Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 14, 1890, Page 13

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1800—-THIRTY-TWO PAGES == = | - 3 > 3 ¢ ad [ oo ] o PR vt S O Bl v O £ S v O = (0 0 ] v ) e ] = i U T Unusual Activity Experienced in All the Leading Lines, HALF-AND-HALF GATE RECEIPTS, Whisperings of the Flying Wheel— Indoor Baseball Rules and Clubs— Bouts with Bare Knuckles, Ete., Ete, Therels every evidence that Omaha will make one last herculean effort this coming season to restore her lost prestige, for it must be confessed she was one of the sorriest fail- ures as 4 baseball town in 1890 that could be found in the whole blooming country. On no less than two or three occasions shecame within an ace of quitting like a steer, and it was only the fallacious hops of pulling out what they had already fired into the hole that stimulated them to continue on to the close of the scasen, Thoresult wasthe club sunk just ,265 good iron dollars, and talk about mad March hares, hot homets and crazy bed- bugs, you ought to have attempted to talk ‘baseball about that time to Dick McCormick or Ed O'Brandt. Good evenin’ ! Now, however, they are peering into the future through rese-colorea specs and are as garrullous as meckings birds, and as bright as a May morning. Uncle Dick, as the genial ex-president of the association is better known, has turned over his interests in the club tohis sons Harry and Secretary Brandt, and the two youngsters will make a rustling firm. If they adlicre strictly to the policy ak ready outlined they will create a big baseball ‘boom here. About Changing the Circuit. . Thero isn’t much of {nterest transpiring in ‘Western association base ball affairs just now, but that matters will receive an im- potus of some kind or other within the next six weoks thereis little doubt. Omne thing can be depended on, however, absolutely, and that is that the cireuit will remain just ex- actly as it is, St Paul, Miuncapous, Mii- ‘waukee, Sioux City, Lincoln, Omaha, Kansas City and Denver, unless the' franchise of one of theso citics is purchased by some one eise, Every club is ingood standing, withouta penny of indebtedness to the association, and )k about crowdingout Sioux City, Lin- cotn and Denver for Detroit, Toledo aud Indianapolis, is the veriest bosh. The three mentioned will be in it at the start atleast, although I apprehend the same old season of doubt and incertitude as to Sioux City anda Lincoln being ablo to last over until October, the former in particular, far as @ bristling metropolis is con cerned, the futuro has a very lowering aspect for thecorn palace town, and it 1sn't iiicely her citizens are going to unbuckle to any measurable extent in the interests of base- ball, at least not until the clouds now hover- ing along her horizon roll by, The defeat of hibition in this state was a woeful knell the brightand active littlecivy up theriver, Drivea pileor two here, Lincoln’s prospects are much the faivest, her only drawback being a numerical insuf: clency to support sucha team as they must have to continue as part and par- col of the Western association. But don't let anyone think for a moment though, pray, that the capital of Nebraska fsu't sone pumpkins, for she is. Her busi- ness men are made out of the sterling stuff; they ro entorprisiag, intelligent and liveral, und generally carry to a successful issue any- thing they undertake, as great, big, over- grown Omaba has learned to her sorrow on more occasions than one, Another potent element In Lincoln’s favor is thiat Dave Rowe is atthe head of her team, by Wo controling stockbolder, and i1l surely give affairs such a momentom down there that it alone will likely carry the slab through the season, —_— The Quioker Out, the Better, The mingled cry of warning and distress SIORTS IN EARLY WINTER. SHATTERED to the BONE! Commencing tomorrow (Monday) and cont'flIling indefinitely, we will inaugurate an OVERCOAT SALR That will quicken the sleepers, arrest the bargain hunters and paralyze competition that are overloaded with high priced goods. We mention a few lots as an index to the onslaught made throughout an entire line of the finest assortment, the most complete workmanship, most handsomely finished and only real form-fitting garments shown in Omaha this season. Eight different styles and shades in extra fine Meltons, embracing blacks, blues, seal browns and medium dark and light gray colors, our own make and recognized as the best fitting Overcoat in the market, and sold throughout the entire season at the uniform price of 520, NOW REDUCED TO QUICK SELLERS AT §$1. These garments are all of the latest cuts, box backs, tape seamed with fly fronts, patch collars, with heavy satin sleeve and honest silk serge and Italian linings. at the uniform price of $12.50. 