The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-14
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP.
ODDS IN THE WINTER BOOKS
CREATE GENERAL INTEREST.
Local Turfmen Say That the Prices on
the mig Handicsps Are IAberh-New
York club Signs Kennedy
Another Terrible Turk" Apiodeo.

the Dig Handicnps are ihoern NeN
York club Signs Kennedy SUI
Asother Terrible Turk Exploded.
Racing men are busy looking over the
adds as quoted in O'Leary's winter book
On the Brooklyn and Suburban handicaps
and the American Derby, The TACT that
J b Haggin's four-year-old colt Watercolor
has been made favorite for the suburban
and Frank Farrcll's Sir Dixon colt Blues
nrst choice for tho Brooklyn appears to meet
with general approval. especially among
those members OF the Metropolitan Turf
Association who are in town just now. Though
Clarence " Mackay's Banastar received
top weight from Handicapped 'osburgh IN
both the Brooklyn and Suburban. turf specu-
Iators are inclined 10 the belief that the noeral
odds Of ~ to I and IS to I. quoted against
him Ia the big events. are about right es-
pecislly In view of the fact that Banastar
Is considered an uncertain quantity because
Of the crippling he received in the Brooklyn
last year. O'Ieary's prices, on the whole
arc considered compatible with public
form and from the drift OF conversation
around the hotels eherc turtmen con-
gregate there will be much betting in TINS
particular winter book. Joe Ullman and a
number of well-known bookmakers intend
TO send out a list OF prices from Hot Springs
on these events In n few days. so that there
will he ample opportunity to place wagers
on the results. As n rule there Is much profit
in these winter books and for that reason
the hackers OF them are enabled TO quote
much better odds than later on.
With Afty odd entries, the layers have
O ROYAL chance TO pocket much easy money
as the declarations arc announced ana by
the time she rare il ready To be run with
only a dozen horses at the post, the chances
for laying away the gold in the strong boxes
may be readily appreciated. Betting IN
the winte~ books has gradually developed
into 4 craze. Las. winter O'Leary did a
rushing business, receiving bets OF all denoni-
nations on the American Derby and yet
keeping his prices stendy. He took in n
small fortune on Capt. : =. Browns carry
Hermann and whel the colt was Withdrawn
the money placed on his chances was so
much velvet With s to / quoted against
Water Color in the Brooklyn there Is bound
20 be a rush TO get aboard at these figures
for II the Watercress colt is not Withdrawn
he i ainio-t sure of going to the post with
a short price about him. Gold Heels. with
~ Ia | and 10 10 I against him IN the sun
urban and BROOKLYN respectively. viii prob
ablv,uttrqct q lot of money and the same may
be said # IIeno. with Is to I in the Suburban,
and Ro,hampton. with 20 to lin each event.
Don Paul. Incob Worth's fine gelding. APP
peq-. io hc held a trife TOO cheap with rs
TO against him. ard will probably carry
COM 'i,rHblo money NJ these figures. Green
Morris tuiniirht and Wateicure. who are
r,iurinr With hrillian. consistency on the
Coa-t ihi- vintcr. IRE also thought to have been
treated with extreme hberality. j A. Mon
ahgu'- HE Rhvmer with 10 TO I In the Subur-
ban and ~ TO in the Brooklyn. l. regarded
ss another nond thing
81 r Madden, i.Rnceman. a n 10 I chance
IN nctn "Ygut-. j. alnlo-t sure TO nave a sub
stpr'ill following. k"ynote. stu ANOTHER
an 10 shot. il AZ present in strong favor
H,cory % COR Ian crowd Of horsemen. In
making NI"Che-n"v. Abe Frank and Runneis
OTearr bases his Judgment on the work Of
the" ilor~c~ in the e-t las, season. But AT
the sa"rr time he does not take many chances
III NOV Y!i'T Ipdn T,imSRb yy RigSt and {. IL
Mnriny'- Hcno. all Of whom are at 10 10 l
wa \ crack two-year-old on Eastern tracks
la,t yrlr. look. strangely nith 50 TO l against
hin kcyn9t" IN this ryen, rs a 70
v-',n was high up among the two-year-old
filIcs Of last year. Altogether. oleary mas
Of Interest in these three races for this time
In tho year.
"Eoaring Bill,. Kennedy. who pitched Tor
the Brooklvns for seven years and was re.
leased outright q coyple. 81 months ago; hss
season. Il was believed that Kennedy. as
soor A. brooklyn let hun go, j1ined Iorees
with hohin,@n,, 81 o ,Hg's T,I,; our innnlsnssdRy
T. a veteran. n hard worker and a winner
with good support There we're times. how
tthhssii ryosan MennsseT hanion Concluded not
20 hold him But the chance will probably
benefit the blonde-hsired boNman- who. can
be- counted on TO siren CITIZEN the New Yorks
whore they are particularly weak.
Tho. Connecticut Baseball League will
he strengthened this year, by the addition
of Hartford and Springfield 20 the circuit.
r. va, i% "TsIN IeSs1e. G ifim ' 0'RonfEe. Roger
Sornor. Tom Tucker. and Jerry, Denny. who
vii ina manage the SSprin yield club this year.
Tho big FIRST haseman, who used 20 be a favor
ite with New York crowds, fays mat he can
be ever did. Jim O'Rourke caught for the
Bridgeport team last year, and those who
70 hsses showed that he Is still very much
in the game
a. lively as n cricket and declares that he has
no idea NJ retiring from the diamond. Jerry
Denny. who ne third baseman Of the Proyi-
dcncc club In 1855 was the star Of them all,
PLAYED In Derby last summer and his fielding
wa. apparently as graceful as ever Tom
the National Lea que when r member Of the
Bostnns in 1890. was the manager OF the New
london club last season and did we'll. The
rivalry in this little circuit is Of such a nature
that nearly all OF the clubs are money maker;
Many promising PLAYERS have been developed.
too.
Wonders will never ccasc' Another Terrible
Turk has been discovered in the West. 1hiS
tir6n tho Oriental wrestler name i Wourad-
ouiah and M 10 saturday he was heraldcd
a. n world heater. In hrs training n was said
that Mouradutllnh ron -umcd fifteen pounds
Of steak each day. six gallons or water. fifteen
boxes OF cigarettes and uprooted y dozen tele-
ernuh poleS iu-t to strengthen his grip. But
When he ran IN against a PLAN, ordinary
EVERYDAY wrestler named Farmer Burns
e. omaha Inst saturday might the Turk looked
. Il he had been training on egg shells and
rilk Wouradoulnh agreed to throw Burns
iHside of fifteen minutes. Burns strenuously
objected. with the result that he rolled the
Turk around the ring and vrenched his neck
unlI the Oriental was nearly choked and then
threw him down so hard that the boards were
cracked. Wouradoulah's hackers Immediately
Withdrew their financial support and in the
future there will be no juicy steaks for the
Sultan's so-cslled champion.
So many boxing clubs are springing up in
rhiladolphia that there Is talk OF demanding
q $1,000 license OF each organization 20 do
business. The situation in the Quaker City
o. the boxing question Is rather amusing.
Though Naher and Shlrlcy were arrested
and placed under heavy bonds to keep the
peace before they entered the ring for their
memorable hasCo. tho authorities have al
lowed al sorts OF fights TO he held since that
time without the slightest bit OF interference.
There has been no attenpt 10 suppress slug
Ring and tho rules have been interpreted
any old way. The fact that the authorities
do not allow a referee to give n DECISION Is
regarded as an absurdity, for the men are
permitted to fight Just the same ana "A decision