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rvmbor IS. 1WV4. THE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED DEE. i, SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK Omaha Baiket Ball Lssgue Makes a Oooa Start en Seassn. ROLLER SKATING TO bt REVIVED LOCALLY Manaarrr filllan Almost neatly to Wel m the katrrs to the Audi torium, Whrrr a Fine niak la Walling;. They're off! The City Uasket Ball Uague. While It Is rathr early In the tame to Judge of the relative merits of the tams, H I not too oarly to nay that every team Is Rftcr th- pennant. The "Mixer," another association team. Joined the league during the week, whlrh makes the eluhth team. The league la now complete and In full swing. Tha games are being played Saturday evening tit the Young Men's Christian nwitn-iatlvn gymnasium and on Thursdays at the Omaha Comemertlal col lege. The games ar free to the public, and all are lnvli.-d to attend. The more the merrier. Tha standing of the teams up to Thursday evening. Inclusive, is us follows: Tim. Hi.yles Mixers Crescents Straight C... Pmyed. Won. Lost. I'er c 1 1 1.OU0 ,6) .fl"0 .R'i .M) 2 2 .. 2 ThurstoiiM 2 Carjienters 2 utnaria Com I coilcg The Omiilia Curling club announces that It has rome out of the innocuous desuetude and will have an artificial lake of Ice at Thirty-third and Evans streets soon. The sickness of President George Anderson last winter militated ugulnat the activity of the curlinii club, Mr. Anderson having won the Troup medul two previous seasons, and on that account no one would take sJ.ttnluye of his chief ofTlrer's illness to compete for the medal. This season, however, the officers of the curling club any the "roar ing game" will be much in evidence. It has been suggested that some enter prising local manager Inaugurate a series of tug-of-war matches such as were In vogue In the old Coliseum days when Tom Kck and Jack 1'rrnco gathered in a few shekels. It will be remembered that thou sands went to the Coliseum to see the matches between the Danes, Swedes, Scots, Germans, Irish, Kngllsh, Americans and other nationalities. Interest In the matches was kept at white heat. There la plenty of talent In Omaha from which to select tug-of-war teams. It Beems that Manager Qlllan could Infuse u little ginger Into his roller skating season by pulling off a series of matches In the same manner he says he Intends to have banket ball games and polo matches. The arena of the Audi torium would be an admirable place for a tug-of-war. It just needs some one to get hold of the rope and start the thing along and there you are. $ Manager Glllan ?f the Auditorium ex pects to have his roller skating rink open Monday evening, a week from tomorrow. The Man Who K the good and the bad points of all Typewriters emington REMINGTON TYPEWRITER CO. New York and Everywhere THE TONIC Produces Wonderful Results Gives strength to the weak energy to the exhausted. Greatest Known 1 Jn' Iv Hi I Sometime during the week ha expects carload of skates, more or less, and then the bell will ring for roller skating In Omaha. The Auditorium floor baa been planed and sandpapered and there wilt ba a large flior apace for tha merry skaters to roll over. A band will be In attendance and Manager Glllan announces he will In troduce novelties and features from time to time. The skating season will run along through the winter, being Interrupted oc casl nal!y by other events thst have been hooked for the Auditorium. It Is believed the time Is ripe for a revival of roller skating here and Manager Glllan Is going to take advantage of the opportunity, so he states. He Is already negotiating Tor several fancy skaters to give exhibitions, will have several Instructors on his staff and will introduce such features as trick bicycle riding, basket ball games and other sports during an Intermission of the evening skating. The hours for skating will be from 2 to S p. m. and ".30 to 10:30 p. m. Manager Glllan advises all to wear substantial shoes and thus derive the most benefit from the skating and experience the least fatigue from the sport, Down at Columbus they are bragging about a play that was so common in Omaha that the crowd was disappointed If It did not see it at least onoe In a game. That Is, a mnnor going from first to third on a bunt. Once at least Del Howard ran the whole way home on a hunt. In the great game with Colorado Springs, the one that decided the Western league championship In favor of Omaha, the score was 2 and 2 In tho last half of the sixth, when Omaha went to bat. And then Omaha made four runs and no one out. and the ball wasn't knocked out of the diamond once. If that Isn't going some on a bunt, well, the Omaha fan doesn't know what is. If tha American ltague could have seen Ikey Kahl during that performance he wouldn't have bun worth 20 cents on a trade. One of B.ll Rourke's hobbles Is the bunt, and the team he has Just won a pennant with in a heart breaking race is the first he ever had that would work as he wanted. Take It on the run-to-thlrd play, for example. Hill had It doped out like tills: The batter glvca the runner tho oltlce and the start Is