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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1911)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY TIKE: MAKCTI 5, 1911. 0 Tun Omaha Sunday linn. oMAHA. RUN 1 AY. MAHC1I a, mi. JUDGMENTS' Till" National a.-" -cist Inn has lone pood turn lo the flayer In It new rule affecting niinsinnn. It re quires, owners and managers in accompany ihrlr notice of u pnslorm with the reason for the rpnaJty spd In case of failure to meet the require ment, the player's salary will remain In rffert and hia suspension be disregarded hy the hlher court of base ball. This is a sound rule. It will work Injustice to neither pnrty, but aerve to correct or prevent In justice often to player. Arbitrary man agers sometimes liave a way of inflicting this sort of penalty when they are not entirely Justified and tha association must hava come to that conclusion must have found cases of abuse, or It would not have hem led to take tha action It did. The flportln News cites a case in hand where the player undoubtedly haa been seriously wronared and. strange to relate, our old college chum Iucky Holme, figure In the case a a benefactor. When Ducky took hold of the Mobile club as manager he found In the lift of players turned oer lo him the name of Catcher Bert Blue. Manager Holmea made put a contract to Blue, alone with others and mailed It to the rlayer. Blue anawered that he had been suspended by that club two year ago for failure to report, but if they still wanted him he would be glad to report, though he would be of no use, for he had long been suffering with rheumatism, was unfit to play Class A ball and knew he could not make good. He suggested that If the auppenilon that had been hanging over him for a couple of year should be lifted, he might be able to catch on with a minor league team near his home and work bark Into the game again; that If Holmea doubted his statement aa to condi tion, he could aend Mm a ticket and he would report for practice. Manager Holmes decided the player waa not "faking," and not wishing to eland between htm and a lltvlng he might make by playing In a riaaa D league, wrote Blue he would see that the suspension la lifted. No doubt many young players not familiar with the rules have suffered similar hardships. It la a healthy indication of the growing dls poaltlon on the part of the magnates of the game to give the players the benefit of greater protection to have such rules enacted and It should serve to ease the player's mind as to any apprehensions he may have along thla line. Pa has twenty-seven men on his list lWi but hopes to run his team with many ehort of that number. He ran along with twenty and twenty-two last year, chiefly because he was not very certain at any period Just what he had and did not care, with the train of accidents befalling his men, to let anybody go. He haa twelve pitchers engaged thus far, but will proba bly not retain more than seven, or possibly six. lie has two htllity men and four out fielders and will whittle that bunch down, probably, to four, possibly only to five. It Is still a guees as to the outfield. King, Schoonover, Anderson and old Ollle Picker ing are on the list. If Tick and Anderson are right they are almost certain to stick. Of course. Kick will, but he Is as yet hold ing out on salary, aa be usually Is at this season of the year. Bchoony Is a good boy, and even should he be crowded out of a regular berth, which Is not certain, would still be in line for utility, as a rival of the JlonoraMe Swampy Thompson and a new comer from St. Louis named Ward, Fa Rourke had to go or did go to St. Louis to procure young Lots, an Omaha boy, who has been pitching ball for ama teur teams on corner lots of Omaha for a couple or three years. Bt. Louis finally spied Lots and Fa tried to get him last year, but the youngster preferred to go to the bigger town. Now he will oome back and Join Omaha for this season. Both he and Hall, who also cornea from Bt. Louis, are expected to make good from the jump off. That gives some assurance to our pitching ftaff, which will show up aa a powerful department unlesa all signs laiL Aside from these men there are Keeley, Rhodes and Fentress of last year's team, all of whom ought to come back much stronger; and Danny Dreamer Durbln, on whom we are relying with firm faith. As a matter of fact It looks now as if Omaha waa to have another of those great pitch lng staffs for which Colonel Kourke has become famous, and, if so, we shall make laa rest of 'em hard to catch, indeed. The annual alarm about the gamblers getting bold of base ball has been turned In. Don't worry, nothing Is safer than base ball from the clutches of the '.gambler. This alarm has been sounded for many years, eVerly In the stages of tha game It was In Imminent peril of such degrada tion and a few years ago It approached tha danger line, but It Is too well forti fied now to Justify any alarms. There Is still a chance of Omaha getting Corrldon. but only a chance. Barney Drey fuss proposes to hold onto all hia recruits until Fred Clarke can try them out. Bhould lleddy not be needed, Rourke might get a whack at him. Red wants to come and Is needed. With Byrne at third and Wagner at short, he certainly haa poor show ef sticking In Pittsburg. Another bright star has shot Jimmy Dy gert, once the brightest luminary In the flrmanent of Athletics pitchers, has walked down the plank to Baltimore In the Hast ' ern league. Connie Mack retains pitchers only a little while after the gilt wears off. James should have lasted longer, but be waa not very strong last year. CHAIN OF BIG FLYING MEETS Plan Ii to Have Several. Running from May to October. ENGLAND CENTER OF INTEREST l.arae Trlse tre Offered la Mmmr oantrlea, Which Will Attract Mr of the Mt otel II laa rirer.. Along Auto Row ejat Dealers Mr of the how f.reat Improvement la Asto galea la Omaha's Territory, If owa and Nebraska for the United Plate Ire company. NEW YORK. March 4 -Though It is starting miner lte In the day the Aere Club of America and the national council are planning tra hold during the coming season a chain of Mg flying meets, a fea ture of which will probably be flights between different aviation fields. Cortlandt Field Bishop, acting chairman of the council. In now circularising var ious affiliated out-of-town clubs with a view to organizing a string of meets throughout the country to last from lay to October. These competitions are planned to stimulate foreign comiwtition. Mr. Bishop believing that many foreign airmen are eager to fly In America, but are kept away because of the lack of big prise money. In Kurope over l&OO.OOO has already been offered In prizes for 191L The moot valua ble prisee are for long cross-eountry flights that will eclipse all previous efforta In this direction. The Journal of Paris haa offered prizes amounting to over I"110 for a racs from the French capital to Berlin, Brussels, London and back to Taris. the distance to be covered being, roughly, 1.500 miles. The date provisionally fixed for the contest to o:en la June 4. England will be an Important aviation center this year. From Germany, France, Kusaia. Italy, Belgium, Holland and Amer ica the most noted flyers are expected to congregate In the United Kingdom early In the. summer to take rart In two great competitions the international cup race and the "Circuit of Britain," the latter rsc a tour of l.OuO miles to be competed for during the second week in July, the prize of being awarded to the com petitor, who, starting from a point near London, completes the circuit In the short est time. No competitor must touch ground when flying from one town to another and the whole circuit must be accomplished In one week. Starling from London the aviators will fly between Harrowgate. New castle, Kdinburgh, Stirling, Glasgow, Car lisle, Manchester, Bristol, Exeter, New port Ile of Wight), Brighton, Tunbrldge Wells and back to the metropolis. Ills; Prlaea. Other competitions for the year abroad comprise the Southern France circuit flight for 1M.000, the Rome to Turin, the Berlin- Hanover circuit and the Frelburg-Wels- baden circuit. Prizes are also offered for flights from Liverpool to Manchester and from London to. Newcastle, and finally there will be big prizes In the autumn military selection trials of new aeroplanes In Fiance, for which the government re cently voted a credit of $2u0.000. In this country there Is a prize or zio.ww for a flight from San Francisco to new York, via Chicago. F. O. Campbell Wood, secretary of the Aero Club of America, says there is great J enthusiasm in the club over Mr. Bishop s scheme. A good starting place for the American flying circuit. It Is pointed out. would be Washington. The aviators could afterward pass on to Baltimore, Phila delphia, Atlantic City. Asbury Park. New York. Boston and Buffalo for meets or seven days' or longer, with shorter stops at Intervening places. After finishing at Buffalo the circuit would take tha flyer out to the cities of the middle west such aa Chicago. Cincinnati. St. Louis and In dianapolis. New Mm tm the Gaote. It Is pretty generally agreed that the day when aeroplanes will be as farXliar as automobiles are now Is hastened more by cross-country flights than by stunts In enclosures. Besides flying from one center to another, the aviators in r. Bishop's scheme would have the opportu nity. It Is hoped, to win