111 E OMAHA SUNDAY I'.KK: APRIL 14, 1007.
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AMATEUR PROSPECTS BRIGHT
OmiU te Have thi Best ties in Its
TEAMS STRONG AND WEIL OUTFITTED
Fifty Already Eialped for the
. Fray a More ftwlnalaa; lato
Lla Each Day, rrlth Stora
Trophr to Play For.
IimI this arason will be the best Omaha
rfver wen lor .amateur bail In admitted.
There wUI be more amateur team In the
city this W than ever. The Hee directory
f amateur teania represents about fifty
amateur' team In Omaha, South Omaha
aod Council Bluffs and there are no doubt
fifteen or twenty who have thus far failed
to send In thrlr names. These teams are
all cracking; good teams, and what makes
It look still better la that every one of them
Is m uniformed team. Who can show an
other city the wise tf Omaha who has this
many uniformed teams? Billy Townsend
ays, "It seems a new team comes out
very day and I never sold so many unl
forma so early In the season." Qnmhu'r
amateur teams are alw well fitted out with
good fixtures, and If you follow up the
amateur games this year you will certainly
ay that you never raw so many fast
teams, or so many well uniformed teams.
These are a few of the teams who have
bran new uniforms this spring and they
ana all very very pretty:
Varoona
Omaha Vehicle Co.
Cudahya
Fort Omaha
Amer. Radiator Co.
Arm aura
Ideals.
Mid-City, Jr's.
ftoT Athletics.
Ptnr Malts.
Bterllnsa.
Itellevue.
on and Manairer William Fo says he has
the strong-eat 17-year-old team In the city.
Eleven new unl forma have Just been re
ceived. They are navy blue, trimmed In
white and crimson. Their first game this
season will be played today with the Ideals
at Twenty-fourth and Vinton st eeta Their
lineup will be: Hoy. first base; Smith,
second base: Rumplng. third base; Fox,
shortstop; Gutherle, right field; Hoctor. cen
ter field; U Cunningham, left field; Casl
day, catch, and Dennlson and Cunningham
pitchers. Any team wishing games should
addresa William Fox. 3n09 Poulh Twenty
third street, or 'phone Douglas 1981.
terllnar' Jn nlta.
Harry fiage has Just received eleven of
the prettiest uniforms In the city. They
ere black, t'lmmed with orange. Harry I
says that within a week the coats wMl be
here. They are black with orange collars
and cuffs and a pretty letter S on them
which will stand for Sterlings.
The Sterlings are just as strong as' last
year, If mt stronger, and the lineup cer
tainly looks good. Rcchford and Fnlr
brother will catch and Murray. Newstrom
and McOtilgan will be the pitchers.
Mat Murray la one of the best pitchers
Omaha ever turned out and If In good
condition this year will make them all go
a few.
Dee Directory to Omaha's Best Amateur Dall Teams
TToctora.
W. O. CI arks.
I'eoples Stire.
Towneand.
Omaha (liia Co.
1'eter Oraverta
Ttrvdes-aards.
Hartmans.
Hoyals.
Superiors.
Bmblera.
Mld-Clty. 8ra.
Opening ot (ton Park,
The opening of Stors park next Sunday
Will be another step toward the advance
of the game In Omaha. It will mean the
addition of another grounds on which high
clasa amateur ball will be played, a place
where good order will be maintained and
where amateur teams will learn the .first
leeeon In the sport, that of playing ball
Under strict discipline. Two teams will be
maintained at the park, class A and B, and
verything will be done to make the sport
high grade. .Visiting teams may be as
sured that they will receive proper treat
ment at all time, and all will be welcome.
Adolph Stora Trophy.
All atrictly amateur ball teams In the
lty who wish to Join the contest for the
beautiful Adolph Storx trophy should send
In their names at once. Mr. Adolph Stors.
In the Intereet of amateur ball, has put up
this- trophy and the atrictly amateur team
In Omaha or Council Bluffs or South
Omaha winning the largest number of
games with teams In Its class. In or .out of
the city, will be considered "It." The con
test will close the first Sunday In. October,
and will begin the first Sunday In May.
