Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1893, Page 10

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY;,~ CHAT WITH THE BOXERS | Mo Bign of Abatement in the Heavyweight Ohampionship Jaw Matoh. [ OMETHING ABOUT OMAHA'S CHANCES | Rowa’s Eloven—The Last of the Wild Fowl = Whisperings ofthe Wheel—Cue Pushers of High Degree—General Sporty Gos= sip and Questions Answered, More and more circumseribed becomes the orbit of the prize fighter with each passing day, and more difiicult the task of grindiog out a grist for the delectation of the fancy. But little has occurred during the past week worthy of mention other than the fact that Bteve O'Donnell, the Australian, and old George Godfrey, the Boston colored heav, welght, fought a six-round draw before t Providence Motropole club; Tommy Ryan and Dick Eagan, the “Montana Kid," signed articles for a ten-round fight, and that the mouthy war between Mitchell and Corbett < ghows but little signs of abatement. That there is to be no fight grows more apparent us time flies, and it is getting to be the very general opinion that neither man is half so anxious as he would public think ho is. If they w dead earuest and so monstrously cager to demonstrate to an indifferent world which is * the best man they would have settied the question long ere thisin private. The al- leged $10,000 stake that each man has posted and tho matchless glory they are panting * for should be sufficient to bring them to- gether, It was a stake, and oft-times a chuck stenk at that,that the boys used to go out on «- the green at the peep o' day and maul each other with the raw 'uns for. in the old days. ¢+ But times have changed. The only stake champions—and what a raft of them there are—fight for nowadays is an imaginary one that has its existence in their minds ana y. It1s the gate and the e in such ardent quest of, and nine times out of ten they split even . on this, mauger the way the fight goes. ¢+ Happily, however, the days of big purses and mammoth crowds have gone by. The egregious demands, the arrogance and dis- gusting corspicuity of the bully and the braggart brought this about, and no ono ¢ knows this better than Mitchell and Cor- bott. The big clubs were a good thimg in . their way, but the brazen fighters wouldn't . let them remain so. They not only wanted . the colossal prizes offered, lion’s share of everything the doors, and in fact everything in and out “ of sight besides. Isivany wonder that the game has met an early death? but wanted the at came in at Insofar as Jacksonville, Fla., is concerned the big premier thumpers are about as likely to meet there as they are at Roby or Coney Island. The country guys who are offering the purse, protection and other etoetera, might as well endeavor to dam . Niagara'with their “stuff.” Such an event would cause the orange blossoms to droop 1 and wither in shame, and the big green turtles and the alligators haven’t yet been oducated up to a $25admission fee. They would simply ge down in the mud and stay there until the clouds rolled by. And Charlie Mitchell is to play the hero in “Romany Rye” for $2,000 a week. It is’ worth more than that. The man who is cofiching the handsome Britisher financiaily is a shortsighted individual, and when Charlie gets his $20,000 at the end of his ten ' weeks engagement he will still be loser. 1 thought all along, however, that Poney 1" 'Moore’s pomery sec son-in-law wasn't going i toget “trun” down entirely, but if he, with ‘. all his brilliant histrionic ability and didac- tical powers, sees proper to impersonate Romany Rye for the pitiful sum of $300 night he can do so, that's all. I wouldn’t do 1t for twice the figure. Now that Thalia and Meclpomens have twistea their flanges in umong Charlie's blonde curls and drawn him within Thes- plan’s fold for an indefinite period, Jimmy Corbett, the bruiseful actor, will be twice as mud as ever. Just as soon as Charlie, with his bold gypsy band, gets safe out 1 Syra- cuse, Schenectady or Penn Yan for his first night's stand, you can look for Jem to put on . his plumes and buckle up his belt and run * down to New York again for the purpose of | killing the audacious Briton ina barroom. ! OAKLAND, Cal, Nov. Sporting Faitor of Tiw Bri: Boing an old ,Omaha boy and in_consequence an admirer of { 'TuE Beeand its sporting columns, I tuke the Tiberty of enclosing you a clipping frcm the Oaklana Tribune of even date on the great Amerlcun blufTer, J. J. Corbett, 1 know how well hie stands with you and foel that the article will be appreciated. I might add that the article justabout vofces the uni- versul opinion of all who know him out this way. Yours traly, . 8.