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It's Easy to Be a Crab, But the Cheerful Loser is Always the More Popular
LEAGUE TO
ATHLETES TRA'II
FOR IKCCOR MEET
t FAST SEASON
Comparison of Teams Shows They
Arc Evenly Matched for the
1 Boys at the Y. M. C. A. Preparing
WESTERN
! Danes Who Hold Supremacy at Tugging on a Rope
i
rnrrnin n,m iin nrniwBrTffrrmM 1 1 m i in "wmmitmiI
for the Big Annual Indoor
Track Event.
MUCH INTEREST EXHIBITED
Entries Coming to J. T. Maxwell,
Physical Director.
l i i i i l l i ! i ii 1 1 iii i nil i iw i mi i i ii'P i .
r-ennant Race.
KAWS LOOK MUCH STRONGER
Dale Gear Will Again Be at Helm
of the Topeka Team.
JOSIES EXPECT BANNER YEAR
Holland's St. Joseph Team Will
Fight Hard for Pennant.
OMAliA WILL ' THERE, ALSO
Pn KourUc 3aya LoL'til Tcnnt Will lie
tu Itnuc from rimt liny ntll
lhe Littit uiiil Should
Ton n'mt IMiice..
' lly . M.VSo: vori.n.
Will the pennant race til the estern
league be a close as it w'at. last yea:-'
Thin question had 'been asked sever,,
times by prominent' Omaha fans anrt nv
fans all over the circuit.
' Base ball pennants." .like other thlngt.
nve won by teams on their merits and In
no other way. The merits of a team tnrcn
months before it starts playing l. nn un
certainty, 'therefore It Is impossible "n
state just v.hat ltlnd of-a laco will is
seen in the Western league this year
Hut there li still left that old stuff called
"dope.'l on which many ami many a pofc
nant Is won In Januaiy.
If this said "dope" counts for anything,
the 1913 pennant raci Is going to be a
hummer and will be even butter than
that of last season. Kery teum In iUe
Western lecgue, with the tfxteptlou ot
Denver., will he rully 23 per' cent stronger
than It was last year. Denver, however,
lost some, of its best men, and lust wnat
kind of a team Jimmy McGIll wlllsput in
the field Is unknown.
Topeku Mnrh Stroimrr.
Take Topeka. for Instance, the team
which last year finished In the cellar po
sition. Dale Gear will In all probability
ha at the helm again. Dale has the right
Ideas and la a good skipper, but he
worked under adverse conditions last
year, mostly duetto the lack of support
and financial backing, and ho could riot
get his team going. This year, however,
it is understood, the team will rccclvo
support and almost an unlimited amount
'oT money to get players with.
One thing which Topeka haa this year
is a fine bunch ot pitchers. Cochrehani.
Cochram, Walnwrlght, Reynolds and
Hornsby re the ,atars. Reynold Is . a
great twlriejr and was drafted last boniort,
but due to a technicality will remain wltit
Topeka. Cochreham Is another good
hurler. Ho Is the only pltchev in the
league who secured a no-hlt game last
season.. ' ,
Wichita will put an unusually strong
team In the field. George Hughes will
manage tho bunch, as he did last season.
The controversy .over the ball park hat
been settled and the fans are arousing
themselves from', their slumber and re
ports have It that Wichita will be a
strong contender for the.pennant. Wlchlu
will make. a spring training trip to Qeuda
Springs, ' Kan., and Hughes says he has
several deals on for star players.
llnnner Venf for Joslea.
Judging from early Indication the sea
son b going to be a banner one In St.
Joseph. For material Holland Is better
off thin time than at any corresponding
time since the Western league team wim
returned there. Knough of the old guard
will be back to form a nucleus for a
sturdy and fighting machine. There is
also an abundance of new material at St.
Joseph for Holland to-pick from. Two of
last year" stars havomoved up Gossett,
a catcher, to the White Sox and Ray
I'owell, an outfielder, to Detroit. Holland
will start the. season with the following
named old-tlmers: Chnlletto, Crutcher,
Bell and Thomas, pltcherm Castlo and
Griffith, catchers; Melnke. WatBon, Rellly
and Weaterzll. Inflelders; Watson, Kelly
and Zwllltng. outfielders.
Hughlo Jones of Lincoln says he has
the material to pick from that wtlPkeep
his tearnvj" the race all through thet sea
Mm Hnd Mullen, last year's first sacker,
will lead tho bunch. For pitchers he will
hav.r Fox. "Rip"' Ha'scrman, Wolverton.
