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4 . TITE OMAHA StTNPAY BEE; SEPTEMBER 11. 3010. , S ROAD RACING COME TO STAY Big: Carnival is Planned for the Fall of Next Tear. 1AEGEE PLANS ARE XTKTEE WAY HI Rama ( Bfomcr liar Beea Sprat and Tboawati of People nave " Enjoyed ' Sport th ' Pmcat Year. ' : CHICAGO, Sept 10. The automobile road racing game has coma to may in the mid dla west The Chicago Motor club, which talced tha two-day meet at Elgin recently In conjunction with local promoters, la op tlmUtlo. Bo are the Elgin folks. Already , they are talking- of the 1311 oamlval, and sarins' that excellent time again will be made 'Over their Vle-mlle course. Chicago Motor club number and Elgin promoters are fairly bubbling- orer with road raolng , enthusiasm. . To those who remember rhe Chicago , Automobile club's dlamai atempt at road i speeding last year, such a Joyful state of ' affairs seems all out of place. It Is not pleasant to think of the financial loss ln I curred by the Ldwell-Crown Point event. ! It almost gave . road racing a black eye ' ' la the middle west. Thousands of dollars were dumped into tha Chicago Atumoblle club's meet. Vlort of them stayed there, too. The belief gained ground that a road Diet could not be held without a deficit. Enter Elgin optimism; exit Cook county misgivings. For Elgin actually made money on the recent meet. True, the amount was not very large, hut , it was enough to set Elfin planning fur next year. They say another big road-racing party will be given. The Amerioan Auto mobile association la said to be Impressed favorably with the Elgin way of doing , thiaga and will grant a sanction In 1911. The course .will, be Improved 'and made Caster. More attention will be paid to the turns than was possible this year. Wider , strrtchos will be afforded the oars when skidding around the oomers. The road . ) bed will be doctored. - "It certainly looks as though Ralph Mulford's good average : of 62.8 miles an hour will be broken if the I pPMent project materialises.'- - , -- . More than 130,000 was spent to hold the . Illinois, Kane oounty. Fox Klver and El gin national races. It is estimated that ; 125,000 persona saw the two days speeding. It -would appear that Elgin worked up -very excellent interest, and should do even bet tar next year. Speaking of the proposed new course, Mulford said: "Give ma my white car and a track like Mr. Boecroft soys he will have for the races next season, and I'll brat 62.5 miles an hour average all hol low. I had to slow down so much on those turns to be sure not to tear off a wheel that it meant digging down to an eight mile clip at pomo portions of the circuit The speed possibilities of the Elgin course with the turriB wldenei and the track sur face at the turns made as it was In the straightaway sections would mean new records for the course." I.lvingBton's statement mskes It appear that many changes will have to be made at Elgin. It follows: "It was comparatively easy for my car to win tha Illinois trophy at! 60.6 miles an hour average, as I had no stopping to do. But by the time I drove second In the Illinois trophy race the turns were cut up frightfully and I had to slow down a lot. This made It a hard matter to beat a mile a minute. I could do nearly seventy miles an hour with the same car on that course if It were fixed up the way Bee croft says it will be fixed. On both the Udlna and graveyard turns I Jost a lot of valuable time, and on the stretches wa had no snap of it the way the car rocked at times. I consider the Elgin course one of the hardest I ever raced over, and I was thankful when the SUG-mlle grind was over." A.A.U.to Pick Men for Meet Championship -Committee Busy Decid ing Who to Send to New Orleans. NEW TOR K, Sept. lO.-The championship committee of the Amateur Athletlo union of the United States Is now taking up and considering the question of what athletes they will send to' New Orleans to the national championships In October. ' It has practically been decided that each section will be called upon to submit the names of Its entries for New Orleans with the records and performances for the year, and the committee will be guided by thesi list. . . -Word has been received that the Central Association of the Amateur Athletic union will consider the central championships to be held in September as try-outs for the committee. In all probability this plan will be followed In all the associations of the Amateur Athletic union, and the showing made at the association championships will be the basis.. on which the committee will work. Magnates Scout for Piayers . 