The Washington times., 1906-07-08

rocks hitting up the poillrEs hdE AtAO
manner OF Keeler's remonstrance, and
Farrell needed. for the colt was later
registered with the Jockey Club as Ark
Ita. after an Iroquois upstate settle
ment
Seldom See Races.
ASK any ball payer and he viii tell
you Keeler told the truth when he said
many a fellow worker on the diamond
had suffered the worst OF a trysting OF
luck with the bookmakers. II may not
De exactly right 10 say the boOkmakers.
for the professional ball players good
money does not reach the betting ring
unless he is paying in some city where
racing is the vogue ard rainy after
noon is AT his disposal Then he goes
10 the track himself and bets g. That
Indulgence comes his way probably half
a dozen times a year.
However. most OF the ball players who
are in either the American or the Ma
tional League and are thrown into this
city several times through the summer
bet almost daily. The head walters at the
big hotels OF the proprietor Of the cor
ridor cigar stand. who do a little com
mission business Incidental to their
regular duties. take the wagers OF the
ball players.
50 well understood is the inability Of
tie general run Of ball players 30 pick
r-.ore winners than losers that Mr.. Com
missioner simply puts the money In his
pocket. of course # the ball player hap
,pens 10 win his bet the cigar counter
man or the head waiter pays of. but
YOU may depend upon il. when the com
missioner soaks the bet down In his
pocket he is not required 10 bring II
out again very many times. It Is sure
and easy graft. However. there IS an
exception TO every rule. and il is said
George s. Davis. Of the Chicago White
sox." is a decided winner TO the turf
George Davis, Owner
He employs a commissioner right On
the racing scene here and gets the best
Of information Moreover he has a
cracking good two-year-Old colt. bearing
his own name-GeOrge S. Davis. Another
useful horse is Davis Wrenne. For sew
eraI years Davis has made as much ont
OF racing as of the diamond. but he
is away ahead Of the average ball
player I'm his methods Of playing the
game With Davis II is a business, and
were he TO quit Comiskey tomorrow, he
ne would become an active and success
full factor in turf affairs
Manager John J. McGraw, OF the New
York Giants, is big player. but a
loser. The newspapers used to report
''Mugsy' winning and losing fortunes
at Hot Springs. Ark. two winters ago,
but that was all talk" McGraw bets
81 900 on something he likes real well.
but that is his limit. Clark Griffith.
manager Of the Yankees. has a good
colt racing under his name. but seldom
bets
Perhaps the kingpin plunger among
all ball players was Ed Delehanty, OF
the Philadelphia Athletics. I have seen
him put down 5000 10 win a like
amount, and at one time he was
$4,000 winner on the turf He lost II
all back at New Orleans during the
winter of 19O3-O4, a circumstance which
may have had lot 20 do with his un-
timely death at Black Rock Bridge, n.
y. Isl" Seymour likes TO have a bet
down, as does Jesse Burkett. Bug
Holiday is a smart betting-ring operator
today while old Jake Beckley is said to
be a mighty clever handler of the dope
book" and an Al Handicapped
Since Mike DonIin- cashed a combina-
ton ticket with OLeary's future book
in Chicago, $500 20 $, on calling the
- ..2' finish of one of the American
Derbies. he has rated himself a crack
horse player This cOnceit has been
mighty expensive, for, according to re-
port. Mike Is quite a loser TO the game.
| ''Tbere is only one way 20 beat the
ponies-with a whip" is the byWord of
| oId-timers: and so far as the expert
ences of professional ball players go. II
carries a lot OF sense
Poor Crop of Youngsters.
The racing of the past week has
served TO confound rather than clear
the understanding of the average stu
dent of the form of the horses. 1t
| seems, so far as the TwO-year-oids are
! concerned. that we have fallen on a
! lean year. The class OF the Eastern
1 juveniles is very bad There are no
! Hamburgs. Ethelberts. or Sysonbys A.
hand this season. and unless James
r. Keene or Harry Payne Whitney has
something under cover FOR aspiring