Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1915, Page 37

1; Why Not Send Jim Gilmore to Europe to GONCRETE STANDS FOR NEBRASKA ON! uy Reed Announces Big Surplus Earned from Foot Ball Will Be Used for Improvements. RUTHERFORD RECEIVES OFFER Ny JAMES E. LAWRENCE, LINCOLN, Dec. 18-—(Special.)~Practic- 3 ally all of the big surplus from the most #successful season of foot ball In the his- tory of the University of Nebraska will be devoted to improving the athletic field, | Manager of Athletics Guy E. Reed sald | today. | Reed expects a surplus of between $5,000 | and $10,000 when a complete check of ac- counts is finished. The figures for the owa game given out this week were a pleasant surprise for the Nebraska man- agement, inasmuch as the crowd was a disappointment. The total receipts for the game were $5,962 The only game yet to hear from fis Kansas. Reed had a letter from Manager Hamiiton this week saying that the fao- ; committee had not audited his ac- counts yet, but as soon as it was com- pleted he would send a check. The Kan- sas crowd was the largest in the his- tory of athletics at Lawrence and the (Nebraska share of the receipts will be heavy, Reed expects the total receipts for the season to run close to 33,000 or 38,000, Erect Conerete Stands, The surplus will give the Nebraska management an opportupity to carry out | some of its long-cherished plans of erect- | ing concrete stands on the Nebraska | field. One of the most numerous com- plaints made by sugporters of ath- | letics at the Cornhusker institution fs | the lack of choice seats for foot ball games, Reed says. It is the present plan | to erect the concrete stands, section by | section, until all of the grand stand and bleachers are of permanent material. The special committee appointed by the athletic board to report on the selection of & new coach to succeed Jumbo Stiehm has held several meetings during the week, but has succeeded in keeping the results of its investigations pretty much | of a se ret. The list of candidates for the | job inireases daily and the board does not intend to rush itself. It is felt that a | little more care taken now may mave a lot of grief later on. There Is very little chance that any jon will be taken to select Stiehm's flocessor before the first of the year. | "The committee is expected to complete | its investigations by that time and report | back to the board for final action. [ 1 Big Nine Wants Rutherford. | Affairs are slowly shaping so it is re- garded as practically certain that Dick Rutherford will be at the helm next year. There ® only one contingency which would upset the dope and that is the willlngness of a more experienced man to come to Nebraska at a comparatively low figure. The board will still have its hands tled in the matter of offering a large salary to the director of athletios. Rutherford 1s receiving numerous offers to coach elsewhere. Ome Missouri Valley conference school has offered him the head coachship at a salary of $3,000 a year, and the same figure is held up as an inducement by a Big Nine confer- ence member for Rutherford's.serviges in the capacity of assistant coach. Un- dergraduate sentiment is still strong for the retention of Rutherford as head coach. Wrestling has developed into ene of the most populur sports at the university —perhaps due to the marvelous success of Joe Stecher. Coach Sylvester's initial call for wrestlers this week brought out a squad of fifty, the largest since the mat game was revived at the university. The Huskers romped off with the west- ern intercollegiate champlonship last year and the two men who turned the trick are in school again this season. They are, Captain Dick Rutherford and Hugh Otopoullk. They are with the squad, and addition, Sylvester has a bunch of very promising men from which to select his team. Track training will begin immediately after the Christmas holidays, according to announcement of Coach Reed. Reed wants to complete all of the preliminary instruction in the gymnasium, so that when good weather comes, he can put the squad to work in carnest. Reed Shows His Speed. Manager Reed is having his first-sched- ule-making test as a result of the sudden jump of Coach Stethm to Indiana, but Reed 15 handling affairs with the hand of a veteran. His negotiations with Notre Dame, which landed a game with this powerful aggregation for a Turkey day menue was halled with hearty ap probation. Reed has also turned a trich which should swell the coffers of the Nebraska treasury, for with such mem- orles as the Notre Dame game, last faf the greatest crowd in the history of | Missouri Valley foot ball, can be canfi- | dently looked for | Although not officlally announced, the Nebraska schedule is practically com- | plete excpt for one