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dUDGMETJTS
ITIIOUT attempting to fix respon
sibility for the disappointing
career of tho Nebraska foot ball
tnm during the last few weeks
of the season which ended with
the disastrous defeat on Thanksgiving day
at the hands of a third-rate school. It may
be suggested that aomethlng la radically
rong with Cornhuaker athletics, and that
the remedy should be applied vigorously
arid without delay. Oiven a student body
the slxe of that at Lincoln, and the proper
spirit among the undergraduates, no form
of sport or athletics should languish and
fall Into the state that has marked the
carper of the foot ball team. Whether
Conrh Cole be all his supporters or de
tractors nay, the truth Is that under his
dmlntstratlon the team that has worn the
j ftnnt'i BHU cream on me iooi Dan iir-j
f has been sadly defeated under such condl-
tlons as are discouraging to the frlendR of
vln8 scnooi, not to speaK oi tne patriotic
I boys and girls who always want to see
the home tam win. For this result the
Coach must accept at least a part of the re
sponsibility. If his troubles are due
to causes other than his ability, he In
entitled to have those causes removed by
the athletic board. If, a has been pub
licly stated, the Trats" at Nebraska are
responsible for the decadence of the
prowess of the Cornhuaker team, then tho
fraternities ought to feel ashamed. If
their Influence Is to be along "rule or
ruin" lines, It la high time aomeone In
authority were reading them a lecture on
the necessity of giving loyal support to
Nebraska, rather than to a fraternity
whose general Interests are not centered
at tho school. If Cole goes or Cole stays,
this disturbing element must be removed
by the establishment of a better sense of
patriotic Justice, or Nebraska will never
have on the fle'.d a tram that will rightly
represent It. In the showing of hands
that la certain to come, the whole matter
ought to be cleared up. The record for
the season is all against Cole; the war
) between the "Greeks" and the "Barba"
may be at the bottom of It; but In It all is
nothing ot credit "t the University of
Nebraska.
If the news Is correct that Murphy and
Brush have secured holdings in the Phil
adelphia National league team. It is dis
tressingly bad news. It Is a violation of
one of the cardinal principles of clean base
ball for one man to be financially Inter
estel In more than one team In the same
league, a principle that must be respected
if the game Is to endure as a strong, virile
Institution. Leaving out ot consideration
the personality of two such men as the
Chicago and New York magnates, the sys
tem would be vicious, but It la doubly
dangerous with men of this type Involved.
The National league could 111 afford, Just
at this time, to suffer such a blow, for It
Is a blow to enlarge the powers of Murphy
and Brush. The old organisation needed
rather to pull away from certain moorings
that were undtrmlnlng Its stability, but
'instead of seeking safer havens. It has
anchored in another treacherous port. It
example aa well as precept were necessary
jo prove the evil ot such a system, we
might Invite attention to the past history
of the Western league. Murphy spent the
last year making trouble for the National.
If he has secured a footing in Philadelphia,
aa it seems he has, he may be expected
t to make moro trouble In the future, trouble
that may really mean something to the
league and base ball. He la even a more
dixngerous man than Brush, for his sordid
lust for power knows no bounds.
,' Just as the haso ball world jets i ;:idy
"to settle down Into the comfortable conso
lation of feeling that the long-smblUered
war with the outlaws Is over, comes G.
Tobeau and threatens a new spell of out
lawry for no better reason than that the
National Association of Professional liuse
liull Leagues awarded a man who had
signed with Tebeau back to the California
Const league, formerly the )uilt. It
as necessary in the adjustment "f the
complicated questions arising through the
outlaws' surrender to award and thlft
many players, and this was one case In
hand. The fact, however, that it ioujha
the interests of Tebeau makes all the l!f
ferenoe In the world. Suppose, for Instance,
the player, Catcher Frambes, had b-m a
player Tebeau didn't value or care for,
then what would White Wings have done?
