Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 27, 1894, Page 20

CHAT WITH A Day on the Waters of One (f Minne- sota's Loveliest Lakes, WHISPERINGS OF THE WHIRLING WHEEL THE BOXERS The June Trot-Zim in Parec-Yelps from the Bleachers—The Lily's Protegee Usunl Weekly Sporty Roundup. and the There is but preclous little these days of a pugllistic nature worthy of discussion The fighters are in the last ditch, many, many moons are destined to and wane ere they get out again. This con dition of things has been culminating for the past two years, and there was no avert ing it. While the fighters themselves are largely to blame for the situation, disrepu- table managers and fly-by-night catch-penny clubs are equally responsible. It any city in the country allowed a special match or box- Ing tourney under the auspices of any re- sponsible and reputable club, there would immediately spring Into existence a halt dozen rival organizations under the guise of athletic clubs, and the public would be served with such a saturnalia of throw-downs and fakes that it required but’the briefest period to call down the wrath of the au thorities upon them, eventuaily leading to an absolute Interdiction against the sport even in fts mildest form. As Is 'illustratious, we have San Francisco, New Orleans, Chicago and New York, and Boston is fast paving the way for another example. They cannot be satisfled with a rattling good contest, under careful management, every month or o, but must have kind of a two or three times a week, with bene at every whip-stitch. There is a large elé- ment in every metropolitan community that will stand this sort of a ting just so long and no longer, and the smart managers might as well get on to this fact first as last The parading of fights and fighters con tinually under one's nose, to the exciu glon of matters more commendable, gets nauseating even to those who would ocea- sionally keenly enjoy a good gaill, and by this means boxing is deprived of much of the support it really ought to rely upon. But there Is little use in words. The milk is spilled and crying or preaching will not restore it. and wax serap ts interspersed some There is considerable talk being made Just now in the east of a limited round c test between Jack McAuiiffe and Young Griffo, which, it made, will be a picnie for the followers of the Williamsburger. There has been a lot of wind wasted by the color of Australlans in this country over the e ploits of Griffo on his own cellar door, and the romances of how he “done” this and that middle, light or welter weight in jiz time are as plentiful as black flies in the Adirondacks. If there is any man in this country in any degree in Griffo’s class, who 18 qualified to make a double-distilled ‘on- key out of the antepodean phenom, that man MeAulifte, and rely on it, the match is left to McAuliffe. It 18 a well known fact that Jack never fights unloss he is broke, and although I haven't heard anything from or about him for months, the general signs of the times are favorable for such a condition on his part, and he will doubtless jump at this South tea lure like a black bass goes for a shiner. He has always been one of the greatest money mackrs the ring ever knew, that is strictly in the shape of proceeds from actual fighting. He has made gobs and gobs of the stuff, a little fortune several times over, but It has always glided from him like water from a duck's back. His champlonship prestige and universal popu- larity has never failed to stand him in good stead, and whenever the cloth of the pro- fesh wanted a good run for thefr stuff they were sure to call upon the debonair light- weight from the suburbs of Brooklyn. He has been elected to go against all the hard men in his class, whether from home or abroad, and he hus never failed to fulfill the expectations of his friends. He has made several men rich, and has been in that fix sundry times himseif, only, however, for a brief period. The big bundle he copped by defeating Billy Meyer at New Or- Jeans a year ago last September he had hardly long enough to know it was his own. What he didn’t “blow” went for “‘markers up with the good people of the town. M Auliffe has always been solid with the monied men, who make business out of gport, and his nod has been good with every bookmaker and pool room keeper from Gotham to the Golden Gate. But in my enthusiasm over the Williams- burger I have lost sight of Griffo. As I said, however, there is talk of matching the two, but I think it will end that way. Mike Behan, the Australian’s backer, s too shrewd and too level-headed to run his pro- tege head first into a stone wall. He knows that McAuliffe has the “heft,” speed, skill and muscle to rob Griffo of every chance. The latter may be a_crackerjack among the little fellows, but McAuliffe is too big game for him. It would be like sending a man after elephants with a flobert rifle. Not that Jack is so much bigger, but o much better. Walking around, one would detect but little difference in the size or apparent woight of the two men. What Behan and Griffo had better do is lay low, like Brer Fox, until they have settled their littie dis- pute_with George Dixon. Should Griffo lick the Haligonian then he might go after Jack, Just for the fun of the thing. Tom Biddison is back from