Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14


PAGERS and drivers win receive their share
Of the attention. What 1905 aid In the
world Of trotter ana PAGER Is now history.
but the work Of one man and one horse
now stands out as the most brilliant I'D
oeers. the silent man from Tennessee"
who has driven many a champion trotter
to victory and records his many years on
the turf. comes out at the top of the list
OF winning drivers In the grand circuit
races he scored sixteen hrsts. seventeen
seconds, nine thirds, fourteen fourths and
was unplaced but fifteen times. The prize
money he won amounted to $4,000. His
nearest rival was Lou Mcdonald. who won
t27100 In stakes and purses. While Geers
record Is hardly up to that of the year
before, nevertheless he has laid further
claim to the distinction of being the best
driver the country has seeh in years. He
Is past the three score mark in years, but
today ranks with the cleverest young
drivers in the country. The years have
not robbed him of any of his cunning and
1905 Is sure to land him well up among the
topnotchers. OF all PAGERS none has there
been to compare with Dan Patch. Great
as was the sire of the horse. Joe Patchen,
he never compared with his get. During
1906 Dan Patch paced thirty-six miles in
from 2:oih to 1:56h, the latter being the
worlds record. In nine of the thirty-six
miles the stallion averaged 1:57h and In
six others 1:5S He did no less than seven
miles under AGO. He began his seasons
campaign In September and In sixty-six
days broke four worlds records During
the career of the horse on the turf he
never lost race and Of fifty-six heats he
lost but two.
The western Bowling congress will prob
ably be held at Salt Lake City this year.
Acting under instructions from A. w. Mar
tin Of san Francisco, who is president of
the congress. Secretary Jenkins has sent a
blank ballot to the members OF the execu-
tive committee to be filled out and returned
at the earliest possible moment A ma
jority of the committee vote in favor of
certain date and city will be regarded as a
final decision. So far as can be ascertained
the tournament will probably take place at
Salt Lake City. They are well hxed In the
Utah city to take care of the visiting
bowlers and to handle the event in the
proper manner. The commercial clubs and
the leading business organizations of Salt
Lake City have endorsed the action of the
Salt Lake City Bowling association In Its
efforts to secure the meeting of the con-
gress and will render valuable assistance
in making the meeting big success. Com
menting upon the advisability OF voting to
hold the tourney at Salt Lake City Secre-
| tary Jenkins says: "Their city is centrally
| located In the territory governed by the
| Western Bowling congress and will prob
ably draw a larger attendance on that ac-
count than almost any city in the west.
| with the coast cities furnishing their quota
OF teams and Denver, Ogden, Colorado
| Springs and many other nearby cities send
| Ing delegations there should be from fifty
! to 100 hve-nen teams in attendance upon
| the tournament. Making conservative
estimate for admissions, entry fees, etc, to-
gether with the $500 donated by Salt Lake
City. the prize fund should reach from 5000
| to $1,000 The prize list alone should show a
large number of entries." The tournament
of the American Bowling congress takes
place on March II and the dates of the
! western championship contest may be so
arranged as to enable teams to continue
their Journey to Louisville. the scene OF the
national event. This would necessitate the
| Western Bowling congress tourney opening
about March Z.
| Seven of the best athletes In the west
have been secured by the University of Chi
cago athletic authorities. They are all
registered as students and are Prince, for
merry a captain Of the shattuck Military
academy foot ball team. who weighs 30
pounds and is declared to be fine player;
Taylor who weighs 400 pounds. formerly a
star all around athlete Of Des Moines. and
10 fullback strongly heralded; Maddigan.
the aS-pound guard and all around athlete
from Englewood High school; Moody, a
star base ball, foot ball and track man
from the University of Maine; Dickinson, a
pitcher from Tufts; Comstock. a half-miler
from Princeton. formerly a star at Hyde
Park High school. and Rudolph. a pole
vauter from Crown Point. Ind. and an In
terscholastic champion.
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