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Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
LEWIS WOULD MEET WELSH
Ted, Who Fights Welterweights and
Middleweights, Now Wants to
Tackle Lightweights.
REGULAR INDIA RUBBER MAN

New York, June 10.-Jimmy John
ston has a new label for the dashing,
crashing, slashing Ted (Kid) Lewis.
That designation has been discarded.
1t was descriptive enough and pleas
ing to the ear, but Jimmy has decided
to change it. He serves formal notice
to that effect.
Hereafter and Jlenceforth forever
more, the Dashing, Crashing, Slashing
Ted (Kid) Lewis will be called "The
India Rubber Man." says James Joy.
And what for?" you ask.
Because he is the only man in the
ring today who can fight in three
divisions replied the spirit picture
medium.
His 1uctuation in weight is so
great" he continues, 'that he can
compete in the lightweight, welter-
weight or middleweight division. Just
take look at his record. What do
you find? You'll notice that as light
weight he defeated, and on official
and automatic-official decisions, too,
Charlie White, Young Saylor, Joe
Mandot and Jimmy Duffy. All these
men were considered contenders for
the worlds lightweight championship.
He outpointed White, Saylor and
Mandot, knocking the latter down
seven times, and knocked out the
much-touted Lockport man.
AFTER that he battled a bunch of
welterweights. He got two decisions
over Jack Britton and defeated Mike
Glover, Soldier Bartfeld, Kid Graves
and knocked out Eddie Moha and
Harry Trendall.
Now, what match do you suppose
we are after? No, not Jack Dillon. At
least not right away. We are not
quite ready for campaign among the
heavyweigbts just yet. We are going
back and start picking on the light
weights again. We are after Freddie
Welsh, the champion OF that class. At
what weight? Why, we'll make 1875
pounds at 8 o'clock for him.
"Yes, Lewis is ready to box light
weight one night, weiterweight the
next and middleweight on the fol-
lowing eve. We are sincere in our de-
sire to consummate match with
Welsh. / now have three matches for
him, but, of course, the schedule is
far from being completed. On June
IS the India Rubber Man will meet
Mike Glover in return bout Of twelve
rounds at Boston. 1t will be to de-
cision. On July 4 we will show in
Dayton, boxing Joe Chip fifteen
rounds to a decision. Before that
match, and just to put Lewis on edge
for Chip, he will meet Jack Torres in
a ten-round match at Kansas City.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
Oklahoma Pete Is Awarded the
Title of idol of Western League
The idol of the loon.

The idol Of the loop.
That's the title Western league ath.
letes are tagging on Oklahoma Pete
Kilduff, the sensational Rourke short
stop and the cutest pastimer that
ever graced the lots of the Zehrung
circuit.
Seldom is il that hostile athletes are
popular. Ordinarily the only favorite
the home town fan has is a member
Of the local team. But occasionally
one finds ball player who is liked
in eight cities of a league.
When Artie Thomson broke into
the Western league he became one Of
these unusual players who is popular
in every town. Tommy had more
friends in the hostile cities than he
did in his home town. Everybody
pulled for him, and whenever Tommy
was carded to play, ladies' day found
the park filled with the fair fans out
to pull for Artie.
But Kilduff has usurped Thoma-
sons throne. Petite is now the idol
Of the fans and the darling Of the
ladies. The Rourkes have appeared
in every city now except St. Joseph
and Kilduff instantly won = home in
the heart Of every fan who saw him.
Isn't he the cutest thingi" is the
constant query of the lady bugs, and
some boy that" is the way the
sterner sex.-suffs please note-size
him up.
Pa Rourke made ten-strike when
he landed Petite. Petite is some ball
player, he's a lightning fielder. a
smuggling batter and a Woodworking
player, and he draws money into the
ticket office through his popularity.
You can't beat that combination.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
MACKS BEGIN TO SHOW CLASS
Tall Tactician Whips Crew Of Mis-.
fits Into a Really Formidable
Base Ball Nine.
HAS COLLEGE STARS COMING

