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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 7? 11)00. m 4 3 i- i V ( J f V The Omaiia t Sunday Km 1MAHA, SUNDAT. FEBRl'ARY 7. ISO. IT would not bo possible to find in the present generation of ball playera two men who have been more Insolent In their disregard (or the laws of the . game than Hal Chaae and Jake Wel mer. It must be encouraging, therefore, to the pillars of the game to behold the levity wltll which the highest tribunal of base. ball llfta the embargo and bide these two out lawa come back and take their places bo aid the men who have obeyed the law and observed their contracts. When Jake Wei mar waa traded by Chicago to Cincinnati ha balked and finally quit the gam rather than go where he was sent. He took up with the outlawa, and when tiring of this coarse, Applied for reinstatement. He got It. Then when Cincinnati sold him to New York he baUked again and quit the game because his will could not have away. Tir ing again of being an outcast be applied once more for reinstatement. He got it. Hal Chase has been an obstreperous, peev ish baby always; It la not possible to enu merate the times he has jumped the tracea or threatened to. He almply has been a spoiled child all the time. The National commission may have acted generously to ward these two fellows, but how has It acted toward that larger number of play era who bold base ball law above selfish desires, and bow baa it acted toward the lawa It la auppoeed to dignify by enforce ment? The commission's action can be con strued aa nothing if not a cheapening of every rule of the game. Moreover it seta a precedent that la menacing la Its aspect and influence. It could have done a much better service to the game and every In terest of the game by holding these two re calcitrants to a atrlct accountability of their flagran violation of the laws of base ball. The nominal finea imposed by the commis sion on these men axe almply not to be re garded In this connection. If base ball law should apply at all it should apply to the stars of the game. The commission must not fret if the impression goes abroad that had Chaae and Welmer been less notable playera they would have fared differently. And the chances are if the Welmer case had been up alone he would have gone an ' other route, but fortunate for him the petted Chase had to be dealt with simul taneously. The warning Bounded by The Bee In its sporting department against hlppodromlng In wrestling at the Auditorium may be re called now by those who have promoted the matches here aa having had rather a timely application. In the first place all the pro fessional managers from abroad to the con trary notwithstanding fair sports were fouled when Jess Westergaard was shoved aside forThe big hulk of meat from France, and that la what called forth the warning. 80 far as the actual wrestling of de Rouen and Mahmout goes. It was such as not to deserve any' consideration. The point is, Manager Glllao threw down, the bara to a lot of professional promoters from Chisago and the Omaha sports paid . the freight. These "promoters" are the kind of chaps who would put any game In disrepute. It was s rank piece of business to advertise the match aa a finish contest and then, I after getting the people inside' the Audi torium, announce a handicap. Whenever Manager Oillan takes the reins in his own hands and makes clear, apecifio terms wltb the wrestlers and holds them to those terms then-and not till tfaesKwlli ha get clean results. Had he gone on in the reg ular way with the Weatergaard-Mahmout match, made when Westergaard accepted the challenge of the Turk at the Wester- gaard-de Rouen match, all difficulty could have been avoided. ' 1 ' 1 1 : Big Ed Walsh Is fighting Comtakey for more money. Is this his reward for pitch lug those sixty-odd games that kept the white Sox out of second division last ea son? Walsh Insists on having I7.6CO. He'a talking French to the Old Roman. Comta key can't hear when you talk like that Just the same, had Commy not had Walsh It is probable his team would have finished 190, in sixth or seventh place. Smith pouted most of the season; Doo White waa off color; Owen and Altrock were not worth their salt. Walsh's friends warned him that he waa acting unwisely to do all the work, but he persisted and achieved one of the really great triumphs In the history of base ball by pitching over aixty games and winning the large majority of them. Chances are if Commy