Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 24, 1916, Page 33

JOS[ES WIN AGAIN <| Rather Monotonous l “IN'THE BLEVENTH Irelan, 3b. Put Three Over in Eighth, |}iler 1o Tying Score, and Keep {Regtibo, ¥ on Going. OMAHA. AB. R, .4 4 0. A. E ‘. 3 | North, '2b Merz, p. *Erause .. FOUR TO THREE THE SCORE : comsememm cozhcenns SskwuoOONS ST, JOSEPH. . -7 " St. Josegh, Mo., Sept. 23.—(Special ‘wrignt, et Telegram.)—Those Drummers again 3(‘:‘:{.’;‘- won from the league champs today | Kirkham, ‘:ou the 1915 Western league race Pa %i ROURKE WILL LOSE SEVEN OF GHAMPS Purchases, Beesfll’ and Draft Take Half of Pa's Stars Into Faster Company. MEANS A WINTER OF WORK | When the curtain was rung down Rourke, owner of the Omaha ’club,‘ was confronted with something of a| and once again extra innings were necessary to turn the trick, the game | fuen this time going eleven innings, or nearly so, for only one was down when the Drummers pushed the win- ning run through. Once again, it was one of those 3 [ games which seemed to be won by the Rourkes in the early stages of the contest, for they held the score 3 to 0 until the eighth inning, when the Hol- landers tied it in a knot and then won out in the eleventh. Recruit Does Well. Whitey Kinneen, St. Joseph corner lot recruit, essayed to pitch for the Drummers and despite the fact that the Rourkes gathered three runs off his delivery, did well. Sommers batted for Kinneen in the eighth and then succeeded him in the pitcher's box and twirled a nice game for the three innings in which he worked. The Rourkes scored one in the first, when F. Smith was safe on Otto Will-| iams’ error and went to second on this same phy. He took third on a wild itch and scored on a sacrifice fly by | hompson. Another in Seventh. Another run came in the seventh, when Kilduff singled and was forced at second, North being safe at first. Merz walked apd Smith North scored on Irelan’s sacrifice fly. The third and final run for the Rourkes came in the eighth. Krueger singled after one was down and For- sythe sent him to second with a nice single to left. Krueger scored on Kil- duff’s sacrifice fly. In that same inning, the Drummers made it three all. Fusner walked, Beers singled and Sommers, batting for Kinneen, singled, scoring Fusner. Wright was safe on an error by Merz and Beers scored on Otto Williams'| sacrifice fly. Kirkham singled, scor- ing Wright. Getting Tight. The ninth and tenth went by with- out either side scoring, although both teams got men as far as third base in each of these innings. Then came that eleventh and with it the winning of the game for the Holland crew. McClelland beat out a . scratch hit and Fusner singled, Beers { i sacrificed, sending McClelland to third and Fusner to second. Sommers walked, filling the bases, then Wright hot safely, scoring McClelland and the game was over. . The® Omaha linesup was again switched considerably and one was hardly able to recognize in this team that which had won:the pennant in the Western league. In spite of this the Rourkes played good ball and the game was a tight little affair all the way. g;;ike Shannon was ill and Johnny Williams and Harry Krause acted as umpires. Both got by nicely and both were likewise the object of some good natured jollying from the people in the stands, of whom there must have been at least 100. Denver Bears Beat _ Des Moines Gang Denver, Colo., Scpt. 23.—Denver jound Baker for twelve hits today and defeated Des Moines, 7 to 4. Score: DES MOINES, AB. R. H. O, A. B Cases, of. . Munter, rf. Meloan, 2 Hartford, Jones, Ewoldt, 3b. Breen, If. Rigsley, c. Baker, p. . Hocoooomm P - cncormonm wHuomownoo orowmoooo Totals - Miller, rf. . Reed, ss. Cole, likewise. | . |up a heavy line. o | Adrian Lindsey, picked last year as| nlall-valley half by nearly all” eritics, | Sullivan, | McCleliand, | Fusner, ¢. +Sommers, *Batted for Smith in ninth. *Batted for Kinneen in eightl "*One out when winning run scored. eloommrssos~’ leommommmmme? 