THE OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 7, 1907
Tire Omaiia Sunday Ber
OMA1LA, BVNDAT, JVVr 7. HOT.
JUDGMENTS
0ONR of the comforting reflections
In connection with the Fourth of
July locally In the fact that not
enough Omaha people cared to
Journey to the strip of Cut-Off
Inland that la known aa "No Man'a Land"
and par f5 for the pleasure to make It
worth whlla for 'Tlghtlng Pick" Hyland
to ente.r the ring. Once upon time when
man aaplred to call hlmaelf "Fighting
Dick" or Fighting Anything, he was sup
posed to be ready to peel his shirt and
fight at the drop of the hat for any sum.
even for tha.mera glory. But "Fighting
Dick" will not enter the ring for leaa than
1,000 dollars, eo ha aaya. Or rather, hla
manager for him, for Ilka prima donnl In
this as well as other matters, tha prlsa
fighter of today la never heard speaking
with his own voice; his manager does all
the talking. And, who, pray, Is "Fighting
Dick" Hyland, that he demands a puma
that ought to satisfy even a top-notcherT
Ha Is a third-rate scrapper from San
Francisco, who has developed an Impudence
that fairly overmatches his blcepa. Not so
very long ago champions would Jump at the
chance to fight for half of 11,000, but here
la a man as far from championship clasa
as pole Is from pole, demanding all of tha
thousand before he will even consent to
"spar" the gentlemanly rounds permitted
under tha liberal straining of the Nebraska
law. It doesn't matter what "Fighting
Dick" and hla manager publicly say of
Omaha; down in their hearts they respect
the people of this city the more because
they wouldn't loosen up to see the exhi
bition that would have been furnished If
the affair had been put on. Whenever the
swell-headed pugilist gets his eyes down to
the slfte of ordinary figures, maybe he can
get a game In Omaha, but third-raters will
wait a long time for thousand-dollar blta
In this town.
It Is not often that a ball team finds
Itself scheduled for aa long a run with Its
hardest rivals aa Omaha has been. Twelve
games In succession with Drs Moines and
Lincoln, the next hardest contenders for
the lead, and eight of them away from
home, is a hard test for the team, and
that It won five of them Is cause for satis
faction. The loss of the odd game on
the ground at Des Moines Is not a fault,
nor even a misfortune; It Is almost a fore,
gone conclusion that the visiting team will
lose on the Des Moines ground a fact
that hae been potent In the race ever since
Des Moines has been a member. The show
ing made by Omaha Is most encouraging,
and plenty of reason exists to believe
that the team will again head the league
before the first of August.
The race In the American league has the
bugs sitting up and watching every move
tgaln. The situation In the National Is
In a measure a disgrace, but the fight the
Naps are making on the Sox is most re
freshing. In the American association a
lomewhat similar condition la found, while
In the Western the pennant may still be
aid to lie between four teams, although
Denver has proved a disappointment so
far. nut Des Moines, Omaha and Lincoln
may be depended on to keep the Interest
alive for the next two months at least.
In the Iowa league a nice little fight la
on, while the Three-I has a struggle al
most as cloae. All around, outside of the
National, It Is a struggle between well
balanced teams this season.
"I would like to have this printed ver
batim just aa It Is written, word for word,"
said an amateur base ball manager aa he
dumped a long; account of his Fourth of
July game on the sporting editor's deak.
Perusal disclosed the fact that the report
waa devoted largely to a vigorous roaat of
a club that had once beaten the amateur
manager's team. If ha reads this para
graph he will understand why his "report"
did not appear In The Bee.
Suppression of rowdy ball Is all very
well In theory, but It doesn't pan out in
practice. . Cornelius McQlllycuddy is about
the only American league manager .who
hasn't earned a suspension this season for
arguing with the umpire, and It may be
that even the veteran Conny will find his
tongue If the Athletics ever get where they
may be suspected of being contenders.
movement to abolish spikes on shoes
Of ball players Is under way. It Is a much
belated reform, but the players are so much
Interested In It that next season will doubt,
leas see the, spike abolished and the safe
and useful oleat substituted. The advan
tage of the cleat are aa many aa the dis
advantage! of the spike. '
The Nebraska state trotting circuit Is In
full bloom again, with some splendid sport
In sight The tac meeting at Auburn was
one of the best ever held there, sport and
.attendance alike being high claas. Just
vhy Omaha la left out of the circuit la
more than will be easily explained.
Thn Flood got fifteen day for assaulting
an umpire during a game at Toronto. The
action of the Canadian police magistrate
is something of a novelty, but it will go
far towards breaking up rowdy ball In the
Eastern league,
Juat before he went to Colma, Bosher
BUI Squires gave out an Interview on the
effects of climate on training. He said It
didn't make much difference to him where
he trained. Events proved he waa right.
Golfers will all watch Euclid this week,
but with Byera In form and eager to re
trieve at home hla fortunea that fell abroad,
It la hardly likely there will be any sur
prises at the outcome.
Louis Fleacher's tnotorcrcje race did very
well on the Fourth, but It didn't seem to
arouse the redhota aa the earlier meets on
the Dodge street course did.
Little talk haa been heard lately of trad
ing Dolan for Thomas or any other drat
baseman. It must be the Home Roasters'
association has bad enough.
