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r THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBEK 24. 1 HOME AND ROAD BASE BALL dusts and Athletics Strong; Itoitilo Grounds. on DETAILED BECOBDS OF TEE CLTJB3 Tarnara Dl B.ttev la Oo rata CttUe Det'twlte All Bat Iavlnelala la Tnelv Owa Balllwlek. The firm four teams of the National league thl season were all strong road teams, while In the other big league base ball organisation, the American league, the flret four team showed a like tendency In a slle-htly lees degree. In the National league the Pittsburgs, Chicago. New York and Cincinnati were not troubled to any appreciable extent In winning on hostile field. In the American league, on the other hand, the Athletics, nosionn mi... I While Box held up their own creditably In the tronghold of the enemy, taken a a whole. . The moral t that to ba In the flret dl yllon a ball club must be proficient travel ler, but a striking exception this year was I the champion Detroit. Tet the difference with regard to them wa pot o much that they were comparatively unsuccessful op the road, where they won only three leee game than they lost, a they were1 excep tionally hard to beat at home. . At home their vlctorle outnumbered their defeat by the one-1ded figure of 1 to 14. Their all but Invincible playing at home must, there fore, be regarded a the most potent factor In their success. The season's records on boms and foreign grounds were as'follows: NATIONAL. I,EAaUE. Won at Lost at Won Lost Home. home. ADroa..n.uiu"J Pittsburg & Chtatso ,. M New York 43 Cincinnati Philadelphia 41 , Brooklyn , V I Ht.. Louis..-....--. Hoston .' M 24 30 t 87 36 44 47 ' 61 M 46 41 : 32 sx 28 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won at Lost at Won Home, Home. ' Petrolt 1 Philadelphia W Boston W Chicago ''? New York 41 Cleveland 42 Ht. Louts W Washington So The Pittsburg won , 14 28 34 36 37 W 61 Irfst Abroad. Abroad. 33 W 22 17 tory than they lost The worn of this team In game won and lost on foreign grounds was very even. They were not weak In one place and strong In another, but consistent In all of them. They were th only team to give Detroit much trouble on the latter'e own grounds. The great home strength of the Detrolts Is shown by the fact that, excepting the Athletics, they did not ' lose more" than three games out of eleven to any one team. The victories on the road, of the Highlanders were fairly creditably distrib uted In seven dtles. Every club In the American league, except the Washington, won more games at home than It lost. There were no teams blanked entirely on certain fields as In the National league, but the Washlngtons won one game each In Detroit, Philadelphia. Chicago and Ft. Louis, while Ft. 'Louis won only on In Detroit. The detailed records follow: DETROIT. Won Lost Ae.ilnnt. Home. Abr'd. Home. Abr'd. Philadelphia 6 X Hooton 8 R I ' 7 Chicago 2 4 New York ff n ' 5 Cleveland fl 1 R St. Louis 10 8 1 1 Washington 10 6 15 PHILADELPHIA. Won Lost Against. Home. Abr'd Home. Abr'd. Detroit 6 , 3 S Poston K 6 R R Chicago 6 R 6 New York 8 t 1 Cleveland 7 6 4 R Ft. jnwn .". ft E 1 6 Washington 10 9 12 BOSTON. Won Lost Against., Home. Abr'd. Horn". Abr'd. Detmlt : 7 2 Philadelphia , R 5 ChicfiRo ".7 (I New York 7 ft Cleveland 7 7 Ft. Louis 7 (I Washington S CHICAGO. Won Against. -lost- Detroit 4 Home. Abr'd. Home. Abr'd. a bigger proportion of . games on the road than they did at i home, and like the Chicago Cuba lost fewer games on tha road than at home. The Giants, too, had this latter experi ence, and not only did they lose fewer 1 games away from home than at home, but they won more games on opponents' grounds than on their own. Evidently they played their best bsll on the road. ' This wos true In fact as well as In figures. A. detail of note in the Pirates' cam paign was the fact that. they, won eight games from th Cubs In Chicago -and only ' five from them at homer .The Cubs, were even less successful against t'.ie Pirates In the former's own stronghold, beating them only twice, whereas they were suc cessfal seven times In Pittsburg. - The Plttsburg-New York struggle