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The Omaha SPORTS', laSIBMMaHveaaaaaannaamnmsaemamnmaV . PART IVE UNDAY. BEE. SPORTING - FAGE3 1 TO 4. VOL. XXXVm SO. 41. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1909. SINGLE COn FIVE CENTS. Omaha Western League Players on Deck and Busy with Practice for Opening- Game of Season '0 J tat. VI ROTJBKE FAMILY ; HARD AT WORK 4 4 ' ' ' ' Xttrly All the Mamberi of the Tribe Now en Hud end Following the CiptAin'i Lcai. XHCr, COMES HOME TO PLAY He' end Rice the Lett to Report and Fisher on Wy. PA . FLATS GAME FOR CHARITY Picked Teem Will Trounce Regulars at Benefit Game. NORTH PLATTE WANTS A DATE Fahlbttten Itura Starts WHitidar nil Tw Games with J or Cam till' Wukllftoll u4 Other Fallow Fast, The. f iraC opportunity of th Omaha fana v. see- the new colt ' in aotlon will be Wednesday afternoon when Jo Cantilion oomee to town with th Washington Ameri can, league team for two games with Pa's Colts. ,-Canlrtlon thinks he has a team of '..changes lava been made in his lineup. Which-, contains many former West league favorites. Hughes and Johnson are both-..scheduled- to alien In Omaha and ties -two alone would draw a crowd. All Omaha fan watched with Interest the fast crlmb mad by t Johnson, th wonder from the west,- who went east with such a.' magnificent .record of games won and who Was looked upon to explode. He re fused. Tommy Hughes was in Omaha in - IMS. . Then 'there is Skipper Bill Bchlpke, who won the title of "Slugger" Bill .by tha- magnifkent flnjsh he made In Omaha three .years ago. McBride and others are aJsoJ well known' to Omaha fans. .Pa has had two disappointments at first , ' base. , In .the -first place he expected Antic', to come back, because of the re markable retold, nrade by Hobby at Cln .ctpjuttl last fall. Then .he placed his re liance on Eterlln.. but that coming star has decided to remain in school until June, before reporting tiraham was then de ddd upon, by Pa, but alona" comes Buck "Frank and Insists that Graham is entirely too. speedy . a . player to be put on first and .now they are In ear eh of another first baseman. Should a new guardian for the initial sack be found it may mean that King, will fight for an outfield position and that Graham will play second, or It may mean that Captain Buck Intends to - Imrist on Graham taking it easy until cer tain his knee Is well. Time will have to , tell what the' lineup of- Pa's Colts will be when the first league, game la played a j' V month hence. These players .wilt , be on hand ready to ait. up' Wednesday Omaha.--. ' -' l tlon. Washington. , , . Freeman Or ham. flair..... King...... H-nlih.... wranck.. Pendry.. nrst 'Second... TJnglaub McBride , fthipke . Conroy ...Ganley Milan . ..Clymer Short.. Third.. Vleher irn Bolder..-.;, ftimini..... Ts'ider. Oonltng.. .. Lv, Brand. Banders.... Tjvwer .Tehns..,. ' Ritwroan.s. Tfallenbeek Han serf..,.; Klee.... " March .fi ..'aft ... Center Right . Catch. Catch. Street .Blankenship Pch .... .... Pitch ;....TMtch Pitch Pitch .....trh Pitch Johnson .... Hurhes Bums WlUienip Gray Brown ..Broadford and April 1. games called 1:30 p..m. nearly All Are Have. King arrived Saturday- afternoon ready for, action and Fisher was expected later In the day. King says b is In fine shape and don't caje whether they put him on seeend or first, or any other old place. Just so .they get busy soon,, aa he has had a long enough rest. Captain Franck has prevailed upon Pa Reurk to send to California for a btg Arst baseman named Bath. Tha captain gays he has never . seen him work, but h heard so much about him that h wanted to give him a chance with the Omaha tram. Bath halls from Holtvllle, Cel., hits left-handed and has the reputation of lin ing them out hard. When Captain Franck arrived in. Omaha and found the ftrst base Position, up in the air he Immediately got Pa to send transportation for Bath to have him Join the squad, at enoe. t Rice, the college pitcher, who was tried out by Cincinnati last year, also arrived . Saturday afternoon. He 1s a big fallow and looks to the bunch as though he might be-'pmaessed with plenty of goods. . All the players have been working hard ainee Thursday, the last two days under the direction of Captain Franck, and before that under Gondlng. Th work so far has consisted of running and batting, as th diamond. Is not ready for use. '-A'-. new practko gotie has been scheduled tor,' April between the Rourke family and a picked teem for it benefit of the Child Saving Institute fiinj. Th director oftMs Institution are making an effort to ' ralM.tTt.tm). -M4uit half et which is now raised. North Platte also wants th Rourke to stop there for a game on the nbad for. the opening at Denver. One game nroute Is already scheduled for Grand Is land. . LAST' LAP,; OF ENDURANCE TEST MeaaWr of Slcaal Cora .last Flalah , 0. , Mil Walk. : MOUNT), Ala... March IT.