Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-14

This IL but another evidence that the con-
dition predicted in the new game has come
to pass whereby most scores will be the
result Of fumbles or misplays and more
or less the result Of what has hitherto
been held to be luck rather than good play
There was greater interest among ex-
perts In the game to see how the defense
would line up rather than in any other
phase of the opening games. In few
cases the old form of defensive formation
was used. but even with this there was
almost invariably a spreading out Of the
line to cover a greater compass from end
to end, all tending to make end runs. on
which 50 much faith was pinned, more
difficult than ever In most cases the
teams on defense played two men behind
the line. A few placed one man about If
teen yards back and the other thirty
but the majority had both men fully thirty
yards back. This means that there is
disposition to regard the possibilities Of
a man getting away Unexpectedly for
long, free run as unusually great in earlier
games. II is likely that as the teams
develop their defense more perfectly, there
will be a lessening OF the distance which
one of the two men withdraws, as closer
to the line he will be better to interrupt
quarterback kicks and forward passes.
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The announcement Of an association font
bail match between America and England,
TO be played at the Crystal Palace grounds,
London, next April, has stirred up the
"socker'' players in the east and there
promises to be keen rivalry for places on
the American team The selection commit
tee will choose only the best players. and
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team will leave for England the players
will have a good opportunity to prepare
for the trip A meeting of the selection
committee will shortly be held TO complete
the details Of the trip. Frances H. Tabor,
president OF the New York state Foot Ball
association, will be the New York repre-
sentative on the committee. Invitations
have been sent to Yale, Harvard. Columbia,
Princeton, Pennsylvania, Cornell and
Haverford to play against c. Wreford-
Browns combined Oxford-Cambridge as
ISOLATION foot ball eleven. The committee
in charge consists Of F. H. Tabor Of New
York and John A. Lester, Hill School.
Pottstown, Pa.
Bowling has jumped right back to its
former position as the leading winter sport
in Omaha and all the alleys are well filed
with players most of the time. The princi-
pal interest in the game at present Is In
the two leagues, and all the teams are
battling for supremacy. Bowling surely Is
an ancient game, and seems to have origt-
mated in the middle ages. At that time 1t
was purely an outdoor game and was
known by the name Of bowls" At that
time the sport was entirely different from
the present, although there was much SINH
larity. 1t was played with teams as today,
but the balls were made of stone, one half
spherical and the other half oval. This
gave the ball q curve as It sped down the
alley or green. The scene of the game
was a plot of ground called the rink or
bowling green, at each end of which was
placed cone. which was the mark for the
bowlers to roll into. The object of the
game was for one side to place the balls
nearer the cones than the other. Thus
the man bowling would try to knock the
opponents ball away from the cone, sup
planting their own as in a game OF quoits
or horseshoes Later the stone ball was
supplanted by one made of lgnum vitae,
the latter being made spherical the out
side of the ball being lighter than the part
which came from the heart of the tree
gave the balls the desired basis for a curve.
Some bowlers loaded one side OF the ball
with metal to give It a curve. The cones
were in time done away with and sup
planted by stone balls about three or three
and half inches in diameter, which were
known as jacks. Instead OF having
stationary mark at which TO roll the ball
the jacks were placed all over the green
and II required strategy and skill to bowl
a good game. The bowling green was the
most sacred spot in the village and care
was taken to select a spot which would
drain easily. The size OF the green was
generally about sOx15O feet. The game was
introduced into America in the eighteenth
century and seems to have been very popu-
lar In New York at that time. There is
still spot in New York known as Bowling
Green. From the time of its first introduce
ton in America the game has rarely ever
died out. although the outdoor game has
given way to the indoor game Of the pres
ent day.
So far as the New York Bowling assoca-
ton is concerned, apparently, the Ameri-
can Bowling congress might just as well
never have been known in Gotham. While
no actual vote was taken at the meeting
of the New York Bowling association. at
the Victoria during the week, enough ac-
tion was taken to prove that New York
pin knights are opposed to the men CON
trolling the sport in the west. A commit
tee of 1--WE, composed of Charles P. Cohen,
Fred G. Snyder, C. E Kennedy Carlton
Pearson and ]. J. Clingen was appointed
to confer with similar committee from
the National Bowling association to revise
the constitution and bylaws and discuss
the advisability of the New York Bowling
association resigning from the American
Bowling congress and joining hands with
the new national body. The officers of the
new organization promised everything New
York might reasonably ask. They agreed
to revise the constitution 30 as to conform
with New York ideas. the only restriction
being that no change can be made which