The Sunday Oregonian., January 19, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 6, Image 40

THE . ,SUX PAX-. OBEGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JASUARX 10, 1J0S.
COLLEGES FAVOR
ATHLETIC UNION
1 PORTLAND TAKES
TO
E
Call Issued for Conference by
. University 'of Wash-
ington.
Recent Meets Have Shown Re:
vival of Interest in Ama
teur Ring Contests.
CONVENE AT WALLA WALLA
SHORT BOUTS. THE RULE
BOXING
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All Institutions in Pacific North
west Sliould Vnite to Frame
Itulcs to Govern All
. Athletics.
-.-"' BY KEFKKKK.
A tall has' been- issued by tlie Univer
sity of Washington for an athletic con
ference at Walla W'alla during the first
week In February and invitations have
been sent to the leading educational insti
tutions of the Pacific'" Northwest. This
call should be accepted by the different
colleges and there should be a full rep
resentation. - The organization of a con
ference, will mark the beginning of a
new era. In Northwest athletics, as it will
relegate to the rear certain practices that
are. not in- keeping with genuine'eollege
sport.- The proposed conference will no
doubt adopt certain regulations and rules
of eligibility that are now in vogue in the
East and Middle West, and if these rules
are rigidly enforced, our athletics will be
placed upon an almost ideal basis.
The writer has long been in favor of a
conference of Pacific Northwest colleges
and has often, argued such an organiza
tion in these columns. No section of the
United States lias a broader or a better
field for clran, wholesome sport than has
the Northwest and the organization that
will be perfected at Walla AValla has a
splendid mission to fulfill.
I . Four-Year Rule A'ecdcd.
j '.Among the, 'rules of eligibility that
should be adopted without hesitation is
the "four-year" rule. This will prevent
athletes who are poor students from pro
longing their college courses in order to
participate In athletics. The rule is in
vogue in California and the Kast and
Rhould be adopted here. The writer has
in mind a number of men who have
played six and seven years on dlfferer.t
ti rims In the-Nortli west.
Four years of college football are
enough for any man, especially in these
lays of strenuous competition. This
four-year limit should apply to men who
have played at colleges in-other-parts -of
the country and who come here to finish
their courses of study. Should a man
who has played for two seasons at Kan
sas, Nebraska or Wisconsin come to the
Northwest and enter Oregon, Washing
ton or Whitman, he should be allowed to
play ,for two years and no more.
Men who leave one college and register
at another sliould be required to be in
attendance for one college year before
being eligible to membership on varsity
teams. Such a rule as this prevents
proselyting and grafting and puts a ban
on tramp athletes. It is an excellent
rule and it is hoped that the conference
Mill adopt it.
Should Define Amateurs.
'.The conference should define an ama
teur athlete and insist that all members
of college teams live up to the. rules of
amateurism, not only In letter but in
spirit. Sunday baseball, "brush" ague
ball and playing on non-college teams
while college Is in session should be pro
hibited. ,
The conference will make a sad mis
take if it undertakes to do too much. A
few simple rules should be adbpted and
enforced. There should be no attempt to
regulate schedules, prescribe financial ar
rangements or agree upon the numerous
small questions that present themselves
"from time to time. If ttie conference un
dertakes too much, its existence will be
Vhrief. These smaller questions can be set
tled by dual agreements between the dif
ferent colleges.
The writer suggests that the delegates
who attend the Walla Walla conference
"'consider seriously the matter of aflilia
' 'With the Amateur. Athletic Union. All
athletic leagues and associations should
look to this parent body for guidance and
protection, and ' all individual athletes
should obtain from it a. registration card.
There should be no fusion with the pres
i ent Pacific Northwest Association. This
organization is composed altogether of
athletic clubs and its membership should
be limited to such institutions. Let the
. Pacific Northwest Association continue to
,' flourish, but keep the colleges in a separ
J.ate organization.
Suggests Conference Meets.
,; . . Tlie suggestion lias been made that a
. .conference track meet be held each year
- in order to bring representatives of the
. different colleges together in one general
meeting and to settle the championship
beyond all doubt. The present system of
dual meets is unsatisfactory, but a con
ference meet -would not only settle the
question of superiority ina satisfactory
'manner, but it would also furnish some
" excellent sport. .
I venture the prediction that a North
'west track met would soon be recognized
' as the big athletic event of the Coast
"And that it would draw thousands of
- people. Such a meet could alternate be
r twecn Portland, Seattle and Spokane.