It's not the principle of the thing. It n ver
Is that, that aotuates Tebeau, but always
the exigency of an Isolated case, with
pure selfishness as the purpose to be sub
served. Well, come on with your war.
Cousin George. Our stomach Is lust iitout
strong enough to eat you right now.
' For the first time in thirty-four con
secutive years Ned Ilanlon Is out of base
ball. He has sold his Baltimore team to
Jack Dunn. Few men ever attained as
great and none greater distinction in the
game than H anion. As player, manager
and magnate he was always a brilliant
success and he ia one of the men whose
work and influence have elevated the
fame.
r;.e Storting News la one medium of
public expression not closed to personal
felicitations between friends this side of
the grave. And this Is well, too. for ante
mortem bouquets are excluded In so many
i places.
Before Zbysco and his manager go too
l I f, far with that dream ot Dumping tne puDiic,
I i 4 4 they should remember that Gotch let
. . I Boiler wla a handicap onre upon a time.
I i but has persistently refuaed to allow him
' any further concessions.
Jimmy Austin has done pretty well for
1a beginner. At the end of his first season
In fast company he has them speculating
-over who will be able to drag htm away
from New York, The St. Ixmls Browns
are after him.
' With their eminent proficiency In the
like of aplkea why couldn't Joe Tinker and
Ty Cobb devise an effective remedy of
their misuse, now that they must stay
with us.
Uotch still finds time between curtain
caltn to go out and pick up a little easy
money. This Zbysco fellow has got down
l the two-falls-an-hour handicap clues.
- Possibly Ty Cobb may be able to save
enough out of that Increased salary to pay
a 100 fine, anyway.
On benefit ot the theater aeason la that
It has shut off the Jeffries-Johnson wind
machine.
Guess now we can talk base ball with
out being accused of less majeste.
Spikes, like spllha.N. have been adjudged
a net'ensary evil
lliavens. Joo Vila, aaya Murphy, Is a
t.u l.orn spuiil
AUCTION BRIDGE FOR THREE
Bidding in the Absence of a Fourth
Player.
WHERE RULES DIFFER SOME
One Point that Commends the Uam
to the Kklllfal Player The
Deplamtlon anal Dim
my's Hand.
Auction bridge has become so popular
on tho other side of the Atlantic that the
clubs have drawn up spedhl rules to
provide for a contingency that they might
have foreseen from the start the adapta
tion of the game to three players when
they canot get the fourth to make up a
tab's for the full rubber.
While auction bridge may not be quite
as good a game for three, as it is for four.
It has one point which will recommend It
very strongly to the player who is above
the average. This Is that the responsibility
for the result In scoring below the line
depends entirely upon the Individual and
Is not Interfered with by any partner.
It Is quite true that the partner of the
declared hns nothing to do with the play
on the hand, but In straight bridge or In
auction for four players he gets In his
deadly work before the ptay begins. There
s probably no game in the world In which
a bad partner can do you so much harm
as In auction bridge. -
It Is always at the moment In which
you are trying to make the game as
expensive as possible for your opponents
that he steps In and throws the whole
cost of the experiment on you. After you
have bid them up to four In diamonds,
which you know they cannot make, and
have adroitly propped them at that point
by refusing to go any higher than the
three of hearts, which you bid when you
knew you could make It, along comes your
partner, full of mistaken real, to help
Sou and bids four In hearts, on which
the adversaries simply slaughter you.
In three hand auction one thing Is certain.
No matter how I ad a p'ayer may be at
the table or how wildly he may declare
you will never be called upon to play
that declaration. If It Is the highest bid. he
will play It himself and alone. If It Is
not the highest it does not matter much
what he bid. as It Is not a contract that
anyone wlM be called on to fullflll.
The rules of the game differ In some
respects from those for four hands. The
choice of seats and the first deal are
cut for as usual, the lowest cut dealing
the first hand and the next lowest sitting
on his left, the other at the dealer's right.
