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Bringing Up f v NOW DEAT "THIi A , V rit5? 1 MAN DOE ANf tMING Yool I t 1 A VAUet FOR WAN -HE TAKES V HAVE A, V ANO DKc-E VOU SURPRISE V ' ' J Judgments "V yO better schcdulo has ever been drafted for a Cornhusker eleven than that announced for next fall. It Includes games with two "big nlnn" teams Minnesota and Iowa and with local conference elevens to the number of 'two. .But It Is neither because of the western or Missouri valley con ference games that the schedule ap proaches close to the Ideal; It Is by rea son of the good balance In the caliber of all the opponents and the splendid ar- rangement us to succession of frames 1 Uy placing Washburn nnd the Kansas Aggies before the Minnesota contest. Manager Guy Reed has given the Corn huskors two games about which they will have to worry a great deal. These two teams have long been among tho best non-conference elevens In the valley, and the honor of defeating the University Kunsas has often fallen upon the In Topeka eleven. To defeat these teams iu the, early season will be a tremendous task for the men of Stlehm. But whether these games aro won or not, tho Corn huskers will have had opposition that win strengthen tliem for the Minnesota game, their really Important battle on the schedule. In other seasons tho fault wlt the Nebraska schedule has been that the games before for the Minnesota struggle were easy wins for the Corn huskcrs, and neither tested Nebraska's strength nor aided In proparlng tho team for the harder games. By forcing upon Nebraska two fierce contests early In tha season the manager Is making for n better team-at Lincoln. But with such teams as Kansas, Iowa,, Ames. and. ,JHn nesota booked, It Is all more Imperative that the coaching system bo changed Stlehm alone cannot get a successful sea son, out of 1913. He must have help. Omaha's 1913 team may now be consid ered completed with the acquisition of Congalton to tho outfield. While some what of a veteran, Congalton Is not an old man by any means and, coming from the. American association, where he was a . force, should lend strength to tho Rourkes.. Wo are sorry a deal could not have been made for Ollmore or Casstdy of Denver, but with Thomason, Coyle, Congalton, and a youngster or two In addition for outfield material. Pa should bo able to struggle along. Frankly, we have no very positive opinions to ex press on the pitching staff; Pa seems to feel that it Is a promising one and we hope fo, knowing nothing to the con trary, but everybody who knows tho team, appreciates that behind the bat and In the 1 ei f I old it Is exceptionally powerful, and that with Coyle and Tommy outside, this level of strength Is maintained. It may be that Congalton will uphold it entirely, so far as he is concerned. Uumor.has.lt that President Navln of Detroit met Cobb's demand for a raise of 12,500 by clipping off a little from each Player's salary. It sounds fishy, but If true the players may be thinking of the time they "struck" because Ty they thought, had got a foul deal. And also If true, which we doubt. Navln. will have plqntly of occasions for doing some tall thinking himself ns the season pro gresses. Old George Ilogrlevcr, reports say, may not be able to play ball any more. Ho has been Injured and his Injuries are nut healing as fast as hoped for, so re ports say. Well if he Is put out, George has tho consoluation of knowing that he has been playing a great deal longer and on more teams In more leagues than most players eveer do. His playing days num ber up around twenty-three years. And it's a gopd old wagon he's been, top. The last thing Comlskey did before starting on his California tour was to diop down to St. Isolds to see If his old ! friend and boss, Chris Von Der Ahe. In j hls dying days, needed anything. You can't beat a man with the public who Is as attentive to old friendship as that. Perhaps you can get an Idea tf the re lative social standing of ball players and steamship captains from the fact that the captain of the Bermuda-bound vessel gave up his own private cabin to Man ager Chance. "Overall Resigned to His Fate," Is the Sporting News' caption over the story that the big Cub recently reinstated is not to be allowed to leave Murphy's employ. With Jimmy Austin, Shotten and A'g new the St. Louis Americans ought to Jegin to show real Omaha form. Hverybody but Frank Chance seems to be afraid Hal Chase won't make good at scond. Well. Pi evident O'Nell and the league still have their headquarters In Chicago. On St. Patrick's day in the morning, wo set sail for Oklahoma. April IS is to be our opening day. Got the money ready I