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TlIE OMA1IA SUNDAY Bee.
OMAHA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4.
1910.
Judgment!
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HP! National commit;.? I on put its foot
down on the proposition of two all
star tams from the two major leagues
playing pot-anoii gam over Hie
country under the mananenient or i
TiirUnr.V nutpnnlbl V on the ground that such
an arrangement would interfere with the
world's series. Of course It wouia. sinco
many of the player would De tiraiieu irum
th. C!ul and Athletics, the teams which
will, undoubtedly contend for the world's
honors, but there la another reason why
the commission very properly refused to
anctlon this deal, and that la that It does
. ' . nnmnrnmiHA bSse ball In
J IU I .1 HJ. Ill-1 iw
. ...nh w.v. Tex Rlckard Is, no doubt
a very nice gentleman and a successful
prize fight promoter, but Texas cannot be-
ome a promoter In the base can ousinex,
nnt with Inn aDDroval of organised ball.
' He will have "to get his money from the
people in some other way. There is a wide
difference between base ball and pugilism
and It Is fairly well defined In this very
.i,.ninfi Tta hall la a rime adapted to
the best there Is In the cttlzenahlp of the
fUnlted States, and the men who make up
a'.. . . i ..... i ... mu.t nAt be
r permitted to engage In the hippodrome Bwsi
jvn out of season. It Is neoessary
for the authorities of base ball to recognise
thlcs to this extent. Major league players
are well paid and do not need to snatch
at every chance to make a few extra aoi
lin Furthermore, their employers are en
titled to some property rt(?ht In them, and
,th!s Is not adequately safeguarded where
Jmeil put In the entire year playing Dan.
Comtskey waa one of six magnates to bid
fr i -- Devil Dick Altlser In the draft
.-v. v... v,,, rinxinnsil eot him. The
. iiaii ij-uut v . . . -
old Roman saw his mistake In letting
Aitixer io to Minneapolis, where he has
been a big factor In winning the American
association pennant, and it is too bad he
mnM not have been the one to get him
Ku,.v frnm Cantlllon. It Is a fine tribute
to a player when six major league cluba
throw the draft after him. ine tura a won
is the White Box wanted him.
Th. numher of minora drafted by the
majors thti year. 115. la, the greatest ever
and goes to ahow tne aeon cuniiuuiv
both National and American league team
wnera are engaged In. for new material.
Undoubtedly, aa usual, many men have
beerJ drafted, who, when the test cornea,
v,iii-.ii hut thev must all go through
mm tair' or another. Omaha
Buffered we- fiy, suffered advisedly to
Dlayer. Rlggert. who
goea to Boston Americana. It la a loes
f'to Omaha to have to part witn a man vi
Rlggerfa ealiber for tha measly sum of
11.500, which la the draft price to Class
A teams. He Is undoubtedly the find of
. t. ta.ia mnA nna of the
the seaaon uj :
most promising youngsters the old scout
, bas ever scared out of the brushes. It
4 .-la a pity Omaha cannot keep him for at
least another year, by which time, bar
rth accidents, he ought to be a very val
uable man. But It Is the same old story.
Jimmy Austin waa taken from Omaha
under the draft rule when he should have
Arought at the very least $4,000. Sohoon-
Stiver, another one of Pa s finds In Kansas,
was drafted by the Giants, but aa the num
ber bad been reached, he waa among those
disallowed. Does anybody wonder that the
Class A clubs have a hard time getting
together good material when the big
leagues rake the country with a fine tooth
comb for all the available material? Yet
the Class A teams have the grade below
them, from which to draw.
'world'sSt
WESTERN LEAGUE AVERAGES
Sioux City Slnsjgert Are Going at a
Rapid Gait.
C0REID0N IS STIIX STEALING
Fen (on Leads the l.rasnr with an
Avrrntt of ..101 for OTlt Times
lie lias Beem at Dat
This Aeason.
8loux City has an undisputed claim on
the batting leadership of the Western lea
gue with nine men batting above the .500
mark, and a club average of .308. The en
tire league hu only twenty-one players
batting over .300. King leads the locals at
bat, with an average of .307, and the home
cluh Is sixth, at .250.
