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    THE OMAHA sr.XhAY HKK: AIM. II, II. IHi.O.
Ti i -Omaha Sunday Bm !
OMAHA. SCNDAY, APRIl, 11, low
'JUDGMENTS
D RESIDENT MIRPHT and Manager
Chanre Imve taken the fght stand
X"n the Kline cue. It was high time
somebody w gating a precedent
for contract Jumper.. ' Kilns may
reatet catcher In base ball and
rould ba less easily ,parPd, pprh(,pg than
ny ether member of the Cuba except
Chanc. but not even that consideration
deterred the. owner and manager or th
World Champions from standing by or
ganlied bane ball and ag-alnat the contract
Jumper. They have taken their heroic
position at aacrlflce, but In the end thy
and every other man Interested In the
game, will be benefited. Kline; will be
eorely mlaaed by the Cub and he will be
missed by the bane ball world; everybody
will regret to set. him retire. But Kling
can be spared, h la one of the great men
who. In the passing show, make base ball
tha greatest of games. There are thou
sand of others aome hava gone before,
others are her and others are coming.
Better sacrifice a man even as great a
Johnny Kllng than sacrifice or undermine
the Institution and the institution la under
mined every time a contract Is broken with
Impunity. There la a Just way to preserve
Inviolate Ihe. ethlce of base ba'l. and that
Is by the same rigid law enforcement that
makes government strong and law abso
lute. In this and this alone lies the future
of the game. ' Kling may have grievances
that would appear plausible If submitted
to arlbtratlon. That doesn't Justify him.
He signed a contract last year to catch
three years more at least for the Chicago
National league team. The time for his
kick was before he signed that contract.
Before he has any standing In base ball
court or publlo favor let him fulfill, or
honorably. If he can, divest himself of the
o''.igatlon of that agreement. Until he
'iocs this the only thine; for him to do Is
to Join tha Cuba and play the game. We
have had enough of contract Jumping.
Hal Chaae alone gave us our fill of that.
Organised base ball was simply outraged
by the unbridled freedom with which Chase
was allowed to violate Its laws and burles
que Its authority. The New York American
management and National commission
stood for it and thereby became culpable,
and encouraged Chase and every other
playe to follow his example. Chase w a
great player and got away with It. A
man of less value probably would have
failed. Kllng Is a great p'ayer. Probably
If he hadn't been he would not have at
tempted what ho did. But great or not,
the Cuba management has done Itself and
base ball an honor by refusing to lie down
and let Kling ride over It as Chaae did.
Chase will repeat his antics whenever he
wants to. whenever things don't go to suit
him and. so far as those to whom he should
be responsibly are concerned, he will have
every reason to do ao. It's high time for
an example.
The Omaha team has had a week or more
of It and has Jerked many kinks out of
Its members. Some of "the new men are
showing up better with each appearance.
Pendry, Smith and Vasblnder are all field-.
Ing well, and Pendry and Vasblnder are
doing some good work at the bat. but,
of course, It would be unfair to make any
final Judgments of their deportment In
auch hot weather, when no man can do
Mm best. But as for pltchera In. Johns.
Rice. Lowerthre of tha new ' men, In
addition to Hollenbeck and Banders-Pa
should have a most promising ataff, and
It Is not certain that young Hanson will
fail to show good material. The hole to
be filled at present Is at first base. With
fisher. Welch. Belden and Vasblnder for
the outfield, that garden ought to be taken
car of In first-class style. As to first
base, Eberleln waa engaged for it, but he
won't arrive until along In June, and Pa
doesn't want to take any chancea on play
ing Graham regularly until warm weather.
But the other day Captain Franck sent
Kid LcBrand over to cover that bag, and
the way he covered It made everybody
take nolle and caused Pa 'and Buck to
slop and wonder If they had unconsciously
solved the problem there and then. By
the middle, of June, It Is safe to say, the
pay roll will not be aa long as at present,
but therVll be a ball team In Omaha.
.That eld saw that "Facta are . stronger
than fiction" .continues to be forced onto
public attention the more the public haa
brought to It mind Boston's action in dis
posing of Cy Young and Lou Crlgtr.
Criger Is admUted t be the most scientific
student of base ball there la He knows
more about pitchers, batters and base run
nera than any other man. In tha busineas.
