There is Absolutely No Sense SV. JepP t DON kAinw 2TWrfct CHRIST -ujouuont KNOW WHpcf Got-. Bur cr -r-r- GVCH Of Hep. Oust PoR. PON Judgments HB Denver Post nilikes a plea for T peace and co-operation In the Western league -between Pres ident O'Neill and the magnates, pointing out how essential this In to would success and how disastrous it be to prolong the dissension now existing. This Is a timely plea. The Post well points to tho con ditio of the National league as a result of SBb such strife and the superior strength and,-stability of th6 American league as a-rpstilt of unanimity between team owners and' Uie league's executive. It refers to the plenary powers vested in Han Johnson as the greatest element of his league's success and suggests that as long ' as' O'Nelli Is president iof the AVestem' league Hiirf his contract lias three years hi run-'he Is entitled to the fntlre support of the magnates. The'Post htiB well said. Now. let It go Into execu tive session with Owner McGlll of Den ver, whose two pennants seem to have ill affected him, and' convert' htm' 16 Its vlow and ours. The, Post Intimates that O'Neill has "It in for McGlll." Wo doubt that. We think that If McGlll hod not helped to engineer that little trick to oust O'Neill and the headquarters from Chi cago, there would be no troubfe now, and McGlll and Ills, co-conspirators can not Justify ' themselves In this action so long as Its success would have repudiated the league's pledge to the president, woul(,have annulled as far as tho league could a legal' contract will, (hrce years' to run. The Post is right again when It says that If any such changes must be in ado. let them bo-made after President O'Neill has served out the term for which ho was elected. And McGlll and the rest of them cannot get back of that. If it is peace, Utiey want, lot ' them occe'pt- that proposition and go along right. And if It is peace Denver wants, let it stop sub mitting, propositions to 'resident O'Neill to transfer his headquarters to that city. That Is the way exactly not to get peace, and harmony. Denver Is a most charming city with its, salubrious summer climate, but It !b location, not climate, needed fri; tho matter of tho league's headquarters. Tlicy belong In Chicago, they, are In Chicago, they should remain there. There would bo about as much Benso in moving them to Denver us to any other city Iso lated from tho conter of activity in the base- ball world. Lajole. tho great second baseman and slugger, is asked to' accept a cut of 13,600 off Ids $10,000 salary. Hero Is an examplo to inspire young men. Lajole is 33 years of aie. with apparently a few years of excellent service left him on tho ball' field,, though post his prime. At least, Cleveland considers him good enough to draw J7.B00, which Is far above the aver age, especially for simply playing with out directing a -team. For seventeen years he has been a premier and drawn, it Is 'said, In that time $100,000 in salary, nearly $6,000 a year. This is relatively jnoro when It is remembered that seven teen, sixteen, even ten years ago, the larger salaries were not as numerous as they aro now. Being a frugal man, the big Frenchman probubly has well In vested hlsjnonoy. Xle Is only one of many rich young men on the diamond. Not such a badprospect for a youth who has It in lilm. Is it7t But Lajolo, like the great Wflgner, could not have lasted bo long nn a.' premier had he not been a sober man." There's unother source of insplra- tlon This, talk of Chance holding out for the highest salary ever asked by a man ager, plus a percentage of receipts, does not spund good. We hope It does not mean ' a barrier that might prevent Chance and Farrell getting together, About every conceivable statement has boeniattributed to Chance Blnce this mat ter oil me up and ho was denied most of them, so. 