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Bluffs. II IL planned to stage three con-
tests % that the championship Of the two
cities may be decided.
The Lincoln Young Mems Christian
association will bring it's team to Omaha
March 10 to play the Townsends at the
indoor athletic meet given by the Young
Mems Christian association at the Audi
torium. The Lincoln team is recruited
chiefly from ex-University of Nebraska
stars and other college players.
The Swifts, who have been losing most
of the contests in the Tri-City league by
the forfeit route, have decided to make a
last stand and stick the few remaining
weeks Of the season out.
Basket Bail Notes.
The South Omaha Baptists surprised
their followers when they journeyed to
Silver City, Ia, and took the home guards
into camp.
The Benson Cubs recently jumped into
the limelight when they beat the Omaha
High school freshmen, 80 to IA. and
trimmed the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation Thursday afternoon.
Leslie Burkenroad has been used at CEN
ter by Coach Miller of the Townsends.
Gus Miller is trying to develop two men
for the place in case McWhinney gets
hurt.
klepBer Outdid his former basket tnrOW-
ing when he made ten baskets last Tues
day against the Kountze Memorials, thus
winning for the First Christians.
Antilles. center for the Pirates. who has
been out Of the game for several weeks,
expects to be in trim to play against the
Townsends Tuesday evening.
Ernest Adams has Joined the Walnut
Hill Methodists and will play forward
position.
Two games of thirty minutes each will
be PLAYED between the Council Bluffs ~
and Bellevue college when these two
teams meet next week. The extra con-
test will make up for a postponed game
early In the season.
The Murphy Did It's have disbanded for
the year after a most successful season
The Benson Cubs are out for the class
D championship. The Cubs would like 70
hear from any of the teams In Omaha.
Call Benson 12S and ask for Harvey How
ard.
Outplayed by 7 TO 8 score in the first
period, the South Omaha Baptists made a
whirlWind finish and defeated the First
Methodist Baracas, 10 to IA. last Tuesday.
The Creighton Laws last week defeated
the Young Mems Christian Association
Secretaries "a to q.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28

in Chicago and lie always foremost in any
move beneficial 70 the game.
The Chicago bowlers' showing here was
not what was expected of them. The
quintet OF Windy City artists who played
the BurgeHs-Nash team Wednesday night
Is made up OF the strongest bowlers the
game possesses. Nowhere could five bet
ter Philosophers be found than Wolfe,
BrucK, Thoma. Fisher and Blouin. The
Burgess-Nash squad beat them with ease,
due 20 the visitors failure TO find the
right spot in the alleys.
IL was advertised In MINNEAPOLIS news
papers that Birdie Kern would roll with
the Burgess-Nash team In the Interna-
tional tournament. When the team came
onto the rinways at II o'clock Saturday
night a large crowd was In waiting, even
at that late hour. to see the champion
woman bowler OF the world. Great was
their disappointment when they learned
that Birdie did not arrive with the team
an originally planned.
The 1857 total rolled by the Burgess
Nash team at Minneapolis 10 the largest
total ever rolled By an Omaha team when
taking part In a large outiof-town tourna-
ment.
The Greater Omaha Bowling association
will hold meeting at $3.50 o'clock this
afternoon at Ortman's New England
bakery The organization OF the Midwest
Tournament company will be commenced
and other important business will BE-
transacted In order that a large CROWD
will attend q Dutch lunch will be served
Capacity attendance Is expected
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
WORK HORSE THING OF PAST
Modern Pitchers Have an Easy Lot
Compared to Heroes Of Years
Gone By.
sPALDING's RECORD STANDS

