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22 OMAHA DAILY BEE : aUTJSTDAY , DECEMBER 19 , 1807. NEW RULES FOR FOOT BAIL Qeorjo Ado Propcsjs n , Etr'.ea of NOYO ! Regulations , DESIGNED TO 00 AWAY WITH ROUGHNESS Runic Ifiulor Thin IMnnVonlil llo Al- moHt n Ktcltliitf n * Tlilillr-ito- AVlnk * Why tli - lllllVn Vetoed. In these latter ( Jays of the century , when legislators who never saw < i foot ball game nro dcmceidlng anti-foot ball legislation and when ministers and professors who are more familiar with their manuscripts than with outdoor sports are telling Just what reforms ehoulcl bo mode , It Is a decided relief to read a few proposed rules that are clever , oven If not entirely practicable. They are fully as practicable as some lulen that have been suggested In all eerlousnenj. They are from the pen of George Ade , who once played foal ball at Purduo university and after graduation took up special work on the Chicago Record. Some of the changes bo lisa proposed are as follows : 1. At the beginning of piny the ball Miall bo put In the renter of the Hold and the umpire Fhnll think of n number between one and fifty. The two caplnlns shall guess nt this number , i\ml the one comliiR the nearest to It shall be allowed to move thr > ball live yards Into the territory of thu other team. 2. Before- the ball Is put Into play after a down , tinraptnln Hliull line up his men and count them off as follows : Oncry , om-ry , lekcry. an I I'hlleson , pholcson , Nicholas , Johnl OWevv. quavy. MnRllsh navy , Htltiklum , Htanklum , I-O-U-Uuckl The player on the1vord "Buck" shall bo known as "It. " He shall kneel beside the bill und the members of the opposing ton in chill line up opposite. The player known " " "Simon "Thumbs as "It" shall repeat says UM. ' " or "Simon says 'Tiiumba down , ' " In- dlr-atlng tbc movements as he Fpciiks the. words , and the players of the oppo ! nn tuxrr > must Imltato his movements. Hut If he meiely wivs "T.iumbs up , " without the "Simon s.iys , " and nn opposing player puts 111" thumbs up , that counts one , and after thro" such mistakes the b.ill Is iidVMiieed flve yards. If , hc < Mevcr , after twenty trials the opposingtc.im docs not make a. total of thie-o cirori thc'ti the ball gonn to the oppo'lnsr team and Is advanced on a "tag" " " the- member of the 3. Oa u "las" play - team iwlio st.inds lilgarst In his classes Is given the ball to run -with It. The opposing players must touch nun at * bo runs and say : "Tag , you're It ! " Hut If he has bis lingers crossed at the time , he does not h.ive to Btop. It his lingers are not crossed ho must put tne ball down. Any opposing pl.iyer who in slapped three times on the back by a member of the runner's team Is called "out" and cnnnot "tns" the runner. A runner cannot be , lagged while he Is touchIng - Ing wood. I. Any player who takes hold of .in op posing player or who displays bru iucness and lack of refinement shall be put Into a compartmctmt at the side lines known as the "bonpyard , " and ho shall not be- re leased until tno captain of lil tcnm an swers ten questions without laughing. 5. After a touchdown has been in ule the professor of rhetoric Mi.ill give live hard woids from the back of the book lo the fullback of the team scoring tbe touch down , If the fullback spells the ll\e words correctly his foam Is credited with two points , the same as If a goal were klcke < l. If he falls on any word the ball goes to the opposing team on the twcnly-flvo-yard HUP. Thp ball 19 never kicked , as It might strike 6no of the players and Injure him. 6. On resuming play after a touchdown , nil the players , except one , form Into a ring and join hands , singing : London bridge ) Is falling1 down , 'Falling ' ilon n , falling down. London bridge Is fallingdown. . So farewell my ladle ? . The captiiln of the team ngalnst which the score ban UeOn made Is blindfolded and put Into the circle. After a time he advances and take * hold of a iplaycr , who Is asked throe questions. Ho must guess nt the name of this player. If he guesses correctly he is allowed to advance , the ball llftoen yards. If he 'falls tha ball goes to the other team , in the centen of the Held , 7. Both spectators and players are ex pected to be quiet and orderly at all times , and particularly during- the mental tests. Tlie-o has been much written and mure said about the enactment of laws to prohibit foot ball. Several measures to prohibit this form of amateur sport hnvo mcOo their appearance In various legislative halls during the last few weeks. None of the measures have mei with any degree of success , though an antl foot ball bill that was Introduced Into the Virginia senate has been reported favorably by the judiciary committee , on a vote of live to four. The bill Is still In the embryonic condition , and must overcome many