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FEATURES OF THE COSTLY KILL
RFJRIDIWT ROL'HKK present
Omaha's lineup for the opening of j
the new season In today's Issue of
The Bee. It Is a formidable lineup.
How do you know? tome may Mk;
on do not know many of the players. True,
hut Bill Rourke knows every one of them
and we know Bill Rourka. That's enough.
Rut, aside from that, we do know the
records nf the new men and they are ex
ceptionally rood, too good for poor men to
have. Take, for Instanoe, the case of Cad
man, the hew catcher; he not only caught
112 gamrs taut season, but he whanged the
hall all the time he was catching, so that
hl batting- average at the end of the sea
Mt wm .291. Have you any great number
nt catchers stuck around who can beat
that? But that Isn't all; this man made 123
assists in those lit games. The fact Is, ao
far as may be Judged of Cadman without
actually seeing; him play, he Is one of the
big finds and has a future before him that
in cot to be proscribed by the minor
leagues, Eberlein, Pendry and others of
inn new men, are represented as far above
the average. These two have records that
compare 'favorably with that of Cadman.
Of the new pitchers only good reports come
in, but we are willing to admit that It is
always advisable to suspend judgment on a
new pitcher. Changing from one league to
another has too great an effect oftentimes
n a man's work to gauge with any degree
of accuracy what he may do and therefore
It Is well to let the pitchers rest on their
laurels until the season opens and they
have an opportunity to show what they can
do. Adding to the strength of the new
nji that of the old ones, the return of
Ocdrge Graham and the Improved condition
of Captain Franck, the sum total Is Indeed
a formidable figure. But what we started
to say was that when Bill Rourke puts In
as busy a mid-season assembling a ball
team as he has this winter and then comes
nut with the announcement that he h
an unusually strong club It Is time for tbs
lost of the folks to sit back and take it
any, resting confidently on the knowledge
Bill's past; It Is time then to look out
into the distance and begin to spy around
f'r the flag at the other end of the fight.
Anyway things certainly do look good for
a close and Interesting race In the Western
taagtie this season and that's all atiy real
fan asks. Let Omaha win the pennant or
lose It, If Omaha puts up a good, consist
ent fight from the beginning to end
that's all that -will be. asked or expected
In this oity where only red corpuscles
may be found In the blood of the fans.
Arils Latham has said something serious
at last and it la worth listening to. "The
day of veteran Is Just dawning." says the
Id St. Louis clown. And then he men
tions the numerous old-timers who are re
tained today by the big leaguers for places
nf training, acoutlng and directing. He
and Gilbert Robinson, the old catcher, are
t both on the New Tork KatibnaJ payroll in
advisory capacities; Dan Brouthers scouts
for the same team and you can find atars
if other days scattered all about In the
base ball firmament shedding the light of
their wisdom In making good teams better
and teaching young men old tricks. Old
Cap Anson has Just been employed by the
National league and so on down the line.
..Indeed, for the brainy veteran of other
lays there Is ample ro-roi In the game -today,
aside from actual playing on the
diamond. There la much that distinguished
. the Lathams, Robinsons, Ansons, Broulh
.ers that the ball players of the present
4 sire need to learn and, having learned, to
piAtlce. The game has progressed to be
sure, and there Is much In the work of
teama today which was lacking yestecdsy,
hut on the other hand the men of one and
a half and two decades and snore ago had
something that gave everlasting force and
foundation to base ball. Had this been
otherwise base ball would not be what It
1a today. Bo far aa the actual science of
the game as a whole Is concerned It has
Inoreased. but It . will always be an open
question If the Individual work of men like
veterans named above and doseas
triers that could be named has been
or ever will be excelled. Therefore, It la
as Latham has aptly said. "The day of the
veteran Is Just dawning." More and more
team owners of the present are coming to
the belief that they need the well-balanced
knowledge, seasoned experience end exr
cedent skill of the old man In their boys
of now.
salt te the Rlwaratee la Mlnlnlssl
. Attended Alt farts at Hard,
skips tad Katallta F.t
endltarc at Hie Meaer.
( questl
those
of ot
"What if?" Ominous results hang on
those two words for the White Sox. What
if Jones and WalBh do not return to the
team this season? Hugh Jennings, who
certainly cannot be charged with having
any selfish Interest In the welfare of the
Sox. says he hopes Jones will return, for
without hint , the team will be unable to
V. mik an Inlerestlnar race. Wela-nt must he
given to the assertion of a man like Jen
nings. If . Jennings Is right what muat ba
aid of Comlskey's chsnces if Jones and
Walsh both decline finally to return?
Jones was with the team and doing- hii
best all of last season and yet what If
WalA'i had not been with It? The answer
Is that the team would never have been
a contender for the flag, If Indeed, it could
have maintained Itself In first division. It
Is to be hoped Walsh will return and It Is
not too late to hope even that Jones will
yet reconsider his determination and come
back to guide a team that for fighting
dualities Is not excelled aad whose actual
playing strength is vastly Increased.
