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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 2, 1UU).
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1IETZ TEAM WINS TOURNET
No Other Ono Comes Within Hundred
Pint of Leaden.
BRODEGAARD CROWNS SECOND
Mora Trlpk( I.oee Manor by Tea
PI as litrmt la ponnlea mm
llnglti Keep at Hick
1 Point.
Tho five-men event of tht city bowline
tournament cam to a clone at the Metro
politan alley Friday, the winning team
being the Met Bros., '.eadera of the
Omaha Howling' If ague. No other team
cam within 100 pin of their acore, made
In Tuesday' match. It waa expected aom
team would surely set a higher mark, but
there was nothing doing.
Tha Met team la composed bf Nal,
Hartley, Denman, UlaJieney, Huntington
and Bprague, all of whom have bowleil
on this team for several years." Tha mem
bers hava attended national and sectional
. tournaments at different times. In tha
Cincinnati meet - they !anded In eighth
I place among 500 teams, and also took down
some money In the double and single con
tests. It Is certain they will show up
good In the next national meet at Detroit.
The Stors Triumphs wera noaed out of
second place, the Brodegaard Crowns beat
ing them for the pine by ten pins.
The double and single events will con
tinue at the Francisco aJeya until midnight
Monday, January J. After this time all
unbowled games will be forfaited.
Attendance at the games this year sur
passed thst of any otbor. Many faces new
to tho alleys took a peep Just to see what
a real tournament looks like. Many of
the contestants bowled their first tourna
ment game In this event, which- probably
accounts for some of their poor scores.
MCORD-BRADY ADVOS.
1st. 2d. 3d. Total.
Mann , m ltd tni gM
Urott 14 148 170 4.M
Wiley 14fi 1SS 155 4M
Reynolds 170 174 171 Bill
O. O. Francisco 175 Mf 179 ' R02
Totals S5 811 876 2,53d
, . BHUDKUAARD CROWN3.
1st. fd. Jd. Total.
Fae-erherg l.TT 0i 172 61 J
Vcsa i l 164
Schultl 103 201 115 U
Carman M8 147 1H4 47!)
Laird 178 U0 M ran
Tot
?tala 844 808 80S 2.648
DRE1BU8 CANDY CO.
1st. 2d. 3d. Total.
Traynor m 125 17S 4U0
Bran 133 185 157 4i4
Stafford K1 ISO ltf 56
Angolberg 203 lu 170 54:1
Ptlmeau 1S2 tli 171 675
Totals '.. K8 821 , SSS , 2.377
Complete standing of the five-men event:
Meta Bros , 2,748
brodegaard Crowns 2.643
Slor TrturnpUa , 2,tM3
Loch's Willow Springs ,62a
Klauek's Glendalta
Omaha Bicycle Co 2.642
Drelbua Candy Co 2 577
McCord-Brady's Advos 2,530
O'Brien's Monta Chrlstos 2,611
Yousem'a Colts ..; 2 605
Omahaa ., , .,. ,,,,, ig
Besclin's Mixers ......2 425
Omaha Bedding Co. I CM
Maloneys , ; 2 870
Union Paclfica 2 314
Sprugue Pills I 2,,j
' Kquliable Llfo.. 2472
Doable and Slnglee. "
DOUBLES.
, , 1st. 2d. 3d. Total.
Zimmerman aw zn is
C i. Francisco ...ltt i!5 lsu ' la
Total 875
Rice' i,g
Carter i6l
Totals ...... Iwi
1st.
Matthes ..,.iA
Johnaon m
Totals " . .2i
1st.
Latey ., igj
Bachr igj
Totala .jjo
Chrlstlanson ii
Vale i4j
M . iM 1,807
2d. 3i. Total.
100 161 U7
lo4 8j0 648
344 381 l.Otlo
2d. 3d. Total,
A 17 648
U1 1 . 48
8')1 376 ' LOW
2d. ad. Total,
lkl 182 W
auo 108 ,61
336 851 1,088
2d. 3d. Tola).
m 210 62
145 170 477
867 3 1,060
i.L 3d. Total,
la 186 (18
ltvl 154 4k6
404 340 l.ltf)
2d. 8.1. Total.
187 168 4M
lot 164 4iv
Totals .
Mann ....
Bullard .
Totals .
O Cander
Schmidt .
,.882
1st.
: 100
.......306
1st.
no
...... .166
Totals 318
SINGLES.
1st.
Matthes Um
Zimmerman lix,
C. J. Francisco '..Ml
al m,i
Ohnesorg .....2i3
Cot fey r. 181
Mann i7
benmidt 1,2
- 337 812
2d. 8d. TTl.
