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unday Bee PART V. EFcnti:;a sech::i FACES 1 TO 4. VOL. XXXVII NO. 38. OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1903. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Pase Ball Looms Big Ahead but Automobile Racing and Wrestling Still Have Their Little Day EBRiSSA MEN IN LEAGUE Cornhoeri Join Kiiionri Valley Conference. BALL PLATERS AS STICKERS Some Nebraska Girls Who Are Athletic and Pretty as Well as Studious " Not with the Bat, but in Slicking- to One, Town. STRICTER ELIGIBILITY RULES MEN WHO'VE BEEN TRUE TO ONE "TT Decision Beached at Lincoln t , Taut Fortnne with Wnfra ' Colleges fasteed af Big? Eight. "r ; '"r Exceptions to the General Rnle Wis yi Bare Given All Their Majec- The Omaha SPORTS Wv'-i'i Leagne Service to One V Clah. . 'v - It,' I LINCOLN. March 7. (Special.) The Uni versity of Nebraska will become a member of the llisdouri valley conference. This 1 action haa been agreed upon by the mem bers of the Cornhuslcer Athletic board and the official step toward Joining the nc association will be taken at the next meet Ing of ' the board on March 16. At that meeting the foot ball committee. In whoSi hands tha matter of Joining the conference waa left for Inveatlgatlon, will recommend that Nebraska become a member. This committee Is composed of three men, two of whom Dr. Lees and Ceptaln John O. Worklxer are the most Influent'al mem bers of the governing body of Cornhusker athlotlcs, and Its recommendation will de termine the action of the board, . The significance of Nebraska1 Joining the Missouri valley conference is very great. It means that the new organization, which was formed a year ago and which has struggled along with prospects for a short existence, will now be sure to live and become the controlling body of ath'etics in the MlKsourl valley. It means that the llclblllty rule In the west will become much stricter and that athletics there-will be purified. It means that Nebraska will hot join the Big Eight. Another Eight la West. , The Missouri Valley conference is com posed of Iowa, Kansas, Mlaoutl, Amea, Drake, Washington and Washburn. With Netraxka added it will become ansther Big Eight, The new organisation waa formed on February M, 1907, at a meeting of the representatives of the ITnlversl les of lows, Kansas, Missouri and Washington In Kansas City. Nebraska had bren a ked to send a representative, but did not do o, for the Cornhusker athletic board at that time waa oppoaed to the formation of the new conference. Eligibility rules and a constitution were adopted at the Kansis City meeting. Nebraska, Ames, Drake and Vaslihurn were asked to become members. All of these schools but Nebraska accepted the Invitation. Trie Comnuskers gave tha tnrmbcra of the conference no encourage mdit for several months and the work of the organization came to a standstill. It ..made no effort to carry out the plana foimulated at the Kansas City meeting and seemed destined to break up as a raoult of the opposition of Nebraska. The members of the new organisation repeatedly urged the Cornhusker to Join, knowing that with Nebraska, the strongest school In th9 valley, a member, the conference would be a success, Recently 'the Cornhuskera gave some of the lending members a little encouragement 'and the hoes of "the' fieW ' organization were revived. The flec'8joH"of the Cornhusker athletic board now to Join the conference will insure the success of the organization and will put It In a place to control the athletics of the Mlasouri valley. t Cleaaer Sport in West. The new conference, by the addition of Nebraska, will force the other schools In the Missouri valley to observe the strict eligibility rules, and In that way will help cleanse the athletics of the west. Af the present time many of the schools in the valleyr-even some of the new conference schools are not living up to the generally accepted rules of eligibility and there is al together too much professionalism for the good of feal sport. With Nebraska a mem ber,' however, the conference will be able to make strlctrules and. enforce them, both among Its own membera and among the other schools In the valley. The non " conference schools. In order to make their athletics pay, will have to continue schedul ing contests with the conference schools. And they will only be able to do this by observing all the rules of the new organi sation. Such schools as the University of St. Louis, whose men play under very questionable rules, will reform, and every School will be placed on an equal footing. The Missouri Valley conference,' under pressure exerted by the University of Iowa, adopted practically the same ellblllty rules that govern the Big Eight. The only nota ble difference In the rulea of the new or ganization la that of the three-year limit rule. Under this measure In the Big Eight tudenta are allowed