was Interesting In its .similarity-snd its close ' ness. The Pirates won six games in Nsw York and the' GlanU captured six In Pitts burg. The Pirates tost five In New York and the Giants dropped" five in Pittsburg. The Plttsburgs outplayed all their other rtvals.Jjoth at home and abroad, not losing a game to th Bostons on the home grounds. The Chicago Cubs lost eleven more games on their own field than In hostile camp. They won eight from the Pittsburg In Pittsburg and only two from them at horn. Against New York, too, they were stronger at the Polo grounds than' in Chicago. They won eleven game from the Giants here and only three from them In Chicago. The Giants replied In kind. They beat the ex-champlons eight times In Chicago and .only three time in New York. In fact hard as the Cubs whacked the Giants at the Polo grounds tt was. the lacing the New Yorkers . Inflicted on the Cub In .' Chicago that played th biggest part In taking the pennant away from tha Windy City. ' There were three team which won more games on the road than at home. the Giants, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinal. The Giant hav the added distinction of having lost more games at home than away from home. AH things considered they were th prise -road club of th Kational league. Had they been frtMiced to perpetual traveling they might have won th pennant - The fol- lowing table, shows th home and foreign ' work of th teams In detail r PITTSBURG. Won at Won Lost at Lost Vs. Home.Abroad.Horae.Abroad Philadelphia. Hoston New York .. Cleveland Ft.. Ixiuls ... Washington Against." Detroit , Philadelphia Hoston. ; Chicago ..... Cleveland Ft. TOiits ... Washington Acralnst. - Detroit Philadelphia Boston Chicago ..... New York ... Ft. Louis .... Washington 6 R 8 4 A 10 NEW YORK Won 6 R 6 3 6 R 1 Lost- Home.. Abr'd. Home. Abr'd. Against. Home. Abr'd. Home. Abr'd. Defrolt . ... 2 1 . 8 10 Philadelphia.....'.... 2 1 Hoston .................. R . 2 '6 7 Chicago 7 8 . 4 New York i. 6 2 5 8 Cleveland ..'...-... 6 S t Washington 10 5 ; .1 6 WASHINGTON. ' ' V Won Lost- Detroit R 1 Philadelphia 2 1 Poston 3 I PhirttB-n 1 'hew York t 8 Cleveland 7 4 St. Louis 1 umcago New York 6 Cincinnati ....... 8 Philadelphia .... Brooklyn Ht. Louis 10 Boston .. Vs. v PUtaburg ... New York . Cincinnati .. 1'litluuelphla Brooklyn .... fet. Louis ... Boston ...... 8 7 8 10 10 CHICAGO. Won at Won 7 Lost at Lost iiome. Abroad.Home. Abroad. 2 10 7 U V. Pittsburg .. Chicago .... , Cincinnati Plitiadolpbla Miooklyn ... Ft. Louis ... Iioston Vs. Pittsburg .. Chicago .... New- York . Philadelphia tiro.klyn ... St. Louis ... Boston NEW YORK. ' Won at Won Lost at Lost Home. Abroad.Home. Abroad 8 S C ' 10 8 Lost Vs. CINCINNATI. Won at Won Lost at Home. Abroad.Home A broad :::::: I" I I PHILADELPHIA. " Won at Won Lost at Lost Home. Abroad. Home. Abroad. Pittsburg t 2 Chicago .......... 4 I New York 6 Cincinnati 6 7 Brooklyn V ' 8 ft. Louis 8 boatoe 7 t t BROOKLYN. Won at -Won Lost at Lost Vs. Home.Abroad.Home.Abroad Pittsburg 3 3 I Chloago I I 8 New York 4 8 Cincinnati 2 8 8 Philadelphia 8 3 8 bt. Louis 8 4 3 Boatun 7 4 4 8T. LOUIS. Won at Won Lost at T.oa Home. A broad. Home. Abroad CLEVRLAND. Won 8 4 2 3 Lost- Home. Abr'd. Horn". Abr'd. 6 4 ...... 7 4 8 7 ST. T.OTTJ8. Won 8 7 4 7 8 4 Lost Against. m Home. Abr'd. Home Abr'd. ARNST TITLE IS NOT EST DANGER Champion Scalier I Too Strong; avoid Fast to Be ' Beaten. NEW YORK, Oct. 23. English ring au thorities seem to be of the opinion that It will be a long time before Richard Arnst loses his' title as champion sculler of th world. He Is very powerful and very adept with the sculls. wiinam webb challenged Mm almost a year ago. The race took place In the antlb' odes. Arnst regained his title to "the world's championship and rowed the 'dis tance In record time. His exhibition confirmed th . previous opinion which had been formed in regard to his skill as an oarsman. It is generally accepted in England that he Is the best of his generation and probably one of the greatest scullers the world has ever seen, trior to sculling ne was something of a bicycle rider. Both Webb and Arnst were born in