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Judgments
"V yO better schcdulo has ever been
drafted for a Cornhusker eleven
than that announced for next
fall. It Includes games with two
"big nlnn" teams Minnesota and Iowa
and with local conference elevens to the
number of 'two. .But It Is neither because
of the western or Missouri valley con
ference games that the schedule ap
proaches close to the Ideal; It Is by rea
son of the good balance In the caliber
of all the opponents and the splendid ar-
rangement us to succession of frames
1 Uy placing Washburn nnd the Kansas
Aggies before the Minnesota contest.
Manager Guy Reed has given the Corn
huskors two games about which they will
have to worry a great deal. These two
teams have long been among tho best
non-conference elevens In the valley, and
the honor of defeating the University
Kunsas has often fallen upon the In
Topeka eleven. To defeat these teams iu
the, early season will be a tremendous
task for the men of Stlehm. But whether
these games aro won or not, tho Corn
huskers will have had opposition that
win strengthen tliem for the Minnesota
game, their really Important battle on
the schedule. In other seasons tho fault
wlt the Nebraska schedule has been that
the games before for the Minnesota
struggle were easy wins for the Corn
huskcrs, and neither tested Nebraska's
strength nor aided In proparlng tho team
for the harder games. By forcing upon
Nebraska two fierce contests early In tha
season the manager Is making for n
better team-at Lincoln. But with such
teams as Kansas, Iowa,, Ames. and. ,JHn
nesota booked, It Is all more Imperative
that the coaching system bo changed
Stlehm alone cannot get a successful sea
son, out of 1913. He must have help.
Omaha's 1913 team may now be consid
ered completed with the acquisition of
Congalton to tho outfield. While some
what of a veteran, Congalton Is not an
old man by any means and, coming from
the. American association, where he was
a . force, should lend strength to tho
Rourkes.. Wo are sorry a deal could not
have been made for Ollmore or Casstdy
of Denver, but with Thomason, Coyle,
Congalton, and a youngster or two In
addition for outfield material. Pa should
bo able to struggle along. Frankly, we
have no very positive opinions to ex
press on the pitching staff; Pa seems to
feel that it Is a promising one and we
hope fo, knowing nothing to the con
trary, but everybody who knows tho
team, appreciates that behind the bat
and In the 1 ei f I old it Is exceptionally
powerful, and that with Coyle and
Tommy outside, this level of strength Is
maintained. It may be that Congalton
will uphold it entirely, so far as he is
concerned.
Uumor.has.lt that President Navln of
Detroit met Cobb's demand for a raise
of 12,500 by clipping off a little from each
Player's salary. It sounds fishy, but If
true the players may be thinking of the
time they "struck" because Ty they
thought, had got a foul deal. And also
If true, which we doubt. Navln. will
have plqntly of occasions for doing some
tall thinking himself ns the season pro
gresses. Old George Ilogrlevcr, reports say,
may not be able to play ball any more.
Ho has been Injured and his Injuries are
nut healing as fast as hoped for, so re
ports say. Well if he Is put out, George
has tho consoluation of knowing that he
has been playing a great deal longer and
on more teams In more leagues than most
players eveer do. His playing days num
ber up around twenty-three years. And
it's a gopd old wagon he's been, top.
The last thing Comlskey did before
starting on his California tour was to
diop down to St. Isolds to see If his old !
friend and boss, Chris Von Der Ahe. In j
hls dying days, needed anything. You
can't beat a man with the public who Is
as attentive to old friendship as that.
Perhaps you can get an Idea tf the re
lative social standing of ball players and
steamship captains from the fact that
the captain of the Bermuda-bound vessel
gave up his own private cabin to Man
ager Chance.
"Overall Resigned to His Fate," Is the
Sporting News' caption over the story
that the big Cub recently reinstated is
not to be allowed to leave Murphy's
employ.
With Jimmy Austin, Shotten and A'g
new the St. Louis Americans ought to
Jegin to show real Omaha form.
Hverybody but Frank Chance seems to
be afraid Hal Chase won't make good at
scond.
Well. Pi evident O'Nell and the league
still have their headquarters In Chicago.
On St. Patrick's day in the morning,
wo set sail for Oklahoma.
