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THE OMAHA SrNDAY BKJ3: NOVEMBER 24, 1912.
JOFFROTH is wily old fox,
:s Together with Billy Nolan for
Thanksgiving Match.
LXECUTES CLEVER MANEUVER
L i
UolRaat Will Meet Itltchle Thurs
day at Only City and I'nns'Are
Anticipating Game Worth
Witnessing.
Ilr W. W. NAVRIITOX.
UN FRANCISCO, Nov. . Turkoy
.d mulberry sauce Is the national dish
Thanksgiving time, but liere In the
a i west they like Queensborry sauce an
ndded condiment. It Indicates, of
ourse. how tastes become vitiated, but
I Is substantial testimony In reepect to
c force of habit
V retrospective glance will show that
ir years and years every good sport and
no of this favored burg has been In a
losltlon to take In a glove contest, sen-
ally of the championship caliber, bo
re turning his thoughts to drumsticks,
- cr, wings and th like.
This year It looked for a while ar
ough the Thanksgiving celebration
nojld be Incomplete. Promoter Cof froth
ad an option on Ughtwolght Champion
Wol sort's services, but he could not find
suitable opponent This sounds strange
n view of the fact that all the 130-pound
nen In Christendom are clamoring all the
wear round for a crack at Wolgast, but
t Is true nevertheless.
Knockout Brown, who Issued fifty,
jeven different kinds of challenges to
Wolgast In any ordinary month, declined
.erause of somo more pressing engage
tnent. and so did all others who were
onsidered fit mettle for the Mlchlgnn
Mldcat '
But here Is the funny part of It All
lie time Coffroth was dickering with
Knockout Drown and the rest of them
he had one particular youth In mind as
the boxer best calculated to draw a bis"
.owd with Volgost This was Willie
Itltchle. a Ran Francisco product who
gave Wolgast a hard time of It hero once
In four rounds and who defeated Joe
Mandot In New Orleans.
I'rlnrlpnln In n Vtrt,
Coffroth was debarred from talking
business with Itltchle. because nltchlo't
manager and Coffroth aro tho principals
In a feud which dates back to tho Bat
lllng Nelson days and which was re
vived recently owing to a personal on
counter between the men.
Billy Nolan Is tho manager's name, lie
said repeatedly: "I will havo nothing to
do with Coffroth." He overlooked the
fact that the public did not care a contl
rental If he never, never, novefhad any
thing to do with Coffroth. What the
fight fans wanted to know was whethor
Itltchle was going to have anything to
do with Wolgast. '
Anyhpw, Coffroth tawed wood and said
little, while as for poor Ritchie, his plight
was pitiable, lie was Just aching In
svery fiber to get a crack at the cham
pion, but through feelings of loyalty to
his maanger, was constrained to hold
loof.
Then camo the Mandot-Wolgast match
nt New Orleans and then Coffroth made
ii n announcement lie raid that owing to
Ills inability to secure a suitable opponent
for Wolgast he had abandoned lUs plans
for having a Thanksgiving glove feast.
Then them was a genuine flurry In the
pugilistic Klovo cotes. Manager Nolan
lent 'hot foot to Los Angeles to meet
font Jpnes nnd Itltchle, after a few hours
i deep cogitation, sought out Coffroth
nd wunted to know If there was not a
chance of having tho Thanksgiving date
restored to tho calendar.
Coffroth, wily old fox that ho Is, said
ho would see what could be dne. And
ho saw. Anil In less than twenty-four
hours Tom Jones. Coffroth and Itltchle
Were closeted together drnwln-f P nnd
ilgnlng articles for a Thanksgiving tight,
while Nolan remained In Los Angeles so
ss not to clog tho wheels of progress.
It goes to show that there Is more to
tho fight promoting game than putting
tip forfeits and paying out pursoa. And.
It goes to show that when the time comes
for making a detour or executing a flank
movement this fellow Coffroth knows his
field as well ns the best of them.
think Writ of Mutch.
