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Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10
By W. W. xAUGHroN.


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9-who are
the worlds champions in the various
classes?
Just think IL over.
Before you have your thoughts in shape
to reply, you will admit that the cham
pionship situation from north to south
and from east to west. is in an extremely
demoralized condition.
Begin with the heaviest Is Jack John
son the duly recognized king of the big
fellows?
Jack says he has retired and that he
does not care rap who the champion
ship falls to- or whether il is secured by
usurpaton or conquest.
Jack surely should be allowed to know
his own business and IL he has declared
himself out of commission, is not the
heavyweight class without a head?
Sam Langford says he has the best
right to succeed Johnson. Joe Jeanette
declares he chased Langford out of the
country and has a better claim on John
sons abandoned laurels than any Of
them Sam McVea, away In far off Aus
tralia, will also want to be heard from,
while Jim Flynn, albeit he is not enam-
ored of fighting colored men. is 20 also
putting forth small voiced claim 10 the
title.
Wei, it will take some time to
straighten out matters and meanwhile
the heavy division remains unruled by
any one man.
Matters are IN an equally chaotic state
in the mlddleweight class ana the confu-
stone dates back to the time Inflated
ketehel was murdered. KetcheTs right
to be boss of the l5S-pound men, there
was none to dispute. but after his taking
off. there was a plague OF claimants.
Billy Papke seemed to be the best man
entitled to the distinction. But Papks
named impossible conditions. Wanted
middleweights to box as heavyweights,
and this weakened him with the public.
On The top OF that Papke performed
so very wretchedly ON various occasions,
that he not only disgraced the fight fans
but Disguised himself. Very recently
he declared himself out OF the game. So
that with Ketchel and Papke retired, the
middleweight class may be Ii,ened to
ship which is in temporary command
OF the second mate. We don't even
know who the second mate is.
Look at the muddle the lightwelghts
are IN On the eve OF contest OF
international Importance, Ad Wolgast is
seized with appendicitis and has to sub
NIT 10 the knife. Whatever the future
halds out to Wolgast Is wrapped in doubt
lie certainly will not enter the ring again
before eight or ten months have passed.
II is now supposed, for that matter, that
the last has been seen OF Wolgast, the
r!ngman. II he should be patched up
| for fighting purpOses he is not IixeINr
TO be as formidable as he was In the
| past
While ADS fate as a rlngman hangs
In the balance IL may be interesting TO
listen TO the arguments Of the near light
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10

Is conner. He is credited with having
covered the mile I'm 4;e9 this summer and
II so, he VIII make a good addition TO
Aichigan's squad of track candidates.
Besides the men above mentioned, who
have been doing work, there are Haff,
a middle distance veteran. and Bond and
Seward, last year freshmen, who are
coming sprinters. Mohler last year
freshman weight hurler Is also at work.
Now that the foot ball season has ended
IL is expected that Garrels. Craig and
Herschel Smith also win Join the track
candidates In preparation for the sea
son. Carries is sprlnter and hurdleT
primarily, Craig is Splinter and smith
an all-around man, specializing, in the
weights.
interelass basket oall viii hold the at.
tention OF the undergraduates at Miehi-
gan after the holidays. The interclass
basket BAN manager has not yet beer
appointed and the schedules have not
yet been arranged. but the classes are al,
ready organizing their teams.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10

consistent stars in the playing Of their
positions.
Foot ball instinct Is a strange thing.
It Is the quality which gives a unique
flavor TO the game OF foot ball. 1t Is
that rare compound Of the athletic tenn
permanent and brains, by virtue Of which
a man forgets all the elaborate technique
OF this or that position, and meets a new
situation with an instructive preparedness
That produces results.
And you can't teach Il. Il is born In
the player. One illustration from this
season will suffice. II is an elementary
rule Of foot ball to fall on a loose ball,
and Sam White won two games by not
falling on loose ball. but by fielding IL.
II Is true that he did this I'm each case
on the further side, the safe side of the
line OF scrimmage, but even so. Il was
an Innovation. And they say that be-
fore the big games, every coach at
Princeton was dead against him on that
subject. However. that may be. the point
wish TO make is that, while as a star
end rush, 1 should rate White below
Smith OF Harvard, and several others /;
as foot ball player he tops them ali.
Coming down the list. l put the Prince
ton captain, Hart, at tackle, as much
for hts general play in following the ball
as for his blocking and charging In his
position.
Duff, tho Princeton guard, needs no
comment. He is the best guard OF the
year Nor does Ketcham OF Yale, at
center require any comment. Neither OF
these men is as mechanically dependable
IN passing as other great centers have
been, but Ketcham particularly, Is
fast man ali over the field, like Lewis.
harvard's now famous coach. Ketoha,n
excels covering punts and regainlnR
fumbles.
Fisher. the Harvard captain, plays the
same KIND OF wideawalse. all round
game at guard that the Princeton can
tain does at tackle. There are others.
Francis and McDevitt OF Yale, are fast
and clever men. with no end OF fight
Loree. second string man at Yale
played remarkable defensive Ranos
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10