Teams who Jrln this contest will have their
averagea printed In The Bee each Sunday
and all that will be required of them will
be to telephone their scores to Douglaa
4C2S, on Mondays. There will be cash prlies
for the second, third and fourth teams.
No team will be considered unloexr It plays
twenty game dnrtp the season. All
managers who wish to enter this contest
are asked to send their line up, name, ad
dress and 'ph-ne number to Thomas Knapp,
care of Stora Brewing company. Rules and
regulation will be printed next Sunday.
Florence to Here Prlt.
That Florence will have an enclosed base
tvall park this year la assured, and Mr. I.
O. Barlght Is talking more base ball than
ever. When asked as to what progress la
feeing made he aald:
"The cltliena of Florence are greatly In
terested In the prospects of having a ball
park and last Tuesday night a stock com
pany was organized, at which time I2.5
was raised. We do not Intend to put over
J3,non in the park, and as we have no grad
ing to do we feci assured that this amount
Will build a fine park. Aa to the team, we
Will work on that aa we go along. At pres.
ant. we have several very clever men with
splendid recorda. Our grounda are located
right in the heart of Florence, and we ex
pect to have large crowds at all our games,
as Florence Is loaded with good rooters,
and ws will no doubt have a good Omaha
audience, aa hundreds of Omaha people
drive out the boulevard every Sunday, and
you know there's nothing like having lome
attraction to drive to."
Mr. Barlght expecta to have the park In
juration by May IS.
Ogrien's Ftas Team.
Glen Ogden, manager of the W. O. Clarka,
deserves much credit In securing euch a
Strong and clean aqad of ball players;
though his team has not played anything
more than practice games this season they
have made a splendid showing and each of
them la worthy of more mention than they
have yet had. Among the playera are J.
Brown of the old Nonpareils. Bernard
Zoran f the Townsends, Zellers and Mur
phy of the Crelghton team and J. Ogden,
brother of Olen Ogden, who la playing a
well game. The team will play the Coro
nas today at Stora park at 4 o'clock p. m.
The Cudahya have organized for the sea-
Antatenr Dlnmond Dnrt.
Bernord Iran has forgot he had the
rhuemltlsm all winter.
Burt McNamee claims that he has lost a
little bat with a big hole In It.
Bam Letherby Is there this year with his
famous dope ball and all klnda of ateam
also.
Has anybody seen anything of the Hans
com park's this year? or did they mcve to
South Omaha.
Today at Miller's park the People's Store
and the Hnrtmsns will clash and a hot
game Is assured.
The VicUra have been looking for a suit
able wedding present for one of their star
pitchers. Why Knot.
Johnny Meek says there Is no pop bottle
in his arm this year. He would like to
pitch for some good amateur team.
Scully aays everything is lovely down
at Twentieth and 1'ierce. streets. There are
some ball players at Joe's every night
I'ele Schrittien at Atlantic, la., says he
has a squad 01 young colts and that they
are so fast, he went book any Omaha teams
before June.
Any manager wha wants a good attrac
tion should address the South Omaha base
ball ciub. U. 8. Kenneay or plume Itui,
South Omaha.
The Dlaniurals and the Townsends will
play today at Ktrty-fourth and Jones. Both
teams have been in steady practice and a
good game la expected.
Any gond ball player, who Is desirous
of Joining a fast amateur team should ad
dress K Newman, lulu South Eighteenth
fclrett and send references.
Neola may be classed as a amateur team
this year, providing its present line make
good, but last year it is safe to say Neola
was a salaried team throughout.
The Coronas showed up yell last Sunday
with the stick and did good mid season
work, one triple play; three double plays:
fourteen hits and six stolen bases.
Ore-en's Nebraska Indians are training
dlliRenUy at Wahoo, Neb., and are round
ing into good shape. The redskins open Jne
season at F.eniont. Neb., on April 21.
The Coronas are ready and In line trim.
