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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1907)
( IlJLsjlL.PjBURSS, SQUIRES, JOHNSON 1 OMAHA, SUNDAY, JI.I.Y : ?"T. j ! light is Shining Around All Three rp----p .. -.-" Big Fighter., j ri - - j CHAKCE OF MEETING NOT BRIGHT ; tv ATVKil.S ait n . ( being developed. T!.:a 1' tl,.- g : i, t..nin of a. I who !..t Wat. !;. d ti;e (ours- of tii ga;n for the lust two or thtce F-m"ns. It has )" 'I drought most promi nently to attention lately by the great number f long inmn that are living recorded. Oaties of from seventeen to twenty-three Inning ro getting to bo lUite common amonK the minor lagu- s. tny one of whn n would have Iwen cut off in its normal nine Innings If a hit cou'd l.aie been placed al the proper time. One of tii: scouts lor tlie big league says the difficulty lies In the fact that attention has ben chiefly directed to the develop ment of pitchers ar"I ,n batting la wtak. Th.s la admitted, without argjment. but tl .i question of how to develop a batter remains unanswered. By certa n rules of training a poor ha'ter niny bo improved to some extent, but It la not at all a n tiial a good battel can be made by any but fixture. Take the rase of Ooor!e Stonv: 1 or the lime he i In the Western league l.e was a great hliter: when he went to the American lie continued to bat well, a, id In the American at.so:iatlon he l,ned ti.eiu out with much regularity. Last season he dominated the-Amei ica.n league sluggers with audi case that a great rivalry sprang up as to who had taught htm to bat; each of the several managers be had played under took credit for "developing-' Btone la any of them accepting responsibility for the slump he has ex perienced this enson? The most plausi ble reason for Stone's down fall as a terror to pitchers Is that the pitchers are paying more attention to t.lni than they did last season; they have discovered his weak ness, and are making him hit at the had ones. At all events, he is not the hitter he was. Another case Omaha Is familiar with la that of S-hlpke. When lie was with Omaha he gained the name of Slugger Bill" by reason of tile long drives he sent to the outfield. In the American league he Is such a 'o;e at the bat thiit Washington has him nt the bottom of Its list. What hws gone wrong with him? Any man who can answer these questions can tell how to make a butter. Each ranager has h's own way now, hut the hid of yy hitters is getting shorter every The sensitive gentlemen who were at Fiiclid during the solf tournament are much exercised because -sombody started the story that betting on the outcome of :he play was Indulged In. In explication It Is offered that merely a hat pool of J'" a. h pr man w as made up. ami as every body could not get into one pool, sever. tl nf these were sold Then some Inventive person proposed that toe pimls be auc tioned, and the price was run up so that the lucky person who drew Trnvers cot something like SiVJOO each for their oricinM Investment of $1" But thei. was no bet ting on the outcome. The 1'nited States Oolf association does not lohiat" betting It ought to he stated, also, that the hat pool had Its or'gln among a menv ratty of diners, them' Ives i.H'cli urnoseil to gambl.ng In any form, and especially to betting on golf. It was Just a famy. that's all: but each man who h-ld Travers in the pools must have thought it looked like reA; money. In the meantime Mike Keller 1 as his troubles In trvlng to put the brakes on Pen Moines and stop the slide. Me Isn't worrying a whole lot as to Just what' the rational commission does In the matter of opening up bla case again. Han Johnson ays It cant be did. and PulHam and Herrmann say It can. Johnson's con tention la that the American association merely expelled Kelby as a manager and not as a player: that his status as a player Is not affected, and that he can play wherever he likes If this view Is adopted. It will affect Michael somewhat In his position with Dos Moines, where Be Is acting as manager, but he will go through the season here, anyhow Omaha Is "still showing the wav In the Western, hut Lincoln Is cominr f i t The wise ones long ago concluded that t.'nc ln was the leant Omaha had to beat, nv" h to le disgust of the Dee Moines i-uprnrters. events are vetifvlng this conclusion. ha race for tne tv-xi two nvou .r tain to he the hottest the Western league has seen for several seasons, and the faith In tee l;.cal rana is nrm in me wn.