II knew ao much that all last season he
let Ty Cobb steal but one base when ha
waa catching, and that was due to a
pitcher arror. What Boaton could possi
bly bop to gain by letting oat this veteran
battery la beyond comprehension. But
Boaton hasn't been doing much in recent
ears calculated to gain anything.
"There are two reaaona wh the reported
deal of Kllng for three of my playera will
not go through," says Q.rry Herrmann.
"One la because It waa never proposed and
th other Is that If It waa I would not
O. K. audi a awap.V Evan tha most preju.
diced man must admit that those are fairly
good reasons.
Thoae Western league magnates who aie
doing their spring training at home for
economical reaaona might learn a lesson
from Ounthrop of Denver. He has had
hta team on the road and has made more
money than any of the rest could have
saved.
Base ball courts need not try to outlaw
th spit ball. "Teacher" tried that and
failed many yeara ago. Thla spit ball is
not the new thing they try to crack it up
as being, you know.
They like Tebeau ao mell don In Kan
e City they have gone to writing pneiry
about him. One line rune iliuely : "The
awful alghta of Tebeaus bum ball toaaers."
"Our young p:tt-hers have good and bad
points." sas Jimmy McAWr. In allien
case James sterna to have picked Ma oung
pitchers off the old tree vt h iaian nature.
A 8t. Louie paper says reeisee in the
south have dampened the ardur of Hie
Hroans' admirers. What other effect loea
it expect reverses to have on edmiieie?
r
It dnean t hurt to mention though, the
mre fact that t'omlakey liaa not et
fand to hand Omaha his Yanlgans tit er
bla real tun:.
Hal Cbaae probably is laughing at Johnny
Klln la that wuat ou would call shouhs.i
alee''
Thus far r has foigutien to send B.lm
Hall enliei a contrai l or n anapui tt:on.
ice Hall waa fro out of Top.
JEFFRIES 11AS MANY OFFERS
aaaaaBB
Hi Choice of the Bunch if Ee Wishes
to Box.
JOHNSON BREAKS AGREEMENT
His F'ltvpaaf Maaaer at ilraaklag
aside Arreagemeata Made by
Former Maaaarr ot I, Iked
by thePablle.
NEW YORK. Aptil JO. If theie Is any
real Intention on the part of any of th
higher claps boxers to fight, Jeffries haa
his choine of a match . with Johnson, Kauf
man, Langford or perhaps even Ketchel.
Neither of the latter two hsa made any
great pretense that he would like to fight
Jeffries, but If the former champion were
so minded aa to try his hand at boxing It
la not likely that either of them would
dodge the opportunity to make aome
money and try to demonstrate his superi
ority. i
If Johnson haa any overwhelming desire
to enter the ring he can accept a challenge
from Langford, Kaufman or Ketchel. He
might also accept one from Jeffries, pro
viding Jeffries was agreeable enough to
make one. Jeffries has not shown that
he Is likely to be a challenger.
Kaufman may accept a challenge from
Langford or Ketchel If he desires to do
so, or may challenge them If he Is ao In
clined; or he may challenge Jeffries or
Johnson. He Is not very likely to seek
out Langforti, aa there would be less to ba
gained than with a match against either
Jeffries, Johnson or Ketchel, If he could
make one.
Ketchel will probably have to make his
match against any one of these men if he
secures a match, as none of them, with
the possible exception of Kaufman, hss
shown any notion of going out of his wsy
to get in a fight. Ketchel Is looking for a
little higher game than Langford, althoagh
It la not certain that Langford might not
make as creditable a showing as any of
the others.
Since Johnson has made his appearance
In the Vnlteil States the heavyweight sit
uation has resolved itself Into a talking
fest and it is likely to remain one ao long
as there Is any money to be made In vaude
ville. Big Talking Peat.'
There are plenty who believe that John
son should go about his business of fight
ing and live up to the agreement which
he is alleged to have mace wjin the Na
tional Sporting club of London. That was
to have provded for a match- between him
and Langford, His flippant manner of
brushing aside any agreement which may
have been made when FltspaTrlck was act
ing as his manager carries very little with
It except censure for his disregard of obli
gations which he owes the public. His
treatment bf his former manager waa bad
enough without assuming an overbearing
attitude against tltose who support ath
letics of his calling!
