Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1915, Page 39

THE TROW UP YOUR MITTS AN COME ACROSS WID SOME LOOSE Judgments ASE ball men throughout the United States, now that the major leagues and the Federals have decided to bury the hatchet, are waxing enthusiastic over prospects for the return of haleyon days of old in base ball. But will peace be- tween the warring magnates bring base ball back to its old pinnacle as the great- est American gport? Tt is true the cessa- tion of internal fighting between the leagues, the discoptinuance of long-dis- tance jumps by players and the atmos- phere of peace Will have a tendency to attract fans back to the game iIn the majors. Peace’ may mean a new era of | prosperity in the big circuit. But will the | minors also profit by peace? They may, as the magnates assert, but it would seem that much is yet to be done If the turnstiles in the little leagues are to click merrily once more. The minor league owners have got to see the light. They have got 1o stand up for their rights and their rights are many for it is really the minors that made base ball the national pastime. The minors have been toys for the major leagues for a number of years. They have a few more rights now than they formerly had. But they are still under the control of the majors. The National commission, which is purely a major league organization, can swing the club over the little fellows any time it chooses and many is the time it so [chooses. The big circuit fellows seem of late to have come down off their high- horse a bit—the peace negotiations prove that—and the minor men are not likely to find a better opportunity than the aY OMAHA SUNDAY |} Copyright, 1915, International ews 8. Patent Oftice. GOLLY -1 MOVED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF ME HOUSE BE CAUSE | WUZ AFRAID OF PORCH - CLIMBERS - NOW | IT HELD UP ON THE $TREeT ! MADE CAPTAIN OF BURGESS-| NASH BASKET BALL TEAM. D. CUPID IN MITT SCANDAL| | Reporter Barred Beoause He Courted | Girl Against Wishes of Wis- consin Glove Promoter. { COMMISSION TAKES A HAND | Love and boxing have combined to provide, aceording to reports in boxing | circles, the latest scandal in the prob- | lem of state control of boxing In Wis- consin. Pending poseible action by the state commission the storfes told of the affalr are vague and indefinite, natur ally, but the story is of an upstate box- ing club that either has or may lose its license because of the affair. The state commission authorities refuse (o further identity the individuals involved. Here {s the atory, historicall | The upstate club has been prospering It is managed by a sporting man who also hes a stable of boxers under his| wing. In the upstate town is a news- | paper correspondent. The promoter re-| fused this correspondent admission to his fights unless he would produce on each occasion a telegram from his| metropolitan newspaper ordering him to “cover” the fight. The reason assigned by the promoter was that the corre- spondent deliberately gave newspaper verdicts in every case against the boxers who were members of the promoter's stable, | Ha. ¥Wa. A Glurl. | According to complaint of the pro- moter these adverse declsions were due | to the newspaper man's affection for a girl. The promoter had objections to affair, because he said the girl a protege of his wife. Because he this was in- | rvice. Registered U HOW DO YOU DO ~ WHAT 1S THE MATTER YOU LOOK WORRIED! 1 JUST MEYT ¥ A CROOK ! THINK Drawn for The Bee by George McManus YOU MUST BE MISTAKEN <\ DON'T THERE \S A DISHONEST PERSON IN THE VILLAGE | DOANE COLLEGE FOOT BALL TEAM HAS MADE A SPLENDID RECORD, which is attributed largely to the work of their coach, ‘‘Dutch’’ Schissler, and its captain, ‘‘Big Johns.”’ The style of play used was a lop-sided formation, the same as used by the Army team. Of conference games it won five, from York, Cotner, Peru, Hastings and Bellevue, and lost one to Wesleyan. Top row, left to right: De Witt, Mickle, Haylett, Whitehorn, Wallace, Klein, Koester, Whitehouse, Kinney, Kindig, Schissler, coach, Bottom row: King, Edmunds, Blust, Jelinek, Johnston, captain; Collins and Bayer. NEW TRAP SHOOTING RULES Interstate Association Places Sev- era] Changes in Regulations of Tourneys on Statute Books. Art Smith Will Go After Dough Resta Has Been Copping In Days of Horton Law Mitt Artists Found Broadway Stamping 1 Ground for Suckers. S BY GOLLY - HE'S INNOCENT ENOUGH TO BE || A COP! BASE BALL UPLIKTS PANAMA | American Game Takes Place of Cock Fighting Principal