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THE INDIAHAPOLIS NEWS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1900.

VHfl FOOTBALL ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS THIS SEASON.

Minor Casualties Than but Fewer Serious Ones —The Record.

Ever,

The football season of l»oe has developed the usual list of casualties reaultlne from contests on the arldlron. While the number of deaths reported from football eoeldentfe Is larger than last season, the number of young men and boys seriously injured Is much smaller. This goes to prove that the legislation of the rulemakers during the last two years has had a beneficial effect on the same, and vpbolds tho contention of football experts that the liability to serious accident or death on the football held, when the players are properly conditioned and trained, is not nearly so great as persons not familiar with the sport imagine. There were nine deaths resulting from Injuries received on the football Held, but In every case the victims were boys, playing on high school, academy, or •(her elevens improperly trained or not fcavlng the physical constitution to stand the violent exercise Carelessness was wholly responsible for two deaths. In ‘most casee> the players were young boys, whose muscles were soft, and In whose constitutions there were physical defect, which, had they been examined by competent physical instructors, would have barred them from all violent exertion. Only one death was reported from among the hundred and more regular college and university eleven* throughout the country, and this fatal accident happened In an early practice game. , In the list of players seriously injured during the season only one was a member of a regular college cloven, aud he has since fully recovered. Of the thirty players Injured Ip practice and regular games, fourteen were regular college men and the mal^rHy of these belonged to the Harvard, Yale and Princeton elevens. The Injuries were confined largely to the men trying for positions on the regular tea in early m the season—men who were taking itnuruai chances. Borne of the newsp%pir a^covnts of these accidents were exaggerated. There were numerous minor accidents. In fact, there were few important games - in which players wefe not hurt and forced to retire from the field. The liability of serious accident, however, is grcw- ' Ing lesa each year. The list of football casualties this season Is as follows:

' Killed.

Lawrence Pierson, September 88, Lake Forest Academy eleven; ruptured blood vessel near spinal column in practice game; died three days later. A. D. Price, October 21, Bingham Military School, Asheville, N. C.; backbone broken In practice game. Edward Gillette, November 8, Englewood High School team; internal Injuries in practice game; died at his home a few

hours after game.

Joseph Kerr, November 10. Lagrange, 111., eleven; Injuries In the head in practice game ■ died several days later at his

horns in Chicago.

Lee Duff, November 1«, Leland Stanford ■University; injured three weeks previous to death; suffered paralysis of lowsr limbs and died from ruptured blood vesCharles Hernabry, November 18, student at Andover; broke his arm in a practice game, and refused to make his Injury known until after blood poisoning

pad set in.

Preston Todd, November », member of a Chicago factory eleven, died from In-

ternal Injuries.

L. Trumbull Kelly, November 80, member of a team in Johnstown, Pa.: was struck In the back of the head in tackling a player anJ died several hours later. Louts Gilmore, November 80, captain /owell 'Mass.) high school team; back

SPORTS

Token In ^Thanksgiving day gams and

Seriously Injured.

> Captain Watson, Williams College, lie«d. injured In game September 89. William Jabar, Batavia (I1L) eleven; concussion of the brain, in a game October 80, but fully recovered. Edgar N*wschwander, the Rlpton College team. Injured his spinal column October 37, which resulted In- paralysis of

the Isft side.

John McQuade, clerk In the War Department, Washington, D. C., broka hla neck in a game November 4, but Is said to be recovering as a result of a remarka-

ble operation.

Tenny, quarter-back. Penn Charter Bchool, received Injuries In the abdomen In a game November 8. Jamea Williams, Wabash (Ind.) high school, received Internal injuries in a game with Hartford City, November 14. Thomas Kelly, a member of a Chicago street eleven, was Injured internally in a game, November 88. Will H. Bartlett, of Chicago, Injured Ms spnle in a game Thanksgiving day between two minor elevens and Is In a precarious condition. Broken Bones. Among the players on the regular college elevens who sustained broken bones or dislocations during the season

were:

Howe, Harvard freshman; broken leg. October 1 ■ Doble, Minnesota; broken rib, Novem-

ber 4.

1. W. Kendall, Harvard half-back, right shoulder broken. October 4. He played In

the big games later.

Fred W. Trumbull. Northwestern;

broken collarbone, October il.

Twyeforth, Columbia half-back; broken

collarbone, September 88.

Henry, Chicago University half-back; broken hand In Minnesota game, Octo-

ber It.

Frank Goodenow. .Chicago University; broken leg In practice game, October 17. October 81 was an unfortunate day for Princeton. Dewltte broke his rlpht hand; McCord and Davis, each seriously injured their right wrists, and Roper twisted his. ankls badly. They all recovered before the Tale game, however. A1 Larso, Wisconsin, broken finger In Minnesota game, November 8. .Boggs, Michigan; broken cheek bone, received in practice November 14, Breenden. Northwestern; broken bones ta wrut, received in practice Novem-

ber SO.