had tacked on a neat bonus to Walsh's laat pay check last fall and made the aum total hia aalary ' for this season Big Ed would now be sat isfied. But he says? "Commy haa always ireaiea me wen except in money matters. President Rota-fee la having no trouble signing up Ma old men. Moat of them have already affixed their names to contracts Tor im This should not mean, however. that all the former members of the team will be wtth It this year. This, of course. has no reference to Austin. Itagan and Au trey. There la need for a change or two In the box, displacing one or two members of last year's staff. If King goes to right nolo, .wfilch he will when Graham returns to second. Belden may not remain on the team, and, while Frank haa elgned up (or another season, ft is not regarded as cer tain he will play as regularly at short as he has been doing. He should, at least, have a good utility in fielder to relieve him when the duties of manager press hard upon him. Other towns on the circuit are looking for big things from Omaha thla year. It would be only fair for Omaha to win the pennant it gave away last fu.IL Why couldnt the Hold-backs form a team like this: Catcher, Spencer; pitcher, Walsh; first base, Ctiance; second btuse. Bvera; third base, Isbell; short atop, Deh len; left field, Seymour; center field, Doa- lin; right field, Oanley. Talk about your ajl-ataral But before leaving the subject let ua remark that Fred Olade Is not hold ing back this year. Fred always was a t great boy for variety. Coinlskey really hasn't much trouble on his hands just ' now. Wtth Fielder Jones sticking to his , determination to quit and Walsh and Isbell holding out for mors cush the old Roman will have ample opportunity to show bow great a diplomat he la, From all Indications - of the two men's work Gotch would not lose much time with the Turk. The Turk Is like most foreign wrestlers he tells his opponents what he is going to do by what he does. A Wichita paper la authority for the news that Omaha's lineup for 1 will be the same aa that of 14 with but three excep tions. Now, how In the world do you sup pose they guessed It? Issy may be with us yet. He received a contract from Comiskey and returned It by return mall unsigned. New York haa signed Merkls again. Probably that's the only thUig New York sould da who him. Now. let's see February VprU X April la--' 7, March 7. RECORDS OF NOTED BATTERS Performed Feati with the Stick for Consecutive Seasons. ANSON LONGEST IN THE LEAD rh eagnaa Had Several ..too Averages la a linn and Jesse flarkettv Wagner, Keeler and Other Have R earned .400 Mark. There haven't- been any .4i0 per cent hit ters in base bell since the foul strike rule wnt Into effect, which wa In isni m the Nstlonal league and 1903 In the American league. Two things that have made bat tli.g more difficult In recent yeara are the foul strike rule snd the apit ball, and be fore their day there were changes In the tules, such aa reducing the number of balls, that had their effect. So the day of the .400 hitter ta past, unless present condi tions of batting and pitching are changed. Big league batsmen who have laid against the ball for a record of .400 or better for a season's work are comparatively scarce for all time. Since 1671 there have been twenty-nine of thrm, aa follows: National league Anson (twice), B rout hers, Barnes (three times), Burkett (three times). Fred Clarke, Ed Delehanty (twice). Charles Fer guson, Keeler. Meyerle, Stensel. Turner, Duffy, Thompson (twice). Jim White and George Wright. American association Browning. Burch, Burns (Baltimore), Car ruthers, Eatcrbrook, D. Mack, Tip O'Nell, Orr, Radford, Yank Robinson, f enny Lyons and Stovey (twice). American league La- jole. Union association Dunlap. The .400 hitters still left In active big league harness are Clarke, Lajole and Keeler. Had Hans Wagner snd Ty Cobb been playing when .400 batting was pos sible there Isn't sny doubt that they would have reached that figure they together with one or two others, such as Sam Crawford and Mike Don 1 in. Ross Barnes and Jesse Burkett are the only two players who ever batted .400 three times and the only two who ever did so In two con secutive seasons. Modern Srhedalee Are Larger. There Is this much to be said of the modern batters, they hsve longer sched ules to go sgalnst that the old timers had, and that militates agalnat their hitting in view of the more difficult conditions. Whether the fact of the pitcher being fur ther back than he used