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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1908)
THE SUNDAY ORTSGCVXTAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 9, I90S. 7 INTEREST CENTERS IN CLUB ELECTION Exciting Campaign Nearing Close Among Members . of the M. A. A. C. VOTE NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT foulest Between ISegnlar anil Ath letic Fat-lions Ktlward K. Mor gan K.ipluius the Controversy Over Choice of Directors. Thf annual election of the MuUnoniah Amateur Athletic Club, which is to be hold next Tuesday night, is occupying the undivided attention of practically the entire membership of that organization. The primary incentive for thia unusual Interest in the club election is the fact that tho regular nominees, named re cently toy tho. nominating committee, are opposed by a rival ticket presented- by what are known in club circles as the "athetes." The principal cause for tho nomination of the second tick,et is the fact that heretofore athletic members of tho organization have been denied the right to vote at regular elections. The conservative element, which, by t he way, means the men who have la bored faithfully in behalf of tho club and are largely responsible for its pres ent success, is not fighting the "athletic"' ticket to such an extent as might be thought. The conservatives are resting on their laurels: they are setting nfl no claims to superiority, nor are they asking anything but the loyal support of nil who are impressed with the club's success in the past." They point with pride to what they have aeeomplished and entertain hopes of accomplishing even more in the future. The claim of the athletes that a mem ber who has devoted his time to athletics in the interest of the club, and who, by such services, has assisted the club finan cially. Is entitled to due recognition is met with the argument that the success of the club under its present system has nren such as to guarantee an equally successful future. " I'roud of Its Hecord. The record of the Multnomah Club dur ing the past year is a most creditable one. Not only was the institution suc cessful on field, track, gymnasium floor, tennis court and in all other branches, but it prospered financially as well. This . record is pointed to with pride by 'the directors and club officials, and justly so, for its showing is the best of all ath letic organizations in the Vest. The present board of directors is one of the best, most conservative and most evenly balanced executive bodies the club has ever had, and it is regretted that several of its members have refused renomlna tion. T!ie tickets to be voted upon Tuesday night are: Conservative (Jeorge W. Simons, Irv ing Rohr, J. F. Kwing, B. D. Sigler, Hal Hasch and Frank K. Walkins. Athletic Rev. A. A. Morrison. Martin .Pratt. Dan Bellinger, B. D. Sigler, Hal Rasch and Frank K. Watklns. Three of the men proposed by the nomi nating committee and later named on the conservative ticket are favored by the athletic . faction, while three of the reg ular nominees were opposed because it is claimed they favored a social club baste as against an athletic. Three members of the club favored by the athletics were selected and nominated In their stead. Tho contention of the athletes is that while a man is admitted to all the privi leges of the club as an athletic member, and as such pays but S'i a year In dues and is exempt from an initiation fee on nccqunt of his services, he should bo admitted to full membership and entitled to a vote, as are non-athletic members in good standing, who are required to pay an Initiation fee of $25 and ! a month In dues. Ruling Is Two Rigid. The fact is that while the framers of the athletic platform have a just ground for their plea, insofar as the athletic ser vices to the club are concerned, it seems hardly in accord with strict amateur rules to offer even this slight inducement for an athlete to join the club. This is especially true when it is considered that the application blank required to be signed by every man before he can be come a member of the club expressly states that he has been offered no induce ment to join. The offer of the concession mentioned has been confined principally to members of different football teams, although there are Instances where it has been extended to baseball players and track athletes. The offer in itself is trivial and cannot be termed agatn6t amateur rules, for It is optional with any athletic club to reg ulate its dues and assessments, and on that account the club cannot be censured for taking advantage of this means to in duce athletes to become enrolled: at least this is the stand taken by the athletes. The following is contained in each peti tion for membership to the club, and to It each applicant for membership, no matter in what class he conies at en trance, is required to sign his name: I hereby make application for membership In