2 No such bargain has ever been offered in Overcoats. Eight different styles, embracing all our $15, $16.50 and $18 Overcoats, placed in this extraordinary inducement sale This line embraces black chevoits, short and dress lengths, box backed, tape seamed, with back and shoulders heavily satin lined and heavy cashmere skirt linings, just such goods as are now the rage in Neat dark, medium dark, steel and light gray cassimeres made up in the highest style of the art and trimmed to perfection; have been leaders all the season at $16 and $18, now reduced to $12.50. Ten different styles in dress, half dress and general purpose or all around Overcoats, have been selling the season through at from $13.50 to $15, embracing meltons, cassimeres in plain goods, and novelties in wide wale patterns, chinchillas in all shades, black beaver and numerous fabrics not herein mentioned. This entire lot we place on sale tomorrow morning at $10. The people of Omaha are well posted with our method of doing business from'the very beginning, and fully realize what a genuine cut in prices means when our name appears at the bottom. merchant tailor circles. This opportunity is one in a lifetime. Come early. Come quick. BROWNING, KING & CO, RELIABLE CLOTHIERS, QiEIRIN AN LTS S0, D A SATURDAYS 10 P. M. that wells up from the depths of Kansas Caty's thoracic region over the fear that the American association is about to gobble up Milwaukee creates only a feeling of disgust with those familiar with Milwaukee's im- portance as a helpful factor of the Western association. The quicker Milwaukee gets out of the Western association the better, for here she has always been a disturber and disintegrator. It muy sound strange to hear one interested in the Western association, above all others, talk in this style, but the is an honest one, fearlessly spoken, in the immortal words of Patrick Henry, “If this be treason, make the most™ 'of IL" Instead of Dbeing one of the best cities in the association, as Kan- sas City is prone to belicye, she is absolutely the very worst, and so far as fealty to the body as a whole goes, she cannot be meu- tioned in the same day with Denver, Sioux City or Lincoln. Ealy last spring, right in the midst of the most momentous cra in the history of baseball, she put the constitution avd rules of the Western association at defi- ance, absolutely and incontinently refusing to remit to President McCormick “her guar- antee of $1,000 that she would play the sea- sor.out. All the other clubs had paid up, it was but a_week previous to the opening of the playing season, and the National league and Brotherhood hostilities had opened up in carnest, and what was Presi- dent McCormick to do! He would have called a meeting and advocated the expulsion of the arrogant Brewers had he not antic pated irreparable er on account of the war, 80 he did the best thing for the good and safety of all—ho abrogated the guarantee clause of the association’s constitution and roturned to cach of the other clubs the £1,000 they had promptly remitted. Why did Mil- wailkee do this? Simply because she was then bidding for a place in the American as- socintion and didw't know how soon she might get there. She merely kept her hold on the Western association as u meuns of ox- isting nutil the opportunity arose for her to desert her old conferes and go over to one of the older bodies. She has been wanting to getout ever since she got inand itis about time she had a little assistance from this end of the line. The fact that she was an appli cant at the last meeting of the American association at Louisville for admission to that body should alone be sufficient for any action the Western association might feél inclined to take. First Bulletin for 1801, KANus Crrr, Mo, Nov. 26, 1890, hereby given of the following matters : CONTRACTS 9 With Kansas City—Elmer E. Smith, George Hogriover, William Hoover and Jamos H. Manning. Denver—Joseph Werrick and Jobn E. Mes- sitt. St. Pank—C. S. Abbey, Michael J, Trost, J. H. McMahon, Fred Schmt and G. H, Me- Hale. At the annual meeting