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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
CR|D|RQN RULES.
Important Changes In the
Forward Pass Play.
Premium on Skill and Less
Promiscuous Throwing About.
Intern,ission Heightened. .Forfeit.
ed Games Score.

New York. Jan. 2G.-Imrortant changes
in the rule governing the forward pass
in football which will prove OF advan-
tage to weaker teams. and other changes.
were made by the intercollegiate foof bali
rl,es committee, which concluded its
session here Saturday night.
Tie new rule as TO the forward pass
covers particularly illegal touching of the
lal. When illegally touched the team
making the illegal play loses the ball to
its opponents OH the spot from which
the rass was made.
According to tie new rule only the man
on the p1sser's team who first legally
it until it has been touched by an oppon-
ent. If the forward pass is legally touch
ed. ard the Tree, and is touched by an
other piavcr of The passer's SIDE. the
ball goes to the opponents at tic spot
where touched.
The committee considered the question
of defensive tactics in connection with
the forward HasS, and it was decided
that while the forward pass is in the air
the PLAYERS of the defensive side may not
use their hands or arms on their open
ents except to push them out Of the way
to get at the tal'.
To eliminate holding and tackling. it i:
provided that tie players of the side
making the forward pass, who are eligi
bic to receive the pass may use taeil
hands and arms in just the same way
| that players so down under kick.
4 new rule was passed, making the in
| Permission between the halves CT the
game II minutes. a delay of two min
utes beyond that time gives the bal. t
| the team on the field. which may ther
place the ball on the 30-yard line of tht
offending eleyen.
Another rule adopted provides that al
forfeited games hereafter are to score a:
l to 0. The committee PASSED a rule tina
all penalties, except in the case of a mar
disqualified, may be declined by the Of
Tending side. In the future tie field judg;
will act as timer instead of the lines
men.
After voting that the central board o
officials cooperate with similar board:
in tie West and South, the committe;
adjourned. James A. Babbitt Of Havel
ford was reelected chairman of the cen
trail board.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
BASEBALL.
Carlisle Of Los Angeles
Signs With Boston AM
Pitcher Cieoite For Red Sox
---Pfetter Signs Boston, Nat.
Pitcher Murphy Of keene, n. H.,
Goes to st. Louis, Nat.

Boston. Jan. 2G.-Walter Carlisle, the
fast outlielGer of the Los Angeles CLUB,
has signed his Boston American con-
tract. and is likely to be given Il chance
TO i7altc good in the spring practice
Carlisle, while he is only one Of the
many fast outiielderS that the Red SoX
have on their list for 1908, is said to
be q wonder. In q tournament last year
at the close Of the Pacific Coast League
season he won the long-distance throw
ing contest with q throw of $40 feet.
Four hundred feet is the record.
IN the same tournament Pat Dona-
hue, the catcher. who has also signed
a Red SoX contract for the coming
Summer, won the throw. for accuracy,
hitting 4 target two feet square when
Was set up at second base twice out
of three times from his position behind
the plate.
The other signed contract received
Yesterday was that of Cicotte. the
pitcher purchased from the Lincoln,
Ncb. club. The list is growing rapidly,
although there are still a number of
veterans who have not come to terms.
Secretary McRreen says, however, that
it is Il little too early TO tell Whether
any of them are holding out or not.
The National League club received
Pitcher Pfcffer's contract yesterday.
Pfeffer sent a characteristic letter with
the document, prophesyinS great things
for the coming season. and sending
his best wishes to President Dovey.
The genial president is in constant
communication with Manager Joe kel-
ley, and the plans for the training trip
are going along smoothly. The change
in the Baltimore dates has made it ne
cessary for Kelley to look after two
games with other teams. and he is
now corresponding with managers Of
teams in Pennsylvania to fill the gap.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
BOWDOIN COLLEGE RE-
LAY TEAM is SELECTED.

brunswick. Me. Jan. 2G.-The final
trials to pick the men who vii! repre-
sent Bowdoin at the T. y. a. indoor
meet were held Saturday Seven men
will be taken on the trip. Those elected
for the relay team which will run against
Tufts are Captain Harrison Atwood 60 of
Auburn. Henry Jewett Goliath 10 of
Dexter CLYDE Leroy Dening 10 of Cor
nish Center. n. H., and Harold Bearse
Ballard 10 Of Gardiner. John Standish
Simmons 90 Of New York will be the
substitute.
Burton Charles Morrill, 10 of Augusta,
the student coach of the team. will enter
all the weight events: Sumner Edwards
10 Of Cambridge. Mass. will enter the
hurdles and Carl Ellis Stone 90 Nor
way will be in the howard run.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
Maine Wins From Colby
II to 20 at 0rono.
Portland Y. N. c. A. Defeats
Bates 45 10 % al Portland.


