The Sunday Oregonian., January 05, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 5, Image 37

THE t TJXDATT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 5, 1908.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
1S1N GREAT SHAPE
Weak Teams Strengthened
and Close Race Assured
for Next Season.
YANKEES ,LOOK STRONG
Griffith Big Deal Gives the Hill
top Men a Splendid Chance to
Win, How the Various
Teams Will Line Up.
All the teams of the American League
now have an idea of the line-ups they
will use when the next baseball season
opens. Bach of the managers in Ban
Johnson's league has been busiy patching
up the spots that proved weak during
1907, says the New York American, and
the faithful baseball dopist can now com
pare the teams on the following line-ups.
which seem to be the present choices of
the various clubs:
Detroit Rossman, lb; Schaefer, 2b;
O'Leary. ss: Coughlin. 3b: Bowns, utility
lnflelder; Cobb,, rf ; Crawford, cf: Mclntyy.
If- Jones, utility outfielders; Schmidt, Payne,
and Thomas, c; Donovan, Mullin, Klllian.
Siever. Wlllett and Summers, p.
Philadelphia H. Davis, lb; Murphy. 2b:
Nichols, m; J. Collins. :th; E. Collins, utility J
lnflelder: Seybold. rf; Oldrlng. cf: Hartiel.
If Lord, utility outfielder; Schreckengont
and Powers, c: Bender. Dygert. Plank.
Coombs, Waddell and Vickers, p.
Chicago Donahue, lb; O. Davis. 2b:
Parent, ss; 1.. Tannehlll, Kb; Rone, utility
lnflelder; Hahn, rf; Jones or Hickman, ct;
Dougherty. If; Anderson, utility outfielder;
Sullivan, Hart and Armbruster. c; White.
Altrovk. Walsh. Smith and Patterson, p.
Cleveland Stovall or Daubert. lb; IJjole.
Ib: Turner, ss: Bradley. 3b; Perring and J
Nil!, utility inftelders; Flick, rf; Birming
ham, cf: Hinchman or Josh Clarke, If;
I'av. utility outfielder; Clarke, Bemis and
Wakefield, c; Joss. Berger. Llebhardt. Thlel
man and Hess. p.
New Tork Chase, lb: Niles. 2b; Elberfeld.
as: Conroy. ah; Morlarty. utility mnelder;
Keeler. rf; Hemphill, cf; Stahl. If; Bell,
utllitv outfielder; Klelnow, Rickey and Blair,
e: Orth, Doyle. Hogg, Newton, Castleton,
Chesbro. Hughes and Neuer, p. i
St. Louis Brown. lb: Williams. Sb:
Wallace, ss; Ferris, 2b; Yaegar. utility ln
flelder; Hoffman, rf; C. Jolies, cf; stone. If;
Swttzer, utllitv outfielder: Spencer. Blue and
Stephens, c; Howell, Powell. Pelty. Dlneen
and Bailey, p.
Boston Unglaub. lb: Taporte. 2b; Wag
ner, ss; Lord. P.b; Knight, utility inflelder;
Gessler. rf: Sullivan, cf; Thoney, if: Cravath,
utility outfielder; Criger and P. Donahue, ci
Young. Winter. Newton. J. Tannehill and
Prultt. p.
Washington Freeman, lb: J. Delehanty,
Sb: McBrlde. ss; Altlzer. ,tb; A. Smith,
utility lnflelder: Clymer, rf; Pickering, cf;
Ganley. If: Milan, utility outfielder; Warner,
Kahoe and Hayden, c; Hughes, Patten.
Falkenberg. Johnson. Gehring and C.
fimlth. p.
Three Jfcw Lineups.
Even theA line-iinn am not a rertainfv.
but they are very close to what the man
agers are planning, judging from the talk
regarding trades that are in the air. It
will be noticed from the above line-ups
that several ' of t..c teams, notably New
Tork. St. Louis and Boston, are to have
pretty nearly new line-ups.
Fane .in Gotham, who are strong for
American League baseball, will welcome
some of the changes made by Clark Grif
fith before he retired to the solitude of
nis Montana ranch. The big deal with
Jhe Browns undoubtedly proved a very
satisfactory thing for the Yankees, as it
enabled them to get more men of con
sistent hitting ability up to the front of
their batting order. The new deal that
seems most likely is to have Chase start
thing. going, with Niles. Elherfield and
Keeler following. But. as Griffith always
makes some minor changes during the
Spring, he may decide on an entirely
different arrangement.
