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z-S Oh! It's Great COME ON OVER TO HONEST Tim HOUSE AND Pi W uttle Roulette MAY ADJUST DIFFERENCES Foot Ball Association and Amateur Organization Seek Compromise. SHOULD SETTLE TROUBLES Agreement Una Now Been Ilcnchcd Among; International Players, null Local CI alia Slionld Compro mise vrlth Knch Othrr. NEW YORK, March l.-Thcre la no reason why the American Foot Ball as oclatton and tbe American Amateur Foot Ball association should not get to gether and brine about an adjustment of their difference, but Just when mat ters were going along nicely aomo time ago In conference looking to a settle ment of the matter In dlapule the Amer. lean Foot Hall atsoclatlon decided to ilia charge Its committee that had been work ing with that end In view In conjunct.on with a like representative committee from tho American Amateur Foot Ball association. In order to obtain International recog nition It la Imperative that a settlement should be reached, as It la Impossible, according to the condition of affairs at the present time, to enter or toko part Ii any International contests, Tho Amor, lean Foot Dall association claims con trolling power over a majority of the leagues and association by affiliation, while the Amortcan Amateur Foot Ball association holds tho upper hand In the amateur ranks. Or. Manning of this city, an enthusias tic supporter of the game, has been work in!, energetically to bring the two bodies to an amicable understanding, hut with little success so far. At a recent meeting Of tho American Foot Dall association, J)r, Manning advocated the formation of a national body which should control the voccer gnrae, professional and amateur, throughout tho United States, flettlunieiit Is Needed. Another evidence of the need of an im mediate settlement Is' gathered from the fact that Fred A. Darter, president of the Dominion Foot Uall association of Canada, who returned recently from Ku rope, has inado the announcement that he had secured affiliation with the In ternational Federation of Foot nail Clubs. At a banquet tendered Mr. Darter on his return to Montreal by soccer fans he spoke of the Inception of the Dominion Foot Dall association movement and stated that Canada had been received Into affiliation by the International fed eration on tho same day as Chill had been received. He further stated that he had tho promise of professional teams to tour Canada iext year. F. A- Wall, sccro tnry of the foot ball association (lim ited), had consented to select the first team to visit Canada, while It was prob able that the following year more than one team would visit tho Dominion. He also stated that he had received a letter from President Jones of the New Ontario Foot Ball association, the cam pion team of which won the people's shield at Winnipeg last year, pledging allegiance to the Dominion Foot Ball as soclatton. BIG PRIZES AT TOLEDO MEET (Continued from Page One.) clals against Ortmans. Tuesdayi Tracy's T Be Ces against Storz Bottling de partment Wednesday: Dough Mixers aralnst Beselin's Mixers. Thursday Singer Sewing Machine company against xiumonr oyorifc. Standard Oil Club Saturday afternoon Polarlne against Perfection Oil: Mica AXie urease against crown uasollne. OARLOW ALLEY'S 80UTII OMAHA Magic uiiy i.eague .Monday: stenincs ngalnst Hlnchey Laundry company, t'ul n Cubs against South Omaha Ice com pany Tbursdiy: Mnrtln's Tigers against Midwest Tailors; Boyce'e CrackerJacks a n' Carlo w's Colts. Friday. Peter son's Kandy KWs against Jetters Gold Tors. I'xcker's League Tuesday : Cudahy c"'nt Armourj Swift against Morris. Wednesday nlaht. March 6. Is ladles I'ljht on the Metropolitan alleys. A. 1J. C. Tourncuient Notes. Jimmy Smith has replaced Johnn 1 ' one on the Bruswtct; All-Stars of I Now YorU. winner of last year's tourna- Cawlera are being charged adm'.sslon t the grand stand this year. There i as been a great kick on thte. the bowl ers feelinr that the payment of their en tacco money entitles them tn trm nii. mtiflon. In the large American Bowling con tournaments telephones are ued h the scorers. The results of the pin falls are phoned frost the front to the r i. and vice venia. The activity of the Toledo C'hambe- of omroerce and the To!e4o Bowling asso ciation 1 responsible for Toledo having his year's tournamnL Local DoTvllnsr Notes. Dick OrotH must have been dared hen he rolled that Bt game. He fin- . shed with -3, which is not enough for ' Richard. t The Field club team strengthened Its forces last week with the addition of Toman and Zimmerman, and won two games by so doing. Doc Cox of tbe Dentists' league always manages to roll a good (00 game each wee. But Doo is a real bowler and should do It fit has nult work.ng and don't no Acm tho difference, KUer is buying his L TOsa 11 Y AND 1 THINK uvt A , V ..T.; y nOT ME - VH . THAT CWTAlWf IT A 400D MINUTE ' . 