Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 7, 1894, Page 11

b 18 _ vecuperated slightly, however, in 92 and '93, KING OF THE STUBBLE FIELD Glerious Sport Abcad for the Pointer and the Better, . OPENING OF THE FOOT BALL SEASON ‘Wheel Whisperings—Latest from the Bail Fleld—The Amateurs — Tho Crack of mmorless aud Sunday's Re- freshing Grist of Sports, HE quall law was up for 1894 on Monday last, the 1st day ot October, and already some very fine bags have been made in the mmmediate vicin- ity. All reports con- cur in the fact that the crop of birds this | season (s the largest that has been known In Nebraska for a long' derles of years. In all localities where the conditions are favorable for the thrift of this toyal little bird, they are to be found in | uncommon numbers, Every stubble field and every copse seems to shelter its covey, and there is a great season's sport ahead. Along tha 'wooded Elkhorn, in the fields and | thickets both up and down the Missourl, out on the Loup, Republican and Platte, thers are sald to be myriads of quail, and as soon as the frost wilts and beats down the leafy undergrowth and strips the trees of ‘helr gay follage, a grand fusilade will be heard all along the line. From time immemorial quail shooting has been a favorite pursuit of the sportsmen, and while 1t does not begin to rank with the delights of wild fowl shooting, In my estimation, there are thou- sands of other lovers of the gun who rate it first of all. They delight 1n the work of the dogs, which no other shooting so thoroughly calls forth, and then the sport Is not fraught with the hardships that attend almost every species of autumnal hunting. The quail is certainly a most delectable table bird and fits beauty is far-famed. Not only is he rare in brown and white plumage, but there is grace and poetry in his every move and motion. He |s the most vivacious and joyous of all game birds, and ever in cheerful andj Interesting (activity. During the summer months, throughout the breeding season, the quail, alone, of all the gallin- aceous family, keep the soft air atune with their melodious whistle. The old cock, perched apon some high fence post or stump, near the nest of his mate, is always tireless In his efforts to relleve her of the ennui and irksomeness involved in the labor of focubation. Then when the shells are broken and the bevies make their appearance, how proud he is and how he struts and parades before their wondering eyes. This has been a great season for fecundity among these birds, the first brood being hatched in most localities out this way and well afoot as early as the middle of June, owing to the dry and favorable weather. In such seasons they always hatch two broods, and if the conditions are aus- picious and they are undisturbed by two and fourslegged enemies, their increase Is very rapld. The duties of nidification keep the hens busy from early in May until October. In Nebraska the quail's worst enemy is the weather. Our sevire winters are too much for them, and in cases of a general heavy snowfall, followed by zero weather, they freeze and starve to d:ath, by the wholesale. On frequent occasions from this source the birds have been all but exterm- inated, whole covice being often found in corn-shocks and fence corners, frozen hard as rocks. If they are unable to brave the cold they starve to death. In Ohio and many of the eastern statcs the farmers, who are everywhere friends of the quail, provide against these destructive contingencies by scattering feed in their most frequented havnts and erecting brush sheds for their comfort and protection. As these dangers are much more liable here in Nebraska the exampls is a good one for our farmers and | stockmen to fmitate. On several different occasions within my own knowledge |,|unllI have been almost wholly extinguished by | cold and snow here in Ncbraska. This was notably the case in the intensely cold winter of '00. Prior to that they had been fairly plentiful all over the state, but when spring came, following upon that frigid epoch, and the warm sun began its work of extracting the frost from the ground it was found that Bob White was all but annihilated. They but it remained for tha breeding season of '04 to restore them to anything like their former plentifulness. They are here now and the strictest pains should be taken to preserve and protect them. The inroads made by sportsmen upon their ranks s the least decimating peril to which they are subjected. At its very best quail shooting in Nebraska, owing to the dense nature of the stream-bordering thickets in which they seek safety on being flushed, is laborious sport, and the birds that fall to the sports- man's gun are as nothing compared to the, number which fall victims to rapacious birds of prey, skunks and coyctes, to say nothing of their chiefest danger by summer floods and winter cold and snow. Another cause for the abundant crop of the present fall, aside from the splendid season of nidification, was the open char- mcter of the weather last winter. They were quite plentiful In most regions last fall, and as the winter following was one of the most propitious known here for a long time, there being no prolonged cold and but the most inconsiderable snowfall, the bulk of the birds pulled through, strong and robust, to multiply and increase at a wonder- ful ratio during the summer just clos:d. A careful adherence to the law—a vigorous in- terest on the part of both farmers and sportsmen, and mutual concessions about hunting and trapping them, and an unceas- ing war upon their feathered and