Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-29
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BALL SCHEDULE
NEXT THURSDAY
Commercial and Church
Leagues Will Play Double
Round of Games on
Y. M. c. A. Floor.

Omaha will have two amateur
basket ball leagues again this year
the Commercial and Church
leagues. A double round schedule
will be played by each with final
series for the local amateur cham
pionship. Play will commence
Thursday night, when the first
games on the Commercial league
card will be played.
All the games will be played on
the Young Mems Christian associa-
tons floor. The Church league
teams will play Tuesday nights.
commencing January 7, and the
Commercial league Thursday night.
Postponed games and extra contests
will be played on Saturday nights.
Six teams have signed up in each
league. The Benson Methodists
and the Hanscom Parks are the
only two teams from last winter that
will play in the Church league. The
other four teams in the league are
the First Christian church quintet OF
Council Bluffs, the Y. M. c. A. Dor
mitory five, the North Presby-
terians and the Calvary Baptists.
The teams will compete for the N.
w. Naken shield and first and sec
ond place medals.
The Nakens will again try for
the superiority in the Commercial
league. Commerce High and the
Central Furniture company have
also re-entered team. The Beddeo
five, the Fort Omaha combination
and the Sixty-second Balloonists are
the ne wteams. The Townsend sill
yer shield will go to the winner in
the league, also the first place
medal. A second place medal will
be given to the "almosts."
Verne Moore and Ed Burdick
will officiate again this year.
Flu Delayed Schedule.
Twice disappointed in opening
the season because of the "fu" stu
alton, the teams have been practic-
ing daily Commerce High and
Fort Omaha have played the most
practice contests. Other teams have
been playing, but no spectators were
admitted.
The team managers are: Com
mercial league. Beddeos, Walt John
son; Central Furnitures, r. F. Rich
ards; Nakens, Jack Beacon; Fort
Omaha, Lieutenant Findley; Com
MERGE High, Coach Evans; Balloon
lists, Private Joseph. Church league.
Hanscom Parks, John Reel; Ben
son NJ. E., Walter Hitch; First
Christian, Guy Leavitt: "Y" Dormi-
tories, J. Beardsley; Calvary Bap-
fist, L. Everson.
Each team plays each night.
Games start promptly at 7:30
o'clock.
Schedule for first half:
Commercial League.
January Fort Omaha against Bed
deos. Nakens against Central, Commerce
against Sixty second
January 9-Central against Commerce,
Beddeos against Sixty-second, Fort
Omaha against Naken.
January 16--Beddeos against Com
merce, Fort Omaha against Central,
Naken against Sixty second.
January 23-Beddeos against Naken.
Central against Sixty second, Fort Omaha
against Commerce.
January 30-Naken against Commerce,
Fort Omaha against Sixty second. Bed
deos against Central.
Church League.
January First Christian against Cal
vary Baptist, Benson against ''Y," North
Presbyterian against Hanscom.
January 14-Calvary Baptist against
North Presbyterian. "" against Han
soon, First Christian against Benson.
January 21-Hanscom against Calvary
Baptist, First Christian against 'Y."
Benson against North Presbyterian.
January 2s-"Y'' against CALVARY Bap
tst Hanscom against Benson, First
Christian against North Presbyterian.
February 4-''Y" against North Pres
byterian, Calvary Baptist against Benson
Hanscom against First Christian.