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PACKS 1 TO 4.
VOL. XXXVIII NO. 27.
OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1908.
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READY FOR THE BIG GAMES
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Omaha Bowlers . Prennr! for EL
COLLEGE BASE BALL LEAGUE
Plans Being: Laid for Series of Games
by Missouri Valley Teams.
Joseph and Pittsburg-.
The Omaha
IMS
Men Who Carried University of Nebraska Colors on Gridiron
HARD FIGHTING. FOR PLACES
As the ! Advance Interest la
SERIOUS ATHLETIC HANDICAP
tho Great Indoor Gam In
creases and Play Aasantes
Rapid Pace.
In the Metropolitan league the race be
tween the leading teams Is getting rather
close, the 8 tars and Mixers being tied for
second place, while the St. James still
have the high game so far, having made
1.611 on their three games last week. The
rolled by the Dally News Friday ntght,
Geddes getting 223. Gwynne, 207, and Mo
Lean 200, making a total of 630. Wilson Is
now 'leading the league, while hanson Is a
close second. Griffith Is coming on fast.
Some very nice scores were made In the
Commercial league last week, which shows
the boys have at last donned their bowling
shoes and are getting after the pins In
earnest," High singles the last week are . as
follows: Brunke, 252; Ferree, 250; Hull,
2S; IBnrlcks, 219, while the old reliable
Hull took down tho three game total of 608.
. The Brodegaards still lead, but the Bike
company Is closing In and has serious In
tentions of passing them and setting the
pace for the bala nee of the season.
Sounds like last year.
" Tonransaen Draw Blav
The Association tournament has been the
most successful ever held In Omaha, there
bnlng 111 entries. As these men took part
In the tournament to qualify for the bigger
events (he Middle West at 9t. Joseph and
the Omaha Bowling club at Pittsburg It
is evident Omaha will be well represented
at both the large'tournaments. This shows
the Increased Interest In the game among
the Omaha bowlern. There will probably
be twelve five-men teams go fronj here to
6t. Joseph, and at least five teams to
Pittsburg. As the entries for the St. Joseph
event closes January 10, every man who
wants to participate should see Francisco
and get his entry filed, as preference for
dates will be given bowlers in the orders
they are saldmwlmthe
they are received by W. E. Albertson of
St. Joseph.
Omaha bowlers are recognised all over
the country as being among the best, and
there has been no event of local or national
Importance In which they have bowled that
tbey did not get a place near the top. At
Cincinnati last year the Met Bros, team
tied for elgth place, and only lost sixth by
seven pins. This In competition with 363
' teams, picked from the best In the United
States. Omaha also won sixty-eighth place
in the doubles, out of 760 entries, and
fortieth place In singles out of 145 entries.
A recent letter from the Omaha Bowling
club people submitted a proposition to
jjmce am vmi in." ."
mlttee, As 'here are only nine executive
officers, it will place Omaha on the map as
' a bo-wilng center.
Results of the city tournament:
, Total. Prise.
Ptors Triumphs 1754 $1B.0
Lemps Falstaffs
Liixvs
Rlrm'ngham Ranges
Chance. lors
Mets Bros. '
Ch i bot Shoes
Cmahn Blcvcloa
Jetter's Gold Taps...
Onlmed
Cole-McKennaa
Irodegaard Crowns .
Metropolitan League
ale Oitys
Association league . .
2714
10.00
.. 2W4
,. 2ti31
.. 2 W3
7.50
6.00
.. ....
.. 2560
.. 2611
..2191 ....
.. 2472
.. 2411 ....
.. 2:9
.. 2314
.. 2239 ....
SIT
Ml ion
640
637 1OTT
;.64S
f.a 1074
621
Ml lOW
(2
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Dudley ..
Starr
Solomon .
lllnrlck .
K.yt
Urinkaur
Frllaillr
Andaraon
KhIi ' .
Ulah.nay
4st Ooff
...M3 UMTracr ...
Kranclac
64T IWrsar
651 llMMoBo ...
Colter ...
......SU Carman ..
H tllHull ....
Knell ...
., R.ynotds
H-ll5TBuUon ...
N.lton ...
MS BrhulM ..
W UWHoi(h ...
Iibbrn .
6J 104
410
60 1040
4M
6& X0M
UK
. .561 Farrva
...6S& 10SI
.677 1128 m. Pr.me.ll Ml
r. Pramaau 496 10M
rVhumaker 6"4 Bryen ..
Sherwood 414 1117 iatra ...
Bcott ...
