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xjnday Bee. PART F.VE SPORTING PAGES 1 TO 4 u. u dU i VOL. XXXIX NO. 34. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY G, 1910. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Omaha Athletes Prepare for Big- Indoor Meet; Clay Court Tennis Championship; Summer Races Fhe Omaha i RD fill . OLD GRADS ARE BOOSTING MEET Omaha'i Ex-Collegians Taking Active Interest in Big Athletic Event at the Auditorium. STANDING FOR CLEAN SPORT Will Be Conducted Strictly Under Rules of the A. A. U. LIEUT. MICHAELIS IS SECRETARY Young Army Officer of Wide Experi ence Takes Up Correspondence. HIGH SCHOOL AFTER TROPHIES Omaha I. ail Kipfclfd to Flarore lraely In ContentsPlan Con template linking; of an I n trrcKtinit, Ciood Show. Considerable progress has been made dur ing the -Tveek In the promotion of the tlar Indoor field meet, which is to be held at the Omaha Auditorium March 4, and to which the leading colleges and unlversl tics of the Missouri valley have been In vited, as well as soma of the leading high schools. The committee which. Is arranging the iiioct iri&Je a wise move vhen w selected Lieutenant Mlchuells.. aide of Colonel Gardener, of the Sixteenth Infantry, to take charge of the correspondence and to not as secretary. Lieutenant Mlchaells has had a large amount of experience along these llnus as he has promoted big meets In Boston and last spring had charge of the meet at Fort Crook. Omaha High school students are starting their preparations for their track and field work, both rndoor and out. They expect the school to take an active part In the big Indoor meet to be held at the Audi torlum and are confident that the Omaha boys can head off a good share of the high school trophies. Indications are that the high school will have the biggest track team of lis school history this year. Practically all of last years letter men are In school and the new material promises to give the older men some lively opposl- tlon for this year's letters. Welrich (C), .Kennedy, Frazer, Kulakofsky, Thompson, Burdick, Hector and nay ley are among the stars who took events last year and are out again this season. Coach Cams Is confident that with this material he can turn out a track team that will secure that atate meet again for Omaha. . Interest la . Keen. Interest of Omaha men In the meet Is most keen and no event of the kind has ever been started that arouBed as much enthusiasm among so many. The prelim inary meetings have all been well attended not only by those who are now actively en gaged In athletic work, but also by ex-col leglans of Omnha, who are anxious to see track events given a good start In Omaha. They look upon the meet as one of the ' best things Omaha could do for the' pro motion of pure athletics, as all events will be run 'under sanction and rules of the Amateur Athletic union. Kansas City has such a meet, and It Is a great success, Omaha can make Its meet more successful as It has more colleges and universities nr at hand from, which to draw. At the meeting at the Commercial club Wednesday, Dr.". Modlsett of Sioux City, wcHtern representative of the Amateur Athletic union, told of the changea which had been made in Indoor events to make them more Interesting from the spectators standpoint. He staid that high jumps and some of the other events which took such a long time had been eliminated and shorter numbers with more Interest sub stituted, tie said that to make these meets successful It was necessary to run off fast . and to have all the numbers full of In terest. He also said that ho believed Omuha . was admirably situated for the meet. Program for Meet. These events have been decided upon for the meet:. TRACK KVENTS. Fifty-yard, scratch, athletic clubs and col leges. Fifty-yard, scratch. Young Men's Chris tian associations. Flfty-.vard, scratch, high schools. Fifty-yard hurdle race, open. Fifty-yard, scratch, first three mm In other races. Four hundred and forty-yard run, handi cap. one thousand-yard run, scratch. Two-mile run, handicap. FIELD KVENTS. Running high Jump. Pole vault. Khot put. SPECIAL EVENTS. School boys race (distance to be deter mined). Hutt's manual, to mimic, Sixteenth In fantry, U. S. A. Wall scaling, teams from Fort Crook and Fort Omaha. Tug-of-war, police of South Omaha and Omaha. Tug-of-war, soldiers of Fort Omaha and rort ( rook. DISCOUNTING JOHNSON DOPE W lie Dun Seem to Think Colored Man One More Bet. NEW YOHK. Feb. 5. One who is fa miliar with the Ins and outa of prise fight ing say: "During the last few weeks al leged reports are coming In from pugilistic experts all over the country