Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 1, 1916, Page 27

‘ { 1 | Judgments PPARENTLY Mr. Stewart, the new Cornhusker mentor, is one more coach who rig- idly adhers to that sacred .. custom of dispensing gloom. Gridiron practice has been under way for two weeks at Lincoln and nary an encouraging report has been heard. True, no gnashing of the molars, or tearing of the curly locks has started at the camp, but the season is young yet. Dissatisfactory, or disappointing, or displeased is about as strong as the early reports read, but when the days of the big games roll around we can expect to listen to heart-rending tales of woe describing the hospital list in four figures, the cruel blows' of circumstance and the like. This is in no way knocking the new coach, don't mistake that, all good coaches are gloom dispensers. Alonzo Stagg is one of the best coaches in the business and he never in his life smiled between September 1 and Thanksgiving day. Hurry-up Yost is another and Yost can shed more tears in ten minutes that Nazimova can in ten years. One Jumbo Stiehm was a pretty good sob artist, himself. Rather it inspires a new confidence in Stewart to learn that he does lean toward the gloom. The coach who bubbles over with enthusiasm and ou- timism often gets a rap in the neck. So long as he is only displeased and doesn’t get discouraged we'll let him sing tales of woe in every key on the scale, A great hue and cry has been made by supporters of the major leagues over the great sums of money the majors have spent in purchasing talent from the minors, the conten- tion being fnade that many minor clubs were enabled to weather the stormy 1916 season through the money derived from the these players. It was very noble of the majors, indeed, to spend all this money. A score of scouts visited the Western league this year. A dozen ball players were purchased. Some were bought outright, but we have a hunch the number is small. Most of the players must make good before the Western league owner gets his cash. That is the kind of a deal Pa Rourke made for Smith, Kilduff and Krueger. The scouts were willing to purchase a lot of talent. They made offers for many ball players that were refused. For instance, we know one scout who offered Hugh Jones of Denver $500 for a certain ball player. Just think of it, $500?7 We also know of half a dozen other similar offers that were made and we presume there were many that we didn’t hear about. Very generous, indeed, very generous, indeed. We suggest that Mr. Carne- gie ought to give medals to the ma- jor league club owners for their ex- treme generosity. “Tis said in major league circles that the National commission, the su- preme court of base ball, will have a new chairman named this winter. The National commission as it now stands consists of President Johnson of the American league, President Tener of the National league with Garry Herrmann, owner of the Cin- cinnati club, as chairman. The move to elect a new chairman is the re- sult of dissatisfaction that the Na- tional league has two representatives on the commission, while the Ameri- can league has but one. The asso- ciation of minor leagues might take a tip from this proposal and try to worfi one of its members into the board to fill that position. The Na- tional commission rules over the minor leagues, but the minors are not represented on it. A man represent- ing all the minor leagues ought to make the best kind of a chairman for the board—it would be fair to the majors and fair to the minors—and it would be a wise move for all base ball if such action was taken. The minor leagues are finding the row harder to hoe each year and they ought to be given a little protection and assistance. The Omaha Amateur Base Ball as- sociation closes the most successful season in its three years of existence this afternoon, with a big field meet at Rourke park. While its champion- ship team, the Armours, did not gain any fame in the inter-city series as did the Luxus a year ago, the season locally was the best the association has yet enjoyed. It finished with a substantial sum of money in its treas- ury and the interest this year was much greater. Some trouble was ex- perienced with rowdyism, but the sandlotters are learning that it does not pay to be too prone to start fights, or work on the theory of “anything to win,” and are becoming better sports- men. Next year the amateurs should have a_better season than this, and they will if they will only exercise a little care. 'Tis said Pa Rourke is the only Western league magnate who made any money this year. And we'll wag- er Pa would willingly swap fortunes with Rockefeller at that. Frank Isbell declares Wichita is not a dead base ball town yet and urges the Western league to stick to it. All rli,ght, let Isbell take charge down there. And yet, it seems, Brooklyn and Philadelphia became unduly rash and excited; the winner will have to meet the Red Sox. Down in Kansas they have hope of trimming the Cornhuskers this fall. Once more proving that hope springs eternal in the human breast. It's not polite to dispute your su- eriors, but Marty Krug says our ourkes will have to wallop Louis- ville, anyhow. We should worry, we're going to hold our own world’s series right here at home. Up and at 'em, Rourkes. 