game. The seven of the eight games arranged for already are October 7—Drake university at Lincoln October 14—Kansas Aggies at Lincoln October 4—Ames Aggles at Lincoln. November 11—Nebraska Wesleyan at | ncoln. vember 18—Kansas at Lincoln. November 18—Kansas at Lincoln. November %—Iowa at Towa City November 3-—Notre Dame at Lincoln. | After Big Game. The one remaining date to fill, the Ne- | braska manager belleves, should be a | game which will give the Huskers a #hare of publicity. In order to secure the | desired game, Reed is willing to enter | into & one year contract instead of the | customary two-year agreement, providing | for a return engagement at Linceln in | 1917. At any rate Reed is negotlating | with two prominent institutions for that | date and if his plans materalibe, he | Huskers will take the longest jaunt in thelr history to display of foot ball served up at Nebraska. The open date is Octo- ber 21, and in event the present negotla- | tions terminate successfully, the last Sat urday in the month will be left open to permit the Huskers to recuperate and catch up in their studies, The schedule provides for five strong games at home with only lowa to be met | on a forelgn field. The open date will be | away from home so that Nebraska will | play all but two of its games on its own field next year MANY PAPERWEIGHTS OUT IN CALIFORNIA COUNTRY | Leland Stanford university nas twenty- five coxswain candidates for the varsity erew. Captain Orme expects to have a strong crew, as the members of the foot ball squad are expected to turn out | Follow Ford? ELECTED LEADER OF OMAHA UNI ELEVEN. JOHN SEIBERT. BIG FLOOR FRAY HERE ON TUESDAY All-Stars, Led by Dick Rutherford, Will Play Burgess-Nash Team at the Omaha Y. M. C. A. LEAGUE OPENINGS DEL/YED Because of the teams of the Tri-City, Commereial and Church leagues have agreed to postpone the opening of their respective loops | until after the new year. January 3 has been set for the general opening. The interim will be used by the local man- | agers to put the finishing touches to their quintets. With the exception of a large number of practice contests, basket ball fans are looking forward with great interest to the game between the Nebraska Na- tionals and Stub Hascall's Burgess-Nash team. The two fives will mix Tuesday evening at the Young Men's Christian assoclation and from the dope the game promises to be one of the hardest ever staged on a local court. The Nationals are on a trip to the coast and number among some of their tossers Dick Ruther- ford, Max Towle, Leslle Mann, Harry (Methene and the Hager brothers, Omaha Men Are Vets. ‘While the visitors are reputed to have some of the best basket ball talent in the state with them, they will be opposed by a team composed of veteran players. Warren Howard, Oble Meyers, Paul Anthes, Bob Findley, Hyde, Jones and Amberson wilk.appose the visiting lumi- narfes. The Burnasco quintet have been practicing at the Young Men's Christian assoclation for the last three weeks and are in good form for the game. ‘The dropping out of the Creighton col- lege team from the Tri-City league was one of the big surprises last week. Fol- lowers of the indoor sport are still hop- ing that the White and Blue may enter the organization. The Catholic schoql bhas not been officlally withdrawn from the loop and will be considered as a member until definite word is heard from Tommy Mills, the Creighton mentor who | is expected home January 1. No effort will be made to turn the Crelghton fran- chise over to another quintet until this point is setled. Awaiting Tommy Mills' final decision Crelghton tossers have temporarily signed with other fives of the Tri-City league. s Twelve in Church Loop. That the Church league will come into its own this season is expected by the officials of that organization. Twelve churches including two from the South Side, one from Florence and nine from Omaha have taken out franchises. They are Immanuel Baptist, Calvary Baptist, South Side Baptist, First Methodist, First Christian, Hanscom Park Methodist, Kountze Memorial, St. Johns, South Side Presbyterfan, St. Mary’s Congregational, St. Barnabas and the Florence Presby- terians. The Walnut Hill Methodists dropped out last week. It is expected that before the league is finally closed to entry sixteen churches will be represented. roaching holidays, | BASE BALL PEACE IS STILL AFAR OFF| Factions Are Drawing Apart Instead of Getting Together in Loving Embrace. | | P | | FEDS WON'T DROP THE SUIT‘ | New soveral | | YORK, Dec. 18.