Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 22, 1916, Page 31

N (N N Judgments HILE the Hot Stove league PLAYERS so MODEST this winter will miss those 3 ch?jqe morselsdofi base b;ll Nonpareils Continue to Be Only politics provided by the . Pederal league the last Band Willing to Tackle Any- three winter seasons, it will find a body and Everybody. x]:slvé sub,f;t in the »zorld's series. Thle1 world's series didn‘t make muc of a hit and already murmurs have OTHERS STAY IN B CLASS been heard Because too much stress has been laid upon the finan- By FRANK QUIGLEY. cial gains to be made, some sugges-| From presént indications, the Sun- tions have been advanced that the|day foot ball followers will have to post-season event be abandoned for |confine their enthusiasm mostly to a few years. The bugabear of com-|the Class B teams this season, be- mercialism has threatened the exis-|cause most all of the Class A leaders tence of professional base ball a num- | have given over. the strenuous sport. ber of times in the last few years.|The Nonpareils are about the only The Federal league, bringing out as [ones left in the top classification and it did the greediness of the players, gave the fans a bad taste. Of course, one cannot condemn a player for try- ing to increase the size of his pay envelope as much as possible, but there is no getting around the fact that it has a tendency to injure the sgort\ of the game. This fall again the price of the world’s series tickets was increased. In addition the spirit —or lack of spirit—of the Brooklyn El:ycrs was severely criticised. Some ave openly charged that the Robins after the first game let the series slide, content to pick up the loser's end and caring little about the champion- ship itself, Base ball is America’s na- tional pastime. If it wasn't it would have been run into the ground long ago. But it needs a doctor badly and perhaps it wouldn’t be such a poor plan to abolish the world’s series for a couple of years just to remove that taint of commercialism. That an international flavor will be added to the American league by the removal of the Washington franchise to Toronto is a report gaining favor. Toronto was the only city in the In- ternational league that made money this year and it is said base ball heads believe it is ripe for a major league club. Washington has never been much of a money maker. If Toronto made money this year, handicapped by the European war, it ought to be a major league town at least when the strife is over. Two years ago when the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues held its convention in Omaha forty odd minor leagues were repre- sented. When it meets in November in New Orleans the list will have dwindled to less than twenty-five. It’s no wonder the little fellows are get- ting alarmed, and r ought to be a signal for the big fellows to lend a helping hand, although, we will have to admit, they probably won't. Ban Johnson is authority for the statement that the American league attracted 1,000,000 more fans this year than during 1915. Of course, the tight race had something to do with this increase in the business, but it's just 1s certain that the absence of the Feds had its share. The magnates were wise all right to wipe out the out- laws; 1,000,000 persons at an average of about 60 cents a head is consider- able of a gain. They are firing both Rowland and Tinker in Chicago every thirty min- utes these days. Tying the tinkling tinware to athletics is a popular pas- time in the Windy city. They fired Heinie Zim for over a year and fi- nally accomplished the feat. Now they're trying to fire two at once, showing that ambition lies in every human breast, providing you can call a base ball scribe human, Washington and Philadelphia, it is said, are the only two American league clubs which lost money this year. But in the National league the Giants, Phillies and Robins were the only ones to show a profit at the end of ‘the year. The other clubs were lucky if they broke even. And in the minors, speak of it not. Just as trap shooting was becoming one of the most popular of American sports the price of powder took flight for those same ethereal regions oc- cupied by coal, sugar and' bread and it's getting so a guy has to ruin a savings account or hock his automo- bile in order to smash up a handful of the blue rocks. They say Hal Chase was the “real” leader of the hitters in the National league. And yet McCarty, who turned in a better average, played in ninety , games. How many games, pray, does a man have to play in the National league in order to be ‘recognized? There's no doubt about it, the poor athlete is a slave of circumstance these ‘days. The four-dayxCub-Sox seriesi was so poorly