Manager Mil Smith feels confident of a
good season, and certainly has good reason
to feel so, as he has a splendid lineup.
E. Morenrty. manager of the People
Store team, says his bunch has the re
quired amount of contldence and that con
tinence is much better than a lot of has
I been s.
M.roant Dnnih nf Fort Omaha has cer
tainly got a good, strong bunch of ball
players this year and no manager need fear
that hl team could not be entertained at
the fort.
The Coronas and the W. Q. ClarkB will
play thla afternoon at Stora park; game
called at 4 o'clock sharp. The lineup is a
strong one for both teams and a good game
Is expected.
Fort Calhoun, which made a splendid
record last year, only losing two games,
has reorganized and Mr. Henry Jlpp will
be manager. All teama wishing games
should write at once.
Manager C, F. Ratekln of the Diamonds
hajj several good dates open and would
like to hear from any manager In or out
of the city. Address C. F. Ratekln,
South Twelfth street.
Double plays wouldn't be bad at this
time of the year, but the Coronas made a
triple Sunday, the first o fthe year. Kfep
your eyes on the Corona, but don't allow
yourself to be surprised.
Charley Mack was presented with a sure
hit bat last Tuesday over at Storx park.
This lint was turned out by one of the
members of the club and Is four feet long
and clone to six inches In diameter.
Roy 6tacey tf South Omaha has organ
tied what will be known as the Mld-Cty
Junior's. The team is composed of boys
not over 16 years of age. Manager Btaeey
Is deslrlous of games, address Hoy Stajc''.
W7 North Twelfth Btreet, South Omaha.
The Krug Brewing company may have
a new tram and Mr. Frank Greener Is the
prospective manager, the grounda are to
be locutod at f'lfty-ulxth and Center,
nothing detlnate has been done, but If
William Horwnan ibiks u up ine ueai ui
no doubt go through.
Manager M. A. Kuhlman of the Nebraska
City team Is doing some hustling in the
bam bull line at present and should he be
able to play Sunday ball at home this year,
he would make the bst showing of any
manager Nebraska City ever had, as h
has the team ami Is the right man In the
right place. Manager Kuhlman is look
ing for good Saturday attractions.
The Strollers, now being managed by
Walter Howell, will be known hereafter as
the American Radiator company's team.
Manager Howell has added several strong
men to the lineup and the season should
be a good one for him. All teams wishing
games can secure them by corresponding
with Walter Howell, 1J1S Leavenworth, or
'phone Douglas 1118. v
The Bee will publish the standings of
amateur teams who cure to contest for the
Adolph Storx trophy. Every amateur team
manager in Omaha should enter this con
test, as It will be no m-re than Justice
to his team and a step towards promoting
the interest of all amateur sports. No team
Is barred, no matter what color or clasa
TEAM.
1..-0.-A. Originals,.
Stori Athletic Club.
"' Athletic f'ltlh
Victors
Coronas
Omaha Field Club..
Ideal Hustlers
IT. P. Shops
Co. Bluffs Transfer.
Hoctors
So. Om. Stars (Col).
Trmnwnilfl
PIMmouth, Neb...
Manilla. Is
Quick Bros.. Mc
Clelland, la
t'nderwot'd. Ia
Ansiey. Neb
Armours
Neb. City. Neh
Florence Achates...
Fort Calhoun
Carpenter Pnper Co
Inland Park, Ia
Deaf A Dumb Inst..
W. G. Clark
I'eople s Store
Ramblers ,. .
Hansen n Parks
O. R. H. K
Diamonds
Metl Pros
l.nkesMcs
Cudahys
Oinahn Vehfcle Co.
Amer. Radiator Co
Riversides
Ideals
Superiors
Merchants
Royals
Iaurels
Onlmnds
Maroon
Mld-Clty Jr.'e
Hartmans . .
Prodegaards ,
Peter Om verts. ....
Omaha Gns Co
Strollers
Fort Omaha
""Vsmouth, Ia
Nrola. Ia
Atlantic, Ia
HUlys
Bellevue (Town)...
