T.O THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 18 , 18HS.
GOSSIP FROM THE GRIDIRON
Penniy's Defeat at Cambridge Boti the
College Politicians at Work.
CRIMSON MAY DROP THE RED AND BLUE
Ultl-Tlnic AnlnuonUtn Jlow rinds nil
EXCIIMC lor FlnrltiK Vp nn l the
OuU-ome May Kttcct Sumo
Itnillcal
The defeat of the Blue and Uie lied by
the Crimson a week ago may mean more
than elmply a vlctoiy of Harvard over Pcnn-
eylvanla , unusual as that IB , for out of ths
result of that game have grown rumors that
nro more or less disquieting to the present
Hiatus of foot ball among the big four teams
of tbo cast. There Is a possibility that tie
consequences may bo the formation of some-
rthlng Hko a foot ball league among the
members of this quartet , that Is , ultimately.
Jt Is not probable that tedious college
diplomacy will permit this desirable result
to bo consummated at once , but even If a
start Is made iu that direction footballlsts
will bo satisfied.
It has long been no secret that there has
been a not Inconsiderable clement among the
Harvard undergraduates who have never
cared much for a game with the Quakers.
This hostile feeling toward the Penn-
eylvanlans culminated last spring when
Penn carried off everything at the Molt
Haven games , when the other contending
colleges , and particularly Harvard , alleged
that Pcnnsy wa represented by men who
liad not entered the university with the solo
end simple Intent of acquiring knowledge.
Thla element In Harvard has long wanted
to discontinue the game , tmt the foot ball
management could not well do so as long
us Pcnusy was regularly beating them.
Now , the opportunity offers to c.ist off the
Hcd 'and the Illue , however , and It is within
the range of possibility that Harvard will
do so , although denials have been entered.
If this action ihould be taken there la no
doubt that Harvard will play with Prince
ton again and. the result will be that a
triangular league will bu formed once more.
Yale Is iu favor of this plan and will un
doubtedly urge the Crimson to enter Into
such a deal. Princeton would readily enough
consent to the arrangement , for the last two
years rave found her with only two big
games on her hands Cornell and Yale.
In case that the Pcnn and antl-Penn ele
ments In Harvard can not get together on
a scheme of this kind , a very satisfactory
quadrangular league Is suggested , and thla
would bo a better Idea than the other. The
plan Is that 'Harvard ' and Yale shall play
1'rlnceton and Pennsylvania early In No-
Tomber on the name day , and the winner
end loser play two weeks later. It will
bo a difficult task to reconcile Yale and
Pennsylvania , aa well as to Induce Penn
and Princeton to make up their differences ,
but the suggestion Is sensible , and will
have to bo accepted by the colleges In time.
The gridiron contest ot the season up
< o date was easily the melee that occurred
n week ago between Pennsylvania and
Harvard. Its Importance lay not only In
the splendid foot ball that It brought out ,
but also In Its sensational and somewhat
unexpected result. Pour years of defeat
ot the Crimson by the Quakers , sometimes
when the former appeared to have had the
superior team , had taught the lesson that
Harvard might be expected to go down al
most under any circumstances before Pennsy ,
but the Crimson this season disappointed
the anticipation , and It did It altogether
fcy long continued able effort. There was
no luck , nothing of brilliancy about their
1'lay.
The Crimson team of this fall Is probably
one ot the best that Harvard has over turned
out. In point of physical condition and
tram work It Is perhaps the best. It played
n almost errorless game. It Is probable
that never In the history of foot ball In
this country have two teams mot that were
so evenly matched on offensive and defen-
Blvo tactics on line work and so unevenly
matched when it came to play a kicking
iame. ; , In the latter department Harvard
was very nearly perfect. Haughton's punts
were long , and at the same time high
enough to enable his ends to get down the
field and under them. They were also con-
etstont and accurately placed. On the de
fense the Harvard backs handled kicks In
Almost faultless style. On the other hand ,
Penn's kicking game would have been dis
creditable to a prep school team. Hare
was slow In getting his punts off , and was
ut the same time erratic In placing them.
On the defense the work of the Penn backs
was a lamentable exhibition. Almost with
out exception they either muffed or fumbled
4bo leather when Harvard punted. Had
the Quakers' kicking game been as sgood as
hat of the Crimson It Is not unlikely that
the game would have resulted in a tie.
