Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 27, 1892, Page 15

» T & 1 | ? THE OMAHA DAILY BEE INTHELOCAL SPORTING WORLD | Ralph Stout Bizes Up the Nazs in the | Western Race, AFFAIRS WITHIN THE SQUARED CIRCLE Xhe Horseman's Budgel —The Tug.of-War— Among the Wild Fowl—State League Notes and Newsy Loeal Mis- cellany. E is n wiso base bail crank indeed who can piek out this far 1 advance the win- ners of either the first or second championship series in the Western leaguo this season, observed Ralph Stout last evening —— to a knot of the faithful assembled at the Millard. “Honestly,” he continued, *'I think Omaha has just as good a chance to nail the flag a any combination in the race. \\'Iuvn_ the Omaha fans lay theironties on young Kelles in play they'l! forget thero over was such a man as Jimmie Canavan, Sandy Grifiin or Jocko Halligan.” “Without any bumcomb, ou think wo willlanda ”” interje Rowo. “Well, not lower than third, any way, in elther sorics. Milwaukea, Kansas "City and St. Paul ave all very strong, but if their pitchers fail to pan out thero is no telling to Wwhat level they will drop. There are se eral of theso on the rolls of theso teams, whom I think have seon their best days. Vickery will strengthen your team wonderfully. Ho is one of the ‘best pitchers in the country today, barring a pumber of insignificant faults, ~ Nick Handi- boe, too, ought to pitch ereat ball, and in ow, where do od Manager Darby you have a diamond in the rough. Ritoljorg, Kansas City’s main guy, is & man who needs lots of encouragement, as you well know, or ho is gone. Another thing, ho is not a hara working player, and & bunching of a fow hits in an inning is tho signal to put another man in the box. Milwaukee has in Commodore Twitchell oune of the coolest heads in the business, He don't know what it is to met rattled, and keeps right on “runin’ 'em over,’ whether ho is being pul- verized or not hit at all. “And there 1s stiil another club that will bear watching,” proceeded tho big sporting editor, “*and that is, Toledo. Notwithstana- ing tho grumbles of tho frog-eaters, they have got u corking outfit. In voung Charlie Dewald they havo one of the best of all Jast year's Western crop, and Pears, too, is not $low, while Dad Clarke may prove either a brilliant success or a dead failure. And look how they are fixed behind the bat Jerry Hurley, Shino or Dell Darling. Hur- loy i3 as good an every day catcher as thoro is anywhere, and Darling is but a notch Jower on the scale. Their outfield: well, theroe is Gettinger, Armour and Nichol, and they must not be overlooked, as thoy are all vomers.” “Wouldn't it surprise you to see Indian- apolis come in first in the first division?” queried Chris Frohm. “If they do,” quickly retorted Mr. Stout, ou can go and order the loudest summer suit Ramge can build.” “And yowll pay for 1t? “Oh, I didu’t siy anything about that, but you can order it.”” “How about Minneapolis?* Colonel Farrish. “Well,” veplied Stout, *1 can't see any- thing very startling in store for the Baron. His infield isn’t so bad, but the out is way below the average. Swartzel may pitch good bail again, and so may Beatin, but there are chances against them setting the Mississivpi river on fire. Still, we are all hable to make wmistakes, and for one, I hopo to see all the oams put up strong bail, and if they do, we will see ono of the closest and prettiest races in the history of the great sport.” chipped in Omaha's New Driving Park, The stockholders of the new Omaha Driv- ing Park association held a meeting at their headquarters in the First National bank building one night last week for the purpose of examining the books of the asso- oiation. Mr. Barton, the export, who is con- Qucting tho oxamination, not having com- pleted his work, the meeting adjourned untit tomorrow ovening. Anent this new enterprise, Prosident Gar- snoau says that as soon as the statemént of the offairs of tho company is given to the stock- holders they will begin the levying of assess- ments and the soliciting of new stock. It 1s the intention of the directors to have the ap- pointments about this track comvlete and erfect in overy detail, aud the meetings, oth running and trotting, will be exhibi- tions of the very higboest class. The work of grading the track is finished and the work on the grounds and the erection of buildings will bogin just as soon as the weather settles, with the view of getting in condition in time for a mesting this autumn, or at the furthest, next sp*og. l'llm official rsonnel of the association follow Joseph Garneau, jr., Charles A. Coe, vice' pros- dent; H. K. Burett, secretary; frank D, Brown, treasurer, and Thomas Swobe, Willlam Krug and G. W. Ames, directors, is sufiicient guarantee that Af success is possible, success will be achieved. Still tho co-operation of the zens in goneral will be necessary to ace phish this in its fullest measure. So far Omaha has taken but an insignificant part in the great racing interosts of tho country, and all her sister cities of the great west, in this respect, have left her far in tne rear. Xhore hns ' beon enougl. talk, however, 1o have organized and put into successful opera- )Hon a half dozen associations, but the fact is 13 a8 residont ; nere has been nothing but talk. Thereis a 'vory large contingent of Omaha's popu'ation Interested in fine horses, and with a little bit of the vight spirit evinced, tho Gate city long pre this would have been in tho front rank in the affairs of the turf. Now, once more the opportunity to make up for hershortcomings o 'tho past is presented 10 tho oity, and it is earnestly hoped will be seized and improved upon with that zeal and enthusiasm that pharacterizes her efforts in bebalf of other public projects. If so. Omaha will have & soring and fall racing meet that will com- paro favorably with those of any city in the country. ‘The site of the new park is an admirable one, and offers every induccment for the furtheranco of o cherished onterprise, It Plies just west of Ruser's park, suy a triflo over a quarter of a mile, is accessible by both the Missouri Pacific and Fremont & 'Elkhorn railroads, and will be reached by motor very soon after tho sucoess of the move is assured. The luternational Tug of War, Jack Prince, the hustler, Is pushing the coud wntornational tug of war for Omaha ght along. And to use his own expressivn, A wilt ben daisy, The grandost and most exciting tug ever seen in America, Tho teams are already training in their dif- forent quarters, six months ago, was g new to most all the boys who took said Prioce, “theretore thoy went into [t green, most of them aot even knowing how tho contest sbould be pulled. So 1 ocousider that one a kind ot sn iutroduction and educator, as it were, but this time the men all know what it means to contest 1u & tug and they are all trained and will be in fit condition to pull for their lives by April 10, 1 have leased the Exi tion hall, whioh, since it has been re- modeied, 18 just tho very place for the event. For a toam to be in fine condition 1o win & tug of war tournament the wmeun need & little tralning just