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    THE OMAITA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 12. 1908.
ENGLISH ROWING TURMOIL
Tictory of Belgian Stiri Up the Brit
ish Theorists.
DEFEAT DUE TO COACHING FAULT
Cambridge fiwrh Still Believes that
the Orthodox OI4 Caaatrr trk
in the Boat How the
Belglaas liow.
Oxford and Cambridge rowing experts
hava bran hit by another controversy over
the different styles of oarsmanship, and
tha contention Is attracting: an Immense
amotlnt of attention In England. Aquatic
men In all quarters, on the continent and
elsewhere, are deeply ' Interested. for the
real scientific points of what la believed
to be the four best styles of rowing are ba
ins; aired abroad. These are termed the
orthodox, or what la practised at Oxford;
the Cambridge, - the Belgian and ' tho
"House," this latter a method peculiar to
Christ church.
Although the Belglana have bee seen
twice In England, not one of the experts
heretofore attempted a detailed description
of their style, so Amerclans were all the
time In the dark regarding the stroke used
by the men who twice- won the most
coveted boating trophy on earth the Grand
Challenge cup. However, through the pres
ent argument the vital points of the Bel
gians have come to light.
Points Ik Belftlaa Style.
As lo the beginning of the stroke. It
appears the blade la kept horlaontal until
the last moment before entering the water. 1
Being horlrontal. It can be easily carried
forward, and if It atrlxes a wave or the
smooth surface It makes little difference.
"When right forward, or as far as the rower
wants to reach, the underside of the blade
Just feels the water; then with a sharp
turn of the wrist and a slight raising of
the hands the blade Is at once submerged
and an Immediate and perfectly controlled
hold of the water la obtained.
Just as the wrist turns the oarsman
springs to his work with legs and body
and there Is no lahornus lifting up like
the crew which dives forward for the begin
ning of a stroke. No crew ever seen at
Henley exhibited such wonderful steadiness
In their swing forward as the Belgians. It
exactly synchronized with the pace of tho
boat, thai, la, the run of the boat received
not the slightest check from the, way the
Belgians slid up. and It was the only shell
ever seen at Henley that did not show a
retardation from the sliding.
Another point is that the Belgians sit
closer to the tholepin, and not away from
It like the Cambridge and "House" styles.
This, they say, does away v with the long"
sweep of the body forward In reaching
for the stroke, there being a less tiling:
movement; the chest can be kept more
open and the stomach less cramped, both
of which are important thinga If a crew
wants to stay.
Views of at Coatate Critic.
Regarding the four .styles a Cambridge
coach says:
Considering the number of experiments
that have been tried In the last two or
three years, both In style and In the mech
anism of rowing, It seems the proper place
to draw some general conclusions. These
appear to me to be three In number and
to have been proved In the last two years:
U) That the "orthodox" English style of
rowing is still the best style; CI) that al
though one may bo conservative in one's
'adherence to this "orthodox" style, yet
one may b progressive in the respect to
the mechanism of rowing; (i) that the new
styles of rowing have, done a good service
to English rowing by opening our eyes to
several faults prevalent among us, but not
caused by any defect In style, but by de
fects in coaching and execution.
At Henley regatta in 1SW7 there were four
dixlinct styles of rowing, the Belgian, the
orthodox, the new Cambridge and the new
t'ln 1st Church. Of the three, Christ Church
approached nearest to the orthodox Eng
lish, by using short oars and not sliding
up nearly square with their work, as is
usual; rowed a short, sharp stroke, getting
an ISngltsh beginning, but not making
much use of their bodies; their swing for
ward was short and they depended almost
entirely on the m uncles of their legs. The
successes that they met with did not, as
we shall presently show, prove the super.
rlty of their style over the orthodox, but
they did show up several faults which
were prevalent at Oxford.
