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BE MACdN TELEGRAPH: SUOTDAY ITOIOTSG, ROVESlfitn 8, X90S.
t Mighty Football Warriors Who Run Country’s Leading Teams lx
T UB captain of a rollcxe font
ball team la an powerful In
hla sphere n* the rjtnr Rue*
•la or the admiral of n i
•r tt. . commander of an army l* In lila.l
Ha nnd tho coachra form a board of
arbitrary despots that muat no
•Hilly rule with a rod of Iron If their
I* <ni la to mjoceed.
Th* captaincy of a prominent cl* v.
• m j m •• eagerly sought aa a a»v
•hip or a aenatorahlp. and feu*l» that
la s t lifetimes are engendered by a«j
of tIm annual content* for the honor
at various unlveraltlea.
Th.- product of a atolcnl system of
iff denial and of Inexorable discipline,
th • nuxterfl captain la Invariably a
man .*f strong commanding character,
aa well kn one of atmng muscle. The
beet . «ntain is one who lit addition to
•UenKth of character and muecle haa
• r-« • rceful brain, for quick, aound
th’iii>it.-; ..t critical momenta haa won
<"/.« i • - f tdg gridiron battlea.
High'Grad# 1908 Captain*,
Th. caliber of football captains
n<- illy varies from year to year,
an 4 till" year's team leaders attain n
hi fh Mandat'd aa a whole. In fact,
. ml team rulers am exceptionally
capable mnn—aa, for Instance, rap-
tain Walter 8tsffen of the University
of Oil. or.), Bchultx of Michigan, Dil
lon of Trim .ton, Hollenbeck of Penn
sylvania. Burr of Harvard and Coy of
Tal*. who haa been made Held captain
t» eu. id Burch. who was aevercly
Injured.
HtePfen and Dillon era quarterbacks,
and a Quarterback la one of the hlgh-
e»i typ*e of athletes. Hla position re-
quir. h auperior mental and physical
Qualities, just ns that of the pitcher of
n baseball team. Men qualified to bal
tKith qunrtrrtuirk and captain of a
b'lidlux foot bull team are rurely 'found |
and consequently Htcffen and Dillon
iniist bo considered to be to some ex
tent In' a class by thetnselvos.
Schulte a Human Catapult.
Kchult* of Mlchlf,*an In a very heavy
man, weighing over 200 pounds. yet he
la strikingly fast on hla feet and la un
usual on that account. He propels Ida
massive frame nt a rate of speed that
terrifies opponents. Playing center
the Yost Wolverenes, he must bear tho
brunt of tho line bucking operations
of hla foea nnd at this name time, when
Ids team la attacking, he muat en
deavor to break through the fighting
line of opponents and form an opening
for. hla tonni male, who carries the
ball. The acknowledged prowess of
Bchultx makes him an especial object
of unfair attack In scrimmages by op
ponent who hope, by disabling him,
to weaken the Michigan team. Kvery
accredited football critic In the coun
try stated Inst year that BChulta was
the greatest center rush seen In many
seasons.
Career of E. H. Coy of Yolo.
Kdward H. Toy of Yale, named to
succeed Captain liurch, won the honor
through his brilliant Individual work,
though htq ability as the held general
of an entire team la eompattotlvely un
known, Indication* are that Coy and
Htcffen will prove the ahlnlng'lndlvld-
ual atara or tha country thia year.
Coy la a remarkable all around ath
lete. standing alx feet and weighing
190 pounda Ho Is a baseball player,
a weight lifter and a capable track
and held performyr, a broad Jumper
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team. Hla punts sometimes carry over
sixty yards, and he has the trick of
driving the ball In the bewildering "end
over end'* fashion, which makes eatch-
Ing It most difficult and uncertain.
Hollenback Is also the best line
plunger on the team, as his position of
fullback would Indicate. He runs low
and atronr, hitting the line with crush
ing Impact, and has been known to
break through a strong line without
any formation to aid him. He wears
a heavy leather headguard, which fit
tingly completes his equipment as a
human battering ram.
Strong Illinois Varsity Team*
A sensation of tho middle west foot
ball season was the manner In which
the University of Illinois eleven held
down the University of Chicago team.
