'THE JiEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY. JANUARY 20, 1922.
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' By RAY PEARSON.
Hudson, .Wis., Jan. 28, (Special)
In i Little of l'round in which
cleverness wit
the outstanding
feature, Jack
Johnson outscor
cd Peter Jackson
and won the
lopular decision,
These great col-
ored heavy
weights might
have traveled for
50 rounds as well
as 10, so well
versed are they
in the interrelat
ed tactics of this
fighting busi
ness, but John
son won because
Wi
' JACK JOHNSON.
iTaWCJia J-alo,J
he ruled superior in cleverness and
outsmarted ins opponent
There never was a moment of the
time they were in action that a
knockout seemed likely, and the final
clang of the gong found bith smil
ing and fit to battle along in-
ueiinneiy. ,
-Neither Shows Punch.
It was a fight in which the punch
was conspicuous by its absence.
Neither man gave evidence of pos
sessing the wallop to end the
contest with a single wallop, in fact
neither landed hard enough during
the 10 rounds they were in the r'ng'
to cause the other the least distress.
It was a battle in which two clever
men not the cleverest in the world,
but still worthy of being rated clever
were on display and gave an ex
hibition of clever performing seldom
seen in any ring. . - j '
Heavyweights, who punch do; not
mn:il!v travel fast. but'Johnso&ard.
Jackson demonstrated "'that fighters-f
who don t punch can move at a
dizzy pace. It was the pace at which
'they traveled, the speedy footwork,
the fast hitting and the clever defen
sive work that made this congest a
v thriller for the fans. It was not a
fight, as we know that term. It
was a boxing contest, with all, the
thrills thrown in and it satisfied the :
spectators. '
Johnson Best Boxer. .
Peter Jackson, the man who stood
' oft James J. Corbctt for 61 round
in a struggle which resulted m a
draw decision, is a great boxer, but
in Johnson he met a greater boxer.
At that the margin by which Johnson
earned the verdict was small. Some
trMolit- tiav been eenerotts
enough to call it a draw bout, but ttv;
business of being generous doesnt
' belong in pugilism, and Johnsons
margin on points was sufficient to
earn him the verdict.
The fistic school which made box
er who battled with the light gloves
wciehinflr little . more than three
"tunces was represented by Jackson;
the school which turned out a glove
wielder more versed in the science of
the game was represented by John
son. It therefore was a victory for
a modern mode of milling, as well-ad
a triumph for Jack Johnson.
Fast Start by Jack. tf .
The left jab and the right cross
the one two did not dazzle Jackson,
but it was a point getter for John
nn Fnr the ereater cart of -.the
opening round Johnson found it easy
to connect with Peter's head With
his punches. But Jackson found
that Jack had no sting in his blows
and profited in that session by de
vising a way to escape the attacking
force of the opposition. He found
a way in the second round by tak
ing the lead away from Johnson
and taking a hand in the attacking
business. After that Johnson's at
tack was far less effective and Jack
son actually earned the honors in
the second session.
The third round found Jackson
cleverly speeding, but he found
Johnsort moving faster and the ses
sion was an even one. ; ...y,;-
Spurt By Jackson. '"'
' The next four rounds'fsaw John
son outboxing Peter by a small
margin, but neither was damaged.
Then, in the eighth and ninth, Jack
son spurted again and "in these ses
sions, by punching Jack in the body
and shooting snappy right handers
to Jdhnson's head, he gained the
shade. The tenth and final round
was a hummer. They stood toe , to
toe in the center of the ring arrd
punched, blocked and "ducked, while
the crowd yelled wildly unil the
gong ended the round; . which was
won by Johnson. '
Here's Schedule
of Grand Circuit
The Grand Circuit harness racing
season of 1922 will be almost, a rep
lica of the 1921 schedule, according
to the dates adopted by the stewards.
Here is the layout for the trotters
and pacers for the season:
Wek of July J North Randal!. Clera
Und. , , ,
July 10 Tfcledo.
July 17 Kalamazoo. t '-...
1 July 14 Columtraa.
Jaly Jl Toledo. !
Anmut T North Randan. Ctev!and.
August 14 Belmont. Philadelphia.
Aucuat SI Pouahkeapela,
AuriMt 21 Readvllle, Boat on. .
September 4 Hartford.
September 1 1 ftyraruse.
September IS and 15 Columns.
October S and Lexington, Ky.
October IS Atlanta.