of the Western as- sociation, held at Omaha on November 1, 1800, L. C. Krauthoff was elected president, secretary and treasurer of that body. His address is 427 Nelson building, Kansas City, Mo, L. C. Knavrmorr, President and Secretary, Half and Half the Proper Thing. There is quite a good chance that it will be “half and half” of the gate receipts next season after all. The association clubs have been canvassed and there is about an equal number forand against the percentage plan. Kansas City will strenuously oppose a change becauseshe expects to ngain make money. and don't want to divide with anyone. She will be supported in ber advocacy of a con- tinuance of the guarantee system by Minne- apolis and Milwaukee, and probably St. Paul. The Kansas City people are already at work on the Apostles endeavoring to swell thew nut over their pros- peots for @ tremendoboom next season, ut just where this unparalleled boom 18 to come from, would be_&n interest- ing thinfi to have explained. Of course St. Paul will make a better showing next season than she did this, from the simple fact that she couldn't make a worse one, but so far as any marvelous improvement is concerned, 1 for one dou't see where it is to come ib. Surely there are but few indications of it so far, owever, that is neither herenor there, St. Paul, in bher condition, would do & very foolish thing to vote agaiust the percentage lan, and 80 would any of the other cities for it matter. The percentage plan is the onlyl feasible and equitable one for the Westorn assobiation, and what Omaha, Sioux City, Denver, Lincoln and Paul should is combine together and bring it about, The percentage plan assures unthreatened exist- ence throughout the season, with the possible chance of making a little mon ‘The guar- antee plan means, after the season is a month or 80 advanced, smooth sailing for two or three clubs, and shallows, and bars and breakers for the bmance. Indoor Baseball Rules. As Omaha has at last organized her league of indoor basebull, Tue Bk again ls be- fore its readers, for the benefit of those not familiar wth tho new game, a synopsis of its rules and regulations, The game was invented by George W. Han- cock and Augustus J, White of the Farragut Boat club of Chicago in the year1857. It can be played in any form which allows tho nec- essary space for the bases. It is played with a large, soft ball and a bat which resembles a billiard cue, being 2 feet aud nine inches long and 1!{ inches in diameter. The four bases are 14 feet square, There are nine- teen rules which govern the gawe, as fol- lows: The pitcher's shall be 6 feet long by 3 feet wide and et from home base The bases shall be twen! even feot apart. Eight or nine men may play on a side, Only shoes with rubber soles can be used. Only straight arm pitching will be allowed. A batted ball inside of foul line is fair, A batted ball outside of foul hne shall be foul. Third strike caught is out, A foul tip or fly caught is out. Four unfuirly pitched balls gives striker first base. A pitched ball striking the batter is a dead ball, but does not give base, A'base runner must not leave his base when the ball is in the pitcher’s hand. A runner must not leave his base on a ball not struck, until it has reached or passed the catcher, A batted ball caught in rebounding from a avall is not out, In overrunning first base the runner may turn back either wa; 1f & batter purposely batted he1s out, If a ball rebounds and strikes batter he is not out. The game shall be judged by two umpires. The first will stand in center field. and give judgements on the second and third bases. The other shall stand behind the catcher and judge all points of the game. The two will change places at the end of every inning. must not be members of either club in game. Tho umipires shall be sole judges of the game, kicks a ball he has Will Omaha Sell Out. Tae fairy story tellers now have it that the American association has agreed to make good all the mouey Toledo lost last season and buy ber a franchise in the Western asso- ciation to bind the bargain. The American association may change her mind when she comes to prico a franchise out here, for judg- ing from the sound Sioux City, Denver and Lincoln are making, it will take a good many stacks of blues to bn{ them out, However, it may be Omaha's franchise the American refers to as & solace for Toledo, for that, as Tue Bre stated several weeks ago, 18 only held at $,000, and that surely is as cheap us dirt. Around the Office Stove. One of the Indians engaged in the ghost dance in Chief Gall. Two to one Dave Rowe has turned Indian.