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THE OMAHA SUNIUY PK.K: DrXEMBKU 19 1900.
Tire, (JMAJLA I-trDAY DETk
OXAltA. ?VM'AT. I'ETKll BTR nV L
WHERE DO GOLF BALLS CO?
Lost, Strayed, but Que fly Stole is
the Aniver.
HAULS Q EJL2IT
REGAP.DLESS ct tfc persorel'ty or
qualification of th TVeTlt
of th National learue. fci election
is an 111 onw. for' It came abnut
through osabinatloo of personal
rrte snd political chicanery. It roprwnrs
a enr.cersinin to Bnacr;ul-us ree and
-etVr1-t. It prMt'. therefor, a future
la Pair
Teeae (rkj that Work.
a lb Pwblsc Ui
irM-Hi Ow
feaeie-aal Dealer.
NEW TOHK. Iw. It The ronuivJrem
Wt4 to be. W'lnt do all th pins go to?
Now It Is. What becomes of th lf balls?
c.f doubt. If not soTtrilr.r. wow, for the As wml millions of gtvf Va-ils ar manis
Y.r, that already In a rrecarVus facured every year aad as bo eae sees aey
slate when ft pmx to Integrity. It mlrht
tare been that Hevdler u rot tlx man
bt cunlified for the presidency, :
whether he was or not H a matter that
received positively, no considers tlcn la th
eir,tt that finally ended tn hli orm!iw.
What defeated him a trst certain tnaf
rste found theirrwelves trr.ahle to dictate
to him. When a man rfTow to- rtM a
rrJN'!p! he beli-Te ti r- Ti-ht and ta
forced out of his rnaltlon. ft la time to
reelire that omethina' i wrong with the
we.-s that be. AM yt the- la ae ect-
drree tt Heydler wag not eminent?
eorrptent and efficient. T. J. Lvtic"K the
Bew man. mar . fill 'he off1 ab'v. Pvt.
if ,r afl. what uwrtr.ru ha Lynch that
at the end of tha first rv he won't r
th, war Heydler want? If this Murphy-Br3h-Krhett
gar la to rul aa it has
rc'-d In this eeae K may aa well b un
derstood row that o jr.an will be Ion 1"
tv prdent'i ehalr wha ea not taka hit
ordera from e nana." The one eoraola
tloa ! tnr the Heydler faction la that The
eiirpiratora were act r r c erocrt ta
aeni"r a foil Trrory: they had to aoept
a eomrroralM. Tola may offey aoroa aub-atar-tia!
hope, far rha fature and It may
Jn tha raaaarliws. Is thera aByth!n
that Mearra. Mtirpby. Bnwk a ad Eb
beu would like
Tt, w tpotart -that Jack Ho51ad of
Wichita hie r4 tha PTjehlo fraatfhlaa for
traraferervca to St. ioaeph. Honacd baa
Veen dletlnc-tly eaccefiil la minor learae
ball at Wichita: ha ia a bard worSar.
leyl headed end ahrewd. He knowa tha
game and can bandle rrven and do h'. share
i with the people. Such elements ought to
) worts for eocoeee In St. Joaeli at any
vtVera elae. ard It la eertalaiy to be hoped
that Hol'an. if he oltlraately plants his
team la the aid bftasourl etty. will meet
with s-Boresa. St Joe. they tell oa. la rtpa
for base baJL It one fit to be tnellvw. Its
failure soma years ago and long period of
Inactivity sine oeght ta determine the
furl for success. Taking tha team away
f rot i Pnehlo caa be ragsrdod as of doubt
ful vfWom only la one aspect will Ien
er turn out crowds eaougii to compensate
for c-nly one Colorado city la the leagueT
It deerols aotnewhat on what Wichita
doea. Without Wichita at tha Colorado
threshold It would be asrtremely duMoua.
The Western league baa always takea tha
position that only one town la Colorado
coo Id not be made to pay for the long
western Jtmrp. Wichita, with Isbell at the
hha, ought to er,)oy a spurt of Interest
and rate reeetrHS next season. Had Joe
Cantillon rot hold of the Pueblo team and
planted It In Jos tt miaht not hare
been a bad thlrg It tha league. For he Is
certainly a tw ball rcaa.
' of lart year's balls in this year's bos
they taust go somewhere.
A few years ao manufactarara used to
buy up eecoad haed b&i.i of their ewa
aaa.e. remwaid them, paiung them on tae
oju-ket aa aa "rnuade bal.a." Tby
ba4 a aiaadrd price far baiia ragartUaea
of coadiUoa. ao that no matter bow badly
cut up a bail caifct be, it was wonb so
mach to tba maniifaftarec wbo waatad to
aaka It over.
