Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1915, Page 47

THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 5, 1915, 3-8 Y Copyright, 1915, International ¢ NOW - I'M GoIng TO LEAVE YOu W HERETO READ AND L1 see THAT NQ ONE ANNOYS You: Judgments T WOULD seem that the Omaha Country club will at least be awarded the western amateur golf champlonship tournament. From all | indications the 1916 event will be played over the local links. The Country club is one of the three bidders for the tourney this year, and appears to have a satisfactory edge over the other two. One of the other bidders, a California club, is too far away, and the other, the Midlothian of Chicago, is making its first bid In the history of the association, while the Country club was a disap- pointeq bidder last year. The western amateur tournament would be a bi7 boost for the golf game in Omaha. It would bring the best players from all over the west, including probably several of the Pacific coast cracks, and the local fol- lowers of the game would be treated to some of the fastest match play possible. The Omaha Country club is planning the expenditure of a considerablé sum of money In the enlargement of its club house and should be perfectly capable of entertaining the championship. Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pitts- burgh National league club and bitter snemy of the Federals, declares that the halcyon-days of old are bound to return and that base ball will once more resume ts place as the unquestioned leader of American sports. Perhaps Dreyfuss is right, it is hoped that he is, but present indications seem to point to another wmore or less diastrous season of base sall. Spring will find a woefully small number of minor leagues opening an- other season and it appears as if spring will find the major leagues and the Feds in the midst of another tangle. As long as the big boys continue to baltle the Feds, in fact as long as there {s_an outlaw lcague, professional base ball will suffer, for the base ball fan finds the battle with dollars a very rauseating affair, and he will not will- '™ GOING 1N THE LIBRAWY MAGGIE = THERE AIN'Y ANY PICTURES IN THESR Booky ! MANY HIGH ATHLETES STAR Only on End Positions is There Lack | of Candidates for Positions on All-State Eleven. NEVILLE OMAHA'S ONLY MAN FIRST THAM. Right End—Krebs Grand Island. Right Tackle—Andrews, Lincoln, Right Guard—Young, Lincoln. Center—Erickson, Reatrice. Left Guard—Cox, Lincoln. Left Tackle—Bogue, North Platte, Left End—Cool, North Platte. uarterback—Neville, Omaha. {ght Halfback—McMahon, Lincoln. Left Halfback—Kaufman, Grand Isiand. Fullback—Glasser, York. SECOND TBAM. Right End—Bowers, Lincoln. Right Tackle—Seotf, Grand TIsland. Right Guard—Kilpatrick, Beatrice. Center—Beard. Omaha. Left Guard—B, Meyers, York. Left Tackle—Nixon, South Omaha. Left End—Dougherty, Omaha. uarterback—Harsch, Beatrice. Right Halfback—Schelley, Norfolk. Left Halfback—Schmidt, Lincoln. Fullback—Jones, Beatrice, By KARL LEE. If one Jumbo Stiehm, manufacturer of champlonship Cornhusker foot ball elevens, could realize the wealth of ma- terial that is budding in state high school circles at the present moment, he would forever and anon refuse to consider a proposition of becoming chief mentor at the Unlversity of Wisconsin, Thirty-five men at least can be found among the 200 or less who would make excellent material for the coach to convert into varsity form. Never in the history of the high school competition for state pigskin honors have 80 many and well-developed players come to the front. And it is due not to more spec alized coaching, but the intense in- terest student athletes of the different schools have shown for the game. TOGEY AMOTHER BOOK - MOTHER! Omaha's splendid showing after having dropped entirely the idea of a paid mentor above assertion. Lincoln and Beatrice, nearly every school ingly contribute his dollars for the mag- nates to fight with, Ducky Holmes has been given until January 1 to complete his sol'citations for sale of shares In a stock company to take over the holdings of Hugh Jones in Lin- coln. It probably would be a good thing for Lincoln it Ducky is successful, and appearances at present indicate he will succeed. For Lincoln should become a good ball town if the club is owned by local men. Practically all of the stock Holmes has sold has been subscribed by capital city residents and Holmes is not going outside of the city for the re- mainder. Minor league fans always take a more active interest in a club when | owned by local men than by an outside resident and, as Lincoln surely should be a good Class A ball town, it should be a case of renewed prosperity if Ducky is successful in raising the money. President-elect of the Western league, Frank C. Zehrung, is scheduled to make a trip eround the circuit for semi-official visits with the magnates before he actively