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I unday 'Bee PART TVE SPORTING PACtS 1 TO 4, Gmaha XXX.VIU NO. 37. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBItUAftT 28, 19X. SlNOIJi COPY t'lVK CKNTS. King-' Cole May Leave Nebraska University and Go to Michigan; Bowlers Are Getting- Ready 1 BOWIERS FLOCK TO ANNUAL MEET Hen from All Important Cities Flock to National Tournament at Pittsburg-.

rRIZE LIST OF $25,000 IN CASH Awards Will Be Larger Than Last Tear at Cincinnati. ALL BIO TEAMS WILL BE IN Total Entries Now Amount to 378 Fire-Men Teams. MAST CROSS-CHALLENGES OUT Special Contests Oatsld) ttesrnlnr Tnornansent Oanra Add Vnnsnal Interest tm Assembly of Alley Expert. PITTSBURG. Feb, 27.

(Special.) Tlttsburg greeted the bowlers In attendance the ninth annual- tournament of the American Bowling congress her tonight, tiver 3.000 spectators crowding the apacloua DuQueens gstdens, where the meet will be run for three weeks. Alley expert from all over the cbuntry and Canada have filed entries and fthe present meet has aet a new record both In point of number a and diversity of representstlon over any former bowline tournament. An enormoua prlae list of aome $38,000 In cash ha been hung up for the player, a train of-aome 82.000 over the magnificent prize Hat distributed at Garry Herrmann Cincinnati gathering a year ago. To gather this enormoua priie fund the cltlea of the east and west, from Greater New York to hava been combed of their expert and the claaa of men shooting this year la easily the beat that haa ever tried for alley honors. Pittsburg and Ha surrounding towna have contributed 117 teams to tho great ehowing of 378 five-men teams In the meet.

Cincinnati Is aecond with thirty-two, while Chicago, usually first In outside representation, has thirty. All Biff Cities Are la. All of the other big cltlea have aent big representations and moat of them have applied for apeclat night on which their total representation will occupy the boards to the almost complete exclusion of teams from other cities. Among the special nights already allotted are the openlngjnlght. -February O'Lesry night, Marches Detroit night.

March 8: Cincinnati nlgbt, March 10; Chicago night, March II; St. Louis night, March 13; Elka night, March 15; Wheeling ulfcht, Maich IS; Cleveland and Youngs-town night. March 18. and Beaver Valley njgn(t. a.

The total number of entrlea at the meet' Is now 378 five-men teams. 807 double and M'i singles. Hardly a bowler of high claaa In the- country la missing from the list. Such famous stars aa Jimmy Smith, Johnny Voorhels. Louis Frans, Chailey Gilbert, -dfarsnk Brill.

Phil Wolf, Will Flenner, 'Jimmy Blouln, l.oula Jesaelaon, Herman Collin, Martin Kern. Al 8elbaeh, Bob Mjtak, Louis Hellhake, Bob Mennjnger, Marshall Levey, Lee Graff and other men of national leputatlon a -a all listed to shoot. Many rrosa-Chnlleanes. Thsse men have been hurling challenges at each other for weeks and a host of special contest outside of the bla: torn-ament arc' certain to be played. A Cleveland-Chicago special two-men match between Frank Brill and Phil Wolf on one aide and Charley Gilbert and Lou I Frar.s la already eigned up for (1,000 with others with New York contender Hated.

DuQuesnc. Gsrdens. where the tourna ment wilt be held. Is the largest hall ever secured for a bowling meet, being larger than the famous Madison Square Garden in Xew York. An Immense stand has been erected for spectators while the hall la filled with booths fatr the business specialties of the game.

Politically the coining congress, which la to- he held March to 12. is the least Interesting of any of the meets. No cities, have as yet asked' for the 1919 meet, although Detroit and Chicago have all been mentioned aa prospect. The Immense site of. the meets together with its continuous growth la making bidders fight shy of It and there la an undercurrent of senllment advocating the doubling of the entry fee ao aa to keep out the bulk of the clubs which usually enter from complimentary purpose.

