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TEN CENTS i
The. Omaha Sunday
Bee
VOL. L NO. 43.
Western
Buffaloes Open
Season Against
Oklahoma City
pmalia and Sooncrs to Play
. In South Locals Here
On Thursday, April 26
: Need Pitchers.
OPENING GAMES. - ' .
Wnlnmdny.
Oinslm nciUDst Oklahoma City ( Okla
homa t'lty. ' .
lira Moines agalniit JopUu at JopUn.
Ploux City agiilnut ' Wichita at Wichita,
ft. JnirpU against TOlsa at Tulsa.
By RALLPH WAGNER.
HEN umpires in Okla
homa City, Tulsa,
Juplin and Wichita
y e 1 1: Ladccz . an'
Gen'cm, th' bat'rees
f'r t'day's game, etc."
next Wednesday aft
ernoon,; the Western
league will open what
lronifes to be one
the inoi-i prosperous seasons in
the history of the circuit.
The players" on each club have
been working out for the last month
at their respective training camps,
and according to reports from all
league cities,- the stage is all set for
the start of the 1921 rag race.
Managers throughout the league
have strengthened the weak spots on
their clubs until now it appears that
Tulsa, Wichita, St. Joseph and Jop
lin will occupy ' the first . division
berths during most of the season.
However, Omaha. Oklahoma City,
Des 'Moines and Sioux; City boast of
good -mound artists-and hitters and
faking, the thing as a whole the
-I921 season looks as if it would be
a close battle from the -start.;
Tulsa Won Pennant. ' . -
The. league champiorTship last year
was won by the Tulsa Oilers.
Omaha came in for fifth honors aft
er a hard fight at the end of the sea
son to keep from resting in sixth
place. y-
Unless Magnates Burch and Finn
sign up a trio of good pitchers, Oma
ha may have to be content to trail
along behind the first division teams
this year.
Manager Lelivelt is standing pat
on the team that took fifth place
last season and he believes that it
will do better this year, now that
he has added two 'new players to the
lineup in the persons of "Pug" Grif
fin and Dave Claire, center fielder
and shortstop, respectively.
Griffin will take the place of Ma
son in the out garden, and, according
to reports frprajthe practice games,
"Pug can smack" the ol' "ipple. He
seems to be the shining light at this
tage of the ganic, anyway for
Finn gave up everything but his
sweater for this former .Western,
league performer,1.'-..'
Claire From Detroit.
Claire hails from Detroit. He will
te seen kicking up the dust between
second and third - this season. Ty
Cobb of the Detroit Tigers says the
youngster will be one of the best
players in the league. Let's hope so.
Claire will take Haney's place at
short, the latter going to third.
Weidell, who held! down the third
hag last season, failed to report at
Fort Smith, Ark., this spring.
Al Platte, who played in 145
games last season and finished with
a batting average of .314, will again
hold down the right field berth for
the ' Buffaloes. Without a doubt,
Platte is one of the best outfielders
of the league and there is no reason
. -wny ne snouidn t - repeat his per-k
lormances ot last season.
According to the official fielding
averages of the league. Platte is
credited with making 275 putouts.
He made nine bobbles and has 12
arists chalked up alongside , his
name for a fielding average of .970.
Billy Lee, who grabbed 'em when
they came out in left field, is with
the club this year. A bird by the
name of Moore will hold down the
job when, the veteran- outfielder is
on the bench.
Lee Some Burglar.
, In Lcev the local management has
another good fielder aud one who
smacks the apple quite frequently.
During the 1920 season he played
in 149 games, was at bat 548 times
nd finished with an average of .279
and a fielding average of .951.
- The Buffalo fielder was the cham
pion bag thief of the league. He
stole 39 bases during the season and
says he is goto W beat that record
this season, in spite of the fact that
Judge Landis has been made head of
organized base ball.