Date News and Gossip of Interest
Omaha Bee
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nd Willi-,
And dull rluuda hover low.
Tt.rra'i a rail of the oprn appraltn'.
Thus only buntrra know.
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USINESS is business in the
every day life of a banker, but
when the open hunting season
New Lightweight
Tiger in the Ring and a Lamb
AroundWomen
' By FRANK G. MENKE.
(Copyright, 1121. 'by Kin Featurea
Syndicate,. Inc.)
Gene Tunney, the new light-heavy
weight champion, is a ring gltdiator
unique in the annals of .the sport. --
He s never had a ' sweetie: in an of
his "'23 years; 'be ' never Smokes, on
drinks any of the stun that might
offend Volstead's sense of propriety;
he never tells, nor will he listen to
risque stories; .he;-jaunts into .New
York or the other big towns only
when forced to do so by his ."warring
schedule; he' never deviates lrom a
rigid diet, spends all his odd hours fn
& farm and never, except on fight
nights is he up later than 9:M:
Turrney is a clean-cut, manly look-
ing,:handsome'youngstcr,'d trifle be
yond 6 feet in height and bulking
around 175 a true matinee idol type.
Women admire him but most of
them from a distance., For the sex
.vhich is quite a bit deadlier than the
male, has certain terrors ,. for the
oungster, who is being pointed tor
ack Dempfeey's xrown... ,
,', Greenwich Village Product
HeAavoids' women :' whenever he
can. but sometimes ne is torced in
to contact with them. Whenever
that happens, he checks the impulse
to race along to some sylvan dell
nd hide away, because his rule book
cn etiquette tells him it isn't being
done 'in these days ot gallantry ana
such.-' : . ' .
But Tunney knows no comfortable
jiiQirients' in the presence of woman
kind even its most beautiful dele
gates.'. He, fumbles his hatshifts his
feet, twirls his fingers nervously, re
Champ Leonard Gets
Set to Give Kansas r
- Another Mitt Lesson
New York, Jan. 2& Benny ..Leon
ard has signed a contract for a bout
in Madison Square
Garden. The light
weight champion
agreed ;to defend his
title against Rocky
Kansas of Buffalo, in
the historic arena on
February 1Q.
This -.wilL be the
second - meeting be-
tween .. Leonard and
Kansas. They boxed
in New Jersey last
summer, the cham
pion winning ' hand
ily., In .that .bout
Benay Lo hat d, Leonard hammered
Kansas hard most of
the way, but ahe upstate boxer was
too rugged to' fall -before -the cham
pion's punch.
. , A rough, strong fellow,-Kansas has
come: along" j rapidly since ' that time
and, now-is confident of taking the
title from Leonard. Howevc, that
Benny will be fit for. that engage
ment goes without .'staying',., so ..the
clash will be a hummer .-. ' - ;
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Omaha Y.pCMan
Disputes School Claim
C. J. Shaw,-director- of -theY, M.
C A. schools in Omaha, called attend
lion to' the siW'of the .adult,. night
schools' now conducted byjfthe. ass'ir
ciation in Omaha with 1,400 students
last year, all" pi them men between 15
and 70.
He mentioned this in; idispute of
the claim of 'i North '' Platte, Neb.,
which has a school of more than
1,100 and claims this is the largest
adult night school in the United
States.
"Some of the Y. M. C A. night
schools have an enrollment as large
as 5,000," he said. "Here in Omaha
we offer 30 courses and are in a po
sition to offer 225 more through our
extension service.'
Sport Album-John W. Gamble
JohnllGambl
: v in h a:
H 'Smwmmmj f
is on John W. Gamble is one of
Omaha's prominent men in financial
circles who heeds the call of gun
and dog.
"Work well; play well," is the
terse and conscientious slogan that
Wr. Gamble considers an incentive to
Champion is a
Is Vamp' Proof
marks, ."yes, mam" and "no mam,"
snd beads of prcspiration break out
on his forchetad and his eyes search
for the nearest exit. Tunney is one
of those boys who never has grown
up, as regards his school-day panic in
the. presence of woman, oh,, beautifui
woman.
Knocked 'Em Cuckoo.
The Greenwich village section of
New York produced Tunney. His
father was a foreman of some sort
ulong the wharves of the "mighty
city. He began showing ability as
an amateur. .
Along in 1917 a fistic enthusiast in
the village tipped off Frank (Doc)
Hagley, the? demon imprcssario of
Jersey, that-there was quite a fighter
running loose in the district of Nev?
