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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1905)
J&nnrry 8, 1005. THE OMAIIA ILLUSTRATED BEE. SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK Western League Meeting to le Held in Omana After AIL NO CERTAINTY AS TO NEW PRESIDENT Itoarke Preparing to Assert Himself la the Affairs nt the Or. aaalsatlon of Which lie la a Part. r Finally the magnate of the Western league have decided to obey the letter of iheir constitution at least and hold the urinual meeting in Omaha. This comet a little hard, fur It came with it recogni tion of tho fact that Omaha exists In the winter time of course, It Is mighty nice to come here wuh a ball team during the summer and carry away largo gobs ot money, but to think of putting In a few hours between t tains here In the winter time wow, but It s 'hard. Hut they'll be here. The proposition to take thu meet ing over to Chicago was Just a Utile bit too surf, and l'ia lilil itourke put his large, well trained loot down with a thump for once. 11 really looks as If Papa 1(1 1 1 were going to aaseit himself in the aRalrs of the leugue he has had so much to Uo with making a succn-s, and that the last year of Its life will be more or less under his direction. For this Is the last season under the contract, and next winter a new deal will have to be made. lo all things since the loriKue was funned Kourkc litis worked for the success of the league and has seen his own Interests plutcd In Jeopardy mure than once by Ills colleagues, and when the time for action came lie has gone to the front and saved the day by his own efforts. Now, that another crisis Is at hand, he proiioses that the declining days shall be peaceful at least and without tho domination of the man who has done so much to put western base bull into Its present uncertain condition. Otto Floto, with tha.irare magatilmlty and' discernment that has marked his ca reer In sport, has -withdrawn from the race for president of the Western league and has released Messrs. Tebeau and Darns from their pledge of support. This clears the atmosphere greatly, for It allows Te beau and Burns to rally to the support 4f Tip O'Neill, who has been brought forward by Joe Cantlllon. It Is not Impossible that some other name will be presented, but ut present It looks like three for O'Neill, two for Bandy Qrlswold and one for Lioc Bhlvely on the first ballot. This Is In the club vote. If the matter goes to the board of directors It Is quite likely that the Can tlllon candidate will go through, for unless a better understanding than now exists Is reached by the valley teams tho board will be reorganized just as It Is, with two Tebeau men and Rill Itourke. It ln't very plenaant to contemplate such a state of affairs, but there you have It. But It's only for another season, and maybe wo can pull through. Borne comfort may be extracted from the published report that Poo Bhlvely doesn't respond to letters of Inquiry written from Bt. Joseph, asking him to state his position In tho matter of the presidency of the Western league. Ills followers down there Insist that If the doctor doesn't rare for the Job, they will stand for Qrlswold, but they say they prefer a man who does not live In a Western league town. Now, whut difference can It possibly make to St. Joseph who la president of the league.? The people down there pass up the gate during the summer and only show their Interest whan snow covers the ground. Hasn't the Western league had about enough of ab sentee presidential control? To an out sider. It would seem that Mike Sexton's ad ministration would have made St. Joseph long for some one who might have an In terest In the leugue aside from his salary check. And comes also Mr. P. J. Moran, 1m pressarlo of the raclflc const, and adds the weight of his endorsement to the candi dacy of Tip O'Neill. He assures us that Mr. O'Neill doesn't need the money; that he Is doing right well where he Is, and that If he takes the place he will do It because of his great Interest In base brill. If Mr. Moran would only buy one of Mr. Tebeau's dormant franchises In the Want 'i'iH league, he might be able to cast one vote In favor of Mr. O'Neill. Under ordl ry clrcumstunces, the Western league can get along without either ndvlco or as sistance from tho raclflc coast. Shepherd of the Denver Times has dis covered that Sioux City and St. Joseph ore to be dropped, and an eight-club league Is t be formed of the remaining towns probably two teams to a town and that Temmy Burns Isn't going to have as good a tea, mat I-lttle London as he had last summer, so Denver Is to have a walk-over In the race. At Inst accounts Bliep was cdbklng another pill. Big BUI Everitt una' Ueorge Tebeau have come to terms, and Bill Is to manage the Grlnlles next season and play first base. This will make certain that some Interest will attach to the presence of the Denver team, wherever it plays, for It la almost worth the price of admission Just to see Bill register one of his numerous objections w ith the umpire. Speaking about first basemen, Jack Messerly hasn't yet sue reeded In cutting the tie that binds him to Bloux City, but bids fair to do so, and It wouldn't surprise any If this star player should be found guarding first for Walter McCrecdle at Portland next season. Mes serly Is sure a good ball player, and will be of much service to any team that gets him. He is big league timber, and only needs about one