Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 29, 1916, Page 33

Even F oot Ball Has Its Uncertainties; Ask Some of the Losers Today DENVER WHIPS CREIGHTON BY AID OF FUMBLES Blue and White Warriors Fum- ble Twice Within Shadow of Own Goal and Lose to Methodists, 19-13. OFF-SIDE PLAY IS COSTLY Payne Jumps Ball on Play on| Which - Platz Makes Fifty- | Five-Yard Run Over Goal, | ANDERSON IS BRIGHT STAR A couple of costly fumbles and a fatal offside play resulted disastrously,| for Creighton yesterday and the Blue and White warriors went down to de- fgat. before Denver university at Creighton field, 19 to 13. i Two of the Denver touchdowns were directly traveable to Creighton fumbles, one by a blue-jerseyed youth who escaped identification because he was buried in a mass of flying arms and legs, and the other by Carl Lutes. | But the most lamentable mishap was the offside play. Toward the close of the third quarter Denver es- sayed a forward pass. Dutch. Platz, the fighting captain of the -Omaha eleven, intercepted the whirling pig- skin and ran fifty-five yards down the field over the goal line. But Payne, the big guard, was palpably offside. Hegbeat the pass of the ball twenty minutes. Even the crowd in the grand- stand saw it and realized at the start| ;ha! Platz’ sensational sprint was use- | ess. The game, however, was a good bat- tle and interesting most of the time, although'y the Creighton supporters were often stricken with grief at the fumbling of*gheir prides. Denbgr Line Holds. The DenverYine put up a great game and the yighton backs could not break throug] Ferward passes, which they employ&d with good suc- cess in the first an§ last quarters, alone enabled Mills' \nen to make gains. Both Creighton, touchdowns were made via the aerial youte. On the other hand, the }x\st Denver backs, especially a fleet-foottd young- ster named Anderson, broke through the locals off the tackles and 1hrough the ends. They could not gain con- sistently through the center. Creighton Scores First. Creighton got away to a flying b{ marking up a touetidown sl after the start of hostilities. Af; exchange of punts, following thel off, Denver fumbled on its own ty-five-yard line and O’Connor ered the ball. Platz negotiate] yards and Marty Flannagan ma more., Platz wounded a digit play, had it taged up by the and then tore the tape off so hg throw a forward pass to Flas who scampered the remainder way for a touchdown. Platz booted the goal. Creighton easily held the tionists the remainder of t quarter, but the second quarte] woeful one from the home sta; After Denver punted over line, Creighton fumbled- the the very first play on its own yard line. A couple of line and a forward pass from And| Mahoney gave Denver a to Milton missed the goal and (§ continued to lead, but onl. narrow margin of one point. Another Fumble. Two minutes after~ thi Creighton fumbled again. Y Lutes muffed the Plgskin 3 recovered the ball on C forty-two-yard line. Anders| (Continued on Yalg Shows Most Class of the B Eastern § New Haven, Conn,, Oct. of all the big college te played the most impress early games. The Bulldog} improving_in every battle, now the New Haven anim have the edge on his olg Harvard and Princeton. been made possible b the new coaching staff. It arent that the Blue has gandicappcd this season coaching mistakes. The have been encouraged to bt | can play winning foot ball and they have been doing it. \ The Blues’ game with Lehkigh showed a new Yale spirit, something different from the disheartened man- ner of last year's Eli eleven. Now the Yale team gives the impressionr of being confident of its strength and puts more dash into the plays. This | was particularly true of Harry Le-| gore, who was like a dynamo for ac- tion. His punting was the team’s best defensive asset and his great open field running scored one touchdown | and® made another possible. To score two touchdowns against Lehigh, aj team that was only beaten by a sin-- gle point in 1915, gives sufficient proof that things are . progressing nicely for the Bulldog. | Morning Side Beats Dakota Wesleyan Eleven, 112 to 0 Sioux City, Ia, Oct. 28.