Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 28, 1916, Page 44

MENKE TALKS ABOUT BARNEY Grows Reminiscent as He Tells of the Daredevile Racer Who Still Battles Time | OTHER INTERESTING GOSSIP By FRANK G. MENKE. The years do come; the years do §o, And all things pass away, But Barney Oldfleld’s racing And calls it “just child’s play He's 010, as racers reckon years, But still he rides his race, Winning glory, defying death, His fame naught can efface. | P———— Fearless, Peerless Barney. Barney Oldfield is the marvel of the racing world. Back in the era that is but a hazy memory to most of us, the ' American daredevil first began risking | his life piloting racing cars, And he’s ; still doing it. | { { i Most of those who started in the ame when Barney did have gone. me quit when premonitions began to flow through their systems; others uit when death took the wheel and Zrnvc them to their early graves. But Barney remains. Time and again he has “retired”—only to return and drive more furious races than ever before. Barney started in the game when racing cars that averaged over [, sixty or seventy miles an hour were “speed monsters.” He scored triumphs ' in those days and he scored them | through the years that followed— | years t increased the engine speed rom sixty to 120 miles an hour. “The game is dangerous—and there have been times when I figured that the gain in gold and glory wasn't worth the risk” said Barney some time ago. “But always it has lured me back. The speed madness grows |} on one ike a drug and the faster you ! go the faster you want to go next | time. Those who have lived for years at the wheel of a ucinr car, find it ' hard to live anywhere else.” 1 { | Expected Has Happened. Just when the golfing world was conceding that Harry Vardon is the ates Yinkin of all time, the inevi- 's:le happened. * tracted facts, figur: show that Harry is a piker in com- parison with Tommy Morris, who olfed Tli(c a bit in Scotland Irom 868 to 1872, g - It now is up to persons with argu- mentative dispositions to show that Morris himself was a dub in compari- son with Chluncegl Hipdedee who gollufed back in 1831, and also for another faction to spooi Hipdedee's greatness b recounting the greatness of Felix McSwatt, a golfer of 1798, And so on, ad infinitum, Jersey Boosts Weinert. Over in Jersey they insist that arlie Weinert, a Newark product, . will be the next heavyweight cham- sion of the world, They get awfuly ed in the Mosqulito state because Gotham promoters sniff at the of ranking Weinert in the same as Frank Moran, einert can beat any heavyweight the game today,” wheezes New- . “It is true that Jack Dillon him, but Dillon did it when rt was a novice. Dillon couldn’t even if Weinert fought with eyes blindfolded. k over Weinert's record and will find that he has beaten the t man in the game. And you'll too, that all the heavyweights now are ducking him. Gunboat won't fight Weinert. Neither Frank Moran, Carl Morris or any the others. Dillon won't take a e against Weinert again. He | knows his first victory was a fluke | that he can't duplciate.” 'Nother Freak Homer. | In a game between the Toledo and | Milwaukee teams of the American gsociation, Rawlings of Toledo med the ball down the third base | line. As he swept past third the Il curved in on foul territory and pulled up in a roll of can- ch was in that vicinity. Rawlings’ swat ordinarily would have been a two-bagger; but before the Milwaukee left fielder and short- | stop could extract the pellet from | the roll the Toledoan raced around | 4 the bags for a curcurt swat. | Famous Pacers May Race in East. | Hal Boy and White Sox, the fa- i mous pacing rivals of the Pacific coast region, may be campaigned along the Grand Circuit this summre. The chances are that both horses are shipped cast the bulk of their racing will be against each other, as . there is intense rivawy between their {owners. | Hal Boy and White Sox met twice | in special races. lionors