Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 13, 1915, Page 42

Jii COFFEY 1S NO CHAMPION 73 Declares Expert Ringside After| Watching Irishman Battle with Pueblo Fireman. GITBONS MAKES POOR SHOW BY RINGSIDE. NITW YORK, June 12.—With the con- verion of base ball stadiums and racing Courses into open alr boxing arenas a *et’ iy, the natural order of things calls [ = “eferee’s decisions in this state. And e the fact that there ls a concen- *d antagoniem to decisions from a re- 1 element, decisions would thrive here pidity does not get the better of aricious promoters. n aif boxing in New York state is | stablished fact, and can be made a orofitable financial proposition if the | patrons | oters do mot treat their Hly. identally, Mt out two astonishing facts: First, Jim Coffey does not possess the isite of & prospective heavyweight plon; second, that Mike Gibbons Is Invineible. Pushing Coffey Too Fast. “offey is being ment along a bit too ly for his own pugiiistic good, and o these days he'll bump Into a sec- rate fighter who will put o quick inus to Jim's champlonship aspire- In his fight with Jim Fiynn, a twenty pounds lighter, Coffey shat- 'ovc 1 both hands. This alone necessitated « “ancellation of some $20,00 worth of 1001y Manager Billy Gibson had outlined s Noscommon glant. \ hough Coffey scored a technical ). tout over Flynn, his work was not ivremslve. Flynn did not stop of his %N volltion, nor was he induced to halt i¥ Coftey's punishing blows, but a © wige splashed into the ring by Manager : -‘:‘Cnmr ended hostilities In the ninth e ey, to gain universal recognition as ! ard’s first opponent, was expected to & out Flynn before five rounds, bul Wwas lucky to score a technical knockout Neas the end of the bout. Has the Gameneas, 08 thing, however, Coffey did show In Fiynn melee, and that 1s: He pos- # unlimited gameness, which up to Fiynn afair was a mooted question. i Coffey is game; as game as they 3 nowadays. If he were not bullt of _fiber that does not recognize defeat ‘fould have been knocked out by the 23 Mr. Fignn in that second round, A " of overhand smashes had Coffey fling on the ropes, but he weathered bombardment and showed to the sat- tion of his Irish compatriots that 8 a truly game battler, Owever. it is likely that Coffey will ile Jess Willard on Labor day at the “Shton Beach race track, as Coffey is y #till the best of the group of T ke Gibbons Loses Groun revert to Michael Qi Hocre \ g 1 " His ot 2 e T Bart- scaled t pounds less than has stirred up new Interest in not he cancelled have to live to earn hiy & total of elghty- r S {2 : il [l it the first al fresco lhl‘r'll | | | CHICAGO, June 12.—Commodore M. J. Stefte Chicago's plonesr and promi- nent yachtman, has been a close ob- sorver of the German ‘submarine. One thing he discovered was the efficlency and reliability of the engines used in the under-sea boats. He decided to have Just such engines in his new yacht, the Moselle, which has just arrived in Chi- cago. The engines are knbwn as the Deissel type and use kefosone. Commodore Stef- fens had two Installed-in his boat. Kach has & cylinder 6%x7 inches, providing %-horsepower. By the use of kervsene one-halt the cost of operation is reduced, ne-halt the tnsurance rate s paid, Fur- ther, thers {s no odor, and the power 18 &8s certain at all times as mechantcal skill will allow. Duplicates of thess en- Kines are being used by the German government in thelr new submarines. Lately the United States has been uamg the same type in all its torpedo boats. COMMODORE STEFFENS’ 13, 1915, -1 NEW YACHT COPIES SUBMARINE IN NOVEL FEATURES-—-The picture shows Commodore Steffens, of the yacht in construction; quarterdeck, oraft. It .hias & twelve-foot beam and accommodatés fifty persons. The entire bottom up to a foot of the water line is ‘The Moselie 1s a twin screw, stxty-foot