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Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
aye It's Just as Well That Western League Season End
FIRST BEAR STORY
FROM HUSKER CAMP
Stewart Finds Work Out Out
for Him with Chamberlain
and Rutherford Gone.
BAoKFIELD LACKS BEEF
By JAMES E. LAWRENCE,

ny JAMES z. AWNGNNGs
Lincoln, Neb,, SeptA23.-(Special)
With the greatest wealth Of ma
terial in the history OF the University
OF Nebraska, Cornhusker foot ball adj
herents are realizing for the first
time that DR.. Z. ]. Stewart, Nebras-
ka's new coach, is up against man
sized job in giving Nebraska another
all victorious season.
The first week OF actual scrimmage
in the Husker camp was unsatisfac-
tory from all angles. II revealed for
the first time what loss the Husk-
ers suffered in Chamberlain, Ruther-
ford and Abbott. 1t also revealed
that Nebraska has no one to take
their places, even in a small way.
Backfield Too Light.
The greatest deficiency of the 1916
squad appears to be the lack of heavy
backiield men. DR.. Stewart is going
10 be handicapped during the entire
season with pony" backfield, the
heaviest man weighing only los
pounds,
Jimmy Gardiner, the Omaha High
school star, is the best looking back
field man just now. Gardiner only
tips the scales at los pounds. Cook.
Galley and Proctor have been used at
halfback, but they are not heavy and
are comparatively new at the game,
although all hard workers. Rhoades,
freshman last year, has been used
fsome in the backfield, but he is slow
bin getting started and stands very lit
tie chance OF getting one OF the regu-
lar jobs,
Otopaulik at End.
Ootopaulik, for two years fullback.
has been shifted to end and has
shown up fairly well, although an in
jured shoulder has kept him out OF
scrimmage all week. Riddell is hold
ing down his job on the other end
Cameron, who was expected to be
on the line, has been in the hospital
practically since the season started.
Corey and Shaw are doing salts
/, factory job at tackle and Moser IS
performing in good shape at center,
Guards promise to prove another
weakness in the Cornhusker machine.
DR.. Stewart is experimenting with
several sets Of men, but he has not,
indicated any choice in his lineups
so far.
Busy Week Ahead.
The coming week will see long
practice and hard scrimmage. The
Husker, squad is apparently week
behind other Missouri Valley schools
and II will take fast conditioning to
put the men into shape for the open
ing game with Drake.
| Fall track workouts at the univer-
sity started last week, with thirty-five
men on the cinder paths under the
direction of Coach Reed. The men
have been working two hours night,
spurned on by the splendid weather.
Captain Overman, Grau, Gribble,
Corey and Shaw are the veterans Of
| the squad.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
Murphys Arrive in
st. Louis, But Fail
To Find Opponent

St. Louis, Sept. 23.- Especial Tele-
gram. IN the Marphys, the Omaha
Class B champions, had announced
tehir coming, they might have ar
ranged game with the St. Louis
champions to be.
But they arrived early today UNI
heralded and unsung. They had not
even taken the time to inquire whether
St. Louis had championship team.
So they went without game today
and will be compelled to battle the
lowly Arcades, who are out of the
championship running her, tomorrow
afternoon.
The Murphys-Arcade game will be
played at the fair ground park at lis
o'clock tomorrow as a preliminary to
the Kinsey Wagner Electric City
championship game. The Kinsey club
won the first game today. If it wins
again tomorrow it will, clinch the pens
nant. In that case the Murphys may
be scheduled for Tuesday. Represen-
tatives Of the city amateur base ball
league said tonight that they would
try to arrange championship game
for the Omaha boys if they would re-
main several DAYS.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
Purdue's Prospects
Are Considered Fair

Lafayette, Ind, Sept. 23-Foot ball
prospects at Purdue are considered
pretty fair" by critics who have
looked over the available material
from which Coach Cleo O'Donnell
will make his maiden effort. Ex-
perts believe the Boilermakers will
win from DePauw, Wabash, North
western and Indiana; are doubtful
about Iowa and admit that on form
Chicago and Illinois should defeat
them.
: A likely set of veterans will be out,
including Captain Hake, end; Van
AIKEN, end and half, the teams chief
kicking reliance; Beuchner, tackle;
Burns, guard; Proud, guard; Lands,
a punter, end and half; Whitford,
guard and center; Dixon, quarter and
half. and Olmstead, center
New men are; Bartless. guard; Eau
eett, half; Edwards, half; Huffine,
fullback; McMahan, guard; Hume,
half, and Markley, half.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
Down in South Town

