Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-01
Big Booking Syndicate.

"Sol' Lchtenstein and Joe" UIlman,
possessors of the largest bank rolls known
to the bookmaking industry on the Ameri-
can turf, have formed a coalition, and next
year vii. conduct a syndicate book through
the metropolitan circuit. alongside of
which the now notorious Ulinan-Wefler
big Store" at Saratoga will fade to in
significance 1t will have q 81, 080, 600 bank
roll. put up by coterie of Wall street
| spectators, and above all the book will
| lay top prices against the favorite in every
race it does business on. which. as every
| body who observed the workings Of the
Ullman-WelIer combination in the Saratoga
ring knows full well, means the cornering
| of the betting ring market
Such is the story In circulation in au-
thoritatiye circles directly outgrOwng from
| the recently developed strife of the Metro
politan Turf Association
General Sporting Notes.
Chancellor Day of Syracuse University
is the man who started the present agi-
tation against massed plays In foot ball.
Rowing Is the only sport which no college
can make self-supporting This is because
Of the great expense Of maintaining crews
and the impossibility OF charging the public
| to see the races.
1t is said tts TT. Charles Maher, the best
1 1QuH-dIstance runner Of Villanova College,
1 Will enter the University OF Pennsylvania
next fall. -
The University Of California and Leland
| Stanford are making efforts to organize an
| intercollegiate regatta on the Pacific coast.
There is possibility that one OF these
crews will be seen at the Poughkeepsie re-
| gatta in a few years.
Yale and Princeton are the only big COL
leges OF the east which have not organized
lacrosse team. These two institutions
should get in the game.
American cyclists are preparing for a
al RI In fhn SnYin Nh
fewer than 10 men will go abroad, among
them being Eddie" Bald, Major Taylor
and Frank Kramer.
Ballyhoo Bey's full sister, who will be a
wo-year-old today, Is declared by persons
who saw her at Newmarket to be sweet
fly and gifted with speed She is owned
by William C.. Whitney and is entered in
| many rich stakes abroad.
A report from Syracuse says that the
Al-Syracase team, which debated the
New York team at Madison Square Garden.
New York. on Monday night, averaged 214
pounds to the man. This is a prodigious
weight for foot ball team.
1t Is probable that the Harlem river oars
men will abandon their original intention
of going to the legislature with bill which
sI vsro6,,. give the city authorities power to
Crant fn>,, permanent sites fort boat
houses. It is c,.. med that the park commIs-
sioner has now the sp,,se .w to grant long
leases. - zss a. n 1sss..-s
The latest asprant fer Henley honors is
~
delphia, who won thel. association single
scull championship at the national regatta
last summer at Worcester. Juvenal Is said
to be taking excellent care, OF himself. but
how he expects to WIN where the cham
pion &C. 8. Tttus) lost has, not been ex-
planed by the Quaker sports.
A member of the Yale Club Of Boston has
donated to Philips Exeter Academy a low
ing cup. to be awarded, 10 the member Of
the graduating class who shall prove to be
the best all-round athlete Of his year. scho-
lastic standing to be taken Into account,
The object OF the donor is to show the in
terest Of the Yale alumni In Boston In the
preparatory schools in New England.
Tod Sloane will be unable to VISIT
America for some time, because he has
been bound over to remain In England and
arrested, charged with robbing his employer
Of a diamond sleeve link and dress suit
case, the value OF both articles being about
$3.50 Sic ane desired the cases disposed Of
at once. but the court was obdurate
The record for long distance rowing In
w. H.~Dunn and his two sons, Ernest and
Joseph. They row practically all the year
round. Even in the winter 1t is q weekly
occurrence for them to row to North Beach
for dinner on Sunday. During the last two
years there were only two Sundays that
the father, says that he has not kept an
accurate record OF the number OF miles
that he has rowed since January 1, but that
2,OOO miles Is well within the number.
c. s. Titus, the American amateur scull-
ing champion, thinks that ~ attack on his
the payment of $4,000 damages. Last sum
mer the members Of the Union Boat Club.
Of which Titus was then q member, made
charges Of professionalism against nim.