Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 22, 1915, Page 7

,,4‘ SAY - JI4G S - YOUR| COMIN' DOWN TO B DINYY'S PLACE TONIGHT TO MEET BASE BALL MAGS SAY PEACE NEARS| Moguls Optimistic that Long Strug- gle Will End Before Meet- ing Adjourns, MINORS BEFORE CONFERENCE BULLBETIN. CINCINNATI, O. Dec. 2..—Charles Weeghman of the Chicage Federal league club will obtaln control of the Chicago Nationals while Phil Ball of St. Louis will buy the St. Louis Americans if the peace treaty between Organized base ball and the Federal league is signed. Ac- cording to a statement coming from the conference of these two bodies tonight, “settlement will be reached at an early hour.” CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 21.—Representa- tives of Organized Base Ball and the Federal league, who met here today to take up the negotlations looking toward the ending of the two years' base ball ‘war, were optimistio that the long strug- &le would end before the present meeting adjourns. It was learned here today that if peace negotiations are carried to a successful end, Mr. Charles Weeghman will prob- ably leave for Gregory, Tex., where he will see Mr. Charles P. Taft to conclude the purchase of the Chicago Nationals. An hour after the National commission and the representatives of the Federal league went into session, Secretary Far- rell of the National association and President Barrow of the International league, were called before them. No in- timation as to why their presence wi required or the nature of the discussion was given out. Taft Noncommittal. N ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 21.—Charles Taft, principal owner of the Chicago National league club, was here today | enroute to his ranch at Gregory, Tex., | where he will spend two weeks on a hunting trip. He would neither deny nor confirm the report that he was ofrered $500,000 for the Cubs' franchise. American assoclation clubs will put in claims for Federal leaguo players who cannot be used by the majors, President Chivington said. The International league, it was reported, was chiefly in- terested in the Baltlmore and Butfalo Federal league players who may be turned over to President Barrow's league. Major league clubs already are planning to corral the better known Federal play- ers. The New York Nationals are after lee Magee, Bennle Kauff and Gene Packard, it was understood. Mr. Weegh- man said he expected to big for McGee, too. The Federal league umpires will taken care of, it was announced. Noted Navy Athlete Now in This City Chief Carpenter's Mate M. A. Beach, who has just joined the crew at the local navy recruiting office, is one of the most noted athletes In the United States navy. [He came here from the battleship Wyo- ing to take the place vacated when “Chapple” Warnock went to take charge | of the sub-station at Sioux Falls, 8. D.| Beach played center on the foot ball team of the Wyoming, which captured the champlonship of the Atlantic fleet. | He was also coxs'un of the twelve-oared | racing shell of the Wyoming. that cap- tured the Atlantic flee race at Newport. Every battleship is supplied with one of these racing boats and has its raclng crew merely as a matter of sport. A novel race in which Beach piloted his crew was a race at night staged be- fore the eyes of President Wilson and other dignitaries in New York at the time of the review of the fleet last summer, The race was one mile and the big search- lights of the battleships played on the boats as they race 'COMMERCIAL HIGH FLOOR TEAM STARTS PRACTICE Twenty candidates turned out first practice at the call of Coach Drum. mond of the High School of Commerce yesterday morning at the Young Men's Christian association gym. This is the first year Commereial high has put out & basket ball team, so much cannot be said of the prospects. However, several promising players who appeared for prac- tice, are Rokusek, W. Reeves, G. Reeves, Milleberg and Conhiser. Manager Conhiser has arranged games with University Place, South Side and be Fremont. The Commerce team is willing to book games with any high school quintet. SHELBY ROLLERS MAKE GOOD AVERAGE ON ALLEYS SHELBY, Neb, Dec. 2.—(Special)— Shelby has three bowlers who last week madg remarkable averages on the local runway. The score for the three games was as follows - ’ut ;1 l’d;Avor. Charles Cook. .