South Side High foot ball stock rose,
and fell several times last week as
day by day developments arose,
Coach Patton had little trouble keep
ing the spirits OF his squad up, how
ever, as there were a quarter hundred
enthusiastic young fellows always on
the field to fill out the teams.
1t was definitely made known that
Van Arthurton, star halfback of last
years team would be able to be with
the team three days week His re-
turn has strengthened thes quad
greatly.
At quarter the coach has two men
from which to select, Jimmie Nestor
and Jimmie Etter. At center the
freshman, O'Connor seems to be
gathering season lease,
The guards will be filled by new
men,. Paterson, a freshman of 100
pounds will probably occupy one side
of the line while three men, Banner,
Helm and Anderson, are candidates
for the other guard positions. At the
tackle positions, Rugie, veteran Of last
year, and Curtis, giant guard last year,
will be placed. Corr and Graham are
in their old places at the two ends.
Joe Dworak, fullbacl. OF three years
first team experience, will probably
be in the charging point of the back
field. Emigh and Hunter are also
candidates for hack Dnsitions
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
Kansas Students
Scott at Coach's
Stories Of Gloom

Lawrence. Kan, Sept. 23.-Despite
reports coming from the Jayhawker
camp here that all may not be we'll
with the University Of Kansas foot
bali team this year, students and
coaches do not feel much gloom, and
are predicting freely that the Missouri
Valley Conference will have to reckon
strongly with the Kansans before the
honors for the season are finally
awarded. For, they point out, the
Jayhawktrs have gotten into the habit
of turning out strong teams and this
year they do not look for that an
cient tradition to be overthrow.
Coach, Chauncey Olcott and George
Clark, his new assistant, have squad
of tx" men, although many of the
last seasons team are on the border
as National Guardsmen; that should
fill capably any back-feld and make
up heavy line. Headed by Captain
Adrian Lindsey, picked last year as
all-valley half by nearly all critics,
the ten veterans working out daily
on McCook field promise to make
the going hard for their opponents.
Olcott is in his second year and, it
is declared, should have his system
of play well worked out. That, per-
haps more than anything else, may
mean the rapid construction of an
efficient scoring machine.
The old men on the squad. in ad-
dition to Captain Lindsey, are Frost,
tackle; Heath, end; Fast, half; Neil
sen, full; Peterson, half; Reedy,
tackle; Todd, quarter; Tube, guard !;
and Wilson, end. Others expected
to make the varsity squad are Fiske,
half; Russell, quarter; Burton, tackle
Miner, center; Laslett, end; Pringle,
guard; Harte, tackle and Foster quar-
ter.
The schedule follows: September
80, Kansas Normals at Lawrence
October 7, Illinois at Urbana; Oc-
tober IA Ames at Ames; October 81,
open; October 20, Kansas Aggies at
Lawrence; November 4, Oklahoma at
Lawrence; November II, Washburn
at Topeka; November l8, Nebraska
at Lincoln; November 80, Missouri
at Lawrence.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
PLAN FIELD DAY
FOR The AMATEUR
Armours, Glass A Champs, q
Murphys, Glass B Winners
Mix in Feature Event.
TO BE HELD NEXT suND4

