THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. APRIL 12. 1921.
Two Wrestling Matches on Card Tonight-Lewis and Caddoch Title Bout
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TafMcGill
To Meet Champ
Of Oklahoma
Heayveighu Scheduled for
Des Moine, "While Wiener
Athlete VU1 Qash With
Southerner at Tekamah.
Br RALPH WAGNER.
Two wrestling matches, one a
:hampionshp struggle and the other
an important bouV as far as Ne
braska is concerned, will be on the
program tonight for fans of the
rough and tumble sport.
In Des Moines Promoter Oscar
Taorson will nncork his champion
hip heavyweight match between
Earl Caddock, former title holder,
and Ed (Strangler) Lewis, cham
pion, me lormcr naus iron iowa,
while the "Stranger" and his 275
pounds of beef and famous hradlock
claims Los Angeles as his camping
ground.
While the two heavyweight "bone
crashers" are trying to pin the
shoulders of each other to the pad
ded surface before what is predicted
will be the largest crowd that has
ever witnessed a match in Des
Moines, "Patty" McGill, the light
heavyweight sensation of this state,
will be attempting to flatten out one
George Coleman.
Caddock in Good Trim
Interest in the championship match
at Des Moines is running high. A
large delegation of Omaha fans
headed by Gene Meladj manager
of Caddock. Jack Lewis and the
Stechrr brothers left last night for
the scene of the big affair. Caddock
joined the party at Atlantic, la.
According to reports Irom w
nut, la, the home of Caddock, the
former champion is in fine trim for
the hard match. No small number
of Atlantic, Walnut and Anita, Isu,
fans have reserved seats for the
match and thee same Caddock sup
porters are willing to wager a moe
slice of money thai the lowan will
be the champion after tonight.
Caddock has a repatation of being
a wrestler with a "thousand holds.'
The former champ's thousand holds
may come in handy sn his snatch
with Lewis, but once the champion
winds his husky arms around Earl's
dome and then starts to squeeze,
well there is only one thing to say
and that is this: "Caddock will seed
strength and not holds."
Third Meeting.
f. W Cm;tfi f Oiirar-O will be
the third man in the ring. The ;
match will be a finish affair.
When Caddock and Lewis start
their match tonight it will be the
'.rm. Vi. ha tvn crarmlers
11.11 u .luik i . - " n i i - -
have met within two years. On
March 11 in New York City the
"Strang ler" flopped the low an in a
0;te-fall affair after one hour, 55 min
utes and 45 seconds of wrestling.
Last June. Tuesday the Stb, to be
exact Caddock met -Lewis in a re-k
turn match at Des Moines in a finish
tussle and the lowan succeeded in
M-inning ver his husky opponent
tv.o falls Oct of three. The time
was 43 minutes and 30 seconds; 27
minutes and 10 seconds and seven
minutes and one second.
The match at Tekamah between
McGill and Coleman is attracting
considerable attention in this state
- because of the fact that this bird
Coleman is touted as one of the best
gntppleri in Oklahoma. He claims
the light heavyweight championship
of the sonthwest. The match will be
a finish affair.
Coast Teams Play
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For 22 Inrdnss
Seattle Succeeds in Defeating
Los Angeles, 12 to 8, in ;
Longest Mix of Season. ,
Los Angeles, Csl, April ll.TIa a
22-inning game, the longest in or
ganized base ball thes far this sea
son, Seatttle defeated Los Angeles,
to 8, in the first game of a sched
uled double-header here Sunday. The
second fame was postponed because
of darkness- . ,
Each team nsed four pitchers, ana
two catchers, Geary, Francis,
Schwartz nd Schoor officiating in
the box for Seattle and CrandalL
Thomas, Lyons and Wallace hurling
for Los Angeles,
It w as Seattle's first victory of the
season. Lot Angeles havmjr taken the
other five games of this, the initial
series. The Angels and Siwashes
were tied is the ninth, 6 to 6, and
again in the 17th, 7 to 7. In the 22d
the visitors made five runs and the
Angels one.
Los Angeles Golfer
Wins Championship
Los Angeles, Cat, April 11. Dr.
F.i.1 Hunter. Los Angeles, state
amateur champion, Sunday won the
southern California amateur golf
championship, by defeating his
cousin. Robert Hunter, also of Los
Angeles, 5 and 4, on the links of
the Los Angeles Country club.
