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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BKK: NOVKMHKR 1. 1D0S.
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The Omaha Sunday Bee.
OMAHA. B'JNDAY. OCTOnF.fl 31,' 19 "".
GOLFERS DISCUSS NEW RULES
May Adi Much to Congestion
th Links.
of
AS WHOLE WILL BD IMPROVEMENT
B
, AB BALL aaw It. greatest year In
IV. In th two major leafm-a re
sults outatrlpped any semblance of
precedence and set a record dif
ficult of parallel for the f-.iture.
But, of rourae. In an enterprise aa In and
treat as the national (ami of America pro
gress must be maintained; retroareiislon
might be fatal and stagnation would be
not at all aatlafactory. But If progress Is
mads Jn 1909, If the contests are closer and
the sate receipt larger than they were
In 1906, aome vital changes and Indeed Im
provement, ar. necessary. There la one
condition that la not by any mean. n
couraglng to the general aspect of base
ball progress and that 1a ilmply this: The
paucity of the managerl.il market. Mem
who can successfully manage a major
league team, combatting all the forces of
professional competition, take and main
tain their places In the strenuous race for
championship honors such men are woe
fully In the minority. This Is a fact that
has been sadly, but decisively Impressed
on the minds of owners. Take the Na
tional league and you have Just three men
of proven ability as managers and a. fourth
of promising powers and probable auccesa.
The three who have demonstrated their
kill are Chance, McGraw and Clarke and
the fourth man Is Murray of Philadelphia.
Cincinnati and Bt. Louis have found It
necessary to accept the resignation of
their managers, while Boston would wel
come an Improvement and Brooklyn prob
ably could profit by one. In the American
league the situation Is some better. There
are Mack, Fielder Jones, Jennings of the
highest type and McAIeer and Cantlllon of
recognised ability. But look at these names
In the National league and note the stand
ing of the teams they represent and you
have the milk In the cocoanut ao far as
one side of this question Is concerned. The
three men most successful In building up
and managing great base ball machines
Chance. MpQraw, Clarke kept their teama
o far ahead of all the rest of the league
that except for the fierce and unpre
cedented race between Chicago, New York
and Pittsburg the National league aeason
would have been a monotony. Two of the
best managers In the American, Jones and
Jennings, kept their teams up to the top,
while Connie Mack of the Athletics lost
out, but the chances are that a less able
man than Mack would have finished eighth
Instead of sixth with the Athletics of 1908.
The main fact Is the most crying need of
major league base ball today Is more high
grade managers. Several teams are In
the market for them, offering almost any
price. The right sort of man, one who
can win games and bring box office re
turns, 1 more valuable than the franchise
and oan all but dictate hla own salary.
And It la said that Fielder Jones and
Chance practically do even that. The most
cogent illustration today of what the lack
of a, manager will do for a team Is to be
found In the 1908 record of the New York
Americana,
Likelihood Will
In Mnlch to
Me. him
l.rnd Kverr Player
Abandon Onshlna
liame In Tee
Shot.
It Is practically settled that George
Btalllngs will manage the New York Amer
icans next year. President Farrell appears
to be starting out with the determination
that If hla money can facilitate victory
the pennant shall wave over the High
landers' park. He has upwards of sixty
players now on the reserve list and la
looking for more. Evidently he doea not
Intend that failure shall be charged to
parsimonious policy on the part of the
owner. New York now hopes to have Hal
Chaae, the brilliant but obstreperous first
oaaeman, back in play next year and
enough other high-grade men to Insure the
uccess of the team, though It Is probably
expecting too much to look for a pennant in
MW. Jimmy Auatln and two or three other
potential propositions for third base have
been engaged. One thing is certain if an
other man beats Jimmy out for the place
he will be entitled to It. Austin's friends
axpect him to Infuse a tincture of ginger
Into that old team, which It has lacked for
everai years, ana arouse the entire league.
The demand for tickets to the Ames
Nebraska game at Diets park. Novmh.r 7
haa been most encouraging. Indicating a
liberal patronage. Nothing Omaha
do would count so much toward aecuring a
big Cornhueker game each year as excel
lent patronage of this contest. And Omaha
ib Douna to ao inm thing. Manaser K.r
on hla part, has aet at rest those fears
expressed by some that the choice of the
eats would be reserved for Lincoln pa
trons. No extensive fear that this would
be done was ever expressed, but a few
. fan. entertained It and the matter was
presented to Mr. Eager. He assures every.