furred enemies will go a long ways toward preserv- ing this little king in fairly abundant num- bers for years to come. In hunting quail, and I have had lots and lots of it on the best quail grounds in the ‘world, which are, I am bold to proclaim, found only in central Ohio, it is more difficult to find your birds than it is to kil them. While they fly with exceeding rapid- ity, In fact there is no bird within my knowledge that takes wing nearly so quickly, they are easily covered by the practiced gun- ner. They leave you on a direct line, and mever pitch or tumble, or twist or turn, like snipe, plover or duck, yet it takes a quick eye and a steady nerve to do the work properly. — The majority of sportsmen may differ with me on this question, but few, 1 think, who have had the varied experience with feathered game that has been my de- light and good fortune. This would be a most charming time to hunt quail in Nebraska was it not for the matted and tangly vegetation which abounds exuberantly everywhere the birds are most likely to be found. The mornings, up to half past 10, are perfect, and so are the afternoons, for such a tramp as would be Decessary to make anything like a respect- able b All talk about certain conditions of the weather for success with the different kinds of game has ulways struck me as ille Many sportsmen assert that It must be Stormy, blustering, with wind and snow and sleet and rain, for ducks; damp and cloudy for quail and cold for geese, but so far as I am concerned I want the pleasantest Weather possible in season for all kinds of shooting. I have seen it in all its phases, from deer and bear on the upper Peninsula, to rail on the reedy Delaware. 1 have crouched in a blind all day long, with the mercury flirting with zero, back In the sloughs of the lower Illinols, knocking the peerless mal- lards right and left, and never thought of the cold until the waning light stopped the shooting and brought me to the realization that I was all but frozen to death, and yet T considered it the most capital kind of sport, but not so0 in the sweet by and by, when the twinges of rheumatism and neuralgia racked limb and body. Then, again, I have had %:.l‘ as fine shooting and made just as of the same birds when the at- mosphere was at temperate heat, and know it was sport a thousandf:!d more satisfac- nd enjoyable. Giva n * balmy weather & flood of yellow 1 1.ue to shoot in, always: let it be “eer, uckoy, duck, snipe uall, It matters a0t \* me and I will be | points of the game it With the I:u.: (*%¢ ha“pens my way A4 got my full shos «( lhflm..‘uprl the opinfon of the sportamen weather con- nnhuan. Pul we will let that go for fur- ther discussion. As to hunting dogs for quall, of course there is much that could be said, but it is not my intention to undertaks to teach Sportsmen In this regard, I only give my observations for what they are worth, and never want to be considered as an authority on the sport 1 love so well. But the dogs, some prefer the setter, others the pointer, but with me it depends greatly upon the condition of the country I am 1o hunt over, and while from personal cholce 1 prefer the pointer, 1 am easily satisfied with just dog, 80 long as he finds the birds for me and is staunch and obedient. Therefore I will not take up any further time In argu- ing on the often disputed excellence of the two breeds of dogs Walsh, Camp, Gennins and Motauley. In speaking of the champlion Corn Huskers the Sioux City Journal has these nice things to say of a quartet of ex-Omahans: While Joc Walsh was not with the pen- nant winners the entire season, much credit is due him for the position which the Husk- ers occupled. His playlng at short was never in comparison with_the excellent work of the batteries and outfield, and his seem- ing deterioration in May, resulting in his re- lease the first week in June, was due largely to the fact that he had early in the season recognized the company was too swift for him to travel along with such youngsters. Walsh had seen many seasons on the dia- mond, had played gréat ball in his time and was thoroughly up on all Wtakins had got to- gether a mixed team of old and young play- and just such a man as Walsh was needed to hold them down and settle them to team work instead of playing for indi- vidual homors. ~ Just here Walsh's value to the Huskers was greatest. Lew Camp, a favorite with the fans, u der the sobriquet of “Papa,” commenced wearing a Husker uniform at first. When Newell went to short, Camp was sent to third and remained until the arrival of O'Rourke. Then he alternated in the field, He was a rapid and accurate thrower, and always had enough ginger to make him popular wherever he played. ‘‘Papa’ was a hot boy with the stick, and his long drives to right were often winners. His next season's location is yet unsettled. Frank Genins, the popular center flelder, began his professional work on the diamond In 1887 with the Omaha club, and most of his time, excepting 1892 and 1893, has been spent as a member of the Sioux City ball team. During 1888-89-90 and 1891 he was under a Husker contract. In 1862 his time was divided between St. Louis and Cincin- natl. Sickness kept him off the field in 1893, and the rest was undoubtedly of great value, as the past season he played the game of his life. The flies that went toward center seldom escaped him, and the many phenomenal catches have added much this season to his already well won popularity. Next year Genius will be seen With the Pittsburg league club, and if he keeps up the pace of the past season his rank as a center