0 'Li THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 16, 1D0G SPORT AT THE BIG SCHOOLS Haw On Pmldntit Bit Polved tbt ' SymnnlTim Qvition. ' CORNELL'S ATHLETES ARE KEEPING BUSY Anaal Ckes Match Bet wee a Colin bin, Ilarrmr, Tale) aa4 Prlaee o Will Coma off Darlaa; t'h rlatmaa Holiday, The physical director and Instructor tn schools and college bar glren and are, giving considerable thought a to how bent to develop all tha physical faculties of soy and men, and how to encourage their pupils to follow tha line of training neee sary to that development. Dr. Henry a. Pettlt of the Adelphl College and Academy, New Tork, faoed difficulties, as all phys ical directors have to face them, but now, by persuasion and rewards, he has corns near to solving tha problem, at least to some extent IDs desire, and the desire of alt srhool men. Is that every pupil snd stu den should wish to develop brawn, which has so treat an effect on the development ef brain. In Adelphl academy the practice pre vailed, until a few years ago, of forcing every male pupil to engage In athletlo ex erelnes. Many boys, however, shirked It, and their parents encouraged them, pre ferring, they said, that their sons should take their exercise In the open air It was so much better, they claimed, than the air of the gymnasium. Those boys were the ones who most needed skilled training. It iras, therefore, decided to try another plan and to appeal to the boys' self-esteem, rhls plan has worked well, hut still some boys refuse to accept Instructions and to submit to tha discipline required of those Who would be proficient In general athletics. Medals for Good Work. D. Pettlt's plan Is to develop the whole body. Ha does not believe In producing specialists In running or jumping or putting the shot. Ills purpose Is to encourage the boys to become all-around athletes. As an Incentive the trustees have furnished buttons and medals for four classes of a erclsrs. Dr. Pettlt has prepared a schedule, carefully thought out, which every boy must follow and complete to win recogni tion and the rewards. Thus the bronzs button class must be able to dip five times on the parallel bars, ehln the bar five times, put the shot twenty feet, high Jump four feet, fence vault four feet three Inches, mat, cartwheel, horizontal fars, knee circle, parallel bars, dip and straddle across bars, rings, ona leg cut and catch, pole vault six feet. The bronze medal class Is next, tha silver medal class third and the gold madal class Is fouth. In this last named class a boy must dip twenty times, chin the bar twenty times, put the shot thirty-one feet, on high Jump five feet, fence vault five feet ten Inches, do a back somersault on the mat, horizontal half giant swing, on parallel bars swing to hsnd stand, on the rings swing and pull to rest both sides, pole vault eight feet six Inches. The boys who are working for the buttons and medals have Increased In number and the liver medal will be won by at least one. Tha bronze medal holders have Increased from ona last year to seven this, and so on. There Is great rivalry and each boy tries to outdo the other. The plan has worked satisfactorily thus far and tha re sult Is seen In the better poise of the pu pils. Thsy are strong, agile, skillful and can endure a large amount of work. This Is certain to be beneficial tn their man hood, when they go Into the world, which Is the purpose of all athletics for boys. Cornell's Cross-Coaatry Teams. , All the colleges in Cornell university elected the captains for. their cross-country team. An intercourse race will soon be held for tha Ehrlch cup offered by an alumnus to the college winning the event. Tha intarclass foot ball series to decide the championship of the university and also tho placing of the class numerals on tha Beehan Trophy cup was won and awarded the 1909 class, which defeated both the freshmen and senior classes. The board track Juat outside of the university gymnasium hne been completed for winter use, and Trainor Jack Moakley Intends to keep his men in trim throughout the sea son. At a recent meeting of the executive committee of the Intercollege A. A. A. A., tha Intercollegiate pole vault record of eleven feet ten and three-fourth Inches made at the last Intercollegiate meet was accepted. The holders of this record are A, P, Gartner of Harvard and T. M. Jack son, 'OS of Cornell. Aaaaal Chess Contest. Columbia, Harvard, Yale and Princeton will meet, a heretofore, during the Christ mas holidays and oontest