The Idea taaa was that tha interior of
tha baiia was aa good as ever and that
it was aaJy tha outside or grutta pcrcxa
covermg thaa was l&Jurad by use. -.-paiiaoaa
Aeaocst rated that Uus waa a
anattaka aa4 tbat vba Ule aod reaitleoe of
a bll Is destroyed by conunuai bard hlt-
Taara Is aa aaarmoua amount of a3onr
spent oa goif baiU. and yet tbeor Ufa M
vary abort. Tbo atandard pric is St cants,
aitbouga soma ataaea coat Ti coats. Tacrs
aaed to ba ti baa but there waa ttot
eaoudh ta them to justify tha pnoe aod
they are na longer oa U aaarket. Wbea
a ptayer eft era to bet a baU a boio or to
p.ay a nit tin, wiuca aaaajoa a bail aw aaca
am boiea aad sua on tha match, It U
undoratood to Bases a oanta, area If boia
mea are puaylag with coat aaila.
Very taw golfers wij play mora thaa
atghtaea bales with the sasaa bail Wbea
a first ciaee payer suooaads ia getticg
thlrty-aix or mora botes out of a ball with
out Injuring either Its driving or putting
qualities, aa uonae it is ratu&ikabl. Th
eighteen or thirty-sis boles have supposedly
redooed tha vaiua of tha Ti cent ball to
at oaou or U omta, at wtuoh prios they are
picad up by those who mXka a bimneae
of dealing La seeoad band balla.
Of course a groat Baaay baila are lost
oa tha licks or at least abandoned aa loat
ail til picked up by the ciflrttea or grata
keepers. Those abandoned baiis are seldom
good oaea. because first diss piayera do
cot loss bails vary often aad tha duTfera
do not play with new balls mora thaa oooa
La a dosea Umea. A boaicaer rU ofaa
mats a doaea bails avst him aaiil ba bas
lost them all. oaa at a time, and be will
Day with a bail ao old and dirty that ha
cannot find it off tha fair grata.
The caddies are tha legtUmato ooliectors
of lost bails, but la tha bast clubs mem
bers are not allowed to buy bails from
caddlea, which Is supposed to dlscoura-
stoaUnc. wbaraaa It almpiv drrres tha ball
finder to another market. The greatest
nuisance oa the pabUe links Is the number
of hoys who maks a business of steailng
balls. While the boys caanot eara more
than IS cents aa hour as cafiaiee, they
caa often pick up two or threw balls la
half aa hour and sell them for a auarter.
stk ff second hi"d bal's. so se to have
thm well surpi.ed for the wek e-od
One of these me wbe has been In the
aeowxl hand ?;f ball bastries for a Bumbr
of jmt. may be seen any Friday in the
Wa'l street d e'rlct with his assistant, each
carrjrlnc two b g ir re leaded with what
B rtt ba takea for securlttee. . He sll
sboat thousand rails a week sV-irtng ve
season, arvl he sels thr-tn to men that one
would never sufnrt of p.ttirg down a
second band ball. These arc men who do
not p'.ay ta tournaitwnts. but who follow
golf for exercise, aad the slight diff erance ia
the eoadiuasi of a ball, so that the paint
aa it is new, Is not of ao much moment to
them, ss the difference In price between
Is and SI a dosen for the same ball.
There are some p : ers who repaint their
ewa go-f balls, so as to keep thesa fresh
tooklnc. but rach balls bare very poor
pisytag ouaJIties when they get ohe aoat
of patat on the top tf aaotber.
WHO THE COLLEGE ATHLETES
Doinp ia tie Field of Sport ia tut
and West
"woaxixa cr rtEszjfZH ami
Irar aad avy reaeers led Wed
Leave I a tercel lea I ate Leaarwe
laleee TVey Waa Ta
Mseblaraa's Tree at Blew.
Golf Honors
Arc Divided
Among Many
A tie Seaion Adranccd Unr Ap-
plicsxti Took the Lead ia
Wianinz.
1,
Some of those Rational league rsagsattrs
hare iueer notions of etales. anyway.
At least two of them. It seems, went Into
the contest for the election of a league
president with but on object before them
tha gettlrg of desirable players for their
tea ma The aids that offered them the
greatest Inducements in this line got their
votes. Preeminent Justice! Could anything
h fairer or of sounder philosophy? What
matter the relative merits of tha eaadi
cV.C? What matter the moral principle
ar stake What matter of th at lack oa
t present admmictrarioa la based oa
!sister ambition and spits and projected
by unscrupulous meat AU these consider
ations orast be lightly, brushed aside for
th on of personal aggraadisemant. No
matter tf tha ejection of one eaaddant b
ad abject surrender t avarice and rice.
that moat be aooepted for the prsmis of
tffc poriry reward. If this is base ball
politics, th sooner base ball politics ba
reformed th better for base ball.
If. as now sssans certain, Chicago has
secured control of Philadelphia tn th Na
tional leegwe, which means syndicate bas
ball. It may be takea as th beginning of
the end of on of two Instlttnloas ths Na
tional taurus as mow organised, ar base
ball aa a cleaa sport One thing ta certain
syndicate base, hall aad eleaa baas ball
fsU'Oot exist together: tbsy cannot be made
11' co-ordinate. It might be gotnr too far
W this time to sdd that cleaa bas bail
and Murphy cannot live together, but R
certaialy is true that clean base ball would
be a whole lut aafar If Murphy war out
of tha game.
