Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-28
Judgments

~ ING down the curtain-write 800
- on the 1915 foot ball season, and
IN also ring down the curtain
- - write go on the regime Of the
Big Three. No longer does Har-
ward. Princeon and Yale dominate the
gridiron as they have in years gone by.
No longer can the sons of the Crimson,
Blue, and Orange and Black scott and
ridicule those whose alma mater is not
located in Cambridge, New Haven or
Princeton. For the little school which
for years suffered the annual ignominy
Of severe trouncings by the Big Three,
has come into its own And again. the
college of the west-which provoked much
mirth when 1t was suggested they also
played foot ball. have come into their
own, and the follower of modern foot
ball has at last realized that the great
gridiron game is played just as well. IL
not better, in many parts of the country
other than Massachusetts,. Connecticut
and New Jersey. Cornell is chiefly re-
sponsible for the new state Of affairs.
for 1t was the ithaca school which trailed
the Crimson to the dust. but to Wash
ington and jefferson. Virginia, Colgate
and Brown. due credit must be given for
ELI was admittedly weak this year; and
to Pittsburgh, which walloped Washing
ton and jefferson and took a stand on
the same pedestal as Cornell Cornell
and Pittsburgh are in deadlock over
the eastern championship and the respect
i've abilities of these two teams is excit-
ing much discussion. To the westerner
Pittsburgh looks a little stronger, but
ttsburRhs eligibility rules permit four
years on the team and the playing of
freshmen. which is not permissible at
Cornell and most other big schools.
This year II is noticeable that eastern
foot ball critics are not declaring Cornell
and Pittsburgh as the two greatest teams
in the country. When Harvard OF Yale
earned the eastern glories in years past
IL was the custom to promptly proclaim
them champions of the earth, Mars and
Hoboken But the fasteners are a bit
more modest this year and do not say
much about the superiority of the east
over the west, For the fastener has at
last discovered that the said superiority
is rather meager, to say the least. and
the number of challenges hurled at east
ern schools by western schools has served
to frighten them a bit. Michigan with
has declared it's willingness to tangle with
Princeton. Cornell. Syracuse. Pennsyl-
vania, or any other team in the east
next year. This year Harvard, with it's
strong team, refused to play Michigan
with its poor team. Nebraska has in
vited both Brown 6nd Syracuse TO
little gridiron fray and Illinois and Chi
cago have offered to test their prowess
with the east. This manifested willing
ness to tackle the east has suddenly
made the fasteners sit up and take no.
tice and they are hesitating overtime In
accepting any of these offers. And they
will be wise IL they refuse.
Mr.. Jess willard. the young man who
upheld the honor of the white race
at Havana last April. seems to be get
ting in very very bad with the boxing
public. Mr.. Willard has not taken part in
a fight since he won the championship
and is evidencing no indications of do
ing so at an early date. He and his
crowd OF managers, personal representa-
tives and towel swingers appear to
work on the theory that there is one
born every minute and that Il is up to
them TO get theirs from each and every
one born. They are said to have met
east, but their efforts fizzled miserably
in the west, where the birth rate IL
lower. It is these tactics which have
prompted boxing enthusiasts to style Mr.
Willard as a joke champion as they have
Freddie Welsh. Johnny Kilbsne and a
few others who have shown marked abil-
ity at chasing the dollar without the ex-
penditure Of too much energy in the
ring. and II Is not very likely the at
tendance at Mr.. WIZARDS next fight will
be overly large. The most glaring short
coming Of the boxing game is the peo-
Pile that are In 1t.
The bowling game Is making lots of
converts in Omaha this week. The Mid
west Bowling congress. the second largest
bowling congress in the country. is hold
ing its ninth annual tournament In
Omaha. and the tourney has aroused in
terest In bowling to a fever pitch. Every
night, and even In the mornings and
afternoons, scores of spectators are on
hand to watch the pin tumblers In ac-
tion. Some OF the best teams IN the
country are entered in this tournament
and they are showing the locals some
mighty fine rolling. The enthusiasm with
which Omaha has taken to the Midwest
event prompts local pin tumbleTs TO fore
see the biggest and best city tournament
I'm the history OF the game here. This
tourney will be held in January and Il
Is expected that SIXTY or seventy teaJul
will take part
II is to be hoped our city commissio,
read carefully the attendance figures o
the steoher-Hussane match at Lincoln
turkey day
Tennis fans are very much excite
over the ranking OF the 1915 stars. Tn
east asserts Norris Williams shou'a h