Alabama Player to
Take WambsgantV Place
Cleveland. O, April 11. Rigge
Stephens, University ei Alabama
star, will 11 the vacancy at second
base for the Cleveland Indians,
caused by injuries to Bill Wambs
ganss and Harry Lunte. according to
advices received Sunday night from
Cincinnati.
Cards Third-Sacker
Deserts Holdout Ranks
Mobile. Ala.. April 11. Milton
Stock, third baseman of the St.
Louis National team, who has been
a holdout, left Sunday to report to
the team.
"Kir Butler Dies.
Boston. Mass, April 11. Frank S.
Butler, aa old-time base ball player,
died Were after a brief illness Sun
day. Ht was known as "Kid" Butler
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HOW TO CATCH.
By STEVE O'NEILL
(Of the Cleveland Indians.)
(Oryrnht, Ktnc Fettura Eyndicalc
Inc..)
No job on a ball club is of more
importance than back stopping. A
good catcher can make a ball club;
a poor one can ruin the efforts of an
all-star aggregation. A great
catcher can transform an ordinary
collection of motmdsmen into truly
greates; a poor catcher ran kill off
the effectiveness of the brilliant
teammates.
What are the requisites in catch
ing success.
Brains first of all. For, after all
is said and done, it's the catcher
who has to run the ball club on the
field. Alertness that's the next
need. A catcher must be awake all
the time. The whole field of battle
is spread before him. It's up to the
catcher to detect opportunities and
"wise up" his mates, if necessary, to
those opportunities. Then comes
the need for a great throwing arm,
splendid catching ability and a true
fighting spirit
The first thing a youngster, aspir
ing to backstoppin g honors, should
learn is to make fast, snappy
throws to all bases, from every po
sitionsquatting, upright, from the
left of the plate and also from the
tight of the plate. Until the
youngster has mastered the art of
accurate throwing, he shouldn't go
farther. You must practice throws
from all angles because pitchers
sometimes force you to dig 'em out
of the dirt, or the air.
Always Throw to Bag.
Always throw to the bag never
at the baseman. For the baseman,
the minute a play starts, is off for
the bag. That's where he expects
to catch the ball and that is where
you must put it for him.
The best way to learn throwing is
to have your basemen stand direct
ly on the bag and toss the ball to
ttiem while you grab it from all di
rections. Alter you can put it into
their hands without forcing them to
move, let them play off the bag.
Then have a play start and practice
shooting for the bag. It'll come a
little hard at first, because as you
won't have a human target to shoot
at yoa may toss 'em wild. But don't
get discouraged. Practice will give
you the knack of tossing for the bag
and having the ball arrive there in
perfect position for the baseman to
make the catch and cutout
The next thing to practice is catch
ing the balL Have your pitcher
throw all kinds to yon. Keep him
at it Have him mix them up
throw a few directly over the plate,
then some low, others wide, others
high. Only by practice in catchine
all sorts' of throws will you be able
to do it when a real game is in prog
ress. And above all else, practice
catching high fouls.
Use Your Brains.
Having mastered the two mechani
cal parts ot backstopping work re
ceiving and throwing the next step
is to begin the use oi your brains.
For, upon the brain of the catcher,
the result of a battle very orten de
pends. If the catcher makes J
"boner" all is lost: if he thinks cor
rectly in the handling of his pitcher
and in his operation on the batter,
the game may be won.
' A heady catcher first of all studies
his pitcher. Learn what j our pitcher
can throw with success and what
he can't throw. Find out the
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Dear Publication: You don't
seem to memorize when my knuckle
thrower. Blackjack Boojum, slapped
Gink into the royal suite at the Fon
tenelle. Blackjack tapped him right
on the Chu-Chin-Cho and Gink
went out like a sunset. Two weeks
later. Gink was found in a Hindoo
Garden with a harp in his hand,
sipping nectar through a silk-lined
straw.
Yours excessively.
-PA" ROURKE.
Summer address: Bleachers, Oma
ha Base Ball Park.
TO those who know the forged
facts in the case, this is the
most adenoiding letter of all
This beezark by the name of Boo
jum never got by the gigantic
beetles that used to fuard Rough
town against hostile reformers. At
the time Booium was supposed to
have been fn Ronghtown the mayor
had called a congratulatory as
sembly of citizens to protest against
the prrposed tax on brains. He
claimed that taxation without repre
sentation was tyranny. And the
citizens applauded him to the last
j overripe tomato.