fielder will be at the top. Pop McCauley was the veteran of the team, and was a valuable acquisition to the Huskers, even though released by the Mil- lers, It was a fortunate occurrence for Mac that Perry Werden, through Jack Crooks, got the first base position with the Millers. Otherwise, “Pop” would have finished with them, and would have had worse than boils in sliding with the Barnes combina- tion on the closing eastern tour. McCauley is one of the hardest working first base- men in the profession, and while not doing a phenomenal line of batting, always mana- ges to do something when needed. He has been playing for years, commencing his pro- fessional course as a south paw twirler. He is slated for the 1595 Huskers. Forest, Kleld and Stream. THE duck and snipe season is now fairly on and the sportsmen are in high feather. # Parties are daily leav- ing and returning, but p in almost every in- Duit—— ——e= stance the report is M pree that game s scarce " and shooting poor. ~' _Some tolerable good £== bags of teal have been made, but thus far very few mallards have put in an appearance and the jacks are un- precedentediy scarce. The fact is that the shooting in this vicinity is sure to be of an inferior character, owing almost wholly to the scarcity of water. When the main issue of birds do come in they will linger but a few days, no matter what the weather may be, for goed wild fowl shooting is only pos- sible when water is plentiful. Of course the snipe shooting will be poorer still. All the feeding grounds roundabout here are baked hard and the birds must continue on southward, where the conditions are more to their liking. D. J. Welty, an old Omaha business man, but a resident of Fremont latterly, met with a tragie death while duck sheo ing at Patrick’s lake some few days ago. Mr. Welty's gun was out of order, the spring of one of the locks was weak and the plece was liable to discharge at the slightest provoca- tion, and had gone off accidentally on two occasions. A companion of the unfortunate gentleman saw him a few moments before the accident standing in his blind, with the butt of his gun resting on the ground in front of him, intently watching for the birds. Suddcnly he heard the report of his plece and not seeing him called out and asked him what he had killed. Receiving no answer he went over to the spot where he had secn Mr. Welty standing and found him lying face downward on the grass, dead An ugly wound was discovered in his chest, where the whole load of No. 6 shot had plevghed its way. The accident was a most deplorable one, but is another warning to sportsmen to exerclse the greatest care when upon expeditions of this kind. Elmer Johnson and Henry Swanson put in several days last week at Holman's lake, near Tekama, duck shooting and fishing They were quite successful, bringing in something like seventy-five birds and about ninety pounds of bass and eroppie. Al Patrick, Nate Crary, Lew Hill ana Major Worth are making the bear in the Big Horn mountains think that life isn't worth living. But tormenting bruin is not all the quartet is doing, still it is not pat that it should be given away. Judge E. S. Dundy had a great outing In the Big Horn mountains this summer and fall, returning Saturday evening of last week. The venerable judge outdid himself this year, securing two big grizzly bears, two Dblack bears, fourteen elk, two big horn sheep and a dozen blacktail deer. Dr. W. F. Carver and J. A. Elliott ofKan- sas City, the world's wing shot, have signed articles for another live bird match. The dates set for the shoot are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 11, 12 and 13, and will be for §400 a side and the world's champlonship, American Association rules as regards boun- dary will prevail. “Scip” Dundy, Frank Hamilton, Stockton Heth and 8. G. V. Griswold are In the sand- hills for a ten days’ bout with the canvas backs and red heads. John J. Hardin is cracking away at the grouse near his ranch north of Paxton. Herman Stockman recetved a stray shot through the under lip while crouching in the reeds at Manawa Sunday. He stuck the day out, however, and made a nice kill of teal and yellowlegs. J. C. Green and son George, H. B. Allen and ““Tate" Pritchard put in a day on the marshes below Council Bluffs last week, and succeeded in bagging some twenty teal and a large number of the smaller fry. Green, the elder, is nearly 66 years of age, but perched on a muskrat house in the middle of the lake, and the birds flying well, is yet able to give many of the younger generation many lessons in bringing the birds to grass. W. W. Cole of the Consolidated Coffee spent several days last week at Big lak Minnesota, together with Robert Simms and a party of Kansas City anglers. Their catch was one of the most magnificent re- corded in this section of the country th season, Mr. Cole carrylng off the honors. With & seven-ounce split bamboo and a small Mills silk line he landed a pickerel weighing twenty-two and one-half pounds and measur- ing three feet and three Inches in length. It was a monster, and was viewed by scores of sportsmen at Mr. Cole's headquarters on Harney street Wednesday, In addition to this leviathan of the lake, Mr. Cole caught v theoretical | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: S{"8#DAY, OCTOBER 7, 1894. several pickeral weighing from five to seven pounds, a large number of black bass, of tipping the scales at five and one-fourth, and a wall-eyed pike nearly as large. Big lake s sixty-four miles northwest of St. Paul, and its waters are fairly teeming with splendid fish, On