This leaves the dummy hand opposite the
dealer, but It may happen on subsequent
deals that the dummy or vacant seat wilt
be on the actual dealer's right or left. This
makes no difference, as thirteen cards are
desrtt, one nt a time, to each of the four
positions at the table, whether there la any
one sitting opposite the dealer pr not. No
charge Is made In the positions of the
playera until the final declaration la set
tled. TVie deal passes to the loft, and the deajer
in each hand must rnnke an original bid
of at least one In spades, Knch player In
turn has an opportunity to bid higher, to
double or to pass, dummy's thirteen cards
lying untouched. The player bids on hla
own cards without any Idea of giving In
formation to any partner who might lo
better, as the player sitting opposite him
will not be his partner unless as opposed
to the declaration of the third player.
There la no new deal if a player makes
a declaration out of turn, because he Is
not giving Information to any one but hla
adversaries, each of whom scores fifty
points penalty in the honor column and
proceeds as If no Irregular bid bad been
made.
There Is no limit to the number of times
a player may Increase hla bid, provided he
Is overcalled by some other player in the
Interval; but If a bid Is not overcalled the
bidder cannot change It In any way.
As aoon as the highest bid la deter
mined, the thirteen carda dealt for the
dummy are placed opposite the declarer.
I' there happens to be a player sitting op
posite him, that player moves Into the va
cant seat, taking his own hand with him.
Dummy's cards are not exposed until the
eldest hand, to the left of the declarer,
has led.
The knowledge that a certain position
will be occupied by the plaiyer sitting
opposite you Is sometimes useful when
you are in earnest about getting the
declaration; because you con Judge from
the bid made by the one who will be com
pelled to change hia seat what suit he will
lead or what will be led to him when the
play begins. No matter how many
changes of position of this kind take place,
the order of the three players does not
alter, so that each deals in hla right turn
all through the rubber.
On first taking up this game some per
sons are confused by the changing of
the hands. It should be observed that the
two hands which are dealt opposite one
another are never partners unless the va
cant seat happens to be opposite the high
est bidder. If the vacant seat is on the
bidder's right, the thirteen cards that lie
there will be his dummy, and not hla ad
versary cards.
There are one or two rules for the three
hand game which differ materially from
those of four hand. Most of the irregu
larities treat demand a new deal In four
hand are settled in penalties in three
hand.
For instance: If, after the deal Is com
plete, but before a card Is led, any player
exposes a cord from his own hand, that
card must be left on the table. Each of
his adversaries will score 100 points penalty
and when It oomes to the play of th hand
the declarer. If he was not the one In
faul, may prevent the eldest hand from
leading the suit of the exposed card.
If he does not exercise this right the
card remains on the table as exposed and
liable to be called unless It can be got
rid of in the course of play. If the card
was exposed by the declarer he may take
It up. and there is no further penalty
against him beyond the 100 points.
If a player doubles a declaration out ot
turn each adversary scores 100 points perv
alty and the one who Is wrongly doubl id
shall have the right to say whether or Lot
the deuble shall stand. If jthe double Is
not allowed to stand,, the other player
cannot double that declaration, but the
bidding may proceed. If one player doubles
only the one who ia doubled can redouble.
But for thla rule a player might be doub
ling hla partner.
No. one but the declarer, who plays the
dummy hand with his own, can score to
ward game In the trick column, therefore
no one but the highest bidder can win the
game or rubber on any deal. When the
declaration suoeeeds it is scored as at
bridge.
'If it has been doubled the declarer gets
fifty points penalty. If he gets more than
his contract he gets fifty points for taoh
additional trick as Well. Jf he has re
doubled the penalty Is Us) Instead of fifty.
When the declarer falls to get his con
tract each of his adversaries scores flf-y
points penalty for each trick Jay which h
falls, w leu if either of them doubled, tfQ (
tbty were rtduubud. Tlie number of tricks
they get la not the point. The thing to
count Is the tricks taken by the declarer.
If he has bid to get two by cards end
wins five tricks only he fails by three.