They think very well of tho Itltchle-
Wotgast match here. The thing that
make It of particular Interest to local
; ports is the fact that llttclile Is n Han
Francisco boy. He developed In the four-
round nchool and was ho well thought of
that when a lightweight was wanted to
take Wolgast's place against Freddie
Welsh last Thanksgiving Itltchle was
telegraphed tor. He went to Los Angeles
and although he bad not hod a single
day's training did no well agulnst the
Britisher that Welsh's friends wero
scurrying around looking for a chsnce to
hedge their money after one fierce rouna
It was Ritchie who faced Wolgast In a
four-round bout In Ban Francisco when
Ad thought himself sufficiently recovered
from his operation to take up his life
work again. Now no ono cares to lay
ii)uch stress on what happened on that
occasion for the reason that Wolgast was
not himself by any means.
He nearly collapsed once when he
bumPtd Into Illtchle'h lowered elwulder
!n a mlxup and from tho way Ad acted
the suspicion arose right there that his
flnhtlnic days were about over. But be
fore the collision occurred Ritchie had
sent Wolgast staggering with a well
ptaced right on th Jaw and hail done so
welt generally that the bout nas always
been looked upon as a close thing for tho
'hainplon.
One thing whloli Ritchie's friends ques
tion his ability to do is making 133 pounds
' tilth comfort Ritchie has been at pulns
o. correct the impression they have
formed. Ho says that while in Lake
aunty recently he brought himself down
i.i within a pound and a half of the
-hamplonshlp notch, and this without spe
Mat effort
I wanted to see If I was really gettlne
l.treer" sold Willie, "I would pe me
iat man In the world to give out any
tnlnff that would deceive or mislead those
nim take aii interest in mo and I havo
hesitation in saying that I can make
13 pounds ringside without weakening
nvcwlf In the least"
Ail thins considered, it looks as though
the championship match at Daly City
next Thursday will be worth witnessing.
TRY MUTUAL MACHINES
AT PIMUC0 IN SPRING
IIACTIMORE. Md.. Nov. .3.-11 has
been definitely settled that an expert
ment Is to be made with mutual ma
chines at Pimllco next spring. Fifteen of
the Iron stakeholders" will be erected
during the winter months and they will
be manned by the beat expert ticket sell
em. cashiers and accountants, so as -to
give that Mv-teiu of speculating on horse
races a thorough trta.'
buskers increase receipts
Admissions During Present Season
Exceed Those of Last Year.
KANSAS GAME IS THE BIO CARD
Thousands of Alumni Upturning; to
Annul "Home Comlnn" llelpetl
to Sirell Athletic Fnnd of
the Unit-entity,
n y jamka e. i.Awnme.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov, Z3. (Special.)--Although
the Unlvorslty of Nobraska
foot ball squad did not have same of the
drawing cards on Its schedule as In 1011.
the season of 1912, which closed today,
promlsos to break all records In Corn
husker finances. It will bo soma time
yet before Manager Reed complotes nn
rstlmato of the receipts for (he ontlro
season, but It now seems assured that'
with tho sale of student tickets tho ag
gregate will be considerably over llfi.000,
tho figures reached last season.
Reed deposited 15,000 this week, repre
senting Nebraska's share of the spoils
In tho game with Kansas on the homo
field last Saturday. The Kansas game
was tho hlghwater mark for receipts In
tho Cornhuskcr schedule. Thousands of
alumni returning to tho annual "Home
coming features" helped to swell the
athletic fund of tho University of Ne
braska. Over 7,000 admissions were re
ceived at the game.
Minnesota lira its Well.
Next to Kansas, Minnesota proved to
bo the best money making proposition
on the Cornhusker schedule. Despite the
fact that the Gopher team was ad
mittedly weaker than usual this season,
It did not have a perceptible lnfluonco on
tho crowd and the Cornhuskors' share of
the booty will be over $3,000, tho same
at last season.
Outside of tho Kanias game, which
hardly proved the attraction Michigan
was last year, tho home games havo been
bettor attended than ever before. The
receipts each Saturday havo run from S2no
to tva better for each game. Missouri
gave a very slim crowd for the Corn-
buskers at Columbia, but tho same wns
true of the Ames game, at Ames last
year, so that tho two will Just about
offset each othor.