Pastime on Isthmus. SUNDAY GAMES TURN TRICK There are doubtiess many people a0 “sot in thelr ways'" as to Insist that no poeaible good, under any possible cireum- , could come out of Sunday base- But the avernge person would be convinced by a visit to Panama that in | one Instance at least Sunday base ball has justified itself, Before Uncle Sam, armed with his pick and shovol, went down to Panama for the purpose of digging a little dltch, it would have heen pretty difficult to find an uglier and more vicious bunch of men than the rank and file of the ‘‘Panama- nlace.” Of course, there are many ex- ceptions to this rule, but just the average “Panumanlacs” armed with a knife or machete, wasn't the sort of chap you would want to meet on a dark street of night. He looked bad, and he felt bad, and, by golly, he was bad. Bru Games Enjoyed. He found his principal amusement in cock fighting, his passion for that “‘sport™ being even greater than his love for bull fighting. Cocking mains, bull fights, dancing to the “music” of the accordion or the tom-tom. and all the boose he could drink, constituted the “‘Panama. niac's” idea of bliss, Yet at bottom there was nothing wrong with him—nothing that couldn’t be cured. % The change that has come over Pan- ama in recent years is best {llustrated by the manner in which the people cele- There is an adage to the offect that | RE MORRISSEY-MAHER FRAUD present to press thelr demands. They terfered to break up the friendship deserve recognition on the Natlonal com- mission, they should demand that one of their number be placed on the board, and they would be granted thls privilege, if, indeed you can call it & privilege instead of a right, would they only demand it. A place on the National commisssion | would be an {naugural step toward other | rights and privileges, which would be | of benefit to the keroseme circult chaps, | and the number of minor leagues would | not drop from half a hundred to one-half | that number as occurred during the last | twelve months, but would incrase inatead. Dick Rutherford, captain of the Corn- husker eleven this year, is suggested as & possible candidate to succeed Jumbo | Stiehm as coach at Nebraska. It is said tiat the present eleven and a large pro- portion of the alumni urge the selection of Rutherford. Nebraska might not do | better than choose Rutherford for thi: Important position. To direct athietes has long been an ambition of the Beatrice hoy and he has made a study of coach- Ing. During the entire three years he | played on the Husker eleven Rutherford drilled his mates. It was Rutherford and | Chet Dudley, who was assistant coach at the time, who devised the remarkable defense of the Cornhuskers against the dreaded Towa spread play in 1913. And that was Rutherford's first year on the team. Surely if Dick could assist in mak- ing up and teaching the men so clever and successful a defense during his first | year on the squad, he should be able to mssume the responsibility after three years. It s sald, however, that Ruther- ford might encounter a few difficulties In the politics of the school. It is sadly true at Nebraska that politics enter into the athletics of the school. Rutherford might ineur some enmity as a result, and It would most probably prove fatal to the team's chances for a winning year, Out- #ide of this fact Rutherford should make an aocceriable man He knows foot ball from the ground up and he has the abllity to coach. Also he is a basket ball man and could coach basket ball as well as foot ball. It is pretty hard to find & man who can coach both foot ball and basket ball successtully, but that is | the kind of a man Nebraska must find | on account of the all-year rule in the Missourf Valley conference. Nebraska could probably find a better foot ball coach than Dick, but not one who would be willing to serve all yegr. You have got to hand it to Ban Johnson for persistency. Following the usual cus- | tom the American league this year neg- | lected to compute the number of games | won and lost by the pitchers. The pitch ing averages contain every possible bit of information about each pitcher in the | league, except the all-important facts about the number of games won and lost | The average fan In scanning records of | hurlers looks to see how many games he | won and how many he lost and lets it go | at that. That is all that interests. Yet the American league keeps this informa~ tlon a secret for some reason or other, | and has done so for years | The American league has decided not