to be Is a help to the batters is a mooted question. THere are those who say it makes the pitching harder to gauge and thoae who say it makes it easier. -- In point of general percentage among the great batters of the past and present whose records are available Burkett, the little thick set chap who swslted left handed and used to be such a terror to boxmen, tops all the rest. A study of his record snd that of other stickers who did wonders at years of consecutive hard hitting is worthy of study. From 1893 to 1902 Burkett batted steadily in the .300 clasa nine of the yeara In the National league and one In the American. Here are his figures in the order in which he made them: .372, .357, .423. ,410, .383, .345, .402, .300, .882 and .301 General average, .34. Of the playera who have flourished sinoe 187 old Pop Anson hss made the greatest record for hard consecutive hitting. What ever the conditions were the old man kept pace with them. Burkett was a left-handed Timely Tips for America's automobile Industry is In Its tenth year. A taxlcab oompany haa been formed to operate taxlcabs in Memphis,. Tenn. A new motor transfer company, with 3100,000 capitalisation, has been formed in Boston, A large eight-story building is planned by a wholeaale and retail automobile firm in Minneapolis. It Is estimated that there are now more than 200,000 active users of automlblea in the United States. The number of automobile registrations in London amounts to 84 only 2.000 less than the estimated total for the whole of France. Cleveland haa taken to taxlcabs with a ruah. Three concerns are now operating them and thirty-five more cabs are being Installed. A maker of commercial auto trucka la now offering a vehicle with a carrying capacity of ten tona. It la the largest capacity single vehicle in tht world. A fear has actually arisen among selling agenta In several sections of the country that the aupply of high grade cars this season will run short. More and more motorists are appreciating the fact that the absonce of an oil bill' ia a sure sign of a repair bill, and they also know that the oil bill is the least of the evils. A peculiar feature of the automobile bill before the West Virginia legislature ia that it makes it obligatory to use a fire chain or "other contrivance" when the roads are slippery. The German Motor Car Industrials haa worked out a new formula tor the Prince Henry tour which will permit vehlclea of from seven to twenty-eight horsepower to compete. The Automobile club of Syracuse, N. T., haa grown In membership from seventy five to 217 In the first year of Ita existence and a determined effort is beiug made to reach 300 before UQ. See that the storage batteries are always held tightly in their box, and that all con nections are tight. Rubber sheeting is a good material for packing the batteries and deaden vibrations to a large extent. - L. W. K. Vandorbllt, Jr.. donor of the world-famous Vanderbtlt cup, believes that a grand prise race should be held at Savannah yearly. He recently drove over the course there and was delighted with It. By far the beat and bandleat thing- to clean the lens mirrors ia a mixture of equal p&rla of alcohol and water; a 60 per cent solution evaporates more alowly than pure alcohol, ao giving time to wipe the glass clean. , Ralph De Palma. whose fast laps In the Savannah grand priae race gave him a standard among the great racing drivers, is to be a star attraction at the New Or leans Mardl Oral carnival, February 80, a and 22. If In selecting leather for upholstering a Car the material is hand-buffed it will show It. not only in appearance, but in pliability. If it looks flaky, and if it Is not firm, then It la a sign that the leather is not of a de sirable grade. It is estimated that largely on account of the unimproved state of the roada the mere hauling to market and to shipping points of the farm products of the Lulled Stairs costs the farmers of the country ShcAUuO.OuO a year. In connection with the northern games in Stockholm In liMt are to be automobile rates from February 7 to 14. The first event will be a race from Gothenburg to Stockholm for the "Winter cup" and the "Gothenburg cup." Colonel F. M. Joyce, president of the Min nesota Stale Automobile association, will viHlt Milwaukee shortly to confer with the Milwaukee club officials and to co-operate with them ia making arrangamenta for tne handling of the "Ulidden army." After a series of extensive tests, a com pany with headquarters In Jersey City, N. J., and operating 3J8 branch stores la the I'nited Slates, has decided to displace some l.M horses and horse-drawn vehicles in favor of motor delivery service. After a recent snowstorm in Reading, Fa., in which the roads were left In bad condition. 