10 THE OMAHA DAILY 1VEE : SUNDAY , DECEMBER 4 , 1808.
GOSSIP FROM THE GRIDIRON
Lut Bites of the Foot Bill Saison Ara
Performed by the Prophet *
ALUAMERICAN TEAM HAS BEEN CHOSEN
EQIeren Men Aicnlnnt Whom None
Other * Can Prevail an the Grlil-
Iron Cnptaln nnd Mnnnucr
Properly DlnulplliicU.
Now that the big Intercollegiate foot ball
season has closed there Is much Interest , as
usual , in the makeup of what has been
termed an "all-American" team. The selec
tion of this paper eleven Is quite the go ,
don't cher know , and no well regulated
newspaper nor sporting editor can afford to
remain out of the swim. Consequently Tbo
Bee presents for the edification of Its read
ers an eleven that could not bo beaten on
the face of ibo earth.
At the ends , one man will be accepted by
pretty nearly all critics without hesitancy.
By thin Is meant Palmer , Princeton's left
end. A 100-yard sprinter who has made
even time , his exhibition of speed In the
Yale came was ono of the most remarkable
ever seen on a foot ball fleld. He was down
upon the backs In almost every Instance
before they could eel the kicks and his
tackling was so sure that he Is considered
today one of the best ends that ever played
on a 'varsity. Cocbrane of Harvard was not
far behind him and In points surpassed him
In his ability to punt and kick goals. At
right end the best man seems to bo Hallo-
well of Harvard , as fast as Cochrane and
phenomenal In Individual play. Poe of
Princeton , while he made the sensational
run that gave the Yale game to Old Nassau ,
IB not up to the Crimson end. In all-around
work.
At the tackles two men showed forth more
prominently than all others , two captains
Hllltbrand of Princeton and Chamberlain
of Yalo. As both played at right tackle , It
IB difficult to select between them. Critics
declare that Hlflebrand played a more ef-
fectlv * game against Yale than did Cham
berlain against Princeton , but the latter Im
proved a great deal when he faced Harvard
nd his friends feel euro he outclassed the
Princeton captain. Hlllobrand gained moro
In line bucking and , wbllo Chamberlain
punted for Yale In both gamee , his work was
poor and handicapped him. Asho was out
of the line most of the time , Hlllobrand ,
who stayed at tackle , must bo ranked
lightly ahead of him. Haughton of Har
vard , chiefly on account of his punting ,
rank * closely to this pair. At left tackle
Donald of Harvard seems to have earned
first pJaco. He was almost as swift as his
enda In getting down the field and was In
strumental In scoring both of the great vic
tories for the Crimson. If Haughton or
Chamberlain could be switched to the other
Vide of the line , they might outclass him.
Bweetland of Cornell must also be accred
ited with honorable mention among the
Ucklcs.
The best guard of the year was Hare of
Fonnsy. His great runs from the guards-
back , together with his fairly good punting ,
placed htm In a crass almost by himself.
Brown of Yale and Boal of Harvard are
about on a par , and Reed of Cornell Is well
up. Either Brown or Boal , left guards ,
might look hotter at right guard than Mc-
Cracken , who was not up to his last year's
ttandard. Still the Quaker seems to have
the lead , oven though many beTleve that
Burden of Harvard la entitled to the place
on account of his splendid showing against
Hare.
Overfleld of Penney , the fastest center ot
, butt year , seems to be again the crack at
this position , even If he was not.BO good ,
/affray of Harvard was the surprise of the
oason , and 10 given second place , only be
cause be was unable to play through the two
championship garnets.
Daly was easily the star Quarter on ac
count of general all-around work. He ex
celled In catching kicks and making punts ,
bia run * * ere superior to those of any one
else and he possessed more headwork than
any auartcr on a bis foot ball eleven for
rears. Krotnor of West Point follows.
Dlbblce of Harvard heads the list of half
backs , as he- did In 1897 , but his play this
year excelled everything he has over done
before. He was also one of the best generals
on the field , his work as captain of the
Harvard team being considered superior to
any other foot ball leader ot the Crimson.