valuable prises for circuits such as Philadelphuv-Atianuo City-New York-Boston. Who are the men who will take the places of Johnstone. Hoxeey and uoiaani In the tight for aviation honors for Amer ica during the coming season! Members of the Aero Club of America are begin ning to feel some anxiety In regard to the election of a team to represent this coun try in the international cup race In Lon don during coronation week- It Is almost certain the Glenn E. Curtlss, winner of the trophy In l!09, will not be a contestant The Hammondaport Inventor la devoting all his energies to perfecting an aeroplane fur naval and military pur poses. J. A. D. McCurdy. the Curtlss flyer. Is barred by being a British subject, me flying days of Charles K. Hamilton seem to be over. The plucky little red-headed hero of the New York-Philadelphia flight aeenia to bave never fully recovered from his smash-up on the Pacific coast In bis nlnety-mlle-an-hour machine late last summer. J. Armstrong urexei caunui com pete, as be Is no longer a member of the Aero club. He resigned aa a protest against the etatue of Liberty race award. The Aero Club of America has been led to believe that a new racing machine Is bain g developed P at Dayton by the Wright brothers. P. O. Parmelee Is bow regarded In many quarters as the Wright's crack croee-country flyer he now holds the American duration record and H looks at the present time as If America will bave to look to Farmelee for representa tion In the big International' overland flights. ' Mr. II. E. Pid'es. general manager Ne-braska-BuIck Auto company, was In the city Friday on hia way home front the Klou City show, snd reported the sale of eleven carloads of Bukk cars. Also the sale of an Olds Autocrat. Also said the show had a very good attendance. Ir. Harry Welch ia quoted as having said lis would decline the honor of playing with rloux City, or au Mii:f lli tci; ttit he has entered the packing game at South Omaha and is too busy learning how to become a meat trust baron to be annoyed by such a trifling thing as base ball. 6M1-. Omaha has contributed two more sons to the professional base ball arena. Frank Gibson, a catcher, and Harry Williams, a pitcher, both ef whom go to Dallas, Tex. This city has done Its share la sending oat bome-grown products. Durham. Wltchita's king pitcher, haa this winter passed the required examinations to make him a full-fledged pharmacist, conse quently may be expected to doae out some bitter pllla for the beys who face him. Jack Haskell contends that the staff of Umpires In the Wenteru league thla ye will be a good one. We hope o, for that is an Important part of the business. We still repeat to our friends who per sist la roasting President O'Neill for the ti mi tree he aelecta that two of them are new on major league payrolls. j0 As aa element In the apotheosis of base ball, do not forget to Include Pa Kourke't new para. Creed along there to the box office. AERO CLUB IS CHALLENGED First Deft ot the ear la Received la Thle Coaatrr. NEW YORK. March 1 Courtlandt Field Bishop, acting chairman ot the National Couuui vi Asro Clubs of America, re cently received a Cable from the Deutacher Luflschlffer Verbund, the federation of aero clubs of Germany, chai'e&i.r.x for the International cup (coupe Internationale dea aeronauts). This prise goes to the winner of the International balloon race. The event was won last year by America IX, entered by Messrs Hawley and Poet. This la the first challenge received by the Aero club for this year s race and con stitutes one of the moot Important entries, for last year's winners were closely con tested by the German aeronauts. Another victory for America would give this coun try perniantict possession of tha trophy. It is believed that the German challenge will soon be followed by challenges from France, Switzerland and other countries. The starting point of this year's race has not been, decided on. although many cities havs made propositions to g. t the big raoe. The date of the start, as decided by the national council, will be October , Ban Francisco is among the cities anxious to get the, race, and aa the cllmatlo cotidl tiuns on the coast are favorable at that season of the year, the California city soay be considered. St. Louis wants the race agaia and Kansas City, Omaha and Cin cinnati have also made bids for It. Look Over the Field The suoceaeful busi ness man la the one who advertises wisely. The eDr1"tced advertiser uses Tne Bee. The Neliraska-Bul k Auto company bave been very busy the past week sending cars out to different points In the state, they having sent overland to Kennard. Gandy, Hershey, York, Tobias and Red Oak. la. They also sent carload shipments to