THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FF.BRUAI.Y
1000.
th pennrvt for the year. HUT r)d
both lit ha hurt" and font ball. Rfllevue
WIU get the Imm ball end foot ball pen
. rant for 1W7 end the foot ball nnnnt for
lrV Cotnr getting the baa ball rnnant
for -that year. There waa wme discussion
before th tweeting started by llaatlnga
college, claiming- the foot ball champion
ahlp for I, but the mmbr of tha pen
nant committee, upon being Interviewed,
declared themaelvee a believing Bellevu
entitled to th pennant without any
doubt."
There ere a number of dlacrepanclea in
tha above afatement or atatementa. There
waa no committee for pennant In foot ball
Ithar In 17 or 19m. and no pennanta war
awarded nor decision by tha meeting; aa to
tha championship, aa there waa no cham
pionship team In either year. In base ball,
19ft., waa the first year the present aeao
eiatten played baa ball, and at Ita close
Weslevan and Peru tied for first place,
and Cotner and Bellevu for cnnd. neither
11 belna; played off. Aa to Hasting mak
ing anv claim for flrat place In the foot
ball before the meeting atartrd. I will atat
that Haatlnaa had no representative at tha
meetinc and mad no clalma there what
ever. Th only pennanta awarded were In
basket bell. Wrsleyan waa itlven th pen-i
nartt. In track meet, Uoane won firet
place. I do not wlah to enter Into con
trvry, but atat facta aa th rnlnutee of
t he action of the1 association ahow. I want
to thank you for your apace.
A. J. MERCER.
CALL FOR BASE BALL MEN
(Continued from Flrat Fag.)
freshman last print, put up a great fame,
and. undoubtedly would have clinched th
job t ahort thla year had ha remained in
school.
, Captain Beltier will play at third baae,
the-position ha held. on the 1908 team. HI
work-with th va ratty during- th last sea
ao. ;wa so olassy thai he attracted th
attention ot several bt th 'Western league
. team ownera. and wag hired 'by Manager
.Green of the Lincoln nJn to play profes
sional ball this summer. Beltser's election
as captain of the foot ball team for 1909,
however, caused him to break his contract
with Green In o4er that b would not be
come a professional and thus be mad In
eligible for unlveraHy aporta.
, w Ma la Oataeld.
For the outfield th Cornhuaker will hav
non of their old men back. Captain Bell
amy, Slaughter and Jennings, tha fielders
of last season, being; out of the university.
This will mean that there will be thre
fielding positions to b filled from among
tha bunch, of new candidate. As .yet only
two men have announced their Intentions to
try to get an outfield position on the var
sity. They are Chaloupka and Waters.
Bottv hav had oonstderabl experience In
playing In th outfield and expect to make
-' a good showing before Coach Fox.
Next week will see th final games played
ton tli bask at ball .championship of th
northern section of tha Missouri Valley Con
ference league. Th Cornhuskera, who ar
now away from Lincoln on a, trip ot six
games, meet both Ames and Drake, th
two other teams of th northern division,
in two game apiece, and ought to win
enough of tha contests to giv them th
honors in this division of th league.
At th present Urn Nebraska has played
four game and lost nine, whll Drake and
Anea hav each played four games and
hav lost thro apiece. There ar but
tight game scheduled apiece . for each
team, and so th Cornbuaker. having won
teur eon lasts already, will need to take but
en mor game to secure at 'least a tl.
' and but two games lit order to win th
" title. ...
. r ' Heae 8llt Evca.
V'ntH Ames defeated Drake , on th
home floor of th tee Moines team this
week the Cornhuskera were confident of
taking two games from the Iowa Aggies
at Ames next week. . Th result of th
Ames-Drake gam upset their calcula
tions and they ar now figuring on win
ning at least oft gam from each Drak
and Ames. In case they can do this they
will win th title to th northern sec
tion' afcd will b ready to meet the' wln-s
ner Of the southern sr.-tlon in a aeries
of game for th championship of the
valley. By taking only on gam from
each 'Ames and 'Drak next week th
Cornhuaker would make their own
standing record of six games won and
two loat. 'At the sam time they would
be; giving1 Drake and Ames each a stand
lag of four 'games lost and two games
won.
Just ' before Manager Eager left for
Minnesota with the basket ball team It
announced that th negotiations with tit
University of Michigan for a foot ball
game next fall had com to naught, and
that the Cornbuskers would not play the
Wolverines this season. Manager Baird
of the Ann Arbor school and Manager
Kager had been trying for th last two
months te get together on term for a
tame, but th Nebraska man's hands
e-er so badly tied by th athletic board
that he was not abl to offer attractive
enough Inducements to get the Michigan
leaai to com wt.
DlTlde 'Over Oaaraaty.
ffhen th' two schools' first began
- negotiating for it game Manager Eager of
fered the, Aon Arbor athletic mentors a
guarantee of fc!.G00 to meet th Cornhuskera
ither in Omaha or Lincoln on Thanksgiv
ing day neit fall,. Manager Baird of Mich
igan aald that thla offer waa hardly large
enough and thought It ought to b in
f creased to HtOo or 15.009. Manager Eager
waa willing to glv a guarantee for either
of ith larger amounts, but when h asked
certain mambar of tha Nebraska athletic
board for their eoneant they flatly refused
I rallow him to offer mor than $2,600.
