Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 30, 1916, Page 35

Judgments Wichita because the Rourkes left the field in order to catch a train for Denver is another result of some fancy schedule making. In or- der to get to Denver in time for-Sat- urday's game by the regular methods of transportation, it was necessary for the Omaha team to catch a car from Wichita at 4 o'clock. This car ar- rives at a junction point twenty miles from Wichita in_time for connections with a train to Denver. If the team leaves later than 4 o'clock a special interurban car must be chartered and then a chance is_taken that a train will be caught. Rourke, in order to protect himself and the Denver club on its S:turdlf' game, demanded that his team be allowed to leave the field at 3:30. His demand was refused and the game forfeited because he insisted on leaving. Undoubtedly the forfeit will stand. But it is really nobody’s fault except the arbitrary schedule makers who provided such a ridicu- lous jump. ichita to Denver is a two-day jump because of the bad train connections, But Rourke catches the Wichita-Denver: jump every trip. It could be avoided if the last game at Wichita were caled at 1:30 or 1:45, but this cuts into the attendance and the Wichita manage- ment will not start the games so early. As a result of the whole mess, Omaha has had to forfeit a gaiw.e, in which the Rourkes had a comfortable lead. Such impractical jumps should be avoided by the schedule makers next year. THE forfeit of Friday's game to Rumors which will not down have it that several major league clubs are on the market. The Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati, Pitts- burgh and Washington, it is said, can be purchased, and the buyers get a vote of thanks from the present own- ers. It will be noticed four of the five franchises are in the National league. The National league is the older body, but for some reason or other—it is said the ball is slower— the American league is proving the more_popular with the fans. When the Feds were dismantled it was thought base ball would come back into its own, but for some reason or other it isn’t coming. Nineteen six- teen will go down as another bad year, both in majors and minors. There's something wrong, and some quick doctoring is needed. What is going to happen this fall when the base ball magnates gather and discuss the matter of players’ salaries? For the last few years the autumnal months merely ushered in salary boosting time. With the Fed- erals and Jim Gilmore jumping hither and thither the fall equinoxes tended to blow a little more gold into the old pay envelopes of the athletes. But, alas, the gentle breeze is hushed now and the outlook now is for sal- arfes to hit the toboggan. What will the athletes, then, have to say? Plenty, probably. The pruning knife is sure to be wielded by the magnates. And the players are not going to submit until the wail of the slaves has been heard from coast to coast. So we can all expect a merry little winter to start in about December 1. You have got to hand it to Ike Dorgan, who conducts the business affairs of one Frank Moran. A week ago Dorgan signed terms by which Moran will meet Carl Morris at Tulsa, Okl, for fifteen rounds. Moran re- ceives a guarantee of $10,000, win, lose or draw, with the privilege o‘ thirty-five per cent of the gate re- ¢eipts. Which is batting a thousand in the managerial league when a bruiser who has lost his last two fights and ordinarily would only be able to demand a guarantee of a plug- ged Buffalo nickel and a split of the peanut sales, gets 10,000 smacks no matter what happens. We have always been inclined to think that a ball club which has re- ceived the services of a player such as New York has from Mathewson, should be willing to carry the player on its roster as long as he was satis- fied to remain. But the case of Christy Mathewson is somewhat different, if reports are true. It is said Cincinnati will pay Matty $20,000 a year as manager. With the Giants Big Six he drew $12,000. Something of a difference. This great increase in salary takes away the sentiment from the sale and puts it strictly up to Matty. 