to compete In athlet-' lea only three years, and are barred from participation after graduation, whether they have played the three years or not. The new oonferenoe has adopted this rule without the retroactive clause, and af the present time the students are permitted to play four years. After this year, however, the new orgsntsatton will adopt the rule In full and no student will V allowed to com pute more than three years. Oood-Bye to B,!; Elgki. Nebraska's entrance Into the Missouri Valley conference will settle the talk about her Joining the Big Eight. Since the with drawal of Michigan from th old con rerence. mere nave been several rumors circulating from Chicago to the effect that Nebraska would be asked to fill the place left , vacant by the Wolverines and that she would accept, thus restoring tha Big Nine. There has been a good deal -of truth In these reports, too, for several of the Dig Eight schools are in favor of inviting the Cornhusker to take a place among them and the proposition has met with great favor at Nebraska. But in taking step toward Joining the new conference, the Cornhuskers' athletio boa.'d has decided not to accept an Invitation to become a member of tha Big Eight, even If it is ex tended. The Cornhusker had the proposl tlon af Joining the Missouri valley, con Terence under consideration for over I jear and the thing that kept them from east ing their lot with that body was the hope or getting Into the Big Eight. They wanted to be with the big schools, but when those Institutions began to adopt such measures as the five-game rule and go to the extrme of radicalism In their reform, the Corn busker decided that they did not want to be jit the Big Eight, i The decision to enter the Missouri valley conference la the result. Nebraska will not take Michigan's place In tha old conference. Eager tiets Advance la Salary. Earl O. Eager, manager of Cornhusker Athletics, will be re-elected for another yesr at the nest meeting of the athletio board. I'.r. Eager ha asked for an In rrease la salary of W and this will be ne given cira. At tn present time he I ' drawing HJ. Mr. Eager ha been manager of athletic for two years. A year ago he Continued oa Pag 1 ( frof. Cheney, Coach CHANGE IN THE STAKE RULE National Trottlac Association Make Move that Will A fleet Condition f Many Race. NEW YORK, ' March T. Two Important change In the rule of the National Trot ting association made in the late congress have attractid little attention from horse men, particularly from racetrack' hanagera, compared with the, great significance thv have on the future of the turf. The first Important change alluded to was that In the rule which give a correct definition of what a "Stake" i.- In' section 2. under old rule t, a stake waa defined as follow; "bloke la a taca opened to all complying with It published conditions,.. for which the prlxe 1 the total amount of money con tributed to the nominators, all of which belongs to the winner or winners, unless otherwise provided in the published condi tion." In the newly adopted rule the comma after the word "winners" was changed to period, and the remaining clause of the rule stricken out, namely the words, "unles otherwise provided in the published condi tions." This plainly means that whatever the condition governing the stake, all the money contributed by the nominator atiould constitute the prlxe for competition, snd every dollar of it must be distributed among the winner or winners, and that the giver of the "stake" can make no extra condi tions which should govern the final distri bution of the total money subscribed by the entrants to the stake. The Intention of the new rule 1 plainly directed against the futurity stake, which, for year have been In the habit of collect ing large uume of money from subscriber or nominators and returning only a por tion of the same to the winner or winners. The second Important change was made In the rule pertaining to guaranteed stake. Formerly under section t of the same rule a guaranteed stake was defined a follow: "Is the same (S the stake, with a guaran tee by the party opening It that the sum snail not pe less man tne amount namoa. and shall not entitle the giver to any excess, unless otherwise stlpu'aiei In the published conditions." In the new rule. the comma after the word "named" Is changed to a period, and the balance of the old rule, from Word "and" to the word "conditions," I struck out. A the rule now stand a track associa tion can guarantee a stake to a certain amount and if the entrance fees do not come up to the stipulated sum then It must be made gocd; but on the other hand, if the subscriptions foot up a sum over the guaranteed amount, the giver cannot make any condition with which he can entitle himself to this excess. For an example, take the M. Sc M. classic stake at Detroit, which is guaranteed for $10,000. The giver