' Smith, Tuokry and Dessau. Mosrldgo.
the White Sox twirler. probably will bo
back, on the firing line. The. Lincoln team
will train at Sapulp'a. Okl.. or ake a
trip through Texas. Jones Is not yet de
nied which he will try.
"Ducky" Wor'tlnir llnrtl.
At Sioux City "Ducky" Holmes Is wdrk
las night "and day to get together a fat
traveling aggregation. He will' manage
the team, but probably will not play. Ho
!iu secured Wily Davldron, the former,
Rourke outfielder. Sioux City will go to
Tusa. okl.. to train this year and will
piny rveral ante:stason games with th"e
other Western league teams training"
thore.
Tom h'airv. fattier und Frank Isbell have
not been saving much nbout their team,
but the "Raid ICagle" told Pa Rourku
ihat tie had the finest looking lot of
.amasters he has had together for years.
He will take hi team to KnlU. Okl., for
the snrlng iniliune: trip and he also sayM
.lad; Thomas wilt again bo the big leader
uT Des Moines.
Here l:i OmaJia the situation looks bel
ter than it haw for everal yonis. The
sumo team which tvpresentrd Omaha on
Hit b.ill field Iat year will again do tho
same sol vice this year. Rourke has every
, o!tlon covered with u.voteran with vhe
-xreptlou of left garden, which plaeo he
Meets ta till wltU,a new map. whom he-
, Ktitl angling fr.
aiiiiiarlns the tum they are about
, i ti.e Jame level. At prae,t th look
i.n'- mulched, bytwhat the oiitiwmu or
ni- lt: Ht.aon will t-e ren-alns to be t-en:
,ui It rents ussurd that there will be
cine f.ift pluying.
M'Ml'llI l X1T.
Mike Dbnlln'a aniwer to the story Uiat
,iM voulJ do 8HiitheV I'atU because tran.
fei d to Phllajelphla Is to end In hl
fU.-n ioHtrct to Jla,"vr Doihi wlta a
.itJ:tIen ttit "wu'wlll be a contender
u the pennant.'
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GETS BACK ONTHE BALL MAP
Real Good Sohedule Arranged for
University ot Nebraska.
IOWA ON LIST FOR IOWA CITY
Ames, Kansas and Knnau AkuIcx
Prominent in tht IloeikliiKa of
TfiiViiieni Dircller for
11 V JA3IES IS. jii.VAVlUCC'K.
LlNCOWs, Kob., F.ob l.-(Speclal.)
Tha most extensive huso ball cohedulo
lnc the sumrnsr .bMe ball rulp In the
Missouri i-aliey conference put that pop
ular brapeh of sport on' the blljlU at the
Cornhusker Instlfptlon has ' benp pi e
pared ibjs doa9h.,'tleh'm ;and Manager
Ouy n. rtoed.''"l,'caHs.;foitJ. both, an caat
ern and southern, trio with games, tit
horns Intermixed. ThS spncduln Is not
complete yet and before CoachBtfehm
finally settles on all of1 the' dates thore
will be between sixteen and twenty
games for tho tenement dwellers.
Btlehm has mapped his schedule In ac
cordance with his plans to give base ball
a thorough tryout at Nebraska. If the
students properly support It the sport
will be placed on an equal par with
foot ball, basket ball and track, but If
It Is found that the undcrgvndunto body
does not care for bas ball, then .Stlehm
will probably drop It altogether, for ho
does not care to devote so murh nttiin
tlon to a department where only nine
Students are Interested.
Well .Siiimrti'tl In I'nni.
Before tho sumnirr base bull rule made
It almost a favee. ,basp. ball was ono nf1
the best drawing features of tho Uni-'
verslty of Nebraska athletics. It alwaya
netted a nice Surplus for tho athletic
board treasury and with foot ball and
basket boll proved to be tho best bet ro
far as flnanccR was concerned.
The eastern trip will start on tho 20th
of May and beginning with Highland
Park the Dwellers will visit Orlnuell.
Ia., and Ames for a series of games
Following Is the schedule in full given
out by Coach Stichm, subject to such
chnnges- as ho may see fit to make In
adding more games:
April IS Kansns Aggies at Mnnhattan.
April 19 Kansas Aggies at Manhattan.