Mike Donlin Is still among the hang-
backs. Brush has thus far been unable te
hear Mike say "eight thousand" and Mabel
lltte's husband ta still saying he end wifey
ran get their SI .000 a month up to July any
way on the stage. Seriously, If Don 1 In
should not return" to the Olants. the well
laid plana of Meears. Brush and MeGraw
lo down the Cubs will be materially Im
paired. ' Although Omaha wae once the shining
' siot In he west In cricket, the lovers of
tne game ef soccer foot ball have never
organised. The California team is going
o Chicago to play soon and wanted to ar-
a game irr Croatia to break the Jump,
was found to he impossible to get
enough tpcrer playeia together to smnge
a game.
NEW TORK, March .-"The last cham
pionship fight with bars knuckles was
that bum affair between John L. Sul
livan and Jake Kitraln for the heavy
weight title at fttchburg. Mis., on
July , ihm," said the old New Tork
sport while discussing fistic events of
twenty years ago. "I often think what
lobsters we old fellows were to give up
about a thousand bones to see two has
beens paw each other for serenty-flve
rounds In the broiling sun down In Missis
sippi. Why, I can see a better fight any
night In New Tork for II or so and with all
the comfort of a well regulated club.
"Of course, I was in right with the Sal
llvmn push on that eventfnl occaaion and
one of the chosen few who left Cincinnati
on the speedy 'John L. Ppeclar which made
such a lighting; trip to New Orlesns. The
big fellow and his party stopped at tthe
old Bamett House at Cincinnati after his
trip from Muldoon s farm at Belfast, N.
T., where he'd trained or was supposed to
have trained. We were tipped off at Ctneln'
nati that Governor Lowry of Mississippi
would pinch Sullivan and all hands when
they passed through his state at Mtrldlan,
A reward of BSOO was offered for John's
arrest, so the rstlroad people sent us
whoop-lng through old Mtsslsstpppl at top
speed.
"There wss a hot bunch of sports a bear 4
that flier. Among those I recall were
Charley Johnston and Jtmmie Wakely, Sul
tlvan's backers; Billy Muldoon, Mike
Cleary, Jack Bamett, Tom Cosluello. Sher
iff Molloy of New Rochell. Msjrwr Hughes,
Joe Coburn, Thil Lynch, Tim Murphy and
a whole regiment of newspaper correspond-
enta
Faa with the Natives.
"We left Cincinnati on the morning of
July 1, and were greeted with rousing
ovstlons at every point we stopped. The big
fellow got tired shaking hands with rubes
along the line so we got Sheriff Molloy,
who bore a striking Tesemblanpe to John
L. to Impersonate . the fistic hero. The
sport sheriff and the rest of us had a lot
of fun fooling hayseadors at every stop.
"We pulled up at Oenllly Station, Just
a mile outalde of New Orleans, at 100
on the morning ot July 1 A party of
friends waa there wsitlng for the big
fellow with a carriage and proceeded to
take him to Mrs. Green's private board
ing house, whtle the rest of the bunch
remslned on the train and put up later
at the 81. Charles hotel. We found that
hostelry tilled with dead game sports from
all parts of the country. But Maaterson
was there with a gang of alleged gun
fighters from Denver to look after Kll
rain's Interests. I bet a couple of hun
dred with Bat, giving him s to 1 on Sulli
van, and picked up all tokt about a thou
sand Iron men from the Kllrain crowd.
Meaey aad Gaae awd Beese.
"Everybody seemed to be well heeled
with dough and guns, and the wine flowed
In streams. None of us seemed to be
anxious for the hay that night and we
didn't turn. In until long after midnight.
It waa a case of talk fight all night long-
nothing but fight and fighters. What a
bunch of New Yorkers there wss around
the St. Charles! ' Why, you'd a thought
you were on Broadway! In the hotel cor
ridor I noticed Prank Stevenson. Gus Tut-
hill. Jack McAullffe, Brooklyn Jimmy Car
roll,, Dick Roche. Jack Dempsey, " Billy
Bennett, Pat Flanigan, Steve Brodie,
Billy O'Brien. Warren Lewis. Jimmy Col-
vllle, Matt Clune, Dick Roche. Jerry' Dunn,
Jim Kennedy, Llney Tracey, Jim Dunne,
Peter J. Donohue. "John B. McCormick
Martin Dowllng, Kd Plummer, Al Smith,
Aleck Brown, Tom Donohue. Billy Ed
wards,. Phil Dwyer, Joel. Rinsldo, Pat Far
ley, Eddie Conners, Billy Glinsman, Jack
Coaack. Howard Hackett, George Dlekln
son. Doc McDonough. Pat Keens n. Judge
Paddy Dlever and a bunch of others.
We Just hung around New Orleans !n
the sweltering heat for four long days
snd nights guesting mint Juleps and wine
galore, waiting for the tip to the battle
ground. It came to ua Sunday night,
July 7. and the next morning bright and
early we were on a train that took ua to
Richburg, for which we paid (16 per head.
We arrived on the ground at about
o'clock In the morning. There were about
a thousand fight fans, each carrying a
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if Ao Chi
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' enoug!
