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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1899)
NOTES OE THE WHEEL MATTERS OF INTEREST TO DEV OTEES OF THE BICYCLE. HITcct of tlio Now Anmtctir Hole I,o cnl Tulent U Discounted Nntloiml Assembles Outside Interests Tho Collins Law. 1'ITcot of Now Anmtenr Itule. In the endeavor to Instill now Inter est In tho amateur branch of the sport the N. C. A. lias mado liberal rules which permit nmateurs to travel un limited distances to raco meets nnd allows them to havo their expenses paid by their clnbs and to have paid trainers. Already this broadening of tho amateur has had the effect of cre ating a distinctive amateur class In tho enst which approaches closely to the linos o? the old Class B amateur with out tho same advertising features. In this division nro found such speedy nnd prominent young men as Kramer, HauEmnn, Collett, Hutz, Lako, Scho flold, Wahrenbergcr, Bedell, Nyo nnd others, who will travel tho New York stnto circuit nnd perhaps tho grand circuit almost as regularly as tho pro fessional riders themselves, competing In nil tho best amateur races and win ning national reputations. With such constant training nnd prnctlco they will become almost as fast as their companions, who ride for cash prizes. Competition among them nnd tho local amateurs who ride with them at the various meets will bo ns keen ns among tho pros, nnd sometimes, ns was tho case at Manhattan Beach, these ama teurs will bo tho star performers at a meet. Racing enthusiasts throughout the country hopo for and anticipate with plcasuro a return of tho amateur club rivalry which lent such keen Interest to cycle racing In tho early 903, and nro heralding ns a significant sign the largo entry lists In tho amateur events in tho North Atlnntlc and Now Eng land states, claiming that never before wero there so many amateur racing men. Other Interests Aro Largor. It was a very common opinion last winter that tho national assembly mado n mistake at Providence In Feb ruary In voting not to relinquish tho control of tho sport. It Is too lato now to correct the error until next winter, when, Judging from tho present out look, It will bo done If the delegates hnvo tho best Interests of tho organiza tion at heart. If the league had left tho professional end of tho sport se verely alone It would not have been In tho present dilemma, but now It will probably be unable to lot go of ono horn without letting go of both. Many blnmo professionalism for tho present lack of Interest In the sport, asserting that the public has becomo too blase and cannot bo drawn to a track any more by locnl talent, nothing but tho best of tho national or International stars and enormous purses being sufll cient attraction. Professionalism has been cleaner under L. A. W. control than it was before, and tho rights of the public have been better defended. It will need a strong hand to govern tho sport henceforth and to protect tho various Intorcsts ns disinterestedly as tho leaguo has done, notwithstand ing the charges of personal Interests of those selected to offlclato In various capacities. However, If the profession als want to manage themselves or be managed by tho moro powerful track owner?, the leaguo has nothing to lose but the notoriety of being Its foster parent, whereas it has much to gain by promoting tho other branches of the pastime to which It Is supposed to bo devoted. I)lic(iiiriiK'l I.ooil Tii'ont. One effect Of tho liberal amateur rulo to bo deprecated is tho tendency to discourage local talent through the presence at tho big meets of that new class of "putea" who havo nutional reputations for speed and endurauco. Lesser lights of tho amateur field will hcsltato to enter against these men In COLLETT. all but handicap events. Such a result seems to havo occurred in Philadel phia, where tho amateurs havo re frained from entering the WoodBldo Park meet scheduled for Juno 28, for the reason, as they say, that Kramer, Collott nnd Hausman aro traveling with tho crack professionals and arc scooping In all tho good prizes In the