Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 9, 1916, Page 45

Sometimes MMAHP AUTO RACE L E. Rawlings Writes President Le Bron for Entry Blanks to Gasoline Derbies ,f‘ WOREIGN STARS COME 710 U. 8, rhe | first roquest for entry biur Il e ol I i venr e becn 1 A4 by President 1_ i Pert o Wron, 1. 15 Rawlings of 063 | B, Wrondwny, Chicago, s the man who ‘, ] mMaken the roquest [ g Rawlings 18 ovidently strong for the i Omaha oval as he has asked for entry i Blanks for all rac hich will be held Rt Rere. 10 Bron s making ready to send Wawlings entry biar for both rnees y Which will be held here. Ona will he \ I 8 Broged J nd the other during Ak i Hor 1er i B il the man who o G I Rawl n whk 1) car which geninl Tom Alley drive nembered s the wtoch f wil member o piloted n Deusenber hiere adl ly and [ it enrly In the raee hoard ¢ from the track wur gace and ripped through his motor. Alley har had 1 ar out on the Chicago track and has cllpped off nher of milen nt & (e 100 gant No Slous City Maee I race this yen ty was granted two wanctions for racen 1l for an amateye m f e other for the profe clnante, July 4 The former ovent n declared off and now thers 18 some doubt about the i Lik Aerb B Racen at Bloux City haven't been overly i succonsfil, As n result o of the qi B cctorn of the spsedway are opposed to holding a race this ye Minneapolis s expe the same day, Minne work slgning up dri of the onpect n to hold o 1n 16 alre on at o and has landed A number prominent onew, Kloux Clty has not taken any ste et and ity fleld 1a cortain to be a sece v one With City out of the fisld the Omaha cla on July 16 should he more f 0 wuces it will be the only race n this § dinte on of the country and the d enthupinst 1o Omaha would all come Vorelgn Here Dretvers Coming, some startling news that will not sound very on the enrs of Ar A band of Buropean | " pllots are ketting ready to invade this| ountry to pluck off some of the juley | prize money offered by the It ts sald that these forelyn speed will ride on all of the speedways of pleasant riean drivers various speed the country, so Omaha ralibirds can look MOTOR RACE ON CORONA BOULEVARD. Joe Thomas h for mome real thrills when they start to o 8 tool thelr mounts around the loeal oval Wour new cars will be m.;umm for U ; four of the fourteen drivers aro two Sunbeams from FEngland m:l two i HURT AT CORONA Two Belgian pllots will drive the Hun ) beams. Theodore Pillette, who finished P #ixth at Indlanapolis in the Knight mo-| Wild Bob and Mechanician Probably tored Mercedes in 1913, will have one of Fatally Injured When Car the new six-eylinder Bunbeams rec bullt th the English factory Throws Wheel Christtaens, another subject of IKing Al \ g bert, will_drive the other. Thess Hun-| EDDIE 0'DONNELL WINS RACE | s P beams are said to have shown a speed of 120 mfles an hour fn practics in Fng They were dosikned eapgelally for raoing op American speedways, Perm) alon to fmport them to America han been granted by the British government CORONA, Cal, Aptl 8§ Prie tatally, and and his mechanictan njured, probabl i Seales Pliots ¥iat ”““ ""' "'1"‘\'"*"’""'_”'""‘”’ A Jack Bealos, a famous Tnglish pitt, | -0 L C O e will drive one of the [talian Mats, Beales has been working at the Fiat factory 1| guia” Logital given out by Italy. Antonfo Fagnano, a driver of the | . .0 old school, who rode as mechanician with | - Felice N when the latter was the | juee 1ok \A apoed monareh of Furope by virtue of his | e reer lctories in the French Grand Prix and | qriving n Deu nherg machine the German emperor's cup race, will be 3:90:80, Jos alew’ teammate The Ttalian peted In 1914 In the Fren with the exception that the boen redestgned. They now have four and the bore At the wrs are the same Badie driver g the Rene Thomas, the famous Fren 10 won the Indianapolls Derby in 1914, WICHITA, Kan.,, April 8 safls tor New York this week, Recently | perlain, end on 1t wan ann ed Thomas had been un- | foor Hall team able to wectire permission from the ¥'rench Wichita Base Hall club governmént to como Americn, but A pitcher, has Inter advices state that Rene has secured noed here toda his passports and w ) will toc I this week the P in geot wnod by the Indi Ay company H(‘H 's the Story of How Charley Peter o manuars. Wil Became a Wu-»flu n i named for ENTERS EIGHT IN PENN RELAY MEET ILLINOIS MEN and Pullen 1anded In third place Wichita Releases ., R kg 03 i s Guy Chamberlain f the eon releansd, it tate Bob Burman Hehrador, wore dozan other persons were Infured more or lows threw A lap on the race here wccording to a statement from the track offl wan reported to have had both nd his skull fractured an won by Bddie O'Donnell Hin time Thomas, Ariving his first wheel of a Mercer, was the