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SKI JUMPERS mil READY FOR TOURNEYS Ashland, to Entertain the International Competitors in February. Calumet, Dec. 29.Skiing appears to have attained greater popularity than ever before in the upper peninsula. A number of tournaments and contests are planned. Northern Michigan numbers among its residents some of the most expert skiists in the world, both for speed, endurance and lumping.

Munising will hold its first annual ski tournament Jan. 1, 1907. Grand stands have been erected at the ski hill and ample a commodation provided for the big crowd which the tournament is sure to attiact. The hill has been placed in excellent condition. Old ski riders who have been seen in almost every ski slide of any consequence in this country or -Europe say thev believe that many ski records will be Droken on the Munising hill thib winter.

In addition to the hundreds of dollars that will rewarded as prizes for this tournament, W. G. Mather has I promised a gold medal and the ladies of Munising will give a trophy. Munising has sent invitations to all the cUibs in the national ski association and a special rate will prevail and a big attendance is expected. One of the et attractions will be a ladv ski rider who has a record that many of the best men will do well to equal.

Special Train Party. The members of the Ishpeming Ski club have been invited to participate in the contests at Munising on New Year's day. A special train will be run from that city. The Ishpeming club has a gieat many riders, some of whom have international reputations, and the club expects to capture some of the prizes. The National Ski association will hold its annual tournament at Ashland, in February.

It will be the biggest meeting of ski riders ever held in this country. The Ashland club has expressed great difficulty in locating a suitable hill. The tournament held fheip last year took place at a point about six miles from the city. It is probable that the difficulty of a hill will be overcome by the erection of a slide. It is reported that some of the ski I clubs in Minnesota, including the Duluth organization, have decided to withI draw from the National association, orimng an independent organization to be known as the Western association.

The representatives of the Duluth club at the convention of the National association held last winter were much displeased at not being given the next tournament. It is reported that Duluth skiiers plan to make club one of the strongest numerically and otherwise in the United States. It is said that in case the proposed association is organized a big tournament will be held in Duluth this winter and that the promoters of the proposed organization will endeavor to have their champions compete with the winners of the National association contests at Ashland. Opposition Growing. Carl Tellefson, president of the National association and father of the ski spcrt in.

America, does not take kindly to the idea of having rival contests. III Norway, the home of the he said, "no such practice is indulged in, nor should the lovers of the sport in this country allow, it here. I was very much displeased and surprised at the action of the skiers who last year at the eleventh hour made a demand for increased cash prizes, and the action of he association in condemning the movement at that time met with my hearty The Ishpeming ski club's new slide, laid out by Harry T. Hulst, an engineer with the OUver company, at Ishpeming, is, probably the best in this country or Norway. There is only one point on the course where the riders will be unprotected from the wind, and that is on the scaffold.

The total length of the new hill is 760 feet, or just 200 feet longer than the old one. Its height, exclusive of the trestle, which is 23 feet high, is 176 feet. I Heinle Pelte will probably land In part of the deal for Outfielder Bill Hallmuu Catcher Shaw. Teit? stands a good chance tof being made manager of the colonels. Ned Hanlon Is considerable of a pooh bah He has interests in the Brooklyn and the Baltimore clubs, and manages the Cincinnati club.

Beside he a property owner in Pittsburg There Tras a lively demand at the recent league meeting for the of the cardinal pitcher, "Buster" Brown, but Manager Mc Closkey could not be persuaded to part with him. Barney Drevfuss mourns the fact that he did not land Pitcher Berger and Outfielder of Columbus, but President Bryce says It was simply a matter of money and Cleveland taiade the best bid. MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL.

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Expert Instructors for Beginners Open Every Afternoon and Evening. Extra Session Monday, Dec. 31. 1 New Eve. 10:30 P.

N. to 12:30. 1.Second Lieutenant G. N-, Lightweight, winner. 4.

Sport Section. TALKING OF GHAlGES IN THE IOWA PLAN Three-I and Hawkeye Circuits Will Undergo Change in Makeup. Special to The Journal. Burlington, Iowa, Dec. 29.While nothing official has been done concerning the release of Clinton to the league by the directors of the Iowa league, undoubtedly that subject will have a thoro discussion at the league meeting in January.