the sawme any other atblote. The plat- 'm will be built coruerways across the hall, 0 that every person can have full view the teams while in acuion: also see the tor of the red, white aud blue ribbon wove iach, The hall will sest four thousand D! and standing room for anoiher d. There will be @ large light placed in the amphi- : ::flu that will throw its re- tion straight on to the center of the room, " which will mako it very casy Lo see all. Even o finai boat should be v:% b‘y oane inch, Anelimts of the pull will be minuter, and ve wen besides the capiain will constitute & clum team. Fach team will be allowed two sub- stitutes, The hall will be dec- orated with the flags ot all nations, and thero will be 800 chatrs for ladios and their escorts. A special box will bo resorved for the mayer and the oity council, and an {nvitation will be sont to those officials to attond on the first grand ovening night. The Fort Omaba band has been engaged to furnish the music, and will play all the national airs. The pullers will be ‘all dressed in attractive costumes, each man wearing a silk sash, showing the differ- | ent nations to which thay belong." Prince also says thero is a possible chance of the teams gotting £3,000 as prizes for this tournament. A handsome gold medal will bs preseuted to the captain of the winning team. No one but the timers and referee will be allowed on the platform. While in the east Prince got beautiful lifo-sized litho- graphs in four colors, showing the men in action, which he will use in advortising tho state. Thero will bo a grand street parade on the opening nignt bofore the contest com mences, Managor Jack is in dead earncst this timo sure, and means to give Omaha something extra fine in the athletic line. Can Corbett Wi The Now York Sun says editorially Can Corbott wi Tho question is not one of pugilism. It is purely medical, physiolo- gical. If Sullivan will come up at the ap- pointed time not onty smiling but well, the battle will bo over then. He will leave tho ring all belted as he came, leaving Corbett figuratively strotched behind him. Tho man botter than the real Sullivan has not como. His chances of showing up in first-rate order are probably less than whon ho prepared for Kilrain thréo years ago, bu¢ iv must bo re- memoered that upon that occasion, after the samo sorious doubts of his ability to train that are relied on against him now, ho began Mr. iurain’s whaling 1n a condition that developed its inherent sounduess the more conclusively ns the affair progressed. Be tween now and September there may ariso grounds to make the faculty aiter its opinion, but at present it can hardly be other than that the championship, will stay where it is now. There is a goneral feeling of vejoicing that the ball grounds will remain on this sido of the river, not so much on account of the fact that the old park has been rogained, but sim- ply the idoa provails that the club belongs to Omaha and should be Omaha's purely and completely, with 1o lien on thom by her sis- ter city, the Bluffs, Butas 1t is all thor- oughly settled now, thero Is littlo to be gained by a discussion of the matter. Man- ager IRowe has a big force at work repairing, improving and extending the grand stand and bleachers, anaafter the 1st of Avril vist- tors to the Omaha park will gazo uvon as pretty base ball grouads as there is in theen- tire Western league circuit. 1t Will Be Called Amateur Day. Amateur day originated in Chicago, yet novertheless is n good ides, and ouo that Omana will imitate this season. On the oc- cnsion of somo good gamo, thut is btween twvo teams that have shown themselves to be ovenly matched, which of course canuot now bofixed upon, Manager Rowe intends to throw open tho gatas of tho local park to all tho uniformed amatear clubs in_ this city, Provious to tho game tho two professional teams in uuiform, hoaded by band, and the amateurs following, will parads tho princi- pal thoroughfaros, Omaha 13 gettng o bo quite au amatour center, and the various clubs would mako a handsome show in a parado such as manager Rowe contemplates. The state C; ment, The state bicycle tournamert thi: will vo held at Hastings on July 4 and 5, and everything inaicates that the citizens down there intend to make it a wholloping success. The local club 1s already hustling to raise sufficient funds to assure this end. They will give aseries of select dances, and in foct the first one, which was a very succes: ful affair, came of Thursday evening, for this purpose. With proper management the tournament will undoubtedly by the largest and most profitable yet held, as already thero is much interest manifested in it anong the clists all over the state. Anot! King Kelley. In young Kelley Omaha has secured pos- sibly the most promising all-round young layer 1 the profession today. He is abso- utely up to the highest ,big league standard. ~-Boston Giobe. A Batch of In and Out Shoots. The srewers piay in Cincinnati one weok from nextv Tuesday. Manager Rowe says that no team needs more than two good catchers. Leech Maskrey has been anrolled as man- ager of the Atlantas in the Southern league. Kansas City team will stick to tbe familiar blue and white uniforms the coming season. Billy Hart made four hits in five times at bat off Al Lawson at Ocala in the firsu game Brooklyn played. Charlie Genins is down with pneumonia at bis Si Louis home and the chances are against his recovery. Short Stop Wiil White, with White Wing’s Denver crowd last vear, has signed with the Portiand, Ore,, club. Billy Hart is plaving in right field for Broeoklyn in some of the Florida games. He ieeps on plugging the ball, Jack Crooks is a great believer in outdoor exerciso and is always in shapo to play ball, that is wien he isn’t out of shape ““Tubby"” Welch and *“Tubby” Jack Bren- nun are in St. Louis aaxious to catch on to anything, even a herring sanawich. (George Tebeau, White Wings, is running a billiard room in Denver. Tebeau is too good a ball player to be shut up in a billiard room. Joe Strauss, who took naps and dozoed al- tornately in the field for Sioux City last sea- son, will play third out in Spokane this sum- mer, Pitcher Harry Staloy has been wintering at his home in Springfield, Ill. He is a little fut aud slow, but will get thero in time ull right. Tom Nagle, who, when he was with Oniaha, was considered the most promising young ¢atchor 1n the country, goos to Kan- sas City, Sunday games are scheduled for every olty in the Western leaguo except Indianapo- lis, and tho probabilities are that they will Ko there, Pittsburg, it 1s said, will give Jerry Denny the cold shoulder, and take Harry Raymond to ber bosom, and she will regret the day she does it. M. M. Shine, who 18 with Toledo, is well a!)almn of. He caught for the champion Portland team of the New England league last season, 01 Bobby Addy, who was with Cinciunati as far back '74, is running a hardware store and hunting elk and grizzlies out at Pocatello, 1dabo. By the persistent exerciso of his gall Billy Harrington has at last broken into the West- ern teaguo—he will manage Indianspolis, or at loast make a stagger at it. Baron Hatch and Sam Morton, the Minne- apolis base ball moguls have fallen on each othors necks and wept, and now Sam will manage the Baron's team this summor, Manager Selea does not feel that the Bos- ton team is as strong as it might be behind tho bat, aud would like to securs voung Hayes, allotted to Omaba, but he is t00 late. | Bobby Black, the well keown professional piayer, has leased tho Sioux City base ball grounds and will stav at bome this season and manage the exhibition gemes o be played on them. In the original drawing Omaba drew Carney, first baseman, O'Day second, and llc"mo er right. Kansas City drew Rowe and Toledo Mauning. Tho changes were made by trading. Wil Rankiu of the New York Clipper and James Gill of the Herald bave gone to Flor- ida for rest and recreation with the oall tossers until the regular season begins.