obstacles befors It becomes a law. an attainment that it Is not very likely to meet. In vetoing the anti-foot ball bill that was recently passed by the solans of Qe.orgla , Gov ernor Atkinson took occasion to say some good words about the most popular form of collegiate sport and to administer a sharp rebuke - buko to the legislators who sc > hastily and apparently thoughtlessly passed a bill to abolish ish that game. Among other things Governor Atkinson , In his veto message , wrote as fol lows : There are grave and paramount reasons tor opposing- tills class of legislation. It leads to Innumerably petty and vexatious criminal laws regulating the most trivial affairs of life , depriving the parent of the authority to control his child and robbing the citizen of that dc-grea of liberty which shoul \ bo the heritage of every son of thu republic. Already many Intelligent Ameri cans who have traveled abroad are berl- ouiJy contending that the tyranny of the majority Is wor.so than the rule of a mon arch , aiul that the multiplicity of lamn In America , regulating the habits and conduct of men have left to the Individual here less rights , less freedom , than is posae&svd by tbo citizens of a European monarchy. The majority has the power to do much i.vhlch it ha not the right to dp. There arc many things approved by the majority which are not proper subjects of legislation. If the Kiimo of foot bull seriously Inter f rcs with the vvclfuro of society , and In flicts Injuries upon others of a character which public opinion will not obvlatu or correct , legislation should then go just HO far as may be nccecsary to remedy the. wrong , but no further. The right of a parent to say what games his boys shall play vhould not bo questioned or dis turbed until demanded by Imperative ne cessity , The humblest citizen of this state should bo iccuro In his'right to control his o\\n child , and say In what games he may be permitted to engage. Foot ball causes less deaths than hunting , baatlng. llshlng. horfeback riling , bathing or bicycling. If wo are to engage In legislation of this character , nd * ' under discussion , the slate Brould iiitoime the position of parent , for bid all these rparts to boys , make It a pemil offeiiho for a boy to engage In any of them , and for any parent to permit his child to engage In thccn. The government should not usurp all the authority of the p-irent. Yet this legislation Is a long stride In that direction , It miy bo that some legislation Is reoesr.iry to modify the fierceness of foot ball games , but that rpeclea of legislation inlilch eeekp to usurp the responsibility and functions of trustees , faculty and parent , and take charge of young men and chil dren in their cports Is fundamentally wrong ; It Is govcrnmeental i > .itcinnllsm of tbx > most vicious and pronounced type. We can ocraplonu'lr ' recur with profit to that wUe adage which Is really axiomatic , "That government governs best which governs least. " U Is found that trustees , faculties and parents persist In permitting the game oilayed In -manner which calls for ic-glu- latlvo action , the state can Interfere to rorrect the evil ; but It would be unfortu nate to entirely suppress In our schools nnd colleges n. tramo of so great value In the phynlcnl , moral und Intellectual de velopment of boya anil young men. It Is trno the enino Is and v'lould be rough , but Tiot dangerous. The sporu of every great people , ancient and modern , have been hard and severe. Such gamen arc helpful In the development of the highest and noblest typo of our iace. Greece gloried In doing honor to the victors of the Olympian games , the successful contestant in the joust was hailed a hero , and the knight whose skill inn ) strength won victory In the tourna ment was honored UH n triumphant inur- rlor. John Outland , left tackle of the Pennsyl vania foot ball cloven , l.au been elected cap- lain of the team for next teuton , He Is a great player , and proved not only a tower of strength la the Pennsylvania line , but never failed to gala when called on to advance tbe tall. He 1s one of the Kansaa importations nt Pennsylvania , eecuicd through the efforts el Woodruff Brothers. it U not generally known tbat bo played throughout the season -with a bad onto of tonsllltls , but ho played his position and played It well In nil but ono game during the season. In the Brown game at Provldcnco bo played with flannel wrapped around hi * neck and a handkerchief over his mouth , llo made several remarkable runs , the last of which was nearly sixty yards. Then one of the spectators , noticing tlio handkerchief , asked Dr. Wblto what wag the matter with Outland and when told lie exclaimed : "Great hr-ftverm ! What would he do It ho had diph theria ? " The election of John Balrd , to be captain of the Princeton foot ball team