Jeff- Was a Trifle Too Full
. - -
jEFr.No-nc.9 thi Nuja nsy ( ( OH semoR Xoor
FAce? weuu,TH(-r v, Because Jl,' lt J
ajg now pMNi,TH.ou6H-rMe noue t
CRJ2AT HOt.lOAV SEASON. Boon I tIP-g.
shovu show "me KcArDrVY &pir y V t T
NOW NO AATTCR. VuHcT HAM'eNi VoO I I (T&e-HCC.
Judgments
RELATIVELY, Han Johnson loom
tip out of tills agitation over the
Federnl league, as a big man.
"hot them ko." he Fays. "It will
hcdp huso bull." Ho seems to be
the only magnate with a vision broad
enough to sVe trtat. All the others who
hav6 expressed themselves publicly voice
Pluna of restriction or antagonism or
threat. Tho difference between these
jnen and Johnion Is thai Johnson sees
the Inevitable and they do not. Pcrnapi
Johnson's past experience nlds hla pres
ent vision, for tho American lcarrte
ramo Into existence, as all know, in out
law form, just as the Federal Is doing,
ond nobody knows better thnn the bit?,
broad president of the American league
Just how easy It all was uftcr the start
was made. Then us now It was merely
a matter of development, of base ball
evolution. Tho time came In 1900 when
base ball was big enough as a natlon.il
name to support two major leagues and
tho time probably now has come when
it Is equal to three such organizations
That Is what Johnson sees and the others
do not. The Federal league may not
succeed' Just yet, especially upon .o larso
and complete a scalo as Its promoters
predict we do not know; It may not have
tho financial backing It claims We do
not know; It may not have as many Mt;
league stars to bedeck Its firmament .ttyl
make brilliant Its real advent wo do not
know.,. But this wo do know, thut If the
Federal league has tho money It claims,
to say nothing of the rest. It has thy
tight won new.
Given the money, :it will get tho
players, the grounds and the patron
aRe! Tno minute ltcts'tho plqy'eS. and
plays, the ball It wlllgfltthe' 'crowds.
All tha faas want Jb. base ball, Utd', earn
nothing about scmtlrnent. An,0', wltn
Tinker, Brown. Sheckard, Sfovall, Ned
llanlon and a few other flitch "real" base
ball men, the Federals seein to have at
least a start toward the pr60erpersonncl.
Ned Hanlon, from tho day of hla groat
ness In center fHld, on through the sta.-rea
of his career as manager and owner, has
always been one of the brainiest men
in base ball and now ho Is or.o ni the
wealthiest, and has been for a long time,
though many think Edward Is not as yet
putting much of his oWn capital Into tm
new organisation. Ho that as It may, ho
has allied himself with It and that with
Haltlmore, keen-edged for restoration to
bis company, back of him means a lot
fdr tho Federal league. Hut, ah. Sir
Charles Webb Murphy ' speaks. He fain
would crush this incipient assault upon
the citadel of organized base ball with
one fell swoop of civil law. Ho boasts
a view of tho law by former President
Toft, .whoso brother put Charles In the
business, to the effect that tho Federals
cannot legally proceed. Oh, dear, oh,
dear! Of course, now, there will bo hor
tlld skeptics as usual to bob up and ques
tion Sir Charles" word about that presi
dential opinion, and ask: "Haa civil .aw
undergone any fundamental changes
felrico the Brotherhood days and tho
American league invasion?"
Wo can't tell yet what tho result may
be. Han Johnson, Intellectually honest,
stj rns to lot. the cat out of the bag by say
ing that they had better let Tinker and'thi
lest of them go; that It will help Instead
of hurting the game. Al quibbling aside,
the time seems rlpo for the Invasion, both
ns to the sentiment and suppott of base
ball fans and chronoglcally. The Br:h
erhoop movement came In 1K0, iho
American league Invasion n decade later
and now tho Federals a little more han
a decade after that. Tho growth and de
velopment of base ball in the last deqaae
has been" Incomparably beyond thut of
the ten yevs Immediately preceding. I.Ike
any other business, new enterprises pron
tbly will Mmply mean new trade. Increas
ing the field from which to draw alonn
with the forces of competition. But if
there Is any bl'ghtlng aspect to the mt
look, the major magnates have only them
selves to blame. They have played a
fust and tight game, blocking every
tempt at liberalism, monopolizing ihslr
power and abusing their privileges.