8lectevuruus® Eluvovwunns Foo B! 2; by Merz, 4. Bases on bails: Off | 5; off Merz, 8. Hits: Off Kinneen, 7 in eight innings.. Hit by pitched ball: By Kinneen, Forsythe. Stolen bases: Forsythe, Kilduff, North, McCabe. Sacrifice hits: Thompson (2), Willlams (2), McCabe, Smith, North, Kilduff, Beers. Left on bases:. St. Joseph, 8; Omaba, Time: 2:05.. Krause. LINGOLN LOSES T0 (OLORADO- SPRINGS Millionaires Capiure Game Marked by Heavy Hitting and Listless Playing. Earned runs: Omaha, 3. _Umplres: J. Willlams and H. EIGHTEEN TO FIVE IS SCORE Colorado Springs, Colo,, Sept. 23.— The Millionaires won from Lincoln today, 18 to 5, in a_game marked by heavy hitting and listless playing on the part of both teams. Score: COLORADO SPRINGS. > em criomwam~D | Fox, rf. | Jacks Coy, Britton, 2b. | Grietith, . | Litschi,’ 3b. { Rapps, 1b. White, ss. Davis, p. coororceocl comswaac mmoworoos Totals . | Carliste, 1f. Willlams, ss. Thomason Lober, rf-) | Morse, p-: Hunter, 1b. Smith, 2b. Johnson, e. Rohrer, corocoormwal Totals Colo. Spr By Davis, 3. Bases on balls: Off Davis, 1; off Morse, 1; off Lober, 2; off Rohrer, 1. Hits: Off Morse, 9 In two in- nings; off Lober, 7 in two Innings; off off Rohrer, 6 in four innings. Hit by pitched ball: Willlams. Passed balls: Griffith, John- son (2). Stolen bases: Fox, Jackson. Two- base hits: Litschi, Fox (2), Coy (3), Lober, runs: Litschi (2). Double plays: Litschi.to Britton to Rapps, Britton to Rapps,’ Wil- llams to Smith to Hunter. Left on bases: Colorado Springs, 7; Lincoln, 7. Earned runs; Colorado’ Springs, §; Lincoln, 1, Time: 1:30. Umplre: Miller. Kansas Students Scoff at Coach’s Stories of Gloom| ~Lawrence, Kan., Sept. 23.—Despite reports coming from the Jayhawker camp here that all may not be well with the University of Kansas foot ball team this year, students and coaches do not feel much gloom, and are predicting freely that the Missouri Valley Conference wijl have to reckon strongly with the Kansans before the honors for the season are finally awarded. For, they point out, the Jayhawkers have gotten into the habit of turning out strong teams and this year they do not look for that an- cient tradition to be overthrown. Coach.Chauncey Olcott and George Clark, his new assistant, have a squad of “K” men, although” many of the last season’s team are on the border as National Guardsmen; that should | fill capably any back-field and make Headed by Captain | the ten veterans workin Rohrer, Gritfith, Rapps (2), Britton. Home | 0 g out daily | o on McCook field promise to make | uithc going hard for their opponents. 110Olcott is in his'second year and, it o|is declared, should have his system |of play well worked out. That, per- Shields, loyd, 2b. . tevens, ¢, Harrington, p. Manser, p. Totale task. Although his team had finished in fourth place, the greedy Omaha fans were not satisfied. They de- manded a winner, So last winter Pa went oul with the firm intention. of assembling a ball club that would prove a winner. He combed the country from one end of it to the other. He spent several thousand dollars, And he gathered the winner together. And now after his year of success, Pa Rourke is going to have to start all over again. For his 1916 cham- pionship nine has virtually been rid- i dled by purchases and recalls by clubs of higher classification. | Seven ‘Will Be Missing. | Seven of the players who captured the 1916 emblem for Rourkeville will be missing when the roll is called next spring. Ernie Krueger; Kewpie Kilduff, Lou North, Shag - Thompson, Marty 0'Toole and Bobby Marshall. , Of these seven players three were | purchased by National league clubs. to the New York Giants. Lou North, the prop@rty of the St. Louis Cardi- nals, has been recalled, as has Shag the little owtfielder belongs. | O'Toole returns to Columbus in the | American association and Bobby | Marshall goes back to St. Paul in the same loop. Have Work Cut Out. A bunch of heavy shrapnel couldn’t bave worked much greater