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The Prescott daily news., 1919-12-13

FOR SALE-75, to 100 bu. good sound corn, $2.OO per bu. 100 bales alfalfa hay, $1.25 per bale.- c. T.. Atkins, at w. T. Hart place. 12-S-6
The Prescott daily news., 1919-12-13

Look, listen and wait. for the big circus which will be pulled off at the grammar school building next Friday night. Benefit of grammar school
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
South Side Foot Ball Star
Wins More Honor Overseas

An Omaha boy, Sergt. Paul L.
Shields, is showing French people
how American athletes play foot
ball and Paris is enthusiastic about
the manly pigskin artist. He is
captain of the combination Thirty
first and Forty-fourth regimental
foot ball elevens at Camp Vile
Bernier, Saumer, and he has led his
team in some fast games with some
OF the other high class teams in
France.
December 9 his team played the
famous Ordnance foot ball team at
Paris. They gave them a stiff fight
but lost by a score OF 6 to 0. After
the game the officers gave the men
banquet. Shields modestly admits
that it was some banquet" 1t cost
IS francs a plate, or about $3.50 in
our money. The team presented
Captain Shields with a medal and
the men made short talks telling of
their appreciation of his services at
the banquet.
Shields is a graduate of the South
Side High school and of the Uni
versity of Nebraska. He has been
prominent in athletics all his life
and was formerly star on the
Cornhusker team at the state uni
versity.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
Cincinnati National LEAGUE
Base Ball Club Reorganized

Cincinnati, Jan. 1l.-At meeting
here today Of the stockholders Of
the Cincinnati Exhibition company,
which controls the Cincinnati Ma
tional League Base Ball club, the
plan of reorganization presented by
the directors was unanimously ap-
proved. Under this action a new
company will be formed and the
capitalization reduced from S500,000
TO $350000; refunding of outstand-
ing bonds will be effected, thereby
reducing the original amount from
100000 to $125,0O0, and a good
working capital will be available,
with practical wiping out of all
current Indebtedness.
August Hermann, Charles J..
Christie and Louis c. Widrig were
constituted a committee on reor-
ganization and it is expected that all
details will have been completed by
February !.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
CENTER Basket
BALL LEAGUE TO
Open next week
Miller Park Five Will Open
Season With Central Park;
Other Games Scheduled
for Same Night.

omaha's Community Center bas-
ket ball leagues have completed
their organization and drawn up
their schedules. Six teams have
been entered and will start play
January II. Each team will meet
all the others during the first round.
The schedule will be repeated. The
Miller Parks will open the season
by. meeting the Central Parks. The
CASTELAR, and Dundee center teams
will also play the same night. The
schedule for the first round follows:
January 2l-Miller Park at Central Park.
January 21--Castellar at Dundee
January 22-clifton Hill at South High.
January 2s-Central Park at Dundee.
January 29-Castellar at South High
January 31-Clifton Hill at Miller Park
February 4-Miller Park at Dundee
February Clifton Hill at Castelar,
February 5-Central Park at South High.
February 11-South High at Dundee
February 13-Central Park at Clifton
Hill,
February 14--Castellar at Miller Park
February 1S-Castellar at Central Park.
February 20-Dundee at Clifton HILL
February 21-South High at Miller Park.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
Sometimes You Do, But
More Often You Do Not

New York, Jan. ll.-Just how
silnpleia game Of golf is was demon-
strated BIZ one William B. Huey,
playing overl the Evanston course
recently It IS a par four hole; he
got away a good tee shot. Just be-
fore playing his second he saw
Charles Evans, j., national amateur
and open champion, on the links, and
Huey called out;
"Can / get home with my mashie?p
Evans repAed in the affirmative,
and Huey said: well, 1 don't think
SO, but Ill try il anyhow"
He hit the ball and started toward
the green, Evans heard him asking
where his ball had gone, and when
told it had rolled into the cup, he
merely said: "Well, ! guess that's a
syndicate for me"
The next hole is an easy par 5.
and Huey made 1t in a hard 5. Sim
plicity, thy name is golfl
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
Is There Anything You
Desire to Know About
Trapshooting?

