Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 30, 1909, Page 25

THE (0] MAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 30, 1909 ol i L T - Al i ‘H‘i 'l‘lmio_umuu Sunpay?Bes | TWELVE STAKE RACES CLQSE‘Cornhuskers Have GOOd | 1 VMAHA, SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1009 JUDGMENTS HE base ball fan is a multiform crea- | ture. One kind is the man who at- | tends the games with regularity takes the keenest interest in sceing the home team win, praises it when does and refrains from roasting it when does not; applaids a good play by the isitors Just as he would one by the home feam and keeps well up on the dope. An- other 18 the fellow who goes to the game, shuts one eye and watches it through the other, yells “rotten” at the umpire every time he makes a decision that works to the disadvantage of the home team, cheers his own plavers and hisses the visitors I'hen there's the chap who goes out to the ame absolutely certain the home team is to win, eager to bet all the money he can barrow and keeps up a running of information on all the players and ing Entries for the October Trotting Meet to Close June 1. |WILL RACE FOR BIG STAKES| There Will Also Be from Sixteen to| Twenty Class Races with Parses of $1,000 and More During Ten Days’ Rac SW YORK, May 20.—Twelve stake races will be closed June 1 by the Ken- tucky Trotting Horse Breeding association tor ten-day meet at Lexington October 5 to New features, events at a mile and one-half of the handicap class for trotters and pacers, have been put on and each will be of $5,000. They will be known as the October prize and the Blue Grass. Conditions will not be onerous. The en- trance fee is $175, payable in three install- ments of $25 each and $100 before the start First payment is June 1, the next July 16 and the third on SBeptember 1. The handi- cap will be announced before the stajting the fine arts of the game as he out ) the park in the street car. This fellow ay be found at Vinton street park He perches himself on one of { randstand seats back of the home plate €nd yaps from the time the gong sounds until the last play is made. He umpires e and roasts the man employed fo irpdse if he attempts to make a de- the that tsion en his own hook. As long as the wme team {8 winning he yells for the home team and jeers the visitors. “Ol ,'ou rube,” “Go back to your old town tnd a lot of other devil he hurls at the yisitors. But suddenly the tide turns and fie visitors take the lead. Then he cuis tiose on the home players. The pitcher fails to stop a ball on his meat hand that %4 going at a rate of speed so fast he can | scarcely see it. “Dub,” “Take him out,” “Throw the game away,” stream of such nonsense flows out this upper seat in the stands behind the catcher. Phis insane man turns all his dmiration upon theienemy he roasted but few minutes before, applauds everythins from wny of the visitors do and demands that “the ball over ! 4 ) ery visitor who steps to the plate knock 1 the fence and “show up this of dubs” 1In short, he acts like a a peevish child—or a sor »ang tick bear or ) caded man who has bet a dollar or two | ¢n the game. Another specles of the fan #« the wise boy who is unable to get to the (ame except on Sunday. He seats himselt N .gide you and anticipates every play. He ves you a line on every man, his strong ints and weak ones; he tells you just (hat to expect from this one or that that you have seen play every day in the week. And there's the fan who never goes to a game because he knows the home teamn will lose. He sits curled up behind the stove in the winter and squats in front of some downtown score board in the sum- mer, handing out wise talk to the simple Simons, condescending now and then to epeak briefly of the days when he was a( star on the greatest team that ever played ball. crazy over base ball; lves It And why not? you, you esthetic knocker, the interest of as many many different classes of people and hold AL with the same tenaclous power that base 1l holds the American people? he eats it, drinks I, What else have that will grip people and as | The sale of Bill Belden during the week completed President Rourke's weeding-out process that began with the beginning of the season Belden went, when Pendry, not up to the requirements of third Dbase, | showed he could cover center. Belden once promised much, but his chlef fault, that of | indifference, was too great to be overcomo | by his virtues. He was never a strong batter, nor a star fielder, but he was fast | on his feet and could get a ball away from him in & hurry. In fact, he had enough to hgm to make a first class ball player, if only he would take his work seriously and apply himself to it. But he wouldn't do this. Ball playing is a serious business and the man who falls to see this will fail in- evitably to. become much of & ball player. The bup-hazard habit has no part in the seheme of a great game llke this and it pays big for & young man entering “the business to discover this point at the out- set Omaha has sent out some fast men, but probably mnever contributed to the . Dbig *e“uu a player who has surpassed the record Austin will yet achieve. Already Austin 1s referred to by the big league nanagers and papers as & star. yrecisely what he and his friends knew he would do-making good. “If they will y §ive me a chance to play I will make d,” wrote Jimmy