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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-24

among winter sports. The Western
league has been enlarged by the adj
mission of the universities OF Indiana
and Iowa and Northwestern univer-
sity, where the game IS growing in
popularity and the teams becoming
constantly stronger.
Whatever the rest of the country
may do with the sport, New England
is supremely devoted to basket ball
liams, Dartmouth. Wesleyan and
Brown--have been closely matched
and year after year the interest in tho
game has grown.
Basket ball last winter in the south
Atlantic states developed several very
creditable teams and number of in
dividual players who would rank we'll
with the best teams Of the north and
west. If 1t were possible under the I'M
satisfactory arrangement Of schedules
to pick championship five, George
towns claim to first place could hard
ly be denied.
The blue and gray team won hand
played and during the entire season
lost but two games, one to the cham
rion Pennsylvania five and the other
to Fordham, in New York, which team
Georgetown had already defeated on
her own floor.
Unfortunately game between
Georgetown and the Naval academy
was not possible, due to the handicap
Of stringent faculty regulations under
which the latter team labored, allow
Ing 1t only a very short schedule.
The middies could probably claim n
second place to Georgetown on their
victories over several southern colleges
and the excellent showing they made
against the fast teams representing
Columbia and Pennsylvania.
At the annual conference of the
Western Intercollegiate Basket Ball
association. held in Chicago recently,
officers were elected, several rules
were changed and a schedule Of games
arranged for the coming season. The
principal rules changed We're those re-
lating to fouls and "dribbling" Five
fouls now put a man out of the game.
The "dribble" must be continuous aft
er the ball has been started and must
begin with the feet If the ball comes
to rest It must be passed and then
may be thrown for goal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-24
BASKET BALL SEASON
Many College Teams Look For
ward to Banner Year.
STRlCTER RULES IN WEST

Five Fouls Put Player Out of Inter.
collegiate Games-AIthoush Gradua
ton Weakened Many Teams, There
Is Lots Of Good Material on Hand.
With football disposed Of, basket bal
comes into increased prominence. OF
course other sports will be given full
recognition this winter, such as skat
ing, hockey, indoor swimming, rifle
shooting and cross country running
and leagues have been formed to pro
mote these sports In many cities, but
from now until the spring, when track
and baseball teams take the stage, bas-
ket ball will have the floor among In.
door sports.
This fast game is n great favorite
among the schoolboys not only on ac'
count of the popularity of the game
itself, but because the emblems award
ed by the various schools throughout
the country to the boys who make the
team are among the most cherished OF
school emblems. In fact, the basket
ball emblem Is the second highest
awarded In many high schools IN the
east, and If q team wins the cham
plonship its members are given the
highest possible award. the right to
wear the school letter.
That the basket ball season OF 19OS-S
among the colleges In all parts OF the
country will see development in both
quality Of playing and interest OF the
fans as yet unequaled seems war
ranted assertion. Judging from the re-
ports coming in from all parts of the
compass.
The style Of play which character
ICES western college teams differs III
several respects from that Of the east
,ern teams. The western game Is not so
close; there is not 80 much holding on
the part Of the guard, although his
work Is effective, as was shown by the
fact that Fitzpatrick. the Pennsylva-
MIA crack forward, got only one basket
from the field In the two games
against Chicago last winter as COM
pared with an average Of over four In
each game he played in the eastern
series. The western teams depend
more on passing than on dribbling.
The outlook for a good season this
year is very favorable despite the fact
that nearly all the teams In the west
ern intercollegiate league suffered
heavy losses by graduation and other
wise for in most cases these were
made good by new material that had
been more or less tried out, and stu
dent interest In the game has increas-
ed to the extent Of placing It nrst
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-24
seuIi.r oreer May Go Abroad.

Frank b. Greer, the national ANA
teur sculling champion, is talking Of a
trip to England or Australia in search
Of matches with the professionals.
Greer has been trying himself out
against the clock and at various dis
tances and with the records before
him says he has no fear Of defeat by
any sculIer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-12-24

To Sell Harvard Tickets on Application.
Next year It Is said all tickets for
the last three Harvard games will be
sold by application instead Of placing
them on public sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
TO USE AcTIvEs' GROUNDS.
Decision of Members of the Church
Base Ball League.

