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0TT0 MERZ BLOWS AND DENVER WINS Rourke Hurler Breaks Altitude | B Record in Seventh and Eighth Innings. DYER CLOUTS LONG nonnl Totals ... A new altitude record was e:jtab- t lished yesterday. Otto Merz n in the seventh and eighth inni cesterday’s fray between the de ourklets and the pelkg Ordinarily Otto is a base bal but yesterday he was an aviator. Grizzlies a result, our heroes, who haven’t been doing much heroing lately, soundly wolloped by an 8'to 1t might also be mentioned the cha; from arid Denver made it a clean| of three combats on the series. sweep were count. For six innings Merz bowled llonx ha in elegant style. As the Rourkes nicked young Mr. permental southpaw refused to rt to the season, for five runs, pretty soft for our side. Harrington, a tem- outh who had akes earlier in t looked Lid Blows Off. Then the lid blew off. And the combat was handed to the op In- the seventh frame the sition. rizzlies unctured Merz for four blows and fin runs, knotting the count, and in the eighth they annexed :l;ree runs e same number of Dyer Hits Homer. In the seventh D: pill over the center field with :'l;nfiped the for one of the longest hits ‘:;er made in the sacks. and F IF 1 TOLD You YOUD 4T SORE AT ME' » “" e QA “ (7S Ghs dais ety 4 - » Sured Slcone~nwun~ sl sl Slocwnmonnrug Bl mvoummuns loomunea SR 2oy E‘l-.-.- PRSHR oo reo Faloowmmemomoy - i runt Dyer. juff, Two-base hits e parine wite: Thosmpes ), Bacnes iuilior, R. 3 , Mers Stolen bases: C. Shestak, R, Miller, Burg, Off Harrington, fié e fy SIOUX BEAT JOSIES| Gaspar Holds the Drummers to 8ix Hits and Defeats Them, |POUR TO ONE IS SCOORE In e d res ‘ in the sixt copped the in another double e ribined third snd in the eighth Butcher of second. “ Hall and Henning Battle on Mound; steal. In stanza Charlev Miller and second, and and Shestak Linkg_ér_e Viotors Lincoln, July 17~In ers' battle between in a twelve-inn'ng game a great pitch- Halla and Hen- ning, Lincoln defeated Toj ka today | rirs a score of 2 to 1. Two games were to have been played but the first was called | w: the wet condition of off on account of the grounds, Score: TOPEKA. AB. slmosrnosony ° vire, It . | - USROS |l ewosonemwe? wtonsosesss “ 2 H 5 o wlssonocorsoy (98P |l anscasons?> g‘l ormmnsosen H 01 00 base hi! Lattimore to Hunter. , Devore, Allen, (2), Devore, Agler, Hennlng. Struc Halla, 3; by Hennin| o ocol olsses ol osumosomal Hunter, Double play: Smit len bases: Sacrifice hits: 0000000001 0000100012 h K Sioux City, Gasper held St. and defeated the Drummers, July 17.—Manager Joseph to six h!: to 1. Two hits in the ninth gave the | pgi] visitors their only run. Score: BT. JOSEPH. o as cnsnnuannd - %l cunacsorny Eloccsnunvasso Zlemovswwos? Hlvormwmwocsos? Sl casiidentiydilamsonsnonns Tt ubcuamig abas Sumisrmens o5 - z 3 e *Batted” Sloux City ....0 0 1 8t. Joseph ,...0 0 0 O Left on basea: Sloux City, 8; St. Joseph, 5. base on re: Sloux City, 1; 8t. J 1, Sacrifice hits: Connolly, Brindl base hit: Kirkham. Three-base hi Gilmore, Lejeune. Stolen bases: Helmer, a Connolly (2), Cooney. Hits: Of Double plays: to Willlams to Gaspar, 3; by Brindle; Bases on balls: Qft Brindley, § oft Gaspar, 1; oft Hoviik, 1. Passed ball Fusner. Hit by pitel ball Litvagston, Time:! 1 Ump! Boelus Cinches Pennant In Sherman-Howard League Farwell, Neb., July 17.