1t looked pretty bad for the inhab- itants of Flatbush until the Rube clouted that three-bagger. Anyway, Grover Cleveland Alex- ander got a fifty-fifty break with the Brooklynites The amateurs occupy the spotlight today. It's about time for J. Willard to emerge from his hole, isn't it? sale of | P! THE_OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 1, 1916 Two Players Who Look Like “Wonders" of 1917 Season HOLKE AT New York, Sept. 30.—Benny Kauff, ex-Federal league star, and Walter Holke, just up from the minors, ap- ear to be in their present form Just what is needed to make the New York Giants a pennant winning team in 1917, Had the Giants reached the form they are now enjoying a month ago they would be fighting it out with the Dodgers, Bostons and Phillies for the bunting that goes to the win- ner of the present campaign. But they “arrived” too late. Now all the New York Nationals can do is go on their way, winning as many games as possible and planning for the future. Kauff, a disappointment early in the season, through his desire to kill every ball that was pitched to him, has at last listened to the counsel| BAT of his more experienced teammates and is batting properly. He is now willing to wait 'em out a bit and in- stead of putting everything he has into a mifh(y hit-or-miss swing, hits scientifically. He times the ball nice-~ ly and meets it as it should be met to get the greatest results. As a consequence he is hitting them out far and every once in a while getting a homer, than which Benny likes nothing better. The improvement in the ex-Federal is one of the big things McGraw banks on for the success of his team in the year to come. Holke is another bright prospect. Just now he is playing like a veteran and hitting like a Cobb or Speaker. At first base he has already estab- | seasoning, however, and was farmed A N 0990250 - KAUFF ENDI (8 SWING lished himself firmly in popularity with Manhattan fans. He is a na- | tive of St. Louis, where he first' took up base ball as a profession by play- ing with the semi-pro clubs in what is called the Trolley league. From that small organization he drifted to the Three-I league, where his gapd playing attracted the atten- tion of the manager of the Spokane club, who secured his services. Two years ago Dick Kinsella, then scout for the Giants, unearthed Holke and recommended him to Manager McGraw. The promising youngster reported to the Giants in Marlin, Tex,, in the spring of 1915 and was one of the most likely looking rook- ies on_ the team. He needed more NI £ S — HOLKE THROWING out to the Rochester club, He was not recalled this spring from the up- state club and continued with that club this year, During 1915, while under the man- agement of John Ganzel, Holke de- veloped amazingly and became ripe for the big league class this year, and was bought outright by the New York club before Merkle was traded for Lew McCarty, Holke was originally a right-hand- ed batter, but was induced to shift to the left-handed style by Mike Donlin on the northern trip of the Giants’ second team in 1915, Kauff and Holke have by their grand all-round playing become most important factors in the Giants' most recent drive. CLASS A GRID LADS SLOW 10 0RGANIZE Only One Team, the Oha.mpion' Nonpareils, Are Ready for Current Season. CLASS B CREWS TOO FAST BY FRANK QUIGLEY. | From present indications this| leather egg season will be a corker with the local Sunday exponents. Al- though to date there is a scarcity of Class A organizations, the field is bubbling over with Class B and C teams. Approximately twenty-five teams in Omaha and Council Bluffs are organized and ready to stand the wallops, cuffs and bumps inflicted on the gridiron. Only one Class A con-| gregation has been mustered to- gether, namely, the Nonpareils, which contains the cream of the local available talent. It is possible that two more speed machines will enter the arena, because two leaders of note have the matter .under advise- ment, and if proper backing can be secured they will answer the roll call by next Sunday. However, the Class A team is not dependent on them for their schedule, because there are plenty of out-of-town teams that are especially anxious to hook up with any fast team from Omaha. According to the dope the Colum- bians, 1914 champions, and Monmouth Parks, runners-up for the last ten years, have visited the cemetery. Since last season some of the play- ers have left town, others decided that foot ball is rough on the com- plexion, and the balance have joined other tribes. At that, at least enough of their players could be suf- ficiently convinced that foot ball is a ! grand old game to formulate a good | Class A herd. Should Be Class A. In the opinion of the writer, the Fontenelles, C. B. Longeways and Athletics should be recognized as Class A contingents, but they want to bounce backward