Till', HIOK: OMAHA, SA'ITHUAY, MX KM MOW 2fi. 1JU
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CHANCE WANTSBIG SALARY
Salifornian Demands Highest Ever
Paid to Base Ball Manager.
DOES NOT EXPECT TO GET IT
j Mutt and Jeff Wish Everybody a Merry Christmas
Up Siit lie Intended lo Itetlrc from
linme nml Will t ltrcou
tlder I nlrss II In Worth
Whl I p.
Fisher
t'UH'AOO. Dec. 27,-Frank Chance will
not ntanaKP the New York Amcticnn
lenpue dub unless he receives the salary
no ocmnncls nml a porcentnee of the
club's profits. The salary, he jays, In tho
largest ever demandea by a manager of
a ball club.
In a letter today to Charles Williams,
treasurer of tho Chicago Nationals,
I'hanco Bavo tho first authentic news of
lils negotiations with Frank Knrrell,
owner of. tho Xpw York club. Chance
wrote tKat ho rcallyJntcnded to retire I
ironi uase. oai. tiutstnee Kfven tne op-
l-uifirilty to manage,, the ItlKhlanders. "he
want? enoush money to make 'it wortli
vhllrf',; ; .. :-
"t ro 'not- tlilnk I'-wIlt Ret what 1 have
JiwVm for!" writes Chance. "My price Is
..sfeen; fit fact, the- hlchest. ever de-
Wtjatidwl, jyW manager. i5jJt' intended to j
Mtii. uic Knii! nnu nuw j wain 10 maKe
m;,NTe.rth -j-hllc. IM a Rood bet,; though,
.tjj.itf I will bo right out here' on.-my
l-finch" next summer, Instead of ' on. a
ball field. It-fcr paying mo better tha.u-
over and I. aril contented." Rtlli, loJitd.J;.
Knrrell' grant '-'nte what I want tho.-pwb. 1
abilities, are nnt T will go." ' V- ,
Ohance added that ho will not go east'
to discuss the situation with FarrelUuntH'
the, latter agrees to his terms. ,
American Golfers ;7
'Will Go to France'
XKW YOUK, Dec. ST.-An Invitation
which American, golfers consider tanta
mount to a challengo from French goU-
rs.'.ls maile public today In tho form,.of
a letter to Secietary Robert V. AVatsou of
i ho I'nlted States Golf association from
President -T. DesChamps of the Golf De
Paris club. Regarded as a challenge. It
Is the first which' French golfers haye
offered tlifl .Americans, although A inert
can amateurs and professionals have com-'
peted on French courses without "getting
In tho money." tt
A team of four professional golfers Is
Invited to compete oh I.a J3ou-lle links
near Paris In tho- French; tournament
which will folow trie .competition for tho
llritlsh open title In the later part of
.Mine, the contest to be for a substantial
purse, together with stated nmotint for
traveling and maintenance, expenses If
the salmi team which appears In tho
lliltlsh open championship '"will visit
France. The challenge. has boon' acknowl
edged and Its probabie. acceptance lndl
nted, although no official-' ttctlon has
j et been taken.
.'. A E AIN'T qOT
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MOT hH N 2VT WFLL
.GiVH you A Li-
Fqlrner Track Star
is Asphyxiated
II ITCH IK. 111.. Dec. 27. Alfred J".'
Kit-lion, who nine ycarstaso -vas a.'.s.tar'
member of the University or J?)oiro iwine
track team, was accluVh'tty 'asphyxiated
by an oil lamp In his farm house near
hero yesterday, according to the verdict
of a coroner's Jury. Rlchon, who was ',31
ears old, is believed tb have,, fallen
asleep while reading. The lamp' burned
nit and It Is thought he was smothered
by the fumes of the smoldering oil-jiMked'Tfick.
MBERT CAHNWINS EIGHTH
GAME IN BILLIARD SERIES
In, an Interesting game of billiards
Thursday night between Albert Calm and
K. A. Sclplo. tho former won by a score,
of 300 to ,-i0. This was the eighth gamo
nf the Nebraska state championship,
series which Is- being held at Symes' pnr
.ors. Calm's. victory over Sclnlo was an-
Hclyat'cd by'-'all who have watched the'
'performances of the different players.