—(Special)— The Boelus ball club cinched the 1916 ennant in the Sherman-Howard eague Sunday by defeating Farwell in a double-header, taking both games by the sage score, 6 to 3. Heavy hit- ting won the first game for Boelus, as in the field they played a ragged game. Score, first game: RHE 0 0 0—813 & 3 0—3 42 H. Bosall erbach; C. L. d Burke, Score, second 1; 0 30 00 2 1—8 6 3 10001103863 D. Hozall and W. Treon; haries Petersen. i Southern Assoclation. Birmingham, §; Atlanta, & shville, s o e e e 00 o0 I truck out. ;| Mexico Announces Row With U. 8. Over Mexico City, July 17. nounced here officiall i| ferences which have arisen between the United States and Mexico may be 0| considered as satisfactorily settled, It 2|is expected that details of the confer- ence between Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Arredondo will be given out Monday. Today s SporiCalendar || T Ve THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JULY 18, Copyright, 1916, International News Bervice. WHAT COULD | EXPECT FROM A PERIOD LIKE YOU * YOU HAVE NO TASTE - NO - BUT I'VE GOT A GO0D ] YANKS TAKE THO FROM TIGER CRE New York Increases Lead in|pe Pennant Race by Winning Double-Header. OLDRING NOT IN LINEUP New Yor, July 17.—Playing with | p, a team consisting largely of utility men, New York increased its lead in the pennant race today by twice de- feating Detroit, 2-t0-0, and 3-to-2. In the first game Shawkey outpitched Covelsikie. The former athletic pere mitted only one Detroit player to reach third base, New York won in the fifth inning, scoring two runs in Boone's bunt, Nunamaker’s triple and Shawkey's single. In the second game Love, a New York youngster, started his first game of the season and gave a fine exhibition until the eighth inning when Donovan took him out, after i he allowed two hits, Russell replacing im, The latter part of the first game and theentire second game were play- ed in a heavy drizzle. Outfielder Oldring, who joined the Yankees last Saturday did not appear today. He left for his farm at Shiloh, N. J., after Saturday’s game and the club has not heard from him since then, It is as- sumed, however, that he missed train connections. Score first game: z 2 o S I ABH Pl 08 0 Mullin,1b 0B'mann,ri 0Gedeon,2b 3 0 Boone,3b 8 ‘maker,c 3 08ha'key,p 3 Totals.31 Zupooorro’ = Bwenol cosnusnrecsnensP loonscess el wrnoronws, ] oy s =| oconscces! cocecscromoscom; | coommons *Harpe! C'kham,p 0 Totals.31 62415 1 *Batted for Young in seventh, *Batted for Coveleskle in elghth. 0000000 06 00 00032000 %32 Three-base hit: Nunamaker, Stolen base: Cobb. Sacrifice hit: Young. : Burns (unassisted); Shawyey Kee to Fuller to Burns. Bas Shawkey, 1. Hits and earned leskie, 8 hits, 2 runs In seven i ningham, 1 hit, no runs in one Inning. Struck out: By Shawkey, 2; by Coveleskis, Um- pires: Dinnen and Nallin. Score first game: DETROIT. NEW YORK. ABHO. * o ABHOAE, 2| corounSamn | omaccomes ol coosesccss cocoocconcocoen o v o coormONNLennas orooccoawmeos an for Dubuc in eighth. Batted for Young in ninth. 0000001 0—3 0301000 *—3 Two-base hit: Magee. Three-base hits: Vitt, Pipp, high. Stolen base: Mage Sac- rificehit: Boone. Sacrifice fly: Vitt. Double lays: Bolone to Pipp to Peckinpaugh: ;oellnunlh to Pipp. Bases on balls: Oft Love, 3; oft Russell, 1; oft James, 2. and earned runs; Off Love, 7 hits, 3 Tuns in seven and one-third innli 1 hit, no runs in one two-t James, 7 hits, 3 runs in i off Cunningham, 1 hit, no runs in one inning. Struck o By James, §; by Love, 2; by Russell, 1. Umplrea: Nallin and Dineen. Indians Beat Semators. ‘Washington, July 17.—Cleveland won from ton _today for third time since WASHINGTON. AB.H. B. 0Milan, oJam'a'nib 08hanks, b 0Barber,rt ORlce,rt $i'Belde Shaw o8008 0 LA 0 3 2 [ 3 [ 0 3 4 3 - oMo Totala ;; 3111 *Batted for Harper in fifth. *Batted for Shaw in niath. Cleveland Washington Two-base hits: Rice, Moeller, Foater, Gan- . Three-base hit: Chapman. Stolen base: Sacrifice hits: Wambsganss, 3. Sac th, Double plays: Henry to Fos- Foater to Shanks; Chapman i fs n, July 17.