Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 9, 1890, Page 18

S——— e — 18 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE LOGAL WORLD OF SPORT., All that is Newest and Fresh from Baee Ball Oircles. SPRING SHOOTING PROSPECTS Interesting Letters from Seloe and Hurst—Fights and Fighters— 1he Wheel—New Athe letic Club. A Letter From Umpire Hurs Tim Hurst, 1n a letter to the writer datod Battersea, England, February 13, says that he will return to America about March 10. He has enjoyed his sojourn abroad and made some money, but is anxious to got back to the land of the free and the home of the brave. He adds that there is an incipient sgitation over our national game in KEng- land this spring, but he hardly looks for it 10 be resultant in a very general excitement over the sport. The Enrlllh peoplo are bet- ter suited to their own slow-going, old-fash- foned cricket, than they are to the get-np and burrah of base ball, Hurst will be an applicant on his retarn for a position on the western association umpire staff and Secretary Roche should appoint him with- out hesitancy or delay. He is as good a judge of the fine points of the play as any man who ever filled the positior in this cir- cuit, and with a clear, strong voice would be a veritable Kelley or a Gaffney, Hurst says he1s inchined to believe that both the Na- tional league and the Brotherhood will pull through the coming season, that neither will make any money, but both be ready and anxious for conciliation in the fall, if one or the other isn't ready to quit by that time. This, he goes on to say, will not be the case ‘with the National league, hence Tim vir- tually gives the Brotherhood a year's lease on life, although he doesn’t say so. He inti- mates that it is none of his fizht, and that he has no preference, but he apprehends much disaster to the game to como out of the inter- necine strife of these two powerful factions. Tim speaks in glowing terms of the Western association, her prospects, her supporters, managers and meu, and declares that 80 far as importanco and prominence goes, is bound within a few years to step into at least the second position in all affairs of the great game. Olarke Intends To Fool 'Em. Dad Clarke says he's going to give the people in the west a sample of what real pitching is this summer. His California trip was a big feather in the Oswegoan’s cap, and just now he is in excentional fine Jealth and condition. Dad will be in Omaha within the next ten days. He says that he ‘will have a host of new men to fool this season, and that he is gong to do it to the Queen’s tuste. It isa fact thut there are few better pitchers than Clarke. His curves and drops are first class, and both his fast and slow balls very effective. He is seldom out of condition, has muscles like iron, and with a catcher he has confidence in he can hold the hardest slugging team in the couns try level. Dad bas one fault, a natural one, howevor, and that is he loses much of his effectiveness if his support becomes lax, and meldom railies when he once gives up. How- ever, ho is a great pitcher, greater than ever to-day, and is bound to do magnificent work this season. A Prospecuve state League. The prospects are exceedingly good for Nebraska baviug a state league, or it may be that a tri-state league, including the cities of Hastings, Kearney, Grand Island, Lincoln aud Heatrice on the north, and St. Joe, Atchison, Toveka, Leavenworth and Wich- ita on the south, will be formed, William Pope and other enthusiasts of KFremont {avor o state league to include Kremont, Hastings, Grand Island, Kearney, Sewar Columbus, Lincoln and Beatrice, and a meeting to take the preliminary steps toward whe formation of such an association will be hela at Fremont some time this week. O. i, Gordon of Hastiugs, and, by the way, who was-one of the backers of the famo old Union Pacifics of this city, wants the tri- state. Ho thinks such a league would arouse more enthusiasm pmong the patrons than an pxclusive Ncbraska league. He is in favor of fixicg a salary limit at $600, with a $50 guarantee, to play eighty-four games be- tween June 1 and September 15. Mr. Gor- don has made a partial csnvass among base- ‘ball admirers and has thus far rased $3,000 1or o team, and thinks by another week he ‘will succeed in doubling that figure. The Vets Angainst the Kids, Inasmuch as Omaha has engaged nearly two full'playing teams, why wouldn't it be a good idea to arrange & series of early ex- hibition games between them, arraying the old men against the new. Let's see, there is Andrews, Canavan, Walsh, Cleveland, Strauss, ‘\'lllla. Hiues, Clarke, Knell, fan- ning, Bays, McConnell, Thayer, Erquarha; Moran and Bird, sixteen men in all, an with prospects of still another. This makes only two substitutes and perhaps only one necessary to complete two full teams, and there is plenty of fine local amateur talent to draw_from. The Veterans pitted against the Kids would make a greal game, but it is patent that the former could ruc away from the latter, still the battly would have an unusual interest as the opposing players all belong to Omaha. With Clarke and Thayer in the points; Andrews, C: van and Cleveland on sthe bases, short and Strauss, Knell and Wilus in the outfield, against Fannivg and Erquarbart, battery, with Farcish, Baldwin aud Moran on thé bases, Bird short, and McConnell, Hines and Bays in the gardens, would be about the size of the two teams. The Western Association Oards. ‘I'he Omaha and Kansas City teams will be the star attractions in the Western associa- tion this season. The memory of the locak elub’s grand work of last season is treasured up by the patrons of the game in all the cities in the circuit, and everybody will want ta see them this year. Of course a auartette of the cracks of last year's team, in Crooks, Nichols, Cooney and Nagle are gone, but in their places will be found such promising now players as Hines, Erquerhart, Fanning, Bays, Bird, Moran and McConnell, who will abundantly make up for the fracture in the old ranks. No one for a moment must labor under the impression that Omaha has been matermlly weakened, for sne has not, and many of the fans even think she will put up @ stronger game than_ever. That, however, 1s hardly possible. The cowboys will prove & great card simply from the fact that they aro fresh from the American association, and are toduy a team but little inferior to the ‘best in the