Captain Starbuok, Cornell; dislocation of shoulder, September IT. Lee and Hoppln, of Yals, both dlslo-

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cated arms In practice at New Haven, September 28. Eldrldge, Chicago University, threw his arm out of joint, October 18. Place, Chicago University, dislocated bis shoulder In the Brown game, October 30. Wilson, center, Michigan University, dislocated his knee and tore the tendons loose In practice, November 2. He was unable to play in the subsequent games. Smiley, Northwestern half-back, had the tendons torn from his arm in the Knox game, November 3. Captain Hare and Joe McCracken, of , Pennsylvania, both seriously Injured In i the Pennsylvenla-Cornell game, November 29. Alexander, of Cornell, was also badly hurt. Few Indiana Accidents. There were few serious accidents among the Indian College elevens. The fiercest game played in the State this reason was the contest between Indiana and Notre Dame, in which Farley, Kuppler, Farragher, Winters and Hays, of the Notre Dame eleven, were carried from the field exhausted, cut and bleeding. In the same game Rucke, of Indiana, wrenched his knse and did not get back on the regular eleven. In the Indlana-Purdue game Hawley, of Indiana. wrenched his back and was forced to retire. Men were taken out of other Indiana college games because of Injuries and exhaustion, but there were no serious results from their Injuries A Slugging Game. The Irvington high school football team played a return game Saturday afternoon with the Keystone-avenue eleven, on the Woodelde grounds. The Keystones were strengthened by the addition of several men from the M. T. H. S. and I. H. S. elevens, and averaged fifteen pounds heavier than their opponents. The game was marred by considerable slugging, Earl, full-back and captain, and Moore, right-tackle, of the Irvingtons, being knocked out by the rough play. Several others were more or less Seriously hurt. The ncore was 15 to 0 In favor of the Keystone eleven.

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A SEASON OF SURPRISES.

Eastern and Western Results that Upset Calculations. The football season of 1900 has been filled with surprises. In the East Harvard’s unexpectedly large score over Pennsylvania followed later by the overwhelming defeat of the crimson by Tale caused much comment. Princeton’s woeful slump and Cornell’s brilliant victory over the Tigers, followed by the wretched Showing of the Ithack eleven, against Lafayette, wae another blow to the critics. Columbia's brilliant record was contrary to expectations and the decisive victory of Annapolis over West Point, at Philadelphia Saturday, has caused many to bc'leve that football is fully as uncertain ar horse racing. The only Eastern eleven to come up to expectations was Yale anc that team surpassed the fondest hopes of its admirers and won more laurels than any Yale eleven since 1891. In the middle West the results were even more unexpected. The almost phenomenal play of Minnesota, In tielng Chicago and defeating the other strong teams; the brilliant and surprising record of the Iowa team In beating both Chicago and Michigan, followed by its weakened effort against Northwestern last Thursday, Illustrated the extremes which football teams can reach In a few weeks. Chicago miserable showing and Michigan's nl-and-out play have also caused great surprise, as was the unexpected strength shown by Northwestern after an Indifferent beginning. Wisconsin was really the only western team to play to form, and even that team caused its supporters a shock when It was defeated by Minnesota. Indiana Joined with the pther college teams In the general shaking up. First came the unexpected victory of Indiana over Notre Dame and the almost annihilation of the latter eleven, not in the size of the score, but In number of men hurt. This was followed by Purdue’s decisive defeat by Illinois, and later by ths Indiana-Illinols tie. The most surprising score among the big three, however, was that of Indiana over Purdue last Thursday. While the majority of spectators expected Indiana to win, no one-dreamed the victory would be by such a large score. There is, however, no question as to the championship of the State. Indiana University Is as clearly entitled to it as is Yale to the championship of the East. The clean-cut victory over Notre Dame and the almost sensational score In the game with Purdue settled the matter beyond any possibility of a doubt. ‘ ALL-WESTERN TEAMS.

Specimen Elevens Chosen by Football Critics. Walter S. Kennedy, the former famous cspt&in and quarter-back of the Chicago University football eleven, who has kept In close touch with Western football this season, has selected the following AllWestern team? Left-end, Aune, Minnesota; left-taokle, Warner, Iowa; left-guard, Rlordan, Wisconsin; center, Page, Minnesota; rightguard, Flynn, Minnesota; right-tackle, Curtis, Wisconsin; right-end, Snow, Michigan; quarter-back, Williams, Iowa; left-half-back, Henry, Chicago; full-back. Driver, Wisconsin, right-half-back, Larson, Wisconsin. Kennedy has chosen four Wisconsin, three Minnesota, two Iowa, one Chicago and one Michigan player In the make-up of Ms eleven. Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame. Purdue and Indiana are not represented in the eleven. Bach of theee colleges developed strong players, who are entitled to a position on the AllWestern team, but, with the exception of Northwestern, the men did not have enough experience against the leading Western elevens to show thslr full strength. The football critic of the Chicago Times-Herald has picked two All-West-ern elevens this season and says thsre Is little difference between them. He has not selected any Indiana players, for ths reason that the men have not had the opportunity of showing their strength in championship games against the etrongeat Western college elevens, but says that there are men on each of the Indiana “big three” teams worthy of places on an All-Western eleven. His selections are: All-Western. Positions. Second Team. Aune, Minn L.-E Hall, 111. Warner. la L.-T Fell, Chicago C. B. Delta, N.W..L-G Stahl, 111 Page, Minn., C Skow, Wls. Rlordan, Wls....,..R-G Flynn. Minn. Curtis. Wls R.-T..G.O.Dlets, N.W. Snow. Mich ....R.-E....Johnson, N.W. Williams. la Q.-B Tratt, Wls. Henry, Chicago-•L. H.-B..Cochems. Wls. Edson. 1&.........R. H.-B Larson, Wls. Knowlton, Mtnn...F.-B Driver, Wis. A NAVAL VICTORY.