Outland , Pennsy's captain , also played left
half , but bis work was 10 much better than
all the rest that he must be picked as right
balf. Next come Durston of Yale and
Warren of Harvard , who outclassed all the
other men. Whiting , the Cornell captain ,
started out In a moat sensational manner ,
but fell later In the season and was finally
bun BO be could not play. As Charlie
Young of Cornell played In only one game ,
be cannot be ranked near the top , although
bis work In the Thanksgiving game with
Pennsy was fine enough to class him with
Durston and Warren.
At fullback there will be a diversity ol
opinion. On account ot his long punting ,
noticeable for a couple of seasons , Hersch-
bcrger of Chicago might be chosen by many ,
But Herschbcrgcr did not do as well aa last
year and In Chicago's most Important game
of the season , that with Michigan , O'Dcs
clearly surpassed him at his own game ,
O'Dea's goal from the flfty-flve-yard lint
was a phenomenal bit ot work. But dis
tance Is not the main feature of a kick ,
If a punter goes beyond his ends , his kick
lit worthless exactly the distance that the
catcher runs back. This being so , the
kicker who punts forty yards In a place
where the ends can down the receiver gen
eral on the spot Is superior to the ono whc
kicks sixty yards to such a point where thi
euds cannot reach him and a twenty-five
yard return Is made. Hcrschberger ant
O'Dea are of the latter class , Held of Har
vard of the former. The placing of Reid's
kicks , together with his superior line buckIng -
Ing , will put him ahead of Herschberger ,
who cannot rank better than second. There
fore the team of stars will Include the fol
lowing : Ix > ft end , Palmer of Princeton ; left
tackle , Donald of Harvard ; left , guard , Hare
of Pennsylvania ; center , Overfleld of Penn
sylvania ; right guard , McCrackon of Penn
sylvania ; right tackle , Hlllcbrand of Prince
ton ; right end , Hallowell of Harvard ; quar
ter , Daly of Harvard ; halfbacks , Dibble ot
Harvard and Outland ot Pennslvanla ; full
back , Reid of Harvard.
Harvard will lose moro valuable players
than any other eleven next year. Coebrane ,
Donald , Joffray. Haughton , Dlbblee and War
ren will be among the missing. Princeton
comes next with the loss of Crowdls , Mar
shall , Oecr , Black , Tllson and Crane. Yale
will lose Cutten , Marshall , De Saulles , Dur-
eton and Eddy. Pennsylvania and Cornell
arc the most fortunate of the quintet. The
former loses only Carnett , Hedges and
Folwell , although the latter may return.
Captain Whiting Is the only Cornelllan to
go , although Reed may also bo absent.
Head Coach Forbes of the Harvard eleven
took occasion during the last week to criti
cise statements made In The Bee a week ago
to the effect that In past years blue blood ,
rather than merit , frequently decided the
makeup of the Harvard foot ball eleven.
As a Harvard man and as the present coach
of the Crimson footballlste Mr. Forbes could
certainly do nothing else , but the past his
tory of Harvard foot ball Is calculated to
make his rebuttal rather weak If ono takes
the trouble to Investigate. The Bee Is per
fectly willing to admit that In this respect
the condition of affairs at Harvard has
considerably Improved of late. But what
was the meaning of the ultimatum that Cap
tain Dlbblce Issued In the early part of the
year and which made Its appearance In
print , to the effect that this season merit ,
and merit alone , would entitle a candidate
to a position on the team ? What was the
meaning of an Intimation to similar effect
made In public print by Dudley Dean , an
old Harvard foot ball man , than whom no
stronger supporter of the Crimson In the
press exists today ? If none of the taint ot
this character attached to Harvard spoil
what was the object of these statements ? In
recent years , as has been stated , a pedigree
that ran back to the day of the Pilgrim
fathers has not been so essential , but that
this was ono of the requirements was notori
ous In the early ' 90s. It was lamented
by many of the Harvard undergraduates ,
who made no concealment of the fact , that
they thought that this was responsible for
Harvard's unsuccess In an athletic way.
And among those who at that tlmo spoke In
thle fashion to tbo writer were Included
many who were not disappointed candidates
for the teams , who did not give this as an
excuse for their Inability to make the team.
