Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-04

ltimes out Of twenty. Consciously or un-
| consciously, his opponent has so acted as
or bsIved a bole be tsbo1i5 have awe iosf "ou
| Speaking generally it Is always advis,
able TO accept no favors from an Oppo-
other hand, to expect him to hole out his
| puts. AS to the specific case to which
! attention has been called, where an am
! bisuous remark has caused the missing
! Of a putt, IL would not be too severe
| penalty TO decree that the speaker must
Henry p Burcheu has sailed for England
| as the special commissioner Of the James
town exposition for the purpose Of inviting
the winner OF the great British inter-
| varsity rowing contest to meet the winner
| OF the Yale-Harvard race and the winner
OF the intercollegiate eight-oared event at
! Poughkeepsie. The English collegians will
he offered the opportunity Of a dual con-
test with the winner Of the New London
match or to take part in a three-cornered
race, which will include the winner OF the
varsity race at Poughkeepsie. Immedi-
ately upon his arrival Mr. Burchell COM
! municated with the presidents Of Oxford
| and Cambridge Boat clubs Should oxford
and Cambridge decline the invitation Mr..
| BurcheI will endeavor to arrange for
| combined oxford and Cambridge and Le-
/ ander and London rowing crews The
agreement TO have an international rowing
| regatta at the jamestown exhibition was
reached at a conference held I'm New York
between r. H. Sexton Of the jamestown
exhibition and the members of the eXecu-
| tive committee of the National Associa-
ton Of Amateur Oarsmen. Assurance has
been received that one or more Of the
European clubs will send crews.
Answering the challenge Of the city OF
London Chess club, which desires another
match for the possession Of Sir George
| Newnes' N,O00 international trophy, now in
| the custody of the Brooklyn Chess club, the
latter organization has, through its secre-
tary, Thomas ]. Johnston, sent a communi-
cation to the Britons informing them of
the readiness of those interested on this
side Of the water to resume play. The re-
| fusal Of the cable companies TO provide the
| wires on two successive week days inter-
rupted these interesting encounters, with
the result that none has been contested
since 1903. In the letter Of acceptance in
curry is made as to whether the City of
London people have devised a plan by
means Of which the match may be sue
cesfully played and word is eagerly awaited.
The new board Of officers elected at the
| annual meeting Of the Brooklyn Chess
! club IS made up as follows: President, ].
| Herbert Watson; first vice president, r. P.
Messiter; second vice president Samuel
II. Cragg; secretary, Thomas j. Johnston;
treasurer, DIR. s. T. King.
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The Automobile Club Of America has an
nounced the conditions for the motor wagon
contest to be held from November to 10
The contest will be open 10 all types Of
cial purposes made in the United States or
abroad. Forty miles must be covered in
each Of the four days, as follows: First
stage, from club house to Fort George,
washington bridge, Jerome avenue, Seventh
avenue, to club house, twenty miles, second
i stage, from club house TO the Battery and
return, ten miles; third stage, from club
house to the Battery and return, ten miles.
On the first day Of the contest each vehicle,
fully loaded, shall cover the route pre-
scribed without stops, except those that
are involuntary. On the second day each
vehicle, fully loaded shall cover the sama
route Travelled on the first day and will be
Required to make certain specified stops to
be decided upon by the committee. On the
third day each vehicle. without load, shall
cover the same route as on the preceding
day. without stops except those which are
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vehicle, without load, shall cover the same
route as on the preceding days and will be
required to make the specified stops. The
awards will be based on the cost Of opera
ton. The winner will get a silver cup,
while certificates of performance will be
| furnished to the other contestants Each
vehicle must carry an official observer, to
be furnished by the club, to note the per-
Torrance of the vehicle, fuel and water
consumption. etc, and no repairs will be
permitted without his knowledge and record
Of same.
xOne of the features Of the indoor Ameri-
can Athletic union championships to be
| held on Friday and Saturday evenings,
| November and TO- will be the revival Of
the pole vault for distance, an event that
has not appeared on any Of the athletic
meet program in several years. The
| novelty OF the event is attracting many
entries, and It will no doubt prove inter-
| esting to those of the athletic public who
have never witnessed such contest The
rules governing this competition are prac-
| tically the same as those for the running
broad jump. The present record is % feet
N inches, made by William Baird some
years ago, and though picking the winner
will be a hard task, it would be no great
surprise If the above figures were raised
by some one of the many crack all-aIou
athletes who will take part.
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| 1t is reported that Harvard is seriously
considering the acceptance of an invitation
from England to send a lacrosse team to
the other side in order to encourage the
cordial relations between the college men
of the United States and England. The
invitation was originally for a team of un-
dergraduates, but owing to the fact that
the lacrosse season in England is in the
fall and lasts well into the winter the I'M
dergraduate team will be unable to get
away. Therefore Harvard will probably
send team Of graduates over composed
Of men who have played on the Crimson
teams in past years.
The latest thing in trusts or combines,
is that which three Americans at present in
London have got in hand Their intention is
to buy up all bulldogs of the one strain
that of the stone" blood, or family. which
gave to the world the best dog OF its type
that named after Sir Conan Doyle's novel,
Rodney Stone" That dog was sold by
Mr.. Walter Jeffries of Denmark Hill, Lon
don, for $500 TO Richard Croker, and when
the dog died I'm America there became quite
a craze TO buy up that special strain OF