Not a few believe that Jeffries has no
intention whatever of returning to the prise
ring. He says he wants to be sure of hlm
seif before he considers such a proposition
seriously. He is not apt to put himself In
condition very rapidly by appearing at
vaudeville exhibitions.
Johnson will try to keep In the public
eye Just as lung as he can use Jeffries
as an excuse for delay on his part In mak
ing a match with anybody else. If Jef
fries hangs out for a year or two 'John
son may Have to fight oi be' forgotten, and
after that beaten, a rate which Will come
to himsooner or- latar In any event. , 1
Kaufman seems to be sincere In making
a'onie kind of a match' with Somebody.
Ketchel Is not averse to a tight,, bat pre
fers tt with Johnson, so that In case of
victory he can Jump Into the championship
without any Intermediate conflict.
Judging by the preaent outlook, no one
will fight so long as Johnson can protest
that he wants to meet Jeffries, and Jef
fries can "think It over." In the mean
time the friends of Langford believe that
if Johnson finds the theatrical business
bad and decides to go to England he will
lose his title before he haa a chance to sail
back to America.
FIGHTERS SHY AT STAGE MONEY
Langford Haa the laallaa ftlga oa All
the Fighters.
NSW YORK, April lO.-The Ketchel-Langford-Johnson-Kaufmann
quartet Is
about as harmonious as a Chinese orcros
tia play.lng German melodies. One minute
It's Johson-Ketchel, then It'a Ketchel-Kauf-mann.
then Johnson-Kaufmann or Lang-ford-Ketchel,
and all the rest of the rom
blnationa allowed by the, limited rules 'of
mathematics. And, In the meanwhile, while
all kinds of (stage) money Is lying around In
dark corners in danger of being swept
up by tha Janitor, no matches are made.
About the only one whose case does not
aeem complicated beyond curs Is Stanley
Ketchel Wlllua Britt haa been asked re
peatedly why he does not mutch his cham
pion Willi Ijtngford. tjuolh Wlllua yea
terday In all sincerity:
"I realise what a tough man Langford
la and do not feel sate In allowing Ketchel
to meet him for ten rounds. I am saving
thla match for a long fight nut oh lite
coast. Will fight Johnson or any of the
others any distance, but tha Langford per
sons goes for us In the Thornton stakes
the long distance event.''
That sounds like pretty plain talk. lang
ford aeems to have the Indian sign on th
whole outfit.
JOCKEY CLUBrBESIIENTS MEET
Early Asasasresiral of Date la Coa
aeaaeatly Kapected.
NEW YORK. A pi 11 10. A conference took
place recently at the Jockey club in regard
to the dates for the coming aeasn. All
tha vartoua racing associations were repre
sented by their presidents and others equally
interested lu their welfare. Among thoae
who were noticed weie Philip J. Dwyer
of the Brooklyn and gueens County Jockey
club. Schuyler I.. Parsons of l lie Coney
Island Jo club. R. ,T. Wilson. Jr.. the
new president of the Saial ga Racing aao
clalion; Kiaucta tt. Hitchcock, the flrat
American owner to win a race on tne fU'
in England this ; Andre Miller.
James Butler, the prime mover and up-to-date
owner of -tne Empire City R icing ai
sociaiton; August Keliiionl and H 8 (low
land of the Westchester Racing associa
tion, more particularly, and W. H. Rey
nolds of the Metropolitan Jockey club.
Nothing In the way of dates waa given
out fur the enlightenment of the general
public, but tiie result of the "confab" ran
be Uken for granted aa being propitiojt
for an early aunuuncenienl of dates, prob
ably beginning with B-lmont park on
Thursday. May 13.
Plninluk closes on May U. ao tnis could
be easily accomplished.
It now looka aa If there would be racing
at leaat five days a e-k. with a pooiibla
adjournment over dales already assigned
to the Hu.il club meeting, aa they ate
ure to be pushed all they can poa.-doly be.
Jamrtun authorities twe asked for
dues Immediately folioa'ng the Haliimoie
meeting, and whether they are granted o:
aol u aill. aiaks Utile diffeiaju U the
metropolitan circuit, for only the poorest
class of horses csn be raced there, until
tha track Is made larger. Norfolk could
support a good metlng, so It Is a pity the
track objection- Is not remedied, for Ihe
season at Norfolk would admit of earlier
racing than at Baltimore, and also later
In the year.
