Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1909, Page 41

9 PART F VE SPORTING PAGE3 1 TO 4 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. VOL. XXXIX—NO. 2. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1909. Thomas ]J. I;Vnch.to Head National Base Ball League; Cornhuskers May Play Michigah in Omaha NEBRASKA HAS STIFF SCHEDULE Next Season’s Foot Ball Calls for Hard Work by Cornhuskers from the Start. MICHIGAN MAY ACCEPT GAME If Wolverines Join Big Eight Haskell Will Take Place. ONE OR OTHER ON OMAHA FIELD Two Years’ Contract with Illinois Has Been Arraigned. SIX BIG GAMES FOR THE YEAR Date ot the Gopher Game Unsettle: but it Will Be Played at Min. nespolis—Ames Plays Aguin. Ocotober 8—South Dokata at Lincoln, October 15—Minnesota: at Minneapolis. October 22—Ames at Lineoln. October\20—Illinots at Champalgn. November 5—Doane at Lincoln. November 12—Kansas at Lawrence. November 19—lowa at Lincoln. November 2—Haskell at Omaha. LINCOLN, Dec. 18.—(Special)—The foregoing is the tentative schedule of foot ball games for the Cornhuskers next fall. All the teams of this list are certain to be played with the exception of Haskell which may be dropped for Michigan In case the Ann Arbor school decides not to re- turn to the western conference next week. Should Michigan supplant Haskell the game would not be booked for Ann Arbor, but would take place In'Omaha, where the In- dians are now scheduled to play next ‘Thanksgiving. Minnesota, Kansas, Ames and Iowa are again on the Cornhusker schedule; and in addition Illinois, & school that Nebraska has not played since 1905, is again booked for & date, the game going to Champaign. The engagement with the 'Champalgn 8chool was secured through & two-year contract by which the Cornhuskers go to the home of the Illini next fall, and get a | return game for Lincoln or Omaha in 1911, With Illinols on its schedule Nebraska will bave six -so-called blg games next fall, that being one more than it has had in several seasons and giving it one of the most attractive bookings of recent years. The date of the Minnesota game has not yet been wettled, but it will probably come on October 15. The Gophers have not ar- ranged their schedule of games with Chi- €ago, Minnesota and Wisconsin, but will @0 so at Chicago next Thursday, when all the conference managers will meet to set- tle the dates. If Minnesota should not take October 15 it would want the Saturday a week later and Ames could be shifted back to the date now held by Minnesota, Oc- tober 22 The Gophers will make their cholce after the meeting of managers at Chicago. .Chicago Meeting Settles It. At the same time that Minnesota learns when it will be able to play the Cornhusk- ers, Michigan will know whether it .an meet the local eleven next -fall. Whether the Wolverines will play Nebraska depends upon their decision as to jolning the west- ern conference again after a separation of four years; and they will let the “Big Bight” hear thelr verdict at Chicago next week, when the foot ball managers moet. Michigan, heving a game booked with Minnesota, will send its manager to the Chlcago meeting to fix the date for that game, and he will tell the other representa- tives what the Ann Arbor fathers have con- cluded to do. If they have agreed to go back into the feld their manager will book games with Chicago and Wisconsin and Nebraska will not be on thy Wolverine schedule. Drafting a schedule for the Cornhuskers for 1010 has been & big task owing to the fact that Nebraska was under contract to play both Minnesota and Kansas away from Lincoln and wrs dus to play Towa at Iowa City and Ames at Ames. Iowa came to Lincoln last fall and Ames played st Omaha a year ago. In order to meet these four elevens it was necessary to get both Ames and fowa to agree to come to Lin- coln in 1910 providing Nebraska would play return games the next fall, 1911. By new contracts with these two schools’such ar- rangements were made. Bouth Dakota, the schoel that held the Cornhuskers to a six to six tle last fall, will open the season at Lincoln again, giv- 1ng the Cornhuskers the only practice game they will have before the meeting with Minnesota, or with Ames should the Aggies be shifted back to October 15. The arrangement of the schedule as &1ven at