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y Showing that Jeff Knows Something About the I JtfST THoiifiMv r WMlCtfern-. r , ' . 1 ' WITHOUT I WA.rttNfc Ytt,0 MONTHS FO'fifA To StJrxii nv tiA 1 1 w l HwrfeV. pr. 'r"1 b,fApuv Judgments O.SK of tho biggest and beat thlnga nrannlMd base ball ever dW was W deny 1U sanction to Murphy's troatment of Evers and veto that ttt.i of tho trado with Boston by which Murphy would have profited. It was not Anna in pique; but to save to organized base tall Its day of grace According to vl Interpretations tide law of base, ball TUB broken' In several pieces by Murphy's summary disposition of Evers. This law, for one thing, requires a ton days' 'notice to players .before discharge. At tho re cent National Commission meeting this provliloa was 'doubly stressed. Murphy Ignored It If organized base ball con doned dellborato Infractions of Us laws where la tha difference between organ ized and outlaw base ball? Fans applaud the action, qf the powers, but the powers, having soon the light of another day bursting full-flamed upon them, know better than' to approve, even by lndlrao Uon or silence, this high-handed action of Murphy's. It was not altogether du to tho general dislike of tha Cub owner, though that runs deep enough among tho powers and the supporters of the game. Perhaps oven Mr. Murphy sees this by now, especially with tho "nover again" slogan flaunted In his face In Chicago. Urgunlzud baso ball, perhaps, has at this lale day dona ull It oould In one instance to counteract the damagtng effect of Murphylsm on tho welfare of the game, but nevertheless that damage exists to some extent, and It oxlats to the Immense advontago of tho Federal league. The Foierals, Indood, might af ford to vote Murphy a ponalon It such -a thins which Is most too good to hopo for transpires oa hla ojuctlon frdnV'the ,jrm. .Our,frJcnda,who, in tills Instance, leaped.1 to Murphy's dafense mid' fivers' denunciation, .wore, to say the Jeos.1, ft little proc'lpltulo with their Judgment Wo tekr Surely the kind of treatment Mur phy accords the Chances and ISrorfl and Brawns and Itofmand and rfelntera nn-r othrs who mafa him rich and powerful enough to bo saucy la not provocative of n falrntlnded, dlepacetonato tnnn'o ad miration and approval, U Is hot Murphy we ooudcinn, though, a much as the principle, which cannot u -Unrebuked without disastrous rvetilta to loo ball. I'hat Is precisely the thing that actuated the tnnsnates In rehiring to let Murphy profit by the iiaqty Indefenslbte treat ment life accorded Event, 3loton, of Pours., la ahead, even thnUfth It gives Evert tv bonus of ISQ..CQ0 with & salary of 110, W, Aside from the Intrlnslo value of RYcfSi both ns a player and popular Idol, It Will bring rich dividends to Boston for the mere decency and tlmeltnees of It. It doesn't matter so tnueh Whether the Chicago syndicate goU the franchise iwny from Murphy noW he Is separating llmeclf from It just ns (not ns he can. tn tho meantime, our congratulations to ee tall far Its nrpcent robust condition ( health, tittle mere tl.. . . ear aso when It suited tho eapriee of Murphy summarily le fire FranU Clmnee he tried to Justify his aetlun bjf paying that he wnnted a -ea'.;?r nrt'.ve plnylns manager; not n beneh man, henee he took HTerst whom lie lauded te the slilea In order to make ho mueh as passible at an InTldlous com imrloon with Chaneei who had made Murphy in baro balh Kewi he eans Hrera juel he Ut'.eeremonluusljr and turns o Hanii O'Dayi the umpire. Poor naolti Yiha was a ''youngi active player" some few Oeeons ago. But Murphy seems to hva murphled onee tea often. Herewith wo venture te submit an Item of the week as one answer to thejuues- tlon, "Why do you belleTB In the Federal league movement and Its probable suo. cessT'1 Pitcher FalUenberg glres the following tTneond tot signing with the Federal e&KUe "l was wh sued nway from Gleve land to the minors nheii 1 possessed jnajor league .ability 1 bhuwed that by in iPtl 1 rame back oinl nurked tinder a eaiary aliiMist ecjulvalent to that of a recruu piteneri