V - w.4 -- .. i i The Omaha Sunday Bee m-W PART THREE OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1921. 1 C TEN CENTS : VOL. 51 NO. 14. r Sf Prv i NJrid Clashes Between Leading College Teams Indiana's Team Polishes Un for ) Trip to Harvard V North iwchtrni University Will Off Lid Iy Meeting Px-loit Tram at K vans ton. ry WALTER ECKERSALL. i ipi'imig struggle of the I9JI foot I all kcasnii will be played next Satur- day, when a mini Iter of leading elev en in all sections of the country will go into action. From this date un til the curtain drops on the season with the playing of the army and navy same in New York city on November 'o. ea.-h week-end Wsn 1,c featured k ' hv interesting ccn- V ' tests with Users' r o. stieiim. b e iiig eliminated i Indiana ioiiIi i from sectional iLainp'onshin consideration. ln the majority cf cases, the turns will not be developed to high points of efficiency. The smaller col li ge elevens, which meet those of larger institutions will show better loam play and organizations, as it is generally their desire t win these ccnicsts, or at least hold their op ponent to low scores. : Games Are Stepping Stones, I he names are looked upon as stepping stones in the development of the big teams for later and more important contests. Coaches will try out every man of promise, and those who do not play 'in a pleasing man ner will be relegated to the scrubs until marked improvement is shown. The larger college teams will be fortunate if simple plays and forma tions are learned by next Saturday, l'laycrs have not had the time to . absorb knowledge of advanced tac tics or learn the fine points of team work. .They have not yet become accustomed to each Vthcr's move ments, and team play will be conspic uous by its' absence. . Indiana Grooms for. Harvard. In-the middle west, Indiana, which will meet Harvard at Cambridge on October 8,' in the first intersectional clash of importance, will play Frank lin at Bloomington, Ever since the Harvard game was scheduled, Coach Stiehlrr' has -been making pl-tnsj- He had the most successful spring prac tice since he has been in charge of oot ball at , the Hoosier university. veral new men of promise were uncovered and they probably will be in the ljneup against the Cvimson. ., Northwestern, which has the hard est early season schedule in the west ern conference, will pry off the lid bv meeting Beloit at Evanston. As Chicago, Minnesota and Wisconsin will be met on October 1, 3 and 15, respectively, Cpach McDevitt has a task on bis hands to prepare a team for these three important games. Be loit may be a harder team :o beat than generally is expected at Evans ton, McDevitt must then prepare for Chicago, which game in the old days was the most important battle on t'.ie schedules of. both universities., ; ; Yale Has! Better Outlook. , Yale will g6 into . action' for the first time against Bates at New Haven. Tad Jones will again be at the helm, and a more successful sea son is expected than last year, when uld Eli was beaten by its ancient rivals, Princeton and Harvard. Pennsylvania will "-play its first pame of, the year with Delaware at Franklin field. ,, Dartmouth will open with. Norwich s at ,vHandver; while I'enn -State will give battle to Leba non Valley at State college. Pitts burgh will play Geneva t Heaver Palls and Syracuse and Hoiart will clash on the former's gridiron in the other games of eastern importance. Gunner Otto Wiggs f Shoots Into First At Rifle Competition . Camp Perry., O., Sept. 17. The national individual rifle match, the feature of the week's shooting in the national tournament, "was won by Gunner Otto .Wiggs,-United States marine corps, who ranked Captain Kay F. Hall, United States infantry. Hurler to Profit If Pirates Win - If the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 19J1 flag in the National league. Pitcher Ponder, whom-Drey fuss trad ed to Chicago for' Dave Robertson? will come in for a slight share of the big series melon. When Drcyfuss proposed sending Ponder to the Cubs the, hurlcr was not inclined tc accept the assignment because' the Pirates looked like winners. To smooth things out so there would be no hitch in the dc;, .