the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. I am over JO yeara of ape and am an amateur according to the following definition of an amateur athlete: "One who haft net entered Into an open competition: or for either a stake public or almi:Aton money, or entrance fee. or under a fictitious name: or has not competed with or against a professional tor any prize, or whore an admission fee is charged, or who has not Instructed, pursued, or assisted in the pursuit of athletic exercise as a means of livelihood, or for gain or of any emolu ment, or whose membership of any athletic club of any kind wart not brought about or doe not continue because of any mutual understanding, expressed or implied, -whereby his becoming or continuing a member of auch c'ub would be of any pecuniary benefit to him whatever, direct or indirect, and -who shall in other and all respects conform to the rules and regulations of this organization." The foregoing is one of the strongest arguments advanced by the conservatives or advocates of the regularly nominated ticket, and will be used by them to ad vance t'ne Interests of their candidates. By this it is not meant to imply that the promoters of the athletic ticket have ulterior motives. Such is not the conten tion. But in view of the fact that the new " ticket Is claimed to champion the cause of the athletes, some of whom are likely to be here today and 1O00 miles away tomorrow, it is asserted that their policy bears the earmarks of extreme rad icalism, and the conservatives insist that radicalism at this time might work asirtnst the future success of the club. No Danger to Club. The success of either ticket is not likely to endanger the financial standing of the club, for all the men nominated are of the highest character, and of their hon esty of purpose and integrity there, is ab solutely no question. Multnomah's spirit lias demonstrated its strength in the face of disadvantages in the past and can do so in the future. Kdward K. Morgan, a member of the board of directors and a champion of the opposition faction. giveB out the following statement for publication : "We are all agreed that we should have an athletic membership. This is true, generally speaking, of all athletic clubs, though there are a few 'instances where so-called athletic clubs are such in name only. According to the byvlaws of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic .Club, we have an army and navy membership, a commercial travelers' membership, a med ical student membership, and other spe cial classes of membership, and following the same line of reasoning we should have an athletic membership. "All athletic organizations that are purely athletic in character allow their athletes to vote. There are some so-called athletic clubs that use their athletes merely as a means of advertising the or ganization", and do not allow them to par ticipate In club elections. Take the New York Athletic Club, for instance. Study its history. It was purely a business man's club and had been warring with the Knickerbocker Athletic Club until the papers were filled with comment on the bad points of both institutions. The cli max came in the Molineux and Cornish affair, where murder was done. The .Knickerbocker Athletic Club failed and a leading . Jewelry firm now occupies Its handsome building. Xew:York Club's Course. "The New York Athletic Club was on V the verge of meeting a like fate. Its mem. bership had fallen off to an alarming ex tent. The club had purchased a costly piece of ground on which they had erect ed a building at a cost of over 3,000.000.' which sum had been raised by the mem bers who took large blocks of bonds at a heavy discount, though drawing a good rate of interest. Now these, men who had put up this money and held these bonds were in charge of the management of the club. They placed these bonds on sale with brokers in several of the large East ern cities and, set about to increase their membership and to advertise the club. They were good business men and knew that by getting athletic champions to rep resent them at the different track meets they could get a lot of free advertising. "A committee was formed Which waited upon many of the noted athletes of that day, who were importuned to wear the colors of the club. In one way and anoth er, all of which were shady, these men got together a team of famous athletes, and by the performances of these men wearing their colors, received so much free advertising that the club's member ship was doubled within a short time and the bonds went to par. "Yet even today the club is not out of the woods financially. At Traverse Island the club built a one-story building which was furnished with iron beds for about 70 athletes. These beds were placed in a large room 35 by 100 feet, and in Appear ance it resembled a free ward In a hos pital. Here the athletic members could sleep without being assessed one cent for the privilege, as it was for this purpose