crulsing yacht, being one of the largest and finest in Chicago's fleet of pleasure 'The Topeka Journal cracks this one and it was too good to keep down In Konsas, 8o we stole it: Tom Blodgett, expert southpaw gent for the Rourkes, is & Kansas boy. He halls from Irving, a little town In Mar- 4L il Good-bye old amiling viuu-. We'll hear of you ne more. Repeat untll exhausted. Come On, You Wrist Watoh. Harvard students have started to wear Al of which means mote students Ko to Yale next yoar, St. Joseph, we are told in the public prints, still. dreams of & pénnant, It | costs nothing to dream. | p— THE U TAKER'S 0DE. This game is sadly on He slowly shook his head, '"Twould drive & man to awful drink, The undertaker sald, They've held a bunch of races now, And uot & man ix dead. ' Baker & dead lssue in Philadeiphis says o headline. Aftor’ lamping the e but Games eaders Boosters, ! | for helpjug. out the pitchers | the time comes for playing off | numerous postponed games. lsbell [ be an excellent plan to in double-head- the hurlers to Seven-Inniy Ddu'_lll_e’- for i ¥ 3555 iz & il i z g £ 5 i T fis i i £ £ H of Dr. King's feel fiue —Ad- covered with toncan metal, which is con- sidered noncorrostve, nonporous and acld proof. This metal is also used on all German submarines. standing of the American league we think the same headline might aprly to the whole Athletlo team. ' — Mbdest Youth. Bennle Kauff now wants the 5,000 bonus promised him for signing with the Glants. Showing that base ball dis- penses a vastly superior business educa- " |[than than. coal mining. Probably: Mr, Kauff would also ‘like to have the Brooklyn bridge. And also .again, probably he has about &2 much chauve of getting said: Brooklyn bridge as the deaired §5,000. § 9 BY A MAGNATE. A little rain, a little rain, oh-n.ol-v.-h-n,_ We'll soon be 20,000 Leagues * the sea. Reading that John Bunny, the movie :t'u-uwunwuuanw-m something lke $100,00 a year, left but 5,40 reminds us of the trip back from Inllanapolis. A lot of movie persons were riding the same train on their way to Los Angeles, and pulling out of Chi- cago the chatter was of positions prof- erred them at stipends ranging from 85,00 lo $0.00 a year. No figure under {915,000 was mentioned. The next morning 4t the hour which should have been the rush ong, the dining car_was starviug to doath. ‘It wéemed we alone had coin enoukh to eat on. We asked the dining car conductor where was all the populas? “Ob; we're varrying a flock of ' film Buys,” he nnawered. “Weli, ‘don't they all' make a million & YoAr?™ we questioned. “‘Sure, quoth: the facetious conductor, “but 1 mever kaw one yet that had the Price for moere than one meal a Cay, and then, ho couldi't blow - himeelf 1o more than & ham sandwich.” BY THE BOOSTER, Oh; Miss Pinnant, how I lo ¢ you, With your rapourous eyes and hair, And your trim and pretty fAgure, And yowr voic: so woft und fair. But tall me, prity lady, W hile toe 20:tly sit und sjioon, Wik you I v me in Oc ober, An you d in May anl June? —_— Jup Pliv, it seems, ta. rapidly perform- ng & task which Judge Landis hesitated | o attempt. We can see no rewson for war bomds it there should be & war. Why not borrow Speaker, Bennle Kauff, Walter Johnson and one or twe other of our conscientious athletes. —_— Sometime is Right. Sometime, perbaps, if we live that we shall see at the bottom of & box score (he line, “Batted for Cobb and Crawford, Three-Vgar Contracts. Vean Gregg's arm Is #0 sore that he has left the Red Sox and gone home But we imagine the sore arm will be in shape |to scratch a sikpatiure wien the monthly pay cheek toddies around. What & bless- builder of the Moselle; a view (below) a view of the craft’s All his experience of thirty years as a yachtaman has been used by tne commo- dore in combining advantageous features for his new yacht. From the wheel the oraft can be fully manipulated, as here are found the control levers, olutch, car- buretor, marine telegraph and whistle. ALL SET FOR CHICAGO RACE Attention of Speed Enthusiasts Cen- tered on Windy City’s 500- Mile Derby Saturday. RESTA IS .THE FAVORITE CHICAGO, 1l, Juné 19.