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Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29


oh, give me pitcher" the maRnate cried,
"A tWirler TO call my own,
Who has curves and speed in his cunning
arm,
Who can win his games alone;
A pitcher who always Is calm and cool.
The KIND that the gang won't roast;
VINO never goes up in a big balloon
Just when he is needed most"
"oh, give me a pitcher" the magnate cried.
A twirler who knows the game"
Then up from the backwoods fioated one
Who was quite unknown to fame
just give me show the twirler said,
III deliver the goods all right;
bor booze Is something / never touch
And l 60 to bed at night"
''oh, my, what pitcher" the magnate
As he watched him work next day;
There was nothing the reuben didn't have,
And he pitched as though twas play;
IL was one, two, three, as he moved them
down,
Nor had they a sight of first,
And the magnate smiled in q gleeful way
As he went to drown his thirst.
Upon the morrow the reub came back,
As strong as country OK;
a smile crept over his sunburned face
As he took his place in the box;
And just as upon the day before
He tumbled the sluggers down,
And the smiling magnate found he had
Another fierce thirst to drown.
Next day the reuben was there again,
The sluggers their backs near broke;
A smile illumined the magnates face,
When-alas, alack, he awoke;
IT'S seven o'clock" the bellboy yelled,
AS he raped with his knuokles thrice;
"Oh, give me a pitcher" the mRgnate cried
And see that It's filled with ice"
HARRY VAN ARSDALE.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29

manure in the bottom Of his milk bucket
and this would hide it. The best dairymen
cool their milk down to sixty degrees as
soon as 1t comes from the cow They
keep everything about their establishments
scrupulously clean, and sell their milk
pure"
'Ts there any way Of testing whether
milk has formaldehyde in it?'
Eyes, II you will take three or four table
spoonfuls as a sample and put them in a
teacup with an equal amount of strong
hydrochloric acid and bit of ferric alum
about as big as a pin head, you can learn
whether formaldehyde is present or not
The liquids must first be mixed together
by a gentle rotary motion and the cup then
placed in boiling water for five minutes.
At the end of that time II formaldehyde
is present the mixture will turn purple.
II it does not turn it is all right"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29
Carpenters Letter
Continued from Page Five.)

Eoic acid was taken up and its effect
upon fruits and pickles was determined.
Among the last experiments were those
with formaldehyde. This stun is put into
milk and cream to keep it fresh and It is
also sometimes used as a disinfectant, its
fumes killing bed bugs and other insects.
Then other experiments were made as to
foods treated with sulphate Of copper, the
stuff known as vitriol, which we consider
among the most poisonous of drugs 1t is
an antiseptic and germicide and is some
times used as a caustic to burn out an
ulcer or to touch up the canker sores in
ones mouth. You would not think a man
would dare to put 1t into his stomach.
Nevertheless the Agricultural department
finds that 1t is sprinkled on pickles to
give them fresh green look, and also
on canned green peas and beans.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29
Chicken Salads Made of Pork

'1s there much food adulteration prac-
ticed in Washington?
Eyes. The chicken salad served at our
receptions here is often half pork cut up
into cubes and so dressed with mayonnaise
that one cannot tell the difference. We
have all sorts Of receptions practiced upon
us and we frequently know not what we
eat"
How about our drinks?"
They are nearly all more or less adulter-
ated, and this is especially so Of our
whistles, both domestic and imported. !
made a careful examination OF Scotch
whisky not long ago and created quite a
sensation when published the statement
| that there was not a bottle of Scotch
whisky TO be gotten in this country, ex-
! cepting In clubs or private houses. Pure
| Scotch whisky is made Of barley malt
cured over a peat fire, the peat for the
| purpose having been carefully prepared. l
] investigated this matter while I was in
Great Britain and found that the Scotch
whisky the English were drinking was in
fact made OF Indian corn imported for the
purpose. The corn alcohol was mixed with
little Scotch whisky to give 1t a flavor
and the whole was sold as pure Scotch
The price OF the Scotch was more or less
according TO the amount OF pure Scotch
whisky In it, and this fraud was perpe-
trated by makers whose whisky is famous
throughout the world"
How about Irish whisky, doctor?"
THAT IS slso adulterated, and the same
is true OF American whisky. Indeed, II
is almost impossible to buy a pure whisky
without it is bottled in bond. Whisky is
hardly ht to drink before It is eight years
-
years In bond. The moment IL is taken
out It has to pay the revenue tax, and the
result is there is little surety Of getting It
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29