Many beginners at this game make the
mistake of reckoning that as the adver
saries get two by cards they get two tricks
penslty. which is ail wrong.
Every game counts 1 points to the win
ner cf It. and the fitst player to get two
games gets 2T.0 points more for winning the
rubber, so thst if the player wins two
games In succession, he gets 4T.0 points
bonus; 100 for each game and 2S0 rubber
points.
Honors are scored according to the num
ber held by the Individual player who
scores them. Instead of by partnership
holding, as at bridge. The oValarer counts
the honors In his dummy, of course, but
his adversaries score their hands Indepen
dently of each other.
Each honor Is worth one trick In points,
so that one honor In Bpadea are worth 2;
two honors In diamonds are worth 12, and
so on for the other suits. If a player holds
four or five honors In his own hand they
count double, four In spades being worth
14 Instead of , five in hearts 80 instead
of 40. In no-trumps the aces are worth
10 points each, but four in one hand are
worth 100.
At tho end of the rubber the scores are
balanced by the skat system, so that each
player wins or loses to each of the others
the difference between his score, and
theirs. Hero Is an example of the method,
the final scores at the end of a rubber
being shown In the top line:
A. B. C.
I- 1336 -i- 798 -- 40S
B.tS
fas
-- 311
)134
as
- - 34
-1-1472 142 1330
A wins from B the difference between
798 and 1.S3G, which is 53S, so A Is credited
with that amount and B Is charged with
It A and C are then compared In the
same way and finally B and C are ad-
Justed. The additions prove that A wins
all the money, the losses being shared by
U and C.
With regard to the tactics of the game
they differ in no respect from any form
of bridge when It comes to the play of
the cards, but In the bidding for the trump
there Is a material difference from the
factors that control in auction bridge for
four players. In three-hand you are never
trying to coax your partner to increase his
bid or to go no-trumps by showing him
your strength. You are strictly on your
own account all the time.
To the beginner the confusing element
In three-hand auction Is due to the, fact
that tho hand which will be your partner's
If you get the declaration 1b absolutely
mum. in the bidding and Is alwaya more or
less of a mystery. When this form of the
game Is first tried good players rapidly
arrive at the conclusion that they can
credit the dummy hand with strength In
the suits which are not named In the bid
ding If the suits are expensive ones.
Suppose that the dealer starts with one
club, the dummy hand lying on his right.
Second player goes one In diamonds and
the third bidder cannot have anything in
hearts or he would bid one heart to over
call one diamond Instead of risking three
in spades..
Thla looka aa if the dealer could trust
dummy for the hearts. Knowing that the
spade ault will be on hla right and the
dlambnds on his left, he can calculate the
probabilities ot sucoeedlng with a no-
trumper according to his chances of stop
ping either or both the declared suits and
of finding dummy with the hearts.
With a little experience at the game the
sharp playera soon begin to utilise thla
system of trusting dummy bjr turning it
into a very fine bluff. When they have
nothing at all in a suit they bid on It,
so as to make the other playera think It
It not in the dummy.
The effects of thla style of play are
sometimes rather curious. The player who
haa made the bluff la perhape left with the
declaration and finds to his agreeable as
tonishment that dummy has the whole
suit and the contract goea through swim
mingly, thanks to dummy's help.
On the other hand. It sometimes turns
out that when one player has made a bluff
on hearts, another has made a bluff on
diamonds. The one who is bluffing on
diamonds thinks the other is afraid of
that suit and that the diamonds are act
ually In the dummy, so he calls two or
three in diamonds, although he haa noth
ing in that particular suit himself. When
dummy's cards are turned up, he finds
to his disgust that dummy has all the
hearta and has nothing in diamonds at all,
and he goes down for three or four tricks.
The chief skill In three-hand lies in the
Judgment of what your cards are worth
if taken In conjunction with an averase
dummy. , In this respect, the declaration,
aouno, very closely resembles the make
In ordinary bridge, but, of course, no
trumpera for more than one or two
tricks should not be lightly risked if the
bidding shows a strong suit against you in
which you have no protection.
