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Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03
BY NAUGHTON.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.-When Jack
johnson first talked OF retiring many
thought It was merely one of the cham
pion's whlms, and that he would be back
in the game with both feet the first time
proper inducements" were made to him.
Now corroborative testimony is forth
coming that Jack Is through with the
frivolties Of the ring and that he is
plagued with ennui TO the extent that he
does not care a continental who succeeds
to the title.
He valves all right TO voice in the
bestowal of the laurels and says he has
no suggestions to make as to the heavy
weights best fitted to wear them.
This is bad. 1t means there will be a
cloud on the heavyweight championship
! for years-that the man who assumes tho
| prerogative without licking johnson will
be regarded as a pretender. a jackal mas
/ querading In a lions skin.
! There must be continuity in thing Of
this kind. Each succeeding champion is
merely "A link In chain OF destruction
The newest manor the latest model, one
might say-licised a champion who licked
| another champion. and so. link by link,
we trace our latest prize ring hero back
10 some dim and distant champ" just
as a race horse traces TO the Byerley
! Turk or the barley Arabian.
I When n broken link appears there Is a
| blot on the escutcheon OF the man whose
reputational pedigree we are investigat-
/ Ing and so It will be II johnson escapes
from the game unlocked and someone
/ grabs his title
! This line OF argument is easily proved
sound. John J.. Sullivan defeated Paddy
Ryan, who defeated Joe Lewis; Jim Cor
bett defeated sullivan. Bob Fttzsimmons
defeated Jim Corbett Jim Jeffries de-
| feated Rob Fitzsimmons and Jack John
son didn't do a thing 10 Jeffries.
Just think OF the mental suffering OF
the sporting editors OF the future while
trying TO explain TO Old Subscriber and
/ Constant Reader that the old line OF
| champions ended with Johnson and that
the new breed is only kind OF a Manchu
dynasty.
Something must be done to, stall off the
confusion that threatens the fistic his
/ torians of the coming years We must
drag johnson back at any price-and this
goes both ways" as the slangsters say
and have him tromced 10 the queens
taste.
Il should be done OF keep the record
straight, and, come 10 think OF IL, twill
be merely what some call poetic retribu-
ton"
The JeffIies that johnson licked was
merely the husk OF tho Jeffries that used
to be, and johnson has as much Tight to
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03
FOOT BALL REVISION SURE
Felt that Something Must Be Done
to Strengthen Attack.
YALE LIKELY TO BE LEADER
when New Rules Were Made Theory
was Forward Pass WouId he
Factor In Enabling Team
TO Advance Ball.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2.-That foot bail
will be, revised before another season
begins seems certain. Almost everyone
feels that something must be done to
strengthen the attack. Yale is likely to
be one Of the leaders IN the movement
for revision, as the men from New
Haven undoubtedly feel that their team
this year should have been a winner
over Princeton under any code which
gave the attack half q chance.
When the new rules were made the
theory was that the forward pass was TO
be the factor which would enable teams
to advance the ball. At the present time
there can DC no Question that the for
ward pass is almost a neglible quantity.
In few games. this season has the num-
Der of passes attempted been as high as
six; for the most part the play has
worked against the team attempting it.
The old theory of foot ball was that
n good attack was the best defense. To
play the game safe now IT is advisable
to let your opponents keep the ball
There is more chance for team TO score
when the ball is IN tho possession OF its
enemies than when Il holds the ball
played against Yale and Harvard and
Harvard's game with Dartmouth. The
eight points scored by Princeton against
Harvard were all made while the ball
was in Harvard's possession. The six
points made by the Tigers against Yale
were made when the ball was In possess
sion of the New Haven men. The five
points made by Harvard against Dart
mouth were scored while Dartmouth had
the ball Harvard earned a touchdown
against Princeton and Dartmouth earned
a field goal against Harvard. This
makes the total for the defending team
u to o.
-Four Downs Favored.
The change most frequently suggested
and which seems most logical is the four
downs for ten yards idea which Tom
Shevlin is vigorously booming. Under the
present rules a team has three downs to
make ten yards, but except when near
the goal line it is usually inadvisable for
team to try a third rush unless the
distance to be gained is a yard or less
In other words a team has to make eight
or nine yards in two downs If it wishes
to avoid punting on the third down.
With four downs a team might have one
play stopped and still make the required
distance.
-Four downs would give the line plung-
ing attack a chance, but it would also
stimulate the use of open, daring plays
as quarterback with four downs would
be willing to take a chance of a possible
loss than one with three. Another change
advocated by Shevlln is that the defen-
sive halfbacks be required to stand ten
yards back of the line Of scrimmage.
The enormously heavy premium which
IS put on playing it safe at present ought
to be taken off and undoubtedly will be.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03