. Manager Eager notlfed th Ann Arbor
athletic eounael of the attitude of the
Nebraska board. Th Michigan manage
ment had a flattering -offer of a large
fuarante from another school and this
seek, on learning of the ' "tight" position
ef th Nebraska board, decided to except
th proposition of th other institution.
Manager Baird notified Manager Eager at
tt the deolaton of th Wolverine board
fie said had there been a guarantee of
,OtO In eight at Nebraska that there would
save been no hesitancy about hie school's
accepting a game with the Cbrahuekere.
a-rai laM CaaltM.
Th last preliminary content between
th. fraternity and nonfratarnHy man will
b bald In th gymnasium next Saturday
evening when th Greek latter men will
hoM th regular Indoor games among
themselves. They have a large quantity
ef material and are expected to mak some
good records. . ,
Th committee which has charge of these
ladoor meets has decided to award silver
aaat brons medals to the winners of first
acd second plaoea respectively. In the
fraternity meet a large bronaa shield la
given to the Greek letter society that
snakes th Urges aumber ef points. Th
fraternity that wtn the meet for three
year will become th permanent posaeaaor
of this trophy. Last year th shield was
wtyi f Alpha Theta Oil.
MeFarlaadrwelt Fleet Caacelled.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cel.. Feb. -The
reposed fight between Packey McFer
Und and Lew Powell, acheduled for
Waahlngton birthday, ha been can
celled. McKarland haa been matched to
meet Dick Hyland In a twenty-round
contest on the seme date In lieu of the
fowell fiirht. The men will weigh In at
IIS pound.
Jimmy Regan and Monte Atlell. ban
tamweights, will fight a tweaty-round
preliminary.
JeaT m Km Cballeage.
Lf ANOBLE3, Cel., Feb. "I have
toeerd aotbing nor Been anything In refer
ence te a thllng from Jack Johnson. '
aid James J. Jeffrie to the Associated
rreea today when asked regarding th
rurporter cabling ef a challenge to hlui
rem Auatralia by Champion Juonaon.
J'JQSSON. BLACK CHAMPION
Some Pertinent Facta About the Big
Colored Boxer's Career.
FOND OF CLOTHES AND HOT ROCKS
Expert Ray that a Majority of Ml
Battle Hav Beta with Deraad
Ratere aaa that He Ha Never
Met Real Chaeaalea.
It la a surprising fact that Jack John
son, th new hesvywelght chsmplon. Is
known personally by a comparatively few
person In the boxing. game, lie haa spent
a greater part of his time boxing In the
south, east end -west, and has. aa a ruls.
kept away from the large cities. He has
never made an extended tour of America,
as did Peter Jackson, George Dixon, Joe
Walcott and other noted colored pugilists.
But he has an Interesting history Just the
same, and is a, character.
Johnson la a black as your hat. When
he Is In good humor his big round fsce
lightens up with a pleasant smile. His
teeth are perfect, and ha knows how to
show them to advantage. When he goes
out on parade Johnson I a real swell a
genuine treat for. the colored fraternity.
He usually wears a larg whit plug hat,
plaid clothes, a noisy vest, a ahlrt of many
Colors, green or gray spats, pointed patent
leather shoes and a big diamond headlight.
He also lugs around a young tree for a
cane and fairly covers his knotty knuckles
with Jewelled rings. Up. to the fight with
Tommy Burns Johnson did not have much
money to Speak of. but what he did have
he spent for finery. He alwaya smoked
black cigars and drank the wealthy water
whenever he had the price. But he never
dissipated to such an extent that he im
paired his wonderful physical condition.
He Is a six .footer, as hard as nails and
weighs about XX) pounds, stripped to the
buff. His arms are unusually long. Ilk
those of a gorilla, and the muscles of his
back and chest are like bunches of steel
wire.
A Texaa by Birth.
Johnson was born in Galveston, Tex.,
and will be 30 years old on March 81. He
has been in the prise ring for eight years,
but it waa not until he met Joe Choynakl,
the California heavyweight, In the fall
of 1901, that he showed 'any real worth
as a pugilist. After that he showed steady
improvement and In 1908 he was matched
wHh Denver Ed Martin, one of the finest
built negroes that ever crawled through
the ropes. They met in a twenty-round
bout at Los Angeles and after a gruelling
mill Johnson, got the decision on points.
This victory was so well earned and
Johnson's performance was so Impressive
that he was at once pitted sgalnst Sam
McVcy, the big negro now all the rage In
Paris. McVey waa a tough propoaition, a
hard hitter and fairly clever, but as In the
battle with Martin Johnson displayed un
i kal skill and recelvnd the referee's ver
dict at the end of twenty rounds. Then
the California promoters tried to dig up
sorr other man for Johnson to beat, but
as that waa Impossible Texaa Jack, as th
new champion I called on the coast, came
acroas the continent and tackled Bandy
Ferguson, a rough and tumble mixed ale
heavyweight, in a ten-rcund bout In Bos
ton. At that time Ftiguson was declared
to be a coming man, a possible succeaaor
to Jeffries as champion, but Johnson made
him look Ilka a green amateur and got the
decision.
