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ing from this disease. Foot ball may ""'l hastened his death, but did not cause it. | £ Leonard Enticr,’aged 13, twisted his | leg and hurt his knée while playing foot ball with his classmates in the school yard at Harrisburg, Pa. He did not think it rfous and did not have it examined until | wo wecks later, when he went to the hos- | Two days later an operation to re- he was taken home it the hospital physl- | s0d poisoning on No- » the against the cians, He vember 21. 9—Waiter Evans, aged 17 Jh a practicd game at Panora (lown) High school against an Irresponsible, unorganiged pick-up team, | attempted to tackle a runner going at full speed in the open field. He was struck | the runner's knee and his n.cn...n.,l n. He died ten days later, on Octo- ber 9. | 10, ‘Ray Graham, aged 20, a former pupll | of Waterloo (Towa) West High sehool and a spectator at the champlonship game he- tween the West and the Fast High school | on November 6, was struck on the point of his chin by a larger boy before the game in a fist fight over the school flags. | e was uble to go to work in the evening | and then to walk home, but he died the | next diy P " 1. Walter Gruber, aged 21, died on No- vember 6 of tuberculosis, “following a kick in the back” In a game between the| high schools of Taylovsville and Auburn, L 12. Russell Heckel, aged tober 23 at Pittsburg, Pa., received In @ school game agalnst his ts' wishes. One is Cigarette Smoker. 13, Harry Houston, aged 13, of Craw fordsville, Ind., died’ of heart'failure du to excessive smoking of cigarettes. He had frequently been warned Lo stop smok- ing. t ball was in no way responsible for his sudden death, as he was not a member of any team and was not playing dlea on Oc- from Injuries while playing in a regular game. On the day of his death he had joined & group of much younger boys kicking a foot ball about a vacant lot This unusual exercise and more cigarettes following It caused him to drop dead on his way home. 1. Charles B. Jackson (caled Jack in #ome papers), aged 81, a colored man, died of app tis this year. He had played at Colorado college, Colorado Springs, Col., in 1065, but never was injured 15, Clinton B. Kissam, aged 15, a student of the Mackenzie school, Dobbs Ferry-on- Hudson, N. Y., dled on October 20, and the newspapers attributed his death to foot bal’. But. although he played for three seasons, he was never hurt. The five at- tending physiclans at his death repor “After a careful study of the case of Cil ton Brown Kissam, including a bacterio- logical examination of the spinal fluld, we are of one mind that he died of anterior polylomyelitis, more familiary known as infantile paralysis, which Is a germ discase, and could not possibly have been caused by an injury recelved in foot ball ‘or any other_athietic game.” 16, W. K. Ludden, aged 2. had played foot bai at the Woodland, Cal, High school, but since graduation some years ago had not followed the game. On Sunday, Octo- ber 10, he went to the nelghboring town of Davis to see a game between the Davis Swastikas and the Winged V's of Vallejo. When he saw the Davis team being de. feated and many of thelr players forced by injuries to Jeave the game he volun: teered to play. In an open field tackle he broke his neck and dled two days later, on October 12, after an operation. \ 17. W. J. Luffsey, jr. aged 21, died’ on November 15 of pneumonlia, folowing an injury to nis chest while playing on the Richmond Grays, firet regiment of Vir- Einia, aganst another non-college team. 18. John McArthur, died of concussipn of the ‘brain from an’ injury received 'in a game with the Wabash (Ind.) High school Vietim of Blood Polsoning. 19, Verne Merrill of Janesville (Wis.) High school died of hlood polsoning on Nu\'emba‘ 2. Barly, in the autumn he brulsed his arm in gym work at the Yoimg Men's Christlan assoclation and the sore was neglected: It became Infected and he did not recelve medical attention until too late to save his life. ‘““The fact that he was captain of the foot ball team at the time he was taken with blos Wllon!ng and that he perhaps rubbed off the sca!l in the last game he played, was foundation enough for the press to attribute his death to fcot ball. But our team played out its schedule Jvlt the same, and no one famillar with the facts for one moment thinks of attributing his death to foot ball,” is the report from Janesville, Robert Millington, aged 17, of Potts yille (Pa.) High sehool, died on October & from the offects of o Kick recefved three days before in a game with the Shamokin High school. He was nllcmblln‘ to stop @ tockle plunge when injured. The), powt- mortem showed that although his’ liver was orushed. his death was chlefly due to eppendicitls, from which he had been suf- fering for ora) mdhthas. 21, Bamuel Moone, aged 16, Camden. N. J, was kicked in fho stomach on Thanks glving day, 198, in a game between two non-schoo! teame He complained later of gome pain t there were no serious cf- feots for at least s°van weeks, On January 16 he stayed home from school, and despite medical attention, dled on January 21 of “Inflammation cf ‘the stomach.” 22. John Peters, aged 2, a junlor at Morningstde college. Sloux 'City, Ta., ai of pneumonia on November 23" He was not a regular member of any team or in 0od condition or training. " On November 5, for the first time this seazon, he re- ported for practice and after playing half & dozen plays with the third team, he #tood around In a snowstorm watching the Practice of the first team. He caught oold, ut was not confined to hie room until the Ho had been seri- here day before his death. ously {ll during the summer. ‘Nobod. considers his death due to foot ball exposure and constitutional weakness. 