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The Omaha Sunday PART SEVEN SPORT SECTION PAGES ONE TO FOUR VOL. XLH-NQ: 3(i. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOliNINU, FKBM'AKY "J3, 1!U. S1XU1.K COPY FIVE (MONTH. "Mutts" and "Jeffs" Who Have Other Pin Knockers Guessing All the Time LOCAL. TEAMS FOR TOURNEY Metz Old Saxon Braus and letters Will Go to Meeting. DODO BALL TO BE ISSUE Knntrrii CI tie Are In Favor of the l.imilotl Sphere-uiul II" Dlscon tliuiHiice Slay Cniim- DIs-eiuliHi. hast night in the Terminal building lii Toledo, O., the American Howling cimsress opened Its thirteenth annual tournament with the largest visiting en try Hat ln Hie history of the 'congress nnd with the prospects of having the iriost tfueccsiiful tournament ever held, dwlng to the growth of the gamo throughout the Uiftted "States the event tills year promises to surpuss all oth ers In the number of all-star teams and Individual'1 atar-f entered. With the growth of tho game new Judgments riiust be pussed by tlio rising genera tion of bowlers. Tills year the exocu tlve will vote on rule that will form tbo futuro of bowling. The outcome of the dodo ball .vote 'this year Is expected to form Ha future, as well a3 the vote on barring the all-star tennis organized Jual to compete 'n the tournament for monetary profit. There Is a strong op position to both of these amendments and a warm battle Is expected. Tho tournament was opened with n few Toledo teams rolling their five- man team matches. A fow vtalhu; teams will play during the coming week, but tho heavy inrush of outsiders will start next Saturday. The three Omaha loams who take part In this yeur's event aro the Metz team, composed of Huntington, captain; Neale, Conrad, Donman, Waken t Marljn and Hpresue; Old Snxon Ilrau, composed of Sclplei Frltscher, Schooneinun, oaptnln; Yousen, Fnnton and Hclple; Jetlor Gold Tops of HoiRh Omaha, compose! of Brlggs, captain; Hull, Hall, Cochran, Fitzgerald and Chadd. The Mctz and Old Saxnn Bruu leave Omaha on tho evening of March 3 and roll their matches on March 0 and 6. Tho Jetler leave on the evening of March 5 and roll March S and 'J. With tho above lineups Omaha ought to be licurd from at the big tourney. AMES LOSES TO NEBRASKA Cyclones Again Prove Inability to Beat Comhuskers. TOO MANY STARS OPPOSE THEM Carrier nnd. Underwood Find Ilnsket with Grent UrRiilnrl t y, While AbbIcb Throw Wild nt Critical Times. AMES, la., Feb. 22.(Speclal Telegram.) In a. slow game, Nebraska defeated Ames, 16 to 10, n basket ball hero this afternoon. The Cyclone five showed great Improvement over tho poor work which resulted In a 29 to 12 walloping from the Comhuskers In the first game of tho series yesterday. Ames took possession of the ball at will today, but Invariably tho passing ended with n wild basket. . The Cyclone flee put up a superior guf fing game which was assisted by apparent, grogglncsa of tho Nebraskans. Ames great shortcoming a before was reck lessness In gauging baskets, while Ne braska's rushing tactics and easy tlpplny the ball through the pet and an occasional long goal by Currier and Underwood wer features executed again today. ' Tho lineup: NEBRASKA. Underwood R.F. Haskell L..F. Myers ,.C. Hawkins R.O. Carrier UO, AMt-'S R.F Blsbee L.F Rath C Ifund R.G Hansell L.Q Hurpul SUFFRAGE PILGRIMS MARCH THROUGH MARYLAND HAVRH DBvGRACIi, Md., Feb. 22. After a good night's rest hero the little band of suffrage pilgrims marched out of Havre De Grace with full ranks this morning for Hclajr, Md.. fourteen miles distant, where It was planned to stay tonight. The hikers seemed eager for the day's tramp and were cheered by i the knowledge that they had a good road before them Itj contrast to the mud through which they plowed yesterday. A brief stop was to he made nt Chureh vllle, about ntli.va,' between hero and Uuialr, for luncheon. t'Ubstltutes: Rodgtrs for Roth. Stroki-i for Myers. Miles for Ulsbee. Ilydo fot Hawkins, Underwood for llnekell. Han sak for Underwood. Baskets: Under wood, C; Hawkins, 1; Carrier, 2; Strykor 1; Blsbee, 1: Rodgers,,r Free throws: Haskell. 