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Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12

TO get first place for the Cornhuskers
IN all OF the contests this year. He Is
able 10 make feet 10 inches now and is
working to get a height OF s feet II
inches OF Of feet lie took several firsts
in this event last year and the year before.
Unless Minnesota has a better map than
last season he will have no trouble in
winning from the Gophers Hummel, who
won the high jump on Charter day, is
jumping high also and will be in form
TO relieve Knode II II becomes necessary.
McMasters and Russell are struggling
for leading honors in the pole vault Both
OF them are making 10 feet 10 inches in
practice and DIT. Clapp says they will
be able 20 go over the bar at II feet. or
better. before long. The close competition
between these youngsters keeps both of
them practiclng regularly and they ought
TO be in form soon to have a first in
the vault cinched for the Cornhuskers
against the average western vaulter.
Ed Davis and Perry are taking care
Of the broad jump and from present indi-
Gates will beat the distance OF q feet 3
inches made by Perry last year. Their
present work has encouraged the coaches
TO believe that they will do better than p
feet The Cornhuskers, however, are not
figuring on winning many points in this
event and will be well pleased TO get a
second or third in each meet
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
EIigihilitv OF AthIete..

AMEs. Ia. April lr.-(special. 1.-THE au-
thorities at the State Agricultural college
have Installed a new method of certifying
eligibility among the school athletes. Prof.
Byers has issued a blank record to the
men that is a history OF the athletic ex-
perienee OF every man. This is intended
TO make the recurrence of such an incident
as the willetts case impossible. The VIII
let's incident was the cause OF the disrup-
tlon between Ames and Iowa. The present
controversy with Drake over the eligibility
OF the base ball men is another factor in
the case. This has not yet been settled and
It IL possible that the base ball games may
be cancelled.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12

IOWA CITY, Ia, April 11.-(Special.)- y
Coach Catlin will install new method Of
early season training for his gridiron
heroes next fall He will have them in
structed in wrestling under Schroeder Of
the Iowa gymnasium. Catlin believes this
to be the best form OF exercise that can
be given for this purpose. The men will
try the tricks of the game ON each other,
which is expected to put life into the work
This, combined with She new game of
universal foot ball" which will be used
TO perfect the men in handling the ball in
fast work. as well as in passing and kick
ing, will make combination entirely new,
and the result Will be watched with inter-
est throughout the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
Big Teams Ready for Work.

NEW YORK. April I.-Base ball fol-
lowers in the metropolitan district today
viii get their first psep of the season a.
two OF the teams which represent New
York in the big league The American
league team arrived home yesterday from
its southern training camp, having stopped
on the homeward journey to play a number
OF games. Their last stopping place before
reaching this city was Princeton, where a
game had been scheduled for Thursday with
the Princeton university team, but was pre-
vented by rain. The team will play this
afternoon with the j. .sey City Eastern
league team en- the latter's grounds Clark
Griffith, manager OF the Yankees" said
last night that his men were in fine shape
for the opening of the league pennant race
on Tuesday next and that he expected them
TO give a good account OF themselves.
The National league team is due this
morning from Wheeling, w. Va, where
their last away-from-home exhibition was
scheduled for yesterday but was called off
because OF bad weather. This afternoon
the Giants play Yale university at the
Polo grounds.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
IOWA SQUAD SHOWS UP BETTER
Coach CatIin Surprised at Improve
ment Made by Men.

ment Made by Men.
IOWA CITY, Ia, April 11.-(Special.)-
The Iowa track squad has been out on the
cinders for a week and the improvement
has been so marked that Coach Catlin him
self is at loss to pick the first quality
men at the present. The new men have
shown up so we'll that in some of the
events they will dsplace the old men.
Stutsman is throwing the new 5lk-pound
discus farther every day. and is doing bet
ter than 12O feet consistently. He is also
showing great form in the hammer event
Wolf, another new man, is coming to the
front In the half mile, and looks to be able
10 make a hard fight for place in the state
and Valley conference events. Banton, an
other of the new ones, is fast man in the
short sprints. and Is likely to be a close
second TO Captain Miller in the 100-yard
dash Hammer is improving rapidly in the
44O, and will make Hanlon hustle for the
local honors in that event. Captain Miller
was out for the first time this week and is
running the 100 and go in fast time. He is
sure of place in both events at the state
meet. Brow and Slmonds are a fast pair
in the hurdles and will be likely to place
in both the events at the two western
meets. The long races and the relays are
the propositions that are bothering Catlin
and Trainer O'Bren at this time, on ac-
count of the loss of Riley in these events,
His place has not been filled, and this
means the loss of several points for Iowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
EVENTS ON THE RUNNING TRACKS
Autumn Maid, 20 to 1, Wins First
Race at New Orleans.

