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HONOR FOR GOPHER
COACH IN EAST
Dr. H. L. Williams Plays Prom
inent Part in the Football
Conference*
Journal Special Servloe.
New Yorfc, Dec. 28.Conservatism ruled at
the meeting of football reformers held at the
Murray Hill hotel. The radicals who wished
to break away from the rules committee which
for years had dominated in gridiron affairs were
partially converted and then Voted into sub
mission, and the final result wus that a com
mittee of seven men who have played the game
and know its fine points was appointed and
instructed to confer with the old rules com
mittee which has a meeting tomorrow in Phila
delphia-
Captain Palmer B. Pierce, U. S. A., who rep
resented the West Point military academy, in
ail probability will not be called upon to wage
a .harder battle than that he won toduyj and
In Dr H. L. Williams of the University of Min
nesota he had an all who knows how to light.
They skirmished skillfully, then made a feint
and finally advanced in solid column, smashing
the enemy's solid front. Some stragglers in the
shope of amendments to resolutions escaped, but
they gained practically the position at which
they had aimed.
Sixty-Eight Colleges Represented.
Sixty-eight colleger and universities were rep
r*fseuted by delegations or proxy. Chancellor
Henry M. McCracken of New Ybrk university
wfts- in the chair. Dr. Williams, Captain Pierce's
Uy, who played four years on Yale eleven, was
chosen temporary vice president and Chancellor
iMcCormack of the Western University of Penn
syivsnia acted as secretary.
Early in the day Oaptain Pierce submitted tft
the conference a set of resolutions adopted by
the council of army association. The resolutions
tfere really his instructions as a delegate, as
they had been framed after-mature and careful
deliberation, and he thought they might prove
of value. They suggested that a rules. commit
tee of five be appointed to confer with the men
vrho act for Yale. Princeton. Harvard. Pennsyl
vania, Cornell, Annapolis anij Chicago university,
amalgamate with them and formulate rules that
will eliminate objectionable- features from the
game.
To Meet Rules Committee.
Various members suggested that either seven
of eleven members compose the committee, as
the present committee from the large univer
sities has eleven. Many delegates declared that
a committee of five could go to the present
rule-makers only as supplicants, and the more
rabid pointed out that this would mean a con
tinuance of the causes which have called down
the public protest which brought the conference
Into being.
Captain Pierce explained that lie feared a com
mittee larger than five would prove unwieldy,
for if amalgamated with the old committee of
seven it would form a body too large for "work
ing purposes." Seven was the number finally
'agreed upon, with nj^notf amendments.
The Instructions to the new rules committee
vwere
1W-
those recommended by West Point. Cap
tain Pierce, representing the military academy.
declared that the academy authorities did not
want all the roughness taken out of the game.
Some knocks and bruises were necessary to the
sport, he said. He believed that the present
rales, slightly modified and thoroly enforced.
would bring about the desired change in the
game.
Among the many resolutions introduced the fol
ivung
"Wh rhereas, the game of football, as practiced
under existing rules by the students of the
educational Institutions in the United States, has
developed undesirable features, the regularly ac
credited representatives "of the faculties of the
educational institutions from all the sections of
the country, in convention assembled in New
York city, Dec. 28, 1B05, in an effort to remove
this objectionable phase of the sport, hereby
"Resolved, That this conference recommends
that the academic authorities of this country
hold themselves as ultimately responsible for the
conduct of athletics within their respective in
stitutions.
"Resolved, That it is recommended th,at the
executive committee of the permanent organi
zation take cognizance, among other things, Of
the vital questions of eligibility of students who
take part in athletic games and sports, and
report at as early a time as practicable to
themselves on rules and recommendations for the
general conduct of all such "matters.
"Resolved, That the actions taken at this
conference on football shall be submitted to all
colleges
that
in the
game,dwith
the
request th same be ratified, an shall be
binding on any institution only upon ratifica
tion by that institution."
Opposes Present Committee.
Strong opposition to acting in conjunction with
the present football rules committee developed
at the conference.
Chancellor McCracken of New York unlver
sit said that the member of the football rules
committee who claims to represent Harvard is
not authorized to do so.
"I object," he continned, "to any legislation
being passed at this conference to amalgamate
with the present football rules committee until
vldence is brought to me that all the members
f the committee do represent the universities
from which they are said to come."
Professor Marston Bogart of Columbia said
that his university opposed the present rules
committee, and added that It would be a mls
take to co-operate with that body.
"We are here to represent the nation," he
said, "as to its educational institutions, and I
tell you that the time has come when the uni
verslties and colleges are going to run the
gsme of football, and not the football rules
committee. In time the other universities will
be glad to coma in with us."
"Cannot Cope with Experts."1
i Professor Moore of Vanderbilt college doubted
the ability of a faculty committee to cope with
,tbe experts in making rules for football, and
eald that he favored amalgamation with the
rules committee.
