Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 13, 1916, Page 11

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GARRY HERRMANN IS FULL OF A BIG IDEA t Wants to Split World's Series | Receipts Among the First Division Teams. \ DOUBLE A LEAGUE BALKS | 11 mag- | New York, Dec oual and | nates representing 12 International leagues and the Ameri- | can Association, meet here today for | a scries of conferences, which are ex- g alihe pected to continue several [nternational league began its annual mecting shortly after noon with a| conference with committees appointed | to represent the American Association | relative to a series of inter-league games at the end of the regular pen- | nant season. 1 The Natignal league is not to con- | vene in annual mecting until tomor- | row afternoon, but a majority of the | club owners were on hand carly this | evening prepared for what is expected | 10 be a conference of more than usual | importance. 5 Many subjects of considerable base | ball interest were discussed in an in- formal way by the big league mag- nates, and it appeared to be ithe gen- cral impression that before the an- nual meeting adjourns . legislation would be passed of far reaching ef- fect upon the professional end of the national sport. One of the chief sub- jects of discussion and consultation was proposed changes in the rules governing the world series. Change in World’s Series. Several of the magnates expressed the opinion that radical changes woyld b: adoptgd by the National league and submitted to the American league for ratification. Garry Herrmann, chair- man of the National commission and president of the Cincinnati club, said he advocated a series based upon the winning of five out of nine games; lower prices of admission and distri- bution of a portion of the players’ share of the receipts among the mem- bers of the second, third and fourth teams in the order of their finish at the closing of the pennant races. He said he believed that with the series lengthened there would be greater op- portunity for the fans from all parts of the country to witness the play and admission charges could be low- ered without lessening the aggregate receipts. If the winning and losing players pool was taxed 25 per cent or some similar proportion and this sum di- vided -among the players of the sec- ond, third and fourth clubs in each league, the players would be doing what the leagues had compelled the club owners to do for several years. Other magnates said that they favored the idea in a general way, although they were not ready to say that the proposed changes would be adopted in just the manner outlined by Herr- manmn. Looking for Tinker’s Successor. President Charles Weeghman of the Chicago Nationals was among the carly arrivals and there were many rumors regarding the results of his alleged efforts to obtain a new man-| ager for the coming season. He was reported to have had several confer- ences with Boston' club officials and the names of Fred Mitchell and George Stallings were included in the gossip, either as a sale or a trade. Barney Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburgh club announced that he | was still determined to bring about the removal of Garry Herrmann from the National commission if the same | was possible. | Owners Defy Commission. At their annual meeting, the Inter- national league club owners threw | down the gauntlet and defied National comnrission which is recog- nized as the supreme court in organ- ized base ball. After considerable dis-| cussion the league decided not to| abide by the ruling of the National | commission which would compel the Newark club to pay $9,000 to the Jrooklyn club owners for the latter’s iranchise rights in Newark. International league delegates en- dorsed the efforts of the National As- sociation of Minor leagues to have | the three class AA leagues relieved from the draft rule. | J. Cal Ewing, Oakland, Cal.; Presi- dent T. J. Hickey, American associ- ation, and President Barrows were ap- pointed during the recent convention at New Orleans as a committee for | this purpose and in furtherance of this | request they will call upon the Na- tional league delegates during their meeting here tomorrow. They will leave for Chicago tomorrow night in order to bring the matter before the annual meeting of the American league here on Thursday. In order to make the playing sched- ule on the International and Ameri- can Association circuits more attrac- tive next season, it is more than prob- thle that the clubs in thse two organi- | zations will play a schedule of only| 112 games next year, to be followed by an interleague series of forty-eight | games. Dario Resta, the daring Italian driver, will officially be crowned “king of the speed kings” by the Au- tomobile Association of America. Aside from ..is honor, Resta will re- ceive $7,000 in cash prizes and a trophy for the driver having the largest number of points for the sea- son of 1916. 