Omaha had a request frr a field day
meot wittt the Iceland 8tan(ord university
team which Is lo plsy with the Chicago
university team at Chicago. The manage
ment waa referred to Lincoln or Ames.
When Omaha gals Its new unlve slty it will
he able to accommodate these trams.
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if ' ,r tn
A week aso Chief Hciidor "would never
ilay ball ngiln." Tudy he has signed up
n. There's imething naueat-
hoidout l'J llit-sj. Il ln turn
,fun into the gtound long jgo.
And Jul t'.tkiW. Muzgty t'ovelskla says he
v a iwo oaiiir trot.ee. u;m.og along as
V'tctier
camp stool under his arm from ths train.
Those who followed In the second and third
trains had a hard time to even find stand
ing room near the ropes.
At the Rlasrside.
"It was a twenty-four-foot ring with
the finest Inch and an eighth Manila rope
strung twice around the enclosure. There
were eight heavy pine posts driven many
feet Into the firm soil. Whew! it was
hot that morning when the sun burst
forth with all Ita fury. Every man waa
hatleaa and eoatlesa. and those with um
brellas were lucky, Indeed. It was Just
120 degrees before the fight began, and
the New Tork delegation suffered the tor
tures of hades as the wine and the Juleps
oosed out of their skins. We didn't have
to wait long, however, for the ftgiiters
soon made their appearance within the
roped square. Kilratn came first, fol
lowed by Charley Mitchell and Mike Don
ovan, who were hut principal seconds
Bat Maaterson was his timekeeper snd
Denny Butler his umpire. Sullivan had a
whole park behlad him Billy Muldoon.
Mike Cleary, Joe Cuburn. Jack Bamett.
Major Hughes, Llney Tracey and Den
Murphy. Tom Coslello was the big fel
low's umpire. John Fitspatrlck, who was
sfterward elected mayor of New Orleans,
was the referee. Sullivan and Kilratn
each put up tl.OtO iu Fltspatrlck's hands
on the result.
"Sullivan appeared aa big and as slow
aa a brewery wagon horae. Kllrain wu
pale and had a washed-out look. Jake
started the ball at the call of time by
ruahlng at Sullian and throwing him
with a croes buttock. This greatly sur
prised John and his bunch, and Wskeiy,
turning to Muldoon. said:
'PulUan looked over lila shoulder at
Wakely and growled:
'"It that'a hie game I'll fool him:'
"In the second round John did throw
Kllrain. but In a very bungling manner,
for even Mitchell grimed, and Wakely
said: . .
'Why In hell didn't you fall on himr
"In' those two rounds tew blows were
struck nd il was about even, lu the
third Kilratn rushed in again, dim-had
and punched Sullivan below the belt and
finally went down wl.h a slight blow In
the neck. T:.e referee cautioned Jake
about foulmg. Sullivan lost flrat b'ood
I In the aetrntn round front a rignt clip
oa the ear. but wen the firat knockdown
lu the nev.t round KI1-. sto avoided
Sullivan by sprinting a t and got IBS
big fellow's goat, who reared'
"Tan ao sprinter: 1m a fighter!'
They pulled snd hauled like b.a tsag
shereasea roond sfter round. Sullivan's
great right had loet Its steam. He landed
often enough, but the knockout power
gone. Kllrain waa the cleverer
boxer end really outpointed the cham
pion. Wakely kept urging John to fall
heavily on Jake when they got to
wrestling. Finally Sullivan In one of the
falls fslrly Jumped on Kllrain snd every
body but Jake's friends, who cried:
"Foul! Foul!'
"The referee gave Sullivan a severe tall.
bat refused to allow the most deliberate
foul I ever saw. Wakely turned to Mul
doon with a laugh and said:
Is that the way you taught him to
wrestler
Muldoon looked angry and told Wakely
that John wouldn't follow instructions.
Along about ths middle of the scrap Sulli
van became sick to his stomach. He had
been drinking all kinds of stuff, but
chiefly a. mixture of whisky and tea. He
threw It bff whtle Kllrain very kindly
stepped back, saying:
" 'Give It up. John. I've got ott!'
Oa ta the Kwel.
"But Sullivan quickly recovered and told
Jake to go en and fight. As he advanced
John caught Kllrain with a swinging blow
snd Jake went to the grass, more' to svotd
punishment snd to tire out the big fellow
than from the force of the blow. Aa Sul
livan returned to hie comer Charley John
ston said to him:
" 'Aw, but you're a cagey fox. Tou
threw up the tea and kept down the
whisky!'
"Everybody laughed at Johnston'a sally.
For that matter Johnston kept the crowd
In good humor with his cracks end taunts
which, he threw in the direction of Kll
rain and Mitchell. It became only a ques
tion of endurance, and Bullivan, being the
stronger, seemed to stand the heat and
mauling better than Kllrain, who soon
became weak and exhausted. When time
was called In the seventy-fifth round
Mitchell ran over to Sullivan's corner snd
said:
"'John, we're willing to throw up the
aponge It you will agree to give Jake a
present.'