I When speaking of Roughtown
I you want to remember that tinder
i the Tuesday municipal charter there
! was a Greater Roughtown. Also
t east, west, north and south Rough-
town. Not to mention the suburbs
and glass optical garages. The
town was divided into sectors just
like any other war. Roughtown was
the place that good old Charley Kopt
used to talk about. Charley used
to chirp of his father getting um
brageous because a wildish lion
chased him one day. He bought a
big gnn to shoot it. But then he
decided not to shoot the lion, be
cause it might be a neighbor's lion.
strength and the weakness of your i
own pitcher. Studv his tempera
ment Never try Jo hustle a hustling
pitcher iust coax and v pet him
along. He s giving you his best andj
needs commenaatK'n, but it you have
a Jaiy pitcher you have ta make him
work. Drive him. but drive him so
thaf be won't resent it. There must
be perfect working harmony all the
time between you and your pitchers
If you have a nervous pitcher
and most of them are when the
game begins handle him slowly at
the start. Don t rush him. Give him
time to find himself. If you see that
he s especially nervous, gain some
sort of delay for him. Stop the game p
to relace your shoe; shift your J
glove around or trp your mates to
do something of the sort so as to
get a little respite for your pitcher
to enable him to steadv down.
Help Your Pitcher.
Remember always that a pitcher
is, in a large measi-re, dependent
upon his catcher for success. Don't
lail vour pitcher. Don't have him
misplace his confidence in you. Help
him help him ana then help hiiu
some more.
It's' up to the catcher no one
else to detect the weakness of the
batter. When you're meeting a
batter for the first time it's more or
less of a guess as to what he can
hit or what he can't hit. Therefore
call on your pitcher for his best
pitch. If that fools the batter, you
can try it again. But don't overdo it
with that pitch on one batter. He'll
learn that deceiver then it won't be
any good as a fooler after a while.
If the new batter hits the offerine
of your pitcher, don't let your
pitcher serve up another like it next
time. Try the batter on a different
kind of pitch. If he hits that, try
another. He can't hit all of them.
When you've found a ball that he
cant hit r.axe your pitcher spe-
cialire thereafter in feeding him that
Kind and stsy awav from rnne
the batief anyth'-ng that be can hx
Curve ball pitching is rather tir
ing on the arm. So don't call for
too many curves or you'll wear out
your pitcher before the nine innings
are over. Call for a mixture of
pitches. That gives his arm relaxa
tion and will save its energy. That
is vital. Keep it in mind. Save
your pitcher's arm as much as pos
sible. It is the catcher's duty to signal
to the pitcher as to what sort of
ball should be thrown. The pitch
er depends upon his catcher for
that
Must Be Alert
The catcher, being the only man
who stands facing the entire play
ing field, is the man who must be
alert for incorrect plays by his
mates and he must be the brains
of the infield whenever the enemy
has runners on the bases. .It's up
to the catcher to signal to the pitch
er and the infielders whenever a
trick play to catch a rSnner is to
be attempted. And all the time, he
must be working on the battej and
coaxing along his pitcher.
In making throws to catch run
ners always throw for the bag. Aim
the ball s it would hit your base
man," just a little above the , knees
in case he missed it. By giving him
the ball there, it places him in a
position to tag the runner without
reaching down to stab him."
Back up your first baseman on
throws to the initial sack whenever
there is no one on base. When
someone is on base, it's your job
to guard home plate, unless you
have already signalled your pitcher
to do it for you in case you start
to run to first to back up the play
there.
Practice fielding bunts. Whenever
you field bunts, try always, when
picking1 up the ball, to be tn posi
tion to make the throw to the base
without turning around.
la conclusion, don't decide to be
come a catcher unless you are will
ing to be the hardest worked and
hardest working player on the team.
Town Separated Like Sweethearts
at Station.
The town separated like sweet
hearts at a railroad station, because :
South Roughtown wanted the
Roughtown River lined with w-all-paper
to attract tourists. East
Roughtown squawked plentiful at
this, as the Pekinese laundrynaea
were using the bed of the river o
dry their clothes in. North Rough
town passed a bill making tain coin--pulsory.