The ordinary college coaches were In
clined to teach their men to use their
. bodies, but to neglect their legs; the House
went to tho opposite extreme. The canons
of orthodox oarsmanship Insist that both
should be fully lined. Body and leg work
should be so combined that the body Is
balanced on the stretcher and the entire
weight thrown Into the beginnnlng of the
stroke .by the legs and the small of the
back. Another common fault which the
House avoided, was the ponderous stiff
ness with which most college coaches tried
to mnke their crews uimo forward. Steadi
ness In the forward swing conies not from
stiffening the muscles.
Although Christ Church thus showed up
these faults, which pervaded the rowing
of most college crews, they did not prove
the superiority of tholr style to tho ortho
dox. The extraordinary aucceaa or the
Magdalen fours at Henley and at Oxford
Jll m iooer. luuuweu UK iuktm i.l llioj
Oxford trials, has more than vindicated
the old style when It is properly practiced.
The saae with which Magdalen defeated
Ieander in the race for the steward's cup
made one regret that they had nut entered
for the Grand, while the rates for the.
'varsity fours and the trial race showed
i that in the orthodox style a crew could
' row as quick a stroke and get as hard a
leg drive as In the House style, while the
ouperlor use of their weight gave the or-
' thodox crews great lasting powers.
' Attain tho individual oaramun who had
more reason tiisn any other Oxonian to be
' pleased with his record last summer was
undoubtedly H. (. Buekall, Merlon, whose
rowing la especially orthodox. He stroked
rils college eight, averaging under eleven
stone Uu4 pounds! per man, up six places,
taught them nut only to row a remarkably
fast stroke, but also to quicken ,np most
effectually tor a spurt during a race; won
the varsity pairs, and finally he stroked
some Portuguese, whom he taught to row
. In th.i same style, and defeated a four of
fnlabrtana on the Tbkus.
The now Cambridge style differs far
more essentially from the orthodox than
' docs the Christ church. Tha two latter
l.avo in common a sharp beginning and a
clearly marked rythin. which enables a
. craw to pick up the stroke for a amirt
' The. rscent Cambridge crews have lacked
: rhythm and have therefore no definite
I points In the stroke such aa the beginning
! and the recovery at which to quicken for
a apurt. Their vlctoriea have been due
i to Individual excellence, which haa en.
I aUleJ them in the last two racea agalrist
Oxford and the race agrinst Harvard to
turn tho race Into a. procession.
port la a. Oreat Folnt
In a close race a crew must be able to
spurt and It was the Impossibility of doing
i this without a rhythm which lost Leandsr
tha Grand Challenge cup. D. C. R. Stuart
' can take a crew off quickly and can keep
It going at a quick stroke, as he showed
, in iJi against the Argonauts; but it has
proved extremely difficult in his style to
pica up tne siroae again once n nas Deen
I rironned. The Belelans. on the other hand.
' row with a clearly marked rhythm, which
enables them to pick up their stroke at the
' finish, for a SDurt. Their unorthodoxy con-
slates In not springing on lo the beginning
and not swinging down forward. They
claim that there la no sufficient return for
the extra exertion of a longer stroke, as
' that pert ia alone effectual which is op
posite the rigging. i-ffgllsh oarsmen dis
pute this and hold that the English swing
and uae of weight save rather than ex
pend energy. Also It must be remembered
t hut the B. Irians have been defeated by
but ;iave never beaten, orthodox Leander
: crews. They have only defeated an unor
; thodox Lcander eight aud some' college
! trews.
These sro some of tho facts to draw con
elusions that the orthodox Kngllsh style of
: row in is still the best, especially for
long course, but that the new style haa
drawn attention to tho prevalence of cer
' tain faults which the long unchallenged
supremacy of our rowing had allowed to
grow, it 14 to be hoped that the recent
Magdalen successes nay be taken as proof
il,ai l heat faulta have been rectified at
Oxford and that the orthodox stylo will
again be vindicated at Putney. In this con
net lion it may be mentioned that the last
iIiiih Cambridge dabbled with a new style
' their eupcrlinent was followed by nine
au'-eekalte drfeais. Prosit oiturtf
Kxrwnt en irimrnts in the mex'hsnisrn
nt At a lug have been as interesting and
perhaps even more valuable than those in
style. From smong the hosts which tried
liese Innovations the foreisn crews may
be mentioned: The lt(7 Christ church
right, the Trinity end Bslllol torpids. 19C7.
