Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02

| VI EulcHs. lAAN All uVSSh
mean there will be nothing rough TO the
game, for rules cannot do away with
roughness from any game, and football
is a game Of man pitted against man and
as long as that Is 80 the game is sure to
be rough and men are bound to lose their
| tempers for a time. The game has long
been noted for just this feature, for II
| teaches a man to take a hard knock with
| out losing his temper. 1t Will reduce the
| chances Of these outbreaks TO a minimum.
| The rules as now laid down, are very
clear and II will remain for the players and
coaches TO see that they are carried out.
The public can also take a good hand In
this by unfolding the officials in their ef-
forts to make the game free from all OBJ
jectionable features.
When the technical side of the game Is
considered the players and coaches and
officials find themselves confronted with
a huge mass of new bewildering legisla-
ton. The rule most noticeable to the
public will be the ten-yard rule, which
compels team TO make ten yards in three
downs instead of five, formerly. Rules
have also been changed affecting the posi-
ton of the five center men on the rush
line, and other new rules affecting the
forward pass, the onside kick and the
restrictions concerning hurdling, tackling
and the interlocking of legs.
Western colleges are going in for the
game the same as If all the hullabaloo
was not raised last fall. Some schools
have agreed to abolish foot ball for
year. but the game will be played. never
theless. In the Chicago High schools no
pennant will be offered for the champion
team, and this Is as far as the governing
body has gone to abolish the game. The
teams will be allowed to play games the
same as before, but no schedule will be
sanctioned by the Athletic board and the
teams will act Independently. Coaches
will be employed In the western schools.
some under the cloak of being physical
directors and some with no pretense Of
being anything but a foot ball coach
Bellevue will have two coaches, foot pail
coach to help the physical director.
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The Omaha Rod and Gun club is proving
its popularity as an outdoor organization
Two public entertainments have been
given recently which drew large crowds
of people. The club is now proposing
to put in tennis courts for the use of its
members and they will probably be laid
out this fall. With the addition OF a
good bathing beach next season the sue
| cess OF the CluD ID assured Inc last WSSh
has been rather unfavorable for fishing,
though some nice bass have been taken
from the lake. The big fellows are re-
ported to be feeding near the surface
again and If fair weather continues fly
fishing or frog casting ought to be good
again. The lake was high during the
heavy rains of week or two ago, but
. since the weather cleared the water has
| begun to recede, improving the conditions
/ very much.
What easy losers those New Workers. are.
I Here's Muggsy saying that Pulliam has
won the pennant for Chicago because he
put the great John J. on the blink for sew
, eral days. All John did in the world was
to exhaust his hitherto supposed TO be I'M
limited vocabulary on Umpire tombstone
, and then bar him from the grounds al
New York, And now It's Frank Farrell
who says that Ban Johnson Is trying tc
win the pennant for Comiskey, Just be-
cause johnson has given Clark Griffiths
the skiddoo sign. Grif didn't do a thing
and can't understand why he is put out OF
the game. To quote Mr.. Farrell, Griffith
is In a haze, and can't understand It," To
be sure, all admit that during the course
efof very recent game Grit walked dowr
> into the diamond and delivered one of his
, celebrated monologues for the edlficatior
of Umpire Sheridan. 1t was OF the sort
that won for Grifith the sobriquet OF
!, "IIoodlum' years ago, and which he has
: borne with more or less pride ever since
: | Umpire Sheridan had the temerity to order
: the foul-mouthed manager from thu
v grounds, and received in return the scorn
full moot. OF course Grit wouldn't get of
= his own grounds just for a measly umpire
: base ball law be hanged. To abuse HI
added NATURALIZATION, but he is now in
= haze as to why he should be suspended
: | Oh those New Workers are surely deaC
i. game sports all they want is the best of 4
!. going both ways. But Chance has the ont
!, pennant cinched, and If Commy's team cal
: only hang onto the other, It will be tn,
!. most glorious day for base ball ever known
= It will put the chesty Gothamites jus
= where they belong, and may teach then
:, that a pennant must be won by playing
: and not by bulldozing umpires.
Samuel Rarpf secretary OF the American
Bowling congress, is making arrangement
to make another tour of North Americ,
!, WITH an all-star trio of bowlers The team
: will start at New York. playing the hes
teams of Gotham, travel down the Atlanta
coast 10 jackson. Fla, then invade Cuba
= After playing the best teams in Cuba, New
Orleans and the southwest, the team will
= meet all Corners In Mexico as far as Mexic
City. The combination will then trave
" along the Pacific coast by easy stages Il
y Canada, where games have already beef
a booked. The trip will be under the per
: sonal supervision of Sam Karpf Anon,
" those who are anxious TO make the team
/. are: Jimmy Smith, the Brooklyn wonder
a John J. VOORHEES, of New York. w. Noa
: Of Newark, N j.; Charles J. Mountain o
, Chicago. Day Woodbury. OF Milwaukee an,
: c. Dressbach of Columbus, O., who, will
Jack Reed as partner, captured the two
men team championship at the nationa
? tournament held at Louisville last March
. Foot ball Is already treading on tn
u heels Of base ball and soon the supremac,
y Of the plgskin will be acknowledge by tn
: horsehide. The college coach is busy witt
= the graduate team advisers and soon viii
: take on his coat and get down to business
y Aspiring candidates for places on the vari
: Gus university elevens are taking a HON
: course in preliminary training and viii
shortly pack up their arnlca, splints an,
uniforms and hit the trail for the colleg
- campus. At Yale Head Field Coach Foste
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