At' first, Manager Jack Lelivelt
, - will hold sway. He piloted the
club from the field last season and
.proved himself capable of the job. Al
though he didn't break any batting
records last season, his hits most
. generally came when they were neecT
:red and this.- together with his field
ing ability, makes him a very val
uable player. :
. Lelivelt faced the pitcher 550
times last season, succeeded in scor
ing 77 run and vwhaneing out 170
. hits. Of this number 36 were two-'
baggers, 10 good for three bases and
. two of the Babe Ruth variety. Man
ser Lelivelt played the big brother
role 13 times during the season.
. Pitching Staff Slow. ,
The pitching staff of the club has
been slow in rouqding into form.
"Pat" Ragan, Charlie Kopp. Mc
Glone, Powerman, Baumgartner and
Daniels compose the bunch of
mound artists. Of this collection,
Kopp, Ragan and Baumgartner have
shown up the best thus far.
Kopp was with the club last sea
son and he failed to set the league
afire with his ' twirling. Charlie is
good for one or two games each
.week, but at that he didn't measure
tip to tlie standard of Palmero or
Oscar Fuhr.
Ragan is a veteran. He can last
five or seven innings against a heavy
hitting club, but that's - about all.
" However, he may surprise the wise
(Turn to rat Two, Colama Four.)
Pit
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of
League Base Ball
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Here's Seven Buffaloes Who Will Help Crack Open the Western League Season
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George Duncan and Abe Mitchell,
Star English Golfers, May Play
At Country Club This Summer
If the plans of Charlie Johnson,
"pro" at the Country club, mater
ialize, Omaha golfers will have an
opportunity this summer to cast
their optics upon another pair of
English players who have been gain
ing gobs of publicity here of late
Ralph Sciple Wins .
Over Ed Duncan in
Special Alley Match
Ralph Sciple, member of the Bow
en Furniture team of bowlers, state
five-man champs, won $50 last tfight
at Lincoln when he trimmed Ed Dun
can in. a special match on the Lin
coln alleys by the score of 699 to 595.
' The scores follow:
Sciple .,
Duncan
.'. 195
20J
147
182
J67 6
201 t3
Sciple and Duncan tied for the
all-events singles at Lincoln when
they both rolled 1.774, but since then
Duncan knocked 584 of the wooden
bottles over to Sciple's 565 in a three
game series. -"
Urges Golf Clubs to
Vote in Favor of U. H. G. A.
Chicago, April 9. Directors of the
Western Golf association tonight
sent letters to all clubs of the asso
ciation who are allied members of
the United States Golf association.
purging that those clubs vote to he-
come active members of the U. ti.
G. A. and thereby gain a vote in the
control of that body. It - was de
cided at a conference last winter that
all' Canadian members could become
active members provided 51 per cent
decided to take advantage of the
offer.
Elks' Ten-Pin Tourney
Patrick. Barretts.
MrCabs 174 1M ISOiSwoboda 174 193 lt
H'kln 170 19 132Oreen 344 177 160
Conktln 143 154 136M'Nurlin 141 133 174
Radford 17 150 132:brplnskl 156 18! 14"
Shield. 171 222 176 Kennedy 193 209 203
Totals 845 919 756 Totals 80S 894 848
' Thomas. Hanrood.
Doherty 179 193 1691 Howard 18S 179 US
Bowers 171 174 174iHartnet 165 165 16S
Straw 165 165 165
'Franc 136 182 164
Lamb 136 222 181
Totals 787 935 IS3
Youngs.
Kammy 154 183 164
Moylan 165 148 133
133 136 126
Moylaa Hi 178 206
Totals 67 644 629
Sherdmn SOI 16t 1S7
Cain 161 15 174
Erman 111 173 174
Totals 906 (34 619
Vyaarts.
Morton 161 161 til
Hawley 198 189 161
Knapp 163 166 1(0
Hawley 150 193 148
Totals 637 710 676
Wmt. I Batters.
Weber 178 188 lliii Orotts 10 149 187
Meleh'r
165 1 180
Xndoe .
. 157 213 168
142 138 lit
153 187 158
170 166 188
Bchnell
Maurer
Wills
142 163 203
Straw
Katon
Olson
166 167 130
196 172 157
Totals 836 896 7861 Totals 804 151 813
Sears. 1 ' Doeherty.
