THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1903.
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(Copyright, 1806, by Globe Press Associa
tion.) NEW TORK. Dec. in.-(Bpeclal,)-Ai the
members of the Chicago Press club upon
the occasion ot a visit of that organisation
to Washington and the east were filing
through the offices of the Executive Man
sion, one of the members of the party
laughingly congratulated President Roose
velt, saying an he did so:
"The first republican president that Tam
many Hall has ever publicly thanked by a
re solution."
The reference was to the fact that Tam
many Halt In Its platform Just adopted
at the time of the visit of the Chicago
newspaper men had congratulated the
president ufton the success achieved in
connection with the holding of the peace
conference at Portsmouth, N. H.
"Do you know," said President Roose
velt, without a moment's hesitation. "I am
tremendously Interested in that historical
fact? And I am going to write to my
old friend Tom Grady of the Tammany
Hall committee on resolutions and get a
copy of that particular section of the plat
form." All of this was not "under the rose"
not even In the form of an Interview but
the spontaneous observation In public of
l .13 president while acting as host to
party of newspaper men visiting the city
of Washington. Then, perhaps fearing
that the remarks, so obviously half Jest,
half earnest, might be taken In too serious
a vein, the president added merrily:
"But I want to say that I have Just had
a conference 'on my hands' which Is giv
ing me more trouble ten times over
than that Portsmouth ' peace conference
ever gave me. In strict confidence I don't
mind telling you all what it was."
, Harder Than the Russians.
Here the visiting journalists all pricked
up their ears, thinking that possibly Presl-
' lit Roosevelt had taken advantage of the
imtil visit ot Ople Reld and his Chl-
followers to reveal a profound state
t. Everybody laughed heartily, the
; .tWlent himself laughing with tho news
paper men as he spoiled the "scoop" by
adding in his inimitable ntyle:
"It Is the foot ball conference of college
presidents."
Now, however, the newspaper men who
listened to the president's laughing, run
ning comment upon the subject of foot
bail rules are wondering if after all there
Is more truth than fun or fiction in Mr.
Roosevelt's assertions if after all it will
not be harder for the warring factions of
foot ball to "get together" than for the
warring factlona of the Russians and the
Japs.
One thing, however, appears clear and
distinct. It cannot be made too emphatic.
College foot ball has not received a death
blow. Many change will undoubtedly be
made in rules and In methods now that the
season Is practically at a close, but thera
la too much of good In the rt to war
rant any man in making the ...sertlon that
"College foot ball must go."
Commercialism the Blame.
But it appears to be universally agreed
that "Commercialism In college foot ball
must so."., Just -how, this particular result
will be arrived at, it Is for the future con
ferences and committees to decide. Pri
martly the trouble today centers around
the fact that the gate receipts at a first
class college game are enormous. In
stances are reported In which more than
40,000 spectators must have been in attend
ance. To say nothing of the speculation
going on in tickets in spite of all pro
hibitions and precautions speculation
which at times must have been winked at
by those in authority this means that tho
men on the gridiron are fighting a battle
In which the spectators have paid more
money than Is usually paid in to see a
championship prize fight say $75,000 or
$100,000. This one fact alone is enough to
demonstrate that these games are tainted
with the spirit of commercialism and that
the line between the professional and the
amateur la hard to find in this sort of
thing. It was Chancellor MacCracken of
New Tork university who Inquired what
would be thought ot German universities
should they allow their students to fight
their duels before grandstands full of peo
ple at U per head? American publio opin
ion long ago frowned down dueling, but
in the light of Chancellor MacCracken's
effective comparison it begins to appear as
though the advantages were all with the
dueling Gorman student. There may at
first sight appear to be little, if any. rela
tion between the taking of large sums Of
money by persons Interested In college
foot ball and that violence of j-!ay which
occasionally causes physical Injury and
death, but trickery in procuring players
and conducting the sport has been proved
and It is not a far cry from trickery In
arranging the plan of buttle to trickery
on the field of battle itself. Certain it is
that it would appear more natural to
charge some of the things done on the
gridiron to commercialism in foot ball
rather than to accident or loss of temper.
Be that as it may the lovers of true jport
in general and foot ball in particular are
agreed that In these things which some
times do result in the death of the players
it will be necessary to avoid even the ap
pearance of evil by making foot hall
games In the future mor elnvltatlonal In
character and less of the' nature of a
circus to which an admission has been
paid.
