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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 23, 1916. 3 S Judgments ffTV'E got to hive a little bet J down to make it interesting," " . expression often heard at athletic events, no matter what my .b,e 'heir character. A week ago at Chicago the American derby was revived after a lapse of twelve years Every effort was made to suppress the betting. There was no betting ring. Several hundred detectives mingled through the crowd to clamp the firm arm of the law down on handbook makers. Suspected pool rooms in Chicago were watched closely. But, despite all this, reports of the big event carry the news that betting was as brisk as it was in the halcyon days of old. The bookies had the better system and they hood winked the promoters and authorities. There is no gainsaying the fact that the American propensity "to take a chance" is omnipresent. As long as there is competition there will be betting. In horse racing this is espe cially true. Racing of the thorough breds has been termed the sport of kings. It is. Unusual is the indi vidual who is not thrilled by the jumpers. Harness racing is merely patchwork compared to thorough bred racing. But thoroughbred rac ing will never really come back clean from the betting evil. And yet it is something to wonder at sometimes that horse racing was made a dead issue by reformers, while the wrestler, the boxer and divers others of his kind thrive and prosper by milking the public on fake events, trimming not only the man who risks his money but the man who pays his honestly at the box office as well. The American league is providing a pennant flight this year that should provide the palpitating fan with suf ficient excitement. With the season half over, as yet not a single team has broken away from the field to make a threatening spurt toward the coveted goal. Ordinarily a line on what can be expected can be made at this time of the season, but this year as much doubt covers the eventual outcome as it did when the eight starters broke away from the barrier in April. On form Boston looks the best bet, with the White Sox to follow, but New York and Cleveland have been going great guns and these outsiders are just as like as not to whizz down the pike to victory. And Washington and De troit are still fighting for honors with a moderate degree of success. It's an open race in the American league, one which may terminate in almost any fashion and no team is.more than an even bet. V The announcement that Columbia may give up rowing, owing to lack of success, will be a sad blow to the Poughkeepsie regatta. In recent years Wisconsin and Georgetown have given up rowing, Stanford and Wash ington have ceased to go east, and now Columbia is willing 'fo quit. Cornell, Syracuse and Pennsylvania are about all that is left. Rowing is a sport that is little appreciated out here in the west. It causes some furore in the east- But rowing is a difficult sport. It's expensive and it's hard on the men who take part Six month's of strenuous training is necessary for a few short races. It's too hard on men who are also bur 1 dened with constant study and it will never be popular except in a few of the larger schools. As a result, the dropping out of one college, like Co lumbia, is a blow that hurts. The United States Golf association in its efforts to suppress profession alism among its members, seems to be over-reaching itself a bit. Because the Woodland Golf club of Newton refused to abide by the national as sociation s decision mat. rnnca Ouimet is a professional, the Wood land club has been denied its mem bership. The national association is getting so strenuous it almost insists that a man who works for a living shall not be an amateur golfer. It is said Ouimet is not of that "social caliber" which golt properly aemanas. The national association may mean well, but it's making itself ridiculous and organized golf is going to saU a turbulent sea if it continues along its present lines, permitting the cheap aristocratic minority to force its un democratic ideas into use. Umpires are born, not made, is an old saying. And which way does this apply to Tom Connolly, dean of the American league staff. Connolly never played a game of base ball in his life. In fact he never saw one un til he was of age. Tom was born in the old country and it was not until he had reached the voting age that he came to the United States. But he's a great umpire- He is the most popular umpire in the league with the players. Pitchers are always sure they