Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 18, 1915, Page 46

Tim CORBETT THE PIRST HEAWWET &HT- CHAMPLON UNDER. QU WON Hed TITLE ATy NEW EEnS BERLy RULED OLLEANT BY KNOCKNE OUT SULMVAA WITH A LIGHT TUTHE TAW AIA’I‘EURS T0 OPEN TODAY Formal Inaugurations Are Carded in Most Leagues of Omaha Amateur Association, LEAGUES HOLD MEETINGS By FRANK QUIGLEY, All aboard fans, for today is the day for the Omaha Amateur Base Ball as- wociation to com 1 i H very are stick At ‘The initial squabble of the Omaha teur assoclation bobbed into the ring last sented at five of the six meetings held by sald league. Because they fafled to at- tend one meeting they were dropped from the league and the Omaha Printing com- pany landed their franchise. According 1o the Merchants, they were supposed 1o have been represented at the meeting they failed to attend by E. H. Vernon. If he had represented them everything would have been lovely. The directors falled to TALK JOHAION Liins UHED HIY TE AT RENO WHENM HE TUOK AL THE FIoHT OUT OF THE RETIREY JTEFFRIST WITH A LERT [ NWE (HI 100! icker. ‘The hitting of Kd Hanson of the Ram- blers was the feature in' last Sunday's practice game with the Luxus. Ralph Stevens, formerly with the An- clent Order of United Workmen team. has signed with the Chris Lycks. Tnst the strong Sta troupe stationed at Grand Isla On account of opening day the Chris Lycks were forced to cancel a game booked with the Storz for toflay. The Church league will start the ball a-rolling next Saturday. This league has less troublé than all the others combined. Foster Jacobs, who last year first base for the Auto Bchools, will this {‘ur be seen in right fleld on the u-mc eam. Another team that will most. of its games oul’ of town 1s g:’nnn and “IM- 'or games call Roy Stacey at .V"m vom| mltor:hu Illllnlul-um for Lhie sduson nu If those Armours tickle the pill they did last season they will mnkc III o reater Omaha league a little off color without thelr mo: a new man | a pitcher of the ©an play any other .? Holmes' bnv.'t” are mll% for mlfl"l. 2073 Cnm avenue, or center- for Church league, Beltzer, manager of the N.N‘lbl(‘ And Pip Cooke, formerl y wit are now runnlnl- an ivory emporium in the State hunll lmn. ue. He . nm buo on the mrhi.o'lm il Runh of tM lunbldn nfin‘ t'O.Ir: Mknuu i"‘n'n&"&‘fl»— tes would have 1ped a close game. Where t.he Amateur Teams Play Today URIA'I'IR ONAHA LEAGUE. Lycks, at Chris :1111-2“&! Columbus, at Columbus, &-mu“ inst Bourgeols, Chris &m Black Kats, Fort A'l'lOlAl- LEAGUR, Hnnllon m Browning-King ‘com- 1 lm .‘llllll "Fontenelles, Miller "~ MERCANTILE LEAGUE. Drexel Shoe com inst King- Pook compahy, Ninwood park, this mors- l’anll Stores ainst ash (om Fort Omaha, this m: lr;’ Patrick asainst irontenslies, Miller Durh this mnrna‘ v um An.l ?: A.. Nelsons, Ph.r\'w' l“il\!l J. D rty-nvmlh and Arbol Against Auto Row, uralulda Tradesman w nst Thoruhn Athletics, Thi irst s rl mm«" LEAGUE. I\mody %% “Bescling asainst Nourse Oil nmu-y. Miller park, at 1:30. West _Leavenworth Merchants against rl:n Motor company, grounds not de- Dundee Woolen Mills against Omaha Rubber company, ~Eimwood ~park, old dlamond, et Bouth Omaha Merchants against ln: Elmwood park, new fllulwnd. ll l‘o BLUFFS COLONIAL uuoge rflor- l‘llllll Burk's Glants, ur- ay. A(nlulc- uth-t Imperials, Twenty- lll(h and Broadwi nmr-, 3 Blu"l Grl)l llun.t 'renm street and Eighth Southeast lm»mmnt elub against Riverside, Rivervie l.l‘." al CITY AGUE. nst Gentleman's Hollys, t and Dewey avenue, G. Clarks against Brown Park Inu-huh. hlnv*um street .m'" R Mickel's Vietrolas, | el's fl"‘ o Bark, af L. u ul_lnn Press, tehed in mid- ] and | THE OM STECHER COMES THIS WEEK Will Wrestle Pat Connelly at Coun- cil Bluffs Auditorium Next Friday Evening. BOTH MEN EXPECT A VICTORY It should be a great match in the way wreatling fans regard the Stecher-Con- nolly matoh, carded for Council Bluffs ed | 10T mext Friday night. Iuterest in the wo is more then keen in Oriaha and out in the state and even though the advance sale of seats on)! artedl yesterday, indi. cations are for a 4,000 house. Stecher ana Connolly are practically in the same class at present. Connolly has had more experience than the Nebraska phenom, but Stecher's backers