Nearly every speaker said that he was In faror
^f continuing the game of football.
The discussion was precipitated by resolutions
ffered by Captain Pierce of West Point favor
ilng amalgamation with the present rules commit
tee XTport his Euggrestlon the conference Toted
1
a committee of
a own,.
415 to 419
Nicollet Ave.
shall be played by the institutions ratifying the
action of this conference.
ThirdThat the five members elected by this
conference shall be guided in their action so as
to secure the following:
AAS Open game. ,'1*
BElimination of rough and brutal playing.
CEfficient enforcement of ruleB, making the
rules definite and precise in all respects, such as
the definition of brutal playing,, holding, trip
ping and in general all. infringement of the
rules for which penalties are given.
DOrganization of a permanent body of of
ficials.
Minnesota Represented.
Among the institutions represenredjat
Suits and Overcoats
reducing the prices for Saturday to
the con
ference were: University of Minnesota, Univer
sity of Nebraska, Creighton college, Colorado
college. University of Colorado,. University of
South Dakota, University Of Kansas, University
of Missouri, St. Louis university, Carleton col
lege. University of Cincinnati, Oberiih col
lege, College of Indiana, Western univer
sity, Case School of Applied Science, Wittenberg
college. Wooster university, Miami university,
Ohio Kenyon college, University of North Caro
lina, Kentucky State college. St. John's college,
Annapolis Maryland agricultural college, George
Washington university, Vanderbilt university.
University of Texas, Western University of
Pennsylvania, Washington and Jefferson college,
Allegheny college* Dickinson college, Grove City,
Pa., college, Haverford college, Bucknell uni
versity, Washington, Pa. Rutgers college, Stev
ens iiistitnte, Amherst college, Williams.college.
Holy Cross college, Wesleyan, Dartmouth, Uni
versity of Maine, Tufts, Colby college, St.
Lawrence college, Rensselaer polytechnic instl
tuteee, Niagara university. College of the City of
New York, Manhattan college, Colgate univer
sity, St. Francis Xavler college, Columbia Uni
versity, New York university, Syracuse univer
sity, Union college, Rochester university and
West Point. i
Gopher Coach Honored.
The committee on rules named by the confer
ence Is as follows:
B. K. Hull, Dartmouth Lieutenant Daly, West
Point J. A. Babbitt, Haverford college Dr.
H.'L Williams, University of Minnesota 0. W.
Savage, Oberlin college James T. Lees, fJniver
sity of Nebraska, and F. H. Curtis, University
of Texas.
The following permanent officers of the con
ference were elected: President, Captain Palmer
E. Pierce, West Point vice president, Dean W.
D. Wild, Williams College secretary, Louis De
vier, Jr., Rutgers college.
An executive committee was elected and con
sists of the president, representing the Ktw
York section tne vice president, representing
NeW England the secretary, representing the
middle states, and the following other members:
Chancellor Frank Strong, University of Kansas
representing the far west President Welch, Ohio
Wesleyan, representing Ohio W L. Dudley,
Vanderbilt university, representing the south.
The member to represent the middle west Was
not chosen, but will be selected later.
The conference, which was the result of a
call issued by Chancellor McCracken of the New
York university, finally adjourned last night
subject to the call of the president.
MUSIC AND ART
FOR MRS. FITZSIMMONS
Journal Special Service.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 29.While Mrs. Rob
ert Fitisimmons, Tftio appears on the hotel regis
ter as ''Mrs. Julia May of Sioux Falls," de
clines to talk, her friends say she will base her
suit for divorce from the pugilist on the charges
of cruelty. No specific acts of cruelty are even
hinted at, but her lawyer may be depended
upon to attend to that part of it.
"I am simply here for a rest," said Mrs. Fitz
simmons yesterday. "I like this, city and state
very much and intend to reside here permanent
ly, studying music and art. I have nothing what
ever to say about my domestic affairs. They
are nobody's business, and all the silly and sen
sational things the newspapers have printed
about me are untrue. There are no legal compli
cations involving me or my friends that I am
aware of, despite the nasty things that have
been printed. I did not go to Europe last June,
altho the papers insisted I did. Divorce? I
know nothing about it, and I will not discuss
my personal affairs. No, I do not care to dis
cuss Mr. Fitzslmmons' defeat or his plans. I
do^not know what they are."
Mrs. Fitzsimmons flatly refused to answer any
of the charges made by Fitzsimmons or his
manager, Leon Friedman. She has engaged
legal cpuEsel^but it is thought ther ewlll be no
movement toward securing a divorce for some
time, owing to the publicity given the ase.
People here are apprehensive of lively scenes
when Fitz arrives and demands a settlement
with his wife. It is understood he will start
fol Sioux Falls from San Francisco on Monday
morning. His wife declines to say whether he
is coming or what she will do Or say,.
