Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 11, 1890, Page 13

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY, MAY 11 18900-TWENTY PAGES THE LOCAL WORLD OF SPORT. Manager Dave Rowe Talks Sensibly on the Baseball Outlook. WESTERN ASSOCIATION'S STRENGTH. Prince and Reading's Great Race— The Raymond Gun Club—Whis- perings of the Wheel-The June Tournament, This is Our Estimation. Please state in your next Sunday's Bee the Aifference between the average attendance at the Players’ and National league ball games 80 far this season, and which, in your estima- tion, fs meeting with the most favor and re- ceiving the best support from the publi U. P. Transfer Fans, Ans.—So far the Players’ league has had slightly the best of it, which, hov may be accounted for by the wholesale sy complimentaries which marlked their open- ing games. Lately the league, in the way of attendance, have been gaining on the Play- ers, but are yet somewhat behind. They cer- tainly have played the best ball, notwith- standing the all-star make-up of many of the brotherhood teams. But that is neither here nor there, What Tir Bip has always apprehended, has come to pass. T'he great national game has reccived a blow that it may require years to recover from. The writer has had no animosity against the players, and was only actuated “in his utter- ances by the fear that has fully materialized. The organization of the Brothérhood was un- questionably a grave mistake. It has done fncalculabl to the sport, and is destined to domore, By July 4 there will be any lty interesting baseball liter- aturoe, dect o moment. Two weeks of the championship season have elapsed, and already it has been incontrovertibly demon- strated that the people have lost interest in the game, and are rapidly withdrawing their suppor v city where there are two clubs belonging to these organizations, the old fire of enthusiasm has diswppeared, and #—4that loyalty born of local pride and rivalry s hos ceased to exist. These essential ele- Ynents to the maintenance of the game radicated, what must bo the incvitable result! Why, that the drawing —pow- power of baschall is _reduced to n minimum. 'ho attendance at the games of the league and brotherhood are decreasing daily, and already the alurm has been sounded ina number of cities. And even the Western as- sociation, which suffered less by reason of the baseball war than any organization in the country, is bemg perceptibly affected by the “general apathy that has overtaken the great army of enthusiasts. *“I've lost all interest jin te game,” suid o prominent business man to the writer yesterday, “and don’t even oare to go out and see our boys play. There's too much of it; it doesn’t scem gouuine, und Tl wait until the thing simmers down to t of shape ngain.’” v minded, observant reador must It is now being suggested and ® urged by the press throughout the country that some sort of an armistice be entered into by the opposing factions for irreparable gimm s plainly foreseen. Do the players ealize thist It is doubtful. But wait until one or the other of the two organizations goes under, which is hound to occur, and then seo what the condition of affairs will be, ‘The country will be overrun with players . but of a job, and as the market is always gov- 74, erned by the law of supply and demand, sala- ries will take such a tumble as will paralyze our buck Kwings,your Pfeffers,your Wards, rwins, Comiskeys and the whole gang of baseball wreckers and destroyers, The Butt of the Associatio Every Team in the Western association takes u particular and fiendish delight in svallopping the Omaha team. This is proba- bly because they aro this year's champions, that is they ave clothed fin this empty honor by reason of the achievements of last year's m, but this year's team and last // year's are vastly different combinations, yet literally and truly the Oghahas are the champ- fons of the Western assd:iation for the pres- __entycar. This is theonly explanation that suggests itself. Surely the animosity of the other elubs and the cranks of other cities has not been procreated by any braggadocio in- dulged in by the local press, for it has been conservative and pcaking of the team, and no paper in the city cver claimed {hat Omaha would again take h pennant his year. Other teams, notably the Cow- boys” and the Apostles are thrashed right along with almost as much regularity as the home team, and still it creates no especial comment or'jubilation in vival cities, but let ¥ Andrews family get a flagellation and all the other cities in the circuit fairly boil over with exultation. This is probably another reason for the Omahas’ poor luck. They real- 20 thatall othor toams nurso up and husband heir fullest strength for them, and when thoy go into the fight they feel that 1t is ono to the death, 'T'his makes them nervous and timid, and they fail to do themselves justice. g’utllm team {s lamentably weak in many etails, there's no denying this, and all that il bring victory is the engagement of two of-hroe additional men who can play bail on # par with the players of the opposing teams. Omaha's Amateur Ball Teams, Amateur base ball promises to thrive in Omalia this season, Already there is a good round number of very creditable teams in the field and soveral more on the eve of organiza- tion. Most of the teams are playing inde- ypendently, the effort to reorganize the city league failing on account of - the indisposition on tho part of several of the strongest teams to enter. Among the strongest of all these fmateur organizations is the Crane company’s team. This includes the following well known players: Swartz, catcher; base: Carr first , third 1 Bowles, loft’ field; gian, center field, and st, pitcher; Lall , substitute, or fino team is the City Steam Laun- v Linaban, catcher; Stephenson, Hart and Milln, pitehers; Bowman, first base; Morse, second base; Toner, third base; Norgren, short stop; McAuliffe, right field} Lurloy, " conter field, "and - Monaghian, left fleld. The Eden Musees are another string com- bination: O'Donnell, Henderson and Lawler piteh, Creighton and Millet. catch, Withnell first, Morso second, Baldwin shorf, Thomp- hivd, Kenniston left, Baldwin right and o midd 3. Smiths embrace such promising Lanahan eatch, Stephenson piteh, short, String fivst, Loder