St. Louis to not yet certain that it got
ihe better of Clark Griffith when the Yan
kees agreed to take Niles and Hemphill.
'Williams and Hoffman will be tried out
on the Brown team, and if they make
good they wil! settle all doubt In the
minds of the St. Iouis fans. But. from
present indications, the St. Louisans are
pretty nearly ready to .admit that there
is still some mystery attached to the out
looK .
As for Boston, an entirely new team is
to be put in the field by President John
I. Taylor and his new manager, Jim Mc
Gulre. Jim thinks that the year 1908 will
give him. a fine chance to make good with
the Bostontans, and he is working like a
'Trojan to have them on edge when the
season begins. He has made wholesale
rhflnrM In ni llno.iin artrl 1m lllrolv in
make some more. He will let Sullivan
and Knight both out if he can get any
thing satisfactory for them.
Jennings Is Satisfied.
The teams in the first division give
promise of being in splendid condition
when It comes to the time for battle.
Hughey Jennings has not made any great
changes in his team. Matty Melntyre
will probably replace Davy Jones as a
regular man In left field, while Ira
Thomas will become a regular catcher.
Snmmene nt TnHlanannlla will hnw in
the pitching staff.
Chicago, Cleveland and Philadelphia,
have also remained in the field with the
teams .that played for them last season,
barring several minor changes. This,
taken together with the wholesale revis
ions of the teams In the second division,
makes 1t appear as if the fight next sea
son in the American League would be a
much closer one than it was even last
. season, when the teams were being con
tinually changed about.
As a result, the season of 1908 should
be the most interesting battle that the
fans have reen for a number of years in
that organisation. The eight clubs are in
it to win. and Washington is the only on
that seems to have rested content with a
poor team. The Senators so far havo
made only a few changes, and none of
these seems big enough to save the team
from repeating its poor showing of Ust
season.
In the National League things are as
yet pretty uncertain as regards some of
the teams. The Giants are going to come
out with a new team, and most of the
other nines will be materially different
from last year's aggregations. But. tak
. ing the work of all the National League
teams last season as a basis of argument,
it seem hardly possible that they will al.
be In the battle as much as the American
League teams will.
LONGBOAT MAY RACE ABROAD
Disqualified Here, Indian May En
ter Olympic Games.
By an order from the Government, the
Canadian Federation of Athletes and the
Canadian A. A. V. has been ordered to
patch up their differences and the fixing
of the breach was for the purpose that
Canada could have a good team at the
Olympic games next year. To a certain
extent the order has been obeyed, and
the agreement, if perfected, will allow
Tom Longboat, the Indian distance run
ner, a clear card to compete in the Eng
lish Marathon race. The situation in
volves a complicated state of affairs and
places the United States athletes in a
peculiar position. Longboat has been
placed under suspension by the A. A. U.,
and if the athletes from that association
go to London they will have to compete
against the Indian. President James E.
Sullivan, of the A. A. ' ifl, when asked
about the oaee. yesterday, said:.
"It is time enough to lay plans to
climb a mountain when you come to it.
The English Marathon is a long way off,
and the possibility of a Canadian team
and who will compose it are things yet
only to be discussed, so I do not see-the
necessity of our bothering with the prob
lem just yet.
"So far as Longboat is concerned the
A. , A. V. has declared him out, and out
he will stay as long asI have anything
to do with athletic rulings here. At least
my vote will be always against 'the In
dian competing in the United States. We
are running our amateur matter here
and trying to keep the sports clear of
professionals ' and ' other appearance
money grafters. We are having a hard
time with the Tatter, and this is caused
principally by managers of. meets, who
will not tell the truth when they are
questioned about illegal expenses and
othrV slick tricks. -
"However. ,after we get at the root of
the whole thing and expel a few clubs
that will not tell the truth about the ex
penses of athletes the air may clear and
we may get at a few of the stars simi
lar to Longboat. As to how the Can
adians manage their affairs is nothing to
us. They are probably doing It their way.
and evidently to their own satisfaction.
