Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23

Springs. and at the request Of the other
officials Of the Pittsburg club, Mayor Hayes
OF Pittsburg, Mayor Wymau Of Allegheny
and District Attorney John c. Haymaker
held a conference. az which the official foot
was put down Not a bet OF any kind will
be allowed to be made, the officials de-
clare, and any person who even intimates
anything Of the sort will be hustled of
TO the BOBBY hatch.
The president of the intercollegiate
Basket Ball association has appointed
committee which is 10 meet at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania on May % and q
to revise the rules Of the game. In con-
junction with the rules committee meeting
there will be q general convention of repre-
sentatives from all OF the colleges in the
country possessing basket ball teams for
the purpose Of organization. This meeting
will also be held at the University of
Pennsylvania and will occur at the same
time as the intercollegiate championship
track and field games. Among the changes
in the rules which will be agitated are the
following:
l. Lengthening Of the game by calling for
twenty~five-minute halves instead Of the
present two twenty-minute periods.
2 Chance in the size of the playing courts,
raising the minimum size from 2,4O0 square
feet to 1900.
J. ELIMINATION OF the rule WhCn gives
the referee power of awarding point when
a player is fouled while shooting for goal.
4. Changes i'm the methCd Of scoring from
OF two ways viz: Either lcngthening the
| ffoul-throwers restraining mark from If
! ratio OF the value of the field and foul
| goals, making field goals count 3 points
! and foul goals as I, There Is also some
talk ot making a more stringent code OF
! eligibility rules for players.
LONDON April 22-(Special Cablegram
to The BeeD-Sr Hallewell Rodgers. a
practical golfer presiding at the annual
meeting of the Warwickshire County Lawn
! Tennis association last week. said it was
a great mistake for young men who had
just left school to begin to play golf. They
| should first take up a game involving a
| greater and more invigoratlng exercise
, than golf could provide. Golf was more
game for an old and middle aged mar
| than for young man. Tho latter should
! first try their hands at tennis.
GLASGOW, April 22.-(Special Cablegram
to The ec)--Extraordinary scenes, il
| which "rcfcree batting and stand-up fights
| in tho field played a prominent part oc
| CURED toward the close of the Scottisl
| cup sem-fnal match--between Celtic ant
Rangers-at Celtic park this week Ther,
| feeling intense from the first rapidly in
creased with every passing moment. A
decision given by Mr. Robertson tn,
| referee, adverse TO the home side aroused
the hostility Of the great mass of onlook
ers. When, shortly afterwards, Quinn o
the Celtcs was ordered to the pavilion
for rough play the angry passion of tn,
mob burst out in unrestrained fury. Hun
dreds stormed the fences, rushed at tn
referee ana surrounded the Rangers play
ers.
The threatened men managed to fore
their way through the crowd to the pavil
ion, and order being eventually restored
the game was begun again. Three minute
later the crowd again broke in, and tn
referee was again hustled and assaulted
He was, however rescued by n compare
lively small body of police that was /
attendance.
Meanwhile free fights were common, an
it was decided that the game must I
abandoned, the Celtic agreeing to awar
the unfinished tie to their opponents tt
) selection of the Scottish team to face Ems
land III the association foot ball mate
was postponed in consequence of the riot