Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 17, 1916, Page 35

i ! I( Judgments HE desire to preserve order on the playing field seems to iave become an obsession in the major leagues. President Tener of the National league started the ball rolling by introducing drastic measures to prevent what he termed “rowdyism.” Now comes Ban John- son with an order that any player banished by an umpire for making remarks from the bench shall be au- tomatically suspended three days. Perhaps Tener and Johnson have the right idea, although we have always had a suspicion that a fan glories in the shedding of a little gore on the base ball field, but it would seem that trouble lurks ahead. Umpires, in whom such an extensive power has heen invested as a result of the rul- ing, are very likely to get a little pre- us, as umpires are only human and it is only human to hold grudges. Some umpire is some day likely to weep the bench of a team he dis- iikes, and there is going to be trouble it all of the players are given three- lay suspensions. Successful reform is eautiful thing, but there is such a ng as too much reform, news story from New Haven onveys the information that six zalaried coaches have been chosen to ssist Tad Jones in instructing the Yale foot ball team this fall, Thus the Eli gridiron warriors will have seven salaried mentors in addition to the graduate coaches who volunteer services at odd times. A little diff- crent, is it not, from the system em- ployed at ‘western schools; Nebraska, for instance, where there are two coaches? And still the west exhibits a brand of foot ball which compares well with the ecast—although, of course, nobody in the east believes it. And what, we pause to inquire, would happen to Yale if Nebraska had seven salaried coaches and Nebraska and Yale should clash? A New Orleans promoter has ofe tered $18,000 to Freddie Welsh, the well known safety first champion, to enter the ring with Johnny Dundee in a titular tilt in a Crescent City ring. Strange, isn't it, that a promoter would put up such a sum for a cham- pion who is as intensely disliked as Welsh. But there’s a reason. Welsh is a good drawing card because he is disliked. The fight loving public will pay good money in the hope that they will see Freddic knocked out. Per- haps not a humanitarian feeling, but at least human. And Freddic will continue to draw the shekels in through the gate until he is knocked out. Then his power of attraction will be a minus quantity. Followers ot western foot ball who have never been able to digest the al- leged superiority of the east will have an opportunity to get a line on the excellence of eastern play this year when Eugene Vidal goes to West Point. Vidal, it will be remembered, played on the South Dakota team last year. Vidal was a star with the Coy- otes, but he was no wonder. Creigh- ton, last Thanksgiving, stopped him very effectively. Vest Point expects Vidal to be another Oliphant, If he does prove a sensation with the Army team it will be a more difficult task than ever to convince a Ne- braskan that foot ball, as it is played east of the Alleghanies, has anything on the Missouri. valley brand. Wichita has lost its place in the Western league forever. ‘Indications are now_that the franchise will be sold to Colorado Springs.' Colorado Springs used to be in the Western league and it didn't prosper to any great extent. -But there hasn’t been any base ball in the Springs for a decade now and it is probable the game would enjoy a couple of good years there. It.may be a wise move for the Western league to move into the Colorado town just to reap the harvest of the possible twa good years. The league should not enter the Springs, however, with any idea that such a movement will be a per- manent success, for the town will not support a club year in and year out. Percy Haughton, it seems, has com- mitted 2 mental error which bids well to cause him considerable embarrass- ment. Percy, when the Braves hit the top of the standing a short time ago, began to advertise the sale of world’s series tickets. It is said the Boston management has reserved a consider- able number of reservations, all ac- companied by cash. But the Boston club hasn’t won the pennant. Brook- lyn and Philadelphia both are in the fight, very much in the fight. And if the Braves do fail to get into the world’s series Mr. Haughton is going to come in for