Frisco, and bloody well glad to get back, although he returns with a roll. As a souvenir of the home of Corbett, Tom brought back with him a bunch of oid-fashioned lucifer matches —the kind in use in our grandfather's days. They come in split blocks, and most of you remember them. They are little and smell like hell when you light them, that is, like hell is supposed to smell. Tom says they are just like the _sports out there, small and stinkin’. However, he met one man on the lope with whom he Is in high feather. It is Australian Ryan, the welterweight. He came over here as a lightweight, but the glorious climate of California, in his case, has proven a great deyeloper ‘and he now stands ready to meet any welterwelght in the woril. Tom says he is particularly anxious to meet Dick Moore and_will match with him at catch- welghts. It he does I want a good picce of the Moore end of it, although Biddison i cock sure Ryan can whip him. The match ought to be easily made. Moore s out for almost any, game and nothing could tickle him more than to come back out here and meet any welterwelght living at catch-weights. He s in Pittsburg now with Creedon, Tracey and Dobbs, and a letter addressed to the Academy of Music will catch him. Most remarkable indeed aro the methods of the managers of Corbett and Jackson says the Recorder oracle. They have posted the final deposit of $3,000 each with Stakeholder Davis of Chicago, and are pro- ~ ceeding on the even tenor of their respec wsittVe ways just as if they meant fight and wore confidint of having a battle. This puzzles all who have followed up the moves made In this affair, and every one is wont to ask, “Where am I at?” It is notorlous that Peter Jackson will not fight in New Orl and that Corbett will not do battle wbroad, They cannot find a fighting ground north of the Mason and Dixon line in the United States and Corbett will not fight elsewhere, Under these circumstances the posting of $10,000 & side and allowing the money to le idl: for slx months causes all Bands and the eook to ponder. It certainly I & most perplexing matter, While the Olymple club managers of New Ovlesns are golng slow, as 1 thought the would, wevertheloss y are undoubtedly detsrmined o have glove contests o wny or wll o they are now Soduounly b work endeavoring to secur Chiynak) wnd Pitzsimmons as thelr opening Mg siigestion. If they raise the ante, how- BIar, whwe Gullar er the olght thousand Hhey have wlrendy offered, they will do so B Lhatr parth Blght thousand dollars, even fwy kuch atiraetions as Joe and Bob, s Joet B9 Lo mush, Oue brief year ago the dubbest mug In the land would have re- fused, with disdain, to have entered the ring for a limited round go for $1,000, but now the big cracks of the profession, out- sido a precious few, are devilish glad to get on to a finish for that sum, and they are not particular where they fight, either, a club robm or a stable, it makes but litfle difference to them, just so they get a chance for a square eat or two. But in reforring to the New Orleans club, Inasmuch as they have made up their minds to restore fighting down there it might not be bad advice for them to proceed with the matches they have already n hand. Get them off and see how the sky looks Choynski and Fitzseimmons will not spoil by o little waiting. They have no less than three minor attractions on their bill al- ready, in Bverhardt and- Burke, Levy and Connors and Gorman and Harry. These ought to answer for a feeler. That the crowd oppesed to this sort of a thing wiil make a strenuous attempt to prevent the contests {8 assured, but whether they can or not remains to be seen. President Scholl says that the recent decision of the supreme court will not affect the charter of the club, and the charter expressly states that the object of the organization was for boxing contests Mr. Scholl also says that his attorney was confident of winning the case, and tells them to go ahead, that they rock-ribbed in their position so far as the law goes. SANDY GRISWOLD. A Day's Fish at Lake Wi Colonel Jjim Dewar of the Union Barrister Simeral and the sporting editor put in Sunday on the lovely waters of Lake Washington, one of the most famous fishing resorts in Minnesota. It | did trip in every way, convenient, economical and enjoyable—a trip that has no equal in this section of the country. You take cne of the handsomely equipped sleepers on the Chi- cago, St aul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad at 5:30 In the evening, and after a pleasant journey of nine hours, through as picturesque A country as man's eyes ever dwelt upon, su are landed at Kosota Junction. From this point it s five miles to the lake, and conveyances are always on hand and ready for the trip. Oscar Bayse, with a spankjng team of bays awalted our party and a few minutes before 6 he put us down at Patrick Sheehan's hotel This hostelry is situated in a leafy grove on a_ considerable promontory overlooking the FTHS CIWALEra ot o Ta e &k 1h on & oL tHe most complete and most satisfactory houses to be found within a day’'s travel. Large, ry rooms, clean beds and a sub:tantin table—what' more could enthusiastic anglers ask? heehan gave us a h breakfast fit for a prince separate, the lawyer decided alone and hunt up some bass. He said If lie went with three in a