to Pa Rourke in a| lotter some weeks ago. He was not boast- ing vainly, Now they are fighting to settle | the question, “Who discovered Austin? Joe Vila steps in as arbiter and says it was none other than President Farrell ot Highlanders himself. And then he re- not as the find of | fers to the dlscovery, been In correspondence with Dr. James the year, but “the find of the age.” Dwight, emphasizing the fact that England |sent M. J. G. Ritchie and John G. Parke Denver is happy, ‘it's team Is losing. If[to this country last year, and that this {t wasn't for that perennial habit of|¥ear it is the turn of thé Americans to | shocking and that yellow streak as wide | visit England a8 the foul lines out thers, perhaps ,,,,; It is the wish of the Englishmen to play team could do better. One of those yel-|the international ties immediately follow. Jowhamumers calling himself “Rich” in big, | " the all-England championships on the black type lays Denver's defeat in Omaha the ennul of this city. That's good. coming from & town that derives its sus ance from the pockets of the siek who foreed to go there. But ennul or not, have those four straights neatly tucked | away and that's what we were after. Was | also the ennul that skinned the Teddles at Des Moines? ar Dreamer Durbin is making o | wd at trading stock anyway. He is the | t traded man In the business Cincin and a running | | Mark. He is doing | .| matches of the fee of $100 comes due, giving owners avery chance. The money division in the handicaps will Ibe also alike, namely, $3,000 to winner, 51,00 to second, $750 to third and $30 to | fourth, with no deduction from winners. The other stakes of the meeting are the | Translyvania, $5,000; Tennessee, $3,000; Me- Dowell, $3,000; Wainut Hill, farm cup, $3,000, Stoll Johnston, West Kentucky, Lexing ton and Wilson, $2,000 each. In addition to these there will be the $21,00 Kentucky Futurity, the pacing Futurity, the 2-year-old Futurity, $5,000. There will be from sixteen class races, | to be announced later. All of the rac | with the exception of the Kentucky and to twenty the Lexington, are best three in five heats, | handicapping will be of Readville last year, 1 somewhat like with the exception of ening the distance pen- alty as the classes grow faster. The merit | and Justice of this system were fully dem- | onstrated in the Boston event, then all well posted horsemen vocated it Fast Horses at Scratch. In the racing event, which wiil be known as the Blue Grass handicap, entries with a record of 2:10 or slower will be the scratch horses at the mile and a half, and The the plan have ad- The followlng table shows the extra dis- tance the horses of the different marks will have to trot behind the scratch horse: TROTTERS. PACERS. Yet every one of these creatures is | 2:10 1n ik iFoiting handicap, which is nemed | the October Prize, horses with records of | 2:15 or slower will be at the scratch or at | the mile and a half, which will be the full distance for both events. Final handicap- ping will be done according to the records of public showing, authenticated trials |of each entry. Horses at the scratch will. trot a distance of 7,920 feet and others with marks of from 274 to 2:02 will be penalized as follows: Dist., Pe Dist., Pen,, or In the penalty the 2:06 horse goes 428 fest behind the scratch horse, or seventy-two feet less than trotters on the same mark at Readville last year. It is generally con- ceded that the heavier distance penalty {m- | posed upon slower classes in favor of faster starters will result in & fairer con- test. }TENNIS DETAILS ARE IN THE AIR Can’t Decide Where to Play Prelim- inary Matches. NEW YORK, May 2.—England’s National Lawn Tennis assoclation and the American | Boverning body have been endeavoring to | settle detalls as to the Davis International Challenge Cup matches during the last Inmmh The controversy as to whether the | preliminary England against United States ties will be played in Eng- {1and at Wimbledon, near London; in this | country, or in Australia, seems destined to ]b» arranged during the coming week. Sec- retary George R. Newburn of London has courts at Wimbledon, sins Modday, June 21 " | lcans accede matches would be played about of July. As an American team way from being got together, team would necessarily | tew weeks, officials do not look with |invasion of the English courts. and this meeting be- Should the Amer- the first for such a have to sall in a YOUNG um.zm USING DOPE | Bandlers Put Youths to Severe T | | | $3,000, and | with pursés of $1,000 or more, | while since | Gthers’ will be.penalised as follows: | be entered in this meet. The contest wil | Dist., Pen., Dist., Pen., | be the largest intercollegiate meet ever held | Mark. Fi. Ft' Mark. Ft. FL(in the valley. Until this spring only the ... 