West Point Defeated by Annapolis in an Exciting Game. Annapolis defeated West Point, on Franklin field, PMladelphla. Saturday, In the final big game of the football season, by a score of 11 to 7. The result was something of a surprise, as West Point was thought to have the stronger eleven. One of the biggest crowds ever assembled on the field witnessed the contest. which was the fiercest seen In the East this season. While lacking somewhat in the finer points of play, it was an exciting. nerve-racking contest from start to finish, and aroused much enthusiasm. Secretary Root, of the War Department, attended by a brilliant staff, was present to cheer on the young soldiers. The Secretary of the Navy was not present, but the department was strongly represented, and there was a brilliant array of army and navy men on the side Unes. In line bucking the two elevens were evenly matched, but in a kicking game the naval cadets had much the best of lc Neither eleven was able to score in the first half. In the second half, after Annapolis had made five unsuccessful attempts at a field goal, the West Pointers

secured the ball on their own 40-yard line, and by steady, persistent rushing carried It to the Annapolis 85-yard line, wbere Clark made a field goal. Undismayed. the middles fought harder than ever. Again they brought the ball to within hailing distance of the West Point goal, and Long made his seventh unsuccesaful attempt to kick a field go^l. The kick blocked, but an Annapolis man fell on the balL and Long tried for another goal. This time he was successful, and the score was tied. A few minutes later the Annapolis men secured the ball on a fumble on the army's 10-yard line, and In three attacks sent the ball over for a touchdown. Fowler kicked goal. Near the close of play West Point forced Annapolis to a safety. The game w&s the best ever played between the two schools. RIVAL HIGH SCHOOLS.

Records of the I. H. S. and M. T.

H. S. Elevens Compared.

The scores of the games played this season by the Indianapolis and the Manual Training High School teams show that the Indianapolis High School eleven played five more games than the Manual Training High School and scored nearly three times as many points but. as a matter of fact, played weaker elevens. The Training High School eleven played three Indiana College elevens and made an excellent showing against each. The games played by the Training School were, as a rule, much harder contests than those of the Indianapolis High School. The records of the teams:

—Indianapolis High School.—

Orchards. Indianapolis 29— 0 Butler, Indianapolis 5—6 Louisville High School, Louisville.. 12—6 Ash Streets, Indianapolis 29— 0 Howe Military Academy, Ind’pls..., 11— 6 Louisville High School, Indianapolis 80—0 Columbus High School, Indianapolis 45— 0 Columbus High School, Columbus.. 28—0 M. T. H. 8., Indianapolis 0— 0 Howe Military Academy, Lima 11— 0 Huntington High School, Huntl’gt’n 9—11 Totals 206-27 —Manual Training High School.— DePauw, Greencastle 0—0 Franklin, Franklin 6—6 Louisville High School, Ind'pls 11— 0 Wabash. Crawfordsvllle 5— 6 Louisville Train. School, Louisville. 22— 0 Louisville High School, Louisville.. 23—0 I. H. S., Indianapolis 0— 0 Totals 67—12

Football Notes.

Coach Williams will again have charge of the Minnesota eleven next season. Just now he Is easily the most popular man In the university. Both Indiana and Purdue will probably elect captains this week, and the new leaders will begin right after the holidays to look over their material for next season. Indiana will lose eeveral of her best players next spring by graduation, but the squad of substitutes and ''scrubs” is probably stronger than that of any college in the State, and coach Horne expects to develop a more formidable eleven than this season’s. Coach Lea has announced that he will not return to Michigan, next fall, because of business engagements, but says the Wolverines will continue to play the Princeton game, and that another Tiger will have charge of the team next season. He predicts a bright season for the eleven. Coach Hollister, of Northwestern, ssys the story yiat the members of the Iowa team were "doped" Wednesday night tefore the big game In Rock Island Thursday, Is ridiculous, and not worthy of consideration. He said, when ho heard of It, that he was willing to bet that coach Knlpe, of Iowa, would not sanction such a report. One of the features of the Thanksgiving game at Lafayette was the remarkable physical condition of the Purdue players. The men withstood the terrific hammering of the Indiana men throughout the contest, and not one was forced to retire from the game. Trainer Hyland deserve® much credit for the able manner in wMch he handled Ms men. In addition to being coach of the Iowa football eleven, Knlpe draws a salary of $2,000 as a member of the faculty, is on the pay roll ae surgeon of the military corps, and Is also musical director. The four positions make life worth living, even beyond the Mississippi, and he has declined an excellent offer to return to Philadelphia. »• The Yale law school eleven, which is now making a tour of the West, has played three games since leaving New Haven, and been beaten in every one. The last game was played Saturdav, m Chicago, against a team composed of crack Western college men, and former members of ths Chicago Athletic Association eleven. The All-Chicago team won by a score of 12 to 0.

THE SIX. DAY EACE.

Eighteen Crack Bicycle Teams Entered for the Big Event. NEW YORK, December 8.—Eighteen teams, comprising the crack bicycle riders of America and Europe, have already entered for the six-day race, which begins next Sunday night, at Madison Square Garden. The teams that will race for the 810,000 In prises are: Floyd McFarland, of Ssn Francisco, and Harry Bikes, Glen Falls, N. Y.; Charles Miller, Chicago, and Robert Walthour, Atlanta, Qa.; Frank Waller and Will Stinson, Boston; Louis Olmm, Pittsburg, and Charles Turville, Chicago; Archie McEachern, Canada, and Burns Pierce, Boston; Frank Albert, New York, and James Casey, Worcester; J. F. Colgan, Trenton, and H. E. Dickerson, Beaver Meadows, Pa.; John and.Gus Lawson, Salt Lake City; Floyd Krebs, Newark, and John R. Dubois, Brockton. Mass.; Oscar Babcock and Oscar Aaronson. New York; P. J. Lassano and Leo Maresca, lUly; Leo Frltsohka and Edward Llngenfelter, Chicago; Alexander

and Hugh McLean, Boston; Karl Kiser and Fred Ryser, Germany; Edward Nlkoden, Bohemia, and F. Hoffman Ramesoh, Austria; C. Simar and J. Cougolz, France; Hlppolyte Aucoturler, France, and R. Muller, Italy, and M. Fredericks and J. Fisher. Switzerland. BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP.