11. I- Haidy. an automobile de signer, attached an 01 dins ry land roller to a aextuplei and rolled six miiea ef road way, putting it in excellent shape. There are In the I'nlted fi'ates 235.009 Kliea of retire a and 2, 161.879 amies ef hitter, ahlle Ante hit rlghl-hu ,ded. The noted Chicago leader could clout thrm all In his day, and he faced some classy pitehers, too. From 17. to lWn Inclusive he never hit below .300, and In 1M3, 19I. lfi. I and 17 he also batted .SO", verily a wonderful record. For fifteen consecu tive years he thumped the leather for .300 or more, and nobody else has such a long stretch of earnest swatting to his credit, though Wsgner may get there. Anson's fifteen-y.rar record Includes the following percentages: .31", .335, .3.V.. .KIT. .X. .3. .36. .307. .337. .310, .371, .421, .343. .341. .311. General average, .312.. Heaaa Wagner's Record. Wagner, a rlght-hsndcr. has been hitting in the .300 class steadily since 197, and for twelve straight years hss not gone below that mark. His nearest approach to .too waa in 1809. when he batted .30. His figures are as follows: .314, .306, .359, .380, .35". .XX. .356, .349, ,33. .339, .350, .354. Tn eral average. .348. Dan Brouthers was some slugger. He hit over .300 for fourteen atralght seasons-1881 to 1894 Inclusive-.! .l made the following percentages! .318, .367, .371, '.MS, .S68t .370, .419. .90s, .373, .345, .39, .335, .348. .344. Geneial average, .351 Brouthers was a left-handed batsman. Others with notable records In consecu tive .800 batting are: Hamilton, Left-hander .301, ,K4, .38, .330. .894, .393, .363, .844, .367, .3u, .332 Twelve consecutive years. General aver age, .362. Ilehanty. Right-hander .812, .870. .400. .SS, .894. .877. .334. ,40g. .319. .357. .876. Eleven consecutive years. General average, ,3M. George Davis. Let t-hander .373. .346, .330, .815, .368, .80K. .348. .825. .309. Nine con secutive years. General average, .336. MoGraW, Left-hander .82. .340, .374. ,36, .828, .334. .390. .887. .361 Nine consecutive yearc. General average. .869. J. Kelley. Right-hander .312, .81, .370. .870. .m, .. .. .318. .30A .811, .3l. Eleven consecutive years. General aver age. .340. Keeler, Ift-hander-.8M, .867, .304, .m. .431, .379. .876, .36. .356, .342, .318. .343, .at, .304. Fourteen consecutive years. General average, .367. Duffy, Rlght-hander-.311. .828, .340. .802. .878, .438, .3J.2, .302, .341, .819. IVn con aecutlve years. General average, .340. Iajole, Right-hander .3a. .228, .329. .340, .422. .869. .865. .881. .828. .356. Ten consecutive years. General average. .361 Of these twelve players, six Anson, Wag ner, Delehanty, Kelly, Duffy and Lajole were or are right handed batters so there Is no choice in that regard. Tip O'N ell's High Mark. , Of all the men who have batted .400 in their time, Tip O'NIel of the old St. Louis Browns made the highest one year's per centage. His batting average for 1S97 was .49", which ia only eight points short of .600, and represents exceedingly close to a base hit for every two times up. Of course. O'NIel had the benefit of rules which aren't In force now, but they were anything but ordinary pitchers that were In the American association that year. Some of the twlrlera who faced him were: Guy Hecker, Tony Mullane, Seward, Kllroy, Daly, Ramsey, ' Terry.' Lynch and Weyhlng. They were the best there were at that time and pitchers of the best cali ber. Ramsey, Kllroy -the most noted left J banders of their day Weyhlng, Terry, Mullane, Hecker those were names to con jure with. Stop snd look over the pitchers that were kings of the mound when Anson was lining the drives out to safe spots: Bad bourn, Bufflngton, Whitney, Spalding, Mc Bride, Baldwin, Bond, Ward and Keefe. Those were some of the accomplished pitchers whom Anson had to face at differ ent times In his luminous career. Also he met auch good ones aa Conway,' Ferguson, Welch and Galvln. Dan Brouthers piled up his big averages against much the same lot of proficient artists. Automobile Owners and Drivers public roads, only about 8 per cent of the latter being Improved. For every mile of railroad there are about nine mllea of dirt road and one mile of good stone road. A new local automobile manufacturer will make his public