second, Burt gess third, 'Daniger left, Hooper middle, O'Brien right, The Richardson drug company is represent- - —cjihaby Smith fivst, Ryerson second, Porter AT Foles shor hn cateh, McClary l:w“' Nicholsen holl left, Morse niddie and Yogor substitute. Kilpatrick, Koch & Co. Collier catch, Hestwood pitch, Sanders first, Murray sec nd, Kolb third, Williams short, Cott " piteh, iroves left, Thomas right, McMonies middlé and Turley substitut The Omaha Guards, Woodburn cateh, Gulo piteh, Lothrop first, Bealls socond, Lauwerence short, Redick thind, McCormick yight, Foye middle and Fabian left. Tho Pacific Express nine is a good one. Bandle cateh, Bermingham second, Salisby frst, Cotter third, McKelvey, piteh, Whi ll\nl'n hort, Wilkins right, Yule middle and Phiner left. The Omaha Wheel Club: Epinetta pitch, Franc Matthews thirvd, second und cateh, and Cramer pitch The St. Paul & Om Smallwood ond, Ku ight, Morton midd| - Rhodes first, co loft, Smith cateh, ibson short, Townsend lmerson right, Patterson ha team: Willis ca Daniel first, Ross sco Stinson third, Elliott Rudd left, Interesting Baseball Gossip. Bob Petit has at last accepted Milwaukee's terms. Billy Earlo is catching great ball for the St Louls Browns, ¥ Cooney and Long are the stellar short stops of the National league, Ausin, it is said, is after Jimmy Canava but Anson will not get him. et s Dalrymple, the old-tumer, has been released ki Denver, aud will fiuish out the season in {lwaukeo, Tim Hurst is the oulycompetent umpire on the Western association staff, unless Honder- s0n s excepted. Bob Biack, Joe Crotty and Hennie Kappoll, all of whom bear the Cincinuati brand, are with the Sioux City team. Nichols, the Boston papers say. broader grin on his face when in the smiling Mickey Welch. Billy Kluseman will bo a fixture on _second base for the Browns. President Vonder Ahe has dropped his uegotiations for Detroit Higgins, Sandy McDermott has been giving visiting teams the worst of it at Boston. Both the Brooklyns and New Yorks complain of rough trentment at his hands. There is more work for the guillotine in the Omala team. A few more releases and the securement of one or two additional good men would land the Omahas in a place yet. George Washington Bradley celebrated his ninety-seventh birthday last Wednesday. He is still in Philadelphia and would like to sign Jvith Omaa. ~ Ho thinks ho can hold his-own cre, Ted Kennedy has been appointed upon the Western association nmpire staff, and mur- der! is the cry from overy city. Secretary Roche hasn't evinced much sagacity in his conduct of association affairs, thus far, tak- ing his umpires as a specimen. Today's game is the last for the home grounds until May 80, when the St. Pauls will be here. They will bo followed in quick succession by Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Des Moines, and in all there wil be 21 games played here in the rosy month of June. Tho double umpire system has not accom- plished the pu intended. Thero is just about as much ng with two as there used to be with one umpire. The only difference is that there are two to divide the vialsof wrath poured on their heads by the irate players, . Like the Omaha management, the St Paul club is harshly criticised at home after every defeat of its team,and it looks as if the public of that city will not for a long time recover from the feeling against the management caused by the sale of favorite players last year, It s awaste of time and breath to attempt to make Umpire McDermott change a deci- sion after he has made the announcement. He has got plenty of backbone.—Boston Her- ald, That's just the kind of umpires needed in the league and Nick Young should stand by “Sandy.” Dave Rowe made the Omahas a fine ofer for Clarke, but Omaha hasnt any ball players for salo, ' She has got a few, however, she'd ike to give away. Rowe offered President McCormick Dal Nabb and Trom- hoy and 750 in c: xchange for Dad. ave says with Dad on his staff ho'd feel pretty sure of the pennant, The local cranks are all bemoaning the sale of Crooks, Cooney, Nagle and - Nichols, never giving any consideration to the fact that it would have been an impossivility for the Omaha management to have kept these men, Every last one of them would have gone over 1o the brotherhood, in which event the local management wouldn't have derived a cent from the transfer. It required a vast amount of persuasion to prevent Clarke from going over. As theseason wanes the public will begin to realize just what a_crushing blow to the national game the brotherhood has been. Rochester Star: Thomas Kearns, the New York Central railrond ex-fireman-ball player, was born in Rochester, N. Y. He has played on more penuant winning clubs that any ball player living, and is now captaining and playing sccond base for tho OmahaNeb. club, who won the pennant lust. vear. Tom played in Buffalo with George Weidman and with the Grand Rapids, Toledo, Portland, Me., Syracuse, Toronto. Detroit, London, Hanmilton and 'Rochester University teams. Heis an excellent batter, base runner and captain. Ho is very tricky aud bids fair to shine in the Western league, has a box than The Great Race Tomorrow. The Prince-Reading six-day eight-hour-a- day cycle chase beginsat the Coliseum to- morrow afternoon, and is exciting a vast deal of speculation among the lovers of athletic sports. That this is a fair, square, up-and-up race thereis mot -a shadow of doubt, and people desirous of witnessing the contest need not hesitate about attending through the appreliension that it is fixed. Itisnot. The men aro backed to the extont of §1,000 a side Dy well known, reputable business men, who would not lend themselyes to anything but a legitimate contest. Both riders arein dead earnest and will strain every fibre, nerve and sinew to win the race. It is a good deal moro than the stakes toboth men. Prince,who has been training incessantly,since the consumma- tion of the match, says ho never was in better fig, and feels as if he would be willing to ride any man for hislife. Hodoclares he can't loso. Bt there’s many slip 'twixt the lip and the dipper, in an athletic contest of any descri tion. Reading is more reticent than his burly antagonist, yet he assures his friends that it would bo impossible for him to be in more ele- gant shape, and that he is stronger, heartier