11 2u4 642
I18 Zib UUO
17 10 60S
18 148 602
188 244 666
lu2 Ui 688
in Mi 672
16) lil 601
Taarnaiuent Standings,
Standing of the doubles:
Nea.e and Spragu
Zimmerman and Francisco
Blakuney and Huntington
Mann aud ttullard
Lehman and Stapenhorat
Keyt and tieuman
Idhtey and Baehr
Martla and Scott
Mai tin and Balaar
Uudenscnwager and Kluuck
Fittscher and Walens
l'onman and Hartley
Chrisllaitsuu and Yale
Hire and Carter
Weeks and Kerr
Thomas and Kncell
Gilbreath and Helnrlchs ,
Matliiwa and Johnson ,,
All others be ow 1,000.
Standing of the singles:
Keyt
Ohnesorg 1
Hartley
Zimmerman
Blakrney
Hull
Huntington ....1.
Zarp v-m
tJixlnso.bager
Waieni -
Mana ' .
Klauck. .
praxue ........
tstapenhorat
H-hIIii .
Lehman
Fncell
C. J. Francisco
Rchnelder
Matthes
Martin
Fiitsct.er
Johnson ' . .'.
Neale
Coffty
Mia. A. E. HoborU
Schmidt ,
A 1 others Ixtlow 600.
1.214
1,207
1,178
1.10J
1.018
1.0H2
IMi
1.084
1.075
1.073
1.072
1,070
1.083
l.OiiH
1.004
l,uar
, 1,017
, 1,002
, 678
, 666
, 607
tiUO
. 6.S3
. 6, it
, 677
. 677
. 672
, 672
trfi'J
. 69
, 6
684
. 663
. 562
. 658
. 661
. 642
. 636
. lii
. f81
, 631
. 6:-
. 6u
. 601
CARIMELL A3, COLLEGE TRAUTLE
Will l.eok After Track Istereala at
, Muatk tarellaa.
NEW YORK, Jan. I -Nat Ca'rtVnell. the
former . I'nlvcrrlty . of Pennsylvania
sprinter, w.ll roon Join the ranks of col
lege trainers. Ha has been asked to coach
the University of South Carolina track
tram ar.d, so far as la known, Intends to
take the place.
Cartmell aa i n tha American team at
the London Olympics and In tha 100-meter
final waa beaten by Reggie Walker, the
South African. lnce then Nat baa beaten
Walker threo times In match raoea at 1ft)
yaids and once In a 23-yard dash caught
and passed the ld from the veldts before
the half-way mark had been reached and
nrver waa hoaded. -
tinMll UrtTen lnte gnaw.
ST. JOHKPH. Mo. Jan.' I. A blaze early
this morning at Uallarln, Mo., drove a
e ore of gumts fnun the Woodruff hotol
In their nli(ht tint tire. Many of them lov.
their hatigotce. but norm w.-a Injured ex
c. H from -iui. The hotel was de-aa'U.
MEN WnO CONTROL BASEBALL
(Continued from First Page.)
Browns, la a Mound City banker, who has
plenty of money. Mr. Hedges went Into
baae ball as an amusement venture, but
be haa become one of the strongest men
In tha American league. Like Shlbe, he
nan spent a larga sum In Improving his
plant and Is well ahead of the gams" In
St. Loula from a financial point of view.
The Detroit club is owned by Frank J.
Navln, who Is the president, and a rich
lumber merchant named Thomas Yaw
key. President Navln Is strictly, a base
ball fan. He has large business Interests
In the west which occupy his time during
the winter months, but the summer ha
devotes entirely to base ball. Yawkey
does not take an active Interest in the
affairs of the Detroit club, but ha fol
lows the doings of Jennlnga' champions
closely. Navln waa so enthusiastic when
the Tigers won the pennant In 1808 that
he gava to the players a 115,000 bonus, In
addition to their share of the world's
aeries receipts, and last fall when they
captured tha pennant again ha raised sal
aries with extreme liberality.
John T. Brush, the reputed owner of the
New York Giants, has been Interested In
professional base ball off and on for
twenty years,' He wa Identified with a
clothing atore In Indianapolis, when ha
became president of tha club In that eclty
and aold his players to John B. Day of
tha New York club In 1880 for 160,000. By
a strange combination of circumstances
Brush got the Cincinnati club In 1881 for
absolutely f nothing and he held on to It
for nearly ten years when he sold out to
Garry Herrmann for about $100,000.
Brush then purchased a controlling Inter
est In the New York club from Andrew
Freed man and with McGraw at the head
of tha team he proceeded to score a series
of phenomenal auccesses. In 1908 the
Giants, who lost the pennant by a single
game, mads $325,000 for Brush' and his
partners, while last season, it is said,
nearly $200,000 was cleaned up at the
Polo grounds and on the road.
Charles H. Ebbets, president and chief
owner of tha Brooklyn club, has made a
plucky uphill fight. He has been Identi
fied with tha gime , for eighteen years.
