Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 16, 1890, Page 13

THE LOCAL SPORTING WORLD. The Careér of the Greatest Athlete of Mod- orn Times, THE KNIGHTS OF THE MATTRESS. Notes from the Ba eld—The Punch- crs and the Pounders—Among the Gunners and the Wheelmen's Doings. That the greatest athlete of modern times achieved his first renown in Omaha may not be wenerally known, but still is a a fact. Beyond dispute this distinction be- 1 1to Clarence Whistler, the wrestler, who was born i Delphi, Ind., 1881, and who after a brief hut eventful career, died in . Australia in the year 1851 Tn 1879, Bob Greene, who Is tache of the Drum in this eity, proprie tor of the Elysees garden, an amusement re- sort on Twelfth street, between Douglas and Dodee, and to him belongs the credit of bringing the incomparable Whistler befure the public. At the time mentioned, Greene was a great dabbler in sports, as well as quito an authority, and he was everon the qui vive for phenoms, let them be what they might, pugilists, wrestlers, sprinters, dumb- belk lifters, jumpers, pedestrians, or what not. It his employ was Tom Biddison, still quite a prominent_ member of the local sport- ing fraternity, and to the latter must be at- tributed the ‘first recognition of Whistler's pidspects and capabilities. Whistler was a woulder and worked in the foundry at the foot of Douglas street. He spent many of his evenifigs ab the Elysces, listening to the ninsic and watching the varied performances which the enterprising proprietor was lavish in supplying, Whistler was a big, strong, good-natured young fellow, and whenever there was anything of an_athletic on, was particularly enthusiastic, One e ing he strolled into the garden, and seeing Biddison seated on a chair enjoying his after- supper Havana, he laughingly said: “Tom, 1 gucess Il just'pick you up with my teeth ke o Jittle walk' with you,” and suiting action to his words he' leant over and, grasping the back of the chair between his powerful jaws, ho lifted both itand its ocou- pant cloar of the ground and walked around a circle with them. What sort of a man arc you, any suid Tom, as the husky moulddr deposited him on the ground, at the sume time sel Whistler by the arm and feeling of his bi So astonished was he at their wonderful s and compactuess, that he immediately ulled Greene and exclaimed “Bob here's a card for you--feel this fol- low's arm.' Greeno did so and his astonishment was equal to that exhibited by Biddison. Afte thoroughly looking the young moulder over asked him how he would like to be- an athlete, and with sparkling eyes and flushed face Whistler declared that thet had alwiys been his one amoition, “Have you ever wrestled any Bob. oh yes, replied Whistler, .“that what I'can do. I've thrown eve about the shops, in fact I have ney man who could down me." “You can quit work right off.” quietly answered Greene, “I'll give you better mon- ey than you are making right here at the garden,” Whistler eagerly accepted and made his de- but as a heavy weight lifter before a large and select Elysées audience that evening, He was a drawing card from the outset, and was such a big, jovial, generous fellow, that he soon becamo the idol of all the patrons of the place, Two months later Lucien Marc Christol, who is in training in this city now for his mateh with T, J. McMahon next Wednesday evening, floated into Omaha, and published a defl in the News offering to throw any local ant for honors on the mattress four m one hour, Graeco-Roman styl Christol was the French champion, and, in fact, was fresh from Paris at that time, Greene called on him at the Metropolitan hotel the following day and informed him that he had a novice at his garden whom he was willing to back against him, Christol, for 250 a side and the entire gate recciptson the terms specified in the Parisian’s challenge. ‘The two men met a week later at the Aca- demy of Music, now the People's theater,and Whistler downed his man as a stwter in a trifle less than eight minutes, In the second bout tne Frenchman broke his collar bone and Whistler was declared the winner, Christol was wonder struck, and upon his recovery he induced the young moulder to take the road with him. A few months later Whistler returned to the Elysees, bringing Audrew Christol, abrother of Marc's, with him. They had two matches, both of which were held in Metz's hall, and both of which resulted in draws, The first match, one hour and ton minutes was wrestled without a fall, and in the second one hour and fifteen min: utes, This was a remarkable performance, inasmuch as Whistler, yet an mexperienced tyro, depended wholly upon brute strength, and 'Christol upon science, 1t was an even thing between them. Whistler then accompanied Andrew Churis- tol to Kansas City, where the latter matched him agaiust a well known professional named Murphy, from New York, for a purse of 0. Whistler was an easy winner, and in the first fall injured the Gothamite so severely that he waus permanently disabled and never appeared on the mattress again, This discouraged Whistler and he quiv athletics and went on the Kansas City fire department, where he distinguished himself on the occasion of a fire by leaping from the hose reel and making the coupling while on the dead run. A month of this employment, was sufficiéut for the rest- less young Hercules and hoonce miore re- turned to Omaha, his native heath, so to speuk. Bob Greene took him under his wing and in the fall of 'Sl escorted him to York. He creatod a furore in the wmetropolis by throwing big Martin Quigley three times in forty-five minutes. Quigley weighed 260 pounds and 1n those days was considered all but wmyincible, His next notable mateh was with Billy Muldoon, the pride of Gotbam, They collided at Mad- ison Square guvdon in the presence of a tre- mendous audience, It was one of the most stupendous struggles ever witnessed in the big burg and resulted in a draw after eight Thours and forty-five minutes of almost super- human exertion. It is said that Muldoon was only spared defeat by the police, who had all backod tho champlon_hoavily, by tuming off the gas just as Clarence was about toput on the finishing touches to his formidable antagonist. Muldoon was_ ex- huusted and coulda’t have maintained his fect fiveminutes longer, 1t wis ten minutes after 5 in the morning when the struggle was thus unfairly terminated. The New Yorkers dubted Whistier the Western Wonder and back®d him heavily in his two subsequent matches with Edwin Bibby, one of which he won and the other was a draw. Whistlor next turned up under the management of Arthur Chambers in Philadelphia, where he took a course of - struction from Joe MeGillick, a lightweight Cornish wrestler. Finishing his schooling with McGillick, Whistler boldly proclaimed himself the champion catch-as-catch-can wrestlerof the world and defied all comers, Shortly after this he went on the road again, heand Muldoon doubling up in an athletic com: bination, with Bob Grecne as their business manager. They were out a year, and Whist- ler wrestiod ail comers in “all parts of the United States, meeting fully one hundred of the very best men to be found in the country, After the disbanding of the Whistler-Mul. doon combination, the Omaha man made a mateh with Tom Cannon,the famous English champion for §00 a side, and the entire gate receipts, Cunnon won the first fall in twenty utes, Whistler slipping on an orange beal some partizan had cast upou the carpot. Tho Snglishman weat down eusily, however, in the next two bouts, the first in 'six minutes and the second in four. This was in Kansas City, and Whistler's winnings were some- thing liko $2,50. As an evidence of his mug- nanimous and_generous nature, he returned Cannon’s — §00 to him Subsequent- he wet Bauer and Duncan C. Ross, winuing from both hands down, und again went against his old _part- ner, Muldoon, in twoother matches in Frisco. The first he lost, breaking his shoulder blade, but thesecond he won handily, Next he aguin defeated Tom Cannon, then Peter Del mus, the Frenchman. Leaving Frisco Whis- ter went to Australia, where he bested every man foolhardy enough to tackle him, y is lust match was @ lamentable oue, for today an at- * enquired is just man T met a THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 out of it grew the disease that sent Whistler to his grave. It was with Prof. Willium Miller at Melborne, which, after a colossal battle, the Omaha boy won in two stright falls, his winnings rea#hing the mu- nificent sum of §0.271. He took the first fall in one hour and four minutes, and the second in six minutes, Miller boing s6 enervated that hie could haraly stand alone. roo weeks after this memorable meet the Melborne enthusiasts gave the Ameriean a banquet, at which the wine flowed like rain Whistier was a convivial soul, and in the ex- citement of an unguarded moment e seized the rim of a cask of wine in his teeth, and by sheer strength of his massive jaws lifted it upon an adjacent table. t morning he com- plained of o soreness in his chest, and that night he was seized with a chill, which merged into acute pneumonia, and three days later poor Clarence Whistler was a poor corp: IL was buried in Melbourne, his legion of friends and admirers in the far.off antipodes erecting & magnificent monument to his memory. Christol va, McMahon, Lucien Mare Christol, the renowed French athlete, came to this city several days ago and threw down the gauntlet, defying any and all comers to meet himin a straight Geéco-Roman wrestling mateh for any part of 8500 & side. He placed a five hundred- dollar roll of greenbacks in the haods of Mr. P. B. Murphy of this city as a guaranty of good faith, It remained buta shot time after the article published in Tur Ber of last Wednesday was read by a gentleman passing through the city way to the const, That wias none other than Mr. E. Temple, the well known theatrical manager, he being fond of athletic sport, called at i Bee ofice and declared he had an unkuown who would show up Mr, Christol in great shape, by wagering #00 that he would have a man here in ten days that could down him in his own style of wrestling five times in one hour actual wr ling time. This challenge was read by Christol, who rushed frantically up to the sporting editor of Tue Daiy Be and said such an areement must have como from a crazy man, as noman on earth could down him Vi The wily Frenchman was soon uch an offer had been made, t a forfeit had been left for him to cover if ie meant business, the frisky Pa ian pulled out his money and deposited % and said he would meet any man on such terms, barring Lewis and Carkeck. Mr. Temple promised to name his man after the mateh was made, and gave his word he would bar Lewis and Carkeck after the articles of agreement were signed, and S. G, V. Gris- wold was chosen final stukeholder. Mr. Temple named T, F. McMahon of Omaha as his man Christol looked somewhat surprised, for he that although he had never anadian he had 1 a great deal of him as an amateur and often remarked that if ever he went agaiust the American professionals he would be able to cope with the best of them, McMahon is a five years of age, weighs 175 pounds, on his young man about twenty- stands six feet high and he is a very intelligent talker and o thorough = gentleman. He holds some of the best meduls ever offered in Canada, having won them asan amature. Eastern sports look upon bim as the coming man, but knowing ones here, claim that he has on hand the biggest contract he ever undertook. The sturdy little Frenchman seems confident of su and claims that both Louis and Clarence Whistler failed to down him on thoso term This contest wll take place next Wednesday nightat 9 oclock, at the Exposition hal cornerofffourteenth streetana Capitol avenue. A large raised platform wili be erected in the center of the hall, thereby enabling all to see every move made by the contestants. The” match must be to a finish or the entire stakes will be donated to some charitable institution in Omaha by the stakeholder. The contest will bo strictly on its merits, as no loophole has bee left in the articles'of agreement to hip- podrowe, and the referee will not be known to either party until they are Both on the pad ready for the contest. A royal treat is looked forward to for all those who may be able to to secure admittance to the hall that night to witness a fierce and scientific contest strictly on its merits, The best