The last time it had rained in
Roughtown Kopt got his feet wet.
At low tide the river was dry. At
high tide it was very dry. Fish used
to walk around Roughtown to avoid
the river, which had an east and
west bank like other rivers, but r.o
sauce. In spring freshets Rough
town folks used to stand in the mid
dle of the river to avoid the flood.
Election Day Riots Were Huge
Successes.
Little things like this divided the
peaceful little hamlet against itself,
but the folks always got together in
election day riots. Eoojum eased
into- town on election . day. The
Roughtown champ was busy all day
voting. He was leading himself br
4,0(10 majority. There were 30.000
votes in the burg. Exactly 20,001
votes were cast. The Mayor claimed
that the extra one vote showed that
Some anprincipaled bum had voted
three times.
Gink and Eoojum met in the aisle
of the abbatoir arena and Gink
knocked Boojum right into the path
rinding wagon of a fourteen carriage
funeral procession. Then he went
into inactive training for The Glott.
A railroad in Italy trying out
interlinked reinforced concrete ties,
r..ed in conjunction with wooden
blocks to afford resiliency.
Ouimet Will Compete
In Amateur Tourney
Francis Otimet, former national
open, national amateur and French
amateur golf champion, has an
nounced his intention ot joining the
American golfers who will invade
England next month in an effort to
lift the amateur championship. This
will be Ouimet's second attempt to
gain the British classic honors. In
1913. after his famous victory over
Varden and Ray, he went to Eng
land, but lost in the second round.
Wichita Falls
Wins Third Game
From Buffaloes
Barney Burch on Mound for
Locale and Allows Spudders
IV'ine Hit6, One a
Double.
Wichita Falls, Tex, April 11.
(Special.) With the temperature
slightly warmer than Saturday, Floyd
Kroh deieated Barney Burch, in
a pitchers' battle, Sunday afternoon,
3 to 1. Both teams hit the ball
hard and fairly often, but the hurlers
kept ihe hits well scattered. Superb
fielding by both the Spudders and
the Buffaloes cut off several runs
during the fraj.
Burch, knowing the weaknesses
and strong points of the Spudders,
pitched -a strong consistent gams,:
but weakened slightly in the fourth
and the Spudders got to him for
three hits, one a double, and three
runs. Barney was never in danger
for the rest of the game, sending
the Spudders back with a hit an in
ning, never more than four men
facing him in any of the next four
stanzas.
Kroh hurled a heavy game, but
the Buffaloes had him in trouble
every inning but the first and ninth
chapters. Three fast double plays
saved him on several occasions.
The Omaha club scored its only
run in the second stanra when
Griffin, first up, singled through
short, a drive too hard for Tanner
to handle. Platte sacrificed him to
second. Lee's rap to Tanner shoved
Griffin along to third. Had Tan
ner elected to try for Griffin, the
left fielder would have been an easy
out at the rot corner, but Tanner
threw to first Claire's bnnt to the
pitcher, which he beat out, scored
Griffin.
Four last double plays were made
during the contest, the Spudders
making three and the visitors one.
The box score:
WICHITA falls;.
AB. R. H. PO. A.
Jlothfas. If 4 Z a 1
I Tanner, na. S 1
f McDonald, Sb t 1
1 Clark. Ib S (I
Works, 3b..... 4 a
Miller. cJ 4 1
i MrKla-f, rf t
j Kitrhena, e. ........ S 0
: Krcti, p.. 2
Total
19 S
OMAHA.
AB. R. H. PO. A.
GitUacn. ?b . .
Ryan, St......
Lvt!t, 3b...,
Griffin, if....
Flam. rf....
Laa,
Claire,
Lmrle. r. ..........
Burch. f
4
a
4
Total SI i 1 14 IS 1
Omaha 1 01
Wichita rails .. Ililitl x1
Ta-o-baw fcitt: Miliar. Kitchens; 1hree
tae hit. Raihfu; sarriftoa hits. Plait? ;
1: i'7 Burch, 1. Baaa en bli: off Kroh.
1: by frurch, X. Baa en balir; Cff Kroh,
4; off Burch. i. Hit by jitchd mall,
Lir.fle. leubl tlnya: McDonald to Clam
tn Works. 2: Burch to Gislason to Ltriiet
Time of same: l:E(u Vmplra, Aha Bowmui.
