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VOL. XXXVII NO. 37. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1908. x SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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CRHGOTON IS ON THE UST
Athletio Relations with Nebraska Arc
Hemmed.
All SPOUTS TO BE INCLUDED'
hraka Will Send Track Tram
li Khmi City This Moitk
Team to Ga Mtl-laoa-
LINCOLN, Neb.. Feb. 29. ffi pedal. )Ne
. bralta will rraume athletic relations with
Crcljrhton university and the Omht school
will probably be given a place on the Corn
husker foot ball schedule next fall. A
fetlslon to yili effect has been resehed
by the tnlver!tjr of Kobraska athletic
authorities. The Cornhusker management
has iiiumcd a friendly attitude toward
Crelghton again and the policy adopted
over a year a (to of not scheduling; athletic
content with the Catholic Institution will
be discontinued. From now on Crelghton
will b given a regular place on the various
CVrnhueker athletic schedules.
This year the two schools may meet In
raw ball and foot ball. The foot ball
managers of the universities are negotiat
ing for a gridiron game to be played next
fall, nml If a satisfactory date can be ar
rnnRid the contest will be scheduled prob
ably for Omaha. Manager Eager of Ne
hrarka' on his way to Minneapolis Thurs
day stopped off at Omaha to talk over
Tleis for the game with the manager of
' the Crelghton eleven. Before leaving Lin
coln Manager Eager hinted that the
Crelchtnn game might be played In Omaha
on Thanksgiving day If the Wabash con
test which ho ha been planning to play In
the mctroprlts on that day falls to mi
' Serial's". Just what arrangements Manager
Kager made with Crclphton regarding the
contest will not be known tintll he returns
from Minneapolis Monday. The Nebraska
nd Crelghton base ball teams will play
two games this spring, providing suitable
dates can be arranged. The Cornhuaker
schedule has been made out for several
weeks and It may be Impossible td find any
open dates that can be agreed upon for
the contests.
Trouble wllk Crelfthtoa.
The ..thletle relations between Nebraska
nd Crelghton were never formally severed,
but after the annual foot ball game of the
two schools In V.a, the Nebraska manage
ment JecWec" to drop Crelghton from the
CornhusVer schedules. 8ince then the two
schools have not met In any athletic con
tests, .ind until rectntly the requests of the
Crelghtor- matagement for games with the
rornhuskrs hnve been turned down coldly.
When the . Nebraska authorities dropped
Crelghton from the Cort.husker schedules,
' t;iry srild they severed relations because of
the t'nrrcr:smanllke conduct of the Crelgh
trn I'tym at the foot ball game in Omaha
In IW, when tie score s?ood 37 to 0 in favor
cf Neliasl-a. It was claimed that the
I icirhun ic rn !uyd a "dirty, slugging (
g-" , and nr'en iid to disable the Corn
h:'. cf plafii s i fi.u: they would bo In
loir fchare (or ti e I- onsas game on the
followers fsmrt'ay. Many of the Nebraska
yorr. a' l.uM, i enured to Lincoln in a
rcd-ui ictiditlnn and feeling very hos-
ti towaid C:eli;liton. This Caused the Ne-
lissiia players and students to protest
a-alnst scheduling any contests with the
Omaha school In the future and Crelghton
et droppid. After the relations were
r'vfifd. the Crelghton au:horities made so
I sny t-rforts to have thm resumed, and
t i r niiMinon wero so friendly, that when
lie at', od fir a foot ba.l game for next
f.-ll. the Col n'.u'skcr maragement decided
t.io Lest thing to' do would be to forget the
last and give the Catholic institution a
contest, rrov'dlng suitable arrangements for
the game could be made. The foot ball
managers of the two universities are now
trying to agree on terms and date for
the contest. -
There Is still some opposition among the
atudent body at Nebraska to competing with
Creightou in athletics, but the general sentl
tent of the school Is that the resumption
of relation Is a good thing for both Insti
tutions and that by U they will come to
have a better understanding of each other.
Traek Team to Kmu City.
Nebraska will send a track team to the
annual indoor athletic meet at Kansas City,
March . 20. Missouri, Kansas, St. Louis,
Washington and Washburn will also be
represented. Last year the Cornhusker
tram, although handlcaaed In moat of the
events, made a very good showing, and it
Is believed that the team this year will be
able to carry off some of the best prises.
