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MWO CONTRACTS IN
BIG LEAGUES
I FJRJ9IO
f Flayers Signing Up Before Arrivri
o'. of 12-Month Documents Must
Affix Names To a Second
Document.
£ U the Meantime They AgTee, How
ever, To Accept All Rulings of
National Commission on Case.
V BY PAUL HALE BRUSKE.
Renewed light Is being cast this
winter on the relations betwreu cap
ital and labor in the baseball arena,
i capital being represented by the mag
nate*'of the game, exemplified always
; la the- over-hand y National Cominis
•ion, sthllo labor is, of course, played by
f the ftraplrlng athletes whom the pub
-5 He annually paya to aee cavorting
about the diamond, playing baseball
for hire >
At the recent meeting of the mag
natea it sterna to have been agreed
that twelVe-month contracts shall be
the rule !n the future, between clubs
and flayers. This Is generally taken
to tftean that the laboring athletes
shall receive that for which they give
the. perspiration of keen endeavor,
twice a' month each month of the year,
Instead of getting it in larger doses
during the months when the goods are
la process of delivery. The advan
? tages of the plan are obviously the
abolition of barnstorming and Its at
tendant evils, chief of which Is the
■OjafbtHty of injury whrh will impair
| the value of the man to his club dur
ing tke part of the year when he la
tolling tor his employer, not himself.
T* It has consequently been found
Iteceaaary to net the prlnterles going
and to grind out an entirely new form
•of amended contract. Copies of that
contract have not yet been received at
ihe offices of the baseball clubs. But
the Signing of players continues mer
rily th m9«t quarters. Particularly in
Detroit fe this the case, for here nearly
all of the team that won the American
[•’league championship is now under con-
tract.
The new contracts contain necea-
Mrily nothing nbout the 12-month j
clause and, at first blush, it would ap
pear that players signing them will
retain a portion of the year to their
own uses. Buch is not, however, nec
essarily the case.
The contracts that are now being
passed Around for signature contain
a little joker, not present in prior
tlotfpments. ’ln it the player agrees
to Accept in his relation* with the
club, all the ruiingh of the National
Commission.
Innocent as this little clause mar ap
pear Qii it* face, it Is pretty certain
that jbtw clause wili hind the player
to accept a ruling of the commission
which will declare valid for the 12
months all contracts made on other
stationery than that which expressly
provides for such a contingency.
"What will happen to those payers j
who sign before the new contracts
come round?" The question was asked
of the urbane Frank J. Navin. presi
dent and contract expert of the Detroit
cluh. •
“Oh! I suppose those players wl!l
merely sign the new contracts when
we get 'em." was the reply.
The attitude of the players on the
subject Is illustrated by the
•aigte D. Jones, of the Detroit club,
whf predicts that, in another year the
players will out In their winter,
shovelling the snow ofT the walks abut
ting on the property owned by the
magnates, and performing other slml
larly menial tasks.
Jge Heraer la *«*!■« to try to airfc
twiy Martin Slierltlnn’t all-round
ehafnplnnahlp during the summer, and
K*ej»« Fltspatrlck has consented to
train him for tha task.
lAtTIMOBE MAN ONE OF
THE CRACK ORAPPLER9
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f famooa nkrrnrr the
amr la kaawa. la a l»rr.
Baltimore nklrlalad la
>m nar rail of the land to
» ■ w rratlrr of (hr klcliral
■wrfraa" Ima taken Ihrm
and little. Me baa met llah*
k, to He defeated, and, aot
»eal «*a for a return mntrli.
a. II la doubtful If e«ra
ek la more trlekj or arlea
|ly Halllmore hrm i »yluhi
CUKE SICK HEADACfiI
fa»w» Must Bear
Fto-Sunile Signature
NEWS OF THE DAY, GATHERED FOR THE DETROIT TIMES
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HEART i l *> th < h;
to Sporting
HEART Editor. |
Some awful lemons have been un
loaded on olg ieugut bail clubs by
the deal.o-w *n ilr.ll who inabe their
I (iono if, " 111 u r orguuua
hk w%» Duns. but It wav
I o\i.» ntVK. I generally supposed
tbat the limit bad
been attained last ye*r wben the St.
l.oiiis Browns purchased fur quite a
long sum a pltcber who was a hope
-1« ss epileptic. The scout saw him one
day and bought him that nigoi. He
had territlc speed, good control, a
fine curve ball and excellent command.