' - Another strong argument in favor of a
; - conference track meet is the effect .which
it would have upon the organization it
self. A big event like the one which I
have mentioned would keep the confr
,f euce alive and there would be no danger
' of its dissolution. Unless there Is some
-'important object in view, aside from the
adoption of certain rules of eligibility,
there, is no assurance that the confer
ence will bo permanent.
'Washington to lie Congratulated.
Washington is to be congratulated upon
her action in calling the conference meet
ing. The. Seattle University has been
severely criticised for Its alleged hostillty
to such an organization, but all of these
criticisms have been dispelled by her rc
,f. cent action.
Simultaneous- with Washington's call
, for a conference, conies a similar call.
from Whitman College for a meeting at
. tKWalln Walla on February 7 and S. Wash
Jngton's Invitation includes the - Vnlver
' slty of Montana, while Whitman invites
only members of . the Bix Six group of
' ' Northwest Institutions. Washington ask.x
that tlie delegates be chosen from the
alumni of each institution, while Whit
man asks for a student delegate and a
faculty member. It is up to Washington
and Whitman to agree upon one general
meeting, since the objects of the two
" meetings which, have been called are
' identical.
.. . .TWO GKEAT IMHAX HVXXERS
ii..-. Longboat and lcerfoot Said to Sur-
"pass Any White Man.
'"'' There is one Indian running today
' ; who Is said to be the fleetest mortal
" '' living, and Sherring. the Canadian hero
" of the Marathan race in the Olympic
same In Greece, says he is the greatest
LEAVES FROM THE SPORTING CARTOONIST'S
NOTEBOOK v
runner on earth. Thomas Longboat is
his name, he is a Canadian Indian, an'd,
says the Van Norden Magazine, he is
lean and stringy, has long arms and
big. flat, bony feet.
lie carries not an dunce of superflu
ous flesh, his stride .looks longer than
the broad jump of an ordinary man,
and his ability to run is Inherited from
generations whose very existence de
pended upon their stamina and speed.
Longboat trains at home on a farm
upon which he is employed. Every day
he runs from 5 to 20 miles. Sometimes
he runs alone,, but often is paced by
a horse. He weighs .140 pounds, and is
5 feet 7 inches tall.
Until he won the Marathon race in
Toronto, Longboat was unheard of in
the world of sport. In .that race he
was matched against the fastest men
in the Dominion, and until the race he
was not thought to have a chance to
win.
He arrived at Toronto the day before
the race from his home in Caledonia,
and slept at a farmhouse. On the day
of the race lie arose at 5 o'clock In the
morning and' before the other conteBt-.
ants were out of bed he ran over the
course, just to see' if he could do it.
When he had finished he showed no
signs of fatigue. . .
When the race 'started In the after
noon the Indian took the lead, end with
a long,, swinging stride that never
seemed to tire, he kept the lead to the
finish, and was as fresh-when the race
was done as before he had made the
distance the first time In the early
morning.
When racing, Longboat uses his
brain quite as much as he uses his legs.
He falls behind the leaders, but keeps
within striking distance until the last
miles, when be comes to the front and
generally wins with ridiculous ease. He
trails along behind the flying leaders"
matching their springs- with a barely
perceptible lengthening of his stride,
until his eagle eyes see signs of dis
tress iti his rivals' running.
Then he lets himself out and begins
his effort. Uphill and down he keeps
the same merciless clip, but going
along as easily as though he was out
for a practice jog.
. Jn the distance race, where he
smashed Caffrey's 1901 record by more
than 5 minutes, the conditions under
which the Indian raced and won were
heartbreaking. Blinded by dust first
and then by rain and snow; with the
last 10 miles of going decidedly muddy,
the plucky redskin bettered the record
of Caffrey admitted to be one of the
greatest Marathon runners that ever
lived by nearly a mile, and to do this
Longboat had to run .every mile of the
25 in about 5 minutes and 45 seconds.
In the Historical building, at Buffalo,
there hangs a picture, a drawing of
Deerfoot, the greatest of all -Indian
runners. He was a Seneca Indian.
On one occasion, in 1861, before the
Prince of Wales, now King Kdward,
he ran 12 miles in 54 minutes and 56
seconds. Think of it an average of 4
minutes 33 seconds to the mile. It
takes a first-class mile-runner to do
this npw.
