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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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