yards
Foot BALL in the very nature of the
game. is a great pastlme as it stands.
But that it could be made infinitely bet
ter by the proper slight changes is con-
coded. The question then is. what arc
the proper changes? The rules commit
tee has tried for years to find out. 1t has
never changed the number of downs. We
would like to see them take a fling at
this last resort that is left, and our con-
fident opinion is that the fifteen-yard-
five-down regulation would prove the
remedy for all foot balls ills.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03
Will Johnson Really Retire?

harken to the come back" cry as Jeffries
had, especially II the price is right.
There's another angle to the question
which is bound to engender bitterness OF
spirit. 1 refer to the racial angle II
Johnson is allowed TO rest in peace there
will come a time-and then succeeding
times-in which the men with the dark
pigment beneath the cuticle will say:
"The first negro that was given a
chance became the champion of the
world. They couldn't defeat him. and so
as not 20 block the wheels of progress
he stepped aside and allowed them to
arrange q fresh deal. The chain OF de-
struction which began with Figg and
Mendoza ended with Jack Johnson"
Joe Jeanette, through his manager
Dan McKettrick. is the FIRST to lay claim
TO the crown left on the bureau of Jack
Johnson. McHettrick says that his man
has shown himself superior to Sam Lang
ford on various occasions and that IL
wasn't so much Australian gold as a
desire 20 evade Jeanette that sent Lang
ford scurrying to the land OF the kanga-
roo.
This is the first shot In the new cam
paign and Jeanette probably has as
much right to fire 1t as any other man.
But how are things 10 be brought 10 a
focus? With johnson on the retiring
Hist astute Hugh Mcintosh is sure TO bill
the impending Sam Langford-Sam Mcvea
fight as a worlds championship struggle,
and who is TO gainsay him?
/ Maybe the best thing for Jeslnnette to
do is 10 begging wedding out at this end
{ Let him hook up with Jim Flynn, who
seems 20 be regarded as the best OF the
white heavies, and let the winner Of that
affair journey 10 Australia or coax the
winner Of the McVea-Langford bout back
I 10 this city. Then he will begin 20 get a
line on the situation.
] Tom ORourke, or someone in New
York. has expressed the opinion that a
white man would be champion OF the
world again before long. 1t Is not easy
TO see how the conclusion is arrived at
II there Is a white man on the lists at
present who Is capable OF defeating
Jeanette, Langford and MeVea, he is be-
ing kept under cover,
J No. sir. So far as the palefaees are
concerned, there is little hope in the out
look right now. And the shadow Of
Johnson is liable TO fall athwart their
prospect any time during the next few
years. Jeffries, ON the occasion OF his
first retirement, said he would hop back
/ into tho game IL a foreigner ever won
the championship from America, and
Jack Johnson viii make up his mind 20
don his war paint again il the supremacy
Of the black race Is threatened
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03

the number of downs makes It possible
to set a more accurate estimate of the
average amount OF ground evenly
matched teams should be able TO gain on
one another Probably not one OF the
members of the rules committee could
make a good guess at the average dis
lance per down gained by evenly matched
strong teams Neither can we. II ap-
pears ridiculous TO ask a man to make
that guess under the prevailing condi-
lions OF the ten-ynrd- three-down style of
game. The guesses probably would range
all the way from half yard up TO four
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03

an opportunity to get working together
In better order; there would be better
teamwork
Why the moguls who tackle the rule
revision problems annually have never
undertaken 10 change the number Of
downs is beyond comprehension. They
have changed practically everything else
In their experimenting way. WHY not
change the number of downs and see
whether that win not bring about the
desired result they have failed TO achieve
annually ever since they began 81 their
task2 Increasing both tho distance and
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03
Williams Advocates
Training Of Umpires