ItaUlaa; the Kntrr Fee. Should the coming congress fall to develop bidder ror the 1310 meet It la likely that radical action of raising the entry fee to man In all thre events will be taken and the bidding again opened. Presi-' dent Garry Herrmann, the owner of the Cincinnati Reda base ball team and thi head of the American Bowling congress the past two yeara will again be elected In all probability, hie able work In handling the congress having established him firm In the favor of the bowler. The rest of the officera will probably also be continued although aome minor changes in the execution committee are likely. rim THOUSAND IN PRIZE MONEY Croat fnwscrts far Speedy- Bewlcre Xew York la May.

NEW YORK, Feb. of 80O.OO0 In erite money wilt be rolled for In the third annual championship tournament of the National Bowling association, at Madison Square Garden on May 4 and me 12. Tha first prise alone amounts to a guarantee ef at least 81.000, and from present Indication it look aa though 509 five-man teams wtil enter. No feaer than twenty-four of tha highest grade alleys will be laid In tha amphitheater of the Garden, while new and up-to-date scoring system haa also been devised. In the past It has always been a problem to equip each pair of alley with a score board satisfactory ta spectator sitting at a distance.

From the present outlook, however, the coming tournament will be the greatest of the kind ever held. Bowling officials In the west have already announced that at least one-quarter af tha Garden -entry would received from the beyond the Allegheny aountalaa. Positive assurances have been received of entries from aa far weat aa while there will be a number st teams from Canada and at leaat one tarn GarmiJij; WILLIE H0PPE COMES TO TOWN Chajaploa fjllllarel Player Will Give Exhibitions la Oaaafca. Willie Hoppe, the world's billiard champion, will make his first appearance In Omaha Monday evening at the Paxton hotel In the banquet hall. The little champion will be here two days and will also play Tuesday both afternoon end evening.

Hoppe will play three dlffferent billiard players while here and In all of his contest he will play 400 points of elghteen-Inch balk-line to hie opponent's 300 points. After each match he will give an exhibition of his fancy shots as ha played them In vaudeville, which wlll.be an extra. Inducement to the fair sex watch this great expert rlay. Mr. Hoppe, who la now years of ge, la making a tour of the United States and meetlna all the local billiard exnerts in the principal cities of the country.

He haa been the sensation of the Millard world. In the four tournaments that Hoppe haa taken part in, he has won three without toeing a single contest and at the match play he has won four out of six contests. As for records. Hoppe has made the largest run, which Is 307 In a 800 point match game. He also holds the high record average forlSrl, which Is twenty and a fraction.

Mr. Hoppe has severed all connection with any one billiard table manufacturer, and In the future will be a free and Independent champion who can play when and where ho wishes, without being dictated to when he shall play and the number of points that the contest shall be. Hoppe has Junt Invented a new billiard cushion which he haa been working on for a long time, and he claims that the same will jnake It easier for the players of this great sport Improve their game, as the ball will take a perfect angle and the public, will have a chance to see It while he Is here, ss It will be fitted to a Charles Passow A- Pons which Mr. Hoppe has been able to scours through Mr. Partlnw, their Omaha manager.

While In the city the little champion will see lf.there Is any one who ha the maX-I nan of a great player, and If so, he will take him In hand and show him all the fine points of the game. CEISIS IN IOWA A' TELE' TICS Realgaatloa af Catlta Pat Alasnal System Up ta Board. IOWA CITY, Feb. 27. (Special.) Athletio management In the University of Iowa Is in the most critical period In Its history.

Within a month the Board of Control of athletics must decide on a coach, assistant foot ball coach snd manager for next year's foot ball team. Affair In athletics reached a crisis with Jhe acceptance of Director Mark Catlln's tealgnatlon the last week. Hla withdrawal from 'the athletio department to practice law In Wisconsin put the question squarely up to the Board of Control, whether to adopt tha alumni system of coaching or not Another radical change will be made In the management of the teams. For- the last three years Mark Caltln has done two men's work. He has not only coached the teams, but he has had complete charge of the sale of' tickets, advertlaing, etc.

He ha framed the schedules and attended to other Innumerable details. The board now proposes to do away with this recognised deficiency in the system. At the present time it Is the intention to have both a coach and manager next season. There are plenty of candidates for the position of coach. Including John G.

