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TIIT, OMAITA". SUNDAY V.KK: OCTOBER 11. 100?. TENNIS RULES DISREGARDED Beit PUyen Pay Too Little Attention to Thtm. CONTESTANTS RECOVER STRENGTH nmker of Championship Matches Mlnht Be Chnne If Mttlc Teehalealltlea Wr ! CWerlonked. NEW TORK, ,Ort 10. ' It i high time (hat the rulea, or. more formally trmd, Im, of lawn tennis be over hauled, revised, amend), or at least had something done with them to hrtnic them liefore the plsycrs," remarked a follower of the gam recently. He was watching 1ha progreea of an Important champion ship match In which the wisdom of the rule makere waa aet at naught every few nrlnutes. Thle waa not done with wanton intention by tha competitors. Each waa a good and worthy sportsman, having won nome distinction at the (rme, but the care lessness which allows tha sport of lawn ennls to proceed on Ita way untrammeled by auch a thing aa proper obaervance of rules mad them and the club where they i ontented careless alike as to the funda mentals. "This sort of thing happens dally upon a hundred courts and In Important tournaments." remarked the hearer of the first exclamation and In answer to It. He Is an athlete who baa won distinction tn several branches of sport, including lawn tennis, to which he has derated" consider able time and thought. "The rules of lawn tennis are, least un derstood by Its followers of any rules cov ering any branch of sport. There appears to have gone . forth the Impression that two -things constitute the necessary rules aet '-the ball over the net and. Inside the court lines. If you fail -In-thle, or In re turning the ball after a good fair stroke, you lose the point. It may appear silly to say so. 'but these are the kindergarten idnaa which many of them have as to the rules of the gams. If they have any other view they do not reveal 1t by observance' Of course, with the rules question eom 1 lift' to the foro, the foot-fault led off with a blast of trumpets. There wss good rea son Tor this In th present Instance, for one of the competitors waa one and occa sionally two strides In court on every serv ice. It 'threw-tha .discussion back to the national chumptonshi at Npwport this year, at which It was revealed that Ray mond TK Little, captain of the interna tional team Of this year and 1906, made It evident to all beholders that he was un familiar with what actually constituted n foot-fault. This was In the national challenge match of the doubles, at which Dr.- T. B. Hawk penalised Little, who then and there stopped the match while he appealed to Dr. James Dwlgh,t as referee. It "Whs a moot' unusual proceeding, and Dr. Hawk's ruling was upheld. But that was not the whole point, as was Indicated by the man who knew1 the rulea. Little was In violation when he interpolated a protest into a competition- by stopping it. Even for the tying of shoe strings, pro curing a new racquet for one broken, or any of the hundred unavoidable accidental delays which may occur and not within the control of the contestants, the rule stands that positively not more than two minutes nray bo allowed between points. The rule adequately states that It is to le strictly construed, so that a player may not get time to recover his strength and wind.. It was pointed out that by this protest which was particularly ill-timed, Little consumed , fifteen minutes, and thereby Frederick B. Alexander and Har old H. Hackett, both of whom' donned sweaters while awaiting the res-ilt of the foot-fault controversy, could have legiti mately claimed the match without further play because of the delay. The; discussion . of this little point In the rules which had been lost sight of be cause of the dead letter of observance brought tip the general abuse of the seven- minute rest clause, which provides for rest after the third set. The time Is stretched from ten to twenty minutes, and the umplros appear to .think that it is of small consequence no matter what the rulea say. Another vexed question in the rules which Is almost aa misunderstood aa the "foot-fault" Is that which circumscribes the player's volleying the ball before it crosses the net. Tha reason for tha mls apprehension Is that there seems to have crept In the Idea that no part of th per- aon may cross th Una of th net. There Is considerable vexation over this rule, which . to many minds makes two state ments, each at variance with the other, and 1la misunderstanding has led to un earned penalties. Actually all that the rule states is that th ball must not be volleyed or hit before It has crossed the net. Tli racquet of the player may fol low on th stroke across the net, and so tnsy his arm, or even hie head and shoul ders. If he leans when he IS close to the barrier. But 'the player must not touch Politicians are on the Jump Making speeches From stump to stump. We are tlso on the jump,' not talking, but handing out those nifty $25.00 suits and overcoats, for which we are justly famous. Before you buy that suit or over coat drop in and talk it over. We sell clothes at $20.00 to $40.00. AV. T. BOURKE, Men's Fashion Shop, . 