"Johnston leaned over the ropes with
fite In his eyes and cried out:
No, not a cent! Let your man get up
and fight!' Sullivan always got the credit
ef this declaration, but It was Johnston
who said It and not the big fellow. Mike
Donovan, knowing Kilratn was all In,
threw up the sponge, and Fitspatrlck, the
referee, declared Sullivan the winner.
There was a wild oheer of course snd a
desperate rush for the trains on the sidetracks.
"In oar train Charley Mitchell sat with
couple ot friends In deep gloom. I
walked over and asked him for his opin
ion of the fight.
Mitchell's Oplalon.
Well, I'm very much disappointed,"
anawered the English boxer slowly. 'I
thought Kllrain waa a better man. Nei
ther ot them was much to brag about!
I'm sorry I wasn't In the ring with Sulli
van today inalead of Jake, aa I'm fully
confident I could have beaten John. He's
gone back a whole lot since I met him
In France snd I think his day as a fighter
passed.' Mitchell wss dead right.
tor It should have been the big fellow's
lsst fight, but he was slways stuck on
himself and foolishly met Corbett, to re
tire a defeated man Instesd of sn invinci
ble champion.
When we got back to New Orleans
the town was cragy over the fight. Sulli
van went to his boarding house, took s
hot mustard bath and then ate about
three chickens and a lot of roast beef. I
didn't count the number of bottles of ale
he put away, but I'm sure there were at
least a dosen. Hia left eye was badly
swollen and under hia right eye was a
black atrip of discolored flesh. Both his
ssrs and hands wsre greatly puffed out.
He wss in great humor after hie hard
day's labor and talked about he could have
whipped Kllrain In a punoh. but 'that he
wanted to punish htm severely for calling
himself champion.
"Well, John and the bunch of us started
out to drink Up the town when we were
tipped off that a sheriff from Mississippi
bad arrived In New Orleans with war
rant to arrest John and Jake. So John
ston quickly engaged one coach and an en
gine . and left the oity In great haste.
When we reached Nashville a band of
wild-eyed, hungry cops boarded the train
and held us with big guns. Eight of them
surrounded Sullivan and demanded his
name. John said his name was Thomp
son, but that didn't go.
ally la Dirty Cell.
" 'Tou're 8ulllvan all tight r said the lead
ing officer, aa he snapped a pair of hand
cuffs on ths swollen wrists. When John
kicked s(. this eight revolvers were pointed
at him and he waa dragged off the car.
Johnston and a couple more of us wery
pinched and taken to a dirty, old ja'l filled
with negroes and whites. They put Sulli
van tn a cell filled with dirt and rats.
If there's anything that gets John's oat
it's a rat. Why, he bellowed like a bull
when he asw the rodents swarming around
hia foet. -
"Well, after getting the best lawver In
the town we were all taken to court on a
writ of habeas corpus snd Judge Allison,
a very fslr-minded man. discharged us.
Sullivan's expenses, alone, for this little
side Issue cost him U W). We found that
Governor Lowry of Mississippi wss wiring
a reward of $1,000 for the capture of Sulli
van and Kllrain all over the country. We
rapidly made an escape to Chicago, where
I left the big fellow whooping It up with
a bunch of friends, and I came back to
good old New Tork town considerably
broken up and tired out.
What Oa Maa ftprat.
"When I figured up my ten days' ex
penses they rsn up ss follows: Railroad
fares, round trio, and state rooms, 11 71;
hotel expenses. $66; extra meals. I'JT; wines,
liquors and beer, 1275; clgara. 130; touches
and tips, taw ; new Panama hat. Ut: shirts,
collara, aocka. etc., .; Turkish baths.
with extras, 110; Incidentals. l:; suit of
clothes, spoiled. 240; gave up for front ring
aide seat. $2; gave up to lawyers at Nash
ville. lX): watch and chain, swiped at
ringside, $13; total. 21.418.50.
"I got off cheap considering what it
cost some other New Torkers who made
the trip. Frank, Stevenson dropped about
26.000. Jimmy Wakely stayed down In New
Orleens and bucked the bank until he waa
about 210. CO loser. It coat Charley John
ston sbout 23.000 or even more. Of course,
Wakely and Johnston won a lot on the
fight, and I more than cleared expenses.
"Inspector Byrnes pinched Sullivan about
three weeks sfter the mill snd the big
fellow bad to go back to Mississippi to
stand trisl. They convicted John bf prize
fighting snd the Sentence was twelve
months In the county Ja'l. The esse was
appealed and Jobs got off with a 21.000
nne arter a legal batt.e or over a year.
It actually cost Sul'.lvao 2l (70 to .get out
of this troible. much more thsn he won
on the whole bum prize fight. This is the
reason that milling with t ie raw 'una un
der London rulce r" Mil turf ceased to be
a fashionable tad - ring champions. It
waa the eturd:' ' ' rnor Lowry who J
knocked the game tni a cocked hat. But.
ss I ssld before, what s the uee of blowing
a fat roll and suffering sll kinds uf hard
ships for ten days won vou can enjoy a
good go right here in town for a case
noieT'
GOLF TROUBLE IN TALL CRASS
Selection of the Chicago Golf Club
Course Start Discussion.