Johnson went to Tnlladelphla after that
and proceeded to knock out Joe Butler, a
negro, in three rounds. Sandy Ferguaon
wanted another shy at Texas Jsck, so they
iret fn a six-round affair In the Quaker
city, Johnson having much the better of
it and Ferguaon declared after the mill
that both of his handa were broken before
he entered the ring. A trip back to Cali
fornia followed and Johnson stacked up
against. McVey. in another twenty-round
bout at Los Angeles, the latter receiving
th sam treatment a In the first en
counter. Then Johnaon wound up his 1908
campaign by getting a verdict over Fer
guson In a twenty-round bout at Celma,
Cal. '
The big negro did not have many matches
In 1904. and his opponents were all colored
man. He defeated Black Bill, a local slug
ger, in a six-round bout at Philadelphia
and In a third mill with McVey In Friaco
he put the latter to sleep In. the twentieth
round . with a heavy right hand clip on
the point of the Jaw. -After that he took
the measure of Frank Child In a six-round
battle in Chicago and. then knocked Denver
Ed Martin out in three rounds.
' Whea Hart Get the Deelalea.
On March 28, 19oe, Johnson met Marvin
Hart in a twenty-round mill In 'Frisco. It
was 'a hard fight and Johnson's friends at
the ringside declared that he had won by
a wide margin on points, but the referee
decided that Hart was the winner amid a
tremendous outcry. Johnson said that h
had been "robbed" and that the gambler
had fixed th referee, and waa so disgusted
with th method oh the coast that h cam
east Immediately and rraumed his ring
work in Philadelphia. He began by stop
ping Jim Jeff rod a in four rounds. Black
BUI In four and Walter Johnson in three.
He boxed Joe Jcannett six rounda to a
draw and did th same with Jack Munroe,
who had previously stayed four rounds with
Jeffries at Butte, Mont. After that he
knocked out Morris Harris In three rounds
snd fought Black Bill a six-round draw. It
was in July of that year that Johnson
tackled Ferguson-again at Chelsea, Mass.
Ferguson had It In for the negro and tried
rough house tactic to such an extent that
Big Jack won on a foul In th seventh
round. Johnaon soon after that affair ran
up again Jo Qrlrn, th Iron Man, in Phila
delphia. Orlm had never been knocked out
and managed to stick six rounds, the limit.
In spit of th fact that he received a ter
rifle beating.
Jeannette then faced Johnson for the sec
ond time In a six-round boot in the Quaker
City. Thla waa a rough and tumble battl
ta which Jeannette was declared the winner
on a foul la the second round. After beat
ing Toung Peter Jackaon on points In a
twelve-round bout In Baltimore Johnson re
turned to Philadelphia, where he boxed
jeannette again six rounds to what looked
like a good draw. That waa Johnson's Ust
battle in 16. Jeannette was Big Jack's
first opponent In 190C, as they boxed six
rounds In this city, with no decision. An
other match waa the result, and this time
Johnaon was declared the winner "after a
fifteen-round mixup in Baltimore, In which
Jeannette, however, made an excellent
ahowing.
Laagfora Flevred Jaaawa.
After knocking out Black Bill In aeven
rounds at WllkesbarVe Johnaon met Sam
Langford. with whom ha Is now matched
to fight twenty rounds at the National
Sporting club In London on May 14. Thla
battle took place at Chelsea on April tt,
1304 Johnaon weighed 1W pounds and Lang
ford only 138. In the second round Langford
caught the big fellow with a tremendous
light on the Jaw and knocked him to the
floor. The referee apparently did not care
to eee th fight end so ehr'T-'ly, ao h
Indulged In a "alow count" Probably fif
teen second actual lime had elapsed when
he counted "ten" and Johnaon ataggered to
hia feet. But for thia Indulgence on the
part of th referee Johnaon would probebly
have been put to sleep. Aa It waa Jack
stalled and clinched for the remainder of
the round, and after that he fought Long
ford at long range. Johnaon was so much
more scientific than his small antagonlat
that (he latter lost the battle on points.
In May of the same year Johnaon stopped
Charley Ilsghey at Gloucester, Mass., In a
few punches and then took on Jeannette
once more for a alx-round battle which was
to all intents and purposes a draw. After
beating Jeffords In six rounds Johnson
battled with Jeannette again, the decision
being a draw at the end of ten rounds.
Johnaon' prowess prompted Alec Mc
Lain, a Boston boxing promoter, to lake
him to Australia in 1907, where Texaa Jack
made a clean sweep. He knocked out Peter
Felix In one round at Sydney and later
acnt Frank Lang to dreamland In the sev
enth round, the fight taking place at Mel
bourne. Bill Squlrea. the Australian heavy
weight champion, evidently knew what ho
Was about when he dodged the big negro's
challenge and hurriedly sailed for America
to mske a match with Tommy Burns. John
son followed Squires here but could not get
a match, ao In July, 1907, he made a match
with Bob FltsBlmmons, the aged Cornlsh
man for six rounds In Philadelphia. Fits
said before the mill that he had an Injured
hand, but he declined to disappoint the
crowd at the ringside.