made. The runner Is half way to second by the tlmo the ball gets to the plate. A properly placed bunt toward third draws that base man In and the runner doesn't stop at sec ond at all, but keeps right on to third. By the time the third baseman has made the throw and got back to cover the bog, the runner Is nearly there, and three time out of five the throw from first is bad. This makes the runner safe and gives him the further opportunity of going on home If the throw Is entirely wild. After the play has been pulled off a couple of times the fielders are laying for It, and the result then Is that the throw to first is made while the third baseman Is thinking of getting back to the bag, and this gives' the batter more than an even break on getting to first. Now this all looks mighty good in dope, and Rourke tried It. His team, after It got to going right, became a mortal terror to the InAelders on tho other side, and Just for the reason that it bunted, bunted, bunted, all the time, and when It wasn't bunting, Joe Dolan, or Dell Howard, or Butch or nows YOU LI HE Strength Builder to Mcdci Science. Try It Before RETIRING. As a sleep producer it is unequaled. Order from your druggist. 15c a Bottle 16 someone else was putting the ball over the fence or down In the corner for a three bagger. Not a team played here that could stand the bunt game. Every one cf them had a balloon ascension as soon aa thit little play was started. And then Bill trained hia men to handle bunts, so that when It came their turn In the field the other fellow couldn't get back at them, and so proficient did they become that attempts to sacrifice Invariably resulted In the runner being thrown out at second. You bet, the bunt game Is a beauty when It Is worked right, but the play the Columbus people think so fine la no wonder la Omaha. The expected happened at Chicago, when the American league took step to turn down the demands of the minors for an advance In the draft price. It waa the unnanlmous opinion of base ball men all over the coun try that the majors would not stand for the Increase in prices proposed by the little fellows. This brings it back to the secondary draft by the A A class. That was one of the Tebeau Jokers, and It's a good bet that Brother George will make that clause stand up, no matter what becomes of the other. The National league did Just as the American did, and that will end the Increase In price to be paid the minor league magnate for drafted players. Then the Inward beauty of the Tebeau plan will dawn on his associates In the National association of minor base ball leagues. All stories from the camps of the big leagues are to the effect that salaries are being pared liberally for the coming season. War figures are forgotten, and peace has brought about the conditions under which tha magnates hope to get something for themselves out of the gate receipts. It may be that the cut will not reach to the minors, but It is certain the days of fancy prices are about at an end, and that a player will have to earn his money In the future. With a vote of four to four on the fowl strike rule, the American league referred the whole matter to the rules committee, and the expectation Is that no change will be made in the playing rules. It will be up to the batter to get busy now. Some of the boys showed that it Is possible to hit ,X under the present rules, and the others will have to get In line. And at that. It seems that the crowds are pretty well satisfied with the way the game was played last season. No matter how much people may talk about free hitting, as soon as one side or the other began to touch up a pitcher the demand for a change was always heard. And it must be considered that the fielders had a great deal to do with the low batting records, for never was such smart work seen on the diamond, as that which marked the course of the game lust summer. Uoth inlleld and outfield' work has been developed to the point where it requires the utmost skill to land a ball In safe territory. As was said two weeks ago, the game Is one for brains and not all for brawn nowadays and the brainy player is the one who is going to get ahead. The determination of the National league to stick to the long schedule, announced Just before adjournment on Wednesday, doesn't give much promise for the post season games, for the Interlengue con testa will have to be set for October, If at all. It Is strange that while other leagut find the 140-game season long enough, the National should Insist on having 151. It Is too long, even If It be set down for five months playing. The only object is to get all the gate money possible. Last season the Western league was the beneficiary ol something the public apparently didn't un derstand. When it was an clght-club leugue the schedule called for 140 games, but when It was cut to six clubs, the schedule was Increased to 160 games, thereby giving the magnates Just ten more throws for each club at the pockets of the public, and requiring the players to play ten more games with no increase in salary. Percy Chamberlainhas finally sold two of the best men of the last season's team