— Now York Times. Tho cranks are all pleased to learn that Shelbock will play short for Omaha instead of the unknown Mr. Sullivan. The only wonder is that Sheibeck fuiled to secure a berth in the big loague. Pbil Knell is tryiog to blackmall Washing- ton out of & §,500 salary, but bhe wou't suc- ceed. It won't be very long before the pla; ers of the big league will have no moro to say about salaries than those of the Western, Happy day! Jack Crooks thinks that the Browns will win the league pennant or cowe iu not lower than second iu either of the ocontests noxt scason. o reuks she Cincinnatis as protty near tail enders. —St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Jack is only guying yoa. ry Jones, who has signed with the Western loague, is a pitcher who twirled the ball for the rio, Pa., club lasy season. The Eries won the pennant in the New York and Peonnslvania league last season, and Jones was one of her best pitchers. Although the Western association is full, now players are still being signod to make room for those who will soon be hit with an axe. Jonn T. Leiper, the piteher, and W. G. Bowman, the catcher, who looks a littie like “Aunse,"” are the latest to sign. “Tacks Curtis,” says Ren Mulford, "'was a quoer card, He came outof the \Vestern with a batting average just a fow points shy of a million, and he celebrated his debut hero by cracking out more hits in tho fivst game than he made in the next half dozen.” v manager of the Westorn associn- tion believes he got the best team 1in the di- vision, The distribution was therefore idenl. How will the season solve the vrob- lom?—Michael Augelo Lane. And Echo is on her tiptoos asking ‘‘How !"—Mulford. Tho Westera assooclation’s staff of umpires has been named and thero aro two old Cin- cmnati Reds on tho list, Charles H. Snyder and Billy Serad. Tho otter two are Jack McQuatde aod Dan Corcoran, a young man who did good work last sesson in the Two- ved league, Pleroe, Neb,, will be in the field this sea- son with u stroog team. An organization was effected several days since with the fol- lowing oficers: L. A, Pohlman, manage W. E. Hoag, secretary, and D. L Upton, treasurer. The boys aro all enthusiastic and are confident of having a winning vine. Red Bhaet is going to run in a mascot on Pittsburg in the shape of a two-months-old alligator he boughtof a cross-eyod coon down in Alavama. —Pittsburg Gazette. Red had better quit chasing alligators, snakes, cross- oved coons and the like and setile down to business. Thatis all the mascot he needs. % Dan Shannon was present at the Roches- ter meeting of the tern lengue and mndo a herculean effort to break in_with his b of New Huaven amateurs, Dick Mulcahy, however, formerly of Sioux City, happens to be at the head of the Rochester club, and he coppered every move made by Mr, Shan- non. He knew him, W. R. Harrington has beer engaged to manage the Hoosiers. Ho bas landed many a championship team in his day, but the lavish handling that ho indulged in bank- rupted the cities. Lima and Canton both had that sort of an experience. Harrington will have a chance to make a recora in Indianapolis, for with the prasent rule in force the limiv cannot be passod. in speakiag of the Wostern league plavers yosterday, L. C. Krauthoff of IK{ansas City remarked: ‘“Thore's Kelly of Boston, for instance. Ho is one of the coming ball play- ors of tho country in my opinion. There are others like him in_the leugue. The peoplo here don’t know thom at ull, but there are some rattling good men among theso new ones. Kelly goes to Omata.” It is not generally known that Captain Pat Tobenu allows no talking about the game just over among tho Cleveland piayers in the dressing room. It is an excellent plan, for two-thirds of tho bard feeling among plavers in the club is concelved while dressing after a gamo.—Clevelana Plain Dealor, My! What a great man Patsey Bolivar has gotten to be. No talking about the wame, und that jaw of his, think ot it! The new Western league laid a broad and doep foundation at its organization meeting in Chicago, and has ever since carried on its business resolutely, fairly, consistently and with marked good judgment, and its success scems assurcd. In fact, thera s little doubt that tho Wescern league, considering its foundation and the caliver of tho men who are conductine its affairs, will, as a base ball organization, rank next to the big leagua. Willlam Moran is practically a new man to St. Louis,but that he is a good one,is vouched for by the peoplo who have seen hit go in day ofter day and get away with the erratic wild-eyed, woolly pitching of & lot of speedy vut untrained pitchers who would break a bank door with their cannon ball deliveries. Star Saving: Yes, ana Willie's head is as thick as any bank door these same cannon vall pitchers could perforate, Ho will do well to hang on a full month. Thero aro but four of the old Kansas ity blues in the Western league. They are Swartzel, Manning, Pears and *Hick” Car- penter. The rest are scattered. Chicago has Dungan, Baltimore took Pickett and Gunson, Brooklyn gobbled Stein and the others wore not particularly wanted. Colo- nol Daniel Stearns, who has played first base for Kansas City from time immemorial, says he is not going to play bail at all this season He certanly won't unless he gets to cover soon, —Kansas City Times, Undor any cir- cumstances he never will be missed. Somo radical reforms in the management of Athletic park have been decided upon by the Milwaukee chifb. A plan is now under discussion to onlarge the seating capacity of the “bleachers” by 1,000. New dre: rooms for visiting players will be provided. Tho special police, ground krepers aod other employes will be dressod in @ natty uniform. With the absence of the peanut boy’s ery and the rule preventing riots on thoe field with the umpire as tho central flzure, together with other changes in view, the ball park will be almost unvecognizable next season. — Evening Wisconsin, Affalrs Among the Horsemen. R. ¥. Lanning, the owner of Scout, 1508, a son of the greatOnward, has located at Hastings. The Beatrice Driving ssociation met last Wodnesday and arrangea for offering $3,000 in purses for the Linden Tree park meetings of Augist 23, 24 and 25, and $3,000 for the meetings of