The affairs of the Church League OF
Base Ball Clubs are not yet in shape to
warrant the various managers in giving
out the names OF the players composing
the several teams. because the entire cir
cult OF teams has not yet been agreed
Upon.
At meeting Monday evening at the
home Of President Carpenter. sth street
northeast, the following clubs were rep
resented: Bethany Baptist. Ninth Street
Christian, First Methodist Protestant.
Waugh Chapel and Fifth Baptist and
each showed by facts and figures its
desire to play out the season OF 1903 to
a finish.
The application OF Grace Baptist
but ii was deemed best to postpone "A
decision until it could be ascertained that
it could raise the necessary money to in
sure completion Of the schedule, when
adopted.
Last Sunday The Star stated that the
league was negotiating for the old Activs
grounds. and il is almost certain that II
has negotiated a lease to the satisfac-
ton OF all concerned. II is a centrally
located park, in close touch with the
various churches, members of the lea que
and hence ought to attract a large
crowd to the games.
Selection of the umpires was post
poned in order that the qualifications Of
each applicant might be thoroughly
sifted that the league get the very best
in the District
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
CHICAG0'S DECISION TO ROW
INTERCOLLEGIATE REGATTA OF
MIDDLE WEST MAY BE HELD.

The determination of the University OF
Chicago to enter the aquatic arena has
caused the wiseacres of the western col
leges to put on their thinking caps and
to inquire where will 1t ultimately end.
For many years the University Of Wiscon-
sin has been the only western institution
to have rowing as one of the chief ath-
letic features of its sports. The athletic
authorities Of this enterprislng university
have tried year in and year out to arouse
among the colleges Of the middle west an
interest in aquatics. Every movement
proved failure. and. Wisconsin failing
to get competitors in its own section has
gone year after year to Poughkeepsie To
have the one race, an undertaking that
is expensive and serious drain on the
treasury OF the athletic association, but
with the decision of Chicago ii at last
sees the reward of its years of agitation.
The University of Chicago has an en-
cellent pace for rowing. The students had
several mass meetings recently to discuss
ROY ing. and their determination TO go in
for aquaticS was almost unanimous. One
of the principal supporters of the move
ment made the positive statement that
Chicago's lead would be followed by the
Universities of Illinois, Michigan. Mime
sofa anu mus tl:e IA
west six institutions to make UP an Inter
collegiate regatta.
From this II may be expected that in
1909 there will be inaugurated the first
intercoile giate regatta or the middle west
with entries from Chico go and Wisconsin
as surety, with the poss bility of Mich.-
gan and Illinois being in line, thus estao-
fishing in every section of America a row.
ing center. for the Pacific coast las stated
in last Sundays STAR is already active.
c,,I tIo 6rc- int OF Of 10
colleges will take place at Oakland April
IL.
1t would be a fine thing 10 have. the
Rirers or the three events-PoughksepsR
middle west and the Paciflc-meet in a
final race to determine the college cham
pionship of America. and there is no
doubt 1t would become the greatest aqua
tic event of the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
COST OF OLYMPIC TEAMS.
Amount Required to Send Athletes
Abroad $4,000.

