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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1906)
. ft v TuI.. TITE OMAITA SLDAY BEE: DECEMBER 2.1, V u 1 1 .. St. 'A TV f SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK trcwth of Elmwood Club it Topio of Lcoil lLtfre:t. REVIVAL OF H0RS RC)NG IS INVOLVED Prospects for Harness Race Mrrt Are Ooo4 sad the Promoters Font Much Erairc4 fcr the Pablle Inaalrr. The directors of tha new Elmwood club are holding frmumt meeting and will have everything In readiness for the build ers as aoon as tha frost la out of tha round. John D. Crelghton will build tha club house on terms which are very ac ceptable to tha member of tha club and hn stands ready to begin operatlona as aoon aa possible. 'While the dlreetora had an expression from tha street railway company that tha Una would ba extended to the park In tha sprlne;, they now feel more certain sine the return of tha di rectors from the east with the announce ment that additional tinea would ba built nnd that the money was all laid aside. While tha club Is essentially a driving club, still there will be plenty of people who would use the street cars. Tha g-en-eral public, however. Is more Interested In the prospects of a separate company being formed, which will give Omaha some trotting races. A movement Is on foot to organize a Separate company to pro mote some races, and shoubl this be done the promoters will surely meet with plenty of encouragement from the Omaha mer chants. Nothing has yet been Invented to take the place of a horse race to arouse tha Interest of all classes of people, and some high-class racea would be Just the thing to bring In hordes of people from tha state. Should the racea be given they will be on an elaborate scale, with large purses, large enough to attract the best horses In the country. When smaller tiwni like Blair, Tekamah and Fremont :;lve race meets the town Is not large enough to hold the people who come and come to stay while the races last. That would be the eaae In Omaha. The races have been made . the principal attraction at the state fair and the railroads are not able to haul the people who want to go to these. When the American team won auch high honors at Athens last April It wu thought that the men who won the honors would be able to defend their titles for some years to come, but another ending came to most, for a majority have quit the sports fpr good. Of the point win- high school team did not keep some of its dates because one of the leading plsyers did not feel like playing on that day and the men could not arrange for another date. This la poor sportsmanship. That a team should refuse" to plsy because thers was a chance of being beaten la a poor excuse. There Wis considerable talk of the or ganization of a league this winter, but that was all that was heard about It. ' Indoor lawn tennis received considerable Impetus In New York when Colonel FA ward F. Puffy of the Blxty-nli.th regiment Issued orders that the new armory be made available for the use of the players. Ills opening of the armory makes It possible to bring about the (Wins for the holding of an open championship Indoors. The com mander of the regiment swld that he fa--ored the use of the armory for tennis. He wa opposed to the use of all armories for sports, which sometimes resulted In the abuse of the building and the property. Following the example of Jeffries and Tommy Ryan, Eddie Hanlon haa retired from the ring. This is not the first time Eddie has bowed himself out and then re appeared, and, unlike Jeffries and Ryan, he haa no title to bequeath. The beating Wck Hyland gave Hanlon strengthened htm In his resolve to quit the ring. The Oans-IIerman fight for the world's lightweight championship, scheduled to take place In Tonopah on New Tear's day, will be held In what will eventually be the greatest prize fight arena the world ha ever seen. By the time that the building r.ow under construction Is completed It will be equipped In every detail, with appur tenances for the accommodation of specta tors, fighters, attaches, etc., in such a way as to place It in a class by Itself. There Is every promlsw that the New Tear opening will be heavily patronised. The men were well matched and James J. Jef fries, who has accepted an offer to referee the light, will be himself a drawing card for the event. When Joe Ganns and Kid Herman hook up for the title and a $20,000 purse It will be In a building that