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By RALPH
Willi the Anicri
grcss, Jnternatioiia
AGNER.
an Ilrwliug con
Howling a4iuia
tion and untmal
city tournament
ite ami Uiuah
hcdulcd fur Iota
put smashers v
month, ifitcrcj
'ii the next two
t ho allev sport in
of running kinda
this village is
I
niKU.
,1'irst on Ihf Im ronies the annual
ciiy pin toirdfy at the Omaha alleys,
una jucigi :roln minibfr of en-
ines aire jy received by Secretary
J,.arr Json, the 1922 tournament
will lX(c largest ever held by the
Vy Howling association.
0- yen s rinry list was inc iuik
est on record, but 122 is expected to
set a new mark, 1 wrnty live-man
teams competed in this event last
season, and nearly that number have
already entered this season's event, in
spite of the fact that the tourney is
a Rood month otf.
Bowcn Team Champs.
The liowen furniture quintet rap
tured the honors lat season with
total of 2,7Jd. The Furniture dusters
nosed the Hantaan Furniture crew
out of first money bv one pin. The
Nicholas Oils were third with 2.71',
while the Omaha National bank
cashed in for fourth money with a
score of 2,712.
The championship Bowcn team
was comooscd of W. Barron, II.
Fritscher, Jimmie Jarosh, Kenneth
Sciple and At Wartcliow. Jarosh was
high man with 578, followed by
Wartchow and Fritscher.
J. Jarosh Wins Doubles,
Doubles honors for 1921 belong to
Jimmie Jarosh and Al Wartchow,
who scored 1,225 for first money. Ole
Olson and A. Komas placed second
and H. Clark and F. Dillon third.
Gus Toman, who copped 'the sin
gles' championship with a score of
702 last season, is rolling in his usual
stride this season and is expected to
be up among the money winners next
month. C. Zarp placed second with
661 last season. '
Jimmie Jarosh and C , Zarp tied
for first place in the all-events last
season, but in the roll-off Jarosh took
three straight and finished in first
money. Jimmie "collected 1,(54
tallies and tied Zarp for the lead,
but the latter fell way down during
the roll-off.
Plenty Good Material.
oO, Willi nearly cvciy uw.
GMenn in the CltV
tourney on deck again this year, to
gether with a large
a large crowo. oi nc
howler who are rolling good scores,
prospects for a banner city tourna
ment look more than promising.
Following the city tournament
comes the International Bowling
association tourney at St. Paul, Feb
ruary 10 to 19, inclusive.
Omaha will be epresented at the
I. B. A. by the Omaha National
banks, Nourse Oi Woodrow Cafe,
Roseland Garden, Universal Auto
Tops, Sams Indians, Union Pacific
and the Gordon Chocolate teams,
and perhaps more. The local bowl
ers roll in the singles and doubles
February 18 and the five-man events
the following day. '
Will Enter Aj B. C.
Following the I. B. A. tournament
the local alley hounds will prepare
to induce m tlic gentle art oi pm
smashing at the American Bowling
Concress tournament at Toledo.
Because of the long trip to and
from Toledo the Omaha entry list
will he small compared to other
eities. However, trie Nourse Oils,
Sams Indians. Omaha National bank,
Woodrow Cafe and Universal Auto
teams are planning to enter the red
letter event of the bowling world.
The annual state tournament will
be staged this year at the Omaha
Alleys during March.
Nebraska Mat Team
v Will Meet Minnesota
i at Lincoln in February
Lincoln, Jan. 7. (Special Tele
gramsNebraska and Minnesota
wrestling teams will meet at Lincoln
February 18, according to an an
nouncement made today by coach R.
G. Clapp of the wrestling teams. This
makes four meets in the western in
tercollegiate wrestling and fencing
association for the Cornhusker grap
lers. It is necessary that a' member of
the association, to be entitled to
claim the championship, must have
at least four meets with members
of the association. Nebraska will
probably meet West Virginia and
Oklahoma graplers also this winter.