-i to Ihe Rourke family will land the pennant. Conrad Young's effort to get the Mtdd1 West recognised as the clay court cham pionship as well la meroiy a move to secure rteflnlto recognition for the fixture commen surate with Its Importance. It Is reallv the day court championship, and the I'nlted lates Lawn Tennis association will likely SO declare. j The gentle art of base runninr has had a marked revival this season, and the imma la much Improved thereby. Next t a ringing base lilt, the crowd likes to a 'ashing steal And Omaha has tome of the best base runners ever seen vi the circuit. Render got sway easily enough from the rational commission, but he has learned a lesson that ought to help him In the next Mai for Job Ball players have to be P'lghty careful how they negotiate In these (lays of commissions and the like. Fddle Wheeler is having his troub'a at. TVnver with the papers. TT only wav a leam can satisfy the "experta" of the Den swt presa Is to shut the visitors out In very game, and then the cry would be for I better league for Denver. Eddie Wheeler made the prophecy on leaving Omaha that when he came back next time Denver would be ahead of Dee Mo'nea. and some who heard him think he called the turn. Omaha hae two real golf champions n iw. nd t! e outlook Is good for a base ba'I rharrplon. too. This ought" to spur the '.ennls men on to make an extra hard try t the Mid-West. 'Tommy Bums says the wife decides for in some matters. If she can keep him fr m meeting Jack Johnson In the ring he III have some cause to blesa her wisdom nd discretion. " Du. ky Is building up nice Mne of stolen bases Wonder If he srt m the way he stole home In Orraha? That was a sure nriiih steal, for the I'mplre was In on it. '.no. "Sin.low" Merles niay not be as good a elder ai 0f vore b(Jt gtl a pretty t ""d Jumper. The state circuit races are drawing good row.3s and furnishing splendid sport. Onaha tennis rlayers still hold their '"see as rain makers. ome ef the knowHaUs still Insist thst Sanders ran t pitch. Tommy I'roin Idept la sidestepping t hallenae and Promoters Are Unnderlng What Will He ext MeK PAN FRANCISCO, Cel.. July 17. -Jack W ren has not cabled a definite answer to Tonniy Burns' proposal to meet Bill S'I jiics In Australia for flO.OO. win. lose or draw, and training expenses for himself and 'rainer. Harney Reynolds seems to be of the opinion that Wren's offer of U.bW and the entire ga' receipt la Intended for a fight In this country, as the cablegram stated "within a month," and It would be out of the question to g"t back to Aus tralia and pull off the matcil In that srace of time. Burna lias not given an answer to the latt r question. Jimmy Coffrotli states that ho would be wili ng to handle the fight, but that the prlcea would have to rang from tl to 16 and not 12 to . The excuse offered by Tommy Burns for declining to give a definite answer regard ing the proposed match with Jack John aon Is rather a flimsy one. Burns referred t!. matUr to lis wife ami her decision will be final. Though Fan Francisco's next entertainment la the contest between Bat tling Nelson and Jimmy Brltt. the lovers of the boxing game on the coaat are growing Interested about the meeting of the heavy weights. Before Burns was married he promised his liance that he would fight only one year more. That decision now seems to have been changed. He sees tto much money in sight since he has claimed the heavyweight championship of the world that h Is considering all kinds of offers. 'off roth told him that th match would be a great drawing card for Labor day. In Septeliber. at Colma. the scene of his f..rnur triumph. Then Burns is re ported to have made two conditions, one the consent of his wife and the other that the men should meet In a twelve-foot ring. The Queensberry rules call for a twenty-four-foot ring or one as near that site as Is possible. tiens Posts Forfeit. SAN FRANCISCO. July IT.-I.ightw elglit Champion Joe Gans has posted a forfeit here to bind a match with the winner of the Brltt-Nelson fight on July 31. "Both these men." said Gana. "have expressed willingness to meet me and if they are sincere they will put up their money. If the money Is not forthcoming I will know that neither means business and then I will direct my n'.tt ntitfn to the proposal made by Jim Coffroth that I meet Joe Thomas at Ocean View on September 2 or 9." Gans said that he will fight under the same conditions that governed his fight with Nelson at Goldfleld. with the excep tion tha: he would not weigh In at in at ringside with his fighting togs on. "If It is Nelson I II agree to weigh in as often during the day of the fight as h wants me to. but I will Insist on weighing In stripped at the ringside. The fight must come off some time In September and I will let him split the purse as he sees ft1 Australians I. earn a. Bit. SAN KKANCISCO July IT.-Barney Reynolds .the Australian backer of Bill tiujiies. says that his countrymen will profit by the experience gained at the ex pense of Squires and that It will not be long before first class fighters In all divisions will be cropping up across the water. Barney claims that It is not be cause Australia Is lacking In strong, well developed men, but simply owing to primitive methods of training. By in stilling a few American ideas he expects to see a few champions blossom forth, who will tae the measure of the best scrappers we boast of or. this (Ida of the pond. The devotees of the Marquis of Queens berry game slncerelyl trust that Reynolds has the right dope, as nothing would please the fans of this country' better than to see suitable opponents come from across the water to be pitted against Jim Jeffries. Joe Gans, Able Attell ami 'Joe Thomas. Australia at one time produced some of the best fighters In the profession. Joe Goddard. Bob Fltxslmons Young Grlffo. Peter Jackson, George Dawson. Tom Tracey and Dan Creedon are a few of the classy men. who were developed In the home of the kangaroo. j BIO HACK WANTS TO MEET ALL I.lant Bnsslan Wrestler Heads "front Talk Ahead. NEW YORK. , July 27.