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Tin- Omaha Sunday Ber OMAHA. BrNDAT. NOVKMIIKTI 21. dUDGMENTSj, TNTEnKSTINO Iml.Til ' la this story quietly creeping out of Chlcni?r to I the effect that Louis Comlskey, son J A. of th Old P.nman, Is to become I otifp of Des Moines. Louis In a large, fat younj man. who hn Inh'-rlud much base hall knowledge mid derived more from experience with hi fatlifi team. If he took hold of the lri Moines team he would, of coure, have the activt support of hie fat her something Dos Moines has entoyed for several yearn ami probably would mnkn a nirrm of the en terprlse. Tliere appear to be more than mere gossip to thle rumor. We are tipping nobody's hand when we assert with can dor that President O'Neill would welcome . n change In ownership at Dps Moines. Hu does not like John HlgglnH as a base ball man, thinks he has no base ball ability and regards him as a hindrance to the fortunes of the Western league. And Mr. O'Nrlll and Comlskey are most Intimate friends and associates. Illtcglns lives In Chicago. Comlskey la supposed to have much Influence with him. The whole thltia looks quite plausible. Of course inciting asserted at the close of last season that he would not sell his team and would be back In Dea Moines In 1910. But that was when ho was flushed with the heat of triumph. II had Just won a pennant. A few weeks previous when victory seemed Improbable and hls( attendances had fallen off to nothing, he declared his Intention of transfesrlng hla franchise to St. Jo seph. Possibly Uncle John has had time, ulnce the first rosy flush of victory passed away, to reflect that It Is Just barely within the pale of possibilities that his team next year might fall to be a winner. In which case he might meet with the same financial failure that greeted his splendid efforts In 1909. and, posalbly, after brought to this view of the situation, he may have been led to believe that after all he really know more about the printing business than base ball and that Its fortunes are leas caprloloua than are those of the sport ing business. And, then, as a climax, how natural It would be for him to accept o good offer for his franchise. We say all these things are possible. Well, If Comls key does take hold at De Moines, we may all content ourselves In the thought thnt Dea Moines will have a ball team. And why should Comlskey not do It? Of course the talk Is all 11 going on that Comlskey la to seise the reins at Denver and make that city hla White Sox farm. It would not, of course, be desirable for the Old Itoman to have two Western league teams, but If ha chooses one or the other of these two It Is highly probable there will be no great complaint out litre. But ono thing is cer tainhe would make It warm fur seven other teams. Denver appears to be agree able to the proposition of Commy's taking hold there. Denver, poor thing, ought to be agreeable to anything In the form of a change. It couldn't be much worse than .It haa of late. It has been the foot ball of base ball ao long that It has passed the sensitive point, anyway. There Is every reason to believe that the 1910 race In the National league will be the best that league has had ' for many seasons. This will be especially true if Ne York succeeds In adding the strength lit hopes to add to lta team. Pittsburg, if It remains Intact, will be aa powerful, if not more powerful, than It was this year and It will be even more determined to win another pennint. Chicago, stung to the 'quick by the defeat this year and the sub version of lta long cherished plan of equal ing the ComlakHi record of four-time win ners, will go after that flug next year as It never haa gone after one before. Its players already are eager fur the training season to begin. This year they entered half-heartedly upon their early season work, feeling their own sense of superior ity more than was good for them. Their pride and conceit have been touched. Fur thermore, the team will be stronger In 110 than It was In 18U9, and If it is nut stronger than It haa ever been or than Pittsburg was this year It will be a surprise. New York, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and St. Louis, In all probability, will be dangerous factors throughout the season. The teum that wins that flag next year will, unless all signa fall, have every right to the honor and distinction that go with a National league pennant. Phew! Pueblo, admitting the possibility of tit. Joe being In the Western league next year, adds that there la a deal on whereby Pueblo too. will be kept in the ciicult. It would be asking a good deal of the poor od Western to load it down with both of these towns, in addition to unia of the water tanks It Is ulready carrying. "Speak a little louder, Mr. Murphy, I can't hear you," waa Brother Hrusti's answer to the Cub chief for help in outslliig Heydler. Not that New York loves Heyd ler more, but