H. CHANDLER EOAN ELUCIDATES
oane Pertlaent Information t'oaeera
las; the Three t'aaraea far the
National tiolf Ktrat to Be
slleld This Year.
Now that the national amateur golf
champlor.ghlp aa-tln is- to be played over
the fine course of the Chicago Oolf club
St Wheat on the value of shots from rough
grass Is a topic ammut followers of the
game. In other words. Is it great luck or
great skill to rrpeatwlly drop the ball on
the green from out high grass? H. Chand
ler Baan did this on every round st Whea
ton when he wen the emateur title In 1WK,
the last time It was played there snd the
lsst time the western amateur was the
wm-ner. A Harvard graduate and former
Intercollegiate champion. Kaan always
was sn honor to American golf snd a
atudent of the game's principles. This Is
whst he onc wrote to London Golf on his
shots from the rough: "
For some reason which I ca.inot ex
plain my tee shots for the last two years
have shown a strong tendency to be wild
In direction and I 'have been given to
siloing tnd pulling off the course at most
embarrassing and unexpected moments. I
hsve tried every remedy I could think of.
but ss yet have mot with little sticenss.
As a natural result I have had a great;
deal of experience In playing out of trouble,
especlslly from the long grass snd clover
which border most of the hiles on Ameri
can courses. Thus. I was obliged to get
out ss bst I could and have had to mak
a sort of study of the shot.
"During the chsmplonsliip tt Whea'oo
many men who had watched the play
asked me what club I used to get out of
the grass with. They are the type 6 player
that carrlea a heavy mishie or patent
Iron of some sort, which they alwaya use
In long grass, whether the lie be good or
bad or whether it Is fifty or 300 yards
away from the green. It really astonished
them when I answered that I used every
club In the bag for long grsss shots, in
cluding driver and putter, the selection of
the club depending on the conditions of
the shot to bey played. Of course, some
lies In the long grass are so bid that it i
necessary to play a tearing shot with s
niblick for the nearest fair green, but I
hsve found the average long grass shot
to be far from the bugaboo it . is sup
posed to be. I do not know another alio'
hi the game that rew-irdi skilful play bet
ter than the long grass shot."
Ka-aa Somethlasr of a Wlsard.
Egan classifies into various shots what
to most people Is merely trouble. 1 1 is
tewsrd at Wheaton, aided by clever put
tins;, was often to hole out In par and lo
win or halve with the player who has mado
no mistake through the v fair green.
Theoretically, a play off the fair green
should penalize the player one stroke end
at Wheaton the long grass so punished
all but Egan Some thougrht him too lucky,
and It wss a common saying at Baltusrol.
when Egan won his fl:st .championship
and was very often playing his approach
shots from the rough, that the westerner
on account of hia wild direction from the
tee never, would be able to win a battle
on a championship course in Great Brit
ain. The par of the .08 yards at Whea
ton Is 75, but Eagan has had a 70 there.
There sre sand traps now along the fair
way and in the borders of long grasa, yet
cart has beeft taken that a player may
usually get out in one stroke.
This Is the theo;y of the hazards off the
fairway -at B.ittuarol and Myopia, but at
Garden City to get Into some of the hai
ards means to give up the hole, or ul
medal play to spoil the card. Whether the
course is too severe on a long but erratic
driver is stilly under discussion. A New
Tork newspaper writer has codified the
Ideas of many players In this recently
published commeni: "To the game of
Walter J. Travis, not over long from the
tee, but deadly accurate regatding direction
at all stages, Garden City Is perfect. To
me, with a shorter game but a bit Jes
accurate, it Is highly interesting snd sat
isfactory, but to Jerome D. Travers. Kred
Heireshoff or Chandler Egsn It is a freak.
while to a beginner or duffer II is an utter
Impossibility." The crowning glory of
Travera' championship Jast'fall at Garden
City la that he beat "Travis' on the Utter s
"personally conducted" course. This -Sep
tember they may be. rivals again at Whea
ton with long grass as a factor.
Wheaton Coarse a Besety.
All the accessories at Wheaton for a
tournment arc now complete and delight
ful, as a contrast to the fltst championship
there In 1M7. The house of the Chicago
Golf club la ppacioua and well conducted.
there Is a hotel near by for those crowded
out of the club house, and besides Whea
ton is only thirty minutes from Chicago
by railroad or electric trolley. The latter
Is a rival to the railroad and lands its pas
sengers on the course so tltat it Is not
necessary to travel by suige between the
station and the links. The passenger who
paya on the trolley IS cents extra for -a
parlor car seat receives a coupon which
is worth thai amount In drinks, fond or
amokes. In other terms, uu get a treat
for taking a reset ved vest to Wheaton.
The Inducement Is made to seduce
through travel from the railroad, but it
surprises the easterners.