New Zealand and the winner is the lighter of the two men. When the -race was over Arnst busied himself gathering funds for his beaten adversary. FTTZ BACK- TO HIS OLD HOME Will Talc Ob Son Ires ail bwii for tha Doifh, .NEW YORK, Oct 23. Bob Fltzslmmons Is on his way to Australia, where he in tends to fight - the much abused Bill Squires. If he beats the far-famed pugilistic lemon Fits may be Induced to tackle Tommy Burns. The Cornlshman needs the money and figures that Australia Is better place to get it than either England or America, where fight fan know too well that he has seen his best day. Training? Quarters for Giants. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23. Despite the fact that the faculty announced, that row ing will not be continued at Stanford uni versity as an intercollegiate sport, student of the institution announce that they will themselves support a crew. Their plan is to form a .club, the member to be the contributors to the fund that will' finance a crew. The athletic association would not support a crew, as It Is endeavoring to pay for a new athletic field. If the students are successful In their plan, tt Ms said the faculty will raise no objection to having- the college represented on the' water. Cricket In California. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 23.-Th Leland Stanford. Jr., university has organised a cricket club and plans are under way to arrange for matches." 'Cricket has made little progress on the far coast as a sport, and the Callforntans believe they will find some difficulty in getting matches. In the event of that contingency arising clubs will be organised in college and inter-club mttches played. AL SllIIII, KING OF SPORTS Remarkable ' Career of Fortune's Veteran Soldier. WAS SULLIVAN'S BEST MANAGES Becker af PnarHlets, Beferee, Stake, holder and Gambler, He Ha a Bepatatloa for Sonar Dealing. NEW YORK, Oct. . Al Smith, the best known and most popular sporting man In America, who died at th Gllsey house the other day, had an eventful career. He be-S-an life as a train boy on the old Cleve land, Columbus ft Cincinnati railroad undei1 Conductor Robert Blee, who became mayor of Cleveland in 1876. Blee took a fatherly Interest In Smith and through his Influence the latter got control of all the newsboys on the Ohio Cincinnati road, whlcn en abled him to make a small fortune long bfor the days of the news companies. When Smith was about 25 years old he drifted out to Montana and it was not lon sfter that he came near losing his life The vlKllance committees were very active against gamblers In those days, especially around the mining camps. One day tne vigilantes took McCarthy out and shot him war ahnut tn kill Smith when a miner named Lewis who sdmlred Smith's ways pleaded successfully for his life. Shorfly after this experience the civil war began and Smith became a lieutenant In the union army. He fought through the war. showing aistinguisnea Diavrry m battles of Wilson's Creek. Carthage and other places. Smith was a natural athlete who would fight with his fists at the drop of the hat and was generally respected be cause of his prowess. Smith had many rough and tumble battles in his day and he was always victorldus. Shortly arter tne war he Vh'PP tn b'BKest bully in St. I Kill I.' Smith was not only a scrapper but also a pedestrian 'of note. In hi early career ne could run like a deer. In a match race he defeated the famous Dan O'Leary and then 'took him to England where he won the Astley belt.' When they came back Smith managed the first big walking match at Madison Square garden, which attracted great crowds. - That was thirty years ago and Smith made big money out of several such affairs which were held in vr-rious parts of the country. In 18M he managed John L. Sullivan lur ing ha famous knock-out tour from the Atlantlo to the Pacific. Sullivan and Smith divided about $300,000 s a result of this tour which helped to make Sullivan the most popular . pugilist In the; world. Smith fell out with Sullivan when the lat ter failed to meet Charley Mitchell for the second time at the garden in 1885. John L. appeared