country in any ussooiation. There ‘will be a robust rivalry between Kansas City aud Omaha, a8 has always beon the case, and all collisions between these two teams are bound to attract a park full of people, President MeCormick's Say. Tho Omaha club has more men on its pay roll at the present time than over bufore in its history, There is two full playing team lacking wo, and Manager Leonard is still on the lookout for at least one more player, @ second baseman. This man, however, such @ one as the club ofticers demand, will be dificult to secure, s the last hope of secur- ln? Collins, Kearns or Meistor, the men rincipally sought after, has gone glimmer- ngr, the 10 haying signed with other clubs. “How aro you going to utilize all thess men " was asked President MeCormick lasy evening. “Oh, we'll find plenty for them to do, if we huve to set them to eating Ed. Mullen's 80gRY peanuts and stale popeorn. Bat no jokiug. you kuow that several of the men signed are nothing more than experiments, and they way or way not pan out." “*But if they should all prove useful men— who will you release " “in that case not a wan, 'l keep the ‘whole outfit and trust to luck in disposing of one or two of them to an advantage at the close of the season .’ *And you are stll counting on big success for the Western association this season P’ “That 1 su. We are way outside the fighting orbit of the league and brotherhood, nd n‘g.vu h‘b‘:.mohl:lll.o l:lluw OUF noses, ve the peop! and our success is assured. Aud then you all of these weatern cities are growiog constantly, und & single year makes & big difference in point of g population, 80 we have that additional re- source to draw on."” “One mote question, Mr. President—now, honestly, what do you think of the Gate City toam " */It is & strong one, very strong, I think, in every position, barring possibly second base, and even Jimmy Canavan may have a surprise party in store for us there. 1 Ii'%e our new manager 8o far as I am ablo to form an opinion from the tone of his correspon- dence. He s evidently an industrious fel- low, ana very shrewd and very braiuy, and ho promises to get all the bail playing out of my men there is in them. es, 1 expect Leonard here this week, probably today."” A LETTER FROM FRANK SELEE. Ho Talks Unreservealy on the Situn- tion, MeLnroan, March 8, 1800.—To the Sporting Editor of Tar B In your last letter you ask me what I think of the baseball outiook for the coming season. In reply, will say that financially it does not look very bright for the Brotherhood and National League clibs, as the patronage will be more or less divided. However, owing o the vast amount of advertising vhe game has received the past season, a part of which has not been to the advantage of the sport, it may increuse the attendance very much, as a great many people have had base ball brougnt to their notice by the action of the players in form- ing the Players’ leaguo who never gave it a thought before. The American association prospects are not very bright. They claim to have less mileage and less exponses than in past yoars, but they have some cities who are members this year who will more than offset any advantage to he gained by reduced mileaze and expeunses. It seems to me that the Western association has the brightest prospects for the future of any associa- tion in the country, a com- pact circuit, good cities and gooa business men interested in each club, cannot fail to make the Western association a great success, I hone at the league meeting, March 4, arrangements will be made so the league will start in with cight clubs. The league must make a strong fight in New York city. ‘I suppose the Drotherhood question has been talked about in the west as well as the east. In my opinion the players have been a little hasty in making the break they have; they had grievances, but show me any class of employes who have not, and if they had waited as the league desired, those grieveances would have been righted. Mr. Ward claims if they had waited the league would have given them the laugh, but possi- bly the players may at somo future time wish they had given them a chance. How- ever, I wish them no harm, but it is my honest opinion that the players after exper- ience with their new surroundings will come to the conclusion that the league clubs in the past are not such a hard lot of masters as they evidently now think. Right herein Boston the brotherhood club has quite a following, but I am firmly con- vinced that the league club has the call among the better class of people, and also among the business men, and I am sure we shall get a large share of the patronage. We have & bright, energetic lot of players, who cannot fail to please and who will no doubt put up a lively game, one that will draw. We are very strong behind the bat, our in- field s fully as strong, if not stronger, than last season, our oucfield is a strong fieldiug and buse running trio, and if they cau hit up to the average, we skull surely be in it with the addition of another experienced pitcher. I am not one who would try and belittle the ability of the old-timers, but it is the young players who really please the baseball pub- lic. Duffy, Hoy, Wilmot, Tebeau, Hutchin- son, Hurns, Haniilton and others are sam- ples, 1see Omaha is to be represented by an- other good team the coming season, and the ciub and ofticers have my best wishes. I think the Omaha management did a wise thing in signing Clarke, provided he was satistied o remnin. He is a great worker and cool headed pitcher. The Boston direc~ tors offered a good price for his release and stand ready to renew it at tho present time, Ithink Canavan, with a little " practice, will make a success at second, When is Dave Rowe going to spring his greatsensationt . Lam pleased to ses Andrews retained. He is a great worker and a gentleman. No more this time. Remember me to all friends. Very truly, F. G. SELEE. The Exhibitiou Schedinle. The Omaha club has about completed its list of exmbition games. Up to date the following series have been arranged: April 2 and 3 at home with the Clevelands. April 5 and 6 at St. Louis with the Browns. April 7and 8 at Quincy, Lil., with the Quincys. Avril 9 and 10 at home with the Cleve- lands. April 12 ana 13 at home with the Gornams of New York. April 26 the championship season opens at home with the Sioux Citys. Strong Bidders for the Flag. “Ihere will be but five teams in the West- ern