1 I VJT "to" AVHC MY COIN- H ' l-b-THROWING, IDEA- EH0 WJ F J ( 0 T I MEFORTE AVAT.MONEV to Be Married l 1 it -i m I HT 1 , m I ---": M " -r n. J ' JL f HERE RE ) ( A f MR BILL. ' BAfc K V i- S V 1 " ""v. I hi 1 I Nil AUE I III II I I II ii -v. n yr-r ui- in i . ii ii -jui'iu nnin n i i - i i xm 1 . -. i K Hi XfV A VEU-WIE. I THAT ) HAD TsENT " w na . " '"1 lp f t if IVE0Tm REMINDS I OUT ON J t ' fiW. I I THF m"mm p T pork chops for him by losing numerous pot games to the little one. Doc Wake has been struggling hard all season to reach that 500 mark. A few more weeks yet. Doc. Keep at "It. Again the Association alleys have changed hands, a. O, Francisco sold them to a Mr. Coover of Page, Neb. Mr, Coover Is new In the alloy business, but Is anxious to do all In his power to please the bowlers. He can be found at the Association alleys any time and Is anxious to make the acquaintance of all the bowlers. Johnny Kuhry drifted Into town Wednesday and driftod right out again. While here John bought a new pair of hoes and took In all the moving picture shows. Firestone claims the "camelshlp" of the Omaha league. Ho says that he can go eight days and not notice It. Tho Union Oulflttln teams are still at It. They have a hot contest every week. Fred Baiter won't be around the alleys for a few nights. He is taking vocal lessons and learning songs. With six months' training Fred will be able to take a part In the Omaha League Glee club. Our old friend. OJerde. will be here with the Denver tenm next Sunday, The Burkley Envelope team has un doubtedly demonstrated that It Is tho record-breaking team of tho city. Tho boys rolled two team totals over 3,100, two over 8,000 and more 1.000 games than any other team. They have rolled big f;ames on every set of alloys and knocked n the head tho theory that they had their pet alleys. Annual Indoor Meet to Be at Auditorium The second annual Indoor amateur ath letic and gymnastic meet of the Omaha Young Men's Christian association Is to toko placo at the Auditorium on Friday and 'Saturday, April 4 and C. The open events (all scratch) Will con stat of a forty-yard dash, 220, 440 and SS9 yard run; a one and two mile race, pole vault, running high Jump, twnve-pouna shot put. side horse, parallel and hon- sontal bars. Championship races for uni versities, colleges, Young Men's Christian associations, grade schools and church federations will be held while special events consisting of equipment relay for the soldiers of Fort Crook, postman's walking relay. Tug-of-war and massed calltthenlc drill are part of tho regular schedule. The games will start promptly at 8 o'clock and all entries must be In the hands of J. T. Maxwell not later than Saturday, March ?8. Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Business Success. ALVAH MEYER IS HOT AFTER SPRINTING HONORS. Alvah T Meyer, the crsuk printer of the Irish-American Athletic club, who Is out to wrest the sprinting orown from the grasp of Howard P. Drew, the Springfield (Mass.) negro boy. at present is acknowledged to be the short distance king of America. WOULD NUMBERALL PLAYERS Foot Ball Followers Believe Whole Eleven Shonld Be Marked. MOVEMENT IS VOTED DOWN Consplonons Designation of Players Would Instantly Enable Opposi tion to Dlntnioan Secret Construction. NEW YORK, March l.-Foot ball pol itics played behind closed doors are fre quently as Interesting as a game In a big tollego stadium. But unfortunately the public sees nothing and hears little more of the cross table battle. At the meeting of the foot ball rules committee held in this city recently there were a number of points raised In which the spectators at the annual gridiron con test were considered. Aside from a short ynopsls of the finding, however, there Was no explanation advanced for the ruling on the proposed changes. The one suggested Innovation In tho code which was of greatest Interest to the foot ball spectators and which failed of adoption was the plan providing for the numbering of each and every player In the game, numbered square on his back, to correspond with similar figures attached to his name on the program and on the score board. Owing to the use of protective armor and other identity-concealing devices it Is at the present time almost Impossible for the average spectator 'to distinguish one player from another. It frequently hap pens that players making sensational runs or scoring toyohdowns are de prived of the credit for the same be cause of the Inability of both press and public to correctly Identify the man with tho ball, la Voted Down. It was therefore with