The schedule to date:
January 21 Northwestern at Evanston.
January 28 Ames at Ames.
February 18 Minnesota at Lincoln.
February ii Iowa at Lincoln.
"SEm" Sallee Signs
Toledo Contract
Toledo, O. Jan. 7. Harry "Slim"
Sallee, veteran left-handed National
league pitcher, has signed a Toledo
American association contract, it
was announced today.
Cotner Cagers Trim
Wayne Normal, 57-7 i
Bethany. Neb.. Tan. 7. (Special.)
-Cotner capers defeated Wayne Nor
jr.al at Bethany Fri.Hrjr eight. 57 to 7.
The Bulldoes took an early lead over
the Normalties and walked awav
with the fame without difficulty.
Wayne fell before Midland by "a
core of 63 to 13 Thursday night
Bowlers Preparing to Enter Four Bowling Tournaments
tfr V rE2flf Yi American Students 1 :"V V SrTT)
NUlrc 4 I pfc n 1 at Oxford Stage Grid I i ll
Jk I Battle for English 1 ll"
V i' 1 "V XFORD, Jan. 7.-Th "new (SL-V "-""'l
" ' 1 VI I II men" beat the "old men" by C"--J7 - J
Frisch Hangs up
Unique fiecord
F
RANK FRISCH, star infielder
of the world's champion Gi
ants, established a unique
playing record last summer.
He was one , of the six play
ers in the league who exceeded 200
hits. He slammed out 211, finish
ing second in this respect to Rog
er Hornsby. He was one of the
eight players who made at least
100 runs, tying for second place
with 121. .
Frisch was one of the six play
ers in the league to take part in
every game. . He was one of the
nine players who made five hits in
one game. He was one of the ten
who scored four runs in one game.
He outdistanced the base runners
with 49 stolen bases.
With the exception of Emil
Meuscl, who was not with the
Giants during the entire season
Frisch led the wolrd's champions
in batting, with an average of .341.
In- addition he established a rec
ord in a world's series by making
four hits in as many times at bat
in the first game..
Charges Dismissed
Against Amateurs
Chicago, Jan. 7. Charges of pro
fessionalism brought against Joie
Rav and Loren Murchinson of the
Illinois Athletic club. Jackson V,
, Scholz of the
Detroit Athletic
club and Frank
and Joe Loomis
of the Chicago
Athletic club will
be killed, accord
nig to i an anr
nouncement 1 to
day bv Charles A,
Dean, head of the
Central Amateur
Athletic union
and , member of
the c o m m i ttee
that investigated
the charges.
The athletes
were charged
teas jut
with "padding"
expense accounts for trips to eastern
cities to compete in Amateur Ath
letic union games.
Dean declared that the charges
were not sustained, in the opinion of
the committee and that it had rec
ommended to the National Amateur
Athletic union that the charges be
dropped.
Mr. Dean also announced that Joie
Ray would continue to compete in
meets and that Scholz had left the
Detroit Athletic club to compete un
der the colors of the New York Ath
letic club.
Entry Blanks Mailed
to Star Speed Demons
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 7. Entry
blanks were mailed today to all the
star racing drivers of America and
Europe for the tenth annual 500-mile
sweepstakes that will be held at the
Indianapolis motor speedway, May
30.
Entries will be received up to mid
night, May 1.
Special Chef Will
Accompany Chicago
Cubs to Spring Camp
Chicago, Jan. 7. President
William Veeck of the Chicago
Cubs believes that the way to a
ball player's heart is through his
stomach, especially on the spring
training trip.- And Mr." Veeck
followed up his theory today by
engaging a special chef to accom
pany the squad to Catalina island.