Ha waa engaged aa a ticket sailer by the
originators of the club, Byrne, Doyle and
Abell, when the Brooklyns began playing
at old Washington park. Fifth avtnue and
Third ktreet. Later he was appointed aecre
tary of the club and remained jon the job
for a number of yeara. When the club
was consolidated with Baltimore nearly
ten years ago, Ebtk ts owned 10 pef cent
of the stock. In the course of time he
secured sufficient backing to purchase
more than 40 per cent of the stock from
the late Harry Von der Horat of Baltimore,
thereby putting Edward Hanlon and Abell
In the minority. He elected himself presi
dent at a fat salary, but the club was
quickly Involved in litigation." Ebbets then
dug up another bank roll and bought out
Abell and Hanlon and today he is tha
main guy across - the bridge. Ebbeta has
no other occupation at present, but he has
been a member of the assembly and Board
of Aldermen. '
John P. Harris, a Pittsburg theatrical
man, is supposed to be the owner of the
BoHton Nationals, once controlled by the
famous triumvirate, Soden, Billings and
Covant. When tha latter, decided to sell
out several yearb ago tha late George B.
Dovey and his brother, John, how presi
dent of the organization, were the aup
posed purchasers, backed by Barney Drey
fuss. At leaBt they laid that Dreyfus got
soma friends, . including Harris, to help
thorn. The Doveya were Identified . with a,
street railway it 1 St. Louis In previous
years and when George B. died the real
owner of tha olub became known.
Horace. Fotrl. the new. president and
controller 0 the Philadelphia club, has
beenj In tha game for nearly thirty yeara.
He waa manager of the Indianapolis team
in 1288 and later handlud the Giants for a
ahort time In 1896. At other times he was
a newspaper writer in Philadelphia and
waa busy scribbling when a month ago
the chance was offered to get hold of the
Quakers. Fogel got somebody to put up
$350,000 for the club and the players and
$200,000 for the ball park. It was said at
the time that the money was supplied by
Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, but Foel
has denied this emphatically and has
named several wealthy Fhlladelphlans as
his backers. It is believed that E. F. Albee
and Percy Q. Williams, well known theat
rical managers, have piece of the club,
as the secretary and treasurer of the con
cern Is Morris Scheck, who is identified
with them in the show business.
The rise of C. W. Murphy, owner of tha
Chicago Cubs, has been remarkable. Mur
phy waa writing base ball for the Cincin
nati Inquirer when Brush bought the New
York club. Ha came here VJlth Brush as a
lc rt of press agent, but was soon released.
Shortly after that when John R Walsh,
tha Chloaao banker; failed, Murphy got a
tin that the Chicago club, controlled by
WaUh, was on tho market. He hurried
over to Cincinnati and hunted up Charles
P. Taft. He told Mr. Taft that he wanted
out a shoestring, grabbed the Cubs, who
proceeded to win the world s champion
ship the following season. The Chicago
club cleaned up $165,000 in profits on that
campaign, and Murphy promptly returned
the money he had borrowed from Mr.
Taft. Slnoe then Murphy haa had all kinds
of luck. He says he has $400,000. all his
own, and is planning to build a great plant
In the Windy City. Murphy does not deny
that he was a soda water clerk In a Cin
cinnati drug store twenty years ago. In
fact, ha takes pride in telling the tale.
Uairy Herrmann, the owner of the Reds
and chairman of the National commission,
has been mixed up In Cincinnati pelltica
for many years. He haa been the right
hand man of Boss Cox and has made
money easily. Herrmann went Into Dasa
ball for the fun of the thing, but' he has
pever made much money. After paying
more than $100,000 for the Cincinnati clu
he was Induced to put money Into the
Philadelphia club at a heavy loss. He has
apent nearly SO.OOO for new player, and
next year he thinks Clark Griffith, hla
manager, will hava a money making win
ner. Herrmann la a candidate for exalted
ruler of the Elks, and at one time ha waa
president of tho American Bowling con
gress. He is a real sportsman, a shrewd
base ball politician nnd la highly regarded
by base ball men In general.
Stanley Roblaon, who controls the St.
Louis Cardinals, has a tegaey left by his
late brother, Frank De Haas Roblsm The
latter at one time was a heavy stockholder
in Cleveland street railways nd bought
tha Forest City club In 1X91. Later he
trarsferred the Cleveland team, managed
by Pat Tebtau, to St. Louis, where, he
failed to make a sucoeBS' of the venture.
When he died the club passed Into the
hands of Stanley Robiaon, who la still- try
irg to make It pay. ....
Barney Drcyfues got Into base ball. In
Louisville nearly twenty years ago wKh
the late II. C. Pulllatrs aa a side partner.
When the National league's circuit was
reduced from twelve to eight clubs Drey
funs sold tha Louisville club, and with the
backing of a big Kentucky distillery he
got hold of the tPtttaburg club. Which haa
been a money maker ever since.