Anu t won tweniy-iive games and lest ten tat Cleveland lit 1918. I fool that my 'eomebacU' Inereased the proms or the uieveiand oiiui an et the cuntrnet I was expeeted to sign for next season granted me an Inereaae In salary of (9,2$ a week. A glanee at the forecast of the West ern league's new schedule shows us that Omaha opens at Des Moines, celebrates Decoration day at Sioux City and Fourth of July at Ht, Joseph, Yet you say Pa Hourke was on the schedule committee? Wu hope Pa, In the goodnero of his heart, didn't give all the Hunday games te the other boys. The prayers of the fervent, righteous nun avalleth much, wo are told In tho good book and so with Old Roman Comlskey sick In the shadow of tho Vatican, we are pulling strong for his 'ecovery, In the meantime we are awful sorry that dope didn't pan out about the West ern league landing in Minneapolis and Kay See, though we might observe that we had not fallen for It. Why should Ban Johnson try to oust MJrrby from base ball when Murphy Is -Ht-nduig to t himself X I f T6 A CfcMMMn I s - v I ) , Sfici, MUYT, J J BRAllci an w.LO . ' ( eiUi Noiol 1.1. I I I 1 I 1 jMACK TAK$5 BENDER'S TIP Adds Joe Graves to List of Pitchers on Chief's Advice. IS. A TTOUNG CHIPPEWA INDIAN Stands Six Feet and One Inch nnd la Only Eighteen . Yearn Old line Appearance of a ln ture Star. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Feb. 14.-Qn tho advlco of Chief Bender, star Indian pitcher of tho Athletics, tho world's cham pions liavo signed up another copper faced boxman. Tho pitcher In question Is Joo draws, who makes the third pitcher on the Macmcn's roster hailing from the little town of Uralncrd, Minn., the town which produced Bender and Leslie Bush, who gained the limelight last season when the youngster defeated the Giants tn one of the world series games. Graves is IS years old and stands six feet one inch in his stocking feet. Fur thermore, he is a Chippewa Indian. The youngster was raised on the Indian reservation at Wucher, a short distance from Bralnerd, and his sponsor is another Indian, Kd Itogers, a former University of Minnesota foot ball player. Rogers headed an Indian team last year which played all tho beat Independent or ganizations in the section about BralriSrd, Walker and Bcmldji. Itogers declared that "Graves had tho goods" and should make a star some day. Graves pitched for tho Bralnerd city team and made a good showing. The lad had a world of speed, goon control and an assortment of curves. Possessed of an unruffled temper, cool and clear headed, he pitched the same steady game, regardless of. any flukos. hla Walker team mates sometimes made. Rogers and the father ,of young Graves advised Joe Grates fo throw his fortunes with Connie Mack. Joe's father Is rather partial td Philadelphia, for Ti6 went to nn Indian school that was maintained here onco and played ball. Young Graves was born lr Red Lake July 31, 1895. 'He moved to Walker when very young and got most of his base ball training there. Ho Is six feet one Inch tall, weighs ICO pounds, Is a left handed pitcher and bats right handed. Ho Is nt present a fccnlori at the Flandrcau Indian school at Flan-, dreau, S. t. His father Is the Issue cleric at the agency at Onegam. WiU Consider All Protestors in High Schools Tournament LINCOLN, Feb. H, (Special.)-The question of splitting the annual high school tournament Into two divisions, ac cording to the relative slzo and strength of the schools entering, will not be de cided without fully considering tho pro tests of Omaha. Lincoln,' Beatrlco and pome of the other larger high schools of the state. Athletic Manager Reed of tho univer sity, who has charge, of tho meet, has decided to put tho question to a referen dum of tho state's high schools. Along with the entry blanks which ho Bent out, Reed attached a slip, asking each en trant to express an opinion on the sub ject, and this will bo tabulated. In the early entry blanks received a number of the schools have completely ignored tho question, so It begins to look as jthough It would be difficult to get an expression on