against Harvard.
Scully, the Yale tackle, is a light 40
pound man. whose initial velocity on Of
Tense and defense is marvellous TO watch
His taoking IL hard and fierce. / pick
him as the best tackle Of the year. Like
Frank Hinkey Of old, he is made OF
steel, instead Of bone and muscle
Bomeisler. the best end OF the year,
Is rated as a player second only to White
on the other end. This Yale man, of the
type of shevlin and Fitzpatrick, the
echoes OF whose thunderous tread are
still heard at Yale field. did particular
damage wherever he happened to be with
his 100 pounds-and that was always In
the right place. Smith of Harvard, also
played star game at end.
In the back field Howe, at quarterback,
can play rings around any one else. The
Yale captain is a daring runner, an
almost magical dodger, like De saulles
or Dibblee of old, and one OF the coolest
generals that ever drove a team. He
had the misfortune to play both his big
games on poor fields, and vet his running
particularly in the mud against Prince
ton, was sensational. sprackling OF
Brown playing behind a weak line. failed
10 sho" MS form OF last year.
In choosing Wendell Of Harvard for
left halfback, ! am making a close de
oision In leaving out Campbell and Rev
nolds OF Harvard both Of whom are
better on defense and more SNOWY ON
offense. And yet Wendell. marked man
as he was because OF his 1910 All-Amer,.
can reputation, held up his end and
throughout did the best line playing OF
the year. Camp. Philbin and spaldine OF
yale were good ground gamers. and all
deserve mention.
thorpe Is the Indian who beat Har-
vard' -Four goals from the field, two OF
them from the thlrty-seVen-yar line ana
one from the forty-eight-yard line. Ell,
In one game. is the story OF his achieve
ments. Thorpe was also the chief elemen.
In the Indians. rushing attack. but his
Kicking was made part OF the time
against the strongest Harvard lineup.
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Tense he did not shine quite so brightly.
however. In the Dartmouth game no
showed weakness against straight
arming. But his work In the Harvard
and Yale games both on the defense
and offense, was immense.
Elcock Of Dartmouth was the next best
tackle OF the season. although not In
the same class with Hart. by long
shot. LittleJohn OF the Army, Scully of
yale kratz OF Brown, Munk OF Cornell,
Probst OF Lafayette played fairly con-
slstent foot ball.
f1sher OF Harvard and Duff OF Prince
ton swere the two best guards These
TWO men were far above any other pair
OF guards, and, for that matter, either
OF them would have made a oreditable
showing against the great Glass, who
was the best guard that ever wore the
moleskins Duffs playing In the Harvard
ana Yale games was especially sensa-
tonal' Fisher did not get into his true
stride until late In the season, but
against Princeton, Dartmouth and Yale
ne displayed all Of his 1910 form.
The other guards who did good work
We're MeDevitt, Yale; Bebout, Pennsyl.
yania state; Arnold. Army. Bennett.
Dartmouth
Bluenthenthal OF Princeton was the
center Of the year He played tip.top
foot hall In all OF Prnoetons games. was
the most consistent In his passing aud
made no mistakes no matter how tiEht
he was squeezed, Retcham OF Yale de-
serves second call. but Buenthenthal
made the New Haven pivot look like
counterfeit money I'm the Yale Princeton
battle ANfiing nF
tionally good work, es did Huntington OF
Harvard.
The quarterback position was hotly con-
tested but Howe OF Yale figures tnfle
better than sprSekling OF Brown aud
miller OF Pennsylvania state. True
iio"e's generaiship In the Princeton game
was severely criticised. but he more than
made up FOR this weakness In his running
back OF Kicks. Against Harvard ne was
demon and got all that was possible out
of his men. And his running back OF
punts was even more sensational than in
inc game against the Tigers at New
Haven.
spraekliug did not i've up 10 his lo,c
record although he was not favored by
me same strong eleven that represented
Brown twelve months ago. At that.
Spfaehhns proved every bit as good a
man IN broken field as the Yale can
tain Miller OF Pennsylvania state. while
not az nashy "A performer as either
Howe or spraekline, proved a consistent
worker and Il Is not unlikely that Walter
Camp may give him the call over boil,
OF the men have placed ahead OF him.
Wendell OF Harvard. Dalton OF Navy
and Mercer Of Pennsylvania form a Erea,
back field. The Harvard back. as last
year. was the greatest line-plunger OF ths
aeason He exhibited greater ability
70 keep his feet than any other back.
Dalton's work I'm the navy game earned
him the other haifback position. No
J piy IL 10 great drop kicker but h,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10

