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JUDGMENTS
i'f MAY be true, as we are Informed,
that the WeHtern league I going to
be a slow-mule race this year, but
frankly we don't bollov It. Anyway,
4. lou early for that much wisdom to be
placed on exhibition. Not a tNim In the
league ha complitM Its roster, and until
this In done how are you going to know
the caliber of th league? lnct.ad of Jump
ing to this pessimistic conclusion In mid-
winter, we are disposed to take the other
. ii.d f the argument and predict that we
hall have a fairly fswt league. Theiv are
wine reasons that seem to .pungent the
.ft...ety of this position. In the first place
eery team owner In out for the beat ma
terial he can get and most of thorn are
getting tome good men. In the next place
(the rule that cuta off so much of the
flotsam and JetKHm of the big leagues is
bound to have a beneficial reaction for
the minor and the Western may expect to
enure In this benefit. Agaln-atid this Is no
email consideration we will have one more
old-time, big league ball players. In the
league at the head of a ttara Is Krank
lsbe.ll. Of course we have loat Holmes, but
the way relatlona between Holme and
other manager atood his loss Is not vital.
And the new ownership and management
t Denver certainly Is a hopeful sign ol
renewed vigor and strength. There la yet
this one fact to be considered scarcely a
team in the league but haa young material
rivhich last year wu raw, but ilim year wnl
be valuable. ' This ought not to be Ignored
In a general view of the situation. All In
all the statement at this time tiiat the
Western league will not be much faster
.Mian It has been for a pertod 0f yeara does
t seem, to be warranted.
Two interesting exchanges of players
eie made lost week. One was the Cubs'
f" purchase of lieaumont and the other the
, exchange by Cincinnati to St. Louis of
Hugglni. Oakes and Corrldon for Ben-be
and Storke. The Beaumont deal Is another
j iiiusuaiiuii of ths importance tl brut
" teams attach to the weight of a veteran
' as a balancing power. Beaumont was let
go by 1'ltlsburg to Boston when It was
thought he had passed his zenith. Yet
Chance and Murphy tee In him enough to
make Boston a good offer. As a matter of
Tact, the Pirates, realising they made a
mistake In parting with Beaumont, had
been dickering for him back. Beaumont'a
addition to the Cubs means that Messrs.
Sheckard, Hofman and Schulte will hav to
outplay him or he will get one of their
places as a regular. As to the Clnolnnati
SU. Louis deal, there la a belief that Chi
c'uo, too, has a hand In that. Chicago
1.5 been anxious to get Becbe and the be
. lief Is that It will now get him by a deal
that will Involve Zimmerman's transfer Jgr
Cincinnati. It would appear on the face of
' It that this deal Is more In favor of St.
Loula than Cincinnati. ,
You have Cy Young'a word for It that
'the spit ball haa seen Its last season. The
-'Orand Old Man of tho box. In his forty
fourth year and about his twonty-flfth as
a premier pitcher, ought to be entitled to
an opinion, and he says that th man with
the spit ball la a back number, because
batters have come to know that he hasn't
anything else, or he would not resort to
1 that artifice. ' The spit ball never w as
more than a temporary expedient and base
ball would have been richer today had It
never been Invented. Many a good man
has gone wrong because of It. If, as
Young says. It haa reached its end we
Jity afford to give It one kind word, the
ord of a respectful farewell for a good
1 riddance of bad rubbish.
We are told there Is good ground for
hoping that George 'Graham will be able
for his guilty role this season. He will
scarcely be strong enough to take his
place regularly and . he does not care to
. essay that after his two disastrous ex
periences with that knee. But If Graham
wvan only come buck for irregular service
9 it will mean much to Omaha. With suoh
an infield as Kane, Fox, Schlpke and
Potts, buttressed by the fastest second
baseman the league ever had, we will cer
tainly bevell on our way to the top.
' Manager Jack Holland la a fairly busy
boy these days, building a new Western
"league team and a new park at the same
time. But Juck la doing both with such
vigor and getting auch wholesome support
from his friends in 8t. Joe that nobody
U doubting his ultimate success. Here's
hoping that the Drummers have a fine
Uue of goods and do a big business their
(list gcuson.