that it hale him less than Chicago. Oolch goea up and down the land eating up the Rollers, .byscoa and other creatures of alxxlitig name, but he husu't put down the little fellow with the bow and quiver that haa chased him from Seattle. Ty Cobb and Hugh Jennings had a shabby regard for the lung, dull, dreary das of winter, when they signed those contract almost before the last shrill sound of Ty's bat ciack had died away. There seems to be nothing In the report that Pittsburg has swapped llaus Wagner and Babe Adams to New York for Merkle and A rile Latham. "I'll fight for my asaets to the finish." exclaims Tebeau. meaning his Kansasa City franchise. Why, did somebody nay he'd take the count? Now that the outlaws have surrendered. Hal Chase may have to go through a whole aeaaon without Jumping a contract. Can you Imagine a dollar getting away from that Golch-J ef f rise combine? Doea Chubby Chailey really want a good president, or a good fellow T "Cobs," cries Brother pave, "give me cobs or I Xreeae. Coma on with that state league. Ka- bri Times Square Automobile Co. MJ1-1IM Mlrtugtn A.. Chicago. Hi. TH1 WORLD'S OJiAKl.Nrt HOl'SS FOB GOOU, 81XO.VU BAND Al'TUbVMLK. We buy la enormous ausntulks trmu mtr stark iul.iurri tint l pioiupt omis nd tul tt katmkiil tcui unblii-v ir ! ir.t ,tlM 0 ike IklMtSSa VUUVK ot our uin k,. m abla to Mlr lb vut B.iUir and niuliit biaka at Uaa IL4 waa-LU.fd u rral valu. Two fcuujiad can a kind lor you ta tria. Mud f. tn t-oft ml Ih TIMcs kwt AHB mU tll", klaa our llaC Cluck larua br.n.a U CM aiiia fulldlns. L Bran. K Houaaa Hlk.-lKtt Walk . Kansas rllr. k . ii Waal Ml SI , .w Yurk Clin, IVruer WITH THE COLLEGE ATHLETES Doings in the Field of Sport in East and West. BASKET BALL SEASON OPENS "' to Br Made In Water Pnln Holes thnt ttlll (Ipra It Ip and Mat U More- I. ike err tjle of (iamf, Although the change has not yet been mad- by the Intercollegiate Swimming as sociation. It is likelv that th ram nf water r"lo will b altered so aa to take on some of the features of soccer water polo. The chief liange being considered is tn permit the scoring nf goals by throw ing the bull at the board. This Is a dis till' t Foccer water polo feature. In addi tion to this method of muklng points the old system of making , goals by touching the board will he retained, so that the Kame will combine the features of both Styles. Soccer water polo Is the British version of the game. .Naturally It is much easier to make a goal by tossiiu: the ball at the board than by foiling ones nay to the barrier and then i endilng up to touch. It Is likely that no goals will be allowed by throwing which are tossed from within the fifteen foot mark. U will be mcesiary to ' rush'' the ball Inside the fifteen foot mark. The board probably will be made a foot greater from top to bottom; that Is, It may be f out feet by two ns lead of four feet by one. The goal will be eighteen Inches from the water line. The value of a field goal, one tossed to the board, probably will be fixed at three points, the value of the other style of goal being counted at five points. 'i lie Idea in pan of this new rule is to do away with some of the roughness of the game and to put more of a premium on speed and good swimming. This sounds not u little like the piospeclus of altera tions on th" rules of fooiball. Knabling a player from without the fifteen fojl line to score a goal by tossing the ball at the very top of a four by two board well above the water will naturally draw all the defense well out from the goal, that is, all except the goal tender, and thus it may do away wun the struggles In con fused inn;-8 that characterized the game an it has been played in previous seasons. It is believed that there will be a greater spread of players on defense and attack and a contejuent greater amount of open piuy. In fact It is the same condition as obtained In foot ball, requiring about the same remedies. International Games. The apparent willingness on the part of the Oxford and Cauiurulgu presidents, Hull and Uellerby, to laKe part in tunneling an athletic meet in l.'iO Is likely to help a great deal In the accomplishment of the American den. re lor such sports, of course, ihe decision in audi matters rests gener ally wlin the older heads in the lirkish uulveroil.es, and, it is said, particularly with C. N. Jackson of Oxford. If he is willing that there should be a meeting it undoubtedly will come off. if he doisu't laiicy the Idea It is likely It will take a deal of pressure to make him change his mind. 