are con- fident that Pat will the same route as ke | 81! the rest. Connolly has wrestled all over the world. He asserts he 1s the real champion of Ireland. He also claims the English nltitle as result of a victory over Alec Monroe and victdry i a tournament in which 40 wrestlers took part. Connolly won (he final match in that tournament, after wrestling six hours and forty-seven minutes with a chap named Zeuronbach. Connolly also wrestied Hackenschmidt to & two-hour draw in London and he claims & victory over Zby#sko In an hour and thirteen minutes. He threw Amerious twice and Polly OGrim, Fred Beel, Raoul de Rouen and others all fell under his skill, Mahmout once guaranteed to dump him twice in an hour, but fales even to get one fall. In & Draw with Turk. The Irishman's latest match was with Yousiff Hussa: Connolly and the Turk ‘wrestled two hours and fifteen minutes to a draw at the Krug theater. Stecher's list is not quite so formidable, it 1s not so long, but Joe has victories {Q/er Plestina, Krnst, Turner, Wester- |#aard and Hussane to boast. Both lads are confident of winning the fray Friday night. Tdmmy Dixon, Con- nolly's manager, belleves the match will be a long one, entually ‘win, Stecher followers helleve Joe will make short work of it and win both falls in loss than an hour. Beats for the match are on sale at Dan 'Galnes' Merchants hotel in Omaha and at Clark's drug store in Council Blufts. Omaha Tennis Men to Invade Foreign Fields This Summer | Harry Koch, state tennis champ, and Joe Adams are planning to invade a couple of forelgn tennis tournaments this summer. One of the tourneys ‘which the Omaha players will attend is -the lows !l(lll event at Des Molnes. | The second tournament to be vielted |has not been decided upon yet, byt the cholce favors the Western open at Chi.|* cago. The national open at New York and the natioral clay court at Pittsburgh e belng considered, but the western ent nrohably will be WHLI be selected. Foy Porter Given Honors at Union Foy Porter, sraduate of the Omaha High school in 1913, was recently elected assistant foot ball manager for 1915 at Union college in New York. Porter auto. matically becomes foot ball manager his senior year, as tho assistant alw graduates to the chief position. ‘The honor is one of the biggest elective honors at the college. Senlor president |ummm.nlmnnamnu AHA Conyright, 1915, by TRews ‘Service. T CORBETT KAOLKED CHARLEY MiTUMEM- THE EUGLIIH CHAM P OM WT /N 3 ROUNDS AT TAUUONVILLE FLOMIDA wim A RIGHT MAND PUNCH UPOAS CHolkw & Bes2ETL VOURS TRLy TJoMa L SubLivan WAL & GREAT QEWEVER /A ™E GOOO OLD RIGHT IT WAL WIH THS WING THAT HE PLATTENED ALt CHAWLEN CERS vnr&r The Hypodermic Needle Ee——————————"muy r. 5. xUNTER. Sonw of April 23. he's a frenzied fanatic, ripped up a new cravat, He's torn his coat clear inside out and now he has smashed his hat; Put in & call for a_demon cop, send for the wagon quick, He's buggy, that guy, a crazy man, or surely he must be sick. What? You say that the team is tack, | ready to start in? Let me at that old cashier while 1 lllherl a flock of yen; Stand nldl and gimme air—the old boys start today; On! it l only were In St. Joseph to see the old fellows Dll' Starting April 23 we will officlally com- mence to live. Our existence during the winter has been only mechanical and perfunctory. Starting at the aforemen- tioned day we will beging to take an in- terest In life as she 1s. The joy of living shall become a business. The calendar says there are twelve months in the year and 35 days. This is bum knowledge. ‘There are only six month and 154 days. School teachers are asked if they wish Look out, he's will the Rourkelets fin- finish up at home.” Ty Cobb only made three two-baggers the other day. There 1s no getting away from fact, Ty and S8am Crawford are go- ing back, In view of that m-hll game, Mr Me- Graw must have hit it right when he sald, upon learning Marquard jumped to the Feds, “That southpaw wouldn't be any good to us, anyhow.” Jack Prince now wants to build a speed- way in Lincoln, Florence? Bullding speedways is becoming & popu- lar pastime these days. Why not try Benson or BY THE UMPS, A lesson to all athletes, And this lesson muat be learned, An athlete, like & German ship, Can