TEA VERS AFTER SCOT GOLFERS
I'. S. Amatear Chamalaa Takes Part
la Ilrltlah Championships.
NEW YORK, Apra 10-Jeronie D. Trav
rs, amateur golf champl'n of the Vnitod
States for 1907 and iy. sailed for Scotland
recently, for the purpose of participating
In th British championship at Mulrflold.
May ?4 to 9.
Mr. Travers. according to the op'nlon of
those In a nosltlon to Judge, has every
prospect of beating the foreigners at their
own game.
If he does ao, It will be the first time n
native born American has wrested the blue
ribbon event of all golfdom from the Brit
ish. In ISM Walter J. Travis, then the Amer
ican champion, went across the pond, and
much to the surprise of everybody there
went through the tournament and brought
the championship cup home with hlin.
Mr. Travis won through his phenomenal
putting, the record of which will go down
through British golfing annuls as long as
golf la played over there.
Notwithstanding many urgent invitations
to go over to try to repeat the perform
ance, Travis has confined bis golf to Amer
ican aoll. probably content to admire the
medal he won, emblematic of the highest
honor in the golfing year 1904.
Even though Travis, an American, won
the British never concr-ded It a distinctly
American victory, owing to the fact that
Travis was born in Australia and under
the British flag.
It Is Mr. Travis' plan to go direct to
Mnlrfleld ' and get In one solid month's
practice there before the championship.
The British championship is tun off on
the basis of all match play. Thre 1s no
qualifying round, as with us This year,
however, the entries are to be limited to
men rated at scratch or better at their
home clubs.
SEATTLE PLANS WATER PAGEANT
Paget aaa tt Hart Motor Boat ana
Other Caateats.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 10. The Alaska-Yukon-Paclflo
exposition will open at Seat
tle June I, and be made the occasion of the
greatest motor boat and yachting pageant
In the history of the far west. The sailing
races are to be held under the auspices
of th Northwestern International Yacht
Racing association. The motor boat races
will ba held on Lake Washington, upon
the banks of which the exposition grounds
will be laid out, and these races will be
managed by the Pacific International
Power Boat association. , The program fo'r
these races follows:
1. For the Alaaka-Yukon-Paclflc cham
pionship cup: A race for 12-meler (40-foot)
boats, unrestricted as to horsepower, (not
Including hydroplanes), 30-mlle. best three
out of five, free for all.
2. For th world's championship 10-meter
Challenge cup,, (value &i00 Or over), same
conditions as above.
3. Special nonhandlcap events for the
8-meter, the 23 and 18-foot classes, same
conditions.
4. Handicap event for all boats entered
In th previous races, handicap to be based
on actual performance In above events,
with a 3 or S per cent disqualification
clause.
8. Race for hydroplanes.
C Special feature events. Including back
ward race, race for boata built and run
by boys under 17- years, of age, obstacle
race, tug-of-war. etc. ..
These tacea will be open to members of
all organized clubs and will be held under
thf rule of the Pselfic International Power
Boat association and under the direct man
agement of the exposition and the Motor
Boat club of Seattle,
The date requested is th week of July
6, to occupy three days, in conjunction, if
possfble, with other aquatic events.
SHEPPARD GETS DELAYED MEDAL
After War e Walt Heara He Will Get
Kmblena.
NEW YORK. April 10.TThe home of
Melvin Sheppard, middle distance cham
pion of the world, waa made glad recently
by the receipt of the following, letter from
P. U Fisher, honorable secretary of the
British Amateur Athletic association:
LONDON, March 17.-M. W. Sheppard.
Eaq. : Deaf Sir I have the pleasure to In
form you that by the kindness of the
American consulate in London I have been
able to forward to you th gold record
medal of this association, which has hern
awarded to yu for the OMO-yard British
record, 1 minute. 64 seconds, created by
you at the Olympic games, lft'8.
Th medal la being- forwarded by the
consulate In America and I trust will
reach you safely. Perhaps you will pleuae
send me an acknowledgement when you
receive th medal. Youra faithfully.