is fast man circling the ends and a
line piunger OF nearly the same ability
as Wendell
Thorpe OF Carlisle Is sure TO be selected
for the first team BY many OF the ex-
ports. The writer had 10 figure a long
time before he gave Dalton the call over
the great Indian athlete Camp OF Yale.
Pendleton OF Princeton, Hogsett OF
Dartmouth, were right up near the top,
too.
Mercer was, without doubt. the great
est fullback OF the season and again de-
serves the All-American honor. lie is
a good line plunger, but Il was his de-
fensive work that earned him the POSI-
Hon Mercer was out Of the game against
the Indians aud Pennsylvania State, but
with his return the team took big
brace
Snow OF Dartmouth. Huntington OF
Harvard. Hudson OF Trinity were the
next best.
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eaung his performance of 1910, he
c'inched the whole matter of his right
10 place In the All-American back field.
believe that the team have chosen
is about the strongest combination of star
players and men who can do things that
could be put on the gridiron this season
individually finished in the technique Of
the game, and collectively strong enough
to overcome even the handicap of the
rules, and Score somehow, they make g
dangerous collection.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10

Out of the eleven. four are captains,
and every man of them has a chain
lightning instinct for following the ball.
and this seems to be. today the only
way to score a touchdown
And that brings me to the chief criti-
cism OF the season Of 1911 as whole,
criticism that applies from both the
expert and spectator viewpoint There
was a lot of brilliant individual playing,
lot of splendidly conceived team play
and a miserable scarcity of scores. Men
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10

displayed the utmost OF eleverness and
courage, they drew upon the resources
of thirty years Of foot ball. and yet the
glory that should have been the fruit
of their achievements was taken from
nearly all of them by the disheartenlng
difficulty of scoring under the present
rules
Still 1t has been q season of fast foot
ball, and one in which the fighting quail
ties, the sand of the players, has never
been surpassed.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10

Dalton, the Navy captain. is the par
ucular star of the All-American bacl,
Held. His spiral punts OF fifty, sixty and
seventy yards, put him in the class with
FELTON,. the Harvard end These two mer
DID the best punting of the year. an6
Dalton has shade over his great rival
In line punges against West Point. a
superior team, Dalton also made a
record. and finally, by winning the
Army-Navy game with drop kick. re-
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10