boat his mu.tache would add too much weight to the craft and there would be trouble, and as the colonel was “a very good all-round little man for his heft” he would rustle for himself. Jim and the scribe took a large boat, with President Hayes” as guardian, but the lawyer was ahead; we passed him abbut two miles out, anchored in a quiet bay. He had been using his half hour to advantage, for he held up to our admiring gaze a string of several bass. He said he would do better, however, and we passed on. After rowing about five miles the “‘President” announced we were there. And we were. We hardly Lad time to bait and throw in, and fished until we were worn out, but not with the proverbial *‘fisherman’s luck,” for a barrel or o of handsome pickerel, beautitul wall eyed pike and the king of fish, our fresh water black bass, rewarded our patience, industry and skill, but the lawyer was not around. After a most successful day a sumptuous supper and a good bed aweited us at the lotel. We arrived abowt 8 o'clock, again passing our friend “Sim,” who had fulfilled promise of doing better. He pulled up as we approached and was soon passing us in his light klinker, and the bow scemed lower than was consistent with a good boat, but he said the anchor was in the other end. It was a pite of pickerel and bass he row Back was enjoyable. The beauti- ful lake lay calm as a mirror, and fleccy clouds were showing over the northern hori- zon. Landing on the beach we were liter ally taken in charge by Sheehan, nothing to trouble us. Our leviathans were placed on ice, and as soon as we could clean up sup- per was ready and, “Ye Gods aud little fishes,” what a supper, bass, croppies and pickerel, fried and baked, and everything good that goes with them. After a quiet smoke we sought our downy beds and the night was passed with visions of fish ever before vs. After a hearty breakfat hungry fishermen can eat, we went forth. The sun was not yet out of his rosy bed and long before he reached the horizon we were at our posts, and with ruthless hook and line were rapidly filling our locker with the finny beauties. The President, taking his eye from the end of his pole, glanced at the clouds that were rapidly gathering and warned us of an approaching wind storm, but we had had no dinner and went ashoye to get one. While Dowar was getting wood, the Presi- dent building a fire, Billim went to a near farm house and borrowed a skillet and coffee rot, and I busied myself cleaning a large pickerel. Our dinner was finished and com- plete with the aid of a well filled basket from Mrs. Sheehan’s larder. Then a smoke, and we were ready to go at it again. But the lake was now roling hard, and the white caps were showing themselves on every crest, and under the divection of the president we started for the hotel. It was a hard pull through the high running waves, and some six miles of such work took con- siderable time. Our steady-handed guide, however, landed us in safety, and after supper the President and Pat’ packed our fish, and there was a good sized barrel of them. Our ride back to the junction was made by moonlight, and one could see in imagination the wiley Sioux in 1862 waiting for the unsuspecting traveler, for we were in the immediate vicinity of their flendish work of that year. Of course we left Sheehan's and those lovely waters with regret. It isn't often such a day's fishing falls to the lot of man, and a return to the common day life was distasteful, indeed. There is an fmmeasur- uble chasm between the brick walls, the toil and grime and dust of city life, and the woods and waters, the temples of na- ture’s god, that is to the follower of the line and rod, or the dog and gun. 'HE COLONEL. Briggs' Coming Trotting Meet. There have bien many and extensive im- provements made at Un‘on park across the river, where Colonel Hatch's very popular and successful running session is mow in progress, and the outlook is rosy indeed for Clinton Briggs' June trotting meet. The track has been almost entirely remade and today is without an equal in the west. It always was a famous course, both on ac- count of its speed and its gencral adapta- bility for the purposes it was intended for, and now with the long needed improve- ments in all departments, from grandstand to stalls, it gives promise of winning back much of its olden prestige and once more taking a position with the most popular courses in the country. Colonel Hateh has demonstrated that & running meet, in proper hands, will take tig hers, and the present meeting is surely only a precursor of better things to come. That we are to have a regular spring convent'on of the bang-tails is now an assured fact, As to the trotters and the pacers, Briggs’ coming meeting is sure to place’ them In high favor. This program is a most generous and attractive one indeed, and better yet the horsemen of the west all thoroughly undirstand that he will cirry out every and all obligations with that unswerving honesty and fairness that so far have marked his career among them. The very acceptable innovation of paying all purses from the stand at the close of each race will be in vogue here, and owners and drivers will be put to no extra trouble In squaring all accounts with the management, The entries, which are already pouring in, will close the meeting