Tr.omns J. Lynch, recently elected presi
dent tof (he National league. Is a former
umpire and the owner of a theater In
New Britain. Conn. Secretary John A
IUydlcr, his aaaiavant, is another former
CHAMPIONS IN SP0BT, 1909
Amateur athlete at. J. aPierldaa
Arebery O. P. Bryaat
AntomobUlng tonlB Chevrolet
Billiards (amateur) K. A. Wright
Billiards prcfea1),l.9) ..O. Dmrtrt
Bowling; tarry smttoa
Boxing (haaTywelrht) . . Jaok Johnson
Boxing (mlridlew'gMJ.Vtaaley- Ketohel
Boxing (lightweight) . .BattUnf Belson
Boxing (bantamwalffht).Johnny Oonlon
Boxing (featherweight) Abe AtteU
JBtcyolIng 1. I.. Kramer
Chess Frank 3. Marshall
riy oasttnr Trad m. Pee.
frolf (open) .. George Bargent
Oolf (aaaatear) ......'.... A. Oarriner
Golf (womea) ...... .BUss S. Campbell
Jockey B. Dngan
Motorcycle J. da Boaier
Pool Thomas Xtaeeton
Banquets.... Harold MeOormiok
Boons :...X, Boswortb
Bowing (prefessional)Jno, W. (Weill
Vhoating (rifle) W. B. Martla
Shooting (trap) Pred A. Bbattnok
hooting (revolver) Llent. B. Bayva
Bkat D. O. P. OMnner
Skating (professional).. . .Morris Wood
Bkatiaa- (amateur) BAranad tataay
Bail John ZvaasoaJ
Swimming o. ax. vaniais
Tennis W. A. teraed
Tsnala (women) Basel Hotchklsa
Tennia (wsrtsrn) M, X. long
Wrestling Prank Aw Ootca
judge of play, who was also a compositor
and reporter on a Washington newspaper.
HIRING AN AUTO IN FRANCE
(Continued from Page One.)
and two feet wide. In the extreme rear
these troughs were two deep, the back
ones being In the overhang of the stern,
and it was in these last that we were to
aleep. To get to one's bunk or to leave
it required crawling over two layers of
prostrate forms. The whole compartment
was filled with a dense atmosphere of
'ostlers, gentlemen's gentlemen and a job
lot of disreputable looking folk such aa
used to hang on the outsklrta of a race
track over here in the good old days.
"It waa quite a rough crossing, and it
waa hard to get to and from our bertha,
for if you did not put, your foot in one
man's face, you were likely to step on the
stomach of another. Well, we had a hard
done of the channel, and It was a haggard
and rocky quartet that stumbled off the
next mnrnlng upon the quay at Havre. A
marvellous breakfast, however, made ua
face the day with a degree of optimism.
"It waa 8:30 before the automobile drove
up it was a weatherbeaten sort of car,
but that we did not notice at the time.
The others eagerly questioned the guar-anteed-to-talk-Kngllsh
chauffeur, but hla
knowledge Of our tongue was limited to
two words, Yes, sir." 1 speak a little
French, so when I had aettled the break
fast bill I gave tha order, 'On to Kouen.'
But another blow was1 to fall.
"The chauffeur, with many 'Pardon,
Monsieurs,' drew from bis pocket a docu
ment. I scanned it. It was a bill for tha
equivalent of $120. He said his Instructions
were not to start until this had been paid.
"Expostulations were vain. I explained
that we had already paid $106 and that
the whole aum now. due was only $174,
of which $87 was to be paid at lfavre. The
chauffeur shrugged his shoulders and bald
of that he knew nothing. His orders were
to collect $120 or not take us. He finally
got excited and threatened us with the
police, so we had to go to a banker's and
settle up.
"When we had once got out on the high
road, we sighed with relief that all ob
stacles had now , been surmounted. Just
then we struck a hill and the car came to
a halt. The' chauffeur' explained that the
machine had not been acting very well.
In fact, he added, he had had to stay up
all night to make it go at all. The clutch
was slipping, 'but a little rosin would
help It. ' '
"Well, he took almost every thing apart
and when he nad put the machine to
gether again we pursued our way to Rouen,
though we had to Btop Beveral tlmea tor
repairs.
"Next day when .the bill was rendered
the hotel people had put the charges for
the chauffeur on our own bill, and the
explanation and argument neoessary to
have them removed delayed ua hulf an
hour In starting.
"The car made its way intermittently to
Trouvllle, and that afternoon it took us
two hours to get to Dives, twelve or four
teen miles. However, we made the 100
miles to' Paris the next day In fine shape.
We had one blowout, but that waa a minor
matter. The chauffeur felt bo gay that
he pointed out to us along the way spots
where various Americans had been killed
In automobile accidents.
"Aa we neared Paris the chauffeur
stopped and put on a larger pair of gog
gles and muffled hla face. We wondered
if he was afraid of being arrested. He ex
plained that his running tha car for us
was only a temporary job, that his regular
employer, a Belgian gentlegan, had been
away from Paris when he himself had left
and he did not wish him to know that he
had been with us. If his employer had re
turned ha. would have to leave us, but the
garage would furnlah another chauffeur.
"Sure enough a strange Individual
showed up with the car the next morning.
We thought we had got rid of the first
chauffeur, but when we returned to our
hotel In the afternoon he was there wait
ing to receive us, and ha expatiated at
such length on how he had stayed up' all
night at Dives working away at the car
so that we could have a pleasant trip to
Paris that I had to quiet him with gold.