Beaelts fJ ,
Krug 637 1104wiley ..
. Traynor
rninwell .MT Karlgna
Kl.uk 6.17 1104 J.nnloe
Valeoa .....650 Oemandt
l!.rp .....Ml lltlLebecka
M.nln 6o Bnt.le
Thirn.e 619 llODrunka
.4U
641102
tn
4871019
641
4711911
614
4H7 11
7
ti 9)1
637
.44!t 980
Co- hnne 479 Weber
Huntlncton 628 1018 Zimmerman
1'rnnclaca 449 ' Whltl.more
(IJerde 4'& 1089 Hartley ....
t'ama 639 Schneider .
Pi.penh.irU V0 avbnelder .
F.ferherg 6'1 '
Vt 6271079
Name. Pin..) Name..
J!.u.-k 4431 Franclaco ..
Dudley 439 ljilrd
Aaderaon lt llerde
Kncell 418!lenman
Kcott 413! X.rp .......
Faeerbers 413Mtarr
Vt'Mt 6!l Wiley
carman 6;l Hrunka ....
H. Prlmeau 6SI Franclaco ..
Hull ...i 6K61 DrlnkwaUr
firolle 606Thomaa ...
Weber Mil s.'hulti ....
Frllacher 6J3!Sl.penhort
Oo( 6UIShrwoo4 .
Keynolda 6841 Rlakeney ..
liUDllntoa 671IDIbbern ...
Benaela ....... 691 Zimmerman
Tracy 944! Hiawaoa ...
Camp BMICaln
Cwebrase ............. 6il Lnhecka ...
Ferr 6e8IMIIIa
Berser .. 664Rouda
K.rt 6&4I boord
Geraandt eoll Traynor ...
Whlllemora , 64IBalaor ....
Voe. 6481 Coffey
Cnc.weJI 631 Bryan
Walena 6371 Hartley ....
Iteinna 6331 Schumacher
Jennlnaa S.'Bee.lla ....
Prlmeau 6:t2Sutomoa ..
46.1
: HI
46
M K
4
3C KA
Pin.
... Ml
... Ml
...
... 62
... bn
... t.'J
... 621
... 611
... 5U
... 616
... 614
... 61t
... 611
... 611
... N
... 6
... 6114
...
... M
471
471
4M
4S7
441
437
431
429
M-rt(o Mil
Team standing and individual averages of
Metropolitan Bowling league for week
ending December 18; ' ' '
Tenm Ganiew. W. I Pet. Pins.
Team Games. W. L. Tct. I1n.
Bt'hroeder's St. James.S3 2e T .7S7 16.168
Ortman fttsrs S3 23 10 .696 15.967
Bi-alin Mlzurs S3 23 10 .696 U
Chicago Liquor House.. so 18 11 ." 14,iLi
Btirshelm Jewelers .....SO 14 14 .K3 14 H
loyal Hotel Jewelers.. .33 14 19 .4:: 4 16.0U6
AVewt Bides SO 11 19 .366 12.
Neb. Cycle Co S3 10" 23 .3 14.6
Bungalows 33 10 23 .3 12.9:18
Daily New ,...S0 9 21
.300 13.038
Individual standing:
Nam...
WIIua
Haivaoe
Ortrietk
Ibecka
W r. avkaelder.
Jeeper
teiH
Ortaaaa '
Scennell .........
More.
J. Heeler
laird
D. Schnetner ....
Gwyuaa
bowere ..t...p...
Guetafaoa
jOit .......
Jerp
Are.
.. 149
.. 149
.. 149
.. 14?
.. 14t
.. 147
.. 146
.. 14
.. 146
.. 144
.. 144
.. 141
.. 139
.. 131
.. 1J7
.. lil
121
... " c. Ha.
... mi Ward
... 1 u en .lea
....1MI HadMeM ....
... I! Adkina
... 141 U Korsara ,
... ' McUeaa
... U1 Adam
... 1 tt NoraarS .
.., 14UI Campbell ...
. . . .tut Roeecrena . .
... 4MI Kltrkta
... leal White
... lMlchrlatlaaaoa
... Howlay ....
... 16l Hoeler ......
... lUlAttwooS ....
... lol.f.ra.
.r.
14
Myea
.... lellatadaea
. 124
Borahorf lent
Standing of teams In Omaha
league, December It; . . -
Bowling
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Top Row Teft to Right) Chaloupka, Right Tackle; Earl Eafrer, Manager; Elliott. Assistant Coach; "King" Cole. Hea!