April IS is to be our opening day. Got
the money ready I
Father
FEW MARKS JJ3FT TO GAIN
Kolehmainen Has But Little Ways
to Go to Reach Top.
MUCH IS 'EXPECTED OF HIM
3Inny lie-Here lie la the Only Person
on Earth Who Can Lower the
World's Record Made
by Shrnhh.
NEW TOIIK, Feb. 22,-Proud possessor
of thirteen American dlstanco records,
two world's marks, and credited with the
best Olympic games performance for
10,000 meters, there Is only one thing left
for Hannes Kolehmainen to accomplish
before we shall hail him as tho greatest
runner that ever wore a spiked shoe.
And that Is the surpassing of Alfred
Shrubb's best times for the distances
ranging from three to ten miles.
Tho Flying Finn's performances since
his wonderful showing at Stockholm put
him In a class right now all by his little
lonesome, nnd you can't say too much in
praise of his endeavors.
Athletic enthusiasts who have seen the
foreigner in action, believe he is tho only
person on earth who can lower Shrubb's
world's records. Tho time Is not far dis
tant vhen he will get a chance to do
this.
He Is a better runner outdoors than be
hind closed doors. There is no questlo l
about that. He never ran on a board
floor until he came to this country. His
showing at the outset was nothing to
brag about, but once he got into his
stride he fractured the best figures ever
turned In by George Bonhag.
Just as soon as tl)e indoor curtain is
rung down, some little timo after tho de
ciding of tho national senior champion
ships, Lawson Robertson, coach of the
Irish-American Athletic club, will take
tho Finn In hand and run him every
other day on the Celtic park course. He
expects to have him in the same great
form he displayed in Sweden In no time.
Friends Have Confidence.
Robertson, who Is ono of tho best stu
dents of the game, is confident Koleh
mainen will put the Jinx on all of
Shrubb's records from four to ten miles.
lie wants to go on record as saying so.
In the historic 0,000-meter race between
Bouln and Kolehmainen, tho latter, by
unofficial watches, was caught passing
the three-mile post in 14.14ft. 3 seconds
faster than Shrubb's world's record.
No Booner did Hannes step on these
shores than ho began to show tho folks
here, who did not see him perform his
wonders on the other side, that he Is
all that has been said of him. He began
his record-smashing career on the Ameri
can clnderpath by bettering Tommy Con
neff's three-and-a-half-mllo record of 17.
42, and the 19.01 time of Willie Day for
three and three-quarters miles.
Hannes turned the first distance In
17;34H and the other In 18:64. Not con
tent with these, he kept up his good work
by securing three more new marks. At
three and a quarter, four and a quarter
and four and 'three-quarters miles Han
nes was timed in 1G:13V4, 21;27 and 23:EJ,
Kolehmainen then laid off and didn't
get going again until he raced a dead
heat with Abel Kivtat for two miles in
D:24?.
Primed aa he never was before, Koleh
mainen recently raced ten miles against
a reiay of five men on the fast track of
the Seventy-fourth regiment in Buffalo,
and when he was through, had hung
up new records for six, seven, eight,
nine and ten miles.
Kolehmalnen'n time for the ten mil's
was Bl:0C?i, as compared to Bonhag's out
door figures of 62:34 and Tewanlma's
Indoor record of S4:21ft.
In the presence of Eddie Carter, who
was one of the world's best dlstancers
many years ago, and Bonhag himself,
Kolehmainen, running easily, put "Gen
tleman George's" best figures for five
miles out of commission at the Irish
American Athletic club games the other
night. From the honor mark Koleh
mainen overhauled the large field, broke
two Intermediate records for three and a
half and four and a half miles, ani
closed his gallant performance by knock
ing 11 seconds off the former beat In
door record, 24:59. made by Bonhag on
March 16. 1909.
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
MAY SEND TEAM TO JAPAN
i
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 22. The author- j
itles of the University of Washington are j
considering an Invitation to play a series j
of ten base ball games in Japan with the i
MeiJI university team. Graduate Man
ager Horr announces that the Japanese
are willing to defray the Americans' ex
penses. The far easterners are willing
tc pay M.000 to help pay Washington's
expenses.
Expected to Slg-n.