The Nebraska men who will go to Kansas
City next month w 111 make a much etronger
team than last year's and unless too greatly
handicapped on account of their university
records, will be able to take some first
places The one event of this meet tha Corn
liuskers have set their hearts on winning Is
.lie triangular relay . race. In which Ne
braska. Kansas and Missouri will be the
contestants. Rivalry among these three
schools makea the Interest la the event very
treat. The Nebraaka relay team la prac
ticing dally In preparation for this race
and will go to Kansas City determined to
defeat Kansas and Missouri for first place
In it. The other events of the Indoor meet
will be as follows; Fifty-yard dash. 60-yard
J.urdle rate. W-pound shot put. pole vault,
running high Jump, and the quarter and
half-mile run.
Nebraska will be represented at
the
western Intercollegiate gymnastic content
t Madison In April. The Cornhuskers
took second place in the contest Ut
year Wisconsin being the winner of flr.t
-Mac. At the contest in uiiu, .u..-
wta, Chicago. Illinois and wiaconsiu m
.i 4 in have
Iso have Mini enierea. mi
' vTy'ram as not been selected aa yet. but
llliera are several men trying out for It
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The most prommina u ....-.
re Mitchell, Bwltsler. Mueller. H- U.
Prhmltlt. Meoehouse ' and Shumway.
Mitchell wti in last year's team and Is
I junsldered one of the best gymnasts lu
sAhe state. Bwltsler haa been showing up
nicely In his work this winter and prob
sbly will be able to do aome excllent
work If he Is sent to the annual con
test. Klsselbach and Johnson, the two
i tars of the team that won second place
at Chicago Urt year, will not be able to
tnter thla spring. A local gymnastic
canteat will be held In the university
armory March 17 to select the Corn
l.ueker team for the weatern event.
Frmterwlty Athletic Cwateet.
Arrangements are being made to hold
tne first annual Inter-f raternlty athletic
.onteet In the armory March 14. The
Tvents for the meet will be as follows:
Vwenty-ftve-yard dash. twelve-pound
slot put. pole vault, fence vault, rope
c imb. a Lauding broad jump, three broad
j-inipa. tug of war and obstacle race,
'.here wilt be three entries la each event
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LATE PLANS FOR THE OLYMPIAD
Reports from Committee ladleate
tkat Arraacemeajta Are Berks;
Rapidly Completed.
NETW TORK. Feb. 29-ReporU from the
Olympic committees of both England and
this country Indicate that rapid progress
Is being made toward completing the final
arrangements for both the respective try
out games and the International contest to
be held In the stadium at Sheppard's Bush
during the month of July. WhHe It Is con
ceded that other countries aside from the
two mentioned wUKenter formidable athle
tic teams. It Is expected that the real bal
tle for the premier track and field cham
pionships will eventually center upon the
aggregations of the United States and Eng
land. With this In view the committees In
Icharge of the organisations which will rep
resent these nations are working without
ceasing to perfect the assembly of athlete,
who. In the flnaJ struggle for the Interna
tional championship, may fully demon
strate the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon
race In amateur track and field sports.
In London the date for the trial meets
which will Indicate the athletes best fitted
to represent England has been set for Sat
urday, May 30, the same da.y on which the
Intercollegiate games of the Intercollegiate
Amateur AthWtlc association will be
held In Philadelphia. The English
games will precede the American tryouts
In Philadelphia and Chicago by one week
and will be worked up to by several seta
of games,' also to be held In the London
stadium, which will serve as preliminary
tests to the final contests which will de
cide the mnkeup of the English team. Un
less there Is some change In the schedule
as arranged at 'the present time the first
big meet will be held In Sheppard's Bush
amphitheater on May t, when the Flnchley
Harriers will open the stadium with a gi
gantic athletic meet In which a number of
French athletes have been Invited to take
part. J
Other similar meetings will follow In
quick succession, the more prominent of
which are the games of the Queen's Park
Harriers on May IS. the Highgate Harriers
on May 23, and the combination athletic
sports of the Polytechnic Athletic, Cycling,
Swimming. Wrestling and Boxing clubs on
June S. for which a long program of open
events have been prepared. The prixes for
this meeting will exceed 11,000 In value, and
these contests, taken In conjunction with
the English tryouts, are expected to give
those in charge of the selection of the
English team a most complete Idea of the
ability of the athletes which will represent
that country In the Olympic contests, which
are set for the week beginning on July IS.
While the committee In charge of the
arrangements have been busy their co
workers, whose duties have solely to do
with the stadium proper, have also been
hustling. The arrangements, aa announced
by these gentlemen, are said to be rapidly
assuming their final form, since the struc
ture Is In the last stages of completion.