319 So. 16th St. Jh) Old Viceroy ;L Whiskey 1 nnann-n, w EXPRESS PREPAID 4 full quarts s3. qo 8fullquarts$5.00 FKEK Gold tlpad glass I saaaniabuttlnsaad eork- screw, ixtuiacuoa guar- ffi mr nwaty dm. t.oodt thipp' in plain Mk all reotittaaces saa orders to iTtttJOKX BRUCE Kansas tilt. Ma. to the net In any way or It constitutes a foul and counts against him. That a careful revision of th yules at this time, when they are coming 1n for mora than th usual amount of discussion, would familiarise all of th players with th terms and penalties' la generally be lieved. Indeed, a oommltte for auch a purpose Is reported to be centemplated. LARGE SCORES ARE LACKING Kaatern Fn Ball Klevene Have- Tight Maeaka la Karly- Uasnes. NEW YORK, Oct. 10. Although large scores have been lacking In the preliminary foot ball games played by the "Big Five," this is not an Indication that the leading elevens sre below the average this year. Slow and sure development Is what the coaches want Instead of top-heavy scores against weak teams and a tendency to take too much for granted later In the season. It is specially pleasing to the Princeton supporters to see that Bill Itoper la "rein ing In" his charges in the early season work. The victory of the Tigers over the Springfield Training School waa so differ ent from th almost hysterical scoring of other years against early season opponents that some spectators had to look twice at times to realise they were watching Prince ton In action. Tale's tight squeeze with Syracuse was expected, and her rush In th second half to a touchdown shows that the old fir and spirit Is there. Howard Jones, who played at end for Tale last year and Is now coach at t .-anise, has developed his boys to a fine degree of efficiency for this early In the season. His brother Tad, who has charge of the Tale backs, was on the anxious seat all through the first half, but Howard only smiles. All the coaches devoted their tlmt this week to gptting more speed out of their combinations. Last week's games allowed where the faults were and gave the strate gists 'a good foundation to build on. It is apparent that at the majority of Insti tutions the new men have made good. The season, now fairly under way, will be one of the most Interesting In the hlatory of the sport. The revised rules, which have Improved the game to such a marked degree, have been tried out for two years, and their application now amounts to some thing more than experiments. The for ward pass, under further revision last fall. Is still subject to development, while ad vanced ideaa in . the use and variation of th on-slde kick can also be looked for, but on the whole the game has settled down, and the various elevens can be developed quicker along approved " lines than was possible last year or the year before. The more important colleges are not lacking In good material, which indicates evenly bal anced teams and consequently close and hard fought struggles. This is particularly true at Tale, Princeton, Pennsylvania and Annapolis; Harvard. Cornell and West Point have more to do, perhaps, but Indi cations even at this date point to strong elevens If the material can be properly developed. The indications seem to bo that Yale, with her competent coaches and settled system, will send out another cham pionship team. The Army and Navy foot ball schedules for the season are as follows: West Point October 17. Yale; October 24. Colgate; Octo ber 81, Princeton; November 7, Springfield Training school; November 14, Washington and Jefferson; November H, Villa Nova, all at West Point; November 2S, Annapolis, at Philadelphia. Annapolis Octomeb 14, Maryland Agri cultural; October 17, Lehigh; October a, University of Maryland; October 24, Har vard; October 28, George Washington; Octo ber 31. Carlisle; November 7. Villa Nova; November 14. Pennsylvania State; Novem ber 21, Virginia Polytechnic; all at home; November 28, against West Point at Phila delphia. SHEPPARD HAS CHANCE TO RUN Middle Distance Ckanplos May Lower Ilia Mark. NEW YORK. Oct. 10.