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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1907.
SINGLE COVY FIVE CENTS.
American Athletes Who Go to London Next Year Must Be in Training for the Olympic Games
TEAM FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
$clectimi for Great Costeit at Ltmdoa
Soon t9 Ba Made.
FORWARD PASS LIVE ISSUE
Husky Heroes of the Cornhuskers Strenuous Gridiron Campaign of the Fall of 1907
Nebraska Oppoaet Any lTore U
Eliminate Tbit Flaj.
ATHLETES 03 Q JI YI7E
nrtkt rtlsranrtaai all tb Task
aad the Oallear rhaaa plana Are
Basy tlnai la Ferae tor
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DR. XXES ATTEXDXKQ XEEXTSG
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NEW TORK. Dec 21lmmediately after
th New Tear Juwi FiTk'.ngton. president
sf th National Association of Amateur
Oarsmen and on of th delegates ep
Bwlnted ta plok ropctlv rowing fruit for
the Olyraplo championships abroad. . frill
east about la search of eligible men, par
ticularly la tba lino of acailera, While tt Is
forearm conclusion that Bennett of
prlagfteld, wta kurt 7ar mm the chun
plonshln. Will be on of those selected to
t Bug-land, there la more or leas speeu
latloa aa ta other scull era Xurando Miller
ef the New Tork Athletic club aeema to
be much favored aa a suitable aspirant for
foreign championships, and while there are
.nan? who bellev him to be a ahade or
o behind Frank Oreer, the Boston former
champion, aa ta speed at least, the friends
f Wilier belter thst the Tracers Island
man will be at his heat nest summer and
that Mi showing; abroad, providing- he was
takes on the team, would be worthy of
emulation. At all events the idea of add
ing Miller's name to the list of possible
representatives Is recelvtns' a great deal of
favor.
fteaaals Getting" Basy.
la every eastern college that fnakea the
tsmaDest bid for athletic honors active prep
am t ion a ara under way not anly for the
t-ornlng season, but for the Olympic try-
nur next June. Barred by their respective
faculties from competing ta the MPS games
at Athens the track nd Held men of unl
V erst ties and other Institutions of learning
to all sections of the country will leave
nothing to chance, now that tbey have the
apportunlty that the dat for the holding
of the big meet gives them, and will take
advantage of everything' that will tend to
earn them places on the lsog team.
The chanoes are all In favor of college
gnea making Bp a majority of the Ameri
c.u contingent. These athletes have been
hewing the best form right along in most
of the events that will make up the Oiym-
pie program. Pennsylvania, anion H takes
the bit la its teeth and carries out Its threat
to go te England regardless of the Ama
teur Athletic onion, should be particularly
well represented. Reports have been spread
that because, under the rules governing
tba sneet. all members of the Imam must go,
not aa representing any Individual club or
tinrrarslty, but merely as part of the na
tional squad, the Quakers would pass tip
the Olympiad and enter the different Kn-
'.jlllsh championship meets.
! reaaartvmmia's AaaMtle-a.
I It seems that Trainer Murphy promised
Ills charges a visit to the ether side if they
woa the Intercollegiate championship last
jear. Th Pwmnsyrranlans Imagined that
they could enter th Olympic v games aa
uoh. At any rate, s the story goes, when
they learned that all Individuality would
b done away with, the Quakera decided
that rather than eompet under-any colors
Siiaa those of tbs University of Pennsyl
vania they would not play at all. The
aftory. however, seems foolish oif the face
of it. and Pennsylvania aulhorlttea will
fcardly eto to such extremes, no matter how
they feel over th matter.
with a anuad of over seventy men ta
pick from, Pennsylvania looks to be about
th atrongeat la th east. Taylor. Haaklna.
Cartmell. Bonsack and Jones, not te men
tion the tw Whitham. Paul, the Mercer
vill tnller. and Hunter, who made a big
reputation for himself aa a twe-mller while
running for the Central High school of
Philadelphia, ara la active training and are
right tip te tbelr very beat form. Cartmell
and Haaklna gave a sample ef what might
ba expected from tbem when they defated
(tieta and Sheppard respectively at Phila
delphia the other week. There are also
arveral very prosalainr new men for whom
yt tfrpfcy predicts great fcturea, particularly
Jiartranft, a hurdler.
