Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 4, 1909, Page 27

PART F.VE SPORTING PAGES 1 TO 4 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. VOL. XXXVIII—NO. 4 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1909. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Pa Rourke’'s N ew Men Are Showing Up Well in _If‘racticg_ Games. Cornhuskers Start on Tour ST. YVES WINS MARATHON RACE Frenchman Finishes First in Interna- | tional Professional Derby in | New York. B DORANDO COMES IN SECOND | Hayes is Third and Molony Fourth— | Longboat and Shrubb Quit, | i START MADE IN DRIZZLING RAIN Great Crowd Sees Contest Despite | Weather Conditions. ‘ { | LATIN RACE TO THE FRONT Pla Go to Itallan—Winner Viest nnd Second Frenchman and Until Recently London Restal | NEW YORK. April 2.Firt and second honors in the $10,000 international profes- slonal Marathon race at the Polo grounds went to the Latin race today, when the Fronchman, St. Yves, won and Dorando, the Ttaltan, was second. St. Yves ran a re- markable race and maintained a wonderful pace throughout. The surprise of the race was the remark- | able showing made by Bt. Yves, the French- man, who only a short time ago was a | waiter in & London restaurant. £t. Yves time f orthe ful distance was 2:40:50%. Dornado was second. Time 2:45:37. Hayes, third. Time 2:49:27. Maloney, fourth, no time taken, Shrubb'and Longboat quit. Notwihstanding the weather conditions, which threatened showers, thers were 20,000 spectators within the Polo grounds at 2:30 o'clock in the faternoon haif an hour before the big Marathon race started this| afternoon. At that hour there was a light | drizgte, which might at any moment be- come & heavy rain, but the crowd was constantly increasing. 1t was officially announced that the race would take place, | raln or shine. Dorando Takes Lead. | Dorando took the lead at the crack of | the pistol, setting the pace. St. Yves second, Shrubb third, Longboat fourth, Maloney fifth and Hayes last. At the finish of the first mile, St. Yvi led by sixty yards, with Dorando second, followed by Shrubb and Longboat, well bunched. They are all running easily. Time, first mile: 5:4. At the end of the third mile, which was made in 16:%, St. Yves led by one-third of a lap. Dorando second, closely followed by Bchrubb and Longboat, closely bunched. Bt. Yves lapped Hayes for the second | time in the first lap of the fourth mile. At the end of the fourth mile St. Yves atill fed, Dorando second, Schrubb and Longboat very closely. Timé for the four miles: 22:164. At the end of six miles St. Yves was lead- ing by twenty-five yards. Dorando, Long- boat and Shrubb followed in order named closely bunched. Time for six miles: 83:51%. Toward the finish of 'the elghth mile the Frenchman sprinted and passed Hayes and Maloney once more, in his effort to get away from the Itallan, who was atill fol- | Jowed closely by Longboat and Shrubb. In} the second lap of the ninth mile Shrubb ran ahead of the Itallan. Time for elght miles; 45:35%. Shrubb Goes to Front. | In the fourth lap of the tenth mile the Indlan moved up to within ten yards of the Frenchman, but Shrubb with a sudden spurt phssed both of them. At the end of the eleventh mile Shrubb was leading by » yard, with the Indlan four yards away. Time for the ten miles: 57:16%. In the next three laps Shrubb and St. Yves ran neck and neck, with Longboat 150 yards behind and Dorando fifty yards in the rear of the Indlan. In the thirteenth mile Shrubb, with a little sprint, lapped Dorando and came near catching Longboat. The Frenchman over- took the Itallan. The race then stood Shrubb, St. Yves,' Longboat and Dorando Shrubb's time for the thirteen miles was | 1:14:16, At the end of the fourteenth mile Shrubb feads by a yard. Time: 1:20:16%. Long- ‘boat and Dorando are one lap behind and Maloney is fifth. Hayes is six laps to the bad. At the end of the sixteenth mile Shrubhb was leading by a yard Time: 1:32:3'%. During the second lap of the®seventeenth mile Shrubb and St Yves agaln passed Longboat. Tndi Loses ee Laps. The stratn was too much for the Indian in the seventeenth mile and on the third lap of that period, with Shrubb ana St Yves rubbing shoulders, the race seemed to be between the Britisher and French Tepresentative. As Dorando passed Long- boat, the Indian stopped. Time for seven- teen miles: 1:38:49%, Longbeat got into the race again after | loging almast thres laps, evidently to satisfy the spectators, many of whom were shouting, “What has become of the Cana- 4fan?’ At the end of eighteen miles Shrubb was leading: Time: 1:45:12. In the nineteenth mile/8t. Yves started & remarkable sprint and soon was three- quarters of a lap ahead of Shrubb. In the running of the second lap of the twentieth mile, Bt. Yves was a full lap ahead of | Shrubb. | Lomgbeat Drops Out. Om the fourth lap of the twentieth mile St. Yves forged ahead of Shrubb again, setting the pace. He soon increased his lead a lap and fifty yards. Longboat quit again, this time evidently for good Shrubb shows signs of distress. Time for twenty miles, 1:57:%%. During ‘the running of the twenty-first mile Bhrubb stopped at his quarters, only tor a moment, however. St. Yves' time for Use twenty-one miles was 2.03:56% During the second lap of the twenty- | second mile St. Yves agaln lapped Shrubb, | who broke imto & walk. 8t Yves going | easy. St Yves' time for the twenty-three | miles, 3: Time for twenty-four 2 On the first lap of the twenty-fifih mile Dorando, by passing Shrubb, moved into second place. Just (o show that he was 'n good cond ton, St Yves finished with a lerrific | sprat. Tume, I.40:W% miles, St Yves, s | brothers Loates, Tommy Loatés in partiou- | of the outdoor season and tncidentally an | quality at the grounds of the Jersey Cit | will also.be the ‘place of start, finish and TOD SLOAN MAY RIDE IN AMERICA ¢ that He W, Renewed LONDON, April 3—Emanating from an unknown source comes & rumor that Tod Sloan, the once well known American jockey, proposes to ask for a renewal of his license to ride in this country. It can hardly be that there is truth in such a statement, for apart from the extreme im- probabllity of a favorable answer being | given to such a request, his long absence from the saddle hardly suggests that he likely to have retained the nerve and marvellous knowledge of pace to which he owed his success. That Sloan and his methods did, to a| great extent, revolutionize race-riding as practiced by English riders can hardly be denied, for at the period when ho made his first appearance in this country with the seat 5o aptly described by Lord Durham as belng that of & “monkey on a barrel organ,’ Engllsh races were ridden as jockey races as distinct from horse races. | By this Is meant that only jockey would wait on another, dodge about to get 'first run,” and trust to get the race by a bril- liant finieh, ignoring more &ften than not the question of the pace which the animals they were riding could or eould not main- tain for a given distance. The arrival of Bloan, trained as he was to calculate pace to & nicety by constant riding against the clock, soon altered that state of affairs, and it gradually came about that following his example to the| best of their ability, English horsemen took to running their races, through from end to end. Few of them, however, could fairly cope with the American rider, among those who best could do so belng the Rumor Ha ts License lar “short-heading” Sloane on more than one occasion. The crouching seat intro- duced by Sloan has given rise to endless controversy, but it may be fairly granted that, rightly used, it does enable the, rider to avold a considerable amount of wind pressuge, and therefore lessens the effort requiréd from the horse; but except in the hands of an “artist” the disadvantages of this method of riding go far to countes Sloan's conduct on the turf here was such that there is practically no chance of his reinctatement. YALE WANTS BETTER RECORD Works | to Redeem Honors i Harvard Last Year. NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 3.~There | appears to be a determined policy at Yale university to follow a campaign of athletio training this year that will assure Wil representatives being in the best possible physical form for the season's work. Thd last year in athletios was not a successful one for Yale. Harvard won the foot ball game, base ball series, crew race and hockey match, the only victory recorded by the New Havenites being in track. A spirit of revenge now pervades the atmos- phere at Yale, and Harvard must needs battle skilfully and fiercely during the present year if it is to retain the laurels snatched from the brow of its old and honored rival, Baster week will mark the real opening Lost to innovation in Yale athletics. With the closing of college for the spring recess the crew men, base ballists and track athletes gather up the paraphernalia and leave New Haven for different training grounds. In former years the base ball team has taken spring southern trips, b\:;) the send- ing of the sweep swingers and/ the track men away from the Elm City shows a different and improved system in vogue