3-8 41 | sehools composing the Missour! valley con- 3 076 35| ference were permitted to enter teams, Sl 48 30| but at the January meet the representa- 2:05 86 B | to this proposition team the | 1s a long | it Is evident that the American | favor upon aun | Chance to Win Big Meet\_ LINCOLN |of the Nebraska track team who have | been ‘“‘doping” out the chances of the respective teams of schools for winning | places in the Missouri. valley conference meet at Des Moines Saturday, June 5 have | come to the conclusion that the Cornhusker {®quad has an excellent show of taking | first place in the big game. Ames is put| in second place, with Kansas third, and Grinnell fourth. Fifth place is thought to rest between Missouri and Iowa. The claims of the Cornhuskers are based | on the showing of the men in the dual| meet this spring, the records in the Kan- sas-Nebraska games last week furnishing particular substance for thelr predictions. | | The “dope” Is made so strong as to give Nebraska six firsts. These are in the ham | mer throw, mile relay race, 440-yard dash | half-mile run, two-mile run and the 220- yard hurdles. Grinnell {s given the 100 vard dash and the high jump. Kansas is conceded the 220-vard dash and the mile run. To Ames the shot put and broad | [Jump are awarded. The low hurdles are | placed to the credit of Morningside. lowa is credited with the discus throw. The pole | | vault is not awarded, but each (Nebraska f and Kansas) are thought have good | prospects of winning it With five or six first places, each count- ing five points, the Cornhuskers ought to| be able to garner enough seconds and |thirds to make thelr total points higher | than those of any other contender for the champlonship of the valley. Ames, al- though it should chance to get only two | firsts, has a well balanced team and should | {come up strong for the smaller points. If Kansas gets the firsts in the 220-vard dash | |ana the mile run, it is certain to creep up | {in the total number of points until it has | |twenty or more. It is pretty certain to | secure places in the pole vault, high jump, | | broad jump and shot put. Grinnell's scuro\ |18 not likely to be high. the two firsts and | | one or two seconds being all it probably | | wini get. Largest Meet in V ey. About 175 athletes from various colleges and universities in the Missour! valléy will to | | | | | tives of the“Blg Seven” decided to invite several outside schools, so that the total number of colleges eligible to compete in these games now includes fifteen or six- teen. Some of the schools Invited o take part in the meet will not be represented this spring. There will be in all, though, over ten different competing institutions. The list includes Ames, lowa, Drake, Mis- sourl, Washington, Kaneas, Nebraska, | Morningside, Highland Park and Grinnell. Competition in several of the events of the meet promises to be exceedingly keen. In. some of them, where three or four | schools all have particularly strong men entered, Missouri valley records are likely to fall. In the 100-yard dash a bunch of the fastest century men in the west will be brought together. This race looks as though it should be won by Turner of Gringell, a ten-second man. He has been running In fine form this spring and should be In tip-top condition at Des Moines. As rival contenders Turner will have | Haddock, Kansas; Douglas, Missourl; Packer, Ames; Kohl, Iowa. and Wildman, Nebraska. These men have all been run- ning the distance in 0:10%. Packer of| | ter and should push either Burke or Flan- | be greatly disappointed. Just now they are | May 2.—(Special )—Followers | Ames Is declared by the Towa state coliege| COLD PEA SOUP AND COFFEE rooters to be Turner's equal, but the Des Moines race probably will prove otherwise. Burke of Nebraska, with his record of | 0:61%, made in the Nebraska-Kansas meet, stands to capture first in the Mryn(nli dash. With a fast track he ought to beat his record mark. Flannigan, Grinnell Havens, Drake, and Kraft, Ames, will have to be reckoned with in this race. Havens is an especially strong runner for the quar | nigan in a close race to the tape. | Amberson a Factor. Another Cornhusker whose work in the Nebraska-Kansas meet points him out as| a promising factor for the conference meet is Amberson. He won the half mile run in the fast time of 2:02%, and should be in shape to repeat his performance next week against a fast field at Davis of Ames is also thought a good of getting a place event. Towa figures on condition for this meet sourl will be in this race, to stand in this is show of Tipton Mis expect to get a place. Shannon of Ames | Is a runner who is lkely to surprise his opponents in this run. A victory In the mile run is conceded to Clarke of Kansas since his race in the meet against Nebraska. He dld not take first in the mile here, for he wished to al- low his running mate, Cooley, to win. He led until near the finish, when he dropped back and permitted Copley to go ahead of him. The time for first was 4:35 and would have been lower than that had Clarke not stopped to permit Cooley to pass him. Amberson, Nebraska, ought to make good time if he & entered in this run. His work in the Half mile last Satur- day was of such a character as to encour- age the local rooters to believe he could crowd the winners in a mile run. Johnson, | Missourl, and Shannon, Ames, will be fast | men in this race. 1t Gable of Nebraska does not win first in the two-mile run, the Cornhuskers will banking on him to take this run in record | time. He lowered the Cornhusker record | in the meet with Kansas, his time being | 10:23. This is the fastest mile that has been | run in the valley this season. Kraft of Ames and Steele, Missourl, should follow Gable in this run. Steele’s time in the Kansas meet was extremely slow, being 12:06%, but he is capable of doing much better. | Pope, Bates, Launders, Glack, Graham | and Munson are the best men on the fresh- men