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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-31
By HARRY FURNISS.
lin an Interview

DARE say Manhattan Island Is the
| same shape it was when last cir
1 cumnayigated it twelve years ago.
But New York isn't-not by ten or fifteen
stories. counting from about the fifteenth
on up into the sky AS an artist I'm a
bit grieyed. The skyline remember was
one to make the fingers itch for pencil
and a square Of Bristol board-especially
AZ night-with the terraced effects OF
lights rising from near the ground on the
water front, higher and higher until they
reached the clouds above lower Broad
way.
No, I'm not going to deplore the sky
scraper monopoly that now prevails from
river to river and from the Battery to
above Central Park That's business. As
I've told you. I'm here on business.
don't expect to carry away any OF your
tall buildings, but feel entirely friendly
toward the commercial spirit and fnan-
ciaI enterprise that make costly Man
haitian soil pay dividends on the leases
Don't think I'm offering English hedge
roses in exchange for American Beauties
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-31

Honestly, there are a number of reasons
existing yet--twenty-four hours after
landing-why one hardly seems to have
left London. We came up the bay in a
thick fog. My daughter. Dorothy Furniss
also an artist, you know-thus missed
the best first impression of the Statue OF
Liberty It was the same familiar old
fog. Was it possible that we'd got turned
about in mid-ocean and were entering the
mouth OF the Thames?
On the pier there was momentary reas-
surance. Certainly the Port Of New York
bears the worlds palm for enthusiastic
customs officers. Yes. we were in New
York. but
This happened on the way to our hotel.
Surely nowhere but in London was the
traffic of . great thoroughfare managed
50 deity as that which let US through
with only a momentary slackening of
speed. obedient t. an alert and courteous
bluecoats uplifted finger. That is first
impression" worth recording. 1t is cor
roborated by one afternoons drive about
the city in motor car. Hats Of to New
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-31

sonally. I've paid my respects to Ameri-
can women and American girls upon more
than one occasion In the past But it's
risky subject. Suppose that, already
should observe improvements? Would
they thank me for ever observing that
there was room for improvement?
But, pshawl You've said II yourselves
often enough in your own newspapers
how certain class OF American women
with feverish social ambitions were-to
use an artists expression-"out Of draw
ing"-owing to their anxious affectatlon
OF Old World customs and manners.
II that charge ever we're true. there's
no evidence that 1t holds to-day. On the
contrary. 1t seems to me that you meet
nowhere women OF any culture or refine.
ment at all who stand more solidly and
attractlvely on their own personal and So
cial foundations. Already this fact has
appealed to me-after an evening at the
theatre and an hour or two in one OF the
best restaurants. AS to manners, II Ia
absurd to imagine that, nowadays. In the
case Of people who have manners at all.
there is any difference whether you meet
them in New York or Paris or London.
1t is rather short notice. this. when you
bring up the matter OF comparisons be-
tween American girls and other girls.
But am inclined to believe my former
observations are verified. 1t is noticeable
that, in face, the American girl is quits
distinct from her English sister. There
is a difference in the way the upper lIp
sweeps down from the outer edge OF the
nostril; but more noticeable still is the
fact that the. cheek bones OF American
girls are not SO prominent and the smooth
curve down the cheek to the chin is less
broken by smaller curves.
In social life the American girl charms
an Englishman by her natural and unaf-
fected manner. Our English girls are
very carefully brought up. and are con
tinually warned that this thing OF that
Is bad form" AS result, when they
enter society they are more or less in
fear OF saying or doing something that viii
not be considered suitable. AS a matter
Of fact they are not lacking in energy or
yivacIty, but these qualities are sup
pressed in public, and only come to the
surface in the society Of intimates.
American girls from childhood upward
are much more independent; they have
much more freedom and encouragement
in coming forward than ours. The viyac-
ity and liberty expected Of an American
girl in social intercourse are considered
as say bad form for our girls.
The obseryant stranger will. IL an artist,
also be struck by the fact that the face
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-31
Mr.. Harry Furniss, the
Distinguished London
Cart00nist, NOW in NeW
York, Analyzes the Faces
and Features of American
Girls and Hints That
Our Manners Haze In1prOUed.