Just think how harpy and secure la bis
pos:tioa President Heydler might hare
been all along had be seea his way clear
to snake that decision In favor of Chicago
Uat day. Oo the other hand, think what
base ball will gala la th end. whether
Hrvdjer were deposed or not. by having
a scan who Is strong enough to ignore th
These bail theives usually aide la tha
woods at the edge of some blind approach
to a boia aad if th player baa -no fore-
caddy oa the hill to watch bis ball for
him It will not b there wbea th player
himself comes over the ridge. Most of
these ball tbatvea work la pairs, oa
picking up th ball that Is driven over
the hCl and throwing It to bis confederate
la th weeds, t'poa being' challenged the
boy who Is loiftna- s round where the ball
went over Immediately replies "Search
me." a process which Is. . of course, not
only useless, but fooilah.
There are other wha will pick ap a
new bail and put down aa Inferior ball
In its place, and th player will not not! ire
St nctll ba goes ta tee ap at tha next boia
Thea again there are caddies who will
take th new balls out of th player's
bag. Women are almost Invariably the
victims of this trtek. Wbea bails ar
takea from, a man's bag- they ar re
placed with old balls, so that whea be
pinches the bag to see If all the balls are
still there the count will ba correct. He
never thinks of emptying th bar to look
at the balls on by one.
uch of the stolen and picked op gotf
bars aa ar almost new or la very good
condition are rapidly washed off aad are
offered for sale cm tha links at once, tha
price demanded being anywhere frooa V
to M rents. Almost every golfer who
marks bis balls baa bad the experience of
buying back his ewa pivifiiy or els
finding some other player using K
The balls which cannot be sotd to players
on th links ar eastry disposed of to' anen
who mats a business of going round col
lecting them from the boys who pick tbem
up. Some of thaa mea make a rerolar
round of th private clubs every week,
usually after Sundays and holidays a ken
the play baa been heavy. They are very
good Judges of tha condition that balls are
In. but will no! pay more than f or W cents
for them. A ball would have ta be almost
aew for them ts pay more.
The usual test Is to squeeze ths bail be
tween th thumb and forefirrer of ths
NKW TORK rec. 18. The end of another
eompetitlve golf se-ajon finds ao one per
son enjojrlrg a monopoly of honors. Early
in the summer George Rarsrent sprang a
sensation by winning; the national open
championship title, but since then the
Briton haa ben cornneJled to acknowledge
frejue-.t defeat. Tten there was Robert
Gardner, the Tale pole vaulter, who went
through a classy field at Wheat on and won
the amateur title. Prior to tils achleve
meoi the Chicago youth did little to pre
par on for the surprise. In fact, to make
use of the phrase, h was a "field choice"
la the pool when th match play began.
It was th aaai la the principal com
petition hereabout. Walter i. Travis began
auspiciously by wtablna- chief cups at At
lantic City aad Garden City, and a little
later the Metropolitan championship over
th6 Afiiiaii lists. Slue ties, however,
the Gerdea City veteran haa been brushed
aside right and left. Practically the only
golfer wearing a double crown Is Alec
Smith, the Wykagyl professional, who won
the eastern title at Scarsdaie aad supple
mented this by gaining the Metropolitan
pen"" over his home green. Smith proved
somewhat of a disappointment In the Na
tional "open. and he also failed to gather
la much of th California gold daring the
Portola series f tournaments.
Then there was Willie Anderson, the
four-times Natlor.al title holder, who after
barely getting Into the money at Engle-
wood returned to St. Louis for a few weeks
and thea Tent to Skokie and won the
Western open with the phenomenal score
of 3S for seventy-two holes, Anderson's
record bow embraces four Westera titlee.
to say nothing of several Souther.
It haa been said that the east is sadly
hacking In promising young- material, and
while this ts true to a certain extent the
defect would not hare been nearly a
apparent, bad that great amateur. Jerome
D. Travers. been able to do himself Jus
tice. Tha champion of LOT aad Last year
got a poor start on the other side In the
spring:, aad sine returning to these ahores
his Indulgence In the game has been of
a desultory nature. Anyhow, at ao time
Curiag th past aeason haa. h ahdbva. his
ttue fLrm. consequently his name nils to
appear aa a tournament winner, making the
first time la five years tbat this 'bar
happened. -
I elides Gardner amateurs thai stand
tkst to the top are Charles Evans, Jr.,
tha was tarn champion; Albert Beckei. the
latercollegiat title bolder, and H. Chandler
Egao. There are many who believ that
bad Egaa aot been takea 111 he would
tar beaten Gardener la the decisive match
of th last National tournament. However.
Egan la the earn great player, ameater.
in fact thaa during his reign as National
champion la l0t and IMS.
The visit of Miss .Dorothy Campbell,
woman cbampioa of Great Britain, re
sulted la th championship oa this side
being won for th first tim by a foreign
player. Had th North Berwick laasle cot
trad th trip the title would bav changed
bands anyway, as Miss Kate Hartey. last
year's winner, failed to display ber old
time form. lOss B. Adam dd execeed
tt g.'y wall to aria the eastera aad the
Massachusetts tit-ea. When It cornea to
team matches it la worth mentioning that
ths Metropolitan district forces won the
Griaoom cup among the women aad the
Lesil cup among th mea.