A field day for members Of
Omaha Amateur Base Ball assoc
ton for next Sunday is plan on fdV
among persons interested in the sand
lot game in Omaha. If Rourke park
can be procured next Sunday the
event will be held.
A base ball field day would be an
innovation in Omaha. Such events
have been held in other cities and
have proved popular. Fungo hitting,
bunting, long distance throwing, ac-
curate throwing, circling the bases,
ct cetera, make up the list Of events
for field day program.
The plan is to hold distinct events
for each class, A, B and c, into which
the Omaha Amateur association is
divided.
As feature attraction of the day
it is proposed to stage ball game
between the Armours, the class A
champions of Omaha, and the Muir
phys, the class B champs. The Muir
phys are anxious to battle the class
A champs. They believe they have
the better team. The Armours say
they are willing to take chance with
the Murphys.
Prizes would be put up for the win
ners of the various events and purse
put up for the ball game.
1t is believed the field day would be
fitting elimination to the most
prosperous season the Omaha Anna
teur Base Ball association has yet
epjoyed.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
Did You Ever Hear of Woman Foot Ball Coach?
Cozette MclNanigle Brannon Holds that Distinction

coach this year, will probably play a
different game from the first team.
"She will have an assistant coach,
who will demonstrate such rudiments
as tackling, blocking and charging.
She will direct the team both on de-
Tense and oilense during the scrim-
mage practices, The forward, pass
ing, punting and drop kicking will be
taught to the entire squad, the indi-
vidual coaching in these departments
being handled by the head coach or
his assistants,
THE second team is generally com
posed Of players from the preparatory
department OF the school, and are
about high school class in age and
size. They will be called the Aggie
Props and will play a regular schedule
OF games with the high schools OF the
state.
Her training has been sufficient
for the work, She attended the Lin
coin (Nebraska) High school and the
University of Nebraska. She was a
very keen and enthusiastic student of
the game, being fonder of it than Of
all athletic sports She has no use for
tennis. golf or girl basket ball, claim
ing these pastimes are tepid.
'She weighs only lis, and is not
the masculine type at all, Strangely,
she does not believe in woman suf-
frage nor any of the other modern
fads of the age.
She never gives up and believes
that team can win any game If the
players fight hard enough, Her name
was Cozette McManigell before she
was married, and she is French
rish-American, which probably &C
counts for the above point OF view"
That Mr. Brannon himself is a
coach Of 10 mean ability is shown by
the record Of the Jonesboro Aggies
last year. They played six games and
won all but one Of them by a wide
margin. Their only defeat was admin
istered by Ouachita college, IS to 6.
This year the Aggies play the Uni,
versity OF Mississippi, Arkansas col.
lege, Henderson-B Brown, Arkansas
Normal, Union university, Ouachita
college and Western Tennessee Nor
NAL.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
JOSIES WIN AGAIN
IN The ELEVENTH
Put Three Over in Eighth,
Tying Score, and Keep
on Going.
FOUR TO THREE THE SCORE
FOUR TO THREE THE SCORE

St. JoseRh, Mo-. Sept 23.-(Special
TELEGRAM l-Those Drun,mers again
e., ~. LEAGUE cbamns TODAY
won iioni 'n -. -,
and once again extra innings "eie
necessary to turn the trick, the game
this time going eleven innings, or
ne.-,v co for only one was down
-. -. Drrmmers ,rsbed the win.
- .hro,ah
mug ,u''
once AGAIN, II was one Oh those
games which seemed to be won by the
Rourkes in the early stages of the
contest, for they held the score 8 to
until the eighth inning, when the Hol-
landers tied it in a knot and then won
out in the eleventh.
R.cr,it Does We'll
,,,,. -. {. -, ..
Whitey. hinneen, y. JosePn coriiet
1ot recruit essayeo 70 pitch lor tne
Drummers ana despi,e 1ne iact tna tt
me kourkes gaihsrea ihlee runs Oh
ms aeilvely. uiu wei ouniiiiei
Datted ior hinneen IN the eigntn and
tnen succeeded MN IN Ine pitchel
DoN ana iwlrlea nlIe edlhe ioi 'he
TT IT.. PnrrLss - sc wed ons "; mI ths f;rst
when F. Smith was safe on Otto Will
Jams error and went to second on this
same pay. He took third on wild
pitch and scored on sacrifice fly by
Thomson.
A,o+h.r - ssv.r+h
Another run came IN the seventn
when kildutf singled and was iorcea
az second, Nortn Deing sa1e at IiIst'
Merz walked ana smith likewise
Nortn scored on ireian sacriIice ny
ne thlfd ana lilai run iol the
hourKes came III the eigntn. hiugger
singled after one was down ana for.
sythe sent MN 70 second win a n NC
single to lett. krueger scored on Nil
QUIZ sacrifice n.y..
IN tnat same inning, tne Drunmers
MADE II tnfee an, rusner walked
peers singled anu 9oinillefs' pattiiie
TOR kinneen, singled, scoring fusner
wright was SAFE on an error BY Merz
ana Beers scored on ONO Wiliiams
sacrIfice ny. hirkham singled scor-
ing wright. Wv
Getting Tight.
The ninth and tenth went by with.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
Only Six Veterans
Back at Oklahoma