At the Merion Cilcket club course, which
Is to be the scene of the women's cham
pionship In October, the Grlscom family
atmosphere prevails. Their summer home
is near by and those who take part in the
women's tournaments frequently played
there or at a national women's champion
ship are often guests of Miss Urlscom. On
different occasions Mltta "Pansy" also' has
entertained two noted golfers from Great
Britain, Miss Itltona Adair and Miss Lucy
Dodd. The latter when she played here
at Merion in the women's championship
won by Miss Oeorglanna Bishop was the
titular golfing queen of Greet Britain. In
the eighteen hole qualifying round at
- I Merion Mia Iodd was tied st M with Miss
L Vsnderhoff snd Miss Harriet Curtis,
but at match play she faded away, leaving
the final to Miss Geotgianna Bishop and
Mrs. E. F. Sanford. Miss Margaret Cirtis'
last fall did ths course In M. It Is of sbout
2.200 yards and well laid out. The club
house Is very well srrsnged. W. M. Mc
Cawley being the house committee's chair
man. '
Merlaa anal Gnalewoetl.
i Rev. Li-slay, donor of the trieltj cup snd
president Of the Philadelphia Golf associa
tion, lives near by in an Italian villa and
Is president of ttie Merion ' Cricket club.
The irolf course Is nbout two miles from
tha railroad ststlnn and the club proper,
csbs making frequent trips. The old club
has a noted crease on which International
cricket has been played;' many lawn tennis
courts, a base hall diamond, squash and
racquet courts.
The national open championship is to
be at the splendid testing course of the
Englewood Golf club, over which K. M.
Byers won Ms amateur championship' In
If. The greens here and there have a
slant, a circifmatanre which puttied then
both Travera and Hgan, for they were not
of those who can put In slippery places.
Jack Hobens, the Englewood professional,
has done a brilliant 69 there in yeats of
striving. The par, however. Is f, SS 71.
There are no local rules, hut white stakes
mark water hazards.
The holes tun in this order:
Out n 3 400 S80 KW 822 11 3W 362 S772
In MS m S0 410 4f5 1 417 280 1002951
Although two shot holes Would seem to
preponderate on these figures, several of
tjiem are very hard ones on which o give
par figures with the statutory two pule.
The turf is fine throughout and the putting
greens, under the care of Hsrry Stark
good as any in the United States. Hobens
has several times been placed in the open
championship and on his Englewood stamp
ing ground may this year win out. I. V
Keep, the new president of the New Jer
sey State Golf association, . Is a leading
committeeman at the Englewood" Golf
club and George C. Austin Is president,
The three national championships are to
be played on good courses, very accessible
In each cane to a great city respectively
Chicago, Philadelphia and New York ao
that there should be h large "gallery" at
each competition
SOLDIER TEAMS WILL SOON WALK i
Nearly All l.arae t'auatrlra He pre- j
srnted by Tno-Mea Trams.
NEW YORK. Mi ch 6.-8oldier teams j
will attract the greatest Interest In the six
day walking race to be held at Madison
Square garden du:lng the week of March
8-13. Practically all of the large countries
of the world will be represented by two
D!hu teams.
Among the entries are Athanaasiades and
Devails, Greek soldiers; Clbot and Orphee,
who have a leave of absence from the
French aiiny: Fcrrl and Pallanti, Italians,
who were with their regiment during the
earthquake In Sicily, and Quignard and
Kovere, Swiss guards tiialnlng by Hie same
plan that carried tile many arduous Jaunts
ai home. Corporal Charles Ward of Com
pany F, Thiileenth Infantry. Fort Leaven
worth, and Corporal llarvey Kngllsh of the
Ninety-eighth coast artillery, Fort Hamil
ton, who will comprise the Vnlted States
ui-iny team, nave been a-olng thiough a
course of tramping that should land them
al the toji or near il at the finish of the
big race.
ATTELL WANTS ANOTHER MATCH,
of
CURES
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in this short talk we want to tcllfyou something about the cause of
Rheumalism, and what is necessary for its cure, we hope to be able
to show you exactly what brings the disease about, and then to tell you,
in a plain, honest way, just why S. S. S. cures it.
Rheumatism is really an internal inflammation a diseased condi
tion of the blood cells which supply the nourishment and strength nec
essary to sustain our bodies.
The disease is caused by an ex
cess of uric acid in the blood,
which gets into the cir
culation because of indi
gestion, constipation, weak
kidney action, and other ir
regularities of the s y s t e m,
which are sometimes consid
ered of no importance. -This
uric acid produces an inflamed
and acrid , condition of the
blood, and the circulation, in
stead of nourishing the differ
ent portions of the body, con
tinually deposits into the
nerves, muscles, joints and
bones the irritating pain-producing
acid with which it is
filled. Then follow the pain
ful and torturing symptoms of
Rheumatism., The very life
and vitality of the blood is
being destroyed by the uric
acid poison, and every muscle,
nerve and sinew of the body
suffers in consequence.
We do not claim for
S. S. S. that it is anything
more than a first-class blood
purifier and tonic, and that is
all you need to cure Rheuma
tism. It is true that liniments,
plasters, and other external
applications, often tempora
rily relieve the pain and agony
of the disease, and it is well
enough to use them for the
comfort they afford, but such
treatment does not reach the
seat of the trouble and of
course can have no permanent
good effect. S. S. S cures
Rheumatism permanently be
cause it purifies the blood.