for the acason of 1S9S Is a pleasing compliment to a hard working player of great ability. The choice lay between Kclley and Ilalrd. The former'i presence In the Beconil half of the Yale game , when U was too late to BIVO the game , showed that ho Is a good leader. , but the preference was probably given to Ilalrd be cause Kellcy will really be a postgraduate studccit next year , and It would like better for the cnptnln to be an undergraduate. It Is very doubtful If Kclley would make a better captain than Balrd , all questions of class laid aside. Ilalrd was In great form In tno early part of the soison and all of last season , but during the latter part of this season ho certainly was not In good trim. Ills work In the Yale game was no comparl- sen with that of the early part of the season - son , say In the game against the Carlisle In- dlins. Ho excels not only as a quick and ac curate passer of the ball , but he Is a splendid punter and drop-kicker , above nil he to "heady" and knows how to run a team. If Jhero Is one man In Princeton who can revenge - vengo the dcfc.it of tills year Johnny Dalrd Is the man. The Bco has received many protests from eastern collegians over the selection of Balrd as quarterback for nn alleasternteam , over looking such men as DeSaulles of Yale and Kneebs , who was hero at the last State fair meeting , and U. O , Hclfncr. both of Sioux City , were put under the ban. Knodu gained fame from his expulsion from the tracks of Germany for allcge-l "ringing. " Ills partner was implicated In tint and' sim ilar deals and with another International "ringing" race In which C. A. Mttcalfo of Wirrcn , ill , , Is concerned us principal , The animal which figures In the tale was a Kansas City mare , Bertie It , with a record of 2:12 : A. After a race in Jancsvllle , WIs. , a stranger purchased the horse and at once took It out of the country. The animal was exported Into France , where it was entered under another name and campaigned there until the country 'became ' too warm. It was then taken through England and Scotland , and was finally Identified lo the latter coun try. Through the horse Metcalfe , Heffoer and others were ruled off European tracks. Tbe investigation resulted In the birr'ng of Metcalfe from the tracks under the control of the trotting association , Hunt from the Knee TrneU. Drown Hal is not only sire ot the champion pacvr 6tur Polcter , 169W ; , but also ties A1U- vr ( be faouor ot * lrlng tts o t 2:10 : pacers live ana has sired more 2:1G : thirteen than any other horse. C. J. Hflmlln refused $3,000 for The Abbott , 2:1114 : , during ( ho eastern horse show. Muta Wllkes , 2:11 : , has been sold to a HUB- slan turfmnn and will bo raced In Hussln. Golden Gateway , which the Hamllne sold thrco weeks ago for $300 , cost them $5,000. Quo Allen , 2:09-1 : ; , Is one of the fastest stallions that has been bought for racing pur poses In Europe. The Axtell horse , Allcntoll , 2:20V4. : has been ono of the heaviest winners of the Burcncan turf this last year. Tlnlck , 2:10U : , the brother to Gulnnettc , 2:05 : , which was raced on the trot In 1897 , will bo tried as a pacer next year. Arlecchlno , 2:24 : 4-5 , is the champion 2-ycnr- old of'Italy. He Is a son of the American- bred stallion Von Tasscll , 2:28. John It. Gentry and Robert J earned enough this seascti to pay for themselves , also for the elaborate equipment which Tewksbury furnished for their exhibitions. Tha racing out on the coast has been as Ruccecsful during the past seven days as It has been slnco the season opened. As much can hardly bo said of ! Xcw Orleans , where the management is In the dumps. The weather has been very bad In the south and the nttcndnncc baa been poor. The death of Charles Flelschmnnn , the veteran and millionaire turfman of Cincin nati , Is a distinct loss to the western turf and 1-j oelng generally lamented. Ho put 1 Is horses on the track for the pure pleasure of winning and not for the money that was In It. Reports have It that his stable will be continued next season under the manage ment ot his son. Turfmen and sporting writers of this coun try acd England are comparkig Sloano with the great English Jockey , Archer. The chief characteristics of these two really great o TUPKCY TURK . /AY TUPKHY TUOK , DUTY i .SMOULDLIKE io3niQK ; A3 YOU f\AY see-.w TUPKCY DCAO , A BPINY 50 SAD I Tu3T ( THAT _ YOU /AAV PfiovtAliTTLe TENDER TOO. Youug of C-.niell. . The selection was made not on nilid's form this , year , but on hla greater experience. Both DeSaulles and Youug played more brilliant foot ball tbls season than did Ealrd , but In experience and knowledge of the game they are inferior. DeSaulles' brilliant run In the Harvard game gave a great send-off , and Young's goal from the field against Harvard cod his run through alnvcst the entire Pennsylvania