at Yale. The benefits derivable from the spring training week cannot be overesti- mated, and it certainly looks as though the Bulldog was going to leave no stone unturned to best the Cambridge institution. The foot ball team will not be idle and the spring gridiron work is expected to foretell in no certaln degree the prospects of the coming season's doings on the gridiron at New Haven. The centers and quarterbacks have been working all winter in the gymnasium under the direction of Captain Coy, and present indications make it seem certain that Yale is determined more than ever to place the “Blue” in a position where it can look down upon the college world with @ sense of true athletic superiority. BIG PRIZES FOR MARATHON RACE Thirty Worth Over Thousand Dollars for the Winner: NEW YORK, April 3—To New Jersey i due the honor and to the New Jersey Ath letic club of Hudson county belongs the credit of arranging America's greatest Marathon race. It will be held over the famous Hudson County boulevard, Satur- day afternoon, May 15, and will be the at- traction for one of the greatest fields of Marathon runners that has ever started in an event of this character. Never has & more nearly ideal course been selected for such a test of speed and endurance, and never in the history of road running has such a costly array of prizes been of- fered as are to be presented by this enter- prising athletic organization. Thirty prizes, valued at $1,000, are to be distributed among the winners, the first to finish to receive a trophy worth $350, the second one valued at $150 and the third at $100. The remalning awards vary in value for the first thirty men, according to their .order in finish To every athlete competing the full dis-| tance handsomely designed diplomas will be presented, while special inducements for | club entries are offered in the form of a valuable team prize for the club having the smallest number of points in the scor- ing at the finish. Combined with this classic road race the New Jersey Athletic club will hold an athletic program of rare Base Ball club, at West Side park, which awarding of prizes in the Marathon ra | This extra feature will consist of seven | events open to all registered American | Athletic union athletes, with two separate events for Fudson dash handicap, 8% yards run handicap, one mile run handi- cap, two-mile novice scratch, running high jump handicap, putting twelve-pound shot | handicap. The entries for the Marathon and other events will close May §. Princeton Faculty Takes a Hand. PRINCETON. N. J., Aprll 3.—Whether Princeton will row ‘its first intercollegiate race with one of the large colleges on Lake Carnegle this spring. or whether the Tigers will simply be allowed to enter only the American Henley matters which have been turned over to the faculty of the university for final The Tigers have made such rapid advances in rowing in the short time they have taken up the sport that the graduate sanction. advisory h ey | soon board 18 putiing for ery tavaraifi oia etfort to make Amateur Team that Has a Fine Record Top Row-Shepherd, Fisbee (Coach), Garrett. Bottom Row-—R. Hill Curtls, GENEVA BASKET BALL TEAM. Baroch (Captain), Fellows, E. Hill TEN INNINGS! HOW IS THAT? Originals and Rourkes Put Up Real Ball Game. SAME TEAMS GO IT TODAY| Pa's Colts Show Up Well and l,un‘! Bath is n Star that Shines at First Base and Bat, reel at A ten-inning contest right off the was what the fans were treated to Vinton Street park yesterday afternoon when Pa's Colts won from Bradford's Lee- Glass-Andreesen team, 7 to 6. The gamc was full of interest and brought out some faces new to the Omaha fans. Each team used three pitchers and the game jogged along with Omaha in a com- fortable lead until®the eighth, when Rice seemed to lose control and could not put the mover. The Hardware Men made two runs, leaving the score 6 to 5. Three sin- gles in succession in the ninth by Trow- bridge, Gibson and Wall, tled the seore and a tenth inning was required for the Rourkes to win. LeBrand walked and Wall foz- zled on the throw of Rice's grounder. Fisher struck out and King bunted Le- Brand home with the winning run. One thing the game demonstrated was that Pa has two pitchers with some real dope up their sleeves in Lower and Han- Both had good control and some real curves—balls with the right sort of break- and the Hardware Men were lucky to score while these two were at work. Both made a hit with the management and it they show much more as they limber up they will he sure of places on the team Long Bath is the Star, The real