The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-18
WILLIE VESTS SAY-sO


now an annual fixture in the east, will
be abandoned has given rise to wide
spread comment. The great danger
| attending the contest is the reason Civ
| en- for the feeling that the event should
be crossed from the programme. Now,
| this lingo is all bosh The race won't
| be given up, for the people who pro-
NOTED 1T in the first place were look
| ing for advertisement. The fact that
| they got more publicity than they were
| looking for, however, doesn't disturb
them in the least. and they started the
abandonment talk merely to quiet
the credulous public, which will bite
on any kind of hook, whether it is
baited or not.
THE people forget" once said a noted
politician, noted chiefly because of
suddenly acquired fortune. He became
wealthy in spite of the fact that he
was New York state senator. Yes,
the people forget. Next year. when
the Vanderbilt race is run again, they
will not remember the long list of ac-
cidents that attended the race in the
crowd at the turns and be carried off
in pieces on stretchers, shutters and
barn doors.
Next year the auto drivers will climb
telegraph poles in the same merry
fashion. The glory of competing in
the great annual blue ribbon slaughter
will more than pay for their busted
craniums and punctured spinal cords.
Auto racing is all right on a track, but
it has no place on a country road, poor
ly patrolled and not fully fenced.
No, the promoters won't stop the
race. Maybe the local New York state
authorities will attempt to do so. How
ever, the promoters are millionaire
manufacturers, and, as they must have
advertising, probably the authorities
can be persuaded to let the band
play ON.
Wuxtry. Wuxtry! Joe Cans has
given up. voluntarily, his claim to the
welterweight title. He is the first
pug i'll history to give away any
thing unless we except Kid Mccoy
and the wise" tips he used to hand
out-when he needed the money.
As it is harder to kill man under
the new football rules, the game is
more uncertain and greatly more ex-
citing.
One of the oldest examples Of I'M
timely hitting on record in baseball |
was q Chicago-L game played |
at Louisville in 1890 Chicago won the |
game, , to 1. How Louisville ever |
managed to keep away from the plate |
is mystery During the game the |
bases We're filled with Colonies exactly |
twelve times. In every inning except |
one the bases were full one or more /
times. Yet on twelve hits, six bases |
on balls, one hit by pitched ball, and
three errors, they made but one run
Four times they had the bases full with |
but one man out. Three times they |
were full with none out. Yet each time |
man was either cut off at the plate or
doubled up, except in the fifth, when.
with the bases full. little tumble by
LANCE let Dexter score. Any one Of
twenty-four hitters could have won the
game with one timely hit, but none was
delivered
1t may be better to give than to re-
ceive, but it depends whether you are
throwing bricks or bouquets.
Here is an example of the pure and
holy amateur spirit as she actuates the
being of the high school athlete: "Har-
vey Blair, the crack sprinter, who grad
uated last year from the Hammond
(Ill) high school. is still undecided
where he will go to college. Offers have
been made to him by University of
Michigan. Amherst, University Of Chi
cago, Wabash and Purdue
philadelphia Jack O'Brien's ambi-
ton seems to be to outgentleman Jim
Corbett At the present call Jack is two
one divorce and a fancy
vest behind the game.
All things come to those who wait n
and that's about the only consolati06
some people seem to have
Young Corbett and Terry Mc06vern
say they will fight again. Bux|thank
goodness. the ancient power n injunc-
ton still exists. WILLIHwEST.
Watsons', leading PiaM Dealers, 7O7
Main