Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 11, 1916, Page 42

A LEWIS 1§ CERTAIN OF WINNINGMATCH Kentucky Lad Sure He Will Be Able to Outlast Stecher in Match Here. NOW TRAINING FOR FOURTH The grappling championship of the world will be at stake when Joe Stecher, the Nebraska phenomenon, ind Ed “Strangler” Lewis, renowned strong-man from Keitucky, get to- gether in a finish mat encounter the afternoon of July 4, at the Douglas County Fair track near Benson. The commotion provoked by the possi- bility of a Gotch-Stecher match has practically petered out; Gotch has strangely side stepped all offers from :he Stecher camp, even turning down Jroposals in which the young Her- :ules from Nebraska expressed a will- ngness to concede to his opponent ‘he lion's share of the purse, and it aas become a conviction in the Stech- *r camp that Gotch has no intention of risking his chances in a fray on the sadded mat. Gotch still is traveling with a circus and gathering in the kale from exhibition bouts, but in view of his failure to affirm the more than reasonable térms offered by Promoter Gene Melady and Stecher ind his manager, popular interest, quite naturally, is turning to the stu- * pendous 'sporting soiree which Pro- moter Mclady has' booked for Fire Cracker day in Omaha, Worthvy Opponent. Lewis looms up as a worthy oppon- ent for the spectacular Nebraska boy and the wise birds are rightfully look- ing forward to an intensely tgrilling combat. A survey of Lewis’ record should impress even the most rAm- ant Stecher adherent that the Ne- raska wonder has undertakén the most trying task of his career, The rise to fame by the Kentuckian had its start, when he placed his managerial affairs in the hands of Billy Sandow uf Rochester, N. Y., two.and a half years ago. Although Lewis was only a rmmnter in the grappling game, be barely past the 21 year mark, Sandow speedily realized that Lewis presented championship possibilities and he has piloted Lewis on a career which has been almos pectacus lar as that which ured the dazzling climb of Stecher to the peak of the heavyweight wrestling pile. If there are any doubters concern- ing the ability of Le let them ri flect that this Kentu®kian has not lost a ngl 1l during the entire riod of Sandow's tutorship. Today e stands as the only heavyweight ler now before the American p-mc who' apparently possesses the strength, the speed and the skill to cope with the famous Stecher scissors. Stecher and Lewis, in fact, exchanged grips last October, at Evanville, Ind., and ‘the contest was waged upwards of two hours without a fall, Lewis fell through the ropes and off the plat- form, sustaining a. injury which pre- vented him from gotng on with the ‘bout. The first decision by the referee < awarded the victory to Stecher, but s ruling later’ was reversed, the same referee deciding that the match was a draw. : is now on the scene of the comiat which is to b: the big sport- _ ing event of the summer season in the middle wesk The match is to be wrestled out of doors, so Lewis has tablished a‘training camp at Carter e and will prepare himself to make bid for the champiomship by _ training in the open air, The Ken- tuckian is an exceptional athlete on the score of physique. The Kentuckian has a firm faith in his ability to out-stay Stecher and pin the latter's shoulders to the pad— a trick which never has been turned, ther or not the confidence of is well grounded, the fact r mains that the Kentuckian beliey in himself; having for'ed the Nebraska marvel once, Lewis is confident he can do"l‘no:e the :u:m time by up- : e dope and administering to Stecher the first Cefeat of the lm'er'- career, | Promoter Melady s mapping out a |J. program of fancy preliminaries for the big bout on thepFourth and . nounces that Owen Dnll{' Nebras| boy who has wrestled his way into the world’s lightweight champion- 4 is to be one of the prelim per- ~ Gotham Fans Hope to See Big Series Helg._in_Big Town New York, June 10.—Although the league base ball on is not of Greater ring on least one-half of. the rid's series of 1916 and possibly u‘v.‘ife conflict, With the New ork and Brooklyn teams fighting for the National lead and the New York Americans within striking dis- tance of first place in the American . it is hard to convince the average - rooter of the big city th - three will not be found at the top when the "ugll{in October. § e remarkable dash of fhe New York Giants from last place to with- in a few points of the lead in the sen- “ior league, dnrlng which they won seventeen ~straight games, has re- stored the Giants to their former place in the affections of the fans and confidence in their ability to play - winning ball from this time on, is - evident on all ud‘:: Across the big . bridges Brooklyn fans are just as cer- ;:m m:?n:‘i;hemSuperbnh mllh be ':hle # n e pace that t ave ::i_ from_ the beginning of tin.’; sea- Mack, the leader of the hletics, i in- terview, M:k‘x the -93;"::::: tw“i‘n ; American league pennant. This pkg:nin conjunction with the brand 3 a the reconstructed combination this spring, has caused ; ‘?le:l':” tg fiml ‘cl';n e on [ i;l” mhpud uj “will "New York Ameri- Phifadeis y Pi NEW COAST WIZARD APPEARS Willis Davis, Unheard of in Cali- fornia, Comes East and Cleans Up Atlantic Tennis Sharks. PLAYS S0UND AND STEADY GAME New York, June 10.