1; Myers, 2; Pfund, 2. Referee Ilyland of Iowa. ALBION WINS HIGH SCORE .GAME FROM GENOA j ALIIION. Neb., Feb. 22 (Special.) j Albion High school basket ball teairi de i fcuted tho Geneva High bchool here lust I night by a scote of 63 to 34. Walllck, ' left forward of' the Albion team, got sixteen baskets, and Halsteud. right for ward, eight. Huston, right forward for Gtnei'B, throw tn baskets for his team. TIiIb game hid been looked forward to witli a great deal of Interest, nnd was attended by the largest crowd ho far of the season. It made the fifteenth game for both of thaise team. Geneva having lost only three, while Albion has lost but one, and that of the Genoa Indians on their own floor. Albion's team will go to Lincoln for the state meet I i iiimiiiTPi .-eiv iincinir i.fiiiiiiiiNiiiiin AM: ANY. .V. Y., Ffj. r. -Governor Sulzcr Ui considering the appointment of a new state racing commission. When theie appointments are made, he said to day, he may have something to say re. gaidlnc his vktwa on the piesent antl tace trm k gambling lawr. ir y Vr' Advertising la the itvau to I 1I ivt-t .rmi. Mutts Left to Right, Sciple, -Bock, Bones, Lee, Hansen. Jeffs Lift to liight, Kitzy, Hies, Dudley, Pursliouse, Shaw. 'Pile Mutts and Jeffs are two products developed from reading the daily feature of The Omaha Bee and aro making a reputation for themselves, not only through the contrasts in their size, but as bowlers of no mean ability. Although members of no league, a match game between the two is always assurance enough for a liberal sprinkling of speculators, as they arc evenly matched. So far each team has won throe games and at the final settlement of the series a small sized army f enthusiasts is expected. Both teams have sent an invitation to "Bud" Fisher to come to the grand climax and witness the finish of one of his characters. Brown Knocked Out By Rivers in Tenth 1.08 ANG15LES, Cul.. Feb. 22.-Joe Riv ers of Los Angeles, lightweight, knocked out "Knockout" Brown of New York nt Vernon arena today in the tenth round of a scheduled twenty-round bout. It was tho first time In tho New Yorker's fight ing career that he was dropped for tho count. I ' SIOUX ' CITY. la., Feb. 22,-Chrls N Llndsoy, veteran first baseman of the Denver Western leuguo team, will pla ball for Sioux City during 1911. Dickering begun during tho recent session of West ern league owners nt Lincoln. Neb., has ended with the announcement by Presi dent Hd'IIanlon of the Sioux City club club thut IJndsey has been secured. WATERBURY REGAINS AMATEUR RACQUET TITLE NEW YORK, Feb, 22. Lawrence Water bury of New York, who won tho na tional amateur racquet championship seven yearH ngo, regained the title today when ho defeated Harold F. McCormlck of Chicago, In the final match of the annual championship tournament nt tho Racquet and Tennis club. Waterbury played n strong game, although nt tho outset the visitors won by 15 to 7. Wnterbury took the next three games, al though McCormlck made a grand rally In tho last, when Waterbury had a lend of nine aces. Scores: 7-13, 15-12. I3-S, 15-11. To I'lny In lluvnnii. President Murphy has u plan to gather some grapes during the training season, it Is to ship a team of Cubs to Havana euch Sunday for a gume against a Cuba l tiiiim lln haa linnn. nMullrf.fl nf hlir rrmvil.4 If ho will agree. RACQUETERS TO PLAY FOR A BIG SIDE WAGER IMMIjAUKLPUIA, Feb. 22. Cluirle Williams of England, the champion rnc quet player. Iibb finally accepted tho chal lenge of Jack Houtur, the professional player of this city. W. H. T. Huhn, c hull nm n of Hit' athletic committee of the llncquct club, bus received a letter of ncceptapco from Wllllnnis, who In ox pressing his willingness to meet Houtur asks that the first half of the mutch be played in England. Ho consents to the terms of $260 a side. As WIllluniH Ik the champion, Mr. Huhn grants him the right to demand thut th first half of the match will be played in England nnd In order to it f ford Houtur the opportunity of guinlng the wot Id's championship, will ngrco to the provision. It Is expected that both the matches will take place within the next three months WOLFAST AND MURPHY DRAW More Coaches Will Greatly Strengthen Cornhnsker