The herald., 1896-11-16
Funeral Services Held Over a
Football Victim
THE DOANE QUARTER BACK
fIonored In Death by His College
Mates
Eddy Bald Challenged to Run a Series
of Races-Championship Shooting
at Omaha-Other Sporting Notes
Associated Press Special Wire


ceremony was held here today over the
remains of Bert Serf. quarterback of the
Doane college eleven, who was killed in
Saturdays football game. Gathered in
the hotel parlors were the fellow men,
bers of the Doane football team, the
Kansas football team and the members
of the Kansas university faculty, Here
Rev. G. w. Banker, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, read brief serv-
ice, made a short prayer and spoke few
words to those surrounding the body.
The body was then borne out by six
members of the Kansas team and a
hundred students in line followed the
hearse to the depot.
The parents of young Serf did not ar
rive in Lawrence before the remains
started home, but will meet them on the
way They live in Hastings, Neb., where
the father is an Evangelical Lutheran
minister.
Several Lawrence preachers this
morning touched on the sad event, and
Rev. G. d. Rogers, pastor of the First
Baptist came out strongly against the
further playing of the game.
Young Serf's remains were accompa-
MED to his home by Hector Cowan, coach
of the Kansas football eleven; Judge
Green, dean of the law department of
the school, and A. A. Ewart of the ath-
letic board.
ON THE WHEEL.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Arthur Gar
diner, the fast western rider, through
his adviser John West, has issued chal-
lenge to e. C. Bald of Buffalo or Tom
Cooper of Detroit to a series of three
unpaced races, the distance to be one
mile, two miles and five miles, for a
purse of either $1,000 or $4,000, for the Sc
ries, the winner to take all.
In the challenge West says: "The
races are to be run within thirty days
after the articles are signed. 1t is i'm
material to me on which track or at what
point the races shall be held, and the
only condition I shall impose is that the
men start from opposite sides of the
track, both rising in the same directino.
1 have deposited 5000 with George Stew
art, president of the Thistle Cycling
club, Chicago"
AT THE vELODROME.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 15.-Six thou
sand people viewed the new cycle track
at the Velodrome during this afternoon
and many remained from the time the
first rider made his appearance until
darkness rendered riding no longer pos
sible. The matinee opening was most
successful, there being an average of
1000 wheelmen on the grounds all the
time. The various cycle clubs OF the
city, Oakland and Alameda were very
much in evidence and helped to liVen up
affairs materially. Nearly every racing
man of any prominence in this section Of
| the state assisted to interest the Dig
| crowd, at times giving the track the ap-
| pearance of a veritable flying wheel, so
fo ct fhav A more
representative field could scarcely have
| been assembled from among the coast
riedrs the only men of note absent being
Wells, Downing, Whitman, Wing, Tan
tau. Smith, Davis, H. Noonan, Lind and
Hirsch.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 15.-Thanksgiv-
ing day Frank Parmalee and ]. A. p.
Elliott Of Kansas City will meet in 100
! bird match at live pigeons on the local
grounds. Parmalee Is one of the hand1est
men with a gun in the country, ana ELL
oft has been looked upon for years as the
champion live-bird shot of the country.
While others won the title IN Iourna-
ments, in individual matches the Kansas
| City man has more than held his own
| against all comers.
Elliott and Parmalee have only met
once in an individual match, and this
| was won by the Omaha man by score
| or ~ 70 ~, ellner score pelH6 Suiiclche
| to win four out of five matches in any
| company. The match on Thanksgiving
day is for $500 side, and lovers of trap
shooting will see as fine an exhibition
| as is ever offered in that line, for both
men are shooting in the best of form.
After the big match there will be a
| series of sweepstake shoots at live birds,
| open to all comers.
INDOOR SPRINTING.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Bernard j
Wefers was the attraction at the games
| of the Third regiment, held last night
in Brooklyn. He won his two trial heats
! in easy fashion, in each case covering
| the distance in 10 1-5 seconds, which
! broke the indoor record of 10 25. In the
! final heat he went the eighty yards ir
S2-5 and the 100 yards in 10 seconds.
IN THE RING.
| NEW YORK, Nov. ia desperate
/ prizefight Of seven rounds took place
| this morning near Union Hill, N. j. II
was between Tommy Kelly of Hoboker
! and Hugh McDonough of Boston More
! than 400 sports from Hudson county and
! New York attended. Kelly had the best
of the fight and severely punished Nc
! Donough. McDonough made three fouls
/ in the seventh round and Kelly's second
stopped the fight and the referee left
| the ring without rendering decision.
The fight was made draw by mutua
agreement.