Plxiey and Gadke and Denman and Mccall
and Mierstein and Mockett and Potter and
Edghill and the other sharks race as II their
lives depended upon getting to the top Of
the hill In quicker time. These road races
were real tests Of endurance, endurance
Of men instead OF machines, for the gait
at which some Of these boys had to pedal
going down the hills was a caution. At
that time the wheels we're not 80 arranged
that the rider could coast without taking
his feet from the pedal and the Dodge
street hills are so numerous that a rider
did not dare to take his feet from the
pedals for fear Of not being able to recover
before the other riders had passed him.
1t would be different with the improvements
OF the bicycles today. Now a rider can
coast without removing his feet from the
pedals. The autos will strike a much
higher rate Of speed, but the curves and
ruts make care a necessity.
%
From a bare living salary OF $500 per
year to figures which compare with the
salary the president Of the United States
receives, Barney Oldheld has certainly
made a great jump in financial earnings.
The intrepid chauffeur. who has been in
Detroit for the last few days, admits that
ne was only making $500 year In lsOl.
At that time he was doing odd jobs and
there were times when he was short the
necessary cash for meals. There were
times when l was nearly starved" said
Oldheld. and there were times when a
dime looked as big as barn to me-" This
was In 1901. Since then Oldfield has become
an adept at the auto game Getting a
start here with Tom Cooper and Henry
Ford, Oldheld, year after year, has in
| creased his earning capacity. 1t was in
| 1901 that Oldfeld was working for Cooper
at mere living expenses Today Cooper
is working for Oldheld, watching the chauf-
| feurs interests in the theatrical line. Bar
ney Oldfeld draws his royalties from THE
Vanderbilt Cup Race" which proved such
big success down east. For this year,
| and the season is a little more than half
| over, Oldfeld has made over $4,000. lie
expects to see his earnings reach the $50, 900
mark before the snow flies Barney has
| been saving some of this. He owns a big
| farm near Toledo and several houses. AT
| the same time he squanders his money
freely and is a lavish entertainer With
| the money coming in as easily as 1t does
Barney has no intention OF quitting the
sport.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29

In the past three months twelve men
have met their death as result OF base
ball and over twenty have been seriously
injured; some fatally. This is but a par
tial list cleaned from the various press
dispatches from day to day. And the list
of those hurt does not include the in
Vulnerable broken legs, fingers. arms and
noses received every week. The list as 1t
stands now is almost as serious as the one
Haunted by the hysterical football reform
ers of last fall. No doubt another list,
telling of those who died from running,
walking playing tag or eating too much
were II kept II would be equally appalling.
In the Texas State league this spring an
umpire had his skull crushed by players,
who, protesting against his decision, lost
control Of themselves. The. football re-
formers said that any game where a man
forgot everything but victory was sure to
bring harmful results. It is not on record
that any player on the gridiron has yet
been murdered in the pursuit Of victory.
On July t. at Cumberland, Nd, players in
the Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland
league got into a fight over a decision.
Eddie sapp. a Butler second baseman, was
hit over the head with two bats. A riot
followed, In which many were hurt. sapp
Is still In the hospital In critical condition,
and some OF the crowd are still in Jail At
Bedford, Ind, a West Baden player re-
sented the roofing by a negro and a fight
followed. The negro had his head split
open with bat. He is in a serious condl-
ton. All three fights were not on the
sand lots, but in organized baseball
leagues. Some OF the more noticeable
deaths during the year are as follows:
John Koscielmak, a Detroit boy, was
killed receiving a batted ball on the jaw.
He died In terrible agony
Jesse Robertson, United States sailor, died
Of fractured skull at Norfolk, Va. He
was hit with a pitched ball.
Patrick Cosgrove, Spring Valley, H.
was spiked 10 death. He got in the way Of
sam Woodward. star player OF the
Georgia technical college, died while play
ing in the Cotton State league. He was hit
on the head by a pitched ball.
Eddie Geers. son OF the famous driver,
was killed by batted ball while playing
in Tennessee.
dead from overexertion in running bases
A good dozen men have died from heart
trouble as the result Of roofing at games
In the big league company no men have
been killed. The players are alert and
know enough 10 keep out Of the way OF
danger for the most part. However, many
have been hurt. More noticeable than the
rest are the injuries OF Mike DonIin out
With a broken leg; Bill Bradley Of Clave-
land. broken arm: Charlie Schmidt, the
Detroit catcher. with a broken ankle, and
kid" Elberfeld, with his thigh ripped
open by spikes. Two pitchers in Penn
sylvania have suffered broken arms in the
same manner. They threw the ball so
hard that they snapped their elbows in
two.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29