man must win, The Magic City Club. The South Omaha athletic club has been reconstructed and reorganized from basement to cupola, and can now be said to bo upon as solid and legitimate basis as any similar in- stitution in the country. The gentlemen com- posing the official roster are all business-and professional’ men of the soundest repute. There is not & sport connected in any capacity, not even that of instructor of athletics, with the organization, and those who are enrolled in its membership are gen- tlemen who have decided upon this mode of gratifying an interest in sports requiringa clear brain. keen eye, muscle, nerve and science, let it be an exlibition of the manly art of self-defense, a struggle of skill and en- durance upon the carpet, @ bout with the foils, test of strength ana agility, it matters not to them, they are equally inforested and derive the 'samo ratio of recreation and amusement as others do from any other class of attractions. Their next entertainment has veen fixed for Tucsday night, the 25th, aud will be a fistic contest for a purse of £00, be- tween two St. Louis heavy-weights, Allen and Mooney. The meet is to be with big gloves to a finish. At the meeting of tne club Thursday even- ing last, on motion the secretary was author ized to felegraph to George Godfrey and Ed Smith offeringz them a purse of £,000 to trans- fer their match, which was to have come off last Tuesday night before the Puritan club at Providence, R. L, but was indefinitely post- poned, to the club, rooms at South Omuha. esterday they reccived a_reply from Billy Muldoon, Smith's manager, that the offer had been recéived and would be immediately con- sidored. The December attraction, it has been ai- ready arvanged, will b a find one, consisting of an_able dissertation on the beauties of the Delsartian movementandabig programme of various athletics, Y The Rupea Arena, Young Martens, better known as the Black Pearl of Minneapolis, and Jack Hightower, another aspiring pugilistic Senegambian, will meet with big gloves at Germania hall, South Omaha, next Tuesday night for a purse of 8150 Thesetwo men went together in St. Joo several months azo, the Pearl winning after a stubborn contest of seven rounds, Hightower having broken both his thumbs in a fruitless endeayor to crack the Minneso- tan’s black skull. On Friday night, at the same ball, Dan Daly of Bangor, Mé., and Tommy White of Chicago, a braco of clover and game ban- tams, will try conclusions for $250 a sid Daly'is backed by Omaha admirers, while Smith is South Omaha's protege. One week from tonight Tommy Miller, for- of this city, now of Indianapolis, bat- tles with Tommy Warren of California be- fore the New Orleaus athletic club fora purse of 8300, T, J. McMahon offers to back Billy Woods of Denver against Jack Davis,the local heavy weight, n a finish_fight before the Magic City clib, that is, McMahon will_deposit & forfeit of §100 with the club that Woods will be here to meet Davis, if the club will hang up sufeient money ta Justity tho troubie, . Jack Davis declares he will fight any man 1 the world, barring Sullivan and Jackson, atauy time or any place, for a purse of §1,000 or upward, Wants a Legitimate Show. Oxanx, Nov. 15.To the Sporting Editor of Tue Bee: 1t {s said that the city of Omaha will s0on_be treated to a beneh, poul- try and pet stock exhibition, Under a first clss management such an affair would prove @ success, but it will be necessary to provide the undertaking with natignal judges. The late bench show at Denvar was a complote success simply because the Denver kenuel club had Mr, Goodwan,a judge from Chicago, and the Omaha fanciers are only waiting for the opportunity to make a display of their thoroughbreds providing they have a first cluss judge, whose opinion will stand as au- thority, _Out of the bench shows held in this clty tho first held Jauary 1859 on Fifteenth stroet, near the postofice was the only one that was not a rauk fraud and which the fan- ciors of Omaha took any interest in. There wore some 100 dogs benched, aud it must be admitted that while there wére not so many fluo specimens in the city as there are now there was more real interest shown than at any since. The secoud night the showroom was packed with our best fauciers, the most prominent being tho late Dr. A and the enial Billy Meldrum in his best | humor, trying to make his half (not the In- ram haif) of the managemens a success, There is nothing at o dog show so cheering or homelike as a smiling and entertaining cretary, who makes the visitors feel that they are welcome, and let me here add—it s only the sincere fancier who can do this, We thought the fanciers were in good enough spirits at this show to form & kennel club, but alas! no; and until we get organized we need not expect to advauce in this particular, The reason New York, Chicago, Boston and other cities are successful is because they haye kennel clubs, Even Denver, which is not 50 large as Omaha, is away ahead of us. Kennel clubs go into the thing for* the pleasure of seeing & grand display of crack dogs competing for prizes which their owners feel proud of, not for the few dollars they reccive at the 'door of ad- mission, The promised bench poultry and pet stock show is to be held in Omahi, so_says the Farmer, but whers or by whom judged 1s not given. J. R. Megahan of Lincoln, Neb., is secretary, and it is whispered that'there are others of Omaha interested, I have a few specimens I would like to show, but T will not show before an unknown, This joke is getting stale and won't work R, F.M, Roat Racing on Land, M. L. Roeder, manager of the Colisoum, has just returned from Chicago, where ke made arrangements with Captain Paul Boyn- ton of aquatic fame to bring the noted oars- men, Ned Hanlon, Wallaco Ross, F'red Plaisted, George Lee, John Lorgen, John Gaudaur, John Teemer, William Connor, Al- bert Hamm, John McKay and Harvy Vail, with their land boats to this city in a grand inter-oc ta for the championship of the world and a purse of £2,500. ‘Ihis will be the first regatia ever held on land, and the sport-loving public of this city may congrat- ulate itself on beiug presented with the first opportunity to see what these famous scullers can do_gu