that the building was built. One hundred feet from this building is the main build ing qf fhe club in which apartments are provided for the regular members. In this building Is the bar with a restaurant which employs 30 waiters. Athletic mem bers are allowed to visit this restaurant and order anything they desire without paying a cent. The regular members of the club look upon the athletes and treat them practically as they do the waiters. Called Soup Grafters. "In explaining one member of the club declared that he admired a good pro fessional like Bob Fitzsimmons. who would not fight for less than $20,000, and despised . a "so-called amateur," who would "represent a club for a nlate of soud." Shevlin. the Yale ham- rmerthrower, is a regular member of the New York Athletic Club, but con siders its athletic members so far be neath him that he will walk 300 yards to a boathouse after a Held meet or practice rather than take his shower bath in the athletic ward. "The New York Athletic Club has no gymnasium classes, no football team, no baseball team, no women members and has done more to debauch amateur athletics than any other organization In the country. The New York Athletic Club Is not a good athletic club; It is not even a good business man's club, and should its athletes be permitted to vote? 1 say emphatically no. "But here in the Multnomah Ama teur Athletic Club the situation is en tirely different. We have no bonds to sell; In fact, we have nothing what soever to sell. The objects of the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic Club are to promote systematic physical culture for those who desire it. The improve ment and promotion of strictly ama teur athletic sports and of the mutual Interests of its members are the pri mary objects of the Multnomah Club. Therefore, it cannot be classed with the New York Club. The Multnomah Club is an athletic club pure and sim ple. For it to be afraid of its athletes can be likened to a man fearing him self. Sports Save the Daj. "Furthermore, the resident members, who it is held should be the only ones with the right to vote, since they pay the regular dues of $2 a month, do not contribute their full share of the run ning expanses of the club. If the club had no other resources than the month ly dues, it would run behind, as the report of the secretary and treasurer will show. It is the money made out of sports, such as football, baseball, boxing and wrestling, that keep the club off the rocks. "I do not believe It the desire, or even the intention, of the club mem bers to deprive a man who ably assists in supporting the institution by his athletic talents the right to vote sim ply because lie may not be able to pay the required: $25 initiation fee and the regular dues of $2 a month. Some of the best athletes the Multnomah Club has ever had have been young men working for salaries not sufficiently large to permit their expending the amount required to become full-fledged members of the . organization, and it really seems to me that the club owes It to these men to allow them to vote on matters involving the interests of the institution. "Ut us hope that the high and lofty principles that have always guided our splendid club in the past will prevail at the coming election, and that the franchise will be granted to the athlete who has by his services assisted the club most handsomely." Progress on North Bank Road. MOFFETT SPRINGS. Wash., Feb. 8. (Special.t Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moffett. who have been spending the last 10 days at Moffett Springs, report that the North Bank Railroad is com pleted and in running order for" sev eral miles east of that point. The first passenger car came up from Van couver last week, bringing Chief En gineer Miller and other head men of the road, to inspect the handsome steel bridge spanning Hamilton Creek, two miles below the Springs. Mrs. Miller and several- other ladies accompanied them. Often as many as four trains daily come that far, carrying construc tion material and supplies. There is only one All to be made near the up per Cascades, when trains can run the entire length of the road. Porter Bros., who have the contract, are working indefatigably night and day to fill the gap. Tomorrow (Monday) will positively be the last day for discount on West Side gas Mils. Portland Gas Co. Mullane's Cincinnati taffies. Slg Sichel & Co., sole agents. DUFFY COMMENTS ON KELLEY'S STYLE Ex-Champion Sprinter Saw Oregon Flyer Run Indoors in New York City. EXPERT NOT IMPRESSED Kelly Gets Away From Mark Well and Has fcffective, If Awkward, Manner, but He Faded Away at the Finish. Arthur Duffy, holder of the world's sprinting' title, until his mark of ! 