Father FEW MARKS JJ3FT TO GAIN Kolehmainen Has But Little Ways to Go to Reach Top. MUCH IS 'EXPECTED OF HIM 3Inny lie-Here lie la the Only Person on Earth Who Can Lower the World's Record Made by Shrnhh. NEW TOIIK, Feb. 22,-Proud possessor of thirteen American dlstanco records, two world's marks, and credited with the best Olympic games performance for 10,000 meters, there Is only one thing left for Hannes Kolehmainen to accomplish before we shall hail him as tho greatest runner that ever wore a spiked shoe. And that Is the surpassing of Alfred Shrubb's best times for the distances ranging from three to ten miles. Tho Flying Finn's performances since his wonderful showing at Stockholm put him In a class right now all by his little lonesome, nnd you can't say too much in praise of his endeavors. Athletic enthusiasts who have seen the foreigner in action, believe he is tho only person on earth who can lower Shrubb's world's records. Tho time Is not far dis tant vhen he will get a chance to do this. He Is a better runner outdoors than be hind closed doors. There is no questlo l about that. He never ran on a board floor until he came to this country. His showing at the outset was nothing to brag about, but once he got into his stride he fractured the best figures ever turned In by George Bonhag. Just as soon as tl)e indoor curtain is rung down, some little timo after tho de ciding of tho national senior champion ships, Lawson Robertson, coach of the Irish-American Athletic club, will take tho Finn In hand and run him every other day on the Celtic park course. He expects to have him in the same great form he displayed in Sweden In no time. Friends Have Confidence. Robertson, who Is ono of tho best stu dents of the game, is confident Koleh mainen will put the Jinx on all of Shrubb's records from four to ten miles. lie wants to go on record as saying so. In the historic 0,000-meter race between Bouln and Kolehmainen, tho latter, by unofficial watches, was caught passing the three-mile post in 14.14ft. 3 seconds faster than Shrubb's world's record. No Booner did Hannes step on these shores than ho began to show tho folks here, who did not see him perform his wonders on the other side, that he Is all that has been said of him. He began his record-smashing career on the Ameri can clnderpath by bettering Tommy Con neff's three-and-a-half-mllo record of 17. 42, and the 19.01 time of Willie Day for three and three-quarters miles. Hannes turned the first distance In 17;34H and the other In 18:64. Not con tent with these, he kept up his good work by securing three more new marks. At three and a quarter, four and a quarter and four and 'three-quarters miles Han nes was timed in 1G:13V4, 21;27 and 23:EJ, Kolehmainen then laid off and didn't get going again until he raced a dead heat with Abel Kivtat for two miles in D:24?. Primed aa he never was before, Koleh mainen recently raced ten miles against a reiay of five men on the fast track of the Seventy-fourth regiment in Buffalo, and when he was through, had hung up new records for six, seven, eight, nine and ten miles. Kolehmalnen'n time for the ten mil's was Bl:0C?i, as compared to Bonhag's out door figures of 62:34 and Tewanlma's Indoor record of S4:21ft. In the presence of Eddie Carter, who was one of the world's best dlstancers many years ago, and Bonhag himself, Kolehmainen, running easily, put "Gen tleman George's" best figures for five miles out of commission at the Irish American Athletic club games the other night. From the honor mark Koleh mainen overhauled the large field, broke two Intermediate records for three and a half and four and a half miles, ani closed his gallant performance by knock ing 11 seconds off the former beat In door record, 24:59. made by Bonhag on March 16. 1909. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MAY SEND TEAM TO JAPAN i SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 22. The author- j itles of the University of Washington are j considering an Invitation to play a series j of ten base ball games in Japan with the i MeiJI university team. Graduate Man ager Horr announces that the Japanese are willing to defray the Americans' ex penses. The far easterners are willing tc pay M.000 to help pay Washington's expenses. Expected to Slg-n. President Navln of the Detroit club spiked another canard, when he denied that he ever wrote a letter to Second Baseman Vltt, saying that he nad agreed to pay $15,000 salary to Ty Cobb. Navln declared that he expected Cobb, Crawford, Dubuc and Stallage to sign contracts within the next wetk. Copyright, 1913 National BASKET BALLMEET LOOMS UP Nebraska Uni Preparing for Inter scholastic