Tackle. Second Row (Left to Right) Beltzer, Left Halfback; Harte, Right Guard; Ewing, Left Guard; Captain
(Left to Right) Blrkner, Right Halfback; Kroger, . Fullback; Johnson, Left End; Coo, Quarter; Bentley. Qui
M:r,RmBro. s.a
SiT-: ES:::::S S W SSS
Jetters. " . J17 .iM
Gate City " " 5-v,,s
Onimods
Sampecks
Individual standing:
S3 8 2a
.242 27,059
Game.. At.
19 17S
11 171
34 171
17 171
34 171
14 l'O
, 80 170
Namaa.
atmM. A
Name.
Blakanay ..
21 llRempka ....
Naala
Brw
36 iw Sramon ....
94 18-'m H.J nolil. ...
S4 1K1IW. G. Ooff..
14 lfwl Chandler ...
94 10 cosawell ...
14 17ioreenlaf . ..
3 -ns'Kl.uck
1 178 Weber
94 17S Sherwood ..
Frltachar .
Zimmerman
Rad
Cochran ..
, TO 18
; 10 l"
, 27 143
, 3D 1K4
, 31 104
. 13 tU
, 14 184
, 10 11
, 27 1D0
. 14 16D
, 15 157
. 24 1-0
, 24 K5
, 18 Lb
. 13 lo5
An demon .
m :
Couehltn ..
G)erda ....
Encell
17 174) whlltemore
f i rnnrliai.i. 14 177 Mllla
Tinman "! W.lrath
Orrell
18 176ohneeeor( ..
13 176Jonea
90 174IC. H. Ooff..
38 17 McNought ..
30 l76Urcnelt
83 1761 Mullla
13 17biLuc.
34 173IMKelvey ..
24 175J Sheldon ....
33 174iMahoney ...
ht 1711 Van nrH.e .
gcott
Weet
Tracy
Jordan
O. O. Franclaco.
Fruh
Huntington ....
Schumacher ....
Dudley
18 1M
11 151
Hartley
Team' arid individual averages Commcr
clal league bowlers week ending Decem
ber 18.:
Tmm Oames.W. 1 rci. i-ins.
ow..,., Ornwna ....Sfi 28 10 .722 31.2
prnaha Bicycle Co...... 27 12 .6,2 S4.7.9
&m..T...c:l1 S l
r.h.Kt Hhn. Co 36 17 19 . 472 32.171
r,,.H.,. rrnnrlv Co 89 IS 24 .8X5 81.692
Cole-McKenna Co 39 13 28 . 333 81.2W
Hussies Acorns. 30 27 . 250 2S.&.6
Individual standing:
Namaa.
Ferree
Ctinnan ....
Drlnkwatar
Hull
Zero
Keyt
Boord
Lehmann ..
Johnaton ..
Balier
Martin
Gllbreath ..
Camp
Walena ....
Voaa
Starr
Thomae
Solomon . . .
Hlnrlcke ...
grhulta ....
Slapenhorat
GrotU .....
Kalna
Beeelln ....
C. Prlmeau
Fagerberg .
Jennlnga ...
Foley
Neleon ....
Krug
Bengela ...
Bryan
Blawaon ..
Oamea. A. Name.
9 lMlp. Neleoa ..
34 ll Brunke
34 "4H. Prlmeau
34 1831 guttou
,....84 IkSlFrye
.... 94 1821 Learn
.7... 30 lKMuibbern ....
27 1741 r. pattereoa
4 172 Wiley
9 178 Palmer
JI3 177lBaehr
T7 177 lr,t
30 174 w. Nelaon .
14 1741 Vaughn
34 176 Traynor ....
91 llSIOernandt ...
11 176Coll:na
31 175 roffee
31 1761 R. johnaoa .
83 1741 Hough
94 174MrHa
80 173 Wermueller
t4 1731 Noah
31 1731 LUgh
36 179! Gu.tovaon ..
38 173glebert
..... 91 171 1J. Neleon ..
34 171 1 B. Pattereoa
33 1711 L. Hlca
14 170UI. Nelaon ..
..... 24 1701 Ruh
38 )7! Mueller
SO 188Lamon
93 lh9l Ua.muK.ee
Gemee. At.