We propose to manage our sports our
way, too."
But Mr. SuUlvan was asked: ."Will the
Americans compete against Longboat and
the other Canadian outlaws in London?"
"That I cannot answer at this early
date." was the answer. "Next June the
A. A. U. will be in a better position to
deal with the subject."
OPINIONS DIVIDED OX THE A.
K. C. MUDDLE.
Majority Conceded for Directors'
Ticket, but. Reincorporation
Xot to Be Stopped.
There is no chance that ruin is to come
to the American Kennel Club or to the
bench shows, whether the Incorporators
win or lose in the pending disagreement.
straws to show the wind Is blowing
both ways in -American Kennel Club af
fairs could be picked up yesterday among
the doggy wise of Gotham. "Stand pat"
was stamped on the straws handed nut
by the incorporators. Friends of the Ash
land House committee were positive the
arbitrators would decide on a new in
corporation and a constitution to preserve
the democratic principles of the old club.
The latter is what August Belmont pronf
ised in taking the presidency under the
act of incorporation, they state, and but
for wrong advice the new constitution
would have enabled him to make good,
say the Ashlandltes. The election will
not be until January 22. but both sides
conceded yesterday that the directors'
ticket would probably get the most votes.
"This agitation has revealed that many
clubs on the A. K. C. list of active mem
bers are dummies, particularly on the
Pacific Coast, for they don't hold shows
and don't own dogs. Secretary A. P.
Vredenburgh. the salaried official of the
A. K. C, Is the only person who seems
to know anything about them, and he
names as their delegates his personal
friends," was one of the Ashland House
straws. "Outside of Manhattan the two
most prominent men in dogdom are Vre
denburgh. whom the owners know by cor
respondence, and James Mortimer, who
judges the bench shows. The two con
trol votes enough to elect the directors'
ticket without any doubt.
"But as things stand the makeup of
the committee is not so important, as the
Ashland House party is assured of five
anyhow. The Ashland House party has
no wish, to disrupt the A. K. C. and Is
loyal to the old ciub, but it opposesevery
scintilla of power being placed in the ex
ecutive committee with the club dele
gates muzzled, which exists in the incor
porated club. It has nothing against the
present officials, from Vredenburgh up.
But the halt in court proceedings will
only be a truce unless there is a-reincorporation
and a new constitution."
"Take it as a straight tip," said an A.
K. C. incorporator, "that the committee
of referendum will decide to reincorporate
the A. K. C. and to frame a new con
stitution. This will mean a new election
of officers, but not necessarily new men In
the offices. The directors are not can
vassing for votes, although with the ma
chine with them, they expect to have
a majority. Yet they believe a mistake,
if not a legal error, was made in the
manner of the present Jdisputed incor
poration and they will repair this wrong
that brought Into existence the Ashland
House committee.
"The directors believe August Belmont
has acted In good faith throughout and
that he is now determined to place things
on a proper footing, and, as he said In
his speech of acceptance, to perpetuate
the spirit of the old club. "Whatever er
ror there Is in the Incorporation, if such
exists. Is not the personal act of Presi
dent Belmont."
John G. Bates, the Irish terrier breeder
and delegate of the Cedarhurst Kennel
Club. Samuel N. Cutler. Revere, Mass.;
delegate of the Bay State Co-operative
Bench Show Association, and George
Lauder. -Jr.. of Greenwich, Conn., who
shows Scottish terriers, have been named
by both parties for the committee of ref
erendum. Only Bates, who Is a Wall
street broker, could be seen yesterday.
"Unless there is a lot of scratching. I
guess my election is a sure thing." re
plied Bates to a string of questions. "As
to my own , vote. I don't know which
ticket It will be cast for. and probably I
will give half a vote to each. The Cedar
hurst Kennel Club, however, may instruct
me differently. '
"My understanding of the matter Is
l,a hA PAmmlHMmiiii sr. tn tin Ittrnra
I as well as judges of the evidence they
must sift the right from the wrong: but
they have also the power to support the
incorporation or direct a neV Incorpora
tion. Both sides to -Jhe controversy
agree, as I understand It. that a new
Incorporation will restore peace and
bring together all the dog men in
thorough harmony.
