Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-26

bridge eleven Is playing az West Point
Princeton and Cornell will meet. In oil
probability. IN this city. II they DO New
Workers will see a good foot ball battle,
which will help drown their sorrows over
the loss OF the Columbia games. Last year
the Tigers defeated the Red and White
Is to 0. There will be a number OF inter-
esting contests on November 8 Princeton
plays Dartmouth. which proved It's con-
Queror last year; Harvard plays Brown
Pennsylvania plays Lafayette, Minnesota
plays Nebraska and the Navy plays Penn
sylvsnia State. On the following Saturday,
November 10. Princeton will try q hand at
West Point and Brown will face Yale
while the Indians will attempt to scalp
Harvard.
But all these games will be as nothing TO
the contest that is reserved for November
IL when Yale and Princeton again trot
upon the foot ball field to do battle before
thousands of admiring followers. The de.
feat last year of to % still rankles in
the Tigers heart and there will be hre in
mis- eye as he watches the big blue ath-
letes rush upon the gridiron amid a thun-
derous burst OF applause and throw on
their blankets. ready for the fray. Divid-
ing part interest with the Yale-Prinoeton
game will be the Harvard-Dartmouth, the
Pennsylvania Michigan and the Chicago
Illinois contests on the same day. A week
later comes the closing big batde OF the sea-
son, when Yale and Harvard try conclu-
sions. this year at New Haven. Coach
Reds fine showing with his men last
year. when the Crimson held Yale down
to points. has aroused much interest as
to what the Harvard eleven will be able
to do with two years OF Reds coaching.
Other important games after the Harvard
Yale game will be the Pennsylvania-Cor-
nell contest at Philadelphia on Thanksgiv-
ing day and the West Point-Annapolls
contest at Franklin field. Philadelphia, on
December l. With that the season closes
again, and the student athletes will have
to wait another long period before they
can don their foot ball toys again.
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Arrangements have been practically COM
pleted for the visit OF a team Of Phlla-
delphia cricketers TO Bermuda next win
ter. In spite OF the fact that the Hamilton
club of Bermuda made a poor showing in
Its visit last year to Philadelphia, there
will be need of a good eleven. for not only
will the Hamilton club be able to get out
its full strength for the games. which 1t
could not on its visit but the Philadelphians
will have TO meet also several crack crick-
eters in the garrison stationed there. 1t is
probable that three matches will be played,
with the Hamilton club the Army and
All-Bermuda. The Philadelphians will be
lucky to split even on the series. 1t is I'M
derstood that In the event of the Phila-
delphians visiting Bermuda an eleven from
the islands will play here later in the
spring. Last year the Bermudans drew
one match and lost three, but the score
of the draw match against Germantown
was largely in their favor. Bermuda
scored S27 in their first inning, German
town 316 and go for nine wickets, when
rain put a stop to the match. Among the
are ]. r. Conyers, the most finished bats
man in Bermuda; e. St. GeorgeTucker,
B. Kortland, H. ]. Tucker. T. st. @. Gill
bert, f. Pension. H. Stephens and F.
Outerbridge.
The national championship meetings of
the Amateur Athletic union, which are to
be held at Travers Island on September
and g. promise TO be two of the most i'm
portant athletic meetings that have been
held in years. Nigel c. Barker. Australian,
has forwarded his entry from London to
James Z. Sullivan, secretary treasurer Of
the Amateur Athletic union Of the United
States The secretary of the Amateur
union Of the United States has also been
Informed by President P. German of the
Canadian Amateur Athletic association
that q strong team of Canadian athletes
will enter and compete Chairman Everitt
C. Brown of the Chicago Athletic associa-
ton writes that a team from the Chicago
Athletic association will visit New York
to compete in the national championships.
President Joseph B. Maccabe Of the ANA
teur Athletic union OF the United States
announces that 1t is the intention Of the
New England Association OF the Amateur
Athletic union of the United States to
enter the winners of the New England
championships meetings, which meeting is
to be held early in September.
II the umpires were really strict not a
player in the National or American leagues
would last through the necessary nine in
nings. Rule 81, for instance, OF the base
ball code says that no player-not even
the captain or manager OF a club-shall
have the right to question the decision OF
the umpire on any play. The umpire is
authorized to eject player who even init
mates that a called strike was not over the
plate. This would clean out most clubs In
the first two innings. Imagine going
through the batting lists and not hearing
a kick on balls and strikes! Yet this law
is laid down before the umpire in black
and white. He does not enforce II because
he knows the players mean no harm What
does he get In return? The very next play
they go at him worse than ever. Another
section Of the rules says that no player
can leave his position to discuss a decision
with the umpire. This rule Is violated by
practically every ball player IN America
every day. Still, the umpires out OF len
iency do not enforce 1t. A worse squabble
follows the next day. And 50 It goes.
Rule IS says that no coacher shall address
the pitcher OF the opposing team to try
to incite the crowd to a demonstration.
This is commonly known as rafting a
pitcher" Rule II. section w., says: The
ball In play shall not be Intentionally dis
colored by rubbing it with the soil or other
wise damaged" Yet every time a new
ball Ia thrown to the pitcher this rule IL
broken. There is some excuse for this.
however, as all teams have practically
agreed that It Is fair for pitchers to rub
tho ball In the grass. The rules further
say that no player shall leave the bench
except when called to bat, unless his team
be in the field at the time. This rule Is
violated hundreds Of times daily.