Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 15, 1916, Page 35

9 Judgments ONCE agdin has that defiant war song of Boston town, ' Tessie,” ~been sung to the pitch by the joyous rootgrs of town. And once again tional league been vanquyi }’:“““5‘.' rival, our times in the last fj the famous city of wis the base ball champio world, Pretty soon no regard a world's series light St. Louis regards series between the Card But the 1916 champion mind once more the w National league. Of ref American league has superior organization league. A lot of fan out that any tedm in league—with the exc Athletics-—could have lyn. And judging by t it isn't such a bum hun, one or two exceptio Cleveland Alexander Art Fletcher and Ch the Giants, and you' American league owrj§ the star per- former .in every brangh of the game, The American reaguc as the two best outfielders in'the gfme, Cobb and Speaker. It has th# best catchers, Ray Schalk, Wallie S¢hang and Steve O'Neill. George Pisler, figuring George as a first spcker, where he layed most of his games, leads the irst basemen. Eddfe Collins is the top-notcher among [second sackers. Fletcher looks like [the best bet at short and Herzog at third, but after you take into consideration these two men, the American lcague leads again with such stars as Peckinpaugh, Chap- man, Lavan, Bush; Gardner, Baker and Foster, Alexander, of course, is the peer among the pitchers, but after him come Walter Johnson, Leonard, Shore, Ruth, Shawkey, Faber, Bush, Coveleskie, Davenport, and what has the National league who will stand up with this crew? Maybe the American league is lucky in that it corners the best talent, and then again maybe it's got the better base ball men, But no matter, the sooner the Nat;oml im- proves the better. It's getting to be too much of an old story when the world’s series rolls around. iumphantal Bean- n the same post-season nd Browns. ip brings to ness of the at that, Take like Grover the Phils and ey Herzog of find that the | Managers of western clubs in the National league have their work cut out for them, All four clubs were woefully weak this year and a com- plete reorganization will be necessar if they hope to cope successfully wit the powerful eastern machines in 1917, Ilc:ne Tinker, with half a_hundred ath- etes, failed miserably. The Cardinals, Pirates and Reds were all weak in talent. But Callahan has assembled a number of promising youngsters and his problem won’t be as hard as his fellows. Callahan is a foxi pilot and it is believed he will make a good showing with his youngsters mext year, Tinker also has picked up some good looking lads from the bush, but whether he will be able to develop them in the spring as Callahan did this fall is decidedly uncertain. Huggins and Mathewson haven’t any recruit talent to amount to anything, and they’ll have to strengthen some way or be content with a place in the rut dgain. If Bill Carrigan sticks td his inten- tion' to retire from the management of the Boston Red Sox, it is'said Jack Barry will be chosen to Pllot the club, President Lannin couldn’t make a bet- ter choice. Barry has had base ball schooling under two. of the greatest leaders in the game, Connie Mack and Bill Carrigan. He has always been a wonderful fielder, a fair hitter at all times and a great hitter in the pinches, and a heady ball player. That Barr fends a great influence to a ball clul has been evidenced on two occasions. Eddi¢ Collins was a much better ball player when he played alongside of Barry than he has been since. And when Barry joined the Red Sox last year they immediately became a'cham- ionship organization. Another thing %arry 18 luckg'. Anybody who gets into six world’s series in nine years has got to be a lucky stiff. Two big elevens, one in the east and one in the west, ran afoul of the early season upset a week ago. Har- vard was walloped by Tufts and Chi- cago by Carleton. Massachusetts will now assume that well-known air of condescension and announce, “Oh, all we play for is to beat Yale and Prince- ton,” but it will have a tough time getting away with it. The old bromide that the “Big Three,” Harvard, Yale and Princeton, make up the cream of foot ball talent, is getting to be an- cient stuff with most followers of the gridiron sport and the world is gradu- ally realizing that there are a few other places outside