deput at the St. Louis shown, February 16-20. Hsrvey D. Dunham and Allen Whlttemore, enthusiastic motor ists and said to be membera of St. Louis society, are officera of the new concern. A movement la on foot at Hartford, Conn., to make free auch ferries aa now ply on the Connecticut river where there are no bridges. As autoisls have no other meana of reaching shore without an ex tensive detour, the ferries derive quite a revenue. Preparations for the automobile show to be held in Detroit, Mich., February 16-20 are going forward rapidly. The decora tions will be on a more elaborate scale than ever before attempted locally. The lower floor will be converted into a Venetian garden, with 200 canaries hidden among the foliage. The Scranton (Pa.) Automobile associa tion haa pledged Itself to pay 89.000 as Its share of the expenae of building a atate road from Scranton to Stroudsburg, over the Pocono mountains. Regsrdless of what action the legislature takea at Ita next meeting. It la almost an assured fact the road will be built. Though there will be no Grand Prix, and consequently ne club race for voitur ettes in France thia year, small one-lungers Will not be sltogether without a speed con test during the coming season. Some time In June LAuto will put on foot ita fifth annual volturette race. This year the stroks will be unlimited. When a motorist has become somewhat expert In the running of his car it will be found advantageoua to gradually feed un til the point la found at which the motor runa well, but will not atand a further re duction. The smaller the proportion of gasoline the more economically the motor will run and the cleaner it will keep. Nearly all the employes of the German factories are making a dead atand against the motor liability law, mase meetlnga having been called all over the country and reeolutlona set up. The men fear entire loss of work, aa many factoriea are not only working shorter hours, but with fewer bands already to keep down expenses. Again the question of building a scien tifically constructed hill with absolutely correct grade Is engaging the attention of the members of the Minneapolis Automo bile cluh. The Idea was broached last sum mer and a subscription list was at once started among club members, and now again the subject Is up fur consideration. After a temporary halt, due to a protest againat the decorative scheme made by the fire wardens, preparationa for the motor show at Cleveland, O. are proceeding merrily. The wardena demanded a test of the fireproof bunting to be- used. It wss held and proved satisfactory. The show will be held on schedule time, February -27. Sheet steel is now much in vogue for motor bodies. If the panels of sheet steel are properly made they will add much to tlie atrcnsih of the whole, although it may be true that a sheet of steel, unsupported, haa but little stiffness. It la the flanging and the curvature that adda the strength, snd It Is at almost no coat, nor does the weight increase materially. Longer wheelbase, larger tires, better and more comfortable seals, more cars fitted with foot rests to allow a change of posi tion, longer and more comfortable riding handle bars, a lower center of gravity, bet ter mudguards, a mure efficient exhaust system, and stronger frame these changes sum up the improvements in the motor cycle this year. The proposed conference of the governoia of Penuaylvania. New York. New Jersey, Delaware. Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio to co-operate in. securing the enaction of uniform automobile lawa bids fair to be realised. There are fair Indications thnt the meeting will be held and, reports made to several legislatures ef the states nannd before they finish their prestnt session A frequent cause of lea Ms In radlatora Is said to be that the venta in the filling rapa become chocked whb sediments of dust, with the consequence that staru accumu lates in the radiator, and the pressure, aneking an outlet, forces an opening at the weakest point. A mixture of red lead, whtte lead snd gold sise will be found excellent meana of stopping any leaks of ths kind. The United States circuit ceurt of ap peals haa handed down a decision which In iwa in the American association pit chers of prowens when Billy Hamilton faced were Chamberlain. Fouts. Terry. Kil roy. Silver King, Csrruthers snd Ramsey, and In his National league days he batted against Rreitenstein. Hawlev. -Callahan, Rnsle. Orlh. Poyell, Klllon. Orlffth and Kennedy. Hamilton