-On th last lap of a' 1.800 mil, walk,, aa endurance teat ' under too direction of the United Stales artny. T.- R. Deck row, a member of Com pany A. giejnil corps, V. 8. A., stationed , at Fart thsrldan.- and -on of five who -tasted from Sault Saint Marl, Mich., d ranged ' himself Into Mobil laat night. Dackrow and four other member of th vorp left Vault Saint Mart for Gulgport, Miss.' dlsuno of 1,000 miles, to be cov "ordia ninety days.. "I have worn out olght pair of army shoes since I began th wax.'- ead Deck row, displaying a pair f easy walkers. "I am dead tired and It was all X ooold do to reaoh this city." . Deckxow left for Gulfpurt today. Peckruw left Sault Saint Maria en Jan oai r 1. and has five days In which to walk UiUl milt l Guifporl BELLE YUE MEN GET OUT POORS Base Ball ass Track Tram Ca a di ddle Are Sinfnii, Indoor base ball work Is now th.ng of the past at Bellevue. Spring practice has now stsrted on the diamond, the men work ing a couple of hours each afternoon when the weather permits. While the squad is somewhat short in the matter of old men here, there are msny newcomers of ex perience and promise. Altogether some twenty-five or thirty men are at work un der Captain Caasldy, two or three for every position. Csasidy has played two years here as shortstop, doing splendid individual play ing as well ss good team work, and should prove an efficient captain. The pitching stsff is good. It surpasses the usual staff and ahould go a long way toward winning a pennant this spring. The schedule., a arranged by Manager Jones, is as follows: April 10 Bellevue against School for the Deaf, at Bellevu. April 16 Bellevue against Tsbor, st Ta bor. April IT Bellevue against Amity, at Am ity. April 22 Bellevue against Creighton, at Bellevue. April 24 Bellevue against Omaha Western Lesa-ue. at Omaha. April 2 Bellevue against Fort Crook, at Fort Crook. May 1 Bellevue against Cotner, at Belle vue. May 8 Bellevue against Wesleyan, at BHenie. May 10 Bellevue against Peru, at Belle vue. May 11 Bellevue against Dosne. at Crete. May lJ-Bellevue against Cotner. at Cot ner. May 13 Bellevue against Wesleyan, at Wesleyan. May 14 Rellevue against Peru, at Peru. May 15 Bellevue against Nebraska City, at Nebraska City. May SI Bellevue against School for the Deaf, st Omshs. Msy B Bellevue against Doane, at Belle vue. May 2ft Bellevue against Creighton. at Vinton Street park. June 5 Bellevue against Tabor, at Belle vve. .Indications are thatt the season will be successful for the squad contains mors promising Indlvdluals than ever before. There are men of special abilities end all around men, who can enter several events, and there la no question but that the ma terial Is at' hand for a winning team if rightly handled. Moreover, definite recog nition is being given tha track men, as ha not been the case before. There are but two events for wljlch no really promising material has already ap peared. These sre the hurdles and the broad jump. . Men will possibly develop who can compete In these events, but have not done so yet. In the high Jump several men are being tried. These are Primrose,. Bnfleld, Brandet and others. No one has been tried out for th hurdles as yet, but Churchill and 8inael have been spoken of as possible competitors. In the weight, events there are a score of good men Barry, Primrose, Enfield, Curtis, Rice, Bonder son and others. In the state meet last spring Primrose won the discus throw and he Is back In the field this year with even better form, and certainly more strength. Curtis is a close second to Prim rose. In the- shot put Curtis is loading Bellevue competitors. A yet Enfield ha practiced little and hi strength In the shot put is not definitely known. Besides these two, Rice and Bonderson should do well. Barry Is the