October 24 and 26 the Sutton Gun club of Sutton, Neb, will hold its second annual tournament, and the boys are pre- paring for a big shoot. There will be ten | chases each day at both targets and figures, | The Omaha trap shots have all been cor- | Qially Invited to attend, and a large delega- tion will cordially respond, The Fastest Mile Ever Paced. Flying Jib made a marvelous showing at Chillicothe, O., on Saturday of last week. Andy McDowell was working him out and had him hitched to a high wheeled pneu- matic wagon with a running mate hitched. The pair scored several times, and finally McDowel gave the word to those who were In the judges' stand. The gelding paced away beautifully. He went to the half in 1:00, and finished the last half in_ 0:50%, thus making the mile in 1:39%. No per- formance lately has excited the horsemen more, as it is the fastest mile ever paced, beating old Westmont's time of 2:01%, made In Chicago under like conditions several years ago. Westmont was owned in this city, by the late Charlie McCormick, up to the spring of 1889. Neither the performance of Westmont or the Jib stands technically as a record, On the Grid Tron Fleld. OOT ball in the east can now be said to be the na- tional fall sport of the American youth and it is undoubtedly fast becoming ) 50 in the west. Foot ball has been raised to a science in the former section, where it has been fostered and developed to such an extent that each college must have its coacher to teach the intricate man- euvers of team work, and team plays, and we find the sport has been so wide- last two years that there is demand for competent coachers from all directions for the smaller colleges, high schools and associations, Foot ball, like most games requiring brains, science, skill and courage, is interesting to a spectator knowing the points and having a knowledge of the game, and from the start to the finish Harry Is followed on a run or Tom fis singled out as he takes a header through the line, while Ed and George are patted on the back for thelr brilliant inter- fering In_running Wiil around the ‘end for a gain of forty yards, where he Is brought to @ ‘“down” by Charlia in a brilliant “‘tackle’ when he I8 all but “across the line.” And so it goes. A spectator having mno knowledge of the game is fascinated by the skill displayed by one and all, and delights in the wonderful power of endurance as exhibited by the player. Now, with a desire to interest the spectator (not knowing the game), more deeply in this best of all sports with the hope of stimula- ing a love for athletics, and enlightening him as to the points, the following hints are made, the endeavor being made to give the simple steps and early development of the play, leaving the most difficult evolutions and scientific tactics which have been mastered for an article of the future: (& the interest in spread in the “§PUNOE 40 4ONO I, ‘spunog 10 anoL, 1994 088 “yonog, ug uanog, u * punog 10 yonoL *spunog 10 gaNog, 1 091 e American foot ball requires a fleld 330 feet long by 160 feet wide, bounded by heavy lines made of lime, marked on the ground, and in order to measure the distance gained or lost for the convenience of the referee, white lines of lime are marked across the fleld from side to side, five yards apart, the fitth line from either end being an especially heavy line and known as the “twenty-five yards line;” while the “center of the fleld"” is located at the middle of the eleventh line. The end lines are what are knowh as “goal lines,” and the side lines are what are known as ‘“touch or bounds.” At the center of the goal lines at each end of the field the goals are located. Goals are two posts, from fifteen to twenty feet high ana eighteen and one-half feet apart, and con- nected by a crossbar ten feet from the ground, as represented in above diagram. Two teams of eleven men each contest in the game. A foot ball team consists of eleven men. Seven of them called (rush line) rushers, oppose a corresponding seven on the opposite eleven, whenever the ball is down for a “scrimmage.” The one in the middle is known as the “center.”” On either side of him are the right and feft guards, the right and left tackles, and the right and left ends, respectively. The four remaining players are the quarter back, right and left half-backs and the full-back, who stand be- hind the line of rushers and occupy positions which vary according to whether they or their opponents have the ball. At the beginning of the game the ball Is placed at the center of the field. The slde In possession of the ball constitutes the side of attack, and endeavors to carry it down the field by kicking or run- ning with it, in order to place it on the ground behind the opponents’ goal line. The other side, forced to act on the defensive, is drawn up in opposition and strives to check thelr adva and get possession of the ball themselves, 8o that they may no longer act upon the defensive but become in turn the attacking party. The rules of the game place certain restric- tions upon the attacking side and upon the defense, and it is the attempt made in accord- ance with these rules by each side to retain the ball in their possession and carry it down the field through all opposition, in order to place it behind their opponents’ goal, which furnighes in rough outline the essential fea- tures of the American game of foot ball. Before the game is to begin the captains of the respective teams decide by a toss of a coin which side shall first be given possession of the ball. The side having the ball places it down upon the center