These days a pitcher who works In
fifty games in one season lie looked upon
as a wonder and is called everything from
an iron man 10 n regular horse for
work." and at that the pitcher who gets
IN fifty games nowadays is very rare
athlete. Back in the sos fifty games a
season was considered a fair amount Of
work for the average pitcher but when II
comes 20 winning fifty full games of big
league base ball in one season. then a
hurler Is touching the miraculous. Base
ball history gives the names Of several
big league pitchers who have accom-
plished this wonderful feat
!. The pitcher who holds the record In
games won IN single season is A. q.
spalding. the greatest hurler in his day,
and the many records he created stand
today as the best OF course Mr. Spal-
ding's work was accomplished under diff
ferent conditions than exist today, but
even at that his pitching was wonderful.
II was in 1876 that A. G. Spalding made
his great record in games won. During
that season he pitched slxty-three full
games and won fifty-six. a percentage Of
! $50, the largest average of games won
In the history OF the game.
In the season of 1884 Charles Radbourne
for Providence pitched seventy-one games.
winning fifty-seven. This Is the largest
number Of games won In a season In the
history OF major league base bailt Guy
Heeker, another famous hurler OF the old
school and the star Of the Louisville club
OF the American association In 1884,
pitched seventy-one games that season
ana won fifty, Hecker performed in q
wonderful manner that year. He struck
out seventeen men In nine innings OF one
OF the losing games. He also had stretch
where he won thirteen games without q
defeat. At the same time Heeker was
hitting the ball far over the 200 mark.
John q. claFkscn was the first $4,000
player the game ever had and II there
were another such pitcher on the base
ball horizon today he would bring 100000.
In his first fun seasons work for Cap
Arson. in 1886. Garrison won fifty-two
games OF real fighting base ball. John
@. pitched slxty-nine games that year
ana lost only sixteen. one being a tie.
Clarkson put nick in the record OF all
other huriers In this respect by repeating
the wonderful stunt OF winning fifty
games or more in one season,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
South Dakota Has
Base Ball Schedule
For Spring Fixed

VERMfII4ION, 3. d.. Feb. N-(spe-
cial. THAT the University OF South Da-
kota will again show up strong on the
base ball field and cinder track was
shown by the enthusiasm aroused when
y. J.. cortright. director Of athletics at
the university, recently issued call TO
track and. base ball men TO begin training
at once. Fully fifty men have responded.
many OF whom are in good shape, having
been engaged In some form OF activity
during tho winter months. and the out
look Is accordingly bright
The base ball schedule at present con-
sists OF eleven games. and at least six
more are tentatively arranged. OF the
old men. Captain Mccormick. Steele. Fer
guson. Brown. Gandolfo. Mayer. HintS
and cromer are In school, and some good
new material Is already In evidence. One
OF the most interesting games on the
schedule will be with the Hawaiian
Chinese, TO be played at vennIllion. This
team defeated some OF the strongest col
lege teams in the countrx on It's tour last
year and put up a splendid exhibition Of
the national game. The university II for
tunate IN securing a game with these
world-tourers and IL anxious 20 avenge
the defeat suffered at their hands. The
schedule IL ms follows,
April al--AorninEsids College at Sioux
April aa-NabraRka Wesleyan At IAncoln.
April 23-cotner university at LINCOLN.
April 3-Hawailan Chinese az Nermil-
Nav ii,-Yankton college at veTmillion.
NAY i2-Aberdsen Normal At Aberdeen
May is-Ellendale Normal at GLENDALE
ii
NAV ia-pakota wesleyan at Mitchell.
May -Morningside college At Vermi-
Nav aO-school OF Mines at Vermillion.
Date NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. city western
league at Sioux City.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
MAGIC CITY FIVE Has
EASY TIME WITH AGGIES

LINCOLN, Feb. n.--tspeeiai Telegram
South Omaha High school had an easy
time with the five from the Nebraska Az
ricultnral school here last night. winning
u to TO- The score a. the end OF the
first half was II to 2. The Aggies played
better ball In the second period. Mcbride
was the star OF the South Omaha team.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
Clarence Pell is
Racquet Champion

/. NEW YORK. Feb. A.-clare4ce Pell of
Tuxedo won the national amateur rae
quets championship here today by defeat
ing Lawrence Waterbury. who won the
title last year. three games to one IN the
final match OF the tournament at the
Racquet and Tennis club.
Two weeks ago Pell won the gold rae
quet championship singles at Tuxedo and
a few days later. with Stanley G. Morti-
mer Of this city Is partner. carried Oft the
doubles honors at Philadelphia Following
are the scores Of todays matches; 16-lS.
els, Isl and 1877.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
ST. LOUIS PLAYERS GO
TO THE SOUTHLAND

ST. LOUIS. Feb. H.-Twenty-two
American league players departed tonight
for Houston. Tex, 20 Join an advance
squad which has been in training In Texas
for several days.
Thirteen 81. Louis Fedsrals left for
Key West. Fla. where they win tahs .
boat 70 Havana. Cuba. for their spring
training. This IL the second FEDERAL
squad to leave this week. Manager
FIELDER Jones and ten athletes have been
az Havana since Tuesday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
YORK FLIPPERS PROVE TOO
FAST FOR CENTRAL CITY