—After | woeks of conferences base ball officlals were forced to admit today that peace between the Federal league and organ- | tzed ball is far from being con- | summated. The meeting today between the inde | pendent interests’ committee and the Na- tional commission failed to make any definite progress and after the formal | adjournment, before which it was agreed to meet again In Clncinnati on Tuesday, | Chairman Garry Herrmann of the Na tiona! commission sald “We have not agreed upon any definite proposition.” | Are Drawing Apart. | In fact, the conferring interests are | drawing apart Instead of together, it the | remarks of the various league magnates OMAHA, TUBSDAY BVENING Charley Peters, Omaha Favorite, are properly construed, Privately, the| &nd George Kuvaros Lock Horns various factions are beginning to blame at the Auditorium. each other for the fallure of the peace ety program and for taking the initial steps | pom GRAPPLERS CONFIDENT toward that end. While harmony was | the keynote of all officlal public state- The approaching grappling bout between | ments, the word could hardly have been | Charley Peters and George Kuvaros is [pplied to the sessions behind closed |gttracting considerable attention among tard oo Ittt RaTCh and M| whestiing tans, | entered and lett at the beck and &l of | ‘mpiy pair of matt artists, who will lock | the committees. | 1t there was a dearth of official In- formation regarding the progress toward | peace there was no lack of rumors and | | reports relative to the stumbling blocks | | in the way. | Knew All About It. i which Barney Dreyfuss carried to Chi- | cago last Tuesday night with so much mystery to present to the American league, then in session. Another report was to the effect that | organized Interests expected they would | have little difficulty in persuading the Federal Jeague to withdraw its suit, now pending before Judge Landis and were bitterly disappointed when officers of that league were advised by their legal representatives to complete all peace pro- positions before depriving themselves ot this anchor to windward. Show Impatience. American league and minor league men showed considerable impatience with the | situation. The minors threatened to leave | the conference today at one time it was | stated. | President B, B, Johnson of the Ameri- | can league was first to leave the con- | ference today and he was soon followed by Chairman Herrmann of the National commission. Both left for the west. After thelr departure, the Natlonal league magnates conferred informally, but they made no statement when the meeting broke up. Mr. Gaffney, owner of the Hoston Na- tionals, stated today that the conference last night dlsclosed that the IFederal its entry in the base ball world. amount was more than the combined losses of all previous base ball wars, it was stated, Result of Preparedness. | CHICAGO, Dee. 13.~Filing of a stipula~ | tion that the wrongs alleged by the Fed- | eral league have ceased to exist would result in automatic dismissal of that organization’s injunction suit Organized base ball, according to legal | authorities here today. This, it was said, | would follow practice In all equity pro- | ceedings. | 1t was pointed out that the permission | of the court was not necessary for this proceedure. | George Miller, the American league's | attorney here, sald he had heard nothing | of the legal side of the peace terms now | being discussed in New York and had | recelved no instructions to take up the | case with Judge Landis. Keene Addington, the Federal league | attorney, is out of town, it was sald at | his office, and it was belioved he was in New York. Because of his position in court and in this case Judge Landis said he could not | atscuss it. ARMANDO MARSANS MAY DRAW SALARY TWO WAYS It is sald that Armando Marsans may collect double salaries for two years if the United States courts finally award {him to the Feflerals. He has already | collected his salary from the St. Louts | Federals: The Cincinnati club has filed | bond to pay him for the time he might be idle owing to the Injunction laid upon him against his playing with the St. Louls Feds. Marsans' stipend is $6,600 & season, By When Artha Johnson was a buddin run by another meerschaum-colored bro | Just an Earful Tad & black hope out west he lived in a gym ther by the name of Sam Pruitt. Now, | sald Pruitt was a most obliging gentle man and acted as sparring partner for Artha whenever Artha needed one; and, as is the usual fate of sparring partners, Sam was mauled. Sam never even got a fifty-fifty break with Artha. Sam al- ways got the worst of it. Some times late at night Artha would bring a bunch of sports half lit up to the gym to see & bout. He'd pull Bam out of bed, put the gloves on with him, muss S8am up and grab twenty bucks or 80, glving S8am a buck for consolation. Artha often trained for fights, and Sam was the buffer. He took everything Artha had, and liked it Finally one day the worm turned. Sam figured it