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Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

Many of the younger players showed con-
siderable speed during the tennis tourna-
ment and the local entry list for the cham
pionship events that come on this month
should, be large Many of the better of the
younger players were put down and out
near the fore part Of the tournament Koch
is a conner and won the applause Of all who
saw the fast game that he put up. Matte
son is a new conner, and although beaten in
the singles, went along to the semi-hnals.
Leo Wilson also stayed well down the line
and is one of the coming players Of the
town, Not since Con Young has been win
ming all of the local CHAMPIONSHIPS has
there a man come to the front who shows
the speed that Scribner has this spring.
Frank, Haskell was thought to have the
stun in him to deliver the goods, but he
mutt the game Scribner has all of the es-
sentials of a good tennis player, but he was
beaten in the challenge match through su-
perior headwork on the part Of Youns.
scribner has a way of loafng through the
first part Of a game until he is way in the
hole and then pulling out. This was char
acteristio of his style in every match that
he played in the tournament. After he hau
gotten behind in the Young match he was
not able to come to the 'front.' Tor young
did not weaken. as many prohphesied that
he would. Dufrene plays an even game
hut has not the speed that some Of the
other youngsters possess. Many OF the
older players are still at tennis and Billy
Baxter, DR.. Teal, Ralph Sunderland ana
others get as much enjoyment playing on
the splendid courts at the Field club as IN
the days Of yore.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

Des Moines is Jogging along at an easy
clip, winning them as fast as they can be
played, and in view of the fact that the
Underwriters have only seven more games
to play with Omaha, 1t might not be out of
order to award them the pennant now.
Omaha is the only team that has been
able to beat the Cantillion bunch, and
barring some dreadful mishap, It doesn't
appear that the leaders will ever be over
taken by any of the others Denver,
Omaha and Sioux City are going to fight It
out for second place and that appears to be
about the only argument left in the race
this season. It's asking too much to expect
the Champions to repeat the wonderful
squirt of last season, and even II they did,
and won the seven games remaining with
Des Moines, the leaders would have the
reverse results with the other teams in order
TO fall far enough behind to allow Omaha to
win. Denver lost its chance by the slump
during the last home series, and Sioux
City's energy was EXPANDED on meteoric
flight early in the season. St. Joseph has
justified the preseason prophecy, by making
sure of the cellar championship, and
Pueblo is far enough behind to feel reason
ably certain Of fifth place.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

The new rules have just been published
In "spaldings Foot Ball Guide" and show
very few changes from last year. Only
one Is radical and likely TO really AFFECT
the game. In the rule regarding scrim-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

Splendid fishing is being had at Cut OF
lake by the local anglers and every evening
large number avail themselves OF the
opportunity to fish in these nearby waters.
Many fine bass have been caught during
the past week with different kinds Of bait
The favorlte bait is frogs, with which the
banks Of the lake are lined. Some of the
less expert fishermen have discarded the
reels and are fishing with sixteen foot
poles and a stout line. or course, this is
the best way to land fish, but not the most
sportsmanlike. While casting for bass sew
eral large crapples have been landed, show
ing that the lake has a good variety OF
fish, for sunfish are caught at all times.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK
Western League Ball Begins to Look Like
Fight for Second.
DIES MONIES SEEMS TO HAVE WON FIRST
Denver, Omaha, and sioux City
VIII Now wrnnEle for the
Honor of Being Next
10 the Top.
DIES MONIES SEEMS TO HAVE WON FIRST