Talk about civil law. what civil law
would ever sanction such n thing as one
club ownership holding title to several
score pf players, contrary to have ball
law? If base ball law moans anything lr
the terms of civil law It mud inean, for
Instance, when It says no team shall keep
more than twenty-five players, tlmt and
nothing else. Yet we find major teams
owning as high as eighty players at one
time. Then, base ball law prohibits
farming," and yet we see all but twonty
flve or thirty of thes eighty players
farmed out In one way or another, but
Inevitably tied up holplerfl to tho mnjo-
ownership. Tho player becomes a moro
chattel, the magnate a despot. It's a joke
even to discuss It seriously, let alone
dignify this emub chatter about tho binn
ing effect of the contract. It has long
been known that base ball magnates
lever cared much about airing the merit
of their "eontraots" In olvll court, and
It Is very doubtful If they have changwl
their mind on this.
We would Iikb to l e.r fi m Com
WILL BE- NOTABLE CONTEST
Gridiron Followers Anticipating the
Harvard-Michigan Game.
YOST HAS BIG JOB ON HAND
IIhm l-lt Veteran AVonriTM of tin
".II." mill -Must llullil li II H
Tonm Onl of Sen- Mti
trrlnl. BOSTON, Mass.. Jan. 3AA well nigh
perfect foot ball machine against a team
on. which' six men are ne.y to varsity
foot ball. That's the situation that th
gridiron student Is due lo see on October
il, 19H, when Harvard meets Michigan
on .Soldiers' field. To offset this handi
cap tho Wolverines have JUBt one asset,
Fielding H. Yost, alias "Hurry-up." their
coach. Even at that the Maize and Blue
rooters look with confidence to tho In
tt'nl Invasion of tho fields dedicated to
the Big Six of tho east, and who Is there
at present to dispute them. Certainly no
ono In this section of tho foot Mall world
can debate the point successfully.
Western foot ball marie its own mark
In tho season Just pntft. Particularly In
tho games played ngnlnst eastern teams
Michigan showed lis ftrowess. Syracuse,
no weak brother In the 'l6l3 game, was
subdued by a score of 43 to 1. Cornell
also went under the yoke, falling to score.
whllo tho westerners amassed 17 points,
and Pennsylvania was humbled, 13 to 0.
If comparative scores were called Into
the discussion there might be use for an
Interrogation point, but theso are direct,
east against west, and they provide no
hope for a loving tryst of tho two com
pass points, In foot balldom at least. It
will be knlfe-to-knlfo war, and If Michi
gan can Play, with new material, tho
sort ' of foot ball that "distinguished tho
west this year, the Crimson veterans will
find themselves In a field distinctly diffi
cult to plow.
Harvard Hn dinner.
Harvard' has all the right In tho world
to look for a third successful season
next fall; Of this' year's championship
team and subs, ten men will answer
Coach Ilaughton's call In September.
They p.re Captain Charles "Too" Brick
ley, fullback; Malum and Bradlec, half
backs; Logan, quarterback; Trumbull,
center; Pennock and Oilman, guards, and
Hardwlck, end, for tho regulars, with
Cowen, guard, and Soucy, center, In re
serve. Theso provide Haughton with all
the necessary cogs for his foot ball ma
chine, and there Is a goodly bunch of
this year's freshman grldlroners who will
bo available as packing for tho present
holes.
Against this veteran showing what has
Michigan to rely on? Just five wearers
of the varsity "it," three In the line and
two In the backfleld. What Yost has to
build on la excellent In Itself. What the
tono of the wholo team will be when
leavened with now material remains to
be seen. Six men arc Just enough major
ity on a foot ball team to raise particular
sheol, particularly when they are new
to blg-t!me booking. Tho men who re
main to Michigan are Captain Rayns
fonl and Lyons, ends; Cochrane, guard;
HUghltt, quarterback, and Gait, half
back. Theso men havo had plenty of ex
perience and the coach knows what may
be expected of them. In fact, he admit
ted that ho very nearly Included Hughltt
In his choice of an All-American team
nnd would havo done so had ho not felt
that Jimmy Craig was the Wolverine with
tho best title to tho honor.