defense which render the old names
OF positions practically obsolete except
Tor convenience sake And so the choos-
ing OF an all-American team today lays
more stress on picking men. less on po-
sltion.
But the old criterion remains also. The
all-American team-that shadowy imagi-
nary greatness. unsanotioned except by
your opinion or mine-must be chosen
with certain distinctions held plainly in
view, IL the choosing OF It is to have any
critical value whatever
Tho first criterion OF choice is this;
The choice must be narrowed down TO
the big teams: and not only this, but TO
the big teams when at their top notch
form I'm their big games. This rule has,
OF course. certain exceptions; but II rests
on good common sense. and needs no
argument in support OF It's pretty general
application.
1t may be entirely true that Blank
of Blank university, gave a great ex-
lhbition Of line plunging, carrying the
ball for sensational gains Of" etc. but
II Is just possible that Mr. Blank, had
lie run into the vicinity OF a Captain
tDuff OF Princeton, on tho two SATURDAYS
when that last named person was de-
fensively tearing Yale and Harvard rush
lines apart. would not have had quite
such luck
Plainly then, a performance depends
Tor Its merit upon the quality of the on.
position overcome, and Il is IN the big
games that wo must look for this oppo.
sltion.
The second criterion OF Judgment is
one which at first ia not so obvious. ana
vet which. when examined carefully Is
Keen 10 rest on common sense also.
choose the men who do things, by hook
or crook. above the men who shine aa
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10

Oh a d W i C ks All
American foot ball
team lined up for ac-
ton. The team con-
tains four captains of
big eastern aggrega-
tons, and its person
mel is four Yale, three
Princeton, two Har-
ward, one Navy and
one Carlisle player.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10
ny CHARLES CHADWICK.
Farmer Eeavoous vale GuaPa.

GREAT many OF the old dis
tinctions are going out in foot
ball. Particularly Is this true
in tho backfleid, where the
quartet OF backs shift about
in combinations on offense and
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More All-American Teams
nr w. 5. FARNswoRTH.

by w. >. FARNsWORTH.
NEW YORK. Dec. 9.--Because of the
new game II Is harder than usual TO
select an AlI-American foot ball team
this season. The writer rot having wit
messed any OF the western elevens In
action this fall. Is forced to pick his team
from the eastern colleges only. After
going over the dope" thoroughly have
decided that the three following aggre-
cations are the best:
First Eleven.
ENDS.
white, Princeton. Smith, Harvard.
TACKLES.
Hart Princeton. Eleoek. Dartmouth,
Fisher. Harvard. Duff, Princeton.
Bluenthenthal. Princeton
QUARTERBACK.
IIALFBACKS.
Wendell, Harvard Dalton. Navy.
FULLBAcK.
Mercer, Pennsylvania,
second eleven.
ENDS.
TACKLES.
seuny. Yale. Lttlejohn, Army.
GUARDS.
McDevitt. Yale. lsebout. Penn. State.
CENTER
Ketcham. Yale.
QUARTERBACK.
Spanking, Brown.
HALFBACKs.
Thorpe, Carlisle. Camp, Yale.
FULLBACk
Snow, Dartmouth.
Third Eleven.
ENDS.
Ashbaush, Brown. Very. Penn. State.
Tackles
Aunk' Cornell. on, h hFstz. Brown.
bennett. Dartmouth. Arnold. Army.
CENTER
Ayling. Syracuse
QuARTERBACK.
Miller, Penn. state.
hALFBACkS.
Pendleton, Princeton. ttogsett, Dartmouth.
FULLBACk.
hudson. Trinity.
sammy White. d Prineeton hero Of
the Princeton- Harvard and Princeton.
Yale games. earned the reputation OF be.
Ing the greatest player Of the season
las ability 10 follow the ban. and evei
be prepared for an opponent'a tumble
puts 49,. In The same class Rith Kilpat,
rick and Poe As a wing man. II il Z
tough job 10 select his running mate
but Smith Of Harvard. who was a unAn,
imous choice Tor the Ail-Americau clever
last season. played every bit as well thi,
season and therefore / slve him the cal
over Bomeisler Of Yale. Daley Of Dart
mouth. Ashbaueh OF Brown. ven o.
Pennsylvania STATE. Out west they pro
claim welles Of Michigan % be the Ffeat
e7t ever But 1 did not see him work
20 cannot put him on Bytoama
There
finished tackles this season. but Captain
Eddie Hart Of Princeton. after belns
shifted from the back field 10 left tackle
earned a name Tor himself that will al
ways be remembered by followers OF IN,
pigskin- lie was by rar the best de
fensiye player OF the year. on the OF
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-10

Persistent Advertising is the Road to
Big ReturnS
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-11-29
DO IT EARLY.