5 Jack Holland has delivered a ukase. Jack says he will not stand for Um- pires Eckman and Mullen. He places the responsibility for two Drummer defeats in Omaha to the umpires, and has warned President Zehrung to keep Eckman and Mullen in cities where St. Joseph is not playing. In other words, Holland wants to choose his own umpires. Which would make the league a nice, interesting, little circuit if the magnates were to choose their own umpires, and the ball games would be wonderful affairs. Every fan with a tinge of sports- manship in his make-up hopes that Christy Mathewson will be a success at Cincinnati. Matty, however, will almost have to be a base ball miracle in order to achieve success in Cincy, though. In recent years Joe Kelley, Ed Hanlon, John Ganzel, Clarke Grif- fith, Hank O'Day, Joe Tinker and Buck Herzog have tried and failed in Red town. Tt is a hard task, Big Six is up against, but he has the good wishes of the fans if nothing else. Base runners in the National league are kicking because umpires do not call balks on the pitchers. The com- plaining base runners should visit the Western league. Pitchers in this loop have achieved a wider variety of balks than in any other circuit in the world, but they get away with them. To be outspoken about it, there isn't any such animal as a balk out here, Minneapolis and St. Paul have left out a roar because Freddy Welsh kicked out of a bout with™ Charley White in the Twin Cities. Minnea- polis and St. Paul are advised that they got away lucky and would better be extending heart-felt thainks in- stead of knocks to Mr. Welsh, An argument has ensued in the east over the person and place responsi- ble for the birth of base ball. The east is wasting its time. It might better try to find out what ails base ball right now and where it is going to end, not where it started. DIRECTORS START CITY SERIES PLANS Games to Decide Sandlot Ohampionship to He Held Soon as Possible. FEW PROTESTS OOME UP BY FRANK QUIGLEY. Last week the parade talk went the rounds and barrels of enthusiasm has already been evinced by the local pill shooters. What all the boys want to know is when the big spectacle will be dished out. The exact date cannot be determined at this early hour, but the parade will be staged the Saturday before the main fracas to decide the Class A amateur championship. The various teams in the different classes will have automobile floats and a prize will be hung up for each class as an incentive to have the best float. Most of the directors answered the roll call last Wednesday, listened to a few protests, made a few plans for the championship games and tended to the ordinary business in almost a har- monious manner. The Corr Electrics protested a 6 to 0 game with McCar- thy's Sunnybrooks, claiming the bark- er, a fellow tagged McQuade, pur- posely gave them the worst of every decision. Because no evidence was produced to ratify said charge, the game was ordered to stand as played and the adjudicater exonerated. It was decided to let the Corrs and McCar- thys finish an unfinished game when agreeable to all parties concerned just so the game is played in time so the winner can participate in the city series. The rehearing granted Manager Hageman relative to the Trimble Bros.-National Cash Register game was given and it terminated as re- corded two weeks ago. The game stands as played. Winners Draw Straws. At the next meeting Manager Boekhoff of the Armours, Otto Pecha of the Ramblers and President Cook representing the Greater Oma- ha league will draw straws to ascer- tain which teams will be pitted against each other in the initial game to de- cide the Class A championship. The contract of Herbert recorded by Secretary Blosziers as being re- leased was declared valid. Herbert is affiliated with the Trimble Bros. Because Tommie Graham, having re- turned all the junk which he held in captivity from other teams, was al- lowed permission to play with the Beddeos. At a meeting of the National league the magnates were unani- mously in favor of calling off all the postponed games because none of the teams could head off the Ramblers. So now the Ramblers can be heralded as the champions of the National league. Each team put up a forfeit of $15 to stick through the season. This money will be returned this week.. Ramblers Return. Those Ramblers rambled back homeward sooner than anticipated. They made a good start, but the troubles that are bound to arise with a team on the road were delivered in wholesale packages to the Ramblers, so that the geek in charge decided that the best place to play the bal- ance of the games they had already scheduled should be around the Stove league some time next fall. They had already booked games until Septem- ber 1. The main feature of the tour was that the Ramblers blew back with a few jingles in their trousers. Now