hayoc in the Rourke ranks. Pa Rourke and Marty Krug certainly have their work cut out for them if they hope to fill these seven vacant places with talent of equal prowess. Of course, there is the chance that some of these Rourkes will fail to | stick in the big show and will be re- { turnedybut it isn’t a safe chance to bet on, in fact Pa himself doesn’t be- | lieve there’s a chance at all. “Smith Making . Good. Earl Smith is already making him- self solid in Chicago. Tinker isn't working Earl every day, wisely giv- ing him an opportunity to watch the ! play from the bench during half of the games. As a result Earl will be more fully capable of occupying a garden regularly next year. There isn't one chance in a hundred for Earl to be sent back. Ernie Krueger, it is believed, is as certain’ to deliver the goods on the big time as Smithy. Some Omaha ! fans aver Kewpie Kilduff needs more seasoning and will probably be re- turned to Omaha next spring, but Rourke is not so sanguine. “Kilduff is just the scr?pi/ kind of athlete McGraw likes,” declares Rourke, “and I don't think there’s a chance for him to be sent back.” Merely Loaned to Pa. Thompson and North were merely loaned to Rourke by Mack and Hug- gins, respectively, as were O'Toole b; Columbus and Marshall by St. Pau{ Thus Rourke has got to find two catchers, two pitchers, two infielders and one or two outfielders. Quite a task, fans, quite a task. ! At that Rourke’s problem is less difficult next year than this year. This year Pa had to build a team' around Krug and Forsythe. Next year he'll have Forsythe and Floyd Smith in the outfield, Miller, Krug, Irelan and Burg in the infield, Cecil Thompson, Harry Krause and Otto Merz for moundsmen. A little easier than this year, but a mighty difficult one for all that. Omaha University Tackles Hard Grid Schedule This Year Seven years ago the University of Omaha, with a bundle of nervy ath- letes burst into the exclusive circle of smaller Nebraska colleges. Since that time she has not énly held her place, but held down her opponents to low scores in every department of athletics. A new schook is ‘always blessed with beginner’s luck and lots of “pep,” but the Omaha university has passed through the experimental stage and now draws seasoned athletes from all parts of the middle west. Such men as Adams, Leach, Cohn, Korbmaker, Allerton, Thompson and They are Earl Smith, | 1 Smith has already gone to the Chi-| |cago Cubs. Krueger and Kilduff g0 (1 sent her to scout some formation of Thompson by Connie Mack, to whom | Marty | Jonesboro, Ark., Sept. 23.— There is Tocated in this town the only college in the country having a woman for a full-fledged foot ball coach. She is Mrs. Earl W. Brannon, wife of the coach of the Jonesboro Agricultural | college foot ball team. Mrs. Brannon | had been assisting her husband, but | this year she will coach a team of her | own. She will have full charge of the Aggie Preps' team and will be the sole guide and board of strategy of the eleven, Here is what her husband says of her: “She ‘broke in' as a scout, when prospective. rivals in: their early sea- - son games. She showed me that she | knew “inside foot ball” as well as any of my assistants. | “Last season she helped to plan our | offense and defense for every game, |and showed an uncanny. ability in | picking the weak places in formations, | shifts and plays. D “This year she will have a regular | assistant’ who will teach her players | the rudiments of the game, such as blocking, tackling, charging, passing, ute chalk talk explanations to this work, besides planning and organizing the team rlay. -~ “She will have complete charge of the preparation of her team for the seven gamies which are upon the schedule, “During the last season, which was a very fortunate one for the Aggies, Mrs. Brannon was a fulfledged mem- ber of the board of strategy. Her in- sight into the possibilities which de- veloped durihg the season was by far the keenest of any