thalr annual class tournament at the rooms of the West 6ldo Republican club, tXTI Broadway, Manhat tan. Except that the two referees, W. H. Napier and H. Holms, have been named, tha program for the three days' play Is not ready for general distribution. C. Curt will not be able to again act as director of play. As members of the committee of graduates, tha following retain their posi tion as official managers of the tourna ment: H A. Keeler, Columbia; W. Catch ings. Harvard; J. L. Lockwood, Jr., Tale; J. B. Hunt, Princeton; Edward A. Cas well, Tale, 6. secretary, 99 John street. Manhattan; Cleveland H. Dodge, Prince ton, '79, treasurer. Harvard was the win ner last year, which made the record of tha series: Harvard, 9; Columbia, 4; Tale, 1; Princeton, 0. The forthcoming tourna ment, therefore, is the fifteenth. With Josa R. Capablanca at tha head of its team, Columbia U nopeful of once more carrying off chief honors. Last Saturday th New Yorkers were subjected to a severe trying out In the match at the Brooklyn Chess club. Though battn iy H to IV, they were not discouraged. Harvard's Coaitas Crew. Work has been given up for tha year by Harvard watermen, and tha Interest in ibis division of Crimson sports lies, for step toward grtting both Annapolis and West Point In tha Hudson river June re gatta. In the evnt of Pocretary Bonapnrte refusing to give his official permission, it Is tha Intention of tha rowing forces of the Be vera to make some arrangement' by which an annual raca with Cornell will be had. Annapolis was unusually successful In a rowing way taut year, and next sea son will have even a stronger crew. Only two members of last season's eight will be out' of the boat. Tha embryo admirals have arranged a big schedule of races for next year, and they ' Include matches sgalnst Tale, Columbia, Georgetown, Pennsylvania and probably Harvard. Should Harvard row It will be Its first ap pearance on the river 8vern. The only drawback to the possibility of Annapolis going to Poughkeepsle, aside from any official disapproval. Is the fact that the naval cadets graduate early In June and are then obliged to go on their first cruls to polish off their seamanship work. To perfect the Poughkeepsle arrangements It would be necessary to postpone tha be ginning of their annual cruise. ' 1 A-" ! ' ' ! ? ' ' ' ' n i i (i m t i it i it 5 iTn J i Ti , , 1 1 i TUB LONGER YOU USE ONE OF OUR riAXOS, THE MORE PLEASED YOU WILL BECOME Tho Marvelous Values to bo Had in Our 0 MaidD MYSTERY OF SILVER CUPS Treasured Ware of the Warship Denver Swiped raring a Itrceptlon. Jf the United States warship Denver were a hotel Its offloers and men would be In a position to philosophize over the fact that the world la pretty much the same ail over. But as it is their hearts are full of grief, with a possible bit of resentment added. The Denver was In Havana harbor dur ing the uncertain time when President Palma was coming to the conclusion that the revolutionists had mora men and guns than he did. Its commander, Captain Col well, by his tact and adroitness, did much toward preventing an outbreak which would have borne serious consequences. The Cu bans appreciated his services and the re lations established between the officers of bis ship and 'the best society of Havana were the most cordial. It was no mora than natural, therefore, that, on the eve of the Denver's departure for the north, a reception and ball should have been given on board. The chivalry, beauty, cul ture and wealth of tha Cuban capital were there. Everybody was happy, including tha captain, who was made the recipient, on this occasion, of a handsome gold watch from his Havana admirers. Before the gay company broke up Cap tain Colwell bethought him to count his silverware. To his horror he discovered that several cups of tha magnlllcent sil ver erv!ce, given to the ship by the city of Denver on tha occasion of its christen ing, were missing. With resolution, but much diplomatic phrasing, he made a speech from the quarterback, announcing the fact and asking for the return of the "souvenirs. But, sad to relate, the cups were not forthcoming and the Denver had to sail without them. Doutless they have since been displayed with satisfaction by soma of the Havana grandees we do not venture to guess at the sex for the ad miration of friends. This incident will make the proprietors of hotels, restaurants and cafes In America grin appreciatively.. To use .a. slang t rhmse. they nave all "been tner ' many a time and