team estab lished hlu fame as a brllUmt player. Gut a man at quarterback must aeecl bo something moro than brilliant. Ho must be cool , "heady , " nervy anj experienced. In thceo qualities those who best know the eastern quarterbacks , of whom there were eo many good cnea this year , agree that Ealrd In his best form leads all the rent. Walter Camp , locking through a pair of blue glasses , very naturally proclaimed DeSaulles the king cf eastern quarterbacks. T.ie Philadelphia critics , excepting Woodruff , mindful of tils brilliant work against the Quakers on Thanksgiving day , gave the palm lo Youns of Cornell. But The 'Dee ' has no apology to make for having 'selected Balrd. The latest dispatches announce the defeat cf the antt-foct ball bill Introduced Into the senate of Virginia. The F. F. V. senators killed the bill by a vote ot 21 to 12 , so It never reached the lower house or the gov ernor. With the defeat of anti-foot ball legislation In Nebraska last year , and In Chicago cage , Georgia and Virginia this year , the crusaders against the most popular form of Intercollegiate sport must be well nigh dis heartened. KIM ; HOUSES HHI\G inn MO.VKV. Owner of HiimliurK Ilc-rolvcn 11 For tune for the Colt. The unquestionably great event of the last week In turf circles was the sale of the great Hamburg for the magnificent sum of $60,000. That , nt least , la the price that Is said < o have been paid for the 2-year-old , although this , as well as tno name of the now owner , la being kept secret. The sale waa consummated by W. T. Powers , an agent for a number ot rich turfmen of New York and vicinity , but he absolutely re fused to tell for whom ho acted. Humor haa It that ex-Secretary of the Navy Whit ney was the nc-w owner of the horse , but ho hns positively denied this. The former owner of the horse wan John Madden ol Louisville. Hamburg la a brown colt by Hanover- Lady Ileol , the latter by Minnie Gray , the dam of Domino , Correction an < l a nmbc-r of other good racers. His one year of rac ing has been a decidedly Interesting and sensational ono. By hla first victory last yeir It Is stated that Tils owner cleared up fully $100,000 , If not moro , In the peal rooms In the eastern part ot the country , Ho waa then on easy 10 to 1 shot. Since that tlmo (25,000 has ibccn offered several times in vain for the great colt. The Board of Ilevlew of tbo National Trotting association has had quite an ex tensive flitting , In which some 200 cases vvoru considered. The majority of these dealt with "ringing , " which the association Is trying- Its best to stamp out. It certainly has considerable work set before It , as there were any number of horses fraudulently en tered in th past season. Ono bit of Interest in the meeting to thla ccctlon ot the country and perhaps to turf men everywhere , Is the fact that Bcb horsemen , their mode of riding/ and their phenomenal ability * to get the-"most out of their mounts , may te briefly summed up as indomitable will , dare-devil courage and perfect hands , added to a knowledge ? of pce and distribution of weight. The similarity between the two riders did not end In the saddle. Archer's Irreproachable breeches , faultlevsly-nttlng boots and spick and fipan make-up .ire accurately reflected In Sloane's fastidiousness In dress , luxury of living and size In cigars. Sloace , however , has eclipsed all English records by making twenty win ners out of forty mounts. A Hat ot the winning Jockeys for the year Just closed placps Sloann , as far as per centage gees , nt the top. The record Is for the tracks in this country. Sloano" had 22S rnni'nts , eighty-one ot which were victories. In fifty-seven ho got second place and In thirty-five third place. He was unplaced Ilfty-flve times. His peicentage Is 2GG.81 , or better than one winner cut of every three mounts Sims had the greatest number of mounts , 134. He got 103 firsts , seventy-two seconds and sixty-four thirds. He was un placed 101 times. Thorpe Is also up near the top , having had 335 mounts , out of which ho landed sixty-four firsts , sixty-two seconds and fifty-three thliUs. 'He was" unplaced HC times. Taral got forty-six firsts , forty-three seconds nnd twenty-eight thirds out of 235 mounts and failed to get a place 110 times. Scherrai , Doggett and the two Martins are the others at the top. The Coney Island Jockey club stakes for 1898. including all the eld popular fixtures , have been announced , and with them comes the announcement of the closing of the Fu turity for the year 1900. The Futurity to be run at the autumn meeting closing the nine teenth century will be the first to close , the time fixed being January 4 next. The other stakes for the June and autumn meetings of 1S98 are to close on January 10 , The most important of these Is the suburban handicap , to be run at the June .meeting on the famous Sheepshcad , Uay course , at the time-honored distance , one and one-quarter miles. The value ot this has been increased to $10,000 guaranteed cash value , as against $7GOO for the suburban of last spring. The other big stakes are the Great Trial , $20,000. and Dou ble Event , $10,000 , for 2-year-olds at the June meeting , and the Great Eastern handi cap , $5,000 , for the autumn meeting. PAXS W.