of the fleld and ar- range themselves in any formation which they desire behind the line on which the ball is placed in preparation to force it into the enemy's territory. The side acting on the defensive is obliged to withdraw ten yards toward thelr own goal and are there drawn up in opposition to await the attack of their opponents until after the ball is put in play. As the ‘‘center rusher of the attacking side puts the ball in play by touching it with his ‘foot and passing it back to some other player for a run or a kick down the fleld, the rushers upon the defensive side are at lib- erty to charge forward to meet the attack The clash following this charge constitutes the first actual encounter of the game. ‘When the runner with the ball is caught or ‘‘tackled,” thrown upon the ground and there held, o that he can advance no further, he ‘down,” whereupon the ball is *“‘dead" for the moment and cannot be carried for- ward or kicked until the center rusher again puts it In play according to rule, As 300n as “down' is called, an imaginary line, crossing the field from side to side and passing through the center of the ball, imme- dlately comes into existence. Each player must remain on the side of this line toward his own goal until after the ball is “put iato play,” and it Is one of the duties of the um- pire rigidly to enforce this regulation. Should any player cross this 1 nd fail to return before the ball is “snapped back” it consti- tutes an “off sjde play, Pr}hleh the rules provide a pen: o To wmain put the ball in play the center rusher places his hand upon it at the spot where “down” was called, The rushers then “line up," opposing one another, the line of attack being drawn clo ogether for a greater concentration of energy, while the defensive rushers are slightly spread apart to facilitate breaking through the line and stop- ping the advance when thi ball shall be put in play. The captain upon (he attacking side then shouts some signal, understood only by his own men, which Indigatgs the evolution that he wishes his eleven to execute; where- upon the center rusher pits the ball in play by “snapping It back,” that s, by rolling it back between his legs. . Immediately behind the center rusher the quarter back has taken his stand. He re- celves the ball as it is “snapped back,” and instantly passes it to one of the half backs or a man in the lino for a run, or to the-full back for a kick down the field, Thereupon the first “scrimmage” of the game takes place, as the opposing team attempts to break through the line and stop the play. One side is not allowed to retain indefinite possession of the ball without making gain or loss. The rules provide that if the side having posses- sion of the ball shall fail to make an aggre- gate gain of five yards or a loss of twenty yards in three consecutlve “scrimmages,” the ball shall be forfeited to the other side at the spot where it was Jast down, Advances by running are made by the player directing his course through one of the six openings in the rush line or around the ends, according as the signal may di- rect. The signal also indicates the player who I8 to receive the ball. The runner Is assisted in his course by the players who border on the opening through which he is to go. These seek to enlarge the space by pushing thei opponents to one side. He is further assisted by others of his own some of whom precedo to oft" the opponents from tackling W'm In front, while still others follow to push him further if he is checked. The players who are to precede and the players who are to follow change with the play according as each man is enabled by his” position to adjust himself to it. Ten points are scored when one side carries the Dall across the goal line and makes a “touch down.” The side making the “touch down'* is then allowed to carry the ball out into the field as far as they may desire in a line per- pendicular to the goal line, and passing through the point where it was ‘“‘touched down,” in order that one of thelr number may attempt to kick it between the goal Dosts above the cross bar. The other side, meanwhile, are obliged to take their posi tions behind the goal line. Should the at- tempt be successful it will constitute a “goal,” and two additional points be added to the score. But whether the attempt be successful or not the ball must be delivered to the other side, who will take it to the center of the fleld and put it in play in the same manner as at the beginning of the game. If the ball can be kicked between thé posts and above the cross bar by a “drop kick” or a “place kick” by any one of the players without having been previously car- ried across the goal line it will constitute a “‘goal from the fleld," and it will count five points, In case the ball is kicked or carried across the boundary line on either side it will be out of bounds, and must be brought into the field at right angles, to the line at the point where it crossed, ' ,/This is done by the side which first secures: it after it passes out of bounds. It is usgal:to bring the ball into the field from ten to fifteen yards and then to place it upof.the ground for a “scrimmage,” as from asregalar down, though the ball may be passell o' any one of the players in at the poind where it went out, provided that it is thrown in at right angles to the side line, or it may be “touched in” at the same point. The game is divided into two halves of thirty-five minutes each, and the team suc- ceeding in scoring the' greatest number of points during that time is declared the win- nex. The Young Men's Christian