' If the National league race of 1910 Isn't
the fiercest It has been In many years,
then we miss our guess. The Cubs, in all
probability will give the Pirates the closest
un they have ever had, for the Cubs are
modet and tlnselftsli young man. He got
H nice raise In salary, bonus and be
sides his rich papa gives lilm a hundred for
every game he wins and he Is still kicking
lor moro money. What would you do
with a man like that?
Alieudy Cloveland Is out with Us cry
of "pennant for 11)10." But that's like the cry
ot the wolf, coming from Cleveland. The
ituckeyea will simply have to win the pen
nant to arouse any enthusiasm.
Beaumont makes about the fourth player
Pittsburg has thrown away and the Cubs
rave pitched up PfcUster, Hofman, Archer,
the others. And they're not no bad.
Comlskey may be able to put it on Mur
phy when be gets that new south side
park completed, but when it comes to a
grand stand Murphy Is always there.
tttock, traded by Pittsburg, to tit. Louis
to Cincinnati, seems to be no more popular
in tlie National league than another stork
is In high society.
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ThaiikJ, MUUT Ground Hog. Now, let's
see-February, March, April. And not all
of the first or. the lust. Oh, joy! ,Ufo 1
again In sight.
It might bo stated In passing that C.
Mathewson has signed a contract to pitch
tor New York.
It's let than sixty days now till the first
rams at Vinton park. 1
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trams at Vinton park. Doesn't that help
In the meantime the Jeff-Jack bunch are
keeping mighty quiet about It.
iiti doesn't serm to hive been a good
" l.tr , for thu hold-out.
Pa Hourke Is fur the state
no
jnillng up every suggestion of a hole with
J.ilr-tight Material. And It doee not appear
Juiat It Is gulng to be a two-team race.
Pitcher McQulllen of Philadelphia Is a
HANDBOOK BETTING CROWS
New System Hat Crippled the Pool
Room Industry.
HASN'T CHECKED SMALL BETTEJO
Veteran liinhlrr Kara Antl-Rmtk.
tnakfnsr Law llaa Increaaed! pee
nlatlon A mora; the lMk
InK t'laaaea.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. "Running pool
rooms In tho big town Is a dead letter,"
said a veteran gambler at a cosy table
the other night. "There's no money In
'em 'cause the ooppers won't stand for
'em. and, besides, the handbook guys have
cornered the business. You can't keep a
room for respectable horse players going
a week before the sleuths get wise and
you get the word to clone down. Hut the
handbook fellers are never stopped be
cauBe it's hard to get them with the
goods.
"There are plenty of big betters around
town In the winter time and they'd give
sumo first-class rooms a tussle no doubt
If any were open, but these speculators
are always cagy and don't care to take
chances of being lugged off to a station
house In a patrol wagon. They can get
action, too. In another way. Maybe they
can find a broker who will lay odds against
their wagers, relying upon quotations
printed In newspapers as a basis for set
tlement, and as this is all very quiet, you
know, there's no fear of trouble.
Hut pool rooms where odds are posted,
bets In cash are taken and paid and the
details ot the races at the winter tracks
are received by telephone or telegraph are
risky places to spend an afternoon in town
and as good cash customers are scarce,
the keepers of these places have either
gone out of business or have decided to
operate rooms in other cities and towns.
"The handbook Industry, however, is
growing rapidly. It's an easy game to con
duct, for It requires no room with a look
out, no clerks and no paraphernalia. Bets
can be taken right out ln the street from
men who are known and all settlements
can be made the next day on prices sent
out from the tracks. All the handbook
man has to do Is to' write down the amount
we gored, the name of the horse and the
nlltlals of the bettor, and he abbreviates
these things In such a way that If the
coppers should grab his little note book
they couldn't make head nor tall of it and
the bookmaker would have to be dis
charged because them was no evidence.
Handbook Betting- Increases.
"I am not afraid of being contradicted
whefl I say that the hand book business
has Increased to an alarming degree be
cause of the nntlrbettlng law In this state.
Do you remember when the race tracks
were running free under the Percy-Gray
law how the field enclosure attracted 10.000
men every dny who paid $1 to get In and
then wagered all the way from a single
buck to five or ten bones 7 It was argued
by the reformers that thewe men could not
afford to bet at all and that the existence
of theso cheap enclosures at the tracks
was simply an encouragement to gamble.