Harvard's supreme test will be wit
nessed next Saturday with the Crimson
clashing In Kugby battle array against the
liluo of Yale. It will bo the final , culminat
ing , climatic gridiron struggle between
these two teams and when It Is concluded
their seasons will bo ended. The game
promises to be fully up to the important
position it occupies upon the schedule , for
the sting of defeat always cuts either to the
! quick and only after a desperate struggle
will cither bo laid low. Harvard's s.onsa-
tlonal victory over the Quakers has boomed
.the Crimson stock twofold in the estimation
of these who have tried to figure out the
.result of the coming encounter. According
flo the reports from Now Haven Yale should
, ! ) In such poor shape that her opponents
ought to enjoy an easy victory , but that is
an old Yale trick and Is never taken with
much seriousness. That Yale has the
material to develop a team as strong as the
victorious eleven ot last year there can be no
doubt and the advent of an army of coaches
to New Haven Is slowly bringing about the
needed Improvement. Harvard men , that
Is , the coaches , have not lost their heads ,
because of their team's triumph over old
Venn. On the contrary they regard tin
Kamo with Yale as even a harder proposition
to solve than with the Quakers. The fact
thut Harvard will be compelled to play on
Yale's gridiron Is in itself looked upon aa a
kerlous obstacle which has been known tc
bring defeat for the Crimson men. Harvard
ought to Improve greatly during the nexl
week. The attack and defense can bo 1m-
BloodPoison
U IU W U tw. R. NEWMAN ,
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with Contagious Blood Poison , and
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In fact , I Bcemed to get worse all
the while. I took almost every so-
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not reach thu disease. At the advice
of a friend , I then took 8. S. 8. ,
and began to improve. I continued
the medicine and it cured mo com
pletely , and for ton years I have
never had a sign of the disease tote
to return. "
S.S.S.rTrhBIood
. . . ,
( Swift'i Specific ) is the only remedv
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Potion.- is guaranteed purely vegetable.
Book on self-treatment mailed fre b/
Swift Specific Company , Atlanta , Oa/
proved upon nnd several other weaknems
ought to bo bolstered.
The University of Pennsylvania h still
to get ready for a hard game , that with
Cornell on Thanksgiving day. Unless the
Quakurs recover from their downfall at
Cambridge , In which thclr splrlts wcro undoubtedly -
doubtedly broken , they will have n hard I
time with the Cornelllans. It Is said at
IJoEton that there Is an open rupture be.
twecn Coach Woodruff nnd BOtno of the men
who did not do good work against Harvard.
If such proves to be the case old 1'enn'a
chances for Thanksgiving day success may
ho expected to grow beautifully less. Wood
ruff unquestionably did the best with the
material at hand , which , by the way , was
not by any means up to the standard ot
former years.
In her game with Pcnnsy , Harvard per
fected a method for smashing the Quakers'
famous guards' back play , which was par
tially used by Cornell last Thanksgiving day
against Pcnn. The plan was that when
ever the guards wcro pulled back to make
their crushing onslaught Into the mlddlu of
the line , omo of the Harvard rushers were
to fall on their knees nnd grab every blue
and red leg In sight. The ends In the mean
while played well out and watched for the
man with the ball. In annost every Instance
tbo plnp. was carried out so successfully that
the Pcnn men could not gain the great
distance that has been usually made with
this play. Cornell partially stopped the
formation last year by this leg-grabbing
process.
Nebraska had no trouble In capturing
the championship of the Western Intercol
legiate aosoclatlon 'n , week ago when she
met the Jayhawkere on their native heath
at Lawrence. The brawn , muscle and skill
of the representatives of the Antelope state
easily trailed the colors of the Kansnns In
the dust of defeat even though the latter
put up a game fight. The fight for the
pennant , of course , Is not very extensive , as
there are now only three teams In the
league , but Nebraska safely landed It by
skinning Kansas by a score of IS to 6 and
Missouri 47 to 0. Missouri may yet defeat
Kansas on Thanksgiving day , but even
then It would only bo tied for second
money. Nebraska's remaining hard game
Is the ono on Thanksgiving day with Iowa ,
which will take place In this city or at
the Council Blufts Driving park , but Iowa
Is not In the league. It Is not at all Im
probable that this last contest will be the
gridiron event of the season In this section
ot 'tho ' country.