There bes been a feature common to all
these crews the use of big blades and
moK rowing authorities now seem to agree
that there was a tendency anions: Kngllsh
crews before 1W to noe too small blades.
Ouy Nlckalls. for Instance, suggests that
six nnri one-quarters Inches would he a
good measurement for college eight oars.
he other measurements lie suggested
were twelve feet one Inch over all. three
feet eight Inches Inboard, thirty-one Inches
leverage, with six and one-quarter Inch
blades. The Christ church eight and the
Trinity and Balllol torpids use very short
oars. Most coaches are not prepared to go
so tar in this dlrectglon as they old, mil
It seems to he the prevalent opinion that
twelve feet one Inch Is long enough for
light eight oars and twelve feet for torpids.
This Is supposed to help men to row a
quick stroke and there Is no doubt that a
quick rate of striking Is advocated today
both for bumping and for longer races
than was the case three years ago.
0BM0NDE-DAYT0NIA BEACH EACES
Fatrr Blanks for the Anneal Contest
An Sent Ont.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Entry blanks for
the sixth annual Ormond-Daytona automo
bile beach races have been Issued by the
contest committee of the Automobile Club
of America, and the entry list will close on
the 15th of next month. Seven events are
on the program, of which four are long
distance affairs ranging from 100 miles to
288 miles. For the longest distance the
prize will be the Automobile Club of Amer
ica cup, and the entrance fee will be 1200.
the greatest of the entire program. Tho
128-mile race, for amateur drivers, will have
a silver cup aa Its prize. The definition of
an amateur, as set forth In the entry
blank, is "one who does not race or drive
an automobile for hire, or Who Is not ac
tively engaged In the automobile trade, or
who does not make his livelihood or any
part of it as a result of his racing, or who
has never been declared a professional by
any sport governing body." '
The race for stock cars, which will fte 1?0
miles In length, Is open to any American
or foreign stock chassis, providing that the
total piston area shall not exceed 103.87
square Inches, which Is equivalent ito a
four-cylinder engine having a bore of 5i
inches. Two of the main trophies have al
ready been put In competition. The Min
neapolis national world's championship for
the 100-mile race from a standing start Is
now held by S. F. Edge of Ixmdon. Eng
land, but must be won twice to obtain
permanent possession, so that there Is still
hope of Its being kept In America. The
championship trophy offered by Sir Thomas
Dewar for the mile flying start race Is at
present held by Fred Marriott of Newton,
Mass.
The mile flying start and two-mile flying
start for the two-mile-a-mlnute trophy are
to be run in the form of time trials, and
In the latter the winner must equal or ex
ceed the speed of 120 miles an hour. There
will also bo record speed trials for the mile
and for the kilometer.
CHALLENGE FOR BALLOON CUP
Aero Club of America Seeks to Iteitaln
the Trophy.
NEW YORK. Jan. 11. A challenge for
the Gordon ,Bennett balloon cup has been
sent by president Cortlandt Field Bishop
on behalf of the Aero Club of America to
the Deutscher Ltiftschlffer-Verband or the
German Balloon union, which now holds
the trophy by virtue of Oscar Erbsloh's
victory In the International balloon race
last October in St. Louis. At a meeting of
the directors of the club held here Mr.
Bishop was authorized to Issue a chal
lenge and, provided no other country chal
lenges in the meantime, America will be
the first to make a formal challenge for
tho coveted trophy.
All countries Intending to compete for
the Gordon Bennett cup must have their
challenges In by February 1 and the date
for the race must be named by March 1.
The event probably will be held early In
October. There Is great Interest In the
contest abroad and as Sweden hss just
been admitted to the federation eight na
tions are now eligible to enter tennis of
three for the cup In 19C8, being France,
Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzer
land, Belgium and the United States.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11. The Aeronautlque
club of Chicago announces that It will hold
an International balloon contest here on
July 4. Two valuable cups will bo given
for the longest distance covered and for
the greatest time in the air and the race
will bo open to the world.