Yotjc which is fabled in song and
story. Bagley hunted Up Tunney to
see if what he "had heard about him
was true. . :. .
, 30 Kayoes His Speed,
"And it was," relates Bagley. "Genei
was only a welter at the time, but it
didn't take me long to decide that he
would make good as a professional.
So I grabbed him, ended his amateur
days and sent him. out after some
pros. He bumped a goodly number
of boys into sleep and then along
came , the war, which called Gene
into service as one of the Marines.
"When the war ended and Gene
came back, as a light-heavyweight
he resumed where he had left off,
only with renewed Vigor. He knock
ed out a dozen men in a row. Hs
entire, career,:.' embracing about '34
fights, includes 30 knockouts.
. Kearney Teachers Win.?
Kearney, Neb., Jan. 28. (Special
Telegram.) i The.i Kearney. Stale
Teachers! college defeated the Grand
Island college here last night in a
slow basket ball game by the score
of 45 to 11. .'
Benny Kauff an Outcast From
Baseball '- Loses Suit Against
SNew York Nationals and Landis
' ..New. York, Jan. 28. Benny Kauff
has in all probability passed beyond
the pale of organized baseball 'for
ever. Justice Whitaker in the supreme
court here several days ago denied
Benny's application for a permanent
injunction to restrain the Giants and
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis,
high commissioner of. baseball, from
continuing his suspension -
Justice Whitaker pointed out that
Kauff's contract with the Giants ex
pired last Octoberl'This means that
he now has no contract and there
is, therefore, no basis for the relief
he seeks. '. f v '. :. -.': .'.. f
. Kauff's troubles ' began '- when he
'was charged with the sale 6fj stolen
automobiles a year , ago. " This case
came, to trial 'last summerand the
ball player was acquiftedi
He at .once .sought -.reinstatement
from Judge Landis. When" Lis application-was
denied, he filed the suit
in' which a decision waj handed down
recently. ' ' - '
.'It -was in 1914-1915, in the days
o. the Federal . league, ' that . Benny
Kauff first flashed spectacularly
across the margin Of the game. With
Indianapolis and Brooklyn of the ill
fated outlaw major circuit, he ." at
tracted widespread attention bys.his
batting and base running feats.
Babe Ruth as a pitcher then and
Tyrus Raympnd Cobb, Joe Jackson
and Tris Speaker were the batting
kings. Kauf' was thought to threat
en the supremacy of this trio.
He tried to jump to the Giants
whjle still a member of the Brook
lyn Feds. 'When the outlaws finally
gave up he was purchased from Har-J
jucce.s in Ins life. And "ply weir
lit does, for in the fall of the ca;
he takes to the huiitiiic grounds on
ins ranch in western Nebraska like
Crapejulee Bryan to a chautauijn-i
platform.
To tee the banker bunched low in
a atu An a t'tiilttf timru ivilh artil
lery'in hand and garbed in ck,he,
that "bespeaks him a hunter bold-'
cne would take him for a son of the
wild west On his fall trips to the
nncli for wild ducks and chickens,
lie is just John Gamble, hunter.
Why, one day at dusk, the bankc
and hunter perforated more than i
dozen ducks with buck shot, and he
has photographic proof of the epi-
i- ui i . . i . i .
IOQC V lien Hunting lllll til? aum
to other outdoor activities. Mr. Ganv
Lie saddles hi favorite pony and
does a little "busting" over the hills
for strenuous exercise. Maybe think
that city feller doesn't kick a wicked
spurl Killing through that sand
country, he creates suspicions of
prairie fire among the ranchers.
Mr. Gamble is also a sportsman
in other games. While in Omaha
he packs a mean side stroke or can
tread water in the Omaha Athletic
pool.' - Hand ball, tennis, golf, are
all in his line of physical prowess,
too.
Hutchison Holds
Three Golf Titles
Jock Is ' Playing Best Golf
Since He Won British
Open Championship.
New York, Jan. 28. Jock Hutchi
son is now playing the best . golf
since his victory a.
the British , open
championship last
June. Jock recent
ly won the north
ern California
championship with
strokes to spare
He registered
total of 304 for th
72 holes, which
was just nine
strokes, better than
the second man got
around in.
By winning the (t"feisK.rygjy
title Jock has be- "'
come possessor of three champion
ship titles. He first won the Nortn
and South championship at Pine
hurst, and then went abroad and
won the British open at St. Andrews.