Invlnclbles
Bellevue
Necla. Iowa
Sterlings
MANAGER.
Fred Bradford. 1M1 N. loth
Thos. Knapp. Kj S. Hth, (2 teams)...
Prank Hnrrlann. ?M I Jrnnt. li teams
.Chns Ien. 1111 William
Nell Smith. IMS P. '-'Mil
Paul Hoagland. VM S M l
C. K. iMmrlis. Council bluffs. Ia
Buck Cas-'y. I. I". Store Dept
H. D.Dobblns. rare Trans, club r'ms. .
eo. Kennedy, 412 N. Inn, So. Omaha
Guy Jackson. CfiU N St
Frank Cnigley. Clll Maple
, F. K. Warren
.Ijou Miller
.Fred Thomas
I. W. Cash
S. B. McKenty
Ceo. Kennedy. 412 N. 21th. So. Omaha
. W. A. Kuhlman
. I. C Barlght, 1f11 Dndgi St
Henry Jlpp. Fort Callioun, Neb....
. F. Smith. Carpenter Paper Co
. r rrii ieir
.Oeo. Thompson. 45th and Boulevard.
. t.tien 'Rafii, . ?i.i . .ii n
E. Moreartv, lof. N. 2?d
.1,. C. .VntFh. N. 'J'ld. So. Omaha..
.Ken Penon. 1".5 S. Cfith Ace
.J. H. McKltrtck. M?3 S. 27Mi
Frank Greener. 921 N. 4Mh
.f'nrl Wendlwti-en. 12i F. l'ith
Gus Romev. a;IS Ames Ave
William Fox. 3 S. 2nd
K. Newman, Win S. IRt h
.Walter Howell, 1713 Invenworth....
.Paul Nord-en. 1f 1 ! S. 6th
.Charles Utton, Uw N. 2Mh
.Charles Carey, joo S. 17th
.John Donohoe. Z!Jf I epven worth
.C. 11 Schoe.sler. M3S S. lWh
John Dniohoe. Leavenworth....
.Frank O'eepr-r, prt N 4th
.John McKlnnrv. 114 R. 17th
.Roy Stacey, 837 N. l'-th, So. Omaha..
. I,. Winkler. 1 154 Douglas
. D. R. Buck. 115 S Ifith
Peter Gravert. Pen'on. Neb
.Harry Brunner, Omnha Gas Co
. Walter Ho-vrll, 17'" T eavnnvorth...
.Sergeant Pooth. Fort Omaha
..Frink B. Downs
Fred A. Wlll'ams
.Teter Schnftzen
Wll'lnm Pell. 1106 N. Mth
.J. D. Peters
, Teo PouVrp. 17rt T eivenworth
.John Peters. Bellevue, Neb
. Fred A. Williams
.Harry Sage, 1136 N. 17th
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all managers rhould send their names
to the sporting edlur of The Bee.
The Townsends made a splendid showing
st Diets park last Sunday. The Townscnda
have not got started yet and when tnoy
are off with a little more practice they will
make them all hard to catch. Moreorty,
who Is pitching for the Townsends ton
year, will no doubt turn out to be one of
the best In Omaha before the season Is
over, as he has the speed, right kind of
stuff, and beyond all, a good head.
The Riversides have organ. zed and are
ready t- meet any 18-year-old team In the
city. Manager Nordeen has secured a
strong lineup and should win most of his
games. The line up: Novotny, catch;
J. Murroy, pitch; Metz, first; Lodrozek,
second; ll Lodrouzek, short; Uemher,
third; Johnson, right field; C. Lavlek,
center field; Nonlen, left field. For games
address Paul Mrdeen, 1912 South Sixth, or
Douglas b37E. .'
All teams wishing games with the Storz
Athletic club can now get them, as the
park opens April 21 at 2 p. m. In order to
save all delay send In your open dates and
you will receive an answer at once. Ad
dress 6torx Athletic club, 723 South Six
teenth Btreet. No team Is barred at this
park, and any team composed of gentle
men, no matter what class or color, will
will be welcomed. The Storz Athletic club
would like to hear from all out-of-town
teams.
