Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 1, 1916, Page 25

3 . sixth inning. ‘Rvube Marquard Stops the Phillies; Alexander Was Unable to Repeat; | " Robins Hold Lead by an Eyelash Rixey Triumphs Over Jeff Pfef-¢, l The Story in Figures I fer in Morning Game, But Rube Puts His Team Back. CONTESTS FULL OF HITTING Both Brooklyn and Philadelphia Batters on Edge, and All Pitchers Get Taste of Slugging. LEAD OF HALF GAME ONLY Brooklyn Holds First Place by Narrowest of Margins After Hard Fight. MONDAY LEFT TO DECIDE Brooklyn, Sept. 30.—Brooklyn came back this afternoon by hitting Alex- ander hard and won from Philadel- phia, 6 to 1, thereby regaining first place after losing it by dropping the morning game to Philadelphia, 7 to 2. Alexander lost because Brooklyn could hit him when hits were needed, while the visitors were unable to hit Marquard effectively after the first in- ning when Paskert singled, took sec- ond on a balk, third on Bancroft sac- rifice and scored on Stock’s out. Alexander retired from the game when Dugey batted for him in the eighth and fanned. Brooklyn promptly made four hits and two runs off Kantlehner. Bancroft twisted his ankle so badly in the first inning that he had to quit. He will not play again this season. Both teams gave a remarkable ex- hibition of circus fielding this after- noon with Brooklyn showing the greater steadiness. First Inning. Philadelphia—Paskert shot a single over Olson’s head. Marquard almost picked Paskert off first with a snap throw. Marquard made a balk and Umpire Klem ordered Paskert to second. Bancroft sacrificed, Myers to Cutshaw, Paskert went to third. Bancroft wrenched his leg running to first and was assisted 4o the play- ers’ bench. Paskert scored when Stock’s grounder was deflected from | Marquard’s leg to Cutshaw, who threw the batter out at first. Whit- ted got a two-base hit to right. Cut- shaw threw out Cravath. One run, two hits, no errors. Brooklyn — Byrne went to third for Philadelphia and Stock to short. Stock threw out Myers at first. Byrne threw ‘out Daubert. Stengel scratched a hit toward first. Wheat shot a single to right, Stengel going to third. Wheat stole second and when Killifer's throw got away from Niehoff Stengel scored. Stock threw out Cutshaw. One run, two hits, no error. Second Inning. Philadelphia—Luderus was a strike- out victim. Niehoff fanned. Killifer flied to Myers. No runs, no hits, no errors. Brooklyn—Mowrey sent a high fly to Whitted. Alexander threw out| Olson. Meyers popped to Byrne. No | runs, no hits, no errors. Third Inning. Philadelphia — Alexander flied out to Myers. Cutshaw made a nice play | n Paskert’s grounder and threw him out. Byrne struck out on three| pitched balls, No runs, no hits, no | errors. Brooklyn — Alexander threw out Marquard. Stock came in fast for Meyers’ bounder and threw him out. Daubert singled to right. Stock fum- bled Stengel’s grounder and both run- ners were safe. Wheat walked and the bases were filled. Cutshaw flied to Cravath. No runs, one hit no errors. Fourth fnning. Philadelphia—Stock fouled out to Meyers. Olson made a sparkling | play, picking Whitted’s grounder back on the grass and making a perfect throw to first. Cravath struck out.| No runs, no hits, no errors. Brooklyn—Mowrey beat out a slow roller toward third. Luderus took Olson’s sacrifice and threw it into| left field. Mowrey was held at sec- | ond. Meyers flied to Paskert. Mar-| quard forced Mowrey at third, Al- exander to Byrne, Olson moving onto second. Meyers was hit by a pitched ball and the bases were filled. Al- exander threw out Daubert at first. No runs, one hit, one erro. Fifth Inning. Philadelphia—Luderus flied out to Meyers. Niehoff flied to Wheat. Ol- son threw out Killifer. No runs, no hits, no errors. Brooklyn—Stengel got a home run over\ the right field wall. Niehoff threyr out Wheat. Cutshaw got a two-‘rbasc hit to right. ~Stock threw out, Mowry, Robbing him of a hit. Cupishaw went to third. Alexander thirew out Olson at first. One run, two hits, no errors. Sixth Inning. | Philadelphia—Mowrey took Alex-! ander's slow roller and threw him| out. Olson threw out Paskert in