star of the day, however, was Long Bath. He is more awkward than Rossman ever was in his rube days, but he has the great redeeming feature of swatting the ball and swatting, it hard. He reached first all three times he came to bat, but the way he could get those lengthy underpins of his crossed and tan- gled up was a caution. He will play again this afternoon. He says he hever saw a grass diamond before and doesn’t know what to do with it. George Graham looks better in warming but Pa is not going to let him into the game until warm weather comes along. He can throw better than ever and appears just as fast, but the pretly part of Graham's work was the way he sould pick up grounders. Cadman is catching the longeet end of every game and s showing class. He is a 800d recelver and pegs the ball as good as any. He also hits well, but has not been very fortunate in his hits to date. LeBrand ts in midsummer form and puts lots of ginger in his work. Gonding has not ap- peared in any of the games, but satisfies himself with working out the young pitch- ers, of whom there are an even dozen. Fisher is Over Weight, Fisher bas about twenty or thirty pounds too much welght to carry to make a good race, but he says that will work off as as the weather warms up a little Welch has been transferred to the right garden for tryout and it is hoped he will be able to throw better from that position. Vasbinder has every indication of being a good fielder and assumes A good position 2t bat. Smith fields the ball well, but has been doing very' little effective work with the stick. Pendry has been more fortunate at bat, but is a little stiff as yet in his fieldinng and probably will make abetter showing as the stiffness wears off his little trame Comiskey comes next Saturday and Sun- day, but befors him will be several good | games. Mike Cantillon will Bring his Min neapolis bunch for three games, April 6 and 8 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and the advance reports are that he has almost a major league team. Jimmy Col lins, the erack third baseman of the Boston son. up’than ever | B. D. Glenny and N team for so many will occupy third sack and captain the team. Do Pigkering and Rapp, here last week with the Washington team. will also appear with Mike Cantillon. Gill, from Pittsburg is worth the aggregation, as is also O'Neiil making a strong team withall Pa has promised Fort Crook a game for | April 12 or 14 and the management of the | soldiers has not decided upon the date game for the Child Baving Institute be- tween the tribe of Rourke und a picked team Is scheduled for April %. and April 2 the Rourke family will journey to Counctl Bluffs A mame with the 1deal-Hustlers. vears, the for Same Teams Todav. The same teams will play this afternoon the game being called at 3.3. The score OMAHA AB R 8 0 " 1 o. o A 0 tinded on Second Page.) E Fisher. YALE CREW LEAVES FOR RACE Pennsylvania on Schuylkill During Easter Vacation. NEW HAVEN, Conn,, April 3.—Athletic interest at Yale this week has been most closely concerned with the departure of the 'varsity crew for the dual race with the University of Pennsylvania on the Schuylkill in the Easter vacation Kennedy, the coach, ha created a crew from green material ‘which ts well up to Yale's best standard, and, while it known here that the Quakers have one of their fastest eights in recent years. Yale will prove a tough propesition for Penn- sylvania. The shells of the eight will be sent to the University Boat club headquarters, on the Schuylkill, which will be the training quarters of the oarsmen while tliey are in Philadelphia. They have engaged rooms at the Hotel Stanton, where they will have thelr-training table. They have decided to row the race in thelr English shell, which has the oarsmen sitting in zigzag fashion. This will be the first time an American university crew has rowed a race in.such a shell. Captain Howe will take two eights along, the second to row daily against the first in its practice om the river, The eight, as picked for the race, :is as follows: H. A. Howe, G. Mills, G. R. Hyde, R. A. Wodell, B. F. Wallis, F. 8. Brainard, K. Rice, Meets SVANBERG AND WHITE TO MEET Fifteen-Mile Race Between English and Irish Champlona. NEW YORK, April 3—The probabilities are that John Svanberg, the Swedish dis- tance runner, and Pat White, the champion of Ireland, will meet shortly in another match race. Negotiations are pending be- tween the managers of the two men for & fifteen-mile contest outdoors, to take place within the next couple of weeks. By his defeat at the hands of White in