Providing tho Oklahoma game, today
held up In point of attendance the Corn-
h'lakers will have reason to polnt'to tho
season of 1912 as pre-eminently success
ful. Athletic Hoard to Sleet.
Tho selection of a captain to succeed
Krnlo Frank, who plnyajfl his last gamo
today, will attraog the attention of the
foot ball squad during the next few
weeks. Immediately at tho close of tho
season tho athletic board will meet bo
fore the Christmas holidays and pass
upon tho men entitled to "N's." Thoso
winning their Jotters will then bo entitled
to vote for captain. '
Purdy is apparently the loading candi
date for the captaincy honors. Tho for
mer Boatrto star has boen the mainstay
of tho Varsity this season, and with the
exception of Harmon and Frank, both of
whom. ended their foot ball days In ama
Uur circled in the gamo against Okla
homa today, Is the oldest and most ex
perienced player on the squad. All of
tho others are new men.
l.ftiiMtt litd I'm 1'nturr.
Tho schedule for 1911 Is already at
tracting tho attention of the members of
the athletic board and the athletlo man
agement. Stlehm has figured out a ten
tative schedule already, which calls for
five hard games nnd throe to-colled prac
tice games. Tho Nebraska mentor Is
plunnlng on meeting tho three leading
elovens In the Missouri Valley conference
next season Kansas, Ames nnd Missouri,
Two of these throo games will be played
In Lincoln, while the Kansas gume goes
to Lawrence under tho terms of the- ton
tract. Minnesota, llkowlso, comes to Lincoln
next year under tho agreement entered
Into two years ago, for tho biggest "homo
coming" the Cornhuskcr school has over
known The Minnesota game Is early In
the season, but that will not prevent a
large part of tho alumni from returning.
Tho fifth liurd gamo Ushers In a stran
ger on tho Nebraska schedule Vander-
bllt university, at Nashville, Tenn. Ne
gotiations aro already practically com
plete tor a game with tho southerners, to
be played In the south.
Tho thrca practice games are yet un
picked, but from tho present lineup It
looks tike till Cornhuskers are to bo
treated to u royal foot ball menu next
seuton,
Briton's Queer Idea
of Yankee Golfers
NEW YORK. Nov. 2.1-ThIs Is an Eng
lishman's; Idea of "An American Golfer's
Time Table:"
6 a, m. Wakened by an American
alnrum.
6:01 n. m. A shower bath and a glass
of Iced water.
fi:05 u. m. Attires himself in a suit of
light flannels.
6:15 a. m. Goes to the golf club,
6:30 a. m. Has breakfast, consisting of
a largo glass of Iced water, blueberry
tart, popcorn, a dish of eggs and bacon,
Iced pudding and Chicago trifle. He may
finish tho meal with a small glass o(
Iced water.
C:t5 a. m. Changes Into suit of still
lighter flannels and engaged his caddie
by the hour.
6:C a. m. Begins a match for $5,000.
8:C a. m. Wins K.oro and pays his
caddie for ono hour and fifty-seven min
utes. By finishing within two hours he
caved a few cents.
8:43 a. m. Has a Turkish bath and a
class of Iced water. Changes into a
lighter suit of flannels.
9:30 a. m.-Goes to his office. (His do
ings here have no Interest for golfers, so
we take up the thread of his day's work
when he returns to the clubhouse).
3:15 d. m. Has a glass of Iced water
and changes Into a light suit
3:(S p. m. Plays another round and
again saves a few cents on his cuddle's
fee by the time principle.
4:t7 p, m.uaa a snower bath and a
glass of iced water. A change Into
lighter suit enable him to takn Iced" tea
on tho veranda, fresh, cool and comfor
table.
6rOG p. ni. Starts on Ids third match. He
loses his ball at the tenth hole' and fin
ished In two hours and seventeen mln
utes. Returns to the clubhouse greatly
depressed; Ids caddie exultant.