Omaha la third on the sacrifice lint, with
216, fourth In bane stealing, with 221, and
fifth in club fielding, with an average of
M. Corrldon still bears the responsibility
for what little the Rourkes have In the way
of sacrifices and . steals. He leads the
league In sacrifices, with forty-one, and Is
second In stealing, with fifty.
McOiath of Lincoln leads the pitching
staff at .750. Rhodes is high mart for
Omaha, at .615. Keeley has .500, and the
other Rourke twlrlers are spread out be
tween .600 and .800. TCnsley, the new pitcher
secured by Topeka from the Kansas State
league. Is at the bottom of the- Hat, al
though In the few games he has played so
far he has had little opportunity to show
what he can do. Lincoln and Sioux City
each have four men pitching above .900.
Rlggert leads the Rourkes In fielding,
and holds twelfth place In the league. On
fifty-two chances he has errored only once
and has a percentage of
Batting; A vera ices.
AB. R. H.
Fenlon, Sioux City 61S 108
Myers. Bloux City 328 27 114
Miller, Sioux City 379 75 130
Beall, Denver 471 100 163
Towne, Sioux City 129 24 41
Hammond, Hloux City 80 14 27
McAleese, Denver 162 29 54
uraniion, jenver smo ihz ib
Neighbors. Sioux City 6'9
vumin, nioux uiiy..
Curtis, Des Moines
Knapp, Lincoln ....109
Hartman, Sioux City 427
iiing, umant
Jonej. St. Joseph
O'Toole. Sioux City....
McChesney, St. Joseph
Lindsay, Denver
Belden, . Wichita
Cobb, Lincoln
Koerner, Wichita
Rellly, St Joseph
Graham, Omaha
Berkley. Topeka
Stem. Sioux City
Nel hof f. Des 1 Moines .
Cole, Lincoln
Wtedensaul, Lincoln '.
Dolan. Denver
Rlggert, Omaha ....
Cockman. Lincoln
Westerzll, Wichita ....
Powell, St. Joseph-....'
Colllgan. Des Moines .
CM1HW, wicniit ,,,
Cad man, Omaha
Fox. Lincoln
Oagnler, Lincoln
Thomas, Lincoln 469
Corrldon, Omaha 474
8 171
514 113 169
401 67 126
12 94
77 132
72 116
91 149
9 19
81 148
103 145
73 137
76 145
62 131
45 81
23 43
11 31
94 154
91 137
44 77
4ft 101
102 121
-30
136
63 140
89 131
67 126
It 1s now practically certain that the
world" aSiertes will be played between
...... m . tkUiu. n (hfl ihnmnlonl
luua nu v- i ii i 1 1
year
work,
lertes will be played between the
or
the National and American leagues re
spectively. The two teams ought to put up
an excellent fight for the final honor. The
Cubs will have to whip around Into normal
condition before meeting this test, but they
np.ihaiilv will be able to do that. The er-
. ouaht to be fully as hard-fought as
was that last year between the Cubs and
ri..rs. The Athletics are stronger in m
box than the Tigers ere, having ono of
the best staff pitchers In either Uague and
thtte stars are likely to make tlio Cubs
some trouble, though If the Nationals are
In condition they probably will win the bat
tle. In the first place, Chicago has the
beat 'working t-aao ball machine in the
country and the best. In the minds of many
experts, that ever wwa organized. This
the Athletics nave aune
but It Is one year aalnst hair a
doten with the Cuba, u was
lack f team work toward the end of the
srason In 10U that caused Mack s men to
fall down and let the Tigers win tho Amer
ican Uague flag. They also lacked nerve,
a thing the Cubs possess in abundance.
The playing rules are In need of some
definite u.terpretatlon by the solona this
winter. The old hidden ball trick has
caused fresh trouble. The other, when
the Cuba worked ll on Devore of New
York Zimmerman, at third, hiding It while
Reulbach atoo In the bpx. Umpire Rigler
called balk aid aent Devore hume, on the
ground that Reulbach was to position to
deliver the ball and failed to do so. The
Cardinals played the trick on the Cubs at
St. Louis a few days befure that and the
Cubs made a holler about a balk. Hank
O Day gave them the laugh and said the
pitcher could atand in the box all summer
to long as he made no motion to deliver
ball. There ought to be same specific
ruling on thla. for it is aggravating to
have confusion coming up so frequently.