KTJID003 PICKS HE. J0HTS05
Murphy threat sad aot maks his decisions heft hand, using the light band for sddi
oa the merits of the ease. Base ball has tlonal pressure. This ts ta discrover cracks
aurrlved soma amful ills and it will out- and also to test ths resiliency left after
llv Murphy. ba'l has been rlared with for any
" j lerurtb of time. Those who buy second
rrobably P.an Johnson's dcfl went, Th I bard balls should always test them for
& !t"t stood pat on his declaration that mrti that have Sm fM with nmtv
If Ward euroeeded Heydler te will aot sit
aa a member of the national eommlaaton.
And Ward waa not elected.
Maybe after all this old Western league
haa a thing or two oa th National la
electing Its president for fiv year. At
leaM th president of th Westera ia ahead
tf the other president.
Pred Clark bavin, aigraed a two-year
contract with Pi l labor g. tt only remains
tit Har.s ta coma across aa per aaual and
set at rest ail this speeulattoa about at
year s pennant
Tour wise old Pa Is loading up an some
good, hardaood timber now while the snow
1 ea th ground. That old mas at aure
Siims wood chopper.
Will PresMent CNelU have tha fatted
ca;f ready for Prodigal JoeT Or would
that be fair to the calf?
Well, if went eemea ta worst, and Jobs
Leaer should bring ep ia Dearer, we shall
ear best te stand It.
A.d Murphy. H will b recalled, waa c-a
of ih f:rsa to wp at the brier of poor
Putaana
Well, we have th national eommtaaioa
k-tl. anyway.
Ctm c a
rilh
that stat leagwe, Ne-
w for tb Cvjrhe-Philadelphia cote b toe
Balls that bav been cut up with iron
shots are acid for eld rubber, and they are
aot worth fixing up for the second hand
ball Bnarket unless the cuts are very
alight. Balls that are cracked caa be filled
ap so aa not to show It unless they ar
aqueesed hard. Tb cfcief fault with most
f tb balls picked up by th second hand
dealers is simply dirt and loss of paint,
Tb balls bought up at the various dubs
are takea bom and soaked la caustic
potash aoJutioa for several boors, which
removes every trace f paint, Aay cracks
ar thaa puttied la aad the balls are skill
fully repainted with tb same materials
that are ased by the original manufacturer
of that bread, even the various colored
dots, etrciea and diamonds being Imitated.
A well painted second band ball would de
ceive any but aa expert.
Th better class bans, which sold as new
for X casta, are wrapped ia tiara paper
and eel! for It a. doaen. while the others.
which were sO cent balls wbea new, seU
(or a a doaea.
Tha mea wbo collect and repaint thaa
balls cannot of Bourse gala srnani ta tb
private Unke. aa that would iaterfar wiia
the prtvUagaa of the club's professional.
out aae er two of tneta cnajr always be
round on any of tb pubUs galf raw rest oa
Kaiardaya, Sundays and holidays, usually
out of reacb of tha park polloa. however.
IHiring the week taea ansa bar a regu-
iucn mey cover arter th maa
aar of a salesman far aar mercantile
hoba. They bave therr list of customer.
usually men co belotJ to b! 7,rh . .
Prise Fight Eisert Tbiaba Jeff Can.
ant Cawne Sack.
NEW TORK. Dec. la. Although rather
early to begin talking about the result of
tb fight that is scheduled to take place
en tb Fourth of July between Jeffrie
and Johnson, th subject crops up in
Paxil ta tie circles every hour or so. "Bill"
Maid oca, wh probably knows as much
about fighters and their ability an any
one man this side of Erypt. was very talk
ative oa th merits of ths principals a
day or so ago.
lie haa fiued many a rood maa ia his
day for the ring: and bad ex, uch to do akh
the last bars knuckle fight between Sulli
van and Kilraia at Kichburg, Mia. nearly
nineteen years ago. This was tha last bare
knuckle fight. Loudon prise ting rules, in
this country.
In speaking of Jeffries and Johnson. Mul-
dooa leans slightly In favor of Johnson, not
that b would not like to see Jeffries win,
but whea be expresses himself neither
creed Bur color enters the argument it ia
question of maa and man. physique
against pbysiqu and ability against abil
ity. Hi first opposition to Jeffries Is the
fact that hs baa been out of training for
Tb mtereellerate fencer haw a meet
ing ta New Tork neat mor.tb. at which it
may b dtarreiied whether or not the
Army or Navy fencrs will remain ta tb
eollege lagw. It was reported srnse trme
ago that the Army and Nary men bad de-
cVled to withdraw front tbe leagwa aad to
I ho id dual meets srnaratety hereafter. Ac
cording to Jacob C. nher of PenasyV
vsr-'a. sreetsrT-triaJurer of the Intereol-
legiate asanciarJon. this Is net e tartly so.
Th Navy mea. b says, asked tla West
Pe'nters to lesv th league sad to srasd a I
dual meet with the mMsh pma instead f !
th mtereottegiat competition. Tn Army 1
athletic council decided tbat It did not '
want to hare th aoldl-rs withdraw from
ti college championship. Affairs ar now
ia that state, and urlrM th anatter b
brought up at tbe league meeting the two
government school will rersata ia the
league.