EXPOSIMORE BADNESS
BY YIGIOUS ILLINI
Journal Special Service.
Springfield, 111., Dec. 20.Reform in football
so as to eradicate the present possibilities of
viciousness and of injury is demanded in a
resolution adopted at the closing Bession of the
Illinois State Teachers' association yesterday.
The game was scored by A. F. Nightengale,
formerly superintendent of Cook county schools.
The aping of colleges by high schools was con
demned by Mr. Nightengale. He declared him
self opposed to the brutality of football and
class rushes.
"To call the classes freshmen, sophomores,
juniors and seniors," he said, "is to have claes
yells and rushes to espouse the brutality, of foot
ball or to even permit the existence of secret
societies or sororities are all detrimental to the
students' welfare."
Fifteen Dollars.
OLYMPIAN DATES ARRANGED.
Washington, Dec. 29.The state department*
las been formally notified that the Olympic
games will be held at Athens, Greece, from
April 22 to May 2, and from the records estab
lished will be made up the official records of
Greek olympiads after they have been approved
by the committee of umpires. The contests em
brace almost all forms of athletics and only
amateurs qualified by known amateur
union
be eligible for entry. Ameri
be made before March 12 next
fixing
th membershirules of the committee seven Cap
tain Pierce proposed the following duties for
this committee:
FirstTo communicate with the representa
tives of Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Penn-
$. sylvanla, Cornell, Annapolis and Chicago
universities, who constitute the committee that
'has formerly governed football and propose that
the committees be amalgamated Into one which
Shall formulate rules under which football -shall
be played.
SecondIf this amalgamation is refused,
then the above-named committee of Ave shall
proceed to formulate rules mfder which football
The bargain-hunter is -sure to find prizes
by a look through these lines the
Browning, King & Co. quality of course.^
Broadway at 32d Street NEW
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OKLA.XIlEI.D OSCHAlti "WON.
Spring Valley. Minn., Dec. 29.The southern
Minnesota indoor baseball season opened here
Wednesday night, when the Chatfleld Orphans
defeated the Spring Valley team by a score of
2 to 0. Chatfleld scored two runs in the third
innlng-and there was no more scoring Until the
eighth inning, when Spring Valley forced in one
run. The play was close and exciting and the
game was remarkably free from errors. Bat
teries: Chatfield, Hurning and Gilchrist Spring
Valley, Hugh and Helon Leach.
B0EDEE OtrBLERS PLAY.
Browning, King &Co
ORIGINATORS AND SOLE MAKERS 0 HALF-SIZES IN CLOTHING
PREPARATORY to stock-taking Jan. 1
we have sorted out and placed on sep-
arate tables about 500 winter weight
Man., were defeated at St. Thomas. N. D.,
yesterday. A return match will be played at
Gretna soon.
415 to 419
NicolletAve.
YORK Factory, Cooper Square.
WINTERSPORCS?ANDP^S^IMES|NOW
Friday Evening, Tim MINNEAPOW^ JOURNAL.
O'BRIEN HOLDS
O N TECHNICALITY
American Association Evenly Di
vided For and Against Mil-
waukeeMan.
Journal Special Service.
Chicago, Dec. 29.Joe D. O'Brien of Milwau
kee is still president of the American association
and says he will continue in office. His reten
tion of power, however, is not due to a re-elec
tion, but to The fact that there is a deadlock be
tween the two factions in the league, and the.
magnates cannot elect a successor.
Aa was expected, Tebeau of the Louisville and
Kansas City clubs took sides with "Havener of
Milwaukee, and Lennon of St. Paul on all issues,
and every move to clinch O'Brien's election Was
frustrated by Watkins, Bryce, Grlllo and Kelley.
About everything possible in baseball politics
was exhibited at the Grand Paclfld hotel, where
the magnates of the American association assem
bled. Cunning and a desire for revenge were
shown. Cleverness and stupidity were also in
evidence, urid while the first session was dra
matic the last session- was a farce, pure and
simple.
Tebeau In Early.
Tebeau arrived at the battleground early, and
it required but a' few moments for he and C. S.
Havener of Milwaukee and George Lennon of
St. Paul to get together, and the establishment
of the old factional lines. These men chanced to
represent a majority on the board of directors,
and were ready to hold the board meeting at
once, but W. H. Watkins and T. J. Bryce, the
other members of the board, were caucusing with
J. Ed Grillo and Mike Kelley at the Auditorium
and did not arrive until about noon.
When the meeting begad George Lennon pre
sented his credentials .as the representative of
the St. Paul'club,' and immediately after nomi
nated George Tebeau as temporary chairman and
chairman of the board of directors for the year.
A vote was taken. Neither Watkins nor Bryce
voted, but the "three guardsmen" did and Te
beau took the chair. Lennon was then honored
by being elected" as secretary of the meeting.
