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TITE OMAITA SUNDAY BEE: ATOTL 5, 1903. . WIiniDECOltECEAlIllETES 7T T 1 Tj 1 J 7 JDoInjs in tie Field of Sport in East and West. r i ATHLETICS FOR ADVERTISEMENT 8 n 9 1 J- Flea tlnilt Hrkfialrt Ctari For wars, Aitli Lint Trip A4 Trrtlalasr Medleoas for sail Collrees. The Intention declared by Tale and Frinceton of withdrawing from the Inter collegiate Basket Ball league li taken by many persons to be following out tbe line nf opposition to the gams of basket ball, riot merely because It Is rough. as the faculties of thoso colleges are said to have tatcd. but because basket bait lakes up too much time from studies. The whole tendency In college sports recently haa been to limit competitions, as may bo seen from the act of the Harvard, faculty In, voting to cut down the number of contests sched Uled In the season. , Roughness, which did Indeed exist In the basket ball season, has come 'In merely as n excellent excuse for withdrawing these teams from the league. At the recent nesting of the Inctrcolleglate Athletic As sociation of the United States those In structors from the New England colleges who spoke In favor of limiting sports pointed to basket ball and base ball' as tbe cliier offenders against academic standing, because of the many competitions in one eason which they entailed. In this column lp reviewing the basket fcall season It was pointed out that basket fcall never had been rougher. Incidentally. It may be remarked, the cause of this extra roughness la ascribed by offending as well as by offended players to a lack of u,ulVr,tlrw. nn thf) nArt of the officials. They go even further and say that withN competent officials there would bo no roughness. That appears an absurdity, In volving, as it does, the argument that If the officials detected the roughness on the part, of tho players none would exist. Returning to Ihe, point of limiting sched ules It may bo remarked that Harvard ts merely following out what has been In vogue In the west for some seasons. The conference colleges long-ago voted to, cut down competitions ' bo that the students might have less reason to waste time away from their studies. Harvard is Imitating this plan, which, like many other worthy athletic reforms, took origin in the con ference. However, what will do for Harvard Is hardly likely to fit at tho smaller colleges. There are, tuken altogether, about thirty forms of sport, major and minor. In which Harvard has Intercollegiate teams. At the minor collegea there are not nearly so many teams. For Instance, at Harvard a lot of men may play foot ball In the fall, basket ball In the winter and either row or Jilay base, ball In tho spring. At a minor college it is extremely doubtful If any man could do all theso things and still keep up with his studies, which are not ao largely optional as they are at Harvard. There lire many cases at the smaller colleges where the athlete distinguishes himself In tt least two forms of sport, but In the very first Instance schedules are not as long at the minor colleges as they are in the universities, so that a man has the chance to keep up with his college work In the smaller Institution. Advertising r Atmetles. There ia another side of the argument In the smaller college. The Institution which haa only a few students regards a fairly tang schedule as a good advertising Investment. Through the trips made by Its teams the college Is advertised, and for that reason the arguments as they would be at Harvard do not apply when they come to be fitted to one of the smaller colleges. . The ' Brown Herald cites the case of Williams as compared with Brown in the patter of advertising gained through trips. "The Alumni Monthly comments fa vorably upon the new policy of the Wil liams athletic council which would limit games played with other collegea to those within a range of 300 miles," says the rown paper, "and expresses tho opinion I wniie transcontinental Dam oaji trips nd other long athletic Journeys may bring Biuch transient notoriety and even a Numerical Increase In students, they are M little real benefit either to the college or No sport. "We would call attention to the fact Jiat conditions at Williams are materially llfferent from those which obtain here, at' Williams last year in the freshman slass of 13S, 126 ' different preparatory schools were represented, and men from til over the United States are to be found among the undergraduates. There would seem, therefore, to be little need for Wil liams to make an appeal to a wider field. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of in-own, for we draw our students from an altogether too limited range. 