Well, the new law killed, open bookmaklng
and 'forced the tracks to close up the field
enclosures as well as the betting rings,
didn't it? And what became of the thou
sands who used to bet a few dollars In the
field? Did they quit the game? Not a
bit of It. Why, they turned to the hand
books of course. It was cheaper, too,
'cause they saved the dollar admission fee
and were able to bet all the way from 25
cents to $!0. - ; , -T " , ; . .
"The hand book guys, therefore, . have
been benefited by the new law," for thene
persons who were supposed to be betting
beyond their means at the tracks are now
betting with them. There's no racing
going on in ithls vicinity now. Is there?
It isn't .necessary. The winter tracks at
Jacksonville, Tampa. Juarez and Oakland
are all running and they provide plenty of
action. The hand book men will take bets
on horses at any of the tracks up to a
certain time before the races are called and
they settle on the quotations appearing In
print the next day.
"Do the hand book men welch? Some of
the cheap screws run out. naturally; but
those who hav'e an ounce of brains stick It
out and settle when they're hard hit,
'cause they know in the long run that the
people who are betting with them are not
as smart as the big professionals at the
tiacks. W'here do these hand books operate?
Almost anywhere. You can get a bet down
In cigar stores, saloons, bootblack par
lors, cheap restaurants and hotel if you're
known. But you've got to be Introduced
bv some responsible guy always. The
streets are popular with some of these
players, especially In the neighborhood ' of
a bulletin board where the results of the
races 'are posted as soon as they're run,
Lots of men bet on credit,, so that it's a
hard matter to get the evidence. They Just
whisper the name of a horse to the hand
book feller and h walks away a few yards
to Jot It down. If cash Is bet It Is rolled
up In a little ball and shoved into tho
bookmaker's overcloat pocket. It's done so
quietly that only a sharp-eyed sleuth can
get an idea of What Is going on.
Cnange Base of Operations.
"Another thing. The handbook men
never operate tu the same place more than
two days In succession. They shift around
In a certain neighborhood always glvlnn
the tip where they can be found, so that
In c-u-mo somebody nutkes a kick to the cop
pers It's a hard task to find a culprit.
Governor Hughes hasn't stopped betting
on horse races at all. He's handed a
wallop to the tracks which has made them
suffer heavy losees, but his new law has
simply spiead the beittlng game all over
town. If the tracks could do business on
the old lines again and the field enclosures
were reopened very few of the old guard
would go buck to l-t at fl a head 'cause
the handbooks have gut their trade per
manently. "The copprs know all about the hand
book business, but they oun't atop It. It
would take 100,000 sleuths to round up all
the handbook men In town and then legal
evidence would be lacking. After that
there would be the same old game In some
new places under temporary restrictions
until the flurry ended. It's different with
tho rooms. Once a room Is planted and
business gets good the voppera can back
up a patrol wagon and arrest everybody.
If protection Is paid it's such a high tariff
that a room can't live. - Ths patronage
while It lats oonalsts of wise players who
bet big money and are hard to beat, but
the soft money of olden times doesn't come
that way any more 'cause ths handbooks
gt it Yes, sir, the pool room business has
gone the way of other soft snaps and I
don't believe It'll ever come back as far
as this burg Is ooncerned."
Coffrolh After tighter.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-It look certain
now that Jem Driapoli, the English pugilist,
will get th preference over Owen Moran
for a fight with Abe. Attell in San
FranclBco for the featherweight champion
ship of the world.
Jimmy Coffroth. who is at prevent in
Kngland. has decided to match either Dri.
roll or Moran against Attell for battle
oii February 22. but as Moran lot a
decision to Matty Baldwin recently the In
illcatlon ure that -Mtsll will decline to
tiiilit Moran and take on Driaculi
No Rule Against
Spike This Year
Intentional Spiking ii Easy to De
' tect Declares Umpire
Evani.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. Despite the agita
tion against the use of spikes In base ball,
It Is apparent that no rule will be made
against them. As a matter of fact. Inten
tional spiking is not difficult to detect, and
ths capable umpire generally knows whom
to watch. Cases of accidental spiking,
while severe, must be charged against the
chances of the game. Players and umpires
believe that fast play depends upon ths
use of spikes.