amateur events. As this Is tho first N. C. A. meet In Philadelphia, and n number of raco meets under L. A. V. eanctlon are on the tapis In tho vicin ity of Philadelphia for July 4, which offer good pot-hunting chances, tho blnme for tho slender entries cannot bo laid entirely to the presence of the prominent circuit-chasing amateurs. Tho "pures" of the Quaker City would not court suspension by tho leaguo un til after tho Fourth of July any way, And nnturally they wish to sec what will bo tho effect of this first Introduc tion of "outlaw" racing In tho strong hold of tho leaguo. Tlio New World' Itocorris. Major Taylor will certainly havo to do some faster work than ho has been doing against tho Butler boys and Charles Church If he hopes to stay In condition to end tho present season with such a string of world's records ns ho mado lost fall. Already Mc Duffec Is credited with having deprived his dusky brother leaguer of two of his most Important records at New Bedford, Mass., on last Saturday, when he rodo a quarter In :22 and a half In :45 flat, clipping two-flftha of n second from tho former and four-fifths from tho hitter record. McDuffeo's tlmo for tho mllo, however, exceeded Tnylor's .-ecord by 2 4-5 seconds. Ac cording to the racing rules of tho U A. Y, times for Intermediate dis tances nro not allowed, and theroforo, ns McDuffeo orlglnnlly started for the mllo record, which he failed to land, his times for tho quarter nnd half can not be allowed ns records. To securo these records It Is necessary to mako CHURCH, a separate trial for each, a provision to obvlato tho possibility of error In timing tho Intermediate distances. Tlio Collins Imvi Misunderstood. Tho Collins uniform law governing tho riding of bicycles In New York state has already given rlso to a num ber of disputes, principally through a misunderstanding of Its provisions and Ignornnco of the fact that It annuls all town regulations which conflict with Its articles. Tho New York city police' are Blow to nbsorb tho fact that tho state law was moro powerful than tho older laws of that burg, and are In clined to hold that tho Collins .ncasure applies only to tho country and not tho metropolitan districts. Arrests have occurred In some of tho smaller towns, and cyclists havo been fined for vio lating town ordinances which aro moro stringent thnn the new statw law, and tho L. A. W. divisions havo threatened to Institute suit to test tho strength of the uniform state law. The chief object of the law Is to prevent tho persecution of cyclists through dif ferences between tho ordinances of various towiiB within tho stato and by Its simplicity to mako all bicycle riders familiar with tho requirements. It Is a Just measure, and It Is to bo hoped that other states will soon see the ad vantage of securing similar uniform laws. Tlireo-Cornorcd Mutches In ICurope. Three-cornered match races nro very popular In Franco nnd other continen tal countries of Europe this season, and the best of tho European sprinters aro taking part in them. Fully 4,500 spectators attended n match contested at Lille, France, by Jncquelln, tho champion sprinter of Franco in 'DG; Myers, tho Dutch favorite, nnd Courbe. Tho race was run In thrco heats,' tho first of which wns won by Meyers, while Courbe ran second and Jncquelln third. Tho second heat was a loaf until Courbo stole a march on his opponents nnd led them across tho tape by ten lengths, while Meyers de feated Jncquelln for second by half n length. In tho third heat Courbo tried tho same tactics, but Jacquolln was watching for him nnd followed closely until tho homo stretch, when ho out sprinted Courbo by a few Inches, Meyers running third nt one length. A (ici'id 1'rnposltlou. Recognition of the number of work ing women In New York has boon shown by the proposition to build a large hotel for them, which will nc commodnto ono thousand guests. It Is to bo built practically for those who aro "supporting themselves ns artists, litterateurs, teachers, clerks, and In similar pursuits." Tho hotel Is to bo fitted out with all modern conven iences "ample