He then held three titles, as he ii
i he previous season had annexed the
P. G. A. championship. This year
Walter . Hagen robbed him of that
honor; so Jock had to win the north
ern California title to bring the
count tip to three again.
At the present moment Hutchison
and Hagen lead the field in regard
to championships. Hutchison has
three titles, while Hagen has a like
number.- Hagen lost two titles last
year, but picked up two to fill their
place. ' He was French champion,
west coast of Florida champion, and
Metropolitan titleholder. The French
title he let go by default, and' Bob
McDonald took trie Metropolitan
title away from him; Walter was in
dire straits for a while, but everyone
remembers how. he went out and
won the western tipen and then came
east and cleaned up. in .the Profes
sional Golfers' association champion
ship at Inwood, defeating Long Jim
Barnes in the final.. , -. .,
rjr F. Sinclair by the Niw York club.
His first year witb the Giants,
1916, was not ove- successful But
in 1917, when ,V'cGraw'4 men won
the pennant, JCauff was a big factor
in the team's success. Before he took
up baseball, Kauff worked, as a
breaker boy in the coal niines in
Ohio. He, learned the national game
on the dump's near the mines. ; -'
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Golfer Gives Recipe '
fi for Hole in One
' . i
' Golfers who have been favored in
the 'matter: of making 'holes in one
shot havet often been asked-by less
.fortunate ones, "How -do you do" it ?"
In' most cases the player gives credit
to. the goddess of chance.- But,
Tony Natala, - professional ' at . the
Landsdowne Country fluh, claims he
has' a recipe. He was playing in a
foursome recently at Philmont,andJ
they came to the tourth hole, some
think Hke 190 yards.; ,
"I've gof just the right club; for
a hole in one, Tony," said -one of
the players, laughing,- "make : your
shot with my dub." ' - -
"Sure I will," said Tony, hitting
the ball, which rolled right into the
cup.
"That's nothing at all, nothing, I
assure you," said Tony. "When
ever anybody offers to lend you a
strange club with which to play a
short hole take him up. The last
time somebody did that to me I made
a one at the ninth hole at Meripru"
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a JT "FT.
Cub Team Safe
. if Coast Clubs
Fight Majors
Right now William Wrigley, Jr, (a
"litting" very "pretty," relatjvt to
the' threaten,! '
"holt- of the Vi
rtue Coast leaeuc
from organised
l4icball on ar
caunt of the draft
problem. '
Being the prin
cipal owner of the
Chicago Nation if
league club anO
the sole owner ot
the Log Angeles
outfit in the Coat
league, lie ui
bound to be per
sona grata with
both sides in cj
of trouble, ami
WTU.IAM wmjaixr
" Up
coast teams for tha cream of ih.tr
uirnt it no breach occurs.
This may be due to foresight, or to
a amile from Mrs. Fate, who ceased
ti frown on the chicle magnate some
time ago.
Two-Man Team '
i
Wins Track Meet
Coaches Recall How Thorpe
and Tewanina Captured
Contest for Carlisle.
While the coaches and graduate
managers of the ""leading colleges
were in New
York fof the
National Col
legiate Athletic
association con
fab some of the
old timers be
came reminis
cent. The best
tale of the ses
sion referred to
Glenn Warner
and his famous
Indians.
Just before
the famous ath
letic expert left
Carlisle for Uni
JTX THORPE.
ITiUUDNIS Pbolo.1
versity of Pitts
burgh he booked
a dual track
meet with Lafayette. When the dav
or tne ciasn arrived the Lafayette
manager hurried to a train to meet
the Indian squad. All he found was
Warner. accompanied - bv Tim
Thorpe and Tewanina, his two lead
ing pertormers.
An inquiry concerning the where
abouts of the other redskin entries
produced the amazing reply from
Warner that they had been left back
at Carlisle. Later in the day Lafay
ette fans realized that Thorpe and
his mate were as complete a team as
any college could hope for.
W'hile Tewanina was landing first
place in all the long distance running
events Thorpe was making a clean
sweep of the sprints and the field
numbers.
This recalls the feat of Sherman
Landers, later University of Penn
sylvania track captain, and Frank
Loomis, later world's hurdle cham
pion and Olympic winner, who, as
the two-man team, representing
Oregon (111.) High school, won
from a field of national class in the
annual Stagg's interscholastic track
meet at Chicago six years ago.