for a few reasons why they bobbed up sooner than expected. James Moy- lan endeavored to stop a pill with his lamp and said light was decorated with rainbow colors. Kaufman and Swanson put their lunch hooks on the bum showing the burgites their puzzlers. Norgard’s catching paw is puffed up like a kid’s head when wearing his first pair of long pants. M. Morgenson was crippled when he attempted to put a husky out at the plate. The Ramblers played six games icing three out of the six. They dined at Elba, Scotia, Greeley Center and St. Paul, Deweys Fall Down. Somehow or other the idea inocu- lated by the Frank Deweys that they could make a clean sweep without a broom in the Greater Omaha league failed to materialize, consequently after one offense, which proved rath- er disasterous to their aspirations, they threw up the sponge. A good pitcher is what the Frank Deweys THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 30, 1916. “Bert” Niehoff Proves Invaluable to Phillies | NICK CULLOP IS BERT “Bert” Nichoff, former Omaha third baseman, is one of the most valuable cogs in the Phillie machine. NIEHOFF, He is leading the club in stolen bases and' fielding. He is hitting for an average of .250. league dudes can't slaughter all over the lot. Manager Moore thought he had one when he secured Wes Baker's John Henry on a contract, but said Baker skedaddled out of town last Sunday when a temptation in the form of ten bucks and expenses to fling one game was hurled in his di- rection. According to Samuel Moore the Deweys will stick around until the curtain drops, but they will flirt with teams of their own caliber. Six Teams Finish. According to the dope the Greater Omaha league will finish the season with six teams. It is too late to add another aggregation. The magnates will gather tomorrow night and de- cide how to arrange the forfeited games so that all concerned will be satisfied. There are only two games booked in this league today, one at Luxus park, between the Burgess- Nash and Luxus, and the other at Ar- mour park between the Armours and Te-Be-Ces. The big squabble in Class B so- ciety will be jerked off at Thirty- second and Dewey avenue about three strikes and a half, when the Hollys and the Murphy Did Its lock horns. At the present writing the Murphys are roosting on perch one and if they put this argument on ice they will be the champs of the City league, but if they fall down the Hollys will have another grab at their scalp because they will be knotted for roost one. Intense rivalry exists between these two contingents, so a game worth risking a little yellowish brown tinge to your complexion is looked for. Hick Johnson Now Leads the League Johnson, Lincoln, has taken the bat- ting lead in the Western, records of which include Tuesday's Shields, Denver, is ahead in stolen with 24; Litschi, Wichita, in sacri- fice hits with 26; Dyer, Denver, in home runs with 10; Kelliher, Denver, in total bases with 178 and in runs scored with 72, and Denver in club batting with .294. ¢ Leading batters: Johnson, Lincoln, .349; Oakes, Denver, .347; Gilmore, Sioux City, .346; Butcher, Denver, .341; Livingston, Sioux City, .341; Kelliher, Denver, .330; Carlisle, Lin- coln, 328; Connolly, Sioux City, .323; R. Miller, Omaha, .323; Lobert, Lin- coln, .315. i ames: gT.e;ad;ng pitchers for fi ewmg mes: North, Omaha ) 0'Toole, Omah: Gaspar. Bloux ‘Thompson, Omaha Halla, Lincoln.. Omaha. Koestner, Wich! Baker, Des Moin Hall, Topeka.... coveammomter need. Somebody the Greater Omaha Some Inside Stuff On Those Speeding Yanks from Gotham The Yankees have registered twelve shut-out victories up to the present time. 3 In club batting the Donovanites have been holding down third place and in club fielding have stood fourth. 3 Philadelphia and Washington have been the easiest picking for _the Yanks so far this season, the New Yorkers having won eleven games from each. Mullen is the only member of the Donovan crew who has been able to stick with the .300 class of hitters. But lack of .300 swatters has not prevented the team from winning games. Pitcher Ray Caldwell, who started to hang up a healthy batting average carlier in the season, has sufferéd a big slump in stick work. Pitching for a top line team doesn't give a heaver much time in which to train his batting eye. While Lee Magee is hitting under 250, against .327 in the Federal league last season, the brilliant gardener is leading the Yanks in base-stealing and otherwise putting up a flashy game. “Germany” Schaefer