Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 17, 1893, Page 11

FRON SAILOR T0 SENATOR The Wonderful Jaw Oaroer of it Benator, Oalifornin’s | DVENTURES BEFORE HIS THE MAST Ran Awny to Sea at Twelve, a Miner at Boveutcen, & Storekeeper at Twenty, a Bhipowner at Thirty and a Senator and Milltonaire at Forty.Fonr. Wasnisaron, Sept eof Tue B ting characters of the new senate are the members from California. Senator White of [.os Angeles is a big, broad gauge lawyer and Senator Porkins of Oakland proved himself to be of the best busi- ness men of the United States. White was born in San Francisco and his life has been snont in Caitfornia. Perking was born in Maine aud lie has peppered the globe with his footsteps. He bewan his travels at 12, when he ran away to sea, and he told me last night that his adventures asa sailor boy have been more thrilling than anything youcan finl In the novols of Cooner or Maryatt, or in the sea stories of Clark Russell. The senator is very molest in talking about himself and the conversation ch T had with him was made up of many questions and short answers. He isa man of much porsonal magnotism. His voice is 80ft and his manner is pleasant. Mo gives you an impression of sincorety all his actions, and he is a man of culture and tiste. He stands about 5 feet 8 in his stockings and weighs, 1 judze, abjut 150 pounds. He is broad-shouldered and well built, and he has a long head well thatched with black ha Ho wears a full beard of curly black whislkers ana he does not look to b older than his age, which is about44. He hasa good face. The fore- head is square and full, the nose straight and the mouth strong and pleisant. He talks easily and well, and, though he is one of the richest men of the Pacitic slope, he puts on no ai While talking to him about Alaska a young man sitting in the offics of the hotel broke into the conversa- tion and introduced bimself as the carriage clerk of the establishment. He thereupon gave his views of shipping and the north- west. Tho senator listened to him kindly and chatted with nim as freely as though he were ono of his fellow members of the millionaires’ club, Special Among the Corre most one From Sallor to Senator. In response to my many questions Senator Perkins gave me the following about his careor. I will put it as nearly as possible in his own words. Said he: 0"Yes, I ran away from home to go to sea. 1 lived at Kennebunkport in Maine ana I think 1 inherited a love for the sea. I was only 12 years old when I left home and I went against the will of my parents. 1 shipped boforo the mast to New Orleans and 1 crossed the Atlantic half a dozen times be- fore T came to California. I was tercibly sick during my first voyaze at sea and I havo had & numbor of strange experiences. In carrying a cargo of cotton to Havre our ship sprang a leak and we had an awful time in getting into port. I can't tell you my ex- perienzes, but they were of ull kinds and some of them very exciting ones.” “How did you happen to go to California, senator?” “I hardly know.” replied Scnator Per- kins, “why I decided togo. 1 shippea at New Orleans and went uround the cape, working as a sailor before the mast, I was Just 16 years old when I landed in San Fran- cisco. The gold fever was rampantand I caught it. T decideil to loave sailing and go into mining, and I Hrst tried my fortune at Oroville,” “Had you any money at this time?” I asked. “Not much,” was the roply. “When I landed at San Francisco I just had $13 in my pocket. 1 spent $10 of these for a shotgun and a pepper canister of powder, and with € left started out for the mines. I worked my way to Sacramento and thence walked 175 miles to Orovilie. It took me nearly a week and I rather cnjoyed the journey. I spent several years in mining and varled the washing of gold with the driving of mules.” G “'Did you make auything in mining?" “Not much, but I did other things which brought me in somethivg. 1 was ready for unything and everything. One day I hap- pened to be in a store in Oroville when the porter came in drunk, and the merchant asked me if 1 did not want to take his place, It was oue of the best stores in the town. 1 took it and 1 staia there fifteen years. I soon owned the store, and upon it a foundation built up a large merchandizing bustness. 