At this ioin Mike Kelley arose and tvltlj
Bryce aud Watkins went to another room, and
soon sent word that there was a real directors'
meeting going on in room 22(4, No attention was
paid to this, but the. "three guardsmen" ap
pointed a committee to demand of Kelley the
books, papers and funds of the association en
trusted to him when he was chairman. He re
fused to turn over and the committee so report
ed to the board. Soon after this the directors
adjourned. In the meantime Watkins and Bryce
received Keliey's report and also adjourned
Tebeau will call upon Kelly to turn over the
books, papers and funds of the league in his
possession, and should he refuse the courts will
be appealed to. Kelly, however, has all of the
sinews of war still in his possession.
The Long Delay.
It was after 2 o'clock when the directors'
meeting was ended and Havenor and Lennon went
away for lunch. Tebeau also disappeared and
it was found impossible to get hold of enough
clubowners to make a quorum for the transaction
of buslnes, so Joe D. O'Brien aelnyea. calling
tne annual meeting of the association. .Wat
kins and Brice waited around for a tlule, but
left for the Auditorium about ,4 o'clock. About
5 o'clock it became evident that there would be
no chance to hold the meeting, and as the visit
ing newspaper men were clamoring for O'Brien
to do something so they could go to their homes,*
he conceived a plan to call the meeting and
then adjourn it immediately. All he wanted was
one magnate, and the newspaper men located
J. Ed Grillo. who at first refused to go, "but when
given the key to the room so as to protect him
self against any "frame-up," he consented. Ac
companied by a score of newspaper men, the
'jv.ledo magnate went to O'Brien's apartment
and, after the door was locked and the body
guard had been Ushered into an adjoining room
tUe annual meeting of the American association
was called to order. On the motion of Grillo the
roll was called, and then, on another motion,
the meeting was adjourned subject to tne cali
of the president.
It looks aa tho the affairs are well tied up
The. queeticn of tho transfer of the Minneapolis
club did not come up in any way. T. J. Brice
left for California last night, where he hopes
to rebuild his shattered health.. Watkins has"
his pioxy and will vote for him at all meetings
of the league. It is possible that a meeting of
the league will be called on Jan. 8 when the
minors meet here.
FOOTBALL SOLONS i O
MEET AGAIN TONIGHT
Journal Special Service.
Philadelphia, Dec. 20. Tonight invthe Bellvue
Stratfoi', this city, the intercollegiate football
rules committee will begin a two days' session.
The announcement was made by District Attor
ney John C. Bell, the representative on the
committee of the University of Pennsylvania.
This will be the second meeting this year, the
first held here some weeks ago being,no more
than a preliminary, and offered opportunity to the
delegates to place before thebody suggestions as
to changes indorsed by their college. Harvard
twice since then has caused a postponement of
the second gathering because it was said the
crimson people had not come to an agreement on
the suggestions' they had to offer. Now they
are ready and will have something new, it is
said, to give the committee to work on.
Today, according to'report, the committee will
agree to those suggestions that prove unanimous
andV will debate those on which there is a
difference of opinion.
BRITT LIKES THE
NiTIYE SON DEAL
JournalYorb- Special Service.
will
.s 11
Ne
bee 29.Jimmy Britt, the premier
American entries must4 Jtebtweight fighter of California, will do no fight-'
ing while in the east. He had intended to engage
in two Blsr-round bouts, with "Unk". Russell
ana Harry Lewis, the quaker city ligbtwelghts,
within the short period of three weeks, but a
telegram from Ms brother, Willie Brilt, has
changed his plans and has compelled him to can
cel both these matches.
The telegram, which came from San Fran
cisco, informed Jimmy that he has be%n matched
Hb fight battles out\ there in February, the first
with "Young Oorbettf" or Kid Herman, the Chi
cago boy, and the second with Willie Fitzgerald,
the South Brooklyn lightweight.
Minnetonka Had Fastest Boat.
The high speed launch which excited
so much comment on Lake Minnetonka
has,proven to be, for its size, the fast
est boat on any water built last year.
The Globe Iron Works Company, the
builders of the.engine, have been look
ing the matter up very carefully, a
they claim, at the tinie the boat was
put out, that it was the fastest in the
world, and they have only found one
boat of anything like its size that could
compare with it. This other boat made
26 miles an hour, as against 25 miles
an hour made by the. Globe Iron Works
boat, but it had an engine of 120-h.p.,
while the Minnetonka boat had only
80-h.p.
The Globe Iron Works Gcfmpany has
made a specialty of the very highest
grade equipments and it is showing at
the Minneapolis branch, 310 3d av S,
the finest line of Old-Town canoes, oars,
paddles, high-speed launches and ma-,
rine hardware that can be.-fount? in the
west. They also have a supply of new
and second-hand launches in stock that
can be had at about half p_riQe.,- ,v
Through Tourist Cars to California
On four days of the week via Chicago
Great Western railway^
Mondays^Leave' Minneapolis 7:40
a.m., St. Paul 8:10 a.m. via Omaha,
Missouri Pacific, Kansas City and Santa
Fe, arriving Los Angeles following Fri
day 8:25 a.m.