Norman, Okl, Sept. 23.-Bennic
Owen, coach at the Oklahoma univer-
sity, is facing the problem Of building
foot ball machine this season with
only six veterans from the 1915 UNI
defeated team in the going. But the
former Kansar is pounding along on
the Sooner field here and optimisti-
cally says:
Chances are good for a winning
team. Perhaps it won't be all-victori-
Gus. 1t will be as heavy as the ordi-
nary Oklahoma team"
Eight of last years veterans did
not return to school this year and
among them was Parke Geyer, full
back, whose ability as forward
passer made him feared in every game
in which he played. Homer Mont
gomery, end, has returned, however,
and Owen undoubtedly will attempt to
build the team around him. Other
letter men are Frank Mccain, half
back; Moptford Johnson, quarter and
half; Jesse Fields, end; Oliver Holt,
tackle, and William Holt, guard. The
Oklahoma schedule is.
September ,23-Central Oklahoma State
Normal at Oklahoma City.
October southwest Oklahoma Normal
at Norman. .
October i4-Henry Kendall college at Nor
man. "a ss.
October 21--Universty OF Texas at Dallas
October 2s--Universty OF Missouri at Nor
man. sa sM
November university OF Kansas at
Lawrence. ssitA
November l1-Kingfisher college at Nor
man.
November 1s.--Kansas Aggies at Norman.
November 26-university Of Arkansas at
Fort Smith, f5s
November sOoklahoma Aggss at Okla
homa city s@
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
Washington Uni Hopes
To Have Winning Team

ST. Louis, Sept. 23.--Washington
is to have winning team this year,
according TO its rooters, who are espG
cially confident OF making good
showing against Michigan, where
Coach William Edmunds learned his
foot ball. A strong staff Of assist
ants will aid Edmunds, including Dick
Hagar, Vanderbilt and Amherst, for
the line; Linn Milford, for the scrubs;
Eddie Grogan, last year with St.
Louis university, for the backfield,
and Del Pratt, second baseman on the
Browns. who played foot ball at Ala
bama, for general service.
Experienced men who will report
are Captain Urban Busick, McRob-
erts, Wetzel, Meyer, King, Hackman,
Grossman, Pemberton, Nelson and
Hollingshead. New players are Daw-
son, Stanley, Foelich (twice all-scho-
lastic fullback of St. Louis, Smith,
Kamp, Perry and Hartman,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
PROS TO
| BATTLE BRANDEIS
aha Lads Who Play Profess
lsional Ball Will Clash
With Semi. Pros.
Is WILLIAMS ON THE JOB

lMorrie Olson, the crack Brandeis
irler who has a record Of fifteen VIC
bries and but one defeat for the sea-
ION, is going sail stormy and treach-
Erous sea at Rourke park this after
noon when he attempts to subdue
Jimmy Kane's selected All-Star pro-
fessional nine.
For Jimmy has collected an aggre-
cation Of sluggers. None other than
Gus Williams leads the list. Gus, be
it known, is some long distance hitter.
He used to make home runs off Of
American league pitching. He would
still be making the circuit clouts in
the big show il he didn't have the
unfortunate faculty of muifing fly
balls.
Gus always has been 800 hitter
This year he played with the Nash
vile team, which won the Southern
league pennant and he lost many a
ball by dropping it over the wall. Gus
promises TO put one over today Just
for old-time's sake.
Kane himself is also something Of
a slugger and has been known to clout
EN- over the fence. Ed Spellman
who will do the catching, is another
chap who likes to make long distance
drives.
Synek on Second.
Frank Synek, who will play second
was good enough to help Dennisor
win a pennant in the Texas-Okla.
homa league, so that bids more trou'
Bile for Olso. Joe Burg will play third
and Frank Butler will play short foi
the All-Stars, while Ben Harris and
Guy Hoffman will occupy the out
field in company with Williams Cecil
Thompson will do the hurting.
So If Morrie wants TO maintain hi:
record he'hhave to put lot of stuff
on the ball or Kane's aggregation Of
hitsmiths will lost it for him, -
The game will be played at Rourkt
park this afternoon and will start al
3 o'clock.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
Omaha University
Tackles Hard Grid
Schedule This Year