When the sky fell Papa Bill Rourke's
plate was upside down. Consequently he
only caught a little Of 1t. After walloping
the leaders and the second place team, and
getting good and ready to reap a harvest
off the tail-enders, the seasons misfor-
tunes eliminate In the Gripping OF two Of
the mainstay players, and the chance Is
gone for the rest Of the season. St Jo-
seph contributed to a large extent 10 the
feast we we're looking forward TO-, dropping
six out of eight games to the Rourke
family, but it should have been eight
straight and a couple Of double-headers
thrown in. Then, when the second soft
thing came along In the shape Of the Grip
pied Pueblo team, with an opportunity of
pulling at least four out of Ave on the
regular schedule, and seeking in a couple
Of double-headers on postponed games, and
running up a fine standing in the per-
centage table. the Rourke family finds itself
I'm such condition that the rain that stopped
one game was welcome, and the games
provided in the schedule were quite
enough. Maybe this hard luck will let up
some day. and the team will get back into
it's right and proper place. The chance to
get into second place was good indeed, but
accidents barred the way, and Denver and
Sioux City are both thankful for the affiic-
tons that have overtaken the champions.
Maybe the new pitcher and the return OF
Ivan Howard will turn the tide.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

p. A. Vale, the London critic, discussing
the doubles match between Ward and
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06


Young Towards work in the Iowa league
has been of the kind to talk about. He
has been fielding very well, and his batting
is the wonder of the circuit. He showed
signs of this during his practice with
Omaha last spring. His hitting promises
to be even better than that of his brother,
who is winning much fame with Pittsburg,
while ne is better fielder naturally than
Del. Rourke proposes to give him chance
at short while Dolan is out of the game.
Dolan's injury is of a nature that makes
his return to the diamond very uncertain.
He may get back at once, and he may not
be back for weeks. II Howard can any
where near stop the gap in the field and
deliver the merchandise with the stick, he
will be the savior Of the team. Hall, the
pitcher, comes with a fine recommended
ton from Ace Stewart, and will be given
a chance this afternoon to show what he
can do. He was looked upon as a wonder
in the late Cotton States league, and If he
comes up to Stewards promise, then
Rourke has again succeeded in his
proverbal luck with pitchers. Buckln, the
Tekamah boy, looks good, but lacks the
experience to take his daily turn against
the seasoned batters of the Western. His
one game down at st. Joe proved his
willingness and in a measure his ability,
and he will surely be given a chance, If
not this season, next spring. Rourke says
all he lacks is experience. He is a young
ster, and a willing and ambitious per-
former.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

images change has been made which
will permit closer formation than those OF
last year, instead Of the open play, which
had been expected The committee con-
sidered the question on several occasions
during the winter and spring and the re-
suit has been a defination OF the line OF
scrimmaEe which IS most elastic. II pro-
vides that six players must be In line in
the scrimmage, as was the case last year,
but includes the dennaton OF the line.
which is absurd. A player will be In the
line II either his head, foot or hand is
within one foot OF It. This will enable a
man to stand four feet behind the line as
It was last year and yet be on It simply
by stretching out his hand The possibili-
ties of this change are great Two guards
may be back Of the line and yet be on Il,
according to the rule. Mass plays may be
even closer than they were last year; and
who is to decide II a player has his hand
within one foot of the line? The player
can easily stretch out that foot or two
without being found out and the officials
will be absolutely powerless to prevent Il.
Suppose a man is a good distance behind
the line with his hand outstretched, and
the official some distance away, how can
the Official determine whether he is foot
or yard from the line of scrimmage?
blSBuleS VIII De constant ana the delays
to the game will be more frequent than
ever. 1t is again urged that now is the
time to change the rules and make them
more rational. 1t Is also argued that the
men in charge cannot have given the mat
ter careful study, else such a rule as this
would never have appeared on the books.
.
One of the foot ball authorities at one
Of the big colleges, commenting upon this
rule, said: You just watch the players
on the teams OF the colleges represented
on that rules committee. II Is 10 to l
that there will be several with an ex-
tremely long reach. Changes in the rules
have been made every year to fit the in
coming teams of the colleges represented on
that committee. Some day there will be
a rule against biting in the line, and the
succeeding fall will find several players
with front teeth missing. The whole thing
is a farce and the sooner the real foot
ball players get together and make rules
plain and simple the better it will be for
the game. The present rules are an abom-
nation"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