Spirit of Wlanla.
The makers of rules and the coaches ot
teams have laughed at the fears or the
parents of college boys and have smiled
at the outcry against the brutalities of tho j
game. "Win! Win! We must win win at
sny cost!" has been the cry of the foot
hall factions contending for supremacy
on the gridiron.
Last year, It will be remembered, public
Indignation was at a white heat Just about
the time that the foot ball season reached
Its end. Th makers of the rules rrofessed
repentance changed a word here Juggled
a phrase there and the general public was
told to look for an Improvement an Im
provement which never came. Wise friends
of true sport In every form saw that foot
ball was rolling to a crash, and accordingly
bent their efforts and energies In, the di
rection of "safe and sane foot ball."
The crash came when Columbia university
"bolted brutality" and banished foot ball.
Coach William Raymond Morley, who has
brought the Columbia foot ball team to a
high standard of efficiency, called atten
tion to the fact that the deaths this year
from foot ball were nineteen about the
same as last yesr, not a high rate when It
Is remembered that 100.000 players annually
indulge in the game. But President Eliot
of Harvard, while advising "an interval
for cooling down" before taking drastic
action, thereby demonstrating his Judicial
temperament and putting himself In the po
sition of a man who Is "keeping In the
middle of the road," also calls attention
to the fact that the death rate Is really
not the chief point at Issue that the fact
that "chesting and brutality are profitable
is the main Issue.
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End or Mend the Came.
Two courses appear to be open to foot
ball authorities of the various colleges and
universities. The first Is to abolish foot
ball as It is played in America today and
substitute what Is known as association
or "socker" foot ball. Already "socker"
foot ball has obtained a hold among the
various colleges of the east. At Cornell
the athletic council has given official recog
nition to this new sport, placing it on an
equal footing with basket ball, la crosse
and the other nr'nor branches of athletics.
At Princeton association foot ball has been
growing in favor among the undergradu
ates, and a squad of thirty men has been
practicing the game regularly. Both Cor
nell and Princeton, together with Penn
sylvania, have applied for admission Into
the Intercollegiate Foot Ball league, which
was formed last May with Columbia, Har
vard and Haverford as the charter mem
bers. It is expected that Tale will Join
the league in the near future. Fred Mllnes
of the Pilgrim "socker" team, which re
cently played a series of test matches
throughout this country, thereby adding
materially to the Interest taken in this
sport, has given a trophy cup to the
league and It Is to be played for under
conditions which hive been named by him.
With colleges like Columbia out of regular
foot ball and taking up with "socker'
or association foot ball It would appear
as though a strong current Is setting In
the direction of the game as It is played in
England.
Chance of Ten -Yard Ttnle
If the college foot ball authorities take
the other course and cling to the American
style of foot ball It will be because the rules
committee bends Instead of breaks before
the storm of public Indignation. While cer
tain members of the rules committee ap.
pointed by the leading colleges of the east
are upparcntly of the opinion that no rad
leal changes are needed, the committee as a
whole appears to realize that the methods
of the thug and plug-ugly cult can no
longer be adopted on college foot ball fields,
Walter Camp, whose word upon foot ball is
listened to east, west, north and south, calls
attention to the fact that the ten-yard rule,
which he has for years advocated, is work
Ing well in Canada. This Is only one of the
changes which will bo insisted upon by In
terests powerful In athletic college councils
here In the east. Another change will prob
ably be In the direction of the more rigid
enforcement of existing rules, more officials
being placed on the field for the purpose In
j the future. It Is urged that four men could
see things whieh two might in the excite
ment of the game overlook.
Whether slight changes will be sufficient
to save the game remains to be seen. In
certain high and mighty college quarters
there appears to be a disposition to aban
don all tc'.es and begin all over again the
work of forming new rules and regulations,
One powerful nrgument Is that outside o
Its brutality, which may perhaps appeal to
the mob much as the contests of gladiators
appealed to the ancient Romans, the game
Is not even Interesting to the average man
since not even a foot ball expert can make
much out of a mass of forty-four arms
and forty-four legs, all moving about, ap.
parently without any method In their mad
ness. Public opinion put an end to the fly
Ing wedge. Tet the flying wedge was more
spectacular and less dangerous than some
of the mass plays devised nowadays by
these same foot, ball experts who appear to
Imagine that they can move men as pawns
are moved about on a chessboard, as sol
dlers are moved about on a field of battle.