—O. P. Caylor. The Ohio man gets therein baseball as well as in politics. McNabb, Denver's star twirler, was born in Mount Vernon,—Times-Star. The first catcher to ever wear a mask in a professional game was Eddie Thayer, with Omaha a short time at the outset of last sea- son, at Newark, N. J., in 1875, Gus Alberts of the Milwaukees is bandling a lever on a Milwaukee electric car. He signed that contract witkout a “'kick” for a cent of advance, So says Mulford, The authorities all harmonize in the one opinion that the Western association in 1501 willpe a hummer. Well, ’ers ‘oping that the authoritics areall on the dead correct steer, Shugart, who played a brief period last season with the Chicago brothertiood club, has beeu signed for next year by Maunager Havrington for the Minfidapolis team, and the probabilities are that h® has got a crack- g good man. Look out for a'panic on Wall street! The report comes from Milwaukee that Manager Cushman has invested $2,000 in real estate up there, Ex-Prize Fighter Joln S, Barnes, former mauagor of the St. Paul's, now of the Spo- kane team, is in trouble in the far north west. Been tryiug to bunco sowebody, that's all. Dave Rowe has moved hi 0 Lin- coln, which doesn’t lonk very much as though Lincoln was o be kicked out of this ussocia- tiol Trust Brotberbood Dave forstaying That old chestuut burr about Joo Her hav i A from the diamond is on its i mavigation of the couutry. the stable for keeps these Kearna, with the Omaha’s the greater part of last season, is wintering at Rochester, N. Y., where he will play noxt season, and it to doughnuts that he plays well, to boot. Letters will re ident Krauthoff of the West association if adaressed to 427 Nelsen building, Kansas City, and you bet he'll be getting & good many of them in the next three months, too. Manager Selee must have thriven all right last season despite the brotherhood war, as he is putting in the winter months superin- tending the construction of a couple of hund- some tenement houses at Melrose, Mass., The first bascball bulletin for 1501 comes from the prosident of the Western associa- tion, which 1s a pointer that the Western is not apt to let any timothy spring up under her feet during the present administration at least. The bulletin referred to will be found in another column, ‘Phe Sporting Times, in her new dress, is justas chic and just a5 pretty and just as in- toresting as sho can m fact, she just kaocks the eternal striped socks off any other base ball sheet in the land. One thing is lacking, hovever, and that is a proof- reader who knows the map of the world from a character and, Wally Andre who is wintering in Mem- phis, would like to try it for Omaba again next season, out theré is little prospect for old tar logs to ever get back here. Ho was a great first baseman, no one will gainsay that, but his powers are rapidly on the wane, If ould just give Charley Horse and yeorn o rap on the point of the w he might again get back in his old first s. rank Selee, the manage club, telegraphed Jimmy n recently for his terms. Ityan sent them, with the proviso that they were not to go if the Pla ue continued on its feet. Selee aceepted the terms, but wanted a positive answer, which Ryan would not give, and the deal through. Jimmy is now regretting the fact that b did not do the business whoo he hud the chance. —~Boston Herald, The swelled head plagors” who deliberately tried to wreck the leagie, should be made an example of, and_should never again be per. witted to play in_the Natéonal league, Let them be relogated to thé American associa- tion, and there end theit ¢areers on the dia- mond. Thero are, of couwese, many men in the Brotherhood ' ranks:who wero dragged into the movement who should be taken back, but the league should npt erowd out the brave boys who helped to win the battle, If it does it witl suffer in public estimation. Manager Van Horn and Captain Tebeau of the Denvers are giving every indication of a pair of hustlers, and will_doubtless furnish the mountain wetropolis with such ball next season 0s heretofore she Las only dreamed about. As an initiatory strike the signing of Thomas Toad Ramsey, the lusher, however, does not strike me asavery masterly one, This is the roll-plate éra