4 NEW YORK. Sept. 10. Many base ball , sixths la both of the major leagues are) not pennant contenders because they are weak .la soma particular division or position. A call team, like a chain. Is as strong as its -weakest link. St. Louis, with a good and hard hitting nine, stands among the lowest in tha National league because It lacks pitchers. - Cincinnati and the' Phillies have tha same weakness. In tha American league Hughey Jennings has had only one or two boxmen who have performed consistently. Other clubs are weak behind the bat or at some angle of the diamond. Still others need a hard hit ting outfielder. The fans are often Im patient ' that these weak spot are not strengthened. Many of them do not realise how hard It Is to find new material of . big league pattern. Every team In either league has men on Its payrolls who do nothing but tour the country in search of young players who show enough skill to make It worth while to attempt to develop them. Many of the clubs have spent thousands of dollars In fruitless experiments. Hardly a day. passes - that the sale of some new player to a big club Is not recorded. Below Is given a record of some five dosen such transactions' taken at random from this year's purchases: . y, o , ruruiiam ., xiusion, Am. , Crouch, p...... Dupont team c ..St. Liouls, Am. Rogge, p Battle Creek. Chicago, Am. soher, p Hartford ... New York, Am. Name and Position. From , To ' Sylvester Vann, lb ,,U. of Arkansas Pittsburg Ashley Pope, p Jacksonville St. Louis, Am. Walsh,' c U.. of Notre V New York, Am.' Daniels, f Bucknnll College New York, Am. Dalton, f Des Moines Brooklyn Derrick, SS Greenville ' Philadelphia, Am. vWlngo, e Greenville St. Louis, Nat i Jim Dowd, p Holy Cross Pittsburg Joseph Bums, If Hopedale, K. I , Cincinnati Rube Benton, p Macon Cincinnati Pat Newman, lb. Houston ...........St. Louis, Am. Kay Forbes, p ....Mlddlebury, Col ...New York, Am. Eddie Sykes, p (...Milwaukee , Washington John W. Busztck, p U. of Illinois Boston, Am. ' Bradshaw, p Hiram College Pittsburg Burns, f . Oakland i , Boston, Am. Mahoney, e. William Crouch, p....... Clinton Kay Fisohe McClure,p Amherst .New York. Am. Jube, f.. Amherst New York, Am. Carl Walker, p Richmond , ....Chicago, Nat. Arthur Piielan, 3b.... Kewance Cincinnati Roy Gill, p t U, of Missouri Philadelphia, Nat, Ralph Good, p Oolby U Boston, Nat J. J. Walsh, o. Vlilanova New York, Nat. Ed Johnson, o Springfield .Chicago, Am. Paul Meieon, f Springfield Chicago, Am. Henrlkson, p Galveston , Cincinnati , J. H. Rutherford, f. U. of Cornell......... Cleveland Cunningham, 2b , New Bedford ...Washington Corey ttachus, p Poplar Bluff St Louis, Nat John Kading, lb Eau Claire Pittsburg Wheeler, f Terre Haute... Cincinnati Bob Molnke. as Logan Squares Cincinnati Breen, sb Vancouver Cincinnati beveneid, c ....Ottumwu Cincinnati J. L. Andsrson, p Worcester Boston, Am. Hartley, o J. ...Decatur Chicago, Am. Charlie Swain, f Vr couver Washington Fred W. Walker, p U. of Chicago New York. Nat. Hlionta, as Dallas New York, Nat C. C. Chambers, p Fairmont St. Louis, Nat BUI Otey, p, Norfolk Wellington Frank Trueedala, 2b... ...Dullas ....St. Louis, Am. W. E. Encanrotti, c. U. of Michigan Ht Louis, Ani. Joe Jackson, f New Orleans -.Cleveland Moyer, p Youugstown . Washington Karl Ilajuiia, p Terre Haute St. Louis, Nat "Tyler, p Lcwell Boston, Nat Edward Zinich, p Marlon' ....... St. Louis, Nat Arthur K-iuufcer. f Columbus Cleveland Baler, lb , Lansing ...J. Chicago, Nat. Keener, f , .'