.378
....484
.... 62
....484
....470
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....478
....433
....270
....144
....104
....616
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....471 74
....488
....457
....441
....311
....211
.... 71
'....474
Av.
.861
.351
.346
.346
.341
,837
.833
.332
.829
.328
.314
.312
.309
.307
.307
.306
.806
.3(16
.S"4
.303
.80S
.300
.299
.298
.298
.296
,296
.294
.292
.291
32 80
11 20
81 133
82 131
96 132
.287
.27
.2
.286
.284
.282
.281
.279
.278
Fisher, Denver 65
Isbnll. Wichita 2.MS
Corhan, St. Joseph 4(0
Mlddleton, Wichita
Judo. Lincoln 45
Welch, Sioux City 2U
Weaver, Denver I'm
Davis. Wichita 3.1
lver. lies Moines 415
Clark, Lincoln 248
Hughes. Wichita 464
llullenbeck, Oinitha 12."
Casslrly, Denver 474
Htoffer, Topeka 118
Pettlgrew, Wichita liil
Fox, St. Joseph 4M
Mattlck, Des Moines 481
Kane, Omaha 442
Olnistee.il, Denver 82
Holes, St. Joseph 31U
Kllev. Topeka 126
(ieiflt. I.incoln 71
Mc Murray, lenver 323
Hernche, Des Moines 1S6
Goodrich, St. Joseph 40
Andreas, rtlonx City 4u.'i
Morlarty, Omaha 101
Lloyd, Denver 4S&
Shea. Topeka 2S
tionding, Omaha 279
Durham, Wichita 95
Welch, Toptka 245
Krh4nk: Omaha 217
Cieminons, Wichita 46
Kelley, Denver 228
Schrelber, Denver 99
Kellly, Topeka 466
Thomson, Omaha 367
Barber, Topeka 61
Claire, Wichita 419
Davis, Omaha 333
Maxey, Topeka 22
Farthing, Lincoln 67
Schmld, Wichita 107
Jarnlgan, Wichita 116
Jepson, Topeka ' 9
Williams, Des Moines 203
Frambea, St. Jotieph 183
Ehman. Denver 88
Kelly, Des Moines 70
Swift, St. Joseph 94
Wooley, Topeka 427
Freeman, Sioux City 88
Davis, Des Molnee 93
Shaner, Wichita 74
Wl)son Sioux City 89
Blersdorfer, Dos Moines.... 66
Krueger, Lincoln 135
Mavf.hunt Ties Moines 86
Chabek, Sioux City 66
Sullivan, uncom i
Mxltor. Omaha 91
'Adams, Denver 48
Keeley, omana no
Wright, Wichita 102
Galganot St. Joseph 38
Haaerman. Denver 61
Abbott, Topeka 184
Schnelberg, lies JHOines u
Jalkson, Topeka .104
Clemmons, Dee Moines.... 163
Alderman, Sioux City 72
Kaufman, St. Joseph 97
Fugate, Topeka 71
Brown, Topeka 47
Aitchlson. Wichita 81
Mitchell. Des Molnee 34
Omaha 48
St. Joseph 85
.. 29
.. 66
.. 63
.. 16
..104
.. 75
.. 10
.. 52
.. 65
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PO.
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76
24
,1.338
, 297
16
. 475
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7
Stowers
Johnson, St. Joseph....
Hanifan, St. Joseph
Schackleford. Wichita..
McGrath, Lincoln
Ensley, Topeka
Owens, Des Moines
Harris, Denver ...
Fentress, Omaha
Rhodes, Omaha
Hagerman, Lincoln ....
Schnelberg. Des Moines.
Clemmons, Wichita ....
Barber, Topeka
Stem. Sioux City
Weaver, Denver l...:....