- Fits Mad Show.
As soon as he toed the scratch tt was
seen that Robert was up against . it, for
Johnson, with his shifty cleverness, went
around him like a cooper around a barrel,
throwing in Jabs, upper-cuts and swings,,
until Flu was ln serious trouble. In the
second round Fit! waa knocked down and
was in such a helpless state that the ref
eree Interfered.
By defeating Filssimmons so easily John
son Jumped Into the limelight for fair
and all of the other big men steered clear
of him. John L Sullivan thought he could
beat him, however, with Kid Cutler, his
young sparring partner, so Johnson took
him on. The mill took place in Reading,
Pa., and Culler wasn't in it, for Big Jack
smothered him with punches and knocked
him cold in the first round. Soon after
that Johnson met Sailor Burke at Bridge
port In a six-round bout and Burke did the
Tug Wilson act, dropping to the floor re
peatedly in order to escape a knockout.
Johnaon then went back to Frieco and
finished the year 1907 by stopping Jim
Flynn in the eleventl. round. By that time
Sam Fltipatrick was sure that Johnson
could beat Burns, but the latter Ignored all
challenges and went to England. For
Just one year Johnaon and Fltzpatrkk kept
on Burn's trail until the latter was cor
nered in Australia and was beaten to a
standstill in fourteen rounds.
Looking- over hta record It does not appear
to good ring Judge that Johnson, barring
old Fltsslmmona, ever beat a really firat
class man. The fact that such second raters
as Sam McVey, Ferguson and Marvin Hart
wer able to stay twenty rounds with him,
while he was unable to knock out Toung
Peter Jackaon, Joe Jeannette and Sam
Langford, would seem to indicate thai Big
Jack is not in the class with Jeffrlea, Cor
bett, Sharkey and Fitzslmmons, when these
men were at thair best. Hia victory over
Burns did not mean much, for the latter
waa purely a counterfeit and never whippy
a genuine heavyweight of ciaas, not except
ing Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. Tet la can
not be denied that Johnson I a remarkable
boxer, one of the best that ever stepped
into the ring, though there is a .general
belief that he tacks a champion's knockout
punch. Speaking of Johnson, Joe Choynskl,
the only one of the former heavyweight
bunch, barring Fiti, who ever met him In
the squared circle, say a: ' t "
TwOoaace Glove la Aaatralla.
"It is not generally known that In Aus-J
tralia and England' the boxers wear two
ounce gloves. In America they wear five
and even seven ounce gloves. Th small
gloves made the Johnson-Burns contest
look ao much like a slugging match. The
uae of amall glovea gives a clever little
fellow a hunch over a big man who de
pends on his strength rather than science.
But te get down to my contest with
Johnson at Galveaton. I aaw early In the
first round thst he had a surprise! party
for me. I wanted Into him, only to find
that he was. up to stuff and exchanged
blow for blow Ilk a finished ring general.
If I had boxed with him In my usual
fashion the contest would surely have gone
the limit. I quickly made up my mind that
Is was my place to give him a hard one
and take a chance cf retting a stiff punch
In return. I got In mine all right, but Jack
aa usual worked In one In return, but my
Now was harder and that settled it. We
were arrested, charged with taking part In
a prise fight and both got a Jail sentence.
"After fighting me Johnson went to the
Pacific coast and whipped nearly all the
good men. He did not fight Jeff, but did
go up against the retired champion'
brother, Jack, whom he beat by the knock
out route In five rounda. His weight at
that time was 192 pounds, the same figure
that waa given out when he fought Tommy
Bums rn Auatralia. The storiea published
that Johnson Is a shiftless fellow are en
tirely WTong. He takea excellent care of
hluaelf and loves to box. It will be a
long time before he la defeated, unless the
fact that we have a colored champion acts
as an Incentive for some white man to
come forth and perfect himself to to take
the championship away from the black
one." x .
Jchnson was anxlrus to fight Jeffries
thiee years ago, but the bollermaker not
only said he had retired, but also drew
the color line. If Jeffries ever meets
Johnson and la In his old trim experts be
lieve that Texas Jsck will not last more
than ten rounds, the limit of Jim Corbtt'
laat mill with tha burly Callfornian nearly
five years ago. But can Jeffries come
back?
Jeff and Johnson, by the way, have been
bjtter enemies for yesrs. Jeff has no u
for Johnaon and told htm ao in a few
worda, if the tale that were common gossip
several years ago, when Johnson was on
the coast seeking a fight with the cham
pion, are true. Jeff la reported to have
aald to Johnaon:
"I'll neven fight you In public. I am the
champion and I would rather die than let
a negro beat me. If you want to fight
I'll' fight you In a cellar,, with the doors
locked. And," continued Jim, flashing a
big bunch of greenbacks, "I'll bet you all
I have that you will be the firat one to
knock on the door to ask tor fresh air."
BACK TO TilEIR OWN ALLEYS
(Continued on Second Page.)
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High scores last week:
angles C. Prlmeau, S8; H. Prtmeau. 831;
V'oss, X: Folejr. Hi.
Three tta nice-Foley, 634; 7-arp. (14; II.
Prlmeau. 611.
An Active, Saleainas A Bee Want Ad.