their new and novel machines called_14nd boats. Chicago wanted the gatta bad, but Mr, Boynton, after viewing the Coliseurn track, deciddd in favor of 1800--TWENTY PAGE month. After the meeting K. B, Smith entertained the club at his rooms. Music and refresh ments were tho ordex of the evening, and the | party enjoyed themseiyes uutil they broke up at midnight. | B. G, Wheeler has gone the way of s0 many of our best and bravest, and has launched his barque on the uncertuin sea of matrimony His bachelor friends send condolence and the club congratulations. JPacemaking is allowed in English tices, and un attempt is now being stop it Those in favor of it argue truly, that if it were abolished w would at once come into vogue, A. A. Barr arrived in San Francisco No- vember 3 on the last train from O He sturted from Boston on August 19 on a safety bicycle and rode to Ogden, a distance of miles, arrivicg there ‘on October 21, He met with 1o accident during the whole trip. This has been a fatal year for wheelmen Paffenrath succumbed some time ago, and now Wheeler has arranged things so he will have to go'through lite on a tande: Several other bad cases are reported, and rumor say the bells will ring for ar Omaha Whe club boy before the new vear dawns. The new house of the Illinois club of Chi- cago is a model in its line, It contains, be- sides the usual apartjents, a billiard with six tables, a bowling alley, gymnasium library, bath and wheel rooms, four card rooms and a cafe. The house, however, is inadequate to meet the great domand made for membership, and the limit will have to be set. The Parisian cycling woman is getting ather startlingly advanced in ner views. o started a littie while ago with an aday tion of the English shooting dress, but now she has discarded even the apology for a skirt and appears in plain and unadorned Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers. No doubt the effect, as far as she herself is con- cerned, 1s comfortable, but it has not exuctly that result as far as spectators are con- cerned. road ade to nd_very ing tactics The past week has been a quiet one among Omaha, 1t is to be a genuine race, and will continue throughont the week of November 24, six hours each day, it a novel affair, the success of which is as yet, of course, in considerable doubt, but that these world- renowned oarsmen’ will attract o host of people at any time is an assured fact. Next Saturday's urney: The members of the *Apollo Cycle club are still hustling like beavers in the interests of the twurnament they will hold at the Coli- seum next Satur afternoon and evening, Their arrangements are very complete and there is but little doubt but what the meet will be a most gratifying succes: The afternggn programme will consist of a 100-mile race for a handsome diamond studaed medal and the championship of the state, The entries for this event are Taggar, Pea body, Beard, Potter, Denman, Schuell and ral others. With such a field of flyers should be an interesting race start to finish, In the evening will be a card full of good and among v the various honors uenterfering, Townsend and this from there things, princip: [ Flescher, Pix] Rhbodes, Dickey, Porterfield, a number of unknowns. The riders are all in active trainmg, and Mears, Reard, Holton and Denman are riding like bi g, while Peabody, Flescher, Pixle; rtz and Rhodes are fairly making the rack creak. The whole bunch is so evenly tched that it would be wonderful forany one to pick a winner. One or two of tho un- kuowns, so it is claimed by their friends, will make some of the champions take to the woods. A fine band will be in attendance, and all lovers of honest bicyele riding should mlx:'fl ontand give this ambitious young club a lift, Up On Kis Auricular, Dexver, Col, Nov. 14.—[To the Sporting Editor of Tire Ber, |—Thinking that I would like to glance over your sporting columus for old acquaintance sake, and which I always use to find so pleasant and newsy, I went to a news stand here today and purchased a copy of last StxpAv's Bee. While looking ovi your very interesting notes, of course my eye soon settled on the doings of the bicyele, under the head of “The A ) I noticed a very off-colored r the writer remarked: ‘“Jack Prince, that grizzied old fakir, was done up by Bob Ger- wing last week, and Jack's excuse was that same old story, no training. But they are going to have another race, and Prince then will win, See.” Now I would say to the writer of the above, that I did not have any excuse for my d in the first raco, nor the second one ei for Mr, Gerwing won two from me. I would inform the Apollo epistlizor that Gerwing did half a 1:11, showing that he is as fast as an man in the world today on an ordinar bicycle. And he can be backed today to race any man living on the same kind of wheelan distance from one to twenty miles, As f me being a fakir I have got nothing to say. 1 leave that for tne outside public to judge. They have seen me race and know my rec ords, of which I still hold more of the long- distance than any other vicycle rider living, and if the Apollo writer was posted at all on wheel matters he would know that. Now, | expect to go east ina few days, and_if the Apollo writer will bring his name to the sur- face and meet me, I will make a_special ston off at Omaha and meet him in a debate on the doings of the bicycle records races, und I can teach him more in _ten minutes than he ever knew in his life before. I guess I will come to your city. in about fiveorsix days,as I have alittle business toat- tend to, and shall be very glad to have a meeting with the above meutioned very fresh individual, Jony S. Prixc The sporting editor will ‘take exquisite pleasure in introducing Jack to the Apollo on s arrival, 2 k about me, Apollo Byking Gossip. Willis, the English safety crack, has re- turaed to England, Some tine prizes have been offered for the coming tourney and the contestants are all huppy. J.R. Hazleton, the Philadelphia fiyer, is charged with violating the L. A. W. rules and there is talk of having him suspended. There will bea number of visitors here at the tourney next Saturday from Fremont, Lincoln and Lexington. Messrs. Rowe & Barr, who started from Boston this sumuct on a tour