Gelst, Lincoln
Hrtow Wlfhlta -
.29 1 Clemmons, Des Moines.
rt'TAnla Qimiv rttv
uwyer, Des xuoines i.roi
Frambea , St. Joseph 250
Rlggert, Omaha 60
Cassldy. Denver 242
Kane, Omaha 1,104
Llndnay. Denver 1,227
Isbell. Wichita 680
Jarnlgan, Wichita 0
11 18 .277
38 71 .27b
57 121 .2,5
68 1 15 .27o
78 133 .274
42 74 .23
21 4D .273
2 9 .2,3
62 112 .2,0
27 M .26
84 123 ,2rt
21 :3 .
65 125 .264
.12 31 .263
63 92 .22
79 119 .2"0
69 124
70 114 .258
7 21 .256
35 7 .Hit
15 2 .2.4
11 IS .2."4
37 81 .251
16 34 .250
2 10 .2f0
106 113 .248
13 25 .248
8.1 120 .247
18 51 .246
28 68 .244
11 23 .242
18 59 .241
42 64 .240
6 11 .239
89 54 .237
16 23 .2.(6
64 109 . 234
38 86 .234
4 14 .230
72 96 .229
68 76 .228
1 6 .227
9 15 .224
16 24 .224
16 26 . 224
0 2 .222
23 45 .222
18 43 .219
12 19 .216
7 15 .214
V 20 .213
69 90 .211
13 18 .206
13 19 .204
15 15 .m
12 18 .202
9 13 .202
16 27 . 209
12 17 .197
8 11 .196
9 9 .191
6 17 .187
8 9 .187
12 16 .186
7 19 .186
6 T .184
6 11 .180
13 33 .179
1 S .176
5 18 .173
12 28 .172
13 12 .167
11 15 .156
4 11 .155
0 7 .149
5 12 .148
3 6 .147
2 7 .146
10 12 .141
8 4 .138
5 9 .136
6 7 .132
0 2 .125
6 13 .126
6 9 .120
0 1 .100
6 5 .06
2 6 .001
a.
A. E. Av,
0 1.000
11 . 0 1.000
23 0 1.000
" 89 18 .UfS
69 & .987
48 1 .985
96 . 9 .984
81 6 .981
51 1 1 .983
77 21 .982
69 6 .9S2
2 1 .981
19 6 .981
74 23 .981
91 27, .90
40 15 .980
91 2 .980
Gondlng
Wright,
Omaha
Wichita
Meltrr. Omaha
Jones, St. Joseph
Koerner, Wichita
Mattlck, Des Molne
Towne, Sioux City
lleckley, Topeka .
Clark, Lincoln
Miller. Sioux City
Belden, Wichita
Beall, Denver
Mo Murray, Denver
lvruger, Lincoln
Sullivnn. Lincoln
Shea, Topeka
Olmstead, Denver
McAleese, Denver
Hughes, Wichita
Fisher. Denver
r.hniaii, Deliver
UcChesnev. St. Joseph...
Abbott. Topeka
Amlreajl. Klnux Cltv
Gaanier,-Lincoln
Lloyd, Denver
t'adrnan, Omaha
Stiddleton, w lontta
Neighbors, Sioux City ...
Fox. St. Joseph
Dmham. W'lehlta
Swift, St. Joseph
Jude, Lincoln
Schrelber, Denver
Wiedensaul, Lincoln ....
Blersdorfer, Dte Moines..
Htowers. Omaha
Boles, St. Joseph
1 'avis, Wichita,
King, Omaha
Oixkms- Des Moines
Bnaley, Topeka
Hagerman, uenver
Wooley, Topeka
Shaner. Wichita
Davis, Omaha
Rhodes, Omaha
Fox, Lincoln
Davis, Des Moines
Pettlgrew, Wichita
vala. Omaha
Goodrich, St. Joseph
Fentress, Omaha .........
Claire, Wichita
Bachant. Dee Moines ....
Williams, Dea Moines ....
Hereohe, Des Moines ....
tlarurman. Lincoln .....
Hammond. Sioux City ...