keen rrt. . viewed by the man In the street, that the proposal to number the players was voted down. Little or no attempt was mnna ia nvni.iu . i. . ... ... , tHmlll i,,c reaBOns ior tills ac tion, which nevertheless were based on excollent grounds, when viewed from the standpoint of coach and player. It de veloped that the motion was decisively "emeu in me committee, because of the strong arguments, which were ndvanced ny tne negative side. The contention was that such a conspicuous designation of each player would Instantly enable op ponents to dlagose the secret construc tion and defeat the object of almost every piay usea during the game. It was pointed out that such a clear Indication In advance of the proposed movo would eliminate the elements of strategy and tactics, which Is one of the most Im portant features of American foot ball today. In discussing the uctlon of the recent j meeting, u well posted authority pointed out some of rthe suggestions and the rea sons for their adoption or rejection. For Instance, It wns proposed by Ynlo that each of the four periods of the game be lengthened by two minutes. This suggestion Immediately aroused the an tagonism of tho western university dele gates, who pointed out that It would work a severe hardship on their teams because of the fact that those of the Western conference were called upon to play at least one hard game each week, whereas in the east the schedules con sist In the main of praotlo games, Willi but two or three gruetllng contests well separated. Consequently the motion was lost, Would AbolUh lunt-Ont. Dartmouth suggested that It might be ' well to abolish the punt-out, but failed to advance, any specirtc or valid reasons for the change, and It was decided that it would be impolitic to drop such a his toric feature of American foot ball until such time as more satisfactory arguments could be advanced In favor of the move. The Prtneeton representatives favored the removal of the goal posts from the goal line to a point on the terminal II lie ot the field, the Idea being that such action would remove the danger Of personal In Jury to players during scrimmage within a few feet of the goal line and In close proximity to the base of the goal posts. This motion was also lost, alter consid erable debate, In which It was pointed out that with the. exception of the tn- I Jury received by Kddle Hart,' the former Princeton captain, while a student at Exeter, there had been no serious acci dents due to contact with the goal posts, and that such a move would only serve to discourage puntouts, force teams scor ing touchdowns to kick greater distances for goals and generally upset the present goal kicking department of the game. Remove Restrictions. Among the suggestions adopted was a i proposition to remove the five-yard restrictions upon kicks behind the line ot t scrimmage. This amendment came from i Princeton, and was accepted with the idea that the new alteration In the rules wilt permit the getting away ot a quick kick from a point directly behind the line, thus enabling the eleven on the offensj to strengthen Its attack. This in reality was one ot the most radical moves of the meeting, and it la thought win result in TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BKR: MAROII Copyright. 1013, International News Serviee. Striving to subtracting a trifle from the defensive strength of a team, thus securing a better balance between offense and defense In foot ball during j913. The proposal of Dr. Williams of Min nesota which permits the resubstltutlon of a player at any time during the final quarter of the gamo was also adoptcl after the Western college delegates ha-J advanced strong and convincing argu ments In support of the move. It was ex plained that tho middle west colleges and universities did not have the amoun. of foot ball material that was available (rt tho larger eastern tnctttutlons, nnd that under the previous rules they did not dare to withdraw a valuable player tn hold one withdrawn past the beginning of the fourth period through the fear that they would be trapped In a predicament from which there wns no escape. Pennsyl vanta went nveli further and asked that tho rule be changed to permit unlimited substitution and resubstltutlon at any time regardless of the Btage of the game, This move, however, was thought to W too radical and so the Minnesota sug. gestton was adopted as a compromise. MANY HIGHTcHOOLS ENTERTOURNAMENT (Continued from Page One.) Place and South Omaha are looked to he the real contenders for flrtt honors In the championship race, however. WreatlliiK 8iund la l)uny. A contract has been signed by the athletic board calllnir for a two vearn' wrestling tournament between the two