and faster than ever before in his life, “Watch me fool this big dub,” he said toa little knot of friends last night, with a signifi- cant wink of theeye. “He thinks he has a picnic, that T'm no good, that he taught mo to ride and all that rot, and all he has to do is to trail mo until the last hour of tho last day, then spurt past me and beat me out. But ho will have to do more than all this or T am not the man I think I am. Another thing I wish to mention and T think there 1s danger in it, put I may be wrong, but 1 feel just as sure as I get ahead of Prince that his followers will cry fake, s a loophole of escape. But that will not be afforded them. Tho time will have @& good deal to do in demon- strating the character of this race, and if I beat Prince it will be on my merits, and from noother cause, and beat him I will, if T can.” Dave Rowe Talks Business. “Speaking of the Western association,” said Dave Rowe to the writer Thursday evening, “I thinkit infinitely stronger both asa money maker and in playing strength than the American association. There are six clubs in our circuit that will indisputably make money, and if Des Moines and Sioux City continue to put up their present excel- lent article of ball the whole eight will come out ahead. Now here’'s one thing I would like to see agitated, and it is something that Tue Bre, of all the papers n the western circuit, has been hammiering away ‘at for the past three years, and that is the idiocv of this association paying tribute to the National league and American association, neither of which organizations ha Wh e the best of us in a single particular, much right have they todemand of us for the privilege to hold our play tion, inferior ‘to us in every way. Why, I tell you it is simply dis- gusting, and the Western association mag- nates are dolts if they consent to any such preposterous taxation another season. * What would have been the right thing for tho league and the Amcrican association to have done was to invite us to be- come @& party to the national agrocment, We are paying for something we don't 1t has been clearly proven that we must sat- isfy the demands of our players regardless of any right we deirve from this great, immac- ulite ugrecment to hold them. The courts have said in unmistakable language that the reserve rule is not worth the paper it is writ- ton upon. The courts have also developed that our contracts are good and valid with our players and will hold them for just the length of timo they havesigned and no longer, No outside organization can take any of players during the season, because tho law says so. Then what are we paying for. Nothing. We are simply making these two older bodies & present. Now what would be right is for us all to get together and enter into one general agreement to re- spect cach other's contructs. The §50,000 club hs 1o rights superior to those of tho §20,000 club, and thereis o whole lot of injustice in (this’ business which has never been di ussed through the papers. It isa short- sighted policy ou the part of the league to exuot this money from the minor associations, and shorter “sighted business polioy on the part of these bodies to pay it. 'However, 1 think some- thing will drop with more thana dull thud at the next aunual baseball meeting. The general out look. Sandy, I tell you.it was never so good, Al Spalding, the'New York World, Tribune, Cincinnati Enquiver and Tus OmMans BEE'to the contrary. I blame Mr. Spalding, considering the® attendance which 80 far has been accorded both tho league and the brotherhood, for making the statement that baseball is' on the decline. Take cities where thoe peopla line the strects by teus of thousands to soe @ parade of ball tx‘-gm,- and tell me the sport the sere and yellow, and U laugh ia your face Honestly, 1d0not recollect of & spring, taking the Wwhole country into consideration, and the in- auspicious weather we have had, when as many people turned out to see baseball. T tell you it is simply marvelous, and it dosn’t justify Spalding’s statement that the game is on the decline. The people will go to see baseball as long as it is played honestly, and as there are no players or managers, either, who long for any crookedness in this tremen- dous business scheme, it is bound to be the popular pastime f6f many long years after you and I have flown over the jaspér wali.' The Raymond Gun Club. The Raymond gun club has been reorgan- ized and put upon a firmer basis. The offic- ers. are Charles E. Johnson, president; Fred W. Montmorency, vice president; Mark R. Perkins, secretary and treasurer, and W. W. Bingham, captain. Last season the membership was limited to twenty-five members owing to the club’s lim- ited accommiodations, but this season the club will use the Giwin & Dunmire grounds across the river, and the membership will be largely increased, C.S. Raymond, after whom the club was named, presented the club with a handsome gold medal fast_year, and this will be award to the member having the highest average at the close of the summer's shoot, a beautiful diamond badgo. There are many fine shots in the club, and it will require a corking high average to take tho prize. The other prizes for the season are a hammerless Parker from Gwin & Dunmire, a corduroy hunting suit from Robinson & Garmon and a Colt’s rifie from the Collin’s gun company. The following gentlemen comprise the club C. S. Raymond, honorary member; Geo, W. Holdroge, Geo. W. Loomis, Chas, A. Coe, Geo. W. Ames, W. W. Bingham, H. G. Clark, I, S. Parmalee, L. M. Rheem, L. . Korty,J. Dickey, M. 8. Lindsay, Hugh McCaffery, J. B. Smiley, Charles . Johanues, P, Cu naugh, H. J, arrell, F. M. Arnold, David Cole, A. I, Perkins, 'W. W. Kenyon, Walter Misner, H. L. Ayers, J. B. Reynolds, C. R. Van Blarcom, Fred Montmorency, Frank Chandler, John McDonald, Partridge, i Robert W. Wells, W. H. Kenn Grim, W. M. Marshal, Fogg, Mark R. Perkins. The club had their first shoot last Saturda afternoon and some fine scores mad The scores will be found hereafter in Tue Suspay Bee, Charles W, Piscatorial Savants. The nincteenth annual meeting of the American Fisheries society will be held at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, on the 14th day of May, 1800, A steamer will bo in waiting at Sandusky on the afternoon of the 13th and the morn- ing of the 14th to convey delegates to the island. The following members signify their inten- tion to be present and to read papers of in- terest to all engaged in fish propagation: Prof. G. Brown Goode, Smithsonian_ins tute; Dr. T. H. Bean, Smithsonian institut Prof. W. P. Seal, ‘Smithsonian institut Prof. David Starr Jordan, Indiana state un versity: Hon. John H. Bissel, Michigan fish commission; Hon. Herscliel Whitaker, Michigan _fish commission; Dr. R. O. Sweeney, Minnesota fish commission; Hon. W. D. Tomlin, Minnesota fish commission; Hon. W. L. May, Nebraska fish commission Hon. Charles G. Atkins, Maine fish_commis- sion; Colonel John Gay, United States fish commission; Colonel M. 