It is re pc rted by Mr Fisher that staring
la tbe leagu rests with th two schouSs,
e the Intercollegiate Fencer association
is willing that they should stay ta. This
view is contrary to what has been re
ported as th eertlmert f the eoiiegr
making up tbe association. Some persona
have said that they did not like the Idea
of competing year after year against the
fencers of the government institutions, be
cause these mea have fencing as part of
their college work and are therefore much
more proficient than th mea from the
ordinary mentations, who leern and praa
tlce fencmg m their wa time.
Ia other word, th Idea was that th
array and navy men learned the art more
as a saatter of a profesaioa and aot as a
sport. This view bas had rather wide
oireutetioa, aad several years ago it was
reported that several of tbe aolleares pur
posed withdrawing from th league, leav.
Irg la it those members who were willing
to compete against tbe army and the eavy,
thus forming two, dlatmet organisations.
It waa said at tbat rime that pledges bad
been given by several of the delegates to
a convention still to be held thst wbea th
time casae they would son to- break up
the association.
This did not come t peas, because In
th interval th aaaoeiatien behind these
deVasratea repudiated their actions and
statement axid the league remained the
same as It alwaya had been. Tbe Mea
that some persons bad was that it would
be cov-ardiy to leave tha league, aad la
that way tacitly to admit the reason for
quitting was tbat th army and navy
footers were too good. Ag a matter of fact
year ta and year out tbe goveromant s in
dents have been leader ta tha laagu and
th greatest aatisfaeUoa of tha other ordi
nary educational institutions ia that their
teams have been good eaoufh to b ia sec
ond place. Whatever tha reasons for it,
th soldiers and th sailors bav bean the
best of tb lot right along.
A maa wbo Is connected a lth the Col
umbia team said recently that ba waa not
opposed to having the army and navy
teams stay ia th league. "Thee mea
fence better than w do." said he. "aad
therefore they m-ik tb competUloa ail
tbe harder. If we stay ia and Improve, aa
we will bave to do to maa a abowing j
against them, eventually w will raise the
standard very high in tbe lea gas aad aome
time we may b abl to beat tb govern-,
mant studeats consistently.
"What difference does tt make if they
are taught to feoce aa part of their aebaoi
work? By sticking to It. w will attain
their heights, I am sura Then it wLU ba
tim to object ta their remaining in, after
w bave beaten tbeia for a number of
years I think, though, that at this tim
any objection to tbem oa tb part of ta
others in ta league eomea in b4 part,
"It haa been suggested that the intar
eoilegiate winners should bav a deal meet
with the winners of the army-aary bouts,
but I fail to aee bow that would improv
matters. If the college team ar ta meet
th others In bouts at ail, thane is every
reason why they should meet tbem ia tbe
u,tercollegiata fencing matches or aot at
a'.L I don't know if the navy men n 111
stick to the Idea of trying to persuade the
army men to quit iia, but if they do, I ahaU
be Surry ta see them go, because I tbiak
the quality of fencing In ths Intercollegiate
league will suffer If these teams drop irut
of lt
Preahsaen Rale at Dartsaoatb.
Graduate Manager Lane of Dartmouth
expresses tbe opinion that the ectablish-
ment of ths freshman ml at Hanover bas
been a good thlLj- as far as the effect oa
foot ball is concerned. He says be regards
the rule barring freshmen from varsity
teams with favor.
"Assuming that the rule was adopted
with a view te benefiting the fxefchaiati."
says Mr. Lane, "the past season shorn a us
that more freshrrea thaa ever before re
ceived tbe bent-fits of two months of rig
orous exercise, discipline and coach ng on
the athletic field, distinctly a pleasing re
sult of the working of th rule. As to the
scholarship, the records of the dean's office
Tbera ar aeva atee la the University of
M.rbigan who hav the varsity letter for
their track athletic performance, a strorg
suoed with which t beena to buld BP a
tiu. Joe Horner, the weight man. in
his letter ia th Intercollegiste gum last
spring and he has been working hard with
th shot and th discus this suana. He
is ls- ked on aa specially l.kely to do things
this season, and Mkhican wouldn't be sur
prised If be mar) M pretty hard for Pet
Little of Harvard to retaia bis title aa In
tcrcoUaenate ehamptoa. To back up Horner
there 1 lietbrook. th foot ball piay.r,
who bas been improving right along tn the
weights. He is likely to turn out a for
awdabO bamn thrower, the Wolverines
think.
Mleblaram'e Track Menu
Tbe track veterans are Cra.. May, West,
Tower. Bohnaack and Lgr. Craig ia the
man wbo gave Poster of Harvard such a
ran in the hw-yard final at Cambridge, j
He aleo Is a good tow hurdler, aad it ae- '
penda eat .rely upon which event b chooses
ta stick ta hew great hi Bremineoea ta the j
next lntereolleg.ate meet will ae. a great
many folks think ha will be the sprinter
of the year if be devote bis time to th
dashes.