Yank ton, ft. D.. York, Neb., Central City. Neb., Harvard, Neb. One of the classiest cars to be seen on the streets today la the new Regal road ster, a JO-IS horse-power of very pleasing desiKn. This car la new In Omaha, but la built by the Regal Motor company of De troit, one ct the. largest and most reliable manufacturers In the United States. The Regal ia bound to push Its way Into popu larity In Omaha rapidly, aa it has done In other sections as soon as Introduced. It la made In six models and the prices are re-, markably low for such a high grade car. The Independent Auto Repair Co., 41-H Farnam street, are the local agenta Mr. F. W. Robartes. division aalesman- ager of the Old Motor works for the middle west, who was here Just before Thanks giving, was so much impressed with our city, that when he established bis bead quarters, he selected Omaha as a point In the center of his division that could be worked out of economically, it will be remembered that Mr. Robartes Is the man ager ot the Oldsmoblle racing team, and It waa under bis direction that the Autocrat made such a wonderful showing at the Vanderbilt races. In the Autocrat Is seen the highest type ot automobile construc tion, obtained only by securing the com bined knowledge of the beat automoblling engineers. The motor Is of the "T" head type, S-inch bore by -lnch stroke, 2-lnch valves. The car is a 124-Inch wheel base, 3Sx4V-lnch tires and demountable rlma aa regular equipment. The Autocrat sells for W.5U0, and the Nebraska-Bulck, Auto com pany have already Bold six of this high grade car In their territory. Albert E. Blhler, master mechanic and manager of the Independent Auto Repair company, la very enthuslastlo over the Regal car. for which his company has Just secured the agency. Mr. Blhlnr says he has examined the car Inside and out and tbatjt has everything else "backed off the boards'" for the money. Happy Dave O'Brien and Adolph Ptorz. the genial officers of the Independent Auto Repair company, how have the "Regal' smile for all their automobile friends. They have secured the agency for the Regal car In Omaha and declare it to be best low-priced car In the market. The Cameron Auto Repair and Garage company is now in Its new headquarters. 001 South Nineteenth. Mr. Cameron has been In the automobile business for years, being formerly with the Bulck people of this city. The Tray nor Auto company Is a new concern on the Row. Traynor was several years with Fredrickson and is well known throughout this section. His place of business will be at 218 South Nineteenth street and he will handle the Paige-De troit and the Everltt "JO." These cars are pooular east and should go well In Ne braska. The garage Is undergoing thor ougta repairs and will be one of the pret tiest on the Row. L. L. Pratt, manager for Guy Smith, ac companied by Mrs. Pratt, left today on a several weeks' trip to Florida. Roy Coffeen and James Freeland are pushing the Midland now In earnest. Their new garage has been completed and their shipment ot new cars has arrived. Ouy Smith rolled out two Franklins yes terday, sold to visitors to the show. Fredrickson Auto company Is showing some new and beautiful Chalmers-Detroits, Hudsons and Pierces. .The Brush covered Itself In glory show week. It was the one oar sought by the crowds. "The car that Is cheaper than a horse and buggy and actually proven on the streets ot Ocaha, was a drawing card." Manager Silver Is showing now some very pretty Velies at Farnam and Nine teenth streets. The Veils Is one of the best known cars In Nebraska, Iaria Doty, manager United Motor Omaha company, reports big sales show wees; on Maxwell and Columbia. The Columbia attracted .unusual attention and woa friends from among those who were la the market for superior cars and bad not seen the Columbia before. Mclntyre Auto company did a thriving business during the show. The Oakland haa grown more popular every day since Mo- Intyre took aether agency. i Van Brunt Auto company Is preparing to do the heaviest business that It ever did In Overiands. Thla company haa re ceived a large shipment and they are beau tiful models. Manager Gould of tha Ford Motor com pany said that the show was a grand ,nlnn, Ha sold the Fords and looks for the hesvlest year In the history of his company. "Tha factory thinks the same way ot lb outlook," raid Oouid. The United States Tire company is the new organization composed of tour of the most prominent makers ot pneumatic and solid Urea In the oountry the Continental -, if.hnim company ot New York, the Q. 4k J. Tire company of Indianapolis, the Hartford Rubber Works company of Hart ford, and Morgan at Wright ot Detroit. A conservative estimate places the com. psny'a automobile