to allow its players to take part.in barn- storming tours after the season is over. This move is & slap at Frank Bancroft who ‘In some way brought down the wrath of Ban Johnson upon his head this year. Even granting that barn- storming does base ball no good—and there may be two sides to that—haes the league the right to conuol the activities of its employes during twelve months out of the year when it pays salaries for aix? The appointment of Jimmy Callaban as manager of the Pittsburgh club came like & boit of lightning out of a clear | Orleans ring next March to defend the | | big title tn a scrap with Fred Fulton, the | Abington Baird, a wealthy English sport | pursa was $40,000, | New Orleans wero the Dixon-Skelly and | McAulitte-Meyer | then lightwelght | Meyer in a territic slugging match. These BOX GAME AT OLD STAND Willard-Fulton Muss Will Be First | Fight in New Orleans in Twenty-Three Years, WAS SCENE OF )iANY BATTLE" | Tt Willard really gets Into a New Crescent City will see the first heavy- champlonship battle since Jim v weight Corbett storned T. Sullivan in twen- P NIEY PR hran sy verrs nen Sullivan was a public idol when he made he mateh, Corbett. managed by W. A, Brady, was considered a novice with nlenty of nerve. Sullivan “trained” at Canoe Place Tnn, on Long Tsland, and, | regarding Corbett as a soft mark, he did o little work that he was in poor physi- cal condition when he entered the ring - wiahs 1300 hntt strictly a boxer, proved so fast on his feet that Sullivan couldn't hit him. Tn- | cidentally the once great John L, was cut to pleces and was gradvally beaten | New Orleans was the battleground for | other memorable encounters. Fitzsim- mons not only beat Dempsey there in 1891, but he also stopped Maher in twelye rounds a year later. Fits knocked out Jim Hall in four rounds in a one-sided | scrap which bristled with sensational | features. Fall was backed by Squire | * Sontamhor 7 ¢ - | ing man. who came to th's country with | 120000 in gold. The Squire acted am Hall's second and was aided by Charley Mitclell. A few davs later the quire, | who caught cold during the fight, died | of pneumonta. When his effects were reached not a dollar was found. The but Fitzsimmons was unable to collect more than a fifth of | that amount Ohr memorable encounters decided in | fights. In the which was for the featherweight title, | Dixon stopped Skelly, while MeAulitfe, | champlon, knocked out first, fights were held several days before Cor- | bett whipped Sullivan. sky. And it effectively knocked out all rumors that Hans Wagner would “lead the club, and that Fred Clarke would re- turn again. It has always I~sn more less a matter of speculation why Dre. fuss has never offered the managerial | reins of the Pittsburgh club to Wagner. Perhaps he has done so some time, but | he and Wagner managed to keep it a | dark secret to the public. And speaking of Callahan's appointment it is quite a change from an “Angel” to a “Pirate.” Probably Jimmy prefers to be a “‘Pirate’ now and an “Angel” after while. or | | When he writes his letter to Sl.hll' Claus this year the average magnate | probably wem't ask for Speakers and Mathewsons and Alexanders as he used to, but probably will ask for a few fans. Walter McCredie has sald base ball players are a drug om the market. What'll they be with these Federal leaguers running loose? The peace negotiations merely add further conclusive proof to the assertion that the fans run base ball the promotor reported, the newspaper | WILL RESULT IN IMPROVEMENT man tried to injure him by his fight| | tendance. | ment among private reports. { The newspaper man finally wearled | of the constant clashing, and decided | to strike back, and when barred from the fights began checking up the at He found, it is charged, that | the report of returns to the state com-| mission did not tally with the actual attendance. All boxing clubs are re- quired by the boxing law to return § per cent of their gross receipts to the state. According to the newspaper man | the club under suspicion was ‘‘holding| out” on the state, presumably with the | connivance of the state Inspector Puts Commission Next. When he assired himself of a dis-| crepancy the newspaper man “tipped | off"" the state commission to the con-| ditions. The commission is investigat-| ing the situation, and a boxing club license is likely to be forfeited. How Would You Like To Battle Over This | Course, Mr. Golfer? NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—The Country club of Elmsford, N. Y., proud