was a remarkable judge of a pitched bail and like Keeler and Bur kett had speed to help him in beating out hits. In that respect he was better off than Anson, Brouthers and several other great hitlers, who had to send the rapa out cleaner to Insure getting to first base. Wagner has done some of his phenome nal batting against such latter day stars as Mathewaon, Rucker, Brown, Willis, Tourg. Dineen, Griffith and Willis. Wlwn Burkett was clouting out hia .423 and i4!0 averages In 1SH6 and IK pltchera who were at their best and who faced him Were Rreitenstein, Hutchinson, Stlvetts. Hoffer, Terry. Rhine-. Nlehols, Russle, Dwycr, McMshon. Frsser. McJsmes and Hawley. In the American league when he batted .308 Buikett went against Toung, Griffith, Mc Glnnlty. Joss. Mullin, Moors and Howell rmong ethers. His record of .882 In the National league In 1901 was made with the foul strike rule In vogue. The foul strike rule haa not bothered Wagner to nny ex tent In the last eight years, while Keeler hit over .300 six times sfter It came Into i-se and Lajole four times. The recent development of the spit bslt faa not affected Wagner, but both Keeler and I-aJole have fallen below .300 In the last two years. While he was alive and playing, Delehsnty continued to hit ever .300 after the event of the foul strike n esture. Some of the pltohers he fsced at different times were Clarkson, Qambert, Klllen, Meektn, Mullane, Stlvetts, Mercer, Young and Hawk. Cleveland's Star, Lajete. The last six of Lajole's .800 averages were made In the American league. In the National league he batted against Callahan, Chesbro, Breinleneteln, Leever, Xichols, McGinnlty, Phllllppe, Waddell, Wlllla and Young among others. Con temporaneous in the box with his average of .428 in the American league In 1901 were Griffith, Young, Patten, Howell, Garvl.-i. Piatt and other akilful boxmen. At a hlt tlrg pitcher Jack Bttvetta was one of the bert, and on socount of his ability with the ash be was played a gcod deal in the out field. In five different years he batted over .900. making averages of .803. .M, .309, .334 and .353. The records of several of the robust bat ters may be cited to give an Idea of how many base hits they" made while doing their consecutive years of .300 hitting. In his ten years of earneat endeavor with the 'halberd Burkett made 2.109 hits, they being dis tributed over the seasons af follows: 1898, 179; 1894, 185; 1895. 236; 1896, 240; 1897. 199; 1S98, 235; 1899, 228; 1900, 202; 1901, 228; 1908 (American league), 166. The 236 hits In 1896 and 240 In 1896 were the yeara in which he batted .426 and .410 I respectively. Willie Jieeier maae i,ax iui inim wo to 1906, inclusive, the last four years of these being In the American league. He made only thirty hit a In 1893, coming Into the NaUonal league late in the season, but hitting over .100. The hUs tor his other years were as follows: 1894, 218; 1888. 821; 1896, S14; 1897, 243; 1898, 814; 1899, 216; 1900, 808; 1901, 209; 1902, 1S8; 1908, 164; 1904, 186; 1906, 169; 1906, 180. Wagner has amassed a grand total of 2,145 hits for ths last twelve years, appor tioned as follows: 1897, 83; 1838, ISO; 1898, 197; 1900, 301; 1901, , a . ,, . ,ort- will compel American owners of foreign touring csrs returning to this country to pay duty upon their machines. They will bs sssessed st ths same rste ss other im ported automobiles, that Is, 46 per cent. The decision holds that an automobile la not a houahold effect in the meaning of the law. Managers of the automobile show to be held In Boston in March expect the total number of exhlbitora to be greater than the combined total cf both New York ex hibits. Practically all the manufacturers of motor vehlclea as Well as those of ac cessories and supplies will rnske displays, whereas at the New York exhibits the former were divided between the two shows. The first show In the history of the auto mobile Induatry In Wisconsin will be held at the Hippodrome In Milwaukee, March li, 12 and 13. The Hippodrome will be used thia year, and beginning in 110 ahows will be held annually in the Milwaukee Audi torium, under construction at a cost of 8500,000. There are about thirty-five agenclea In Milwaukee ana tony manes represented. . In sn effort to sbolish speed traps In several sections of Massachusetts, the Au tomobile Owners' association of that atste has introduced a bill In the legislature tak ing the control of apeed from town authori ties snd plscing it in the hsnds of the 8tate Highway