- Dreyfuss fi.ved upon an amount of bonus money i'ondcr will receive . " - Pat Mason Traded : j v For Pitcher Jelsma "Pete" Jelsma of the Heneryetta club, a righthanded hurler, has been (traded to the Omaha base ball club for Pat" Mason, catcher, according to an announcement made last night by Secretary "Mike" Finn. The new addition to the Buffaloes' hurling staff is expected to join the locals at Joplin Tuesday - Frank Okrie, southpaw pitcher, rejoin Omaha at Wichita Sun-i day. i I 1 S f II .' .. -sssnw" v -'"4" 'P Nimrods Flocking to Wood Lake For Fall Duck Hunting Plenty , Birds on Wing This Season Wood Lake, Neb., Sept. 17. (special.) According to reports re ceived the past week there promises to be the best duck shooting in years in this vicinity. Thousands of ducks and shore birds breed here annually and this year there seems to be an unusually large number on the van, ous lakes southwest of here. Mai lards, teal and pintail arc the most numerous of the ducks that breed "The"'6pening of the season always brings a large number of hunters to this territory and together with the local nimrods there will be a regu lar cannonading the first week, j The best hunting is always in Oc tober when the northern flight stops here on its way to' the southern lakes and swamps.- At that time one can get almost every breed' of ducks that inhabit this continent with the possible exception of the Hack mal lard and cinnamon teal. The large wild rice beds and the wild celery here prove very - good feed for the wild fowl and cause them to linger: here ' until a good freeze forces them to abandon .these from ; Omaha, Lincoln, . Council Bluffs Fremont.'- Chicago, Kansas City, Meadow Grove and other parts for the south. Many, hunters Strong Competition -. For Positions on South Dakota Eleven ' Brookings, S.. D., Sept. 17. (Spe cial.) That there will be plenty of real competition for places in both the' line and backfield of the 1921 stale college, foot ball team is as sured , by the - announcement that such well known , high school stars as Irwin Ryger, ? Wilfred Sundet, Frank , Welch, Joe Murray, Fred Murray, Duane CorkUl, Byrorr Foss, Bob Coffey, Les Hoon, Joe Ander son: Alvin Thornber and Joe Tunni cliff will be among the candidates.'- Ryger and Sundet will be remem bered as the two backs who car ried the brunt of the attack for the Brookings High school . team last fall. Both are. fast and fairly, shifty and have had three years' experi ence in High school ball.. Ryger was selected on the all-state high school second team as halfback and Sundet was on the same team as fullback. ' . . - Prospects Not Bright V At Superior High .Superior, Neb., 'Sept 17. (Spe cial.) With one of- the heaviest schedules Superior. High school ever faced in foot ball and with the loss of Enyeart, the chances do not look as bright as they did. Enyeart, 185 pounds of beef and a tackle, who nobody questioned when it came to place him on the team,, was forced out of the game for the season with a broken collar bone. He, broke this bone during signal practice. ; This leaves hard place to fill on the team. Although there are sev eral good men for this position none are looked on as favorable as En yeart was. - . , Superior goes to Chester Septem ber 23, for the first game , of the season and Coach Copenhaver ex pects to have, the team in tip-top condition by that time. " The following is the schedule:, September 13; Chester at Chestmv ? September I1 York at Superior, f October 7 estlng at Hajtlnin. " October 14 Hebron at Superior. -October 11 Geneva at Genera. October 2S Lincoln at Lincoln. November 4 Edgar at 8uoerior. KoTember 11 McCook at Superior. November 1 Or-en. , November 24 Open. ' .. . After Ifldcet Smith's bout with Pal Moor at Aurora, a. week from tonight Midfet will leav for Boatoa where ho and Abo Friedman ar matched to box 1 round to a decision on. October 4. Bmita is to racaivo li,. Three Leading Fence Busters in Major A - 1 fH.Af are already out at the clubhouses points. . Prospects Bright At Midland College Fremotnt, Neb., Sept.,.17. Special.)