of thla stake can make conditions as to per centage of entrance fee, amounts of sub scriptions to be paid at stipulated periods. but cannot hold back from the winners any excess over the guaranteed amount. Jf nomlnatori prla In, say tx.ooo, the asso-r niatlon must make good the balance of 2,0OO; but oil the other hand, if subscrip tions amounting to liOOO over the guaran teed lum, the total of 112.UJ0 must be hung up a the prise for the race, for which the stake waa announced and the subscriptions made. There can be no other Interpretation of the two new rulea quoted above, as their meaning Is Just aa plain a the language In whloh they are definitely Bet down. In faot, according to authentlo information, thla Is the meaning and Intention of the new change. Both rule are Immensely In favor of the horsemen. DATE FOR HARVARD-YALE RACE " Mae us Time for the Meet, la the Thames. BOSTON, Mass.. March T.-Manager Howe of the Harvard crew announces the date for the annual boat races with Yale at New London as fixed for June t According to the agreement the varsity four-oared race will start at 10 o'clock In the morning at the navy yard and be rowed down Btreanv finishing at the railrod bridge. As soon after the four-oared race a practk-al the freshmen eights will row over the same two-mile course, starting at the ncvy yard and finishing at the rail road bridge. The varsity race will not kfcome until the afternoon and will be rowel up stream. The crews will bs started at t.aO o'clock at the railroad bridge, and will finish at the end or the four-mile course opposite tb Harvard quarters at Redtop, v i t -V i J" Winnie Whit PA NOW HAS 1EN PITCHERS President Rourke Land Noah, Giant Seven Feet Tall. GETS HIM EIGHT HERE IN OMAHA Aggregation of Slab Artist Assures Champion of Effective Material and Other Team of Some Hard Work. Noah will pitch for Omaha this year. Thla doe not mean that Pa haa gone back, to the ark to try to bring to life some Antiquity to puzsle the other Western league teams, but a new Noah,, a giant in stature, i nearly seven feet tall and corre spondingly large. A Pa and Dick . Qrotte were snouting around Omaha boosting the game for this spring they stepped Into the Omaha Bi cycle company store on North Sixteenth street and in the course of a conversation one of the proprietors remarked that they had a base ball player working there. He waa brought forth and Introduced and Pa soon discovered that in Omaha, unan nounced, was a noted pitcher, Charles M. Noah of Sharon, Pa., fame, a pitcher who was drafted by a big league team and who 1 now a free agent through an oversight. Noah waa drafted on the spot and is now one of the ten slab artist whom Pa will have at' the opening of the season next month, Thompson having been traded off. The pitching staff now .includes. War 8an ders, Ous Williams, Hollenbeck, Rltzman as the south paw end of the firing staff, and Noah. Slim Hall, Rube Isaacs, Clark, Met and McNeeley aa the right-handers. That should be enough for Pa to find a good one or two to replace Ragan, who left Friday to Join the Cincinnati team. Belden has written that he will be on hla way as soon aa his transportation reaches him and Chick Autrey has written Pa that he will soon start on hi long Journey and hopes to reach Omaha on time and not be late thla time, aa he wa when he walked from Mexico last year. He 1 playing first at San Diego and will start immediately on hi long walk to Omaha. Pa received hi signed contract In the letter, ' The pennant of 1908 will be raised at Vln ton street park April 23, which 1 the open Ing day for Omaha of the Western league schedule. The big pole 1 still there in the same place when tt carried the pennant two year ago and although it had to be content to hold the American flay last year, thla year It w51 have to support the pennant of the Western league, March 23 1 the, time set by Pa for the players to report, and although some are still holding out for a raise tn the salary it is expected that all will be on hand at the appointed time. Pa has raised the salary of three of his players and cut the pay of none. He has notified all the players to expect their transportation In time to re. port for duty March 23. NAT? TO HAVE BEEF IN ITS BOAT Heaviest Crew Academy Ever Taraed Oat In Training. v ANNAPOLIS. Md., March 7.