only one who has made an especially good showing In the hammer throw and will probably represent Bellevue In that event. In the high Jump Slnsel and Jenks a re thus far leading, with Slnsel a little ahead. Enfield, however, who has only lately come out, may win from them both. In the sprint Racely probably has the honors. Mohr has been s close com petitor always, but Is not now working much for the track, being Interested In base ball. Racely now has the ribbons for second place In both th ICO and 200-yard daahea In last year's state meet. Primrose 1 a good 440 and 880-yard man. Oh man will perhaps go In for th mile. If he does he will probably win out. In th pole vault Captain Templln la proficient, aa are also Slnsel and Brandt. It is likely that Brandt will be worth more to the team, however. In the runs and broad jump and may give bla attentton to them. May 7 the team will meet Doane col Iff at Crete. May It will compete In th stat meet at Wesleyan. WATER BASKET BALL NEW SPORT Welters Swlaasalna; Circles . Have Takea Tm the Aaatlo Gam. CHICAGO, March 71. Water bssket ball, a new form of aquatic aport. la meeting with considerable popularity In westeru swimming circles. The game la the Inven tion of Walter Sullivan, th former cham-. plon Underwater awlmmer and now rn etructor at th Illinois Athletlo club. Tt reetmblee basket ball in many ways. At each end of th playing ares, sis of which Is optional, la auspended fire feet abev th water' line an ighteen-inch basket and points are scored by throwing a tightly Inflated rubber ball, thirty Inches In cir cumference. Inside them. A goal mad from th field counts two and on from a free trial. Five men constitute a team and the gam 1s divided Into two halves of eight minute each, with five minute' Intermission between halve. Th team are lined up as In basket hall, th guard near their own goal, th for warda beneath their opponents' and th center In the middle of the pool, where th ball I put In liay- Carrying th ball on or under th water la strictly forbidden, but It may .be dribbled between the arms provided the hands do not touch It. To handle It the player must stop and then It csn only be held with th hands, it being a fowl to help with any other part of the bedy. No tackling or ducking is allowed. On msy block an opponent, but not lay hand on htm. A foul of any kind Is penalised by giving a free throw to- the other aid from th fifteen-foot line, hut unnecessarily rough work may be penalised by suspension from th gam for a given perkd, length to ault the gravity of th offence. Th Illinois Athletic club swim mers Intend to giv exhibitions of the game during their coming eastern trip and hop to arouse sufficient Interest to havs th gam adopted. Pera Makes Great Record. The Peru Normal basket ball team has gon through th season with a remark able record, having lost but oo game this seanon. Th team was defeated by the semi-professional team from Dallas, Ore. Games have been won from the stiffett team in this section of the stat. Among Ihoa whom th normsls have defeated are Shenandoah, Weeieyaa, Cotner and others By these wine the team claime the titl of Iniarcollegiale champions, having won the intercolirgiste pennant. Beverai efforts bav been made for a game with the I'nlveimty of Nebraska team, but with out success. Young Schoolmasters Who Are i- r V y t- , I ' i. to Standing rrof. Schever, Lee. Bock. Knco ling Galliwlck, Swanson. Stevens.- Reclin Ing Wrightmous, Schott. BASKET BALL, TEAM OF PERU NORM At, SCHOOL. RACING DATES ARE FIXED American Henley to be Run On Schuykill River in May. TWELVE EVENTS ON THE CARD Only Amateare In Good Standing Will be Permitted to Race and These Mar t flonble I p In . Different Event. PHILADELPHIA, March 27. The seventh annual regatta of the American Rowing association (American Henley) will b held on the Schuykill river here on Saturday, May 22, the events being twelve In number, as follows: First single sculss for the Fanagut chal lenge cup. Becond single sculls. Klret double sculls for the Schuylkill challenge cup. First four sculls, centipedes. , First pair-oared shells. First four-oared shells for the rurllan challenge cup. Becond four-oared shrlls. first elght-oared shells for the Steward s challenge cup. ' Second eiKht-oared she.lls. Junior collegiate elglit-oared shells for the New Kngland