Seven years ago the University of
Omaha, with a bundle Of nervy ath-
letes burst into the exclusive circle
of smaller Nebraska colleges. Since
that time she has not only held her
place, but held down her opponents to
low scores in every department Of
athletics.
A new school is always blessed
with beginners luck and lots of pep"
but the Omaha university has passed
through the experimental stage and
now draws seasoned athletes from all
parts of the middle west.
Such men as Adams. Leach, Cohn,
Korbmaker, Allerton, thompson and
Simmons have been attracted from
Nebraska high schools and many
others hail from surrounding states.
The Omaha school of law has several
law huskies that have threatened to
don moleskins and give the regulars
some real competition on the line.
This year the line has been
strengthened by, bucking machine
antics and dummy exercises, while
the backfield men have been doing
strenuous side-stepping gymnastics
and interference blocking.
The stiff-body-back-to- the-runner
and leg-hook have been duly empha-
sized and some have already .devel-
oped remarkable speed in this most
difficult of all running maneuvers.
Athletics in general have been sup
ported so strongly by alumni and
local fans that every year it has been
necessary to stiffen the schedule, un-
til this year the hardest schedule in
the history of the school is before
the gridiron warriors,
The schedule will be played off as
follows: Tarkio, Cotner, Grand Is
land, School Of Osteopathy (St.
Louisl, Peru, York, Doane and Gem
trail City.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
Butcher Clinches
His Batting Lead

Butcher OF Denver has practically
clinched the Western league batting
championship, his average, including
last Tuesdays game, being .373.
Shields. Denver, leads in stolen bases
with 65; Krug, Omaha, in sacrifice
hits with 81; Dyer, Denver, in home
runs with 10; Butcher in total bases
with 2o9; Miller, Omaha, in runs
scored with 1l6, and Denver in team
batting with .298. Leading batters:
Butcher Denver, 1873; Miller, Omaha,
.347; Kirkham, St. Joseph, .344; Coy,
Wichita, 1888; Oakes, Denver, ,337;
Gilmore, Sioux City, 1856; Johnson,
Lincoln, 1888; Kruger, Omaha, 33l;
Watson, Sioux City, 1929; Griffith,
Wichita 1923.
Leading pitchers for twenty-three
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24

Jonesboro, Ark, Sept. 23.--There is
located in this town the only college
in the country having woman for
full-fledged foot ball coach. She is
Mrs. Earl w. Brannon, wife OF the
coach of the Jonesboro Agricultural
college foot ball team. Mrs. Brannon
had been assisting her husband, but
this year she will coach team of her
own. She will have full charge of the
Aggie Props team and will be the
sole guide and board of strategy of
the eleven.
Here is what her husband says OF
her: "She broke in as a scout, when
| sent her to scout some formation of
prospective rivals in their early sea-
son games. She showed me that she
knew inside foot BALI as we'll as any
of my assistants.
Last season she helped to plan our
offense and defense for every game,
and showed an uncanny, ability in
picking the weak places in formations,
shifts and plays.
This year she will have regular
assistant who will teach her players
the rudiments of the game, such as
blocking, tackling, charging, passing,
punting and kicking. She will contrib
ute chalk talk explanations to this
work, besides planning and organizing
the team play
"She will have complete charge Of
the preparation of her team for the
seven games which are upon the
schedule.
During the last season, which was
a very fortunate one for the Aggies,
Mrs. Brannon was fulfledged men,
Der of the board of strategy. Her in
sight into the possibilities which de-
veloped during the season was by far
the keenest>ef any OF my assistants.
"She appeared on the field regularly
and helped direct the practice. twas
impossible, OF course, for. her to DEM
onstrate the rudiments Of the game,
but she was very adept in explaining
clearly the fundamentals as we'll as
the intricate points.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24