Oeorge A Ion so Stone bids fair to break
Into the limelight again, for he haa been
straightening out curves pretty regularly
for the last few weeks.
Beatrice offers a program of racea that
la mighty enticing on paper, and the
ehances are strong that they'll look Just
as good on the track.
The Benson Eaglea are a proud lot of
birds. They cleaned up the platter at
Florence on the Fourth.
"Fighting Dick" Hyland may yet see the
lay when even (500 will sound like money
to him.
At any rate, the Diets Athletics are polite,
riiey couldn t think or beating the ladies.
Bill Bquirea knows how George III felt
tbout in years ago.
It was a squib at Colma.
HILL CLIMBING FOR ALTOS
Driven Advised to Change Speeds on
Ascending Grades.
PRACTICAL TALK ON THE POST
Long? Island C lob Technical Com
mittee lasers Chat" Explaining
Farming Scenes.
Revolutions.
NEW YORK. Juiy 6. In ordir to thor
oughly post the members of the organisa
tion as to Just what sort of a tank thrlr
cars perform when they climb hills, the
technical committee of the Long Inland
Automobile club of Brooklyn recently Is
sued the following "chat" on hill climbing
through Its chairman, Louis T. Weiss:
One of the great feats which Is credited
to most every car by its owner is, "She'll
take any hill, within most any radius, on
high." It is certainly necessary for a car
to get over any hill on the road, and It is
no doubt a pleasure to surmount It on
"high;" but whether It Is advisable to do
so Is a question answered In some cases
Immediately by the breaking or straining of
one of the parts, or later by the poor con
dition of all the parts of the mechanism.
The most Important factor in climbing
hills fast certainly Is In having enough mo
tive power In proportion to the weight of
the car which it propels. It does not follow,
however, that a high powered car can climb
hills on the "high" as easily ss a light run
about with a good deal less motive or
horse-power; first, on account of the differ
ence In weight to be dragged, and mainly
on account of the relation of the speed of
the motor to the driving wheels. High
powered cars are generally geared much
higher than cars with smaller motors. This
is done so as to he able to run fast on the
level without speeding the motor exces
sively. The average relation of gearing Is
about three to one on the "high" on cars
having twenty to twenty-five horse-power.
In cars of thirty to thirty-five horse-power
we find the average "high" gear to be
about two and one-half to one. Still higher
powered cars, say from fifty to sixty horse
power, have a ratio which Is often less than
two to one, and racing machines are gen
erally geared one to one on "high."
Ratio of Engine to "peed.
We speak of these ratios as the average,
but there are many high powered cars with
lower gear ratios when built for special
uses or when they are air cooled, when,
for example, the ratio three to one Is spoken
of it means that the motor shaft turns three
times In order to turn the driving wheel
once. When figuring the ratio or apeed of
our motor when traveling a certain mileage
per hour we must necessarily consider the
slxe of the driving wheels, because when
a car mounted tin thirty-four-inch drivers
has a ratio of three to one Its motor runs
slower than one of a car mounted In thirty-two-inch
drivers with a three to one gear,
both machines making the same speed.
Let us consider what the ratio of gearing
has to do with hill climbing abilities of
automobiles. The explosions In the cylinder
behind the pistons are really pushing the
car up the hill. When the motor Is allowed
to run fast while the car goes slow the ex
plosions occur often, the flywheel will keep
on a continuous, uniform speed and the car
will mount easily and without Jerking.
When, however, the motor turns over
slowly, the flywheel not being heavy enough
to advance the car steadily between the in
tervals of the explosions, the car will Jerk
at each explosion and all driving and power
transmitting parts will be under a strain
for which they were really not designed.
While they may stand It, they will certainly
not last as long as they should when used
carefully.
To Impress the Importance of this sub
ject on your minds and make It clear we
will figure Just how far one explosion in
one of the cylinders of a four-cycle, four
cylinder motor, geared at two to one ratio,
must push a car mounted on thirty-four
Inch drivers, and at the same time how
many revolutions, or at what speed per
mmuiB me muiur ruuv wnrn iiibimhh bi,j
I miles an hour. A mile being 6,280 feet and
Mho circumference of a thirty-four Inch
wheel being approximately nine feet. It
takes about 687 revolutions Of the wheel
to cover one mile. The) motor must then
make twice 687 revolutions, or 1.174 revolu
tions per minute when you run a mile a
minute clip. In this car equipped with a
four-cycle, four-cylinder motor each cylin
der has one explosion, while the crank
shaft turns twice, and we get four, multi
plied by 687, or 2,348 impulses on the motor
shsft In one minute, which figures about
two feet and three Inches of travel of the
car to each explosion.
What Iteally Happens.
Now, supposing we negotiate a hill with
834 per cent grade, which means one
foot rise in three feet advance. If we
ascend it with the car aforementioned each
explosion in the small sylinder of perhaps
four and one-half to five Inches In diame
ter, and on a crank of two and three
quarters to two and one-half Inches length,
must push the car with all Its weight and
against all the friction two feet and three
lnchea ahead, and consequently rise It one-
i third of that distance, which is nine Inches.
Consider what a tremendoua strain there
must be on all power-transmitting parts,
especially when going slow, for then tho
I flywheel, at the speed it turns, is not
neavy enougn to carry me car sieaany
ahead and upward.