The action that was taken by the Athletic
council ot the University of Nebraska dur
ing the last week regarding the game that
was played by the university eleven with the
Denver Athletic cfub will bo applauded by
all who have the Interests of pure amateui
eport at heart. The university has taken a
part In the movement to eradicate ever )
taint of professionalism from college fool
ball , and In conformity with that resolve
adopted the rule that "college foot ball teams
shall play only with learns that represent
educational Institutions. " _ Ag a further stcr
In this direction It provided that no mac
who failed to keep up to a required standard
In his studies should be allowed to play fool
ball , the purpose being to bar out men whc
! attend educational Institutions for no othei
| object than to play foot ball either foi
money or not. In view of the position thai
the Athletic council has taken , It coufd d (
nothing less than to severely censure thi
management of the foot ball eleven for vlo
latlons ot both provisions and It performed
Its duty as It should have done. That ac
tion will probably result In Inestimable gooe
In the direction of purifying the athletic at <
mosphere of the university. Nebraska , It
common with other western Institutions , ha ;
not drawn so marked a line between amateui
and professional sport as is absolutely neces
eary and the emphatic stand taken by It !
athletic council will go far toward remedying -
ing this condition ,
Whllo Princeton Is talking ot a triangu
lar foot ball league , with the Tigers , thi
uo and the Crimson as members , a rumoi
comes floating from Ithaca that next yeai
Harvard will resume her old foot ball rela
tlons with the Hhacnns. If this Is so , thi
tri-cornered league Is probably off , for It li
not likely that Harvard will play Yale
Pennsy , Cornell and Princeton , although 1
could very well do so. Harvard and Cornel
played for several years until this season
when It was the Crlmson's -turn to go ti
Ithaca. Harvard refused to do that am
Cornell would not go to Cambridge. Thi
difficulty , however , Is to be settled , at leas
it is so reported.
Herbert C. Avery , right end of the Kansa
team , has been erected as captain of thi
Jayhawkers next year. Captain Morse de
cllned re-efectlon nnd Harry Hess , the enl ;
other veteran on the team , refused to be i
candidate. The past season was Avery's second
end on the team. As tackle last year h <
was not a first notcher , but as end he hai
been ono of tbo stars of the eleven.
Barney , the Ds Molnee strong man , wai
one of the members of the Latrobe foot bal
team of Plttsburg. He will be In Oraahi
again In the course of a few weeks.
WITH HORSES AND HORSEMEf
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Square Garden Contain * Food
fur nrrederi.
The student of horse values found much ti
Interest htm at the Madison Squar
garden sale in New York las
week. Prices ranged from $15,00' '
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ot harness stock was tested aa It has not
been tested before for a long time , The
comparatively few fresh , sound , young cam
paigners of the up-and-coming * ort ? old as
a rule * for good prices , and this was true
also of good-looking , well-mannered , natural
trotters that were eultcd for road driving.
But the outclassed and unsound campaigners
that were not road horses went begging for
bidders , while brood mares and undeveloped
colts were eometlmea nearly given away.
Ono consignor sent four horses ot this class
Into the ring without getting a bona fide
bid on one. Among them was a large , hand-
eomo 3-year-old filly by a fashionably-bred
young sire that held the world's record for
trotting stallions a few years ago , and the
finery made , flinty legged youngster was out
of a mare that cost her owner $4,750 ICEH
than ten years ago. The filly was Eound ,
clean and gentle , and , although undeveloped ,
ahe had trotted a quarter in 0:47 : the first
time she was on a track. The man who
sent her to the sale Is a prominent trainer
and ho said the filly had cost him $ D7u.
The Great Western circuit of first-class
mile tracks , that shall rival oven the Grand
circuit , Is now on the tapis. President T. C.