Every effort will be made to fumlah the
most up-to-date accommodations for the
contestants In order that there may be no
repetition of the dissatisfaction which
cropped out at Athens In 19WJ. The ath
letes wi'.I have no cause for fault finding,
since every possible arrangement has been
made for their care and comfort. Each
dressing room, of whtcn there will be a
great number, will be supplied with shower
baths, rubbing tables, chairs and cots, as
well as telephones and electric bells,
whereby the athletes may be summoned to
the track when the events In which they
are to compete are about to be started.
These and hundreds of other details for the
accommodation of spectators, athletes,
press and others Interested In the Olympic
carnival are being whipped Into shape, and
long before the first of the foreign compe
titors arrive In London every wheel and
cog In the great system of management will
be In perfect working order.
On this aide of the water equal activity
Is being' shown. The committee here is
busily engaged In the collection of funds
for the transportation of the team which
will represent the United States. The
dates for the three tryout meets, to be held
respectively In Philadelphia, Chicago and
San Francisco, have been set, and Invit
ations and entry blanks are already being
prepared. As will be the case In England,
the personnel of the team will be based
upon the showing made by the American
athletes In the three seta of games men
tioned. Only those performers who de
monstrate their ability In one of the three
meetings will be considered when the time
comes to choose the combination.
While the committee reserves all rights
In the selection of the team. It Is thor
oughly understood that no athlete who
doea not take part In the tryout games
will go to England at the expense of the
Olympic fund. Should any athlete be de
barred from competing In the trials through
Illness or other Inability to bo present. It
Js possible that, should hla athletic record
within the last six months warrant It. he
may be accepted as a member of the team,
providing his expense money Is furnished
from some source other than the American
Olympic fund.
The members of the committee have let
It be known that It la their desire and In
tention that no favoritism or partiality
shall creep in at the time the team Is se
lected. This is as It should be. for the
American team will need to be composed
of the very best performers In the various
events which will comprise the Olympic
program. The best athletes of the entire
world will compete In London next July,
and the athletic supremacy of the United
States cannot be Jeopardised by the
presence of any athletes who are not the
best hi their respective specialities. There
will be no place for star performers who
have seen their best days athletically, or
for men whose chief chance of making
the team dependa upon friendship with
some one In authority or who are chiefly
eligible because they are members of some
prominent athletic body. The motto should
be. "Only the best athletes In l! for the
best athletic team In the world."
JEFF GOING AFTER COLD CASH
BIsT Fellow Will Try to Gather Some
Alaska Shekels.
BAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 29 Jim Jefrrh-a.
who was made a flattering offer a few
weeks ago by a syndicate of sporting men
of Fairbanks. Alssks, to take four fighters
from California to that city to engage In
twenty-five round fights for big purses.
has accepted tha offer, and is at present
trying to decide on what fighters he will
match up for the two bat t lea The fights
are to bo held In conjunction with a big
carnival which will be pulled off there on
July 4 for which 150,000 has been raised for
prises. Jeffries Is to referee the fights and
according to tha big fellow t.0u0 of this
amount la to be paid out for the two fights.
Jim Flynn. tha Pueblo heavyweight, and
Abe Attell. the featherweight champion,
will moat likely be principle ta ,ths two
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WESTCBESTERSTAKEEVENTS
Spring and Fall Meeting's Show Eich
Fnrtes for Racers.
ENTRIES FOB ALL NOT YET CLOSED
Metropolitan, Withers, Belmont, Car
ter, Ladles' and Other . BIsT Flx
' tores Still Walt Sot Flaal
Nominations.
NEW TORK, Feb. 29. The Westchester
KaclnE association of Belmont park Is-the
last of the eastern clubs to come forth with
the announcement of stake events which
win ha run durine the soring and fall
meetings. Besides these races there are
many others, which are very valuable, but
to which entries closed some time ago.
Outside of the national stallion and Juvenile
for 2-year-olds and the Withers, Belmont
and the ladles' stakes for 3-year-olds the
events for the spring and fall meetings
will close Monday, March 2. with a sup
plementary entry. In the list of events for
the spring meeting are four for 2-year-olds,
two for 3-year-olds, 'seven for 3-year-olds
and upward and six steeplechasea For the
fall meeting there are two 2-year-old events,
one for S-year-olds and two for 8-year:olds
and upward. The principal event for which
the entries will close In March Is the Met
ropolitan handicap for 3-year-olds and up
ward. In which are sure to be entered
some of the best horses in training. This
Is the first of the valuable stake events
and Is run over a mile. The added money
Is $10,000 snd the weights will be announced
on Saturday, April 18. The race will be
run on the opening day of the meet
ing. .