takes up the duties as executive of the league. Zehrung, by this move, shows that he is following the correct system. A president who makes 'him- self known to the business men and fans of the circuit he directs and consults with its magnates is the kind of a president to have. He keeps an Interest in the league stirred up and he keeps as far as possible, harmony among the magnates with the result that a league, especlally a minor league, is more likely to enjoy prosperity, than if its president adopted gumshoe methods of worn-out politics. And while the future looks far from rosy for the professional base ball man, the amateur game is preparing for a more successful season than ever. Last summer there were elghty teams in the Omaha Amateur Base Ball assoclation and next year it ls expected that the number will pass 10. While the sand- Jot game hasn't the finesse of the pro- fessional game, the fan can always find an afternoon’s enjoyment in it because the amateur plays base ball first, last and all the time.and doesn't waste most of his energy in legal negotiations which have to do with long-term contracts, the reserve clause and injunction suits. Cornell has refused to play Pittsburgh a post-season game to settle the eastern gridiron champlonship. For which Cornell should be commended as post- season games in no way would change the plans and specifications of the uni- and there is no particular gain to be made by anycne. verse It would seem that most of our heavy- weghts, except those who wish to tangle with Jess Willard, who is evidently re- gnarded as ‘“‘soft pickings,” have views which colncide with those advanced by Henry Ford. The American Boxing assoclation, it is said, will make an effort to bar Freddie Welsh from the ring. But for that mat- ter King Albert tried to bar Kalser Wil helm from Belglum. The Army and Navy foot ball game, true to custom. was more of & soclety event than & sporting event, And lest you forget, the Cornhuskers lose onlv four men by graduation this year, entered in state competition, retains the | | services of an athletic coach who teaches ' in the school room as well as on the! @gridiron. These facts being true, it ls only fair that those men who have per- formed best should be recognized and honored. The two difficulties encountered in picking an “all-state” team, first—is the | lack of recognized wing men, and second | ~the prevalence of strong tackles. The 8uards caused little trouble, Lincoln High school having a forward wall that s #second to none in the state. In the back field brilllant lne plungers, open-field runners and interference men are plenti- ful, but a few stars stand well In the foreground. The quarterback aud center positions are filled by men whose ex- cellence it would be hard to subordina! | McMahon Is Captain. To McMahon of Lincoln goes one half and captaincy of the eleven. His weight and ewift smashing ability easily make him first of all. At the other half Schmidt, McMahon's running mate; Kaufman, right half of Grand Island, and Schelley, Norfolk’, ar, are easily candidates. Schmidt is a little too light, I'while Schelley is outclassed by Kaufman. Schelley is a good man and is Norfolk's only candidate for the team. Both he and Schmidt deserve halfback positions on the second eleven. A scarcity of fullbacks this year is quite noticeable. Jones of Beatrice is very aggressive, but is a bit outclassed by Glasser of York. The latter welghs slightly the more and plays the game with more evenness. His great interfer- ence during the season's play makes him far superior to any of the other contend- ers. Shainholtz of South Omaha, Full- all strong candidates. Omaha Lad at Quarter. Neville of Omaha should receive unlim- ited praise. This little foot ball warrior, | only 140 pounds in welght, demonstrated in every game that he possessed the necessary unfalling pep to bring his men the most homors. His knowledge of the game, evidenced by his veteran generai- ship, makes him easily a leader, Harsch of Beatrice is second in line and al- though just as active and self-possessed as the little Omaha glant, he was backed by @ line of backfield that had the punch to make any play a success whether it would or no. Lats of Kearney, while on | & losing team, is well known as a fleld general. His work this year, playing most of the time at a halfback position, for coaching alone is proof positive of the | With the exception of | away of Omaha and Lucas of Norfolk are | {is well up to the standard. At center, Erickson of Beatrice stands | toremost above all others. Where Beard | of Omaha was outclassed by Meyers of | York in the Omaha-York game, the | Queen City lad tore up the entire York | line for his backfield when the two teams met. His work is one of the out- | standing features of the season. Despite the Omaha lad’s poor showing in the York game, his fearless and effective playing In the