of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey where t:ey do play a little foot ball now and then. N Chick Evans seems to have started something of a storm in eastern golf circles. After Chick captured the open and amateur championships, some in- timations were made that the competi- tion could have been keener, meaning that Chick wight not have been so for- tunate had I'ravers and Ouimet been present, Whereupon Evans spoke his mind in the public prints and offered to clash with Travers and Ouimet. Now the east gets huffy and submits Evans to ciriticism, some mild and some harsh. Chick evidently forgot when he spoke out in church, that he is from the west and it is very rude and improper to wallop anybody from the east and is also very impudent to say anything about them. That Joe Tinker will be supplanted by Frank Chance as manager of the C’l’licago Cubs is the latest yarn in circuation. Raising hob with Tinker is getting to be quite a pastime. Eyi- dently Joe's affiliation with the Feds still rankles in the bosoms of staunch O. B. B. men. We note that the Denver club bat- ted for an average of ever .300 for the season. They must have some big league scoring out in Denver. That is some average for a team which didn’t win a pennant. And. you'll notice that Lewis and Hooper both hit over .300 again in the world's series. It's the pinches that count, Michigan Tennis Head Is Unable to Return John Codd, '17, has been appointed acting captain of the University of Michigan tennis team in place of “Howdy” Sherwood, captain-elect. Sherwood has written that ill ‘health will prevent him from returning to the university. |OMAHA AUTO RACE | Talk of Dual Meets Indianapolis and Chicago Alone Hold Champ Meets Ahead of Local 8peedway in 1917. ONLY EIGHT WILL BE HELD Eight championship automobile races will be held duripg 1917. The annual Omaha gasoline derby will be the third one to be held. Sanctions for the eight championship events have been awarded by the American Auto- mobile association as follows: May 30 Indianapolis June § Chicago July 4. . Omaha July 14 . Des Moines July 28 ... .Tacoma September 3 .Cincinnati September 15 Providence Seotember 29 .New York This schedule was made at a_meet- ing of the American Automobile as- sociation in New York when the Astor cup race was held. Felix J. McShane, director of contests, represented the local speedway. New Ruling Made. Some new rulings governing auto- mobile racing were made. Each speed- way will be allowed to hold only one championship event. This year New York, Indianapolis and Chicago were granted “the privilege to hold ~two championship races. Next year a speedway will be permitted to hold more than one race if it wants to, but only one of them shall coynt as a championship event. The eight championship events are to be at a minimum of 100 miles, but may be at 250, 300, 350 or 500 miles, according to the desires of the different speedways. There will also be a minimum cash prize at the rate of $100 per mile of race. This would make the prize for a 500-mile race $50,000; for a 250-mile race, $25,000: for a 300-mile race $30, This means that Omaha will have to_in- crease its prize money next year, This year the purse was but $7,500, less than $50 per mile of race. Sunday racing was also placed on the taboo list, all of the speedways voting in favor of the ban, Advantages for Omaha. The arrangement for 1917 contains several advantages for the Omaha speedway. In the first place no sanc- tions of any kind have beer granted to Minneapolis and Sioux City, thus removing competition from these points. Again Kansas City was de- nied a championship event. Kansas City was awarded two sanctions, but neither one is for a championship. Again Omaha holds its race ten days ahead of Des Moines. This year Des Moines was first. And as the date of the local derby is July 4, the best holi- day date of the year, the local offi- cials are sanguine of a successful race in 1917. Sanctions for races in addition to the championship races were granted as follows: just ahead of the Omaha one is at Cincinnati on June 23.. This will give the drivers ample time to get their machines to Omaha several days before the race. Harkness Has Scheme. Harry Harkness, the millionaire sportsman, who will be remembered bl}; Omaha speed enthusiasts as the chap who came all the way