Foot Ball Elevens Alumm Will Get One Good Assistant if Board Gets Another 11 Y CI.YIH'J i:. UlililOTT. Temporising with the faultB of a foot I ba'i system that has been In dlsgraco fr many yearn at other Important schools i'f the west Is certain to bring no cffectnil rerredy for the obnoxious conditions that keep down whut, under another plan of lui.trtictlon. might be one of the nest elevens In this section of the country. Taking unjustified offense it the sugges tion for changes of tho coaching system will bring no good end either. Sincere motives have prompted the writer to ndvancn plans for so altering the coaching system nt the University of Nebraska that teams more proficient might be brought forth from the large squad of excellent candidates that eacn autumn speckles Nebraska field. In .10 sense has there been any Intention other than to assist In giving the Comhuskers tlv kind of Instruction which they must ha If they are to assume In the .Mi is somjJ Valley onnforeree. or In the clr.-le j of western schools o'lUU'e this organiza tion, the position to which Nebraska ts Itlu leading state institution of the Mis- sourl valley U entitled. ; Couch Stlehm, forking under the cor- , dlt ons which now exist at Nebraska, 4 114 rioi-c a-l eleven of the sort thit I'jMoht to Lorm. titin ma juKterlul at ha id. Stlthm's showing In 1911 and 1912 is evi dence to the truth of this statement. He dlt not heat Minnesota; he barely lick id Kansas last full; he did not whip Ames the year before; ho did only fairly weil against Missouri. The fault was not h.s Inst year or the seusou before. But noxt season It will be his if the showing .s unimproved. Ho has a chance now to j,H assistants who will givo him the t!nu and the opportunity to master well a ma chine that will whip the best In tho va' loy, and be the terror of the Gophers. nl those columns n week ago Stlehm was asked to make known his wishes In regard to foot ball assistants. Ho lias not dono so. There Is a reason, known only to him, probably, and to some of his confidantes. But whether Stlehm comes out and teHs what - Is needed or not matters little. He Is u good coach, ex perience considered, and he gets out of tlui Cornhusker wpiad all, possibly, Mm any man of his experience, working under the same conditions, could get. Hut Xc binska alumni nnd Nebraska undergrad uates demnud more from the foot ball material than was brought out laat fall, 01 In any of the five or six preceding sensous, and It Is up to 'Coach Kwald St'ehm to see that better foot lmll Is nro dated fiom theso candidates. No lunger can liu plead thut he lacks tho proper kind of help. Ho has an opportunity now to get what he wants he only needs to ask for It. To open tho way to prove thut th Omuha alunml aro sincere In their deslro to get better foot hall at Nebraska this pioiiosltlon Is made: If the board of athletic control at Nebraska will provide tho funds for obtaining the sendees of mjii 10 coach of establliihod worth, the Omalm alumni will gather a llko sum tu engage the services of a similar coach. The local alumni believe that the assist ants should lie men who have been thor oughly tested In the game, woh have had considerable experience, and who hav proved their ability to teach the game and to get good results; In other words, men who already have made good it coaching foot ball teams. This proposition puts It light up to I Coach Stlehm and the mentors HI U't ! University of Nebraska. The Omuha 1 slumnl will do their share: let I'mt'i , Stlehm and the Uoinhusker mentors j agree to do their part. It will mean let 1 tor foot ball for Nebraska; It may im-itn a vlotorv over Minnesota. iJitt week we said. "Let Stlehm spak." We-now any, Let Stlehm and the Cornhusker ineptori speak. Twenty Terrific Hounds Fought by Lightweights. BOTH TAKE MUCH PUNISHMENT Kxperls Kxprrss Opinion (lint Kx Cliniuplon llns Completely Recov ered from Operation of l.unt Your. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.