—Ever since the invasion of the eastern lawn tennis courts, in 1909, by ‘a group of players from the Pacific coast, there has been an increasing interest in the wielders of the racquet who have appeared on the courts in this section of the coun- try. There is a reason for it. The Californians immediately eontributed a speed and dash to the game that had never before been regarded as possible. They exploited a new ser- vice, which for pace and high-bound- ing break soon caused the invention of the east, the reverse twist, to fall into the discard, They likewise indi- cated the beginning of the stroke which smothered and blocked the rapid rise of the bounding ball, It was a stroke which the late Anthony F. Wilding perfected for the great match in which he defeated Maurice E. McLoughlin for the all-England «I:ha;npionshi;z title at Wimbledon, in 913. So many examples of the unortho- dox have come from out ofsthe golden west as exemplified by R. Lindley Murray, W M. Johnston, and others, that it is not at all surprising that unusual interest should be taken in the young Willis Davis, who is making his debut in premier tourna- ments this week, on the courts of the Sleepy Hollow Country club, at Scarsborough-on-Hudson, There is likewise significance in the fact that Davyis is playing over the same courts and under the same conditions as those under which Murray first made his bid for fame and lawn tennis titles, Plays Sound Game, Those who have watched Davis most closely are of the opinion that he is not apt to burst with meteoric splendor at the beginning of this sea- son. His game possesses more the ele- ments of soundness than the spec- tacular, which has ever been so rominent with the men from Cali- ornia. It is the general opinion that he has not yet shown completely what he is capable of. This is not forgetting that he groved completely hi er of the best of the Phila- in winning the indoor championship tournament in that city. He is, like all the other Californians, inctly a hard cqurt player. The er t‘e ball flies, the better he p Yet with all of this element n game, it appears more to be a blending of the speed of the Pacific coast and the finer stroking of the eastern players than,any other man |- me acrogs the continent. Davis has come through the singles matches toward a holding of the gold cup emblematic of the honors at Sleepy Hollow by scores that do not exactly proclaim him a genius. He began by d:feltmz_ George Carlton Shafer at 7-5, 5-7, 6-3. Next Charles M. Bull, jr., fell before him at 8-6, 6-3; and so on. In each of these matches the finely balanced attack at the net made itself formidable. There was also another strong point which appealed to Allan O. White, the newly installed professional coach, at the club, Davis has something which has not appeared in the equipment of the mgority of the young Californ- jans. He has a good and dependable backhand stroke. Ten of Haughton's Pupils Will Coach evens This Year Cambridge, Mass, June 10.-113: Haughton system of foot ball will spread over the land this fall. No than ten men who have played on ard clevens under the Boston foot ball genius will take up coaching tasks at other institutions. Y Edward Mahan, captain of last year's crimson eleven, will have charge of the gridiron squad at the University of California, Donl_ld . Wallace, a teammate of Mahan's, will cos "h at the University of South- ern_California. The University of Wisconsin will have three Harvard coat this fall. Dr. Paul With'ngton, crimson foot ball star and assistant. to Percy Haughton, is now director of athlet- ics at the Badger college. He will be head foot ball coach and has signed Ernest SOHCB end on Mahan's team, and John A. Doherty, assistant quarterback, ta help him. Albert J, Wedtherhead, end at Cam- bridge last year, hac been appointe heur coach at Bowdoin, mot Whitney, half back, will have charge of a Boston preq‘lntory school eleven, Huntington (Tacks) Hardwick is to coach the midshipmen at Annapolis. The famous Charley Brickley has left Johns Hopkins, where he coached last r, and will direct the _th of the E!o.non college eleven. Tom Camp- bell, who also learned his foot ball at Harvard under Haughton, has been appointed head coach at the Univer- sity of North Carolina. MICHIGAN DIGS UP HIGH SCHOOL BASE BALL STAR