an-| other brilliant play. Byrne fanned for the second time. No run, no hits, | 10 _errors. | Brooklyn—Stock tossed out Mey- ers. Marquard got a three-base hit to right. Marq uar§ scored on Meyers’ hit over Stocks head. Alexander threw out Daubert, Meyers going to second, Stengel flied to Paskert. One run, two hits, no errors. Seventh Inning. Philadelphia—The official says that Daubert sacrificed in the Stock flied out to Wheat. Cutshaw threw out Whitted. Olson threw out Cravath., No runs, ¢’y hits, no errors. | ’)Brooklyn~\that singled sharply | fo right. Cutshaw sacrificed, Byrne | to Luderus. Wheat scored on Mow- | rey’s double to left. Olson beat out | 1 roller along the left field foul line, | \Mowrey going to third. Meyers went | yut to Luderus unassisted, Olson go- ng to second, Mowrey held at third,..n scorer | Morning game: PHILADELP] e Paskert, cf. Bancroft, Stoek, 8b. Whitted, Cravath, Luderuy, 1 Niehotf, 2b. Killifer, e. Rixey, p. . Totals .. cwuemnomal conuoncory B ounuense~z cunSonons srouwcocnned Johnston, of, . Daubert, 1b, M. of. . B e maars > Brooklyn .. Two-base hits: Luderus (2). Home run: Luderus. Stolen bases: Bancroft, Myers, Johnston. Sacrifice hits: Baneroft, Killifer. Double plays: Stock to Niehoff to Luderus: Niehoff to Luderus. Loft on bases: Philadel- phia, 5; Brooklyn, 7. First base on errors: Philadelphia, 1; Brooklyn, 1. Bases on balls: l.)fl{“ley, 4; off Pfeffer, 2. Hits and earned runs Off Rixey, 5 hits, no runs In nine innings; off Pfeffer, 10 hits, 6 runs In nine innings. Struck out: By Rixey, 3; by Pfeffer, 8. Wild pitch: Rixey. Umpires: Klem and Emslie, Score, afternoon game: PHILADELPHIA. AB, R. e Paskert, of. .. Bancroft, ss, 3| Cravath, rf. Luderus, 1b. Aloxander, p. Kantlehner, Niehotf, 2b, Killifer, Wieser,, If. *Dugey . Totals . eacesasthesnk cococchinuwnecnd ccconmscouase? e T T T ccoccoosccco~ & }I. Meyers, cf. Mowrey, 8b. Olson, ss, mRemacocoP Philadelphia Brooklyn o0 . .Two-base : Cutshaw, Mowrey, Whitted. Three-base hit: Maiquard. Home run: Sten- 1. Stolen base: Wheat. Bases on balls: Off lexander, 1. Hits and earned runs: Off Alexander, 11 hits, 8 runs in seven Innings; off Kantlehner, 4 hits, 2 runs in one inning. off Marquard,, 1 run. Hit by pitched ball: By Alexander, H. Meyers, Struck out: By Marquard, 7. Balk: Marquard. Umpires: Klem and Emslie, Marquard went out to Luderus unas- sisted. One run, three hits, no errors. Eighth Inning. Philadelphia—Dugey batted for Lu- derus. Cutshaw fumbled Dugey's grounder and the batier was safe. Nie- hoff 'sacrificed, Meyers ‘to Daubert. Killifer flied to Meyers, Dugey hold- ing second. Weiser batted for Alex- ander. Weiser struck out. No runs, no hits, one error. Brooklyn — Kantlehner took the mound for Philadelphia. Weiser went at first, Daubert singled through Stock. On the hit-and-run play Sten- going to second. Byrne threw .out Wheat, Daubert going to third and Stengel to second. Daubert and Sten- gel scored on Cutshaw’s hit to left. Mowrey singled through Byrne, Cut- Paskert. Two runs, four hits, no er-| rors. Ninth Inning. Philadelphia—Paskert struck out. Byrne flied to Stengel. Stock singled to left. Whitted flied to Wheat. No runs, one hit, no errors. | This Is the Way | to left field. Niehoff threw out Myers |, gel singled through short, Daubert | s shaw going to second. Olson flied to | r Bullet Joe Bush | Gets Arm in Form Bullet Joe Bush, the hurling star of the down-trodden Athletics, has a sore arm. He hurt it while pitching his no-hit game against the Cleveland | team last month, and has been nurs-| ing it carefully since, according to re-| port. x } At Cleveland, Fohl's players”were telling some of the Philadelphia crew about Cobb's terrific drive over the right field wall, whereupon Bush on a wager, stood at the home plate and threw.the pill over exactly the same place. | Fighter Has No Punch | Unless It Lands: Clabby | Jimmy Clabby is a fine example of‘ the boxer who keeps cool at all times. | Jimmy was boxing twenty rounds with George Chip at Daly City. He| had been warned that if Chip ever connected with his chin he would be “knocked dead.” Along about the tenth round, while sitting in his corner, Clabby leaned over and spoke to those in the press seats. 