' body that no discrimination of this sort
will ba practloed and that a m.n ni
Wahoo, Omaha or Beatrice will have the
....... lor me Deet seats as the-man
wao uvea In Lincoln. So much for this
umuunuea rear, imow, come on, boys, with
rvur money.
Aha t i m. .
i ins ignmcam Items of rin kn
news laat week was the positive assertion
Of Manager Chance that his Cub lineup
would be unchanged In 1909 except for a
w aaamonai utility men. Hofman sup
" "- regular in center, and the
- "m remains the same. This
gives Hayden. Howard and Slagle for out-
ira; Zimmerman and a few new
r.T!v.:rr inMaen- Hayden. who shone so
7 ,n lna American association
-uu. wus ran and may not atlck.
wui ii no laua Id Chicago th. h '
rood tT him being p.ck.d up by another
National league team. Chan ...
t"h3.d'b,l"trtnB,h th b0X M
.ft- " h match
iera." FUr Tlme W"
TrVi aa T .
swMttm by h" trade,
during hi. managerial engagement for the
t. Louis Cardinals. Now that he ha.
resigned there, a rumor Is out that he is
to be picked up by an American league
team for acout Certainly he ought to fill
uch a position with satisfaction. He la
a keen lnd k... ... "e 11
. - . u. piKy-rs ana a a-ood
"I. failure a. . manager apper.
o II. In hi. Inability to get the moat out
.... u.cn n me Held,
o-.r'. WV' ,f rM,ltr Jo"" tlcks to hi.
Isbell take, hold of hi, Wichita team In
the old Itoman will
7 u alnat a atrong deficiency
WrW M . a.
7 aoe.ni one of tho.. team, looking
i iivt me
Davie, a trial?
LONIiON, Oct. 81. (Special.) Taken a. a
whole, the criticism of the new rules has
been eminently favorable, says the lxmdon
Field. All players have recognised that the
new code will be a great improvement on j
the old and that a good d.'al more labor
has been expended on this year's revision
than has ever been the case before. But
during the few months In which the sub
ject has been open for the discussion of all
golfers who Interest themselves In the sub
ject there seems to be a general disposition
among a militant section of players to
blame the rules committeo for their altera
tion of the out-of-bounds rule to loss of
stroke and distance. That is the rule upon
which the largest amount of criticism has
been fastened. But the obvious objection
to the rule Is not the one which Is usually
brought forward. The obvious objection to
tho alteration Is the practical one that will
help to add to the congestion of the links.
Those who are taking a share In the cam
paign against the udoptlon of the new rule
attempt to bring forward other reasons
why the chsnge Is likely to be harmful to
the playing of the game. Their main con
tention Is that the added penalty for a ball
being out of bounds will lead to timid play
off the tee. As an abstract proposition af
fecting the Justice of the penalty there Is
apparently no disposition to question the
fairness of the rule, but It Is being de
nounced because It will lead every player
In a match to abandon a dashing, slashing
game In the tee shot and to adopt the safe
and pawky tactics of all who believe that
the middle way la ever the best.
Now, Is It at all likely that the penalty
of stroke and distance for a ball which has
been driven out of bounds will tend to
make players creep Ignobly up the middle
of the course? No one In his heart can be
lieve that the new rule will ever make the
altghtest difference to any player off the
tee. Those who are pouring out Indignation
at the proposed new rule apparently wish
to claim golfing sympathy for the player
who, whenever a fence or private property
s near, promptly slices or pulls his ball
over It. Flaying out of bounds In such
case Is to be looked upon as a merit worthy
of exceptionally tolerant treatment. Hav
ng played a bad shot off the tee, the out
of-bounds player is to be so leniently dealt
with that he Is to have a second shot In
order to recover lost ground, while the one
who has played the proper game by keep
ing In the middle of the course may be very
badly bunkered, losing two strokes, per
haps, to get his ball out on the fair way
once more.
What the malcontents fall to see Is that
the new rule will redress the Inequality of
punishment which at present exists be
tween the straight and the crooked player.