is only a starter of the structure that will place Tonopah on the pugilistic map In very large letters. The lack of time between now and the New Tear's day contest haa forced the olub to build a structure that will have to be remodeled after the original plans and which when finally completed win cost tne casino Athletic club more than $40,000. The arena covers a lot 140 feet square. The ring platform Is In the center and Is twenty-four feet square. It Is three and one-half feet above the floor level and Is surrounded by a double row of press seats. Three rows of boxes run back from the four sides of the ring, each box having tiers at Athena those who are now out are seating capacity of twelve persona. Start- Slyer Prlnsteln, winner of the broad Jump; Jim Llghtbody, winner of the 1.600 meters and second man in the 800-metcrs run; Bob Leavitt, winner of the hurdle raoe; Fay Moulton, second In the 100-meter dash; Hugo Friend, aeopnd in the hurdles. Qlover, Kerrigan, Schlok, Valentine, Sul livan, Mitchell and Qunyrouze are the other members of the team who are now resting on the side lines, and, although one or two of these may occasionally be seen in a competition, they can hardly be classed as athletes in training. Big Dick Ing directly back of the last row of boxes Is the Inclined plane on which the benoh seats are to be placed. There will be nine teen rows of benches, and from the first row to the laat the elevation will be thirty one feet. This Incline will give the interior of the building an amphitheater-like ap pearance and will allow an unobstructed view of the ring from every seat. Entrance to the building will be through two double doorways at either side .of the building, which face toward town. Two wide aisles will lead from the entrances to the ring side, where radiating alslea will run to all wU it m Jmf VTrMHJ"' ' J 1xr . 'As", V V ft. .i . it. .'V pW Brewed and bottled in Omaha by the , i.. Fred Krug Brewing Company, .-:j.J "rrfl lXDCVrft''T"- r-TT "Exponents of the Fine Art of Brewing." V Vt .- ' V- , - - Dear Santa: Please send Papa and Mamma something awfully nice something they really like. Oh 111 tell you it's just the thing. Send them some bottles of no to rt "The Beer You Like" They like it so much they say it is the finest beer brewed. They say it is such a nice light beer and so differ ent They say they can drink all they like of Luxus and it never makes them feel bad it refreshes them so much when they're tired. They've only got two bottles left, and I just know they want another case right away, to help make Christmas happy. Don't you want a glass of Luxus right now, Santa? You've been so busy and must be tired. It'll do you good If You're a Wise Santa you'll take the little one's advice and send in an order at once for a case or two of Luxus the "most exquis ite refinement of the brewer's art" It is the ideal beverage for the home, and its unique piquancy of flavor is most inviting. Order direct or from your dealer. Sheldon, first choice in the weights for the Olympic trip, announced his retire-I parts of the house. The seating capacity Tent the day before the team tailed, and I of the arena figures S,S00 and the box re will never again be caught throwing the I celpta from a complete sale of the house big weights around tha lot. Myer Frln- I will total 9&S0O. stein haa been' forced to quit training on account of a rapidly increasing law busl- I Chicago haa been selected for the annual ness, and can well afford to rest pa the meeting. of the United States doll auoj-la- AKuiei no hum tst&dierea m ina aoxen yers that he has been In the publlo eye. The selection of an all-American team Is all a matter of judgment and thore is no way to prove a writer's Judgment Is best because these teams are never tried out. All the eastern papers take a guess at an all-Amerlcan team, but the writers have never been west of the Alleghany mountain and don't know that in the great and glorious west there is a Gopher team of giants, that Chicago had a team which was a wonder and an Eckersall who tlon. It Will b the first (tme shsee the or ganisation In ltfM that the annual meeting has not been held In New .York1.. The ex ecutive committee. b&A previously an nounced the annual meeting jfor January 10 at Dolraonico'a This is now rescinded and the executive committee makes an nouncement of Friday evening, January 18, as the time and Chicago the place. Secre tary Morgan states that the action Is taken in response