Aside from this squad of the old guard
Yost has Just four men in Bight at
present. Traphagen looks best for Pat
terson's place at center, for he Is a sure
passer and alzo Is aggressive. He lmwnil
nnKKlhtlltlnn tn til rtTnHif- m ...i.t, l.t !
yar. and is lucky In having a coach who tho east Is held, stl'l to outrank tho west
Is a fine devolpper of material with thol'v fnr V'"1 ,ne. pVsHlu exception of
least promise,' As ' another linesman, Santa Mo'nlea. purely by vtrtuo of sue-
Rehor. a 220-pounder, looms tip. The other reesful perfonnnnee. The IndlnnapolH
two men, Maultbosch and Splawn, uro "Poedway th,1H ln cin ljy ltselr'
backs, and did so well on tho freshman w,ll, lh ra,r,n' 'h1,0""'1 four "easonrf
. .. m ... gr.uj .n VI. PLIUU 1 1 1 1 o
team that, thoro Is little chance
ice of their
escaping a varsity Job next year.
-Matiltey" is decldidly 'there." when It
comes to line bucking and has been com
pared In this department of play with
Whitney of Dartmouth. Splawn haa a
powerful leg Hiving, which mado his
punts a fearsome thing to the varsity,
end, In addition. Is a marvel with tho
forward pass. His weak point Is defense,
but this merely offers a chance to Yost
to demonstrate what ho can do us a
teacher. Three other substitutes return-
James, at ond; Bunhnoll
quarter, anil
Catlett, half, but In his forecasts Yost'
hasn't figured thorn very largely.
Ukey on the subject. Inasmuch as
be was a factotum In both tho
Brotherhood rebellion and the Ameri
can league Invasion. But you notice
Commy Is keeping very qirtot on the sub
ject. He probably agroe with Ban
Johntton. N iw. hore U a point the aia
Jors want te coiwider. Th score of
young players, who have none up and
then beon "farmed" out or hlil on the
bench, want nothing so much a nr
chance to rly ball. They chafe uni.ei
reMrtetlon. tl oe on the bench hmnv
spic.tl oi i af i m t . wh Ie th-- f. rn,.
THE OMUIA
of the Holiday
OM.
X
YOU
it'
hat Are the
ii i'. s. ituvrmi.
WIiIIq tht wintry blasts are whistling
thiotiKh the pine treeH on tho hill,
And tho Stove league fans are toasting
by thestoves qf Oavo nud Bill,
There ar' scores and scores of 'players
who arr playing day and night
For tho sweet, ybung spring to get here
ready for the pennant fight.
When it seems Iho storms of winter from
this land will nover go.
And the green nnd shapely diamonds are
still coNpfed o'er with snow,
Thero nro many, many nthMex without
food or dilok or dough.
Who nre wnlting. oh, Just waiting, for
the winds of spring to blow.
The secret Is out. The reason for the
luck of base ball 'patronage n Wichita
has at last been discovered. Wlcliltn falls
tor auto polo. And on New Year's day
too.
As a positive proof tltat the. Federal
league magnates are after renl inanngers
and not mere disturbers of the peace, nn
one cruel spoit writer would hay'o It, It is
only necessary to call tho fon'a'ntientlou
lo tho fact that Ducky Holmes ts'not as
yet connected with the Feds In' any ca
pacity whatsoever. ;
If the Feds do allow Monslrttr' Ducky
to break Into their organization, then It
must bo admitted tho cruel sport writer
In'somo prophet.
Of all the glooms that you ever. meet
Tho base ball knocker has nil beat,
Wlillo of all tho Joys that you ever see.
The base ball booster Is the best can be.
It Is noticed thnt Jumbo Stlnhm lias not
tin yet moved any of his baggage from
Lincoln. Mr. Stlehm probably realizes It
Is a long walk between Jobs.
Ban Johnson steps to the front onee
moro by placing the stamp of disapproval
WILL OFFER BIG PRIZES
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
Auto Race Money in Sight.
INDIANAPOLIS LEADS THEM ALL
Flvc-II unit rril-M lie Iiiit-rniitloim!
