Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-11
SPORTS OF DAY.
FARENTAGE OF THE AUTOMOBILE
BicvcIe and GnsoIihe Motor with kim
- r..-...nr,n EIhn-

Bicycle and GasOIihe Motor with KIM
ship stronger ON Formers side.
Just how great a debt the automobile
owes to the bicycle can hardly De esu-
mated. unless we lump the whole lhlhs
and say that IL was the blCycle WiiSh
made the modern automobue possible; Mag-
azine writer's and others who spend their
snare time in looking up precedents that
have been peacefully buried for years nave
been HARD put to esta,oilsh t EReg,s,Iish steam
road vehicles OF ninety years or 50 ago,
said a wheelnan the other day. IN tils
case there Is Just about the same analogy
that can be traced between Noah's ark
and a turbine liner. 49, - -
THE real parents OF todays car are me
bicycle and the gasoline motor and the
family traits seem more pronounced on
the wheels side. The one which comes
to mind first is naturally the pneumatic
tire but there are many more, from pail
bearings to seamless tubing. Inc carrier
cars almost invariably were fitted with the
wire-spoked wheel, and while this gave
way before the solid artillery type, still
1t is true that for certain models or cars
the wire wheels will be used again this
but where the bicycle influence has been
most effective 10 along educational INES.
Until the advent of the wheel we knew
nothing about cones, stresses, TOOL STEEL
bearing metals, the trade secrets con-
nected with the vulcanizing Of rubber ana
many other things that the bicycle mas es
were all fair single handed mechanics
and were as familiar with monkey
wrenches as we are today with seit-hlling
and put It together again. The hrst time
we usually had few steel balls and some
perfectly good screws for which we could
find no place. But we persisted and tin
kered with driving chains and put nome
made patches on rubber tires until we
knew as much about rollers ana graphlte
and powdered soapstone as the men that
And so it was that when the automobile
] ,ll - lnfatr a1 .
| bicycles big brother than II does today
there were 100000 Or 3,OOOOO OF us VINO
knew the names OF It's innardS without
having to be taught. We promptly OWNED
! the reasons for many of the cars most
subtle kinks, and those of us VINO were
able to own one took handily to the run
ming thereon. while the majority of us,
| though nonowners, are fully competent 70
| offer laconic criticism upon the best et-
! forts of the leading automobile engineers
| Therefore when next you see an auto
mobile whiz by you just remember Its
origin and IL you happen to be. a wheel
owner, you can take an honest pride IN the
| the car into the world"
Jeffries cannot keep away from the fight
| ing game in spite Of his decision to quit.
| He has been asked to referee the Cans.
Hermann bout at Goldneld and it is said
/ he will accept.
The great wolf hunt was pulled OF with
out a mishap in spite Of the presence OF
| several hundred people and as many diff
| ferent kinds of guns, Who saw the wolf!
] Some Of Anderson's men, This was the
remark and answer heard on the car as
some of the beardless youths were return
ing from the great hunt
| The no hit no run, nc bases on balls
contest Of 1904 and the, twenty-four- Inning
game of 1906 will long be cherished by base
ball fans, and perhaps their like will never
be seen again by the present generation
! at least.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Baltimore has about as much chance OF
getting into major league circles the com
ing season as Maco, Me.-Providence Even
ing Bulletin. .JhHs.f .'t fl-. f...
| suza--g p
Lave Cross declines, to confirm, the rumoi
that he has deeided 70 retire from bas'
ball Manager, cantilion will retain thu
Ne'eiaii' .yi. TsGqnd att
Connie Mack with Fave three "Rubes" OF
his 1907 team. No 4 OF course is the only
"Rube' Wladdell. Then comes "Rube'
vickers who. had a fat season will
Seattle Vickers got IN sixty-eight game
and bagged fifty-three of them. The thirt
"Rube' is 'Rube" Wigs, who was will
Detroit last spring. Each "Rube" is
giant in build. Alb three bid fair to b.
regulars on the Athletics twirling stan