For several Michigan has boasted of a chool or college pitcher whose sensational work en- abled him to leap from comparative obscurity into mlior league circles, Earl Brooks of Arthur Hill High school i in the limelight is he pitched two no-hit games and followed these con- secutive performances .bg twirling a one-hit victory, in which he fanned seventeen men and made a home run. * Sisler of the St. Louis Americans Koob, the same club; Bill James ‘o the Detroit Tigers, Eddie Cicotte of the Chicago Americans, Eddie Killian, the former Detroit star, and other twitlers who achieved national promi- nence broke into the game in Michi- gm as_school “phenoms.” Victor aier, first baseman for the Chicago Nationals, . starred on the Lansing, Mich,, High school team and was purchased by Chicago after he had only one season's experience with a minor league club, * He Was Sure of It. A Barnegat schoolma’'am had been telling her puplls something ut George Wash- ington, apd finally she asked: 'm anyone now .::.II. we -m:: m i ) The small u:l.onl.&mm‘:n.nlnd his AnOrAL" saih the boy, crossing the Dela- it admiral would put cut standing up in & skift.'—New- THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 11, 7 || RABBIT ONGE WAS TINSMITH | MACKS BEGIN 10 SHOW CLASS |PLAYER-MANAGER THROUGH , “STRANGLER” LEWIS, WHO SAYS HE WILL BEA STECHER—Kentucky lad, who is now in training here for his match with Stecher July 4, at Benson. It Will Be a Long Time Before World Sees _Ail_other Ted New York, June 10.—It will be a long time before the college athletic world unearths another “Ted” Mered- ith, In the five years the sensational Penn captain has burned up the cin- der path with his speed, experts and enthusiasts alike have seen him hang up several great records, and they will stay in the books indefinitely. Since the day at the Stockholm Olym- pic games back in 1912, when he sent a thrill through the 10,000 spectators by defeating the then peerless Mel Shepherd and a crack field over the 800-meter and half-mile trails, smash- ing world's marks in his ‘paths, Meredith continued to assault Father ime. Meredith crowned his achievements in closing his wonderful college career at the intercollegiate cham- pionships by winning two events in an afternoon’s competition. ch wrecked Maxey Long’s quarter-mile mark, around a turn, by two-fifths of a second, and half an hour later came out and, against a fleet field, not only triumphed in the half, but bettered his own intercollegiate figures for the distance. By duplicating his feat of year on Franklin field, Meredith deserves a niche in the athletic hall of fame, alongside those of Long and Lon Myers, . The young record wrecking cham- pion passes out from ‘the college world titis month, when he graduates from Penn, but he will not be lost to the cinder path. Unlike John Paul i)onel and one or two other stellar ights, Meredith wants to continue in the game purely for the love of the sport. He will combine business and athletics, the latter as a side issue, or, as some may term it, “ for pleasure.” Unless our information is way off, the Pennsylvanian is coming here to work for some brokerage house down in Wall street and represent the New York Athletic club an ¢gpen competi- tion. While Meredith will not admit this, John Pilgrim, athletic mentor of the winged foot organization, is au- thority 'for the statement that “Ted” will most likely affiliate with his club. Orange Peol Oll Explosiv Everybody knows the flavor peel, but not everybody knows what causes that flavor. It due to the oll contalned in little cells in t! #0 as to strain t! burats out, often as ally perceptible to our se often as & groasy fllm on the fin ‘The peel may be so bent as to rupture a large number of these cells at one time and to fill the air with an olly mist. If at the mom f ben ighte teh be plied by an assiftant a decided explosion follow. This experiment is most success- fully performed in a darkened room or in & room wholly dark except for the light from the match.—Popular Sclence Monthly. orange t | far from bein LEWS WOULD MEET WELSH Ted, Who Fights Welterweights and Middleweights, Now Wants to Tackle Lightweights. REGULAR INDIA RUBBER MAN New York, June 10—Jimmy John- ston has a new label for the dashing, crashing, slashing Ted (Kid) Lewis. That designation has been discarded. It was descriptive enough and pleas- ing to the ear, but Jimmy has decided to change it. He serves formal notice to that effect. “Hereafter and henceforth forever- more, the Dashing, Crashing, Slashing Ted (Kid) Lewis will be called “The India Rubber Man,” says James Joy. “And what for?” you ask. 3 “Because he is the only man in the ring today who can fight in three divisions,” replied the spirit picture medium, “His fluctuation in weight is so great,” he continues, “that he can compete