'we nre inclined to djscredlt tho one of.lilaistlcklng to the Uttlo orange srovt-iwhlchls now paying so well un less Mr,..FArrcll.meots his figure. Orange groves arc ". all right, even If they have lust .Hid a miserably bad year, but you don'tiSfear-'of many men of 35 turning dowif .offers ranging around $20,000 for six months a'etlve.work and six of Inactive, Johnny'' Eve'rs. will prove a failure as mana'f&'rijjfugli Jennings thinks. Bo do nianx others. Tho one tning mai win tavof jVliuny from failure 1 to be some-bodyeliv'-tban Evers. The temperament of tlja'JUttabundle of nerves that has covered secondln such prodigious form for tho'CuVs" these many years will never maki a- successful manager and, there fore,1 It is' not discounting or knocking Kvers for Jennings to express tho opinion lie has. along with many others. The liopo Of Kvers' numerous admirers Is that he wHl transform himself and make good, but it will take transformation. President O'Neill won his and tho league's suit whlqh Guy Green brought ncalnjt them. Guy had as much chance to win It as his office boy. It's a fine thing ho brought It, though, for lie might Mave - gone on thinking he had a kick mining, otherwise. Wichita and Lincoln have made bids fnr .h.. wuiinin headduarters. Let Wichita I'ull teams and paying patronages and the league w II be .satisfied with them If tb 8 weather keeps on well pu'l the C-llo- weu, RJ otjj i ASIATICS IN OLYMPIC GAMES Americans in Philippines Have In terested Them in Athletics. ARE STRONGLY REPRESENTED At the Berlin Meet ThU Cumins Year There Will He n Sooil Ilepresentntlon by Both Jniian mid Chi tin. NKW YORK, Dec 2S. That Americans in the Philippines are responsible for the vast Interest In athletic In tho east, na evidenced by the announcement that Ju pan, China and other sections near the American colony in tho Pacific ocenn will bo. strongly represented In tho Olym pic garne,s In. Berlin n 1916, In conceded to be tho result ,of the appointment of Major Palmer E. Pierce, United Statrt: army, now located In China, and form erly president pf. the'Natlonal Collegiate .Athletic association. Among followers of athletics In this sec tion who are well awaro of Major Pierce's allegiance to up-to-date and purely nma' tuer games. It is granted that all such will receive a great uplift with his en couragemehl. as he In a strong believer In physlcul cultures In all its forms. Tho Philippine Athletic, association, which has been doing a great amount of missionary wprk In apd about Manila, where the high schools under American domination, have taken up sport on up-to-date liner, has paved the way for the furtherance of athletics In a new section of the world. This organization has como forward with a proposition for a series of bien nial games fashioned after the Olympic, to be open to all countries In the east to be held In turn In the capital cities .of .the countries named, which Include six districts, namely, Japan and its de. pendencies, the Philippines, North China, with Its center at Shanghai; South China, wljh center at Hong Kong; Malay Peninsula, with center at Singapore; and Slam. Power' Is to be taken to admit for mally any Asiatic-Pacific territory not Included In tho districts named above When It la deemed .advisable. It Is pro posed to hold the first games In Manila next year and tho second series In Toklo In 1916. I.Iat of Proposed Event. The proposed list of events is as follows. and it Is "noticeable that they are at distances and sports usually named In the American championship, vie: 100 yards,, 220 yards, 440 yards, ES0 yards. ono mile, five-mile road race, 130 yard hurdles, 220-yard low hurdles, standing high Jump, running broad Jump, polo vault, discus, (free style), and shotput. Two relay events are also named, theso being at 220 yards and 440 yards for each man of a team. A pentathlon, consisting of running broad Jump, shotput, 220 yards. discus (free style) and one-mile run, and tho decathlon, 100 yards, running broad Jump, shotput, running high Jump, 440 yards, 220-yard low hurdles, discus (frro style) pole vault, hop, step and Jump and one-mile run will also be decided. In swimming events will bo 100 yards, 230 yards, 440 yards, 880 yards, ono mile, 103 yards back stroke, 220 yards breast stroke. 400-yard relay, and plunging for distance. The cycling will consist of a ten-mile road race. Thcro will also be gentlemen's and ladies' singles at lawn tennis, as well as the following games: base ball, volley ball, (teams of fifteen) foot ball (association) and basket ball. The clause In relation to those eligible to participate Is apparently far reaching, reading as follows: "The Olympic con tests will be confined strictly to amateurs. The general definition excludes any per son who enters a competition for money, accepts a money prise, sells or pawns his prizes, Issues or accepts a challenge for money, accepts a free membership or remission of dues or other reward for becoming or continuing a member .of an athletic organization, leaches, trains or coaches In any athletic sport for