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About The Nebraskan. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1892-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1898)
gxx the OBiTut It l- i n. I I tliul tin iniiili.v will In- on i Oiuiitloii fur charier ln,v 'I lie , 1 1 1 1 1 1 lioiiiiiitiil Inn jump mill rhiKH fur height will In' Hie event III till LTV III tOIIIOII'OW. Tin' Indoor b'im'liiill practice In the pv in Iiiih iiIhii Iicimi changed. I'''"' tin bi'iHcbnll nii'ii, from Saturday evening; to S-itiirdn,v afternoon, 1! to :t : "to. Tin' I'lihi'iHlty IimhUcI hull leain gocn to OiiiiiIi IIiIh evening (o piny the Oimiliii V. M. C A., whi' iv tlu'.v will try to gel ''' ',", ""' ier'at lit thi' Iii'iiiiIh of tin' Omuliii Iio,h two vvccUm The Hchedule of Indoor IniHi'lmll games Iiiih been Kct forvvuid out1 vvech. Following In llii' revised Hchedule: IVlll'IIUl'.V !J, riTHlllllffM Atllll'lll'H; 1'Vlinnir.v . I'i'I'hIiIiikh vn. Ilimchnll ti'iiin; Kebrunr.v t. ItiiHeball ti-uiu vm. Athletic; February II. 1'erHhlngn AthlctlcM; ri'lirmir.v I". l'crnhlngH vh. IIiihi'IiiiII ti'iiin; I'Vliruiiry s. Huncball (I'll III H. AtllletlCH. Last Saturday's eontcl In the gym nasium, IIm W-yurd iIiihIi wiih won by It. 1). iiilri'Hon, 11. M. l.nStilli'. hccoiiiI; I'. . IVpoon, third. 'I'lnii', :!;. hi-c-nniN. .since this wrli'H of Saturday I'ontt'HtH Inif lii'i'ii Hturli'd HiIh Ih tin' lii'Ht one In wlilfli Mr. Swnllow Iiiih not Iiikcii purl. I'p to IIiIh thin' hi' tins won plai'i'H In lour events, none of tlii'iu lower limn second place. Mr. .1. O'Miilimii'y, tin' 'i.jiiI or tin IkiiiK drpnrtnii'iit in MerpolMhelmer ( o.V Iiiih wry gencrousl.v nlVered u J-:.'!) gold llll'dlll to III' glVCH to till' lll'Nt iill-nrc mil I'nlvcrslty athlete In the oiiidoor pi'iitutliiilon in April. Mi0' Mnliiini', Inti'iidH to make tliiH prlc permanent mid will ollVr It imniinlly. 'I'lii' conditions iittui'lii'd to tin' award ing of HiIh nii'dnl promise to do much to mine tin nthletle Htmiditrd. It Ih Htlpnliiti'd Hint tin winner of tin pen luthulnu iiiiihI malic nt li'iiht Kill mil of tin- possible ."()() points. The I'liriners' mid Merchants' tro phy, wlileh is to be iiri'sented to the stiite intercollegiate nthletle assocla tion is now nearly eonipleteil. Very few of the students know whnt this trophy really is. It Is n handsome sll Mr ulilcld. manufactured by (lorhmn iV Co., mill presented us a iierinunent trophy by the Fanners' and Mer chants' Insiiranee Co. of this city. The ulilcld Is a wry beautiful piece of workmanship, hearing upon It the state will and Ih valued ill $75. At present Hie Institutions comprising the state intercollegiate itlhletle iissoelution are Vesleynn, Donne and the University of Nenruska. Hastings college Is try ing to ct in. i ne Institution which wins the trophy twice comes Into per manent possession of it. Should the trophj be won as often as twice in three years, the olVer will be renewed at least that often or the same shield -will be put up until It Is won twice by one college. IH. Hut till peaks no iIIhiii'iIH toiuii, nitm niivm vr tmij OLI I'll. Itlur eontestiiiii. tn me ri'coni " ini ureal rroinu lion Monday Night, Ik line Dutch tilln 1iIh both (iikch fi lends now tluil ( owgUI Iiiih mi hud in prui lice sliding b, Profs dm linr the foot bull hciisoii than he Im Niiifnifjr tin1 plteheis we uollcc par tlciilar development. Ilitrues Iiiih hud charge a little over u week, and for this short time him made reuiurkublc inlMiiicenieiit. lie tukes eueli uiun. and If he Is new, gives IiIiii a position and teaehcH him Imw to use. his hnilv In tin owing. The old men who lime pitched, all Imw a inethoil and Tied die Iiiih uol ctiuiiRi'd It, but In ninny eascH he has Improwd upon il mid hIiouii them how to get t heir weight in the dcllwry. Kiev en Htrong boys are after pitch ing honors. Melford, llalHtend. dor don, llaln, WiU; lli'ii King Campbell, Williams, Mlfss ami White. They work out in the cage regularly every day and wc are sure of two or three good pitchers. The old suits haw been give out to tlie old men of last year's temn mid the new men ere wearing foot ball clothes. We hope this state of tiling will soon be owe and that theie will he base bull uniforms to go around. The bo.vs Imw hud their practice hours cut' down to let the IVrshlngs drill, but after Charter day thev will work cwry evinng from 7 till U o'clock. PKARV COM I Mb Ian. n, for One I'm foruuincc Onh ( . II lili'crson, Maw A Krl nidp nl lit I'll I prodiiellon, auger s 'I'aliner When You Travel Always Take ,111 1 e Heen at the Monday night, i os h iiiowiiich, w Olher In Lincoln on .Ian- III. Mill out' performance will be ixheii, and prices for the, brilliant at' trnellon will be only L'ne, fide, 7fie, ami .51, no higher. The performance of I he big production here will be vxaet In cwry detail with tin long engage ments In New York, Chicago, n in P otli er large