P. I FI8HKR, Honorable Secretary.
Sheppard, after receiving the letter said:
"This shows that the English are not half
aa bad as we would like to paint them.
I alwaya did aay that I got -a aquare deal
on the other side the same as I got over
here. I think It would be a good idea if
the American Athletic union would give
our men the same consideration as the
English do their record breakers. For in
stance, there is Oorge Bonliag running in
record time every time he staj-ts."
RACERS FILL GO TO CANADA
Big Parses Atlrart Horee "owaera
fras Soathera California.
LOS A NO ELKS. Cal April lO.-Racing
men here took a little courage today when
it was announced that a big meeting would
be held at Victoria. B. C, thla aummer.
and that liO.UDO lu purses would be given
away. T. R Mclntyre. who represents
the Victoria Country, club, under whose
auspice the meeting will be held, has
asked the Pacific Coast Jockey club for
sixty da a. and as there are no conflict
ing datea during the time they asked for,
there la little doubt that the Victoria datea
will be granted. The I'Victorla Country
club iiaa been incorporated with a capital
stock of J1'0'm). The Victoria club ex
pects to open Its gates on May 24. Judging
from the opinion of horsemen heia tha
meeting should be a success
HARD SCHEDULE FOR FRESHMEN
tale's Bee B-ll Seaeoa Marts ai
Haaae Thla Week.
NEW HAVEN, tonu., April 10-The
Yale freshmen base ball team will open
the aeaaon at heme on April 12, when they
will pla the local hiih ai hool team. The
team aill play nunc gmes with the
Blown. Princeton. I'mvetsiiy of Penn
sylvania and Harvard freshmen. The
schedule Is as fuHcas: April l:'. New
Haven High ec-hool: Anil i. Phlilipa
Exeter at Exie'": April 17. Phillipa-An-dover
at Andnr: April 14. Iean Academy
at New Haven; April 27. Mercershuig at
New Haven: May I. Hntchkias School at
Lake Hlil; May 4 Willl-lon at New
Haven; May t. B:oan freshmen at New
Havon: May S. Pe.naylvania freshm-n at
New llaen; May IS. Princeton freshmea
at New Haxen: May Prncetou frel,
Eien at Princeton: U.i.v Ja. Harvard fresh
men at Nra Han. Max Z. S-P M.trka :.t
Southhorougn. an1 June o. Harvard I rein -aasa
at Cambridge.
GYMNASTIC MEET
AT UNIVERSITY
(Continued from Page One ,
be composed of O. C. Mitchell. Cl-tude
Mitchell. J. O. Hiiinmond. N It. Morehouse
and H. O. Trump.
Training; for t'lndee Trark.
Before leaving fur Ills home at York to
spend the Enster vacation Captain McDon
ald of the track team announced that tiie
candidates for the cinder path will re
sume training tiet Wednesday afternoon.
The outdoor practice season whs op, mil
Monday afternoon, but the weather for the
fore part of the week was so chilly that
the men worked nnder a great handlhap
and did not get down to real training.
Hoth Captain McDonald and Coach, Dr.
Clapp. feel tlmt the training season has
already been delayed too long and they
mean to have all the candidates "dig into"
the work as sunn as the elx-dav recess is
over. Ihe date for the preliminary meet
has been seT. for May 1, which Is only two
weeks from next Saturday, and It meana
that the Cornhiiskers wtii have to put In
many good licks In order to get Into shape
by that time.
The Nebraska athletic board Intends to
have direct charge of its own training
tables in the full ye Instem! of granting a
concession to some hotel or restaurant for
running them. With the ld" of Inaugu
rating this now policy, the board this
week directed Its track team committee t
make arrangements for maintaining a spe
cial grill room for the cinder path men in
the basement of the I'nlverslty temple at
the coiner of Twelfth and R streets. There
are banquet rooms and a kitchen in tills
building, where the athletic authorities be
lieve they can feed their athletic teams
better food at a cheaper prices than could
be secured at any of the Lincoln hotels.
It is planned to spend about liXni on the
track training table this spring and to
begin serving meals to the candidates onr
week before the preliminary meet on
May 1. . I
Minor aat Knlag Leave.