the question. Those op posing tho plan for two classes consti tute tho. most powerful high schools In the state, and It would be a rather ques tionable move on Reed's part to do any thing to alienate their support. The opposition to the plan arises solely from tho ground that It prevents an un disputed champion In basket ball from being returned at the conclusion of the tournament Under the new plan there would in, reality be two champions-one In eaoh of tho classes. Entries for the tournament have i. ready been received from Scott's Bluff, ouui.i umana, Hampton. Bancroft, Genoa, Wilber. Broken Bow. Schuyler. Sewurd, riiiiBion, Alexandria, Craig and New man Qrove. Jh addition, Reed has heard irom xno ronowing schools, and tho man agements have signified their Intention of entering the tournament: Nebraska City, Ohlwa, Columbus, Oakland, Al llance. Friend, Ravenna, darks. Cort land, Fullerton. Omaha, Beatrice, Fair bury, Lincoln, Hastings, Fremont, York, Norfolk, Gothenburg and University, Place. i McDonald to Handle Briscoe Automobile The new Briscoe car, which was one of tho sensations ot tho Paris, London, New York and Chicago shows, and which sells for $750, will bo handled in Omaha by C. W. McDonald, according to an an nouncement Just made by Horace De Llsser, vlee president and general man ager of the Briscoe Motor company. The new car Is French "tailored," hav ing been designed In Paris, but la built at Jackson, Mich. It is a five-passenger, hus ample power, and has all the style and finish of high-priced and larger cars TIIE OMAHA LOOK WHAT 1W PORCUPtMt? Ann J , ' ' lUOUbT WlMKW 6IYES THEM STIFF BACKBONE! College Foot Ball is Great Prelude to Political Career. MANY OLD STABS PROVE CASE FcIIotth Once Famous on Their lie pcetlvr Teams Arc Now Hold ing; Down ImportnnCl'ub I In Positions. N13W YOniC, Feb. H-That college foot ball, with Its rigorous training, necessity for self-control nnd ability to surmount repeated setbacks on the part of Its players, is particularly fitting for a suc cessful political career later in life would appear, to bo indicated by the number of famous players who have achieved posi tions of prominence In both etato and na tion. There Is seldom, nn election of Im portance In which some foot ball player Is not elevated to public life by the voters ot one or another political party. These former knights of tha gridiron nre selected or appointed to all kinds ot po litical positions nnd almost without ex ception dlschargo tho duties of their of fices In an extremely satisfactory man ner. , Tho recent election of Blair Lee as United States senator from Maryland recalls to mind the Jong list of former players who.havo won public recognition ot similar nature, Lee, who was a famous .forward at Princeton In the late '70s, playing the position of "next to end," now knqwn as tackle, followed tho foot steps ot many other Princeton, Harvard and Yale players. Robert Bacon, late ambassador to France, was an old Harvard captain and halfback; James S. Harlan ot the United States Interstate Commerce commission la an old forward; Leo McClung, late treas urer, of the . JJnlted,, States, a jtormcr captain and halfback, at Yale; William II, Lewis, recently assistant attorney gen eral of the United States, an old Har vard center; S. H. Thompson, tho pres ent first assistant attornoy general of th United States, and William W. Roper, the present surveyor of. tho port of Phil adelphia, both Princeton ends; ex-Con-Bresoman Lucius N. Llttauer, a linesman for tho Crimson; Glfford N. Plnchot, late chief forester, onco varsity man at Yale, and his successor, the present Incumbent nt Washington, Chief Forester Harmon & Graves, a former back for tho Blue. The lato Governor William K. Russell ot Massachusetts was a halfback at Har vard; Governor George R Carter of Hawaii, once a guard at Yale; Everett J. Lake, the .great Harvard halfback, lieu tenant governor of Connecticut, and the famous W. H, Corbln, affectionately known as "Pa," tho present commis sioner of taxes for Connecticut, onco a center for Yale, John C. Bell, tho great