Last season he was taking ear of four
events ta th meets be entered previous to
the Intercollegiate gaasea. a system which
is fine for building up endurance, but
which does not tend to make a man cham
pion at any en thing. Keck ts another
sprinter who has had eperlrce at Michl
gaa and he will b Craig's teammate a-ain.
He is ptrhaps better at the furlong thaa
at the snorter dash, so that the partner
abtp abould be effective.
L-fer ia th maa wha scored third place
ia the MrMirrcolieglate quarter mile last
aprtrvg. He was pretty well up to Blunter
and Palmer, wbe ran first and second. Eota
he and Gamble oaa travel th distance
cius to fifty second, and that ts a per
formeae that is likely te do something
f-vt tisae, even though the Pnneeteniea
quartet of freshmen quarter mil era of last
seesoa is te be let loose ea the intercol
legiate nett this Una It ought to bs nice
gviag ia tb rare, with ail the paint win
Bee ef last year back to face Black, aaw
yer. McKianey and Granger, who all can
go fast.
iioaaack aad raxton wHI take ear of
tbe aiiddie distances this year. They were
aith tb cross-country team thla fall pre-
Pnn for tbe spring- training and are
reported aa moving well now. Tb du-
tatxw mea. Tower. May and West, aha
ail scored ia tbe intercoilefiaie meet, will
b Joined by Haa van, a fast freshman of
last year, and these (our probably a ki
make vp the reay team for tbe Peua
games in April, at which Michigan will
struggle to regain the laurela torn from
them the last year by PennsyiraiUa ia the
four mile race. Craug. Leter, Keck and
Gamble will maks up the one mile re-ar
team for Philadelphia very likely. One
of tha distance candidates Is Andy Mo
La ughiis. a grandson of Dr. Acgeil. tn
eo:eritua president of the university,
la the pole vault Michigan at lenah
has a maa who amount to something.
That is Preency, the former interschoi
aatic wonder, who had a record at Ida
Grove High school of something around
twelve feet. Freeney vaulted eleven feet
six Inches ladoors last year when he was
a freer. man. He bas been playing foot
bal. this aiituma In th backfleld of the
Michigan teasa aad so will have te rest
up a while befor b begins competioa
ia another sport. It looks lik a good
spot . for Freeney, because the snost
powerful opponent be will bar is Frank
Nriaoa. ths Tale captaia. With both
mea ia tap form it will be an even thing.
TLes two should be better tbaa tbe other
wha ar vaulting-.
Michigan will has an indoor meet with
eyracus on March 1 ia tbe Watermaa
gymnaaiwai at Ann Arbor. That will help
to giv g lie oa th men, tb Wolverine
have. It is expected that th east Inter-
coilegiat Aanatcur Athletic Aaaocisiiea of
America maet will see a vastly improved
showing- by Michigaa ta tha contest fur
tha ttam championahlp.
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FEELST -CLASS JOCKEYS SCAiCZ
Pmalesn Beat Year ft 111 Bta ta Get
Coed Oaea.
NEW TORK, Dec U. -Jockeys for racing
win be a question of importance next aea
sor as It was last, there being but very
few who can be termed anywhere near
first class. Unless th winter institution
turn aut some new material thr will b a
scarcity of good rid era.
At present there ar about tour worthy
of mention. Powers, But well. Pugaa and
Archibald. Considering that at least twelve
L0J.G GEEES IS SWEET JITJSIC
Hockey Piayera Get Tea poltara a
Mtaate fa Caate.
NKW TORK. Iec. U. Th professional
in every sport, whether It ba bass ball,
hockey r what not. is always listening (or I
the earn sound and he ran detect it far olf. i
Lie baa trained bia cars ta elch tb first j
ouad ef th crumpling ef th long greea. I
T tb persoa who is contest to. gas on th j
aurfao of things only and does aot car
to delve of th inner workings It andoubt- j
edly appears that base ball the great aa- .
tlonal pastime ia the most remunerative j
form of athletic competition. But this is j
aot true. 1
There is aaother branch ef athletics ;
which is just beginning to claim its own,
in th United States, that pays even greatee j
sums for Its experts than does base ball, i
The aeason ef hockey In the Dominion is
of necessity aot nearly se long as that of
base bail, but wklie it lasts th men de
mand and get amounts of mintage that
sound more like legendary dreams than
truthful statements.
Ten dollars per minut for on hockey
first dans riders ar acaded ta th east t W would, if one did not know in in
nate good and consistent racing, the Bum- side, have to be ca allowed with mora tnaa
ber is too limited. lone pinch of Bait, But this isn't the mere
There are about three others wha can b ! produciioa of someone's fertii brain. A
called acceptable. Burns, M us grave and ! !snce In th a,nnals of th sport across the
bed ana. tb latter being tha winter fie4iUne stamps it as authentic and so down
so far. and it aaajr b be will turn out a
fit st class jockey after this winter's ca
per .once. Beyond tbta set en the possi
bilities ar very slim.
Kederis is a ndar who has alevated bim
aelf from tb coal mines to the saddle lie
i a as discovered at beanie last summer.