-Ot course I do not wish my name men- tloned In: case -you comment on this or use it, a8 it 15 not exactly in lino with my business. i# i ! : | l i V. Griswold, Below follows the clipping: “If Corbett and Mitchell are to fight I wish to heaven they would set about it and cease from the endless working of their tire- . less, ugly, heavy, pugilistic jaws. There is 8 lmiv to oll things, and these gentlemen « long ago overplayed the limit of public pa- tience with their mouthings. Jim Corbett ‘was a prétuy good sort of fellow, I believe, + before he blossomed out us a full-blown : x\lgmul. and had the misfortune, through . his own meritand through his opponent’s being broken down by a long career of dissi. uion, to lick Johu L. Sullivan. _Since then head has become so swollen that 1 should think it would make him tired to carry 1t around. Certainly it makes the st of us tired to see it—and it makes us still more tired to hear it. The worst of tho whole business about this wonderful head is that it seems to be loaded and to be all the time gulnfl Off without the slightest provocation, and precisely as though its owner did not know it was loaded. Possibly he don’t. I confess toa well-grounded sus- ploion that its owner,asa matter of fact, does not know much, ““Phere was o time when I wished Corbett well and [was glad when he licked Sullivan, + 'because, lke some_other foolish persons, 1 had fond dreams of the uplifting of the ring by the comingof the gentleman champion,' ‘can see the absurdity of all that now. The words ‘gentleman’ and ‘champion’ are not, snd in their nature cannot be, synonymous. 'The passing of Sullivan and the coming of . Corbett meant simply that one sort of brute J had been proven the inferior of another sort. That was the question that was set- - tled at New Orleaps, and _the only question, The Corbett brute may be u bit prettier to look at than the Sullivan brute, but that is £ all—and, anyway, that is a matter of taste. For mysclf, ' confess to a preforence to the most brutal looking of the brute forms when /4 “d;m brates, and Sullivan approximates * the typical brute of the ring a great deal more than does Corbett. That, however, may be beeause we have been more accus- tomed to the Sullivan sort and so have set up that sort. *‘As to the pending fight, if it ever gets _beyond the jaw stage, 1 am free to say that T would like to ‘see Mitcnell win it and for & soveral reasons. It is enough, though, to ¢ state thatthe victory of the Englishoian would briug Corbett ‘down o earth again more effeotually than auything that could hgpcn 0 him=and 5o we would get a rest, 80 far ‘s he was concerned, and so would his jaw. Then" 1 would-like to see Peter Juckson lick Mitchell—and I think he could do it, too—apd & Chinaman challenge Juck- son and lick him, and, as o fitting finale, | . would like Lo see & dog bito the Chinaman, ?" We could all kick the dog then, and ~* brutality would reach its proper level. Of . course, if Corbett wanted to commence at g foot of the ladder again by challenging dog 1 would have uo objections to that because he would huve no time to such a contest. The dog being pion would diotate the manuer of the and the pugilistic jaw would have work to do.” Purty good, isn't it, to fxo) n-nyv.#.uhhul;f! 40815 slaep o W) mu “:hou'l‘é} Tv}v_ulyamun with of Tommy's characteristio engagements, but I hardly look for him to have the snap he has enjoyed in so mavy cases. The Kid is a good stff man at his very worst and is apt 1o mako Pommy demonsirato about all ho knows. Eagan was only slightly outpointed in a go with Jack l‘l‘m[mfl{'fiml made a standoff with both Young Mitchell ana Charlie Turner, and is ¥ the are supposed to know, with the very the 140-pounders. The contest is ‘to take place yet this month somewhere near Bridgeport, Conn., and will be for $00a side -the same old ad—and the gate, hinges, padlock and all. Ryanis backtog nimself, while Mike Haley, the southern sport,will furnish the dough for the Kid. In a recent mention of our mutual friend. Dick Moore, A Cridnk on Fighters” in a New York nink sheet says: ““A hard man who is very much in earnest is tho impression that Dick Moore of St. Paul, Minn,, makes of himself. He has come to the front more rapidly than any northwestern pugilist of recent date, and is a welcome accession in our middlewvight division. 