Septemver 22, 23 and 20. President Garneau of the new ariving pari association, declares that Omaba will have ns good & track as there is in the west by another season, und that Omaha will yet a tain a deserved standard as a racing centel Winslow Wilkes will be out the coming season, but don't know to whose stable he will go. As ad-year-old in the hands of Scott McCoy he was a great colt, going tothe bost record of any 4-year-old of that year at tho paco. The fast racing stallion, Edwarda Rose- water, 2:161¢, owned by M olomon, died very suddenly last weok at the farin -8 few miles from town, Quite a loss to the owner, as he was just & matured horse, being ouly ¢ yoars oid, D. T. Hill, secretary of the Syracuse Trotting association, has returned from an extended trip through the eastern states in the interest of tho futurity race to be trottsd on the Svracuse review track. He roports great success and 1L is conceded that it wlil be one of the greatest races ever held in the west. Ed Bentan left for the east this morning. Heo goes as far as Ohio, where Hon, George W. i%. Dorsey purchused a fine lot of trotting horses somo time since. There will be a car Ioad of tho trotters and they come from some of the finest strains of trotters, o description of whioh will be given on their arrival here, when their pedigrees will accompany them. The Ponca Driving Park association will offer the following purses for their October meoting: oals of 1891, trotting, $1,000; foals of 1500, 3:20 and i classes; foals of 1880, six classes of all agos, each $1,500, and free-for-all, §2,000. In pacing there will Le four classes with a $1,500 purse in each, In addition to this there is a purse of §1,000 to go to the firsi horse that broaks any world's record. The dates are Octoder 4.7. I'ho classes iu the July races are now well filled and the indications are that the meeting will be a good one, Nat Brown wadoa couple of notable ac- quisitions to his well known stables during the past week, one of which was the pride of Kansas, the little brown rware Mary, who rd as a ranrflni at the Emporia :304. The other purchase is a full brother of Mary’'s. The two auunals reached Omaha Wednesday morning and are both in excellent condition, Mr. Brown ex- pects great things from Mary this spring, She is entered 1u some excellent races, among whicn is the §10,000 stake at Columbia, Tenn. Mr. Brown paid 82,000 for Mary. York county boasts of her full quoto of flue horses. The Times says: C.J. Nobes has about forty, and among them ave some of the best breed in the land. His latest 13 a colt by Labasco, who has a record of 2:16, aud for whom Mr. Ladd refused $35,000. This year Mr. Nobes is golug even further, and roposod to have tho best stock in toe land. Harvey Pickere: has sold a numbver of high- vriced horses and colts aud has {ull bought a 3-year-old filly that he says will be a prize E. W. Mosher yester- day sold & horse for $1,000, but that is no in- dication of the value of his fiue stock. 1t is beuer, bowever, than raising borses Lo sell for &0 or $100. The KKeystone farm, Iying just outside the eity, owned by W. A. Paxton, jr, is an io- stitution fast growing to perfeetion and pop- “lu-lu. 1t as over 500 wcres of landall down in the best of grasses and on it are the most modern_buildingsool all kinds, also a baif mile track. Mr. Pgxton being possessed of abundant means, HE) the farm stocked with & grandly bred 1ok-of maros. He has 1Wwo staliions, one Johgi™urner, by Director, dum by Mambrino Ptchen; the other by Nutwood 2:1814, 50 it can_bo readily seen if hoe don’t rafso high cliks “trotters thore must be negleot by some of his‘assistants, Tho statement that W' ‘tnateh vetween Nat Brown’s Ignis Fatuulf 'and J. G. Ladd's Lobasco, has elicited a atout denial from the latter gentieman, who stigmatizes the harm. less squib as an_attemilt, to advertise an in- forior auimal at the exponso of his famous stallion. Mr. Ladd is sggust a trifio previous. Ignis Fatuus has all “the advertisoment he wants, and the statemcAt was given for just what it was worth, Mr. Ladd said further, by tho way, and that was that he was will: ing to wager $1,000 that Labasco, barring ac- cidents, will not be two seconds behind the world's_stallion record at tho close of the approachiug season. Weil, all the bad luck Tue Bec wishes him is that ho gots the bet, und wins it, too, D. T. Mount, ex-president of tho Nebraska Stato Breoders’ association, has a number of siandard-bred animals that ho has been g ting tozethor, and {n respect to breeding and individual qualities they are good property. He has Wilkeros 17578, a brown colt fifteen hands high, foaled 189, by Anteros 6020, son Electioneer,dam Opal Wilkes,by Bartholo. Wilkes' 7054 Mw Mount bought ilkeros at the recent sales in Chicago. His breeding ought to suit the greatost students of the problem, as 1t is tho ultra_fashionable, As an individual tho colt will boear inspec- tion. Thore is a groat deal about him to admire aod commend. Harvoy Harold is a oar-old bay colt by Zulu, by Harold, dam tho Fock mare, by Sirius 8 by Bofiela 228, His sire, Zulu, was it in Kentucky and brought to' this by the Hon. A. J. Poppleton quite a number of years ago, and had he had the ad- ago of being my with the proper bred maros, no doubt m; peedy ones of his @t 1d bo today. Considering broeding, indi- ity, and presonco there is not moro noble stallion fu the wost. The time will come, but perhaps too lato, whon people will approciato the cndeavors of Mr. Poppleton in bringing so grand o borse to the state. Mr. Mouut has a number of mares and yonug thirgs too numerous te mention. Tit-Tattle of Ring, Now that Con Doyle has proved the victor in bis fight with Wvhe Evans, Dick Moore can firo off his challenge. Tommy Warren passod through Friday evoning enrouto for Frisco. Omaha Spder Woir is after Tommy White, whom he offers to fight for _any kind of a purse in or near Chicago, at South Omaha or any western city. The Chicaro pug, however, kuows when hois well off—and that is a good ways off from men of tho erratic Isaac's ealiber. The Magic City Athletic club of Omaha wants to maten Jack Wilkes agaiust Tommy Ryan to fight 10 o finish for o 81,200 pursi winnor to tako all, incltding gaie roceipts. St Louis Rzepublic. And the Magic City club will take itout iu wanting. Suct an offor was maae, aud while Wilkes is ready and anxious to accept, Ryan's backer has seen it o 1gnore the proposition entirely. Harry Gilmore, well kiown to tho local asily puugtied out by Jack Col- a'second timo up i Detroit a few evou- since. s s sojourniig in Sioux City, and from surface indications will have his bands full for the next fow woeks, Jack Keefe has posted 100 with the spuiting editor of the Journal for a bet that ths Omaha mun could not stop him in four rounds, as he is alloged to have stated he couldis 'ln speaking of the matter Keefe said: “L. am sure that Davis cannot finish me in ‘four rounds oreight either. In fact I don’t®think he can whip me 1. Lam wiling hashall male his en o or to stop me in four rounds u any cit® in the west, where he thinks he can get the best money. 