TuesdayLeave Minneapolis 8:0ft
&ock
ft'
m.,,St. Paul 8 30 p.m. via Omaha and
Island Scenic Boute arriving San
Francisco 4:28 p.m. Saturday/
Wednesday Leave Minneapolis
10:45 p.m., St. Paul 11:20 p.m. via K. 0.
Bock Island-El Paso Boute, arriving
Los Angeles 12:55 noon Sunday.
Thursdayr-Leave Minneapolis 10:20
a.m., St. Paul 10:50 a in., via K. C. &
Santa Fe Boute, arriving Los Angeles
8:25 a.m. Monday.
For further information apply to B.
'jH. Heard, general agent, corner Nicol
Kl* let. avenue, and THftte-fittto^ Mwjfr
NOE
POTLWflll
O'JLOV&IUM
George Tebeau became as. mad as a
wet hen. at Chicago yesterday and, an
nounced, so the dispatches said, that
rather than have Mike Kelloy running
the Minneapolis club, he would put in
a team here himself. This would be
fine for the Lund Lands and tjhe Javas
and some of our fast jimateur teams.
They could get all sorts of practice ma
terial. George might shift that bunch
of Kansas City, .haymakers up hero or
might even bring up the ^"'never-
sweats" from Louisville. We feel in
our bones that George- would do real
well with a baseball club in Minneapo
lis.
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Louisville
claim a glorious victory at yesterday's
meeting. Their jaundiced stories of
the proceedings sounds like one of
those reports that came out of Port Ar
thur before the. tumble* ^-..V v\.
Dr. Schurman of Cornell has planted
a few harpoons into the ranks of the
football aiitis.'''.. This should go faa
as a cup of cold water in, the face of
the hysterical old women in men's
garb who have been having theso.at
tacks since the close of the football
season.
Watty put lit up to Georgw Tebeau
in fine shape at the meeting .in Chi-luxurious
cago^yesterday. The lad with, the Sfray
hair proposed the leading sporting edi
tor of Louisville as a candidate f^r
president of the American association*
and as Tebeau' did not hanker after
alienating the affection of the scribe,
he could fullv appreciate the feelings
of the live lobster dropping into the
hot kettle. He stuck by O'Brien, arid
it is now time to begin to watch the
columns of the Kentucky paper. Wat
kins must have grinned" to watch
George on the griddle, of doubt and
fear.
But Mike Kelley still holds the rollai
and the records.
Hereafter' it will riot be altogether
out of order to alludfc ^o th9 head of
the league as Joseph D. O'Brien, presi
dent tyro tern-
This baseball muddle- wil.l probably
get into the courts and then the law
yers will begin to read up on the at
tendance figures of the games.
O'BRIEN DECIDES TO
TAKE ON MARVIN HART
Journal Special Service.
Philadelphia, Dee. 9.iJaci: O'Brien is out to
make good his clMm tO *he heavyweight cham
pionship of the'world '*t)'Brlen is on his way
east to take on all comers in his class. Altho
he was expected to arrive^ln Philadelphia Satur
day about noon, word wjas received from Mm
from Ogden, Utah, yesterday, saying he was
offered a purse qt $25,000 by the Reno Athletic
club for a^fliri|h fight Vlth Marvin fltart, the
same flb take plaee'on.Aplil:15, an9 incidentally
to carry with it the worH's.championship title.
The club will put up the requisite financial
backing and leaves it to the principals to di
vide the big amount in the purse. O'Brien has
accepted .the offer. i
The announcement of ^he acceptance of such
a proposition, coming as it does from O'Brien
himself, is a big surRrise to his many friends
and admirers In this city, as it was expected
that he would not take on such a formidable
opponent as Hart for a long time.
01?F TO CALIFORNIA
Sunshine Boute PopularTourist Cars
from the Twin Cities to Los Angeles,
California. To accommodate the large and in
creasing tourist travel to California, a
through tourist sleepingcar line has
been established between St. Paul and
Minneapolis and Los Angeles via the
Chicago, Milwaukee-& St. Paul and the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railways,
the Sunshine Boute..
Leaving Minneapolis at 8:20 a.m.covered.
every Tuesday, St. Paul 8:30 a.m., the
tourist has a daylight ride .through one
of the most populous and richest agri
cultural sections of Minnesota and Iowa.
Kansas City is reached at 8:20 a.m.
the next day. The car attached to the
Santa Fe train leaves Kansas City at
11 a.m. Wednesday..
During the afternoon the" train passes
through some of the most thriving
towns in Kansas-Lawrence, Topeka
(where a stop of twenty-five minutes is
made for dinner), .Osage City,' Empo
ria, Florence, Newton, Hutchinson, sec
nic Colorado being entered during the
night.
