San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1904 Page: 9 of 12
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Sporting
W\or Id
Doings
11 T ater Polo and How
the Thrilling Game
Is Played Heavy
Men 'Preferred.
“Scootering' a New
Pastime For Ice
Yachtsmen Etc.
By Louu de B. Handley.
Captain of the world'* champion water
polo team at the New York A. C.
Of all indoor game* water |k>lo Is
probably the most thrilling as well as
the most spectacular. At one time
played only In New York and Boston
the great pastime hits to
n acore of cities and its patrons have
trebled In the last two years.
The public while it Is familiar with
the general nature of the game ns
played In the tanks of athletic clubs
and of Yr XL C. A. buildings knows
comparatively little of the details and
technical points. Therefore a brief
discussion of them will nof go amiss.
In water polo there are six men to a
side. They are divided into forwards
and bucks with one goal keeper.
Halves of six minutes are played. The
goals which are situated at either end
of the tank are boards four feet long
and one foot wide. They overhang the
edge of the tank and are about six
Inches above the level of the water.
The game is played with a white rub-
ber bad a little smaller than the associ-
ation football. A goal is made when a
player geta past his opponents and
touches-the opposing goal with the ball
held in bin hand. A goal counts one.
That is the only point counted in the
game.
The heavy men are preferred In the
real game of water polo for it Is a vig-
orous contest There is no room for a
weak man Or a delicate man in a water
A SPIRITED WATER POLO <
CH IC At
polo game. Such a player would last
about a quarter of a minute. Of course
all the plnyers have to lie expert swim-
mers aide to stay under water and
keep their heads about them at the
same time. •
Swimming under water with the ball
Is-not allowed. But when a player ou
the side having the ball comes within
three feet of the man holding the ball
players of the opposite side are allowed
to jump on him. and when they do so
they usually hold him under water for
a little while. It's easy to gef ones
lunga filled with water in such a posi-
tion. and an it behooves a player to
keep his head and nerve.
A water polo player as he goes down
may be able to pull his assailant.with
him. and then he doesn’t have to stay
under water long himself. That is one
Instance where the strong heavy player
has an advantage.
The game is so full of diverting Indi-
vidual contests among the players
growing out of the attempts to make
goals that it Is-'interesting from the
beginning to the ehd for the spectators.
The players of water polo have come
to occupy a prominent place In the
newspapers nowadays nnd especially
true Is this of the Chicago experts. The
Windy City swimmers have long been
adepts at the game and the team of
the Chicago Athletic association has
won consUtcrabl** ' mown. The accom-
panying Illtwtratfon was made from a
photo of a scene in the Chicago Athletic
association tank during a recent con-
test.
Some husky young men have been
In daily training at the new gymna*
slum of the central department of the
Buffalo Y. M C. A. for a series of Wa-
ter polo games to be played there. The
new gymnasium has one of the largest
indoor plunges In the country. /The
plunge is sixty feet long and twenty
feet wide. It Is four and a half feet
deep at one end and seven feet eight
inches deep at the other end. Water
If you appreciate courteous treat-
ment high grade goods and pleasant
surroundings visit HENRY HOEKE’B
BAR corner Alamo Plasa and Crockett
street . . . . i
polo was played In the plunge at the
old gymnasium byt that body of water
was only forty feet long nnd not a*
wide as tbe new one. Ho the players
were cramped for room nnd couldn't
give good exhibitions Rut with the
new plunge star work Is being done by
W water athlete* Physlml Director
Cameron la giving them a splendid
course of training.
•'-The Grent Routt bay (New Yorkl
■allormen have discovered a new win-
ter sport. It may appropriately be
called M-ootering. and tbe rare pleas-
ure It affords coupled with the tenden-
cy of our cllmute to return to old fash-
ioned winters. Is sure to make It ti-
treiuely popular.