\Xr A H.tt > U IIAI.I. TEAM. Omnlin CoiiMlilcrtMl Uic Ili-xt Touu ill tin * nVfNU-rn CIrfiilt. By the tlmo this appears lu print It Is to bo presumed that the Western Base L'all league will have taken some definite action with regard to the Grcnd Rapids franchise , when Omaha's chances far a team will have either been entirely obscured or made a practical certainty. It la certain that there will bo a strong pressure brought to bear in favor of Omaha. Neaily all the managers bc- llovo that this city can give the best re turns and Its geographical position Is very favorable The prospect of a strcng team next year has gone far to arouse the local spirit that has bec.ii dormant for several yturs and If the league decides to award the eighth franchise to Omaha there Is every proapecl that the result will be satisfactory. Incidentally It may have been noticed thai Frank Bandlo cacked his grip and took a trip to Dayton , 0. , the ether day. Whllo bo will undoubtedly visit that city before bo returns It is equally certain tlmt howon't be far away when the league magnates are In ses sion In Chicago. Ho Is one of the men whc believe that base bill will pay In Omaha it ll Is properly managed , and bo has been quietly laying wires for a western league franchise for tome time. Whether any of the denls that have been mentioned are Included In his plans is not apparent , but It Is cafe to ex pect that If the franchise conies to Omaha he will have some connection with the enter prise , The ofllclal averages of the Western as sociation have just been published and as meny of the players are more or less famlllnr to the local fans their records will bo of In terest. Waldron ot St. Joe heads the batting list with a percentage of .353 In 112 games Vlaner and Kid Moulor of Dei Molncs bit ou .320 and .318 respectively and Pace and Loh- inan were close after them In the .300 list McKlbbeti and Letcher tied at .278 and your old friend Hlckey dropped In further down rvlth .217. Buck Enrlglit was away down the list with .213. Among the backstops Dugdale of Peorla ranks first with au average of .973. Bil Traffley 1s fourth with .934 and Lehman Is ninth -with ,902. Krclg ot Dea Mqlneo beads the flrit basemen with ,992 apd Kluiman o St. Jot lollcrwi .HUb. ,081. Iflaher ot Cedar ttaplds is the start Icjofnd basemen with .048. Mohlcr U fourth wjl ( | Ji33 and Ebrlght la way down toward the bottom again with .878. McCormlck nnd Mcrje ot Qutncy lead the third basemen anil shortstops respectively and Newman of Hcckford ranks first aniuiR the fielders. Among the pitchers''Mauck of DCS Molncs leads the league In the percentage ot Raines won and Pardcc of St. Joe has allowed bis op ponents the sraallatibnttlnf ; average. Carlsch of Cedar Rapids Iris ; allowed his opponents the least earned runs per nine Innings and Hlslcy of St. Joe leads in fielding his posi tion. J n.i ' The shaking up In" National league cir cles goes mcrrlly'on and the result will bo that about half the teams will scarcely know themselves when they get out on the diamond. It has been a number of years at least since there has been such a general and promlscous exchange of players , nnd every club In the Icaguo seems to have taken the fever. The general opinion seems to be that the reorganization will have a salutary effect nnd tbat some of the men who worn not regarded ns worth keeping will do bet ter work by reason of n change ot company. Tha last and moat sensational deal of this sort was that by which Washington secured A mole , Doyle and UcHz ot the Baltimore ! ! in exchange for McCann , McJames and DeMontrcville , This appears to bo a master stroke on the part of the Washington man agement for It strengthens an Infield that lias been notoriously weak. In addition to one.of jtho best pitchers In the league. How Baltimore expects to profit by the deal Is not apparent to the naked eye , unless there was n big slice of money to boot. Here are the trades that liavo been made up to date , and there nro others In prospect : Philadelphia to St Louis Clements , Tay lor , L. Cross and Dovvd. St. Louis to Philadelphia M. Cross , Doug- and Donohue.J- , . St. Louis to , Brookljn Hallman. , Brooklyn to St. Louis Schoch. St. Louis to New York Hartnun nnd Grady. i New York to St. Louis Wilson , Holmes nnd Donnelly. St. LouU'to Pittsburg Murphy. Plttsburg to St. Louis Sugdcn. Pittsburg to Cincinnati Smith and Haw- ley. Cincinnati to Plttsburg Schrlver , Ithincs , McCarty and Gray. Baltimore to Washington Doyle , Ileitz and Amole. ' Washington to Baltimore De Montrcvllle , McJames and McCann. And there are others coming. Tips from HitHut. . George Darby has been reserved by Toledo. The dally attendance of the Interstate league games ct Toledo last year averaged 2,200. 