23, Clarence Plerce, aged 19, was Injured internally on October 2, in a. game be- tween unorganized, piek-up teams, at Eden park, Wilmington, Del./ while thterfering Jfor one of his teammates who was running back the kick-off at the beginning of the second half. Plerce threw himself In front of three runners, who fell over him, He eould not gel up and lay for some tige on the ground. Finally, he was taken home, but he recelved no’ medical attention tili late that night, when he grew worse, and wae taken to the hospital, but he dled the next day. He had never played” oxcept in similar games between pick-up teams on vacant lots. Foot Beall Not Responsible, 4. Merrill Ricketts of Forrest, Ill, died nearly a year ago. His death was in no wise due 1o foot ball. 2. Roy Spybuck, aged 19, & member of the scrub team of Haskell, Indian Ipstitute, Lawrence, Kan, in a practice game against the first team, attempted to make a flying open-flald tackle, but missing the runner, he struck heavily on his heud and died of a broken neck the next day, October 31. 28. Charles Stroppell, Cineinnat!, O., dled of Injurles and concussion of the brain while playing at Carthage, O. J 21. James Sullivan, aged 13, died at Ur. bana, I, on October %, from a disloca- tlon of the spine recelved two weeks be- fore, probably In a foot ball scramble or in playing crack-the-whip in the sohool yard, No one meems (o Know whether he ¥ fell over a plle of cinders or was thrown to_tha ground 28, Frank D, Trimble, Indiana University, dled ‘on October 2 of blood poisoning. H death was not traceable In any way to the game of foot ball. His foot became infected from a bilster. This blister was ctuscd by the use of a new pair of shoes, t foot ball shoes, but & pair of eltizen's shoes. 1Te opencd the blister with his own pen knife, and as & result biood poison- [ig sct in. The man was never on the field after the start of his injury, as he Injured his fost on Sunday and was nver on the field again. 2, Raymond Thurston, Cambridge, Mass. #dled of Infantle paralysis, sustained dur- t Phillips Exeter academy o student.” In reply to this newspaper statement, the academy author- itles say he left Exeter at Christmas, 1908, and never played foot ball there. Roy Vogle, Grand Raplds, O., ruptured a blood vessel in his head on Sunday, Oc- tobar 31, during a game between non-school teams, and died two weeks later. ‘He never had any tralning, but went from the farm into the game." The team practiced only once & week, on Sunda: 3 . aged 19 ‘a member of s college, Topek. x broken back on Oetober 9. PFlve woeks before, while practioing against ‘the first team, he attempted chrry the bail through tackle, but he w thrown such & WAy as to bend and beeak his back. 5. Albert Wiboralski, aged 17 a fresh- man In the Orange (N.'J.) High school, at- tempted to take the bail through tackle. but was thrown forward, his head striking the ground. His neck was brokew and he died In_three hours, on November 18, *No further details could be nscyrtalded boyond this meager newspaper repart. Saue Restrictions for Game, Bush are the facts of this ead roll, But lot uy consider how they affect the stand- Ing of foot bali at schools and colleges, 1¢ may be wise, first, tn state the stmple fundamental restrictions, over and above the rules, that evght to govern the game In every reputable schocol and colteg. they are as follows: 1. No boy should be allowed ta ti he has passed Ih(flh*h thal period of very rapld physical development which generally besins about the thire todnth year. Foot ball & too strenuous 8 lay un- |each we | Vo muscles of yousger boys, even when piay- ing against their eqUals fn age, weight and experience. his would exclude trom this list Arend aged 13; Becker, aged 11; Entler, aged 13; Heckel, aged 16, and Sullivap, aged 1 4 No boy should be allowed to play until he has passed a satisfactory medical and physical examination at the beginning of on. Boys of frall physique or Weakened lungs or heart ought not to play at all This would exclude Kisan and Merrill. 3. Bvery injured player should be mediately examined by a competent ph: clan and Jf the injury is serious, at on removed from the game. Define, Houston, This might have prevented the deaths of ‘Arendl Byrne, Define, Entler, Moore and Trimble. 4 Every player should practice regu- larly under the care of a competent coach at least five times a week, to keep him in_good condition. This would exclude Arend, Entley, Hous- ton, Ludden, Moore, Peters, Sullivan and 5 No games should be played with un- Ofll!\nllts. DI(r‘:l'*Ill’; ‘l;lmfl, not trained to follow the rul o e game. “This would exclude = Evans, Ludden, Luffsey, Moore and Vogle. Moreover the deaths due to injuries re- celved before Beptember, 1909, must not be blamed on this season’s game; these ai Bageock, Define, Jackson, Moore and | Ricketts. Nor should we consider the deaths of pl by injuries or Houston, Ki and Trimbl List Red to Fourteen. Consequently, even without applying o0 striotly these restrictions of common wense, the revised list of deaths charged against foot ball this season inclndes only fourteen names: Burke, Byrne, Christian, Evans, Gruber, Ludden, Luffsey, MeAr- thur, Millington, Plerce Spybuck, Thurs- ton, Walsh and Wilberalski, But in five of these cases (Gruber, Luffsey, McAr- thur, Plerce and Thurston), the detalls of the accidents canuot be ascertaine Of the remalning nine cases, three were bigh school boys, f've college students, and one a member of an athistic clu Gvery one of them had played before, so that their deaths were not due to the in- experience of thelr “irst season. Two of them were severly hurt in the game be- fore thelr fatal injury and should have been removed earlfer. All of the acci- dents occurred in the second half, when they were physieally éxhausted. Six of the nine receiyed their injuries while play- ing on the defensc, and four of these while making open field tackles, - The fivst three were imjured by striking thelr heads inst the runner's knee; ' the fourth by striking his head on the ground after missing a divine tackle. The other two were injured while stopping a play on tackle, The three players who were fa- tully injured wille playing on the of- ers or spectators not caused mes; these are Graham, Merrill, Peters, Ricketts fense were all attempting to make a aniek plunge through tackle. The conclusions form these concrete tcte are: 1. No one was injured from the parti ular formations of onside kicks or for- ward yasses. 