'I ho eagerness haa been all on Ihe American side apparently of late, and last spring's fruitless effona to bring about a meeting, whether here or on the other side, probably will be recalled by persons both at Harvard and Yale. There have been no International games since 1M4, when Harvard and Yale went to the other sido and won, six events to three, previous to tins meeting there was one In this country In lUl. In which America won by a S to S scute. A table of Interna tional Intercollegiate performances, taking in the Oxford-Vale games of l&H, the Cura-brldge-Yaie games of IK'j and the Interna tional meets of l&V'J, l'-KJl and 1104, has been prepared to show the results in the various events. It shows an advantage for the liiiilsh in the 440-yard. 840-yard, one mile and two-mile runs. In the three lust named events America has still to Bcore to win. The qaarler-inile stands three to two for the other side. The score la the 100-y aid run is four to one in favor of America, and the only time the aoO-y&rd race was on the program the Americana won it America has the better of the hurd races by five lo one, including the exua race on turf In 1&5, which the Americans took, as well as the other one that year. In the running high Jump it la 4V 10 Vi for America, a tie in ISM be.ng Britain s beBt. One first In the broad Jump Is all the Brit ish have attained. The shotput and the hammer throw have been clean sweeps for the Americans. Diplomacy oa the Coast. It haa been settled between California and Stanford after some discuardon that D. P. Crawford, the foot bull player' and weight thrower, ta eligible for another on the eligible list by Stanford, for the ford's class was 1H01), but he is buck In iStuuford. When his name was submitted on the eligible list by Standford. for the foot ball game between the two colleges California objected that he had his full four years of intercollegiate competition. It was pointed out by Stanford Is reply that he had hud three terms in which he played foot ball and three others In which he tuck part in Hack athletics, so that he had not had actuully four years of compe tition in either sport. This was objected to by California as a violation of the spirit of the ruks regarding competition and formal protest was made. The matter was settled by California de. cltling to take no further steps In the af fair after a letter hud been received by the Associated Students ofthe 1 'Diversity of California from President Jordan of l. land Stanford that If the students could not conduct their own athletic affairs with out referring disputes to the faculties for arbitration it would he as well not to have the athletic sports between the universities at all. Itather than Imperil the continua tion of Stanford-California sports the Berkeley people withdrew their protest, or rather desisted from pressing It. A Stanford man of a few years back recalls that In the early days of athletic competitions between the two universities protests flew about like autumn loaves In a hlKh wind. "Some one waa always pro testing or being protested," he said, "until fiualiy it was decided to do the decent thing and to leave to each university the certifying as eligible- those men who It decided Were entitled to compete. There have been few case since the agreement was reached where any player not strictly eligible got a chance to fool the commit tee." It is believed that this argument over tiie Crawford matter may hurt the pleas ant relations that have existed between these two unlverslttts. The Stanford pa per spoke of the California folks as "not satisfied with the outcome of the recent controversy over the eligibility of players In the coming Intercollegiate rugby match" ae.d attempting "to re-open the dispute by alng for the appointment of an arbitra tion board to review th decision" The Palo. Alto said there was no legitimate reason fur opening the dispute. The Daily Californlan remarked that It was poor sportsmanship on the I -art of Stanford, be cause the reason given for tho appeal to ! the faculties for an arbitration board had nothing specifically to do with the Craw ford case. It Is apparent that the meeting to revise the agreement will be held In an atmos phere more or leas strained. If the univer T1!K OMAHA sities had a regulation like that of Cornell that no man may compete In athletics ' after his clnss has been graduated there would b a slmpltfcatlon of this problem it least. Middle. West Banket nail. Although thr Is no association of col leges in has hall in the east, the confer ence colleges ar going on smoothly with th gam. There Is an Intercollegiate as sociation In th middle-west. Illino's. Min nesota, rurdi'. Ions. Northwstrn. Chi cago. Wisconsin and Indiana being the hlg eight of It. The association mt re cently and arranged a schedule which thuk far Is Ineomplet It will mean a large number of games If each member of the big eight Is to meet een other In two games, one at horn and on abroad. Thl will mean fourteen frames for each mem ber of th conferenee. Thus far elvn dates have been settled for Chicago Pur due, Indiana and Minnesota: Wisconsin has nln Illinois eight. Iowa six and Northwestern five. All the canies of th conference leagun sr to b sandwiched In between Januarv 14 and March 12. or. roughly, shout