Crack Amateur Players of America Begin Their Contest To-Night NEW YORK. December 3.—In the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, to-night, the A. A. U. tourney for the amateur billiard championship of America, class B. will begin. It will continue until December 18. The twelve contestants on the program are W. W. Kellogg, of Chicago; Albert G. Cutler, of Boston; John A. Kendrick, formerly of New Haven, now of New York; Charles G. Schmitt, of Chicago; Frank Pelllster, of Minneapolis; Samuel G. Esterbrook, of New York; Wm. Paige, of Boston; Isaac A. Manner, of New York; Florian Tobias, of New York: L. A. Servatlus, of New York; Edwin O. Presby, of New York, and A. D. Ferguson, of New York. Hendrick has made the announcement that he will not compete. He may be induced to come In. however. Kellogg, Cutler and Hendrick played in last year's tourney, averaged more than five, and are entitled on performance to enter the finals. The remaining nine players have been divided Into three groups of three each. The winner of each group will enter the finals, as will all losers who .make a grand average of five or

more.

Amateur Skating Championship. NEW YORK, December 3.—The secretaries of the Amateur Skating Association of Canada and the National Amateur Skating Association of America have fixed the following dates for the speed skating championship: Figure skating championship, January 26, at the St. Nicholas rink. New York city. Speed skating championship of America, at Montreal, February 4. Indoor speed skating championship of America, at St. Nicholas rink, February 9. First junior figure skating championship of America, at the St Nicholas rink. March L General Sporting Notes.

The roller polo season will open In Indiana next Thursday with a match at Richmond between the Henleys, of that city, and the Cincinnati team. In the six days’ bicycle race In Madison Square Garden, New York, the riders will race 142 hours, hut n0 rider can be on the track more than twelve hours out of the twenty-four. Charles Wlttmer, the Cincinnati wrestler, has accepted the challenge of Paul Pons, the French champion, who Is now in America, and the two men will meet in a match, Graeco-Roman style, in Cincinnati. December 17. The Muncie Royals, polo champions of the West, appear to have fallen victims to the new Eastern style of play adopted by the Lakesides, of Racine, Wls. In three recent games at Racine the Royals were defeated 5 to 0, 6 to 2, and 6 to 0. The National Sporting Club, of London, has offered a purse of £300 and a side bet of £600 for a match between Charles McKeever and Tommy Ryan. The match will probably be arranged as Ryan Is anxious to accept the terms. The Cornell team won the cross-coun-try run at Morris Park Saturday with a lead of twenty-six points. Yale and Pennsylvania tied for .second place; Columbia was fourth, and Princeton fifth. Grant, of Pennsylvania, made the best individual showing. Cornell won tha-event a year ago. Sam Harris, manager of Terry McGovern, is anxious to arrange another match between the featherweight champion and "Kid” Broad. McGoySm and Harris were not satisfied wltte the result of the six-round contest which took place recently In Chicago, and in which Broad managed to stay the six rounds, despite McGovern's utmost effort to knock him out. Harris now wants a match for twenty-five rounds. The J. F. Schorr string of horaes, the most prominent racing stable in the West, cleaned up 881,542 In stakes and purses last season. There were twentyseven horses campaigned, and they were divided into three lots. The first string began at New Orleans, and made all or the early spring meetings In the South and Wesi The second division visited the Eastern tracks, and the third stable raced during the summer and fall on the Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis tracks. Another Schorr string has just been shipped to California for the winter racing season on the coast. Helped the Young Lawyer. The civil Jury of the United States Court was dismissed by Judge Baker this morning. The Jury had been hearing a damage suit of Albert Frazee against Klngan & Co. Frazee’s attorney was a young man without experience in the Federal Court, and the opposing counsel was W. H. H. Miller and Samuel D. Miller. W. H. H. Miller helped the young lawyer poll the Jury, and Judge Baker frequently took a hand In the’ "coacMng. Finally the couc* said he would postpone the hearing of the case until this morning, that the attorney might engage an older lawyer to help him over the knotty legal road. When court opened this morning the case was dismissed.

WILL II INK BOSTON?

AMERICAN LEAGUE SAID TO BE

PLANNING TO DO SO.

Such & Move will Mean War Between the Two Big Organizations —League Meeting Next Week. It Is now reported that President Ban Johnson, of the American League, has secured a foothold in Boston, and, with the approval of the majority of the American League magnates, will place a team In that city next season. The same report states that Tom McCarthy, j the old Boston outfielder, who became i Identified with the National Association I movement last fall, and secured a lease 1 of the Charles River Park, forfeited that > lease some time ago by failure to make ! a payment when it was due. and that Arthur frwln, the ’well-known manager, | secured the paric and Is npw anxious to , bring that city into the American j

League.

If this report should prove true there will be a merry war between the National and American Leagues, for the owners of the Boston National League Club will never consent to another organization invading their city. President Soden has said repeatedly that he would not divide his territory and one of the strictest rules of the national agreement provides that a club owner shall have sole control of his own territory, and that no other club operating under the agreement can enter the same

field without his consent.

It so happens Just now, however, that the American League is not working under the national agreement, and as long as that instrument Is In its present form President Johnson's organization will proceed Independently. Should Boston be Invaded, it will be the duty of the National League magnates to rally to the support of President Soden and his associates, and that will precipitate a clash

between the two organizations.

President Hart, of Chicago, consented

to the American League entering Chicago, and President Rogers, of Philadelphia, has long been willing that any organization not unfriendly to the National League, should place a club in Philadelphia. The Case In Boston, however, Is different, and, should the American League enter that city, in the face of the objection of the Boston National League magnates, it will force President Rogers, of Philadelphia, to withdraw his consent to the organization entering his city. If Boston becomes a part of the American League circuit, the question as to Indianapolis or Buffalo remaining In the league will be settled. Both cities will be dropped. The circuit will then consist of Boston, PMladelphla, Baltimore and Washington in the East, with Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and Milwaukee

in the West.