association race this season,” swd Center Fielder Willis the other evening. +Name them.” “Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Omaha and Kansas City. “What's the matter with Denver1" “Wall, Rowe will never bo in_it, although he has secured a fairly good team. He has o hard-bitting out-field, but that's about all that can be said. Ihey are weak in the box and weak on bases. Dave is an efficient field captain, but he has too much raw material to make much of a snowing 1n v season. How- ever, there are some queor things in base- ball, 'and teams that appear very weak be- fore the championship season opens often prove very strong* Noona will forget the work of Cleveland’s National league team lust soason.” The Spring Shooting. The prospects for good goose and duck shooting this spring look very favorable, from the fact that the past winter has been very mild, and there 1s still lingering along the Missour: and Platte rivers quite a num- ber of Canada geese. They have been here all winter, and at no time has the snow been heavy enough to cover their food, hence, when spring shooting commences there will be both Canada and Hutchins geese by the thousands on all their favorite feeding grounds. The Missour: river will probably open late this spring, but when the ice moves it will no doubt go out rapidly, as warm weather is certain to come with a swoop. The market in Omaha is now quite well supphed with Canadas and some of the havdier ducks and when shooting commences in earnest the gunners will have plenty of sport. An early spring will not necessarily drive the geese north very rapidly tor they will re- mwain thoir usaal time to feed. Shooting is fairly good now, but mosuly Canadas, who have been shot at s0 much during the warm winter weather that they fly shy of anything that looks like a man, gun or blind, How- ever, sportsmen may expect good goose and duck snooting by March 27 or April 1, for already the advance guard of the big spring migration has reached this latitude and the hosts will follow soon, Sioux Clty, The G ese and Ducks, Colonel E. Brindle of Clarks, Neb., one of the most sus ful duck and goose hunters on the Platte river, undoubtedly killed the largest Canada goose last week ever killed 1 Nebraska, weighing 10 pounds, 3 ounces, It1s seldom a goose is killed that weighs over 14 pounds. Colouel Brindle has grown 4}¢ iuches in height and wears a gold medal since killing the big goose, Geoese are reported plentiful along the Platte river from North Bead to Siiver Creek. ‘There has been soveral good bags made. Auy one desiring information or wishing to secure the servives of a good duck and #oose guide will do well to correspond with Charlie Hoyt of Clarks, Neb, braith, Captain Ry, Hoory Homab, ara spending n few huoting ducks aad at Buse 4 tan e 2o e, & nowned Ur. Richards, who bas the reputa- tion of killing more ducks around the eamp stove than any man ou earth, It would cure any dyspeptic to hear the doector tell some of his stories. Fraok Parmalee is preparing for a big red head shoot, and he claims the prospects are good for a fine shoot this spring. Prairie ohickens and quails are reported SUNDAY, plentiful throughout the state, having win. tored unnsually well, and the prospects are more favorable for good shooting this fall than for years. Lindsay in Chicago. Jimmy Lindsay is in Chicago iu the hands of Hugh E. Keough, a well known sporting authority of that city. As the Omaha light- weight has gone there on business beat, an announcement thut he has beon matched against some one of the good ones may be ex- pected any aay. If Chicugonns find & mun in Jimmy's class whom he can't administer the kibosh to, they can win a whole lot of Omaha money, that's all. He has been taking superb care of himself this winter and is rosier and stronger than ever be- fore i hus life. He has made up his mind to shine in the fistic firmament, and has re- solved to lose no chance through any indis- eru!ilnn on his part. Vive le Omaha cham- pion Fallon Submnits a Proposition. Danny Needham and Patsey Kerrigan fought 100 rounds at the California Athletic club one night last week, when the battle was declared o draw, Patsey Fallon, who Is now 10 F'risco, on behalf of Jimwy Lindsay, has submitted a proposition to the Golden Gate club to match the Omaha boy against either man for a reasonable purse. The Needham-Kerrigan fight was a walk-around from the start, and there were not more than half a dozen rounds in which the men attempted to force mutters. Needham was knocked down three times in the fifty-fifth round and four times in the seventioth, but he arose and fought desperately duriog both rounds. After the seventieth there was lit- tle or no attempt at any real fighting, as both the wen were greatly exhausted. During the last ten rounds not a blow was struck. Farcy Jimmy Lindsay standing for ten rouads in @ I'll’ll'f with a man before him without striking a blow, He Oatches On in Fris Tn speaking of the arrival of Patsey Fal- lon i Sun Francisco the Daily Report of the 27th ult. says: Fallon was met at the ferry landing by a number of well-known sporting men.and escorted to his hotel. Fallon has an intelligent face and is about thirty-five years of age. He is an Irishman by birth, and although never engaged in the pugilistic profession, has always taken a great interest in the sport. He spends most of his time in “looking up” promising young aspirants for fistic fame and bringing them before the public. During his sporting carcer Falion has brought out several fight- ers who at present are looked upon as *‘top- uotchers,” and he is still on the lookout fo talent. Fallon intended bringing Jimmy Lindsay with Lim to this city. but after consideration he thought it better to leave him in Omaha and sond for him, if necessary. Lindsay, us stated in the Report a few days ago,is a very clever pugilist in the 140-pound class, who is willing to fight anything of his weight in the ring. He is a protege of Fallon’s and made bis first appearance under his auspices, He has fought twelve mea and has been the victor every time. Fallon, in behalf of Lindsay, will chal- lenge the winner of the Needham-Kerrigan fight at the California club for a reasonsble purse in any of the clubs. A Letter From Patsey. SAN Fraxcisco, March 6*—<To the Sport- ing Editor of Tne Bee: Isent you several papors containing accounts of my arrival here, I was received most courteously as you will have observed, and by grace of the Press club was accorded quite a welcome. The Frisco Press club rooms are certainly the most elegant in the country. 