two month". There does not sem to be any oblctlon by th conferene athletic com mute to a certain amount of traveling bv the meml rs rf th basket hall teams. It Is an odd thine that hnkt hull has shown so much more hardihood In th west. When It was at Its height her In this section It was only a sickly point In the conference neighborhood. There ar folks who recall how easily Columbia defeated M1nnsota and Wis consin on season, that Is easily on actual play, although th visitors earned a lot of points on fouls. Tt was because of the no contract style nf play In the conference that so many fouls were cnlli"d on Co lumbia. Apparently the gentler style of play was th more lasting, for now In this section basket ball Is In disfavor because of Its roughness, whereas out west It Is seemingly as popular as ever. A little ser mon might he preached on roughness and Its effect on the life of the game, in which tt ts a feature. Changes In tho rules of basket halt as made In th conference Include the follow ing: A 'dribble shall refer to the con tinuity of the motion of tho hall and not to the continuity of motion of the man. This Is aimed to prevent a player from renewing a dribble when the ball has once come to a stop In his hands. The field of the referee's duties has been Increased by permitting htm to call fouls on the eight plavers, exclusive of th man with the hall and his opponent. The advantages of local playing floors have been minimized by the addition to the rules of a section to the effect that th ball which returns to th court from out of bounds without having touched any player shall he considered dead. This rule Is aimed to prevent a player from deliberately making a carom off the wall and thus taking advantage of his opponent's unfamlliarlty with the floor. Plate glass backgrounds to the goals have been legalized. It is legislated also that to run with the ball Is to advance more than one foot. If both feet are ad vanced the pass or throw Is Illegal. ATHLETES MUST LIVE CLEAN Thus Says a Man Who Knons from Long experience. NEW YORK, Nov. 20. "There is one way above all others for a fellow to be come successful as an athlete, and that Is to live clean," said George Bonhag, the greatest middle distance runner ever pro duced In this country. "Ever since I won that ten-mile cham plonahlp and clipped a few seconds off the American record athletes and other people have been after me with the idea that I can divulge the supposedly 'one secret' of how to become a great runner. I am a believer In Christian Science yes. Some say that I bring it into use In athletics, misunderstanding the whole proposition. When I train or compete I try to got out the very best there is in me; and I can only accomplish that end by living cleanly and doing nothing which will upset my mental serenity." For years and years George Bonhag has been breaking all sorts of running records. When a fellow has been at the game for such a long period people get the Impres sion that he must devote all of his time to training and competing, having little or no time for anything else. Bonhag Is one of the few exceptions. "I am very fond of athletics, and when you realize that they are responsible for my live physical condition It is easy to see why I have kept at the game for so long," said George. "Hut there are other reasons. For Instance, I have been able to 'pick up a great deal of knowledge of different countries and peoples. Through athletics I have been able to travel and see many things which otherwise would have been Impossible. I have met splendid people wherever I have gone to compete, whloh In Itself .has been on of my greatest pleas ures. By hard work I have been able to study many Interesting subjects. I have not neglected either study or work, and when the time comes I entirely forget ath letics and concentrate niy mind on what ever Is before me." Walking has taken up a great deal of the time Bonhag has given to training, and he says that It la one of the very best stunts possible. Some days he travels more than twenty-five miles, always pick ing out some rout which will take, him Into the country. Hud he used a pedome ter on all of his walks the total number of miles would have been up In the thou sands. After the Indoor championships were held In 1907 Martin Sheridan was asked to give the name of the man who had done the greatest work In athletics for that year, and he said: "Bonhag ts the man. In this tndoor meet he came In th first night and won th two-mile run. The next day he worked until late, came to the Oar den very tried and won the five-mile run. finishing off the night by making Sam I.lebgold walk as he never had before In order to win th two-mile walk. That was the greatest achievement I have ever wit nessed." WRESTLING GAYE IS BOOMING Wrestlers Seem Anxious Also to ten ter Doling Giur, NEW YORK. Nov. 20. The sporting pub lic Is finding that with the sudd en