President Watkins says he has heard nothing In regard to Boston becoming a member of the American League, and that he is still In the dark concerning President Johnson's plans. A Perplexing Problem. The National League magnates will hold their annual meeting In New York, beginning one week from to-morrow. They will be confronted with a harder problem to solve than they had a year ago, when they reduced the circuit from twelve to eight clubs, and, stood off the attempt of Richter, Quinn, McGraw and others to organize a new league. This winter they have the American League to deal with, a strong reality, wMch. while professing the utmost good will toward the old organization, Is going steadily ahead, upsetting all baseball tradltip^is, showing an utter disregard for the provisions of the national agreement and puncturing the dignity of the old league at every turn. The question of what to do with this rebellious young organization Is now worrying the big league magnates. It has asked notMng and demanded notMng, but has gone straight ahead and made Its plans for next season just as though there never was a national agreement or a national league. It can not be disciplined and the National League club owners are confronted with the proposition of either receiving it as a full-fledged partner in the management of baseball affairs, or turning it out of the family entirely and declaring war against it. The question is the most serious that has confronted the magnates since the reorganization of the

league In 1891.

The <

Mothers’ Club Meeting. The first annual meeting of the Mothers’ Club of the Boys' Father Mathew Brigade was held last night in St. John's Hall. Officers were elected as follows: President, Mrs. P. E. Decry; vice-presi-dent, Mrs. Thomas F. Barrett; secretary, Mrs. James Walsh; treasurer and chaplain, the Rev. James McCool. To-morrow afternoon Mrs. James McCool will give a reception In honor of the club at her home at 1211 Union street.

W it h the Tloiool ers

I. B. L. Standing.

Won. Lost. P’ct.

Marions 27

.750

Washingtons 23

.630

ICO“"W * • s #*** eee** • •* 22

.611

C&pit&l City® #•****•*#*#•• 21

.583

Crescents •••****•**•••#*** Z8

.600

Turners 16

.444

Lenoxes 15

.417

Pastime® ********** #*«*•** 13

.361

Nationals 13

.361

North Sides 12

.333

The postponed series of games between

the Ko-We-Bas and the

Washingtons

ended disastrously to the

former.

The

Washingtons were on their own alleys and demonstrated that they are invincible there. They bowled the highest score ever bowled by ten men here and set the high score for the Indianapolis Bowling League for five men at 979. The night was one of peculiar incidents. There seemed to be a premonition of soraetMng Important, for nearly all the best known bowlers of the other leagues and the other clubs of the I. B. L. were present. The alleys were packed with spectators, and unusual interest was shown by the friends of the two clubs. About 500 were there during the evening and about one-fifth of that

number were women.

The two divisions furnished excitement from the start. The first division of the Washingtons won Its first game easily, but the score between the secondi division teams was a tie. and the extra frame was exciting. The Ko-We-Bw won in this extra frame. It was the only chance they had during the rest of the evening to win. The first division might have won the second game but for the awful work of Hunter and Bur* ton, who had a decldely off night. The last game was lively from the start. Wiley and Kirkhoff. for the Washingtons, opened with strikes, and in the fifth frame It looked as if the team would easily beat a score of 1.600. However, two misses by Kirkhoff and Harry Hardte’s split in the tenth frame, together wltth miserable luck for Emil Mueller, changed the last half greatly, and reduced the probability of beating LuOO. When ohe last game was half over

it changed from a contest between the Washingtons and Ko-We-Bas to a contest between ths two divisions of the Washington team. They forgot they were bowling another club, and th* finish was betwssn them. The first section was high with Its 979, but the second division was right on its heels with 943. No one seemed Interested In the fact that the first section of the Ko-We-Bas bowled a score of 880, which is the highest losing score of the season. The result of the games put the Washingtons In second place by one game, and only four games behind the Marlons. It puts the leadership of the league in question. The distribution of the games makes a gratifying uncertainty as to what will happen in the next two or thres

weeks.

Bowling as they did. the highest score ever made by ten men here—1,922^-and one of the biggest in the country, has put new courage into the Washingtons, and they will undoubtedly be dangerous for the rest of the season. The Ko-We-Bas suffered from over-anxiety. They realized that they must win at least four games to keep within hailing distance of the Marions. They also knew that the Washingtons would fight to retain their position. Besides, they were on the Washingtons' own alleys. Th* poor work of Hunter, Burton, Schlake and Von Hake was not due to lack of effort, but to over-anxiety. After the games both teams united in singing "Hell! Heil!" and adjourned. The scores of the games were: , WASHINGTON ALLEYS. —First Division— Wash. ist id.

Wiley .. ..167 sos E Mueller 161 161 G Kirkhoff 1TJ 177 Hardie ....191 179 H Olds ....162 148

187; Bauer jji 191, Burton. . .. U 147 1S9

Koth# i«9 is* in

Totals .. S54 874 979, Totals. ..797 790 S80

—Second Division—

Wssh.. 1st. 2d. Sd.7 Ko-We-Ba 1st. M. Id. WIsj* US 16* . Stif Bauer 11* iSS ... lliff U2 3S2 US! Von Hake .13S 150 179 Budd'nb'm 170 191 179' Froitl 175 166 159 C Kirkhoff 152 14* 190 Melrelnser 1S1 197 179 Lee 199 152 174 Hopklaa .. :tt — — —i Echlak* ....157 156 147 Totals ...8X0 SW 9431 Totals .. .3X9 527 *5X

