Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-21
D. A. Sampson, General Sales Agent, Omaha.


The forward passes have not been very
upon short sharp passes. with the idea OF
keeping the ball safe in their own posses
sion even II at the expense Of ground gain
ing. feature of the practice has been the
men dashing around swapping the ball
quickly and catching and passing 1t again
on the run, In order to make sure that they
can do this In the game. This part of the
work has proceeded slowly and has shown
itself to be one of the hardest things to be
mastered under the new rules. The So
called basket ball pass, with the hands
high above the head. giving chance to
turn and twist in any direction, even after
being tackled, has been taught to the Har-
ward men by C. w. Randall, the former
basket ball, base ball and foot ball player
of the Crimson, and to Yale by Foster H.
Rockwell the captain OF the Yale basket
ball team last year, for several seasons
quarterback on the eleven and now field
coach of the team. The value of this play
will, OF course, not be so great among the
western teams, solely for the reason that
out west the basket ball game played is
the no-contact game, which makes the
players try nothing but the low, underhand
passes.
Frank E. Samuels and George Klumpp,
two of the best known tournament mana
gers in Greater New York, are planning
to have a congress of women bowlers at
| the Harlem Circle Bowling academy on
| October q, %, "a and 25 Rules and regu-
lations suitable for women will be formed,
| as the rules of the New York Bowling asso-
citation as recognized in the eastern part of
the United States do not cover the salient
points for feminine competition. More
than 400 women who are interested
In bowling In the east have signified their
intention OF being present on one of the
four days. Each woman's club will send
delegate and from after the plan of The
local governing board. In addition
| to the congress, the champion
woman bowler of the east will be deter
mined by four days tournament Each
competitor will roll three games, total pins
| to count. A gold medal has been donated.
which will be emblsmatic of the cham
pionship. The medal will be challenge
affair, the conditions being that the holder
must meet the challenger In match not
more than sixty days after the challenge is
issued.
The death Of Martin Bergen in Graves
end removes one OF the best known Jockeys
ever produced by America. Pneumonia was
the actual cause OF death He was classed
| I'm his prime with such riders as Me-
Iaughlin, Garrison, Isaac Murphy and
Anthony Hamilton He rode Salvador when
| that splendid animal broke all records for
| a mile on a circular track. His greatest
feat in riding was when he swept the card
| at Saratoga. There were six races and
| Bergen rode every winner. He abandoned
the racing game some years ago.
The crack foot bah team, composed Of
men from Forts Mckinley. Williams and
Preble, and comprising the pick of the
First District Coast artillery, Y. s. A
| will disband because the regimental adJu'
tant will not allow the enlisted men &c
| run their own eleven and because, as thu
j soldiers allege; ''the smart" West, Poin
officers notably Captain Lawrence Clay
Brown, insist on buttins in and managing
the team. which was organized entirely
by the enlisted men themselves. The play
ers of the team, which this year has al
ready outplayed Bates and Bowdoin, claim
that they know more about good foot bal
than Captain Brown. and believe the inter
enoe OF the officers is entirely unwar
ranted.
According to Tom O'Rourke, who hai
been watching the prize fghting game on
west pretty close, Nevada refuses to b.
counted out and another place suitable TO
ring has been discovered. Los Angelo
fight promoters have hopes Of striking pa!
dirt In Searohlight, one OF the boom town
In the desert state. II is proposed to brlnl
Jack O'Brien and Tommy Burns togethe
, there some time in December, or IL thi
falls through Joe Cans and Jimmy Brit
I They are already talking OF purses Of $50.
, 900 to $4,000. and this should make Gold
D field and Manhattan sit up and take notice
3 While these night blooming matches ar
being arranged Joe Cans and Battling Mel
!. son. who carried as much gold as the bea