CHICAGO. Dec "A course of spring
training for umpires in the National and
American leagues is advocated by Charles
q. Williams, secretary treasurer of the
Chicago Nationals.
Williams would detail umpires of the
National league with teams of the Amer
lean, while tunpires on tho American
corps do service in the National camps.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03

OF parental
Harry Mnneke also OF the foot ball
ball five last WIN
a
Lynn saeke at guard will
sacket will he is
dent OF the id-term class and viii graduate February.
Mark Hughes the
good material for the center position
Mahns "a south
Omaha five VIII ny out for the team Sidney Meyers
previous experience viii aid him greatly making
others
s,
mot
probably
the Mems Christian
made
holding OF athletics
n
OF
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03
Many Entered for
Billiard Tourney

VIEW YORK, Dec. 1--Prospeots for the
Class 3 national amateur lS.2 balkline
Billiard championship promise more
representative tournament than IN any
fofmer year Nine entries have been re-
reiyed BY }. Ferdinand Poggenburg, chair
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03

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Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03

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Eric @ Beck. C. u. Conway ana Charles
Heddon OF poWagiaos Mich.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03

Charles L. White. holder OF the cham
pionship title; J. NJ. Milletts. Claude
Lewis. Mark Muldaur. George Clara,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-03
Basket Ball Season at Hand

Omaha High schools prospects
for a winning basket bah team this
year are exceeding bright and with
most of last years squad on hand
again n fast and championship five
Is expected.
Beryl Croker. right guard and
newly elected captain, will not get
into the game until December 10.
because OF an injured knee sus-
tanned in a foot ball scrimmage
this season. Croker played a star
game at left end and later at right
half ON the eleven this year and
was ono OF the gamest lads on the
squad. He has always been espe-
cially prominent in basket ball
circles.
Leslie Burcltenroad, at either left
OF risht guard, will also be back
in the game. Burkenroad was on
tho team last season and made a
sensational record. He is playing
with the Tiger Cubs OF the Young
Mems Christian association after
school hours. at present. to set
In shape.
Vergil Rector. star fullback on
the eleven, viii also be out for the
team and can be counted upon TO
make good. Rector was on the
squad last year as forward, but did
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-02-17

In preparing eggplant press 1t under
water instead of just sailing, as is GUS
tomary. This prevents the vegetable
from turning black and keeps it much
crisper.
Tomatoes cannot be cooked in a
hurry. If you cannot give them at
least an hour, preferably two, Go with
out them for that time. They will
taste raw and offend the palate OF one
who knows how they should taste.
Never use sand soap on a porcelain
lined tub or washstand. There Is no
surer way to ruin the enamel. What's
the use of soap? 1t means only extra
work, and here is always the coal oil
rag, which is better.
Lamp chimneys can be quickly
cleaned by holding the hand over one
end and putting the other end over the
spout OF a simmering teakettle. Rub
at once with a smooth cloth or tissue
paper.
Mahogany and other hard woods
can be kept In good condition by wip
ing off with a c1amois skin wruns
from cold water and Immediately pol
ishing with a dry piece of chamois.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-02-17
GOTCH WAS GREAT WESTLER
During His Career He Had 331 Matches
Not Counting Minor Affairs,
Losing Seven.

Frank Gotch, who announced his
permanent retirement from the mat re-
Gently, has proved himself the great
est wrestling champion since the days
of Jack Carkeek. Gotch has had 331
matches since he started in the game
in 1898, not counting many minor af-
fairs. and of this number he lost sew
en-, five of them being handicap
matches, in which he failed to throw
his man as many times as bargained
for.
Gotch practically became champion
in 1906, when he defeated Tom Jenk-
ms, who was then considered the best
in the country. He met all the stars
in the country and defeated them all.
His greatest match was with George
Hackenschmidt, the Russian Lion,
whom he won from in Chicago, in
1908. This match was arranged by w.
w. Wittig, the Milwaukee and Mime
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-02-17
is GAY WITH FLOWERS
SEASONS MODES CALL FOR
BRIGHT TRIMMINGS.
Roses ard Poppies Divide Honors as
Favorites on Hats, Bodies and
Even GoWns--Other Flowers
Favored.