- Foot ball prospectsyfor," Mid land i college-" and -Premont High school are very good this year, with 10 last year's - men back to greet Coach "Bob" Sisty at, Midland and nearly the- sairuTnuniber to mes the new high school coach, Cv L. Dow, formerly" of University ' Place. Both schools have started their workouts and daily practice is ;be:ng ;held. by both Midland and Vtfie high school eleven. ' Coach Sisty believes - that he has a winning eleven lined up for the Nebraska conference this year with the return of the 10 oldtimers and the addition of a number of high school stars. About 35 men turned out in moleskins Monday afternoon for the first gathering of Midland foot ball material and they - look mighty jood 'to'--Midland rooters. Horn and Hawk, - both experienced backfield mep, with honorable men tion last for, the all-state col legiate teams, are back, on the grid iron again this year and faster than ever. Both men Were responsible for the majority, of Midland's gains on the field last year. Redloff, last year's snappy little quarter, is calling sig nals again, while Voss and Thomp son are familiar, figures on the end positions. ' '" - t, '. . V 1 On the line Coach Sisty is encour aged with the return of Eric, Lus. chci, Elliott,. Tiegcler, Kleberg and Daly, all oldtimers on the initial bar ricade. "Hop" Adams, star North Platte High school halfback, with a refutation-as an unexcelled .open field runner, is - a member of the Midland squad and will undoubted ly be prominent .in college gridiron circles this -year. Meier of Hooper High school also comes to Midland well recommended as a foot ball hero.'- Coach Sisty is being assisted in the coaching and grooming of the eleven by Fred Beil, Tiackfield man on1 Midland elevens the past three years, and Block, another wearer of the M. . .-';..:. By JULIUS PESTNER, Camp Perry, O., Sept. 17. Out at Camp Perry,- O., directly on the shores of blue Lake Erie, some 2,000 marksmen irom all parts of . the United States are blazing away at the elusive btillseye in the National Rifle association and : the United States government tournament. More than 0 teams are participating in the big . shpw, representing the army, navy, marine corps, National Guard and civilian teams from the various states, besides , individual gunsmen shooting unattached, One team of Philippine -Scouts even came from the far-off Philippine islands, requir ing almost five weeks to reach camp. " Nebraska is represented this year by a civilian team of 11 men com prising the following: Dr. Lincoln Riley, team captain;' Dt R. H. Morse, Otto Frentzef, L. G. Thomp son and Bernard Faubel from Wis ner; F. W. Fisher, F. F. Pospisil, E. O. Boll and O. C Buckendahl of Pierce, J. O. Harshman of Sidney and Julius Festner of Omaha. Dr. Riley and Thompson . have been members of the Cornhusker team for the past three years, while Morse, Frentzel and Festner are competing for the second time, having served on the Nebraska squad in 1919 at Cald well, li. t The others are new men. ' , i J Nebraska Rifle Experts at Camp Perry Pull Wicked Trigger in Tourney f , I 1 I 1 I T I I I l; fiuth, George c.v -Roger Hornsby are three of the irajor league'! leading pill swat ters. Ruth, as every fan knows, is the king of swat, while "Long George" Kelly of the Giants heads the National circuit in homers. Roger Hornsby is the National's leading batter. Western Intercollegiate Conference Gridiron Schedules Chlcagoi urtober 1 Northwestern at Chicago. October 8 Purdue at1 Chicago. October 22 Princeton at Princeton. October" 29 Crtl. Agglea at Chicago. November 6 Ohio state at Chicago. November 12 Illinois at Jltlnon. November 19 Wisconsin at Chicago. Michigan. October 1 Mt. Union at Michigan. October 8 Case at Michigan., , October li Michigan Aggiea at Mich igan. ' - October 22 Ohio State at Michigan, October 29 Illinois at Illinois. November 12 Wisconsin at Wisconsin. November 19 Minnesota at Michigan. Illinois. October 8 South Dakota at Illinois. October 15 Iowa at Iowa. October 22 Wisconsin at Illinois. October 29 Michigan at Illinois. November S Depauw at Illinois." "7:'. i November 12 Chicago at Illinois. '' ' ' November 19 Ohio Stats at Ohio State. Wisconsin, October 1 Lawrence at Wisconsin. October 8 South Dakota College at Wisconsin; October 15 Northwestern at Northwest ern. . - - - October-'-H Illinois - at IHmls. - October 29 Minnesota at . Wisconsin. . November 12 Michigan-at Wisconsin. -, November .19 Chicago at Chicago. 