18 certainly power ana ability in a boxer who can have Martin Cos- tello, the Buffalo, well in hand in seven or eight rounds, and earn_a decision over him. This might happen, of course, if Costello off," but in the Police News of last week Sam Fitzoavrick, a trustworthy trainar and a truth teller, was enthusiastic over Costelio's improved condition and prospects, f1e was reckoning two fights shead, counting on Moore as beaten, and on having Costello matehed in with his old Australian foeman, Dan Creedon. It will have to be admitted now, 1 judge, that Moore is the better miadleweight, to oppose Creedon. Indeed, it is a question if Moore is noton his record tho best tried and proven of American middltweights. Greggains was, it i3 admitted, drawn down out of his proper class for his meet- g with Creedon. Moore has grown up to middleweight, having been fizhting until re- cently as a_welterweight. He has been at the game cight y T am told, although his present age is but 5. He is not an y Kemmic defeated him, v Johnson did. se roverses of his early career hardly count much in view of his recent tories ¢ Shadow Maber, George Kessler and tin Costello. Ishouid call it that Moore the top of the tree in our American eweight class, and that the jab of ng him down and out is a job for a mpion. He needs to widen his reputa- tion by winning achievements awuy from home, but to tackle the best, as he has done in the northwest, and beat them out is sig- nificant of Moore's solid merit.” As a winter haven for pugs Omaha doesn’t seem to be 1n it to any very measurable ex- tent this year. Last winter and the winter before there was quite a galaxy of short baired punchers sojourning within our gates, but this winter there isn’t a single representative here known beyond his own fireside, SANDY GRISWOLD. The Thunksgiving The Lincoln boys with their great Flippin may expect to have an easy time with the boys from across the Big Muddy. If they do there may also bo a big disappointment and surpriso in store for them. “The Denver games of the two teamsare no criterion. The lowa eleven had just begun practice several changes for the better have been made since then. On the other hand Ne- braska had the experienceof several hard fought battles. It is also true that the Kansas Jay Hawkers beat the Hawkeyes, but only by “flukes” and bad umpiring, itissaid. A man named Heath, whom, it is alloged, liad coached'the Kansas team, did that job and his work at times was so “raw” that the crowd on the side threatefied to mob him, while one burly ex-Pennsylvania student offered “§5 to any one who would smash the jay.” Two rank errors, in themselves enough to change the game to un lowa victory, was first allowing Kansas five po‘nts for a punt- over goal, and the other was allowing a Kansas off-side pluyer to carry the ball over fora touch-down after a punt by their full- back. Then, too, the brace the lowa eleven took in the second half of the game! They scored twice and only allowed Kansas to cross the goal lines once. These things show conclusively that the Nebraska collegians will have to fight hard or lose. Iowa feels contident of victory. For about a week now they have been coached specially on stopping “line smashes,” so that the invincible Flippin may run against a stone wall with jagged projections” in the Thanksgiving day game. The offensive line work and end pln[\;ing of the team is con- tinually growing better, and the interfer- ferenceé as now played is hard to break through. Omana people will remember Stiles and Hall, the be-whiskered center and guard re- spectively. Well, they are both gone now, but in place of Stiles, as the Kansas City Times said, *“lowa has a man named Rogers ‘who looks like Sandow, the strong man, and who can gives Stiles a quarter and beat him the half at center playing.” Rogers weighs 154, and yet Stiles never met his equal. As guards lowa has big **Bob” Ingersoll at left, who weighs abouv 205 pounds, and plays in proporcion, He bucks the opposing line like the great “Bob” Ingersoll attacks the churches. At right guard is “Snowball” Pritchard and his nose mask, a mddest 188- pound boy, who made “Hamil, the hole- maker’ ot the Kansans, ““a hole-maker for the other side,” as a Baker university man told him after the game at Kansas City. Ah Tackle Iowa has *‘Blocky” Aldrich, who played guard last year, and Van Ooster- hout, who plays his old position this year in greatly improved form. Jowa's ends are the nerviest men on the team—White and Tyrrell—both new men as regular players, but of some experience and hard and sure vacklers. “Prince’” Sawyer is at his old post at quar- terand in good formand is a veritable “‘never- fumble” and ?r(‘u', man with the runners. Myers and Hess are the half backs. Myers, familiarly called “Dago.” is the star player of the team and_never fails to make ground on his line smashes. Captain Elliott is the veteran football man of the team and has played before an Omaha crowd twice already, and should be a famil- iav face. He played tackle two years; last year he played half back, but row he cap- Lains the team from the full back’s post. There are few better punters, surer ground gainers or more quick