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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 16. 1007.
Tiie Omaiia Sunday Bee.
OMAHA, SL'KDAx. JUNE 14. 1J7.
JUDGMENTS
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SHOULD McORAW make good on his
declared Intention of retiring from
Jiasoliall the game will lose a figure
that has loomed large in the public
y for several seasons, st times
tomptotely monopolizing the spot light. It
lannot be said that the attention he haa
received haa been exactly that a (rood man
would court. McQraw Drat came Into no--jk,.c
aa the champion rowdy of the cham
pion Orioles at a time when that team ai
Hot excelled In point of bad behavior even
by tbe notorious Cleveland under leader
lilp Of "Pat" Tcbeau. Since that time his
J name lias been synonymous for nearly all
f .bat Is objectionable In baaoball. His
treachery to the American league l too
fresh In the minds of all who hav fol
lowed the game to need recounting. He
may rot have been any worse thsn a lot
of others who achieved unenviable reputa
tions at that time for Jumping contracts
ad breaking agreements, but this does not
Id th least excuse htm. The Johnsonltes
did not trust him, and his coup fell because
tha American loaguo was ready to put
player Into Baltimore In a minute and thus
prevent the disruption of their playing cir
cuit. Sine ba has been leader of the New
York Giants McQraw has dimmed the lus
ter of a great player's name by bis per
sistent resort to disreputable tactics. That
tha dlants are a great ball team will not
' be gainsaid, but they cannot get credit for
this so long as they ars led by a man
whoa fame rests chiefly on the rows he
baa kicked up at various times. MeGraw
will be missed from tha game, but he will
Dot ba regretted.
Tha United States Lawn Tennis associa
tion la going Just a little farther In Us
efforts to keep the game clean. Recently
It was announced that the cup hunter
would bs discouraged and the genuine ten
Ma ptsysr protected from his rapacity.
Now It la stated that tha practice of bet-
ting will be discouraged. It Is out of rea
' Sun that all wagers on games should be
prevented. for It Is human nature to back
an opinion, but the game of tennis will be
kept free from the pool selling that mars
It abroad, and such betting as does prevail
will b of tha sort not calculated to In
terfere with honest play at the nets. It
Is good to see this step taken early, for
tt ean only hav a good effect on tbe game.
Btll Squires la now fighting in front of the
camera, that tha come-on may get a notion
f his stylo. It will take a good deal
mora than a moving picture exhibit to get
real money for a prize fight In Nevada
atno the O'Brien-Burns fake. Jeffries
i Borer showed more bead than he did last
week When, be positively declared that no
turM would tempt him Into the ring again.
, Tha prlse-fight, strong-arm men have
about killed their goose in America.
Tha Mike Kelley settlement will not
hart tha feelings of anyone outside
ths American association. His presence in
Pes Mslnes may Inspire the champions to
a little mora sportsmanlike work, but is
not likely to have any serious effect on
tbe outcome of tha race. The fact that
tha whole Western league Is faster than
It was last season makes It pretty certain
than no on man Is going to revolution
ise St.
Manager Rourke and Captain Franck are
building tip a scoring machine that win
' . ... Uo. t.MMt ti Vi n v a
look lite me one rmm
In Boston. With five of the fastest run-
f pers in m league tnu v"
hitters.- they are klrendy striking terror
Into the hearts of the opposition and a
little more practice will tasks tha machine
almost Invincible.
That Uncanny noise -you have heard at
nights recently was only Harry Welch
...i- .m for' another session with the
pitchers. Ha hasnt been well pleaaed with
his battling average lately, and proposes
now to go after tnM6 Allows right. When
tho doctor makes up his mind to do this,
the outfielders may as weU get back to the
fence.
Jake FKahl tn aeml-professlonal ball will
look better than being dragged at the tall
of tha Clmlsky-Canttllon chariot. The deal
by which be was prevented from becoming
manager of the Bostons is one of the worst
In league annals, but Jake will be gainer
tn th end, for tha book will ba opened
Km)) day.
Tha golfers will have th center of the
stag during the week, with the opens on
her and In England. Local Interest In these
great contests Is merely Incidental, but the
-nirara la always anxious to know
of anything pertaining to th game, The
scores will ba much taiaea aooui iuo
Omaha clubs.
On of ths chief est causes for satisfaction
In Omnha'a again taking th lead In th
pennant race Is that soma of the Home
toaster association had to settlo aa the
result. Bets thst Omaha would never see
top again wer enthusiastically offered and
Just as eagerly taken a tew weeks ago.
nannnwanwa
Denver has picked up at least one good
outfielder tn Cassady. who seems to know
what Is required In th outer gardens. At
letst ho convinced Jo Dolan of hia ef
ficiency by robbing th old veteran of at
least on two bagger In each gam Denver
played her.