1f he wili back his stutements he can como und ‘here aud put up his money. 1 don’t need Heh tratning to keep up four rounds in frond of him." On Tuesday another_ pug, calling himself Pat Shea, floated into the Corn: Palace burg, looking fora finish fight with Davis—that is, he said he was after Jack, yet failed to issuoe achalleuge ur even state what ho wanted to fight for, Danny Daly and Ted Gallagher are also in Stoux City, endeavoring to clinch a match for Danny with Billy O'Donnell. Daly wants to fight fov a purse and tho entire gate, and says ho thinks ho can whip O'Donnell, and to even up Billy says he thiuks he can do Daony, but ho don't.. Ho knows he isu't anywbere near Daly’s standard, and if they Aght it will evidently be for a spliv of tne gate. A couplo of well kiown local sporting men, however, offer to get a fight for Danny if possible. ‘Uheir proposition is to hang up apurse of $1,000 for him and Johnuy Van Heest to battle for, the mill 10 como off at South Omanu some time in April. Van Heest is in New Orleans, but has been written to, Daly 1s eager aud anxious for tho match, notwitastanding Vau Heest de- foated him a year ago. Yonng Dobbs didn’t cut much of a ficure 1n his fight with Jack O'Brien out in 'I'risco last Salurday night. He was knocked through the ropes and out before tho second round was balf over, It’s u long walk, but ho may now get hera in time 1o meet Shorroy about June 1. Jim Hall will face Reddy Gallagher in a ten-round mill at Danver, and unless the Austraian knocks out the Clevelana *Par- son”” Davies will forfuit $1,000. Danny Daly and Tea Gallaghor returned to who city Wedaosday. Daly has two matches on his hands, one with Billy O'Don- nell at Sioux City and another in California, The Niche has this to say of the recent fight before the 'Frisco Pastimo club be- wtwoen Bub Dobbs and Jack O'Briea: ‘When time was called O'Brien opeved up with a slap on the darkey's neck, and re- ceived ono in the short ribs in return, After some poor work and clinches the men began slugging each other heavily on the neck and head, without much attempt to avoid tho otner’'s blows. The negro finally sent O'Brien to the tloor with a right-hander on the side of the face. The Irishwun arose quickly and a fow exchanges passed before the round ended, the negro rushed O'Brien, while his seconds wero yelling at him to fight move cautiously, as they were aware of the danger of oue of ‘O'Brici’s heavy swing- ing blows, but the negra became too confl- dent over his sligut advaatage, and lost his head in the igea that Le could rush O'Brien and knock bim out. As the goag rang for the second round Dobos rushed to O'Brien’s coraer, but in a fow seconds ho lay dowa rlike a laimb, Only four blows were struck!> Dobbs landed on O'Brien and an exchaiige immediately fol- loweu which dazed Dolbsi for a moment, but in that woment O'Brien got in a lightning right-hander under Dobps’ left juw, and the negro tell full lengthion the floor. The knock-out was clean gpg complete. When ten seconas had elapwod Dobbs' seconds rushed to him and sponged his head, but oven then had to dyag bim to bis corner. The odds were 10 tos 4 in tavor of Dobbs, Tais was partiy brougliwabout by the state- ment, which was well ejgculated, thit he was @ botter man than thogBlack Pearl. Tho nogro did no better fighting than O'Brien during the first round, aud the contest in no way positvely showed. the true merits of the men. O'Brien showed”that he was a hara bitter, but he did uot impress the spectators as being any cleverer the negro. Echoes From thg State League, Castone wul ‘trobnhly sign with Lincoln, as Houseworth Is stuck on him. Buck Keith is lookiug for an engagement, but engagements are great sprintors. Jack Haskell is another good man who would fit in some state league team nicely. Beatrice hus tho penvant won, and yells, “AD, there! my size!" just like a foolish lit- tle boy in winté: catuhing flies. Beatrice bas sigoed Subterfuge Holmes (last yoar with Carroll), as catcher, und he says ho can make them “'all gul Bud Fowler, the ola Leadville, Colo., sec- ond baseman, will shake the barnaclos off bis frame around second base for Lancolu. When Managers Kourke and Baker got together they told some stories that made the younger members ut the league meeting shake their sides with laughter. The State league is already an assuved success. The various wanagers are all on the hustle and within ten days each will have his full complement of men. Hurloy will play left. fleld for Mauager Baker in Fremont this season, and with proper care and attention, will make hi- 8011 ono of the bost men in the league. Harry Stoney will also be in Fremont on second base,and if reports from Hot Springs, 8. D., where he played last season are true, be will keop them all on the run to beat him out. Fremont bas signod *‘Dick’ Puarcell, short atop of Inst senson’s Cranos, later of T.oad City, and thinks in bim they have secured tho bost man 1n that position in the state league. In caso J. L. Graver leaves Missouri Val- loy this season Manager Baker of Fromont holds his contract in his inside pocket and will secure as good a man behind the bat as there is in the league. Jack Hughes, who pitched for Grand Is- land last year, would like to get under cover with 0no of tho State leaguo clubs. He can be addrossed, John J. Hughos, 3351 Asbland avenue, Chicago, 11l Norman Baker, who takes the IK'remont management, recdived a flattoring offer from Jack Chapman, manager of the Loujsville National League club, but has coneluded te stick to the State league, Tho State leago clubs are rapidly filling up and by the 15th of Aprit will be able to com mence work, Erom present indications the organization will be very bealthy and robust, especiully in playine strength. In Horace Butler Fremont secures another flelder and hitter, und playing two such wen as Hurley and he sido by side, will give them a chance to gradually work their posi- tions into the best in the league. Fremont is looking for exhibitions be- tween the 15th of April aud the Ist of May. All strong drawing clubs are invited to cor- respond with Mr. N. L. Bakor, 1606 North Twenty-first str He has tho manage- ment. Buck Adams of Pluttsmouth, Beatrico and several thousand other small baso ball towns 1s in Omaha, Buck says there is a poreepti- ble “falling off"’ in.live stock all over the west; only found two chickens in thivty six hien roosts, Bowman is another man that will take his first oxperince as a regular man in the base ball profession, but Baker should get good work out of tim as ho is easy to handle, and theroforo will learn thé finer points of tho game more readily. Holmes and Thompson passed through Omaba euroute to Beatrico late ‘I'uesday night. Thoy roported the snow along the railroads as waist deep in some places and in others perfoctly void of it. Auv the latter places they built their camp fives. Spindles Ettinger has at iast decided to burden Beatrice with his presence this sum- mer, and 1n tho meantime he will endeavor to mako life a dreary wasto for tho stato leaguo sluggers, and gladden the heart of the uverage Beatrico base ball