Two prominent Cornhusker athletes
Harry Minor and Harry Ewlng have re
cently left the university. Their loss will
be felt In athletic circles. Minor was prob
ably the best quarter-mile runner in the
state school, and had been figured on to
win this event for the Cornhuskers in the
dual track inaets thlssprlng. He prob
ably will return to school next fall for the
foot ball season. Last fall he played half
back on the varsity eleven. His work in
the Iowa and Carlisle games was sensa
tional. In the latter contest he was sta
tioned at left end, where his playing was
so good that he haa been marked to be
given a permanent berth at that position
next fall. ,
Ewlng was the right guard on the
varsity last season, being one of the strong
stones In the Nebraska line. His departure
from the university' means that he will not
return for foot ball next season, although
he still has one year of college foot ball
which he may play. Should he come back
to school next fall, he would be Ineligible
for the Comhuaker team, for he failed to
make twelve required hours of university
credit in his school work last semester.
This failure makes him Ineligible for uni
versity athletics until he has gone to
school another semester and pas.ed In the
required number of hours of school work.
Had he stayed In school this semester and
made twelve houra university orcdlt, he
would be eligible for foot ball next season.
No Spring Practice.
No foot ball practice, will be held at the
university this spring. It haa been decided
to omit the work this year for two reasons.
First, It Is believed to be better to allow
the foot ball men their own time during
the spring months for their studies. It has
been held by some that if the candidates
are required to train thla spring that they
are more liable to fall in their studies, and
thus become ineligible for the varsity next
fall. If they are given no work this spring,
It Is thought, they will be much more
likely to pass In all their studies.
The second reason for not holding the
spring practice is that Captain Bellzer
would not have time to take charge of the
squad. Under the present policy of the
athletic board of hiring a coach for the
fall months only, the spring training of
the foot ball men usually Is In charge of
the captain-elect of the eleven. This year
Captain Beltzer of the foot ball team la
required to give all his attention lo the
base ball nine, of which lie la alao the
leader, and he could not be at foot ball
practice. This reason, in connection mlth
tha sttong pervading opinion that the foot
ball men should have all their time during
the spring for studying, has resulted In the
decision to omit the annual May training
tills year.
The organization of an "N" Men's, asso
ciation was perfected by the lelter men of
the university this week. William Cha
loupka was elected president. Olen Mason
secretary-treasurer and J. C. Knode -vice
president. The purpose of the society is
to Increase the honor attached to the win
ning of an "N" In all of the Cornhusker
sports and to dignify the wearing of the
letters. All men who hold an "N" In any
branch ot the Nebraska athletics will be
eligible to membership In the organization.
Officers will be elected on the basis of
the greatest number of leiters won; that
Is, the athlete who lias won the most "Na"
will accceed fo the presidency and the one
with the next largest number will become
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vice president, etc. In case one or more
athletes have thn same number of letters,
the position will be filled bv drawing
straws. Chaloupka, wln became the first
prealdent of the society, hss five "Ns."
threw of which he won In foot ball. The
other two wer earned on the Cornhusker
track teams.
DATE FOR RACE STILL IN THE AIR
Harvard end Yale Cannot Agree oa
Day for Contest.
BOSTON. April lo. Rowing authcwillet
at either Harvard or Yale must recede
firm their present determined position re
garding the annual varsity boat race at
New Londan or there will be no boat race
thin year. If Harvard secceeds in carrying
Its point the two crews will meet on July
1. that date all along understood. But If
the Yala men Induce Harvard to come to
Yale's terms, the race will be a week
earlier, coming on Thursday, June 24.
I'ntll the Yale trustees, a short time ago,
placed the commencement exercise at New
, Haven for next June a week earlier than
usual. It was virtually agreed that July 1
would be the date, although no announce
ment to that effect had been formally
made.
New, however, the situation Is entirely
changed. As far as Harvard is concerned,
it duly Is as acceptable as ever, but at Yale
It la an entirely different story. To have
the hriat race come on July 1 would hiean
holding It a week later than commences
ment. College would then have closed, com
mencement visitors would have returned
home from exercises. In a word, the Va'e
delegation at New 1oniliiu would he re
stricted in numbers.
To make the race date June -4. -as Yale
now desires, would miike it tit In very
nicely with the commencement program at
New Haven. But .tha race would then come
a whole week before commencement at
Harvard. 'WhHt would obtain at Yale in
one case would apply with equal force at
Harvard In the other.