Your committee is not desirous of an-
? earing in an ordinary capacity aa to how
o run cars up or down the hills, but sim
ply wishes to call your attention to such
matters as may be of Interest. However,
we do believe it to be advisable to climb
hills on the lower speeds. In speaking of
the ratios of the change gears, allow ua
to give a simple way of easily obtaining
them on any car. They certainly can be
figured, but It requires counting teeth on
wheels, sprockets or bevel gears, which
are very often Inclosed, and sometimes
hard to get at and always full of grease.
An easy and suno way la aa follows: En
gage the clutch and the gears of which the
ratios are to be determined. Mark the driv
ing wheel at Its lowest point and the floor
with chalk. Also mark the flywheel, so
as to he Able to count the revolutions.
Then push the car. counting the revolu
tions on the flywheel until the chalk mark
on the driving wheel is again at lis lowest
point The ratio will be the number of
turns Of the flywheel to one of the driving
wheel. If, for example, the flywheel hnn
turned two and one-quarter times the
ratio Is two and one-quarter to one. Meas
uring the distance between the chalk marks
on the floor in feet and dividing It Into
B.?0 will give the number of turns in one
mile. Multiplying this quotient by the
number of turns made by the flywheel will
give the number of revolutions the motor
makes in one mile.
Antontohlle Notes.
There are more than $1,000,000 worth of
automobiles In San Francisco.
It is believed that there will be at least
125 entries for the Glidden tour
In an automobile the trouble with a little
trouble In the mechanism Is that It will not
remain little.
Cleveland has a city ordinance forbidding
the practice of leaving engines running
when cars are stopped.
According to consular reports a very suc
cessful trade In American automobiles ran
be cultivated In Mexico by the proper meth
ods. To stop the Incessant fracturing of the
speed laws the authorities of Atlantio City
will equip a squad of police with motor
cycles. Twenty autobuses are to be put Into oper
ation on Fifth avenue, and thirty more will
be added ua fast aa the makers can fur
nish them.
The Automobile club of Buffalo, N. Y.,
Is out for the Vanderbllt cup race, if It
should be found impracticable to run It on
Long Island this year.
A feature of the next Paris Salon do
'Automobile will be a display of the va
rious types of cars used since motoring be
came a recognised sport.
Although the natives of Mongolia are
greatly excited over the Peking to Parle
race, which is now on. there la no fear of
any hostile demonstration.
President Roosevelt Is an ardent advocate
of International contests, whether of mo
toring, yachting or rowing, holding that
they stimulate patriotic feeling.
The famous Five Million club of Texas
is arranging a l.Ouo-nille endurance contest
across the slate from El Paso to Texarkana
and will offer ,0u0 worth of prises.
Two chauffeurs have been convicted In
San Francisco under the new California
law making It a mtademanor to use an
automobile wtthout the owner's consent.
A three months' automobile tour of Eu
rope and portions of Asia la to be taken
by a Chicago society belle In an endeavor
to cure her of a sertous mania for music.
Nearly every one of Detroit's automobile
factories supports a base ball club, mak
ing that city the only one In the world to
have an Automobile Manufacturers' league.
There Is perhaps nothing which better
illustrate the healthy condition than exlfts
In the automobile Industry today than the
fact that some of the manufacturer ai-
res.lv are building !!' nndets. The l"i7
product hss len closed out nd a men is
on to produce the new machines.
From Jsnuary 1 to June 1 this year, S"7
siitnmohlles were regtntrl In NVw Turk
state. During May 2.Z7& rnrs were regis
tered, as compared with 1.9"0 cars In May,
1SC6.
"What speed were you going at the time
of the srcldent?" a motnr-oninlrm driver
was asked recently In a Inndon court,
"oh. 1 should say a gentle trot," he re
plied. A fenture of a "Neighborhood Touring
Club" formed at Hartford. Conn., Is that
the members make It a point to take along
their wives and strictly observe the speed
limits.
Washington university. Ft. Ixmls, Is pre
paring to establish a chair of motoring in
Its manual training department, the new
feature to be added to the curriculum in
the fall.
A bill recently passed by thn lower house
of the Wisconsin legislature gives a motor
ist the right to pass a frightened horse or
team If he thinks It necessary to avoid an
accident.
The decrease in importation of foreign
cars so far this year have been figured out
at alout 16 per cent. On the other hand,
exports have Increased nearly 66 per cent
over 14.
Probably the most powerful automobile
engine ever built haa been constructed by
a Pennsylvania Arm. It Is of 250-horse
power and will be used In a twelve-meter
motor boat.
Builders are Just beginning to meet the
demand for steering wheels, the cross sec
tions of the rims of which are oval Instead
of round, which gives a more comfortable
and secure grip.
The financial success attending tha estab
lishment of motor cars at Bt. Peterstiurg
last year was great; but this year so many
persons have gone Into the business that
no one Is making any money.
In retaliation for the stopping of Pun
day base ball In Worcester county, N. Y.,
the mangers of the White Plalnes P.ase Mall
association threaten to stop golf and the
running of automobile on Sunday.
The success which so far has attended the
Peking-Paris ran through the grent Aelntlo
deserts has demonstrated that automobiles
may easily be employed In regions hereto
fore traversed only by camel caravans.