2,200.Kid Kid Spear , who has become the most re liable backstop of the Mllwaukces , expects to spend the holidays among his Nebraska friends. Bob Allen has been engaged as the new manager of the Indlinapolls club. Ho will play at short and his previous record Indi cates that he will be a winner. Manning Is said to lia've ' signed Ralph Seybold and first baseman Tommy Tucker of the Washington club. Soybolt Is a de velopment of the Atlantic league , where he made a record as a fine ( Holder and heavy hitter. Joe Dolan of this city , who made a great hit at short with the Colonels during the latter part of 1S95 Is expected to show up again in good 'form next season. Last year ho was liandlcnppcd by a. eevere cold iwhlch settled In his arm and practically crippled him through the season. But the manage ment had so much confidence In his ability that it carried him through the season and now his arm Is all right again and he maybe bo expected to duplicate his success. I.OCAI , ciu.vs IST .ix . TJiit : HACK. Oniiiliii Moil Lcitvr tinKit111 ( n Hie I'nt lliintei'K mill Small HoyH , Omabi guns have been pro'.ty generally left In the rack during the week. There have been no events at the local grounds to cxclto interest and ( hero has been no dispo sition to compete with the market hunters ei the prairies. That ithe latter gentry have not been 'Idle U Indicated by lee plentiful supply ot Jurk rabbits and quail that his been offered on the local market , Rabbits have beoi almost 'given away , and It la eald that the commission men have been able to buy all the quail they warded at six bits per dozc.i. This ttato of affairs may bo very satisfactory to Jhu commitjlon men , but It Is nc > i < i.icouiugiiiK to , these who regard quail ehoctlng as a legitimate sport. It seems sur prising tbat lnltt''eteto ' which contains fiun- dreds of eporttniem who have a lively In ter eat In toeing' that the gameIB protected the markut hunters con slaughter the birds by tbo hundreds without the sllKhteat dan ger of protccutlon. If ( hero Is tne slightest effort to bead off these depredations It la not apparent. Sportsmen unite In deprecating the fact , but when it comes to taklnir any active stepj to put a step to it they are not then.1. As they ore the principal uuftereia by reason of their torpidity there Is no occa sion for Urn general public to bo concerned. Nothing has been heard from the Coon Ilapldo shot gun artist v.Vio wanted a. match with Fred Ray , He wza offered a race over a week ago , but has failed to make any reply to the communlcatlca. Some one with a laste for figures has oil- culatei ) that seventy moose were killed In tha Malno woods during the open season of six teen days. Thin Is somewhat lens than the number that was killed tbo previous sea son. Whllo tM& looks llko a < blg killing on paper It must bo remembered that It repre- cents tbe work of iboutands ot rifles sft- tert'd from Mooaehoid to tha St. John. Moose hunting 1 } one ot the few really dangerous and exciting sports that are left to the Amer ican hunter , and durlnj the open scaron every hunter within hundreds of miles heads for t'io Maine woodi. But the hunters who failed to brine home the antlers they were after were pretty successful In other re spect * . It la estimated Jhat up to December 1 the total kill In the iMalno woods was 3,439 deer , 102 inooso and 53 ciirbou | , Just Imagine tha amount of patiept trudging over rugged hUU end through tangled underbrush , of tlrcuomo waltlcs aod excited anticipation and To Have Your Garments Made to Order. They will fit you more accurately will look better will wear longer are more stylish will he sewed and trimmed better than the best of ready-made garments and cost you but a trifle more. Beats all , how much more confident a man feels of his ability to succeed in business when he is well dressed. We offer you the best in Tailoring , at prices to please the most economical or the most fastidious. There's no need paying the Credit Tailor $45 to $60 for a Suit. There's no need paying him $14 to $ tS for Trousers. We show a generous assortment to select from something like 2,000 different designs. \sk to see our line of $20 Business Suits , We like to show them especially to the fellow who's been buying ready-made garments. Suits to Order $15 to $40. Trousers to Order $4 to $10. Overcoats to Order $15 to $4O We employ the best skilled Tailors of Omaha. 