predicting what a tough proposition Johnson has on his Hands In trying to whip Jeffrie. Com-I blued with these reports about Jeffries' chances are rumors that Johnson is dissi pating and will not be as strong as he was when he whipped Burns and Ketchel. I believe that all this is purely a dodge on the part of certain gamblers who fig ure Johnson a sure bet and are trying tp make Jeffrlee the favorite in the betting. Two pools of $100,000 each have already been subscribed to, the money to be bet on the negro, and these misleading re parts are being sent out so that the gam blers can get odds for their money. John son Is not dissipating, as report tells us. If he takes one g1asaf wine with his meal the rumor has It that he had to be carried to his room. "Itis still a question whether Jeffries ran get back to his former championship form. He is meeting one of the cleverest ring gen erals that ever held a title, and this black ran hit hard enough to knock down Jef frie, which is more than can be said of Fltaslmmona and Corbet t, who hit Jeffries often enough to win. but did not have enough Bower behind their blows." PLANS FOR HORSE RACE MEET Outside Towns Are Urging Omaha to Promote a Meet for This Summer. GUARANTEE FUND IS NEEDED Horse Show Directors Are Vrrfd to tee Some of Their Money In This War to Start the Movement. An effort Is now being made In Omaha to promote a race meet for this summer, but the promoters are meeting with little en couragement. These ' promoters maintain that the Omaha public is hungry for some good horse races and that a start could be made at a small expense by getting up a circuit of towns consisting of Omaha, Te kamah, Columbus and Fremont, each of which could well afford to hang up $300 purses and thus insure first class horses. In the Nebraska circuit as It Is now organlxed some of the towns hang S500 purses and some but 300 and this makes some dissatisfaction among the horsemen, whereas if there was a complete circuit of cities with good purses, some good meet could be held. All these smaller towns pull off success ful meets and the claim is made that race meets In Omaha would be bound to suc ceed with all the - population of Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs to draw from. Blair, Tekamah, Fremont and sev eral other smaller towns have meets 'Which are financial successes and which fill up the towns during the week of the meet. Tekamah made $3,000 last year on its meet, several Iowa towns have written to horse men In Omaha urging them to promote a meet in this city to Induce horsemen to come to this section of ithe country that they might get some of the horses for their meets. It would also stimulate the horse business, which is growing all the time. Horse Show Money on Hand. The Omaha Horse Show association still has $3,000 in its treasury left over from the last horse show and horsemen claim that as this money was raised and made on horses it should be used on horses and the Vest way to do it is to promote a race meet in Omaha. A contractor has made a proposition that if the Horse Show association, will put up $1,500 he will put up a similar amount and thus Insure the start of the meet, which If once started is bound to be successful. i Omaha has two race tracks. One a mile track on the old fair grounds site on West Leavenworth street and the other a half mile track in East Omaha. It is' asserted that he horsemen who make the circuits would prefer the half mile track, as that ! the kind they meet with at other towns around the circuit Tle track In East Omaha is in good condition with some stables, but more stalls would have to be built in addition to some stands. It is estimated that but $5,000 has to be raised and if the horse show money can be se cured the way seems clear. For yeara it has been claimed and no- 'ticed in the west that nothing draws like a horse race and the promoters claim that if the plan is once started in the right way, Omaha merchants and hotel men will at once fall in with the idea and help out. Sioux City has a race meet and those traveling between Omaha -and Sioux City assert that the trains are always packed with people from all stations from Council Blvffs north. Over 160 horses would be brought to Omaha and these would bring as many men with them, making good business all arcund. Directors of tin Nebraska Speed assoola tlon will meet In Omaha February 15 and the matter will be taken up at this time. MINORS SHY AT M. V. RULES Small Iowa Colleges Object to Toeing; I Mark.. IOWA CITT, la.. Feb. 4.-(Speclal.)