London 168 179 212 M'M'rt'n 215 21S 128
Barker 169 148 204 Mitchell 144 198 244
Landers 145 167 194Chandler 134 143 196
Straw 134 143 158Hachter 174 136 168
Straw 144 136 175 Lana 146 153 176
Totals 7(0 76J 943) Totals (13 Hi lit
because of their ability to play the
ol'Scotch game. -
These two English golfers are
Abe Mitchell, .far-driving demon,
and George Duncan, British open
title holder.
The chief mogul of the golfers at
the Country club has written the
United States manager of both Dun
can and Mitchell, but as yet has re
ceived no reply.
However, Duncan and Mitchell
are scheduled to- play in Chicago
about the middle of July, and from
the Windy City the Englishmen will
schedule matches throughout the
west.
Amateur Games on
Tap for Fans Today
Should the weather warm up to
day, fans will have the opportunity
to see the Sunday base ball teams
run around the diamonds, as prac
tice games are scheduled at . prac
tically .every muny field.
A double-header is on tap at
Thirty-second and Dewey avenue,
when the Bowen Furnitur Co. of the
City league will clash with the
Woodmen of the World team, of the
American league in the opener and
the Riggs Optical Co. will mix with
the M. E. Smith crew at 3:30
o'clock. . .
The Townsends and the North
Omaha Boosters will clash at 3:30
o'clock at Miller park and the
Drive-It-Yourselfs and the Knight,
of Columbus will lock horns at
Creighton field. -
Murphy-Did-Its s
And Stars to Play
The first semi-pro base ball game
of the season for Omaha is sched
uled for the Omaha Base Ball park
this afternoon, when the Murphy-Did-Its,
"Clink" Claire's outfit of
ciiamond performers, and "Red"
Robin's All Stars, cross bats. The
hgame is scheduled to start at o
o clock. .
Attention, Amateur
Managers! Have You
Paid Your Dues?
Amateur teams must file their con
tracts, and pay up their dues, forfeit
and franchise money by Wednesday
night, or they will be unable to play
Saturday or Sunday afternoon, ac
cording to Secretary J. J. Isaacson
of the association.
Many of the managers have been
slow in filing the contracts and also
their franchise fee, while there are
a few teams that have not yet ap
plied for their contracts. Better get
busy, managers, if yon intend to
play the opening games,
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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1921.
Teams Will Start 1921 Flag
Country Club Golf ers
Don't Stop Playing
y
Just Because its Cold
It will take more than a little
thing like cold weather to drive sev
eral, of. Omaha's prominent golfers
off the greens, now that the galf
bug has started working.
Yesterday Arthur Rogers, A!
Devereaux, John Madden, Sam
Barnes, Clark Powell, Denise Barka
low, Harley Moorehead, Jack Haze
ly, W. M. and L. H. Burgess and V.
J. Foye spent the afternoon chas
ing the little white ball around the
Country club course.
W. J. Foye won the prize of the
afternoon. This "early bird" among
the golfers made the 17th hols in
two, a distance of 400 yards, and it
was Mr. Foyc's first game of ,the
season, too.
Eddie Murphy's Eyes Make Him
Pinch Hit Champ of Base Ball
Eddie Murphy, former outfield re
liance of Connie Mack's world cham
pion .f huadelphia
Athletics, but for
many recent sea
sons star pinch
hitter of the Chi
cago White Sox,
is reputed to have
two of the keen
est eyes in the big
leagues.
Murphy has for
years been the
pinch-hitter de
luxe of the Amer
ican league, going
in when the most
depended on a
EDB1K HCBPHT. ate year ree'ling
off a season's average of around .400,
which i very hefty batting for the
Racing Commission
Appointed for State
Lincoln, 'April 9. Governor Mc
Kelvic today not only signed the
state racing commission bill, but also
named the commission as follows:
Edward Peterson of Omaha, Nick J.
Ronin of Fremont and Edward
Gould of Kearney.
. These racing commissioners serve
without pay and their duty is to regu
late and license all private horse
racing in the state.
