Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11

hind La Montague. The time for this race
was 10 seconds, and made It Winners FIRST
real 1o-second performance, for, although
he was timed in 10 seconds at short Hills,
little credit was given him for the time,
as the track az that place was known as
a downhlll course.
Under the name OF the National Assoc
citation Of Colored Base Ball Clubs Of the
United States and Cuba, the Philadelphia
Giants Of Philadelphia, the Cuban X Giants
and the Cuban Giants Of New York, the
Royal Giants Of Brooklyn and the Cuban
Stars OF Havana, Cuba, have banded to-
gether for the perpetuation Of colored base
ball by surrounding It with such safeguards
as win warrant public confidence in its
integrity and methods Walter schlichter
OF the Philadelphia Giants has been elected
president, J. w. Connor Of the Royal Giants
vice president and J. NJ. Bright Of the
Cuban Giants treasurer. The board of
trustees, consisting Of the president
Manual Camps Of the Cuban Stars and L.
B. Lamar, jr, of the Cuban X Giants, also
was chosen. Nat c. Strong of New York
Is secretary Of the organization. The as
ISOLATION is modelled on the lines Of the
National and American leagues It was
made necessary by the financial results OF
the season Of 1906, when every owner of a
colored ball club in this vicinity lost money
due to the exorbitant salaries paid to the
players and the keen competition among
the various clubs The idea is to place
colored base ball on a solid business basis
and to protect both players and managers
and prevent jumping from one club to an
other on the slightest pretext, as was done
1naN
clubs from inscriptions managers OF in
dependent clubs who engage the colored
clubs and unceremoniously cancel the dates
at the last moment II so inclined 1t Il
intended to cut out all such clubs which
treat any Of the national agreement club
in that manner
San Francisco fight promoters arc trying
their hardest to resurrect Tommy Ryan
the peach grower. and are using their best
efforts to drag the champion back into the
ring. Now that another native son has
made good on the Pacific coast in the per
son of Joe Thomas the Frisco Fight trust
Is looking up suitable opponents for the
California fighter. Jack Curley, who Is
close friend of Tommy, has Just received
wire from Billy Roche of the Colma (Cal.)
club, asking to find out the terms under
which Ryan would accept a match with
Joe Thomas on Thanksgiving day after
noon. fight between Ryan and Thomas
may be scheduled, as Ryan announced to
a number of friends in New York on his
last visit that he has been gradually get
ting into fine shape and If he saw the coin
| in sight he would take on a match before
long. They have to show the wise Ryan
the mazuma before he enters the ring. and
| will bax IN ha In, he
thousands before Tommy strikes a blow.
Ryan has always been about one of the
| shrewdest money-getters in the fighting
game. Ryan's weight terms may possibly
be too high for a bout with Thomas, as
the latter Is a legitimate welterweight. Al
any rate, Curley will lay the proposition
before Tommy. Just at present Ryan is or
his Michigan farm taking life easy ant
counting up the coin he made on his peacf
crop this year. Tommy has been out o.
the fighting game for many months. Hi
last fight was with Jack Brien at Phila
delphia over the six-round course
j The new foot ball rules have brough
4 about better game and have given NOR
authority to officials, but have not accom-
plished all that was desired toward i'm
proving the work OF the officials themselves
has been heard, just as in previous sea
sons, and sometimes there has been reaso
for the dissatisfaction. When one of tn
most prominent changes regarding penal
ties is overlooked, that which makes
team lose half the distance to it's own goa
line for certain offenses. there is care
lessness or forgetfulness not calculated {
increase respect for the ability Of the Off
cial. There is so much for foot ball off
cial to remember and so much for him I
watch on the field that he may be par
doned for consulting the rule book ono
In awhile and for not seeing everything
but enough stress was laid on the penalt
that goes with disqualification to keep
always in an officials mind. This questio
of regulating and supplying officials Is on
in which the subcommittee OF the rule
committee has to make haste slowly an
one that cannot be brought up 70 a pei
feet stage in a single season.
.
When a radically different code Of rule
has been adopted referees and umpire
need time to become letter perfect and
handle all the different points that com
, up. Some allowance should be made fc
officials this season, so long as they al
. trying to do their best. Practice make
perfect, and If players themselves, VIII
are practicing every day, are not a
thoroughly acquainted with the new rule
so much the more difficult It is for oficlal
. who get practical experience only once
. week. There was talk last winter whe
the new rules were being framed, of a fiel
! laboratory to try them out. No field labors
tory ever materialized, but officials migi
experiment on one to their further Ell
: lightenment. There were number Of of
, cials present at the Interpretation confe
ence here a short while ago. but question
few around so thick and fast at that NEE
: ing that It was impossible to get elucid,
!, ton on all points. Again, men who un
|. pire in some games referee in others. ar