colleges. The Cornhuskers will meet Iowa about April G and probably on the local grounds. Twenty-five to thirty have entered the wreoillng squad, and the mat game Is proving one of the moat popular ot In door sports. Miller, a former univer sity wrestler, and Dr. Clapp is teaching tho squad some science. It has been divided Into four departments, ranging from 100 to 113 pounds, 120 to 140 pounds, 140 to ICS pounds, and 103 pounds up. In the lightest 'class Clans and Ferris are veterans; in the 140-pound class Slnke, Waull and Franklin are old timers, and In the heavyweight class the Cornhuskers have McCormlck, Harmon and Anderson. The Cornhusker relay team went to Kansas City last night for the big In door meet, but Itacely was left behind at the last minute because ot delinquen cies in his studies. Llndstrum took his place, leaving the Cornhusker quartet Llndstrum, Beaver, Zumwlnkel and Clark. Ravely is expected to be in shape for the St. Louis meet the middle of this month. The Cornhuskers will arrange this week for the championship series In the Mis souri Valley conference. Nebraska won the title in the northern division, and by that gained the rlgglit to play tho leader In the south division for the cham plonshtp. Details ot the series will prob ably be settled this week. Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Business Success. 2, 1!13. Drawn for The Bee by George McManua Regain Title Thomas iluesion, former world's cham pion pocket bllllardlst, who is 'striving to regain that title from Alfred Da Oro, tho present champion, In a tournament now going on In New York. This Is the fifth time that the two rivals have met in match play and the title Is constantly see-sawlng between litem. FANS ARRANGING FOR A BIG OPENING GAME (Continued from Page One.) home suits, as usual, will be white, while the road uniforms -will be blue. Rourke figures blue Is a lucky color and consequently thinks his braves will be able to play great ball In this color and thus bring home the bacon. Tickets Already Reaerved. Tickets for the opening day are being printed at the present time', and over 1,600 have been reserved alreudy by fans and different organizations. The Com mercial club U taking an Interesting part In the opening festivities and has reserved C00 scats in one block. The Ad club and the Real EBtate exchange members ure after big blocks of seato, as are also various other athletic or ganizations and social clubs. President Hanlon of the Bloux City club has OBked Rourke to put aside about 500 seats for Sioux City fans who have de cided to come to Omaha in a body to witness tho opening game. One special train consisting of over ten coaches ha been ordered on the Northwestern rail road by the management of the Sioux City club, which wilt convey the Sioux City players and tons to Omaha. Rourke is figuring an the largest opening day crowd Omaha has ever known, and today even' predicts that over 10,000 will be on hand to see Omaha take the opening game of the season from the Indians. Mlnlc Leanner Goes Up. Des Moines has purchased infielder Steve Brewer of the Auburn club of the I Mink league for a trial. Harry Symes Issues Challenge to Calm Albert Cahn, state billiard champion, has been challenged for a match at 18.2 by Harry Symes, who hopes to wrest the state honors from him and also the beautiful gold watch fob which Cahn now wears. The game will be played at Symes' billiard parlors on Friday even ing, March 7, at 8 o'clock. LOCAL Y. mTcTaTtB SELECT CHAMPION OMAHA GYMNAST The third annual gymnastic champion ship of the Omaha Young Men's Chris tian association will be held Monday evening, March 10, at the Young Men's Christian association gymnasium at 8 o'clock. The events will be open to any member ot the association, and will con sist of one set and two voluntary ex ercises on the Btde horse, horizontal bar, parallel bars and flying rings, and three set exercises nnd two voluntary exer cises In tumbling. Bach competitor must enter at least four events' to be eleglble for championship honors. He may enter all and have his four best scores added for best total score. Kach event will be graded on a basis of 100 points, and no entry fee will be charged. Winners of first, second and third prise will be rewarded with ribbons while the contest ant scoring the highest In any four events will be awarded a gold medal and declared the champion gymnast of the Young Men's Christian association; next highest will receive a silver medal, and the third a bronze. F.ntrles close Saturday, March 8, with J T. Maxwell, physical director. JOE RIVERS MARRIES HIS BOYHOOD SWEETHEART LOS, ANGELES, Cat., March 1. Joo Rivers, the Mexican lightweight pugilist, became a married man today. His bride was