NEW YORK. February pa wrong
impression seems to have, arisen in some
quarters concerning the fund which is
being raised by the American Olympic
con mittee to 6efray the expenses Of the
teams which will represent this country
at the Olympia in England this year
1t Is the desire OF the American Olympic
committee that this country shall be we'll
represented in every branch of sport on
the Olympic program. and that so far
As possible the general. fund will be used
10 make this condition possible. Just
how this fund will be divided to insure
the best results has not been definitely
decided, as much depends on the attitude
that those interested in the various
branches of sport take looking to a proper
representa- ton for their particular fine.
The lawn tennis players. the golfers. the
oarsmen. the riflame n and such others for
whom competitions will be held must do
their part toward creating interest and
providing the money to send their teams
abroad. Up TO this time those who are
interested in track and field athletics have
done about all the work, and the money
Subscribed to date. some $500. can be
traced to the efforts being made TO send
as strong an athletic team to London
as went to Athens in 1896. when the
Olympic championship was won by the
United States. The amount required for
the general fund is $4,000
Judging from reports abroad. lawn ten
mis- will hold a forward place in. the
Olympia, and it has been suggested even
that the contest fer the Davis cup. which
went to Australia last season. be delayed a
year. SO as rot to detract from the Oiym-
pic tournament. which will be played at
Wimbledon July and the following days
Women s singles. mems singles and mems
doubles are on the program. and a coun-
try may enter twelve competitors In each
event Players will not be allowed to
take part unless entered by their country.
The covere d-court championships have
been fixed for May 8. at the Queens Club
II H. L. Doherty returns to the game and
represents England. among others. and N.
E., Brookes Of Australia, the singles cham
pion Of Great Britain. and 4. F. Wilding.
his partner last year in winning the dou-
bles championship. return to defend their
titles and eater the Olympic tournament,
this country should be represented by its
best and strongest players
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
new HOME OF THE PO1OKACS
STRUCTURE TO BE RAISED NEAR
TIE AoUEDucr BRIDGE.

The accompanying sketch represents the
new home OF the Potomac Boat Club
that is shortly TO be built On the lot ad-
joining the AQUeduct bridge on the east.
The structure speaks for itself. as the
architects. Mcss-s. Mullett. have aban-
doned all attempts at outside decora-
tons. and have used all their skill in
embellishing the interior. and they are
confident it will surpass any similar
structure Of its kind in America.
The house will have a frontage on the
river of % feet and will run back to
Water street. with a depth OF so feet. The
entire lover floor will be devoted to the
storing OF shells, pleasure boats and
canoes. while in the rear will be the
lavatory, baths and toilets for the MEM
bers.
The entrance to the house will be from
the side near the bridge. and grand
stairway will take members and visitors
to the second OF assembly story There
will be the ladies' reception room. with
an annex containing baths and all aux
iliaries, and they will be fitted up in fine
condition for the ladies who will patronize
the house during the season. In the rear
will be the members lockers to the num-
Der of 200. with a private stairway de-
scend!ng to the lavatory. The ball room
and embellished in an artistic manner. Ii
will be fifty by thirty-six feet. and there
fore larger than the one in the old struc-
ture. The music stall will be balcony
leading from the board of governors
ROOM that will be located in the third
story on the Water street front.
The balcony overlooking the river will
run the entire width of the house, fifty
five feet. with depth of sixteen feet.
The only room in the upper story will
be that used by the board of governors as
a meeting room. and at other times a
reading room for members.
The material used in the house will be
brick and wood, the first story being OF
brick the rest Of wood, and the architect
expects to blend the colors of both in
such a manner as to produce a very al
tractive appearance. The committee in
charge Of the building is John Hadley
Doyle, chairman; John a. Nolan. Charles
G. Warden. Douglas Spencer Bliss. r.
Richard Gasch. Claude r. Zappone, w. f.
H. Merritt. Clarence Dunbar Davis, Jo-
seph L. DAILY and Thomas German.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
JERRY DENNY TALKS
ABOUT DAYS OF OLD