-,,Harlem" Tommy Murphy of Now York and former Lightweight Champion Ail Wolgust fought twenty terrific rounds to a draw here this afternoon. For the first ten toumls Murphy had the better of the battle, but ho tired nnd Wolgast evened affairs by Inflicting sevoro body punish ment us the fight beared the filial round, Holli men sustained considerable pun ishment und wero weakening fast lis tho end drew f nigh. Fxperts expressed the opinion that Wolgast has completely re covered from his operation of last year. The decision was popular. Willard Arvised to Go and Beat Someone CHICAOO, Feb. 22. Joss Willard. tho big Kansas, was told by L.uther McCnrty, the white heuvywolght champion today that If ho would defeat "Gunboat" Smith or Bumhudler WellB ho might have a chance nt the championship. McCurty told Willard that even If lift did obtain a slmdo In their fight In New York, he hud dono nothing of noto In the fighting Hue since that time uti'l Wlllurd hud to admit tho champion was tight. "Hupikjso Willard did shade me Tn New York." McCurty said. "I then was ,1 green fighter. Since thut time I have whipped the host white men in tho ring Willard hits defeated no ono of note. I think It only fair that ho win a goo fight or two before he asks another chance with me." MCarty admitted he had no great de sire to met Jack Johnson, but said that If the public demanded such a match he was willing tit fight. AVoodrilff to Stl.U. The failure of Indianapolis to secure Outfielder Heals Booker means. It Is sd.d, that Orvlllo Woodruff will hold his Job with the Indians. Indianapolis st.II claims a player from New York In the Coulalt doul. butns McUraw Is not fluMi with outfielders may huve to tuke a pitcher. I.eiiKiii- for South Ilnl.iitii, WATUIUIUHN, H. I).. Feb. tt.-Soutb Dakota Is to have a base lutal league according to a decision tenched In a conference here last night Sioux Falls, Waterburh, Mitt hell and Aberdeen have decided to enter the leagu und four uthr towns may be addtd. Minim)' ;or (11 Moot I'lly. Ten (.InnlK Soil. NKW YORK, Feb. 2.' -Ten of the New Yoik American league buse ball players sailed today lor Bermuda. The' rest of the mjuad will leave March 4. FOOT BALLSCHEDULt Eight Games Are Approved by the Athletio Board, Six Scheduled for Lincoln. MISSOURI TIGERS ARE DROPPED Inability to Agree on Certain Date Cancels Big Game. TWO BIG EIGHT TEAMS 'PLAY Minnesota and Iowa Universities Will Be Big Attractions. AMES TO PLAY CORNHUSKERS Ovrlnu- to Allies nnd Nebraska Betas' t'liiilciiUem for Championship for Two Years Stlehm Man nitcn tu (art AkkIcs. IIV JAMKH K. I.AW1TIJNCB. LINCOLN. Neb.. Fob. 22.-(Speclal.)-The CornhuskerB of 1913 will face the stltfest foot ball schedulo an eleven at Nebraska has ever been called upon to meet. Tho schedule, prepared by Xll Year Coach Uwald Stlehm and approved by the athletic board at Its meeting this week, calls for eight games two wlfh Hlg Eight conference teams, two with Missouri Valley conference members and the remainder with tho strongest unor ganized college elevens to be found in the middle west. In tho practice games, Stlehm has especially mapped out a series of stiff games for the Comhuskers and there will be practically no letup from tho Inltlul whistle until turkey day ushers In the close of the season. Hlx of the games will be plnyed on the Lincoln gridiron and two of them away from homo. The annual battlo with the mighty Gophers, which will bo played In this city for tho first time since 1903, Is expected to provo the Btellar drawing card on the schedule, although the final gnmo with Iowa university should bring nearly 11s largo a crowd to Lincoln. Nebraska opens the season with a new comer on tho Cornhusker schedule, Washburn has been rubbing it Into tha Kansas Jayhawkers with monotonous regularity and are conceded to be a dan gerous opponent, since they will have nearly two weeks tho start of the Corn buskers In practice. Following up the Washburn game. Stlehm will bring the Kansas Agglea to Lincoln for the second gume on the home ground. The Aggies are iiowcomers In the Missouri Valley conference by virtue of strong teams on the gridiron and always assure the Com huskers of a stiff practice workout. Minnesota comes early next fall -the third gamo In the schedule. Under tho terms of the contract entered Into by tho (ContlnUcd. on Page Two.) 1