will be many more times. Not a few tourists and vacationists consider the silverware and glassware of tha places where they are entertained legitimate ma terial with which to satisfy their ' In satiable appetite for souvenirs. If noth ing else is available door keya to which brass checks are artf-hed. rr&f Jnade to answer the purpose. Some nice people- again wa refrain from particularizing as to sex have quite interesting collections of this kind. We do not Intend to use these few facts as the wadding for an editorial thunder bolt. We wish merely to remark that It will ease the minds of the offloers of the Denver if they will bear in mind the fact that "there are others" and forget all about the cups. They're gone,' anyway. Cleveland Leader. 1 NEW UriUGHT, Mahogany case, usual price $290, Sale Price $95 $115 $127 $137?? $155 $176 $195 if s lis "Ss. ' i.: Have Never Been Offered Deforc. The Great Question of This Season of the Year Is: What Shall I Buy Her for Christmas? The Best Answer Is-Buy Her a Piano! THIS YEAR get her something worth while the best you can afford. You know, and we know that of all things givable, a piano is the most highly prized by the average woman. Every woman, at some time in her life wants a piano, and nothing short of possession will satisfy her. Perhaps, in your particular case, it's your daughter or your wife, or maybe it's the lady who has promised to become your wife. 'Whoever it is, make her happy by securing for her an instrument that insures pleasure for a lifetime. Don't sidestep just because a piano can't be bought for as little as a volume of poems. Remember this: We have here pianos new ones for as little as $95.00, and from that on up to $750 and theu some. Between these two ex tremes you can select an instrument that is in keeping with your income. If it's inconvenient to pay all cash, we have a plan that enables you to make a small first payment and then a little each month. Come in as early as you can, because it gives you unrestricted choice of our comp ete lino. Pianos of Quality $205 $215 .$230 ...$250 ..$265 $272! ...$295 Our Small Instrument Dept. Pianos of High Quality Are a feature of Hayden Bros.' store. We sell the SOflMER, CHICKEIUSG BROS., FISCHER, ESTEV, WEGMAX, TRICE & TEEPLE, FRANK MX, 8CIIAEFFER, AND 23 OTHER STANDARD MAKES. Pianos that everyone knows to be good. Quality should be the paramount thought in your mind if you're buying a piano now for a Christmas present. You will probably purchase but ONE piano In your lifetime be SURE of the quality. And quality is not the only advantage we offer you. We quote lower prices, value for value, than any other house possi bly can. You will act wisely if you come to Hayden Bros. FIRST, but whatever you do, postpone the buying till you have looked through our storeful of fine instruments. The new patterns styles of case especially thought out and built for Christmas-gift rlanos aro now on our floors. Come In and see how pleasing they are, whether you Intend buying or not. The few prices wa quote below will convince you that we can save you a great deal on your piano purchases. 1 NEW UPRIGHT, Walnut Case, usual price $190. Sale Price 1 NEW UPRIGHT, Mahogany case, usual price $22 5, Sale Price 1 NEW UPRIGHT, Oak case, usual price $225, Sale Price 1 NEW UPRIGHT, Walnut case, usual price $250, i Sale Price 1 NEW UPRIGHT, oak case, usual price $265, Sale Price 1 NEW UPRIGHT, Walnut case, usual price $275, Sale Price Talking Machines Given Away ABSOLUTELY FREE Commencing Monday, Dec. 17th, we give away, ab solutely free, Talking Machines worth $20, $25, $30, $35, $40 and $50 each. Positively no conditions ex cept to buy your Reoords from us. Call and see for yourself. mvrF:v linns pnvn iftiitmft 1 NKW UPRIGHT, Oak case, usual price $$10, Sale Price 1 NKW UPRIGHT, Walnut case, usual price $S25, Sale Price 1 NEW UPRIGHT, Walnut case, usual price $350 Sale Price 1 NEW UPRIGHT, Oak case, usual price $376, Sale Price 1 NEW UPRIGHT, Walnut case, usual price $450, Sale Price NEW UPRIGHT, Burl. Walnut Case, usual price $400, sale price NEW UPRIGHT, Burl. Walnut Case, usual price, $390, sale price In this great Christmas Holiday Sale we have the best assorted and most complete stock ever shown in a Nebraska muslo house. Anything that will make music will be found here. The Home of Music A quarter of a century has been devoted to the upbuilding of our extensive Musical Department We offer facilities for selection of Musical Merchandise of every description, which