Svociiitnk- AVH1 IK- Worth
Plftv Thousand nul
lum. NBW YOUK, Jan. 3. With a total
prlzo list for automobile road and track
contests nggregatlnB nearly $200,000, tho
Indianapolis Speedway will contribute
one-fourth of this amount. The KM-milo
international sweepstakes will bo worth
$00,000. whllo Seattle will t-oino next In
order with 130.000. The amounts nro
graded to to.WO, which will bo offered by
Galveston for tho bench races. Tho
actual amount now In sight la $197,700
but with various minor events, such as
tho San Diego road raco and dirt track
mcctjj over tho country, $200,000 Is easily
attained. Europe, with all Its multiplicity
of contests, docs not offer one-fourth as
much. In point of sht'er financial worth,
therefore, tho sport of motor car racing'
may bo said to be more strongly en
trenched In tlie United States than any
whoro e'se In the world.
A resume of tho table of purses shows
events west of the ltockjos slightly to
outrank those east of them In actual cash
producod. Here Indianapolis again comes
to the teseue with nn additional access.
ory prlzo list, not shown, of $20.0CO. This
restrvo swells the Atlantic side of the
balance, roughly to HO,o:o, as ngalnst
$107,700 for the Pacific.
Considered from tho nng-'o of prestige,
iot sut,CHM"" racing, is nlso entitled to
first division. Vnnderbllt and Grand Prize
nave neon numpwi at.oni rrom pii ar to
post too long to occupy their former
iwuiou. ...... .ra i Bmmr.. n.n-
sldered tho wost's best bet. Judged from
the International viewpoint.
Ranged In the order of their numerical
strength purses now in fight are as fol
lows: Indianapolis .5 000
Seattle W1.M
Sioux Clty....$,W)
Vanderbllt nnd '
Grand Prize. J1C.0O)
Pnnta Monica. MO.000
Rlgln $10,W
Los Angeles-
Phoenix ...$9.nm
Id Paso-
is Angeles-
Phoenix
Galveston
Sacramento IIU'O
aconw '.'.'.'".'.liojoo
-
Tetal $197.700
buck to tho minors feel aore, too, for not
getting a chance to make good up higher.
Where are such men likely to stand on
this Federal leaxun question? Doom any
one lifltste with tb ahffwsr? For our
part, we make no poa'tive predictions ex
eopt to my that If the KederuVi have the
rewurcea they cUlm, they are there now.
Thre mnaH.-Tlilcar llwiwn HhMil MclJonu'd. Irish-American Athletic
t,nree maHaaoMi-nwnr, lirown. Hiwei.- MrOrath. Irlsh-Amwrlcau Athletic c
artl Ql of ClHclnaatl, all td Cuba. orjjm liuncuii. Broudhurst Field club
that Impertaf naehln. Not so worst-, ill. G l.olt. Mohawk AthUllc club
ilarr- Smith Bronx Church Iiouh
1,
Hie nn untin. e f tin
nhcre n II Jlm.n. U
1'iilcru m
Ulll get ol.'
SUNDAY HUH: .lAXTARY
Spirit
SfcNGR.. t MrtO NOT tH
HSAVr TO &Wtt YCU THC TCUKHMW
HiJG FOH.VOO. tTiWSTHW
HANQ CRJVT OCQM tOBet OP
W0U.t CXCCPT YOOR. 3VHN6S
HO J HO. V
NrR NAfv,
happy noo ve?-
Wild Winter
upon the, proposal that a championship i
series bo played at the Panama exposl-
Hon In Pan Francisco. Which, of course,
settled the matter Irrevocably.
With heels perched high on the table
round,
With tho crackling fire the only sound.
Two fans, full-fledged, their yams did
spin
As they snt one day In tho Smoke House
, inn.
They talked of tho old loves of former
ye:irs.
The days before the mask and mitt weie
here.
The days of the Iron men so strong, so
true,
The days long ago. before 1 and you.
Hut their tuple changed as topics do.
And gladness gleamed from tho thoughts
so blue,
To tho dri U1118 of the Hottrkes, who this
coming spring
Are hound, to Omnhn, a pennant bring.
Tinker says he has not signed Heinle
Zimmerman for his Federal club. For
which the Federnl umpires are duly
thankful.
By tho woy, speaking of Federal um
pires, who aro tha arbitrators In that
liague?
Did It ever occur to you that It Is a
loig time between Junuary 1 and March
1? And a still longer tlfne' between March
1 and April 15.
Chorus by Messrs, Tinker and Brown:
Ashes to ashes,
Dust to dUBt;
If Herrmann don't get us
Tho Federals must.
