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Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
Brottem Picked as Star in
Defunct Southern Circuit
International News Service.

Birmingham, Ala, July IA local
scribe has picked the best players
recently employed in defunct South
ern association. The leading out
felders were Southworth, now with
the Pirates; Compton and Flagstead.
Grimm, who has been snapped up by
the Cardinals, was the leading first
baseman. The veteran Bob Fisher,
also with the Cards, was the star sec
ond baseman. Art Bues, once with
the Giants, excelled at third base
while George Distel, last year with
Richmond, was the premier short
stop. Brottem and Haworth were at
the head of the catching brigade,
while the leading pitchers included
Cy Barger, an old timer; Slapnicka
who is with the Pirates; Hank Rob-
inson, now a member of the Yam
KEGS; Dick Robertson of the Brook
lyns and Joe Bennett, who has Sc
cured berth in the American asso-
citation.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
On the Sport
Trail.

The New York fire department boasts
the finest handball court in the country,
located on Blackwell's Island. 1t Ii built
of wood taken from the cabins Of the
German steamship Vaterland. The wood
was secured when the ship was dismantled
Of Its finery to be used as an American
transport.
Tommy Murphy is campaigning 20 horses
on the Grand Circuit this year. Twenty
trotters and nine PAGERS are included In
his string.
Invented new sport which is becoming
extremely popular. A chariot" race with
100 men on each team have contested In
several camps. The chariot Is a toboggan.
upon which rides the lightweight member
of the team pulled by the balance Of the
squad. 1t is said to be an interesting and
amusing contest,
Alex Wickham Of Australia, high diving
champion OF the world, recently crowned
his career by plunge Of 205 feet. He
lost consciousness about 80 feet from the
water and landed In a semi-prone condi-
tion, but was unin1ured.
new record was made in q cross
country run last Friday when teams cap.
tained by Crown Prince Rupprecht and
General Haig met on the field Of Mont.
dider. Halg's Australian Bushwackers and
Canadian Indians were distanced in the
first IL miles and called for horses and
motors to finish.
All say, the bloody. blooming blighters
are some sprinters," an English Tommy IL
said to have shouted to colonialists a. he
passed In high-powered motor.
OF the 234 players Of the major leagues
only b5 are not subject to the work or
fight" order.
The annual Horse Show at Newport
August 1880, is attracting consderab BILE
attention among lovers Of horse flesh. and
already the horse and carriage Is becoming
popular at that summer resort.
Il told you so" was frequently heard
among Omaha sports when Fred Fulton
was removed from the list of contenders
for the heavyweight belt via the X. o.
When he recently appeared in Omaha wear
ing cane he Immediately lost caste with
the sporting fraternity.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
Benny Kauff, Soldier,
Livens Up Army Routine

Benny Kauff, who was recently
drafted from the Giants for the na-
tional army, is just now the most am
bilious rookie in the 10th company,
Third training battalion, lsS Depot
brigade, at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Get
ting inoculations and drilling have
been taking up much of Benny's time,
but with these handicaps overcome he
is going to organize a base ball team
in his company which will be the best
in the camp or Benny will know the
reason why.
Also Benny is making arrange
ments so that every man in the 18th
company is going to have a cigar
after each noon and evening meal.
The little Giant slugger expects to
get these smokes by playing ball
games.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
Red Sox Have Edge Over
Indians to Con BuntinO
BY International News Service.