at St. Joseph, Garvin, the catcher, and Hortmun, the hustling middlo fielder. This is taken as a further evidence that St. Joseph is not going to bo In the circuit next summer, but Is not conclusive evi dence of that fact. Garvin said while In Omaha last fall that ho would not play In St. Joseph again under any conditions; that ho would quit the eamo first, linn man was in much the same mind, so that It doesn't follow because Chamberlain has sold them that he Intends to give up his franchise. The St. Joseph team was badly jtt financially at the close of the season, and while the players got their money reg ularly, the management found a decided red Ink balance when the last game was played. The sale of McBrlde, Garvin and Hartman will aid In erasing this, and herein lies the secret of the sale. Cham berlain expects to have a stock company with sufficient capital to send the team through the season back of him before spring. At one time last fall I'apa Bill Rourke had a chance to get McBrlde from ritts burg for Omaha. This waa contingent on Pittsburg not using him. Just now the stories coming from Smoky Town are to the effect that the Pirates are going to be changed almost entirely before the next playing season begins. The only definite changes so far given out are that "Kitty" Bransfleld will be released, and "Hon'is" Wagner will be put on first, with McBrlde at short. This ends Papa Bill's dream. He still has Beaver, and if the Ottumwa recruit can hold up his end. with Dolan on first and Schlpke on third, the only hole left to fill on the diamond will be second. Jack Thomas Is to be used as utility man and change catcher. Rourke Is still keeping some youngsters under cover, for he wants to start tho season with a string of winners, and Isn't In viting any onslaught from other managers by disclosing his plans. The signing of Jaek"pfelster for the com ing season completes the roster of the Omaha pitchers, and assures Papa Bill Rourke that he will start the season in much better condition than he did this year. Pfelster. Quick, Companion, Sanders and Llebhardt make a fine array of box talent, and indicates that Omaha will be in the running from the very beginning of the schedule. Tuesday, January 1?, Is the date fixed by the constitution for the meeting of the Western league, and Omaha will be the place. Some very important business, aside from fixing the circuit for the coming season will come up. One of the features will be the selection of a president. The man who takes that position will have to accept a liberal cut In salary. Just now the league la paying 12,000 a year, and I'iW for clerk hire, which Is Just about twice too much. The next preeldent of the league will get about $1,3)0 and will have not over $300 for his clerk. And at this the Job will be one of the best paying In base ball circles, even If the work Is done much better than It ever 'was under the reign of Beaton. It could hardly be neglected more. The air Is .till full 0f names for the place. Tebeau is back of Otto Kioto Sandy Orlswold. and Percy Chamberlain can t aee anybody but "Doc" Shlvely. under the insane notion that the pre.ide.it must ought to take Into consideration the condl tlon of Pat Powers. Dan Johnson. Harry lulllam, and acme of the others who are managing leaguea from towns belonging j circuit It will be suicidal for the valley teams to go Into the fion divided aa to who will be president. Sandy Grls wnld Is still the most available man for them to unite on, and they should have no trouble In tendering him the place un animously. The event of the week In local bowling circles was the visit of Sam Karpf, secre tary of the American Bowling Congress of the Vnlted States, to Omah last Monday evening. Mr. Karrf's visit was particu larly In the Interest of the fifth annual bowling tournament to be held t Mil waukee from February IS to 23. He worked up considerable enthusiasm among the local bowlers, whom he addressed at the association alleys. Interest In bowling Is Increasing all over the country, much thanks particularly to the American Bowl ing congress, which organization had but five leagues In l$-5 as against about T'O today. Reports from different sectb-ns of the country show that the sport is being IndulRed In by many of the best men In the country. A writer In the Minneapolis Tribune pays this little tribute to the game: "Bowling is truly a democratic, cosmopolitan and sociable game, serving at the same time the purpose of wholesome, clean sport and muscular exercise without any of the ob jectionable features found In other pastimes. It brings Into play every muscle of the body, without overtaxing the strength or developing one organ at the expense of the other, and no physician has yet been found to sound a note of warning against It, while, on the contrary, physi cians are giving It their unqualified en dorsement. Bowling has become a reputa ble and fashionable recreation, and to be come a good bowler Is recognized as nn accomplishment not to be despised." Referring again to the national Mil waukee tournament, It can be said that it bids fair to be the greatest bowling event the