in the lightweight, welter- weight or middleweight division. Just take a look at his record. What do you find? You'll notice that as a light- weight he defeated, and on official and automatic-official decisions, too, Charlie White, Young Saylor, Joe Mandot and Jimmy Duffy. All these men were considered contenders for the world’s lightweight championship. He outpointed White, Saylor and Mandot, knocking the latter down seven times, and knocked out: the much-touted Lockport man, “After that he battled a bunch of welterweights. He got two decisions over Jack Britton and defeated Mike Glover, Soldier Bartfield, Kid Graves and knocked out Eddie Moha and Harry Trendall. “Now, what match do you suppose we are after? No, not Jack Dillon. At least not right away. We are not quite ready for a campaign among the heavyweights just yet, ¢ are going back and start picking on the light- weights again. e are after Freddie W:fsh, the cha'xwion of that class, At what weight? hy, we'll make 135 pounds at 3 o'clock for him. 4 “Yes, Lewis is ready to box a light weight one night, a welterweight the next and a middleweight on the fol- lowing eve. We are sincere in our de- sire to consummate a match with Welsh. I now have three matches for him, but, of course, the schedule is completed, On June 13 the ‘India Rubber Man’ will meet Mike Glover in a return bout of twelve rounds at Boston. It will be to a de- cision, On July 4 we will show in Dayton, boxing Joe Chip fifteen rounds to a decision, _Before that match, and just to put Lewis on edge for Chip, he will meet Jack Torres in a ten-round match at Kansas City, i|Oklahoma Pete Is Awarded the Title of ““Idol of Western League”’ The idol of the loop. That's the title Western league ath- letes are tagging on Oklahoma Pete Kilduff, the sensational Rourke short- stop and the cutest pastimer that ever graced the lots of the Zehrung circuit. Seldom is it that hostile athletes are popular, Ordinarily the only favorite the home town fan has is a member of the local team. But occasionally one finds a ball player who is liked in eight cities of a league, When Artie Thomason broke into the Western league he became one of these unusual players who is popular in every town. Tommy had more friends in the ‘hostile cities than he did in his home town. Everybody pulled for him, and whenever Tommy was carded to play, ladies’ day found the park filled with the fair fans out to pull for Artie. But Kilduff has usurped Thoma- son's throne, Patie is now the idol of the fans and the darling of the ladies, The Rourkes have appeared in every city now except St. Joseph and Kilduff instantly won a home in the heart of every fan who saw him. “Isn't he the'cutest thing?” is the constant query of the lady bugs, and “some . boy, that,” is the way the sterner sex-—suffs please note—size m up. Pa Ewrka made a ten-strike when he ianded Petie. ' Petie is some ‘ball player, he's a lightning fielder, a slugging batter and a hard-working player, and he draws money into the ticket office through his popularity. You can’t beat that combination. i 1918. He Didn't Like the Trade So He Deserted It and Entered Base Ball. PROVED TO BE A GOOD MOVE Walter Maranville is the son%f his dad—a tinsmith. When “Rabbit” went out to play ball the old man said: “Sure, and the tinsmith trade has lost a good young tinsmith. Maranville began young as a ball player. Playing with different Spring- field school teams he finally joined the team of the Chestnut Street Schogl. That team won both schol- astic pennants that year and Maran- ville led the league in hitting, says Jim Jerpe. “Rabbit” joined a strong club known as the Blue Birds, and they played off a pennant in one game. “Rabbit” made the hits that netted the only three runs. Jack Dowd, man- aging New Bedford that year, asked Maranville what he wanted. “Oh, 1 don’t know,” said the “little future star. “I guess I've got & lot to learn and am not worth very much.” Maranville played with New Bed- for in 1910, but it was not until 1911 that he became a sensation. He played amazing ball and showed the most wonderful skill as a fielder and thrower. He hit well, and the scouts weré on his trail. In the fall of 1911, the great year with New Bedford, he was bought by the Braves and reported to Johnny Kling, then managing the Boston club, known as the Rustlers, in honor of the late William Hepburn Russell. *‘Rabbit” showed skill and speed from the start. Expert Liked Him, Sid Keener of the St. Louis Times was the first man to stamp Maran- ville among the ‘geer of shortstops and game players. The youngster made a lasting impression and when George Stallings took the helm in 1912 he found a seasoned ball player on his hands with about one month of ex- perience in the majors. In the early years Maranville was a terror at beating Pittsburgh. Just as