Trapshooting will be the great
est of all outdoor sports in 1919.
Before the war there were
100000 trapshooters. Inside of
another year the number Of
trapshooters should climb into
the millions, for every man who
wore khaki is a potential trap
shooter.
There are 1000 gun clubs in
the United States. As the boys
come home many clubs will be
given renewed strength. Many
new clubs will be formed. There
will be shooting clubs where guns
heretofore were a curiosity.
The Bee through its expert on
trapshooting matters, Peter P.
Carney, editor of the National
Sports Syndicate, will cheerfully
answer all questions pertaining
TO trapshooting, its rules, the
proper method of organizing,
equipping. and conducting a club,
the laying out Of traps, how to
conduct a shoot. etc. If there is
anything you desire to know
about the patriotic sport drop
line to the sports editor Of the
Bee and the information will be
forthcoming.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
TWELVE GAMES
ON SCHEDULE OF
CENTRAL HIGH
Basket Ball Season Will Open
in Council Bluffs Friday
Night on Y. NJ.
C. A. Floor.
Central Highs Schedule.

SEltldA 1Atkll , 0CICuulCs
January II, at Council Bluffs.
January %, at South High.
January Is, Sioux City at Omaha.
January 81. at Beatrice.
February /, at Lincoln.
February g. Fort Dodge at Omaha.
February 20, Lincoln at Omaha.
February %, South High at Central.
March /, at Sioux City.
March Council Bluffs at Omaha.
Central High schools basket ball
team will open its season Friday
night when it meets the fast Coun-
Gil Bluffs quintet on the Council
Bluffs Young Mems Christian asso-
cations floor. Twelve games have
been booked for the Purple and
White. The dates with St. Joseph
have not been set. Contests with
Creighton High and Commerce
High were cancelled because of the
hardness in opening the season.
The schedule, although not as
long as usual, is just as difficult.
Prospects in basket bali are not so
bright this year. In addition, most
Of Centraps opponents began their
season month ago and have had
the advantage of playing together.
Hold Back Lineup.
Although Coach Mulligan will
withhold his lineup until late in the
week, it is generally conceded that
the men will line up as follows:
Clemens and Paul Konecky, guards;
Logan, center, and Art Paynter and
Art Burnham, forwards. Clemens
is new at the school having come
from Norfolk, Neb., where he played
on the Norfolk High second team.
Paul Konecky is veteran at the
game as is Logan. These two are
the only men on the squad who
have earned their basket ball "0Ps.
Art Paynter and Burnham will
make a good combination at for
ward. Both are fast men and hard
players. 1t is prophesied by some
that Paynter will develop into the
star of the team.
Leo Konecky will probably get
into the game as a substitute guard.
while Mangold and White expect to
sub at forward.
No long trips are contemplated
this year. At the end of the month
the team will 60 ont into the state
after the scalps of Lincoln and Be-
atrice. This date, however, is sub
ject to change.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
Creighton Uni. Wins
From Doane, 52-24, in
First Game Of Season

Outclassedl That explains the 81
.o-24 defeat OF the Doane college
basket ball team at the hands of the
Creighton quintet in a one-sided
game played on the Creighton floor
last night. Too much Kearney and
Wise was the cause of the big score.
Scoring after only ten seconds of
play, Creighton took the lead and
allowed the visitors no hope of vic
tory. Had the basket shooting eyes
Of tie other four flippers been as
keen as "Chuck" Kearney's, the
score would have been in three fig
ures before the final whistle blew.
The visitors had,no mean ability,
but were simply hopelessly out
classed. Andrews and Dredla, the
forwards, starred for the losers and
exhibited some classy playing. The
guarding of the visitors, however,
was too slow for the victors, who
broke through the defense and kept
the cords swaying on the baskets.
In team work the blue and white
was also far superior. Brain tickling
plays kept the Doane men guessing.
Kearney was the star of the first
half. while Wise shared his honors
in the latter half in which he put
the sphere through for counters in
rapid succession.
The game was unusually clean.
No fouls were committed by Doane.
Lineup and summaries:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
ANOTHER FIGHT
AT FORT Omaha
PROMISED FANS
Heavyweight Ozark Horse
Seeking Opponent for Con-
test to Be Held About
February I.