Italy sent over $2,000,000 worth of au
tomobiles into France during the first four
months of the present year, largely as a
result of the victories achieved by Italian
cars In European racing events last year.
A steam ambulance, capable of a speed of
forty-rive miles an hour. Is being tested by
the medical deprtment of the army at
West Point. If satisfactory. It Is said tho
army will adopt such cars for general use.
It Is pertinently pointed out that whllo
the 140 automobiles, which composed the
line on Orphans' day In New York seemed
a goodly number, yet It represented less
than 1 per cent of all machines owned In
the city.
Judge Fowler of the circuit court at Fond
du Lao, Wis., has ruled that an automo
bile may cross through a funeral proces
sion in that city, although an ordinance
prohibits vehicles drawn by horses or
mules from so doing.
Although far behind the other European
nations, Portugal at last has begun to Im
port automobiles In sufficient numbers to
interest manufacturers In the United States
and nearer home. In 1903 there were but
twenty-six cars In the country.
Motorists' organizations of Hampshire,
England, will hold a gymkhana at South
hampton In an endeavor to popularise both
automoblllng and motor cycling In a district
where police prosecutions and accidents
have thrown both Into disfavor.
There Is a possibility that motor 'buses
will be barred from London, or at least
from some sections of the city, as two of
the metropolitan councils have under con
sideration complaints, that the big vehicles
are damaging buildings by vibration.
Another learned English Judge has de
cided that an automobile in a "nuisance
on the highway." and has held the owner
liable for damages for accidents occurlng
while the chauffeur was disobeying orders
by taking a drive for his own pleasure.
The first automobile railroad ferry In the
country has been established between At
lantic City and Ocean City, N. J., and It
now Is possible for motorists to drive the
entire length of the state without getting
out of sight of the Atlantic ocean.
A New York automoblllst ha found
many Indorsements to his proposition, that
hereafter tl owners of automobiles par
ticipate in Kiemorlal day exercises by pro
viding the veterans cars In which to ride
during their parades to and from the
cemeteries.
Parts makers are planning to build their
19og chesses wider than heretofore, making
it possible to have stronger, lighter and
more comfortable bodies, to give their cars
better balance and to reduce the danger due
to taking corners at high speed.
One thousand dollars In gold coin, to be
divided between the two drivers of the
winning team, and a gold and silver trophy
for the owner of the car are the prizes
offered to the winners of the 24-hour race
at Brighton Beach track, New York,
August 9 and 10.
The Royal Automobile club of Oreat
Britain la conducting an Interesting series
of dust contests over a road iieclally
coated with finely powdered limestone
rock. Photographs of the dust clouds
produced by the different cars will be used
to determine the winners.
The new hill on Sohooley's mountain.
In Morris county. New Jersey, which will
be used hereafter for climbing contests. Is
a terror. It Is two miles long, has three
sharp turns, one at a right angle, and is
well studded with water breaks. The
grade averages '& per cent.
By making a teat case In court the Ohio
Valley Automobile club has succeeded In
having the charges on all toll roads reduced
to a 214-cent basis for visiting automobiles
aa well as local drivers. Heretofore auto
moblllsts crossing the state line from West
Virginia have been taxed 6 cents a mile.
His Victoria Godwin, the woman mo
torist of international fame, who recently
returned to England after a short visit In
this country, announces that she will
again visit America in September, and
pilot a 60-horse power cur in the interna
tional cup races on Long Island.
An armored automobile recently tried be
fore the kaiser and Intended for use of offi
cers In the field Is protected by armor six
millimeters thick. It is enveloped by a Steel
bood, with two loopholes In front for quick
firing rifles. Inside it is fitted with leather
pouches containing a small battery of
quick-firing pistols.
Walter Stevens, a merchant, recently ran
through a rlnck of chickens at Luwrenoe
burg, lnd., with his car and an old rooeter
became entangled In the steering gear. The
car craehtd Into a telegraph pole und was
sadly wrecked, while the rooster struggled
I out of the wreckage and marched away,
crowing derisively.
The recent arrest of John D. Rockefeller
because his chauffeur was breuknng the
speed law 1 giving New York motorists a
luugh at the "Oil Kind's" expense, tmly a
few days before he was held up by a rural
constahle he guve positive orders that his
estate near Tarrytovtn be closed aKalnst ull
automobiles because some drivers were
reckless.
Autoiuobllists had a hard time on July 3
and 4 dodging missies and rockets which
were shot at them. Several women were
shot In the back by Human candles and
several escaped serious injury. The re
wards offered by the Omaha Automobile
club some time ago has had a sulutary
effect In keeping the vicious Inclined within
bounds, but they seemed to feel they
hud a special license on the Fourth to
mako themselves obnoxious and proceeded
to do It.
Motorcyclists were In the limelight on the
Fourth und there were no automobile races
In Omaha. After all the racing talk among
the automobillsta in the spring, It looked
certain that something might come of it
all and that some of the fust boys would
either speed over the Dodge street course
or over some neighboring race track. Louis
Flescher tilled in the gup by pulling off a
motorcycle race with fourteen starters on
the Dodge street course, furnishing con
siderable amusement to a large number of
lovers of fast work of any kind.