What Is Likely.
If the American style of playing foot ball
is retained as the basic principle for the
foot ball of the future, it Is believed that
the evolution must be something like this
College athletic officials with more power
In their hands; more drastic enforcement of
drastic rules by a larger number of official
on the field; penalties great enouxh
largely prevent rough play and the Inser
tlon at regular intervals of advertisements
In the dally papers showing In itemized
form the amounts of money received and
the amounts of money expended bv the
various colleges and universities upon their
different foot ball teams. .
MARION J. PIKE.
to
COMMENT OS CHAGK OF BILES
tlkely to Resnlt In Many Indecisive
Contests.
BOSTON. Deo. UWHarvard foot ball au
thorities, while Interested In the proponed
changes In foot ball rules recommended by
the rules committee at Philadelphia yes
terday, refused to comment on the matter
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round, knocking out his opponent iwlth a
blow over the heart.
WITH THE BOWI.EKS.
Following are scores made in a practice
match between two of the teams selected
to bowl the champion Qunther temn on the
association alleys the Inst of this month.
A glance at the totals will show that the
Omaha boys can give any team a hard
tight, aa the average games of the Ounthers
on their home alleys are not above those
given below. Johnson led for the mati'h
with a total of 818 and a single game of
233. Tonneman also reached the 600 mark.
The No. 2 team has challenged the winners
of this bout ami another contest will be
bowled next Sunday afternoon. Scores:
NO. THREE TEAM.
commented today on the proposed chana-i
"Dr. Phillips favored the change requiring a
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chosen In advance of the font ball season.
Prof. Wild said: "The rules ss proposed
would to a certain extent Improve the game
by causing more open plsy and Insuring a
more strict system of umpires and referees.
The rules, however, providing that the side
having the ball must gain ten yards on
three downs or forfeit the ball to the other
side, substituting ten yards for the present
requirement of five, would be likely to re
sult In an indecisive kicking game."
1st. 2ri. '3d. Total.
Neale 101 165 .-.1J
Clay ITS 11 lo 639
Johnson 208 SIS 177 618
Tonneman 214 190 IMS 6ofl
a. O. Francisco 188 17s 171 637
Totals 990 946 924 2,860
NO. ONE TEAM.
1st. ?. 3d. Total.
Frltacher 185 181 y 5
Potter IhH 1M 1M 676
lOJerde 17 195 11 5t:.3
I Huntington 176 1M 5,13
jSprsgue 170 IDS 194 5J3
Totals '..936 910 950 2,796
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9tB AGKVIi rOH V. . A.
MeCsr Weal Fight Corbett.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10,-Kld McCoy tonight
sent a challenge to James J. Corbett for a
I fight, the terms of which are to he ar
ranged later, it being understood that a
new eluo 111 ueiaware, tunned by Tom
O'Rourke, will offer a purse of SKi.OUO. In
his letter to Corbett McCoy says he has
posted $6,000 with a local newspaper as a
guarantee of good faith. To Issue a formal
challenge for a prise fight Is sgalnst the
laws of New York,, so the McCoy matter
does not deal with any of the details of
the proposed contest, but simply seeks cor
respondence on the subject. McCoy says
he is induced to enter the ring again only
because of the unsatisfactory termination
of his fight with Corbett, which he admits
left a cloud on his record aa a pugilist and
oocause ne Detieves tnai ne la the better
boxer of the two. He declares that undt-r
no consideration will he talk of a match
with any other man than Corbett.
Omaha, richter Kaeeked Oat.
siuua tin, la. . dm. iu. mere was a
prise fight across the- Sioux river in South
iaaora mis afternoon between "Kid
Uaugherty of Chicago and "Kid'' Asmusoen
of Omaha. Uaugherty won in lite third
Victim of Foot Uall.
Rt'SSIAVILLE, Ind.. Dec. 10. Orover
Mason, IX years of age, who was injured
about the head during a font ball game
three weeks ago. is dead at his home he
ere.
Aatomobtle Topics.
New Jersey farmers are advocating a law
that will cause the construction of ditches
one mile apart on the boulevards. They
think this a good way to stop rapid transit
by means of automobiles. Next in turn
will be for some legislator to recommend
the tearing up of all macadam highway
and a return to corduroy roads.