Outside of the fact that he was likely
to throw a lit any minute, he was all
right. As fortum would have it. the
pitcher went through the entire spring
training seasoix without falling victim
to his malady, and ws« already on .»
pinnacle where .Mound City writers
were hailing him as the find of ths
season when —but why elaborate? Ths
poor '-unfortunate weut back whetn o
he came and will doubtless remain
there.
But a certain eastern club of the
American league, the name of which
1 am not at Überi) to divulge, has
actually gone ttte luckless Browns
one better In giving up the sum of
$3,500 for a man tar more radically
incapable of performing the duties of
a big-league ball pluyer than was the
poor St. l<ouia epileptic. It’s not a
long story and It can best be expound
ed chronologically.
A scoiif for this ilub was roaming
the wilds of the Ohio state league, or
words to that effect, last year, and
Leard talcs of a marvelous outfielder.
He went to see the man play. He
looked up to evny one of the sped-
Orations. If eve** there seemed to be
reason to herald the discovery of that
second Cobb for which all scouts are
looking, this man seemed to fill the
hill. Making no inquiries regarding
the man's personality, the scout looked
up the owner of the club and asked
him to put a price on his player.
“Thirty five hundred, and not a cent
less.’* was the reply. The scon:
handed over a check and the deal was
made.
During the winter the manager cf
the club settled down to Investigate
the new materia) which had been ac
quired while he was in the heat or
the season’s fight. He wrote to a
friend in Ohio for "dope" on this par
ticular possession.
"Your new man la all right." came
the reply, "only he’s crazy. He* not
allowed cut of .sight of his keeper
cither on or ofT the field and he’s win
tering at his old heme In the state
esvlum for the criminally insane. If
you want Mm to sign a contract, you’ll
have to get the consent of his guar
dian and give bond that he won t
break loose and knife up a hotei full
of ball rlayers and other lnrtocent
folks. They let him play on the asy- i
ium team a couple of seasons ago and
le was such a wonder that the man-;
jager of the. league club there got per
mission to use him In his home games.
lut his keeper went right with him
snd everv night they put him h»f !t
again, behind ;he bars of the bug
house.” .
And all this is a solemn truth wr.leh
is pretty sure to liecome common prop
erty, provided the c lub tries to get 1
jpart of Its 53.500 bsck by unloading
'the leader of th-t I.unatlc league on
some Class A organization.
Interesting fact:—When It comes to
quantitative battling there is no boxer
In the world who can come near the
4nn-odd fights In which Abe Attell has
taken nart. And Abe is now but 25
years old.
One little reform which bugs in gen
eral would appreciate in leagues in
which the double-umpiring system is
in force. Is one that would keep the
field urap outside the diamond.
Two months after Wahoo Sam
Crawford found automobile manufac
turlng and family social engagements
Incompatible and retired to a quiet ■
winter, a Chicago paper asserts that I
Sam is toiling in a factory because he
believed his playing days are nearing
an end. Can you beat It?
With Detroit down for a visit of his
personally conducted tour, this columD
has. after mature deliberation and re
search, determined to spell it "Zbysz
ko" _
Andy Welch Coming.
A New York dispatch states that
Andy W *lcb ha* befcu authorized by a
number of New v orkers to apply fer
dates for a meeting of the grand cir
cuit in the Metropolis. 1910. "Andy "
will of course be present at the stew
ard’s meeting Jan. 1..
A 5.500-ton cargo of pebble phos
phate recently was shipped from Flor
ida to Japan.