The demand for the better grade of
wheels Is unprecedented and dealers feel
encouraged to luy In a large stock for next
year. J. J. Derlght, who sold the twenty
five Stoddard-Ltuytons he bought this
spring, has doubled his order fur next
year. Ho Just returned from the factory,
where he placed an order for fifty with
early delivery. He is now selling tome of
thee, among the buyers for next year
being N. F. Harrlman, superintendent of
tests for the Harrlman lines. 'I lie dealers
are fast cleaning up on their cheaper
wheels and If the present rale of auhs
continues long there will soon not be an
automobile to be had In Omaha.
Waterloo had some automobile races, and
Frank Parmelee, the Old Indiun who has
contested In many a shooting tournament,
went forth and came home with all the
money. He had his big Stevens-Duryea and
a large Olds runabout was also In the race,
along with a Hlodd&rd-Dayton. Jim De
rlght came along with hla bite Pope about
an hour before the race, enroute with his
wife to a dinner engagement In Fremont,
He offered to pay the entrance fee if they
would let him go at that time and let his
time count against the winner of the race.
The promoters refused to do this. Parme
lee. with his shorter wheel base, had an
advantage over the Dayton on the turns
and the Oids broke two wheels in round
off glvlug the race to Paruwlce,
Wil li THE COLLEGE ATHLETES
Doings in the Field of Sport in East
and West
THE INTERCOLLEGIATE REGATTAS
tolerable nark on Ilonlss Map Once
More Ed Ten Errk'a necee
Where Navy Eight
Was Lacking.
The college regattas at Poughkeepsle and
New London completed the cycle of the
athletic year In the universities. It was an
unusual season In college aquatics. In the
Intercollegiate Rowing association the pres
tige of Columbia was restored. The race
the New Yorkers rowed against Cornell
on the Hudson put them right back on the
athletic map. On the Thames Yale again
demonstrated her superiority over Har
vard In rowing and checked the Crimson
when there was some Idea that the Cam
bridge men could not be beaten. Behind
the Hudson regatta lies another thing.
The conclusive victory of the Wisconsin
freshmen mskes It more or less certain
that the Badgers will coma another year to
the Hudson even If the re-engagement of
E. H. Ten Eyck as coach directly after the
Syracuse-Wisconsin regatta did not Insure
It before.
The races on the Hudson were split up
well. Syracuse, Wisconsin and Cornell each
took a race, and there was general satis
faction that Cornell did not take all three,
aa has been done In some years. It is not
that any person Is so unfair as to hope
that the best crew will not win, but It
kills public Interest In any sport when one
college Is so overwhelmingly superior that
the result of any race may be forecasted
with surety. The public would like always
' to see an outsider do well, on general
principles. So It Is that very many persons
j want Wisconsin to win a 'varsity race
I solely because the Badgers have been com
ing here and trying hard for nine years.
In that time the only victories won by
Wisconsin crews have been in the fresh
man race, and they number only two.
Change In the Crewe.
A great deal of stress has been placed
J on the fact that Coach Courtney changed
his boat about only a short time before
the race. In making statements like these,
one 1s apt to lose sight of the fact that
the crew which was second in the race by
three feet also was uncertain In make up
until a week before the race. Coach Rice
of Columbia was changing his men around,
too. S. McLean, Glllea and Btarbuck wero
tried In turn In various seats only eight
days before the regatta. It was a hard
blow to Rlce'a figuring that Jack Ryan
waa unable to row In the Columbia eight.
Ryan threw out a weak knee while fooling
about playing base ball at the Columbia
quarters. Physically he was mere power
ful than Btarbuck, who took his place after
the accident.
The incident of the change was not noted
particularly at the time, because there
was a general impression that Columbia
probably would not amount to a great
deal In the coming race. It Is a curious
thing and has been noted before that Co
lumbia has been guilty of sending In sev
eral false alarms. Whether with the
knowledge or consent of the coach, Colum
bia crews In years past have been pre
dicted either sure or likely winners when
they really did not merit any such thing.
As a result the public has come to believe
that no . credence should be put In any
more of these statements. Besides, this
year Coach Rice was very close-mouthed
about the ability of his men. He did not
say at any one time that they were very
good or very bad. He kept all hla Idea to
himself.
Columbia men had the Impression that
the crew was better than usual. Indeed,
they knew that it was as good a crew as
Columbia ever had had. And yet the men
in the boat did not impress them greatly.
They were Imbued with not a little of the
"show me" spirit, so they were content to
wait. The private Ideas as to the worth
of the crew were Justified when they got
into action. The men rowed sturdily all
the way until Just before the finish, when
they tired badly. One crew or the other
had to give In after the terrible struggle
and It was not unnatural that It skould be
the lighter crew, which had done most of
the pacing and forcing.
There can be no Question of It, things
are different now at Columbia. Rice haa
wrought changes. At the two-mile mark
In the 'varsity race the Cornell crew gave
every appearance of having waited long
enough and of being prepared then and
there to run away from the New Yorkers.
If they had any such Idea they were mis
taken. Rice's men were there to stick,
and they stuck right up to the last effort.
They were rowed out to the final ounce
and wheu they were all through they were
still thro feet short of being winners. The
I race between Columbia and Cornell waa
the beat ever seen on the river, not barring
the races In 1S99 and In 101. Rarely have
two crews been seen to stick together like
that for so much of the distance.
Ed Ten Eyck's Trlnmph.
Freshman crews generally give a pretty
good line on the capabilities of a coach.