YORK. Neb., Feb. T.--tspeeiai)-In a
fast but one sided game OF basket ball
York college defeated Central City. 50 20
& York scored at VIII and by excellent
defensive work allowed It's opponsnts but
one field goal Ritehey, a new man IN
the York line up. showed up TO good adj
vantage In goal throwing. Graham
starred.
In q preliminary game the York college
girls defeated Central City girls. Il to II.
The lineup:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
SOUTH OMAHA GIRLS FIVE
DEFEATS COUNCIL BLUFFS

South Omaha girls' basket bah five de-
teated the team from Council Bluffs High
school last night on the South Omaha
floor. 81 20 l.
Rayner ana Nieman starred for south
Omaha
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28

BOSTON. Feb. a.-RAbbit Maranville.
pion Braves. asserts the Boston team
were aided in the pennant race last year
by their knowledge OF nearly all the sig
nails Of other teams in the National
league. Il suppose other teams caught
on to our singals. too" he said. "but we
were wise to every move our opponents
made. ST. Louis especially was easy for
u.s."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28

The Nebraska Wesleyan University OF
Nebraska basket ball game scheduled for
tomorrow night. has been postponed be-
Gauss OF the death % pr; q - Bessey'
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
Lacey Slams win GrAad Ialand.

WOODBINE, Ia. Feb E.s-(Speeial. D
Jack" Lacey OF Woodbine has signed up
with the Grand Island base team OF the
season. Jack" made good In the three
seasons past IN western Iowa and his
friends expect much OF him for the future.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28

PAPILIIoN. Neh..s Feb. 27.-(speelal. -
In a closely PLAYED game here tonight and
before a fairly large crowd the local bas-
ket ban team defeated the team from the
Nebraska school for the Deaf. Omaha,
n 10 20 KunKmeyer brothers ala some
me work for the homo team.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
GALLUP DEFEATS GILLESPIE
IN THREE-cUSHl0N TOURNEY

r. Gallup defeated l. Z. Gillespie IS TO
II IN Friday nights three-eushion tourna-
ment at c. c. cannam's parlors. Gallup's
high run. 8; Gnleapie's high run. 8 In
ninEs, 81 Referee. Brayton. Standing OF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28

CLEVELAND. O., Feb. g7.-AIembefs Of
the cleveland American league base ban
team left for san Antonio. Tex, for
-.FinG training.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28

Bill Donovan, manager OF the Yankees,
has signed Bin Tenn. an infieider. and
Se~b,ire. III. y. last yesr. ~.hiie Kelly
-isvaA With Lowell
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

CTO BE CONTINUED.
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CARING FOR SOLDIERS FEET
Military Surgeons Have Given Consid-
cradle Thought to This Most
Important Subject.

Every year at the French military
maneuvers, in spite of the fact that
the military boot is chosen triie
large to avoid injuring the feet, in the
first few days marching a large num-
Der of soldiers suffer from blisters and
chatting, which compel them to go on
the sick list, and the same would
doubtless be the case in warfare. Doc
tor ArnouId, a military medical officer,
having noted the coincidence of these
injuries with too great mobility of the
foot in the regulation boot, suggested,
according to the Paris correspondent
of the Lancet, the use of a leather
thong IS centimeters long by five in
width. which is bound round the boot
outside, being placed in the hollow of
the foot, brought over the instep and
crossed in a figure eight backward
round the tendon of Achilles, thus i'm
mobilizing the foot in the boot and OBJ
Waiting the chatting.
In all the regiments in which this
method has been adopted the number
Of footsore soldiers after the early
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terling interrupted. "That is the end.
l know what you do not know. am
in touch with the government Yes,
know"
This brought fresh alarm into faces
which bad become set in grim stoicism
by many alarms. If the people were in
ignorance Of the losses and the army
in ignorance OF the nations feeling,
the officers of the staff were no less in
ignorance Of what passed over the
long-distance wire between the chief
Of staff and the premier.
Il know what is bestI aIonel"
Westerling continued, driving home his
point. Tell our commanders to hold.
Neither general nor man is to bulge.
They are to stick to the death. Any
one who does not l shall hold I'D to
public shame as a poltroon Who
knows but Lanstron's attack may be
a council of desperation? The Browns
may be worse of than we are. Hold,
hold If We are tired, they are tired.
Frequently it takes only an ounce more
Of resolution to turn the tide of battle.
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Work q Watch Does.

