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VOL. XXXVII NO. 41.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1908.
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Base Ball Training Trips and College Team Schedules Prove That Summer Isn't Very Far Away
SPORTS
SOlilHERN TRIP ABANDONED
Cornhuikeri Find Themselves Minui
Base Sail Team.
1?EW RULES SPOIL TEAM F02, TEAS
ftprlaai Foot Ball Practice to Bo
Feat a re Thla Year Three
Vacant Datrt on tk
shedale.
LINCOLN, March 28. (Special )-One of
tl x two trips scheduled for the University
o .Nebraska base ball team this spring
baa been abandoned, and the giving up of
the other Is being strongly considered bv
Manager Eager as a result of the recent
adoption by the Missouri valley conference
of the rule barring freshmen from Inter
collegiate athletics. The hew eligibility
measure hit Nebraska baae ball a hard
blow and blighted the best prospects for
a winning nine that the Cornhuskers have
had for several years. A large majority
of the best playrrs on the squad are fresh
men, and they had been figured on to make
the nine a winner this season. Now, with
out the services of the first-year men, the
Tlaces on the team will have to be filled
by the men who were on the squad last
spring, when the Cornhusker nine had a
very disastrous season.
After he found yesterday that It would
be Impossible to play the freshmen In the
Intercollegiate games Manager Eager de
cided to abandon the southern trip and
cancelled all the dates for It. The trip was
scheduled to begin April 15 and would have
Included games with several teams In Kan
sas and Missouri. Manager Eager Is now
considering the giving up of the eastern
trip, which Is planned to begin May 2 and
extend over a period of two weeks. Games
to be played at that time are scheduled
with some of the strongest college nines In
the middle west, including Notre Came and
Illinois. Neither the Cornhusker manager
nor the athletic board want it repetition
of last year's farcical exhibition, when the
Nebraska nine won only two games on the
eastern trip. They fear that auch will be
the case, however, if the team goes east
again this spring, and- In order to avoid
the repetition are In favor of abandoning
the proposed trip. Borne of the players
want to Journey east and now are urging
the athletic authorities to carry out the
rest of the schedule for the season. The
trip aanga In the balance now and a meet
ing of the athletic board will probably be
called this week Ho decide whether to
abandon it or not.
Eligibility Candidates Reduced.
The freshman rule haa cut down the
Ixe of the eligible list of baae ball candi
dates considerably and the number of
strong players is very small. The men who
have places on the 'varsity clinched, or
who have the best show of making good,
are Bellamy, Beltzer, Watters, Klein, Rod
man, Dodgeon, Watson, Freeman, Jen
nings, Sleuter, Denslow, Freeman, Ward,
and Blake. Of these Bellamy, Betser,
Denslow, Sleuter. Ward, Blake and
Freeman are sure to be on the
line. The barring of the freshmen ' has
taken out of commission the two star
catcher.? and necessitated the shifting of
Denslow from first base to the place be
hind the bat. He likely will hold down
that position. Three men are being used
for Denslow'a place at first. They are
Klein, Watson and Slueter, with the
chances of getting that place favoring
Bleuter. Dudgeon will probably make good
at second base. Watters is making , a
strong bid for short stop and may bo able
to land that place. Harris, a freshman, had
the short stop position clinched when the
eligibility rule knocked him out. Beltser
will play at third base this season. In
the outfield Captain Bellamy. Jennings and
Freeman appear to be the trio that will
work there this spring. Freeman, however,
may not be able to make good If Slueter,
does not stay at first base. The pitching
staff . will consist of Ward,' Blake and
Bodmin. '
The Cornhuskers will open the season
Thursday In a game with the Lincoln
league team at Antelope park. The series
with Oreen's leaguers will consist of eight
games, which will be played on April 1,
I. 8. . 7. 10. 11 and 11 If the eastern trip
Is abandoned several games probably will
be scheduled with other professional teams
for Lincoln. .
Foot Ball Practice Sooai.