Mny 3 Kearney Normal at Lincoln.
May 9-Kaneas I'nlvorflty nt Lincoln.
May 20 Highland Park nt Den Moines.
May 21-fSrlnntll at Orinncll.
May ?2 Iowa at Iowa City.
May S3 Ames at Ames.
.May 34 Ames at Ames.
Other tinmen I,IUel,
. Coach Stlehm has alro arranged for a
lurge number of other games to be played
by the Dwellers If the dates cm be et
tl'ed upon. Thp Nebraika mentor has
heard from St. Mary's college, Kanhax;
Doane college. Tarklo university. Ne
braska .Indians, the I'nl verslty of Cali
fornia. Wcsleyan university. South Da
kota university, Simpson college unl
Westminster college, asdclng for base ball
date. It Is quite likely" that some- of
these schools will be accommud'utrd.
Missouri also asked for a date to tie
played at Columbia, but Stlehm Is not in
clined to tako a trip that far youth wl(ji
IiIh bn.o batt tfanj.
Mny Cut In on 'IV'U'l..
tia ball threatens to seriously cut In
j:i the track work during the spring
Stlehm will have his entire time taken
MP with the training of the spring foot
ball squad, while the base ball squad will
bo placed In charge of a member pf tho
IJncolu base ball club of the Western
'asile. Ited will be In oharge of lh-
kruek candidates and nlready reports the
c IjC Art Mny. tln star Curnhiisker
pl Inter lart year, who In also a good
aw bal playar. May pmfers bate ball
ii truck work, nnd tuus for has refuseej
i ruport with the trnak candidate, !'
itatlng that he would rather play ham'
1 hi week hus markeel the apptiranee
f randhlatas for the trak iUal nnd
' tContlnuedn 1'ast. Two.;
Tug-ol'-war teum of Danish Brotliorliood, lodgo Xo. U)f), which 1ms won the chuinpionship
over all teams of the brotherhood in Omaha. It will pull witli the Danish Drothorhood Council
Bluffs Team No. 10 on the 9th of February. These husky hoys are willing; to meet any and all
teams who like totost their prowess by pulling on a rope.' From left to right, the back row in
the cut. is Anchorman Chris Peterson, li. Basmussen, Anton Jensen, Hans Alberlson. The front
row from left to right is M. Uhristeiiscn Captain Fmil L. Tolahod and Xels Larson.
Bankers Too Fast
Foi' Walnut Hill
Tho Mcrcliants National Hank basket
ball team of the Commercial league de.
fcated tho Walnut Hill Methodist team
Friday evening, 2? to IS. Kellers and
Adamo were the Blurs on the Walnut
1 1 II I te-am, but the clever team work of
tho bankers and tho basket tosstng by
, Hansen and Klxa outclassed 'them. Th'!
Lineup:
WALNUT HILL.. MERCHANTS. '
Adams C.IC Woyermnn
Kellows II. K. i U.V rixa
Dowilng L.l-V UP Haii!n
Hotfman U.U.I 11.11 ,. ,C)vr
Oeyn (C) L.CSiUG Hotel)
Substitutes: Dlneen tor .Morcliauta.
Goals: Haiiicn. :ij l"ixa, ti; floleu, il;
Weyorn-.an, l: Adams, i; fr'ellown, 3;
Hottman, 1; Dowilng, 2. free 'thrown:
Hansen. 1':" (JeVer. 2.
fjOHNSTONE'siGNS WITH
j AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
CHICAGO, Feb. l.-Prcsldent Chiving
! ton of the American association an
, nounccd today that ho had signed E.
! Joht)stone, for many years a National
league umpire. Johnstone resigned from
the National league nt tho end of last
season because of difference wilH Presi
dent Lynch.
'Foot Ball
Change in Methods
lly Cl.vni; I'.. t:i.l.l(ri"l'. into smooth scoring form by a crew . f
Foot ball at the University of Nebraska coaches uhu study the game, who kiio'
demands urgent action to Iefonn tli. i It thoroiiglily and who can teiech tin
coaching sybte-m. There may be Monci j yount. men un the field how to play It--difference
of opinion as to how tho alter- 'how to meet the Nebraska plays nnd how
atlon should be brought about, but
no one ! In doubt as to the Immedi
ate need for some now arrangement ot
(lulling the eleveiiK so that success will i Is to bo changed before next full. Corn
be more of a Certainty tlian It lias been j busker students may put down a Mlnnr-
duiiJM; recent falls.