ASy ANSWo oShNlSC
Boston, Mass, Aug. 10.-Tht
Cleveland Indians are close enough
to the Red Sox to take the lead with.
in few days, but as the race shapes
up today the Red Sox should win.
They are leading FohIs club by more
than four games, and that is quite an
advantage in itself, as the Indians
must play considerably better than
the Red Sox for some time in order
to make it an even race. The Red
Sox have in Mays and Bush two
pitchers who will do as we'll as CO.
veleskie and. Bagby, the Cleveland
stars, and Sam Jones should win as
many games as Morton. Having Babe
Ruth in the games gives the Red Sox
tremendous advantage, as he is a
much harder hitter than Clevelands
star, Iris Speaker. The Indians ars
faster on the bases, but are not so
dangerous on the attack, and, with
Hooper going at his present clip, the
Boston outheld appears a far more
formidable aggregation than is Cleve.
lands, with Speaker as the star.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
PESEK TO MEET
WLADEK zBYSzK0
At LINCOLN FAIR
Jack CurIey Wakes Indignant
When Shelton Wizard Init
mates Zibby's Pedal Ex-
tremitieS Are Chilly.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 10.-(Specia1
Telegram) .-Intimations that Wladek
Zbyszko, heavyweight wrestler from
Poland and asprant to the worlds
championship. has been avoiding a
mat session with John Pesek, the
Shelton, Neb., phenom, have stirred
the ire Of Jack Curley, business man
ager for the athlete from across the
big pond. Ray Page. Lincoln promo
tor OF wrestling contests, is in re-
ceipt of the following message from
Manager Curley, who holds out in
New York:
"Have just finished reading copy
of Chicago newspaper in which the
claim was made that Wladek Zbyszko
has been side-stepping wrestling
match with John PeseK. That is
quite ridiculous. Please pass the word
to the newspapers of Nebraska. Pc
sek's home state, that will be
pleased to bring Zbyszko to Nebraska
for mat-dusting at Pesek's expense.
You have my o. k. to an arrangement
for a match between Pesek and
Zbyszko during state fair week in
Lincoln. Get busy and wire me if you
can get Pesek signed to a contract. |
will sign for Zbyszko and he will
come to Nebraska for the special pur-
pose of taking the conceit out OF these
fellows who claim so much for this
latest Nebraska wonder"
For State Fair.
As a result of the Curley wire,
Promoter Page is now negotiating
with the Nebraska state fair board for
the use of the big livestock pavilion,
which has a seating capacity of 1000,
for a Pesek-Zbyszko match on
Wednesday night, September 4. Once
the pavilion is cinched, Page will
undertake to close up with Pesek.
Meantime, Manager Mart Slattery. on
behalf of Pesek, has announced that
the Shelton grappler is ready for any
heavyweight in the world, so it looks
like a state fair match.
At the rate the heavyweights have
been going to war, most OF the top
notch bone-crushers will soon be
wearing khaki or navy blue. Cham
pion Caddock, after nearly year OF
training at Camp Dodge, is on the
way to France. Joe Stecher and
Stranger Lewis have enlisted in the
navy, and Pesek will be transferred
to class la after he has gathered his
1918 corn crop, which means that he
will be in the army some time in No
vember. Zbyszko, now natufalized
American citizen, served two months
at a Massachusetts, army camp and
then was discharged because of de-
fective hearing. As matters now stand,
Pesek-Zbyszko match probably
would be the last important heavy
weight bout until after the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
Municipal Golf Players Are
to Organize an Association

Omaha will organize an association
Of players who disport themselves on
the municipal golf links. This or
ganization will be similar to ones now
organized in other cities that main
tain municipal golf courses. A meet
ing of representatives from each
course will meet at the city hall Tues
day evening to perfect the organiza-
tion.
All golfers interested in the well
fare OF the municipal links will be
welcomed to the meeting. The asso-
ciation viii have for its aims the bet
serment Of playing conditions and
the upkeep Of the public courses.
Officers will be elected at the Tues
day meeting, which will star at $3.50
o'elccls in the council chamber,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
Catcher Johnny Brock, Who
~ Goes to NAVY, Is Enuaqed

Catcher Johnny Brock of the St.
Louis Cardinals, before departing for
service in the Navy, announced his
engagement in St. Louis to Miss Lo-
retta Johnson of that city. The we'd
ding is to be celebrated when Johnny
comes marching home with his sailor
swagger and his skin all Redeemed
by the rough sea water, granting of
course that Uncle Sam ever sends
the Great Lakes recruits to sea.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11

Zach Wheat. slugging outhelder OF
the Brooklyn National League club,
has carried his hitting streak to
twenty-one consecutive games. This
equals the American league season
record held by Eddie Foster, of Wash.
ington. but falls short OF the National
league mark by two games. Ross
Young, of the Giants, having batted
safely in twenty-three straight games.
Wheat is also pushing Heinie Grol
for the lead in batting, and if he con-
tinues his heavy stickwork to the
end of the season he will no doubt
grab off the batting crown of the
National league.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
Walter HaIke Figures He Got
Worst of Work or Fight Order

Now that Secretary Baker has
granted exemption to players under
the work or fight" order until Sep
tember |, Walter Holke, who got his
orders before Baker loosened up,
figures he got the worst of it and
doubtless wishes he we're back with
the Giants drawing down that $667 a
month. He is now working for the
Bethlehem Steel Company at $500 a
month, pretty good pay for a plate
setter at that.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
SUB CHASERS TO
PLAY ARMOURS
FOR RED CROSS
Battle Royal Will Take Place
at Rourke Park Today and
Receipts Go to War
Fund.

