Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-06
FREAK Bet MADE IN BOSTON
Brave Fan CANDLES 7oc-Mile Walk
with Mud Turtles Against 500
Braves wiz Cop.
INV FOLLOWED RED NuRRAY

NEW YORK. June 6-The wager made
m Boston recently BY william ". Jarvis
and Pred Woodland ranks az one OF the
treakiest ever made since gambling be-
same a sin.
Jarvis Is a Brave rooter. woodland
lcesnt think very much OF the Braves.
An argument ensued and this bet was
made;
league pennant Woodland win pay 500 10
Jarvis But should the Braves iose, Jar
Wis viii have TO do this:
Walk from boston to Philadelphia and
back. accompanied by Lucy Lee. a pet
mud turtle. Lucy must walk two-fifths
OF the way. The other throe-fffths OF
the way Jarvis must carry Lucy on his
back.
A very swift mud turtle could cover
two miles a day. Owing to the fact that
Lucy must amble two miles out Of every
five. ard Is not ranked a. q speeding
mud turtle. Il looks az n Jsrvis and his
turtle will average about one and half
miles per day.
The distance from Boston to Philadei-
phia and back. a Ia hocf. IL close 70 100
miIes. Covering an average Of even two
miles a day. II would take Jarvis and
mud turtle companion just about one
year to make the round trip.
Assuming that Jarvis gets about so a
week when regularly employed. II would
mean that he will lose about fifty weeks
salsry-or a. Soo--if he makes the walk. In
addition TO losing weight and patience
and his equilibrium.
Two thousand TO one hundred dollars
that the Braves viii win the pennant
Gosh. what a lot OF confidence Jarvis
must have in that stailingH outfit .
Another Freak net.
Have you heard about that eoif match
FOR stake of slQi 900 that IL to be played
on the Philadelphia sea View golf links
within the next three monthEl Its TO be
between Clarence H. Geist millionaire.
and Dr. Edward Martin.
Geist was Dr. Martins patient Dur
inF the course OF one OF DR.. Martins
vista. Gelsf opened Nd the subject Of
golf by remnrkinK that ne didn't want
70 DO any braFgins about HIS golfine
SKIN. but he was sure that Jerry Tfavcrs
didn't have Fnucn on him.
rWhatddaya know about thatg' re-
marked Or. Martin. you might be quite
q nifty little golfer. But am sure you
aren't quite as good NJ I am
"Ain't. hey7" broke IN oeist well.
iemme tell you this. Doc can beat you
any day IN the week
You're elected AZ an opponons,- out IN
this medical party And then the stakes
were arranged.
n Galst iosea IN an eightecn-ball nsafoh
he is 10 donate $4,000 to establish q
chair Sof surgery In the University OF
PtnnsvIvania. Should the doctor Iose he
must pay $1,000 for a life membership IN
the Sea View Golf club ana submit TO
taking few golfing lessons from GeisE
sinx Follows HKurray.
A link seems TO pursue Jack Greedy
Murray Of the ciantA preventing him
from basking in the apotlisia reserved
for heroes. even though Murray does
heroic thinEs.
A dozen times this season Murray has
performed the spectaouiar>-don some
thing that should merit his nnms being
biazed through the next days account Of
she battle. Hut sornethlng always hap
pened later on that distracted the alton
tion from Murray's deeds
A short time $50 the sixth inning ar
rived with the Giants on tho short end
% q : to 0 score Two Giant runners
rot on The basea. and then Murray belted
out-W~nome run. putting tho Giants IN
the lead. pa Murray's feet features IN