5 “Say,” he said, “I thought you fel- | lows said this guy had a punch.” “Better be careful, Jim,” cautioned one of the scribes. “If he lands you'll find out.” | Clabby threw back his head and h;;gghch Then he came back with this: “If a guy has a punch and can't land it, he hasn’t got it, has he?” The newspaper men had no imme- diate reply to the question. Clabby | had their goat. And throughout the | remainder of the fight, between rounds and in the“clinches, Clabby kept kidding the newspaper men about the punch that wasn’t landing. | Hat Salesman Slips Jolt To Clarence Mitchell Speaking of headgear, Clarence Mitchell, formerly of the Denver Bears, got a jolt in a Broadway hat store. Mitchell went in to purchase a lid and casually mentioned that he | was a member of the Cincinnati club. The clerk immediately brought out a lot of 6% hats for his inspection, Kansans on Border, Heveral vaferans of last year's Kansas university team are on the Mexican border d the coaches at Lawrence are anxiously :spend it. ) hill territory, adjoining his famous hoping for their return at an early date, AMATEURS 70 HOLD FIELD MEET TODAY Armours, Class A Champs, and Murphys,. Class B Champs, to Tangle for City Honors. ROURKES PLAY ALL-STARS The biggest event in the history of - | amateur base ball in Omaha will be held at Rourke park this afternoon at 1 o'clock, the hour chosen for the start of the big field day program. With favorable weather conditions a crowd surpassed only by that record-breaker which saw Omaha and Lincoln clash in a double-header last August, is expected to find its way into the base ball plant for the ban- ner attraction. The first part of the program will be the field day events. These con- sist of fungo hitting, circling the bases, Ion_g distance throwing, accur- ate throwing and bunt and run to first. These events are divided for players of Class A, B and C. The entry list for these events totals over 100, so some exciting competition is antici- pated. Any member of the Omaha Amateur Base Ball association is eligible to compete in these events. Play for Ttitle. Following the field day program, the Armours, Class A champions of Omaha, will tangle with the Murphy- Did-Its, Class B champion, for the un- disputed amateur championship of the “ | city. On the surface it would appear that the Murphys are undertaking a little too much, going out of their class as they are, but amateur fans look for the Class B boys to put up a scrap. Art Moran has assembled a of them are of Class A calibre, and the packers won’t have any walkaway when time is called at 2 o'clock. The final event of the extravagent program is a conflict between the Rourkes, pennant winners in the Western league, and an All-Star ama. teur team. The All-Star team ha bficn carefully selected. It contains the cream of Omaha's amateur play- ers and it is believed they will give & Rourkes a merry fight for honors. Dennison Leads Stars. Johnny Dennison, the celebra Luxus pilot, will manage the All- | team and play first base. Bunny land of the Luxus and Jim Moylan| the Ramblers will do the hurli while Ernie Rushenberg of the Lu: and Herman Yost of the Armol will do the catching. Coady of Omaha Gas Co., will play second Chuggey Ryan of the Armours pastime at short. Corcoran of the mours will handle the hot corne: third. Jimmy Mirasky of the Bd geois, Jim Melady of the Luxus Carl Stangel of the Omaha Gas will hold down the outfied position, Johnny Mullen, who is about best little umpire the Western lea has had for a number of years, do the umpiring for both of games. The lineups of the team in the bi§ games are as follows: RAMOURS, Fletcher. Brighten Up With Arrival of Recruit Crete, Neb,, Sept. 30.—(Special.)