90 168
34 17
38 147
34 164
3 164
17 165
14 163
13 165
21 163
11 161
33 161
4 161
..... 27 11
...... SO M
87 164
30 1.'.9
...... 34 l.S
17 lr,8
34 If.!
16 157
14 K.7
4 157
9 150
19 II
is i;s
25 1S1
14 148
18 148
4 148
1 146
18 146
4 144
4 141
Peteraon
4 1-5
standing of teams in the Association
league:
Iinxe. Gumes.W. L. Pc Ptnn.
Molonys 21 17 4 .0 10.7-6
Union Pacifies ..
J1 13 8 i".i-a
21 12 .571 9.979
.....21 10 11 .476 10,105
i. ...21 10 11 .476 10.01
21 8 13 .30 10.219
21 8 13 .SsO 9.745
Omaha Nationals
West Sides
riir1hnva
4? I '
tz Signal Corps .....
Dresners
21 15
.285 10,070
Ka
Uamea. A Kame.
21 1771 Powell
18 175'p.rkina
li 173!n.ker
14 174ichnatrom
14 173! Wllley
13 1731 Bch.n
11 17 Lee
15 l70lBi.hop
' '48i Henderaon ..
17 1" ( ol.m.u ....
20 16ol N.pr.r
31 164s Martin
90 164' Booth
14 l4IAndereon ...
Cam re. At,
Glover
J. A. Lyena..,
Hlca
Youaem
Templtn
Stafford
Metthea
Pattereoa ....
Hunter
Rudlger
ljendgwea ...
Stridor
F.tdeoa
Hughea
Hameretrom .
H. B. Lyons.
12 i re
.1 158
19 158
18 157
15 154
94 154
13 151
6 161
It 150
li 145
4 143
9 141
16 140
IV 140
4 138
4 139
13 1621 Campbell ...
13 lii;ilarne4
VEB ttETBE.MUST PUT IT BACK
Akaatear Slaadiea- Drueadi on
Restoration of Moaey.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-James E. Sulli
van announces that Ernest Ver Wiebe of
Harvard, whose friends presented him, with
a gold watch and 850, must return the
money if he wishes to remain an amateur.
The Harvard foot ball player Is not a
member of the Amateur Athletlo union,
but cannot compete against members If
he retains the money, under the rules of
the union.
Some years ago, whan Wefers, the great
sprinter, was In his prime, a purse was
subscribed and given to him by his friends
In Lawrence. At the time the Amateur
Athletlo union decided that the money
must be returned If Wefers wanted to re
main an amateur. . This case has stood as
a precedent since then, and is applicable
to Ver Wiebe.
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MICHIGAN'S BASKET BALL TEAM
Men Are Gettlntr Into Shape for a.
Busy Season.
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 19. Despite the
rather warm foot ball discussions which
are In order at tho University of Michigan,
basket ball preparations for the coming
season are traveling along at a merry
clip. A goodly number of experienced can
didates have responded to the calls for
'varsity material and are daily at work
In the gymnasium solving the .Intricacies
of the Inflates sphere and the basket. The
board of control has allowed but six games
to be arranged ths season, and five of
these are already fixtures and the other
date Is filled in tentatively. This date is
with the Detroit Young Men's Christian
association. It seems that an agreement
cannot be reached as to the rules to gov
ern the contest. Michigan wants the inter
collegiate rules, while the Young Men's
Christian association team is desirous of
having the Amateur Athletic union rules.
The schedule follows: January 9, Mich
igan Athletic club at Lansing; January 10,
Oberlln at Ann Arbor; February 13, De
troit Young Men's Christian association;
February 27, Ohio State university at Co
lumbus; March 6, Ohio State university at
Ann Arbor, and March 29, Michigan Ath
letic club at Ann Arbor.
Dave AUerdice, of Indianapolis, half
back on the Michigan teem for two years,
will lead the eleven next year, having been
elected after a close contest with Quarter
back Wasbund. AllcrdlceS was the best
man on the team this year, but had to quit
after the Pennsylvania game, where he
received a broken collarbone.
FOOT BALL BOLL OF INJURED
Disasters of Year Make Bad Showing
for tho Game.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19,-Kendall B,
Cressey, an Insurance man, who has kept
close tab on foot ball for years, says that
more Injuries have been reported this year
than In any season since 1906, when the
rules were revised. In that year twenty
rour were killed and 200 Injured. .
There were three deaths among college
players this year, two among high school
and five among, athlotlc club members,
while the Injured In college games were 153,
against twenty-three among hljrh school
players and forty-six among athletic club
members. All deaths, with one exception,
were caused In open play.