In nine cases out of ten the ball out of
bounds is the- effect of a bad shot. The
boundary fence Is present to the eye of
every player and If he cannot modify his
grip or stance so as to keep his ball from
flying out of bounds, even with the wind
veteran, George
We get It on good authority that Merki
la still open to engagements.
t'D to rial th. ll'ui... i
.ru.ue is sun an
njiii-ciuo institution.
Ames or K.braakat
cottrsa - -
Why, Nebraska, o
blowing In that direction, the obvious de
duction la that he has still to Improve his
golf education. But he ha. no Justification
to try out against the harshness or unfair
ness of the rule. The boundary fence Is
always a better marked hasard on the
course than the concealed pot bunkers lying
beyond a knoll on the fairway, and when
It comes to be a question of summing up
the treatment which should be given to a
really bad shot out of bounds and a shot
which In cruelly trapped on the straight
line it Is the last named player who has
Just cause for grumbling at the Inequitable
working of the present rule, and not those
who escape so lightly when they drive out
of bounds.
The attempted scare about the effect of
the rule In making the tee shot play more
and more timid la not likely to have much
weight with golfers who know their subjec t
thoroughly and can draw upon a wide ex
perience of play. To harken to this outcry
one would Imagine that tho Incident of "out
of bounda" had only been Invented within
the last decade. Musselburgh and St. An
drews, when each was a great school of
professional and amateur golf, had their
boundaries to beware of Just as much as
the most circumspect of park courses In
England today. Uid the fear of driving
into the gardens at Linkfield deter any of
the great Musselburgh players from culti
vating a dashing and alashlrig style of play
which has rarely been equaled? Have the
statlonmater'a garden and Gilmour Tlace
at St. Andrew, created a "timid" school
of professional and amateur golf there?
No; tho knowledge of the disaster which
would follow from gutting out of bounds
nerved the players to a steadier resolu
tion to keep straight and at the same time
to hit one of their best and longest shots
off the tee.
The new rule, therefore or, rather, the
going back to the old out of bounds rule
will have no effect whatever In creating a
new school of "timid" players, and It
would be paying a poor compliment to tho
experienced legislators at St. Andrews to
believe that they will be In the least de
gree moved by the expression of a fear
which Is groundless.
submitted to several of the rlu'o. In thl.
city for next year promise to create dis
cussion. The most Important of the
plana contemplates the Incorporation of
a women's chapiplonhlp series. In addi
tion to that of the men. In the 190 sea
son of the Metropolitan league. The ma
jority of the clubs In this org inltatlon
Inclncao women, the list Including West
Side. New York, Hamilton Grange.
King's County, Knickerbocker Field club
and the Montclalr Athletic dull. The
New York Athletic club, Crescent Ath
letic club and the Brooklyn Lawn Tennis
club are not so represented. It Is ar
gued that the organisations might easily
enter Into such a series and that the
women's side of the game would thereby
receive greater Impetus and develop
ment. The other plan haj as Its chief factor
the desire of the women to meet the
leaders among the men In actual tourna
ment play upon the courts. It Is thus
that they receive their best practice, and
the Misses Wlldey, Miss Moore, Miss
Wacner, Misses Hamilton and the Misses
Fish are all eager for such play. The
Idea Is to encourage handicaps with a
mixed entry. This has been tried on the
King's county courts with success and
now the women wish the field broadened.
WOMAN'S PLACE IN LAWN TENNIS
Kew Avenues Opened for Them Dar
ing; Season,
NEW YORK. Oct. 3. Women are
fast finding their place in lawn tenuis.
New avenues of endeavor with the
racquet have opened to them this season,
and In this respect the metropolitan
tournaments of this city have come emi
nently to the fore.
The most notable feature of the
renaissance of the women's game Is
the hard hitting of the playoiu. Mr..
Barger-Wallach, the winner of the out
door title, posseases a forehand drive
which is the equal of anything displayed
by those masters of powerful driving, the
English. Miss MaHe Wagner, the Indoor
title holder, accomplishes an amuzlntf
amount of racquet work. Into which he
puts an aggressive physical energy which
has carried her along to prominence. On
foot work the women who aro leaders
excel the men, and tt must be admitted
that a number of them do not lire even
after a long session on the courts. This
fact was made evident by the perform
ance of Miss Alice L. Fish, who accom
plished a feat of continuous play by con
testing eighty-three games. This was In
the final of the Hamilton Grange tour
nament, In which the good qualities of
Miss Fish's game so asserted themselves
that she won four out of five matches.