« 2 Trvin whaugh......210 ¥ W om Dick Be | & successful team are for the | You BET | AM BUT I'VE goT TO GIVE. ME WIFE SOME STORY - 1LL TELL HER M SOIN'TO A PIFFLE TOHIS ‘ B You know Spider Keily, don't you? Oh, 1 knew the Spider when he Gans. Well, be that as it may He was behind Jimmy Britt the night the loquacious Native Son crossed bats with Willis Fitzgerald, the Brooklyn candy man. Although they've never sald that the Spider “went to college,” he has quite a lingo of his own. The night that James fought Willls, Mr. Kelly was in the corner and Mr. Kelly was tossing advice about with negligent abundance. “Della-Britt!” yelled Kelly, at the top of his voice. ‘Della-Britt!"" The ones eyed one another and sald, * a code signal; watch something happen. Mr, Britt, Nowever, was calmer than ever. Aftor each rally Kelly would yell agaln, “Della-Britt!" and James would slow down to a walk, The fight went twenty rounds and Britt was handed the decision. Tom Mulvey of the club, a bit worried over Kelly's code gab, asked James in a whispgf, Just what the dope on “Della- Britt” was. James started to laugh, hit the Splder's pronounciation of idea of Engligh.” MAGGIE - THE BARON VON ME IF 'D 40 anwEarful | was trying to bounce rights the Spider is still alive and is considerable of a second. deliberate.’ I'HE BEE: OM Copyright, . WHY ~CERTAINLY- 'LL GEY Your ORESS suiT FOR YOU! ASKED cLoB TONIGHT - Tad yes! Oh, yes! off the dome of Joe Tom on the back, and chirped: No code at all, just the Kelly 1915, ews Service | teur sports. | throughout the week and in all probabil- AHA, WEDNESDAY, DI International DONT TELL ME “rou WONT PUT ON YOUR FOLL DRESS CLOTHES * | WOULONT THINK OF LETTING YOU 40 TO HIS CLUB ANY OTHER WAY! & AMATEUR MATTER UP BEFORE MEET Various Questions Will Be Taken Up at New York Session Monday. MAY LAST OVER A WEEK NBEW YORK, Dec. 21.—hTe “‘amateur’ | ana other questions of vital importance to athletlc competitions will be discussed at a conference here next Monday by representatives of the governing bodies controlling the several branches of ama- The conferences may last ity a definite agreement will be reached | | o8 to what constitutes an amateur and how such standing may be forfeited and Ssubsequently regained. Prior to the meeting the delegates will be furnished with a llst of suggestions complled by the executive and advisory committee of the Intercollegiate Assocla- tlon of Amateur Athletes of America These suggestions were formulated at a meeting held here yesterday and are given out for what they are worth but not as definite conclusions in regard to amateuriam. Denver Revolver Club Second in National Match NEW/YORK, Dec. 21.~The Denver Re- volver 'club team finished second, with 722 points, in the military fevolver match of'the United States Revolver association, it wa sannounced today. The event was won, by the Pennsylvania state police team, with 768 points. Other resuits in the national outdoor championship contests of the association, which took plr.ce last October, were an- nounced as fullows Mateh A a revolver, possible 0 Hans Roedier. 80 points ; Mateh B, ' piatol, possible 500: George nis, revulver, possible 750 r. t £} Match F, pocke' revolver, possible 250 Dr. D. A, Atkinsoun, 22 poi Grand aggregate rize: Dr. J. A Snook, 1,254 point . D. A. Atkinson, 1,417 points; F. H. Dreher, 6 points. NEBRASKA CENTRAL GIVES LETTERS TO FOOT BALL MEN CENTRAL CITY, Neb,, Dec. 21.—(Spe- clal)—The varsity foot ball letter for the season of 1916 has been awarded to the following men at Nebraska Central college: H. Ianson, captain; Wilder, Bennett, Wright, Packett, Meisner, B Myers, H. Myers, E. Hanson, Smith, Wardman, Engel, iunt, Johnston, Hock- ett and G. Hanson. The letter men have elected Claude Bennett of Central City, the star right tackle, captain for 1916, The team's new manager. Lawrence H. Woodward of Warrensburg, N. Y., has the 1916 sched- ule well under way and promises a list exceeding anything heretofore 1 by the college. The basket ball schedule is nearly com- pleted, @ feature of which will be an eastern trip, during which games will be played at Lincoln and Omaha with Cot- ner university and the University of Omaha, respectively. The prospects for the brightest In several seasons past and a large squad is nightly practicing for the opening game in January. NEW YORK AMERICANS TO BUY “HOME RUN BAKER” CHICAGO, Dee. —“Home Baker,” whose contract is held Philadelphia Americans, probably wi sold to the New York Americans, Charlic A. Comiskey, president of the Chicago Americans, sald today. Comiskey has given up ali negotiations to ootain Baker be OAKLAND. Neb., Dec (Special Tel- egram.)—Onkland High school basket ball team conquered Lyons iwice on the local floor, the boys winning, 25 to 13, and the girls winning, 48 to 7. The boys' gams was close in the first half, but the secon1 half saw Oakland make goals too often Lyons girls were outclassed in all de ments, scoring only one goal in the half, first Willie Ritehle Vieto PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Dec. 21—Willie Ritchie. former liehtwe'ght champion. de feated Eddie McAndrews, a local Ii ht welght, in & six-round bout here t t Ritchie had the better of every ind ack strong at the finish Pin Meet at Cedar Rapi: FORT DODGE, Ia. Dec. 2i.—Mayor John F. Ford of this city, president of the Jowa State Bowlers' assoclation, today announced that the state tournament would be held at Cedar Rapids, Febru ary 5 to 7, inclusive. SUFFRAGETTES PUT ONE OVER ON GOVERNMENT LONDON, Dec. f.