are unsurpassed in this section. "Quality" is our watchword, and we are always ou the alert to offer patrons only the "Best of Everything in Music." Our agencies embrace the most famous makes of instru ments in the world. We can please the most modest, as well as the most fastidious buyer. In our new Display and Sales rooms you will find displayed everything musical, from a vio lin string to a Grand Piano. HAYDEN i "THE FLAG IS STILL THERE" . i Famous For MoHenrr Preserved Through Patriotic Efforts ol naltlmore Citlsens. Through the patriotic efforts of the cltl ens of Baltimore and Adjutant General Clinton It. Rlggs of the Maryland National Omaha's Reliable Piano House HUNTERS' FATAL BLUNDERS 0n Hundred Men Shot 07 Mistake Every Tear in tbs Wood. EXCITED SPORTS WITH HAIR-TRIGGER GUNS Balk of the Killing- and Wounding IJone During Open Seasoa for lllg Game Criminal Folly In le of Firearms. There Is admittedly som occult influ ences In politics which oUllmea forces de cent men encaged tn It to lose all sense of decency at least so far as the practice of the art political Is concerned. And all men are agreed that there Is that about hurselradlng tnat divorces honest men from nonesty, at least while engaged In that sclentino pursuit. And, after many Guard, historic Fort McHenry will be pre- 1 '"' residence In a northwestern frontier country, the writer has about arrived at the conclusion that Uiers is something, he knows not how to name It, about the hunt ing of big game that divests all men of common sense, at least while the blood-lust of the chase Is In their hearts, and, so fS.: dE so as to bring down the moose should as the bulk of those engaging In it are he start it up. But before poor Armstrong concerned, for the time between their had gone far one of his shoestrings became have camp practice on the old parade "aching the hunting grounds and leaving untied and he stopped and stooped to fasten served In memory of Francis Scott Key and Its past glories after Its abandonment as a fort by the War department on April 1, 1907. General Rlggs has secured a five years' lease of the fort and grounds from the national government for the ue of the Infantry division of the state mllltla. The Baltimore regiments will drill and loaded or unloaded, at any human being but again common sense was absent where it was sorely needed. Got Rabbit aad Man. Common sense would forbid shooting at mail ga.me, such as rabbi U, squirrels or birds with ammunition that will drive a bullet two miles, which bullet the email quarry can scarce check in its flight, to say nothing of stopping 1U And yet a hunter very recently sliot at a rabbit while passing through a bunch of timber wnera fifty men were at work, using a rifle w.U) a high velocity, smokeless powder cart ridge. Whether he got the rabbit or not Is not known, lie did get one of tne men, however, the poor fellow living for about a week after stopping the bullet. Common sense would forbiu shooting at anything whatever that the shooter could not positively swear to. And yet a farmer of Aitkin county, Minnesota, Daniel Arm strong by name, who was out Hunting a short time ago in company of a neighbor, was done to death by the latter, because common sense was not a member of the party. The friends had wounded a moose, and were following It by means of the biood trail 11 left, when they came to a swamp within wliich tUy thought it might be hiding. Armstrong started to go around the swamp, leaving his neighbor at the A Solid Gold Filled Watclhi lis P.t " v THIS line of gold watches are guaranteed for 20 years and fitted with Waltham or other stand ard movements. They come in lady's or gentleman's sizes. They are an ideal Xmas present for the boy, girl, father or mother. See them. Special price, $7.00. Xmas Presents for Large or Small Purses grounds. The old grins and relic will re- lnem- or on lner round can the main, as will also all buildings on the res- ! undisputed fact that every year at least ervatlon. The government will maintain any of the buildings not used by the state troops. For the use of the fort and reser vation Maryland will pay the United States It a year. The Stars and Stripes will continue to float trr-m the old ramparts as they did on that memorable September morning In 1S14. when the rifling sun, piercing the smoke of battle during the bombardment of the fort by the British, disclosed them to the de lighted view of Key. Imprisoned on one of the British wamhlns. and inspired him to write "The