Within a few weeks spring foc-t ball prao
tloe will be Inaugurated at the university
for the first time In the history of Corn-
' busker athletics. Captain Harvey of the
1908 eleven will Issue the call for candidates
. and wUl get out all the men eligible for next
fall's team.- It Is expected that large num
ber of men will answer the call and report
for the training. Captain Harvey and Man
ager .Eager will have charge of the squad.
The prospects are brilliant , for another
atfbng eleven next fall, and many students
expect the eleven will be even stronger than
the championship team of last year. All
of the 1WI eleven, with the exception of
Captain Welier, are eligible for the 1908
team, and will be on hand next fall to help
- win more honors for the scarlet and cream.
In addition to the old men, there will be
severs! of this year's freshmen who showed
i up well last fall, In line fur the team.
The work of the squad this spring will
oonslst mainly of punting, drop and place
kicking and using the forward pass. A drop
' kicker and punter must be developed for
next fall's team, and the men this spring
will be drilled In the kicking department
, in an effort to train a player who will be
able to fill Captain Welter's place. Weller
. was a star punter and drop kicker, and It
wes to his toe work that the success of
I last season was In great measure due. His
two drop kicks one of them from the fifty
yard line r ere-responsible for the defeat
of the Iowa Aggies Id the Nebraska-Ames
game last November. Captain Harvey,
realSlng how great the value of a good
drop kicker la and bow many games are
won by a single drop or place kick, will
pay much attention to developing a man for
the kicking department for the 1908 eleven.
Used Soaoly of Kickers.
The material In the kicking line Is plenti
ful, but Is a little green and will have to
be worked out at the hands of some ex
perienced men. Borne of the players who
will be trained for the kicking department
this spring are Kroger, Blrkner, Boltser,
Harvty,- Hart. Temple, Bowers and Rath
bone. Kroger, the star half-back who
cored against Minnesota last fall. Is both
place and drop-kicker. His drop kicking
was fair last fall and It Is expected that
be will develop rapidly. Blrkner Is able
to boot the ball long distances on punts,
and la being figured on to show up well in
the spring training. Temple and Hart both
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BIG HACK'S SIZE AND STRENGTH
KenacthlBs; About the Riant Frank
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Cblcasjo.
NEW YORK. March 28. George Hacken
schmldt, the Russiai Lion, world's cham
pion wrestler. Is probably the strongest
man that ever exhibited his power In pub
lic. As a weight lifter he can easily dis
tance the performances of the old-time
strong man, Eugene Sandow. As a wrest
ler he has beaten champions outweighing
him WO pounds the greatest giants of the
European circuit. And In spite of his
enorrrous muscular power he has main
tained amaxing quickness. He Is an ex
pert acrobat as well as a wrestler and
weight lifter.
Hackenschmldt's measurements show
that there is something behind his power
beside the necessary nervous energy. His
height is t feet 10 inches; weight, 203
pounds stripped; neck, 22 Inches; chest, 2
Inches, waist 33 Inches; biceps, 20 Inches;
forearm, 17 Inches; thigh 28 inches; calf,
19 Inches.
His neck Is four Inches larger than that
of Jeffries, his chest three Inches larger,
his waist three Inches smaller, his biceps
three tnchea larger, his forearm two Inches
larger, his thigh an Inch larger, his calf
two Inches larger. .
Hackenschmldt says: "Any young man
can become strong if he will try. I will not
say that any boy can become as strong
as I am no.that would not be quite true,
for I was naturally strong even when I
was a schoolboy. I had a big frame. But
If I had not tried hard to become strong
I might now be Just big and fat. The Im
portant thing Is to wish to be strong, and
to think of It all the time. Anyone who
determines to be strong can accomplish
things that will surprise his friends.
"The explanation is easy. 1 you desire
to gain In strength and you keep thinking
about It you will naturally do the things
that help you. If you pick up something
without thinking, your muscles act with
the least possible effort. But If you think
while you are lifting it you consciously
contort your muscles and get more ex
ercise. A very important thing Is to put
your whole mind into a muscular effort.
If you are only half determined, there Is
no strength.
"Any kind of exercise Is good If you be
come Interested and work hard at It. The
best Is always to be out. of doors, running
and Jumping and riding bicycles. Weight
lifting Is all right when you're fit for It.