~The second 600-mile automobile sweepstakes ot the year will be staged on the new Chicago speedway next Saturday, when thirty of the most daring pllots in the country will face the barrier ready to make an |effort to shatter the record estavlished Ly the'famous De Palma.at. Indianapolis {|two weeks ago. Ellmination trinls will {|be ‘held 'Monday, Tuesddy'ahd Wednes- The management of the speedvay I planning - to ;, accommodate over 100,000 persons as it is thought certain the race {liere will attract more speed entiiusiasts than aid the Indianapolis derby. Howard Wilcox, Darlo Resta, Gil An- derson, Bob Burman and other famous speed kings already have their mounts on the ground and they deciare that the Indianapolis record will never sfhnd if they have an even brenk in the luck. Resta believes he will be able 'to- Lurpass an average of ninety milles an hour sven though he should have to make more than two stops at the pits. | Anderson and Rests ‘ute the favorites. | Racing enthusiasts aro at fever pitch |over the meeting of these two men, fol- lowing so closely after their desperate race at Indianapolis. race Resta will take part in before the |Introit classic next September. New Cars Hater. The ¥. R. Porter cars, made «in the Stearns factory, are attracting consider- uble attention us it Is the first time an American Knight motor has been made for recing. Porter beliaves his machines will stand the test and finish well up in the money. The list of entries up to date includes: F. R, Porter Specials—Hughle Hughes, Charles Keune. 1 Devore. Selring Speciul "owt;.‘ vldlullonl Speclal—Raiph ultord, ' Ira Al Stuis Spoclal-Gil -~ Anderson, Cooper Howard Wiltox. Marcedes- Raiph DoPalma. Sunbeam—Ed Van Raalte, porato. Dusenberg—Willlam O Lonmell. Maxwell—William Rickenbacher, T Delage—Laout Lingatt!—Harn (ield. Du Chesneau-Brown, Sunbesm—Harey tirant, Tg. Diusenberg—Willle |l&l|\|l Mulford—Ralph Mul 3 Mercer—Otto Henning, PLAYERS WANT A CHANCE TO GET TO HOME PLATE Cleveland has fallen in line with & greet protest 1cuinet the blocking of the home plate in the manner which Is so popular with catchers who are now all padded to mest any sort of an asssult, Before the shin guand came Into proninence the huse runner had an even chance of scaring on & close play. but with Carrigan, O'Nelll, Agnew, Earl V. Por Ed Edward andler, arlson, erolat. Canl Lim- k3¢ . Resta, George Bubeock, date there ia little chance of a renner getting by without taking & chance on & broken leg.’ )| It will be the last ' (COLLEGE LADS AFTER COIN |Even Coach Must Have His Bit When a Big League Magnate ‘ Snares One of His Men. \ |AND THEY WANT BIG SALARIES BY FRANK G. MENKE. NEW YORK, June 12—Gone are the days whem big league scouts could pick | up a college base bal) star and hook m 'to a contract calling for a few kopecks ench month | Commercialism has extendeq itself to { Dea Moines.. | Omanha . | Topekn 0 " 18 1718 15 22 ) v 4 17 19 n Linecoln Topeka Wichita .... Omaha | Des Moines. | Bloux City Bt. Joseph Denver T Player. Kricger, Omaha... Lejeune, Sioux City Krug, Umaha....... | Lloyd, Lincoln... | Griifith,” Wichita. | Forsythe, Omaha. Bpahr, Uenver Galloway, Mogridge Closman, O Jackson, Topeka Reche, Topeka Spencer, Denver Jones, M Phelps, & Tydeman, [ # 2 “ F 24 .39 G Cochran, To) Talllon, Topeka Thomason, Omah: Monroe, Topeka. Wichita. aham D. M. Rapp, Wichita. Nicholson, Wichita. Coftey, Denver, Mitchell, Denver. Vance, St. Joseph. Gaskell, Denver. White, St. Joseph...1: Dawson, Lincoln Gelst, Wichit. (Dashner, Topeka Johnson, Omaha McCoy, Morse, Mitohell, Denve Vance, St. F.Johnson, Oma..11 |Ciark. 