Remember jerry Denny, the old king
of the third basemen? OF course. you do.
The G. o. W.-Grand Old Wagons now
a prosperous hotelkeeper at Bridgeport.
Conn. He's in quest of base ball fran
chise down east and says he won't be
happy until he gets it.
Denny was in New York the other day.
In a talk on the national game he said:
In my days you never heard of team
carrying twenty or twenty-five men
around with them Nix. If you had a
lame back there wasn't any one to rub
you. to put you in bandages and send you
to bed 10 stay there until cured. 1t was
a case of get out and play. Do the best
you can is what the manager would
hand you.
MANY a time my hands were ripped or
the flesh of the finger torn away from
the nail. trying to stop a whopper, but
the only consolation / got was, Go tie Il
And had TO do it, too And don't make
any mistake about the way the big fell
lows used to hit in those days.
Take fellows like dan Brouthers Reg
er Conner. Sam Thompson Mike Herman
and d few Others. They could lay the
wood to the ball for keeps. and when it
came at you the ball left smoky streak.
But l never gave a glove thought. l
couldn't have played with glove II l
tried. / simply was brought up that way
and couldn't play unless my hands were
free
mo. the ball didn't hurt. My hands be-
came hardened TO the knocks and l grab
bed them arehanded as easily as Your
Devlin does with his heavy glove. Once
in IL while Il bail took a bad bound and
then there was blood and lot of pain.
Sut they wouldn't let you lay off until
you broke an arm or leg.
MY last appearance in New York was
in 1891. And / had Il great side partner
OF short in 'Pebbly' Jack GlasscOck. There
We're few who ever had il on Jack IN his
paimy days. and that goes for your Wag-
ners and your Elberfelds. too. 1t was
that year that my arm went back on me.
and i simply had to stop. l went south
and the arm improved. but l could never
get right up north.
Yes. the present-day ball player has a
cinch compared to what W. were up
against. In my days a club never thought
of training down south. We stayed right
in town and worked indoors, and when
the weather was clear jumped out and
played in the cold spring air. 1t simply
q case Of get in condition the best
way you could. Now they send team
south with a retinue of rubbers and
trainers.
You ask me about pitchers? Well,
with the exception OF one or TWO Tnep.
particularly Tim keefc. l think the men
today are more scientific. Tim keafe.
believe, had the greatest slow bali that
was in d pitchers repertory He had a
deceivins motion, and you simply couldn't
connect with il Souareiy.
In IN! DAYS the pitcher was forty-five
feet away from you. and stood in I six
foot box. He didn't have 40 keep his foot
on the rubber and hold the ball iii front
of him all the time. Instead he could
turn his back to you and take short run
and then hurl the ball. But we were al
ways there TO lam 1t"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
NEW PLANS FOR
SWIMMING RACES
Trial to Be Given of Sugges-
tons to the Amateur
Athletic Union.

NEW YORK February 22-The ne
tional committee of the Amateur Athletic
Union has decided to give a trial to GER
tain plans advocated by prominent swim
mers for the holding of future aquatic
cham pionshipS. and great changes Will be
seen in the coming tournaments. 10
begin with. there will be no spr;nts.
plunge for distance or water polo in the
list Of outdoor events; then the indoor
distance races viii be made different
from the open water ones. and the various
championships. instead of being held all
together in one short meet. Will be split
up and distributed among the clubs ask
ing for sanctions.
Those who proposed the amendment
hoped that the A. A. L. would INSIST Oh
having tie events held at such intervals
that every candidate might prepare prop
crly for each event. as this would 90
away with the unfair system of making
"A man compete III races he is unframed
for or forfeit Unfortunately. existing
conditions make it unwise to follow the
suggestion. The distances between SWIM
ming centers New York. Boston, Phia-
Denver and San Francisco) are so great
that in holding the events far apart some
of the men would be forced to take sew
eral long and expensive tips. This was
which. while not solving the problem, Will
at least be a great Improvement on the
old system. was adopted. Tie various
clubs will be requested to SO fix their
dates that the championship teams may,
by taking one trip only. be present at
every meet.
The indoor events have been allotted as
follows: New York Athletic Club-l0O-
yard swim. relay race and water polo.
East Liberty Athletic Club of P.ttsbufS-
lc(i-Var6 swim Illinois Athletic Club or
Chicago-JO and 1.03o-yard swims.- Chi
cago Athletic Observation-Disclosures breast
stroke, 150-yard back stroke and fancy
diving. By having the meets start at
the. Chicago A. A, and followed up on
consecutive nights in the other clubs. the
entire list of championships can be de-
cided in five days. and the men can go
from place to place with very little more
expense than if the whole program We're
given either in Chicago or in New YORK.
Some will say that this leaves things as
they were. but such is not the case. First
of all. no man will be Obliged 10 SWIM In
more than one, or at the most two races
in the same day. which is one of the OBJ
jects aimed at ana again the system Will
enable the A. A. L. to satisfy all appli-
cants for championships, and so avoid
the dissatisfaction caused in the past by
the necessity of refusing either one or
the other.
Efforts Will be made at once to have the
clubs agree on dates and there is no doubt
that they will do SO readily, as they
have been working in close unison. and
they realize that it will be to the benefit
of all to bring the plan to happy con-
clusion. The latter part of March has
been sugg ested as the most appropriate
time for the meets. and they are likely to
begin Monday or Tuesday SO as to
end up on Saturday here in New York.
All the large cubs have expressed 1nten-
tons OF being represented i'll the cham
pionships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
Success of Tommy Burns.