Hancock of the Nutwood Driving club of
Dubuque , la. , Is the leading eplrlt In the
move , and as he IB a man possessing finan
cial resources , unlimited push aud enter
prise , force of character and general ele
ments of success , the proposed circuit Is
most likely to prove a reality. The halo of
great tnlfo tracks surrounding Dubuque
makes that city the natural head center of
one of the very greatest circuits that could
possibly be formed In so small a range of
country. The natural and suitable members
of such a circuit would be Jollet , Fcorla ,
Dubuque , Independence , Davenport and Mil
waukee , with Terre Haute as a fitting
point for a closing meeting. At all of these
tracks were held great and succersfuf meet
ings during the lost season , Dubuque and
I'eorla especially holding meetings of Grand
circuit proportions , as In fact did about all
of the cities named. A group of finer mile
tracks cannot be named In any section , and
with but one or two exceptions the ship
ments in this proposed circuit would be
most pleasingly short.
Verily the French breeder of trotters has
a good customer In his government. This
season the commissioners of the govern
ment haras In that country have bought 181
out of one district and with a very few ex
ceptions the entire lot were 3-year-olds.
The best of the deml-sang horses ore bought
In Franco at the town ot Caen and the com
missioners spend as many days as necessary
' looking over the stock presented , making
two divisions ot their work , that of buying
trotters and that of buying stallions for
getting carriage horses. This season they
bought at Caen twenty-four trotters and 151
carrosslers , which , with the three stallions
bought Immediately after the race for the
Prix Mtnttcre , made a total ot 181 horse :
purchased for a total price of 1,103OOC
trance , or $238,600. From the breeders In
the territory tributary to the town of Caen
the government last month purchased 154
demt-sang stallions suitable for getting high-
class coach and carriage horses. These
stallions are practically , though not quite
all , trotting bred , those that are not coming
of strains "close to the blood , " and famout
for great Individual beauty of conformation. .
One hundred and eighty 3-year-old stallions
were presented to the commissioners and 15-1
wore bought at a total cost of 901,000 francs ,
or $180,200 quite a handsome sum to be
distributed among the breeders of any one
locality. The lowest prlco paid by the
French government at this "achat" was
$1,100 and the high st somewhat above $2,000
The largest sums offered need not neces
sarily be accepted , the owner being perfect ! ]
free on such occasions to accept or refuse
the price offered , just as though the dea
was with another private individual.
The famous Star Pointer will epend al
least another season on tbe track before
being retired to tbe stud. His new owner
ex-Congressman White , has engaged Dave
McCleary to train tbe champion pacer next
i year. Horsemen will not be surprised to se <
him go as tast as 1:58. : Although he die
not lower bis mile mark this year , yet hit
half at Philadelphia In :57'/i : has etaggcree
every one who has watched his work.
BASE BALL FOR NEXT SUMMEF
Buffalo AlmoHt Certain to Be In the
TVeitern League and Per-
bapi Toronto.
It looks very much like a cinch that Buf
falo win be one of the stations In the West
cm league to take the place of St. Josepl
next season. President Johnson ot thi
league and President Franklin of the Buf
falo club last week arranged everything wlti
the exception of ono hitch. The league ha :
agreed to glvo Buffalo the St. Joseph clul
with one condition. That Is , that if a cer
tain Western league club , said to be Kan
as City , wants Pitcher Danny Daub for $40 (
before January 15 , Buffafo Is to give him up
President Franklin made an objection to till :
condition , arguing that If Kansas City cai
UPO Daub so can Buffalo. Thus the mattei
stands , but this difficulty will In all prob
ability bo overcome.