money, or enters a competition under a falxe name. The term money is used In its broadest sense, and Includes Its equiva lent or anything in the nature of a mone tary consideration." MEN TO BUILD DEFENDER HAVE BEEN APPOINTED SAN KRANC1BCO. Dec. 2S. The men who will supervise the building of the craft which wilt meet Sir Thomas Up ton's challenging yacht hero during 1913, have been appointed. The building and racing committee consists of Austin Bperry. who has had great experience in connection with the shipbuilding plant of the Union Iron works; W. S. Inland, consulting engineer, who at one time was a profesor of mathematics in tho Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Iloston, and who has given a largo amount of thought and consideration to yacht racing conditions; Harry D. Hawks, former commodore of th Corinthian Yacht club; W. G. Morrow, former commodore of the San Francisco Yacht club; W. F. Stone, who probably will build and sail the cup racer, and , Thomas W. Miller. The committee appointed rannot be In- terfered with by the individual members Sof he syndicate. Their work Is largely ' technics' It rhura ter and calls for n only technical knowledge but iiactkal expcrler THE OMAHA in This Whatever jjyjtiTHINCrj WHAT Tennis men have taken advantage of tho splendid weather Omaha has been enjoying of lato und somo have con COMPETITION FOR BONHAG Irish-American Long-Distancc Run ner May Slip Baok This Year. GOOD TRIO AGAINST HIM Three Yuun$atrr Who llnvr llren Nliunlng Up In Fine Form Will WelKh Mrtllr with Ihp (lid Chnmiilon. , NEW YOIUC, Dec. 2S. AVlth the excep tion of ono or two occasions when ho was not wound up to concert pitch, Georgo V. Honhag of the Irish-American Athletic club, has for tho last eight yeare held tho center of tho stage on which tho long distance runners perform. H was not until the Inst season that am bitious youngsters began seriously to threaten his supremacy, and now there is the liveliest interest as to which of tho promising .aspirants will occupy tho throne which tho old champion must of necessity soon obdlcate. Three men aro In line for the distinction outside of tho Invading Finn, Hann-s Kolehmuinen, who enn scarcely bo con sidered an American as yet. They aro Louis Scott of Paterson; William J. ICramer. Ixmg Island Athletic club; and Harry .1 Smith, an unattached nthlnie wlm will coniDeto for tho Ilronx church house as soon as his term of probation expires. Each of these, has his strong point and experts are greatly puz zled when asked to predict the one that will shlno above his fellows next soa- son. Krnnier Xvxi to IIiiiiIiiikt. Kramer is perhaps the best known of the trio nnd he has long been n thorn In the sldo of Honhag. Whenever tho old champion was a trifle off fornutho Long Islander could bo depended upon to fin ish In front of him arid two years ago Just after Bonhag had, broken the five mile American record, Kramer defeate'l lilm In tho five-mile national champion- ship ut New Orleans. It was n year be fore . that that Kramer first began to show ability to travel a route, with the best of them. Starting as a Junior he won the Me troiiolltun title for that divi sion In February, 119. In November of the same year he annexed the Junior na tional tille and followed that a week or so later by romping home In, front of the best cross-country men In the senior national championship. With thn exoep tlon of tho following year when F. G. Dcllars leat lilm In tho senior event, Kramer has orrrlod off all the rhmplon ships In this Hue and stands supreme In hill and dale work. Special qualifications nre required for crofs-country work and Kramer's defeat of Kolohmalnen In the recent ohainplon ship, set tho seal on his greatness In that respect. It remains, however, for him to prove that ho is equally capable over a flat eource before he can osplro to Ilonhag's erown. His ndhorents wore sure trt the new champion had beeT 1 found when Jur-t before the Olymplo games he began to show his real speed 1 long distance racr-s A wk before the t(youts e r i a lev, r-. ord for "0"0 r. tern at ' irk t t - . aine tn I . U..; mmM&'''' ni..Wjm iu iih". iiii.mii ' ims iLAy SUNDAY BED: DECEMBER 20. 