Quick Bro's. of MoCle.lland. Ia., will be
on deck again this year and McClelland
will no doubt have the best team of Its
history, as Fred Thomas will take a hold
of the squad and when Fred says, "bo will
try It means there will be something doing
for sure. McClelland hai the coolest hill In
Iowa to play ball on, and though the town
was a little quiet last year Manager Thomas
says things have changed since thowe nays
anil all vlsltlntr. teams may rest assured of
a good time and plenty to eat and the very
best accommodations In the city."
DANCE OF SPLITFINNEY TOUT
New Way of Benin on the Fly at
- Bennlngs Makes Trouble tu
Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 13. "I'm there with
the trota keen enough," observed Split
Kinney, the tout, last night as he danced
queerly around on the pavement In front of
the saloon above which he lodges. "Notice
how I can't keep till? Well, that'a It.
"I've picked up the St. Vitus stuff since
I came down here three weeks ago. Chas
ing after these popcorn bookies has handed
me this jump around Junk.
"I don't know what the St. Vitus tiling Is,
but It must have something to do with the
Bong and dance business. 1 saw a bunch of
Pat Rooneya from a bum variety show
here out at the track this afternoon. They
weren't betting. They were Just practising
new steps.
"They'd hop after one of these cruising
chalkers to make mind bets, and In. running
and nudging through the crowd thep picked
up a lot of new buck and wing gags. I'll
be there with some twisty hops good enough
for Eighth avenue dales myself when I get
back to New York.
- "I used to know how to walk, but I've
forgot all about that old way of biking.
It s the run thing for me now, no matter
what I want.
"Went Into a bean cave this morning to
nail my uppercuts and Java, and It was the
nearest thing to a pinch that I've shaved
out of for along whirl. Y'see, I trotted
itjto the cave, like as If I was going to cop
the cash register, and all the waiters chased
at me with slap towels.
"There was a cop In there hurling a ham
and two btlght eyes Into his system, and
he took it, too, that I was all for a hurry
frisk and he Jumped up and gave me the
arm twist. I kept dnnclne; up and down
like a Jap on a slack wire all the time he
was clutching me, and then he got near to
It that I was only one of the new kind of
hopp'ng hicks and turned me loose.
"Well, I pushed a' counle of sinkers Into
my chops, but nix on the Mocha thing
couldn't hold the cup In my mitt without
spilling most of It. for I was doing a heat.
US laps to the mile, around the hennery all
the time. So they had to send next door
to a barber Joint to borrow one of'thosn
topped over muetache shaving cups to give
me my coffee In. I could mazurka around
the dump with that In my hand without
spilling much of It, but that's the only way
I ever could have got by with the wet part
of a breakfast.
"Then I scurried to one cf those Greek
dumps to get my kicks glossed. I ran at
the chair like a milkman hopping up the
steps at a quarter past three In the morn
ing, but when I sat down I saw right off
that It wasn't going to come off, that
shine.
"I bounced up and down In the chair like
little Alcwyn on his new hobby horse on
Christmas morning before the old folks
were up, and the Greeka ahinesman felt of
the curved knife In the back of his belt
and looked like he was going to write his
monaker on my middle with It he thought
I was doing that Charley the Kidder thing
and trying to hang a cut-up tag on him.
But I told him to nlx-nlx with that snick
ersnee stuff, that I was only one of those
winds ups that couldn't take It on the easy
side, because I.'d been out to Bennlnga a
lot, and he grinned and seemed to be hep
to It there must have been other in there
ahead of me.
"He had to strap my feet to the foot
rests before he could get any action on
the shine thlngt but all during the shine
I was bobbing up and down In the seat and
making motions like a 60-yard dasher cover
ing the last ten feet ot the cinder track.
"I was a couple of days overdue for a
whisker breakoff, . but I hated the Idea of
a shave. But I galloped into, a barber
shop where the hair choppers looked good
natured and started to tell 'em what I waa
up against. ,
" 'That's all right,' said the boss barber,
'kick right In. We've had a lot like you
and you'll be staked to a acrape all right.