Shaekleford. Wichita ....
Thompson, Omaha
Hartman, Bloux City ....
Farthing. Lincoln
Kelly, Dee Moines
W.ntenll. Wichita
Graham. Omaha
Cole, Lincoln
Curtis, Des Moines
Cobb, Lincoln v.
Welch. Topeka
Schmidt. Wichita
Alderman, Sioux t.;ity ....
Mvers, Sioux City
Ccickman, Lincoln
Corrldon, Omaha
Corhan. St. Joseph
Aitchlson, Wichita
Freeman, Sioux City ....
Jackson. Tooeka
Johnson, St. Joseph
Adams, Denver
Harris, Denver ;
Shlpke, Omaha
Wilson, Sioux City
TTnli.nfr.A.lr Omaha
Cranston. Denver 202
U'ulfh RlniiY CntV ....
OMlgano, St. Joseph .
Powell, St. joscpn ...
Colllgan, Des Moines
Hanifan, St Joseph .
Reily. Topeka
Fugate, Topeka
Dolan, Denver
Rellly, St. Joseph ....
Stoffer, Topeka
Nethoff. Des Moines ,
Mitchell, Dee Moines ,
Fenlon, Sioux City .,
Jepson, Topeka
McGrath, Lincoln ....
Knapp. Lincoln
Mortarty. Omaha
Qnlllin. Sioux City ..,
Kaufman, St. Joseph
Riley, 'Topeka 49
731 tfWiy i7'
STCcp TT T TT (T
4O0 111 11 .979
22 72 2 .979
13 70 2 .976
933 162 37 .976
m 84 24 .974
287 22 .972
242 39 8 .972
263 17 .972
47 17 2 .9.0
381 77 14 .970
717 158 28 .9t,9
2fi 17 7 .969
333 16 12 .967
386 90 18 . 964
226 65 11 .94
75 82 4 .SM
t'A 106 18 .962
It 82 4 . 9.4
65 6 3 .959
327 354 29 . 9 ,9
23 0 1 .9.8
17 71 4 .957
241 19 12 .9,6
3,4 29 19 . 955
314 294 29 .954
37,6 374 36 .963
285 361 82 .9773
282 81 18 .9iYl
245 25 14 .9.M
209 18 12 .9:70
279 S17 32 .949
8 86 6 .948
16 75 6 .948
211 19 13 .947
78 5 .946
207 254 27 .943
4 63 4 . 944
8 44 i .942
856 191 83 .943
20 12 I .941
221 15 15 .940
7 7 1 6 . 946
1 14 1 .937
7 63 4 .W7
198 14 14 .937
6 67 6 .935
100 12 12 .935
T 50 4 .934
4 51 4 .938
64 60 .942
155 18 13 .9R0
10 70 .9:0
12 1 1 .829
1 12 1 .929
198 267 36 .928
129 37 13 .92
129 133 21 .926
26 87 9 .926
8 47 4 . 926
11 76 7 .925
7 55 5 .925
256 109 81 .922
256 333 60 .922
8 63 6 .921
84 1 3 .921
170 801 41 .920
121 87 18 .920
134 49 1 .920
206 11 19 .819
184 20 18 .919
175 137 28 .918
S3 90 11 .918
4 86 8 .918
88 " 33 11 .S17
137 267 37 .916
825 389 67 .914
291 361 61 .914
13 93 10 .914
13 61 7 .914
7 76 8 .912
4 78 8 .911
4 87 4 .811
62 7 .910
93 135 23 .908
8 70 8 .908
28 68 10 .908
202 244 47 .905
83 39 13 .904
4 33 ' 4 .9u2
192 It 22 -02
299 310 67 .901
0 18 2 .900
251 835 66 . 899
13 48 7 . 897
152 179 38 . 897
81 133 25 . 895
28 67 11 .SH
199 296 60 .892
6 28 4 .892
117 14 18 .891
0 8 1 .889
7 72 10 .888
17 83 IS .885
25 51 10 .884
156 261 67 .879
12 68 11 .879
14 6 8 .870
49 1 8 .862
Chabek. Sioux City 6 62 11 .9
Kelly, Ienver Ill 118 89 .8776
Pitcher' Kecords.
