Lively Ball Hasn’t Upset Pitching, Says Christy Mathewson, Greatest Hurler New York* Dec 17. — Christy ilatheweon, the acknowledged peer of baseball pitchers of all time, rest ed his 210 pounds of overweight in a hotel lounging chair, adjusted his tortoise shell spectacles, and proceeded Bate \.;V’V Kilhane-Criqui Bout Next Mav j Paris, Dec. 17.-V meeting be tween Johnny Kilbauo and ISugen? Crlqul for the feather weight cham pionship of tha world had practically been decided upon, the bout to lie held at the Polo Grounds In New York May 30 next. Crlqul * manager. Robert liudeline, today cabled Jack Kearns authorizing him to accept an offer front Tom O'Rourke, .New York promoter, with n slight modification as to the divi sion of the gross receipt* which lluch - line feels certain O'Rourke will ac cept. O'Rourke, who holds Kilbane's sis-j nature, offered Crlqul 20 per cent of the gross receipts, liudeline has been holding out for 20 q» r cent for his man, hut now offers a com promise at 22Vj per cent, leaving all the other detail*, such as the motion picture rights, to he debated when he reaches New York. Crlqul and h s manager plan to sail ; for America about the end of Feb- j ruary. WTTH-THE PUGS' Johnny f refley. roMmi^r of “Rid*' Sfhlul fer. Is angling for > vorul bouts for the • Kid * bunk t .*st The Creeley-Bchlaifcr outfit expects to shake th*- duet of Omaha, from their No. 12u about the middle of next month und head for New York city. The Rulph Spellnmn-Rosoo** Hall bout scheduled last night in Sioux City, la., v.as < ailed off. Kddle \nuy whet hr "Mid. get" Smith, Harlem, was to be suspended in * hie state, thus preventing his bou' with Champion Joe Lynch scheduled for next Friday night. ,Smith In suspended in N>w Jersey and til'd New Jersey commis sioners want him set down here, too. Junior lightweight title holder. Johnny Dundee, is pot drawing down anything like the money lie should and h® threatens to retire from th# ring. lohnny got ff*2o for his 12-round bout with Cone Belmont of Memphis. \ ft«T watching Hurt ley Mudden in uc t'on English boxing 'Titles have drawn the conclusion the American heav weighta are not a • -d after nil. Because Madden had stor'd oft’ Bill Brennan, k fed Fulton. Hilly Mlsko. Harry llrcb, Battling Lovinsky und other top liners they ex pected to ari a ore U boxer and a great fighter. English ring followers are t\rm believers In "f'-rm '* Madden had no form an«l so they reached the conclusion that th® rc.st of the h*avles on this side of th® water are little >f any better than their champion. J« ltecV.ett. to Bhell out his bits of advice to "Babe" Ruth and bits of reminis cences of "the good old days," when Matty was king. Coming down from Saranac, w here he been countering the scourgo of tuberculosis. Matty is aiding hf the sale of anti-tuberculosis stamps to the Christmas trade. But wherever Matty is, baseball is talked, and so he wAp asked his opinion of the live ly ball whloji has resulted in hundred* of home runs, in the last two sea sons. "A1J thia talk of a lively ball ap pears to be alibi stuff," Matty answer-1 cd with a smile. "I don’t think the lively ball lias really upset pitch ing. It makes no difference whether it's a lively btdl or an old-fashioned one, a batter must get hold of it to smack it. Its tho pitcher’s job not to let them get hold of it.” Matty was reminded that "Babe” Ruth frequently gets long drives on balls apparently not lflr, perfectly — on balls that the "Babe’ 'did not “get hold of" just right. "Yes.” replied Matty, "but that bird Ruth does get hold of many of them. ■Rabe’ hit the longest fly in til" last world's series that I ever saw in my life. You remember tho one that Tinker hit over Cy Seymour’s head in | that play-off same with tho Cubs, in i li)0»? e*y played away back and then | missed it. Let me tell you something; On this one hit by tho ‘Bubo’ to Cun ningham—well, if Cy had been that far back be would have had to run in 5') yards to have caught Tinker's smash—that’s how far out it was. "Then you .don’t think the lively ball is tough on pitchers?" "Sure.” It’s tough on ’em