as many unkind cuts as he did when the wrist watch story gained circulation last winter. Tris Speaker stole something of a march on Mr. T. R. Cobb last week. The Georgian, instead of gaining on the Texan in the race for premier batting honors of the American league, slipped a little and Tristam now enjoys a thirty-point lead over his rival. And with Speaker still knocking the cover off the ball and the strain raising hob with Tyrus, onc doesn’t have to be a skeptic to pre- dict that Cobb's reign orterrur has been broken. Magnates in both of the major leagues are giving consideration to a suggested contract clause that would prohibit players from driving motor cars during the playing season. Why not reduce salaries a bit and then there wouldn’t be any motor cars? George Stallings has sent out the 3. 0. S. for Johnny Evers. Evidently Stallings needs an assistant in achiev- ing the miracle stuff. Perhaps the Omaha and Minneapo- lis champs haven't quite as much class as the Rourkes, but they’ll be full of the old fight at least. If the American and National league races get any closer they'll liave to count all the innings. . Of one consolation to Connie Mack is the fact ‘that there aren’t twelve clubs in the American league. And, if we remember correctly, the said Alexander was due tc go bac this year. Will it be Pfeffer and Meyers 1gainst Leonard and Carrigan? What's become of the lowly Links? And Jéss Willard is still circusing. STATE GETS CHOICE HIGH GRID BATTLES Central-South High Conflict Is Only Big Game of the Year for Omaha. GLOOM SHROUDS BEATRICE | THE "BIG NINE.” Central High. South High, North Plas Lincoln, Grand Il Reatrice, Kenrney. Norfolk. York, BIG GAMES OF YEAR Central v, Sonth High. York va, Beatrice. Grand_Island va, Beatrice. Norfolk va. Moux City. Central High vu. Sloux Fulls, Lincoln va. North Plutte. South High ve, Kearney. | BY KARL LEE. | Looking over the complete sched- ules of teams of the “Big Nine" inter- scholastic foot ball conference, it is plain to be seen that the most thrill-| ing games will be played out in the | state. For once in a good many years | the metropolis is left out of the big| licks almost entircly. Had not the Central South High game been sched- | uled, local interest would probably | have slid into obscurity before many | weeks had passed. | The scheduling of the Central- | South High game for October 7| marks an epoch in the progress of | athletics and especially {oot ball at! two schools. For three years but| one athletic contest has been staged | and that under enforced rulings at the statc basket ball tournament of | 1915, | Coach Mulligan and Coach Patton are to be comphmented on the busi- ness-like manner in which they went | about patching up the affair that has long since died away and is forgotten. Few remember the incident of the winter of 1913, when Mark Hughes and “Jap” Leach came to blows on the basket ball court at the Young Men’s Christian association, | The October game should be one of | the hardest fought of years. Coach | Patton has a powerful string of men in the big dozen of his thirty-six re-| cruits, while at Central, in handling | the sixty or more beefy recruits it| is exactly as Mulligan remarked last | week, “not one man's job, but two.” The short time that is left to the| two coaches to form their teams will prove all the more exciting bccausc; of the rafts of splendid material at| hand. Never in the history of either school has such a varied and large number of recruits turned out. A tale*of woe'emanated from the Queen City. Dispatches from the foot ball field there are to the effect that Beatrice will in reality have but three veterans on the field this year, these three being Harsch, Jones gnd Kilpatrick, brother of the famous John Kilpatrick of old. Right here it might be mentioned that Beatrice will be minus its Kilpatricks, South Omaha, its Nixons, and Nebraska City its Kelloggs. For years these three schools have maintained as a bulwark at least one member of the three famous old families. Director of Athletics Milton Jones has left Beatrice, ~according to, another report, to take up a princi- palship at another school. Five of the mainstays of the last year's team are out of the competition because of failure in grades. They are Bush, Ward, Mangus, Kyle and Stevens. Captain-elect Ernest Hubka gradu- ated, leaving the team without a leader. Kearney, Alliance