The game at Rourke park this aft
ternoon between the navy team and
the Armours promises to be hum
mer. Both teams will trot out their
best, and the speed which they have
shown in previous contests gives
promise of a game worth seeing.
A percentage OF the proceeds Sun-
day will go to the Red Cross, which
has done many gracious things which
the navy boys desire to acknowledge
in this way. The lineup for the game
fo1Iaws.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
Ferdie is Slipping.

Along about this time last season
Pitcher Schupp, of the Giants. was
burning up the National league with
his balling shoots. Maybe the poor
quality of matches sold nowadays
has prevented Ferdie from starting
any conlagration on the old circuit
this season.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
Seeks Army Service

. Bill Coughlin. former third base
man Of the Detroit Tigers and later a
minor league manager and player,
has applied to the Knights of Colum-
bus for work in the athletic depart
ment of that organization and hopes
to be sent to France to help boost
base ball over there
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
McGraw Sends Waite Hoyt
Back Aqain to Minor [ Leauue

It's back to the minors again for
Walter Hoyt, John McGraw having
sent the kid phenom to Newark in
the International. All he did in his
latest stay with the Giants was to
pitch a part of game.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
New Running Star.

New York athletic sharps have
picked Alan Mercer, one-armed
schoolboy runner. as a coming star
on the cinder path. Mercer recently
won the three-quarters of mile run
at the New York A. c. meet. defeat
ing a classy field
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
Skeeters Go Down;

Jersey City is still in the New In
ternational league, according to the
league standing, but the fight waged
upon "skeeters" this year has lust
about put the pesky critters out Of
business.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
Meeting OF, Mermaids.

IT'S said that a swimming meet to
be held in New York this summer will
bring together the largest number of
mermaids that has ever been assem-
bled at one aquatic carnival in
America
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
Improve Race Track.

More than 100000 has been spent
on improvements at the Saratoga
Springs race track since the meet of
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
McGoorty is Licked.

Eddie McGoorty, the Oshkosh bat
tier wouldn't stay retired, and in con-
sequence he was handed beautiful
laeing by Harry Greb II
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-11
All the Latest Sport News
, All the Time

CHAMP WREsTLERs IN SERvICE-Earl Caddock and Joe
Secher the greatest wresers in the world oday-and
both in the of Uncle SAM Caddock leuen-
ant in the army and Secher has just joined the
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22
"Pm Your Master! Do You Know 1t
NoW2"

hair unbound, she seemed to sleep in
Donald's arms, while he and Davies
worked frantically to revive her.
Davies raised his head at last and
looked at Donald fixedly. Donald re-
fused to meet his gaze.
They set to work again. For two
hours longer they went through the
movements of the resuscitation of the
drowned. They stopped at last, ex-
hausted. Davies laid his hand on Don
AIDS shoulder; this time it was he
who could not meet his friends look.
Suddenly they heard Clouts shout
ing, mad with joy.
Look, sir! Mr.. Davies, lookr' he
screamed.
They swung around. The girls eyes
had opened, and there was recognition
in them.
She drew the first faint breath; her
weak arms stole round Donald's neck.
And in the universal joy nobody
minded Clouts' mouth organ, as he
blew "Home, Sweet Home"
"Hoorayt'' he yelled, tossing up his
cap at the finale. ''Mr. Davies, sir, it's
just as told you, isn't it? We've
brought her back to life, and now we're
going to wake up ourselves"
What do you mean, Clouts?" asked
Davies.
why sir, don't you see? We've
just been picked up and landed from
the Beotia. And we've been dreaming
all sorts of deliriums about sea mon
sters, and suchllke. If 1 might be al
lowed, sir, I'll put it to Captain Paget.
Amt we just been rescued after tor
pedoing the cruiser, STRIP he asked.
"Ain't the whole thing a dream?"
Donald looked up. II don't know,
! Clouts," he said. 81 think you may be
right. But it's a happy one"
Davies looked at him in dismay.
"Do you really mean that, Donald2"
he asked. do you honestly think that
we have dreamed all this?"
ats as plausible as any other ex-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22
IMPORTANT TO BE ON TIME
Even the Biggest Men of Affairs Ar.
range Their Business on Punctu-
aIity as Safe Guide.