to see the old piTI piasted out of tho lot. They can learn how to pieth if. though. You noticed they pitched it all right to ’Babe’ Ruth, didn't you"" “By the way." Matty added, laugh ing, "if ‘Babe’ will keep his head up ntit season lie can cross these fellows. It's a hundred to one that every pitcher in the league will try to slow ball the 'Babe' to death after what happened in the world's series. One time 1 noticed, ho choked liis bat and whipped one of those slow ones into left field—didn't try to take his swing for a homer. Suppose he chokes up on 'em next year that way and tries to slap one into left—why its a cinch. Well, the first thing you know they will h/vo to stop pitching slow ones. Then lie can licit ’em into the stands. There was never such n hard hitter as that bird.” "How do you account for all the homo run busting this year?') “Why, the follows are using long handled bats and are trying to hit home runs because they are popular. In the old days if a batter took a swing like that he'd be fined. That's it. Why, llornsby, Williams. Tiuth— all of them—are taking that long swing simply trying to hit home runs. That's it. “Feel like you'd like to get in there again?'' "S-'ure, but I won't. I'm getting good at that. You know,” he add. 1 exhibiting his 220 pounds of weight, “I am a full exercise man now . Know what that m»nns?.Tt means the doc has said that I can take as much ex ercise as I want. L’p to a few weeks ago I could take only CO minutes a day. 1 haven't got a sign of ‘t-b’ any more. I'm about well—-but I'm run ning on one cylinder." Incidentally, "Babe" Ruth himself has been down from his farm, near Sudsbury, Mass., for a couple of days, although it has been thought ho would stick religiously to the farm until time for trekking south nest spring. The "Babe" ih.lstw) ho is training constantly. Walking, hunting and topping trees are the three P.'s in the Babe's forest catechism. “I get up at T Denver Will Remain in League—After New Manager for Next Year—Need Players Giantsr Kidding New to Bezdek Mention of Hugo Bezdek’s name as successor to Irving Wilhelm as man ager of the Phillies calls to mind an incident of hl3 fret week or so as leader of the Pirates. The Giants vis ited Pittsburgh for a series and dur ing the first game (he boys had con siderable to say to the stocky Bezdek. who was on the coaching lines. Most ptominent in this connection was Charles Herzog, then the Giants’ second baseman and widely known as a "goat getter.'' His running fire of comment aimed at Bezdek evidently got under Hugo’s skin, for that night the Pirate manage r sought Herzog out at the Giants’ hotel and demanded an explanation from him. Plainly he was ! reing assured that all was cjuiet in Tijuana, he rescinded the order, but it was too late then to go ahead with the day's sport. The only casualty to date is Col. Carlos Robinson, and his worst injury is to his feelings. The colonel is six feet in height, weighing more than - JO pounds and carrying a sword fully three fathoms long. As the com mander of the Mexican garrison at Tijuana, he threw' a guard of soldiers around the house of Judge Preciado, who had rendered some decision ! in the Coffroth-Bassity controversy. The judge, resenting this treatment of the Judiciary at the hands of the military, wired his protests to Mexico City. The colonel and his big sword were re lieved from duty at Tijuana and or dered into Sonora. There i3 no denying, however, that Bwssity is making a hitter fight to get control of the track. lie and his as sociate.