Illinois scored a touchdown and held
tho Maroons to eleven points. Steffen
was smothered In his tracks a half
dozen times la attempts to score some
of his brilliant runs, and tha line as
saults of the Chicago backs were met
with the sturdiest defense. Pettigrew,
Sinnock and Rallsback revealed them
selves as the particular stars of the lb
flnl. Rollback's punting Is tremen<
dously effective and gives him rank as
one of the best distance kickers In the
game.
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Cross Laoka Class.
Leach. Cross, tho New York light
weight. will not get a chance to light
Battling Nelson right away. His de
feat at the mitts of Packey McFar
land of Chicago was decisive enough
to convince Cross' warmest admirers
that he would cut a sorry figure along
side of Nelson.
In scoring three knockdowns In the
six rounds McFarland showed that
while Cross lacked attacking ability,
was also deficient In defense. How-
the fact that McFarland was
to put Cross out was something
the New Yorker's credit.
McFarland showed that he has been
studying the style of Joe Gans, for he
used practically nothing against Cross
but straight rights and lefts and vici
ous uppercuts. These uppercuts proved
Cross’ undoing, for they opened up hla
defense, breaking down his "covering
up" tactics and gave the Chicagoan
the openings ha desired.
HARRY GRANT.
E-J1- COY<Y<3lc
Fte/d C,3jot
and a hundred yard sprinter. He
Italnnl unique fame when on tho Yule
freshman team by "roughing" Theo
dore Roosevelt, Jr., who was a Harvnhl
end, so decisively that the president's
son then and (hero resolved to atop
playing football forever. Teddy Junior
has never worn u football suit since
that game.
-Only twenty years old, Coy prepared
for Yule nt lllll'a school and la a
brother of Sherninn Coy, the sense*
tlonal end of Captain Gordon l»ro\vn>
sensational Yale team of a few years
ago.
Burr and Hla Team.
Captain Iturr of Harvard la a repre
sentative of the new regime at Hnrvnrd
—that la, the days hnvo gono when
the captain wfs chosen hcrauee of hie
line of blue blooded ancestors and be
cause of his membership In the fash
ionable Huston clubs. Nowadays a
Harvard student Ima a chance to at
tain prominence even If hla progenitors
were not society celebrities. Burr has
tho beat Harvard tenin In yearn at his
command, and If he does not lead hla
men to victory over Yale Nov. 21 at
New Haven he will be a moat* sur
prised Individual.
Hollanbaak a Lina Smaahir.
Big Bill Hollenback Is a heroic figure
in tho Pennsylvania lineup. Ho has
the conlldenee of hie teem In a marked
degree, lie Is the fullback and doee
practically all the kicking for- his
Gd/si' iS
trniue ns/
UMPIRE KERIN.
Umpire Kerin, who has been added
> President Johnson's Aiherican
league staff, made a good Impression
on St. Louisans In the Washington
series. Ho graduated from the Ameri
can association and earned promotion
by; his fine work on President O'Brien's
circuit, He has the benefit of Jack
Sheridan's Instructions and experi
ence In his ma^or league.debut. The
players speak well of him, and Sheri
dan pronounces him O. K. Jack haa
broken In many members of President
Johnson's staff. Evans, who had no
league experience when he was turned
over to the veteran, often attributes
his success to his mentor. Jack’s pu
pil has developed Into one of the best
officials of the game.
NELSON'8 DEMAND.
"If I sign with Packey McFarland It
will be over a distance and at Colma.
He will have to agree to the forty-five
round route."
Thus apoaks Battling Nelson, the
lightweight champion, who la In Chi
cago.
Nelson stated that he would not
agree to any proposition for a ten round
bout with McFarland In Milwaukee.
"I have already refused an offer of
$10,000 to meet McFarland," he said.
"Why should I take that when I can
do ao much better on the coast? In
San Francisco we would draw a tre
mendous crowd, but the affair would
have to be at forty-five rounds because
the distance bouts have takbn a
strong hold on tha fans there."
WINTER HORSE RACING.
With the horse racing season in the
east over followers of the thorough
breds are now devoting their attention
to the' winter circuits. Judging from
the outlook, there will be plenty of
good racing this winter both on the
coast and In the south. There will be
race meetings, too, at Havana, Cuba,
and Tampa, Fla., which will appeal, no
doubt, to turfmen throughout the*com-
try.