Star Btanrled Banner." The land of which Fort McHenry la a part waa taken up In 1961 under the name of Whetstone Point, under patent by i Charlee Goreuch, a member of the Society of Friends. Tta Importance ne a military fort waa early recognized and In 1775 It had been strengthened by the construction of a water battery, then Impregnable, honey combed by mafrazlnes and secret under ground passaireways. This battery still the present, with the future. The launches i stands Intset, faring the water annrnaj-hes have been drawn out of the water and the floats taken up both at VYeid and Univer sity Boat clubs, a preliminary to the idle season that will Intervene until after the midyear examinations. The new Weld club holme will hardly be ready for occupancy by the spring, and thu 01 houw will be loft en the preseut temporary site, The prospoots for Harvard rowing la 1W7 are considered up to the average, and the mure optlmistio look for a more successful season than the one Just oiosed. Biz mem bers of last year's crew and three from in four-oar will be available. Other promising material Is in sight. Including Faulkner and Luut of last year freshmen Wht. the two substitutes who were taken to England with tha crew last summer. A greater than usual amount of rowing material for 130? Is expected, owing to the continuation of the interdortr.ltory race ystem Inaugurated last year. This hss proved suocesaful In keeping the men ou tha river In greater numbers this fall tha a at any previous time la the history of Crimson rowing. In addition, the bumping races and graded crew contests have, af forded opportunities for the budding water man to pursue the sport to any extent de alred. ST Big f'. The rowing authorities o? i' United 6tales Naval academy are to ask Secre tary of the Navy Bonaparte for permission to enter Its beat crew annually In the Inter collegiate association "varsity race at feugbkaiaie. xbl la practioaily the first of this city from the south. The following lift) men are killed or wounded In mistake for deer or moose, or slain or mangled as the result of criminal folly In the uae of firearms. In the states of Michigan, Min nesota and Wisconsin, be accounted for. The bulk of thia killing and wounding la done while the "open season" for big game Is on in the states, but Isolated Instances are by no means Infrequent In all three at other times. And the doers of these deeds of blood are by no means solely of the "tenderfoot" class. Time and again they prove to be men of old use and wont as hunters, and who would be thought to have learned caution as well as skill In the use of guns. But on them the obsession of the big game hunt seems to work aa fully, as on the veriest tyro. Else how can several following cases In point, as tha lawyers aay, be accounted fori Thoutfkt It Waa a Seer." Several yeara ago a party of gentlemen from Indiana came into northern Min nesota tor a deer hunt, two of theui being sportsmen who had hunted all over the weBt for yeara, fast friends and tent-mates. year. In preparation of a visit from the and accounted deacons of woodcraft. Tho British, a boom was constructed between I second uay after their arrival at their Whetstone Point and the Lazaretto and a ' hunting ground one of tiiem stood in tha great chain supported by twenty-one sunken bay vessels was stretched across the entrance to the harbor. The fort re- dooryard of their farmer host and shot the other, who was comim; through some thick brush not eighty rods away. The malned under the control of the state until stricken man was dead before the friend 179S, when It wa turned over to the na- who had shot him. and who learned of tlonal government and named In honor of Colonel James McHenry of Maryland, who was secretary of war In Washlngton'a cab inet. In 17W. with funds raised by pubTle sub scription, a great five-star fort of brick, cement and earth waa erected, whose dun geons In the civil war became the prison of some of the most prominent clt1sns of Baltimore whose loyalty to the union was suspected and whose activities were feared. For nvre than 139 yeara. the stalwart ramparts of the fort have kept a tireless vlaiL In tlmea of race they have gleamed resplendent In their cloak of green. In tlmei of wsr they hare frowned defiance at the f.te. The old fort Is now so close to this city that an Invading- force, safely out of reach of Its gune, m!ht easily bombard Balti more at will. New forts more suitably lo cated and with modem equipments have been constructed