commissioners. A branch of the state constabulary is provided for to patrol the roada and watch for the volatlon of the lawa and regulatlona as prescribed by the commission. One of the gasoline motor ears recently ordered by the Pennsylvania Railroad com pany la to be placed in service on the Indiana branch between Blalravtlle and Indiana, replacing all other eteam-drawn passenger traina. Teats also will be made with the othera In the Pittsburg district on the main line between Pittsburg and Pit calm, aa well as on ths Conemaugh and Monongahela division. Automobillata of New Jersey are begin ning to feel much encouraged orer the pros pect of obtaining a modification of their state motor vehicle law. A new measure haa been drafted for presentation to the legislature, and Its sponsera have, every hope for favorable action by the state sen ators and assemblymen. Meanwhile the conatltutlonality cl the present motor law la being attacked on the ground that it dis criminate in property value. Not very many years sgo. it was prac tically impossible for a member of the en gineering staff of one motor concern to visit the works of a competitor, unless he went in disguise or under false pretense. Todsy a visiting engineer is freely, cour teously and willingly shown through every nook and corner of a competitors plsnt, snd mt away with the feeling that the "latch-string Is alwafa out." Listing for thla year's Glldden tour Is ex tended even to the tools to be used. Penal ties will also be exacted for the time arent by driver and mechanician In repairs, ex cvpt on Urea, which, aa before, cannot be the cause of any downfall. Club teama have been abolished and all care will be classified according to price, in five groups, and the running time ia regulated to coria spond with the presumed qualities of eacli group. The top tonneau or double veraable car is now officially recognised aa an offi cial class. A high-pressure hose wsgon Is now In use in New York City, built on a five-ton chassis equipped wtth sixty-horse power motor. There are two plugs on each side of the wagon, four in all, allowing four high-pressure lines to lie coupled on. These lead to a large, Irtgh, pivoted nossle ia the center of the car, which, except for height, answer all the purposes of a fire tewer. The body of the waaon Is srrsnged in the form of bins, tiiree being provided, to hold a total of twenty-one lengths of fifty fast each of three-Inch high-preasure hose. Inventors who are desirous of putting the pneumstio tire out of business will have an opportunity of proving their worth in a pub lic competition to be neld from Paris to Nice and return in April. For the fourth year in succession the 1,4J0 miles from Paris to Nice and return will be covered by auto mobiles having their wheels equipped with vsrious anti-shock devlcee other than pneu matic tires. On arrival at Parla a critical examination will be made of the wheels, awards being msde according to the condi tion In which they are found. Only one s-t of wheels can be carried; no work may be done on them without penalisation, and every atop or failure to make controls on schedule time will cause a penalisation to be applied. . 1 .a rra u Is tho REAL 30ll'P,"fc)S1500 In the Chalmers-Detroit "30" we are offering the bnyer the only four-cylinder ear, selling around $1,500, that has proven by public tests its great reliability and exceptional standing up qualities. One of the first of these 1909 models, starting Sunday, August 9th, 190S, made four round trips daily between Detroit and Pontiac, Mich., 208 miles ft day, for 100 consecu- tive days, finishing November 17th, 1908. This grand total a world's record no other automobile ever. ran as far in the sam length of time no other automobile, no matter what price or power, ever showed such consistency of performance. Let us show you this wonderful car or mail you descriptive literature. OARS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. to. L FOEDniCH AUWOOILE CO. FOIffll You can't afford to miss this exhibition of automobiles and everything pertaining to them. Twice as many exhib itors as last yeaf. Manufacturers and dealers combining to make this the biggest and best show ever held. Beauti ful decorations and excellent entertainment features. No matter where you live you will be repaid by taking the time tQ see this exhibition. 1M; 1902, 177: 1903. U3; 1904, 171; 1906. 