Tournament, SIXTEEN ENTRIES RECEIVED AlfiiuiKer r.njr need of the University i:xieet Tlilrtj-SIx Teams to Unter the Tourney to Be Held Next Month. lly C. MASON VOUIiD. Oklahoma City base ball fans and tha commercial Interests of the city are making extenslva plans for tho advent of the Omaha Western Icuguo baso ball club Into tho metropolis of Oklahoma. Letters are being received every duy by Rourke, telling of the progress of the plans. Unusual Interest Is being taken by the Oklahoma City fans and business men, owing to the fact that they arc trying to get a franchise In Hie Western league. Today Oklahoma City Is tho largest city In the country which has not a bull team playing organized base ball. This year it probably will have a team In the Southwestern league, which will bo of class D caliber, but the fans want to get Into a faster circuit. The only chunce Oklahoma City will havo to get into the Western league will come through their support of the Omaha team while It trains there this spring. If the crowds turn out In sufficient num bers to provo that the towncould oUp port a class A club there Is a possibility that In 1914 the directors of the Western league might transfer the franchise from some weak club In the league to Okla homa City. All to Turn Uul. Reallzlngthat they cun only get Into this league by supporting the Omaha team this spring, the fans of tho Okla homa metroiiolls are assuring the Com mercial club of that city that they will turn out In largo numbers, Just to show Omaha that they nre real fans and lovers of the national pustlme. The Chamber of Commerce of Okla homa City Is sending out pamphlets an nouncing that Omaha will train at thut place this spring nnd Is demundlug that the base ball fans and lovers of tho game of that city and surrounding towns turn out and boost the Omaha team, In older that within a few years they may he able to watch Oklahoma City play the same team In the race for tho Western leaguo pennant. I'lnus for Ope ii Ink liny. At Omaha hero Roiiiko Is working In conjunction with tho Commercial club, the various secret societies and tho Knights of Ak-8ar-Ben to make the opening day In Omaha the biggest of its kind that has ever been well ndverttscd by Its unique opening day festivities und the plans are ever to excel the festi vities of the year previous and to that end Rourke and tno Omaha fans nnd business men aro working. Just whit stuntn will be pulled off this year have not been made public und thero me somo which will be kept a secret unt'l tho last day. Tho usual parado of clv'c officers, fans and players will, of course, be one of the features. J. "Dad" Weaver of the Ak-Sar-Hen is now working on a plan which will eclipse that of former years. That tho knights will take a big part in tho demonstration goes without saying. A' ready clubs and organizations have be gun to reserve boxes and seats for the first game of tho season, which will hi played with Sioux City. Unit for Openlnir, There will be no oportunlties for tho Omaha fans to see tho Rourkes In no tion before the opening days and for this reason It Is expected that the opening day crowd will bo larger than ever bo fore. The Omaha team will play at least fifteen games in Oklahoma City, the last two being with Denver on the 3at urday and Sunday prior to the opening of the Western league season. Rourk had first thought of coming homo and playing Lincoln on these dates, but games have been arranged with the An telopes to be played in Oklahoma City Another feature which may or may not appeal to the fans Is the decision of Rourke to start tho base ball games In Omaha this season at 3 o'clock. The Omaha magnate feels assured that by moving the hour of .play up thirty minutes he will be able to draw larger crowds and also appease the sporting appetit of business men who wish to go back to their offices before the closing hour after' leaving the ball grounds. Uy starting the games at 3 o'clock most of them will bo completed by 4:30 and the patrons of the game who wish may re turn to( their offices before 5 o'clock. Then, again, there Is a class of men who are relieved of duty from 2 until S o'clock In the afternoons, who In years past have been unable to attend the game and witness It to Its finish because they mutt return to their business. Women have been kept away from games to a certain extent In the past because they could not get home In time, to cook the evening meal and have t ready at the desired time. Under the system to be employed this season they will be able to attend ball games and THE OMAUA SITJDAY BKR: FKUMWRT 23, inl.T News Asj-oiIhUoh op finriiiTv - DCAK "NOW fit ueAve Stahl Touting