3-5 was equaled by ran Kelley, now of Detroit, who is running In some of the New York meets, has written an article on the new champion's style. Commenting on his work the other night In Madison Square Garden, when Kelley was beaten, he says: "It was an extremely critical crowd that was present to witness the per formance of the Western crack, aad all were anxious to see whether or nt he would live up to the reputation ho had established for himself in the Wst of running 100 yards in 9 3-5 se-ond With all due consideration to the cham pion, it must be admitted that Kelley competed under the most unfarvorable circumstances. Before the race he ac knowledged that he had not been in training for many months and that it was his first appearance In indoor rac ing. He was entered in the 60-yard and the 220-yard handicap dashes, being forced to give liberal handicaps in botli events, thus giving him very poor op portunity to show his real form. Failed In Short Sprint. "In particular was his work in the short sprint noticed, and when the champion failed to qualify in his heat, which was won in the rattier stow time of 6 3-5 seconds, many of the critics present were seen to shaJce their heads. But even considering the disadvantages which the Westerner, had to compete with, it was equivocally conceded by many of the followers of sprint running that Kelley failed to show the real cal iber that would stamp him as a world beater. His work as a whole showed that he possessed none of the finesse that Is so essential in the running of 100 yards in such wonderful time. "In build Kelley Is the typical raw boned Western athlete with the broad chest and the well-rounded limbs. He possesses all the requisites of a cham pion sprinter, and, while he failed to make the most favorable impression last night, it seems that in the course of the near future we will hear more from him. "His starting ability was up to the usual high standard of a champion, and none of the Eastern runners had any thing on him in leaving the mark with precision. On the scratch he used the regular crouching start, being well ex. tended on all fours. It was his start ing that particularly appealed to the critics, and when the starter fired Kel ley's heat away it was seen at once that the champion began to gain on his field. After, however, lie approach ed the finish line he was seen to fade away decidedly. His BeautirnI Stride. "His .first strides were made with piston-like motion, and were thrust forward with great force. Unlike many other sprinters, his first stride was an extremely long one, and after that he appeared to cut them short a bit. In this manner he had mastered the most important essential of sprint running. He runs perfectly naturally, and in no way did he employ a new style of strid ing. "Although Kelley had but little op portunity to show the real power of his stride in the shorter sprint, in the longer run the spectators had plenty of op portunity to notice the wonderful driving force he possesses in his muscular legs. His striding action was concentrated at the hip, and he appeared to run similar to the action of a pacing horse as dis tinguished from the up and down motion which so many of our runners use to day. When the Westerner was at top speed he used a peculiar bounding motion which was responsible for the extra few inches on . his stride. With his long, graceful action, lie combined a cross arms motion, which he used from the elbow. To" many of the spectators it appeared particularly awkward, but at the same time it was responsible for a little lift which enabled Kelley to get over the ground much faster. Weak at the Finish. "In the furlong dash Kelley again started out with the usual precision that he did in the shorter sprints, and it was Chit-Chat of Sporting World BY WILL, G. MAC RAE. BATTLING NELSON can now be con sidered a full-fledged member of thf Inbad Club. The band of lusty-lunged knockers can now sing, "We Don't Know Where He's Going, but He's on His Way." There is one more funk on tap for the Los Angeles fight fans. Jimmy Britt and Battling Nelson are matched for a get-the-money love feast. A number of Washington, D. C, doctors have successfully operated on a man for a swelled heart. These same physicians would confer a lasting favor on a lot of worried baseball moguls if they could perform successful operations for swelled head. The latest thing in trusts is the attempt of a lot of billiard and poolroom ope rators to organize a close corporation In Portland. They intend chasing out of business any one who refuses to join ths trust. Baseball fan chit chat hasn't a bureau for naming children. We would suggest, however, that you cut out the name Eve lyn. The name has lost its popularity since Harry Thaw got into action. There are still some members of the "Lob Squad," who attended the trial who think tha name sweet. What a game old sport Leslie M. Shaw is! He is willing to stake his future po litical career on a "single throw of the dice." Perhaps Shaw has advance in formation that there will be a crap game at the' Chicago convention. Young Ketchel seems confident of beat ing Mike (Twin) Sullivan on Washing ton's birthday. He has asked Jimmy