We've got the machinery."
"Than he and three others barbera
grabbed me and dragged me over to the
wall, where there was a half arc Bteel thing,
like a dog collar cut In two, screwed In.
They Jammed my head against the wall,
clamped that steel thing around my neck
with a click it fastened by a spring and
then one of them began to lather me up.
"It was all light. He got away with It.
I was doing the Lancashire clog with my
feet all the time he was shaving ma. but
my head was fastened bo that I couldn't
Joggle It, and the shave was a hit.
"When he was slapping the powder on I
switched to a Mississippi cotton hop, but
even that didn't bother the barber; he said
he'd had 'm doing the North Carolina wide
split while clamped up that way, and still
he managed to scrape 'em. Juat before he
got through with me another one of 'am
romped In, and he stood in the middle of
the floor doing the Louisiana goozoezoo
while he waited for me to be undamped.
There's nothing to It; these hair harvesters
down here sure ara Jakey Next to alj the
new stuff.
"Well, when the scraper turned me loose
and let me out of that clamp I was so keen
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to get to hupping again tnat I raced out of
ths dump Ilk a gay, glad hoyden on rollor
skates and then on up t lie street Ilk a
Keokuk hanky-pank chasing to th op'rey
house fire. I felt like running about six
hundred and two miles to get hunk for that
clump-up thing, but they wouldn't let me.
' Some skimpy standing In a doorway let
out the 'Stop thief" holler, and then all
hands took after me. I lumbered down
Tennsylvania avenue like Tom Sharkey
doing a sprint around Central park to fit
himself to rassle with some soft mark of
a pedler, but there was a lot J m in th
crowd chasing me that had It on me when
It came to the scoot gag.
"About nine dozen of them grabbed m
all at once, and then a bull drilled up and
asked me what for and where did I make
the swipe. I was still doing the polonaise
stuff while he was asking me those things,
and he saw the sluipe of the gag.
" 'What you want,' said the cop Is about
two quarts of that slow dope that they use i
out at the track on the not meant ones.
G wan, now, and see if you can't make It I
a single foot movement. This heavy loping
will get you pinched Inside of twenty nun- I
utcs In this man's town If you keep It up. j
We're the slow pokes down here. YoU .
ought to he hep to that by this time.
Wow, now, youse.' .
"So I ambled off. not doing much better';
th.-.'. the mile in 0:45. So that 1 could take '
kind of a grip on myself I dodg.-d Into a
hat store. 1 needed a new lid, anyhow, and :
I thought I might as well grab It out then
as not.
"There were a lot of tired looking clerks
leaning around on piled up hat boxes, and
when they saw me rumble In that way,
like as If I was running after one of those
Bronx cars that never stop for anybody,
even the superintendent of the road, why,
they slipped each other the glance and
began to look real cagey about me.
" 'Derby, and quick,' I told 'em. pacing
around a heap of boxes. 'Size seven, and
get It out on the canter, for I'm a slag
train on a down grade today, with all
brakes and bats off. Gimme a derby.'
"While I kept right on cantering around
like. a booby hatch bug thnt thinks he's a
torpedo boat, one of the clerks grabbed
out a No. 7 lid and handed It to me, and I
got a peek at how It looked on my top as I
chased past a mirror.
" 'This one'll do,' I said, and then a
funny gag came off. One of the clerks
scrambled to the front door of the plant
and locked It.
" 'Hey. what's the reply?" I asked him
when I saw him do that. 'Tou're going to
let me glide out of here when I dig up for
thla bonnet, ain't you?'
" 'When you settle for It,' said he, with
a whole lot of the hard pedal stuff on the
'when.'
" 'But you can slip me the why, can't
you?' I asked him. 'I could use that an- ,
swer In a new sketch I'm fixing up.' !