to a petition signed by the western golf clubs and by a large number of prominent players In the west. The western elubs, which have borne their full could have made any team in the country. ,hare In conducting the national champion ships, would seem entitled to the annual meeting at least once In three years. The petition had consequently the support of many eastern clubs and golfers. Think of a 4eam which Is good enough to leave Eckersall out of the reckoning, and yet this Is what ail these writers have done, Here are a few selections made by the New York foot ball experts: New York Globe Ends, Wlster, Prince 1 Taper, Pennsylvania; guards, Burr and Keraburg, Harvard; center, liockeuberger. laie: quarieroacK, Dillon, n Inert on; hair backs, Vt't-der, Yale; Harlan, Princeton; fullback. WenualL Harvard. New York Herald linua. Forbes, Yale; Inter, Princeton; tackles, lilgeluw, Yale; lraper, Pennsylvania; guarus, Thompson, Cornell; Hersburg. Harvard; center, New man. Cornell: Quarterback, l.lbby. Carlisle: halfbacks, Douglass, navy; May hew, brown; fullback, Morse, Yale. New York Sun imornlng) First team: Forbes, Yale, and Vlmer, Princeton, ends; Blgelow, Yale, and Draper, Pennsylvania, tackles: ThomLwon. Curuell. ana Burr, Harvard, guarus; Hockenberger. Yale, can' ter: Norton. Annapolis, Quarterback; May- hew, Drown, aud Hollenback, Pennsyl vania, halfbacks; Wendell, Harvard, full- om . . I 1 l Second team: Lavlne. Pennsylvania, and i v""ii"'i. quick thinking and Individuality In play were submerged by the niaH play, by the shoulder wedRe of the two ruh lines, by the road roller style of attack that planned through a hole opened up In the line by tactics that too often gave opportunity for unseen and unfair play. legislation rarely corrects evils, nut tne legislation on me foot ball rules this year happily made im possible repetition of last year's tactics and made possible the game of this ysar. V At a meeting of the council of the Brit ish Olympic association Just held It wns decided that the fourth, celebration of the original aeries of Olympic games should be held In London, In the. month of July, U08. The first of these revivals very ap propriately took place In Athend In lSOfl, the second was held In Paris In 1900. the third In Bt. Louis In 1D04, and for the fourth Rome was suggested, as the center, but as that did not prove practicable the offer was made to England, and that offer, after the approval of the various athletic bodies had been obtained, the committee has seen Its' way to accept- His royal highness the crown prince of Greece, who so nbly pre sided over the games held at Athens this year, which were outside the original cyclo of Olympic games started In the year 1S0. has sent his "best wishes for the success of the London meeting," and his sympathy International athletic contest will be the main feature of amateur sport in 1907 and the coming year promises to be replete with competitions between the United States and England. The first of the series will be the association foot ball match between teams representing America and England. The two countries have met In almost every branch of athletics, but this will be the first time that representative "soccer" elevens have faced each other. The game Is scheduled to take place on the Crystal palace grounds, near London, about the middle of April. No definite date haa been set for the contest owing to the uncer talnty of the day of playing off the final tie for the English association foot ball The International match Is nil the more gratifying, as It was an nounced on the highest authority during the Olympic games In Athens this spring that it was the Intention to hold Olympic games every four years, beginning with 19n6, In the magnificent stadium constructed foe thut purpose In Athens. - Harry Clay PuUiain has Just been Inter viewed upon his trip to Europe concerning base ball. He said: - . The American game made greater head way tn Hnglaod ui K tlian It ever did be fore. The American 'boys who won the Kliorion scholarships and are studying at tford have been splendid preceptors on thn other side of the ocean. They do riot piny themselves, but they have been fore most In teaching the Englishmen how to play base ball after our Ideas.