GUN EXPERTS ARE AWAKE
Columbus feathering; to lie a Record-
Breaker,
COIA MBLS. O.. Jan. 11. -Some Idea of
the Interest which has grown of late years
In trap shooting may bo gathered from
the nuhiber of applications for hotel reser
vations which have already been received
by Secretary Fred Shattuck of the Colum-
K , .h ,. m,unin - ho rilr.
T" ; . .
to participate in the grand American handl
cap shoot, which is to be held under the
auspices of that club next June. It Is
said that there will be at least 500 entries
for this shoot and that It will undoubtedly
be the largest affair of its kind ever held
In this country. This Is the greatest of all
annual trap shooting events held in Amer
ica and was first held at Dexter Park,
. I., on April 5 to 7, 1893.
From that date It yearly grew In the
east as an event of importance and grad
ually spread westward until It was held
In Kansas City In I'902, when there were
466 entrants. After an existence of only
three years the Columbus Gun club was
honored with the award of the shoot by
the Interstate association.
CRICKETERS TO GO TO ENGLAND
Gentlemen of Philadelphia to Invade
Homo of tho Game.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 11. After a lapse
of five years the cricketers of 'Philadelphia
will send a team to England next season.
Although the team has not yet been choaen.
all those whose selection Is assured have
been approached, and have signified their
willingness to go. Should the trip not have
been undertaken in 1908. it could not have
taken place until 1911, for the Australians
will be In England In 1909, and the South
Africans are down for a trip In 1910.
The achedule of games for the Phlladel-
phlans was drawn up at the last meet
Ing of the county secretaries, held in Lon
don. It embraces In all fifteen matches, of
which thirteen will take place In England
and two In Ireland. The opening match
will be played on July , and the concluding
contest on August 77.
'
REAL GOLF TO BE PLAYED
Advertising; tMi'i Tocrney at Plne-
horst Promise Mirk.
NEW YORK. Jan. 11. The next big golf
ing, ovist wlil toe the advertising men's
tournament at Plnehurst, N. C, January
Is, 17 and 18, when a distinct novelty will
be Introduced. Tho qualifying round Is
to be at thirty-rig holes, over two courses,
one the old, the other tho new one, eighteen
holes each.
Probably nowhere else In the United
States, unless It be at Dea Moines, la.,
where there are two elghteen-hole links
near each other, could this stunt be ac
complished. Naturally there la some variety
between the two courses, ko that players
not able to do well on one may be able
to make a better score on tho other. At
least twenty-five metropolitan players will
participate, about all Ibe stars being In
cluded, 1 - k -a .
WITI1 THE COLLEGE ATHLETES
Doing in Field of Sport in the Eait
and West.
DEDUCTIONS AS TO THE OUTCOME
Prof. Hetherlngtoa's Remarkable ton-
slderatloa oC the Problem of Ian. -
ft Base Ball la Colleges
All Over the Coaatrr. '
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i
Jf for no other reason than for compari
son with some of the other recent literature
and utterance on the subject of college
sports the report made by Prof. Clark W.
Hetherlnglon of the University of Missouri
before the convention of i the In
tercollegiate Amateur AJhletle Asso
clstlon of the United States ia
bound to attract attention. Prof. Hether
Ington waa chairman of a committee on
summer base ball authorized to Investigate
the problem and report findings to the con
vention. He was educated In a German
university. The Influence of German
thoroughness obviously Is upon him. It Is
hard to survey the report of 9,000 words on
the subject of summer base ball without
feelings of respect for the careful consid
eration devoted to the task. -
In these days when so much that Is ill
considered, rash, hasty. 111 balanced,
thoughtless and baseless Is being promul
gated by conductors of a certain type on
the subject of athletic games In the col
leges It is indeed refreshing to those who
have some regard to the welfare of college
sport to see an Investigation pursued In
lines of such care.( Those who attended
the convention were overwhelmed at the
eight of so voluminous a report. A great
many of the delegates were opposed to the
spirit of Prof. Hetherington's remarks, but
they admired the energy and persistence
displayed In the preparing of the report.