"To anybody who has ever played base
ball, abolishing the spike Is foolish," de
clares Evans, the umpire, "The spike la
the one big asset of the ball player. He
must have his shoes so equipped that he
can make a quick start, a well as stop,
and I can see no substitute that offers the
same possibilities as the steel spike. To
anybcWy who has ever played base ball, all
this talk of leather cleats taking the place
of the steel spikes is a joke. More speed
Is the demand of every base ball manager
and owner.
"To ask a ball player to work on grass
Infield or outfield with leather cleats as
his only means of re-enforcement would be
foolhardy. On a skinned diamond. It
wouldn't be so bad, but on a grass dia
mond, such as minor and major league
clubs now own, It would simply be out of
the question. Incidentally, It would tend
to greatly slow up the work of the men,
as they wouldn't take so many chances or
be so certain on their feet
"I can't see any chance In a thousand
for the abolition of the spike. The steel
chain In the shape of a triangle that was
tried last year utterly failed to bring re
sults. I do, however, think that the pres
ent spike can be changed so as to make it
less dangerous and still Just as valuable
to the player."
SEVENTY ENTER LONDON RACE
Four-Mile , Kvent Draws Koine Classy
Horses.
LONDON, Feb. 6,-Tha Grand National
Steeplechase, to be decided at Alntree on
March 18, has ' closed with seventy en
tries. This Is fifteen less than the total
nominations received last year, but al
most every animal In training with any
chance of staying and Jumping this testing
four miles 866 yards has been entered,
and a contest worthy of the best tradi
tions of the historic race a promised.
The Grand National Is unique in that
there Is no other race like it in the world.
Among those that have competed pre
viously and are again entered are the
French horse, Lutteur III, Judas and
Caubeen (who last year respectively filled
the three loading berths), Hercules II, Tom
West, Carsey, Leinster, Shady Girl, and
Phaeton, all of whom completed the course
twelve months ago.
A prominent absentee Is .Ascetic's Sil
ver, who won In l'.KW. waa sixth the next
season, and who got around without fall
ing last year. The king hod had Flax
man entered, and the royal chaser is said
to be doing well at his Irish home. Mr.
Assheton Smith has entered a strong con
tingent In Cackler, Jerry M. and Holy
War, and It Is to be hoped that the re
grettable Incident of last year which led
to Mr. Smith withdrawing his horses will
not be repeated. Besides those mentioned
others with chances are The Lurcher, Rath
vale, Hory O'More, Mount Pronpect's For
tune, Moonstruck, Springbok, Paddy Mah'er
and King of the Scarlets.
The Sheffield Recorder, at the Quarter
Sessions recently, held that betting over
the telephone was not contrary to law.
This decision was given in an appeal
against the Judgment of the Sheffield
magistrates fining Dnvld Cohen $:K for
unlawfully ulng his premises for the pur
pose of betting. Counsel submitted that
bookmakers might legally have offices for
their business, providing that betting was
not carried on on the premises, either
for ready money or credit. It was only
an offense when a person physically re
sorted to the premises to bet. By tele
phoning they were Hot physically resort
ing, and it was within the law to send
bets by telegram, or by letter, and so
also by telephone.
The opposing counsel contended that
betting by telephone was Illegal, but the
recorder, Seott Fox, ruled to the con
trary, A man at the end of a wire a
hundred miles away could not be said to
ue pn.vBicauy resorting to premises to
maks a bet. The appeal was allowed,
with costs against the chief constable
and the magistrates concerned.
FOOT BALL CAPTAINS IN SOUTH
tolleKea Ulect iu Sjilie of Agitation
Over Game.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5,-DesprIe southern
discusfclons over foot ball and Its length
of life nearly all the Dixie colleges have
chosen captains for 1H10 elevens. A list of
those selected reads as follows: Virginia,
Hedlay M. lliowri, end, Alexandria, Va.;
VaisMorbllt William Neely, quarter, Smyrna,
Tenn.; Arkansas, Stephen W. Creekmora!
quarter, Van Buren, Ark.; Auburn. John
Davis, fullback, Mobile, Ala.; Sewanee,
Aubrey Lanier, halfback, Munford, Tenn.;
Mississippi, A. and M., H. T. Pollard!
tackle, Batesvllle, Mass.; Texas, A. and M.
Roger Houke, tackle, Georgia; C. A. Frank
lin, tackle, Barnwell, Ga,; University of
Texas, A. L. Fltspatrluk, quarter, Browns
ville, Tex.; Georgia Technical, Dean Hill
fullback, Gloversvllle, N. Y.; It F. Ktovall
wv""-"'i , Aiausum, kj. u. tiresham.