2 The contgst for the Automobile As- sociation of America championship . Copyright, 1916, . International News Service &t 4 1 YOU MAY HOLD A MILLION QIRLIES Iy \ YOUR ARMS - BUT THERE'S ONLY ROOM FOR DOWN IN YOUR HEART | /q FRE closed with the running f the 150- mile race at the Ascot speedway, Los | Angeles, Cal. Resta, with his total of 4,100 points, has a lead of 660 points over Aitken, his nearest rival. Rickeribacher ‘was third in the race for the championship on points, hav- ing a score of 2910. Fifteen races figured in the championship, and the number of points awarded was gov- erned by.the length and'namber and character of the entries; ‘S-técherA Hm‘ts Arm And Olin Holds Him To Two-Hour Draw For the fourth time in his wrestling career Joe Stecher’s scissors failed to work in a match at Springfield, Mass., Monday night and the best Joe could do was escape with a two-hour draw, no fall. ST A grappler named Olin, first name, record and pedigree unknown, is the chap who earned the draw and now can be expected to race around the country shouting with the aid of eight-sheet banners of his prowess as a wrestling scientist. 4 But this time the draw is explained by Joe Hetmanek; Stecher’s manager. '‘Gene Melady received the following pris 1 Het-jwere janitor service and agent ser- self-explanatory wire from manek: “Joe Stecher, having a bad shoulder since the Cutler'match in Chicago, injured the weak member after wrestling thirty minutes with Olin and he was unable to use one arm at all during the remainder of the match. Despite the crippled arm he kept Olin off and earned a two-hour draw. If Joe could have used both arms he would have had no trouble with his man. He was behind him several times, but could not pin him.” Creighton College Students Observe Prgs_igent’s Day Monday afternoon Creighton col- lege students celebrated president’s day, in honor of the founder of the Jesuit order, Saint Francis Xavier. Congratulations from the college de- partment were extended to President the | McMenamy by Elmer Barr, who out=| lined the very interesting life of the saint. Brendan Brown offered felici- tations from the high school depart- ment. Ralph Wilson read a poem complimentary to the occasion and the college orchestra gave several well received numbers. The college glee club was a little bashful, but managed to overcome its timidity and modesty proved only a candle to the merit won by the ren- dition of Rubenstein’s “Twilight is Lovelight.” President McMenamy announced that because his feast day fell within the Thanksgiving holidays, the Christmas vacation would be extend- ed one day to allow for the custom- ary holiday. Haniker Captain’ 0f ‘Wabash Eleven Crawfordsville, Ind., Dec. 12.—Le- land Haniker of Aberdeen, S. D., has been elected captain of the 1917 Wabash foot ball eleven. Haniker has played right tackle for two years Lumbago and Pains in the Back. At tho first twinge. of pain in the buck apply Sloan's Liniment—rellef comes at once. Only 25, All druggists.—Ady Builders Resent High Ei_ce of Coal Building owners and managers are paying $6 a ton for steam coal with which to heat their buildings this winter, though a few years ago they paid $2.90 for the same grade of coal. They are pretty much wrought up about it, as was shown by their dis- cussion of the subject at the weekly meeting of the Building Owners’ and Managers' association at the Commer- cial club Tuesday noon. Though no definite action was tak- en on the subject, it was the general opinion as expressed there that there is no scarcity of coal, but that the “coal barons” are back of this dis- tressing advance in the price of coal. The principal subjects of discussion vice. ~ Miss Catherine Shields of Hastings & Heyden discussed the subject. “To what service is the apartment house tenant entitled from the janitor?” and Clara R. Nelson of Payne & Slater discussed the subject, “To what service is the apartment house tenant entitled from the ag(‘nl?" —— Persistence is the Cardinal Virtue 19 ONE ) i FACULTY ABOLISHES