Entries for Carter .Handicap.
Twenty-six entries have been received for
the Carter handicap to be run on the open
ing day of the racing season at Aqueduct
April 15 and more are expected from the
west and aouth. James R. Keene has
named Reatlgouche, Transvaal and Gretna
Green, while Nealon, ,the Suburban handi
cap winner last year. Is entered among
others. The full list follows: Nealon.
Charles Edward, Don Enrique, Dr. Gard
ner, Restigouche, Transvaal, Gretna Green,
Spooner. Red River, Alethouo, Old Honesty,
Cohort, Melbourne. Cairngorm, Berkeley,
Banyah. The Wrestler, Tony Bonero, Pe
narrls. The Sliaughran, Roaimiro, Bat Maa
terson, Hyperion II, Mike Sutton, Sir
Lynnewood and King Cobalt.
Rose ben will not race in the Carter this
year. Roseben will be sadly missed, but
he will tske part In later races, for he has
fully recovered from the blood poisoning
of last fall. Frank Weir, who grains him,
prevailed on Owner David Johnson not to
enter the big weight carrier In the early
events. "Roseben la a hard horse to get
in perfect trim for early races," said Weir
when asked why the sprinter was not en
tered. "We raced him early several sea
sons, much to his injury, for It was not
long before he was knocked out. This
meant enforced retirement for a month or
two. After giving him a fair trial we
agreed not to start him until the season
was well advanced. He will not try for the
arly events and will hardly start before
the Belmont Park meeting." In answer
to a query If Roseben would start "In the
Metropolitan, Weir replied: "No; we have
made up our minds that he la not a. mile
horse In fast company. Henceforth .he
will be reserved for short sprints."
At nearly all of the local tracks horses
have been passing the winter. Reports are
that all show a clean bill of health. There
are any number of 2-year-olds which will
race for the first time the coming season.
They are said to be a very likely lot. The
Bennlngs stablej are filled with thorough
breds, which are going along nicely, and
with fine weather every horse at the track
will be In racing trim by the time the sea
son begins. The Gravesend and Bheepsbead
Bay tracks, where are quartered seme of
the cracks which will be seen under colors
the coming season, have their barns filled
and when the air Is clear the trainers are
not slow to get their horses going ar.d they
have them out for exercise. James It.
Keene has a grand stable at Sheepahead
Bay. Most of their work Is under the
sheds, with an occasional gallop on the
mala track if the going is fair. At this
course other prominent stables have thrlr
horses stabled and all of them are In good
condition, having winters! well.
of Two States at
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OMAHA HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL SQUAD.
COLLEGE OARSMEN GET BUSY
Crews Take to Water and Look
Great Meeting; on Hndsoa
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 29. The Idea thft
the University of Pennsylvania had mote
than a good chance for first honors in the
Intercollegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie
this coming June because of the fact that
the entire eight men who rowed in the
varsity boat last year are still available
has received a severe Jolt by no less an au
thority than Coach Ellis Ward of the uni
versity who says he is laboring under a
heavier handicap thla year than for reveral
seasons past. In support of this Ward
j argues that the Pennsylvania varsity eight
finished fifth of the seven crews In the
rsce of 1907, and -that Is a poor Indication
of their winning this year.
"Why should the same men te able to
win this yearT" asked Ward In a recent in
terview. "They weren't green men who
would develop. They had all rowed before
In freshmen or varsity crews and they will
not be much better thla year than they
were last. If, In fact, as good. Our friends
are reckoning without Columbia, for that
college's eight finished second last June
and seven men of that crew are back in
college. Plainly their chances are better
than Pennsylvania's. Then, too, I am
handicapped by a lack of good material
from laat year's freshmen eight. Ordi
narily, with a full varsity crew back, the
weak spots could be bolstered up with the
men from the preceding year's ' freshmen
boat, but this year's freshmen are good
enough for the varsity."
BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 29.-There Is
trouble at Annapolis over the crew's pros
pects of taking part in the intercollegiate
regatta at Poughkeepsie again this - year.
When the Navy Athletic association ap
plied to the authorities for permission to
accept the invitation of the stewards of
the Intercollegiate Rowing association to
row this summer, which must be accepted
by March 1, that permission was refuse I.