Mother Elite Mite" at Fort
Omaha about February / has struck
a popular chord with the sport fans.
Boys with a real wallop are on the
card and Manager Faulk states that
a show supreme will greet those
who attend. His much talked of
dark horse" is undergoing intensive
training and a challenge is issued to
any local boxer-soldier or civilian.
He'll take anyone on" shout the
boys of the Fiftieth Balloon COM
pany, and the tougher his oppo-
nent the better he'll like it." The
name Of this fighter will not be di-
vulged. He is naturally enlisted un-
der his real name and very few
know that he is the famous (?).
Gene Melady is very much inter-
ested in the plans of this coming
event and believes that Omaha
lovers of the mitt and mat will
universally declare the February
meeting a glove classic. He will as
sist the soldiers in arranging the
card.
This dark horse" of Lieutenant
Faulk's has made many of the world
famous "pugs" take the count or
fight to a draw. He has met such
luminaries as Fred Fulton in the
roped arena and his opponent must
be a top noteher or else resign him
self to a good drubbing.
Some preliminary bouts have al
ready been arranged and it is hoped
that the complete card can be an
nounced soon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12

ments during 1918 shows the loss OF
only about half a dozen sets, and
she won the following tournaments:
Pelham. Ardsley, Metropolitan,
Longwood, Western Pennsylvania,
Great Lakes, New Jersey States,
Heights Casino (indoor), and the
national championships, both in
door and outdoor.
Commenting on the plans for the
Wimbledon championship the Field
says: One may also assume that
our oversee visitors of next summer
will anticipate with keen relish the
reopening of Wimbledon. Shorn of
some of its former fixtures, the first
after-war meeting must inevitably
be, but there is no reason to expect
any lack of high standard play or
any dearth of friendly international
rivalry. The lists will, of course,
be closed to our present enemies.
Our European allies, especially
France and Belgium, are likely to
be fully represented and if Mile.
Lenglen comes over to compete in
the ladies championship, that event
in itself would give distinction to
any meeting. 1t is certain that some
of the young American brigade will
'e here"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
Great Relay Of Talent to
Be at Drake RELAY Meet

Des MONIES, Ia, Jan. lZ.-Witk
an exceptional array of, track talent
the annual Drake univer-
sity relay races will be held on
April 10, il is announced.
Athletic authorities at Drake de-
clare the entry list will be larger
and representive of more institu-
tons than ever before. The end Of
the war has made it possible for
most schools to take up athletics
again in full force.
Institutions included in the list
expected to send teams are Michi-
gan, Chicago, Wisconsin, Iowa, ILL
nois, Notre Dame. Nebraska, Mis-
souri, and Minnesota.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
Champ VOIIey Ball Team
Will Meet Bluffs Squad

The Omaha volley ball team,
champions of Nebraska, will engage
the Council Bluffs team in a return
game to be played Saturday on the
local Young Mems Christian assoc
iation's floor. Prediction as to the
probable victor is lacking because of
the fact that the two teams are the
most evenly matched that have play
ed this season. In the last game be-
tween the two teams the Omaha
players won the honors by a single
point. The game will be played
starting at S o'clock Saturday after
noon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12

Miss Molla Bjurstedt, the wonder
full Norwegian tennis player who
has held the woman's championship
of the United States since 1915, is
planning to return to Norway next
summer. The trip takes on a de-
cidedly interesting aspect because of
her present intention to compete i'll
the English championship. which
probably will be held at Wimbledon
in June.
Restoration of that historic tourn-
ament which was abandoned during
the war, not only will attract the
best of the English players, but
other European experts as we'll, for
the London Field says that France
and Belgium certainly will be repre-
sented The entry of Mile. keng-
len, the French girl whose sensa-
tioual playing attracted much at
tention before the war, is antici-
pated.
Miss Bjurstedt's career in this
country has been remarkable, for
with the exception of the matches
Miss Mary K. Browne of Los An
geles won from her in 1917 when
they were playing for the Red
Cross, she has rarely been defeated.
Her record in sanctioned tourna-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
FAST GAMES Are
PROMISED FANS
OF BASKET BALL
Commercial and Church
League QuintetS Will Bat.
tie for Title Again
This Week.