Problem of Summer Ball.
To most persons who are Interested In
college athletics the vital question appears
to be this matter of summer base ball.
There is a very complete disagreement on
the matter of handling the problem, be
cause there Is a not Inconsiderable parly
which has for Us belief that summer base
ball for money should no more disqualify
a player from a college team than writing
for a magazine for money should debar a
student from editing his college paper.
This comparison, by the way, la drawn
from a remark made by David B. Fullz,
the former Brown university athlete, since
a member of the New York Base Ball club
of the American league, who is eminently
fitted on all sides to have authoritative gay
In the matter. .
There are very many persons who believe
with Captain P. E. Peirce, the president of
the Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Asso
ciation of the United 8tates, that summer
base ball, as It conduces to lying and de
ceit. Is wholly bad and that the lines of
amateurism and professionalism never
should bo let down. Prof. Hetherlngton,
perhaps not unnaturally, partakes In great
measure of the latter Idea, and what ho
has to say about the summer base ball
puzzle Is colored by that sentiment. It Is
set forth in his report that sixty-one in
stitutions all over the country were ap
proached on the matter, so that the replies
may be taken to represent the sentiment J
of the college community at large.
Six Claaalfleatloos.
There are six classifications made of the
summer base ball players. The classes
were formed after a statement made by
Prof. E. J. Bartlett of Dartsmouth col
lege, which institution ruled off ten 'var
sity players for the offense of summer
base ball. Quoting from Prof. Hetherlng
ton: First "Those who Join some of the regu
lar professional league teams." (a)"8ome
play openly under their own names" and
"give no trouble" In those colleges where
there Is any attempt to regulate athletics.
as they are either graduates or men who
do not expect to play again In college."
(b) "Others assume names." This seems
to be a small class In some sections, but
large in others.
Second "Those who organize or Join an
organization," such aa connected with sea
side or mountain resort hotels, mining
camps, etc., "under cover of some other
employment, but solely to play ball. Their
employers connive at the .fraud, release
them for practice and for games, but pay
them their considerations aa wages. "This
is the worst and most general form, and
the cases shade" from the thoroughly rot
ten, through the perplexing, down to the
Innocent."
Third "Those who are definitely em
ployed and paid for certain work and then
organise a base ball nine" or play on it.
"This Is the condition In most of the moun
tain hotels" and the mining districts, etc.
"The men are not employed for base ball.
but base ball skill counts." In hotels "the
guests tend to corrupt, by taking up a col
lection at the close of the season."
Fourth "Those in other occupations, who
float here and there by invitation for an
occasional game on Saturdays and holidays.
These men always admit 'expenses' and
nothing more."
Fifth Those who play "ball on their own
homo town teams, which are partly profes
sional" and "demand or are urged to ac
cept money; some refuse money." y
Sixth Those "who do not need to work
during the summers who play on mixed
nines of their homes or seaside residences
or the mountain houses in which they
seem to be genuine guest sj
Better la West.
The report then goes on to gives notes
by states and associations, without men
tioning the name of any college or uni
versity. It Is set forth that the Ohio col
leges and the conference Institutions of the
west hsve the situation well under control.
They permit the playing of games In the
summer with teams In the particular honi?
town of tha player and they specify that
any such team shall be strictly amateur.
In general the conference rule Is approved
In the section which It obtains, although
one answer reads: "The sentiment hrra
Is that the conference rule on summer
base ball Is anything but an Ideal one. It
not only puts an extra premium on falsi
flcatlon, but It makes possible the wont
forms of Intercollegiate vendettas. If
lived up to in good faith it would prac
tlcally prevent any student playing bass
ball outside of college."