Race at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, April II. Autumn
Maid. at 20 to /, ran away from her field
in the first race at the fair grounds today
and won with ease. The second race fur
nlshed an exciting neck and neck finish
between Raimondo and Major McComb,
Raimondo winning by a head. In the
fourth race with six entries three starters
were almost left at the post. Milford, the
winner, had the best of the start. Weather
showery, track fast. Summary:
First race, three furlongs, selling: Au-
tumn Maid Q09, G. Swain. to - won,
w silverton uOS. Leibert, IS to 81 second.
Anderson (lOSs S. Flynn, 16 to % third.
Time; OA9b. John Hall, Nora McKenna,
Stowaway, Lillian Leigh, Knight Deck,
Maid Of Gotham, Gerrymander and Bessie
Second race. five furiongs. selling: Raj
monde QOlh, TroNler, to u won, Major
MAccomb Q99, Nicol. Is to y second, Pat
l;02. L. M. Eckert Tim Kelly, Mason,
Royal Jack, Royal Chance, Opie Read and
Third race, seven furlongs, selling: Ben
Topsy Robinson dOl. Rosen, to u sec, sec,
% GnG, d. MT T,rIa Peabody dO9 NchOI to y
atrice X, Ingenue, Sylvan Bell and Re-
to u won, Lotus Eater Q1S, Troxler,
even) second, Teo Beach dol, Pickens
10 to u third. Time: 1895. Grimaldi,
Lucky Nose and Warner Griswell also
Fifth race, six furlongs: Frizette 900,
f. Burton, 13 to 2O) won, Frontenac Q15,
Nicol, 4 to u second, Come On Sam Cl2,
A Pickens, 30 to y third. Time 112S
Bellestome, Deuce and Finaucier also ran.
Sixth race, mile and one-sixteenth, sell
ing: Hostile Hyphen Q10. Nichol 2 to u
won, Whisk Broom Qo5, 8, Flynn, to p
| second, Ed Kane d07, Minder, 10 to u
third. Time: 1:4S Albert NJ. Rhine
stone, Water Carrier, Lady Lssak, Joyful
Lady and George White also ran
Seventh race, mile and one-eighth sell
ing: Carew dOS, s. Flynn, 5 to IL won,
Cursus Q0S, A. Pickens, 10 to u second
Mazonia &c. Booker, u to ID third. Time:
l:56. Gid, Ternus, Milshora, Wise Hand
Punky Charley Ward, Anna Scott Kaiser
hof, Tre9ola and Maelstrom also ran.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12

ls disqualification. But. ~ through conges-
tion ~ q tee a pair take shelter while
awaiting their turn Il IL not disqualified
tion. or they may 90 into the club house
for refreshments. or drink ~ = ginger beer
booth without penalty ~ they do not lose
their turn and 80 embarrass the other
players
Here is an instance Of q Bromley player
being in luck. A ball IL hit from the tee
into a ditch full Of running water. This
ditch extends right down one side OF the
course toward the hole that is being played
for. From the point where It entered the
water the ball is carried down twenty or
thirty yards in the direction OF the hole
and then comes to rest against some twigs
which lie across the ditch.
1t was ruled that the player was entitled
to play the ball from where II lay, but the
| committee thought that local rule should
be framed under which the ball should be
dropped near the spot where It entered the
hazard. Under all circumstances unless
there is a local rule the ball must be
played from the lie or the hole be lost
| except on ground under repair; but ball
cannot be lifted from a bunker that is
being repaired.
Rule of Medal play.
An answer to the Clevedon Golf club re-
veals a different reading of medal play,
rule 3, from the American conception. The
question was:
| In a stroke competition a player. before
| starting and while waiting for his partner
! TO get ready, put down several balls on the
green nearest the club house and putted at
| the hole. Objection was taken that he was
| disqualified under rule governing stroke
competitions. The player objected to there
| fn thn ar.attt Hon aIt D.
/ on the ground that new holes had not been
made. These facts being admitted, % Is the
| player disqualified? (2) Should his objection
| that new holes had not been made be up
| held?
As new holes were not made the competi-
tor. according to the committee, was not
disqualified. In this country IL is taken
| for granted that new holes are made for a
! medal play competition, and none would
| offer such an excuse II caught in the act.
| The American idea does not center on hole
ing out, but instead is that the greens must
be avoided that a private knowledge be not
acquired regarding the texture of the turf
and whether fast or slow
The rule after the first clause bears out
this construction. New holes shall be
made for stroke competitions. and there
after before starting no competitor shall
play on any of the putting green's nor shall
he Intentionally play at any of the holes
nor onto any of the putting greens under
penalty Of disqualification. The American
Interpretation adds: Competitors must al
ways assume that new holes have beer
made. Practice strokes may be played
through the green and in hazards" st
Andrews mostly regards the first clause
and the Americans the spirit of the entire
rule.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
When the Box Scores Come
(Grantland Rice in the Cleveland News.)

