Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-03

and cricket. Already twenty-five members
have attached their signatures to the rolls
and officers were elected at the meeting
held last week The officers of the new
club are: President, Harry Lawrle; vice
president, James Cameron; secretary and
Treasurer, John Douglas, 1905 Howard street.
On grounds: H. V. Smith, d. Brotchie,
George w. Craig, G. Vaughan. On material:
w. Vaughan, J. Cameron and John Douglas.
Executive board: H. V. Smith, George
Vaughan, J. G. Neale d. Brotchie and all
officers. VIII Vaughan was elected field
captain and John Douglas sub-captain.
Hurry UP" Yost the famous coach Of
the University of Michigan football team,
has emulated the example Of Tom Lawson
and written a book on the subject with
which he is most familiar The title is
Football for Player and Spectator" The
first five chapters of the book are written
more with an idea of interesting those who
like the game aside from playing it and at
the same time is intended to be of benefit
to the player as we'll Mr.. Yost, through
out the whole book has endeavored to Inn
press the proper spirit upon those who
participate in the game There are eighty
full page illustrations in the book, over
sixty of which are taken with special refer
ence to show how to play the game indi-
vdually and collectively. They show the
teamwork or formation plays and the posi-
ton of each man in various formations.
Diagrams are also given to show some
of the newer and more complex maneuvers
as they are played by the larger and better
coached colleges. No player or coach is
better able to write on the subject of foot
ball than Fielding H. Yost, who has had
varied and very successful career since he
began the game He has never coached
a losing team. The photographs and dia-
grams are followed with descriptions of the
plays so that the player is able to follow
out the idea wished to be conveyed. 1t is
altogether a very interesting and instruct
i've work and reflects credit upon the writer
and upon the University Publishing COM
pany, by whom It is published. Hurry
Up Yost is known from ocean to ocean
as the most successful football coach in
America. This is his remarkable record:
In 1897 coached Ohio Wesleyan, champions
of Ohio; in 1898 coached University Of Ne
braska, champions of the Missouri Valley;
repeated with the University of Kansas in
1899. In 1900 he made Leland Stanford Uni
versity the champions of the Pacific coast.
Since 1901 he has been at Michigan Univer-
sity. In these four years the Wolverine
eleven has never met defeat and the
wonderful offense is shown by the fact
that they have scored 2,346 points in the
four years, an average Of 561k points per
game; average per year, 5s61k points.
SAYS the Motor World: What the sane
minded and reasonable advocate OF motor
ing has all along contended has been that
driving a car at an unreasonable speed,
circumstances and surroundings considered,
was Illegal per Sc and required no legisla-
ton to make It more so. This has recently
been given the form of a precedent by the
decision Of a Philadelphia judge. The case
was that OF a chauffeur who had run down
and killed a child while driving at a speed
beyond that permitted by the statute. The
Judge ruled that this alone was criminal
but went much farther by adding that run
ming the machine faster than was safe UNI
der surrounding circumstances was in itself
criminal, even though the legal limit were
not exceeded. So much for the value of an
arbitrary rule on this point. regardless Of
how high or slow the limit may be. This
definition Of responsibility on the part Of
those in charge Of automobiles is the only
consistent one that can be laid down, for
what is culpable negligence cannot be es-
tablished by statute. 1t may often appear
safe to the chauffeur overconfdent Of his
steering ability to go through a crowded
city street al an eighteen-mile an hour
pace but common sense forbids; again,
there art times when eight miles an hour
is dangerous. What constitutes negligence
on the part Of the chauffeur must always
depend upon the circumstances The fact
that the chauffeur in question was con-
victed OF involuntary manslaughter and
was given the full penalty OF eighteen
months Imprisonment and a fine OF 500 by
a Judge who is reputed TO be an ardent ad-
vooate Of the automobile as we'll as a
skilled handler Of the wheel, constitutes a
precedent the effect OF which should be
highly beneficial as well as far-reaching."
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That the high school boys of Greater
New York have profted in many ways
since the formation OF the Public Schools
| Athletic league become more patent as
| each season of the organization rolls by.
| One of the most radical advances OF the
league in its efforts TO promote the most
! effective type OF a citizen was the presen-
! tation, through It's treasurer, Mr.. s. r.
| Guggenheim, OF the new sub-target gun
machines, the use Of which has been ad-
| vocated by General George w. Wingate
president OF the league, whose connection
with rife practice is we'll known. The
| great strides made by the lads In the use
OF the machines were shown in the com
petition for the Harry Payne Whitney
trophy which closed recently, being woT
by the De Witt Clinton High school team
| The gun machine consists of practically al
apparatus which registers the accuracy Of
aim and fire OF a gun as II is held in the
hands of a soldier. The soldier takes the
gun and aims II at a much reduced targe
which represents the side Of the target a.
600 yards; this is about twenty yards away
To the gun is attached a series OF levers
| which while not interfering with the com
plete command OF the gun, move a pointer
over a sub-target showing the exact poln
that a projectile would strike the distan
| target II ired from the gun at the time
BY the movements OF the pointer over thu
| sub-target the instructor can see at 4
glance whether the soldier is holding to-
high, or low, OF too far to the right OF left
and correct any errors. When the trigge
is pulled an automatic electrical devic'
registers upon the sub-target the exac
point OF the hit" BY this means thu
soldier Is made 20 hold his gun CORRECTLY
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