Collins Ray colllns. ono of Mauugcr Jako world'H n..unlIonshlp for tho Boston Stahl'B staff of young twirling stais, who Red Sox lust season. Stahl predicts that was such a big factor in the winning ot Collins will be better than ever this sca the American leaguo pennant und tho , son. get home und havo tho evening meal mi tho table tho sumo as other days. Tlun there are many objections to the 'Idea, but Rourke bollevcs that by starting tho games earlier he will bo expressing the sentiment of the fans. Says Base Ball and f Brotherly Love Do Not Go Together ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 22. Joss Stovall, manager of tho St. Louis Browns, thinks that base ball and brotherly lovo will not mix. Ho. quotes ono of his own experiences as a proof of his contention. It shows how ono brother made his debut Into the American league by knock ing his own brother out of It. "In 1601 I was pitching for tho Detroit team and my brother, George, was playing first base for the Cleveland club. The Naps had Just got him from the team at Bur lington, la., where ho wa manager. In the particular game to which I refer I was pitching and In a critical part of tho game, with two men on bases, I walked tho dangerous Lajole In order to take a chance with my own brother, George, who was the next batsman. " 'Come on, you big bushcr,' I yelled at hJm as ho stepped to the plate. 'Just take three swings at tho ball and sit on the bench, where you belong, and go back to Burlington tomorrow.' Well, I havo to tell you, but tho first ball I pitched to him he hit for a home run past the center fielder, and four men naturally scored. ThlB swat won him a berth In the loaguo and knocked me out of it. I put 'him In the big league and ho put mo out of it. In tho same game, two Innings later, I accidentally hit him on the elbow, and he did not play any more that season, after July 4." Lord am MuKimte, Harry Iord of the White Sox. It Is re ported, will take a fling at minor leugue club ownership He may be a puiour with Hugh Duffv In the Portland nib of 'the New ISnglund league. Drawn for 1 1 ANv'twiw too : I CAN no Training Quarters Are Assured for the Cornell University ITHACA. N. Y., Feb. 22. The Schoel kopt memorial training quarters, for which flOl.OOJ was pledged by the alumni of Cornell university a short time ago, is now iissurcd and the time for Its com pletion settlud ns a result of tho last meeting of the alumni field committee held in Now York 'City recently. Work will be started on tho structure early la the spring und It Is expected to be com pleted one year from that tlmo. Tho house proper Is to cost in tho neigh borhood of 160,000 and tho remaining sum of tho donation will bo spent In the In terior furnishings, such as lockers and other necessary ttppartus. It will be lo cated at tho south end of alumni field, between the playgrounds and tho foot ball field. The chief donor of the gift was present at the meeting and offeredto the com mittee cortaln suggestions, which he and his friends wished to have carried out Tho name of the donor has been with held. However, tho statement has been made that he is an alumnus and a friend of tho lato Henry Schoelkopf, -'02. The building will be of fireproof con struction throughout. It will bo two stories high and will bu 190 feet long and' f,orty-slx feet wide. A complete heating plant will be located In tho basement, us will the stock rooms for the several ath letic departments. The structure will be divided Into two parts by a corridor run ning through the" playground site to that nearest the foot ball field. A room two stories high and seventy feet hy twenty-' , two feet will be located on tha east side I of the oonldor and will be used by th ' foot ba.ll teum In -the fall and by the track tvaui In the spring. A large; shower for the athletes will be placed next p, this room. . . , I The Bee by George McManus mo Ytt V11L OU DO ME A FAVOR? Changes in Rules For Track Events Being Considered NEW YORK, Feb. 22. -There havo been a rtumber of recommendation-) made to the lntercolleglato AssoclHtlon of Ama teur Athletli-H ot America lately to revo lutionize college track athletics In several events. One iiuentlnu that bus elicited considerable discussion Is the wuy a run ner should finish n race that Is, whether tho mull who finished shall breast tho tape or not. Another point centers about the Idea of having fixed hurdles, while tho third proposed chnngo Involves the proposed ruin ehnnges for the hammer throw event In Intercollegiate meets. Ono man who Ih opposed to these changes Is Johnny Muck, track conch of Yule. Muck declares that tho use of fixed hurdles Is impractical, and