-Naval academy oarsmen, who have been prac ticing on the machines for several week, are now on the water under the direction of Coach Richard Olendon. The crew I very heavy, probably the heaviest that the academy has even turned out. In the waist of the boat are Captain Douglas, of the football team, who la the strongest man In the academy, and Northcroft, also one of the leading foot ball players and strong men. Foot bull players predominate. In fact, as Lelghton, Magruder and Reinlcko, who had places In the first boat, are all members of the squad. Captain Rockwell, McKe and Davis, who fill the other etts, are all member of last season's crew. BROWNS HAVE THE STAR TEAM Me A leer Haa a Fine Lot of World's Woadera. If there' anything tn great record, why shouldn't th Brown win th American league pennant thl year? They will have two world-bee ting pitcher in Bill Dlneen and Rube WaddelL Dlneen, had a large share In winning two American league pennants for Boston In 19U3 and 1904 and one world series for that city. Waddol pitched the Athletics to the pennant In 19u2 and 16. Should they show their old time form the Browns, with such men a Bobby Wallace and Ferris on th Infield and Stone, Jones and Hoffman In th out field, should certainly be contender. But V .'- JLa If. v. I i -fi n 1 ft A! 1 ' Julia Draper Bessie McCanh Jessie McCann EDISON HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL TEAM. . THE OLD GRANDMOTHER GAG. The Ofltce Boy Again. Say, that boss of mine is funny; ties Uie Joker man tor true; Cornea around my desK last evening Just aa 1 was geitln' through; Little Willie boy gets busier man he's been for quite a spell. When the boss asks kind o quiet; "Is your oiU granumuUier well' You can bet the boss Is foxy. Put that down for true and plain, But your Willie boy la musly And there'a cobweoa on nis brain; Did 1 think that he was kiddln', Not this llitlo mother's son, Ho I up and asked him, foolish, "Yes, sir, Mr. Bmlth, wnich one?" Not a single sign he gave me. Not a murmur or a grin, Only raised his eyes a little An' began to rub his chin; o-.- ' What,'' he says, "you mean to tell me That you still have two grandmas? Why, 1 thought they died last summer," And the office buncn ha-ha's. Wasn't that an awful package To hand out to any guy? And me Just a reiuhln' for It Like a bum a-grabbln" pie. Did 1 tumble? (Jult your kiddln', If you'd seen me leave the place You'd a-though that little Willie Waa a-tralnln' for a race. But the boss Is on the level, Meets me on the street last night; Puts his hand upon my shoulder. An' says: "Bill you're fixed all right. Why, a guy with two grandmothers Aint so bad off. after all; They can each die three or four time And come back to life by fall." Van Arsdale. DATES FOR OLYMPIC GAMES Aa'noaneement from London of the Times Fixed for the Varl oas Sport. LONDON, March 7. Date and condition of the game that will make up the inter national Olympiad to be held In London thl year are announced. The shooting competition will take place at Rlsley; ten nl will be played on the grass court of the All England club at Wimbledon; the covered courts at Queen's club, West Ken sington, also will be used, and the racquets contest will be decided there, too. The rowing regatta will be over the fa. mou Henley course. The swimming races will be decided In the stadium, and there also will be settled the archery and cycling contests. Fencing bouts will be held In the lists adjoining the stadium, and th golf contestants will meet over th links at Sandwich and at Deal. All the gym nastlc events will be decided In the stadium. Dates for the various events follow: Snorts. When Held. Entries Close. Rhoottna- July 8. 9. 10 June 1 Tennis (grass).... Begin July 8. ..None given Tennis (covered). .Begin May 6.. ...April zx Racquets ...April 27 ...April DO Rowing .... Hwimming Wrestling . Archery ... Cycling .... Fencing ... Golf Gymnastics ...Begin July 28. ...Begin July 18. ..Begin July 13. ...June 17, 18,. 3). ...Begin July 13. .. Bngln July IS. ...June 1, I, 3 ...July 14. 15. IS.. .June 1-J ...June 12 ...June 12 ....June 2 ...June 12 ...June 15 ....May 2J April M The clay pigeon matche will be held July 8, , 10 and 11 at the grounds of the Uxendon Shooting School club and entries will cloae June L In the closing of th rowing events Belgium, Canada, Germany, Holland and tha United Kingdom are al lowed until June 30, while all other coun tries, which Includes . the United Slates, must have their entries In a month earlier. Gold, silver and bronxe medals are awarded In each event for first, second and third, and each such award carries with it an Olympic diploma. The club or asso ciation to which the winner belongs also gets a certificate. Special merit certifi cates under the rules may be awarded in any competition where the performance is especially meritorious. ' Archery' Is the only sport tn which women will compete, though there I a special exhibition class In gymnastics, one competitive, where they win appear. Iswt'i Invitation Meet. IOWA CITY, la., March 7. (Special.)