, "When I called upon tha automobile
dealer in Paris I found that the $60 I had
paid in London was the 'merely nominal'
charge for sending the car to Havre, and
quite independent of the $280 mentioned in
tha contract. I found, too, when we bad
finished with that rickety old trap thut
there were many places in Paris where I
could have hired a fine automobile for
from $20 to $25 a day, so that by not wait
ing until we got to tha other aide, and
taking a pig in a poke, we wera out of
pocket from $160 to $200 unnecessarily and
had had a lot of worry and trouble that
we might hava spared ourselves."
BOXING AS A COLLEGE SP0ST
Effort Made to Put It on List of Col.
Irglate .Matches.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Prof Joe Murray.
Instructor of boxing at Columbia univer
sity, la making a big effort to stretch the
rptrtfs of rivalry in the college world so
that the manly art of self defense will
be Included on the Hat of athletic con
tests along with boot ball, base ball,
rowing, fencing and wrestling,
Murray's first step In this direction Is
the holding of annual tournaments among
the Columbia pupils. The first one held
last spring was so successful that arrange
ments for another are now under way.
.Murray's idea Is to get up a big inter
collegiate tournament, with entries from
Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania,
Cornell and Columbia. Tha boxing game
la already flourishing at Cornell, ha says,
where- Larry Connelly, tha Boston boxer.
Is the instructor. Classes could be gath
ered at tha other universities, and a com
petent Instructor oould pick out tha best
men after a serlea of tryouta. A scale
of weight could then be "agreed, on . and
the pupila classified accordingly, at an
agreeable . time to all concerned. Dates
oould be -fixed tor a tournamant and the
event conducted an much the same way
as are the annual Amateur Athletic Union
boxing championships.
FOOT BILL IN OLD ENGLAND
Frank Crawford Civet Hi .Observa
tions of tho Game.
MUCH THE SAME SP0KT AS OURS
English Seem to Play More for
Pleaaare ' nnd Flxerclae Than
- to Win In Their Blgr
Matchea.
Frank Crawford, who. with Mra. Craw
ford. Js In England, has written the fol
lowing observations on English foot ball
to the sporting Editor of The Bee. Mr.
Crawford is at Oxford, taking A special
course of study and Is spending the holi
days In London, to return to Oxford Jan
uary 16.
Mr. Crawford played foot ball at Yale,
was ceach of the University of Michigan
foot ball team, Ci-ached Baker university
and the University of Nebraska team for
two. seasons. Ha is thoroughly posted on
tha great foot ball gam.
Tha letter follows:
"Britons are very fond of outdoor sports.
In all parts of the British Isles are to
be found extensive greens and parks,
which are often referred to aa the lungs of
the British people. These parks are for the
most part maintained at the public expense
or are exempted from taxation by legisla
tion, and no protest seems to be raised on
account of the number of the parks or
the expense of their maintenance. L
"Foot ball has been especially popular
In northern Great Britain, but In later
yeara its popularity haa increased In the
vicinity of the metropolis. This la well
evidenced by the fact that no less than
110,000 people have attended games for the
championship of Great Britain In amateur
foot ball (nearly three times as many aa
ever attended a game In Amerlea). The
association' game Is probably the more
popular, but I think that Rugby aa It la
played la gaining ground In this respect.
"Britons like foot ball Just as they seem
to like their marmalade. They enjoy It as
a matter, of course, but they do .not get at
all enthusiaatto. No partisan spirit la
displayed to any appreciable degree. There
la no cheering, no concentrated noise, no
banner or colors are displayed and the
occasional mild expression of admiration
of a particular play extends little farther
than tha word, "Well played," or "A Jolly
good playi" . and this encouragement la
vouchsafed to either side with little dis
crimination. Tha first game I attended was between
Oxford and Edlnborough. I was not fa
miliar with either team and did not know
their respective colors. The game wa at
Oxford and a large crowd waa present and
I was In tha midst of the crowd and I can
say truthfully that at the end of the game
I did not know for certain which was
Oxford and which was Edlnborough, I pur
poualy refraining from making any In
quiries. I have seen several games, including tha
final contest between Oxford and Cam
bridge, and I like the game as It Is played
In England, although 1 must say at the
outset that in skill It is not to be compared
with the American game as played in the
leading colleges. This is partly the result
of the lack of partisanship.
Fifteen on m side, y
As the game 1b played here, there are
fifteen men on each side, Instead of eleven,
as we piny it in Amerioa. There ara no
Substitutes. If a player la Injured he leaves
the game and his side goes on without him.
if he recovers from his' injury at any time
he' may come back Into the game again.
Thia is a feature which has some merits,
although I fear 'that It would be fatal to
the side losing tha player In tour game. v
The ball is kicked forward on the ground
or In the air, and it 1b carried forward In
the arms of a player, or thrown backward
to another player to be advanced by him.