Mcooterlug is sailing In u scooter a
little boat that wool* over toe like au
yacht and -takes to water like a
duck. Without the strenuous and not
altogether pleasing (ask of holding on
ami tlie ever present dread of finding
a weak spot in the ice Inseparable
from ice yaebtiug. acuutering. affords
a comfortable |Hmitioii and a feeling
of security born of the n-Owtion that
if the occnpaid* of tbe l*oat do have
to take water II will ba only In the
form of spray. Thf' acooter is as safe
a craft on the water us on ice awl
fn that fact Ilea its Immeasurable xu
periurity to the Ice yacht. Safety I*
the foundation and comfort the super-
structure of pleasure.
The scooter Is a small boat of the
sneak l»ox type. with however a flat
ter bottom and two runuera for trav-
eling over Ice. It has a Jib and main
sail rig. and the jib serves the .double
purpose of prhpiHsinn and steering
for there Is no rudder. Instead of sit
ting in the sternshcets nnd beMing the
helm tbe skipper sits by the unit and
handles the jib slieet Ry trimming
or easing it. as oceaainn requires he
can make his craft take nny course.
By skillful manipulation be can make
the boat go about or turn close to a
mark as readily as with a rudder.
The Madison (Wls.i Ice Yacht clnh
bolds a aeries of seven regattas a
winter and the prizes hung up are
eagerly sought for. Some of them arc
valuable consisting of gems and costly
plateware. Rut the true sporting spirit
undefilcd by greed of gain permeates
the Madison Yacht club nnd its mem-
bers would doubtless strive just as
hard and just ns sincerely for the tro-
phies were they fashioned from leather
or wood as they do now. * '
According to the opinion of the dev-
otoea of the sport around Mmlison
there Is nothing comparable to it swift
ride on an ice yacht except perhaps a
trip on a shooting the chutes machine
lAME IN THE TANK OF ■HK
IO A. A.
or a fast sail on Superior. The
exhilaration produced by a whirl
around a thirty mile lake In almost
that many minute* ia something that
cannot l»e duplicated. Other forms of
recreation as Indicated may perhaps
approach it In some features but to
the old lee yachtsman there Is nothing
else.
REGATTAS WILL CONFLICT
Coraell and Pennsylvania Rnwlac
Event* to Be Held Memorial liar.
The rowing committee of the Cornell
athletic council has sent to Columbia.
Pennsylvania and Harvard Invitation*
to enter a second varsity race on Cayu
ga lake on Memorial day.
Pennsylvania has already Issued in-
vitations for a race for junior crews
for tbe same date at Philadelphia.
Cornell as a member of tbe triangu-
lar regatta for second crews will enter
tbe raee at Philadelphia on the Schuyl-
kill. but will also endeavor to hold an
interesting event at Ithaca even if two
crews have to he developed. If Colum-
bia and Pennsylvania decline. Syracuse
and possibly Georgetown It is expect-
ed will be invited.
Harvard has also received an Invita
tion from Pennsylvania but tbe Itha-
cans hope through the Influence of
Coach Colson to get the crimson to
come to Ithaca.
I*lerrolle*tato Wreallla*.
Wrestling is to play a much more im-
portant part In college sports in future
than ever before. Yale nnd Colum-
bia which hare met several times on
tbe mat have suggested to three otbej
universities the organization of an In-
tercollegiate wrestling association. Oue
of these institutions at least is expected
to join in tbe scheme at once and it Is
proposed to hold the first intercollegiate
meet at New Haven. Invita-
tions have been sent to Harvard. Penn-
sylvania and Princeton nnd Harvard
it is understood. Is ready to join the
new association.
Sliver watches with Elgin or Wal-
tham movements. 16.00 up.
EMERSON A CO.
Finck’s 5c Havana Cigars
SAN ANTONIO DAILY LIGHT SAN ANTONIO TEXAS THURSDAY. MARCH to 1904.
Dig Turf
Boom
Coming
Five. Million Dollars
In Prizes For Run'
nino Horses During
Season of 1904.
Outlook Bright Ev-
erywhere •> Sport Is
Purified.