1012. vJHrT DID YOU GET? nothing; Tennis Men Who tinued the sport uninterruptedly. Among tlio more strenuous urn tho members of tho Strehlow Tennis club, whoso photo- defeating Louis Scott, who hud previously been considered Douhag's greatest rival. Kramer mado Ills triumph completo by reeling off a string of record figures from five and a quarter miles to 10,000 meters. Then came tho slump for the Long Islander. Sent to Stockholm us tho most fancied long distance runner on tho American team, tho pounding ovor tho hard track at Cambridgo told its tale, and whllo abroad Kramer brok" down to hopelessly that the experienced Mike Murphy predicted he would never run ngeln. Whether ho will again show the speed on tho track that made him so feared before the Olympics cannot bo foretold, but by dint of excellent care he came backln tho cross-country champion ships and won both metropolitan and na tional titles in hollow fashion. Krutt In Another I'uisxlr. Louis Scott Is' another puzzle, for sinew he 'appeared as a rival of Bonhag ho has shown brilliant form, at limes, only to fall -when his Hdmlrcrs were confident that ho would outstrip tho field. Several times ho was supported to defeat the Irlsh-Amorican crank, but In tho pinch the old war horso maintained his su promncy until tho present season. With Honhag out of tho raco Scott won his spurs by defeating a big field for the national ton-mllo championship a year go. He ran away from Kramer nt tho finish and covered the dlstanro In E3 :20ft. This season the Paterson lad was nt tho top of his form d Uttlo before tho proper tlmo and ho reeled off a record for E.OOO meters at the post office clerks games at Celtic park on May 24. Then camo his defeat by. ICramer, and when ho failed to show any real Hpecd at Stockholm there was a genefal Idea that lie hiul shot his bolt. Scott did Uttlo after his return from Sweden, but gradually getting In condi tion, furnished a surprise when ho broKe nonhng's American record' for four miles In a race, late In the fall at Celtic park. He was nn overwhelming favorite for tho It'ii-mllo race In whlrh his tltlo was at stake on October 26. but again hn showed a streak of unreliability and In the fin ishing sprint Harry Smith ran away from the tltleholder. Whon In condition Scott runs with more dash than any other American runner now in the harness, and with a tltlo nioro oxperlence Is sure to make the best of them hustle. S in 1 1 1) II Future lliiimer.' Harry Smith has been running In the front tank of innruthonerH for several years, nut this is the first season In which ho camo to tho front nt distances that requiro .speed as well as staying power. Taken to Stockholm as a manithon runner, It was not until aftor his return that he graduated from the Junior class Ha developed enough speed to win tlie. five. mile junior metruKlltun champion' ship and from that moment his rlso was rapid. After winning tho five-mile senior molropolltan tltlo Smith had to accept do feat In the national ovent at the same dlstnnce from the world's champion Krlclimalnen hut his vic tory over Scott ui the trn miles showed that he Is a man to b reckoned w.th In future con- tt sti Though "iiillh has not r 9m Drawn r JBBi assssssssssssWe 111 Play All Winter gruph was hiade aftb. a match on Christ-. mas day. Left to right, Walloou Schoen-1 man, Hoy Jumlenon, Sam Iltlsrttk, James pllshed Very fast Ulna there Is no knowing what Is' to be expected of htm. Through running with Hilly Qucal, the pro fessional, he has ncqulred tho method of carrying his field along with n suc cession of sprints that senm to tire the other runners, but leavo the former Pastlina captain comparatively fresh. He Is a bigger and stronger man than either Scott or Kramer nnd now that he 'has shown he possesses speed la entitled to equal consideration with them as tho probable king of American distance runners. Outside of.the.se men there are few who may be counted as likely to step Into Ilonhag's shoes. Glutton Btroblno had a fow supporters when ho won the handicap at tho Ttppernry games, beating among others Kolehmainen, the scratch man, and ljuls Scott. Since than, however, ho has not shown, any form worthy to cope with tho real filers. It Is Just posslblo that tho belt offered by James 19. Sullivan as u challenger trophy for long distance races may develop somo now wonder, but nt present It looka as though America would have to depend on Bcott, Kramer and Smith for the long races at Berlin. Game of Base Ball Played Year Around PITTSBUIICIH. Pa., Dec, 28. Base ball may soon be an all-year-round sport, for you can now play it wito. a root ball. The new friend of the magnate and tho professional player' name, is Prof. Uenscoter of the