That Is, of course, with the provision al
ways that freshman crews cannot always
be relied upon to row to form. In the case
of Wisconsin's victorious boat thla year no
complaint of that kind can be made. The
Badger 1W0 bunch rowed aa If hardened to
the game. They walked right away from
the others and had the race always In
1 hand. The Columbia freshmen being vic
tims of an accident which, of course, could
not be observed from the shore, looked to
have petered out after the first mile. Yet
they stayed right up and fought even with
the boat waterlogged, so that It waa only
at the end that they really did fall back
to fourth place. They showed that RJce
1 waa a good coach, although their work was
I by no means equal to that of the Wisconsin
imen.
It gave a good line on the qualities of Ed
Ten Eyck. On the strength of that alone
I Wisconsin would be Justified In re-engsglng
I Mm. His men rowed a very pretty well
I Judged race and bore out all the predictions
I niade beforehand that they would win. They
set their boat up better than the 'varsity
eight and It is by no means certain that
they would have been any worse in the
varsity four-mile race than the older Badge
crew waa. The trouble which hampered the
1 Badger 'varsity most. It appeared, waa that
their boat set down by the head and thus
helped to ship water greatly In the rough
going on the easterly courses.
Ten Eyck. like his father, and Richard
Glendon, was hoping for smoother water
and no wind as the ideal conditions for a
'varsity race. The impression among the
men who know about the Poughkeepsle
course Is that It never Is absolutely fair to
all tha starters. For Instance, ou the oc
casion of the day of the race, one coach ex
plained that he believed that hla second
crew taking the Inside course where Colum
bia was could beat, the first crew, out on
the Navy's lane, by ten lengtha In four
miles Just because of the difference In
courses. A statement of this kind naturally
la taken with a grain of salt. But there is
not a great deal of doubt that some of the
courses are better than others.
.Navy Crew a Disappointment.
Coach Glendon was hoping for the sake of
the navy crew that the water would not be
rough. He explained that If it were rough
the navy boat might as well be left In the
boat house. He did not explain why rough
water should disturb the navy crew, well
used as It wss to the by no means smooth
course on the Severn. The fact was that
the navy crew wss a dlssppolntment to
those who barked It. The expectation was
that the crew could hardly fall to be second.
The Nsvy men figured It out right In puk
ing Cornell as the most likely rival for the
honors. At least there was such small
difference between Columbia and Cornell
that It waa like pairing horses In the bet
ting. Where the Navy fallod. it appeared,
was in rowing the first part of the race.
It was suggested that the midshipmen had
the Idea that possibly they could not last
out the distance If they started to pull as
they did customarily, so they were content
to lie away back and then depend upon a
spurt. They did try a spurt, at the bridge
which cut down a great deal of the advan
tage the leaders hsd. But It was Impossible
to make the spurt lsst and the Navy's tac
tics, If such thoy were, were wrongly fig
ured out
Flalnly speaking, the Navy crew did
poorly for a boat composed of the men
that Glandon had. There was no better lot
of men on the river; only one crew, pos
sibly, that was anywhere near as good. It
may be figured out that the Navy did
pretty well to be third In a collection of
seven crews In Its first year, and viewed In
that way It Is not so bad. The public ex
pectation was that the Navy was bound to
be very well up, and anything short of
second place did not appeal as a very good
performance for a crew made of men of the
build of the Naval academy eight.
Other College Crews.
What Georgetown did In the 'varsity race
need not tend to discourage the oarsmen
from that place. It is believed. The George
town eight simply lacked the power to go
the distance with a boot full of water. If
the day had been calm the Georgetown
crew would have made a much better show
ing. Naturally It cannot fall to be discour
aging to Coach Russell In his very first ft
tempt at the game In a college, but tlio
general Idea among those who watched the
crews Is that he should stick right at It.
When Georgetown gets anything like a
heavy crew the men should perform credit
ably. There Is, however, one feature in
which Coach Russell's theories do not ap
pear good. His men do not cover the
blades of their oars, and It Is hard to see
how they can get the power In the stroke
If they continue to do that.
It Is said of Harvard In the other regatta
that the enforced change In makeup the ;
very day of the race through the Illness of
Glass, one of the strongest men In the
boat, naturally hurt the chances. That this
la so Is not hard to realise. The Harvard
crew, however, did not seem to get any
speed Into a low stroke; as the Cornell men
do. They had their slides all right when
they used the proper progress. When the
up with Yale they had to raise the stroke
and that killed the slide work. That Is to
say, the men of muscle were there, but
they did not seem to apply the power
rightly. That made all the difference In the
world.
The Yale crew waa trained along dif
ferent lines. The men were Instructed for
one thing In pulling the oar through on a
low parallel to the line of the shell. Tha
Harvard men pulled In high on their chests
finishing with a slap down to their laps
which made all the weight sink down at 1
once and burled the bow of the boat. They j
were getting a certain amount of power
on a part of the stroke where power seems
unnecessary. That Is to say, right at the
end. If the power Is rightly applied there
Is no need to Jerk through the very last
part of the stroke.
The average Thames winner would hardly
be a victor on the Hudson, but a good crew
Is a good crew anywhere. In view of
that It la Interesting to note that In the
Yale varsity eight were five young men
from New York City. The talk about
husky farmer lads making a crew get
another rap right there. In fact, of the
remaining three one Is from Syracuse and
the others from South Orange and Morris
town, which are not far from New York.