1; 1901, 176; 1907, 180; 1908, 201. Lajole made a total of 1.700 hits in the ten years in which he flayed the ball con secutively st a .100 clip. He has been up in the 300 mark tour times In that period. Wagner got us there twice, Burkett six times and Keeler eight times. Lajole's bits were made in the following order: 1897. 198; 1898, 200; 1899, 117; 1900. VA; 1901, K0; 1902, 129; 19u3, 173; 1904, 211; 1906, 82; 1908, a. The it hits for 1906 are accounted for by the fact that Lajole was hurt that season and out of the game for a good while. ' The average number of hits a year mads by these four players in the years referred to were, omitting the fractions, as follows: Burkett, 117; Keeler, 161; Wagner, 178; La jole, 170. EACINQ RULES ABE CHANGED Reqwlreaseats Made ae Ther Were Before First Change. NEW YORK, Feb. ".At a recent" meet ing of the Brlarcliffe trophy committee an other change was made in the rules for the automobile road race this year. It is now planned to make the rules practically ths same as they were before the last change. Ths provisions must receive the approval of Walter W. Law, the donor of the trophy, before they may be finally adopted. After considerable talking a majority of thoae present agreed that ths bore for 4 cylinder anglnes should be set at Hi lnchea, which was the bore limit for the first Briar cliffs race, laat spring In Westchester county. It was also decided not to Include any minimum or maximum wheel base limit In the rules, leaving this to be settled by the makers who enter cars for the con test. Ths most recently adopted rulea for the race bad provided for a bore limit of t inches and a t-inch stroke for 4-cyllnder engines, a minimum weight limit of 1.300 pounds and a wheel base of 118 Inches. The (rule that required ten or more cars to be ready before last year's raee was not in cluded In this year's conditions. A reso lution was passed asking Mr. Law to ap prove the new rules. nil AWTOaTOam.B sTaTOW AT THS TIM BS StJl AKS AlTOMOtlLA 00., 1UH-13M MU'hlfaa At., iiS-le01 Broistray. Omwt eialr ef b.w aaa um4 cars saser eat root la Ih. worM. M aara .a ia. More ears tkas yea will sm at the great -ateMr ghov. W. srs the large sealers is are an eaM tontaellaa In tk. norla. titw ) Dslaoa Tearing Toarlag Cars, e k. , Mlecilr trariMalMon, built weluslTcly from A. O. Smith parU: gt.aoe car tar II, to K aaadaun ' Touring Cars. M h. ., Quaon. 4-arlin.or, abaft tnaa, list aaa srrul..l,en) tirv OrtMt Tourlag Mrs, -cljrlr. si b. ., en c ike kaaaomssi little ears bailt: rasvlar arire Sl.eoa. tor tBD CAES-GOOD CARS-SIM TO 4.Mt OMamoblle aoaoaur, t-crltnoer, ak s. . IW7. coat U.: ear ano It. 960 franklin. Mfrtfol 'O" Pose Toloao. M k. ., 4-CTIinr Purina Uamuant.' sarfacl 1. rora, t-cr'ioaw ' Cadillac "W to, ate till Bulck, e-rjIlaoM'. Ilk. a. Thomas flyer, st k. ... seats eo Staaraa. k. a Raaklar, UwM SI JarkM. 1-cfll.ter, M k. Biaora. S-oliar. ts k. H aaaibtar, k. s., ilk as I'M Boo, runabout Kailenal. M k. a , 4-crllaar ..... for, ruaabout. with to Columbia. h. s , UOt Taurine Car .17 rtr toa. 4-erUnor track, II toot alllfona i Ow) Wialan. t?llaer. too ou H Poea Tribun. 1-crllaaar runabout, soar lus Autorar. t-crltiuUr ruaaboat. ! iJM 9Uam IQI1U AOTOsaOBQ.a CO., l4l-Ut Micaiaaa Ara. Ns Tort Aadiuaa. liSS-tan araaSaaj. OL1 M G U UUUU aW TEST of r.lochanlcal Fltnooo 2044-2046-2048 Farnam Stroot MIM AUTOWILE S OHAHA AUDITOJRIUIVi February 24, 25, 26, 27. a.lM,aii,.finl.i.lirf.l rnirnnT.iWfmiM.fH) wimm TMmr-mmmwmMmwwmmnm.mmk I Theferfect Seore'l n FRANKLIN Model D Touring Car, $2,800.00 Perfect Scores 1909 Glldden Tour, Cleveland Reliability 1 Contest, Chicago Motor Club Reli ability Contest. These five consecutive perfect scores in five consecutive contests, each with a single stock model and only one in each contest, are most significant. The Franklin is the only automobile which has gone through more than two of these contests with a perfect score. No other automobile has such a record. Almost any automobile can make a hard road run without stops, but to go through without troubles of any kind and without derangement or strains resulting, is what tells the story. The light weight air-cooled Franklin does not strain or rack itself. It stands up. It rides comfortably. When you buy an automobile, why not buy the best the Perfect Score Franklin. Telephone for demonstration. CSth E.a 310-312 South 13th Et. Spaces t9 and Alt) at uu u of 20,800 miles in 100 days is I Perfect Scores Bay State Anto Club-Bret-ton Woods Endurance , Run, Worcester Reliability Contest. Sinnmftlh Phone Dotiglaj 1970 the Omaha Auto Show. MOW