THE STAR STORE

...TOYLAND IS NOW OPEN

Bring the children. Christmas Joys might as well start rtgh off. It will be Christmas all ewer the store from now on. Do your Christmas buying early. Save a tMrd of your money, perhaps more. BUT YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS NOW while the stocks are fresh and avoid the rush that always comes later ©a Th* salespeople can give you more attention and assistance. If you see anytMng you wish, have it set aside until you are ready for same (only a small deposit le necessary). This year we are showing TOTS FB.OM ALL OVER THE WORLD. Our stock of Dolls is the largest ever brought to Indiana, and is th* talk of the town. Our Toy department surpasses anything ever shown in^this city, and prices are much lower than ever before. We are showing a grand collection of Lamps, Pictures, Brie-a-Brae, Jardinieres, Cut Glass. Silverware, Cups, Saucers. Fancy Dishes, Dinner Ware, Clocks, Albums, Books, Shaving Sets, sto.

Sale at 30c On the Dollar of tha Cincinnati Jewelry Company's Entin Stock of Xmas Jewelry

Qrand December Clearance Sale of Dress Deeds

50c Skirting Plaids, 40 inches wide.

Ron 50c Mixed Covert Suitings, 38 inches wide.

50c Camelsbalr Plaids. 40 inches wide.

:25c A YA*4D

Double width Dress Plaids, Serges and" t Ralny-Day Skirtings, plaid back, no Cashmeres, best 15c values— { linings required—

at 10c a yard

at 39c a yard

64-lnch All-Wot^Homespun^ Suitings, ^shades of gray. 46?nch W All-Wool Heavy Weight Cheviots, In dark colors.

(Regular 68c. 75c and 88c values)

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BUCK DRESS S00DS 38-inch Plain Black Brllliantlnes. 39c at Mo yard

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value 40-lnch all-wool Granite Suit! small figures, 68c kind Extra wide all-wool heavy weight Storm Serges, 68c kind at 49c yard o-inch all pure wool Cheviots, will riot spot. 89c kind at 09o yard

SILK REDUCTIONS PXiAXV TATFSTA BZXK0, In black and all colors— at 39o a yard BXtAOK FSAT7 DE 0OXB, 90 inches wide,soft and heavy, fl.00 kind— at 60o yard mmoaaxawD ztaxxav closks, in black and colors, for jacket linings, at, a yard 19c

TUESDAY’S BARQAIRS IH THE CARPET DEPARTMERT

AX.X.-WQOX. XXOBAXV OARFST0, good ime of patterns to select from— CAo xind 40e OUB BEST Ingrain Carpets, In new, desirable colors, 85c kina.., G5c Window Shades, in good heavy felt, all colors 10e WINDOW SHADS*, made of th* best opaque cloth, best color'' 20c CUSHION TOPS and Back*, best cretonne. good colors, per set 12c

▼H&TBT HUGS, 87x56, new. bright colors, 81.98 kind *1.25 ADD-WOOD SKYBMA BUGS, 90x68, heavy fringe, all colors— 01.7S grad* 0L0A BBU6SBD* BUG*, 27x56. In new, bright colon *1.49 grade 9*0 DAHBBIQUXJr*, heavy fringed all around, extra long and all colors 49c

DECEMBER SALE OF CLOAKS AND FURS nw OODDABHmm, sheared Coney, fall size, deep collar, very A< f|A special at #I|«B *3.48 buys a line of combination chinchilla and electric Collarettes, some edged and others with deep band and collar, 86.00 value. DBBP OODDABBTTB*. electric teal, trimmed with western marten— at only *4.60 BDBOUBZO BBAD OOHDABBTTB9, trimmed with western marten, long tabs and tails, special at $5,98 BDXGAHT XCOUFFDOH OoiDABBTTB0, In gray and tan. pricee from 84.50 to $8-50 NBOX ■OABF*. electric and nnhaired seal * at only 91.48 FUDD HEAVY SOAHTS, Imitation stone marten, with tails— Great vain* at *9.96 FOX BOA*. Red fox, with head and tall, a great bargain at $2 08

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SENILE SNUB FOIIKIUGER

GERMAN KAISER WILL NOT SEE BOER STATESMAN.

officers of the Players’ Protective Association have not been asleep during the last few weeks. The committee appointed by that organization to confer with a cofnmlttee of the National League will be on hand at the annual meeting In New York next week to demand a hearing. The National League magnates can hardly refuse this request, and they will be asked to grant a number of concessions to the players, which so far they have steadily refused to do. The players’ organization has made no threats nor at any time have the officers stated what action will be taken in .case the National League magnates should refuse to treat with them, but at the same time the association Is in close touch with the American League, and a combination between the two organizations would leave the National League in a bad way. The outlook for the big league magnates at their meeting next week is anything

but rosy.