Little wleghts are best at first. One must
be In good condition to lift heavy weights.
If you're not fit, don't try It. Wrestling
Is good work, because It develops every
muscle. Boxing Is very good. As for diet
I do not believe in Jt. At least, I think it
foolish to lay out a strict diet. 1- avoid
complicated dishes. I- eat meat and bread
and vegetables as I please and drink water
or milk or claret. I could do all my work
on buttermilk."
Hackenschmldt obtained his first definite
Impression of the "toe hold," which Is
Frank Gotch's most effective grapple,
during his first preliminary work on this
side last week. While those who under
took to demonstrate the hold were not
nearly as heavy men as the champion they
were recognized exponents of wrestling in
the middle and lightweight classee. and
fully capable of explaining all of the fine
points of the "catch-as-catch-can" method.
William Muldoon asked Hackenschmldt
If he feared any of the pitfalls of a style
of wrestling different to that In which he
had ma3e his reputation. He replied:
"I know only that I have to wrestle.
After all, this means strength, agility and
confidence which Is of such a kind that
It nerves one's self and at the same time
does not run to the extent of despising
one's opponent. Of course, there are many
tricks with which I am not altogether
familiar, but I ought to be able to learn a
good many of them by the time I get
through my training."
Hackenschmldt trains only about three
quarters of an hour each day.
EUDIE UNH0LZ WANTS JOE GANS
Boer Proposes to Have Championship
If Possible.
NEW YORK. March 28. Rudolph Unholx,
the lightweight champion of South Africa,
who has been in town, has turned down a
proposition made to him by Charley Har
vey, manager of Owen Moran, the little
Ehgllsh fighter, who offered - to match
Owen against him In a twenty-round bout
before Jim Coffroth's club at Colma, dtl.,
next month, at 130 pounds. Unhols told
Harvey that he was anxious to fight Joe
Oana for the lightweight title and would
not think of taking on Moran. Harvey
will now try and clinch .a' match between
Battling Nelson and Moran, to be decided
some time next month. 4V
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BADGER OARSMEN TO GET OUT
Practice on the Water is to Com
mence Monday Morning.
BASE BALL CANDIDATES ACTIVE
Light Practice Has Already Com
menced, bnt Makeup of Team Un
certain Track Men Also
Getting; In Condition.
MADISON, Wis.,. March 28. (Special.)
The Badger oarsmen will get their first
touch of water on Monday afternrfou.
Work on the remodeled boathouse has been
carried on all week and the construction
of the piers will be completed by that time.
The Ice has been plied up on the shore and,
had the new piers been up, the men could
have gotten out a couple of days ago.
Coach Ten Eyck has practically kept the
same men at the same positions for the
last three weeks and It looks as though
they would beSfiven first choice. The men
have been rowing in the following order:
Stroke, Dlnet; No. 7, Captain Wilder; No. 6.
laklsch; Io. 5,- Dreutzer; No. 4, Kerr; No.
8, Wilce; No. 2, Hickox; bow, Trane. This
has been the regular line-up each night
with the exception of the fact thut Murphy
haa been rowed at both Nob. 6 and 6.
Murphy, although he pasaed all his exami
nations, Is two points behind the faculty's
Idea of eligibility and It Is not known
whether he will be granted permission to
pull an oar this year or not. Dr. Hutchlns
has decided to take the 'varsity coaching
launch east when the crews go down to
Poughkeepsle this year. In past years the
Badgers have experienced considerable
trouble In getting a- suitable launch and for
that reason Dr. Hutchlns thinks that the
added expense will be worth while.