There are some who proftss to think
this game would be much Improved If
the dummy hand were turned up before
the bidding began, and each player were
allowed to bid on what he thought he could
do with that and for a partner.
The writer tried thla atyle of playing
three hand Just as au experiment, and it
was found that while one player might be
wiling to undertake to do a certain thing
with dummy for a partner, his undertak
ing was, aa a rule, either very limited or
very safe. The others, at the same time,
had ample opportunity to Judge what they
could do against the exposed hand, and
tho great objection to this form f the
game turned out to be the time the players
took to think it all over before they would
venture to make a bid at all.
Take It all together, the rules they have
drawn up for three-hand auction bridge
seem to make a game that Is quite good
enough to pass the time very pleasantly
when it is Impossible to get a fourth to
make up the regulation table.
TWO SMOKE PUGS IN FBANCE
Americans Are Matched to Flht at
Cirque de Parte.
NEW YORK. Nov. 27. -Joe Jeanette and
Sam McVey. the colored American heavy-
eigiiis. were matched to meet In a con
test of thirty rounds at a show to be held
at the Cirque de Perls, the big fiht club
In the French capital, on the night of
December 11. They will battle for a puma
of I5.5O0, of which the winner will receive
I2.S0 and the loser 22.000.
Thla battle will bo tho second fight be
tween these men. their previous one hav
ing been won by Jeanette. who was
awarded the decision after McVey had
quit In the fiftieth round. uvin -
not fight any longer. Both nun are now
training for the tight.
Defeat fur staatea Team.
STANTON, Neb.. Nov. 16. Special.)-In
one of the most exciting gomes of basket
ball on the local fn,or. the Alligator team
of West Point defeated the Big 8 team of
Stanton by the score of S to Is. on Thanks
giving day. The features of the game were
the all around playing of Thompson of
West Point and Templln of Stanton. Goals
from field: Thompson, 5; Thelsen, 4
Krsuse, Page. 1; Templln. I; Nye, I Foui
throws: Stanton. (: Wait P.,lm li-f..-.,.
HARD SEASON FOR THE LAYERS
Percentage of Winning Favorittt
Greater Than Ever Before.
RECORD OF RACES IS GOTHAM
In 81 T Ran In Kerr York X94 PI ret
t'helces Are Snccenef al. Also
1A4 Second Cholera and 87
Third Choices.
NEW YORK, Nor. 27.-Judglng from tho
rest Its of the races run on the Jockey
club's tracks In New York state this year
the so-called bookmakers did not have
much to spare in the struggle with the
form players. Enemies of racing when at
tempting to point out the evil supposed to
emanate from betting seldom fall to allude
to "crafty bookmakers who are rolling In
wealth because tho public Is victimized by
a brace game." It Is candidly admitted by
any fair minded turf advocate that racing
Is a hard game to beat, but It Is also true
that many acceptor of oral wagera during
the recent campaign here lost heavily be
cause of the remarkable consistency of
what la known as "public form."
According to records of well known
speculators who keep tabs on each year's
business, or rather the form displayed by
public choices, lost season surpased all
previous ones In the number and percen
tage of winning favorites, second and third
choices. There were 13 days devoted to
the sport In this state, exclusive of hunt
meetings, and In that time 817 races were
run, including steeplechases. In these
events 394 favorites were succesful, a reo
ord breaking percentage of 194 second
choices and 87 third choices won, making
a total of 875 successful public oholces, or
an average of 82 per cent. There were 115
unplaced favorites and 121 winners at odds
of 8 to 1 or more. Many of these long
shots were heavily backed, too, so that the
men who laid the odds and took oral
wagers were evidently up against a stiff
game. Many of the layers who finished
ahead of the game were unable to collect
what was coming to them, but those who
lost were compelled, as a matter of policy
and custom, to make good every 'dollar.
Dope on the Game.
