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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
FRED WELSH CR1TICIsEs BOXING
Says He Think the Game Has Gone
backward I'm England.

Says He Thinks the Game Has Gone
backward In England.
NEW YORK. Dec. S5.-"Freddie' Welsh
Is not a bit In criticising the
present condition OF boxing in England. He
thinks the men Of Great Britain not only
have remained at a standstill. but, IL any
thing. nave gone backward.
Concerning his match with Johnny"
Summers, Welsh says:
IF the referee thinks there is too much
time wasted In cllnohlng 1t is in his W
to stop 1t. But why object I'd leaning and
permit clinching at all? To object to
clinching in boxing. however, is almost
like objecting to the use of the knight in
chess because its move makes a right
angle. Clinching cannot be eliminated
without also cutting out of the game some
of the subtlest and most scientific blows
blows at once of exact and perfect legi-
timacy and yet OF the most terrible, punish
ing character. 4
often when Summers would start one of
his fearful blows 1 would leap inside OF It
Into a clinch. But the cllnch was only one
part Of what resulted from my getting
inside of his blow. Not only would 1 be
in perfect safety, but he would rave re-
ceived punishment on the body before he
could recover and on the head after he had
recovered. The blows would be given by
fists travelling only from six to nine inches,
but with pistonlike rigidity and landing
with a force conceivable only to one who
has received them.
II do not hesitate to take direct issue
with Mr.. Sdott and the entire spirit Of
conversation he represents, and / am free
to say that it is a great pity that such an
attitude should be taken by the great and
In fItanffa1 National Cnnrtgnr ,lV,h TTndar
the influence Of fetish worship the British
boxer has grown 7decadent and the palm
Of supremacy is borne triumphantly aloft
by our American cousins. If this were be-
cause there are better men in America,
not another word need be said, but the
men of England are as good as ever they
were, and need only to be lifted, helped
kicked, II necessary-out of the ruts they
are In to make them\once more the leaders
of the world in the sport. They cling to
a%ntiquated methods of training as well as
boxing, with the result that they are taking
second place.
If 1t is said in objection that Jimmy
Driscoll and Owen Moran have shown them
selves as good as or better than the best
Americans in their class, 1 would answer
that they box rather in the American style
than the English. and that both have had
experience In America. OF Driscoll, how
ever, it must be said that he is one of the
exceptions to rules. He is a natural boxer
of wonderful skill, able for that reason
to see and use the good points Of all
styles of boxing.
Certainly 1 was greatly hampered in my
fight with Summers by the rulings which
prevented me from using quite two-thirds
of my ring-craft. Perhaps it is presump-
tuous to say so, but 1 am convinced that
if L had not been afraid of offending. but
had been given the liberty accorded in
every American prize ring. 1 would have
been able to finish the contest within fiji
teen rounds"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

Il IObdbAl VIII nv aI@N
meeting. *Coeducational. Both.
This organization, with it's slxty-four
colleges and universities, exercises influ-
ence over ss,3S3 students, according to the
figures. There is no doubt that Their. is
an Increase In the size of many of them
since college opened that will bring the
total up to 100000. That is pretty good for
an organization that started with nothing
only a few years ago and is to have its
fourth annual convention next Tuesday.
Aims OF the Association.
The object of the intercollegiate Athletic
Association of the United States is set
forth in its constitution as the regula-
ton and supervision Of college athletics
throughout the United States in order
that the athletic activities in the colleges
and universities of the United States may
be maintained on an ethical plane in keep
ing with the dignity and high purpose Of
education"
The matter of control of athletics is
set forth thus in the constitution: THE
colleges and universities enrolled in this
association severally agree to take control
of student athletic sports, as far as may be
necessary to maintain in them a high
standard Of personal honor. eligibility and
fair play, and to remedy whatever abuses
exist" 1t can be seen that the associa-
ton is organized with the end Of maintain
ing decency in sport and not with the idea
of interfering in the management by any
college Of its own affairs.
Great interest attaches to the forthcom-
ing meeting because of the situation in
foot ball. The intercollegiate Athletic As
ISOLATION of the United States appoints
seven members of the foot ball rules COM
mittee, and the task these men will have
to alter the rules and the character Of the
game will be one of the big things in sport
in 1910. The activities of the association,
moreover. in regard to base ball, track
athletics and basket ball, all attract atten-
ton. Eventually the association may well
be one of the most important things of
Its kind in this country, cooperating with
the American Athletic union in attempt
ing to raise the standard of fair play and
sportsmanship among the athletes of the
country.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

