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Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
Four Years On Bellevue Foot Ball
Team Without Missing Gam e

Four years without break, twen-
ty-seven games and only two minutes
playing time lost, to be laid out only
once in four years, is the record Of
Waldemar Gustafson, The Terrible
Swede," "The Kink of Sweden" or
Big Gus" all of which terms dis
tinguish the giant linesman about the
Bellevue college campus. Gus" has
just been elected captain of the In
dian eleven for next year after one
Of his best years on the Bellevue
team.
Gus fierce old Viking blood-for
he was born in Sweden and came to
Minnesota when he was l7--has been
considerably tanned since he strolled
out on Bellevue field one night four
years ago and asked the coach for a
chance. Gus made the squad that
night and has lost but two minutes
playing time since.
The chief trouble the coaches have
had has been to tame that old Morse
spirit Of his. He tosses opposing line
men around as if they were children,
as many guard and tackle in the
N. |. A. A. has found to his cost.
Gus was II when he landed in>Min-
nesota. After year or two on the
farm, he decided to study nursing.
Three years at the state hospital at
St. Peter, Mimi, gave him a diploma
as trained nurse. Thirty dollars
week was what Gus was earning
what he still earns in vacations
when he made up his mind to study
medicine. So at the age of "a he
entered the Bellevue academy as a
first year high school student. With
what credits he could muster and
with extra work he has been able to
get ranking as conditional sopho-
more for this year. After next year
he will go to medical school for four
more years college work
So, at the age OF 50, the Swedish
farm lad will take up the practice of
medicine.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
WILLARD REGRETS
LACK OF HEAVIES
Jess Bemoans Fact that He
Cant Find Any Opposition
in Heavyweight Ranks.
JONES BOOSTS FOR FULTON

Jess Willard, worlds heavyweight
champion says he intends to stay in
the fighting game for another year
and then retire.
If stay i'll the fighting business
long enough I'm going to get licked"
he said the other day in San Francis
CO, MY size won't save me. But il
! am licked it won't be because
stayed in the business too long.
Il propose to remain in the fighting
business about year. perhaps little
longer. II they get me whipped
within that time they'll be beating me
to it.
"lf I'm not licked and go into retire
ment, you can take il from me that
therell be no comeback.
"Once ! get back to the ranch it'll
be for good, and il foreigner be-
comes champion it will be none of my
affair, and all the promoters, manag-
ers and newspapers in the world can
holler their heads off and it will do
them no good"
YES" put. in Tom Jones. who had
been quietly sitting by, that's why
we're trying to get this Fred Fulton
to fight.
Prays for Fulton.
"You know" said Tom, Pm not a
religious guy, and like Frank Moran,
and also like Ike Dorgan, but every
night when go to bed | knecl down
and pray that Fulton knocks Moran
out
"Fulton's a better fighter than peo.
pie think; he's but an inch and half
shorter than Willard, and almost as
heavy, just twenty pounds difference
there is in their weight, and II he
stops Moran thcrc'll be somebody for
Willard to fight
u hope Fulton pans out all right
with Moran" Willard said, 1--WE got
to fight"
Isn't it funny there are no heavy
weights to fight? There ought to be
at least half dozen.
Would Fight EN- All.
"Know what | wishS That they'd
dig up all the heavyweights they can
find, white men, You understand, the
best there is, and let me fight them
one after another. Just few weeks
between each fight, you know, and
let the man who made the best show
ing have the championship
What we want to show said
Jones, "is that this big fellow is the
best fighter that ever lived.
Hes better than Jim Jeffries-bet-
ter than anybody. The best proof is
that Jeffries always had somebody
who could give him tight, and WI
lard has nobody-unless, added Tom
trying to patch up his break, cts this
fellow Fulton"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
ST. LOUIS MAGNATE
WILL NOT RETIRE
Phil Ball Finds Himself with
100000 Invested at End
of His Second Season.
WEEGHMAN SINKS COIN