of,m¥ assistants, “She appeared on the field regularly and helped direct tlie practice. It was impossiflie, of course, for, her to dem- onstrate the rudiments ‘of the game, but she was very adept in explaining clearly the fundamentals-as well as the intricate points./' PLAN FIELD DAY FOR THE AMATEY Armours, Olass A Champs, Murphys, Class B Winners Mix in Feature Event. TO BE HELD NEXT SUND A field day for members of Omaha Amateur Base Ball assol tion for next Sunday is a plan on fi among persons interested in the san lot game in Omaha, If Rourke park can be procured next Sunday the = event will be held. ‘A base ball field day would be an innovation in Omaha. Such events have been held in other cities and have proved popular. Fungo hittirg, bunting, long distance throwing, ac- curate throwing, circling the bases, et cetera, make up the list of events for a field day program. The plan is to hold, distinct events for each class, A, B and C, into which the Omaha Amateur association is divided. As a feature attraction of the day it is proposed to stage a ball game between the Armours, the class A champions of Omaha, and the Mur- phys, the class B champs. The Mur- phys are anxious to battle the class A champs. They believe they have the better team. The Armours say they are willing to take a chance with the Murphys. Prizes would be put up for the win- put up for the ball game, It is believed the field day would be a fitting culmination to the most prosperous season the Omaha Ama- | teur Base Ball association has yet ners of the various events and a purse | Simmons have been attracted from\eyifl}'fid Dt Mokt }‘haps more than anything else, may Donver ... R BI000 3 001 0 ot mflglan the rapid construction of an Sacrifice Reed. Sacrifice fly: Shields, | efficient scoring machine, Two-base hits: Oakes, Hartford. Three-base S 4 hits: Butcher, Miller, Bases on bails: off | ., 1h€ old men on the squad. in ad- Manser, 2; off Baker, §; off };arrlnglnn, 5. t‘dmko]n to Captain Lindsey, are Frost,| Struck ‘out: By Harington, 10; by Baker, | t : ¥ . Nei 4. Stolen bases: Lloyd, Cole, Hits: oxr\s:: e,f }]}I_caflf‘; tend, F“l:' lf'.alf’ Neil- | Harrington, 6 in eight innings. Hit by |S€M full; Peterson, half; Reedy,| pltched bail: Breen, Cass. Passed ball: | tackle; Todd, quarter; Tuble, guard;! Sire: Mullant o i | to make the varsity squad aré Fiske, | X —_— { half; Russell, quarter; Burton, tackle; SIOHX Lose Another Miner, center; Laslett, end; Pringle, |guard; Harte, tackle and Foster quar- | t Game to Topekas| Topeka, ~Sept. 23.—Topeka won anether game from Sioux City today, by a count of 6 to 4. Score: TOPEKA. woorokaanl Lathrop, rf. ........ 00 Engle, cf. ..... 0 Goodwin, 2b, Detate, -3b. Devore, 1f." . Agler, 1b. Metz, 1b, Lejeune, cf. Conmolly, 3b, we - Topeka . 1 Sloux City.....0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Three-base hits: Lejeune, Cooney. base hits: Lathrop, Goodwin (2), Sacrifice hit: Cooney. Double play: Cooney to Metz. Btelen bases: Goodwin, Devare, Metz, Connolly. Bases on balls: Off Kelly, 4. Struck out: By Doyle, 6; by Kelly, 2. Passed ball: Dpugan., Hit by pitched ball: By Kelly, 1. Umpire: Kane. . Hebron Defeats Chester. Tebron, Neb., Sept. 23.—(Special)—The high school foot ball teams of Hebron and Chester plaved their first game of the sea- son at Chester vesterday, the resull being 36 to 0 in favor of Hebron. Though the Hebron team fs light this vear, their fast ssing and carmying was too much for the er boys. Hebron proved strong in des . to0, holding thelr opponents to small 1—4 Two- Defate. 0lat Lawrence. 