But while Nebraska has won the Inter
collegiate championship it will hardly be
able to pose as the foot ball champion of the
Missouri valley. That honor seems to be
long to the eleven of the Kansas City Medi
cal college , which administered the only
defeat of the season to Nebraska at Kansas
City last Monday. The band ot Antelopes
were hardly justified In meeting so strong
a team after the gruelling struggle down
at Lawrence , and therefore their defeat Is
excusable. They were bruised , sore and In
bad condition. Nevertheless the Medics
beat them , and as they also beat Missouri
and lost to Kansas by the small score ot 6
to 0 , they seem to have first claim to cham
pionship honors. This team Is a husky
bunch of ex-college players and Is trained
by a good coach In "Chub" Morris , a Yolen-
slan.
Tabor met Bellevue yesterday and a re
turn game will be played next Saturday
at Bellevue. The remaining game that
Tabor baa on its schedule IB a Thanksgiv
ing contest with Corning at the latter' *
grounds.
BASE BALL MEN IN WINTER
How Star * of Uie Diamond Manage to
Tide ThcinncIveB Otcr the Cold
Spell to Another Sennon.
What becomes of the ball tosser during
the winter Is a query that many a fan puts
to himself during the bleak months after
the season's close. Of course , a portion ot
the diamond push engage In their only work
of the year during the alx months' Inter
lude between the seasons , but , as a matter
ot fact , not moro than 10 per cent engage-
In any occupation during that time. A
large majority of the players send home
their winter's nest egg during the season ,
but their savings are eaten up in the fall
and winter. The average fan Is of the
opinion that the 'ball tosser draws a salary
ot about $1 a second during the National
league season from the various major league
clubs. But the princely salaries went out
with the Brotherhood. The- days before ' 00
were the golden days for the swell salaries
and during the Brotherhood years the play
ers of both the league nnd brotherhood
lolled In luxury's lap. John Clarkson , the
once noted twlrler , espoused the brother
hood cause , but jumped to the Boston Na
tional league club. He signed a three
years' contract for $7,000 a year , and of
this amount he was paid $1,000 before he
pitched a ball. Buck Ewlng has earned
$22,000 In three years on the emerald dia
mond. But the virgin flood no longer
flows In golden floods , for the ball player
! of today Is a resident ot Easy street at a
, $2,400 salary and considers himself well paid
I at $2,000. Of course , the base ball life o
j the average player Is covered by the nar-
I row span of eight or ten years , and during
I the summer of his career he Is supposet
I to save thousands. The present generation
1 of players Is more frugal and thrifty than
the Mr. Goodfellows of ten and twelve yearn
I ago , though the ball playing push of the
t SO's was paid twice as much as the up-to
date ball tosser.
At the coming meeting of tha bl league
magnates next month a scheme to break
from the present twelve junction combina
tion Is bound to bo sprung. Base bal
writers In the cast , some of them of con
siderable prominence , are assigning as a
partial cause for the lack of patronage dur
ing the past season the load that the or
ganization Is carrying in the shapeof a
string of tall-enders. For example , the }
point out that the fans In Baltimore , Cln
clnnatl , Boston or Chicago cannot be over
burdened with Interest in a game In which
the opponents are teams llko St. Louis ,
Washington or Brooklyn and some other :
that might bo mentioned. To remedy this
they advocate a reduction ot the number ol
trailers that Is , a return to the days of the
dual association when tbo league and the
American association flourished like the
green bay tree. By this they mean the
splitting up of the present twelve-clul
league , together with the addition of othei
cities , Into a couple of eight-club leagues ,
With one or two tall-enders In each thej
contended that the remainder of the part
ners , ten or twelve In number , would pros
per as do the scant halt dozen of today ,
Thcro Is horse sense In this suggestion anil
It Is being seized upon by the magnates at
a possible solution ot the present financial
problem. But , while the Idea may bi
broached at the coming meeting , it' will
probably not be consummated until the ten-
year compact expires , If at all. It wouU
take two or three years , anyway , for th <
deal to be put through.