7.3 p. m A large gloss, of iced water
Is followed by a shower batli. His. suit
by this "time, being of the lightest pas
slble texture, there Is nothing for It but
tn go to bed. Here with open windows
of course, he has dinner a glass of Iced
water, popcorn neatly arranged on
wafers, some mysterious meat known
only in Chicago, chewtrur sue and trior
iced water.
Noblest
Jlr W. J. M'BKTJI.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23,-Jlm Thorpe of
Carlisle, will go down In athletic history
as tho "noblest red-skin of them, all."
It Is doubtful If any human being ever
combined tho manifold athletic proclivi
ties as this young "buck" of the .Fox
and Sao trlbo. By winning tho decathlon
and pentathlon In Stockholm last sum
mer, this aborigine proved America's
greatest lndlvlduul star and at the same
tlmo tho-most wonderful ' man who ever
took part In the great International nth
letlo championships slnco 'Ureeco first
established this classic in tho shadow of
Olympus.
There Is nothing relating to sport or
athletlo strife thatThorpo cannot do
and do exceptionally well. In fact, ha
Is a champion at. anything to which ho
turns his attention. Many versatile, ath
letes there have been, but nono before
Thorpe versatile toi championship degree
In all. Ho Is tho best baso bull player
at Carlisle He Is the greatest halfback
of all 'American foot ball history and
perhaps the greatest gridiron warrior
of all time. Like all good Indians,
Thorpe Is a wonder at lacrosse. Ho plays
basket ball, soccer, hockey and hand
ball equally wall.
Just now tho world Is ringing with
his gridiron prowess and at this par
ticular branch of sport ho Is worthy of
full consideration. Those who wero for
tunate enough to see Thorpe In Carl-
Isle's gamo against the Army at West
Point, saw, doubtless, tho greatest ex
hibition of Individual foot ball skill por
trayed on any gridiron. ,
I saw Captain Devore of the Army
In the drosslng room after the game. De
vore Is the beat .tacklo In the country
and probably the (Strongest man In foot
ball. He Is a perfect specimen of physical
development, built symmetrically and
standing six feet, four Inches In his foot
ball gear."
"That Indian," said the army captain,
discussing Thorpe, "Is tho greatest player
I over saw In my five years experience.
He la superhuman, that's alt. There Is
ho stopping htm. Talk of your Ted Coy's.
Why this Indian Is as far ahead of
Yale's great back as Coy was bettor
than a prcpatory school player. Thcro
Is nothing ho cannot do. He hits the
line about twice as hard a Coy did.
He kicks batter In every respect and ho
Is far more cunning and capable of worm
ing his way through a scattered field.
There never was a man who knew more
of following Interference and breaking
away from It at Just tho "proper moment
to his best advantage You havo your
'Lefty' Flynn's and your Brlcklcy's and
Critical Period ifi Yale:Princeton Game
Tho play i- that ftmide possible the
ton's twenty-five-yard line after S.
Yale tho lead.
Hard Surf aces Are
in Vogue for Courts
NHW YOUK. Nor. 55.-Wlth amazing
rapidity the vogue of the-hard-surfaced
lawn tennis court has swept over tho
world during tho last few months. The
universal answer to iho momentous ques
tion! What makes for a great lawn ten
nis player? Is development ot the gamo.
upon hard courts. Maurice 11 McLousli
lln, the peerless young American who
hus succeeded to the crown of William
A Lamed brought hla game to Its re
fection ot rapidity and hard hitting upon
Redskin of Them All
INI m,'mm i 1 anywhere
II I liUsWill ho would still bo a. star
Jim Thorpe, the wonderful Sac nnd Fox
Indian of tho Carlisle school, who last
summer won tho tltlo of champion ath
lete of the world, and whom foot ball ex
perts aro now calling the world'B most
brilliant gridiron star. i
your Ted Coy's, but I'll takeVThorpo for
mine every day lit the week."
Walter Camp selected Thorpe on IiIb
nil-American foot ball team a year ago.