Lincoln game, as well as all others, makes him second in line. Meyers of York should not be relegated to the third squad, however, so he is placed at guard on the second. He should strengthen the line at this point immeasurably. The abundance of good tackles made the competition extremely close. Where Andrews of Lincoln, by virtue of his never-falling driving power on the lne and his splendid defensive work, easily holds down one of the tackle positions on the first squad; Bogue, North Platte; | Scott, Grand lsland; Nixon, South Omaha, You € AN‘T_l DEAR - FATHER '™ 1S READING (A:m!! AND MUSTN'Y MR J1G6s BE DISTYURBED ! JUST NOw - MRS J1GGS - U MUST- back, and Corr, left end. Sh BUY you ’ A A News Service s SORRY SOUTH HIGH'S GREAT FOOT BALL ELEVEN—Left to right, top row: Patton; Arthurton, halfback; Dworak, fullback; Cinek, right guard; Curtis, left guard,; Nixon, left tackle; Rugie, right tackle; Cohn, coach. Bottom row: Grabam, right end; Emigh, sub; Sterba, sub; Anderson, sub; Capilite, center; Bott, halfback; Nester, quarter- ainholtz, fullback, not in photo. Drawn for The Bee by George McManus HE'S VERY BUSY AND NES- HE | MATE TO 1S He 15 BUSY - { INTERRUPT HIN BUT & You L MUST SEE MM - ALL RIGHT! INTERE Coach, J. M. REALLY %0 N Books? STED) U. 8. G. A, TICKET IS NAMED List of Officers for 1916 Includes Golfers from East, West and South, DENVER MAN 1S PRESIDENT NEW YORK, Dec. 4—~The 1916 ticket of officers of the United States Golf as- sociation, announced recently by the sec- retary, Howard F. Whitney, is the moat representative that has been compiled vithin the memory of the oldest golfing inhabitant. It takes in men from all points of the compass and becomes, as it was bound to become, a truly national st To the man who studies golf it means several things. First, that those sections sich as the far south and the far west ore surging forward in affairs golfing. Second, that the association is following the game in its broadening process. Third, that it will not be long ere the Pacific const will find representation in national circles. In other words, the United States Golf assoclation is rapldly assuming all that fts name Implies. In Frank L. Woodward, elected to office At the meeting in this city last January, the vast territory west of the Mississippl river was first represented in the presi- and Kilpatrick, Beatrice, are all stars of reputation, that make them almost equal candidates for the other tackle position. In a showdown, however, it is safe to say that the contest would really be be- tween Bogue of North Platte and Scott of Grand Island, with the former having the advantage. The wing jobs on the first team were exceedingly troublesome. Krebs of Grand Island took first place by a wide margin [in the same way that Andrews of Lin- coln nabbed the first tackle. position Dougherty of Omha has a reputation that makes him one of the foremost men of the state, while Bowers of Lincoln is of the same caliber. Both of these men lack just the necessary qualities to give them an equal base with Krebs. In Cool, demon halfback of North Platte, is to be found as gopd a defensive end as there 18 in the state. His open-field running 1s wonderful. He compares much with Chamberlain of Nebraska—splendid as a defensive end and wonderful as an end runner on the aggressive, With the halt- back positions full, it was necessary to place him where he could do the most good. Josh Clarke Shows How to Strike Out on AUTO RACERS BREAK MARKS Figures of 1914 Are Elevated by Twenty Miles Per Hour Dur- ing Last Season, — | COOPER IS THE LEADING PILOT, A review of the automoblle racing sea- son, covering twenty-three road and | speedway contests, brings to light the| fact that the open competition season, | | which closed with the running of the | record-breaking Harkness cup race at the | Sheepshead Bay speedway, has been the most Interesting In the history of motor car racing, Throughout the year pr | vioug records have been constantly sha | tered, the total rage speed of the | twenty-three races run belng more than {twenty miles an hour higher than that | made in all the road and speedway con- tests of two years ago. The number of | {starters in the various events has been| greater and the general interest In this| class of sport has shown a marked in-| crease through the erection of speclally! | constructed speedways throughout the | country | During the season Cooper, the road | champlon of 1913, participated in eleven | Two Pitched Balls|ona trec times. fourin twice and was] Patsy Flaherty, who was with a rifle bullet to the bases, on them. One day Josh Clarke was at the bat Flaherty slipped over a speed ball and| Gy Apderson and Eddie O'Donnell, his Sccordingly Quick as a Clarke miesed it by a foot. the White Sox a number of years ago, had a trick of shooting a fast one over the plate and, on the return, shooting it like if men were | eliminated