Rich stakes will be decided as usual
nt the California courses. The first of
the winter tracks to open its gates
was the one owned by Thomas Wil
liams In Oakland. The long meeting
began on Nov. 8, and there will be no
let-up until Jate next spring. On Nov.
14 the Santa Anita track will begin
business and will continue until tho
middle of March. The Santa Anita
course Is one of the fastest In the
world, and before the meeting ends
some new records will be made.
California will not get all the horse
men, for many of them are making
preparations to race their horses in
New Orleans, where a meeting of nine
ty days will be held at City park in
spite of the fact that an anti-betting
bill was passed by the Louisiana legis
lature last spring. The meeting in tho
Crescent City is to begin on Dec. 5.
Several months ago it was believed
that racing at New Orleans had been
killed, but it seems that loading busi
ness men, hotel and store keepers,
theatrical managers and others who
say they would havo suffered heavy
losses if the law should be enforced to
the letter have stirred up so much pop
ular feeling that the sport will be re
sumed. But racing in the Crescent
City will be conducted solely by resi
dents of New Orleans, who have se
cured a lease of City park from Celia,
Corrigan and other western promoters
wfyo had the game cornered when the
legislature took action.
It Is understood that few stakes will
be offered and that the overnight
purses will be reduced, to $200 and
$800 at the outset. As far ns speculation
goes, there will be no open bookmak
ing, but there will be individual bet
ting. perhnps on the credit system,
which naturally will depend on the at
titude of the local authorities.
There will be fifty days of racing at
the new track Just outside of Havana,
beginning on Dec. 1 and ending on Jan.
31. There will be six races each day,
with purses ranging from $200 to $400.
In addition to the regular purses the
carnival commission of the' Havana
city council Is expected to appropriate
$10,000 to he given to the feature races
during the meeting.
The track, which was opened for the
first time Ihst winter, has been much
Improved since then, and it Is said to
be one of the best equipped race
courses In North America.
When the Havana meeting ends
there will be forty days of racing In
Tampa, Fla., begluning Feb. 3. This
meeting will be under the anspices of
the Florida State Fair association,
which has'rebuilt the track nnd also
Increased the stable room. E. D. Law-
rencejs the rifclug secretory.
It vras the. plan of several promoters
some time ago to build n track at
Jacksonville, but there seems to have
beon a hitch somewhere, for there Is
nothing doing in that line at present
Martin Sheridan’* New Mark. .
Martin J. Sheridan, the famous Amer
ican athlete, beat the world’s record
for discus throwing recently at the
testimonial meet tendered by the Pas
time Athletic club to Trainer Walter
E. Grady nt Pastime oval, New York,
when he hurled the missile 140 feet
5% Inches from a two and a half me
ter circle, Tho former record was
139 feet 11 Inches, mnde by A. K. Dear
born, N. Y. A. C., at the Olympic try
outs at Franklin field, Philadelphia,
last May, '
0 0 “Little Nemo” Spectacle a Decided Hit—William Gillette In “Samson” <V 0
Out New York Dramatic Corra- fairy policeman arrest the rain and
presumably throw tt headlong Into a
cell, or Gladys tha Cat as a rescuer of
Little Netno from a dreadful plot, th**
New Amsterdam theater, where "Lit
tle Nemo" le playing, la the place to
•%w iTTLTfi NEMO" and "Bamaon"
I are the two latest productions
1 ■ ^ of Importance, and they are
n n widely diverging In na
ture a« two Plays possibly could be.
•Suntan* at tho Criterion theater. Is
jllu moot recent work of Henry Bern-
•Mil. author Of "The Thief," end WU-
I inn) dilutte la seen In the titular role.
* J.iuie N* -no" la an Interesting. lm-
l<o*tnx epee tacln, a 'Mreem play." based
on thr popular newspaper cartoons of
jwtnsoi Mi ray, a New York artist.
Good Book and Good Must*.
in "Little Nemo" to aeon one of the
br *t »i • tariea over presented on the
Atntrbmn -lage. Harry B. Smith has
written • thoroughly amusing book and
bkimc lyrics, while Victor Herbert's
1 1 ii»ic la consistently high rtaea and
or a description that will bear fro-
<1 ’ • nt i' petition.
The role of Little Nemo, played by
Mr--ter Gabriel of H Buot*r Brown"
fIs an engaging character, eur-
i o nd d by three excellently diverting
< - . edlane nnd competent and aha pel)
t. n. vn-e. Fun. music and color hold'
1 ,11 away wKUe the play It unroll-d!