-Haokensehmldt. the champion wrest lor, desires to wrestle the ten best men In America, one after an other. In a recent letter to Dr. Gad bole of Montreal. Hackenschmldt says he will be In Montreul next March and will be ready to meet all comers at that time. Tanlyemen Lthige, a Japanese wrestler is coming here next month. Lchige weighs 350 pounds. Ho la bringing to this country seven famous wrestlers and Jlu-Jltsu experts, all of whom are looking for matches. ARCHERS WILL HOLD FOUR DAYS atloaal Aaaoelatlea Meets Iw- Wash-laa-toa Park, Chlraao. The twenty-eighth annual meeting of th National Archery association of the United Statea will bo held at .Chicago August 13, 14. 15 and 1. and for the first time the meeting Is scheduled to last four days In stead of three. Though there will be more shooting; the days will not be so crowded with work, the archera will be less weary and have more time for enjoyment. The range will be In Waahington park on the grounds occupied two years ago. There will be no shooting on the ranga before the regular program begins in tha forenoon and afternoon. Those wishing practice may use the grounds of the Chi cago Archera. which are but a few nlnuts walk from the range. The program for the four days Is: eoo'nT JPy W a m Women: National rour-d. 48 arrows at sixty yarda 24 arrows at fifty yarda Men; York round. 72 ar rows at luu yards. 4J arrows at e.ghty yard, 24 arrows at sixty yarda 2 p. n"-Women: h.nu,.-,p. U arrow, at forty yard. Mn: "Vr! rrow eighty Tarda. n" W?ni D'y 10 " m -Women; National nnA.rSr'M1 ""J arJ' at arty yarda Men: York round. 72 ar row, at 1CU yard.. 4 arrow. t elg" yards H.ndap. M arrow, at fifty yard. Men- mT,- ?' "' -Women: Columbia round. 24 arrows at rifty yards 4 arrow. trt.,"rt!i ',r, 24 " thirty Men: American round. JO arrows at slat v itrt'r17 M "ftvards. fc'.r'ro". at forty arda. 2 p. m -Women: Columbia round 24 arrow, at flfty yard.. 34 arrows MeI"rtyA y,nto- 14 rro, thirty ,!??. Men American round. X arrow, at .ixtv yards. ., arrows at fifty , .rda. Jo arrow, at f..rty .r,ia. The Havens troph's JrJ Jo be awarded to the woman making the t.ig heat at a aingle lumbla round and to the man making the highest scoe at a single Amerkan round ruurtr. Isy. a m.-Womm: Team rounds t arrows at fifty y.rrtli. Xr.. Team lound. si arrow, at sixty -yards Women. and men', ll'ht shrioi..;, Lunche.m In upper hall or refectory f.,. lowed by prestation of medals ' and Vf.1 ' ""' buslr.es. nieei,K Aftrrntsin. Women against mn. 72 ar wom'n 'hooting thirty yarda. men hooting sixty yarda Western League Although the Rourke fumlly at a team has been doing some strong and consistent sticking of late, the stars lail to keep above the J. mark and Omaha has not a man In that enviable list. Chlckertng Autrey Is the leading hitter of the Rourkes and he is scheduled at .?-. followed by Iwdan with ,.27i. Kdtnonson. the huge southpaw of the Champs made a record of per cent In the first two games he pitched. Oehrlng left the league to Join Washington, with a record of S and Bressler of Sioux batted .3?1 In the first seven games he played. He did some good hitting, wlille in Omaha winning tha game, which Sioux City took from Fa's colts. Except for these three mentioned Hoggle Is the leading hitter In the league, his mark being .341 and Manager Hart of Sioux City, follows with .131. Hall Is the poorest Omaha hitter and his mark Is J2 Captain Fbx of the Lincoln team still Player. f'l.b Fdir.ooilscn. Pes Moines... Gehrlns:. 1 --s Mcnos Breslr. Sioux '!tv Hogriever, pes Moines Hart. Sioux '!ty Mu'phv, Denver McOltvray. Pueblo Weed. Sioux City Cassady. Denver Bader. Pueblo Autrey. Omaha J Sheeh.m. Sio-jx City Holmes. Lincoln Yeager. I es Moines Fenlon, Lincoln Noblit. pioux Citv Nance. Sioux City .... Gagnier. Lincoln Ryan. Pueblo Dolan. Omaha Wheeler. Denver Graham, Omaha White. Denver Fox I incoln Drill. Pueblo Flwert. rjeblo Ketohem, Incoln Campbell. Sioux Citv Melcholr. Pueblo ..." BeHpn, Pueblo Belden. Omaha 1 eRrand, Omaha Keneally. Denver Moore, Denver Welch. Omaha . . .A Hatch. Pueblo Granville. Sioux Citv Jarrott. Sioux City.". Sullivan. Lincoln CorkhUl. Des Moines Austin. Omaha Reddick. Denver DavMson. Lincoln i D. Sheehan, Sioux Citv Mclaughlin. Des Moines... Williams. Pioux City Thomas, Lincoln McKav. Lincoln McHale, Denver FVanck. Omaha Sanders, Omaha Zalueky. Denver Clarke. Des Moines Dexter. TVs Moines Zlnran, Lincoln Smith. Pueblo McDonongh. Denver Hurp. Des Moines Corhan. Pueblo Gondlnir. Omaha Andreas Des Moines Kngle. Sioux Citv Vandegrift. Denver Spies. Sioux City Iuterborn. Denver Ragan. Omaha Pchloke. Des Moines P