Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-19

wonderful. spectacular. dramatic. FROM
next to last this team has gradually forged
fits way up the ladder until II now leads the
league with promise OF remaining there.
The best feature oft is that the culmina-
ton OF lts successive victories seems to
have brought a surplus OF strength. The
team appears to play better ball each game.
With the great work Of the players and
the indomitable determination of the Old
Roman, added to the burning rivalry be-
tween the two Chicago clubs. the rest OF
American league teams have a powerful, II
not invincible, combination to oppose. and
they will have to travel to surpass the
White soz. Comiskey in his present man
agement Is bringing back to the old fans
those good old days when he pulled the St.
Louis Browns up to the top four successive
seasons and made them twice champions Of
the world Team work; that's the whole
secret-team work. Look on. you other
magnates. view the scenes and take your
lessons. Sit at the feet Of this Gameliel Of
base ball and learn the lesson that has
made him peerless. The White sox have
not the pennant cinched, though, by any
means They must still reckon with three
other teams-New York, the Athletics and
Cleveland
The Chicago Nationals are gradually IN
creasing their lead and they look like sure
winners by now. 1t seems. In fact, as the
series OF worlds championship games would
be played this year between two Windy
City teams. My, oh my, what a feasti
Chance and his men continue to outplay
the rest OF the league. When the season
Is over and the victory Is won, IL one man.
outside of Manager Chance, will be more
entitled TO wear the laurel wreath than the
others, that man will be your old friend,
Mordecai Brown. Brown has been the saw
ing grace in the box, though all the pitchers
are doing good work. But II has been
Brown who was called into service when
the, team was in a pinch. He has pitched
In his turn and out of II, just the same,
and has always made good, in many cases
making the opposing team look like anna
teurs at the bat.
Muggsy McGraw? Who's he3 Oh. yes.
Well, what could you expect? Muggsy
hasn't any other alternative. He can't de-
liver the goods with his team and Presi-
dent Pulliam says he can't steal the PEN
nant, so what can a poor man do but keep
quiet? And It's great thing for the game
too. What pity the Western league can't
DOiAOW lOI lliblS hhiles
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An open tennis tournament will be held
at Salt Lake City August rs, and the in
aications are this will attract many 3kllled
players, as It has in years past. The
tournament Is under the auspices of the
Intermountain Lawn Tennis association,
which consists of these clubs: East Side
Tennis club. Rowland Hall Tennis club,
Country Club, Fort Douglas Tennis club,
Street Tennis club. Miller Tennis club,
Third South Tennis club, Glenwood Hot
Springs Polo. Golf and Tennis club
The Intermountain tennis championship
will be decided at that time for the states
of Utah, Idaho, Colorado and Wyoming, in
mems and womens doubles and singles.
This tournament has attracted some
splendid players In the past and probably
will again this year. The present cham
pions are;
Mems singles, r. @. Hunt, California;
r. w. Salisbury, Utah; womens singles,
Miss Kate Williams, Utah; women's
doubles, Miss Williams and Miss Humph-
rey. Utah.
The trophies:
The Intermountain championship chal-
lense cup presented by Samuel Newhouse),
becomes the property OF the one who wins
II three times.
The women's championship challenge cup.
The mems championship doubles cups.
The women's championship doubles cups.
Prizes also given to the runners-up and
losers in the semi-finals.
Entrance fees will be 81 for singles and
50 per team doubles.
The foot ball rules which will govern the
game this fall have been published by
Spaulding and are in the official foot ball
guide for this year. The rules committee
which consists OF L M. Dennis Cornell
chairman; w. T. Reid, jr.. Harvard secre-
taTy; James A. Babbitt. Haverford: John
G. Bell, University of Pennsylvania; Walter
Camp. Yale; F. Homer Curtis (Texas)
southern colleges; Charles D. DAILY, West
Point; Paul ], Dashiell. Annapolis; ]. b.
Fine, Princeton; f. X. Hall, Dartmouth;
James T. Lees, University OF Nebraska;
c. w. Savage. oberlin; A A Stage. Uni
versity of Chicago, and II. L Williams,
University of Minnesota, has completed It's
revision Of the rules with all the changes
The chief alterations are: The officials of
the game shall consist Of a referee, two
umpires and a linesman; the length of the
OF scrimmage for each side is an imaginary
lire parallel to the goal line and passing
through that point of the ball nearest to
the sides own goal thus making two lines