English Not Eager
for Polo Match With
American Team Soon
' New York, Jan. 28. Unless John
Bull listens to -reason there will be
an international, polo match only
every five year's. According to an
announcement made at the annual
meeting of the National Polo as
sociation, England intends to
gradually build up its polo strength
with tournaments with India and
possibly Argentina before tackling
another American four. ...
Un.der; the plan advanced by the
BritonS, the tournament for the in
ternational cup would alternate be
tween the two countries every five
ears. This arrangement fails to
'bring any cheers from this side of
the Atlantic.
After winning the cup last yeai
in England the defending association
is anxious for spirited competition.
Polo officials here will communicate
with the Hurlingham club and en
deavor to convince the English
poloists that international tourna
ments, should be held- more often if
existing interest is to be held in
the sport.
Cash Prizes for Pro
Tourney Increased
; Newt York, Jan. 28. When repre
sentatives -of the Professional Golf
ers association gather at the Oak
monf; Country club next season for
their championship tournament for
the Wan.amaker prizes, they will
have a chance to compete for more
money than at any previous occasion
since this eent . has been in the
schedule. The denor has increased
the money $800, making a total of
$3,380, in addition to , the diamond
medal, silver challenge cup, golf,
silver and bronze medals.
New Outfielder of Reds
Is Son of a Famous Dad
They're always ready to come
through with some kind of a story
on new major leaguers. Now they are
out with one about George Harper,
who is expected to be a regular in
the Cincinnati outfield next season.
Harper, according to Bill Phelon, is
a son of Jake Harper, a famous con
federate soldier, who was seven feet
tall and figured as a character in
Irvin Cobb's "Jude Priest" stories, j
Baaawaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Twins Star Basket Flippers
V..:. j'.- ,vf'; I '-,',. j
Laft to right: Harry
PlaWmeoth, Neb., Jon. 18. (Special.)
Twa of tha Important cara In the Flatli-
moalh hlsh achool basket ball team ar
Ilia Dwy-rr tnrlaa, Howard and llarrr.
Howard la captain and pln.T ctnUr, and
Hurry playn avard. Th br am both
arnlora and flnlth Hah arhor with a
splendid record both In athlr-tlea and
M-hnlanthln. . Howard haa won his tetter
I. . knit 1... . W 1 1 ., katl
,1, 1 . uail, wu,. Will HIU UBM in.1.
ond la Drcaldent of the huh aahool t4Cr
club, and Harry won his letter In basket
ball and bane ball, and waft kept from
vrfnnlna; his letter in foot ball only by In
juries roeeirea- on tne cnuiron. Korn
noya have maintained nn average trade
Large Number of
Foals Registered This Year
Those interested in the thorough
bred will be pleased to learn there
is a marked increase in the number
of thoroughbreds foals registered
this year with the Jockey club over
last season.
In comparison with the high wa
ter mark of 4,400 when racing was
at the crest of Us popularity in this
country in 1906, the 2,117 of this
year reported by Registrar Herkert
of the Jockey club shows a marked
depreciation. When measured with
the" 1,737 of 1913, or the 1,823 of
1919, however, it . is proof that the
pendulum is swinging bac,k and the
interest in blood stock production
on the increase.
One of the healthiest signs of the
times for the lovers of the thorough
bred is the demand by small breed
ers in various parts of the country
for clean bred stallions and mares.
The farmers of the Genesee valley
have found the possession of a well
bred mare an asset. Such dairis do
their share of the farm work and
their foals command a higher figure
than those from cold-blooded fam
ilies. ', Fine Specimens Imported.
Another felicitous happening for the
followers of the thoroughbred comes"
New Rules Govern
Swimming Meets
New York. Jan. 28. Many new
changes have been introduced in
competitive swimming by the
Amateur Athletic union. At the
suggestion of Norman Ross, the
Olympic champion, and members of
the Western association, Sir. Rubien,
president of the Metropolitan as
sociation, has announced the new
rules that will govern swimming in
the future.
The most important of these is
the change made in the starting of
the athletes off their marks. In the
past it was customary as in a track
meet to send the swimmers away
after saying: "Get on your mark;
get set;" then the gun. In the fu
ture it will be "get set," then the
gun..
Polo Cup Not at Stake
for Matches of 1922
The international polo cup, coveted
trophy of the mounted classics of
former "years, will not be at stake
in 1922.