Grand Island Rifle
Shot Wins Honors in
. Junior Corps Matches
Addison Brandon of Council Bluffs
and Joe Simpson of Grand Island,
w on expert medals in the Winchester
Junion Rifle corps competition dur
ing the month of March, according
to a list of winners released yester
day. The highest award that any mem
ber of the corps can win is the ex
pert medal
The names of Nebraska medal
winners in this competition follow:
41. B, Eticton. Iwatr; H. Haly le,
Cantral City; H. E, Lewes. Eureka Rmite:
Frances Tonnj. Central City; Robert
Daves. r.obrt WcGroth. R"r.e pK'fer.
."oe fcempnen. Tea Soland. W'aller Cave.
Buddie Bntley. Jeas liomen. Waltron
fcmlth. Grud lt lsnd.
Chicago The American leaame Will con
duct an nnrtlentlne campaign asslnst
Ctrobltnf this rseon. President Baa
Johnson annoancad.
St. Psnl. Jttnn. Th state fair board
has voted a fund af JJ.loO ta be appor
tioned In prises for the national horse
shoe j-itchins tournament which a'lil be
m fra.nt, f K WmnMati , . i t 7am-
1 line, September 3 to 10,
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New Faces in
New York. April 11 With veteran
stars refurnished and new one pre
paring to flash across the base ball
firmament, the major league season
of 1921 opens on eastern and western
diamonds Wednesday. While there
will be no changes in the well-established
circuit of the National league
there will be many new faces in the
personnel of the clubs composing the
oreanization.
With the call of the umpires send
ing the players away on their six
months" pennant chase, the National
league will have inaugurated its 46th
consecutive season as the senior as
sociation clubs played their initial
frames earlv in 1876.
Notwithstanding the unprecedented j
popularity of base ball during the
past two years, club owners and
league officials are firm in their be
lief that the national sport is facing
a still greater period of prosperity
in the months to come and have
made their plans accordingly. Larger
training squads went south this
spring than in many years and every
effort has been made to strengthen
weak spots in both the offensive and
defensive play of the various clubs.
The accompanying survey of the
teams on the eve of the pennant sea
son gives a few high lights on the
prospects and possibilities of each
combination:
National League,
Chicago ("Cubs")
Anril 11. With the re
turn of Johnny Evers as manager of
the Chicago Nationals, a new fight
ing spirit is expected to be instilled
into the players a spiru m.11 c
totally lacking last season, in the
judgment of critics. Ihe coming
season will be the second time
Evers has been in command of the
club. For vears he was a member
of the team, covering second base
with the famous Tinker to tvers to
Chance" combination.
The Cubs have added little new
material of worth and have lost one
man. Davy Robertson, w ho was sus
pended because of failure to report.
Whether his retirement is a loss or
a jrain cannot be determined until
the season is well advanced.
Manager Evers regards his pitch
ing staff as one of the best in the
leacue with Alexander, Tyler and
Vaughn forming the backbone of the
department. He expects this trio to
win at least w games, virgii
Cheeves. a 20-year-old righthander
from Texas, and Oscar Fuhr, a left
hander from Omaha .are promising
candidates. The remainder of the
staff consists of Abe Bailey and
"Speed" Martin, holdovers, and sev
eral recruits.
New First Baseman.
The infield presents a new first
baseman to fill the gap caused by
the release of Fred Merkle. Turner
Barber, who played the position for
a time last season, and a trio of
youngsters Ray Grimes, Tom Wha-
len and Alfred loung are fighting
for the berth, with the chances, fav
oring Grimes or Barber. Grimes is
a twin brother of the Grimes with
the Giants. He batted JS9 in the
tastern league last season.
Zeb Terry, who ran second m Held-
ing last season, will again be at sec
ond base, while Charley Hollocher
will operate at short Hollocher sub
mitted to an operation last season
but has come back istronger than
ever. Charles Deal is looked upon
as the regular third baseman.
Hoke Warner, who had a trial
with Pittsburgh, and Johnny Kelle
ber. manager of the St. Joseph (Mo.)
club last season, will likely be re
tained as utility infielders.
There will be no change behind
the bat. Killefer will do the bulk of
the catching, whh Bob OTarre3
second string man and Tom Daly op
erating chiefly as a pinch hitter.