President Navln of the Detroit club
spiked another canard, when he denied
that he ever wrote a letter to Second
Baseman Vltt, saying that he nad
agreed to pay $15,000 salary to Ty Cobb.
Navln declared that he expected Cobb,
Crawford, Dubuc and Stallage to sign
contracts within the next wetk.
Copyright, 1913 National
BASKET BALLMEET LOOMS UP
Nebraska Uni Preparing for Inter
scholastic Tournament,
SIXTEEN ENTRIES RECEIVED
AlfiiuiKer r.njr need of the University
i:xieet Tlilrtj-SIx Teams to
Unter the Tourney to Be
Held Next Month.
lly C. MASON VOUIiD.
Oklahoma City base ball fans and tha
commercial Interests of the city are
making extenslva plans for tho advent
of the Omaha Western Icuguo baso ball
club Into tho metropolis of Oklahoma.
Letters are being received every duy by
Rourke, telling of the progress of the
plans.
Unusual Interest Is being taken by the
Oklahoma City fans and business men,
owing to the fact that they arc trying
to get a franchise In Hie Western league.
Today Oklahoma City Is tho largest city
In the country which has not a bull team
playing organized base ball. This year
it probably will have a team In the
Southwestern league, which will bo of
class D caliber, but the fans want to
get Into a faster circuit.
The only chunce Oklahoma City will
havo to get into the Western league will
come through their support of the Omaha
team while It trains there this spring. If
the crowds turn out In sufficient num
bers to provo that the towncould oUp
port a class A club there Is a possibility
that In 1914 the directors of the Western
league might transfer the franchise from
some weak club In the league to Okla
homa City.
All to Turn Uul.
Reallzlngthat they cun only get Into
this league by supporting the Omaha
team this spring, the fans of tho Okla
homa metroiiolls are assuring the Com
mercial club of that city that they will
turn out In largo numbers, Just to show
Omaha that they nre real fans and
lovers of the national pustlme.
The Chamber of Commerce of Okla
homa City Is sending out pamphlets an
nouncing that Omaha will train at thut
place this spring nnd Is demundlug that
the base ball fans and lovers of tho game
of that city and surrounding towns turn
out and boost the Omaha team, In older
that within a few years they may he
able to watch Oklahoma City play the
same team In the race for tho Western
leaguo pennant.
I'lnus for Ope ii Ink liny.
At Omaha hero Roiiiko Is working In
conjunction with tho Commercial club,
the various secret societies and tho
Knights of Ak-8ar-Ben to make the
opening day In Omaha the biggest of its
kind that has ever been well ndverttscd
by Its unique opening day festivities und
the plans are ever to excel the festi
vities of the year previous and to that
end Rourke and tno Omaha fans nnd
business men aro working. Just whit
stuntn will be pulled off this year have
not been made public und thero me
somo which will be kept a secret unt'l
tho last day. Tho usual parado of clv'c
officers, fans and players will, of course,
be one of the features.
J. "Dad" Weaver of the Ak-Sar-Hen
is now working on a plan which will
eclipse that of former years. That tho
knights will take a big part in tho
demonstration goes without saying. A'
ready clubs and organizations have be
gun to reserve boxes and seats for the
first game of tho season, which will hi
played with Sioux City.
Unit for Openlnir,
There will be no oportunlties for tho
Omaha fans to see tho Rourkes In no
tion before the opening days and for this
reason It Is expected that the opening
day crowd will bo larger than ever bo
fore. The Omaha team will play at least
fifteen games in Oklahoma City, the
last two being with Denver on the 3at
urday and Sunday prior to the opening
of the Western league season. Rourk
had first thought of coming homo and
playing Lincoln on these dates, but
games have been arranged with the An
telopes to be played in Oklahoma City
Another feature which may or may
not appeal to the fans Is the decision of
Rourke to start tho base ball games In
Omaha this season at 3 o'clock. The
Omaha magnate feels assured that by
moving the hour of .play up thirty
minutes he will be able to draw larger
crowds and also appease the sporting
appetit of business men who wish to go
back to their offices before the closing
hour after' leaving the ball grounds. Uy
starting the games at 3 o'clock most of
them will bo completed by 4:30 and the
patrons of the game who wish may re
turn to( their offices before 5 o'clock.
