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3 Modern Foot Ball a if- lOW quickly did tti- loader of H tho great colk-go game of foot bull change that port from a Kama which was rapidly beln dlHcrertltod all over the country to it present ixisltlon as thu most popular by far of ull the oollpg.j sporfs. Thrre years agri oollfRo fuoultlej wetf all tuklng tm-aRures looking to thu abolition of the game from the mhlrtlc cal endar, and it took a brave man to stand In face of all the oppoaitlon and proclaim thu game, as tho proper thing. There to n dolibt but that under the old ruins and agreements between colleges many abuses had crept Into the game which made II not, to the best Interest of the colleges and universities nor to the players themselves. The change fifr the better was quick and effective. Two vrars turn llio wlnlpr u-n a t Vpent In meetings by the representatives of ho dlffertnt uiUveraltles, and radical changes were made not only In the playlni? rules, but also In the rules which governed the relations of the colleges abd universi ties, one with another. Professionalism In college athletics was completely tabooed, and tho gamo put on a strictly amateur basis. v In ye olden time the best coacb was ho who c juld scour around the country and rathm Iiitrnthni. ftia. Iii.onat t " rtmt t-r.v."-"? - V,-2,"----v T- " O ;;r';:S." 111 " . f bunch of brulBera who could muke any sort of a showing at all In their college work, but who tlrst of all wore good foot ball material. How different now, A coach now cannot go to a California university, and picking out the star player, say "Coma ovsr.'to , we will pay your expenses and' make It all right with you." Now ha must take tho material which Is In regu lar attendance in the schools. Not only tho students who are in regular , attendance, but those who havo been there at least one entire year, and are up In the studies. It wa no uncommon thing for some player who 'had made a good reputation on the I rrtdfron to receive several offers from as tarty different colleges to attend thoe ichbols and to play foot ball. All this Is now changed, and while a university may not -be represented by a bunch of unknown huskies as -large as In former times, the Students all know that they are footing for their classmates and for men who have the welfare; of their alma mater at heart. Effet of Revision of lb Rales. - The change In the game because of tho revision of the rules has made a vast difference- to the thousands who weekly flock to root for their alma mater and to bo lied with that exuberance , of spirits which only association wltlt a bunch of undergraduates can give. The rules of tho game have bean changed from time to time, but- never were such radical changes made as those devised and carried out by Jh .committee two years uo. It was sslly seen that something extravagant hud Gossip About Mansfield's Car Pnrehaae. HE story of Mr. Alansfleid'a pur- chase of the fine private car be had used for some time pre vious to his death Is told ly tho New York Telegraph. Un. til three years ago ho had Men tftod axouna ino country in a car not J6 keeping with the gate receipts. He yeaVned for gaudier rolling stock, but jnaver found the opportunity to go shop pint for it. yblla playing In Cincinnati, his car was iiAaled every night out to Forn'oack, a suburb. One evening he called at the uta tlon for his car. In company with Clar ence, Horton, an assistant general passet. gef agent of the Big Four. and,on the sll- Jag he behld a magnificent new private .car. that made his look like an abandoned .caboose. lie asked permission to Inspect y It, and Horton conducted him through it. Never having owned a private car, tho fAvilter is unable to state with precision - the. beauties of this one's Interior. Pre sumably, however, it was fitted with u'B-inutnd-studded water colors, electric ele vators, a southern exposure, good view of 'the ocean, a guarantee against mos quitoes and other twentieth century Im provement. "J've been looking for Just such a car," said 'Mr. Mansfield. "I'd like to buy this one.'