Chauncey Fisher , ex-manager of the
Omaha , and later the St. Joieph team , bat
b'een drafted by Baltimore for next season ,
Thus does Chauncey make bis second entrj
Into fast company , and It depends entirely
upon lilrubelf how long he stays In bon ton
ba o bull society. As it manager he wai
not a glittering , scintillating constellation
but us u twlrler his work In the Westert
league placed lilm In the top cotcu class ol
rubber artist * . Hid work on ths lab dur
ing tbo major portion ot the season was
KUldcd moro by the brain tank that crowns
his spinal column than that ot any other
twlrler of the league. It ho had had any
thing besides a congregation of skates and
dummies nt bis heels , who tossed off
through Ignorance or otherwise the chances
ho gave , Chauncey would have been close
o the top round of the pitching ladder. His
repertoire of curves is limited , but ho Is
ono of the class of slab artists which has
VI Muu ! and Clark Griffiths IIB the star
members the kind who work moro with
bclr think tanks than with their wings ,
rho only handicap that Chnuncey had was
ho alliance he formed with an Individual ,
ohn Barleycorn by name. If he can divorce
ilmsclf from this sldo partner and cense
its training at the fount ot Bacchus , there
a no reason why he should not be one ot
ho most consistent performers on the Haiti-
more slab next season.
WITH HORSESAND HORSEMEN
_
Snlc of nirrctuni Still Affords Plenty
of Uxcnne for Wonder nnd
Comment.
The sale ot an untried stock bor.ro for
20,000 would have caused a genuine sensa-
lon ten or fifteen years ago , yet the trans-
cr of Dlrcctum , 2:05 : i. to William K. Spier
or that amount of money has created hardly
a ripple ot enthusiasm among horsemen , who
are still inclined to measure values by
ho Inflated standard ot the boom days. Dl
rcctum is 9 years old , his campaigning
career Is ended , ho is plain to the point ot
> clng commonplace in appearance nnd ho
las yet to get his first high winner on the
urf. Six of his yearling colts , however ,
sold for $8,360 under the auctioneer's ham
mer at Lexington last month. It was
argely on the strength of their showing that
ils new owner bought the horse. Speaking
of Dlrectum's racing capacity , a well known
circuit follower said the other day : "Ho
could beat any other trotter that ever Hved.
ilonroe Salisbury used to say so , even
when Allx and Azote were at their best.
Start the three In a race , all on edge , and
lirectum would sell favorite over the field. "
Jp to this time Directum's opportunities in
the stud have been none ot the best. He got
only a tow foals in California while he was
n training , and was.poorly patronized when
ilaced In the stud at Detroit and Lexlng-
.on two years ago. At Suburban Stock
Farm , his now home near Glens Falls , the
great trotter will probably have a rare
chance to prove 'his ' merit as a sire. Robert
McGregor , 2:17 : % ; Autograph , 2lGVi : , and
May King , 2:20 : , wcro formerly In the stud
; herc , and the collection of brood mares Is
joth extensive nad select.
Four entries have been named In the
special class for pacers with a record of
2:06 : or better that will bo put on at the
National horse show In New York. They
nro John K. Gentry , Klatawah , Robert J.
and Direct. Three of these four computl-
tors have held the world's record at their
way ot going , and the fourth , Klatawah , is
now the champion 3-year-old pacer.
If reports are true the horse ot the cen
tury , Ormonde , for which W. O'B. Mac-
donough of California paid $150,000 a few
years ago , will soon be on his way back to
England. The former owner of the horse ,
the duke of Westminster , Is reported to have
offered $50,000 for the famous stallion and
Mr. Macdonough Is likely to accept. The
duke of Westminster has for some time been
trying to gain possession of the horse and
offered $30,000 several weeks ago , but was
refused.
Another California horse that has gath
ered laurels during the last season Is Much
Better , which has- reduced the 4-year-old
mark for fillies to 2:07 : % In California. She
is by Charles Derby , 2:20 : , from None Bet
ter , a grand looking marc by Allandorf.
she not worked much ,
As a 2-year-old was
but as a 3-year-old she made 2:26' . Many
critics believe that on a good track a mark
of 2:03 : Is within her reach.
FOR LOVERS OFJGUN AND ROD
Flub ComiulHMloner May Dencant * on
the lleuetUn ot the Exponltlon to.