Represent Commerce High on
1 1 - Xi--- a score of 6 to 0 recently in V - ! 4 9
V13"?! e annual intercollegiate football , 1 Vi ' f - nr
ZCA game played by Americans in Ox- V IV " i I r
,mmmff' tora university, rne university n , II'.
v m Parks field is rough and turf-cov- II' 1
I J V ered and very unlike a good grid- I I
I - I I iron. The boys appeared in track - J Fj
' ' su't" an sweatert 'nce foot- '' i '4, , ,
A i f ball togs were to be had in Oxford. ,
fil J But the 250 rooters and the ' ft
m WW 1 n! shouts of "go get 'em" and "hold . It
P , ' fc; " 'm" and the familiar line plunges 1 ' 1 1
I? ..J Y'i 1 and forward passes made up tor I VI
i' f ; the lack of football atmosphere as .1 U
V ' - m regarded external As usual, the . JlIA I
It 11 F.nglish spectators were astounded l"i ' I J
If, V' -1 at the rooting. They were sur- V1 A"V
Prised at the refereeV cheerful firm- tf-tJ (
Ml ness when he remarked casually to . Vlmi"
M j- i I some oi ine piayera wu t
Mi tf ' " I grumbling a little, "you lose five
fyS-f Oy&tftt , 1 .-4 yards if you keep on crabbing."
V?iW&3tetr - w Tavman. Wvomimr a'nd
I a !?,, , ' t .l , . mm me-ivtStl
Logan and Schlaifer in
Fettle for Main Battle
' Gunner Joe Quinn, Minneapolis welter, and Navy
Rostan of Chicago, who swap punches over the 10-round
route on- the Labor temple boxing card Monday night, ar
arrived in Omaha yesterday morning. - '
Frankie Schmalzer, the clever little battler of the Windy
City, who exchanges blows with Earl Puryear, Denver ban
tam, in the opener, also arrived Saturday morning, making
all the scrappers on the temple card on the scene of battle.
' The boxers established their training headquarters at the Queensbury
Athletic club, where Morrie Schlaifer and Buddy Logan, who will meet in
the main event, are working out. . . '
Logan is in the proverbial pink of condition. ; Never in his ring career
has the Omaha welter trained is hard for a scrap as the one. with the He
brew lad." ' , ' ; ,
Logan Has Never Been
Floored in Whole Career. .:
Schlaifer, who has been cutting a
big swath in the welterweight di
vision, will endeavor to accomplish
a feat which Champion Jack Britton
and every other welter has failed to
do to knock Logan down. -
In all his ring career Logan has
never been floored or taken the cout,
which is a record tew fighters who
have fought very long can boast.
Logan is developing speed and
hitting power by mixing his soar-
ring skits with Puryear, who is ex
ceptionally fast, ann Jack Taylor, the
hard slugging light-heavyweight.
Schlaifer is working out with
Mickey -Brown, a tough lightweight.
The fighters will "weigh in" at 3
Monday afternoon.
Logan . and Schlaifer are both
down to weight.
Gus Fisher Will ;
Manage Oklahoma City
Portland, Ore., Jan. - 7. Gus
Fisher, veteran catcher of the
Portland team of the Pacific Coast
league, was granted a release yes
terday by President W. H. Klep
per, and he accepted the manage
ment of the Oklahoma City team
of the Western league. Fisher
came to Portland in 1910. Klep
per said he could Rave sold Fisher
for $1,500, but in view of the serv
ice he had rendered the Portland
team he did not want to stand in
aia not want to stand in
of getting the Oklahoma A
, I
his way
place.
Barnes and Hutchison ,
Matched Vith Coast Pros
Del Monie, Xal., Jan. 7. Jim
Barnes, American open golf cham
pion, and Jack Hutchison. British
open champion, have been matched
, to meet John Blick and MacDonald
j Smith, leading Pacific coast profes
i signals, here January 22.
i made the touchdown in the second
quarter, breaking loose around
mi right end for a 40-yard run..
Nourse Oils Will
Bowl Fremont Team
for $500 Purse
The Nourse Oil company bowling
team of the Greater Omaha league
and the Sonin Clothiers of Fremont
will meet in a horne and home match
at Fremont, January 14, and Omaha
alleys, January 22, for a side bet of
$500. Total pins of the two series
will decide which squad will cart
home the 500 berries.