A university In New York state reports
that base ball presents mors difficulties
than any other branch of sport. It is
difficult to see at present how these diffi
culties can be removed without drastlo
measures which It would be hard to en
force. We have not had very much trouble
with our base ball team, but there have
been - occasional lnriances In whioh It
seemed to us that our rule was violated,
but In all such cases persons concerned In
sisted that they had not violated It and It
was Impossible to obtain evidence on the
subject.
A most Interesting opinion comes from
a mining state. In wliluh the writer tells
of a condition which naturally does not
exist In many other places. "Borne of our
hoys get positions for the summer la
mines," he writes. "Ttiry are given Ihe
preference in such positions because every
mining town of any slse likes to have a
base ball team, but they must do the same
amount of work for tha same salary as
ordinary miners or they are classed aa
professional. We J tha-Jtrurden of proof
Humor Among;
Ruby .Robert Fltsslmmons Is always ready
and willing to Illustrate before sport
ing men Just how he knocked Jim Corbett
out at Carson City with his memorable
solar plexus punch. Not so very many
years ago his former manager, Percy Wil
liams, now. a well known theatrical mag
nate, asked Fits to show a number of
friends how Corbett was annihilated. Rob
ert wss In fine form then as he was train
ing for a fight at the time. He promptly
compiled with the request by cslllng upon
Reggy Williams, a brother of his manager,
to stand up and be a victim. Reggy, how
ever, had been there before and knew the
power of the Corntshman'a blows, so he
was not overanxious to take part In the
exhibition. So he said to Robert:
"Walt a minute. Bob, until I go and get
a stiff bracer, for I need courage."
"All right," replied Fltzslmmons. With a
grin, "but hurry." Reggy stepped over to
the bar, took a nip and then picking up a
thick board he slipped it under his vest.
"Go ahead. Bob, but not too hard."
Fits Jumped about, felting and sparring
for a few minutes while Williams squared
off like a i real fighter. Then Robert shot
out his terrible right and hit the mark
with a crash. It sounded like a blow on
a board fence with a sledge hammer, and
though Williams was knocked down he
Jumped up quickly and laughed until his
sides shook. Fits waa dancing around on
one foot, with his left hand under hlr
right arm and a look of Intense pain on his
faca,
"What'g the matter. Bob?" asked Percy
Williams, who was next to the trick.
"What's Ahe matter," roared the angry
Cornlshman, "why me blooming 'and la
smashed! That funny brother of yours has
a sheet of iron under his vest!"
Fits was a mark then for a lot of guying,
but the Joke was a serious one for his
hand was in poultices for six weeks.
Jack Skelly, the former featherweight
champion, who fought George " Dixon at
New Orleans In 1892, la something of a
practical Joker. Strolling along Third
avenue one morning after a night of fes
tivities Skelly saw a sign which read:
"Prof. Gustave Schmidt, Premier Boxing
Instructor."
Bkelly lost not time in climbing the stairs
to. the "professor's" studio, where he found
a heavily built German of the wrestling
type of athlete giving boxing lessons to a
few of his countrymen who looked lke
barbers or delicatessen dealers.
"You vant to learn box lessons, yea?"
asked the "professor" as Skelly appeared.
"Yes, sir. But don't hurt me," replied
Skelly, who looked for all the world Ilka
a green novice.
"Oh, pig's knuckles, not von bit. Take
off your coat and push on' dese g toffs,"
said Schmidt.' as he handed out a pair of
five-ounce mtts. Skelly played his part
well. The "professor" had to show him
how to put on the gloves. When they put
up" their hands Skelly seemed aa shy sa a
school girl on graduation day.
"Don't be afraid!" yelled the Greman, aa
he Jabbed Bkelly In the face. "Be spunky!
Hold up your head! Now try to hit me!"
Then, after ten minutes of burlesque,
Bkelly tapped the "professor" on the nose
and quickly apologized. But the Dutchman
was mad clean through and suddenly
handed Bkelly a hard blow on the Jaw that
sent the latter up against the wall, bang!