and Nebraska City started the practice grill with considerable vim last week. Coach Crawford at Alliance - will have a strong team, but will be compelled to play teams of his own district, such as Kimball, Sidney and Crawford. The distance is too great from other portions of the state to make eastern and central state games possible. Coach Walker marshalled his men into the field Monday and reported more than two full teams as a start- er. Norfolk has Sioux City, Central High and Lincoln on the string this year, thus insuring plenty of excites ment at the northern town. Earl Smith Will Get Cut of Chicago City Series Goin‘ “Pretty soft for that guy,” is_ the way Earl Smith's former team-mates, the Rourkes, speak of Earl, who is now pastiming as a member of the Chicago Cubs. | Perhaps, you suggest, Earl is hay- | ing a hard fight to earn a job in t Windy City. True enough.” And per-| haps, you suggest, Krueger and Kil-| daff are just as fortunate, they are going to the Giants in the spring. But here you are wrong. For Earl is going to get a cut of the Chicago city series coin, that is, of course, unless the Sox cop the Ameri- can league pennant. Grantéd Earl's | prospects are only for the loser’s | share, as the Cubs gencrally lose, but even the loser's share will amount to anywhere from $300 to $500 or more if everything is favorable. And half a thousand bucks isn’t to be sneezed at_these days. Thus do the Rourkes say it'y pretty soft for Earl because he got*to go up | this fall instead of waiting until the | | club, then, grabbed him the following | é_e_ymour‘Lake Club- |and a foursome hetween THE OMAHA SUNDAY BE Only Minor League Magnate Who Has Remained in One Town for Seventeen Years. The veteran of minor league base | ball. That is William A. Rourke, more | familiarly known as Pa, owner of the | Omaha Base Ball club, 1916 Western | league pennant winner. | The Western league is the oldest minor league organization in this part of the country. It has been in exist- ence since 1900, seventeen years. And Pa Rourke has been the Omaha fran- chise holder the entire seventeen years. He is the only man in the league who started with it and has grown up with it In addition, Pa Rourke is the only minor league club owner in history | who has owned the same ¢lub for sev- | enteen years, One or two minor | league magnates have owned clubs for seventeen years, but not in the same city. That distinction, which is regarded by base ball men as little short of a miracle, belongs to Pa. Pa started in base ball in Muske- gon, Mich,, in 1883, when Muskegon was in the old twelve-club North- western league, a Class A organiza- tion. Pa was a third baseman, and he handled himseli so well around the hot corner that Columbus, in the American association, a major league spring. Pa played in Columbus one year and then went to Atlanta in 1885, In 1886 he went to Duluth, and in the following year he came to Omaha. That was his first year in Omaha. He liked the town so well that when he | had an opportunity to obtain the | Western league framchise here he snapped at it. In 1888 Pa went to Lima, O., when | Lima was booming, due to oil strikes. | A couple of young fellows who owned | the Lima club that year almost made | millionaires out of themselves. They | spent lots of money on their club, paying salaries that would make a Double A owner go into mourning, | but they won a pennant and, due m} the boom times, they hecame rich on | the investment. Fort Worth in 1889 was Pa's next stop. In the following year he came north again, to St. Paul. He tarried but a year in St. Paul, going to Cedar Rapids. From Cedar Rapids he came to Nebraska again, this time to Grand Island. He stayed two years in Grand Island, the first time since he ;:1 koz;r_ke On_ly_Mafi Who Has In the Western Loop Since Its Start | Been SEPTEMBER NEW COACH LOOKS | gling their finger to falling grace- | fully on the ball. |and Gardiner have been practicing | punting for the varsity and have been | sending the pigskin forty to forty- 17, 1916. HERE ARE THE OMAHA CITY CHAMPIONS FOR 1916—The Armours won the honor by defeatinf all comers. The play- ers are: Top row, left to right—Al Graves, right field; Bill Corcoran, third base; Herman Yost, catch; R. C. Howe, manager of Armour plant; Ed Fletcher, first base; Jim Collins, center field; F. L. Delaware, manager. Bottom row'q%ott Lonmer.