Baseball Notes. Andy Anderson, from the Irllds of Minnesota, has been signed to play second base for Detroit next season. Minnesota has produced a number of promising young ball players In the last few years, and there has not been a season In the last five that Charley Comiskey or Walter Wilmot has not developed some player from the town and country teams of the State. It is almost certain that Jack Doyle will be traded to Pittsburg, and either Jimmy Williams or Tom O’Brien will play In New York next season. President Freedman is said to have a strong liking for O’Brien and thinks him one of the greatest ball players In the country. Doyle, while a man of temper. Is a hustler, and as long as he can be kept in line. Is a valuable player to any club. The trip to Cuba, made this fall by the New York and Brooklyn ball players, reinforced by several members of the Pittaburg club, proved a dismal failure. All the players have returned home and are glad to get back to the United States. They claim the tour was mismanaged from start to finish, and. while some of them think that under favorable conditions such trip could be made a success, they have no desire to try it again. The belief that the Wagner brothers, who formerly owned the Washington club in the National League, are beMnd the Philadelphia American League club, Is steadily growing. They would be valuable men In the new league, as they not only know baseoall thoroughly, but are willing to take a chance. Forced to compete with a strong organization like the Philadelphia National League club, they would not hesitate to give that city another crack team. One of the dangers which menace baseball Is the listlessness and generally "hired man” sort of play which was so apparent in the National League last season. The players, as a rule, seemed to take little interest in their work, further than to put in their allotted two hours of play. This defect can not be remedied by rule and It depends entirely on the players whether they get into the game and show an Interest In making it & contest or simply an exhibition of mechanical skill In handling the ball. Fred Pfeffer. the former great second baseman. Is considering a plan to open a baseball school In Chicago, where he will Instruct young players In the finer points of the game, and, if they show proficiency, secure them engagements* The idea Is a novel one and should meet with success. Pfeffer was one of the "headiest" players on the diamond, and knows every point In the game. He would be of great assistance In coaching young players. The only drawback to such a scheme Is the fact that the average young player has little money to invest in a baseball school, but this difficulty could be overcome by the “professor" taking a lien on a part of his salary if he gets an engagement. Fast Train Wrecked. PHILLIPSBURG. N. J , December S.— The New Jersey Central’s New York filer, which left Easton, Pa., at 6:06 a. m., was wrecked at Vulcanite, N. J., this morning, by running into the rear of coal train. William Miller, the engineer of the passenger train, was fatally hurt, and Benjamin Burwell, the fireman, had both legs crushed. The passengers escaped serious injuries.

Previous Engagements Given as the Reason, but the Emperor’s Position is Made Plain. BERLIN, December 8.—Mr. Kruger has abandoned Ms proposed visit to Berlin, owing to th* receipt of an official intimation that Emperor William regrets that, in consequence of previous arrangements, he will be unable to receive him. The Boer statesman will, therefore, proceed direct from Cologne for Holland. The Cologne Gazette, in an inspired communique. says: "Mr. Kruger's visit is not agreeable to Germany, his aim being to obtain Intervention in South Africa. It would be a grave political mistake, it would be even a great crime, to allow him to entertain even a spark of hope that Germany will render Mm any practical support.” This declaration 1* accompanied with reproaches, Mr. Kruger being charged with "having encouraged a useless guerrilla warfare and having disregarded Germany’s advice when he might have still followed It.” LAND FOR THE BOERS.

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Here, replying to a deputation from the Pan-German League. wishing him success. he referred to the close relationship between the Boers and the Germans. It is expected that Mr. Kruger will remain here until Wednesday. Surprise at Paris. PARIS, December I.—Emperor William's refusal to receive Mr. Kruger has caused general surprise here. Most of the morning papers make It excuse for articles sympathizing with the Boer statesman or condemning the Kaiser. Some of the papers publish the Kaiser's famous telegram of 1896 to Kruger side by side with that of yesterday. The intransigeant and other Nationalist organs comment with, their customary virulence.

Lacey and Teller Bay There is Plenty of It in the United States. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8.— Representative Lacey, of Iowa, chairman of the committee on public lands, sold in an interview regarding the coming to America of Boer families: "If the Boers want to come to America they will be able to find plenty of land. While a greater part of the most desirable land has already been pre-empted, there remains enough to furnish homestead* for all thj families who come. "I believe the State of Texas would offer greater Inducements to the Boers than any other place. It is true there are no public lands In Texas. When that State entered the Union it reserved Ml Us lands, and they are now known as school lands. These can be bought for from 8126 to 82.00 an acre, with five years to pay it in. There will be several million acree of good land in Oklahoma opened for settlement In the spring. Senator Teller, of Colorado, said: "The Boers would prove valuable citizens and would be gladly received in any portion of the United States in which they might settle. The most desirable lands open for settlement under the homestead act have already been taken. If the Boers have money they can secure good land for very litlle." London Press Jubilant LONDON, December I.—Ail the London morning papers comment with unbounded enthusiasm on the abrupt snub administered by Emperor William to Kruger, which Is all the more noticeable when contrasted with the Boer statesman’s successful visit to France. The snub Is regarded as further evidence of the good relations existing between Germany and Great Britain. The official explanation offered through the German press le that steps had not been taken to ascertain whether Kruger’s visit would be agreeable. The Boer delegates admit that they have received a serious check and Kruger Is said to be extremely disheartened. There Is a rumor that he had been requested to avoid Belgian territoryBritish War Policy Denounced. CAPE TOWN, December 8.-^. X. Merriman, former treasurer of Cape Colony, In the course of an Impassioned speech denounced the war in South Africa as "one of the blackest spots in British annals." The present methods of British warfare, he said, were such as encouraged the worst elements on both sides and were bound to prove fatal to the ultimate peace of the country. Mr. Sauer, whose speech was rather more militant, demanded the removal of Sir Alfred Milner, whom he declared as bein* “violently anti-Dutch.” He declared that If Great Britain deprived the two republics of their independence she would lose the affection of all South Africans. Kruger at Cologne. COLOGNE, December S.—Thousands of people waited yesterday in the vicinity of the Cathedral Hotel to catch a glimpse of Mr. Kruger, who, when replying to the deputation of Bonn students in the afternoon, iescribed the educational progress of the Transvaal, thanked the students for their kind welcome and shook hands with each. Having rested for half an hour be went into the vestibule of the hotel, which was crowded with visitors.