Griffith, the present assistant coach and a popular alumnus, but the board la completely at sea on the managership proposition, Iowa's baaket ball season -with the game Monday night against the Badger five on the Madiaon floor. Baaket ball will make between $309 and this year according to the preliminary estimates. The crowds at the home games have been gratifying and the trips have all paid well. The schedule was constructed to make money and It did. The seaaon proved fairly successful when the team once hit Its stride.

After the eaatern trip the team battered to pieces, made a poor showing against the state champions. Grlnnell. Later victories over the State Normal, Minnesota and Drake by big margins, surprised even the moat optimistic supporters of the team RAYMOND REGARDED AS -COMER Aeejalaltlaa ta Glaat KtaaT ts Tested for tvtaaer This Seasoa. NEW" TpRK, Feb. tlie pitcher, who Is to be with Giants this year, seem to be quite as erratic this season aa he was last.

In any event he ha begun the spring in a typical manner. A telegram came from Chicago the other day reporting that he had fallen from a afreet car and jured his knee so that he would be unable to begin pract'ee m-th the Glsnts on time. Barely had that been published another came from St. Leu Is saying that Raymond waa In. that 'city, where he had ay.ne to take hi departure with the otl er members of the New York tcsro for Texas, and had Indicated his belief that he had finally found company with a base ball nine which stuld win the cltArr.plonrl lp.

The chnnres are that he Is not so badly hurt as reported and that he liss started on v-ay to Texae. That Raymond la tllrclr to be one vf the pltehera who will succeed for the Glanta this year seems probnble, in view rf the gopd showing he made with the St. Louis nine last summer. Second-hand autos motor cycles au-to repairs spring overhauling do any of these things interest yojii? You will find the right place by looking on the want-ad par, under the head of "Automobiles." The live dealers use the want ads because people can find what they want easily and always in the same place. Have you read the Want ads yet today; 1 1-' Ge5 L.

FIRM BASE FOR BIG RACE Transcontinental Run, New York to Seattle, is a Sure Go. START FROM GOTHAM MAY 15 Two) Tboasand-Dollar Trophy i Over Fire Tboneand In Cask Will Be the Attractloa to Draw Entries. NEW YORK. Feb. 27.

Further developments In the proposed transcontinental automobile race from' New York City to Seattle show that the run ts based on a very firm foundation and that it enjoys strong financial hankins. The event waa only a probability until the Seattle Automobile club agreed -to take up the work of cooperation with M. Robert Guggenheim, who proposed the race to that organisation. Mr. Guggenheim offered a trophy valued at $2,000 and cash prices aggregating 15.300 for auch a race, with the proviso that the Seattle Automobile club contribute 85,000 to Insure other necessary expenses.

Furthermore, the father of the race Is desirous of the club's taking over tho contest so that he will be kept In the background as much aa It being the plan to give the Impression that Guggenheim waa invited to contribute the trophy and to act as referee, thus placing the credit for the event on Seattle's automobillsta. The original lJea of starting i the run from this city on May 15 will be adhered to, ao that the cars will enter the stsdlum st Seattle on or sbout June 1. the dale of the ODenina- of the Alaaka-Yukon-Paclflc exposition. Over twentyentrles, domestic and foreign, have been guaranteed by Mr. Guggenheim and hla friends and the run will be held under the auspices of the Automobile Club of America.

It Is hoped that William J. Vanderbllt. will act aa tarter. The 85.S00 prise money to be given to the first five machines to finish will be divided aa follows: First car, 13.000; second car, third car, fourth car, good, snd fifth oar, 8300. President J.

T. Roland of the Seattle Automobile club haa fallen in heartily with the proposed plan for the race and has appointed a committee to perfect arrangements for the event at the earliest date possible. This committee, composed of M. R. Guggenheim, chairman; Hill, J.

B. Fowles, W. K. Loose. C.

Hanford, A. Battle and N. H. Lattlmer, haa been given full power to act In all details relative to the race, and with MlUa and Moore as New York representatives, completion of the rrellmlnsry arrangements Is expected soon. The club has agreed to guarantee the required 85.0ijO for additional expenses, thus allowing the committee to begin making arrangements for supply stations, securing entries, obtaining county permits, mapping out the route, and the thousand and one other details necesisry for the arranging of an event of this magnitude.