PRINCETON AT POTTGHKEEPSEE
Tlgera Mar Join Other Colleges on
the Hudson.
NEW YORK. July 6, Constance S. Titus
reports that Princeton, whose osrsmen he
has been coaching, may send a crew to
Poughkeepsle within two years'' time. The
Tigers are eager to be represented In the
great annual regatta, as rowing In the only
branch of athletics In which they do not
compete. Contrary to the opinions first
held on the subject, the athletic authorities
there think that rowing will keep the foot
ball, hockey and basket ball men In good
condition throughout the spring, where
otherwise the same men, not engaged In
any athletic pastime at this season, would
lose condition.
Coach Titus hopes to bring about the
development of a varsity crew through the
development of class crews. The ennounce
ment of a spring regatta for 1908 would un
doubtedly bring out much good material,
and there Is plenty of It at Princeton. From
the clnss eights and fours could be selected
a varsity squad and from this squad Titus
could pick and train an eight fit to compete
at Poughkeepsle.
HALIFAX TO ROW ON SCUYLKILL
Nova Srotlana Announce Intention of
Taking Part In Raeen.
NEW TOnK. July 8. Officers of the Na
tional Association of Amateur Ooarsmen
have received word that Halifax, N. S.,
will be represented at the championship
races In August on the Schuylkill river,
Philadelphia. The entries will be a single,
double and probably a four. Portland. Ore.,
has a senior four for the national cham
pionship, and the same crew Intends to
row In the International regatta at James
town the following week. Toronto. Can.,
has a representative lot of men training
at the Don and Argonaut clubs; an eight
la to row from one of these orijanlxatlona,
and also In the Intercity contests of the
International regatta at Jamestown. All
signs point to fine sport In both these re
gattas, as the contenders will have In view
the capture of both national and Interna
tional championships.
WEST COAST CREWS ON HUDSON
Regatta at Poaghkeepsle to Be Made
National Affair.
NEW YORK. July .-Next year's re
gatta at Poughkeepsle will probably be even
more ' of a national championship affair
than waa that of 1907. The Paclflo coast
will be represented by a crew. The Uni
versity of California,' Stanford university,
Oregon and Washington will hold their
regatta in western waters, and the winner
will be sent eaait to compete on the Hud
son. There Is also some talk of a crew
from West Point and one from Princeton.
The Hudson rrver course la wide enough
to accommodate all of these and more.
And when these repreeentatlve American
collfgee meet the intercollegiate regatta
will take Its place aa the most Important
of all rowing affairs.
Antoa mt Horse flaee.
There are more automobiles at the
fcTheepshtad Day traefk. N. Y., when the
Suburban was run than ever have been to
gether In thla country, with the possible
exception of the last Vanderbllt cun -see.
Of the 71 cars all but Z3f) were of Ameffjin
construction, representing the work of i.iore
than fifty factories. The value of tbs col
lecllon was estimated at 13,171.000,
TALES TOLD BY FISHERMEN
Nebraska Lakes Furnish Better Sport
Than the Northern.
BOY BEATS CATFISH IN WATER
lory llrounht (p from Anile, by
Parly of Omnhane Who Watched
a .Most Kseltlnst
Central. i
Tho direct rays of the sun for the lust
few days has made fishing hard on the
fishermen In more ways than one. It was
hot and the fish refused to bite. This did
not deter many fishermen from being most
Industrious on the Fourth, and several
small catches were made at Mannwa and
Cut-Off lake. Those returning from the
lakes In northern Nebraska come back
with more fish and better fish tales than
those who hsve gone to the lakes of Wis
consin and Minnesota. This Is probably
due to tho seasons, it la an acknowledged
fact that the work of Fish Commissioner
O'Brien in planting fish in the streams and
lakes of Nebraska Is bearing fruit, and the
fishing la letter than ever before, people
do not have to travel far to see the effects
of this work, but simply need to look at
Cut-Off lake, where a few years ago a few
sun fish were caught, but where now
strings of fine black bass are common. A
great help In this work Is IVputy Warden
I'ierson, who Is Indefatigable In his cru
sades against the Illegal seiners.
KUh and Pain.
Whether fish have an acute sense of pain
Is a mooted question, among anglers.
Sheriff McDonald, who recently spent a few
days at Dewey lake In Cherry county tolls
a story that will give some satisfaction to
the humane sportsman.
Mr. McDonald was one of a party In a
boat, casting among the reeds. One of the
other members of the party hooked a bass
that looked and fought like a whale. After
a long struggle tho line broke and Mr. Bass
swan away triumphantly. The sheriff was
In the bow of the boat with a spoon on a
casting rod. He dropped his spoon directly
In tho way of the departing monster. The
flsh struck and In a few minutes lay
gasping In the bottom of the boat. Ex
amination showed he still had In his mouth
the hook and the frog bait he had taken
first. Thla would Indicate the pain of thrt
first hook was not sufficient to prevent tho
fish from taking tho second. The flsh
weighed five and one-hnlf pounds.
Hoy OotBthta 1'Lh.
A party of Omaha anglers who were
fishing at the sand pit near Vally were
treated to a neat fight one day last week
between a small boy and a large flsh.