11' re the audience, and the critic who j
t-rtned "Little Nemo" a "greet blgi
go. _<■■■■■■
The grownupe will find much to ap-
pirelate In the romrdy of the humor
ous trio made up of Joseph Caw thorn
aa Dr. 1*111. Billy II. Van aa nip and
llarry Kelly ae the Missionary. Par-1
tlculerly aa three nature takers do they
make fragile riba ache wjth laughter, |
In fart, after you havo about decided
that they have aqueesed the laugh-
making organ* until there la not a
squeak left they aro on hand with a
•ounce drill thnt for absurdly nonaep-
steal fooling Is one of the funnfoat
things In the show.
Nature Fakers Run Amuck.
The hunting or nature taking Inci
dent, however, la the comic |tlt. Van
has shot a "mondomnnlac." which he
describes aa "s peculiar animal with
bushy eyebrows that spins a web the
•am* aa a tebra." Kelly says "that’*
nothing." He has shot a "peninsula,"
which Is the only bird known that lays
a square egg. The way you catch It
Is to sprinkle a powder puff with Ice
and hold It to the peninsula's nose un-
I til It sncesca Itself to death.
That puts It up to Cawthorn.
"1 am tho greatest hunter In the
: world," he says.
"Prove It." says one of the others.
"I don't have to—I admit It," he re-
piles.
- Moreover. Cawthorn Insists that he
Is the only man who haa ever captured
a w iffrnpoof. The wlffenpoof, accord
ing to thia nature faker, has a long
neck like a fish, a faco like a worm,
with no expression to It. "You cant
•hoot them because* they ere covered
with Armour. They live on canned
meats and are very Swift. To catch
them you bore a hole In a lake and lay
a piece of chreao on the' edge of the
hole. The wlffenpoof cornea up. eats
tho che-ae and swells up, ao that he
cant get back through the hole. Then
you alt end laugh at him until be dies."
The excellent Interpreting company
la strengthened by. the performances
and personalities of Albertina Benaon,
Elphye Snowden, Fldrcnce Tempest
and Almee Ehrlich, as the Fairy
Queen, the Weather Vahe, the Candy
Kid nnd Little Princes* respectively.
"Little Nemo" Is a rousing success
and must be seen to bo appreciated.
"Samson."
"Samson" la 11 powerful drama In
many respects, though It does not grip
one’s attention as continuously as
out <
feet.
•way Into and
way* of the mysterious
There fantastic beings rule
d limn goes backward In-
■ward. Dr. Pill le there,
dy Kid, to say nothing of
iaslonary, the fairies, the
id other celebrities. But
nup Imagine that "Little
play that none but chit-
vrcclate or enjoy. Nothing
The play le • deftly woven
rkj that shows more then
ore than one picture, and
1. the young folks and the
eilJ find vast pleasure in
nt to fee Dr. Pty! aa a
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ALBERTINA BENSON. THE FAIRY QUEEN.
BEVY OF PRETTY GIRLS PLAYING PROMINENT ROLES IN "LITTLE NEMO.” LATEST STAGE SPEGTAGLE.
LOUISE PARNELL.
.HAZEL LEWIS.
"The ThldfBoth dramas, however,
show Mr. Bernstein to be an adept In
holding an audience in suspense. In
skillfully delaying the action of a stage
narrative.
"Samson" tells the dramatic story of
a man who attains great wealth and
then ruins his own fortune In order to
destroy tho man who invades his home
and carries on an Intrigue with his
wife. Here la presented a field for
virile writing, and for virile acting,
and Mr. Bernstein supplies the first
element, and Mr. Gillette the second.
.A °l r l Aetreaa-Playwright.
Miss Dlvona Dudley, the nineteen-
year-old Atlanta girl who Is booked to
•tar In Lucius Henderson's play, "The
Strength of the Weak." la busily en
gaged at present writing a four act
play which is to be the vehicle for her
New York stellar debut
Although this la only the second sea
son for Mias Dudley, she haa attracted
more attention than Is usually accord
ed young girls with aspirations to
shine in theatrical stardom. Her ex
cellent work with the Holden stock
company, where she played a wide
range of parts, and her delineation
of the ingenue part in "The Man of
the Hour” gave Misa Dudley a firm
foothold among stage celebrities.