—Boaton scored three hnln‘ today ox » 1 ts, & double and errors and Pntlthd-h‘u-{ 8t Kame ore. the Coast ar- corps. cadets. & Ba 5. | toda THIRST ~ Standing of Teams WEST. LEAGUE. ‘W.L.Pet. Omaha 1 NAT. LEAGUE. L.Pet. Brooklyn 500 > S2NBS=LE - > sasdaes = o Yesterday's Results. WESTERN LEAGUE. Denver, 8; Omaha, 6. 8t. Joseph, 1; Sloyx City, 4. Topeka, 1; Lincoln, 2, NATIONAL LEAGUE. New York, 1; 8t. Louls, 5. Brooklyn, 2; Chicago, 1. Boston, ¢; Cincinnati, 9. Philadelphia-Pittsburgh, wet grounds AMERICAN LEAGUB. Cleveland, 7; Washington, 5. Chicago-Philadelphia, rain. Detroit, 0-3; New York, 2-8. Bt. Louls, 2; Boston, 3. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. L] ‘Western League—] Sioux City, 8t. Joseph at Omaha, Topel t Des Molnes, Wichita at Lincoln. National League—New York at 8t. Louls, Brooklyn at Chicago, Boston at Cincinnatl, Philadeiphia at Pittsburgh. " American League—Cleveland at Washing- ton, Chicago at Philadelphia, Detrolt at New York, St. Louls at Boston, ——— dent Tannin to the soldiers relief fund. Score: > B, 0Joh'son,ss 0 Miller,rf 08isler,1b Oinll.Ib 0M'sans,ct OHartley,c OLavan,ss 0Plank,p 0Groom,p cocomwamattoo~d! CrHwommMamO®RS coocsomeomoomo 0°*8evoreid Totals.33 82418 *Batted for Groom in seventh. Bt Louls ......0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 02 Boston ........3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 °*—3 Two-base hit: Hartley, Lew! bases: Shotten, Hartl Barry Stsler; Hartley to Sis 3 balls: OffGroom, 3; oft Leonard, 3. Hits and earned runs: Oft Plank, 6 hit, 1 run in two innings; oft Groom, 3 hits, no runs in four innings; oft Fincher, 1 hit, no runs in twe ; off Leonard 3 runs. Struck out: By . Umplres: Con- Stolen Sacrifice ‘Walker, Pratt to nolly and Owena. Russiang Put Down Attac]g_giGermans Petrograd, July 17—(Via London.) —In Volhynia the Russians in the re- fan of Ostroff and Grubine have put own heavy Teutonic attacks, launched in mass formation, and forced, the Teutons to retreat to avoid the danger of being outflanked, ar ording to the Russian official com- munication issud this morning. men were captured Further Strike Disturbances In the Ports of Puget Sound San Francisco, July 17.—Long- shoremen strike disturbances which broke ou Puget Sound ports last night, continued today at Tacoma, Union men attacked an automobile carrying non-union workers to the Milwaukee docks. Rangval Leinann, a strike breaker was shot and killed and Sam James a union man sus- tained a gunshot wound that may prove fatal. Strike leaders at Seattle announced that the men odt in that city would pay no attention to a compro- mise agreement adopted last night by the San Francisco local. All Puget sound locals, acco-ding to the an- nouncement, are determined to hold out for their full demand: i Mayflower Docks Today. Washington, July 17.—The naval yacht Mayflower, occupled by the president and | Mrs. Wilson, has been making a w trip on the lower Chesapeake bay tributaries, steamed up the bay tonight at 6 o'clock and I to dock at the Wash- ington navy 1y tomorrow morning. . Agree to Arbitration. Madrid (Via Paris), July 17.—The strik- ng nllwu: employes today agreed to sub- mit their differences with the rallway com- panies to arbitration. 1916. Drawn for The Bee by George McManus BO0-00' AND TO THINIKK | BOUGHT THIS HAT ON YOUR ACCOUNT - ¢ IT SEEMS TO ME You CHARGE EVERY- THING TO MY X ACCOUNT! WEISER DELL WINS. GAME FOR DODGERS Pitcher Scores Deciding Run When Hendrix Passes Mc- Oarthy to Get Hurler. i |ERROR GIVES ONE OUB RUN Chicago, July 17.