Ralph and Kenneth Sciple, Wart
chow, Toman and Johnson or Learn
will represent the Oils, while Ham
mond, Wright, Taylor, Douglas and
Middaugh will bowl tor the Clothiers.
Hastings College Is
Victor Over Kearney
Kearney, Neb., Jan. 7. (Special.)
j Hastings college took . the Kearney
leachers college quintet to a clean
ing here last night, 32 to 17. It was
the opening contest of the season.
The game waj nip and tuck until
the last quarter when the visitors
took their winning lead.
Lincoln Lightweight Is ,
Matched With Montana
Linrnln Ttfrh . Tan 7 f'C.npriat
r. . ,.' f . v. .r, '
- Harry Reed, lightweight, will meet
i oung Montana of Cheyenne, Wyo,
in the main event of the National
guard fight at Grand Island Jan
uary 18, according to Billy Hale,
Reed's manager. These two light
weights scrapped in a 10-round draw
at North Platte several, mouths ago.
Tomtrn Win Twin Bill.
Ponca. Neb.. Jan. 7. in a douhTe-h?adtr
basket all (ma played at Watarbury,
Ponca High was twice Tlctoriona. the
bora winning-, tl ta (. and tha glrle, 38
v 4. Tockar, ronca a Tettraa guard, wu
U atar.
Hardwood Floor
GeoterreB$ pjg.
MGHSORL
BASKETBALL
, York Wallops Harvard.
Tork, Xeb Jan. 7. York High defeated
Harvard Friday. 3S to 8, in tha firat
game played here this season.. . t
Sedgwick Wins Gamp. '
Sedgwick, Colo., Jan, 7. A hard-fought
baket ball gnme at. Sedgwick between
Big Spring, Neb., and Sedgwick - town
basket ball teams resulted in a score of
46 to 15 in favor o" Uig Spring. Good
team work was shown by fioth quintets.
Valparaiso Wins. r
Valparaiso, .. Neb., , Jan. 7. Valparaiso
High school defeated Raymond Hieh
school here last night, CD to S, 'n basket
ball. At the end of the first half the
score was It In n, .
Fairfield Legion Wins.
Fairfield. Neb., Jan. 7. The local legion
squad defeated Edgar Legion tr, a fast
gams of basket bait, 28 to 1 Superior
.High school defeated the local squad on
superior floor, 28 to 22. '
Soldier Carers Victorious.
Shenandoah. Ia.. Jan. 7. Playing hard
from whistle to whistle, Company IS
soldier basketeers defeated victorious Sil
ver City boosters last night, 88 to 6.
Oakland Loses,
Oakland. . Neb., Jan. 7. The Oakland
high school boys' basket ball team lost
to the North Bend, 18 to 87. The game
was fast and was marked by good team
work on the part of both team?, North
Bend winning through superior basket
shooting. ' ' - ; .
Oakland Girls Win.
Saklapd, Neb., Jan. 7. The Oakland
Rich school girls team played the Emer
on girls team here last week, winning by
the rne-slded score of 67 to 9. The team
work and goal shooting of the Oakland
girls was too- much for Emerson. I
Tlay to 31-81 Tie.
Central City, Neb.. Jan. 7. Central City
High school and Newman Grove High
school fought to a tie score on th.s local's
floor last night At the end of the regu
lar playing period the score was 25 to 25
and after five more minutes of playing
the score stood 31 to 31. - Both teams be
ing tired out It was decided to ieave It a
tie. -
' Eagle, 29; Klmwood, 9.
Eagle. Neb., Jan. 7. The Eagle High
school cagers defeated Elmwood high at
Eagle Friday nisht. 29 to 9. The Eag'e
girls lost to the Elmwood girls, 15 to 29.
Havelock Loses. ,
University Place, Jan. 7. Diversity
Place High school won from Havelock
High in basket ball at University Place
Friday night by the score of 39 to 12.