The warm west bar of the last few days
has mad quite an Inroad on the batting
average. It la th pitchers' turn, now, and
the hard hitting boys will have to trim
laxrir lamps pretty close It they expect to
keep up their figure.
Oraham Is surely the find of the season;
he Is Just a little bit th fastest second
baseman th Western league has had yet.
Whan he has seasoned a little he will make
th big league crowds sit up and look.
Tn race la every league but th Na-
onal Is still close end exciting, with no
club booked as a certainty. Frank Chance
and bis Cuba have left nothing but second
honors (or anyon In th old league.
Graham's leg have won th undying re
gard ot most of the in fielders In th West
era. When he la under full sail they de
vote their attention to trying to catch
some other player.
Fred Titus tells enough of kls treatment
at Henley to prove that no Tankee with
ohsnn to win will ever be welcomed at
tha big regatta on th Thames.
, Baa ball law will look Ilk a corkscrew
by th Urn son of th further ponding
case are settled. Th Kelley and 8ahl
gave It some awful twist.
Omaha wtll get Its first double-header
this afternoon. That ought to ba npugh
to fill the rot with bugs.
Beat Wright la getting Into condition to
go to England for th Davis cup series.
This ts) encouraging.
Anyhow, the Jarrott hoodoo was busted
wide opart
ft) twig, Mufgayj you needn't hurry back.
REWARDS BEAR GOOD FRUIT
Money Offered for Eoad Violators
Payi Automobile. Men.
WILD DEIYIXG IS DEPRECATED
Improvement of Coantry Roads
Serve to Increase ltog Trips
by Owners of Machines
la Omaha.
"The rewards which the Omaha Auto
mobile club offered have had th desired
effect, we believe" said Lee McShane, sec
retary of the Omaha Automobile club. "It
was really getting dangerous to travel
over ths streets of the suburbs of Omaha
in the evening and something had to be
done to protect the life of machine owners.
We offered those two rewards and have
bad no complaints since. "The automobile
men realize there are soma among their
number who do not use good Judgment In
running their machines and often do not
have the proper regard for the safety of
others, but all owners should not have
their lives put In Jeopardy because of the
foolishness of a few. The majority of the
machine owners are of the most respected
snd lawabtding citizens of Omaha and they
regret more than any one els the lack of
Judgment some of the drivers show In
speeding their machines through the
streets. One of the objects of the club Is
to control these reckless drivers."
' Work on the Streets.
The streets of Omsha are fast being put
Into better condition and the repair depart
ment has been doing good work for the
last few weeks In spite of the rain. Heavy
wagons cut holes In the ssphalt pavement
and by spring these holes sre quite nu
merous, enough so to make riding almost
dangerous on many of the streets. Blocks
and blocks have been repaired since the
department got hold of material with
which to work and a marked improvement
Is noticeable.
With the advent of warmer weather
many long touring trips are being planned
and the Omaha owners will be found tour
ing ail over the country. Gould Diets will
take an extended trip when he gets his
new machine. The roads to and from
Omaha are in much better condition than
they have been for some time and the
macadamized driveways sre busy sights
each evening and Sundays. Trips may be
taken In every direction from Omaha. The
trip north la one of the favorites, as It
takes the excursionists over the old Cal
houn road, up and down Ponca hill and
toward Blair, the road being lined all tbe
way with beautiful foliage.
Dodge Street I load Popular.
Another frequented road is the Dodge
street road and this haa been most popular
during the rainy season for a paved road
extends eight milt out, when other coun
try roads are still muddy from the rains.
The old Military road is also the fine road
to use when a trip to Fremont is contem
plated, as it takes the travelers through
the town of Irvlngton and along th high
hills until the bank of the Elkhora la
reached.
On a fine day no prettier drive can be
had than the one to Millard, via the Center
street macadamized road. It Is but a short
trip to the Platte and enroute th new
Lane cut-off of th Union Pacific may be
viewed. This Is one of the most marvelous
pieces of railroad work of the age and is
full of Interest because of the Immense
cuts and fills. With a good machine It Is
but a short spin on to the state fisheries at
Oretna or rather acioas the river from
South Bend, and here is one of ths pret
tiest spots In th state. ,
Th Antontobll World.
Mason City, la., has a club with eighteen
charter members.
According to government figures, Mlchl
gan haa 7,026 miles of improved roads.
The Seattle (Wash.) Automobile associa
tion has been permanently organized.
An automobile which eells for but KW Is
finding a ready sale In England and Is
proving satisfactory for the pric paid.
King Edward almost Invariably uses
English cars while traveling in foreign
territory, much to trie aeugni 01 nui tuuu
trymen. The racing fever has struck Winnipeg,
nr.,, -hArtt thA local club will hold a
reliability contest to extend over a period
of three days.