This U the third game fi.r Cahn and.
lie has 'won all of them. He made an
average of four points, which. Is slightly
ahead, ot,. his last cne, but less by 'two
than that , -hlch ho made In his first
CamcHc" stayed In the lead throughout
the, gamV."' ...,
In tKo'mldaieoffthe-gamo Sciple made
sevoivl. renlarkable runs and demon-
. fitrated his skiji-jn making several cushion
shots. ills average waa slightly more
than three. f
Chambers ahr McCoy will compete In
I . . . nlliH. rroma ! ...... A . I 1. .
( Standing of players: '
1. .W. K Pet.
hn M,.....iw....a-. z .0 l.ooo
lambers .1 2 .o,r,
A tl'oy .-..,, ,i. 3 12 .Z"a
Byrnes '... 3 1 2 .333
clple .., i 4 1 3 .35J
. Key to the Situation Bee Advertising.
Amateur .Base Ball
'"'Slayers Should Not
Ape Professionals
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. -Certain forms of
coaching and antics on th obaxc ball field
were deplored by Dean lc Paron It.
Rrlggs bt Harvard In his annual address
today rs president of tho National Col
legiate Athletic association. Ho spoke of
tho particular necessity of differentiating
between amateur and professional base,
ball and continued: -
"There Is much In professional base
bal,Tspfaytrd ty. the kings of tho game,
that we don't! want to sec our students
Imitate. We should not. for instance, want
to seo theni Iniltate Jlr. Jdinings on tho
coaching line, although much that he
does Is humorous and accepted by the
American public."
Prof. William U Dudley of Vanderbllt
university was to have delivered jui ad
dress on "The Pioper Control of Ath
letfcs." Because of Illness ho wns unable
to bo present and his paper was read to
the delegates. He held among other things
that nccollpge-student should In- permit
ted to take part-in summer base ball on
nny regulnrly. organized base ball .team.
even though he received no compensation
for playing.
Work on Big League
Schedules Begins
NKW YORK. Dec. 27.-Secrctnry John
Heydlcr of tho National league started
account of his health, and Heyiller said
Johnson wjih expected In Aiken today.
Tho three wilt formally meet on Haturduy
to sift out as' many, conflicting dates as
posblble. These conflicts are almost a
rarity nowadays, there only having been
five la-st yenr. ,all of which were in Chi
cago. Jn the schedule making of live
years aVo there were thirty, or more con
flicting dates. .
Although April 10 has been nnnounced
as tho opening date for both lengues the
full schedules will not he made public
until, the middle of February, when the
National nml American leagues luue
their chedule ratification meetings in
New York.
i
Bresnahan Offered
a Job by Murphy
CHlCAtiO. Dec. 27.-Afttr a long dis
tance telephone conversation with Roger
llresnahau today President Murphy of
the Chicago National league base ball
club, said ho was certain the former St.
Louts manager would be with the West
Sldo club next year.
Murphy refused to say what offer he
had made llresnahau, but It was under
stood he told the catcher-manager he
would give him a bonus of J10.000 for his
signature nnd a tluee-ycar contract at
SO. CO a vear. llrrsnnhnri In fro in sli-n
! with any National league club as he was
discharged by Mrs. Helen Brltton, owner
of t'io St. .oulB team. Cincinnati and
Pittsburgh have been trying to sign
him.
Murphy said ha believed Hresnahan,
who Is 32 years old, would be good for
fcix or nnvrn i-nr In v,nnH i
,'lcan -league and President Unrney Drey-
fuss of tho National league club to draft
the,, schedules for tho big league base
ball 'season of 1913. Drey'fuss.lsialreHdy In
Aikft, having gone there ten days ago on
r
A mild, little smoke that you can -buy
ANYWHERE.
Recruit
Marquard, Wants
$10,000 Next Year
DKNVKR. Colo., Dec. 27. -"I want J10,
000 to play with the Gl.ints next year,"
Rube Marquard announced here today,
"nnd the sooner McGrnw gets that the
better. I have no central' t with the
Giants; my agreement expired at the
closo of tho -world's series. 1 have re
tired from bsso ball and I haven't made
any demand for a rnlso next season.