Rohannon. Denver Mclear. Des Moines McNeeley, Omaha Thompson. Omaha Corbett. Sioux Citv pnorer. Des Moines FlUgereld. Pueblo Kelly, Des Moines Adams. Denver Doll. Denver McGrear. Pueblo Clcotte, Lincoln Newlin. Sioux Citv Rodebaugli, Denver R. Adams. Denver Hall. Omaha Jones, 1.,'ncoln Steen, Lincoln Stlmmell, Lincoln Moraan. Pueblo I Bohannon. Denver Zackrt. Lincoln Olmstead. Denver Jackson. Pueblo Miller. Des Moines Smith and Hall of Sioux City have made DRILL AND HAMMER MATCH Miners' Contest that Stirred a Col orado Audience. GREAT TEST OF SKILL AND BRAWN Single and Doable. Team Contests and ome Remarkable Berorda Made Betting by the Witrkrriv In Colorado there Is one form of sport wholly unknown to the east, the miners' contest with the drill. It Is the most vio lent form of exercise, calling for tremen dous endurance, a sure eye and great quick ness. The rules under which It Is played limit the contestants to actual minera. Just as college sports are limited to actual students, and the code of ethics in force among the driller. Is ss rigid as that which governs the conduct of any body of scien tific men. The 19i'7 contest, which has Just taken place In Boulder county, is fairly typical of all these contests, although the Boulder organisation considers Itself the cleanest and most perfectly systematized of them all. The stones on which the contestants tried1 their muscle was a twenty-ton block of granite, brought down from Elclora, close to the continental divide. It Is the hurdeat homogeneous granite to be found tn the state of Colorado and la much more refractory than the average stone In which the miner has to work. The drills used vary in length from ten to forty Inches, and are of the best grade of seven-eighths Inch steel. The men work In double and single teams. The highest record for depth of hole Is made by the double team, although the man who works single-handed holds the record for the number of strokes to the minute. The winner of the single team contest thlsear a mtnir from Wallstreet, Boulder county, by name Charlie Dahlln drove the drill 20 1-16 inches Into the rock In fifteen minutes, beginning with 10s blows to the minute, and after the sixth minute dropping to IT blows. The double team winners were Collins and Shea of Boulder, who came cloae to the world's record, drilling a hole thirty-two Inches deep In fifteen minutes. Collins av eraged thirty-three blows In his half-mlnule v.'ork. and Shea, with a somewhat more powerful stroke, averaged thirty. The con test was held as usual In the great audi torium of the Boulder Chautauqua. On the las'- morning of the three days' struggle there were more than S.OnA people In the auditorium chautauquans who were at tracted from the nearby cottages and tents by the yelling and cheering of the miner partiaans. citixena of Boulder in search of the most exciting spectacle to be seen in all this cojnlry of hair-raising experiences, miners who had hoarded their earnings for months to wager them on the home team. Two pJraes are offered annually, the double team prize being ll'O and the single team tllX All the expenses of the contest are borne by the citixena' committee, under whose auspice, the engagement takes place. This committee and the members of tha Chautauqua board are deaf and blind to the THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: .TULY Batting Record continues a the best sacrifice hitter, h s mark being thirty for the season, but Captain Buck Franek is crowd ing him closely with twenty-seven. Fox also leads in the number of stolen bases, he having purloined twenty-seven to date. Hoggie Is second with la even 'thirty. Every regular player has stolen I at least one base, although there ar ; several pitchers who have none to their credit. Hart and Cassady have hit for four bases I five times each and Franck and Gehrlng ; four times each. Ryan is the best at three I sa. kers and has made seven, while several I others have made five each. Autrey leads ! the list of two base hitters with twenty- four and the next man to him Is Weed with twenty-one. Autrey and Murphy of i Denver are tied at I'M each for the total j number of hits on the season. 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The work of the double team Is mar vellous and terrifying. One man holds the drill while the other one swings the hammer at arm's length, bringing It down with rhythmic beat and tremendous force on the small drill head. His work liits half a minute. When he drons his bam. mer and grasps the drill, his partner seizing the hammer that Is by his s1do and bringing It down upon the drill I a such perfect time there seems no break In the strokes. The swinging of the hammer requires muscle and a true eye. but the, work of the other man Is the more crucial. It Is for him to lift and turn the drill between strokes to prevent It from sticking, as well as to permit the stream" of water that Is constantly poured Into the hole to wash out the powdered stone. And it his duty to change drills while the hammer is in the air. The single-handed