attended the win- ners only made $500 and the losers $400. Tough lines, indeed, for four days’ work. If those university lads had suc- ceeded in “bumming” their way to Portland with the Cornhusker eleven, they would be able to boast of an achievement that would make the celebrated A No. 1 turn green with envy. Harry Sinclair denies that he has made any dickers for the Brooklyn franchise. Evidently Harry believes that enough is a sufficiency and he ot enough acting as ange{ de luxe or the late lamented Feds. Jack Barry couldn’t play in the world’s series’'because of a sore mitt, but we'd risk a few spare nickels that he didn’t have any trouble endorsing that world’s series check just the same. Rube Marquard has taken up the stump for Wilson. . If the public has no more respect for the Rube's words than the Red Sox batters had for his curves—oh, well, why rub it in? You have got to hand it to Tex Rickard; he’s got a lot of big-city ideas. And he generally makes. the “wise boys” back up, too. One would believe those Trinity and Bellevue gridiron warriors must have thought they were playing on a base Dall field. g might have been en- the snow last week £ it ; slers” o start their pernicious again, sn't it? All right, let's have your guess on next year they are getting lonesome. Bluffs Lads Peevish, Those Council Bluffs organizations are somewhat peeved at their Omaha neighbors because the lads on this side of the Muddy are not favorably inclined to display their wares in Council Bluffs, Turn about is fair play, but the Omaha managers won't even concede that it is. They tell the Council Bluffs chiefs they will play them in Omaha and will not even listen to a proposition of scheduling two games, one in Omaha and the other in Council Bluffs. The stand taken by the managers is prompted by the players. To date only one Omaha team, namely the Mazdas, has played in Council Bluffs. It is probable that a team will be mustered together in the north end for the purpose of battling the Non- pareils for the championship. This squad will be known as the Mon- mouth Parks and will consist of part of last year's Monmouth Park team and other stars formerly affiliated with Class A organizations. There is plenty of Class A talent available and it could be easily plastered to- gether if the proper leader was se- cured to forward such a move. Games Today. In all probability the best bout on the bill of fare today will be the struggle between the Ducky Holmes and the Dundee Woolen Mills, billed for Ducky Holmes park at 3.30 p. m. Unless something happens to mar the arrangements made between the Miller Parks and the Thirtieth Street Merchants, they will put on the pre- liminary show at the aforementioned park about 1:30 p. m. This morning the Athletics planted themselves on a smoke machine headed for Dunlap, Ia., where they will lock horns with the fast oval manipulators stationed there. On the Municipal lot, Thirty-second and Dewey avenue, a new squad known as the Tigers will line up against the Mohawks at 3 p. m. Although their ability is unknown, followers of the Tigers say they will give the Mo- hawks a warm reception. Riverview park will be the scene of a grand miixup this afternoon at 3 o'clock, when the Nourse Oil gang will endeaver to check the German Shamrocks. Over in Council Bluffs at Athletic park, the C. B. Midgets and the Mazdas will' tangle. These two teams are approximately evenly matched, so a good stiff argument is looked or. K 5 At 1:30 p. m. on the gridiron at Fontenelle park, the Fontenelle Re- serves and the Thirty-third and Cali- fornia Street Merchants will bump. Although the Reserves lost last Sun- day, they are coming’back today in a triumphant mood and endeavor to put the kibosh on the hopes of their opponents, 4Story of Stallings And His Ivory Pets Many humorous stories are told about George Stallings and his “boneheads.” The best one was when George was managing the Yanks, when they played on the old vill(op grounds. Ray Demditt * was' then with the team, and a Yank was on third with two out. Ray turned to the big chief for advice, and asked: “Shall T try to bring him in with a long fly, Mr. Stallings?” “You bet- ter fly into the clubhouse,” said the irate George, “or I'll massacre you.” Then there is the more recent story about an incident during the Braves’ pennant drive in 1914. “Now, if Gowdy gets on, ‘Bonehead’ will bat for the pitcher,” said George. Gowdy got on and every Boston reserve ran out and grabbed a stick. If we recall right, however, Stallings had particu- lar reference that day to Josh De- vore. Chicago_ Wants to Hold Championships Chicago, Oct. 21.