Artie Fletcher of the Giants was the Pirate jinx of offense and defense, so did the pestiferous little Rabbit cut down Bucco smashes and his bat smear the Pirate pitching at the right time. Maranville got in an argument at second base once with Wagner. Wal- ter vowed that Fitzpatrick’s chickens in Maine were better than Wagner's in Carnegie. ' A base hit rang off Viox’s bat. “Excuse. me,” said Honus. “I've got to score on this hit, so I guess you win the argument.” < Maranville was an easy-going little fellow at the outset of his major league career. Stallings didn't like it. One day in the club house Stall- ings said: “Now here is a play that is per- fectly feasible,” said the miracle man. “I don’t think it is safe,” remarked Maranville. “Never mind what you think,” re- torted Stallings, “I say it's all right” “Well, I say it's not,” thundered the midget. - Stallings laughed and the other %laye;a roared. Beaming a smile on abbit the miracle man said: “Certainly you're right, Walter, I knew it all along.” That night, Maranville on his way to Springfield, and Connelly to Woon- so;:dket, Maranville nudged Joe and said: “Well, I sure did tell it to Stalli didn’t 1?” £ee Trap Tournaments Increase in Numbers As Season Advances New York, June 10.—Week by week the. trapshooting tournaments in the United States and Canada increase in numbers. Thirty-nine meetings are scheduled to take place in twenty-two states,” which is the greatest num- ber thus far this season. Thirty-one were listed during the week now at end, thirty in the week before, twenty- five in the week wihch preceded that one and twenty-one in the real open- ing of the apring trapshooting season in April. Thus far the Interstae asso- ciation has registered 475 shoots, which is nearly 150 more than were listed in 1915." The number of reg- istered shoots is the weather vane which shows that the sport is boom- ln% in popularity, _Four championships will be de- cided during the week and one of them is a dual titular competition. The California-Nevada_titular event will take place at San Jose, Cal.; the Utah championship at Springville; the Towa championship at Waterloo, and the New Jersey titular match at Little Falls. While New Jersey, Towa and Utah all have important meetings, the Calofornia-Nevada tour- nament will be the biggest of the week. The Utah and Iowa tourna- ments will continue over two days; the New Jersey meeting over three, and the dual state tourney on the coast over four days. Pennsylvania leads in the unmber of shoots scheduled with six and Min-. nesota is next with four. Illinois, New York and Missouri are next with three. Iowa, Wisconsin and Ken- tucky each have two. These states have one each: Montana, California, Huntington Cup Battle Finished Miss Laura Bruch and Jimmie Ja- rosh are now the undisputed mixed doubles bowling champions of Omaha and own the Huntington trophy. Last night they defeated Miss Sophia Rauber and John Watt in a cyclone finish, They were 113 pins behind starting the last game. Miss Bruch started with four strikes and then made an error, but came back with five more strikes, finishing with a'252 game. This is the highest game ever bowled by a woman in Omaha. Jarosh had to strike out to win. He came through with three perfect one-three hits and they won by seven pi Score by bames: Miss Bruch, 187 149 159 148 283—875 J. Jarosh.. 178 181 187 178 79 Miss Rauber 149 139 164 210 13 pA ‘att., .. 211 150 185 192 X Playing Safe. The Man-—If I should ask for your hand— ‘The Mald-=1 would refuse. The Man—You positively would not marry . m'rnlc Mald—Under ro clrcumstances what- ever The lm—NothlnL that would cause you to change your mind? You are absolutely sure? The Matd—I am absolutely sure. The Man—Finé! Th time of our lives beli god this sume Teri—Philadelphia Loggor. Tall Tactician Whips Crew of Mis- fits Into a Really Formidable Base Ball Nine. HAS COLLEGE STARS COMING New York, June 10.—There is an old base ball saying that no particular amount of courage is necessary to spur on a winner. The thing that helps a losing team—or a club in the melancholy throes of a slump—is the fact that the public still displays its confidence in its diamond representa- tives. And the players, cognizant that the “fans” are still pulling for them to win, are sure to strive harder for victory. Although the Athletics missed fire in several vital spots at the outset of the campaign, there wasn’t a “fan” in Quakertown who doubted the ability of the tall tactician to whip his mis- fits into a winning combination. When “Connie” Mack deliberately wrecked his world’s champions and scattered his stars among" opposing clans, he was persona non grata with the home folk for quite a stretch. His prospects were covered with doubts and miu7m’ng and the club experi- enced all shades of disaster. Every