The passing of Frank selee from the
game which he has so long adorned Will
be a cause for sincere regret on the part OF
all who have the interests of the great
American game at heart. For nearly
score Of years Frank Selee has been idenu-
fed with the game in prominent way.
Sixteen years ago he piloted the Omaha
team TO a glorious finish in the Western
league race, and then went direct TO Bos-
ton, where he won pennant after pennant
Three years ago he went from Boston to
Chicago after Tom LOTUS had wrecked
the Chicago Nationals and began the hope
less task OF building up new team again
He made the Chicagos a factor in the
race the first season, pulled them up to a
good paying proposition in the second, and
this season, when overtaken by Illness had
the bunch 'unning smoothly and warning
every inch Of the road with Pittsburg and
Philadelphia, and even taking hard falls
from the Giants. He has surely proved
himself a prince Of managers. Above
everything else, Sc lee is clean in his meth
DDS He deals openly and honestly with
players and magnates alike, and has the
unqualified respect and friendship OF every
body in the game. His retirement, even
for the rest OF the season, is a distinct
loss to the game, and II will be the fervent
hope that he viii be again found In the
ranks next year, leading the Chicago team
and lighting for games just as he was when
he took sick. The game hasn't enough
men like Frank Selee to spare even one.
"A Subscriber" at Fort Dodge, Ia asks
that The Bee explain the spit ball" and
its delivery. The term is applied to a pecu-
liarly prepared ball that takes an errauic
course after II leaves the pitchers hand
| The pitcher prepares the ball by soaking
It In saliva, tobacco juice preferred. After
he has thoroughly drenched the ball he de-
livers Il with modification OF the motion
| used IN throwing an ordinary curved ball
Its operation Is uncertain, but differs from
the ordinary curve, in that the curve Il
achieved by the retardatlon OF the ball due
20 its rotatoTy motion after leaving the
hand With the ball revolving swiftly on
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

The recent city tennis championship tour
nament did one thing which was foremost
in the minds Of the promoters and that was
to bring out many new players who are
destined to come TO the front The direc-
tors at the Field club have striven to wipe
away the idea that because this tournament
was played at the Field club courts that
the play was more for the Field club mem
bers. This has been entirely set aside by
the manner in which visitors were treated
at the Field club. They were shown every
courtesy that was within the power Of the
managers Of the tournament and the direc-
tors of the club and made to feel at home.
Two outsiders won the championship In
doubles and this was complete surprise
and also the desire of many. Matteson and
Smith were too fast for Scribner and Kohn
and surpassed them on certain style Of
play that won the match.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

No game has made such strides in late
years as tho old Scottish game Of golf.
Several years ago it was looked upon in
this western country as the game for af-
fected persons, and It was not many years
ago that the first links were laid out at the
old Patrick farm. Now all classes OF sport
lovers are engaging in the pastime. Tennis
and base ball at the clubs have had to give
up many of their best players to the links.
There is reason in the advancement of the
popularity of the game among many classes
Of players. No game is now played, better
suited for an elderly man, who has an
afternoon or evening to put in out-of doors.
For these football could not be thought Of,
tennis and base ball are too severe, and
croquet is too slow, so that golf just fills
the requirement, Men who have never en-
gagged in any of the outdoor sports have
taken up golf and become enthusiastic
players. Some Of the best known athletes
in the city have also become enthusiastic
over golf and play nothing else
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