pnrlors, reading, music and sewing rooms, restaurants nnd tea rooms." Board Is to cost $3 a week, and rooms from $3 a week upward. This hotel, if It Is built, will In its full est monsuro fill a long-folt want, nnd doubtless among all the women work ing In tho city thero will be a thou sand who will gladly flock to It for tho shelter and protection It will af ford them; but thero will always be Eor.io other thousands to whom life on eo public n icalo would no doubt be a great cross. If not an nctual Impossi bility. Harper's Bazar. Love's Imposition. From the Detroit Free Prow: "Why, darling," exclaimed the pretty bride of three weeks, as she rushed to embrace her husband. v"How good It wa3 of you to skip baoebnll "once and oomo home early. You're Just too sweet." And ho accepted It nil without sajing a word about there being no game. IIP THEATRICAL TOPICS. SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF THE PLAYERFOLK. Fnnny Wnrd Is ller-inilng Arc it In Ap pciinineo Alum Ilo'.tl nil Adept nt Advertising I.lllliin ltussell nnd tho Itnco Truck. Fanny Ward, who used to look no cuto and cunning, when porched as Cupid on a half moon at the Garden theater, and whoso meteoric career In London has enveloped her In a blaze of diamonds If not of glory, Is said to bo becoming aged. All that n rich man's money can do In tho way of affording stago opportunity hns been forthcom ing, but money ennnot buy perpetual youth. Fanny looks peevish, petulant nnd but little like her old self, but she lives like a princess. Ono of tho.30 days It will not matter. Anna Held, who knows tho value of a careful, rational, healthful life, Is nbout us level-headed nnd keen-witted as they make them. Sho never loses a trick when It conies to keeping her self before the public. Her capture of tho first prize at tho recent Battle of Flowers In Paris, was a clover coup. Her carriage was trimmed with nothing but orchids tho most cxpon slvo of flowers Involving an outlay of hundreds of frnncs, and her costume, whllo simple, was tho porfectlon of quiet elegance. Tho combined effect, together with her own personal charm, gained victory over thousands of con testants, Including all tho famous beau ties of Paris. Miss Attnllo Clulro used to be an opera singer of whom prima donnas possessing greater celebrity than had fallen upon her wero nlwavs deeply and painfully Jenlous when sho tola It. buo married a rich young man nnd retired from the stngo, remaining In seclusion for several years. Then Attnllo suddenly came to tho front, ac cusing hubby of runnlne around with a little blonde damsel from somewhere over In Jersey. While this little nf- falr was steaming along at express train speed, the husband found a young man connected with ono of tho ATTALIE leading law firms of Now York, who said ho iVus giving legal advice to the aggrieved wife. In the shulllo tho In fant that had been born during tho years of wedded happiness was carried off, and there were fino ructions In tho newspapers. Later on, tho husband was onco more In tho newspapers In a very prominent way, and tho whole story of Attnllo Clalro's marital Infel icities came up again. Still, sho Isn't getting a largo number of perceptible engagements. Perhaps tho stago Is undorgolng a revolution in these mat ters. The tl.no ha3 arrived maybo, when It takes something very far su perior to mero notoriety to force an opening In theatrical life. I say may bo. The reason 1 thus speak Indefinitely Is furnished by Mrs. T. Benton Lelter, of Chicago, who has recently boon playing engagements In somo vnude vlllo theaters hereabouts. Mrs. Loiter announces herself on the bill as "the Chicago society loader," although when sho led Chicago society, or where she led It, nobody seems ablo to defi nitely be ablo to find out. Anyway, It would bo well for Mrs. T. Benton Loiter to go back to tho West and re sume her occupation of leading. She won't do ns a feature of stago llf. She Is rather pretty In a vague, color less way, but that Is her only claim to recognition as nn actress. She broke Into the profession through tho newspaper stories