K,. ' . ,,,' :,.. ' ., ,:. ' c"'lllble was that of Orimstead and the ut
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W. H.
. ji. iiKiieKei, end. Char lemon
-! Hendrlx college, C. U Cunningham.
tackle; Henderson, Jerome Brown, half
back, Arkadelphla, Ark.; Ouachita college
Charles Wallls, quarter, Arkadelphla, Ark.;
aiaryvuie college, n. N. Wright, halfback,
Pall Mall, Thihi.; Baylor university, T. P.
Koblnson, halfback; University of Memphis,
Hiram Mann, halfback, Covington.
GLIDDEN T0UB IS A FIXTUBE
Contest Board Decide to Give Have
Araln Thi Year.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-A1I doubts as to
holding an automobile tour for the ailddon
trophy this year were recently set at rest
at a meeting of the contest board of the
American Automobile association. It was
decided to retain the prise offered by Mr.
Qlldden and to name the run this year the
national contest for the Qlldden trophy.
A plan suggested which seemed to meet
with favor would provide for the awarding
of what will be known as Cillddon certi
ficates for ths contestants that make a
score of 5 per cent or better in the tour.
July was favored as th time for the
contest, and the run will probably b
through th south and mlddU west. It If
quite possible that the start wllj be at
Cincinnati, and a tentative route was laid
out to take In th following cities: Louis
ville, Nashville, Memphis, Little Rock,
Dallas, Oklahoma City, Wichita, Topeka!
Mt. Joseph, Dca Moines, Cedar
Davenport and Chicago
Rapids,
He.id The Bee ,r all t!ie Uv
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POT OF MONEY OS A RACE
Recollections of a Big "Killing" on a
Chicago Track.
MOLLLE M'CARTY PRIZE WINKING
Itald of l.nrkr Baldwin and tall,
fornla Ranch Vlrlda f.t,00
How the Hare Was
Hun,
The late "Lucky" Ba'dwln, who spent a
fortune In preparing his Ssnta Anita stock
farm, probably never felt more proud of a
horse thnn he did of his Motile McCarty.
Two of the first mure that he secured
for stud matrons were Clara D. and Jennie
B. Then he paid a stiff price to Theodore
Winters for the great llttla mars Mollle
McCarty after she had been koaten by
Ten Broeck at Louisville, took her back
east the following sumni'T and won the
largest bet of his turf career with her at
Chicago.
Mollle McCarty's whole life was a ro
mance, a part of which could be written
by Mathew M. Allen, who trained the mare
for Winters as a 2, 3 and 4-year-old. With
her Allen won the $10,000 purse at San
Francisco In November. 1K76, at four-mile
heats, Mollle being only an undersized 3-year-old
at the time. By Monday-IIennle
Fftirow, Mollic McCarty traced to noted
four-milers through both sire and dam.
Monday, raced by1 Francis Morris of
Throgs Neck, N. Y., was by Colton, out
of the great four-mile mare Molllo Jackson,
taced by Captain T. G. Moore, while Mc
Carty's dam. Hennle Farrow, was fhe
dam of the four-mile Privateer, who, after
wlrnlng a four-mile race at Jsrome Park,
fell after passing the finish apparently
dead. But after the "vets" had worked
over him a half hour he got up and walked
to his barn.
Monday and Hennle Farrow were taken
to California by Winters shortly after he
purchased Norfolk at Paterson, where that
great colt won the Jersey Derby. Like
Norfolk, they made (the Journey from New
York by sea, via the Isthmus of Panama,
and reached .the Winters ranch In Yoto
county. In good shape. There Mollle Mc
Carty was foaled In 1S73.
On Knatern Track.
After Mollle had beaten everything on
the Pacific coast her owner was about to
retire her to the stud, as he did not care
to go Into an eastern racing campaign.
But Bud Doble, son-in-law of Baldwin, per
suaded Winters to lease him the mare's
nii.rjng qualities for the season of 1878
and that summer she was matched to run
against Ten Broeck at four-mile heats In
Louisville.