(Grantand Rice in the Cleveland News)
Father grabs the paper with enthusiastic haste
Father evidently hasn't any time 10 waste
notice all the he used to scan;
Passes up a story THE Fall OF Hartmann"
Panic On in Wall Street doesn't interest him Bit
Doesn't seem to care a rap what Theodore has done,
How he's put the octopi and trusts upon the rum
Politics and other news longer catch his eye
Doesn't glance at them, but swiftly hurries by.
Why is 1t that father doesn't read these any more?
Fathers very busy the full box score"
Willie grabs the paper with enthusiastic haste
Willie evidently hasn't any time to waste;
Wies given up THE Life and Times of Captain Kidd"
Doesn't to to read what the old pirate did
No the yellow backs with Injuns up tree
Where Handsome Harry gets the drop and murmurs
twenty-three;
Merriwell-oh, where is he? And Diamond Dick the
bold?
No longer they have Bills scalp uprising of old;
And Tom the Bootback youths best friend-alas he's
thrown away;
rise poverty wealth is read today.
G'orgraphy's awful grind and 'rithmetc's bore,
For Wie's lamps like fathers now, glued upon the
Farewell, Mr. Harriman-you, too, Bill Jerome;
Both of you overlooked by the folks at home
Even sister Ann has quit reading bout the stage;
Mother doesn't glance at the woman's page.
What IL Rockefeller does give his ore?
No reads IL they did of yore
Aienists out of date, all their dopee seems bum
Compared to the excitement when the box
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
WHEN WORLDS CHAMPIONS OPEN
Much DOinEs in Chicago at Cubs
First Game.


First Game.
CHICAGO. April n7-The Cubs are plane
ming great things for their first home
performance on April o. when they are
to meet the Cincinnati Reds and give the
home fans their first taste of National
league ball. Next to the game itself. the
most important ceremony will be the rails
ing of the National league pennant, which
was won by the Cubs last year, and there
win be talks and music as an accompani-
ment for the swapping of the flag. The
plans also include some extensive decora-
tions in which the main figures will be
scuiptured ball players, one representing
a pitcher and the other a batsman, and
there will be small figures of bear cubs
carrying bats and balls scattered artis-
tically about the grandstand. The cere-
monies of the raising of the big flag
which stands for the worlds champion
ship will not take place until later in the
season, In order that the Chicago rooters
may have their Joy spread out until the
1903 race for the flag is we'll under way.
After that the management expects the
game to take care OF itself.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
PAT RAGAN CONES HOME TO p.
Farmed Out by Cincinnati, but Not
Let Go Entirely.

Let Go Entirely.
Pat Ragan will be with Omaha this sea-
son. Pa received a telegram Saturday from
Cincinnati to that effect Cincinnati how
ever. refuses To relinouish its claims on
Ragan. who is simply faroed out for the
season, to go back to the Reds again in
the fall. This viii give Pa six pitchers on
hand for the opening game, as the mesSAgt
Omaha Monday.
Stats Davis arrived In Omaha Saturday
ready for his seasons work as one of Ihs
umpires in the Western league He agreed
with Jack Haskell that he was 20 umptrt
the exhibition game Saturday with the
500, that both would umpire Sunday, and
that Haskell would umpire Monday. Bren-
nan. the third umpire of the league, II
working in exhibition games at Burlington
Ia, and will be in Omaha Monday in time
for the meeting Of the umpires. Davis
has been spending the winter at Sioux City,
where he has been working at his trade
of expert window trimmer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
cORNELTs TENNIS SCHEDULE
Games Cover More Than Month OF
Competitive Play.