-Me!vin W. Shrn- pard, the middle-distance champion of the world, has declared his desire to put the American and world's record for 900 yards where his rivals will not bother It for some time. Until recently Sheppard . held the American record at 2:014, but Andy Glar ner, th San Francisco runner, has recently beaten this mark and tied the accepted world's record of 2:01. made years aco in England. Sheppard was peevish over losina- the mark that has ' been to his credit for a couple of years. His State of mind became known to Johnny Mcllugh, th "match maker," and McHugh at once offered to put on a special 900-yard race at Celtic park October 11, selected pacemakers to give Sheppard the chance of his life to slaughter beyond recognition the record that Glarner awlped from th middle-distance king. The race will be run In con nection with the Irish-American fall rames and will be run about 4:45 In the afternoon after the winds that generally queer record attempts on the Laurel Hill track have all died away. If Sheppard feels like running on that day he can put the 9uu-yard mark way under two mlnutea. MOTOR PARKWAY COMPLETED Elaborate Arrangements Mad ' Aatomoblle Clab. by NEW YORK. Oct. 10.-The Vanderbllt Cup commission is being flooded with appli cations for seats, boxes and parking apacea at the motor parkway aweepatakes on Oc tober 10 and the Vanderbllt cup race on Saturday, October 24. All the Interest that haa been manifested In the big Long Island road racea in other years is In evidence. Added to the general interest of the publlo in a big automobile rac Is th attraction this year of aeeing th cars speed for the first time over the eleven miles of parkway now finished. The Automobile Club of America an nounces that box and parking apace re servations for the grand prise race, to be held at Savannah on Thanksgiving day, and for tha race for light cars on th preceding day, can now be made at the of lice of the secretary of th club. Boxes sell at 110. parking spaces at tJS and reserved seats lu t lie grandstand at 3 each. There has been such a demand for staterooms and berths on th steamship City or Savannah, which the club has chartered to tak its members to the scene of the contests, that it now looks as if the club would have to charter another boat to meet the demand. NUMEROUS CHANGES AT PIMLICA Track Worked Over and Red Clay la Lost la Sand. BALTIMORE. Md., Oct. lO.-Persona who have not visited Pimlico since last May will find many changes when the fall meet ing opens October "4. A new steeplechase course, new stables, new Jockey board and timers' stand are some of the changea. And not th least of the improvements ia the condition of the track its. If. Many tons of sand have been spread on the track and worked in by Superintendent Brennan. so th I now the track can be worked Ira e.ny son of weather and the red clay has al most been lost sight of. A new chute at the six furongs pole has been built, so that now fourteen or fif teen horses may be starlet! at that point, and will run for W or Do yards straight away with only a slight turn Into the back stretch. This is a great improvement over the old six furlongs starting point, which th rail bora was nearly always crowded out of his position, unless a very quick be- Llunu WEEDING OUT T11E QUIITERS Jayhawkeri Oct Rid of Somt Men Who Do Not Work. STRENUOUS DAYS FOR THE TEAM teach Kennedy Basles Himself Find ing Ways in Keep Kansas Men aa Edge oners Kext Week. LAWREJNCE, Kan., Oct. 11. (Special.) Kennedy continues to keep tip his strenu ous work on his gridiron wsrrlors, and If work counts for anything, the Kansans should eat their Thanksgiving turkey with an ever-victorious schedule In spit of the hard games that must be played. Aside from, a marked improvement, the most noticeable effect of thla hard work on the aquad Is the weeding out of the quitters who are "Just out for exercise." But there are plenty of good men left. In the squsd every night are ten "K" men, and all of these are not playing on th first team either. "Big" Smith and Ed Ford, both 230 pounders, have checked In their suits and will be out of the game the rest of ths season owing to Injuries on their think boxes, said Injuries being sus tained when they learned that weight with out work would not warrant them a place on the team. Both are men of experience and would hav proved valuable extra men had they stayed with th game. Better Team Work. Captain Crowell's men are showing great Improvement In tesm work. They have gone a long way toward eliminating fumb ling. The linemen are being used to carry the ball, and are doing It well. Kennedy has not yet settled on any picked set of backs, but has been giving all the likely