Out of sight, out Of mind. is par
ticularly true in regard to the mech
anism Of watch, and even those
interested in mechanical matters sell
dom consider the amount of work
performed by this useful little piece
of machinery. Take the balance
wheel, for example. In the average
watch this vibrates 800 times a min
ute, $4,000 times each hour, $4,000
times day and 157, 900 times a
year. As each vibration covers about
one and half revolutions, the shaft
on which the balance wheel is mount
ed makes 236, $50 900 revolutions; and,
running at the rate of a mile mir
ute. without stopping, it would take
683 days, or nearly two years for the
axle of the drive wheel of the locomo-
tive to make az many revolutions as
the balance wheel shaft of the watch
does in one year, and it would cover
distance Of over tIirty-nine times
around the world.
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THE ONLY COMPETITION.

Bob" Jones, the eloquent southern
evangelist, was condemning New
York
THE only difference I can see be-
tween New York and hades," said Rev
erend Bob, is that New York is sur
rounded by water.
why, even in your New York Of
fees you don't work Look at your
off1ces-crowds of young men in pink
silk hose, crowds of young women in
low-cut and transparent blouses.
I said in a New York office the
other day:
Is there much competition here?'
"a pretty stenographer, swinging
her foot in and out of her slashed
skirt, laughed and answered merrily:
"'Oh, yes, there's lots of competi-
tion-between the office mirror and
the Office clock st Louis Globe
Democrat.
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we can hold the rest of ours. That
gives us overwhelming forces at En-
gadir."
You take all responsibility asked
Turcas.
Il dol" said Westerling firmly. "And
we will waste no more time. The pre-
mier supports me. I have decided. We
will set the troops in motion"
With fierce energy he set to work
detaching units of artillery and in
fantry from every part of the line and
starting them toward Engadir,
This means an improvised organi-
cation; it breaks up the machine" said
the tactical expert to Turcas when
they were alone.
Yes replied Turcas He wanted
no advice from US when he was taking
counsel of desperation. If he succeeds,
success will retrieve all the rest of his
errors. We may have a stroke of luck
in our favor"
In the headquarters of the Browns.
junior officers and clerks reported the
words of each bulletin with the relief
OF men who breathed freely again. The
chiefs of divisions who were with Ian
stron alternately sat down and paced
the floor, their restlessness now that
of a happiness too deeply thrilling to
be expressed by hilarity. Each fresh
detail only confirmed the complete
ness of the repulse as that memorable
night in the affairs of the two nations
slowly wore on. Shortly before three.
when the firing had died after the
Brown pursuit had stopped, a wireless
from dirigible flying over the from
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"A Whole Brigade Mine! | Live"
Hold, hold! Tomorrow will tell diff
ferent story! We are going to win
yet! Yes, we are going to win!"
ut is for you to decide, Your Excel
leney," said Turcas, slowly and pre-
cisely. You take the responsibility"
81 take the responsibility. 1 am in
command" replied Westerling in I'M
fiinching pose.
Yes, Your Excellency."
And they filed out of the room, leav-
ing him to his isolation.
After Marta had learned, over the
telephone, from Lanstron of the GER
tain repulse of the Gray assault, fatigue
sheer physical fatigue such as made
soldiers drop dead in slumber ON the
earth, their packs still on their backs
-oyercame her. Her work was done.
The demands of nature overwhelmed
her faculties. She slept VIII a nervous
twitching of her muscles, a restless
tossing of her 1.-the body, until ham
mers began beating on her temples,
beating, beating with the sound of
shell bursts, as if to warn her that pun
ishment for her share in the killing
was to be the eternal conclusion of
battle in her ears At length she real
lied that the cannonading was real
fastening out-of-doors, as her
glance swept toward the range she saw
bursts of shrapnel smoke from the
guns of the Browns nearer than since
the fighting had begun on the main
line, and these were directed at bodies
of infantry that were in confused re-
treat down the slopes. while all traffic
on the pass road was moving toward
the rear. Impelled by a new appre-
hension she hurried to the tunnel.
Lanstron answered her promptly in a
voice that had a ring of relief and joy