- Mlnor colleges in Iowa propose to play base ball against Iowa and Ames, members of the Missouri valley conference, under the Iowa conference rulings, which are not so strict as the'M. V. regulations. At present the athletic authorities of Iowa and Ames are not in favor of abiding by the ultimatum of the smaller schools and It is possible that the base ball schedules arranged a week ago today -her by a meeting of the managers will be completely changed so that the Hawkeyea and Aggies will have to look outside the atate for base ball datea. The smaller institutions with limited amount of eligible material undar the M. V. ruling believe that they should have the opportunity to play tinder the Iowa con ference rules. After having ' developed their teams with the stars admitted under the state ruling, they do not feel like rearranging their teams every time .-low or Ames is played. On the other hand Iowa and Ames do not like to add the players eligible under the Iowa ruling for these games and break up their lineups even if the M. V. rules be allowed. It Is known that the local athletlo board la strongly in favor of making the smaller schools toe the mark and at the present time of the stand of the minor, institutions makes it probable that the already widened breach will be made much wider when the base ball schedules are completely dia ananged. It will be the "Big Three,' Iowa. Ames and Drake against the field, with Iowa and Ames bearing the heavy part of the criticism, because Drake will have no base ball team this spring. , Captain Cheater Durrell of the University of Iowa base ball team received a letter of Instruction from Coach Ted Greene last week and on Monday the first eall for candidates will be Issued. The limbering up process will begin In earnest for the gymnasium as exams are over and the gym la the center of athletic interest. f Coach Greene will reach Iowa City the middle of next month and with an early spring the team will be practicing outdoors the last of March. The outdoor running track has "it been erected yet owing to tho adverse weather condition, but Coach "Sphinx" Delaney has been working industriously with the green material indoor. He has started a sys tem of relay races each Saturday after noon with every member of his squad on one team or the other. This has aroused more Interest in the Indoor training. Giu Commissioners Organise. NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 5. Uniformity of game laws in- the various states of the country, protection on non-gani birds, pre vention of "pot" hunting and restriction of the sale of game, establishment of slate game preserves and the organisation of guine warden service are tlie most Im portant topics Derore tne convention of the National Asoc,atlon or utme t'oinmis- sUmers whicli bet:n here today, -ntlon will nue thro41" The con--y. t" ' jar " , ' s ' I' it i . i J ( f - S J - ! " f ' ' -', rf NORTH' PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL FOOT BALL TEAM. Top row:' Neville (coach), Tout (superintendent). Stone (coach). Second row:' Wilson (guard), Tlgh (tackle), Ryan (end), (Buar.1). Third row: LeDayt (guard), Heillgan (tackle), Jones (half), Morris (full), Bullard (quarter), Cunningham (guard). Votaln (captain and full). Brown (end), Crist (guard). AGGIES LOSE TO HAWfvEYES Clever Work Toward Close of Game Brings Victory. RESULT IS SCORE OF 30 TO 27 Iowa I nlversltr Five Make Goals Successively by Fine Passing; Hyland avnd Stewart Torn the Trick. AMES la., Feb. 6.-(Speclal Telegram.) Iowa university today defeated Ames in basket ball,' to 27. Ames had the best of it until the last few moments of play, when Iowa scored several successive goals by cttever work. Brown of Ames was re tired on injuries. Weiss substituted and did good work. Herbert had an arm wrenched In the la?t few minutes of play, which weakened Ames considerably. At the end of the first half the score was 8 to . Ames led off In the second half and It looked like an easy victory until the last few moments. The big center Teveltrup, starred for Ames. Brown and Herbert also did great playing. Hyland and Stewart did the business for low a. The playing waa fast throughout und good fielding predominated. Tho lineup: AMES, Herbert UP. Brown R.r. TevKrup .....C. Moshor VO IOWA. R F Stewart L.F Sillenilar C Hyland R.Q Thomu Walker li.U.IL.U. Weat Substitutes: Weiss for Brown. Murphy for Thomas. AMERICANS INCREASE IN SIZE Measurements , Nhow. C'ollegre Men Larger Than Their Fathers. BOSTON, Feb. 5. Measurements by scl entlHts prove that tha American college athlete of today Is a much larger man than his father was, and that he Is con stantly growing. Mr.