MOST WONDERFUL DEVICE IN THE TROTTING
WORLD ARE THE DETESTED HOBBLES
Hr “M %H4»I r.**
lioait ihMn as we do and flight
agatrixi them us hard as at may, the
h< l.ldea are neverthelesa the mo*t won
derful ilevli «> that wu* ever Drought
Into the hoi M DUSlnesa—the most il<**
testable, you and I may say. toil Just
the same we must denominate art) -
thing wonderful that <an transform a
plow hoy into u trainer In u single **-a
son. Then, too, hobbles are a truh
wonderful ih .ii*' front a purely rue
iiiunhal standpoint The use of hob
blee eliminates t lie lie. •ssit> of pOS
) eesslriK knowledge of balancing and
Huglng. and furthermore ghe fa« t that
I hohhled itoi sen are less {n on* to
enables almost any enrigetlc young
man to become a trainer, regardless or
1 previous experience.
| It is nty ohser.atlnn that* hohhled
I horses are not so likely to becgfue tame
las lliok* who pa< e free-tfgaed. This
doubtless ri suits front the fact that the
! straps preterit them from straining
| tli*-rns**l\es when striding theh legs
| bidna braced hy contact with the
straps Then. too. hoidded horses, us
In ruhr. do not go as high as do the
| strapless sort, consequently there l«
less |ar and strain occasioned to ten
-1 dona arid llgamcnta.
I It Is very often remarked nf horses
| that wear their straps loosely, that it
IS a shame that the straps were aver
| iist-d wi them, sos it can he plainly scan
that Ibex do trot really need them. etc.,
etc Hut you can put It down In your
; little hook that such pacars do n* ed
j the straps, and the chances arc that
I they would never lists amounted to
1 very much without them- Th* Kel.
belongs 111 the class referred to
land vary often 1 lata heard It re
ZIP! BING! Z-Z-WISHI BANG! 60 MILES AN 3
HOUR ON A DARTING. H ALF • F LYING ICE • BOAT
By TIP WRIGHT.
gver rt*le mi a racing loe-varlit
• Yes'* Then you know what It l*-
No'* Tier, you lavt .-something coming
a sensation which can be llsened to
{ nothing else In the wide, wide world.
1 >on don't know what traveling 1“
I until you fly over the glassy surface
of river or lake in u piping blow, with
the cordage humming like a gigantic
Aeolian harp. the tough limber**
creaking aud groaning like a ship in
distress, the well-ground shoe* grip ,
ping the shining Ice and throwing off
puffs of powdered he as the crat’
answers the slightest movement if
the tiller, like a thing of life.
, On a dry cold day, when the Ice
cracks and rings and reverberates In
the cold, like metal striking against
metal, with a 50-mile breese (which
one get* only occaMioually, by the
way), and a stoutly built craft. I
know of nothing so exhilarating as
an hour on an ice-yacht.
You may have your high priced. |
high powered racing automobiles,
your 80-miles an hour express tralu.
your aeroplanes and dirigibles, but
give nie the lean, slender, skeleton
racer and I'll not wish for greater j
pleasure.
Zeppelin, the Wrights, Strang
none of them feel the thrill that Is
the man’s who, lying flat In the low
cockpit, one hand upon the sensitive
tiller, feels the swoop of the run
away thing he has loosed as It darts
• away In this direction and that, at
his slightest touch. You get that
! choky feeling, as If you were trying
to swallow the left ventricle of your
heart, when you climb out upon the
windward runner of a racing ma
chine, slipping away Into the wind
at t>o miles an hour.
You stand there, clinging to the
singing steel stay as it hums and
i vibrates, the wind lilting into your
marrow despite heavy -clothing.
I Then, without warning, perhaps ,is
•an eitra heavy wind puff strikes the
.peak, you And yourself going up. up. |
until, a* you take a quick downward
glance, the Ice seems to be dropping
away and the stay you cling to leans
| away forward.
You know you are going to get a
spill You the certain no craft can
1 skate along at such an angle and.
i;: left k lews Asa l
Wider. Returns (alder!
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By MARK ROTH.