Eastern cartoonists have of late been
having a lot of fun caricaturing Mlchl
gan foot ball players next year when thoy
play Harvard. For a guess, a few east
ern cartoonists will laugh out of tho
YEAR OF 1913 SHOWS LARGE
PRECIPITATION DEFICIENCY
Tho, mean temperature for the month
of. December was 31 degrees, according
to tho government monthly reprtrt, whllo
tho normal for tho month Is 27,1 degrees.
The total precipitation for tho month wns
2.19 Inches, whllo the normal fpr tho
month is .91 Inch. This makes a
ficlency for the year of 5.(13 Inches.
do-
Mimic' net Heiivlrr.
In a letter to President Farrell of the
New York club Frank Chance, who Is
wintering on his ranch at Qlendorn, Cul.,
says that he has taken on twenty pounds
slnco nrrlvlng there on October 10 and
Is In splendid health. Chance will not
come east until tho first of, February,
when ho will go direct to Hot Springs,
Ark., to meet his pitchers.
Honor List of Athletes on
Track and Field in 1913
NEW YOHK. Jan. 3.-Kvery athlete
chosen for the All-Amcrican town of 1913
well deserves the honor that has been
given him. They have been selected
principally on tho performances they
mado during tho year, nnd not on their
previous record. Some of them uro en
titled to aa many an two places, noma
three, but they were given only one nplecj
so as to mako the team truly rcprcsenta-
tlvo.
jiapnes Kolulimalnen, the phenomenal
'jFInn, could bo placed in all of tho
,stuneo events, as ho hat proved that
I i,e jn a cinBS i,y himself In all of tho
i.Voht over the one mile. .William J.
' Kramrr of the Long Island Athletic club,
j wlQ WHf( tn cross-country kltur for many
j year, is removed from that placo' and Is
plVQn the tw0.ue honor. Ho Is entitled
I u thI pIacc hp0ttUll0 he DroUe the ndoor
, rQCOrd m, aUo wenra ,he om.ioor crown
. Vo (lollbt tnu foiowerH ot thc mme Wll
,)c BU.ay .Hued that Melvln W.
she,tpan( tl0 vetoiun middle dlstanco
crack, was not picked. Hheppard bus
dropped buck a peg, and during the last
year he did not perform as well as h did
In previous years. Kvery ona who has
Name und Organization.
Howard P. Drew, Springfield High school
Alvah T. Meynr, Irlsh-Aiuorlciin Athletic dub ...
I F. Upplncott, I'nlvorslly of Pennsylvania
, I'utricic uyan, irisn-.merieun Atnietio uuu
SCtrOiT. J, Halpen, Boston Athletlo usHoolutlon
$ S,000 J. K. Momllth. I'nlverslty of Pennsylvania
' Abel R. Kimut. Irlxli-American Athletic
'J P Jones, Cornell
William J. Kramer, J-ong isiana Atnituic emu
F. W. Kelly. I'nierslty of South Carolina
Jamea I.. Wendell. Wesloynn
,. I, Gutterson, Boston Athletic association
G. I.. Murine, Olympic flub
S B. VU(J
ggotier, Mussowick Athletic ulub
Plat Adams, New York Almoin- ciun
K I.. I'Uiiim. Bronx Church house
Leo Gnehiing. Mnhnwk Athletic club
John Carlson. unutU' iied
It, chard II. Clifford. Mcl'uddln lyceiim
Fred Kaiser, New Yolk Athletic club
Dan Abeam. Illinois Athlstie club
I.. A. Whitney. Dartmouth
IF ' " i mpson. N i w York Alblet'c club
ilMi.fn K.jlebmalriii irlch-Vmerlt an A 1
h id Ixtslie. Lois Island Athletic dub
-1. 1914.
Drawn
POOR. Sit. YOUR. X
AiUK. N Ntj W VofcJC
JUiT FMUeO UJITH
VoUR. UIPE'5 S(Vi(r6S
Bugs Saying!
other sides of their pencils about October
31, 19H.
When Wulter Camp arrived at his third
AU-Amerlcnn team 'he managed to see
past the Mississippi river, which Is pretty
good for Wulter Camp, whose eyesight
generally falls when he Is forced to look
past the Hudson river. Maybe Walter
will bo ante to see this far next year be
fore ho gets to tho third team.
ntlnnnl Aiitlii-iii iif All Mull l'lnjors
I tlKli when 1 learn that my best girl hus
gone
To elope with my hatedesf rival,
And I cry when I hear that music and
song
Are to bo burled with Slinkespcaro's re
vival: But to me tho snddest word of pen or
tongue
Are these by the umps: "Ter out, yer
done."