'The great majority of Brownmen come from Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts; there tre some from Connecticut and a few frsm Vermont, New Hampshire and New York. hut the middle, west and the far west are left almost untouched; there are Indeed not ten students in the university from west gf Buffalo. "This state of affairs Is most undesirable. It makes Brown In one regard at least pro vincial In the extreme. If Brown la to be college of national reputation It must draw Its students from many of the states sf the nation. -And the-wholesale adver- Pianos of Isaily, Style, and QraaBifiy 1M are Priced so ow Hat fley Appeal to Your Seise o High Grade Standard Pianos Just From the Factory; ff ' J ' mm m Of the entire trainload of pianos we bought from an eastern manufacturer and jobber there were several carloads at the factory that were in an unfinished condition which we had to wait for. The pianos consisting of the very best of the world's makes, are now here and on display in our warerooms direct from the factory to the warerooms. ' Everyone of these pianos is the very latest style of case design and in woods of all, either plain or handsomely carved. While the exterior beauty is great, the most pleasing feature of these direct from the factory pianos is the sweet and tuneful tone qualities. The workmanship on all these pianos is of the best, the materials are the best and the men who put them to gether were experts. The pianos as they appear on our floors are the best the world's 'markets affords. As a graduation present nothing you could give would be more acceptable, appropriate or give greater happiness to the recipient. Buy now, and we will deliver any time you may desire. Economy demands that you select the piano you are thinking of buying from Hayden Bros., who while this last shipment holds out, will guarantee to give more and better piano qaulity for less money than any other firm in the west. Every piano in this sale is fully warranted as to the quality. If you ever expect to own a piano now is the time to buy. Among those well-known makes to be found here during this7THE GREATEST VALUE GIVING PIANO SALE ever started in the west are The Knabe, the world best; Chickering Bros., Sohmer, Fischer, Wegman, Smith & Barnes, Smith & Nixon, Eber. sole, Price & Teeple, Schaeffer, Franklin and numerous other makes. ' Come and see the beautiful uprights that"we are selling at the following prices, $63, $68, $70, $74, $79, $89, $97.50, $115, $119, $135, $143, $165, $178, $190, $200, $225, $250, $268, $300, $350. All pianos will be sold for cash or on payments. Economy (t 1 w? TtJ 11 11 E ip cd Selling Pianos on Easy Terms and for Less than Either Wholesaler's, Manufacturer's or Jobber's -Prices n S P, ,'? A lS 1 tlslng which comes from the success of a clean athletic team In localities from which the university does not now draw Its stu dents s one of the best ways to bring such a state of affairs to pass. v "We do not say that this Is the only way to get men from a broader radius; the greatest share must be performed by tho active, , Interested co-operation of loyal alumni. But our athletic teams are of(6 way of legitimately advertising the i Di versity and tho policy , which would limit their field of activity to the immediate vicinity, would. In our opinion, prove most unwise. We hope that the foot ball team may play Michigan, St. Louis, Chicago or some other western university in the near future." ' ATHLETES, AT SPRING WORK (Continued from Page Two.) ber of games played by the Cornhusker teams in the various branches of the univer sity sport, and the liberal policy of pillowing the Nebraska athletes to have as many contests as they like will be continued. The Cornhusker board has always been In favor of long schedules and, although some pro fessors have urged that fewer games be played, has steadily refused to restrict tho number. There never have been any ad vantages of the long schedules noticed at QuakerMaidRye ( Three X Gold A POINT OF ETIQUETTE UTi.a a geatUawn says I "Waal will yoej keve?" It is goes iona to nply I Quaker Maid Rye "Tho WViakey with a Rtputatioa" 9m mU m si Firrt Um tan, C1m tmi Dras Siaf w S. IIIRSCII & CO. KANSAS CITY. MO. k 1 n. A. Sampton, Gea'l 81 Ageut. Omaha. liberal' schedules which' has been pursued so successfully for a largo number of years. Nebraska, like Yale, finds that the long schedules tend to encourage participation in the college 'sports -.d develop - winning teams. ' Unless pressure Is brought to bear by the ' university senate, which Is very Improbable, the Cornhuskers" will continue to have as ' largo a number of games in the different sports as they wish. Two faculty members of the athletic board will quit the board this spring They are Dr. Maxey and Dr. Bolton. The latter will not be a member of the Nebraska faculty next year and has resigned from the ath letic board ao that his place may be filled. Dr. Maxey has served on the board for a year and haa been an efficient member, but the senate committee, having in charge the nominations for the board, failed this week to name him to serve next year and he will not be a member of the new board. The men nominated to succeed to the va cant, position are Librarian Jewett and Prof. Wolcott. SPORTS AS A CURB ON TEMPER Athletic Field Best Place in World, Say Dave Fultz. . TEIALS THAT DEVELOP MANHOOD Fellow