But even though Murphy fcaa a team in
charge with which he- fully experts to
gala win the Intercollegiatea. the other
cUegea also loom np big. Tale has
Vrignter prospects than in years. There are
aom very aliifty youagatsea for tb sprints
and th middle and longdlatance events
w m be well looked after. W. R. tray, the
oldr of the world's record at the pole
vault, la dome close t eleven feet regu
terly ta practice and J. C Piatt ta good for
twenty-three feet at any time la the bread
nana. Ell Parsons, th great half-mller.
win no longer represent Tale, but there are
aeveral good ones left for that.
The Columbia team, while somewhat
weak a th aprlata. ta also better than
visual. George Haynea, the roller, haa all
hia old spaed. H la counted upon to win
this event for the blue and whit. The
Merningsld team la also well off la two
ruilera. both Hall and Bandera W:ig good
for f:l when ta oondttioa. Th field etenta
win alee V well cared for, but the fresh
men will probably have te furnish most of
th sprinters.
Fair Hsvrv avrd's Cfcavace.
Many af Harvard's best point winners are
at ill la oollec. la tbs middle distances
last year's freshmen have Ike call, the
older waa having graduated, but there is
aom good material oa band to be devel
oped. Th sprints are- in good hands, and
aa are th burdlea There are also a num
ber of good men eligible for on acd two
mile WltU A. G. Grant and Iereberg
among tb miasing the pole vault and the
liammer throw ara the only field events
that are causing any m-orry.
With the possibility of Ralph Rose. Matt
McGratU. T. C Moffet. laa Kelly and
Walter Dray added to th team ther. is
a ssuranc of great strength. Thre of these
mea suad new world's records last year.
wall ach of them ia credited
ith the
beat perfonnanoe of the year ia their I
event. Koa Broke all the shot putting
records frm th eight te th twe'lity-eight
pound Wrights and established bimaudt ta
a pus1taa that a ahot-putter haa occu
pied aim th daya of Georg Gray.
Dray nad a new world's record for the
ol a'llt. There ar also several new mea
making ptienuBoetially guod time la the
long distaaoea, where America waa weak
t Athena There is evidently a dearth f
materiel (Tor the Oljmpto teaaa. and there
ia expected t be x scarcity af money to
itatrkt tt. so Uiat tt may safely be pre
dicted that tb Olympic team ef lwa will
euldaas any other athieUo taaja aver sol
as tta'oUi' la Amaru a.
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1W7 'WEARERS OF THE "N.M
Foot Ball Flayers Whose Work on th Nebraska Team IXirirut the Recent Reason Entitled Them to Claim the Emblematic letter of the fnlvereity. Reading from Left te Right, the Men Are: Top Row
Manaeer Erl O. Earer of Llnooln, 8. F. From of Hotner. O. A. Beltxer of Arapahoe, H. Harte of Omalia, C. P. Ferrln of Lincoln, T. H. Matters of Omaha, Trainer Jack Best of Lincoln. Bot
tom Row Harry Ewlnr of Lincoln, Sidney Collins of Stamford, Harold T. Cooke of Missouri Valley, la.; William Chaloupka of Wilber, Captain JolinVWeller of Seward, F. W. Johnson of Fullerton,
Harry Minor of Auburn, 3. B. Harvey of Wllber, E. Q. Kroger of Polk.
With One Exception, the Playera Included in the Picture Are Men Who Had Played at Lieaet One Full Half in Either the Minneaota, Colorado cr Kansaa Game. Mr. Perrln. Who Waa Granted an N" at th
LAet Meeting of the Athletic Ba.rd, Waa Not in Any of These Three Games the Required Time, but Gained the Letter Through His Consistent Work as a Member of the Second Team and as Substi
tute Linesraaa in Other Important Games Luring the Season,
JIM BUTLER GETS NO TRACK
His
NEW TORK. Pec 3. The Jamaica race
track la not for sale, and William H- Reyn
olda, by virtue of a voting trust, m-ill .re
main Its president for the next five years.