In this column It Inst week was sug
gested that Coach Iiwald Stlehm he given
four or five assistant coaches und that
an advltory board of flvo members b?
appointed to give helpful auggeitlona I
tho 'coached. Probably there arc better
plans for giving Comhuskor teams tho
efficiency which they should posserH. th
material and tho opportunities considered,
But whether It be this plan or that, there
la xii undeniable tued for Immediate re
form. The Cornlundicrs lack In efficiency, a
faqlt whlcli Ii tho direct result of the
onpvnap poaching plan. They will con
tinue to be- kept from advancing as
tupldlr ns their material would permit
until Stlvhm Is given new men to help
! him erect a fighting machine.
1 Defeat Is Certain.
t Nebraska Is certain of being licked
by Minnesota next fall, under the present
isystem. No matur that the game Is t-i
!bo played In Lincoln. Hie Cornhufkers,
j handicapped 'by the. fuiilts In their pla'
that cannot be era'dlcated early lit-Dim
IkeHi-oii with only one man to tcacli tho
tmeii. i I lose. The Uopht'is are smoothed
down to rapid, precise, powerful pia
whtn they meet the Cornhuskers. Thay
are rushed Into the season against fairly,
strong elevens, and then come up toi thi
Nebrasku coutert Kiinped to pla one f
ithii fluent gaiiKM oftlnlr csoii. Thy
j miii, and they win beCuuu they am put
Thorpe Will Not
'Eeveal Names of
t. Other Players
N BV VOltK, Feb. l.--'Miiu"- Thorpe,
the Indian uthlctic munrl, signed u cou
tl net IIiIh afternoon calllpg for his serv
Icfs with the New York National-Iini?uii
base bull club during tin t,eaiion of VMS.
In iso doing he stepped forever from tin
rulika of 'amateur athlctlfs, n sequence to
IiIh recent confenslon that he hud played
professional ball several yeai'H ago .ind
was not entitled to the amateur honor
I accorded him nt the Ol mpic games.
I Thorpe said today that he prefer to
j pitch with the C.lantfl. but It, Is thought
probable. that McOraw will woik him In
I the outfield.
i Thorpe ius decided not to Involve th
names of tile college nioii who hti Bald
played professional bail with hhu Mina'
earH back, lie hnd l)romhed to give
tlies.' names to Sei retarv Sulllvim of the
Amateur Athletic union, but hIiico tuin
Ing professional, he explained today, h
hud no desirn to meddle In amateur af
fairs. Ilurle) Ilolrl IliiriltMl.
J1UHLKV. Idaho, Feb. l.O'he llurloy
hotel was burned to the ground today,
causing a loss of JTo.CjC. The hotel wan
filled with guests, but all cschikhI.
Conditions ,af fje. University
Must Come if Success is Evgr Attained
1 to take ml vantage of ull slips In tho ono-
mdli manhlun that are evident evety fall
Unlers tho coaching system at Nubrnsku
sot.'t victory over their team right now.
Coach Stlehm, handicapped by lack .if
at-Nlstants. cannot Iwat Coaoh Wllllnm,
lamparted by several men who are ,ia
excellent gridiron teachers as the country
possesses.
Pinna Slow In Forming.
Naturally, xtudnnts and alumni nrc
alow to form a plan for helping tb-.'lr
school. The fctudentH, most of th'n
young, stand in awe nf the men nho
conduct athlrtics at a college, and lii
let things run along until n wreck mak.'n
jhange Imperative. Most faculty mn
interested in atillettcH are too busy with
cither matters to glve'thelr time to study
Ing out a, new system to ..help their tenuis
achieve ' success. ' It takes hammering
from the outside to get the mh Inutile to
stir nround.
In getting better foot ball nt Nebraska
j Coach Btlehm must have the assistance
j of the alumni. For several years condl-
tions at Nebraska have been against the-
conch. No one hax done anything to
help out, and those same conditions tlll
lemuln, but they must b removed bofor
Nebraska run emerge from Its rut .f
medlocro foot ball. It Is miullocre foot
ball. too. and tunw of It like that of oim
or two games last fall It) rotten" foot
ball, as the mm cm the bleachers .votilrf
Inscribe It, Tho fault toduv l ,.r,t
"Stlehm's: It Is that nf tlio'boaul nlileh
controls atliltle. The fanirngo collcm
1 piofJior hh.i been furced tu look upon
Thorpe's Trophies on
Way Back to Europe
NKW YOItK. Fob. 1. -A miniature v(k
Ing ship ami a hurt of the king of
Sweden trophleM of .In men Thorpe'
plowrss on tho Olympic field went back
to Stockholm today tin the American liner
New York." They were consigned to
Christian HrlMrom, secretary of tha
Olympic e-ommlttro. at Stockholm, by.