Base Ball Men Oat,
The base ball candidates have been out
on the lower campus for the laat three
days, but it Is difficult to get any line on
the team as yet, as the men have not been
assigned any permanent positions. The
practice thus far haa been rudimentary,
consisting In batting up flies to the ln
fielders and outfielders. Owing to the cold
weather the pitchers have been taking It
easy. Coach Barry haa had Knight and
Johns, the two leading candidates for to
Job of pitcher, throwing the ball around a
little, but neither of them are taking any
chances. It looks as though Barlow had
the receiver's end clinched and this will
probably necessitate Messmer's being
shifted to first base. In case' the captain
of the track team plays the Initial bag,
Muckelstone will probably be moved Into
the outfield. Captain- Kaulfuss may
straighten out his deficiencies In his work,
and In case he succeeds he will again be
seen at short, where he put up a star game
last season. Dacy has been showing up
strong as one of the candidates for first,
but' he may oe switched over to third cn
account of the hole in that position. Rog
ers will again play the center garden and
the way he haa been hauling them down
bodes no good .to the heavy hitters who are
planning for fat batting averages this year.
Working on Track Team.
Coach Hutchlns has had the track candi
dates out for a few days, but no hard
work has been done. Natwlck haa been
training steadily In the hurdles . and he
rooks good for points this year. His stride
Is better than It was last year and he la
milch stronger. Morris haa been practicing
the sprints. The broad Jumping will fall
upon Louis Coorsen this year, as Van
Dersee has completed his three years.
Coorsen has gone over twenty-two foet and
should be able to take care of this event.
Wilson, the only promising pole vaulter in
the lot, came near having a bad accident
Wednesday. He was vaulting with one of
the new poles recently purchased by the
department, and vhen In mld-alr, the pole
snapped under him. The fact that the pole
could get no hold In the hard ground was
all that saved him from what might have
been a severe Injury. Rertles, the long
distance runner, has again resumed train
ing after a rest of six months, taken upon
advice of his physician. Ha and Blank
enagel will uphold the honors of the car
dinal In the distance runs this year. Cap-
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OLYMPIAD APPEAL FOR FUNDS
Chairman of Committee Sara Money Is
Aeedcd to Entertain 'Visit,
in a" Athletes.
LONDON, March 28. Lord Desborough,
president of the British Olympic associa
tion, has Issued an appeal for funds. He
says:
During the coming summer the repre
sentatives of twenty-two countries will
be attending the Olympic games of London
and a large sum of money will be required
to carry out the lengthy program of the
meeting, which extends over twelve weeks
arfd Includes almost all the better known
athletic competitions. Money will also be
required to provide gold, silver and bronze
medals, badges and diplomas, as well as
to entertain In a manner worthy of this
country all those representatives athletes,
Judges and committees who. It is hoped,
will take away the pleasanluat recollections
of their visit to England.
In making an appeal for funds for these
purposes I should, like to call attention to
the following points:
1. That during the present year the
Olympic games will be held in this country'
for the first time since their Inception In
1896.
2. That, as they take placa only every
four years, and as several countries desire
to hold them, a very long time must elapse
before they will again be celebrated In the
BritlKh isles.
3. That the athletic world will expect a
high standard to be set by this country,
which 1s the birthplace of so many mod
ern forms of athletics.
4. That the British isles have a reputa
tion for hospitality, to keep up which can
not be better exerclHed than on this oc
casion, when so many representatives of
different countries will be visiting us for
the games.
The Idea of those games Is something
above and beyond the mere holding of a
great athletic meeting; the underlying hope
Is that the youth, and especially the ath
letic youth, of the different countries rep
resented, by meeting each other in friendly
rivalry will get to know each other better
and appreciate each other more. With
these ends in view, I appeal with con
fidence to the generosity of the British peo
ple upon this unique occasion.
SECOND BURNS AND BEELL MATCH
Sale of Seats at Auditorium for Next
Tuesday Msht.
The second great wrestling match be
tween "Farmer" Burns and Fred Beell,
which Is to take place next Tuesday night
at the Auditorium, will undoubtedly draw
as large a house as their first match, on
March 17, as the demand for seats Is Just
as great. A large number of seats have
already been ordered by out-of-town peo
ple and local demand seems ven greater
than for the first match. Farmer Burns Is
evidently determined to win ' the second
match and thus establish himself as the
unquestioned light heavyweight champion,
while tteell Is Just as determined that he
will wrest from the "Farmer" the cham
pionship which he has carried so lung.