tiinllpnae cup. Interscholastlc elght-oared shells for the Franklin challengo cup. Second eight-sculls, oclopedes.. All races are one mile 660 yards straight away. Th "first" races are open to amateurs In good standing; all "second" trices are open to amateurs in good standing, but no crew entering a "second " race shall contain members (s) nfore than one half of whom are also entered for the same regatta, or (b) more than one-half of whom have rowed in m crew winning the same race, or lh corresponding "first" race at any pre vious regatta of thia association. (Under this rule a sculler may not enter in both th single scull race at the same regatta. Any individual may row in a second rsce Irrespective of his "senior." "Intermedisle" or "Junior" rating- In other rowing organi sation. If his crew wins in a second race of this association, he -would probably be considered a "senior" oarsman, or sculler, in other regattas. Otherwise his rating is not affected. The lntemcholastic elght-oared shell race Is open to amateur crews in good standing, all of whose members are bona fide mem bers of preparatory' schools or schools of equivalent grade and alt of whom are under the age of 21 years. The junior col leg elght-oared shell race Is open to crews from colleges or universities, none of whose members has rowed in a four-mile Inter collegiate elght-oared race and none of whose member has a seat in a varsity eight at the date of this regatta. Entries will b accepted only from those who take part In sport for pleasure or recreation, and who ahall not have directly or indirectly received any money benefit from engaging In or by reason of connec tion with sports or athletic exercises. Any entry may be refused or relumed up to the time of starting a race for any cause deemed sufficient by tha managing stew ards without th assignment of a reason therefor. THOUSAND-DOLLAR BOWLING BET Bid Bet Throw Interest Into the Feat are Bowling; Event. NEW YORK, March 27. One of the spe cial feature of th National Bowling tour nament which will be held jn Madison Square Garden from Msy 24 to June 12 will be a match between Jimmy Smith, cham pion of Greater New York, and Dave Woodbury, the Chicago title holder, for $1,000 a side. Articles of agreement mere j signed by Treslrent Corde whil the latter 1 was on his trip nest, from which he has ! Just returned. The match will consist of best eight out of fifteen games, the alleys in the garden being brand new and giv ing neither contestant any advantage over the other. Trinity of Cyclones. Auticy, Austin and Ragan all are cer tainly setting a rapid pace In their re spective big lesgue berths thus far. If tt-ey keep up their present licks there won't be any question of their permanency. P.agan hus been surprising even his Omaha friends by hla work la th training quarter of lb Red. Quick Action for Your Money You get that by uiing The Bee sdvertljing columns. '. V.-V.5 r-' :-:-4v "ri- : 5 ? GENEVA FIVE DOES GREAT WORK Basketballers I.oae Bat One Game Oat of Thirteen. The Geneva basket ball team has marie a record this season of which any team might well be proud, losing but one game out of thirteen, as follows: rj-nva 40 39 Wllber Henova Geneva 43ll Shickley 41 ''8 Beaver Crossing K l Shickley IS 22 Crete 2i27 .... Friend 82 2.1 Crete 42 .Beaver Crossing .., 4a!l Fairmont 4A IS Fairmont 6S ' Friend 39 7 Aurora 34 1 Wllber Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Gentva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva chaiionat-u ooth Omaha and Lin coln, but could not get a game with either. A state challenge was men Issued and Wilbur was the only team to accept. The game was played on neutral ground .t Crete last week and Geneva won. S4 to .H. The players on the Geneva teem sre: Bar och, captain; Curtis, "Hill,' Roscoe, Earl and Fellows. MOTOR CAR ACCOMPANIES WESTON Regal Join the Walker at Itlca for Trip to the Coast. A Regal car has made the run from Detroit to Utlca to accompany Edward Pay son Weston on his Journey across the continent. In this and in his former walk tie automobile played an important pert In assisting Mr. Weston, lighting the way at night with powerful searchlights, mak ing It possible for him to maintain hia fast schedule of four miles an hour over unknown and at this time of the year, rough and muddy roads. He is also sup piled with hot coffee and tea by an In genious healing arrangement which Is sttached to the exhaust pipe of the motor and an accurate record of his speed and the distance covered Is always at hand by referlng to the speedometer with which the car is equipped. 