Not only Is this proposed transcontinental run attracting attention" on the far coast, but among motor ear dealers, owners and enthusiasts the country over as well. It will be the flrst contest of Its kind ever held in America. GET HIGH SCHOOL SWEATERS Slsteea af Last Sraaoa's Players Glvea Letter for Making; Team. The sweaters regularly bestowed 011 foot ball players, of the Omaha H'sh srhnol eleven were given out at sie-lal mass meeting held yesterday afternoon. A program by pupils of the school marked the occasion.

The first number wa a song by the Glee club. Mis Grace McBride, '(. plaved two selection iu the violin snd Coach Cherrlngton gave an interesting outline of the last foot hn season. He -mas fallowed by Harold Mi Kinney, captain of the team. Mr.

Cherrlngton then presr-nted the honor aweatersto ihe sixteen men who earid an The following boys received them: McKlnney, Mawhinney, Lehmer, Neaviea, Carlson, Klopjt. Andru. Nah, Gardiner. Howard. Thompson.

Sear. Mills. Payne. Two other men, Frkk and Rector, acre voted aweaters with an It wa Impossible to give them sn lecatie they had not played enough game. More music follomed.

The Seymour quartet sang three selections, and Miss Mamie Meek played two numbers on tho piano. Miss Bdna Levi, a senior recited "If I were king." A competitive drill of seventeen cadet of the battalion, under CaMain Harry lJrucker, waa won by Allen Tuhey, first set leant of company E. The cadeta in tha competition included: Company Hoffert, H. Lindberg; company B. II.

Russell. V. Hyrd; company p. l.arnion, O. Aliyn: company D.

8. Beranek. I- Hnre.h; company K. M. Heyser, WHsif A Tukry; company K.

VYMrodt. 11. lisneen: company O. G. Gelb.

B. Nosh; ComiHiiy J. C. luvie. V.

Meyer; stsff. 11. Spring Shooting in Nebraska 1 1 I 4 ONE MORNING'S WORK OF. TWO GUNS NEAR TACTS ABOUT JTATlOflTAX BOWlr- nro Touaast at FXTTBBTTRG. Place DuQuesne Oardsa Buxatloa.

Ten. 87-atsjtoh 90 Total entries S.MS ZadlTtdoal entered 1,400 Bntranoa feesi 378 five-man teams at Sas.f 9,450.00 807 two-man teams, at $10. 8,070.00 1,662 ladlTldnaU, as $5.. 7,810.00 Total ......835,330.00 Total prise money. ..831,530.60 Wnat championship teams roceiv! riTe-man 8700 Two-man event 400 Individual event.

j. 875 Prise foe high 150 pedal prises 350 What It will cost tha howler 1 TraveUsg expense. Hotel Xntranc ess Bowling baila ixteea alley Piss, 378 sst Officers' excesses. Entertainment Incidentals Total 85,000 65,000 85,330 8,000 6,400 900 4,000 3,000 8,000 8190,630 previous tour- Comparison with nam eats 1 l-nen 101 Chicago 41 1903 Buffalo 61 1903 Indianap's .78 1904 Cleveland .113 1905 Milwaukee XVI 1906 .881 1907 Bt. lSt Cincinnati .383 1909 Pittsburg ToU! money Tnfl.

78 115 104 819 163 847 834 453 435 813 460 897 613 1,080 763 1,489 807 1,863 8 1.603 8.600 4,137 6,395 11,610 13,418 13,897 30,400 81,530 PRIZE BUNCH. OF WILD GEESE Six Shot by Tekamah Haaters Welga-iag Seveaty-SIs Posad. Bill Tltsle and' Jerome' Shamburg of Tekamah made one of the largest wild goose kills ever made In Burt county last week, when out of a bunch of nine geese they killed 'six that welched seventy-six pounds. These' geese have been around for some time, but have been most They did not feed In the same fields any two days In succession nor did they ever return to the Missouri twice In the same place. Although the Tekamah hunters have been on thefr trsll for some tlmj they were unable to land until Titsle and Shamburg happened to be In the right spot.

A- tr TRACT JOHNS One of Omaha's New Pitchers 3 'f 'J Fields 'A 't 5 TEKAMAH, EVENTS ON RUNNING TRACKS Booger Red Wins Meeker Handicap at Emeryville. KTLECTIONWDTS SECOND RACE Bh Horses Skow That They Have Rrtirsrd to Their Old. Feres Results at Santa Anita, nnd Tampa. OAKLAND, OaL. Feb.