-' The Invitation meet to be held by the University of Iowa may become a rival to Btsgg'a annual Invitation meet In Chicago, according to the latest plans given out on the matter. Thure Is considerable antagoniaim shown by the Iowa High School mtoiailon authori ties towards the mm(, on the ground that it will become a coiuix-tltor to the annual meet held under the au&pires of that body, and to avoid any controversy on that point, and incidentally to keep th prospective cul be athletes of Iowa In the schools of their own state. It Is proosed to hold the meet at the commencement season, and throw It open to the iiili schools of sur rounding stales, as well as those of Iowa. The rMiit pronprrous condition .of the Iowa treasury makes this feasible, and It Is quite prooabia that Ui jiiaus w:U be CSXIMul BUI. : ;- '. - - & '" i - - V"'-' "' ' . t 1 -v "v.; 7-"--, -r J--: Etha French GOTCH HUG DRAWS WOMEN Celebrated Hold Makes American Champion Fair Ones' Idol. HE WILL USE-.IT TUESDAY NIGHT Harry Bransfleld, Champion Wrestler of Australia, la Consln of Kitty BransHcld, First Baseman f Philadelphia. We have the largest demand for seats for women that we have had for any match yet," said Manager GUlan of the Auditorium in referral" to the uotcn- Bransfleld wrestle Tuesday night. The celebrated "Gotch hug" . I said to be the one special drawing card. That is one thing that has contributed so vastly to the popularity of this great wrestlor and It has proven he downfall of many a fine mat artist. Gotch is going to use It on his friend from the south for further orders", so his manager, Herman, wrltea. Harry Bransfleld, the champion wrestler of Australia, Is a cousin Of Kitty (Brans fleld, the veteran first baseman of the Philadelphia National league team, and will visit with that distinguished man be fore he leave American shores. There was some talk that Kitty might be at .the wreatle Tuesday, but It Is understood he declined to come for the reason that he Is an American and an ardent admirer and personal friend and booster of Gotch, and he would feel uncomfortable to cheer for or against either his cousin or hi idol. Both Men Come Sunday. Gotch and Harry Bransfleld are expected In Sunday and Monday, respectively. Gotch wrestled In New York Friday night and could not get to Omaha sooner. When ever they arrive they will find a fever of excitement over their big match at the Auditorium Tuesday night. Probably no match yet ha so stirred sentiment as this one. There are fans who are convinced Bransfleld will get a fall, if not the match, from America' champion and that Gotch may find tt embarrassing to proceed with his plans for the Hackenschmldt wrestle. But this sentiment Is not dominant. That Gotch will throw the big man from Aus tralia there 4 not wyious doubt In th popular mind. Farmer Burns will be a close spectator of the match, studying every move and maneuver of Bransfleld, who Is said to employ much the same tactics as Hacken schmldt, whom he Is to train against Gotch, the Farmer being Gotch's master in that match. If Hack Beats Gotch. If Gotch defoats Haskensohmldt and Incl. dental plans materialize Farmer Burn and Fred Beell, and possibly one or two othr American stars of less magnitude than Gotch, will wrestle, and Omaha will en deavor to land at least one of these matches. If Hack, by any honk or crook, should win over Gotch, he probably would have a difficult time' getting another match In America, a there Is not another man on the mat better than Uotch. Hut the belief Is constantly growing thst Gotch will beat the Russian Lion, Those who have seen Gotch wrestle and studied his wonderful methods of working on the feet and legs, and who have either seen or learned of the large dependence Hack places In his method of tugging at the head and body, are gradually coming to the con clusion that the American will make fatal trouble for his big adversary from over the way. Farmor Bums and Emit Klank ex press themselves as positive Gotch will win. Abont Gotch' Retiring. Gotch's announcement that he would re tire after hi match with Hackenschmldt, ha revived sentiment for a match between Gotch and Dr. B. F. Roller of Seattle. This sentiment has some grounds back of It, too. Gotch once failed to throw Roller at alt after wrestling for an hour under an agreement to throw him twice In that period. Roller later threw Burn twice and Burns pronounced him th coming succes sor to Gotch. Gotch doubtless will be will ing to take on Rollnr, as he has defeated the best men America ceuld offer and would scarcely retire with another clinging to th belief he wa better. What Will Happen f With the new ruin aminut soiling the new ha'i and the manulai I urers oVrliluig to mdUe it, ball wniiout. the old guH, what will t' wltit'.t pitcher do to the ninth KiitB , mi:. time to catch hu bitaia i - revi:j.l a LtUlucu aacciiaiwal V : - :: ; i . s -. r, ' " '- ':'' '4 i' Herl Draper WHERE JOHNSON GETS .OFF HI Effort to Dictate Term to Bern Reaches the Point of ' nidlcnlon. NEW YORK, March 7.