The new superintendent at the Annapolis
academy In not clear in his mind as to
athletics and It will take a good deal cf
urging by others to convince him of the
advislbility of permitting the crew to go
to Poughkeepsie. The outcome, of the mat
ter is doubtful, but the cadeta, who think
that they will win this time, hope that the
president or the secretary of the navy may
see fit to Interfere by suggestion and thus
bring about the desired end. An appeal to
the president by the cadets would be a
serious breach of regulations, but the mii
shipmen hope that publicity will bring
about the intervention.
PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 29. Princeton's
graduate advisory committee has decided
to allow no varsity crew, this year, but
will devote all Its attention to developing
four class crews for an lnterclass regatta
on Carnegie lake, during commencement
week. The committee la raising the monc-y
to purchase four elght-oared shells to be
presented to the four classes when rowing
practice begins this year, and next year
rowing made one of the major sports at the
university.
NEW YORK. Feb. 29.-Columbia's new
eight-oared shell has been delivered at the
Gould boathouse on the Hudson river. The
new shell follows the general dimensions
of lajt year's boat and has only a few
modifications. It is a trifle longer and the
bow is a little deeper. The most important
Innovation Is In the bracing. Sixteen
nickel steel braces are used, doing away
with much of the wooden bracing ordi
narily used. The boat Is consequently
much stlffer than the previous shells and
nothing has been lost In lightness. The
four-oared shell will be ready at about the
time when the crews are put on the waur.
The shell which was used by the 'varsity
eight at Poughkeepaie last June will be
used by this year's 1911 freshman eight.
The Edwin Gould, the boat in which last
year's freshmen rowed, was too badly
damaged by the starter of the race in the
big regatta to permit of its being used for
racing purposes again. All the other boats
to be used in the apring training have re
ceived a complete overhauling and a num
ber of elght-oared giga which have been
out of commission for several seasona have
been renovated tor this year's work.
The coach. Rice, plans to have the crows
on tha Harlem within a few weeks, ana.
from present Indications he will be able
to put four 'varsity and three freshmen
eights ou the water. Attendance at prac
tice on the niatiitnes U picking up again.
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WITHTHE COLLEGE ATHLETES
Doings in the Field of Sport in East
and West.
FREFARE FOR TRACK EVENTS
Cornell Traek Team's Prospects Not
So Bad, Considering? the Men
' Lost E. T. Cook a Star
at Ithaca.
Cornell has company In Its misery at
any event, now that Pennsylvania has
agreed to let Guy Hasklns out of college
and track athletic competition. Despite the
loss of the men whose names appeared in
this column last week, Cornell Is not now
nearly so badly off as before Hasklns was
dropped from Pennsylvania. In fact, it
is hard to say Just what one man could
have been dismissed from college whose
going would have made more difference
than that of Hasklns. With him out of the
way, the Cornell and Michigan distance
men will have a good chance to encroach
on the ten points otherwise almost always
conceded to Hasklns In the half mile and
mile. Incidentlally Coach Moakley'a task
at Cornell becomes slightly different.
Following the departure of the men who
had been dropped from regular standing
at Cornell. Moakley has settled down to
hard work with the remnants. The Cornell
coach Is not making any trips away from
home now with his relay teams. The men
are going away with the manager, but
Moalfley rtays in Ithaca to encourage the
runners there to do some work. The little
meets on the board track outside the
armory are beginning to have more sig
nificance. Moakley can be found there right
along these days. The mornings he gives
up to the new men, the afternoons to the
regular track team veterans. In spite of
the hard task that la in front of him,
Moakley hasn't .lost his nerve or cheer
fulness. He had a much harder Job ahead
of him when he came to Cornell years ago.
The men who are left are now all the
more determined to make all the points
they can In the lntercolleglates and to win
the meet anyway if they can.
As usual, or rather, as It has been since
the days of Rears, Cornell Is not very well
equipped with the sort of men In the
sprints who may be expected to do a great
deal outside of the dual meets. In Tewks
bury and Deering there are two fairly
good men. Deering ran Z&i seconds for the
230 yards last spring when he was a fresh
man. There is Hurlburt, who ran on the
relay team, who may do something in the
sprints. A little man named Stetn. who
may be able to accomplish fair time for
100 yards, also is in the squad of sprinters.
Moakley hopes and expects to get out of
these four one man- or perhaps two, who
can run 100 yards in 10 seconds. He has
no expectation of doing much in the dashes
In the Intercollegiate meet, although to
some persons Deering would look like a
possibility.
Sophomores at Half Mile.