The English Polo, association is
seeking to have the interval between
matches for the famous Westchest
er cup increased to five years, with
a stipulation that play should be
alternately in England and the
United States
Way to Athlete's Arm Is
Via Stomach.; Cuhs Opine
President William Veeck of the
Chicago National league baseball
team believes that the way to a ball
player's arm is through his stomach,
especially on the spring training trip.
Mr. Veeck has engaged a special chef
to accompany the Cub squad to
Catalina ' island, where' the men will
get good, wholesome food daily,
to Sport Fans
Dmjer, Howard . Dwyar.
i f over SO per cent In all tlirlr sturtle
Ihrouxhout their entlra hiah sehool course.
On the bosket ball floor this year they
are ably OMfoted by Frank OrmdovUle, for-
warrl! Cltaries Harttnrd, forward j Stew
art Chcee, forward: Harold MnlUs. ruard
Alfred Culvert, cuartl, and Harold Ken-
ner, auiard. This teaan is prartlcolly i
new team as nil of last year's team grad
uated last spring, and while they are a
llllle -lighter than I'lsttsnioiith's team
have been In the past-, they are4 rapidly
r.erklng into a fast, agg revive machine
under the tntelage of Coach B, C. Doohin,
They ere playing hard schedule and srill
enter tha. state tournament at lanwln in
Jliarcn. ... .
Thoroughbred
in the shape of numerous importa
tions of blood stock from England
and France during the coming year.
In no similar period in the history
of the turf in the United States has
there been so many fine specimens
of the blood horse brought to our
shores. Their presence must inevi
tably work to the improvement of.
the type in this country '-i-
There was a time when the im
portation of such horses at Negofol,
Prince Palatine, Archie and Brown
Prince, whose total : purchase price
is reputed to have been in the neigh
borhood of $500,000," would have cre
ated a sensation, but they have been
absorbed as though it were an or
dinary transaction for an American
fancier to pay upwards of a quar
ter of a million for a. thoroughbred
horse.
Big Stables Get Mares.
- Recent importations of mares in
clude Herencia by Roi Herode, Rose
Pom Pom by Rock Sand and "Orla
by Dark Ronald, which came over
for August Belmont, Joseph -Ei
Widener and Harry F. Sinclair, re
spectively;' Their influence, on the
thoroughbred families of the,, United
States must, be for good. ' -
All Harvard Coaches Now
Graduates of Crimson
. All men in charge ' of Harvard
sports but one, now are Crimspn
graduates. 'This situation is the re
sult of the recent appointment of Dr.
R. Heher Howe as general super
visor of rowing. : The only major
sport at Harvard not now so super
vised is baseball, the nine ! being'
coached by Jack Slattery,
"Pop" Geers Coming
Down Stretch in His
' Seventy-Second Year
Edward Franklin "Pop" Geers
celebrated his 71st birthday anni
versary Wednesday. The "Grand
Old Man cf the Harness Turf"
. was born three
miles from .Leb
anon, Tenn., in
1851 and will en
ter his 45th cam
paign cn the lead
ing tracks of the
country this sea
son. Geers began
training ';; colts
when he was a,
boy in school and
won his first race
with Little Dave
when 21 years
old. He opened
his first public training stable at
Nashville in 1875 and became
head trainer for the Ewell farm at
Spring Hill, Tenn., the same year.
He drove his first trotter in 2 JO
at Hartford September 19, 1877.
and won nis hrst urand central
race at Cleveland in 1881. His
first two-m'nute performer was
Napoleon Direct, at Columbus,
whom he drove in 1 :59fj-
It is estimated he has won con
siderably over $1,000,000 in his
long career and has added over a
hundred trotters and pacers to the
2:19 list.
Auction Bridge
Is Spoiled by
Biddmg"Hints"
A. It Metcalfe, Bridge Author,
ity, Telli Proper Way to
Bid Hand St) Game .
" Trains Faculties
By A. R. METCALFE.
AUCTION bridge is the fnir.t
game thst ever was drvned lot
Hie delight of mankind. It f
alo highly educational, giving th
bet of training to the faculties ot
memory, observation nd logical 0
tluction, besides developing th
imagination and teaching practical
psychology.