association has among its many members scores of trained athletes who will furnish material enough to make a remarkably strong team, and if properly selected a long list of victories will surely be marked up' to their credit, There will be a largér number of games played here this season” than ever before, and the new rules will be very potent In further popularizing the great sport. Within the Young Men's Christian asso- ciaton ranks are such excellent men as A. W. Jeffries of the University of Michi- gan and coach for Doane college last year, Frank Crawford, University of Michigan, coacher for University of Nebraska, '93. Charles Thomas, University of Michigan, coacher for Baker university, * H. Myers, left half, State University of Towa. €. Lyman, Yale. Poulear, Princeton, Tallor. Olivet. Swaun, New Haver. Henry, Cornell Young, Cornell. Riley, Boston football team. Tuffield, Edinburgh. Thomas, Yale. And this is not all. There are many more, and the local devotees of the royal sport are confidently expecting to sece a team here this season well able to cope with almost any In the country. And they must be, for the University of Minneapolis, with a great eleven comes this way Thanks- giving week, and the teams of the univer- sities of both Iowa and this state will throw down the gauntlet to Omaha. The Omaha High school has just cause to feel proud of their football team for 1894. The team as a whole Is a first-class High school eleven, and among its members are a number of last year's fine team. Having seen the boys in a preliminary struggle I unhesitatingly pick them for the winners of the championship in the Interstate Scholas- tic Football league of Nebraska. This organization is composed of two cir- cuits, the north and the south, with Omaha, Lincoln, Nebraska City and Ashland in the north, and Pawnee City, Falls City, Beatrice and Wymore on the gouth. The four north- ern teams will play a series of games among themselves, and the four southern clubs aitto. The winners of the respective circuits will then meet in a battle royal for the champlonship of the state. The scaednle foll.; Ashland at Nebraska City, October 7. Nebraska City at Omaha, October 13. Ashland at Omaha October 20. Nebraska City at Ashland October 13, Lincoln at Ashland October 27. Lincoln at Nebraska City October 20, Omaha at Lincoln November 3. Omaha at Nebraska City October 27. The schedule for the Southern circuit has not been decided on yet, but will be shortly. These will all be most interesting and en- joyable contests, and as an encouragement to the High school lads large crowds should be the rule to see them play. The players from whom the High school team will be selected aré a strong lot and are all more or less deserving of mention, M. G. Clarke will captain the team. He possesses all of the qualifications necessary to success in this oOnerous position, Is a rigid disciplinarian, las'excellent judgment, plenty of nerve and plays the game earnestly, vigorously and well. Captain Clarke is 17 years of age and welghs 130 pounds, and Will be seen as quarter this fall. H. M. Cross, center, s 16 years of age and weghs 191 pounds. i He has played his position for the pastitwo 'years, is an excel- lent man, and would be‘better were he a little faster. He s better up in offensive than in defensive wark: ( He does not get down just according ito Hoyle in the latter, and flags In vim as aieontgst waxes, August Jensen, 19 years, 180 pounds, left guard, is a new beginner, but will evidently make a good man. jAs jet he s not versed in the game, but Is an.apt scholay and will- ing, and must consequenfly catch on. I think he is a trifle slow, does not get low enough and makes a_large “hole.” Frank Lehmer, 16—140, Is another novice. He is firmly built, runs hard, touches low, has a good head, but lacks endurance and must have plenty of work in preparation, George Purvis, 19—181, played quarter in 1892, right half last year and will again this year. He is quick and heavy, tackles rather high, but was the champion ground galner last year, Howard Cowglll, 17—140, tackle, muscular, compactly constructed and a dangerous man. and runs low. Herbert Whipple, end or quarter, 19—125, is the lightest man in the bunch, but the most adroit tackler. Has had two seasons experience, Harry Tukey, 17—137, tackle, s o good m but has his faults. He shows timidity at times, runs too high and not hard enough. Will Gordon, 17—143, full, is compactly built and very athletic. ' Is & good all round runner, kicker and tackler, WAL McKell, 17—133, end @ tackle, 4 an- | very 1 be He tackles admirably other new one. e tackles hard, but lacks ginger when ginger {8 most needed. Oscar Collet, end, 18—140, is another tyro, but a promising man. o 18 finely formed, and tackles and runs all o. k. Charlie Humphrey, 18—120, plays elegantly ipr ?m light man—tackles low and runs ne ( Willle Jackson, 19143, colored! Is a hard man to handle, runs low and hard, and with proper coaching will be a big factor in the champlonship chase. Alfred Barker, tackle, 17139, played with Kemper H last year, Is fmproving rap- idly. He tackles well, and is always in the game. Earnest Sheldon, 20144, s a good ope. He tackles high, but hard. He also makes good ends and breaks up Interference. He was on the champlon team of '92, and is a speedy and hard winner. Ralph Connell, half, 18—~150, is stockily bullt, but a superb runner. He played with St. John's school, Rhode Island, last season, and 1s quick and energetic always. Anthony Gzanter, 19—153, guard. tackles too high, but is active and ways in the thick of