will get their dues when Tom is working. With the batters the same applies. Few arguments and fights ensue over Connolly's decisions. But was Connolly born or made? Here's a chance for argument either way. .' It's about time for Barney Dreyfuss and August Herrmann to quit harping on the Sisler case. Continuation of the argument over the services of this player will do no good. Sisler has been awarded to St. Louis and the public isn't crazy to hear any more about it. New Mack Infielder Is Son of an Old-Time Star Eddie King of Amherst college, who has joined the Philadelphia Ath letics, is a son of the former star outfielder who played with "Pop",An son many years ago. Connie Mack of the ex-Champion Athletics will conduct a school of instruction, as sisted by Harry Davis and Ira Thom as, in his ' Philadelphia base ball grounds. His squad includes many ., promising college players from whom Mack expects to develop a winning combination. Duluth Spends Huge Sum On Big Rowing Regatta The Duluth Boat club will hold the national rowing championship over the mile-and-a-quarter straightaway course on St. Louis bay, a land-locked Miliary of Lake Superior. The club will spend $20,000 in .bringing crews there for the races, August 11 and 12, which will include singles, doubles, centipedes, four-oared and eight-oared shell race -. ' HOLDERS OF THE OMAHA CITY CHAMPIONSHIP AT DOUBLES Joe and Will Adams, who won the tournament from the Potter brother. Joe Adam was also runner-up in the singlet, and made Ralph Powell, winner, do hi utmost to win, the match going to two all on sett. i i i t t i " 1 1 "v J i t w v & AMATEURS GET SET FORM? SERIES Contests to Decide Champion ship Titles Will Be Started Second Week in August. QUIO WANTS A PABADE BY FRANK QUIGLEY. Next Wednesday night when the directors of the Omaha Amateur as sociation hold their weekly talkfest, first arrangements for the city cham pionship games will be consummated. This season the directors are going to shoot the initial bomb approxi mately the middle of. August, so if Jupiter Pluvious butts in they will be fortified with a couple of extra Sun days. So far the parade noise has not been stirred up, so the writer might as well start the ball rolling. Last year the base ball parade was a distinct suc cess. About 100 gas carts loaded to the brim with base ball players oozed over the main thoroughfares and amply demonstrated the strength of the Omaha Amateur Base Ball asso ciation to thousands. This ostenta tious exhibit helped considerably to create packed houses for the cham pionship contests, which followed!' At the present time the money box of the association only contains $107.51 to defray the expenses of the various trips and as this amount would only Eay for the squares and bunks and ecause the railroads are averse to floating across with free transporta tion like some of the local pitchers, something must be done to swell the f;ate dough. A parade turned the trick ast season and unless some wise nut can conceive a plan that will prove more magnetic to draw a crowd, an other parade will have to be staged. Umps Quit Job. Because McDougal and Tompsett, municipal umpires, quit adjudicating at the expiration of the sixth round during the McCarthy Sunnybrooks Nourse Oil jamboree, the directors or dered that another nine-inning game be booked, the first three innings to decide the game left unfinished. The score of the unfinished game was 14 to 5 in favor of the Sunnybrooks. Tompsett quit barking because he had to go -to work at six bells, but the reason why the other fellow quit still remains a mystery. The directors allowed the Walnut Grove Athletics a game postponed some time ago - with the Quiveras. The Albright Merchants asked for a rehearing on their game played with McCarthy's Sunnybrooks, but the di rectors turned a deaf ear to their plea. The National Cash Registers and Trimble Bros, teams will be al lowed a rehearing of their case at the next meeting. The Trimbles are the boys that are doing the kicking. The game in question was played on Me morial day and resulted in a 7 to S vic tory for the Registers. Recently the Trimbles woke up and found that one of the players, although just an or dinary Class C ball player,, was not under contract' consequently he was not eligible to participate in said fracas. His contract was turned in the next day and he has played in ever game since then. ( Hollander Barred. The directos barred Hollander from playing with the Beddeos, because Manager Hageman of the Trimble Bros., objected, but they allowed the Beddeos