1 have vis- ited all the various sporting clubs and they are immense, the best equipped affairs of this kind mn the world. 1 was present at the Needham Kervigan fight, and am more convinced than ever that Jimmy Lind- say is the master of either of them. The prospects of another meeting between Jack Dempsey and George La Blanch are very poor. Dempsey has an immense following here. 'The McAuliffe-Carrall fight which comes off the latter partof this month bofore the California club 18 now the one theme of conversation. I pin my faith to Mac, I ex- pect to effect a match for Lindsay shortly. ‘The Golden Gate club will probably send for him within a month., President Fulda of the California club received your letter and thinks favorably of your proposition. His secretary writes you today. Now Sandy. please do not forget to send me SCUNDAY'S BEE occasionally, and if I can be of any ser- vice to you here, command me. PaTsey FALLON. That Six-Day Cycle Chase. The great six~day cycle race between Frank Dingley of Minneapolis and Ned Reading ot Fort Omaha opens up at the Coliseum tomorrow morning at 10:30 sharp and will continue out the weet, twelve hours a day, ending at 10:30 each evening. There is no understood thing about this race. It1s a square, fair, booa fide race for $500 a side and the best man will win. Frank Johnson of the Bank of Commerce holds the stakes, and a referree will be determined on in the morning. Dingley has trained hard, is in excellent condition and will make the effort of his life to win. Reading, too, has been far from inactive, and says he feels like a thoroughbred. He 1s confident of winning, relying more on his powers of endurance than speed. Both men are so much in earn- est that they are ready to lay any reasonable sum on the side that they wil cross the chalk-line first. In any event the strug- gle is sure to be & vigorous one, sud the bykers are greatly interested in the outcome. The Oolisrum Athletic Cinb, Manager Jack Prince of the Coliseum is engaged in the work of orgabizing an athleuc club, which is to be known as the Coliseum Athletic club and gymnasium. It1s to be a first class affair modeled after the well kown San Francisco clubs, and 18 to be run in the interests of pure uthletic sports. The gym- nasium will be complete in all details, with all the accoutrements necessary to such-an establishment. " Competent and proficient instructors in all branches of athlgtics and gymuastics will be engaged, and the institu- tion will be one that will be a credit to the city. It will be & place of resort and physical exercise for both young and middle aged wen, who without such facilities mast deny themselves the benefits of such exarcise. It will also be a source of much amisément in the way of fenc'ng and sparring exhibitions, dumb-bell lifting, club swingiag, - horzontal “bar and trapeze performances, nm;iclq races, running, walking, and fa fact all "the apor! embouied inthe in-door category. Applicants for membership will be carefully 1in- vestigated and balloted upon in the usual way, i order that none but unobjectionable parties may get in. All applications for membership must bs made to Manager John 8. Prince, either at the Coliseum, by letter, or at the office of M. S, Lindsay, in the board of trade building. Mr. Landsay will receive the initiation fees and give receipt for the same, pending applicants admission, It is a meritoriou heme and should succeed. Amateur Wheel Notes, The tournament netted the Omaha Wheel Club guite a neat little sum, which will be very accoptablo just now, and particularly settles the question of how to furnish the new quarters, The club is on the road to prosperity to such an extent as to almost stagger some of the less sanguine members At the lasy special meeting, Fobruiry 23, eight active members were elected, and at the regular meeting, March 5, fourteen more were put on the rolls. If it keeps this way much longer they will have to raise the in- itiation fee, or the large quarters lately occu- pied will soon be too small. Bacon says that that five layer cake was a danay. It is & common remark to hear a man say, “if I could only ride a wheel likke such & one.” If they only knew how easy 1tis to learn to ride, and the small amount of dan- ger attending it, thoy would be surprised. Aoy man who can read, write an 'l:luk 0 los- straight can leara in from two to thre sons, and two out of three learn in one les- Jdt is entirely unnecessary' to have any its are arriving at tho falls, New L. A. W, rate of touror five a week, and they will 8000 hO &8 cOMMON 00 OUr stroets as three buttou cutaways. ‘That's right. Now wheelmen, you are not 10 style uniess you wear 0 brown. How Porterfiold did make ‘‘old spaing- post” spin last nnudny. Don't belleve ha has caught his Brdath yet, and Peaboay hae added another medal to hjs string, It was too pad Mittusst did not ride, but he did food work husthing the riders on the track. n fact the sucogsaful carrying out of the programme can bé laid to his unceasing ef- forts in _keepitjt*'the participants on the move. Thirteen’ ‘ovents in one hour and twenty minutes {4 zood work. If the weather had only been a little more moderate and Patgl had kept away with her melodious Italiany the roceipts would have been double whay they were. KEverythin looks bright for wheeling in Omaba an Perrigo is ready th catoh everything in _the wheel line cothing his way. Everything looks shiney about the store, new decora- tions on the coilings, new private office; new wheel racks, new wheels, new rurtner‘ bat the same oid time jollity still hangs about the place. Anyone who has never seen a lady’s safety can see them at Perrigo & Co's any time. They are very attractive and are the cause of an endloss amcunt of questions, and some of them are truely unique. Rhodes is back from his western trip and looks ten yoars younger than he did two months ngo, Ono of the bicycle makers 1s sald to have recoived an order for a convertitle tandem '-::cyclu from & Methodist envangzelist of this city. Pixley surprised all the old riders at the O. W. C. tournament. The boy I8 getting to be quite a rider. The Wheel Club have purchased all of the furmitura and pictures of the defunct Coun- cil Bluffs club, and have them all at the club quarters, and ‘nearly