JIM FLYNN TO MEET LANGFOBD
Pueblo Fireman Will Congo. I'p with
the Dinee-.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Deo. l.-"Jim"
Flnn, the Pueblo fireman who has been
matched to meet Sam Langford before Stm
Bcrger's club hero during the holidays, has
began training at the camp recently va
cated by Billy" Papkei The contest will
be of twenty rounds' duration and will te
the first real test for Langford on the Pa
cific coast. Sam has picked one of tho
toughest heavyweights In America at pres
ent upon whom to try himself out, and the
coast fans look for a great battle when the
two sluggers mix. If Sam can beat the fire
man he will be In line for a battle with
either "Jack" Johnson or "Tommy" Burns.
BOBBY BURCH TO BECOME COACH
Yale's Injured Captain Will Train
Cincinnati..
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 19 Bobby
Burch, the Yale captain who was out of
the game most of the time this fall owing
to unjurles, has been offered the position
of coach on the Cincinnati university teem
next fall. As Cincinnati is Burch's home
town he will probably accept the position.
Marsaalltowa'a chedale.
MARSHALLTOWN. la.. Dec. 19. - Spe -
v,. .uiiuKiiiK mo aciieauie or
the Marshalltown High School basket ball
team, which has Just been completed: Janu
ary 8. Qrlnnel! at Ortnnell; January 15,
Waterloo at Marshalltown: January 22,
Maaon City at Mason City; January 28,
Watrrloo at Waterloo; February 6, Cedar
Rapids at Maranalltown; March 12. Cedar
Kaplda at Cvdar luplda; March 13. Ana
uaa at Anainosa; March -, A-najiioaa at
Marshalltown; March 2a, UrmiicU t eUr-aliallloao.
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NEBRASKA FOOT BALL . TEAM OF
BASE BALL'S READY NUMBER
It is Two and Prevails in Both the
Big Leagues.
FIGUEE COMBINATIONS IN GAME
Atrlklagr Similarity In the Scoring;
Totals la Major Organisations
Last Season Tied on Five
Tally Contests.
The favorite number of runs scored by
one or both sides in a base ball game Is
two. At least this Is true if the games in
the two major leagues last Beason are a
criterion. In the National league and in
the American league in 1908 two was the
prevailing figure In scoring runs. Either
by one or the other of the competing teams
two runs were made oftener than no runs,
one run, three runs, four runs and so on
up to the highest total for a single game,
which was twenty-one.
Just what co-ordination of batting, field
ing, pitching and base running It is that
produces two runs In a game more fre
quently than any other number Is some
thing for the savant, the expert In the laws
of base ball mathematics, to figure out If
he can. There Is a reason for this ratio of
two runs to the batting, pitching, fielding
and base running, the four cardinal prin
ciples Of base ball. That Is shown by the
preponderance of that number and by the
fact, that two runs occur oftenest and al
most the same number of times In both
leagues. Last year two runs were scored
213 times in the American league and 224
times in the National.
Ono Rnn Scores.
Furthermore, there Is a strlklngslmliarlty
in other figures giving the number of runs
scored by one or the other of the two
leagues. In the National league last season
one run was a team's total In a game 196
times, and In the American league 200
times. The number of times in which a
team failed to score at all was 166 In the
National league and 133 In the American.
Incidentally, the National league therefore
plied up more shutouts than Its sister
league.
There was the greatest similarity of all
when It came to scoring three runs. Three
circuits of the bases to a game were made
by the National league club ITS times and
by the American leaguers 172 times. Four
runs were made 138 times in the American
league and 134 times In the National. If
this correlation of figures can be construed
into evidence of the two leagues being
evenly matched in strength, the number
five shows them to be exactly even, for
in each league five runs were scored 120
times. Bo on down, or up, the list:
Six Runs National league, 80 times; Amer
ican, 95 times.
Heven Runs National, 69; American, 66.
Kight Runs National, 40; American, 30.
Nine Runs National, 23; American, 25.
Ten runs National, 12; American. 16.
Kleven runs National, 12; American 11.
Twelve Runs National, 3; American, 8.
Thirteen Runs National. 3; American, 2. .
Fourteen Runs National. American, 0.
Fifteen Runs Notional, 0; American, 2.
Sixteen Runs National, 1; American, 4.
Klfrhteen Runs National, 0: American, 1.
Twenty-One Runs National, 0; Ameri
can, 1.
The numbers seventeen, nineteen and
twenty do not occur at all. Sixteen occurs
oftener than fifteen and fourteen oftem-r
than thirteen, but when scoring attains
that heavy stage It simply Jumps up or
down without Implying that there Is any
profound underlying reasons therefor.