W tils racinc as ia progreaa ba applied
for a poejyoe ia a stable and a as so quick
to lean) that eie soca becema prominent
snd was ia dauuad. lie is improving every
day. so it is claimed by laaae ano ar
capable of iodsrir..
Archibald, afao haa been riding for three
or four years, is at Juares. but was th
star rider at Oakland before lest lug for
Mexico. H has ridden for th last two
season at Los Angse and ia a capabi
Jockey. He is la about the aam caa as
here we gasp at 11 and begtn to think that
Thai Dcy Will Oe Rene
Ai Christmas
in a day or two. Why not hare
him here and bave him measured
for hi If IS college attire., during
this
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111 tell nbrther th men on the freshman : n,,ti: . , a . . r.,,. . , a
squad hav fared better this year thaa the power. H is aot aa tricky as Uugan,
rjd:ng fair and square races without resort-
fresh mea ho were last year members of
the vsrt:ty squad.
"Without knowing the facts. I will weger
that the few freshmen who might have
been prominent members of tbe varsity
squad this year if the freshman rule bad
not been in force are in higher scholarship
standing thaa they would bav been uadr
the strain of trie past t-aral-.y season, also
a distinct gain from tha adoption of tha
a number of years, and. as be puts It, "An j rule if th ausumpUoo ts correct.
etaba. and rbey catl on them wlta their j:a dsrr
athlete cannot absent himself from the
ring tor so long- a period and then come
back aa good aa be was when he left It.
especially if be has led an indolent life
or a Ufa that bas aot bad a healthful at
tachment ta it-"
H arruea that, although there ia little
difference between tbe a- of the soen.
tha colored man haa tb advaatag and.
what as nor in bia favor, be baa been la
continuous action for the last six years,
while Jeffries baa dona aetata- ia tbe
pugilistic Iia durtn- that tima "I aheu.d
aot be at ail surprised." said btuidooa,
"te aae tbe euleome of tbe fiarbt very simi
lar ta that which occurred ta New Or
leans whea Corbctt wearied Sullivan lata
defeat by but yeuih aad staying; ability.
Whea snen get ea la year they wear
dowa la eon teats, especially so whea they
have been aut of tb gam for soma tim.
It Is ISO ta I tbat Jeffries will never be
able ta poncb tha bag aa long and as bard
aa b could six years ago. and that is th
best indlcstloa tbat be is net aa god
aa ba waa, I look for Johnson ta a la,
but there is ene thing ba will bav to be
mladful of. and tbat Is tbat tn the early
stage ef tbe game be must ot bn Jef
frie get "one la aa aiav er there wiB be
some count la, and if a abould happen
ts get two o.ts dose together tear a ill
be a chance of a Jehnetjn funeral the
reUrh ber hood, for Jeffrie Las a jolt that
"Prom the standpoint of ths team of the
season just ended. It aadoubtediy could
hav mad vaiuati use ef several mem
bers of the freahmea team. .Tb team of
next season on the other band should bene
fit front tbe fact tbat the new candidates
will be trained athletes. From th stand
point of th Co leg as with whom w are
competing athletically, the result of tbe
adoption of the rule bas aadoubtediy been
a distinct advantage to Dartmouth. We
are now competing oa equal terms with
our oppunenu ia this reapecc
"While we shall know ar about re
sults a year from now. having watched the
working of th rul ta other departments
thaa that of foot bail, th results that w
ar able ta as today augur tbat after
the year of preheUoa abb its consequent
loss ot athletic material wa shall feet
Uat th adevtioa of (he free tins aa rule waa
a wis step.
A great many pa sum have aapt eased
s-arpriae at tbe power of the athletic teams
turned nut by luurtinouiA as well as at
tbe aarnVet af sports In which Dartmouth
is represented. Dartmouth, for r"f't"r
began with ernes country rusniag thla fai'
and for the first time wa represented to
tb IsKrcUa'ku Anvataar Athletic As
sociation of Aavarica rae at Caabridga
iU3anng of bate year and tbe track atea
have made their mark la the general inter
eoiteswu tneet as wed aa la tbe En-.
land ciiamplonalijps.
Lng to artifices of the trade. He Bill be
quit an acquisition to th ranks ia the
east next seaatjo If a contract can be pro
cured oa bis services.
Musgrav is a middle class rider, but be
will pa doubt do duty ea tbe Canadian cir
cuit, aa be is engaged by Mr. Seagram,
wbo rarely races ia New Tork antii the
Saratoga meeting begins. It may be thst
Faia aad King will develop some ability
during their experience at Jacksonville.
Both ar Iigbtweihla and a winter will
do muck for their pros rose.
Col -aid an eg that there Bill be much bet
ter hoc a r aclr.g arouud ta local tracks
next season, ths oekey questions is a mo
aueatuous one. as to fsstd will be larger,
and bad riders on good horses frequently
upeet ail form and destroy the chaocea ot
their mounts,
Tt'bU ti, ar will b plenty of American
representatives in the horse worid abroad
aeat year, more attentioa will be paid to
tne bome iaduscry by in a esore snfiuenilsl
owners tbaa a as tbe case last year. air.