"The loss of Burkonroad has crippled
the high school's basket ball team,"
writes nn .energetic high school corre
spondent. But Mark Hughes und Dutch
Plat appear to bo still on tho Job.' If
box flcorcs'Coiint for anything. For which
Tommlo MHIb rejoices Inwurdly, even If
not for publication.
Kansas, It now uppeurs, Is tlckM that
the CornhuskerH are on the schedule.
Kntisiis Is now spreading salve.
Kansas always alipea'fsvllllhg to start
trouble, 'bht'one, oi tnMoliaraotcrlstlcs of
tho Jayhawk Is to let the other fellow
finish It. '
Nobody Much.
Who Is It'rt ulwaya on tho Job?
Who Is It makes nil fan's hearts throb?
Who Is It that rnn Ty Cobb?
yawn" (Jondlng.
Who Is It places bunts so neat?
Who la.lt coaches runners fleet?
Who Is it" that no one can heat?
'"Jawn" Gondlng.
Who Is It always plays tho game?
Who Is It's alwnvM Just the same?
Who Is 'It' Wears a wi-entlt of fame?
R"Jawn" Oonding. ':
Who Is It always tries to lilt?
Who Is It nover stalls a hit?
Who 1b It muffs, them always lilt?
"Jawn" Clouding.
Who Is It always clouts tho ball?
Who Is It never fann at all?
Who Is It answern ovcry call?
"Jawn" Clouding.
Who Is It's always full of cheer?
Who Is It never sheds a tear?
Who is It's stuck thero many years?
"Jawn" Clouding.
Who is It hern will always stick?
Who Is It through the thin nnd thick
ricmnlns to boost for Pn, Dave and Dick?
"Jawn" Clouding.
been selected for the placeH that Shop
pard might' fill his beaten him durlnn
tho year. Phnppanl no doubt Is the
greatest nilddln distance runner In tho
wot Id considering the time ho hus been
In tho gumo. but ha lucks the speed that
tho honor boys havo. Although ho has
not got tho sjieed they have ho Is a
brainier runner.
T. J. Halpln, Boston Athletic association,
who Is an In and out runner with moro
sperd than knowledge ot how to run. Is
selected f.or the 'lunrtrr mile principally
because be holds tho Indoor record and
wuh a good runner-up In must nil of the
races ho started In.
Due to winning the Junior national and
Metropolitan championship Sid Lsllu (It
the long Island Athletic club won tils
tpurs for the hill and dale laurels. Bo
cuuse of this showing he is entitled to
the place, although It Is believed thut ha
will not ho a champion long because lm
is not strong physlcnlly.
This honor team could he sent agulnst
the best that could bo gathered together
by any country nnd beat them by u
much as two points to one. The uccoinr
panying table shows those who have been
'picked;.
Hvent.
70 yards
1C yards
320 yards'
IS-poiliid hammer
440 yards
CXI yards
f0 yards,
ono. mile run
two-mile run
130-yard hurdles
J3J-yurd liurlleH
...running broad Jump
dun
.running lili'M Jtimn
pole valut
stundini: high Juinu
....
standing hrouil Jump
....three standing broad Jumps
1 maratheii run
, , one-mile walk
soveii-mlle walk
hop, step and Jump
shot-put
lull shot-put. ImjUi hainl3
lih.. ........pound wtHsht for dUtanie
.' I'ncus
Juvellu
fhe-inlle run
. . ull-urouinl
1 1 1 e 1 1 . dub teu-mlle rii'i
cr jss-ojuntry
v s ': - ---- i uu i mi1- -! H H f " ! 1
j! cfeuu anp YAKe cam: ovp: H l Zx.
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for The Bee by
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Chess Department
Milieu of Problem Tourney.
Contestants must reside In Nebraska or
Iowa.
Solutions must be mallrd within two
weeks after appearance of problem.
Tourney will consist of twenty-six prob
lems, and tho contestant who solves the
gi cutest number will bo declared winner.
In case of a tie, other problems will bo
submitted to the contestants who aro tied,
until tho tie Is broken. The prlzo Is a
$5 set of chess.