The records of pitchers who have got
results In five or more games are as fol
lows: Won. Lost. Pet.
McGrath, Uncoln 12 4 .750
O'Toole, Sluux City 11 4 .733
Hanifan, St. Joseph 6 2 .714
Fox, Lincoln 14 6 . 700
Hammond, Sioux City .... 18 7 .68
Schrelber, Denver 19 8 .679
Freeman, Sioux City 16 8 .667
Aitchlson. WichlU 15 8 .G.M
Mitchell, Des Moines 7 4 .68
Uelst, latncoln 11 7 .6f2
Ulmstead, Denver 18 U .621
Alderman, Sioux City 18 11 .6.1
Rhodes, Omaha 8 6 .H5
Hagerman, Lincoln 11 7 .611
Durham, Wichita 17 11 .607
Owens, Des Moines 16 11 .6"3
Adams, Denver 7 6 .5K3
Swift. St. Joseph 15 11 .577
Wilson, Bloux City 14 11 .560
Ehman, Denver 13 11 .643
Hagerman. Denver 8 .529
Knapp, Lincoln 10 9 .626
Farthing, Lincoln 12 11 .521
Johnson, St Joseph 15 14 .517
Keeley. Omaha 16 15 .500
Jarnlgan, Wichita 13 13 .to0
Chabek, Sioux City 6 .500
Melter, Omaha 12 14 .462
Harris, Denver 8 10 .444
Hersche, Des Molnee 14 18 .437
Hollenbeck, Omaha 10 11 .435
Kaufman. St. Joseph 12 16 .120
Shaekleford. Wichita 10 15 .4tJ
Shaner, Wichita 6 t .400
Blersdorfer, Des Moines .. t 14 .381
Galgano, St. Joseph B 8 .386
Wright. Wichita 11 20 .Sn5
Schnelberg. Des Motnea ... 4 .333
Stowers, Omaha S U .312
Jackson, Topeka 22 , .290
Fugate, Topeka 17 .J61
Bather, Topeka 1 7 .125
Ensley. Topeka m
Team Records.
Battlng-Sloux City. .808; Denver, .281;
Lincoln, .269; Wichita, .264 ; 8t. Joseph, .2h0;
Omaha, .250; Des Moines, .260; Topeka, .248.
Fielding Wichita, .956; Lincoln, .964;
Denver, .649; Sioux City., .947; Omaha,
.944; St. Joseph, .941; Des Moines, .936; lo-
Pestoien Bases Denver. 288; Sioux City, 247;
St. Joseph. 246; Omaha. 221; Lincoln, 213;
Des Moines, 209; Wichita, 164; Topeka, 95.
Sacrifice Hits Denver, 234; Sioux City,
229; Omaha, 216; Lincoln, 194; 6t. Joseph.
181; Wichita, 166; Des Moines. 154; To
peka, 107.
Stolen Bases
Dolan. D 54Thomas, L 39
Corrldon, O EOiQulllln. g. C 87
Neihoff, D. M 49'Andreas. S. C 36
Jones, St. J 46Stem, S. C 33
Beall. D 44 Rellly, St. J 83
Lindsay. D 44jCobb, L 32
Fox, St. J 40 . i
All other players have less than 32.
Sacrifice Hlt
Corrldon, 0 41IColllgan. D. M 80
Cassldv, D 40 Westersil, W 27
Fox, St. J Su'Lindsay, D 27
Stem. 8. C 30fMeChesney. St. J. ..26
Neighbors, 8. C... 30 Cobb, L 25
Gagnler. L 30 Qulllln, S. C 25
No other player has to exceed 24.
TOO MUCH FOOT BALL REFORM
Expert Says Save the Old Game as
it Is.
GOOD TEAMS ARE IMPOSSIBLE
No Standard of ' Efficiency Cam Be
Maintained, aya Barton Brown
tianae la IVaturally a,
Hosts One.
NEW TORK. Sept. S. Mr. Burton 8.