One of the objects of the bill is
understood to be to permit the Oma
ha Ak-Sar-Ben association to hol,d
races and get on the Grand circuit.
Jay Gould Successfully
Defends Tennis Tite
Boston, April 9. Jay Gould of
New York again made a successtul
defense of his national amateur
court tennis championship, defeating
C Suydam Cutting of New York
in the challenge round on the courts
of the Tennis and Racquet club. The
scores werei 6-5, 6-1. 6-p s
Merriman Wins Title
By Defeating White
in Pinehurst Tourney
Piuchurst, N. (2., April 9 B. P.
Merriman of Wate'rbury won the
fnorth and south amateur golf cham
pionship today by defeating Gardi
ner White of New York, 9 up and 8
to play in the 36-hole final round.
Merriman had a medal round of
73 in the morning and was 8 up, as
White took 83 and did not win a
hole. White held Merriman even
for the first nine in the afternoon,
both taking 38 shots, but Merri
man won fhe tenth and the match
when he got a four to White's five.
White drove into a trap and. had to
play his second safe.
Merriman takes the title held for
a year by Francis Ouimet of Bos
ton. Ouitnet did not defend his title.
man who gets only three strikes per
game to offer at.
Murphy is known for his ability to
guess the kind of pitch which the op
posing slabman is going to serve,
and this knack it attributed to his
sharp optics. If a fast one comes
hurtling toward him, but destined
to cut a groove just a bit outside "the
plate, Mister Murphy often seems to
know this beforehand and disdains
to raise his bludgeon. But the next
time, when the ball whizzes right
across the pan, Murphy's bat is
right there to meet it crack 1 and
another Sox runner has scored.
Murphy Is one of Manager Kid
Gleason's advisory board for the
White Stockings, with Capt. Eddie
Collins, and during the recent spring
training trip Eddie was in charge
of the Chicago club's second team.
Marquette Club to
Form Ball League
The Marquette club, a South Side
civic organization, recently drew up
plans for a base ball league among
the Omaha parochial schools. The
league will be divided into two di
visions, the South Side and North
Side schools to play schedules until
a champion crops out, when a cham
pionship game will be played.
The Omaha Parochial School
league will play games on Tuesdays
and Saturadys .until June 14. Ten
teams are in each division, as listed
below. .
Lewis to Meet Nabogoss
Detroit, April 9. Ed (Strangler)
Lewis, champion heavyweight wrest
ler, has been matched for a bout here
Friday with Bob Nabogoss of Chi
cago. The headlock, it was an
nounced, was not to be barred.
Jimmy Jaroah Is leaving soon for his
homestead In Wyoming. Jim will be back
with us again by next October when the
bowling bug migrates to the bonnet ot
every convert of Ui wooden bottles.
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Douglas Couiity Legion Ready to
- Stage Caddock-Pesek Match in
Omaha-Iowa Wrestler Willing
The Douelas County Post of the
American Legion is after a Earl Cad-dock-John
Pesek, heavyweight
wrestling match for Umaha.
Larry Litchenstein, manager of
Pesek, in a letter to the writer, has
offered to wager $5,000 to $4,000
National Base Ball
Federation Goes on
Opposing "Black Sox"
Cleveland, O., April 9. The Na
tional Base Ball federation, the gov
erning body of sand lot base ball,
today went on record as opposing
the "black sox," as the organization
of former White Sox players under
indictment is called.
"Any team affiliated with the fed
eration which books a game with
this outfit faces being placed on the
ineligible list and barred from play
ing other amateur or semi-professional
teams in our organization,"
J. F. Potts, secretary, said.
Large EnfrTuS"
In Randall Meet
Cleveland, O., April 9. Twenty
seven nominations have been made
for the $15,000 free-for-all trot, fea
ture event of the Grand Circuit
meeting at North Randall track the
week of August 8, it was announced
tonight. The list jncludes the names
of practically all of the sensational
trotters of the country.
One hundred and sixty-four horses
are entered in .the six stake events
as follows: 1
The N'orth. Randall, free-for-all trotting.