.' "Don't think it's for sale." explained Horton. ' "The car Is new and Just ar rived. It belongs to M. E. Insalls, presi dent" of the road, and ho has not yet ild deh In It." jsee If you can't buy it for me." aked Mi. Mansfield. air. Ingalls put what he believed to le , Prohibitive price on tho car JK'.OOO. id that must ne paid on tne tpi, i,adc .added, with a wink. . .. ..rl.l . k. I ...... ..1 tn Mr. Mansfield and the latter without com ment wrote his check for the unoum. t He left Cincinnati In the new car. ylll Tltaiiki the Same. P. A. B. Wldener of Philadelphia tells IVs story on himself. It Is the custom of one of tho railway board of director, ' of Which he Is a member, to pay each director who attends a board meeting .'0, ahd the money due the absentees Is divided among those present. ' On one bllasardy day when the board wua scheduled to meet, Mr. Wldener fig ured that the snow and cold would keep the other member away from the mect ls(, and he determined to attend and tku'a secure the fees-of all the absentees J as well as his own fee. Not that Mr. Wldener needed the niooey, but be , ' t buckled as he thought of to Joke he 1 woubt havs on all hi fellow directors. I So he put up with the inconveniences and dangers of the storm 'and made his way to the board's meeting place. His aroaw ment was complete when he entered the I room and found that every other mem ber bad preceded hlio. The Intended Joke 31 1 RUNNER TACKLES) AND BROLV3IIT IN TIII3 RX)TEKS' SECTION MEN WITH WTHTE HATS WERE ARRANGED A GIANT N. to be done to pacify the knockers, and as a consequence tho committee did not stop at, half measures, but went the whola route, and did what they, thought would make most radical changes In thi 6amc, and they were right In their surmises. When the Idea was suggested of making an eleven gain ten yards in three downs a cry at once went up. "It will give' tho strong team the advantage no -wraker team can ever make a first down against the stronger elevens." Other reasons were given, but these did not deter tho rule makers from g6lng the full length of their Intentions. Tho rule was made effective, and at the same time It was decided that a team might throw the ball forward under certain restrictions. This rule also met with objections, but the two together havo revolutionized the game, and foot ball of today is a different sport from whnt It ( ever was in the past. All the rouehncss, of cource, has not been eliminated, fur who cares for a same which Is not rough. Foot ball Is still not a game for girls nor weak lings. It requires a youth with a good constitution to stand the strain of the strenuous battles, but still many of the roush edges have been taken away and there ts, not near the piling up and twist- Noted People was too good, and he frankly told of his purpose In turning out on such a wretched and death-Inviting day. Tho other board members laughed heart ily, and before many minutes had t laps 2d all had confessed that they were present as a result of the same mental figuring. Blach had thought -as Mr. Wldener had tliat be would capture his 'own aTld all his fellow members' fees. But each hd to be satisfied with the usual 120. 80 Klad He Was. rA story Is told of Sir Gilbert Parker, M. P., which will strike a chord of sympathy In many a writer's heart. It seems thaA some twenty-five years ago. when Sir Gilbert was on a visit to this country, he met in' Chicago a typicul man of the mid dle west, one of the breezy, goed-natured. friendly sort. Sir Gilbert was Impressed with the type, and particularly Interested In the colloquial slang which his ac quaintance managed with more than usual deftness. The phrase that pleased him most, called out with amiability and no discoverable meaning. t was "Well, give my love to the girls!" Those who have read Sir Gilbert Parker's Just-published novel. The Weavers, will recall Ibis phrase upon the lips of one Thomas Til man Laeey, who takes hearty leave of an oriental potentate with, "Well, gwriby, kins; give my love to the girls!" Laeey, In fact, was the prototype of the Chicago man. The latter wai engaged In some pro vision business along the railroad line when Sir Gilbert met him, always ex pecting to make a lot of money some time, and talking about it rather fre quently. Ten years later, In a New Yosk hotel. Sir Gilbert was caught by the cheer ful words wafted along; the corridor. "Well, gnodby; give my lov to the girls!" lie recognized his mail and went over tb li! in. "V. ult a minute." said the Chlciseali. "Know you perfectly well. Can't place you. Let n o see." Sir Gilbert smiled, quoted the old phrase, and the other recalled his Identity. "Well, well! And what are you doing now?" asked the westerner. "Writing books." confessed Sir Gilbert. "Is that so!" said the other, , evidently moved. "And I've struck It rich! Can I do anything for you?" Ntl Trust Buster. Frank B. Kellogg, who knows much about trust busting." has spent more than a year In preparing the cae against tho O'l trust. His connection with the J. J. Hill railroad properties has made his name well known in the legal profession. While be has tx-en the attorney Tor large corpora tion, he has never been the salaried em ploye of any. In his examination of a wit ness he does not attempt anything spectacu lar and he puts his questions In plain Eng lish. If it were not for his gray hair he might almost be taken for a bey. Through his exercise at golf and tennis he keeps In (reifect health. Game for Nit-WO-" TO