comes through for a share of credit for the Yanks’ dash. He is in a class by himself when it comes to “makin’ a bit o' fun” for the boys. Being shifted from the down-trod- den Athletics to the hustling Yanks seems to have given Rube Oldring a new lease of life. The former Mack- man started pasting for New York at_top speed. Pitcher Bob " Shawkey, another former Mack pupil, is improving steadily in his work for the Dono- van crew and present indications are ]that he will be up among the lead- ing twirlers of the league before long. Two years ago Frank Baker, Rube Oldring and Bob Shawkey were big factors in the winning of the Ameri- can league pennant by the Athletics. Now t?fis same trio of pastimers are striving to duplicate the trick for the Yankees. The Yankees have not finished a season in the first division since 1910, when they landed second place. Since 1903, the year in which the Ameri- can league invaded New York, the team has never won a pennant and only four times: has it finished in the first division. In 1908 and 1912 it finished in the cellar. Nick Cullop, the Yanks’ star heaver and leading pitcher of the American league, was formerly with the Cleve- land Indians. Last year he worked for the Kansas City Federal league team and finished the season in a tie with Eddie Plank for third place in the league’s pitching records. RBoth itchers won {wenty-one games and ost eleven. The Yanks have been the prize pippins of the season in the matter of disabled players. Few teams could stand the gaff with such players as Frank Baker, Frank Gilhooley, Fritz Maisel, Nick Cullop, Ray Idwell and Hughey High out of the game at the same time on account of in- juries. Before tackling the job of manager “Smiling Bill” Donovan had a great reputation as a pitcher. He started in the big show for many years, first as a member of the Brooklyn Su- perbas and later with the Detroit Tigers. Bill's first managerial ex- perience was gained at Providence, wherc his fine showing as a pilot won for him his present berth as boss of the Yanks, games, | MAJOR PITCHERS GET HOOK OFTEN Forty-Four Pitchers Used in Sixteen Big League Games Played on a Recent Date. ALEX ALONE STUCK IT OUT The season’s record of major league games to date indicates that the big time pitcher able to go the entire dis- tance is fast becoming a rare bird. The daily box scores almost invaria- bly show the names of from two to half a dozen flingers appearing for a single team in a nine-inning contest. President Ban Johnson of the American league has voiced a protest against the continual changing of pitchers during the game. He ex- presses the belief that the pitchers would gain more confidence in their ability and thereby do better work if they were permitted to stick on the slab. In this particular, however, the big league pilots arc not inclined to agree with the boss of the American league. They declare that the pitching is off- color this year and consider them- selves lucky if they have one flinger in their stable who can twist 'em over for a full game. As evidence of the wisdom of their system in changing pitchers so frequently, the managers call attention to the fact that the average hits per game is no greater than in past years, nor has the num- ber of .300 stickers increased. At the close of last season 17 batsmen—elev- en in the American and six in the National league-——had marks of .300 or better. At the present time, with half the season yet to be playcd, there are fewer than a dozen batsmen in each league traveling in the select circle. Slabsters Look Weak This line of dope seems to make the managers' method of handling their pitchers look right. It also makes the slabsters look a bit weak. Nowadays it seems to take a small squad of pitchers to do what one heaver formerly accomplished. . No fewer than 44 pitchers worked in the sixteen major league games played on a recent date. Of this number Alexander, of the Phillies, was the only flinger able to go over the entire route o%ninc innings. The Boston Americans, on the day in question, used Ruth and Foster to de- feat the Chicago White Sox, for which team Danforth, Scott, Cicotte, Russell, Benz and Walsh did the pitching. On_the same day the Yankees, with Cullop, Caldwell and Russell do- ing slab duty, defeated the Cleveland Indians, who used Beebe, Coumbe and Gould in the box. Meyer and Bush of the Athletics defeated Ham- ilton, Groom, Weilmann and Parks, the Browns' quartet of heavers, while the Tigers, with Dauss and Cunning- ham