giles Of the I. c. a. A. U. S. at last have
resulted IN extending the influence OF the
organization TO more and more Of the
leading colleges. This year for the first
time. Harvard is in. Yale, Cornell and
Princeton still hang back, but the assoc
citation has hopes that some day these will
come IN. A list OF flfty-seven colleges
which are members on the occasion OF the
third annual convention on January 2 Of
this year, together with seven others that
will be members after the meeting next
Tuesday, is particularly Illuminating when
the college populations are considered. The
figures given are those at the close Of
1903. They are:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
MYSTERY OF E W GUM
True Inwardness of the Dope
that Works n Million
-


George c. Fletcher of New York, in
speaking Of the mystery Of chewing gum,
said that out of the millions Of persons
who use chewing gum there are few who
know how it is manufactured, and really
do not know what they are masticating.
"As a matter of fact" continued Mr..
Fletcher, Chewing gum is nothing more
than chicle, mixed with sugar and flavor
ing to give it the pleasing taste. This
chicle is the gum of a tree. which grows
plentifully in Mexico and Central Amer
lea. In recent years 1t has been culti-
waited on a large scale in Yucatan, where
one company owns several millions OF
acres of the trees. The chicle tree is
similar to the India rubber tree, and the
gum was first shipped to America by
men who Beloved they had discovered a
perfect substitute for rubber. The chicle
gum was found to be insoluble, and there
fore could not take the place OF tho
rubber gum. To this day there has not
been ain acid. spirit, alkali, or ether
found that will dissolve the gum As a
consequence, large shipments of the gum
lay unsold and unstable on the pier
docks at Brooklyn.
"The gum is reddish and has a sort OF a
rubber look about it. The fact that the
gum could be used for chewing purposes
was discovered through an accident, one
OF the men who examined 1t placing a
small piece In his mouth. He was sur
prised at its consistency, and he invented
chewing gum."-Washington Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
NEW STADIUM FOR KAwvILLE
Kansas and Missouri Universities Are
Talking Common Field.

Talking Common Field.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Dec. 2S.-The Uni
versities Of Kansas n Missouri are
planning to erect an athletic stadium to-
gether and committees from the colleges
are looking over sites in Kansas City which
will be convenient to both institutions. The
promoter OF the company which intends to
erect the structure in Kansas City on the
model of the Harvard stadium at Soldiers
field speaks concerning the proposition, as
follows;
MY plan is to make the price OF stock
low enough to be purchased by any mem
Der OF the alumni OF both institutions. We
will probably incorporate for $4,000 within
a few days after a favorable report has
been made by the Joint committee.
IT nave had a talk with ]. c. Nichols
Of Kansas university and r. b. Caldwell
OF Missouri university, heads OF their re-
~spective committees 9ney both sub
mitted propositions to the effect hat the
universities each take a certain amount
Of stock yearly until the stadium passes
entirely into their control. They said, how
ever, tha this matter had already been
presented indirectly to the student bodies
ana that It did not meet with universal ia
vor. My plan Is to form a regular stock
company, receiving a certain percent Of
the gate receipts at each event in exchange
for the use OF the stadium.
Il am Informed that the Young Mems
Christian association expects to suitcase
the stadium occasionally for it's events
and also use Il for a practice ground for
it's teams. Perhaps In summer IL might
be rented to some city league team or even
to outdoor shows" s -
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
COLLEGE SCHEDULES ARE OUT.
Harvard and Cornell Each show Some
Changes in Games Played.

