The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-13
IN PLACE OF CASINO SHOWS.
NAVY NEW AND FAST RIDERS
WILL TAKE PART.

p,,Ier and Howard Freeman
,v Them-CharIie TurviIIe En-
-. for savannah With Two
Fast MotOrs-Hns Been to Wallis
berc Track TO Get Other Riders
= Southern Circuit-EatOn and
~.Ison still in Savannah and Both
:, Good shape for Coming Races.
,vxou.s Injuries May BE Well
r,ouah for Him to Enter Game
same Day.
actor \ rest of nearly two weeks
40 fast eight-lap track at Jack
Dr,nce's Coliseum will go back into
-ar,.ice next Sunday afternoon. At
hat time Prince proposes to pull off
~,aat free-for-all with probably six
entries.
prince has been prevailed upon by
large number of his patrons to have
sunday racing. 1t has been found
Not the nights at this season of the
,,aar are rather cool for riders, as well
80 enectators. Then, too, there are
.,orv whose business prevents them
attending the meets on any day but
sunday. This class, in addition to
the many who find the nights too raw
for comfort, have for some time been
anxious TO have races on Sunday aft
ernoons.
The Sunday afternoon game would
have been started before but for the
fact that there were counter attrac-
tons at the Casino. Now that the
boat races. balloon ascensions, aerial
bicycle riding and trapeze work at the
casino has been called off until next
summer. Prince thinks the time ripe
for riding at the Coliseum. The mo-
for races will take the place of the
Casino attractions. The promoter eX-
poets that his programme of events
will attract the large crowds that
focked to the resorts during warm
weather.
Nat Butler in the Free-fOr-AII.
Nat Butler will be one of the speedy
riders to enter the free-for- all on Sum
day next Butler is expected in Sa-
vannah Tuesday with a fast motor and
a pacemaker. He rode a match race
in Savannah last spring with Bobby
Walthour and took one heat from the
champion. Butler is one of the best
in several events at the Coliseum. ST.
lent Charlie Turville is now in the
East but will return to Savannah in
the next day or two with a pair of
fast motors. Turville was commits
stoned by Prince to make the purchase
and was expected also to visit the
Vailsberg track and get in touch with
some of the big fellows who are un-
der contract to ride for Prince when
he calls upon them.
Gussie Lawson, the Terrible Swede,
who was so badly injured at the Coli
scum Tuesday, has received excellent
care and attention at st, Joseph s. Hos
pital and hopes TO be able to enter the
free-for-all Sunday. The plucky lad
is not suffering at all now from the
ugly wounds in his head, and declares
that he is as sound as he ever was.
Jay Eaton, the Indoor King, is still in
the city, and is training hard. He is
riding in good form again and remains
in Savannah only because he thinks he
will be able to make a good showing
and carry off his share of the gate re-
ceipts. 1t has not been a great while
since Eaton began following pace and
big things are expected of him next
season. In the old days when there
were no motors Eaton was the king of
them all, and made more money than
any two riders. He spent it, too.
The Midget and His Manager.
The midget Joe Nelson, F. Ed Spoon
er, his manager, and Ben Bennett, his
pacemaker, are still in Savannah, and
Nelson will be in the game Sunday
with Bennett and the White Ghost.
The diminutive cycling wonder is as
enthusiastic a fisherman as is he d
cyclist
Young Nelson has been doing a lot
OF hshing since he took up his quar-
ters at the Bannon House, famous for
years as headquarters for cycle racing
men. The youngster has rested for
Gays at time, but has lost none of
ms speed. In his opening races in the
oouth his motor went wrong, once
through the rear wheel buckling, and
once when the belt broke.
nelson is now preparing for the great
opening Sunday race at the Savannah
Coliseum and for the opening race of
the Atlanta Coliseum track in which
ne is to meet Walthour. This will take
pace about Oct. %, and Joe expects
10 give Walthour the race of his life.
ne VIII take up training twice daily
"lthn a few days and in the race of
next Sunday not only hopes to win,
Out hopes to lower the five mile single
paced record. In his training spins
ne mas done this once and been very
CIose TO the figures several times. He
mas taken on some weight during his
vacation, having been on the water
Sdllng and fishing a great deal of his
ume. Yesterday Nelson weighed about
4oz pounds and is as brown as berry,