Charleii Hlghsmlth. C. Learch, Ralp Hay
ward, O. Van Zant and George Griffith
were the Omaha fishermen, who were after
the bass and cat flsh. which are to be
caught near Valley. After they had fished
for a time one of the men became weary
and left his rod sticking In the sand with
the ball In the water. Tt was soon ntii
that a good sired flsh had taken hold of 1
me nan. a small Boy approached and
asked if he could have that flsh If he would
go and get It. The flsh had pulled the rod
Into the lake. When he was told he could
have the flsh he disrobed and swam after
the big feller which was whirling the pole
around and making It stand on end In the
water. The hoy soon reached the rod and
then the fight began. There la said to be
about eighty-five feet of water at that
point and the youngster, holding the rod
with one hand had to swim for the shore
with the other. For the gallant tight he
put up the men called him Sharkey, and
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The twenty-four hour automobile race at Detroit was easily won by the
Ford In 'competition with everything. This cut shows the Ford In the home
stretch, leading the Thomas Flyer and the Pope Toledo, beating them easily.
Notice the rear fellow eating dust. There wag no Sloddard-Dayton In this
race; It there had been, of course, the titoddard-Dayton would have won, as
usual, and the Ford a close second. We are selling a carload of Fords every
week. Over one-third of our allotment of fifty Htoddard-Daj tons for next
year are sold. More Stoddard-Daytons In use In Omaha than any other car.
None for sale for immediate delivery, but booking orders for fall and spring
delivery. Better got your order In. Nearly sold out of second-hand cars still
hare the old Pope. Broke a few gears In It last week, but having tt put in
good shape. In the mean time, demonstrating with the Premier, which Is also
for sale.
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lasted about forty minutes, but the boy won
and was rewarded with the llnh-a ten
pound catfish. The Omaha men landed a
dVr.i n black bass, weighing from two to
three and a half pounds.
Jor krs . the llelt.
Joseph Sykes brought a good flsh story
back with him when he returned last week
from a fishing trip st Madison lake, Iln
nesota. M.innger Sn v r of the IVavey
Klevetor company at Kansas City wss at
Madison at the same time Mr. Pikes
was there and while fishing one day with
a taiuhin hook with one frog he landed
two blink bass. He was fishing 111 still,
clear water and could see both llsh reins;
after the frog. Both struck at once and
when landed a two-atid-one-half-oiind
bass was on tl:e first hook and a throe
and a-half-pounfl-r on the second hook.
William Guild, chief clerk In the offl.-e
of Superintendent Park of the 1'nlon Ta
rifle and Jay Park, son of the superin
tendent, leave Sunday for a two weeks'
fishing and camping trip In the wilds of
Wyoming. They go to Medicine Bow,
where a camping outfit and a guide will
be secured and will then drive about forty
miles Into the mountains, camping on the
Laramie river.
FOOT RACERS ARE IN EARNEST
gome tirrnt Cinder Path rnggle Are
Promised.
NEW YORK, July .-8onie gTeat cinder
path struggles will be witnessed In August
and September. Tho runners seem to
monopolise the chances of new records In
preference tu the sprinters. Men Ilka
Charles Parsons, N. J. Cartmell and Dan
KelUy can hardly hope to displace the ex
isting figures and 22oyard events. At tha
quarter mile tho record possibilities begin
to show. Taylor, the colored runner, hag
proven himself the fastest man since the
days of Maxey Ing, and a few are of tha
opinion that the dark one can step along
close to Ixing s record 47 seconds. Tsy
lor again looms up as a record possibility,
and In thla event his chances are far bet
ter than in the 4:40. Were Taylor to get
Into a race with Hlllman and Bheppard on
a straightaway course, It seems certain
that ono of the trio would tumble Burke'
mark of 1:11. Sheppard has already dona
1:11H outdoors, and Hlllman has run as
fast as l:12k without special preparations.
Both the half mile and 1,000-yard records
are In danger of Sheppard's great speed.
The latter mark looks like pie for tha
Quaker boy once he gets a crack at It,
under favorable conditions. That 8heppard
Is capable of doing the half mile figures,
too, Is fresh In everyone's mind, from his
great race at Travera Island last fall, where
he ran home In LMV-Just a fifth out of
the way. Then comes the mile. A list of
some of the best with their fastest raeeg
shows: Hasklna, 4:2o; Cohn, 4:24: Rod
gers, 2:22,: Lewis, 4:23; Coe, 4:23; Sullivan,
4:22S, and Llghtbody, 4:24. To hold his title
this year, Champion Fred Rodgers will
have to put out some rare running. On
paper' Hasklns looks the most likely to)
approach Conneff's mark, but the whole
lot will bear watching, especially Light
body, who haa never been run off his loot
since ho entered the list of good ones. Ills
admirers claim that all Llghtbody needs to
run 4:15 Is good condition and pace faat
enough. It is doubtful If there ever waa
a time before in American athletlo history
when seven men were running under 4:25.
If Rowe of Michigan decides to run this
summer, and the natural clash between
him, Bonhag" Longboat and Nehrlch re
sults, some of the American long distance
records will be In danger. Rowe and Bon
hag will probably do any smashing that
la to be done, from two to five miles, whlla
the Indian may set new records In tha
longer grinds. Several other athletlo rec
ords are In danger this year.
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