1 built flour mils and also en- gaged in outside cnterprises. No, I can't suy that we ever sold flour nt #1 a pound, but I did import some from Chili in order to have it to sell to the mineys.” Milliopnir Senator Perkins is one of the richest ship owners in the United cs. The firm of Goodall, Perkins & Co., with which he is counceted, has for twenty years controlled the coasting trade of the Pucific, and it is his company thatowns the great ships which 0 to Alaska. During my conversation with hun 1 asked him something about his ship- piug interest and how he happened to go into the business. He went over to the rack of railroud pamphlets and picked out one de- voted to his steamship company, and showed ma the route. It has lines running all along the Pacific coast down to Mexico, Its ships &0 into all parts of southern Alaska, and its capital, Lam told, amounts to millioss, As 1looked at the folder Senator Perkins told me how he happened to go into ship- ping. Said he: *Ibave been interested in shipping all my life, having becn a sailor when a boy. I was elected to the legislature from Oroville, and while there I follin with Mr. Goodall, who was engaged in _the ship- ping business in San Francisco. We got to talking about shippiug, and the result was our establishment.” Do you think our American s growing?” *¥es, it is,” was the reply. “We havo a great coasting trade and the shipping of our vivers and lakos is very vast. 1 beliove it will continue to grow and that the Nicara. gua canal will make us a great shipping na- tion. *Do you think tha this canal will be com- pleted " T asked. “Ihave no doubt of it," replied Senator Porkins. “It is feasible and practicable, and T hope the government will be its builder. It can hardly engage in 1t in the Jroseat. condition of the country, but I be ieve that the time will come when 1t will undertake it. **You will probably d>vote a large part of your time here in pushiag such matters, will you nott" [asked 1 don't like to say what I will do or will not do. 1 am, you know, & new wan here, und you remember what the bible advises, that man should not boast when putting on the harness, but that he should rather wait until he has taken it off. I am anxious to do what 1 can, and especiaily all I can for my state. Tam u business manand not a states- wan, and this life is entirely now to me.” How Senator Perking Works, “How do you like the outlook for work herer” 5 “Lean hardly say, replied Senator Per- kius. “Mylife has' been much varied in the pust and iu looking back over it I have noth- ng to reproach myself for. [ always do the best that I van, accordiug o the light that | have. Isometimes wake mistakes, but after T have done what 1 could, I can look back over them without regret. ' My rule in life is 1o do the duty that lies nearcst me. Before 1 cawme here I stood oue day with my wife'on the front porch of our house at Oakland, and as wo looked together out upon a large meadow where the harvesters were cutting and baling hay she said, speakling of my term in Lthe senate: ing is your | reaping and baling ** ‘George, you are going to Washington to atke your place amoug the groatest states- THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE men of the land The work will be new to you, and how do you think you will get along in such a bight placer “T'looked out over the hay Meld ana answered: ‘My dear, you sce tnatgreat aren of hay standing out there on the meadow, It comprises many tons and the of it seems to be an ini- Two weeks from now it will be all gone, Tt will be cut whisn by whisp, and straw by straw. 1t will be put into wagons, pressed into bales, and little by littlo the impossible will be accomplished That's the way I expect to do at Washing- ton, 1will do'just what I can do from day to day. always doing the best [ can, and whether I succeed or_not, I will have the satisfaction of having done the best [ could. Tam, however, only & business man, and | want to say here that my colleague Sena tor White is ssan of the delegation He is a big, broad guage, bramny man. He is 4 man of ideas, and 1 predict that he will make a reputation for himself in the senate. T'am a republican and he is a democrat, but L want to say this of him.” Californin Finunces, 1 hiero asked as to hard times in Califor nin. Senator Porkins replied “Califoruia is in a much_better condition than any other state. We have no such troubles there as you have here in the east. There is some depression, but not o great deal. We aro a rich_state, and a won fully progperous one. We are the great st frult and grain raising state n the union, and the metal of our agricultural pos- sibilities has not ye been yed. We only have about 1,200,000 people, Our terri- tory would support an empire, and we have valleys, one of which could feed our popu- lation.” ““How about your silver mines " ‘We have more gold than silver,” replied Senator Perkins. The prosent crisis will not ruin us nor overload us with idle miners, They may close some of our silver mines, but [ look for no great distress. ““How about the timest" “I think the present hard times will soon pass away,” was the reply. “By January next the country will b on the up grade. These periods of hard times come every now and then, Tho causes are the uncertainty as regurds to the tariff, our lack of currenc and last and least vhe silver question.’ Californin's BIg Farms, **How about the big farms of Calitornia? Do they not hinder the growth of the state and will they ever pass away!" ““Yes, theyare being gradually divided, and they will eventually go into small hold- ings. Wo have aow a number of tracks of 50,000 acres and upwards. 1 know one man who has 800,000 acres and who farmed 60,000 of theso last year. Stanford’s Vina ranch contains over’ 50,000, and itcan be easily farmed. Hagen aud Tecis are dividing up their lands into small holdings. Miller and Lux, the rich cattle men, are selling off their lands, and Lucky Baldwin is solling his. Sules are going on all over the state, and the near future California may be cut up as I'rance 1s today.” By the way, Senator, you are engaged in the whaling business, and you are, I believe, the first man who ever buiit a steam whale- ship. How about the whaling industry, is it not dying out?” Senator Perkins replied: “No, the whaling trade on the Pavific coast is very good. Wo have now seven steamships engaced 1n 1, and our capital is about $1.200.000. We vatch many of our whalesin the extreme north, ana these ships winter at the McKen- zie river in order to bo there when the whal come up in the spring. The whales push their way through the broken ico to this point to feed on the animalculw, and they are caught either with harpoons or are shot with bombs, The harpoons are better, ns the bombs sometimes shatter the whale so that it sinks and is lost. It may surprise you to know that whalers come from Bed- ford to San Francisco and fit out there to go into the whaling business.” RANK G. CARD) possible job, PRATTLE OF TuE YOUNGSTER>, An Omaha Miss of 6 years jumped 1nto the famil; circle with iaterrogation points in her eyes: “Papa,” she exclaimed, “do you know how to tell the difference betwoen boys and girlst” “Tho parents were stunned. Papa looked at mamma and mammu was conveniently absorbed in a newspaper. Papa took time to frame an answer, T mean small boys and girls,” ‘explained the young miss, by way of encouragement. Pipa determined to have it out, - “Why, how do you tell? he asked. By their names.” . Not long ago an acCident happened to lit- tle Barbura’s doll Gladys, which was ther upon sent to & store where surgical attention is given to wounded dolis. When the day came for it to be discharged, cured, Barbara obtained permission to go and get it. Bar- bara 5t00d on tiptoe bofore the counter ut the store and asked if nor doll was mended. *1 guess 50, said the young woman be- hind the counter, fumbling over n pile of dolls on a shelf. “But I'm afraid I can't teil which one it is in all this lot. *Oh, you can find her easily enough.” suid Barbara confidently, *‘Her name's Gladys," P “Boys," said the kind hearted young lady to some turbulent youngstors, “aren’t you ashamed to beat that poor little fellpw 'so; especially when he was onty a peacemaker?" One of the disputants grabbed the victun by the hair and turned around long enough 10 say: “He pire.” ain't no peacemak He's de um- A father, feaving ah carthquake in the re- gion of his home, sent his two boys to distant friends until the peril should be over. A few cks after the father ived the follow- ing brief note from his friend : “Dear Jack—Please take your boys home and send me the earthquake,” Visitor—Waell, Stelfa) have little baby brother » name ye Little Stella—No, Visitor—Well. why don't you? Little Stella—Oh, I guess 'cause times 1s s0 aw/ul hara we can’t afford 0. You given the [ e Harry was 1n the baby class at school, and when it came his turn to tell a story about the problem seven less six,” this 1s whiat he told: My dog was sick and I had seven doctors. Aftera while Lsent away six aud then the dog got well,” - IMFLELLES, Detroit Free Press: The Baptist brothor was passing along by the Methodist brother's housp 10 the country town aud the Motiio: dist brother was sprinkling with the hose good sized shade trea which was badly with- ered. “\What are you tist brothe borlike. “Idon't want to lose my tree.” The Buptist brother looked at the tree a minute and at the hose. “That won't save it,” he said, with the air of a tree doctor. “Why won't it “You've got todo something more than that,” “Thunder!” exclaimed the Methodist brother, still sprinkling away; “you dou’t expect me to immerse it, do youp ing " inquired the Bap- Danging over the fence, neigh- Indianuvolis Jouingl Deacon Podberry's the other night about 10 o'clock, and was surprisod to find that good wan carefully examining his woodpile “What ure you looking for?” asked the passer-by. *Just examining this load of wood to see if it was all right,” answered the good man. “I bought it from Brother Brown yesterday. and tonight in praver meeting he called him. self 80 muny kinds of & miserable sinner that I thought maybe it was the quality of this luuudul wood which was weighing on his wind,” Some one came past - 'he Turks,” said” the returned mission- ary, “'shave their heads with the exception of & spot on top, where a lock is left that the angel of the resurrection may lift them out on the day ul“ludumenl." “H'm," sald Deacon Podberry, “I guess there are a lot of fellows 1n this country who have no use forsuch an arrangement. 