1L ANOTHER TIRE RL PRESENTED Continental Will Be Bold Hereafter by I.oak. ' C. F. Ixuk has taken the agency In Omaha for the Continental tire. At present the Goodyear, handled by the Powell Supply company; the Firestone, handled by , the Central Tire and Rubber company, are the only tire represented here. Th Diamond people of Akron have mad Rome effort to establish an agency In Omaha, since, the Karbach company gave tip the agency, but so far they have .not settled upon a representative. The Goodrich, the Hartford, th Mor gan Wright tires sre all sold here, but one store who has permanent active agencies are doing the buslnee. Have you the auto mobile fever? Somewise oneswho feel the disease coming on them watch for a bargain in a car that has been used. Under the "Automobile" heading on the want ad page you will find attractive offerji of cars of all kinds. Take an afternoon off and see what these machines are. Among tbcm r a number et "snap" probably juat what you want. Of cour, If say in- a few hundred means nothing to you, don't bother about It. If you want to iav money, however. In rest 1 Sate these machine. A used ma chine la a pretty good cbm for your first auto. Have you read the want ad yet today? v Also Athletes -j';- BOWLING FINISH IN SIGHT Hot Fight in Commercial League Keep the "Interest Going. BIRMINGHAM RANGERS LEAD Winner at the Plttabarar Tonrna meat Hare Received Their Pay Check and Keep Them for Boavenlr. As the teams round into' the stretch of the Commercial league race, thinga look good for tho Birmingham Range company. They now have a nice lead over the Brod?gaards, but a loss of two out of tlire games the coming week will put them bark to a tie. and then a poet-season series will have to be rolled to decide the pennant winners. The Brodcgaards certainly finished- the season with a vigor seldom seen. Two records were broken, . team total of J.59B, and single game of 1,143, besides Captain Voss had to outdo all others, and inci dentally rolled srv a vera g j of 690 and two fiflh pins per man for the three games. The team rolled an average of 196 and one half pins per game per man. Friday night game between the Mo loney and the Union Pacific wound up the Association league race wKh th Mo. Iony boy taking everything mv lght excepting the three high games which the Dreaher team captured In the last series. The Moloneys tried mighty hard for It In their last game and only missed by nln pins. An unfortunate error by Jlra Lyons In th Isst frame caused their downfall. The Three-Man league has de veloped some' very good bowling- material and by r.ext season they will be fast enough for any league. Monday night the new Mid-Summer league will bo atarted with th following teams: Cudahya. Rudi ner, captain; Peoples Store. Ben gale, cap tain ; Omaha Nationals. RUdson,, captain; Signal Corps, Btrlder. captain; West Sides, Yonsen. captain; Paxton A Vierllng, Mitch ell, captain: Union Pacifies, Coleman, cap tain snd Merchants National, Templln, captain. v All players who got in on the money in the tournament held at Pittsburgr have re ceived their checks, whAe-not-ae large aa they would like to . have them, they all eem to be proud of them. These got In on the money in the doubled: Neale and Hand, Huntington . and Fritscher; in singles, O. O. Francisco and Dad Huntington. Commercial League. Name. O. W. I. P C. tin Birmingham Range CO.-78 22 .718 9,3 nroui-ra t rowns nl h, 24 Omaha Bicycle Co 7 ft 28 704 71,241 Ml AS.672 680 67.711 L,UXUS 78 Si i-natot Shoe Co.,.. Postoffice .78 43 M .608 66.901 ..78 84 44 .436 fie. 30 Dreibus Candy Co 76 80 Co'.e-CcKenna Co 78 28 Keller Sr. Hoyden 78 8.1 Husnie Acorns 72 21 4A .400 62 663 60 ,3o9 6,1.M .2515 64.273 61 .292 64.6K Individual averages: Nm. Gtmrn. At. Sim. tkn. At. 'leni l. lMip. MiMa M J7 Erp 7 ltipnnr 171 Mull 7. lfcb Orotle .-71 111 Sramaa ;r lll'Brvtrt 71 til Hoord Ci 111 Brunkl M 170 Carman -....HI lI Rihr M 170 Drinkmter 7 13. Petersen M 11 Ken 7K Dl Hrniele 4 11 Mirlln 7S UljPalmer U 111 A. Johnaos ItliKrua '. . it 161 "!' Jt JliOernn4t 4i 147 imp 71 177 lloiifh iS 14S f aaerberg 71 177!Wllar 7 114 Ocxie.