Laughter, Levs and Suicide.
Miss Dudley's new play Is an adap
tation of one of the novels of Oscar
Wlfde. In tho piece she will play the
part of a handsome, but cynical, young
London clubman who is much sought
after owing to hla epigrammatic wit.
The part give* an unusual emotional
chance—running the entire gamut.
The play begin* with a laugh, intro
duces a strong love story and ends
with a SulchSe.
Miss Dudley's favorite role Is the
title' part in "The Second Mr*. Tan-
queray." and. remarkable to state, ahe
has no ambition whatever to play (h*
MAY WRECK WORLD’S SERIES
If tho baseball players keep on kick
ing about tbclr^hnre of tbc receipt, of
tbo world’, scries and If there are any
more scandnla over matters connected
with tbe .ale of ticket, to .peculator.,
a. there were this year and last. It la
likely the national baseball commltslon
will abolish the games between the
American and National league cham
pion. or at least recommend to the two
league, that the aerie, bo discontinued
until the player, get over their Idea*
about wanting a year', .alary for
working In from four to aeren games.
These thing., the commission says, an
hurting boaebalh
Ran Johnson I. depressed orer the
licking the Tiger, got In the recent
clash, and Harry Pulliam la sore be
cause Charley Murphy waa accused of
standing In with tbe ticket .peculator*
and grieved at the attitude of tha
Cuba. There Is Internal strife In the
Chicago club about the way the melon
was split up. One of the disgruntled
men la Floyd Krob, tbe young south
paw, who was purchased late In tha
season from Johnstown. Krob had a
bard campaign In tha Trl-state league
end did net went to join tbe Cubs. Us
was promised a full share of the coin
If he would go against hit natural de
sire for rest and cast his fortunes with
the Chance combination.
When It came to tbe time for the
division of the receipts Kroh got a
share, hut only a .null one. Durbin,
another Cnb, tblnks be has been “lem-
onlied." lie. like Krob. expected to get
hla full share of the prUe money nnd
was dared when he received only tb«
same as Krob.
There will be an aftermath to tbe
squeals of Krob and Durbin In the
farm of a resolution adopted by the
rational commission that hereafter the
players cannot vote how tbe money
ehall lx divided and that every man
entitled to play In th. world's series
'SH3Amd QNV SAVId
called "Tlie World and the De>r " *
■* v i play will be foumRd on hie siorlew
vard la bring used by is playing In Rahert ndcaon'a n*w Dig* NV.h*reo)e w.:i 1, on htr
play. "The Offender#." I* that of a nual tour of the Unllyd £tatte In Je
Klc. the eomie opera frivolous woman of fiuhioeL ary. *
•te*n engaged for • O. Henry, noted ee a mugailn* writ* j Gcrintde Corklan made tuT detail on lvmn*:i T
jer of humorous atari**, le to write a. the stage with h«r father. Churl. * ty-firth yrei
ch Cathrine Counties play for tho Lleblcr company to boiCogUlen, in • ecftic from "Romeo end "Thu old II
«d Juliet to Mrs, 1/
Lj" Aphlc Jan
also Morse, .seventy-seven, la amy- tbe Magnificent** The company:
the rcl. of Aunt Matilda. wax hooded by t*lr Chories, PauP
Russell has besun her tour In Arthur and Robert Lorraine,
vnjrrr Bex." Melbourne McDowell .end Virginia
T. Power* may appear In Drew Trwocott are playing Invaude-
radio*- of Mohammed." vlQa * - - i
lartos Wyndhem produced In' There bare been great efforts mad#
an extravaganaa called "Bel- to secure Ada Rehaa for a vaudeville]
rol, .f Lady Macbeth. " , n d .very athlete possess of a coo-
FREDERICK TREGELLES. hfact entitling him to a part of the
t'prize money shall get hi, equal share—
ir.'llihi
tour, bft the actress firmly declines to * no more, no
accept any propositions. -i I - ■ -
Cyril Bcott is heading one of "Thai How lhe M , flhty Hav , Fa |, tru
“YStteTJTSSS wm uj Indians polls mam ha. Messed
his old repertory.
_ __ j Button Briggs m ho oar* was tbo
'*Richard*'Golden has ms4« a hit in mainstay of the Chicago Nationals'
* I in -Tbe Old Farm.- i pitching staff. ‘