If a player with the ball is tackled and
stopped he must put the ball down or give
it to someone behind him. As a conse
quence the ball passes rapidly from one
side to the other often, and it not re
tained by one Hide for successive tries as
In the American game. Again the ball is
put In play In a scrimmage called by them
a ecrummaga and either side may get the
ball from the scrimmage. The scrimmage
la formed by six or seven men 0S1 each
Bide locking themselves together Into a
kind of mass and leaning against a like
formation of their opponents. The ball Is
rolled between the contending formations,
and the various members retich for the ball
with their feet and endeavor- to poke It
back to their respective aides so it may
be picked up, run with, Jtlcked, thrown or
advanced toward the opponents' goal. The
scoring is done In the same way a in the
American game. A drop kick over the
bars, a touchdown and u safety count
When a touchdown Is made the aide mak
ing it has the right of kicking goal just
aa he has in the American game. These
observations I think will make clear to
anyone understanding foot ball the essen
tial difference between the two styles o
play.
The British are. remarkably clever in
picking up the ball from the ground, in
dribbling It ahead with their feet, in hand
ling punts, In kicking tha ball out of
bounds bo It cannot be returned. They
are also good in tackling and in the scrim
mage, but they . do not seem to excel us
In anything excepting kicking out of
bounds and in picking up the ball. .
One does nut see here the long, beauti
ful kicks from the field. No una knows
how to kick the spiral, the ends do not
get down tha field anywhere tear as well
as they do In America, and tha players
In the line do not run over from side to
side to catch the runner fiom behind.
Again In the English game the hand may
be used In blocking off, but the ruqner
does not have any Interference, and the
runs are not as long or as interesting as
w It h us.
Rales Nearly- tho Same.
I have examined the rules of the game
and I find that they are in the same
phraseology as our rules ( damnable
phraseology which could not be under
stood except by previous knowledge), and
1 do not find one thing mentioned in their
rules which we cannot do. Our ru.es are
much more complex because we can do
more, but with definlto aiid specific limi
tations which have to be set out seriatim.
peaklii practically, the English runner
starts off with the ball toward the end,
when he is about to be tackled he throws
It out furthur to a player. The same thing
Is done until the ball 1b out to the end
of the field and ordinarily the ball has
not been advanced at all. The play la
not a good play and It cannot be worked
succesaf ully against a well trained team.
I have seen teams in American practice
for a season that style of pluy, but It
has not proved successful and the play Is
discarded excepting as a trick play. Tor
this reasoii chief y I say that the Kngllsh
are not especially skillful In their game.
Again I am sura that if they knew how
to make long passes with tha ball by
throuing It overhand sptrally that they
oould do wonders. They are In the same
condition In this respect aa wa were four
or five) years ago.
It Is perfectly apparent to anyone know
ing foot ball that the English loee great
chances to make brilliant runs by con
tinually passing the ball. Time and time
again In big games chances have arisen
ord enough for uny tfuod American hulf
GOLF CHAMPIONS OF YEAR
nretlosal amatenr. .Bobert A. Oardner
Batlenal open George Sargent
Hatienal woman's ... Mls D. Campbell
Western amatenr. Charles Bvana, Jr.
Western womta'i.Hli Tide Uawellyn
Western open Willie Anderson
Canadian amatenr B. Iegge
British open J. X. Taylor
British women's ...Miss T. Campbell
Canadlaa amateur B. X.agga
Preach J. B. Taylor
Intercollegiate Albert Seckal
Metropolitan W. J. Travis
Son them J. P. Ed ring-ton
Transmlsslsslppl Harry O. X.e-g
Chicago Ii. W. Mlda
Waatera Interaeholastio. . Gordon Tnl
back who Is fast and who knows how to
use his hand, to make moat brilliant runn
while his opponents were scattered over
the field. The best team I hava seen
play, the Harlequins, an amateur team
of London. Instead of continually pamlng
the ball to the bounds have varied It by
throwing It toward the center. This was
clever and seemed to offer great oppor
tunities for skill, but I have not seen
the college teams try It to any extent.
When I saw my first game I wondered
how It waa that the rules had been in
terpreted so as to develop the game as It
was played. I afterwards was told- that a
team from Australia came over here once
for a match, and that the two teams could
scarcely play against' each other at all be
cause their styles of play, developed under
the same rules, was so totally different. It
1 just what I should Have expected.
Oxford beat Cambridge readily this year
In A poor game. In point of skill I should
rank (he game with those of the smaller
college in the west. This Is regarded the
big game of the season and yet the teams
go right on playing. This In Itself haa a
significance to any observer In regard to
the excellence of the team. It seems to
presuppose that the members play some
what more for the exercise and the fun
than for victory or excellence.
Individual Skill Lacking.
The particular hero of the big game was
a halfback who made several touchdowns
and brilliant runs around the end by hav
ing the ball passed to him on the end. This
player haa a great reputation and yet he
carries tha ball In such a way as to abso
lutely preclude ' him from anything like
perfection or great skill, lie always car
ries the ball in both hands in front of
him. a wa would say, like an old woman.