Philip Ball, former Federal league
promoter, denies the report that he is
tired of base ball and will dispose of
the St. Louis Browns Mr.. Ball ad-
mits, however, that the base ball busi-
ness is not a gold mine, after all. He
lost 100000 with the St Louis Feds,
and paid $5O0,O00 to Robert Lee
Hedges for the Browns, expecting to
recover the money burned up in the
Gilmore circuit. But the Browns this
year did not begin to pay expenses
until they started to climb from a
lowly position in the race Then they
drew large crowds both at home and
on the road until they fell by The way
side in September. The games in St.
Louis that month were poorly patron
lied, and Ball finished the season with
a small deficit, it is said. As a result,
Mr.. Ball finds that he still is 100000
in the hole, with another season little
more than a gamble.
Owner Weeghman of Chicago, who,
with other wealthy business men,
paid $500,000 for the Cubs, is in the
same boat with Mr.. Ball. Mr.. Weegh-
man was made to understand that the
Cubs would earn at least half the pur-
chase price this year But the ragged
playing of the team, under Tinkers
management, was disagfeeable sur
prise, and resulted in small attendance
figures after. the halfway mark had
been passed. Mr. Weeghman and his
base ball associates, therefore, have
learned to their sorrow that running
a major league club isn't cinch, and
that it will be some time before they
can recover the money paid to the
Cubs former owners, Taft and Muir
ply.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
Buries Diamond in
Ground Near Dence
And Forgets Place

A young catcher named Evans, who
was with the Cubs several years ago,
took a trunk on the training trip that
cost about 81. He had little in il ex-
cept several bottles of beef, iron and
wine or something like that to keep
him strong.
After little travelling the trunk got
smashed up. Secretary Charley Vii
liams went to him and said: Evans
you'll have to get new trunk. The
railroad refuses to accept your old
one" II
So Evans paid $8 or so for another
trunk. He plastered sign on it that
read: Handle with care. You broke
my other one"
1t was the same Evans that bought
a small diamond and had it set in 4
big Tiffany setting. He cared much
for the ring, so much that he refused
to leave it with the hotel clerk.
Instead he took it out to the ball
field with him. Going out to the fence
he marked post and buried the ring
at its foot. After the game he couldn't
locate the post and lost the ring. s
One of the Cub pitchers had so
much speed that Evans got some
feathers out of pillow at the hotel
and stuffed his shirt with them. He
left the rest strewn on the floor. 1t
took week to get them off the car
pet.
Evans is the only catcher in the ma.
q t,44a
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
TRAP SHOOT ORDER
MEETS THIS MONTH
Interstate Trap Shooting As
sociation Will Hold Annual !
Meet in Jersey City.
AWARD THE BIG EVENTS

New York, Dec. 9.-The annual
meeting Of the Interstate Association
for the Encouragement of Trap Shoot
ing will be held in Jersey City, N. J..
this month. Because OF the vast
amount Of business on hand it is more
than possible that the meeting will
last more than one day. To a great
many persons the annual meeting o1
the Interstate association means moth
ing, but to the 100000 trap shooters
and their friends it means a grea,
deal. 1t is at this meeting that an.
nouncement will be made where the
next Grand American handicap and
tournament will take place, also the
dates and places where the Eastern
Southern, Western and Pacific Coast
handicaps and tournaments will take
place. Everything the Interstate as
sociation does is for the regulation
and the improvement in the conduct
Of trap shooting tournaments-big and
little.
From the time of the Grand Ameri-
can, in August, until the annual meet
ing, is the season for suggestions on
the improvement of trap shooting, and
the Interstate association officers have
received more than 1000 suggestions
These will all be considered. Some
of them are not worth the paper they
are written on; others are very valua-
bic. Trap shooting today is second
only to base ball as an American
sport, and with its vast growth in the
last five years, there are many things
still to be done to boost the pastime
Five cities have applied for the
Grand American handicap and tourn-
ament-the blue ribbon OF the trap
shooting season-thc worlds series
Of trap shooting. Only for this worlds
series no admission is charged
Strange to say, after all the agitation
about having the tournament in the
east, not all eastern club has put in a
bid for the tournament. Chicago
Indianapolis, Milwaukee, st. Joseph
and Toledo are the cities that would
like to stage the classic-and at this
time it looks as if either Chicago or
Indianapolis will get the tournament
with Chicago having the edge. -
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
Les Darcy Wants O.
American Money

New York. Dec. 2.-That Les
Darcy is anxious to get away from
Australia in order to take advantage
of some of the big purses that have
been offered him to fight in this
country seems highly probably. There
are persistent rumors that the great
Australian is on the way to this
country. Arlos Tanning, an Okla
homa lightweight, recently back from
Australia, says that Darcy was caught
trying to slip away on freighter.
Tanning heard later Darcy succeeded
on a second attempt
Snowy Baker in his latest monthly
letter admits that many Australian
boxers have managed to get away
despite the vigilance Of the authori-
ties. Baker is very bitter in his COM
ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
Tener Says Chase
Herzog and Whitted
Are Valuable Lads