.lames K. Sullivan, Fecretary of thi
Amateur Athletic union.
Thorpe returnee) them tu the' union
after his recent confession of profes
sionalism. WEST POINT SPEED
ASSOCIATION ELECTS
WKNT POIN-T Feb. l.-lSpeclal.l-Tlli!
West Point 'Spted association at Its uti
nual storkholdM-H meeting elected tho fol
lowing board of ma lingers: W. T. f'.
NellBh. C. SchlliMtock. JaiueH ". IJUIotl.
M. J. Schmltt, John Tlmrp. J. M. Krjiifi..
F. D. Hunker, II. II. Hiiwnrth and Her
man Koch. This board elected officers for
tho year as followm President, W. T.
H. Nellgli; vice pr"cHldenl. I'. 1). Hunker.
treasurer; J. C. I'Uliott, Eccrelary: .1. t'
llaiiHL'ii. Croat enthusiasm was displayed
at tile meeting for the 1!)13 race meet.
of Nebraska
shIiuIcs finni the M'Htili'tPil point of I
vi i. He cannot come to realize that j
an athletic Instructor should be given a j
salary which Is much higher than that '
paid an Instructor In the school. It miy h I
that H coach should nut be paid mo'e '
than the piufcHMor, but that question
cannot be considered when rival vehools j
an- paying their coaclic big xularl4
and getting the best men of the country. I
If Nebraska Intends to keep In the clasn !
of .Mliinoota, Ames or Kanasa. It iniist 1
rneet tlifc lustltiitl'ins in tbo mnttitq of !
Ktliirlcs. Coach Htluliiu dinws fair pay
for u yeif's work. No faculty man will j
complain that Stlehm l paid too much. ;
Mnil tin vc ;noil li'n.
Hut the RHeiHtants the kind that Stlehm i
should liuve t'nnnot bo hired for"mlsor
iibto falailcH. They must be given wlmt
may seem lilgh prices for their services.
It U riot-a-qupMtlon of whether the ml- .
arics are too high, but of whether Ne-'i
bratika Is going In rend Its teams Into '
competition with other schools equally '
prepared to do battle- prepared bv
coaches who are the oqtials of tV op- 1
posing Instructors, if the Coruhuslcr
governing board wishes to continue ii'
fetter the olrvcn by refiiHlng It the proper
coaches, then Nebraska must continue to
Miffcr Ioksou when It meets a foe w h. i
has been given the udvantuge of proper :
drilling nnd (inunction. I
And while the fully of t til -t policy Is j
)elng i'liutlnueKl Nebraska must go with- !
out miiiim of the Iwet feet bull materia! .
In this pa: t of thr country. Certain
pprMjus have bnn asking why one should ,
be yvlling for a better couelilng systinu.
'Why not gut more high- whool boys to '
attend tl.e unlvurnlly?" they have ques
tioned. "Don't Mvorrv about the coach- j
Ing system. j5Bt. more material."
(letting high xcIwmiI jouiignlera to. go
(CoiHlnucel on Page Four.) "
DRAFT SCHEDULE THIS MOUTH
Western League Magnates to Hnthcr
at -.Chicago on Fobrurtry 15.
ROURKES ' TO OPEN AT HOME
I'll Itenrl-e Will JlnUc Fljlit to
I.ii ml tlir Openlnu Un; In
llninhii, ami l,:ijt,tIMM
Nltlim l F.iliccti'ii.
vix-ff" ii'set'S ' i
For .the exnresfl lUirn'oae nf ndnPllng a
echeduli) for the aeusoti of Mill the West
rnt'lpBRue inngnntes Vv 111 gulhur In Chi
cago on February 1&. All .Important biirfi
nes which hits accumilluted during the
last year w.ll hn trnnmicted at this Ini-
nni'tahl. i.lMtlm
k' to 0ic nchedule 'fpr tho coming 'n-
ton tpeve Ih little tloniit nut wnui ine i
game affair v!l again be' adopted. Somo
Yrf lii' . iiln if are favoring the four-trip
!BGhfdtlr.' 'but It Is.haVdly probable that
7t will gel by. 1'ho' majority of tho man
ager's and owners of Western leiguo
toais have hnd enough of the foiir-trtp
NClivdulu and when It was In vogliu los'.