0 t Purdue's Prospects B The schedule follows: September 30, Kansas Normals at Lawrence; October 7, Illinois at Urbana; Oc- 1tober 14 Ames at Ames; October 21, |open; October 28, Kansas Aggies at Lawrence; November 4, Oklahoma at | Lawrence; November 11, Washburn {at Topeka; November 18, Nebraska at Lipeoln; November 30, Missouri - Are Gonsid;;red Fair The Omaha school of law has several law huskies that have threatened to don moleskins and give the regulars | some real competition on the line. This year “the line has been strengthened by, bucking machine antics ‘and dummy exercises, while strenuous side-stepping gymnastics and interference blocking. The stiff-body-back-to-the-runner and leg-hook have been duly empha- oped remarkable speed in this most 0 | Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 23 —Fopt ballj | prospects at Purdue are considered’ “pretty fair” by critics who have looked over the available material from which Cdach Cleo O'Donnell will make his maiden effort. Ex-| perts believe the Boilermakers will| win from DePauw, Wabash, North-| western and Indiana; are doubtful about Iowa and admit that on form Chicago and Illinois should defeat them, " A likely set of veterans will be out, including Captain Hake, end; Van Aken, end and half, the team’s chief kicking reliance; Beuchner, tackle; Burns, guard; Proud, guard; Landis, a punter, end and half; Whitford,l guard and center; Dixon, quarter and half, and Olmstead, center. New men are: Bartless, guard; Fau- cett, half; fullback; McMahan, guard; | half, and Markley, half. Hume, difficult of all rynning maneuvers. Athletics in general have been sup- orted so strongly by alumni and ocal fans that every year it has been necessary to stiffen the schedule, un- til this year the hardest schedule in the history of the school is before the gridiron warriors, The schedule will be played off as follows: Tarkio, Cotner, Grand Is- land, School of Osteopathy (St. Louis), Peru, York, Doane and Cen- tral City, [ —— To Play Deciding Game. Fremont, Neb., eSpt. 23.—(Special,)—As the resuit of a protest of .a decision in the ball gaine between Hooper and Morse Bluff at Hooper, which Hooper won by a score of 3 {0 1, the two teams have dgclded to piay the game over next Tuesda: #lde bet of $100. Y-t o *Campbell Goes South. T k T. H. Campbell, « former Harvard star | Edwards, half; Huffine, | who his helped in coaching the crimson | #quad for several years, has taken charge ;;r University of North Carolina foot Nebraska high schools and many! | others hail from surrounding states. the backfield men have been ' doing| | sized and some have already devel-| Butcher Clinches His Batting Lead Butcher of Denver has practically clinched the Western league batting championship, his average, including ast - Tuesday’s game, being with 65; Krug, Omaha, in: sacrifice hits with 34; Dyer, Denver, in home with 299; Miller, Omaha, in runs scored with 116, and Denver in team batting with .298, Butcher, Denver, .373; Miller, Omaha, .347; Kirkham, St. Joseph, .344; Coy, Wichita, .338; Oakes, Denver, .337; Gilmore, Sioux City, .336; Johnson, Lincoln, .333; Krueger, Omaha, .331; Watson, Sioux City, .829; Griffith, Wichita. .328. Leading pitchers for twenty-three games: 0'Toole, Omaha. North, Omaha .. Schardt, Sloux City East, Lincoln, Halla, Lincoln Merz, Omaha. Thompson, Omi Gaspar, Sioux City. Krause, Omaha. Ford, Denve! | Edgar Defeats Kxeter, | Bdgar, Neb., Sept. 23.—Bdfgar opened ths foot ball season today by defeating Exeter in a fast game, 25 to 0. Both line smash- ing and open field work featured for the locals. Hull, Strawser and Devore were the chief ground galners. Haskins, referee; ! B. Sconce, head linesman. Shields, Denver, leads in stolen bases | runs with 16; Butcher in total bases| Leading batters: tshowing - SPORTS SECTION or THE OMAHA Cozette McManigle Brannon Holds that Distinction | punting and kicking. She will contrib- * Cozette ) anigal Branuo 7 “Her ideas are very clearly defined as to style of game. It is needless t& say that, while her style is very much the same as that used by me, never- theless she is distinctiveriess in many departments of the sport; so much so Down in South Town; South Side High foot ball stock rose;/ and fell several times last week as day by day developments arose, Coach Patton had little trouble keep- ing the spirits of his