Beell Is in constant training here In the
city and Farmer Burns Is wrestling every
day with Frank Catch In Chicago, so that
both men will be In perfect condition, and
the greatest athletic contest ever witnessed
In Omaha may be confidently expected.
A )arge number of men 'are going to
bring their wives, because they have
learned that these matches at the Audi
torium are conducted la such a manner as
to be both entertaining and refined, as well
as Instructive for both women and men.
No smoking will be allowed and a. splendid
preliminary match will be put on prior to
the main match between Burns and Beell,
The seat sale began on Friday morning,
with a continuous line of people at the
box office the entire day.
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E00T BALL WORK IN THE SPRING
Eastern Schools Will Have Their
Monads Out Early.
PRINCETON, N. J., March 28. Practice
for the foot ball men at Princeton Is to be
gin shortly, although most of it will con.
slat of boxing and gymnastic tending to de
velop the men who will pursue he pigskin
in the fall. Trainer Val Flood Iras fitted up
training quarters for the men, Including
two hand ball courts, and In a few. days
the grldlroners will get their first call to
prepare for the autumn canutalgn.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., March a.-For the
purpose of being In line with the other
colleges rather than for any good to be
derived therefrom, the foot ball squads at
Yale and Harvard are planning for a little
spring practice next month. '. The Yale
players will be called out on April 1 and
will en1 work on April 11. Harvard's squad
will have two weeks' practice, beglunlng
on April 27.
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PA STARTS SLUGGING IN SNOW
Rourkes Wallop Originals at Opening
on Winter Day.
CHAMPS SHOW GOOD ORDER
Manaa-er Bradford of Lee-Olaai-Andreesen
Team Will Have
Better Mnenp Out Thla .
Afternoon.
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In a snow flurry, with one fan In the
grandstand and thirty-five on the bleach
ers, the exhibition base ball season opened
In Omaha Saturday at the Vinton street
park, when the Champions walloped the
Lee-Olass-Andreesen team by the score of
26 to 8. The Rourkes showed their train
ing by working at all branches of the game
In better form than the amateur team,
many of the Colts playing In splendid form,
while Bradford's men were erratic and
threw over the basemen's heads at every
' chance offered.
Grand Island Graham was the bright and
shining star with the stick, hitting out
six safe ones in six times up. In the firet
inning both Graham and Autrey hit for
home runs, both balfe going In the same
place, scooting past second to the fence.
Captain Franck did not present a very
formidable array against the hardware
men. He had Clark at short and Metx in
left field. He presented two of his nr w
pitchers. . Isaacs pitched the first four
Innings and then De Silva from Alnsworth
was substituted. The latter gentleman is
a big southpaw who was not afraid to
bend them, even If it is early In the season,
and it did it with such good effect that
Brad and his men were able to score but
one run after he went In. He Is touted as
a second Rube Waddel, having many of
the eccentricities of that noted player.
Metx Is a big, strong player, who has
mado a hit with the old members of the
team, and they are touting him strong for
a position as a regular member of the
Rourke family. Tpwnsend, formerly of the
Omaha team, relieved LeBrand In the fifth
and Oonding did not care to take any
chances In the cold, , '
At' the opening of the game Captain
Franck gave orders for the players to "hit
'er out," and hit It they did. After nearly
a score of runs had been made he changed
his orders and all tried to bunt 11.' Most
were successful, as Pa's new grass diamond
Is not as smooth at present as It will be
later In the season.
Bradford did not have the full strength
of his team and promises to present a
better lineup this afternoon. He had two
of his fielders playing infield positions and
these went astray on their throws to bases.
Pa will trot out three more pitchers this
afternoon and the fans will have a chance
to see them work.
The Hi. ore: .'
OMAHA.
AB. IR. H- 0. A. E.
Belden, rf 2 4 2 10 0
Autrey, lb 6 4 2 6 0 0
Welch, cf 6 3 4 0 0 1
Metx, If 4 S 1 S 0 0
Graham, 2b 4 ti 3 1 0
Austin, 3b .. 2 2 02 1
Clark, a (. 4 2 2 0 1 2
LeBrand, o 3 0 1 4 0 0
Townsend, o 2 1 0 ' 1 0 0
Isaacs, p 3 2 0 0 0 1
IX bliva, p 2 110 0 0
Totals 43 26 22 18 "J 6
ORIGINALS.