A movement is on foot to get up an auto
mobile endurance race and hill climbing
contest in the near future in this city.
Many OF the amateur chauffeurs are be-
coming quite proficient in the handling of
their machines and a contest OF this kind
is expected to arouse considerable interest.
The idea is 20 have a road race in which
speed does not count as much as en-
durance. Omaha has some good roads run
ming TO the county districts on which TO
hold the proposed race. There is no reason
why such race should not be just as in
teresting as the old bicycle road races when
the whole city used 20 turn out 70 see
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29

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Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29

were therefore able to do better work than
the Europeans"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29

Golf experts say that Mr.. E. NJ. Byers
may lay to his soul the flattering JUNCTION
that the trophy Of the American golf cham
pionship which he carried of at Engle-
wood recently is the fruit of victory
that put his prowess to the severest test
ever imposed upon an American golfer
To come out at the top against such
field was indeed victory worth winning,
and one that conferred distinction. This
years championship test of amateur skill
at golf In more than one way marks an
advance that puts the American game fully
abreast of old country golf, a fact which
Travis winning Of the British trophy in
1904 sufficiently foreshadowed. 1t is not
only in proficiency at the game and in
respect to the number of really strong
players the country has developed but in
respect also to the quality of our links,
that we have finally come up to British
standards There were 1856 entries for the
Englewood championship contest, against
166 for the British open championship prize
at Mulrfeld last month, for which both
amateurs and professionals commended.
When we consider that golf became a popu-
lar game in this country only a bare ten
years ago, while 1t is $50 years old in the
British islands, this is doing pretty well.
Moreover, Travis's scores of n and 20 in
the qualifying test, TWO ROUNDS OF IL holes
each, making a total of 152, suffers little
by comparison with James Braids score Of
800 for four rounds for the Muirfeld links,
and Braid, a professional, won the British
open championship The Muirfield links,
too, have a playing length of only 5,e37
feet against 6,D3 at Englewood. Thirty
two players qualified at 16s or under for
two rounds, Travis winning the gold medal
for low score at 1b2, followed by Travers
at LIS, Bankard at 1888. Egan 1859 and Lyon
1e1. Having reached the point where 1t
can turn out thirty-two golfers capable of
doing this dificult links in 1863 or better.
America may set up justihable pretensons
to be in the game with the Englishmen
and Scotchmen. Conclusive evidence of
the advance in American golf skill may
be had by comparing Traviss low score
OF 1852 in this contest with Macdonald's 175
in the championship match Of 1887, Choate's
| 175 in 1899, Reds 10 in 1900, Travis's 166
at Garden City in 1901 and Frederick's 156
last year at Wheaton, when Egan won
the championship.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29