Then, again, there Is a class of men who
are relieved of duty from 2 until S o'clock
In the afternoons, who In years past
have been unable to attend the game and
witness It to Its finish because they mutt
return to their business.
Women have been kept away from
games to a certain extent In the past
because they could not get home In time,
to cook the evening meal and have t
ready at the desired time. Under the
system to be employed this season they
will be able to attend ball games and
THE OMAUA SITJDAY BKR: FKUMWRT 23, inl.T
News Asj-oiIhUoh
op finriiiTv -
DCAK "NOW fit
ueAve
Stahl Touting Collins
Ray colllns. ono of Mauugcr Jako world'H n..unlIonshlp for tho Boston
Stahl'B staff of young twirling stais, who Red Sox lust season. Stahl predicts that
was such a big factor in the winning ot Collins will be better than ever this sca
the American leaguo pennant und tho , son.
get home und havo tho evening meal mi
tho table tho sumo as other days. Tlun
there are many objections to the 'Idea,
but Rourke bollevcs that by starting tho
games earlier he will bo expressing the
sentiment of the fans.
Says Base Ball and f
Brotherly Love Do
Not Go Together
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 22. Joss
Stovall, manager of tho St. Louis Browns,
thinks that base ball and brotherly lovo
will not mix. Ho. quotes ono of his own
experiences as a proof of his contention.
It shows how ono brother made his
debut Into the American league by knock
ing his own brother out of It. "In 1601
I was pitching for tho Detroit team and
my brother, George, was playing first
base for the Cleveland club. The Naps
had Just got him from the team at Bur
lington, la., where ho wa manager. In
the particular game to which I refer I
was pitching and In a critical part of tho
game, with two men on bases, I walked
tho dangerous Lajole In order to take a
chance with my own brother, George,
who was the next batsman.
" 'Come on, you big bushcr,' I yelled
at hJm as ho stepped to the plate. 'Just
take three swings at tho ball and sit on
the bench, where you belong, and go back
to Burlington tomorrow.' Well, I havo
to tell you, but tho first ball I pitched to
him he hit for a home run past the center
fielder, and four men naturally scored.
ThlB swat won him a berth In the loaguo
and knocked me out of it. I put 'him
In the big league and ho put mo out of
it. In tho same game, two Innings later,
I accidentally hit him on the elbow, and
he did not play any more that season,
after July 4."
Lord am MuKimte,
Harry Iord of the White Sox. It Is re
ported, will take a fling at minor leugue
club ownership He may be a puiour
with Hugh Duffv In the Portland nib
of 'the New ISnglund league.
Drawn for
1
1 ANv'twiw
too :
I CAN no
Training Quarters
Are Assured for the
Cornell University
ITHACA. N. Y., Feb. 22. The Schoel
kopt memorial training quarters, for
which flOl.OOJ was pledged by the alumni
of Cornell university a short time ago,
is now iissurcd and the time for Its com
pletion settlud ns a result of tho last
meeting of the alumni field committee
held in Now York 'City recently. Work
will be started on tho structure early la
the spring und It Is expected to be com
pleted one year from that tlmo.
Tho house proper Is to cost in tho neigh
borhood of 160,000 and tho remaining sum
of tho donation will bo spent In the In
terior furnishings, such as lockers and
other necessary ttppartus. It will be lo
cated at tho south end of alumni field,
between the playgrounds and tho foot
ball field.
The chief donor of the gift was present
at the meeting and offeredto the com
mittee cortaln suggestions, which he and
his friends wished to have carried out
Tho name of the donor has been with
held. However, tho statement has been
made that he is an alumnus and a friend
of tho lato Henry Schoelkopf, -'02.
The building will be of fireproof con
struction throughout. It will bo two
stories high and will bu 190 feet long and'
f,orty-slx feet wide. A complete heating
plant will be located In tho basement, us
will the stock rooms for the several ath
letic departments. The structure will be
divided Into two parts by a corridor run
ning through the" playground site to that
nearest the foot ball field. A room two
stories high and seventy feet hy twenty-'
, two feet will be located on tha east side
I of the oonldor and will be used by th
' foot ba.ll teum In -the fall and by the
track tvaui In the spring. A large; shower
for the athletes will be placed next p,
this room.