.Spokane , Chicago, Nat Weaver, p..... Ixulv1lle Chicago, Nat. CJlst, p , Uncoln Chicago, Nat (rowdy, lb Dallas New York, Nat blionU. lb Dallas New York, Nat tttark, as.. Daytou Brooklyn ' Te&rau, p..... ..........Bhieveport New York, Nat L. G. Flint, lb and c.... Jackson St. Louis, Am. Waller Miner, p.... Oakland Boston, Am. Ed Lafltu, n " Rochester New York, Am, - Robert J. Kelly, f...... Notre Dame Chicago, Am. Bert Graliam, 2b Jackson at. Louis, Am. .' Kdwart ZwUUng, f. Battle Creek Chicago, Am. Boolt, p - Hapulpa Cleveland Coe, o - Hapuipa Cleveland gomerlot, lb Juno. ( Roy Corhan, ss Charles Conway, f... FreJ tiharry. p Northwn, f Elliott, 3b Maltoy. p Mitchell, p v.... Caldwell, P Hctniioh, p 1-ang. P- Terve Haute , Washington Bt Joseph Chicago, Am. Ht. Joseph..,. Chicago, Am. YoungBtown Washington YouiVKslown Washington Jimtfcton St. Louis. Am. Mi'Kee."port .... HoiiKton .... JlouMon ' . ... McKeesport .... ....Jiradon, Can.... le Moines r - 1 pnot. is - -Vs"' Connell, P -rrankfort -New York, Am. ...St. Louis, Am. ...St. Louis, Am. ...New "York. Am. ...Chicago, Am. Chicago, Am. New York. Am. Chicago, Nat Many of these players have been sold or ivlraaed. Borne have been auit to the minors for further srasonlng; others' Mill are waiting for their chance to show writ they can do. A numbirr hava mails gouu and one or two have -become UIi league sensatluua. Sometimes a teiim lets a young player go too soon and then It Is ob'.lgtjd to buy blm over again. No frenzied fan is mora thankful for a pass to championship series than a club manager is for a tip on a good 'but un known youngster. A manager's Job is no bed of roses, anyhow, but If It were the thorns. In the shape of his troubles In find ing good n-w players to replace the old, would make it a very uncomfortable rest ing place. HARD TO PICK LEFT-HANDERS It is a Problem to Choose Best of the Southpaw Men. RIGHT-HANDERS EASY TO PICK ExpeVts Cam Be I'nanlmons oa Ability of the Right-Hand Pltrhc&a, bat They Disagree Concerning Left-Hand Twlrlers. NEW YORK, Sept. 10. It Is easier, to separate the strictly first-class, right hand pitchers from those who are not In that class, than to draw the same line in the left hand division. There are half a dosen or so right handed pitchers who would be named almost unanimously, with of course, differences of opinion as to the best of this lot, but among tha left handed twlrlers there is no small a circle that stands out so prominently. Try to pick out the best southpaw In the big leagues and you find yourself wandering over the list of a dozen and wavering as to which are the topnotchers. In the northpaw brigade are Mathewson, Walsh, Ford, Johnson, Coombs and Brown, who undoubtedly stand out more promi nently than any others and who would easily carry a majority of tha votes , were there a vote on the best six. For day In and day out work and having everything they are at tha top of the heap. But who Is the best left hander, or who are the best left handers In the business? There wouldn't be any such unanimity In naming the chosen few. More pondering would be required to arrive at a decision. Ask George Stalllngs who is .the beat left hander and his answer would bs "Jim Vsugh." Ask Connl Mack and he would say "Eddie Plank." But there Isn't any port slder who looms ' up the (trong, solitary, In a class by hlmBelf fig ure than Rube Waddell did when he wae the king of the southpaws. Greater New York has three of the best left handers In the game, Vaughn, Wlltse and Rucker. This is Vaughn's first active year In fast company and he hasn't earned the reputation that comes from a long period of consistent work, as has Wlltse of the Giants. Also he has been kept back by ft sore wing, but on times when he has been in form he has undoubtedly shown that he has as much as any left-hander In the game and more than most. Vanahn lias 'F.m All. Vaughn has speed, change of pace, control, good breaks, as good a repertorle as the next pitcher, a cool head and doesn't get rattled. He Is probably the most promising young left hander in the game today. Were he more alert he would be better off, but he has a fine physique and all things considered comes near having the best natural equipment of the southpaws. Were all the lefthanders thrown on the market, none would command a bigger price. Wiltse Is very consistent, a high class craftsman with splendid curves, long head, exceptional control and lots of pluck. He Is steady, a good man' to send In In a try ing moment and the best fielding pitcher by far among the left handers. With a more