in place of the tension that had char
acterized it since the outbreak of the
war.
Thanks to you, Marital" he cried.
Everything goes back to you-thanks
to you came this chance to attack, and
we are succeeding at every point! You
are the general, you the maker Of vic
tories!"
Eyes, the general Of still more kill
ing!" she cried in indignation. why
have you gone on with the slaughter?
did not help you for this. Why?"
No reply came. She poured out
more questions, and still no reply. She
pressed the button and tried again. but
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tier came, telling Of bodies OF Gray
troops and guns on the march. Soon
planes and other dirigibles flying over
other positions were sending in word
OF the same tenor. The chiefs drew
around the table and looked into one
another's eyes in the significance of a
common thought.
1T cannot be q retreat" said the
vice-chief.
Hardly. That is inconceivable OF
Westerling at this time" Lanstron re-
piled. The bull charges when wound
ed. 1t is clear that he means to make
another attack. These troops on the
march across country are isolated
from any immediate service
1t was Lanstron's way to be sug-
gestiTe; to let IDEAS develop in coun-
Gil and orders follow as out of council.
THE chance!" exclaimed some one.
THE chance!" others said in the
same breath. THE God-given chance
for a quick blow! The chance! We
attack! We attack"
It was the most natural conception
to military tactician, though any man
who made it his own might have
builded a reputation on it if he knew
how to get the ear of the press. Their
faces were close to Lanstron as they
leaned toward him eagerly. He seemed
not to see them but to be looking at
Partow's chair. In Imagination Par
tow was there in dfe-Partow with
the dome forehead, the penduIous
cheeks, the shrewd, kindly eyes. A
daring risk, this! What would Partow
say? Lanstron always asked himself
this IN crisis: What would Partow
say?
Well, my boy, why are you hesitat-
1ng?" Partow demanded. 'I don't know
that I'd have taken my long holiday
and left you in charge if I'd thought
you'd be losing your nerve as you are
this minute. Wasn't it part of my
PLAINLY dream-that plan l gave you
to read in the vaults, to strike IL a
chance, this very chance, were to
come? Hurry up! Seconds count"
Yes, a chance to end the killing for
good and ALI" said Lanstron, coming
abruptly out of his silence. "We'n
take it and strike hard" -H
The staff bent over the map, Ian
stron's finger flying from point to
point, while ready expert answers to
his questions were at his elbow and
the wires sang out directions that
made drenched and shivering sol
dlery who had been yielding and hold
ing and never advancing grow warm
with the thought Of springing from the
mire of trenches to charge the enemy.
And one, Gustave Feller, in command
of brigade of field-guns-the mobile
guns that could go forward rumbIing
to the horses trot-saw his dearly be-
loved batteries swing into a road in
the moonlight.
La, la, la! The worm will turn!"
he clucked. Its a merry, gambling
old world and I'm right fond of it-so
full of the unexpected for the Grays!
That lead horse is little lame, but
he'll last the night through. Lots of
lame things will! Who knows? May
be We'll be cleaning the mud off our
boots on the white posts of the from
tier tomorrow A whole brigade mine!
L live! You old brick, Lanny! This
time we are going to spank the enemy
on the part of his anatomy where
spanks are conventionally given. La,
la la"
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HOW SHE GOT HIM LANbr
AS an Example of Really Clever Ma
ipuation This Is Surely Hard
to Beat.

OF course, when she stopped in fr,
of the jewelers. window. he had
stop. too. 1t would hardly have bC
polite to walk on and leave her the
20, see the tray full of lovely di,
monds ringsl" she crowed.
Yes" he admitted.
They're engagement rings!"
Shouldn't be surprised" he replied
But come on, we've seen them nov
you know"
They're the gorgeousest engagt
ment rings!" she sighed. "The die
monds look diamond colored now, bu
when you put them on your fing
they're a bright pink"
"Peruke. l hardly believe that"
rebuked. ..a
They do! They do! Come and
show you" And she dragged him
to the shop and had the jeweler bri
the rings in out of the window. ''Nt
slip one on my finger and We'll Sc,
she pouted, and held out the dang
GUS finger of her left hand, and, wi
considerable curiosity, he slipped
ring on it.
"Sigourd!" she exclaimed happily
"This is so student"
''Peruke!" he cried.-Detrcit Ere
Press.