Coffroth to match him with the winner of the Hugo Kelly-Papke battle. in this race that the champion was looked upon to show his real finishing ability. At once he gained on his com petitors and' continued to do so until he captured the field: but after this point ho, was seen to again fade away. In tills rpect he was, a great disappointment tfb' the crowd, for every moment the spec tators were expecting the champion to let forth one of his lightning-like bursts of speed, but on each occasion Kelley failed to materialize. In-a word, the whole posi- tion of Kelley's body at top speed seemed I to be most unsuitable for the accom plishing of geat speed. . Should Quit Indoor Running. . "With many of our former champion sprinters, they ran with the body well extended forward, and used a sort of & crouch about the shoulders which made the runner arjrjear to the spectators as i though he "had no neck whatever. This particular point was especially noticed in the case of Bernard Wefers, the former champion sprinter, and when Kelley was seen to run with his peculiar upright position of the body it was questioned how it was . ever possible for him to gather speed at the finish. By no means Is the champion what one might term a graceful runner. On the contrary, he runs rather awkwardl his arms and legs appearing to be swung to the four winds, but which, at the same time, makes him look as if he was flying over the ground. He 'runs with great determination and has plenty of nerve ' in going into the contests. In the races last night he proved conclusively that he is not an in door runner, but. would run to greater advantage on a cinder path. Kelley would do well to give up all Indoor run ning. " SOIL FOR RACERS IDEAIi. CONDITIONS FOH THOU OIGHBREDS, SAYS EXPERT. Numerous Examples Cited of. Fast Steeds Born and Reared on the Farms of Emerald Isle. An English specialist on soil, grass, stud and game the Rev. E. Adrian Woodruffe Peacock has found a new virtue In the soil of Ireland which has a distinct in fluence on the thoroughbred horse raised there. In expounding his theory he men tioned the Knockany Stud in County Lim erick as the only ideal place where the pasturage for the young thoroughbred was perfect. This plant at Knockany belonged to the late John Gubbins, who had the distinc tion of breeding and owning two Derby winners Galtee More and Ardpatrick and who previous to his taking up flat racing developed some of the grandest steeplechasers. In the world. Perhaps other people are on to the secret that Ireland is a good breeding ground as well as Mr. Woodruffe-Peacock. for the cry in England now is "breed in Ireland and race in England." Colonel William Hall Walker, who heads the list of winning owners in Kng land for last season, has his stud in Ire land, at Tully, County Kildare. where all his youngsters are trained and prepared for England. Then there is Major Loder, owner of Pretty Polly and Spearmint, the latter the winner of the 1906 Derby and Grand Prix de Paris, who has his stud" at Eryefield Iodge, Curragh Camp. Kildare. Spearmint will see some stud life there, his list for this year being full at the nice price of $1250 per mare. Spearmint is of course only on the threshold of his career as a sire, but the fact that his list is already closed shows that the breeders have confidence in" the son of Carbine and Maid of the Mint. From the Irish point of view the only "fly in the amber" Is the fact that Spearmint cannot be claimed as an Irish product. He was bred in Yorkshire and his sire was an importation from Australia. This, however, is only a detail, and the point to consider is that Spearmint is now in Ireland and the Green Isle will reap all the benefits and most of the glory of any triumphs that may be in store for him. At the Brownstown Stud Farm in Cur ragh there is Gallinule; and like Spear mint his list is full for this season, his figure being J10CO. and Sainfoin, another Derby winner, has taken up his stand at the Cloghran Stud. County Dublin. Ho is sire of Rock Sand, winner of the Derby, Two Thousand and St. Leger, and although he may be said to have entered the ranks of the veterans he may yet get another as good or better than Rock Sand. There is no knowing what the change from Newmarket to County Dub lin may do for him. He is younger now than Diamond was when he was brought to America to do greater things than he had done when in the full bloom of youth and vigor in his native land. There is little doubt, in fact, that many a stallion would1 derive incalculable benefit if he were given a change of scene and' air. Though Mr. Woodruffe - Peacock praises the Knockany Stud, he lias not the same to say of the whole of Ire land, for he found the turf defective here and there. He thought that the thing to Improve the spots he found wanting was to let sheep loose on it for a long term of grazing, jit was said that the foxtail grass is the best for stock feeding, and this was found in