everything in running order except the biliiard table. The, club was vary fortunate 1o securing this furniture as thare were numerous small but useful arti- cles which would not have been of any par- ticular value at a public sale, but are exactly what the ciub needs, hus Local Sports. J. R. Stice will return to gmaha about Aptil 1, in time for the goose shooting, ho says. Arthur Clarke, formorly of the Republi- can, this eity, is doing assistaut sports on the Frisco Chronicle. J. J. Bonckemper, a well known dog fancier of Sutton. Neb., made Tue Ber a pleasant call Frida; The polo league has succumbed. It proved a non-paying sport, and one by one the teams threw up the sponge and disbanded. Plenty of good sized pickerel are reported at Horseshoe lake, and tnev have com- menced even this early to bite voraciously. Dan J. Ross, the fake sprinter, still con- tinues to get in his worlk in the smalles citis throughout the state, His latest exploit w achivved at Kearney. Grand Island boasts of one of the most active gun clubs in the state. Their weekly shoots are always well attended, and the scores made generally Food. Several large black bass were hooked at Cutoff lnke during the warm spell of a week ago, and fishing there this spring, it is ex- pected, will be unusually fine. Thero 18 no_possiblo likelinood of a meet- ing between Jack Davis and the St. Joe Kid. McGregor writes that it will take §1,000 to induce him to come to Omaha. The rivers of Nebraska will be planted this spring _with 200,000 fingerling salmon State Fish Commissioner Lew May was in the city several duys this weelk. Jimmy Kilkengy, the gentlemanly man- ager of the Gate City Athletic club, has re- covered from a somewhat serious attack of pncumonia, and is again at his post of busi- ness. ‘The plover being served at one of our lead- ing hotels must huve 1 some way gotten mixed up with a covey of quail. Here is work for the Omahasgun club,and work that should be thoroughly executed. See! The Gate City club finds It uext to impos sible to make & watch for Jaok Davis, and Jack says if something doesu’t turn up shortly, he'll fold .up his tent and steal out to Portland or 'Frisco. A white muskrat . was shot on a sand bar just north of tho city Thursday afternoon by Alex Johuson, = There wasn't a brown hair on the animal, and it had pink eyes like a white rabbit.” " It will be mounted by Taxadermist Breses of Lincoln, ‘The national trap ‘Shooters did not create much of a furore in Omaha, even among the profession. There wasn’t more than a 8core or two of spectators, and owing to the disa- greeable weather, the scores made were very poor. ‘The eastern team won by a score of 155 to 151. The Kansas City Referee has found its way to our tablo and is a welcome visitor in- deed,for of all the bright, newsy and intelli- gently edited journals devoted to sports, especially those of the forest, fiield and stream, 1n the country. the Refereo stands pere-eminent among them. Pure blooded dogs are very rarely sheep killers. Tt takes the mongrel to do thay successfully and failure to discriminate be- tween the mongrel and the blue-blooded thoroughbred pointer or setter has giveu rise to an unjust prejudice in some sections of the country against them. Gus. Lambert, whom Peter Jackson re- cently failed to stop in ‘Troy,N.Y.,was at one time well known in this city. 'He was a partner of Clarence Whistler, the greatest wrestler the world has ever known. and who was ut oue time'an employe in the Union Pa- cific shops. B. Hough, of the Forest and Stream pub- lishing company is the only newspaper man making the trip with the National trap shooters, Mr. Hough, while in this city last Taursday, said, from 'what he learned of Omaha shooters, he did not think there was a city in the conntry that could muster up a better five or ten man tearn of trap shooters than the Gute City. Frank Parmelee's ex- pertness, he added,was woll known in every first-tlass city in tho union, ‘The eastern sporting papers are all pre- dicting an early spring—many of them de- claring that it will be fully a month ahead of time. If this is to be the case in this section of the country, however, Gentie Annie will have to get a move on herself. The eastern meteorological suvants are not bising their augury on the flight of birds, the deport- ment of the ground hog, the thickness of the muskrats' house, or any of the other old mythical signs, but on the run of the shad. ‘The shad 1s the blue bird of the Atlantic coast and bas appeared in southern waters nearly six weeks ahead of their usual schedule time. Consequently the auglers and the gunners are all w4 flutter preparing for a prolonged season of sport. The Parmelee-Dunmire trapshooting tour- nament, to be held on the Gwin & Dunmire grounds across the river late next month now giyes every indication of being a colossal success—in fact the greatest shooting tour- nament over neld in this city. All of the members of the western team of the National trap shooters who were here Thurs- day, signified their intention of being here and bringing a number of other well known shots with them, T'his team is_composed of C. W. Budd, Des Moines; J. R. Stice, this city; R. O. Heiks, Dayton O.; C. B. Cahoon, Freeport, 1L, and ##ob White” Ruble of Beloit, Wis. Al Bpagdle of Cincinnati; “Hay- scod” of Spriogfleld, O.: H. MeMurchy of Syracuse, N. Y¥', A, Tucker of Meriden, Conn.; W. H. Wolsencroft of Philadelphia, Pa., und many o well-known experts will also be in at nee. The tournauent will continue thra#*#ays and the purses of- fered aggregato ral thousand dollars, There will be for-all_shoots, special stakes aud clas: matches galore, and shooters of all s, shades and oalibre wiil be given abul opportunity to test thewr skill. i3 Flashes B Seven more weel scason will bo hero, Winkleman, [ Milwaukee, will this seaso! =5 Macullar is l? tling for Des Moines, and his team is-MOming up strovger and stronger every day.’ ; Herman Long and Kio Nichols have al- ready reported ut Boston, and in two months they will have the whole city on the hip. Phil Reccius, su old Western association player, has signed 1o play third and manage the Terre Haute, Indiana. team. “K1d" Nichols will probably be pi Lou Hardie, the Californin catcher. agor Seloe says the latter is o star. Cleveland, Walsh -and Willis take a daily turn at Kilgallon & Hart's handball court, corner Twelfth and Chicago streets. Now there is a scheme on hand to black- list every player who has jumved the reserve rule and is outside the league fola after April 1. Billy Kluseman, first basemau of the St. Louis Browns. is to be married to a youn lady on Sherman avenue the 4tn of nex mooth. Jim Hart predicts that Jimmy Cooney will n the mond, ud the champjonship rly of St. Paul ana te for the Hartforas red with Man- prove the finest inflelder in the country this season. ‘T'he little fellow hus also madea mash on old Anse. The season in Omaha will be opened amid great enthusiasm. A brass band has been ged to frighten the Jonahs away, says porting Iimes. Hutchinson, the old Des Moines pitcher, is destined to become a star of the first magu1 tude this season. His preliminary work in Florida hus been magnificent. All Western association patrons should read the letter from Frank G. Selee, the old Omaha manager, now filling a like position for Boston. It will be found in these columns, Charley Abbey says that Big Moran is going to prove a bonanza for Omuha. He is an every-day catcher whom no amount of pounding can phase, He will arrive in Omaha vext Saturduy. Wally Andrews writes that his injured haud has thoroughly recovered and that he is ready now to jump right i and pull down everything that comes withiu twenty feet of first, fouls, pop-ups, liners, Knglish spar- rows and all. Billy Earle, the wiry St. Paul catcher, will be given his regular turn behind the bat by Cincinnatti this year and he’ll do as good work as either reliable old Jim Keenan or Kid Baldwin. Earle was always a favorite in the Western association, and goodness, whut a worker he is for his side. oux Oity cranks talk as if they expected cher Burdick to win the flag for them alone and single handed. Last season he failed to wake a single game from Omaha, and it all but broke the boy’s heart. If thore was a team he wanted to defeat it was the White Sox. Maybo James Duryea, €sq., waso't mad | wheun he heard that Cincinnati had secured Foreman. He was 8o sore that he lost his appetite and missed several meals. Old Cy realizes as well as any one else thav he will never be missed. Foreman fills the aching void to a nicety. When this cruel baseball war is over there will be lots of basebal! stars, now drawing all the way from $3,000 to £5,000 per season, go back 10 their little $9 a week jobs. They may be league stars, and again they may be brotherhood. The chances are good, how- over, that it will be the last named class of Stwinklers” that will twinkle no more. Time will tell. Bob Pettit’s sudden prominence in the Milwaukee-New Haven-Toroato squabble may recall the fact to league club managers that this player putup an excellent game under Anson two years ago, and that he would be a decidedly vailuable man for any one of several clubs who arein need of & fair hitting, base-running outfielder. President Speas of Kansas City will sue Short Stop Pickett for jumping to the Philadelphia brotherhood club. Rickew’s release was purchased from St. Paul last year for a good round sum. By the time the season opens about one-third of the brother- hoog players will have litigations on their hands that will materially interfere with their ball playing. There is many 8 brotherhood player and many a brotherhood backer for that matter, who, if they had known as much threo months ago as thoy do now, would be far away froln that organization. Many a big iron dollar has already gone into the scheme and many a brotherhood backer is sadly hummiog, **O, say, will they ever returni” —Harry Weldon. Peek-a-1300 Veach is to play the outfield for Cleveland, and Daly, the new man, will cover first base. Tben with Daly, Ardner, McKean and Smalley for infield positions, Veach, Davis and Stockwell for the outfleld, and 130b Gilks, the fine all-round player, as utility man, the Forest City team will hola its own anywhere, especially after the crowd has taken a few weeks’ boiling ont at Hot Springs. Schmelz seems to have a winner. Manager Hackett, of the Kansas City team, stopped over in Chicago the other day en route to the Missour: metrovolis, and, while speaking of John Healy, said he tnought Jack was foolish in not quietly re- porting for work with the Kansas City team at an association salary and proceed to pitch his way back into one of the older organizu- tions. Jim Hart was of the same_opinion, and expressed the belief that the Egyptian would meke s mistake by demanding his release from Kuansas Civy. “Chain-lightning” Mike Morrison will twinkle the coming season as a Syracuse atar. When Mornson first joined the Cleve- and league team a few years since ho was considered the coming pitcher of the coun- try, but wildness proved bis defect anda suort time after the seuson opened he drifted to the Western association, where he did fairly good work. He was a terror to the Des Moines heavy bitters, but for Omaha he was a berry. It1s funny how one team can hit & certaio man, while another and even stronger batting team, can’t come within a mile of him, Charlie Cushman of the Milwaukees has surely gou u great team together and will mako a strong bid for the pennant. The Milwaukees were strong even last year, but untoward luck cluug about their necks lke tue old man of the sen cluag to Sinbad in the Arabian Nights. They lost more games by a singie tally than any team in the Western association, and the ninth inning was invariably a fatal one for the hopeless Browers. Cushman will not allow this sort of a thing to coutinuo an- other season, He i8 too good a manager and is familiar with all the remedies necessury for base ball ills, President Thompson, through the sporting editor of Tur BER, has about closed negotia. ! tions for the singing of Left Fielder Charlie Abbey, of this city, for the Apostle team, and that he secures a prowising young player no one who has seen him play will pamsay. Abboey is more than an ordinury fielder, a little awkward in his manner of going after s ball, but that doesn’t count, for heds a sure catch, and at the bat a tower of strength. In fifteen finmul n the Western association last fall, he made sixteen hits, six of which were, two-baggers. Moreover, he is a gentleman, perfectly temperate, and upright and straightforward in all thiogs. Bug Hollid prize silver bat, presented to him in 1858 for being the best batter in the Des Moiues club, hangs in Jim Keenan’s Western avenuo emporium at Cincinnati, The bat has & bistory. Originally the prize was a silver bat and ball, On the day be- fore the final championship game of the sea- son the Bug and Orator George Shafer were a tie for thebatting honors of the club, Slick Orator Shafer always believes in a sure thing. He proposea that they divide the prize. Bug to take the bat and he to retain the pall. Bug would not listen to the propo- sition at first, but fAinally yielded. The Ora- tor's wisaom was displayed in an emphatio manner. Holliday made four safe hits the ne xt day, and “*Shaf” did not touch the hog- e Oloiflday was really the champion batter, but “‘Shaf” got half of the tropby. Quesiions and A wers. R. W. Pales, Pender, Neb.