D. H. Lewis, who laid out the route for
the GUdden tour, Bays he found great In
terest in the tour In . the cities through
which he passed,
a iHirantle floral narade on tha Board
walk has been decided upon by the Atlantic
City Automobile club to replace me ou'
doned Boring races,
T. ..mo tha smaller Ftaffltsh Cities
light motor chars-a-bane, with a capacity
of twenty-six passengers, - are taking the
places of the heavier motor Duses.
TV.. ,.-.t1A nf TVench builders Of mak
ing only high-priced cars is what makes
the American invasion of the markets of
that country so easy.
A big Detroit factory completed its out
put of 19OT cars on May 13. twenty-nine
Cays aneaa oi icneuuie, anu ini"inwij
bearan experimenting with 1908 models.
The Automobile club of Washington has
been elected to membership in the Ameri
can Automobile association as representing
the District of Columbia.
Owing to the nearness of the" tonr bear'
In hta name. Charles J. Olidden of Bos
ton has abandoned his Intended trip
through northern Europe this summer.
A corogTaphic map, designed specially for
ev,'lti nd automobillsta. drawn to a
scale of 1.!5.W and covering all Italy, haa
been begun by the Italian Touring club.
Probably the first run exclusively for
women was that recently held by the
Quaker Cltv Ladies' Motor club, rrom
Philadelphia to Atlantic City and return.
A feature of the touring contests being
held bv the Maryland Automobile club for
the cud donated by Dr. H. M. Rowe Is
that every owner must run his own car
Several Terre Haute business men and
their families, numbering about fifty per
sons In all, recently motored from their
city to Indianapolis and return In one day.
The record from London to Monte Carlo
having been broken by a Frenchman, Brit
ish motorists are planning a contest which
will bring the honor back to their country.
Edna May, the actress, whe recently be
came the bride of Oscar Lewisohn. with
her husband. Is making a three months'
bridal tour of southern Europe in a motor
car.
The British motoring Journals. In dis
cussing the dust problem, unite In declar
ing that there is ss much blame due to the
condition of the roads as to th automo
biles. When a student from Baltimore was ar
rested at Karlsruhe, Germany, for causing
an automobile accident, he was required
to furnish ball before he was re-
teased.
George W. Lyon of Chicago, who shortly
will establish a motor-cycle record from
New Tork to his home city, believes he
ran cover the distance In leas than twelve
ds vs.
The good roads movement has taken a
greater hold on the south than ever be
fore, the facility with which convict labor
may be utilized being a strong Incentive to
highway building.
In addition to the expenditure of r. 000, 000
on Connecticut roads by the state, the
towns will have their own yearly approprta
tlons left Intact tn apend on roads leading
to the state highways.
Business troubles, due to bad weather,
are blamed for the suicide at New Tork of
Marlus B. Beekman, president of a com
pany which operates sight-seeing automo
biles in several cities.
There should he plenty of good roads In
the vicinity of Ean Jos. CaL. for highway
improvements thereabouts are In chares of
George B. Polnemua. president of tbe Santa
Clara Country Automobile club.
The Australian Automobile club recently
held a suorvasful reliability trial over a
i'D-mile course which exteAdod over a range
of mountains where the grade of the road
rose iJ'V feet In the firt seventy mile.
Boston has solved the problem of making
Coiiutiuciwealth avenue, one of th tiut
srlstix rallc boulevards ef the city and a
favorite n.acadain thornutrhfars with auto
laia. dusth-aa by an application of coal tar.
'ittec are uiur sluu bridges la Martun
county. Indian, thnn In anv o'h' r iti..n
ef Its size In the world. act-orllrr John
MeGrpi ir, an enthusiastic nutomolillit f
Indianapolis, and a Marlon county commis
sioner. After conferring with Tarts auto experts
the Automobile club of Milan haa d'cl'l"d
to hold two raring events, one on the
kaiser a cup plan and the second similar to
the grand prlx, to Insure plenty of con
testants. English veterinary surgeons have discov
ered that d''Ss whose owners can-y them
shout In automobiles soon become afflicted
with motor heart, snd thst, unless tho
practice be stopped, the canines die from
the disease.
The tricar seems to he poshing the motor
cycle hard for public favor In Great Britain,
due to the fact that it can carry two per
sons Instead of one, while, at the same
time. It la less costly than a fout-whoeled
automobile.
In marked contrast to President Lrnihet,
who was a keen lover of horses. President
FalMeres of France, prefers the automobile
to horse-drawn ennvevanrfs and has sold
twelve out of the fifteen horses In tho
executive stables.
Blnce the United Btates assumed control
of Porto Rico there have been built E'l
miles of macadamized highways, making,
with the 173 miles which the Spanish con
structed. 43 miles of as fine roads as there
are In the world.