more year's seasoning until he will be doing something for one of the majors. Sioux City has taken on another youngster, also a Undaman. who Is said to be even a better pitcher than his brother. Not a great deal Is heard of any of the other teams yet. beyond the general announcement that all are pre Quaker Maid THE WHISKEY WITH A REPUTATION Awarded the Gold Medal at the Louisiana. Purchase Expo sition for Purity, Quality and Perfection of Aje FOB BALK AT AIX UiDINO Bill, CAri and ma u kiosks MIRSCH& CO., Kansas Citj, Mo. paring to spring champions on the public next summer. Tommy Hughe will quite likely be pitch ing fur Jimmy Collins again when the American race begins1. Jimmy has all the respect In the world for the cunning of Tommy's good right arm, but he also knows what every manager who has had to deal with the ex-Omahog knows, that Tom likes his booxe Just a little bit too well In the summer time. lirt summer he d.d fine work nt Washington. In spite of an In jured knee, and kept straight from po to wire. Just because he was promised a bonus of 0 it he would do It. Now, Collins fig urea that that is easy enough as a mathe matical proposition, and Is making a dicker that will likely go through, it might In terest some of the big cne. to know Bill Rourke s experience with this wonder. Hughes was doing the best work he has ever shown for Omaha, and hid fame was spreading with the light of each day s sun. Joe McGinnlty came out to look him over for Ned Hsnlon. Just before Joe reached Omaha Hughes1 had accomplished the won derful feat or pitching seven Innings and two men out In the eighth without ft ball being called on him. Somebody, probably Mattle McVlcker, told Tom he was being watched, and Tom proceeded to get ready. The day the Iron Man sat In the scorer's box to see prairie wonder, that same prairie wonder was so well lit up that he looked like a calcium light, and ho couldn't tell the home plate from a trolley car. What Joe McGinnlty reported on him Isn't pub licly known, but Hughes didn't go to Brooklyn. Rourke then opened negotiations with Hart of Chicago and $1,200 was finally agreed on as the price. Hughes) was told of this deal and promised $.100 If he would keep sober until the end of the Western season and land In Chicago straight. Rourke finally had the good luck to get $70 from Hart und for some months tho Chi cago magnate accused the Omaha producer of gold-bricking him; Tom Loftua didn't know the combination. That was nil. But Hughes Is mire tho goods as a pitcher and so proved to the American league managers who coaxed him away from Chicago. George Alonxo Stone Is to cavort around In the field for the St. Louis Browns next summer, having been traded since he was sold by Milwaukee. Some doubt still exists among the managers In the big leugue a to Stone's ability as a fielder und on baBes. But he will quite likely open their ryes a bit. He can cover a great (leal of ground, Is a sure catch and a good thrower, In fact one of the best left-handed throwers In the business. What he wants Is a show, some thing he didn't get while he was with Boston. While the base ban magnates are laying their pipes for 1903 and the foot ball au thorltles are masticating bolts of fabrics over proposed changes In the rules, the automobile manufacturers and dealers are planning for an aggressive campaign for the present year. The three big events now on tho tapis are the Chicago and New York auto shows and the races at OrmoiKl-Duytona beuch. All these events will draw constituents from all points of the compass and Omaha. The Ormond-Duytona winter automobile roces, sandwiched between the Chicago and New York shows, promise to be of world-wldo interest. The races will be held from January 23 to 28, under the auspices of the Florida East Coast Auto mouue association. The course la a twenty-mile straightaway between Ormond and Daytona, and has no equal anywhere In the world. The beach la composed of a formation of a small shell known by geologists as coequlna, which disintegrates and has a peculiar affinity for the sand, making the surface such that a three-ton bus with corrugated tires barely leaves a mark on the beach. A course about J00 feet wide Is obtained:. Special accom modations for the machines and drivers have been provided for at Ormond and special trains will run from New York City after the auto show. More than or dinary Interest centers around the mile record made on this beach last Januury 27 by W. K. Vandorbllt, Jr., who made tho mile In 0:39, then and now tho world's record. Eo Jeulous Is Mr. Vanderbllt of his record that he has had built a spe cially constructed machine for this year's meet, nnrt he Intends to leave nothing un dono to clip a number of seconds oft lust geuso::'a murk. Mr. Vanderbllt will have, it Is generally believed, a most formidable opponent In nurney Oldfleld, who Is also having a ma chine constructed for the occasion, a car peculiarly adapted to tho track at Ormond Oilfield's machine is built with a view JLo precluding the possibility of Its Jumping, as the resiliency of the beach is practically nil. Oldfleld has defeated the best chauf feurs of America and Europe on circular tracks and his Intrepidity Is unquestioned. which makes It a safe bet he will do some thing startling at Ormond the last of this month. His present record for the mile on a circular track is 0:UVi. and what be will be able to accomplish on a straight away course Is but a matter of