DECISION FOR FRENCHMAN
Turk Fails to Throw Him Twice in an
Hour, as Agreed.
MAHM0UT SHOWS GOOD FOEM
Crowd Itterly Distasted at Aepereat
Joke ef Match A ere need by
Professional Promoter
from Chicago.
Vualff Mahmout. th sultan s pride, won
the only fall In the Joke battle of giant at
the Auditorium Friday night, hut Raoul da
Rouen waa given the decision by Referee
tjrlswold because, by the conditlona of the
match, the Turk waa to throw the French
man twice In an hour to win. The Turk
won the fall In fifty-five minutes with
a hammerlock. After an Intermission
the remaining five minutes of the
hour were worked out.
It would be all but Impossible to find a
more disgusted crowd disgusted first
when the referee announced that the op
posing managers had decided after they
had grot the peopJe'a money, on a handicap
match and disgusted again when, after
Jack Curley announced the wreatle would
go all night If the Frenchman waa not
thrown In the time limit, the match waa
topped at the end of the hour. The crowd
kept up one - Incesaant bedlam of disap
proval. It waa-a severe Jolt to Mr. Gil
Ian' wrestling game. It waa all too plain
that the profeaalonal promoters from Chi
cago had their puppets on the mat do Just
what they commanded. Tools In their man
agers' hand, th big foreigners wrestled or
faked according to orders.
Rata! v
Over 6,000 people saw the ' match, the
largest crowd the Auditorium haa had at
a sporting event since Ootch last appeared.
Those of the 5,000 who had expected to see
the big hulk of French bone snd muscle
tear up the arena and push the Turk
through the ropes were also disappointed,
because he waa as tame as a pet hare. The
Frenchman demonstrated that his knowl
edge of the wrestling game Is quite lim
ited when he la pitted against a real
wreatler. auch aa the Turk Is when allowed
to be. The rough tactics of the French
man which he used against Weatergaard
were entirely eliminated laat night.
Foir Time Tkroagh Itopea.
Four times the giants went through
the ropes with the Turk having tho
point of vantage before the descent They
returned to the center and instead of
giving the Turk the advantage he had
before the mishap the referee allowed
them to start over again. The crowd
took exception to this procedure and the
fourth time the Turk was given his
point of advantage behind. On one of
the falls the pair lit on their heads on
the timers' table and ruined a couple of
light soft hata worn by the timers.
The Turk weighed IM, the Frenchman 240.
but the Turk was the stronger of the
two. He wrestled in his bare feet, with
simply trunks and elastics on his knees,
and he was the handiest man with his
feet seen in these parts for some time.
He showed a thorough knowledge of the
flno points of the game and was sized
up as about an even match for Farmer
Burns.
The concensus of opinion of the Turk is
that he Is a great wrestler, though hia
averlcloua managers did not allow him to
turn himself looae laat night. Some of tire
American wrestlers who have met him
think he can give Gotch a fairly good tus
sle, but can't throw him. He certainly
lacks the thinking capacity of the cham
pion or any of the best Americans; and he
is also deficient in holds, being more of a
defensive-worker. He Is tough; strong and
agile, though, and capable for a great
match. "
The Frenchman is nothing aa a wrestler.
The preliminary between Herbert
Johanson of Council Bluffs and Jack
Tollver of Omaha ended In a draw.
Johanson won the first fall In thirty min
utes with a half Nelson. Tollver won
the second with a double Kelson In ten
minutes and 'they wrestled five minutes
for the third round without a fall.
DEALERS RUSH SHOW CARS
(Continued from First Page.)
trucks for handling their goods, making a
great saving of expense from the horse
s-yatem besides being able to give quicker
service. All these different claaaes of ma
chines are being manufactured to meet
every demand and the automobile Is the
greatest business help of the hour."
Boost the Fraaklla.
"The attention In detail which In the
construction of the Franklin motor tr
hi given to the matter of safety Is Indi
cated by the fact that Ite emergency brake
lever is made of steel Instead of brass,, the
latter of which Is commonly used In auto
mobile construction." said Guy Smith,
Omaha dealer In Franklins. 'The same
material Is used for the transmission lever.
"These levers are drop forged of analy
sis steel; that Is. ef steel analysed to In
sure good quality before forging. The
drop forging ar again analysed, and none
1 permitted to enter the factory without
this double analysis. The finished levera
are nickel plated. While bras ha many
uses, th breaking of a brak lever la often
a matter of life or death, and the extra
strength of the steel adds Just, mo much
to the eafety of passengers and even of
others who may chance to be near th
automobile. Th elimination of needlese
risks is an object which Is being constantly
more sought by automobilista."
Omaha Is becoming one of the biggest
Jobbing centers for automobiles in the en
tire country. It Is a recognized fact that
the middle etatea have been the great
sales grounds for automobiles, for no set
of people la now more able to buy auto
mobiles than the farmers. The large Im
plement houses have recognised this fact
and nearly all have added a line of auto
mobiles to their regular lines of plows and
buggies. The consequence Is that dealers In
most of the smaller towna of the state In
both Iowa and Nebraska have automobiles
for sale. These dealer will attend th
Omaha show to lay In a stock of machines
for the summer trade.