rise of Interest In th glove and squared-circle pastime, caused perhaps by the Jeffries Johnson agreement, a similar boom has struck the wrestling game. From all over the country come reports of wrestlers, their doings and their connections with th boxing world. Dr. Roller has again n ads mention of his fistic hup.s and de tails of the proposed agreement for the Kaufman-Roller match are eagerly awaited tn many quartets. The ambition expressed by the good herb dlsptuser Is fur a try at the world'a heavyweight championship In the pugilistic line. But he Is not going to let that ambition lnterfeie wllh his at tempt to lower Frank Hutch's mat laurels. Uotch. too. by the way, has got a chance to appear in the boxing camp and help Jeffries round into condition. Hiwevcr, the big wrt slier is too busy defending his twn title and taking toll from mi offices in the thetter lobbies. He bad an offer under consideration to appear with Jef rles behind th footlights as well as in the training uuarleis. Zbyssko's record ts being placed before the public to wart ant his entering any clasa of contests held In the country. He has been victorious In every heavyweight bout he has undertaken during the last five years and haa met and defeated &J0 area tiers SUNDAY HKK: NOV KMBKK 11. l:i!. CLEAR BRAIN ON DIAlIOND Bonehead Flayeri Great ; Detriment to Any Strong; Team. ABSTEIN GETS HEAVY ABUSE Claim la Mad' that He la th Player Who Haa (oat the riri.i.es .Many fiamea Daring; the l.aat Season. NEW YOKK. Nov. 20 The path of a big league base ball player Is anything but one of roses. The latest man to come un der criticism of an unapprrclallve body of fans is big Bill Abstetn, first baseman of the Pittsburg Pirates and world's cham pions. If reports from th west are to re ceive credence, Abstein Is very much In disfavor at the present time. As a matter of fact a report has It that the big initial sacker has bn so criticised for errors made In th recent world's championship srls that It Is probable that when' the Wagnerltes trot out on the field In ihe spring Abstein will not be among those present. Just whether this fact can be taken aa gospel truth is a question that major league base ball followers are ask ing themselves at the present time. The closeness of the recent championship series between the Pittsburg Pirates and the Detroit Tigers Is attributed to faulty play. displayed by Abstein. Pittsburg fans claim. The weak spot on the Pirate team this year. Smoke Towners assert, was first base, and it was partly due to this fact that the premier series was so hard to win. The weakness of the position cropped out In every game. It is asserted, and was responsible for Reveral of the Pirates' early defeats In the struggle with Hughey Jennlng's men. According to one of Absteln's critics the first baseman Is but a fair and mechanical base ball player. He is considered a good man to cover the sack, but when It comes to using his brains In tight places, It Is said, he does not use good Judgment. Abstein Hit Hard. The following Is a sample of a Pittsburg fan's attitude toward the Wagnerlte: "It Is a aft that Abstein would not have played In the final contest of the world's championship srls but for the injury to Bobby Byrne. When the umpire announced the batteries In the deciding contest he stated that Hyatt would play first base for Pittsburg. However, before the Pirates got a chance to take their first turn In the field little Bobby had been hnrt and Clarke was forced to make a shift In his lineup. Even then he was loath to use Abstein. He announced that Abbatlcchlo would cover the bag. A moment later, however, he again changed his mind and sent Leach to third, Hyatt to centerfteld and Ahsteln to first. "New Yorkers named Fred Merkl 'Bonehead' for his failure to touch second has In that memorable contest between the Giants and th Cubs In th fall of 190S; but some of the plays pulled off by Ab stein in the world's series this year were far worse than that of the New York sub stitute. "He lost several games for the Pirates bv Intercepting throws from Wilson to the plate, with runners on third base. Wilson Is noted for his ahllity to peg. and any time he started a heave toward the pan It was almost certain to go on lta course without any deviation and land ther ahad of the runner. But Abstein seemed unable to let the ball go past him. On at least five occasions Abstein Intercepted the throws and allowed runa to acore for the opposition." JOCKEYS RETURN FROM ABROAD Report on Hiring Condition Ther Find in Germany. NEW YORK. Nov. 2ft. Jockeys , Walter Miller and Willie Shaw recently returned from Germany, where they rode during the season with a fair measure of success. Shaw rode for Baron Oppenheim, whose horses were trained by James H. McCor mlck, the well-known turfman who de veloped the speed of the great Hermls and Alccdo. The king of Wurtemberg had second call on Shaw's