t)(e top of this eolumn provides for two sets of three hard games, Minnesota, Ames and Tllinols form the first three and Kansas, Jowa and Haskell, or Michigan, the second trio. In making out this sehed- ule Manager Eager at first feared ‘hat three games in & row would be too sev & proposition for the Cornhuskers, but he tirmfly came to the conclusion that they could stand them without running a great TI% of losing any one of them on account of Injuries recelved in either of the other two. a Rest of Two Wesys. After playing the last game of the first hard trio the Cornhuskers will have a rest of two weeks before starting in on the last three stiff engagements. Illinols is to ‘e met on October 3, and then the next bhig game comes with Kansas on November 18. Doane 18 to be played on the intervening Baturday, but this game should only serve to keep the Cornhuskers from going stale. The rest of two weeks after the Illinols #ame should give'the team plenty of time to fecover from any injuries sustained in that game before the meeting of the Jay- hawkers, and It should be in shape to play winning ball againat its old rivals at Lawrence. The lowa game will follow the contest with the Jayhawkers, but the Hawkeyes are not likely to be nearly so strong as Kansas, and the Cornhuskers will not need to be in the prime of condition for this battle. After playing these two teams, though, Nebreska would have to . take exoellent oare of its players in order to keep them In ' shape for the Thanksgiving game, which follows on the next Thursday after lowa is played. Kansas played lowa on the Baturday preceeding its game with Missour! Young Nebraskans Who Understand the Strenuous Game OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL FOOT BALL TEAM LINED UP IN THE SBNOW. BREARS FIVE-MILE RECORD| Lewis Strang Clips Nearly Minute | from Mark. TIME SURPRISE FOR SPEED MEN Test of New Indianapolis Speedwny Successtul and Racers Declare it is Almost: Perfect Track. MOTOR SPEEDWAY, Indlanapolls, Dec. 18—The five-mile speed record for an auto- mobile upgn an elliptical track was broken on the motor speedway today by Lewls Strang, driving a 200-horse power Fiat car in 3:17:10. The record had been held by Oldfield, who covered the distance with a Benz car in 4:11:30 last summer on this course betpre it was paved with brick. Strang's - performance, clipping almost a minute from the flVe-mile record, S0 startled the offiefals of the track and the | few ‘motor racing enthusiasts that had braved the cold for the sake of seeing | Strang and Christle attempt to break world's records for short distances that they at first were disposed not to credit It. But the electric timing devieé could not bé doubted, and besides, Fred Wagner, the starter, announced that he had caught Strang's time with a stop. watch at 3:179, or one-tenth second faster than the official time. Tire in Bad Condition. When Strang stopped- he found that one of his tires had been slit and must soon have bursted. He decided not to make any turther efforts at records at this time. He sald If it had not been for the bad tire he | bellieved his time would have been faster. The timing machine caught his one mile flying start before he entered upon the five- mile trip at 40:02. The course is of two and a half miles and Strang then made two lsps. The timing machine also caught the 1ast mile of each lap. In the first lap tiiis mile was done In 3:3 and in the second lap In 89.66. In one of these miles a quar- ter was covered in §:05, which is a new record for this distance. These trials were made for the purpose of testing the efficiency and safety of the track, repaved with brick, upon which five lives were lost in last summer’s races. The owners of the plant ‘and the drivers are perfectly satistied with'it now, they said. Strang sald his car held well to the surface and he felt entirely safe on the banks. Before he broke the five-mile record, Strang set a new mile record for the In- dianapolis track. It is 39:21. Only Strang and Christle tried for records today. 'Christie did & quarter in 8:38, but one of the springs on his “freak” racer was found to be defective and it was de- cided to take no chance with it. Sale of Player ; in Violation of Constitution Novel Question of “Slavery” Raised by Manager Clymer of Wilkes- barre Club. