Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-04

had a good effect all over the state in in
stilling into the people due regard for the
law. Pot hunters are no longer coun-
tenanced and are soon brought to justice"
There will be a fight over the services OF
Catcher Suess. who finished last season
with Portland. Spokane now claims TO have
a contract with the young backstop, and II
Judge McCreddie attempts to play him will
carry the case up TO Secretary Farrell.
The Pacific National league season was
cut short, so the men did not finish out
their time according to contract. AS long
as the club did not fulfill its contract the
players certainly ought to be at liberty 10
go elsewhere But in the case of Suess
the club had him sign a contract for 1905
and advanced or rather paid him, certain
amount of money, which he accepted. The
catcher claims that as they did not pay him
the amount he would have received in sal
airy had the season been finished he is at
liberty. He also claims that the league is
disorganized and cannot hold him. He
wants to play in Portland in preference to
going among the bushers with Spokane.
The growing tendency of colleges to enter
their track athletes in as many indoor
meets as possible during the winter is
shown In the announcement that Yale
Princeton, Pennsylvania and several other
universities will send representatives to the
carnival to be held In Philadelphia on
Washington's birthday Two other notable
indoor race meets of the season will be the
b. A. A. games at Boston next month and
the Columbia university games in Madison
Square Garden next Friday. At Phlladei-
mia the uannI xxyill he 10,
Guiding several intercollegiate relay races.
Chicago university will send a relay team
to the annual carnival of the University of
Pennsylvania. Lightbody, Eckersall Quig-
ley and Groman will be sent. Chicago also
Will be represented In the special events
The naval cadets are jubiant over the
prospects of two big foot ball games here
next fall Princeton has promised to play
the middies and negotiations are being car
ried on with Pennsylvania. The cadets
have envied West Point her contests with
Yale and Harvard, believing II a great ad-
vantage to the team to be ptted against
such elevens The last time the Naval
academy boys played Princeton the visitors
were defeated.
No student at Cornell will hereafter be
allowed to represent an outside athletic
club in any meet or to compete against an
organization other than of another college
| Such is the decision of the Cornell Athletic
council. 1t means that some of Cornell
crack athletes will be barred from running
for the New York athletic clubs.
.
For six weeks the University of Pennsyl-
vanie foot ball authorities have had within
their number second member of the
American, intercollegiate foot ball rules
committee and have been In complete ig-
norance of his presence. The man in ques-
| ton is f. Homer Curtiss. He Is coach of
| the wrestling team, assistant gympastic in
structor and a member of the freshman
class of the medical department. Until the
Quakers were acquainted with Curtiss
presence and identity here they thought
that John c. Bell, charter member of the
committee, was the only representative
they had among the foot ball solons. AS a
matter of fact, Curtiss has been in Phila-
adelphia occupying his present position ever
since last September. On the committee
he does not represent Pennsylvania but
the University of Texas, at which institu-