across the country arived in Sau Fruncisco Novem- or Frank Schill's new rapid racer bas arrived and it is a dandy. Irank expects to wrest a handful of laurels from some of the so-called champions thfs winter. Last Sunday's snow prevented the boys from making & run. And now some have taken their wheels apart and put them a for the winter,while others say they will as loug as the roads are fit for wheeling. ‘The called run for Sundayis Bellevue. This will be the final 1egular run of the sea- son. King will take his kodak along to take pictures as souvenirs of the run and although this is the last official run of the season the club will continue to ride whenever the con- ditions are favorable, ‘Whag a great amount of benefit is to be se- cured through membership in a wheel club, Outside good fellowship and storage of your wheel, there are innumerable other ways & wheelman is benefitted. Take as an_exam- ple only one issue of the Bicycling World, the lust one, and see what the various clubs offer as inducements to recruits. 1f you are amember of the Illinois cycling club of Chi- cago, your billiards, pool ‘and bowling costs you nothing, while membership in the Pork- opolis wheelmen’s elub of Cincinnati entitles you to free vaccination at’ the hands of Dr, Green. Could there be a wider range than this.—Hawkshaw in Bi Bulletin, Whisperings from the Wheel, Captain Emerson will lead the Omaha Wheel club to Councit Bluffs and return this forenoon. Pneumatic tives will doubtless be largel used in indoor races this winter, if it is found that they hold the corners, Jack Priuce was the first active profes- sional in this country. That was eleven years agoand he is at it yet—and the last of the flock, ‘The Bulletin tells of an Australian bicycle meet that netted its projectors §2,000, Watch the Omaha Wheel club tournament in 1501, Fred Grau, W. L. Jones and J. H. Nott were elected to membership at the business meeting of the Omaha wheel club last Wednesday evening, , Barrett and Van Sicklen, who were de- feated by Lumsden and Winship in the four mile road race at Chicago, have clallenged the wheels, and mauy will soon be laid away for the winter in cotton and vaseline. The riding season is not yet over, however, for some of the most exciting runs of the year may be had i November and Decem- ber, and the Omaha Wheel club has not missed making a run on New Year's day for thiee yoars, The fact that the “cld ordinary” is not altogether abandoned, as some would have us believe, is occasionally demonstrated by some such proformance as that of Lient Martos who recently rode 2,000 miles, from St. Petershurgh to Paris in thirty-two da ' t lie was offered o chance museun freak ata handsome 'y, on his ¢ Lin London was provably not becaus sedinary. ‘The Omaha Wheel club has never been as prosperous as now and with their large and increasing membership a fat surplus in the suty and their well appointed home antly furnished and equipped with st heat and all conveniences to make it fortable. The prospect for the future is indeed flattering. A series of parties is be- ing arranged for the coming winter on. A story is going the rounds of the Cycing ess concerning a wheeling tourist in e, who among other adventures was pursued by a rain storm down a five mile d rode the entire distance high and W his front wheel in the dust, while ain fell in torvents on his hind wheel. Alas! How often the English language is two mild to express our feelivgs. “The papers announ sudden death of a gentleman, fifty-four years old, the cause be- ing credited to over-exertion inan attempt to learn to ride a safety bicycle, Accidents of this kind occur from timeto time, and forcibly point out the folly of elderly 'men, orof men whose lives have been spent in sedentary occupations taking up a sport so suddenly. After twenty or thirty pears spent in a business life a man’s muscular and vital systems are not fitted to endure a sirain, and over-exertion often results iu disasters of the kind mentioned. Thanksgiving Shoot. Dunmire & Cross are making elaborate preparations for a big trap shooting tourna- ment on their grounds across the er for Thanksgiving day. They ha already en- gaged u large number of live pigeons, and in- tend to give one of the biggest shoots of the season. What the Cranks are Saying. The sooner peace cowes the better, The bold_declarations of & year ago have a pathetic side view now. “Ducky” Hemp is_clerking in St He is in the wholesale tin line. Dave Rowe has bought out the Lincoln club, lock, stock and barre Billy Earle ranks fourth among the batters of the North Pacific league who played in over fifty gam W. R. Harrington is likely to give Miune- apolis o winning team, but he will drain the purse of Baron Hach in doing so. Young Freeman, the twirler, is out in Seattle, and announces that he will never try to pith again. Brave boy, Max. Jake Wells is going to takea Pensacola team to New Orleans this winter to play a series of games with a nine Dick Phelan is organizing. Ren Mulford of the Cincinnat: Times Star still_continues to throw the soup i:to the Brotherhood wreckers' rauks, Ren will have no crow in his'n. Only five of the present St. Paul team will, it is said, be retained for next season, al- though all have been resorved to guard against contingencies, Tt is said that Dos Moines will attempt to support some kind of & team next season.— Sporting Life. Probably they are thinking of going back to oxen, Ted Kenunedy, the ex-pitcher and glove maker, has opened up abig fur establishment, in Des Moines and declares he is off the dia- mond forever, So giad, Milwaukee will charge 50 cents for Sunday games if it gets into the association.—Life. For heaven's sake what association Is Mil- waukee going mto now! Pitcher Nicholsof the Boston leaguers will winter in that city. The “Kid" is stuck @ the ““Hub," and says that next to.Omaha itis he greatest city in the world. Hugh Nicol would make an excellent um- ire. If he cares to take it he will probably on tho Western association staff next sei- son, says the Kansas City Star, Jack Crooks, who was to_have shared the risk and profit of the California trip with Comiskey, has settled down in St. Paul for the winter, now that that project has been given up. Juke Stenzel is still playing ball in_Cincin- nati, Every Sunday afteruoon he goes behind the bat forsome one of the semi-pro- fessional teams, who defy the advance of Old np. Seeretary Brandt wants the sporting editor to get him a buyer for the Omaha team and club franchise. His price is $,500 and there's little doubt but wWhat a buyer will soon spring up. : Martin Duke, who lives in Columbus, posi- tively denies that he has signed with the Pittsburg Players' clab.