—Morning Side ran up an enormous score on Dakota Wesleyan of Mitchell this af-| ternoon, shutting out their opponents 112 to 0. The visitors showed skill in the use ofthe forward pass which they worked for good gains several times. How- ever, when they approached the goal line poor punting lost the ball to their rivals. Morning Side’s weight told against the Wesleyans. Their line was easily broken and demoralized for long runs on the part of the Methodists. Boy Scouts, Not Too Proud | victory wthe third period. BELLEVUE COACH IS EASY ON HIS MEN. OMAHA BOY SIGNS WITH DES MOINES SPOR Ernie Adams Is First Man to Sign a Western League Contract for 1917. N J. HOLLAND WORKS DRAFT Ernie Adams, University of Omaha player and for several years one of Omaha's leading sandlot athletes, was the first man to sign a Western league contract for 1917. Ernie signed up with the Des Moines club. Frank Isbell, owner and manager of the Des Moines team, was given a tip by an Omaha friend that Ernie | had the makings of a great ball| | player in him. Isbell took the tip and lost no time in signing Adams up. | | Ernie is quite a favorite with the sand-‘ lot fans of Omaha. He is a good; | hitter and a good fielder and they| | expect him to make good with Isbell’s | CRIMSON DEFEATS [THAGAN ELEYEN crew. ; | "Only two other men have been|Harvard Team of Uncertain Jsigne for 1917 by Western league Powers Wins From Cor- | clubs. The Topeka team has signed | nell by 23 to 0. Fletcher Saffell and Isbell has also| signed a pitcher named Snyder. None of the other teams have signed any | men for next year at all. Pa Rourke of the Omaha team seldom signs any of his players before January. Holland Works Draft. Jack Holland of St. Joseph, was the only Western league magnate to take | advantage of the draft rule this fall. Holland put in drafts for five men, i but two of the drafts were disallowed and one Jack cancelled. The two men Jack gets for (he] Drummers by the draft are Runser, shortstop, and Rheinhart, outfielder, both from the Muscatine club of the Central association. Holland also ap- plied for drafts of Manda, third base- man with Fort Worth, Tex., Rook, pitcher with Fargo, and Hruska of | Muscatine. Drafts of Manda and EDDIE CASEY IS THE STAR Cambridge, Mass,, Oct. 28.—A Harvard eleven of uncertain powers found itself against Cornell today, and won, 23 to 0. The Ithaca team, a slight favorite in the betting, was stopped in such few attacks as it was | given opportunity to make and found its defense penetrated repeatedly by the Harvard players. S Principal among these was Eddie Casey of Nattick, successor to Mahan, his fellow townsman, who showed to- day by his elusive and effective run- ning attack that he was destined to rank with Harvard's most prominent ground gainers of a decade. Hor- Denjami i g ith bull-likg plunges, ably FE: erijamin. Rook were disallowed and the draft| e Wit S -] of Hruska cancelled. supplemmtccgrgsfc uflr:“](:l;ffl play. Coach Benjamin of Bellevue is one foot ball instructor who does not be- lieve in working his men to death. “No long, grueling scrimmages for me,” says the Indian mentor. Benja- min was a star linesman as an under- graduate at Albion college back in Michigan. For four years he held down tackle on the varsity. Benjamin is as popular a coach as ever reigned on Elk Hill. His men swear by him. Even the co-eds pester him' to act as chaperon for their par- ties. But Benjamin is a benedict, hav- ing been ied last spring he The seven other Western league Cornell bungled in the choice of magnates failed to apply for any vl drafts, evidently preferring to hu,’vfplat"is' hm‘h[kde“‘;:‘:fi‘, ;?:ml:l“a Ct:::: any needed talent later in the year,| ' them an¢ g Y . i in the making, rather than an aggre- 311;6:1::1‘13::‘ areimoreiballiplayersion gation half a season advanced. Cut Pl L The Cornell eleven, admitted to be L B SRy CLE a008e] one of the best from a physical stand- Lincoln and Des Moines have al- point that ever came into the stadium, ready cut loose some of the players|made a great impression upon Har- of the 1916 teams. Lincoln has re- an vard- adherents. The players were leased unconditionally R. J. Latti-|both big and fast and went through more, the deposed Topeka manager | their signal drill like a well oiled ma- who played second for the Links, and |chine. Betting odds changed and Cor- [Harry Powers, a southpaw twirler. |nell backers were obliged to give § Des Moines has given Pitcher Higgin- | to 4 in order to get their money down. h the gate. The Western league | Harvard followed Cornell on the p given Umpire Fillman his un- | field at 2:15 and both squads prac- bnal release. ticed punting, forward passing and Western league changes have | catching until shortly before game pde via the released by pur- time. bute. Topeka has sold Her- I, the string-bean hurler, to as City American association ck Holland has sent Walter who played at second, short this year, to Syracuse in the k State loop. Gardner