Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
OUT ON LOCAL GRDIRONS
Many Games of Foot Ball Scheduled
to Be Played Today in Omaha.
COLUMBIANs MEET ATHLETICS
FOntenelleH and Thirtfeth street
Merchants Down for a Game
Out at the Chris Lyck
Park.
BY FRANK QUIGLEY

Foot ball In Omaha is now firmly
planted and the fans are turning out to
see the local talent There are several
good games In Omaha every Sunday, con-
sequently the foot bali devotees can pick
the teams they wish to see work.
Two good games are scheduled for
Rourke park this afternoon. the first be-
tween the Columbian Reserves and the
South Omaha Shamrocks and the second
between the Coiumbians and the Cali
fornia Athletics.
At Lyck Park.
At Chris Lyck park this afternoon the
Thirtieth Street Merchants will play the
Fontenelles. 1t appears that the Fonte-
nelles are the best bet IN this race, but
Manager Sam Siotsky OF the Merchants
says he rs going to make his men deliver
the goods this afternoon.
To date the Fontenelles have played
three games and have showed up In
mediocre style. while the Merchants have
put. up a fair article of foot ball. Both
teams are approximately evenly matched,
so a tough battle is looked for. AT Platts-
mouth the Athletics will meet the Platts-
mouth team. In avoirdupois the Platts-
mouth men have the advantage, but the
Omaha congregation intends to offset this
deficiency with speed.
So far the Athletics have shown up
rather strong, winning one game and the
other resulting I'm q draw.
TWO games will be played at Thirty
second street and Dewey avenue, the first
between the Athletic Reserves and the
Mazda Tigers. The second will be be-
tween the Clifton Hill Merchants and the
Montclairs. Both of these teams have
been travelling at a merry clip.
Notes of the GridIrOn.
The Spaldings still insist that they
are class A organization.
Kinky WalwoIth Is holding one of the
hallbacks and owen Frank the other for
Wisner.
Under the supervision of Frank Greene
the Athletics should climb rather high
this season.
Harry Cross will act as head linesman
game today.
Jack Fitzgerald, the pug and erstwhile
foot ballist, is showing up strong with
the Columbians.
At wisner last Sunday the Creighton
Reserves and a few Of the first team
were beaten 40 to o.
Hassen. formerly a star at Creighton
university, Is now holding down fullback
for the Monmouth Parks.
Carpenter ONeil Is working at quarter
for the Monmouth Parks He will be re-
membered as O former Creighton star.
Last Sunday the Monmouth Parks
nearly ruined the Spaldings when they
cleaned them up to the tune OF Al to 0.
Things look rather formidable for Bill
lam LAndmier, leader OF the Monmouth
Parks. to distinguish himself this year
Frank Howe. formerly a member of
the high school championship squad, Is
now associated with the California Ath-
letics.
For years Frank Golden was a star
with the Omaha High school and now he
Is still star, but he Is associated with
the Monmouth Parks.
Woodbine, Ia. has decided TO enter the
foot ball arena. 1t will have a fast team
and is ready TO book games with Omaha
teams to be played at Woodbine.
The Columbians have successfully ami
hilated the Fontenellsss aspirations for
the championship and the Monmouth
Parks have eliminated the Spaldings.
Now the Clifton Hill Merchants have
decided to play foot ball on Sunday, be-
cause Il was a matte OF imposslbility
for them to get enough games>on satur-
days