Hebron, Neb, Sept, Especial 1.-THE
high school foot ball teams Of Hebron and
Chester played their first game of the sea-
son at Chester yesterday, the result being
Sc to 0 In favor of Hebron. Though the
Hebron team Is light this year, their fast
passing and carrying was too much for the
Chester boys. Hebron proved strong In de-
gains
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24

Struck out: BY Davis 8. Bases on balls:
Off Davis, Il off Morse. 1; off Lober, 2; off
Rohrer. /. Hits: Off Morse. in two In
nings; off Lober, in two innings; off off
Rohrer. in four innings. Hit by pitched
ball: Williams. Passed balls: Griffith, John
son t2). Stolen bases: Fox, Jackson. Two
base hits: Litschi, Fox (2). Coy cay, Lober,
Rohrer, Griffith, Rapps (2), Britton. Home
runs: Litschi (2). Double plays: Litschi to
Britton to Rapps, Britton to Rapps,s Will
lams to Smith to Hunter. Left on bases:
Colorado Springs z; Lincoln. T. Earned
runs: Colorado Springs, s; Lincoln, /. Time:
1880. Umpire: Miller.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24

Waited Tor Smith In ninth.
Slated for kingeen In eighth.
some out when winning run scored.
Omaha ............1 0 0 0 90 1 90 0-S
st. Joseph. ...... % 0 0 0 0 o 0 8 0 0 IA
Struck out: BY Kinneen, 1, by Sommers,
2; by Merx, 4. Bases on balls; Off Kinncon,
8; off MerI, 3. Hits: Off Kinnecn, In eight
innings. Hit by pitched ball: BY Kinneen,
Forsythe. Stolen bases: Forsythe. kilduff,
(s), Williams (2), McCabe, Smith, North,
Kilduff, Beers. Left on bases:. st. Joseph,
8; Omaha, o.. Earned runs: Omaha. 8.
Time: 2;05.. SUmplres: J. Williams and II.
Krause,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
Topeka, Sept. 23.-Topeka won
another game from Sioux City today,
by count of 6 to 4. Score:

Three-basc hits: Lejeune, Cooney Two
base hits; Lathrop, Goodwin (2), DEBATE
Sacrifice hit: Cooney. Double play: Cooney
TO Metz. Stolen bases: Goodwin, Devore,
Metz, Connolly. Bases on balls: OFF Kelly,
4. Struck out: BY Doyle, 6: by Kelly, 2.
Passed ball: Dougan. Hit by pitched ball:
By Kelly, 1. Umpire: Kane.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24

7
Sacrifice ct: Reed. Sacrifice fly: Shields,
Two-base hits: Cakes, Hartford. Three base
hits: Butcher, Miller. Bases on balls OF
Manser, D.; off Baker. s; off Harrington, 5.
Struck OUT By Harrington. 10; by Baker,
4. Stolen bases: Lloyd, Cole. Hits: OFF
Harrington, in eight innings. Hit by
pitched ball: Breen, Cass. Passed ball:
Rigsby. Double play: Hartford to Jones
Wild pitch: By Baker Time: 2:1o. I'm
pire: Mullen. N
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
games:


Edgar, Neb., Sept. 2S.--Edfgar opened the
foot bali season today by defeating Exeter
in FAST game, rs to 0. Both line smash
ing and open field work featured for the
locals Hull, Strawser and Devore were
the chief ground sainers. Hasklns referee
b. Sconce head llnesman.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24

Fremont, Neb.. espt. 23.-(speciai)-- As
the result of protest OF a decision in the
ball game between Hooper and Morse Bluff
at Hooper, which Hooper won by a score
OF TO l. the two teams have decided to
play the game over next Tuesday for q
side bet Of sf00
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-24
Campbell Goes South.

7, H. Campbell. former Harvard star
who has helped in coaching the crimson
squad for several years has taken charge
OF the University Of North Carolina foot