its own axis It's course Is varied in a direc-
ton opposite 20 its rotation. When IL has
been sufficiently soaked in tobacco spittle
II Is apparently subject to another law. the
conditions being disturbed by some factor,
probably the unsettling Of its mass move
ment owing to the unequal weight caused
by the moisture This causes Il 70 take an
eccentric course, and II is said that even
the pitcher cannot determine with any ac-
Curacy where It is going The method Of
delivery is peculiar and can hardly be sat
isfactorily described 1 ma newspaper with
out the use OF diagrams. The motion used
by the pitcher is a combination OF a throw
and shove. II can best be learned by OBJ
serving an experienced pitcher using II.
AS to its utility, the following from the pen
Of Charles Nichols, the veteran pitcher will
be found OF interest:
Nothing I'm years has attracted so much
attention as the spit ball. This delivery
OF the ball in which the use Of saliva Is
supposed to cause so much Decentralization
to the batsman has not been used by me
at all for the reason that l have not found
II necessary to add to my own effective
ness by recourse to any new style. From
what l have heard. the use OF this new
factor in the work Of the pitcher has
caused a deal more harm than II has
eschewed It entirely, and those who have
tried II say that It will handicap a pitcher
more that It will help him. The delivery Of
such ball is Just like showing II, as far
different from the usual style of delivering
a ball as one can imagine The reason
that II is difficult to control this kind OF a
ball is not difficult to see, for the fingers
are wet and difficult to control Taylor, OF
our team, uses slippery elm FOR the reason
that the flow of silva is increased thereby
and not so much effort is necessary to keep
the ball wet. Those who have used the
spit ball continually say that in time the
pitcher will lose all control of his arm for
anything else but this kind of a ball. II
will be spit ball or nothing. That Is where
the trouble arises-The change from one
kind of delivery to the spit ball The one
who uses the latter to degree finds that
he cannot throw the other effectively at
all II will not affect the pitcher who tries
the ball occasionally, but let him continue
alone IL he desires to continue in the game.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06
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Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

A scheme is on foot to revive the ancient
and honorable pastime of the Englishmen
known as cricket, and 1t is proposed to
place the wickets in Miller park. Time
was when cricket was quite a game in
Omaha, and this town boasted OF a team
that did not have to take a back seat to
any in the country. Times have changed,
however, and the Scottish game of golf
has run the cricketers to cover. The en-
thusiastic cricketers have become just as
firm believers in golf j. B. Reynolds and
Harry Lawrie play at golf harder than
they ever did at cricket and ]. E. Buck
ingham and Jack Francis have each
switched. Francis writes from Chicago
that he is playing a rotten game Of golf,
but this is taken as a little. wrong dopo
to throw the boys of, so that he can take
them on for a more advantageous match
when he runs over here some Sunday.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06


DR.. Maurice Francis Egan of the Catholic
university at Washington does not believe,
like many OF the heads of American col
leges, that athletics are carried too far
and that they are Injurious to students
In recent address to the graduating class
Of Villanova college he said:
II you have neglected Virgil a little for
root ball and base ball, do not worry about
II. The reasonable growth OF athletics in
our colleges has done more to train Amer
leans In the science OF team work, in
to the general good than all the axioms OF
armchair psychologists.
Athletics have driven out the worship
bishness. and sloth. A man who goes in
Tor good work on the field knows that he
must get down to Mother Earth. He soon
learns that clothes do not make the man.
but that strength, skill and fair play help
Those mothers who weep over a lost tooth
or a broken rib or two should remember
that for every bruise that their sons re-
eeive there will be a falling OF in the
consumption OF nicotine and alcohol.
The foot ball coaches Of the University
Of Pennsylvania have been working over
the game for the last few weeks and It is
declared that new system has been
evolved which is revolutionary and start
ling, The plan, which has been attacked
on every side on the checker board, has
demonstrated its practicabllity and II now
awaits trial in the field. It is possible. un-
der the rules OF 1905. made by the self
constituted foot ball rules committee
which refused to mako the changes de,
manded by all except a few, which should
make the game more open. The appear.
anee Of Woodruff as an adviser at Penn
sylvania after an absence OF some years
makes It seem likely that the proposed new
system will consist OF mass play even
closer than the guards-back, for which he
was responsible.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

Auto dealers in Omaha, as we'll as sew
eral buyers, are interested in the announce
ment that the railroads have agreed to
a reduction in the cases OF freight rates
for automobiles west of Chicago. Under
the new rule cars will be accepted at less
than carload lots at the rate for first-cass
freight instead Of three times the first
class rates. The new ruling makes it pos
sible for a motorist, shipping his car from
Chicago to points farther west, to do so
at about one-third the former cost
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