K:om a first-class pitcher to a first
class catcher In the big league society
1 is the aim of Fred Mitchell, who was
i with the Toronto club of the Eastern
i league last season, and who will be
! with the New \or* Americans this
! year.
i Four years ago Mitchell secured his
retpase from the Brooklyn club, and
was picked up by Ed Barrows, who
was then the manager o[ the Toronto
club. Mitchell won favor with the
fans of that league by pitching good
ball, but when Joe Kelly headed the
club he came to the conclusion that
be needed a good man behind the hat
to handle the benders of bis pitchers,
it was soon discovered that Mitchell j
was some catcher, and now Mitchell'
is back In fast company, to stay for {
some time. Is his hope, and predicts
that he will be one of the Yankees'
regular backstops next season.
Eastern league ball players and
managers think the New Yorkers;
made a big hit in securing Mitchell, j
Hughey Duffy, who will manage the ■
White Sox next season, predicts a I
bright future for Mitchell. Duffv 1
says he is a good hitter, and that he
can throw the ball base stealers in
big league style.
Yank Kenny Loses Suit
Remember that wail from Yank
Kenny of the way Jack Johnson was
using him as a housekeeper rather
than a trainer and for which he de
manded 52.000 and resorted to the
courts to collect it? Well, the case
has been tried and Johnson won. Ken
ny didn’t get a nickel.
Kid Brother Comet Out.
Chitwood Jr., a brother to Hedge
vood Boy, 2:02 1-4. and Lady Maud
C.. 2:02 1-2 is expected to make goed
this year.
Trotter Tnat Works.
Paderewski, 2:04 1-4. will get part of
hi* winter training pulling his owner
( ver the roads of Illinois after cattle
and hogs.
To rritr a corn it oxe dst
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tab
lets. Druggists refund money If It falls
to cure. E \V GROVE'S signature la
on each box 2Sc.
marked- “What a pity It Is that h»
wests the straps: he doetn t need them
at all. Hut observe the famous • gra.v
ghost' closely, and you will be forced
to change your mind You will not.-
that he frequently shifts his legs, mak
ing a few revolutions during the pro
cess which would result In a break
but r of the feet that he goes Into Ms
straps momentarily thus saving hint
self. Also he turns hi* liesd towards
t» e p«>l*- In going Into a turn and It
\vo :hl he a difficult matter to square
him away ware it not fo> his nether
harness. ('ltalian. 2:•*t . the greatest
of ill hobbled pacing meres, made her
use of her straps than nnv pace- | < ve.
observed. >et without them sire was
lost s"<• was n perfectly gaited pace .
to >. and had a gieat lu nos sp« ad
without he- supnort but after
ftp. ad-nv a short dlstyn”* ntl\e V s<*
badly teat *h*» hsd *•» be taken bar if
to ulmoat a «l.tnd«tiH In ord» r to re
gain her stride It's me opinion that
rhe hobbles gr* nbsoloteiy responsible
for tiie su. cess of at least G•• per cent
of ttie papers wearing tliem. vcganlless
of who mljrht hnv* t alned I Item In
t itelr • «el y ,|J x s
I lutve gran soma of nut best train
*r> wrestle w|th pacers for week.r In
mill i to educate them to go without
the straps, and finally have to give up
In despair. Take Thespian. 2.
;n an instance. He |g one oft : “
best-bred pa< ers in tire land being hv
IHrect Hal. dam Anxll f’horns,
by iTi'mear second dam. }*intos.
dam •'* Peter the Oreat. 2:**7 .
but despite the efforts of such
trainers as Peter V. Johnston and
Mr. Herrs the strap* had to be
hung on him. Mr. Johnston gave bint
1 a two-yea’ old record of 3: ll ’g, but
THE DETPOrV TIMES:
* grand sport.
v / ' " r ,1m 1151 hour. Tl.e small
V v \\ / i v«|A 'Ax holes are not dangerous, for. rip-
V\ I !; i snorting along on the Invisible planet.
\ / i of the wind, the yncht Jt/rnps them
y I 111 MY ' v.Uh the ease of a living thing.