rugged physique he would be at the top of the heap. Rucker has more on the ball than any other left hander, except Vaughn, but tends toward unsteadiness and inconsistent work In the box. Lei field has shown lots of strictly first class work. lut with a tendency toward being erratic Bailee Is another left hander with all the wrinkles of pitching, but his habits do not conduce to success amt Interfere with his Innate skill. . Doc White is one of the best left handers. So far Karger, Pflestor and Plank. Plank, White and Wlltse are conspicuous not only for good service, but for long sen-vice. Washington has a good one In Gray, and Johnny Lush of the Cardinals and Mat tern of the Bostons ore good men, who would .still be better with stronger teams behind them. Mattcrn Is a rara avis In a way, a epltball southpaw. Mitchell of the Clevelands Is a newcomer and very promis ing. Krause, the left handed sensation of last year, has not repeated his success this year, but may come hack. Therj never was a southpaw who had more wonderful curves and speed than Cy Seymour, but a fatal defect was lack of control. HEYDLER HAS CLOSE RECORDS Secretary of Ka.tloaal Leaarae Has Tabs on Every Player. NEW YORK, Sept. 10 John Heydler, sec retary of the National league, Is keeping several new base ball records this season. He will show the number of times each man strikes out, walks, and Is hit by a pitched ball. He will also complete two sets of pitching records, showing the num ber of full games each pitcher has won and lost and how many unfinished or finished games he worked in. A Fortunate) Texan. E. W. Goodloe, Dallas, Tex., found a sure cure for malaria and biliousness In Dr. King's New Life Pills. 25c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Fine New Field for Cornell Men Foot Ball Team Will Play on Alumni Field for First Time This Year. ITHACA, N. Y., Sept. lO.-Alumnl field will be uesd by the Cornell foot ball men for tha first time this fall. That Is practi cally certain now that men have been put at work grading and seeding the practice field Just east of the present playgrounds and west of the site selected for the var sity field. The varsity field will be Inld out on the extreme east end of the fifty-nine-acre tract awarded by the trustees for Alumni field. This site will be In the high est part of the field, overlooking the Inks and valley and giving a splendid view. Un der the original grant the land extended over toward the buildings of the State Col lege of Agriculture, and encroached on the direct path toward the university farm. By an agreement with the trustees, the field committee gave back to the college a tri angular strip of land on the southeast end, thereby providing the College of Agriculture with a highway to Its farm and making the field more nearly rectangular In shape. This plot for the varsity field Is to con tain at the present time but fifteen acres. It was the opinion of the committee and coaches that a piece of this alia would be large enough. If In tha future it should become necessary to take over more land, It can readily be done by using part of the tract on the west, which now has been planed for a practice field. This field is .o be of twenty or no acres In extent, and the balance of the tract will be used for playgrounds. Already nine acres of the extreme east end Is used for that purpose and this will oe extended. On the extreme east side of the field will be stands to accommodate from 10.000 to 15.W) persons. The spectator win look di rectly west on the foot ball field, which will be a bit to the east Of the tract The base hall diamond and stands will be In tha southeast part of the field. There will be a quarter-mile running track and a training house. Later, more equipment will be put In place. Inside of the big stand, or stadium, will be an Indoor running track to be used by Moakley's met, in the winter. Tho cost of the buildings and equipment and construction work on tha varsity field will be fully lQO.OOO, which Is the amount pledged by the alumni. BOWLERS READY FOR . ACTION Commercial Lragrae Opens Its Hrsralar Season on Keyts' Alleys. Bowlers are preparing Tor the winter ses on and all the leagues will soon ba under full swing. The