-Jack Johnson, the big colored fighter, ha no right to tell Tommy Burn how and where he hall fight. If Burn feel Inclined to defend the title in England, and Johnson I earnest In hi desire to fight him and believe In his ability to beat the Canadian, he ought to be glad of the chance to fight any where. There may be a difference In the slxe of the purse he would get In thl coun try and the one In England, but Johnson, tf he would win, would easily make up for It after he got through with hi man. 1 Burn I the world' champion. Johnson may go about saying he "can knock the block off Burn in twenty round In a fourteen-foot ring." That will get him nothing. Action I more substantial than words. Pretty oon the public will tire of the Johnson talk and pas him along a an advertising agent. Johnson ha been lucky. Ho never did anything very re markable In the ring. While hla record haa but two mark of defeat on It, It cannot be said that he fought men who had any pretensions to th championship. Marvin Hart he lost to, and th latter wa nearer to th topnotcher at that time than any man. Of course old Bob FU sum mons was beaten by th colored fellow, but tt was, not the Fitsslmmona who fought Jack O'Brien that went against Johnson. The man who probably gave Johnson tha hardest ftght wa Jo Jeanett. and the tatter waa but a novice when he met the championship claimant th first time. Then Jeanett went lx round with htm and there was little to choose between the pair at the finish.. Five time more ehey met. On the aecond meeting Johnson lost on a foul In two rounds. They went six round later, and It was a case of "no decision" again. Their fourth meeting wa a three round affair tn New York, and It' again wa close. They were once more sent six round tn Philadelphia and Jeanette again gave a good a he received. The last time they met wa In a ten-round bout In Port land. Ma., and the bout ' again went th limit and waa called a draw. All of which showed that the novice Jeanette was com ing and Johnson not improving. It would not be a bad argument for Bum to say, "Well, Johnson, go and beat Jeanette, and then I'll talk fight to you." Jeanette has recently shown that he Is a fighter of more than ordinary ability. Reports received here say that th sport of Ireland have prepared to back their champion, Jem Roche, to the limit when he get Into the ring with Burn on March 17. Several beta have already been laid, one of tl.000 to S2S0, but those are the highest odds noted to date, th next offer being S87S to S250. PRINCETON CREWS GETTING OUT Tlers Will Soon Be on Lake Camegle la New Shell. PRINCETON, N. J.,' March T.-Th Princeton university rowing enthusiast are preparing tn get busy on Lake Carne gie. During the winter the graduate have been actively engaged In raising money all over the country and especially in New York and Philadelphia, where over $2,ont haa bten contributed. Th result of their work are shown by four new eight oared shells, two of which are now built, the others being well under way. In ad dition to thla, plans are being perfected for a large eighty-foot floaty for the boats end a temporary boat house and dressing room to be built on th north side of tb lake. Coach Titus, on being asked about th prospect of Princeton sending out a crew this spring, said: "W shall start up rowing here about April L but the policy of the rowing association Is to go slow for the present, and we will only en gage In Interclasa race thl spring. Next year w will beg-In active work and will probably, see what we can do against some of the other college crews." CUB 8TRICKLETT STAYS OUT WEST Brooklyn' Spit Ball Wlsard te Play at Man Jm, NEW YORK, March T. Elmer Stricklett. the great pitcher of the Brooklyn National league club, will not be with that team this year. He has signed a contract to twirl for one year with the Bun Jose (Cal.) club of the California league. Stricklett la to receive a larger salary that li. ii;i.ttU the Trollty Doners, N Frank Chance, captain and manager of the Chicago National league base ball club. world' champions. Is about to betfn hla tenth eonaeouttv year of service with that organisation. He ha been with on club longer than any other professional player now tn th diamond arena. Chance haa served with only on team. since coming Into major league ranks, but In that time he ha been employed by two own ere. The first wa Jim Hart and th second Charlie Murphy. Chance joined the Chicago In ISM a a catcher. He also has played the outfield for them, and from a raw recruit ha worked hi way up to leader of the strongest base ball team In existence. His 1 the reward of merit, and not being a rolling atone h ha gathered a ahare of moss. Yet to be a rolling atone tn base ball doe not Imply Improvidence, nor. I It a reflection on the ability of the player. There are player who have changed stout who ar performer of the highest rlas and who have laid aside nest egg of comfortable else. They have stuck to their work none the las faithfully for having roamed under various banner. ' Johnny Kllng I another warrior .under the Cub etandard who hat not played big Is ague ball elsewhere. II came to the Chicago In 101 and ha baen there ver alnce, catching many game each year, taking the pounding of many pitch ers season after season and with no fall ing off In the fine quality of hi work. He I on of thoee day In and day out catcher who doe all the better work for doing a great deal of It. The back stop I the recipient of more actual bat tering than any other one man on a team, and In view of thla fact It Is somewhat surprising that some of them uoh aa Kllng, Clarke and Sullivan can do o much' work and do tt so well. Pitchers Wk Have Stayed. Eddie Plank, the crack pitcher of the Athletics, haa been with that team for even consecutive year and with no other. 