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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 SSCOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOSOCOOCCOOCCOQOOOOOGOvOTOOSOCOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB. 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. / ' 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 sms / Vi ~y~ \ • Ml' •••/- . - m : . v - ‘ : '”v4 1 . ' * ... •V Iv 1 , x Wm ELLA WARNER. VM f | V 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. ‘