The race took place on July 4, 40.000
spectators seeing tho great match. The
temperature was fierce, 102 In the shade,
and both horses felt It keenly, the mare
the more of the two, for after leading In
the final heat for three miles Bhe col
lapsed, and Ten Broeck distanced her in
slow time.
Both the Harper and Doble parties, how
ever, had an Interest In the gate re
ceipts, which helped to tand off the
losses of the Callfornlans over the mare's
defeat, and they evened up that score by
a victory at Minneapolis a few weeks
later on their way back to the coast.
At Hamline Park the Twin City Jockey
Club track, Mollis McCarty, in the Min
neapolis cup, two miles and a quarter, de
feated the best horses In the northwest.
The mare did not run any more that
year (1S78) and waa shipped to California
in October. The next spring Baldwin
bought her from Winters and entered her
in the Latonia, Garden City and Saratoga
cups, as well as other long-distance events,
In the east.
Mollie trained so well that spring,
though then a six-year-old, that Baldwin
and Doble determined on a coup with her
at Chicago and shipped her east early In
June. They went direct to the Windy
City, dodging her Latonia cup engage
ment, for several reasons, one being that
a win there entailed a penalty to the Chi
cago event.
Preparing for the Race.
At the Chicago Driving Park track Mol
lie McCarty did everything that was
asked of her In impressive fashion, and a
week before the race showed her trainer
two miles In 3:30. As this was half a sec
ond faster than the record at the dis
tance, held by General Abe Buford's Ill
fated MeWhlrter. Baldwin, Doble and
Trainer L. R. Martin were In ecstasies
and began to look around for a first-class
Jockey for the mare.
George Howson, who had ridden Mollle
In most-of her races up to that time, had
grown so heavy he no longer was avail
able, It was a pity, as he understood the
game little mare thoioughly and she him,
In
this dilemma Martin wired to New
York to his old friend, Charles J. Foster,
editor of the New York Sportsman, to get
them a first-class Jockey of unquestionable
honesty.
. Foster secured for the Callfornlans Ed
ward Feakes, then riding for Milton San
ford, Colonel Pudyear and others. He
had proved his ability to hold his own
with George Barber. W. Lakeland. W.
Hayward, Robert Swim, James Rowe,
George Evans, W. Donohue. Palmer, Hen
nessy and all the best riders of that day.
Feakes reached Chicago two days before
the race and gave Mollle her final work,
a stiff two-mile gallop. Then he wired
Editor Foster: "She can't lose."
Foster created a decided sensation at
the Sportsman office and about half of the
force wanted to go to "Chicago to see
the race.
Itlval Runners.
Across ths track from the Baldwin sta-
loat confident
e was placed on Its noted
bay mare. Janet, by Lightning Kelpie.
Janet, unbeaten as a 2-year-old. won
many races as a 3, 4 and 5-year-old. and
at 6 years old was as sound as a dollar
and, like her famous antagonist from Cali
fornia, aa good as she ever was at any
ag, when most racers are through with
their turf labors.
Janet had shown her prowess at all dis
tances up to three miles, and her form in
the west had been so brilliant that spring
that a big Kentucky delegation was on
hand prepared to support her heavily.
Ten Broeck's jockey, Walker, came with
Janet, so th Gtimstead stable was well
served In this respect
Henry Vlssmann's Solicitor, a big brown
4-year-old. by Enquirer SaJlle, also wan
looked on as a factor. He had raced im
pressively at Uuj Kentucky and Tennessee
spring maetlnga, and could go a route and
carry weight as well.
While not so pretention a track as later
courses, the driving park had the largest
assemblege in Its history on that eventful
day. By t o'clock 15.000 people were on
hand, and by 3 o'clock fully 20,000 people
were Inside the Inclosure.
It was the first season of bookmaklng in
the west. That is to say, the auction and
mutual pools were still mediums of specu
lation, and racegoers were gradually be
coming lined to the new system. The night
bffore the coup Robert Catheart had sold
som heavy pools at Chapln & Gore's with
Janet a promunced fsvurlte.
Solicitor was made second favorite. Mol
lle McCarty third, and th members of tho
Baldwin parly bought their mare In a
......br ut ... ji that aggregated $t2,0x) f.--
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most practical for business wearv They are easy kept clean, besides one always looks
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values. Remember tint only a few days more, then you will have to pay $15 or $20
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an Investment of $n."00. The next day at
the track two Californlans, father-in-law
and son-in-law, Invested fully IT.O'JO more
In pools and books at nearly the same rate
of idds 4f anything a trifle better for the
Janet craze was a pronounced one.