—[Ohio State Jour- nal, What differerice would it make if Mr. Duke had signed with the brotherhood, eh! Manager Watkins of the St. Paul club has signed Michael Trost and J. H, McMabon, catchers. They ave both hard hitters and ‘Watkins can be counted on getting a crowd of them together before the robius bloom ‘again. John T. Brush wants to know whether it would be advisable for him to put Indianap- olis in the Western association. We think it would, John, for the Wes tern is bound to be heard from hereafter in all important base- ball matters, President L. C. Krauthoff of the Western association and J. W.Speas of the Kausas Citys are going to.the New York meeting. The Western has increased in importance in the eyes of the major leagues, and will be made @ party to the nutional agreement. So says Ren Mulford. Joe Strauss, who at_one time or another ‘was a member of the Brooklyns, Louisvilles and Sioux-Citys, celebrated Liis wooden wed- -ding at Ciuciunati recently. It is claimed that he was the first Hebrew who ever played ball professionally, 1f Jakey is a Sheeney, what must the Diteh think! The Chicago Herald says Duryea stopped in Chicago last route to his Minueapohs home. Acs by a friend to identify him, Du the bank upon which'the Pla; league check was drawn and was informed by the teller that the paper would not be honored. Duryea still has the check, but no month’s salary’ Manager Harrington, just engaged by the Louis. “2yelone’ Jim mpaniod a_visited the latter to another rice to tako place this | am.nmwn-(-luh. has brought out the follow- | ing plo | John Kyn of Minneapolis, Charles Miller of week en | | Vil you please Inf rs: Darby O'Brien, captain of the Brookiyns; Elmer Sutcliffé of Cleveland, Louis, O'Brien, k Doyle, catcher omers of New Yor “leveland, John n of Rochester, Al Atkinson of Philadel phia aund Frank Dwyer of Chicago. He is a hustler and will run tho Minnies to the front if theve is any get-there in them, We congratulate the Western assoctation 1upon the election of Mr. Kranthoff of Kansas City as its president and secrotary. The | choice is u wise one and insures a prosperous season to the association in 1891, Mr, Kraut. hoft is a gentleman in whom, as an executive ofticer, any baseball association may well feel o pride.—[Sporting Times, As usual, Mr. Caylor, you are quite right. We all think so miich of the new president ont here that we are thinking of changing the association's name from the Western to the Kansas City assoclation. Would you advise it? Thero is plenty of congratulation out here in the west just now over Kansas City's posi- tion in the baseball eircle. Just suppose Mr. Speas had staid in the American association last year. Whero would he have boen today ¢ After having lost a_whole lot of money, fie would be in all probability tied up with a lot of baseball towns that are just sitting down waiting for something to *‘turn up.*” If ever a man exercised good, sound_judgment Mr. Speas did in juming into the Western as clation, There never was a caso either in which a man's judgment was vindaicated more clearly and more complete Kansas City Star, of Cleveland lumbus: Andy | All About the Amateurs. Bowman plays a hard game to beat lompson and Lucas will play ball this winter on the coast. Gatewood has signed with Nebraska City for next seaso sSam Etyre of the Cranes was a terror to pitchers last season. Martin Nelson will play short for the West Omahas next season. artz, of the Cranes laced out a big ze last season What is the matter with the Blue Stars reorganizing next year, Purcell is a commg player and it would pay managers to keep their eye on his work. Stevenson & Kuhn will, in all probability, be a battery for the Fremonts next season. Watts, of last y Neola team, ed with'the Cranes for next scason. son of the Shamrocks will do most of the twirling for the Nonparells next season. Manager Hoxie, of the U, Ps., informs the writer that he will beat them all out next season, The West Lawns made a ood spurt as a wind-up of the season, winning four straight games. Bobles, & Bautler, are the best city as well as being heavy bat- Wigman outfield in - the batters. Dan Linahan will manage next season's Musces and has alveady commenced to pick out his team. of last year's Sobotkers and this tedm, was it hard in the North Pacific league. There are a few more business houses that will place good teams in the ring nest sea- son, regardless of expense. Gerlach says Fort Omaha will have no ball am next season, as all their ball players e discharged this fall. There is one team the Crane's did not slaughiter last scason, and_that wus the West They never collided. layer, will not play son, as noue of the managers have come to his terms, Butles has put u{) a_ beautiful fielding game all season, and besides has well earned the sobriquet of “*Home Run Butler.” Mohler, of Nebraska City, will put in his spare time this winter trying to get control of the ball with a view of entering the pro- fessional ranks again, Monaghan and Williams of the Crane team are first-class ducttists, and will be heard from the local stage this winter with the Black Diamond minstrels. Sago was the dandy all Lawns during the past scason. He d in every position, off and on, and s put fip & very smooth game. Oscar Harlan of Ulysses was in town last Tuesday, taking in the demonstration, and says that the chances are very bright for a team in his town next season, Cobb, of last yea Logan & Kearney teams, is pitcbing wonderful ball for the nd team, in the California league, and uld not be surprising to see some east- ern manager sign him for next season. ound player of the Miscellancous Local Sport. Edwin 1. Ziegler, a well known sporting manager, of Cincinnati, is in the ¢ “Skip” Dundy, Billy Townse