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VOL. XXXVIII NO. CO.
Omaha Dog Men Are Making- Big Plans for Next Year's Dog-Show, Hoping-to Make it National
The Omaha
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MANY GOOD DOGS T0T11E FORE
Bench and Field Trial Dogs Are
Greatly in Demand.
HOTTER IN THE LIMELIGHT
Plan Are Brine Made for a Show
rt Tear Which Will De
National la Character
and Scope.
When Judge Redlck Issued his In
junction two years ago which prohibited
I the police officers from carrying out the
I order of the mayor to shoot all dogs on
the street which did not wear muzzles,
I the doc In Omaha Jumped Into prominence
and Bingo, the famous "muzzle" dog,
later proved he was worthy of the efforts
rof hl.i owner, M. J. Qreevy, by winning
- blu ribbon at the first annual bench
show of the Nebraska Kennel club which
w held (n Omaha two weeks ago.
, Ii the early '80s Omaha had a couple
j of bench shows, under the direction of
.Bill Hardin, which were of a high class
' and which attracted soma of the beat
dogs of the country but since that time
no united effort has been made to bring
the dog Into the limelight. Times have
charged and a start has now been made,
the first annual bench show was a suc
cess and now hundreds of lovers of dogs
In this section of the country are pre
paring for a big bench show next year,
to bo held under the auspices of the
American Kennel club, which will give
the show a rank and make 'the ribbons
wficli are awarded at the show of real
vnhJ.
For years there has been no incentive
Tor owners to keep their dogs registered
in the national books and, while many
hate owned good and valuable dogs for the
lora of the dog. they have been satisfied
simply In the ownership and nave taken
ro pains in keeping up the registration.
!Wlth a show In prospect, to tie held under
the auspices of the American Kennel club,
affairs have taken a different turn and
owners are now looking up the pedigrees
of their dogs.
Two years ago the directors of the Trans
mlsslsslppi Poultry and Pet Stock associa
tion, of which XX B. Day was president,
conceived the Idea, that it would be a good
plan to exhibit a few dogs at the show and
this wss done. Mr. Day had a fine string
f Bt. Bernards which he brought from
Fremont to exhibit. A few other dogs
were shown and the ' Interest the public
took In this part of the show Induced the
directors to offer some liberal prizes for
the. late show. They did this by giving a
cash sum to the Nebraska Kennel club,
. Which bad charge of the show.
Over 300 dogs .were shown and their high
class excited the wonder of all visitors who
did' not seem to realise that there were so
many high-class dogs In this section of the
country. Many owners of good dogs did
not realise until too' late what a splendid
show it was to be and did not enter their
dogs. They had an Idea ' there would be-'
but a few dogs, as there had been the year
'before. These owners now see their mis
take and many of them have signified their
Intention of being in the bandwagon next
year,-when a big show will be held
V. til Make Show National.
At the annual meeting of the directors
of the Nebraska Kennel club It was de
cided to proceed at once to arrange for
a show next year which would be under
the rules of the American Kennel club and
which would at once receive national re
cognition. All the directors favored that
plan.' It was stated that all that would
b necessary . to secure sanction to hold
a show under the auspices of the national
. association was to have guarantees that
ell the prizes offered by the club, would
be paid.
That no difficulty will be experienced In
sei-urlne- this ruaranty Is certain. W. A.
Plxley, one of the leading dog fanciers of
Omaha, told the directors before the close
of the show that he would Mead the guar
antee list with $100 and the directors feel
certain the buslncsss men of Omaha would
willingly subscribe to this guarantee.
IF the plan of giving a national show Is
tarried out, dates for the show will be se
cured so that owners of dugs when are
making ihe circuit may come to Omaha
It is now plunned to hsve the show im-
' mediately following the data of the St
l-iouts bench show.
Omaha has a good many dogs of national
reputation, dogs which have won prises at
some oT the largest bench shows in the
country. Mrs. William Moore, who lives In
Omaha, takes her dogs to the New Yotk
snd Chicago shows and always comes
' home laden with ribbons and prises which
have been awarded by. the best judges In
the country. She has a string of toy dogs
which will attract attention in any show
a&d at . the recent Omaha show was the
center of attraction for the women and'
children who .like that kind of a dog.