1, i Purdue. -' October 1 Wabash at Purdue. ' - October 8 Chicago at Chicago. -v October IB Notre Dame at Purdue. ' " . October 29 Iowa at Purdue. November 5 Northwestern at Purdue. November 12--Purdue at Ohio State. . November 19 Indiana at Indiana. 7 V ' Indiana, - ' September 24 Franklin at Indiana. October 1 Kalamazoo Col. at Indiana. October. 8 Harvard at Harvard. October, 22 Minnesota at Minnesota. ; October 29 Notre Dame at Indianapolis. . November 12 Iowa at Iowa. ; November 19 Purdue at Indiana. , ' Iowa. - - -- -r October 1 Knox at Iowa. October 8 Notre Dame at Iowa, October 15 Illinois at Iowa. ' October 29 Purdue at 1'uraue.' November 5 Minnesota at Minnesota. November 12 Indiana at Iowa. November 19 Northwestern at North western. ; v Minnesota. v October 1 North Dakota at Minnesota. - October S Northwestern at Minnesota. October 15 Ohio State at Ohio State. October 22 Indiana at Minnesota. i October 29 Wisconsin . at - Wisconsin, 'November 6 Iowa at Minnesota. November 19 Michigan at Michigan.' 5 ' Ohio State. ; October 1 Ohio Wesleyan at Ohio State. ' October 8 Oberlln at Ohio State. October 15 Minnesota at Ohio State. October 22 Michigan at Michigan. November 6 Chicago at Chicago. ., November 12 Purdue at Ohio State. November 19 Illinois at' Ohio State. Northwestern. . September 24 Beloit , at Northwestern. October 1-r-Chlcogo at Chicago.- October 8 Minnesota at Minnesota. October 15 Wisconsin at Northwestern. November 5 Purdue at Purdue. November 19 Iowa ai. Northwestern, One more game to be scheduled. Superior Legion to Have Foot Ball Team This Year Superior, Sept. 17. The American Legion foot ball : team will - be rounded into ' shape soon. A bunch of , excellent material is on hand. Several ex-collegiate stars will be in the lineup. The. post commander is anxious to ; communicate with neighboring teams for a schedule of games. -,-f f The youngest member of the team is Bernard Faufiel, nicknamed "Dia mond Dick" from his proclivity to toting a pistol around camp. Fau bel is 17 and a graduate of Wisner High school. - Between him , and Dr. Riley, the teams oldest and most experienced shooter, stand almost 40 years... E. O.- Boll, a new member of the -squad, hailing from Pierce, held down a tackle position in last year's University of ' Nebraska eleven. The team arrived at' Camp Perry August ' 27 and spent the . first 10 days at practice and in attending the "School of Fire," conducted by the government. ,. On September 6 the matches proper began, and the Corn husker shooters have participated in almost every contest. The matches now in progress are conducted by the N. R. A. (National Rifle asso ciation) anc" are for medals, cups and trophies of an - elaborate nature, many of which are competed for year after year, and remain in pos session of the winner until the next shoot.- The United States service rifle is used in most of these con tests, although there- are also com petitions with the - pistol, shotgun and small .bore rifle. The . rifles used this . yeaf bare been specially made for these matches, and are equipped with an i extra heavy barrel to accommodate League Base Ball 1 " if V , , N I fe .it ftr sW 'rtr irnirti rtWi Modern Worlds (By latiraatltsal Vsir Cluln - 1903 Pirates-Red Sox.. 1905 Giants-Athletics.. 1907 Cubs-Tigers....... 1908 Cubs-Tigers 1908 Cubs-Tigers 1909 Pirates-Tigers.... 1910 Cubs-Athletics.... 1911 Giants-Athletics.., 1912 Giants-Red Sox.. 1913 ' Giants-Athletics... 1914 Braves-Athletics.. 1915 Phillies-Red Sox., 1916 Dodgers-Red Sox. 1917 Giants-White Sox. 1918 Cubs-Red Sox..:. roiO ,W.ts.Wt,it. Sox.-. Wlr ..Red Sox.., .Giants ...White Sox , .Cubs ... .. , .Cubs . . . . . I .Pirates .Athletics . .Athletics .. , .Red Sox . . . Athletics . . .Braves .Red Sox ., . Red Sox . , . .White Sox . Red Sox . .'Reds 1920 Indians-Dodgers.: . ; x Indicates tie game. .'