There is a possibility that the ThreeI people will be asked to make something of a concession in return for Clinton. Probably the Davenport territory will be asked for in exchanage. Davenport will be of no use to the Iowa league at this time, but it is considered good territory for the state organization to control for future use, and the suggestion has been made that the opportunity for a trade be utilized to secure it. Harry Hoffer, the leading light in Quincy baseball circles, who has been much in evidence in the formation of th.e new association of that cxty, has taken a stand against individual ownership of the team. He has been urged to take financial control and management of the club, but has declined and as a result it is probable that a stock company will have direction of the team's affairs.

Hoffer will be a prominent figure in this arrangement, however, as he knows the wants of the Quincy fans in every detail. The decision in Quincy in this re-N spect has been echoed in several other Iowa league cities, where the subject has been proposed. Oskaloosa, Marshalltown and Ottumwa have all declared against it, and will have managers under the direction of stockholders, and will carry on the game in that manner. Patterson has been unanimously chosen to direct the affairs of the Oskaloosa club. Corbett will manage the Ottumwa team, and Marshalltown is now looking for a manager.

Eollo Brown, who took charge of the team last year with such success, has Been turned over to Lynn, Mass. Snapper Kennedy, who won the pennant for Ottumwa two seasons, but who was with Davenport last year, is a candidate for a managerial pbsition in the Iowa league, and he may get the Marshalltown position. JEFF AND, RILEY IN FISTIC DEAL Special to The Journal. Tonopah, Dec. 29.Manager Mike Riley of the Tonopah Athletic club has in contemplation a great pugilistic tournament to take place in April, which will be the greatest thing of its kind in the history of the ring.

He plans to give purses amounting to $100,000. The great feature oi the affair will be several contests between Jeffries and at least five other men, to take place on separate days. For each of the fights Jeff is to receive $10,000. In addition there will be championship contests in other classes. It is proposed to match the winner of the GansHerman fight against either Britt or Nelson.

Gans said todav that he would not light any one but Nelson after his contest with Herman. Biley showed part of a long telegram from Jeffries which proved that Jeffries is one of the promoters of the fistic tournament. Jeffries said in this message that he would not accept the Ith-yolite offer. Jack MeCormlck ot Philadelphia, last season's tiainer of the Chicago champions, has opened a gymnasium at Broadway and Sixty-sixth btreet, in New York city, and will spend the winter in that city. 8 hn a ton SILER REVIEWS THE BOXING DF THE YEAR Veteran Referee Passes on the Ring for The Journal Readers.

By George Siler. Chicago, Dec. 29.It was tough sledding for the majority of the 'pugGists during the last year, and the prospects for the coming year are not much brighter. The earthquake and fire at San Francisco practically wiped that, the best fight town in the country, off the map. The city during its prosperous fight days, was controlled by several men, and, as usual in such cases, they could not pull together, much to the regret of the mitt artists.

The only important contest staged in Frisco since the quake was that between Al Kaufmann and Sam Berger, and the financial end of that did not come up to expectations. Chelsea, was a good little burg until a few days after the Matty Baldwin-Tommy Murphy fight, three weeks ago, when the authorities compelled the management to put up their shutters. New York city made a strong bid to again start the pugilistic ball trolling, and the numerous clubs which infested the city did a land-office business pulling off three and four-round tilts. Things were progressing smoothly until the Madison Square Athletic club, thinking it had the bull by tho horns, matched Terry McGovern and Jimmy Britt to box ten rounds. Bad in Manhattan.

It was a big event and the management, to gather all the shekels in sight, overstepped themselves by selling tickets to the general public, instead of to members only, as demanded by law, and that put the game 'on the toboggan. The men in charge of the affairs in the states of Ohio and Missouri would not stand for anything in the pugilistic line, and Michigan, an excellent money getter for a number of good, bad and indifferent fighters, was stricken from the list befeause of the death of Mike Ward. The lid has not, as yet, been pried from Chicago, but the scrappers manage to pick up a little change in a number of small towns in the state of Illinois. Milwaukee still is open for the pugs and Davenport, Iowa, dropped into line during the year. Butte, Spokane and Seattle, it seems, have been worked to death and "nothing to amount to anything is the slogan in those cities.

Philadelphia is doing business at the same old stand, and as in former years, is the best city in the country for limited round, boutse. Denvetr was a closed shop" for some recentl tlm bu opened all sinc which a number of good fights have been staged Los Angeles has been the best city in the country for the fighters since San Francisco dropped out of the game. Tom McCarey, manager of the Pacific Athletic club, who controls the fight game in that city, has pulled off more top notch fights during the year than has any man in the country. Nevada an Exception. Nevada, the only state in America that has a law permitting fights to a finish, the front on Sept.