John X. Tener, besides being the
ruling head of the National league, is
as good fan as the occupant Of the
25-cent bleachers. Tener will sit for
an hour reviewing humorous and 9th.
er incidents of the diamond. During a
recent tanning bee he named three
players, offhand, whom he believed
were the three most valuable men in
the National league last season.
Tener thought for moment or two
and then designated Buck Herzog
George Whitted and Hal Chase.
Some one present contended that
Walter Maranville was the greatest
aid to his team during the season and
the league head after little consid-
Grafton agreed that the Brave wonder
should be included.
John K. had lot of admiration for
the achievements OF Chase during his
first year in the parent league.
"Hal Chase was a great team
worker" said President Tener, "and
his feat of leading the league over a
field of fine batters is the best indica-
ton OF his true worth"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
Nap Rucker Will Scout
For Brooklyn Nationals

The Bro' klyn National League
club, announcing its plans for the
1917 season, gave out the news that
FIVE scouts will be employed. One
of these will be Nap Rucker, the vet
eran pitcher, who was given his un-
conditional release. Del Howard,
manager of the San Francisco Pacific
Coast League club, will look after
youngsters on the coast; Bill Dahlen
will be rowing scout" with an eye
to all leagues. The Western league,
Three Eyes league and the Central
association will be looked after by
Hayes OF the Davenport cub. and
Moll will watch youngsters in the
Northwestern league.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
Resta is Champion,
Aitken Gets Second
And Rick is Third

With the running of the l50-mile
race at the Ascot Speedway, Los An
geles, the struggle for points in the
American Automobile association 1916
championship award standing was
terminated Dario Resta, with a
total of 4,l00 points, is undisputed
champion of the year and he will be
officially crowned by Chairman Ken
nerdell Of the American Automobile
association contest board at a dinner
scheduled in Chicago on February |,
under the auspices of the Chicago
Automobile club. y
John Aitken stands second with
3,440 points, and +. v Rickenbacher
third with 2,ol0.
There were fifteen races which fig
ured in the championship standings
and the number of points awarded
each was governed by the length and
number and character of the entries.
Next year the number of events will
be limited to one for each speedway,
the schedule as at present being In
dianapolis, May 80; Omaha, July 4;
Des Moines, July. IA; Tacoma, July
%; Cincinnati, September 8; ,Provi-
dence, September IS; New York, Sep
tember %, and Chicago, October IS.
The final scores of all drivers with
a ranking in the 1916 championship
standing foIIows.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
Tele gram Makes
Muggsy Peevish;
Lets Tongue Wag

When the National league meets
the board OF directors will take up
the McGraw case. McGraw charged
that his men played indifferent ball
against the Brooklyn team, just be-
fore the season ended.
McGraw is anxious to testify at
this meeting, which will be held De-
cember i at New York.
Here is a story which, it is said,
explains why McGraw lost his head
and made the charges which got him
into trouble.
After the Giants had been white
washed by the Brooklyns, 2 to 0, on
October 2, with Coombs outpitching
Schupp, McGraw returned to the
Hotel Imperial for dinner. Late that
evening he received telegram col
lect $l.50-from man in Texas whq
signed his name and address, The
telegram read as follows:
"If you intend to throw all OF the
games to Brooklyn wire me at. once
SO that can get in on it here"
McGraw fairly burned up when he
read the dispatch. He showed it to
several friends and remarked that he
would get after the Giants the next
day with a rcd-hot poker. The fact
that Coombs had beaten the Giants
on the level that day made matters
worse, for McGraw realized that
skepties wuold refuse to accept all
honest defeat.
He therefore went over to Brook
lyn the following day determined
to put a stop to the work of scandal
mongers. The telegram from Texas
was the last straw and probably made
the Giants leader lose control of his
temper when he realized the result
of another defeat.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
SEATTLE CADDIE
IS COMING CHAMP
Clarence Griswold, 18 Years
Old, Is Already a Crack
on the Links.
HAS KNOWLEDGE OF GAME