27 entries.
The Plain Dealer, Z:0l trotters, 14 en
tries. The Press. 2:1 trotters, 3T entries.
The Leader. 208 pacers, 17 entries.
The News Sweepstakes, 2-year-old trot
tres, 29 entries.
The American Sportsman Sweepstakes,
3-year-old parers. H entries.
Amateur Wrestlers to
Compete at Grand Island
Grand Island, Neb:, April 9. April
14, was the, date agreed upon today
for the wrestling meet to be held
here for amateur titles of the central
states. Amateurs of Nebraska, Iowa,
Kansas, North Dakota, South Dako
ta and Colorado are eligible to enter,
The meet will be held under the
auspices of the Central Nebraska Ath
letic association
Mike Gibbons to Fight
Minneapolis, April 9. Mike Gib
bons. St. Paul middleweight boxer,
has been signed to appear in a 10
round bout here April 21 or 22, it
was announced tonight. His opponent
probably will be Chuck Wiggins of
Indianapolis
John Klaock, the bird who won the Im
mense cup presented by Bam Boord. backer
of Sam's Indians, Is one sad person. He
hasn't even found a pint, and the cup holds
mors than ft gallon, -
Chase Wednesday
that his wrestler can defeat Caddock
in a finish match. However, should
the Ravenna, (Neb.) grappler lose to
the Iowan, Litchenstein, according to
his letter, will give the local Legion
ct nnn
ow, the Douglas Lounty post has
called Litchenstein. According to
Jake Isaacson, chairman of the com
mittee, the local organization is
ready to stage the match.
Gene Melady, manager of Cad
dock, when informed of the proposed
match, said: "Caddock will be glad
to wrestle Pesek in Omaha."
Now its Litchcnstein's move.
If the managers of both wrestlers
agree to a finish match, the bout will
be staged in Omaha some time with
in the next month.
Omaha Alleys Will
Hold Handicap Meet
For Local Bowlers
Next Saturday night, April 16, the
Omaha alleys will inaugurate ths
Omaha Alleys Handicap tourney,
which will hold the center of the
bowling stage until the following
Wednesday. Forty fjve-rnan teams
have entered the handicap. One
hAmdred and fifty pin tumblers will
enter the singles and 300 will par
ticipate in the doubles.
More than 100 prizes will be do
nated by various merchants of the
city. "Bill" McCabe announces that
the entry fee is $1 even. No war tax.
Wol
venne lracksters
HP
Lose to California
Berkeley, Cal., April 9. Univer
sity of Michigan's 15-man track
team was swamped by a 9S-to-43
score, by the University of Califor
nia in a dual meet here today.
Wolverine athletes placed first in
only two events, the hammer throw
and the broad jump.
"Brick" Mullcr. who last fall was
a star of the champion Bear foot
ball team, was the big point winner
for California, capturing 13 in all.
For Michigan. Cruikshank, jumper
and hurdler, who took one of the
Wolverine's, first places, was the
high man, with a total of 11 points.
Iowa Cyclones Beat
Dubuque Ball Team
. Ames, la., April 9. (Special Tele
gram.Hn a cold flury of snow the
Iowa State base ball club o-er came
a two-point lead secured by Du
buque university in the first inning,
defeated its opponents. 7 to 2, on
State diamond this afternoon.
Jim Morrison was Coach Maurey
Kent's selection for tlie mound today
and working the entire game allowed
the visitors but three safe hits and
issued but three passes to the initial
sack.
RickardWill -Stage
Big Bout
In New Jersey
Under Laws of State Carpen
tier Must Kayoe Dempsey
Within 12 Rounds to Win
Heavyweight Title.
Jersey City, April 9. Governor
Edwards declared tonight there
would be no objection to staging
the Dempsey-Carpentier bout in
New Jersey.
"If the fight is conducted in an
orderly manner and according to .
the law of New Jersey it will have
my approval," he said.