—No questions but those pertaining to sports are aoswered in this department. In the purchase of & bird dog would you advise tho selection of & Gordon, Iris hor BARR'S GREAT SALE ONLY THREE DAYS MORE, MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY Bigger bargains than ever. portunity and you will always remember the Great Closing Out Sale of The WM. BARR Dry Goods Company, Don’t miss this op- 16th and Douglas Sts., Omaha. Laverack setter? How much flesk: should a | hen there angrily flying at a farmer and bird dog carry to be in proper form in the hunting scason?—H. T. Wolls, city. Ans.—Either would fill the bill. But the writer woula prefer the Gordon, The Lav- erack is an excessively nervous animal, ond great care is necessary in his breaking. Once broken, no better or more obedient dog lives. Just how much flesh a dog should carry to be in proper form has long been a disputed question among fauciers and ownors. He should carry, however, in the working sea- son all the flesh that can be hardened on him. A Farmer.—See reply to R. W. Fales. In a game of high five the score stands 46 to 5. Forty-8ix bids six and makes the trump,led out the ace and raked in one of the fives and the game. Torty-six then threw up their cards with the remark that they were out, but it developed that fifty-one hela the deuce, which had not been played. Who won {—Pedro, Schuyler, Neb. Ans.—This makes about the thousandth time this identical question has been an- swered in those columns, but once more and for all time, the side holding the deuce won. In a game of high five is the maker of the trump obliced to lead trumps on the first playi—L. G. H., Omaha. Ans.—He is not. However, the game is sometimes played that way, but it must be 80 understood befora play begins. A, Band C are playivg draw poker, D huppens in and aska to “‘sit . In response to the question how Lie wants to play he says “epen,” without any knowledge of the “stuff’”” circulating” in the game. He “opens’ a jack pot sbortly for $50. A “raises’” him £300, and B “‘raises” A $700, making a total of $1,030 in the pot. C ‘'goes out,” and D wants to kuow if hs gets a “show” for his £250, stating that was all he had. Please acswer. It is to decide a $100 bet!—Spring- field Sport, Springfield, Neb, Ans.—He has not. It is an unlimited game, and if he cannot make good the “raises’” of his ovponents e loses the $50 he ‘“‘put in’ as an “opener.” ‘L'hat 1s tho only possible object of an unlimited game, Please state in Sunday’s Ben tne greatest running jump with artificial aid on record. Also the greatest standiog long jump.—Ath- lete, Kearney, Neb, Ans.—The greatest running jump was made by John Howard at the Chester raco course, Kngland, May 8, 1854, 20 feet and 7 inches, using a pair of 5-1b. dumb-bells and jumping frow a solid block of wood 1 foot wide, 2 long, wedge shaped, 8 inches thicl, raised 1 inch in front. Longest standing jump with weights, 14 feet 5!¢ inches, made by George W. Hamilton with 22-1b. dumb- bells, October 3, 1579, at Romeo, Mich. Ducker, Missouri Valley.—There is no close season for ducks, goese or snipe, la- mentable as the fact is, in the state of Ne- braska. T, H. T. Farnam street, Omaha,—Yes, Elmer Frank, clerk of the United States court isa great bear siayer. He killed a 1400-1b, grizzly once with a single blow of his fist. In a recent issue you stated that the “‘Chinook Winds” were blowing and the snow was melting.” This 18 from Portland, Ore, Where 18 Chinook! T can't find it. I have often heara thav tho Indians have a dance when the ‘‘Chinook winds” blow, as it drives back the cold Walla-Walla winds, and is always the end of cold weather.—A Subscriber. ANs.—The wind takes its name from a band of Indians called Chinooks who for- merly inhabited the banks of the Lower Columbia in Washington and Oregon. The wina designated as *‘Chinook” is from the northwest and very mild, e SINGULARITIES. T. W. Martin, of Elizabeth, Pa., 1ost a very heavy plain gold ring. A week afterward his horse became lame, and 1n_examining its foot the lost ring was found sougly fittea around one of the calks of the horse's shoe. It is saia that four years after the fight at Chickamauga the vattlefield snone like bright moonlight, even on the darkest nights, “The light came from the phosphorescent exhala- tions of tho decaying bones of tho heaped-up dead. A pest of mice was found in a Penobscot county, Me., man’s overcost after he had hung it up in a Bangor hotel. When called on to explain the man said he hadn’t put on the overcoat for two years till he took 1t down to wear to Bangor that morning, A St. Louis woman identified a body in the morgue as that of her husband, from whom she had been separated for several years, and gave it an expensive funeral. Hor husband has since turned up alive and well, and,-having learned that bis wife had buried him'in style, called on her to express his thanks, A fox driven by the hounas in a recent hunt upon the estate of Lord Granville, at Walmer Castle, Bugland, bolted right be- fore Lord Granville's eyes through the hall of the castle aud into the drawing-room, with the hounds 1n full ery after him. They ran hun down and killed him in'fiont of the mantelplece, James Connelly of East Hickory, owes a vote of thanks to nothing more nor less than his whiskers., The Tionesta Vindicawr re- ports that one day last week, while cutting down @ tree, Connelly struck a large vein of tree gas and ignited it to see 1t burn; he struck another stroke and freed a large amount of gus which scorched him severely about the face, but owiug to a heavy growth of whiskers the burn was superficial. While & young man named Flint, son of the bailiff to Mr, E. toster of Woodbury, Tompsford, Bedfordshire, was engaged in the fields last week be suddenly heard the humming of bees, and o looking