possessor of a golf course over which no golfer in four years of play ha turned in & score within two strokes of the par 73 for the course. George Mc Lean, the young Dunwoodie professional, who jumped to the front rank by his showing this year at Baltusrol in open champlonship, held the record of T, but these figures fell by the wayside re- | cently in a match between Mc lLean and Jack Dowling, the Scarsdale crack. In the afternoon round Dowling shot a 76 and incidentally beat McLean on the thirty-seventh hole. Walter J. Travis, | the many times champlon, tried to tum. ble the figu s0 did Herbert Strong, Joe Mitchell, Jimmie Ferguson and many other well-known “pros’” and amateurs, but Dowling’s mark of three strokes over par is the best to date . The course 1s over 6,000 yards long, well trapped and but for a few undesirable (eatures that can be eliminated it would be a likely candidate for the champion ship tournaments. One serious drawback is the necessity for crossing a between the second green and the third recrossing again between 1ifth green and the sixth tee. The tainous character of the land would be a handicap to a large it is planned to hav will make the steep ase more easily negotiated Prep Schools Would Form a Conference BOSTON, Falrview | 18 the | railroad tee, and n moun gallery, but in time sloping paths that nts and descents Dec. #8.—~There the east interscho- scho hold n and middle west to an move- | o | states | | amount of shooting which each produces the | to class as follows: lastic foot ball conference to form un | organization to govern intersectional games, such as the three games that were played this fall. There is a, desire to make these intersectional games an an- nual feature, The following schools have been sounded on the matter and are in favor of it3 Lafayette High of Buffalo, Central High of Detroit, Everett High of Everett, Mass; Shaw High of Cleveland, Oak |eleven is a most cosmopolitan agerega- | White hand ball team in an fintercol- Hamilton insti- | tion, including natives of Canada, China, |leglate league which is now being formed tute of New York and East Aurora High | Turkey, Greece, Armenia and Hawall, Park High of Chicago, of East Aurora, Id. The Interstate association, in its recent annun continued the pro- mreasive that has marked Its recent administration, and placed on its statute books some new regulations that are certain to aid in the further broaden- ing of the sport of trap shooting, which etati Iedwed to encourage? The organization elected officials who are well worthy to rank with the 1l- lustrious line that has preceded them. To these men it also gave some new ideas to work out that will vastly benefit ' Brieflv swimmed up, the six most important acts of the Intorstate as- soclation are as follows: () OClassi- fication of states for champlonshy pur- poses; (2) Appropriation for the resur- rection of defunct gun clubs and to as- slst new organizations: (3) Permitting entry of women to the Grand American; (4) Broadening the trophy principle for the Grand American event; (i) Early closing of Grand American entries; (§) Excellent placing of Grand American and gubsidiary handicaps. Of this st of six pleces of legislation, the first three are undotibtedly of the greatest moment. The Interatate association has finally reached a decision that it is necessary to grade meeting, tertalntion the states according to thelr trap shooting | activity. Accordingly, four classes, A, B, | @ ana D, have heen arranged, the various fitting into these according to the in & year. The money donated by the | Interstate assoclation to the state cham- | plonstips is then apportioned according $20 to Class A, $225 I ana $150 to This will form a good basis for interesting trap shooting o f Phe Inierstate as- soclation set asidc $200 for the purchase of suitable trophies to be given to new gun clubs, and to those clubs that have fallen by the wayside, but which can be revived by a little stimulus of this sort. This i an important step for the Inter- state association and one that will lead to amplitication of the process of bullding and reviving gun clubs, state mssociation decided to let down the bars and premit women to compete In future Cirand American handicaps, from which they have always been barred heretofore, they ded to & growing demand from the rapidly-filling class of Clasg D many other " st fifty were |, in attendance at the last Grand American handicap, and threatened hold thelr own Grand fean handicap for women if refused admission