—Eight cities, in- cluding Chicago, are bidding for the Central Amateur Athletic union win- ter championship, which are to be awarded at a special meeting here next month. _This will be the first time in the history of the union that so many cities outside of Chicago haye inter- ested themselves in the events. The only important sport of the winter season in which Chicago ath- letic clubs will not be interested is boxing, and the only reason for this state of affairs is that the Illinois law prohibits the sport for both pro- fessional and “Simon pures.” Cleveland, Detroit, Minneapolis, Grand Rapids and Milwaukee are after the fistic championships. Two Soccer Frays at Rourke Park Today A double-header of soccer football will be played at Rourke park this afternoon. The first game, starting at 2 o'clock, will be between the Chechie and Caledonian teams and the second game will be between the Townsends and Nonpareils. Both games are scheduled conflicts in the Omaha dis- trict Soccer league. Ty Cobb Has]ssue to Settle With Stallings . George Stallings will have to square 'mmscli for that interview when he | gets back to Georgia this fall and his {old pal, T. Cobb, shows up at the | Meadows. George came out flat- footedly and said that he had been rooting for Carrigan’s outfit all along, and for many reasons. Wait until the fiery Tyrus sees that and has his chance at the Miracle Man. T'IE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 22, AMATEUR FOOT BALL | Brandeis Floor Five Already | | 1916. RING RIVALS BOTH Is at Work for Coming Season §REK SANE RECORD The Brandeis basket ball quintet, which captured-the championship of Omaha last year and won its way into a couple of rounds of the na- tional tournament at Chicago, evi- dently has aspirations to repeat this year. Despite the fact that the floor season does not start until December, and real activity scarcely gets started until January, the Brandeis five has lined up its squad and started prac- tice for the year, That the Omaha champs are much stronger this year than last is the positive assertion of J. J. Isaacson, manager of the team. Virgil Rector, former Omaha High school star and later a regular on the Dartmouth university quintet, is the inspiration for Isaacson's confidence. Rector is the world's greatest center, according to Isaacson, and with him in the line- up the hustling manager insists the Brandeis team will be the fastest| floor five in the country. Bob Koran and Warren Ritchie, guards last year, return, and that fixes the defensive game of the department | store crew. Leslie Burkenroad, Er-| nie Adams and Hoppert are the for- wards. Adams is a new acquisition | this year. Hoppert finished the| season with the Brandeis last winter and proved to be a sensation. | The Brandeis certainly look like | the rea! class with this improved | lineup and will undoubtedly stdrt the league season favorites for the local HUSKERS WILL TAKE ON WESLEYAN CREW Hustling Methodists to Be Op- ponents of Stewart’s Army at Lincoln Saturday. AMES WILL FOLLOW NEXT By JAMES E. LAWRENCE. Lincoln, Oct. 22.—(Special)—A jaunt half way across the continent and back is not calculated to leave a foot ball squad in the very best of physical trim, but Coach E. J. Stew- art will have a scrappy foe next Sat- urday when the Huskers meet Coach Kline’s Methodist eleven from Wes- leyan. The Huskers will return from the coast Wednesday afternoon and on the following day will plunge into preparation for the Wesleyan game of Saturday. The Nebraska mentor is figuring that his squad will have a little bit more than a practice romp against the Coyotes, who have estab- lished a supremacy among secondary colleges of the state which has not been questioned in the last four years. Then Dr. Stewart and his warriors have their eyes turned to the Ames game, which follows that of next Sat- urday, and which is believed will de- termine largely the Missouri valley championship. Ames Strong. The Ames Aggies loom up as the most serious contender in questioning the Huskers right to a sixth L1i5§our| valley title in as many years. Coach Mayser did not get a good start at Ames last season, but he apparently has his squad in splendid condition this fall and Nebraska is expecting the Ames game to prove the most severe test for the honors in the conference. By defeating the Kansas Jayhawk- ers last Saturday the Aggies have won the wholesome respect of the Husk- ers. Mayser does not have a heavy squad this season, but the backfield is reputed to be fast and shifty and apparently lugs a more powerful punch than the Huskers can boast of just now. - Once the Huskers clear the Ames hurdle Nebraskans see little in the road to dispute the title of the Ne- braska eleven for a sixth Missouri valley title. Letters for Cheerers. The Wesleyan game is the only one on the schedule this year which