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Dec. 18.—That the sale of & base ball player from one club to another is a direct violation of the thir- teenth amendment to the comstitution of the United States which prohibits slavery, is & point reised in the Luzerne county court here, in & suit involying the transter of & player:from one organization to an- other. The sult is expected to attract con- siderable attention among base ball club owners and players. Last July the owners of the Wilkesbarre club of the New York State league bought from the Allentown team of the Atlantic league, Pitcher Joseph Pelequin. The price agreed upon was §500, Three hundred dol- lars were paid in cash and & note glven for the balance. The note was allowed to g0 0 protest and Manager McGeehan of the Allentown club, who negotiated the sale of Pelequin brought sult to recover the barre club, filed with the court a defense in the suit. He holds that the sale of a base ball player is in direct violatlon of the thirteenth amendment to the federal constitution and therefore, the note given is vold. Clymer also filed other reasons why the note should not be paid, one b ing that the note was not valid unfess countersigned by the directors of the club. The court will not take action in the matter until next month. MARATHON RACE IS PLANNED Will Be Staged by the Illinols Ath- lethie Club. CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—The annual Maca- thon race as staged by the Illinols, Ath- letic club, but discontinued last yeaf, may bo held again If the plans of the Chicago Athletio association go through. Accord- Ing to the plans of the Sherry Circle club, the race will be placed on & larger basis than ever before. Although no officlal action has been taken by the officers of the. Chicago Athletic. association, 1t la con- sidered, certaln that the race.will be run. In order to run the race the olub will have to obtain & permit from the Amateur Athletic unlon to offer individual prizes of greater value thah $3%. While the rules of the Amateur Athletic union limit the highest prize in any one event, unless a special permit is wiven, no trouble in this respect will be encountred, as it 1s thought that the Amateur Athletic union will com- ply with the club's request. It is sald that it the Amateur Athletic union grants the permit the club will put up prizes that will draw runners from all parts of the country. The prizes, It is sald, will aggre- gate $1,500. $200. A Justice of the peace gave judgment (Cenunued on Second Page) against the club. Today Manager Clymer of the Wilkes- LEROY TEMPLE, Left Tackle. BOOM FOR MID-WESTTOURNEY Omaha Will Make a Bid for the Big Event in 1911. BIG PRIZES ARE OFFERED Brief and Breezy Personals on Those Who Delight to Bowl for the Sport and Exercise that 1t Gives. Many of the bowlers will regret to hear “that “Dad"”| Hopkins was so badly injured in a street car collision’ at Chicago last week that he will be unable to re- sume bowling for some time. Blakeney, Anderson, Frush and a few others who attempted to lower his colors, when here last yeéar, know his ability as a bowler. For a man of his age he was considered the equal of any in the country and while here made a host of friends. The posters advertising the Middle West tournainent are How to be seen around the alleys. They are extremely handsome and are the work of a craftsman. The tourna- ment will begin at St. Louis on January 15, and éntries close January 8. Omaha should be represented by at least five teams, and surely there are enough good bowlers who could arrange to attend, for this in turn will give Omaha & good boost for the 1911 tournament. At least 200 teams, will compete and the prize money should amdunt to at least $12,000, and it would be much easier to get a slice of the money at St. Louls than at the Na- tional meet at Detroit. The Paxton-Gallagher bowlers have re- served two alleys for Saturday night at Francisco's for- the balance of the season. The Carpenter Paper company’s boys will take nine and.ten for Monday night. A two-pound box of candy will be given to the lady making the highest score each week at the Francisco alleys. As three alleys can now be entirely shut off from the rest it is expected that many of the girls will go after this bundle of choco- lates. Women are invited to come down in the mornings, as a few games Will be pleasant and healthful as well. A contest of seven games was bowled at Francisco's Friday night between Brister- Zimmerman and Drinkwater-Anderson. There was only five pins difference, with the following scores: 1st. 24. 