3, by pulling off the lightweight championship between Joe Gans and Battling Nelson. Since then Tonopah came to the front by matching Joe Gans and' "Kid" Herman and the Rhyolite, promoters butted into the' game by offering $30,000 for a fight between Jim Jeffries and Bill Squires, the heavyweight champion of Australia. Nevada has offered the largest purses, THE ENGLIS ARMY AND NAVY BOXIN TH, ENGLISH ARMY AND NAVY BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ALDERS HOTTHE WINNING OFFICERS but as the promoters of the state onlyeater after the best in the market the rank and file of pugilism derives no benefit from the offerings. The only championship fights pulled off during the year were at Colma, outside of San Franciseo, Los Angeles, Nevada and at Chelsea. In the first named Joe Gans defeated Mike "Twin" Sullivan for the welter-weight title, beating him in fifteen rounds and later made it a good one by defeating him in ten rounds at Los Angeles.

Gans later in the year relinquished the welter-weight title. The sports of Los Angeles also saw championship battles between Tommy Burns and Marvin Hart and Burns and Jack O'Brien in the heavy-weight class, and Abe Attel and Frankie Neil, and Attel and Harry Banter, and Attel and Jimmy Walsh in the featherweight division. Gans Has Edge. Chelsea pulled off the welterweight championship fights between Billy Mellody and Joe Walcott, tbe first named fighter winning both. The question as to who is the best lightweight in the country was decided at Goldfield, when Gans and Nelson came together, Gans winning on a foul in the fortysecond round.

There was no light heavvweight or bantamweight championship fights during the vear, so there are no real live champions in the latter division. Jack O'Brien still holds the light heavyweight title by virtue of his victory over Fitzslmmons of the pected happtmngs ofOnee th year wasunem Ji Jeffries' announcement that he would re-enter the ring. WHIST Pairs were drawn at the regular play of the City Whist club Friday night, resulting in some unusual partnerships among the players present. On account of this fact, permanent buttons were awarded to the high score north and south and east and west. Roy Hooker of Minneapolis and Will Moshier Clark of Caledonia, won the honors east and west, with plus four.

North and south, J. W. Clark and Dr. Lillehei of Minneapolis carried off the honors wih plus six. The scores of the evening were as follows NORTH AND SOUTH.

Pomeroy and C. E. Pratt 13s Solem and Phelps vm Marsh and Waitt 144 Dr. Uale and Nash J. W.

Clark and Dr. Lillehei 147 Anderson and Young 143 Bunnell and Hatch Miller and Miller J44 Haynes an-1 Plummer 136 Latham and Andrews 130 Average 141 EAST'AND WEST. Dr. E. Clark and Eide 121 Hooker and W.

M. Clark 123 Bedbury and Smith JJO A. E. Sprague and Drew 117 Parrott and Flyun HQ Q. Spiague and Kaestner J22 GaUagher and Bloomquist 120 Rollins and Hoag Arnell and Richards 317 Leiferman and E.

C. Pratt 121 Average The regular winter tournament will begin with the first meeting in January. WANDERERS LOOK FOR HOCKEY GAMES The Wanderers' Hockey club has been organized for the season and the management is out to meet all the strongest teams in -the twin cities. On New Year's morning a team composed of South high players will be taken on at the WflnrlArnrs' ningss and Sundaysfowith all teams in telenhonp 7Q3 i. telephone zasi.

winner Featherweight. 2.Captain Long beating Lieutenant Richards in the Middleweight Semi-final. 3.Assistant Paymaster Saptalr, W. Long, Royal Soots Guards, Middleweight Winner. 5.Lieutenant W.

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Heavyweight winner 1905 and 1906 Leyshon, R. HUSKER5 IT THE Minneapolis and St. Paul. Fbr games rrea sunrisediaalond-Interest. or ruisourg says ae wants to land addrecs O.

Swanson, 509 Hennepin ave- 101' Sunday, December 30, 1906- ejwiecE Nebraska Will Not Hook Up with the New Western Organ- ization, i Special to The Journal. Lincoln, Dec. 29.Official announcement has been made by the athletic authorities of Nebraska university that the cornhuskers will have no connection or affiliation with the proposition to organize a "Big Seven" or conference of colleges in the Missouri valley country molded after the fashion of the "Big Nine," or conference in the middle section of the west. The statement is also made officially that Nebraska will not send a representative to the meeting, announced for January 12, in Kansas City, at which it is expected to organize the Missouri valley conference. Dr.