-hwaser ... 31 iT7!Weirmuallar 41 1M EhoirTa II !77lglfora II 111 f. Prime u T7 171'Srntt 41 111 "hull! 74 171 McKaa 3 13 fun i: R. PaiUreoa 7 111 Stapenhorat 71 17iQuatceon 13 111 V l 171 Vaushn M 111 'o'er 72 )7iW. N.leon 4 111 e'unos 71 lTVrolllns M 111 llinr.ika II 175'Boari 11 II Solomon 14 Ui C off so US Jmnlna 71 174Trarnr ; HI Kaina (1 174ie. Johoeon 71 lf4 Nslao M 174iLr IS YA "Mtlll 17 174 Louan 41 lot H. rriaean al 1741J. Melaon 41 I4T Omaha l.eagae. Name. G- W. L. P C. Pins. .Met Bros 7. 66 16 .778 61.401 Triumphs . 47 22 .681 r.) .6M 60.0.6 Chancellors KalatUffa ... Jetters Onimods . .. . Gat City .. Sampeck .. .. S8 31 40 3a .&&t 64 184 ...76 84 41 .iHi 6J.1M ... Mi : S8 424 fc6.r1 ...69 23 46 . 3X1 68.44 ...6 16 M .332 66,471 Individual averages: Names. Gaauea. A v. I Naaai. naaiaa. Av Neale 1 ill Weal 44 171 Klakeaer 14 It? Tra,-r to r, Seller 7a IM1 Waleoi II l'l Head 11 IM.Ipraiti 11 lit )'. J. rrsacisce. .. 44 lllttaaiua II !;i IVichra 4 lHHW. O. Ge(f HI 1.1 .jerd IS IWIOreealeaf aa 171 Danmas 4J lauiRudiarer II (I. O rrsnclse. ... 7 1 Farartbe 14 iS Pioti 11 171 (ir-rell 44 m lau(hltn lTt'Ohnaaorf 41 17 fritaiker -. 7 K: Chandler ,. II W (Continued on Second Pg.) SPRING FOOT BALL. AT IOWA CITY Bqaad Will Report . far Praetlee . Three . Tlssee a Week. IOWA CITY, la. Msrch . (Specials Spring foot ' ball mill start at the Uni versity of Iowa as soon as th ground become dry. enough next week to allow the squsd to begin operstlons on Iowa . field. Coach John G. Griffith Is planning to hare the men report three times a week and, perhsps. on every day. Forward passing, ; punting and practice in starting the backs will be the program at first. Th foot ball plars are enthu siastic over the plans,, and art arranging their tud and other athletlo work so as to report regularly when the practice is stsrted. . Last week's weather aided In getting Iowa field In shape for the athletic teams. The weight men started In early In. the week to work outside, and on Thursday Coach "Chick" Kirk took hia bas ball squad out on the diamond for the Initial workout outside this year. T 1 1 1 . . 1. . . . , . , . . i ire iiiuuui intR ineeu. yeeieraay DniTNn the freshmen and varsity attracted much interest among the student snd one of the largest crowds that ever filled the arm ory attended. The report made to the Board in Control of Athletics at its meeting this week showed that' the basket ball season lost exactly $. AUTOS PREPARE FOR RACE EAST Klght-Henr Rnee Booked for Mary. ' land and Pennsylvania. . . PALTIMORE, March J7.-The Automobile tiub of Maryland I contemplating a one- day-road run through this stste and Penn sylvania. It Is the Intention of the cr.m mlttee In charge to hold the event . some time In May arid a tentative route has lready been announced. According to th present . plan - the . contestants .will leave Baltimore early In the morning: Frori there, they wilt go to Rldgeville and thencs to Frederick, a forty-eight-mlle run over very ordinary roads. .The cars will' then pass through Ijewletown, Caloctin, Thur mont, Fmmetsburg and Gettysburg, th latter named place being eighty-on miles from tho Monumental City. Th roads, are good as far as Fmmltsburg, but the going to Gettysburg Is decidedly rough. The return' to Baltimore will ba made by way of Littles town, Westminster and thence along the valley road, making in all a rout of about IIS miles. , ," The time sllowed will probably be be tween seven and eight hours. An Interest ing feature 'will .be Included In the run, .a hill c'.lmb being held at one place on the route. KETCHEL . TO MEET JOHNSON Mew Aspirant Ha Entered the Chnm ' plonsbl Field. ' NEW YORK, March ST-With everybody conceding that Stanley Ketchel could give Jack Johnson a very strong argument for the title, the Jeffries slock seems to have taken a sudden slump. Before the Montana battering-ram figured prominently, as sr possible conquerer of the black champion, Jeff had th field all to himself.. He waa looked upon as the only white man with the power to bring the titl back to the Caucasian race. On the strength of this he signed his present Juicy vaudeville con tract. Partly .through his excellent show ing and training and partly through, the energetic boosting don by Willua Britt, Ketchel has grabbed part