"It Is all right for tho fans to criticise
and say McGraw paid Jll.OOO for me apd
kept nu- until I could deliver. If he
hadn't confidence that I would deliver
I'd Imve been shipped back to the minors
pilckly enough. I feel I have evened up
things In tho last two years,"
to the room by A. Cnlfee, the night clerk,
until a chambcrmuld found him lying on
the floor dead. Ilo probably drank the
ncld some time Tuesday night.
Tho bottle w'ns lying by his side with
the cork In and half full of thn lliUid.
An intiuest will bo held by the coroner.
Orossland Chosen
Best Out of Three
For Rhodes Place
From a Raff Correspondent
LINCOLN. Dec. .-(Speclal.)-Weldon
F. Cvossland. who wns yesterday chosen
to icprtsent Nebiaskn at Oxford uni
versity In Kngland. Is a senior at Wcs.
leysn univeislty at t'nlverslty Place nnd
his homo Is In Wayne, lie has been
compelled to work his way through school
during the four yeais ho hns been n stu
dent at tho Methodist college, but not
withstanding Hint he has found time to
take solno part In athletics to the credl
of himself nnd the college, ntlhough he
ha out i-nteied Into the athletic strife
to any considerable extent, confining him
self lo basket ball In order to get the
necessary exercise to keep In ogd phys
ical condition.
Too other men contested fot the
llhodes scholarship. Paul F. Good, who
U) the examination at Hurvnnl. and L.
Iloss Newklik. who took the examination
two yeais ago. It Is snh! that In scholar
ship nlono Hondo stood tho best, but
outside of that the contest was between
Newklrk and CrosMond.
An older brother of Crosslnnd, who at
tended Wesleyau a few yeais ago. also
won the prlto 1n a' state-wide oratorical
contest, Crossland's parents are Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. CrosMnhil and they reside nt
Wayne.
Accoullng to the rules governing the
scholarship the successful candidate will
pay his own expenses to Kiiglnml. hut
upon his arrival will be taken care of
by funds appropriated by the Rhodes
estate. A very pleasant part of the car
rying out of the provisions of the schol
arship Is that" the student must spend n
certain portion of each year In travel
over tho continent. This, of coulise. Is
also at tho expense of the estate. Cross
land will leave for Kngland In October
next year, a year after taking the exam
ination. According lo the rules gocrnlng the
contests, scholarship Is not alone the
prime distinction. Three-tenths only
counts for that, while two-tenths counts
In atheltlc ability. Three-tenths Is re
quired for truthfulness and straight
forwardness and It Is on this that tho
god showing made by Crossland In a
state orutorlcal contest when he gave
over a prlxe awarded by error, may have
had some weight. Two-tenths count for
Interest In publlo question.
, refreshments lo George Flipped a ph s
clan of Slrtunsbuig in the foiiii-i s cal.
i Judge ray Impoien the maximum per
) all, a fine of J100. The case wn-i blttfri
j contested and attracted wide attention
Jewelry Robbers
Escape with Gems
CHICAGO. Dee 27. -The brick-throw-Ing
Jewelry store roboers suddenly ap
peared In a crowd In front of CharleH
M. Hammond's place tonight, crashed
a missile wrapped In a newspaper through
a front window, snatched a tray of goods
valued at 11.000 and escaped. As they
ran a diamond valued at $400 fell tq the
sidewalk and was recovered.
Hammond, who was In the store making
a sale to a customer, saw the robbery
committed, but he feared to leave his
slock and purauo the; thieves.
Several persons who saw the theft per
petrated gave chase after tho robbers,
but they escaped by darting down an
alley.
Alaskan Prosperity
Described in Report
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Ataska has
prospered In many ieswets during the
last year, according to Governor Walter
B Clark In his annual report, submitted
today to Secretary of the Interior Fisher.
Governor Clark deplores, however, the
present, lack of railroad construction nnd
of cheap native fuel, declaring that
proper development of the territory's
resources demands adequate means of
transportation and tho opening up of
the fuel resources.
A moderate decline In white popula
tion during the Inst two years he at
tributes to "diminished activity In placer
mining In the Interior valleys, nnd In
equal measure probably to Inadequate
Innd laws, to the remarkable public
caluinnlrs about Alaska which have kept
capital without Its borders, and to thn
failure of congress to lend necessary
means of encouragement to the develop-
WASHINGTON. Dee. r.-Admlral I le, r 0 virgin region.'