CORNHUSKER FEAST Annual Banquet Given Knock- | out Punch Because of Riot- ous Conduct Friday. . WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 1916. aQ O, 11 Drawn for The Bee by George McManus HOW DO ‘You LIKE THE WAy SING 9 BARBER AND OTHERS * BUY WILD HORSES | (Continued from Page One.) !to other partics, but that he had but slight success He also admitted that his Missouri e WAThUG € Yo Wi ] | horses with Bert Stewart,” t testified “Did yvou find any of the horses vou had bought “Don’t know,” was the farmer's re- ply. “The closest | could get to them was forty or fifty rods.” Miller said that he made his trade Machurick, one of the men | now standing trial for using the mails | to defraud. I | Got Auto, Anyway. e farmer p 7 : . " However, Miller wasn't stung “INNOCENTS” ALSO QUIT farm was somewhat in the Ozark | cqull“ (i Gfter all, he said He il s mountains, but that it was €asily |1oiq of rading his bill of sale o Lew Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 12.—(Special.) | 37" the animals he was supposed | Sppley for a nice large Reio automo —Two old and honored traditions of the Nebraska got a knockout punch yesterday from Dean University of Engberg of the delinquency commit- tee as a result of an over exhuberant Cornhusker last Friday night. Although undergraduates vigorous ly deny that there was drinking con- nected with the annual Cornhusker banquet spread, which for years has been held | ball season | at the end of each foot in honor of the gridiron warriors, the banquet room at the Lincoln bore evidence of a very serious conflict, It all started with the throwing of wet napkins—then foodstuffs followed and finally resort was had to the forty- two-centimeter pieces, which chanced to be the dishes. Several of the ban- queters bore marks after the feast and several disputes arose, which bor- dered closely on fist fights. The alumni followed the banquet with another meeting and expressed their disapproval. The Senior Society of Innocents, supposedly represent- ing the most influential seniors in the university, were in charge of the af- fair, but it could not cope with the situation, so Dean Engberg has sug- gested that a student council be in charge of the activities hereafter in- stead of the Innocents. Statement for Faculty. Here is the statement which Dean Engberg gave out, announcing that the aathorities had decided to abol- ish the Cornhusker banquet and rec- ommending that a student council succeed the Innocents: “That sort of thing is hardly what would be expected of a university gathering. It is not what the people of the state expect from persons whom they are educating free of charge. The students of the univer- sity have shown through their actions they have no respect for the Corn- husker banquet as a university insti tution and so do not desire its con- tinuance. Their wishes will be re- spected. “Three or four of the Innocents are very strong men, but the majority of them are not of such caliber as to command universal respect. A board publicly elected or appointed, con- sisting of the strongest men in school, would command more respect than a self-perpetuating body. It is hoped that the students will take sufficient interest in the proposition to establish a student council.” ' Eight Millions in Gold Comes from Canada New York, Dec. 12—Cold to the amount of $8,000,000 was received from Canada today to the account of J. P. Morgan & .Co. and is being transferrad to the Philadelphia mint Lithographers’ League. Handicap 28 Bissett 101 REES. — - | Lowden n7 1st. 2d. 3d. Tot. | ‘Totals....73 Duncan . Hauftman .174 145 134 453 | NEB. DIV, Kurtz ..... 134 133 421 15t 2d. 3d. Tot | Totals ..460 Plambeck 149 164 447 | Nielson . 141 166 134 441 KILTIE! Elsasser ... 125 186 A‘y‘! Kinkade .112 163 I8t Ohmsorg 181 2 1y Browick ..16 ‘2‘ Hunter 163 155 AHtah Y Lk Henderson 160 111 B. Norgard.130 180 R. Hen'son.d1) 146 Swoboda ..152 136 154 167 166 169 Kohler ....125 141 130 3 e 7 = Kranda 147 134 168 439 Faris | ’hvlftl,\ ,("I.‘ yM”7.flll 2080 Francl 129 119 122 3 Miller | TAM O SHANTER < Ostronic 110 168 144 | Redfield Ist. 2d. 3d. Tot Aoy el i [izsacsd 168 180 157 Totals...663 698 708 ek 9t 10k ' HUBER INKS. Handicap 173 169 484 18t 2 34. Tot . JA34 112 144 390 Rentfrow ..168 188 131 477 ; o | McCabe 151 165 174 490 Ries 169 174 246 79| ‘Totals.. 28 Tedeesati : Howe L168 124 136 418 PASSED - Totale Beal L.196 141 16 | b 1;‘0 f:l. e Tot ome 0 136 s 171_ 1% Martls 166 110 Ttoals.. 