of the limelight originally focused upon Jeff. Th follow ers of th fighting game have a native desire for action. An unnecessary amount of stalling geta on their nerves. They sr also unfortunately fickle. Their sympathies always go to the man whs Is trying to giv them a run. So If Jeff expect to make a success of th remaining week of his theatrical engagement, he will dp well to declare himself. ' ' OMAHANS TURN DOWN OUTLAWS Local Men Deserve Credit for Rejecting- the Tempter. Those. Omaha, playera who resisted . th temptstlon of the outlaw league deserve the commendation, not only of President Rourke, but of every lover and follower of organised base ball. From a monetary standpoint the offer were Umptlng; but th men to whom they wer made -could look far noogh into the future to determ ine for themselves that no temporsry finan cial gain was to be weighed against the advantages offered them by : standing by organised ball. : The outlaw is an expedient at beat. He has no standing and h has no futur aa compared with that of th player in one of the National association league. Toung players with a great prom ise as those of Omaha before whom these luring bate were set are wise Indeed to stick to the old guard, but, nevertheless, the (act remain that these men deserv credit for having the courage to ay "No" under such circumstance, and tVlr ex ample ahould be followed by others. At least Welch and King hav been ao temped nd hav turned their backs upon th temptors. . ' THREE POINTS FOR FIELD GOAL Foot Ball Rale Committee Red sees Imports nee of Kteker. . NEW YORK, March S7.-An important change in the foot ball rules was made by the intercollegiate foot ball-rules com mittee, which computed It session at the Murray hotel today, in the -reduction of point for a goal rem th field from four to three. The object of this change, it la said, was to prevent two goals from, the field count ing. more than a tiard-won touchdown and goal. Commenting on this change, mem bers of th committee said it would re duce the Importance on team of alar field goal klckera and mak It harder for a mediocre team with a good kicker to beat a better allround team without a star kicker. .Another change of importance . was de signed to prevent, confusion In inflicting penalties, when two penalties had been in curred by pne Team for th came play, by giving the offended Venn th option of saying which penalty should be Imposed. DB1 Defeats ' Richard. , COZAD, Nb March t7.-(Spc:al.)-In a WTMtllng match here last night between Du Bols of Denver and Rlckssds, of Schuy ler, Neb., Du Bols proved to be the best man by winning two falls out of three. Rlckards Is by far th lsrger and atronger man of th two and played a pretty rough gam, but lb clvarns of Du Bols was too much for blra. Th nest match ' In Cosad will be Tuesday night, between West rf u vf fchuyter and Bain of Cosad. FOX'S PUPILS ARE WEAK SLUGGERS ' Practise Game with Wesleyan Showi Up Many Poor Spots in Corn husker Team. LACI OF BATTING ABILITY SHOWN Methodist Pitcher Has Sport with State School Artists. SOUTHERN TRIP NEAR AT HANI Coach Will Rub Off Rough Edges Be foro Start., OMAHA OR NOTHING FOR AGGIES Maaaaer Eager Will I.eav Inn ' School UnT "thedale taless it' (.'seats - to Metropolis Cam. LINCOLN. March 27. - iSpeelaJ.) - Th first week of outdoor practice at th state university brought a . great Improvement In the playing form of Coach "Billy" Fox base ball youngster. During this period only -one day produced weather that mar red the workout and then th Cornhuskcrs laid off In order to give the dements full away. On the whole, though, the condi tions for tb diamond play hav been much better than were- expected for this month and the collegians .intend to mak the most of them while they last. , . Gradually during the laat few days the Cornhuskera have been, getting the stiff ness snd soreness-out of their legs and arms until now they, are In much better shape than they were at th earn time last spring. As their muscles have yielded to the training on the diamond the. uni versity candidate have pushed Into the work with an increased vigor and Interest that gives promise of putting them into first-class winning form before they start on ' their southern trip into Kansas and Missouri. - . This week witnessed the Initial game of the spring,- a meeting taking