cities, and the saine big com mu, of 71 people, all the inagnlllceiit Hcener.v, proper! les, coh! limes, elec trical ami mechanical cIVccts, will be brought here Intact. The (lying bill let, In which the dancerH fly In all directions through the air, and are transformed Into birds, becH and bnt- I.N'DOOU JIASIOMAI.L. Trof. Hastings has recently intro duced Into the gymnasium the new game of indoor baseball, and if the prcse.it interest in the gaine keeps up it will .soon become wry popular. A league has been formed of three tennis, composed of members of the Pershing Hides, the arslty baseball team and the Athletic class. The llrst game of the season will be played In the uj in nasi um iut Wednesday ev ening between the Pershing rllles and the Athletic class. A small admission fee will be charged ami It Is hoped that the game will be patronized lib erally, us the proceeds of the Indoor baseball M'rien go toward purchasing uniforms for the baseball team. For the benefit of those who do not. under stand the giitne, the various points in which it ditVers materially from base ball are given below: Kneli side of the diamond is 27 feet long and the distance from home to hceond biiM- or first to third buse is :si', feet. The pitcher's bov Ih !') feet distant from the home plate. The ball, which Is of a yielding Hiibstance, is J 7 inches hi circumference, and 8V, unce9 Jn weight. The bat must be a-v, feet lonR nud not larger than 1 Inches In diameter. Only Ktralght-arm pitching, In which he arm and hand swing parallel with the body, wiJl be allowed, and the "ball is not to be curved. n pitched ball striking the. butter is a dead ball, but does not entitle him to a base. If It should be the third strike, the batter Is not out and no base enn be run on that ball. batted ball which strikes Inside or on the foul lines Ih fair, the llrst point of contact with the floor, object or fielder, deciding, regardless of where it afterward rolls. A batted ball Is a foul If it first Htrlkes outside the foul line. One of the greatest dlfVercnccs from baseball is that In regard to the base runner, who is not allowed to leave bis hnsc on a pitched ball, not Htruch, until after It has reached or passed the catcher. The definitions just given constitute the most important points wherein this game iIHTcih from baseball and while there are many minor differ ences, they haw no material effect on the game FOCI, TIPS. AMien the announcement Is made that there will be an Indoor base base ball game," you want to save up your money for It will be worth twice the admission to sec Dutch Wells run bases. Dutch says he can slide twenty feet and the bases are only twenty-seven feet apart, so you see the Dutch man is sliding most of the time. The other evening Dutch snid he could slide as far as Cow-gill and the dare was accepted, Gordon and Jack acted ns starter and judge. Hut to the surprlRo of nil Dutch's best was 10 feet, while Cowgill went Dr. Ward Writes to the Student Con cerning the (.rent Ksplotcr. It Is hardly two mouths since ICdiu burg rose with open arnm to welcome the young Aineiicun whose patient, careful study has glwn the world so much clearer insight into life in the Arctic regions. The papers which bring us accounts of Peary's recent lslt to Scotland, speak In glowing terms of the man and his work. Here we arc apt to owrlook the ipilct luxes ligations of our own count ryinan in the more brilliant clVorts of the Arc tie eplorers. Peary niadc no long drift to the pole in a boat carried on Hunting Icefields, while protected and cheered by all the comforts that modern cMIIation could devise, nor was his a pyrotechnic oyagc through the air with pioblcmatle outcome. Not that other oyagcH are in any way to be criticised; those who face such dangers tu the cause of science descrw only the highest praise at the hands of men of lesser courage ami enterprise. Newrtheless the methods of our American explorer, Lieutenant Peary, of the I'. S. X., involw more self-suerlllce If possible. and certainly have yielded the most important re sults concerning the natural history of the Arctic regions. Peary has made his home with the K.snuimuux and has won their confi dence and support so thoroughly that they are his ardent helpers In cwry enterprise. Ills long life among these people of the foreign north has en abled him to collect a large mass of ethnological data regarding them that has greatly increased our knowl edge of these tribes. lie has also with their assistance made more ex tensive and thorough geological and zoological collections than any of his predecessors or contemporaries. The huge ineterolte, which lias justly claimed the attention of the world, is of course the most unique I cat lire of his collci'llons, but they contain many lesser things of great Interest. While Peary was abroad Sir Alford lltimsworth, himself an explorer and member of the famous .lackson-llaius- worlh