Tho Indian Is sure of a place of such,
high honors again this fall. Ho was good
In 1011; he Is superb this season. His
game against the Army was slightly mar
red by fumbling, but It was noticeable
that ho muffed only when thrown hard
after making long runs. It was notice
ablo after the first quarter that tho red
skin held onto the leather like the grip
of death. Glen Warner said that the ball
had been Inflated too much at tho start
and It surely looked, In tha light of
later developments, as If this had been
tho case,
Acasa, Thorpe's running mate, shared
tho glory of Carlisle's victory over the
cadets with his captain. But Is was
noticeable that Amiaa. was not called
first Yulo score is shown hero
a hero. Avepr
BaVcr's fumble of Flynn'a
,puht- bhprtly
the asphalt courts ot California. Mc-
Loughlln has defeated every great placer
In this country, together with the fore
most - Britons, and has yielded to Npr-
man K. Brookes, the great Australlau
only after flvo sets.
In KjiKland every club ot any preten-,
slops is laying hard courts. This action
of the ronevivit llr.toi.i 'vj1 -l an j
firmly tu , their splendid turf, jm cauicd
uich amazement thut th Loudon 'Tinv;
obtained a coiucnius ot op'nlon as to !
whut advantages the hard courts offered,
and lias' prtntej veveral edltorluts upon !
this most momcutou. thunge in the
gamo. '
In this country Hit tvmrlwind speed
upon repeatedly until the soldiers had
been hammered Into submission. Tho
buttering ram that accomplished this
happy result for tho aborigines was none
other than Jim. Thorpe. Tho Army was
"laying" for Thorpe throughout the
game and Welch, the quarterback un
doubtedly "crossed" the cadets by switch
ing to Arcana, when ho did. Thorpe had
done moro than his share. West Point
gave Arcasa his chance to shine because
that team had- eyes only for tho giant,
who " had slashed through their line,
skirted their "ends and bowled irresistibly
through tho scattered field In the early
part of the1 competition.
Jim Thorpe is an ideal foot ball player.
IIo appears at 'halfback -because ho is
of greatest use at this position. Put him
on tho eleven, However, arm
.He has tho
bIio, and weight for any lino
ho speed for an end. He com
bines eveiy quality of foot ball skill. He
Is sure at handling punts and in a class
all by himself at running them back. He
combines ' tho crushing power and ham
mering force of Brlckley with tho kicking
skill of thlB same Individual and tho punt
ing ability of Fcltori or Flynn.
Thorpe Is the most dellberato player In
tho country. Ho never becomes excited,
never loses his head. He can run Just as
fast with tho ball as without It Is a sure
tackle and Is possessed of such strength
that he can keep on, like Ted Coy, with
an army of tacklors cllngltiB to him.
Ills motive power is augmented by tho
fact that ho charges lower than any
back In foot ball. Ho Is a man of whale
bone, whose anatomy Is Impervious to
Injury; a human Ijorpcdo that plows its
way through all sorts of opposition. As
a runner In a broken field Thorpe Is in
a class all by himself. Ho, pjans his
runs v4th amazing Intelligence and fools
the tocklers by an easy lope that carries
him over tho ground at remarkable speed
without betraying any undue haste. His
dodging can bo likened to nothing better
(turn that of a rabbit close pressed by
a hound. Thorpe can stop Instantly,
twist about and start instantaneoustly.
And with him the straight arm Is a
work of beauty.
Save that his color is less pronounced
than the average Indian, Jim Thorpe Is
a typical Indian. He has the facial cast,
high cheekbones and straight Jet black
hair. His legs are long but ivcll put up,
as Is his torso, in street clothes ho up
pears of tho greyhound typo, but when
stripped his unusual physical develop
ment Is strikingly evident. Ho Is as near
a perfect type its can bo found anywhere.
Yes. Jim wilt bo some man, all right,
when ho grows up. .
of Yaio Is recoverjng he ball onPrlnce
alter. Fynn kicked -the goal that, gave
aa displayed by McLoughlln. Thomas C.
Bundy, Welvlllu H. Long, May Sutton.