a ten-mile run at the Madison Square Garden Bvanberg practically lost what chance he had of starting in the marathon derby at the Polo grounds today. Svanberg tripped in that race and fell losing many yards before he got going again. He claims to be better at fifteer than at ten miles, and If a date can be declded upon and the place for holding the race found there is little doubt that they will be matched White is more than anxious to take angther whirl at Svan- berg and regain somp of the prestige he lost when he was forced to quit in his marathon with Mat Maloney recently. DONLIN MAY VISIT IN EUROPE And the Fans May Not See Him fin Gimnt Uniform. NEW YORK, April 8-—-Mike Donlin captain and right fielder of the New York Glants, may never play base ball again Donlin will probably retire from the na- tional game permanently, not because he cannot get 38000 a year from the New York club, but for the reason that his health is sald ‘to be failing and that a¥ physiclan has advised him never again to put on a unifdrm. As proof that Donlin will not be with the Giants this year, It is reported that the great player and his wife, Mabel Hite, has engaged passage to Europe on July 10 and will not return to America untll some time in - the fall. Before you buy an automobile, decide whether you would not want to save money by buying a car that has been used. Some people, who own auto- mobiles, ruin them in a year or 80, others use them so little or so carefully that they are kept in good condition. It is worth while however, to look over the want ad pags, under the head of “Automobiles” and find out what is offered in the way of used cars. Often you can pick up a first class car, in good condition, at half what you would pay for a new one. Have you read the want ads. vet today? two-mile OXFORD WINS PUTNEY RACE Bourne's Long Stroke Proves Superior to Cambridge Style, VICTORY IN DOUBT UNTIL END Anybody's Race for of the Course, Gradually Lead. Threc-Quarters When Oxon the in PUTNEY, April 3—The sixty-sixth Ox- ford-Cambridge elght oared rowing race was won on the Thames today by three and one-half lengths after a tussle which for three-quarters of the course was one of the most stirring contests seen on the Thames for many years. The time was 19 minutes and 5 seconds, but had the Oxonians heen pressed at the finish they could have ‘reduced this by a good mony seconds. As far as Barnes bridge 1t was anybody's race, but at this point the greater welght and stamina of the dark blues told and with » magnificent dash, R. C. Bourne, the Oxford stroke, sent his boat to the front and passed the Post the eastiest of winners. Cambridge won the toss and chose the Surrey side of ihe river, but in the absence of wind the water was smooth and there was not much advantage in the selection of a station. At the crack of the pistol the Oxford stroke, Bourne, was | the fivst to grip the water and for the first minute his oar moved at the rate of 39 strokes to the 38 strokes a minute set by D. C. R. Stuart, the Cambridge stroke. In the beginning the nose of the Oxford boat showed slightly in the lead. Calling to his men at Beverley Brook the veteran Stuart quickly overtook the leaders and forged to the front. Soon he was a quarter length to the good. Bourne, however, was not to be outdone. The Oxonians answered spurt with spurt and ft soon became evident the race of 1909 would be memorable. Aware that his chances of victory rested in securing a commanding lead early In the race, Stuart held to a swift stroke. e was well backed up by his crew, who pulled in splendld rhythm and pushed turther and further ahead until the cox- swain of the Cambridge boat was on a level with the \Oxford bow. = Then the Oxford crew came on again and closed up rapidly until, passing the half mile post, the two boats were level Oheer Greets Oxford's Spurt. The excitement on the banks was tre- mendous, and a roar. of cheering broke out s the Oxford men, gripping. the water in great s passed their onents and establis lead of half a length at Hanrods Stuart, however, quickened and the Cambridge eight, rowing with splendid dash, gradually overhauled their rivals and the two crews shot under Ham- mersmith bridge almost on & dead level. Here Bourne's longer stroke of % to the minute as against Stuart's 3% to the minute began to tell, and the Oxonians drew away until a spectators’ boat got.in the way and made a swerve to one side necessary. This enabled Cambridge again to draw up on a level. Off Chiswick the Oxonians were again slightly in the lead, but this advantage was only momentary, as