squad up, how-" ever, as there were a quarter hundred enthusiastic young fellows always on the field to fill out the teams. It was definitely made known that Van Arthurton, star halfback of last year's team wguld be ‘able to be with the team three days a week. His re- turn has strengthened thés quad greatly. At quarter the coach has two men from which to select, Jimmie Nestor |and Jimmie Etter. At center the freshman, O’Connor seems to be gathering a season lease. The guards will be filled by new men. . Paterson, a freshman of 160 pounds will probably occupy one side of the line while three men, Banner, Helm and Anderson, are candidates for the other guard positions. At the | tackle positions, Rugie, veteran of last year, and Curtis, giant guard last year, will be placed. Corr and Graham are in their old places at the two ends, Joe Dworak, fullbacl: of three years first team experience, will probably be in the charging point of the back-| field. Emigh and Hunter are also , candidates for ‘back positions. Washington Uni Hopes To Have Winning Team | st Louis, Sept. 23.—Washington is to have a winning team this year, Fecording to its rooters, who are espé- cially “confident of making a good against Michigan, where | Coach William Edmunds learned his !foot ball. A strong staff of assist- ants will #d Edmunds, including Dick Hagar, Vanderbilt and Amherst, for the line; Linn Milford, for the scrubs; | Eddie Grogan, last year with St, Louis university, for the backfield, and Del Pratt, second basemadn on the Browns, who played foot ball at Ala< bama, for general service. Experienced men who will report are Captain Urban Busick, McRob- erts, Wetzel, Meyer, Kling, Hackman, Grossman, Pemberton, Nelson and at an End FIRST BEAR STORY FROM HUSKER CAMP Stewart Finds Work Cut Out ‘for Him with Chamberlain and Rutherford Gone. |BACKFIELD LACKS BEEF By JAMES E. LAWRENCE, Lincoln, Neb., SeptA\23.—(Special.) —With the greatest wealth of ma- OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1916. | { Did You Ever Hear of a Woman Foot Ball Coach ? ? coach this year, will probably play a different game from the first team, | “She will have an assistant coach, who will demonstrate such rudiments as tackling, blocking and charging. She will direct the team both on de- | fense and offense during the scrir mage practices, The forward, pas: ing, punting and drop kicking will be taught to the entire squad, the indi- vidual coaching in these departments being handled by the head coach or his assistants, | “The nd team is generally com- | posed of players from the preparatory | department of the school, and are about high school class in age and size, They will be called the Aggie Preps and will play a regular schedule | of games with the high schools of the state. | “Her training has been sufficient | for the work. She attended the Lin- ! | SUNDAY BEE | terial in the history of the University of Nebraska, Cornhusker foot ball ad- herents are realizing for the first time that Dr, E. J. Stewart, Nebras- ka's new coach, is up against a man- sized job in giving Nebraska another all victorious season The first week of actual scrimmage in the Husker camp was unsatisfac- tory from all angles. It revealed for the first time what a loss the Husk- ers suffered in Chamberlain, Ruther- ford and Abbott. It also revealed that Nebraska has no one to :take their places, even in a small way Backfield Too Light, The greatest deficiency of the 1916 squad appears to be the lack of heavy backiield men. Dr. Stewart is going to be handicapped during the entire season with a “pony” backfield, the heaviest man weighing _only 165 pounds, . Jimmy Gardiner, the Omaha High school star, is the best looking back- field man just now. Gardiner only tips the scales at 165 pounds. Cook, Caley and Procter have been used at halfback, but they are not heavy and are comparatively new at.the game, although all hard workers. Rhoades, a freshman last year, has been used coln (Nebraska) High school and the rm‘»me in the backfield, but he is slow University of Nebraska, very keen and enthusiastic student of | the game, being fonder of it than of| all athletic sports. She has no use for | tennis, golf or girl basket ball, claim- | ing thgse pastimes are tepid. | “Shé weighs only 115, and is not| the masculine type at all. Strangely, | she does not believe in woman suf- frage nor any of the other modern fads of the age. “She never gives up and believes that a team can win any game if the players fight hard enough, Her name was Cozette McManigell before she! was married, and she is a French- Irish-American, which probably ac-| counts for the above point of view.” That Mr, Brannon himself is a coach of no mean ability is shown by ! the .record of the Joneshoro Aggies! last year. They played six games and won all but one nz them by a wide | margin. Their only defeat was admin- istered by Ouachita college, 13 to 6. This year the Aggies play the Uni- versity of Mississippi, /\rklnsu col- lege, Henderson-Brown, Arkansas Normal, Union university,” Ouachita coll‘egr and Western Tennessee Nor- mal. L-STAR PROS T BATTLE BRANDEI§ ha Lads Who Play Profes- sional Ball Will Olash With Semi-Pros. 'S WILLIAMS ON THE JOB| orrie 'QJson, the crack Brandeis rler who has a record of fifteen vic- ries and but one defeat for the sea- n, is going sail a stormy and treach- rous sea at Rourke park this after- oon when he attempts to subdue Jimmy Kane's selected All-Star pro- fessional nine. For Jimmy has collected an aggre- gation of sluggers. None other than Gus Williams leads the list. Gus, be it known, is some long distance hitter. He used to make home runs off of American league pitching. He would still be making the circuit clouts in the big show if he didn't have the unfortunate faculty of muffing fly balls. Gus always has been a 300 hitter. This year he played with the Nash- ville team, which won the Southern She was a1 & league pennant and he lost many a ball by dropping it over the wall. Gus | promises to put one over today just} for old-time's sake. | Kane himself is also something of| a slugger and has been known to clout | ‘em over the fence, Ed Spellman,| who will do the catching, is another chap who likes to make long distance drives. Synek on Second. . Frank Synek, who will play second, was good enough to help Dennison win a pennant in the Texas-Okla- tting started and stands very lit- tle chance of getting one of the regu- lar jobs. Otopaulik at End. Ootopaulik, for two years fullback, has been shifted to ‘end and has shown up fairly well, although an in- jured shoulder hus kept him out of scrimmage all week. Riddell is hold~ ing down his job on the other end. Cameron, whg was expected to be on the line, haf been in the hospital practically since the season startéd. Corey and Shaw are doing a satis- factory job at tackle and Moser is performing in good shape at center, Guards promise to prove another weakness in the Cornhusker machine. Dr. Stewart is experimenting with several sets of men, but he has no indicated any choice in his liheups so far, g Busy Week Ahead. The coming week will see long ?{r“(i“ and hard scrimmage. The usker, squad is apparently a week behiid other Missouri Valley schools - and it will take fast conditioning to put the men into shape for the open- mi‘ game with Drake. 7 “Fall track workouts at the univer- sity started last week, with thirty-five | men on-the cinder paths under the direction of Coach Reed, The men have been working two hours a night, spurned on by the splendid weather, Captain Overman, Grau, Gribble, | Corey and Shaw are the veterans of the squad. " 4 Murphys Arrive in St. Louis, But Fail To Find Opponent A St. Logr, Sept., 23.—(Special Tele- . ram.)