services. Miller, who went abroad as a free lance under no engagement, tried his skill on the Eng lish turf for a short time, but falling to receive recognition, went to Belgium. It waa while he waa in the latter coun try that Herr Von Weinberg, who had Joe Not tor under contract, became dissatisfied with his riding, and William Walker, the trainer of Weinberg's horses, on the ad vice of McCormlck, sent for Miller. In a few days Miller proved that the change In riders waa beneficial, for he won several racca for his new employer. Herman Radtke, once Miller's greatest rival for the saddle honors here, won al.o a number of races In Germany. He re cently met with an accident, and his lat at picture shows him with hla arm In a sling, But the injury Is not a serloua one, and he will be able to ride next season. Shaw and Miller were enthusiastic re garding the German turf. They said that each season shows Increased crowds and more Interest taken In the sport. Both said they would return to Europe nexi year to ride. "No," said Shaw, in reply to a query whether he had carried off all the rich prizes offered by the German racetracks, "I finished fourth on the winning list of Jockeys. I waa able, however, to win a 100.000 mark race and a 74.000 mark race. One was called the Hants and the other the Berlin Prise. For Ever, a horse owned by Baron Oppenheim, won both events. I was too heavy to do all the riding for my employer, and Jockey Sumter, whom JJc Cnrmlck took abroad with him, filled my place when the horses carried light weight. McCormlck hud great success abroad and frequently won from three to six races a day." PENN STUDENTS ON THE MAT Are Not to lie Ontdoue by the Devotee of Haiis(. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. SU-Wrestlers at the University of Pennsylvania are not to be outdone by the mutt alelders, who re cently formed a boxing- club. As a matter of fact, wrestling- aa never aa popular at the Quaker City university as It Is at the present time. In the first rail for candi dates, who wish to try to make the varsity team, over fifty men responded, and. judging from th material which re ported, the team probably will be one worth posxesslny. Last seaaon it appeared aa if the sport mlg-ht be sidetracked, as there were but few Interested In the game. Now. how evur. there appears to be no end of good material on hand from which to pick a team, despite the fact that of last year's team ther are but three regulars and one substitute left. The men who remain are Captain U rah ani, 8c h warts, pike and btewart. Kalph Walte, captain of last year's (earn, who Is coaching; the men, it well pleased with the prospects. Waits was former In tercollegiate champion of the lfci pound class. A fine schedule has been provided for the team and Include dual meets with Princeton, Columbia, Vale, Cornell. An napolis. State and probably Uruan The Intercollegiate championship, it was an nounced, will be held In Welghtman hall on March W. There will also be a novice meet for th randldatea in the latter part of November. Sura . You I o r Whmt j You I ror. I p""j!- Tho Whtskoy Wllh a Reputation .Received the highest award for merit at three World's Expositions St. Louis, 1904: Taris, 1905: Portland. 1905. What j k quality can gold medals Maid Rye .u.Yir;i'i Award Fairs? vinced of The first A.k oar, care, ' it, for any will tee TV. J, a. J.: I h H - i t . . n i rt n ot Kanaaum SPIRED SHOES HERE TO STAY No Suitable Substitute Found Which Will Answer for Base Ball Men LEATHER SPIKES ARE NO GOOD They le a Player Store Keet and 1-ar Him Off In the Middle of the aon. When He la Most .Needed, NEW YORK, Nov. 20. The spiked shoe will continue to be a part of the game of base ball. Of this there is not the slightest doubt among magnates and league offi cials. For some time past there has been a great agitation against the harm-doliul blade, and many mun have spent much time trying to solve the problem which would mean the doing away with the spike. All kinds of things have been tried, but none have ansnen (I the same purpose as the spike. And it is to stay. One of the latest Inventions Is the chain arranged triangularly on the sole of the shoe. But this will not do. The ball player has to be on his feet, running about, engaged in uctual play for' about seven months out of the year, and unless the grips on the shoe are made In a manner to cut Into the ground with but little re sistance, the sole of the player's foot will become so calouscd that in a short while he will be laid up fur about as lung as though he had been spiked. Football players, who are engaged In actual work for a period of time covering scarcely more than ten weeks, twelve at the outside, are often troubled with thia calouse, caused by tho reslstunce of the leather cleets. And it Is to avoid this that the ball tosscrs file their spikes. In the fall of the year and in the early spring w hen the pround Is hard