one, it seemed, was reviling them. Even friends were lending assistance to enemies by maintaining silence. There was nothing the friends could say, so silence was all they could offer. But while they “rode” the Elayers out at Shibe Park, they still elieved that “Connie” would make good his promise to rehabilitate the team. Lose Some of Spirit. During this gloomy spell the play- ers lost some of their spirit. This could not be helped. But they did not lose any of their confidence, and when “Joe” Bush ahd Elmer Myers began to strike their normal strides the team in general began to whirr along with less jar in the rhythm. To be sure the; were not the Athletics of old, but “Connie” has made good his promise that his club would be rehabilitated by June 1 and making every team in the league bat- tle hard to overcome it. Mack expects four college pitchers to report this month. One of them is a southpaw, while the others are right-handers. Mack hasn’t disclosed the identity of the southpaw, but the right-handers are Wescott, Whittaker and Krepps. The left-hander is said to be wtih an eastern college team and he has shown form worthy of a mgllor league trial, he keenest disappointment for the tall tactician has been the collapse of “Rube” Bressler and the mediocre showing of Wyckoff, the Bucknell lad. Mack was certain both these men would star this season. Nabors, Sheehan and Crowell give promise of improvement with the advent of hot weather. Bush and Myers are carry- lfng the burden of the box work thus ar. Mack has shown the “fans” a splen- did shortstop in Lowton Witt and a dependable third baseman in Charles Pick. He hopes to unearth another Witt among the college crop expected this month. “Connie” knows what he needs and has the scouts and system to get it. Jay Andrews Wants $50,000 for Being Fired as Umpire Jay Andrews, one of the organizers of the Western league in olden days, with Pa Rourke and Patsy Tebeau, is suing the Western league and its president, Frank Zehrung, for $50,000 damages because the Western league cancelled his contract as an umpire. In his petition Andrews sets up the plea that for all his career he has stood for clean base ball, and still does, and that by reason of cancelling his contract over a squabble at Sioux City he has been damaged for $50,000, London City Temple Pastorate Deadlock May Soon Be Broken (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) London, June 7.—Opinion as to the choice of a successor to Rev. R. J. Campbell as pastor of the City Tem- ple appears to be about e?ullly di- vided among the members of the ch- g{regation between Dr. J. H. Jowett of ew York and Dr. Juseph Font New- ton of Cedar Rapids, Ia. The deacons have returned Dr. Jowett. Dr. Jowett is to greach at the Temple during the month of July. Whoever is chosen will be warmly welcomed, both as a mark of gratifica- tion at seeing the pulpit filled once more and because of the final break- ing of the protracted deadlock as to a successor to Mr. Campbell. Since the latter’s departure congre- gations have fallen off by 80 per cent, and/the famous Thursday midday service has been abandoned. Meanwhile genuine interest has been aroused in ecclesiastical circles throughout the country by Mr, Camp- bell’s announcement that he will state his reasons for leaving non-conform- ity to re-enter the Church of England, Since re-entering the Church of England he has privately and publicly refused to be drawn into any sort of statement of his reasons for so doing. In maintaining silence he has given as a reason his reluctance to provoke acute difference of opinion. It was a recent episode at a session of the Congregational union which prompted Mr. Campbell's determina- tion to make a statement. The sub- ject of the validity of the Congrega- tional ministry was under discussion, and Dr. J. D. Jones, now the recog- nized leader of British Congregation- alism, suggested that Mr. Campbell’s action had been construed as a re- flection upon the status of Congrega- tional ministries. At the same time he hinted to Mr. Campbell that it was expected of him to affirm frankly that joining the Anglican church and sub- niitting to reordination did not imily any doubt as to the validity of his former Congregational orders. Home Is Best. ‘Willie Jones was playing with the Robin- son children next door. When luncheon time came Mrs. Robinson asked him if he wouldn't like to stay, “No, thank you," sald Willle, “I think I'a bétter go home. My mother will be expect- might _occur | we can have the [sald Charley Herzog is the Only rhfing Manager Left in Big Leagues Today. BENCH BOSS PROVES BETTER New York, June 10.