to sign up any other Class C ball player they could grab. Chuck Johnson's contract with the Modern Woodmen No. 945, was de clared valid. Pennant At Stake. One of the biggest little games of the season will be on the boards at Thirtysecond street and Dewey ave nue this afternoon when the Trimble Bros, and the Tradesman put on their farewell bout, which will eliminate one or the other from the chance of staging the final game with the Bed deos tor the championship of the Booster league, a Class C organiza tion. At the present writing, the Bed deos, Trimbles and Tradesman are knotted for first place in aforemen tioed league. Intense rivalry exists between these two congregation billed for today, so a classy scrap is looked for. Game called at three and a half whistles. At 1:30 down at Armour park, the Chris Lycks and the South Omaha Merchants of the American league, will fight it out for second place. Both teams are now tied for roost two. The Omaha Bicycle Indians, leaders of this league, will quarrel at 1:30 p. m., with the J. D. Crews at Luxus park. OHAHANS' HORSES BRING HOME BACON (OontluDfld froaa Pate Qua) Childs up, Ben Earl, a handsome brown gelding, won his two heats in the 2:10 pacing class, with time of 2M'A and 2:04. Ben Earl is a 5-year-old pacer, by The Earl. He was purchased by Pe terson Bros, last fall for $4,000. In ten starts over half-mile tracks last season this par-excellent piece of horseflesh never lost a race. His bow at Cleveland marked his debut on mile tracks. Winning as he did the clasRtr rtf th initial f.nflJ li....:. - "'.'' ui.iiu Vlivilll meeting, put a long, flashy feather in mi mm gave umana more well earned publicity in the horse world. Ben Karl will h cn in .1. . --- ... ..... -- ovfc,, ii, BLuwii m i ui C Great Western Circuit races here in .nugust. R. C. H ninn.n1 n T.m F ! and Peterson Bros., raced out a fourth " pacing class at the Cleve land Grand Cirmir tntinr I?:.... The heat nnstrinna wr. . nd two. Marvin Childs was dr'ivina- wa librae oDviousiy nas a great fu ture. Ed Peterson is president of the Omaha Driving club, under the auspices of which the Great Western CirCUlt mrelinor hfrj A....c 11 26, inclusive, will be staged. iur. rcierson and Mr. Dennison re turned from the east yesterday. Meeting Draws Near. , In another month they'll be turn ing em ar th Fact nmAi.n i. -a the harness racing classic of the mid dle west, when the cream of the fam- Vreat wern Circuit's horses will furnish thr card ever hung up in this section of The earfv rlrteino- mnk n..i . galaxy of turf stars that, together nun mic uumuics, wno win oe named in the late closing purses, will at tract to the East Omaha track rac ing fans by the thousands. The early closing purses consist of two $2,000 purses, three $1,000 purses, two $500 purses, one stake race with $300 added. The late closing purses, which close Tuesday, August 8, are as follows: J:U Trot Blka club pure s 500 :if Troi Kotary club pur (oo J:10 Trot Commercial club puraa..., too 1:0 Pace Omaha Prlntlns companr Plrao tM 1:16 Pace Stock Tarda purse coo 2:36 Pace Brandels Store purae 600 Free.(or-all Pace Alamo Enflne "" 1,000 Smith Is Busy Man. Otis M. Smith, prominent local hnraaman anrl c.ir(,r. --- of the Omaha Driving club, will be the uusy man lor ine next lew weeks at tending to the mass of details inci dent to the staging of a Great West ern Circuit meeting, which, by the way, marks the first time in the his- tnrv ett , V. . n , U X'.L I city has been in that favored class. i iic nugusi meeting aiso win mark the first time that a Nebraska har ness race has been run for as high as 4 $2,000 purse. The East Omaha track is in ideal mnititifn at th U.. .v...v, .iiv jjivotn, nine ay the time of the big meeting it should . . u u - l.... i tt r? , vaaujr tnc ucai liail-lllllC UVttl in the entire United States and that's covering a lot of territory. But horse men who have visited the leading tracks in the country, will back up this statement without fear of contradic tion. Horses that have been campaigning around nearby circuits, as well as sev- aral innari from etahla f mm ,4:.. -- II ....... " (iw.l. ui. ant parts of the country, are begin- iiuiK in win uaia into umsni HI get ready for the big August classic a iuii, nun yiit inc iiibi vsuiamai iracx will be the lighthouse for horsemen, norscs ana touowcrs oi tne sport irom the east and west and the other twn directions. Trek To Omaha Starts. Several stables arc expected to breeze into camp after the Wahoo, Neb., meeting on the Nebraska Speed THIS PAIR HAS LONG HELD THE STATE CHAMPION SHIP AT DOUBLES Clarence A. Davit and Harry H. Ellis of Beaver City, who have defended their title at doublet champions for four tucceaaive years, and who won again at Wayne during; the week. m .yH v T'.