Collie dugs were shown in abundance at
he Omaha show snd thla class of dog is
Mprclally valuable in the west. Many
were sold to visiting ranchmen from west
' cm Nebraska and from Wyoming, where
the value of a good deg of this kind Is
recognised more than any other place In
the country. A lone shepherd who has' a
good collie can handle an immense flock
of sheep.
Nebraska has for ytars been a famous
hunting ground and rich lovers of sport
from the cast have Journeyed to this state
for their annual outing with the dog and
gvyn. The different, kind of game available
siade good shooting most of the year
laws, hnve limited the time when a man
may hunt. This abundance of game has
)vvaU the hunting dog the moat valuable
and, most liksd by both the residents of
thvfarma and the cities and towns for
what' Is more enjoyable than a day with
the dog and gun. Every hunter thinks his
dog la the best and this friendly rivalry
will be carried to the bench show next
' year, when thousands of good dogs will
be brought in to contest for the valuable
price which wilt be offered.
Coamtrr field Good Dogs.
Omaha hunters are handicapped in a way
Is the keeping of helr dogs, because they
cannot get Into the fields as often aa can
the man who lives on a farm or in4a
smaller town, where he may go out any
morning or evening and give l.la dog a
run. Mauy Omaha owners of valuable
dogs are thus compelled to keep their doga
in the country. In charge of some friend
or some trainer In the sand hills, where
game ia always abundant.
The bench dog and the field trial dog is
trained la a difterent way. Sometlmea a
: dog which snake a fine showing 00 the
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W. D. HOSFORD.
VINT POWERS LEADING JOCKEY
Rode 328 Winners on American nnd
Canadian Tracks Last Tear.
Vincent Powers, who led all the Jockeys
on the American and Canadian turf last
year by riding S25 winners, is a graduate
of the Canadian racing circuit. Ills
home la at Panama, a small town in New
York state, not far from Buffalo and his
early instruction in the handling of thor
oughbreds was Imparted to him by Trainer
John Nlxom of the Valley Farm stabl.
who took him up at Fort Erie as an ex
ercise boy.
Powers Is a well behaved and scrupu
lously honest lad of retiring habits and
tastes, no matter how great his success.
Ills career has not been that of a sky
rocket, for he has worked his way steadily
overcoming every opposition and without
any sensational priods, to the position
he now holds at the head of the Jockey list.
The great factor In this boy's success
has been his reliability and consistency,
coupled with his remarkable gift of horse
manship. Powers hss the faculty, possessed
In a high degree also, by Tod Sloan, of get
ting more out of his mounts than other
riders can. He has repeatedly demonstrated
that under his skillful handling horses'
would run faster and etay further than for
any other boy. Those that used to be beaten
at seven furlongs would stay a mile and
win for him.
Powers is alert at the post, but always
so orderly that he haa never beea In
trouble for spoiling starts or for diso
bedience of the starter's commands. Dur
ing the running races, no matter how large
the field or the natural eagerness of his
competitors to best the star rider. It has
come to be looked on ss a matter of course
that Powers' horse Is always kept well to
the front and in a good position to make
the deciding run.
Powers' wonderful ability as a hand
rider has been in evidence in several races
run recently at Santa Anita track, where
his mount, when tlrlna and almost falling
in the stretch, has been brought home a
winner under his vigorous hand finish.
Powers started this season at New Or
leans, where he mut with considerable suc
cess, having sixty-four wins, fifty-nine sec
onds and fifty-six thirds to his credit, and
earning VIS, 334 for Ulfforent owners, whose
colors he wore. At Lexington, Louisville
and Latonla. Powers' work in the saddlo
attracted tbo attention of the entire turf
world, lie rode, while at those tracks,
seventy-six winners, forty-eight seconds
and thirty-eight thirds, for a total of S39.&&.
It was on the Canadian circuit whore
Powers begun his real struggle for the
leading Jockey honors. The contest be
tween Powers and Schilling on the northern
circuit was so keen and closo that it was
one of the most striking features of Can
adian racing. Powers rode twenty-two
winners at Windsor, fifty-nine at Fort
Erie, sixteen at Montreal and six at
Toronto.