After a careful study of the cost of auto
mobile traction a German expert has de
clared that autobuses would not pay In
any city less than l.uuo.fn) Inhabitants,
which means that Berlin alone could reckon
on such service.
The Northwest Automobile Racing as
sociation is planning a series of events,
to be held In Seattle, Tacoma. Vancouver,
Victoria. Belltnghatn, North Yakima,
Walla Walla. Spokane, Lewiston. Missoula,
Helena and Butte.
The autobus has revolutionized intervl!
lage communication throughout western
France, where there are tint few rmlr.u.U
and the traveling heretofore has bwn mo
py horsedrawn vehicles, electric lines being
limited to the cities.
Three youna- Princeton inlversitv rsdn-
ates, seeking a useful occupation find busi-
slr.,1 "Kf. r;7. '
ture automobiles. It Is said one of them '
recently Inherited JVfT.tsO. ,
The Colorado Automobile cluh hnM irrt-
TilVVevVri 'crLf0rna,hCeUPvrcnlt Sf of the International team are satisfactorily
Denver are under consideration. The cup settled. The fact that regular bookmakers
will become the permanent property of the i follow the English and European tourna
contestant who wins It twice. I w ,., i. not
The automobile made practically its first
appearance In art In Eneland fast vr
men m iMiKe DnrirniE rrni n in a ear va.
shown at the royal academy. This year
an exhibition is being held at Ixmdon de
voted entirely to motor drawings.
Morocco and Tunis are ideal lands for
winter automobile touring, according to
George C. Tyler, a theatrical man. who
nas Just returned to Paris from a 5,nn
mile trip through northern Africa, Includ
ing a portion of the Sahara desert.
At the urgent request of the police, who
heard rumors of an attempted assassina
tion the kaiser returned to his palace from
a recent military review In his armored
automobile. Instead of on horseback, at the
head of a cavalry regiment, as usual.
The New Jersey Automobile and Motor
cluo of Newark disputes the claim of the
Automobile club of Buffalo to second rank
In the country la point of membership,
ine Jerseymen claim to have over luO
more members than the New Yorkers.
In England there is being made an ex
haustive test of a set of tires with no Inner
tube, but filled with granulated cork and
rubber. A car Is to be driven 15-) miles a
day for forty days, and so far the tires
seem to be fulflllling their inventors prom
Plans sre being talked of which will re
suit In teams from the Worcester club the
gay State Automobile association and the
Rhode Island Automobile club of Provi
dence competing In gymkhana stunts In
each of the three cities represented by the
clubs.
Backed by King Alfonso and the Madrid
Automobile club, one of the most compre
hensive international automobile exhibits
ever given in Europe will be held In con
nection with the International exhibition of
arts, crafts and manufactures at Madrid In
the fall. ,
A broad boulevard connecting Boston with
the White i mountains Is assured before the
close of the present year. Many stretches
already are Completed, and the New Hamp
shire legislature has appropriated enouh
v.ii JLhi".," known as the Merrlmae
Valley Trunk line.
With the tying up of the car lines" first by
the great fire and recently by strike, the
n?tor'ar has proven a blessing Indeed to
San Francisco. Nearly every car in the
city was employed during the strike trans
porting passengers from the ferry depot to
various parts of the city.
It is estimated that to put the existing
roads in England and Wale, into perfect
?Te.eroJ5,.m.,or5' .BO a" to avol1 th trou
bles of dust snd too weak surface would
whether It would not he better to mak
new trunk roads for traffic
,At,i1fwJTorld',,recor'1 for 1f-m!le auto.
m"l on 'a one-mile circular track
W..hd-th, Bennlnga track. "Jar
Washington D. C on Memorial day" by
"v'eM ln 0d,t0.,nBaU'm0re' wh w th
event in a sixty horsepower car in 1 hours
1J minutes. 43 J-5 seconds, nours.
inT.?.'how. thf ae"iand for cars furnished
crU"ual .""l?" Philadelphia maker w
cently received a piece of lead pencil of a
bright purple hue with the request that
maker8- i mde lo ma, Tha
maker now is expect ng to receive aamnle.
of dress material to be copied "amP'e
.A 'Tpalr w"on driven by a four-cylinder
on' h.' SI!" b" "dopted for use
ralv t." Metropolitan- Underground
wh.n i . wa,on U '"tended for use
W,hevnAh" lectrt.e current has been cut off
thr.l 0?."?? my work oa
itiicr security.
A.merlcna who plan to tour Sweden
Jl..tKelr ca," ohtln certificates from
Swedish consuls before sailing, on arrival
they will receive from the police author
ities of that country driving permits and
rh?1Vra.t,on "umbers without going
1 .f",n n "haustlve examination.