Commercial Bowling league will open the season of 1910 and 1911 on Keyt's alleys Monday evening. A good schedule has been arranged and a fine winter's sport Is anticipated by the boys. Judging by the number of strong men on all tha teams the race will be close and exciting from the start. The race will be started by the last year's pennant winners, the Omaha Bicycle company, against tha Pata ' Loch's their closest rivals, and they will be followed by the O'Brien's Monta Chrls tos, Brodegaard Crowns, Frank's Colts, St. James, Luxu and the Andy Frlcks on Tuesday, Thursday ana Friday nights, Wednesday night being left open for spe cially matched games. l 11 1 ' ' - 1 ." 1 20,000 Owners Say To You "Buy an Model 49. 25 h. p. i cylinders 105-inch wheel base $1,005. Made with' five styles . J of bodies, Including delivery body fae 1Q11 1U1 A 1 X X Licensed Under Selden Patent Model 45.. 22 h. p, 4 cylinder 00-Inch wheel base $775. A Torpedo Roadster with same power! sells for $850 , tess- Go SI fore F The Overland the leader of motordom announces 22 attractive models for 1911, a further saving of eight per cent in cost, and fore doors free. Twenty-two 4-cylinder models from 20 to 35 horsepower from $775 to $1,675. All prices include magneto and full lamp equipment. We start this new season with almost 20,000 Overlands in use with a record of 12,326 cars delivered in the first seven months of this year with deposits already in hand for more than 18,000 of the new models just coming out. We start with five factories with the finest machinery ever employed in making motor cars a factory capacity of 140 cars daily. . - And we start with a record of amazing suc cess such as none ever approached in this in dustry. . , Cost Reduced 8 Per Cent We will continue to manufacture a line of five models, the same as produced in 1910; but, as a result of an investment of $3,000,000 in new equipment, these five models, as well as all new models have been reduced in cost to the con sumer an average of 8 per cent--making 28 per cent in two years. We have made this reduction in spite of the advance in materials, the great jump in rubber, the increase in wage. We have done it while other makers of low-profit cars have been forced to advances, in one way or another. Now. the Overland gives the most for the money by a margin much greater than ever. Fore Doors Included Thenew Overlands are made with fore doors and without your choice at one price. The fore door models, for which most makers charge an extra price, sell the same as the open front. , We do this because fore doors will be the coming vogue. In Europe, where motor styles are set, 97 per cent of this year's models aro shown with fore doors. Soon 'or late, every motor car maker must include fore doors at his standard price. So the Overland, in maintaining its lead, is doing' just that this year. 22 Attractive Designs The improvements of this year are mainly in refinement of designs. Ovorland mechanism can hai uiy be further perfected. It brought this car, in two short years, to the dominant place in this line. Our master designers have this year created 22 attractive models, largely based on foreign trend. The best of them will take their place among the most attractive cars in the world. No cars are made at any price with better style, or lines, or finish. Prices for 1911 The Overland prices for 1911 begin at $775 for 20-horsepower 4-cylinders and $850 for a Torpedo Roadster with 4 cylinders. " The 25-horsepower Overlands sell at $1,000 and $1,075, according to 6tyle of transmission.' The 30-horsepower Overlands sell at $1,250. -So does an inside drive coupe. 1 The prices run to $1,600 and $1,675 for the finest cars possible in 35-horsepower with 118 inch wheel bases. Every price includes a mag neto and full lamp equipment. , No other make gives 60 much for the money. No other make gives better than our best, save in excess power, ' Our 1911 Book Free Send us this coupon for our latest book showing all the new models with c'omplete spec ifications. It will enable you to make your , comparisons. No catalogue published shows ia , many styles as this. Send for it now before you forget it. 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