'l‘yho.)"d rather be overlooked.” o “We have decided unaniwously, Rrother Shuuk,” said one of the church trustees, “to glve you u sonation party uext Tuesday ovening at the parsonage.” “Then I suppose there is no help fox it," sighed the pastor. *I bave no gun.” e — Before breakfast Bromo-Seltzer Acts us & bracer—Lirial bottle 10 cus, CHAT OF 1THE BOXERS| A Soreed on the Ooming Fight Between George Dixon and Solly Smith. A SHOT AT THE SO-CALLED AMATEURS Larry Twitchell the Ring of Batters—Shoots Ing and Fishing-The Song of the Wheel ~With Whip and Spur—Questions Answered and the Usuat Sports. A prominent officiul of the Coney Island club sends me the following: “What proniises to be the grandest fistic struggle which has ever occurred in this country between midget monarchs of the ring will be the meeting of George Dixon and Solly Smith, which will take place at the Coney Island Athletic club on the night of Monday, September 25, The battle will be for a purse of £10.000 and the featherweight championship of the world, “Who will win? That s a question which is puzling the wisest minds, The best Judges of pugilistic skill are utterly at sea, and frankly confess that 1t is beyond their ken to pick the victor. Sokeen an expert as Al Smith says that it 1s like betting on colors at roulette—black or red—to guess the win- ner, save in this instance the bettor will have black and white to select, from. Intil the tew:porary reverse Dixon suf fered, when tie met bold Billy Plimmer of England, the chocolate-colored lad was an overwhelming favorite in the cast. Since that time the Calitornia boy has had an even callin the betting with Tom O'Rourke’s prodiey among sportsmen, who are prover- bially as fickle as the wind in their prefer- ences, “Those who are best informed in these matters, lowever. suy that Dixon's satback with Plimmer should be nomeasure of his fistic skill or any criterion’ to go by in his approaching contest with Smith. Dixon, simply suffering with an biz head.’ He held Plimmer too cheaply and made no prepara- tion for the fray. The Briton, on the other hand, was trained to the hour. The natural outcome of such a meeting between twolads. equally clever, under normal conditions, was obvious. When Dixon goes up against Smith he will be the physical perfection of trained aghlete,and ean be dopended upon to render a much better account of himself. “Solly Smith, the ‘prife of the west.’ hus always entortained an impression that ne could defeat Dixon. Since the latter's bout with Plimmer. of which he was an inter- ested observer, that impression has become a decp-rooted conviction, He will enter the | ring with every confidence of ultimate v tory, and will never yield while naturc's ren n. He is strong, resolute, eu- during, and nothing shortof the wuctionecr will compel him to quit. He has fought thirteen hard battles, defeating, nmong others. such wondcrful' fighters a3 Johnny Van Heest and Johuny Griftin, whom many sportsmen thought Dixon was afraid tomeet While not quite as clever a ne is really as quick on his feet, ¢ far o harder hitter. Indeed. ho caun strike a blow vith all the power of ‘a unddieweight. and | accounted the scrongest iad of his weight and inches that ever stepped over i rc He is not ziven to boasting, but to his im diute friends he scatentiously of | ‘Cream (meaning Dixcn) may be us ciever and shifty as he pleases. but I will cateh him some time, as I did the two Johnnics (Van Heest and Grifin), and then it will bo all day with him. A for his hitting, hoe could not put me out with a club, “Little Dixon swiles at this outburst of laconic eloquence and confidence, and replics just as pithily. Idon'tcare if Solly is us strang as Sandow,) he remarks with that “cold, sneerivg smile which has terrified ‘many an adversary in the ring; but I will punch him out before he least expects it [ won't bo caught as T was with Plimmer; neither will Ibesucha fool us to run up wrainst that “bad rizht” of his. People suy thit I have some generalship, and I will try to show it the night Smith and I meet.’ ““Additional interest is manifested by the vublic at lavge in the contest frow the. fact that the winner will undountedly be pitted | against Billy Plimmer of England, the champion bantam of the world, who can no longer find any fizhter of his own class to meet. Then it will be determined whether the world’s featherweight championship will abide in America or 2o over w kngland, Lhe nurse of fistic heroe X Large delevations willcome from the east the fur west to seo cither Smith con- quer Dixon or Dixon annibilate Smith, With two such fierce, resolute littlo gamecoclks there cun be no divided triumph. Neith wants a draw.. Either the sun of A willshine for one or the otheror the s:or cloud of Waterioo overtake him “irom fardistant California will come such famous sporismen as voung Claus | Spreckles. Mose Guast, Ateck Joraan, Cha ley Dexter ana Harry Corbott, They back Smith toa man. The Boston deleg: tion will do the same with Dixon.” The meeting between Jack Mickey, T land’s so-called champion at midale weighs, and the champion of the would at this stin ard, Bob Fitzsimmons, wus a disappointment to & gool many people who were cock sure that the Hibernian would muke a good shoy. ing. But he did nothing of the sort, th lanky kangaroo making a connecting link out of him. Hickey came here heraliod as paid-up entey m the phenomenal cluss, o had whaled “big Peter Maher in-two rounds, which was- certainly sufticient to croate o good deal of faith in his capabilitics as clever fighter and stiff puncher. Thut th was little ground for this fuith after wll Fitz demonstrated in four rounds with big gloves, und_he also demonstrated that he i even u betterman than his most ardent s had rated him, 16 will be o pr sumptuous 158-pounder, indeed, who in 1 future agrees to meet Robert, and his only chance for anvthing like a biz purse he after will be his willingness to take on i heavyweight topnotchers, Johnuy Grifiin has refrained from going on record as a tout in the coming fight betweon Solly Smith and George Dixon, but he did say toa little knot of sporting men in New York the other evening that, while not oonstiug about bis ability as n pugilist, he was willing to make his belief that he'cun beat Solly and Georgie in the same ring, on the same night, good, by a trial at any time the two men might consent to such an ar- rangement. This all sounds very Frankie McHugh in the face of the fact that Solly knocked Johnny as dead as the proverbial door nail i four rounds at Roby a couple of months ago. Still Imust acknowledge thav 1 firmly believe that the Braintree boy could come prety nearly doing just what he says he can, As [ have time and time asserted, 1 take o stock in chauce blows ina prize fight, and Ido not think that iv was one of thes® vegetables that sent flin iato the land of Nod on the night above referred t 1do believe, however, that the trick w. turned by reuson of a lack of attention to his knitting on Johnny’s part at s critical stage in the battle. That he had the Californian woing almost from the sound of the big bell, no one who saw the fight will honestly deny and that the story circulated about Smith’, feigning grogginess is about as tenable a; Corbett's claim that he is a gentleman. Griftin kept handing them in so fast, voth right and left, that about two-thirds of the dme Solly’s cerebellum was in juxtaposition with his shoulder blades. Another half round would have had him hugging the floor like a long lost brother. And in the mean- time, recollect, Grifia .was as good s ur. touched. But what does all this siguity? Nothing, Solly was fighting like 8 drunken sailor an d in his wild fusilade of swings one of them tauded on Johnuy's neck—an over-vulnerable Lx;lnl in Griftin—and he went out a la Hall. 30 Solly won. That is what he was there for, whether after a long aud scientific fight or & siugle punch, it mattered not, just 80 he got there. There was no chauce about it. That is the very blow he was in the ring o deliver and that he was success. ful by reason of & bit of neglect on Griffia's | Join the professioual SUNDAY, part, did not detract a 'keintilla from the saccharine quality of his victory, or cut down the purse & nickel. ,+8ut can ho do it sgain? Idon't think yem, J & century, As [ have intimated fequently in these columns, if_the MitchefliCorbett fight ever comes off, which grows 1esw likely with each recurring twenty-four hours, New Orleans will_certrinly gobble the,-plim. That is if the southerners want it and | guess they do, as late advices have it that the old Olympic club intends to make gvertures to Charlie on his arrival. Mitcholt will certainly never consent to meet Corbétt ‘at Coney Island after the treatment he teceived at the hands of the New Ydifk police last spring. That he likes New Orleans I know, and it he really means business that is where it will bo iransacted, a8 the Columbian club is about as good as busted. For one Tshould think Corbett would vrofer