It eoes down into the circula
tion, removes the excessive uric acid from the blood, purifies and re
vitalizes this life-giving stream and causes it .to nourish and strengthen the
system instead of gradually .hardening the muscles and stiffening the
joints by destroying the natural oils and fluids with this uric acid poison.
Rheumatism is a blood disease and S. S. S. cures it because it purifies
the blood. Book on Rheumatism and any medical advice free to all
who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA ' GA.
HIXPLKSS FROM MBUMaTlSBI.
t was terribly afflicted with mlnm for
eighteen months, an dunnf my sirkaeu tried the
skill ef masy gooa sbysioaa, sll ef whom pre
aoanred my case hopeless. I was lor a year in sura
a kelpies eoadltioe that I was unable to dress or
feea myself. I had tlllee at tfiAerrnt timte fifty
two prescriptions sutceated by (liends, none of
them fiTinf m sv relief. I anally e1e te ta
rluaeS. H. 8. ia my bst, aaa took the first dose
while hobbling about oa etutrh.es. alter taking
two bottle I found so mark reiiel I was able te re
linquish the use of ene crutch, aad a faithful roa
tintianc of the medicine relieved m of the other
ciatch ana shortly afterward enabled m to to to
mv work, at which I ave bees ever sine. I save
had ao retsra ot symptoms ot khesmatteai, al
though tni was fir yai ago. ,
four very truly, J. O'MALIP'T.
It a. Seaats Ave. Induinapoli, lad.
OFTEN COnFtRKO TO BED. ,
Raleigh. It. C.
For several year I wonM be completelr btokea
dowa with EbeumatMra in all the boao and lointa
of my bodv. 1 w eTia time confined to my
bed tor week aad week. The paia war scrutiat
Inf and I was fearful that I was going to becom a
hopele cripple. About thro year ago I com
menced th aesof 8. 6. 8. and I commenced toire-
rsv from the flrt. I con tinned the medicine until
got my Mood pur and th Rheamatina wa n.
tusly cuid. Bine 8. 8. 8. rotloted ms to heall
I hav sot had aa ache or pais. LUCY CARR.
TRI BR8T RBMRDT FOR RRRDMAT1SM.
I wa severely troubled with Rheumatism, t
had it ia mv knee, leg and ankle, aad any on who
has ever kd Rheumatism know how tciatiatin(
the pais i and how it interfere with on at worh .
I n truly ia bad bp-haviBg sees botbtitd
with it for tea yenrs.etf asd on. A physician ad
vitsd me te ua 8. 8. 8. I did to. After taking
a few bottle I noticed the torrnees and pals were
f reetly reduced. 1 continued th medicine and was
horsvgMy cured: alt pain, eocene and Inflamma
tios sons. I recommend 8. 8. 8. to all Rhssmatla
sufferer. J. h. AGNEW.
too East Gambler St. Mt. Vernon, O.
INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM.
Newport News V.
Last summer while recoveung ttora iilnns of
fever, I hsd s evere attack ot inflammatory ibcu
matiirn in the knee, ftom which 1 wt unable to
leave mv room for everal month. 1 vm treated
by two doctor and alto tued diflertnt kinds of Ln
imeat and medicine wbick teemed lo relieve n.c
Iron pain for awhile, but at the tame time I wa
nor anv nearer getting well. On day while read
ings paper I taw an advertisement of 8. 8. P. frr
Racumstism. I decided to give tt trial, wblth I
did at once. After I bad taken a few bottles 1 h it
great deal better, and 1 still continued te take it
rerularly until I was entiialy cared. I mw ter)
better than 1 have for year, and 1 do eherrfnlly
recommend 8. 8, 8. to any one mtfetinr. fiom Rhca
matiam. CHAS. B. GiLDIiKSLEEVE.
611 3nd Street. .
Don .Not
the
Like the Attitude
Hrltlalier.
NiSW YOKK. March 3. As a result of
Hie criticism which has been hceiK'tl upon
Abe A Ull because uf his showing in hia
recent meeting with Lirlsroll, the American
champion has i-nme out with a dot! whicii
the Britisher wiy be cjmpelh-d to take not cj
of if he ia Kincere in his claim to clues in
the featherweight division. Abe wants
another match, and wants It so badly that
he issued a challenge which ia slmost
unique in the annals of pugilism. Attell
Insists that the next meeting be a cham
pionship affair; which means that the
weight will be 122 pounds at the ringside.
"If Drlsi.oll win muke his weight, and he
claims to be a featherweight," says Attell,
"1 will agree to weight ia at 11 pounds.
This may seem like a four-fush, but if
Drlscoll thinks he can win over me under
these conditions he can lie accommodated
with a substantial bet on the side."