the fray. Walter Burdick, 19—142, was champs of 1892-3, plays a great guard, runs well, but enough. A. W. Jeffries Zant s al- with the halt or does not tackle low 18 the team's coach. He Is a well qualified man and a nervy and heady player. He was with the University of Michigan eleven In 1892, and coached Doane college last season. Mr, Jeffries is sure to bring the team, when finally selected, up to a very high standard of merit. The candi- dates practice daily on the High school ground, and will be thoroughly instructed for the hot work of the campaign. Whisperings of the Whecl. THE regular monthly meeting of the Tourlst wheel- men in the armory of the Omaha Guards last Wednesday even- ing the attendance was not large, but made up for the deficiency in en- thusiasm, and con- siderable business was transacted of importance b the club. The treasur- er's report showed a considerable decrease . in the old club in- debtedness and a nice little balance in the treasury. A committee composed of W. M. Barnum, F. R. Walter and E. T. Yates was appointed to make arrange- ments for a club dance during the month of November. A series of parties will also be inaugurated, during the nonriding months, the place of rendezvous being the homes of the club members. The fourth annual banquet of the club, which Is given at the close of the riding season each year, will be held as usual this year, and invitations will soon be forthcoming. A large number of outstanding accounts were reported turned over to an attorney for collection, these ac- counts being mostly back dues, delinquent by club members. The burden has been carried upon the shoulders of a few loyol members, and all of the decrease in the club debt has been due to their loyalty and pocketbooks, They have naturally grown weary of doing all the paying when others who had an equal privilege are dilatory, and the placing of the accounts in the hands of an attorney is the result. This is a step not altogether new, by any means, as other clubs have taken the same course when s0 compelled, with good results. The Tourists have determined to keep on top of the local cycling firmament and will doubtless survive in their undertaking, not- withstanding adverse criticism and petty jobbery which has been brought to bear upon the club since its organization. The mileage medals will be awarded this year to the plucky men who competed for them and succeeded in winning out. W. M. Barnum, representing the Relay, has returned from a business trip through the eastern portion of the state. Richard Belt, famillarly known as “‘Dick,” who has been the right hand man of the A. H. Perrigo & Co.'s cycle emporlum for a number of years, has resigned his position and will accept ome of wider latitude. “Dick” is a good cycle salesman, an expert repair man and thoroughly conversant with the wheel business, having been engaged in one branch or another of the trade ever since boyhood. His friends wish him success in his new venture. Bd P. Walker and Louls Flescher of the Tourists made a century over the Tekamah course last Sunday, they being the only members of the club who ventured out on the third annual club century. They fin- ished well within the prescribed limit, four- teen hours. Had the day been more prom- ising a good turn out of club members would have been the result. It has not been de- cided yet which of the two won the cen- tury badge which was hung up for the last club member finishing within the limit. Each of the gentlemen were after the badge, and the result was about a tle. The matter will be settled to their satisfaction soon, however. Captain Geoge Willlamson, Rolla Robin- son, R. H. Nichols and William Carothers of the' Ganymede Wheel club passed through the city last Sunday on their way to Fre- mont. ~ The round trip of eighty-four miles was made in good time. The roads were reported in elegant condition. Captain Wil- llamson rode all but three miles of a cen- tury. W A Pixley of the Omaha Wheel club has reccived a Stearns tandem and will now establish some records for the state. His records will all be against time, paced by a tandem. Pixley is a good rider when in condition, and ought to put the marks for all distances at low figures. Ora Hayman, the Grand Tsland fiyer, didn't do & thing but smash the state record for a half mile in competition at Kearney the other day.® This, too, in the face of a gale. His time of 1:11% Is better than previous records in both A and B clastes. Hayman, it will be remembered, is the young man that was carried from the track on the last day of the Ganymede tournament with his eyes almost gouged out and a fit subject for the hospital. His terrible fall does not scem to have lessened his speed In the least. On a fair day and under favor- able circumstances it would appear that he could have easily lowered the record to 1:07 or even 1:05, The Cycling West publ'shes a good like- ness of Lieutenant Donovan, the sturdy army wheelman who rode lately through from Fort Russell equipped with marching accoutrements, The engraving shows him in the act of mounting his wheel and gives one an idea of the amount of baggage he carried with him on his trip. The game of record breaking indulged in by Johnson, Bliss, Tyler and the other oracks goes merrily on. The flylng mile made by Jonnle Johnson the otber day re- duces the world’s record several seconds, the mark now being 1:50 3-5. Bliss s in better shape than he was some weeks ago, and we may now look for another slice off both the standing and flying miles. Fresh from the Ball Fleld. Columbus, 0., wants a berth in the