—Tt the Marphys, the Omaha lass B champions, had announced tehir coming, they might have ar~ ranged a game with the St. Louis champions to be. . But they arived early today un- heralded and unsung. They had not | even taken the time to inquire whether St. Loiis had a championship team, So they went without a game ‘today and will be compelled to battle the lowly Arcades, who are out of the | championship running her, tomorrow afternoon. g i The Murphys-Arcade game will be played at the fair ground park at 1:15 o'clock tomorrow as‘a preliminary to the Kinsey club-Wagner Electric City | championship game: The Kinsey chg- won the first game today. If it wins again tomorrow it will clinch the pens nant. In that case the Murphys may be scheduled for Tuesday. Represen- tatives of the amateur base ball league said tonight that they would try to arrange.a championship game for the Omaha boys if they would re- main several days, Only Six Veterans Back at _Oklahoma_v \ Norman, OkL, Sept. 23 —Bennie Owen, coach at the Oklahoma univer= sity, is facing the problem of buildin, { record he'lkhave to put a lot of stuif|ous homa league, so that bids more trou-(a foot ball machine this season with ble for Olso, Joe Burg will play third|only six veterans from the 1915 un< and Frank Butler Wil play short for|defeated team in the going. But the the All-Stars, while Ben Harris and|former Kansan is pounding along on Guy Hoffman will occupy the out|the Sconer field here and optimisti- field in company with Williams Cecil | cally says: \ Thompson will do the hurling. | “Chances are 'good for a winnin, So if Morrie ‘wants to maintain his|team. Perhaps it won't be all-victorg It will be as heavy as the ordi-| on the ball or Kane's aggregation of | nary Oklahoma team.” 3 hitsmiths will lost it for him | Eight of last year's veterans did The game will be played at Rourke not return to stilool this year ' and park this afternoon and will start at|among them was Parke Geyer, full- 3 o'clock. back, whose ability as a forward - passer made him feared in ever: School for Deaf Starts _A\jin which he played, Homer ' Monte Fall Foot Ball Practice | gomery, end, has returned, however, |and Owen undoubtedly will attempt to Coaches Seely and Andrewjeski build the team around him. er have had from fwenty to twenty-five | letter men are Frank -McCain, half- candidates for the foot ball eleven out | back; Moutford Johnson, quarter and. for practice every night at the Ne- | half; Jesse Fields, end; Oliver Hott, braska School for the Deaf. Prospects | tackle, and William Hott, guard, Th are bright for a successful season. Oklahoma schedule is: » The season opens ' September }0‘;N:,':"""‘:‘:"("kl‘.”‘:;:"gl‘l'y Oklahoma State when the deaf lads w'"ddafs:‘dw"}” Qgtober 7—Southwest Oklahoma Normal Omaha university, The deaf lads are [at Novman, = anxious to secure a game for Ocloll()cr | O otober 14— HRy S vatuil it il i | " October 21—University of Texas at Dallas. 7. Any team willing to play is asked | GCiCh HUniversty of Miassurt a¢ Nors . B S g man. A second team ]Ylas also been organ- November 4—University of Kansas st ized and is after combats. Call Mr. 2 11—Kingfisher college at Nor- Hollingshead. New players are Daw- son, Shanley, Foelich (twice all-scho- lastic fullback of St. Louis), Smith, Kamp, Perry and Hartman, 0'Donnell Promoted. Cleo O'Donnell, the new foot ball eoach at Purdde, .comes from tho Everett (Mass.) high school, where ha developed some ‘of the greatest schoolboy teams the sport has ever known, 1 Lawrence. Andrewjeski at Walnut 158, November man — November Welsh is Early Bird. November ‘With & view to getting on the job early this season, Captaly Welsh of the Willlams college eloven rerialned at Willlamstown Fort Smith, November all summer, No Secret Practice. homa Cif Coach Bob Folwell of the Penn gridders, says the Quaker team is to indulge in no secret practice this year. | 18—~Kansas Afkles at Norman. 26%-University of Arkansas &t 30—Oklahoma Agglés at Okla- e — . Million-Dollat Project. ? i The Yale bowl, where. the BN battles are stage cost almost to date, including the grounds, nnl"% | $160,000 will be required to complete project as originally outlined.