Thus ia dissipated a very improbable ro
mance to the effect that James Butler
might buy the track at Jamaica and thus
be in B position to club the Jockey club If
he did not get good date. Few who know
the intimacy which exists betaeen the
owners of the Jamaica track and the lead
ing lights in the Jockey club believed the
report. It meant. If true, tliat Anthony
N. Brady. Hugh J. Grant, P. H. McCaWen.
the Sulllvana, and others who have always
been friendly to the many interest of Au
arurt Belmont were to deliver over to his
most persiKtrnt racing foe a formidable
implement with which to fight.
The only thing neweeary at the Jamaica
track to put it on a par with the beet of
thle country ia a reconstructed jiew oval
upon which to race. Ita grand stand, club
houae, and field are far beyond the average
ln'convenience and comfort for the pub
lic. But Ita pear-ehaptid mile track ia a
source of much anxiety lo owners of horsea,
especialfy when the fields are of rood sise.
It is possible to enlarge the track, but It
wouli cost a lot of money and Just nt
present re trenchment is the order of the
day, ilthoufrh both the Coney Island and
Brooklyn Jacfcey clubs are spending con
siderable subiS of money in improvements
devised a year or more ago.
There ia lm question fihat the dates for
19UG are giving the Jockey club no little
trouble Just now. The whole thing could
be 'almuly arranired by cutting off one or
Prepeeltloa t Bar J ease Ira
Cwaree Has Fallea
Tkrosck.
two dt.ys from each of the seven associs- Ithe track trotter r pacer la often aa x
tkins now under the Immediate control ! cesslvcly homely horse.
of the Jockey club, and handing ever to Mr.
Butlfo abouV eighteen daya, on only aix
of which need there be any opposition. But
stone of the wealthy associations feel like
giving up any cays, and it will require a
good deal of argument on the part of tha
Saratoga people te be able to get elrhteen
daya though they say they would like at
least twenty-four.
Of course tbey look forward to some op
position from the Butler track if he peraista
in his claim for August dates, but a re
arrangement could be made whereby there
need be only ten daa or two weeks' con
flict, and not seventeen dava as was the
case t his year. The new arrangement
might mean that Slieepshead Bay's great
fall stuke, the Futurliy, should be run
in September, the month in which it was
originated
men at ta be run when it i
but that need not be objected to seriously
This rearrangement would give to Toikers J
five days between the close at Saratoga and I
the beginning at hepahead Bay, and th
profits of those five days ought 19 be as
much as twice that many with opposition
at Saratoga.
. .. 1 . rrw!lrd l""caented tiie horse Racecourse
KEOGH WASTS THE TITLE AGALH i trainers usually have a thoroughbred as
Fsnser PmI ( kaaflsa VI ill
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leajr Presral Haider.
BVFFAIjO, N. Dec. :. Jerome Keogh
of this city, formerly ptiol champion of
the world, haa deeirieri ta sn in nicest r,f his
UureJ. an1 ,,a, dKUtd thllt if Tomray
Hut,BUlli tb vrrMrttt chailipiM1. wM seT
j upon l.,, tlie pUvm. ound be
m.t fnr t Hlt f(ir .
1 time. Krocrh stecties St. Louis, as he ia
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playing thrce-cuhkin billiards and pool in
an academy in the mcund chy after the
beginning of the first of the ear. Hoes
ton won the title from Keogh last January .
Hlcksi) Statistics.
StaLlistua fer a'l toe states and territories
eliow that there are over Z.liiUT9 roi'.'-s of
public rood is the l ulled Slates, of which
loa.S are surfmed with gravel. Sa.C'l with
slurie and C Nut with shells, sand clay, oil
or brk k, making ta all lU.Sbt miles of im
proved road. Only feur stales hav more
tiiaa los) Um miles of roada Teaaa taands
first, with U4i. Misuouri. sexond, with
i.l; luaa. 1 hud, wuh K.'.t awl Kan
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TIPES AT THE HORSE SHOWS
Trotteri Hold Their Own with Eng
lish Har.Vneyi.