2. 1he most dangerous play is a plunge through tackle, 3 Thin danger in open field tackles lies i _the runner's knees striking the tacks ler's 1 ead. Proposed Change in Rules. What changes In the rules might pre- vent similar injuries? First and most im- portant should be the removal from the gameé of every injured and exhausted player. This responsibllity and power should not be left to the discretion of the captain or any player, for they are too busy to keep mote of the condition of others and they are too apt to be influenced by per- sonal, partial motiyes. Few captains have the judgment and the courage of Coy of Yale, in the beginning of the Harvard game he removed his best tackle, Lilley, who had Been sevlously hurt ok the kick- off. % Y Nor should the ~cdachds’ be heid ‘re- sponsible since they are on the side lines too far from the players to judge. This authority can best be exercised by the referes and the umpire, who from thelr positions close behind each team, can easily watch the players, they have also the advantage of belng impartial. The other offictals, for Instance, the field judge, are too far from the players, the condition of the players ls best noticed in actual play, not during the iIntermissions, The second change suggested by this nvestigation ls to abolish tackling at the knees. The present rule prevents tackling below the knees. Probably it will be necessary to prevent tackling below the hips. The third suggestion is to abolish al flying or diving tackles. Such modifications are not radical and will not materidlly alter the present style of play. But they wil! greatly lessen the probabllities of BASKET BALL SCHEDULE OFF Hawkeye Pla for Eastern and Northern Trips Shattered. IOWA CITY, Ia, Dee. 24.-—(Special)— Jowa's basket ball schedule has been prac- tically shattered by cancellation of dates on the eastern and northern trips and re- arrangements are now being made, so that the Hawkeyes may have games with other schools. Northwestern cannot play Coach Grif- fith’s men on the date specified and Pur- due is the only certain game on the east- range dates with Wabash or some other Indiana school, so that the team can go east next month. The game with St. Thomas on the north- ern trip has been cancelled and negoti tions are being carried on with Fort Dodge, Luther and other schools, 5o that the trip will come more nearly paying expenses. Fort Dodge is anxious for & game, and it 1s probable that the team, captained by “Jimmie" Barton, the former lowa leader, will be played by the present fiv During the week, just before the men left for the Christmas holldays, good progress was made in the practice and the |five will be well prepared for the first game of the season, which comes shortly after vacation ends. The first two games will be with lowa teams, as the Purdue contest has been called off by the Lafay- ette management. TRACK TRAINING IN JANUARY lowa Begine Work Early, Hoping for Champlonship, IOWA CITY, Dec. 2s—(Special.)— That a track coach will be secured before the middle of January is the assurance made by the lowa board of control of ath- letics. The need for Immediate preparation is feit here, especially because of the fact that this year the Old Gold has an ex- cellent chance to win the Missouri Valley champlonship on the track. With splendid material, the Yowa squad looks the most promising of anything in the state, and unless Missouri, Kansas or Nebraska comes to the front more strongly than the preliminary dope Indicates, the Towans have a good chance to regain their track supremacy. However, it will be strictly essential to success that a coach s soon seoured, and with this end in view, the board sent Prof. Stephen H. Bush, the secretary, east this vacation to close a contraet with an east ern man. Owing to the good financlal con- dition of the athletic treasury, the board will spend good money for & tralner, as the members are anxious to put & winning team on the track. “Died » - onia’ I8 never written of those who cure coughs and colds with Dr, King's New Discovery. Guaranteed. e and 81 For sale by game for the tende® and weak » Beaton Lrug Co. “The Voluriteer” was published in the San Fransico Examiner for the first time In June, just twenty years after the original Appenrance In that paper of the original poem, ‘Casey at the Bat" written by Phinney Thayer. The Bugville team was surely up against a rocky game; : The chances were they'd win defeat and not undying fame; Three men were hurt and two were benched the score stood 6 to 4, They had to make three hard-earned runs in just two innings more. “It can’t be done," the captain sald, & palior on his “I've got twu pitchers In the field, a mutt on second base, And should another man get spiked or crip- pled in some way, The team would sure be down and out with ght men left to play. in’t hitting like they should, and that's what worrlés me. The luck is with the other side, no pennant ern trip. Bfforts are being made to ar- | will we win; It's mighty tough, but we must take our medicine and grin.” The elghth round opened—one, two, three— the enemy went down. The Bugville boys went out the same—the eaptain wore a frown. The first haif of the ninth came round, two men had been put out, When Bugville's catcher broke a thumb and could not go the route. A deathly silence settled o'er the erowd as- sembled there, Defeat would be allotted them, they felt it in the alr; With only elght men in the fleld "twould be a gruesome fray, Small wonder that the captain cursed the day he learned to play. ‘Lend me a man to finish with,” he Nn-{ the other team, Lend you a man?’ the foe replied; “my boy, you're in a dream! We came w win the nant, too, that's what we're doing here; There's only one thing you can do: Call for & volunteer!” The captain stood and pondered in a list- = less sort of wn',' . & " e never was a quitter and he would not be today; “Is there within the grandstand here,” his voice rang ioud and ciear, “A man who the sporting blood to be & volunteer ?’ And again that awful silence settled o'er the multitud ‘Was there a man nmon* them with such recklessness imbued ‘““The Volunteer” By C. P, MoDonald, (The Beo Reprints “The Volunteer” Today by Request of a Subseriber.) & The ecaptal hopeless was his glance; And then a short and stocky man cried out. “I'll take a chance!" Into the tield he bounded with a step both firm and light. “Glve me the mask and mitt,” “let's finish up the figh! The game is now beyond reeall, T'll last at east & round; Although I'm anclent, you will find me muscular and gound!" he sald; His hair was sprinkled here and there with little streaks of gray; Around his eyes and on his brow & bunch of. wrinkles lny. The captain smiled despairingly and slowly (ur'nea away, When “He's all right!" one rooter yelled. Another, “Let him play!” “All right, go one!" the captain sighed. The stranger turned around, Took off his coat, and collar, too, threw them on the ground. The humor of the situation seemed to nit them all, And as he donned the mask and mitt the umpire yelled, “Play ballf™ f Three balls the pitcher at him heaved, three balls of lightning speed, The stranger caught them All with ease and did not seem to heed; Bach ball had been pronounced a strike, the side had been put out, And, as he sauntered to the oench, he heard the rooters shout. One Bugvill and ' boy went out on strikes and one was killed at first; The captain saw them fafl to hit, and gnashed his teeth and cursed. The third man smashed a double and the fourth man swatted clear, Then, in A thunder of Applause up came the volunteer, feet were planted In the earth, he swung a warlike club; The captain saw his awkward pose ond softly whispered “Dub!” The pitcher looked at him and grinned, then heaved a mighty ball— The echo of that fearful swat stlll lingers with us all. v High, fast and far the spherold flew, It salled and safled away; It ne'er was found, so it's supposed it still the pennant would be Buj s for & yea The fans and players gathered round to cheer the volunteer. ' 18 your name?"’ the captain asked. “What is your name?” cried all. As down his cheeks great tears of joy were seen to run and fall, For one brief moment he was still, then murmured soft and low; “I'm the mighty Casey who struck out some twenty years ago!” “Wh AIM TO LAND BIC TOURNEY Omaha After 1911 Meeting of Middle West Bowling Association. THIS YEAR'S TO BE AT ST. LOUIS Bight Loeal Teams Will Compete on Alleys—HEntries Close January Bight, Play Beginning Week Later, Omaha is in the field to secure the 1911 tournament of the Middle West Bowling assoclation, which holds Its tournament this winter at St. Louis, January 15. All Nebraska oftles should assist Omaha in securing this big meet, which is the most Dretentious tournament of the yvear in the west. Each team entered has a vofe on the question of awarding the 1911 tohrna- ment apd the election of officers. Secretary Sweeney, In an interview this week, stated that it was a little early to estimate the number of entries in the com- ing tournament, saying: “l always like to be conservative In my estimates, but I belleve the entry in the Middle West will be a surprise. I have only estimated previous to this time that the entry would be between 150 and 200 teams. I -have reports at.hand that look €00d that promise the following llat: Kansas City, 12 teams; Omaha, 8; St. Jo- seph, 4; Des Moines, 4; Marshalitown, 4; Sloux City, Topeka, 1; Columbug (Neb.). 1; Wiehita, 1; Little Rock, 1; Hot Springs, 1; Hannibal, 1; Joplin, 1; Lawrence, 1; Leavenworth, 1; Doe Run, 4; Bonne Terre, 1; Excelslor Springs, 1; Dubuque, 1; Bloux Falls (8. D.), 1; Lincoln (Neb.), 1; Colum- bia, 1; Rolla (Mo.), 1; Highland (IlL), 1; Belleville (IL), 4; St. Charles, 1; East St. Louls, 4; Granite City, 1. ““This does not include many points in Towa, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Colo- rado, Kansas and Nebraska to hear from. St. Louis entrles will go well beyond the hundred mark.” The tournament opens in St. Louls, Jan- uary 165, and entries will positively close January 8 Any entry that arrives in the mall that does not bear a postmark pre- vious to midnight, Japuary 8, will be re- turned. Special rates have been promised on the railroads. Standing of Leagues. mercial League, Ave. w. Pins, Pins. Loch’s Willow Spr... 3 14 .641 Omaha Bicycle ,u 330 Klauck's Glendal O'Brien's M. Cs. 639 635 2 15 583 638 429 385 Brodegaard's Crowns 21 1§ . Chabot Shoe Co.. 18 2 Dreibus Candy Co..., 16 24 . Schroeder's 8t. J..... 9 38 .21 Individual averages: 3 8 n 3 88 30 36 36 Godenschwager.30 3 Kalnes 3 3 Keyt 36 % Baehr . 