-aav a aawawiia-. ,.aaaataaa mT CLARENCE A DAVIS. HARRY H. ELLIS. association circuit is run August 1 to 3, inclusive. Among the arrivals last week was L. B. Taylor of Newhall, Cal., a prominent horseman of the western state, who has a likely looking string headed by Baxter Lou, a pacer with a mark of 2:10. Another Californian on the ground is Mr. Spencer of Santa Rosa, whose string presents a classy headliner in The Proof, 2:08!4. He also has in tow a green pacer with a time record of 2:04- made over a mile track. Mr. Spencer is a topnotch California horseman. Owing to an unforeseen state of affairs in the west, when some races up on the north coast failed to fill, he was too late to name any horses for the early 'closing purses. That his steppers will be nominated for the late closing list goes without saying. Dennison String to Iowa. Omaha horses are expected to show the followers of the Southwestern Iowa and Missouri Shortship circuit meetings a few new wrinkles in the racing game. A delegation of local harness speedsters will be taken over to Corning, la., this week for the meeting in that town Monday, Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday. Included in tne string are Jim O'Shea. owned by Fred Myers, and three horses from the Dennison stables Tena G., Hal Connors and Frank Holloway. Babe King, the world's fastest pacing pony, the prop erty of Miss Frances Dennison of Umaha, will be taken over into Iowa to olease Oi Polloi with her great pacing exhibitions. Babe King is one of the brightest attractions on the middle west turf today. Fred Myers has sold two of his string McKinney Wilkes, a trotter. and Sir Charles K., a pacer, to Hor- ton Bros, of New York, ihese two well known local horses were shipped east a couple of days ago and will be used on the speedway in the city of the "Great White Way." Horsemen are predicting that both steeds are due to clean up as matinee perform ers. Ad Wolgast Gains a "Rep" for Hitting - Where He Shouldn't Has Ad Wolgast a mania for foul ing his opponents? It looks that way, or Adolph is getting careless in his desire to in flict punishment on his adversaries. Wolgast has won most of his great battles, the ones over a distance, be cause the body punishment he admin istered wore the other fellow out. However, up to the time they gave Willie Ritchie the decision and the lightweight championship in the six teenth round, Ad had not been dis qualified for hitting low. Since that time Ad has lost a number of bat tles through fouls and perhaps holds a record in that line. Wolgast never got over the fact that they gave the championship to Ritchie on a foul. He has maintained that the blow was as fair as any ever delivered. In a number of battles Ad has hit low. At Milwaukee against White and Ritchie he did the same thing. He repeated the trick against Ham mer, but on all occasions he got away by apologizing to his opponents. Recently he lost to Frankie Russell at St. Louis on a foul. He was counted against at Shreveport last winter when they handed Bobby Waugh the verdict of a low blow, and his latest foul lost him a verdict over Cham pion Welsh at Denver. Still Wolgast is going along well. The battles he has won have shown he has regained his old-time form, but wherever he appears the referee is on the alert for fouls and watches his style of punching more than that of any other boxer in the ring. I war upon Fala. Sloan'a Liniment prepareo you for every emergency. Keep It handy It's the treat eat pain killer ever dtacovered. At all druff alata. 26c AdvertlaemenL I Heard on the Sandlots Ntit aundavy th Krfcjlcakt will hold thtlr annual picnic tt Flornc. Jo Brown la porformlnf hank at tho bat for th Noura Oil Co. Mb Ilka a vataran wliard. Lat Sunday Mlnlkua of tha Lusus punc tured thr cn tha ban during tha Luxua Armour tana.l. Tha RamMara ara wllllnc to apaculate that tha Prank Deweya can trim tha Utaca. Puah up tha kala. Htaga. Lait Sunday Bannta Monro, tha chlaf klnkar for tha J. L. Orawa, hald tha Chrta Lycka to thraa acattarad hit. Bllllam Hoi brook got back Into tha gma with tha Htllya agalnat Plattamouth and ha playad bla uaual atallar gama. Old Man Oravaa of tha Armours elubbad tha pill to tha tuna of .T laat Sunday. Hla hatting ay a In attll aa good aa avar. Tha Maidaa did not ahtna vary bright thlt aaaon and thr finally burnad out. Thay b)ongd