- There la an American In London, Mr. Nelson Cook, who hails from Connecticut when he Is at home on our side of the. At lantic. For a long time he has tried to introduce base ball Into English athletics, with varying success; to tell the truth, un. til this year, with very little succeirs. Not that there has been no demand for base ball In England, but It received very little encouragement for the reason that the amateurs did not know how to play the game and the professionals were very slow to Income, Interested In it. After the American boys who are now In England over their own national pastime to carry further than they might have Imagined. In any event, other Americans who were residing In London, among them Mr. Cook, took up the Idea of forming an English, base ball league, and this year It went through a full season with six clubs, and. If It may appear strange, made a little money. That is the first time, so far as I know, that base ball ever has prospered to that extent outside of the United States. Most of the players who are now con nected with the English Base Ball league are foot ball players In the fall and winter. There Is an Interim In which they have lit tle to do in an athletic way and they have been only too eager to grasp an opportunity to play the American game, especially when they have such aid as coaching by Amer ican college boys who are now completing their education on the other side of the ocean. The managers of the professional (pot ball elevens are quite as enthusi-astio-over picking up base ball for a sum mer game -as are the players, since they believe that their men are In better condi tion to play foot ball In the cold months after they have had field exercise all the Bummer. All those connected In a profes sional capacity with foot ball with whom I had opportunity to converse assured me thnt they thought the Introduction of baso ball as a professional summer pastime In England was one of the best moves which hod been made In their athletic world. So far as I could see, the English ama teur sport most nearly corresponding to base ball Is cricket. That Is the game . - , r best vtuv-- - bicft l - ,500.00 i 'T..rrlet tcnin QU"" . to. ttb. feu vut. oi tu-4. ' fruiting "Me w-f'SiSTtow UL each'1" "YproWb. v.rries: tne v ..ct tne g,1" .qti. i " tM " ,ome ' will wiU - t tne , .ifa. no rav6 to .'aiin vree ..".itol a. -le. ttt & , K plante itk a t ussv - sj art u v became acclimated and somewhst at home thev betran to talk about base ball, and it I brnueht un with the boys, as Is base ball did not take very long for their enthusiasm in our country. On the other hand, I think Newsy Gossip for Owners of Automobiles Exendlne. Carlisle, ends; Cooney, Prince- ton, and Weeks, West Point, tackles; Kers burg, Harvard, and Zlegler, Pennsylvania, yum'.la: Newman. Cornell, center: June. Yale, quarterback; Knox, Yale, and Hub bard, Amherst, halfbacks; Bleber, Uettys bure. fullback. New York World Wlster, Princeton, and Forbes, YaJe, ends; Osborne, Harvard, and Ptgeluw, Yale, tackle; Burr, Harvard, and Bridges, Yale, guards; i-araer, narvara, i-mit-r- iriMoik Princeton. Quarterback: Vender, Yale, and Mayhew, brown, balf- . backs Morse, Yale, fullback. New York Mall Ends. : Fk-uriott. ivniuvlvanla: tackles Princeton; Blgelow, Yale; guards, Thomp- ..n Cornell: illei; er. Pennsylvania; center, llockenberaer. Yale: quarterback. Ecker- 111. Chicago; halfbacks. Veeder and Knox. Yale; fullback, Hollcnback, Pennsylvania. Forbes, Yale; Cooney, will be played on the Saturday preceding the big British event. Beginning with the new year the selection committee will pick out the likely players with the Idea of choosing the strongest possible eleven for ( the match. While the majority of the team will be selected from New York, Philadel phia, Boston, Fall River and Paterson, no locality will be favored for geographical purposes. The players will be selected ac cording to merit and the strongest possible combination will be taken to England. While it has not been positively deter mined, it la probable that Fred H. MUnea, the captain of the Tllgrlm team, which vtslte4 America In the fall of 1906. will be brought over to this country to give advice The weather mau has finally decided to I and coach the team for two weeks prior to let the ice skaters have a show for their white alleys and consequently the boy with the new skates will be given a chance to try thara out on Christmas day. The new rink on 20lh and .Farnara streets was flooded laat week, after the skate houses had been built and everything put in readi ness tor the coming cold weather which would put a good surface on the rink. Phil Reed and his partners now have everything