Harvard's supporters and friends would
be consplclous, in the main, by their
absence at a varsity tace on June '.'4, this
year. College will not bo closed at that
time, but students will be In the midst of
examination and the final work for the
year, and could not get away to go to
New London as would be the case in com
mencement week.
There is really little danger, of course,
of the varsity race falling through, but tha
two colleges, nevertheless, are In a rather
delicate position. Either Harvard or Yale
must consent to a date that is not to Its
llkeing. Harvard's condition is that the
race having been as good as settled for
July 1. Yale should consent to that date
regardless of subsequent developments over
which Harvard haa no control.
STAGO UKV3 THE NEW RULES
Work of Foot Ball Committee Please
Chicago Director.
NEW YORK, April U).-Iirector Alonzo
A. Stagg of the I'nlverslty of Chicago had
the following comment to make on the
work of the foot ball rules committee at
their recent meeting In this city:
"I think the work of the rules committee
was conservative and will work nothing
but good for the gridiron game." said
Stngg.' "All the members concurred In the
belief that three points Is all a goal from
the field Is worth. There was some argu
ment whether or not the new rule would
tend to eliminate kicking altogether, but I
do not think it will act that way at all;
neither did the majority of the other mem
bers. On the other hand, it will lessen the
possibility of a team with a good kicker
defeating a teum which Is superior in th
other departments of the game.
"As to the rule allowing a team to place
the ball In scrimmage or kick as It chooses
after a touchback, the'object is to equalize
the offense and defense, more especially
when a strong wind Is blowing against the
team defending its goal. Under the old
regulations, it waa almost Impossible for
an eleven playing against a hard wind to
take the ball out of the vicinity of its
own goal. If It did succeed, the ball was
immediately put back by a kick from the
opposing side. The new lule will give the
side laboring under tlo disadvantago of
such a wind the opportunity of at least
two scrimmages to gain ground before
being forced to punt.
"Several other Innovations In the rules
were proposed, but failed to receive the
necessary votes. Mo4t prominent among
theau waa that uf Paul Dashlel of Anna
polis, relating to the number of yards to
be gained when a team has the ball in its
own territory. Tho navy expert suggested
that only a five-yard gain be demanded
when the team with the ball la in its own
territory; that is, between the center of
the field and its own goal, the distance to
be changed to tea yards when the ball is
pushed into the opponent's half of the
field. Dr. Lambeth tf the Unlveisity of
Virginia alBo was an ardent supporter of
this change, but many of the committee
thought tt would be giving too great an
advantage to the side having possession of
the ball, and It failed of. adoption."
Welch Challenges Them All.
NEW YORK, April 10. Freddy Welsh,
conquerer of many of the best of the
lightweights, issuea a challenge to Bat
tling jNelson. I'ackey McFarland and all
the other lightweights of hla class. To
ahow that he means business Welsh posted
H.Oi'l to back his challenge.
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to you the cause of skin diseases,
nn rmacArt an4 .vnAriAn
Tor aia year Z waa severely
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looated principally oa th ahins. Tha
tronbl would appear in th form of
mall yellow blisters, characterised
by vary sever Itching, etc. I tried
araaparlllaa, eo-eatled blood puri
fiers, aalves, ointments, lotion and
treatment under a physician, but
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discouraged I left off all thla treat
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404 Freedom St., Alliance Ohio.
I had a bad eas of Bosema, it
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smooth. Though this was some tiro
agother ha been no return of th
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904 8. Second St., St. Louie, Mo.
For four yaara I suffered severely
with Weeping- Bcaeraa, located
chiefly on th hands, both inaid and
out, and extended a far up as th
wrists. I was nnder treatment most
all th time, but eonld get no relief.
On or two Of my physioians said it
waa aa bad a oas of Xioaema aa they
veraaw. I loat my finger nalla one
or twice a a rault o? th diseaae.
and th ltohing, burning and pain
I experienced I cannot expreaa to you
in words. I kept my hands bandaged
U th while, but with only littl
relief. As I said, becoming discour
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taking, and seeing 8. S. S. advertiaed
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short whil I waa entirely cured.
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1811 Penn St., Harrlsburg, pa.
Pales Agent. OMAHA, WIS.
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