There are many peculiar Jumbles of
figures ' In base ball games, even though
the more there are the less cueer would
be the fact that they exist. They aren't
so common that they cease to be uncom
mon. In any event every season produces
I BamM an(j ,peI wnlch ar. Bended with
cases out of the ordinary. Some are mere
freak developments, others are baaed on
some point of superior skill. Just as a
matter of coincidence the two National
league games of April 19 are striking. Oil
cago beat St. Louis 4 to S and Cincinnati
disposed of Pittsburg 4 to S. and three of
the teams, Chicago. St Louis and Cincin
nati, each made nine hits.
On May 2 the three games played found
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Coach; Charles Borg, Assistant Coach;
Harvey, Right .na; Minor, L,ert naiiDaca;
arter.
1908.
the six teams In much the same scoring
humor. Each game was won by a one-run
margin and Philadelphia beat New York
2 to 1, Brooklyn downed Boston 2 to 1 and
Chicago won from St. Louis 3 to 2. Five
of the six teams made two errors each.
There were two 1 to 0 games on May 9
and each of the winners, Philadelphia and
Chicago, made six hits.
Four runs was a popular total to win by
In New York-Brooklyn battles. The New
Ycrks brat the Brooklyns 4 to 0 on April
18, but later the Brooklyns repaid the score
with vengeance. Three days land running.
April 23, 24 and 25, they vanquished their
Polo grounds friends by rcores of 4 to 1
This same combination occurred three
times en June 17, on which day Pittsburg,
Cincinnati and Boston won from Chicago.
St. Louis and Philadelphia, respectively, by
scores of 4 to 1". There was a game on
May 18 In which the scoring by St. LouU
was out of all proportion to that by Boston
In view of the fact that each made the
st me number of hits," which was ton. For
their ten hits the Bostons stacked up nine
runs, while the Cardinals got only one.
St. Louis made only two errors, so poor
fielding didn't figure In the one-sided re
sult. Poor pitching, more likely, as St
Louis used three pitchers. It may have
been pitching wlldness or scattered hits by
St. Louis.
Two Errorless Games.
Two errorless games were played on
May 22, which wr.s unusual for one day.
Thfy were between Chicago and Boston
and Cincinnati and Philadelphia. On the
next day Cincinnati made eight runs off
eight hits and with only two errors by
the Phillies. The four total crops out
again on June 6. Each of the winning
teams St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago and
Philadelphia made four runs. The Clil
cagos played an unbeatable game on June
6. They made fourteen runs, nineteen hits
and no errors, shutting the Bostons out
with no runs and five hits.
Although the Bostons made fourteen hits
on June 10, twice as many as the Reds
made, the latter won the game despite the
hard hitting of their opponents. The score
was 8 to 6 and the Bostons surely wasted
their clouts that day. A week later the
Pittsburgs made ten more tallies than the
luckless Bostons and with the same num
ber of hits eleven. The Bostons played a
pretty fair fielding game too. In the New
York-Boston game of June 25 everything
was done on a wholesale scale. There were
twenty-four runs, thirty-one hits and nine
errors.
The Bostons made only seven hits against
the Phillies on July 1, but made rare use
of them, for their run total was fourteen,
and with the Philadelphia making only
three errors. The twist taken by the fig
ures on. July 17 resolved itself Into four
shutouts in as many games. The New
Yorks, Brooklyns, Bostons and Cardinals
were blanked. The Tew York-Pittsburg
sixteen-inning conflict of July 28 was re
markable for Its all around closeness. Each
side made two runs and three erros, and
New York made twelve hits to Pittsburg's
eleven.
Giants aa Sluggers.
The New Yorks were hitting the ball
savagely the latter part of July and the
first part of August. For five consecu
tive days they slammed the globe fa flf.
teen, fourteen, twelve, ten and fourteen
bits In that order, a total of sixty-five.
About the same time the Cubs too were
demolishing the leather. They sma-ked It
for forty-two hits in three consecutive
games. It was a pretty good game that
the Boh to us played on August 1, when
they made fourteen bits and fourteen runs
and blanked the Chlcagos, thereby evening
up the 14 to 0 walloping the Chicago
handed to them on June 8. Oddly enough,
the Chlcagos made five hits In this game,
the same number as made by the Bostons
on June 6.