Orono. Ne, Tan. 2t.-Cnircrsity o.
Maine defeated Colby q to 20 Saturday
night in the college championship bas-
kethall game.
MAINE. COLBY.
j. Scales IF ............... III, Mckenzie
Wordsworth IN. Scales. If ...... rb; GOOD
MGrtOE II OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. II, i-eis7 ''i-
French fMarshalD, 10 .......... RI, Tribou
Score-U. Of VI Il. Comfy % Goals
from the foor--J. Scales 3, WardsWorth,
Elack 3. Marshall 4, Good i. Mcmillan,
Marshall 3. Trihou. Goals from fouls
J. Scales 5, Mcmillan. Marshall. Referee,
Cornet. Time, 4rn periods.
Maine ID defeated Old Town High - to
4 The game was very one-siied, the
scrubs having very much their own way
in the contest. Mishone seemed to be
the only man on the High school team
who could find the basket and made all
the scores for the visitors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
THE WORLDS RECORD
Without Wind Shield Will Be Taken
BY Sonoma Girl Says Springer.

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 26.-"I have ev-
erv confidence that Sonoma Girl can beat
any trotter i'll the world, and next year
I lock for her to break the worlds rec
ord for the mile without 4 wind Shield
held now by Lou Dillon at 2.01
she will go back 10 the Grand Circuit
next season, ana it is my firm belief.
based on my experience with her in her
races in the East last season. that there
is not a piece of hOrseflesh in existence
that can beat her in a trotting race"
Captain J. y. Springer. formerly owner
this statement here recently. ana his
earnestness left no doubt of his belief in
the ability of the great mare to perform
up to his expectations.
Springer says that the runaor that hn
sold Sonoma Girl because lie believed
that she was going stale is false. He
was offered the price for her that he
thought was a fair one. and he accepted.
He declares there is no foundation for
the story that he lacks faith in his horse.
Although Captain Springer did not take
her through the entire season on the
Grand Circuit. as he intended when he
left Los Angeles last summer. in the
Ievents in which he drove her the former
owner received S43.20) as n result of the
seasons campaign. or this sum $4,000
was the purchase price paid for her by
her present owner, Miss Lolita B. Crab
tree of Boston, the millionaire sports
woman, who took fancy to the mare
and determined TO possess her Mt any
price. Captain Springer won Sl2,Wo IN
purses. and in a pool on the NJ. & M.
stakes at Detroit in July he won $4,000.
The original purchase price of SonOma
Girl when he bought her was $500.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
SPORTING NOTES

The Harvard hockey team added to its
laurels Saturday in tie Stadium, ana
firmly established the superiority Of
America over CANADA bv whipping the
crack team from McGin University, Can
ada. by a score Of S to . in an intensely
contested game frOri start to finish.
Fully 1860 people saw James Farley's
horses win two OF the three events Of the
matinee races Of the Gentlemer's Driving
Club Saturday at Plattshurs. n. ", and
with Cyclone practically equal the world :
race record over ice, when, in the second
heat, he covered tie haIf-.nile in 1.GS, and
went all three heats better than 1G9l2.
The King Cotton Stakes, WORT: about
$3.50 to the winner, one of the classics of
the Southern turf, was won Saturday a.
City park, New Orleans. by Chapultepec.
favorite. Only two horses ran in this
race, Jack Akin finishing second. This
was tie first day of seven races. The
other winners: Anne MCGEE. 9 TO ;, first
race; Bell the Cat, 20 to l, second race;
Gold Proof, . to TO- third race; Risk, IS
to 10, fifth race; Lord Lovat to ). sixth
race; Red Gauntlet. 5 to l. seventh race.
George ". Johnson of st. Augustine,
Fla, former Harlem river oarsman, is
collecting newspapers from ell over the
country, from which he proposes to CON
struct n cruising shell in which he will
row to New York next spring. The boat
will he about 20 feet in length. % inches
beam and six inches deep. 1t will be
formed in n mould, about 20 thicknesses
of the newspapers being compressed to
form hull which will he harder and
stronger than the ordinary cedar shell.
Johnson made n similar trip in 1885, using
the bayous. rivers and canals for his
journey.
| In the race Saturday for the last place
on the Tech relay team that runs against
| Williams at the +. A. a. games. Crimson
won by running a fifth Of 4 second faster
than his opponent. Salisbury. 1t is pos
! sihle that they may both be given q
place on the team, which. as it now
stands, will be made up Of c. w. Gram,
| 90; II. W. blackburn, 'oS, X. d. Ferns
! from 10, and Z. l.. Crimson, '68. Thu
substitute will be W. c. Salisbury, II
race Tufts at the Lawrence Light Guard
meet Jan. u. We're also run. and theS'
| four men picked: c. =. Eldred. II; p. j.
| White. II; J. l.. Mackenzie, II, and w
| T. MacCreadie, ii. At tile Lawrence
Light GI,ard meet the ono-miIe team will
race the Z. A. a. with probably the same
men that ran Williams.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
WHAT 1T COSTS.
Amount American League Spent For
Buying and Drafting Players.