Red showed that he haa returned to bis best form by winning the Meeker handicap In clever style from a field of good sprinters at Emeryville today, inflection ran ta Im proved form and won the 2-year-old event easily. Summaries: First race, futurity course, selling: Bright Skies (107, Butler, 9 to 2i won. Ace of Diamonds (112, Jlensry, 9 to 2 second. Oeorlne (loi. Clarke, to t) third.

Time: 1:13. Kosamo, Charlps Hodges, Wamboro, Galvlnl and Kdward Ormonde finished as named. Second race, four furlongs, purse: Inflection (HJ8. Butler, 6 to li won, Indian Maid (107, I.ee. 4 to 6) second, OUie James (104, Scovllle, 6 to 1) thiid.

Time: 0:49. Olathe. O. K. llcrndon.

Jungle Queen and Klang finished as named. Third race, mile and twenty yards, selling: Toll Box (107, Keogh. to 1) won Okenlte (121, Butler, 7 to 1) second, Gr-gantua (110. Taplln, 10 to, 1) third. Colbert Steel, Bookleaf, Ml Derecho' Benvollo.

Maftte Mack. Agnoii and Dr! Mayer finished ae named. Fourth race, six furlongs. Meeker handicap: Booger Red (10R. Scovllle, 4 to 1 won Madam (100, Taplln.

12 to 1) second, Fanatic (110. Lee, 6 to 1) third. Time: 1:161. Charlie Poherty, Tony Faust. Del Cruxador, Cres-slna and Smiley Corbett finished as named.

Fifth race, mile and one-half, selling: Wuersberger fl(fl. Clark. i0 to 1) won. Lady Alicia (107. Scovllle, 8 to 1) second, Legatee (110, Cotton, 3 to 2) third.

Time: 2:43. Kogo, Song Writer. Mendon. Adonis, Csmbyses, Rotrou. Orchan.

Flavlgni and Bellmence finlehed ss named. Sixth race, six furlong, purse: Karly Tide (114. Buxton. 7 to 6) won. Collector Jeisup (112, even) second, Sainwa (111 Scovllle.

15 to 1) third. Time: Millie Saint Modan, Lord Provost and Sahara, finished ss named. lamasrln.it tssta Anita. LOS ANGELES, 1 Feb. 87.

Santa Anita summaries: First race, six and one half furlong, selling: AUarboy (10, Wilson, 80 to 1) won, Too Beach (102, V. Powers, 3 to i) second. Tender Crest (112. Rice, 80 to 3) third. Time: 1:89.

Dlnmond Nose. Wimple. Charley Heeney, Chaplet, Koroslani, Senstor Barrett, Astral II, Dr. White, Sam Bernard. Wisteria, Osanne, Franford and Prolific also ran.

Second race, 2-year-oMs. three half furlongs: Chester Krum (li8, powers, 3 to 1) won, J. M. Stokes (DO, G. Burns, at to 1) second, Arthur House (102, Mi-Gee.

10 to 1) third. Miles O'Connell, Silvia Fir, Semproriette, George Field. Shoemaker, I -A Petite. Ralcl.h, P. My lst.

My Bride, Levington, Counsel Mateornus ulso ran. Third rare, six furlongs, selling: Lady Irma H7, Shilling. 7 to li won. May Fisher (112, V. Powers, to 21 second, Star Thies-tie J.

Howard, IB to 1 third. Time; Allen Lee. Bell or Brass, Elisabeth Ilarwood, George Guyton, Sorrowful, John A. Force, W. Riley-i nisj ran.

Fourth race, mlie and on eighth, purse: Green Seal 1 1 15. V. Powers. 1 to 6) won, Gowan (110. Schilling, 1 to second.

Red GauMiet 1 Hu, Goldmein. to 1) third. Time: 1:52. Big Bow, Taby Tosa, also ran. Fifth race, nille, pur: Animus (111, V.

Powers, to won, Maltllie tl'rt, McGe, 1 lo second, Edsin T. Kryer ILH, Schilling. 10 to li third. 1 Rockstone, Old Time, slso ran. Sixth rsi-e, sellinK, fii and one-hslf furlongs: Wool Winder Goldsti-lii.

la tol) won. Cncle Jim tll2, Si-hllling. 7 to i) second. BlUv J. Howard.