money. '
On thn four-trip' hchrdulo I'lich teum
makes four awlnga around Iho circuit,
playing three gjimrH at each stay. Thu
Idea of pUylng but tlirro games on each
May Ih a good ono and iippciils to t;i
fanr, but the extra mileage and the ex
tra hotel expense overcomes tho larj.ir
crowdii by a wide margin. The fans do
not get Hied of seeing Ita team play Hire
g times, where ono tenin. Is bound get
the big end of the series. Hut on tin
three-trip schedule the funs must hco
four games with one teum. which Is nut
alwaH relished, as there Is a good chime?
for mi even htcak.
i wmniill wprim ni iiniur.
Ilowcxer, tho matter la a trivial ono
land one which will not burden the fans
to any great extant. Tho question of
(where tho teams will open Is olio whlc'i
I Is ot much Importance nt the present
I time. Omaha has opened uit home tor
'the last two Hoasons, and llourke Is iigutu
hoping to get the opening day here thl.i
year. There will be llttlo or no opposi
tion to this, as Omaha Is cunuiderrd to bo
one of the best towns In the circuit for
an opening, as leooril-bt caking crowds
ulwiiy turn out on th's fjuy and the ml
lowing days of the i-crlcs nrul the vjsltlug
magnates go home well laden down wltn
Omaha gold.
Other matters of business to be trans
acted nt the meeting this mouth will tie
of little consequence In comparison with
tho schedule, arid hnrmony Is expected to
be the watchword of the Western Iruguu
meeting I:. Chicago.
COACH FRANK H. SEXTON
TO STAY WITH HARVARD
HOSTON, Feb. 1. Ono of the coaching 1
problems nt Harvard hns been settled by,
the engagement of Frank II. Sexton as
bvao ball roach. Ho has received the
tnlsc of ralnry demanded, and the new
rn-tract Is for three vers. The elenr- I
Ing of the situation In baseVball leaves
only the foot bull and track squad mat
ter to be settled, for there are no Indica
tions that llaughton or Shrubbi thlnk
of taking hold again. There Is much
Hitlsfnctlon over the engagement of Sox
ton, ho. In the two seasons ho has
been In eliuryo. bus doviMoped strong
te'mf, although fortune did not rest
vlth tho Cilmunn In tho Yale torlos of
Ixt J'ar.
-'i Me-tliiw Cnlleil. J
"nv vnp.K. Feb. l.-P-osldent Lynch .
.1... V.,ll.,,.al liviln (All,.,, u.... ....II I
4 l,, ,u.m,- 1 1 V II1IIIUV
to the club presidents that tho re-oou-'
vered seploii of tho leag'-o's annual meet- '
lug wuilld be held 111 till" city oil Fqb- '
ruarv 11. The anuuul chedule meeting ,
... . , .... ...1,1 I... !.-.,.. . ., I
Ol llio le'Uiiu niii ur nriu rivre oil me
amo date. An hour before the time for
tjiu league's Nemiiou, the boafcl of direc
tors will meet
LARGER COLLEGES INQUIRE
Many of the Institutions and High
Schools Got Blanks.
CORNHUSKERS ARE BACKWARD
i Went Una ii Yet llren llee-elve
fruin lln- I nlvrrslty of N
lirnilen Htnirg.- Mny l'nter
Sqund.
Aiue Oii'iilng for the second annual
open indoor qthlerio meet ot the Omaha
Y t.ie., '.Men'a C'lui'tlan association, to be
brltt t tho Audlturluni April 4 and 5, has
begun and the. "Y" atl.letcs awcar that
th' year they will win the-meet If con
dition and haul work will do dt.
Kntiles are beginning to come In for
the big meet and J. T. Maxwell, physical
dlrcilor of the association, Is constantly
sending out circulars and letters trying
to iirous more Interest In the mcot than
Is being pIiqwii nt present. Among the
schools and colleges which have sent In
their entry lists r.ro. Hie Pern Normal
Kearney Normal, Nebruska. Omaha uni
versity. Hcllevue, Omaha, Lincoln, Grand
Island, Fremont, Wesleynn. Council 11 luffs
und South Omaha High schools.