- Sargent of Harvard reports that the undergraduates of muscle at the Institution are an inch taller and from four to five pounds heavier than were the undergraduates of thirty years ago. HOTPK WINS BILLIARD MATCH Boy Bllllardlst Rons Oat Final Gam in Ten Innings. PITTSBURG, Feb. B. Willie Hoppe last night wen his l.SOO-point match at 1S.2 balk line billiards with Ura Mornlni;tai' by the grand total score of 1.500 to l.(Vi2. Hoppc's victory in running out his last block nf SO0 last night was the most decisive of anv of the three nights' play. He did it in ten linings, while Mornltigntar had only 225. Hoppe's average for the three nights' play was SC, while Mornlngstar's was 2145-47. lloppe's m.trvelous playing was the fea ture i.f the final play. He started off with a tally of VH, clicked off a 16 count In hts fifth Inning and finished his string in ten innings for an average of fifty flat for the evening's match. -MornlngHtar In nine innings totaled 226 for a twenty-five average. In the fifth Inning the outcome -of the match was really decided, wlien iloppe ran off a brilliant 18t score, the highest of the match. fcore bv Innings: Hoppe 12S, 27. 0, 28. 186. 1. 34. 12. fiO. 24. Total. 500. Average, 60. High runs. 1M, Grand total, 1.5U0. Orend averaKe, 30. Mornlngblar 1. 65. 0, 16, 45. 4o, 13. 1. 17. Total, 215. Average, 25. High runs. t&. Hi. Grand total, 1.4B2. Ui and average, 21 45 47. Hlh Priced Racer n Failure. COTTON PLANT, Miss.. Feb. 5. Pe Mund, the race horse for which Paul J Kainey of New York paid S46,0uu as a t-yras-old, as a 4-year-old has been disposed of for a "mnre trifle," It is said, to Roy Kainey. Althougn giving promise, at the time he entered the Kainey stables of ac complishing much on the turf. Lie Mund has failed and will be shipped to the Halney farm In Virginia. The amount of the pun has pric, waa nut given. Bee Want Ada produo rabulta Champions of Northwestern Nebraska Up HU;rv;'i' V ,J- V: ... VJl" .' : v; ny x . - : jr . .f l . i Wcstcrgaard Gomes -Tuesday For Big Match Dane is Determined to Best De Rouen in Finish Wrestle Thursday Night at the Auditorium. Jess Westegaard and his manager, Thor son, probably will cometo Omaha Tuesday to give Jess a good chance to work out here preliminary to hla match with Raoul de Rouen, theglgantlch Frenchman, at the Auditorium Thursday night. , If Jess Westegaard does hot win this match It will be a surprise to his Omaha admirers whosaw him go against the mighty Frenchman a year ago in that fierce handicap. The Frenchman only saved himself then by the most brutal treatment of his man that was ever seen on an Omaha mat. But Jess has made re markable progress slncethen and, while De Rouen has too, the Dane has it over the boy from Gay Paree in every possible way but strength and weight and they are not the decisive elemments in wrestling, al ways. Ever since that matchof a year ago Thor son and Westegaard havebeen trying to ge V Kennedy, De Rouen's manager, to make a finish, catch-as-catch-can match with Westegaard, but only within the last week havethey succeeded. There U there- foretho bitterest sort of rivalry between the two wrestlers. With 4vestegaard a vic tory would mean amagnlficent vboost in stock and enable him to get a better hear ing beforethe general, public, as a , candi date for the world'a championship than ho has yet had. . If the Frenchman should win it would give him a clearer tUle to be ing a real wrestler than anything hehas yet accomplished and if he loses it will bear his stock grievously, for he , needs every yictory hecan get to keep him be fore the footlights. Kennedy says de Rouen will win. Thor son says It doesn't lie in his power to do it and Jess says, "I'll show them." ' Gotch and Farmer Burns are watching this match with much Interest. They and Westegaard are all Iowans and Qotch and the Farmer, especially the latter, have taken great in terest in Westegaard from the time he first came on the mat. Burns Insists he has championship stock in him. Gotch agrees to tills theory provided, he says, "Jess can 'speed' "em up a little." At that Jess Is much faxterthan the Frenchmanand incomparably more skillful. He weighs about210 against de Rouen's 2G0 and stands 6 feet against de Rouen's 6-4. Manager Giilan has arranged Interesting preliminaries for the evening, lie .is pre paring to handle a big crowd. SOMB FAST Sdl'ASII CONTKSTS Good Matrhea Are Being; Arranged by the Uncqnet Clab. Squash men of the Onuiha Racquet club are nesollatlng with (Jeorge-A. Tliorne of Chicago, treasurer of the Montgomery Ward coiupuny and chairman oi he ten nis and racquet committee of tliu Culver ally club of Chicago, for u..me match team games In Chicago next week. Several mem bers of the Racquet club will vlf.lt Chicago to attend the automobile show and they wlJh to try their prcwets wlih the Chicago tracks at squash. The six Omaha players fur the team will be taken from tne.se players: Spike Kennedy, Kd Crelghtun, Musher Colpetzer, Robert Hurnn, L. L. Kountxe, Harry Wilkins and Lawrence Brinker. Si'' . . J ..