driller does the work of both men. holding the drill with his left hand while he piles the hammer wiih his right, lifting and turning the dr:ll In the hole and exchanging drills when the one In his hand Is too short or has lost Its edge. His work Is not so dis tressing to the tenderfoot. Tet aa he nears the end of his period those In the audience hold their breath, spellbound by the amazing display of endurance. The driller is white, his sleeveless undershirt dripping with per spiration, the veins of his forehead siand ltig out like knotted rope. Close at hand Is a pall of cold water and a man with a sponge. From time to time the driller Is refreshed by a deluge -of water over hi brow and cheeks, and especially over the back of hla neck. A physician Is at hand with restoratives for any whose heart action Is Imperfect, although his services are rarely required, no man be ing permitted to enter the contest who haa not passed a rigid medical examina tion. 1 From the first sendoff to the expira tion of the twelfth minute there is no sound In the auditorium save the beat of the ' hammer, the swish of water in the hole and the tinkle of the drill that Is cast aside. The timekeeper calls off the minutes and those most interested make mention of the ' number of blows to the minute or the half minute, but as the allotted Ume nears Its ; close those in the audience begin to shift uneasily, to crane their necka. to ahout I words of inspiration or Jeers or ridicule. , In an instance the whole audience takes fire. Men leap upon their seats yelling. I "Got it. Charlie"' "O od man. Charlie: you've got em skinned!" "Come off. you lobster! Lay diwn your hammer!" The I next minute, the last of the period, the I shouts blend Into hoarse pandemonium. I Men forget that their wager is about to be 1 lust or won In the general excitement that ! haa stampeded the crowd. Men and women 1 who have no financial interest In the con : test are swept Irto the current of tlie up. I roar and wave their hands and shut with 1 the miners. I When it Is over the audience drops back, i exhausted, w hile the ms w ho has worked ' like an automaton for fifteen minutes is : snonged dow n and examined by the pl.ysl- I 1. Then the result of his terrific ex T (ten is announced. There Is mild congrat ulation from his friends, whatever his I score msy be, and the spectators creep out jef their seat, feelirt as If they had dona a j bard day's work. 29. 1007. ! BUFFALO CLUB KEEPS PRIZE Continual Holder of Trophy for did den Auto Tour. EACH FIRM CLAIMS MERITS Plttsharat tomes Sjett In the Blst towtest In Ban fraaa tke moky City to Bedford Sprlnsta. Th Olldden automobile tour Is over, the 1 manufacturers have had their day and each .v. can now make claims according to the merits of his machines, aa shown t,r th - recent organized tour after Its long Journey ; Hill, N Y.. are now In the American Ath from Cleveland to Chicago and thence to , association. New York. The Automobile club of Puf- ! Vigorous protests are beirg made against falo keerva the trothv ft.r h.rt trnv- efforts of the Big Four railroad to have .1. f I...I... a.. i. hi,h . gle or twelve running days. In which none . of the eight club teams contesting came I through with a perfect score. The Buffalo team lost 13V points, while the next team I was the Pittshurgers that lost 22H points In the run from Pittsburg to Bedford Springs. These points were lost last Satur day at a time when It had the onlv per feet team score In the contest. H. K. Sheridan and G. S. Smith had tie scores, both perfect la the Hower prlie competition, and they have agreed to play off the tie at some future meeting. This prise Is to be given absolutely to the driver of the runabout. Mrs. i'uneo was pre sented with a beautiful loving cup for her part In the affair. The Gltd len tour has aroused consider able interest all over the country, not so much for the time which might be made, but as a real test of endurance of ma chines. James J. Derlght. the Omaha dealer. "who Is now selling machines for next year, received word after the race that the Stoddard-Payton gasoline road- ster was the only machine of that class to finish with a perfect score. BLOW TO THE AUTO CATCHERS Coaaectlcat's Xev I.avr Reserves peed Itegalatloa to the State. HARTFORD, Conn.. July r.