— Although Doane’s foot ball pros- pects seemed rather dark at the be- ginning of practice last week they have brightened up some since the arrival of Captain Blust and some more recruits, Only three of last years “D” men are back this year, Blust, Bayer and King, and but sev- en of last year's squad remains, Kin- ney, Mickle and Haylett in the back- field, and Krebs, Deselms, Kemp and Smith, line men. A number of re- cruits are showing fine form. Jeffer- ies, a new man from McCook, and McDonald of Clay Center are mak- ing a good showing in the back field, and the line is strengthened by Ben- nett and Powers. Because of a sore knee, King, 1915 star end, has not reported yet, but will probably be out next week. Coach Wood has been putting the men through the usual stiff grilling of tackling the dummie, blocking, passing, etc., in preparation for the game with York next week. Gus Williams Drafted By the Louisville Club Gus Williams has gone up again. Gus doesn’t go back to the majors, but he goes to a double-A minor league, the American association. The Louisville club caught the Omaha boy in the draft. Williams played on the Nashville team in the Southern 'this year and his heavy stick work was one of the reasons Nashville won the pennant. Louisville watched his work all year and grabbed him. - Gus went to Nashville from To- ronto after the St. Louis Browns, where he played a couple of years, sent him to the Canadian city. Buck Herzog Proving to Be Some Business Man Buck Herzog, it will be remem- bered, got a $5000 bonus, cash in hand, when he joined the Giants. Buck has been planning the best way to invest that flock of iron men ever since, and has just decided where to A fine piece of farm and cantaloupe ranch, is now in the mar- ket, and Buck will buy it. Besides raising more melons, he intends to | start a kennel of blooded dogs, and to make special effort toward reviv-| ing the famous breed of “Chesapeake | Bay” dogs, almost extinct today, but who have seen both crews in action |, fancy organization of athletes, some | | Ruckstall was then in the eighth po- rated as among the finest hunting canines in the world. | JORKNY AITKEN 1S ASTOR CUP WINNER Peugeot Pilot Captures Third Successive Automobile Classic. EDDIE RICK IS SECOND List of Starters. Driver. Christinens Resta Milton 4—Mercer 3—Hudwson 6—Duesenberg 8—Crawford S—Crawford 10—Peugeot 11—Mercer 1 Vall | . ‘Mulford K| Ruckntall Rickenbacher | Hend league race. 5 37—Ogren . s Car Upsets. Ruckstall's car, No. 11, turned tur- tle on the eighth lap of the 210th mile. He was injured. An ambulance went to the scene. The accident occurred near the bend of the main stretch. sition. Ruckstall's injury was trivial and his mechanic, T*lomas, escape being hurt. His car, however, went out of the race. Columbus Club Now Takes Ray Miller From the Rourkes Ray Miller, the hard-hitting Oma- ha first baseman, has been drafted again. This time it is by the Colum- bus American association club, from which Pa Rourke purchased him last spring. Miller was first drafted by the Cleveland American league team, but the Indians cancelled the draft at the last minute. Now Pa Rourke learns that Columbus drafted him after Cleveland cancelled its draft. Miller was with Columbus for three ears before he came to the Rourkes. a purchased him in the sprin%. Ray went so good in the Western league this year the Columbus management evidently figured it pulled a bone and drafted him back. Ernie Krueger Never Quits Playing Ball Ernie Krueger never quits playing base ball. When the Omaha-Louis- ville series js over next Sunday, Ernie will get ready to hike for Mesa, Ariz., where the sun always shines and the cold blasts of old Boreas are never heard. At Mesa Ernie acts as coach at a preparatory school. He tutors the school’s base ball team. Thus does Ernie have the edge on his mates; he keeps in condition all the year around, and when he ap- pears at the New York Giants’ train- ing camp next spring he'll stand a mighty good chance to make good just on this account, because he'll be better able to do his best than the rookies who spend their winters in the frozen north. Evans Is Modest. “Chick” Evans, the golf wizard, s one champlon who evidently fs not all “swelled up” over hix success in winning the amateur and open champlonships, He says he was lucky to cop the titles. | | 1916, RUBE DOES THINGS TO GROVER—Marquard not only pitches airtight ball, but helps win the game with his trusty willow, putting