Base Boll Players Showed More fepgrard for Ills ItellKloaa Views Than Spectators Severest ; of Man's Self-Control. lNEW YORK, April 4. "The athletic field," aays David Fultx, former star foot ball and base ball player at Brown univer sity, .former professional base ball player and now practicing law in this city, "Is the best place In the world for a man to learn to discipline himself." Mr. Fultx believes In sports as much for tbe mental and moral benefit to be had from them as for the physical benefits. While actively engaged in sports, Fultx was a capable and versa tile athlete, and being of a religious turn X mind, he has been In a good position to tudy the effect of sports on the morals and of the morals on- sports. "I have always contended," Fults con tinued. "that athletic competition, - f rqm the very fact that they put It up to a man not to lose control of himself, make the most effective source of discipline for him. I know that when I first began to take part the state school and the board can see no reason why If should change the policy otl ln col,eKe' BporU j ha1 a KOO1 deal of a TRAINERS BUSY AT SHEEPSHEAD i Trmrk Alive with Horses Preparing for the icsaea, BHEEPBHEAD BAY, U 1., April 4. Bheepshead Bay track Is alive these days with horses being put through their paces None but the "culls" of the larger stables have been let down as yet, the trainers be ing content to be on the slow side with the classy ones, giving them plenty of time to round to gradually. The new course, a distance of one and five-eighths miles, with but one turn, will be ready for the first meeting, and big stridors and slow beginners will have a chance to show their true worth, which will be appropriated by the regulars. New water mains, wUh fire plugs about an eighth of a mile apart, encircle the entire course, with hose houses at convenient distances. Tho fieldstand' has been lengthened until it now reaches to a point opposite the turn into the stretch from the old track. New barns of the first quality have been erected where space was available. The poorer claba of horsemen have been catered to, for old Irish Row haa been torn down and a commodious barn containing forty-four stalls lu.s been erected In its stead. The stable formerly occupied by Mr. Ultrhcork'a horses has been aastgned to Ham Hildreth, who Is due to arrive here from California this week. temper and that it sometimes got the better of me. It did not take me long, however, to learn that that wouldn't do if I was to get along with and be respected - by my associates, and If I were to succeed on the athletic field. ' Unless one Is to be a mucker in sports he must learn to control his tem per and his feelings, and that Is one good moral effect that aporta have. Chrlstlaaltr on Ball Field. -"I don't know just when I actually took up Christianity. At no particular time. With me It was - a gradual development, and I did not have the right to call mysMf a Christian until I was half way through my professional base ball career. My ex perience in sports had a great effect on me personally so far aa my moral welfare was concerned, but had no effect on my spirit ual nature." Speaking of ' his experiences In . profes sional base ball, Fults said he never en countered any real antipathy to his relig ious views from his associates of the ball field. There might be a little fun-making, but in an inoffensive way. The patrons of the game, however, were not always so considerate. He told of how ln western cities somebody In the wowd would yell at him to know whether he had his Bible with him or whether he had been to Sunday achool. "1 have been abused ln newspapers for not playing Sunday bull," observed Fultx, "but I didn't mind anything they said until one day last summer when I had my nose broken in a game at Yonkers. A St. Louis paper came out with the statement that Dave Fultx while playing with a Young Men's Christian association team last Sun day had his nose broken.' I never played a game of Sunday base ball ln my life." "Christiana in professional base ball? There are a number of Christians among the players. I understand, though I haven't happened to come In contact with them. I do know, however, that there are plenty of straightforward fellows. Some, are straightforward because they realize that they must keep straight If they are to get along, while others are square bet'Kiise it Is their nature to be so. The mo"t.t of the profession Is much better than It used to be, there is no doubt about that. I Imagine the moral tone of the player Is bet ter. Ball players are a happy go lucky set and not prone to dwe.ll long" on serious things,' but as a class they area cleaner lot of men than they u?d to be. "Was 1 ever put out o! ball game for kicking:? Once. I was with the New York Americans at the time and we were play ing ln Cleveland. Kllfoyle of the Cleveland club sent & statement of the occurrence to Ban Johnson, telling of . the ugly language t used to the umpire. It was such talk as I never was guilty of using, and the