-Farmers throughout Connecticut who have amused themselves In the last two summers by passing spwial ordinances at town meet ings limiting the speed of autos In their territory and then have spent their Sun days lying In wait to catch the violators of their auto laws have lost their Jobs, for the new auto law passed by the Connecti cut general assembly provides that bor oughs and towns cannot regulate the speed limit. Automobile Interests apparently were "it work at the state capltol, for the new auto law makes recklessness the real test of speed. It also provides, however, that ex cess over twenty-five miles an hour for the distance of an eighth of a mile shall be prima facie evidence that the person oper ating Is reckless. The rate of speed must always depend, according to the new pro visions, upon the condition of the highway; that is. width, traffic and use of the same and the Utility of danger to person or property. By this provision In criminal as well as civil action the burden Is placed upon the defendant to show that he was not Improperly operating his car. The farmers, however, and the enemies of the auto got their innings In the next section, which provides that drivers or leaders of horses or any other animal can hold up autos and that the latter must re main stationary In the highway until the fractious man or animal gets ready to give the word to pass on. Vpon approaching a bridge or sharp turn provision Is made that the driver of a car must signal with hla horn. A severe penalty Is Imposed by the new law upon an intoxicated person caught running a car. Just who shall decide when the driver Is Intoxicated Is not provided. Connecticut legislators figure out that the state w!2 derte a steady Income of more than S50.00A a year from the drivers of auto mobiles In registration and license fees as well as fines. Fines for the violation of all provisions of the new law have been greatly Increased, until now a second of fense In 'breaking the speed laws In this commonwealth may mean a fine of ZTO0 and imprisonment for sixty days. By the new statute all fines and penalties and one-half of all forfeited bonds In the town courts go into the state treasury for the maintenance of the roads of the state. qaJJJ1"y raan,JV''r"1 1,ke squadron of Rtrlcter enforcements are required under j "",7 York will have practically a fort the law In regard to the licensing of motor night of shows in the fall. That of the vehicles. Eeh separate vehicle In this stste Automobile club of America snd the has to be registered snnuallv, while under ' American Motor Car Manufacturers' as- it.. ....... t. 1 .v . eoctatton will run from October C4 te 31. the present law only the owner la registered .nd lhe "licensed" show will begin two for a limited time. Ten dollars Is required I days later. ss a registration fee for everv vehlol. hair. Attorney General Bonaparte has decided ,"'V'"rt(" horse-power of more. and the scale Is then graduated down until the owner of the machine of 20 horse-power or less will pay the state only SS. Eighteen years Is the age limit fixed for a license here to run a car and a fee of t3 for each license is required. After three convictions for exceeding the aneed here the secretary of . tat- 1. required under me taw 10 irvimp inr nnver s license, and the latter cannot secure a new one nnder three months and then only at the dlscre tlon -of the secretary of state. Nonresl- I"lu'd to 0t""r,; "' t"""' exceeding ... " . . ,UMr1 ; 10 horse-power, irrespective of motive dents oT Connecticut can travel through the , power, unleaa he be a licensed steam en Nutmeg state for ten days without comply- 1 glneer. The mayor, who Is a motorist, lng with the law. but If caught' sneedlna- here they must register. No car can sail through this state covered with numbers to confuae the guardians of the peace, for the new law provides speed- flcallv that no car shall have displayed upon It more than two S'ts of registered numbers and nonresidents must display only the Identification plates of the state In which they reside. The law gres Into effect Sep tember 1. OT. VANDERBILT PACE IS CERTAIN Cap Will Be Contested Far Home 's b ere Outside of w Jersey. NEW YORK. July 27.-"There will be a Vanderbllt cup race this season, eome- j where," said Secretary Frederick H. I Elliott of the American Automobile associ ation at the close of an Important confer j ence on the racing situation between I President W. H. Hotchkles. A. R. Pardlng j ton. acting chairman of the racing board and Mr. Elliott. Opposition to the race ' taking place In New Jersey has become quite strong, but Long Island Is again S anxious for the contest and it seems prob able that It may be held there. Aatomohlle states. Milwaukee has turchasnd an auto for Its superintendent of parks. Motor asohalt pavln- machines are being used with success in Germany. Hartford's Automobile club Is prepsrlng to hold gymkhana gamea at historic Charter Oak nark. A Mil haa been Introduced In the Alaba na 1 -.a: -jre to prohibit automobiles using I iui'iic roaos. j It is probable that Oermanv soon will re fuse to license chauffeurs unless they pass l t I .1 !... .... m iiii rie.'Kov iei. Fnusual wesr on the front tires frequently Is a sign thst the wheels are out of line and netd to be trued. Ind'anapolis so'-n is to have Its first fac tory devoted exclusively to building com mercial motor vehicles. Buffalo's 'ountrv club decided It would be mere fashionable to hold an auto In stead of a. horse show. Printed circulars, containing suggestions for v'sning a itoists are hson prepare! by the Victoria. B. C. Motor club Although but recently organised, the Safe Roads Automobile association ef Boston, already has Invested manv In stances of careless driving with the re sult that the It'-enses oi two motorists have been suspended for a time. The rise i i!.e pric. ( .Hti ii fro-n 7' to ei per cent is attnbutrd to the demand f Its use in the autoboiile Industry. Following the example set by New Jersey and Florida, the ) a i:;c coast has made a bid for the Var.derbllt Cup race. The ,,se of r.s.n on a leather-lined clutch to prevent It from slipping wears out the leather. Castor oil s preferable Two rural mail earners running out of Rhrlbyvllli . Ind . l ave n pia.