} [of! field; Andy Graves, pitch; Ed. Gurness, pitch; Chugs Ryan, short stop; George Rapp, second base; Fritz Clements, utility. Where the Rourkes Have " Finith:d Since Pa Took the Reins. ... First|1907. . . First Fourth| 1906. . . Third .. Sixth1905....... Fourth | . Fifth|1904. . Firet | Third|1903. .. Sixth Fourth|1902. . Sixth . Fifth|1901. . Fifth Third 1900. . Thira Second OVER HUSKER CREW (Continued rom Page One) tain Corey has been in charge of the Husker squad during the first week of practice. It been nothing more than a drill in calisthenics, punting, | falling on the hall and forward pags- | ing. | Corey lined the whole bunch wup| and drilled them in the art of wrig-! Doyle, Otopaulik WA.Fozzzl'e ‘ | started that he remained more than |a year in one place. After the two sessions at Grand Island he returned to Omaha again, and from Omaha went to Cedar Rapids in 1895, and in 1896 went to Birmingham, where he wound up his carcer by piloting a shattered ball club into second place, Thus in fourteen years Pa played in cleven different cities. nate, In 1897, 1898 and 1899 Pa desert the base ball business, but iri 1900 came back to it by by country to the other. There isn't a club owner, player, scout, umpire or base ball writer that doesn’t know Pa Rdmrkc. He's the veteran of them all. Golfers Journey to | Sioux City Today Five Seymour Lake Country club golfers will invade Sioux City today | for a match at the Country club there, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Forster, Mr. and | Mrs. H. Overmire and Miss Mabel] Melcher will make the trip. John Shearman, the Seymour Lake pro,, will accompany the Omahans, | Mr. Shear- man and Miss Melcher against Mike | Shearman, John's brother and Sioux spring. = ants Penn About the best way to win a pen- ! nant is to play just a little bit bet- | ter base bal[ than anybody else in the | league. But there are those—generally | those who don't win—who attribute winning a pennant to luck. So if you are superstitious you can give Harry Krause and Joe Burg the credit for bringing the 1916 pennant to Omaha. For, counting the 1916 pennant, Joe Burg has been on six pennant-winning nines since he started in base ball in 1909 and Harry Krause has been on five. Krause also started in, 1909. Pennants just seem to pursue Burg and Krause around. Burg broke into base ball on the Burlington team of the Central asso- | ciation in 1909. Burlington copped the flag that year. In the spring Joe was sent to Quincy of the same league. | i)nincy won the pennant that year. | n 1912 Burg played on the pennant- | of Sioux'Ci Just Seem to Pursue Burg and Harry Krause Around | winners, City pro., and Miss Marjorie Webster winning Utica club of the New York State league. 1 1913 and 1914 Burg played with Milwaukee, which won Elt American association pennant oth years. Omaha’s 1916 club is the sixth pennant-winning team he has played on in eight years. Krause played with the famous pen- nant-winning Philadelphia American league teams in 1910 and 1911. In 1913 and 1914 he hurled for Portland when that club won both Pacific Coast league pennants those years. Omaha in 1916 makes his fifth. It might also be mentioned Pa Rourke has served on six pennant In 1885 he was with Atlan- ta when that city copped. In 1886 he was with Duluth and in 1888 Lima, 0. He won three pennants in Omaha, Nouth High. Nebraska Grid Dates Foot Ball Schedules of Interest to Omaha. Nebraska University. Oct. 7—Drake at Lincoln Oct, Kansay Aggles at Lincoln Oct. ) i Aggles ut Portlund Oct braske. Wesloyan at Lincoln —Ames Aggles at Lincoln, 18—Kensas University at Lincoln, ? —Iowa University at Towa City Nov. 30—~Notre Dame at Lincoln. Creighton University. Oct, 7 lumn! at ha. Oct. braska Wesleyan at Omaha. Oct, 1buque at Dubugue, Ta Oct —Denver University ut Omaha. Nov t. Louls University at 8t. Louls. Nov. 11 — Friend Univerelty (W hita, Kan.) at Omaha Nov. [s—HIghland Park Mofnes) at Omaha. Nov. 23—Yankton College at Omaha Nov. 30—Bouth Dakota at Omaha Bellevue College, Oct, 6—Cotner at Bellevue. Oct. 20—Trinity at Bellevue, Nov. 3—Midland College at Atchison, Kan, Nov. 10—Peru at Bellevue, Nov. 17—Wayne at Wayne Nov. 24—Doane at Crete Nov, 30—Tarkio at Tarklo, Mo. University of Omaha. Oct. b—Tarklo at Tarklo, Mo Oct, 13—Cotner at Bethany. Oct, 20—Grand Island at Omaha Oct, 27—Kaarney at Omaha Nov. 24—American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo Nov. 30—Central City at Central City. Central High. Sept. 30—Commerce High at Omaha. Oct. 7—South High at Omaha Oct, 14—Council Bluffs at Councll Hluffs, Oct. 21--Norfolkk at Norfolk. Oct. 28—York at Omaha v. 3—~Beatrice at Heatrice 11—Lincoln at Lincoln Nov. 18—8loux City at Sioux Cliy, Nov. 26—8foux Falls at Omaha Nov, 20—8t. Joweph al 8t Joseph University (Des Sept. 40—Alumrd at Omaha Oct. 7—Central High at Omuha, Ciet, 14—Blalr nt Blalr Oct. 31—Logan ut Om, 1904, 1907 and 1916. So it can easily be seen the lowly Links really had no chance to win the pennant this year, Oct, 8—Nebraska Cily | ing the kicking for the freshmen and {men on the feld. He's seen |then entered Western a lot of country, has the Onlaha mag- | versity. | | ed I‘w J he | te hack ying the Omaha } or franchisc in the new Western league. lo Pa is known from one end of the) | his first experience as coach at Mas- 2 ralled to Allecheny college at Mount Nov. 3—Commerce High at Omuha Nov. 11—Council Bluffs at Omeha Nov. 18—Kearney at Kearnoy. Nov. 235—Beatrice at Omahs five yards. Otopaulik, the regular varsity punter, has been showing up most favorably. Munn has been do- his “punts have averaged forty yards. ednesday there were thirty-five Thursday brought out forty-five, and this was increased | to sixty yesterday afternoon. Prac- tice will start in earnest Monday, with scrimmage on the slate for the last of the week. Has Athletic Record. Dr. Stewart has an enviable record | for an athlete. The new Nebraska coach got his first taste of athletics at the Steubenville High school In Ohio, which he entered “in 1891 and was graduated in 1895. His first col- legiate experience was at Scio college in Ohio, where he studied a year and Reserve uni- He was the first four-letter man estern Reserve had. He was quar- rback of the foot ball team, pitcher 1 the base ball team, star forward f the basket ball five and ah urdler | on the track team. Leaving college he first organized a_professional base bali team in the Ohio State league and then gained | tion college in Ohio. He next was I'niqn, and from there to the Oregon Aggies, where he remained five years and where he built up one of the most powerful elevens on the Pacific coast. Heard Among About 200 pafd to wee the two Bloomer ) teams perform when last they mel. The Stars and Stripes would Itke to book a game with the Luxus team before the sea- =on closes, Regular league prices will govern at Rourke park today on account of the hanner attraction Holland of the Rambiers says that Nor- ward of the Ramblers Is the bont first base- man n to 80 as to Keep in condition the Murphy Did Tte declded to hook up with the Frank Daways today. I n Some ttme this week the Armours will | have a sumpluous feed at the expense of | Armour & Co, | Ol Man Jacobs, the president of the City league, will accompany the Murphy Did Tta to 8t. Loufa Ahout next Bunday the amateur base ball- tate will bo willing to resign in favor of the leather egg game. The Modern Woodmen No. 045 s still | Iooking for games. Call Walnut 801 and squawk for Wilson, Wilson Atkine wae oul of town when the Luxus made their lust stand on Wednesday for the champlonship. Loague and Achatz will be the battery that wiil deliver the goods for the Council Blufts Dmoperlals today at Corning, la, Now (lie Btars and Ktripes would like to hook up with the Armours. For further in- formation call Roy Stac Donovan, who has b with the Delolt, Ta., team lately, will bo scen in the Stars and Stripes lineup against the Ramblers, Wonder If the Pickering playing with Minneapolls Is the samo Plck that used to pick ‘em out of the clouds for Pa Rourks, Third place between the Armours and Bourgeoln in the Greater Omaha fu still un- decided. Thin question ocught to be settled. th und Kieny wore the battery for L Sunday wgainat Shenan- ®ot by in elegant style. who used to vomnage the ball team In Omahe, 1n now the Lincoln Clenners and ¥ &t South 1288, 0, e kar of This morning the directors of the assocla- tlon will entertaln the Minneapolis team, | showing them the city via the gas route method Dailey, who used to play with th sends, selled in from Wyoming las Town- Thure- e | ball this year is & myate & sharp foul during the e OMAHA WILL MEET GHAMPS OF THE A. A. Plans About Oompleted for Post Season Series During Ak-Sar-Ben Week. PLAYERS TO GET ALL COIN Plans have been practically com- pleted for a