'McDonald, United States fish commission; Hon. W. T. Denais, Indiana fish commission; Dr. J. A. Henshall, Cincinnati, O.; Hon. A.'M. Spangler, Prof. John Ryder, ‘University of Penn: Judge E. D. Potter, Ohio fish comm 01 & The great fish hatchery of the United States is located on the Put-in-Bay island and although uncompleted is so nearly fin ished as to b of great interest. All are cordially invited to attend this meeting. The June Tournament. The early summer shooting tournament, to be held on June 3, 4 and 5, under the auspices of Gwin & Dunmire, promises to be a very interesting affair. The shooting will be prin- cipally confined to artificial targets, yet theve will be several live bird sweepstake shoots, and a number of private matches. The tou: nament will be held on the grounds acro: the river, which Lave been greatly improved this spring, and are now about as complete as any in the west. Whisperings From the Wheel. The Apollos will make the run to Bellvue today, starting at 2:15 sharp. The club enjoyed their recent run_to Papil- lion immensely, and will repeat the trip many times this summer. There were ten of them in line, almost as good a showing as the older club makes. Louis Flescher won all the amateur races at St. Joe Sunday. Among the prizes were a §75 shotgun and a 80 dog cart. There were but three _competitors, Floscher, Tagger and Sanchy. Many others’ intended to go down, but they concluded it would only be anothor of Jack Prince's fakes and they backed out. The track, however, was a fine one and could be made a3 good as any in the west. Chicago will hold her second annual bicycle tournament June 2to 7. The programme will consist of some twenty-five amateur events, among which will be” a 100 mile race. One thousand five hundred dollars will be award- ed in prizes. Several of Omaha’s eracl ama- teurs will go over and it's dollars to dough- nuts that they carry off some of the laurels, St. Joe is to have a female bicycle race, be- ginnitlg on Monday next, There is much en- thusiasm over wheeling n this ancient burg, and a good attendance is assured. The Apollos are talking of forming a team and challenging the Lexington, Neb.,club for a race or a series of races,to take place in the coliseum or on the fair grounds. Flescher, Cabbane, Pixley and Tagger would make stout quartette, Prof. Perrigo was in Kansas City several days this week on byking business. Mr. Smith, captain of the Lincoln eycling club, of Chicago, was in the eity soveral d: last ' week. He states that_there are fif entries for the Pullman road race, which is booked for May #0, and which will probably prove the greatest road race of the year, Omaha can boast of twelve or thirtcen ladies who ride the bicycle, and there are sey- eral more under Perrigo's {nstructions. The Apollo club meets tomorrow evening, at7:30 sharp, A full attendance is requested. New York Sporting Affairs. New Yous, May 8.—[Special Correspond- ence to Tuk Bee.]—The event of the past weck has been the debutof Joe MeAuliffe, the California giant, bofore eastern sports. His opponent was Jack Fallon, the “Brooklyn Strong Boy,” and he appeared as & baby in the hands of the El Doradoan. MeAuliffe was very sick that evening, suffering from an attacls of diphtheria which made it difficult for him to breathe, He sparred against h physician's wishes and_the rounds were shortened for him, Hedid not have a chance to show himself to any advantage on account i but the sporting men present did not think he would stand any chance with Sullivan on account of his slowness. He has a remarkable reach and heighth, but is very slow with his hands and feet. ' Probably at some futuro date he may be able to show himself to & = better advantage. Peter Jackson is in this neigh- borhood at present and talk is rife of a match between McAuliffe and the big darkey. Billy Madden has issued an edict to the effect that he is willing to back McAuliffe against Jack- son for §,000 aside, but it is hardly probable that anything will como of the affuir, Jimmy Lynch and Paddy McBride hay- signed articles to fight toa finish with skin tight gloves for $500 a side with the option of making it $1,000. They will fight iuside of six weeks, 1t will be remembered that Me- Bride mado Lynch cry enough in four rounds at a sparring exhibition, but Lynch was very much out of condition at the time, When the men come fogether I predicta victory for Lynch, as I think his superior sci ving generalship will tell over McBride's brute strength, When the men meet there will bo plenty of betting, as both men have staunch friends who will put their shekels on their favorite. Billy Murphy, the featherwelght champion, has béen visiting us this weel and he has not made a very stroug impression on the sport- ing men of this village. They think that his fight with Weir was puro case of “fuke’ all through and they have sufiicient reasons for beliovimg s0. When Weir started for "F'risco ho did not have a dollar in the world which he could call his own and it s an open socret that his railroad fare to the Pacific coust was subscribed by Boston sporting men. The result of the fight is well known. Weir had Murphy s good #s goue when ho sud- weakened (1) and Murphy had things his own way afterward. Welr returned to Boston with somethipg like #5000 in his clothes and satisfied thathe had no business with Murphy. So you can judye for yourself why the New Yorkery form such an opinion of Murphy. His challenge to fight McCarthy and Dixon in the samé rheg, the samo night, was a_genuine case of “bluft” and it only tends to heighten the feelihg-against the Aus- tralian, i Speaking of George