8. 'C....... 8 Arrelanes Den. Gregol = Willey, St J Gelst, Wich...... Dawson, Lincoln. Sullivan, Wich. .. Southern, Wich Nelson, | big leaguers find that they can't grab off | the rah-rah chap. college players were alive to that fact | was to approach him thusly I month for six months in the year If you lyour (M. Wiillams, Lin. ! Price, Sioux_ City,. | Mackian offer on the grounds that he Clarke, Sioux City Referred to the Coach. Eritton, 8t. Jo among the colleges, finds that he can't | Wolfe, Lincoln belng a man of the world, and knowing | Breen, Umaha.... Watson,' St. Joseph.38 collegian's services. The colleglan won't Trainer, Topeka $1,000 to the demand so that he will get Page, 5t Joseph the $1,200, 31,800 or even $.000 offers of | monnem, world and they waat a large slice. Most | Liattimore, Topeka. dicate thet nothing short of $3,000 a year | F* Grover, Topeka.. The 1915 college ‘season has developed Smith, Omaba. against it, because only about one out of McAllister, Lincoln.22 ty..15 Neyland, the wonderful Army pitcher, |H. Patterson, St. J..3% games and no one was a flukey vietory. “Tacks" Hardwick, the greatest all- the top of the list of college outfielders. Fear. he's a whirlwind upon bases. He's the Rafter of Syracuse, and Hobbs of the flelding and hitting first sacker, while the class among the third sackers, while of the many stars that shone these years will become professional ball players tired of gambling with collegiate talent. L] ¢ golt while on the other side, and says | for hiim that he was the first to introduce | back in ‘87, and started playing over the | One of his favorite pastimes was to ride |a good coliege player without ‘‘coming | Connie Mack, the original browser in | that there was money in base ball. Al “Greetings, my brave lad. I come to show rie something like real class in the There waus only two possible answers. | H. Schreiber, Lin { Hahn, Des Moines. .40 didn't want to engage In professional | FOX. | Davidson, 8. ¢ But times have changed. A big league Kane, &loux Cit dy business with the player airect. The | \jolfe. Lincoln .. | that the college youth looks like a poas- | Schliebner, Omaha. L. Callahan, 8. C dicker with the scouts directly and when Hunter, D, M.. his own “bit.” Honaling, 8. yare. They have heard about fabulous | Matthews, Denver.. Dy of the college stars of 1916 who have been | Brvey HiiCou and an ron-clad two-year contrsct will | bhrak D Brown, St. Joseph... some wonderfél ball players. Some of | Ewoldt, St. Joseph. every ten colleglans who have been given Young, Sioux Ci stands head and shoulders above all the | Withrow, St. J. Ho won all of them on pitching ability around athlete Harvard ever developed, Legore of Yale, a foot ball star of the Legore is & shortstop and fields with best shortstop seen among the colleges Army, are great outfjeMers and both Watt of Columbia looms up s the best Harte of Harvard showed himself to he and attracted the big league scouts. when thelr college days are over, because First Golf in This NEW YORK, June 12—Alex Findlay | he never was aboye y In any round. |the roval and apeclent game into this| plains of Nebraska while he was a cow- | bay. ' along on his mustang and hit the ball| i | Clah G.W LR AT {college Lase bull and in these days the | through” with a nice wad for the coach |and a nice fat unbustable contract for | collegiate fields, didn't encounter such | conditions. That was before coaches and | Connte used to do when he “spotted” a jreal ball player among the college boys offer you one job on my base ball club. 1T will give vou 200 shining dollafs every | big league. T may boost your pay to $250. De | Aln't it a grand opportunity. What say Topeka. . Either It was a *'yep, you're on; I'm your | Hhis Ue8 '}“x;t‘k: !man,” or the colleglan declined the > base ball. | Sy ¥ | Melntyre, Linc: scout having ‘“spotted” a real player ¥ | Wiedman, Topeka player refers him to the coach. The conch | McGariigan, Tn. sible big leaguer, gets an option on the | Lownall, Wichita. 