the Dodgers in the lead again in the National . You Never Can Tell When One of Those Old Spavs Will Turn a Win SPORTS SECTIGN or THE OMAHA UNDAY BEE OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, STAGE IS ALL SET FOR ONAHA SERIES Louisville Club Will Play the Rourkes in Seven-Game Conflict Here This Week. EARL SMITH TO TAKE PART With a lineup of stars that looks more like a major league ball club than a minor, the Louisville club, pen- nant winners in the American associa- tion, will breeze into Omaha Tuesday for a post-season series with the Omaha club, winners of the Western league flag. The post-season series will be played Wednesday, Thursday, Satur- day and Sunday, with a double-header Sunday. The team winning four games first will be declared the win- ner. In case one team fails to win four games by Sunday another game will *be played Monday, and possibly a double-header. The Thursday game will be played in the morning on ac- count of the Historical parade that afternoon. The players are conducting the ser- ies themsclves. Pa Rourke, owner of the club, has donated the use of the park and will not receive any of the gate. Neither will the Louisville man- agement. 74 The Louisville club is certainly a tip-top organization. No less than half a dozen of its players took part in over half of the major league cam- paign this year before joining the Colonels. Wade Killifer, who plays center field, will be well remembered in Omaha as a member of the All-Star team which played here last fall. Wade made a catch in center field in that game that was one of the great- est catches ever seen on the local lot, Pete Compton in left is another ex- major. Pete was with the Boston Braves -until August. Roxie Roach, who plays short, is an ex-Fed, and is said to be one of the fastest fielding shortstoppers in the business. Bill McCarthy on second is an ex-Giant. John Billings, who once belonged to OMAHA GETS JULY 4 DATE FOR SPEEDWAY Phil McShane Secures Holiday Sanction for 1917 Automo- bile Classic. TWIN CITIES AND SIOUX OUT The Omaha Auto Speedway com- pany has landed the July Fourth date for its 1917 automobile classic. A wire from Felix J. McShane, jr., director of contests, who is in New York, attending the meeting of the American Speedways association and the American Automobile association, was received in Omaha yesterday an- nouncing the glad tidings. McShane went to the New York meeting instructed to make every pos- sible effort to obtain the holiday date. While one of the classiest fields of drivers ever assembled held the boards in Omaha last July 15, and staged what speed enthusiasts de- clare was one of the best motor races ever held in the United States, the | attendance fell below the mark. In fact it was very poor in comparison to other cities which possess speed- ways. The local management believed the date had something to do with this oor attendance and decided that if a oliday date could be procured for 1917, Omaha would come back into it own as a racing center, McShane put up the Omaha plea to the Triple A and his request was granted. Little Competition. Omaha will not have much compe- tition in this part of the country next year. Minneapolis has been placed on the blacklist and a race for that speed- way will not be sanctioned. Soiux City, it is believed, is a dead e. Its last two races were failures and it is not believed an attempt will be made to hold another race there. Kansas City got away to a poor start this year and is not expected to hold a very big event next year. THREE MATCHES' IN SIGHT FOR STECHER Charley Cutler, Alex Aberg and Adolph Ernst Top Notchers Hetmanek Is After. MET CUTLER AND ERNST Three big matches are on the card for Joe Stecher this winter if Joe Hetmanek, his manager, can arrange them. . Charley Cutler, Alec Aberg and Adolph Ernst are the three grap- plers who will clash with the Ne- braskan. Stecher has tangled with both Cut- ler and Ernst before, but never with Aberg. Joe threw Cutler in Omaha a year ago July 5 and Ernst at Fre- mont last February. But Cutler of late has been clam-|" oring for another match. Chicago promoters, who hold