-v are throwing every legal en tanglement in Coffroth's path. De spite this, Manager U. P. Atkin an nounces that the worst that Bassity can do has been done and that no further interruption with the program ! of winter racing is to be expected. A Brazilian scientist claims to be able to change the color of black peo ple to white. This can be accom plished by drawing blood from the i left arm treating it in a special ap | raraids, heating it and then reiuje.ct I ing it into the right arm. ; Bee Want Ads Bring P.esults. BKKET bull practice at the Omaha uni versity la runndig lions at full speed. | 'Crippled up” Ernie 'dams, coach of the Maroons, is grad- I ually rounding his baaketoera into con dition for the tirst jame on the Omaha schedule, that with Tabor college of Tabor, la., here i January 5. Coach Adams has a speedy squad out for daily practices and prospects for another good team at the uni versity look mighty bright at the present. With the return of Wade Reeves, guard of last year, the Maroons’ stock has took a. decided jump. Adams has Onpt. Davis, Ackerman, Leo Koneeky and Jacobsen trying out for the forward positions, while Kastman, Chesno and Williams qre Jumping for the center berth, with Paul Koneeky, Hunter, Reeves and Stromberg working out for the guard positions. We Thank You, Harry! I wish to thank jou on behalf of our college, the University of Ne braska Medical college, for the beau tiful trophy The Omaha Bee award ed us as team winners of The Omaha Bee-“Y” Thanksgiving day cross-country run. It is a most appropriate trophy and we are very proud of it. The prompt manner In which it was awarded is also very laudable. With proper publicity among the smaller colleges of Nebraska and Iowa I I>elive this run could be made very popular in the future. I wish to commend your interest in this sport, and wish to assure you we v ill do all in our power to vnahe these runs successes. Very truly yours. iSigned) Harry H. Kretiler, Athletic Manager, ('Diversity of Nebraska Medical College, Omaha. Breaks Most Targets at Ak Traps f* Says "dugs' Deter*: A .-AMERICAN, ’TIS OF THEE Sweet Team of Ciuessery, of Theo We Sins. AFTER having broken your leg it two places IV* one college, it’* a lot of butter on your bread t« get picked for somebody's All-Amer loan football team. $ I'opulation of Inited Males and gr rases is 11#,000,000. There arc 10,000, 000 experts. Every expert picks II people for his A11-American football party. That's ..the reason they call it All American. Everybody in works plays on it. Like* beauty contests; All-American team is picked by photographs. No two experts agree on same play ers. If any man is picked for two teams, lie must be twins. Expert doesn't have to see his picked birds play to know that they are good. All ho does is to read list of other experts. Then he disagrees with them. If one of these guessing teams were lo play another Weejeo team for championship of colleges, swamps or Automats, it would he life worst game played since 1f92 or any other historical date. Fortunately, All-American teams don’t play. All they do is to get picked up and put into catalogues like Burpee's flower seeds. Why not get two of those teams to gether and let 'em play and prove something? Nobody knows what it will verify. But if it only endorses Einstein's theory of universal fi'ying pans, that would he something. Tickets on sale at all reliable buck et shops. M.w. v.. i. Eii.vUlSTON. state woman trap shot. exhibitod her ability as a trap shooter yester day afternoon at the Ak-Sar-Ben traps of the Omaha Gun club when she won two geese in the weekly poul try shoot. The Nebraska woman champion oomYieted against such loeat shots as Joe Dawson, Isaac Noyes, \V. ,T. Mc Caffrey, F. A. Marshall, H. W. Me Namara and U. C. Kingsley and man aged to place high in two out of the three events of the afternoon. In the first event for 20 targets. Mrs. Ed mis ton. shooting from the IS yard mark, broke 19 out of the 20 recks. \V. ,T. McCaffrey, Isaac Noyes, TT. AV. McNamara and O. E. Otto each broke IS out of the 20 targets from the 22, 20, IS and 16-yard lines, respectively. In the second event Mrs. Edmisten smashed 17 out of 20 targets for her second goose of the day. Scored of the ufternoon follow: Hd«*p. No. 1 No.2 No.3 Yds. 2') tgts.20tgfK.SOtgtN. W. .1 McCaffrey_22 16 14 17 K. Boogie . IK 12 14 W. B- Riley .20 12 14 14 Low Adams ........18 12 12 ..j John Ragan ........22 11 1'* Isaac Noyes ..20 16 15 *16 V. A. Marshall .20 M2 12 ••IS It. W. McNamara ..18 **15 *14 *M i Frank Swearingen ..18 14 12 Hayes . 16 *14 *16 14( Joe Dawson 22 11 ,11 17; Frank Williams .....16 14 14 14 ('. K. Otto .16 16 ••16 17 | Mrs. W. C. Ediiiuston IK ••IS *M7 L. J. Crow .52 .. 