Paris said fruits and flowers" this
fall, but 1t seems only flowers found a
responsive echo in the popular taste
of America There are so many of
these, On hats, bodices and ever on
gowns that the season is gay with
them. Roses and peoples have d.
vided honors as favorites. The large
velvet pcTpy in red, and in all other
~colors, has proved a strong feature
with the milliner. Roses both in vel
vet and silk as made by the manufac-
turers are almost everywhere. They
are in rich colorings and lustrous sur
faces. A single velvet rose in a vivid
cerise sets off a hat or gown of royal
purple, and delights the eye as much
as music charms the ear.
The zinnia, ch~rysanthemum and
aster, are other flowers that are ia
vored. Pansies and violets were in
evitable as a result of the fancy for
purple in gowns. They are lifelike and
very beautiful. Small silk flowers, set
in compact bouquets, and especially
the heliotrope, hydrongia and forget
me-not, appear in millinery of the
highest class.
But of all flower decorations, the
roses, made of satin and metal tissues
combined ~(cleverly fashioned by fold
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-02-17

enough for the big leagues. | knew
| could hit and catch in the company |
was playing with, but had no idea OF
getting up into the major leagues until
a scout found me and dragged me into
the American league. To my surprise
| found it just as easy to catch for the
big league clubs as for the amateurs.
except that | had to learn the batters
all over again. | studied them hard,
and watched them closely. Once a
catcher finds out the weaknesses and
strength of batters and gets familiar
with his own men and their style OF
play it is easier to catch in the big
league than in the bushes.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-02-17
TO RAKE RICH BISCUIT
VARIOUS RECIPES FOE MIXING
THE DOUGH.
A Measure of Flcur, Add Salt, Baking
Powder. Milk and lard-Handle
Mixture as Little as Possible
Mix With Knife.

"AmeriCa seems to be peculiar in
Its "impromptu bakings Of Parker
mouse rolls, biscuits, and Johnny
cake, says a recent writer, summar-
iZirg the experience of a round-the-
world traveller with breads, brod, etc.
Just why the biscuit, and particularly
the baking powder biscuit, should be
considered such a dainty | could new
er understand. Perhaps it Is because
1t really does require considerable
Skill to make it. Cream biscuits were
my own first proud accomplishment,
but their making was forced upon me,
albeit my efforts were rewarded with
a bouquet which / did not deserve, be-
cause so much had been done for ne
that they could not be a failure. 1t is
easy to understand why beaten bis
cult should be considered something
fine, but as for the other. it is easy to
see why the unsophisticated Eng
lishman, accustomed to calling all
forms Of crackers biscuits, should not
be altogether satisfied with some OF
the things he gets in America called
biscuits.
Hot Biscuit Ito one pint Of sift-
ed -four add a half teaspoon OF salt,
one teaspoon of baking powder, n
sift again. Work in very lightly with
the fingers a tablespoon of lard. When
thoroughly mixed cut into it with a
knife about one cup of ice cold milk.
Roll out on a we'll Toured board about
three-fourths of an inch thick and cut
with biscuit cutter. Bake in hot oven.
The secret of good biscuit is to have
the dough very soft, to handle II as
little as possible, and to bake III a
very quick oven.
Hot Biscuits II.-One quart OF Hour
a pinch of salt, two tablespoons OF
lard, two teaspoons of baking powder.
Wet up with cold water, roll out soft
ly an inch thick, and bake in quick
oven. Biscuits made with lard and
water are much lighter and better
than when butter is used.
Quick Biscuit.-Two cups of flour,
one-half teaspoon of salt, three table
spoons of lard, three teaspoons OF
DdhlHg pO"ueI, UHt Cup vi "p'Si' 49,
all the dry ingredients into a bowl
and rub the lard lightly through them.
Stir in the water, drop the dough into
creased gem pans, and Jake in a
quick over
Emergency Biscuit 1.-Two cups OF
-four, four teaspoons of baking pow
der. one-half teaspoon of salt, two
tablespoons of snowdrift, n cup OF
milk. Mix shortening with -four to
which salt and baking powder have
been added. Add milk. Drop mixture
from spoon. allowing about one ia
blespoon to each biscuit. Bake 20
minutes in moderate oven. This
makes from Il to IA biscuits.
Emergency Biscuit 1.-Two cups OF
-four, four teaspoons of baking pow
der, o1e-half teaspoon of salt, two
tablespoons of butter, one-half cup OF
milk, one-half cup of water. Sift dry
ingredients. cut in butter, add milk
and water gradually. Drop mixture
in creased muffin tins and bake In a
hot oven IL minutes.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-02-17
Use of Turpentinc.