In the outfield, Evers has a great
array cf talent. Max Flack will be
in right field as usual, with Maasel,
purchased from Portland, as the
choice for left. Twombly an Fri
berg are candidates for center, al
though neither is regarded as a fin
ished fielder. Barber may draw the
assignment later.
Philadelphia (Phillies.)
Philadelphia, Pa- April 10. The
personnel of the Philadelphia Na
tional league base ball club will be
virtually the same this season as
last, but if the veteran pitchers per
form tip to expectations, the dub
should finish better tfian last year.
Such is the opinion of sporting writ
ers who have been sizing np the
team in its practice games at Gaines
ville, Fla- and on its more recent
barnstorming tour northward
Meadows, Ring, Hubbell, Smith
and Causey, all righthanders, are
the men upon whom Manager Don
ovan must rely to a great extent to
pull the -club out of last place. The
best of this quintet are Meadows and
Ring. Walter Berts, a Delaware boy
who won a place as reserve pitcher
last year, has also received much
praise from the sporting experts for
his pre-season showing.
But altogether the season's crop
of recruit pitchers seems to be dis
tinctly disappointing to the experts,
nor do they wax over-enthusiastic
concerning any of the recruits for
other positions.
Peters May Land Berth.
Of the new men. those who seem
to have the best chance to retain
regular positions are John Peters, a
big catcher obtained from the Birm
ingham club of the So-thern associa
tion last fall, and Fra : Eruggy, an
other backstop, who has been in big
league company before, and who was
brought from Buffalo in exchange for
Tragresser and certain legal tender.
The infield, it is said, is not re
assuring. The loss of Paulette
weakens the first ba" position.
Neither Jack Miller, nor Meusel
measures up to his defensive stan
dard. Fletcher at short, Rawlings
at second and third base an unsolved
i problem between Ralph Miller and
j Russel Wrightstone is the forecast
Donovan is said to be depending up
on Williams, Neale and Stengel as
the outfield trio, which, in the opin
ion of the experts, will make that
department stronger than the rest of
the Quaker machine.
Pittsburgh "Pirates."
Pittsburgh, Fa. When the Pitts
burgh National league appears at
Cincinnati for the opening game of
the 1921 season, "Rabbit" Maranville
will be at shortstop. Since the re-
Big League
tirement of Hans Wagner several
years ago. the Pirate management
has experimented w-ith a number of
men in the short field. Maranville,
obtained from Boston during the win
ter, has been brilliantly performing,
according to training camp reports,
and the management expects to
have a stronger team than it has had
since the pennant-winning days of
1909.
George Whitted, last season's third
baseman, will be stationed in right
field, provided Clyde Barnhart shows
the form at third base expected by
Manager Gibson. Earnhart. grad
uating from the semipro ranks, went
ito the Southern association in 1920
and was recalled by the Pirates last
fall.
Paid $10,000 for Triynor.
Harold Traynor, purchased from
Portsmouth, V'a., and for whom it
is said Pittsburgh paid $10,000, will
be carried as a substitute infielder.
He is a shortstop and has shown ex
cellent form in training, the man
agement announces, but with Maran
ville playing his accustomed game
the youngster has little opportunity
of breaking in as a regular.
Members of the 1920 team who
will not be seen in iPttsburgh uni
forms this year are Outfields South
worth and" Nicholson and Infielder
Barbare who went to Boston in the
trade that brought Maranville to
Pittsburgh and Catcher William
Haeiiner, who has retired from base
ball.
The following players probably
will be wearing Pirate uniforms when
the season opens: Schmidt and Lee
of last year's team and Skiff and. Wil
son, recruits, catchers; Adams, Coop
er, Hamilton. Ponder, Carlson, all
veterans and Zinn, Yellowhorse,
Eberhardt, Glazner and Morrison, re
cruits, pitchers; Grimm, first base;
Cutshaw or Tierney, second base;
Maranville, shortstop; Barnhart,
third base; Bigbee, left field; Carey,
center field and Whitted, right field.
Ray Rohwer, a San Francisco col
legian, and Homer Summa, who was
with the team late last season, have
been showing well and are expected
to be retained as extra outfielders
if they continue to show their present
form. ',
(TO BE COXTlNrKD TOMOBBOW.)
St Louis Browns
Release Two Players
St Louis, Mo., April 11. Torn.