Yet in spite of this remarkable mani
festation of form It is a fact that numer
ous races were regarded as "queer" and
some of the beet known Jockeys were
roundly scored for suspicious looking rides.
The absence of organized bookmaklng and
the great falling off In the number of
price makers at tho tracks were said to
be reasons w hy the horses ran more closely
to the calculations of form students than
in former years, but at the same time It
must not be overlooked that many of the
successful favorites were at such short
odds that few persons could back them.
The Peer, for Instance, won a race at I
to 40, while Uambala, Jack Atkins and
Celt, scored at 1 to 30, with Fits. Herbert
quoted at 1 to 15 on several occasions.
Some of these short priced favorites were
upset, too, notably The Peer, at 1 to 12,
when he indulged in one of this erratic
performances.
The layers almost to a man rimlfti1
that the players displayed increased know.
leoge or the game. They asserted that in
a majority of races no matter how many
horses went to the post the play was
centered upon two or three starters, and
that the only chance they t had to win
was when those choices ran contrary to
the way they were played or some un
backed long shot got home to upset the
talent. The average price maker, there
fore, will tell you that he had an un
usually bad year, all things considered,
and that his Drosueots for another u.r,n
are not particularly bright. The betting,
as a ruie, was rather light. There were
very tew big bettors, the speculation being,
In a measure, confined to small fry oper
ators or to the layers who wagered with
one another. The Inability to record wmir.
ers caused numerous dlsputea which could
not be adjusted by the former methods
of ai" itratlon so that the entire system
of betting was hardly satisfactory.
Details ot the Benson.
The opening meeting at Belmont park
which began on May 13, continued eleven
days, in which sixty-seven races were
run. Thirty-six favorites were victorious, a
percentage of .64 while sixteen seconds
choices and two third choices were also
successful, with six favorites unplaced.
The winning horsea at 8 to 1 or better were
Elfin Beau, 8 to 1; Waldo, 10 to 1; De
tlan, 10 to 1; Mary Davis, 10 to 1; Racquet,
8 to 1, and Marcellus, IS to L
In eleven days at Gravesend there were
sixty-six races, in which thirtv-six fov.
orites, twelve second choices and seven
third choices won, the percentage of suc
cessful favorites being .65. Thon flrsi
choices did not finish in the money and the
long priced winners were Black Chief. 25 to
1; Notatsulga. 15 to 1; Koyal Onyx, 12 to 1;
Judge Ermentrout, 50 to 1; Prinoe Gal!
20 to 1; Lucella, 15 to 1; Bigot, 60 to 1;
Mexoana, 8 to 1, and Summer Night, 15 to
The spring meeting at sheepshead Bay
consisted of fourteen days, with eighty
four races which produced thirty-nine
winning favorites, a percentage of .46, fif
teen second choices, fifteen third choices
and tw elve unplaced favorites, wi y these
victorious long shots: Dalmatlon, 16 to 1;
Rockstone, 15 to 1; Notasulga, 8 to 1;
Black Mate, 20 to 1; Chickasaw, 40 to 1;
Tim Pippin, 10 to 1; Ida D.. 15 to 1, and
St. Dunstun, 8 to L
The racing during the Empire City meet
ing came in for some harsh comment, ye;
In ninety-six races run in sixteen daye 41
per cent of the favorites, thirty-nine, got
the money. There were twenty-four suc
cessful second choices, fourteen thi
id
choices and fifteen unpluoed favorites. T
'he
loiitf priced winners were Zephyr, 20 to
Planting Bob, 15 to 1; Eschau. 12 to
1;
1;
Maltbie, 20 to 1; St. Joseph. 20 to 1- H
lal-
ket, 10 to 1; Superstition, k to 1: Sir
dam. 8 to 1; Ida D., 13 to 1; Tomy Faust,
10 to 1; Frank Purcell, 30 to 1; Queen of the
Hills. 20 to 1; Mauviotte, 8 to 1; Cam
paigner, 30 to 1, and Shapdale, 8 to 1.