Hasel Hotchklss and Mary Browne, all
Callfo'rnlans, has been the marvel of the
eastern c-ouftn: "Tho fnet thut -tlm nn.
i t onal- tltlo and even champlonshtp bf
nolo was won by Oallfonilatu during the
'nt hhsou ' tr;-- m
to discover the reason. McLaughlin and
Bundy declared emphatically thnt tr
raptdty. agility and general forcetulnets
of action which play upon the nrpl'alt
courts of California had put Into their
game wa the real foundation of their
s-jr.v
.
Kcj iu tho Situation -Bee Advcrtislnar
GREIGHTCN GETS INTO SHAPE
Miller Hopes to Hold South Dakota
at least to a Low Score.
I
MUCH, DEPENDS ON TAMISEA
Opponents Hare n Heavier Team and
Have a Brilliant Record for the
Season, Having- Defeated
Mlnnenota.
Coach Miller of Crclghton Is utlllxlng
these last fow valuable days In putting on
tho rinnl touches for the big game with
South Dakota on Turkey day. He Is
determined to have his squad In the best
possible condition and predicts a closo
game. Eddlo Crelghton, who heloed coach
tho team for the game with St Louis,
is again helping CoachJMIller, confining
his attention to tho linemen.
Crelghton claims Mhat ''"Crelghton wilt
upset all dope and beat South' DakdtaV
but Coach Minerals mote reticent, stating
that he expected to hold the visitors to a
low scdre.
The absence of Miller from the Crelgh
ton lineup Is probable and every effort Is
being mado to make Simon Levey fit into
the position. Levey is showing class and
gives great promise In case tho Crelghton,
star Is unablo to get Into the game. Miller
has discarded his cane and expects to don
a suit Monday, but his teammates fear ho
will not be able to. stand the gruelling.
DitUotahn Are liertvlcr.
The South Dakotans will outweigh
Crelghton ten pounds to tho man. averag
ing 183 pounds to Crelghton's 175; They
have a brilliant record this year, having
beaten Minnesota and losing by one point
to Michigan. They are all experienced
and have practically the same team which
beat Crelghton 31 t6 3 last year. In the
buckfleld aro Shceks und Imlay, two of
the fastest bocks In the west Imlay at
full Is pronounced by Coach Miller of
Crelghton better than Holbert of Morn-'
IngMde. who was mainly responsible for
Crelghton's defeat at Sioux City this
year.
In one department at least Miller ex
pects to outshine the Dpkotans. Tamlsea
Is expected to outklclc the South Dakota
kicker, Sheeks, and to score for Crelghton
by the use of his educated boot. He was
the only one to score for Crelghton last
year, booting tho ball over the crossbars
soon after, the opening of the battle for
tho first iscore of the game.
' Crelnlitou In Good Shape.
Aside from Miller, tho Crelghton team
will bo In good shape for the game. Mc
Qrane, who was out of the Tarklo game
with a sprained -back, will play at left
guard, while Hanley Is fast recovering
from his bad Jaw. A scrimmage with
Bellevue Is expected to put the final edge
on the defensive work.
The officials for the South Dakota game
ore: Matters of Nebraska, referee; Dud
ley of Dartmouth, umpire; Lieutenant
Wilhelm of Kansas, head linesman.
Crelghton expects to score on South
Dakota, and a glance at Its record for
this year will show that it will only be
playing true to form:
Crelghton, 18; Kearney, 3.
Crelghton, 28; Yankton. 3.
Crelghton, 20; Marquette, 0.
Crelghton, 7; Momlngslde. 24.
Crelghton, 8; St. Louis, 28.
Crelghton. 31; Omaha university, 14.
Crelghton, 63) Tarklo, 7.
Base Ball Spreads to
All Parts of World
NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Leading base
ball men aro of the opinion that within
ten years It will bo necessary to arrange
a series of games or a tournament to
decide tho championship of tho World
with countries other than the United
States Included. They are paving the
way i for baso ball In France, and al
ready' net-oral veterans of the American
game havo been consulted In regard to
visiting that country and teaching the
young Frenchmen the fine points' of the
game.