| New York, June 10-There is an
old base ball saying that no particular
amount of courage is necessary to
spur on a winner. The thing that
helps a losing team-or a club in the
melancholy throes Of slump-is the
fact that the public still displays its
confidence in its diamond representa-.
tives. And the players, cognizant that
the "fans" are still pulling for them
to win, are sure to strive harder for
victory.
Although the Athletics missed fire
in several vital spots at the outset OF
the campaign, there wasn't "fan" in
Quakertown who doubted the ability
of the tall tactician to whip his mis-
fits into winning combination.
| When Connie" Mack deliberately
wrecked his worlds champions and
scattered his stars among opposing
clans, he was persona non grata with
the home folk for quite stretch. His
prospects were covered with doubts
and misgiving and the club expert
enced all shades of disaster. Every
one, it seemed, was reviling them
Even friends were lending assistance
to enemies by maintaining silence
There was nothing the friends could
say, so silence was all they could
offer. But while they rode" the
players out at Shibe park, they still
believed that Connie" would make
good his promise to rehabilitate the
team.
Lose Some Of Spirit.
During this gloomy spell the play.
ers lost some of their spirit. This
could not be helped. But they did
not lose any Of their confidence, and
when Joe" Bush and Elmer Myers
began to strike their normal strides
the team in general began to
whirr along with less jar in the
rhythm. To be sure the. were not
the Athletics of old, but Connie" has
made good his promise that his club
would be rehabilitated by June | and
making every team in the league bat.
tie hard to overcome it.
Mack expects four college pitchers
to report this month. One of them
is southpaw, while the others are
right-handers. Mack hasn't disclosed
the identity of the southpaw, but the
right-handers are Wescott, Whitaker
and Krepps. The left-hander is said
to be with an eastern college team
and he has shown form worthy of a
major league trial.
The keenest disappointment for the
tall tactician has been the collapse of
RUDE" Bressler and the mediocre
showing of Wyckoff, the Bucknell
lad. Mack was certain both these
men would star this season. Majors,
Sheehan and Crowell give promise Of
Improvement with the advent of hot
weather. Bush and Myers are carry
ing the burden of the box work thus
far.
Mack has shown the fans" a splen-
did shortstop in Lowton Witt and a
dependable third baseman in Charles
Pick. He hopes to unearth another
Witt among the college crop expected
this month. Connie" knows what he
needs and has the scouts and system
to get it.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
PREP STAR Is A POINT
WINNER IN SEVEN EVENTS

Oregon, ILL.,, June 1O.-Of this
years crop of star prep school
athletics, Sherman Landers, Oregon
High school senior, is believed by
followers of the cinder sports to be
the'best in the country. Landers is
a consistent performer in seven
events; the pole vault, high and low
hurdles, 220-yard dash, high jump
and broad jump. His best work is
done in the vault, in which he has a
mark of IL feet, S inches. Aided by
only one team mate, Loomis, a
brother of 10 Loomis, the A. A. u.
athlete, Landers has won two meets
for Oregon High this year and has
broken number of records.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
Trap Tournaments
Increase in Numbers
AS Season Advances

New York, June 10.-Week' by week
the trapshooting tournaments in the
United States and Canada increase in
numbers. Thirty-nine meetings are
scheduled to take place in twenty-five
states, which is the greatest mum.
Der thus far this season. Thirty-ons
were listed during the week now al
end, thirty in the week before, twenty.
five in the week which preceded that
one and twenty-one in the real open.
ing OF the spring trapshooting season
in April. Thus far the interstate asso.
citation has registered AIS shoots
which is nearly $50 more than were
listed in 1915. The number of reg,
istered shoots is the weather vane
which shows that the sport is boom.
ing in popularity.
Four championships will be de.
cided during the week and one Of
them is a dual titular competition
The California-Nevad titular event
will take place at San Jose, CAL; the
Utah championship at Springville;
the Iowa championship at Waterloo
and the New Jersey titular match al
Little Falls. While New Jersey
Iowa and Utah all have important
meetings, the CALIFORNIAN Nevada tour.
nament will be the biggest Of the
week. The Utah and Iowa tourna.
ments will continue over two days;
the New Jersey meeting over three
and the dual state tourney on the
coast over four days.
Pennsylvania leads in the number
of shoots scheduled with six and Min.
nesota is next with four. Illinois, New
York and Missouri are next with
three. Iowa, Wisconsin and Ken.
lucky each have two. These states
have one each: Montana, California
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
NEW COAST WIZARD APPEARS
Willis Davis, Unheard Of in Cali.
fornia. Comes East and Cleans
Up Atlantic Tennis Sharks.
PLAYS SOUND AND STEADY GAME