Seattle golf critics believe that in
l8-year-old Clarence Griswold they
have the makings OF a future cham.
pion of the United States. Griswold
for six or eight years, was employed
as caddie on the links of the Seattle
Golf club. Two years ago he entered
his first tournament when he easily
defeated all the other caddics who
worked with him. The next year
playing in improved form, he dupli-
Gated the feat and, at the same time
his playing was such it attracted the
attention of the club members.
Last season he entered the Pot
latch championship, the big annual
golf event of the northwest, and fin
ished fourth in a field composed OF
the best golf talent of that part OF
the country. With his eight years
close association with the game, the
youngster has working knowledge
and an experience that few older
men possess. He is said to have an
ideal gol6ng temperament, being
cool and unexcitable at every stage
of the game.
Has Rules Code.
He thinks the game out for him
self and some of the conclusions he
has arrived at are interesting. Here
are some of them:
Don't use too heavy clubs.
Practice alone; not in competition.
Use few clubs, and use them we'll
Don't overdo it and get stale.
Play naturally.
Don't copy another's style.
In explaining his first suggestion
Griswold says that many make the
mistake of choosing clubs which are
altogether too heavy. He uses ladies
clubs altogether, although this is an
exception to the rule
Play to Improve.
Many make the mistake of playing
to win-and not to improve-the
youngster thinks. He believes that
a couple of hours of good, hard prac-
tice-driving or putting-is of more
benefits than ten match games.
He advises conscientious work
while playing, but not too much OF
it. He thinks many prospective tour
nament players spend too much time
on the links.
Play Naturally.
Griswold does not think the young
player benefits much by attempting
to copy the strokes Of famous play
ers. Get the correct form he advises,
but do not attempt to play unnatur-
ally.
Griswold, different than most golf
ers, has no pet stroke or club. He
tries to play all we'll When he falls
behind in one department of the
game, he starts to build up the weak
department.
He has what experts call the ideal
golhng temperament. He plays a
shot the same way every time
whether in practice or whether the
championship depends upon its sue
cess. 1t is this advantage which To-
cal followers of the game believe
will make young Griswold golhng
star
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
Goes by Aeroplane to
See Foot Ball Conflict

"Red" Mckee, catcher for the De-
troit Americans, has a brother who is
an aviator The latter, whose name Is
Frank, recently turned up his airplanc
at Saginaw and decided to sail over
to Ann Arbor to watch a Michigan
foot ball game. He not only made the
trip and saw the game, but enter
tanned the crowd with daring feats be-
tween periods
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
John Camel Chosen
To Pilot the Kaws;
Has Difficult Task

John Camel. former manager of
the Cincinnati Nationals and later an
International league pilot and Brook
lyn Federal league boss, will lead the
Kansas City Blues next season.
The announcement was made by
Owner George Tebeau.~
Camel has been highly successful
as a minor league manager. He was
idle last year, loahng at the expense
Of fat Federal league contract. Now
he is eager to break back into the
game.
Camel will have a big job on his
hands, for the team was depleted last
year by the sale Of Workman, Deal,
Regan and Sanders.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
Brooklyn Claim for Star
From South is Confirmed

Now its all off with Jack Meyers
and even the Fraternity can't save
him his job. President Ebbets of
Brooklyn has had his claim to Jack
Snyder, the southern catcher, con-
hrmed and that means the veteran
Indian must go. Meyers probably will
retire from base ball, for it is said he
does not fancy minor league berth.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
White Sox Rookie Will
Cut Out Base Ball Game

Announcement comes from the
coast that Swedc Risberg. who was
secured by the Chicago White Soy
from the Los Angeles club, has
bought a business in San Francisco
and may decide to quit base ball.
Spring probably will find him chang
ing his mind.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10

The Idea of matching a middeweight or
a light heavy to fight Jess Willard for the
championship has died aborning, Fred Full
ton Is the only boxer who approaches jess
in size and weight and in the opinion OF
the wise ones he Is the only logical candi-
date for clash with the champion
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10
Coulon Maps Out War.

Johnny Coulon, ex-champion bantam, has
mapped out strenuous campaign to make
good his come back. Johnny figures he Is
able to more than hold his own against
Johnny Ertle, Pete Herman and Kid VIII
liams and then take on Jimmy Wilde in
London for the worlds title.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10

Friends OF Manager BIZ Clymer OF the
Louisville American association champions
declare the major leagues are overlooking
a great pilot when they fail to sign up the
Louisville boss.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10

The fine gridiron work OF Howard Berry
during the season just closed has set at
rest the rumors that the Penn star lacked
gameness
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-10