are even. Some time in June or July a special ! race between the two will . be run, either on one of the Grand Circuit tracks or in California, in case the horses are not shipped to castern tracks. Stroughten Fletcher owns Hal Boy. The White Sox horse is the property . of Charles Berry of Los Angeles. ! Plans for Uniform - Rules for Trottin (Game Unsettled New York, May 27—The proposi- of the National Trotting asso- tion of the American in regard to appointment of a joint commit : to draft uniform rules of racing both organizations, made during L the last session in this city, will not decided officially until the govern boards of the two meet for thew bannual session next December * e proposal s exactly what rae men have asked for years, in fact mded it a3 & most important ge for the wellare of the spory, 0 it s most gratifying to hear from sources which appear to be reliable o the raling body of the Amer Trotting association will agree SEPOIRE s commities 10 ol of the National and draft uni rules 1o be w foree for the raee awason of 1917 resolution stiplates that thie rale commites should ment the congreases—thin year after ol the twa deciaing way be changed and the hor the ree are deepmed 'Q‘I e congresses 1o be — e b vow P u-r“ o ) | Y g anin I et Bave v el A e P w—— » ¥ BIDDING IS SOON T0 START Cities Will Be Permitted to Compete With Coin for the Williard- Fulton Match, GOTHAM PASSES UP CONTEST BY RINGSIDE. K New York, May 27.—Fred Fulton, the long, lean and lanky larruper | from Rochester, Minn,, has been sen- | tenced to meet Jess Willard, a slightly known heavyweight, in the ring on or before Labor day, this year. The place and exact date are de- pendent upon the gullibility of the community showing any desire to stand sponsor for the “killing.” Fulton, evidently, does not care what happens to him, so long as he gets his “rake-off.” This is the first of a series of matches to be “cooked” | Ne up for Champion Willard, in order to keep his name before the public and thus enhance his drawing powers with the circus. At that, Willard is not to blame for this match. Nor is Fulton, either, for that matter. Their enterprising managers have concocted a scheme to ensnare the public—and New York- ers may be thankful they will be a long way from the site n?’this “terri- fic battle,” Here we have the biggest, strongest and cleverest heavyweight champion the game has ever pro- duced, opposed to a gangling, un- schooled paper hanger, whose only recommendation is his towering hzifiht of six feet five inches. And, with all this altitude, Fulton does not weigh over 200 pounds. Blow to Boxing. Were this uneven bout to be held in New York, it would surely result in the abolition of boxing in this state, And the city that will eventually “fall” for this contest, deserves to lose its status as a boxing community. If the bout is to be decided on its merits, Fulton has no business remaining in |} the ring any longer than it takes for | Willard to~ deliver the first punch. One of Willard's stiff left jabs should be sufficient to upset the cadaverous looking Mr, Fulton. We shall hear more of this “great” |J bout and its possibilities, Within a |} few weeks bids will be considered for the contest—and the best proffer will be grabbed by Tom Jones, Jack Cur- ley, Mike Collins, (Fulton's man- ager), et al. And New York is to be humiliated by having a “bid” con- sidered. This bid, however, will come from none other than Jack Curley, who is connected with the illard enterprises, and who is associated with Harry Pollak in runninr a fight emporium at Washington Park, Brooklyn, the old site of the Brooklyn National league base ball club, and more reccmru the haven of the Brooklyn Federals. Makes Money Come. This bid naturally will be the “come on” for promoters from other cities. In like manner did Jess Wil- lard get $47,600 for boxing Frank Moran here, when he originally agreed to take on any man in the rld, over a route even, for $30,- 00. Cnrlfi. entered a “phoney” bid for Willard’s services, and Tex Rickard topped it by offering a rec- ord sum for a ten-round, no-decision bout. The Fulton-Willard bout is to mduu the same shrewd general- x‘scordth[ to the tentative articles, Willard is to receive $37,600 for his in the affair, or two-thirds of .the receipts if they total more than the stipulated guarantee. Ful- ton, for be n: implicated, is to get the intake, regardless of one-third of what it amounts to. The tip-off on Fulton's ability may be gleaned from a cursory peek at his record. He was floored three times as many rounds by Andre An- derson, who quit to Young Weinert Ithough Andre out- some twenty pounds. Dan “Perky” Flynn, who outlived his ring usefulness several ars ago, stood up and slugged with lton for twenty rounds. Even Al Reich, who subsequently quit in the ninth round, almost knocked out Ful- ton with a punch in their bout here. Fulton may be a formidable oppo- nent for Willard two or three years hence, but if he is to be led into the ring with Jess this year something should be done to the unscrupulous promoters directing such a match. Again, New York is to be thankful in two round weighed Weli for its lack of interest in the Fulton- against Moran. National League Averages CLUB BATTING W R Ahat even in the absence of olticial |! n New Yark....1§ 130 268 Brooklyn 1 108 343 Boston 1 1 24 Chicago 1" 14 308 Clucinnati ...18 136 308 Philsdelphia 1% Ha Bt Louls. .. I Pltisburgh P ® Phila'phia " Hoaton " Clnetnnatl [ Mroaklyn “ Now York “w Pitisburgh " . Louis Chicags WpIvI TEN O AL BATTING MORE GAMES Daubsrt, Brook. . 34 i0 & haider 1 Beadens, 8 | i 4 : FRewibacn e Willard muss, for it might be tempted to bring the same two mono- liths of the ring here, even after Willard’s disappointing showing QAW WO SN AR P | Mitche M wames, busln Mogrid o Gallin, Coumb 1.0 Ruth, Cleotte, Plank, Myers, Dauss, Dubue, Piiaviok, Deaton 11 2% 4 MR Moliwits, Cin T T IR T Bobartoon, N Y..00 M 31 84 4 ) o | B S0 3 4T & 8 | " ) P o 3 .\ e | B .t b | ) 3 A b 23 3 Russell, Chi Woltgang, C Morton, Cle ot ovel Hurper, Wa Markle, N. Davenport, Park, Bt. L Sheehan, Phil Wellman, St. L., 11, Cin lan, Phil rgast, Chi , Pitts Pitts der, Phil Toney, Cin.. 0 Schuiz, Cin..,....14 Hendrix, Chi..... & Hughes, Bos. . 9 8 *hi, 10 r, Chi 1 Bow-Cin., 7 Box ] & N.¥.000 8 Cin..... b Pitts i g | Chalmers, Phil... 4 Suiles, St L. 12 Dale, Cin. 10 B e S B BB R e D M e ks American League Averages CLUB BATTING, PITCHING RECORD, Pitchers who have been in sixteen or more et t"';”,r""\“:"'m; 7 gy 3 0001 im0 1o steal Hugh Fullerton’s stuff,| Johnson. So woutd six other 6| Lincotn .....16 - 8 0 330 ; H 1 000 { but how’s this for a hunch: clubs in the Amerscan league. | Des Motnes 1 1 000 | Nor T | il o Wichita 0 1 000 Nor n P Omaha 1 | Willett,” Lincoln 1 000 a4 Mr, Dunn is too greedy: At Topeka 0 Gilligan, Den M [ %33 Mars H all t writi {r. Speaker Sloux City.. 0 | Baker, Des M 1 800 Kru E ger PETy Weting PRSVEE Denver 4 1 | Clark, 8toux City. 5 3 750 ; capably filling the posi- 8t. Joweph... 9§ 15 1 stner, Wich...1 5 Mille R tion of in the he and still CLUB V1L Thompson, Oma. . H Kr A use Mr. Dunn isn't satisfied. K 9, 1.[-7‘”' PB, "‘ Bur 5 Topeka o8 1 03 <% Bloux City.26 19 0 1 2 4 The arrival of summer weather TEN GAMES OR MORE, Wichita ...27 0 4 y, Wich. ., 2 600 F orsythe this last week was a saving to the " 1 0 ler’l‘ 1’:0 : I‘zr'«““;h :' : LA \\:»mm 1 ; w' Th O mpson I;‘;c Alfiall L:agna‘l(‘; .’I hey won't 52 . 58 | 8t 0 Ancoln 600 )i ). £ 3 y w 11136 128 1260 | Oma 0 4 o, Omaha.. 6 3 500 K R ug have to buy water wings now. o S8 1 9% 108 D, Molnes 5 0.8 Topeka 2 600 L 4 Zhlwnall i T Denver ...%6 19 0 § 651 368 66 800 | Kild U ff s Chicego : . 0.1080 111 INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGE, ‘égg 8 mith A member of the l/\n\:vm[]uhs Bt. Louls. .. 11019 122 TEN OR MORE GAMES. Lincoln. § .l,vm — rowing crew 18 named ytlacy, Boaton oo cviv b 10 L LU G. AB H. SH.8B. Pet. | Durham, Wichita. 