Dixon, the colored featherweight, what ‘has become of his pro- me trip to England to fight Nunc_Wallace, t is & suMcient fact thnt when I spoke to Colonel McCarthy about, the trip he wanted to wager me anything from a big red apple to asuitof elothes thas Dixon never had.any idea of going to Englaud, He said it wils only a loophole through which Dixon expect ed to escape a match with! him. Cal. is tak- ing things casy just at present but says he 1yl make som of theflittle ones hustle in the all. It is but a few days before tho legitimate racing will commence and vace-goers are busy at present trying to pick the winner of the Brooklyn Handicap. The candidates are more forward than previous years, the re- markably fine weather of the pist week help- ing the trainers along wonderfully, There is is" almost a certainty of a dozen or more starters, but the following are about the most prominent: Badge, Sir Dixon, Blackburn, Diablo, Los Angelés, Oriflamme, Major Domo, Vengeur, Cassius, Brown Princess, Fides, Savento, Seadrift, Erie, Rej “ome-to-Taw and Dembognie. Proba ny next lotter I may be able to give you a definite idea of the way they will finish. As ustal, Marty Bergen leads the 10(-1;:\{(. running mounts at the Elizabeth race track. Hamilton, and_Taylor follow closo in his wake, Bergen's riding of King's Idle and Gray Rock, last week, were exhibitions of skill and generalship t! nowadays, The Fordham the list of running jocke; 3 brother Joe is also” developing into a good boy. He is at present under engagement the Dyer Brothers, CLARENCE. Miscellaneons fia Edwin Oliver, an old time bj Chicago, isjin the Upland plover are affording good shooting on the prairies west of the city. Jack Prince returns to St. Joe after his great race with Ned Reading next week, to perfect the organization of an Athletic club down there. Harry Maynard, the w own light weight champion of the Pacific coast, has been one of the attractions av the Musee dur- ing the past week. Probably the handsomest and most unique stake book ever issued is that of the New York Jockey club for its coming spring meot- ing at Morrls park. In addition to being profusely illustrated with scenes of the mag- nificent race course and buildings, the book contains much matter interesting to turfmen. Seventy thousand copies have alrcady been distributed by Secretary Koch, who has Tie Bee's acknowled, t for favors. (uibs. cle rider of Questions and Answers. In Sunday’s Bee of April 20th, in answer to A Reader, Dennison, Ta., a5 to'what is the best standing jump, yon r George W, Hamilton, 14 feet, 55 in at_Romeo, Mich., Oct. 8, 1885, To J. B. Taylor's ques- tion as to who holds the record for standing L. Heling, 12 feet, 9y h_16-pound dumb bells. B. T. E., Runlius, Wyo. ssional, the second Can you tell me what has become of tho racing hound Clothesling, owned for a_while by Charles Kosters or Charles Fanning in your city? What did the dog ever do on_the course! Ploase answer in Sunday’s Bik,— R. T. Morgan, Kansas Cit ‘Ans.—Do not know what has become of the hound. He ranarace at the driving park, Buffalo, N. Y., April 24, 1886, against Drake Carter, for $500 and the championship of America and won in two straight heats. “ime of first heat, 113¢ seconds; second, 1214 seconds. The distance wass 200 yards, That is the best time on record. Please state ln Stxpsv's Bee what cards constitute a royal flush. Docs it have to bo Jats and does it beat fours L. M., Onawa, a. Ance,—Ace, king; queen, jack and ten spot. No. Yes. Will you please state In your questions col- umn in'Sunday’s Ber whether Jem Smith and John L. Sullivan ever met in tho ring. Who did Smith defeat for the championshij of ngland! Did ho whip Alf Greonfield and Jack Kaifton? What was the result of Joe Coburn_and Jem Mace's fight(—Old Sport* North Platte. Ans.—Smith and Sullivan never met. Smith beat Jack Davis—not the Omaha Jack Davis—for £100 a side and the championship of England. His fights with Greenfield and Knifton were both draws, Jem Mace and Joe Coburn met May 11, 1871, at_Port Dover, Canada, for the championship. They weve in the ring 1 hour and 17 seconds and never struck a blow, and the fight was declared off. They met again November 8 at Bay St. Louis, Miss., and the fight lasted 3 hours and 38 minutes, 12 rounds being fought, ending in a draw. Artie Smith, Whitman, Neb.—Yes, Any pugilist voluntarily quitting the ring previous to the deliberate judgment of the referce being obtained shall be deemed to have lost the fight, according to therevised Queensbury rules, Blogg, the umpire who officiated here in the Omaha-Sioux City games, claims to have Dbeen a member of the Manehéster team in its great twenty-four innings ogame with the Harvard college nine at Boston, in 1873, Is that correct and which team was he in_and what position did he filll—A Member of the Omaha team, 3 Ans.—Blogg played center field for the Manchesters in that famous game, Please answer the following in Sunda What is a thoroughbred, and are th horoughbred trotters now on the turft s a pure bred and A full blood, and the and a full blood and a thoroughbred. What is the dif- ference between a standard bredand a grade, and what each are, and their differences frout a_thorougbred? Is there any “Messenger blood in any horses today? Please explain each question.—L., Bank of Silver Creek, Silver Creck, Neb. Ans.—A thoroughbred isa term applied to the strains 6f running Lo In place of thoroughbred trotters, we use tho word standard bred. A horsecan become standard by various ways, as by breeding and perform- anco on the part of the animal, There are no thoroughbred trotters on the turf, but there are trotters who are half thoroughbred, that is to say, the greatest success in this line hus been achieved by breeding thoroughbred mares to standard stallions, Puro bred and full blood ave synonymous with thorough- bred. We do not use the word grade as ap- plied to speed horses, bub it is used where blooded stallions, especially of the draft species, are bred to native or western horsgs, the result of such breeding. being called graded horses. Yes, there is Messenger blood in horses of today, but Tur Ber hasn't the time or space to go through the pedigrees and locate them for you, Please inform me through the sporting col- umns of THE Bek the following: In a game of draw poker, with ‘“joker” and playing “straights,” which is the better hand, five aces or u straight flusht—Sport, Hastings, ‘What difference between a pure bred Ans.