sighted generals on the football field thun Elliott. He watches every opportunity and plays the game with vim aud towin. He has the entire coufi- dence of his men. Mr. Elliott was employed in the oftice of Rich, O'Neill & Sears until v.hlnl opening of the football season again this all, me. lowa's team will not disappoint itsad- mircrs and expects to win the league trophy this fall, Has Omaha & Chance? Tam in receipt of a half dozen communica- tious urging me to boom baseball and see whether Omaha' cannot get a club in the new Western assoclation. S0 far as that is concerned I can answer positively that she cannot, for the simple reason thatnota single individual has mamfested the slightest interest in the scheme, John E. Barnes, one of the committee appointed to select the three remaining cities, was here for a day, but he left without receiving any encouragement whatsoever, and the proba- bilities are that the projectors of the new organization haye dropped the Gate City for good. Lincoln, I see by the press down there, will send aman to Indiapapohs next week to see what sort of a show the Saly ok villago has of getting in in Omaha's stead. It would be a colossal joko on the wetropolis if she succeoded. Mr. Hickey goes to the Hoosier capital in Lincoln's interests, ‘I'o those who are so anxious to have the gawe boomed and restoved heve, L would say it would be a good plan for thep to show up at Bandle's, the buseball headquarters for yeais, and manifest their intentions by a Proclamation of just how deep they will go, or iu plaly Bnglizh Low wuch cash they will ive L0 res! professional baseball to maha. A first class team cannot be sus- tawed on wind. Players may survive the winter on a snowball diet, but’in the sweet sumwmer time nothing less than strawberry shoricake will mafntain them, Iuf order that may:s; this there must be gate re- ceipts, and a well supported club to back them up. The gentlemen who are 8o impor- tuvate that Tuk Bee boom the sport can accomplish great things by coming out in the daily prints themselyes, reveal their ideas aud pluns and stating just how much stuff they would like to put into the good viuse. _Butto show whata wgly Lwpractica- *City, It's Customary — IDAY O < with us to make a special holiday ihduce- ment; we have decided to make this year’s offer Unprecedented, Everybody knows the quality of our work and that WHAT WE SAY IS BONA FIDE. Don't WHAT THINK YOU OF THIS = A beautiful MINTHA GLACE panel, beautifully framed TODA you must get your in before order IT TAKES FFER this offer begins, but IF YOU WANT IT DEC. Ist, TIME in oxidized silver with 12 beautiful CABINETS, every one of which will make an appropriate holiday gift, ALL wait, but hurry up, you will want one of these offer and see for yourself, CRAYON . Come PORTRAITS Is there anything more appreciated as a present than a crayon? 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Hero are a few rough estimates to go on: For instance each club must have at least thirteen men, nnd wath Kansas City, Sioux Minneapolis, Milwaukee, = Toledo, Indianapolis and Coluinbus and any one other of the several cities mentioned, they must travel to the extent of $2,000 cach; hotel bills on the road will eat up $1,800 more, salaries at the $1,800 limit, $8,100; umpires, $750: league expenses, $50; ground lease, $000; uuiforms, balls, advertising, water, ete., $1,000; first class protection, $500, or nearly $15,000. All of which must be gotten out of 126 games, and with such dead base- balls in the circuit as Milwaukee, Ilndian- apolis and Toledo it cannot be done. On the other hand, a western league com- posed of Omaha, St.” Paul, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City, Kansas City and Lin- coln, with a $1,000 salary limit, could be made a success unquestionably. They could swim through the season with twelve men. Their railroad expenses would not exceed $1,000, hotel bills $1,500, salaries $4,500, um- pires $400, league expense $50, ground lease £600, uniforms, balls, advertising, water, ete., $1,000; third class protection #100, or o total of §0,271.04. With the sigle exception, probably, of Des Moines, all of these cities would play Sunday ball, which is an overwhelming fac- tor 1 each ciub's success in this circuit, while in the circuit as it now stands there are not four Sunday towns. Statesmen Cue Pushers. “Billiards is one of the best games for boiled brains,” writes Frank C. Carpenter. “John Quincy Adams found this out years ago and he bought the first billiard table that ever went into the white house. There 15 a billiard tablein the executive mansion today, and it is said that President Cleve- land handles the cue for an hour at a time after be has been worried to