8kelly wanted to take off his gloves, but
Schmidt, who wanted to show hi pupils
how good he was, would, not permit such
a thing. Bo Bkelly reluctantly consented
to go on. The German rushed like a bull
at a red rag. Skelly saw an opening then
and drove his left Into the "professor's"
big stomach. He followed this with a great
right hand smash on the Jaw; and down
went the Dutchman, a' passenger for
dreamland. As Skelly escaped he said to
a friend -who waa with him:
"It wasn't exactly fair, I'll admit, but
on the player. He must furnish the affi
davits from responsible parties to the ef
feet that ho earned his salary by the usual '
amount of work and received no pay for
playing base ball.
Retaining; Amatear Role.
On the subject of retaining the amateur
rule as It stands It is stated that "yie law
Is necessary to protect seekers after pleas
ure, recreation and exercise, with all their
educations l complications, as against the
mere seeker after .material galiu It must
be shown that the rule Is valid, which will
require clear demonstrations and an educa
tional campaign. That the future athlete
can be protected from Ignorant technical
violations of the law through a dissemina
tion of Information concerning the mean
ing and purpose of amateurism and by
creating a national board of eligibility,
with power of reinstatement."
Finally, the subject is thus reviewed and
dismissed:
If the present amsteur rule be supported
for If It be modified) and base ball be re
tained aa an intercollegiate game, there
must be an agreement concerning policies
on the following points:
1. There must b an agreement concern
ing the practice of college teams playing
frofesslonal teams or semi-professional
earns, or any team other than college
teams under faculty control, and
2. There must be an agreement concern
ing the practice of college students play
ing on teams under other than college
auspices, which involvea two possibilities:
ta) If this privilege Is denied how shall
students snd the public be educated con
cerning the necessity of the law and hrnv
shall an administrative machinery be de.
veloped to control would-be violators of
the law?
b If the privilege Is allowed:
(1) What class of private or club organi
zations shall be recognized as legitimate for
Some foods have the same
effect on the bowels as Cascarets.
But one must select the foods and that's dihiculL
It's easier to take Cascarets.
Here is one way to keep cheerful :
Live out-doors and exercise in plenty. Eat coarse food, much
fruit, many green vegetables.
Here is the other way:
Take a Cascaret when you need it. That will supply, in a
gentle and natural way, the tame laxative effect on the bowels.
Nobody questions that tha first
So would it ba best, for much the tame reason, to do all of oar reading
by sunlight. ' .
But most of us are compelled to choose a second best way.
And that way is Cascarets.
No other laxative acts' so nearly as proper living would act on tha bo web.
The days of castor oil and salts, of pills and cathartics, are over.
What they did artificially, Is now done by Cascarets gently,
The right way is to take a Cascaret when you need It. Carry a boa in
your pocket. 'Ward oft! those dull feelings, those headaches, before they
fairly get started.
Cascarets are candy tablets. They are sold by all druggists, but never
la bulk. Be sure to get the geoulnt, with CCC on every tablet. The price
1 v cenis. 23 ryots and
Tcq Cent, per Pox,
Prize Fighters
the Dutch Ice cart got too fresh and tried
to make a monkey of me before his yspe!"
Jolih I. Sullivan fears a rat aa much as
an elephant does.' Circus people always
put a small terrier in with the elephants
to keep the rats away, and the big animals,
knowing this, make great pets of small
dogs. Before Sulllvsn ever appeared In
the prize ring he was working in a tin shop
In South Boston repairing furnace flues.
While busy at his trade in an old building
one day a large rat ran up Sullivan's
trousers leg and gave the big fellow a
fierce battle before it waa killed. John
was bitten on the leg In two places.
"That's the reason," said Sullivan to a
friend one day, "that I wear tight pants.
I'd never take a chance with a rat In
loose pants again. It was a lesson I'll
never forget." When Sulllvsn first made
his appearance In New York In 1RS0 he
wore the slickest skln-tlgjit trousers ever
seen on a man In the city, and, with a
short pea Jacket, he presented an unusual
picture. When John L. became the cham
pion, therefore, the other fighters and
dead game sports copied the fashion set
by him, and even today the big fellow
wears the same kind of leg coverings.
