Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-21
SPORTS OF LSM.
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM HAD BUMPS
Boys Did well ConsiderinE the Many
Disadvantage.


The high school foot ball season Is over
Tor Omahn. The team has made a cTedt-
able showing, considering the disadNan-
tages under which IL has laborcd. Il had
the earnest support Of the iocuity and part
of the student body, but a team had 70 be
manufactured out OF perfectly raw material
because OF several difficulties, including
fraternities, and because some Of the boys
We're not Up In their studies. The strict
the team into a game with three or four 81
Us best men ont, but the faculty riEhttully
insisted that the rule be recognized. That
when they went into into the South Omaha
game with substitutes IN the most impor-
tant positions and cripples PLAYING many,
every game scheduled. refusing 20 cancel
any. although the management seemed TO
nave plenty OF provOCation 10 do so.
Captain Merrill Howard has been inca
paCitated I'm the last half Of the season,
but he insisted on playing out the year, ~
spite of his injuries He wanted 10 play IN
the, South Omaha game, but was absolutely
Tor hidden by Che faculty advisers, Just
BEFORE tho Beatrice game Paxton and Har-
ris, on whom the team relied. left the
| team, the former because of increasing
work and the latter severing his connec-
It may be too early to say much about
next season, but II the spirit OF the team
G T De PTeserveS good team am Is essure1
legations TO Charles Drome. Al. F'airbruther
Earl Marsh and others for advice and aid
A meetius Of the team is called for
WedneS day afternoon, when matters OF nlu-
tual interest will be discussed and review
| of the season had The spirit of the team
has made a good impression on the alumni
I of the school and next years team viii
| have better support than the team which
has just finished the season.
| a dispatch from Salt Like City says:
/ Tex Richard The Coldheld fight promoter,
passed through here on his WY to Chicago
| to settle the difficulty regarding the profits
/ OF tho Gans-Nelson pictures. Richard, be-
aaaH la1 hl
/ OF SCOOP for a match between Batung
| Nelson and the winner Of the Gans-Herman
RiclSard is 1inrnirg' 70 sdverfise Ely.
INev., and the leading miners there have
authorized him to offer a $4,000 purse to
secure the big fight for July 4.
! Tex Is a man OF high standing in business
circles out west and his statements can be
| Should nothing occur chat will tend to
! force Richard 10 withdraw this offer, the
/ fight will go down In history as battle
for the largest purse that has ever been
This offer will no doubt stir both Herman
and Cans on TO At themselves for the battle
| Of their lives; as victory in this contest
means more than the securing of the cham
pionship title A fortune awaits either
! Cans or Herman and we will not know
who the lucky one is until January l.
Here are a few statistics your humble
friend. the historian. has dug up:
The bittSburg National league club has
the record for most defeats in one season,
losing ll4 games III 1851.
The largest score on record was made at
Buffalo in the 6Os-Niagara, 2O9; Columbus
no.
The longest game on record was played al
Devils Lake, n. D., July Is. 1891 when
Grand Forks and Fargo played twenty-five
innings without q run.
In 1915 Boston won every game played on
the home grounds.
In 1869 the Cincinnati Reds travelled from
Maine to Frisco, playing all corners with
out losing a single game.
Jim Tying, a Haryard student. was the
first player 90 use a catcher's mask in a
game.
The longest run of defeats was sustained
Iby Louisville in 1895, when it lost twenty
six straight games. -.. -
Paul Hines in 1873. Harry O'Hagan in
1872 and Larry SchlafieY in 1895, completed
the only single-handed triple plays ever
made. r.
The bunt was first practiced in 1885 anc
lArlie latham Is its father. ...a-s
! The sacrifice hit was suggested by the
bunt the following year, and Latham anC
Comiskey got ina early On it. at.
The hit and run was first practiced aboC
1880. 30 moon 50
The double steal. o with first and third
bases occupied, oab0e' into prominence II
,lSg2. tsla.l y ,- slug .1s
The short throw m second was discovered
the following year rs a means Of stopping
the double steal -