three times. Under the Mason | point system of scoring, which allows ten points for a first, six for a second, | four for third, three for fourth, two for! fifth, one for sixth, seven-eighths for | seventh, three-fourths for eighth, five- ighths for ninth and one-half for tenth, | Cooper scored fifty-one points during the year as against thirty-eight points for! nearest competitors. Of Cooper's points, setting up & new world's short dis- tance track record, when he drove the Blitzen Benz a lap in 1:02:20, which is an average of 11567 miles an hour, With a calmer day and a bit more time devoted to tuning up the car, few7 doubt that the coveted two miles a minute can be shown. Next year there should be noteworthy sprinting races and trials by the Bfitzen Benz, the Sunbeam and the Christle. Chicag: course, however, still holds the 800 cublo inch record, with its average of 1101 miles per hour, made by I2arl Cooper in the Stuts, The only middle distance world's record held by the United States is that scored at fifty miles In the Astor cup thce at Shéepshead, the Brooklands' figures for twenty-five, seventy-five and 100 miles still standing as world's records. One American middle distance record, that for twenty-five miles, is held by Chicago, the other three having been made at Sheepshead. The world and American middie dis- records are now as follows: wenty-five Miles—World's record, 13:24:08, made at Hrooklands; American record, 13:62:63, made at Chicago. Fifty Miles—World's record, 28:07:50, nu:;_ll- at Sheepshead; American record, 28:07:50, made at Sheepshead. Beventy-five Milew—World's record, 41:32:87, made at Brooklands; American record, 42:42:11, made at Sheepshead. One Hundred Miles—World's record. 66:29:03, made at Brooklands, American record, #-55:71, made at Sheepshead. In long distance racing the Sheeps- head and Chicago ‘lgures are far faster than those of Erooklands. Beyond 100 and up to and Including 30 miles, they all belong to Bheepshead, thanks to the wonderful speed shown In the Astor cup race. Above 30 miles the Chicago i figures are far ahead of the cement course of Indlanapolis; in fact, nearly ten minutes in 500 miles. Comparison is here made between the American and European figures, the flesh Flaherty shot the ball to first, after | (wenty-tour were earned on the roads'fOrmer being all world's records: it was sent back to him, and almost caught the runner napping. Flaherty wound up as if for a throw | in two others, while twenty-seven is hi to the plate, but with & peculiar motion he had he shot it to first. through his winning two races, finishing | | second in another and being eliminated | total for one win, two seconds, two, Again he failed | fourths and one elimination on the speed- the ball get back into his hands than he | | 10 catch the runner, but no sooner did | ways i | | whizzed it over the plate for another | strike. Flaherty got the ball again, made a mo- tiou as if to throw it to the plate, but #hot it to first instead. And then Josh Ciarke walked away from the plate. “Hey, where are you going?"’ demanded the umpire “I struck out,” sald Josh “You didn’t strike out,” retorted the arbitrator. “Only two balls were pitched to you." I struck at those two, didn't 17" asked Josh, Well, did you see that last one Flaherty threw over to first?” “Yes." “Well, T struck at that one, too,” an ewered Josh Holy Cross Captain Refuses Score Made on Goal from Field A play unparalleled in the annals of Races Won by Big Drivers. Cooper won the Point Loma race at | 8an Diego, Cal., January 6, and the Chi | cago Automoblle Trophy event at ¥lgin, | UL, August 20, these being his two victories on the roads. His only speed- way victory was at Minneapolis, on Se tember 4, when he led his teammate, Andersc across the wire In a 500-mile race, with an advantage of only twenty- one seconds, the closest finish ever recorded in a long distance contest In the road races Dario Resta, who made such an auspiclous debut to America | | race followers in winning the Vanderbilt | |cup and grana prize races at San Fran- | {isco, finished second to Cooper, the | twenty points scored at these evint | giving him his position. Eddie Ric'en- | bacher, with thirty-two points, leads the | !ur vers In the speedway standing, though, in winning the Sioux City, aha and | rrovidence races he aid not have the | same class of competition as Cooper and Anderson met in their races, In the fight for second honors in the {all-around champloi®hip ranking of | drivers, Anderson and O'Donnell are tied, |each paving thirty-eight points, but in | his thirteen starts the laiter only won | one race, the Gl le road contest, while | o Hundred Miles—American made at Sheepshead; European o 06, made at Brooklands, , Three Hundred Mlles—American record, 6082, made at Sheepshead; Kuropean ord, 3:08:46, made at Brooklands. Three Hundred and Sixty Miles—Amer- record, can