opening on th: 26th and continuing three days ngton Pacific, ty welcome and a and as we had to to take a boat such only as Parisiuns Rave Over Zimmy. “Zim" has found himself in clover in Parls, where the people have made a hero of him before he has won a race. His wel- comé is thus deseribed by a London eritic “It was In the short interval before the consolation race that the crowd got wind that Zimmie was inside the ropes. The people began to shout his name, cheering and hurrahing, while poor Zim seemed puz- zled us 0 what reply he was to make. He was only relioved from his embarrass- ment by the appearance of the thirteen riders starting In the consolation. In order to pacify the crowd Zim stepped on the track, not to ride, but to push off Alderton. ' The latter, however, dldn't w.n Baras took the consolation race hands down Time for the three kilometers, 4:66 4-5. Shortly afterward the wild shouting of Zim- merman’s nam: hecamd@ more vociferous than ever. Something had to be done to respond to this call of welcome. 8o, led by a press man, Zimmerman walked ealmly over to the 1-franc speetators, and, amil prolonged cheering, shook hands with all who were within reach. Had he been less solldly bullt his arm must have been nched out of the socket.” The Rourke Family in June. The Omahas play their third g&me at Peoria today, and on Tuesday and Wedne day next they wind up their f#f castern trip at Rock Island, playing morning and afternoon Decoration day,” So. _ far their trip has been anything hut successful, owing in a great measire to the absencs of Moran who was called home from Quiney byl the death of a brother. This left- the team weak fn several respects, and the boys hava played in hard luck basides, With the return of Moran and another flelder and pitcher Omaha may be exp:cted to be right in it from this on to the close of the season. The téam will be home next Thirsday and on the following day will tackle Buck Ebri ators on the Charles street ro A tig crowd will come up frome| the capital to see how the thing s done. The Lincolns will also play here on the and On June 4, 5 and 6 they. will play t. Joe, and on’ the Stho8th and 10th 8 Moines is here. On June 12, 13 and 14 Joe is here, and on the 15th, 16th and 17th the Rourkes are at Lincoln, and on the 15th, 20th and 21st they are at Des Moines, June 22, 23 and 24 Rock Island returns, and on the 26th, 27th and 28th Peoria,” while Jacksonville Is here June 20 and 30 and July 1. On July 3 and 4, two games on th: latter date, Quincy comes back to be annihilated. e to Nebraska, Fisherfes society held its twenty-third annual session in Philadelphf; last week, which was largely attended by prominent pisiculturists from all parts of the world, The clection of officers for the en suing year resulted President, W. L president, R. O, urer, Frank J. The American May, Nebrask Sweeney, Minnetota; Amsden, New York; P. Doyle; corresponding Henshail, Ohio; execu- tive committee, H. H. Cary, Georgia; L. D. Huntingdon, New York; Ienry Ford, Penneyly Calvert Speerchy, Wisconsin Charles' F. Chamberlayne, IMa chusetts. Hoyt Po:t, Michigan. vice treas- record- The Lily Has n World-Beater. OMAHA, May 23.—To the Sporting tor of The Dee: I am now man- aging Kathleen Connor, better known as “Little Six,” and will back her against any woman in the state for a race or against any man with a suitable hand cap. 1 have had her in_training for two weeks and ehe = a wonder. By the way, what is the best hour's record for a woman 0 a8 you please? LILLIE WILLIAMS. There are no records of female pedes- trians.—Sport Ed. Edi- The Ball Tossing Christians. When the Young Men's Christian Assocla- tion base_ball team some time ago pushed the Metz team over the edze of the earth nobody was surprised because they thought the Brewers were not strong emovgh. So again when the Christian: trod uron the hopeful of Council Bluffs it was nolsed about that the visitors were on the hog tra'n, and still like the prophets of old the Israelites from the corner of Sixteenth and Douglas re- mained to a great extent without honor in their own bailiwick. Then came Lincoln University, wreathed in the memories of last Decoration, day and Barne: I, and of course every one predicted that at last the Christians had struck an excellent stopping place, but this. time it was even worse than before, and nineteen hits, four of them off Barnes in the one inning, the only_cne he pitched, demonsgrated to the cranks that the Young Men's Christian As- sociation team contalned an aggregation of hitters, while but two errors, both of them excusable, indicated that it was not such a bad fielding team either. The fact of the matter is that with the possible exception of the old Union Pacifics Omaha never had an amateur team in the same class with this year's crop of Christian ball players. There is one remarkable thing about the male-up of the team which adds greatly to Its strength and that is that the three pltchers are all outflelders, and corking good ones, and all heavy hitters, so that no mat- ter which one 1s in the box there is no weak spot to cause anxiety. In the first game with the University of Lincoln McKelvey made a record which has probably néver fieen equaled in this city. Out of five times at bat he, got three three- base hits, a doutle }fT a’ single, and ac- cepted mnine chences at third without an errcr, this too in spite of the fact that early in the game he was injured by a collision with Lawler. Robinson has at last got good control of the ball, and it is a pleasant and instructive sight to sec him strike out men of visiting teams who have been advised by certain members of the as:ociation and alleged ball players to “wait him out.” Lawler has not been given much of a show in the box o far, but the way he has been playing left field Tias won the hearts of all the connoisseurs. Many a well posted man has“sald that of all the Western associat'on teams which have played in Omaha none have shown up a beiter ficlder than he is. Marquette, the new man who is g right, has not had much o do 5o far 1y n position, but he has already demonstrated that he is a good batter. He is not a hard hitter, but it is ab:olutely useless for a pitcher to attempt to fish him; he might just as well put them over and let the ficlder do the rest. Jefferies at first is a mark to throw at It any ever was; he is six feet two and has arms on him like an orang outang; for a big man he covers lots of ground, and when he }‘Lnn‘ms m;z of n. game with less than \wo hits s safe to bet ¢ score Y 1iilein that the scorer has been Crawford at second is a find. H the position in the opinion of many. e than Rustin did last year. He is as quick as lightning in getting the ball on a man flelds his position well and is a sure hitter and a fast man on the bases, Staney has got himselt a new bat, which looks as If it had come over In the May- flower in early youth and been graining steadlly ever since. But in spite of. this little aberratton he is hitting the ball right along and eating up everything that dares to show its head in his garden. Jelen Is playing center and pitching and Incidentally hitting the ball out of the lot whenever an occasion presents ftself. He has been catching the crowd lately with his base running, and well he might, for it isn't every one who can make it in ten sec- onds, Abbott s doing the catching again this year in addition to his duties as supervising architect of the team. His backsstop work 18 fully up to his usual standard, while his throwing has shown a marked improve- ment, The game with Detroit was first announced for tomorrow, Monday, May 28, but owing to the fact that Kansas City refuses to trans- fer the game scheduled with her on that day to the 20th Manager Vanderbeck of De- trolt has telegraphed a request to' have the game here postponed one day; that is till Tuesday, May 20. This has been done, so that it may be well to remember that on Tuesday next the Young Men's Christian as- soclation will try its mettle against a team composed of ball players having all the earmarks of ball players, and the peo- ple of Omaha will have an opportunity to again view a small sample of the kind of ball with which she has so many years been famillar. The game will be calied at 3:30 sharp, 5o that those from out of town who desire to see it can do so and get home the same day. On July 4 the Omahas will be at home for two games, and in order to avoid any possible conflict the Y. M. C. A. would like to get a game out of town that day if satisfactory arrangements can be made. Here is a chance for some enterprisin team to get a good ball game to assist & making the eagle scream, As an evidence of the popularity of the great game this seasou It might by well to And we make it TO ORDER from Black or Blue Cheviot and a large q line of Fancy Mixtures in Cheviot or Smooth-faced Cloths suitable for Business or Dress. ROCK PANTS CGCOMPANY, 408 N. 16th St. mention that it has be:n found necessary already to put in a row of bleachers wh'ch will seat about 300 or 400. The association wishes to call particular attention to the fact that it has decided this year, so far as possible, to make all the ball games freeto. ladi's, This means not only general admission, but also the grandstand. There may be possibly one or two games during the season in which this cannot be done, because of some rule or reguliton governing the visiting team. For instance, in the Detroit game, day after tomorrow, it will be necessary to eviryone, as these are the only terms upon which tSe teams of that league are allowed to play and no departure can be made except by a majority vote of the members of the league, On next Wednesday, Decoration day, the State University will be on hand for an- other game and the arrangement is that Barnes shall pitch Yelps from the Dleachers. Billy Klusman seems to be doing the bulk of the Cowboys' hitting. Perry Werden is cracking out home runs in great shape for Minneapolis. “Coxey’s Army” i3 what they call Gus Schmelz's Washington gang now. Charlie Dewald has been farmed out to Erle by the Cleveland management. Big Bill Brown has foined the St Louls Browns and will hereafter play first base, Young Pedro signed to fill Wood's position. So far hasn't proved much of an improve- ment, Tim O'Rourke, the man with the opaque lungs, has becen set on the bench at Louis- ville. Manager Rourke has two new pitchers in view, and it is to be hoped he nails one of them soon. Ollle Beard leads the ‘“shorts” of the country. Ke did not make an error in his first nine games. Harry Wright is a gay old boy and rides to the game at