II . I !, Mill VI
maintain Its equilibrium, and just
about the time you are looking for
a soft piece of ice to light upon
and figure . how far you will scoot
when you land at 60 miles an hour.
, PAST THREE SCORE AM)
TEN. WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
. New York Three-Cushion Title Won
From Hoppe. Sr., by William
McKay. Aged 75.
| NEW YORK. Jan. I. —William Me
| Kay, who has arrived at the ripe ago
lof wvwiy-Ave years. captured first
honors in the Greater New York three
cushion oilllan! tournament at Doyle’s
1 academy when he defeated Frank
| Hoppe. Sr., by u score of 40 to 22.
This match was the deciding gam-'
for the championship cup. both play
j ers having won four and lost one iu
(the tournament, in the Huai contest
* the veteran amazed the large audience
t by his magnificent play. j
McKay received a purse of SIOO in j
i gold for his victory, and also the
privilege of retaining a magnificent
'silver cup which will be<*ome his per-,
’ manent property, if he defends It sue-|
i cess fully in two more matches. After!
I the finish McKay was the recipient of
! four challenges, and after Jack Doyle
had thrown the quartette of dells In
a hat he drew out James Blair’s
and McKay will play Biair the latter
part of this month. Captain Anson,
the famous baseball scout. Is on the
warpath for the cup. and a match
between the old pride of the diamond
and McKay will he arranged shortly.
tintlt Speech lost A. A.
Title To J. (olios' Team
Minneapolis critteg say that
the only reason Manager Col
lin* failed to land a pennant r or
Minneapolis last season was be
cause of his gentlemanly ball
playing. Had Collins displayed
the same brow beating tactics
other managers showed timid
umpirea, he wouldn't have been
handed the short end of so
many decisions.
The critics declare, however,
that they would rather have a
manager who was a gentlemau
on the ball field than have a
brow-beating leader land a flag
by umpire-baiting. Collins was
well-liked and the fans regret
his departure to manage at
Providence in the Eastern
league.
, found Mm unrellahi*. and rtnally.de*.
cltltd to give Mr. lircri h chance to
s--»- what ne could «t<» with the horse
Mr. (leers worked on Mrn last spring,
at Memphis, but without avail. I 4 inal
:ly he was i»nt north and turned
;«t\er to Harry Hoffman, who sp
illed t*>c straps and *erjr quirk
jtv the wtnllion gave evidence that the>
were what he had l»»en searching for
ail the while Tommy Morphy got him i
*»n (►• fall, and I believe worked hint j
i In + :vt or better at I-extngton.
Aside from the fact flint the slrans
will or able a trginer t<» make 0 fa«t
purer 'n half the tln'.e that would l»e j
M* r»mr > without t hem, toelr most
to nr-rtclal office Is found In the far*
ihai the straps enable ih»m to t»e i
pulled out quickly or taken bark sud
denly without causing them to break |
A great many p«< *t* teailv have nr* i
[desire tu leave their feet, lr it when;
they are suddenly caked to turn to th«
right ur left, their strld« la disturbed j
resulting in a break. Thla part of a
great percentage of our hot s *s‘ eJucu
; tion la neglected. the rverage trainer j
‘falling Into the habit of pe-milting hi* j
horses to lake all their work at th*-
* pole and falling to subject them to all
i the teats wh*ch they mn-! meet In ac-t
tual races. On. e horse* are mu* it to
work at the pole, ihey are disinclined
to work kindly on »ti; other pari of
the /rack, trad when ra< Ins. tiiia sea-l
lure constitute* a henv' handicap
Horace so gdneated Invariably drive on |
.one line tv hen racing away from the
pole and constantly "horn In” In orde
ito reach their actual anted position.
Thla fault ia prevalent among half- I
i mile trackers, and I have **. p man* a !
: successful graduate from ihe two-lap
i rings prove failures when taken to the,
JANUARY iqio.
the fleud back there at the steering
<ear gives the tiller a slight touch
i and vou return to an upright posi
! tlon as the steel takes the tee
again.