Motor Championship of the Chan
il? : on June , lust two davi
before the h nni.. ,v. . Vr. " . r. '.
,iii iT. J. ,l" "n ot ln Orand Prix. It
will be over a sixty-mile course for racer,
and one-half that distance for cruise"
.Ia!?, rt"uIt of an fsTiment over tha
speed of their respective care A w.in
te'y nd Guy Vaughn of New Tork. h.
arranged a twenty-flve-mlle race to takj
Place In the near future, for 1o6o a side
mobT. TaU',itloha" 0B Auto
Kansas City Automobile club Is determined
tU kZZ, h: Pti'e- A "Ill-climbing -
h- "k Id on Memorial day; on June 1J
the members took the orphans of the cltv
birhae,5pl" d on Jul race 'meet will
be held.
"Alkoethlne,
thA ... ,
mixture of air. alcohol vy ,rnd acet v
r"utli(r from the ajravlng of dl"
luted alcohol over calcium carbide It
L'Tn ll Reaper fuel than gasoline
f, 2.neiJ1C'r"8ar? "W'-atuB t'"- Produc ng
!meamoltorad'ilt,!d l Dy h'h-P
ti.8 iaui" of heavy wear of he front
Jli '.. ?"nM in the steering lever
Joints "W hen there Is much play in these
ihe wheel, are allowed to Stray out of
the parallel track, so that the tire tread
in contact with the ground is really scrub
nnl "n.,.,he rad a" instead of
Jtl. ,fcwby.kthe.rn,te3 State" forestry
service rrf the strength of commercial
timbers, such as are used tn auto bulldinir
shows long-leaf pine to be the strongest
A bearn fTve Inches by twelve Inches bv
fifteen feet will stand a breaking load of
X.7u0 pounds concentrated midway between
the supports.
Several commendable automobile bills
were killed Just before the Pennsylvania
legislature adjourned by the speaker of the
house because the senators who favored
them had opposed some of the speaker's
pet measures. One appropriated Il.iwfl'J
for the Improvement of the PhlladelDhla
Ptttsburg road.
Wlille in the far west rallroada are
hampering the automobile Industry ry
dilatory transportation, the situation In the
south and east has been gTeatly Improved
bv co-operation between traffic manag rs
of the railroads and representatives of the
American Association of IJcensed Auto
mobile Manufacturers.
When a Newark, N. J., factory recently
completed an automobile f ir I. W Her
man. Jr., a wealthy San Franciscan, built
according to his apevlncalions, It was
found that there was no express car high
enough to contain It and the top of the
automobile had to be removed. The trans
continental express shargea exceeded ll,uuu.
Automobile owners and drivers are to be
given a full share of consideration In the
new "City Beautiful" scheme on which At
lantlo City is to spend 1,0. .";. uuu tn laying
out parka and drlvewaya during the next
few year Broad and handsome boule
vards, which are planned, will be laid out
with a view to their use by motor cara
Keep batteries absolutely dry. protct
them from any meiaia coming in contact
with them. Avoid freouent ammeter test
ing. Make the inlerLallery connections
only Willi such connectors as cannot extend
tx-yond the rim cf the knurled nut. If
batterVs are quickly exhaualet or run dowu
betweeu ptriixia of uh, Search for tUe
trouble In your ignition system and cor
rect tt. Drv-rell LalUrifcS d-J tut d4 Uls
without Cause.
NO MORE BETTING ON TENNIS
Bad Fcatur? of Tournaments to B
Forbidden Hereafter.
NATIONAL BODY TAKES ACTION
Practice that Was Becoming a Men
ace to th Sport Is to Be Elimi
nated, If Official Aathof
Ity Is Respected,
NEW TORK, June IB. The executive
committee of the National Lawn Tennis
association Intends to stop betting on tour
naments. There was so much betting dur
ing the last season that before the begin
ning of this year's schedule the executive
committee caused the edict to be promul
gated that It would not countenance the
practice of betting. This was because it
Jeopardized the true amateur status of
players, as haa been observed by the Amer
ican Athletic union, and had on several
occasions In the past led 'to unpleasant
scents upon the courts, as men who had a
pecuniary interest In the match In progress
had attempted to distract the attention of
the competitors.
Keen rivalry among a number of the lead
ing players In the first tournamenta on the
national schedule to be decided has led to
the obnoxious practice reaching highwater
mark thus early In the year. It la no secret
that on the final of one of the tournaments
a' player lost a very considerable Bum, and
the number of what may, be regarded as
reversals of form has caused a large amount
of money in the aggregate to change hands.
From within the executive committee It is
Kaid that the matter will be summarily
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r" "1" w'1" " " 1. .
taken as an excuse ior estaniiBuinn '
thing like a similar custom in this country.