death by the office seckers, President Garfield was also a good billiard player and he was also fond of croquet and ball. Arthur used the billiard table of the white bouse very' freely and bis best brain tonic came from a game of this sort. Ex-Senator Palmer of Michi- gan had a billiard room 1 tus house, where his fellow senators often came to play. He was troubled a good deal by insomnia and one of his best receipts for sleep was to get. physically tived. Senator Butler of South Carolina plays a good game of billiards, and Tum told that Reed of Maine and Cr of Georgia ave experts with the cue.” Whisperings of the Wheol, Wooden rims will be used to a great ex- tent next season. Lady cyclists wil] be interested to know that the divided skirt is boing universally adopted as the most becoming and comfort- able for riding. The Tourists took their regular club run last Sunday, their dostination being Bellevue. Plattsmouth will be their goal today. A large turnout is anticipated. The Omaha Wheel Club house is crowded nightly with the jolly members who find the comfortable quarters a great attraction, A s?rleu of winter entertainments are talked c' f The entertainment committee of the Tour- ist Wheelmen have posiponed the club ban- quet until some time the following month, esiving to give the banquet in the new club house. The third annual banquet of the Tourist Wheelmen will occur this month and will probably be held at their club house, The club's riding season closes on the 80th of this month, when the club medals will be awarded, Carter Harrison, Chicago’s martyred mayor, was ugmd friend of the wheelmen, His untimely death was as much felt among the cyclists us among his acquaintances of other walks in life. James E. Ebersole of Omaha isa candi- date for the oftice of chief consul of the Ne- braska division of the League of American Wheelmen. Mr. Ebersole will undoubtedly make an efficient oftice) Parisian police ofticers have adopted the wheel, and 1t is a common sight w0 see a doughty patrolman’ skimming noiseless; along the pavement in pursuit of some of- fender of the majesty of the law. Denver is making a great play for the '04 national meet. Western ey¢lists should all help the Denverites *‘cinch”’ the plum, 1t is about time that the League of American Wheelmen was dowg something for the west. ‘The Tourist Wheelmen close their riding season with today's run. A full and com- plete tabulated statewment uhnwlng the club's achievements 1 the way of club and medal mileage will bq published in next Sunday’s Bee. J E. C. Bald rode a quazter mile flying start on the Hartford track ‘Sunday, October 29, in the phenomenal time of 2415 seconds. This is undoubtedly the fastest time for a quarter made to date, yet the record does not go, as 1t was made on the Sabbath. Ed P. Walker was elected to the office of vice president of the Tourist Wheelmen last Thursday evening to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Moody. Mr. Walker is an active wheelman, a prominent worker in the club and will make a good club leader. ¥ “Jonnie Jonson” is slashing great slices off the World’s records at Independence, Ia. Those old fossils who have doubted the speedy western boy's ability to make ree- ords have drawn in their horns and are look- ing on at his wonderful performances with as mnch admiration us his most sanguine friends. Several local wheelmen, members of the city clubs, demonstrated to the public on election night that the bioycle 18 rapid means of delivering messages. Thecity was patroled nearly all night by speedy riders, who carried the returns from the different polling places to a local paper, and in most cases the service rendered was quite satis- factory, deliveries being made promptly and rapidly. The different cyclivg journals are rustling briskly for matter to fill their Xmas num- bers. Bearings promises' to outdo all pre- vious efforts and will send out to its many thousand readers a magazine replete with interestiug reading, engravings and tabu- lated records. The Wheel, Referee and Cycling West will all be models of the printer's and engravers's art, . The “*informal smoker” held at the Tourist club house furnished 4 very vpleasant even- ing’s enjoyment for the twenty-five or thirty club members who attended. Excellent music by the Omaha Zither cluband Fred R. Walter helped materially to while the hours away. “'he ‘‘smoker” broke up at a late hour, every one expressing an opinion that they had had a good time. Fred I, Moody, the genial vice president of the Tourist Wheelmen, has removed from the city permanently. His resignation as anofficer and member of the club was ac- cepted at the last regular pusiness meeting, Mr, Moody has been an enthusiastic and valuable member