Stuart, by a counter spurt brought the boats together again at Thomeycroft. By this time the excitement on board the launches following the boats and along the river banks had tisen to fever pitch, and the shouts of encouragement were deafening. Passing Barnes the boats were prac- tiaally level, but from this point on, the Oxford crew drew away and by the time Barnes Bridge was reached bhere was day- light between them. The Cambridge men were beginning to shows signs of the heroic struggle and although they stuck gallantly to their work the issue never again was in doubt. The Oxonians came right away and soon led by two lengths, Nearing the finish Stuart, the Cambridge stroke, made a despera his tired crew, but his spurt was shopt lived and could make no impression on the leaders. The further the Oxford orew went he better it seemed to row. ed a his stroke Californis Stables Go East. NEW YORK, April .—Because of the Anii-betting legislation in Thomas H. Williams, president of the new California Jockey club, will this season campaign in the cast a much larger stable than ever before. The majority were bred in Californin, mostly the get of Altamax, Maxiné and Eddle Jones stallions, all owned by Colonel D. M. Burns, who is Mr. Willlams' partner in the Jockey club hold- ings. Big Chief was bought last July from the Newcastle stable for $12,000, and Fire- stone cost Mr. Willlams 310,000 early in his 2-year-old career, Dr. H. E. Rdwell ls | trainer of Mr. Willans' stable Aout attempt (o rally | California | 1 trov MAY CHANGE GOLF PRO DATES | et HMas Set the Promoters to Do | Some Figuring. NEW YORK, April 3.—There is every likelihood that the Kastern Professional Golfers' association will change the date for its annual championship “tournament, originally set for May % and &7 at Scars- dale. The reason for this is the contlict |in dates with the twe Metropolitan cham- plopships, which also fall that same week Herbert Strong, secretary of the profes- sional body, sald a few days ago that in all probability Tuesday and Wednesay, May 18 and 19, would be substituted. There vas some talk of running off the Bastern immedlately prior to the national open, which will take place at Englewood on Thursday and Friday, June 2 and %. An objection to this is that the ‘‘pros,”’ by de- voting the early part of that woek to the practice for the national event to the eastern would have no opportunity for practice for the natfonal event at Engle- | wood. As the matter now stands, the new | dates mentioned, May 18 und 19, immedi- ately precede the invitation tournament of | the Nassau County club, the last threé | dave of the week. | The New Jersey state champlonship tour- nament is scheduled for Montclair, early | in June. and it is understood that the pro- gram will be similar to those in previous years. This means that there will be prizes for practically as many sixteens as return { cards. Jerome D. Travers of Montelair won the New Jersey title for the second | time at Englewood a vear ugo. He will be unable to defend because of his foreign trip in quest of the title In Great Britain | The Country club of Lakewood has sent the program for the tournament in | April 22, 23 and %4, which opens the season | of competitive golfing nerth of Mason and Dixon's line. As usual in the spring the qualitying round will be at thirty-six holes, for at the fall affair of the club it is cut to elghteen on account of the shorter daye. ‘There will be a goif medal for the low score and a prize for the best ag- gregate by a team of four from the same club who announce in advance that they are playing for it. At the last two spring tourfaments Princeton won the team prize, last year by only one stroke from the Garden City entry, but on account of ex- amination on neither occasion could the college bovs stay over for the match play. Four sets of sixteen will qualify for the Country club of Lakewood, Metedeconk Carasaljo and Manetta cups. There will be a cup for the runner up In each sixteen all the match play rounds to be at eigh- teen holes. The entries close on April 21 There wAll be an eighteen-hole handicap with a gross and net score prize, play to begin at 9 o'clock on the morning of April 24. Overnight entrles will be accepted | Com { PACKY WANTS TO MEET NELSON Thinks He is as Mnck Entitled to Match s Anyone. NEW YORK, Aprll 3.