BUT WCFT BUTTED TEUE TO TYPE
for Heavy Haraeas Tate at
Tbereaakareas After LearUg
the Tmrf Petats af Haree
fer Vsurlea ("see.
Good looks, manners and a height pro
portionate to the vehicle In which it la to
be used are the essentials in the choice of a
heavy harness borne. A handsome bearing
accentuated by high knee and hock action
ia also required.
A light harness roadster, which Includes
the ranpe of buggy and surrey or rockaway
horses, should have good looks, docile man
ners and pace, which means the ability
to "get up and git." but high action is not
essential. The light harness roadster
usually lias more shoulder than knee action
and throws out Its hoofs cloe to the
ground, just as Sonoma Girl and other fast
trotters do in racea
It ia eonaequently easier to convert a
track trotter ta a buggy horse than t find
one that will make a taking heavy har
ness horse- Pafvera, too. are valued by many
aa light harness roadsters, but they ar not
wanted for heavy harness purpoaea.
"Horses have speed In all ahapea is an
adage with those ' ho hare to do with
racing thoroughbreda or light harness
horses, and they do not seek good looks
whun they are buy era Indeed through
generations of breeding .for speed alone
The thorough bred when thrown out of
training and sound often becomes a very
handsome horse, for tba rounded outlines
of aa easy life succeed to the greyhound
slimness of racing days, so that many pre
fer this sort for the saddle or as hunters,
while in England they are often used at i
carriage or gig horaea
"A fast stepper and game looking mare." '
remarked aa American to his English host1
aa they rolled along in a dogcart. '
"Tea. I like a bit of blood in the shafts."
was the reply as he toched up the nag with
the whip., "I once thought I had a chance
for the Oaks with that one." j
This waa the first Inkling that the Ameri
can had that after b la through rarins
them an English gentleman will often drive ,
1 or rid tnorcuKllDr"1 instead of sell-
ing irem inr menial umhi. as u uiufn lire
I disposition made in thla country of horses
that have won fortunes for their ownera
on tlie turf.
Parole, the gelding that won many raues
In this country and England for the lats
Pierre Lorillard, ended hia daya as the
I park hack of a friend lo whom Mr. Doril-
their driving- horse, and more than once I
I the buegy horse has been put back into
training lo confound the talent by winning
a rut. '
1 The track trotter wift make as usful a
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desire, is fact, 75 per cent of tUs country
roadsters represent the disappointments
of breeders who hare been seeking record
trotters or pacera They improve In looks
w hen out of training stablea although aftea
ewe necked and with pro:s that sussest
a daddy longlugs spider.
Tet in many trotting families speed an9
good looks hare always gons hand ia hand
together. Mambrino King aud Quarter
master, for inslance. trotting stallions
that were weS known to the New York
horse shows ia tb Hue, were exceptionally
handsome horses and transmitted their
good looks aa well as speed, the former
having sired several blue riboa winners in
heavy baraesa
la thi oouutry the trotters to gala dia
tlncUoa In heavy harness far outnumber,
despite th iroportlOB of chaff ia toe wheat,
any of tb tharoughbreda, and tinder saddle
iCwiUnued oa Pag Tlireej
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PAPKE AKD KELLY A GOOD MATCH
Mllwsakee ta See Flae Coat est aa
Msaiir Klavht.
CHICAGO, Dec. 28. One of the really
great fighting mm of the ring will meet
one of th really clever men when Bill
Papke attacks Hugo Kelly at the Badger
Athletic club in Milwaukee on the evening
of December 30. Then It 'will -be known
whether this "Illinois cyclone. who has
mowed down second-raters as if they were
amateurs, can be stopped by a man who
knows every trick of the game. If Kelly,
the ablest of the brilliant pupils of Tommy
Ryan, goes down bttfore the fighting mar
vel, then the road to the middleweight
championship will be straight, and except
for one black obstacle In the way will be
clear. For Papke must not be hailed aa
the greatest of the middleweighta until he
shall have conquered Sam Langford, the
Boston negro.