familiar but devious perspective Of them
and that Lord Randolph Churchill really
became the bad boy" in the British Cab
met after this conscientious artist had
pictured him that way.
Now, in his maturity, Mr.. Furnlss has
the distinction OF being the only artist to
illustrate the complete works Of both
Dickens and Thackeray
With amiable beneyolence shining in
his rublcund British countenance-wtich
needs only triAe more nose to quite
remarkably resemble that Of the late
King Edward-Mr. Furniss so far forgot
his admitted business" standpoint as to
favor the readers OF this newspaper with
the following impressions OF people and
things American.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-31

rARRY FURNISS, the distinguished
RI English caricaturist and all
! = round puryeyor of humor as 1t is
laughed at on the native heath OF Lon
don Punch. is now on visit to this
country for the second time in twelve
years.
The lecture platform claimed Mr.. Fur
Miss during his former soiourn on these
shores. This time-so he confesses-he
is here on business. to make money.
Mr.. Furniss's most effective caricatures,
probably, are OF himself. He also drew
Gladstone in the gigantic poke collar
which the statesman from that moment
adopted as his own special brand. 1t is
said that Balfour's legs have actually
grown closely to resemble Mr.. Furniss's
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-31

inland where else but in England could
one get tap room, tea room, n lounge
and similar cosey conveiiences thrown in
with all the comforts o. home?
American women? oh, yes. one sees
American women everywhere. believe
my daughter anticipates getting acquaint
ed with them as they are at home. Per
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-31

FORKS Traffic Squad,
At the time Of my former visit you had
no mounted police. and IT seemed to me
that what | saw of the force was remark
able more fer individual bulk than gen
eral physical efficiency or attractive ap-
pearanee. To-day find that impression
completely reversed. New York's mount
ed police-the men and their mounts
seem picked to meet the highest ideals In
that important service.
Well. well. The bewildering multiple
fly Of hotels OF all sorts. big and little
unpretentious and de luxe. that have
sprung up since stopped with Major
Pond at the old Everett House. now. alas
no more, II was one with a royal Eng
lish name on its signboard that took Us
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
MILLER HIGGINS WILL
PLAY SECOND FOR CARDS

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1S.-During a confer
ence between Manager Miller Higgins.
President j. c. Jones and Mrs. Britton
plans for the local Cardinals for next
year were discussed and trades with rival
clubs were mentioned which are expected
20 strengthen the weak spots
one important position already decided
upon is second base. Miller Higgins will
be the guardian of the center cushion all
season unless he is injured. When Hug
gins was appointed manager it was re-
ported that he would lead the club from
the bench and shift Lee Magee back to
the inheld
Not until he sees that he Is going back
and to such an extent that he believes
his presence is weakening the infield will
Huggins step out.
Il am going to play second base" said
Huggins today, and Magee probably will
be in left
Classed as a veteran. Higgins has been
in the big league eight years, and he
played one Of the most remarka BILE sea-
sons of his entire career in 1912 He batted
.304 and up to the last four or six weeks
of the campaign he was biting around
500
As a run getter, ability to work the
opposing hurler for walk and to know
Just what to do in the pinch Hug has
few SuperiOrs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
CASSIDY ROASTED FOR
SEVERITY WITH JOCKEYS

Ell PASO. TEN, Dec. 1S.-Starter cas-
sidy is coming in for a lot of criticism
by horsemen and racegoers at Juarez due
of the jockeys under him, and there is
growing demand that the power Of dis
ciplining the riders be taken away from
the starter and placed in the hands Of
the stewards. There is hardly a daN
passes that a rider is not set down for
some slight infraction of the rules Ten
days suspension was for a time the pun
ishment inflicted bat this has been re-
duoed TO five days due largely to the
criticism leveled at the starter
Fred G. Hopper, an Oklahoma owner,
disposed Of his string in the paddock yes
terday and announced his retirement from
the game. The horses sold wete Rake,
Balronia, Chanticler and Harlem Maid
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
Cubs W1lNumber More
Grabs Next Year Than
Any Club in the World
Evers Is the Prince of Growers,
and He Has Gathered To-
gether Lot Like Him.