It is evident Hint ii ha no hand to use
In warding off and he cannot run aa fast.
It would be amusing to see a game be
tween Yale and Oxford. I Imagine that
English officials would put many stum
bling blocks In Yale' way of playing.
A to training, I am Informed that the
player have no training table and smoke
or live Just as they would do were they
not representing their university. When a
player haa broken a shoe string or some
similar accident has happened I have seen
a player run the whole length of the field
to replace it, thus using up the strength
which might be bo much needed.
I must not forget to say a word about
the officials. It seems to me that the
officials have the greatest power and yet
their decisions are never "questioned in the
leaat respect. The people of England Would
not tolerate the conduct that has so ,pften
disgraced us and .spoiled so many games
which promlsad so well. In games wit
nessed by me penalties were Inflicted which
jeopardised the game and put the losing
side ahead, and in no instance did I see
a gesture of impatience by any member of
the side affected by the penalty, and In no
Instance have I seen roughness or ung'en
tlemanllness in any respect. Surely here,
as elsewhere, the Englishman ha great
control of himself, and furthermore, be It
said to his credit, that he always seems
to want to do the square thing. ,
Inherently the game as played In the
two countries la the same. If the English
game was better played I should like It
aa well as ours, but I doubt if It ever will
be played a well. The English do not like
the intensity which is the chief cause of
our excellence, and their love of pleas
urable and beneficial outdoor sport 1b
greater than their love of victory at such
h coBt a to tke abov. My dear editor,
please remember that I am not speaking
critically, because my knowledge I not
sufficient to Justify it, but am rather giv
ing you my impressions.
MONEY 0H HAND
FEOM SPORTS
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cured only their guarantee of $1,500, which
was considerably less than they made on
the Minnesota gam at Omaha.
The Haykell game on Thanksgiving day
at Lincoln brought in $3,023, about half that
t8ken In at the game with Minnesota in
Omaha.
Sports Balance Sheet.
The receipts and expenditures for the year
in Nebraska athletics were as follower
Receipts. Expenses.
Foot ball $20,0-I7.S $l.P5S.?fl
Ftae ball l.7S.8 1.PI4.39
Basket ball 1,707.30 1.71MS
Track 788.07 1,671.73
Cross country lc.2.40
Totals $23,620.68 $2,0O0.26
The receipt of th foot ball games were
a follows: ,
South Dakota $ 321,)
Knox 2!.'0
Minnesota , 6,3n0..riO
Iowa 1,231.00
Doane 213.S0
Kansas 6,.V)t.0O
Denver 1.500.00
Haskell 8.023.00
Total receipt $20,047.60
Next week will witness the opening of
the Cornhusker basket ball season. The
Nebraska five I billed for three game and
all of them are to be played away from
home. Two will be with the University of
Kansas quintet at Lawrence and the third
will be played with Manhattan at Man
hattan. The first gam will be played on
Thursday night with the Assies.
Tho Cornhusker players are determined
to defeat their great rivals, the Jayhawk-
ers, and thus start the new year for Ne
braska athletics with vlotorles. During the
laat two seasons the Kansas basket shoot
ers have defeated the Cornhusker on the
floor at Lawrence and In Lincoln, as well.
This winter they are reported to be aa
strong as last season, and the Cornhuskers
are believed to have a big task before them.
BRET HARTE'S DAUGHTER
IS GRANTED DIVORCE
Decree at Moulder Separates Her from
Prominent Denver Kloan
rlnl Man.
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 1. Jessamy
Harte-8teele, daughter of Bret Harte, waa
today granted a divorce from Henry Mil
foia Steele, formerly prominent In Denver
flnannV circles, and the right to assume
her niaden name.
The vull for divorce was Instituted last
spring hf Steele himself. Counter accuaa
tiona ere filed by Mrs. Steele.
Ordered to Slop Gumblera.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 1. Governor Mar
shall early today lnMued a formal order
to (Sheriff Grunt of l.aa county to take
a big force of deputlea lo Clark's Station,
where la located the old Penrborn iark
gumb Ing eatiljIiHhmerit and where it waa
reported CIulhko gamhlera were to iien
a poo! room today, and to arrest everyone
in connection with the ninjri-t in tlie event
nt an attempt being made to gamble.
It Starts Tomorrow
January 3d, 1910 -i
An opportunity for the wise one to save.' Look
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JAMAS
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(( for $1.60
iUU Pyjamas
C( for $2 and $2.60
pyjamas
VESTS
$1
00 worth up to
$5.00 nnd $0.00.
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Nebraska Foot Ball
Team Wins Naval
Championship
Jackiei from the Battleship Missouri
Are "Shown" a Score of
28 to 0.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. The foot ball
teams of the United States battleships
Missouri and Nebraska, neither of which
had been scored upon in the season's se
ries of interwarshlp games, met at the
American League Base Ball park this
afternoon to decide the naval gridiron
championship, and Missouri -was "shown"
the palri of a whitewash 28 to 0.