also be interned. Both the allles and Germans are pro- testing against the neutrality of the American pub\k‘ Soon the Feds and Organized ball will be protesting against the neutrality of the American fan. Jess Willard has reached the heighth of fame. He has been interviewed by a woman reporter. BY JOHN M'GRAW. Most every spring I have a fight, T know mot ¥ ways battered me in the eye. Henceforth in training season— This 18 a swell idee— Pm golng to sign Jess Willard To lick those guys for me. You remember, surely, that Jawn was trimmed the other day in Baltimore? HA, HA! JOKE. Warning to Mayor James. The emery ball is barred. Cincinnati offers Marsons for Ivy Wingo. Why not offer the Philadelphia mint, Jess Willard or the Argentina re- public? We see it in the papers, Most every other day, That Langford has bun matched With Brother Sam Mc Vey. The Federals, If we remember correctly, were destined to blow about last July 4, but at a late hour last night they were still working. Tom Jones says Willard will demand §76,000 to sign articles for another long fight. We may be mistaken, we some- times are, but we have a hunch that Mr. Willard will, under the circumstances, partake in no long distance fights in the Iimmediate future. We take it from the above that Jeas ll| becoming one of our best little demanders Just as Jack Curley and Tom Jones. Jess Willard advises American boys to be frugal and save their jack. Evidently Jess is taking lessons from Tom Jones. * If you cam, he's the meat, you're the cook. So take & tip from one who really knows | And meave at the pocketbook. 0IAHA 70 ASK FOR TOURNEY Omaha Field Club Intends to Put in a Bid for 1916 National Clay Court Tennis Event. SUCCESS PRACTICALLY The Omaha Field club will strong bid for the natlonal ck tennis champlonship event for tourney this year will be held at Pitts- burgh. Omaha entertained the first clay court tournament several years ago, when Mel- ville Long attathed the champlonshipe The following year the event went Pittsburgh and last ‘year to Cincinnati. Omaha could have had the event this year, but chose to wait. That the tourney will be awarded Omaha is practically cer- tain. as the Field club enjoys (he best | clay courts in the country, and Omaha is always an attraction for tennis en-| thusiasts. The Fleld club has made no o‘flflll an- nouncement of its intention to bid for the event, but it is semi-officially known that the tennis committee has decided to put in an application. It is probable that sev- eral Omahs players will go to the Pitte- burgh tourney to boost along the cause. SURE to verify it. Any base ball fan can. We asked Pa Rourke a question, ven | BENNIE KAUFF SIGNS WITH TIPTOPS FOR THREE YEARS Benny Kauff, the leading hitter of the Federal league, has signed a three-year contract with the Tip Tips. Although it was not stated what the figures were, tod [it was sald Benny was to recelve .the highest salary on the Wards' payroll . Trap Shooters Start at Carter Lake Club Today The formal opening of the trap shooting |season at the Carter Lake club fs today. A. E. Jaeger, chairman of the trap shoot- |Ing committee, has planned an extensive schedule of events and expects fully fifty shooters to be on hand to plug at the little bluerocks. Prizes well worth while will he offered to the winners. The Car- ter Lake club intends to. hold several ‘shooting tournaments this year,,with at- tractive prizes up for winners 'Josh Clarke Fears Sioux Are Bit Weak | l The spring workouts by the Sioux City ‘ ball club have convinced Manager Josh | Clarke that the Indians’ lineup is weak | In at least three positions, and the Sloux | __ City managér has won the argument|™ from President Ed Hanlon, who an-| nounces that he will go into the market | and purchase players to till the gaps. It | should have besn apparent from the first that the loss of three such pastimers as Outficider Lejevne, Third Baseman Baird | and Shortstop Tony Smith would m.u, | trouble for Manager Josh, who is further distressed by the fact that Catcher Joe | s & holdout. Crisp, by the way, fan's the most grateful ball player on the | mAp. He was out of & job last spring and the Sioux City club todk him on st a comfortable salary. This year he declines o sign