A young Kentuckian lost a big for
tune by being 20 minutes late in keep
ing a business engagement, according
to the Christian Herald.
The cherries old fellow with the
scythe always gets all that is coming
to him. And there is many bad scar
on our fortunes where he has had to
prod us up to the mark.
Time is cheap and we are apt to
think we can fitch it as we will. But
it is always ourselves we rob, not
time.
Maybe you can waste your own time
by being late in keeping engagements
and feel that the loss, if any, is your
own affair. But it ALSO is the affair of
the man you keep waiting. You waste
his time, too. If your time is worth
less, maybe his is not. He may con-
clude that his time is worth more to
him than you are.
In many cases it may not matter
much. But one never knows until af-
terward whether it matters or not.
And through false politeness we are
usually assured that it does not mat
ter even when it does.
Only the idle and careless, whose
time Is of the least value, can afford to
waste it by looseness in keeping en-
gagements.
1t may be hard to acquire the fixed
habit of always being on time, but 1t
can be done, and it is worth while to
do it.
Great business men have this habit.
Men Of great affairs, whose time is
most completely taken up, are usually
on time. 1t is they who know best the
value of time and the Importance of
saving it by being prompt.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22
Photonranh Frames

For framing single photograph for
the wall, novel idea is to place it in
the upper part of a moderately large
mat. When the picture is in sepia, the
mat should be in tan or brown, the
frame brown or gold. When the photo
graph is gray the mat should be also,
with a gray or gold frame. A wide
gray frame sometimes takes the place
of a mat.
The back board may be covered with
a harmonious plain material; wire
easel may be bought for a trifle and at
tached to the back through slit made
just to fit it's clamp. The back is in
Guided in the gimp binding at the sides
and bottom; the top is left open for the
insertion of the picture.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22
Copyright by w. C. Chapman

the physical torment; perhaps some
inkling of higher law did reach his
mind before the end.
But if it did, it was only momen-
tary flash of insight.
He felt the cold embrace of the leath-
cry bodies. He heard the swapping
jaws. He was torn from his hold,
shrieking, and tossed into the air, from
beast to beast. His cries We're so fren-
zied that they even reached the ears
of those who watched on the shore.
He shrieked and fought, but he had
as much chance for life as primitive
man caught by a herd of dinosaurs.
For few moments his bobbing body
was visible, grotesquely sprawled upon
the reddening waves. Then it was rent
limb from limb.
It disappeared, and, fighting over
their prey, the sea devils played the
last act of their own drama. They fell
| upon each other. 1t was the tragedy
of the hiVe-the annual massacre of
the drones; only they were all drones
Nature had no more use for them, now
that their queen was gone.
| Never had such q spectacle beer
seen by man before. The entire face
of the inland sea was a tumult OF
fighting monsters. The dead grew into
visibility as they became thicker. The
floating patches of white almost OBJ
scured the waves. And still the tigh
became more frenzied.
They tore each other and them
selves, they dashed the waves int
foam; animal debris fioated from ent
to end of the fjord. AS the dead drift
ed toward the shore the struggle be
came more furious in the heart of tn
sea.
Gradually it subsidized. The last 0
the herd was gone. The battle tina
was to decide the fate of the worl
had been a civil one, and fought on
without mans agency.
The lash of the waves drove tn
light motorboat toward the cliffs.
stranded not five hundred feet frol
where Donald and his friends, aw,
7 struck, had watched the progress {
t the titanic conflict. They ran towaI
it and pulled Ida from the thwarts.
] had seemed incredible that she cou
: have survived.
] For a long time she lay motionles
s Drenched with the brackish water, h
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22
cIrcumstantiaI Evidence.