Crogs are outon the klkhorn ha quai John Potty received liy express yesterday a fine bunch of mallards from lus old friend, Tom Hambliu of Whiting, Ia, Jack Morrison, sr., and Jack, jr., and R. B, Kennedy are hunting lions, tigers, buffalo and elk out 1n Box Butto county. A brace of immense white swan,along with a carload of Canada geese, ornamented the Irout of a Tenth street commission house yes- terday. Harry Harding and John Neal of Council Bluffs bagged 300 ducks in three days’ shoot- ing up at Onawa last Tuesday, Wednesday aud Thursday 1and Frank sing the Fred Montmorency and_W. put & quietus to over two_hu dred ducks, snipe and quail down at Wau- buncey this'week. J. C. Smith and C. H. Sebotka of South Omaha took & threo days' shoot, at Clarks this weel, bagging something like sixty geese and many more ducks. Harvey McMurchy is going to challenge Elliott_for a match at live birds. The Kan- sas City expert shot is kept busy defending the champion cup. John J. Hardin, accompanied by a batch of choice amateur ball players, 1oft for San Francisco Wednesday night. Mr. Hardin will return to this city and o into the lumber busiuess January 1. Dick Rankin of the Omaha National, S. A. Lewis, Tom Wilhelm, James Warrick, Char- lie Ball and Messrs. Henderson and 'Choate have returned from a most enjoyable outing at North Bend They report hunting first class, but game scarce. J.A. Epineter and Hal Shook are at Mc- Paul creating o tremendous excitement among tho wild fowl. Shook is somewhat of a guuner, having killed sixty-two ggese in two days’ shooting out in Buifalo cowhty on the North Loup last week. The town will be full of wrestlers this weelc and a flood of challenges and counter chal- lenges may be confidently looked for, Mc- Mahon, the Canadian, Christol and Carios are already here, and tomorrow Matsada Sorali- chi, the Jap, and Jack Carkeek will arrive, Matsada Sorakichi, the famous Jap, opens aweek's engagement’ at the Eden musce to- morrow afternson, in his great Indian clab specialty. This club weighs 250 pounds, and during soven years, Sorakichi has met but three men able to swing it. J. C. Poor, of the Union Pacific_passenger department,'and Major Davidson of the B. & M. piloted & wholo car full of ambitious sportsmen up into the wilds of northwestern Nebraska this week, They were out four days but never got a hair, or o feather, or'in fact even a smell,notwithstanding e blessed one of them claimed to be the best shot in_the world. R, V. Goodrich of Hornellsville, N. Y.,who is visiting Silas Niles of Tnr Rew, 00k a day out at Honey creek last Thursday, with Alfred Long of the Bluffs, They made a fine bag of mallards, teal and widgeon, in fact the biggest kill at these waters reported thus fuv this season. Mr. Goodrich who, by the way, is & fine shov and most_enthusiastic man, is now out on the Plattoat Goth with George Tzschuck, 8. G. V. G and Bd C, Suyder busily engaged in a mad endeavor te exterminate the geese, Incredulous souls ‘‘down east" refuse to believe that Harry M, Johnson has sprinted into eternity. One of his old friends de- ciares: “Johnson has died to my knowledge at least three times in order to work ‘jobs,’ und 1 really believe that he has died this last time for the sume reason. So don’t be sur- prised if he comes to life again, I'd come very near knowing of his real death, and the arrection may oceur in Australia, where a fortune awaits a runner of Johnson's ability, if he can slip into the big handicaps and re- ceive a liberal stait.” Questions and Answers. There is a lefter in_this ofice for Wullic Andrews and Patsey Tebeau, ne through Sunday' k. where 1 ean purchuse a couple of fer istant Reader, Buncroft, Neb. Ans.—Skow, th taxidermist, this aty,ou | Fifteenth street, between Harney and How- (<o stato fn Sanday's By ¥ heen lewbe record was nig her Maud 1ho sume Subseriber, wh unde I tomorrow's REE the wot ngo of Maud 8, (o decide ubet—T, K, Atnsworth, Neb Ans,—Maud 8 s cannot give her ex: lo I Sund tion of Beatrice doos M. 1 cladn A wins DUt 1020 Am 1 right?—T. | sixteen years old, but ct nge. Hse answor 1t 2,40, o sow g popula 1t goos Ans.—Not by a jugfull. 1B wins Kindly answor in sunday’s BEx who beats in the following game of high-five: Score stands A8 B 50 clubs trumps; A gets higl Juek and the game and the five of spade gets the five. of elubsr—F. R, Raymond Avenue D Counetl Blufs Ans.—B wins. Please answor in Sunday's BEe the followi questions and obl 1. How long after going With gl would it e proner to propose? 2 IS it proper forn young Indy (o kiss a young man after going with Lim two times?—ilarey J. B, Grand Island. Ans. It is doubtful, Harry, whether your queries come under tho head of sporting, but 1 tuink they do. In these blooming modern days it is highly proper to propose to a girl immediately upon meeting her. 2. A young wirl who wouldn't kissa young man’ after going with him two times should be taken without the city’s walls at sunset and shot - Dr.Birney cur RMINT DRO. tarrh, Boo bldg. PrEPI Positive, jug; comparative, jig; tive, jag. Those performing snakes charmed life ““Where do you get your cigars? “I eabbage them.” arewell” is ¢ we all want to farc 1t is hard to refrain from shoving the queer when you are in a street crowd. “Pruth is stranger than fiction ; particularly when it lies at the bottom of a well. It isn’t best to take things too literally cularly if there's a policoman watehing superla- bear a sort of d word, but it is the way the ball ped T am a man of the whirle \ ind the ancer as he waltzed room. “Another decline in silver, said when his customer refusec him. as the waiter to remember ol fellow, you're looking rusty “Yes, [know it! I've been taking lots of iron lately.” e e £00s an absorbing topic." “What! That fellow! Who is he “One of our chronic sponges.” De Mascus—Did you hear tha juriped his hotel bill? St. Agedore—No, | balloonist, In Boston the street cars ave clectricity. Tn St. Wings had nover knew he was a operated Louis they are oporated by mules. The St, Louis drivors say when the mules are restive it amounts-to pretty much the same thing. Very fow poople in this world know what roally want, but their name is lewion compared with the number of those who know also how to get it Miss