NEW YORK, February 22.-Tommy
Burns made good his promise TO put
Jack Palmer out within six rounds. Tom
my turned the trick in four. and from all
accounts ne outolassed the English ex-
champion so far that he might have put
him away sooner IL he cared to. Next
comes Jem Roche OF Ireland. When he
finishes Roche Tommy Surns might as
well come home. He has established his
superiority over anything England ean
produce in the fighting line 50 easily that
there will be no other hcavyweights to
oppose him. even if he waits a year OR
two more. In England now Tommy Burns
is in the same position occupied by Jim
Jeffries in America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
Nick Altrock's Job.

Charley Comis!ley. the owner of the
Chicago American League club. is one
of those individuals who is always to
the fore when it comes to doing the
father,y advice act. and he never tires
Of shooting good ideas into the heads
of the lively ball players who work for
him.
But very often Charley strikes a snae
when he is engaged in ladling out the
brand of uplifting material that a par
ent usually passes on to his offspring.
One of the main stumbling blocks in
the path of Mr.. Comiskey When he
springs his advice is the merry and al
together irrcpressible Nick Altrock the
outstanding pitcher. Nicholas is not
given to listening to advice OF any
kind and he does not hesitate. to show
his distaste for it.
One day last summer as Con1my was
paying off the boys, he took the occa-
sion To shoot the ambitious brand of
dope into his little company Among
other things. Comiskey said:
Always strive to get to the top of
the heap. and TO do this you must thor
oughiy learn whatever business you
embark in from the beginning TO the
end. and the way to do this" Continued
the old Roman. lis to start at the bot
tom OF the ladder and work up.
'.Pshaw." broke in Altrock. Il tried
that once. | went to work IN a hard
ware store once. and I started at the
bottom of the ladder and went up and
when 1 got to the top they put me to
washing windows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
Says Kelly Acted Without Authority

SAN FRANCISCO. February 22.-Jim
Neil is angry at Spider Kelly for stop
ping the Neil-Attell fight. and does not
mnce his words in speaking Of tie mat
ter. He says that he never authorized
Kelly to stop the fight and never men,
toned the subject TO him. jim claims
that he was in Frapkie's corner for that
particular purpose: that he was the only
person who had any right to throw w
The sponge. ard that Kelly overstepped
his authority when he climbed through
the ropes i'm the thirteenth round.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
shrubb May Become Trainer.

NEW YORK, February 22.-Arthur
Shrubb. the English pro" and holde.
of the worlds records for all distances
from two to ten miles. will probably ac-
cept a position as trainer with some big
college, for there is nothing in profess
sionaI racing for him here. He won
forty-nine out of fifty races during his
Blk months visit. and most Of these we're
against relays Of fresh men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
John McGraw's Resolve.

Last fall when the ponies were run
ming at Pirnlico n lot OF ball players
used to show UP every race day One
of the most inveterate race track
habitues is John McGraw, the scrappy
manager of the New York National
team Last fall things at the Pimlico
track ran badly for the bettors. although
the bookmakers had no reason to COM
plain, and in consequence the men who
made the .wagers were pretty grumpy
looking lot the whole OF this rather dis
astrQuS meet.
One afte- noon just before the first race
McGraw. Joe Kelly. Jack Dunn. Robin
son. the old Baltimore catcher: SeyboId
of the Athletics and George Carey. once
a Washington first basaman. were all
leaning against the judges stand. when
who should come up to the group but
Kid Gleason. the Philadelphia second
baseman, who. on seeing McGraw rushed
over and shaking him by the hand. cried:
Aha, Johnny! still following the horses.
eh?'
YES" snorted McGraw. who was some
thousands to the bad and If ever catch
up with them I'm going to quit"