Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09

WafTlora Win their spiked anoea. ctuuchAr
are assembling at all the colleges and at
most Of these the foot ball squad IL ar
irving ahead. This custom. however Is not
so prevalent as It has been, for some time.
For the last several years It has become
the custom for all Of the larger colleges
and universities to get their foot ball men
together at least three weeks ahead Of the
rest Of the students and take them to some
mountain OF seashore resort, where they
could be given a preliminary course OF
training. Most boys do little in the sum
mer vacation, and It takes about three
weeks OF cross-country running TO cut on
the slperhuous fat and TO harden what be-
longs there. The system OF training has
changed OF late years. Time was, not very
far distant, when trainers ran the boys
until they had cut OF all the extra weight,
and then they had to feed the boy up to
get back the weight, for weight is what IL
wanted in a foot ball player. Now the
coaches and trainers do not work the boys
too hard in the heat OF September but just
enough to change the fiabby flesh into good
solid muscle. The colleges have shut down
on training tables and trainers and ad-
vance work for the teams. and what will be
done this year remains TO be seen. There Is
little likelihood the boys will be asked to
play without having been put in condition
to undergo the strain. Foot ball is a game
OF all games which cannot be played with
out chance Of injury unless the men have
been put in condition.
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The first weeks work Of the grid warriors
will consist entirely Of preliminary work.
and no team with a coach or a trainer will
line up, even against the scrubs. The first
week will be utilized in cross-country run
ming. falling on the ball, tackling and punt
ing. Under the new game more good kick
ers will have to be developed and the
coaches must make It their business to see
they have some good punters and drop
kickers. To do this they must start early
in the season, for good kicker cannot be
made in a minute and few teams are lucky
enough to have a good kicker come to
them. They must be developed. Under the
open game OF the new rules a kicker win
be valuable asset for any team, and 1t is
likely men will be Taught to Kick the ball
4 while under full sway. Too little kicking
has been INDUCED In of late years in foot
ball and this new feature may tend to
make the game more interesting to the
| spectators.
| The great national game of base ball
Base ball is sport that has been played
| IA ohhOSl every country OF the world, and
by almost every nation. The trip the
Chicago and All-Americans took, several
years ago. had a great deal to do with
the introducing of the fame in foreign
countries. England now has a regular
league. and every Saturday games are
| played between the rival counties. In
Australia there is also a league, while
Japan has club that has shown some
first class material. Honolulu, while hav-
ing teams among the soldiers there now,
| has a team OF Chinese, and they play a
fair game A recent Honolulu paper gave
an account OF a game In which several
OF the players were Chinese. The paper
I lauded one in particular for his home run.
the second he had made in two weeks. In
this connection Manager Burgess OF the
Boyd and Burwood reports seeing one OF
the most unique ball games on record. The
game was witnessed by Mr.. Burgess on
his visit this summer to Germany and
was played entirely in the water. Each
baseman had a floating base and the ball
was large rubber affair which would
not sink. When the batsman made a hit
he had to swim to first ana the felders
had to swim after. the ball. When seen by
Mr. Burgess the game was being played
by American students who happened to
be In Berlin at that time. Mr.. Burgess
said 1t was the most interesting game OF
ball he ever saw. as 1t often developed into
a swimming race between the base runner
and the fielder.
With the opening OF the college, medical
and pharmacy departments of Creighton
university Tuesday, football practice began
on Creighton field. Most Of the old mer
have not put in an appearance, but Coach
Cavanaugh ran a squad Of about twenty
Ave new aspirants through the preliminary
PAGES and is well pleased with the looks
of the material ON hand. With one OF
two exceptions, the men who have been
: out this week were from the college and
when the squad is reinforced by the medics
and other departments 1t will probably be
as good as any from which a Creighton
team has been picked.
Coach, Cavannugh put IN q couple Of days
this week at the medical and pharmacy de.
partments and has assurances of a good
} bunch OF recruits from each place. The
pharmacists have never been represented
on Creighton eleven so far, but have the
stun this year to land at least a couple
of men in the coveted positions The
NEEDLES have a number of seasoned players
who will strengthen the squad and, with
consistent work. should capture the bull
J OF the positions. The law school opens or
the nth ana Cavanaugh is preparing &c
make a draft on them in his efforts &c
: build up a winning eleven.
> Among the promising men who have beer
, out 30 far are Marren, Donahue, Kleepsr
Hroneck, Wagner and Magirl OF the col
, lege. Bronze of the law and Stratton anc
Stevens of the medical departments. Bill
Rooney, who has held down end for {
couple OF years is registered at the Law
school and will be out in a day or SO
Hobbs is also to enter the law and wont
lose much time in donning a suit Lam
, phier. who has figured so brilliantly II
. many past struggles, will be out in a da,
or so. With these experienced heads II
the game, together with others in pros
; pect the coming week should show bettei
! advance than the opening one.
Ezra Sutton, an old-time baseball player
is in the Homeopathic hospital at Roches
|. ter N. Y. laid up with iocomotor ataxia
, He once represented Rochester on the dia
! mond. being one OF the best third basemeI
In the business. He was later signed I,
Milwaukee by the board of control Friend
OF sutton are sending him financial aid H