seven-game post season eries between the Omaha Western eague base ball club and the pennant winners in the American association. Both the Indianapolis and Louisville clubs, who are hattling for the asso- ciation flag, have agreed to come to Omaha for the series. The seven-game series will be played October 3 to 8, inclusive, and all seven games will played in Omaha, The dates are considered propitious, because the annual Ak-Sar-Ben festi- val will be running in Omaha at the time. October 3d is Tuesday and Qctober 8th is Sunday, on which day the series will culminate with a double-header. The little world's series will he ex- clusively handled by the players. The | managements of the two clubs will not in any way participate in the rofits, should there be any., Pa ourke has granted the athletes the use of his park. He will get ten per cent of the gate, and will pay all the expenses, which means all Pa will get is_debt, Pa made the players this offer because he believes they deserve some reward for bringing Omaha a pennant, Would Net Neat Sum. The post season series: if the weather is good, should net the play- ers)a snug little sum of money. The seven games should at least draw 10,000 per sons, which would mean about $100 apiece for the players. Omaha fans believe the Rourkes would give the A. A. champs a good run for their money. The Rourke nine is a considerable outfit this year and it wouldn't be anv great surprise if they should take the A. A. crowd to a trimming. Omaha-Soccer League Starts Season Today The Omaha Soccer Foot Ball league will open the 1916 season this after- noon. The soccer sharks enjoyed a big season last year, but anticipate that the 1916 campaign will surpass it. The Omaha City, Townsend, Clan Gordon, Caledonian, Bohemian and Nonpareil Athletic club elevens are entered, . Persistence Is the Cardinal Virtue in Advertising. the Amateurs day for the pur qualntannes. POse of renewing old mc. Pote Lyck, the probably drop (n wit next songon. Brandels catcher, h the professional 1y He has & couple of joby uj will Khts nder connideration Only three of the teams connscte. :r;; C:‘t:r":n uoHl-‘;-t weanon” fininhed 1:- :::h o, v Merohe flldv ".‘u ys, Mickel Victrolas and According to the dope, th By, g{ P o Anclent Order orkmen wili organize a lengue composed of a team from cach lo v t wenson rolln around. Sasivhen cken, on third for Minneapolis, is an- othor profexsional ball player: of ' reputs Whether or not he has played professionai ry. The National Cash Registers would like very much to mecurs an out-of-town game, Correspond with C. F. Link, care of the Na. tional Cash Reglater company, The boys that went over to Imogens, Ia., last Bunday only collected rallrond fare one way. Bomething must have besn wrong With the head of thelr muchine, It must have been a difficult task f Millard Durkee to ksep 1n usclusion barc balllcally speaking, this season, but he man. aged to keep out of the limelight. John Hazen Is well chaperoned whan he enters & ball yard. One kid carries his glove, another his cap, another his shoes. another his bat and another his ankls brace, George Graham of the Brandels fs an crab- ble a ever. The barker, manager bat boy, tabulator and even George get under the ropes for a call down when George 1y peeved. Becaure Harry Sago, local umplre of repute, made a mistake during the Rambler- Luxus' mix he should not be considered a punk. He ls and always will be & good umpire. Emmet Shaffer and Clff Bogues, star heavery of the Dahlman Knights, will ba on the firing lina Bunday nfternoon at Thirty- necond and Dewey avenue agalnst the Frank Dewey Juniors Louls Devine, well known among the local bane ball and foot ball gladintors, blew into town Jant week. He i now a true westerner and halls from a ranch somewharo in the nelghborhood of Sherldan, Wyo Bdward Isaacion, who was peacefully sit- ting fnthe grandstand iast Sunday at Luxus park was oracked on tha beant with Kraficek-Trimblo He survived to tall the story. battie. 