Papke has a mighty rush, great speed,
tremendous power and the peculiar ability
to stand up under blows that would fell
men of constitutiona which contained less
Iron. Since the young fellow begun fighting
last March he has knocked out almost
every man who has faced him. Some,
like Pat O'Keeffe in Philadelphia, have
stayed to the end, but at fearful cost.
They have been pounded and battered so
that they will never forget.
Papke is not clever. He himself and his
manager, Tom Jones, say be knows little
about boxing. Moreover." tliey don't caTe
much about it. Rapke violates established
rules of th game and yet he has not been
beaten. Papke waa 21 years old last Sep
tember. He began fighting In March of
1906.
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Mrs. Gould Diet ha a beautiful whit
cat of whk h she is justly proud and whk-U
will be exhibited at th poultry and pet
Mrs. Gould Dietzs Persian Cat
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animal ehow at t lie Auditorium this week
While attending the automobile show this
fall wtUi ber buaband a tie was particularly
struck with a white Perriaa beauty, which
Mi. Vai Uiufbt. Tb cat did not take
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KEW YORK TEAMS NEXT TEAR
Both National1! and American! to
Show Chaxsri in line.
GE1T GETS BID OF DISTURBERS
MrGraw Has Three af His (.leafs
Breaded fer Xtw tear asi is
Ksasdlsg l the Rest
Real dir.
NEW TORK. Dec IS. In sel'ing the re
lease of Catcher Ira Thomas to the De
troit club Manager Griffith of the New
Tork Americana lndicatea his oonfidenee
in Kleinow, Blair and Rickey to take good
care .of the work behind the bat next ae.a-son.-
Thomas played good ball vl:Qe a
member of the local team, but Griffith
came to the conclUBlon last season that
the big backstop was not fast enough.
The tact that Young Blair, who was se
cured from the Tri-State league, allowed
up remarkably well further convinced the
New Tork manager that he could get along
in the future without Thomas' services.
Rickey, who was received from St, Louis
in exchange lor Joe T eager laKt winter,
hsd a lame arm a greater part of the sea
son, but he lias since recovered completely
and will be used regularly behind tlie bat
In WOti. Kleinow, one of the best catchers
in the profession when he buckles down
to the job in dead earnest, has promised
that he will show a big improvement in
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PRINCE.
-well t th climate of Omaha and died, so
u Chicago a short tiro ago Mr.
tneia ooumn r-arr j-niice. uos wraure
.la published this week. H la a beauty.
nearly twice as large aa an ordinary cat
la spit of the fact that he ta but t months
old. Farre Prince was bought from Mra
Baldwin, who will show her tl. prixe
Winner at Ui Omaha show this wetk.
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Tlarer Will Try i Lauad First
th Feet Bell fitragrarle
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PRINCETON. N. J-. Dec .-Tliat
Princeton ia determined to win a share of
the intercollegiate foot ball honors la the
future became .evident when a number
of former Tiger stars gathered at the
Inn here recently. The whole affair, how
ever, w-es somewhat veiled In mystery be
cause the coaches did not want much of
tlie confab to become public Just yet; but
a few points of vital interest became
known. A lengthy disruption of the pro
posed new coaching system at Princeton
took up a lot of time. Bill Church, who
has been one of the prim movers In the
scheme, expressed hia views and they were
rect Ivd with enthusiasm.
Wliile It is unlikely that any perceptible
change will be made to take effect next
fall. It is bound to come gradually. On
thins; is certain, the old timers are all
worked uv over The prospects of turning
out a winning team next year, and they
will be here off and on all season. There
will be no lsck of instructions, and the
isplrit is likely to grow sharper. In all
probability Bill Ropfir will be the head
coach again next year, and rumors to this
effect are rife. Prinoetonians In general
and foot ball experts consider Roper the
most competent instructor Old .Nassau has
ever had. The undergraduates want him.
too. OfDclai announcement will be made
before long concerning this matter.