Solutions of problems and all corre
spondence should ho addressed to K. M.
Alkln, 111 South 2,th nvenue, Omaha.
Tourney problem Ko. 1.
BLACK. F1'K PIKCES.
m m u b
mm mm
m m si
BI4IB H JS ,
m m m m
m m ii ffi
5 I i B
WH1TH, F1VM PIKCEH.
Wliltn tn mnvii and mate ln two,
Tho announcement, In a past JssUe, af J
tho fclmultiincous chess contest scheduled
for Saturday evening December , !j7, -at
the club room of the Omahu Clios and
Checkor club, created an unexpected
amount of Interest, and at "!30 p. m, Urn
room was filled with enthusiasts vho had
come eltlior to cross swords with LnUUo
Williams Or to' enjoy the contests an
.spectators. The. contestants were Dr. J.
M. Curtis of Calhoun, president ot me
Stnto Chess association; Matt Goring of
Plattsinoutli, A. a. Dodge. H. D. Reed,
O. W. Talbot, R. W. Whlted, K. Eltncr.
A. RnsmuWii, O. M. Sharrard anil C.
W. Kaltcler of Omaha.
Mr. Williams won seven games, dticw
with Reed nnd lost to Dodge and Hlujr.
rnrd. He played white ngnlnst each op
ponent, nnd choso tho Guloeo piano open
ing In all the games, which opening wnB
accepted by all but MY. Oerlng, who
rhoso the Slclllnn defense. Wo nrint Mr.
Oerlng's game elsewhere In this eohinm.
On Saturday, January 10, at 7:S0 p. m..
M. M. Partner will meet all comers In
simultaneous piny nt the club room, 21
Continental block, 'Fifteenth nnd DoiirIar
streets. This contest Is Intended es
leclally for non-members, and all Inter
ested In chess nre Invited to attend. 'It
Is needless to comment on Mr. Pnrmer's
ability, as ho has been ono of Omnha'a
foremost chess experts for many years.
Tho annunl local tournament Is near
lug u closo, and the tournament cdm,
mlttco urges mcmbors to endeavor to
complete their games, as It Is found that
sevoral havo played hut a fow. Tho
score of thoso who havo played fifteen
or moio ganicii follows:
Won.
Lost. Pet.
4 .8U
414 .SO
r. .77
!l .01
s'4 .07
1.1 .1-1
7 .fit
Lalluc Williams..
M. M. Parmer
K. U Holland
C. J Snyder
CI. 11. llnlhbun....
C. H. IM wards....
... 17
... 17
sr.
O. 15. Barker 11
M. Hltera 17
F. K. Alexander 10V4
Matt Oerlng of Plattsinoutli, Neb.,
handled ono of thc boards In the simul
taneous match pf Saturday, December
27. Mr. Goring Is a play.er of recognized
skill and his successes In playing with
such eminent masters as Plllsbury and
Capablanca are reco
ecolled, The following
; against Mr. Williams
stains his reputation,
record of his game
nnd It Is rogretted that the Burlington
lato train for Platlsmoiith could not liaVd
been held to allow completion of the
game, as Mr. Williams has now figured
out that he had the advantage.
The game follows:
wfilte. Williams
Black, Oerlng.
t P-QB4 1
2 Kt-QBnl
P-K4
Kt-OBI
Kl-KBS
P-03
B-K2
Castles v
B-K3
P-04 ;
KtxP
oit
BxKt
B-K3
Kt-CJf. CO
v-om... ......
l.Of l
".OIJ so,....
p.fn
IlyP
's p.Ql
4 B-Kt".
... P-KU3
... fi OiQ!
,.. 7 P-KKH
... S PxP
... ft BxB
... 10 KtxKt
...11 P-K4fn1
.... I' Castles Hi)
... II O-B.1 id)
...l' K-Ktsi
.... 'I It-B si ,
... 1 Q-Omi
J I-IH
... JJ QkP
,.. Vt."1
,. r-Ki
I.KS
RxB fel
... & Kr.')
... H-wJ
. Jf .' KMtsnChji
..... ...
(a i This lnvea QP In a rather wak ;
w'ljen. ,'
(h) Castling Into u somewhat dangerous ;
Tfinn. I
'ci px" would heve hastened the end. I
(ill lf-'t sf wou'd biive lieen better. j
el P.U'tS Is Preferable.
if i (3txl U best
i"t 'n ai'eouBie nnn'er U hard to find i
(hi As white ns nbu'il ti move b'.aok '
3 S
"Bud" Fisher
found It necessary to Inavo Immediately
to catch his train.