New York, June l0.--Ever since the
invasion of the eastern lawn tennis
courts, in 1909, by a group Of players
from the Pacific coast, there has been
an increasing interest in the wielders
of the racquet who have appeared on
the courts in this section of the coun-
try. There is reason for it. The
Californians Immediately contributed
speed and dash to the game that
had never before been regarded as
possible. They exploited a new SER
vice, which for pace and high-bound-
ing break soon caused the invention
of the east, the reverse twist, to fall
into the discard. They likewise indi-
Gated the beginning of the stroke
which smothered and blocked the
rapid rise of the bounding bali. 1t
was stroke which the late Anthony
F. Wilding perfected for the great
match in which he defeated Maurice
E. Mclaughlin for the all-England
championship title at Wimbledon, in
1918.
So many examples OF the unortho-
dox have come from out of,the golden
west as exemplihed by r. Lindley
Murray, William NJ. Johnston, and
others, that it is not at all surprising
that unusual interest should be taken
in the young Willis Davis, who is
making his debut in premier tourna-
ments this week, on the courts Of the
Sleepy Hollow Country club, at
Scarborough Hudson. There is
likewise significance in the fact that
Davis is playing over the same courts
and under the same conditions as
those under which Murray first made
his bid for fame. and lawn tennis
titles.
Plays Sound Game.
Those who have watched Davis
most closely are of the opinion that
he is not apt to burst with. meteoric
splendor at the beginning Of this sea
son. His game possesses more the ele-
ments OF soundness than the spec
tacular, which has ever been 50
prominent with the men from Cali
fornia. 1t is the general opinion that
he has not yet shown completely
what he is capable Of. This is not
forgetting that he proved completely
the master of the best OF the Phila-
delphians in winning the indoor
championship tournament in that city.
He Ia ike ali the other Californians,
distinctly hard ceurt player. The
faster the ball flies, the better he
plays. Yet with all Of this element
in his game, ii appears. more to be
blending Of the speed of the Pacific
coast and the finer stroking OF the
eastern players than, any other man
who has come across the continent.
Davis has come through the singles
matches toward . holding Of the gold
cup emblematic OF the honors at
Sleepy Hollow by scores that do not
exactly proclaim him genius. He
began BY defeating George Carlton
Shafer at rs, 81, 90. Next Charles
M. Bull, IT,, fell before him at SO,
6-3: and so on. In each OF these
matches the finely balanced attack at
the net made itself formidable. There
was also another strong point which
appealed to Allan @, White, the
newly installed professional coach. at
the club. Davis has something which
has not appeared in the equipment OF
the majority Of the young Calitorn-
ians. He has good and dependable
L. .t,knod etvoke
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
Gotham Fans Hope
to See Big Series
Held in Big Town

New York, June lO.--Althourh the
major league base ball season Is not
half completed the fans Of Greater
New York are already figuring on
witnessing at least one-half OF the
worlds series of 1916 and possibly
the entire conflict. With the New
York and Brooklyn teams fighting
for the National lead and the New
York Americans within striking dis
lance of first place in the American
It is hard to convince the average
rooter Of the big city that one of the
three will not be found safely perched
at the top when the season closes
early in October.
The remarkable dash of the New
York Giants from last place to with
in few points OF the lead in the sem
Tor league, during which they won
seventeen straight games, has re.
stored the Giants to their former
place in the affections Of the fans and
confidence in their ability to play
winning ball from this time on. 4
evident on all sides. Across the bic
bridges Brooklyn fans are Just as Ger.
tain that the Superbas will be able
to maintain the pace that they have
set from the beginning of the sea.
son.
Connie Mack. the leader Of the
Philadelphia Athletics. in a recent in
tervicw, picked the Yankees to win
the American league pennant. This
taken in conjunction with the brand
Of ball the reconstructed combination
has displayed this spring, has caused
the followers Of the junior league in
Greater New York to figure on the
possibility Of the Yankees appearing
Ia the role Of worlds series contend.
rs next fall. Much will depend upon
The result Of the New York Ameri,
cans first trip over the western cir.
riiit. The Giants and Supcrbas have
already passed this test in highl,
satisfactory manner. II the Yankee:
can demonstrate that they are equal,
\ efficient on the road their chance.
sof holding place well to the for,
n ne long pennant race ahead will
be considerably augmented.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
RABBIT ONCE WAS TINSMITH
He Didn't Like the Trade So He
Deserted It and Entered
Base Ball.
PROVED TO BE A GOOD MOVE