Since going to California, although at
times he has found it difficult to make
weight, he has ridden with the same con
sistency and has handled forty-eight win
ners at Oakland and Santa Anita. Powers
rods in a few races in the esst last sum
mer, but he did not have much of a
chance to shine. In 1907 out of 461 mounts
he rode but 60 winners.
Powers will ride In France this year for
Baron Leopold Rothschild, who. It Is re
ported, will pay him a salary of 116,000.
Walter Miller was the leading Jockey in
1908 and 1907 and haa the record for winning
mounts, more than 400 in a single year.
THIS OUGHT TO WORRY BIG JACK
Al Kaufman Says Attain He Will Not
Fight Blat Champion.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. a. That Al
Kaufmann, the heavyweight, ia sincere in
his declaration that he won't fight Jack
Johnson for the heavyweight title, or any
other colored pugilist, waa again shown
when he turned down five offers from the
fight club promoters of California to meet
the big colored champion. Immediately
after he had knocked out Jim Barry in the
thirty-ninth round of their forty-five round
battle at the Jeffries Athletic club of Los
Angeles, Promoters Jim Jeffries, Jimmy
Cof froth. Jack Ole so'. Eugene Lucardl snd
Sam Berger went Into Kaufraann's dress
ing room and mado him their offers to
fight Johnson. After listening to all of
the offers Kaufmann said:
"I have already announced that I will
never fight a colored man, and that is
final." With Jeffries out of the game for
ever aad Kaufmann di awing the color line,
It looks as it Johnson will be champion for
many1 years.
Drake aad Mlssoarl May Break.
T)td MOINES, In.. Jan. . (Special.)
Will Drake university and tna University
of MiMnMirl st-ver athletic relations and
become Involved lu athlutio difficulties riv
aling thu lamoua lowa-Ames troubles? Is
Hie question claiming attention of colleges
and universities in tnls section of the mid
dle west.
Drake haa given Missouri to understand,
through a Mateuienl from Prof. Kinney,
chairman of the Drake games committee,
that Ihe policies of the Titter institution are
nut wnat Drake likes and, that the discon
tinuance of relations is likely except in
fool ball next scaaon. Drake and Miitsourl
have a,tu-year contract wliltli cannot be
Lioker
Committee in Charge of
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3. J. DEKIGHT.
OMAHA'S AUTOMOBILE SHOW
Dealers Will Make Exhibit at the
Auditorium Next Month.
GREAT PLANS FOR ENTERTAINING
W. D. llosford of the Committee Talks
of the Arrangements that Are
Being Made for the
how.
Plana are being matured1 for the annual
Automobile show to be held by the local
dealers at thes Auditorium for four days.
beginning February 24. Clark Powell, J.
J. Deright and W. D. Hasford have been
appointed a committee to take full charge
of the show.
"Few people realize the time and ex
pense involved In preparation of an Auto
mobile show," said W. D. HoBford, "nor
do they appreciate the main object in giv
lng such an exhibition. It is not for the
purpose of making money, for if that were
true the whole thing would be turned over
to a promoter who could undoubtedly make
a good thing out of It.
"The show idea Is based on the funda
mental knowledge that all mechanical
devices are subject to correction and Im
provements from time to time. This was
mote noticeably true In the earlier stages
of the automobile industry than it is at
the present .time. This year the changes
noticed will be particularly In refinement
of design as most automobiles now are
built along generally accepted standard
lines. There Is a marked contrast between
the Eastern and Western showes because
the Eastern shows are rn by a promoter
and the manufacturers are practically the
only exhibitors.
Doesn't Depend on Makers.
"The Omaha show has never depended
on the manufacturers to any extent at all
The show association Is made up of the
local automobile dealers who are desirous
of giving the general public an opportun
Ity to compare tho respective merits of
the various care offered to the trade. It
Is realised by every ono that as the auto
mobile has come to stay It Is desirable that
every one be educated in the mechanical
Ideas involved in the operation and care
of an automobile. Many people who would
not consider going to the ordinary garage
to ask questions about an automobile will
take advantage of the opportunity offered
to the nuLomoblta show It a familiarize
themselves in many things about the ma
chine. Therefore one Idea of the automo
bile show is to educate the public.