3d. 4th: bth. 6th. 7th. To'tl .187 183 166 191 266 179 179 1,280 185 247 2.4 150 190173 202 1,381 22 w %2 2,061 m 181 182 180 26 %06 150 1778 Drinkwater Anderson. . 430 380 371 199 M4 215 208 180 166 402 424 370 384 887 Total. Brister. 200 Zimmerman.177 ot the Alleys. Tomkins is going to give each of his Derby Woolen Mills bowlers a turkey for Christmas, Good for Tomkins. Sometimes & change of teams will do a bowler good. Mike Eckles s sure getting them for the Bungalow The Cuming Street. Athletes, comprising the Hussl Acorns and the St. James teams to bowl for the booby champlon- our suggestion has already taken Mrs, Roberts averaged 18 for six straight ch- on the basement alleys at Keyt' ridey night, and that's some for a woman, The small ball games are booming again. French and Beselin cleaned up all “the ‘‘use-to-was.'' Starters can gain consider- able knowledge by corresponding with either of the above. From two to four alleys are busy every night in the base- ment with this style game. Dave Schults is getting his Duteh up and will soon take on either of the above small ball experts. W. “Schnelder Beselin, Bowers, Moran and Lahecks will comprise the five to rep- resent the basement bowlers In the coming city tournament. Crabb, with the gray uniform. not red, now leads the ent bowlers for the Stetson hat with €17 Three new pin spotters will be installed in the basement ys by the tirst of the year, then look out. Patterson still has trouble with the ten pen. Is awful to have such & hook. Notice—No admission s charged to watch Lahecks bowl o5 J. H. Mann is in the city for the holldays and will arrange matches with the cracks during this Ume. O0SCEOLA PROUD OF ITS TEAM High School Squad Which Has Not Been Scored Against. The Osceola High school team has made an enviable record during the year just closed, having won six games and tied two. The team scored 152 points against nothing for the opponents. J Following is the tecord for the year: October 1, at .Osceola: Osceola High School, 21; David City High School, 0. Oc- tober 8, at Osceola: Osceola High School, 0; Columbus High School, 0. Octouer 15, at David City:’ Osceola High School, 16; David City High School, 0. October 21, &t Osceola: Osceola High School, 72; Rising City High School, 0. October 2; at Genoa: Osceola High School, 12; Genoa ' High School, 0. November 5, at Osgeola: Os- ceola High School, 0; Nebraska Military | Academy, 0. November 12, at Osceola Osceola High School, 5; Grand Island Busi- ness College, 0. November 26, at Oscéola. Osceola High School, 2; Lincoln High School Reserves, 0. The average welght of the team was 143 pounds and the management is now, ready to arrange its schedule for next year, and claims to be able to win from any team ex- cept Omaha, Lincoln, York and Beatrice. The players are all fine fellows, who de- light in the game for the sport's sake, and they say they will have a better team than ever next year. Following are the players: Ends, Burrit, Jackson, Micky, P. Camp- bell; tackies, Captain C. Campbell, Hub- bard, Segar; guards, Chaw, Lemar, Car- #son, Van Hoosen; center Danlelson; half- backs, Allen, Lovell, Segar, Liebe; full- Begar, Jackson, Liebe; quarter- Leard, Lovell. May Become a Coach | KENNEL CLUB TO EXHIBIT Dog Show Will Be Held in Connection with Annual Poultry Display. ENTRY BLANKS ARE ISSUED Large List of Premiums is Offered for Most Every Kind of Dog— Pedigrees Are Not at ALl Necessary. Entry blanks are out for the second an- nual show of the Nebraska Kennel club, which will be given at the Auditorfum, December 2§ to January 1, in connection with the show. of the Transmississippl Poultry assoclation. The premium list shows a long list of valuable prizes which are offered in the various classes. The officers of the club are C. J. Ben- son, precident; M. J. Greevy, viee pres dent; C. J. Benson, treasurer, and W. T. Hood, secretary. The directors are