- :i c; . ..... . v Wrestling; at Kanaaa City. KANSAS C1TV, Feb. S-Yuaiff Mah irout, Turk and Charles "Kid" Cutlers of Chicago will .feature In a wrestling card at Convention hall here on February 11. Kaoul I Hi Rouen, the Frenchman, and Pat Connelly, who bills himself as the "Irish champion" will furnish the preliminary. le Rouen agrees to throw Connolly twice In an hour or forfeit all claim to a share of the purs . p- . . . .... . .... , 1 . 'it:- .W'-" t - . vU ; n if &f; . m i- - it-. . . . Foot Ball Rules Committee Hunts For Danger Points Two Long; Sessions Devoted to Search for Things to Be Eliminated from Game. NEW TORK, Feb. 5. After being In ses sion from 10 o'clock Friday morning until about midnight the intercollegiate foot ball rules committee adjourned over to Saturday without making any definite rec ommendations for modifying the game. It was the general opinion of the committee that the game as played does tend to ex pose the players to too great likelihood of injury and this led to a discussion of the following question: "What are the sources of danger to the player In the present game of foot ball?" This subject was thrashed out during the day and night session, with a view to laying the groundwork for changes to be voted on. before, final adjustment. All agreed that if foot ball la to be preserved some of the present elements of danger must be eliminated. Parke H. Davis, the Princeton represent ative, says the impression In the minds of some people that Rugby is a more gen tle game than the one now in vogue In the United . States Is erroneous. To back up his assertion he said that in the game last fall between Oxford and Cambridge the captain of the Oxford team , waa knocked out before twelve minutes of play and' remained 'unconscious throughout the game, one Oxford forward had hla leg broken, another Oxford man suffered a "broken collarbone and the leader of the Oxford forwards sustained a broken car tilage. On the Cambridge team one play er's leg waa broken and two collarbones were broken. "Don't lot anyone toll you that Rugby ia a gentle game," said Davis. "I kno.w. for I played It for ten years." . LIKCOlV AMD GARFIELD PLACED Representatives of These Schools Win Positions in Athletic Contest. Lincoln and Garfield schools won places in the finale last night In the second eve ning of the athletic tournament at the Young Mens Christian association gym nasium at South Omaha. The schools competing were Lincoln. Garfield, West Bide, Corrlgan and Jungmann. The records made lat night were about on a par with those of the first night, but wnre raised a little on the broad Jump. The records of the first two nights will not appear In the official scoring. The finals will be held tonight at the Exchange build ing, where the crowd can be accommo dated. Last evening the crowd waa ex tremely large and the small gymnasium waa crowded to such an extent that little good work eould be accomplished. In the Exchange building there will be much more room both for the spectators and for the crowd. Ropes will be stretched about the pillars and the floor space required for the contestants will be kept clear. The four schools competing In the finals are Lincoln, Garfield, Central and Brown Park. JACK PKSDHV (iOKS TO SPOKANE Little Utility Man la Sold by Pa Rourke for Cash. Jaok Pendrj', utility man on the Omaha team, goes to Spokane. For aome time Pa Roiirke haa been negotiating for the sale of Pcndry and a caxh deal has finally been fixed up with Spokane, Pendry came to Omaha lost year touted aa a crack third baseman, but he failed to make good at that corner of the diamond and Pa bought Slugger Dili Scblpke from Washington to cover the sack. Pvndry waa kept as utility in and outfielder. Bowlers Lino I p for Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., Feb. I. Final prepara tions for ths la 10 tournament of the Ameri can Bowling congress, which begins here February 26, and ends March 15, are in full swing. Already 400 five-men team entries are assured. The prise money will reach (25,000. said to be the iargwt In the history of the congress. The last date on which entries can be received la February U. 4 t. t ' f J Fenwlck (end),' Kllnk (center), Bonner Lower row: Russell (quarter). Day (end), KLIN C IS ANXIOUS TO PLAY Former Chicago Catcher Says He Wants to Get in Game. APPLIES TOR REINSTATEMENT For Many Months He Hna Been Panels) to Fins the Country Over. May Have to Pay Fine. CINCINNATI, O., Feb. S.