—There Is no such thing as five aces, or fives of any denomination, even with the foker in use. The joker simply makes the fourth of a kind, and four aces with the joker count no more than four aces alone. A “straight flush! beats fours, whether made up with or without the joker, Please state in Sunday’s iss Is it & rule in chess thag when o without piece or p: the other side 1 king and threo —A L. B, Om Ans.—No. paswne must ¢ plishes & checkmate, Please answer in S the bettor machine fo i Expert Columbia an r high grade ¢ b cles or the Springfield Roadster, a rutchet J. D. Byle, Hobron, Neb. ‘The Columbia has had the call. e of Tur Bre: o king 1s left 5 dr ving sufticient force, was, to effect a checkmate 'he party with the king and inue to play until he ace m- ieval d L icy machine Auns. l THE FIRE-FICHTERS OF NO 2. Hereditary Descendants of Pioneers Who Ran “Wid de Masheen.” Diamond Merchants, CORNER 16TH AND Read our “'8p, and "*Well Done'’ THE MECHANISM OF THE ABODE. Dinmond Lace Pins from Diamond Ear Rings from $10,0¢ The Transformation from Dreamy Slumberers Into Excited Fire- Searchers Flying in Darkness on the Wings of the Wind, mond Cuff Button Bracelets, 3 Diamond Hair ekl from $15,00 up to §500.00. All kinds Silver and Nickel Watehes, our New $5.00 Watch, Solid Gold Watch Chains from § In No. 2, engine house on Tenth street be- tween Farnam and Douglas, there aro six firemen who claim thoy are members of & company which can boast of the quickest and most effective work, the finest and best drilled fire team, the most valuable dog and the best all-round record of any firo company in the city, . They are M Kavanagh, driver Tom Downs, Peter McGuire and Martin Mulvihill. There is not a jollier or more social set of men to be found in a days journey, Life in the station is, as a general thing, rather monotonous and comefortable. The men lio about the sloeping apartment and read or engage in a game of high-five or spin yarns in the engine room below. The horses 500 Elegant Wateh Charms ang 12 dozen Solid One lot of Rolled Plate Braceloets, etesy from $1.00 upward. onrl{; as they will not last long. sleepily switch the flies in their [ = stalls and watch the pedestrians | on a slouchy suit of clothes. Mr. Lightn outside and men and horses apparently | rushed out of the church and mado un un- half asleep. 1t is only half ho er and the \ successful attempt at suicide by the laudanum drowsy atmosphere is thrilled with life and b $ route. bustle at the fivst tap of the big goug. There \ or $50,000 dam- are: fner and more elaborately furnished | A breach of ""{,'::f:ii'.‘é"mhx'\ns e ages has been Dolliver against William M. Atkinson, both drovincetown, Mass, The plaintiff is et years of age, while the defendant two and the wealthiest resident of Mrs. Dolliver ms that the defendant proposed marriage; that she »d, but that after she had prepared dding trousseau defendant denied that any engagement had been made. Much excitement has been created in New Haven social circlos by a_petition for divorce filed by the wife of Yan Phon Lee, the son of a_Chinese _nobleman who gradusted from Yale in 1887. Their marriage created a great social stir at tho time it oceurred. The bride was Miss Elizabeth Maud Jerome, a hand- someand talented young lady of New Haven. Mrs. Yan Phon Lee charges infldelity on the part of ber almond-eyed lord. were Dick Richard, foremat Society in Fair Haven, Conn., is woyked up son, first assistant, and Ashley sccond to a keen pitch on account of a December and ant. These were the days of red s May wedding, the contracting parties being parades and buckets. Aun old hand engine | M b Clarke, a well-to-do _grocer aged sev- which lad been used by No. 1 till the I enty-four years, and Miss Cora M. Bucking- became the proud po: i har, aged twenty-two. Miss Buckingham is steamer was No. 2's proudest possession and | @ residentof Clinton, The courtship has been engine houses in Omaha than No. 3, but, everything considered, there are nono ‘where ono would rather lounge away the time. The big reel with it’s thousand feet of hose, more than is carried by any other in the city, is bright withred paintand polished brass, The suspended harness which,witha single motion, drops and is fastened on tho backs of the waiting horses, is clean and well oiled, with all its buckles' shining. The stalls in tho rear ave cleau and cool and the fire-boys are always willing to talk and gossip witha visitor, a child of theold volunteer fire- ys and has numbered among ivs members such veteran five-fighters os Ryin, Joe Vandercoort, Barney Shannon, John ' Barnes, Ted Grebe and others.. The company was born October 12, 1868, in Dick Wilde's bar room and its first officers Vi m Nel- it hud a hi Tt was brought from Daven- | bricf. This is Mr. Clarke's fourth matvimo- ort, [a., in 1866 and was landed on the river | nial experience. The children and grand- anl: from a steamboat amid a great blowing | children of Mr. Clarke objected to the mar- of whistles, ringing of bells and booming of at fivst, but finding objection useless they have granted full consent. After seven months of marti Tsabella Martin of Baltimore obt solute divorce frdin her husband, Geory Martin, She was a widow when she mav from cannon which had_been_ brought Florence for the occasion. Business w: pended and every one joined iu the jubilation over tho arrival of the monster force pump. There were fifty feet of hose, and in the d life Mrs. ned an ab- ed absense of a hose cart Mart Ramge’s brawny | him and prominent in social circles, They shoulders wer pressed into servicoand to | had been playmates in childhood and sweet- hearts puth. They then drifted apart, a ried Dr. T Clay Maddox, who was killed in an election riot in 1881, many a fire he carried the_ hose, their 1t was a proud day for No. when they housed their ungainiy baby in'a frame engine t house on the sitenow oceupied by the present | Iive years later she met the lover of her girl- engine house. The second floor in thos hood ‘in Atlanta, Ga., and after twenty-four was gised s a pluce of neoting aud a reading | lours' courtship, they wero ma d. But and Tounging room. In case of