Deerfoot ' frequently raced with,
horses; he often chased .large game,
buffalo, mooso and deer, on foot. His
height was S feet in his stockings and
he weighed 170 pounds. He never
cared for the medals he won by his
running, and as soon as he got them
he would .hand them to some lady or
little girl who chanced to be standing
near by.
Strlcklett Buys Santa Cruz Team.
SAN JOSE, Cal.. Jan. IS. It has been
definitely announced here that Pitcher
Klmer Stricklett. of the Brooklyn Na
tional League -Club, will take over the
new Santa Cruz State League franchise
and manage the new team In connec
tion with H. R. Bradford, a local capi
talist. Horry Wolters, with the St.
lnuis National League Club last year,
will also be a partner in the venture.
HALF 1'RK K KISFR CALENDARS.
10c up while they last. 248 Alder.
Women in Madpgasrar drapa their shawis
s the old Roman senators did their toga.
The Ronmn custom ac to wear the tosa
wrapped around the bod and meres oq
shoulder, leaving the other one uncovered.
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NOT HARD TO BEAT
English Oarsmen. Are No Long
er Considered Invincible..
BELGIAN VICTORY A LESSON
American Coach Disproves Claim
That Briton Stroke and Slide Are
Superior to the Yankee Meth
ods of Handling he Oars.
The 1907 viotory of the Belgian
eight-oared crew over the Leander
Boat Club at the English Henley, the
second in succession, calls attention to
the fact that the superiority of the
English stroke and English rowing
methods are pretty much a myth, says
the Buffalo Express. Until the last
six or seven years the English were
undoubtedly supreme on the water, so
much so that American or other for
eign crews had little chance to win
from them on their own courses. This
continued run of victories the Eng
lish attributed to their peculiar slide
and the stroke they taught.
Most critics know that one of the
most important factors in the con
tinued sucpess of the English crews
has been their persistent refusal to row
in foreign waters, and that they have
unfairly attributed America's defeats
to an inferior stroke and ' coaching
methods instead of to the great handi
cap oi youm ana a, loreign cmnaiei
But the victories of the Belgians and)
the narrow escapes English crews have
had from defeat at the hands of sev
eral American and Canadian crews
suggest the truth of the matter at
last, and even some British critics
have begun to .see a light.
But it has remained for Ellis Ward,
the coach of the University of Penn
sylvania crews, to disprove that their
stroke and slide are superior to those
of tne American. When the University
of Pennsylvania crew went to rTie
Henley regatta In 1901 and rowed the
Leanders . such a heartbreaking race,
one of the criticisms which the Eng
lishmen volunteered the most frequent
ly to Ward was that the American
stroke was shorter than the English,
and. therefore, defective. Not long
ago. Ward determined to make a thor
ough test of the matter and to have
every stage of the experiment- photo
graphed, so that he . would have con
vincing evidence one way or the other.
'What Experiments Show.
What Ward set out to prove was
that the American slide - permits a
longer stroke than the - English. To
demonstrate this he rigged up a pair
oared shell and had it equipped with
botn the English and the American
slide. In explanation of this point it
should be stated that the English seat
slides on a rail from 16 to 29 inches in
length. The English use a longer oar
than we do, theirs bejng 12 feet 3
inches, and ours 12 feet. Since the
English have the shorter slide they
use a slightly longer handle to their
oar, and thus get a leverage of 44
to 45 inches compared to 42 ft to 43
for the American.
It was on account of this extra leverage
that the English were led to believe that
they had the longer stroke. To find the
truth concerning this Ward' took a full
stroke with trie American slide and the
-point to which the car reached - was
marked with an American flag. ' The fin
ish of tlie stroke was marked in a simi
lar manner. Then the English slide was
substituted and a foil stroke taken with
it. The point to which the car reached
'both on ' the beginning ;and -end 'of the
stroke was marked by English flags.'
Then when, the measurements were com
pleted it was found that the longer Amer
ican slide permitted the car to reach eight
inches farther on the finish an advantage
of 16 inches on the full-stroke. This was
conclusive proof to Ward and the men
who witnessed the' experiment that the
American and not the English stroke was
the superior. , .
Conclusions Reached by Ward.