does not cotnt towards a letter. The ath- letic board ruling provides that let- ters will be awarded for yarticipation in games against Missouri valley con- ference schools or elevens from uni- versities and colleges of equal rank. Although Drake counts towards a letter, the Methodists will put up a harder fight. An innovation passed by the ath. letic board this week provides for recognition of the faithful cheer lead- ers. The board provided that all cheer leaders might be presented ap- propriate letters, as distinguished from the award for athletic prowess. Or- anized rooting is admittedly a great ?actor in the winning of games, the board believes, and it takes this means of recognizing the men re- sponsible for the efficiency of the rooting squad. Michigan Will Buck the Runners From Syracuse Ann Arbor, Mich.,, Oct. 21.—For the first time in the history of Michi- gan’s athletics, the cross country team of a rival school will appear on Ferry Field on October 28. Michigan's op- ponents will be Syracuse university. The event will be decided on the day of the Syracuse-Michigan foot ball game. ' The sport here .is comparatively new, only two varsity teams having preceded the present one. The com- petition has hitherto been confined to the annual eastern intercollegiate meet, in which the Wolverines fin- ished last in 1914 and tenth in 1915, Rumor Fohl Will Lose Job as Cleveland Boss| Chicago, Oct. 21.—Reports are cur- rent that Lee Foh! is to be deposed as manager of the Cleveland Amer- ican league club. J. C. Dunn, presi- dent of the club, who maintains an of- | fice in Chicago, Ras declined to dis- | cuss the subject at this time. “There are too many other things to take up my time besides worrying about changes in the Cleveland club,’ President Dunn said, “I haven't given the subject of a 1917 manager much thought.” Sailing through the air with unlimited power propelling you is the fascinating sensation you get when astride the 1917 Harley-Davidson with the new “Master”, 16 horse-power motor. s/ Take a ride and be convinced. Victor H. Roos “The Cycle Man” 27th and Leavenworth Sts. L ?f;)mote;s Want Bring French Boxer To United States New York, Oct. 21.—It has been learned from an authoritative source that a representative of “Tex” Rick- ard and “Sam” McCracken, who pro- moted the ten-round bout between Jess Willard and Frank Moran at Madison Square Garden last March, is now on his way to France to offer Georges Carpentier $25,000 for one fight in this country, the only stipu- lation being that the promoters have the right to name his opponent. It is rumored that the promoters are figuring on matching Carpentier with Les Darcy, the Australian whirl- wind, if at all possible. “Sam” Mc- Cracken would not deny the report when questioned about it. It has also been learned that Rick- ard and McCracken are making a determined effort to lease Madison Square Garden for -the purpose of promoting boxing bouts there. They have made a_substantial offer for the lease to E. E. McCall, receiver for the Garden. Just what the fig- ure was could not be learned. How- ever, it is said to exceed by several thousand dollars any of the several offers made by other promoters. One Athlete Who Quit Diamond and Meant It Dan Costello, former Pittsburgh outfielder, who quit the game when ordered to transfer to Toronto, seems to be in earnest about it. He has entered the Harvard law school and will fit himself for the legal profes- sion, Jack Dillon and Battling Le- vinsky Are in Race for “In- defatigable’” Honor. SEE WHO FIGHTS THE MOST ¢ New York, Oct. 21.—Battling Barney Levinsky and Jack Dillon, who have already fought more bouts than the average boxing fan can re- call, and who will probably fight as many more before either establishes his undisputed supremacy over the other, are rivals outside the ropes as well as within. Each cherishes the ambition to hang up a record for “indefatigability,” or something like that. In other words, they nourish the desire to engage in more matches within a certain period of time' than any other boxer the ring has ever known. It mav be merrl): a vanity, but they would rather realize it than | —well, could almost be said for comparison, score a knockout victory over each other. A fight a week is the average Le- vinsky hopes to attain ere the year 1916 goes the way of the 1915 that preceded it. Both Battling Barney | and “Man-Killing" Jack are, perhaps, | the two most active boxers in the game today; certainly they are the two busiest among the heavyweights, To date, Levinsky is far in front of the Indianapolis man. He has already had thirty-two fights this year; about twelve more than Dillon. Within the next month or five weeks, Barney is scheduled for five fistic