"President Belmont is to tie Implicitly
trusted, an as he is devoted to the best
interests of the A. K. C and If a mis
take has been made I believe he will take
the lead In the actions to restore confi
dence. I am not poBted on the details of
the trouble, but I 1inow there are de
vote amateur dog fanciers on both tick
ets. I am going to read up the case on
Sunday after church.
"I don't care about A. K. C. politics nor
do my friends among the fanciers," 'con
cluded Bates. "There must be a stud
book and a National body in dog af
fairs, but lf.lt la run honestly and fairly
I don't care' who are In charge. I think
Secretary Vredenburgh does good work
and I wouldn't be boxed up In the job for
112,000 a year. My own aim is to breed
good dogs and to help others to breed
them. I like, too, to see well conducted
and frequent shows of good dogs."
All accounts agree that to reincorporate
and frame a new constitution that re
tains the commonwealth features will
bring both factions in the dispute Into
accord. The Ashland House committee
will be satisfied with this consummation
and the A. K. C. Incorporated, to save
the expense of court proceedings has evi
dently urged a committee of 3D to restore
peace
-.SK ' '-.'?'-"
JAMES J. JEFFRIES', AS HE LOOKS TODAY.
If any one thinks that Champion .li0 Jeffries is traveling the
booze route, just tet them take a look at his latest photograph. The
picture was taken in San Francisco, the day before the Attell-Moran
fight, and shows the big fellow to be tn the best of health. Thcsg are
no marks of dissipation on the smiling face and the flight of time
'seems to be resting lightly on his shoulders. Jeffries again stated
positively that he had retired from the ring, making about the stenth
time- that, he has made this declaration. Perhaps now the fight
fans and the troublesome fighting scribes will reach the conclusion
that Jeff means what he says. In speaking of his retirement Jeff
said: "I wonder how many times J have been asked that question
during the past four years," he remarked. "I wish I had a dollar for
every query. would be a millionaire. Yes, a lot of guys have been
challenging me, but they might as well challenge a stump! I am done
for. I have been out of the ring four years, I am In business and
making money- and settled down. Why should I fight? If I did want
to go back I would want a year to put myself In shape. So there
you are."
"SPLITS'lNE OF BOWLERS
BREAKS MAR HOPES OF PIL
IXG UP BIG SCORES.
Explanation of Some of Most Diffi
cult Shots and How to Make
Them.
Bowling, which takes the place of base
ball during the Winter months in Greater
Pittsburg, is more popular than ever.
The Vbreak" or "split" is the bane of
the man who would pile up big scores.
Just why and how they happen Is a mys
tery, but they do occur, and it is one of
the fates of the game that they usually
come In the middle of a long string of
strikes and just where they will do the
most harm. The break is a most discour
aging calamity, as it throws the bowler
off his stride and causes many a good
man to lose his nerve.
Strikes, of course, are necessary for
getting high scores, but the man who
cannot pick off one, two or three pins af
ter a bad fall never will be very much
of a star.
Some of the breaks in the" accompany
ing illustrations seldom, if ever, occur.
One of the most frequent "splits," the
5-10, Is not shown. Ail are familiar witli
It and the way of picking 'it up. The
ball is sent down the alley to strike the
5 pin thin on the right side. That takes
care of 5 and sends the ball further to
the right, so that it will pick off No. 10.
Some bowlers start the ball for this
break at the left side of the alley and
make it cross over, but few do it that
way.
Explanations of the breaks illustrated
follow:
First 6-7-9 split Ball strikes 6 pin lightly
on right side; 5 pin .caroms and gets 7; ban
carries 9 pin.
Second 7-10 split Should b rolled with
mallest ball handy. Hit 7 pin three-quar
CHIT-CHAT OF THE
BY WILL G. MACRAE.
THIS is the toasting season for Walter
Camp and Casper Whitney, the men
who picks the "All-American" football
team. Ailnnesota says that Camp is
true to his allegiance to the football aris
tocracy of Yale and Harvard. We are
glad to know that Walter, old chap is
true to some thing.
When the National League added $2000
to Harry Pulliam's salary, they must
have felt that Harry's wardrobe was in
need of more pink pajamas and silk hose.
Pulllam will also be able to buy a better
assortment of hat bands.