—Packy McFarland, the Chicago lightweight who made Leach Cross look cheap in their recent bout at the Fairmont Athletic club, s as much entitled to a match with Battling Nelson for the 1igh twe'git title as anybody. Mck land is one of the most mclentific iittle mien that ever got into the ring. He is a boxer of the Jim Drescoll school. but is not a particularly hard hitter. Still there seems to be no doubt that in a limited round bout, say of twenty-five rounds, he would be able to stay with Nelson, if only because of his extremely clever defensive tactics. He is as fast on his feet as a squirrel, He is quick witted, knows how to duck and | dodge, can feint beautifuliy and is also able | to shoot his punches to the mark. Head- | work is always a potent factor in the | success of a first class pugilist and McFar- | land rates with the best of them in this | respect. If he had Leach Cross' punching | power it'is believed that McFarland would be as invincible a lightwelght as any since | the days of McAuliffe and Lavigne. At that he can punch with enough strength to put & weakened opponent down, but it would require a lomg bout for him to accomplish such a result. McFarland's performance suggested a | bout with Owen Moran, if the latter can agree to fight at 13 pounds at 6 o'clock. Driscoll took Cross on 13 at & o'clock, while McFarland and Cipss made this welght two hours later. Moran is not far behind Driscoll in fighting skill, and that is why he seems (o be a logical opponent for the Chicago man, who prefers, how- even, a bout with Nelson. | [ | | AMERICANS IN BALLOON RACE| McCoy and Forbes Chosen to Repre- sent Aero Club. EW YORK, April 3.—James C. McCoy or A. Holland Forbes will be sclected, nc- cording to present plans, to represent tha Aero Club of America tn this year's inter- national balloon race, which will be heid at Zurich, Switserland, early in October. The club has made one entry, but the name of the contestant need not be forrally an- nouneed until July 1. Nine countries, with a total of twenty balloons, will be repre- sented 'in the race, which will be the fourth competition for the Gordon Bennett trophy, America having won the first year. Germany in 1807, ‘and Switzerland iast year. McCoy is in the Philippine islands at present, but he Is expected to return early in the summer, and in that case he will vrdcubtedly be chosep-to pilot the Amer- ican balloon. Mr. Forbes is chairman of the contest committec of the club and should he go abroad for the race it would necessitate the appointment of a new head for the committee, which will have generai charge of the New York to Albany flight during the Hudeon-Fulton celebration in the first week of October. KENTUCKY COLT STAKE POPULAR Over Twelve Hundred Mares Beeo Named This ¥ LOUISVILLE, Ky.. April 3.~The classic | 421,000 coltstake of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders’ association has been strongly wupported by the breeders of the country, as shown in the official returns Just issued by Secretary Wilson | A total of 1,289 mares have been named for foals of this year, or 20 more than last year, and about 18 less than the largest number ever recelved in the history of the stake. Under the circumstances which are so familiar lo trotting horsemen this excellent showing is:very gratifying| to the assoctation and fully demonstrates the fact that rich futurities have a &reat attraction for breeders, whe have fully understood thelr value to the future of their colts. As usual, New York breeders top the list of nominations, as does the Empire state as the home of the leading breeders of | Have | not go eas, { been NEBRASKA TEAM JOURNEYS SOUTH Three Days More of Practice Will Put the Boys in Good Shape, ELEVEN PLAYERS T0O BE TAKEN Makeup of Squad to Be Fixed On Later. BIGGEST GAME WITH KANSA Cornhuskers Will Bend Every Efforty to Win from Jayhawkers. TRACK TEAM STARTS TRAINING win for Use the Fair Sprinting Par- Des Teack Men Grounds poscs—Nebraskn Moines Meet. LINCOLN, April 3.—(Special)—After three days more of practice the Corn- husker base ball team will start on its annual invasion of the southern territory of the Missouri valley, playing a total of ten games entouF. The departure from Lin coln will be made on Wednesday, the day the spring reccss at the state school be- gins, and the Initial game of the trip will be played at Tabor, la., with Tabor col lege on tho following afternoon. sleven players, including Captain Beltzer will be taken on the journey by Manage: Bager. Coach Fox, who was engaged to instruct the Cornhuskers, with the under- standing that he should accompany them on this trip, will probably be detained in Lincoln by his duties with the local west- ern league team. All the eleven men who will make ' the trip have not been named as yet, for some of the candidates who