candidates a good tryout. This continual shifting of the backs has kept the men from getting the plays down to a fine point, there being a noticeable slowness In getting the plays started, os the men do not solve the signals readily. With few exceptions the members of tli squad are keeping in good physical condi tion, in spit of the gruelling work they have to go through dally. Thla Is largely due to the fin condition of tha field. The necessity for something other than boarding house grub became so urgent that the training table was started last night, and the members of th team are now taking their raw beefsteak at the Eldridg house, down town. , "Tub" Reed la the only regular on the hospital list at present. His knee, was hurt In th St. Mary's game and he will not answer to roll call at the training quarters for two and maybe three weeks. Although several good "scrubs" sre avail able to take his place, none of them can fill It "Tub" Is a tower of strength at guard and his 240 pounda of beef, with head to work It, haa won him a place on th All-Missouri Valley eleven for tha last three seasons. Houghton, a most promising mat for Pleasent at nd. Is hobbling after th team with a sprained ankle, but this will bother him for a few days only. Crowded Oat of Practlc. Captain Crowell, who did not want to take chanoea with a sprained knee In th St. Mary's game, has been out for practice, every night this week. Pleasent and Dahlene have the first Charley-horses on tha squad, but neither are serious. "Bprouty" Porter and Mallam, who are out in suits thla week, are a valuable ad dition to tha aquad. Mallam is a punter and placa kicker and "Sprouty" la a light ning halfback, but la back In his work and kept out of th gams by the eligibility commlttea. However, he Intends to keep in shape to get Into th game aa soon as he can remove his conditions. Th coaches hold kicking classes every afternoon for an hour before any signals ara run, and this is already having Ita effect in th booting department.' Ken nedy Is still a little in th air over the quarterback situation and Is working out Steele and Johnson, giving each special Instruction in their respective weak points. At present Johnson has the best of the race, as he Is a good team worker and excella Steele In handling punts. Frank Ford is a strong addition to th lin at tackle. Though he will probably not make a regular place, he will make a most valuable extra man. "Swede" Carlson has been doing the only real stellar work on the team so far thla season. In the St. Mary's game he was worked at tackle in placa of Crowell and waa called on time after time to take the ball, and always netted a gsln. His line plunging was a terror to th Catholics and he Is a fighter 1n every play. "Old Bill" Caldwell, at right tackle, Is playing his usual hard game. It Is hard to pick any back field stars, though all the candidates for back field positions are doing very creditable work. The Freshmen Hqnad. Tli freshmen have the best looking squad that a first-year class has had at the university for years. They are a hard working bunch. Owing to conference rul ing the l'lrst-year men can play In no scheduled games, so there is no Induce ment to keep the tyros working other than a free trip to th4 Thanksgiving game. Each night at th close of practice they line up and tak punishment from the varsity. Ex-Captain Rous alone is responsible for their development. They are husky and plucky and In scrimmage offer the varsity as good practice as a regular game. Th authorttiea are still squabbling over a place to ' play the Missouri gam on Thanksgiving. It was thought this had been practically settled upon ami the game would go to Kansas City, but now Missouri Is objecting to th arrangements and th question will have to be fought over again. Next Saturday the Jayhawkers meet Oklahoma university in McCookfleld. This la the first Urn in two years these teams hav met on th gridiron. The Sooner are a fleet-footed aggregation and will give the Kansans a close run. N MIDDIES MUST PAY FARES .Naval Aatkarltle Have o Way to Deadhead Them. ANNAPOLIS. Md., Oit. 10. Th ques tion that is puszllng the authorities at tha Naval academy at present la how they are to transport the brigade of midship men to and from the Army-Navy foot ball game in Philadelphia. L'ntll the Hep burn bill waa passed there waa uo diffi culty about this, for. through th courtesy of tha Baltimore & Ohio Railroad com pany, special trains were furnished for midshipmen. It la now- illegal fur tha railway com panies to furnish fre transportation, and the result la that the midshipmen will now b forced to pay their owu expenses un less tho Navy department see fit to order th brigade to Philadelphia for th game. If thla la done, under th regulations gov erning the navy, their expense would be paid by the department and would come out of tbe fund aunually appropriated by congress for naval officers' transportation. Captain Chsrles J. Badger, U. S. N.. su perintendent of the United States Naval academy, states that thei ai uo public -.4sih ) H I to "imkik. $ onlm a t- a .daw m Jar .a.tfr.?