doing the twirling, defeated Washington, the Senators using Gallia, Ayres, Dumont and Boehling in a vain attempt to bring home the bacon. Alex Held His Own The National league games of the |same day included a victory for Pitchers Kantlehner and Jacobs of the Pirates over Hughes and Barnes, rltchmg’fnr the Braves. The Brook- lyn Robins, with the help of Pitchers Smith, Cheney and Pfeffer, took one from the Cardinals, who used Mead ows and Doak on the slab. Alexan- der the Great, alone and single- handed, twirled the Phillies to vic tory over the Cubs and Messrs. Lav- ender and Seaton. Perritt, Schauer, Benton and Anderson, of the Giants, managed to squeeze out a victory over Krgelrer and Mosely of the Reds, in ten innings, the only extra-inning game of the day. This record ?:Jr one day, which is become an established practice this year, indicates that all the big league outfits are working along the same lines in the handling of their pitch- ing staffs. “Put 'em in and take 'em out” has become the rule. With all the clubs it appears to be the same. A couple of safe bingles is the cue for the heaver to beat it to the shower and civilian scenery. Should this system of changing pitchers during the game continue to grow as it has thus far this season it won't be long before two-thirds of the roster of every team will be made up of pitchers. One for each inning. FIND OF SEASON '| Yankee Southpaw Upsets Dopg of Experts Who S8aid Ex- Fod Wouldn't Make Good. MAY WIN YANKS THE RAG New York, July 29.—Back in April an “expert” eased this inside or out- | side tip—"'Nick” Cullop will be a merry joke in the American league. He didn't have much in the Federal and hasi't one chance in ten ol weathering major league batting.” But for some quaint reason the Chilhowic Grag-Jorgensen, instead of being a failure himself, has switched the guffaw on six of the best hitting clubs in the Johnson circuit, and apparently is destined to become the pitching sensation of the season. Twirling with all the brilliance fore- cast by his performance in the Fed- | eral league, the Virginian has lodged the harpoon in the White Sox three times, and the Indians, Athletics, Browns, Tigers and Senators once cach, The only club of which he hasn't taken the measure is the Red Sox. In sport the test is in victorious achievement. “Nic” Cullop has done a trifle more than any other in- dividual on the Yankee roster thus far to keep the club up in the race, and it is safe to say:that if Dono- van's men scale the laurelled crest in October it will be due largely to Cullop's handiwork. “If Cullop maintains the same pace he set in recent games,” remarked “Bill" Donovan, “there doesn't ap- pear to be any reason why he shouldn't be the season's pitching star. Neither Alexander nor John- son is going as well as last year, be- cause they are being overworked and there is an opportunity for a new star to flash across the horizon. It ought to be Cullop, for he has every- thing a great pitcher onfht to pos- sess. He has one of the finest curves in_the league, and mixes his delivery with skill. Any pitcher who can turn back the hard hitting White Sox three times and limit them to a small number of hits on each oc- casion deserves a wreath of laurel.” The Yanks showed in the first set- to with the Sox why they are the most feared club in_ the American league at present. The victory was due almost entirely to the superb pitching of Cullop, but Donovan's men also hit at opportune moments, and displayed the dash and speed that carried them through seven victories out of eight on their last trip. And they are fighting harder than ever to lead the promenade. Infielder Goes Into Box And Hurls One-Hit Game | Ziggey Hasbrook, the star infielder of the Musatine Central Association club, who was purchased by the Chi- cago White Sox a few days ago, tried his hand on the mound and proved a success as a pitcher, when he shut out the Cedar Rapids club recznt? in the second game of a double-head- er, 10 to 0. Hasbrook took to the a fair sample of what appears to have | bi mound like a regular twirler and let his opponents down with one hit. He will report to the White Sox when the Central association season closes. For games with MoCarthy's Sunnybrooks, | clouted four on the beak out of five at- call Stelger at Harney 4460. Today the famous Joe Smith's across the waves will battle against Anita, at Lewis Lake, Iowa. The Stags would like to meet a few of the corn feds. Squawk to Joe Bauer over Colfax 3639, Two of the thres