WIlkes-Darra High sohool. As Inventor of the new gam. he axplalns It as follows: "A base ball cannot be easily held by players In cold weather, hence the need of a game with the larger, clumsier foot ball. It Is played on a base ball dla mond, with thn same number of a players on a side, the most notable difference being that them Is no pitcher; this player occupies tho position of another shortstop 'right shortstop' between first and second. "Tho ball is put Into play by being kicked from He homo plate, and tho" runner hikes for first, as In base ball, and Is put out M the passing of the ball to first ahead him, as in baseball, or being touched v it In the hands of a player. "The runner may not advance from a base when the ball has benn passed to the baseman who touches the base while the runner t there; this debars the riitnier from advancing from the base until' it has been again kicked out; It likewise debars uny runner back of lilm. Tho kick mav be of nny sort place, punt or drop kick. The runner may be declared out if ho advances from the base before the ball is kicked out. If the ball Is kicked foul the kicker Is out; he Is also out tf ha falls In an attempt to kick, "The game Is very lively, being full of conatant kicking catching and passing. It develops strength, speed, accuracy, skill, and with less liability to accidents even thun In taeehall on account of the I freedom from the ihancn of being Injured Jby a pitched or bauca uau, for The Bee by MER.R.Y Qllmore, Harry Counsman, Don Amsden, Albert Dlngman. Will Make an Efforts to Place Boxing on Legitimate Basis NEW YOUK, Dec. 2S.-A determined effort to place boxing on a legal basis will be mnde by followers of pugilism, In Chicago 'at the next meottn'g of th6 Illinois legislature. No less than 'thr6 bills are belnr drawn up to be presented by different sponsors. One bill Is modeled along the lines of tho Frawley law of this state. It calls for a commission of three members, ten-round bouts with no de cision, and a percentage of the receipts to go to the state. Another of the bills favors six-round contests, with decisions to be given. Only cllibs of standing organized under tho corporatlo'u laws of tho state are to be granted tcrmlts under this measure. It also provides for a commission to np point an officer In each city to bo in charge of the sport. Thn third bill places the control of box Inc In the hands of . each municipality, with local option an to whether permits are to bo granted. Tho mayor's veto on a permit would be final. it Is confidently expected that the new administration will pass at least one of tljese bills. One of the leaders In the movement Is Barratt OMInra, lieutenant governor-elect. He, himself Is a devotee of boxing, which he practices as a means of exercise. IOWA BILLIARD PRODIGY .WILL EXHIBIT IN OMAHA Prof. T W, Perkins of Chicago will give an entertaining lecture on the science of the billiard game Monday at Mor rison's billiard Iiarlors. WHaf he will have to say will, no doutJt, create a fresh Interest to devotees of tho sport. Ho will illustrate many fancy plays and tell how ' they enn be estimated to a nlcoty. . Walter Cochran, the H-year-old prodigy, will exhibit on the name date and aftor a lecture will offer to play anyone In Omaha at the 18-2 balkllne game. THIRTY-SIX RIFLE CLUBS WILL MEET THIS WINTER NEW YORIC Dec. 28. The New Or leans Rifle club has been admitted to membership In tho National Rifle Asso ciation of America. At least thirty-six clubs aro expected to enter the tourna ments this winter. Weekly matches are shot between teams of ten men. At the end of the series the two champion teams meet and from them will be picked the American small boro team which will represeht America In the Interna tional matches at Seagirt In 1913. Griffith Llkrs Mulllu, George Mulltn won't get out ot the American league If Clark Griffith has his wav. for the Washington manager nas i aWRyB Vtry sw ett on the Dvtrolt ivtfteron, 3-S "Bud" Fisher 1 a t 1 'I 5 RAGE MEN GOTO PITTSBURGH Harmonious Meeting is Expected at the January Session. DETROIT WANTS LATE DATES M Would I.Ike to StiiKP n !!Ir Thrm ' Vrnr-Olit Kvrnt Plttalmrnh Will Follow Clvelnn nn 1lr ClronK. NBW YOUK, Dec 2S. The decision ot the stewards of tho Grand Circuit to hold the next annual meeting at Pittsburgh surprised the turf world, as the Dotrolt Driving club had canvassed the member ship In un effort to tako the meeting , away from New York. A meet