Show itt Il 1 l 10 1 J I I 1 I fl tl J 1 r a N t r J ri i r d 1 i mt Sp I r 1 O 1 R T Si I I I t Va u lia i tt rs I u Vl 1 1 r f I S Si i f r 1 r t I 1 Ar oO rf t Ill 1 r t 1 1 i nr a ND ur IN 1 11 i i 1 i f 1 fit fit 1 tt t flit t lilt Ae ti rr x i W riI i i t ti f I t tI tS rJ i i r J Jrr r t I i S ip I O 0 RT I 0 SM I E N 1 1 t rr r t u J II n Jin sir p it itI 1 J 1 t t t 1 f J i 1 t t 1 1 I 1 I t I I I fl r 01 1 I II President W U D Thomas or of SINCE the United Stales Golf announced d that he would not nol bp be a L candidate for Cor reel reelection at the nominal meeting heat February many nent men have hac been mentioned as 1011 and probable successors to the In Incumbent incumbent or of the tho Some of the names nanu s mentioned one think that If tho they are proposed In all the tho hIgh bight authorities and amI enthusiasts wish to make makl golf gole more popular by putt ting u well known society or business titan Inan nt at the lend and drawing recruits by time the nn and glitter ot of his name Now Noss It If such lIuch lie be time tho Idea wh why do by halves halvos Why V h not go the whole hog Whal time tho matter with electing President McKinley to the chief In the gift of the U S O G A That done dOli how cas easy It would be to tomake make golf time real reul national sport ot of America In place of baseball now t tot tottering t on its lis high eminence It would bo be n a sort of state and sport alliance Tu To add strength to the affair the board ot of governors nm and outer other of the tho association could be chosen front froll the tho cabinet and the justices ot of the supreme court It If nn any rude base baseball ball magnate should tr try to make trou trouble ble how easy It would be to squelch also Ilso to settle other matters mattell with reference to the new national sport by legislative enactment In con congress gressl gress Think I It over ye Jimmie Michael has declared that he will once more forsake his list first love lovo the wheel Iel nm and again try his hili luck nl as n mn mar or of horses Michaels first es cs ray flY as n a jockey Jokey was II by no means 1 a Onan financial success In III fact It is hi said Mid that h he lost tn in the venture ft a large percent percentage age of oC his winnings ns as B a cyclist r this be true trull or not nol It seems to b be settled that the tho 8 will once more tr try conclusions with the Ule ponies Ills HIs experience In middle lance tance racing during the gnat lI season seems to have 1110 convinced lihn thAt le he le II still a 11 good man at time game there are CUI others who are better hettEr Now Jimmie does nut not lake hike kindly to defeat and is a bad 1141 loser lie He wants to tobe tobe be on top tOil or nothing mid aull lie he thinks his chances or of gaining n a prettier position are better ILl as 1 n jockey than nH as 1 a c cyclist The incidents that lad le Michael to imagine that thAl he was cut out for Cor n a jock jockey jocke e ey are te rather amusing and strange to lelatt the stor story hM has never before been published When drat came cAm to and during time the that h he was In hi his prime nn 1 a pace follower he was under the care caro of pare Shafer the tell III known trainer Ills his manager was waa Dixie who had also managed Arthur Arlhur Zimmerman In his hili triumphal tour or of l Europe and many other well known bicycle champions One summer when hon Michael was rid log hIli at Dealon Toll Tod Sloane Sionne happened to tobe tobe be there too and made the lads acquainted They tools tool a liking to each other which Will ens just juat what buries wanted for th they were seen together n a good goal deal and their friendship WAS commented on In the newspapers This 1 gate lilies an idea Iden He wrote up 11 an In interview with Sloane III which the tho jock jockey II ey was made to sty say ho greatly tiles riding abilities would servo him himas II as n horseman and how other of bl his good would make hint him n a Drat class Tod thought time the thin thing n a huge hup joke and was perfectly willing to stand for It The Interview was pub lI fished ht tile the no Boston ton papers and was copied extensively with comments throUghout the country countr as H time the bicycle fever was then at Its height and MI MIi Michael i chael at the pinnacle of his popularity Lots of oC the little Welshmans friends all and admirers who rend the stor story talk talked Id ed to hint him about It and told him him how they approved the idea Amoni these thOle ins Frank Erne the tho champion light wight pugilist who ho was n great friend of Michael After ACtor n a time Jimmie hall hail so many people toll him what n a great ht hE would mike that he really b began l on to believe It himself though hl he was 11 perfectly well aware of time origin of th die story and lieu how It was wnM turgid out or of the whole cloth lit lie Inv In InI I h mils IUS nil all the caution or of hl his nationality coal I at the tho same lame time line like his country countr once an idea gels getH rooted In hie I It Is like pulling lulling teeth to tear It itt t Cut Added to this lie he hRS has 1 a natural I 81 for tor horses horH and an intense Ilk Ilke ot of the hart work und and monotony In ol d In fn training for a season on the track Tilt The genii was V planted In very fruitful ground and led IN to his hili CIlIA essay lut winter as a jockey 0 and horse owner r and ma maLt may maybe Lt be the cause rause of another invasion 11 by limn him of the sane held of action In which Ia case t i wish him better luck titan In his endeavor In ht that direction There fife are plans on foot In New tI York to lo brIng the game Jamo of bowling bolIng before the pub Ile during the present season The MeA idea is to get hold of a goal hall hail and III lay four good III alleys In the center and so arrange banked seats leat that a large larse as A can an see Me iii I the moves move of the players A moneyed man Inan l Is said lAid to lie be at time the bottom ot of till the scheme aid l ll George IOn eon the Ull billiard expert interested is In inthe the venture TheIr opInion Is II that bowling is III destined to become the gr atel of oC winter Inter door it sJ sports and that If the public had time the opportunity t to witness witney rood good games am In well lit halls halle it lilt Ith seats aJI and of ea easy ac mess CRI they would congregate In iii lArge crowds and Ila pay for tor the privilege no ling I ii B a very 1 game and nel It ill is probable that with good man th the venture Quid could lK he made mul a rrt grat success In New York If only time game Kaml is III kept on till the level leel a as old John JohnL JohnI L I would say y The athletically Inclined public luLl has been so 0 much dur durIng Ing the put pat t few year especially in Cloth Gotham tn that It is II very 81 suspicious and it If everything Is not absolutely on the square Juare somebody be I sure lure to get wise wile Then will 11 follow Callow An awful thud and for tor a long time Umile to come corne time till sport In will wll be dead It 11 Is said MId that a con considerable number of European champion cyclists will spend next summer Ih hi this country The rhe outlook for tor motor racing and mo motor I tor Irk is II WI very bright for th tits 1 coming season and the nIN ra are r alwA keen for Cor the dough alder that they matt all make more In A America m a titan than a ro eta a 1001 8 a great al r IllIe h he 1 1 nol net OUt I ks plan I ins liu d for tor six lx III tan tann f up lap lall collum n n with very Iry high banks 01 are h t q popular tor night racing nowadays the tl only tracks I during the lust wets these the small shall which a 11 motor CAn go 1 a IU u d at It a on one minute Kilt gait without IlIn laug f oft off the hank Promoters t not teen been slow to recognize what th It mist do tf If they wish to time the Coln next heat season And so 10 It k to that there will be a 1111 network or of theM tracks tIU 1 during the 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