842 788 &4 Sponcer .. ..136 136 OMAHA PRINTS. | Kanko 169 130 ist. 2d. 3d. Tot. [ Wright 173 154 Grupe 186 149 215 560 - = 1 B8 413| Totals....814 09 im ] (q:::l‘:l!k }m 145 ::’, 451 OMAH‘A' i "“"”“’”"“ IFENLE £ b 6 at. 2 o , = = oy o l1s 188 137 492 |8. Johueon.161 154 149 4bi[ Totalm...706 7 ¥ o et URLoFRY, 115 1122 ORCHARD-WILHE 3 8 682 | Ist. 2d. et O Lt 178 533 | Doherty ...140 139 169 18t 2d. 3d. Tot. g 492 |C. Smith 139 102 194 Wisdom ,..125 159 129 Im 196 184 184 Chimos 116 159 151 426 | Totals Tklin 2143 171 182 Anderson ..146 1656 151 Y Howers 165 167 188 Robinson ..113 163 161 437 | CAR 3 Smith .....125 184 131 840 Totals.. .73 X3 s Henrlcks Match, Totals Stafford HOM 'AURANT. EPSTEN Devine 3d. 1 Qcander | Learn 178 6 Finley Stine 04| Goff 186 b Kogel Olsen . 143 Osborn Totals, % { Toman 1n9 Johnson | Wartchow 185 Swanson BOBBIE x 1at Totals 912 Totals Bchandler 181 FARNAM 4 Union ¥ 116 Tt DIV 3 . 101 182 Lenchers 130 126 14% Hoffman —_— Eans o1 Coulter Totals ...62%8 601 639 1668 | K. Jarosh..163 Tillson ST. ANDREWS, Huntington 200 Bowles 9 7 Iat. 2d. 4d. Tol Roth 138 142 137 417 Murray 113 118 126 25K Totals . %64 9563 9 0 get “In other words you tried to sting the United States Live Stock com- | pany and got stung youreself,” attor- (ney Fleharty for the defense re- | marked. | At the close of yesterday's session | Judge Woodrough asked attorreys | Tor both sides to hurry the case,along. | United States Attorney Allen said that he would complete examing the | government witness by the end of this week. The attorneys for the defense said it would take them a week longer to examine their witnesses and cross { examine some of the government's, | So fab forty-five witnesses for the government have been called. The trial has been in progress seven days, Railroad Man Testifies. Frank Zerbe, husky railroadman of Hastings, Neb,, is the first witness so far produced by the government to testify that 1e received satisfac- tion in his -lealings with the “wild horse” company. However, it wasn't satisfaction of a monetary nature, he testified. It was the satisfaction of chasing Victor Palm, one of the agents with whom he had his deal- ings, through the streets of Hastings with a blacksnake. “And it was worth it, too," the Hastings man said after he had told the jury how he was fleeced out of his equity to his home valued at $750 for thirty wild Coconino horses that he had contracted for. The Prelude. - Zerbe used to be in business in Hastings, he told the jury. He need- ed some mqgney and so decided 'to realize on his property. Victor Palm and G. W. Holmes, in the real es- tate business at Hastings, he said, offered to trade some wild horses for his equity. But he didn’t deal with Holmes, because, he said, Palm of- fered to give him a few more horses. Palm must have been an agent of the U. S. Live Stock company, he said, because the bill of sale was signed by J. S. Smith, one of the of- ficers of the “wild horse” organiza- tion. Zerbe then told of his fruitless at- tempt to get the horses in Arizona. “I was assured by Palm and Holmes that I could have the horses caught for me for about $2.50 a head,” he said, Priceless Horses, “When I got to Flagstaff, Ariz., and after inquiring I was told that I couldn’t have the horses caught for any price,” “Did you ever get any satisfaction,” United States, Attorney Tom Allen asked him. [ “Not in money.” He then related his chase after Palm through the streets of Hastings with a blacksnake. “I should have done the same to Holmes,” he afterwards added. Jake Miller, farmer at Bellwood, Neb,, told the jury of his trade of 160 acres of clear land in Hayes county, Nebraska, valued at $2,500 for 105 wild horses. o S0 “ MERRY bile. "I was h the farmer said, use I told Stan- ley there were mighty few horses of the brand specified in the contract ;down on the range in Arizona.” | Henry C. Stryker of Rising City, | Neb., next called to testify, told of | trading his stallion to Stanley, valued at $200, for twenty-six of the animals, Stryker then na-rated his attempts | to get those twenty-six cayus “Did you gather any ‘horses in Arizona?" he was asked. b Got Lore, Not Horses. Not that 1 know of,” was his re- ply. "The only thing I gathered was a little information.” On cross examination one of the attorneys for the defense asked him if his stallion was known as the “400 year old.” “Not to my knowledye,” the Rising | City man retorted. “1 never heard ‘of an animal that old, Minden Man Held On Slavery Charge Minden, Necb,, Dec. 12—(Special Telegram.)