"The entertainment feature has received
the necessary attention because it is real
ized that that side, of the show appeals to
many people. The decorations have al
ways been arranged with tho Idea of sim
plicity so as not to detract from the main
part of the ahow which is naturally the
automobiles themselves,
"The association is a mutual one in ev
ery way and is intended to be a benefit
to the public as well as to the dealers. It
Is hoped that this object may be accom
plished by harmonious co-operation among
the various deslers and by tho hearty in
terest of the public at large."
FOWLER WINS MARATHON RACE
Cambridge Athlete Brats
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Mohawk (Inb.
BOSTON, Jsn. . Itobert A. Fowler of
the' Cambridge gymnasium won today's
Marathon race from Ashland ti Boston.
Fowler's time was 2:43:55. The course
was the full Marathon distance of twenty
six miles, 383 yards. Fred Ixrx of the Mo
hawk Athletic club, New York, was second.
Time: 1:46:15.
William Wiseman of the South Boston
Athletic club was third. Time: 2:4S;K).
There were fifty runners at tho line at
Ashland when the starting signal was given
at noon. The race was arranged as a bene
fit for the Italian earthquake relief fund.
The course of the race was that used in
the annual Boston' Athletic association
event on April 10, save that instead of
finishing at the association's club house,
the runners wended their way to the Na
tional league base ball grounds, where they
circled the field four times.
Chase Asks Reinstatement.
CINCINNATI. Jan. .-The application of
Hal Chase, the first baseman of the New
York American league team, fur reinstate
ment in organized base ball, was received
at tne office of the National Base Kali
commission here today. Chase left I lie New
York team last season for a place with the
California league, which Is classed as an
outlaw organization.
An to Kara (or Women.
NEW ORLEANS. La.. Jan. .-The New
Orleans Autuiuobile club today announced
that a race for the woman s championship
of America will be added to the program
for the International Mardl Oras automo
bile speed carnival to be held February
Lo-a.
Syraenso School Wlss,
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. Jan. g.-tSne-clal
Telegram.) Syracuse High school ban
ket ball team defeal.-d Nebraska City High
school leant here (his eveulug in a game,
by the score of 24 to H.
Omaha Automobile
COWBOYS USE AUTOS NOW
Kansas Itanehnian Substitutes Ma
chine for Fonlea on His Range.
John Arrlngton, ranchman, who is the
holder of a record of eighteen seconds for
the roping of a steer, has, after years of
dally achievements in the saddle, substi
tuted an automobile for the steed of his
cowboy days. He proposes that the motor
car shall carry him In tho roundups as
well as in the less strenuous affairs of the
plainsman, although he will not altogether
abandon the pony which has been his
companion in the past, or discard his spurs.
The Arrlngton ranch is at Callsta, in
Kingman county, Kansas, and it covers
practically a whole township, the residents
of which number 150 or 200. Its owner is
a wheat grower on a large scale and he
has his own elevator, but it Is as a cattle
man that he Is best known and lias done
the things which have attracted public
attention. He, with other men of his
county, last fail put on a wild west show
at tho fair grounds at Wichita during the
Peerless Princess Jubilee.
When he decided that ho wanted to In
troduce the automobile In his ranch affairs
he one day took a train to Wichita and a
few hours later he had bought a four
cylinder Franklin touring car of the Frank
lin Motor Car company of Wichita and
was on his way home. He. did not attempt
to drive the car on the way bock to the
ranch. An experienced driver was at the
wheel, and, although the region Is one of
the sandiest In the state, the sixty-two
miles from the-tgwn to the ranch were
covered in three hours.
Early the next day the cattleman set out
to master the new machine and before the
day was over he was driving It at high
speed, although he had had no previous
experience. He liked the novelty so well
that in building his garage he provided
lu It quarters for two motor cars instead
of one, deciding- that he needed a runabout
as well as a touring car to gratify his
liking for getting speedily about the wide
areas he controls.
MARVIN HART WANTS A MATCH
Big Kentucklan Woald Like to Meet
Al Kaufman.
LEXINGTON, Ky Jan. 9. Marvin Hart,
the Kentucky heavyweight, has wired Jim
Jeffries to match him with either Al Kauf
man or Mike Schreck. Hart has received
a good offer to meet Johnson in Australia
und he wants to face .either of the above
mentioned men before entering the ring
with the big negro.