'Since the larger colleges und universities
of the west havn commencrd to Inquire
nbout the big meet the high schools and
nthletl" iisfoi-ln'loiiN nf Knurim nr ' Mis
souri I avs token an Inttrcs'. r.n l last week
Mr Maxwell was busy answering letters
from tho various Institution'?.
Among tho .loe'al boys who tire training
for the meet and who expect to get away
with their varloun events arc. Dennis
llyiiu. ono nud two-mile events; Italph
l.udwlg, the old high ochool titar, half
mile; H. J. Deems, qunrter-mllo and half
nille; Fred Ambernon, former t'nlverslty
ot Nebraska star, one-half, ono and two
mile; Paul Anthes, high Jump and half
mile; Fred Paulson, sprints npd pole
vault; I'. L. Wl.fon, shot put; Alfred Kcn-ru-dy.
Jr., mile.
In the gymnastic events John Slgler,
John Furnberg. Hmmet Ireland nnd P.
Hrlx, encouraged by tlic excellent show
lug they made , ngnliist tho Bohemian
Turners lost year, are practicing hard
olid expect lo MUi' 1;nod In the horte,
pal-nllel har and orjrpptal ,har.
An vet ' no word lias, booh heard fVnm
the Fnlverslty of Nebraska, hut Mr Max
well Is confident that the big fellows will
be em hand nud will makn equally us good
a shutting as thoy did lust year. Alth
Nebraska, Chlc.igo, Iowa and another uni
versity represented the attraction would
bn well worth' coming tnllm to Hex It
Is expected that Chicago university will
bo represented, ns Mr. Maxwell recently
received a letter from Coach A. A, Stage
asking about tho conditions under which
teams must enter.
Wyoming Athletic
Olub Will Exhibit
Physical Stamina
SHKrtlUAN, Wyo.. Feb. I.-(Hpeclal
Telegram. ) llccaiise of Oovernor Garcy's
stand toward prize fights and boxing ex
hibitions a twenty-round scrap between
Mike Mntone and Pete Jensen scheduled
for February 3 Is advertised by the Wyo
ming Athletic clrt as "an exhibition of
physical statnln.
The pibllo Ih Informed that the exhibi
tion will consist of twenty three-minute
periodH with a six-period preliminary,
Itliig terms arc studiously avoided, Sines
(iovernor Carey put a fctop to the fight
gnmo In May, lftl, pugs have steered
clear of Wyoming. Local authorities
refuse to Interfere with nrrnngcmenU for
tho mill.
DINEEN WINS PRIZE
GIVEN TO UMPIRES
CHICAUO, Feb. I. President Ban John
hon of the American league, last night
mailed to William iJeneen. tho umpire,
a check for !. us winner of the prim
offered Inn spring for tho umpire, who
could show tho 'least times nverage for
games during the season. It was not
generally known that Johnson had made
such an offor until ho nnnoimccd . the
award.
Dcncen umpired! in 159 games, the av
erage time of tho contests being !:&.0O.
Frank O'dtiKhllp, who officiated In W
games was serond with a time average
of 1:57. The remaining six umpires had
exactly the same average, their time be
ing 1:&8.
STUBBORNLY FOUGHT GAMES
PLAYED IN CHESS TOURNEY
NHW YOItK. Feb. 1.-Unuually stub
born games marked the ninth round of
the American" chess masters' tournament.
two of the. most Important lemnlnlne-
unflnlslied at adjournament tonight, Jose
11. Capablanca of Havana scored his
ninth straight victory at the expense of
L. II. Zapoleon of Washington, after
twonty-sevou moves. Jaffe and Morri
son drew their gnmo after sixty-four
moves. Tho game between Marshall ami
Whltaker was nSjourned. Chajes and
Janowski played the most complicated,
gaino of the day, which alro was ad
Joupned. l.nilKe Pole I)efeitt -Sliliiej-,
LOUOK P"OLK. Neb., Feb. l.-(8peclal )
-The Sidney Indians plavod the Ixidge
Pole High Mchoui basket ball team here
Wednesday evening. ' The Lodgu Pole,
boy weie In tho lead at every stage of
tho game and tho final scoro was 9) to II
' 1 i'" -"
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