Th. Panorama of the Rockies.
The next morning at an early hour
La Junta, in southeastern Colorado, is
reached, and at this point the first view
is had of the Bocky Mountains, the
train skirting the eastern foothills and
entering New Mexico near Baton. Will
iams is reached at noon on Friday.
This is the junction with the line to
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and
a stopover may be had here if a visit
to the Grand Canyon is provided for
in the itinerary of the tourist.
From San Bernardino until arrival at
Los-Angeles, at 8:2 a.m. Saturday, the
train runs through the garden spot of
southern California.
"BeasonS'Why." I
Briefly stated, the advantages offered
by The Sunshine Boute from the north
west consists of the shortest linfe to
southern California a direct route to
San Francisco and vicinity great scenic
attractions, including the Grand Can
yon of the Colorado river in Arizona
a route less affected by snow than those
through, the more .Northerly Bocky
Mountain passes an easy grade, consid
ering that the continental ranges must
be surmounted equipment complete in
all appointments, and a delightful cli
mate.
For each double berth (one berth
will comfortably accommodate two. per
sons) the price is,$6.75 from St. Paul or
Minneapolis to either Los .Angeles or
San Franciiico.
Tickets and Berth Beservations.
For the Sunshine Boute your tickets
should .read via the Chicago, Milwau
kee & St. Paul Bailway to, Kansas City,
thence via the Atchison, Topeka & San
ta Fe Bailway' and connections to Ari
zona, New Mexico alvd California des
tinations.
For' ticket, berth reservations in
first-class or tourist sleeping cars, ad
dress W. B. Dixon, Northwestern Pas
senger Agent, 365v
Robert street, St
Paul or C. B. Lewis, C. P. & T. A., 328
Nicollet avenue,. Minneapolis.
Holiday Bates
Chtafc-gd Great Western Bailway.
Only one fare plus one-third for the
round trip to points in Arkansas, Col
orado, Illinois, Indian Territory. Iowa,
Kansas, Louisiana Missouri, Nebraska,
Oklahoma and Texas. Tickets? on sale
December 23, 24. 26, 30^ 81 and Jan
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JOE OANnLLOS-
Deeemtter
CORNELL'S HEAD,
IFAYORS FOOTBALL
Br. Schurman Says There Is Too
Much Hysteria in Present
Agitation.
Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 29.r-Pr6sident Jacob
Gould Schurman of Cornell university, In an
address before the Associated Academic Princi
pals of the state of New York last night, placed
himself on record as a staunch, friend of foot
ball, declaring that the recent' criticism of the
game, "If not hysterical and frenzied, Is at
least one-sided and unfair."
President Schurman urged that the game
should not be abolished. Modify it, he sug
gested, so as to remove the extra hazards, but
to abolish It would be to do away with the
most popular sport of the youth of the country
and of the American people themselves, he de
clared. President Schurman's theme was "Na-
tional Greatness," and he devoted considerable
attention to the physical basis of manhood. In
the physical training of the youth Dr. Schurman
declared oufdoor sports take the place la this
country of the military service required in Ger-
many.1
Create Esprit de Corps.
"And, speaking for the colleges and univer-
sities.'' he said, "I am sure they have been an
effective antidote to effeminate weakness, to low
vice ami to foolish disorder and rowdyism. How
ever sliange It may sound to the critics, it fs
nevertheless tru that athletics have made it
possible toi govern' (because athletics chave -de-
veloped an c*pi't de corps) hundreds, yes thou
saufls of students In a single .university year
after year, without the help of Jury, court .or
policeman.
"Am 1 then" ail afltofcafe of' foOtbaU? What
I have said have said, and desire not to
alter. Baseball and football are the best out
door sports we have for the American youth,
and football' Is the most popular, not, only
among th youth, but among the American peo
ple themselves. It is a rough game, but, taking
account ,of the large number erf people who play
It, comparing them for example with the more
motorists, the number ot serious acci
dents ana ot fatalities is small.
Names stirring Qualities.
"The game is BO stirring, it challenges so
potently the play Impulse of young Americans,
it appeals so strongly to the popular love ot
vigorous competitions, it has in it so many ele
ments of voluminous vent for huge masses of
superfluous feeliqg and energy in players and
spectators alike, which' otherwise would seek
and find an outlet in more dubious channels
there is, I say, so much to be adduced in
favor of the game that the criticism which has
of late been hailed upon it .will, on impartial
consideration, be found to be, if riot hysterical
and frenzied, at least one-sided and unfair.
"The game is rough, but roughness is no bad
ordeal, and even the scriptures enjoin us to
'endure hardness.' The game Is attended with
accidents so is every game so is every form
of human activity and every form of idleness.
Is the game unduly rough or unduly dangerous?