There are few houses that are not
familiar with some uses OF turpentine.
Turpentine and soap viii remove ink
stains; a few drops added to water,
in which clothes are boiled. will
whiten them. Pitch, wheel grease and
tar can be quickly removed II the
spot is covered with lard and soaked
with ~turpentine. Ivory knife handles
that become yellow can be restored
to their whiteness by rubbing with
turpentine. An equal mixture of tur-
pentine and linseed oil will remove
white marks on furniture. Clean gilt
frames with a sponge moistened with
turpentine.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-02-17

Cincinnati Catcher Would Rather Pay
to Play Than Be Kept Out Of
Baseball Game.
BY LARRY" MCLEAN
fCopyright. by JOSEPH b. Bowles.,

tCopyright. by Joseph b. Bowles.>
always intended to become a pro-
fessional ball player and finally be-
came n in spite of the fact that they
tripped me several times. The folks
wanted me to work but | had an idea
| was too strong to work, and spent
most OF my boyhood playing ball. The
records of the school at Newtown.
Mass, will show | won the champion.
ship of the truant league by the time
| was fifteen.
Some people think a ball player
plays for the money there is in it. |
never did. In fact | think | would
have been a ball player if they had
made me pay to play the game. 1t was
a pleasure for me as a kid to try to
outguess batters. That | think is the
secret of any catcher's success. He
must try to think what he would do If
he were at the bat, and then make the
pitcher do the opposite thing.
My construction helped me a lot, for
| was a big, long armed boy and they
made me catch. | didn't want to catch
at all, for there is little pleasure in
beng busted in the nose by foul tips
or hit on the shins. | wanted to pitch.
but there was a fellow named Burke
who also wanted to pitch. and after
he had licked me a few times | let him
pitch and became a catcher, and have
remained one ever since-no mater
who says | am no catcher.
After that | got on the Newtown
Athletic club as a catcher, and caught
around Boston and Cambridge. l used
to go to the Boston grounds, sit as
elise as possible and study the way
the catchers and pitchers did things.
Then | went up to st. Johns, N. S.,
where l happened to play with some
wise old heads who kept showing me
a Lot about the game.
| never had an idea l was good
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-02-17
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The most vexing problem of the
football teams playing for the cham
pionships was to determine the eligi-
bility OF the leading stars on opposing
teams.
No wrestler in the world aspiring to
a title should overlook Chicago. There
are more champions in that city to the
SQUARE mile than anywhere else in the
universe.
When a man wins he is the wise
guy" and the athlete who laid down
is the lobster" When the loser turns
states evidence, the lobster is the
wise guy"
The nag of lila Vincent, the
East Indian wrestler, says he chased
all over England trying to secure a
match with Hackenschmidt.
An aviator should insure himself
against danger by taking along a
wrestler OF the professional class in
which flying falls are barred.
Patsy Donovan, manager OF the Bos-
ton Red Sox, has Joined the benedict
class He recently married Miss Ter
pSa d plClty ihuoAS eSoShei
of his home town at Lawrence, Mass.
Football for the year has passed into
tho discards. Before you know it those
baseball players will be hiking away
TO the spring training quarters.
Two wrestlers were at it for nearly
fo,r hours the other night and one
writer speaks of it as intensely in
teresting." Hard enough for some OF
the fans to watch a pair for more
han 80 minutes around here without
yelling for the hook.
Hugh Jennings is popular with the
, fans in Cuba. He was offered trans
portation and other inducements to
take the trip with the Tigers. 1t takes
big inducements to offset the profits
to be derived from the automobile man
ufacturing business, and Hughie de.
clined the offer.