hits made by the Mickel Victrolas nst the Holl re registered by E. Bw n pitched for the Ramblers at Scotla, and he pulled down the long end of a 5 to 4 score. Last Sunday McCarthy's Sunnybrooks handed tho Carter Lake warriors a bunch of goose egEw. The Inter-City league has cashed iIn all of its games and the Krajiceks are the un- disputed champlons. Pitcher Shaffer of the Gas Co. brigade slapped one on the wrist for the circuit wgainst the Armours. The Mickel Victrolas are look! games, Tinkle the bell on Harney 3 make a nolse for Burnett. Quivera, the sun garden artist for the Mickel Victrolas, ought to endeavor to land & berth with the Quivera ball club. Three double plays pulled in a elever manner by the Trimble Bros. put a crimp in the Tradesman chances to win. Murray of the Bourgois was the leading man with the stick during the Lu: gols debate, getting three safe plu No tes has & cinch on the p the American league. The aix clubs are approximately evenly mats For the C. B. Imperials Lea are strong battery gents. Le: firing end and Achats does the recelving. At short, Francis Carmody Is playing a classy game for the Burgess-Nash and he is now plastering the pill to all corners of the lot. Al Wedemeyer twirled an excellent game for the Tradesman against the Trimbles, striking out fourteen and allowing only six hits, Frank Butler is still loing the rocks out in the sticks. Aside from being a clever backstopper he knows how to handle the atick. Those Hoilys were sure togged out in their hitting toggery last Bunday. They nafled twenty hits and copped eighteen runs. Pete McCoy 1s now pltching ball for the Omaha Bicycle Indians. he I8 going good he 18 a difficult fellow to find. ©0ld man Corcoran of the Armours strong- armed one against the Gas Co., and before it made the return trip he had circled the o h Omaha M e & couple of Sout maha Mer- chaniaWere on the atck iiat, the Chris Lycks agreed to postpone the game billed for lasi Sunday. o ke : climate or something else _nol l":th: w‘;lh L. Hansen at Salem, Bouth Dak., becauss he floated back to Councll Bluffs last A Frnle Rushenberger, chief back Al(m‘h‘er for the Luxus, has & fin on the link. Foul tips ssem to plok Brnle for the fall guy. £ Peias Pets Under the supervision of Peter Peterson, lhemllrnbl. swede on the slab, the Modern Woodmen, No. 945, squad, are fast forging to the front. ” Although the Tradesm fourtesn to the land of safety Trimble Bros. they failed to col in the pinches. T From Bagwache, Colo, Mr. J. H. Kemp finurod ‘back the other day. He overly made for and grand good but came back on sccount of the iil- | P! ness of his wife. Holbrook of the Hollys, came back to earth last Bunday and nabbed his customary thres punches. Two went for the limit and the other half way. That awkward station erowned Hauser, took care of six chances during tho Trimble-Tradesman scramble and aiso | hits, News Notes of the Sandlots '|ness, although reports have been going the When | | 3-8 NURRAY 15 NEITHER FROM EAST OR WEST Southpaw Tennis Shark Oan- not Play With Eastern or Western Teams. BOTH COULD USE HIM JOHNSON LEADS AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHERS. | Ié New York, July 29.—Robert Lind<} ley Murray, national indeer tennis champion, and one of the greatest exponents of the racquet sport thar‘ has ever come out of the far westy which great deal, has come to be sort of a man without a | is suying a country This is no reflection on Bayoune, N. I, where Murray nows makes his home, nor is it xirrognlor ' | to Palo Alto, the left-hander’s n tive city, The fact is that Murral now has the experts and close follow | ers, of the game up in the about whether he is an casterner or a west § | erner, | 1f Murray were only a medicors tennis plaver or if his ability were? not an established feature. of the great court game, no one would lose} much sleep over where he bailed -fron’ | or what section he can now call | S home. As stated in the first para-8 ; WALTER OMNSON tgraph, however, Murray is uot Swrs sar sevvrce medicore player, In fdct, he is o Walter Johnson of the Senators is §00d, that both the Atlantic at Pacific coasts would be glad to claim him; furthermore, one cannot thinl of any section from Florida tas A a that would not welcome thy ability to have him represent them in the big tennis tilts, q But Murray himself is in a sad predicament. Although it looks as if he will make his permanent resi- dence in the east, he cannot repre~ sent the east, not having lived here long