Walter Maranville is the sonAof hi.
dada tinsmith. When Rabbit" wen
out to play ball the old man said
Sure, and the tinsmith trade has los
good young tinsmith.
Meanwhile began young as a bal
player. Playing with different Spring
field school teams he finally joined
the team of the Chestnut Stree
School. That team won both schol
astic pennants that year and Maran
vile led the league in hitting, say.
Jim Jerpe.
Rabbit" joined a strong club
known as the Blue Birds, and they
played off pennant in one game
rabbit" made the hits that nettec
the only three runs. Jack Dowd, man
aging New Bedford that year, asked
Maranville what he wanted.
"Oh, | don't know" said the 'littlt
future star. 81 guess I've got a To-
to learn and am not worth yer,
much"
Meanwhile played with New Bed
for in 1910, but it was not until 1911
that he became a sensation. He PLAYED
amazing ball and showed the mos
wonderful skill as a fielder ant
thrower. He hit we'll, and the scout.
were on his trail.
In the fall of 1911, the great veal
with New Bedford, he was bought b,
the Braves and reported to Johnny
King, then managing the Boston club
known as the Rustlers, in honor Of
the late William Hepburn Russell
Rabbit" showed skill and speed from
the start.
Expert Liked Him.
Sid Keener of the St. Louis Time:
was the first man to stamp Maran,
vile among the peer of shortstops ant
game players. The youngster made Z
lasting impression and when George
Stallings took the helm in 1912 h
found seasoned ball player on hi:
hands with about one month of ex
perience in the majors.
In the early years Meanwhile was
terror at beating Pittsburgh. Just a.
Artie Fletcher of the Giants was thu
Pirate jinx Of offense and defense, SC
did the pestiferous little Rabbit cut
down Bucco smashes and his bal
smear the Pirate pitching at the righr
time.
Maranville got in an argument al
second base once with Wagner. Wal.
ter vowed that Fitzpatrick's chicken.
in Maine were better than Wagner's
in Carnegie. A base hit rang of
Viox's bat.
Excuse me-" said Honus. "Tv.
got to score on this hit, so I guess
you win the argument"
Maranville was an easy-going little
fellow at the outset of his major
league career. Stallings didn't like
it. One day in the club house Stall.
ings said:
Now here is a play that is per.
fectly feasible" said the miracle man,
Il don't think it is safe" remarked
Meanwhile.
Never mind what you think" re.
torted Stallings, 81 say it's all right
We'll, l say it's not" Numbered the
midget.
Stallings laughed and the other
players roared. Bearning a smile on
Rabbit the miracle man said:
Certainly you're right, Walter.
knew it all along"
That night, Maranville on his way
to Springfield, and Connolly to Woon.
socket, Meanwhile nudged Joe and
We'll, | sure did tell it to Stallings,
didn't II"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
Jay Andrews Wants
$4,000 for Being
Fired as Umpire

Jay Andrews, one of the organizers
of the Western league in olden days,
with Pa Rourke and Patsy Tebeau,
is suing the Western league and its
president, Frank Zehrung, for $4,000
damages because the Western league
cancelled his contract as an umpire.
In his petition Andrews sets up the
plea that for all his career he has
stood for clean base ball, and still
does, and that by reason of cancelling
his contract over a squabble at Sioux
City he has been damaged for $4,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
It Will Be a Long
Time Before World
Sees Another Ted

New York, June 10.-It will be a
long time before the college athletic
world unearths another TED Mered-
it'll. In the five years the sensational
Penn captain has burned up the Gin.
der path with his speed, experts and
enthusiasts alike have seen him hang
up several great records, and they
will stay in the books indefinitely.
Since the day at the Stockholm Olym-
pic games back in 1912, when he sent
thrill through the 10000 spectators
by defeating the then peerless Mel
Shepherd and crack field over the
8O0-meter and half-mile trails, smash
ing worlds marks in his paths,
Meredith continued to assault Father
Time.
Meredith crowned his achievements
in closing his wonderful college
career at the intercollegiate cham
pionships by winning two events in
an afternoons competition. He
wrecked Maxey Longs quarter-mile
mark, around turn, by two-fifths OF
a second, and half an hour later came
out and, against fleet field, not only
triumphed in the half, but bettered
his own intercollegiate figures for the
distance. By duplicating his feat Of
last year on Franklin field, Meredith
deserves niche in the athletic hall
Of fame, alongside those of Long and
Lon Myers,
The young record wrecking cham
pion passes out from the college
world this month, when he graduates
from Penn, but he will not be lost to
the cinder path. Unlike John Paul
Jones and one or two other stellar
lights, Meredith wants to continue in
the game purely for the love of the
sport. He will combine business and
athletics, the latter as a side issue, or,
as some may term it, " for pleasure.
Unless our information is way off,
the Pennsylvania is coming here to
work for some brokerage house down
in Wall street and represent the New
York Athletic club IN open competi-
ton. While Meredith will not admit
this, John Pilgrim, athletic mentor of
the winged foot organization, is au-
thority for the statement that Ted
will most likely affiliate with his club,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
Ue WA sur, ~ n.