fire, some one | they were ill-mated and their love dream was had fi never realized. to wake up the fireman and then find a cistern. If no cistern was convenient, A remarkable wedding recently took place tho cngine had to be abandoned and | near Laurel Fork in Boone county, West resort — had to the buckets. The | Virginia. The contracting parties were James old “Fire King” did good_service at mpuy a five in those days, among them the Farnam street five, when the block from Thirteenth Sevall and Mrs, Amy Terrence. - The groom, who was & widower, but had outlived his ldren, was 101 years old, and the bride, a to Fourteenth burned; the St. Charles hotel | widow, 'also without encumbrance, was ire, the Great Western brewery fire, the | eighty-three. The best man was eizhty-me Gise barn fire, tho Caledonian house fire and old aud the bridesmaid seventy-cight. in 1870 at the Lowe barn fire, when she threw e and groom are still quite sprightly her last stream in Omaha and was then | for their age. The affair widely attended shunted off into an old shed on Sixteenth and | and is the talk of the entire state. The Farnam to make room for a gaudy successor, | bride was dressed in o handsome silk gown the steamer “New Chicago.” There she lay on® years ago on the occaston of meglected for a yeat or tivo il e was sold marvloge. to Golden, Colo, Her subsequent career was | e following quecr document in the mar- full of_vicissitudes, and, when last heard | ygauoonhtonet T was filed 1 -the recorders from, she had been’ hurled down a canyon | HHES CORUMCE e WS ot whil working at a fire during a riot in some | T s aes urd Nellio J- Tenont little mountain town. £dl tho eternal laws of nature and o In 180 the paid department. was organized | 11 ekt rolation of the sexes; recognizing atiiND 8L sossed of @ steam f116 | 4150 the natural equality of wornan, and be- englu i three horses aud was | Jiaving that hor adyent upon this planet was manned by five men, Ten fire alavin boxes | 4o same ns thut of man, not s recorded in wereput in at this time and the company | tho Christian bible, and believing in neither began to put on wetropolitan airs. "IWe | 414 Christian nor other gods; we, by these steamer days lasted without change till | }pogants mako known to all whom it may con- the waterworks wereput in and & two- | corn, we hereby assume the relationship of Whoslodcarh purche o husband and wife, and mutually agree to love In 1830 while the company i and cherish each other through' life if we pos- fire at the Boyd packing house, u fire broko | 2 “heris) out {n the frame engine house and it burned o to the ground. Fora year after this No. 2 oceupied quarters with No. 3 at Sixteoith and Farnam. The present quarters were completed in 1852 and the ponderous hose cart was drawn by a pair of magnificent _blacks, Mike and Barney. Poor Mike and Barney died together and died in harncss. An alirm had been rung in from the northern part of the city and No. 2 was tearing down the street like the wind. When opposite the Esmond hotel, and while the blacks wero straining every muscle and striking showers of sparks from the pavement,an obstruction was encountered and Barucy and Mike went down und the cart on top of them. One was killed on the as fighting a d is the oldest college in the United It was established in 1638, Vida Scudder of Boston, is lecturing on literature in Wellsley college. Prof. Richard H. Mather, D.D,, assistant professor of Greek in Amherst college, is dead. The German university at Prague has an attendance of 1,543, an increaseof 108 overthe previous term. W. I. McDowell, pastor of St. Paul hurch of Tiffin, O., has been chosen lor of the University of Denver and spot and the other had to be shot. 5 l er D ho team now used was then purchashed | President of the Colorado state universi which, though not the he; t nor fastest in Bluffton, Ala, has made the muni gift of $500,000 to the Methodist epis chuch for the location ot the educitiona stitution known as the University of the South, Elis Rev the service, are fine, intelligent animals [The men who have captained No. the present system are voort, John Barn Carter, the pre t heth Storrs Billings, wife of the lato Hiram Mead, D. D., has been- elected presidont of Mount_Holyoke college, to suc- ceed Miss Mary A, Brigham, who was killed in railrond accident last suminer. r. Attigus good, agent of the Pea- 3 rn churches have ex- fon of south- during the , who has lately 1 tnto himself a w hie other ment bers of the company are single, and the en- gine house s their Lome, and there, day and night, they are to be found on duty week in wnd week out the year round. Each man gets twelve hours off in the weel, but even then he s compelled to respond _to an alarm. Thoy modestly protest that this little twelve hours should be absolutely their own. To realize the training of a fireman it is necessary to see him at work, to be in the sta- tion when the alarm is turned in and ride with him to the five, Lot it be in the dcad of night. The city is asloop, save for the occasional sharp ring of a footstep on the ks Up stairs in N the six white ¢ sieeping as sound the pust. Close oh cot is tion pair of pants and rubber boots which can be drawn on with a single motion, Tho horses, Harry and Jasper are asleep in their stalls or quietly munching theiroats, Queen, the captain’s English bull tevrier is asleep in her avm chair and dreaming of the silver cup sho won at the beneh show. Som ) out near ybe, pulls the lever in the "Ihis is what happens in No. The great brass gong clangs out the num henames of threo women are a vith the beginning of colleges in Ame pecially for women, thatof Mary Lyon b connected with Mount Holyoke, which was iucorporated in ;. Emma Willard was closely connected with Troy Female semina- and Catherine 15, Beecher's name became historical from her being associuted with the Hartford Female academy. o National ducation association and 1 of Education will hold their next conventions at St. Paul July 4 to 11 pected there will be 20,000 teachers t from all points of the union and Can- The railroads have a 1o sell tick ets to St. Paul and turn for one lowest first s vate for the round trip plus &, membership fee, A co-operative movement has heen started [ by a number of prominent ladies in Balti- | , New York, Boston and Philadelphi 