Here the majority of the players regard the
practice as detrimental to the game, aa
they are itenlous of the high place It has
held in being free from professional taint
and a eport In which the highest type of
amateur good sportsmanship ha heretofore
been pre-eminent. It la certain that the
powers of the governing body will be di
rected quietly towar abolishing betting ex
cept In the most subdued and gentlemanly
forms such as a wager of a box or bain
upon the outcome, for Instance and that
it will cease to be a matter ot contention
at coming tournaments of the season.
WOMEN BUSY TN TENNIS ABROAD
Season In
England Looks
Like On
far tha Ladles.
LONDON. June IB. (Epeclal.) This Is
to be a women's lawn tennis season It
arpears. The entry In the surrey cham
pionship at Surblton Included Mrs. Cham
bers (Miss D. K. Douglass), Mrs. Sterry
(Miss Lowther, the holder), Miss C M.
Wilson and MIbs A. M. Morton. Her are
five of the six best players In England.
Last year In the same tournament Miss
Lowther JuBt beat Mrs. Sterry. only to
rose narrowly to the ex-champlon In the
semi-final of the championships. Every
one will welcome Miss Wilson's entry,
especially If It implies that this year
she will be able to play regularly, for
she will be Mrs. Chambers' moot appro
priate successor some day.
The men's test lacked three good names
that appeared last year F. L. Rlseley,
S. H. Smith and A. F. Wilding. In com
pensation there were A. W. Gore. M. J. O.
Ritchie, D. P. Rhodes and R. T. McNalr.
Last season opened on a vista of cer
tainties. The path was brilliant, but the
Instructed had little doubt as to Its gen
eral destination, and the extraordinary
improvement of F. L. Rlseley, with' the
cruel accident to Beals Wright, was the
only conspicuous deviation. This year
holds the charm of doubt. No one knows
what will happen. H. L. Doherty, for one
year oply, will not play in the champion
ship, and therefore, after five aeasons,
the cup will change hands. Probably the
man who will regret most keenly tho Im
possibility of meeting Mr. Doherty will
be Norman Brookes, who has already ar
rived and, with A. F. Wilding, will repre
sent Australia in the Davis cup matches.
There is little doubt that this Is to be
Brookes' year. His great performance In
1906 in winning the all-comers' singles
may well be repeated, and this tlm carry
with it the championship, for both his
principal opponents, Mr. Rlseley and 8.
H. Smith, are doubtful starters. The for
mer haa not clayed since the doubles
championship last jear completed the
damage to his arm. and It Is still a ques
tion how far he will be fit for the strain
of Wimbledon, while Smith appears to
Intend the emulation of the champion's
attitude by taking a "season off."
These things might b turned to ad
vantage, even In the way of encouraging
by success some new young players of
promise, except that it appeara that with
the possible exception of the brothers
Lowe there are no new young players of
promise. Every one has eflher long ago
performed or recently falsified any opti
mistic prophecies. Among women piay
ere the case is exactly opposite, but ths
position of the men Is discouraging. If
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) the Vnited Btates train Is to Include B.
C Wright and Karl Bohr, no one can
Ignore it, even though the chnnoes arc
that Messrs. Brookes and Wilding would
be the stronger. In any case England,
who must meet the winner to hold or
lose the cup. Is In no easy position. If
the Dohertys finally decide not to play
In these matches, aa well as In the cham
pionships, Mr. Smith's presence. If he has
regained his form of the early part of
last year. Is essential for the singles,
and T. L. Blseley must, of course, be
the other single player. Sine these two
are the doubles champions, tbe obvlouj
course would be to play them In this also,
the more so as Pmlth has always been
particularly formidable to players from
abroad. .But we have no right to expect
that Rlseley could repeat his practically
single-handed win over the Dohertys last
year. No one would admit so readily
aa Smith how bad Smith's game Is capa
ble of being and was then. The inference
would seem to be that another double
man must be Included, on the chance of
6mlth being below his best form.
As an extra singles representative, Mr.
Gore has undeniable claims. As nn
alternative doubles partner for Uiseley,
the Englishmen could not do better than
choose Roper Barrett, in spite of the fact
that on their last appearance In double
harness they did not seem to go very
comfortably together. The task of the
selection committee Is bound to bo. difficult.
In 1905 Brookes beat Smith, who had beaten
Rlseley. Lost year Wilding once beat Rise
ley at Surblton, when the former was In
and the latter out of practice. But the
committee could probably come to no better
decision, If both the Dohertys are unable
to play, than to select Rlseley and Smith
for singles and doubles, with Gore as re
serve for singles and Barrett as reserve
for doubles.
BEATS WEIGHT IS GETTING READY
American Expert Prensrei for His
Trip to England.