This Is one reason why Sullivan lias al
ways had a valet, for It Is no easy task
for a corpulent person to pull off tight
trousers, especially after a night in the
Great White Way. Bulllvan, like the ele
phants, has often taken a good ratting
dog to his room at night when he had a
suspicion that rodents were at hand.
When Jack McAuliffe, the retired light
weight champion, was In England a few
years ago ha. met Jumper Howe, a noted
pugilist of Newcastle. Jack and Juniper
became fast friends and In a burst of con
fidence Howe told McAuliffe one day thnt
he could neither read nor write. He alao
asked Jack to read for him a letter he had
Just received from a sweetheart. McAuliffe
readily consented to read the love note
and was getting Interested, when Howe
exclaimed:
"I say, Jack, 'old up there! Ter don't
care to know Just wot she writes, does
yer?" (
"No,' It's of no Interest to me, Jumper,"
replied McAuliffe, with a yawn.
"Well, then,' old pal, Jest put yer fingers
In yer blooming hears so yer won't 'ear il !"
McAuliffe laughed so much at this sally
that Howe, red hot, grabbed the letter,
saying:
"You bleedin' H'amerleans are great kkl
ders, aren't you? I'll get some Englishman
to read, who'll plug up his blooming hears
like a real gent!" McAuliffe tried to ex
plain, but it was of no use.
McAuliffe not long after received a letter
from a town near Atlanta, Ga., which ran
this way: .
"Mr. J. McAuliffe:
"Dear Sir: We sre building an Addition
to our flourishing Sunday school and rend
ing of your great liberality I take the lib
erty of asking you, for a donation.. We
only need fifty more dollars to finish the
Sunday school and hope you can send thin
afhount by return mail. With my blessings
upon thee I am, yours respectfully,
MRS. BLANK."
McAuliffe Immediately dictated this re
ply: i "Dear Madam: Your request for a dona
tion for your Sunday school received I
am sorry I cannot at the present time send
the o0. for the fact Is I am financially em
barrassed and have not been able to pick
a winner In a week. However, If you run
get your rood pastor to go six rounds with
me on the level strictly on the level I am
at your service and the, required money will
be forthcoming at once."
Back came the prompt raaly:
"Dear Mr. McAuliffe: You are a kind
gentleman to answer my letter so promptly.
I showed your letter to our pastor and
neither he nor I can understand what you
mean by a go of six rounds on the level
Please explalri."
But Jack was too busy at the race track
to Indulge In further correspondence.
students to play with, and how shall their
practices be directed or controlled?
(2) What principles concerning the finan
cial management of non-college teams shall
be recognized?
(3) What attitude shall be taken toward
students who play on or against ten ma?
(a) Where gate -receipts are charged,
whether the players receive any direct or
Indirect aid for playing or not.
(b) Where one or more players played
with receive material benefit for playing,
though the particular player receives noth
ing. (c) Where a team competes for a per
centage of the gate receipts the players re
ceiving, a. share or a stipulated sum oi(
noinins; at an.
d) Where the particular player receives
some "material benefit.
Captain Pierce, tho president of the Inter
collegiate Athletic Association of tlio
United 8tatea, has said that the associa
tion Is one with the idea of educatlnR
persons In the proper lines, rather than
forcing them Into these ways. A paper
like that of Frofeesor Hetherlngton is pr
force educational, when one considers tho
work put upon it. '
The Maklaar of a Jnurnatiat.
Henry M. Ashton, a Virginia city capital
ist, has in his library richly bound In
crushed Levant, thoe early volumes of the
Virginia city enterprise to which Mark
Twain contributed.
The faded pages contain Innumerable
specimens of the famous writer's quaint
humor. Mr. Ashton often points out the
llrst paragraph that Mark Twain wrote on
his arrival In Virginia City. The paragraph
runs: i
"A thunderstorm made Berauger a puet;
a mother's kiss made Benjamin West a
painter, and a salary of S15 a week tiiakea
us a Journalist." Denver Post.
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