specula tion, Uh his characteristic daring and the best machine that mechanical skill can devise, some American authorities declare ho will make the mile close to thirty sec onds, while some of the European record holders maintain he will have to do as well as 0:30 to beat the best record that will be made at Ormond. The average mortal can have but a vague idea what It means to travel over the earth at the rate of a mile In a half minute on a vehicle guided and governed by the rider. A passenger train going at half thut speed Is considered as a live Is sue In the affairs of this busy world, but when It comes to moving a mile In a half minute It Is enough to make one wonder when the limit will be reached. At least this feat Is considered even by conservative men as among the possibilities at Ormond this month. Oldfleld says these little high-speed fly ers of his have a peculiar fascination, such a fascination that when he was Injured at St. Louis last year and made a resolution Rye to quit the track for good the desire to re turn was Irresistible, aside from any monetary consideration. ' 1 The New Tork show comes first In the triumvirate of big auto events, being from the 14th to the 21st Instant at the Madison Square garden. As a criterion of what the year has In store In the automobile line It might be mentlonel that the managers of the New York shew received enough applications for space to fill a building three times the size of the Madison 8quare garden. About 250 American and Europenn manufacturers will exhibit their machines. Tho decorations and lllunilnutlons will be carried out to an extent never hereto fore attempted in an auto show. The Chi cago show opens a week after the Ormond races and will be from February 4 to 11. According to the statements of the "ad vance man," tho Chicago show will be given on twice the floor space of the New York show. The Windy City event will be held In the Coliseum. The estimated value of the machines accessories of the Chicago show la placed at $1,100,000. As n the case of the New York show, tho Chicago exhibitor will have to be satisfied with but a part of the apace requested, owing to limited room and the large num ber of exhibitors, of whom there will be 2OT lit all. During the Chicago auto show the annual convention of the American Motor leugue will he held. Among the Omaha automobile dealers an.t chauffeurs who have signified nn Intention of taking In the big show and the Ormond-Dsytona races are Clark O. Powell, H. K. Kredrick son, Arthur Gulou and D. C Bradford. Referring again to the beauties and con veniences of the Ormond-Dnytons course. It Is noteworthy that one Omaha man at least was made a chauffeur while visiting Ormond with his mother last year. He Is R R. Kimball, one of the local automo bile agents and chauffeurs. Mr. Klmbul! la enthusiastic In his praise of the beach, where he spent several months hist winter and took up an agency as a business when he returned to Omaha. The annual bicycle "scorch" made In Chicago last Sunday by the Two-Flft club of the Chicago Cycling club recalls the old cycling days In Omaha, and serves to make one sing "Backward, turn back ward, Oh, Time In your flight; make me a child again Just again for tonight." Just for old time's sake the Chicago club holds this event once a year. Whut a wealth of associations would cluster around a simllnr event In Omulia! Suppose, for lnstunce, Tixloy, Reading, Eck, Prince, Gadke, Proulx, Fredrlckson, McCall, Mlerstlen and lust, but not least, M ss Williams, would get together ngaln nnd give us a bicycle race of soma sort Just to bring back the "good old days." These once popular speed merchants have since taken up other pursuits antl probably would not know how to repair a puncture today if they tried. , The Chicago Record-Herald publishes an Interesting resume of the accomplishments made In the way of record-breaking In the world of sports during the lust year. One of these records, an average ot 243 pins in three consecutive games of ten pins, mado by G. W. Cooke of Chicago on Feb ruary 24 is of local Interest in that the total plus for the three games, 729, is but ten pins above the year's record made on the Omaha Bowling association alleys. The Omaha league record for the year stands at 719, although In a social game between J. H. Hodges of Omaha and Champion Flannery of Chicago a total of 813 pins was scored: by the Omaha man. Not be ing a league game, this record does not stand. It U recorded that on June 27 at Detroit the White Sox made a batting rec ord of 22 hits for a total of 29 bases off Donovan and Stoval. Fred Gilbert made ue straight run of 829 off clay targets at Spirit Lake, la., August 4. On August 13 W. V Belzer's homing pigeon completed a jour ney of 1,000 miles In ten days, cutting previous records two days. At St. Louis on September 6, 8. Ramsch of Germany, lowered the mile swimming record to 27:1SH. Lou Dillon reduced the world's half-mile trotting record to 0:3Si at Cleveland, Sep tember 4. The same horse was credited with a mile In 2:01 at Memphis on No vember 11. December 21 Barney Oldfleld broke all automobile records on a track from one to nine miles. He made the two miles In 1:46; throe miles, 'i:3'J; four miles, 3:58; five miles, 4:0I; six miles, 6:2JH; seven miles, 6:15; eight miles, 7:09Vi; nine miles, s;0i, The automobile record for 100 miles In a sanctioned race on a one-mile track was broken last Monday at Dallas, Tex., by Chauffeur OUIe