Papa Bllls former schwartzkopf is get
ting to look like a snowdrift as the re-
suit Of his search for pitchers He has
exploded more phenoms already this season
than some managers do in a lifetime, and
has sounded so many false alarms that he
IL almost afraid to try another, for fear
he will prove celluloid. It's mighty tough
on Bill, too, for he had gained a reputa-
ton as a picker of pitchers of which he
was very proud. II any Of the fans think
Bill enjoys the work that has been done
by men in Omaha uniforms lately he is
entitled to one more think at least. After
the performance on Tuesday. for example,
Bill canned two OF the alleged pitchers and
then sat UP till after midnight writing
kilograms and spending the days gate re-
ceipts with the Western Union, trying to
locate a pitcher somewhere, or a manager
who would let go Of a real pitcher. They're
mighty hard to find, though. Still, Bill
hopes to get one more. He has snaked
Sawyer away from Carney. and it may be
the beginning of better luck. But the
search lie going to be kept up until the
team is strengthened II money and work
will do It.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29


Walter T. Hayes. present middle west
champion, will defend his title. He has
been playing in the Chicago tournaments
and was put out in the third round Of the
western on the Kenwood courts last
Wednesday by p. F. Byford, who alsa de-
feated him in the Illinois state champion
ship the previous week. Mr.. Byford and
his partner, Paul Gardner, as we'll as
number of other Chicago men, are ex-
pected at the middle west in August
Chairman Wood of the committee has just
received communications from two Of
Denver's fastest players. From the far
west will probably come Don v. Harker of
Denver, twice winner of the Rocky noun
tain championship, and ]. w. Graham Of
the same place, winner In 1902 There is
a possibility that Clarence p. Dodge of
Colorado Springs, a player of some note
and the present Rocky mountain champion,
will enter. He at one time, with his part
ner, won the New England championship
in doubles. George w. Ackley of Detroit,
Mich, has entered. A number of new play
ers are expected this year from St. Jo-
seph and st. Louis. The versatile DOC"
Sheldon Of Kansas City, with his partner.
o. V. Vernon, VINO is at present playing
in Chicago writes that they will be here in
August Lyman Mcconnell and Ralph
West leave today for Kansas City to
take part in the tourney starting Monday
at that place for the championship OF the
Missouri valley.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29

The horse show time is here and horse
shows are being held all over the country.
Summer shows are being held and those at
Atlantic City and Long Branch were pro-
nounced successes Two are TO be held in
August, after which they will come thick
and fast. The dates Of those to come are:
Bay shors. August TO l.
Bar Harbor. August q to e.
Point Judith, August % to Is.
Newport, September 3 to 6.
Belle Haven, September s.
Syracuse, September IL to 10.
Myopia, September 3.
81. Paul, September to 8.
Greenfield, September II to 13
BFyn MaWr, September 10 to q
Poughkeepsie, September Is and q.
Mineola, September Is and 70.
Brockton, october 3 TO s.
Louisville, October 4 TO 6.
North Shore, october and g.
Morristown, October and g.
ST. Louis, October s 10 Is.
Kansas City. october 10 10 20.
Atlanta, October 16 TO 90
Omaha, October p TO q.
Chicago, October 20 TO November l.
New York, November IS to "a.
International. Chicago, December to 6.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK

Need Of Pitcher ia Turning Bill Rourke's
Hair Gray.
MIDDLE WEST TENNIS TOURNEY BooMs
Prospect for n Record Attendance
and the Presence Of some Wei
Known Experts ut the
Game.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29

The tennis championship OF Iowa will be
played for at the meet of the Iowa State
Tennis association, open to all amateurs,
at the Hyperion club, Des Moines August
ell. The entry fee for either singles or
doubles will be 81 and 50 for both. The
entries must be sent to E. N. Hopkins,
chairman, Des Moines. Drawings will be
made for both singles and doubles Monday
noon and play will begin Tuesday, Au-
gust Z. The prizes will consist of silver
cup for winner. prize for runner up and
medals for players in the semi-finals. The
winner will play w. T. Hayes for the chal-
lenge cup now held by him. The Hyperion
club is particularly adapted to the enter
tainment of a tennis tournament. Four
courts are available and a spacious club
bOuse, with dining room, lockers at dis
posal Of players and shower baths will
make a comfortable place for players and
spectators.
The annual midsummer meet OF the Cen
trail Whist association will be held at the
Grand hotel, Council Bluffs, Friday and
Saturday, August and T. The regular
| contest is for pairs and will consist of
three plays as follows: Friday afternoon,
Friday evening and Saturday afternoon
Regular play will be followed Saturday
by free-for-all. and trophies will be given
to the winners Of each contest. The pros
pectus says;
This contest is open to both women and
| men, and all lovers Of whist are cordially
| invited to participate. Ample opportunity
will be given for players TO enjoy a trip
| to Lake Manawa and the many other sum
| mer resorts and parks surrounding Council
/ outing can be had. The Grand hotel has
shown the greatest courtesy to this asso-
citation at its annual meetings in the past
| for all players The Council Bluffs Whist
| club has welcomed the association each
| year with the most cordial hospitality. We
| are sure that no one has ever regretted
| attending these meetings in the past and
| the indications are that the coming one
will be the best in the history Of the as
| ISOLATION.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29