It should be stated in connection with
these experiments that Ward used the
American car in both tests. Had he used
the British car. which is three inches
longer, the advantage would, have been
still greater in favor of the American
slide. . The conclusions of Ward, whose
rowing experience covers & period of
40 years, both as an oarsman and as a
coach, are that American- rowing is
progressing as fast as can reasonably
be expected of it, and that when the
American preparatory schools pay as
much attention to rowing as they do
on the other side, our college crews
will be able consistently to defeat the
Britons.
The great disadvantages under which,
the Americans labor was especially evi
dent when Penn went to , Henley. In
this eight were two men who were row
ing for the first time in a university
shell, while none of the others had
rowed more than three years. The av
erage age of this crew was -only 19
years, a difference of fully 10 years in
favor of the Englishmen.. The Amer
ican crew was recruited from less than
50 candidates, while the Leanders were
selected from several thousand former
Oxford and Cambridge oarsmen. Ward
claims that if he were given the same
latitude in selecting an all-American
crew, for the Leanders are-virtually an
all-English crew, he would guarantee
to win the grand. challenge cup at the
English Henley at his -first trial.
FIXE TO BE BLOCKED OCT
"Doesn't Hurt a Bit," Says Patsy
Haley, Who Knows.
. Patsy Haley, the pugilist, was re-,
cently entertaining a group of friends
with reminiscences of the ring), when
one of them Baid to him:
"Patsy, how ' doea it feel to he
knocked out?" 1
"Why, It feels gbod," remarked Pat
sy, to the astonishment of everybody.
He was immediately asked to explain.
"Well," said Patsy, "when I 'say It
feels good mean that It is a pleasant
sensation. In fact, it's one of the pleas
antest sensations you can imagine, if
it does not occur to you that you are
losing money-at the instant you are
knocked out. Of course, when you are
beaten down slowly you are bound to
feel tired and distressed, and the blows
hurt. In uch a case It's a relief to' .be
knocked out. . :
"But a lean knockout, when you are
not expecting it. Is like a pleasant
dream. The cleanest knockout I ever
got was from Terry McGovern in Chi
cago. I thought I'd go in and fight him
at his own style that time, just mixing
it up without trying to be clever. I liad
It all figured out In my head that . I
could beat klm.
"But Terry was always slipping in a
punch from an angle where you didn't
expect it. We had been fighting about
a half-round when I saw his right com
ing over. That was the laBt I knew.
I remember his' fist moving tpward my
Jaw. I didn't feel It land. I saw it in
the air about a foot away and didn't
have time to duck.
"The next thing I knew I thought I
was waking up on a fine Summer morn
ing. The air-semeed warrrv and clear
and could hear the birds singing out
side my window. It felt like Spring
timc,with the green leaves coming out
on the trees and everything fresh and
happy. 'I was going to roll over In bed
to look out of the window and see If
the sun was up."
Tomorrow (Monday), positively will be
the last day for discount on East Side
gas bills. Portland Gas Company. -
Olmake. fiisjhomel'm t Portland
FOND OF BASEBAIiL
Brazilians Like
American
the Great
Game.
BOSTON TRAINERS' TRIP
One of the Favorite Sports of the
South "Aniertca.ni Country Is
.' the Ancient. ... Game of
"Three Old Cat."
Dr. Edwards, trainer of the Boston Na
tionals, Is back from a trip to South
America, says a Boston dispatch to the
Chicago Tribune. While in Rio Janeiro
he was invited by "the manager of the ball
club there to attend a game. The club
is composed of Americans, Englishmen
and ' Brazilians, and, although the Bra
zilians are mentioned last, hey are by
no means least.
The Englishmen, he says, are crude,
and cling to the habit of nursing the bajl.
One of them. is a fine shortstop, and the
"Doc" said that if it were not for his
habit of nursing the ball, he would be a
wizard. He is fast and almost sure on
ground balls, and a good, thrower. . The
Americans on the team come from the
Light & Power Tramway Company. The
team plays regularly once a week, and
always has a game or so with the teams
of the' warships that touch at that sport.
During , the visit of the Washington and
the St. Louis, the scores were 1 to 0, 3
to 2, and 5 to 4, so it will be seen the
club is no slouch. . -
Edwards says the jSark-in-which games
are played is ideal level as a billiard
table and smooth as velvet, some five or
six acres In extent. Cricket,- tennis and
other sports also are played there.
Nearly all the boys are playing three
old cat, and watch the games at the park.'
applauding every good play. The all
absorbing topic of conversation when the
doctor left Rio early In December was
the approaching visit of the United States
squadron. As one put It, there will be
baseball gaTDre, and the athletic club
will spare no effort to entertain the
visitors for two weeks.