16 12 R. C. Kingsley .22 .. 11 17 i Mt yer .16 .. .. *14 •Duck. ••Goose. Joe Stecher Wants to Know What Has Become of Charlie Hanson By RALPH WAGNER. It's open season on wrestlers. .Toe Steelier, former world's king in among the mat artists, has armed himself and broth Charlie Munson. er-manager Tony, with a flock of challenges and Is going to st»p forth In the cold,« cold world and hurl ■aid challenges at 'll the wrestlers in he land.’ The Dodge (Neb.) ~rappler says he Is ,:\ fine condition Cor a bout and Is all dressed up and hasn't any place to go. which trans lated means that Steelier is ratin' to land a match with any bone-crusher In the world, bur none, and Champion Ed (Strangler) Lewis Included. "What has become of Charley Han son?" chirps the Steelier brigade. "Xot a tiling,” snaps back "Doc” Elwood, manager of one Charlie Han son. "Why can’t wo wrestle?" moans Joe Steelier. "I wanta buy a couple more apartment houses before all the bolters get ’em." “Hanson vun,ta to wrestle the cham pion before meeting any second raters,” comes back Elwood. “Wow." says Steelier. "That's the blow that killed the old man. How come this Ilanson guy says I’m a sec ond-rater? Why, 1 wps wrestling arid defending the championship of the world when Hanson was being rooked to sk°p by his mother. What's more, if El wood or Hanson think I’m a second-rater why don't they sic Charlie on me and see w hether or not I'm a second rater? “If I’m a second-rht,er Jack Hemp My is a setup for Carl Morris and anyone who follows sports knows Dempsey Is no soft lulu to knock over.” ’ — Steelier has been wreaking a little this winter down around Kansas City and Wichita. The former champ says Ills arm, the one that caused him con siderable trouble a year or two ago, has fully recovered and is as strong as it ever was, which was pretty strong. According to brother Tony. Joe has been working bard on his scissors hold and has strengthened his legs to a point where he thinks lie can tie this guy Hanson into knots if they over get into the ring. Steelier Informed us that lie would rather wrostje Hanson in Omaha than the chfimpiou or anyone else. Hanson and his manager have said a lot of tilings about Joe and tho former champion would llko nothing better than to got a chance to dump Charlie on his back before ati Omaha ::u\/ enfee. • The Douglas County post of the American Legion had Steeher and Hanson signed on tho dotted lino for u bout boro last July 4,-but the latter Work on New Creighton Athletic Field Will Probably Start Early Next Spring Creighton university is to have u new footlKill stadium. Work on the new structure will probably begin next spring and will be completed in time for the 1!*23 football season. The stadium is being erected in connec tion with the new $2,000,000 expansion plan recently adopted by Creighton and to he undertaken next spring. The initial cost of the new stadium will be about $150,000 and plans have been so drawn that additional units of scats may be added its needed. The fir3t structuro will seat 7.500 persons, according to the plans already drawn and accepted. Creighton athletic of ficials believe that the 7.500 limit of the first structure will bo readied the first year after its completion and that the capacity will have to bo dou bled within a couple of years in order to take care of the crowds which will follow when Creighton is admitted to the Missouri Valley conference. The now stadium will be located on the Creighton campus along Burt street from Twenty- fifth street to Twenty-seventh street. The city of Omaha has recently abandoned cross streets in tills section to make room for the new bubbling plan of the university and the way is new prac tically cleared for action. The prev ent football field at Creighton is al ready outgrown in size but in addi tion. it will have to be abandoned and torn down to make room for buildings now under plan by the university. The first unit of tiie grandstand will be erected on the south side of the new stadium. It will be of perma nent construction only concrete and steel being used. Not a stick of wood will enter into construction of the stand. Tlie seating capacity of the first unit will be $7,500. Plans for the stadium, including this f-Tst unit, have already been drawn by Architect John Latenser. Bids for the' work have not yet been called for and specific.