of the Tourists and his withdrawal from the clubis felt with great regret. His bmates one and all wish him the best of success in whatever station in life he may tak Heury Fredricksen won the' special prize at last Thursday evening’s high five games in the Tourist championship contest, He caused a deal of merriment when he started in to unwrap his prize, which was dono up ina neat package. Several hundred yards of tissue paper wore unwound, disclositg at last a gigantic cigar, weighing about a pound. Henry had higcoat off before the wrapping had been unwound and the players enjoyed his amazement hugely, Tom Eck, he of thgpgipver locks and oid- time Coliseum fame, rtainly one of the greatest trainers of shasage, His superior handling of **Yonnie Xgnson” tais and last segson has aemonstrated this, Added to tho years of experiénce a racer himself is his fnmwl‘;dnm of just fhow to traip a setof muscles for speed, judgment and a wrack generalship of ean ability, all of which he imparts to Ii{s Hrotege in an in- credible short space 6% e, If nothing occurs y the present pro- gdings the Tourist elmen will be “‘at "in thew eleganf new quarters at 1600 California streeyAly the first of next mounth, The residence ryferred to is an elab- orately finished one, repjote with all modern improvements, and wig3give the club men a beautiful, .commodioff§ and comfortable club house. Hot and {#old- water, steam heat, billiard tables® dbuble pariors and cheerful grate fires. 1'orsyme time the club has found that their present.cottage waz too small for their needs and have been looking up a more suitable house. They will fit up the house in a manner to suit the most fas- tidious of club men’ and i accordance with their means. What cyclist bas not heard of “Karl Krvon” or read his charming book— “Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle!” His name always callsback memories of the pioneer when “Expert Columbias” solid tyr tumes, club bu{len and wavi nants were all the ragt The this to say about him: * last. Pushing a 45-inch Expert Columbia of whe vintage 1886, clad in a white flaunel riding suit, with black stockings and little round white hat, with Lamson’s luggage carrier and wearing a bloycle watch, was Karl Kron, pioneer tourist. In years gone by his nawme was prowiuent. Ho was start. ing from an uptown bicycle store for a fifty mile spin over Tong Island’s ronds.” He still sticks to che good old ordinary and con- temptuously refers to the safety as a veloci- pede much beneath his notice.” Karl Kron will remain, probably, for many years to come, one of those cycling “frealks,” so vivid a reminder of the long ago. In Thicket and Stabble. Billy Nason has migrated to California. Dick Merrell and E. H. Barrett of Mil- waukee, are slaughtering the quail down at Arapahoe. The ducks and geese have about, all levanted and 1t is quail and rabbits only from now on. M. C. Peters and James Smead bagged an even dozen quail and sevgyal mallards at Honeycreek Monda; Yardmaster McNeil of the Union Pacific was up above florence last Sunday, and came back with a bag of thirty-two ducks, mostly mallards. Henry Homan was in the stubble at Chap- man a nay recently and killed a fine bag ot quail. He corroborates the general report of plenty of birds. George Small spent a day out near Clarks last week, bagging seventeen quail and three jacks, He reports the birds quite plentiful out that w The Omaha and . Bemis Park Gun club— weather permitting—will hold a big sweep- stakes shoot at their grounds across the river Thanksgiving day. J. M. Davison of Percival Ia., was in the city Thursday. He says the shooting on Forney lake, near McPaul, this fall was bet- ter than it has been for years. Fred Fuller and Eaitor Gabe Runkles went over to Manawa Tuesday and killed oh, ever so many maliards, cranes, pelicans, swans, ducks and dickey birds. “They Are Off at the Gut” See, at the Diamond pool rooms threw the No. 8's into the carcasses of nine squirrels and seven quail down on the romantic Pappio last Sunday. Frank Smith, Charles A. Coe and C. N, Deitz put in a couple of days in .thicket and stubble out on the B, & M. last week. They are now all growing oleaginous and happy on quail on toast. Those old veteran 'goose slayers, George A. Hoagland, [, Dickey and W. P. Mc- Faglane, togeth th Will Salisbury, spent thr¥e days at Sutheriand last week and bagged forty-six geese, principally big Canadas. J. C. Read writes from Hastings that he is having the best quail shooting of his life. He avers that some of the birde are as big as chickens and that he has grassed fifty- Lwo without 4 miss. The medal awaits J, C. on his return, M. C. Peters owns the best bred Lewellyn setter in the v, She is l't!glsu'rml and was