out that he wasn't getting any richer, nor was he growing younger, so why act as a punching bag for this man Johnson? He slept on the thing that night, and in the morning had an earful for our friend, A. Johnson, At 10 o'clock Artha was stripped ready for the four rounds of abuse. Sam moseyed out of & side room, gave Artha the league had lost more than $3,000,000 since This against | horns at the Auditorium Tue night, are a couple of young fellows, very much like Stecher, not in the game very long, but they have alre proved to be fast, clever and tricky. Both are short and solidly bullt after the order of a bat- |tleship ana are just the kind of wrest According to National league men, the |[lers who throw speed into their work | American league officers in Chicago were |and are therefore an enjoyment to | In touch with the Federal league clan|Watch. more than ten days ago and knew the full | Much speculation {s manifested over contents of the tentative draft of peace |the relative ability of the two men. Charley Peters, who halls from Papiilion, has long been regarded as a great wres ler by local matt followers who have seen him work. He has not done much professional work, most of it being done in private. It {s said by friends of the Papillion lad that he can throw any man Stecher has thrown, and that the only | man in the country Peters would not be certain of throwing is Stecher. But Think is Another Side. If these clalms by Peters' friends should prove out Charléy should pin Mr, Kuvaros to the matt in short time. But | Kuvaros glso has a few friends who be- lieve the Greek could give Stecher a rub, and if he can give Stecher a rub he surely will be able to battle Peters to the finish. But "this is all preliminary talk and the fans will get a chance to see which s right by flagging the contest at the Au- ditorium Tuesday night. Ticket Sale Brisk. The ticket sale, which is golng on at the Merchants' hotel, s progressing briskly and everything points to a big house, The match is being staged by the newly organized Omaha Athletic club and is the club’'s malden effort at promo- tion. In case it 1s successful other matches will be staged by the club. Both Peters and XKuvaros are In Omaha training for the match. Roth are working hard and confident of victory. One thing Omaha fans can rest assured of both boys will be in condition for the mateh, Fultz Opines that Baum Knoweth Not | Whereof He Speaks There's a rebellion among the Organ- ized Ball players In Californfa. It was started when President Baum, of the Pacific Coast league telegraphed orders to players in the fold that they would impair their standing with the powers that be If they played with those naughty, naughty boys, Judge Kenw, worthy of the Casey deral league team and Jimmy Johnson, who has #ot the notification they went right off the handle. Jack Bliss, formerly of the St. Louls Cardinals, who is catching for & Winter league team at Brawley, Cal., wired David L. Fultz, president of the Players' Fraternity, at New York City, as follows:, “Has President Baum, of the Pacific Coast league, the authority of keeping us from playing winter baseball in the Imperial Valley league with Fed- eral non-contract jumpers? Please ad me as soon as possible.” President Fultz answered that Mr. Baum had no such right unless the player's contract extend- ed it to him. It is Mr, Baum’'s move. ’One-EygdflHlfil}ier to Play W@Ethe Cards Hiram Jasper, pitcher for Los Angeles in the Pacifio Coast league, has at last signed a Cardinal contract for 1916, the Angels to recelve a player and a cash consideration. Jasper 1s called the only one-eyed player in the majors, having o ~ SPORTS SECTION o THE OMAH SUNDAY BEE SUNDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 19, 1915, BflGVWRESTLING (}0 | Buck Rodgers, West Virginia‘s Star Athlete | The Anti-Saloon league of the Jowa oapi- signed with the Peps. When the players | ©p% In “Buck' Rodgers, the 200-pound, year-old athlete, the Untversity of West Virginia thinks it has one of the leading stars of the country. So far “Buck” has falled to gleam in the limelight as have the stars in Prince- ton, Harvard and Yale, but according to the dope he would measure up to some of these stars in & favorable manner, lost an eye when struck by a batted ball four years ago. | KANSAS MEETS GOPHERS; ! AMES AGGIES DROP OUT AMES, Ia., Dec. 18.