The following Is a copy of a paper
which Is being circulated among tho
members of tho club nnd Is self-explanatory.
Anyone Interested can receive In
structions In chess by applying to nny
ono of the members whoso names appear
below.
Feeling thnt It should bo tho earnest
desire nnd ondenvor ot all chess players
tn Increase the number of players and
sllmulnte general interest In the game,
which Interest can be lacking only where
thero Is a lack of knowledge of the beau
ties and fascination ot the noble pastime,
we, the undersigned, have pledged our
selves each to find and undertake tlin
education of nt least one beginner In the
art of chess.
(Signed) W. It. STR1BMNG.
M. M. PARMKR,
I. altUH WH.MAMP.
CHARMiS HOWARDS,
JOHN H. OII.I.KSPIR.
J. F. Cl.l'TTF.R,
C. J. SNYDKR,
K. M. A1KIN,
.1. G. FORT.
F. R AI.HXANDKR.
GARDNMU W. TALBOT,
II. KATAMN,
MARTIN HIT1CRA.
A. H. IKlDGH.
F. A. SHOKMMfKR,
W. R. FKARON.
The annual Intercollegiate rhoss tourn
ament of tho Columbia. Harvard, Prince
ton And Yalo teams was played this ea
on on December 22, 2.1 Mi 24, resuhlnj
In a tie between Columbia and Ynln for
first1 place, theso two teams having won
fiW hd lost 54 games each; whllo Prince
ton won nnd lost six, and Harvard
emerged with a scoro of five wins nnd
seven losses. Tho brnwny cjiamnlou, ol
the gi dlron wns forced to lower lis colors
in tho brainy struggle of tho chess board.
Bevcral weeks ago word was received
from I. P. Dawson of Washington, D.
C. that Champion Frank Marshall wna
scheduled to play simultaneously thirty
or forty players of thnt city December
17. Mr. Dawson, who was a member of
tho Omaha Chess and Checker club befo-e
moving from Omaha to Washington,, ad
vised that ho Intended to taho n hoard In
the contest, and would try nis best to win
or draw, promls'ng to wire If ho won, and
to write otherwise. Although we havo
written Imploring nn account of tha fray,
not a word has yet cotrio to hnnd, so that
wo aro forced to conclude Unit what Mr
Marshall did to tho Cnpltol City chesslsts
and tn.Mr. Dawson in particular, was too
horrlblo a thing to relate.
While recognizing tho fact that It Is
custoinary for chess editors to publish
games betwoon mastors. we havo decided
to depart from this rule, und shall glvo
proforenco to games played In the vicin
ity, which possess a local Interest, nnd
It Is our Intention to nnnotnte theso
gamcn to tho best of our ability. Mastera'
fcatnes', howover, and also Intricato end
Knmas and problem will appear In thU
column from tlmo to time. It Is our ono
desire tf build up a column that will
prove, h'ghly Interesting to playors ot this
locnllty. nnd crlllclmna ns well ns con
tributions urn aollclted. Also If the col-
riuurlnic Ativml.
Close students of bnse ball are nre
of' tt t,mt wl"iln flvo yours Qeorgo
VUirhla series contenders with their Bos-
L "m'!?". ftn1 Now York Yankees. This
prediction s based on what Stnlllngs has
already accomplished with his BQtoi
team and on Chance's past rocord ami
hlsexcellant work with- tho Chicago
Mitlscl ii Plcef Ytiiiiiimtpr.
The official bnso, stealing records of
tho American league would seem t(
.r,ntr '1."lt lf, rltz Malsol of tho New
j 'a- XT A'
to indl-
Yorks
under
J ranked closo to tho top. Malsel took port
In only flfty-or.e games, yet ho stolo
; twenty-flvo bases.
Tiro Work mill Three Do Wot.
I ,iv i ' it? . m tiaiioiiaia
. miitiTiins in v ivuiiiKiou. iney are
Onndll, Foster. Kngel, Shaw and Tom
Hughes, (landll is manager of a blllturd
room, while Shaw Is clerking In a cloth
t rvc stnro Kiitfc'. Foster and Hughea
nro
not employed.
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