When Ban johnson, president of the
American League, said the Boston Ameri-
can League Baseball Cub had spent
$4,000 in the last season for new players
there We're some donoting Thomases who
inhaled "a great deal Of oxygen, and IN
timatcd that Mr.. johnson was Temporal
rily disconnected with his trolley.
The Chicago Tribune undertook to get
Mr.. Johnson to look the matter up In
consequence the American League eXecu-
tive obtained from the National Commits
SionS official records the exact statistics
for the season regarding the American
Leagues expenditures for purchased and
drafted players. FolloWin" are the figures
for each club. covering the season OF 1901.
furnished by Secretary Bruce, of the COM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
SPORTSMEN INTERESTED.
Attempt to Revive the GIories of the
BRIGHTON Road.

London sportsmen are interested in
the reports that Alfred Vanderbilt in
tends during the coming summer to
revive the old coaching glories on the
road between London and Brighton.
George ". before the regency days,
first gave fashion and fame to the
Brighton road, making it the greatest
sporting highway in England. One Of
his best records was in 1884. when he
drove from London to Brighton. ~
miles, in four and one-half hours, with
three horses harnessed tandem to a
phaeton. Others of his cronies made
equally creditable achievements. but all
records We're eclipsed in 1888. when The
famous whip. Selby, drove to Brighton
and back in eight hours.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
BOXING NOTES

Jimmy Briggs has been matched 10
box Arthur Cote at the National Ath-
letic Club in Biddeford. Me, Jan. 81.
Willie Fitzgerald wants 10 meet
Pachey Mcfarland. He offers to make
1873 at 3 O'Clock and give Mcfarland a
side wager
Bill Papkn has decided not to tax"
on any bouts in New York. and viii
return home to prepare for his contest
with Hugo Kelley.
Joe Thomas viii not be able to box
again for four weeks on account of
breaking his left hand in his recent
bout with Mike (Twin) Sullivan.
Harry Paker has issued challenge
to any featherweight in the country,
posting $500 forfeit money in New YORK
Baker wants to meet Owen Moran.
The bouts at Philadelphia Jack
O'Briens CLUB. the Ontario a. c
scheduled for Friday night, were. ow-
ing to the heavy snoWstorm, post
poned for one week.
| Jack Dougherty, the Milwaukee vel
terWeight, who was a cinch for Joe
Walcott at Chelsea about a year ago
is to meet Joe Gregg at milwaukee,
JAN 81.
Sailor Burke has again called off his
bout with Jack Bonner, which was to
have taken place in Wilkesbarre to-
night Jack Robinson of Chicago viii
take Burke's place.
George Menisic being still sick from
the beating he received from UnholZ
could not accept the offer to meet Peter
Sullivan ot Fan River at Salt Lake City
Feb. 4. Steve Kinney of Milwaukee has
been signed to meet Sullivan.
Battling Nelson is at least S25,0N0 poorer
than he was a year ago at this time
Billy Nolan, manager of the Dane, is au-
thority for tie statement. Nolan declares
that Nelson recently put $4,000 in a pa
tent which proved worthless. Another
deal that got bunch of Bats money
was a GolGfield mine.
Jack Gleason. who brought out Sam
Berger, the California heavyweight, 4
year ago. must stand in right with the
supervisors Of San Francisco. for they
have given him the boxing permits fol-
February. May. August and November
The favolite promoter will also be al
lowed to hold two shows month while
Admiral Evans fleet is in port.
jim Jcffries has uneal thed a new Won
der in the heavyweight class named Hec'
tor Hook, a 13ocr, who has been defeat
ing all Corners in Africa and India. He
is said to he taller and heavier than JEFF
fries. who s@ys he will attempt TO de-
velor the Boer into a fighter of cham
pionship caliber. JEFF will take Hook &c
Hot Springs for course of training.
George Mccarthy, the East Boston
middleweight, will meet Bill Mckia
non, the former amateur champion, III
the semi-final bout at the Armory "A
A. Tuesday night. Frank Adams vii
meet Tommy Rawson, another forme
national amateur title holder, IN al
eight round bout. Kid Goodman an
Matty Baldwin, who meet in the fea
ture bout, are in excellent shape.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
FOOTBALL NOTES.