-!' Quaker Maid Rye "The WsUifT with a vstio" To mas a perfect "high .all." put in anough Quaker Maid Rye Ctt U H at 11 .Wf-fjtast CWm, Bwv w4 Drag Sum S. IIIRSCII & CO. KANSAS CITY, MO. D. A. 8ampson, Gen'l Bales Agent, Omaha. funds available for tho transportation of the midshipmen to the game this year and that tha midshipmen will have to pay their own expenses. WINTER RACING IN THE SOUTH Conferences I'ndrr Way Itrarardlna; Crescent City Track. IXJUISVILJyK, Ky.. Oct. 10. Samuel F. Keaslip and Louis Ligarde of New Orleans have been holding conferences with parties concerned In the management rf the Cres cent City tracks relative to the holding of a winter meeting this season in New Or leans. The New Orleans situation was gone over carefully and Mr. Ileasllp sub mitted a proposition to lease tho tincks on behalf of a holding company composed of New Orleans people. Discussing the matter Mr. lieaslip said:. "It Is the desire of the commercial Inter ests of New Orleans to have a race meet ing this winter. We will aim to have the meeting conform to the Locke bill and have the approbation of the public. With this In view we contemplate forming a holding company to leaso tho two tracks and run the meeting under our control. It la our Intention to preserve racing and feature this sport as our special winter attrac tion to bring visitors to our city. The peo ple of New Orleans desire racinir and are a unit that It brings many visitors to the Crescent City annually. 1 submitted a proposition to those concerr.ed in the fiilr grounds and city park management to leano the tracks on behalf of a holding company consisting of New Orleana business men. The matter has been taken under consider ation and I believe that matters will be satisfactorily arranged." TEN-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP RUN Distance Mrs ot In Metropolitan Dis trict t'onifiete. NKW YORK, Oct. 10. The national ton mile championship run of the Amateur Athletic union, which will be held at Celtic park on Saturday, Novernler 7. will bring out many distance men not only in the metropolitan district, but in other districts as well. lr order to promote distance run ning a ttandaid Amateur Athk-tH union bronxe medal will be given to all thoe wlio cover the disturct- In lens than fifty-eight minutes. Ldst year the winner of this event was John J. 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Tloustct. the late New York ph.v siclan, whote will disclosed that his entile estate consisted of patents and unpatented Inventions fur airshis, was one of the earliest Inventors in America to de vote his energies to the scientific navi gation of the air. Kie.lcrlrk A. B.ichinafih of Newark, N. J . Is btuldini; iiit Iishlp which he says will l.fi and cany o pounds 1.00" miles at elalitv miles n hour. Mr. B.u hmunn says that lie vi 'l t!y Home t.me next July, llo has built lour airships', and Rays that for some reason thu otheiB Would not fly. During a recent flight at St. Joseph. Mo., bv I,i,-utenants l.alim and l-'oulois, in Dirigible No. 1, the big liuldwln war l.al loon. the airship approached a tall tnvkc stack and a collision appeared Inevlianle. I.aum stiered the big hal o n almost sualiiht up. over the stack and down again as gracefully aa the flight of a bird. A Russian woman. Mine. Poppova, has Joined the ranks of Inventors with a rud- deriefas airsinp. which sue nus cm isien i "The Aniiulaied lJrson" in virtue ot thu peculiar shape adopted for the body of the airship furnishing the lifting pnwer. I lie All II a itrii i'iduu, iv in urn u, adapts itnf naturully to every variety and strenMh of wind by a system of hoops, which also serve to sleer it. C'onvimed by the tests conducted at Fort Myer by Orvllle Wright that the aeinpUne would prove a valuable aux iliary to the navv for scouting ai wu. the Navy department Is preparing plans for a heavtiT-than-alr machine, which, if mi--resktul. will be. attaihed to warshti . Lieutenant George '. Mvvei t is at work on tint plans, which will be submitted to Sec retary Metcalf when completed. A. M. 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