The Drummond Carriage company haa
had a buay week during the week Just
closed. The firm moved into its new sales
room at C4 Farnam afreet; It aold a patrol
wagon and ambulance to the police depart
ment and also a heavy Concord buggy for
.the use of the chief and captains of the
police department.
The new home of the White Steamer haa
a white front and haa new 1909 modela
ready for demonstration. The garage haa
ample doora In the front and rear. The
old eatablished location of Drummond Is
atlll maintained at Eighteenth and liar,
ney streets for auto repairing and painting,
for top making and all klnda of auto, car
riage and wagon work, the aame as for the
laat twenty year.
Athletic Alaaaaa la Fonalar.
The demand for 8pauldlngs Official
Athletic almanac for M0 waa so great
that a second edKion was ctarted within
a week after the publication of the book
The scene of the Olympic gamee hav
attracted a world of attention, especially
I'urando'a heroio attempt to finish th
Marathon.
Malaatr Challragr Leaeboat.
TONKER8. N. T., Feb. g It waa an
nounced bar today that Matthew Maloney.
amateur Marathon runner of thla city, had
resigned aa an amateur athlete and had
issued a challenge to Tom Longboat, win
ner of laat night's Marathon race with Al-
The Whit Steamer Is tho lowest priced car on the market, considering
ai ltisl horse power. It is cheapest to maintain and keep up, simplest snd
easiest to loam, control, handle and repair. Its power Is the most flexible,
more than even an ellt-evllniler assollne car. It lias loner life, greatest
power, areatest soeed and greatest everything that counts, and leaat of every
thing that militates against an automobile.
Wood's Electrics are used
vious performances of Wood's
under ail adverse weather and
"E)KyiMiMKi
fred Shruhb In New York, for a race In
Madison Square Gnrden.for the world's
Marathon championship. It Is believed lure
that the race will be arranged, as Iong
boat, it Is aald, hna expressed a walling
neaa to meet Maloney.
HEAVY FOOT BALL SCHEDULES
(Continued from Firat Page.)
The big games on the Elis' schedule will,
of course, be the contests with Harvard
r-nd Princeton. Pates will be asslgrned to
(Syracuse, the Army and Brown, with
thiee or four preliminary games with minor
celtege elevens to be played early in the
season. It has been announced thnt while
the Blue would not In all llklihood Increase
the number of Its games stronger teams
would be met In 1909 and a better arrange
ment of the schedule made. 1
One of the features of the foot ball sea
son promised to be the schedule arranged
by the Army. With the Navy. Yale, Har
vard and Princeton already fixtures and
Pennsylvania a possibility, to say nothing
of Syracuse and one or two other teams of
similar rank, it will be seen that the cadets
will have a trying season ahead of them
between September and the end of No
vember. The middlea, on the other hand,
have not aa yet given any Indication of at
tempting any such trying schedule and with
the loss of the Harvard contest it appears
unhkely that any big eastern university
will be seen on the Annapolis gridiron ex
cept Princeton.
, Weil Play la East.
So far as Intersectlonal gamea are con
cerned, the east will have the plums during
the coming autumn, for the Pennsylvania
Michigan game will be played at Franklin
field, Philadelphia, and the Cornell-Chicago
contest at Ithaca. Syracuse will represent
the east tn the west In 1S09 when the eleven
lines up against Yost's warrli.rs at Ann
Arbor. With the 'playing of these three
intersectlonal games the contracts which
exist between the three eastern and three
weatern colleges in foot ball will be com
pleted, and unless there are some unex
pected upsets It is quite likely that at leaat
two of the agreements will not, be re
newed. The following ahowa the big games of tha
190 season already arranged, with the play
ing field and the tentative datea for the
conteata: ..
October 1H Yale anainat Army nt AVeat
Point, Princeton agalnat Navy at An
napolia. .
October 23 Harvard against Indians al
Cambridge, Princeton agalnat Army al
West Point. .
October 30 Harvard against Army at
West Point, Pennsylvan.a against Indiana
at Philadelphia, Chicago against Minneaora
at Minneapolis.
November 8 Princeton ugainat Dartmouth
at Princeton.
November 13 Yale against Princeton at
New Haven, Pennsylvania agalnat Mich
igan at Philadelphia, Cornell agalnat Chi
cago at Ithaca. .... ,
November 20 Yale against Harvard at
Cambridge, Syracuse against Michigan at
Ann Arbor, Chicago against Wisconsin at
Chicago. - , , .
November !5 Pennsylvania against Cor
nell at Philadelphia.
November 27-Army against Navy at
Philadelphia.
NEW YORK'S AUTO HOSE WA0ON
A Sight Worth Seeing a It Shriek
Its Way te a Fire.
NEW YORK, Feb. . There are plenty
who think that the moat atlrring sight to
be seen In the city's streets la the fire en
in. ninr tn a fir..-, with horsea gallop
ing, whiatlea acreaturtng, amoke streaming
back from the amokeataek above the sparks
flying and dancing from the firebox below.