4 500 | Bob Simpson of Missouri had He's missed his calling by going e el R oo, e e §1 19 4o N1 413 | teeers, Demver: T 00| just busted another record, Arlie | into the navy.” He should be in Boston 3116 0 2 K43 412 40 Livingston, 8. C..2 21356 | Gaskill, 8 ] Mucks of Wisconsin had just grand opera ";‘:"‘“ . ;:‘ 2 “’ '1 z”“ :21 :‘ ""”“"""ru'l“f' nth, I [ busted two records, Grover Alex- — Chicago ] 0 L1 1] b 8 C L] o piees " Cloveland .35 D 4 969 497 6B y Kid Williams says he will bet Washington 33 0 b BT 38T 4 N York 9 3 0 2 818 402 47 Bt. Louls. 0 5 B40 418 6O Phila. 21 0 3 830 460 T1 .04% INDIVIDUAL BATTING. . AB. R. . BH.8B, Pot Speaker, Clove, 85 1233 26 44 O 6 . Nunamaker, N. ¥.21 70 4 26 0 0 Johnso Wash. 12 22 46 11 2 0 Milan, Wash, 18 41 1 17 19 39 36 9 20 3 6 0 1422 31 , Bos....28 100 16 33 3 4 Dubue Dat A6 26 2 42 0 Cobb, Det,......20 116 16 36 2 7 . Johnson, Bt. L.21 66 12 20 & 8 Myers, Phil, 10 26 4 § 3 0 Bhanks, Wash...36 B2 12 26 4 3 Rated on earned runs per game -~ 1 ge, N, Y... N. Y eutitcernt it nnenreeRNe R m SRS RS AR an Wash 0, Clove. .., . Ch. Bt 1L ¢ Phil, De All Our Modern Store Furniture and Fixtures for Sale--the Latest Grand L T T 10 T B B B 0305 08 85 4 £ 502 B D SIS B D D, Ave. BR . P.G. H. BB, 80 000 9 b 0 1 1 1 5 1 10 (¥ 10 1. [ ¢ 13 1. 1% 188 46 4 18 2,03 46 33 87 2.06 66 10 13 2,08 14 13 84 2018 48 33 26 2,86 61 23 27 bap bode 4 2.36 42 11 17 2.40 26 31 17 2.6 3% 23 18 260 60 31 49 2,05 61 22 28 2.67 31 9 8 2,68 42 30 16 2,73 43 8 20 s 17 22 84 67 29 81 2,92 68 41 30 8,00 21 16 11 3.00 19 11 12 3.08' 34 14 15 819 39 20 22 8.2 46 87 13 3.19 62 19 27 3.3 12 8. " 3. 17 er, G, Watson, 8 Kilduft, Oma Jones, Des Dan Hetling, Iox, Wichita, Hahn, Des M Krug, Omahn Rappw, Wichi; Callahan, 8, Btovenwon, Lin Meloan, Des M Breen, Des M Hunter, Des M Bloom, 8t J.. Miller, Denver. Litschl, Wichi| Britton, Wich 8mith, Omaha Agler, Topek Bommers, Bt J... Lattimore, Top... Spahr, Des M Miller, Omah, Jourdan, Bt Krause, On Thompson, 1 Cochran, Bhields, Denyi McCabe, Bt J Foraythe, Omaha. 2 0 Keating, 8 8. Oakes, Denvel Butcher, Denver., Jackson, Wichita.. Kirkham, 8t. J,..2 Hartford, Des Kruger, Topek Monros, Topel Abstein, Wich Rohrer, Lincol a7 Wichita 7 Western Leagu Averages CLUB BATTING ¢ t it ar, 2 ¢ “Haw, haw, haw, haw,” Wagner, Hinchman and Carey of the Ply 138 40 raton ‘aro’ included in the list of lea M | H " run-getters of the ational league, B e Efhtermeyer 166/ Rogers President Dunn of " Cleveland, | Fi AL 5oty o0 be a trilo shy tn the Bandors ... ... 166] we read in the public prints, ad- | matter of “game-gettors,” e —— L s = ———— e e RES e ——— een, Des M ander of Ne Grant, C. Watson, 8. C 286 280 prodigy. 000 | restless paw 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 )} 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 e 0200 5 0 53 59 60 O 134980 B3 80 9 50 50 £9 00 82 o i RO TS RS K S SR SR 0 offensive, n Bowling Standings | s, tures should Pet. | aggociate w 094 . 910 | fined, well-| FARNAM LEAGUE 5. W Farnam Colt Cornfeds . Omaha Natlonal Ba Updike Grain Co. .. Nebraska Clothing € City Hull Fods. ... Albers-Pollack Com U. 8. National Bank Individual avers lightened an Which in how?"” THE WOR AS 180/ Harrison | 179|Rumsell 178 Welrlch 174|Patten 172\ Richardson HE T 3| il 1 Primenau Hanrman 17 11 171(Vetter 100/ Rofroxter ', 169| Honsie L. Zen Butler . 167|R. Zender, 5 3 1 3 4 a 3 [ 1 1 3 [ i 2 3 1 1 7 4 1 3 1 Fl ] 2 ‘ 1 3 2 h 3 i 8 2 4 5 000 | Not pulling any predictions or try- 333 | the count and Joe Stecher had Tnited States a 493 | just ruined a Brookiyn wrestling | - Mr. V/illiams, being like other pugnant, disgusting, lllsagru-a!:lr, horrible, obnoxious, savage crea- cultured young men of the en- ““Ho, ho, ho, ho” To those same gents, Now says McGraw, San Francisc In accents wild, By Fred S. Hunter braska had just shut out ’Ilu' Jraves, Jess Willard $1,000 to $10,000 he can lick of Kansas had just slammed a Johnny Ertle, Somebody is im- New York hope to the mat for vorting Mex coin into the 1, 20 ’\}hc'rc:upnu' lhl" (yml"'R' ’””; box fighting gentlemen, would f37 | UL M e PRl 1 just as soon bet $10,000 as jump 000 e4-Juce-for-d0-cents -~ WaTSInE off the Brooklyn bridge or in 000 | stick twirled his monocle in a front of the Twentieth Century and spoke: Limited. nn 000 e a e in- 1 0 [3t4|Biackburn, 8t . 