NEW TORK, June 16. Beals Wright, the
tennis expert, will make ills home at tho
country house of the Crescent Athletic
club, as he has done for two or three
years, and will sail for Etwope from Bos
ton. From present Indications he snd
Karl Behr have three companions on the
trip. George Wright, father of Beals; J.
H. Randall, sn old Syracuse player, and
Herman Behr, an elder brother of Karl.
It Is hinted that extra pressure is being
brought to bear on Frederick Alexander
to make the trip to England. He will
prove a valuable adjunct to the American
lineup at Wimbledon, but It Is hardly likely
that he will go. He would certainly pair
well with Wright in the doublea. The Im
pression la strong tn the minds of tennis
players that the Americans will fall to
survive the preliminary round against the
Australians, Brookes and Wilding. If a
star player Is asked what the chances are
of this year's team, he will say, to the un
initiated, that they are rosy, but on th
quiet the experts are shaking their heads.
If the Americans do get through the pre
liminary, they will face 8mtth and RIsely
of England. RIsely will not be so hard
to beat as Smith. The latter playa a base
line game and Wright and Behr have had
little practice at that style of tennis this
year. It would be a benefit to the team
if the Crescent tennis committee would
pit tha two Invaders against a strong local
talent that knows the base line game.
WORK FOR THE HARNESS HORSES
Bummer Prog-ram Includes a Lot ot
Rare Meetings.
ALBANY, N. T., June 15. Besides sev
eral Independent and the three Grand Cir
cuit meetings there will be at least five
regularly organized chains of meetings at
which trotters and pacers will be raced In
this state during the present summer. They
are the two Mohawks, the Metropolitan,
th Northern New Tork and the Lake Erie
circuits.
While the absence of harness racing In
Massachusetts and other New England
state will bring a large number of cam
paigners to New Tork. yet the dates as
arranged are so close snd conflicting that
some of the meetings scheduled are bound
to bo declared off fc lack of entries. Sev
eral others must be ' content with enough
entries to barely make up the running ex
penses of th meetings, and to many the
gam is bound to prove a losing proposition
and consequently a drawback to harness
racing sport.
Vnder the existing circumstances few of
th race track managers would be able to
increase the size of their puree as an in
ducement for larger entries or offer horse
men other inducements to entic them over
from other locations. While there will be
betting and pool selling on all tracks, yet
on account of the number of meetings al
ready arranged the Income from this source
will not be as good as they would If fewer
races were held at more distant points.
Some of the early meetings have already
been declared off. due mainly to a back
ward spring, which gTeatly retarded the
training work all over the state, and this
will surely affect several of the early July
meetings, as, according to schedules, the
season Is expected to open with a great
rush In the first week of July. Even under
1 all these adverse conditions the half mile
tracks of the Empire state will be the best
centers of harness racing for the year.
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GOOD NEWS FOR FISHERMEN
Announcement by O'Brien of Stocking
Cnt-Off Joyously Received.
THOUSANDS OF BLACK BASS FRYS
Activity of Local Club and Sportsmen
Aseares tat Commissioner ef
Itlght Spirit to Protect
tha Cam.
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The announcement made last week by
Fish Commissioner OTJrien, while in
Omaha that he was to bring K.VO black
bass frys and plant them In Cut-Off lake
was good news to local fishermen. The
lake has proven Itself to be Just the place
for the propagation of -that class of fish
and the numerous large catches made this
spring prove conclusively that the fish
will thrive at Cut-Off lake when they are
properly protected. Many fish weighing
from three to Blx pounds have been cap
tured with hook and line this spring and
the catches of large numbers of smaller
flBh show there are plenty there and grow
ing. The activity of the Omaha Rod and Oun
club has shown tho fish commissioners the
people of Omaha mean business and the
lake will be protected against the seiners
who would spoil all fishing for legitimate
fishermen. Last week two seiners were
captured by Deputy Warden Plerson and
taken to Council Bluffs, where they were
fined and forced to serve out their time
In Jail because they would not pay.
The lake is fast becoming one of the
most popular spots sround Omaha and be
sides the large number of persons building
around the Omaha Rod and Oun club
house there Is a large colony on the west
side of th lake, near Larson's landing,
and It will not be long before the entire
bank of the lake In that vicinity Is dotted
with bungalows.
Mr. O'Brien brings the flah as fry, ss
he can catch them in that form better. Just
as they rise from the nests In schools.
Should he delay until they scatter he would
have to wait until they were flngorltngs
before he could capture thefn, as they
would scatter all over the ponds at the
hatcheries.
Feat or ot Angling Sport.