New Cornhusker Captain
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ORKN A. BKLT.KR.
Csptaln of Vti Nebraska foul ball eleven.
He ia a junior at tli.t Slate university and
haa been -In Cornhusaer athletics since the
spring of lv7, when he made his letter on
the base ball team. He wss also a mem
ber of the nine last spring and Is csptaln
of the base ball men for tl.la aesaon. He
won his "N" in fool ball la U07 and in
190S.
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CLARKE O. POWELL.?
ENGLISHMAN PRAISES COTCH
George Dinnie Says He is Most Won
derful of Wrestleri.
OUGHT TO KNOW, AS HE MET HTM
Briton Says American Pats Hack la
the Shade Uses His Brain
aa Well as Hla
Brawn.
Frank Gotch has Impressed his prowess
on at least one man o'ver In England, don
cherknow. That la the only man he has
yet persuaded to meet him in that land of
loud smiles George Dlnnle, the crack
wrestler of Sheffield'. Gotch recently
wrestled Dinnie before a house Jammed
to Its capacity, throwing him first in one
minute and lsf ty seconds, second in fifty
seconds, making the two falls in less than
three minutes. Dlnnle once stayed with
Hackenschmldt for ten minutes and Zbysco
for sixteen.
Emll Klarik, Gotch'a actor-partner, has
sent to a friend on The Bee a copy of the
Sheffield Evening Mail containing an in
teresting Interview with Dinnie, showing
tnat tne Englishman regards Gotch aa the
greatest of wrestlers and Incomparably su
perior to the "Russlon Lion." The Briton
even says the toe hold is "quite fair."
Moat Wonderfnl of All.
Here is the Mail's story, quoting Dinnie;
"Gotch," he exclaimed, "is the most
wonderful of all the great wrestlers I have
met. Hackenschmldt altogether takas a
back seat.
"Gotch worked with his brain as well as
as with his body. In a way Hackenschmldt
never did and never could do." aald Din
nie. "He is strong, and moves like light
ning. A man standa no chance against
him. Ha is a master of ring craft. I
have never met or read of a man like him.
There is not an ounce of science in the
ring that he does not know about. He uses
pure brainy science. In every movement
there Is something in the background."
"The people who were shouting," says
Dinnie, "did not know what they were yell
ing for.
"He wrestles fair, and In a legitimate
way. It la a new style, and we know
nothinc about it hire Yat thr. 1. nnki
about wrestling he don't know, and he al-'
ways keeps within the rules.
"Gotch Is a straight, gentlemanly fellow,
and I don't think he would do anything
outside the rules.
"It he were beaten he would accept his
defeat like a Britisher. He would not
shake hands and then go away and say
things about his opponent. If all Hack
enchmidt now says is true why did he
shake hands with Gotch in a friendly way
after the contest? Why did he not leave
the ring disgusted? Gotch la not only a
straight man, but he Is a gentleman.
"But when he goes In the ring," added
Dinnie, "he means to win, and he follows
you like a lion. I have never experienced
anything like the bouts I had at the Shef
field Empire with him.
"There is something about every touch
he gives you.
A Wonderful Brnln.
"He wears you down. His brsin works
with a wonderful rspidlty. Hackenschmldt
takea a long time to think, and then those
opposing him get away. The people then
say, 'Oh! "Hack" might have had him that
time if he liked.' But really he could not.
"I could last another eight minutes
with 'Hack' anytime. When I wrestled
him I had only been four days out of bed.
"The American's thoughts are like light
ning. He follows things up, one after an
other, with extraordinary rapidity. If
your brain does not work nesrly aa quickly
you are dona for. Thia la. apart from the
fact that he la a well trained man of co
lossal strength."
Dinnie went on: "We do not understand
his style of muscular developments. His
muscles are not contracted In csrtiln parts;
hs is full of muacle."
Too Hold Colt Fair.
Dinnie said he had no objection to" the
toe hold. It was a terrible thing, but was
not what the name auggeated. The whole
foot waa seized snd not Just, the toe.