to tha In ur-City lagu- Rehlnd tha atlck O. !ana la doing tuparb work for th-t Albright Merchant a. Ha haa proved to ba a doddla In aald position. Cat, formerly a haaver fnarad by many of tha Ctaaa A children, aaya ha la too bua to monkey with baaa ball thla aeaaon. It wouldn't take much coaxing to Inveigle Loula Koch:' back on the boardi. Ha uaed to ba tha pilot of tha Luxua aggregation. Linn Toung eaya he la going to drop back Into tba arena and help the Bourgeola grab berth one In the Orealer Omaha league. Although he haa atayed In the ihada all aeaaon to date, Henry Breaeman haa had a battle with hlmeelf to keep off the turf. A quartet of tea ma ara atlll In the ling In the City It a gue, namely, the Hoi lye, Mur-phy-Dld-It. Mlckel Vlctrolaa and Beaellna, Carl Stengel la atlll plaatartng tha pill rather pernlcloualy. Ha alaughtered a trio for the Oae children agalnat tha Bourgeola. Oecealoiilly Haul Kelly dona the apanglea on a Sunday morning and utllltaa hla fllnger for one of tha KnlghU of Columbua tea ma, Jamet Mullen la figuring on gathering to gether a bunch of old war horaee. give them a few daya' practice and then bump tha lob rotrhera. Edward Spell man attained hla right aide, aa a conaequence ha la unable to throw. Ha will probably- return home from Milwaukee thla week. Harry Champion of tha 3. D. Crewe la catching Hit) a real champion. It la a dif ficult matter to pilfer a aack oa hla accurate apeedy peg. Laat Sunday Shlelda of tha IlmM Man ama aooompanled the Holly to Plattamouth. Neb., and performed behind tha bat In a faultleaa manner. Any out of town toam wlahlng trouble with tha South Omaha Merchant, oall Carl Bach man at South 0I or allp him a latter t" 161 N at reel, Laat weak Prank Butler oaught for Boa ait t, Neb. Bealdeg picking up a aack of kola, he collected bar re la of oradlt for hla apactacular work. Tha Albright Merchant would -ike to book a few out of town gamea. Catch J. Lane at South Hit or drop him a Una at ailO 4 ef fervor atreet. The medicine preacrtbed by Manager Oanta of thi Walter O. Clarka did not have a atlmulatlng effect and the band la now raatlng In tha cemetery. Up at Artoelan, S. D., Walter Spetlman overly made good. He returned to Omaha laat week. The village fana burn tha cloud whan prataing Hp U man. ( The Chela Lycka arj especially analoua to book a (aw out of town gamee. Call Ed ward Harral at Walnut 1173 or addreaa him at 1421 No.th Porty-flrat. Howard Wahl, put hla amellar on tha blink when he blorked a baaa runner, at tempting to acore laat Sunday. Howard waa catching for Denlaon, la. Tha 'Council Bluff Imperial were figur ing on playing at Shenandoah, la., today, but they got their wlrea oroaaed and tha Smith hooked the game. Jamea Mi lota, one of tha directors of the Omaha Amateur Beae Ball association, la In Chicago apendlng hla tlraa and dough taking In the Windy City. Mongereon and Haneon ara marching towarda the front aa pill plasterers. The former belted four and tha latter three for tha Ramblem laat Sunday. Monroe and Stavnlakl ara leading the J, O Crewa with the atlck. These fellow are feared by opponents when they moaey towarda tha pickle 'em place. Peta Petarhon, At Wllaon and Beber are tha chief fteldera for tha Modern Woodmen team. Laat Sunday Beber nailed five bite. Pi'teraon three and Wllaon four. Bud Lawler of the Hoi lye fielded Hhe a fiend down at Plattsmouth laat tundar. Considerable credit la duo Lawler faff lk victory reglatered by tha Holly. . In Ouennee, tha hot corner aeTotit tha Council Bluff a Imperials have some hlt amlth. He cracked three on tha eeoea laat Sunday and also stole thraa bases. Donahue worktd on tha mound for tha McCarthy Sunny brook during their cham pionship row with tha Noura Oil. Ha vhtffed five, walked on and allowed st hlta. Up at Hooper, tha Corr Electric reported that they were accorded tha beat of treat ment and they heartily recommend thtt town to all tha teams aeoklng aat of tawm combat. . i Lee II Plckatt, tha old timer who e4 t p!ck 'em up at corner two for tba Banger and who waa lately associated with tha smll Hanaen. haa quit tba horsohtd araaj " thla aeaaon. - Well, the Rambler rambled away laat week on ohoo-choo to be entertained at dif ferent country towna for a coupl of weeks. It-ey have the championship at th National hagua nailed to the cross. For the ft rat time In hla Ufa Karrf Wright, local athlete of repute, saw a big league game. Ha saw that slitoen-lnnlnc contest between Brooklyn and Chlcaugo, which ended with tha score knotted. 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