VALL* OF KVNNINO HORSK BAKU VOS
New York track*
Coney island Jockey club XW'4O
Saratoga 3H iW
Brooklyn Jockey dub .. 'JW.'JnO
Brighton Beach Jockey club 2T7 <UI
We«tcheat*r Jockey club ZTt.OIO
County Jockey club
Metropolitan Jockey club liSuuu
Total fur New York U.MA7DO
Washington <D. C.) Jockey club... UM DOO
Mary laid gUeplechane association Sum
Washington Park-Jockey club .. 3H.MS
Harlem (111.) Jockey club 30**10
Chicago Jockey club iMjno
Worth Jockey club 180.000
New Ixiulsville Jockey club 3*o*loo
New Memphis Jockey club 100. DOS
Jockey club 3M.*M»
New California Jockey club IM 'MO
Crescent City (I.a ) Jockey club... 30.000
Highland Park (Mich.) Jockey club 13 <MO
Kansas City Jockey club M.'KW
St. Louis Jockey club 300.000
Grand total »H3IJ 700
The coming season on the running
turf will break world's records so far
as tlie value of prize* is concerned.
With $5000000 or more Io lie gather'd
in by the owners of speedy horses it is
no wouder that tbe stable proprietors
are feeling decidedly optimistic.
The table above gives a Met of the
Important tracks scattered throughout
the country which will hand over more
than $4000000 to the successful horse-
men this year.
The list however does not Include
all the tracks where running races will
be held nor tbe total sum that will 1m?
won In stake handicaps and purses.
Many states prohibit racing or else
pool selling or the “making of books"
on tbe race horses. This positively kills
tbe game ns a racing Institution in
these states but ft does not prevent
races being held especially for small
sized purses ranging from $5O to $3OO.
Even in Pennsylvania hundreds of
such races are held anuually especial-
ly at county fairs. While the purses
are small the number of races of tl is
character is very large when nil sec-
tions of tbe country are considered it
Is not exorbitant therefore to tlx the
surti won on these events at SI.OOO.OpU.
The grand total of tbe amount to be
won by the race horses this yenr ou till
the tracks big and little from Maine
to California 1* rather ov* than under
$5(Xw000. •
Tbe racing industry in this country
wa» never in a more flourishing condi-
tion than it is today. This is because
there is a higher Class of sportsmen at
tbe bead of affairs than evqy before.
Tbe reform wave whieb swept over
tbe turf some years ago has not yet
subsided. Considerable work must yet
be done before all the tricksters still in
the jockey clubs are eliminated but
the percentage of such undesirables is
now much smaller than ever before.
Stringent rules no favoritism and con-
stant vigilance have brought tbe turf
Into its present condition and the
sport I* now run more for tbe sake of
the thing itself than to eurich certain
individuals or to tbe gambling
fraternity.
Tbe stewards too are far stricter
with tbe jockeys. Time Ivas. and not
so long ago either when it was no un-
common sight to see tbe jockeys them-
selves. ail arrayed for a race enter tbe
betting ring and put down their bets
and tales «f big presents made I>y
horsemen t* jockeys were common.
Now the jockeys are barred from Iwt-
ting and tbe practice of rewarding the
riders by “plungers" got a severe check
MCHKBNEY THE GREAT RIVAL OF WATERBOY FOR THE TURF
PREMIERSHIP OF AMERICA.
Screens made to order all styles
and sizes lowest prices. Furnittire
packed and shipped. M. Beck corner
avenue C an<f Sixth street. Phone
IU3. . .
when the Jockey club's steward* ruled
off two or three famous horsemen nnd
suspended us many prominent jockey*
for giving and receiving present*.
The reform Is here to stay and the
chaActcr of the men at the head of
affair* ha* caused many a luan to In
vest in racers who would never have
done so Inder the old regime. •
The owning of race horses has come
to lie recognized as a legltlnfate Invest
mont. nnd men to whom tbe sport has
a fascination no louder have to hide
their Identity tn this respect as they
formerly did.
Tin* purifying of tbe tnrf has caused
more rich men to engage in tbe sport
inure racers are being bred annually
more races are beiug ln*id. and more
(H-ofile are attending the meeting*. The
result is that there Is a stecdv Increase
from year to year In the value of the
purses and the stakes and hnndk'ap
events are growing In value annually.