country has ever yet seen. Omaha will have a good representation, the exact number of teams not having been decided un It is quite well settled that Captain Huntington's Excelsiors and Captain Em ery's Omahas will go, while the Onimods, Drexels and II. D. Reeds are getting Into shape at the Harney street alleys, so that if their country calls them to go to Mil waukee and make Omaha famous they will go. It Is one thing to claim world's records and another thing to make them. A few days ago reports came from Schluslng's al leys In New York City to the effect that a world's record had Just been established for a five-men-team in one game of ten pins, the total number of pins being 1,175. Algonquin team mado the "record" and the members of the team were much elated over what they thought was tho world's record. But the facts of the case are that unless some of the back counties are heard from with higher figures Captain Hunting ton's Excelsior team of Omaha will claim the world's record for a flve-men-team in one game of tenpins when the team goes to Milwaukee in February. The records at the local association alleys show that on May 27 last, while in a competition game with the Omahans, the Excelsiors rolled up a score of 1,180. This Is eleven plna more than the New York brethren. Nor is this all. Another claim for a world's record will be made by the Omaha Bowling association when the teams go to Brewerytown. This second record was made last May by the Kxcelslors, who will claim the record of S.20O pins for three games by a five-men-team. This Is said to be something like eighteen pins more than the highest record yet reported in public print. To a man up a tree It seems that Presi dent William R. Harper of the Chicago ' university wants to start something when , he says, "Sports and athletics will never be on their proper plane until gate receipts are abolished and college games are abso- I lutely gentlemen's games." It is the con- sensu of opinion of those who are In a po- ' sition to know in this neck of the woods . that President Harper's position Is O. K. I In theory, but N. G. in practice, at least under existing condition. It takes money J to make the mare go In college sports and i unless those in charge of our seats of barn- ; lng will put up the requisite coin It Is up to j the athletic boards to charge at the gate. As a rule receipts of foot ball games curry through the other sports of the colleges and universities, the other sports being those to which no admiaalon charge la made. One of Princeton's most prominent foot ball players and all-round athletes, now living in Omaha, had this to say in regard to President Harper's statement: "I have had occasion to observe tho matter re ferred to by Mr. Harper and I can say that the fact that an admission fee Is charged at the site has no effect whatever on the pluyer. He does not see one cent of th money, which goes Into the athletic fund. The player does not know even what the receipts are, and from a purely athletic standpoint does not interest himself in the financial feature of the game. The money part of It Is merely a means to an end. In the larger colleges the athletes have special dining tables, which entail addi tional costs; coachers must be retained at large salaries and other features incidental to the sports must be kept up. It is not a rare thing for a smaller college to defeat a larger college, the latter possibly ex pending twice the money through the ath letic board to maintain the sports, which fact I argue would show In a way that money considerations do not affect what President Harper styles 'gentlemen's sports.' " There are no two opinions among those connected with sports of western colleges and universities in regard to the matter in question. In the case where no tuition fee is charged It Is obvious that the sports must be self-sustaining and the directors of other Institutions have not yet seen their way clear to maintain the athletic depart ments. Representatives of both Bellevue college and Crelghton university athletic boards say that the admission fee Is neces sary to keep up tho athletics. Then an other argument is advanced, namely, that Inasmuch as the rules are strict about play, ers receiving money and Inasmuch as, for Instance, a good gamo of foot bal) Is given, why should the spectator pay a charge? The money goes for a good purpose; It goei to build up a nation of manly men. The games entail certain expenses which must be paid some way, and why not by the public and through an athletic board? Physical Director Pentland of the Young Men's Christian association says the pros pects are now bright for a five-team asso ciation 'state basket ball league. The teams probably will be the Omaha association first team and teams of the Uncoln, Nebraska university, Wesleyan and Hastings Young Men's Christian associations. The matter Is now in correspondence and Mr. Pentland believes It will be past the paper stage In a week or so. On Tuesday the Omaha asso ciation first team will go to Sioux City V.t play the association team In the Iowa town. 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