GrnT, 14s Friend, II.
Geneva, Neb.. Jan. 7. A good opener
for the basket ball season was the game
with Friend here Wednesday night, whicn
Geneva won by a score of 14 to 11. The
game waa uninarred by differences and
clean ball was played on both aides with
Campbell leading in Friend's plRys and
Manning and Muligan for Geneva. Omaha
Commerce, state champions of 1921, wiU
come here January 12.
O'Neill Trims Stnart.
O'Xelll. Neb.. Jan. 1. O'Neill High
school basket ball team defeated Stuart
at Stuart Friday night, 25 to 29.
Wakefield Loees.
Wakefield. Neb., Jan. 7. Wakefield
High lost Its first basket ball game of
the season to Ponca Friday night, 22 to
S. The game waa played at Ponca. Both
teams played a good game, but the su
perior shooting of the Ponca forwards
swung the pendulum of victory to Pohca
City's side. .
Win onhlc-Hearirr.
Sedgwick. Colo., Jsn. 7. The Bigsprtng
Boys' and girla basket ball teams won
a doutle victory Friday, night, the boys
winning their contest, it to (, and the
girls, 33 to 20.'
Grand Island Victorious. '
Ravenna, Neh.. Jan. 7. Grand Island
look Ravenna High ee-gers Into camp for
a 3A-to-9 vk-torv this week. The van,-
wu close and hard fought all the way. 4
Ware us Ttfrs&i
Husker Captain
Has to Commute
Lose His Job
((fnHE Traveling Captain" will
I ' likely be the sobriquet un
der which "Tcny" Smith,
captainof -the Nebraska university
basket ball team, will labor this
seascn.
Tcny is a student of the Nebras
ka Medical college of Omaha, and
in order to practice with the team
has been compelled to make the
Omaha to Lincoln journey each
Friday and Saturday.
, "I don't know just yet how I'
' shall keep in condition- during the
week, but guess the "Y" gym
will furnish all the exercise and
practice I need," said Smith in
commenting cn the enforced jour
neys. , Smith's case is possibly the first
on record where a captain of - a
college t Am was drawn from a
branch' of the, school away from
the main establishment, although
Northwestern university at Evans
ton, 111., often has faced a similar
difficulty with "members of its
football and baseball teams who
happened to be students in the
professional school departments
law, dentistry and medicine in
Chicago. ' . - - .
Lincoln High Team
Trounces Alliance
Lincoln. Neb., J?n. 7. (Special
Telegram.) Lincoln High school de
feated Alliance High school in basket
ball here Friday night by the score
of 23 to 12. The Alliance team has
won six and lost three games on its
trip across the state. The western
ers meet Waverly Saturday night.
Roscoe Hall Outpoints
. Omaha Lightweight
Des Moines, Jan, 7. Roscoe Hall,
stare champion lightweight boxer,
outpointed Harry Boyle of Omaha,
here last night in a six-round bout.
- Hall w5n four rounds, the other
two being even, s
Lewis Puts Texas
Giant to the Mat
Wichita, Jan. 7. Ed (Strangler)
Lewis threw Dick Daviscourt of
Texas in two straight falls here last
night; the first in one hour 24 min
utes, with a headlock, and the second
in 26 minutes, with a grapevine.
Tijuana Results
Tijuana, Jan 7. First race, five fur-
nngs: W. ". Doolev. IDS (Huntmer.
$5.80 $3.20. 4.1.00. won: Infield. 105 CWI1-
H'.n;, o.o". ?.i.eu, secona; MiKe inxon,
111. (D. Hurn), 153.60. third. Time.
1 :07. Olspie, Dewey Field, Orace Trimble,
China Jane, Skylark and Valentine Lady
ran.
Second, five firlonp: Rosa Atkin, 103
(Noble), 8. 60, JG.40, $3.80. won; Chrome.