22 Thomas, D. M the coach dickers he adds about $50 or | Wares, Wichita. The collemians, in thess days, sneese at | LLnaling, 5 ... salaries being pald in the base ball | Henry, Wichita. Breen, Des M approached on the subject of signing in- | Southern, W Charles, Wic Interest them. Shanley, D. M ny Colleginte Stars. Kelleher, ‘Denver Rapps, Topeka. them might make goed in the big leagues -{1;1 —and they might not. The chances are | Gooncl St J988PH.- Elodgett, Omaha....15 & chance in fast company have “made | ZOUDS. SlouX &ood.* H. Cochran, Top. collegians who have come to the fore this year. He won nineteen straight | alone. He hns speed, great control, curves, & brain and he's game to the core. has played brilllantly in the Crimson outfield this year, and takes his place at first magnitude, shone with even greater brilliancy in the base ball firmament this the ease and grace of Lajole. He hits with the terrific power of Lajole and this year and the best that has been produced in many years. are sluggers. Nash, who played first base for Harvard, ranks as the greatest second wackes. Gerhardt of the Army nine; easily was the best catoher among the eastern col- leges. And these men are only a few But the chances are that of this outfit not more than one, and possibly two, thev want too much money for their services and the major league clubs have Plains of Nebraska of Philadelphia, who recently returned from Europe, played several rounds of | Pindlay was the first golf professional to come to America. It has been claimed pountry. He brought his clubs with him | {when he came over from Scotland way with his driver, much aftor the fashion | |of a polo player. He also taught the Club Detroit |other boys on the ranch the game, and |cpicago !they laid out several holes. This was In the spring of 187, A few months | after the first course was lald out near Yonkers and called St. Andrews, after|s {the famous St Andrews golf links in |Scotland. This has generally been credited as the first real course Amerita. in lub. o l{"fu'l)‘( It was Findlay that panaged Vardon | Now e and Ray In thelr tour of America two |Roston | vears ago. Findlay said that Vardon|Sh {was playing the best golf of his career, | our open champlonship it he had cared | to take the chance of coming over. Var. | don recently had two wonderful rounds| . | at the South Herts Golf club. where he |} |1s professional. He firet broke the record with a sixty- four, then & few days later did another | poomre Chitese. 1t round in sixty-three, which must be ad- | Mays, Beston w1 mitted ls wonderful golf for even a wiz. | Veach Detroit —_...48 ard to play. His card was remarkable | N ford Datroit. 51 fnasmuch as there was no fluke shoty | made. There was not even a two, but Jole, F » lf‘\‘lmev Cleveland. » | there were ten, threes, seven four and a ftive. Ten or more gam Plaver. obb, Letroit. .. daly. Chicago. j Cicotte, Chicas: " Russell, Chicago ... N Connolly. Wash. Chapman. Cleve . Strunk, Phila lson Loses Colm. of the Candinals i hunt- of rroverty. During the Gilants 117 2 o RUPLSSER M2 2AURD2LRZIZRIBLERSBRE m W.L.T.AB. ¥ 25 14 1 1349 208 H.sh.sh.Pe, | Jonnson 3 Gaspar, Sioux City.10 Krueger, Lincoln....28 0 1174 144 923 1 1085 12 Club Flelding. dp.tp.pb.pet 32 .40 e 18 16 1 1154 147 295 Batting. 107 ssgutebensass §=282a=5a%EE BEBS = ENERESBUNIRS 10 BENELTIABRAZBAIVASABBL2REL Y 3829 =8 . BazaNR ERLEEE emoRacebBaZa BookeBZ5~ BEBoal P« L L L L P T PN raatmmbie. woale oo FEEP TN R B 2 4 Zek Aotting. I.T.AB. R. H.sh.sb P 18 27681 909 7 0 1715 2 7 4815 24 0 1471 18 T T IR Boo2l2 5RcaRBRRERLBEE. BRBERS - B L L P Pitching Records. &. ip. hb. bb. so. % 8 40 2 0 1273 12 Club Flelding. h.sh.sb. an 2 PR ES-F - P Pltehing Records. 