.Indians North Platte Has ; : Tough Grid Card North Platte, Neb.,, Sept. 17. (Special.) With ex-Governor Keith Neville as coach, high school foot ball practice 'has started with a whiz, with 10 letter men and 20 new men 'in uniform, Coach Neville fully appreciates the opportunity to make for North Platte the strongest team in the history, of the school. Nine games have been scheduled for the season,, the opposing teams including some 1 of the- strongest in the state. The- schedule follows: September 30 Oozad at North Platte. October 7 McOook at McCook. October 14 Ansley at North Platte. i October 21 Omaha (Crelghton) at Oma ha. ,- - ' . - October 28 Bayard at " North Platte. November 4 Gothenburg at Gothenburg. November 11 Columbus at North Platte. November 18 Curtis at Curtis. November 24 Lincoln at North Platte. Olympic Champ Is Police Sergeant Pat ' McDonald, . the" 1 Olympic weight thrower, is sergeant of the New York traffic squad and is on duty in the Bronx. ' St. Paul Feather to X Fight Sioux City Lad St., Paul, Minn , Sept; 17. Len Schwabel, St. Paul featherweight, has been matched for eight rounds with Walter Moody at Sioux City, la., September 21. ; J The Harry Greb-Joe Cox 12-round bout scheduled to take place tonight In New Tork has been postponed until Tuesday night. . , .. .. ; . ;. -.. - : the new. ammunition " also - made especially for the occasion. This new: bullet weighs 170 grams, ex erting ,a breach pressure of 50.500 pounds to the square . inch. " :The jacket is of cupro-nickel, while the bullet ftself is-electrically , tin plated with, a uniform coating of tin, to prevent metal fouling and to obviate greasing, as formerly was believed necessary. The .new ammunition has proven superior to the old in every way, and some remarkable shooting has been done with it. . v At 1,000 yards, Sgt. W. Adkins of the 'larine Corps scored ,76 con secutive bulls eyes, "closely followed by an aged member of the Wash ington civilian team, who totaled 71 straight bulls. Sgt. T. ,B. Crawley, also of the - Marines, broke the world's record when he made 177 consecutive bulls eyes at 800 .yards. : The contests now in progress are really a' preparation for the national matches themselves, conducted by the government, and held "at the con clusion of camp on September 21 and 22. - The. National . Individual match comprises seven stages: (1) slow fire, 200 yards, 10 shots stand: ing; (2) slow fire, 300 yards, 10 shots, five kneeling, five sitting; (3) slow fire. 500 yards, 10 shots, prone; (4) slow fire, 600 yards.. 10 shots, prone; (5) rapid fir?, 200 yards,-10 shots in one minute,, kneeling or . . , . t ... , .; . to Usher V-Hv J nttfjX. Series Statistics Kiwi Scrvlu.) a ... 8 ... 5 ...'6 : ...x5 ...5 ... 7 ... 5 ...6 ,..x8 ... 5 ...4 ... .5 .. 5 ...6 . . .. 6 .... 8 Rsuilti 5-3 ' 4-1 4-2 4-0 4-1 4-3 4-1 4- 4-1 , ; 4-0 - 4-1 "4-1 ' 4-2 ... 4-2 ., ' 5-3- . "S-J:.- Atlsadtsct 100,429 91,723 99,845 , 145,295 r 124.222 179,851 251,901 . 150,992 ,111,009 143.351 162,859 185,681 128.483 23628 ' 178,557 RsMlsh $50,000 68,435 106,550 101,728 94,975 ' 188,302 175,280 342,164 490,149 325,980 225,739 . 320,361 ' 385.590 425.878 179,619 ' 722.414 ' 564,800 Kelly May Pack . h -Away His Oars An intimation that Jack . Kelly, world amateur champion sculler, may retire next year was-overheard on a Philadelphia golf course where Kelly was playing a round with a friend. "Great game, isn't it?" Kelly said, "I might stick entirely .to golf next year." , ) --. ) .;. ' . . c ' ' ; ; , This declaration fits in with a ru more that Kelly would not compete much longer and that he would retire at the close of the, season. Kelly has nevej been defeated in his, races in defense of , his title; having held his laurels for the longest period a cham pionship ever ''remained . in . any in dividual's possession ' in the history of the sport.; ScottsQuff High Expects Good Team Scottsbluff. Neb.,' Sept. 17. With nine letter, men back, Scottsbluff High school's foot ball team has hopes, of capturing the western Ne braska title. .' :; ' Coach Johnson has announced the complete schedule, which is as fol lows: -:. - - . ' September: SO Kimball at Kimball. ' October 1 Morrill at Morrill. October 15 Torrlngtoh at Torrlngton. pctober 31 Sterling at Sterling. ' 1 October 28 Open date. j November 4 Alliance at Scottsbjuft November 11 Sidney at Scottsbluff. - November 1 Bayard at Bayard. Thanksgiving Oerlng at Scottsbluff. sittinjr,' from standing; (6) rapid fire. 300 yards, prone, ; from standing, 10 shots m l minute; -JO seconds; seven rapid-fire,. 