broken by the noted 1. G. Davy of London, Ont. Mr. Potersalso has in hand Easter Lily, another full-bred Lewellyn, owned by R. M. Dobbins, Jim L., DeBevoise of the Rock Island, wore out asuit of McGinty clothes up in the brush above Florence the other day, chasiy; 8 rabbit. He shot intoa bunch of quail, when a rabbit jumped up and Jim dropped his Lefever and went after him. He chased it into Jack Woods' saloon about half past 7 that evening. “Blondy” Clark, A, J. Webb and Will Simeral spent last Sunday at or near Colum- pus. Simeral had chartercd a freight car to be on the side track at 9 Monday morning to bring in their geese. The car was there all right, but the geese got away. Webby, however,got seven teal,while Blondy and the lawyer got—very tired. Fred J. Lamb of Sidney, Ia., and the acknowledged champion shot of his baili- wick, bas been in the city several days. Fred has had some great duck and snipe shooting this season, haviog shipped to Chi- cago 2,100 ducks and 1,400 snipe, all of which he killed bimself. Says he can kill more game Lhan any one wan in this country. It might be proper to add that Fred saw the city by moonlight. Billy Hoagland is just in'from CGiothenburg. He 1eports the honkers about all gone. Syturday nighta week ago he says they flew over southyward bound by the thousands and he anticipated great suooting the noxt day. Accordingly he was in his holeon the bar befove sunup and, although he stuck there until 9in Lthe ovening, he didn't get a feather. Tle birds all went south and he despaivs of any further sport this season. Around the Ofiice Stove. Kansas City has her hooks out for Billy Klusman. Chattanooga's fa, re lamenting over the droppiug of that city from the Southern league circuit. The Sv Louis Browas have dropped both I of the old Western league graduates, Good- enough and Twineham. Jake Wells expects to manage the Mobile team next season. That means that there will be no club at Pensacola. Toledo is hustling for her new Western league team. John J. Carney, the ex-Cow- boy, has been signed as manager and first base. E. H. Decker, the old catcher, has been sent to an insane asylum. He believed he was wealthy and had a mania for drawing chocks on banks in which he had no de- posits. Detroit stands as much chance of breaking into the National league as Joliet or C Rapids. The league as at presentconstituted will remain as it is until the ma cide to return to an eight-club basis,—Chi- cago Herald. Dad Clarke is up to his old tricks. New York offered him $1,500 for nexv season with a good slice of advance money, but Dad held out for §2,000, and Johnny Ward told him to go. The new Southern league will open April 15 next. The salary limit will be $1,000. J. B, Micklin of Chattanooga elected presi- dent. There are to be but eight clubs in the circuit next season- shyille, Atlanta, Mobile, Savannah, Augusta,Charles ton and Memphis. It is the same old story from Milwaukee. She no sooner gets into a minor league than she begins to talk of the big organ Harry Quin now says he has an option on the Louisville franchise, but he qualifies the assertion with “‘whenever that club is willing to quit.” He might be able to get the same thing on Chicago. Billy Harrington expects to manage the Sioux City Baseball club next scason. Hi rington thinks the vestern league will be & big success. ux City has its money up and will certainly be in the circmt. It is expected that an organization will be por- manently effected at the meeting to be held in Indianapolis tomor BIMs with the Gloves. The pugllist whose forte is gah Would proudly scorn ovasive blabber, It his efficiont flsts could jub As doftly as bis tonguo Gun Jubber, uck, Jacksonville claims the big mill as “a ciuch” for Florida, The Olympic club is confident that all the clouds now hovering over them will be swept away in time 1o give them the inter- national mill. Tommy Ryan and Danny Needham are to meet in Chicago for ten rounds in January Tommy shouldn't. allow Dauny to go half the journey. The new club at Chicago has offered Georga Dixon a $1,600 purse to box six rounds with Frank McHugn, Tommy White, Van Heest or Solly Smith. 