in baseball to got rid forever of players of the Ramsey ulrl‘)(-, and the moguls should not overlook it. The drunkard, tough and hoodlam, as well as the insubordinate must guflthc&)urlly of the game is to be main- tained. The older bodies undoubtedly have their visual organs open to the situation and will not let it go unimproved, and the minor leagues should not be slow in follow- ing suit. Tuere is some danger, 1t must bo admitted, of the western association, or a number of its clubs, at auy rate, loaditg up with this sort of ‘material, for the simplo reason that it will be cheap. Omaha, how- ever, will not be one of this class. She had a couple of players on her payroll last season that come under one of the above heads, but they couldn’t play here again ihe coming of the Boston year, so says tho: management, if they layed for nothing. Il talk of putting a western association in Indianapolis.” says A. G. Ovens, “is mature. Mr. Brish tolls me thathe kuew nothing about such u move, and declined to say what he would do if such a proposition would como to him. He says he never said that tho Western will be stronger than tho American association. Tt is not improbable meone will want to include Indianapo- lis in that circuit, but as yet no move in_that direction has been made. I asked Mr. B, if he would take any interestin such a club, but he refysed to answer. I do noi think a minor league team would go here. Indwnapolis cranks want the best o sl A correspondent su that Sporting Times publish a list of il the newapapers in the country, which steadfustly stood by the league and ‘the national agroement, through all this bitter fight. I would cheerfully com- ply if thore was mucn of sucha list. The Cincinnati_Times-Star and _ Euqy Sleveland Lead : Bullotiz ana_ script, the Boston Journal and Tue Owmana Bek about answer the requirement. Other papers gave a par- tial support. For insta the New York Suu editorially was on the right side and tho Herald was unbiased. But the out-and-out patriots were a small band, indeed. Now, however, these aveall right side up,—-New ork Sporting Times Editorial, The talk of Beckley, and other players of Big Jake's ilk, about regrets over the col- of the brotherhood league, and that re 1ot uneasy now be all the boys will be taken c ing indeed, when their course during the past yearis taken into consideration. No honest ball player, who stood by the loague during her trials of the past season, and played hon- est ball to the best of his ability, shouid ever under any circumstances bo displaced for such unrelinble cattle as Jake Be Itis s of the Beckley-Mulvey-McKean- t stripe who should suffer, and not the men, though the .y 1ot happen to be up to those ducks' playing strength. Omaha has the smallost number of “resi- dent ball players, 1 would be willing to wager a pretty peany, than any city of similar di- jons in the country. = Therc ave also r ball players winter here, and the city has turned out a less number than any place I can name, The only pl ety here now home; he is ma And by the way, what a_paragon ull player is this same Joe Walsh, both in de- portment as a citizen and in his playing abil- ity, There are few such men n the fos- sion —another Bob Allen over again, And what a game Joo did put up the past season, as neat and clean and phenomenal, as that of any man in the country. Little Cooney not excepted, Secretary Brandtig still negotiating with Davny Shannon to giard second and captain the team next season, and the cranks are all ing that he may be secured. Dauny was et favorite here in 1538, and would be owed back with open arms. While Omaha reserved all the men who elosed with herin 1501, there is no- doubt but what fully one-half of them are booked for an ear) so. Among them are Cleveland, han, Moran and Fagin, and possibly nor. Works, Canavan, Willis, Cla) jorg, Stenzel, Newman und Urquahart are those in the best stauding with both the pub- licand tho wagement, Knell, too, who jumped us for the Brotherhood, is confidently m\n-cu:d to be returned, and with these men to build upon, Omalia’s prospects are surely anything but poor. It is an inconurovertable fact that the American association has always stood in the way of minor league representation in the board of arbitration and bids fair to ao so in the future, That organization will certainly oppose the elevation of the Western associa- tion to the dignity of “a party of the first part.”'