crank. But for tho aid of N. L., Baker at Lincoln, the state league schedulo seomed to be a hard and inextricable puzzle. With the aid of Mr. S. C. Coman, secretary of the lengue, Mr. Baker completed on Sunday, the 20th,n sehedule that is eminontly satisfactory to all. T. Patterson, manager of Plattsmouth, camo to Omaha last week and bought ono dozen No, 35 wood clamps. When asked the reason he stated that ail his players were so bow-legged that he would have to clamp their knees in to make themn run straight to March 25, [ —Special Telegram to —Our ‘delegates to tho meeting at Lincoln. Mr. S. C. Coman and N. L. Baker, roturned to Fremont on Sunday, and spoke in glowing terms of the prosvects for a suc- b spoke of his club's nding financ id Mr. Coman, and overyono were ropresented as being sound and firm finaucially, and anxious for the season to begin. Miscellanecous Local Sports. Tho Gate City Iishing club will pitch a permanent camp ouv on the Loup early in May. Leon Lozier is anxious to moet F'rank Gay hart, the Potersburg, Neb., sprinter, ia a 50 vard race for $100 a side, Moulton,the well known sprintine man- ager and tramer, has beon laid up seriousiy sick at the Casey for a weslk past. -Dan Whooler, jr., and Jobn Coliins spent a couple of days out at Patrick’s ranch last weolt, making a nica kill of redhend and blue- bills. The sporting editor1s in receipt of the Lon— don Shooting Times of Iebruary 27, from Miss Annie Oakley, the champion lad shot of the world. In a private exhibition at London receutly, Miss Oakley killed ten out of twelve livo birds, fifteen yarns rise, with a 32-bore pistol. ‘The sports ovor which the several Omaha athletic clubs claim jurisdiction are vasoe ball, billiards, bowling, boxiug, fencing, foot bal gymnastics, jumping, lawn tennis, pole lea ing, putting the shot, quoits,running, throw- ing tho bammer, tug-ol-war, pedestrianismn aad wrestling. The members of tho Orange Strect base bail team gave a banguet last evening at Heublein’s 1o honor of one of their number, Joseph . Winchell, who starts for Omaha, Neb., ou Tuesday to accevt an excellent po: tion in the otlice of the Union Pacific rail- road. Mr. Winchell graguated from Yale with the class of 00 and sinco that time he Dhas been engaged in mercantile pursuits in this city.—Now Haven Sunday Register, E. D. Fulford, who made sucha stirin shooting circles duriug the pastyear, and who recently surfered two defeats atthe hands of Charlie Budd in Chicago, has con- cluded to locats in the Windy City, and some time this summer, says Krank Cross, the sporting goods dealer, he will be here in Omaba with the balance of tho crack shots of the country, including Brewer, Heikes, Elliott, Wolsencroft, the Kleinmans and many others, Mr. Cross, with the assistauco of the Omaba Gun club, will endeavor to give the Gate City a big tournament some time during the coming autumn, Articles of agreoment were signed at the Police Gazette ofice last Monday for a wrostling mateh bstwoen P. J. Ring, cham- pion collar and elbow wrestler of America, and John Brady of Omaha, the champion of Nebraska, The agreement stipulates that tbe men shall wrestle collar and elbow,catch- ae-cateh-can and Grae:o-Roman style for 500 aside. The mateh is to tako pluce at Mount Vernon, N. Y., bstween March 20 and 26,— New York World. John Brady may be from Omaha ana the champion of Nebrasks, but nobody out here knows it, or him either, for that matter, Local gunners, who have so long used the incomparablo shell turned out by the Peters Cartridge company of Cinelnnati will be vleased to learn that the fawous case of Hisey vs Petors, which was a logal battle betweon the Standard Cartridge company of Chicago and the Peters Cartridge company of Cineinnati, for the ownership of an im- portaut pateut on the most improved form of cartridge loadiog machine, has just been de- cided in favor of the Poters Cartridge com- pauy by the commissioner of patents.” There had” been two prior decisions by other tri- bunals in favor of Peters, but the Standard mpavy bad appealed and this final decision has been made against them from which thore is no appeal under tho law. 1ob Patrick, who keeps posted on the affairs of the Inter-collegiate I'oot Bail asso- ciation, said last night that there will be uo Jmportant changes made in the rules this season. Oue playing rule, buwever, may be altered, The present rule says that the ball may be punted out ufter a touch-down from benind the opponent's goal, a player may fewut at catebing iv and veally punt it back toward the goal line, and it may be stopped by the opposing side so near to their line thatanotler touch-down is absolutely certain. 1f the op‘:nuem. puats from behind the line fair cateh can be made ana a goal dropped, 80 that the side making tho touch-down is almost cortain to scora again if this rule is taken advantage of by a feint catch. Yale coutd have played this tricik last fall, but it was seen that although allowed by the rules it was not in the best spirit of foot ball, James Collins, the Wisconsin sprinter, Is bome from Eogland, where he ran in several of the big bandicaps. He was dofeated 1n one by Tom Burrows, an KEnglisnman, and in speaking of that race, in a reoeut lotter to Leon Lozier, he says: “I gave Burrows a big start, and us he was running in good form 1 could not overtake him in tue final boat, I lost by only about eighteen inches. if [ could have beaten Burrows I would bave won about#30,000. As it was, I didu't lose anything, and my backers are out only a small amount. I knew Burrows was theunly wan to be foared, aud 1 induced my friends, o8 & sory of & hedgze, to place money on himat long odds. They did so, and in consequence, saved themselves from big losses o my de- feat. The Americans are running in good form in Euglaud now, ana the gamblers and bookmakers are incliued Lo show us a great deal of respect. This is probably due to the fact that our boys are improving rlfht along. aod carriod off & number of tirst prizes. The | victories of George Smith, Harry Johuson Steve Farrell, Dan Budd and myself are all frosh in their minds, and the handioappers takea deal of care in giving Amoricans marks nowalays. There was atime whon they couia give ns all the limit but things have changed. They putus on the scratoh now or very near the scrateh man.” Whisperings ot the Wheel, Logal American Wheelmen membership expire next month, Renew ! renew! This isa joke with a moral-the moral is hidden in the joko: seo!