George Dewey, hero of tho 'battle of! A lo commerce between Alaska ami
Manila bio. today quietly celebrated i ' I'nlted States and With foreign
One Sailor Lost in
Wreck of Steamer
PUN'ANCi:. Kngland, Dec 27. Tl
Italian steamer Tripnlttnnln, from Genoa
to llart. Wales, was wrecked in Mounts
bav, on the extreme southwest coast of
Kngland. this afternoon. Twent -sen
of a crew of twenty-eight men had it
thrilling escape: the other wai drowned
The vessel wns buffeted by fierce gale
since Christmas morning. The captnin to
dnv found himself In a perilous position
and unable to get out or the hay nh 1
determined to run ashore. The bench
was lined with spectators, powerless t
lend nld. who watched the vessel, almost
helpless. In the grip of the wind nnd thr
tlde. Finally the steamer's nose was
pointed shorewnrds ivnri It drote In undc
full stenm. running deep Into the solidv
bottom
A life lope was tigged, to otic of wlm I
the crowds nshAle clung, and one by on
the crow Ihft the vessel, over which hug
waves (we-e brrnklng One of the men
wns earned off -by a heavy comber
SCARF CAUGHT IN MACHINE
STRANGLES PIONEER 'FARMER
Ll'VKRNn. Minn.. Dec. J7.-I.ars Ped
erson. residing about twelve miles south
east of Lvrver'no. was necldentsl'v
strangled to tilrnth totlny by a coiit
shelter. His neckscarf was caught In the
tumbling rod which throw him to the
ground. He wns found-doad by his wife
Mr. Pcdersnn was a pioneer resident of
Rock county.
AVOID MIDNIGHT BANQUETS
STAY YOUNG, SAYS DEWEY
his Hcveiilj -fifth birthday The veteran
sea fighter said he never felt better It)
Ills life, uud friends who called to con
grntulato him on the anniversary of his
birthday declared that ho looked "Ilka
an ensign." The admiral attributed his
splendid physical condition to constant
riding and to the further fact that he
keeps away from midnight banquets.
He said that ho had abandoned attend
ing banquets long ngo.
"So should nny man," ho declsied,
"who wants to feel as young as I do
wien he Is 75."
countries, it was the lurgeBl last year in
thn history of the territory, totalling al
most $G3,00i),000. Never before was there
such a great Increase In the salmon In
dustry, a total of eighty-seven canneries
being In operation, ns against sixty-four
the yenr before.
CONVICTION IS SECURED
UNDER CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
NOTES FROM WEST POINT
AND CUMING COUNTY
WKST POINT. Dec. 27.-Speclal.)-Thc
annual meeting of tho Cuming County
Automobile association w,ih held at the
court house nt Went Point. O. C. Ander-
n'n oi v esi i'oiiu wan oiei'ieo iircmumii, )
nnd W. T. Fried of Heemer secretary. Tho
question, of good roads for the county was
agitated very strongly at the meeting,
with the result that n delegate from the
local association was selected to piococd
to Lincoln during the coming sesslun of
the legislature to aid In securing such
I YORK, Nob.. Doc. 27. -Leonard Gutten
felder tonight war found guilty by a
Jury of having violated thn civil rights
Key to the Situation nee Advertising, law of Nrbrnskn In refusing to servo
Were you so busy glad
dening other hearts before
Crnitftma8 that you forgot
your own needs.
A real need that you'll
be feeling fpr several
months now is a warm,
serviceable overcoat. You'll
find warmth and service
both in this season's pop
ular winter fabric Chin
chilla. One of our greatest val
ues in u medium priced
overcoat is a big, luxurious
52 inch Kenmor in dark
gray Chinchilla at $20.
It's a 3 -button double
breasted model witH a big
shawl collar, belted back
and storm cuff-flaps; full
lining of fine serge in it
you are absolutely fortified
against the wildest storms
or the bitterest cold.
MASEE & DEEMER
413 So. 16th.
Clothing Hats Furnishing,
IW
half of thn regular catching.
.Mr. Murphy left tonight for Florida to
select a training camp for his club. H
plans tri visit hlx or seven cities which
havo offered sites for the camp.