He could express nothing but admiration
of the American's wonderful knowledge of
catoh-ascatch-ean wrestling and Gotch
used the toe hold because he knew that It
was within the rules and that he could
win by It. Gotch went in the ring to win.
"The people at the Empire," he contin
ued, "aaw I was on, the ropes during the
first few seconds. It was Just a bit of ring
craft on his part. He made me loae my
balance in a aecond. He was on me like
a lion and carried me to the middle of the
ring. 1 waa hurting him very much when
I waa atruggling, although he was smiling
at the time. Gotch has been a boxer, and
he flrat learned ring craft from using ths
gloves.
'"Now It bubbles out of him.
"Hark" Haadlcanned.
"Hackenschmldt la seriously handicapped
In thia respect. He is a very strong man
and can wrestle, as we have hsd wrs-
(Continued oa Second Page.)
HOW AUTOS SUPPLANJ DARBY
Figures Phnvrlfi How Many Horses
llTe Been Sidetracked by
Marhlae.
For almost the fltst time since automo
biles began to come Into general use. It Is
possible to show by official records Just
how fsr the supplanting of hcrscs and
horse vehicles by mctor csrs has pro
gressed. In a report recently Issued by the
London trsfflc brsnch of the Board of
Trade on conditions In londm. It Is shown
that between 1903 and 1907 the number of
mechanical cabs hss Increased by 700, while
the horse drawn cab hss decreased by
more than V.tOO. Motor omnibuses hsve
Increased by 1.200 and horse drawn omnl
buses have decreased approximately 1,000.
These figures are authoritative, since an
accurate account can be kept through the
number of annual licenses grsnted. Statis
tics concerning the replacement of private
carriages by automobilea are not given In
the blue book Just Issord, but It Is sup
posed that tlio proportional Increases and
decreases of these types of vehicles would
thow an even" greater gain in favor of ths
motor car.
In commenting on this, thft London
Globe says that among the advantages are
that there has been a marked lessening in
trsfflc congestions, - since the motor enr
moves at a faster rate and takes up much
less room than the horse drawn vehicle;
that the motor car causes practically no
dirt and that, as a result of the falling oft
In the number of horses ured, there Is
less hauling of hay, straw and refuse
through the streets. In conclusion the
Globe says: "We have long held that in
the Ideal big town there would be no
horses, and London seems to be fast ap
proaching that atate of things."
Perhaps the most pertlent and vital mat
ter brought out In the presentation of
facts In the blue book is that of the sav
ing of space in city streets through the
more general use of motor cars. Almost
every city In the country has at some time
or another been confronted with practically
an endless congestion In certain of It a
thoroughfares and has faced the necessity
of widening the pavements.
It looks very much as If on? of the
most vexing problems of municipalities
that of increasing the pavement space to
prevent the congestion of traffic will work
Itself out through the automobile. Every
city of any sine has had the question
forced on its attention at one time or an
other, but the more general use of the
automobile would allow ua to put oCf con
sideration of It for years enough to bring
out some new method of handling street
traffic without disturbing existing build
ing lines. For eventually there will bs
motor cars on the streets than there are
now motor cars and horse drawn vehlrles.
and the old question will again confront
us. But at thla time, with automobiles In
general use, we will have thought out some
pian inai win relieve me congestion In a
manner undreamed of now."
BIG MEN OF MAT GAME COMING
German Giant the Latest to Swell
List In America.
NEW TORK. Jan. . With Eerneot Sieg
fried, "The German Oak," champion heavy
weight wrestler of the Fatherland, due 'to
arrive here, and Frank Gotch, the world's
champion, coming back from England to
meet Yusslff Mahmout, the. Terrible Turk,
In Chicago for a $10,000 purse, things in the
grappling line are due for another big boom
In the near future. Siegfried Is conceded
to be the most powerful of all the mighty
foreign mat artists, and, under Graeco
Roman rules, Is considered to be invincible
and the peer of either George Hackens
chmldt, the Russian Lion; Sbyaco, Padou fa
ncy or Peterson. The all-conquering Teuton
waa feted by his countrymen prior to his
departure aa only Germans can fete, and
when he gets here all the New York foam
blowers have arranged to meet the young
giant at the dock In Hoboken, where a
parade, consisting of members of the vari
ous German societies and Turn Vereln or
ganizations, will start, preceded by a fu.l
brass band. Siegfried will be escorted to
an open barouche, which will be drawn by
four sturdy horses, and a gala day Is in
store for him.