" 'Well, said the clerk at that, 'we've
turned the key In the door for a reason ,
that seems pretty good to us. It's this:
There was one of you running folks In here 1
yesterday forenoon. He got a hat on the j
run, Just like you've got yours, and then i
he slanted out of the door on the double !
and did the daylight ghost thing down the
street, and we haven't seen the color of ;
his coin for the hat yet. That's the reply.'
"That made the door locking gag look
reasonable enough, and so I dug for the
bonnet and they pulled the chain down
and let me out, me still clipping along like
Mister Newlywed lamming for the colic
doctor In the middle of the night.
"I pulled up, still aldewheellng like a
bird dog. In a Bouse mill, and there, for
once, they knew what ailed me that 'I
had the Bennlngs trots. I knew that they
knew,, for the head barkeep beckoned to
me as soon as I plowed Into the dump.
" 'Come hither, Birdie, and . name lt'
said he. 'We've got the harness here for
all nf thMA new runners, and we ran And
will pickle you stiff Inside of eight minutes, '
if you're there with the pay-off junk. Give :
It a name,, then.'
" 'Oh, a hooter of the red kind,' I tossed I
back to him, ana then what d ye s pose
cams off?
"I weaved over to where he was stand
ing behind the bar, and what does he do
but lift up a bottle of the old stuff with a
tube and a nipple at the end of the tube.
Just like the kind of .gear you see In baby
carriages In the parks. Y' see, he knew
that us Bennlngs trotters went too fast to
pour put a glass and pick It up and toaa
It In without spilling It all over our shirt
fronts, and so they had the apparatus all
framed.
"I grabbed the bottle with the tube and
nipple aa I shinned by the head barkeep's
stand, inhaled about four Angers aa I
scampered around the dump, replaced the ,
bottle on the bar, made another turn 1
around while I dug up the price, tossed It
on the bar on my run out, and there I was,
all fixed up with a gulp, and not a little
bit of trouble in grabbing it out. I 'spose
that wasn't a gin house that knew how to
cater to all kinds? ;
"Then I hopped a car to go to the house
of a Washington live one that I dug up to
tell him the names of everything that waa
going to win on the card. It was an open
car, but getting on a car didn't flag me
from that run stuff. I vamped up and
down th running board like a king ape
looking for some way to get out of its
cage, until the conductor edged along, took
my nickel as I flashed by him and then
began to look me over right critically.
" 'Soma new game, pal?' he asked me.
" 'Nope,' 1 told him. 'I'm Juit exercis
ing.' " 'Must be doing it on a bet, hey?' Bald he.
" 'Nix again,' said I, 'I'm Just whipping
up tho circulation some, that'a alL'
" 'Well, 1 11 tell you, bo,' aald he then.
that kind of whipping is barred in the
betting around here. You aee, you're ex- j
ceedlng the speed limit. Speed limit for
cars In this town Is twelve knots an hour. '
Now, thla car Is doing its twelve right
now, and you're topping it by doing twenty
an hour on your own account, which makes
thirty-two an hour all added together. So
I'm afraid you'll have to tin that stuff.
It may be all right and all that, but this
Is a drowsy burg and the folks don't like
the new gags.'
"He was a decent enough young fellow,
so I hopped off the car and spent the rest
of the time, until It was the hour to hike
for the track. Just running after street
cars and trying not to catch them. I had i
to have some excuse for keeping up that
gallop line of Junk without standing for a
pinch.
"I don't know what's going to come off
when I get buck to New York. If they
nail me pounding up and down Broadway
at this Lou Dillon clip It'll sure be me for
a purple ticket for the nut foundry. These
Bennlnga trots have sure got me
"HI, there' a a honk wagon, and I'm on
my way going to run after It for fifty or
alxty miles and see if I can't work some
of this dance stuff out of my carcass.'
But I'd like to stuff a couple of quarts of
dried apples and then a pall of water Into .
th Inventor of thla Bennlnga way of bet- I
ting on th gallop, that's what I would.
If there'a a horse at Bennlnga that's got
any kind of a shade on me doing anything
from a Jump to eight milts. I'm from
Sedalla, Mo., and soma bad at seeing, at
that!"
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