Ttie rraiiW 'of nil this Is that there
1s scarcely a. week day front one end
of the year to another when running
horses are not competing In some sec-
tion of the country. From about April
1 to Dec. 1 tracks in New state
and In Illinois. Kentucky and Tennes-
see and in th*' District of Columbia
have the call. During the winter
months the climate in the south and
in California is such that races are
held during December January. Feb-
ruary and Marib nt New Orleans and
near San Francisco and Ios Angeles.
Many rich stakes nre dts-lded In this
country every year. Some of them urc
so well known that their names arc
household wofib '
For instance there are the Brooklyn
Handicap the Suburban Handicap tbe
Futurity and die Brighton Handicap
in New York state each nf wtok-h is
worth to the winners from f2.*ZXX> to
$4OlOOO liesidcs the Grand Republic
worth *3OJMO whieb Is (competed for
nt Saratoga.
The richest event of all is decldi'd in
’the middle west. This is the Chicago
Derby. The Value of thia event last
year was It will l»c worth
more this year and the aim of the
jockey club which lias thlk race in
charge Is to imiko it as valuable ns the
worldwide famous English Derby
which is worth $90000.
Then. too. there i* the World's Fair
Handicap. $ soo.ooo event.
“American jockeys are making n great
pile of money in Europe." says Fred
Tarai. "They are all good riders but
the people over then* don't like tltQir
manners. The native and the English
jockeys are of a different class. Yon
never see them hanging around saloons
and like places.
“I am going to rest a little while and
then I am golug back because you can
live the life of n gentleman over there
nnd here yon cannot. If a jockey is
seen going into a place of iiucstiouable
character in Austria-Hungary and Ger-
many the otbrr jockeys tell him it Is
not a suitable place for him to enter
and if lie is tin* right kind be goes out
and stays out.
“Wbeu I began riding In Austria I
weighed 111 pounds but now I am tip
to H 5 and 1 shall have to do a lot <if
training to reduce my weight.
"My sou John is thirteen years old
and weighs ninety pounds. He is go-
ing to start riding next year In Europe.
He has been practicing ever since we
arrived there.in the spring.
"Horses an* handled In an entirely
different manner in Europe. A horse
never runs up to the liarrier. The
starter brings the horses up to the bar
rier. Then it is raised and tbe horse
starts from the stand. Every horse is
trained t« tbe machine. A horse may
be worth'slooooo. but they will keep
training and sebooliug him to tbe ma-
chine even If they kill tbe
“If a horse does not come to* stand
in front of a barri®' the trainer is held
for it aud severelyjcensurcd. and if it
happens second time he is dis-
charged by Ibe owner.
“The trainer to get rid of tbe respon-
sibility will send out a jockey on the
horse all day. Then if the jockey re-
ports that the horse is broken to the
barrier and he refuse* to come to the
barrier the jockey la dismissed.
"There H n<r such thing as fining a
Jockey In the old coiftifry *
"I have been rifling tor Andrew von
Pechy Baron Vtchflck aitd Baron
Springer. When 1 go back next smn-
mer I don't know for whom I shall
rtde.”
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Tbe water polo team ot tbe (’lncngo*
Athletic association is a very strong'
organization. Its members lire Dave
Hammond a splendid forwa)*d. who is
a capable racing swimmer n» well; W.
J. Ttattle. J. Schreiner Rex Bench
Jerome Steevcr and Hugo Goetz.
In Boston tbe Boston Athletic asso-
tbe Brookline Swimming
qlnb take the lead in aquatics. Both
organizations hav* large tanks and
frequently send*comp«aitora to partici-
pate in contests In otliSr cities
In New York the New York Athletic
clnb Is tbe premier Indoor* swimming
promoter. Columbia university also
takes fl lively Igterosf In aquatics mid
Its star performer. William Spcneer.
bolds many records.