Ilia Chosen Field.
Fish Commissioner Low May considers
himself amply repaid for all the efforts he
put forth In behalf of the Nebraska State
Fish commission to make the fishery exhibit
m the Government building at the exposi
tion a success In the fact that some 2,000
fish that were on display have been turned
over to the commission. Without the as
sistance that was given by May and his
companions on tbo board It Is very ques
tionable If the fish exhibit would have been
much of a feature ot the show. This seems
to have been thoroughly appreciated by W.
C. Do Raveual , assistant United States fish
commissioner In charge of distribution , who
was 'at the bead ot the exhibit. As an In
dication of this ho gave the fish to the state
board.
The buncti of fish that has been turned
over consists of the following : 1,250 8-
months-old trout , principally lake ; seventy
IS-monlhs-old brook , brown and Loch Leven
trout ; twenty-five 2 and 3-year-old brook ,
brown and Loch Lcven trout ; ninety-eight
large-mouthed black bass ranging from -C
months to 3 years of ago ; fifteen small-
mouthed bass ; forty-eight yellow bass , 2
years old ; ten rock bass , 1 and 2 years old ;
seven whlto bass , sixty cropple , thirteen
perch , seven wall-eyed pike , twelve large
tench , twelve largo goldfish , five dogfish ,
two largo golden Ides , eight large carp , one
pickerel , 00 small goldfish and about 40C
miscellaneous varieties consisting of sunfish -
fish , bullheads , catfish and carp.
Among the batch are a number of fist
that the state commission has not at the
hatcheries. For example. Lew May has been
trying for years to. get hold ot somesmall -
mouthed bass and has never succeeded ,
Yellow bass , white bass , largo tench and
Loch Loven trout are.among the other spe
cies that the commission has never sue !
ceeded In getting hold of. The most Inter
esting of all the fish received , however , an
the pair of golden Ides. These ore a for
eign fish and exceedingly rare. It ii
said that there are but thlrtcer
specimens In the possession o
all the fish commissions of the country ,
They are a largo fish , weighing about n
pound and a half or three pounds and arc
marked In golden hues. A peculiarity I ;
that they breed but once In eight or ten
yearn and the experiments In which they
will figure will be watched with Interest ,
Commlslsoner May Is elated over the acqui
sition of these fish , particularly on aecounl
of their rarliy.
All the fish which are not represented al
the hatcheries will bo watched with care ,
Efforts will be made to breed them in ordci
to propagate the different varieties , If pos
sible. /
Frank Parmalee , W. D. Hardln and U. M ,
C , Thocias have returned from Arapaboe
with a bag of 150 quail. They wcro the
guests of Jim and John Den during their
stay.
stay.W.
W. D. Townsend and wife and Dr
Despecher and wlfo have been out west ol
Mlllanl and found quail in plenty.
Among those who have been In the vicin
ity of Chalco during the last week have
been Frank Murray , Stark , C. H. Curtis and
Late Young and they all made good kin-
Ing * .
H. S. McDonald and a party ransacked the
northwestern part of the county and came
back with forty-three quail and elgbty-sh
rabbits , or so they tell. About thet middle
J ot the week McDonald and Will Towusenil
made a descent upon LaPlatte for a quail
shoot.
Rube Wiseman left last week for Val
paraiso for a week's stay with the quail.
John McDonald and George Hill bad a
nlco day along the Elkhorn last week.
Con Young and Erasiuz Young on
Wednesday reft for a week's raid on the
ducks and geese In the vicinity ot Cody.
Ben Nelson left on Tuesday with Fred
Ooodrlch for a week's outing along the banks
of Qulnncbaug.
Jim Smead and W. P. McFarlan came
back from Cody with a bag of 600 ducks.
Herman Vctter nnd Bud Crlmatz have gone
to lllg lake to try their hand at black
birds.
Dave Simpson has received his handsome
dog Duke from the trainer and the animal
is In the finest sort ot condition for hunt-
Ing.
Ing."A
"A few scraps for my dog. " Hunting men
know hnw often they hear ono of their
brother ootcrs uttering the above few
words T . ; n In search of food for his dog.