W. M. Robinson, B. B. Day, L. P. Reger and Bert Dixon. W. T. Hood will be superin- tendent of the show and the judge will be Karl B. Jurman of Guttenberg, N. J. Lew Pixley has arranged to handle a limited number of dogs for owners who might not be able to attend the show. En- tries will close December 2. Following are some of the recognized breeds of dogs for which separdte prizes may be provided: Alredale Terriers, Basset Hounds (8mooth). Basset Hounds (rough). Beagles. n). Bedilngton Terriers. Foxhounds (English), Black and Tan Ter-Fox Terriers riers (Manchester). (smooth). Bloodhounds, Fox Terriers ( Boston Terrlers, French Bulldo Bulldogs. Greyhounds. Bull Terriers. Great Danes, Chesapeake Bays, * Griffons, Chihuahuas. Harriers. Chow Cho Irish Terriers. Collies. Itallan Greyhounds. Dachshunds. Japanese Spanel Daimatians. Maltese Terriers, Deerhounds. Mastifts. Dandie Dinmont Newfoundlands. Terrlers, Old English Sheep English Toy Spaniels Dogs. (orange and white).Clumbér Spaniels. Otter Hounds. Fleld Spaniels. Pekinese Spaniels, Cocker Spani Pointers. Suasex Spaniels. Poodles (corded). Irish Water Spaniels, Poodles (curly). 8t. Bernards Pugs. (smooth), Retrievers (curly- St Bernards (rough), couted). Toy - Poodles, Retrievers (wavy- Toy Terriers. coated). Welsh Terriers. Schipperkes. White English Scottish Terriers. Terriers. Roseneath Terriers. White Engllsh Ter- English BSetiers. riers (Toy). Irish Setters, Whippets, Gordon_ Setters, Woltnounds Bkye Terriers, (Russian), English Toy Spaniels Yorkshire Terriers. (red). FOREIGN DOGS, Gritfon Bruxello) German, or Belglum Esquimo (husky). sheep 'd0g. Bsquimo (Mallimuth). Pinschers. Boxers. Chinese C Owtchar, or Russian Labrador. sheep A0g. Samoyede: Mexican hairless. Papllon Besides these there are three special di- vislons of breeds, the sporting division, the non-sporting dlvision and the terrier division. In the sporting division will be found— Bloodhounds, Fleld spaniels, Otter hounds, Russian wolfhounds, Foxhounds, Irish wolfhounds, Harriers, Whippets, Beagles, Pointers, Dachshunds, Setters, Greyhounds, Retrievers, Deerhounds, Irish water spaniels, Clumber spaniels, Cocker spanie Sussex spaniels, Cheasapeake Bay. In the non-sporting dlvision will be found— French bulldogs, Poodles, Bulldogs, Bnglish toy spantels, Mastiffs, Pekinese spaniels, Great Danes, Japanese spaniels, Newfound!ands, Itallan greyhoun St. Bernards, Poy 8, Collies, Foreign dogi 014 Wnelish sheepdogs Pugs English Toy Spaniels _bl‘fmk and tan). nglish Toy Spaniels (tri-color). Foxnounds (Ameri- can). ugh). sted. HARRY . BWING, Cornhusker Right Guard, Dalmatians, Bchipperkes. The directors In charge of the show. de- #ire that the owner place a price on the dog and a prohibitive price will be per- mitted. All transactions must be between the owner and the buyer, as the directors will not interfers in the matter, A dog need not have a pedigree in order to be shown. Entries have already been recelved from five states and inquiries are coming from all over the country, LYNCH PRESIDENT OF MAJOR LEAGUE “King - of Umpires” Will Direot Affairs of the National Next Year. LONG END DEADLOCK OoF Unanimous Action of Magnates Fols lows All-Night Conference. ] HEYDLER RESUMES OLD PLACH \ Retiring President Eleoted Secretarye Treasurer for Three Years, BRUSH ON ~DIRECTORS BOARD Bleoti Places Contrel of League with Murphy Drytuss—— Ohanges Made in the Rules. il 4 | \ NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—The deadlock in the National league of professional base ball clubs over the election of & pre dent was unexpectedly broken this after- noon by the unanimous selection ' of Thomas J. Lynch, whose name had not been considered or publicly mentioned for the position. There -is reason to believe that the alght league presidents held a secreti conference, which did met end until 3 this morning ot which. ths sup- porters of John M. Ward of New York and Robert W. Brown of Loulaville came to an understanding. It was understood that each side, seeing the other equally , instructed John T. Brush of the New York club to select a man, whose namo had not boen before the leagus as a candidate. Brush consulted none of his colleagues, but telegraphed to New Britatn, Conn., for Thomas J.. Lynch to come to the Waldorf-Astoria