Roberts Hopes for Peace. LADYSMITH, Natal, December 8.— Lord Roberts, who arrived here Friday, Inspected Majuba and Lalng’s Nek while en route. Replying to an address from the townspeople, he expressed his admiration of the gallant defense of the town. He said he trusted the day was not far distant when peace would reign supreme. The Fight at Reltsf onteln. BLOEMFONTEIN, December 1-DeUils of the fight near Reitsfontein show that General Paget closed hi on the Boer position under cover of darkness, intending to attack next day. The Boers resitted stubbornly, but were beaten off with heavy loss and pursued some distance. The New Zealanders displayed great bravery. BRIEFS BY WIRE. A meeting was held at Newark, O., yesterday, for the purpose of federating all organizations of B. & O. employes. This was not effected, but progress was mad*. The sympathetic strike, ordered at Tampa, Fla., to assist the striking cigarmakers, has been declared off. Contributions will be relied upon to push th* fight. The Czar's mother has left Copenhagen to visit her son, who Is 111 at Llv&dla, although much improved. The festivities connected with th* sixth Inauguration of President Dias culminated at Mexico City last night in a (rand ball. Mrs. Dias was the center of attraction. William Gibson, who murdered bis child with a poker, at Ashland, Ky. ( has been captured by miners near Rush, Ky., and is held for a reward. His captors demand 81,000, wMle th* State will give but 8500. Reports concerning th* Atlin gold field, in Alaska, show that it is extremely rich. A ledge on Taku arm shows $20,000 to the ton. Georgia Cayvan, the actress, Is critically ill In a sanatorium at Flushing, L. I. Her condition Is due to nervous prostration, and death seems almost certain. Hundreds of men are in line at Crookston, Minn., waiting to file claims on land of the White Earth Indian reservation, which is to be thrown open. Bloodshed is feared. A Naples dispatch says the steamer St. Marie, trading between Naples and Marseilles, has been wrecked, and that fortyfive of her passengers and a part of her crew were lost. The convention of the National Live Stock Association has been called to meet at Salt Lake City, January is. Matters of a general or practical nature pertaining to the live stock industry will be brought before the convention. Because of the prevalence of smallpox at Winona, Minn., cars have been stopped and school* closed. There axe four hundred cases. The steamers Tom Dodsworth and Volunteer collided twenty miles above Huntington. W. Va.. yesterday. Almost thirty coal boats, containing 600.000 bushels of coal. sank. The loss is 8100,000. United States exports of copper to Germany for the ten months ended October 31 were $3,000,000 greater than for the same months of laat year. Increases are shown In almost every line. Frank Tuscan! was stabbed to death at Hackensack, N. J., laat night His friends then fatally stabbed the murderer. John Gambola. Four arrests have been madeRebels are still active in Colombia. There is much concern in all the large towns and cities.

WRECK AT DELAVAN, ILL Freight and Passenger 1a Collision— Several Persona Injured. rSpecial to The Indianapolis News.] PEKIN, 111., December 8.—A collision at Delavan, Saturday, between a freight and passenger engine, resulted In three men being severely hurt end both engines completely demolished. A southbound freight, Chicago A Alton, broke In two, and the rear section crashed into th* front section, crushing the tender up Into the cab and rendering the engine uncontrollable. Being unable to stop the engine the engineer and fireman jumped and the engine broke loos* from the train entirely and sped down the track toward the village unmanned. As It reached the Delavan depot a northbound Alton passenger was pulling in and the engines came together with terrific force. The engineer and fireman of the passenger train jumped and saved themselves. 8. A. Schuster, of Chicago, mall clerk, and C. Z. Fisher, Bloomington, 111., express messenger, were severely injured about the head and body, and Alex Spaui, who was riding on the freight train, had his right foot crushed so that it will have to be amputated. Homeseekers In Lina. CROOKSTON, Minn., December S.-Th* line of 100 men which was formed Sunday night, and U waiting before th* land office to make first filings when the White Earth tracts are opened to-mor-row, w&s augmented by other arrivals of “sooners" to-day. Their meals are served to them in line.

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TO CUBE A COLD IX ONE DAY Take Laxative Brotno Quinine Tablet*. All druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. B. W. Grove * algnature U on each box. 26o.

What Thin People Need to Round Off the Corn ere. What thin folks need is flesh er muscle, not fat. To be symmetrical and properly proportioned every person should have a certain amount of excess flesh, but to be plump does not necessarily mean to be Fat is undesirable; it clogs and retards th* aotlon of the muscles, Interfere* with the healthy aotlon of the heart and lungs, and when very exoeaalve. predisposes to fatty degeneration of vital organs, to say nothing of the discomfort resulting from too much adipose tissue. Common sense would suggest that if one wishes to become fleshy and plump the thing most needed would be fleshforming food, that Is. albuminous foods like eggs, beef, oatmeaL etc. The kinds of food which make flesh are the foods we hare on our tables^every day; but the trouble is that our stomachs, from weakness or derangement of some kind do not promptly and properly direst it Really, the principal reason so many people remain thin is because their stomachs do not properly and completely digest and assimilate the flesh-form;:. * beefsteak and eggs we eat every day. There are thousands of such people, and they are really dyspeptics, although they may not suffer any particular pain or inconvenience from their stomachs. If such persons and all thin people would take after their meals some simple and natural digestive, like Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets, the food would be quick* fy digested and the proper degree of plumpness very soon result because these tablets are prepared exactly for that purpose. They digest every variety of fleshforming food, which Is the real reason why they so quickly build up and strengthen thin, dyspeptic men and women. Stuart's Dyepepela Tablets cure every form of indigestion on this common sense plan, that they thoroughly digest th* food promptly, giving strength to every nerve and organ in the body, and the weakened stomach a chance to rest and recover Its natural vigor. Nothing further ta required to cur* any stomach trouble, except cancer of .the stomach. They make thin, dyepeptlc people strong, plump and well. This excellent preparation 1* sold 60c for full eised treatment by all druggist* in United States. Canada and Great Britain.

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