Then let us remove the extra hazards by a modi
fication of the rules. In my judgment, the two
greatest objections to football as now played are
'slugging" and otner Intentional evasions ot tltte
rules for the purpose of weakening opposition,
ana the commercialism which grows out of gate
'receipts and the handling by young men of enor
mous sums of money for athletic purposes.
"The first of these evils can be ^remedied by
the enforcement of severe penalties for foul
playing, not only disqualifying the offender, but
penalizing his side. To that end the positions
of the umpires must be rendered more Independ
ent, so that they will not scruple to do- their
duty, even when the stands are filled with the
friend3 and supporters of the offending team,
A few changes in the rules and In the provisions
for their enforcement would accomplish all these
reforms, except the elimination of commercial
ism.
Gate Beceipts Blamed.
"And that, I suppose, we must endure till
the colleges and universities agree to abolish
gate receipts.' And gate receipts will not be
abolished till some less objectionable way is de
vised of supporting athletics.
"But what an improvement it would make if
all other reforms were effected at once. An4 I
see no reason why they should not be. In-,
deed, the football "rules committee, which is
composed.of representatives of Yale, Princeton,
Harvard. Cornell, Pennsylvania, along with a
representative of the Western Intercollegiate
Athletic association and a member at large, has
been holding meetings this month for this pur
pose, ahd at its very first meeting it passed a
resolution in favor of action leading to the
opening of the game, the lessening of brutality,
.the placing o^C the appointment of officials in
the hands of some centralized body and the
rendering of evasion of the rules unprofit
able. And the committee is now engaged In
the framing of rules, and the institution of ar
rangements which will accomplish these highly
desirable euds.
"And I should like to add that when the re
forms I have been describing are effected in
football the friends of the game will owe a
debt of gratitude to the general public, who
have shown themselves far more sensitive than
the experts to the objectionable features of this
branch of athletics."
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SICK AGAIN.
Special to The Journal.
Des Moines. Iowa. Dec. 29.-^oe Cantlllon,
owner of the Des Moines team, is again very
sick and has returned to Rochester. Minn, for
another operation. Cantlllon was'at the'hos
pital some time ago for an operation ahd refour
Physicians say.that he will recover.
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TO SHOW SAINTS
HOWTOCUEL
The' cnrling season in the twin cities will be
officially opened Saturday night, when two of
the St. Paul rinks will come to Minneapolis
for games with local curlers. The contests
Will be held at the Flour City rinks, Fifth
street and Second avenue N, and altho no
prizes will be offered the winners the matches
should be close and exciting, owing to the long
existing "rivalry between the curlers of the
two cities.
It is probable that the Capital City and
Nushka rinks of St. Paul will be chosen to
represent the saintly city curlerg on Saturday
night, and Bob Dunbar will probably skip one
of the St. Paul rinks. The Flour City club
has not selected the Minneapolis men who will
meet the St Paul curlers, but Labatt and
Bihildaffer will skip' the Minneapolis rinks.
GOOD CARD FOR
THE ICE MATINEE
Fast Time Expected Tomorrow at
the* Lake, of the
Isles. y[
Two races, a 2:20 pace and a 2:25 trot, will
be the offering of the Lake of the Isles Driving
club at its weekly matinee tomftrrow afternoon.
Seven horses. Including Etoy. a St. Paul speed
er, entered'by Schroecler, have been entered lor
tho pace, and the race should be one of the
best of the season..
In the trotting .race two Minneapolis horses
will make their first appearance. They are
Mike Wilkes, entered by Evans, and Jennie,
entered by Keller. Billposter, winner ot the
fast trotting race of the season, is also an
entry In the race tomorrow.
A silver cup has been donated by M. L.
Rothschild as a prize for the first place in
the trotting race, while a harness, donated by
the COlumbuS Buggy company, Will go to the
winner of the pacing contest.
The entries:
2:30 PaceRoy (Schroeder), Galeson, (Pennl
man), Marguerite Haha, (McConville). Mary
Glen, (McCoy), Belle Porter, (Waddell), Pine
wood. (Miller), Rhoderic Dhu, (Chllds).
2:25 TrotMike Wilkes. (Evans), Bill Post
er, (Porter), Jennie S., (Kellar), Gen, (M.
Porter), tady Belle, (Converse).
TICflTSMH TCD
ON MIGHIGAN FOOD
igo$.<p>Te^HBFOR
ion Will Be Opened at Flour
City Sink Saturday
Night.
Journal Special Service.
Monroe, Mich., Dec. 29.A large delegation
of Chicago yachtsmen, about thirty In all, ar
rived here yesterday evening to attend the third
annual rat carnival of the Monroe Yacht club.
Besides the Chicago delegation there were per
sons here from all parts of the world, Sydney,
Australia, being represented by W. A. Mitchell,
de
Northern Pacific,
While Ira D. Nadeau, superintendent of the
Pacific was here from Seattle. James
K. Jones of Helena, Mont, was also here. C.
Oliver Iselin, prominent yachtsman, headed a
delegation from New York city.