at once. ‘When the league met today three ballots were taken, all of them resulting in-the ame tle—four for Wird and four for Br /. Then, apparently by agresment, President Ebbetts of Brooklyn, read a letter from Ward in which he withdrew from the contest. At the same time Stanley Robison of #t. Louls withdrew Brown's name. Following the pre- arranged plan, Brush then mentioned Lynch, referring to him by his better known title, “King of Umpires.” The even other magnates quickly seconded the nomination and the election was made unanimous, Heydler Hlected Secretary. Ebbetts, who had been one f the bitterest fighters against the candidacy of John A. Heydler, who succeeded ti late Harry C. Pulllam, as president, then nominated Heydler for secretary-treas urer, a position which he has filled con- tinuously for many years, even latterly, while president. There was a hitch here. It was understood that Heydler ‘would not accept the appgintment for one year and after a Jonference he was nominated for three years and un- animously elected, Lynch's slection is for one. year. After the meeting Lynch and Heydler were formally introduced to the newspaper men, Both mads speeches. Lynch is 61 years old, and was for a long time a rosi- dent of Cincinnat!, which he made his home before golng to Connecticut. Address to Reporters. To the reporters he sal “The hardest thing ‘the president of the league has to do {8 to protect his umplres, and I want the newspaper men to help me. It you see an umplire that you think won't do, come and tell me and I will keep my eye on him. Don't roast him. That does no good. ‘1 was & young fellow when Nick Young made me an umpire, and the first six games I umplred were here In New York, three with New York against De- troit and the other three against Chioago. “My first decision was calling a ball on & home pitcher, and that whole week the newspapers and fans roasted me to & fras zle. They gave me hell, I tell you. They called me a robber, thief and everything and players spiked. me and made life nat worth living. T was sent next week to Pittsburg, and at the hotel they lianded me & telegram. I thought it was all off with me. But the -telegram was from Nick Young, and it warmly congratulated me on my fairness in the New York games Then 1 sald they could ail go to hell, as long a8 I'd been honest and fair, ‘And .that {s going to be my policy as dent ‘of the National league. 1 know ame about as well as anyone, and I think I have a pretty good reputation. The public, the players and the umpires will got nothing but a square deal from: m and everything will be above board and open to the newspapers. “T want to add that I refused to take the presidency until I was assured that my old friend Heydler, whom T broke in as an. umpire, was elected.as secrotary and treasurer, as I could not get along without him." Heydler La Ly Heydler's speech was laudatory of Lynch a8 an umpire, and then several old time base ball reporters made spéeches - feliol- tating the new officers. “Pop" Adrian C. Anson, whom Charles W. Murphy hed brought from Chicago, belleving he would be clected, remained at the Waldort to the last and then departed, stlent, but sorely disappointed. The only change in the board of direct- ors elected today is the éntrance of John T. Brush of New York in place of Presi- dent Dovey of the Boston club. The change, hawever, alters the ocom- plexion of the board, because Mr. Brush is expected to vote with Murphy of Chicago and Dreyfuss of Pittsburg, whereas Mr. Dovey sided with Herrmann of Cineinnati and Ebbetts of Brooklyn, who are now left in the minority. The schedule committee was ‘directed to prepare m 163-game schedule. The ' 180 schedule was one of 164 games, Change in By-Laws: The resolution changing the bylaws s0 thét no club may carry more than twenty- five players during the “playing season’ eaused some confusion. ‘The magnates did not apecify the dates of the '‘playing sea- son.” President Ebbetts, however, declared that “the’ playing season”” would bo from May 10 to August 2 and that the resqlution would permit clubs to carry not more than thirty-five players from August 20 to May 10. Before May 10 and after August 3 the clubs are usually trying out new players and their staffs are larger, The American