With the six teams in the Com
mercial basket ball league paired
off on the championship ladder tht
third round of games will be played
Thursday night at the Young Mems
Christian association. The Nakens
who are tied with the Commercs
High quintet for first honors, are
expected to have an easy time with
the Sixty-second balloonists, with
whom they are carded to play.
The Beddeos will strive to bring
the Commerce High squad down
from its lofty perch. The Beddeos
and the Bookkeepers are we'll
matched and a close game should
result. So far the Commerce team
has met teams below its class and
because of the diminutiveness Of
its players, has had the sympathy
of the fans. The Beddeos are tied
with the Fort' Omaha five, having
been defeated by them in the first
round and having humbled the Six
ty-seconds in the second encounter.
May Need More Seats.
The Fort Omaha Central Furni-
ture contest is expected to result in
a victory for the soldiers. The VIC
tory will be byno means easy, how
ever, since the furniture dealers
have played the two strongest teams
in the league and been defeated, so
are now out for three victories to
complete the first half of the sea-
sons schedule.
Extra provision for seats to ac-
commodate the large crowd of fans
will probably have to be made this
week. Elmer Beddeo announces
that his whole force of employees
will be on hand Thursday night to
root for their team. A jazz band,
furnished by Mr.. Beddeo, will en-
liven the evening with the latest
jazz pieces. Despite this effort to
insure their defeat, the Commerce
High quintet is confident that they
will either emerge victorious or
have at least treated the fans to
some mighty classy playing.
Bromley, the Nakens shining
light, who was chiefly responsible
for bringing home the bacon for his
mates last season. will be in the
lineup Thursday on the Central
Furniture team. With Bromley
back. the merchants expect a steady
climb to the top of the champiom-
ship ladder to follow.
Church League.
In the Church league three teams
are tied for first place and the other
three are without any victories to
their credit. The Pearl Memorials,
who are regarded as probable league
champs again this year, are booked
to meet the Calvary Baptists. This
team defaulted on the opening night
and has not displayed its prowess.
The Hanscom Park and the "Yp
dormitory men will settle the ques-
ton of to whom the cellar position
in the league shall go for the next
week. Both teams were defeated
last Tuesday.
A good contest is looked forward
to when the First Christians and the
Benson Methodists meet Tuesday.
The Methodists won their initial en-
counter, while the Christians lost
to the powerful Pearl Memorials.
The two teams will be about the
most evenly matched of those play
ing Tuesday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
A. A. FRANCHISE
FOR OMAHA NOW
SEEMS ASSURED
W. A. Rourke Leaves for New
York Meeting With Pros
poets for Team in
Bigger League.

Optimism is oozing from every
pore OF Omaha. The wartime in-
dustrial booms that affected all parts
of the country were built on a solid
foundation in Nebraska. Away
from the munition centers, ship
yards and other mushroom indus
tries the growth in the west has
been OF permanent nature.
The demand for food found the
Nebraska farmers responsive and
the largest acreage ever planted in
Nebraska will blossom forth next
spring. Omaha responded and es-
tablished factories TO supply the
needed implements of the farmer
when eastern factories rushed to
the quick profits of munitions. Fac
tories to manufacture the raw prod
ucts of Nebraska farms located here.
The solid foundation upon which
industrial Omaha faces the recon-
struction period is probably respon-
sible for the optimism Of Omahans.
Sport to Benefit.
Sport expects to receive far reach
ing benefits from the prosperity of
Omaha. William A. Rourke, owner
of the Western league base ball
franchise, is one Of the most opti-
mistic of all Omahans. He is
backed in his beliefs that this city
will be one of the best base ball
towns in the country next year by
the Chamber of Commerce.
IF it is humanity possible | will
have Omaha in a bigger league next
year,i said "Pa" Rourke Saturday
before departing for the reconstruc-
ton meeting in New York. Il have
every assurance that / will be able
to secure an American Association
franchise at this meeting"
Retrenchment has been the motto
Of majority of major and minor
league organizations. The opti-
mism over the prosperity of Omaha
is hest shown by Mr.. Rourke, who
scorns retrenchment and is making
every effort to expand and show
OHldnd ldiS ldStSL udsC uali'
Try for A. A. Franchise.
Repeated efforts of the Omaha
magnate, assisted by the Chamber
OF Commerce, to buy an A. A.
franchise have failed, but during the
last week the clouds have rolled by
and success is expected to result
from their labors.
Secretary Farrell of the national
organization has sent repeated tele-
grams to Mr.. Rourke urging him to
attend the reconstruction meeting
Of minor leagues in New York and
indicated that he would be given
ali opportunity to get in faster COM
pany, although he did not state how
It would be accomplished. Ed Ham
Ion, acting president of the Western
league, accompanied him and will
urge giving Omaha an A. A, fran
chise.
Indications point to general
change in the base ball map and
Omaha fans are jubilant over the
prospects of Omaha benedting by
the change.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
Leagues Big and Little
to Confer on Changes
in Conduct Of Base Ball