Reduced rates have been obtained for
members of the American Automobile asso
ciation who want to travel from any part
of the country to the convention which Is
to be held in New York January 13 to 20.
The convention will be held at the same
time as the' show of the Automobile Club
of America and In the same building. In
formation conuernlng ll can be obtained In
detail from Secretary A. O. Uatiiielder, 31
West Forty-second street, New York.
For a manufacturer who really wants to
know the public pulse and act accordingly,
it would be hard to devlae a belter scheme
than a reunion of his agents, or retailers,
a reunion partly sociable and partly busi
ness, lasting several days. For the good
of all. buyers, retailers and makers, the
example of the reunion recently held by
the Olds concern at Lansing, Mich., where
everyone had a "large time " and many big
ordjrs were closed, would seem to be well
worthy of emulation. Often it is Jut such
affairs as this that hold the secret of Why
some Arms keep In the lead.
Amelia Will you buy a nsw mode) motor
car at the show? Cynthia No; I'm going
to get a new necklace instead and then
study the new fashions In bodies at the
automobile show and have the body of
my old car made over to suit.
According to the complete official list,
there will be 200 exhibitors in the forth
coming show at Mtidlson Square garden.
A novelty to be Introduced is that of pro
viding all the stands with individual tele
phone service.
An Interesting question has been brought
up recently- through the use by one manu
facturer of the cut of another's car. It
seems that a certain maker decided to
reproduce on his chassis the Columbia
"double victoria" body and before it was
ready for photographing he used a cut of
the copied car for lllustrstlng purposes.
It is understood that the difficulty has been
settled, but the peculiar . lnt brought out
is that there Is apparently no redress In
such cases for the maker whose patterns
are copied. That, at least, was the opinion
of the lawyers consulted, though the moral
sspect of the matter was conceded to be
very different.
"Chauffeur" is a word that has been ac
credited with having been derived from
several sources. The commonly accepted
version is that originally it meant "stoker."
A later Interpretation is that the essen
tial meaning of the word is "nerve." In
view of the accidents that occur to cars
when their owners do not know that they
are out, this seems to oe quite tne pest
etvmologv for the word.
Menihershin iii the Association of Li
censed Manufacturers has been granted to
the Matheson Motor Car company and
the Walter Automobile company, while an
ImnortlnK license has been granted ta
the De Dietrich company.
Secretary Butler of the Automobile Club
of America has been glvsn carte blanche
to use the club funds for decorative pur
poses In the armory where the club will
hold its show in order that the makers of
steam and electric cars, the tire men and
the other exhibitors who are now In the
(,-arden show because they do not need a
license or cannot get one, will not feel
that they arc In a cheap side show. The
prospects aie, therefore, that New York
will have two Fhows of unprecedented
magnificence from an artistic standpoint.
KJaa- of All Csg:i Medicines.
Mr. E. Q. Case, a mail carrier of Canton
Center, Conn., who has been In the U. 8.
service for about sixteen years, says: "We
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but Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is king
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We also find it the best remedy for coughs
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safely to shore In the breeches buoy. The
barge in tow of the Aragon stood the buf
fetlug of the sea and wind longer than its
consort, but stranded two miles north of
Nags Head at 1:30 o'clock In the afternoon.
This afternoon the Nags Head life saving
crew brought ashore Its crew of five men In
the breeches buoy.
Black Jack stelhs. Edholm, Jeweler."""
Novelties Fremer, 15th and Dodge sts.
Bee Want Ads. produce Results.
Mwaln Acquitted of Msrser.
HOUSTON, Tex., Deo. 10. Major Hugh N.
Swatn, V. 8. A., retired, was today ac
quitted of the charge of murder in the sec
ond degree in connection with the slaying
of Charles W. Jones, secretary of the
Houston Fire and Marine Insurance com
pany, of which the father of 8waln was at
the time president. On the first trial Major
Swain was convicted and given a sentence
of twenty-five years In the penitentiary.
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Chains Frcnser. 15th ana Dodge.
Rescaed r Lifesarrrs.
NORFOLK. Va.. Dec. l.-Toiay has been
strenuous for the life saving orems at the
Kitty Hawk. Kill Devil and Nags Head
stations. The Hist two battled aaainst a
terrific sea for several hours In an effort to
reach the st landed steamship Aragon and
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tne ve.-u-ei s aecKs. After this the entire
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