R. G. Clapp, physical director at Nebraska and secretary of the athletic board, in explanation of Nebraska's attitude, said: "The advisability of Nebraska accepting a membership in the new conference was fully discussed at the December meeting' of the board and at that time it was decided that Nebraska had nothing to gain by such an affiliation. I have been invited to attend the meeting in Kansas City as Nebraska's representative, but I have no authorization to go as delegate, and, therefore, the subject is a closed incident so far as Nebraska is concerned." CONFERENCE HAS ATHLETES WORRIED Special to The Journal. Chicago, Dec.

29.With the winter athletic season beginning this week, athletes in all the "Big Nine" universities are facing a puzzling situation. The coming indoor season promises to bring forth all sorts of confusion as a result of the delay in the decision on the changes proposed by the December conference. A final decision on the recommendations that freshmen be allowed to compete in minor sports, that the retroactive features of the threevear rule be repealed and that the football season be extended from five to seven games is not expected before the middh, or last of February. Consequently many of the indoor track teams will be deprived of their fourth year men awaiting the decision. The University of Chicago basket ball team will suffer heavily from this muddled condition of affairs.

The Lewis Institute quartetPage, Falls, Watson and Hoffmanas well as many of the other promising candidates, are freshmen and have been working out regularly for positions on the team. The swimming team will also have to get along for the first part of the season without a number of men whom they were counting on. Michigan will suffer in indoor track, as will Illinois. Wisconsin and Illinois are the only institutions this far to vote on the recommendations and in case the remaining seven vote shortly, it is possible that the conference will be called in January to relieve this condition as much as possible. his hail-.

He th Mahon. who has been drafted by New York from the Roanoke club is a busky young chap and a Hughy Tennings, not only in eve bu ine wancterers nnlc, ia Pla a natlT ot avenue and Thirty-ninth street, and habits nne amotions played under Bill the game will be called at IO o'clock. Game are desired Wednesday eve Hamilton Philadelphia and is Ideal to bis i.n the New England. nClarkchampionship, league, also in the- Huflson Southern- Tier leagues. His many friends will watch his debut In fast company with much Fred ofi Pittsburg says he wants land smoketown next season, aud also the world's for It may be his last yeR Colored Paper Stork YALE NOT SO SURE Of HARVARD DATES Squabbles of Past Years May Result in a Final Rupture.

Special to The Journal. New Haven, Dec. 29.The question whether Yale and Harvard will sever athletic relations is the burning issue at Yale. It will be debated all the winter by at least three distinct bodiesthe faculty, the athletic officials and the undergraduates. It has taken the place of the reform investigation which consumed the time of the same three bodies all of last winter, giving Yale men a subject for discussion not less ajeute than the topic of last winter.

It is by no means taken for granted at Yale that athletic relations with Harvard (are to be maintained and voices have already been raised in all of the three bodies mentioned advising that relations be severed. The faculty is by no means unanimous on the subject of retaining Yale-Harvard contests. They feel that the squabbles of the past year or two -with. Harvard have been the mostseasons annua1 unsatisfactory features of the and some of the pro fessors favor dropping the crimson. As far as the younger coaches are concernpd, there is a decided majority in favor of giving up contests for a time at least, unless the general conduct of Yale and Harvard athletic relations can be improved.

Only the Yale-Harvard baseball games of the spring sports have been arranged yet. The Yale-Harvard dual track meet was set down for May 11, but there has been a hitch in this and the date is withheld for the present. The YaleHarvard regatta on the Thames has not been arranged and the conference to decide upon its details will not be held until March. It is generally felt that the usual program of Yale-Harvard sports till July at the close of the present school year, will be held. DENNIS HORGAN TO COACH PENN TEAM Special to The Journal.

New York, Dec 29.Dennis Horgan, has received and accepted an invitation from the University of Pennsylvania to spend a cofuple of weeks in April with the track team of the university ana coach the shotputters. Horgan, who is the well-known member the New York Athletic club, is 1 a native Irishman, and for a time held the world's record for the shot, beating the figures set by George Gray more than a decade ago which were unassailed for so long. His record of fortyeight feet five inches stood until replaced by Ralph Rose, the Michigan giant shot-putter, and subsequently by W. W. Coe, the Somerville ahtlete.