into Class B, The Nonpareils could be called Class AA. These three teams are too fast to bump against the players generally known as Class B and they should not acknowledge the supremacy of the Nonpareils until the latter hand out a few packages of Missouri stuff. On paper the Nonpareil tribe looks unusually sugary, but foot ball play- ers are only human, and although the monickers of the Nonpareils loom up like a lighthouse during a fog, they | have all been under fire for some time and who knows but some of| them are ripe to burn out. They| can't shine forever, because even the stars take the toboggan ride some day. The Nonpareils should not waltz away with the championship unmolested. If you leather egg manipulators cannot do anything else purchase a sack of lemons and turn them over to the Nonpareils. | Games Today. Over at Athletic park, Council Bluffs, this afternoon at 3 p. m,, the | Mazdas will collide with the "C. B.| Longeways. This contest will be a live wire affair, with a shade in favor of the Council Bluffs warriors. - A ractice game will be rolled on the goards at Luxus park this afternoon at 2:30, between the Nonpareils and the Nonpareil Reserves. The Re- serves are a Class B team, but they will undoubtedly give their older and ' more experienced opponents a tough battle. At Fontenelle park at 3:30| p. m, the Fontenelle Reserves will|” do battle with the Dundee Woolen | Mills, This game will simply be a| practice argument, during wh both | squads will ascertain the ability of| their new candidates | Son of Ex-President Is i Regular on Yale Eleven| Charley Taft, the son of ex-Presi-| dent Taft, is slated for a tackle berth on the Yale varsity eleven this season. Taft alternated between the line and the backfield last year. [ - e |'sea, Farmer Burns Puts One Over on Swarm | 0f Greek Grapplers, There is a rural platitude to the ef- fect that you can't keep a squirrel on the ground. It is likewise a certainty that Farmer Burns is going to bob up | with some of his spectacular stunts | about once ever so often. Here's a story they are telling on the Farmer. Gus Tylee says the Farmer hasn't | been out of Omaha for three weeks, so we can vouch for the accuracy of the yarn, but it's a good story any- way, so here it is. A county fair at Leon, Ia, had at- tracted a group of Greek ’rasslers. The noble and tin-eared sons of Milti- ades were throwing everybody at $25 a heave and offering a purse to any- one who could stick twenty minutes. There were four or five of them and they did a good business, as the rural Iowan always thinks he is a warm doll at 'rassling. The hicks were flat- tened out like a ball of soft putty dropping from a twenty-story tower | to a concrete sidewalk. Finally an old heavily mustached rube came along and challenged the outfit. He threw the noble Greeks as fast as they could get up, with everything from hip locks to toeholds. An hour later another veteran, but smoothshaven, showed up and dumped the entire works again like a scared bull going through the stor-| age room of a paper box factory. It was Farmer Burns. He would have come back the third time, but couldn’t find a wig. Omaha Fans Pick Red Sox to Win in The World Series| Omaha base ball fans who follow the major league races are inclined to name the Boston Red Sox in their predictions as to which team will win the 1916 world’s series. No matter which club wins the National league rag it is the prevailing opinion, that Carrigan’s crew will clean up in the | big event. Dr. E. R. Tarry, a world's | series fan, who says he intends to | attend the one this year if it is pos- | sible, picks Boston to win. Al Drey- foos, who was a fan before they were holding world's scries, gives the odds | to the Red Sox. Marty Krug and Pa | Rourke favor the New Englanders. Tommy Toy believes the bean town | will repeat, as does Claude Bossie, Harry Wymore, Phil McShane and others. A believer in the National league is a scarce article in Omaha. Greight;)n to Play Alumni on Saturday Creighton will inaugurate the 1916 foot ball season next Saturday with a conflict with a team composed of Alumni of the blue and white school. The old grad team promises to be a whirlwind if al] the former gridiron stars can be persuaded to don the moleskins once more. Jack Shannon, Jack Welch, Eddie Creighton, Bill Callahan, Herb Rogers, Jap Tami Dan Butler, Phil McShane and veral others have been asked to take part in the doin Whether they will take a chance is open to argument, but no matter a full eleven will be on hand to oppose the var- sity. The proceeds of this game will be turned over to the Creche and the St. James orphanage and patronesses of these twe institutions are working hard to get up a crowd Amateur Games Today All-Stars against Rourkes Rourke park, 3:30 p. m. Armours against Murphy-Did-Its, Rourke park, 1:30 p. m. Frank Deweys against Joe Smiths, Ducky Holmes' park, 3:30 p. m. Omaha Gas company at Plattsmouth. 'DRAKBTO BE FIRST |STYLE OF PLAY I8 NEW | ly ragged in the opening scrimmages. | end. HUSKER OPPONENT First Test of New Coach's| Work Arouses Interest of | Nebraska Foot Ball Fans. By JAMES E. LAWRENCE. Lincoln, Sept. 30.