His first appearance on the mat in this
country will be at Madison Square Garden
on Thursday, January 28, against two of
the best heavyweight wrestlers, whom he
will agree to throw within thirty minutes'
aotual wreatllnar time or forfeit tiiOn. Th
induoement should attract the attention of
John Plenlng, "Joe" Rogers, "Fred" Beell,
HJalmar Lundln and Raoui de Rouen. The
appearance of the big foreigner will arouse
an unusual amount of Interest in the wres
tling game, particularly aa Prof. William
Muldoon will appear In the capacity of
I referee.
In the meantime word cornea from London
that Frank Gotch. tired of trying to force
Hackenschmldt into a match. Is coming
back to America to wrestle Yusslff Mah
mout for the world's heavyweight cham
pionship and the contest will take place in
Chicago during March. The Empire Ath
letic club, of which Joe Coffey la match
maker, proposes a purse of 10.000 for Gotcb
and Mahmout, and both will accept for
March.
AMATEURS WHO WANT THE CASH
Sullivan Tells of the Boya Oat for
tho Knle.
NEW YORK, Jan. . "I am not opposed
to professional sport. On the contrary, I
believe that there is room here for two
unions a professions! and an amateur,"
said James E. Sullivan, president of the
American Athletic union, recently.
"I am unalterably opposed to any such
thing as 'semi-pros,' " he continued. "By
that I mean the holdup amateur who wanta
'his' for competing. I have more respect
for the honest professional than the ama
teur who tries to earn money on his ama
teur reputation and hldea under the cloak
of the Amateur Athletic union."
The cry of professionalism hss been In
the air for months. It has been stated by
several promoters of athletic eventa tliat
certain athletea when asked to enter games
remarked: ,
"Sure; what's In It?"
"Why, we are giving gold watches for
first prizes."
"Ah, I've got enough watches to slock a
Jewelry atore. I a ant the coin."
Thla haa been the true reason for the ac
tivity of the registration committee. It In
tends to make a thorough Investigation of
all reports that have been going the rounds,
and If It can find sufficient grounds to sus
pend any athlete who has erred he will be
driven from the organisation, no matter
who he la or what reputation he has made.
Conahan Signed aa tmnlro.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Jsn. .-Prudent
J. D. O'Brien of the American association
of Base ball clubs today amiounrril ii,
signing of Edwsrd J. Conahan of Chester, !
I s., as umpire for ttie coming seasoi
OMAHA MAY GET TWO GAMES
Thanksgiving- Day Foot Ball Contest
May Come to Metropolis.
EAGER HAS BIO SCHOOL IN VIEW
Manager Is Mow Negotiating to Bring
Prominent Western Team Here
Anneal Contest May
Result.
LINCOLN, Jan. . (Speclal.)-Two foot
ball games are likely to be Omaha's share
of the Nebraska gridiron schedule next
fall. These contests are to be given
to the metropolis of the state by the
Nebraska management as a reward for the
patronage and hospitality accorded the
Cornliuskers at the Amos gam last fall.
One of these contests Is sure to be sched
uled for Omsha If the People of that city
! will offer the same inducements that they
did last yesr, and the other game Is con
tingent on the willingness of a certsln big
college team to meet the Cornhuskers In
Nebraska.
The present plan of the Nebraska man
agers Is to play Ames In Omaha late in
October or early in November, and on
Thanksgiving day to meet another eleven
there. It ia hinted by the Nebraska author
ities that the team which is figuring on
playing the Cornhuskers Thanksgiving Is
recognised as one of the strongest elevens
in 'the west. Manager Eager says ho can
not divulge the name of this team until
arrangements are made for a game with
the Cornhuskers. He, however, admits
that In event this western eleven consents
to play Nebraska the Omaha foot ball en
thusiasts will see one of the biggest games
played In the west next season. He de
clares the team with which he Is negotiat
ing Is rated as high as any eleven In the
west. '
Omaha's Foot Ball Fame.