Hopewell (to her prospective step- son—Bobby, how would you like to have a new mammal Bobby watch. Dr. Bisen: “Yon are getting near-sighted, madam, you should wear glasses.” Mrs, Gidet: O, doctor! My nose smail to hold eve glasses, aud spec 50 very unbecomit “I s'pose,”” d Silas Engee to the grocer, “that if I sh'd ask you to let me have a gallon o m'lasses ' Tuesday you wouldn't refuse, would ye? " “1 trust mnot,”” answered the grocer, but somehow Silas went out without asking the question, Paiuter (criticising a_pretty woman claims to be great in two arts) paint, but she sings beautitully. “Tnousand - Dollars - A - Night - Tenor — She can’t sing, but she paints charmingly Little Johnny—I guess not. 1t was only yosterday that'T got a licking from dad on your accout. by -'d rather have a Waterbury is too o8 are who She can't ALl Tf an invalid—rcad the advertisement of Excelsior Springs, Mo., today, S IMPIETI . Fear of death is the great revivalist, “The pulpit is mightier than the stump, A Biblical weapon—The axe of Apostle There will be no theatre hats nor plug hats in heaven, T rather commend the MeKinly bill," said the church treasurer. “I do not find uearly o many pearl buttons in the plate as Tused to.” “‘How do you like thenew curate, Phyllis?" Not very much. He preaches love Sunday morning and then comes around in the after noon to make it. No man knows how big a scouundrel he_is until he commences a race for office, Ho might be a deacon of a church for years and never find it out. A Boston clergyman, in an evidently hastily written advertisement, asks for *A young man to take charge of a span of horses of a religious turn of mind.” She would not go to service, This aristocrat, so fair— It made her feel 50 nervous When they read the common Prayer. As in her pew Penelope Doth silent sit, 1t is not, *Am I fit, thinks she, But ““does it fit."! - New York Sun: “I tell you, George, there was less money in the world thero would be ‘more religion.” “That may be; but collections would fall off.” Little girl (in church)—Why does so many peovle put-those little envelopes on th' con- tribution plate! Little boy—Them’s to keep the pennies from makin' o wuch noise, Mrs, Liszt (soliciting subscriptions)— “Can't T rely on getting your uame for send o missionary to the heathen?’ Mr Scadds—"‘Nope; butif your parson will ad- met 'em to his ‘church 1'll go down town to the slums and spend 85 car fare in sending o hundred heathens to the missionary."” Pewrenter—*‘T want to tell you, Dr. Horn- blower, how much I liked your scrmon on brotherly love yesterday morning. It was ight to the pointe Dr. Horn- -y glad if you enjoyed it.” anjoyed it! Well, I should say I did| There are a lot of people in that church that I hato sike poison, and you sumply gave them fits.” A correspondent writes to ask why tho money collected for the pope is called Peter's pence. We have no idef, unless it is because >eter didn't have any, We should think, nowever, the question of expenses would have made him very pensive. Peter should be appointed patron saintof editors. Ho said: ‘“‘Silver and gold I have none,” and he wasn't joking about it, either “Ma, I'm ready to goto heaven any timo now!" Ma (who remembers certain small sins of herangel boy rather distinctly).—Oh, no; I guess not just yet! But why-— “Cause I just learned in my catechism that “the Lord makes preserves and keeps them, Uhad a peep in paradise last pight, Andllllcn: Isaw, all clad in gorgeous yel- ows, The only remnant of our choir bright, The lad—the little one—who worked the bellows. An Englishman, more or less addicted to science, hias discovered that souls are of dif- ferent colors und diffevent shapes, The bluo soul is by far the best, the yellow souls are of medium quality, while the red aud the black souls are the worst of This will please the true blue Presbyt O, how 1 love my teacher's face, 0, how 1 love o pray ! O, hiow I love this life of grace! O, how they'll miss me from this plyce UJust after Christmas Day. ——————e cures catarrh, Beo bldg e A Floating Saw Mill, A floating saw mill is found to be a usefull adjunct to the business of a lumberman. The eraft usually 1.-...}.\..)-‘-.1 for this purpose is about forty feet by efghty fect, and drawsabout’ eighteen inches of water. All the hands n- nected with the lumbering work live abourd. the - Dr. Birney cures catarrh, Bee bldg, ‘and 'shown E want bear you ot this fact in mind, when your eye lights on this announcement: Any man with brains can writea catchy ad- vertisement, but to be of any value to you it must be true; the goods must bethere,not alone empty words. We in- vite you to put all and any of our assertions to the most severe test you will not find them wanting, NOTHING in the that line of Clothing has ever been comes any- where near equaling the display of fall and winter goods that is being shown at M. Hellman & Co’s., Cor. 18th and Farnam. Our consignmernts for the past few days ‘have been very large,and we can safely say that no matter how hard you are to please or fit, we can satisfy you, as our line SUGCEEDS in catching the most fastidious. Inorder to do a large business and sell goods in a clothing store in Omaha as low as sold in the same class store in New York, we found it nec- essary to establish a purchasing agentthere and now we have the result of that experi- ment upon us. We would LIKE to have you *favor us with a call, if only to gratify your curiosity. We will accord you as much attention as if you camein to make a purchase. If we can do you no good we will will guarantee to at least post you in prices, and show you honest made clothing at the lowest prices in the city. The great SUGCES we have had so far this falland which weshall labor to retain, is due to the old, well found- ed maxim, “Well Bought is Half Sold.” We have the largest line of $8, $8.BO0 and $4 dress pants in the city, all wool goods and the latest styles, Our new lines of Aus- tralian Lamb's Wool Winter Underweéar regular $1.BO values, now only 7Bec. If we owned this paper we would give youa com- plete bill of fare, but we don’t. Buy or no buy, come and see us, and we will guarantee to interest you and treat you courteously, At the old stand of Hellmans Cor, 13th and Farnam S,