NHICAGO, Dec. 1s.-Critics
have already dubbed the
1918 Cubs as the Grabs"
President Charles Webb Murphy
admits that he fears for the safety
of umpires next year.
Johnny Evers, the Cubs new
manager, years ago was styled the
biggest crab" in baseball The
Trojan does not deny this; in fact.
he has often boasted of it and
laughed when he named himself the
human crab"
Otis Clymer the veteran Mime
apolis outtielder, whom Evers con-
siders using in the outer garden.
has for years been recognized as a
champion crab. They say his
growls have won many a game for
the Minneapolis team.
Eddie Mcdonald, the new utility
player, secured from Sacramento. is
also an umpire batter. Grabs make
wise players, Evers argues. Some
say that was one reason why Evers
traded Downey for Mcdonald.
Miller, outfielder, is also known
as an tll-tempered player, and the
famous Heinie Zimmerman by his
threats to bite off umpires ears
won his title as a crab.
True, Evers has promised to CON
troll his temper as much as possible.
but Murphy is afraid Johnny will
forget this promise in the heat Of
close diamond battles.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
BRAINS C|NCH JOB
Of CATCHER FOR
NJ ALLISTER
BY Percy II. Whiting.

bN Grey IL. w lllUlllS.
~ RAlN-The whtish mass of
soft matter (the center of the
nervous system and the seat
of Consciousness and voltion)
which is incosed in the cartilagen-
Gus or hony Uranium of vertebrate
animaIs.-Webster
The above definition is set forth
in the precise language Of the saint
ed Noah Webster, because it is the
possession of the thing defined that
is to make McAllister the regular
catcher Of the Cracker team next
year.
They We're talking catchers yes
terday al baseball headquarters.
Bin Smith as usual. was listening.
1--WE ought never to have let
Charley Miller go" said one direc-
tor.
Yes. we had said another; for
two reasons-he had a thirst and
he mad no great brain"
Whereupon a baseball writer, out
Of the vastness of his ignorance,
lectured as follows on catchers and
brains:
IF a catcher isn't a quick think
er, he is as useless as a punctured
balloon. A good quarter of the
thinking of the team is done by the
catcher A bone headed catcher can
tie up a team SO it can't beat eggs"
And then spoke Bill Smith:
That's Why McAllister is going
to be our regular catcher, and a
mighty good one. He may not be
the most brilliant natural perform
err in the world. though at the me-
chanicdl part of the game he. is a
crackerjack. The main thing is
that he's an old and experienced
catcher. and he has one OF the best
brains possessed by any catcher l
ever saw or heard Of He can al
ways make the right play He can
always remember batters and their
weaknesses. He can work pitch
ers to perfection. He gets the con-
hdence of the twirlers and the in
tielders. And that does more than
anything else toward making good
team play possible"
There isn't any denying but that
baseball headquarters. quite unof-
ticiallN, is worrying over the catch
CT situation. But not so Bill smith
He has confidence in McAllister. He
believes that the old lad will warm
up under the Southern sun into a
wonder. He has managed McAnis-
ter before He knows him and
youches for him
Tue late of tue other Two Allan
Ia catchers Graham and Rey-
nolds. is uncertain When Bill
Smith was at the Southern league
meeting. Mike Finn said to him:
Bill, ] don't see why YOU are try
ing to get rid of Graham. He caught
some mighty good bail against us.
! think he was one of the best
catchers in the league last season
Smith is open to conviction. If
he sees a chance 70 trade Graham
and get a man he knows about. he
will do it, II not, in preference to
letting him SO for some stranger. he
will bring him here and try him out
in the spring.
Reynolds joined the Crackers last
year when they were at their worst
and did not get fair chance When
he departed he aired the conveu-
tional Recruits Threat. "The Teller
that beats me out next spring win
have 70 go like --." Aud he
undeniahly meant it,
Reynolds has the size and
strength Go make a catcher He is
willing Maybe he will dt i'm as
second catcher this year.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
BY j. W. Heisman.