*! lions will probably not be given to contractors until spring. Creighton athletic officials have strong hopes that Creighton will«oon 1* admitted to the Missouri Vulley conference and are working to that end. The rules of the Missouri Val ley conference are being rigidly en forced and adhered to this season and this is the policy which Creighton w ill pursue in the future. Once the conference is attained, Creighton yvill feel assured that games with the very largest institutions in the circle will bo brought to Omaha, which, by the way, is the largest city in the Missouri Valley conference. Plenty Material at Peru Normal Peru, Neb., Dec. 17.—Peru normal will enter the 1922-23 basket ball sea son with plenty of playing material which includes six veterans and 22 re cruits, according to a statement just issued by IV. O. Speer, director of athletics. In addition to fine pros pects, tlie team has acquired a new floor for the practice and playing of home games. This floor covers a space, 78 by 48 feet, with the ceiling of tlie room Ei feet above the floor. Seating capacity has been extended to a balcony in addition lo a great main floor allotment. Among the players reporting for practice, the list includes the follow ing veterans, showing the length of time spent in basket ball at Peru, either as regulars or substitutes: Itothert (captain) Harvard, forward; Praary, Auburn, forward: Pounce, Ne braska City, forward; Place, Nebras ka City, forward: Milan Auburn, cen ter; Buitgenbaugli, Peru, center and running guard. New men out for places include Gil kerson. Clay Center, forward: Willy, Hebron, guard; Weimar, Hardy, cen ter; liurnsdon. Peru, guard, and Bell, Beatrice, guard. Bast year Peru normal school and Teachers’ college went through the en tire season without defeat and plajmd each of the following twice: Kearney normal, Duane college. Midland col lege, Cotner college and Wayne nor mal college. York college was played once. Tlie Peru team was awarded the state college championship. in addition to the state champion ship games, Peru played several oth 0’- games, among tlrern beifig two with Tabor college, an Iowa Institu tion, and one game with the Syracuse Athletic association team. Tire oppo nents in all three games were de feated. Hamilton Roads Boxers Defeat Great Lake* leam Norfolk, Dec. 17.—The Hampton Roads naval training station boxing team defeated the Great Bakes train ing station at the Hampton Roads Naval base, in five out of eight bouts for the intertraining station cham pionship of the Atlantic coast. Legion Planning Fight Show cancelled the match because of a toothache or something. Anyway, Jake Tssacon of the Douglas Deglon athletic committee, says the Legion is ready to slage the match any time Steelier and Hanson can get to gether. Coming Matches in Ring and on Mat Dec. 18.—-Kid william# v#. Voun* Mon treal. 12 round*, dwlslon, Baltimore: Ja malm KM v». Tiger Khmer*. 1" Flnclnuati: Jimmy 1 lalihv yt. Koeeo. Indian Harbor. Ind.: O.kcy v« Frank Ilanunxlo, in round,. Brooklyn; Ted Joyce t,. Bernlc Halm. Detroit; Mickey Walker t,. Phil Krug IS round,, no deel,Ion, Nenark. X. J.: Frankie Je rome r». Jabei While, 1- round,, dec»lon. Harlem. X. T.: Willie t.arber y. young a cobble. Truj. N. 1 : Vl< McMughlln ' Jack Moore, Hronklyo, X. Willie Her man t*. Chubby Brown. Rochester. X. V; Harry Mulcahy v». Lefly Thomas Hytmr cu»e. X. V.; Willie furry . a Harry Rlget. It round, Staten Island. X. V. Dec. 19.—t harll* Hrecher U-d *’h“P; man. 10 round*. Bo*ton; liforgO Kifield v*. Roy t’hlaholm. T«mnto, Unt. Dee, 20.—Peter Halo v*. Ferry Alnet. New Orlran*; Joe liatt! vn. looter ChaM nnt. New Orleans; .\l Carite in. Raymond Cullottn. New Orleam*. l>er. 21.—Eddie Andemon t*. Tony Mar tin. 10 round*. Mlnnvupoll*; Joe Hello v*. Willie Herman. 