EARTH.. ing of the masses as there was three years Game la Retter for Spectators. Instead of thu seething pile of legs and arms and bodies out of which the average rooter could not distinguish what was go ing on, the game has been made open and the ball is in sight of all nearly all the time. Even the strong teams aro not able to keep up their gait of ten yards In every three downs and are forced to strategy or to kick. The ball is booted several tlnus as much In tho modern-game as It was under the old rules, and the spectators can sec what going on all the time. The forward pass Is an open play and requiris skill from all players, for more mcmbera of the team have an opportunity to handle the ball. Years back .the two halfbacks were the only mumhers of the team wh'im the coaches thought could be relied upon to carry the ball. Then plays were figured out for the fullback, and thr-n some of tho linemen were allowed to run from tholr positions with the' ball.. Then came tho Another Big- TTH 600 'gallons of water flowing W frorp ' its mouth every mtnute tho new artesian well of the Fairmont Creamery company Is attracting considerable altera tion, ' holh because of the re' markahly free flow of the water and also because of Its quality. Several artesian wells have been sunk In this vicinity, but none with the free'llow of the new well'of the Fulrniont Creamory company, which was bored under the. sidewalk adjoining the plartf of the company, at Twelfth and Jones streets. ' ' Water was first struck at a depth of 970 - t ' M 1 - . .. ...hi 1 , . 11 1;:':';' ; v--T'l,-J'. N'ATCHIXG THE . ..: w r , r . i -Vw. t ' Spectators as Well " '"''' v J'' '. V - ! -M. I v..;..;.'l..v:vv.. ; ..,1 , ''..t'- BO AS TO FORM .. . VIEW "DOWN." famous guards, back play in which all the heavy men of the lino were, tn turn puHed' Into . the backfleld and used an a bajtterlng rem. In the modern game an entire side of the line runs off to pne side or tho other to nail the ball on an outside .kick or a forward pass, and thus more mem bers of the team must.be skilled in hand ling the pigskin. The ball ts a mean shaped arrangement to handle sklJlfuILy. and a novice at. the game, makes a. sorry sight often when he tries , to. catoh the elipse. It Is hard to catch from a punt nnd hard on a .'throw.. and' hard to pl".k from the .ground as it bounds along In its irregular course. , Factolty Supports Game. Suffice It to say the game has been so changed' that those stoical professors who were so .strong .In their opposition to tfii game three' years ago' aro now numherod among the rooters for the teams when they appear on. the field. ' - Foot- ball In 'some colleges is now 'being made the means' of exerclsb for the' greet Artesian Gusher for Omaha feet, hut -the machinery was kept at work until the well ' Is now 1.006 feet deep and pour ' forth fifty-two gallons every seven seconds, which totals about 5i gallons per minute. Che water rises about eighteen fret, above the sidewalk- and .la used by the company for all purposes around the plant. ... . ,- The water is now being tested by Dr. Avery of the University of Nebraska, and if 1I10 full test carries out a preliminary test which was made by a boiler company at Chicago, the company has struck some, most valuable. water, hecause of II. medic :.! - : I . . , .... ' '- -:x '' - - r -v I'- .-I ' : '. . - ':,t! ; " ' 1 ' 1 i". ' . 1 :' ; l '1 V, V t-. . r .-. : t ft-., a . t .- .''., ' . 1 v I LOW bby THE GUSH ICR ' AT TUB' FATRMONT CKEAMERT. QXO'GS'-HSiBBJkjiZ-k.'a 1 Jte OF THE BLEACHERS AT THE NEBRASKA-COLORADO GAME est number, rather than to put a team In thOjfield which might be able to down all competitors. The question of whether foot ball shall be so conducted In the colleges that It will be Of the greatest ' good to the greatest number or whether the entire fall shall be -given over to developing a highly . efficient team which might be -able on Thanksgiving day to down some hated rival on tho gridiron is being debated pra and con with the "greafest good to the greatest number" people apparently In the majority.. 