the ham mer throw should stny tho same, but says tho runner should he nindo to breast tliu tape when he finishes a race. Spnak ItiK about the chnngus which will conio up shortly for discussion beforn the In tercolleglnto authorities. .Mack argues as follows: "lu legard to having fixed Jmrdlrs 1 certainly do not bellnve In them. At tho lllteicolleglato meets at Pennsylvania, or In tho Hurvnid Htndlum tho hurdle race and sprints uro run on the samo stretch and this mult o tlu- use of fixed hurdles practically an Impossibility, lu Knglnnd, where tho flxinl hurdlo Is used, the rucei aro run on tho grass. Tho custom of using tho fixed hurdle originated there, where ut some rural meets the only hurdlo that could be obtained was the ordlnnry sheep hurdle, which wns driven Into the turf. I bellove In using the regu lation Yulo hurdles, which uro used hero and nt the Now York Athletic club at Travors Island. These tire tho regulation fence hurdlo nnd uro very heavy. A man who knocks down thoho will not go far. If they should adopt this hurdle nt tho Intercolleghtte meet, no rule about knock ing them down would bo necossary. "I consider the hammer throw one of tho most Interesting nvents In track ath letics. The men who tnko part In It be como more Interested In mastering the J at Laboratory Finds Antidote Woisderful Results Usw Being. Accont plisliecl by a Herbal Extract from ill Swift Laboratory En Atlanta. The ancient and destructive treatment bo long In uso for blood poison Is now banished forever. No I.onrer will mer cury, Iodides and arsenic destroy human kind. The great Swift Laboratory at At. lanta is making a powerful herbal extract that Is unquestionably one of the greatest medical discoveries of nil tlme3. This wonderful preparation Is now on salo In nearly every drug store throughout the country under the namo of B. B. B. Its action Is marvelous. Soma of the effects of blood poison cured are mucous patches In the mouth, ulcers on tha tonjrue, lips, In the noso and throet; copper colurod splotches, eczema, articular rheumatism, scrofulous sores and ulcers, and every de gree and stage of blood poison. The fame of S. B. S. has become almost world-wide. It baa given perfect health 0 DOWN TO THE. DUTCHMAN FER A PINT AND T tOME PRETZELS' I details of the sport than candidates In ' almost nn other event. The man who takes part In the hammer throw must b i fust ns well nn big, nnd must have a largo amount of practice. There Is no nred of chungo In regulation regarding the lmnw mer throw. I believe It should remain us It Is. "Tho proper wny for a man to finish In nny rucc Is to breast tho tape, and tho rules should make this a requirement." Base Ball School is the Latest Idea NHW YORK. Feb. 21 A base ball . school, burked with capital to the extent of $1,000,000 and conducted nlong lines de cidedly novel, Is a possibility of the near future, Charley Curr, .ut ono time n, member of the Detroit team ahd during the lust few yeuts connected with various' Amorlrun nsxoclation teams as manager, evolved tho Idea nnd will soon put the. matter up to the nntlomit commission for a snnctlon. Curr tins Interested several' wealthy men In the project and will havo" unlimited bucking In his efforts to mako tho school a success. , Tho plan proposed would be a benefit to veterans and novices alike. Carr pro pones to secure one big hotel In th south with grounds largo enough for fifteen or twenty diamonds, where nil the mnjnr league clubs can train In thof spring. The Idea of' tho promoter Is to havo organUed huso ball stand behind tho plan, and inducements will bo offered to; hnve nil the clubs establish training quar ters at the sumo placo. When tho major leaguo teams go north, to begin their regular playing season the, school will bo at the disposal of minor leaguers or youngsters desiring to get a, knowledge of tho finer points of the. , game. A skilled corps of professors, such as aro employed at ull Institutions off learning, will teach tho, youngsters what they have learned through years of ex perience on tho diamond. Former major leaguers who havo been noted for their knowledge of tho game will he secured ns toaCherir. A regular tuition feo will' be chaigcd, and classes conducted In the! usual way. Tho large number of playing fields will also permit of much Individual Instruction. od Poison to those who years ago had given up all hope, It has been a revelation to hun dreds of physicians who- enthusiastically welcome the remedy that can banish mer cury and other poisons. There are thousands of people who would like to know jiore about the won-, dors of S. S. 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