Some pcoplo think that "any old thing" will
do for a dog ; but the exact opposite is the
case , especially If the dog Is a hunting dog ,
whether hound , pointer , setter or spaniel ,
that has just undergone a hard days' work
with bis master , and for his master's pleas
ure. The dog at the end of a day's hunt Is
often far moro tired than his master , and
needs a good meal just as badly as does
the two-legged hunter. What a different
feeling there Is between the way a man feels
after a hard day In the woods and before
eating dinner , to the way ho feels after that
meal. It Is just the same with the dog. Ho
wants a good meal after his hunt , and "a
few scraps" won't do. With the patent
dog cakes now manufactured at so low a
price , thereIs no excuse for anyjnan going
on a hunt , whether Into the woods or to a
hunting resort , and running the risk of
being able to secure "a few scraps , " subject
to the favor of the cook. It your dog won't
eat dog cakes when broken up and without
being steeped , soak them for a while , and
then get a little pot-liquor frqm the coojr
and malto them Into a tasty dish. Any dog
will soon learn to eat and relish them , and
they make excellent material on which to
build up bone and muscle on a dog.
Albert Edholm and Dr. Owens spent last
Sunday at Onawa and returned with a nice
bag of birds.
C. H. Schaefcr , Elmer Farbsley and Henry
Homan had pretty good luck with croppio
at Langdon last week. Ed Krug Is also
there and writes that the fish are biting
well , although the weather has not been
very favorable for casting.
SOME MISCELLANEOUS SPORT
Cornell' * Probable Demand on Ynle
the TliliiK tJiat Make * College
Men Hold Their Breath.
Where there Is smoke there Is usualty some
fire , and , therefore , there seems to be some
foundation to the reports that Cornell Is In
tending to send an athletic ultimatum to
Yale , although the rumors are strenuously
denied at Ithaca. Annually Cornelllans are
becoming more sore over the refusal ot the
Yale athletic council to engage in foot ball ,
base bail and track struggles with them , and
there is now considerable talk of sending
a plain statement to the Yale push that
Cornell will not give them on opportunity
to regain their lost rowing laurels unless
the bars are thrown down in other athletic
events. It was only by stress ot circum
stances that Yale consented to row Cornell
at Foughkecpslc a couple of years ago , and
because ot the defeat sustained there by the
Bfue last summer's race at New London
was an absolute necessity. Cornell's victory
over Yale and Harvard on the Thames course
made the Ithacans recognized dictators in
the rowing world , and for that reason Cor
nell proposes to try to use this as an enterIng -
Ing wedge to force Yale to meet her in other
athletic ways. While Yale was practically
compelled to meet Cornell In a boat race all
efforts to arrange baeo ball , foot ball and
track games were promptly balked by the
Yale management , who claimed that the
scheme was not favorably regarded by the
undergraduates. Therefore Cornell Is telling
YaTo that unless she admits tbo Ithacans to
other competitive sports Cornell will refuse
to meet her on the water. A well known
Cornell graduate talks as follows about the
situation : "Yalo plays toot ball and base
ball with Harvard and Princeton , besides
Wcslcyan , Brown , Amherst , Wifllams , Dart
mouth and the Indians. Why cannot Cornell
get a date each year , too ? la It because wo
arc gradually turning out stronger teams
and may some day defeat Yale ? Possibly It
la the same reason why Yale turned down
the University of Pennsylvania , with whom
wo are not afraid to play an annual series
In all branches. Yale saw that the Quakers
were rapidly coming to the top of the foot
ball heap and dropped them. Cornell has
taken such big strides in all departments In
the last live years that It Is our belief that
Yale does not care to take any more chances
than are absolutely necessary with us. "
The eastern intercollegiate rowing situa
tion seems to bo In a bit ot a muddle and
tangle In view of the fact that Cornell and
Yale , with Harvard backing the latter , will
find difficulty in making arrangements fern
n race under any circumstances. In the
first place , it the tbreo come together , the
Blue and the Crimson will probably Insist
that the race shall take place upon the
Thames course. The Cornell experts , even
though their crew won last year , declare
that this course Is unfit , and probably will
not consent again to go there In order to
get a race. Secondly , Cornell will Inslsl
that if the race takes place It shall be
rowed at least moro than a week's time
distant from her race with Pennsylvania.