from New York to Omaha in a special train for the local classic here July 15, and as the owner of the Pusun car, the wreck of which resulted in the death of Dan Columbo, is going to try out a.new system of prize distribution on the Sheepshead Bay speedway Octo- ber 28, when the second annual Hark- ness trophy race will be run, In addition to the $10,000 in prizes for the first six cars to finish the 100-mile contest, he has set aside $2,650 to be distributed in lap prizes, 70 per cent of which will go to the driver and 30 per cent to the mecha- nician. This ought to make the race a great conflict as all of the cars will be fighting for first position all the time in order to get a cut of this €x- tra change. Many drivers go into a race content to lay back and make an_easy pace for half the distance before putting on speed. But with this extra coin up on every single lap, they'll make a fight for first from the start. The system calls for a prize of $50 to the driver leading at each lap except at 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 70, 80 and 90 miles, when the prize will be $100, and at 50 miles, when the prize will be $250. It is believed the Hark- ness scheme will prove highly suc- cessful and may be adopted by sev- eral other speedways next year. Varying Weather Makes Duck Shooting Uncertain Are the ducks flying or aren't they? We give it up. | One band of nimrods returns after a few day's search of the feathery flock and turns in the dismal report of “nothing doing.” Another band returns and says the shooting was “great.” It seems _to be, however, that the shooting aleng the Platte this fall has been unusually poor, but along the Missouri just the contrary, un- usually good. The varying weather, though, has made the flight of the ducks uncertain. One more cold spell, it i believed, will start the season in full blast, but until then shooting will be good one dav and poor the next. Pat Ragan Back After Strenuous Campaign Pat Ragan, Omaha’s lone represen- tative in the big leagues since Gus Williams felt the rollers under him, is back in Omaha after" the most strenuous season he ever put in. Pat hurled a lot of good games for the Boston Braves this year and was the one pitcher Stallings was able to de- end on all year. Pat is making plans or 'the annual fall excursion to his Blanchard (Ia.) farm, where he gen- grally finds plenty of work to do. Maulbetsch Training to Become a Drop Kicker John Maulbetsch, 'star halfback of the University of Michigan foot ball eleven, may be used as a drop kicker by Yost this season. Maulbetsch has been practicing kicking since report- ing for fall training, and, while his method of holding the ball with one hand has not won Coach Yost's ap- proval, Maulbetsch has shown some improvement. Michigan is in need of a reliable kicker, IS NUMBER THRER| Between Sweden New York, Oct. 14—The visit of a small team of American athletes to Sweden this fall is going to result in big doings in track sports in this country next summer. The appearance of the five Yankee stars—Meredith, Simpson, Loomis, Ward and Murray—in Stockholm will reawaken in the breasts of the Scan- dinavian enthusiasts the desire to send a team to America, which so nearly bore fruit last June. Only a crisis be- tween Sweden and the entente pow- ers, which made it look as though King Gustav's country was about to be embroiled in the big scrap, pre- vented Sweden from sending along a team under Ernie Hjertberg that would have done credit to the north- land. As matters stand now there is pledged by prominent sport followers in Sweden enough money to send a team of about fifteen men here. It is felt that should tke invitation of the New York Athletic club to the Swedes be repeated next spring, as seems likely now, there will be a pop- ular subscyiption ample to finance a team of twice the size of the one planned last spring. The one factor which may “crab” the whole affair, as it did last spring, is the military sit- uation, If no complications are turned up in the meantime the Swedes will stand ready to organize a team to in- vade the United States, Sweden, like the Unitgd States, is enjoying unheard of prosperity these days, and the task of raising funds for the proposed 1917 invasion of the United gtatu will be a much easier one than in ordinary times. There is not the slightest doubt