The Bostons were beaten 9 to S by St
Louis on August 10, and St. Louis Indulged
In a batting orgy which netted eighteen
hits. The Bostons made tlx. Boston made
twice as many hits as runs, and St. Louis
the same. St. Louis made three times aa
many runs as Boston and three times as
many base hits. The Pittsburgs and Brook
lyns grappled cn August 23 in a gamo
which was seventeen Innings ltng and was
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SCHOMMEB UNDER A CLOUD
Wisconsin Will Protest Chicago Baa
ket Ball Star.
CHICAGO, Deo 19. Schommer, the Uni
versity of Chicago base ball, foot ball.
track and basket ball' star, 'who will be
a candidate again this season for the
quintet, Is to be protested by Wisconsin, 1
according to report .. from the Badger
athletic camp, en the ground that he has
already been active as a Varsity man In this
branch of sport for three years, and,
therefore, should be considered Ineligible.
Stagg, the director of Maroon athletics,
has studied the question of Schommer's
eligibility, however, and la confident that
under a certain rule passed by the West
ern Conference last June, It will be legal
for Schommer to play. The rule reads
that an athlete who has competed onlyvln
minor sports In or previous to 1908 Is still
eligible for teams this winter and next
spring. Stagg's interpretation, which
would permit Schommer to play, is based
upon the fact that basket ball, though R
is regarded as a major sport now, was
a minor one before 1906, whereas, the Wis
consin athletic folk Insist that Schommer
ought by right to come under the ruling
In question because basket ball is now a
major sport In the conference.
SPIKES AND DRAFTING SEASON
Deal of Talk on These Topics, bat No
Legislation.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19. There was a deal
of talk but little legislation of a radical
nature at the recent base ball meeting
1 ere. The heralded crusade against the
pit ball was conspicuous by Its absence,
tnd no action was taken against the mur
derous spikes on the shoes of the players,
although the magnates studied a new
rotary spike which was submitted for ap
proval with enough Interest to Indicate that
they, too, realize the need for a change.
Some resolutions of a minor nature were
adopted which should make for good,
among which were the limiting of tin
drafting period for major leagues from
September 1 to September 15 and reducing
the waiver limit from ten days to five days.
Mr. Pulllam's suggestion as to ground rules
went over, but may be acted on favorably
at the spring meeting. The American
league owners showed they had the Interest
of their patrons at heart by directing that
the batting order of both teams be posted
on the scoreboard. The National league
should follow this example, as the program
evil demands a cure.
TAMPA TRACK TO BE REBUILT
Preparation for Jimmy Haelaa; Season
Is Mr.de.
TAMPA. Fla., Dec. 19. Under direction
of E. D. Laurence, secretary of the Tampa
Bay Racing association, the Tampa Bay
track is being thoroughly overhauled and
remodeled, the turns being banked higher
than before and made less pronounced,
thus making the track faster and better
suited to the better class of horses, which
are arriving for the big race meet, Febru
ary, S to 27.
The meeting here Is assured of better
horses than any other southern meet, since
the trouble et New Orleans, and the horse
men already here are planning to make
this meet the best event of the season
and to make K a permanent feature of the
mid-winter sport.
ATHLETIC ROW WITH ENGLAND
Controversy Started la London Is Jast
Getting Good.
NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Thcre appears to
be more chance for an International ath
letlo was Just now than at any time slno;
the controversy began over the Olympic
games In England last summer. The bitter
attack on James E. Sullivan, president of
the Amateur Athletlo union and United
States commissioner to the games, and
other members of the American committee
by a Brttleh Olympic council will not go
unanswered, and the wound that wag heal
ing may be opened afresh. Mr. Sullivan
asserts that many of the accusation are
false and can be proved by affidavit, and
that the answer will be rsadjr in a few
day
Lack of Field on Which to Pr act len
Has a Dampening Kffrrt on In
tereat In Athletlo
Lines. I
LINCOLN. Dec. 19.-(8peclal.) For the
first lime In many years tho base ball
championship of the Missouri valley will be
decided next spring by a series of game
among the seven schools composing the
conference. Each college In the "Big
Seven" will be required to play at least
eight conference games and to meet no
less than three of the teams In the league.
The plan for organisation of this base
ball league among the Missouri valley con
ference schools was proposed by. Manager
Earl O. Eager of the University of Ne
braska nearly a month ago and It has been
accepted by Nebraska, Missouri, Ames and
Iowa. The three other schools In the con
ference, Kansas, Drake and Washington,
are soon expected to get in lino with the
rest of the colleges and give their approval
of the proposition.