round he was astonished to scea splendid swarm of bees which had alighted on & shrub. Tho youth's father 18 an amateur bee farmer, and being himself auite an expert, he soon obtained a hive and secured the whole swarm, which is said to be a fine ove. It was subsequently presented to a laboring wan residing in the neighborbood, A very peculiar result arising from the sting of a bee was noticed here today, savs a Hillsboro, IlL, dispatob. Hon, C. W, Bliss, a well-known democratio candidate for the legislature, was conversing on the street when & bee stung bim on the finger of his left hand. The poison went to his heart, and in & few seconds was 80 serious as to create considerable alarm and require medical at- tendance. He was conveyed the drug store of Dr. E. Douglas, whero & sting anti- dote was administered. In an increditably short time the poison, after leaviug the heart, settled in the left eye, and a swelling ok place which nearly destroyed that optic. Virginia Is thus far the only known state which boasts of hen dentists, says the Nor- folk Lankmark. Some time siuce the Page County Courier published an account of & pulling out o George k. Heath, who lives in Hanover county, a short distance from Ashiand, was in the city to- day. Ho states that on Saturday morning he ot his teoth, went to his hennery and attempred to take @ bon off tho roost, when sho flew i . his fuce, picked him in his mouth, and took out & tooth which had been troubling Mr. Hoeath for some time, and which he intended having extracted. This is the second hen dentist in Virginia, MUSICAL A Mrs. Keudal has sold Mr. Charles Wyadham, Rosa France hus replaced Marguerite Iish in **Ihe City Igirectory.” Louis Paullin is siuging Y'essa with Hoen- derson’s “*Gondoliers company. Dora Wileywill remain with the “Old Jed Prouty” company next season. Julia Marlowe will play an extended en- gagement in New York next scason. Marion Manola rejoined the McCaul opera company Monday night in Philadelphia. Charles Drew has joined Manager Hen. derson’s *“Gondoliers’ company in Chicago. Kate Forsytho has gone to Eugland again. ’\l;(nnie Maddern has returned to New rk. Isabella Coo has purchased a handsomo house in New York for which she has puid $16,000. Manager Fraok W. Sanger says that “Mr, Barnes of New York” hay already cleared $30,000 this season. Blanche Curtisse, once known as the Vas- sar beauty,has changed her name and 18 now a soubrette in a farce comedy. Sarah Bernharat will soon appear s the Virgin Mary in & new play soon to ba pro- duced at Paris. Marias will be the Messiah. A pew musical comedy, by the author of ““Turned Up,” will havo its first perform- ance at the Park theatre in about five weeks. Otto Hegner, the boy piauist, will play in Pittsburg, Columbus, Cincinnati, Chicago and other large cities, the tour Igsting till April. It is reported that Zelie De Lussan will return to this country for the season of 1891 and 1592 as the prima donna of an American opera company bearing her nawe, Cora Edsall, J. M. Hill's new star, will probably make her first appearance in New York March 17 at the Standard theatre in Henry Guy Carleton's vew play, *T'he Pem - bertons.” Joseph Arthur has secured an injunction restraining Harry Lucy from interfering in any way with the production or manage- ment of the play called *The Still Alarm.” Mise Fanny Dayenvort continues to meet with very great success in the south, where she is appeariug 10 “La Tosca.” Her rep- edrory for next season will include **Iheo- rora,” “*Fedora” and *‘La Tosca.” Maurice Barrymore says he has a part of unusual strength in “A Desperate Remedy,” the new play which has been written for him by Augustus Thomns. {t will be made known early in September next. A. M. Paimer is tue busiest of all the New York managers and at the sume time the most accessible, He can be seen at any timo on legitimate business and permits no red tape at either of his theatres. Mrs. Frank Leslie will deliver a series of twenty lectures under the management of H. B. Thearle and Fred Pelnam of Chicago. ‘T'he tour will begin in October next and will b limited to principal cities only. Henry S. Sanderson, who has been seven teen years with Tony Pastor, will be the re- cipient of a testimonial bencfit on Thursday afternoon, March 27, for which he is pr ing o bill of great length and variet, Edwin Booth was playing Riche Charleston, S. C., a number of years ago, and when he came to the lines, ‘*Who will proclaim divorce ‘twixt France and mef” an ipious gallery god yelled out “'Chicago,” Manager Willism R. Hayden contradicts the report that Mr, Crane has made more money than his former partner this scason. In examining the books they show that Mr, Stuart Robson has this season played to ‘l.]rgoru money than Robson and Crane ever iu. Nat Goodwin is telling stories with his hat very far over his eyes to a surrounding group of edmirers in the Hoffman house every afternoon. He fs still the most popu- lar of the young comedians, and ne has brought pack a dozen or more new stories from his long tour out of town. When Stuart Robson was making a great success 0s a comedian at the Union Square theater in New York, which was then under the management of A. M. Palmer, the eggs for **An Arraut Knave' were laid, and now that he 18 going it alone, Mr, Steela Mackaye has hutched from his fertile brain a success- ful play. Mlle. Rhea is attracting a series of large audiences in her tour of New England, which i 10 continue until March 10, when sho 1s to begin a return engagement in Washington, On March 17 Mile. Rhea is to present *'Joso- phine, Empress of the I'rench,” in New York for the first time at the Broadway theater, Miss Marie Wainwright has received an offer from a very prominent London mana- ger to take hor entire production and com- pany for “Twelfth Night” to London next summer, It I8 thought by him that Miss Wainwright would fully duplicate Miss An- derson’s su 8 in ‘A Winter's Tale,"” for with the exception of Miss Terry Kugland is at present very poor in Shakespeariun no- trosses. ‘Uhe offer will remain open for some time 10 order to let Miss Wainwright see if she thinks she can stand the fatigue of an almost continuous seanon of twelve months, Elasfic SILK HOSE Passion Flower to —rou— Jaricose Veins, Weak Limbs, ote. Trussgs, Supporlers, Cratches, Batleriss Physician’s Supplies. Architect's Sapplies, ., Engincer's Suppiies, GOODMAN DRUG CO 1110 Farnam Street, Omaha.