—‘“‘Care killed a t,”" but it gives long life to a bioyeio. Nebraska division of the League of Ameri- can wheelmen has a mombership of 230. A splendid record for one of the youngest divi- sions in the loaguo. An incigent on a club run—Scorcher— *“iive me three glasses of beer, two port wine, one soltzer, two brown sodas, two glasses of wator, and two lemonades.” Tho Young AMen's Christian Association cyclers reorganizod one evening last week for the season of 02, M. A. Grant was elected captain, The club is a road club only. Now is the season of the year when the oyclo manufacturer trios to make you be- lieve that he makes the oniy and best bicycle in the wide worid. All others are imita- tions, The Omaha Wheel club house is a ‘'go.” When completed it will have tho largest and best equipped “gym" and the finest bowling alleys in the state. So much for the wheel mon's progressivoness. immy,” America’s phenomenal racing man 18 cutting quite a swath in British eycling cirel Ho will return to his native hoath nvout harvest time with several of the “erack” Briton's scalps hanging from his beit. The season hes opsnod hore and the tour ists fived tho first gun by participating in a club run to Council Bluffs, Towa, on Sunday. Tle route 1s paved with cedar plock and t trip was onjoyed. Prospects for a good soa- son aro flattering. Bartender in a country crnss-roads inn— “Dore you was mine friont, but you should not trink all dot at vonce, alveatty! It vill Kill you!” (Just then the other eloven po spiving riders appoared, and the bartender neld his peace).—Bearings. Jack Princo has returned from the late big race at Now York. Ho tolls some wild, weird yarns about the viciseitudes of the management, and tho way the raco was chopped up by tho riders. I’rince says Ash- inger bought both the 'I'risco and Gotham race. Tho “‘belt for best provarication™ which has done duty for eleven long years at the Omaha Wheel club was handed to “Cyke" Lytle one morning of last week without any comments whatever. His “Blaic” story beat the record, and the ‘‘count” 1s in the last stages of despondency. Hastings has taken upon herself the duty of entertaining the hundred or so enthusiasti wheelmen who will attend the second aunual state meet July 4 and 5. Can she fulfill the promise! lceho unswers: “Well! I guoss yes!" Omaha will send down n more num- erous following, 'tis to be hoped. Nobraska roads, in thoir present scage aro ideal illustrations of anti-road improvement. Mr. Pouter (not of Texas), could tind plenty of material for his urticles on “Gospels of Good Roads,” wers ho to take a jaunt through tho state. But then our roads are not always so. Nebraska roads cannot be beaten—after August, The Tourists’ chirp is just as Joud as ever. T'ho newly elected ofiicers are looking after the club's intevests. Captain Potter is at work on his called run carc, the first of which will soon be out. ‘I'he club scorchers will beo held down this season, aud all the enjoyment 1o bo had, on good_sociable, old fashioned club runs will be tho aim of the road officers. The Omaha Wheel club will buila a club houso this yoar, without a doubt, tho plans have been accopted and o location decided opon. Theclub house when finished and completed will be one of the finest of its kind in the entire west. It will be elogantly fur- nishea throughout. The pians call for a sect of bowling alleys, n gvmnasium, billiard room, baths and @ library as special foawures, The house will be heated by steam and light- od by eloctricity. The local eycling world is about to under- £o an invasion of the pneumatic army—the advauco guard have already broken tho skirmish line, and are rapidly driving the solid tires to the brush-~the good old ordi- nary is movely a memory now and the vet- erans are fast becoming willing captives of the triumphant ‘‘balloons.” Cyclists are fast overcoming their antipathy toward tho pneumatic tyred machines and 'tis only a question of a short time before tho solid tyred safety will bo as much of a rarity as the orainary is now. Cycling among tho fair sex is no longer a fad—the dear girls bave found out that the exerciso brightens their eyos, builds up their fizures and is much better for cultivating the rosos in their cheelss than anything the drug- gist can sell them, und now that the pross, tho clergy and tho modes suy that there is nothing immodest about the cycling girl,they have seized the opportunity to embrace rood health, and tho fad has bacome a practice, The average girl is really much more capti vatingseated an a cyelo saddlo and skimming along, so gracefuily, than switching along the dusty pavement. The formation of ludies’ cycling clubs throughout the offete east is of overyday occurrence. Tho clubs are not only formed, but the same clubs are beginning to build, not castles in the air, but beautiful lit- tla club bouses, furnished with the most ex- quisite tasto, and only as a woman's fancy can. Omaha has o dozen lady cychists, many of whom are quite expert in the munagement of the wheel, @ As the season advances the nuinber will rapidly incroase. ‘Wendesday evening has been selected as regular club night over at the Omaha Wheel club house and each week when this evening arrives the members and their gentlomon frienas bic themselves to the club house to pass the eveniug in social intercourse and enjoyment. Several pleasant entortainments have thus been added to the long string of happy occasions which this popular organiza- tion has enjoyed in tho years of its existence, Last Wednesday evening capped tho climax, as 1t were, and at an early hour the olegantiy furnished club Lousc was thrown open to tho sixty or seventy wheelmen and their invited guests, Tho occasion was & *Boston bau- quet,” an entertainmert so popular in the east. The committee had labored like heroes to mako the social a success, and well were tbeir efforts rewarded, Several long tables with snow white cloths and embellished with glittering silver and dazzling china, fragrant flowers and smoking viands wers arranged in the parlors, the mellow light from dozens of bright globes shedding a brillluncy over the whole. The clubmen, in their best bib and tucker, occupied the seats around the board, whild the gucsts were given the posts of honor. Chief Consul Perrigo occupied the seat at the head of tho banquet table and with dignity and good humor tilled the ardu- ous position of toastmaster. An impromptu program of musical and other pleasing and entertainine events had been arranged, each number and performer carrying off @ huge share of applause. ~Speochoes Ly Messrs. Scannell, Badolet and Perrigo were listenea to with rapt atteutiop. Spocial mention should be made of the efforts of Arthur Koeu and Prof, Roe, two very talented gentlemen who 50 generously contributed their services, the former in sketches and impersonstions of some of the American and kEnglish leading actors and actresses, His cowical tuke off of @ lady vocalist av the ages of 16 and 60 was very clever and unrth provoking, a turn whicn if done bofore tho footliglts woula wake the hit of the young gentleman’s life, Prol, 1toe, who is a gitted and studied musi- cian, received encore after encore at the piano, his exceedingly clever impersonation of the young lady planiste at tho seminary was excellent. ‘I'ho “half hour practice,” as he tesms the little conceit, is true to life aud brought tears aud side aches Lo many of his audience, immediately suceecding the musi- cal aod liwerary feast, baked beans, brown breal, coffee, ete., were served at the tablo, Evory one of the baugueters folt himself amply ropaid for the hours spent within the hospital walis of tho club house when the clock anuouncad the end of tho day by tolling the hour of 12. Iho “'Boston banguel’’ was a grand