The yachtsmen sat down to a, bountiful re
past of muskrat, 6,000 of which had been pre
pared for thousands of persons- who attended
the carnival. They proceeded to eat "rats,"
not the rodents which Infest and annoy the occu
pants of the household, but a delicacy which
Is sought by the settlers of thiB section. The
boys filled up on rats', mashed potatoes, corn
and coffee and bread.
GDNCLDR PLANS
A TWO DAYS' SHOOT
On Sunday morning the Minneapolis Gun club
will begin a shooting session at the Intercity
park, and the Mar on the clay pigeons will be
contlnud thru New Year's day. Turkey prizes
will be offered to the winning marksmen in the
different events and many of the crack shots of
the saintly city have anonunced their intention
of competing for the Minneapolis birds.
The shooting will commence at 10 o'clock Sun
day and Monday mornings, but the most exciting
matches are promised for Monday afternoon.
WARNER WOULD COACH DRAKE.
Des Moines. Iowa. Dec. 29.Joe Warner of
S. U. I. has applied for the position of coach
of Drake next seeson. He was left tackle on
the famous hawkeye champion football team
years ago. He spent part of the season
assisting Coach Chalmers at Iowa.
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Nova Scotia Man Would Have
English Rugby Come Into
Favor.
New York, Dec. 29.English Rugby, not a*
it is played in England or in Canada, but the
style of game adopted by the exponents of the
port in New Zealand,, is suggested as a sub
stitute for the game of American football In
a letter addressed by Professor J. Edmund
Woodman of Dulhousie university, Halifay, N.
6., to the conference of colleges- now consider^
ing a revision of the game. The New Zea
land game, Professor Woodman declares, while
devoid of practically all the objectionable feat
ures which have brought the American game
into disfavor, possesses much of what la good
in nearly all forma of the sport. He directs
attention particularly to the absence of what
be calls "mob tackling, with the consequent
mob instinct which it arouses among the spec
tators."
The game also would, he says, give liveli
ness greater variety of possible plays and
strategic situations, and few delays by reason
of Injury to players. Its advantages to the
players, in addition to these points, would be
great probability of a scarcity of serious In
jury, a game as Intense and calling for nearly
as much exertion, without the exhaustion fol
lowing the American game a greatly decreased
cost, to players and clubs alike the require
ments and development of certain fine quail
ties not called out by the other games, espe
cially, quickness of Individual judgment and
exertion
In suggesting the substitution of Rugby, Pro
fessor Woodman says that this plan seems to
him to be the only possible solution of the
present troubles. He believes that any attempt
to radically revise the present American game
would only result In Its destruction. It is
essentially a specialized game, and be be
lievesvit would be Impossible to successfully
despeciallze it. To abolish football entirely.
lie belie-res TTOOU. result only to ill. in tint
It would* merely bottle up the energy of the
men without providing a counter outlet. Slight
changes in the game would result In no per
manent good. Association football. Professor
Woodman declares, would be beyond consider
ation. While pretty to watch it is primitive,
gives little scope for invention, has a surprisgly
large number of accidents, and 1B not a game
requiring much control, or Inculcating It.
Rugby as played in England and Canada, be
considers as having many of the objectionable
features of the American game. This is due
in part, he says, to a prevalence of forward
rather thjin back play. In the New Zealand
game the back play predominates.
LEO PARDELLO TO
WRESTLE AT DEWEY
Wrestling will be Been all next week at the
Dewey theater. Manager Singer has arranged
with Manager Leo Pardello, the Italian cham
pion, to meet all comers and barring none. Sev
eral matches have already been arranged, and
anyone staying fifteen minutes with Pardello
will receive $25.
This week In St. Paul he is meeting all com
ers, and has treated the audiences during ths
week to some very exciting contests.
Patdello will have to be at his best to defeat
all the good ones In town, and it is certain he
will try all the known tricks In wrestling to be
returned a victor in each contest.
ANDERSOU AFTER A
MATCH WITH THOMPSON
Journal Special Service.
'Chicago, Dec 29.Al Flath, manager of A.
C. G. Anderson, the local crack skater, is en
deavoring to arrange a match with Thorval
Thompson ot Minneapolis, to be raced at St.
Paul within two weeks. If he succeeds In sched
uling this match it probably will be held at the
St. Paul down-town ball park.
CHATFIELD TEAK DEFEATED.
Special to The Journal.
Lanesboro. Minn., Dec. 29.In a rough gam*
of basketball the local team defeated the Chat
field high school quintet by a score of 17 to 14.
The game was the first of the season and a good
crowd was in attendance. The visitors were
somewhat handicapped by the sise of the local
floor, which was much smaller than the Chat
field floor.
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