There Is a strong likelihood also tha
Toronto will be In tbo western organ Izatloi
next season. The hitch occurs over thi
price demanded by Arthur Irwln , who want :
56,000 for bis good wllf and team , while thi
league offers balf that sum. Cold plunk
to the amount of $3,000 Is considered a suf
ficlent price , Inasmuch as Irwin does no
own the ball park at Torouto and has rlllci
the Toronto club of all Its good players ti
strengthen Washington. Toronto would taki
Columbus' place In the circuit , which. If thi
Canadian city Is secured , win read In thi
way : Eastern Clubs Buffalo , Toronto , In
dtanapolis , Detroit. Western Club St
Paul , Minneapolis , Kansas City , Milwaukee
Dahlen and Lange are being hawke
about tbo base ball market like so mud
dead wood by President Conology Hart o
the Chicago club. "During the seas n o
1898 neither gave the club the services the
were capable of , " declares the Windy Clt
president. "They did not do their besl
Despite the fact that Dahlen had < he lead
ershlp of the club , a position that shoul
have made him ambitious , he was anythln
but that. " Dahlcn's rowdyism , resulting I
almost a dozen Invitations from the umpire
to Increase the perspiration of the benci
lost a balf dozen games for Chlcagi , whll
Bill Large was too busy chasing soubrctte
to do his best. The passing of these tw
Chlcagoans has given rise to various rumoi
of deals that they are to be traded fo
Jennings and .Kelly , or even Delehonty e
Baltimore , for a batch of Giants , Includln
star Second Baseman Gleason , or for
group of Colonels. Hart and Burns see :
to want Gleason particularly , and Thornto
may bo thrown in to fill the measure 1
exchange for the Giant two-bagger. Wit
Everett at first , Gleason at second , Me
Cormlck at shirt and Wolverton at thin
the Infield would be fairly strong , althoug
It is not certain that Wolverton Is fa :
enough to hold down the last corner of th
diamond. Jimmy Connor does not figure I
this forecast , for he is occupying tbe posltlc
ot Mohammed's coffin.
"I expect to be on top again next seaso
and expect to have Charles Comlskey i
manager and captain of the Browns , " Is a
announcement made by Chris Von der Ah
which to most critics possesses the arora
of a certain Chinese drug. "Der B-BS ,
however , has succeeded In deposing Muci
.t e I enfuss from the presidency of tbo Brown
and bo may not , therefore , be talkli :
through a vent In his chapeau. As
president ot tbo Sporttmen'i Park clul
which controls the franchise of the Browns ,
ho expects the National league to rccogulzo
htm at the coming meet. Muckcnfuss , how
ever , will also shy a castor In the ring , for ,
as receiver of the Sportsmen's Park club ,
he clalmi the magnates nill accord him all
the rights and privileges pertaining to the
St. Louis franchise. With both demanding
recognition as the head of the National
league In St. Louis , a knotty point con
fronts the magnates.
Whoever started afloat the tale that
Vamlerbeck has offered $7S,000 for the
Cleveland franchise and team Is charged by
those who ought to know with pulling at a
very bum brand of the weed. Van Is about
as free with his money as Gaspard In the
"Chimes of Normandy , " although he has
dough to burn , If > ou detach a cipher
you 'will come nearer to the figure that
Van would offer. However , whether the
tale Is of the dreamland character or not ,
Frank do Haas Robinson has given It out
cold that the Spiders are not tor sale. It
Is believed that the franchise will stay In
Cleveland.
Fandora Is working Its noodles In an
effort to flguro out the future of'Scrappy"
Joyce , while "Scrappy" has been going
serenely on his way and Is not talking for
publication at this stage of the game.
Everything seems to Indicate , however , that
" " 'un he Is his
If "Scrappy" Is a wise casting
weather eye outside Manhattan b rough for
a diamond engagement for the season of
1&99 , for he Is likely to be among the missIng -
Ing at the Polo grounds next season. His
direction of affairs displeased a majority of
the stockholders , particularly Andy Goose
Frcedman , at the conclusion ff the last
season. Who his successor Is to be Is hard
to determine. Several Western league
magnates are said to have been approached ,
but none of them care to risk their reputa
tion under Andy. Georg * Davis Is also
mentioned for the job.
Some of the recent exchanges that have
reached The Bee from Manila give ac
counts of ball games that have taken place
between nines representing different regi
ments In camp. In the middle of October
South Dakota skinned Minnesota by the
close score of 7 to C. The papers are a little
behind the times , for they score the games
according to the old Rube , one , -two , thrco
out , with big zeros.
Chic Frazer , the Louisville star slab artist
of the last two years , will be found In the
Quakers' fold next season , according to a
bulletin from the east. The consideration
is said to be $1,000.
Abbatttchlo , the well known Inflolder of
the Quaker outfit , had two ribs broken In a
foot ball game a few days ago. He was a
member of the well known Latrobe eleven
of Plttsburg.