—A single sheet of foolscap, closely typewritten on both came although MecAndrews fought pluckily and | Moton to Succeed | Booker Washington NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Major Robert T Moton of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., was selected to succeed Booker T. ‘Washington as president of Tuskegee In- stitute, Tuskegee, Ala, at a meeting of the special committee of the trustees of the institute here today. The choice was unanimous. Major Moton will not be installed as head of the famous negro institute until the commencement exercises in May, 1916, Until that time he will give his services | to the campaign for the Booker T. Wash- | ington memorial fund The new head of Tuskegee has been commandant of cadets at Hampton since 18%. He was born in Virginia and is of | pure negro parentage. In a statement issued by the commit- tee it is declared that by the election of Major Moton, “the policies and aims of the institute will continue unchanged.” Families Battle with Guns in Land Dispute KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Dee. 21.—A feud over the ownership of land occu- pled by the contending clalmants was responsible today for a pitched battle with rifles, shotguns and pistols between two tamilies at Dodd Hollow near here. On one side, Mrs. Alma Kuehne was killed; on the other, Guy Hunter was shot through the arm. Hunter's wite who Is accused of firing the shot tha killed Mrs. Kuehne; A. . Lawrence and Andrew Kuehne, son of the dead woman, were arrested. Church Collections Forbidden in Mexico BALTIMORE, Dec. 21.—Cardinal Gib- bons announced that he had received a letter this afternoon from the archbishop of Oaxaca, Mexico, informing him that the Carranza government had forbidden collections to be taken in Catholie churches. Confessions have been for- bidden for some time, according to the archbishop. He vecites many of the conditions among the clergy and the nuns,” sald the cardinal, “and it makes one shudder to think of these outrages. Germans Destroy | Over 700 Vessels| | * BERLIN, Dee. ~(By Wireless to ayville.) is stated on competent | hority,” says the Overseas I~ ncy, “that since the beginning to the end of November last, 724 enemy ships with a tonnage of 1,447,628 tons were destroyed. Of these 068, with 1,019,492 tons destroyed by sub marines, and ninety-three, with 9479 tons by mines | “Of the ships destroyed 624, with 1,291,944 | tons, were British, which means a loss | of 5.9 per cent of the total British ton- | nage."” JOLIET CONViCT IS SLAIN BY COMRADE WITH CHAIR | were JoLa N, Dec. 21.—Jasper Perry serving fourteen years for attempted | murder, killed Frank Harrod, another nt y today The convicts were lining up to march to supper this evening when the attack was made. sides, takes the place this week of the oustomary issue of Britannia, the organ of the Women's Social and Political unfon, which was raided by the police. fl Christabel Pankhurst continues in this wgPovel lssue the suffragette attack. “You stool pigeon,” Perry cried as he sprang toward Harrod. In his hand he wung the leg of a chair which he | brought down with crushing force on Harrod's head. The latter died an hour later. The committee describes an amateur sportsmen as one who engages in sport solely for the pleasure and physical ben- efits he derives therefrom and to whom sport is nothing more than a vocation. How to Lose Standli In the opinion of tlie committes a per- son should cease to be an amateur by cammitting any of the following acts: A—By competing or giving an exhibi- tion in any athletic sport under an as- sumed name, or by being guflty of any fraud or other grossly upspol ke conduct in connection therewith. B--By directly or indirectly recelving pay or tinancial benefits in consideration of, or as a reward for participating in " Y public athletic corporation or exhi- y :lln‘ell{ or indirectly, recelving pay or financial benefits in consideration of or as o reward for Instructing or preparing any person in or for any ath- etic competition, exhibition or exerci I)-By granting or permitting the use of one's name to advertise or promote the sale of or to act as the personal so- | licitor for the sale or as the actual sales- of sporting goods, prize trophies or commodities for use chlefly in or in ¢ stion with athletic games or ex- hibitions; or by engaging for pay or fi- nanclal benefit in any occupation or bus- iness transactions wherein his usefulness or value arises chiefly from the public- ity miven or to be 1Iv to the reputa- tion or fame which he has secured from RMBER 28 his athletic performances, rather than from his ability to perform the usual and natural acts and duties incident to such occupation or transaction. E—By having played 1015, WOULONY DARE competition or exhibition upon a team on which there were professionals, but who himself had not been pald to play or conch, or who in any manner, except by on of such assoclating, has not had amateur