-John Kllng, catcher of the Chicago National league club, who quit the team about a year ago, has applied to the National Base Ball com mission for reinstatement. His written ap plication was received by Chairman Herr mann today. ' K'lng for many months has been a puzsle to the base ball enthusiasts throughout the country. Many Interviews have been given cut in which it was declared that he wanted to go back Into base ball, and then a few daya later it would be reported that he would never again play ball. It Is probable that the national commission will reinstate htm on condition that he pay a fine. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. V. John Kling, the catcher, this afternoon confirmed the report that he had applied to the National Base Ball commission for reinstatement. "I want to play ball again," . said Kling, "and for that reason am getting in line. I have no plans tp go with any particular club; simply want to pave the way In case I finally decide to play again." Disagreement with Morphy. CHICAGO. Feb. 6.-Kllng did not play with the ' Chicago Nationals .last season because of an alleged disagreement with Charles W. Murphy over terms. Murphy sent Kling a letter In which he gave h,lm indefinite leave of absence in order, that he might attend to his business in Kansas City. Kling has said that the only reason he did not play here was that he had no cne he could leave in charge of his billiard hall. It la not known what action will bo taken by tho national commission, as the rules provide a penalty of suspension for three or ftve years for similar offenses. Tlarere . Meet Stare Tonight. The Tiger five meats the Stars, a picked team, composed of some of the best basket ball players in the Young Men's Christian association, at the gymnasium tonight. The Stars will be composed of Roblson and Lynn from the Crecent five, Burdick and Welrlcu of the hlgn school, and Nagle and Hill from last year's Zenith team. No ad mission will be charged this evening snd the game will be called promptly at 8:30. "No Decision" at Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE. Feb. 5.-Mike (Twin) Sul livan of Boston and Jlmtay Clabby of Mil waukee, welterweights, fought a ten-round "no decision" bout before the National Athletic club of Milwaukee tonight. Both men finished strong and tho newspaper men decided the contest a draw. Snnp Shots. Even after a man learns to say "no" to his friends he usually says "ooiup" to his wife. About the hardest thing In this world for a man to do Is to have a mean disposi tion wlihout exercising It. There are some suspicious men who can not accept sympathy without wondering if it Is going to cost them anything. The kind of barbers who call themsnlves tonsorial artists have di-lven a great many rren to the use of safety rasors. When It comes to aiding the good raufe, the averaae man would rather contribute hla opinion than anything elne he haa. A woman is a person who can never un derstand why her huxbaiid would rather tell old Jokes than listen to the latest gos sip. The bitterest day In any ewent girl grad ual s life la that on which she refuses to marry a good bookkeeper In order to win fame and fortune by writing for the maga zines. noma honest womvn will admit that they wear a little surplus, hair, employ com plexion falsifiers and add, flctkluua vniues to their figures. But they will dei.y that their teeth are phony, Dallas News. NATIONAL EVENT COMES TO OMAHA Tennis Men Jubilant in Securing Clay Court Championship for This City. FIELD CLUR TO BE THE HOST Winner of Middle West Tourney to Be Adjudged National Champion. INTEREST ALL OVER THE WEST ' Players of Renown Will Visit Omaha to Compete for New Honors. OTHER CITIES GIVE THEIR AID First Tournament Comes to Omaha nd Others May Bid for ".arereil In Seasons for the Honor of Acting; aa Host. Omnha ta to have the honor of holding a national tennla tournament thla summer, according to the decision of the United States National Lawn Tennis" association. For some years Omaha has been a cen tral figure In tennis circles, but this yenr Is to have a national championship for clay courts. Western tennis men have been combat ting for some years for recogiltlon aa a factor In tennis affairs and it remained for the Omaha tennis men to fight their way to the front and put Omaha and the west on the tennis map of the country. When the national association sanctioned the clay court tennis championship for Omaha at its moetlng