TT was after the season Of 1905
that things came TO a head in
football. For years matters had
beer steadily getting worse until
at last, the pimple having enlarged
to a boil and the boil swollen to a
carbuncle finally burst, and all the
football surgeons in the country
had to be called into hasty consul
tation to keep the grand old game
from dying violent death.
No doubt about it. too many mon
were getting seriously hurt, and too
many getting killed outright in the
game to make il at all defensible.
Whole Thing Wrong.
And then there were other things
amiss. Colleges were going out aft
er material with their rockets bulg
ing with coin OF the realm: more
attention was being paid TO the at
tainment Of tiptop grades on the
athletic field than in the class room,
and all the activities and business
Of college work and life seemed
rapidly centerlng around college
football
Then came the cloudburst, and
along with ii the reforms There
is no need to recount them here
but i'm most cases they were whole
some and certainly they
were needed. Not alone did college
faculues take drastic action in va
rious ways and along various lines
but the footballers themselves.
through their rules committees and
coaches. worked quite as hard and
accomplished quite as much in the
right direction as had the college
mentors. Year after year. the rules
were changed wholesale the game
revamped safer elements Of play
introduced dangerous features
eliminated. the spectators viewpoint
always borne i'm nina and the
proper balance between offense and
defense struggled FOR
And finally the reward 1f This
interchangeable labor has come.
ION Approval Eight Years.
How long has It taken2 IusJ
eight years.
No one can deny that through This
long period Of probation the game
mas been on trial only 1t has been
on trial with the public the par
ents. the faculties and the players
themselves. All of these had to he
satisfied else the game could not
i've.
During these eight years the game
has passed through more and great
er changes than in all the 50 pre-
eeding years OF It's American his
tory. At times it has been almost
anything but FOOT ball, ana at
times ii has been almost basket
ball. At times most any players
and teams could play it success
fully. and again II has been almost
impossible tor anybody to play t.
But it has finally won out in every
way.
II Suits Everybody Now.
The public likes the present game
more than it ever die before This
is shown by the tremendous crowds
that go in eVer-increasing numbers
10 witness even the ordinary games.
Parents have become reconciled
TO IT because IL is not nearly as
dangerous as or yore. and because
It is no longer SO wearing ana eN-
hausting TO the system.
Faculties ike it because less
frenzied attention to the profession
al features and tendencies of the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
OTIS JOHNSON OFFERED
BACK TO PORTLAND CLUB

PORTLAND OREG., Dee. 1S.-Otis
Johnson, the third baseman who was
with the local Pacific Coast team two
years ago and went to the New York
Americans, has been offered back to
Portland. He played with Rochester in
the International league last season.
Otis was a heavy hitter when with the
Beavers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
FRENCH TURF ALL
STEWEDUP OVER
DOPING EVIL
By E. G. B. Fitzhamon.

r ONDON, Dec. 1S.-Sam Hill
dreth's famous prescription
seems to have fallen under
the ban of the French turf author
tiles who are committed. body and
soul, to sworn reports made to them
by Professor Kaufman. of the gov
eminent veterinary college at AL
fort. After the horse Camyre won
the PriX DeMont Blanc at Saint
Quen recently, its saliva was col
lected in a sterilized receptacle i'm
mediately for analysis by Professor
kaufman. He reported to the stew
ards that he found therein certain
alkaloids denoting that some i'm
proper drug had been administered
to the animal before it's race.
Camyre is trained by Hildreth.
who prepared it for that race and
saddled 1t. On the strength of Pro-
fessor Kaufman's report, the stew
ards have disqualified Hildreth's
horse and awarded the race and the
purse to the horse that ran second.
Crusade on Against De- g.
The turf authorities in Austria
and France are carrying on an un-
ceasing but almost hopeless cam
paign against this world wide
practice of doping race horses.
With amusing gravity European
newspapers inveigh against Amer
leans for introducing over here the
various surreptitious means of
stimulating horses to exceed their
usual speed and stamina.
This new celebrity, Professor
Kaufman, is admitted to be mar
velously skillful in detecting dope
by means of analysis Of horses
saliva. But doping has become so
generally practiced it can not be
stamped out merely by exposure
and the subsequent disqualifiCa-
ton of the horse. There is the bet
ting angle to be considered. The
Parimutuel is organized under gov
eminent control by different rae
ing associations. Its ready money
business bets are settled at once.
whereas the result of Professor
Kaufman's scientific tests Of saliva
can not be made known until three
or four days later. Therefore, it is
possible to win a large sum and
get away with it in plenty of time
before the Illicit use Of dope can
be determined, after which the dis
qualification of the horse and the
loss Of an ordinary purse would not
matter
Suggestion to Stop Triflng.
Hence the only way to deal thor
oughly with the doping of horses
would be to engage competent as
sistants for Professor kaufman and
to institute the practice Of not pay
ing off Parimutuels until five or
six days after each race. 1t would
be necessary for assistants TO col
lect from every horse sufficient
saliva for scientific tests to deter
mine by disqualiications which
horse had won the race, after which
the bets would be paid. Unless
some such sweeping system is in
augurated, doping of race horses
may as well be accepted as having
come to stay.
Doping is practiced quite com
monty in England and Ireland. but
the Jockey club stewards dare not
start a campaign against it, They
are busy sitting on the lid while the
thankful sycophantic sporting press
dare not expose the rottenness of
the British turf and the non-sport-
ing press will not do so because
almost every publisher cherishes
the secret hope Of being created a
lord of baronet or fears being
called spoilsport.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
WHEN Klein finally made hi,