But the iconoclat is never idle,
r nd the poisonous ideas that now are
being urged would make the game
shunned by all telf-reipecting people
In Europe bidding convent ions arel
wholly condemned, including evr-j
the double of one, which the onL
one used by the writer. The varioil
bids of clubs and diamonds, inrming
everything conceivable except what
hey naturally would mean, Mould
fill a fat volume. Some of them arc
r unfair that it is remarkable that
any respectable player could hear
them without protest.
, Class With Porch Climbirg.
For instance, a bid of one dia
mond has been uscif to indicate that
the bidder held the ace of diamonds
and one other ace. Certainly a bid
der has no. right to inform his part
ner that he has any particular card
or cards. .A few years since a gen
tleman informed1 me that they were
using a new bid in his club, i. e., an
original two no trumps , indicated
that the bidder-held 100 aces, and
he asked me what I thought of it.
I told hint they should get 30
days and that a bid of - that ' sort
should be classed with porch climb
ing and second story , work. Inci
dentally, a bid of two.no trumps
from such t holding is a fool bid,
never to be made when the dealer
holds 'strength itt all four suits.
, " Here's a Discovery.
Some time players will learn thai
no better informationmay possibly
be given than to have the bids mean
precisely what they ; sound like.
When yoii add -to that the impor
tant fact that the partner' may al- -
ways support a natural ' bid, it
should be easy to lee that not only
will none' of the present unnatural
bids pay, but that ' ho phoney bid
can ever be devised which will
equal natural bidding. -
Manv books have been published
which claim to reduce bidding to a
fine art. Page after page of card
combinations giving exact values for
original bids, secondary bids, and
the - support . of ' partners are pub
lished. Unfortunately, these can b
of value only: when game is found
in which each of the four players
is ennal in nlv anrt all. hirls aliV .
under all circumstances. And that '
never happens. '
Consider Other Players.
The main consideration in biddins
is and will ever be the characteristics
of the other 'ptajreri at the table.
No trump bids re the greatest
game getters. The declarer has a
distinct advantage over his adver
saries, because his assets are visible
the moment the dummy is exposed.
while his opponents frequently fail
to find the best suit in their combined
hands until too late to save the game.
A player should, therefore, consider
hh .hand "from a no trump standpoint
first.
The minimum holdings for original
no trump bids are as follows:
Two aces and a guarded kine: an
established suit of clubs or diamonds
and a cacd of re-entry; a hand above
the average in high card ' strength,
with protection in three suits, r.
The first of these requires a.' little'
explanation; and covers, of course, a
no trump on two aces and a king it
is not necessary for the king to be in
a third suit. - Do not hesitate to bid
no' trump' from such a hand as this:
. 8psdes Ace, nine, tvt, '
Harts-Acii sting;, four detica. ;'
Cluba--Tn, tlx, three.
Disjnonls-5lht, five, four.
Game Nearly Certainty. '
Hand like the above are a delight,
and I have found that when the bid
of 'one no" trump is not opposed the
game is nearly always a certainty.
There, isbf course, a possibility that
the second player may hold an es
tablished suit of clubs or diamonds,
and not bid. In that case you lose,
but you are not expected to win al
ways.; -J.
The usual formula for the second
rule is an estaoiisnea suit ot ciuos or
diamonds, andanother ace. This no
trump bid, according to all authori
ties, would be proper from the fol
lowing: ' :
Spades Ace, seren, tw. v
' Hearts -SI, fr.ur.
"Clubs Jacfci five.
Diamonds Ace, Vint. Queen, '- nine,
seven, two. '
.This is a natural no tfump bid. to
which there is almost no risk. The
writer. goes a little further in chang- .
ing the outside ace to a card of re
entry, and would recommend the bid
ding of no trump on the above hand
with the king of spades instead of
the ace. Such a bid is, of course.
a gamble, but game when successful.-
'
This Is More Complicated.
The third rule seems a little harder
for ordinary plavers to understand.
An average hand would include one -ace,
one king, one queen, down to the
deuce, but since in figuring no trump
strength . only the honors need be
considered, a hand is above average
mength when it holds anything more
than one of each of the five honors
ffficiently protected by small cards.
Thus a hand of
rtpades Queen. Jack, five, thraa.
Hearts Acs, four, two.
Clubs Kins'. Jses. seven, six. .
, Diamonds Mrs. four.
would be slightly above the average,
and therefore worth a bid of one no
trump. The hand above would be
an exact average, if the ten of clubs
were substituted for the jack.
The above are general rules which
apply in almost all cases. When
there is great disparity jrr playing
strength between partner,' no ex
act rules are possible
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