500. yards, prone, 10 shots in 1. minute, 20 seconds. . -, .The'-National ' Rifle Team Match comprises five stages, show fire and rapid fire at 200 yards; rapid fire at 300 yards; slow - fire at 600 yards, and show fire. at 1,000 yaVds. Besides : competing- in , the - many matches, shooters have . frequent op portunities to win the "Expert' in Markraanship" or; so-called "skidoo" medal, which ..is awarded any one making certain ' required ' scores. These are as follows: ,': !00 yards rapid fire, points.... 10 300 yards rapid fire, points. (0 (00 yards rapid fire, points.... 200 yards slow fire, points. ....sS 800' yards sloir fire, points. .47 1,000 yards slow tire, points i To date Buckendahl, Frentzel, Harshman, and Dr. Morse have won the skidoo medal. Dr. Riley, Thompson, Festner and Faubc! have qualified by making the required scores, but had no official scorers present when their scores were made. AH are confident of repeating before the matches close. ,-. The Cornhusker team has taken a decided liking to Lake Krie and the shooters may bt seen da:ly dis porting themselves in - "Perry's Pond" when not firing. ' in Playing Season Cancel Bout Between Schmader and Zimmer Beatrice, Neb, Sept. 17. (Spe cial.) The boxing exhibition be tween Andy Schmader of Omaha and Vnimi, inimer nf St. rrallCI. Kan.. which Vii scheduled here October 7, was called off when the American Legion learned that Schmader had broken hi arm in a bout at Plaits mouth. The sports committee of the Lrgion quickly arranged a match between Joe Kickctis of Omaha and Abe Stein of Kansas City. Amateur! Wauaa M lns Unm. Hlflflinflsld, N.. Ml. 11 (Sp-lal Wausa defeaifd In salaried Hlainvlsw team at Wuasa by a score of 10 to l, ..... -. in t h Im,- for Plslnview and was hit hard. Ijickaa. whi got 10 home runs, four thrss-baggera and a two sark clout In two games at li.a llan dolph tournament last week, got a three bagger, a double and two slnglra In five times up. Jenney twirled for Wausa and after the first two Innings hsd tli oppos ing batters at his mercy at all times. 11 Play 14 Innings to Tie. Blue lllll Neb., pt. It (lscul ) An other remarkable gama resulted on the Mine lllll diamond when, for the second tlmo In succession, tho gsma was called In eitra Innings on account of dark-irss. be tween Blue Hill and Campbell. The prev ious gsntrs went 1 Innings to a draw and 'this gsmo went It- Innlngi. This makes a total of 33 Innings In botn gsmes with tho score of 3 to J bolnf ac corded each tenm as a result. Willey and Llndgren composed tha bat tery for Campbell, whllo Combs and WIU etts officiated for Blue Hill. Both bat teries bring the same In both gumrs. Hits Blue Hill. 7; Csmpbell, 6. Strikeouts Willey, Hi Combs. . Krrors Hluo Hill, 3; Campbell, i. The score: Blue Hill 010 000 010 000 00; Campbell 000 Oil 000 000 00 3 Umpire: Jack Waller. Play Deciding lame Today. Blue Hill, Neb., 8ept. 17. (Mpivlat.) Blue Hill and Campbell havs played tho following gamea with the following ia- '"ilay 18 Blua Hill, 2; Campbell, 1; nine Innings. . .... May : Blue Hill, 6; Campbell, t; nine Innings. . .... July 4 Blua Hill, 0; Campbell, 1; nlno Innings. . July S9 Blue Hill, 1; Campbell, 2; 10 Innings. '...- August It Blua Hill, l; Campbell, 1; 10 Innings., .... September 11 Blua Hill, 2; Campbell, 2; It innings. Total Scores Blue Hill, 11; Campbell, 12. Total Innings 70. In a total of 70 Innings played a total of 11 runs have been made by Blue Hill tnd 12 for Campbell. The batteries for all gamea were: Blue Hill, Combs and Wllette; Campbell, Willey and Llndgren. The deciding game will be started at 3 o'clock aharp Sunday, September 18. at Campbell, starting at 3 o'clock sharp so that It will 'enable tha teams to play to a finish. 