"Thanksgiving was passed quietly,"
he said. Strange to say, I did not see
an American flag the whole day. Out
of 19 eteamers at anchor in the bay,
not one of them was under the Amer
ican flag, and only five flaunted the
English emblem. Most of them were
German ships."
WltH the arrival of ' Joe Kclley. in
Boston to confer with President Dovey
on .the campaign fop 1908 things have
assumed a lively hue. President Dovey
is not as rugged as he would like to
be. Hi recovery since the National
League meeting has been slow, but
there is no doubt he will come around
all right. -
Dovey has been awaiting the coming
of Manager Kclley to send out con
tracts fof the season, and Chandler
Ball, the new catcher,' Is the only man
signed.
WHEN XAPOLEOX "BROKE IX-"
Incident of La joie's Introduction to
Big League Pitchers.
"I remember very well our first in
troduction to Lajole," said Jimmy Mo
Aleer during a fanning bee. at the
American League meeting. " 'Nig'
Cuppy was then about tile most effec
tive - pitcher the Cleveland club had
when Larry broke into the National
League. WTe struck Philadelphia soon
after and the firet time Larry came to
bat he; smashed the ball out to left
tenter' for three . bases.
"We roasted Cuppy to a turn. ,Tou
know.'we were, always fighting among
ourselves, and 'we 'certainly 'did hand
it to him after letting this big young
ster clout the ball so easily. The next
time Larry came to bat I moved over
into field center, and Larry hit a "mile
to right center.
"Then we handed Cuppy a few more
things, and he became furious. He
worked like a demon the rest of the
game, and Larry stopped with those
two long hits.
"Well, that was all for about a week.
Then one day, when we were going out
to the park, Cuppy pulled out a bunch,
of box scores cut from the newspapers.
" 'Look here, you blamed lot of
grave-diggers, will your he roared.
'Roast me, will you. for letting that big
Frenchman down at Philadelphia get.
two hits off me? See that three hits
off Clark Griffith. See that three hits
off Jimmy Callahan. See that three
hits 'off Breitenetein. ' See that five
hits off HolTer. Well, I guess that' old
Cuppy is not so bad. He only got two
off me. "
stack;
HAS
A NOVEIi SCHEME
Maroon Director 1 Will .Instruct Ath
letes by Correspondence.
Director Stagg, of the University of
Chicago, already has his cap set for
the Pennsylvania games In April. He
will begin . shortly a course in corre
spondence with the athletes he hopes'
to take to Philadelphia from his Win
ter sojourn- in Miami, Fla. He hopes
to have one of the best teams he has
taken East.- .....
. Coach Hugo Friend, who has
charge of the maroon track men in
the absence of the director, will be
burdened with the conditioning of the
athletes, and will-begin at once to pre
pare the relay team and the special
events men for the early Spring games
of the red and blue.-. He will follow
out Mr. Stagg's "advice by corre
spondence." : -"Our
opportunities seem better than
usual from this early date," said
Friend . yesterday. "We have quite "a
bit of veteran material and some ex
tremely promising new men who give
indication of ability. It is possible we
may develop a relay team the equal of
our . championship quartet of last
Spring." '
: Work in all branches -of indoor ath
letics now is in full swing in Bart
lett gymnasium. A squad of 200 ath
letes are busy daily In track -work,
baseball, swimming,, basketball and
gymnastics. There Is unusual, activity
in the- track squad with the early
dates on the maroon schedule.
Child Labor Day In Churches. .
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. -The National
child labor committee has issued a let
ter to churches, requesting the observ
ance of Saturday, January 25, or. Sun
day. January 26, as child labor day.
No woman who uses "Mother's Friend" need fear the suffering
and danger incident totirth; for it robs the ordeal of its horror
and insures safety to life of mother and child, and leaves her in
a condition more favorable to speedy recovery. The child is
also healthy, strong and
good natiired. Our book
its weieht in gold to every ' '
woman, and will be sent free in plain
envelope by addressing application to
Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta, Ga.
Classes of Youngsters Developed at
Athletic Clubs Furnish Material
for tiood. Clean Sport In
der Oregon Law.
That Portland's fistic' enthusiasts en
Joy good, clean amateur boxing bouts h
been demonstrated most emphatically on
two occasions within the last three weeks.