Philadelphia togged out in a cyclist’s uniform. Lincoln will send down a big excursion next Friday to see the Senators and the Rourke family clash at St. Charles park. The Illinols farmers have been rapping Boxendale both ways from the middle. He is proving considerable of a disappointment. Now the fans are all praying that some one will catch Manager Rourke's Pedro. So far he has only distinguished himself by his errors. Sioux City gobbled up both Lew and Win Camp as soon as they were released by Chicago. Win, however, has been turned over to Grand Raplds, 01d Ab. Dalrymple, who has been swing- ing a lantern on the Great Northern, has been taken into camp by Indianapolis and succeeded Jim McTammany as captain of the Hooslers. The Cincinnati contingent was largely in evidence In yesterday's game at Sioux City. Lefty Marr made a two-bagger and a home run, Hogriever a double and a triple and Frank Genins scraped in three ‘*zwel- sockers,""—Times-Star, “Jocko™” Schmidt' wound up his career at Grand Rapids by 'filling up with mineral water and taking a good punch at 'Rastus Wright. He was not the only pugnacious pitcher developed during the week, for Borchers gave Abner Powell a smash in the face at Nashville. Little Willle Mains has a face as inno- cent as that of a heathen Chinese, but he's a cut> old Yank. He didn't hanker after covering first base for the Minnies, and told Manager John S. Barnes that he was suffer- ing so exeruciatingly from rheumatism that ball playing was out of the question, and Barnes released him. Now Mains is putting up the strongest game of any pitcher In the New England league. “For heaven's sake, win a game," the message which some irreverent green director wired to Manager when he was - plloting his blue ribbons around on their recent disastrous trip, If the base ball managers should all suddenly be taken religiously Inclined and depend on other powers for victories bellef in the ef- ficacy of prayer would receive jolts every day.” So says Mulford, Tom McGuire, the Minneapolis right fielder, stuck his head out of a car window and was hit by an electric upright. His nose was hroken and he'll not be able to play ball again for several weeks, Elmer Foster has foresworn the bat and ball for the wheel. The old New Yorker has announced his intention of becoming a professional bicycle rider. Pitcher Nichols and other members of the Boston team pre- dict he will be a success, He is big and strong and ought to become an able rider. The Garden Gates have reorganized with the following players: Dan Whitney, third; Ed Welch, short; Rich Gruttie, second; Jim Collins, first; Gus Y0ttins, right; Charles was and Cushman charge | Anderson, center; John Cemp, left; Henry game. Richter, pitch; J. J. ‘Boulsy, catch. | Cuptain B. B. I C. T I Ans.—No. The Whisperings of the Wheel. Several of the Omaha Wheel club boys | took a spin out to the new fort site Sunday morning. W. W. Connoran made the trip to Lincoln last Sunday. He reports the roads in fine = d condition. | b Perrigo's collection of souvenirs ana badges on exhibiticn in his store continue to draw | the attention of the curious. ‘‘Perry’ has an | interesting little bit of history to relate with | each relic. score of 17 to 14, BLAIR, Neb, May 18.—-To Editor of The Bee: A, I3, playing double high five. A buys and makes the tramp. aler have to discard befor ance of cards wanted? A the deck.—Jack. Ans.—He must disc BEEMER, Neb Bditor of The Bee: the following questions The Omaha Wheel club and the Gany- ' in your question column of mede Wheel club of Council Bluffs join = Bee: () A, B, ¢ and D issues today at Sarpy mills, where a game of | five and spades ball will be Indulged in and other amuse- | §3F0S the seven ments be provided. T | f A great number of Omaha wheelmen have | up and regisiers o been "attending the Council Bluffs derby. | has o right to pick it up. Some of the most ambitious claim they can | has the right as long as it ride In time with the horses, It's difficult | {0 GCCOURt of A having when you try it, boys. rumn lojiamigh | and C thinks they Lieutenant Melton and F. C. Stocking of | and asks for a shuffle. the Tourist Wheelmen rode out to Denison, | that May 24, nd pieks draw. C Kick, A ol no one around Ia., Sunday, making the long ride in compar- | 0 whufile them excepl the “""\\'t\l\lh'::l'{ nswering in next Sund, They spent the greater | St them. Dennison and returned atively short time, 188 hesrigh UhEwC part of the day in home by moonlight. Louis Flescher is entered in the Kansas | City races and will leave shortly for the city on the Kaw to get a few days preliminary training. Loule is a veteran racing man, | Iditor of The Bee but almost a novice on the safety. He ‘n'«’ the sporting N N wears the cherry diamond and black arrow | B the outcome of Jack Du of the Tourists. L naglo el The Touri:ts City, Ia., teday. The trip is a nice one, not ' Clow and fights, t00 long nor “too short. Dinner at Silver | one was a draw and the othe C) home by* 6 in the evening. Wheelmen | fered with the friends of enjoy country riding are especially w o Ban Bathe gemer e come on the run. Start from M. O. Daxon's | from he wis ot s store at 8 o'clock. OMAHA, May Kearney Is making great preparations for | of The Bee Would you pl the state meet, A club of fifty members has | if there