and bf the Lincoln hurling corps, purchased by Salt Lake in C coast circu Harvard Kicks Goal. In the toss for goal, Harvard won and chose to defend the south goal, Cornell kicking off. The Cornell players were easily distinguished by their numbers. Harvard players were not so designated. During a scrimmage, Harte was in- jured slightly and ordered off the field, Phinney replacing him. Casey, when play was resumed, swung around Cornell's right end for a five- yard gain and-on the next down Hor- ween kicked over the Cornell line. Cornell, with an opportunity to rush, chose to kick, Robinson catch- ing Benedict's boot on Harvard's forty-yard mark, running it back twelve yards. Casey went through for seven yards. A moment later Casey brought the ball to Cornell's twenty- yard mark. Y Horween gained three yards and Carey two and Harvard paused. A moment later, Robinson, standing on the twenty-seven-yard line, toed the ball for a field goal. Score: Harvard, 3; Cornell, 0. After the succeeding kick-off Har- vard carried the ball down the field and on a multiple pass, Robinson to oines, where he’ will stay. “Cascy (odCo(I)_lidge, lsent i(tt)o the fl!ir& : een-yar ine, where the perios W aiteyle Canned, lended. Score: Harvard 3; Cornell, 0. ck Autrey, who was one of the| In the first period Harvard took popular players who ever wore |the offense and maintained it urke uniform, has been released | throughout the entire fifteen minutes nditionally by the San Francisco | of play. Cornell scored less than ten In cutting down_expenses, the yards by running against Harvard's pp back. Holland has also d Pitcher Hovlik. Isbell Gives It Up. A Isbell has given up all hope g to inject a little of the old h Wichita. Frank was given option on the town by the jnd he thought he could bring ing city back, but he has al- ven it up as a bad job. The| of the park in Wichita wanted | for the improvements on the | Izzy couldn’t see the high | ‘but he finally did offer to rent s basis. The owners refused | sider it so the Des Moines man’ his grip and hiked back to| t town put Ping Bodie on first | eighty. let Chick out. Autrey went to| The second period had barely || Frencisco from Minneapolis in opened when Casey, after a short and practically won the pen- t for the exposition city by his ting. here is a chance that Pa Rourke y grab Autrey for the Rourkes, ce Ray Miller has been drafted by | lumbus. Omaha fans would wei- | e Chick back. Autrey is also be- R considered by the Fort Smith, . club as a manager. rate of Copeland In aHnds of the Jury Galveston, Tex., Oct. 28—The case of John Copeland of Marshall, Tex., charged with the killing of William | Black, an anti-Catholic lecturer, was given to the jlry at 8:15 o’clock to- night. rush, netting a yard, evaded several tacklers and dodged fifteen yards for the Crimson’s first touchdown. Rob- ed in an attempt to k (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) Yale Wins Battle From Washington And Jefferson Band New Haven, Conn., Oct. 28.—VYale met its first real test of the season successfully today by - defeating Washington and Jefferson, 36 to 14, | for the first time in three years, The game was replete with thrills and the crowd was thrilled by the wonderful forward passing of the vis- itors and spectacular runs by the Yale backs. The Pennsylvanians at- tempted fifty-two forward passes, | twenty-seven o f which were com- pleted, for a total of 274 yards. Yale completed five out of six attempted dore, and there is an interesting little | passes, for a gain of fifty-six yards. story behind the name. Eddie Bran-| Yale made five touchdowns, kicked nick, the assistant secretary of the|three goals, and Legore contributed Giants, has been a great admirer of (3 field goald from the thirty-yard Matty for years, and though the two | line. < became fast friends some y h's score was made in the| <\ o s PRRONC CalSaR0, Dartmout | Eddie always addressed him as Mr, second period on a placement kick‘ by Captain Gerrish. Dartmouth car-| I\I(atlle.wlsn?_ ] ried the ball down the field to Within | ©On¢ day Matty requested Brannick the shadow of Princeton’s goal posts | 0 drop the “Mister” when speaking on several occasions, only to be held | 0 him. At the time the big pitcher for downs or to have a forward pass|1ad on his coat a pin with the word intercepted. Commodore” on it. .