Philadelphia aquatic interests are
centered in the (Tilveralty of Pcnnsyl
vania mid in the doings of the Na-
DAVE HAMMOND CHICAGO A. A. WATER
POLO EXPKBT
tlonnl SvAuming association which
makes its headquarters in the Quaker
City.
Milwaukee has long lieen famed for
Its swimmers ns also has St. Louis.
The Milwaukee Y. M. C. A. boasts of a
successful water polo team. Among
the able swimmers Milwaukee has pro
duced Is Ixmls De B. Hnndlcy. the
present captain of the world's cham-
pion water polo team of the New York
Athletic clnb.
So Sweet'and Pleasing in- Taste!
Mrs. C. Peterson. 625 latke St. To-
peka. Kan. speaking of Ballard's
Horehound Syrup says: "It has never
failed to give entire satisfaction and
of gll cough remedies it is my favor-
ite and I muqj confess to my friends
that it will do. and has done what is
claimed for it—to speedily cure a
cough or cold; aud it is so sweet ajid
pleasing in taste." 25c. 50c and $l.OO
bottle at Fischer & Springall's and
Bexar Drug Co.
Bargains in forfeited pledges at
one half tbe original cost.
EMERSON & CO.
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You’ll Find It Here
We bake every da.y and bake a
larger quantity and mu<?h greater va-
riety of goods than any other baker tn
town.
We don't have all the things you
should eat. but we have the most es-
sential things.
Bailie’s Steam Bakery
Office and Ovens: 1013-1017 North
Flores Street. Branches: 119 Ave.
C; 221 Main Avenue.
Beginning March 10th
And for Thirty Days Only
Smith's Ground Floor Studio will cut prices almost in half and gauraniee
the same high class artistic work that has won our reputation.
Minuets regular price $ 3 Now S2MU
Half Cabinets I Now 2.59
Cabinets all Styles ' G Now 3.70
Oval Montcllps ... 7 Now -idl)'
Platino Types in Book the Latest Style Highest
Price Work which sell at no less than 10 Now GOO-
Plktinotype Panel Folders A .'Z' 15 Now IU.W
Coliodo Cartions 18 Now 12 00
We also give you from the same negative a lCx2<l Jlrvniidc
enlargement with Frame for which Regular Price is .. 10 Now $.90..
AWARDS RECEIVED FOR WORK.
Gold Medal. St. Louts Convention. 1894. Diploma. Photographers Asso-"
elation of Texas. September 30. 1902. First Prize. San Antonio Interna-
tional Fair. 1902. Diploma. San Antonio International Fair. 1903. High-
est Award. San Antonio International Fair 1903.
' ONE-THIRD OFF ALL FRAMES.
A specialty V< made of Crayons Pastels and Water Colors. Retuen«i>l
bei*uo stairs to climb.
Smith’s Ground Floor Studio
New Phone 1919 Old Phone 990 S. SMITH. Manager and Prop.
323 EAST HOUSTON STREET.
The Proof is
In the Eating
The approval—the large and ever-increasing trade that we
enjoy.
Y6u*should not be satisfied with what you get If you can
get something better for the same price. There are as mwr
different kinds of bread made in San Antonio there are
nationalities here and you will have to look hard to find bread M
that equals ours you can’t find any to surpass it.
A long experience and an eqilki amount Of "know-how"
aided by the best of materials produces a loaf of bread that
you will enjoy eating and find it indeed a dally rare treat. i
MOst grocers handle our bread —its a good seller where
quality is preferred—or our wagons can easily reach you
Wm. L. Richter’s
Steam Bakery
• Corner S. Laredo and Sama Kosa Avenue.
Holland’s Tea Coffee and Spice Store
Th* oldest established and Largest Coffee. Tea and Spice House H San
Antonio. _
227 W. Com. St $We Roast Coffee Almost Daily. Either Phone 311
: Erb-
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• 515 E. Houston St.;
; Both Phones. J
GEORGE’S STABLE
125 AVENUE D.
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Livery Sale anti Boarding Stable. First class outfits at
reasonable prices. Hacks day or night. Phone
messages receive best attention.
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