Pauline Sloert. a native Callformdn of Mexican descent, who was Joe's schoolmate before he entered the ring. The bridal couple will remain here until Tuesday, when they will leave In com pany for Denver and later Omaha. From Omaha Rivers will take his bride to Chi cago and leave her there while he goi on to New York to begin training for h' ten-round battle with Leach Cross April 1. Denver Wants Dealt. President McQIll of the Denver club de nies the report from Milwaukee that Out fielder John Beall will be turned over by Cleveland to the Brewers. He says he expects his claim foA Beall to hold In case Cleveland disposes of him, but the commission bulletin of players claimed by club from which drafted does not show that McClIll put In his bid for Beall. Young; Cndy to Try. Hurvey Cady, 18-year-old brother ot the Red Sox star, may enter the game this year. Ho has been made an offer by Evansvllle In the Central league. He Is a catcher. Forrest Cady, formerly played at Evansvllle, and he and his young brother have been visiting there this winter. Familiar with Diamond. Cardinals, has one advantage over othor candidates tor tnira oase unuer .-uniuwi , T . . I ... I . fnmilla- with t V. A diamond at the Columbus, Ga., training grounus, navinu piujcu meic while In the South Atlantic league. It's not the mechanical per fection of any one part of the Ford it's thj perfection of all its parts working in per fect harmony that makes it the car of universal and un precedented demand. Better buy yours today the rush will soon be on. "Everybody Is driving a Ford" more than 200,000 in service- New prices runabout 625 touring car f 600 town car $800 with all equipment, f. o. b. Detroit. Oet particulars from Ford Motor Company, 1916 Harney St., Omaha, or direct from Detroit factory. DO ATHLETESJIE YOUNG? Author in Medical Journal Declare; that They Do. BUT DOCTOR DENIES STATEMENT Sara that He Has Statistics to Shorr There Is No Fonndatlon to Story and Trnlnlnnr Makes Ilenltlly Men. NEW YORK, March L The author of an article In the Journal of the American Medical Association, which charges that American college athletes die young be cause of the training system followed, have started a lively debate on tho merits of the training methods employed In the prominent colleges' In this country. The coaches and trainers who have been priding themselves on the development of a system that enabled them to turn out the best athletes in the world havo come right back in defence of tholr methods In an effort to ward off the blow that was aimed at the very root of the system that has made America great In athletlo competitions. Get Too Strenuoua. The article stateB that men who make the great records seldom live beyond middle age; that sprinters frequently die of heart failure before they are 40. "In stead of building up the body, the pre vailing methods ot training tends to break It down," the article reads. "Europeans have a far happier expres sion for the employment of their bodily activities In" tho word ' 'sport,' which Im plies the combination of a healthy spirit with what we call exercise. Such an at titude Is almost unknown here.- Instend, there exists a form of overdoing that finds its chief reward In the, applause of the multitude and later physical trouble. "Athletics have long been under the influence of so-called 'trainers,' fre quently, men of keen Judgment and tech nical skill, but without any systematic acquaintance with physical truths. Tho best Intellectual feature of rival contests the encouragement for each man to put forth the best that Is In htm and to ex ercise his own Ingenuity In the develop ment and maintenance of an efficient, superior body Is suppressed by the ad vent of that guardian saint, the trainer." Are LoiiK-Llved. Replying to the statement, Dr. R. Tatt McKenzle, one of the most noted men in the world on physical development, said: "I have statistics of the men who have won the "Y" at Yale, the oarsmen at Harvard for many years, the track and field men of Oxford and Cambridge, many club runners, Jumpers and vault ers, and they prove past all doubt that the athlete lives longer than the average man. Insurance companies, the closest tabulators of facts, assert that the ath lete outlives the average man. Now and then a sprinter dies at 30 from heart trouble, but he would probably have died at Z had he not taken up athletics. I am firmly in favor of athletics as a pro longer of life, health and manhood, and a general benefit to all communities." I Bnlka on Snlary. Frank Snyder, the young catcher turned over to the Springfield Central . league team by the St. Louis Cardinals, Is balk ing on the salary offered him. A few days' feeding in the majors had a bad effect on him.