—(Speclal Telegram.) ~After having played Minnesota univer sity for twenty years, lowa State gives the place of the Gophers to Kansas uni- | versity for October 14, 1916, according to | the announcement of Chairman Clyde | 'Willlams of the lowa BState achedule | committee today. The arrangement with Kansas {s made to give lowa State a balanced home schedule. The feeling of Ames toward the Gophers is of the best and the change is only to give a good schedule on Btate fleld alternate years when the eleven plays Nebraska and Missourl away fron Ames. PENN CREW DATES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR PUBLIC| | NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—The University of Pennsylvania Athletlc assoclation's board of directors have ratified a sched- ule of these races for the varsity crew: | up and down, then eased up |On April 22, Yale will be met at Fhila closer. ; delphia; May 6, Navy at Annapolls, and | He spoke Artha,” sald Sam, “I'm | May 13, Princeton, Columbia and Penn- Willing to give you all the work you nged. | sylvania will contest for the Childs’ cup Vll box with you and make you clever. |trophy at the American Henley regatta You'll be in good shape if you listen |at Philadelphia. No provision was made to me. After this when we box, I'll do |for the annual intercollegiate race at the leading; you do the blocking. That's the best practice they is,” Poughkeepsie. “Buck's” particular dish 1s foot ball, in which game he plays fullback. He 18 a star on punts, passes, dropkicks, place kicks and skirting the end. Outside of | this he may do any other little thing | ‘JO;UI Dennison Makes A;6ther 'BUCK * RODGERS. when asked. says of him: “He has a stiff arm that has a drive like & mule kick and carries tacklers around the fleld 1i a dog does fleas."” In addition it is sald that “Buck" wears a No. 18 collar and does not smoke, drink or chew. Also he is one of the best stu- dents In the university. Now that the foot ball season is over “Buck has turned to basket ball and Here is what an enthusiast welght events for the winter and will play | base ball in the spring. He does all these things as well as he plays base ball. Raid and Grabs One Gus Probst Johnny Dennison, manager of the Luxus crew, which waltzed away with the ama~ teur champlonship of Omaha, licked the champs of Duluth, Minn., and then got the buck fever, with considerable dls- astrous results, at Cleveland-on-Lake- Erle, is striking tervor into the hearts of class A managers of Omaha Johnny turned a triek yesterday that bas made him solidly unpopular among his contemporaries, If the unanimous ver- dict wasn't already “gullty.” For yes terday Mr. Gustavus Probst—we suppose it's Gustavus, anyway, it's Gus-affixed his affluent signature to a Luxus doou= ment under the persuasive and hypnotie eye of Mr, J. Dennison. Probst will play third base for the xus next year. Last year Gus labored through & couple of games for the Black Kats and then finjshed the scason at Blair, where he set things on fire. Denni- son declares Probst is about the best third sacker in the city. He hits well, can be depended upon to deliver In & pinch, hikes the runway with much speed and eclat and covers his station in nifty style. All of which means that Mr, Probst 1s endowed with most of the ae- complishments should have. The signing of Probst means the passing of Phil Tracy, who gained fame by bust- ing out a couple of pinch hits at Cleve- land. Dennison will decorate Phil with the tinkling tinware. The signing of Probst was the second trick Dennison turned this year. A couple of weeks ago he signed Johnny Haszen, the class of the city at second base, to Succeed Pip Cooke. Genlal John also an- nounces he is on the trail of & couple of other scintiliating athletes. The Luxus Wwon the amateur championship of Omaha last year. With Johnny grabbing all the swell talent in town what will his charges do next year? HERE’S A GRID WARRIOR WHO CAN PULL ’EM DOWN Babe Turner of the Arkansas university a good third baseman | Bruce, INGERSOLL GOBS ' BAGK T0 MILLERS | Rourke Pitcher Who Hurled No-Hit | Game Last Summer is Purchased by Minneapolis, ISBELL HAS FIGHT ON HANDS Bob Ingersdll, who startled the natives Iast summer by hurling a no-run, no-hit game for the Rourkes, returna to Minne apolls In the spring. Ingersoll came to Omaha from Minne- apolis In the middle of the year after he falled to show much in the assoclation. He started right In: with Omaha and pitched good base ball, topping his reoe ord with the no-hit combat. Cantfillon followed his work here and. as he had a string on him, purchased him back from Omaha. Ingersoll, was handicapped during his trial with the Millers last spring by & bad ankle. He was unable to met into good condition until he came here He is expected to make good with the northerners mext year. Trouble in Des Molnes. Frank Isbell and Tom Fairweather are carded to have a fight on their hands to oserve Sunday base ball in Des Moines. tal is heading a move to abolish the Sun- day theater and Sunday base ball. It is sald the league is recelving some substan- tlal backing and stands a good chance | for success. lsbell and Fairweather, of | course, will fight the movement, as it is |an established fact that none of the Western league teams could exist with- out Sunday games. It might be possible for the Des Molnes magnaten to bulld a park at Valley Junotion, a raflroad juno- tion adjoining Des Moines, Mut it would neceasitate an expenditure of at least 810000 and the attendance would un- doubtedly suffer. It would By a sad blow to the Western league If the anti-saloon- 1at should succeed. Prexie’s Life Not All Roses. President-elect Frank C. Zehrung is al- ready encountering & few of the trials and tribulations of a base ball loop prexie. Would-be and almost umpires are making a concentrated attack on the peace of the new president even at this early date and If Zehrung would sign all of them he would have enough to glve every player an umplire to carry his luggage around. Zehrung says there evidently is no truth in the assertion that the umpire’s life is & hard one the way applications for jobs are ceming in. The new prexie, however, is mot signing up any umps, as he does mot officially take office until the first of the year and wil} ke no move until then. . Galloway at Shertstop. Long, lean, lanky Jim Galloway, who held down the keystone sack for the Den- ver Grizslies and cracked the pill all over the lot last year, will be switched to the shortstop position on the coast, by which league he was drafted from Denver. Galloway should burn 'em up out on the coast as he was considerable firebrand in this loop and when such players as Roxie Middleton, Flam Patter- son, et al, can get away with it in the Class AA league, it should be a cinch for a regular player like Galloway. Rourke Likes Kilduff, Pa Rourke says he is tickled to hear that Pete Kilduff has been sold to him. Rourke made Oklahoma City an offer for the short-stopper and the news of the #ale in the newspapers was his first Information that his offer was accepted. Kitduff, says Rourke, is 21 years old, five-foot-seven in the alr, welghs 160 pounds and hits and throws right handed. He Is fast as lightning, according to Pa and is a mighty sweet flelder. He hit for .208 last year, and busted nine- teen home runs, which shows that he knows how to handle himself;at the plate. Last year was Kilduff's second year in base ball, Kaws Sign Kid, The Topeka club has signed a hurler, who is a genulne Kansan. The youth, Mr. SBavage has signed is Howard Bumps of Ottawa. Mr. Bumps made quite a record in Independent base ball at Ot- tawa. It remains to be seen whether he will get the bumps or not, as his name would signity. O'Nelll at St. Joe? 'There is a story current among Western league circles that Norrls L. O’'Nelll, who ‘was separated from the presidency of the Western loague, will be once more actively engaged in the business of this loop. The story has it that Tip O'Neill ‘will become the active executive of the St. Joseph club now that Jack Holland has signed to be business manager of the Kansas City club in the American association. It has always been suspected | that Tip was a part owner of the St. Joseph franchise, if not the principal one, | and thus the report following Holland's change. 'Univers;ity of Omaha Basket Ball Team Rounds Into Form | Although handicapped by a late start, Coach Kavan of the University of Omaha |is rounding his basket ball team into shape. Kavan has been putting his men through three hard hours of work each evening and plans to increase the hours of practice during the vacation. In prac- | tice the first and second fives have been lining up’/ as follows: | First Team—Center, Adams; forwards, TLeach and McBride; guards, Hrnst and Second Team—Center, Roberts; for- wards, Korbmaker and Allerton) guards, Hungate and Thompsen, Manager Korbmaker has practically completed his schedule. Games arranged Include recipracal contests with Cotner, Doane, York, Grand Island and Tarkio. Besides the ten college games, the uni- versity will have fifteen combats in the Tri-City league. Inability of the various class teams to secure the gym at certain times has greatly curtalled class games. This drawback will be removed once the first team is selected and the proposed inter- class schedule will then be carried out. CHICAGO SCRIBE GIVES RUTHERFORD BIG BOOST G. W. Axleson of the Chicago Herald comes forth with a big feature story in the windy city rag regarding the athletic prowess of Richard B. Rutherford. Axle- son describes Captain Dick as & young- foot ball team is declared to be the tallest man playing the gridiron game. Turner is #ix feet seven inches tall in his stocking feet and welghs 238 pounds. He Is 19 years old. He was developed by Coach T, T. McConnell, ster five feet nine inches tall and welgh- ing only 167 pounds and the University of Nebraska's greatest athlete.