New Motor Speedway
for Long Island
NKW YORK, Dec. K.-Prospects for a
rcvhal of automobile racing on u large
hcale'. which New York lias not seen
flnce the Vandorbllt cup taces of several
years ago, are said to bo coupled with
the announcement today that the New
or aiotor bpeedway association has legislation as will conduce to the obtaln
leasod acres of land at Garden City 'lug of good roads and to assist In any
movement Inaugurated to ereute county
offices with authority to comel tho erec
tion and maintenance of good highways.
August Artiuah. a well known firman i
citizen, departed for Ilachwltz, Pobcii, :
Germany, for it three months' visit to ;
relatives and friends. !
At a referee's sale of lands belonging lo
i.nng isinnd, for a motor spcedwav.
The speedway will be two nills In
leigtli with a grand stand seating 75.
spectators, ns well as parking space for1
thousands of automobiles, nccordlng to
tho plans. It is hoped to have the courfe
ready for opening with some big racei on
the Fourth of July. Tho association has
D
taken n ten years' lease on the site, which ti n Caster estate, held this week, a forl - j
formerly was used as nn aviation field. acre tract brought Jl.'iVt more than the
Alumni Opposing
...,'Gocs a cigarette one bettergood to
baccoi all through.
.! , 10 for 5 cents
A
same land sold for three years ago
A marriage license lias been granted to
Robert Mehllng and Miss Klsle Meyer of J
Uancroft township 1
Judge Guy T. Graves. of Pender held j
a short term of the Cuming county couit I
on Thursday, at which only eijulty mat- !
ters urirn considered. Rome, luillrlul vnl. i
At a meeting of tho executive commit- iwi-r confirmed and other formal mntii i
tee of tho Alumni association of the Hlate dlsnoi.d of. The docket Is nn rTtr..,..lv I
unlvorslty held In tho office of tho sec I UKnt one. Tho dates of tho terms fur
Campus Removal
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Dec. 27.-(Hpeclnl Telegram.)
. , . . ..
Into.; tins mieroooii. resiutionn were
passed against tho removal of the mil
crlty to the state farm and for the
further development of tho university at
It present location, and a committee was
sheeted to confer with tho local senators
and representatives next Monday night
ff r the puiiKwe of bringing anti-removal
bcfr the legislature.
I'ali) Mliepuril In Drml,
IIOSTON, Dec 27- PatsV Bheppard.
ai a lightuelgnt wns one of the
191S have not yet been announced by
Judgu Graves.
CHICAGO MAN FOUND DEAD
AT THE OXFORD HOTEL
A. Johnson, who registered nt tho Ox
ford hotel from Chicago Christmas eve,
was found dead tn his room yesterday
afternoon with a four-ounce carbolic ncld
liottlo bv his side lie had apparent'y ,
HY not have the best clothes while
you're about it? Clothes that are absolutely guar
anteed by both the makers and ourselves. They're the
kind that look good when you get
them and keep the good looks through
long period of hardest kind of service.
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
and other absolutely reliable houses
have made them for us and we have
them here for you in our
Pre-Inventory Clearance
Greatly Underpriced
Our immense stock of Suits and Over
coats in five big groups for Saturday:
fjT for Suits iiml
tyLlti W Overooiits in
fluding II. S. & M. clothes,
that sold up to $5.00.
r
017 HIZ lor Suits mm
V ' J Overcoats in
eluding II. S. & AI. clothes.
Hint sold up to S&25.M.
M A HCZ for Suits and
" Overcoats in
eluding ninny lines of II.
S. iV M. suits that sold up
to $JJ.."i().
fls'i'l niZ for Suits and
?il.U? OVonts that
sold up to $18.00.
$9.75 for Suits & Over
coats that sold up to $13.
stars of the prlr. ring enrs ago died been dead twenty-four hours
'. A: """'"' rental the room for one nigh- !
1 t'dl- xeisli r'b-Mftiut u'i! th :. r n r Jlle was not seen after hu was dlrertt't
In the Children's Dept.
Hoys' Suits with two pairs
of pants at-
Vnlues to $:.l)r) at $1.95
Values to $3.00 at $2.45
Values to $G.30 nt $3.45
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