As now planned the "Big Seven" league
season will open the early part of April,
when tho Cornhusker team will make a
trip on which Kansas,' Missouri, Washing
ton, Iowa, Ames and probably Drake will
be played In one or more games. Iowa will
also probably go on a trip, at this time,
meeting some of the same teams that are
played by the CornhuBkers.
This "Big Eight" league was proposed in
order to get some means of settling defin
itely upon the leaders lri base ball here
after. Just as the foot ball champions have
been picked each season for several years.
This year Kansas .met four of the con
ference fool ball teams and by defeating
all of thera established a clear title to the
premier honors of the "Big Eight." It Is
not likely In base ball that any team will
defeat air of Its opponents In every game,
but the nine that wins from a majority of
them and has the highest percentage will
be- recognised as the base ball leaders.
During the last two seasons both Ames
and Missouri had strong nines, but as they
did not meet any of the conference team
to test the strength of their opponents there
was no way In which either of them could
Justly claim the championship bf the
valley. For next spring both of these
schools have an excellent quantity of dia
mond material and they are expected to be
the leading candidates for the "Big Eight"
title. Kansas and Nebraska both have
several good players in school, but they ap
pear to lack enough 'men of first rate
caliber to round out a team that will be
strong in every position and able to com
pete successfully against either Ames or
Missouri.
Hampered By Lack of Field.
The absence of a base ball field on the
university campus was a great handicap
to Nebraska last spring, and probably In
jured the prospects of the Cornhusker for
a strong nine next season. There were a
large number of fast players among the
freshmen last season, but owing to the
fact that much of the practicing had to be
done on a crowded lot or at Antelope park,
a great many 'of these men did not report
for work and were kept, from developing.
These students also lost some of their In
terest In the diamond sport, and It probably
will be hard to Induce them to get out
with the squad next spring. Even If they
do report for work with the other Corn
husker they will lack the training that
they should have received last season and
will be Just about one spring's experience
behind the other men on the squad.
About the only thing that will assure the
Cornhusker a winning nine next spring
will be the purchase of the land north of
the campus so that a diamond and athletlo
field can be laid out. with a new fleid
the spirit In university sports will be re
vived and the studenis will make the
squad of all team exccdlngly large.
When they have a new field, the candi
date for the base ball team will also work
harder and make competition for places
on the nine keen. The taking away of the
old Nebraska field made many of the stu
dents apathetic toward the college sports
and some of them who have great athletlo
ability say tbey will not try for the teams
In the spring unless there is a field on the
campus so that they will not have to de
vote too much time to practice. In foot
ball this past fall the candidates had to
spend nearly an hour each day In getting
out to Antelope park for practice and In
returning from there. Many of the base
ball men say they will not practice next
spring unless they can play on the campus.
The only way to satisfy these men and
assure the Corn h users a fast base ball
nine will be for the university to buy and
equip a field before next April. Plana are
now on foot to do this and It may be ac
complished within the next two months.
If they get the field In plenty of time the
Cornhusker athletes will undobtedly make
a formidable showing In all the spring
sports by the Cornhusker athletes. Both In
and only needs a suitable place for this to
be' developed.
Winter Sports Popular.
Since the close of the foot ball season
an unusual Interest for the ante-hollday
period has been manifested In the Indoor
sports by the Corhusker athletes. Both in
basket ball and track athletics an activity
such as never marked those sport before
so early In the year Is noticeable. In
basket ball heretofore the squad before the
holiday never numbered more than thirty
candidate and often It had less than that
number. This season, however, the squad
numbers nearly fifty men, and, although,
many of them are a little green at the
game, yet they have emong their number
soma excellent material which Coach Clapp
la developing rapidly Into promising players.
Captain Bell and Russel Burruss, two
of the best men on the five, were lost to
the Cornhuskers last season and the vacan
cies left by their departure encouraged
many aspirants to try for the team this
year. Of last season's "N" players four
of them Captain Walsh, Dwtght Bell,
Perry and Woods are out for the team
again this year.. Besides these men there
are several ofhers who appear to be of
varsity caliber. Among these latter are
Petrashek. Hutchison, Schmlt, Rlchey,
Ixing, Flower and Stevenson.
Ti e greatest problem Coach Clupp has
to solve Is tho development cf a suitable
plaer for the center position. So far this
winter Petrashek, a new man to the 'var
sity gume, has been hbldlng down the Job
and has been doing very creditable work.
In the ro'ntest with Coiner college last
week he played a fairly good gamo, but
exhibited a weakness for crowding li t
oponent when the latter bad the ball