Brown says: It must have required a lot
of ether for the operation on foot ball that
the rules committee performed. The ex
perts have "reformed" the game to meet
a public demand for reform. Now It Is
'up to the public' to decide what sort of a
game It haa received from the operating
table.
Foot ball haa been practically "reformed"
to death. For several years everything has
betm more or less experimental because of
reform. Spectators have not been able to
get the run of things. It has been Im
possible for coaches or players to settle
down and work out any system of play
that would endure. Everything has been
topey turvy, and many of the essentials
of the great American game have gradually
been lost
Some of the most stirring contests In the
history of foot ball were played years ago
under the old rules. Serious Injuries were
few. Then, the experimental period began,
and the game has been on an unsteady
foundation ever since.
Real American foot ball Is a game for
big, strong men, and when It becomes a
sport In which little men can indulge, It
Is no longer American foot ball, but merely
a hodge podge affair for athletes who are
not quite good enough to make their marks
in departments of college sport for which
they are better suited physically.
Of course. If the American public should
proclaim In a loud voice that American
foot ball Is too strenuous a sport. It would
be possible to get a substitute. If a sub
stitute Is required, why not Introduce It
outright and stop torturing the old game
which has been the standby of the uni
versities for years?
We might take that Canadian game which
proved such a disappointment to New
Yorkers last fall when two visiting teams
tried to show us that we did not know any
thing about foot ball. I, for one, do not
believe In permitting every Tom. Dick and
Harry to talk us out of this and that
feature of play that has made American
foot ball so much better than the grid
Iron sports of other countries,
if we take one thing from one style of
game and something else from another,
what name Is there under the sun that
we can give to the composite creature?
The trouble Is that we were not content
In the beginning to "leave good enough
alone." Then, when once the doora of ex
periment were thrown open, one change re
quired another, until now we do not know
Just "where we are at."
American foot ball for years has been
writhing under a terrific mauling. Figur
atively, It has been crying: "I wish you
would leave me alone, and give me a'
chance." But that waa only the signal for
more mauling, until today,, the game Is
too weak to make even a peep.
Conditions have developed that have made
It almost Impossible for any team to main
tain a true and steady standard of ef
ficiency from year to year. They have Im
posed a nerve-racking task on coaches, and
exposed all players to a variety of dangers.
The coaches have found It necessary ' to
take chances In order to overcome new
fads of play, and the players, not having
had time enough to thoroughly master new
requirements, have not been able to learn
how to avoid new dangers. ''
If played during the coming season under
the new rules In American foot ball, all
well and good, and let's stick to It; If not.
It ought to be called something else for tha
sake of the old game which probably would
have been all light today If a lot of frills
had not been tacked to Its fundamental
principles.
Nobody can say at the present time
what the season will bring forth, unless It
be confusion both on the field and In the
stands.
MOTOR BOAT EtNTRIES DROP OUT
Owners Advise Officials They Cannot
Try Niagara Rare.
BPFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 3.-As the time
for the power boat race through the
Niagara whirlpool rapids draws near the
entry list begins to dwindle. The race Is
set for September 17. Out of twenty pos
sible entries more than half have advised
the committee in charge that they cannot
prepare for the race this year and suggest
postponing It until next season. The com
mittee will meet here on September T,
when official announcement will be made
as to whether there will be enough starters
to comply with the conditions.
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Art Fenlon has been transferred aaln.
This time to Atlanta. There are two or
three other teams Art has not played on.
Pittsburg is making a poor finlh after
that grand streak of winning.
ti,. la b'ntween Pirates and Giants
rWar second place.
We may land In that first division yet.
R'ho knows?
Denver has disappointed us again.
' alwjx City with no strings.
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That won the GOO-mile endurance race from Oraah
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Fairmont, Hastings, Kearney, Grand Island, Colum
bus, Fremont and Omaha.
Buick car No. 4 checking in first at nearly all
of the controls and Buiek car No. 2 finishing with
the most perfect 6core of the entire bunch of earn
and winning the beautiful cup given by the World
Herald of Omaha.
Agents wanted in every town. Write us today.
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OMAHA
Lee Huff, Manager
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