place with the Wesleyan Methodists at University Place. While the Cornhusker bagged the contest, they had only a small- edge on th suburbanitles and were lucky to get away with the long end of the score It was Just th . meeting the scarlet and cream . repre sentatives needed, for It afforded Coach Fox an opportunity of picking out the de- , facts In hi aggregation. There were some there,- too. a had been expected, and "Billy" will, try to remove them before the southern journey la begun. tick Work la Bad. r The moat apparent weaknesa In the play of the Cornhuskera waa the work at the bat. About '.he only thing the bunch wer ibl to hit with any certainty waa th air sr the catcher. This may have been due to the extraordinary twirling that was don by Farthing, who held down the slab job tor the Methodists. He had plenty of speed and great control and retired thirteen of the eighteen Nebraska, batters who faced him without giving them a chance to. ap proach first sack. But ' even against Farthing ' the 7 Cornhuskera "ahould have pegged the ball more frequently. Some of them tried to hit balls that would not have pusaled a high school lad. They-banged at anything that looked good when It was yet several feet In front- of the plate. Practically all - of the men who faced Farthing showed poor batting judgment -Coach Fox chose to work out only a few of hi pupils against the Methodists and used only ten players during the game. These were stationed as follows: Catcher. Carroll; first base, Sturttenegger; second base, Greenslit; shortstop, Metcalfe; th,lrd base. Captain "Beltser; left fteld, Madison; center field,' "Pip" Cooke; right field. Clark; pitchers, Mathers and Olmsteao", Thia will. not be the permanent-personnel of the nine, although a majority of the men who appeared In thia line-up will be on the tegular varsity. The meeting with the Methodists. Indeed, showed Coach, Fox a few place where h probably would Im mediately have to flash th recall signal. Mattleoa Stated for Benrh. . MatUson, who cavorted In left garden on that day, is likely to be the first youngsur to get the message of-retirement unless he can show more good then h bad on his person Tuesday. He was shy of mental 'action In his section of th field trhen a neat fly went sailing h. way and allowed It to drop several feet In hi rear when a little better Judgment would have permitted him to have bagged It. At the bat he put himself on record as a vaudeville artist and took hi trio of strikes in each of the three time that, he faced the pitcher. , At the Initial bag Bturtsenegger made a disappointing showing and covered himself with a suspicion of doubt which he win have to remove before the fana will -be convfneed that he Is th logical man for first. Coach Fox, howver, believes Tues dsy waa an off day for Bturtsenegger. and says the youngster will get Into th run ning within a short time. The young sopho more recruit has the natural agility for a first-class player and ought to . prove a redoubtable man for the first sack befor th season Is fMrly advanced. An abundance of catchers that placed Bturtsenegger -at first also S wit chad Grn slit to second base. He performed there in proved atyl and' appeared to hav th good to mak that station a permanant brth for him. HI proclivity for alugglng th bail also Is a great point In favor ef keeping bim in the regular Cornhusker lineup. 'Though he did not - punish th sphere to any great extent in th gam with th Methodists, lie is known to hav a good batting eye and will got It to working be fore many day have rolled around- Metcalfe Good for Job; i - Youngster Metcalfe was allowed 'to paiwde along shortstop, eagerly waiting for a ball to com hi way. None war rc.(d to hitn. however, and ha did not hav an oppor tunity to show hia rsal caliber in th In field. Hia work In practice at Antalopo tbt week ha marked him aa a strong ad dition to th nln and with aa vn break of luck both in his studies and in hi stick work hs -will probably get- a contract tor the season. Ce puin Beltxer waa on the third sack Thursday and covered himself wltn glory. H I playing classy ball and undoubtedly Is on of tb strongest oolleg player In the Missouri valley this spring. H plays his position like a major leaguer and la Sgu anougb to mov In th beet ef western league company. Hla peg (leg nd a lirtl