Harvard and Cornell Each show Some
Changes in Games Played.
New York, Dec. 25.-The base ball man
ayers at Harvard and Cornell AVE both
announced their 1910 schedules. The Har-
ward schedule provides for twenty-five
games, one less than last season. 1t reads:
April 2~0-21-University of Virginia at
Charlottesville.
April 25-Georgetown at Washington.
April 28-Williams at Cambridge.
April 30-Tuft at Cambridge.
May S-Holy Cross at Cambridge.
May +University of Virginia at Cam
bridge.
May 7-Holy Cross at Worcester.
May I-Amherst at Cambridge.
May 1EPrinceton at Princeton.
May 1S-Bates at Cambridge.
May M-Princeton at Cambridge.
May 25-Princeton at New York. play
off in case of tie).
May 2S-Brown at Providence.
May at Andover.
June at Cambridge.
June +Cornell at Cambridge.
June S-Dartmouth at Cambridge.
June Thrown at Cambridge.
June 21-Yale at New Haven.
June 23-Yale at Cambridge.
June 28-Yale at Boston or New York,
Play-off In case Of tie).
The Cornell list includes Holy Cross, a
new game for the Ithacans. and Dart
mouth appears on the schedule for the first
time in some years. Two games will be
played with Williams and Amherst: The
schedule follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
YOUNGSTERS WIN AT BILLIARDS
Five Recruits Now Occupy the Gem
ter of the Stage.

Five Recruits NOW occupy the Cen-
ter of the Stage.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-There's a lot more
doing this season in billiards than has been
known for years, and before its close the
game may be given its greatest shaking
up in recent history. The great feature
is the coming out of the youngsters, no less
than five now being in the limelight, and
this in itself is the most remarkable con-
dition of affairs. Each believes he has a
chance to win the worlds championship.
The other day Albert Cutler posted his
$3.50 forfeit and challenged the winner of
the Calvin Demarest-Harry Cline match
for the 1872 balkline worlds championship
which will be played in Orchestra hall,
Chicago, February /, 2 and q. Demarest
won the emblem In the recent tourney in
Madison Square Garden concert hall.
To Eddie Graney of San Francisco, be-
longs a lot of credit for bringing Willie
Hoppe and Oral Morningstar back into line
as competitors for the trophy each has held
but resigned. These two great stars are
soon 10 meet in a championship contest
In Chicago or New York and the inner
will then play Demarest, Cline or Cutler
for the emblem as 1t may be held at that
time.
Many concessions AVE been a by
both sides in removing the imaginary line
which seemed 10 fence off certain of the
players, but now that all factions have
come to an amicable arrangement of their
difference billiards ought to take on the
greatest boom ever known. and it's mighty
certain that when the five youngsters
really get into action not only will the old
records fall with a dull. sickening thud,
but the new stars will shoot so higN that
some Of the other ones may have a dose
Of fha blinks.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
BOXING HELPS FOOT BALL
Hobbs Increased His Usefulness ON
GridirOn by OxinE

Hobbs Increased His UsefuIness ON
GridirOn by Boxing.
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 3.-According to a
statement made by Nose King, Yale
boxing Instructor in the Yale gym the
great improvement in the playing of
Hobbs, the big Yale tackle on the foot
ball team this season. was due principally
to the amount OF time he put in in box
ing. In previous years Hobbs was regarded
as a sort OF mark by the men who played
opposite to him in the important games.
Hobbs came to the boxing room early
in the season" said King. land he weighed
223 pounds. stripped. He looked big and
clumsy. but I never saw a man work as
faithfully or as hard as he did. He boxed
every day and did a lot OF other work
down to 1876 pounds. Boxing worked won
ders for Hobbs, and It will do as much
TOR any one.
did you notice the way In which Cap
tain Coy put out his hand in a scrim-
mage on the neld9 He put them out just
like a trained hoxer. and he has boxed
since he was a little chap. He did not box
here with me. But he boxed when he
was at the Hotchkiss school at Lakeviile
and with my predecessor. Billy Dole. The
old Yale boxing teacher used to make the
rounds OF certain prep schools and give
lessons. and when he struck Hotchkiss, he
always put the goves on with Teddy Coy.
The latter on the foot ball fled has all
the movements OF a boxer.
Another boxer on the team is Ham
Andrus the big guard. Coy Hobbs, Andrus
and Fitzpatrick. all boxers, appear in Wal
ter Camps roll OF honor. Wrestling Is
another great help TO the foot bali men, as
witness Dutch Goebel, OF our team. and
Pau. Wilmington OF Harvard. Goebel Is
the heavyweight champion here and With
mgton Is tho champion az Cambridge"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
ARMSTRONG TO TRAIN JEFFR1Es
Was Former SparrLnE Partner of
y and Knows Game.