—(Special.)—The 1916 Husker foot ball team, under | the guidance of Dr. E. J. Stewart, | the new Nebraska coach, will re- ceive its first baptism of fire next Saturday with a Missouri Valley con- | ference eleven as its foe. | The Drake Bulldogs are coming to Lincoln to usher in the season and arc bringing a practically unknown eleven. Jumbo Stiehm'’s proteges tied | several kinks in the Bulldog last sea- son to a score of 48 to 13. Affording as it does the first test of the new coach’s work the game is | being looked forward to with a great deal of concern. So far in practice the Huskers have not looked the part of a championship eleven. Their work against the freshmen and scrubs has been ragged and spotted, with | the back field situation giving the gravest concern to Husker rooters. | The workout Thursday night was the | most satisfactory of any of the sea- son, with the varsity plugging through the heavy freshmen line for six touch- downs. The Huskers were outplayed last week and for the three opening | days’ practice this week by the first | year men. New Style of Play. | It must be recalled at the same time that Nebraska was undertaking | a style of play entirely different | than that employed by the Stiehm regime. The fourteen vcterans of the squad practically had to start at the bottom and it is not surprising that the team has shown exceeding- These have served to show there is plenty of driving power in Dr. Stew- art’s line and it is only the back- | field, underweight and lacking a real star of Rutherford’s or Chamberlain's ability, which give concern. | The men have been shifted consid- erably and this has also tended to re- tard the early season progress. Otou- | palik, a fullback, and Maloney, who plays center, have shifted to ends and are trying to conquer their new duties. | Quarterback position has been elimin- | ated and the center is supposed to get into the interference, leaving the ' line of scrimmage and depending | upon the two guards to plug the hole in the middle of the line. It has been | these changes which held the Husk- lers back during the first two weeks and the men are still shaky in their work, but are improving. Moser Will Start, Ellsworth Mozer, former Omaha high school star, and veteran cen- ter last season, will undoubtedly start against Drake. Cameron, who played so brilliantly at center and tackle two two Ko- » heing worked at guard. | s a bear on defense, the most | powerful man in the university. The {guard positions, with these four big | |fellows fighting hard for jobs, promise to work out better than was expected, Captain “Tim” Corey and big Ed Shaw are playing the two tackles in mid-season form and the pair should have the best season in their careers. | Corey is of all western calibre and Shaws ranks only a few points under him Ted Dale and Wilder and the Riddell is being watched at He is the fastest man on the team, a powerful fellow and one with | great possibilities. He will come closer to filling Chamberlain's shoes than any other man and his friends are anxiously waiting to see if he takes full advantage of his opportu nities. Jimmie Gardiner, Doyle, Rhodes and Cook will probably start game in the backfield. Rhodes is the only new man of the bunch, but he appears to be more shifty in ad- vancing the ball than some of the vet- erans. He is a more powerful man, weighing 170 pounds, and so far he has looked mighty good. Cook has imt on weight and tips the scales at 75 pounds. Caley, the other veteran quarter, is out of the game with in- juries and will probably not start at all. Some twisted muscles kept him out of scrimmage all week. Dr. Stewart is anxious to get a line on as many of his men as possible |and unless Drake proves to be an exceptionally hard nut to crack he!f will use as many players as possible, Impressed With Stewart, The Huskers are distinctly im- pressed with Dr. Stewart at the end of his first two weeks with the squad. He is the finest student of the game the Huskers have had since Fielding | Yost's days. He is extremely pain- staking in teaching the finer points and the instruction is beginning to show. Nebraska co-eds are going to have soccer foot ball, the first game being scheduled for next Monday morning at 11 o’clock on the university field. Jumbo Stiehm gave soccer a workout for the foot ball men as a condi- tioner, but it didn't prove successful, The co-eds seem to like the game, however, and have been given the use of the field three mornings each week, As soon as it progresses far enough a tournament will be held to decide the championship. Miss Ina Gittings is in charge, with Dr, Clapp and Coach Stewart assisting. Bill Hokuff Tackles Joe Stecher at York Joe Stecher and Big Bill Hokuff of Omaha will collide in a wrestling match at York Wednesday night as the feature attraction of the fall fes- tival at York this week. Stecher and Hokuff met once before, when Hokuff felt the touch of shoulder and mat in quick time, but this time he says he knows more about the