108 (MileB). $S.:0. $5.00. second; Fond
Hope. 10S (Jacobs), $2. SO. third. Time,
1 :07 2-5. Resifal. Hester Franklin. Al
Porter. Kmma Weller. Trump Card. Jewel
Citv and Marion Fluke ran.
' Third, five and one-half furlongs: Dr.
Tubbs. 99 (Jacobs), $1.40. $4.00, $3.60.
Won; Jay Mae, 99 (Studer), $26.80, $.I0,
second; Klmona. 97 (Huntamer), $3.80,
third. Time, 1:17. Tom Craven, Book
worm. John S. Wiggins. Country. Shirley
Summer. Jacobel. New Britain ran.
Fourth, five and one-half furlongs: Due
Do Guise. 109 (Parke), $15 SO, $7.00. $3.80,
won: American Maid: 104 (Huntamer),
$4.40. $3.00. second: Our Maid. 110
(Saladln). $3.60. third. Time. 1.1$ 1-t.
Choirmaster. Orleans Girl. Duly Faahlon
and KUen Smyth ran.
Fifth, six furlongs, handicap: I.lttle
Floren'-e. 110 (Parke). $11.20, $4.40. $3.20.
won: Wedding Prince, 114 (N. Duggan).
f J so. $.1.00, second: Thriller. 107
(Huntamer). $5.20. tnird. Time, 1:20.
Indian Prince, Eyebrlgnt and Incognance
ran.
Sixth, mile and 70 Tnrds: Short. Ion. 107
(Noble). $4.60. $3.40. $T.40. won: Raffrly.
115 (Studer), $5.20. $.. second: Shenan
doah, 11! (Huntamer). $2.40, third. Time.
1 :54. Mistress Polly and Miss Stathem
ran.
Seventh, five1 and one-half furlonrs:
ton Kodge, 109 (Rower). $9.40. $4.80.!
$3.00. wnj Plum Blossom, los (Huntam
er). $3.6. $2.80. second; Pueblo. 110
,Noble. $3.0, third. Time. 1:1 1. Review.
Tutt. Madam Byng, inarlie Boy. Bit of
Blarney ran.
Baskettmll
FRIDAY'S RESULTS.
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Omalia I'nltwallv, 111 lmn. 1.
( ralcMaa, 4 Vaaklon, II.
(itunrll lllilffa. 4 ItMlk lllfh, IS. ,
Irnlral, ft Button. It.
OTHKK MOM KM.
rtllaaarph. I NuMIt tllrf,
lmkal-a. It farxina, 1 1.
Mlrhliaa, III Mlrhlaaa AlM. IS.
Morula IHli. til Anianr, It,
MliMnrl. Ill Itraa. t.
tiraiHl llaail, Mi luvrana. If,
Vara, Hi Haarard. .
lUa.w 1J l-atlua, 4T Baafr4 l-
glna, II. . .
KalrMrld ll..a. til Kdgar Let In a. It.
MllMirhr Hlfh. Ml KalrlWll. ft.
altwralaa Hlh. l Kayninad, f.
tolner, ftl) Www Niicaial. 1.
Central Trounces
Sutton, 20 to 13
Sutton was unable to penetrate
Central's splendid five-man defense
system Friday night and the local
cagers turned their first contest ot
the-season into a 20 to U victory.
The game was played in the City
Auditorium before a large crowd
Central led all the way. In the
last 10 minutes' of play Sutton ran
up its score within four points of
Central's, but a cage shooting spree
in the closing minutes carried the
locals over the top to victory.
c,:..k,.r -anfain and renter.
starred for Sutton, making five of
his team s six Held poais.
Keyt played a great game as run
ning forward for Central and made
three goals. Beerkle, center, made
.t.-.. . 1 L'nn.lir Iwn
The playing of Konccky at guaruu.
was one of the outstanding ieaiurr:..
The lineup and summary:
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Beerkle' '( V '.7.7. .'.''. Sclcnlmuer I.;)
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Substitutions: Haulier for Tteynolcls.