—L. Garberding, local salesman for the Standard Oil com- pany, was arrested today on a charge of white slavery and taken to. Hast- ings by the United States marshal. Garberding is supposed to have writ- ten the girl in the case to come to Minden. The federal authorities learned of the cast and while here in- duced the girl to divulge the facts on which the complaint is based. Mr., Garberding has a wife and fam- ily of three girls and one boy. He is a prominent member of a local Ger- man chureh, The young woman lived here last summer at the home of the Garberd- ings, but left for Wisconsin, where her family lived. Supt.-Elect Clemmons Has Jobs to Give Out (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Dec. 12.—(Special.)—State Superintendent-elect W. H. Clemmons of Fremont visited the city today and was the center of attraction for those who would like to assist him in looka ing out for the educational interests of the state. At the Lindell hotel he held several seances with people and had a special appointment with Gov- ernor Morchead for lunch, Mr. Clemmons announced: that in all probability most of the clerks now holding minor positions in the state superintendent’s office would be re- tained, but would give out nothing as regards heads of departments, ald though Miss Cora Thompson, county superintendent of Morrill county, who was defeated at the last election, will he given a position in the office. Miss Thompson formerly taught school in Albion before going to Morrill county “I went to Arizona in search of | in Advertising Persistence 1s the Cardinal Virtue the PURE FOOD WHISKEY % N | ALWAYS €[l | Acceptable and Appropriate. Will add cheer and make X'MAS” MERRIER GROTTE BROS,, CO. st in that trade,” | URE FUONNY THOUT BEING VULGAR ! 'SYRACUSE NIBBLES AT CREIGHTON BAIT |Replies to Invitation to Play Local School by Asking Terms of Guarantee. OFFER SERIOUSLY | TAKE | That Syracuse university has taken | the invitation offered by Creighton i seriously and would be willing to come to Omaha for a clash with the local school next Thanksgiving day lis manifested by a reply received by [ Coach Tomny Mills Iast riight, sakifg | the Omaha school what definite guar- i‘anlcc it would make, and what the | prospects for a large crowd would be. | Miller immediately answered by of- 1g a flat guarantee of $2,500 or the | percentage of the gate on a crowd | which Mills guaranteed would be {9,000 persons. It is believed by local foot ball en- thusiasts, that Syracuse will accept the percentage basis. A crowd of 9,000, averaging at least $2 a head, would bring not less than $18,000 through the gate, Syracuse’s bit on a gate of that dimensions would be a considerable chunk pf coin and would add a nice little sum to the athletic treasury. i In addition to the money-making end, a game with Creighton would’ mean a nice trip west for the grid- iron athletes of Syracuse. It would also be of advertising value to the school, as an intersectional conflict always attracts the attention of foot ball fans. Mills and the local authoritics de- duce from the tone of the Syracusc telegram received last night that tle casterners would like to come west to Omaha. If they didn't they would merely have decfined the” invitation and not asked the Creightonites what guarantee they would make. “We've got 'em nibbling, any®ow," exclaimed one enthusiast, 'South High Will Play Plattsmouth South High school will open the in- terscholastic basket ball season about Omaha with a clash with the fast® Plattsmouth team Saturday evening on the South Side gym floor at Twen- ty-fourth and J streets. Prospects of a victory for the local team are mighty slim. Coach Patton is trying to fill four vacant positions on his five and the job is a difficult one. The game will be called at 8 o’clock. Officials have not been chosen yet, The South team as it is now lined up is: William Graham and Raymond Wilson, forwards; Capeatn Lyman Corr, center; Wayne Emigh and Jimmie Etter, guards, with Harold Hunter and George Morris as sub- stitutes, Departmental Orders. Washington, Dec, 12, (S8pecid] Tele- gram.)—Postmasters appotifted: Roy P, Wilcox, vice 8. K. Russell, resigned, Balt, Butte county, South Dakofa; Ed J.' Wees: | kingky, vice Mrs. K. D, Cooper, resigned, Kcheta, Campbell county, Wyoming. Towa rural letter carriers appointed: Britt, Glenn A, Clark; Colfax, Andrew §, Irwin; Gliman, Ralph 1. Hobbs; Hinton, Byron Bushgens; Kiron, Raymond Norelius; Now | Virginta, Samuel N. Boyd. ARy, i3 P O