abundance around Knockany. Speaking of the Irish soil, in part Mr. Woodruff e-Peacock said: "The very acme of perfection seems to be reached at Knockany, turf qual ity going along with feeding quality, just exactly up to the lines of perfect safety. This state of excellence, as anyone may see by viewing the late Mr. Gubbins's stud, had been brought ' about by two circumstances the qual ity of the soil and the judicious care in handling i't. The same or an ap proximate soil condition can be pro duced gradually on other Irish studs by grazing and manuring equally Ju dicious. It is only a question of knowl edge and experimenting; there is no great difficulty about the matter. ; "If the Irish climate and soil differ from the English, as we know as a matter of experience they do, they will have a slow but at the same time marked influence on the type of horse they produce. Whether the Hibernian climate and soil are better or inferior for the thoroughbred, the Irish type will have certain marked characteris tics of its own. very difficult -to dis criminate, perhaps, with the constant crossings that are going on, but none the less certainly there, although it is tacitly ignored by those who are most vitally interested in the matter. Every one with whom I have talked this mat ter over in England has assumed with positive certainty that the type of horse bred in England and Ireland is exactly the same. I kept an open mind on the subject, for It would be an out rage to scientific experience if this proved to be. the case. "I do not claim to . have mastered either the family or the country char acteristics of our racers. I am a pas ture and meadow student, not a thor oughbred specialist. But if. as we can safely assume, the dry climate and hard pasture of England can slowly and surely add to the thoroughbred's shoulder height, we may rely upon it that the damper air, greater rainfall and softer grasses of Ireland can do something too. What exactly that something is -rnijst be the true Irish thoroughbred question. "There can be no doubt from what I saw in Ireland tha,t the pastures are cs a rule curiously different from, if not much inferior to. tho average soil which supplies thoroughbred paddocks In the east and south of England." New York Sun, TUDEBAKE auto: THE GUARANTEED LINE Give Us an Opportunity to Explain the Full Meaning of . This to You. It Is Important. ELECTRICS Pleasure Vehicles Trucks and Delivery Wagons All Sizes. The Gar That Makes Good AH the Time In dealing with us you are brought in direct contact with the Famous House of Studebaker whose guarantee means all that the term implies. We are ready to" show you, with a stock of cars on hand and more on the way. Studebaker Bros. Co., Northwest 330-336 East Morrison Street SKIT T Fourth National Competition at Duluth. BIGGEST' SLIDE IN AMERICA Hill 300 Feet L,ong Provided for Expert Jumpers Have Entered. Great Interest Shown in the Coming Meet. The fourth national ekt tournament, which will be held in Duluth on February 11 and 12, gives" every promise of equaling1 the Holmenkolrend, the great annual tournament which is held in Norway, says a Duluth dispatch to the Chicago Tribune. x A new hill, the largest in America, has been completed and on this massive slide all of the greatest riders in the country will compete. The entries now. number over 300 and more are coming. Among the contestants are Ole Mangseth, of Du luth, holder of the American record of 114 feet; Gustav Bye, former American champion, with a mark of 106 feet, and Ole Feiring, one of last year's strongest contenders, with 112 feet to his credit. There are scores of others with records close to WO feet and most of them are young men who broke Into the game late last season. . The Duluth hill, which Is 300 feet in length, is considerably the largest on the American continent and is the largest artificial hill in the world. It is located on one side of a great ravine and In such a way that the opposite hill makes an Ideal place to watch the sports. A com plete view of the scaffold, the ride, the jump, and the turn can be had from any point on the ground?. Want All National Events. Over $20,000 already has been expanded In fixing up the scaffold and Jump and this amount is only one-third of what will be spent in the coming two years. A movement is on foot now to have all the national tournaments held in this city and to insure this Duluth must far excel every other competitor in the way of fine property. ' At the tournament to be held here this month a strong effort will be made by all of the riders to equal or beat the world's record of 138 feet, which is held by Leif Berg, of Norway. Berg made this mark last season during an International tour nament in Switzerland and supplemented it with a standing jump of 64 feet on one nki, which Is a remarkable feat. All of the American records have been made on short slides and It is doped out that rid ers who made 100 feet last year on