11 haa come to be a much of a fixture In Philadelphia aa . Christy Mathewson haa In New York. Like Plank, Mathewson's big league career haa been confined to one team. H pried hi way into major company the lami year aa Plank 1901. The New York came mighty near losing Mathewson on a couple of occasions, on when he was about to jump to the Athletic during the war time and once when h was traded to Cincinnati for Rusts, but was traded back before the season opened. In 1806, when Mathewson and Plank faced each other in the box In the opening game of the world's aerie each had com to hi respective club an unknown and In the Interim became famous In the same length of time and without changing em ployers. ' Roy Thomas Is a veteran who has known but one club a an employer. He has been playing the outfield steadily for the Phila delphia Nationals since 1899. That takes In his entire professional career, hi playing before that having been aa an amateur with the University of Pennsylvania, and later with the Orange Athletio club. Roy Patterson has played only with the Chicago Americans since becoming a major leaguer, joining fortunes with Comlskey In MOO. Fred Clarke. Tammy Leach and Hans Wagner are conspicuous examples of men who have been true to one boa, although they have not been with one club all the time they'have been tn the National UagMe. They have, however, been with one em ployer all that time Barney Dreyfuss. They were with Dreyfus when he owned th Louisville club and came with htm tn Pittsburg. In due time they will pas out, possibly playing In som other city before retiring, though that I not likely; but when they do stap down and out Plttsburg ers will feel that they have sustained a personal loss, so firmly have Clarke, Leach and Wagner become part and parcel of Smoky City base ball and It tradition. Pittsburg has helped make them famous, and they have done the same for Pittsburg. Tenner's One Chans. Fred Tenney waa a faithful toller for th i nnuonwi lor even longer than Chance ha been with the Chicago, but Tenney no longer I Identified with th for tune of the Hub. He arrayed himself with the Boston force In 1897, probably 1 as good a ball player aa h ever waa snd yet he now Is seeking his livelihood In another field. That's the way In base ball. The New Tork club wanted him and of fered such Inducement that th Boston club thought it was advantageous to let him go. It was business. Th show has got to go on. Tenney will not suffer mone tarily or artistically by the change, and what has sentiment to do with the ever present demand of the rooters that a team keep strengthening? Two other Pittsburg standbys are the two pitchers, Sam Leever and Deacon Ptill- llppe. They are as thoroughly Ingrained In the Pirate base ball fabric a cotton In calico. Both hav been with th Pittsburg club steadily since 1900, and have known no other master. Charlie Dooln, Ilk hi team, mate, Thompson, has played with only one big league club, becoming a member of the Phillies In 1901 Johnny Evers and Poe Tinker have done all their big league per forming with the Chicago Nationals. Evers since 1903 and Tinker since 19H8. Only the owner of the Philadelphia Amer ican has signed th check that hav re warded Chief Bender' diamond services lnce he has been a member of the national game's elite. The Indian pitcher joined Connie Mack's team In 19i. Carl Lundgren of the Chicago Nationals and Bob Ewlng of the Cincinnati have done all their big league pitching with on team, both since 190J. Adrian Joaa. th tall moundman of the Cleveland. I another who haa been faithful to one club. He joined the Cleve land In 1908. George Mullln of the De trolts never pitched for any other big league club. He mad his bow th same year a Joe and the fullness of vun r urU4 "nls each of these big box men a proficient as ever. Veterans Who Jnmpcd. There are in th American league several players who as Amtrlcen leaguer have stuck to one city, but who originally came from the National league. Frank Isbell did all hi big league playing In ona town, Chi cago. He was with the Chicago Nationals befor he went wim tha Wl.it s.,x In li0. Harry Davis. U.rtaoi. l.Vh pwybold and XXk) Ivw,i a (U.aitt-r in. u.U is of