AMATEUR BILLIARDS
IN APRIL
Leading
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J Awarded Three" Gold Medals (i
1 "The Whiskey. & 9&&My
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RECEIVED HIOHK9T AWARD AT 'III
II 8t. Loul World' Fair. 1WH: Prl" For Fond aso II
l it Industrial Hxbrtttinn. lnsi Lewi art otarb:
a Asiay,r JCxpoattion, Portland. Oregon, i'S ft
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S. HIRSCH & CO. Kansas City, Mo.
D. A. Sampson, Qen'l Salet Agent, umalm
Javltatlona Are Sent ' to
Players of tbe t'osalrr.
NEW YORK, March .-At a meeting of
the Nationay Amateur Billiard association
at the Licderkrani club It was decided to
hold the annual' amateur championship
tournament during the week beginning
April IB, at the rooms of the Llederkrani
club, in l'.'ast Fifty-eighth slreet. The
toumamunt, which Is open to all aniutcuis
In the country, will consist of round robin j
series at 1H.2 balkline billiards, during
which competition each contestant w'll be.
required to-meet every other player on the
entry list.
.Notifications have been aent to all the
leHiflnff- ,'lllhu in I !, fflltllfrv Mrhilu umAi,.t
Invitation have been forwarded to those 1 f',!?!!? '"IT? n i'"dth 'ISil "i!V"n'..L."d.Ca45i" '"Fi.l
L I VI IBS aUUU l SB 1 1 urill S I III, ) ,. btqi uril niltl liwnri nrtjUa B 'JV 1 allt.n SV , wwuaa.
Diamond Joe's Big White A strictly new vsrlety.' None like it. It Is the Earliest and
Hest Big White Corn In the World Because it waa bred for mott Big Bushels, not
fancy show points; because grown from thoroughbred inherited slock, every utallc
bears one or more good eara, because scientifically handled, thoroughly dried and
bllllardiata who have participated in simi
lar tournaments In previous years.
FOREIGN AUTOS RACE TO SEATTLE !
taariioa Ultra fur It ace fur (he lua
atenkrlaa 'frophr,
NEW YORK. 41 a nit ti. A sunction has
been granted by the Automobile Club of
America for the International contest for
the M. Robert Guggenheim transconti
nental trophy. Two conditions were Imposed
by the club, one that all prise money anil
trophies should be absolutely -girtranlued
and the other that (he rules should be
submitted to the contest committee of tint
club for approval.
The fact that f,e AutomohtlH club of
America has granted 'a sanction for this
contest Is evidence that the Seattle people
have planned and have every prospect of
carrying off a great International race In
which entrants from Kurope will un
dojbledky complete.
Address. KATSKIJf'B SZXD HOU8S, Shenandoah, lows,
iff i&,rjVf iMe1fTt!M. 11 ft ISfMr.
iHSlbliJf WM ffoTt Ojv srt'ol
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Mr Jr a 1 i
WHICH OF THE TWO?
Two men make application for positions. Both present gilt-edge rfr.
em eu and uuallf icalions each make a commendatory lmpresaton, one as fav
orable ss the other snd appear to be capable and truatwortny. They secure
employment. Then conies the crucial test. One man makes good" by prov
ing his sterling quaiitiea is promoted climbs the ladder round by round
until he reaches the very apex of the business. We turn to the other, who
was given an equal opportunity " for advancement. He failed to meet the re
quirements, and aftr daya of struggling was relegated to a menial position
and subsequently dlHi harged, I'oor nun:
lie waa staggering under the burden of
some secret aliment, lie waa In failing
health, and secured improper medical at
tention or did not make the proper effort
to get well. He has slid down the ladder
of auccess to the bottom round.
Failure conies to those who are Indif
ferent, negligent and grow weary In the
struggle, and also to those who overtax
their abilities. The men who is dotntf the
little things today should make aure that
his heart sings white his brsln And hand
work. It is the men who sfe doing the
little things today who will be picked out
tn do the great ililnga tomorrow. Men
who hope to achieve success by making
great sacrifices of sleep and are allowing
themselves to he harassed by grinding
over work in the hope of scuuiniiUHng
for themselves fortunes so that they may
htf happy st some future time, sre mak
, lug a serious mistake and Invariably
meet with bitter disappointment.
Good men are scarce, snd the men
who can do things are discovered and
promoted. When a man ia vitiated with disease, snd the orgsns are In a weak
ened and debilitated slate, which Is Inconsistent with health, strength and
vigor, and which renders him unfit for tne active duties snd pleasures of
life, he is nearltg the danirer point and should secure proper medical atten
tion as he is 'lien compelled to struggle under the disadvantages which im
pede hia progress and defeat his endv. He can scarcely hope to compete with
Ihoee of hia fellows, who posscsai i ' coual oportunlties have all their facul
ties unimpaired and bodily eneigles at their best.
Wt treat ansa oaly, aad oars promptly, safely and thoroughly, by the
latest and best method. BftOsTCaTITlS, CATABBtK, I1BTOVI DIIttlTT,
BLOOD POI80V, BKUf BXBXABZS, KIDSBT AsTD BLAJDDXB DISEASES,
and all Sptoial Slssaaas snd their complication la ths shortest time possible
aad at the lowest cast for skillful service asd successful treatment.
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