SOME MISCELLANEOUS SPORT
Trnck Atliletcn Mnnnire to Pat Up a
Few New Murk * for the Sea-
con In Spite of War.
The war has unquestionably had an In
fluence In rendering more quiet the sea
son that has Just ended In the matter of
track athletics , yet the caliber of our ath
letics has not languished and today it is
possible to pick out a bunch of American
athletes who woufd have no difficulty In de
feating a team from any nation In the world.
Possibly America could not hope for such a
clean sweep as was dealt the English team
in 1895 , but It would not fall far behind.
Slnco Wefers has taken upon himself tbo
cares and responsibilities of matrimony and
housekeeping , he has done nothing , and does
not seem to bo the same man who flagged
fields an'd broke records at his seeming
pleasure a year or two ago. There are at
least two men , however , Tewksbury of the
University of Pennsylvania and Rush of
Princeton , who are probably destined to fill
bis shoes In the short sprint , having gone
below 10 flat. This trio , together with
Matthew Long of Columbia , are the stars in
everything below the quarter mile. Tom
Burke of Boston Is the king of the quarter
and the half , while In the mile America has
had no better runner flnce Conneff and
Orton than John F. Cregan of Princeton ,
who last spring won the distance In 4:23 : 3-5.
In high jumping we have fallen back.
However. Justin D. Wlneor , the Pennsyrva-
nla wonder , seems to be on the way to equal
Mike Sweeney's wonderful performances.
He was almost successful In clearing 6 feet
6 Inches last spring , and has given other
marvelous exhibitions since. There has been
some rare broad Jumping during the last
season , that mark of high class work , twen-
ty-threo feet , being beaten by several men.
The leaders ore : J. G. Remington of Penn
sylvania , and Myer Prinsteln of Syracuse ,
N. V. Both have surpassed the old record
of 23 feet 3 % Inches and have covered close
to twenty-four feet.
In the hurdro events A. C. Kraenzleln of
Chicago and Pennsylvania has displayed a
speed that Is remarkable. In the Intercol
legiate games he finished the low hurdles
In 0:233-5 : , lowering the world's record a
full second. In the high hurdles on the same
day he made a record of 0:15 : 3-5. Incident
ally , this same KraenzMn should outclass
anybody as an all-around athlete. A man
who can , as he has done , run In even time ,
high Jump six feet , broad Jump better than
twenty-three feet , put a shot forty feet and
hurdle faster than any man on earth , maybe
bo held to bo the full equal of any ono alive ,
not accepting Klely , the Irish champion ,
who hurdles , jumps and throws in first-class
form and has never been headed in an all-
around contest. Yet , when Kraenzleln came
from Chicago to Pennsylvania , a couple of
years ago , he was likened unto a big horse.
He was a six-footer , of rather awkward car
riage and heavy , weighing about 180 pounds
stripped.
In the shot put. there have been few de
velopments and no one is worthy to be
ranked -with George R. Gray , the Canadian
artist In this lino. McCracken. the Penn
sylvania foot ball player , puts the shot
I forty-four feet , and this Is about as near as
anyone has gotten to Gray's forty-seven
feet The records made by Mitchell with the
fifty-slx-pound weight etlll hold , but his
I best records with the hammer have been
j be-aten a dozen feet by John Flanagan , while
: tvo classic collegians , McCracken anil the
Callfornlan. Ehgren. have surpassed his old
1 record. Flanagan , the Irishman Just over
1 from the old country , does our hammer
' throwing nowadays. He was Invincible In
1 Ireland and be Is Invincible here , b-lng aa
' far In the lead with the hammer as was
| Gray with the shot , Wefers In the dash
| race , or as Chase and Sweeney were In
; hurdling and high Jumping respectively.
: His last mark was 168 feet four and one-
1
half Inches.