AB. IR. H. O. A. E.
Casey, If I 1 0 0 0
Roben, cf I 0 1 2 .0 0
Lewler, ss 4 1 2 2 4 0
Mullln. 2b 4 0 118 4
(Jibaon. rf 4 0 1 0 0 0
C. Clair, lb ; 3 2 12 0 1
Dougherty. 3b 2 2 0 2 1 3
E. Clair, c 110 111
Freese, c 1 1 0 1 1 0
Scully, p , 2 0 10 10
Bunnell, p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 8 18 11
ficore by Innings:
Omaha t 3 7 2 8 226
L.-G.-A 0 2 0 S 1 0 8
Two-base hits: Belden. Austin, Mets.
Home runs: Autrey, Uraharn. Paused ball:
Freese. Wild pitches: Isaacs, 1; Scully, 1.
First base on balla: Otf Osaacs, 4; off
Bcirfy, 3; off Bunnell. 1. Hit by pitched
ball: By Scully, 1. by Bunnell, 1. Struck
out: By laaacs, 6; by IVHllva. 2; by Scully,
1; by Bunnell, 1. Double play: Lawler to
C. Clair. Stolen bases: lielden, Autrey,
LeBrand. Townaend, Dougherty. Time: 1:40.
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JOCKEYS WHO MAY RIDE AGAIN
1. 1 at of Licenses Granted Thy the
Jockey C'laTe for the Com
inn- Season,
NEW YORK. March .-The broad
and easy path that a few Jockeys traveled
last yea la not looked upon with favor
by the members of the Jockey club at
the recent meeting, when licenses tu ride
during the coming summer were granted.
Last year considerable talk was occa
sioned by the rides that certain boys put
up When their mounts were favorites and
that there was plenty of reason for It Is
proved by the fact that this year the said
boys will havo to return to real work If
they want to make a living. The moat
promising prominent Jockey who has been
refused a HCense is Bill Knapp. That he
Is a clever, capable rider no one will deny.
He has learned his profession well and
can hold his own with any boy In America
when he Is so minded, Still, there were
times last year when he rode worse than
an apprentice and always when his mounts
were favorites. In fact ho rode a few such
peculiar races for Billy Dubois that he
thought It part of wisdom to depart for
the coast without bidding the king of the
club house commissioners goodbye.
Jockey Romanelll, who once lost "alia
his amblRh" while riding one of big Tim
Sullivan's horses and who later had his
license taken away at Saratoga, Is another
one who will not have a chance to show
his skill this year. The members of the
Jockey club were afraid that he has not re
covered from his spell of timidity and
thought It best for all concerned to keep
him out of the saddle. Hurry Michaels,
who Is now on his way to South America,
also had a llcpnsa refused him, while the
applications of Englander, Mlchaud, White
and C. Koerne r were laid on the table. Of
these Englander and Koerner are about
the only ones who will be missed.
The full list of Jockeys granted licenses
follows: George Ashendon, William Ami
don. J. F. Bergen, D. Bryant, Washington
H. Brussel, Guy Burns, W. Cullen. John C.
Daly, Harry Bubol, William F. Doyle, A.
Delaby. Clifford O. Gilbert. John Hen
ncssy, Joseph Hogg, Emil Kraus, W. Koat
Ing, William Allan Lee, Phil Musgrave, C.
L. Miller, Walter Miller, Ernest Martin,
Joseph McCahey, C. R. McDanlel, Dalton
McCarthy, Arthur Helllgan, David L. Nicol,
Joseph Nolter, W. O'Leary, G. C. Olandt,
Herbert Powell, M. Preston, Vincent Pow
ers, Percy Quarrlngton, C. M. Shilling,
Richard Watts, J. J. Walsh. Willie Walsh,
Fred Crowley and Charles Garner.