Wv I'II"II9 IUdUt MS
ruling Evans and O'Brien
exchanged glances. Evans consid
cred OBrien wise old owl on the
mound, and it surprised him to see
Buck" ratified enough to make a
raise move to throw to first if he
was actually ready to pitch from
the rubber. So he asked O'Brien
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
CRIGER WILL BLOSSOM
OUT AS MANAGER SOON

LA PORTE. IND. Dec 1s.-Lou Cri-
ger, former backstop, who is making his
winter home in Elkhart. Ind. has an
bounced that he will make trip 10
W ACC, Tex, TO work out with the Ros-
ton pitchers, and later accept one of the
several offers which he has received to
Sc the management Of minor league
club.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18

If you are troubled with chronic con
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
By Riley.

~ ILL EVANS, who umpired on
~ the bases October Ia at the
Polo grounds, has admitted
that maybe the famous balk made
that day by Buck" O'Brien was not
a ball at all.
Since the alleged misdeed prob
ably cost O'Brien and the Red Sox
the game, which, if won by Bos-
ton, would have ended the series
then and there, Evans long de-
ferred admission is important Had
Snodgrass caught that fly out in
center field two days later, Buck"
O'Brien's balk would very likely
have lost the worlds championship.
Since it may not have been a balk
after all, think how much excite
ment and Argument Evans escaped
when Snodgrass muffed Engles
long fly ball. And If it had not
been called a balk. the magnates
would have missed more than $780,
900 that flowed into the box offices
the next two days at Fenway park.
And that Wood O'Brien fight"
would never have come off. for that
''balk" paralyzed and beat the Red
Sox.
Z VANS made the admission the
~ other day in relating the story
of a 'fanfest" at the Copley Square
hotel the day after the game in
which O'Brien was charged with a
balk. At that gathering a baseball
player said he believed O'Brien
really thought he was off the rub
Der when he made the alleged balk.
Evans then made the surprising
statement that both he and Umpire
KLEIN who called the bal5, actually
doubted at the time whether It was
baIk. And now the story becomes
public.
YOU will remember the world Sc
ries stood: Boston, 3; New
York, 1, and one game tied. before
the game of October IA. In the
first inning that day, with a man on
first, man on third. two out and
no runs scored, O'Brien made a mo-
ton to throw to first base but
stopped suddenly in his delivery
Evans, who stood directly behind
OBrien, says that he Immediately
glanced at O'Brlen's feet to see If
one of them was on the rubber. He
admits now that he doubted wheth-
er O'Brien was "on" OF off" tho
rubber. He says that Umpire KLEIN.
who was officiating behind the
plate, was in charge of the arbi-
traitors that day, and it was his
duty to call balks. But he seemed
also TO be in doubt, for he hesitated
before motioning to the man on
third to score and the man on first
to advance to second.
Klein has explained this-by tho
Way-by saying that he wanted IN
see il the Giants would claim
balk. although such a claim was
unnecessary.
w HEN Klein finally made his
ruling Evans and O'Brien
exchanged glances. Evans consId-
cred O'Brien wise old owl on the
mound, and it surprised him to see
Buck ratified enough to make q
false move to throw to first If he
was actually ready to pitch from
the rubber. So he asked O'Brien