New York, Jan. 1l.-Plans have
been completed for the most i'm
nortSnt series of base ball meetings
in this city next week since the firm
establishment of organized base
ball, achieved with the signing of
the national agreement. According
to the present arrangements both
major and minor leagues will be
represented in series of confer
ences which will be attended by
every prominent club owner and
league official in the United States.
These conferences, which are ex-
pected to result in a number Of
radical changes in the conduct Of
the game, will continue throughout
the entire week.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
Iowa Legislature May
Leualize R0xinn Bouts

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. ll.-There
is a strong possibility that the Iowa
legislature, which convenes January
Is, will be asked to legalize boxing
and appoint a commission to super
wise the sport.
With an army cantonment adjoin-
ing the city, boxing has hourished
here for more than a year, although
in the past few months it has been
on the wane, due mainly to several
Disappointing bouts.
1t is said that law similar to
that in force in Minnesota would be
satisfactory to Iowa ring fans, with
bouts limited to either 10 or IL
rounds.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
Omaha U. Cage Crew
Develop Rapidly and
Fast Team Expected

Judging by the speed shown pros
poets for a good basket ball team at
the University of Omaha are excel
lent. Fifteen men have been turn
ing out regularly for practice and
many more are expected to return
next semester, which begins the
first of February. Loechner and
Grau at forward. Holloway and Fo-
ley at guard and Hartman at center
is the prospective lineup for the
cage quintet. Brown, Eychaner and
Clay are improving daily and prom
Use to contest the places of the first
team men. The first practice game
of the season was played with the
Deaf institute, which put up a good
fight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
Basket Ball.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jan. lice
dar Rapids High school, %; Mason
City, 10.
Minneapolis, Jan. 1l.-Minnesota
defeated Indiana IS to IS in a west
ern conference basket ball game here
tonight
Madison, wis, Jan. ll.-North-
western defeated Wisconsin, 20 TO
IS, in western conference basket ball
game tonight.
Peoria, H., Jan, 1l.-Peoria Brad
ley Polytechnic, 10; Wesleyan Uni
versity, 10.
Chicago, Jan. ll.-Chicago opened
the western conference basket ball
season tonight by defeating Purdue
81 to IL.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
SECOND annual
BONSPIEL card
AT MILLER PARK
PairingS Made and Second
Big Curling Event of Sea-
son Will Follow Finals
for Kennedy Trophy.

The Second Annual Curling Bon
spiel of the Clan Gordon Athletic
association is on, pairings for the
first round have been made and the
matches will start as soon as the
skips can arrange convenient dates
and the ice is favorable. The nrst
round will be finished before Jahu-
airy IS.
Today the final team play for the
John L. Kennedy trophy will be
played on the ice at Miller park.
The Ailsa Craigs, skipped by John
McTaggart, will play the Balmorals,
skipped by Robert Melvin. Both
teams have been playing a strong
game and a hard-fought contest is
expected.
The Ailsa Craigs are new team
this year but have been playing a
strong and consistent game. The
Balmorals, although not steady, play
a brilliant game and announce their
intention of winning.
All games, with the exception Of
the finals in the second Bonspiel,
will be II ends. The final round
will be q ends. Suitable prizes will
be presented to the winning team.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
Council Bluffs Team Trims
Commerce High by One Point

Council Bluffs High basket ball
team defeated the Commerce High
quintet, IA to IS, in a close game
played last night on the Young
Mems Christian associations floor
The contest was marked by several
irregularities and by many fouls
Hard luck in locating the basket
cost Commerce High the game,
The score stood IL to ) in favor
Of the Iowa team at the close OF
the first half.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
James and Bundy Win
HonOrS in Tennis Matches

Pinehurst, N. C., Jan. l1-R. L.
James, Saratoga, and Nathan Bundy,
Norfolk, defeated Georges Aranyi
and Count Otto Salm, 10, OIL, OF, in
the. final mems doubles today of the
mid-winter tennis tournament. In
the final mixed doubles Miss Mar
jorie Lake, Hartford, and Count
Salm won from Miss Caroline Boz
CART, Moore county, and N. A. Rose,
Longwood.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-12
Neal Appointed Manager
Of Louisville Ball Club

Louisville, KY, Jan. ll.-William
F. Neal of Louisville, formerly
scout-f for the Philadelphia National
and later with the Pittsburg Nation
al league team, today was chosen
general manager of the Louisville
American Association club, COM
bining the duties OF playi.,g man
ager and business manager. An
nouncement of the appointment was
made by William F. Knebelkamp,
president Of the club, which recently
was reorganized.