Since the Ames game last fall the fame
of Omaha as foot ball city has spread
to all the colleges of the west, and most of
them are willing to pUy the Corn
huskers there. Omaha at ths Anna
game gave Nebraska the best patronage
that it received at any contest during the
season. This fact Is now known to oil the
big colleges of the west, and a chance .to
play Nebraska In the metropolis of this
state Is "one that nearly all of them are
willing to accept. 80 far this winter Man
ager Eager haa received offers for games
from teams that he never expected would
consider a meeting with the Cornhuskers.
One of these canM from the "big" western
school which he is now planning to ha. a
the Cornhuskers play In Omaha on Thanks
giving day. '
The scheduling of a Thanksgiving day
game at Omaha next fall will probably
mean that auch a contest will become an
annual event for the states metropolis.
At least, that is the present plan of Man
ager Eager, and it seems as though It will
meet with the approval of ull the men con
nected with tho Cornhusker athletics. By
placing a. big foot ball game In Omaha
each Turkey day U is figured by Manager
Eager that the contest would soon become
established as the big athletic and social
event of the fall acaaon, Just as the Kansas-Missouri
Thanksgiving day game In
Kansas City la now looked upon aa ths
leading gridiron game in the southern pan
of the Missouri valley.
To Make Game Annnnl lQvent.
It Is believed that In three or four yean
ths athletic fana of Omaha and the slat
would become Interested In this annual
Thanksgiving day contest and that enor
mous crowds would attend and make It a
great success in every way. The plan of
the Nebraska management after this suajuii
would be to huve the Cornhuskers meet
the same team In Omaha each year. U
will not be possible to do that thla season,
for the eleven which Nebraska Is now figur
ing on Is one that the Cornhuskers can not
hope to keep on its schedule year after
year. Probably the team that would becoraa
the annual Thanksgiving Day opponent vt
the Cornhuskers would be either AmeJ
or Iowa.
In arranging the schedule this winter,
Manager Eager wanted to meet the low.t
Aggies on Turkey Day next tall, but they
have a two year s contract to play Drake
on Tranksglvlng Day snd will not be re-
,eMed f,om that unlU mo- For next faii
Nebraska Is under contract to . play Ilia
Agglsa at Ames, but the Iowa state college
authorities are willing to transfer the game
to Omaha again. The Cornhuskers would
rsther play lit Omaha than In Ames and
the Aggie game la certain to be played lu
the farmer place.
Divide Even With Lincoln.
By playing Ames and another team In
Omaha the Nebraska management will be
giving the metropolis nearly aa many big
games as will be plsyed in Lincoln. The
Lincoln cnthuslssts. .however, are not
likely to be disappointed by thia arrange
ment, for they are to be given two and pos
rlbly three big games. Iowa Is now under
contract to come here and it is, possible
Minnesota will also consent to meet ths
Cornhuskers In Lincoln. A game with a
team that has defeated Nebraska aeveral
times in recent years is also In prospect tor
Lincoln.
Three "big" games at home and two in
Omaha would be all the major contesta that
Nebraska would play next fall, and would
give the Cornhuskers the most attractive
schedule they have ever had. Five games
with major colleges might be objected to
as forming too hard a schedule for a team
to play In one fall, but the Nebraska man
agement will so arrange the gamea that
there will not be a repetition of tho disaster
which resulted last fall from a string of
four hard games. The Minnesota, Iowa,
Ames and Kansas games, coming in a row
proved to be too much for the Cornhuskers
to handle last season. In the last of thes
four games "King" Cole's pupils were so
completely out of condition that the Jay
hawkers had an easy time defeating them.
With five hard games on the Cornhusker
schedule next fall they will be scattered
no that two games will nut be played 011
successive Saturdays. The first of thesa
"big" games will be played early In October
and the last one on Thaksglving Day, In
Omaha.
The iuter-colleglate basket' ball season
will be formally opened In the university
armoiy next week, when the Ames quintet
will meet the Cornhuskers In mo games, on
Frldny and Saturday nights. Little Is
known regarding the strength of the Iowa
lea 111. but it is thought the Cornhusker
staud a good 'ham a of winning these con
tests. Ames rss never occupied a very high
plat m basket ball clrclea until ths Ian
(Continued oa Stcond PagaJ