next time we were in Cleveland I asked Mr. Kllfoyle If he had heard me use such lan guage. He acknowledged that he hadn't and had taken the groundkeeper's word for It. Whatever I said to the umpire, I am quite sure it waa neither profane nor offensive. ' Control Of the Temper. "A man's temper, if he has one. Is apt to get the better of him many times ln sports, but after It Is over there Is some thing In him that compels him to realize that he made a sight of himself. In minimizing the tendency to break loose athletics are a fine remedy. You see lots of men In base ball kick and kick and use bad language, and In so far aa the decision that made them kick Is concerned they may have the right on ther side; - but whether they have or rtot la a small mat ter. The great thing to be learned front such Instances is to keep yourself under control and to be able to see the occur rence from tho other man's viewpoint as well as your own." "Why Is It," Mr. Fults waa atked, "that there are college players who will make silly kicks and do unsportsmanlike things to opposing players when all their associa tions are against that sort of thing, and off the ball field they would consider such things low?" "The youth of the college player probably had a good deal to do with It," was the answer. "He hasn't learned to control himself in momenta of excitement, par ticularly In the one or two big games that his team plays. . There Is apt to be greater feeling and excitement in these games than any game in which the professional takes part, for with the professional every game is pretty much alike. For all that some tough customers do get Into college base ball once ln a while. "What sport do you think puts the great est Jest on self restraint?" Fultz thought awhile in answer to this question and said base ball. Then he thought awhile longer and said foot ball. "It's nearly a toss up," he said. "Whllo one might think there Is more of a strain in ' base ball, yet the situation of the opponents In foot ball Is such that a man has more opportunity to say things to a rival, even though in football the men are working more as a unit and there Isn't tho Individual conspicuousness of base ball. There are more tense situations in base ball than in foot ball, and little things are more likely to turn the tide against you. "But In either base ball or foot ball a man can got Just what he Is looking for. ' If he wants to learn the wholesome lessons that are plain before him, he can do so; If he wants to give way to his passions, he'll find plenty of opportunity. Hardest Thins; to Meet, "I think the most trying experience the base ball player can get up against at least It was the most trying for me Is a streak of poor hitting. It 4s apt to make one sore at the whole world, and tho man surely has a sunny disposition who can smile and bo cheerful day after day when he ts in a batting slump. Take the case of tho batter, who Is hitting In hard luck, simply can't make the ball go safe, and who sends a hard, sharp one down to an ln fielder and the Inficlder makee a good stop and throws him out by a foot. Then some body In the stand yells: 'Why didn't you hit safe, you lobster?' "If a man can keep a restraint of Ills feelings under those circumstances he is doing very well. I have been through that experience, and I am aahamed to say what my thoughts were at the timo concerning the fellow that yelled at me. "How . about being In a batting slump and slamming a hot one down the foul line that was fair by a yard and having the um pire call It foul?" "I'd feel better under those circumstances than under the other," Fultz replied. "I'd begin to think things were coming ray way." PACKEY'S NEW TRAINING STUNTS McFarland Goes In for Tennis, Base Ball and Skating;. SAN FRANCISCO, April 4 -Packey Mc Farland la another of the fighters who be lieves that too much sparring practice may lessen a man's chances for victory when he comes to a real fight, and therefore while he Is training for his bout with Jimmy Brltt, to be held on April 11, he is not giv ing up more than a fair amount of his time to this branch of exercise. Tennis finds a good deal of favor with the Chicago fighter, as he thinks it tends to produce speed and quick footwork, and he has alo taken up roller skating to harden the muscles of his legs. Not content with these amusements, Packey has organized a base ball nine at his training camp and they have taken on games with the teams around Col ma. With McFarland, Young Kctchell and Abe At tell all on the. batting list the decisions ren dered against that team are few and far between. Central Uoym Vlctorloos. The Central school boys beat the Orig inal. Jr., boys Friday afternoon by the score of 10 to 8. Bwtterlea Originals: Iangston and H. Williamson. Centrals: I'axton, Schulzsky and Hugh Millard. I I7hen the Liver goes Wrong, don't Abuse it The old way of treating' a torpid liver was with salts or cathartics. ' They whipped the tired liver to a spurt of actio. 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