1 - The same rulo applies to boating. Yale has a' system Whereby' a number of the best athletes are chosen In the fall, trained all winter -and spring ' and then In the summer they are able to win from nearly all' the competitors, because they have been brought to f uch- a perfection of train ing, la It hot far better to adopt the course of some- Of the other colleges where class fours . and eights and singles crowd the waters on' every nice day. all striving to do their best that they might be chosen In inal qualities. Tliat teBt showed fifty-eight grains of silica per gallon, thirty-five of iron oxide and alumina, .S8 of calcium carbonate,' 5.30 of magnesium carbonate, 1.43 calcium sulphate, 1.72 sodium sulphate and 9.S1 sodium chloride. Three strings of pipe, ten Inch, eight Inch and six Inch, carry the water to the sur face.. The water is entirely different from that of the Young Men's Christian associ ation well, as it in softer and different from the well recently sunk for the Homo hotel, which ts W) feet deeper than the lTuimoul wclL is as Nimble Players FLUXGlfcd AT 'A'lLB COLORADO UNU. 7 t r I 3 the early summer to a place on tho 'varsity crew? The same system prevails In foot bull. The practice should be open, that all the students might watch the play and there should bo minor elevens for the classes so the coaches will have material striving at all times to learn the game and be In condition at some later time to enter the fray for a position on tho varsity team. Some colleges make the mistake In look ing to the success of their athletics from the number of big games won and from the size of the Bcores. Tho other system ts better where the. success of the athletlo season Is rather measured from the num ber of men who can be gotten Into uniforms and who will take an active Interest In tho sport at hand. President Seharman'a Idea. President Schurman of Cornell nt verslty. In an Interview In Tho Bee, gave It out that his great ambition In athletics was to find some system of athletics whereby the entire student body of his college could find some sport for the mem bers to all Join In. There ts no 'reason why at the larger universities, with their ,000 and 3,000 students, 1,000 students Quaint Features of Life A Shot at Achlog Teeth. aRANK ZYMOSAL of Carnegie, F a suburb of Pittsburg, couldn't stand the pain of two aching teeth and to get rid of them ' -placed tho muzzle of a 38-call-ber revolver in the left side of fa: his mouth; looked In a, hand mirror; aimed at a pair of troublesome molars and fired. Frank Is now In the Mercy hospital with a bullet below the left eye, and wonders why the medical students laugh when bis case Is explained to them at the clinics. Zymosal will not die. .The houBe sur geons say men who take that kind of a chance never do. He Is now suffering in tense pain and knows by the brand that it Is not from the cavernous teeth. Zymosal did not even shoot out the teeth. He only shot off their crowns and the aching department is still working and promising greater returns In the future. Zymosal's face has swelled until it resem bles a small pumrkin and there are two lines where his eyes ought to bo, but Just at present they aro" living In retirement. He has alreadyN asked where lie can find a dentist after the surgeons mark his caso "discharged" on the hospital books. Wants Her Teetb Bnrk. Sfrs. Sophia Ratline's pearly store teeth, to which J.V) worth of gold fillings were added to enhance their appearance, were the center of Inlerest in a suit commenced by her In a Philadelphia court against Illchard M. Waschek, a smelter. Accoullng to the papers tiled In the suit, Mrs. "Ratline was surveying tho street scenes from tho second story of her home In Philadelphia, when the le,eth . broke loose from their moorings and fell to the sidewalk. A 16-year-old boy made off with the teeth before Mrs. Kattlne coul3 stop him. Waschek. to whom the boy took his treasures, bought them from him for b) cents, and promptly smelted out the bul lion. Mis. Itattine traced the sale to the smelter's, and the suit resulted. Waschek, in his defense, sis ho thought the boy's mother had sent him out to sell her teeth. BiMtnks Craws Daughter. Miss Puullne Law, aged 36, who lives with her lather. William Law. on Friend ship avenue, Pittsburg, went out the other night without tilling her father where she was going and remained out until 1 o'clock In the morning. When she reached her home her father was wuitlng for her In his fcHppcrs. Her father Is Gfi years old, but he took off one of his slippers, placed M!"o Pauline across his knee and spanked her In the most undlgrifled manner. Miss Pauline had him arrested for assault an J battery.' The case was heard before Magistrate Klrby, the father was discharged, and the costs, aniountli.g to tl, placed on the young woman. "Your father has a perfect rlg'ut to spank ton as long as you tcmulu under his rnef it you aie dlotnant." the court. y .JF-r T , - j, might not participate in the gam of foot ball Instead of two score. The fall of the year li the most glorious of all for out door sports, and when the student body of an institution satisfies Itself with Rtamllng along the sideline and wutchlng two elevens play tho game they are not doing justice to themselves, for they should all be getting that splendid exer cise which only tho bard knocks and, roughing It of a foot ball gamo can give. Omaha has an example right at home of what tho change In the rules of ll.a game and