is a powder been organized and negotiations are pending | Omaha outside of I for a track. If the meet goes to Kearney | & constant su the event will be boomed and made the most | ¥¢0rs—H. B successful of any previous meets held by the | ANS-Ves, several of them, NGbEARE A AL IR0 FORT OMAHA, May 25, Editor of The Bed Are you thinking of going to Denver to | inform in the nes attend the national meet of League of Ameri- | Omaha = Bee wheth can Wheelmen in August? If so write Chief 2d Mitehell cle: Consul Eber:ole for full particulars regarding | the Nebraska wheelmen's train. Nebraska | will send a delegation of 500 or more and you want to be “in with the push.” The Cudahy Cycling club of South Omaha enjoyed their regular run last Sunday. Young Cudahy, the crack of the Cudahy Cycling club, is a_speedy youth and will Long I make some of the Pullman men feel weary | Though the Turks cannot on May 80. He is entered this year as a | yer they like o theln tine winner. ~ We 'opes he will flash in a mile ylu Sheyitike:to take thalnidinie. uhead of the rest. rapaATIS A delegation of the Ganymede, headed by | "} °re I8 Captain Williamson, went out to Atlantic, la., on the train Saturday evening and pedaled in Sunday. Their object was the measurement of the relay from Atlantic to the Bluffs. The route of the great Washing. ton-Denver relay lies along this course. The | [R¢ Ganymedes have charge of the stretch from | 9 Atlantic in. The Omaba Wheel club boys and their friends tirned out in large numbers at the concert given by the mandolin and banjo clubs at Boyd's, The boxes and orchestra chalrs’ were beautifully draped with the club | colors, black and red, in honor of the oe- sion. Over 160 seats were occupied by the club men and their friends. A\ tiahe patts Captain Walker of the Tourists led hIs | yng' (he question of purcha club mates down fnto the woods below La | % ciedt Tt abruptly, as Platte last Sunday, divided them up into | Lolve a loss of dignity, hut squads, farnished them with bait and or- dered them to dismount, stack wheels! and help deplete the number of bass and other game fish that inhabit the little lakes and runlets that abound in that vicinity. Lieutenant Pegau had charge of the Kelly-like camp and served up the eata- bles and drinkables like a veteran fron- tiersman. President Taggar caught a turtle on a spoon hook after an hour or o troll- ing, and was awarded the button for first fish caught. The boys thoroughly enjoye® themselves, and returned home late in the aflternoon. his was the first of a number of “fish” runs that will be taken this sea- son. oblige b D. Gibbon, has the last shuflle, SIOUX CITY, take their outing at Silver unday John . New York.—A, Nelson. Clear out. R Ans. this so well illu This w when writer in the Century. particularly to our notice the Sivas bazaars to ex: merchant host then quite deferential. A merchant at all, but a guest. Goffee is served, that Maybe, after half has indicated whit afterthought. the customer way, as though he w terested The merc'iant replivs ever your highness plews:s,” or proud f yeur highuess will do 1 | to accept It us a gift." This n | whatevar, ard {s merely the tenance, will always name a times as large as it should be. — real business begins. bidsplertiod half or one-fourth of w ould, the aeranaut, | to pay, and the war ing tone day farce. There is n lette at this office STRATTC Neb,, y 22.—-To the Sport- ing Editor of The Will you please state In Bunday's Bee what Is a handicap race in running and what horse won the Brooklyn handicap last season.—W. 8. Rut- cliff, Ans.—(1) extra welght BELLEVUE, May 24.—To the Sporting Editor of The Hee: A game of base ball n Bellevue and Council Bluffs stood 14 In favor of Hellevue at the end of nning. * Council Bluts plays’ her | (Ao seventh inning and scores three runs, then e ) 2 Quits catch & weln, claiming & draw fells me It's as old as the hills, How t thin,”" sald Mr. Googleby, “but handicapped by | to make them that way always make me angry, the Winners are Diablo. Goog this mornin’ Is their ciaim good? Theo. Morning, game is Bellevue's by a the Sporting D are 3 B demand A how many cards he holds up. he de does not have to discard until after he robs rd before dealing. To the Sporting Will you kindly and settle The e playing h are made trumps, ot by mistake, it up and sees B pic claiming B claims asn't discarded more @) It is A's shu are not shuflled enough claiming the bourd has a right a disput e | was SIX 1 pugilist of New Yor tly | before Mr. Morr! s Bee. —(1) B has no claim on the disca led S0 o (@) Any player may shuifle, but the | 1o, 82 me about, Mr. Mor, May 24.