Pennsylvania halfback, Is attorney gen eral of tho Btate of Pennsylvania. In the Connecticut senate, recently Bat Frank S. Butterworth, Yalo's famous full back of twenty years ago. Down In Dela ware is Justice Marvel of tho supremo court and onco secretary of Btate, an old Princeton captain and forward, and In the orfico of the attorney general of Maryland sits celebrated Edgar Allen Poe of Princeton. In tho office of tho chief Justlco of New Jersey Is William S. Gun- mere, nnotner old Princeton captain; In Pennsylvania's Twentieth Judicial district Is another Princeton player, Judge J, M. Woods. George W. Woodruff, an ex Judge of the United Htates circuit court, was once a celebrated guard at Yale, and still more famous as a coach nt Pennsyl vania, Inventor ot the quarterback kick, guards back and a host of other foot ball maneuvers. A recent reform mayor of Harrlsburg was Vance McCormlck, the old Yale quarterback. A late assistant policy commissioner In New York was Bert Hanson, the old Yale guard, and there is "Big Bill Edwards, an old Prince ton captain, late Now Yurie street clean ing commissioner, now In charge of a similar work at Newark, N. J. Charles D. Daly, the army's successful coach last fall, has recently left the office of fire commissioner of Boston to rejoin the nrrnyv- and tho list might be continued Indefinitely. BRAINY MEN NAMED AS LEADERS OFfiROOKLYN FEDS The announcement of a Federal league clubMn Brooklyn Is one of the most aus picious developments In tuo -course of that organization, for It conveys the prob able plan of John Montgomery Ward oa chief factotum and Wee Aytlllet Keeled as manager of the new 'team. Where In the history of base ball would you search for two brainier men? "Want more than a quarter of -a century, ago was leading and playing short for one of the greatest teams few York evor saw ond then acknowledgedas one of the big brains of 4 he diamond. Since making fame and some money as a base ball lawyer, he has . still further de veloped his Intellectual, powers. And the work of Willie Keeler is most too fresh in mind to call for special men tlon It BUlle's body had been propor tionately as big as hla brain,- he would have been one of tho physlpal giants of the game. Brooklyn ought to make a most strategls point for the Federals, In the meantime, It Is another reason why we hold lo the hallucination that that Federal thing Is a go. , SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY Habits of a Porcupine Russ Ford to Twirl Russell Ford, the star spltball twlrler of tho New York Yankees, who has de serted tho Chance management to try for added glory and dough in tho Fed eral league. Manager Larry Schlatly ot the Buffalo outlaw club has Intimated that President allmorq has secured Ford 'for his club and that the moist ball artist will not be signed by either Chi cago or Indianapolis. Jap Ball Team Will Tour United States During This Season HAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 14,-Ar-rangements for the United States tour of the Kelo university baso ball team of Toklo, Japan, are rapidly being com pleted, and the 1914 Invasion ot tho Japanese collegians' nlno promises to bo the most pretentious since the Inaugura tion of these international base ball series. During the last year Kelo played tho university teams of Stanford and Wash ington and the Giants-White Sox com bination on Japanese diamonds. An a re sult th Nippon nine Is really a formi dable team from a collego standpoint, and Is securing places upon the schedules of the larger universities, Tho squad will arrive on tho r-aclflo coast early In April, and after finishing the coast schedule will leave for an extended east ern 'tour. Games are being scheduled with the strongest varsity nines of tho middle west, oitet and south, and the team will not return to the orient until July, Record for Clay Pigeons Trapped NEW YORK, Feb. 14. The CO.WO.000 clay pigeons, trapped during 1911, set a, new high mark for the truly American sport ot trap shooting. But oven this .enormous total will be eclipsed by the figures that wilt