Mollie McCarty was a front runner, and,
despite the fact Khe wja carrj Ins !13
pounds, Martin told Feakes to take her
out In front and stay there; to run the first
mile In 1:48 or 1:49, and if he waa pushed
to go faster; the second mile in 1:43 or
thereabouts, and then come on and win.
"They're Off!"
When the cfip starters came on the track
they made a fine apearance. The field
was by fur the best cup field erer seen on
a western track upto that day, and the
crowd applauded each horse In turn. At
the post there was little delay and they
got away to a good start, Feakes, true to
his orders, taking Mollle to the front, and
the field thundered down the home stretch
past the crowd, ending the first quarter.
Mollle McCarty's quick, daisy-cutting
action was taking and fiictlonless, and,
with Solicitor two lengths away, they ran
the first mile and a quarter In 2:13, about
the rate of speed laid out by Trainer Mar
tin for Feakes. Here Janet wn third, and
as fche moved up, passing the stand, a roar
of greeting from the spectators told of the
general trend of opinion as to the final
result '
Now the pace quickened ss Solicitor went
up and iepped Mollle, but Feakes just let
go a part of his wrap and : the mare drew
away a length, with Solicitor and Janet
lappxl. At the half milq pole Janet drew
up to Solicitor's . head and both set sail
for the flying leader.
But the fleet California mare, In spite of
her pacemaklng, had a lot In leserve, and
she answered every challenge with a game
ness that would not be denied. Coming to
the homestretch she led by two lengths,
and the gap was never closed. She won
easily by a good three lengths. Solicitor
beating Janet In a drive for the place.
The time was 4:004. and Mollle didn't
blow enough to snuff a candle after the
race. The big crowd gave Fenkes and the
mare an ovation when they came back to
weigh. lialdwln and Dobs cashed in $33,
000 In tho pools and books, which Included
the amount they had put up. $12,700. Doble
had $2,900 of the play and Baldwin the rest,
which left the winnings In tho proportion
of about $17,300 for Doble and $;3.000 for
Baldwin. It was Baldwin's latgest bettlntj
coup on ony race of his turf caroer. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
TENTH ANNUAL BILLIARD MEET
Tournament (onunll tee Derides, on
April for Contents,
NEW YOKK, Feb. B.-At a meeljn of
the tournament committee of the National
Association of Amateur Billiard Players,
' helJ here, arrangements were made for
holding tho tenth annuul tourney for the
Class A national amateur championship
during next April. An invitation will be
sent to clubs requesting thi m to apply
fur a sanction to huld this tourmune:it
These applications must be In the hand
of the committee not latr than March 1.
w hen the location of cont -t wlil be fixed
at the general meeting of the National As
soclation of Amateur Blll.ird Players.
The conditions of the contest are: Round
rotln tournament at LS-lnch balk line, two
shots in, anchor barred, (lames, 400 pulnts;
table, 5x10, Monarch match cushion: prize,
the championship emblem and three or
more prizes.
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Open Break
Ball is New to
Pool Players
Agitation to (hangre the Holes So
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NEW YORK, Fob. 6. As the balk-lln
revolutionized billiards, so will the proposed
new "open break" work a great Improve
ment In the game of continuous pool ac
cording to Thomas Houston, who has been
practicing here for his title match with
Jerome Keogh. Heuston Is exhibiting the
new r.tyle of break In his daily exhibitions
at Doyle's and Is trying to induce the rul
makers to write it into codo for champion
ship play. t
Experts who have experimented with it
say that Heuston's idoa la entirely prac
ticable, that ft would make the game mors
spectacular In that much safety play would
be eliminated, that It would permit long
runs without the safety pauses, and that
among expert players it could be easily
manipulated. It Is Heuston's belief that
the open break will not only improve the
game for spectators, but would result in
the establishment of averages that would
Indicate relative abilities of players as Is
now the case In billiards.
To play the new style game It Is neces
sary to place a third "spot" in the middle
of the table at the Intersection of lines
extending from the center of the end rails
and between the two side pockets. The
game is started In the usual way with the
customary safety break, but In subsequent
racklngs the "point" or "apex" ball Is re
moved and placed on the spot In the center
of the table.