Keen. Mr. Belmont and Mr. Whitney will
be better represented, aad Mr. Duryea will
also bave candidates her, though be Bill
poaaly spend aoos of bis tlsa abroad.
That tbe sport wHI be aa Improvement
over last season is assured by tb cumber
of entries ia stakes aad tb old aeraers
who ar aotaiaa: back te th tarf aa Weil
as th aaw on wa. always sana aa.
Joba Drak will have a aio string of
youngsters If tb dosca ba has raised turo
out as well as their early trials and luok
indicate. They are chiefly by Ort Weil,
unquestionably one of the fastest sprinters
tbat Baa ever foid. His reappearance on
tebe turf will pat eosse life a-ito it. ep
cially if b bappeoa .to bave ene or two
top notcher ia tn let.
All things considered there ta a bit ef
suasluo ahead ia the turf world.
all this b!gb-Uning business over which
Jeff snd Johnson are making such a fuss
Is not tbe result of ene big yume, but has
found its stepping stones In other sports.
Art Russ. who played with the Cobalt
Uam against Haileybury la a hoekey game
last winter was paid' l for the coalcat. '
ahich lasted sixty minutes, two halves of i
thirty minutes each. This would snake 'its ,
stiper.d aarKMiat to fit a minute. j
Furthermore, all the otfcee members of ;
the tw teems received btg money for !
plsjing ia that game. Tb contest was
s-as-ed in Cobalt, th heart of the silver
mining district, and those miners ars will
ing to maks a big layout in order to get
tw good teams together, and tbes they
asg-er heavily oa tb outoem of the
catch.
Thousands of dollars change bands oa ibc
results of one of tt.es games, sine It is i
on of th few big amusements which the
miners hsve to divert their minds from i
constant sapping of ths or from th earth.
Tha average salary paid the professional
, . . 3 . , ... 1 n 4 M . V... , I
nine weeks' play is probably 11.000. but
tLere are sever si luminaries at puck chas
ing who are compensated for their servtoas
in much larger checks. Some draw 'as high
as 1ZJM for th season.
It is generally conceded tbat ths aver
age base bail player reoeivea a stipend cf
about ii.KX a season for nearly avian
months daily work, and wbea all this tim
is taken Into considerstloa tt Ul b found
that th salaries paid boekey players touch
a hig-ber mark than those given tbe tail
to beers.
A3
GOLFERS P2E?aH FAS AHZAD
Applieatione la ar Xrst Yeac't
Cateassdemahtp Cveata.
NEW TORK. Dae Is.-Rubert C. Wataon.
secretary of the United btates Oolf aaaoc
iauou. baa ainouijced teat the suiual nx-et-Ltg
af th national body will be bald bar
oo January XI-
Appllcauor.a ao far for th various chaua-pio-Mhtps
are:
Men's amateue Brookllna Maaa.; Chi
cago Gelt club. Wbeatoa. ltL
Open cbampiooshin Cbicago Golf club,
Wbeatoa, lii.
Wonvea's cbaaprnshlp apacialtyl, aotMt.
Aay cbampioaabip. Fos Hills; Essex county
Mancbeater. Masa; Atlantic City, PlU
dclpbia Cricket club.
Beside tb selectiua of U links for th
various cbannwooafaipa. It is generally be
lieved that an amerd meat to th Cunatl
lution will be submitted to the effect that
instead of dub. retaisiag tbe voting power,
as aseoclate m--r.brs, the guvrrn-weait ef
ths oiganiaatioa be tested la tb sectional
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or territorial organ xation, and all Indivi
dual club be relegartd to the list of ths
ton-voting allied members, except such
clubs as are charter member. These are
the Chicago Golf club. Wbeeton. 111.;
Brook I Ire Coutily club. St. Andrew's Golf
club and Eti.nnecock Hills Golf club.
UsJer the cotjititutinn aa amendment
"may be made at any annual or special
meeting by a vote of at least tao-thirds
of ail the votes cast, proved tea days' no
tice, has been given all aatociate and al
lied toeicbers. stating the propoaed rev Le
sion or araendoMnt."
It ia urged that when the Uriiud Slates
Golf association was formed. In 1SH. golf
was practically urknown, and at that time
and for nearly tea years s ubeequently the
national body, bad no alternative but to
d-pd en tli more preten t! ,us clut for
uyfcrt as aril as government.
Four yesrs ago, however, avhen Ransom
K Thomas becasa prvsid'-bt, the gante
bad grown to such an exter.t thst he unof
flctally advocated that all clubs except'
chartered menibers b rclrgatcd to allU-d
mutnb rxbip.
Also tbst all sertionat, U-i-titoriel and
enmrxwit organise lion should b subetl
tu'.ed snd bex'oin a.'. backbon of th
United States Gulf aaeociatioa.
It Is said that Mr. Thomas supported by
Mr. W. Fe-llomn Morgan. Kilaa H itrawa
cf Cbicaga. Alex lint ion of Waahinston.
I. and Samuel T Heebaer of Phila-
drlpKta. are the amoving spirits ba favor
, of lb change.