Arthur Irwin, of baseball fame has a
patent on a lighting apparatus for il
luminating a ball park at night. Irwin
says he hopes to see at least one game a
week played at night. If Irwin wants
to see things let him come to Portland
In June.'
Manager Walter McCredie has mailed
his 1908 contracts. He mislaid Benny
Henderson's and he's too busy to make
out another one.
Manager Edgar Frank would please me
boxing fans. If he could arrange another
bout between Gene Sullivan and West
and a good clever lad to meet young Nick
en. The card would fill- the club gym
and would be sure to please the crowd.
Chit-chat would like to see the Multno
mah Club send East the same lineup of
her football team that faced St. Louis.
This would improve the vision of Walter
Camp and Casper Whitney upon the
Western football situation.
America has a modern Shylock in Abe
Atteii. Because Owen Moran was a
couple of ounces over the stipulated 120
pounds, Abe demanded and got of
the forfeit money. Jimmy Coffroth came
ters on left-hand side; 7 must rebound from
back cushion to get 10. Most difficult shot
on ten-pin alley.
Third i-7-9-10 split Ball strikes 4 pin very
lightly on left-hand side; 4 .caroms and gets
9 and 10 pins; ball carries 7 pin.
Fourth 1-5-9-10 split Pins close to
gether, but very difficult. Ball hits 3 pin
Just full enough so that 3 pin will hit 5
pin on the inside to catch 0; ba'll gets lO
pin.
Fifth Strike split 1000 to t shot, but po
eible. Ball barely touches 8 pin on right aide,
sliding It across to 10.
Sixth 2-4-6-8-10 spilt Ball hits 2 pin full
and hits 5 pin thin on left side; 5 pin caroms
and gets 10 pin; ball takes 4 and 8 pins.
Seventh S-8-8-10 split Ball hits S pin one
third full on left-hand side; 3 pin caroms and
gets S and 10; ball gets 8.
Eighth 2-4-7-6-9-10 split Thia is left up
with a big ball; ball bits 2 pin on. extreme
left-hand side; 2 caroms and gets 6, 9 and 10
pins; ball carries 4 and 7 Dins.
Ninth 4-6-8-10 split Uae smallest ball
handy; hit 6 pin three-quarters full; get a
rebound of 6 pin from cushion on 8, which
will carry 4.
Tenth 2-5-10 split Ball hits 2 one-fifth full
on right side: . 2 caroms and geus 5 and 10
pins.
The "railroad split," 4-7-6-10, occurs often
when a straight ball down the center of the
alleys strikes No. 1 pin full on. That has
been made occasionally, 'probably once or
twice during a season. The ball picks off
the 4-7 side and the 4 pin i struck so thin
that it sllrlea across the alleys and gets the
6-10. If struck too thin the 6 pin only goes
cown, if .not quite thin enough the 10 slides
off into the pit.
The "tandem" shot is one which Is not il
lustrated. The 2-8 or 3-9 pins form this. .t
looks very easy, but the front pin must be
struck straight or the pin will go one way,
the ball another and the "blind" or rear pin
escape.
Like billiards, the possibilities of
bowling are unlimited, and one never
knows what peculiar formations a
game will bring out. Hits which go
into the "crotch" that is. midway be
tween the one and two pins or the one
and three, will sweep off certain other
pins and leave standing formations
which make the bowler wonder how
they possibly could occur. They do hap
pen, thougb,, and picking up the difficult
ones Is what marks trie nnisnea bowler
from the man who pries loose a good
score by accident. Strikes are not so
hard to get, and often are accidents.
SPORTING WORLD
near declaring the fight" off. Battling
Nelson twas Attell's adviser. Can't you
see the fine Italian han1 of one Billy
oian, en:
To be a six-club league or not to be, is
the question that - the Coast League
moguls are worrying ovef. Portland fans
need not worry, for Judge MeCredie will
look after our end of the deal.
Down at Emeryville horsemen are giv
ing Frank Skinaer the laugh. Skinner
was one of the racing officials when the
game was going in Portland, and there
is no keener student of horses in the
country than he is. The other day Skin
ner, who is caning the races, liked Bon
heur, and 10 to 1 against the bird did not
frighten him. He sent 10 Into the ring?
but the commissioner got mixed in the
name and nut the J10 on Bravbure. Bon-
heur won, and Skinner almost stampeded
the betting ring trying to get to the
cashier. The cashier almost fell In a
faint when he glanced at the Bravoure
and then saw it was Skinner who held
the worthless ticket. The slip of the
tongue cheated him out of $400. Won't
Mickey laugh?
