Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-05


Two weeks more and the wlndup of
basket ball in the city will occur, so far
as the season is concerned During the
interim little of Importance Is expected
to develop, as the championships In each
OF the three loops is practically decided.
Each of the leading quintets have made
the rounds of their league and so far
all have perfect records Even should
the leaders fall down on a couple OF
games. they still have plenty of margin
for taking first honors.
The Burgess-Nash quintet of the Tri-
City league has been showing unusual
activity the last week The Burnascos
added three victories to their credit and
have jumped from sixth to fourth place
Their victories have been due to the fact
that Paul Antilles is back again in the
lineup. Anthes has been out with a bad
leg
Another player who recently poined the
Merchants and who was directly respon-
sible for two of the wins last week. is
Haskell, former captain of the Univer-
sity Of Nebraska five. With these men
In the lineup, Manager Stub Hascall is
predicting clean slate until the end of
the season. The Burgess-Nash meet the
Townsends Tuesday evening.
All Going Good.
Other teams are also going good. In
the Commercial league, the Omaha High
School Reserves fought its way to second
\ place-last week. The Reserves have been
battling with the strongest auintets IN
the first division and are now firmly
entrenched in second position. with every
prospect of holding the place until the
end of the season.
The Omaha National Banks. leaders IN
the Commercial league. had the scare OF
their career Friday evening, when the
Townsend Tigers almost wrested a vic
tory from them.
The Tigers more than outpIayed the
Bankers i'm the last period, and had they
been little more accurate in foul goal
shooting would have waltzed off with a
win. As II was 1t took the Bankers five
extra minutes to nose out a two-poInt
victory The melee ended IS TO 90
In the Church loop the st. Mary's Con-
gregationals are making strong bid for
second place The Congregationals have
won four games in a row.
Victory Means Much.
The victory of the Brandeis Stores over
the Olympic club. amateur athletic
champs of the country. Friday evening
was a pleasant surprise for local fans
The victory means a great deal to loca
tossers as IL puts Omaha on the map as
a strong basket ball center. Because o.
the win the Brandeis Stores will probabl,
take i'm the national basket ball tourna
ment to be held in Chicago this week
The Merchants were promised the trip
according to Manager Jake Isaacson. OF
condition they made a good showing Of
defeated the champs
That the Brandeis would make a goo
showing at the tournament is the geners
belief of local fans who have followe
the store men
To date the Merchants have defeate
all comers in the Trl-City league by desit
I'VE scores. At the beginning Of the see
son they lost to Fort Dodge da-), an
} Nebraska Wesleyan OF University PIac,
but since then have made a great deal {
Improvement in their method of play.
Because Of the Iateness OF the seaso
no president viii probably be elected
take the place OF George Sunderland WI
resigned the office in the Tri-City leagt
last week. Sunderland left for Mlnn,
apolis. Sunderland was connected wit
the Young Mems Christian associate
, Tor the last four years and was a we
known leader in the physical departmen
He was president OF the Commerci
league last season.