36 £ Drinkwater 38 u Carman 89 180Drahos 4 168 ;Fn'nrbcr[ 89 119Traynor .83 16 Latey % 179Hough ..........5 168 Sutton 36 1798cannell | 89 166 Angelsberg 33 17¥Dibbern 13 166 Hinrlehs 36 gll%fl na 43 18 Primeau 24 17T Wilson 36 160 Voss £ 8 157 mann ..., ter Bolomon 36 176 Boosters' League. Played. W, L. Pet. A Union Paeltics .. A 2B i s Yousen's Colts. @ ] Signa! Cory . . % : ! Sprague’s Pilla R 36, Cuaahys ] , West Stdes . ® 18 », Peoples Store B 14 ) Cream Citys 8 2 Games. Av. 1861 R ERBBaREN. i Fagan Hunter . Aldrich # Miteh EEEEEZEsUEBEEESTREEERREES no%tes DARING SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE Notable Types of the Adventurer Who Seeks Danger from Mo- tives All His Own. Recent events in Central America bring to mind the existence, even in modern times, of a most pleturesque individual— the soldler of fortune. The soldier of for- tune is an institution as old as the insti- tution of war. Present facts hardly ingi- cate, however, that his existence will be as long continued. Whether the soldier of fortune is the same sort of a man the goldler of fortune of earlier days is, more: ever, quite another question. Varfous motives there are, which lead men to wander over the earth fighting under alien flags with people, who are not thelr people, for causes which are not thelr onuses. It {s sometimes pure love of ad- venture, a8 in the middle ages; sometimes an unquenchable desire to gain rank, power, even kingship in a country where these things are not so hard to gain; some- times it is political exile which forces able leaders to take their place in a cauge which does not reject thelr powers; some- times it is an exile less brilllant—that of the many nameless ones who are forced to leave theélr homes for crimes, great or petty, Who seek to retrieve themselves among strangers and who oftentimes end where * * ¢ an allen turf enfolds us, And none there are to tell them whero we lle. It 1s curlous to read In history of the famous soldiers and adventurers who served under flags no théir own—Henry Hudson, an Englishman, who salled under the standard of Holland; Christopher Co- lumbus, & Genoese, who discovered a con- tinent in the name of Spain; Kosclusko and Polaski, Polish patriots who fought for Ameriean independence, and Gordon, who gained distinction In the service of the emperor of China. Passing, over entirely the obscure periods of the middle ages, when adventurers moved llke wolves back and forth all over Europe, one has only to study the bureaucracy of Russia to find a potent example of the highest type of soldler of fortune. Russla, at its regenera- tion, needed leaders of every kind—sol- dlers statesmen, bankers, organizers, and all were brought In from outside. At the control of things thelr descendants remain today. Witte, Rosen and countless others— these are not Russian names, nor were the ancestors of these men Russians. In somewhat similar manner, when America was fighting for its independence, thero were many forelgn who were needed “in the organi on—Baron Steuben, the Prueslan; Pulaski and Kosciusko, the Poles, and Tafayette, the Frenchman, Of all these it can be sald that they were fighting, not only for Amerlca, but for the cause of freedom, which was also thoir own; but they were soldlers of fortunme, nevertheless, There were many soldiers of fortune in the Italian war for freedom, and Garibald} had been one, himself, serving in the French navy and in the army of the “Re- public of Rio Grande'—the present Uru- guay. Even after the helght of his fame had been galned, he with his sons, servea In the French army In the Franco-Pfussian war. In the wars of Servia and Bulgaria there were Austrians, Russians and many other forelgners, while In Spain one has only to study the names of present states- men to ¢ how many Irishmen have served under ‘the standard of the most Catholle king. The wars in Afriea were won by O'Donnell, who was born in Spain but whose ancestry is well betrayed. A warrior, named O'Higgins, was famous in the wars of the Argentine. In China, the loaders have been, time and time again, men of western race, and It would be In- teresting to know how many graduates of Annapolts have servad in the Chine navy. In Moracco It was only the other duy that Kald McLean was at the helght of his power, The way in Centrdl America was pavea by Willlam Walker, who has had eountless others following in his path. But there are many other things that combine to make the trade of the soldler of fortune less picturesque than it formerly was. Walkor's efforts were defeated by the gold of & steamship company; other soldiers of fortune have as thelr motive a force no less mercenary. But war today Is & much more highly organized thing than It was years ago. Hefore they fight, nations are 4pt o sum up carefully the forces with Whigh they have to fight, and every step which {s taken In ofganization means one loss place for the soldier of fortune an) his trade.—Hartford Times. — Bee Want stood with cap In hand, while 26, 1909. BORN WITH GAMBLING FEVER Ran Its Course Through Fifty Years of Pat Sheedy's Life, i PLAYED AROUsy THE WORLD Recollections of a Prince of the Gam- ing Table, Some of His Experi- ences, and His Breesy Talks The most noted of America's professional gamblers passed away with the death of Pat Sheedy In New York the other day. He gambled around the world, controlled palaces of chance from Chicago to Calro and Caleufta, and played the game wher- ever the opportunity offered. A ‘“‘square gambler,” he was called by his Intimates. He won fortunes and lost fortunes, and when American laws made the occupation & risky one for professionals, Sheedy turned from the green baise to painted canvas as a fad. “I became a skilled gambler while still in school,” Sheedy has been quoted as say- ing. “At 12 I could bunco any boy in my class at a game of chance. We used to play for the headmarks we got in school. My parents died and I had to get out and stir for myself. 1 naturally turned to gambling, though it was In a small way at first. I was encouraged by success and the first thing I knew I was a profes: slonal. I started first in Boston, where I won several thousand dotlars, and then struck out for New York. “There I opened a faro bank In 1870. T reaped & golden harvest in two years and traveled extensively, crossing the Pacitic ocean and taking in China and Japan, All the while I gambled there, and many were the times I got low in finances. “I settled In Chicago In the late 'S0s and ran a wide-open house in that city for a long time. Next I became manager for John L. Sulltvan. After my capital over- lapped the millfon mark I joined in the games and frequently wound up disheart- ened and heartl Once I held $1,000,000 in the palm of my hand; an hour after- ward T couldn’t lay claim to a cent. T sat three days and four nights in a poker game, Playing Around the World. “When the so-called gambling hells were suppresséd In Chicago my purse contained something in the nelghborhood of $300,000. 