Fighting bob, Eschuu, Maltbie, Haiket. Su
peistition. Str Neddam and Tony Faust
tnaoieu shrewd persons to subject the lay
ers to un artUtic trimming.
Suratoaa's tkonlng,
The SuiatoKu meeting, the largest of
the yer, lsttl twenty-four days. There
were 144 races, In will h Kt-fuUr favorlU-s
won. a percentage of also thirty
seven second choices and Rurteen third
choices, while thirty-five favorites were
unplaced. This meeting bristled with
triumphant long shot,,, including Applica
tion, 10 to l; Beaucoup. 8 to 1; S.r John
Johnson, U to 1; Upellbound, 8 to 1; Bell
wether, 15 to ir black Hawk. 10 to 1;
Byzantine, 8 to 1; Louise Welles, W to 1;
Aiice Bolrd. 10 to 1; Herpes. 8 to l'
Rocky O Brien. 40 to 1; Sir John Johnson',
W to 1; Firestone, 8 to 1; Gltrnadeane, 10
to 1; Gloriole, 8 to 1; Pretend, 8 to 1;
Choirmaster of Cinsterbrook. Ml to l",
yuantlco. 8 to 1; Wise Mason. 8 to 1; Rio
Ginrde. 6 to 1; Achieve, 8 to 1; Spellbound,
8 to 1; Henderson, m to 1; Simple Hoiiouis!
to I; Ho li a d McDonald. 12 to I; The
VViestler. 8 to 1; St. Delntol, 10 to I;' Aunt
Jule, 15 to J; Rto Giando, 10 to i. and
liobLln Around, 30 to L
The fall season at Sheephead Bay
showed a greater percentage ot winning
favorites than ever were recorded on an
eastern track. Seventy-two races were run
In twelve days and forty-three favorites.
00 per cent. landed In front. There were
twenty-one victorious second choices, four
third choices nd seven favorites that
finished In the nick. The long shots that
went over the plate In front were Summer
Night. 30 to 1; Ra.juet. to 1; Queen
Marguerite, 8 to 1; Woodcraft. 10 to 1;
Campaigner, 10 to 1; Harlem Maid. 12 to
1, and Livonia, 15 to 1.
In seventy-two rates In twelve days at
Gravesend. In the fall, thirty-five favorites
got the money and hung up a percentage
of 49 per crnt. Seventeen second and nine
third choices also scored, while seven
favorites were unplaced. The long priced
wlnnors at this meeting were Hilda's
Sister, 15 lo 1; Alice Balrd, 12 to 1; Wool
casta, 15 to 1; Alanarku. 60 to 1; The
Turk, 50 to 1; Effendl, 12 to 1; Kings
Commoner. 30 to 1; Majestic, 10 to 1, and
Affliction, 15 to 1.
Then came Belmont Park again with
twelve days and seventy-two races, in
which thirty-eight favorites scored for a
percentage of .53, also twenty-one second
choices and six third choices in front, with
six favorites out of the money. Ben Loyal,
10 to 1; Twilight Queen, 10 to 1; Bello, 12
to 1; Everett. 8 to 1, and Royal Captive,
8 to L provided upsets.
Jamaica's Twelve Days.