Such people may think that when motors
shall have supplanted horsea In the mov
ing of fire apparatua the days of romance
... . . .,111 Bio-ht r,f the
win nave gone. '" " "
!iew automobile hlgli-preasure water tender
7. going to a fire, with airen inrieKina anu
bell clanging, roakea aomethlng of a sen
aatlon and it may even cause a thrill.
ti,i near motor-driven tender is Dinger
in every way than the horse-driven tendera
and it load of big heavy, high-pressure
hose, laid In It fore ana art iotas,
up to a height of -seven feet or so above
the ground. Three feet higher, running the
length of the wagon along the middle, Is
a hand rail for men of the crew to hold
on by riding to a firo.
The crew numbers ten. The captain rides
atandlng on a little platform at the for
ward right-hand corner of the tender to th
right of the chauffeur; the lieutenant rides
standing on snotlier little platform at th
forward left-hand corner; the engineer rides
on the step at the rear, and the reat of
the company ride standing on top of the
load, holding on by the hand rail.
You can hear the automobile tender's
airen blocka away, with Its wild rising and
falling, sinking and swelling ehrlek. and
then aa tt comes nearer you hear the
clamor of Ita bell, and then the big tender,
good for thirty milea an hour, they say.
with a clear way. -with th man at the
wheel and the men atandlng up at front
and rear and Willi that bunch of men
standing high In tho air on top and with
bell a clamoring and airen ahrleking. aweepa
roaring by. You may miss tha galloping
horsea and all that, but atlll the big horae
lesa tender on the wuy to a fire ia a eight
to aee.
In the tender'a house the absence of
horses makea all the difference In th
world. No more the hanging harneau hang.
Ing up In front; no more the horses atand
lng near In their atalls to Jump and come
tearing and plunging to th pole t the
sound of th gong; no more th dropping
of hsrness and snapping of collar around
th horse' necks as the driver gathera up
th Unas; no mor the eager digging of
th horsea' toe Into the engine houa floor
a they buck! down to start their load; no
1
u
j
as satisfactorily on hilly country raads
Electrics have proven their reliability,
road conditions.
39
EiMWr'laZsj
60,000,000 Tire Miles a Year
Th Taxlcabsof New York City are making this
mileage over a MILLION tire miles a WEEK.
Think of it I
Youwho drive only a few thousand miles a
season, and yet have had tire troubles a plenty
think of this problem and how important to solve
it correctly.
Judging from your own tire expense last season
consider the thousands of dollars involved.
And now note now the problem was solved.
There are 1000 Taxicabs in New York City.
Several competing companies operate them. The
most gruelling tire tests were made by each of
these companies. Tires of many makes were in
competition. Tbemileageof each tire waschecked
by the taximeter. The time required for repairs
was checked by the "trouble sheets."
When the results were analyzed the findings were
sooverwhelmingly in fa vorofthe Goodyear Detach
able Auto Tire that 800 ot the 1000 Taxicabs
al once contracted for Goody tar Tires to be used
exclusively. r
The same thing has resulted from the tests made
by the taxicab companies of Washington, Boston
practically every large eastern city Goodyear
Tires are used. Yon couldn't make tests anywhere
near so strennons or so conclusive if yon took a
dozen years to do it.
But you can profit by the tests of the Taxicab
Companies who have spent thousands of dollars to
find out positively which tire gives the greatest
mileage with the least trouble, Tire-buving, you
see, has now been reduced to a BUSINESS basis.
Isn't the tire good enough for the Taxicab
Companies good enough for you ?
If you would know the reasons why Goodyear
Tires alone met these extreme conditions, ask for
our helpful book, "How to Select an Auto Tire."
It's FREE.
Ihe Goodyear Tire & Robber Company
Local Aaency. POWELL SUPPLY
3029 FAtNAM STKEET
1R. JR. KIIVaiB ALL
2026 Fornan St., Omaha
The Moat Important Exhibit at trie Auto Show
tvn-Surr Modal T -c Under. 40 U. V., 7 passenger touring car,
with 142-Inch wheel base; pile M.OOO. Model X. 4-cyllnder, 24 H. P., 6 paa
aenger touring car; price a,7SO. Model Triple X, 4-cyllnder, 24 H. P., 3 paa
aenger runabout; price 3,880.
Oadlllao Model "JO," 4-cyllnder, 30 H. P., tourln car, deml-tonneau or
runabout; price 91)400. '
taniey Model F, 30 H. P.. speedy roadster; price 1,$00. Model E3,
1 H. P., runabout, aeating two or four; price $850.
Saeeeek The flneat electric carriage built.
' Inspect this display at the Auditorium and call at the garage and see
the fineet automobile establishment west of Chicago. Bargain Jn used cars,'
on exhibition at tha garage. v
mor. the sharp clatter of hoofs as they
start away on their run-all gone.
Now the men come from their quarters
. .w. .iMin. nolea silently and swiftly.
Just as they hsve always done, to leap
on the tender, ana now wnere o. - -
snspped a horse's collar a man cranks the
tender's motor; the chauffeur is already
up, and that's all there Is to it.
All the splendid tumult of the old-time
start Is gone, but they say the motor tender
gets away in about two seconds less time.
