The Washington herald., 1907-02-08
TRACK GOES TO RUIN
CondOn's 81, 100000 Course at
Hot Springs Useless.
FEW MEETINGS IN THE WEST
If Adverse Legislation Goes Through,
Western Turf Followers VIII Have
10 Confine Themselves to LOuisville
and LatOnin-CIarkc Griffith Fails
TO Reach New York from Ranch.

New York, Feb. If racing is stopped
in Arkansas. John Condon's S1000.000 race
track at Hot Springs will go TO rack and
ruin. When Condor, a former power in
Chicago turf affairs decided to build Oak
lawn. he planned to have track built on
modern lines. regardless Of expense. But
since the new race course was opened.
several years ago, it has not been much
of a paying investment.
Essex Park, at the Springs, and a track
located at Little Rock will also be closed
If the present adverse legislation goes
through.
As the game has been ended in Tennes-
see, Western borsemen. after the cam
paign at New Orleans ends, viii have to
confine themselves 10 the Louisville and
Latonia tracks. In Kentucky a recently
appointed State racing commission.
headed by Col. Jack Chinn, viii control
the situation in future with absolute
power
Clarke Griffith. manager Of the New
YORK American League team. who ar
rived IN Chicago from Montana Wednes-
day, was expected 10 show up al head
quarters in New York yesterday. but up
to a late hour last night he had not put
in an appearance. Secretary NahOn said.
however. that in all probability Gnn
would loom up some time to-day with
budget of baseball talk
Griffith. according to a Windy City re-
port. Is in splendid health and is ready
for a hard campaign. he viii have his
players start South in just four weeks.
and then real work will begin. Compare
lively few exhibition games will Doe played
outside Of Atlanta, and little time viii be
lost in riding IN railroad trains. The New
York Americans did 50 well last year that
Griffith believes in letting well enough
alone. If the new pitchers make good
and big Chesbro rounds into anything like
his old form. Griff viii feel confident Of
making the White SOx OF any other team
hustle 10 beat him in the race for the
championship. There viii be no changes
in the team outside Of the box.
Manager Mack. Of the Philadelphia
Americans. will start South with twenty
six men on March T. Mack viii take
"lptAb AeHbt W HAf4tllf ANS A'A Htl T.
COMBS, Powers, Schreck, Harry Davis,
Monte Cross, Dan Murphy. Shehan, Mich
oils, knight. Oldring Hartsell, Lord,
BARLEY. O'COnncT. Big Chief Bender,
Rube Vickers. and others. Seybold and
Burke. a new third baseman. viii join the
team at Marlin Springs Mack says his
former pennant winners will be stronger
IN the box and al third base than they
were last year.
There are several new managers in the
Eastern League this year Malachi Kit
tredge viii have charge Of the Montreal
team. Hugh Duffy takes hold Of Provi-
dence instead OF Jack Dunn, who goes 10
Baltimore TO replace Hugh Jennings. Joe
Kelley succeeds Ed Barrow in Toronto
Joe Bean VIII take Billy Murray's place
in Jersey City. while Lew McAllistcr viii
succeed George Stallings at Buffalo.
Joe Cans did not get away with
dollar after beating Kid Hermann at
Tonopah, said Mike Kelly, the promoter
of the mill. TO reporters in san Francisco
the other day. His share of the purse
was $4,000. but I had his markers for
most of that before he entered the ring.
Joe is an inVeterate gambler, and what
he did not lose shooting craps he dropped
on the ponies in my poolroom. Herman
got away with but a small share Of his
earnings. too. as ne played the races all
the time, with poor success
Tommy Ryan is quoted as saying that
after he gets through with Hugo Kelly
he viii make a match with Joe Thomas
providing. of course, that he defeats
Kelly, and that, in the event Of q victory
over Thomas he viii then go after phila-
delphia Jack O'Brien. But Ryan wants
to make OBrien weigh 15S pounds, some
thing that the crafty Quaker does not
particularly care FOR.
II It is true that Abe AtteH. the feather
weight champion. has agreed to box Tony
Sullivan, of St Louis, at I26 pounds
ringside. there appears TO be no good
reason why Atten should not meet Spike
Robson, the English feather-Weight cham
pion, who has challenged him TO fight 20
a finish at this weight.
According TO the committee in charge
of the fund for Terry McGovern. after
paying all expenses, there remains a bal
ance of nearly Sl5,000, which viii go 10
the stricken pugilist's family