Since Cornell's defeat at the hands ot
Pennsy last season she can not break away
from the Quakers. Inasmuch as this de
feat was ascribed to the strain of the race
rowed a week before with Yale and Harvard
the Cornell Athletic council has stated that
Cornell will never again row In two racen
within a week or so of each other. Thus
Yale and Harvard would probably have to
concede both date and place to the Cor
nelllans to meet them. They could solve
the whole situation by rowing with Penn
sylvania and Cornell at the Poughkeepsle
course , but they are hardly likely to con
sent to do anything ot the kind. Last
week Manager Preston of the Yale crew
gave ( in Inkling regarding this In the fol
lowing statement : "Yalo will row but one
racouext spring. That race will bo on the
(
Thames with Harvard , In all probability
Cornell will bo invited to enter and will
be cordially welcomed. She will be per
mitted to have an equal voice In making
the arrangements , as she had last year. "
It Yale turns down Cornell's requests , as
seems to bo Intimated In this statement. It
seems likely that.Yalo ami Hap-ard will bo
allowed to have It out by themselves , and
the big race of the year will take place
between Cornell , Pennsylvania , Wisconsin
and Columbia.
Fe v persons realize the gr at strain that
en athlete undergoes. A foot hall player
will lose during a game from three to six
pounds ; a wreitler has been known to lost >
during a hard match twelve pounds. An
exceptional case occurred when Youeouf
' wrestled Whitman of Cincinnati. The Turk
wrestled for three hours and lost twenty
pounds. Evan In the lighter track events
the lost U coosldfirable. The ran it exoentlve
event on the track srcmn to be the mile
run , In which the average Ions Is 1.04
pounds. The average loss In other events
Is as follows : Mlle walk , M pound ;
440-yard dash , .SO pound ; 100-yard dash ,
.66 pound ; polo vault , .65 pound ; 850-yard
dash and 220-yard hurdle , .02 pound ; 120-
yard hurdle , .46 pound.
Prof. Kaarlus , known In New York as the
"blacksmith blltlnrdlst , " has Invented n new
crop of billiard games that would turn an
ordinary man's hair gray to learn. He tnkc
half ot a broken billiard ball nnd stands a
big die , with the usual numbers on It , right
over one of the "spots" on the table , and
then freezes the object ball into ono ot the
corners near It , The object Is to carom
from the frozen object ball on the halt ball ,
and the shot counts the number shown by
the die when It falls to the cloth. Then he
marks the lower end ot the table off Into
squares , with numbers , like a bagatelle
board , and spots the object ball In front ot
the squares. The cue ball must make three
cushions before hitting the object ball , and
the shot counts the number marked on the
space where the latter finally reels , provld-
ng It finally docs rest , In any ot the squares ,
which Is very doubtful.
Halll Adal ! , Terrible Turk II , better
known as the "Sultan's Lion , " is having as
much trouble In catching his woulu-be wrest
ling competitors aa his Illustrious predecessor ,
who Is now feeding the- Danes at the bottom
ot the ocean. A week ago he was slated to
Wrestle with Tom Jenkins , a 175-pound citi
zen from Cincinnati , for $1,000 , 75 per cent
of the gate receipts and the world's cham
pionship. It was to be a catch-as-catch-can ,
strangle hold barred , best two out of three
falls , but It developed Into a first-class
sprinting match. For a long while the Turk
rushed around and tried to catch Jenkins ,
but the Cincinnati lad was too swift for
aim. Then the Lion went to his chair to
have the perspiration wiped from his body
and for this fault Jenkins was given a fall.
Another sprinting match ensued and at the
end of fifty-seven minutes the Turk finally
captured the American , got him down and
squeezed him untir he bellowed. The fall
was awarded to the Sultan's Lion and the
match ended In a draw for lack of time to
pull oft the remaining bout. Such is wrest
ling in New York.
On Friday , November 25 , the Omaha turn-
vereln will give the second annual exhibi
tion ot Its gymnastic system at Turner hall.
Director Retzcr has been working for several
weeks on the matter and promises that the
most interesting display ever given by his
classes will bo shown to the public. All
the cfasscs , men , women and children , will
appear upon the program. In fact , the affair
Is Intended to present a complete exposition
of the German gymnastic system. The com
mittee which has been making the arrange
ments , consists ot Philip Andres , Prof. Ret
zcr , Fred Wallway and Jobann von Kelken-
ney.