expedition to I'ran. .losef l.and, presented him with the boat, "The Windward," which was used in the ex pedition just mentioned, and is ad mirably adapted to Arctic work. In this Peary plans to make a new ex ploration this year. Hrictly outlined liis plan Is this: After l caching the limits of northward progress in the boat, to take the land and on the isl ands reaching toward the (Kile, estab lish two or three well equipped sup ply stations, Iroin the most northerly of which in the summer of IM)!) he plans to niaVe his final p".sh for the pole attended by only one or two of Ills companions. In all this work he looks for great help from his devoted Ksquimnux' friends, and In passing through a region at least, partly known to them, he wj'u find their al'd of Inestimable cnlue. The mere dls cowry of. the pole itself Is of little Value In comparison with the attend ant dlseowries concerning the geo graphy, ethnology and biology of the region. Peary is a splendid lecturer, and I hope no student will miss the oppor tunity to hear this typical repiesenta tlon of American pluck and enter prise, who, in the words of nn Kng- Ilsniau, and Is "the prince of Arctic voyagers." 11. 11. WAUD. MAXIM I Lid AX DICK. Maxiinillian Dick, America's great est lolinist, who was heard at the May festival last year with Kllen IU'nch Yaw, comes to the Oliver thea tre Friday evening, February I. With Mr. Dick are such celebrated persons as Isabella liratnober, soprano, and Miss (leorgiella bay, piuniste. This ensures a great musical treat for the people of Lincoln and the students of the University especially can not af ford to inisH this opportunity. Special rates for students will be made. Scats in the first six: vows in the parquet (for ladies) will be sold for Iir. cents. This price Is almost un heard of considering the ability of the performers. Special students' tickets may be obtained Wednesday, Febru ary a. Everybody Says Bo. Cnscarota Camlv Cathartic, the most won derful medical discovery of the ago, pleas ant and refreshing to tho tasto, act gently and positively on kliluoys, liver and bowels, cleansing tho entire svstem, dispel colds, cure lieaUaoho, fover, habitual constipation anil blliousnecB. Plcaso buy and try n box of 0. O. C. tn-ilnv; 10, S3. M) cents. Boldand guaruntced to cure by all druggists. The me Best Route From Lincoln, IScb. To OM.MI V Ml polnlM easf, KANSAS CITY Kimt ami south. DDXYKK ami nil Colorado points, (l(ll)r'N ami SALT LAKK. IIUTTK ami IIKLKXA. POltTLAXI), SKATTLK. SAX I'HAXCISCO ami LOS A.NOKLKS f r )(ffli"ir Has the bcHt modern equipment. Pullman Palace and Tourist Sleepers. Dining and free reclining chair ciii-h. For time schedules, tickets, reset vnt ions of bertliH, call on or .1. T, iuldr"tH .MAHTIX, C, 1 K. II. SLOS'SON, Gen. Agt., 1011 O St. Lincoln, Xcb. S. S. 11. ( LUlK, Pich. K. DICKINSON (leu. Mgr., K, L. LOMAX, G. p Omaha, Neb. A. A T. Kxperlence at this I'nlverslty has proven that, the WATERMAN IDEAL FOUNTAIN PEN Is the reliable pen for cIiish room use, It Is always ready for use writes couIIiiuouhI.v without shaking II has the best gold pens thai be made, ami money guaranteed refunded If the pen Is not satlsfact'irv For sale at the Co-Op. it iK r enn Jh3Kent College JLLaw..MM. terlllcs of the most beautiful huesi the Oriental ballet of beautiful wo men, whose participants are the liiiml soincst. shapeliest young women ever gathered on the stage; mid Kddie Piunutl, the phenomenal Hrowule trick bicycle rider, are among the novel specialty features that will be Intro duced in the great production, Twelve elaborate scenes wtll be shown, In cluding the wonderful storm ami ship wreck at sea, the earthquake and vol cano, and the instant destruction of the palace. Palmer Cox, the famous "llrownle Man," will also appear In the big spectacle, and make lightning charcoal sketches of Hrownles. In the big company will be found Kva Tan guay, lless Foyc, Gert Carlyle, Itmlil Itos's, ('has. 1 lagan, Sol. Solomon and other well-known artists. Scats now on sale at box office. Re cure your scats early. WAXTKD Trustworthy and active gentlemen or ladles to travel for re responsible established house In Lin coln, .Nebraska. Monthly $05.01) ami ex penses. Position steady. Kefcrence. Knelohc self-aildrcssed stamped en velope. The Dominion Company, Dept. Y, Chicago. H. W. BRO)VlS Druggist, Books and Stationery, College Text Books. And a complete stock of standard and miscellaneous books. 127 So. 1lih St. Winter term will open Nov. mi, . IMi7, Improved methods. MiirHlmii I). Kwiill, LL. D Dean. Cnltlng theory ami practice. 'I he school or pnu flee Is tiie leading feature. Kwnlng sessions of ten hours u week for cm h class. Students mil be self supporting while studying. For catalogue ,id dress, M. I). K LL, Dean, Rooms (IIS mid Old, Ashland blk. .Chicago III. STEVENS Fa vo ui 11: No. 17. 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