—Weiser Dell won his own game from Brooklyn today. With men on second and third and two out, Hendrix purposely passed McCarthy to get Dell., The Brooklyn thcher came through with a single, owever scoring what proved to be the deciding run of a 2-1 game. An error paved the way for the sole Cub run and a brilliant match by Stengel cut off another. A number of Chica- goans were ejected from the bench in the ninth for noisy criticism of the umpires. Score: BROOKLYN. AB.H.O. CHICAG! F. AB. 0 Knabe,2b 1Flack,rf O Willi's,cf 0Z'rman,ss 08chutle,if 08afer,1b 0 Zelder,3b 0Archer,c = 1 19 00200 03 8963 coomBRENRSD P e ot oscorcosom Totals.34 T *Flack out, hit by batted ball. Brooklyn 1001000 0 0—2 Chicago 001000 0 0—1 Johnston. Stolen bases: gel. Double play: Cutshaw to Bases on balls: Off Dell, 2; off Hendrix, 2. Earned runs: Off Hendrix, 2. Hit by pitched ball: By Dell, Hendrix, Willlams; by Hen- drix, Dell. Struck out: By Hendrix, 5. Um- pires: Quigley and Byron. Braves lose ot Reds. ' Cincinnati, 0., July 17.—The game here today Was a slugging match, Cincinnati winning from Boston, 9 to 6. The local team made six doubles and three triples off Neht and Reulbach in the seven innings that they worked, In the ninth inning Boston had three men on bases and one out, but was only able to score one run. Score: CINCINNATIL ABH.OAE. Mville,ss 32 Fitz't'k,3b 3 Wwiih't,rf Magee,If K'tchy,1b Smith,3b 8'dg'ss,cf T'gesser,c Killifer,1f Lo'den,2b Nehf,p R'lbach,p Hughes,p *Collins Wingo,c 3 Knetzer,p 4 Totals. 36 112410 1 *Batted for Reulbach in cighth TL 9l Lt yo0-1°1 40 Two-base hits: Griffith (2), Groh, Louden, Killiter, Mollwitz. Three- roh, Smith, Wingo, Louden. Fitzpatrick, Mollwitz, Bases Neht, 1; off Hughes, 1; off Hits and earned runs: Off Nehf, 7 hits, 4 runs in three and one-third in- nings; off Reulbach, 6 hits, 4 runs in three and two-thirds innings; off Hughes, ¢ hit, 0 run in one inning; off Knetzer, 5 runs. Hit by pitched ball: By Hughes, Groh. Struck out: By Ruelbac| by Hughes, 1; by Knetzer, 2. Umplires: O'Day and Eason. Cards Defeat Glants. 8t. Louls, July 17.—New York got only six hits off Doak and St. Louls defeated New York here today, § to 1. The locals scored two runs in the fourth inning on two triples, a single and an error. A triple and a sacrifice fly netted the visitors one run in the sixth. Score: YORK. S8T. LOUIS. E. AB. 0Bescher,If 4 0Beck,3b 0Smith,ef oMiller,2b OHorns'y,1b 0Wilson,rf 0Gonz'l's,c 0Corhan,ss 01 1—6 01 *—p Tragessor, b = oranlanong Merkle,1b 4 M'K'h'e,3b Lobert,3b Rariden,c Kocher,c Tesreau,p Totals 32 oo ommsNn O commormuwoon e < sococooro® - 1 8t. Louis 0/ 0L 02 0 0 8 0= Two-base hits: Wilson, Doyle, Gonzales. Three-base hits: Smith, Miller, Kauff, Gon- zales. 4 Stolen base: Miller. Sacrifice fiy: Robertson. Bases on balls: Off Ooak, 2; off Tesreau, 1. Karned runs: Off Tesreau, 4; oft Doak, 1. Struck out: By Tesreau, 4; by Doak, 4. Umpires: Klem and Emslie, : Kaise;' Will Pension Seven of His (enerals Rotterdam (Via London), July 17. —Emperor William *has decided to pension seven prominent generals holding important commands in_the Prussian army, according to the Ber- liner Tageblatt, a copy of which has been received here. All the generals have tendered their resignations. Five of them, General von Bredow, General von Wienstkowski, Generals Glokke, Cramer and von Beur, will leave the army while the other two, Generals von Kliest and Krahmer, have been given home commands. NOW- %LEE - | KNEw YOUD BREAK THAT VASE IF YOU EVER HIT ME WITH IT~ Sardine Can Causes “Shark Scare” at Carter Lake Beach “Shark! Shark! shrieked Abe Perstein, Twenty-fourth street and Ames avenue, .s he emerged from Carter-lake with a badly gashed right leg. Abe had evidently been reading recent dispatches from the Atlantic seaboard, as had a score of wother voungsters, who made a wild dash for the shore. 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