bo hung up at the end of 1914. . Dnuk Marrlen. ' Pitcher William Dook'of the St. Louis Cardinals wan married at lMttsburgh, Pa., to Miss, Jessie Porter, a singer In the Knoxvillo Methodist church. Doak Is a memher of the Bible class of the Sunday uchool and a regular attendant ot tho church when he Is not away with the ball team. t the liaises Chicken. Plez, the recruit outfielder of Giants, Is a Jersey chicken raiser r ''H''HI 1 DOTH ARE 15, 1914. . rr : : . I fislfn for the Buffalo Feds POSTPONEMENT NO SURPRISE Fight Pans Expected McFarland Gibbons Match to De Put Off. ABLE FINANCIERS Too Much Money In Ilout to Allow 'I'll em to ForeRo It anil It Will He IfonRht at Some Fn- . turn ))ntr, NEW YORK. Fqb'. 14.-The postpone ment of the MoFarland-Glbbons match has caused no surprise. That theseytwo conservative matcnmaicrs wouio,'- una plenty of reasb'ns for'delay was only tb be expected. But, although It Is highly probable that neither has any great lik ing for the other's game, If the matoh falls through altogether, that would be a surprise, McFarland and Gibbons a,re two ot the most able financiers tn the ring, and there Is too much money Involved In this case for either of them to turn his bs,ck, on tho spoils. This match has aroused moro wtdo-spread Interest than any in years.. It ii tho first that has seriously threat ened to break the record gato receipts under tho Frawley law, which Is held by tho Brown-Wei la match. But Interest oan not be maintained forever, and unless the men get together beforo long tho match may die of dry rot. iiowevcr, mo scarcity of big matches will tend to keop this one alive longer than usual. With promoters In Australia, England and France doing their bost to get all tho leading boxers, tho dearth ot ring talent Is likely to Increase. The two Aus tralian promoters, who rocently arrived In California, are bent Upon making big inroads In the list of stars. They have already submitted bids for Wllllo Ritchie, Qunboat Smith, Mlko Gibbons, Paekey McFarland, Qeorgo Chip, and a host pf second-raters. Make JCitruviigunt Demand. The one thing that may save tho situ atlon ib tho oxtravagunt demands of the boxers. Rumors of mistreatment ' of American boxers have caused most' of the men wanted to demand that money for all the matches shall be placed in American banks In advance. Thin will nrovo a check for Messrs. Baker and Howe, who are up against as difficult a proposition as tho backers of tno lfco eral league. Even Jimmy Duffy, a light weight, whose activities have been con fined to Buffalo rings, wants 18,000 to make tho long trip. With tho others making demands In proportion, the Aus- tfallans will probably have to be satis- fli-d with fewer men than they expect Still every star lured away will lessen thn opportunities for big bouts' In this country. To offset tho drain new mooa Is required, ond thero is llttlo of this In sight. With the exception of George Chtj,'. who may and may notibe a real champion, no new star has topped the flstlo horizon for more than a year poBt. Kid Wltllams'.'has cleaned up all the bantams, but as long as Coulon refuses to. fight ho can go no further- There Is no one to meet t Kllbane. Ritchie, like Qoulon. is on tho shelf, and so prevents any new lightweight from gaining dis tinction. Gunboat Smith has practically fought himself out of, a Job, although there still remains Jess Wlllard tor him to tackle. But whether deservedly or not, the long-)tmbd .Wlllard "has" been hroasted so much there Is no. ca)l for his services here. 8hould anything prevent Gibbons and McFarland from coming together Olbbons and Chip might do Just as well. This match offers tho contrast tn styles that Is lacking In the ono between the two ultra-clever men. ) In .all probability it would result In a more exciting affair. At least thero would be less danger ot disappointment. Drawn for The Bee r Little Glints of Summer Sunshine 1 II Y F. . IIUNTISIl. Did you notice that no ball player signed contracts last Friday? Yes, tho thir teenth. Last week Nebraska took another soak at Minnesota. Two basket ball