and ever a steel Kpike which is ut all dull, falls to ! penetrate deep enough into the turf to permit the foot to rest flatly on the ground the players feel It and frequently are forced to limp, the pain Is so intense. Back In 1:H when the Boston Red Sox won the championship of the National ! league, Jimmy Collins was troubled so badly that each afternoon before going on the field he put a raw piece of beef In his shoe to act as a sort of cushion Insole. This was necessitated by the umuual hardness of the ground In the infield at Boston. I.eaisla tlon Needed. However, the chance of Injury would be materially lessened by a little legislation on the part of the rules making bodies of both big leagues. There Is probably no club which has suffered so much from sp.ktng as the Cleveland Blues. It will be recalled that In 1906 when the Ohloans were making a runaway race of the Amer ican league marathon and enjoyed a lead of 100 points by the first of July that Na poleon Lajole was spiked in St. Ixniis and laid up for the rest of th season with blood poisoning. The club fell off and fin ished fifth. K. H. Bauard of the Cleveland club re cently expressed his views on the spike question. He said that he had atudlcd the situation for some time and reached the conclusion that the injuries could be re duced to a minimum without doing awuy with the spike "Why not compel all base runner to slide head flint?" said Banard, "and then attach a penalty for the blocking of any base by calling the runner safe If the fielder blocks him in any way. If the runner slides feet first call him out. By these two very simple changes In the rules much good would be done. ""Of course, them Is another side of the question which must be given considera tion," continued Mr. Banard. "There are some ball players who In their desire to make the bag safely would run out of the line a foot or two and slide Into the fielder. I'ndcr these conditions the base umpire should be forced to list his Judg ment and rule accordingly. "At the present time there are many fel lows who have to be turned aside as in flelders because they are spike shy. They have all the qualities of excellent players, but they cannot face the steel of a runner who jumps into the bag f et t fir.st." 1 r :t H2 ' 5rarfirA iV'i'V Not only its proven ability to curs, but its absolute safety as a remedy has made . S. 8. tho most desirable of all medicines for the treatment of Contagious Blood Poison. S. 8. S. Is made entirely ot roots, herbs and barks of the forests and fields. It does not contain a particle of mercury, potash or any other harmful mineral to injure the delicate parts of th ' system. Impair the digestion, corrode and irritate the liain? of the stomach, or in any other way injure the health. It is Nature's blood puriher, harmless in Its action and certain in its good results. S. 8. S. removes the poison from the circulation, enriches the blood, and safely and surely cures Contagious Blood Poijon. It builds up and strengthens the system by its fine tonlo effects and leaves the patient not only cured of the disease, but stronger and la better health la every way. If you are suffering with Contagious Blood Poison 8.8. S. Is your most certain reliance; an honest medicine, and because of Its vegetable purity, a safe treatment for any one. We have a special book on home treatment which explains fully the differ ent stages of the disease, also suggestions that will be helpful to you in the treatment of your case. We will be glad to send this book together with any medical advice desired, free to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA, better evidence; of hich -xI you have than the three bestowed on Quaker by the expert Juries of IW&MlJl ffmoOl at these great International There is no better proof of the merits of a whiskey possible to obtaiu anywhere. PURITY-AGE-FLAVOR Quaker Maid Rye is a whiskey of Rtiaranterd Btrenglh and purity. 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' flifri.TiVi i it I II rf V- ICE SKATING TO BE REVIVED Officer Klected for Amatenr Asaocla. tlon In Canada. MONTREAL, Nov. 20. The Amateur Skating Association of Canada at a recent meeting elected the following officers for the new year. Honorary president, W. Q. Ross; president, James A. Taylor; first vice-president, Major Freeman; second vice-prcslden, Frank White, Ht. John, N. B. ; honorary secretary-treasurer, Louis Rubensteln; executive committee. Sir Mon tagu Allen. Dr H. B. Yates, Major W. O. H. liodds, W. C. Flnley and P. L. Ross, Ottawa. It was also announced that medals will be awarded for events decided at Indoor meets held during the season In the various rinks. Medals will also be given to win ners of events held under the auspices of the skating association. It was also de cided that competlons in figure skating may be held on the style adopted In Kurope. 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