209 and 211 KARBAGH So. 15th. BLOCK. the Innumerable moments of supremist enjoy ment tlmt these figures represent. The worst feature of this sort of hunting Is the alarming frequency cf accidents. Up to the end of November seven men were killed outright In Maine , four In Mis- sachusetts and two In Vermont. This was In addition to the numerous cases In which serious Injuries were Inflicted. In most cases the shooting was the result of the carelessness - , ness which < he excitement of a search for big game seems to breed. In fact , the danger fic-m this cause has become so great that many sportsmen refuse to venture Into the woods during the best part of tbe season for fear that some fool hunter will mistake them for deer. Jack Fanning won another prize for the best general average at the Indianapolis shoot last -week. The professional competi tion was about the same as at the St. bouls event , Hello Helkes , Budd , Grimm , Elliott and others "participating. That was a pretty chunky aggregation that represented Kansas City at Chicago. The average weight of the Kansas City men was just 210 pounds. Every county in Ohio has recently been stocked with Mongolian pheasants. They cannot bo legally killed until 1900 , and It Is expected that by that time the state will be well stocked. The pheasants arc said to be more Jiaidy than quail and capable of standIng - Ing any degree of cold weather. They travel In pairs and no more than four or six birds are over found together , thus making them less su'bject ' to the depredations of the market hunters. The editor of a 'California paper made a great kick In his editorial columns over "the cruelty of leaving Blue Rocks to die a lingering death on the grounds , ns none of them were retrieved after being shot. " A gun store In that < ; lty took a few partially broken targets and hung them up In 'the front window and marked them , "wounded Blue Ilock pigeons. " Rather unexpectedly , Samuel Boyle , cap tain of the University of Pennsylvania crew , announced at a reception tendered to the foot ball team by the Mask and Wig club that ho would retire from the crow captaincy when the early spring training began In January. Boyle has captained the crew for two years and wao elected at I'oughkeepslo to occupy the position for a third time. Ills retirement Is said to be partly due to the re-election of Ellis Ward as coach. AM. SOHTS OP SPOKTl.VG GOSSIP. KiitiilltlfK In ilio I'lirNiiM of I'li-nNiire or AiiiiitK'inc'nt Ctiiiinrt > il. There has been so much agitation of late over the abolishment of boxing and foot ball because of the alleged brutality of these two sports that It Is Interesting to notice how the number of fatalities that have resulted In them compares with these resulting from other eparts. An Interesting table for this puioose has been compiled by Orlffon of the Philadelphia North American. This table shows the number of fatalities that hive oc curred In different branches of sport since 1894 and Is as follows : Hwlinminf ; 1,3'C Hoatlng 9SO Hunting GJi HorHtbiick rldlni ? 3.VI IllcyulliiK ZCl Ice boating Zl Foot ball 11 H.IHO ball G Tennis ' 4 Golf Z To thin mny be nddcd : HoxliiK , 12 , This table ought to furnish fcod for re flection for those who are agitating against the marked sportR. The number of fitalltlcri In swimming , boating , horseback riding and bicycling , which are considered the mo&l healthful of all spurts. Is certainly mutti greater than the number that have occurred In boxing and especially foot ball , ard then consider , aUo , that Incffcnslve tennis and golf have had their victims and certainly they arc not regarded as particularly rough , Tim 'Interest In Intercollegiate tennis dur- lag the past scssou has been aroused to a greater extent tbin ever before , not only because of the fact that the game Is growing Into moro prominence in college circles , but ileo bec&uce of the closeness of tbe deciding Kumes In the tourney. Yale wac expected to win , but Ibo phe nomenal work of the Princeton player , Thompson , eoon brought him Into promi nence , ind finally landed him In first place. Thompson Is by long odd a the one particu lar bright star In collegiate tennis thia year , und greater work U expected , of him In tbe future. There Is a rumor afloat tnat he In tends to teller the state and sectlcs-Hl tourna ments next > ear , following In tbe footsteps of hit eminent predeceraor. Champion Hobert Wrenn , who wvcral years ago won the Inter collegiate tennis tournament for bis college , Harvard , acid who Is now holding the Inter- natluval championship honors between lArner- leu and England. Incidentally to this It may be mentioned that Princeton's grief over the loss of the foot ball match with Yale this year la as suaged not only by thla tccnla champion ship , ind the base ball championship , but also by the Intercollegiate golf championship. Recently In a tournament between Yale , Pr'iuccton ' , HararcT