Tommy was making a visit to his
grandparents, who owned large
dairy. He had been forbidden to touch
the tempting-looking pans of rich
cream. One day his grandmother
caught him coming up from the cellar
with a very suspicious white rim over
his upper lip.
Tommy" she said, Il am afraid,
from your looks, that you have been
disturbing my pans of cream"
ooh, no, I haven't" Tommy FASTENED
to explain. Il just ran my tongue
gently over the top.'-Country Gentle
man.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22
Juice IS
SKIN WHITENER
CHEAP HOMEMADE BEAUTY To-
TloN TO REMOVE TAN, FREck-
LES, SALLoWNESS

At the cost of a small jar of ordinary
cold cream one can prepare full quar-
ter pint of the most wonderful lemon
skin whitener and complexion beauti-
fer, by squeezing the juice of two fresh
lemons into a bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white. Care should
be taken to strain the juice through
fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in,
then this lotion will keep fresh for
months. Every woman knows that
lemon juice is used to bleach dark
ened skin and remove such blemishes
US freckles, sallowness and tan and is
the ideal skin softener and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint Of this sweetly frag-
rant lemon lotion and massage it daily
into the face, neck, arms and hands.
1t is marvellous to whiten rough, red
hands.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22
THE DEEP SEA PERIL.
By VICTOR ROUSSEAU
Copyright W. c.


PLANTATION" Donald replied. II can't
see why we shouldn't have. It's too
preposterous-al that about the sea
devils and that harmless crank Mac
Beard, who used to have newspaper
rows with poor old Masterman. AS
likely as not wen see him haunting
the Inventors club when we get back,
quite ignorant of the part he has
played in our lives. You know dreams
do do that-they put inconsequential
people into absurdly important posi-
tiOns."
"But-hang it, Donald how does
Miss Kennedy happen to be here7"
why, wasn't she on board the Be
otia2" Donald replied. "At any rate,
if it's all true, what have we got to
| show for it?''
He had placed his arm across his
breast, and at that moment he felt the
crinkle of dampened paper in his inner
pocket. He pulled out-the two pages
of Masterman's letter.
Donald unfoIded it. 1t was quite
/ Iegible, in spite of the stains of sea
water; but now for the first time he
realized that he held not one page, but
two. They had become stuck together
in some manner. and Donald had not
perused the second page.
1t was IN the form of postscript,
and was the last sheet of the original
manuscript, which Masterman, in his
characteristic way, had inserted after
the first. He had written:
But thank God, Donald, my boy man
viii triumph after all. thought the mon
sters were invulnerable, that nothing
e9d oPP %a 6nR when he sne MADE theme
There will be only three weeks of suf-
fering for man. Donald-three weeks.
, | For the creatures live for their queen;
they can hardly be said to have indepen-
! dent life. They are sterile, like the bees,
! and the queen has a ltfe-span Of three
weeks alone When she dies the old
swarm destroys itself. If the queen can
be captured, all will be well. The queen
has three weeks in which to grow to ma
2 turity, fulfil the purpose of her existence
t What tragedy! OF course time may
q seem longer to her, but we deem our sew
: enty years all too short We are saved
: | Donald
A The letter rambled on, but Donald
I without finishing it, handed it to Da
a vies, who read it and gave it back.
eff MacBeard had known that" h
9 began.
,r 81 think that 'if' is the rock o
which he foundered," answered Dol
i aid. HE worked out everythin
/ mathematically, but he ignored th
/ larger purpose of the Creator"
/ AYE, aye, sir" interpolated SaE
/ CIouts, feeling in his pocket. "If YOU
excuse me, sir, that motorboat seem
| wreck-proof, and I'd like to see whetf
| err it's still in good enough order t
II take us home"
IN Which proved to be the case.
III (THE ENID
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22

down and got so
weak / could hardly
stand, and had head
aches every day. /
tried everything I
could think of and
was under a ply
sician's care for two
years. A girl friend
had used Lydia E.
Pink ans Vege-
table Compounds and
she told me about
it. From the first
day / took it'll began
to feel better and
now | am we'll and
able to do most any
k in d of work. /
have been recon-
mendinp the Com
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22

pound ever since and give you my per-
mission to publish this letter. miss
Flo KELLY, 476 So. 14th St., Newark,
N. ].
The reason this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, was so successful in Miss
KeIly's case was because it went to the
root of her trouble, restored her to a
normal healthy condition and as result
her nervousness disappeared.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22
From Way Back.

Country uncle-Gosh! What is that
there thing?
City Mecca folding bed, uncle.
Country Uncle-Then I'll camp out
on the floor. I could never sleep
standin' up.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22

A spring gun has been invented for
casting fishing lines further than can
be done by hand.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22

1t is pessimistic cuss indeed who
does not expect that the future will
be as kind as the past.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22

In New Zealand the men outnumbeI
the women by many thousands
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-22
A NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia
z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.

Newark, N. J.-"For about three
wears | suffered from nervous break