Cutler T high regard, are trying to frame an event between the two for the Windy City some time this fall. Aber¥ shot off his bazoo consid- erably last winter and hurled a num- ber of conversational defies at Joe. When Joe answered, “You're on,” Aberg threw in the reverse. Now Aberg ‘has become sufficiently fa- miliar with the catch-as-catch-can style of wrestling to believe he can throw Stecher. New York is bidding for this match. A lot of wrestling fans who saw Ernst and Stecher clash at Fremont believe Ernst can throw Stecher. At least, he is capable of putting up a nifty scrap. Ernts is now in gan Francisco, wrestling under the name of Ad Santel and this match may be held in the coast city. In addition, Stecher will continue to meet the usual number of hope- fuls and as he is willing to take a charice with any of them, he’ll prob- ably spend a busy and profitable winter, Omaha and was with Cleveland, does most of the backstopring. Palmero, Schauer and Stroud, all hurlers, were with the Giants, and all return to New York next year. Hub Perdue, former Brave and Cardinal, is another well known pitcher with the Colonels. Corriden an Old Pal. And last, but not least, is one Red Corriden, the fiery, brick-top{:ed lad who used to play short and third for the Rourkes, and was with the St Louis Browns and Chicago Cubs. Corriden was one of the most popular players Rourke ever had, and there'll be a big bunch of his friends out to see him perform. Good news for Omaha fans who are boosting for the Rourkes to lick the AA fads is the announcement that Earl Smith will return from Chicago to play left. Marty Krug, it is ex- pected, will also be able to resume his old station at second, which will greatly. enhance the locals’ chances to cop the series. The teams will line up as follows: OMAHA. LOUISVILLE, Butcher Leads the Western in Hitting, Ray Miller Fourth Final unofficial averages of the Western league show that Butcher of Denver won the chm‘}\,:ionship with a percentage of ‘377, atson of Sioux City was leading base stealer with 49 and tied for sacrifice hit honors with Krug of Omaha at 34 each. Dyer of Denver took home run honors with 16, beating out Butcher by one, but Butcher easily took the total base chamlglunshg with 320, Kirkham and Rebel Oakes, Denver, were tied for the lead in runs scored at'205 each. Denver led in club batting with .304. Batters who have averaged .300 or better in one-third of their club’s games or more: Butcher, Denver, .377; Kirkham, St. Joseph, -.350; Coy, Colorade Springs, .350; Miller, Omaha, % Oakes, Denver, .342; Gilmore, Sioux City, .340; Johnson, Lincoln, .338; Watson, Sioux City, .335; Krueger, Omaha, .335; Shestak, Denver, .334; Hunter, Lincoln, .333; Rader, Sioux (.1213', 332; Griffith, Colorado Springs, .329; Defate, Topeka, .324; Gray, Col« orado Springs, .321; Krause, Omaha, 320; Connolly, Sioux City, 317; Jones, Des Moines, .317; Metz, Sioux City, .317; Forsythe, (sm:!u, 316; Sullivan, St. Joseph, .315; Breen, Des Moines, .315; Jourdan, St. Joseph, .314; Lobert, Lincoln, .315; Reed, Den- ver, .311; Hetling, Colorado Springs, 310; Dyer, Denver, .309; Litschi, Colorado Springs, .308; Kelliher, Den- ver, .305; Hartford, Des Moines, .305; Cochran, Tofieka, .305; Carlisle, Lin- coln, .305; Shields, Denver, .303; De- vore, Topeka, .301; McCabe, St. Js%-&eph, .300; Livingston, Sioux City, Leading pitchers for 24 games: Won. O'Toole, Omaha 15 North, ' Omaha . Schardt, Sicux City . East, Lincoln | Ford, Denver | Halla, Lincol Gaspar, Sioux Ci C. Thompson, O, Merz, Omaha Musger, Des Mot Grover, Sloux City Two Soccer Games Are Carded for Miller Park The Townsends will play. the Czechie and the Caledonians will play the Nonpareils in the games scheds uled in the Omaha and District soccer foot ball league Sunday. Both games will_be played at Miller park. first game, between the Townsends and/the Czechie, will start at2 o'clock and the second conflict, between the Caledonians and Nonpareils, will start at 3:45. The standings of the teams in the league are as follows. P. W. L. Dr. F. A. Pta. Townsends ¢ o ¢ hean e [ Nonparetls 3 Caledont b R 1 TR Y 1 Csechle 1 1 3 1