Field goais. Reynolds, ?
Heerkle. 3; Kon-cky, 2: M. V leland. .
Wclenhauer. 6. Free throws, lleerkle, 2;
C. Wleland, 1.
Jock Hutchison .
Wins Golf Title!;:
Holder of British Champion
ship Turns in Score of
304 for 12 Hole?.
San Francisco, Jan. 7. Jock
Hutchison of Chicago, holder of the
British open golf championship, won
the northern California open gelt
championship todav, with a medal
score of 304 for 72 holes of play.
He made the four rounds in 80-7.5-76-75.
Eddie Traub of San Fran
cisco was second with a total of 3y
and Harold Sampson of San Fran
cisco scored 314 for third place.
John Black of Oakland, who lost
the title today, Leslie Davies of
Millvalley and A. M. Espinosa -A
Oakland, tied for fourth place with
316. ;
Jim Barnes, open champion of th?
United States, and Dave Prufelli oi
Oakland, with a score of 318, weie
tied for fifth place. The low score
for amateurs was made by Jack
Neville, former amateur champion of
California, who was sixth with 322
strokes. -
Wills and Tate
Battle to Draw
Portland. Ore.. Jan. 7. Bill Tate
retains -Jus title of , colored heavy
weight , champion
of the world. He
and Harry Wills
fought 10 rounds
to. a draw last
night in the Mil
waukee arena, in V:
one of the most
barbarous battles
in the history , of
the state. . '
Ttate, in superb
form, had as an .
adversary a wim i-
man, a tiger, a
fighter, who had
lost his nead ana ,
who depended for wills.
victory on the terrible blows he
could land with his long right arm.
Tate cut Wills under the left eye
Tate uppercut him repeatedly,
knocked him down to one knee on
one occasion, had him groggy.
Wills repeatedly drought that aw
ful right resounding against Tate's
kidneys, with a crack that sounded
like- the crack of a gun.
Bunney High Gun
at Atlanta Shoot
Atlanta. Neb., Jan. 7. The fifth
annual merchandise shoot was held
here January 2 by the Atlanta Gun
club with an entry of 24 shooters.
Loran Bunney was the high gun.
dropping 25 clay 'hawks" out of 25.
B. H. Hopkins, E. R. Hopkins and
S. Rager shot into a tie for second
place with 22 targets each.
Twenty-four prizes were awarded
by the business men of Atlanta and
a large crowd of visitors wre o:i
hand to witness the event.
Advance Guard
of Red Sox Leaves
for South March 2
Boston, Jan. 7. The advance
guard of the Red Sox, comprising
pitchers and catchers, will leave
fcr their spring training quarter;
at Hot Springs, Ark., on March
2, it was announced today.
Harry H. Prazee of New York
was re-elected president of the
club at a business meeting yesterday.
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Merkle's Boner,
Classic Play of
Majors, Retold
Here's ibpe oa Fumoiu
Game That Cost New
York Giants Flag
in 19U8.
Chicago. Ja. 7. published
periodical, the detail of the
world's greatest honchcad pl.iy lale
out o( the mentor
rics of base ball s; j. , .', "'v
fans so compu-ici.v B9tJ'M
that a new crop of fCP -Lj
arguments sprouts f?ri,.
into a proline liar- YS0M
vest ol queries re- 5? UJK U
garding the fa- I V ,"
mous fans pas of
F r e d
M c r k I c,
which
cost the
FRKD MERKLE.
(TK1UUNK Pholo.l
New York Giants
a champi o n s h i p
and perhaps a
world's pennant.
It's the same
play, of course,
that made John
Kvcrs a nation
wide reputation as
a strategist ami
JOHNNY KVERS.
ITR1BUNE riioto l
gave birth to his hook, "TouchiiiK
Second," which still is in print, ami
would settle all arguments if the-village
liiirarirs would only advertise
it is an occupent of their shelves.
Here's Typical Inquiry.