| most instantly killed ¥n a foot ball All right, Commodore,” replied| game at Ansley this afternoon. His Brannick, and the name' has clung to| father is Rev. Mr. Gettys, Methodist Big Snfi ever since, ¢ | pastor at Arnold. In a game between Siee e = | the high school t f th eC- Great Demand for Seats | the high school teams of the respec | tive towns, Gettys fell backward, re- | sulting in the dislocation of his neck. Princeton v . Being Completely Outplayed by the Visitors. SCORE IS SEVEN TO THREE Princeton, N. J., Oct. 28.—Although completely outplayed at almost every angle of the game Princeton defeated Dartmouth here this afternoon, 7 to 3. Eddie Driggs, the Princeton fullback, was individually responsible for the of the, Princeton eleven. Dartmouth' started a hard offensive drive toward Princeton™ goal line in Driggs intercepted | a long forward pass, thrown by Ger- rish, on Princeton’s thirty-yard line and raced along the margin side line the remaining sixty-five yards for a touchdown. Tibbot kicked the goal. It's “Commodore Matty,” Brannick Finds the Name Among ball players, especially the ’Gmms, Matty is often called Commo- Young Player of Arnold Killed in Foot Ball Game Broken Bow, Neb., Oct. 28.—(Spe- cial Telegram.)—Wilber Gettys of Arnold, Neb., 16 years old, was al- “Commy” Would Give Al . To Win One More Pennant Charles A. €omiskey, owner of the TS SEC OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER ~TI0 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BE OF HUSKERS PUT UP RAGGED GAME, BUT WiN BY 21 70 0 Cornhuskers Guilty of Fumbles 29 1916. {HEADED HIS TEAM AGAINST HARVARD—Captain || Muelleér of Cornell, who plays full back on the eleven and is |/ sne of the best line plungers in the east. UELLER. GOPHERS SCORE ON HAWKEYES AT WILL Plunging Eleven' From North. land Excels Iowans at Every Point of Game. SIXTY-SEVEN TO NAUGHT Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 28.—Spe- cial Telegram.)—The powerful Goph- er scoring machine trampled the “fighting” Iowa foot ball team here, 67 to 0. The game Hawkeye team fought to the last minute, but, up against one of Minnesota's greatest teams in years, | was unable to score. Although the Gophers ran up 67 points, the game did not show any Iowa weakness, but the improvement of the Minnesota cleven. The Gophers scored a few minutes after play had started and by the end of the first half they had counted 35 points. With the substitutes playing most of the second half, the Gophers added 32 more points. The Minnesota eleven gained most of its ground through wonderful pass- es, which netted from twenty to forty yards at a crack. Captain Baston, All- American end in 1915, grabbed two passes out of the air with at least four Towans surrounding him. Score First on Plunge. Line plunges by Sprafka, Wyman and Hansen made possible the first score. The second score was a result of a long pass to Baston, who went over. Galloping Joe Sprafka plunged his way to another touchdown as the second quarter started. A wonderful jumping catch of a forward pass to Baston counted another touchdown. The remaining scores were made by long runs by Quarterback Long, Wy- man and Sprafka. For the Gophers Sprafka, plunging backfield man, and Captain Baston were the big stars. Spratka’s plunging through the ITowa line gave indica- tions of another Solon. “Shorty” Long made several long runs. Towa's Stars. For lowa, Davis, Center Becker and Captain Laun played wonderful ball. Laun was injured near the end of the game and had to be carried from the field. Up .to the third quarter, Jones’ team had not gained downs through scrimmage, but in the final period, Iowa opened with a number of passes, which gained several first downs. Lineup: I MINNESOTA TOWA. Baston (Capt.). E......Lan_(Capt.) Townley ... . Bowlesbhy Stnelalr . Fondyk H. C. Hai Bocker Bcklund Grubb Hauser . McKes Buckley Triplet Long ... Jenkins Sprafka i . Daviy H. B. Hansen..R.H. ndenhall Wyman .. ; . Scott Heora by perlods: Minnesota 13—67 Chicago American league club, con- cluded his forty-first season in base ball with the finish of the 1916 sea- son. The “Old Roman” declared he would be willing to give up all the wealth he's made in base ball to land To Fight, Play Foot Ball | In a clean, yet fiercely-fought foot | ball game two teams of Boy Scouts showed they were notytoo proud to fight. Wagner's warriors won over Hamilton's eleven by the score of 30 to 24. There were several lively tussles during the game. another pennant winner, 1)— ated on the yard, Neb,, rd High school fo Clay Center team Friday Clay Center grounds he Harvards ighteen out of hle wrvard will play Hastings nineteen gonls lat Hdstings next Friday afternoon. made a rec- | ley conference | At Missouri-Kansas Game Lawrence, Kan,, Oct. 29.