enough., The prescribed time of residence is two years. Naturally he cannot represent the Pacific coas because he does not reside there, so Murray merely has to sit tight and| watch his friends of the tennis world bearing the colors of one section or the otger to victory or defeat Even this would not be such a ma! ter of great moment either for Mu ray or the following of the gamey but for the fact that there is a ‘big| the hardest worked and most errecive twirler in the American circuit. He has labored in more than 200 innings to date, with an ecarned run average against him of but 206 per game. Close upon his heels, however, are Harry Coveleski of Detroit and Stan- ley Coveleski of Cleveland. Champs Will Step Around New York If New Law is Passed New York, rlul' 29.—If the pro- posed plan to lift the ban on decisions whenever a chamV‘im\ship is con- cerned goes through New York will see very few champions in action in interscctional tournament, the west] champions to stall through ten | The matches will be, “{.‘d in this | series at the West Side Tennis club, rounds to no decision is distinctly harmful to the game in general. Whenever a champion is engaged he never neglects to charge as much for his services as though he were really defending his title, when, as a matter of fact, he merely defends his chin from a knockout wallop, which is a considerably different proposi- tion. It is more or less of a swindle, for since he does less real fighting than the contenders the champion gains the money under false pre- tenses. The practical exclusion of Jess Wil- lard would be the only serious effect the proposed edict would have. Kil- bane practically is barred as it is, while Ertle and Williams are of lit- tle importance. Freddie Welsh, of course, would betake himself else- where. J Forest Hills, Long Island, on Fri day, August 4, and Saturday, August § Is An Outlaw. ' \ This series is what brought the: matter up, and as both sections were} anxious to enlist the services of Mur-| ray, the question was gone into al great length, and Murray seems to b an outlander. Just what the ind, titleholder thinks of it is hard to There can be little doubt that if had his choice he would do his play- ing for the Pacific coast—that is, if] he were on the Pacific coast team. Naturally enough, Murray's pathies are with the cific coast contingent, It is just as true, how- ever, that if Murray were assigned to| lay with the eastern team as a regu- ar dyed-in-the-wool easterner it would not be through any symathy that he would lose a match. A Murray will not play in the great west vs, east series in the first week| of next month, but the left handef will be among some 7,000 others wh will turn out to see the matches, cidentally, it would not take a Sher= lock Holmes to discover what te: Murray will be rooting for. Judgini from the requests for tickets thi have reached Harry Parker's office, | Murray will not be’the one lonesome rooter for the Pacific coast stars either, for there have been some re- quests from California and practical ly all of the native sons i around New York got in their bids]| for tickets early. | Strong Card Offered At the Kalamazoo Grand (E@fit Ra.oes‘ Kalamazoo, Mich., July 29.—What promises to be the strongest card ever offered at Recreation park will| be presented for the Grand Circuit| harness race meeting, which will be held here from July 31 to August §. Seventeen events will be run off. Announcement that Grand Rapids Treat Coughs and Colds at Onoe. Da us bronchial and lung aliments follow oted colds—take Dr. King's New Discovery; it will keep you well. All drug- glots—Advertisement, I~ Read Bee Want Ads for profit. Use them for results. tempta. For the first season’ in years, Bdward Clair has steered clear of base ball. Rd was, and stlll 1 one of the best catchers around these jungles, Ernest Smith, the crabby leader of the Merchants Hotel uggregation, s still in har- rounds to the cont Of course Weisi e new gent muci. laged to the Omaha Co. bunch can't hit, He only tapped three out four during the Armour-Qas Co. mixup, Any out-of-town team In a pinch for & #ame toward the latter part of the week call Frank Quigley at Douglas 2356, and a same will be arranged. The J. D. Crews sprung a surprise on the natives when they slipped the Omaha BI- cycle Indians, leaders of the American league, a dose of defeat. Linn Cy Young sllpped in on the Bour- ®ols roster against the Luxus and played a stellar game. He was playlng with the Clarks of the City