victories In succession. No. there will be no foot ball game next fell. Not if Mr. Williams has anything to say about It. Not that wo want to appear previous, but If the boss wants a good reporter to make tho Initial trip around tho circuit with tlio base ball team, we think wo can arrango our affalrn so It can be done. Charlie Ebbets to the front onco moro. He Is going to drive tho Feds out ot Brooklyn. Of course, tho Feds haven't entered Bropklyn, but when he performs tho duel deed another holiday will be celebrated with a double-header. Charlie looks holidays, a long way ahead for Cincinnati Is howling for a reserve bank. A ball team would be more pop ular. There is only ono safe bet In' base ball this approaching season. That I In either league tho peanut venders wilt possess Just as powerful junsa. i First Gamble of the Year. Fdr a starter we'll make one prediction. It he'll start winding up rlgit away, Pepper Clark will be called tho Kaw twlrler, Who will pltbH on opening day. Mr. Clark Is tho gent who pitched' with' Topelta .a ooupla ot years ago, and who Is guaranteed to bo the slowest man in captivity., . . C. Murphy .has booked thirty-one. exhi bition f games for his Cubs. Murt sure haa.aii eye out for the'talmlghty dollar. Chlnncm nnnntlnpM ttifit fnlir 1iW le agues will start War on the Feds. All HALF DOZENJN ; THE RACE That Many Middleweight Glove Men Nepk and Neck for Title All' are legitimate fellows But.JVccil to lie Hlruuiered Down tor the Ileal One of the Whole Crowd George Chip In the 'Lead Now. NEW YORK, Feb, 14. "Too bad poor old Stanley Ketchel Isn't with us to clean up this bunch of mlddlewelghts," Is a common assertion , at almost any boxing club after the staging of a mid dleweight bout. It'a a fact that the lato boxer would have found some very easy picking in tho class, but thero aro a few with us now who would probably make him go tho limit to win. In tbe last year there has been much activity In the ranks of the "middle" boys, until today but halt a dozen ut the most stand out as worthy hustlers for the title. Georgo Chip, .because of hla double knockout ot Frank Klaus, is readily granted the championship by many experts. If Klaus was champion he was 'only . that by divine right, the same prppedure which has been "taken by others ln'tacklng titles to their names. At tlat,VKlaus wan-as good, as any mid dleweight when ho was going right, but there were a few In the class over whom he didn't scow victories. Chin must possess some skill a" that to conquer such a tough custom? and then repeat. Subsequent battles showed htm to bo improving Bteadlly as a boxer. That ho can hit has been proven In the Klaus bouts. Other things aro necessary In the makeup ot a champion, though, and It Is the opinion ot, many that In four or five others there IS embodied the mastery of the art which would overcome anything Chip could show. These aro Jimmy Clabby, Mike Qlbbonn, Eddie Mc Goprty nnd .probably Leo Houck, They are legitimate' mlddlewelghts, who can scale IIS pounds easily. Class Offsets I'oundHtte. Although Clabby and Gibbons are far below the limit notch ot the middle woights, their class Is so good as to more than . offset the extra pounduge others would carry Into' the ring with them. It's a tossup between Clabby and Gibbona In point of cIoVemeM. and although uiaouy has beaten the St. Paul man It is a question whether he could do it again. Gibbons has been progressing more rap- Idly than any other man in the class and his uuperlor hitting" power would give him tho advantage over the Hammond man in a long fight. But It's a mighty narrow lino to draw. Gibbons has boxed Eddie McOoorty and although he was slightly outpointed then., Gibbons had good excuse for -his failure to win. He was a really sick man. Clabby has scored aftdeclsldn pver McOoorty, but there was a question rauea mat time, ioo. So far as Leo Houck is 'concerned, there Is no question as to hla rating. He has 3 S by "Bud" Fisher - - of which goes to show that Chicago has entered the hypodermic field. And wo didn't know there were four big leagues