There is some talk of a return battle
between Abe Attell and Owen Moran.
Sure, why shouldn't there be? The
fighters and the promoters need the
money and the suckers are willing.
Bill Essick, the piano-playing ball
player, says that the McCredies owe him
loOO on that Cincinnati trade. Bill also
says that Cincinnati paid $2000 for him.
Wonder if Bill doesn't honestly believe
that Cincinnati got cheated on the deal
just a little bit.
Jack, Gleason, the San Francisco fight
manager is trying to arrange a battle
between Toung Ketchcl and Billy Papke.
Papke made a good showing in his re
cent fight with Hugo Kelly. Gleason
hopes to bring the pair together in February.
PLUNGERS LOSE -
HUGE FORTUNES
Season Proves a Disastrous
One for Followers of
the Ponies.
ALL PLAY IN HARD LUCK
Interesting Account How Thousands
or Dollars Were Burned Up In a
Race, How Millionaire's Sta
bles Ruined Their Owners.
Verv few notable bettors wagered big
money on -the metropolitan ' race tracks
this vear. and those who did, with a few
exceptions, finished behind the game,
saya the New York Sun. From the out
set of the 1907 campaign things would
not break right- for the heavy specu
lators, so that before midsummer arrived
it was a common occurrence that the
word was passed around. "Everybody Is
broke."
At no time during the season did tne
spectacular bettors, barring John W.
Gates. Jesse Lewisohn and Davy John
son, get well ahead or tne DooKmaaers.
but these high flyers differed in the fact
that Gates and Lewisohn got away with
their coin, while Johnson remained and
dropped everything he owned before the
season came to an end. Gates, Lewieohn
and Johnson were far and away the big
gest bettors on the local tracks; and so
conspicuous Md their gambling become
that the Jockey Club, always opposed to
big play, warned them to desist, or rath
er to curtail their wagers, so that no
general attention would be attracted.
Gates did not rellsn puDiicity aner ie
got the tip from the powers that be, for
It meant 'that he would have to quit the
game altogether. But before he attract
ed the attention of the turf governors
Gates evidently enjoyed the daily task
of depleting the bookmakers' bank rolls.
In 1906 Gates, who played the races on
any old pystem, lost about 200,000. Then
he decided to go about tne joo in a dusi-
ness-llke way. so he threw the hooks into
Boots DtTnell and instructed him to get
together a racing stable. Durnell already
owned Nealon, purchased In the Fall of
1906 for $15,000, which was Gates' money.
It was generally surmised, so that when
last season opened Durnell soon gathered
together Faust, Saylor, Jacobite, Royal
Vane and other fair horses, who were
soon transformed Into formidable, betting
propositions.
Had a $100,000 Roll.
There isn't a man who plays the races
that will bet more money than Johnson
when he has It! If he "likes" a horse
he'll bet until the bookmakers cry
"Enough!" Johnson came to the races
last Spring with a J100.000 bankroll. He
had a fine automobile and owned mighty
Roeeben, as usual. But from the opening
day at Aqueduct Johnson was up against
all kinds of adversity. Boseben was
beaten in the Carter Handicap and Davy
lost a large amount. Then at Jamaica
he started his 3-year-old colt Senator
Clay, who was an added starter In a
stake event. The Senator had worked
three-quarters of a mile at Gravesend in
1:1-3 and convinced Johnson that he had
a world beater. The liberal bookmak
ers, however,- were wise, and when John
son began to bet on his colt he found
that only 3 to 1 was on tap. But the big
plunger went up and down the. line bet
ting $500. J1000 and even more. ''He also
visited the clubhouse, where several com
missioners. Including Cad Doggett, ac
cepted other big wagers, with the result
thaff Johnson actually got down 132,000
on Senator Clay, which closed at even
money and. then ran a race that made
the spectators . believe that be had only
three legs instead of four.
Again, at Belmont Park when Roseben
started in the Metropolitan Handicap
Johnson unbuckled the bankroll again.