When the French pcoplo took up box
ing they went at It with a vim, and now
tho fight game is aa popular in Paris us
In New York. The base ball Idea tool;
definite form In Franco the other day,
when the "Base Ball Union" was or
ganized. Franz Messerly of Paris, who
has. seen the game played in America,
was elected president, and it Is his pur-,
poso to have soveral leagues organized
within a year. Tho French people do
not do things by halves, and they are
already In communication with men Ilk?
Arthur Irwin, Tommy McCarthy and
Andy Coakley In regard to becoming
coaches for the forelgnpiayers. .
It. is well known that Cubans ave
reached such a state of perfection In base
ball nnd that they chafe at not ,belng
able to take part In a set of games for
the world's chanptonshtp. If France
should develop into a base ball country
like Cuba the fans would demand an nil
liuul tournament to decide the world's
title.
Incidentally, the organization of base
ball clubs hi France would result In
Paris being a mecca for veterans who
have grown too old and too slow for the
big leagues. In this country. The placing
of these men on the French teams would
be the real way for them to learn the
gnive.
If' Ci
uba can be taken as an example.
base bull is a game that is Just fitted
to the Latin Idea of excitement. There
Is morp real rxcltcmint over a Sunday
game In Havana than there Is at a
world's scries contest In Now York.
Ulx Jeff Some Chauffeur.
Jeff Tesreau kept up his nerve to the
end. He bought an automobile In reiv
Yqrk and, not knowing any moro about
running It tjinn a 5-year-old kid doo
about algebra, ho started right out U
motor homo to Missouri, tnttint; Fred
Merklo along to help. Tho funny thing
Is that he got along- alt right snd 'ar.de. I
home tilth tho machine still T.o.-Klntf.
COLDS CATARRH
BAD BLOOD DOES
A cold will usually aggravate tliesytrjptcmtt of Catarrh, just as Itinoy In
crease the pains of Rheumatism. But the cold has no more to do with the
real cause of the one than with the other. Bad blood is the underlying
cause for Catarrh; the circulation is infected with impurities which are de
posited into the mucous membranes causing inflammation and irritation,
followed by excessive secretion of the nose and throat, roaring sounds in
the ears, neuralgia, inflamed eyes, etc Being a deep-seated blood trouble.
Catarrh must be treated constitutionally, for it fa beyond the reach of local
treatment. The blood must be purified the cause re-
.ir tpi- moved before a cure can be e-ectcd. S. S. S. cures Ca-
"Vi .Xy tarrh by cleansing
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I ftUNTING SEASCN FRUITLESS
Weather Has Been Too Mild to Suit
Knights of the Gun.
FREDRICKS0N GETS BIG GAME
Local -Auto Dealer 31 n ken Trip Into
Wyoming and nrlno-a Uncle Tiro
Fine Elk, Conxlstlns- of
Cott nnd Calf.
. The disappointment of the knight ol
the scatter gun has continued unbroken
up to date, although Just now there are
many tokens of a speedy change in tho
weather. That this change, when It doe3
come, will bo a cold and disagreeable ono
goes -without saying, for the long stretch
of beautiful weather Nebraska has been
favored with Justifies no other expecta
tion. .Either cold' rain or snow Just now will
bring down tha rest' of the ducks linger
ing in the north, but the chances are that
UtV will tarry here but a short time;
that Is, all but those hardy ola redleg
mallards and the few greenwlngs that
can bo driven on south only by tho
severest weather, and even this does not
always send all away. No matter , how
rigid and tight the' winter they aro al
ways to be found lingering over the
spring-fed streams, especially those that
cut through low hills, clear up to the
spring time. It Is quite probable that the
wild fowl, save these two species, have
no-, passed and are enjoying themselves
In tho Warm marshes and weedy lagoons
of the south. But summing up tho
wholo thing, thero Is little doubt but
what tho autumn hunting season on all
game, excepting cottontails, for 1912 has
run Its course. It has been a big disap
pointment in every way on chicken's
gecso and ducks, quail and Jackenlpe
alike and thoso thnt did strike a favor
ablo day may consider themselves for
tunate. But all this poor shooting must
not bo stored up against tho birds, espe
cially the water fowl, for while they were
as plentiful as ever, tKo long-drawn-out
balmy weather kept -them from c6ming
down froln the north In anything but
straggling bunches. But with the chick
ens and quail It was different There was
almost no quail and the chickens were
scarcer than ever before. The party of J.