A number of trainers were handled with
out gloves and It may be that the dose
handed them will keep a few others who
are inclined to look for the beat of It In
line. The only two trainers to be abso
lutely refused licenses were Willie Martin,
who has been on the black list for some
years, and W. B. McDermot. The applica
tions of a number of others, however, were
laid on the table and some of them will
find that they are In the , same old spot
when the enow comes again. "Dynamite
Jack" Thornby, Bobbir Beach and Alger
non Claxon are the most prominent ones
who still are on the anxious seat.
Several of the cross-country riders
who are to perform during the
coming season of racing were granted
licenses at a recent meeting of the
National Steeplechase and Hunt asso
ciation. For the racing year so soon to
open the percentage of gentleman riders
Is exceedingly high and the professionals
through the field will doubtless find some
very clever amateurs trying against them.
The gentlemen who were granted licenses
to. ride through the field wVe H. L. Mor
ris, C. II. Kirk, Thomas Wright, 8. J.
Holloway, Courtland Smith, Bowling W.
Haxall, T. Hyland Jones. N. Frank Neer.
'Charles K, Harrison, Dr. Milton P. Hill,
Jarvls Spencer, Marshall Clapp, George
Watson, W. Ellis Johnson, W.U.Martin.
W. R. Martin, who Is of Lancaster, Pa.,
also has a license permitting htm to ride
on the flat. His Is the first application
that haa been received from any gentle
man rider to ride on equal terms with pro
fessionals in flat races.
The professional Jockeys who were
warded licenses are Robert Curran, T. J.
Donohue, P. 'J. Hagan, Otto Helder. A.
Hewitt, M. Henderson, R. Huppe, Gene
Flnnegan, P. Kelleher, J. Lynch, H. Mc
Afee, Lulgi Masnada, J. E. Owens, R.
Robinson, II. L. Saffell, R. D. Sampson,
J. Steele, G. B. Wilson, J. Kelly. P. Mc
Inttrny, G. Palmer, L. Rogan, E. Savage
and S. Turner.
Applications that were laid on the table
and temporarily held up were those of
Nat Ray, W. O. Wilson, G. 8. Bernhardt,
C. Corbett, F. Turnburke and W. H.
Henry. The application of Silas McClaln
was denied, while that of Albert Davidson
was referred to the stewards of the Wash
ington Jockey club.
CorAhusker Captain
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"SLIP" BELLAMY, '08,
n
BEST JOCKEYS FOR NEW YORK
Newcomers Among Those Who Will
Strive for Saddle Honors.
KNIGHTS OF GOTHAM TRACKS
Knapp, Moantaln, Radtke, Jack Man
tin, Michaels, F.sglaadt
Others Will Be I
Evidence.
and
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NEW TORK, March 2.-Nearly every
Jockey of any account In this country will
ride on the eastern tracks this year pro
vided, of course, he has received a license,
from the stewards of the Jockey club.
But at that some of the noted rldera will be
among the missing.
Willie Knapp, who was accused of pulling
Gold Lady in a memorable race at Bel.
mont Park last fall, will not be permitted
to sport silk again, as the Jockey club
has placed him under tho ban. Harry
Michaels, who was ruled off two year
ago, recently applied for a license, but wag
turned down again, and is now on his way
back to South America after coming hera
In vain. Roche Romanelll, who was caught
red handed' at Saratoga In W06, is still la
disfavor, while It will require much per
suasive eloquence to restore Jockeys Eng
lander, Mlchaud, White and Koerner to
good standing. Mountain was ruled off
some time ago at New Orleans and haa re
tired. Dadtke did not apply for a license
this year, aa he decided some time ago to
ride inv Russia in future. Jack Martin,
known for years aa the "money rider."
has retired permanently, while Luclen Lyn
will again try his luck on the English
turf. '
Two Veterans Back.