engage- ments. After these are fought his manager, Dan Morgan, the noted “Mute,” has other engagements in sight, which will bring Barney's total for the year to the desired fifty-two, providing something udforeseen does not intervene in the meantime to pre- vent him going through with them. The matches Levinsky now has on are as follows: Jim Coffey, Boston, October 24; Jim Flynn, Kansas City, October 29, and Jack Dillon (once more), Boston, November 14, During the last nine months Le- vinsky has averaged a fight about every ten days. March was his hard- est month, In that yeriod he fought no less than eleven contests. The opponents, places, and results were: Jack Driscoll, knockout, three rounds, Long Acre Athletic club; Jack Han- lon, knockout, three rounds, East New York Athletic club; Burt Kenny, no-decision, Bridgeport; Sailor Car- roll, colored, no decision, New Lon- don; Bob Devere, no decision, Syra- cuse; Jack Connors, no decision, Yonkers; Bartley Madden, no decis- ion, Queensboro Athletic club; Jack Keating, no decision, Schenectady; {nck Geyer, no decision, Shenandoah, ’a.; Jim Savage, no decision, Madison Square Garden, and Jack Dillon, no decision, Broadway Sporting club. In March, Levinsky had five bat- tles. He boxed Tom McMahon at nton, Tom Cowler at Boston, Silas Green at Montreal, Al Reich at Boston, and Zulu Kid at the Long Acre club here. Without doubt or exception, Le- vinsky is the most remarkable boxer among present-day glovemen. He has fought more fights than any other battler. He has been in the ring now | about five years, and in that time has pulled on his gloves for no less than 224 contests. The majority of | these were fought within the last three and a half years, or since he placed himself under the management of Morgan. Their association dates back to 1913, In that year Morgan got Levinsky thirty-one matches. In 1914 Barney fought thirty-four times. Last year he crawled through the ropes for actual combat twenty-four times. This is a record that has never been | even approached by any other boxer. For sustained effort, Levinsky supely is the personification of perpetual motion. Life of fimpire Is a Tough One Pity the poor umpire once again. He has run afoul of trouble in the city of Salt Lake, where the natural thirst of the frenzied fan for umpiratical gore has been whetted by a diabolical conspiracy on the part of peanut butchers, . According to “Red” Held, the tooth- some peanut has occupied a minor place among the wares dispensed by the Salt Lake butcher. His most thriv- ing business has been dod in§1 small stones and pebbles. He sells them by the sack, 3 cents per sack, and he ad- vertises them as fine ammunition for heaving at the umps. Everybody in Salt Lake invested in a sack of stones, says “Red,” and he is quite certain that while he might have missed a few balls and strikes he never missed a pebble. In all this there is one bit of con-! solation for “Red.” Just supposing the butchers had been selling loaded re- volvers and dynamite bombs! Don't Disregard Your Cold, Few of ue realize the danger of coughs and colds; don't take the risk; take Dr. King's New Discovery. Guaranteed. All druggists.—Advertisement. ..Ill.lllllllllllll.ll.lll’.lfi. I m mflgmm T e Al e, @ 6)) © 19 A B.K.Co. 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When the prac- tice for this year started Head Coach John Rush had his men working on the straight foot ball plays with hard- ly ever an excursion into the open style. Recent reports from the camp of the Tigers, however, show that the head coach has made some little changes in the daily routine and has had the men working hard on the for- ward pass. How weak the Orange and Black was at lhis&lay was clearly demonstrated in orcester, when Princeton made only one successful forward pass against Holy Cross. Little better could have been ex- ected of the team as a matter of faet, or the men had had practically no training for the play. That Princeton should ll)rOlpm' with a highly developed squad of forward passers seems certain. It will be re- membered that a cou?Ie of yeats ago Washington and Jefferson, with a team that could not have accom= lished a great deal on straight foot all tactics, pll{ed havoc with its Fonents through the skillful use of the orward pass. From what Princeton has shown in practice this season and in its lone game against Holy Cross it appears that Rush has a squad of men whose speed and power would be aug: mented greatly by free use of the open game, Ritchie Mitchell Out of Game With Busted Digits: | MMilllwlll“kee' Wis,, ?ct‘ IZI,h—Rgi;hhh‘»x itchell, a promising lightweight, will be unable to box for at 2 three weeks, because his hands were so seriously damaged in eastern con- tests.