Instead of placing the cue ball anywhere
behind the first two diamonds at the be
ginning of each new frame, the player who
pockets the last ball In tha previous frame
continues to shoot from where the cue
ball rolls after th final shot In the pre
ceding frame. Heuston proposes a rule
that permits a hard break of the pyramid
on the same shot that pockets ths spot
ball, it being necessary, however, for th
cue ball to take at least two cushions
between contact with the first object ball
and the "bunch."
It Is Heuston's contention that expert
players can manipulate their position play
so M to pocket the spot ball and at the
same time swing Into the pyramid with
enough force to scatter the balls and thus
continue a run without pausing to play
safe. He has practiced this gam a long
while and his proposition Is well spoken
of by prominent billiard and pool stars
and has favorably impressed the rul
makers. In the games at Doyle's the
champion is showing the possibilities of the
new biiak and what an expert player can
do with It.
"I would like to play a championship
match at this style," declared Heuston,
"for I believe It would mak a hit with
the fans. I do not claim that ' amateurs
would like the game so well for an important
point is the ability to get the proper posi
tion after pocketing the last ball. The
most desirable position is about six Inch
above one of the side pockets and not from
the side rail, which permits a comparatively
easy cut shot Into the Bide pocket with th
cue ball taking the end and side rails
and smash Into the bunch with consider
able force.
"L'ndoubtedly safety play can not be
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avoided as scratches are costly and a good,
player will always play safe rather than
to take a chance In a match game, but my
contention Is that the new-fangled break
would do away with so much safety play.
In a title match the players feature safety .
play, which Is rather tiresome for the on
lookers. I believe the new break would,
do away with a lot of that and Unit ths
chance to break and clean up a frame
would Induce players to take moro chances.
It would also provide longer runs, the most
Interesting feature of the game.
"Years ago when billiards became too
easy for certain players the balk-line was
Invented and that was a distinct Improve
ment In a game that has progressed
steadily ever since. I believe there aro
possibilities in pool that have never been
brought out."
MATTY CANNOT COACH HARVARD
McOraw Will Not Hrleaar HI Star
front Training; Trip.
BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 6. It Is now cer
tain that Mathewson of tho Giants will
not coach tho Harvard players In their
cage again this year. "Matty" said that
McGraw would not let him off from tho
southern trip again, but lie per decided
to see the New York manager himself.
Pleper has Just returned from New York,
where h was unable to persuade McGraw
to allow Mathewson to com to Cam
bridge. McGraw told the Harvard coach that' he
did not think Mathewson was at his best
In the National league race of 1909, and
that h Intended to take "Christy" south,
with the Giants this spring. McGraw also
said that he considered Mathewson gained
nothing by working In ths Harvard cage
last winter, and that he believed college
coaching doe not help a professional
pitcher at all.
So Pleper returned to Cambridge without
having secured Mathewson, and realizing
that a choice of some man to coach his
pitchers must be made at once.
The Harvard management had written
to several pitchers before Pleper went to
New York. Word has already been
received from two of them. "Wild Bill"
Donovan of Detroit has sent his terms
to Harvard and these now are under con
sideration. Donovan stated what he would expect to
be paid to coach the Harvard' batteries for
a term of three weeks, and also for a
month, asking practically the same amount
as th Harvard management puld Mathew
son a year ago. Donovan would be allowed
to come east' by Manager Jennings, who
for so many seasons was the basn ball
coach-at Cornell.
Eddie Cicotte of the Boston Red Sox
was another pitcher to whom the Harvard
management wrote. The "knuckle ball"
man has not yet sent a reply to Cambridge,
but wrote to th Boston club headquarters.
He said he would like to go to Cambridge
for a few weeks and wanted permission to
do so.
Tha Harvard management did nbt writ
to Mordecal Brown of Chicago, but did,
write to "Jack" Cheboro, who coached
the Harvard pitchers In 1B04.
Student at Yale Coach.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 6. Egbert
Meresreau, 1911, of Portland, Oro., has been
appointed coach of the Yalo frehhmen foot
ball team of next fall. He prepared at th
Hill school, where he played tuckl on
the foot ball team for three year and
was captain In 1906. He a Is played o'.i hi
freshman team and was on the university
squad in 1908, but was compelled to with
draw from active participation last yean
Reputation
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