Two veterans, Willie Shaw and Tommy
Burns, however, will come back after cam
paigns last season In Germany. Shaw, who
has been here all winter, recently signed a
contract to ride for Dr. T. JL Cassldy,
brother of Joe Cassldy, former borough
president, who haa a shifty lot of racers
and haa been at I os Angeles since the
season closed here last fall. Shaw rod a In
splendid form In Germany, but he did not
care much for his surroundings and was
glad when his contract expired. Although
matured. Shaw can ride at about 108
pounds and is considered one of the moat
finished horsemen on, the turf. His long
experience In the employ of the late Pitts
burg Phil waa a source of profit to him
In many ways, so that since those days
his services have been in constant de
mand. If Shaw displays his old skill he will
probably ride for the stable trained by
Frank D. Weir, which contains some great
racers, notably Roseben, Dr. Gardner, Jim
Gaffney and others who will go after some
of the big atakea this year. It Is also
probable that Shaw will have a mount now
and then In the Keene and Whitney colors,
as he haa always stood well . with those
big stables. ,
Tommy Burns went abroad after ttja
local season of 1908 at a time when he was
riding better than for several seasons. He
had a fat contract and incidentally rode
for Emperor William on numerous occa
sions. But like Shaw he pined for America
and came back last fall to find that his
little brother, Ouy Burns, had developed
Into a star. But Tommy and Guy will be
seen perhaps In the same races after thla
year, and the rivalry between them la
bound to be keen. Tommy has completed
arrangements by which he will ride for
William Garth, the Virginia horseman who
trained for the Ralneys last year. Guy
Burns la still under contract to R, F. Car
mon. who will continue to have first call
on his services; but It is understood that
Sam Hlldreth will have second call, which
means that the midget will be kept busy.
Miller and Gilbert Cracks.
Thomas H. Williams, president of the
Pacific Coast Jockey club and the chief
owner of the Oakland race track, will have
two crack Jockeys, Walter Miller and Clif
ford Gilbert, under contract here. Wllllama
signed Miller last fall when the champion
Jockey waa released by the Newcastle
stable and took him to California. Miller
contracted to make 106 pounds, but within
the last few weeks he has found thla task
a most difficult one. v
In fact Miller Is growing so rapidly that
the time is not far distant when he will bo
satisfied if he can scale at 110. But Miller,
even with increasing bulk. Is still the great
est race rider on the American turf. He has
ridden more winners In California this
winter than any other boy and comes east
with his same old popularity. It la under
stood that when his services are not re
quired by Wllllama and his trainer, H. E.
IRowell, Miller will ride for the Newcastle
Stable, trained by Tom Welsh. Miller and
Welsh have been fast friends ever since
the big trainer took hold of the boy two
years ago. Welsh will have a good alsod
stable this season, so that Miller will be
needed to help out.
Little Gilbert whose contract waa re
cently purchased by Williams for IIO.OUQ
cash, Is said to be a coming star. He has
made some rapid strides since the New
Year, and on the coast the experts say he
Is bound to make his mark. His work haa
been of such brilliancy that James R, Keene.
It is reported, recently made a successful
offer for second call on the boy's services.,
Mr. Keene, with both Joe Notter and Gil
best, will .bo well fixed for riding material.
It was when he' had become dissatisfied
with Miller's handling of Ballot In the An
nual Champion atakes last September that
Mr. Keene put Notter on Peter Pan In the
Brighton handicap. Notter had been rid
ing for Lucky Jack MoGlnnls and had been
making only fair progress when he received
the Keene offer. v
Racegoers well remember the magnlflclent
handling of Peter Pan which resulted In
a superb triumph at the beach. It waa a
rare exhibition of pluck and skill and. Mr.
Keen was so delighted that he lost no time
In securing a contract on the boy's ser
vices. Notter haa been riding all winter
at the New Orleans tracks, where he has
had no trouble In distancing his competi
tors. C. R. Ellison, the noted plunger,
said recently that In his opinion Notter
this year would ride more winners on the
Jocky club's tracks than Miller and that
he would become the best rider In the coun
try. Notter will receive a salary of $I0,00u,
it Is said, which, with other fees, will en
able him to earn more money than aver
before.
Uddle Dagaa'i Contracts.
II. P. Whitney and R. T. Wilson, Jr., QUI
pract'cally monopolise the services of
Fddle Dugan so far as stake events are
concerned. Dugan, It will be recalled, was
brought out by Boots Durnell, now. ruled
rff, who had the boy under contract all
last year. Dugan developed so n&Alf tHsu