ITHACA. N. Y, April 11.-What is con-
sidered one OF the longest and hardest
tennis schedules ever attempted by any
college team has just been ratified by
the minor sports council at Cornell. II
Includes nine meets, which start with an
early season game against Hamilton col
lege on April %. The dates thereafter
are as follows: May 2. Princeton at
Ithaca; May 8. Pennsylvania at Philadel-
phia; May 9. Columbia at New York
May 16. Yale at Ithaca May %, Chicago
at Detroit; May %. Michigan at Ann
Arbor; May %. Williams at Williamstown
May 30 Harvard at Cambridge or Boston
The dates with Harvard and Pennsyl-
vania may have to be interchanged. but
no other alterations are contemplated
A schedule for the freshmen tennis team
is also being arranged and 1t will probably
be announced after the reopening OF col
lege.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
ONIMODS
COronas at Florence.

The Florence Athletics will play the
Coronas at Florence ball park Sunday.
Manager Siert is getting a good fast bunch
OF bail players signed up for the season
and expects to have a fast game Sunday,
as the Coronas are in good shape. Game
will be called at p. m. sharp. The Flor
ence park is two blocks east OF the Flor
ence car line. The lineup:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
Junior DahIman BAN Team.

NeWsbOys have formed base ball club
and named their organization after Mayor
Jim, calling themselves the Junior Dahl
mans" The mayor furnished the boys
with their uniforms and they made theh
first appearance Friday evening, meeting
with the Dahlman Democracy and march
ing with that organization TO the Audi
tOrium 10 hear the Robins lecture The
boys carried the banners of the democracy
and felt proud 10 be in the political lime
light for one evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
WITH THE BOwLERs.

The Onimods won two games from the
Storz Blues at the Association alleys last
night. Tracy was high man with a 800
total and a single game of 244 Score:
STORZ RIIIEa
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12

Shooters at Gun Club Do Some Work
Just the Same.
The high wind OF Friday kept down the
scores OF the shooters at the Omaha Gun
club shoot Friday afternoon at Townsend's 9
park at the east end Of the Douglas street
bridge. The scores were:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12

Jse Bes Want Ads 70 boost your business,
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WHERE HIS INTEREST LAY.

1t was a perfectly natural thing that
when lie entered the car and sat down
beside u MAJ who was reading a news
paper and had the look of a politician
10 boot that he should observe:
well, the campaign is growing a bit
hot"
UNI" was the reply.
"And from this time on it win grow
hotter
UNI"
Anything very fresh in the paper
this morning."
UNI"
The three rebuffs would have been
sufficient to discourage an average man,
but this man was the exception. He
waited half a minute and then said;
Are YOU particularly interested i'm
either of the great p~arties?'
mo, sir-no, sir-I am not, sir!.' al
most shouted the other as his face
grew red Look AT these shoes.
bought them three days ago. I thought
they were a fit. but they amt. They
pinch me. They squeeze me. They
crippled me. They make me limp and
Great parties politics, They can
go to the devil, sir-they can go to the
devil. and if the next pair of shoes I
buy are not large enough for a family
of four, then I will go to the devil, too
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
HAD A SURPRISE.

1 had run into a law office in a town
in Dakota to consult the lawyer about
a tax title IN a piece of land, but L
found the place in charge of a young
man about % years old, who sat with
his head in hands and paid not the
least attention to my presence or my
questions. | finally took it that he
was lea and dumb, and when 1 had
spent half an hour reading a news
paper the lawyer entered and excused
his absence. At the same time The
young man arose and sighed some
more, and as he went out the lawyer
called after him:
See o tomorrow at the same ho'ir,
Harry"
But | thought he was deaf and
dumb" / said.
"Oh, no, no., no! He's one of the
brightest young men we have in the
county"
''Then he's in trouble?"
"Well, yes. He's being sued for
breach of promise. When l took his
case he assured me that the girl hadn't
a scintilla of proof to back her. To
day we discovered that during the past
year he had written her ninety-six let
ters, and in every one of them he called
her his love and his darling and asked
her to hurry up the marriage day. Oh,
no. he isn't deaf and dumb. Hos
simply a surprised young man. They
always are when the love letters turn
uu.n
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
TRAVELLING HAREMS.
Danes Are Very Coy.
Pose of the Eunucll.