—Philadelphia Press. e has been a good deal said about the Western associa. tion making the effort to be placed on an equal basis with the League and American ation, and she really ought fo do it, all ends and patrons think, for the idea of her paying tribute toa body like the Ameri- can association was during the past season, extremely _ nauseating. However, if President Krouthoff is the power to Whom the western enthusiasts are looking up to clovate this association to the altitudo of the two older bodies, they will be disap- poluted, that's all. President Krauthoft told the writer at the annual moeting in this city @& month since that he considered the Westorn ! S. W. Corner 15th and Douglas Streets. Money cheerfully refunded when goods are not satisfactory. ] L { = e association much better off under the present status of things and it was not desirable for her to hecome a party of the first part to the national agreement for various reasons. What these were he failed to uncover, but as long as Krauthoff said so, I, for one, am willing to take his word for it. The points he overlooks in the interest of the Western association won't be big enough to impale a beef upon, any way, aud there are little grounds for wor with Bare Knuckles. Patsoy Fallon of Chicago wants to match George Siddons against Danny Daly for £00, and will in all probability be accorhmodated. Siddons is the man_who won on a foul from Tommy Miller at_New Orleans somo two months ago, and the man who also “‘done" Tommy White to a tune. Juck Hightowor, the gentlemanly young colored pugilist, recently defeated by the Black Pearl of Minneapolis, 1s booked for a finish fight tomorrow night, with Prof. Har- ris, another colored knight of fistianu, at Germania hall, South Omaha. They will contest for the gato receipts. Tim Hurst, the new managor of Sioux City's baso ball toam, is stareing vhis winter along the Atlantic seiboard with Jimmy Mc- Hale, the Philadelphia_ lightweight cham- pion. If Timothy would like to see his protoge g0 off into a quiet littlo nap wi muci effort let him bring him out hej make w go for him with Jimmy Lindsay. The two were matched once, but owing to a fortunate misunderstanding' for McHale they never came together, Danny Daly of Bangor, Me,, and Tommy White 0f Chicago, the bamtams who made the remarkable fight of ninety-one rounds 10 a draw, a week ago Saturdiy night, will be tendered o grand beucfit at the Girand opera house next Friday evening, They will bo pitted ngainst._each other for ten rouuds, and that they will be lively enough to sat® isfy the most fastidious is guaranteed by théir wonderful performanee of a week ugo. Tho two kids are _quict, gentlemanly littié fellows, as the world oes, who follow fight- ing as o profossion, and a3 _a consequenco ave deserving of 4 good attendance on the occa- sion of their benefit, The next and probably the groatest fistic ovent that has ever taken place within the classic contines of the two Omahas, on the programme, is the $1,000 finish fight botween Jack Davis, the local heavyweight, and Pat Allen, the conquerer of Jerry Slattery of St. Louis, These two Titanic gladiators were to have met within the squared circle before the South Omaha athletic club, but the club failing to respond with a purse which Alten thought would not, cqual tho gate receipts, their backers wisely concluded to get it off under their own indi- vidual auspices. Conseque it will take place at Germanin hall, Soith Omaha, one week from tomorrow night, Decembe for the originul stakes posted with Ed. Rothery some two wesks ago. These stakes consist de, Davis being backed by two n local mercantile gentlemen, and Allen ving his collateral through St. Louis sources, That the battle will be a great ong there is no further doubt, he two men camo within an ace of seitling it last aight on the sidewalk in front of the Murray hotel. They met there with a number of friends, and Davis jumped onto Allen about interfer- ing with the clubs arrangements, saying that he thought that he wanted 1o get ot of the fight altogether, Allen listened quictly amo- ment, then took up the urgument in carost and informed Jack he was ready to fight for the money already posted, right and there. k ring that he didn't think atany time a man wanted to fight, and that the club's rofusal to hung up more than §500 was understood by Davis, This all but brought them togother, the inter 0o of fricuds, and the proximity