000 05 1 00 00 s 00 80 e Gm oo me S BEE . CPRRERERNEN. SR EBBLSBRL T 5D B 18 k13 90300 86 K1 08 6 e 09 5060 0O g 00 NN BB T e E OR MORE GAMES, ab. 2 B L1 T ¥ MU, - P P 1 A N, oBanE-% Western League Averages Wood, Boston Coveleskie, Det.12 S Chicago. .1 Wash.... 5 Host Jeve Ohi Detroit Wash | Russell, { Dubue 420 | Rhore #4 | Gallla, Wash 360 | Caldwell, N. { Boland, Detroit haw, Wash Mays, Boaton 9 | Perryman, St.L. p Cavet, Detroit Jonea, Cleve | Wellman, 8t. 1.17 {Wyokoff, Phila Mitchel 0:6 | Bhaw McHale, N L/ dermiik, Hagerman, Pennock, Bost Boeh'ing, Wash Cicotte, Chl..... | Coumnbe, Clave {Ruth, Boston % S =1 0 2 T RSO B i 805 w pet. | Warhop, X 4 American League Averages 20159 50 20 8 0100 124519 i 65,60 i O RS0 €0 590960 83 3OS RS b 1t BORS h A1O 1S EIBIEE M D O 1 Pet 358 | Dav 0 | e o | Homilton, St. 1. | Bteen, Detroit | K . Y. 8L T X Baumg'er, o National League Averages Clab Batting. g L . b.sh.eb.pct 40 17 221 1375 187 366 28 39 .20 4417 21 3 1410 143 370 36 44 22 44 32 21 1 1412 166 363 67 37 200 49 23 24 2 1541 194 396 60 88 .257 4424 19 1 14°9 198 363 65 61 251 23 21 0 1444 149 561 40 32 250 .45 21 22 2 1402 164 325 45 70 .233 4425 19 0 1401 165 297 45 83 Club Flelding. . po. a. e dpi 11:9 54 48 33 1257 1168 1166 um ¢ 1065 un 1161 & Individu Ten or M ew York incirnati ¥ Philadelphia 4 P! -8 : | Pittsburgh Ht, Lows... 0 | Cincinnaty \ cago Boston New York.. | Philadeiphia 2.4 | Brooklyn 24 wo ssecoe aaosar ) 4 { &chneider, Cincinati Daubert, Brooklyn W.Zimmerman, Brool Luderus, Philadelphi {Doyle, New York Good, Chicago. T. Clarke, Cinc Gron, Cincinnati Merkle, New Yo C. Adams, Pittsburg] Robertson, New York.3 Hyatt, St Louls 24 Dooin, cinnati. E.Burns, Phiiadelphia.12 3l 8 10 Fletcher, New York...87 Saler, Chicago.... J. Smith, Boston.. Killiter, 4 | Connolly, 9 45 136 1 52 ropBeonnSosssnancas OO WO O D G bt 105 a5 3 g2 Plerce, Ritter, N, ¥ Mamaux, Pitts. Mayer, Phila. Meadows, St L. g G RN R PERRRTD I e OTIONW R B IR MO O BeSRERALNE PO MM N S SRR AR THEE AL rNAREROIBE A0S e ne 7| Niehous, St. L. Rudolph, Bos Sallee, St. 13 | Stroud, N. ¥ Robinson, St. 11 | McQuillan, Pitts. ‘1o | Chalmers,” Phila 0% | Lear, Cinai... Apleton, Brook. Rucker, Brook Ames, Cincl. EER-EEEEERE SRS SR BRBERRERREEREE 22 Tully License Refused. The Wisconsin state boxing commission refused to & further licenses to George Tully of Kenosha for the Badger Athletic club, charging that he had too much to do with Chicagp promoters. National Race Close. 1f the National league race gets much closer the congestion will be 80 great that some of the players will suffocate from he lack of space to turn around in. Sheridan Signs Bout. Mickey Sheridan writes from_ Detroit {that he has signed with Johnny Lord for | & ten-round bout to take place July 5 at Mount Clemens, Mich, They Indicate Im- purities Deep in the Tissues. The results shown by . §. 8. In clearing { the skin reveal how searchingly and how ‘ot ' deeply this famous blood puri attacks 45 | blood troubles. Faclal eruptions are more ‘1 | often significant of impaired nutrition result- 59 from faulty elimination of body wastes 7 ost people realize this to be true. And 51 | yet it Is & dificult matter to convince such 544 | people they should avold those harmtul such as mercury, lodide of potash, arsen! and so on. B. 8. 8. gives just as good effect without the destructive resuits, because it is 115 more searching. 3¢ | culation wherever th lows, but it does 33 | not remain to clog the system. And Its effect 3% is complete and thorough as Indicated by | blood tests. of the thi 316 principles known for the te eliming 0 of blood troubles. . - as essentlal | health if the blood be lmpure ing elements of {he gralns, sugars and salts of our dally food. Get a 1