Even winning another pennant will
not restore the Brooklyn club to
favor in its home city, it is said. It's
the same old story-commercialism.
Commercialism killed horse racing,
prize fighting, wrestling and a few
more. If base ball doesn't keep care
full eye to the windward another sport
is likely to go the way of the rest.
What has happened to the supply
of quarterbacks? A lot OF foot ball
coaches would like to know. In years
past all of the big teams had great
quarterbacks. There were scores of
them-Eckersall. Stefan, Sprackling,
Jones, Howe, McGovern. This year
there wasn't a really great quarter
back in the country. Apparently they
don't make 'em any more.
Davy Fultz, chief mogul OF the
players fraternity, has issued report
showing the enormous strength and
rapid growth of the organization. Is
Davy trying to intimidate those re-
iractory minor league owners who re
fused to pay any attention to Davys
demands?
Tillie Shafer has been married. We
presume Tillie will not be bothered
any more by those pink-complexioned
mash notes ofwhich he used to talk
The Dolores star., 1916-10-20
WHAT WAR WOUNDED ENDURE
Former Austrian Army Surgeon Tells
of Difficulties in Treating Men
Behind Battle Lines.

Philadelphia. PATRON my OBJ
servations in the Austrian army, many
of the doctors performed an amputa-
ton in preference to taking the trou-
BILE and Mt times the eXasperating eX-
perience of applying splint or a plas-
ter Of paris cast" declnr"s f. Kill
bourne Tullidge, NJ. D., of Philadel-
phia, formerly captain surgeon, Aus
trian army, and military surgeon,
French Red Cross, In an article on
military Surgery and the Surgeon in
the Present European War;" in Amer
lean Medicine.
1.-THE bullets are in many cases of
the dum-dum type" says Doctor Tull-
idge, land fired ut close range. some
times only u few yards apart. produc-
ing q most explosive effect. The limb
is often so violently confused by the
mass of jagged metal tearing its way
through all Of the tissues that large
portions slough away.
when I speak Of military surgery,
1 refer to surgery differing from the
ordinary everyday surgery in that the
injured are pressed upon the surgeons
In such numbers that they are not
physically capable of meeting the de-
mands placed upon them. In the field
the open sesame tt success is to work
The Dolores star., 1916-10-20

Miss Aieen Mickey Bryant Of Seattle
has opened an office In New York and
intends going into business as a profes.
sional deep-sea diver. She has had con-
siderable experience In the harbors Of
Seattle and Boston.
The Dolores star., 1916-10-20
LISTEN TO COMMON SENSE.

Does not common sense show you
that you would be better off to buy the
liquor and not drink 1t, than you
would to buy the liquor and drink it?
If you buy the liquor and don't drink
it, the liquor man has the money, and
you pay the license just the same and
you have lost nothing except the money
you have paid out for the liquor. 1t is
true the money Is gone and the liquor
is gone but if you buy the liquor and
drink it, the money is gone, the liquor
is gone, and the man is gone; hence,
common sense says the liquor traffic
doesn't pay anybody except few men
who sell it. But how long shall thou
sands of people be made enormously
poor in order that a small preferred
class, who are doing absolutely moth
ing for the welfare of humanity, may
be made enormously rich?-Mary Har-
ris Armor.
The Dolores star., 1916-10-20
NOT A SQUARE DEAL.

A retired farmer of southern Ne.
braska moved into a village to spend
the latter days of his life. Soon after
he was solicited to sign n petition for
n man who wanted to open a saloon.
He refused to sign. and, when asked
for his reason replied that the town
did not treat the salOonkeeper fairly.
The applicant for license had
heard many other reasons, but never
having heard that one, he asked the
man to explain.
The explanation was like this: you
want to start your saloon for the
benefit of the town, don't your" YES"
replied the would-be saloonkeeper.
"You think it will bring trade to the
town and improve business, don't
you?" Eyes" said the man who want
ed the license. SWELL" said the farm
er, "if your saloon will help the town,
draw trade, and improve business,
tl:ey ought to give you bounty in.
stead of making you pay high price
for the privilege of starting saloon.
The Dolores star., 1916-10-20
TRAINING AND DRINKING.

Can we imagine any sane present
day trainer telling his team or crew
that they need not bother their heads
about the amount of beer or wine they
take during training? With most Of
them it is a case Of the less the bet
ter, and none best of all. If this is
true of physical energy which, after
all, is the crudest form Of energy,
what train of reasoning leads us to ig-
more the effect that alcohol, in its vari-
Gus vehicles, has on the intellectual
and psycho-physical powers of the
man in our midst, who is training for
the great game, or battle of life, in
which he shortly is bound to engage?
Prof. G. Sims Woodhead.