NEW YORK. Dec. 25.-Bob Armstrong.
the big and clever coiored heavyweight.
Will In all probability be engaged by Jim
Jeffries to assist him in his training for
his coming heavyweight championship
fight with Jack Johnson.
Armstrong is one of the best men in
the business when It comes to training a
for a fight, and the fact that he
was Johnson's sparring partner when the
Latter trained for his battle with Al
Kat imam is one reason why Jeff is anx-
iOus to secure him, as he knows every
bio used by Johnson in a battle.
A. Jim Corbett, Jack Root and prob
ably Tommy Ryan win also be added to
JeffL corps of trainers, the big fellow
viii surely have a great collection OF
clever men to box with for the mill.
San. berger and Jack Mccormick, the
Chicago ex-heavyweight. will also be
added 20 the camp TO do their little stunt.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
NC way 70 oarry . CON.

One Sullivan. a resident OF Georgia, zeal
Gus In UNFOLDING the law forbidding the
earitafe OF 0oncesieI "eapShs pore his
traversing the distance TO and from his
residence. Eventually defendant met a
person who lacked discretion TO such an
extent that he provoked a difficulty,
whereupOn he was promptly shot in the
arm. Sullivan was prosecuted not for the
usage OF the weapon, but merely for con-
cealing Il. In Sullivan against State, 65
Southeastern Reporter. S54, this interesting
method OF transporting a weapon was
deemed not a cOncealment. There being no
positive proof that the weapon was. con
coaled within the basket. plaintiff could
not be convicted
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
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tn winter. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

Rutgers, Western University
6ueknel Of Pennsylvania,
Williams,
Dickinson, Vanderbilt,
Franklin and Allegheny.
Marshall, Union,
Hayerford, s~warthmore,
Lehigh, Colgate,
Niagara, Tufts,
Oberlin. Miami.
Ohio Wesleyan, Grove CITY.
Seton Hall, Denison.
Syracuse, Rochester
Solorado. North Carolina,
Minnesota, Wittenberg
MNashs S Maryland Agricul-
Nebraska' tural,
Wooster, Amherst
Washington and PennsvIvania
JeIIerson' United States Mill
Weselyh' tary academy.
Nothing daunted, Captain Pierce ana his
men kept together and worked steadily
away. Literature OF all sorts was sent
out. The association devoted itself chiefly
TO the question OF summer base ball, and
now is after the Illicit form OF diversion
very strongly. The questions OF basket ball
and track athletics were taken under con-
sideration and the intercollegiate basket
ball rules committee became a part OF the
T. C. A. A. U. S.
Colleges Now Members.
1t is Interesting to note n the strug-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
Meet Comes in February.

The %annuall meet at Hongkong takes
place in the month OF February, the
weather being supposed to be the best at
that season Of the year. The fixture then
serves a purpose, for 1t gives the owners
plenty OF time to go to Shanghai for the
spring meet there. which takes place In
May. Three days racing usually covers
the Hongkong meet. though there has
been an additional day now and again.
The program consists Of ten races a day.
the stakes grading from $3.50 to $3.50. The
derby is always the big event, the money
being always about $50 added to a sweep
stakes Of $40. the first pony TO get 70
oer cent, the second 20 and the third 70
Der cent. In addition to the sweepstakes
and added money there Is often a valuable
or trophy put up for the winner.
The most peculiar part OF the Hongkong
racing is the method OF ha~ndicapplng.
There is no weight for age or sex allow
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-10
BY SAMUEL M. EVANS.