Sporting Notes
lliNuraota, ( ••* aad Ohio Stair are
the oi l} sure garm-a for the MUhlgun
j football team next Ncaion. Marquette
has been dropped. Notre I'ame Is only
possible, while Penn ami Syracuse are
| probable
Detroit < urllua rluh rlaka »«rpl the
! Ice with Toledo's best on Saturday,
making a clean record In three
matches.
Jay Klrkr. colt oeeoad-oaeker. Is Ike
’ latest Tiger to sign up. lie is winter*
I inn at his home In the t'atskilts. down
on the map as Flelschmann's
I The Hlrkl«ss State Fair la a possible
sppM ant for ••rand Ciicuit date* at
the meeting of the stewards which
.takes pla< e here tomorrow.
l.ook. of the Horrowghs. aod Fltsger
ald. of the Franklins, mixed matter*
aggieaslvely during (he game of Hatur
day evening, varying basketball with
'.fisticuff*. The Burroughs won In the
i former competition, 3.1 t.» 10
—f—
Mas Droaaiuna who has lost hut oae
game In th<» city bowling champion
ship tournament lias a long lead and
' iooks a w inner, barring accidents.
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Urssd Hnplda will have aa auto show
In February.
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Rnruey Oldfield garuered a buu.h of
worlds records yesterday, traveling
five miles on the Los Angeles tra* k
In 4:24, and setting intermediate marks
from two miles up
Aa automobile will, as asual, he the
first priie in the big skat tournament
to take place here next June
| lade pea dent maa ufacl are ra aee la
I the tactics of the Licensed association
j a campaign tending to make trouble
| for the newer fgetory Interests
■i , o . . ■
The Regjlhr Winners.
Geer*. Murphv, Cox. Snow and
Shank w?re the only driver* to win
money at every fcrard circuit meeting
:ast year.
' The aewsboys, la their weekly meeting,
Saaday sveslag, »■ the X. M. €. t.
hall, were taken through Europe b>
C Leldlch. the well-known Detroit
traveler, the trip being taken b>
means of stereoptlcon views and Mr.
Leldlch’s intereet Ing travei talk A*
a mark of respect to their late com
rade Harold Wilcox. who met his
death In an aeldent In K resge s store.
Friday, t’’ree members of Ihe N»*ws
i boys' association will attend the
funeral.
rerdlaaari \t. Marsehaer was re-eleeied
arealdeal of the 4 oaeordla Slagtaa
society. Sunday. He lias held the of
fice 22 years. Other officers chosen
were: vice-president. Otto Hohf. re
cording secretary, t’harles Kuma;
treasurer. Fred Toepel; financial sec
retary. Paul Neutwig, Next Sunday
1 night will be foolg’ night In Con
cordia hall.
mile tracks through that one cause,
on the half-mlh tracks, they had sos- >
detent sneed to take and retain the
pole, but when up against horses whose
speed was eoual to their own. they
found th<*lr old manner of racing Im
possible and were very quickly In
trouble Another great fault notice
able w* t h horsea that b> virtue of
having won largely on the half-mile ,
tracks, are sent to Ihe mile rings. Is
their tendency to slow down when lead
ing In the stretch. In their previous
experience they outclassed their fields. t
raced far In /mot and had sufficient
lead w *n the stretch was reached to
slow down and prtsa under the wire at ,
half .peed. The acquirement of this
habit proves their undoing, for very
frequently the horse who has h-tn
rated along In a trrlllng position will
pull out and sprint past them before
tht v «e» he made to pick up their fast
clip. \Vh«Jn their drive) gets them
going again. It's too late to catch th
♦lying leader. Another serious mistake
tost mini trainers make la working ,
their Itoi t* a from wire to wtre. t’ma
teaching ttie Ito sc to flow down when j
the mic '« Hnl* led. Horse* qul< k»‘
Icirn where the wire Is located, and |
nirfnv of them give notice of th<* fact .
h\ pricking their cars when they turn
Into the stretch and catch sight of the
Judges' stand. In order to offset the
tendency lo alow down nearing “home.'