12 round*. Pater*nn. N. J. Dee. 22.—Joe Lynch V*. Med**t Smith. New York; Pal Moore. %* Dud Taylor. 10 round*. ChlrtiRO. Deo. 28.—Jimmy Mar* va. Millie Oar-j l>er, Brooklyn; Panama Joe Dan* vs. Andy Palmer, 12 round*. Harlan. N. A. Dee. 25.—.lack Britton v*. Bobby Bar- j rett. 8 round*. Philadelphia; Whiter Hie gerahl vs. Aleck Hart. Philadelphia. Dee. 2«.—dock (Kid) Wolle vs. Benny j Cioiild. Toronto. Ont. Dec 28.—Willie Herman in. Johnny Martin, 12 round*, no decision, P*»m1c. N. J. Dec. 29.—rancho Villa v*. Terry Martin. N. V. Jan. H.—Jlnimj llussell v*. C barley Win ter*. 8 round*, Dayton, O. Jan. 10.—Harry Brel* v*. Jim Delaney Oklahoma < Ity, okl. Jan 20.—Joe Ileltdt Ts, Dick Smith. 21) round*, deci*ion, I.ondon, Enx A new potato scraper hau been in vented, made of a glove covered with a rust proof wire netting. / NOW that the Shade- , Schoell fight is fast becoming history, Omaha's fistic fan dom is waiting for j the American] Legion to Burst j •orth with the an-1 jouncemeiu or ns Tight card for Jan* , lary 8. Tho legion has the next date at the city fight’ shed and is planning to stage a slugfost unions a couple of heavyweights or lightweights. Gene Tunney, former light heavy weight chump, and Harry Foley, the latter lightweight champ of the south, may be ilie headliners on the legipn show. Then again. Date Shade and Eddie Shovlin might tangle in a 10-round bout. | Anyway, the legion is going to stage a show and when it’s a legion show it’s generally u good one. Paisley and Joella J. Derby Prospects San Diego, Dec. 16.—M. L. Allen’s Paisley and Tam O’Shanter slable’s greatly Improved filly, Joella J., have shown to be the best derby prospects of the 2-year-olds that have been seen hero under colors so far this meeting. Both youngsters, however, m»y be partial to muddy going. Each has won twine in the mud. Paisley sur prised local fans by defeating the speedy Motor Cop and Dr. Corbett in a five and one-half furious race by seven I* ngths. IP* followed this v' -.cry with a runaway race over such clever 2-year-olds as Carlos Enrique and Dick Terpin, rated two of the best youngsters in the west last win ter. o'clock every morning/’ he explain* | ed, "and take a ten mile jaunt I through tho woods. Half of It's ! aunt and the other half 1 Jog. and | It has worked wonders with me. t went up there sealing about 735 and 1 was flabby. I'm down to 115 now. "My eyes are stronger and keener than ever." he continued. "The other I day 1 was out hunting and out of 1 eight shots 1 came through on seven." cmfejgrrv •MATHHwgflK Promising (lagers at Chadron Normal Chadron, Neb., Dec. 17.—Two vet eran players and a substitute of last year's team v. ill form the nucleus of the Chadron Normal school and Teachers’ college basket ball team thia season, according to K. 15. West, director of athletics at that institu tion, Former Captain Trapp of Brun ing and McKelvey of Carper, Wyo . are out for guard and forward posi tion.--. respectively, while Pat*, of AI liance, former substitute and utility player, is keeping1 an eye trained on the center station. New men of considerable playing ability from which the bam will ut ! limately i»£ dected in part are Deal of Alliance, center; O'Connor of Al j liance, center; Lingle, Morrill, center; I Kubik, Gordon, forward; Chalfnut, [Chadron, forward; Fisher. Chadron, forward; Powers, Des Moines, la., for ward, and Green man, Indianola, la., ; guard. Yates of Ottumwa. Th.. Inst year's i captain, did not return to school this 7 <*&r and it will become necessary to select A new' captain from the two letter men on the team. The Chauron basket ball schedule + about complete. It is as follows: Pocembrr „r—Chadron High school a: Chadron. • January 12—Spcarfiah Normal at Chad ron. January 13-—South Dakota School of • lu'ineft pt Chadron. January 25-2C—Wayne Normal at Chad roa. . ebruary 2-3—Midland college ot C'had | ro February C—Waj ne Normal at W ayne. February 7—Midland coll- ge at Fre mont. February 8—Comer college at Bethany. February 9—Peru Normal School at Peru. February 1 s -17—Kearney Normal at Chadron. March S— Kearney Normal at K arne; March s - —Soul 1) Dakota. School of I Milieu ot Rapid City ,S. D Mar< h 9—Spearfinh Normal at Spear flah, S. D Game Wardens Arrest Man for Shooting Golden Eagle New Lexington, O., Dec. 17.