It was a hard-fought, but cleanly played,
contest, witnessed by thousands of the
sallormen and officers of the Atlantic! bat
tleahip fleet, which is at anchor In the
Hudson. Missouri had been a S to 2 fa
vorite and the one-sided result was a de
cided surprise.
Every play known to the game, and some
not known, were tried, but not a moment
of time waa taken out for Injured players.
Flay wa fait and clean. The Jackie
were true sportsmen and their conduct de
lighted the officers Captain Newton, Com
mander Witherapoon, Lieutenant Com
mander Laning, Lieutenant Fuller and
others who watched the gams from the
side lines.
Touchdowns: Lang, Taylor, Teague,
Older and Whalen. Qoals from touch
downs: Lang, 3. Time of halves: 20 min
utes. MONEY T0B PERILOUS TASK
thane to Karn Good Honey at Heavy
Risk to Life.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 1. Whoever
wants to take a chance can earn $1,500 by
going through the Whirlpool Rapids below
Niagara Falls to Lewlston 1 a power boat.
John A. Penton of this city has hung up a
gold trophy valued at 00 for tha man who
can make the trip successfully, and Power
Boating haa added a purse of 11,000 in gold.
These prizes will be placed in the hands
of a commltte composed of men promi
nent In the power boat trade and arrange
ments will be made to pull off a content of
this kind during the coming summer.
The Maid of th Mist In 1861 went
through the Whirlpool Hnpids and emerged
from tha turbulent waters at LewLston, the
only damage resulting being the loss of Its
smokestack. Mr. Preston, who Is chair
man of tha executive committee of the
National Power Boat association, which
compilnes three-fourths of the power boat
clubs in the United States, belevea that
sufficient progresa has been made in the
construction of power bouts to make a
trip of this kind not only posalhle. but
probable. Should a number ,of entries be
received for this novel contest, the $1,000
and the gold trophy would be presented to
tha owner whose boat made th trip in the
fastest time and In the beat condition.
An order for the $500 gold cup haa al
ready been places with a !arge eastern
jewelry manufacturing company and will
become the property of th successful
contestant. Mr. Penton, doner of this
trophy, says:
'"I have offered these prties to glv
the maker of power boat a chance to
damonxtrate th marvelous progress which
ha been made along these lines In recent
year. Automobile users have a Glldde
tour annual'y, varltrfj bill cllmbe and
Hpeed teats, and why not have a sever
teat of thl kind for power boats?"
SSZXJB.'
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Penn Wrestlers
Have Hard Schedule
Interest in the Mat Game
on the Increase in the
Colleges.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 1. That In
terest Is lncteaHing In wrestling aa a win
ter sport at the University of Penaayl
vanla Is' evidenced by th fact that t
schedule as arranged for the Red and Mi
grapplers next season is th largest oi
Quaker mat arttsts have ever been eaiVmX
ur.cn to go through. The list of meeta.na
a long one and contain many hard dual
contests. The Quakers' season open on
January 22,1 and the schedule provides for
nine dual meets. The Quaker will wind
up their season on March 19, when tha In
tercollegiate championship are contested
at Philadelphia.
While the list of contest I a long one,
on the other hand It 1 a mot aatlafylnf
one, not only to the university wreatlern,
but to the student body as well. Th date
Included dual matche with Pennsylvania,
State, Lohlgh, Annapolis, Yala and
Cornelll. Home and home matches with
Columbia and Princeton have also been
provided for. The schedule Is aa follow:
January 22 State Colleire at State. Pa.
January r Jehlgh at South Bethlehem,
Pa.
February 4 Annapolis at Annapolis.
February 12 Columbia at Philadelphia.
February 16 Princeton at . Princeton,
N J.
February Id Columbia at New York.
February 25 Cornell at Philadelphia.
March 1 Princeton at Philadelphia. I
March 4-Yale at Philadelphia.
March 11 Open.
Mhk.-Ii 19 Intercollegiate champlonhlpg
at Philadelphia. V
FRICTION IN - RACING CIRCLES
Brlahton Association la Caoae of All
the Trouble.
NEW YORK, Jan. l.-Tho fact that the
Brighton Beach Baring association has
planned a Hut of stake events and will aak
for a llcenae and dates for a meeting next
summer has atlrred the Inner circles of 1
tho Jockey club with the reerult that there
may be some friction. It appears that laat
summer the Brighton management asked
the Jockey club for date for a fall meet
ing and received a turndown. Then a
Jockey club member Introduced a resolu
tion removing Brighton from th Ilt of
"recognised meetings," which waa adopted.
Prior to- that action Brighton, together
with SlmepHhead Bay. Graveaend and Bel
mont Park, helped to form a ort of
charmed circle which enjoyed special
privileges, including a yearly '.Icense and
ay In the allotment of dates. But when
Urlghton, becauae of business entangle
ments, did not rare last summer It wa
decided to cut off tit privilege of th
track by th sea.
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