that the appearance of an all-Sweden team in dual meets against the best athletes in the various territorial di- visions of the Amateur Athletic union would prove tremendously successful. When Ernie Hjertberg was here last winter he said of the proposed games between all Sweden and the local ath- letes: “It will draw the greatest crowd evqr seen at an athletic meet in this country. I'll bet real money that not one less than 20,000 Swedish-Ameri- cans will turn out to see the men from their mother country perform against’ the best men in the metro- politan district.” Specials from Omaha to Three of Nebraska Games The Burlington railroad is already making plans to run special trains from Omaha to Lincoln for three of the Nebraska university foot ball games. The specials wifi run to the capital city on the days of the Kan- sas, Iowa and Notre Dame games. Home-coming day will be observed at the Kansas game, Notre Dame is the big game of the year and is played on Thanksgiving, 'a holiady, and Iowa always attracts many Omahans, so the Burlington is arranging to run special trains for all of these conflicts. Gridiron Gossip Chatter heard among the Sandlot Warriors, ' Grant, Rodney and Scanlon starred for the Fontenelle Reserves aghinst the Maz- das last Sunday. Another new band, to be known as the Young Pharmacy, will enter the fleld today and endeavor te bulld up a reputation. Forward passes\will probably gain many a yard for the tenelle Reserves. They cleverly executed several last Sunday. Next Sunday the Fontenelle Reserves will Invade Council Bluffs and do their darndest to put the kibosh sign on the C. B. Longe- ways. Walter Brace is some brace to the right side of the line for the Ducky Holmes gang. He holds down the right tackle posish. ,Melvin Davis will take a whirl at «ull- back this afternocon. He formerly per- formed at half, He Is a speed gent and is assoclated with the Ducky Holmes herd. Yousem is proving himself to be a demon in the backtield for the Thirty-third and California Street Merchants. He s par- ticularly good evading tacklers, It is very'seldom a guard gets a chance to shine, but Woolridge, at right guard for the Califc la Street Merchants, always at least makes opponents notice him, Frank Murphy, formerly wtih the Colum- blans, is trying out with the Nonparells for the center posish. Curtls Peterson, backfield man for the Ducky Holmes bunch, put a fin on the bum, As a consequence he will probably have to stick on the shelf today. Because the Athletics failed to keep their appointment with the C. B. Longeways for last Sunday, Rasmussen, the C. B. leader, is rather hot under the collar. Rourke park will not be utilized for fdot ball on Sundays this season. Soccer will relgn supreme at sald park. A team has been mustered together in the south end, to be known as the Shamrocks. If they are anything like the old Sham- rocks they will be tough nuts to crack. On account of business 8id McIntosh was forced to toss up the managerial reins of the C. B. Midgets. His loss will be keenly feit by the Bluffers. Crabtree of the C. B. Midgets is not living up the to the fourth part of his appelation. Being that he is In the drug business he might be absorbing sllence tablets. Fatty Christensen went through the op- position in blg league style for the Dun- dee Woolen Mills last Sabbath, At left half Dave Norstrom looks as sweet as the prize winner of a baby show this seagon. He wiggles out of the clutches of would-be tacklers and finds gaps like an 0ld veteran. F. Bates will fill the No. 88 of the former coach of the C. B. Midgets. Under the tutorship of Bates this squad ought to hit about ninety per hour, John Chapman was recently unanirmously elected to handle the business end for the C. B. Midgets. You can commune with him over Black 1202, or care of Herman Bros., Ninth avenue and Twenty-ninth, Counecil Bluffs, L. Rasmussen, leader of the C. B. Longe- ways, {8 hot on the trall of Omaha teams for trouble. C. B, Red 4056, will nip him. Matters look a trifle blue for the Fonte. nelles, From present Indications It is a dif- ficult conundrum to solve whether or not they will organize. ‘When the C. B. Ramblers and the Mary- lands hook up, @ debate that will attract a crowd from both sides of the river, will be on the menu. When the Thirtleth Strest Merchants abandoned their old label for the