In the quarter-mile Cornell's sellance
will be put on either French or Carpenter,
although both have been hitherto promi
nent as half-mllers. 'Much depends, of
course, upon how Muench and Hitchcock
develop in their work outdoors. Ilotft are
sophomores and have run on one-mile relay
teams for Cornell in the last Indoor sea
son. Hitchcock Is bigger than Muench and
apparently haa more endurance. He haa
no more fight in him than the little fellow.
It does not seem likely that either one of
these men will be as good as French or
Carpenter. Apparently French may be
mile in the lntercolleglates in 16, finish
ing fourth in a race Hyman of Pennsyl
vania won In 49 2-6 seconds. The year fol
lowing Carpenter was changed to the half
mile and he won in the lntercolleglates In 1
minute 68 1-6 second Ho was not In
college last year, but Vas traveling abroad.
Moakley expecta that he will be able to
Hhow a good turn of speed in whichever
event he competes. French last year was
third in the half-mile run in the Invtrcol-It-glale
games, and in the dual moet with
Princeton won the quarter-mile In 60 1-6
second.
As for the half-mile, the chances of the
Cornell team depend entirely upon Moak
ley's decision in the case of French and
Carpenter. Apparently French may be
left to take tare of the quarter-mile with
perfect safety, so that Carpenter may try
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FAIR HARVARD MAY BE LOSER
Favor of Oxford and Camkrldare Re
seated by American Schools
n Broad Gronnds.
NEW TORK, Feb. .-The full signifi
cance of the Implication contained In the
letter from the Oxford-Cambridge Athletic
associations declining the challenge of the
Intercollegiate Association of Amateur
Athletics of America for an International
intercollegiate track meet In London next
summer appears likely to cause consider
able trouble before the discussion ends.
The paragraph In the letter which states
that It does not "necessarily follow, be
cause certain candidates have been or may
be allowed to compete In various parts of
the British empire or the United States,
that such candidates ni-cessarlly conform
to the high standard of amateurism which
la considered absolutely essential to any
meeting under' the direction of the Oxford
or Cambridge Athletic clubs," Is likely to
be the basis of much hard feeling.
This statement. In connection with that
found In another part of the letter, which
is to the effect that the coming summer
may "witness the previously suggested re
currence of an old-established meeting of
Oxford end Cambridge against Harvard
and Tale at the Queen's club," is taken to
mean that these two universities are ac
ceptable to the English blues, whereiw the
other large universities are, to say the
least, under athletic suspicion. This Is It
self already causing much comment In
athletic circles In the east. That this dis
satisfaction will be the cause of some ex
tremely warm debates at the annual meet
ing of the Intercollegiate Association of
Amateur Athletes of America In this city
tonight. In fact. It may result In the loss
to Harvard of the annual intercollegiate
meet, whleh will be held the last Saturday
In May. The University of Pennsylvania,
according to certain Influential Quaker
alumni, feel that the 190R games should be
held at Franklin field. According to them,
it was understood in Philadelphia that
Harvard would back Pennsylvania In Its
quest for the gamea this spring, since Cam
bridge held the meet a year ago. It has
developed, however, that Harvard Is again
in t.he field for the track and field cham
pionships and that Pennsylvania can ex
pect no help from the Crimson.
This being the case, the Quakers will at
tend the session In this city prepared to
put up a strong fight to secure the games.
They are counting upon the assistance of a
number of delegates from those colleges
which, according to the Implied Inference
of Oxford and Cambridge, are not up to
the athletic standard set by the English
universities and Harvard and Tale In this
country- The placing of Harvard and Tale
on a plane of amateur athletic purity su
perior to that of Cornell, Princeton, Penn
sylvania, Syracuse, Dartmouth, Lafayette,
Michigan, Columbia and the other col
leges of the Intercollegiate Athletic associa
tion will, it Is expected, rebound in an. un
pleasant manner to Harvard especially
when the scene of the Intercollegiate gamea
for this year comes to be voted upon.
This Is especially true since the rumor
1 as been more or less prevalent for the last
f3W months to the effect that the 1908
meeting of the Intercollegiate Association
of Amateur Athletes of America might
rosslbly be the last In which Harvard,
Tale and one. or two other large eastern
vniversltles would appear as competitors,
r hls report was based upon what Is said
ti be a tacit agreement for either a tri
angular or a quadrangular association em
bracing Tale, Harvard and Princeton, with
the possibility of a fourth college, all nf
which will agree to meet In the various
branches of Intercollegiate sport, both in
door and outdoor, without regard to any
outside contests other than such as might
be necessary for preliminary practice.