3—3 e een |CREIGHTON HOPES FOR WINNING TEAM Likely Looking Bunch of New Timber Enters the School Upon the Hill, VETS OF LAST YEAR BACK Despite the fact that Coach Tommy Mills will be a bit handicapped it con- ditioning his men and teaching them formations, due to the late opening of the dental and law colleges, pros« pects for a brilliant foot ball season are pretty rosy at Creighton this year, A lot of likely looking timber i entering Creighton this year and sups porters of the blue and white antici~ pate an eleven superior to that of last year. The backfield looks mighty strong despite the loss of Nigro, the little quarter, Captain Dutch Platz and Marty Flanagan will be back to take care of the half back positions and better men than this duo could hxrd- ly be asked for. At full back Carl Lutes will be back, but the man ex- pected to be the power in. this posi- tion is Walker Sleuman, who comes from Hastings college, where he w a star and All-State choice. Mulholland, who played at Spos kane university, will be candidate for the quarterback position. It is said he was something of a sensation in the west and will prove more than &' capable substitute for Nigro, Noble, who played quarter at Beatrice quh' school, also enters Creighton this fal l“. Candidate for Center. No definite word regarding the' possible return of Cy Kamansky from the border has been heard, but this is not an overly perplexing problem, as Erickson,200-pound center and staf of the Beatrice High school m last year, is a candidate for Cy" .{o_b and probably would be able to fill it very satisfactorily in case the militiae man does not return, Mills has a bunch of second string men from last year and also a num= ber of new comers of whom nothing is known yet, but it's a cinch some of them will prove varsity material and Tommy shouldn’t have a great deal of trouble developing a winning eleven. Floyd Smith Looks Like Diamond in the Rough, 8ays Rourke Floyd Smith is going to make a better ball player than his brother, Earl, declares Pa Rourke and Marty Krug agrees with him, 5 Since Earl departed for the Chicago Cubs, Floyd has been playing the left garden for the Rourkes and he's been doing a nice job, too. Floyd, of course, is a rookie, but Pa savs he's a diamond in the rough. Floyd takes a nice cut at the ball at the bat and when he is taught a few of the finer points, such as how to stand at the plate, how to step, how to keep an eye on the pitcher and ¢l like, he'll do much better, He doesn’t know how to start, although he's fast on his feet, and he doesn’t know how. to throw. When he learns ihese things, Pa believes he'll be some out= Ao Byt i And as Floyd is getting some mifihty good experience this fall, and will get a lot more in the trainin camp next spring, Pa believes Flo: will enjoy as good if not a better sea~ son in 1917 as Earl did in 1916, Young Smith is only 20 years oldy Butcher Holds His Leag_ig Western Butcher, Denver, leads in the Wests ern league with .362 and is ahead in total bases with 276 and in runs with 104. Shields, Denver, leads in stolen bases with 45; Krug, Omaha, in sac« rifice hits with 34; Dyer, Denver, in home runs with 16 and Denver im club batting with 195, Leading batters, including Tuese day's games: < utcher, Denver, .362: Oakes, Den~ ver, .342; Miller, Omaha, .34Z; Gils more, Sioux City, .335; Johnson, Lin« coln, .344; Kirkham, St. Joseph, .333; Coy, Wichita, .328; Krueger, Omaha, .324; Shestak, Denver, .320; Gray, Wichita, 318, Leading pitchers for twenty-two games: Lost. 0O'Toole, Omaha North, Omaha Mers, O Halla, L n C. Thompson, Omaha . Krause, Omaha Kast, Lincoln . Bchardt, 8loux City Grover, Bloux City Gaspar, Stoux City . Ford, Denver .. Duck Season Opens; Hunters Gleeful The duck season opened yesterday and Omaha hunters are losing no time in their pursuit of the feathery flock. . Ducks are reported to be numer- ous all over the state this fall. Nim- rods returning from chicken hugts| came home with such glowing yarng of the abundance of ducks that every hunter within hearing distance ims mediately contracted a case of the trigger itch. . Ducks are said to be thick in the Wood lake district, while Hyannis re= ports say there are more ducks there than there has been in the last decade. DeSota and Herman say ducks are flying in large numbers. Tommy Gifi)ons May Work " In Clash with Levinsky Minneapolis, Sept. 16.—Local fight| promoters are making final prepa tions for the staging of several bouts here, between well known fighte during the coming winter season the fistic sport. Among the matches contemplated is one between Tommy Gibbons, the St. Paul middleweight,| and Battling Levinsky, New York| light heavyweight. Negotiations al« ready are under way for the Gibbons- Levinsky fight, which may be held some time in October 4