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The Bee by George McManus
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A FAVOR?
Changes in Rules
For Track Events
Being Considered
NEW YORK, Feb. 22. -There havo been
a rtumber of recommendation-) made to
the lntercolleglato AssoclHtlon of Ama
teur Athletli-H ot America lately to revo
lutionize college track athletics In several
events. One iiuentlnu that bus elicited
considerable discussion Is the wuy a run
ner should finish n race that Is, whether
tho mull who finished shall breast tho
tape or not. Another point centers about
the Idea of having fixed hurdles, while
tho third proposed chnngo Involves the
proposed ruin ehnnges for the hammer
throw event In Intercollegiate meets.
Ono man who Ih opposed to these
changes Is Johnny Muck, track conch of
Yule. Muck declares that tho use of
fixed hurdles Is impractical, and the ham
mer throw should stny tho same, but
says tho runner should he nindo to breast
tliu tape when he finishes a race. Spnak
ItiK about the chnngus which will conio
up shortly for discussion beforn the In
tercolleglnto authorities. .Mack argues as
follows:
"lu legard to having fixed Jmrdlrs 1
certainly do not bellnve In them. At tho
lllteicolleglato meets at Pennsylvania, or
In tho Hurvnid Htndlum tho hurdle race
and sprints uro run on the samo stretch
and this mult o tlu- use of fixed hurdles
practically an Impossibility, lu Knglnnd,
where tho flxinl hurdlo Is used, the rucei
aro run on tho grass. Tho custom of
using tho fixed hurdle originated there,
where ut some rural meets the only
hurdlo that could be obtained was the
ordlnnry sheep hurdle, which wns driven
Into the turf. I bellove In using the regu
lation Yulo hurdles, which uro used hero
and nt the Now York Athletic club at
Travors Island. These tire tho regulation
fence hurdlo nnd uro very heavy. A man
who knocks down thoho will not go far.
If they should adopt this hurdle nt tho
Intercolleghtte meet, no rule about knock
ing them down would bo necossary.
"I consider the hammer throw one of
tho most Interesting nvents In track ath
letics. The men who tnko part In It be
como more Interested In mastering the
J
at Laboratory
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FER A PINT AND
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PRETZELS'
I details of the sport than candidates In
' almost nn other event. The man who
takes part In the hammer throw must b
i fust ns well nn big, nnd must have a largo
amount of practice. There Is no nred of
chungo In regulation regarding the lmnw
mer throw. I believe It should remain
us It Is.
"Tho proper wny for a man to finish
In nny rucc Is to breast tho tape, and tho
rules should make this a requirement."
Base Ball School
is the Latest Idea
NHW YORK. Feb. 21 A base ball .
school, burked with capital to the extent
of $1,000,000 and conducted nlong lines de
cidedly novel, Is a possibility of the near
future, Charley Curr, .ut ono time n,
member of the Detroit team ahd during
the lust few yeuts connected with various'
Amorlrun nsxoclation teams as manager,
evolved tho Idea nnd will soon put the.
matter up to the nntlomit commission for
a snnctlon. Curr tins Interested several'
wealthy men In the project and will havo"
unlimited bucking In his efforts to mako
tho school a success. ,
Tho plan proposed would be a benefit
to veterans and novices alike. Carr pro
pones to secure one big hotel In th
south with grounds largo enough for
fifteen or twenty diamonds, where nil
the mnjnr league clubs can train In thof
spring. The Idea of' tho promoter Is to
havo organUed huso ball stand behind tho
plan, and inducements will bo offered to;
hnve nil the clubs establish training quar
ters at the sumo placo.
When tho major leaguo teams go north,
to begin their regular playing season the,
school will bo at the disposal of minor
leaguers or youngsters desiring to get a,
knowledge of tho finer points of the. ,
game. A skilled corps of professors, such
as aro employed at ull Institutions off
learning, will teach tho, youngsters what
they have learned through years of ex
perience on tho diamond. Former major
leaguers who havo been noted for their
knowledge of tho game will he secured
ns toaCherir. A regular tuition feo will'
be chaigcd, and classes conducted In the!
usual way. Tho large number of playing
fields will also permit of much Individual
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