J. Derlght, John W. Weaver. Dr. van
Camp, Lee MeGreer, Albert Cahn, Arthur
Metz and Sandy Grtswold, who spent
week before last at Charlie Metz's famous
ranch up In Cherry county, met with only
Indifferent success in a shooting -way,
but, of courses had a great time. In all
they bagged 150 ducks and a couple of
dozen grouse.
Bill and Paul Hoagland Indulged in
their wlndup shoot of tho season near
Norfolk last week. They were out flv
d&ys and killed fifty some quail and two
or three dozen chickens.
Clem Langley, tho genial proprietor of
the Langley hunting lodge, up on Enders
lake, south of Ainsworth, was down yes
terday on a visit to Mrs. Langley, who is
an Inmate of the Wise Memorial hos
pital. Clem brought with him a -speo.
lmen of .the hooded mcrganzor, a bird
ho kilted on his Ioko lost "Tuesday, and
It is pronounced by Judges .of such things
as tho most perfect and beautiful. hooded
merganzer ever secured In Nebraska
waters. It had all tho markings and
irtdlsccnt colors of the wood duck and
Mr: Langley was of tha opinion that It
was a hybrid, a cross of these two rare
birds. While the different species of the
merganzer are common on Nebraska
waters the hooded merganzer is but in
frequently seen and less oftener bagged.
Mr. Langley also told of his efforts to
secure a perfectly white spoonbill he saw
In a small bunch the soma day. He got
within seventy-flvo or eighty yaxds of it
several times, but It was too wild to
permit him to get within range. Ho
chased the Uttlo flock almost all day
from ono end of tho lake to tho other
but along toward evening they' arose
high in the air and with the albino in the
lead bore away out of the country.
Jim M. Glllan, manager of the Audi.,
torlum and a ravenous duck hunter, was
out at Hershborger's camp on tho .Platte,
near Schuyler, a- few days this week and
reports a fair lot of sport on late mal
lards. The day before J. M. got there tha
Hershbergers killed five Canada geese,
during a little flurry early in the morn
ing. President Taft. it is noted through tho
telegraph, has added nearly 1,000 acres
to the game preserve sanctuary and
breeding grounds up at old Fort Niobrara.
That this is going to be. one of the
greatest grounds for the rearing of chick
ens and quail there Is In the country,
there Is now but little doubt.
H. K. Fredrlckson returned home Fri
day from his Wyoming hunt with two elk
and' an abundance of enthusiasm over
big game shooting. In Bplte of the fact
that all of tho hunting was done In two
feet of snow, along tvth other diffi
culties, Fredrlckson Is strong for it. The
two elk he shot were a cow and a well
grown calf. Fred Is only sorry he could
not have made the trip in September,
whep It was likely he might have se
rured a buck- but at this time of tho
year the bucks leavo tho herds and travel
into Inaccessible hnowy regions.
Frank Blubakcr hus Just returned from
a week's ihoot i.p west of Sprague.
ivherti ho seouicu twenty-nine chickens
and forty ducks. Not o bad for a lone
huntsman.
Stevenson nil'ro.
Hobert U Stevenson, tho University of
Minnesota bate bull atai, who quit se-.ool
last year because of a aUpute over nu
umateur standing. donlu that he will en
it liiown untvertlly. as that college had
h pn: UWuiison is now a full-fledged
professional. He hat. Mrned his contract
to play batl with the Philadelphia Ath
: .tea i u 'a done with college days.
the blood of all impure catarrhal mat-
fine tonic effects. In other words S. S. S. cures the trou
ble by supplying the mucous membranes with healthy,
life-giving blood instead of saturating them with ca
tarrhal impurities. Special book on Catarrh and any