1 V . ; Close Raco for Flag. Columbus. Neb., Sept. 17. (Special.) O.ne of tho prettiest ' races of the 1921 seaaon In semi-pro organized bass ball is tha ehase -for . tho penant In. the Trl County league., :' Cornlea.. Humphrey and Newman Grove are " coming dowa tho home-8tretch only a game or two apart, and interest Is waxing keen as thej near the wire..' Three games of the' regular schedule remain to bo played, and Corn lea and Newman Grovo have one post poned battle to be fought out. In this postponed, game, which wlll tske one or tho other down a peg, Ilea Humphrey's chance to grab tho coveted cup. Wausa Beat Yerdei. Bloomfleld, Neb., Sept. 17. (Special.) Wausa defeated Verdel here by the score of 6 to 0, tho game being tho second In tho Knox county fair series. , Wlngate was on the mound- for Wausa and . held his opponents safe, at all times- He struck out nlno of" .tho first 10 batters that fsced him. Luschea twirled fcr Ver del and oltched a good game, although a trifle wild at timer, allowing four bases on balls. Lackas. for Wausa. kept up his batting atreak and got a three. bagger and a single In three times at b&t. ah games are being umpired by Harry H. Sage of Omaha and his work Is certainly pleasing tha crowds. - . , . - Prague Wins Game. r Prae-us. Neb.. Sept. , 17. (Special.) Prague won a fast game from Wroes of Fremont, I to .Z. - KuieK, ror r-rague, struck out 11 men and allowed four hits. Potach, for Fremont, struck out six men and allowed three hlta. Prague only had four men to reach first base and Fre mont had five. -' " -.- The score: - -H. H. E. Fromont ........... .020 000 000 2 t 20 Prague ......100 200 OOx s 3 1 Batteries: Potach and Eidam; Buzek and Simanek. . . , . Vnlnaralsa Forfeited to Bralnard. Brai'nard, Neb., Sept. 17. (Special.) The umpire forfeited the game to Braln ard lesion team after the Valparaiso fans continually Interfered with the playln; by rushingonto the playing field after every close decision. ' The Valparaiso team walked off -the field, before the gama aa ended. r - Tha ratnard team hereby challenges the ValpaHlao jteam to a game of base ball any Urn during the month of September oil a neutral diamond for a purse of 31,000. Tho only condition being that both teams have, tat same lineup that played at Val paralsofunday, September 11, 1021. FlaterleW Wins Gama. ' ' ; Bloomfleld, Neb.. Sept. 17. (Special.) Playing on a wet field Plalnvlew de feated Bloomfleld at tha county fair bora by the score of S to 6. Errors were fre quent and costly, Bloomfleld wobbles be ing especially so. Cook twirled tho game for Bloomfleld and held the visitors to five scattered hits. He was a trifle wild and allowed eight men to amble, all of which cama after perfect play would have retired the side, .with a single exception. Booth started for Plalnvlew but was re lieved' by Braunsen In the second Inning. Batteries: Booth and Cranaton, Braunsen and Booth: Cook and Heires. - , Umpire: Harry Sage of Omaha. Hastings Win Tourney. Grand Island. Neb.. Sept.-17. (Special) After obtaining a two-run lead in tb first half of the Irth Inning, Grand Island blew up and lost the final game of the tournament, held In connection with the fair, to Hastings. Prise money amounting to ttOO went to tho victors of the final game. It was a hard fought battl from tha start. A single ana tnree errors in the 12th frame gave Hastings three runa and the game. Two men were out when the last bobble resulted In two runa Score by Innings: -R. H. E. Grand Island 000 100 000 0023 Hastings 001 000 000 003 t 7 t Batteries: Donovan and Williams; Lots and Holllngaworth. - - Wlllbar Loses. Crete." Neb.. Sept. 17. (Special.) The first gam of the three days' series was played here at tha Vavra park when Wil ber crossed bate with Mllford and lo-st to Mllford by the score of It to . Tha Wilber battery was composed of Cald well, Scnoll and Bilhorn. Caldwell yielded the box to schoil after tne eevemn inning. The Mllford battery waa Burkmaster and Flnley. It was evident from the start of the gam that Wilber was up against a stiff proposition and the laat Claying of the- Mllford team could not be over come by th Wilber sine. , - ' ftotheabarg Beats Brady. -In a gam with Brady Mtlo Taylor al lowed four alts and one run. Gothenburg winning by th score of t to 1. Brady a Ion rua waa th result of an error. K. K. E. Gothenburg 010 00! lit t S t Brady SIS 000 l I Batteries: Tsyior and UghteU; Kratxan- tela and Sandall. - Athletic Stars Of Other Times Shine on Links Famous Bate Rail ami Foot Ball Playeri Among Atli- lVtci Who Exit, in , Golf. Many former athletic star wh pave passed their heyday in the line ot sports in which they attained fame arc finding in 8'f vehicle by which they can continue to shine, even after they have passed life's middle