RUNOTNG 'SHORTENS HIS LITE
,os( DUtaaee Rae Takes Tteree
Year from Allotted Time.
kb-.w YORK. Feb. .-If Melvln Shep-
pard, the king of middle diabance runners,
malntalna hi present gait of losing years
off ' his life it won't b long before he
- in v. i.ovinr thia mortal sphere. Accord
ing to the beat informed. Mel effort In
the 1.600-meter race at london ahortened
hia lif at leaat three yeara Alter oney
mri.ii to America and took up hi work
a a custom man he wa hit on the head
by footpads and the attending excitement
is reported to hav coat th great runner
.noihar vear. Then one nlkht Melvln found
a wounded man down on the dock where he
does duty and ran so hard for trie ambu
lance that a couple of mora years will
surely come off.
But that's not all. Th wort came a
couple of week ago, when th half-mile
champion got mixed up with a dynamite
explosion at Botith Wharf, Philadelphia,
that came near claiming an or me tew
year that, according to th expert. Sliep
mril had to live. Bheppard waa .near th
seen of th explosion and received a se
vere shock.
Kelly Is Checker t hanaploa.
HASTINGS. Neb., Feb. . Hpecial Tele
gram.) W. Kelly of Button this afternoon
won the state checker champlonahlp In the
tnumainent of the Nebraska Checker and
Chess sasoclatlon. The final contest waa
altli J. A. r'owera or Trenton, iviny won
the flrat same and the aecond wi a draw.
A. ii. Gordon thia morning declined to
play against Hrookng of Kunke because the
latter used celluloid men Instead of wooden
onea. The referee decided in favor of
Brooking and the aasociatlon by unanimous
vote sustained him. Gordon has retained
an attorney to carry an appeal to the na
tional comnilaxton. IkhI papera tleing up
the prise money were served on the off lens.
Sperrlas Matches Barred.
I.ITTI.K ROCK. Ark., Feb. . Gov
ernor IWmagliey today addretised a let
ter to the i hlef of polii a mayor and
sheriff of Hot Kprlnn Informing them
that sparring mutches were contrary to
th law of Arkansas and muat be
stopped.
A aether Oataka fetloatel.
J. i. Rerlght, automobile dealer, received
the announcement aturdny that he la to be
a colonel on the staff of oOverrior Shallrn
brger. Jut what ti.e etMifit: duties of tin
colonel ar th message did not atate.
The Influenoe ot yVae want ad Dans-
trate to unsuspected quarters. J
STEAMER
1909 MODELS
at our salesrooms for ex
amination or demonstra
tion. "Pleased to show."
The Wood's Electric
Queen Victoria Brougham.
Two styles in one car
ries four people.
as on the city boulevard Pre
serviceability and practicability
Ne-kV LKwROOM
2024 Farnam
FACTORY AND REPAIR DIPT.
18tti and Harney
Other Goodyear Points
Rarh tlre1 overwira arh 4-lnra tire
really almnat m liu-het--of her airea la ro
aortloa. 1 be addition of top. alaaa frost and
acccaaorlaa will not over loaa Goodyear iiraa.
The baas or "feet" of tha tire contain a
tap of piano win. which contractamakca
tha tire haaa amallar with Inflation, tha
harrier yon pump a lira tha tighter it an pa
th rim.
They are mads from two "oomnonnrl."
ef ruhber aofi. tendar. rtNiiliant Para for
tha walla, and touah leathery, wear-rcam-img
compounded nihhar for tha tread or
wearing aurfaoe, botk inanparahlv vulcan
ised together. Thia meana matlmiim of
aaajr ridmg quality at minimum of wear.
Tha toegh. rawhtde-llke tread or wear
ing aurfaoe, la eomhisatlon with tha rivet,
fanrlo hroakar-atrt pa. ta ao eilremcly diffi
cult to punctare thattha Itaodyeariaeicep
tloaalby in from this trouble.
Whan need on the Goodyear TTnheraal
Rim. tha tire cannot ba forced off by anr
atratn or foros which would not break tha
whael, even whan deflated yet can ha
ramovad or replaced In 10 eeoonda without
th uaa of apaoial too la.
Tha Goodyear Air Bottle makea a pnnc
rnra an Incident inatead ot n tragedy. It ia
Ailed with oompreaaad air oJw. Notan
no dftemtcalenolu-ing to orrodo valvea or
Injure th rubber. Each bottle will infiata
from 4 to S8 tlrea. according to aire. Will
partially tnflata many more. Tha price ia
1)5 for tha amall aire tVO for tha large.
Either alee kept filled for two yeara without
charge for refilling. Kirhanga empty lxule
for filled on at any ttm at any Uoodyear
branva.
CO.
Shooting Former Prices
Full of Holes
Having on band quite a number
ol-
Odd Trouser Lengths
and also having on the payroll
two expert cutters, two experi
enced salesmen and ' 60 tailors
whom we desire to keep busy, we
are willing to let you keep all
our profit and then some Just to
help us keep them busy and
now offer you
$3, 1 and $T TROUSEIUXGS,
Made to Mean ore
FOR tH.OO
$8 and 1 9 Trouserings,.. .91
10 Trouserings 94
f.hcCarlhy-Wilson
Tailoring Co.
804-304) South lflth Street.
. Near 10 Lb, at Far nam fits.
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eiall. anirpriftoophottlaa Tree
roar araggut or by mail la tia snapper.
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