success. ‘Ihe young inen who com- pusea the committoe-~Messrs. Kbarsole, Por- terfield and Daxson—deserves tons of credit. Ooe of the most conspicuous featuves of the eatertainment was & baudsome pneu- matio tired safely bioyele which stood in a coruer of oue of Lhe parlors; the wheel was douated o the eclub by A, H. Perrigo, the enterprising and popular Dodge street bicy- cle aealer; the wheel is to ve rafiied off on the eveuning of the Otnh of April, alter all chances have boen disposed off; the chances sell ut §1 each; elghty-fivo bave veen disposed of and tho proceeds will be turned luto the club treasury. This s & geacrous wove on the part of Mr. Perrigo, and bis gift will be highly appreciated by every member of Lhe club, 'The whool is striolly high grad was taken out of the stock of A, H, & Co. and sells for #1835, Movements ot the Sportsmen, Judge Ives, George Patterson and R. B Gaylord of this city, and Mr. Tunmerman of Grinnell, In,, are entertaining tho ducks st Tekamah. Harry McCormick, Chbat Rodick and G. W, ‘Ames wore at Clarks a couplo of days, but the birds flew high and they didn'y got a feather. J. H. McDougall and Stooky Hoth wera among tho disappointed who dropped dowa at Clarks a fow days ago. They also got what the boy shot. Dr. Gaibraith, Henry Homan and Robort Wells are at Clarks in_camp east of town. Thoy bavo & auinber of skilled goose shots with thetn and will make a bag. C. A. Clafiin, M. C. Potors, J. H. Dumont, Frank Cross and H. E. Chubbeck of this ity with a party of eastern gentiomen are eu: campod at Dowey's lake, Cherry county, “Skip” Dundy has pitchod his tents at Chapmun, on the Platte. In his party are, I, A. Reinhart, W. T. Hawks,Jamos Brown, Iuiley, M. C. Nichols ana Charlio Bar< Goorge A. Hoagland and his son Will, have been at Gothenburg, On Friday last’ thoy shipped into Omaha something over one hundred geeso, forty-throe of which were Killed in & single morning's shoot. Jack Morrison, Blanon Konnedy, Dickens of the Atctison, Topeka & S railroad and tho writor put in two day kooping warm at Brady Island, Tha gecse wers there, but wouldn't como in tho tout. Harry Melroso spent a_counlo of days nt Silvor Crook rocontly bringing (n sixtoon mallards, one canvasback and six ceese, five Hutchins and ono Canada. Harry says ho can drop nine out of ten with his new’ hum- meorless Lofovor, Mojr nta K Quostl, DENEAp, I, Marel ftor of Trrk Bee: 1 following question 0 tho Sportine e ish you would answe nd obligo, Wi tdown by any poll during his past pugl an whon ho fought under rul Ans, —N COUNCIL, BLUF A, Mareh 24.--To tho Sporting Editor of Tuk BEE: In progeessi v double higl five dooes the bidder huve to lead trumpsi--Mrs. L M. Ans.—No. To tho Sportiug Editorof Tie Bre: To do- clde a bet will vou please inform me whot Dave Rowe ever playod with or manag Lincoln, Nob., haso U] team pravious 1o 150" and if so. what year? Was Dave Rowo one of tho hig four of Dotroft's team the year Netro't won the fhag In the National léaguer—b, B Cranlk. Ans.—In 1857, No, but ack was, MACEDO a. h 21— T the Sporting Editor of Pleaso tell mo through the correspondence of Tk BEE what Dioyeie waus usod in making the last long distance rocord of the worid7-—-W. 4. B. Youk, March 22,—To tho Sporting Editor of Tir: B The following aadition: al particulars concerning the contest between Tom Allen andJom Macs 1n 1570 from tho New York Herald’s sporting editor, might be of interest to_your correspondent D). H, D.” who hud the following question in last Sunday’s Bes, 1also apoend your auswer which was eminently correct. §r. Louis, Mo, March 10.—To the Sporting itor of ik BEE: Old Tom Allen of thit ity oluims 1o have boon stood off fn his fizht with Jom Mace in 1570, Didhe fight Mace in that year. if o What was the resultz—D, 1, 1), Ans.—He fought Maco at Kenuerville,near New Orloans, La., May 10, 1850, for £,000 a side and the championship ana was thorough- 1y whipped in ten rounds, lasting forty-four minutes, Thore was no question as to the fuirness of his dofeat, in fact, in the tersa parlance of the day, he wasn’t in it. In reference to this affair the Herald said “'[n this the fight 18 less a contest of po or and enduranco thon of true boxing sci. onco. The combat turns on such noints as quicknoss of eye and tho lightning-liko' rap- idity of delivery and dofenso—taras, indeed, on pornts thut so clearly involve intellectual operations as to raise the comb:t from its brutal character. The fight botween Mace and Allon was of this sori, and tho superior- ity of Maco was so groat and so positive that Allen was of no account asan sulagonist, Although weight und uge (nine years) wers nst Maco, vet he won with the ut- most ease and with everything tospare. His easy victory will perhaps open tho cyes of our domestic prizo fighters -to ths humiliat- ing fact that they are mere brutal blunderers and botches, for previous to this fight Allen was looked 'upon by thom as a ster of the first magnitudo, yet seo how easily this star is pushed from its place. The different re. porters of the “mill” all agreed that Mace's superiority in sclence was evident from tho first round, yet it has been fre- quently stated that it was a sold fight. Even the New York Clipper aftorwaras stated in its columns that tho eaitor believed the contest was a money making specuiation and that Allen could have come again, Tha cditor of the Chipper aiso stated that ho bad veceived a letter from Mace, for which ho hadn't space, stating that it was a squars fight and was fairly won by him. The ed- itors assertion that ho hadn’t space for Mace's lottor was ridicuious. He used to do- vote pages of space to novicss that would huve bzen mere chopping blocks to Maco. Allen was very sweot upon himself beforo ho tackled Muce, snd swted in o letter to u friend, which was published, “that he be- tieved he would win; ho said ho was a stono neavier than Mace and wus wmany years voungor, and that Jom did not know any more than he dida!" (!). Mace was then in the fortioth year of his age, an old man in the ring, yot Tom quickly found out that he had a very differont man in front of him than the riaiits Iles, Gallagor and McCoole. If Allen sold that fight it would not be to his interest to publicly ac- knowledge 1t. T, C.-K. BrATR .—To the Sporting sditor o < BER: A bots I3 that Maud S, was onco sold for less than #)%, and thit A tell's original fizures woro vory iow. Plonse unswer In Sunduy's BEk und settlo the sume. ~Iorace Ans.—(1) As to Maud S., she was pred at A. J. Alexander's Woodburn farm, Spring Station, Ky., foaled March 28, 1574, 'and was sold at public sale Juno 23, 1875, to James Bagher, Cincinuati, for #50. () Williams paid 875 for the dam of Axtell, 2:12, and sold he colt s & 3-vear-old for §105,000. Miud ., 2:08%{, was sold from the Woodburn farm ob., March 2 March 22.--To the Sporting Editor of T' k1 .ease inform me In San day's Bee, what is considered the SLest fiying duck, how fastdo they ily und how iong cian they remain on the “wingt--George Carson. Ane.—(1) Tho canvasback, (2) Ono hun- dred and twenty miles an bour. 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