have been playing on the team have failed to make good In thelr positions, and it is Ilikely that their jobs will be glven to some of the other members of the squad. The following men are certain to be in the Cornhueker party though: Captain Beltzer, third base; Cer- roll, catcher; Greenslit, second base; Cooke chnter field; Clarke, first base or left field; Ward, pitcher; Mathers, pitcher; Olmstead. pitcher. Metcalf has made good at shortstop and also would be sure of golng south if he were not delinquent in his studies and, therefore, ineligible to take part in uni- versity athletics. He has a condition in rhetorfc from last semester which he is trying to work off before Wednesday. He has been getting up his back work and Tuesday will take an examination, which, it he passes it, will allow him to play on the nine. Metealf Man for Place. The young delinquent has proved to be just the man the Cornhuskers need at shortstop,and hiis forced absence from the team would greatly weaken it in the com ing serles of games. He is quick, stops hot grounders with ease, and has a good wing for throwing to firsf. His batting has been a pleasant surprise this spring and he has punished the ball with con- sistent regularity. There is no man on the horizon who can well fill the midway posi- tlon in ‘case young Metcalf is compelled to bow to the eligibility committee. Sturtzenegger, who was a favorite for the initial sack and who has been playing that position, has made a disappointing showing and may have to give up the job. In fhe York and Wesleyan games he made some costly errors, and in both of these contests his pegging was miserable. Dur- ing the present week Clarke was shifted from right gardner to first base, wher he did good work. This change Is taken to indicate that Sturtzenegger will not gel | to take the trip south, and that Clarke wil tind a permanent birth on first sack. The latter player is a good Infielder and car cover considerable ground around the base He is one of the best batters on the nine and so far this season has slugged the ball for scveral safe hits. 1t Sturtzenegger Is left at home Dudgeon, second baseman of last season's 'varsity, will probably be placed in right field Dudgeon Is a fair fielder, but a poor: peg- ger. Even at that, though, he appears to be a better man for the team just now than Sturtzenegger and stands a good chance of being one of the Cornhusker party that will go south next week. Bill Chaloupka in Fleld. William Chaloupka s slated’ to take Mattison's place in left field. Mattison's showing this spring has been such that he could not be retained on the team. In his fielding his judgment has been exeremely faulty, while his batting could hardly have been worse than it was In the games with York and Wesleyan. In those two contests, out of eight times at the bat, he struck out geven times and got one pass to’ first base. Such a record as that has forced Coach Fox to look for another player for the left garden. Chaloupka appears to be the logical man. for the job. Big “Bill" staried in to practice with the squad early in the season, but retired after A few weeks' woirk, when he was told that it he made the team he would have ta take both trips. His school work would prevent his going on the eastern trip dur- ing the early part of May, and so he quit the squad. When it was seen this week that the Cornhuskers were going to be hardup for suitable outfielders, Chaloupka was informed that he would be allowed to make the southern trip even i he cquid in May. Since then he has: re- joined the Syuad and will probably be taken along on the journey next week Chaloupka is & dependable fielder and a player who can hit the ball hard and often whe in practice. If he shows good batfing form on the trip he will add great strength to the team. He is slow in running bages, but his other work more than makes up for this weakness. ree on Pltching Staff, The pitching staff for the trip will be Ward, star twirler of last season’s varsity; Olmstead and Mathers, Tie last two §lab artists are men to the Cornhusker staff. Thelr work iu the games of the last two weeks, while nothing briiliant, has classy enough to get them jobs o new | the team. Both of them have several good curves, but Olmstead has more speed than the other Sreatly handicapped by which fault, if overcome, however, before next Thursday, wili not keep him from doing effective work on the southern tour, The brunt of the work during the next {we weeks will fall upon Ward. He s a big vlicher with plenty of speed and good considerably recruit. He is wild throwing