One of the features of the angling sport
at Cut-Oft is the Increase of casting both
bait and fly, which indicates that many of
those who formerly considered it necessary
to go to tho lakes of Minnesota or WIsoon
sin, or to the mountains, for their favorite
sport are beginning to whip the waters of
the home lake. This spring there has been
more bait costing than ever before and this
form of the sport is taking precedence over
the lazier pastime of still fishing. Black
bass are an Ideal Osb for the bait caster,
and as the number of this gamey variety
Increases in the lake the sport will Improve,
As it is, a good caster can go out in the late
afternoon and return with a nice little
string after two or three hours of sport.
Just now the frog on a casting rod is tsk
Ing the place of the spoon, which was much
used earlier In the season. The spoon Is
still used to a great extent,, however, and
proves a killing lure. The largest catches
reported from the lake recently were made
with frogs. Last week a five and a half
pounder was taken by Dr. Gletxen with a
frog on an improvised frog hook made of
two snelled hooka tied, together back to
back, the points being passed through both
lips of the bait.
While many good catches are being made
from boats, tbe most successful anglers are
those who wade the shallow waters around
the east end of the lake. The wader Is able
to get closer to his prey with wading boots
oulhan In a boat, and as Mr. Black Bass Is
a very timid cltfsun, this Is Important. A
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We're going in a Stoddard Dayton,
but had nono on the floor, so used
boat looms up so large It Is hard to get near
their feeding grounds without scaring them
away.
Fly Fishing- Hlvala Bait.
Beginning the latter part of this month
f!y fishing will be a rival for honors with
bait canting. Lake fly casting has Its dis
advantages, but where the shore are
shallow and are covered with weeds, which
extend out Into the water it is a delightful
sport. The moss which grows up closa
to the surface also forms little Inlets in
which the fly fisherman Is almost sure to
got a rise on a warm evening, when th
beetles snd snake feeders are tempting th
has to come to the surface. '
So far the late spring has kept the in
sects, which sklm over the surface of the
lake down snd until they appear It Is
almost useless to try to fool a wise Old
bases with an artificial Insect.
Lee Bridges snd Dr. Downs put In som
lucky days with the fish at Hackberry lake
last week, returning home with all the law
allowed after six days' of fishing. In on
day they captured forty black bass and
several of these were six pounders.
TREATMENT OF TITUS AT HENLEY
Flow the American Scalier Fared at
Stewards' Hands.
PRINCETON. N. J.. June 15. Conetane
Sutton Titus, the famous sculler, has re
ceived a notice fromthe Henley committee
that he will be Ineligible for entry In th
coming Royal Henley regatta In England.
The debarment was made on a new rule
known as rule 4. and tt Is to the effect that
no entries will be accepted out of th United
Kingdom unless the association represented
Is In affiliation with the Henley regattol
Judging by the attempts thht have been
made to debar Titus In previous years
after he went over there and broke all rec
ords this Is simply a case of "cold feet"
on the part of the English sportsmen.
This record In connection with the Amer
ican attempts to row at Henley speaks fof
Itself. Titus mado a statement which tetls
the story
"In 1912," said Titus, "Bcholes and myself
entered and one of the first setbacks w
received was the drawing of myself and
Scholes In the first heat. Scholes lost and
I was forced to row against the supposedly
best Englishman, Fields, and won. and tha
third day I met Kelly and he, being per
fectly f-sh from not rowing In previous
heats, defeated me. I was then Invited to
come over the following year and was
asked to leave my boat In England. A week
before I sailed In the summer of 1903, I
received a cablegram, saying my entry was
rejected under rule 10 which read: Th
honorable stewards reserve the right to re
ject any entry until tlm of starting and
no reasons given. Cornell at that tlm
had a fast crew and intended crossing tha
water, and they then made a nils that no
crew would be accepted which was coached
thirty days prior to a race by a profes
sional, thus barring Courtney. Scholes, In
19T4, whom I defeated tbe previous year,
won the diamond sculls.
"In 19J8 W. B. West of Philadelphia was
accepted with open arms, as they probably
knew that he had not won a race of note,
and did not even qualify In the first heat
on the Henley, which shows that not eligi
bility rules, but a man's ability, Is the de
termining factor with the English. Now
rule 4 contained In substance In Mr. Coop
er's letter, which I received, is sprung on
us. The wfeole matter clearly shows poor
sportsmanship and Is a direct attack on oar
amateur standing In aquatics."
Titus says he cannot see what affiliation
is wanted by tha English. Titus was asked
whether he thought there would be any
affiliation with the English Royal Henley
committee by the American Rowing asso
ciation of National Association of American
Oarsmen. He said that It wasn't quit
tho custom for the Americans to be die
tated to by the English In sports. In 189)
F. II. Ten Eyck won the dlsmond sculls
and tils entry to defend his title In 163 was
also rejected under rule 10.
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