Typical of the queries which come
to the writer spasmodically about the
illustrious incident is 'the following
frAtu a qiti!i1I lown it, nlinnpuntn anrl
worthy of reproduction, althsugh un
signed: "Its some Dcspute here with some
II,.-. Poll T7o. l.nt t,.j it..,,,.
iwui urv. jLJni, x an j awui umi uum
Head Play Cork Merklc made in that
game that lie did not tutch that JLiusc
and John livers Threw Merklc out
What Base was Merkle runiiiR to
that time Merkle didcnt run to. its
no bets so Please Gave me Answer
what Base Merglc was runing to
some here say it was to IB and oth
ers say Merkle was runing to 2B
Your Rcspt
"TRIBUNE SUBSCRIBER.".
There is no doubt about the ear
nestness of the fan who wrote that,
nor about his desire to learn what
happened on September 23, 1908,
which was a long time ago. Thci
writer long ago drilled ' himself
against such queries by copying out
of the files the dope on that game.
How It Happened,
For the benefit of the Minnesota
fan, and perhaps thousands of others
i r l I
who nave lorgoiien, n is reprouuect;
here, in the hope that by constant
repetition enough clippings, from the
Tribune will be saved by the fans to
settle all future "desputcs."
The game was played on the Polo
grounds, with the following lineup:
Cubs Hayden, If; Kvcrs, 2b; Schultc.
rf; Chance, lb; Rtelnfeldt, 3b; Ilofman,
cf: Tinker, ss: KUng, c; 1'ficHtcr. p.
Giants Herzog, 2b; Bresnahan, c;
Donlln. rf : Seymour, -cf: Uovlln, 3!; Mc
cormick, ifi Merkle, lb; Bridwell, ss;
Mathewson, p.
Incidentally, although that game
happened only a little over 13 years
ago, there is not a man in cither
team's lif.eup who- was actively en
gaged in the major leagues last sea
son. . ...
Occurred in the Ninth Inning.
. The famous play occurred in the
ninth inning with the score tied, the
Giants being last at bat, of course.
Seymour went out. Devlin single',
but was forced at second by McCor
mick. Merkle-singled, putting. Mc
Cormick on third with two out. Brid
wel then singled to center. McCor
mick crossed the plate with what
ought to have been the winning run.
But Merkle ran from first base to
the clubhouse without touching sec
ond. . Hoiman fielded the base hit in the
center field and, in spite of a lot of
interference from the Giant players,
made the play to second, where
Evers touched the bag and forced
out Merkle, therebv wioine off Mc-
Cormick's run, since it was a third
out and a force out.
Umpire O'Day made the decision,
although he was working behind the
plate, and it was up to Bob Emslie
to call the base decisions.
O'Day Looking for It.
But O'Day was forwarned because
the same play had come up (n Pitts
burgh a fortnight before, when
O'Day was umpiring there, and he
r:i--i : . i. .
iicu 10 sec ii. inereuv aiiraciiim
considerable criticism to his work.
Therefore, when he saw Merkle start
for the clubhouse on Bridwcll's safe
hit, O'Day knew what ;as likely to
happen and saw what actually did
happen.
His alertness cost the Giants the
game that would have given them
the National league pennant in 1908
and a chance at Detroit lor the big
fl-, Ti, Xl.l.l. l I. .1
.n.iMc piav Miuuc me pen
nant race a tie at the end of the
schedule and the National league's
directors compelled the Cubs to
journey to New York overnight and
play off that "Merkle game" after
the season was over. Chance's men
boarded the Twentieth Century Lim
ited, rode all night, licked the Giants
in the playoff, then rode all night
back to Detroit, and copped the
world's championship, winning four
gunes out of five. .
That was some team to travel with,
I'll tell the world.
Beaver City Cage Team
Trounces Stamford Legion
Beaver City, Neb., Jan. 7. Beaver
City Legion cagers defeated St.vn
ford Legion, 47 to 12 here Thu:
day night in the opening game of tha
season at Beaver City.
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