On New Tear's-eve the gymnasium of the
Multnomah Club proved Inadequate to ac
commodate all who wished to see the
youngsters perform, and the same may be
said of Tommy Tracy'a gymnasium on
last Friday night, when the overflow
crowd was forced to crane- its necks to
catch a glimpse of the principals in- each,
ring contest. .
With amateur bouts conducted as clean
ly and free from censure as those re
cently held In this city, there is no rea
son why the sport should not prove a
permanent attraction for the hungry fans.
The average man would rather see a
rattling good boxing bout, whether it be
between professionals or amateurs, than
eat a square meal, and with the examples
of the two recent shows and the popu
larity each met with, it really seems
that the game is to have a prosperous
season in this city...
- Four, or even three-round bouts, if con
ducted cleanly and without too much pro
fessionalism creeping in, are. really most
pleasing. Bouts with well-known pro
fessionals, providing they are conducted
honestly and limited to four rounds, as
required by the Oregon law. will ' not
prove disgusting or tend to display too
much brutality. Brutality is the bane of
the lighting gattie, and has caused' the
general revulsion in feeling responsible
for the - strict legislation against the
sport.
In California the fistic enthusiasts enjoy
20. and 25-round bouts, but four to six
goes of three and four rounds' duration,
providing they are between., clever box
ers, will sewe in lieu of the longer
matches in which there is always the. dis
play of- brutality. - -. , .
Frevl Rennick, the boxing instructor of
the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club,
has succeeded in developing some exceed
ingly clever boxers from the talent com
prised in his class. His method of work
ing out these youngsters consists mainly
of perseverance. Many young follows
essay the fistic art with a hope of ac
quiring the knack of self-defense, but
soon drop it because the Instructor, per
haps' in a forgetful mood, roughs them
severely on the start. - As they are not
yet proficient in the art of guarding
themselves, they become discouraged and
give up the exercise. At the Multnomah
Club the method is different. Mr. Ren
nick gradually accustoms his pupils to
guarding his leads, and after . they be
come familiar with the use of the hands
and arms in this department he .pairs
them -off with other pupils and encour
ages them to strike and guard. Some
youngsters prove quicker than others, but
it is not always the adept that makea
the best boxers. Some of the slow ones
turn out even better than the lads who
quickly acquire the art.
It is on this account that the Instructor
is required to use a great deal of Judg
ment in selecting the best talent to repre
sent the club in interclub contests. In
doing this he generally selects the lads
who show up best, in club tryouts, and to
guard against accident or failure on tlie
part of the entry, must always have re
serves on which to call at short notice.
It has taken considerable patience and
time In which to develop the large class
of boxers now at tho club, and the result
has ' proven most gratifying to the in
structor and his assistants.
In the face of the enforcement' of the
anti-boxing law, practically all the in
terest In the game now displayed by the
younger element at the club has been de
veloped by the instructors.' In San Fran-'
Cisco, where the boxing game flourishes,
every quarter of the city has Its coterla
of embryo "champeens," but in a city
like Portland, where the game has been
dormant so long, it has proven a hard
task to interest the youngsters.
At Tracy's Columbia Athletic Club the
same situation has been faced, and now
seems to have been conquered. Two
years ago the former wjter-welght cham
pion could -number .hiQ)uplls on his fin
gers. Now he has so many that their
instruction requires .the greater .part of
his time. When he started Instructing
the youngsters Tracy taught physical cul
ture as a side issue, but now he lias been
forced to drop the work in the effort to
keep up his numerous classes.
More Power for Umpires.
President Harry Pulliam, of tlie Na
tional League, has made up his mind to
give the umpires of his staff greater pro
tection than ever during the season of
1908. While Pulliam has always given his
umpires grand support, this year he will
go a step further. Hereafter when an
umpire is assaulted he will be given leave
of absence from duty to permit him to
propecute his assailant.
"If any . National League umpire is as
saulted next year,' says Pulliam, "and
an arrest follows, the umpire will le im
mediately detached from the -staff and
told to remain in town long enough .to
prosecute the case against the offender
and see that he is properly punished by
the courts. I am unalterably opposed to
rowdyism and will employ the entire
strength of the league to sec -that -it is
"suppressed;" ' :
And many other painful and serious
ailments from which most mothers
suffer, can be avoided by the use of
MotMrs Frieai. This great remedy
is a God-send to women, carrying
them through their most critical
ordeal with safety and no pain.
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