Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-11

independent teams in South Dakota and |
northern Nebraska and made out some |
thing Of a salary by this. He is now will |
ing to work for Omaha or any other league |
club, but finds that his record has put |
him in such position that his chances for a |
high salary are much impaired. 1t is quite |
likely he will be in Omaha next summer !
and that he will be found working to clear !
himself Of the stain that now stands !
against him. 1t doesn't pay to jump con-
tract, even with a minor league team, in |
these days when managers are keeping
| such close tab on PLAYERS.
.
Whatever pessimistio lovers Of the sport
may say, the recent wave Of reform in
| foot ball has not doomed the game. Those
| who look at the matter in a conservative
| light believe that the restrictions made by
the big nine" and the New York COM
mittee will prove wholesome, at least until
/ Objectionable methods of getting around
| them are resorted to. These reforms were
undertaken by the friends of the game
with the intention Of wedding out unsports-
manlike practices. which were injuring the
game in the estimation of the general pub
! lic They are intended to bring the sport
back to the place II formerly occupied in
public esteem 1t will be noted that the
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fdent that the game will survive. The
action OF the conference really was not
| radical, when the essential features of the
game are considered. It decided that no
student should play for more than three
years in any collegiate sport; that only
undergraduates cab play in Intercollegiate
games and contests; placed limit OF five
intercollegiate games In a season; fixed the
admission for students at so cents; abol-
lshed the training table and made a strin-
gent rule requiring that players must be
bona hde students. The section on which
the bitterest attack is made is the one re-
curing coaches to be regular members of
the faculty, at salaries not to exceed those
| paid TO other members Of the faculty of
equal rank. This will cut off number of
prominent coaches who were in the habit
Of giving their attention to foot ball for
three months of the year at salaries in
many cases higher than those paid learned
professors for the entire year. This will
hit Wisconsin and Michigan, unless Yost
| decides to give his whole time to the game,
| and few of the lesser lights of the big
nine" Chicago and Minnesota have been
following the rule for several years, and
there appeared to be a tendency in that
direction among colleges even before the
rule was passed. The reforms that have
been proposed DO not strike at any of the
features of the game that are essential to
its success, but only aim to remedy num-
Der of abuses that have grown up. owing
principally to the abnormal interest the
sport has aroused in the minds of students
and the general public.
Advocates of the game of socker foot ball
seem to gloat over the turn which has been
| taken in the affairs of the good old college
game of foot ball. The effort TO have a
game with the New Zealand team while in
Chicago was unavailing, as they jumped
right on through to San Francisco, from
which place they will sail for home. The
frequent assertions that the American pub
lie. with its love for the faster games,
would never stand for such a mild sport as
the association game have not been seri-
ously disputed by the socker players. They
are content to rest on the knowledge of the
triumph Of the dribbling code over the
Rugby game in Great Britain, and the be-
lief that 1t will score a similar success in
this country. While the college rules COM
mittee has ben dev.sng schemes for the
retention OF the intercollegiate giant, and
the faculties OF some of the colleges have
come out strongly for the rest cure, the as
| ISOLATION infant has been kicking Justify.
Pointing to the Chicago branch of the
family. the socker men note that eight
teams took part in the spring champion
snip series of the Chicago league in 1906
and that In the coming series there will
be more than twice that number Compel
ing. to say nothing of several more teams
playing in a Saturday league. with nearly
sixty teams in st. Louis and at least ten
scattered through the state of Illinois, the
sockerites are well satisfied with their
| g..
Gus American spirit took great liking to
the fierce excitement OF golf. the socker
men are hopeful OF making many converts
Much interest IL being manifested In the
meeting of the Central Whist association
which will be held at Grand Island Friday
and Saturday, February 16 and IL. large
number OF invitations have already been
accepted, indicating the largest attendance
in the history of the association. The
organization is composed of clubs and MEM
bers from nine different states. There will
be two contests one for teams OF four and
the other for pairs. Four persons from
each club may contest in the former and
any number from each club in the latter.
AS you will observe from the program.
trophies are given as prizes in each contest,
and also for the free-for-all, which ter
inmates the meeting.
The clubs which compose the association
are; Red Oak Whist club. Red Oak, Ia:
Kansas City Athletic club. Kansas City,
Mo-; St Joseph Whist club, ST. Joseph,
Mo-; Commercial club Sioux Falls s. D.;
Topeka Whist club, Topeka, Kan; St. Jo-
seph Athletic Whist club ST. Joseph, Mo-;
Council BLUFFS Whist club, Council Bluffs,
Ia; Perry Whist club, Perry, Okl.; Hawk
eye Whist club, Sioux City, Ia; Dakota
Whist club. Sioux Falls, S. D.; ST. Mary's
Whist club. ST. Mary's, Kan; Sugar City
Whist club. Grand Island. Neb.; Sioux
City Whist. Chess and Checker club. Sioux
| City, Ia; Elk Point Whist club Elk Point,
S. d. The officers OF the association are:
Michael Waters. president. Sioux City. Ia;
A. Wendover. Vice president, ST. Joseph,
Mo-. Il. l.. Copeland. secretary and treas
urer, Topeka, Kan. Directors: T. NJ.
Hanlon. Sioux sity: c. d. Walters, Coun-
ell Bluffs H A. McCandless, Perry, Okl
w. A Prince, Grand Island; NJ. Apple st.
Joseph; ]. C. Meredith. Kansas City
Bit and Spur. the horse monthly. IN an
article on horse show prospects in Omaha,
adds few lines concerning the new riding
school which is in full operation in Ger
mania hall;
Fred Bork will manage the enterprise,
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