Now Orleans 10 any oche: spot on carth. He has always been treated like a prince down there and it was there he won his famo by first outpointing Baltimore's old ice wagon, Johnny Killian, alias Jake Kilrain, and socond by killing poor old M. Sullivan, from the culturea hub. Swith added nothing his performance “Mysterious Billy 10 his fistic reputation by with Tom Ryan at Coney Island Tuesday night, and if Jack Dempsey hasn't lost his old form entirely I don't think he will have any gre: ount of difficulty i disposing of him, should they ever coma together 8 Macon McCormick. I'here is no aoubt’ that Smith is a husky young fellow and able to play havoe with any one he can land on rly und squarely, but he does not seem to be first class in skill, and he gets rattled very quickly. The friends of Dempsey who feared for their fifiend when they saw Smith disposo of Tom Williams so quickly changed their winds materially when they witnessed his baflhng by Ryan, who. while in a meas- ure a fighter after Dempsey's style, is still a long way from being the ighter that Demp sey was before he wet Bob Fitzsimmons, t Smith was disappointed most unpleas- antly in Ryan was shown by his anxiety to make o match with him to a finish before leaving the ring. He felt in his bones that he had lost pugilistic caste, and he was anx ious for an opportunity to rey His style of fighting did not make him any new friends. He is willing to rovgh his man at any stage of the game. and men who do_this s00n find themselves thorouzhiy disliked by an assemblage of New Yorker: We like to sec u man live up notonly to the letter of the rules, but to their spirit also. ANDY GRISWOLD, They Are Al Profeaionais, If dear. old Noah Webster was alive, as- serts Ren Mulford, and was asked to define an amateur under the Lengue of American Wheelmen rules, he would have to climb a tree. Ivery oue of these fast men on the cireuit are amateurs and they are simply oing around for thew health, paying their own bills and those of professional triners, Yes, they arc—in your mind’s ey mother's son of them, from Zim down, bound to some style of wheel. They won't ride any other. “The milk in that cocoanut is that theyare booming that particular make. J. W. Schofield, the Inghsh rider, who has been made u professional by the tional Cyclists union: Wpon his arrival in New York, declared “Ttis strange that bhe nesociatic country should debar nie from ridiy amateur. Tdon't know of any fast vider in the world who is_not in the employ of some munucucturer. Now, it I am compelled to un'ts | don't see why otner men are allowed” to'pose as amatours Properly speaking. we'aro all pro‘essionats, nd huve been for five years past, but why are we not all treatod aiise? 1 don't care to mention names, but all plip big ride Lind and Amcvica posi professionals to the core 11 the League of AmericanWneelmen should refuse to wink at the professionalism in its anks then the Cash Pyizodeazae woald gaia a valued lot of recraits. of my as an " The Otd Omakok L ads “ould hate' “WHunk" jr7 Twitchelt hat batted hid Wiy 1o the the procesSion of 1dusiie slugzers and has suppianted such men a8 Merritt and Brouth- ers, who have been leading mostof the year. Merritt hus fullen off in his stick work late- iy, and his averaze has gone below .40, Twichell now heads the list with the oy el lent average of 428, In-the first sixteen games in wh ed ho has nov failed to make at least or in each. The other players who have hizh averaees Hamilton' 409 Merritr, Brouthers, Delel : Davis, .3 3i6: I Smich, J. Ward, “Thomp- O'Rourke, Larry frout of George Hos Eastons of the | and b *unsylvani O'Brien_are n sizned by the league. couchers from says the Chicago Inter-Ocean ex-Lincoin boy, Par Wilson, has caught all of the New York pitchers in good style, Harry Wright is after Nicol, who ; ! pitch- ing for tho Eries Ansa had him once upon time, but “chus him afterasinzle trinl. Superstitious Brooklynites are boeinning to look upon Gil Hatsield as n mascot, as th tenm has played m splondid luck since, ho Joined it. The Eastern league closes its season Sep- tember 15, and it is said that every club of the eizht has a balance cu tne r side of the ledger. Jimmy Canavan's batting ave accounts was Alcer we the off for hi Scranton wants Danny Richardson to into their snug little leazue in Pennsyly: but neither he nor Tim Keefe have cned to the call.