A Barnegst schoolma'am had been telling
her pupils something about George wash
ington. ard finally she asked:
Can anyone now tell we which George
Washington was---a great general or q great
admiraif"
The small son OF fisherman raised his
hand. and she sisnaied him to speak.
He was great general" said the boy,
II seen Z picture Of hin crossing the Della
ware. and no great admiral would rut cut
from shore standing up In . akin. view
ark News.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
or.nrs Peel Oil EzpIo.ive.

Everybody knows the haVor OF orange
peel, but not everybody knows what causes
that flavor. II Is due to the oil contained
In little cells In the rind. II the peel Is bent
10 as to strain these oil-laden cells. the oil
bursts out. often as visible spray and usu-
ally perceptible to our sense Of smell and
often a. q greasy hlm on the fingers.
The peel may be 40 bent ~ to rupture =
large number OF these cells at one time and
to fll tho air with an oily mist. II at the
moment Of bending lighted match be ap.
piled by an ASSISTANT decided explosion will
follow. This experiment is most success
fully performed In darkened room or in
. room wholly dark except for the light
from the match.-Popular Science Monthly
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
Huntington Cup
Battle Finished

Miss Laura Bruch and Jimmie ia
rosh are now the undisputed mixed
doubles bowling champions of Omaha
and own the Huntington trophy.
Last night they defeated Miss Sophia
Rauber and John Watt in a cyclone
finish. They were l13 pins behind
starting the last game. Miss Bruch
started with four strikes and then
made an error, but came back with
FIVE more strikes, finishing with 252
game. This is the highest game ever
bowled by woman in Omaha. Jarosh
had to strike out to win. He came
through with three perfect one-three
hits and they won by seven pins.
Score by bames:
Miss Bruoh. 1857 1ts 1859 1913 FISTS
]. Jarosh.. IT'S ISL l57 IT'S 7s0--sst--l,7 $50
Miss Rauber l4s iss l64 30 1so--7ss
J. watt. All $50 1855 1919 is2-s6e--l,76
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11

Tho Man--It should ask for your hand
The Maid--I would refuse. n
Tho Man--You positively would not marry
met
The Mald--under no circumstances what
everi
Tho Man--Nothing that might occur
would cause you to change your mind, You
are absolutely suree
The Maid--I am absolutely sure.
The Man--Finel Then we can have the
time OF our lives being engaged this sum-
meri--Philadelphia Ledger.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27
"FARTER'' OF BREAD LINE

Did you ever walk the streets
all night to keep from freezing,
because you had no place to lay
you head? Did you ever exist
on a single meal a day, and that
meal a cup Of coffee and loaf
of bread cleaned at a midnight
bread line? In a word, were you
ever a down and outer, a man
with no home, no employment,
no friends save those charitably
inclined strangers who try, in a
way, to look after the homeless :?
If you haven't, then you are not
in a position to properly under
stand, to decide the ethical ques-
ton involved; that is, unless you
are gifted with the same excep-
tional insight into human nat
ure, and the same love for your
fellowmen that prompted NAL
| colin Mcdowell to be a friend
of the man who's down.
Mr.. Mcdowell is the son of
the late General Mcdowell, and
a brother of Mary Mcdowell,
widely known for her work at
the University of Chicago set
Element. These facts, however,
are but the accidents of birth
and no credit to him. It is his
successful management of the
coffee line for down and cutters
conducted on Chicago's West
Side, and his love for the friend
less and homeless man that has
proved him to be a worthy neigh
Dor to the world.-Nationa]
Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-27

transfer. Mr.. Handy announces
that the mill will not be closed
down and that he will place an.
experienced miller In charge.
The Greens retain their ele-
vator at Morgan and also retain
the agency Of the Illinois Oil
Company. Casper Green. will
continue to give his attention
chiefly to his fine stock farm,
which is one of the best in, the
county.
This is the second time that
Mr.. Green & Son have traded
the mill for land in little more
than a year. After the. first
trade they bought the property
back in a short time Morgan
Messenger.