50 a fund of §100,000 or more to be of the trustees of Johns Hoplkins univer- iy > things of a combina- ber, At the first stroke and simultancously, f the sleeping fivemen are into their n condition that women whose previous boots and pants with & bound and ning has been equivalent to that of the down tho 'Sliding brass _pole one | kpreliminary medical coursc” of the univer- oWE op ot “the. Cothor . Tha ® horaas | Sity be admitted to the school on the same ave under the haruess waiting for them, They | terins as men. Prof. George . Magoun, D. D., has an- nounced his retivement from the professor- ship of metaphysics in Towa College, which he has flilled twenty-six years. This is in pursuance of a long-gherished plan to give up college work when he should have reached the age of His health is proc he desires to carry out plans of liter long since formed, but interforves professorial duties, He will remain in Grin- nell College professors aro busy routine of daily recitations and lectures which in itself would shortly kill an ordinary pan not fiilled with love for his chosen work had he irst stroke also and knew what was wanted. At the same instant, the doors h stall flew wide open, the halters un- oned and acouple of black-snake auto- matic whips whistled through the aiv, but an instant too late to strike their hips, A quick jerk and the harness is in place, ihe men in their places, the doors of and in six seconds from the time the lever is pulled at the box, the menand horses have sprung from their dreams to the street and are tear ing away to the fire—while Queen guavds the tation until they return About the fastost was when in o men. The 1 they have made 1d thirty seconds after the alarm sounded, the men were at the is but a part of the task, Instructors, like Millard hotel and had 850 feet of hose laid, 1a stick malkers, are ambi e t v. Mo them CONNUBIALITIES, [ 5 L0 W wlong R the line of their instructions, yet not 1y The Rev. John P a Methodist minis- | Yalensian in results tes years of age, and Mrs. Cynthia able stories, Prof. Sumn ! hiy-four years of age and mother an essay frequently, o of a member of parfiament, were married re- namo is occasionally cently in Montreal. Thoy were lovers when Prof. A, W. Phillips is the century was young, but their pavents | given to mathematics. The boys suy he pays forbade their mateh o v parted | his bills only after calculation by logarittims Amanda Moo ), Cal., was - - d to mary John k v, a well-to- | - Great Britain is the ouly country in Bu- | but when the 1up to an- | rope where the doctrines 0f mormonism cax swe isive questions Auianda refused | be promulgated in the public streets, k 10 go on with the ceremony because John had 1 where it is & punishable offense for an » - | Loose Diamonds mounted to order at short WATCHES—Large assortment Fine Solid Gold Ste old Filled Watches, $15.00 and upward, to be found “‘on the stump™ at a ner. | tions will be furnisied upon applica MAX MEYER % BRO, Importors faoturing Joewelors, FARNAM 8718 oldl Bill of Fare' for this weel. Wo will offer both 'Rare'* novelties in every department at lowest prices. Diamond Finger Rings from $2.50 up to 8500, D) up to $1000.00, and Manu= ONAFAL p to $2,500.00, Diamond Stuids; Diamond Scarf Pinss Diamond Collar Butlons; Din- Pine; Diamond Lockets; Diamend otice, 1 Winding Watches from the Cheapest to the Best. Sce 50 up. Finest Rolled Plate Chains, only $2,50, worth $5.00, Lockets, 50¢ n Sterling Silver Bracelets from p. assorted patterns, sold formerly at $2.00 and $3.00, now 50¢ each to close them out. 1,000 Fine Solid Gold Finger Rings at $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00, $56.00 and up to $10.00, worth $2.0 20, 00, A beautiful line of the celebrated **Paisian Diamonds,” (imitation diamonds) in Gold Settings, Studs, Secarf Pins, Lace Pins, Ear Rings, 0 to $20. 00, SPECIAL—We offer for a few days only, until all are sold about 100 Fino Steel Carving Sets, 8 picces, at only $2.00, worth $5.00. Call argains in Clocks, Lamps, Silverware, Umbrellas, oto. #& Repairing in all its various hranches. Store for rent and fixtures for sale. street cor “The fashion Wvears out more apparel than the man” and every manlikesto be ap- pareled in the fashion. How to do this and to do it economically is the question. Let us solve this question for you by showing you our clothing, and you will see that you can have a stylish, well made, good fitting suit at a resonable price. GAS, OIL, AND GASOLINE Stoves. THE ALASKA Refrigerators and Ice Boxes Water Coolers and Filters. Wm. Lyle Dickey & Co 1408 Douglas Street, Oma ha. DROPOSALS for Indian Supplics and Trans portation — Dopartment of the Interlor, Ofice of Indian Affalrs, Washington, April 15, ", lod proposals, indorsed “Proposals Boef must be submitted in 01 Clothing or T of Tiuesday, May Indinn service 001,000 pounds m 1690, tor- furnishing for. th hout 900,000 pounds Bucon Beef on the hoof, 1,000,000 pounds net leef, nds Beans, 6400 pounds Baking 0,000 pounds Corn, 450,000 pounds 500,000 pounds Flon ) pownds H0 pounds Hard 1 0 pou s $0.000 pounds L ' 1, 450,000 pounds 000 pounds’ Teu., 1 SoisD, 920,00 At N pirt o 100,000y ard yari Ducle troo from il sizfi Jonins, 15,000 yurds; Kentueky Jouns, 11,00 Winsoy, Notions, L Books, artlol aTong st of . such as Hurness, Plows, Rakes, For for about 860 Wagons required for thi t be delivered ut Ohicago. K Sloux City, “Also forsuch Wi required, wdapted to the elimate of the Cost, with California brakes, dolivered ut #an 15 48 10 T ) Also transport goods and suppli for to be delivere Bl " d MENT BLANKS howing the kinds and quantities pplles required for cich A gon cy und 8o il the kind tities in Kross of all other goods u ogether with blank proposals, conditions fo e ob- served by bidders, timé and pluee of dolivery, terms of contr Wt transporti tion routes, Ay disLruc. fon to t b, 65 il Schodule: of subsiste and piy d all other Indian Office 1n Waooster street, Ne Leavenworth, On and San Frune Clty, Towa; Y City, Caldwell ! and on, Avlzoni "The right 1s rescrved by the reject wny and all bid and these propo: thut appropriation phies by bds ton ernment to or any purt of any bid, 1y are Invited under proviso hall b made for the sup- hour and d fuvited to b ened at the bidders ure et Nastionl 1 at lonst Jive por or_the aprivdt-m