He never stopped betting, placing more
than 125.000 on the Big Train, who as
usual demonstrated that a mile was a
trifle too far for him, as after leading
for seven furlongs he finished in third
place. Johnson kept pegging away, win
ning big money one day and dropping it
all back and more the next, until when
the spring meeting at Sheepshead Bay
was about to close Johnson bet $20,000 on
Roseben one day and lost. That forced
him to the wall to such an extent that he
sold his automobile .md then lost that
money In a short but decisive battle with
the chalkers. Then he wound up the last
day of the meeting by losing $650, all he
had in the world, he said.
Davy Was Badly Squeezed.
"They've got me!" declared Davy to the
Sun man, "but I'll be back later on and
then we'll see. If theyi can keep it."
Johnson did not visit the Brighton or
Saratoga track, out remained In the city.
Roseben won at the Beach at 4 to T and
Johnson bet down a measly $400 wager.
But when Belmont Park opened in Octo
ber this spectacular plunger loomed up
in the clubhouse one day and paid off
all outstanding obligations in ready
money. Then with a new bankroll which
he had dug up tn three months that he
remained away from the races he be
gan to roll them as high as ever. In
two weeks time Johnson experienced
phenomenal luck. Every bet he made
was a cinch. Not a day passed that he
did not quit a winner. He got hack all
of his early losses and on October 18.
he accomplished the remarkable feat of
beating the card for a 'total of $52,000.
"I'm out now," said Johnson, with ap
parent satisfaction. "I -will keep out,
too." In a word. Johnson (believed that his
' luck was 4ike an endless chain, and that
he would simply "kill the ring," in race
track parlance. He pressed his luck and
won another pot, of money at Belmont,
when all of a sudden came a, series of
teriffic jolts that jarred the plunger from
head to heel. Copper-lined einchessjwere
beaten by despised selling platers! - .Good
things were either left at the post or
were badly ridden while Johnson manag
ed to bet thousands on each of them.
He was game, however, not a word of
complaint escaping his Hps. It was at
Jamaica, wnere Senator Clay had burned
up the $32,000 in the spring, that Johnson
lost $80,000 In three days. He couldn't
cash a bet and soon "went overboard,"
as they say in the ring.
"Xever Again," Says Sullivan.
"It makes me sick," said Sullivan one
day, "to read in the yellow and green ex
tras that 'Sullivan wins $50,000,' or 'Sulli
van and the Bowery win $100,000,' Why,
I couldn't win that much money in a mil
lion years If I knew before the race what
would win. I m a Joke as a horse player,
I guess, so that lets me out."
"I'll never play the races again." 'was
the stout declaration of Timothy D. Sulli
van as he was leaving the Brighton track
one day in October. "I've lost $150,000
this year and $50,000 alone on Miller's
mounts.'' Big Tim began the 1907 cam
paign with great expectations. He had
purchased the colt Doctor Gardner in
partnership with his close friend Frank
J. Farrell and it was believed that the
son of Bannockburn would win $100,000 In
stakes. Trainer Weir got the Doctor
ready for early racing and he started for
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the first time at Aqueduct on April 19. I
He opened at 4 to 5. but Big Tim and
Farrell oct so much money on the colt
that he was sent to the post at 11 to 20
and won in a gallop. Sullivan was
grea.tly pleased with this performance, so
that when Doctor Gardner started again
on April 22 with Garner in the saddle
the "big fellow" unloaded with an im
mense wager probably $20,000.' But Gar
ner disobeyed Instructions and took the
Doctor out in front at such a kiling pace
that he was beaten by both Athlete and
Orphan Lad. That was Big Tim's first
severe setback, Doctor Gardner won the
Excelsior Handicap at Jamaica at 12 to 1,
Sullivan did not bet a nickel on him.
And so it went all season, the big fel
low falling for all kinds of tips and
betting recklessly. Yet through it all
he was good natured. He .never used
field glasses in looking at the races
either.' out simply was satisfied to know
that his horse was in front or very near
it.
Good Luck, Then. Bad.
In 1906 one of the most successful turf
players was AI Dryer, a close friend of
John A. Drake and John W. Gates.