record, 3:24:42, made at Sheepshead; European record, not timed Four Hundred Miles—American record, 4:04:08, made at Chicago; Buropean rec ord, 4:12:16, made at Hrooklands. Five Hundred Miles—American record, %, made at Chicago; European rec- ord, 5:16:40, made at Brooklands Summarizing the above figures it will be seen that Bheepshead, In middle and | long distance racing, holds four world's and six American records; Brooklands, three world's records, and Chicago, two world's and three American records, Derrill Pratt Puts Over Bluff on Umps And Get_s_By with It Umpires make mistakes some times, but few umpires will admit. Sometimes they err and don't know It. The Browns and the White Sox were playing in St. Louts Weaver had reached first and was steal- ing second with every ounce of larceny | that was in him. He neared second with the "ball. He &lid viclously as Pratt caught the pill and put it on him, A cloud of dust arose. “Y'r out,” bawled tor—umpire of bases. It made the thi*d out foot ball occurred in the recent Carlisle | Anderson won the Elgin national and| TWenty feet back of Pratt, backing him Indlan-Holy Cross game, presemting the the Astor cup race, the latter at the |uP. Was Roderick Wallace, then playing peculiar spectacle of a team refusing to | world's record pace. Therefore, Ander-|short for the Browns. As Roderick accept a field goal with its three points | son Is entitied to the cholce in the se | walked toward the bench he tossed a after sending the ball between the up- | tion of runnerup. The Horseless Age has | base ball intp the pitcher's box rights. In the third period Carlisle held | ranked the season's winning drivers in| Now, how did he get the ball. Pratt Holy Cross for three downs & yard from |the following order: Cooper, Ande:scn, |had made the put-out and Pratt did not from its goal line. Devlin of Holy Cross dropped back and kicked the goal, but an Indian was detected off-side. When the Holy Cross captain saw that the penalty of half the distance to the goal line would make it a first down he re fused the goal and teck the penally. O'Donnell, Resta, Rickenbacher, Olifield, De Palma. Ruckstell, Bugnan, Pullen | and Mulford, Compart st Speed Flgures. Although t prophesied 120 mile |an bour average is yet to be realized, JA..:. Burnam recently succeeded in throw the ball to Wallace. Well, truth to tell, the ball had rolled through Fratt's legs and actually been caught by Walluce some twenty feet |, back of Pratt. But Pratt went through & bluff motion of touching out Weaver. They got away with it dency. Woodward had been an officlal for several years prior to that time and the cholee proved to be highly popular in the west, as may be imagined. They are doing things in golf out there, you know, The ocustom is to glve a president two terms, and the Denver Country club rep- rescntative was renamed. From the east comes the first jce president, Howard W. Perrin of (he Merion Cricket club, & man for whom Fhiladelphia 1s rooting. It is nothing new for Perrin to be prominent in national af- fairs. John Reld, jr., is the nominee for wecond vice president and, although he represents the St. Andrews Golf club, h is really a Wisconsin man at present. He lives there Whitney ns Secretary, Howard F. Whitney, once club cham- plon at Nassau and present title holder at Piping Rock, represents that galfing (center around Glen Cove in the secre- taryship and the selection of a man for treasurer from the same territory as the secretary {8 for a matter of convenlence. Percy R. Pyne 24 asked not to be named because of the pressure of business af- fairs, so presidential timber of the.future was appropriated in the person of Fred- erick §. Wheeler of Apawamis, thrice chief executive of the Metropolitan Golf assoclation, Note the territorial distinction among | the other members of the executive com- |mittee, for the officers count as com- mitteemen: M. Lewls Crosby, Brae Burn, Massachusetts; Walter B, Smith, Onwent~ sla, Chicago; Dr. Walter 8. Harban, Cos lumbia, Washington, D. C., and John 8. Bweeney, Oountry club of Detrolt. ¥iven more significant is toe naming of an additional southerner on the 1916 {nomination committee in Willlam B, Stauffer of New Orleans, while George + Walker comes on from the middies west, St. Louls. The nominating com- mittee is completely changed, and is as follows: Milton Dargan, Atlanta; Will- "IAm 1. Stauffer, New Orleans; Albert R, | ~Ish, Long Island; George H. Walker, | 8t. Louls, and Henry H. Wilder, Massa~ | chusetts, A resume of the ticket, including the |new nominating committee, shows that there is one candidate from the far west, |three from the middle west, three from {the south, two from New England, one |from Philadelphla and four from the | metropolitan district, including Retd, who is practically a middle westerner, 'Fielding Yost Has | Directed Michigan Team in 127 Games | Michigan's