of the management of the team can do lit tho way of arousing a dormant foot hall spirit Time was when there was not better foot ball team In this part of tho country than that which represented the Omaha High school. Then came the reports of accidents from tho old game and the authorities saw tit In their wisdom to practically suppress tho same, so that for several years tho high school was al most without a team. It Is true a few o the more daring boys came out and hail suits and arranged a few games, but thy did not havo the support of tho faculty nor of the student body. Now all Is changed. The faculty Is evidently con vinced that the new game has merits, and tho team which represented the school this year and which has been so success ful, has the undivided support of the en tlro student body and tho faculty as well. It was thought by many that when the rules wro modified to do away with all unnecessary roughness the game would lose Its hold on the public, which turns out in such crowds where the big annual games are played. Not so. On the other hand the reports show that the demand, fo rseats for tho big games Is unprece dented and grounds cannot be found large enough to bold the thousands who wish to see the big university teams In action. Never were , the local teams given better support than they are receiving this year. I Got Hia Thirty Cents For thirty-four years the accounts of ths naval port of Toulon reftised to balance. There was 30 cents too much In the cash books, and ever since 1873 this 30 cents has puzzled the official accountants. Some time ago orders were sent from Paris that this state of affairs must cease. Seven special accountants were set to work, end after sever monthB hard labor the problem was solved. Admiral Galllbet a former minister of marine, who was thirty-four years ago . one of the officers of Toulon arsenal, but who for many years has been living In Paris on his pension has Just received official notice asking him to call at the Ministry of Finance and draw the sum of 30 cents. He was underpaid by this amount when ba left Toulon In 1873. Miss Pauline threatened to take tn ap peal Elertrle Shock Cost His Tolce. Boston physicians are studying the rar effect of an electric shock upon Robert L. Mortimer, electrician in charge of 'he wire less station at the Cbarlestown navy yard. After receiving a severe shock last Sunday morning, Mortimer has' been unable to speak, although otherwise he ts apparently uninjured. Mortimer, who ts from Mldrtletown, N. H., and has had half a dozen years' ex perience In the navy as an electrician,' Is In perfect and robust health, except that he has lost the power of articulation be cause of the shock. He has been on duty with his force every day since the acci dent occurred. Dr. Belknap, medical officer of the Wa bash at the yard, to which ship Mortimer ts officially attached, has had' the medical officers of the Naval hospital and eminent specialists of the Massachusetts General hospitul look Mortimer over, and all agree the man has suffered no other effect from the shock than the loss of articulation. Not Sport. A well knojwn clubrffan of Boston was ' married during the early days of the last winter to a charming Wellesley girl, who, of her many accomplishments, ts proudest of her cooking. The husband returned late one afternoon to his home in Brookllne, to discover that his wife wus "all tired out." "You look dreadfully fatigued, little one,' came from hubby. In a sympathetto tone. "I am." was the reply. "You see. dear, I heard you say that you liked rabbit. Soi early this morning I went to the market to get you one. I meant to surprise you with a broiled rabbit for dinner; but I'm afraid you'll have to take something else. Pve been hard at work on the rabbit all day, and I haven't got it more than half picked." Llpplncott's. Anomymoui Tombstoao. "Hpcaklng of 'gravestone Inscriptions, said the commercial traveler, "about the most indepdent and defiant I have ever read J recent discovered In the quaint little southern town of'Cheraw, 8. C. "While waiting for a train a fellow trav eler and I strolled over to a deserted little cemetery across the way from the railroad, station for the purpose of whlllng away the time by reading the Inscriptions on tbe weather-stained tombstones. The cemetery was all grown up with weeds and vines. "We discovered nothing of particular In terest till we came across a stone almost entirely hidden In the weeds. Though tt was getting dark, we managed to tnake out the following Inscription: Mv arr,e my countrv. what are they to thee, Whether-hlgli or low my pedigree? Perhaps I far surpass all oti er men I'erhupa I fell below them alUwbat then? Sntfice It, stranger) that thou see'at tuml Thou knowest Its vise; It hides no malttr bua