A topfc of widespread interest In the
foot ball world Just at present, the for
ward pa sb. was thoroughly discussed. The
individual -t-oached dl not care to be
quoted, but it wa.i given out that the
practically unanimous opinion ia in favor of
further restriction. The element of luck to
the long passes is too great, it is contended,
and ought to be eliminated as far as pos
sible. Captain Eddie Dillon and Manager
Carr spoke about next 1 reason's schedule.
Several new opponents are likely, but noth
ing is known at present about the much
talked about game with Harvard. Ther
is absolutely no truth, however, in the re
ports that Princeton will play Pennsyl
vania next fall.
RIFLEMEN COMPETE AT BUFFALO
TeratpTes Caliber Taarmaaaeat
Starts la Jaaaaury.
ROCHESTER. N. Y-, Dec. 2S. Arrange
ments are nearly completed for the holding
of the ll tournament of the SS-Callber
Indoor Rifle league, which ia to take place
here under the aurpirea of the Columbia
Rifle club of that city in. January, and la
point of attendance, prises and interest this
meet is expected to outshine all others that
have been held since the league waa started
in lHUi. The tournament is to isst six days.
: during which time any marksman so de
siring may compete, whether he is a mem
I ber of the league or an unattached ah 00 tar,
I for the league regulations ar liberal. Th
I league has tlie bac king of th government
in Us work, for recently the War depart
ment haa taken up the matter of 3-callber
indoor shooting in addition to ths attention
given to long-distance and outdoor target
practice and ia issuing th new army
Spring-field fitted with a S-caliber barrel
for work of this nature
'in order to socurs the best results from
this small caliber piactic a system Las
; been worked out whereby allowances can
1 be made for windage, elevation and dis
tance, all on a fifty-yard range. The tar
gets are reduced in exact proportion, so
that it is itoasibie to get ranges similar to
the outdoor ranges, with distances sn
where from SOU to 1.0U0 yards, and by means
of a windage dock and flag- problems are
given the marksmen for their solution, so
that they may become familiar with all
conditions of outdoor shooting.
Madel Reeatla tar Aateatallit.
Allen town. Pa., la planning to show tb
country w at a small city can do in tb
way ef welcoming auioists When the con
testants of the' (junker City Motor club s
endurance run reach there New Tear's
dav they will be greeted by th rily of
ficials, the street will be decorated aad
roped elf, a dinner and ball will be give
la tlieir honor and reservations will fee
uiads for thsntirc party at a theater.
Itew AttMade aa Prafeaalaaaliasi
af Vital laserlasea t Callege
Baa Ball Wasaea aa
Traalx.
LINCOLN. Dee. H( Specials Though
temporarily at a standstill oa account ef
th holiday, athletic at the university
hav by a menus dropped out of th lime
light. Although the athletes themselves
hav nearly all left th city till the mid
winter recews Is over, the directing spirit a
ia whose hands sports for the remalndct
of the year rest, ar making the best ct
their opportunity to arrange eventa for
the spring, aa well as to do what ia to 1
done at present toward arranging the atxt
foot ball schedule.
Dr. J. T. Lees. Nebraska's representative
oa the Interpol legist foot ball rules com
mittee, It In New Tork today ttonding
the meeting cf the associated universities
which wer responsible, thre years ago.
for th radical changes in the rules which
were put tut effect in 106. At the time
h left fjicoln to attend the meeting Dr.
Leea was not sure thst th rules commu
tes' would meet till early next yesr. Tlie
makeup cf the committee is a mstter pretty
largely in the hands of the Intercollegiate
association, and tmtil appointments eon id
be made by the latter organisation the re
vision of rules for foot ball would probably
not be attempted.
Analoea A beat Base Rail.
A fed deal of Interest wss occasioned in
university circles last week by Tlie Bee's
New Tork dispatch forecasting the efforts
which It w-as believed would be made by
the association to correct the summer base
ball "evlL" So far aa Nebraska Is con
cerned, tbe "correction" would preferably
take a different course from that appar
ently aimed at by the eastern institutions
represented la the association. It has Iw-en
for aeveral years Nebraska's stand that
participation In semi-professions! bsse by 11
during the summer months should net dis
qualify a student In good standing t a
university from participation in college base
ball. Chancellor Andrews, only I wo years
ago, attracted considerable attention by hi
advocacy of a more liberal Interpretation of
amateur rules la this respect, holding that
fhany young men who were able , to tnak
good money during the summer months aa
members of semi-professional teams, would
be unable t carry on their studies during
the remainder of the year were this sou res
of revenue cut off.