the ribbon event in the future, various reports showed that the has greatly to The Intorstate increased ity brought many new shooters sport, and that its wise and handling of the sport In recent years has been worthy of the highest tion. COAST TENNIS CRACKS INVADE PHILIPPINES Two crack lawn tennis players of the Pacific coast, Clarence J, Griffin of San Francisco and Ward Dawson of 1.0s An geles, have salled for Manila, where the will if the 'MICHIGAN SOCCER SQUAD IS TEAM OF ALL NATIONS University of Michigan soccer assoclation tield, has into the judicious commenda ¥ mpete In the tennis championships orfent The as well as United States players. When the Inter- | “a shoemaker should stick to his last. | but there s no mention of aviators con- fining thefr activitfes above the ground; therefore, Art Smith, a birdman, who | loops the loop and turns merial somer- saults with a daring and nonchalance that | seems almost superhuman, has decided to pursue fame and fortune at the wheel | of a racing car. Smith had his first taste of competitive | speed on terra firma at San Francisco Iast week, when he pitted » t‘y(‘l"(‘lf,‘ which he uses on the aviation (IGM.‘ against Barney Oldfield's Delage in a mateh race. Barney gave the aviatos a forty-second handcap in five-mile con. test, but ined only two and three- quarters seconds on his inexperienced | rival in & plgmy mount | Tncouraged by the showing he made | in his debut as an autonmbile race driver, ;Bnfllh contemplates forsaking the aerial | oceasionally and matching his skill and | cournge against that of De Palma, | Cooper, Resta, Oldfiela, Rickenbacher, [and the other stars of the garoline eir- | ‘r-u!t in the speedway events of the W16 season. Here Are VBdwling Alleys Ryn by Fair Miss; What Next? When Misa Loretta Hos became manager of a conceded she just ahout the matter of new « Now comes Miss Hazel land into the field and she Miss Hoag tled. Miss of bowling alleys. Miss Bark had career, studied long came an accomplished brother owned bow!ing alloys. He ar ranged to start alloys In another part of the elty and was confronted with the proposition of finding some one to properly care for the alleys he already had. His sister came the front She argued that a woman should be able to manhge alleys as man. She deserted musie for #s0 well her brother making a change become a bowler and the game, JOIE RAY SAYS HE WILL | QUIT THE CINDER TRACK | NEW YORK, Dec Jole Ray writes from Chicago that this coming year will be his last in competition. The national champlon’s intention k0 out and beat the indoor rec the mile. Ho | hopes to displace Abel Kiviat's mark of | 4184, and he'll give it the first wallop at the Boston Athletic iation games, February 6. Jole faces a tough propos tion, but he may come through at tha remembering that the Windy City fl has negotiated the route on the einde: | pate in 4:16%, li | EASTERN COLLEGES TAKE | UP THE HAND BALL GAME | NEW YORK, Dec, 1 become gn Intercollegiate ®port Dr George . Meylan, Columbia’s athletic director, has been invited by Lambert | Prettyman, of Yale, to enter & Blue and of New fighter it set A ve York was | Bark of Cleve- | seems to Im\'n‘ Bark Is manager | declded on a hard and be- planist. Her new to well as a wling and has | uld think of | Bark also has s enthusiastic about done v not | | Hand ball is to Rutgers, Princeton and Yale have al- ready jc'ied the new organization. | | effoctive that | Broadwa NEW YORK, Dec. 18-~The question of | ailowing veferces to give decisions in | this state has recalled the days of the Horton law, when the boxing game was temporarily killed by fakes supposed to be engineered by politiclans, The biggest swindle was the alleged scrap between Peter Maher and Mike Morrissey at the old Lenox. A. C. Murrissey, a green- horn, was discovered by a promoter while ncting s & keeper in a local Insane asy- lum. He was billed as the champlon of Ireland, and the pr work was so Maher was on the short nd of the odds, two to one, when the men climbed through the ropes. Many wise men at the last ment bet heavily on Maher and cleaned up. Morrisey, who couldn't fight at all, took the full count after he had received a slap on the side of the head in the first round The Corbett-S8harkey buttle at the same | club was called a fake when Corbett's second, Con McVey, jumped into the ring to prevent Sharkey from scoring a knock- out In the ninth round. There was o blg rumpus among Bowery politicians when the referce, Honest John Kelly, declared all bets off, The Corbett-Mc- Coy