on the ring platform. and de clared in maudlin tones that he was too 111 to box the Englishman. Smith never forgave Sullivan for this and that night he wanted to refund all the money taken In at the doors. Till th pugilists would not do. HI Blgr Bet tin Room. . In 188 Smith and Butch Thompson opened the famous White Elephant pool room on Broadway, between Thirtieth and Thirty-first streets. Thl wa the biggest betting room established In America. It was wide open, and thousands of dollars changed hands there every day. Smith and Thompson coined money at the White Elephant for three years. Their proflu ran up to more than $1,000,000 when they decided to sever partnership. Smith later on lost his share in Wall street and when Thompson died a few year, ago ha left his old partner $10,000. Smith refereed some memorable ring IjatHes.) 'He ' was always on the square. and on three occasions he decided his aariarKy-away. When Johnny Murphy aixIfiJackt.Havlln fought with skintight gloves ItivHoboken twenty-five years ago Smith had a $3,000 wager on Murphy, but he . gave his decision Jn favor of Havlln When Sullivan met John Flood on a barge in the Hudson river off Yonkers in 1881 the crowd - of New York sports were all with Flood, and - they Intended to have him win by fair means or foul, even If they had to throw Sullivan overboard. Smith, who was selected as referee, got wind of the scheme before the men en tered the ring, however, and proceeded to declare himself to th gang in this manner: "I will not stand for any unfair play, The plans that have been arranged for tonight will not go through and certain men close to the ropes must retire to the rear!" Because of his firmness Sullivan was able to win the fight on hi merits tn eight rounds. Waa Ahsolatelr Fair. - Smith, after that, waa regarded as a fair play sport and every English pugilist who came to these shores enlisted his support He was behind Jem Mace when the latter fought Joe Coburn. He seconded Jem Carney in the great battle with Jack McAullffe, and handled Charley Mitchell when he wa ber.ten by Corbett at Jack sonville. Smith was th backer of Billy Plummer when he beat Spider Kelly for th bantam championship, and waa also the referee of that mill, treating both boy with extreme fairness. Th last time Smith acted as third man in the ring was at Coney , Island, In 1892, when Eddie Pierce and George Siddona hooked up.. During the early stage of the mill Pierce looked Ilk a sure winner to the club officials, who backed him heavily, but Slddons was a long distance fighter., and as th battle progressed It looked asf If Pierce would be defeated. So Judge Richard van Brunt Newton, one of John Y. McKane's henchmen, called Smith aside between rounds and told him to declare the fight a draw. "I'm tha referee, Newton!" said Smith. "W must hav fair play. Th boy must fight it out according to the articles of agreement!" Round after round Siddona continued to Improve until finally Newton Jumped Into tha ring, himself and called the fight a draw. Smith left th building in disgust and declared that he would never referee a bout again. There never waa a more charitable sport ing man than this veteran soldier of for tune. In his palmy day, after a big win ning, he frequently entered a cafe and gave every broken down sport a twenty dollar note. He seamed to delight In help ing Impecunious flghteta and gamblers, and he probably helped to bury mora of them than any men In thl country. Raven Tracer from Hanging-. Tie saved Billy Tracey from th gallows after the latter killed Kid Miller on Broad way opposite the Gllsey house. Tracey kept a place on Twenty-ninth street for year and wa always considered a bad man with a gun or In a rough-and tumble fracas. When Tracey died Smith gave him a decent burial, although he could 111 af ford It at the time. It didn't matter how bad a fellow seemed to be, for big-hearted Al Smith always found some good In him and was ever ready to lend a helping hnnd. Tom Costello, an old sporting man of Cleveland, who knew Smith for fifty-three years. In speaking of him said recently: "Al was easily the king of sports. He was the