league. Collina, well known in local base ball|has sold its meeting to Pittsburgh T Sase et "HE with Gretna. ls & resu- | prohably will help Kalamazoo. There feature of the Gretn mix, will be no division of west Michigan Heavywelght Potts Sandow s working be- hind the clout stick Iiki regular trojan for the Burgess-Nush hen he tickles them they generally woar high and far, Pflasterer, affiliated with the Merchants hotel mquad, contains the pepper coupled with the right kind of a disposition to keep & loaing team on the firlng line. George Lane of the Albright Merchants {s the man the Corr Electrics want to sign up 10 battle with them against McCarthy's Bunnybrooks. The latter will ralse no ob- Jection. This season Jawn Hazen, tied to the Lux- us 18 going lfke a house on fire. He was a flashy ball tosser last year, and now that he has learned more about the game he is more proficient. It birdseed, and knowing the art of ing the salve, will get a manager any pl then St ' the chief of McCarthy's | Bunnybrooks, ought to be the pilot of a big show club. The Btags struck a snpg when they bumped up against the C. B, Victors of Council Bluffs. The Victors had the honor of being the Initlal tean to defeat the Stags this season. thy's Bunnybrooks still have a couple of unfiniahed gAmes to play hefors they can claim the pennant of the Southern . One with Nourse Oll, another with | orr Electrics, Poter McGuire slld In town the other day from Bryant, . He made quite u record as a siabster at Bryant. He will probably stick around Omaha for tho bal- ance of the sason. Murphy, who used to play with George Kennedy's Shamrocks, steps out and stops ‘sm behind the willows overy once In & while on a Sunday morning for one of the Knights of Columbua teams THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 \ AUG . Although the A. 0. U. W. team have not| 3.1¢ tpot, three In five $1,0 1 won many game dit ts due them for e, Burdick hotel plirse. thelr atioking_qualities. They wtarted too | oe "y ’hio: b ol ® to muster toget A fast nine, because 120 trot, all the g00d timbor was already obligated, | -0 10U threo In five, 31,000, Gorhard, the manager of the Omaha Bi- FRIDAT. AUGHS cycle Indlans. s stlll wearing that smile| 2:08 pace, three in five, §1,000, that won't wear off, although his pets| 2:19 pace, three in five, $1,000. lost & hard fought 1 to 0 contest last Sun. sraky the Deversaus’qvatem trot, two n thres, $1,000, crowds, it is expected. The list of entries is unprecedented. Seven early closing purses attracted 114 horses, [he ten regular classes, which closed July 18, brought in about the same number, ) The leading events of the meetin, are the Paper Mills’ purse of $10,000 for 2:08 trotters and the Celery Cil free-for-all pace, with a purse worg $3,000. The former race will be run August 2 on the « four-heat plan. Twenty horses are eligible. ] The free-for-all is to be raced Au- gust 1. Two out of three heats will decide it. 4 . Breeders are particularly interested in two sweepstakes for colts. One is an open event. The other is for 3- year-old trotters in the 2:18 class, I'he week's program follows: MONDAY, JULY 31, ) 2:15 pace, three In five, $1,000, 2 trot, three In five, $1,000, trot, Rickman hotel purse, three i , $2,000, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1. 2:11 pace, throe In five, $1,000, Freo-for-all pace, two In three, §3,000 Columbia hotel sweepstakes for 3-ye old trotters, two ki 3600, Recreation park old 2:18 trotters, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1. 2’1: trot, lh'ronPIn five, £1,000, 4 :08 trot, the A ' 2:06 pace, mren'l":ru?fi, s1000," it - day. Thiv game was the first one dropped | M by the Indlans aince the Amerlcan league o opened the gates. Herewith the Krajlcek Ilineup, the boys Th"-d covehskia Bmthfl' Out of Game for that copped the grapes in the Iniar-Ciiy league: Horning, first i Bwoboda, cen- 4, Tattold, thind boo )?.:'xfi':;:' Perdiris, short ston: 'Deiehanty,| Left Fielder Coveleskie of Muskegon Central league team not play again this season. Ree he wrenched the tendon 'Coveleskie, a brother of het to catcher, and Scheef, right flelder. Joe Moran, the heady leader of the Mur- Stanley, who pitch for & tively, hy-Did-Its s some oclubber himself. He Cleveland, respec mped three against the Beaslins, one for star of the Muskegon team. & single, one for (wo, and another for three, Those Beselins wers unable to gather hits oft of the pusslers dished out by Maxwell of the Murphys. They only grabbed three