1 went to play at Monte Carlo, playing carefully at first. But one night I went into the place with 200,000 francs in my pocket. I left Monte Carlo that night with- out the price of a supper, “I went to Russia, Germany and Asla Minor, and learned thelr languages in a few months' stay. Going then to Bombay, India, I Introduced American gambling methods there. In the autumn of 1892 I left Bombay with a fortune and went to Cairo, Egypt. The casino was in a palace. It had cost $6,000,000 to build. I got a twen- ty-five year lease on It, and so altered It that every traveler who passed through Calro for years afterward patronized it. ‘“There were balls and reception every afternoon and gambling In the evening. We played roulette and baccarat. Two hundred' people came every night, no one with less than $260 in his pocket. The in- dividual losses sometimes reached $40,000, my fncome from the place being about $2, 000 & month " In the history of betting, Pat Sheedy is credited with having broken more banks than any man in the country. One of his most famous coups took place in John Daly’s Twenty-ninth street game, when it WAS running some years ago. Sheedy is a bellever in “bulling yeur luck” when win- ning, and he had a winning streak on that night, He induced the house to remove the limit, and Inside of half an hour stood $26,000 ahead. Every play he made brought him more money, his luck belng truly miraculous. Pat was In mighty fine humor, and when- ever he made a bet he would say to the players about him, “Now, boys, all get aboard and we'll copper the ace.” Men who ‘were Just In the place sightseeing were so impressed with his luck that they risked g@dly sums playing just as he played. All the regulars were in his wage, and soon the whole house were playing his cards. This made the proprietor mad. They gave Sheedy a very hard call-down, and told him to take his winmings and leave. Almost tearful they sald to him *‘You're not satisfled to win yourself, but you want to see every one win, too." As soon as Sheedy left, the bank began to get back some of its money from the other players, who were all at sea without their eader. Famous Picture Recovered. It will be remembered that the Galn: borough portrait which Sheedy restored to the world of art had been missing for twenty years. The picture had been bought by C. Mor- land Agnew at an auction sale for $62,000, and arrangements had been made to have a celebrated engraver make & plate. Some $60,000 had been subscribed toward the project when the English public was horrified by the news that thieves had broken into the house where the portrait was kept and had cut it out of the frame. And all trace was Jost for twenty-six years. To be sure, detectives had become con- vinced that Adam Worth, one of the most inventive and daring thieves of modern times, had engineered the theft and con- trolled the portralt, but nothing had come of it Incidentally, however, the detectives had asked Sheedy to assist in bringing about the restoration of the portrait, if the oc- caslon offered. Finally the occasion did offer. Worth was released from a prison in New Hamp- shire. Sheedy ran across him, aided him financially, and began the negotiation that resulted in the return of the picture. It was part of the conditions imposed by Sheedy that Worth should not be prose- cuted. . This was Sheedy's first introduction to art and he dabbled more or less in pictures after that. In 1908 he exhibited what he sald was a Correggio given to him by Ralsull, the bandit, and another was a Magdalen attributed to Murillo, which was described as a legacy from Adam Worth. Sheedy had an art store in Hartford as well as in New York and was eloquent in {mpressing on customers the value of the oldest attainable masters. A Sheedy was an amusing talker and gam- bling was a fruitful topic with him. After his return from Egypt he announced that he had found a much better place. Talking thought best for Sullivan to retire from the ring. It 'would have been well for him had he taken the advice. He didn’t, and Sheedy before retiring from his management, got up a big benefit for the champion of cham- plons. At the benefit Sullivan was pre- sented with the finest and costliest belt that ever girdied a pugliist's loins, It cost over $2600. It was studded with diamonds, and two-thirds of its cost was defrayed by Sheedy. The mayor of Boston made the | presentation speech. He was not the same mayor of Boston who afterward refused to shake hands with Sullivan at a public assemblage in (he Hub. Sheedy was witty and once played a practical joke on a pugilist that inuech annoyed the fighter. Bob Trumbull was & member of the sparring staff of Sulllvan's company. He asked for a ten days' leave of absence while out west, which Sheedy was adverse to granting him, as he feared that he would not return to keep his en- gagement. Bob in protesting that he would swore, “I'll be back as sure as I am alive. He got the leave of absence, but did not keep hig word. Sheedy that night tele- graphed the New York newspapers that Trumbull was dead. They published short obituary notices of him the noxt day, and then wired for particulars of his demise. In return Sheedy answered, ‘All T know about him is that hé swore that he wouid come back yesterday If he was alive. He didn’t turn up, so he must be dead.’ Bob wasn't though. He was only siek of the the marine, in his sparring bouts, and took that way of getting free from him. Public lusions, Talking of his experlences long ago, Sheedy sald: “You cannot disabuse the average mind of the idea that the gambler s a man of money. Nothing wili con- vince people that his purse is not always |full, and that he does not live on the fat of the land, Where people get this idea, and why, in the face of overwhelm- ing evidence Lo the contrary, they retain It when they get it, is one of the myster- fes that I have tried in vain to kolve for years. It is a mistake, & big mis- take, It would almost be a Joke, if being ‘broke' wasn't one of the saddest condi- tions & gambler can find himself in. ? do not like to talk about myself. Never in all my long career have I sought mo- torfety. All of my gambling has been done In an open way, and frequently inci- dents have occurred which newspaper men have regarded as Interesting enough to print. I regard myself as a good busi- ness man because I am a good gambler. Few business men have devoted them- selves more assiduously to thelr work than I have to mine. But the best of us fail at times, and the faro banks have broken me as many times or more than I have broken them. Bverybody who knows me knows that when I sit down at the table, and the fever comes over me, I will not leave untll I have got all of the bank's money or it has got all of mine. ,I have gone into & gambling house & rich man and come out penniless. I have gone in poor and come out wealthy. I have gone for weeks without money enough to buy me a square meal. I have sat in gambling houses and seen men point at me and re- mark to some one else. ‘There's Pat Sheedy, the lucky dog! when I aldn't have the price of & shave in my pocket. I have .always managed to keep up a Bood appearance, because I always buy plenty of clothes when I've got money. That's something you can't gamble aw and It's mighty handy that you oan I've gone into a gambling house on a shoe string, run it up into the thousands, and then lost it. Next day the newspapers have publisied accounts of my having been ruinad. A week later' I have won a |measly $5,000, and the same newspapers have printed long articles headed, ‘Pat Sheedy Breaks Another Bank.' Some- times 1t worrles me, sometimes it makes me angry, but more often than anything else it amuses me. Where is the Money. “If the gamblers have all the money, where is 1t? Show me & gambler with a bank account; shdw me one with a bit of real estate. You can't do It. Pat Sheedy, the successful gambler, hasn't got any of it. It he had, would he be leaving this, God's own country, all the time? Would he be chasing around the most obscure corner of the earth? No, sir. I can't gamble here, and I must gamble to live. I make my living at it, and a poor living it fs. If I had money I wouldn't scour the earth for games to play. I'd stay in New York. The gambler has & harder time than any other business man. Once In a while he gets what slow-going, plod- ding people might call a great deal of money. But It never lasts him long. More often he is obilged to borrow the means fo live on from his friends. “Only recently he talked of his career and said: “I've been a gambler. So are all men. Most business is a form of gambling. Think of Wall street. But gambling's no profession for any man. It is not even a profitable one, for it's the only one of which you can say, ‘The higher you go the lower you are’ The more you succeed the more you fail. The cleverer & man s, the more brilllant he becomes, the harder it is for & man to get on as a gambler. They get afrald of him.” ! \ MADE THE OLD MAN SCRATCH A Bluff that Failed to Work, but Postage Stamps Saved Him. There's nothing in that about women not having eny sense of humor, Here's a case that happened. The Cemplons, Mr. and Mrs., of Cleve- land, boarded the Euclid car to make the homeward journey. Camplon had just discovered that he was entirely without funds, except & check tucked away in his pocketbook—not even a dime for car fare. “I've spoken to you several times about such carelessuess,” observed Mrs. Camplon In & vexed tone. “If I aidn't happen to have 20 or 30 eents in my purse we'd have to walk home, for IU's too late for you to t that check cashed. You ought to make sure that you have change In your pocket before you get on the street car.’’ ‘Ob, well, s'lohg as you've got car fare | Jet's don't worry about what might hap- pen,” put in Camplon, {rritably. ‘Tve never been put off a street car yet The car was so nearly filled that they couldn't get seats together, but sat down on opposite sides of the aisle, still glaring at each other. The conductor came up for Camplon's tare. “My wife'll hand it to you<" says Cam- qf 'his experience he sald: "I won & few rupees and annas shaking dice in India Then coming back we went to Trieste and next stopped at Vienna, a fine place, I tell you, Then we went to Dresden. Just fit for fine people to live in. Ever there? Yes! Then you know only fine' people stop there. 1 stopped thére. Then I went to Monte Carlo. Pretty lively times there. Gamble? Of course I had to gamble there. Everybody does." “Did vou meet the prince of Wales?” Sheedy was asked. % “Say, you don't know me. TRoyaities are commen, Théy don't mix with me I'm oll; they're water. 1 float on top.” Mandging Sullivas, ‘When John L. Bulllvan was in the zenith of his pugilistic fame, Pat managed him, and they made & barrel of money together, broke his arm on Patsy plon, nodding in the direction of his help- punching he nighitly got from La Bl-m-m-,} 'DOCTOR CRITICIZES " THEODORE ROOSEVELT United Doctors in an Interest: ing Argument. SAYS EX-PRESIDENT IS WRONG We Don't Want Birth Rate Increased, But Rather to Increase Length of Life, An interesting argument took place in the office of the United Doctors Omaha Institute, on the second floor of the Neville block, corner 16th and Harney streets, when J. D. Clark, the well known real estate man, who ls being cured of rheumatism by the United Dooctor's treat- ment, ongaged in a heated discussion with Dr. Kinsey in regard to the ex-president's theory that the birth rate should be in- creased. Mr. Clark Is an ardent sup- porter of the president's theory of antl race sulcide and started In to convince | the doctor that in order to hold our own as & nation, we must increase the annual birth-rat After Mr. Clark had stated his case and finished his argument, Dr. Kinsey replied: “Your argument sounds very good but will' not stand analysis, It is a fact that we want an Increase In American born cltizens, but in order to gain the increase it s not' necessary to increase the birth rate, but, rather, to Increase the average length of lite. If we could prolong the average life twenty to forty years, I be- Heve we would be doing more good for humanity than by increasing the birth rate.” “Yes, I will admit that” eald Mr. Clark, “But how could that be accom- piishea?” “Very simple,” sald Dr. Kinsey, “you will not dispute the fact that most people die before thelr time and most people die from diseases which could be oured by proper treatment If taken in time. Sta- tistios show that the average life is only about seventeen years. If the govern- ment would open up an institute at somo sultable point in each state conducted by men who are competent and thoroughly educated in the United Doctor's system of curing disease, I believe that the average life could easily be raised to forty year: We have taken up the work and are es- tablishing institutes in the varfous states fast as we can, but the work is grow ing too great for us. We have ot enough doctors on our staff to take care of all the people who should receive this won- derful treatment. The government h been very kind and encouraging to ua by granting United States certificates—to my- self and others of the staff of doctors, but the work should be under government control and there should be ten times as many institutes established so that all the people could have the benefit of the treat- ment, then you would see the average length of life would Increase so that it would not be necessary to increase the birth rate—at least not very much.” At this point the argument closed be- cause of the doctor's time being taken up by patlents. The walting rooms of the United Doctors Omaha Institute, on the second gloor of the Neville block, corner 16th and Harney streets are nearly always crowded with patients, some of whom have come many miles and some even (from other states. Consultation and ex- amination is free to wll and no incurable cases are accepted for treatment. The United Doctors will accept no money from people who cannot be cured. Fowl Taste GOOD while you're eating it XMAS TIME—bad—awful bad in YOUR MOUTH the day after if you fail to take a CASCARET at bed time to help nature remove the over-drinking and eating load. Don’t neglect to have Cascarets with you to start the New Vear right. They simply help nature— help you— a1 CASCARETS 1oc a box for & week's treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller in the world. lffln bo:n'l'”n::nll. POULTRY SHOW THIS WEEI{ Feathered Fowl to Cackle at Audi- torium 1{1 Barnyard Chorus. FARM MANDY LEE SENDS PENS Trick Pigeons to He Added to Ex- hibite—Many States to Be Rep- resented at Omaha Expo- sition, When the prize cockerel of last year's poultry show learned that he was to have no better looking cage than the birds that were to enter the arena for the first tin he was very wroth. He maintained that from his very worth he was entitled to more consideration. But the show mans agemept was obdurate and insisted that all pens should be of the same standard helght, the reason being that the manage- ment foresaw that It would bé necessary to double-deck the cages to make room for the additional entries which were pour ing in. It has faken a week to dismantle the Auditorium from the changes and additfons which were made for the corn show, and as a dance was given Saturday night the management of the Transmississippl Poul: try assoclation, whose show Wwill be held this week, was unable to secure possession of the bullding untll today. As soon as the dance was over a large force of carpenters was put to work to prepare the big bullding for the show, which opens Monday evening. Year by yesr the show has been growing, and year by year changes are made to provide addi- tional room. This year the stage, which was removed for the corn show, will not be replaced, but the bench show of the Nebraska Kennel club will be placed at the east end of the arena on the same level with the poultry. White Leghorns Are Comi George H. Lee, owner of the Mandy Lee farm, will send sixty of his best White Leghorns to the show. He has over 3,000 meef The fare taker went over to her. She harded him a quarter and he gave her 15 cents change. “What's this for—my change a nickel short?’ she inquired letly. “Took out for your husban replied the conductor. She looked around. ““What! That man told you to get his fare from me? Why I never saw him before. He's an imposter.” Camplon was game, And all that saved him from being put off the ear was that he persuaded the conductor to accept three 2-cent stamps.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. —— ) It you have anything to sell or trade, advertise in the Wans Ad eolumns of The Bee. he has & mes- The poet who '-l.o:fl‘i" W sage for the world she country and many states will be repre. birds at the farm from which to plck his entry, and every one Is snow white, Trick pigeons have been added (o the show, as well as Tumblers and other fancy varietl ‘These proud members of the bird family will strut back and forth in all their glory. Water fowl will be on hand In abundance, and the small duck will vie for honors with the huge Chinese goose. Entries have been sent from all aver the sented. Nebraska Is coming to the troni a8 & grower of fine poultry, and this has been stimulated to a great extent by the shows given by the Transmississippl Pouls try assoclation. A meeting of the assoclation will be helé today st the Auditorium, Secretary Ahl- quist will be on hand ready to furnish in- formation o wny who have birds \ exr hibit, N - PRy —— -