—Wil liam White of Corning, Perry cuunt.% was placed under arrest here by game wardens charged with shooting a golden eagle. The bird measured SI Inches from tip to lip and was only two-thirds grown. Farmers de clared tile bird- was responsible for the disappearance of many lambs in this section in the last few days. /fesbrfftai/fed? Tou5hou\dlM By MStorp g In on amateur panto, after drib Min# down tjii- floor, I another plav*r? Ve*. for tin aoon n*t you luLr jftnr first ahot 3 our play mum completed and the ball ItwoniMi n free hall. g. Is on** of th« phi?-- ra jumping al lowed t*» strike ball t*n Ha way up? A. No, the hall must l*e tapped at ih liijchest point in amateur game, on lla nay down In profeeHloiuil game. Q. On a jump ball, liuvo ! the prefer * nco of keeping my right or left hand behind my back ? A. Van. Kit her hand. Q. If two opponent* strike a ball at the name lime, causing it to go out t*f Gout1 eta, to which aide does the reforce * g.v* the ball? A. The referee make* it a jump hall, three feet in on the court from tlic point H went out of bounds. g. If at tbs end >>f the regular period tin- score if a tie, d<» the tea mi change goaty for the extra five minute period? \. No, tlie additional period of five minutes will be pla3 ed without change of baskets. Shooting. As most of the basket ball throughout the country ih played under tho amateur rubs, the Instructions that are to follow will bo given with tho under:-ending that the baskc is six Inch* from th*» backboard. In the professional p-nm*'. when- the basket 1 Ji* inchrj from t \ - ba*'kboard, u**arly nil hot are at tompted *j*«n. Th<- backboard ie seldom considered I»y tho shooter, although many goal.* ai t* h* un d on the bank. in Ivskct ball ther*» ar*1 three clapses of ihots to l» • considered. r'lr.-t. those made from a position close* to Hie basket Ih eloce to the basket is meant that Lh< shooter, v. hen he leaves t!io floor to make hie. .-hot, cun r**;tcii the bucket or at least within a few foot of it P«»c ond, all shots mao fron* any distance greater than those apecifird ab«jv*» Third. fr$e shots made from tho foul line. --- " * ■--! ! Ray Elliott Compares Present Day Grid Game With Old Style of Play By WAV V. ELLIOTT. j (editor's N<«l»—One of the best quarter, backs who off played on a '"•■rusks team. He played liut one year. I*9*- but has been closely Identified w'}}* football ever smee. He wo. little illff cner In tlu* iram«* now tnaii m tn* days accepting In the class of plays used. The powerful learn still »ln« over the heady team, ho holds, regardlessofthe .,i,eo came. KlUott played under Yielding H Ywt. now coach at Michigan, the only year "Hurry-lp” lost directed a Mehraska team. — „ IN writing of tho old 1S9S team, after having lreen interested in every Nebraska team since that time, forces me to go pretty deep in my memory. Fielding H. Yost was our coach that year and 1 believe his salary was $600, of which he had $200 still due him after the season closed. They called him "Hurry-Up'’ Yost,- and that cer tainly was Ru appropriate name. But between halves, if you had happened to pull what is now termed a "bone" his knowledge of expletives was pot only a source of wonder to the mem bers of the team, but served as a mar velous tonic. The player addressed was certain never to repeat the mis take which called forth the censure. In those days we w^uld start on a trip with four substitutes and always played a game Saturday and another .Monday. There was no- surplus of players and when a regular went out of the game he could not return. Nat urally every- one of them had to play in the fray as long as he could stand on his feet. That was the worst fea ture of the game as It was played In those days. Played William Jewell. We played William Jewell a prao lice game that year and then beat Missouri. 