Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK
Growth Of Elmwood Club iS Topic Of
Local Interest.
REVIVAL OF HORSE RACING is INVOLVED
Prospects for q Harness Race Meet
Arc Good and the Promoters
Feel Much Encouraged by
the Public Inquiry.

Feel Much Encouraged by
the Public Inquiry.
The directors Of the new Eimwood club !
are holding frequent meetings and will ]
have everything in readiness for the build |
ers as soon az the frost is out Of the !
ground. John D. Creighton will build the |
'club house on terms which are very &C
cepteble 70 the members Of the club and |
no stands ready to begin operations az
soon as possible. While the directors had |
an expression from the street railway
company that the line would be extended
20 the park in the spring, they now feel
more certain since the return OF the d.
rectors from the east with the anhounoo-
ment that additional lines would be built
and that the money was all laid aside.
While the club Is essentially a driving
club. still there will be plenty Of people
who would use the street cars. The gen.
eral public, however, is more interested
in the prospects of a separate company
being formed which will give Omaha someN
trotting races. A movement is on foot
20 organize a separate company to pro-
mote some races. and should this be done
the promoters will surely meet with plenty
Of encouragement from the Omaha mer-
chants. Nothing has yet been invented TO
take the place Of a horse race to arouse
the interest of all classes Of people, and
some high-class races would be Just the
thing TO bring in hordes Of people from
the state. Should these races be given
they will be on an elaborate scale, with
large purses, large enough TO attract the
best horses in the country. When smaller
towns like Blair, Tekamah and Fremont
gve race meets the town is not large
enough to hold the people who come and
come TO stay while the races last That
would be the case in Omaha. The races
have been made the principal attraction
at the state fair and the railroads are not
able to haul the people who want TO go to
these. ....
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When the American team won such high
honors at Athens last April It was
thought that the men who won the honors
would be able to defend their titles for
some years to come, but another ending
came to most, for majority have quit
the sports for good. OF the point win
ners at Athens those who are now out are
Myer Prinstein winner Of the broad jump;
Jim Lightbody, winner of the 1900 meters
and second man in the S00-meters run;
Bob Lesvitt, winner Of the hurdle race;
Fay Moulton, second in the 100-meter
dash Hugo Friend, second in the hurdles.
Glover, Kerrigan, Schicl1, Valentine, Sui
lvan, Mitchell and Queyrouze are tho
other members Of the team who are now
resting on the side lines, and, although
one or two of these may occasionally be
seen in a competition, they can hardly be
classed as athletes in training. Big Dick
Sheldon, first choice in the weights for
the Olympic trip, announced his retire
ent the day before the team sailed. and
will never again be caught throwing the
big weights around the lot Myer Prin-
stein has been forced to quit training on
account of a rapidly increasing law BUSH
ness, and can well afford to rest on the
laurels he has gathered in the dozen years
that he has been in the public eye.
The selection Of an all-American team is
ell a matter of judgment and there is no
way TO prove a writer's judgment is best
because these teams are never tried out.
All the eastern papers take guess at
an al-American team, but the writer's
have never been west Of the Allegheny
mountains and don't know that in the
great and glorious west there is a Gopher
team OF giants, that Chicago had team
which was a wonder and an Eckersall who
could have made any team In the country
Think OF a team which is good enough to
leave Eckersal out Of the reckoning. and
yet this is what all these writers have done
Here are few selections made by the
New York foot ball experts:
New York Globe-Ends Wister Prince.
ton; Forbes. Yale; tackles Bigelow, Yale
Draper, Pennsylvania; guards, Burr anC
kersburg, Harvard; center, Hockenberger
Yale; quarterback, Dillon, Princeton; half
backs, Veeder, Yale Harlan, Princeton
fgl!baek, Wendall. Harvard. -,
Mister. Princeton. tackles. REelOW. Yale
Draper, Pennsylvania; guards, Thompson
Cornell; Kersburg, Harvardj center, New
man, Cornell; quarterback, Libby, Carlisle
halfbacks, Douglass, navy; Mayhem
Brown; fulback, Morse, Yale.
ForbSs Yae and wSie eRds
Bigelow, Yale, and Draper, Pennsylvania
tackles Thompson Cornell, ana Burr
ter; Norton, Annapolis, quarterback May
hew, Brown, and Hollenback, Pennsyl
yania, halfbacks; Wendell, Harvard fun
Second team: Lavlne Pennsylvania. an
Exendinet Carlisle, ends Cooney Prince
burg, Harvard, and Ziegler, Pennsylvania
guards; Newman, Cornell, center; Jones
bard, Amherst, halfbacks; sieber, Gettys
burg, fullback.
New York World-wister, Princeton, an
Forbes, Yale. ends. Osborne. Harvard. an
Bigelow, Yale, tackles; Burr Harvard, an
Bridges Yale. guards Parker, Harvard
center; DiiOn Princeton, quarterback
Veeder Yale, and Mayhem, Brown, halt
backs Morse, Yale, fulback
New York Matl-Ends, Forbes, Yale
Eharlett Pennsylvania; tackles CooneS
Prlnceton Bigelow, Yale; guards, ThomT
son, Cornell; Ziegler, Pennsylvania centel
Hockenberger, Yale; quarterback Ecker
sail Chicago; halfbacks, Needer and knol
Yale; fullbaok, Hollenback Pennsylvania
The weather man has finally decided
let the ice skaters have a show for thei
white alleys and consequently the boy wit
the new skates win be given a chance
try them out on Christmas day. The me-
rink on Goth and Farnam streets wa
hooded last week. after the skate house
. had been built and everything put in read
ness for the coming cold weather whic
would put a good surface on the rink. Pm
Reed and his partners now have eveTythin
In readiness and It is up to the weathS
man to say how much skating will be eT
joyed in this central rink The parks wei
crowded last week when the weather wa
suspicious, but these are not large enoug
10 accommodate the large number wishin
10 skate, and Cut-On and all ponds al
taxed when the weather is fine.
Cut-On lake 10 cut the weeds 20 get the
out OF the way OF the ice cutters. Tn
machine cuts the weeds and grass sever
feet below the surface and this will be