fight in the Garden, which drew n §75,000 gate, wus pronounced a fake by the wives of the principals, who exposed detuils of the alleged swindle and de- clared that MiCoy posted $10,00 with A well known bookmaker to guarantee that he would take a knockout blow In the fifth round. The Walcott-West bout, also decided in the Garden, was supposed to be prearranged. It sald that Walcott was Induced to that he had broken his arm when he was informed Lhat $3,000 of his money had been wagered on West T pubile outery over the McCoy-Choynski scrap at the Athletie elub, because MecCoy wus sny ere was musical | 1anded a sleep punch after the gong had | ended the fourth round. Ring records butties that exeited wide- end suspicion and helped the reformers helr erusade wgainst the sport Athletic commission has a e prohibiting betting on glove fights n licensed clubs. But in the Horton Inw days open gambling on fights in this state wi allowed to flourish on a big scale. Betting commissioners shouted the odds at the ringside and heavy wagers were frequent. Noted speculators wagered as much as $5,000 each on the result of a battle; also, that fearing the ‘double cross,” they had hedged their wagers at the last moment, It was this unrestricted gambling that weakened the contidence of the public and hurried the boxing game into a temporary grave. There sjome betting at the boxing elubs nowadays, but it {8 conducted In private and 1s hard to detect. As in the case of racetrack betting, the plungers have disappeared Two Celestials Try for Regular Berths on Wolvej:rine Team 10 State is University of Michigan track officlals | are keenly Interested in the efforts of two Chinese students to make the varsity cinder squad. 8. C. Hung is & sprinter of no mean ability, while W. D. Wong has already vaulted better than ten feet. The latter ls a freshman, who will not be eligible for another year, and it is thought that he will be able to add close to two feet to his vault before he enters the sophomore cluss. Both of these Chi- nese athletes received their preliminary tralning at Tsing Hua college at Peking, “nd they are sald to be as far advanced athletically as the average high school student entering American universities. brate their fests, The greatest of thesa holidays is the anniversary of Panama's independence from Colombian rule. Base ball ls played during the winter months in Panama, and the enthusiasm for the great American game begins to bofl at about this time of the year, when the fans are discussing pennant hopes® with the fervor that characterizes th: northern “bug.” Of all the civilising in- fluences which Uncle Sam introduced into Panama, base ball has a place near the head of the list. Played on Sunday. And it was Sunday base ball at that; for the canal workers, who introduced Panama to base hall, had no oppertunly to play other than on the first day of the week. Although the dlamond pastime is now being played by thousands of native men and boys, as well as by the North Ameticans, who operate a real league, it | is still almost exclusively a Sunday pas- time. The breeding of game cocks in Panama has suffered a great blow as a result of the general interest in base ball. While cock fighting still has its devotees and the bull fight is not without a large fol- lowing, the rising generation is ¥sadually losing Interest in those cruel amusements. It Is sufe to predict that It is only & matter of a short time when the Pana- maniacs will wholly abandon the sports | of their fathers in tavor of the games in- troduced by the “Yanquis. JIMMY JOHNSTON FIRED : | FROM THE WINTER LOOP Jimmy Johnston, late Oakland oute fielder, who accepted advance money from the Federal league, hae been fired from the Imperjal Valley league, the | Calitornia Winter cireult. It is declared that rather than incur the further wrath of Orgunized Hall, imperial Valley clreult has decided not to allow the four clubs to sign or play any members of the Independent leag “FIREBRAND” STOVALL IS EXCITING COAST AGAIN the “Firebrand” George Stovall Is about te stir up things again In the Pacific Coast league. Geor sald that he was after | Clinton Prough of the Oakland club. ‘Prouuh. according to Stovall, is the best | right handed twirler in the Coast league, and Stovall thinks that the big heaver | has a bright future before him. “Townsend’s ¥OR ‘ Sporting Goods "’ 1 SKATES Sweaters, Jerseys, Skating Caps an Shoes, Hockey Sticks. Big Stock of Sleds and Skis. Open Nights ' ! This Week, || Townsend Gun Co. 1514 Farnam Street,