becauss the management in living up o the league rules was forced to make & deduction from his 1914 stipend. | Dutch Myers Fails TIM TEFFRIEY PAWED FTZ5tmmMONVE wWiTet HIX LEFT. UNTIL M€ TIRED THEN FLOPPETD mn THE RiewT AND J7AeTED ™ WORK O NUMBER.T TESS WILLARD e PITAWOTAMIE PLOUGH MAN DROPPED WL ARTHA JOHAIION To Get His Release From State League When Tip O'Nelll announced his 1915 staff of umpires the other day the list included the name of Dutch Myers, last year an arbiter in the Nebraska State loop. Now: comes President Miles of the latter league asking how Myers can go to the Western with a State league con- tract reserve clause in operation. Miles has no objection to Myers ad- vancing from a class D to a class A league. On the contrary, like others in- terested in base ball, he hopes to see Myers succeed, but Myers neglected to obtain his release from the State league as required by the rules of base ball. Thus Myers is not eligible to handle an indicator in this circuit unless he does get his release. President Miles has written Myers sev- eral times on this question, but Myers has falled to reply up to date. This has somewhat aroused the ire of Miles and he Intends to stand pat unless Myers con- forms to the laws of organized ball in the proper manner. Meanwhile O'Neill i said to be negotiating with Miles and hopes to get the State leaguer without starting a fuss, BUCK STERZER WILL NOT RETURN TO ST. JOSEPH Buck Sterzer will not heave for St. Jo- seph as Jack Holland hoped for, Sterzer went up to the Pirates last fall only to be returned as lacking in major league caliber. Pittsburgh released him to the Drummers, but Jack Dunn of the Rich- mond club of the International league put in a bid for him gnd the class A league s ™ THE FO0R AT HAWANA WITH A RIEHT TO MHE PoINT BOOSTING HARD IN KANSAS Already in Both Topeka and Wichita $3,000 Worth of Tickets Have Been Sold. ENTHUSIASTIC They are boosting hard in Topeka and Wichita these days, and if those two citles do not enjoy successful seasons this year it will not be the fault of their commercial organizations. In both cities members of the Commercial clubs have been waging campaigns to assist the ball club. They have been selling tickets to the games in advance. In Topeka season tickets are heing sold and reports from thas city say that about $3,000 worth of season tickets have been sold up to date. In Wichita they are selling admission tickets in lots of five, and the latest count is 6,000 tickets sold, which will also represent about $3,000. ARE HIGHLY Have an Awakening. The ticket selling campalgn, waged as it 1s by the Commercial clubs, shows that the two Kansas towns are awake at last and are determined to establish their status as Class A ball towns. With $2,000 in the treasury to -tart the year with, Topeka and Wichita *should ex- perience little trouble in weathering the stormy 1016 season. In fact the two Kansas towns, last year both doubtful .prospects for 1915 are evidencing more enthusiasm than any other village in the circuit. The other cities have been content to let things run but down In Kansas new men have taken over the franchises and started to ginger things up. With new presidents and new managers at the head of each club and with practically new teams and with that spirit of boosting, Topeka and Wich: ita should jump toward the top of the given the preference. list this year. Economy, simplicity and efiidency makes the Ford a universal utility. A utility because it serves everybody—doctor, farmer, salesman and banker. In business, or as a pleasure car, the Ford proves reliable and economical. Low first cost—$60 less than last year, and the plan of sharing profits with the buyers—and low upkeep expense, pays to own a Ford. are reasons why it They serve and save, Buyers will share in profits if we sell at retail 300,000 new Ford cars between August 1915. T\ $690; with all equipment. On display and sale at Harney St. August 1914 and Car $490; Runabout $440; Town Car upelet $750; Sedan $975, f. o. b. Detroit Ford Motor Co., 1916 MESSAGE OMAHA NEAL INSTITUTE, 1502 South Tenth Street, Omaha, Neb. I heard you got two of my friends yesterday. That's all right, I have some more that yon won't get. (Signed) JOHN BARLEYCORN.,