msec ond Guy Cham- the Nebraska university ) was slgned by the Western by Manager CLASSY LOT OF MANAGERS IN PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUE cnglue goen A clnssy s named rihu Hmuny Titter for nrvishurg [41GH SCHOOL MEET | AT LINCOLN MAY 13 Annua] Nebraska Track and P'u-l:l‘ Meet Will Be Held Under the Auspices of State University I'WENTY BCHOOLS TO ENTER By JAMES 12 LAWHENC) LINCOLN, April & (Bpeetul)-Dr, ¥ 3. Clapp and Guy K. Reed of the athletie mrtment of the 1iniver A brask w kent out preliminary notices of the annual track and fleld muet . braskn high sshools under the the Nebraskn High School Ath ] cintion, The meet will be held May 19, Hat srdny afternoon, on the braska fie opening wt 4, Clapp and Iwed look for twent o be represented in the blg mes chances of weveral more fiinl reprosentatives, The meet of the annual Pete duy § expociully provided the ) ment of Netpaskn biet Omaha 1igh wet f meet with ked, but at lenst two other | make n strong bld for the y p In the coming meet nd Beatrice have strong ten v it Alawed Ten Mon Clapp announces, Ante from ench 1 will b sart In any event y ind too will be ba required. ANl oniries for moet must be filed with Dy ore May 4, ) that, daie ordbr ot sve than e Hundre ard tin, ard _nirdle nlle relny., (o run ning | imy In o L0 pre contemants, no one In advised to e more than three eventa during the e Whil k and fleld events koing on e same time, overy | thon will be made to protect th und the spectators from poms The hi throw " ’ o'elock In the morming contentants and thelr atien allowed on the fie Any Mudent Kiligihie Dr. Clapp makes the furthor ann ment thut any student of o Wigh sl who s a member of the Nebra High hool Athletle amsocintion allgible compete In the meet conformue (o the regulatio It nn il for of §2 which ench yonr on the The to Inmure loag ma o conth ment of 1 Ldneoln Commerclul club, In order the retaining he high school meet In Lincotn, has mnd an appropriation 10 cover the expense of the moet, 15, Clapp says. The vorsity of 'Nebraska will donate the tield and equipment and every effort will be made by the authorities to make the meet and the high school fete da enjoyable oceasion for all vislting high wehool students In the past It has been popsibie pay from ¥ to 80 per cent of the penses of transportation for all co Dr. Clupp states, “and with I wenther conditiony 1t should possiblo to refund at least thut much ench nthleto taking part Gold, sterling wilver and bronze 1 will be awarded the winnes f firn socond and third pla and wille badges to the winnera of fourth, Places 6,22 ann 1 for fiest, wecond, third anA fourth awarded to the winning relay team and respectively, A banner will bw a handsome champlonahip banner to the high mschool the meet Tenck Nqund Wusy Conch Weed hnd his trach I & winning the ot pointa ir the entire week and I8 mor with the prospect While the men a all green, they are showlng up beller than earller in the seas d sho and the Hus ild be much batter than He . nked another dun that with W yan university at Nebraska field on Ma Th mpletes the Husker schedule Assistant Comeh Dick Rutherford augurated spring football during week under the most encouraging ditlons, Forty-thres prospective cand daten for the varsity have enrolled f the apring training, whioh will be striotl along rudimentary lines. T} showing tn 1n Aecided contrast to § and Kanaus, wh the apring were barely worthy of the name HARRY LORD SIGNS UP TO MANAGE LOWELL Lard, who ffods, | NINE Harry 1nst we Tacomn Gols Rooke '\ . Some Battle on the Cards When the Bourgeois and Luxus Clash Hard Luck W)l) Vanish Before Hard Work THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE SPORTS SECTION uM/\H/\, Miller- First Base « OMAHA MARKSMEN G0 ON WARPATH Omaha M'DONALD Gun Club Trap Shooters Planning to Invade Lincoln and Wisner This Month 18 PICKING alobra wnd saveral ot TEAM I " Tay Kingn Henry Melanald, George th, Men Onllngher Marahal Shurpe murkamen probably Hert Haodich Vrank her 0o And t will w real ftion. The Omaha Gun ten markamen will rush funier Aprl A team nad v the Omaha | thirating for After State Trophy I ' res 1) i Henr r o Omaha Chap Enters Chicago Auto Race For Amateur Pilots ALMA COLLEGE TEAM NHAS LOTS OF GRIDIRON Ni Ryt sU ,‘\I!A\ MORNING, AIH!I, of 0, 1916, 'l hr(lo New Memb(*rs of Rourke Clan Krldws 117 Short Stop wvo mgr o mowst 8 TR1G SPEAKER 1S FATALLY HURT S0LD T0 CLEVELAND Famous Outfielder Purchased from Boston Red Box for Greatest Cash Consideration Ever Paid COUPLE OF PLAYERS IN DEAL NEW YOI il B-Tristam Fpeaker oim of the greatest outfisiders wnd fo the last two yeurs the highest salaried player in the game, was traded today by ' n American league team 1o the Cleveland elub of (he