Cow Pasture Fea
tured by Haw Pitching and
Raw Playing Fielding
Impossible Feat.
Ft. Smith, Ark., March 28. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Hie Miners made a
clean sweep of the three-game series
against Omaha by walking oil with
Sunday's game. The two clubs went
across the river into Oklahoma and
ripped off the struggle, which was
featured by raw winds, ra,w pitching
and much raw playing. The field was
ope.n and merely a cow pasture, mak
ing fielding an impossible feat.
Omaha scored first iu the second
inning on Pug Griffin's double, a
base on balls to Lelivelt and Platte's
long single to center field. Clayton
then singled through second, scoring
Platted Omaha scored again in the
third on two hits, a walk and error,
making three runs. Their last count
was registered in the eighth when
Gislason walked and got around on
two errors and a single.
The Miners started their scoring
in the third when Lefty Berger
cracked out a home run. Cykowski
then rapped out a triple and scored
on an infield out by Nolen. In the
seventh the Miners ran themselves
ragged on the paths, counting five
times when every man in the lineup
was up at least once.
The score bv innings:
r. tt. r.
Omaha 0 0 0 0 0 1 H in
Joplin 0 0 1 0 0 ft 0 11 10 0
Hii Merles: Hngan and McOlone, Henton,
Untile and Hrown; Cykowsky, Wetaell
ami Klfvenow.
Bowling Congress
Is on Its Last Lap
Buffalo, N. Y., March 28. With
only three more nights of five-man
team bowling and four days for
doubles and singles, the American
Howling congress tournament which
has been in progress here since Feb
ruary 28, is now on the final lap.
The last five-man "games will be
rolled on Wednesday night, the
tournament coming to a close with
doubles and singles on Thursday
afternoon.
Consistent rolling by the Lincoln
Life Insurance company team of Ft.
Wayne, Ind., last night, gave them
a total of 2,9.56 pins and third place
in the five-man event, their score
falling 25 pins short of tying the
Fleming Furniture company team of
Cleveland in second place.
The tournament leaders are:
Fie-man: A. N. Arnold and
Brothers, Chicago.
Two-man: Kallusch and Schie
:nan Rochester.
Individual: FYcd Smith, Detroit.
All events: A. Scliieman, Roches
ter. Yes. (Man, Ilomas and Kennedy nre
the tet of friends. Kvery time the
llrddi'o and Omaha Nntiunal Hanks Kt
together thin trio spend the etitlrj eve-
nlnc fnnverMnfr.