6 to it third. Time: LWs. Likely Dleuitonne, Al-menu. Lanlta. Furnace, Inclement, fc'ervicenice.

Right Sort. Glenart, Car-n an sloo ran. Seventh race, setting, six half furlongs: Illusion Powers, 1 to 5i won, Fran-cals (114. J. Hunard.

4 to it second. Taxer 1114. fciiiilling. 7 to i) third. Time: l'Jo'v t'hirpewa.

Vivante, Talaranda, 'i'avora. Number one, Humero. Ben Sand, a. to ran. Ssauutarlrs at Tampa.

TAMTA, Feb. les; Firet race, six furlongs: Hugh Ferrell (lor Davis, li to li won. Hi own Jug (I'll, .1 1. 1 I' l.kU i li ,1 1 1. 1 i i v.

S't-ely. 2 to third. Time: IMS. Blsck Rud, Colont 1-ft Over. Carrie Kider.

Quick Spring. V. 4- sicca rtny ana Dear rle sisu ran. Hecunt iae. about five furlongs: Airship Crowley.

13 to 4) iga, Herlida i Smith, 4 to li second, Cansda 104, Haynes. to 1) third. Time: 1 ol. Platt, Alrg.a liandy Dancer. Alamo, Ties Joii, Daisy Shine and Charley Lusk also ran.

Tiilrd race, mile and a quarter: Joe Fallen GUI. McArdle, to 1 won, Rexall (H, Callahan, 4 to 1 second. Dr. Young Smith. 10 to 1 third.

Time: Bright Buy. Gold Spink. Heart of Hyaclmn. Mellno and Away also run. Fourth race, mile snd seventy yards: Melange (KM.

Flynn, It to 1) won. Ldy fciliel hs2. Havnea. to 10 seound. ts perogord (106.

T. Burns. to 1) third. Time: 1:49. Knlist.

Soloat Shingle. Judge Saufley gad Trey of Spades al; ran, HOME COJONQ OF CY YOTJUO Sentimental Teach at His Transfer Appeals ta Fans. NEW YORK. Feb. last the Boston American league team ha been divested of every player who helped to win the championship for It In 1904.

Ths transfer of "Cy" Young, the ft: at snd the original Young, the present "real old man" of the diamond, leave Boston without one of ths men who won a pennant for thst city after one of the moat Interesting strug gles which ever tookplsce In the American league. Sentiment exists In base ball, and In both leagues, but It Is but weakly manifest on the playing field In professional circles, and the exigencies of the gam are th reason therefor. The publlo drives owners to chsnges. Thts alone Is tha sole causa for the fesrlng to pieces of one base ball structure that another snay be built on lis foundation. The publlo doea not demand art.

But success. All th skill In the world would not draw one-tenth the crowd that will go to ae a winning team. For the time. In all the history of base bail a pitcher who has been esteemed as ons of the greatest who ever held a base ball In hla hand goes back to the city In which his fame began after an absence of nineteen years. Thst is the nearest approach to sentiment In base ball, of anything which has happened In seasons without number.

It 1 certain that Cleveland will do honor to the man, who 1 of Cleveland sgaln, and that the welcome of his reception will be even mot vociferous than th sonorous, cautions of the fog siren, which bellow forth the cry of the Cayo-hogan to the cautious sailor, who Is feeling hi way through th tarry smoke of bitumen to the welcome haven of Commodore Gardner's yachting rendesvous. The playing program for the American league la a little unlike anything which th American has Introduced to the public since liarry Clay Pulllan and Ban Johnson were on good terms. In the first place, the eastern bait of the American league seaaon will begin earlier than usual. If It happen to be a success It, may be tried again, but as a matter of fact, it would not have been tried this year, but for the fact that Eater Monday falls on AprU 12. It will not fall on April 12 again for many moon.

Easter Monday In Philadelphia and Washington is much of a half-holiday. It's an old-fashioned heritage that doesn't apply to cities further north. As Philadelphia la to have a brand new land to christen one of the finest structures that ever ha been erected to the use of any professional sport and Washington I likely to have many guests. It was a happy thought on th part of the schedule makers to name this date for the beginning ot th Amerloan league sesson. AUTO DRIVE THROUGH BLIZZARD Bold Dash af Seventy Miles Im Tet rifle Night Storm.