4 ‘200 The barbarous, untutored, in | 17 1412 | Loudermilk, 8t. J, 2 ‘oo0 | human, rough, coarse, unlettered, T4 ,“ ¥ P 38 & Tl o it : 2000 | uncivilized, outlandish, degrading, I They are still tr(y:ng to Cflcvlllfi 2 o uck, Omah B 000 epulsi p 2 o Te orse racing in hicago. h H | Boardman, & 1 H ‘o | repulsive, beastial, loath re- N acing K‘ hell : not legalize the old three-shel auseating, sickening, game? revolting, abliorrent, not be permitted to ith the genteel, re- bred, eourteous and ed down, ton. o the vietims of ey're filled with d polisned east.” English means “how eaiait. do those big bums horn in any- | prom Beston. LD DO MOVE TEMPUS FUGITS, ny, Said to McGraw: Goes to Seals, “Ha! Ha! Jack Dalton, your brutal slug- ors ‘has comp o an Jennings (s glven wing of big-time pite end.” Manager Hug Not Gnme Getters., mits he would like ro get Walter el fate, tter hate, Trin Speaker pulled his re biythe and gay, 1 s Rapids Product MOR SALE STARTS MONDAY NING, MAY 29th AT 8 O'CLOCK. NOTHING RESERVED. To quit business in Omaha. The lease on our present quar- ters expires in 30 days and cannot be reneyved. Qur entire stock of clothing, men’s furnishings and hats must be closed out quickly. The time is short, forcing us to sl Lines never before cut in price w aughter prices tremendously. ill be sacrificed regardless of cost. There will be absolutely no restriction. Every suit of every kind, top coats, overcoats, hats, underwear, shirts, all must be sold. Sale starts Monday morning, May 29th. Clothing This sale affords a wonderful oppor- tunity to get summer or winter clothing at a mere fraction of their worth. Remember, you have for your selection any and every garment in the store. We have about 150 winter overcoats, 20 per cent better quality than you can buy next winter, to be closed out at less than half what the same quality will cost next fall. $40 Suits, closing out price. .......$22.75 $35 Suits, closing out price........$19.75 $30 Suits, closing out price........$17.75 $25 Suits, closing out price........$15.756 $20 Suits, closing out price........$12.75 $15 Suits, closing out price. . . ..$10.75 Hats $5.00 Stetson Hats......... R aatiek $3.75 $4.00 Stetson Hats............... $2.95 $3.50 Stetson Hats. ... .. s e $2.65 $3.00 Magee & Mallory Hats. ... ... .$2.25 All New Panama and Leghorn Hats re- duced 25 per cent. The choice merchandise will go Furnishings These prices quoted below are in the face of the fact that such merchandise as we offer is worth 20 per cent more now than when we bought it. The quality is the same as in the past. Every article of men’s fur- nishing is on sale. No exceptions whatever. Space allows only a few quotations. i $1.50 Manhattan Shirts............$115 $2.00 Manhattan Shirts............$1.35 $2.50 Manhattan Shirts voe 31,78 $5.00 Silk Shirts e e $3.95 $6.00 Silk Shirts e 34.95 $1.00 Summer Underwear............73¢ $1.50 Summer Underwear.......... $1.10 $2.00 Summer Underwear. . ... AR 50c Phoenix Hosiery................ 39¢ Night Robes and Pajamas reduced one- fourth. Arrow and Redman Collars.......... 10¢ B 2 R s O 35¢ first. It is imperative that you select early Monday morning. Absolutely no exchanges, approvals or charges. (SO R R R IR RN APV TVPOUTPITIVITPRTIRTRTRREERTRRRSS SIS RGEE. 413 So. 16th St. gloom wprends o'er the walkk by with heads An air of Iu{ spreads o'er the town, 5/ Wonbe ry . n 1 artrey® Seven Managers IIRTLTEYL AR anleny oume holy, WAY) 174/ Plamb 5 174| Burns Three weeks ago, e oredit for nalling the villainous wielder of ithe war club and shipping him to the | 4) ! i