Two plans that have recently been
MORAW 13 AFTER NEW ONES
Giants Hope to Infuse More Life Into
th tieme.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31. When Johnny
McGraw announced a few days ago that
he had forty-four players on his roster
for next season he didn't mean that these
men would atart the Beason of 199 with
the Giants. The chances are that not
more than about twenty-five of the forty
four will accompany tho team to the south
next spring. But there will be more than
twenty-four In that party, and this means
that a lot more young material will be
corraled before the spring training starts,
and all of this new material will not be
made up of untried youngsters and minor
league players.
McGraw says that the Giants next season
will not be a two-pitcher team. There Is
a great deal of significance In this state
ment. True, he banks a whole lot on Mar
quard, Durham and Crandall to help out
Mathewson and Wlltse, but McGraw Is too
wise a manager to start a aeason with such
a staff. He knows this from experience
during the closing days of the 1908 pen
nant race. Just one more seasoned pitcher
during the Cincinnati series last month
would have landed the pennant for the
Giants.
It can be stated with authority that next
season the Giants will have at least one
more seasoned pitcher to start with. The
club had a very prosperous season and Is
willing to spend SX.OUO for classy pitchers.
Who can tell but that deals are pending
nowT
There Is another breach to fill In the
ranks of the Giants before another sea
Bon rolls by. A high class left fielder
and hitter Is required. And maybe there
will be two changes In the outfield. Sey
mour, while a good hitter, is not enough
of an inside player to suit McGraw. Sey
mour is naturally a good hitter, but a
classy pitcher has little trouble getting
the best of him.
The Infield looks strong enough. Tenney
Is expected to give good service another
season. Second base Is well guarded with
Doyle and Hersog and Bridwell is good
enough at short. There isn't any question
about Devlin putting in another season at
third.
The catching department could stand
Timely Tips for Automobile Owners and Drivers
Automobile ownera of Lewlston, Pa.,
have formed a good roads organization.
Forty new members have been added to
the New Jersey Automobile and Motor
club.
A simple way to remove dust from the
reed of a horn, is by passing a slip of thin
paper under the reed.
The Automobile Club of America now
has a total membership of more than 2.U0O,
of whom 1,330 are active.
A consignment of 3X) Improved taxlcabs
for New York and other American cities
are enroute for tula country.
Owtng to the production of metal alloys,
It Is possible now to build a l,2u0-pound
car with a 110-horse power motor.
Open meetings will be held by the Amer
ican Automobile association during the
forthcoming motor shows in New York.
When about to Inflate a tlr, always give
a few strokes of the pump, before attach
ing It to the valve, to blow out any
grit
Raw rubber to the value of nearly J5o.-
OdO.floO was Imported Into England last year,
large portion of which waa useu lor
motor tires.
A majority of cars In Montevideo, Uru
guay, oddly enougti, are oi me limousine
type, although tne cumaie most oi me
year is hot.
Engineers of the Wisconsin state geo
logical survey are making survey, and
other arrangements for the proposed model
highway In Milwaukee.
Th automobile owners In Fort Wayne,
Ind., have been troubled to such an ex
tent of late by automobile thieves that
they have formed a protective association.
It Is nrobable the name Of the New
Jersey Automobile and Motor club will be
changed to the New Jersey Automobile
club at the annual meeting of the organisa
tion.
Governor Crothera of Maryland Is a firm
believer In speouil taxes for automoDlies,
but Insists that all revenues from cara
should bo used In the Interest of good
roads.
Th tntfil value of the l.OHO machines
which were used to transport the 6,0o dele
gate attending the waterways convention
In Chicago recently is esuniaieu bi
OuO.OuO.
Given the choice of a long and a abort
route, the driver of a taximeter cab can
not -hrire more for taklnx the long route,
acc-ordina to the decision or a uinnon
magistrate,
ttavlne admitted women to membership,
the Automobile Club of America I. plan
ning to give them private club quartera In
the proposed extension to its handsome
New York home.
Bolts holding the sprocket rims to the
driving wheel of chain-driven cars are in
clined to loosen in tne spoaes, ana n
well to occasionally tighten the nuts which
hold them in place. t
February 15 to 29 have been aelected aa
flatea for this winter's automobile show at
St. Louis. It Is hoped to secure the newly
completed coliseum building, In which to
hold the exhibition.