Ihe high-class trainers Insist upon theli
I horses finishing out »helr miles at n
'Srlghei rate of speed than at any other
pult of th* route. Mr. (leers, for In
stance. invariably works his horses St
i r ii. speed well beyonrl the first eighth
level#. liorseS are largeTt ♦ feUfltrcs or
I h ihit snd th*lr lighlcs are largely !
cent.wiled by their trgtnera, this being;
Ice, with its treacherous surface.
Tough as whalebone arid a duck in
the water must be the hardy son of
adventure who rides the darting, side
, stepping, dancing w Inter craft.
BRUSH GAINS AWARD IN
‘ LITTLE GLIDDEN TOUR”
First Prise in Harrowing Minneapolis
Contest Taken by Detroit
Runabout.
NEW YORK. Jan. B.—Official* of
the Brush Runabout company, which
is exhibiting at the Palace Automobile
show, were elated today when a tele
gram fr< m Minneapolis announce 1
that tl j Anal award of the grand
prize in tne Minneapolis-Fargo auto
mobile reliability tour, held up for
more than four months by the techni
cal committee, had been made to the
sii>o Brush runabout driven bv i>. W.
Kemp, against twenty-four other cars
ranging in price as high as $5,000.
This tour wus known as ‘‘the little
Glldden." because the t>no m>le Journey
was made over rouds whose condition
rivaled, if they did not surpass, the
miserable trail which the Ollddenit***
were forced to follow. The contest
rules were more severe than any ever
imposed in *uch an event and all of
tlie cars competed on an even basis,
under sanction from the national gov
erning body.
The Brush easily won the class for
runabouts, receiving the Gregg trophy,
and in the open event finished with i
perfect road and technical score. Two
Pierce-Arrow s. a Packard and a Chal
mers-Detroit also obtained perfect
ioad and technical scores, but a pro
test by two of the higher priced ma
chines tied up the award until a thor
ough examination had been made of
every point of the surviving cars and
§ll the factors of gasoline and oil con
sumption, as well as weight carried,
had been considered.
The winning Brush was on an ab
solutely even basis on every point ex
cept speed, and the final award favor
ing the little Detroit car credits it
with having beaten the twenty-four
comneiitors at every angle of the
game.
Should Help the Breeders.
Anew law went into effect In the
state of Illinois Jan. 1, 1910. which
says that alt stallions in public stud
I must ha\e a certificate of soundness
from u licensed veterinary surgeon.
This can't help but have a good effect
cn the breeding industry.
Powers a Second Maher.
! Jockey V. Powers Is the Danny
I Maher, of the Jacksonville meeting,
riding two or more winners per after
-1 noon.
tree. it aland* to reason that hurt hah*
|r* riMult from bad ti.lining
uro very hint practice that ninny
1114in*ri« fall Into !• driving with their
kn«r*» tilted high ami their- arm* rest
litN Hr* r*'»n. Th» position I* restful to
tin* arm*, hut nl#\» hob with the
hors*** dr ll< ate innnth. The arm* lose
tltelr tealllency when supported hv the
l**K«, turd aa a oon*e<|uenee of the hard,
atlff hold thua put upon the rclna. the
horse’s mouth quickly becomes tough*
ened and lacking In aensltlveneas. It
tend* to make ti puller of any hors* no
driven, destroying a* It rloea tn* rlell*
«-ntc touch which the mouth naturally
tenulrea In onle- to keep It in normal
condition of flexibility.
If f had a tenderly reared son I
would vet;* much d'sllke seeing him
In the thhk of the Intnch *• tilling a
iinhbieti pace* around th» rhnri* first
turn of one n * t'*nw half mile tra<k*.