—Times-Star, Dad Clarke leads the Eastern o gue pitchers in consccutive victories, Up to last Sunday he had won twelve straight. Ini: another Omahog, 18 right after him with ten stry it Fred Clausen, who made such a record at Columbus list season and then fell through his suspenders at Louisville, stopped the G the other day. On made off him, ‘I'ne Boston critics are queer fellows, Al- though Boston at the top they are snort- ing for young blood. They will not be happy until CIiff Carroll’s head is handed to them on a tin platter. Perry Werden was all but mobbed at Pitts- burg. "He tripped up Captain Donavin while the iatier was running for first base and after that be wus hissdd'continu ally. He is a big rufian at the bost.’ ius Schmelz will ‘tike charge of the Washington club’s affairs about October | Ho is now i the woodsiabusing up *youn g and “*promisin players. Charley Abbey is now sure of a permanent job, “Home Run” Breckipridge is mn disgrace at Troy. He spoke to the crowd and used lauguage which can B8l be expressed so: ————— fe was fned §5, und sus. pended for the balanck 6 the scason.— oo Mulford. Joe Vila has discoveddl that the Bostons have & new way of seolrmg bases on balls. They stand within an_isgh of the plate and never budge. This gings the pitcher ouo of two alternates—eithgr ) hit them with the ball or piteh 1t wild. What's thait Glegeland lambasting Jamesy McAleer! THG “Plain Dealer says: “McAleer has & batting average of about .157 since he returned 'to the team, and a flelding average of about .750, YVirtue can do better than that.” Dungan, in coaching during the New York series. said: “Only one gentleman out." Sarcastic Sam had evidently read the brutal assaults of the New York papers upon the Clevelands, who had just preceded the Chi- cugos at the Polo grounds,—New Yor« Her- ald. Last season Tebeau was universally ex- tolled for his management and captaincy of the Clevelands. That was when the téam was & winner. This season misfortune prac- tically claimed the team for its own and the result is that this same Tobeau is pronounced & failure as manager-captain. So runs the world away. “Jack” Rowe does mot yet bolony to tho “has beens,” and be was in the game yes. terday from start to finish. Hegfigured in two double plays, handled the ball'ten times without an error, mado & triple sacrifice once, aud maneuvered successfully enough I at last 30, and CHfF Carroll and M, only outticlders any worse rey i, hearls ive hits were | | IXTEEN PAGES. to get & base on balls. Not a bad record for one afternoon.—Buffalo Courter. Whisperings of the Wheel, The Tourlsts go to Underwood, 1a., for din- ner today. E. T. Yates, sccretary of the Tourlst Wheel club, avd Harry Mulhall started_tor the Chicago fair yesterday by wheel. They expect to cover the distance in five days, Stopping at the fair about one week. Condon, the Omaha Wheel club racing man, has developed into considerable of a “fiyer.” Now, if he doesn't let his friends’ flattery and adultation spo‘l him by contract- ing a biw case of conceit, he will be Ne- braska's champion for many days to come. He is a strong, heady rider and po along sprint which usudlly kil competitor hefore the tape is reached The Tourist Wheelmen desire to expross their sincere thanks for the beautiful table over left at the clib house by some unknown The cover is a beautiful biece of or- namentation, and a credit to the fair fingers that worked ' it, whoover sho miy be. boys ore very proud of the gift, and are only sorry thag the giver's modesty does not per- mit her identity, that they can thank her in or . Holton, the present two-mile champion of Nebraska, has about quit riding for this senson. He will shortly remove with his family to the Pacific const, where he will show the people on the slope how a mid- sterner can riae. Holton 1s undoubtedly the fastest man fora quarter in Nebraska, his riding ving demonstrated this time and again, particularly at the Tourist Wheel- men tournament held July 22, of this vear. Billy Schuell, who undoubtedly has won more prizes at ' bicycle racing in the time that hie has been on the path than any other man in Nebraska, 18 still pedaling around the circle and adding to his store of watche medals, shotguns, clothes, ete., that he has accumulated. Billy Is a_spoedy boy but a veritable “pot hunter.” He is after the 285 glory hus no attraction for him what- ever, He i3 a member of Tourist Wheeimen and has wornwheir colors on the track for the last three scasons. The opening sories of games in the “high five” tournament at the Tourist Wheelmon drew out quite u numberof the club members and their friends Thursday evening. The ten games were played in two hours and tew minutes, and furnished a _great amusement and fun for the con Below is given the score: Won, Lost DT R ) 1 E. Frederickson... 2 ALCOAdums... ... 3 HOL Ttner, 2000 oy 3 L. ¢ Rustin: .10 Burweli AL Ba ke Parmer les A, Peci Poticr Jouk Smith Tartis. Carson Ed Welch........ BUATVEIENE (v it eaebis The second series of ten games will played Thursday evening, September 21, whan 1t is hoped that double the number of players will take part. 1 " smiles today and nothing un- usual or uniooked for occurs Captain Conradt of the Omana Wheel club will start bright and early on their annual century ran, The course will be the same as year—to Te- kamah and return. The run is one of the prettiest out of Omaha, roads are usually ood and neve: ery deep with dust even when the dustiest.” Dinuer will be taken at ‘Llie pace will be slow enough to i nough 1o cover the dis- tance within the limit. A large number of the road mea have signitied their intention of goin Tuesday evening the Tourist club house was lizhted from cellar to garret, the enter- tainment commitiee being on hand o see bat the clubmen beeame thor ac- quiintea and enjoyed the ev A friendly bout with the gloves, bet on sev- cral of the members, an imprompiu progr of music,and a feast of watermelon grapes, were the features. Althou club members did vas expected, the TrauSaas committee is uot in the st discouraged. and will continue to keep Tuesday and Thursday nights as “club " when the clubmen will always find the house lighted and some oue to receive them Gus T mer.” so teaining of the Tourist Wheelmen his clubmates say. He now for the Plattsmouth which oceur on the 20th and is riding like o littie whivlwind. I3 Proulx and George Sancha are putting bim through his paces. By the way, the Lnrists ure turning out a wood many pri 5 this season for a club that doesn't pretend to bea racing club Borglum, Pegau, Proulx, Barnum, Leipe, sancha, Fredrickson and’ Culley have all tried their hand at racine ant in mos have been successful. Added to t the veterans, Holton, Schuell, Potte Ficscher. “The ‘Tourist n Century elub has blossomed into nization whichi bids fair to be a permanent one. The club starts out with ten charier members, being the ones which rode lust year's ceutury to a finish. A centurion will be clecred ai their meeting, which will cccur soon. A design fora club pin has been suomitted to the manufacturing jewelers and will be adopted by the club as a-distinctivo badge, ‘The ciub is nized something on the pians of the Century Club of Ame Tho charter memoers ave H. L. Beard, Jphn Holton, 5. L. Potter, Geors ouis Flescher id J. K. Cutley in_us fast as they qualify, rhe initiation fee is smail,being only enough 1o pay expense of a budge, he members of the Gany Wi club of Council Bluffs who pirticipated in the century ride to Sioux City, last Sunday ure the heroes of the hour at the, Mede club house over the river. The run wus the most hiardy that thoelub h und the men who fell by the w the sunflowers and ribbit grass of thickly fringed praivie roads will testify to such. Some of the boys stuck pluckily to the saddle and rode as far as they could the time given and reluctantly gave it up as abad job. The idea was to reach Sioux City in ti cateh the treain for home, which leaves the city at 6 o'clock, Ouly two, Captain Williamson and Teilius Dile, were able to come anywhere uear iv, and they missed it by five niinutes. Those 'who started from the elub house at 4 o'clock a. m, ere Captain Williamson, Messrs, Dale, Dusjuette, Burrctt, — Spooncr, Parsous, Carothers, Bixby, Pullman and Drew. The club will' try the Tekamah, Neb., cou next month. ‘The Omaha Wheel club boys are pushing the second annual reunion of the Missouri River Valley wheelmen in great shape and deserve a great deal of credit for their ef- forts. ‘The reunion will be held at Blair, ery likely, and on the first or sccond Sun. day in October. Committees from the Tourist Wheelmen and Turner Wheel club of Omaha, Fremont Wheel club, Fremont, Neb., and Ganymede Wheel club, Council ' Blufts, Ia,, met av the Omaha Wheel club house Friday evening of last week aud made preliminary rangements for the eveat. Notices and particulars will be publisned as soon as the committees report. It is estimated that tully 800 eyclists v il) take part in the r usion. The Blair Wheel club will act in the capacity of host for the duy. The reunion lust year was one of the events of the season and meny a wheelinan remembers with pleasure the meeting at the grove, the cu- joyable ride up and back, the quiet spins through the shaded streets and the music, the acquaintances made and the splendid dinners served. You will miss 1t If you ure not oue of the happy crowd this year, isa is in races Wheelm, be talke Gomip of the Track, The Joseph 8:00 class has fifty-eight nominations. Mercurius, 2:14%, is unquestionably the fastest trotting stallion owned in Nebraska. A mateh trot between the Kinney brothers #illy Marguerite and Mr. Pool's Beauty C is talked of. Billy Paxton's grana stallion, the Con- queror, acted badly at Chicago in the free- or-all tro¢ last Thursday and had to be con- tent with second place, Georgia Leo winning in 2:18 and 2:19. 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