and Columbia , held at Ardsley casino , on the Hudson river , L. P. Bayard of Nassau won o\er Roderick Terry of Yale , who was generally considered ae the probab'.e winner. This tournament was the flnst of others that are to bo held each , year In the future. P. C. Ives and Jake Schaeffer have both challenged George F. Slosaon , who wen out over them In the newest balk-line billiard game lo New York recently , and Is there fore the champion In that style of play. Both challenges came at the same time , but SchaefTcr's has the priority according to a dccialon. Schaeffer wants to play a 600- point match , elghteon-lnch talk line , one shot In balk or at anchor , for $500 a side and the emblem Slosson recently won. He stipulates that the challenge must be ac cepted 'a sixty da > s or the. emblem be for feited to him. Ives makes a somewhat start ling proposition. It Is as follows : "In case Mr. Slosaon should wish to change the rules I will play him a game of 3,000 points , 500 points each night , for six nights , and wager $5,000 to $2,500 that I can defeat him. " There Is talk of having another tournament under the new style ot play In Chicago about the middle of next month. It Is to ho of a handicap variety. The 7 > urse will bo made up of $100 for each contestant , a per cent of the box receipts and $1,750 added money. It Is to bo divided up 'ato four prizes at the ratio of 40 , 30 , 20 nd 10 per cect. The number of final contestants Is limited to six , but the number of entries must not bo less than five. If there are more than six a preliminary tournament will de cide the men to compete In the finals. Two of the scratch men will be Ivce and Schaeffer , If they go In , but Ives saya he will never go Into another tournament like that In New York. Jerome Kcogh , the pool champion , has ar ranged for an international match with John Roberts , the English billiard acd pool cham pion Ho will 'te the second American to play the English champion , the first being Alfredo do Ore , the Cuban , who pajed ! Roberts In New York , In 1893 , a mixed match at the English and American game. Do Ore was pool champion until ho waa prcetrated by serious sickness eight months ago , and was compelled to go to a hospital , At this time he was matched to p'ay Herman Stewart ot Blnghamton for the championship emblem , and forfeited It to Stewart after the latter had ugrecd to await his recovery. GrantBby subsequently won the emblem from Stewart , and Etoy was defeated by Kcogh. The latter still holds the trophy , having recently defeated William Clcarwater In a match game at Scr.nton. Clcarwatcr wao the original winner of the emblem In the tournament hold at Syracuse to estab lish the championship. Do Ore was sccoml and Keogb third In the tourney. Lchlgb Is the Intercollegiate lacrosse cham pion of the country. She defeated Harvard , Johns Hopkins , Swarthmore and Stevens In stitute. Her record In lacrosse during the last decade han been tlie incut consistent of any college at which the game la played. Slnco 1888 she has always been represented with a flrst-clasu team , having won the chatrplonshlp In 1E90 , 1893 , 189G and 1897. Her team of 1893 was an exceptionally strong combination and won the amateur champion ship of thu United States. The Importance which basket ball Is as suming In eastern states la Indlrated by the fact that Yale has decided to scud lUi basket ball team on a southern trio during the holi days. The players will leave New Haven December 27 and will play In Philadelphia , Germantown , Baltimore and Washington , Move for mi ' Anic-rli'Mii lli'iili * } * , " The chuylktll navy , which embraces the twelve rowing clubs of Philadelphia , has undertaken to Inaugurate a series of rowing events that shall equal , perhaps excel , In brilliancy tbo eventu comprising the famous Henley regatta of England. Commodore Gor don 8 , Carrlgnn Is enthusiastic over the scheme , and believes that kuch a regatta would do for the grand old sport an Immense amount of good and help to icsaln for It the prestlgo U once enjojed , No city In the coun. try offcra the same natural advantages for such an event BB dara Philadelphia. The course on the Schuylklll river Is far superior to th& ono at Heiley , Inasmuch an the river If ; wider and the overhanging bluffs at Rock- land , the advantageous position of Peter's Island and the point of vantage on the Colum bia brldgo provide accommodations for up wards of 100,000 people to witness rac < and glva all an unobstructed view of the course. The river drives parallel with the courao on both sides aUo afford bicyclists , equestrians and others In carriages a clianco to follow races from utart to finish , If the "American Henley week" at Philadelphia Is made a go the regatta will bo held early In July , In . 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