'Tis said that Mary Anderson received in- structions in boxing from Charles Mitchell, ‘T'hey were given and taken to relieve the monotony of a sea voyage. “Fred” Johunson, who fought George Dixon, has challenged Morgan Crowther Lo fight ateight stone ten or twelve pounds for £200 a side and the lavgest purse at Lon- don, The story has just leaked out in the east that a month ago Joe Choynski was drugged bya ‘‘con” mannamed George Stevenson and robbed of $1,500 in Carey Welch's New York dive. Ata “mass’ meeting at Jacksonville to protest against the Corbett-Mitchell contest taking place there Just 128 people turned out, and that inciuded ministers, ladies and school emldren. *Jax’ would probably like the big mill, “Billy” Robiuson, better kunown as ‘‘Cock Robin,” and “Tom"” Williams of Australia have been matched to fight in London at ten stone six pounds fora purse of £300, The fight is 1o take place inthe National Sporting elub in December. Should Wil- liams win he will return to America and challenge »Billy” Smith of Boston to fight again, Talk of the Horsemen, There Is already considerable talk of a big trotting meet for Omaha in June naxt. Clint Briggs is fn Syracuse, where his very successful string of 'U3 fiyers are stabled for the winter, Charleston, W, Va.. is to have a new rac- The stock will be $40,000, Pansy McGregor broke the world's year- ling trotting record atv Holton, Kan., doing the distance in 2:354g. Ex-Governor D. R. Francis of Missouri is likely to be chosen president of the St. Louis Fair and Jockey club, vice Kolla Wells, who recently resigued. The celebrated Texas race horse, Gov- ernot Ross, for waich his owaer, L. F, Por- ter, refused &5,000, died of congestion of tha lungs at the San Antonio Jockey club stables the other morning. Turfmen in New York are trembling now that the republicans have the machinery of state. Dick Croker, who was considered ‘‘the power behind the throne,” is now a weight to the business. Yo Tambien and all the other flyers in the Kendall stables are to be sold under hammer at Chicago, November 25. Ch Smith, the plun although not a finan wreck, has all the experiencein racing horses that he wants. G. Walbaum, the king of Guttenberg, is singing ina minor key just now. Tho people of Hudson county, irrespective of party have clected Colonel John J. Hofiey, the 1 publican candidate for sheriff, and that means gooaby to winter racing on the hill, Champlon Kifle Shot of the Army. Sergeant R. M. Davidson of company i Sixteenth infantry, formerly stationed at Bellevue, now at Stlt Lake, dropped in on the sporting editor for & brief chat last Wednesday, Sergeant Davidson is the ampion rifle shot of the United States army, if notof the world. He holds govern- ment medals—handsome soild gold trophics— that represent about §1,000 in money, won ut the difforent army competitions during the past four years. Davidson is champion at all distances, and in the last competition he made a score of 22 out of a possible 25 on tho moving target at 800 yards, geant David. son’s home is in Bloomington, Teun. Questions nud Answers. w. 1 “To the Sporting Editor Is_“Snapper” Gureison, Tow old Q. Ans.—He is the champion jockey of the United States—38 years. of age, from New ditor of 1'% anIe ap- Ly both and you throws your Please” suy ndepen ko n bullot out. B says who wins.—A Subscriber. Ans.—The courts will shortly : question for you. SouTH AUBURN, Neb., ing Editor of Tk B game counts, and how 1 1% a book of Fules governing 1 through next Sunday's n be obtained, und oblige nswer this Nov. 16.-To the Sport- In'a club hunt whit ny pointsz 1f ther ng tho ahove pleuso 'S BEE where Auburn Ans.—You can schedule the points to suit yourselves, T'here is no book on this sub- ject b= To the Sporting Fditor St 8LALe 1 urSundiny’s ek whether or not there bs u breed of dogs known us Russlan Setter, and settle o dispate. s, 1 Neal, There is, . Nov. 15.~To the Sporting Fdi- e BEE: To decido et kindly answor the following question in THESUNDAY BEk. harley Mitenoll ever wmect Jackson 1 A Roader. e did not. Po the Eporting Kditor of gumo of eribbage 5 10 s 1 andand the ifth s 13 bots #5 that the flush only counts four according to American associntion rules Whio wins? Ans.—A wins, o the Sporting Editor of ndod g of hih five A 49, « Ans,—A and B, Constant Reader covers your questiou. A method of for signuling has been intro- duced of veral branches of the North iou- don system of the Great Northern railway Jugland which obviates much of the un- reliability and complexity of the systems hitherto used. A wire is laid in a pipe from the signal box to the various signals, at which brushes of copper project four or tive inches above the side of the rail nearest tho signal. A similar brush, which connects with an indicator and bell on the engine, is fixed to the engine footplate, When tho signal poiuts to dang the two brushes come in contact and the ringing of the bell and the waruing of the driver by a misia- ture signal on the engiue that the line is not clear is the result. ‘The arrangement can be readily switched off in fine weather so as W become inoperative. See above answer, il idel S The dissolute and disreputable marquis of Queensberry has been married to @ rich young and beautiful lady. 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