-ed their horses and wagons with motor nina' uts. Cars i-epres ntlna the nutp it of thirty five American fa lories were represented in tha Olldden lour, loere was not a foreign lar entered. It Is probable that the next soiled me chanism contest run by the Automobile lC'"b cf America will last for a week Instead ' f '"ur days. I .Va . "'"I'ilv . clubs of Schneetajy. i "i and me itiroori Jek ,lil. nl abandoned a portion of the national road I near Indianapolis. An automobile omnibus line between Dubuque, la., and Plattevilb- and Cuba City, Wis . has be. n Inaugurated. Regular trips are made dally. The "Ser America" league Is pn paring a ." ."-mile automobile expedition through the 1 nit, ,i StitPs. w hich will leave Wasn Ington about August 1 Experiments are being made In Pails with what Is called steel lavement, but which Is really a concrete pavement reinforced with a steel framework. New and exceedingly stringent regula tions regarding the Introduction of foreign built automobiles Into Germany bv vouilsis liae been placed In force Caiburetor troubles are almost certain to follow the too-common mistake of using the same funnel with which to rill both the gasoline- and water tanks. Shotgun methods will not go anv longer In Indiana, for the authorities have begun a vlgoroua crusade against farmers who have fired on automobile drivers. Of great advantage to motorists driving norm irom asnington. L. t ., Is a new m,. Al .Zf""'.,. .rleen I vt V. 1 . . .LIU 1 Mil, lir, ,im, I Specially constructed electric motor trucks j are being used by Wisconsin pea canners lor hauling their product to market. Kach truck haula several tons of peas at a time. Within nine years the number of automo bile builders in the I'niled States has grown from four to 234. of whom IIS make gaso line, nineteen electric and fourteen steam cars. Police traps are so numerous In Great Britain that one English motoring Journal recently published a map of the Infested roads, ninety traps being specifically de acrlbed. According to the New York law the owner of a car must register It with tlie secretary of state, but need not take out a license to drive It If he employs a li censed chauffeur. J. L Snow of Boaton recently drove a roadster to the top of Blue hill, the high est point of land on the Atlantic coast of the United States, over a road unusually steep snd rough. A semi-weekly 'bus line is to be Inaug urated between Philadelphia and historic Valley Forge, where Washington rrayed In camp and where Senator Knox now has his oountry home. Some of the first power-driven fire en gines in the world were made In New Eng land aa far back aa In" 1874 and 1ST5 and thus antedated practically all automobile inven tion In all countries. State Road Commissioner Hutchinson of New Jersey, who Is charged with enforcing the apeed laws, recently was held up by a rural constable, who claimed he was speed ing In the state's car. A big expreas ' company has decided to replace all its horse-drawn vehicles In In dianapolis with electric trucks. A garage with a capacity of twenty-one cars la being constructed to house the machines. From New Y'ork to Cape Charles, Va Is nineteen hours and thirty minutes was a new record estaballshed by Jerome Alex andre of the former city, who lowered Bar ney Oldfleld's time by about two hours. A competition for Instruments designed to indicate the fuel consumption, together with tha speed of ears. Is on In France. A valuable prize is offered, to say nothing of the free advertising which the winner wlU yet. Booth Tarklngton, the novelist, has been touring Norway and Sweden, where the roads are declared to be "worse than America's." and where gasoline has to be ordered by telegrapn I in advance, 11 toon a week 10 cover c-ai miles. A shipment of cars that left a factory. In Chicago on March 10 was not re ceived In San Francisco until nearly the end of June, having been 110 days on the way. This Is believed to be a record for slow transportation across the con tinent. In sharp contrast with the refusal of Governor Hughes of New York, to per mit the use of troops to protect specta tors at the Vanderbllt cup race, over 8.