Attorney Frank H. Short of Fres-
no, California, attorney of record
for the Huntington power interests,
a portion of the water power trust,
and his allies from the Southern
Pacific's privately owned Cali
fornia state board of trade, at
tempted yesterday to capture the
resolutions committee of the sew
enteenth national irrigation con-
gress.
They failed but they thought up
until late last night that they had
succeeded. If they had, a pretty
fight would have developed in the
resolutions committee, which con-
tains a majority of the friends of
conservation.
The story is amusing. Arthur r..
Briggs, president of the California
state board of trade, dropped into
Spokane night before last to have
his say about the work of the con
gress. Briggs always does this. II
Is what the Southern Pacific In
tends that he should do. Frank H.
Short, the power trusts attorney,
always goes to the congresses.
Short is a clever man. lives in an
irrigated district and is popular
wherever he goes.
These men were on the Cali
fornia delegation. When the dele
cation met yesterday afternoon to
organize and select members OF
the various committees of the con.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-10

special uorrsspoudencs to The Press
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10.-Think
of it. An entire orchestra COM
posed of women and not scrap In
II years.
Take off your hat to Harley
Hamilton, who has been director
of this harmonious company OF
ladies' all those II years.
All the members, 20 OF them, OF
the Woman's Symphony orchestra
of this city, are professional mu'
sicians, and each is musical en-
thusiast in addition. The orches.
ira has been pronounced the finest
woman's orchestra in the country,
and that, too, by such noted ar,
lists as David Bispham, Arthur
Hartmann, Adele Verne and Nine,
Gadski, all of whom have played
or sung with the orchestra.
Only four concerts year are
given. Miss Cora Foy, member OF
a prominent pioneer family OF
southern California, has been pres
ident OF the organization for the
past 10 years. To her efforts has
been due the financial success OF
these concerts.
"And we have still bigger plans,
says Miss Foy. Next year we
are going to institute an annual
music festival for southern Cali
fornia."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-10
POWER TRUsp ATTORNEYS
!. FAIL TO down PAROEE
Scheme to Keep Him Off Irrigation Reso-
lutions Committee Falls Short.

gress, Former Governor George G..
Pardee of California, who failed to
secure a denomination after sue
.cessful term in office because he
refused to wear the Southern Pa
cific collar, had been selected as
temporary chairman of the COM
mittee of resolutions.
His name was put up as the Cali
fornia member Of the committee.
"Oh," shouted Briggs. "Pardee has
had enough honor already. Let's
Short.elect another man."
They had the majority of the
delegates present and elected
Short. They thought that this
would knock Pardee out of the
committee. How can he be a mem
Der of the committee when his own
state has not selected him, they
asked, and Briggs went around
laughing in his sleeve all evening.
Pretty work! Easier than it was
ever done before.
But Pardee had the last laugh.
He is sitting tight. His member
ship on the committee need not
come from the California delega.
ton at all. His selection as mem
Der of the committee comes from
the president of the congress and
lasts until the end of the sessions.
And so he had the last laugh. He
: will probably be elected permanent
chairman of the committee for this
congress.
And then just to show how they
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-10
MO.THER RI
PROBLEMS

Never allow child to wear a
garter around the leg, it cuts off
circulation; use the garter that
buttons on to the waist.
For a sweet water bath, sew a
quart of pine needles in a bag,
throw the bag into tub and cover
with boiling water. After standing
about five minutes add cool water
and the bath Is ready.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-10
PLEASE MIMR
WOfENS QUESTIONS MSWRfD
%NElZ1198 MEx

Dear Miss Grey: Can you tell me
how to make what Is called "trav-
elers ink? J. M.
A.--Saturate white blotting
paper with aniline black, and paste
several sheets together to form a
pad. When wanted for use. tear a
small piece off and cover with
water. A square inch will last some
time.
Miss Grey: Is Hobson, "the hero
of the Merrimac," married? C.S.
Ayes: he married Miss Gri.
zelda Houston Hull, Tuxedo Park,
New York, in 1902.
Dear Miss Grey: Can you tell me
what author says the following
What men need most in us Is the
mother and nurse. The wife who
holds man is hardly less of a
mother to her husband than to her
children. There Is no baby to com.
pare with a big. grown up hus
band" G. X.
A.-Richard lie Gallienne, In one
OF his short stories.
Miss Grey: Can you tell me the