w. k. scissors and promises to stand the Dodge lad off until he at least knows he has been in a mix Townsend Basket Ball Team Starts Practice The Townsend basket ball tvam has already started practice for the ap- proaching season of the Tri-City league, in which that club holds a franchise. Vern Moore is the captain this year. The players signed up are: Moore, Willard, Crowley, Crandall, Fullington, Barnaby Gartner i BEER InYour Own Home—with Johann Hofmeister Genuine Lager Beer Extract You can now brew your own beer—best you ever tasted—easily, cheaply, right In your own home. With Johann Hofmeister Beer Extract anyone can make the same high quality lager beer that has been made in Germany for ages— :,rtlx t‘h lurrll:l hnnu}:.!oldv ed way at's so tasty, wholesome, satisfying, ev member of the family will surely b’e (fell h::z with it. 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JIM O'SHEA, OMAHA *y HORSE, QUITS CITY | Mystery Nag, Who Paces, Trots | and Kicks Sulkies to Pieces, | Bought by Fairfield Man, WON 25 STRAIGHT RACES By RUSSELL PHELPS. The sale of Jim O'Shea, a one-time bright star on the western turf and a pretty dangerous stepper still, marks the passing from an Omahan's hands of a horse known throughout this section of the country—a horse who in his time has paced, trotted and in other ways circled mile and | half-mile tracks in a fashion to be given credit for having won around $25,000 in purses in the last seven years, his racing career to date, He was sold by his owner, Fred Myers, a_well known Omaha horse- man, to Ray Stufft of Fairfield, Neb. Though other horses about these harness performers better known-— for more ways than one. Jim had, and perhaps still has, the unfortunate habit of being erratic, oh, so erratic, at times, iVilh the odds in favor of him and apparently in good form, old Jim would suddenly get it into his vicious old bonnet that e was destined to start something— and start something he would. A Mystery Horse, Local race track history has it that many a “railbird” developed a vac- uum in his gray matter receptacle trying to figure out what Jim was essaying to do—pace, trot, gallop, run like an Australian fishhound, or what- not. Anyway, {im has sent many a trainer away talking to himself, But when Jim was good, he was good. He won_ twenty-five straight races and got himself “all wrote up” by the horse scribes everywhere. And there's no telling but what the old veteran has several thousand dollars' worth of speed left in him yet, Jim O’Shea has always reminded the writer of one of the principal characters in Washington Irving’s famous story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” As all school boys and girls know, the ornery steed which in this story Ichabod Crane borrowed to attend a merry-making, was named Gunpowder., True, Jim O'Shea hasn’t but the one glaring eye like that credited to Gunpowder, and he doesn’t exactly answer Irving's description of the tractious old work horse, but when it comes to disposition, Gunpowder didn’t have anything on the former oats devourer in the Myers stables. A Gentle Nag, Outside of occasionally kicking the daylights out of a perfectly good sulky and otherwise performing like someone had filled him up with squir- rel whisky—the kind that makes In- The 1917 Harley-Davidson With the new “Master” 16-Horse Power motor and military drab finish on display. Victor H. Roos “The Cycle Man” 27th and Leavenworth Sts. parts have won more purses than Jim | O'Shea, there are hardly any of the| 83— fians climb trees—Jim OQ'Shea always was a pretty gentle horse—about ar gentle as a pint of nitro-glycerine, Wl many were the predic- by horsemen that the jovial and rotund Fred Myers would | get mad some day and sentence old | Tim to some nice, easy-pulling milk wagon for the rest of his natural days But just about the time Myers would seriously begin to consider opening | negotiations with a milk man, the | O'Shea horse would start cutting np | like a grand circuit traveler, And now they say Jim's new owner | expects to “clean up” with the old i veteran next year, | Maybe, as the French say, “Le bhoy | temps viendr | Cool Weather Starts the Drive of Ducks to South Omaha duck hunters are beginning to exhibit a little enthusiasm. The cool weather of the last week | started the ducks in large numbers. | according to reports from the state and the Omaha marksmen are begin- ning to feel an itch in the trigger | finger. Increased movement of the | feathery tribe has been reported from | almost every shooting station in the state the last few days and if the | cool weather prevails a lot of hunters will miss the Ak-Sar-Ben doings this week, | Women Golfers to Elect New Officers on Monday The Omaha Woman's Golf associa- tion will hold its annual meeting and election at the Omaha Field club Mon- day noon at 12:45. Officers to act during the ensuing year will be seleet- ed. Following the meeting a nine- hole mid-iron contest will be staged over the Field club links. | ETTA LOUISE BLAKE } I AND COMPANY, IN ! 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