Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
Gossip Heard ,
around the Lots

On Turkey day the Fonenelle Reserves
lost at Shenandoah, Ia, score rs to f.
Shenandoah outweighed the Omaha troup
about twenty-five pounds per man.
The Athletics were real generous Thanks
giving and gave Hamburg. Ia. nine points,
while they failed to collect any markers
| themselves,
Thanksgiving day the C. B. Longeways
rolled up sixty-four points on Persia, la.
while the Persia scoring machine drew =
blank.
After fierce battle Dunlap. Ia. succeed
ed in scoring one touchdown against the
Monmouth Parks last Thursday.
Eighty-six points were rolled up by the
| Ducky Holmes aggregation against the
Thirtieth Street Merchants. The game was
somewhat similar to a track meet
Those Ben Kennedy Colts sure had enough
| names this season. They originally started
out Us the Montclairs then switched to
Dundee Wooden Mills and finished as the
Kennedy Colts.
The German Shamrock Reserves played
excellent foot ball this season. They are
classy Class herd.
Because one Of their players broke his
| lunch hook the balance of the German
Shamrocks inoculated cold feet and threw
up the sponge.
Out of all the foot ball teams organized
| this season fifteen teams were on tap when
| turkey day arrived.
| out-of- town foot ball apparently is not
miserable game 6ver in Council Bluffs
| against the c. B.1ongeways.
| The C. B. Midgets and the Nonparell Re-
serves played tie game last Sunday. This
could never happen If the row were staged
| in Omaha.
When it comes to hooking forward passes,
Kinky Thomas Foran of the Nonpareils is
peaehsrno and he is still able to ramble
at 2NO clip.
| Dunlap, Ia, treated the Monmouth Parks
| like kings last Thursday. And other teams
have been known to kick about the Dunlap
| gladiators.
I If Wisner, Neb., only had team this
year. the c. b. Longeways Nonpareils
would give them a stiff race for the money.
Those Mazdas have a bunch of tricks
| which prove real puzzers to their OPP
ponents They will probably register as
| Class next season.
zeiger of the Mazdas is dependable
man to heave the oval. His passes are &C
| curate and well timed
Those C. B, Longeways> must be stronger
than horseradish and mustard with a bar
rel OF red pepper thrown in. At least they
proved it last Sunday.
Now the Athletics claim the Glass r
championship. No Glass B team trimmed
them,
| Because the Athletics played them a tie
game the Ducky Holmes team is kicking
about the Athletics claiming the Class Il
championship
| The Ducky Holmes will play the Athletics
\ but they will not agree to let Arthur Moran
| play.
4 The Nonpareils ought to change their
monicker to "All Nations." Ten different
nationalities are represented by said squad,
| Several teams playing Class B foot ball
this season will swing into Class next
| season.
| Carl Bachman, with the Mazdas Is a
\ bright light. He seands out conspicuous in
both base ball and foot ball.
Against the heavy Mazdas squad the
| Nourse Oil company band put up strong
/ game Another season and the oily gang
will look sweet.
Leo McCreary, who used to he a star on
the Monmouth Parks, Is nov in Kansas
City. Mo-. and probably tho Only reason he
Is not playing foot ball is that foot ball
teams are a scarce article in that town.