The appeal for early Christina.
shopping Ia one that should have In
creasing support. And we believe 1,
will have such support. The mil
lions who have formed the habit o.
doing their shopping early have beer
80 sa,is.ed with their experience
that others are bound to be attracted
to the plan-to the intense satisfac'
ton OF every participant, be he shop
per, clerk or merchant.
The early Christmas shopping ap.
peal should not be termed q yelled
plea for greater profits for the mer.
chant. Early shopping may or may
not increase his profits. Some PEG.
pie might spend more by buying
early, but on the other hand some
might spend less. The man or wo-
man who at the last moment makes
a rush for the Christmas counter IL
quite apt to spend more ,nan the
early shopper. In the hurry to buy
he is apt to make more expensive
purchases than II ne had time to in.
spect and tank. unhampered b,
crowds and paved over stocks O.
goods.
The early shopping habit Ia @
great benefit to the merchant In
helping him to chow goods to better
advantage, In giving better service
In allowing him opportunity TO re-
plenish stocks.
The greatest benefits Of tho early
shopping habit arc gained By clerks
and ou customers. Tho early snop-
ping movement IL q humane move
ment. There is . great deal Of in
humanity in the crush OF belated
shopping. To create an army OF ut
terly tagged out clerks 10 not pro-
noting the real Christmas spirit.
Early shopping Is OF great bene-
1T to the customer. 1t means more
satisfied customers; 1t means a bet
ter chance to get the things one
wants; 1t means service by clerks not
worn out.
Not every one can shop early; not
everyone has the money to spend
four or five weeks before tho Christ
mas holiday. But millions can DO
much Of their shopping early. Let
them do II.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-11-29

The DeOOf0h Pu0k4C lAbTafT.
Things look pretty gloomy for the
Decorah Public Library. The few
ladies who have been fostering The
weakling for some years. are becom.
Ing discouraged. At the annual
meeting held the other day to cleo,
officers. the attendance was 80 scanty
that they were not able to transact
the business. The funds for the
maintenance OF the library are prac-
tically exhausted, and those who
have been keeping it up say that
unless there Ia a different DISPOSE
ton shown, and substantial support
Is forthcoming. that the hDrary will
have to be closed Indefinitely.
1t seems a shame that a city the
size Of Decorah cannot support q
public library. We believe Il can
be done, and j. surely ought to be.
With thousands of cities supporting
magnificent buildings and large
libraries, DEBORAH ought at least to
keep it's meagre affair open for pub
lie use.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-11-29
Two Fire Alarms,

Saturday morning about eight
o'clock the sounding Of the thing
wh'"N 10 fs,eely called a fire alarm.
summoned the department to the
residence OF Mrs. Carl Bates near
the fair grounds, where Are had
ignited the roof from burning
chimney, but Il was extinguishe cd
With but little damage.
About three O'Clock Sunday morn
ting the alarm again sounded. and
the few who heard II fastened 10
the Lamm building on East Water
street. where q FIRE had started IN
the window sill OF a rear window
On the ground Hoor. but II was ex-
tinguished with bat little damaee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-11-29

With the lumber cut OF this coun-
try amounting to forty billion feet q
year, there may we'll be fear that our
forests will be used up. The state
of Washington Is now the biggest
lumber producer, and when the Pam
anna canal is finished the rate on
lumber will be made SO low that
Washington pine and FIR will be
about as cheap in Maine as the cut
from the Maine woods. In the mean
while, lest the lumber supply should
give out, the forest service Is busy
reforesting burned over areas and
planting trees where none ever grew
befors. Many persons are employed
gathering tree seeds and planting
them on the public lands.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-11-29
Will be Married Tomorrow.

We learn that tomorrow Thanks
giving Day, Mr.. Willis G. Reid and
Miss Hilda Gates Of Burr Oak will
be united in marriage. We do not
know any particulars, save that there
is no couple In Winneshiek county
who have more friends or are more
highly e:teemed. We join In hearth
est congratulations and good wishes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-11-29

5000 per month straight salary
and expenses, TO men with rig, TO in
troduce our Poultry Remedies Don't
answer unless you mean business.
Eureka Poultry Food Mfg. Co. (In-
corporated), East st. Louis. Ill.
Asa
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-11-29

We show a splendid new line of
boys wooden blouses made by the
Promo Mfg. Co.--the best make.
BEARS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-11-29
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