In readiness and it is up to the weather man to say how much skating will be en- Joyed in this contral rluk. The parks were crowded last, week when the weather was auspicious, but these are not large enough to accommodate the large number wishing to skate, and Cut-Off and all ponds are taxed when the weather Is fine. The big machines were put to work on Cut-Off lake to cut the weeds to get them out of the way of the Ice cutters. This machine cuts the weeds and grass several feet below the surface and this will be a great help to the fishermen next spring, when the fishing season opens out. While the long grass is Just the stuff for the baas, it la hard on the rowers, and the ab- senoe of the long grass which was con stantly In the way of the oars will give an added Impetus to the rowers. The Omaha Rod and Oun club is prepared to expand and work along broader lines In the spring, and during the winter will also tu p the club house open for the- ac commodation of the skaters. What has become of the basket ball league? This organisation started out with a great flourish of trumpets last year and for more than half the season played most jf the games according to the schedule, and then went to pieces because some of Uue players "didn't went to play." Too sailing for England. Captain Mtlnes has been Invited to coach the team and assured the promoters that he would do so If pos sible. He does not anticipate any difficulty la assuming the duties. He will be accom panied by one of the foremost professional association foot ball players In England, who will attend to the physical condition of tha members of the team in addition to assisting Captain Mllnes In coaching. Foot ball as played under the new code. has won the unqualified approval of Yale men, and no changes are advocated for an other year at least. In speaking of the season, the Yale Alumni Weekly says. In part: If any one thing stood out In .oepi.il prominence at tha two final Yale games last month, it was the mm h desired proof mat criii'.s aaia was needed tor the re tention of the game, that foot ball ran hn ilayed lu a sportsmanlike starlt. This must lave been apparent to the thirty-odd thou sand spectators of the Yale-Harvard game. as It was apparent to the few on both side lines wno anew wnat was going on In the scrimmages. It was not only a vindication of the new rules; it was an answer to the criticisms that had been made of the gsme throuKhout the country, both In the press and from academic chairs. If the Judgment or tne majority or ine men who matte the dally papers and who are influential In uni versity lire counts ror anything, foot ball has been lifted out of th run Into which It had fallen and has ben saved. Any game that is worth playing Is worth playing for the game Itself and not for the fmmefliutu Joy of winning. As It was rluye.l this year under the new rules foot ball was a game worth playing by any set of young American college men worth playing- for the rpoit of playing It. for the touch and go of opposed skill and spirits, for the sheer human Joy of pilling fievtneas and strength and quick thinking and r-oncen-Ira'td plan and actloi, against the same (Wetness and strength and brain agility of an opponent. There was too little eppor tunity for Uils sort of thing in tha old ( wt ball, la that gaaie, now happily liUloiy, The Long Island motor parkway will be coal-tarred. Pittsburg dealers will have their first show from April 8 to 13. The Irish Automobile club will hold a show at Dublin January 6. to 12. among the cars exhibited at the shows. Potiavllle (Pa.) motorlBts have organlxod the Pottsvllle Automobile association. The American Automobile association cleared I lo.ooo from the Vanderbllt cup race. The steering wheel has supplanted the lever on nearly all 1907 machines and the engine Is In front. There will bv more than 30.UUO square feet of floor space at the Los Angues snow, January 21 to ia. The second annual automobile and sports men's exhibition at Quebec has been sat for April 6 to li. Buffalo automoblllsts are working for a boulevard between Bunalu, Toinawanda and Niagara Falls. The Automobile club of Italy has decided to abstain from participation In futurt Vanderbllt cup races. International motor car races already are being planned In connection with Denver's semi-centennial In 1903. Colorado dealers aru finding a brisk de mand for machines from farmers, es pecially In the beet-sugar districts. Chicago's motor boat show will