Dryer won $105,000 during that season
and was regarded as a remarkably clever
judge of profitable selections. Dryer also
won big money in Wall street and also
on the election of Governor Hughes. He
went to Europe and when he came back
in May he resumed the old game at the
track with perfect confidence But Dryer
soon found that the game was not so
easy as in 1906. No matter what he placed
his money on a defeat was in store for
him. so that he was a steady loser. Then
came the crash in Wall street and he got
another setback. He curtailed his bets
at the track, but that made no differ
ence, for Hollow Eyed Defeat was still
on the job. Dryer stuck it out to the
end, but quit well in the hole, having
dropped all of his turf winnings of the
previous year.
A. B. Hudson, another of the Drake
Gates crowd who was betting thousands
in 1906, wound up this Fail with the bal
ance on the wrong side of the ledger.
"Huddy" believed that the luck would
turn, so he stuck to the task with much
persistency, only to receive almost daily
knockdowns. Soorx his wagers became
smaller and smaller, until he declared
that he would not bet more than $100 on
a horse no matter how sure a winner he
seemed to be. But even his S100 wagers
never came back from the chalkers, with
the result that Huddy was extremely
glad when the campaign ended.
Just what Paul Rainey, the Cleveland
millionaire, lost on the year nobody will
maite a guess, but that he quit far behind
the game few will deny. Rainey and his
brother, Roy, have spent a fortune in two
years trying to build up a big stable, but
they have met with nothing but failure.
They bought De Mund for t45.O0O and
probably dropped 1100,000 on him in bets.
They bought other horses at fancy prices
with the same result. They paid $25,000
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for Radtke's contract, but were soon glad
to get rid of the erratic jockey. When
Billy Garth was engaged to train for the
Raineys last Spring a change for the bet
ter was looked for, -flut barring a couple
of good races by De Mund and a steeple
chaser, T. S. Martin, the Barneys got
nothing for their investments.
Another heavy loser was Eddie McDon;
aid, a brother of the late John K. Mc
Donald, who was killed a year ago in a
railway accident In England. McDonald,
strictly a form player, although always
following the wise money, stacked up
against a series of losers the latter part
of the year, which put a, crimp in his
bankroll 'and made him cut down his bets
to a minimum at the close. McDonald is
a member of the Mets, but be did very
little booking, preferring to play them
day after day from the ground.
Another broken soldier of fortune was
Kmll Hers, once . the partner of Boot3
Durnell. Hers is a noted card player and
all-around gambler, who has been as far
as Cairo. Egypt, to get the coin. He
came back here a year ago from one of
his trips to the Mediterranean with a
J2O0.0O0 bank roll, which enabled 'him to
pay off about half that amount in debts
and then visit the Jockey Club's tracks.
He rolled them high, too, and did so well
that he bought the three-year-old Pes
sara colt Montgomery from F. A. For
sythe one day last Spring for $23,000 in
spot cash. Herz bought other horses anil
turned them over to Frank E. Brown to
be trained. Brown probably tried hard
to deliver the goods, but he failed sig
nally, Herz in the meantime losing every
dollar he had in the world and finally
selling out bag and bagzage. Hen got
$15,000 for Montgomery from 8. C. Hil
dreth, but he quickly blew it, and when
the season ended he was making prepara
tions for another trip to Cairo.
Smilhson Joins Irish-Americans.
NEW YORK. Jan. 4. Forrest C.
Smithson, the National champion high
hurdler and fast sprinter, who halls
from Oregon, will soon be seen In the
colors of the Irish - American. V. C.
Smithson Is a member of the Mult
nomah Athletic Club of Portland, Or.
In the Interclass games at Yale In
October he captured five events at one
meet. At the recent indoor champion
ship meet at Madison-Square Garden
he won the high hurdle event, and was
beaten out a few Inches by Charley
Seltas In the 76-yard dash.
Good Prospect for Races.
NEW YORK. Jan. 4. There is every
prospect that the racing season on the
New York tracks next Summer will be
an exceptional one. The big races of
tlie Spring meeting have been well en
tered and there is not a prominent
horse on the turf, with the single ex
ception of Peter Pan, which will never
race again, that is not entered in one
or more of the three big events.
J?f Every woman covets
fffj . ahapely, pretty figure, and
CVW many of them deplore the
loss of their girlish forma
after marriage. The bearing
of children U often deitructiva
to the mother's shapeliness.
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