The report which Is given credence In
certsln college athletic circles appears to
be based upon the attempt of Princeton to
arrange a foot ball game with Harvard for
the fall of 1908. That such an contest was
considered seriously by the athletic authori
ties of both universities Is well known, but
no definite action will be taken in the mat
ter for another year at least. The attitude
of the Princeton base ball management in
refusing to play further games with Cor
nell at Ithaca also fed further fuel to the
rumor, and there are those who are not 'it
all backward In saying that within the next
year or two there will be a reclassification
in eastern college athletics which will find
three and possibly four large universities
drawing apart athletically from the other
Institutions of the section on the assump
tion that it is time to make distinctions In
college athletics such as evidently obtains
in England.
NEW RULES FOR ROAD RACES
Bicycle Riders Will Find Conditions
Bllarhtlr Chanced.
NEW TORK, Feb. J.-The National
Cycling association has adopted and pro
mulgated a code of rules for road races,
and the fact that thla has been done Is a
sufficient recompense for what was re
garded In aome quarters as an unwarranted
assumption of power. The NaUonal Cycling
association haa really gone at this matter
In a way that baffles criticism, . because
the rules were drafted by the advisory
board, composed of the representatives of
the cycling clubs in affiliation with the
National Cycling association, and by adopt
ing and promulgating the new code the na
tional body simply ratifies and makes of
ficial the deliberations and findings of the
advisory board.
Important features of the code are the
rules concerning entries and the penaltli s
provided for Infranctlons of the regula
tions. Riders are required to pay 25 per
cent of the state's entry fee when applica
tion Is made snd the remainder on the day
of the race. All entries received after the
closing date announced on the entry blank
are charged 25 per cent additional. The
result of this rule will be a thorough
knowledge on the part of the race man
agers of the success or nonsuccess of an
event before the race starts.
The code's penalty clauses are fair and
clean cut and the adoption of the new
regulations will go far toward clearing
the atmosphere heretofore surrounding
bicycle road races In many respects.
JOE GANS STOPPED AT BROOKLYN
Police Herns to Allow Champion to
Give a. Dhow.
NEW YORK, Feb. . Police Inspector
Hussey of Brooklyn sent six of his sleuths
around to the Park theater In Brooklyn re
cently and refused to allow Joe Gans to
give a boxing exhibition with his sparring
partner. After ten weeks on the road Gans
will leave for California, wbere he ex
pect to get on a fight providing enough
money Is offered him to meet either Mc
Fariand or one of the other lightweuthts.
Gans says he will fight any lightweight In
tha world If they show him enough money
to make it worth his tuna to gt into con
ditlun for tka butla.
CflAJIPION BURNS' EARNINGS
Has Hade $80,000 in the Priie Ring
Since 1900.
DEFEATING LEMONS FAYS WELL
Canadian rnarlllst Received 1.B for
Scoria a n Knockout In Ills First ,.
Battle rH- Money Picked
l"s Later.
Tommy Bums, the heavyweight champion
pugilist of the world, (with Jeffries In re
tirement and Jack Johnson looking for a
chnnre to fight for this tttlel, has made
l0,or since he first entered the prise ring
In 1900. Burns incidentally haa picked up
moro soft money than any of the previous
champions In his class. In arranging hla
matches he does not require the services
of a manager, who In his opinion, would be
simply so much extra and unnecessary expense-
Burns Is lucky, If for no other rea
son than the fact that nowadays there axe
few really good heavyweight's In tho ring.
He Is a scientific boxer himself, also a
hard hitter and Is game, but In general
makeup ho does not compare favorably
with such past masters of flstlana as Jef-,.
fries. Fitxsimmons, Corbett, Sharkey and
McCoy, any of whom would have disposed
of Burns If he had been fighting when
these meh were In their prime. But at
that Burns, in the estimation of many fair
Judges, is the best white heavyweight In
the ring today, and when lie has convinced
the sporting public that ho Is also a better
pugilist than Johnson, the big negro boxer,
he will rise even higher In the estimation
of all followers of the sport.. ,
Ilia First Flaht.
Burns was 16 years old when he left his
home in Canada and settled In Detroit. . A .
natural athlete, ho soon developed skill in
various branches of sport and also became
a star lacrosse player. It was In 1900 that
he Joined the Detroit Athletic club, where
he saw for tiie first tlmo in his life a
glove fight. He took to the boding game .
like a duck to water and- was soon putting
on the gloves with his fellow club mem
bers. One day with several friends Burna,
whose real name Is Noah Brusao, went to
a suburb to see a six-round bout between
Jack Cowan and Fred Thornton, two local
sluggers. As Cowan defaulted because of
Illness Burns consented to take his place.