milestone. .Cap Anson of the dmniil nil! C lit W (r kj e.g., White Stork I I i ' t ' I injr example of this. Athletic Director Siaffa- nf the L'ni- cap" a o a.S0S vcrsuy Ol vima" ITKici'MS Photo.i j. an ardent fol lower or Colonel Boftev. Mr. Staffer was an organizer of the Olynujia Fields Country club, one of the largest golf establishments in the world. Foot Ball Stars Turn to Links. "Snake" Ames and Ralph Hoag li.nd, former Princeton foot ball stars, are two prominent exponents of the Scotch game in the Chicago district. M. C. (Babe) Weigs and Lee Maxwell, old time University of Chicago stars, also arc rated as ex perts with the driver and putter. Maxwell has been champion of the National Advertising Men's tourney. Boh Gardner, who almost captured the, British open championship a year ago, going down to defeat in the final after a brilliantly plaved match with Cvril Tolley, was a for mer Yale athlete, who held the in tercollegiate pole vault record for a number cf years. Eaul Gardner, Bob's cousin, was wooed from prom inence in tennis circles to equal fame in golf. Eddie Collins Proficient Eddie Collins of the Chicago White Sox was a' real luminary in foot ball, as well as base ball, in the days of Columbia university's strong elevens around 1904 and 1905. before that institution crossed the gridiron sport off Its list for a span of years. Now Eddie is a good golfer, shoot ing consistently in the 90's. No list of those of sport . page . prominence who made a success of golf as a side line would be complete without mention of Christy Mathew son. Matty's nation-wide roll of ad-' mirers hops' to see him emerge from the tuberculosis camp at Saratoga, N. Y., carrying the familiar bag of clubs sjoon, . Former Ball Players Wield Clubs. th New York district Tnhn f Ward who In the old davs used to cavort around the sbortfield with the Giants, . is stiH one ot tne Kocf amateur linVsmpn and. althouarh nearing the three score mark, may ' Often be found setting the pace for the younger devotees in tourna- . mpnle l' At the Shenecossett tourney the other day, John A. Gacmons, for merly on the Boston Braves, carried away the honors in the qualifying round with an 80, and George Collett of Providence, who formerly starred as a cyclist in the days when the . sport was at the hejght of its popu larity, finished in the championship division,- ..v. -. - j - '. -; Mike Lynch Holes in 1. , Mike Lynch, former Brown uni versity pitcher, later with the Pitts burgh Nationals, reached the lime light by making a hole, in I iirthe course of a practice round before the tournament, but had to be con tent with a place in . the third six teen in the tournament itself. Ord High School ; Expects Good Team , Ord, Neb., Sept 17. (Special Ord High school enters upon its third foot ball year this fall. Coach Bluck, one of the new coaches for the state this ." year, is an Iowa Wesleyan man and has had consider able experience -.in ' this field of athletics. . With a few of last years men back, .Newton, Moeller, Ed Hansen, R. Hansen, Taylor and Mc Beth, the team will have a little ex perience with which to work. How ever, some encouragement is felt i ti the aquisition of Lee Nay, Martin Christensen and McLainas, line men of considerable proportions. The ' following, schedule is . an nounced. - September -S3, Ord plays Greeley at Groeli-y September 10. Ord, play North Loup at Ord. ' October 7, Ord play Broken bow at Ord. October 21, Ord plays Loup City at Ord. November t, Ord plays Grand Island at Grand Island. - - November 11, Ord playg Loup City at Loup City. November it. Ord play Greeley at Ord. Grand Island Ball Fans . , To Get Plays of Seriei Grand Island, " Neb., Sept. 17. (Specail.) A new and allegedly more elaborate and improved rervice will be ftiven' to the base ball fans cf this city this year, for ths worlds' championship series if present plans go through. The management ol the Omaha - auditorium has com pleted an agreement with the ath letic committee of the local audi torium whereby an electric, board game will be thrown from the stage of the auditorium.' Co-operation hat been secured with other agencies usually giving such returns - in order to give the electric mica I complete tryout. I (- i. 4iei 13