tire output alone, for the coming year close to the TBO.OO mark. The Una will also Include solid motor truck tires, vehicle tires, bicycle and motorcycle tires In fact, tires for everything on wheels from a go-cart to a five-ton truck. The change will not affect the manufac turing divisions of the four plants, except that the secret processes and Improved methods heretofore poeneased only Individ ually by the four companies will form bow be utilized la the making of the lira United States Ilea of tire. Following Is a list of the officers ot the new company: President, & & Williams; vice president, C. J. Butler; general man ager, J. M. Gilbert; secretary, ftamue! Nor- rls; treasurer. XL J. Hawthorne. The Omaha Rubber company, UOg Har ney street, are distributers for western During a meeting of the leading a'.ilomo bile manufacturer In New Yi-rk lat Aug ust. It was estimated that the contem plated output for this year would be K.Vow motor cars, according to James W. Oilson, general Salesmnnager cf the Miti hcl-Lewta Motor Co of Racine, Wis "This was before the bankers got paresis of the pelf." said Mr. Gilson. "About that time the tall of Halley's comet side-swiped the banking fraternity and pushed them so far back In the Innermost recesses of their vaults that Jimmy Valentine, with his sensitive finger tips st their keenest could not tickle the safe combination. "Because ot this attitude of the banks the manufacturers curtailed their esti mates to such an extent that not more than BO per cent of the proi-peclve estimate Just mentioned will be manufactured for mi. 'There la a demand In the United States at present for about 200.000 cars annually. About 8.000 of this number will be ex ported. One-eighth of the product of the Mitchell-Lewis Motor Co.. or 1.000 cars. will go abroad. I do not think that more than 160.000 or mono machines will be built this year and with the normal demand, about the JnO.OOO mark. It can readily be seen where the shortage will occur. For j this reaion the po'i' Y f wnittng until the last minute to purchan car Is poor prac tice and prospective buyers will be sadly t'llsHpiMilntfxl In Apill. Mav and June when tiny (an t have their order? filled. "An the Mitchell owners form one large family e are enabled to keep closely In tou h 'ith them and avoid this habit of waiting until the laxt minute to buy. We established this through our 'Mitchell ser vice. a poll, y whli h was inaugurated in 1V!4 when the provenltors ef the present head of the Mitchell-Lewis Motor Co. em barked In the wagon bualnena When the Mitchell company consummates a sale. In stead of being the end of our relationship. It is really the prologue to It. We begin here the others end, and for that reason every owner belongs to the Mitchell family, which means that we are both operating under the golden rule." Contrary to general opinion, an efficient non-skid tire la not necessarily shorter lived than a tire having no skid preventing properties. Despite the tremendous strain of arresting great momentum with only a few square Inches of effective traction. It has been found that durability and effi ciency can be secured in the same tire by proper construction and materials. There Is a notable tendency the past two years to confine non-skid tires to the hear all rubber type, ft ahleh the Firestone lettered tread Is sueh a rood example. Among many similar letters, the follow ing from Charles 1 Downey, a well known hotel proprietor of ltislrg. Mich , is to the point: "Was Just looking at my speed ometer this morning and find that my Oldmobl!e IJmlted haa traveled 2J.M7 miles n a set of five t2x4H-tn h Firestone non skids. I don't know what the average life of a tire Is. but hae no kick coming on the Firestone." j The Firestone company advises all motor ists to keep a careful speedometer record on the mileage of each tire. This Is of value not only In determining the beat type for each particular service, but also be cause It gives timely wsrnlng cf the undue wear caused by poor alignment of wheels, uneven braking and similar faults. William Drummond la back in Ameahury attending the funeral of hie mother. The first part of the week he received a mes sage saying that she was dangeroualy 111, and later her death was announced., Only a few months ago Mr.' Drummond visited hia old home. Mrs. Drummond, although more than 80 years old. was In good health and In high spirits. Mention was made at the time of the visit and of the happy reunion of the family of sons and daugh ters In their m ther a home. K. It. Wilson l east hiirrvirg a shipment of Ixlngtins to Nebraska Uoloncl lerlght has been several days. In New York Manager Craig ot the K. M. F. attended the show In Kloux City last week. Cia.g amused the town when he asked fir the superintendent of lite Board of I.duratlon. that he might change tbe system cf A, ii, C. on beglnnere to E. M. F. 