which told how L. Z. Lelter, her husband' relatlvo, had pranced awl clawed the nlr and made other violent demonstrations when sho married Into tho family. But I don't think irtio will adorn the theater for any tongth of time. She does not "de liver tho goods," and thero Isn't enough metropolitan Interest In Chi cago society leaders to warrant her retention as n freak. The peerless Lillian Russell, who seems to grow moro radiantly benutlful ns the years roll past, Is onco again to be found at tho race track pretty much every afternoon, sending swell bets Into the ring and sometimes mak ing tho bookmakers wish they were dead or very far removed from tlio scene of hr operations. Lillian Is n heavy bettor upon tho horses, nnd some of tho Inside Information that reaches her Is evidently of a very val uable kind, whether It comes from tho stnbles or some peculiarly gifted clair voyant. One would bo surprised to know how many women frequenters of tho raco tracks about New York Insist upon teeming ndvtco from tho for MRS. LEITER. tune tellers. It doesn't seem to occur to those feminine sports that If pco plo who tako their fees could really foretell tho outcomo of ono or two races a day, they would go out of tho business of consulting tho stnrs and becomo plungers on their own account. Persons who become racing mad, al though they are credited with being a pretty smnrt lot, aro In reality tho most easily gulled human beings In all the world. They will take tips from negro exercise boys who don't know the first thing of whnt they aro tnlk- CLAIRE. ing about quite ns eagerly as though they came from tho owners or tralnors, who, even with their Intlmato knowl edge of tho qualities of their own ani mals, quite frequently go wrong. Tho other day, for example, a noted horse man at Sheepshead Bay started a racer willed Vohlcer, for tho first tlmo In tho Enst, and was so confident that ho not only wagered a whole lot of money on his own account but confided his in tention to his most intlmato friends, who dashed Into tho betting ring nnd mndo tho bookmakers gasp over tho liberality of tholr hots. All theso peo ple thought everything wns over but tho rhoutlng. Vohlcer, as the result showed, was a good thing, but not qulto good enough. Tho lustnnco Is only ono of very many that could bo quoted to show that even when ono hns the best of 11 upon tho racecourse ho Is very apt to havo tho worst of It to employ a Milesian form of speech. All this, you say, has nothing to do with Miss Lillian Russell, excepting Uiat It is racehorso talk, and thero isn't any form of this lino of conversa tion which doesn't, or at least should n't, contemplnto Lillian. Sho wns away In Boston playing In "Ermlnlo" during a fortnight of tho Gravesond Spring Meeting, and her absence was moro commented upon than anything else nrotind tho track. Sho was doubt less very much disturbed over her In ability to be present. So wns every body el6c. LEANDER RICHARDSON. Good mnnners nre the settled medi um of soclnl, as specie Is of commercial life; returns are equally expected for both, and people will no more advanco their civility to a bur than their mon ey to a bankrupt. Chesterfield. BASE BALL TOPICS CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF THE GAME. lloyeott tlio Hums -Hoodlums llnvo No l'luco In llnso Hull Tlioy Dlstnteo Their Cluln. llosmlrcli Their follow flayers mid Aro Olijrctlonnlilo. It would bo a good policy for club3 to adopt to employ players that by their character and habits could com mend themselves to tho pntrona of tho gnino, nnd to refute to employ the hoodlums of tho profession no matter how cffectlvo they might prove ns ball players. 