John F. Ford of Bangor is the light
est football player ever called to be
the captain of preparatory school
football team, and he believes that lie
is the football midget of the Maine
High school field. Young Ford is in his
second year of football and is Il bright,
snappy youngster. who makes up in
grit and determination what he lacks
in avoidupois. Last season he played
quarterback. and made good 50
thoroughly that this year he was
made captain. an honor which has
never before, it is believed, gone to so
dininutive ii player.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27

Yale statisticions who have been fsur-
irG Just how much it cost to whip Prince
ton and Harvard at football this year,
have discovered that Yale paid out more
for her football department in six weeks
than she spends on President Hadley,
Secretary Stokes. Treasurer McC!ung, and
six of the leading Yale professors in a
year.
AS G set off football this season turned
into the Yale treasury about twice as
much money as the entire freshman
class paid for tuition for the fall term.
The gross receipts, il is estimated. will
be close to ss0.Coc with about half that,
or $4,000 representing the cost of the
maintenance of the team. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
I ackenschmidt, Russian Wrestler,
Will Soon Visit America Again

has died ont to considerable degree
he re in the East.
If Haclenschmidt does not back
down from his proposition, and that
seems hardly possible, inasmuch as
each and every one of his demands
has been complied with by w. w. W.T.
tig Of Milwaukee. the man who is pro-
noting the affair. he will probably
come 70 America some time about the
end Of March. The match with Gotch
is set s"r May g. and that will give
the Russian ample time to take part
in the four exhibition matches and al
50 TO prepare for the meeting with the
Yankee champion. The match for the
worlds title will in all likelihood be
held either in Kansas or in Ccicago.
with the odds in favor Of the former
at present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27

This makes n total of S114,759 paid to
minor league clubs by one of the major
leagues only. President Pullman, of the
National League, has made 10 definite
estimate of the total expended by his or
ganiZation, but as the veteran circuits
clubs are carrying nearly as heavy re-
serve lists this winter as are the Ameri-
can League clubs. it is safe 10. saw the
harvest of gold reapcd by the minors last
season from the pockets of the two major
Leagues: will be nearly double the figures
given here. Between q quarter Of Il mil
lion and $3nG 900 was paid to minor league
club owners for their players. therefore
and of this sum only small portion will
be paid back by the minors
One would imagine that this might
check some of the free and easy Cab
Of the minors in reference to the major
leagues having all the better Of present
baseball conditions
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27

HjalnHr Lundin, the big wrestler, VINO
has just returned to this country after
q year in Sweden and European coun-
tries, believes that the match between
HackenSchmidt and Joe Rogers, the
American, at London, is the foEernnneT
of a second invasion Of this country by
the Russian lion. Hackenschmidt mas
been offered 4 purse of $4,000 for a Sc
rics Of four exhibitions in this country
and a final bout for the worlds cham
pionship with Frank Gotch, the Ameri-
can champion, and it is understood he
has accepted.
This will mean another awakening
of interest as was the mat contest n
America such as was felt for several
months after Hacks" first appearance
here. The wrestling game is still in
high favor in the middle West, but 1t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27