CHESS.
Score of game recently finished in the Ne
braska Chess association correspondence
tourney between Leo Edwards of Lincoln
and E. R. Tyson of Nebraska City. Notes
by T. N. Hnrtzcll of Kearney.
White Edwards. Black Tyson.
I-P to K I. 1 P to K 4.
2 Kt to K B 3. 2 Kt to Q B t.
3 B to Kt 5. S Kt to B 3.
4-Castles. 4 Kt takes P.
& -P to Q 4. & -B to K 2.
6-Q to K 2. 6-Kt to Q 3.
7-B takes Kt. 7-Kt P takes B.
8-Q P takes P. 8 Kt to Kt 2.
9 Kt to Q 4. 9 Castles ( a. )
10-K R to Q ( b. ) 10-Q to K.
11-R to K. 11-B to B 4.
12 Kt to K B 6. 12 P to Q 4 ( c. )
13-Q to Kt 4. 13-B takes Kt.
14 Q takes U. 14-Q to K 3.
15-Q takes Q ( d. ) 1&-P takes Q.
16-B to K 3. 16-U to K B 4.
17 B takes B. 17 Kt takes B.
15 Kt to Q 2. ] 8-Kt to Q 2.
19 Kt to K B 3. 19 P to Q B 4.
20 P to Q B 3. 10 R to Kt.
21-R to K 2. 21-P to Q R 4.
22-Q R to K. 22 P to K Kt 4.
23-P to K R 4 ( e. ) 2.1-P to K Kt 0.
24-Kt to K Kt ,5. 24 Kt to K B.
2S-P to K B 3. 23-P to K R 3.
2&-P takes P. 26 R to K B 5.
27 Kt to 1C B 3. 27 RxK Kt 2nd P.
28-Kt to Q 2 ( f. ) 2S-R takes R > P.
29-Kt to Q Kt 3. 29 R to Q Kt 4.
30-R to K B. 30-P to Q R S. '
31 Kt to Q B. 31 P to Q B B.
32 R to K B G.\ 32 P to Q B 4.
33-R ( K 2) ) to K B 2.33-R to Kt
34 Resigns ( K. )
( a ) Even game.
( b ) A lost move.
( c ) An excellent move.
( d ) Q to Q 3 looks better , in view of later
developments. At this point Black , with
the defense , has all his pieces but one In
play , while White lias three that have not
been moved.
( e ) One square too far.
( f ) 28and 29 really accomplish nothing.
( R ) It would seem tlmt there Is consid
erable fight still In evidence. On the whole
the name was excellenly played by Mr.
Tyson ( black ) , but not at nil up to Mr
Edwards' usual play. I venture the opin
ion that the attack would have been more
vigorous If conducted In July or August.
Score of game played In the same con.
test between C. L. Owen , secretary of the
association , Albion , and C. Q. De France ,
Lincoln. The game Is incomplete , but fur
nishes a good study of opening :
RUY LOPEZ BARNES' DEFENSE
White-Owen. Blnck-Dc F nce.
4-P to 3. 4-R to Kt 2
5-P to Q 4. i & -K Kt to K 2
6-Castles. .J G-P takes P.
7 P taken P. 7-Castles
x8-Kt to B 3. S-P to Q 4
,2 § Jak5 Ktt I 5 P tal U-
10 P to K B. 10 B to K 'I
Il-n to Kt 5. Hp to KR S
12-B to K 3. l _ Kt to B 4
W-K to U. 13-P to QB 4.
14 Resigns.
As it stands the game Is slightly In favor
of white , but the secretary , In sending his
resignation , says : "It is impracticable for
mo to continue my games , hence I sub
missively yield. " The winner re
marks that Secretary Owen Is one of
the best players In the tournament and
every contestant will feel that a game lost
to his play Is preferable to one won be
cause of the secretary's Inability to con
tinue his games.
Pro.blem No. 49 By C. Q. De France ,
Lincoln , Whlto to play and mate In nine
moves.
Mate with bishop and'knight Is regarded
as ono of the most difficult In chess. Many
good chess players find It hard to mate In
the required fifty moves. The problem below -
low can , be- done In nine moves against
Black's best play or In a less number If
Black makes a weak move.
BLACK.
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