before. Herrmann can't see how. the Federals are going to, build grandstands. Garry had better consult an oculist. This Happened Yesterday. This day was meant for lovers, and for lovers let It be. St. Valentine has named the day for nono but ho and she, , Hut some rude boob has butted In and spoiled the day lor mine. Instead of sonnets sweet I get a comlo valentine- Slnco the advent ot the Federal league thoro In a large number of ball players and managers and' scouts who are par taking of extensive winter travel. Boston fans nre ot the opinion that tha Red Box outfield trio will stick to or ganized ball. Wo nover Knew before that Trls Speaker was a trio. Flfty-sevqn more days shines.- until the sun .When the base ball tourists steam Into N'Yawk there will be a huaky battery ot Fodernls on board the welcoming tug. Sam Crawford 'may be easily Induced to Join the Feds. O. B. B. porsuadod him to take the trip around the woHd and Sam still' remembers Jiiit how ""pacific" the Pacific ocean was. Prexy Gllmore-now receives black-hand letters. C. Murphy's press agent mimed a bet when he let Gllmoro boat him' to It. . llolUo SCetder evidently made hln Jump frpm! N'Yawk to Chicago quto success fully regardless ot hla famous bunion. Washington wan bqrn tills month and good Abo Lincoln, too. But that will do us little good; now, Just I 'tween me and, you, All days look alike to me and mine, and Christmas Is enough, 'Cause neither day's a holiday for the gnk who writes this stuff. boxed the best, can -make the middle welsht limit easily and possesses all the requirements necessary to a champion, It would be a ten' strike "for some pro moter to atart an elimination tournament tn tho class now. Borne great bouts would no doubt bo seen, -and It would wind up, no doubt, with a battle between Gibbons and Clabby. New Penn Rowing Coach Considers the English Rowing Bad PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14. Vivian Nlckalta, rowing coach ot tho University of Pennsylvania, who arrived from Eng land tho other day, surprised the rowins enthusiasts at the local university by stating that ho did not propose to uee or teach the English stroke and declared that he considered the way ihey row at Oxford and Cambridge and' the English rowing system in general as "very bad." "X do not care to call the stroke I pur pose to teach the university oarsmen by any particular name," said Nickalls. "It Is the stroke with tho greatest amount of effect, with tho very least amount of exertion. It does not strain the muscles of tho stomach; It opens up the chest In order to get wind and it is taken with a long slide. "Tho English stroke differs in that It Is taken with a short elide. I do not be lieve In the way they row In England. I believe It is very bad. The average Poughkeepslo crew, especially the win ner, would defeat the Oxford-Cambrldga winner every time. "England's rowing Is by no means sat isfactory. It Is not nearly as good as the system here. The Oxford style Is very poor. They overreach too much, for pne thing. I will ueo, a modified stroke, combining what little good there la In the English and using the American long stroke In part." FOREIGN TIRE MAKERS DO NOT GUARANTEE MILEAGE In -the talk ot a foreign invasion by tire makers It is to be bonie In mind that standards of selling tires abroad are dif ferent front those in vogue here. Guar antees are unheard of abroad, and there Is not even a sort of understanding, when tho tire Is bought, that It Is likely to run any given number of miles. Under auh conditions foreign makers invading thla field will have to make changes in their selling methods If they are to stand on tho same footing with American manu facturers. Ot course, the recent cut In Amerlcun tire prices makes the Invasion less certain. Most tire manufacturers in this country glvu It to be understood, when the tire is bought from them, that it should give about 3,500 miles service. They can hardly be said to give a guar antuo in so many words. Possibly Chawles Webb Murphy might find n berth In the Outlaws It he would ask really pretty.