'It was the best show that we hava held." said Dcnlre Barkslow esterday. "The weather was superb, the people came and we aold the cats." Of course Barkalow referred to the sales of the Psckard and Baker. "It does not matter who sold the first car." said George Helm of Cadillac fame. "I think I sold It, but. say. If some other fellow did. wstch the Cadillacs that fl along Farnam from this time forward." John Toke, factory representative of the E. M. F., Is spending several days with Manager Craig In Omaha. No other manufacturer can pro duce the car described below, sell it at the price we ask, and make a profit. This is a fact which comparison will prove. Certain' it is, that no maker gives as much for bo little. 25,000 Overland owners know this from experience. The plants of the Willys-Overland Co. are the largest, most com plete and best equipped. The Toledo plant alone covers over 30 acres. The five Overland chassis are absolutely standard ized. No maker in the world works to closer limits in fine ness of fit. 4? 4 i nan Model BS, With Fore Doors and Ontre Control. A big, handsome car of masterful de1gn. The four-cylinder, forty horse-power motor of this car fa a marvel of efficiency, flex ibility and quietness. 118-inch Wbeelbae, $1,000. These headlines contain statements which, is true, mean everything to the buyer who wants the most a given amount will buy. If this advertisement will cause you to act induce you to make an investi gation of the claims we make for Over land Cars and compare them with others, it will have accomplished its mission. Make your comparisons thoroughly, part by part The more thorough your investigation, the stronger your convic tion will be that the Overland is the car to buy. Your comparison will prove, first, that you get in the Overland the largest, handsomest, most luxuriously finished car, that you get a power plant not equal led for efficiency, reliability, quietness All fere door zaodsls of Overland Oars have the eenter oontrol. Aav fore door oaz showing; levers entsiae is obsolete, es at best a zaakeahiia, and flexibility in any car selling at less than $2,500. Compare the motor in Model 52 Overland, with the best'ear you know selling at $1,700, $2,000 or $2,500. Compare the springs and riding quail- ties, the speed, the hill climbing ability, the wheelbase, the frame, transmission, brakes, rear system, size of wheels and axle; steering gear. Compare the finish, upholstery, the body design and work manship. You'll find that Overland fore door models are designed and built as fore door models, not old bodies patched up to meet the prevailing style with shifting lever and emergency brake out side and out of reach. See the detail cut to the left, showing Overland center con trol, the approved practice in all up-to-the-minute, high-class cars. Consider and bear this point in mind always that the Overland is a manufac tured car, every part and every piece made by us, after our own designs, by our own men, in our own plants. You'll find, too, that the Overland ia a thoroughly standardized car." Each operation on every part is made by an expert workman on that particular thing by special machinery in a special "jig,' from the best material. Each cylinder, gear, shaft, bearing, axle, frame, transmission, body, etc, etc., is exactly like the other in the same Overland chassis. No fitting, grinding or filing is necessary or permitted in the final assembly. On parts like cylinder pistons, cam shafts, etc., we work as close as one one half thousandth part of an inch. One one-thousandth part of an inch limit of tolerance is common practice in Over land construction. Unlimited facilities, enormous pro duction of exact standardized duplicates, an ideal organization built up, controlled and directed by one man John N. Wil lysenables us to make the minimum price on the maximum of motor car effi ciency. We could make them more extrava gantly, but we cannot make them better. The production of Overland Cars, for 1911 will be 20,000. We make only five chassis 22 body styles, with or without fore doors. No extra charge for fore doors. Modal U, Same Chassis as 58 Two-pasaesg el kedy, l,O0 We have prepared a sheet of com parative data, tabulating specifications of Overland Cars with America's best in their class. Write for this sheet and our caUi-logue. TUK WILTiYS-OVKltLAKD CO., Toledo, OIilo Pleas send me Catalogue and Compara tive Jata Sheet, Name Address .' .V. mm . mm m mm EZ3 audi . 9 TOLEDO, OHIO. CONTROLLED rw VAN BRUNT AUTO COMPANY COUNCIL OLUaFFiG, IOWA..