Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-20
Players Swinging Into Seasons
Games with Steadier Gait
SOME SURPRISES ARE STAGED
second High school Teams and
Other QuIntets Ring Up Some
Unexpected Victories over
Healthy Opponents.
s,nnaina Of nasl.st BAN Leasne.

Y. NJ. &. A. Secret....... .s6
F F;rsr Nsr, 9sifp4 ssSK Co. 9 90
Omaha National Bank. 90
Council Bluffs Cubs. no
rRI-CI1Y LEAGUE.
L. w. Il Pct
Townsend Gun Com 10p
Omaha High School....... loo
Waiter q. ciarks. leD
Boiievue College. ~ ~
Council Bluffs Y. NJ. c. Al vyJ
swift and Company..s..... 900
Nep Scnool for the Deaf 2 90
With the basketball season among the
Omaha tossers well under way. teams
OF the three leagues are settling down
for a most strenuous season. All OF the
quIntets are putting forth their best
wares and are striving for points OF want
age 50 that they will not be outdistanced
In the first few weeks OF play. Nearly
ell Of the aggregatlons have located and
bolstered up their weak spots 20 that
in several. Of the leagues the teams are
becoming more balanced.
Little Of interest took place In the
Church league last week. The First
Christians seem to have an edge on
the other auintets and up TO date have
not lest contest.
Baptists Making Strides.
OF the flippers. the South Omaha Bap-
lists seem 20 be making the largest
strides in their Improvement. The scrap
by aggressive way in which they took
a fall out OF the Kountse Memorials
Tuesday evening was surprise unlocked
for. The First Methodists also nave tight
ened up. After two defeats the Barracks
secured several new men ana expect 20
come back stronger than ever.
So far the Church OF the Covenant
have not met any of the quintets. but
will DO so this week. The Covenaters
have q fairly strong aggregation and ex-
pect 20 have their proves felt before
they are In action for any length OF
time
The Rountze Memorials played their
first game last week against the South
Omaha Baptists and at their initial de-
butte had the misfortune 10 lose ~ TO
Is.
second Team y Surprise.
What caused the greatest surprise In
the Commercial league was the handy
manner IN which Mills second high school
team took a fall out OF the Young Mems
1 christian association secretaries
TIE Nebraska Telephone company
,ccmsl 10 have deteriorated from the
crack organisation OF last year. OF eli
the teams in the Commercial league. the
tfirst National Bank seems out OF place,
because Of weakness. Both the Young
Mems Christian association secretaries
: and the high school trounced them un-
nercifully. the first game ending "a TO
4 and the second 81 to q
Tho Omaha National Bank and The
Council Bluffs Cubs are two OF the
stronger teams IN the league.
Drummonds Townsends hold the calcium
IN the Tri-city league. With Burken-
road. Hughes. Platz. Drummond. Nc
whitney. Ritchie and Koran the gun
men have some OF the best talent in
the city.
Two strong ouiRtets.
Bellevue College and the Walter O.
clarRs also have two strong quintets in
the mlxup. who are able 70 give q good
accounting OF themselves
Wciele's buccaneoring crew OF Pirates
also gave promise OF being one OF the
leaders IN the Tri-City league. With
both Bob and Carl Weigle. Barrowfnan,
Wilson. clepser and Willard ON their
roster they have as able q bunch OF has
ket cagers as any Of the Qulntets.
swift q Co. Council Bluffs Young
Mems Christian association and the Ne
braska sschool for the Deaf also give
promise Of having good teams.
Basket Ball Notes.
That Swift 4 Company team seem "a
be playing In hard luck.
Joos Is the undiEputed leader OF the
South Omaha Baptiste. n
ohman 1t center for Bellevue college
l. mt nj fl,.a MI IN
Eight field goals was the total Obi.
Meyers made against the Pirates last sat
urday.
The Thorpelans arc out for the Glass I
championship. Up 20 date they have no
lost game.
Patty performed in a steIler wa,
against Maxwell's tribe OF secretaries
last Thursday.
holland stii refuses to listen to TN
entreobies OF the, Telephone team TO re
join their aggregation
FeliOws, the aggressive forward OF las
seasons Telephone quintet. has at las
decided 10 join the Clarke
With the Christmas holidays coming Of
teams IN the Commercial and Tri-Cit
leasues will lay over for rest.
Bawerlnan got away In great shape d
his first game with the kountze NE
Inorials. shooIins four goals rom field.
Hex Years day, MoFan's Murphy hi
It's will journey 10 Shenandoah, Ia, an
there engage the military team know
as Co. =.
The Waiter q. Clarks are Representa-
BY this bunch Of tossers: Montgomer,
lam. smith, Parish. Fellows, Meyers an
Poeca.
The la Piasoma club OF Bemls par
have recently organized, and would TX
TO hefT from some OF the local team
Call Harvey 1898 and ask for IL. Linz
ham.
stub Hascall. president Of the ChurC
league, is out OF the city on a hone,
moon tour. The judge WAS recently ma
RED In Topeka. kan.
Stark and Cooper are the bright sta
for the Nebraska School for the Dea
Retween them they shot eg,ht baske
against the Pirates Thursday evening.
The Council Bluffs Young Mems Chri
fian association are represented In Il
TIi-city league by the following bnnc
fierInis. Hendricks. Puryear. orOk al
fdlmer-
Here Is the First Christian lineup. In
II sweeping everything before them: Ho
son. night forward. Ciepser, left fOrwar
C. WeiRie. center: Parrish, right guar
r. Welgle, left guard
new Organization has recently con
into the field. The newcomers are know
a. the Townsend Reserves. and are claiI
ms the championship Of that class
basket ball
Those First Methodist Baracas have
Formidable aggregation IN this lineu
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