Ducky Holmes name, young Cosgrove patched up another crew to meander around as the Thirtleth Street Merchants, For games with Dunlap, Ia., write to F. L. Mishler, manager, or Jess Newland, cap- taln. This team I8 ready to meet all comers, The Nonpareil Reserves are looking for a game today. Harney 2260 wiil clinch the match. Some of ‘the class B teams are apparently afraild to hook up with the Re- werves during the fore part of the season. The Thirtleth Street Merchants are sup- posed to put on the preliminary show at Ducky Holmes park today, but the name of the team they are going to play g & mystery to the Merchants. D. E. Jones, manager of the Havelock, Neb,, foot ball team, is looking for games He will play efther in Omaha or at Have- lock. Telephone 110-W will catch him, or write to him at Huvelock, Neb. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 15, BEATRICE LOOKS LIKE THE G0OD Queen Oity High School Favor- ite for State Interscholastic Foot Ball Title, CENTRAL HKH‘IN RUNNING (By KARL LEE) First dope on the championship race of the Nebraska High schools places Beatrice, Central High and Lincoln on a pir for leadership with North Platte and York still unknown quantities, A survey of the prospects places the Beatrice eleven head and shoulders above the rest. Coach Rathbun has two first team backfields besides a host of capable line substitutes ta de- end on. In his quarterback, Kyle, 18 a man who will probably turn out as one of the fastest pilots in the history of the Queen City school. His judgment in the Grand Island game where headwork alone spelled vic- tory, is to be complimented and in- dicates a cool, clever management of a squad that on its face is the best in the state, Roses are blooming nicely at Beatrice, North Platte battled an hour with its Alumni for a 0 to 0 score some weeks ago. Paul Ohman, star cap- tain of the Bellevue college team of 1914, who coached the Logan, Ia, High school eleven last year, is men- tor at the western school and has sent word to those about Omaha that he intends cleaning up the state this year. Considering that he has six first team veterans back besides a host of second squad material, his boast is no idle one. North Platte will taste first blood in the conference in its game with Kearney, October 27. Among the secondary schools, Gothenberg, Lexington, Harvard, Ne- braska City, Pierce and Alliance are looming up as contenders for leader- ship in their classes. Alliance defeated Scottsbluffs, a strong western school, 45 to 0 and held the Chadron Normal team to a 12 to 12 score. Pierce de- feated Creighton, a team that is cap- tained by Norfolk's last year's star, Frank Lucas, fullback, and which has won two big games in its section to date. Nebraska City has tallied two wins to date and Lexington over- whelmed Hastings by a score of 32 to 0, Gothenberg held the Kearney Normal second eleven to a 3 to 0 ame has score, the line playing an equal with the normal crew. Harvar by a score of 34 to 0, 1916. | school football was never better il- defeated Edgar 46 to 0 and Aurora lustrated than in the Grand Island- | Beatrice game, one of the deciding contests in the race for the state | Shampionship. Coach Rathbun's | eleven won principally because they | had a punter of ability and accuracy in their captain and tackle, Clarence Kilpatrick, Grand Island lost be- | cause the team lacked a x‘uirk punter, Twice Coach Harding's line held like a stonewall under the shadow of their own goal posts, yet when the ball was snapped back for the kick out of danger it was the punter who failed to rid himself at the crucial moment, The result was a blocked kick and unluckily enough it was Beatrice men who fell on the oval when it bounded behind the goal posts. Two touchdowns were hung up in this manner while Grand Is- land’s only attempt at a field goal failed. Alterations Are Being Made to the Country Club Links Considerable alteration is being made to the Country club golf course this fall. The present first hole is to be aban- doned and moved forward about sev- enty-five yards and the new first reen placed about twenty-five yards in front of the present second green The second hole will thus become the first, the third the second and the fourth the third. A new green across the water hazzards in front of the sixth tee will be made the fifth green and a new