It I. wonderful the difference a good
washout will make to an engine. This
should be done about once every two
months In the case of a car that ia run a
fctlr distance dally.
The aixth annual meeting of the Mil
waukee Automobile chib wan held Thurs
day. October 9. The club haa had a auc
crful year, and Ita treasury I. considera
bly richer than a year ago.
United States Consul B. M. Rasmusen
at Stavenger, Norway, reports that pros
pects are brightening for the Importation
of cars. Mac bines for u. 1n Norway must
be strong and able lo climb.
Determined that the decorations of the
Boston show shitll be novel and original.
Manager Campbell will visit the big shows
In other cine and gee a line on them be
fore he makes any decision.
There Is also a 9-year-old regulation In
Paris which declares that no driver shall
leave his car until he has taken all pre
cautions against accidental starting and
until he has slopped all noise.
The fouling up of cylinder heads, tops of
pistons, valves and valve ports, 1s fre
uuently the cause of loss of power. It la
due to either bad carburaiton, over
lubrication, or both th sc causes.
Skillful handling of the gear-ahlfrlng
lexer on a allding-gear system can only
be obtained by practice. One of the best
tests of a driver's skill i. to nolle, the
way he handlea his soars. A skillful man
will pass through all speeds, either up or
down, noiselessly, unless for the click
caused by the guar bringing up against the
quandrant.
By arrangementa made by the Automo
bile club of Buffalo with S. W. McMlchael,
chief Inspector of Canadian customs, club
members are now permitted to go into
Canada without putting up a bond.
The cara of the various nations partici
pating 1n the Savannah grand prize race
will be easily distinguished. Americans
will be painted red and white; French
cars, blue; German, white, and Italy's red.
A handful of flour In cold water In
jected Into a honeycomb radiator Is said
to be an excellent yet simple temporary
method of repairing a small leak. The
raidator should be cold when the flour Is
Injected.
As a result of the success attained by
the Chicago Automobile club 1n posting
sentinels to abolish extreme speeding and
halt grafting games by officials, a regu
larly organized protective bureau may be
organized.
A little known but excellent method of
cleaning "fur" from a water jacket with
out damaging the metal. Is to connect It
with a steam cock and force steam through
It for an hour or so, with the other union
left open.
The repair pits In front of the grand
stands of th. Long Island speedway have
not only proven a practical success, but
most entertaining to spectators, who are
thus able to watch the repair work from
excellent vantage.
Th. "Shock Absorbers," the organization
of Philadelphia motoring writers, drove
from the Quaker City to the Vanderbllt
cup race and returned In an opera motor
bus, labeled the "water wagon," camping
out In a tent enroute.
Never attempt to force the gears Into
mesh. If they will not engage without be
ing forced, there Is something wrong, and
Jamming down hard on the lever is only
liable to aggravate the trouble or spring
the shifting arm or lever.
R. D. Inman, of Portland, pre., who has
been elected director of the American Auto
mobile association, representing the Port
land Auto club, Is one of the most enthusi
astic motorists on the Pacific coast, and a
hard worker for good roads.
L. W. Atell. of Elmer, N. J. has solved
the problem of what to do when a break
down oceurs. Ho curries a bicycle on his
automobile, and whenever his' car won't
go, hops off, mounts the wheel and sends
sjme one back to repair the car.
Valve springs, more particularly the ex
haust, will not remain the same forever.
When everything else has been tried, and
still the engine lacks Its usual power, put
a new set of valve springs all around and
the trouble will then probably vanish.
With the proposed changes and Improve- I
menu in cue roaa oeiween nuri.ilo and
Niagara Falls, which are being fostered
by the Buffalo Automobile club, the total
distance from Delaware park to the falls
will be reduced to twenty-two and a half
miles.
The recently organized Automobile club
of Willimatic, Conn., has begun an ef
fective sign-posting campaign; a club run
Is slated for the near future, also a game
dinner and a score of American Automo
bile association radiator emblems have
been ordered.
One of th. commonest fallings of the
amateur auiolst is to resort to the pipe
wrench or the gas pipe pliers to loosen
a refractory nut or connection. Such tools
only grip by sinking into the metal, the
slightest slip means an ebraslon that can
not be remedied.