lag In Ilttsburgh, will do much o stimulate trotting Interest In tiiat clty.l which broke Into the new Grand Circuit only last Au- gust. Ip all .probability the meeting on Janu ary 13 will bo the most liarropnlous In years. Some time ago tho officials of the Detroit Driving club intimated that, they would demand the opening dates, a distinction Detroit enjoyed every year until this year, and a big n-set on ac count qf the M. and M. stuKe. Thn as sociations at Orand Rapid nnd ICalama isoo are both willing to yield on tils point; In fact, would Jump at the chance to come later, so as to benefit by tho 'n, creased entries that later dates guaran-"' tee.. Hut now Detroit does not want to give a meeting so enrly that it cannot tj Include In Its program one of the big 3-year-old futurities, and hs It cannotll open tho circuit nnd have August dates, too, the chances are that the three Mlcht-,i, gan meetings will cover the last three weeks of July, although the order of tho meetings may bn changed, Cleveland Will bo satisfied with any dates, as the presi dent of thn association there, It, K. Deverdux, la the' peacemaker In the board of stewards. It is not generally known that at the last meeting, when a conflict arose over dates, be, for tho sake of har mony, .offered to open the, circuit early In July, notwithstanding that such a step would be a big sacrifice to his, association. FAlIows Cleveland. Pittsburgh -will, of course, folldw Cleve. land.k'biit after that there will be a tangle. It has been officially announced that thn Niagara Bating association will have a running meeting on during" Its aeons' tomed week 6f harness radng. Hence thajscj ship from Pittsburgh will be directly IntoSSH New England, Unless' Fort Erie wants the3 sulky flier's the week In advance" of that runnors, 'and. further, provided ' Pitts-"" burgh will agree to a switch in dotes. Hartford always Insists Upon the woek that oontalns Labor day, and the next week must go to Syracuse because the dates of the state fair are fixed by statute. It would bo fine for Buffalo Fort Krie to follow Syracuse and thus break up tho long ship to Detroit but If Detroit and Columbus are to have their full dates In advance of Lexington, there will not be room for Fort Erie atX HIDl UIIIO, IIIU UIO lltOTA UI. IMO 5IO.IU Mt I cult nre that when a member gives up IU old ddte it shall take the beat that, f Is offered It In place. The coming traubte for the stewards, therefore, will not be so much about Mlohlgan dates as It will be to determine what to do with Fort Krlo. The Hudson river driving park' at Poughkeepsie owns ' a Grand Circuit franchise, but It Is on.', the Inactive list, Jacob Kuppert, owner of the track, says ho will reopen the gates wfinnever he Is assured that he will hot be prosecuted for the acts of others as the law now provides, and can get dates. There are fourteen members of the Grand Circuit, and thirteen of thorn want to get dates in the twelve weeks from July 14 to the opening at Lexington. 4 on Ootober 7. The week of July 14 Is 1 .oven s week sooner than Grand napfdB,,, relishes and to provide dates for all will"--mean that the Grand Circuit of 1013 shall ( open on July 7. The following stewards' will attend the Pittsburgh meeting Grand Rapids, S, 12, Dodson; Kalamazoo, W, P. Engleman; petrolt, Fred Postal, Cleveland, H. IC. Devereux; Pittsburgh, ' JI. P. Haas; Fort Krle, J, p. .Madlgan; 1 w Salemn. N. II., W. L. Duntley; Reads ville, Mass., A. J. Welch; Hartford, Or lando Jones; Byracuse, William H. Jones. Michigan state fair; Detroit. T. E. New ton; Columbus, K, W. Swisher; Iexlngf 1 ton, Ed G. Tipton. EX-HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL MEN ORGANIZE hi A new basket ball team will take the floor tills season under the name of X Illghs. The team Is composed of ex-hlKh school men with one exception Adams, center, a University of Omaha player The other members of the team are Saup, forward; Weber, guard: Noqne. guard, and Fellers, forward. The sub stitutes are Krelgler and Pariah. The J team Is fast and working out every day at me xoung .Mens unnstian associa tion They have applied for admission1 In the Commercial league and haVpKJ several out-of-town dates scheduled,. M Teams wishing games write Thomas' Noone, 3S14 Franklin street, or telephone Webster 2195. Tnnnehlll to Coach Pitchers. Jess Tannehlll. who has signed with, St Joseph In the Western leaguej will ct a "'' a coach for young nl.sjsvara-