In seventy-two races at the Jamaica
meeting of twelve days thirty-four fa
vorites passed the Judges first for a per
centage of .47. Twenty second choices and
five third choices also scored, with thir
teen favorites out of the money. The long
shots that went over the plate were Beau
coup, 10 to 1; Desirous, 10 to 1; May River,
20 to 1; Campaigner, 10 to 1; Queen Mar
guerite. 8 to 1; The Turk, 10 to 1; Prac
tical, 12 to 1; Rockstone, 12 to 1; Marigot,
10 to 1; Mobility, 10 to 1; County Fair, 20
to 1; De Kalb, 16 to 1, and Far West, 10
to L
At Aqueduct In seventy-two races thirty
four favorites, eleven second choices and
eleven third choices were first at the wire,
the percentage of winning favorites being
.47. Four favorites failed to get inside of
the money and the successful long shots
were Cindy, 10 to 1; Earl's Court, 20 to 1;
Bang, 8 to 1; Hill Top, 15 to 1; Hoffman,
94 to 1; Racquet, 8 to 1; Hampton Court,
15 to 1; Shapdale, 12 to 1; Imprudent, 8 to
1; Dandy Dixon, 8 to 1; Sir Evelyn, 10 to
1; Patsy, 8 to 1; Rockstone, 8 to 1; Star
Bottle, 8 to I and Black Mate, 12 to L
The most sensational killing ot the year
was pulled off by John E. Madden with
Hampton Court, when the colt was backed
from 25 to 1 down to 8 and won in a gallop.
Madden would not say how much money
he cleaned up, but It was reported that
the amount ran .Into five figures,
Among the price makers who were miss
ing a greater part of the season were Leo
Mayer, English Bill Jackman, Jim Murphy,
the Cellos, Cole Ullnian, Jack Sturgls, Bill
Cowan, Kid Weller, Frank Tyler and
others. Many former betters remained
away, Including John W. Gates, Charley
Ellison, Joe Yeager, John A. Drake, Ai
Dryer, James B. Brady, Jesse Lewlsohn,
Frank J. Farrell, T. D. Sullivan and C. E.
Durnell.
STALLETGS SPENDS HIS MONEY
Haa Twenty-One New Players, Who
Cost a Fortune.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27. The twenty-one
new players who will be a part ot Camp
Stalllngs next spring cost the New York
American league club 829.900. That amount
of money certainly should bring some re
sults. There Is on player's name oppo
site which a little red star should be
placed to attract attention. Johnson, who
played third base on the Portland club of
the Pacific Coast league last season, cost
Frank Farrell f4,00U. But, according to
reports, he is worth all of It. Denny
Long, the same who uncovered Hal Chase,
Is the discoverer of Johnson, and Fielder
Jones, former manager of the Chicago
White Sox, sas he's the real thing as a
ball player. '
The following table shows where each
player came from and how much was
paid for him:
Player and Club. Price.
Johnson, Portland $ 4. urn)
Fisher, Hartford 8,500
Farrell, Marlon i 2.0U0
Foster, Detroit , 2.000
Mitchell, Toronto J,0"i0
Roach, Lancaster 1.W0
Daniels, Altoona l.ftOO
Carroll, Akron 1,600
Frill, Newark 1,500
Madden, Utlca 1.50O
Wanner, Hart fold 1,600
Tlemeyer, Altoona l.OtK)
Wotei;. Altoona 1,000
Channell, Fort Wayne 7W
Danzig, Lowell 7M)
Gray. WUllamsport 760
McMahon, Syracuse 760
Clum, Poitsinouth 600
Revelle, Richmond 500
Walsh, Rocky Mount M0
Upham, Akron 500
Total 123,800
Nelson Will Take On Welsh. '
NEW YORK, Nov. 27. Battling Nelson
has finally consented to give Freddie Welsh,
the English lightweight champion, the
preference over the other fighters in a
battle with him, and aa soon as Welsh ar
rives here from England they will be
matched to meet In a forty-five round fight
at Jimmy Coffroth's openalr club at Colma,
Cat., for the lightweight championship of
the world.
"Welsh's victory of Summers, which gave
him the title ot champion of England, en
titles him to a fight with me," said Nelson,
"and on that account I have decided to'
give him the first chance when I have fin
ished up my present theatrical engage
ment. He must fight me forty-five rounds,
as I will not agree to any other distance."
Freddie Welsh certainly made a bunch of
money out of his recent victory over Johnny
Summers at the National Sporting club ot
London. Besides winning the big end of
the purse, Welsh also wagered enough
money on his chances to send his winnings
up to $10,000. Welsh Intends to sail for this
country the second week In December.
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