Friday It simply carried out the wishes of the tennis men of the entire west. Two years ago the Omaha Field club made formal application for the creating as a fixture a national clay court cham pionship to be held ,annually on the Field club courts, but the easterners have, until this time, remained firm In their efforts to keep control of the championships. A year ago concerted action was started by the tennis men of the west to try to force recognition at the hands of the east erners and now their efforts have been crowned with success. Will M. Wood of the Field club, Dr. P. B. Hawk of the University, of Illinois and Ralph Eber- hardt of Cincinnati have been the prime movers In this campaign to arouse a senti ment In favor of the clay courts. The "American Lawn Tennis," the official organ of the association, has been kept full of articles on olay courts until a senti ment was aroused which crystalled In success. ' . Tennla as played on clay courts la a far different game from that played on the turf and the association has practically created a rvew national championship and given Omaha the honor of holding the first meet. The winner of the Omaha tourna ment will have a national title, although the turf championships will still be de cided at Newport. The Omaha ' Field club, with its aoven splendid clay courts has a reputation nation wide and every effort will be made by the tennis men of the club to keep up that reputation. When the tournament Is held In August 1t Is expected that many more prominent players will bo here be cause of the fact that the winner will have a national title. FIRST - MEETING IN OMAHA Clay Court Tennla Championship ' of United States la Created. NEW TORK. Feb. 5. Under the leader ship of Dr. P. W. Hawx of Urbana, 111., western delegates won a victory in tho twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Na tional Lawn Tennis association In New York yesterday by carrying a resolution to hold a clay court championship, to be designated as the clay court championship of the United States. The contest will be held at the Omaha Field club on a date to be announced. ' As had been expected, the calling of th roll Vof delegates and proxies developed confusion. Dr. P. B.) Hawk of the Uni versity of Illinois, as the leader Of the western snd southern divisions, In favor of (he national clay court championship, said that their proxies were Incomplete.' Discussing the International team's work, Frederick B. Alexander' declared that, con-, slderlng the ages of Maurice F. McLaughlin and Melville II. Long, the two Callfornlana, they did remarkable work In Australia. A vote of appreciation was tendered them. Dr. James Dwlght of Host n, president for eighteen years; Secretary ilosklna and Treasurer Stevens were all re-elected. . ' Dr. Kawk took the place of Dv-ight F. Davis of St. Louis on Uie executive com mittee. It waa unanimously voted to chal ngo the Australians this year for the Davia n ternational challenge cup. A tilt between the Crescent Athletic cIul and the Onwentsla club, Chicago, came with the awarding of preliminary east, weat, aouth and Pacific coaat national doubles championship. On the vote the tournament went to the west for the second time. All of the old fixtures will be decided by the usual courts, the all-comers national on the Casino courts at Newport, R. I., next August. ' AMERICA ASSOCIATION i NEWS President Chlvlnaton Announce Con. tracts and Releases. CHICAGO, Feb. 5 President T. M. Chiv Ington of the American association, an Ington of the Amerlcr.n association has au releases: Contracts With Indianapolis, Leroy W. Gray; Louisville, W. Callahan, E. Rlchter, F. A. Donald, K. White, J. F. Bushxlman, O. L. Baber, P. J. Casey, John Baker. C. 8. Hlglnbotham, H. C. Peltz, O. Woodruff; Milwaukee, C. McKhane, W. L. Ludwlg, C. R. Short. G. K. Sclui.ua, L. Manske, O. McGlynn, T. J. Dougherty, H. Clark, C. Robinson, B. McCormack, J. V.. Barry, N. J. Randall, J. E. Barrett. P. B. Slower. Releases By Toledo to Portland, Ore., Fisher; to Nashville, M. Lynch; to Canton, Spencer and Colilna; to Canton, uncondi tional. E. Donovan; by Milwaukee, to Day ton, O., C. Wacker: by Louisville to Co lumbus, K. Packard; by Kanaaa City to Vernon, Cal., It. P. Hrastteur and W. G. Carlisle; by Minneapolis to Racine, Wis., Heckinger and Moore; by Minneapolis to Oreeu Hay, Wis.. F.rickson; bv St. Paul to Plttsbuig, John Flynn. Roller and Ordemaa Matched. SKATTLR. Wash., Feb. B.-Mr. B. F. Roller and Henry (irdeman of Minneapolis have ben matched to wrestle In this city next Wednesday. Roller' will lesv the Jeffries party at Butte Sunday iilgiit and return to !."'