team. Bates is a leader in the long | distance runs. In the Wesleyan meet he | won both the half-mile and the mile. Graham is éertain to take first place in | the pole vault, ‘and stands an excellent show of winning the high jump. Pope won the 440-yard dash against Wesleyan In 0:56% and should get this race at Doane. Lan- ders and Flack are good for places in the hurdles race. Flack ought to get a second | in these, while Landers stands a chance | of winaing first in the high sticks. In the broad jump Munson is regarded as a win- | ner. ‘He won this event in the Wesleyan games with a jump of 20 feet % inches. Manager Eager game for the Cornhusker base ball team. 1t will be played Friday afternoon at Ash- land, where the university cadets will be encamped next week. The opposing team will be composed of players from a regi- ment of United States regulars who also will be encamped near the same city. Manager Eager is trylng to arrange an excu-sion to Ashland for that day in order to take down a crowd of university co-eds ( to visit the cadents and witness the ball game. Des Moines. | Latham to be in| but hardly can | |w. edly lost ,as the trail was indistinct The little car, carrying the flags of two | countries and with its bedraggled oceu- has scheduled another | comment LOST ON BURNING HOT SANDS Tri of Auto in Route of Flag to Flag Contest. | Crew Stalled for Two Days with Nothing to Drink but Rusty Water Taken from the Rediator. TORREON, vious mud bucking, Mexico, May 21.—No pre sand wading or stump | buckling tests can compare with the re-| cent trial of the little Chalmers-Detroit car in the sands of old Mexich. This car has alreedy covered 33,000 miles in endur- | |ance runs. The party of the Pathfinders | who are blazing the way for the “Flag to Flag" contest for the Wahlgreen trophy have now made 1,9% miles of the way from | Denver to the City of Mexico \ When the explorers reached Torreon | can they had covered 43 miles over the Mexican border. They are now making the longest and hardest lap of the trip | over 1,30 miles of Mexican desert. They | stopped over here one day to employ | guides for the remalinder of the journey. | The way into ElI Paso was prmnuan\‘ | easy going, with the exception of one |day’s hard driving. Since then their lml)v |has not been strewn with roses and fts| significance to the members of the party | as a pleasure trip has paled on the vista | of the sandy Mexi~an desert. The plucky | Mttle car fought through driving sand storms, often sinking to the hubs. The | men repeatedly had to get out of the car to eut sage brush from the roads which had never been traversed by an automo- bile. The trip from Denver to EI Paso had many pleasant features. Shooting was fine and men dropped prairie game from the car seats. The scenery was an added pleasure as the mountain tops were always visible. The crew left Denver with flying banners and with the good word of the governor of the state and the populace The course was over level plains, which the car covered at a twenty-mile clip. Whalked Forty-Six Miles, The thrilling experiences of the trip be gan after the car left El Paso. One hun- dred and twelve miles out the car stuck | hopelessly in the desert sands and the | block and tackle, which the car carried for emergency purposes, was unable to pull the car out. Being forty-six miles from the raflroad it was necessary for them to camp there and two of the men walked back to the rallroad a distance of over forty-six miles to catch a Mexican Central train into E1 Paso. i This arduous feat was accomplished by | E. McCarton of Denver and James Howard, a guide from El Paso. William | Knipper and F. Ed Spooner, whom they | left with the car, were in even worse straits than those who had gone for assistance. Thee fivea twn davs on cold pea soup and coffee made from rusty water from the radiator. Every oth supply was gone. The party reached here after making it record run—156 miles in thirteen hours. | During the last 156 miles they were repeat- was a sourge of much curfosity and among the native Mexicans, A | large percent of these had never before seen an automobile. President Diaz is making plans to par- ticipate In the welcome of the City of Mex- ico to the pathfinders. The message from Governor Shafroth of Colorado to the Mex- | fean people will be recelved with ceremony. A number of social affairs also have been arranged and they will be the guests of the city while there. Bee Want Ads stimulate trade moves. pauts, were sold Model H, natl, which got him from the Cubs, hos swapped him to Pittsburg for Outfie by Use of Stimslen | gEnes MDW YORK, May 2.—One of the banes jf the Marathen craze that is sweeping the | R o o s st aranteb (___:%'nnur.) from end to end is the use of | tensions (o his grandstand, also bleachers, | 99Pe” by many young alleed Marathon xt to meet the demands of that ::‘:""I"""“’l":: “"'::“"_"”"‘“:‘l::"'m\ » .'““"" American association. propesition. - . pe g association. propesl | Who are fit to run ten miles at the outside | A 2 Some folks are betting that Mistah Jobn !" S 00 Ve JMavaibenn. ou8 o4 obeutt W son will never get in the ring with Jeff- | May not be & bad bet. vear 136 is notable in history as year in which Washington did not fin- last res The the d what was the name of that great “hicago catcher? It began with “K." 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