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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY G, 1910.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
Omaha Athletes Prepare for Big- Indoor Meet; Clay Court Tennis Championship; Summer Races
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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;
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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,
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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
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R F Stewart
L.F Sillenilar
C Hyland
R.Q Thomu
Walker
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 !."'