Mrs e. H. sprague will participate in the
golf championships at Chicago next week
and will then retire from the links. She
has been an ardent follower Of the rubber
ball since the links were first laid out in
Omaha and has made an enviable record,
winning the Transmississippi for ladies at
St. Louis this summer.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-06

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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-28

has been expressed before, but it
is doubtful whether it has ever been
expressed as concisely, as simply and
as forcibly. The dictionaries ought to
define political foresight as faith
in the wisdom of doing right What
a contrast between this candid recog-
milton of the triumph of the truth
and the miserable, short sighted doc
trine Of expediency! There is no
basis upon which one can calculate
expediency as the hunter searches for
game, uncertain where he will find it
and fearful that even when discovered
it may yet escape him, but as the for
mer follows the pillow, confident that
sun and soil will reward his industry
and that in spite of local flood or
drouth the earth will yield it's increase,
so he who attaches himself to a truth
knows that he works in harmony with
immutable and irresistible laws.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-28
Unable to Rob Rockefeller.

GREENWICH, Conn.,, Nov. rs
While making his rounds last midnight
a Waterman at the summer home OF
William G.. Rockefeller, son of William
Rockefeller, the Standard Oil mag
nate, detected two masked burglars
trying to effect an entrance into the
house. The burglars were working
at the blinds on the first floor.
The Waterman hid his lantern, and
with his bulldog started stealthily to-
ward the house. AS he did SO a whistle
warned the robbers that they had been
discovered. The men darted over a
fence just as the watch dog grabbed
one of them. The dog only succeeded
in getting a good portion of clothing
and the burglars escaped.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-28

common cause today with the social
lists and all shades of radicalism, not
for the same purpose ultimately, but
in order to so embarrass White in his
great work as to make a return TO
military despotism inevitable. There
are evidences that the reactionaries
are behind the massacres and outrages
and outbreaks, and are instigating the
political strikes in order to compel
return to Cossack rule. If White can
persuade the people that he is hon
est and is in earnest, he may yet be
the preserver Of the empire, the savior
of Russia.
A new danger threatens in the false
szar, the pretender to the throne, who
is said to have already received the al
legiance of $4,000 followers. 1t does
not appear probable, however, that a
movement Of this kind is likely to
make great progress. 1t is not to be
expected that the people will over
throw one car to set up another. 1t is
either constitutional monarchy or a
French reign Of terror ending in So
cialistic republic. Conditions in Rus
STA are not favorable to the permanence
of a republic. The ignorance of the
masses and the lack of cohesiveness
between the different parts of the en-
pire do not make for stability under
democratic institutions. 1t must be
admitted that just now the control of
D.
| the situa ton appears to be slipping
| away from the new prime minister.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-28
SUNDAYS STORM HEAVIEST
KNOWN IN MANY YEARS IN
VALLEY.
Some Places the Beautiful is IS Inches
Deep-Eight Inches on the WaIa
Walla.

William Eggers, prominent far
mer living at the forks of the Walla
Walla river above Milton, was in
Walla Walla yesterday and reported
much snow in the mountains above the
Northwestern Gas and Electric COM
pany's power house. At Mr.. Egger's
place the snow was eight inches deep
on the level yesterday morning, but on
the highlands the fall was anywhere
from 10 to II inches deep. Mr.. Eggers
says that cattlemen have gotten their
stock out Of the mountains, so YES
terdays storm will not work any
particular hardship on the stockmen.
The roads, he says, are in an impassa-
BILE condition as result of yester-
days storm. The Walla Walla is al
ready beginning to show the effects
of mountain storms and rose nearly
| six inches yesterday. A warm rain
with so much snow in the mountains,
Mr.. Eggers says, will put the south
| fork of the Walla Walla on a rem
mage