Maintaining hnr football department
this year cost Yale a third more than
was expended by the university last year
in helping 30 needy students through
the academic department. That third
would cover tie amount granted in
scholarships in the Sheffield Scientific
School.
With the money expended for this
branch of athletics, the tale Corporation
could support ~ rev professors at the
regular yearly salary of 800 each, paid
to men Of family, and still have enough
left over to hire an unmarried member
of that faculty.
1t is estimated that ting. cost Of main
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27

tanning the grand stands this year at
Yale will! exceed $1,000 which would pay
the salaries OF five npw-nembers of the
Yale faculty, or pay the tuition for one
year of about 80 needy students in the
academical department.
Tie travelling expenses of the team this
year, which it is estimated will reach
about $4,000. would give 81 undersra duates
one years free tuition
On the other side Of the ledger, how
ever. it is found that the gross receipts
from the footba, this year viii surpass
the entire amount OF money paid fer tut
ton this term H. all the UNDERGRADUATES
of the academic department, some 800 In
number.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27

New Haven, Jan. 2e.-As a result
Of Capt. Ide's call for Varsity candi-
dates Thursday, 50 oarsmen, the larg-
est number in the history of boating
at Yale, reported at the Yale gymna-
SUM. 1t is expected that within a day
CT two this number may be increased
to 70. The men will be put through
regular practice before Coach Ken
NEEDY VIII take the men on the water.
Then asked when he would put
his men on the water, Coach John
Kennedy said:
II don't expect now TO take the men
out before March L anyway. While
We VIII probably row on the water in
much Severer weather than we are
having at present. the men by that
time vii! be hardened. I wouldn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27

From nothing at all few years ago to
SlO0.N0 00G capital invested now is the rec
ord of our cottonseed products industry.
according to the Bureau of Manufactures
1907 fiscal year report. In that year our
exports of cottonseed products reached
value of AO.513,1U, or 1924 400 more than
in 1906 fiscal year. Only forty years ago
cottonseed, except that required for grow
in, the next years crop of cotton. was
of little value and cost labor and money
to remove.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
U. Of M. IL; Bucksport 0.

Orono, Me, Jan 25.-(SpeciaD.-The
University of Maine hockey team defeat
ed the Bucksport team Saturday after
noon Il to 0. DIR. Reynolds called the
game at $50 and from the moment the
puck left the center of the rink it was
seen that the visitors had very little
chance against the university men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
BATES ATHLETES FOR
3. A. A. MEET AT BOSTON

Lewiston. Me. Jan. 26.-At the trials
for s. A. A. entries at Bates College Sat
urday Capt. Frazier Of the track team
was selected to take part in the 4o-yard
handicap dash and the 40-yard hurdles:
Irish. who is the half-mile champion of
the Maine colleges. will take part in the
looo-rard run: Whittikind. a Freshmen
from Exeter, will run in the quarter-mile
novice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27

Brown played her best game OF me
season SATURDAY night at Providence and
defeated the strong Wesleyan basketball!
,oom d to 10 in a close and Interesting
Gam. Swaiield was the star, throwing
:. goals from fouls. besides casing sew
oral difficult goals from the floor N'es-
,evan made 4 brilliant squirt in the sec
ond half but successive fouls spoiled
their chances Of victory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27

The alligators are getting bad at Green
Vile and are even taking the pools of the
Baptist churches as places of refuge a
five-foot alligator was found i'll the pool
Of the Baptist church.. The saurian was
discovered by a plumber who waded into
the pool for the purpose Of repairing a
leak and he was scared out of a years
growth. as well as clear out of the water.
-Greenville Is. C.Irpemocrat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27

New Hampshire overwhelmed Tufts
College Saturday night at Durham, n.
H., piling up score of IS to Z. New
Hampshire gave an excellent exhibition
of fast passing and consistent team work
while the boys from Medford were guard.
ed at every turn, only caging one baske,
in the first half and none in the second
period.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27

Some of these prophets" said Thomas
w Lawson. remind me of the man who
dropped a nickel in a blind beggar's hat
and exclaimed in a benevolent voice:
There, my poor fellow. is z quarter for
Won Why on earth said the mans
companion, did you give him nickel
and say it was a quarter?' On was the
reply, L wanted to cheer him up"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
A Big Squad Of Candidates
Report For Yale Rowing Crew.

dare send the men in their present
t.on6i+ion IN ,he water, even in such
mild weather as Thursday or today.
The material, judging from the
show-up Thursday, is only about aver
age There are four vacant places TO be
filled in the Varsity boat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27

Williams Freshmen defeated Andover
Saturday night at Andover % to 10. At
the close of the first half Andover led
10 to Z, but the visitors soon secured the
lead in the second half and fast playing
and good defensive work maintained it.