Mike Cantillon gave another of his ex-
hibitions OF meanness on Wednesday, He
knew that Rourke had advertised a double
header, and had been given verbal notice
OF the demand, although he refused to ac-
cept a written notice. The hareup was
simply cussedness on Mikes part, and in
line with other things he had done. The
antics of Tiperino ONen, who draws his
breath with Mikes consent. are in line
with. his other acts as a joke president
oNeil wires from Chicago that the double
header for one price OF admission before
the last series Of the season is forbidden
by the league laws. What rot! AS mat
ter OF fact, the schedule prepared by oNeil
himself contains a number of double-header
games. all for one price Of admission. II
that were not enough, take the games Of
Wednesday. Sioux City and Denver played
two and Lincoln and Pueblo played two;
does anyone imagine that o'Neil will throw
out either Of these contests because they
are illegal2 Not much he won't But the
promptness OF his squeal In response to
Cantillon's kick is characteristic Of the
man.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29

Umpire Davis showed himself a wise guy
again in the settlement OF the dispute. I'm
der base ball law the first game OF double
header is always the regular scheduled
game When Cantillon's men failed to start
this game at the advertised time they were
guilty OF delay within the meaning OF the
rule, and the umpire very properly for
felted II to Omaha. President ONeil has
no more right to throw out this game than
he has TO throw out the game OF Monday,
when Sanders shut the Champions out. His
talk 10 the contrary is all blum Davis put
the matter right by counting the second
game an exhibition game and refusing to
umpire It. The game has no more rela-
ton to the league contest than II 1t had
been played between Omaha and Kearney
or Des Moines and Grand Island. Mike
Cantillon and Joke o'Neil will yet find out
that they are not the whole league, no mat
ter how much they may think they are.
Mike Cantillon and Ducky Holmes may
be intent on breaking up the Western
league. II they are, they couldn't take any
surer way of going about to do II than to
insist on the dismissal OF Stats Davis, He
IL the one umpire they cannot control. and
that is the basis OF their grievance against
him, II Duoky Holmes was half man
Davis name is mentioned. for no more
contemplate action was ever recorded in
connection with base ball than Holmes
assault on Davis at lincoln. II a player
strikes an umpire on the field It may be
excused as coming In the heat OF the
game, but Holmes waited for three hours
after the game and assaulted the umpire
on the street. That was pure hoodlumism,
and It cost Dueky a lot OF friends at Lin
coin, Cantillon complains because Davis
forfeited a game to Omaha when the Des
Moines players delayed beyond the legal
time, after they were on the field. Davis
was not trying to force Cantillon to play a
double header He only wanted the Des
Moines leaders TO live up to the rules.
Davis demonstrated this by pronouncing
the game that was played an exhibition
and refusing TO umpire 1t. This action was
strictly lawful. and no one knows 1t better
than Cantillon. The attitude of the bull
doing Des Moines magnate is shown by
his surly refusal on Tuesday to tell Davis
who was 20 be the Des Moines battery,
saying he could find out when the team
lined up. Davis made this announcement
70 the public and put Cantillon In his
proper light. Now to have these WORTHLESS
band themselves together 10 secure Davis
dismissal from the league shows how thor