be held March t to 9, by the American Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers. A purchaser at the New York snow was Andrew Carnegie, who ordered a French car sent from the factory to his Bkibo castle. Itarnum & Bailey's "Greatest Show on Earth" Is preparing to tour the country next season and thereafter In a train of huge motor cars. Ralph P. Denlson, the 12-year-old son of S. N. Denlson of Brattleboro, Vt , Is prob ably the youngest licensed autoniobillst In New England. Practical work In taking down and ret ting up cars was done by the automobile cIhsb of the Minneapolis Young Mens Christian association the past month. Steam engine oil, no matter how good, Is of no use for gasoline motors. The tx-st results are obtained only by a proper com bination of motor oils. Automobile clubs of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth are combining to engineer the construction by the state of a tri-clty highway about l.V miles long. A machine equipped with a writing desk, so that Its owner may answer his letters while traveling, has been ordered by Leon Sloss, a ban Francisco merchant. After three yeurs' experimenting, a Syra cuse company la turning out business trucks weighing but t,' pounds, with a capacity fur hauling a tun of freight. The Automobile club of California, the senior orKanlzation of the Picltlo coast, has taken a determined stand against racing for records over the public roads. A flfty-four-mlle automobile stage line has been established between Armogosa, on the l.a Vegas brunch of the Hull 1-ake City route, aud Greenwater, in the mining district. If an endurance contest Is all that its name implies in this country, what mut It be In Gvrmany. where It goes by the Laumler, Wilbur Laughman, Otto Dleti Motor association of Baltimore, have been and Jacob ICithl, made a 'motor trip to admitted to membership in the American Plnckneyvllie, 111., where they pitched Automobile association. There Is a marked absence of freaks their tents and enjoyed a two weeks' hunt ing campulgn. A new electric car la equipped so that heat from the batteries can be turned into the steering wheel, preventing the driver's hands from being chilled by contact with cold metal. The autolst who does not keep a dog to ride in his car is an exception, says Motor News. Bulldogs are the favorites, be cause they seem to attach themselves to cars with an affection rarely shown for a horse-drawu vehicle. The man who Is to decorate Madison Square Garden for the January show will transform the arena Into a garden of a Swiss palace In early winter. The cost will approach $sn,(K. "Tex" Rickards, who sprang Into promb nence as the promoter of the Guns-Nelson tight nt Goldlleld, Nev., has prepared to electrify the "home folks" with an auto mobile In the spring. A well known builder Is equipping his cars with mud guards modeled after birds' wings. At high speed the wind pressure operates on the guards to partially lift the weight of the car, relieving the strain on wheels and axles. The cause of a motor missing is often to be found in the gasoline tank cap. It the air inlet becomes stopped with dirt a vacuum Is formed which prevents the gaso line from flowing freely. "The growing popularity of automobiles Is another proof of American prosierlty. There are today twelve autos In the United States for each one In England," suld Sir Thomas Upton recently. , Wise ones are predicting the election of Judge William 11. Hotcliklss of Buffalo to the presidency of the American Automobile association to succeed President John Far. sMi of Chicago. During the Chicago show in February the American Automobile club will hold a convention to discuss plans for the- Im- Frovtment of roads, the use of alcohol lor uel and the promotion of legislation. When the pressure system of feeding the fuel is used It cannot be expected to Wink sitisfartorily unless the strainer between the exhaust line and the check valve bo kept clean and free from sooty accumula tions and the valve itself gas-tight. Wlienever the dowagur queen of Italy lrlvs her new automobile It carries, mounted on the radiator, a musslve s.lver statuette of her patron saint, St. Christo pher, to which Is attributed the fact tiiat the conveyance has escaped accidents. Nothing Is more destructive to the laniDS. 