1 . There has been a notlcnble ra'atng In the
standard of college p-le-valters. When
Clapp and Johnson of Yale and Hoyt o (
' Harvard all cleared above eleven feet at the
' I Intcrrolleiilate championship list May. It
| ' was the finest exhibitions of polo vaulting
t ever plven In tbe countrv. Clapp has since
, raleed the record to cloven feet ten and one-
, ' half Inches , the world's record. /
In this connection should bs mentioned
the latest remarkable- performance mai'e bj
M. J. M. Newburn. the famous and almost
phenomenal broad lumpe * of Ireland and
i the holder of the world's record. Ne.wburn'
, accepted figures heretoforeh'vo > io n
i twentv.four feet six and three-quarte > i
1 Inches , but aceordlne to the I t * t batch ol
. eportlne exchanges from across the wa'er. he
, hns cast thli reco-d completely In th (
; ehada by clearing the astounding distance
3 of twenty-five fret three Inches , or ro-r\e- \
, , thine llks one foot seven Inches furthei
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than the best jump of any other athlete
past or present.
Despite the roars that were made last
winter against the six-days' bicycle race In
New York on the score of Its Inhumanity ,
another event of the same kind starts in
Madison Square Garden at midnight to
night. The field Is the most representative
lot that has over gathered In an Interna
tional contest and will Include the best rid-
era from many parts of the world. Among
tha men who will pedil around the track
for six long , weary days for glory and In
cidentally a share of the $8,000 prize money ,
are : Charles Miller , the Chicago motorman
who last year won the race and broke the
record. Slnco then he has made a trip to
Europe and defeated the best men there in
a famous seventy-two-hour race. Teddy
Halo Is also entered. Frederick Michel , a
Swiss who rode second to Miller In the Paris
race ; Joyeux , the Frenchman who was third
In this same event ; Cistac , an Australian ;
Stephanne. the French Ions-distance rider ,
are among the other foreigners who are
entered to compete with quite a batch of
Americans.
Teddy Hale , the bughouse cyclist , who
started out to ride as many centuries this
year as there were days , Is out of bed again.
He rode a century every day for 252 suc
cessive days and then succumbed. He will
ride eight more centuries to make 260 for the
year and will then retire. An Englishman
propored to beat his record next year by
riding 305 centuries on one course. Says
Halo regarding this : "I see his finish.
He'll go crazy as sure as shooting. AH th-it
saved me was that I traveled around and
had a change of scenery. "
Jacob Schaefer , Eugene Carter and Billy
Catton are about to open a palatial billiard
parlor In the City of Mexico. Schaefer and
Carter will make a three months' tour of
the west be-fore going to Mexico. About a
month ago Schaefer stated that he was anx--
lous to play Ives a epeclal match of 1,200
points , to bo prayed In blocks of COO points ,
and another match of 800 ro'nts ' , to be played
In blocks of 400 ; one match In New York
nn < l the other In Clilcapo , and Ives to have
his choice of either pame for New York. This
statement was made through Phil Roche ,
Schacfer's backer , but elicited no response
from Ives , although ho ( Ives ) stated about
two months ape that he wished another so-
rlea of matches with the "wizard. " There
can bo no very great excuse for Ives' re
ticence , especially as he Is playing In pplen-
illd form , as shown by his practice work with
the cue.
It Is announced that the Olympian
that were to have been held In connect'on
with the Paris exposition arc off unless some
effective persuasion can bo brought to bear
on the officials In charge. These games were
j to have been the second In the series that
, was started In Athene In 1S96 , when Amer-
| leans carried off pretty nearly everything In
sight. The French government , although in
tending to make amateur athletics a f amro
at the expos'tlon ' has refused to recognize
Baron Pierre Coubcrtln , who has been ono of
. the main spirits of the Olympian games.
I The baron Is now trying to pet up a movement -
! ment to go It alone and hold tlie games out-
Bide the grounds and Is soliciting the sup
port of this and other countries. Unless
the French recognize the Olympian contests ,
It seems probable that the athletic Interests
of the United States will follow one of two
plans they will hold games under American
auspices only or join with Baron Coubertln.
The fifth annual repetition of the 'Simr' * .
me-n's show that Is to take place In Madlcon
Square Garden In Now York , from March 2
to 11 next , promises to b'e the crack-a-Jack
of the series , accord'ng ' to the prospectus.