Saven, assisted by D. W. McAllister, driving one of E. H. R. Green's cars, a Pope-Toledo In this in stance. The 100 miles were traveled In the fast time of 2:6:42, which Is an aver age of 1:16 for the mile. The car did not make a stop during the race and would have made faster time had not a front tire collapsed In the ninety-sixth mile. Mr. Green, owner of the car, Is a son of Hetty Green and president of the Texas Midland railway. He is one of the most enthusiastic automoblllsts In the Lone Star state, having six or seven makes of ma chines in his large garage. Mr. Green takes a keen Interest In his cars and enters them in all tho Important races in Texas. During the last two months he has won fifteen races. Last Monday he sent a telegram to the Pope-Toledo factory tell ing of the wonderful achievement accom plished with his Pope-Toledo car. Henry Fournier. one of the bent u of the Parisian chauffeurs and director of the Paris Automobile show held last has accomplished a notable feat In auto mobile louring. As the result of a banter Mr. Fournier drove his car tun miio. through Europe In twenty days, won fume and iSO.ouu, and incidentally scored a signal victory for the Oldsmobllo car. The upshot of Fournler's great ride was an into re mark made in his presence by Mr. Bertelle, wealthy and prominent French sports man. The men were talklna of thn nr... sibllities of the automobile in a general way, when Mr. Fournier ventured re mark that the Oldsmoblle car would go anywhero under ordinary conditions. Mr. Bertelle took exceptions to his friend's remarks, the conversation became rather heated, when finally a was placed in the hands of a third party. ournier agreed to take any Oldsmoblle machine out of the Paria iarin anH m.k.. the 4,000-mile trip according to the regular rules of the Reliability runs. Fournier was accompanied on the trip by his baother, Maurice, and M. Aahhv Mn. Inent English chauffeur. The trip was made In splendid fashion and the wager won by Mr. Fournier. In the recent hill cllmlbng contests at Eaul. Mm r. t the Oldsmoblle won In the runabout con tests, making the milo climb in $:0H, the nearest competitor making the timl t:S3. The best previous record fn , climb was l:l. New Ybrk City la after ih r,.tinDi bowling tournament for llWs and most likely will land the Dlum. Under thm man agement of Charley Ebbarts. the Brooklyn base boll magnate and president of the .-Mew rork Bowling association, a kuiiwuh movement Is being made to have the big uowiing event on the east coast next sea son. If money and h list 1 tor emint fnr anything Mr. Kbberta and his followers will gain their point. In this connn-tinn however, It may not be amiss to mention UN THE I'NDOMA COMPANY, OronlM. Nob Opntlonieii Wp have timM I'ntlotuii for pnitt seven month uuil our trmle lias bom so nU-iiKprt wlib the reKiilts flint Wo ore now sell in if more t'nloina than nil other tonic comliiucd. It I the best propnratlon we have pvor used for foiling bilr. 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To organize a city association all that Is necessary is to send II for each club, to gether with the names of the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, to the secretary of the American Bowling congress at Dayton, O. , A team must bowl under its registered name, but there Is no limit to the number of members. A member of nny city association Is eligi ble to bowl In the two men and Individual events. It Is announced that the details for the tournament have practically all been com pleted. There will be fourteen alleys and every comfort provided for the contestants. Prizes will be paid In gold at tho close of each evening's contests. Enonxh nnd to Spare. Prof. Giffurd Plnchot, the government forester, was asked how many hundreds of thousands of trees were cut down to be trimmed and decorated for young Ameri cans every year. 11a replied: "No doubt many hundreds of thousands of trees are used for this purpose every Christmas. But don't you worry about the losse9 sustained by our forests from this cause. That Is not a drop In the bucket compared with the destruction of larger and more valu able trees for other purposes. An acre ot land will produce several thousand epruce 22 sstsasaJsstU't.liiia km'. trees of tho Und that are used for Christ mas decoration. But the great danger we must guard against, If the foreeta of this country are not to be totally wiped out. Is the reckless cutting of timber for com mercial purposes. For instance, 120,000.000 new railroad ties aro laid down every year In the United States. That represent Use destruction of nt least 75,000,000 tree every twelve months for that purpose alone. More millions of trees are cut annually to muke telegraph and telephone poles. But with proper care our forests can furnish alt this timber without being exhausted. Every thing depends upon the adoption of systematic - cutting plans by which certain trees may bo saved, others cut and new ones planted. "Brooklyn Eagle. A Trained Sea Warrior. Rear Admiral Davis, selected to repre sent this country in the North sea court of arbitration, Is 9 years old, although lis has held ' his present rank only a foW months. Ho has seen much active service and Is a typical line ofllcer. He has navi gated through fogs in every part of the globe and his Judgment regarding a North sea fog bank Is as good as that of any man In any European navy. He comes of good stock his father was a rear admiral. j Works