17. ED: Pennsvlvanl.L. ni.i.. horn and other small accessories thau to nols. 4.500; Indiana. B.W4; Connecticut 4.9O0' allow them to remain loose when tha ma- Michigan. J.473; Maryland, 2,611- District of chine la on the road. Besides providing Columbia. au annoying ratue, tney rapidly deteriorate, when permitted to Jolt about. In Paris It Is generally considered that The strlalng feature of the recent maneu vers of the Iallan army among the Alps was the wonderful scouting work done by Sergeant Federlco Vlolate-Tessart on his motor cycle. He rode up mountain trails thick with dust, encumbered with rocks and as steep as 15 feet In 100. That pedestrians need not run when a motorist blows his horn is the decision of a Lansing (Mich.) Judge. It was rendered In sustaining a demurrer In a suit for per sonal damages resulting from an automo bile accident. Alarms, he said, do not ex cuse a driver from using reasonable care. O. E. Shepard of Campbell, Cal.. Is the latest candidate for the "nor puncture rec ord." He has driven a touring car for nearly two years, during which period he has traveled ;6,6U) miles. In the course of that time one of his tires bus not only escaped puncture, but has never been re moved from the rim for any purpose. From her own experiences as to the needs of a feminine motorist. Queen Victoria of Spain has designed an automoblllng cos tume that bids fair to be universally adopted In fashionable circles. It is a full length coat, which has the effect of a coat and skirt of fur. Nutria Is the material. To meet the demand for full Information concerning automobiles and motor boats the i rench government begun a show Decern ber 7 which will remain open until Janu ary K. while the great Parts show will clos December 21. Theie will be coinpetitluiia i or prizes aggregating ao.ouu irancs. The Princess of Wales, who Is an en thn slasllo autoniobillst, Is having an auto built expressly after her own Ideas. It Is to be a quite modest appearing vehicle, with noth ing but the Initials ". M., surmounted by viu.ii, u tne uuor ftarieis lo aistlllguisu it. ne Doay is 10 ue green. The prediction that Americans will not keep on buying Imported automobiles In definitely, but will purchase cars mude In mis country, wnicn are replicas of high grade European machines, is strengthened by the announcement that a famous Bel gian firm la to establish a factory In tiie unuea Dtaies. Always be sure your gasoline contains no impurities, rine wire g.-iuse. cloth or chamois may bo used for filtering, and all three materials do the work fairly well. It is best to use chamois, as It Is certs. In neither dirt nor water will go through It. thuugh gusoline flows through It with sur prising freedom. 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Although this Qountry Is within country bnt the opportunities in it 18 hours' ride of Chicago, tha F newr For J1"? ot ?t .J; Sian water and tho building of a CLIMATE railroad has Jnst recently made it Is like that of Southern California possible to make" big money on no extremes of hot or cold-and small plots of ground, practically no winter, so you raise v You must act promptly to get the crop after crop the year round. tne6t P"8"' P- writ. ... me now. Crops are always safa because Choice of Rotttes over Rock you bays plenty of pure artesian slan(1 Uaet via Kanw- City. or C. water o your own property for the & Et i., VLa St. Louis, cheapest irrigation. Tha land la always safe because JUMN StBAS I IAW It la from 10 to : i - - j i Jt A rMm U111CB liii:tuu KUU 1IVIH . KO tr inn tet shnva tidewater. 13 rfa.ma s 1 I i This Is not a new j the cult 17 TevTT"? I COAST OF f7CucJa I I r . SS Pmkbxw Traffic Mustier ROCK ISLAND-FRISCO LINES La Sslls Stre Station, Chicagol or Frisee building, St. Louis Tks Sock ltln4-rtlce TEXAS Gulf Coast Lines no Un4 is J Sill. W r Im.r- yj c la bulls- V Omaha Bee. Naae JOHN SEBASTIAN H. iUcilauS -'rises Lisas CHICAGO or ST. LOUIS send me Tesss Gull sad lull Iniorioatioa about low rates, etc. If j, CH1CAC tT si Please set Coast books i 0. AsMreu. SUU J the autobus Is in an exceedtnsjly element ary state and that cliana- must be made before It Ijecomre a ri-ally serviceable ve hicle. Tho chief daiiKT lies In the ten dency to skid when the brakes are ap plied. Prcf. K. H. Btmhel of Harvard uni versity, who soon will go to Hum as lf-s-al adviser to the Winn, will take a sixteen- euphonious avela'lon of "ZuverlassigVeiu- tiora power runalaiut It r traveling- about i no country. It Mill d eiulpwd with a "tluer'a" seat for a coolie attendant. Lucian Kuves, a mining" specialist, of Reno. Nev., luis purchased the record breaking touring