Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

mory. The regiment is offering for the first
time valuable silver cup embematic of
the national indoor championship in the
mems singles. The cup is to be won three
times, not necessarily in succession, to be-
come the personal property of the player
so winning it, In accordance with the
more recent vogue, the holder each year
will be required to play through the tour
nament and not stand out for a challenge
round. The early sending out Of the no.
tces was to make 1t possible for those
of the experts entering to obtain sufficient
practice on the fast board playing before
tho beginning of the tournament. Arrange
ments have been made so that entrants
may use the courts Wednesday afternoons
and all day on Saturday, February 10, for
preparatory play. This is an innovation
which It is believed will make 1t possible
for many of the younger collegiate ex-
perts to compete in the tournament and
several OF the Columbia university experts,
notably the intercollegiate champion, Rob-
ert lie Roy, have signihed their intention
of competing, as have men from Yale and
Princeton and the University of Pennsyl-
vania. OF the ranking players. Holcomb
Ward, the holder of the indoor title in
1901; Beals c. Wright, who was paired
in the championship doubles in 1904: Edwin
P. Fischer, the runner up to the champion
Wylie c. Grant, last year; Thomas c.
Trask, Frederick B. Alexander and others
have bespoken their entrance in both the
championship singles and doubles, in which
the best two out OF three vantage sets
Will be played except in the finals, in
which the decision will be made by three
out Of FIVE sets. The tournament is under
the direction of the United States National
Lawn Tennis association, while the commit
tee in charge will include William B.
Cragin, Jr., who will act as chairman and
referee; Morris s. Clark. King Smith, Ar
thur NJ Lovinbond, Edward p. Grosvenor,
c. Charleston Kelley and Robert T. Bryan.
King Smith. the former Harvard player,
will act as secretary of the meeting and
have charge of the entries.
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The professional bicycle riders of Salt
Lake City are busy now with plans for
the building of a new bicycle track and
the incorporation OF company to promote
bike racing upon business basis, with
the riders owning a good portion of the
stock and their friends controlling the re-
mainder. This proposition was advanced,
as the riders claim, that they may earn
NAO AAoAAcg anu uItW a good attendance
at every meet and that they therefore feel
that they should have an interest in the
track. Several men OF prominence in the
cycling world have been signed for the
Salt Lake City saucer track this season,
among them being Bobby Walthour, F. A.
Mcfarland, Rutt OF Germany; Ellegard,
the Dane, and Frank Kramer.
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II IL announced here that the players
OF the Pittsburg team will the coming
year be forced TO eat on the European
plan while on the road, instead OF getting
the food in job lots as has been the custom
heretofore. Barney Dreyfus1 says that
players eat too much when they don't
seem to be paying for It themselves, and
in consequence do not keep in the best con.
dition. They get out of condition carry
ing too much food about Dreyfuss Is
quoted as follows: II think the players
eat altogether too much at the MONDAY
meals now. Not that there is any objec-
ton TO the price. but IT gets them out Of
condition. Now. my idea for next year
is that the players be put up at some good
European hotel and allowed 10 feed them
selves Give them 81 per day for food,
which will be as much most of them
viii want TO spend and a lot more than
some OF them will spend I am satisfied
When a hungry ball player falls down
before a menu card at an American hotel
and knows he can eat everything on that
card he is likely to eat more than he
should. especially II he is going TO play
ball that day. Our idea is an experiment. |
II It don't bring good results we will return |
10 the old style"
Numerous new base ball records were
hung nm hurfna thu aaaRou Hara ara Il
few OF the happenings that viii enter Into |
the record class;
Chicago and Brooklyn played nine in
nings In just an even hour.
Chicago Americans out OF twenty-five /
mid-season games. won twenty-three, lost /
one and played an 90 tie.
Chicago Nationals won il6 games. break /