The stand taken by Dr. Andrews In this
regard Is shared by the majority of th
members of th athletic board, despite the
faot that thst body has Insisted on a strict
living dp to the conference rules against
summer ball playing by college athlete.
In fact, a wholesale letting down of bars
would be . welcomed at the Comhuck-r
school, not because the ethics of amateur
sport are held In llgnt regard by the Ne
braaka mentors, but for the reason that
the present rules are considered senseless
and biased. Whether or hot tbe Nebraska
representatives at the meeting will eppone
any attempt to build tip more and even
higher walls will probably rest on wlmt
propositions are advanced at the meeting.
There is no doubt at to his sentiments con
cerning the proposed 'reforms."
taeald Retala Forward rasa.
Walter Camp's objections ts the forward
pass ksve not occasioned much excitement
in the Nebraska camp, but what coramtnl
they have elicited has not been compli
mentary to Walter. Experts on tbe gamp
in Llnooln Insist thst the forward past
has done all that was expected of It la
the way of opening up the game. They
say. furthermore, that its possibilities havt
not been developed yet. and that to aban
don Its use now would be to do so without
giving H a fair trial. Jt is probable that
should aa effort be made to do sway wtth
tbe play at the next meeting ef the roles
oommlttee. It would meet strenuous opposi
tion from th western representatives oa
th committee.
During his attendance at ih New Tork
convention Dr. Lees expected 1 meet Dr.
Williams of Minnesota and Coach Btagg
of Chicago, both of whom, are members of
th rules committee. Nebraska's foot
ball game with Minneaota has prsellrally
been arranged and Dr. Lees' confab with
Williams would probably relate more to
tb place for playing the contest than t
th details of ached ullng IL Whether or
not he will make an effort to secure a game
with Chicago Is uncertain, but In any cverf
the meeting with Chicago's leader la apt t
prove productive of important result.
Tbe final cancellation af the basket ball
game with Columbia after tt had seemed,
assured was somewhat of a disappoint
ment to followers of the gams in Lincolrf.
but was probably a good thing for tb
sport so far as Nebraska is concerned.
Although tbe team so far has shown pro7h.
lse of considerable strength before the year
is over a meeting with the eastern cham
pions next Wednesday would probably have
proved a disastrous and disheartening a t-
fair. With 'a fear m-e.lra mniw fn m-tilfh In
pie par for tb hard schedule tbey will
fee during th second semester chances
for successful season are bright and few .
regrets are expressed that ths Columbia
fame bad ta be called off.
Wasaea ta Get Basy.
Th coming spring 1 liable to see a"
resumption of women's athletics on a seals
not usually dreamed of by th (initiated.
Tb extent ta which physical training for
girls haa been carried at Nebraska is not
understood even by many of the patrons
of th institution. Toung women enrolled
in th university ar not only required to
Ink two year of th work, but ar also,
given th privilege of carrying th course
a good deal further than la poaslbl la thai
length of tiro. Each year t hers are regu
larly instructed classes in w hich the women
students ar taught what fifteen years ago
would hav been considered well nigh un
thinkable performance. Tbey sprint, they
jump, tbey run hurdles, they put th shot
tbey evea do th pol vault.
Not all lha girls who take physical
training work are able to do these things,
of course, but th most of them would
ilk I do them If tbey could. Fur several
years annual meet nave iieen lie I a, in
which tb various events ar fought out
just aa they ar In tb tournaments held
by tb men. They are not so public, of
course; ther ia a advertisement of tbem.
reports ef tbem get Into tb paper only
at second hand, and only the select frwv
mostly spectators of th same aex as tt
contestants, ar admitted ts watch tbea.