status affected: or without ving first obtained the consent of the organization governing such sport by having participated there in any individ- unl public competition or exhibition with or against a professional, but who ex cept by reason of such aasociating has not had his amateur status affected Should Have Pardontag Power. Having covered this fleld the commit- tee suggests that any organization gov- erning a sport should have a pardoning power by which to relleve an amateur | of the effoct of his acts if it were shown to its satisfaction that such acts were committed through lgnerance, Inadvert- ence or excusable crror. They recommend that a team of ama- teurs representing a well established organization should not be prevented from participating in a public competi- tion or exhibition against a team com- posed of professionals. This has refer- ence to foot ball games where a single professional player on a team makes the entire team professionals, a fact which | caused some cancellations of games be- tween colleges during the 1916 season. It also has reference to track and fleld athletics, where members of the team compete separately in a regular serlos of standard events and not merely ono or more spocial contests. In recommending penalties, the com- mittee advises that any ono who s guilty of an act set down in clause “A" shall never be permitted to compete as an amateur in any sport. In clause “B" he shall never be permitted to compete as an amateur in a sport or sports in which the act was committed, but after a period of five years has elapsed, he may be restored to amateur standing in any sport other than that In which such act was committed. Permitted to Apply. In clause “C” he shall not be permit.ed during the perfod of his coaching or training, to take part in any amateur competition but on his ceasing to coach or train he shall be privileged to apply | to the governing body of any sport other than that in which such act was com- mitted, for permission to compete as an amateur. After & period of five years has elapsed from the commission of the act, he shall be privileged to apply for permission to compete as an amateur by the governing body in that particular sport upon assurance being given of no future violation on his part This would enable a pald college foot ball coach to regain his amateur standing hi in any public| Under clauss “D” & parson who b in tennis, golf or any other sport in one year and at foot ball after a lapse of five | \'LL NEVER CHOKE, TQ DEATH IN THIS SUIT! ceased to permit his athletio capitalized may on positive that effect be returned to good standing. Offenders under clause "I may on similar assurance be reinstated in any sport other than that in which the act was committed and after the elapse of one year he may be permitted to compete in the sport In which the act was com- mitted. HAMPTON HIGH TEAMS WIN OUT WITH EASE HAMPTON, Neb, Deo. 21.—(Special)— ‘The Hampton High school basket ball Flippers swamped the Glltner High achool on the loeal floor, ™ to 9 and the second stringera defeated the Glitner High seo- ond stringers, 17 to 4. In playing Hamil- ton county teams the Hamliiton first team has scored 277 against its opponents’ M, po without doubt Hampton may claim the ecounty championship. 7 Drawn for The Bee by George McManus HELLO - DINTY - SEND ME UP A SUIT OF CLOTHES TO THE CORNER = | Madison Méetiflg OppoEgg Removal MADISON, Neb., Dec. 21.-(Special)— Retaining the county seat at Medison is the subject uppermost in the minds of a large majority at Madison county citisens At this time. A monster mass meeting st the city hall Friday afternoon, made up largely of farmers from every part of the county, declared unqualifiedly as op- posed to the removal of the court hou AKRON, O, Deo. 21.-Jack BEritton of Chicago will substitute for world's ch plon lightw ht Freddie Weish here cember 38 against Johnny rGiffitha. Th will box twelve roun. t catchwelghts. Hog Records Hroken. BIOUX CITY, Dec. 21.—The ho& re- ceipts on the Sioux City market broke ail records today, 16,977 head being received. tageously. the late shoppers. Fancy Hosiery ... . Dress Gloves ..... Handsome Shirts Pajamas .....p0. years. Newest in Neckwear ...... Silk and Knitted Mufflers . .. $1.50 to Fancy and Dress Vests......$1.50 to Bath Robes and Slippers to match. .$5 to $10 Everything in wearing apparel gifts for partie- ular men, Individual Attention for Holiday Shoppers This man’s shop is so organized that tire- some waits and poor service are avoided. Buyers can be served quickly and advan- Special attention will be given to 2.50 1.50 .00 .00 7.50 .00 50 $1.50 to .$1.50 to .50 to vepmfll tHeH W 1 i mmmllllllIIII|IIllllllIIIIll|IllllllllllIllIIllIlIIlIIllIIMIHIIllllllllllflllllll[| Get that Gillette Today At dealers’ all over the City —85 to $50 y I lllllllllIlIIIIIlllllllNlIIIIIlIllIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllIII||II|I|||IIII|||I||| it o 3 G LN