An enormous Impetus ha. been given to
touring in continental Fuiopo by the ar
rangement made by English, American and
French associations to break down or, a'
any rate o simplify the formalities which
governments and nature have put in the
way of free intercourse.
There are possibilities of nrt almost com
plete 'evolution In the building trades of
Paris by the decision of tlie Builders'. Con
tractors' and Masons' association to hold
a competition for mechanical substitutes
f ir three types of horse vehicles at present
extensively employed.
The first annual commercial vehicle con
test for the $:'.) trophy donated to the
Amateur Autoist association bv Powell
Kvans, prealdent of 'lie Automobile club of
Philadelphia, will probably b- held next
spring. The Itinerary will Include aome of
the prtetpul cities of the east.
The New York Automobile Trade asso
ciation has obtained permission from the
board of aldermen to use the Fort hill for
bit of strengthening. When Bresnahan was
compelled to lay off during the cl islng
days of the struggle Needham was the
only man available and he hardly rilled
the bill.
JEFF ON SIX ROUND BOUT
Platter Tall. This "art ol Mill Deln-
aloa and Snare.
LOS A NOBLES. Cal.. Oct. Sl.-JIm Jef
fries, the big chief of the fight game, says
that the boxing game In New York, which
only allows th. boy. to go six rounds, Is
something like a mar who has a banquet
appetite and then finds that lie Is only
getting a lunch counter meal.
'There are four white fighters before
the public that I have great confidence
In," says the big fellow. "They are Billy
Papke, Battling Nelnon. Alw Attell and
Little Johnny Coulon. It makes no differ
ence when this quartet starts you are sure
to get a run for your money. Papke lias
demonstrated that he has a cool way of
doing business whenever he starts, and, In
addition to that, he uses his brains, and
hej has everything which Is needed In the
making cf a champion. He Is also as game
as they make them, and it will take a
real strong boy to take the title away
from him.
"Then take the Dane. There Is a warm
snot In my heart for this boy. Nels-m
never sidestepped anyone, no matter how
strong he thought tho other fellow was.
When one looks over the Dane's record
with some care, and finds that be has
beaten the following men It makes you
look up and think some: Joo Cans, Jimmy
Brltt, Abe Attell. Boer Unhols, Terry Mc-
Oovern, Kid Sullivan, Young Corbett,
Aurella HerTera, EVldl Hnlon, Martin
Canole, Clarence English, Charlie Ncary
and George Memsle.
"Then take Attell. The Hebrew boxer
Is a wonder. There Is no other way that
I could express my opinion about Attell.
He' Is as clever as they make them. HIS
record Is what we might call a dream when
It Is looked over. Johnny Coulon Is coming
fast, and 1 look for lilm to clean tip every
bantamweight In the land In another year."
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MAHM0UT WILL GET MATCH
Bnlsrarlan Wrestler to Try Conrln
alonw with Jenkins.
NEW YORK. Oct. 31. Probably the hap
piest man In New York Is Yusslff Mah
mout. the Bulgarian champion wrestler.
Yusslff Is happy because he nt last Is to
have the opportunity of meeting an Ameri
can wrestler on the mat. He came 8.500
miles to get a match, challenging Frank
Gotch and Tom Jenkins, but for weeks
could get no satisfaction from either.
Gotch sidestepped him altogether and
Jenkins apparently- was not too anxloua to
risk his laurels In the proposed match.
Finally Jenkins consented to meet hlr.i and
the match was closed The men agreed to
wrestle catch-as-catch-can style, three out
of five falls. They made a side bet of
$1,000. Several western clubs are bidding
for the bout and It wll. take place In either
Chicago, Cleveland or Kansas City within
five weeks.
the election day climb. The Dronsed motor
cycle event will not be run, as the Feder
ation of American Motor Cyclists will hold
its national championships that day.
Members of the Minneapolis Automobile
club are all enthused over the proposed
plan to erect, to order, a permanent hill
on the club property at Bloomlngton, for
hill-climbing contests. As planned, tho
hill will be half a mile long and having a
grade varying from 10 to H4 per cent.
The Massachusetts supreme court, hivlni
decided that selectmen of towns and alder.
men or cities may exclude motor cars
from certain streets. Bav State automnhllo
clubs are planning to obtain the passage of
an act by the legislature arlvinar them
equal rights with horse-drawn vehicles.