An artificial lake seventy-five feet long ,
forty feet wide and eight feet deep , con
taining 200,000 gallons of water , will occupy
the center of the building. Upon this will
occur water polo , swimming and other
nnuatlc contests. Log cabins and tentf that
\.ll portray life In the woods , and Indian
I camps , occupied by families of Indians engaged -
| gaged in their homo occupations , will be
features of the show. There Is to bo also
a big game park , enclosing In a miniature
forest live specimens of buffalo , moose ,
caribou , efk. deer , antelope and other large
game animals. Native live game birds and
fish will bo on exhibition. There are to bo
bowling alleys , and revolver and pistol
ranges and on top of tbe garden association
championships and other events at inani
mate objects will take place. These are a
part of the features , and If they are pre
sented the show wilt be a bummer.
Adlal , the second "Terrible Turk , " had
an easy time of It with the "Terrible Rus
sian" at Philadelphia tbe other night. He
gained a half Nelson on the Russian and got
the first fall In 2 minutes and IS'/i seconds.
The second round was still briefer. The
Turk went after the czar's subject like a
pup after a bone and won tbo second fan In
39 seconds. Adlal Is a remarkable Indi
vidual , from the standpoint of muscular de
velopment , but has given no evidence of
possessing anything but ordinary science.
COLLEGE AQUATICS WAKE UP
Talk of Cornell and Pennnylrnnla
flowing at Henley Fallowed by
Storlei of Harvard's Changei.
Queer stories are coming by way of Cor
nell and Pennsylvania regarding the possi
bilities of crews representing these uni
versities visiting Henley next spring. To
cap the reports , a cablegram as follows has
been received from across the waters :
"The secretary of the Henley regatta , speak
ing at the annual town ( Henley ) dinner ,
said he confidently expected that crews from
Cornell and Pennsylvania would compete
In the races next year. " This cablegram
was reproduced in the Cornell Sun with
only this bit of a comment : "Tho secretary
evidently Old not speak with authority , "
but it Is difficult to observe where the "evi
dently" cornea In. At Pennsy , on the other
hand , no effort I ? made to conceal the de
sirability of sendlnc a crew , If only the
financial part of It can be assured. You
can be certain , tro , that If Cornell can stand
It financially , and no lutmrmouiitahle condi
tions are laid down , the Ithacans are likely
to bo on hand , for they nro dead game.
Just how the Intercollegiate rowing situa
tion on this side of the big water will de
velop It Is still Impossible to tell. . It looks
like a cinch from this distance , however ,
that Cornell will pass up Yale and Har
vard , slnco thu Ithacans cannot con
sistently refuse to ittw the I'ennsyl-
vanlani afttr last j ear's defeat. Tim ( Jink-
crs , as the colleKo aqiuitlo chixmploiiH of ' ! 8 ,
favor tin open regatta on a fair course , to
which oil colleges and universities sball be
eligible. Cornell will unquestionably bo
found here , whether the regatta 'takes ' place
at Saratoga or PoughVcepfilp. Yale and Har
vard will be welromct to enter , but If they
refuse they will bo left to amuse themselves
In their "mo and you" affair at New Lon
don.
Following -tho dropping of Bob Cook by
Yale comes the announcement that the
services of Andrew O'Dea , 4ho Auptrallan
oarsman , who has labored with the Wiscon
sin crowd , have been secured to coach the
crown of the Crimson. B. 0. Storrow will
retain the position of head coach and will
continue to perform Its duties. O'Dea lias
been engaged aa Instructor In rowing. Ho
will bo expected , by rowing v > lth the men
In singles , pair oars and fours , to instill
the principles of rowing Into the men go
that when tha etqht Is picked there will be
a largo number of candidates perfect In the
details of rowing from whom to make the
selections. Storrnw's work will be with the
eight as a crow alone. In connection with
this system an effort will be made to en
courage the founding of b'at clubs. By this
means It Is predicted that enough men will
participate in the sport ro that the time
when Harvard crews , from the excellence of
material , will bo almost unbeatable , seems
ulinoat at hand. A (30,000 boat bouse Is to be
built for the 'varsity and the Weld Boat
club Is about to erect a new house to cost
{ 23,000. Finally , every vestige of the elabo-
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