Ladies of high rank in Turkey are
attended as a rule by an im~posing-look-
ing eunuch, who, when he descends
from the box of the carriage to TAX
any order from his mistresses, instead
of facing them and looking in at the
brougham windows, often stands 'front.'
ing the horses, with his ear level with
the back of the carriage window and
looking in the opposite direction,
Underground railway and tramways
alike have o harem compartment, in
front of which a curtain is drawn, as
enc learns in an interesting volume
called Washed by -Four Seas When
Turkish women enter the compartment
they solemnly draw this curtain and
vigorously prevent observation.
1t must, however, be said of the male
Turk that he regards this law as re-
ligiously as the
It is unsafe for Christian ladies to
walk alone through Stamboul unless
they know the ways of the place most
intimately and talk the Turkish Ian
Ifguage luently. Tt is a well-known fact
that a lady accompanied by a child IS
always safe, as Mohammedans love
children.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
MR.. MANS MUFF.
In the Good Old Times He Wore
1t on a Ribbon.

When CharleA II. was King men
wore muffs. which they carried slung
round the neck by means of a ribbon.
A bow of ribbon ornamented the muff
in the centre. as is proved by an an
cient picture of a gallant of the period
in promenade costume. That the car
rying of a muff did not prevent the
use of the cane is testified to by a bal
lad which, describing a fair held on
the Thames during the bitter frost of
1884, mentions the presence of a bar
rister as "a spark of the bar, with his
cane and his muff." Among sparks of
a later date leopard skin muffs were
fashionable.
Skunk is a favorite skin for muffs
this winter, just as it is for toque tur-
bans and coat and dress borderings.
1t is a fur thai was despised for many
years. but that Paris restored to favor
last season and is upholding in its po-
sition again now.
Another fur hat is in demand for
the purpose is ermine, with the tails
clustered in a fringe at the base of the
muff. An ermine "tea-cosey" muff
looks well fringed with tails and lined
with a foam of white chiffon. Chin
chilla, most pliable of pelts, is also ar
exquisite choice, and Is elegantly
declSed with velvet fringe of the pearl
gray shade of the fur, and a motif
of velvet to match upon the outside of
the muff,
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THE UPPER ROOM.

In my house of life is an Upper Room,
A small and garnished place;
And there I dreamed in the mist-gray
gloom,
And l looked my soul in the face.
90 Upper Room with your dreams
where I
Let my friends. unwept. so passing
by!)
Once Love tried the door, and a ehild's
voice came
/ heard it through my prayers
But the door was barred when they
called my name,
And the steps went dow the sairs.
(And yesterday at the door l found
A toy and a rose trampled on the
ground).
And my prayers were heard, for with
toll my housed
Has grown, though empty, great;
And from my Upper Room | see
Crowds gather around my gate.
(From my Upper Room with its dreams
where |
Let the loveless years go passing by).
l have found my fight. Hark, they
bring the prize
l have run: | have won the race'
But I sit and dare not lift my eyes
To look my soul in the face;
Fol yesterday at the door | found
A toy and a rose trampled on the
ground).
Mary Roberts Rinehart, in Success
Magazine.
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ANNULMENT OF CHILD
BRIDES MARRIAGE ASKED.
Bridegroom Gave BayOnne Adj
dress-Wed at 5 A. m.

JERSEY CITY, Dec. 3l.-Through tho
appointment of Il guardian ad Item by
Supreme Court Justice Blackmar, In
Brooklyn, the fact became known that
Grace Duncan, ~14-year-old daughter OF
Mrs. Lydia Suydam. whose address, was
given as as Downing street, was maj
ried four days ago in Jersey City to
Robert c. Nathan, a tea broker. Mrs
Suydam was made the guardian ad
litem Of the youthful bride in a suit
brought to annul the marriage.
Justice Blackmar was told that the
marriage ceremony was performed by
Justice of the Peace Jacob II. Fisher,
of Jersey City, and that after it the
child bride returned to her home in
Brooklyn. where she is now living with
her mother.
Justice of the Peace Fisher said to-
day that the couple, accompanied by
witnesses, woke him up about 8 a. m.
He married them. Nathan said his adj
dress was 40 East Fortieth street, Bag
onne, and the girl gave the same adj
dress. She looked fully IS, Fisher said,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
HOW ABOUT THE SHELLS?

Seated in a dark corner. a lighted
candle in one hand. three eggs in the
other, the egg GAMBLER talked.
n egg is unsals be said he. you
can sell an egg when there's nothing
left OF It but the smell. Who buys
them The kid glove maker. He beats
his kid soft in q volk bath, and the
ripper that great foaming yellow bath is.
the more ~joyously the kid glove maker
splashes about IN it.
Here's a half dozen fresh brokens.
=. Is. but for the shells. The confec-
tioners'n take 'em.
This couple is what you might call
fair-what your grocer would term