A. J. Plchard. who held command of the
automoble trips In New York during Wil
liam J. Bryan's campaigning tour, says the
nominee is thoroughly In touch, with he
needs of automobillsts and also In thor
oughly sympathy with the work of the
automobile fraternity for good roads legis
lation. The first six months of 1808 French auto
mobile exports show a shrinkage of 1.
(Xs.'.eoO compared with the corresponding
period of 1907. The amount of business
done with foreign countries Is also slightly
less than during the first half of lHOti, but
Is considerably better than during January
June, 1J06.
While the annual overhauling of Parle
streets was going on during the summer It
was noticed that the portion of tho
Champs-Elyaees reserved exclusively for
automobiles wa. In excellent condition,
whllo the side portions used by the horses
alone had been torn Into strips until It was
a mass of holes.
It Is promised that the 1j9 Prince Henry
touring competition shall be under the
auspices or the lierman, imperial. Bavarian,
Austrian and Hungary automobile clubs,
and that the event shall extend over six
aays. i lie projected route I. from Berlin
10 nresiau, Brunn, uudapest, Vienna, Salz
burg and Munich.
The danger of hunting a gasoline leak
with a lighted match was illustrated re
cently on Long Island, when John Hrennon
causea an explosion that literally blew
ins wife and sister out of the car. The
ladles didn't appreciate the experiment and
xirennon, aner seeing tils machine burn,
agreed with them.
To maintain Ita control over all Inter
national motor-boat racing In this country,
as the sole representative of the Inter
national Motor-boat association of Europe,
the Automobile Club of America has quietly
organized a motor-boat department In
which the yachting members of the club
will take an active part.
RULES CUT DOWN RACING SIZE
International Congress of Antomoblle
t'Inb. Make. C'banare.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31. A cable message
from Paris gives details of the decision of
the International Congress of Recognized
Automobile Clubs on the question of racing
limitations for the year 1909.
The new rules provide for a maximum
bore for 130 millimeters, or 5.1 inches, and
a minimum weight of 900 kilos, or 1J81
pounds. This cuts down the size of four
cylinder racing motors one inch and also
cuts down the minimum weight some 600
pounds.
This action was anticipated from the
letters sent by the Italian club recommend
ing a smaller limitation for International
racing motors. It Is understood that the
English and German clubs also Indorsed
thl3 reduction.
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Recommends
OSCAR J. PICKARD
For County Commissioner
In recommending Oscar Plckard for County Commissioner for the 3d
District, will say that I have known Mr. Plckard for the last twenty-five yearg.
His unquestioned integrity and good and honest business qualities is what tho
taxpayers want In guarding their interests in spending the large amount of
County money, to be expended for a Court House, and other extra improve
ments. He has never been mixed up with any questionable transaction, either in
buBlneBB or politics. This is not a political office and should not be run as
such, as all parties pay their share of taxes.
His record was easily obtained, for he was born In the City of Omaha, ano
always lived in Douglas County. A man should be Judged a great deal by the
business he 1b in and the way he conducts it for himself. If be is too greedy
for money, he is not safe.
The temptations are great with the officers of County, City and Btati
when they have large sums of public money to spend. Some men and offlcen
of very good reputation think it not a sin to, I might say, steal from a Clt
County or State.
From my long experience in public life, and the great Interest I have ir
the welfare of Douglas County, I recommend Mr. Plckard as the safest and
best man to elect as County Commissioner of the Third District at this time
Oct. 30th, 1908. F. W. CORLISS, Ex-County Commissioner.
MIOLLDST
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
FOE! eyP3TY ATYOGSrailY
There are four thousand more Republicans than Democrats registered in this County
this year, and every man of them should vote for T. A. Hollister for County Attorney.
Twice the Republicans of Douglas County have elected a Democrat to this important
office, and now he is asking a third term at their hands; but there is no earthly reason this
year why Republicans should not vote for their own candidate.
When your candidate is at least as good a man for the place as the other party's candi
date, and he certainly is in this case, you should stand by your own candidate; vote for
him and he will be elected by an easy four thousand majority.
Elect Hollister and you will have one of the best County Attorneys who has ever held
that office in Douglas County.