best fellow I ever knew. We were neighbors In Cleveland, where Smith wa born. He could play billiards like a cham pion, run like a race horse, fight Ilk a lion and bet his money like a prince." As a stakeholder Smith handled great mopey. During the big election campaigns he usually took care of thousands 'of dol lars put up by all classes of business, pro fessional and sporting men. He never had a lawsuit or a wrangle over any of these wsgere. for not a single dollar went astray. In the old days he stood at the ringside and held all sorts of bets on first blood and first knockdown, at the same time running the most desperate chances. But he never wavered and the winner of a wager always got his money clear and clean. A few weeks before Smith died he heard that Pat Sheedy waa seriously ill and went atound to see him. Soon after Smith was confined to his bed and Sheedy sent a clergyman to see him. Up to the day of the veteran's death he kept in touch with Sheedy in this manner and when Sheedy heard the news he cried like a child. And many other men of the world grieved with him. 3V "3 1 SO. IS TO ST. NEW LOCATION in SCHEDULES FOE BIG GOLF MEET FIT Flights ot Sixteen Each Are to Haallfy. NEW YORK. Oct 23. In the annual golf tournament of the Atlantlo City Country club on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 4, 6 and t, the first day will be deyoted to medal play at eighteen holes. Five slxteens will qualify, th first for th governor' cup, th second for the preslaj dent' cup, the third for th Atlantic City cup, the fourth for tha Northfleld cup, and th fifth for the Absecon cup. In cases of ties tn qualifying round, the committee will draw lots to decide, which sixteen the contestant will play In. Th tournament commute reserves the privilege of mak ing any change In the program deemed advisable or necessary. The first and sec ond round of match play will take place on Friday, November 6, and the third and final rounds on Saturday, November & All matches will consist of eighteen holes. Entries wil be received by W. E. Edge, secretary, Atlantic City, N. J. The tourna ment committee is as follow: Walter E. Edge, J. Halne Llpptncott Frederick S. Sherman and Frederick C. Bobbin. 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Cincinnati .. phiUd.iphla Krooklyn I 10 4 7 10 t i las iioaion t I ( BOSTON. Won at Won Lost at Lost Vs. Htme.Abruad.Home.Abjroad. Plttaburg 1 10 16 Chicago 1 ' U 10 New York ( 1 t Cincinnati i I Philadelphia 4 4 5 1 fct. Loui I I I Th Gitots didn't loa a gam In St. , Louis, th Bostons did not vln on in , Pittsburg, and did not win on at honv- from Chicago. ( Th best road team In the Americui. I Kague was the Athletics, who landed fif- I teen mot vtelerlva in iu enemies' urn- I f9 O BEHOVES THE CAUSE OF CATARRH lyxJxL Urt cutZusoi-, Ostjtv&trtZ&f B. 8. 8. cureg Catarrh by nmoring tha causa from tha blood. It o thoroughly purifleg tha circulation that thera Is nothing left to inflama and lrritata tha mucous linings of tha body, which is tha most prominent and dangerous effect of Catarrh. As long as tha mucous mambranas and tissues arc kept in a state of inflammation and irritation by an impure- and infected condition of the circulation. Catarrh will remain. Its disagreeable symptoms of ringing noises la the ears, mucous dropping back into the throat, headaches, watery eyes, dlffioult breathing, and erea stomach dworder and weakened health, cannot be permanently re lie red until the blood Is purified. Local applications alone can have no real curative value, because such treatment does not reach the blood. Sprays, inhalations, lotions, etc., are valuable only for their cleansing and antiaeptlo eflect, but if depended on alone Catarrh sufierers will find a cure Impossible. Nothing ' equals 8.8.8. for curing Oatarih. It goes down into the circulation, gets at the root of the trouble, and removes every particle of catarrhal matter from the blood and enriches this vital fluid so that Instead of irritating the different mucous portions of the body, it nouri&hcs them with rich, health-giving properties. 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