of a fly-cop, being the only elements that were effective in warding off a desperate publie fight. Both men are very bitter and will give fistic patrons s barrel of sport on the evening of the 22nd, well kno All About the Amateurs, Billy Rourke is in business with his brother at Grand Island, Tho Nonpareils will give Moreanty a trial, They all pronounce him & good one, Berwein of the Bluffs threatons to have a team in tho field next season that will do them all up. Managers of out-of-town clubs lookin talent for uext season would save troublo by calling at Hawley's gymnasium, ns he can se- tect a full cotorie of players in a few hours. Fremont has signed the Tichnor brothers, as well as n buttery from Galesburg, 111, for next season. The different indoor teams will have a ice gamo of baseball at the Coliscum this afternoon, Hughes and Ready, last season's Grand 1sland battery, put up'a good article of ball in the Indiana and Ilinois league the past season. . The report of the Missouri Valley team in its game with Omaha amateurs closes tho second chapterin the infamons manmer in which they (the Omaha amateurs) wero robbed d - coerced out of decided victories by that team last scason, and sanctioned by their manager, who compelled teams to play under penaly of forfeiture of their guarantee, when theumpire's decision was so unjust as to cause indignant feelings among the spec- tators, T.on Camp displays poor judgment in ap- plying the word 4 to the local amateur teams in general His head now is about the size of a grain olevator, but when the season opens it will be about ize of a hazelnut. The people whom he callod dubs are not so anxious to play professional ball as to follow a manager all over town and use all his elo- quence upon him to sign with his team upon any terms, aud then as his ball playing was not up to the mark to allow his reservation for noxt season. He will be only too anxious to play with the dubs, who will give him the razzle dazzle, so they say, anyway, pllancous Sports. woll known professional now training pugilists at Local Mis Tom ek, the lo fuker, is nneapolis. Harvey McGrew and Judge Shields are banging away at the quail up at Sioux M 11 be another old-fashioned turkey shoot on the beach at the ecast end of the bridge this afternoon. There is little or no doubt but what in-door baseball will prove a suceess in Omala, Tt has caught on big in Chicago and the castern cities, and if there is any genuine sportin it Neobraska's motropolis must have it, to, The Council Bluffs Rifle club held their an- nual ¢ i rs last week, the selec- pton, pre i t; J, C, A. ott, secro- ve committee the fol. > olected : W, J, Lau- lowing gentl s J. Mullolland and Charles terwas: Matthai, nen we 2 Questions and Answers, Plonse answor the following question inSun- day's BEE and decido a bet; A, B, O, D und B areshaking dice. A turkey Is the' first prize and 20 conts tho socond, hiEh man to take first and next high man second, A and B shako es each and next to them 1es O with cosand i pafr of douces. Who winy socond prize? W. f., Hubbell, Neb. C carrios off the 20 cents. That's plain as mud, Wil you whether y right to i liyers—Read Cortainly not. J.M. T, Lineoln, Neb.—Cannot furnish you with the address of the party you inquire about. He is o sort of & pugilist. Will you please state inthesporting eolumng of Sunday's Bie whether i dog niust be regis- tered Lo be allowed entry at & beneh show? Cuan you turnish tho fleld trial winnings of Bob Gatos? Did heevertike o prize on the bench?—Laveriek, Councll T Ts. 1. Yes, in all shows neld undor the Amer. can Kennel club rules. 2. N 5. No. Who s (he champlon + of thiscoun- try? Was I Erh evor considered 8o, How Pup atiaining lts growthi= o stato n Sundny's Bem lor in a gamo of _Ligh five hag cump discarded by another City. R Elliott of Kansas City, (2) 2rh was the holder onea of the American field cup, which is symbolical of the cham. pionship. () About twelve months, it not rewrded by sickuess, In high five A blds. B holds seven trump and discardsa five in order to set A, Can A count the five? Please aus wor in THE SUNDAY 3kr.—J. 8, Raymiond, Naponee, Neb. o8 Ploase answer In Tie SUNDAY Bew the lowing: Where did Hangler, pltoher, Crotty, onteher, play 11t your? Also v cte Ald Crowell, wlso of the 1549 team of Siu Clty, play last yoar:—Tom Swith, Newwian Grove, lu. Huugler and Crotty with the Texas league; Crowell with Syracuse, fol- end