sama lsagie ( wnl, which” wis clossd here Villimm Carrigan ert Meftoy of Cle rimors that the his elght 1th the Hed Rox In return | will rocaive [ p1nyers to he chosen Intor and & cosh consider for the famous player, Voston Mannger Carlgan sald, two Pitehar . Jones and another nmount to be pald was not | aunounced e relonns of Bpenker 1n said to have eon od Ly inability to come to torms Bl(; BILLIARD MATCH HIuRh ;” Firmin Cassignol, European Cham I,, : the ’I|T"| : Mmy.'v plon, and Welker Cochran to penk Aock upon his returm from Play in Omaha A e o WILL BE AT THE FONTENELLE o st ocskon gl " iz Thivty Ve Yeours 00 ' et Invulves Thowsands FIFTY NAGS NOW ON OMAHA-TRACK | | Several Likely Looking Btrings | Arrive at East Omaha to Pre- | pare for Harness Season, | WoRKOUT DESPITE THE CoOLD | IDwapite the ebilliness and somewhat in oment weather on “ome of the days of th truining activities at the ¥inst Omahn track of the Omnha Driving b went o Clnmy and con mistant pro-senaon performances on the purt of some of the bosrders at the Mast stables hias tended to mors femly | gthen (he opinton of horsemen mak« nondaunrters here that thiy o the most promising arrey Iast week apace thelr g track har of harness racing stock in the middle west With the arrival of severnl keen look. 1k strings the Inst fow days the list of tenined at this point was | ad, an unusually o of the year. horse nere 1y urge numbe Coturnde Advicen have | stablen o Mere, 1ved ot the Bast that Coloradn horsemen hraska's only it track Lo wind up n rece Omahu are plann ng 1o wontern ol hagirn to B sront the training meason Colorndonns will see 1ittle, in faot, prae enlly nelng of conseiance in thelr native statn this year, aceording o report o renult soveral of the well Fnown stables In (hat state are getting ready (o move by and haggage to more promising fleldp-and Omahs will soon be whing shelter to wome ambitious pappers from the western winte, If sched a out in charge of the st and ore of the busiest tridn ers along the Great Webtorn elroult, has in‘orma thet thers will be from twenly i thirty head in the Coloradn delegation. They are sxpeotad 1o arrive tnelde of the next ten days uiow are oarris Im Monny Omaha track P Nebnsting Arrives, A noiable addition to the talent at the Fact Omaha racing headquarters was murked a few dayn the arrival of Poh fetastian from his winter retraat at Mr. Mebastinn brought with Ing of protiy looking animale- 'y showed mueh ago by horses that have alre slep” on the loeal track Tacers owned by local horsemen are also the well known being truined by Colifornia handler Mr. Babastinn was enthusiastio over the (Continued on Pags Wour, Column Bix) Omaha Field Club to Be in Miggouri Valley Tennis Loop The Omahs Vield elub will be & mem ber of the Missour! Valley Tonnis assocla- ( ton, which 1s now belng formed, and will comprine the states of Missourd, Kansas, lowa and Nebraska, This territory was formerly a part of the Western Lawn Tennls sssoctation, but the division is helng made hecause of the geographioal bulkinews of the western territory, A committee, headed by John . Nesly of | Chlcago, ‘s now st work perfecting the organizniion Burlington, Des Molnes, Grinnell and | Wloux Clity In Tows, Mt Hpring- nd Kanaes City fn Missours, Inde- pern and Neodesha In Kansas, and the Omaha ¥1eld club will be the mew bers of the new valley association, Bradford Returng to Omaha to Tine Up Brandeis Team Pred Wradford dets wemi-pro Louls, manager of the Bran- towm, has returned to Omaha after spending the winter monthas In the Hunflower state, and s husy lining up his team, Bradford declares the Bran will e the crack semi-pro aggresw of this wection of the eountry and Visiting teams are moing down to hen they visit this city players have heen working out reg- ul #otting rid of the winter's moou [ of kinks, and expect to be in Kood form to meet the Nourkes naxt Sunday. Hay and Olson, the Brandels hurlers, have heen practicing hard, and are now in falr shape to hurl nine in. nings. Both men probably will work against the Mourkes, Pots Lyck will landls the bulk of the recetving, having decided to pass up jolning the profes slonal mnks for another year Missouri Bage Ball Team is the Goods deln tion that defoat The arly atlon OLUMNIA, Mo, April 8.-With the pitohing material In recent years elkhioen ar twenty players of var Ity callber to draw from the University fiasour! 1n expected to make & hard fight this year far the Missourl Valley base | hamplonship ' tisld probably will lineup as fol it baseman MoMillen; see third, Parmer, shortstop hasernan and uillity Melde \ \ f Inst year's . N for ¢ A i« Plestina to Meet (toteh on Friday . ‘0 ant 1ay night Tain f hot oty TOUGH LUCK FOR POETS; BENNY SAYS IT'S “COwF"