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Modern Foot Ball a
if-
lOW quickly did tti- loader of
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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"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
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I LOW bby THE GUSH ICR ' AT TUB' FATRMONT CKEAMERT.
QXO'GS'-HSiBBJkjiZ-k.'a
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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
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as Nimble Players
FLUXGlfcd AT 'A'lLB COLORADO UNU.
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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 , -
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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
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