Luckanovich, a pitcher, and Phil
Todt, an infielder, have been .re
leased to the Tulsa Okl., club of
the Western league by the St Louis
Americans, it was announced Sunday-
Jimm Murphy Rumhles
To Victory in Auto Race
Los Angeles, Cal., April ,11-
Jimmy Murphy won the National A
A. A. automobile races at the Los
Angeles speedway Sunday. He took
the fourth heat of 25 miles in 13
minutes 59.3 seconds, an .average
ttd of 107.3 miles an hour and the
I final heat of 50 biles in"27 minutes
27.8 seconds, at an average speed of
109.53 miles an hour. '
The time made by Murphy Sunday
is said to establish a world record j
for 50 miles on a board track. His i
average speed was 109.55 mile an ,
hour. The former mark of 107J7 ;
miles an hour was set by Roscoe j
Sarles here last February.
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Japanese Papers
Give Prominence
To Note of Hughes'
I
Unofficial Opinion Is Held
That Memorandum Virtually
Implies Another Peace
Conference Necessary.
Tokio, April 11. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Newspapers here
have given great prominence to the
note from Charles S. Hughes, Amer
ican secretary. of state, to the allies
relative to mandates and particularly
that over the island of Yap. There
has been no official comment, but in
responsible unofficial circles the
opinion is held that the American
note virtually implies another peace
conference.
Statements made by Vice Admiral
Tomosaburo Kato, minister of ma
rine, last month, relative to the
Japanese naval policy are reparded
here as intended to answer charges
that Japan is incurably militaristic
and is insisting upon naval expan
sion. These statements, which were
made to The Associated Press, are
looked upon as paving the way for
an international discussion of naval
policy. Keprr sentative Japanese de
clared that if the naval race between
Great Britain and the United States
continues, Japan must be obliged
eventually to drop out because of
financial considerations.
People Favor Cut.
Yukio Ozaki, former minister -of
justice, and one of the leaders in
the movement for a curtailment of
naval expenditures, delivered lec
tures to great crowds in 15 cities
recently, and he announced that
96 per cent of the people w ho heard
him expressed themselves in favor
of armament reductions.
Publishing Vice Admiral Kato's
statements to The Associated Press,
the newspaper Nichi Nichi Shimbun,
of this city, quoted naval officials
as saying that the minister of marine
clearly explained Japan's position.
They were of the opinion that
President Harding would call a nav
al cqpference, but emphasized the
fact that the real difficulty would
come in finding a formula for car
rying out a reduction of naval pro
grams. Bank Is Gosed.
New York, April 11. The state
tanking department announced to
day closing of the Bank of Cuba in
New York, a branch of the Na
tional Bank of Cuba, in Havana,
which closed Saturday.
Great Western Always.
When traveling to St. Paul. Min
neapolis, Mason City or Ft Dodge
you can invariably depend on the
Great Western to bring you there on
time. Solid steel trains over a sae
roadbed free from jolts and jars.
Great Western makes traveling a
pleasure eveiy mile brings a smile.
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Fraud Charged in
Cuban Elections
Defeated Liberalist Appeals to
Hughes for Final
. Decision,
New York. Arril 11. Charge
that fraud was practiced in the re
cent hye-elections in Cnba have been
presented to Secretary of State
Hughes and the liberal party is con
tent to abide by the Slate depart
ment's decisions, even should they
be adverse to their claims, Gen. Jose
Miguel Gomei. defeated candidate
for president, said in a statement
made pubic here today.
Genera! Goinez asserted that Gen.
Eoch Crowder, United States
army, who was dispatched to Cuba
last January, was insistent that the
bye-elections be held March J5 and
gave no reason for this other than
that if there was tu election the
Cuban congress could not assemble
April 4.
"And now," General Goinez added,
"we are confronted with the specta
cle of that congress in session with
out a constitutional quorum."
Congress assembled on April 4,
dispatches to him front Havana said,
with liberal members absent
No Hit, No Run Game Pitched
By Army Pitcher at .Coblenz
Coblenz. April 10, The honor oi
developing a no-hit, no-run game fell
to Coblenz today at the opening of
the season of the Army league, com
prising teams of the American forces
of occupation. Martin of Texas,
pitching for the Quartermas
ters' team, blanked the Eighth In
fantry combination, last year's cham
pions. Only one Eighth Infantry
batter got on base, reaching first on
a pass.
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