car with which the late Tom Cooper covered a mile in 6ov sec onds on the beach at Atlantic City last H pfmLi-r. the car carrying live persons at the time. The Quaker City Motor club of Philadel phia, T.dewater Automobile club of Union fa lilt? To accommodate the wives, daughters snd women friends of its members, the May PtatM Automobile association of Bos ton will open a women's restaurant In its club house. An interesting Incident of the New York show was the christening of the first car made by a new nrm by a well known actress. A bottle of champagne was brukan over Its hood party ot BL Louis tuoturlsu, IL IL A coterie of automobile enthusiasts, all homeless bachelors, had a "honk-honk din ner' in a New York hotel Thunksgtvlng. The appropriateness of the name was re vealed when wild goose was bronght on. and Its flying cry was sounded from horns attached to each chair. The souvenirs were gold spark plugs for watch charms. Although spending f)6.0iu less than a year ago in remodeling his staMes at Green wich, Conn.. William O. liockt feller will sell his stock of expensive I horonlihreds and replace them flth aiiloinohllt-s. His brother, Percy, who lives near by, ;tlso will stock a large garage In preference to a fancy stable. In winter the air frequently does not pos sess tho required warmth to vaporize or make enough gis to start the engine, often causing trouble to the Inexperienced oper ator. A simple remedy Is to apply an or dinary rubber hot water bottle to the car buretter, leaving It there for a sulfh lent period for the carburetter itself to draw county, PWlnneld, N, J., aud JUaxylaad svine heat and thus aarlst vapwiUallon. professional foot ball is more like league Paso ball In the United Stairs, so far as us surroundings und the enthusiasm attjehrd to it are concerned. It struck me that as sociation foi ball ill Knglanii is almost the national game, as compared with what we designate the national game In thn I'nitel states, that Is, the game of base ball that Is purely an exhibition. No field exists In Khglaud for American professional bae ball pl.iyers. Tim time is not ripe fur any thing of that kind. The KiLgliaii are mas toiing the rudiments of tho game for them selves and not because they desire to s--e othc rs come across the ocean to give ex hibitions, or because they are anxious to serure skilled American prvf esslonals to help them. A university with but one principal sport would be- an almost unprecedented thing In college athletic annals, but thst Is the condition now faring Johns Hopkins uni versity. The board of governors of the Oeneral Athletic association of that In stitution has come to the conclusion that the support of a base ball team Is a need less expense, Inasmuch as the university holds the lacrosse championship, and there fore there is little hope of Johns Hopkins men appearing on the diamond this spring. A few of the governors were In fai or of retaining the great American game, but the majority wre In favor of lacrosse as the sole university sport, and a vote for the retention of base ball was lost by 11 to L The base ball enthusiasts at the university Ever Vcn.an I Interested and thoalrt i now .. . """ ie wwiilerfBl MARVEL Whirlina Sors !Tbs new Wlul Srriue, iivsasi errius. lieet Suf. -Miet ( outenit-n I.HIMW IBHMI7, l-' rv t II tie rsiisoi suiii7 tse f .-J '-VI,:-- r5 . 1 Aeesr nw.l,l Hr H. ' tie -eniiui euiil7 the Ui-r. ("'i ernd temp fn liluiirsiea Ihk.Ii eale. ftftves full eerllcuUre end .:rei,,T i,. teluetue ln-n. MIHVtl. l a. Sl Uli B & . . " For File oy SHERMAN & MtONNELI, DRUQ C(, ltitii snd UodKe y ts. usr . - - -rr-mm are by no means willing to organize a team without the mi.i.-tina of the board, , for In spite-of the fact that such an In depend"nt team was put tn the field lu 1!4, without monetury lurking from the college aud played a successful season with, little financial loss, the fans are not willing to run the rlhk again. On top of the de cision of tha governors as to biso bull, the students fear foot ball also will not last longer than next fall, for the board has ruled none of thn medic il student may I ave a place on the university ele ven, and by thus eliminating all but the undergraduates of the college the team cannot hope to com pete successfully with other teams who l ave a larger college population to diaw tioia. i 4 rTs' . ,. -ii.iriH I IsMsa ksasjeasi IBs m i igVr. - .. . .. .. V -C,. 'ill i ! i UP 1 1 1 III! II I 1 : i HI f . 11 hi l:V t i 'ft A ...