to cope with the great warships of the day, and the usefulnea nf the old fort, even as an Inner defense, baa pissed away Absolutely. Hut It will live In history, linked with the national song. New Tork Tribune, his awful mistake through his companion's death-cry, could reach him, and the only explanation the killer could give was that bs "thought It was a deer." The slayer, by the way. Is an incurable maniac today. Common seusa would have told him that no deer could possibly be where he thought he saw one, but, as was said before, com mon sense and big game hunting go not together. And again: A mighty hunter of deer from a western city was a guest of a lum berman at the latter' camp in the Min nesota pineries, and carried a loaded rifle into the camp one evening. It was a bam merless, high-power gun, and l.everl of the men pasned It about for examination, finally laying it on the dining table, on one side of which the host was silting at supper. The owner of the gun picked It up to put It away, and shot his host through the heart, killing htm Instantly. He could give no explanation whatever of how the gun waa discharged, and waa heart-broken over the accident, of courso. But common sens would have forbidden h!m under any circumstances to take a loaded gun halo a house, or to point one. it. Now, nothing on earth locks less like a man than does a moose, yet the neigh bor, watching intently, caught sight of Armstrong's cap through the b.uah and took It for an ear of the moose moving. And he fired. Armstrong left a wife and two children to mourn the fact that com mon avnse goes not with big game hunting. Com mow Sense Departs. Commou sense, again, would Impel a man participating in a deer "drive," where guns are many and the area of fire brief, to re main where he la posted by the man in charge of the ceremonies until all danger was paU And yet among a party of hunters who organized a drive recently were a father and a son, the latter of whom killed the former with the Cist shot fired, because the father did not remain where the head huntsman placed him. The manner of a deer drive, as practiced In this country. Is this: A dry swamp Is lo cated, Into which runways of the deer lead. The guns are so posted as to com mand all points of exit, and one of the party walks through the awamp, aiming to drive out auch deer aa may be couchant there. In this case the elder man, an arbi trary and an Irascible, became dissatisfied with his location and plunged Into the swamp. Intent on changing It to suit him self. Ills son shot him through the stom ach, the bullet being one of those devilish Utile "soft-noae" Invention that expand and tear frightfully, and the father lived for ten hours, begging all In hearing to kill him and put him out of bis agony. There wa no medical aid to be had from a less distance than fifty miles, and though of course It wa aent for. It could not arrive in time to be of any use. The un fortunate sou Is now In close ward, a vic tim of suicidal mania all because common sense and big game hunting never did go together. In the state of Michigan and Minnesota a hunter Is guilty of manslaughter If he kill anyone In mistake for ' game. Which fact. It would aeem, would force hunter to take counsel of common sens when they go Into the woods. If anything oould. And yet since September 1 thirteen dead and twenty-one wounded has been the butchers' bill In Michigan and Wisconsin, and Minnesota U not one whit behind them. " "Tie true, "Us pity, and pity 'tis, 'tl i true," but the fact remains that there la 1 that about big game hunting that dl vesta sensible men of common sense and make them the most dangerous beasts that ever roamed American fureala-'ew Toik Time. 1 Never comes a Christmas but that there is a long list to be remembered. Our store will help you. Our large sto ck of reliable jewelry covers all the many things that make such appropriate and useful gifts. Diamonds, Watches. Cut Glass, Rings, Brooches, Chains, Etc. All are properly priced at such a small cost that you will find the article you want at the price you want. Be sure and visit our store this week before you buy. You are welcome whether you buy or not. N FRANDSEN Jeweler and Optician. 109 S. 16th St., Opposite Hayden's N. P. tOtto! i I WAY I1101S EXOJMORf VIA CENTRAL BiULBOAD To manay points in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Penn sylvania and West Virginia, On sale December 20th, 21st, and 22d. 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