tee will be constructed shortening the sixth hole. Seven, eight and nine will not be altered, and all nine of the inside holes will remain the same, The two new greens and three new tees necessitated by the alterations are under course of construction and will be finished before the snow flies. A puting course of eighteen holes is also being constructed at the Coun- try club. It will be directly in front of the club house. No other clubs have a putting course. Carrigan §;y_s Ehmke Looks Like a Real Find Bill Carrigan, manager of the cham- ion Boston Americans, told Manager ennings of the Detroit club recentl that Howard Ehnike, Jennings' recruit twirler, will be a star next season. Jennings and his catchers, Stanage Spencer and Billy Sullivan, have all declared that Ehmke has shown as Kicking as a potent factor in high | haye seen for a long time. i Make a mental note of our address and pay us a visit and see for yourself these splendid Suit and Overcoat Models. This business is guarded by prin- ciples as vigilant, as watchful as . any soldier who ever did duty on the sentry line. —against any exaggeration or misrepresentation setting foot within the border of our adver- tisements, f oods of the character of aum Clothes at $15, $20, - $25 or up have the password to this store. W e % Y | For the foot ball days are here. merchandi rm‘fi@ 4 By FRED S. THE PLEA OF THE COACH TO THE MEDICINE MAN. Put his scalp back over his forehead, Put his nose back into its place, Put his eye back into its socket, Paste some skin back on his face, Put 'is molars into his mouth, doc, Fix his ears up just a bit, Put his arms back in his shoulders, See if you can't make 'em fit. Twist his legs back into form now, Throw that bunch of hide away, Fix his up the best gou can, doc, For we need him Saturday. 1f Boston keeps on copping world’s series it won't be very long before it won't be considered a disgrace to wear a wrist watch. Tip to National League. Sign up the Kaiser. We'd hate to be an umpire and have to work in Boston where the fans can swear in classic Greek. BY JAKE DAUBERT. A little hit seems easy, A simple thing, but when There's tw o out and it's needed, It's something else again. Then the Scribe Swooned. | The telephone rang harshly, The scribe lent a patient ear, “Who won the big champion- ship?” queried a voice. “Boston,” answered the scribe. “Aw nix, nix on that stuff, I mean the horseshoe tournament at Kansas City,” came back the voice. The melancholy days are here, The saddest of the long, long year, But they are far from sad and drear, For the doctors, they are cheer, And after the scientific' research workers have explained the fall of Connie Mack, the existence of the democratic party and why men wear spats, we have another JHNE AMIONIREINOR. BRI WITHARHO RIIBNGS i ..I.I.l.ll.llll.llll.l'l‘.ll.l‘. Day in and’day out, we are on guard against the entrance of of unworthy origin or untrustworthy character. Shirts, $1,00, $1.50, $2.00 Underwear, $1,00, $1.50, $2.00 Stetson Hats, $3.50, $5.00 @ BV, Ne Iallory Cravenetted Hats, $3.00 Auto Robes—Sweater Coats c%e%sc%azzm ' 3—S @ & HUNTER problem for them: cheer leader? As Old Man Boreas is now leading the league, we are not surprised to see the furs vanish and the extent of the uncovered larynx extended. . PHILOSOPHY STUFF. If the world takes a wallop at you in Why is 2 the eye, Just think of the guy who plays guard. If things hfo wrong and you let out a sigl Just thirl‘\’k of the guy who plays guard, If you think you're a victim of cir- cumstance, The world pI'QAI you deep with a sharp-pointed lance, And keeps you ajump when you don’t want to dance, Just think of the guy who plays guard, Rip Van Winkle rubbed his eyes. “I must have been asleep a long time,” he ventured. “Only twenty years,” the bystander. “Where do you get that stuff?” snorted Rip. “Isn’t Hans Wag- ner still with the Pirates?” informed “Isn't Pop Geers still cleaning up, on t'pe rand Circuit?” ure. “Isn't Eddie Plank still pitching } ” league in hitting?” “Tris Speaker.” “I'm a son-of-a-gun, right.” - SAFETY FIRST. you're | We haven't the coin of Carnegie, We haven’t the fame of a Cobb, We don't get the plaudits like Speaker, Scribbling’s not much of & job. But w;’d much rather ltru(hvi Thou:inwomnlmhlti;!'ht game, i Than play on a foot ball eleven, And’lun a million guys leap on ‘e o V