—So great is the demand for tickets for the: Kan- sas-Missouri foot ball game that ap-| plications for more than 1,000 have | already been received, although the | contest will not be played Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 'Captain | @ foot ball game in the Missouri Val-| Ray Despite the heavy de- | Fritz Maisell of the New York Ameri- | mand for seats, the usual price will cans are players President Comiskey is reported to be after, not be advanced. | Death resulted almost immediately. {Hurler Jim Scott May Be Traded for Infielder James Scott, veteran pitcher of the until | Chicago Americans, is to be traded { for an infielder, according to reports The contest is expected to attract| which are said to be authentic. Scott the largest crowd that ever witnessed | did not have a good season in 1916. | Cleveland and Chapman~ of Referea: Masker, Northwestern, Umplra: | Town ... 0 0 0—0 Benbrook, Michigan, Fleld judge: Adams, Ohlo. Head linesman: Gardiner, Tilinols. Time of perfods: 16:00, Minnesota scoring: Touchdowns, Wyman, Baston, Long (2), Sprafka (4), Johnson, Flynn; goals from | touchdown, Baston (6), Ecklund. Substi- tutes: Min‘iesota, Johnson for Long: Wise tor H. F. Hansen, Flynn for Baston, Ander- son for Spratka, Carlson for Wise, Ballen- tine for Johnson; Kingsley for Wyman, Wil- son fof Sinclair; lowa Kelly for Grubb, Bowldeby for Kriz, Krise for Bowlesby. Hunselman for Kriz, Duncan for Menden hally Reed for Long, Bonnick for Scott, Ber- riefi for Duncan, Jammond for Davis, Glatts fof Hammond, Hammond for Reed. and Loose Interference, and Wesleyan Holds Them to Low Score. | FORWARD PASSES HELP OUT Cook and Otoupalik Score Two Touchdowns in Last Quarter Via Aerial Route. UTS SEE CIASH Oct. 28 —(Special Tele- Stewart's Huskers un- AMES' SCO Lincoln, gram.)—Dr. (corked a ragged game of foot ball against Wesleyan here this afternoon and was held to a score of 21 to 0, with Nebraska on the long end. The Husker machine did not find it~ self until the last five minutes of play, when it reeled off two touchdowns in | quick order, forward passes, Cook to Otoupalik, turning the trick each time. Wesleyan never threatened the Ne- braska goal, although Cozier and Cul- bertson both showed ability to ad- vance the ball against the ragged tackling of the Nebraskh forwards. Nebraska's first touchdown came in easy fashion. Profiting by a fumble | by Wesleyan on its own twenty-yard line, the Huskers recovered the "ball and Dobson whirled around the end for nineteen yards on the first play. Cook slid through the line for the re- maining distance and planted the ball behind the goal posts, Corey raised the Nebraska total to seven by kick- ing goal. Huskers Fail'to Gain. For the next two quarters Wesleyan displayed a spunky defense and the Cornhuskers could not consistently advance the ball, although it was in their possession most of the time, Fumbles, loose interference and good defensive work by the Wesleyan for- wards turned the game into a kicking battle in which Dobson and Gardingr had the edge on the Methodist punter by five to ten yards on each exchange of punts. With a 7 to 0 score staring them in the face at the start of the final quar- marched sixty-five yards down the field, when Wesleyan again braced. A pass, Cook to Otoupalik, was caught by the Husker back on the five-yard line and he dashed over the Methodist goal. Corey again kicked goal, Forward Pass Again. After Nebraska had kicked off, Proctor intercepted a forward pass and ran to the k’Vcslcyln fifteen-yard line before he was downed. Cook hurled another forward pass to Otou- palik and he again raced across the AITKEN WINS CUP goal for the third and final touchdown of the game. Cozier, Captain Hughes and Cul- AND MAKES RECORD {Hoosier Pilot Captures Hark- ness Olassic, Galvin S8econd and Wilcox Third. CONSOLATION TO DEVIGNE New York, Oct. 28—Johnny Ait- ken of Indianapolis added to his laur- els as a speedy automobile driver by winning the gold trophy race at 100 on the Sheepshead Bay track today. His time for the distance was 56:37.65, establishing a new American record and is only seven seconds be- hind the world's best time. Aitken's average speed was 10580 miles an | hour, Frank Galvin 56:45.31, and Howard third in 57:10.53. Aitken made only one stop, when he went to the pit to change a tire, delaying him about 30 seconds Galvin drove a carcful race all: the way and was leading at eighty miles, but from the ninetieth mile to the fin- ish Aitken outpaced him, Wilcox went to the pit in his forty- sixth mile to