In the face of what residents call th worst bllsxard Nebraska ha had in ten years, Percy Rosenbaum of Harvard, recently made a night drive of seventy miles from Nelson to Harvard In a six-cylinder touring car with six passengeia besides himself. Against wind, sleet and snow the twenty, five miles from Nelson to Clay Center were covered between 8 and 10 o'clock. passengers Included both women and men, who had been In Kansas attending a funeral. In the drive on to Harvard a boy who had accompanied Mr. Rosenbaum became unconscious and was In that condition when hs arrived at the end of th trip, but was soon revived.

The mercury dropped to 10 degree below cero; live stock snd all of the population 1 Which wss not compelled to fao th storm kept within the shelter of th household. Telling of the perils of the trip Mr. Rosenbaum said: "We started from Jewell, In the face of one of th worst bllssards Nebraska and Kansas ever had and fought our way through the hills, which are the worst In all this countty and, which were covered with Ice and snow, facing a wind which wa blowing alxty mile an hour. At times we could not see ten feet ahead of the car and eould only feel our way along. The live of ssven people depended on the car." LEWIS IS TO BE KEPT BUSY Tots Fights Fixed for Willi in Franco nnd England.

NEW YORK. Feb. 87, Willie Lewi, th American middleweight; who has so far won two bsttles In Paris, has been signed up for two lmportsnt bsttles in Europe. His first will for twenty rounds With Msrc Goucher, the hesvywelght champion of France, at the Cirque of Paris on the night of March 15. and his second with Tom Thomas, the Jegitlmsts middleweight champion of England.

This bsttle will slso be for twenty rounds and will be fought at the National Sporting club of London on March 29. They will fight at 19 pounds for a guaranteed purse of 82.500 and a side tet of 8600. Thorns Is the best man at his weight In England. DRISCOLL DOING QUITE WELL Eagllsk I kervrelafct Boxer Cleans I In skvrt Order. NEW YORK.

Feb. 27. Jim Driscoll, tin featherweight champion, ha earned mort than 818,000 alnce his arrival In this coun try from England on November 13. prls coll haa earned In hla fights here'abou one-seventh of the salary of th next president of the United States. The little Brltrn gets more proportlon-stely than a bank president.

He has madr in three months nearly twice as much money as Senator-eltct Root will get for his first year's salary. His earnings to date. If Invested st 8 per cent, would yield him 8M0, snd that would set him up 011 a modest little farm In Englsnd, snd he would not have -to. touch the principal. CURO COMING OVER TO PLAY Seven Eatrles Already far IK.3 Balk Line Tanraasneat.

NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Seven entries srs sssured for the championship tournament at 18.3 balk line, which will begin In Madison Squar Concert hall on Monday, March 82. The promoters of ths tourney hste been agreeably surprised to receive by csblo tha entry of Louis Curo, the French expert. This entry gives and International flavor to the competition.

Tha American entries are JUeorg "Sutton, George F. Slos-son, Cslvtn Demsrest and Harry Cllne of Phlladolphls. Assursncea hava bean received from Ora Morningtar and O. Cutler, tbs Boston player, thst their entrance will be added befor th time of closing th list KING COLE MAY BE GIVEN YOST'S JOli Nebraska Boati" likely to Lose Serv ices of Last Year's Foot Ball Coach. NOW FLIRTING WITH WOLVERINES Has Last of Week to Sign Contraet with Cornhuskers.

MAY ADOPT ALUMNI SYSTEM Nebraska Board Talking of Change from Present Plan, BASE BALL SCHEDULE IS OUT Twenty-six Game on List, Ten Which Wilt Re riared at Home Team Prospeeta Are Rrlaht. LINCOLN. Feb. 17. begins to look as though Nehrsska Is going to lose the servtres of "King" Cole as foot ball coach.