(00 soldiers were used to guard the course during the recent Grand Prix In France. The German army now has over 100 armored war automobiles, driven by a corns of chauffeurs cnosen irom mo most Intelligent men of the army The 1 machines are keot together and fre- ! SKn"' fflMoi" oveftne ; famous Conduit road, motoring over which by autolsts of the capital haw been made unpleasant by the ofHclousness of the local authorities. Harry B. Cox. a Hartford (Conn ) Chemist, claims to have discovered, af ter lone- laboratory researches, a substl ! tute for natural rubber, which can be j 1 .c.'n bv'Xanhsed the natural or cured with even greater facility. Mayor McClellan of New York vetoed the bill providing that no person should be per- i found It too sweeping In Its provisions 8. D. Waldron recently drove a car from Detroit to Rocheater. N. Y.. 392 mllea. In seventeen hours .Including two hours lost by being held up at Niagara sails for vio- I latlng the speed laws. The next day he ran the 411 miles to New York in nineteen hours and twenty-five minutes, making 'i mllea In the two days. One of the first light steam-road buggies ever built waa constructed forty years ago by Dr. J. W. Carhart. now of Austin, Tex., at Kacine, Wis. H proved such a success that the Wisconsin legislature offered a premium of linrtjo to anyone who would construct a self-propelled road wagon on more advanced lines than the Carhart vehicle. Illinois moterists generally express great satisfaction with the new automobile law. which permits them to travel twenty mles an hour In the country, fifteen miles In SMoty and the Old ' a. i- purchaser. Have a six-cylinder Ford runabout on the way. This car holds the world's record for 24-hour race. The l ord people sell more au tomobiles than any other two concerns in the country. We will get a new model Stoddard -Dayton about Sep tember firt. The big 15-ton door in the City Savings Hank now swings and we will have more time to attend to automobiles. The old man has promised us each a L'-jiound bass when he gets home. Deright Automobile Company, mi rarnm S!- presidential sr. I ten miles in business dis ,tr!s. mk.s away !' right of clt.es andj , towns t.i pass or erfor.'e sliced orlnanor , of tiirir owr. and pt.oi.i.-s that state lis j censes a! .all replace city ones . To use an Irishmin s express. on. the old est nun in the autom.i'ie rrn-le are gm erally t:.e oun.st. C 1.. S'-nth. ptesuiet-s of the ( M.lsmoLile i.'i p:i n . wh n-.sde th4i firt practi. si American run Nmt . Is prr . hups the most prominent manufacturer III !f'ie trade. et he is still yoiiog man 1 M.niv other well known mamifn. Hirers art i ei'O para'iviiv y nina m.-n. T: Is Is a pe jcultnr feature of the tra.!. ! Mr an. I Mrs Charles J Oh. lien ef Bos. j ton. w e.i bne trsle.l ty aur.Mnohile 3H.?4 , miles in thlrtx-sit muntn. s will reeume j their glolie i-tnitna l'ip. leaving London A Ms 1 gust n f.r s i.'-niile drive in England an.f S. otland. Following this drives will hi I made In Norway. Russia. Spin. Portugal I an.l in countriea around Hie M.-.literranear; land the worlds tour of ftn .i nnies In Mftf j countries, will be ri.ini.ii t.-d in South Amers ilea. n 1:01 Tiie tour commemcd In lon ' 1 don in 11 Harry t'nw ln. the motorist w ho pur ' posely was arrested for not having a Ne I Jersej license ! as lost his long legal lat j tie. The question raised was w hether II 1 was constitutional to compel citizens of tha state, who have complied with Its laws. ti abstain from the highways of another until the provisions govrrning oe latter have) been conformed to The New Jerser court of appeals has d.-,-;,1ed against I nwin ami Ihe . ,ise will not be carried to the fnlte.I Slate irtinreme ooitrt I t orsl.lershlo i s-ussion l as been aroused In automobile cir.i s as to the claim of ; F. I.. Smith, president of the Oldsmobtlaj con, puny, that "roailablllt y" Is the upremsj (test of the modern automobile. Mr. Smlthi is me nesi Known manufacturer In tha trade the little curved ilnsh OK1smnbil leing tlie first practical runabout seen or I American roads. 1 ne ejoeess of the Olds mohlles In racing this year and n tha sealed bonnet tests Incline nmnv leading , manufacturers to share Mr Smith's vlewa I that "roadabllity" records mean more than I racing records, or In other words, 'that iwunwiiii) means racing ability, but rac ing ability in a machine docs tiot alwaya mean roadabillty. One of the latest enterprises In the auto mobile Industry In this state Is the opening of s large factory building nt Angus. This factory, which has lust lately been ftnlshedi at an expense of over STO.rui. is an Incor porated company of SAi and it fs called the Angus Automobile company. The man ager of this factory and the one after whom this car is named the "Fuller" car Is Charles Fuller, an old-time expert lit automobile building. The enr built at this factory is of a new stvle construction snd while the engine Is a four-cylinder Rutlen ber the transmission Is a new Invention, being what Is called s simplified trans mission whlcbrdoes awav with the t of complication In the engine part. This en terprise Is all the more to be admired ss the factory Is located in a small towii of hardly a hundred population and prac tically off the main line of railroad com munication, but those back of the enter prise are substantial men. LO. 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Over J,000 of the little four-cylinder Fords have been sold this year and we have not heard of a dissatisfied 4