renew a tire. He had been in third place for the first forty miles and regained the position at sev- enty miles and retained it to the end. Baby Pete Fourth, Henderson was fourth, Devore fifth, Benedict sixth and Hughes seventh. The cash prizes for the first six in was finished second Wilcox drivers were $4,000, $2,500, $1,500,' $1,000, $600 and $400. In addition several lap prizes amounting to $3,000 were awarded | the leaders from the tenth to the nine- | tieth mile. After the main event eleven cars started in a consolation race at fifty miles, which was won by Jules Devinge, the French driver. Milton was second and Meyer was third. The winner's time was 28:49.59, an average of 104 miles an hour. The cash prizes for this race were $1,000, $600 and $400. Two Race Meets to | Be H(jld in Mexico New York, Oct. 28—Colonel Winn announces that the usual winter meet- ing of 100 days will be held at Juarez, Mexico, opposite El Paso, beginning | Thanksgiving day. The pari-mutuel system of betting will be installed for | the first time, as Winn no longer fav-| | ors the persons who chalk the odds.| | Juarez, it is said; lost money last win-| Iter, but the conditions, owing to the | troubles across the border, were de-| cidedly unfavorable. With Junrczi again in the field, horsemen will have | | plenty of sport before the winter | ends. James W. Coffroth, once a San Francisco prize fight promoter, wfll‘\ conduct a long meeting at Tia Juana, in Mexico, just across the California line. The city park and fair grounds at New Orleans will be operated with no conflicting dates, the' sport opening on November 30, and each track run- ning about thirty-five days. There will be another session of eighty-five days in Havana, Cuba, where H. D. Brown will hold sway, in addition to bertson played a snappy game for the Methodists, Nebraska lacked any stars, Scouts for Amese were on the side- lines, but the Huskers had orders to uncover nothing and they did not get much of a line. The lineu;l:.: NE )\AflKA.‘ F‘Il WES! Gardine hd Corey (! Wilder xni o8 Cameron Hughen (C.) Dalo nom‘c Bhaw Oan i3 Maloney i Cook jon Dobson ! . Hu Otoupallk .. .. Corjer Rhodes . .. .. Blodgett Substitutes: Neb oser tor Ma- , Keller for Hoad. Proctor for Heluer, —Ogden for Katin, Fesch for Kro ?nllk (2). G loney, Konltzky for W ly, Belzer for Rhodes, Norris for Dale; Wesleya. Carmin for Blodgett, Touchdowns: ~ Coo from touchdowns: Johnson, Umplre: Leslle Mann, Head linesman: W, A. Kearns, Young Men's Christlan assoclation. quarters: 16 minu; " Rerares: Conth Lineoln, Omaha Time of forey, Connie Mack Has Nucleus for Fair Corgs_/ 9_f Hurlers Connie Mack has arrived at the cofi- clusion that he has a fairly good pitching staff—one that may be vety effective in another season. When he began the campaign he had but two who might be called veterans— Bush and Wyckoff. The latter was sold to Boston, but Bush remains and is without any doubt one of the best pitchers in the land. Elmer Myers has come through and has pitched ball that would have won most of his games had he been pitching for any other club in the league. That gives Connie two sure- enough pitchers. Nabors is a prom- ising hurler. He is very effective, but is lacking in control. Johnson, | the Ursinus boy, is a comer, while are for Sheehan, Williams and Dannin good enough to experiment witl a time longer. Believing that his pitching staff will not be such a problem in 1917, Mack has set out to get batters to drive in runs for his young pitchers. That is vhy he has bought Ping Bodie, the stwhile fence-buster; Thrasher, a minor league batting champion, and Ray Bates, former Nap, who wields a powerful bat. Jack Granev Enters Ohio High School Cleveland, O. Oct. 29.—Jack Graney, veteran outfielder of the Cleveland American league club, has enrolled in Central High school here to prepare for a college course in medicine. Graney is determined to become a physician when his base ball days are over. He was unable to enter college at once because he needed additional preparation in Latin, Eddie Plank Wants to Get Away from St. Louis St. Louis, Mo, Oct. 29.—Eddie Plank, veteran pitcher of the Phila- delphia Americans, and now a mem- ber of the St. Louis Americans, has asked Manager Jones to be trans- ferred to some eastern team. Plank's reasons for wanting to be sent east is believed to be because of his de- sire to be in closer touch with h§ managing the city park venture. business interests in Gettysburg, Pa. ter, the Huskers turned into high and, .. e o = I B e B T 5 e e e A5 A SRS . SR KRR S TS D N