New York, April 9. With the
.long awaited official announcement
today that the Dcnipsey-Carppntier
heavyweight championship bout
would be fought in New Jersey the
afternoon of July 2, interest turned
to the probable place of the contest
and the training plans. Efforts to
obtain a definite statement from Pro
moter Tex Rickard as to the site
were unavailing.
He refused to commit himself ss .;
to Newark, Atlantic City or Jersey j
City, the sites mentioned in his an-i
nouncement. ,j- -.
It was the desire to locate thel
bout near a large city which c,aused
the turning down of several offers
from Canada, Maryland and westerns
states. ;
Under the New Jersey laws no 1
decision can be given. V
Consequently, the only way in
which Carpcntier could win would
be to knock out Dempsey inside the
12 rounds permitted or for the
champion to lose by a foul. No mat
ter how much Carpcntier might bat
ter Dempsey, if the latter were on
his feet at the end he would still be
champion from a technical stand-,
point.
Indian May Win
Fame as Pitcher
Major Leaguers Have Eyes on
"Yellow Horse," Star Box
man for Little Rock.
New York, tpril 9. (Special)
Another full-blooded Indian bids
fair to become famous as a major
league player. lit calls himself
Chief Moses Yellnw Horse, and ott
the training trip of the Pirates he
pitched with excellent results.
Yelloy Horse was the star box
man of the Little Rock . Southern
Association team last year, winning
21 games and losing seven. Re
worked in 278 innings, allowed 255
hits and 115 runs, gave 55. bases on
balls and recorded 138 strikeouts.
The Pirates' scouts watched him
closely and before the end of the
campaign they informed Barney ,
Dreyfus that the redskin should
prove a spendid investment.
Manager Gibson, a competent
judge of pitching material, is sub
iectinn Chief Yellow Horse to a
tnorougn test, ana mienas io retain -him
for some time, if not rerfha-; J
nently. j
Yellow Horse is strongly built, ,(
well educated and smart. He has.
an exceptional knowledge of base i ?.
ball strategy and is eager-to remain - I
in fast company. The Pirates are I
equipped with so many experienced f
pitchers that Yellow Horse may be t
forced to sit on the bench for j
while, learning the ropes, but Gib- f
son, it is believed, will gradually
ease him into - a regular berth by
sending him to the box as a relief .
sharpshooter on frequent occasions.-
Revenge Auto Race
Scheduled Today
Los Angeles, Cal., April 9. What
has been called a revenge race will .
be run on the Los Angeles speed
way tomorrow when nine drivers
will compete for $15,000 in prizes
and points counting in the National
A. A. A. championship competition
for 1921.
The race will be run in four heats
of 25 miles each, with a final of 50
miles. Ralph De Falma, veteran
racer, won a similar contest here
February 27, and his competitors,, -,
challenged him to another tneet.
He accepted. Later Eddie Pullen
was added to the list of entries. Oth .
ers entered are, Ira Vail, Joe
Thomas, Eddie Hearns, Roscoe
Sarles. Alton Soules, Jimmie Murphy ,
and Tommy Milton. ' '
Will Organize Soccer
Foot Ball Loop in East
New York, April 9. The organi- J
zation of a circuit of professional j
soccer 'foot ball clubs in: eastr ;
states have reached concrete forra j$
according to a statement made to $
day by Secretary Thomas Cahill, oti. f
the United States Foot Ball asso-M
ciation. He said that arrangementj '
have been made to place a team in I
Philadelphia, composed of half a j
dozen of the best British players t j
i .1.. j ... 'f
avauauic anu inc remainaer Ameri
can players. The Bethlehem Steel
club is to be reorganized and six
other cities New York, Brooklyn,
Harrison, Jersey City, Fall River
and Pawtucket have agreed to
come into the enterprise.
Madden and Magin Win
Chicago Six-Day Race
Chicago, April 9.--Eddie Madden
and Take Magin won the six-day
bicycle race which . ended tonight,
scoring S8S points and covering
2,182 miles. Kockler and Hill were"
second with 8071-2 points; Lorenz
and Weber, third, with 6991-2, and
the Belgian team of Reliens and De
Graeves, automatically took fourth .
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