1 know nnd cvory ono olso knows that a skillful ball player who Is a decent man becomes a favorite and a drawing enrd for any team, while the hoodlum no matter how good n player ho may bo can never secure a placo In the alTcctlons of tho patrons of tho game, writes James Andrews, In the Sporting News. The managers mny toll you that what tho public want Is successful bnll playing, no matter by whom it Is done, Thnt Is only partially truo. Tho pub lic does want successful ball playing undoubtedly, hut It also wants some body to do It on whom It can lavish lis praises and bestow Its ndmlratlon and affection. No mntter how good a play er a man may bo If he Is a hoodlum and a loafer ho can never occupy tho 8ii mo position In tho good graces of the patrons of tho gamo that ho could If ho wero n gentleman. Why won't tho managers got together nnd boycott tho hoodlum element and force It out of the business? They nro tho people to do It and If they would only nerve themselves up to It their patrons would rlso up and call them blessed. Tho manngcrs aro continually doing many thlngB In mnny ways to mako tho gamo attractive and pleasant for their pat rons. Hero's n good placo to rorcovu ono of tho most objectionable foaturos of the sport. Let us all hope they will. Amen. .Miignots' Mi'tlin Is. Tho Cincinnati Enquirer tho other day published whnt it regarded, wo daro say, na a good story, at tho ox penso of the much berated official aver ages. As a mntter of fnct It wns not so much of n rcllectlon upon tho figures ns upon thoso who control and manipu late them, lncldcutnlly tho tnlo also exposed onco moro tho methods em ployed by somo of tho mngnntcs who are supposed to hnvo tho fato of tho national gamo In tholr hnudB. Hero Is tho tnlo: "Thoro Is not much reliance td ho placed on somo of tho official averages. For ways thnt are dark and trlckB that aro vain tho nvcrago Icaguo magnate Is peculiar. Padding n player's nvor ago with tho aid of tho official scoror Is n new wny of booming a player who Is to be put on tho market. Earle Wngncr last night owned up thnt Cone Demontrovlllc's bnttlng nvcrngo was 'boosted' tho last season ho was wltn tho Washlngtons. 'Ho batted along at about a .285 clip,' said Presldont Wag ner. 'I wanted to trndo him off or soil him. So I had our official scoror boost him up. IIo gave him nbout forty ex tra hits. This put his r.vcnago over 300 per cent. Hnnlon tumbled thnt ho had been gold-brlckcd nbout two weeks nf ter the trade. Ho spoko to mo nbout It. I told It tin thnt Demoutrovlllo was Just about a .285 hitter. Then I told him nbout tho boosting plan. Ho laughed and said: 'That's on mo; I want to get rid of Dcmontrcvlllc, and I'll do the samo thing.' I think thnt kind of work Is perfectly legitimate. I don't mean that It Is right to ndd hits to his scores, cold turkey. What I mean Is to glvo everything doubtful a hit. That Is, if a player fumbled his grounder, don't glvo tho player an error, but mako It a hit. That was tho way Demontro vlllc's nvcrago wits boosted, I am not tho only mnuiiger that over had a player's avcrngo boosted.' " Umplro Connolly. Thomas II. Connolly, ono of tho um pires of tho National Leaguo and American Association, gained hU knowlodgo as an ofllclnl in tho Now England League. He was born Dec, 31, 1870, at Manchester, Eng., nnd there obtained his schooling. At tho ago of 13 ho camo to this country, going to relatives at South Nntlck, Mass. From 1880 to 1892 ho worked at shoemaklng at Natlck. Becoming Interested In tho national pnstlmo, from 1888 to 1892 ho manuged tho Nntlck team, and very successfully. In 1892 ho turned his at tention to umpiring. Ho was appoint ed a HtibBtltute umplro of tho New England Leaguo by Secretary J. C. Morso, but dltl not got a fair chance to display his ability In thnt lino, it was through tho earnest solicitation of Tim Hurst thnt Connollv wan nttnr. wnrds appointed regularly on tho Btaff. After bix weeks' expenonco ho was so disgusted ho wanted to quit, but be ing urgod to stick, he wont back to bis poet, nnd from that tlmo his sue- TIIOM M cess wns unquestioned. IIo remained with tho New England Leaguo long enough to endear himself to tho pub lic, tho officers, managers and oven tho players, which Is the greatest en comium thnt could bo bestowed upon him. Early Inst year considerable In fluence was brought to bear upon President Young, nnd ho nppolnted Connolly to tho ofllclnl staff of tho major league. Ho has tact, Judgment, firmness, a good voice and knows his business. CIiimcs