Thornton was agreeable ' and after five
bloody rounds Burns scored a clean knock
out. For this achievement Burns received
Just 31.25. "Contrary to report," says
Burns, referring to this start In the pugil
istic world, "I did not bank the first money
I received In the fighting business, though
I have been careful to put away a good,
slice of It since, and I trust the day will
never come whan I shall be obliged to look
to my friends for a benefit, aa so many
unfortunate men in my profession have
been obliged to do through their own folly
being a good fellow."
After this $1.25 fight Bums decided to
get busy for a livelihood. He took Thorn
ton on again, scored another knockout in
five rounds and earned $60. He took part
In five battles during 190L putting all of
his rivals to sleep and earning small money
for so doing. He stopped Billy Walsh at
Detroit In five rounds and got $1D0. . Archie
Steele was stowed away In two rounds,
also in Detroit, and Burns picked up an
other "century." It was like finding $100
In the street when Bums knocked Fd .
Sholtren out In a round, and It was aJoo
an easy $100 for him when In a second-mill
Billy Walsh went to dreamland In the sixth
round. Dick Smith was also put away by
Burns at Mount Clemens for still another
hundred-dollar note.
Early Winnings SmalL
In 1902 Burns again fought five times,
yet cleaned up less than $1,000. He got
$150 when he knocked Dick Smith cold in
nine rounds at Mount Clemens. Then he
received $300 for putting a sleep wallop on
Reddy Phillip's Jaw in the ninth round of
a hot battle at Lansing. Burn's followed,
this up by knocking Jack O'Donnell out at '
Butler and earning tljO. Then he got a
decision over Tom McCune In Detroit and
picked up $100 more. When Mike Be h reck
got the verdict In a ten-round mill at De
troit Bums' share was $175.
By that time Burns had decided to dp
more fighting, so In 1903 he entered the ring
ten times and cleaned up about $1.W. ,Ho
began the campaign that ear by whipping
Jim O'Brien in a ten-round affair in which
the winner's share was $180. By knocking
out Dick Smith in two rounds he added
$125 to his flat bankroll and then by stop
ping Reddy Phillips In three rounds ha
gathered in $115 more. He made Harry
Peppers take the count In two rounds and.
pocketed $125, after which he won $185 by
stopping Tom McCune In seven rounds.
When Burns administered the drowsy po
tion to Jim Duggan in nine rounds bo
grabbed off $160 and then got $160 for fight
ing a ten-round draw with Billy Moore.
Then came two quick knockouts. Jack
Hammond and Jack Butler each succumb
ing in two rounds. Burns winning 3 on
aach battle. He wound up the year's cam
paign with another victory over Jack
O'Donnell, who went to the floor to stay in
the eleventh round, the winner' share
being $150.
Last Time In Detroit.
Burns took part in ten more fights In
1901. but be was still practically unknown,
and his earnings footed up about $2,2u0.
He knocked out Ben O Grady in Detroit In
three rounds and yet he received only $S0
for his pains. It appears that In that af
fair Burns agreed to pay the Detroit Ath
letic club a certain amount for the use of
the hall and another fixed sum to the box
ers who took part in the preliminary bouts,
Whn O'Grady was knocked senseless ho
temalned In that condition for four days.
Bums paying all his expenses In the hos
pital and at the same time being held
without bail to await the reault of tha
beaten boxer's injuries.
Bums had enough of vDetrolt after that
and went to Chicago, where he assumed
his present name. In his first essay in the
Windy City Burns got $30 for knocking
out George Shroshee in five rounda lie
fought a six round draw with Mike Scheck
in Milwaukee and received $100. Ji earned
$J00 for two six-round battles with Tony
Caponl In Chicago, one of which was a
draw and the other a decision In Bum's
favor. Tommy then went out to Salt Lake
City, where he put Joe Waldlnskl away In
a round and pocketed $275. From there he
Journeyed to Tac-oma, where he ended the
career of Cyclone Kelly in four rounds and
received $!so. Burna, who was the rage In
the northwest then, proceeded to Seattle,
where he picked up IT-jR for a flfteen-rounfl
draw with Billy Woods. Coming back; ho
the middle west. Burns was matched !i
fight six rounds with Philadelphia Jfrcks
O'Brien at Milwaukee. O'Brien got thf, de
cislvn oa point and Burna had to b satis
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