—The reign of the player-manager in base ball is rapidly drawing to a close. There was a time when he held his own in the big show, but now manag- ing from the bench is in vogue, and with the coming of anotber season or two the player-manager will be an unknown quantity—he will be a relic of the past. Various reasons can be advanced why this @ true. In the first place, good managers are not to be found in every nook and cranny. On the contrary, they are few and far be- tween, and for this reason owners of clubs have seen no reason why they should change managers simply be- cause the incumbent decided that he could no longer stand the pace as a player and relegated himself to the bench. A good manager is price- less, and while new players can be found it is far more difficult to find good managers. X There is another side to it. The impression is gaining among the owners of base ball clubs that there is a deal of truth in the old adage that a man cannot do two things at once. They are beginning to be- lieve that the playing of a ball play- er is affected to no little extent when he is burdened with the duties of manager at the same time. Some- times both ends of his work suffer as a result. Not many “Fred” Clarkes, Fielder {‘_oncscs and Frank Chances (when ielder Jones was playing and man- aging the Chicago White Sox, when Clarke was playing and managing the Pittsburgh Pirates, and when Chance was leading the Chicago Cubs), flash across the base ball horizon. They were exceptions. 3 A few years ago easily half the teams in the major leagyes were led by ?laying managers, buf now “Char- ley” Herzog of the Cincinnati Reds has the distinction of being the only real out and out/playing manager. While Miller Huggins of the St. Louis Cardinals may get into a few games, he is no longer the regular second baseman of his team. All the Go Once. At one time in the game's his- tory the playing manager was all the go, and it was seldlom that a bench manager worked himself into the game. Frank Selee and “Ned” Hanlon were a couple of the great bench managers of the time before the American league. From the time the Ban Johnson circuit started until the present day the playing and bench managers usu- ally were closely matched until this season. Now the playing managers have cropped off the map. In the season just before the Fed- eral league forced itself into the limelight (1913) the bench managers had a slight lead, there being nine against seven. In the National league the division was equal. Mc~ Graw, Stallings, Clarke and Dahlen were bench warmers, and Tinker, Evers, Huggins and Dooin were laying managers. In the American eague the bench managers led, five to four, “Connie” Mack, Jennings, Griffith, Chance and Callahan were bench managers, while Stovall, Bir- mingham, Stahl and Carrigan were playing managers. The last two di- vided the season in Boston. Herzog Still Sticks. Herzog, a playing manager, re- lieved Tinker in Cincinnati, but “Charley” almost lost his job last winter to Jack Hendricks, which would have ended the playing mana- ger in the big leagues. Evers lost his job in Chicago, being succeeded by “Hank” O'Day, a benchie. Bres- nahan, a playing manager, succeeded O’Day, but Roger is now succeeded by “Joe” Tinker, who is a bench manager. Dooin was replaced by “Pat” Moran in Philadelphia. In the American league Branch ickey won Stovall's job in St. Louis; oe” Birmingham quit playing be- fore he lost out to Lee Fohl, and “Bill” Catrigan says he is through as a player. i he greatest playing managers of the last decade were Frink ghmce. Fred Clarke and Fielder Jones. PREP STAR IS A POINT WINNER IN SEVEN EVENTS Oregon, Ill, June 10—~Of this year’s crop of star prep school athletics, Sherman Landers, Oregon Hifh school senior, is believed by followers of the cinder sports to be the'best in the country. Landers is a consistent performer in seven events; the pole vault, high and low hurdles, 220-yard dash, high jump and broad jump. His best work is done in the vault, in which he has a mark of 12 feet, 5 inches. Aided by only one team mate, Loomis, a brother of Jo Loomis, the A. A, U. athlete, Landers has won two meets for Oregon ‘High this year and has broken a number of records. A LITTLE CRIPPLE MADE TO WALK Dr. Frank F. Burhorn, the Chiropractor, has made it possible for our b-year-old son, Deen Cook, residing at 221 Vine St., Council Bluffs, Ia, to walk, after being helpless, due to a paralytic con- a dition. Words fail to ex- press our gratitude and appreciation of what Dr. Burhorn has done for our little boy, and we firmly believe that but for his able/ ser- vices he/ would have seen & hopeless invalid. 23/ Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cook. No matter what your ailment may be, you owe it t:.reurnll to investigate this system of healing that enables nature to restore you to health without the use of drugs in any form. See Dr. Burhorn For {res consultation and examination, 8 Rose . Doug. 8347. m“‘hy l("-:nfllnl.l. L AR T 9