47 to 0, but Kansas was the big game. The Jayhawkers had a team which averaged 185 pounds and they were using the “Penn guards back" play. Five men, weigh ing from ISO to 226 pounds, hit the center of the line In tandem forma tion. When you stopped one of those plays you knew you had been some place, but more than likely you didn't know where you were. The rule governing pushing was unheard of them The odds were 3 to 1 that Ivausas would win and they were out to wal lop us In any way they could. They tried slipping "sleeping dope” of some kind in our water bucket before the game started, but Jack Best happen ed to see the man who tried it where upon Jack showed his mastery of the English language. We took the field first. The Kan susans came on in single file and if there was ever an aggregation of giants that team was it. Thought He Made Mistake. I weighed 135 pounds and when I saw that bunch of 200 pounders enter I began to wonder If I hadn’t mude a i mistake In taking up football. Wo won that game, IS to 0, but e\ery member of the team was bat-I tered and bruised. Although wo i were shot to pieces we had to go to Kansas City and tako on the K. C. Medics. Monday. We won tlie Kansas game with the quarterback kiely This is the play which later developed Into the for ward pass. The quarterback had to stand in position and kick the ball so lliat one of the ends could snatch It over his shoulder while running. It required fur .more accuracy than the pass. 1 think I had on the only piece | of equipment furnished by the uni versity thut year. Knowing that we were outweighed Yost figured our only chance was by using the quar terback kick. .So the university ltought me a pair of shoes and we completed 10 out of the'tl attempts which was a record In those days. We had two gomes in Colorado thut year, one with Colorado university and another following with the Den ver Athletic club's team. The latter aggregation was a professional outfit recruited from college players, most of whom were front life cast. Wc won both games, beating the university 22 to 10, and the Den'f.fr club 11 to 10. I The Denver team had an old liar ■ vard guard who weighed 270 pounds, j I remember him well. I also remem bcr that two games of football in mountain uir makes you appreciate how' light it is. We had our 11 points when Denver started a goal march just at the end of the game. We kept forcing them to the sidelines and when they made their touchdown they were forced. 1 under the rules then, to bring the ball straight out from where the man crossed the goal, and attempt the kick for goal. The kicker missed because of the angle from which he had to kick. There has been considerable con troversy about the try for-polnt sys tem. I believe the old rule much the beat. Knowing it has to bring the ball straight out from the place where! the man crosses, a team uses better generalship in sending him across in order that the kick may be made from a vantage point rather than an angle. Follows Game ftoselj. I have followed the grid game closely since I quit playing and I can see little difference in the present game, excepting In the class of plays used. It is, and always will be, a ease of balance, brains and coaching. Any grid star must have individual coaching along the lines of stiff-arm, side-stepping, twisting and change of pace and then hate the head to "turn i:is shifting" to get his opponent oil balance. After the individual work haa been completed then- comta the team work. Football playing should ho called football working. I have seen men who did not look good to start work hard and use their head and by doing this < limb to stardom, where the man with plenty of natural ability refused to work and didn't get nny place. My contention is that instead c*f having one man star in t lie haektteld. every back should have the same atuff. Then the opponents would be 1 watching all of them instead of hav ing tlie atar marked. An ideal backfleld was represented in the one developed by Coaches Daw - son and Frank at Nebraska this year. Kvery one of the backlleld men could stiff arm. sidi step and twist. Under tiie.-e conditions the going is mad* mighty touglMor the opponent*