with tlio Host. Louis Crlgor of tho St. Louis team, classes with tho best backstops of tho National League, yet this Is really his second season In fast company. Ills throwing Is a featuro of every gamo In which nttompts nro mndo to steal bases when he Is catching. Ho gets tho bnll away from him quickly nnd It Is not unusunl for tho baso runnor to find Second Baseman Chllds or Shortstop Wallace waiting to tag thorn out. Crlgcr excels In capturing high fouls nnd Is moro than n fair batsman. Ho wns born at Elkhart, Intl., 27 years ago. Ho began his bnsoball enroor with tho Kalamazoo club of tho Michigan Leaguo In 1894. Ho Joined tho Fort Wnyno club of tho Interstate Leaguo in 1S9G and was transferred to tho Cleve land club tho next season. IIo has earned tho favor of tho fans of St. LOUIS CRIGER. Loula by his clovor nnd consistent work and hns nlready established qulto a following. Dreyfus Trlclieil. Ono of tho mysteries of tho National Leaguo mooting waB tho manner In which tho Bchodulo was secured and published by Murnane, Vila and Mills before It had been adopted by tho mag nates. President Brush, of tho Clncln nntl club, wns tho only man who was directly accused of giving out tho schedule nnd but fow bollovcd that ho did. Now comes Mr. J. Earl Wagnor, of the Washington club, who tolls the truo story of. how tho lenk occurrod. At least, tho Clnclnnntl Times-Star quotes Mr. Wngncr as saying: "President Drcyfuss, of tho Louis ville club, wbb talking with sovoral newspaper men nnd unwittingly took tho schodula from ono pockot and placed It In his overcoat pockot. A minuto later ho walked to tho coat room and had his overcoat chocked. Ono of tho scribes noticed tho number of Droyfuss' check and whon ho had gono to another part of tho hotol his coat wns Fecured by ono of tho writ ers on n pretext, tho nchodulo oxtrnct cd, copies made, and tho documont re placed beforo Droyfuss called for his coat. To this day Droyfuss does not know thnt he supplied tho host base ball scoop of tho year." That this Is tho truo solution of the mystery Is vory probable, owing to a peculiar fnct. Tho prematurely pub lished schedulo contained n changed July date, which was changed only In tho copies of Messrs. Brush nnd Droy fuss. This was to Mr. Droyfuss con vincing evidence that Mr. Brush's schedulo wns used, ns ho (Droyfuss) said his schedulo never left his posses sion. Ho will bo surprised when ho learns how ho was tricked after all. IHiunond (Hints, Tho Cincinnati team nnd tho Cincin nati scribes nro nt loggcrhonds. A number of tho players do not speak to any of tho Porkonolltnn writers as thoy pass by, and oven Manager low ing has closed tho Information book to several scribes. Lively situation! During a Cleveland-New York gamo Tommy Tuckor was fined $5 nnd or dered to tho bench by Umplro Androws for kicking. Tuckor grabbed Androwa by tho thront and wns nbout to ns sault tho official with his fist when Qulnn and Dowd pulled him away. Manager Solco Is still making efforts to brnco up Boston's pitching depart ment. His latest acquisitions aro an Inexpoiiouccd left-handed lad from South Bend, Iud., named Harry Bailey, ami nuothor green ono named James Grossart, hailing from Homestead, Pa. In tho eighth Inning of a Washington-Boston game, with two on bases, Hurry hit to deep contor. Tho safety would havo gono for a homo run or throe-bagger. Barry mndo tho circuit uf tho bases and was declared out for cutting first baso, thus doprlvlng him of n hit. A Cincinnati papor Is taking a popu lar vote on tho quostlon who should manago and cnptaln tho Cincinnati team noxt soason, Bob Allen, of In dianapolis, Is tho choice of a majority for manngor, nnd Outfloldor Mlllor for captain. "Buck" Ewlng hns tho small est following. Evldontly he has lost casta In his homo. Nearly every mombor of tho Boston team Is complaining of tho long son ton. Thoy say that six months with 1E4 games Is too much of a good thing, especially for men who aro oxpoctod to' go In ovcry day and 'work hard for victory. Othor people work hard also nil the year round for much 1m money lEx. m ; WW'"