escape from the Pennsyl- | vania game with a tie score saved Fleld- | feats chalked up against him. This sea son came the closest, with three defeats |and one tie. Last scason was next worse with thr defeats, but the tie leolumn was kept clear. | The fifteen yoars under Yost shows | that this hurry-up man hes directed Michigan in 127 battles. OF these Michi- gan has won I lost sixteen and tied | elght. The numerical average would say Michigan has lost 11-15 game a year | during Yost's regime. {WILLIE HOPPE AND JAP WILL SHOW IN HAWAII Willlam F. Hoppe, the balk line bil- llard champion, will visit the Hawaiian {islands next spring and spend the early ring and summer there and on the Pa- cific coast. He will be accompanied by Kojl Yamada, the crack Japanese player. Tigue &ets another chance In the majors. He goes teo Detroit in apring. ) AND HE LIKES Mook s Yo SLeme owt N0 B. B. PEACE SAYS BRUCE Chairman of National Commission Says Base Ball War Will Con- tinue to Bitter End. AND 0. B. B. WILL BE VICTOR NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—John B. Brucs, secrotary of the National commission, s of the opinion that the base bal] war s bound to continue until one side is thoroughly exhausted. Of course, like all champlons of the organized cause, he belleves the Federal league is the side that will go under. Bruce says there Is absolutely no disposition on the part of any of his American league colleagues, from Ban Johnson down, to treat in any manner with the independents. Further that a propaganda with some sort of am- fcable sottlement its object started by certain club owners of the National league is fast losing favor and has been practically abandoned. Mr. Bruoce returned a few days ago to Cincinnati after spending several days in this city. “There was a time when it might have been possible for certain backers of the Federal league to buy into the major leagues, though I do not think that at any time they could have pur- Chased any interest in the American league. But that time appears to have passed. The re-organization of the Cin- einnati club has left August Herrmann, ita president, in absolute command, and at the same time haa eliminated a board of directors whose severa] . conflicting policles always proved a handicap in the conduct of the business management. The Britton interests have decided to string along with Miller Huggins and the 8t. Louis Cardinals. Charles P. Taft will ing H. Yost from the humiliation of | four defeats for the first time in his | tifteen years at the helm of Wolverine foot ball As it is, 1915 now goes down in record | with elght games played, four won, three lost and one tied | Never since Yost has been at Ann | Arbor has he had more than three de-| not sell the Cubs at any price near that which the independents have been willing to pay. ““The opinion seems to prevail generally In Organized ball” Bruce continued, “that the Federals have weakened their cause rather than etrengthened it by forfeiting two.of the elght franchises. This s Interpreted as a sign of grave weakness. The talk of an invasion of Manhattan is not even taken seriously. In most quarters it is hoped that the independents do invade New York, as the consequent expense will be just so much the heavier. “The Federal league has figured be- yond one of the fundamental principles of sport sentiment. Sentiment is some- thing that cannot be forced on an un- willing public. The general public has never warmed to the revolutionary fac- tion because its invasion encroached upon the sentiments of base ball followers en- gendered through years of nursing on the part of the men of Organized base ball, who made the sport what it is. There is no demand for a third major league, in other words. No one can force on the public that for which it does not care, no matter what financlal power there may be behind the movement." Secretary Bruce of the commission de- clares that base ball s as popular today as ever, if not more popular. He makes this assertion in spite of the fact that 1915 was a lean season in base ball gen- erally. Two Soccer Games on Card for Miller Park This Afternoon A double bill at soccer {s on the card ‘for Miller park today. The first game will | be between the Bohemlans and the Omaha City eleven and the second combat be tween the Townsends and the Cale- donlans, The first game will start at o'clock and the second at 3. A week from today big doings are prom- ised at Rourke park. The annual Scots- English game scheduled and Captains l ©owden and Cockayne will lead chosen lelevens to battle for the honor of north and south Britain. Among the soccer | sharks who will play for the Scots are | Lowden, Parker, Pickard, Lyell, Ander- son, Leuchers and Henderson, while | Cockayne, Darvill, Hoyle, the two Roger- | sons, Erring, Middleton and Pike wil | sail the colors of Johnny Bull, | A Gallon Jug of | Parke’s Old XXX