the small hills should be able to adVi at least 20 feet to that distance. Prepare to Entertain 20,000. That the Duluth meeting will be one of the largest ever held in the world there Is little doubt. Preparations are now being made to take care of 20.000 people who are expected to arrive from cities within a radius of 100 miles and there will be several who will travel even further than that. The, sport has taken a great hqld upon the feeling qf the Northern!. Americans have fallen for It in great number". . Skiing has secured a foothold in the northern cities of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota which Insures Its perma nence. In less than four years over fifty clubs, averaging 60 members, have been organized and a large percentage of the members are active riders, who can jump out any time and take part in a tourna ment. Each organization has a clubhouse of its own. usually located several miles distant from the city. These clubhouses contain a cafe and a buffet which are in good running order during the season. Several evenings of every week are de voted to club "tramps" through the' for ests and along country roads, the exer cise being most invigorating. Many Cities Represented. The following cities will send teams to the national tournament: Minneapolis. St. Paul, Ishpeming. Mich.; Grand Rap ids, Minn.; Red Wing, Minn.; Washburn, Wte.; Bayfield, Wis.: Ashland, Wis.; Eau OUHMMEN MOB Model "H" Claire, Wis.; Chippewa Falls Wis.; Hay ward, Wis.; Stoughton, Mich.; Iron wood, Mich.; Eseanaba, Mich.; Stillwater, Minn.: Hibbing. Minn.: Colraine. Minn.; Bovey, Minn.; Mellen, Wis.; Chicago, Su perior, Wis.; Munising, Mich., and Col fax, Wis. A feature of the national tournament will be a ski run by the Duluth Ski Club and the Northern hockey team at night, with each member carrying a lighted torch. This parade- will be over the main streets to the ball park at the West End. The visiting ski runners will be enter tained at the ball grounds by a hockey garni. New Rules for Trotting. NEW. YORK, Feb. 8. At the bien nial meeting of the National Trotting Association several important changes in the rules will be proposed. One is that 3-year-olds be not allowed to race longer than three heats. Another Is that all drivers on National tracks be. licensed, as Is the case on all European trotting tracks. Jockeys on j running tracKs to pay o license ree. BASKETBALL GENTLE REPEATED REFORMS PUT IT IX MOLLYCODDLE CLASS. Formerly Ran Neck and N'cck With Football, but Glory Has Depart ed, Athlete Says. "There used to be a time," said a burly athlete recently, "when basketball was a real game, and if a man wasn't made of stuff akin to imlta rubber, he took the count early. Basketball, when it first came out, ran neck and neck with foot ball for several years, and the victim of the flying wedge had his counterpart when the entire five members of some aggressive basketball team would try to j drive an opponent with the ball down ! through a hardwood floor. Prize fight ers, short on wind hut long on muscle, and with a careless regard for the fea tures of opponents, flourished in basket ball." As a matter of fact, there is a great difference In the game as it is played now and the way It was played a dozen years -ago. Then, because of lax rules, it had a reputation for rough house tac tics only equaled by the football game of the same period. Even among .teams of high school girls all but the strong were out of place, and many a contest that started off well ended In a scratchfest or bair pulling contest. It was not until the game was taken up by the Y. M. C. A. that any real reformation was begun. Now. how ever, it is not necessary to be the pos sessor of those qualities which go to make a football player to become an adept at the gymnasium game. Athletes throughout the Middle "West have .modified the old style of rough play until it is no longer necessary to be a player of weight and brawn. Instead, the chief requisites are speed, skill and endurance. This change has thrown the game open to a class of youths who a few years ago would have been classed as mollycoddles. - Players of former days will .remember the difficulties under which they labored, not only in the play itself, but in the lo cation of suitable places in which the game was to take place. Halls and gym nasiums were not built for It, and many a big contest has been played in halls where pillars in the center of the floor were common objects against which heads were regularly bumped. At first the sport had to adapt itself to the playing space and many peculiar styles were developed. High schools quickly took up the sport. When rival sahool teams lined up against each other is was only a change from 11 men football to football with five men on . a side. Incorporating the forward pass. In those days a player was allowed three steps with the ball before he was compelled to pass it. 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