When the aulky hu'aa collided and thev
had m.v nride and hope penned In
agslnat the huh amid a cloud of dust
and he begging for them to let him
out. I fear ’hat father would east
about for an nrtlllerv piece with which
to protect the family Internet* Ami
when I would |>erf-hnnee have to wit
ness the aforementioned pride, etc, d#>
M. rlhina parabola* In the blue ether aa
the re- nit of n hobble accident. I aur*
mlae that It would be about time for
non and i to «»rd**r a car »nd return to
the ch.erlng •olltud* of the home
clrcl#. Horse Kevlew. n/
rhr.«irii» bry
S3* I»fTCHER'B
I CASTORIA
MORGAN TO BUILD
IMMENSE^TAOIUM
Structure Will Replace Madison*
Square Garden and Will Include
Automobile Speed Track.
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NEW YORK. Juii. 8. —The building
of a gigantic athletic field on the Hue
of the Hudson tunnels, tn the Hackeu
sack meadows. buck of Jersey City
I ituit north of Newark, is projected by
, owner* of Madison Square garden, nr
-1 cording to the rumors current among
' the exhibitors ut the Grand t’entrui
, palace automobile show.
Vast acreage remains undeveloped
on the meadows, it is proposed, ac
| cording to the story, to build sevetxl
automobile factories near where the
new amusement park will be bull:.
I The scheme culls for the erection of u
gnat concrete stadium open to the air,
the building of a dosed amphitheater
twice the capacity of the garden, and
the ls>iug out of a two-mile automo
, bile course.
. It Is proposed to hold the 1911 auto
mobile shows combined in the in
| closed building, and to have football
and baseball games of national inter
est in the stadium. The automobile
track 1* to be used not only for races
but aLo for the factories roundabout
to try out their cars. The new purl;
is to 1h» reached in quick time by a
special spur of the Hudson tunnels,
' now being pushed rapidly to coruplc
jtlon in thdr entirety in the city Itself.
Financial interests hack of the
'garden are said to be behind the new
| amusement park plan. J. P. Morgan.
1 whose great mergers of trust com
panies in the lust few days have start
led the world. Is snid to favor the
plan. He practically controls the
garden now, and interests with which
i he is affiliated closely long have con
: trolled the Hackensack meadows, liar-
Ivey Fisk & Sons, the hunkers who
j financed the Hudson tunnels, are close
ho Morgan, so If the amusement park
' plan is carried to completion there in
limitless financial bucking to make it
a success.
MEMSIC GOT~CARELESS.
Was Beating Wolgast Handily When
Nearly Fatal Error Was Made.
LOS ANGKLES. Cal.. Jan. 8 - Grow
,lm: careless after he had the fight a»
I good as won was all that prevented
i George Memsic from defeating Ad
| Wclgnst In their ten round fight her.*
i last night. The Chicago lad had thy
better of the Milwaukeean tip to the
, ninth round when he dropped hl»
guard and Wolgast sent in a few
lightning hooks, staggering Memsir
j and having him groggy at the Unis 1
|of the round. Wolgasr followed till -
1 advantage vlelouslj in the tenth, but
! could not score a knockout.
If Jeff Would Only Do S3 Tool
Jack Johnson is reported to hay*
reached tiie sensible conclusion *n*»
he has overplayed himself as an ante*
j post curiosity and Is promising to *•*
i quester himself pending the revival m
Interest in him. Although he will l» •
m.iking a virtue of a necessity, we
* shall think none the less of htm for
It Now if Jeffries would do lii.y
wise- but no such luck.
A Eojy Bee.
Silver liee, 2:lo 4 picked up s;i,**‘**>
In purse monev over the half mil *
tracks last year a»»*l In 17 races wu«
behind the money only once.
11. 1 f*. nnoitiil <<>»>lultl lit the Motel
Ste. I'tafre
Original Dollar
hat Man
D. L. Hempsted Removes to
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D. L. HEMPSTED.
D. L. Hempsted, formerly at 173
Orlswoldst., has removed to more
spacious quarters at 212 Orlawold-st.,
only a short block from his form«r
| location, because he could not take
(are of Ills rapidlv Inc reaving trade In
the smaller store where he founded
the first dollar hat store In the conn
'try. Mr. Hempsted has more than
louhled his atoci. and is now prepared
to tnre for his customers and friends
i better than ever Letore.
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