HOLCOMB TEAM ON A DAKOTA INVASION The Holcomb basketball team will, leave for Watertown, S. tomorrow: morning and will play three games on i New Year's day, the first in the morn-' ing at 10:30, the second in the afternoon and the- third at 8 o'clock in the evening. The Holcomb team has been playing a strong game this season and is well up in the standing of clubs in the Twin City Basketball league. If the Minneapolis aggregation succeeds in taking the long end of this series the management will endeavor to secure games with some of the stronger teams of the surrounding states. WiESUasSBE MAY 8E A SPLIT OVER THE BOLES Continued From First Page.

$350 the maximum fee shall be $50 and expenses. Dr. McCormiek said had noticed a betterment in college athletics in the western Pennsylvania district and that ultimately it was expected to accomplish their complete reform. Professor Dudley informed the convention that rtie southern collegiate association is growing, and possesses a central board of officials and a central board on the eligibility of playera whenever the question arises. He has hoped that all the southern colleges would join in making the Intercollegiate Athletic association national and representative.

Two Codes Possible. If an amalgamation does not take place as was th case last year, ball wilU" beX ilnje a queer predicament rt ii ae eX rules they don't make. It was resolved at the meeting, on motion ot Dr. Williams of Minnesota, that the chairman appoint a committee of three to conter with the athletic authorities. Captain Pierce was re-elected president ot the association for the coming year, altho he will leave West Point June.

Dr. Williams was elected vicepresident, and Professor Louis Bevier of Rutgers, secretary and treasurer. The new executive committee consists of Professor Henry Wild of Williams, representing New England Captain Pierce representing the middle states Professor William L. Dudley of Vanderbilt university, repiesentmg the south C. E.

St. John of Oberlin, representing the middle western states Dr. Williams of Minnesota, representing the northwestern states and Dr. C. W.

Hetherington of the University of Missouri, representing the southwestern 3tates. No Pacihc coast delegate was appointed. The executive committee was instructed to consider whether or not such changes could be made in the bylaws to permit of the admission to membership of subsidiary associations in the various sections of the country seeking the same ends, so that they might all be represented by a single delegate. HUEST0N IS CHAMPION. By Publishers' Press.

Buffalo, N. Dec. 29.Thomas Hueston ot St. Loals tonight defeated Jerome Keogh ot Buffalo for the world's pool championship. The grand totals are: Hueston, eou Keogh, 607.

MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL. Money Cheerfully Refunded. Shoe Clearance $3.50, $3 and $2.50 Shoes Cut to $1.95 Odd Lota, Broken Lots and Short Lots.

Every shape, leather, style and finish. Patent colts, box calf, velour and vici kid, hlucher, bal or lace styles. proof, heavy or mediu Princeton, Cornell, Annapolis and Chicago would then find themselves unable to arrange contests with other colleges the Army and game would be a thing of the past, and two different games that would show up the glaring faults of each other would result. West Point is a member of the association, while Annapolis is not. When the football question came up today it was decided to direct the new committee to seek amalgamation, and the following resolution was passed: "If this amalgamation be not passed, then the association committee of seven shall proceed to formulate rules under which football be played for members of this association." Those elected to the new association committee were: E.

K. Hall of Dartmouth, Dr. James A. Babbitt of C. W.

Savage of Oberlin J. T. Lees of W. O. Lee of West Point Dr.

H. L. Williams of Minnesota and W. L. Dudley of Vanderbilt.

It is the committee of last year, except that Professor Dudley takes the place of F. Homer Curtiss of the University of Texas, who represented the southern colleges. They will submit the proposition to amalgamate this week and meet at the Murray Hill on Jan. 26. The result will be known then.

The "big seven" must either join hands or precipitate a football split that would be more disastrous to the game than another concentrated cry retorm. the "big seven" is composed of Walter Camp of Yale, William F. Reid, of Harvard Alonzo Stagg ot Chicago, P10- fessoi John li. iue of Princeton, Professor L. M.

Dennis oi Cornell, Paul Dashiell Annapolis and Dr. Bell of Pennsylvania. Ihey have tormed supiemt power ooibail since their appointment by the University club or tuis city, to irame tne rules, but now with thuty-seven colleges knocking as a unit at the door 101 a voice in tne game, tney must either open it or start a gridiron war. The membcis of the old committee feel that a continuity of their say is of paramount importance to the best interests ot the game, and individually they teei that they cannot join with the new association as long as they have no definite assurance of continuing on tie couimittee. They are not willing to submit to Guaranteed $3.50, $3.00 and $2.60 values.