The Cornhusker foot ball director of the past two seasons has not yet announced that he win return to the head of the gridiron squad st the state school next fall, but his delsy In signing up a contract and the persistent rumors emanating from Ann Arbor to the effect that "King" Is to become graduate director of athletics at Michigan, mske It seem probable that Nebraska will have to secure a new roach for the season or 1909. The Cornhuskers want to retain Coach Cole for snother season at least, and are not willing to let him go, as some of th Lincoln sporting fraternity, who were grievously disappointed over the defeat ot Nebraska by Kansas lsst fall, have tnalicl- ously hinted. The Nebraska athletic hoard stands as a unit for re-engaging "King" Cole, end hsve offered him the same salary for his services of 1909, that he was paid last sesson. When he left Lincoln last fall after ths close of the foot ball season the Nebraska coach was told that the Cornhuskers wanted him to return next season. He would not commit himself st that time on the proposal to be head coach again, but the Nebraska board of con troll watted until over a month ago without hearing from him -on the matter and then Instructed Manager Eager to draw up a contract with him for another year.

Acting In accordance with tha order of the athletic the Nebraska manager asked "King" Col to gtve him a decision on the proposition to act ssxcoach for 1909. A prompt reply was received from the coach stating that he would aive a definite umr within two weeks. The Nebraska board waited mree weens without receiving further -word from "King" and then laat Tuesday, at a regular monthly meeting, sgain Instructed Manager Eager to negotiate with Mr. Col. This time the board placed a limit of a week In which to allow the coach to give a final decision, which means thst "King' Cole will have to give the Cornhusker a definite answer before next Sunday.

Th Nebraska authorities were urgent on Mr Cole, for If he is not to be st the head of the Cornhuskers foot ball next jear they desire to know It at once In order that they may hire another coach before th best foot ball experts are engaged for 19r Cole Woald ftneceed Bnlrd. There Is only one reason the Nebraska board can assign for "King" Colo's delay In signing up a contract to coach the Cornhuskers next fall, and that ts hla desire tr. becomo connected with ethletlcs at ths of Michigan. He Is now believed to be awaiting the development that must follow the acceptance of the resignation pf Charles Baled as athletic director of the Wolverine school. Mr.

Baird, who ha ex-tenalve law Interests at Kansas City 1. to quit athletic work with the close oMha school year in June. To fill the v.cancy left by hla retirement three men are now under consideration by the Michigan Board of Control. These are William C. Cole coach, of the Nebraska foot ball team for two aeasona: Philip G.

Rartelme of Chicago snd Roscoe B. Huston of Detroit. Of these three candidstes for Director Balrd's position Coach Cole is thought to stand, th best chance of being selected. Since early last fall, when It waa rumored that Yost would not coach th Wolverines mother season. "King" has been mentioned on several occasions as being the msn whom Michigan was going to have connected with Its athletics next year.

8(orl-s from Ann Arbor said he was slated to succeed Coach Yost if that "hurry np wss consistent on fila wish to retire from foot ball coaching. VA soon as Tost consented to stay another year it wss expected TVWO" Cole'" rolng to Mlchlgsn would cease, but they did not nd this fact makes It seem very prohsbls thst "King" Cole is to get the job of director at the Wolverine school. Ponalar at Michigan. Cole ts popular at Michigan, wfrh th students and athletic authorities and the-are trying to devls a schema whereby he may become one of their faculty. The plsn to mske him athletic dlrectnr nd then to place him In the position of iesd foot ball coach the next year, when he contract with the Wolverines with Fielding Yost expires.

This would give a position similar to that occupied bv Aionxo Rtagg at the University of 'chi-sgo; This plan haa not been consummated as yet and there Is a possibility thst "King" cole will not get th place. He Is admitted to stand the best chance of being chosen for It. though, and I now delaying doing anything further toward aignuig with Nebraska until lie receives a final word from the Wolverines. The Nebraska athletio mentor are not' sleeping while they await a decision from "King" Cole, but are looking around for a good man to fill the place in case the present coach does not consent to return pext fall. 'Some of them(want to see th grsdust system of coaching Installed at the state school and would urge It trial If It ahall be found necessry to get a new coach.

Thoae who favor the graduate plan sre considering John Westover, a former raptalu of lh Cornhusker eleven, as a llkr-ly matt to take up the wotk. He waa one of the greatest foot ball tackle that ever donned the scarlet and green, and understands the fundamentals of foot ball so thoroughly that, it is believed, he would be a good man to hav charge of ths Cornhusker. Another man. whom oa tf th tnsnfis.