—To the Will you pl columns of next ¢ two fights Also please give ad- wledge of th was inter- Know ing | “Certainly, heard Bditor m me To the Sport tant subscriber of The Bee for fifteen issu "The | of €sp ont of the ring while | in ing_with him in the Madison Square HOPPING METHODS IN TURKEY Coffee and u Smoke Precede the Invariable o of Maggling. be called lazy, Patience, belongs to God; hurry to the devil trated as the manner of shopping in Turkey, say: brought visited inlaid brated. | came on, I spect hant It the cilnbs in | 0 gambler, and, gen nine sof silverware, for which the place Is ce | The customer stands in the street ticles on exhibition; the me sits on his heels on the booth floor. customer Is of some position in life h up and sits down on a level with the mer If he Is a forcigner the merchant is | full entertaining [ rolled up and, handed to The “‘guc the various sogial and other local topies cigarciic are | of smok o s gradually ap circumspec as If the buying of anything were a mere hour, wants, | a tool of, and I waters of the | anq ‘arier discussing the quality of the goods | had the customer asks the price i an 8 rot parcienl; off-hind - | concluded, “I shall be Nenor introduetion to the haggling which Is sure to follow, The seller, with silken manners and bra, four When the lst of the | nounc The buyer offers one at he firally words, in a bluster leads up to tae close of this every xpects Butter Thin Hread. I like my sandwiches with the bread cut m try | toe, they I seld myself, bread crumbles and curls up so when I try to spread It by has no such trouble, however, and 1 discovered why; she the cut end of tho loaf before cuitin' Simple, ain't it; and Mrs. Googleby butters off the JOHN MORRISSEY'S COMMITTEE. ow the Old-Time Congressman Of Schemes of His Co Schuyler Colfax used to delight in telling of an incident that occurred when he was speaker of the house and John Morrissey, lie New York ex-prize fighter and gambler, was a representative in congres:. Like all presiding officers of the house, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Mr. Colfax found the making up of his standing committees a perplexing problem. It was on the even- ing of the day previous to the announce- ment of the list in the house that the speaker, In his room at the capitol, recefv- ing members and listening to thelr pleas for good places, was at last left alone with I3 | his secretary. ' Just as the tired speaker congratulating him:clf that his task was at last completed, the stalwart ex- came into the room duck of his head Headed stituents. b he and with a _deferenti inquired if “Mr. Speaker” was too busy to hear a few words that he had to say. Mr, to | Colfax began to parry the expected request ! could prefer it. W began in his smooth- est manner, “it's the committees you want ssey, of course; but you know new members are never given very important places, and there is such pressure by state delegations and promi- nent men for positions that first-termers lm\"l‘ to be content with minor places, and—" es, Mr. ' Morrissey broke in, “that's just the thing I've come to see you about. "My friends down in my district— | they want g ' interrupted Colfax, ‘you would like to pleass your friends and I would be delighted to give you a place on a good committee, but—'" Morrissey at this point suddenly broke in he flow of words with: bir. Speaker, how'd you like them clgars? In relating the incident Mr. Colfax said that it then came to his mind that a fow days previously he had received two boxes ally fine clgars, and, supposing they n sent him by one of his old friends Indiana, had already consumed a good many of them. He now realizes that Mor- rissey had sent him a bribe, and he had ace cepted it. The pugilist’s question, under the circumstances, knockout, and it gave the pugilist congre:sman a chance to say what up to this time he had no oppor= tunity for doing. “Now, Mr. Speak he went on, ‘“you can talk a good deal faster and better than I can, but Just let me finish what I came to say and then you can talk all you want to. body kinows that I've Luen a prize lly speaking, a a [ tolerable tough sort of customer, And I've got a boy at home that'll be told all of this as he grows up and runs agin the world. Thinking about this before last election concluded that it would be a Jod counter to these shots if my boy could fter while, “Yes, that's so, the old man thing of a rounder In his time, was a member of the American cons So I just pulled off my coat last, waded In, ‘got elected, and here I am.” a| Now, I know Just as well as you a | do, that T ain't fit to be in congress--I don't know nothing about making laws and I am too old to learn. But there's a gang fellows in my distriet, over thers in New York, who oming down here to see me about my being put on a big committee whers 1 can help them out- on some of the schemes they's going to bring before congress. Now, I don’'t owe them fellows a rap and I don't want to be made was afrald some of them fixed up the thing with you and I'¢ see you. And," Morrlssey “now I'll tell you just what I want. I'm a congressman, and I suppose Il be forced to go on somoe committoe or other; but, Mr. Speaker, If you happen to have any committee that has nothing te do or never has a meeting put on it and I'll keep you in cigars for the whole ses= sion." 2 | had be better come to committees was an- 1 by the speaker In the house next was the last man of the coms claims, day Morrissey mittee on revolutions r than ever be- fore. The extreme in the style of these I8 found in the toe. They come In plccadilly style, which has the broad sole and the very pointed toe, and the London, also a narrow though not ko extreme as the other, shoes In tan scem to have been di slgned for older men, who ure, perhaps, looked upon as possessed of common sense enough to insist upon plenty of room in the toe of the shoe Tan shoes are more popu Low e Little pills for great ilis: DeWitt's Little « Eazly Risers, et [