West- ern league again next year. Jimmy Canavan will again manage the New Bedford polo team this winter. Pltcher Bean of the Peorias has signed by Philadelphia for next season. Rourke and McVey are the only Omaha players who will winter in this city. Perry Werden goes to Loulsville in 1895. He played a great first for Minneapolis this year. Baltimore lost but two games on her last western trip, while Boston lost nine. Quite a difference. The Western league is quite anxious that Omaha shall step in and take Sioux City's place next season. George Hogriever 1s wanted In Cincinnati next season, but as that is George's home he is averse to playing there, Kid Fear has been playlng some great ball at Findlay, O., and will be given a chance with Toledo next year. George Ulrich, alias the Grasshopper, will winter in Philadelphia. He may return to Omaha next season, and agaln he may not. Sioux City, after winning the pennant, has been kicked incontinently out of the West- ern league. Better get Into the Western assoclation. It is already a certainty that several new faces will be seen on the Omaha team next season, not only in the box, but in two or threa other positions. W. H. Watkins will be found at the head of the Indlanapolis team next year, and it I8 as good as done that he will get a great lot of players together. What the Cincinnatis will do with Cun: ningham s one of the mysteriga, Jp seven been Innings last Sunday Omaha touched him up for fAifteen hits, and didn't half try. Stewart, the Sfoux City second baseman, gobbled up by your Uncle Anse for 1895, Is certainly a great ball player. He gave us an exhibition of some of his marvelous work gz(h in the fleld and at the bat here last Sun- . Jimmie Manning Is sald to have clcared a cool $15,000 with his club in Kawville the past season. Barnes picked up about $5,000 and Long $2,000. Indlanapolls, Grand Rapids and Detroit also made money, while Mil- waukee was a loser and Sioux City quit even Kid Mohler played the last two games of the National league champlonship race with the Washingtons and acquitted himself with much eclat. He made one hit in the first game and two In the second, accepted four- teen chances out of fifteen in the two con- tests, und made a run in each. Pretty good for the Nebraska boy. Umpire Ed Cline, who s as corpulent as ordinary fat boy In the eide show of a veling circus, is one “autocrat of the diamond” who might stand a chance of be- Ing sent to congress. He proved so popular in the Western association that he received a gold-headed silk umbrella and a dlamond pin from the fans at St. Joseph, Mo. With- out meaning to be unkind, it is $1,000,000 to 1 cent that Colonc! Cline didn't give St. Joe any the worst of it.—Ren Mulford. Yes; and two or three days afterwards President Rowe caught him out alone one night over in Peoria and gave him his walking papers and a fine big enough to pay for a carload of gold-headed canes, umbrellas and dia- mond pins. The Strong Boy of Omaha. An Omaha boy by the name of Swoboda bids fair to become a rival of the famous strong man Sandow in muscular develop- ment, as well as In feats of stremgth. Swoboda, who has just passed his 21st birth- day, is an intelligent and modest young man of most excellent habits, never having used liquor or to , and who has acquired present great strength through methods of training principally his own. His muscular development is simply wonderful. ~With one hand he lifts a 100-pound dumbell from the floor and raises it over his head wi'i the greatest apparent ease. He performs the same feat with a 200-pound dumbell, using both hands, with but slight exertion. He tears a full pack of cards in two as though it was a piece of brown paper. Look out for the Omaha boy. Seattermeont of the Rourkes, In less than a week the Rourke family will have been dispersed for the winter, and no more will their cheery voices be heard fracturing the ambient air, no more their athletic forms be seen in enthusiastic activity upon the battle-stained diamond—that is no more until another half year has bee reeled off and the balmy airs of spring on more assembles the gray-clad hosts for another campalgn. Ulrich goes to Phila- delphia; Seery to Tampa, Fla.; Moran to Joliet; McVey to Foley's biiliard rooms; Hutchison to Sacramento; McCann to Colum- bus; Hollingsworth to St. Joe; Whitehill to San Francisco, and Rourke to Bandle's cigar store. Towa Gun Club Tournaments, The second annual tournament of the Charter Oak Gun club will be held on the club grounds at Charter Oak, Ia., October 11, 12 and 13, There will be nine events each day, live birds and targets, and the management, Messrs. E. G. Abbott, H. F. Arft and E. A. Abbott, is making prepara- tions for a layge attendance. The Sioux City Gun club’s tournament precedes the Charter Oaks, at Sioux City, on the 9th and 10th, and shooters from this vicinity can kill two birds with one sone, so to speak, by taking in both affair Questions und Answers. OMAHA, Oct. 3.—To the Sporting Editor of The Bee: Is there any work on rifie shoot- ing, how to shoot and how to become pro- ficient in the art? Can you off-r any advice to ambitious marksman? 1If so, would be under many obligations to you. Enclosed please find stamp for reply—0. T. L. Ans—No answers by mail. There are without doubt many who occasionally shoot the rifle at target or game who have but a slight idea regarding the vast amount of practice that is required by most of the first class off-hand target shooters to do steady work regularly. Of courge there are times when the best shots have their “off days,” and do not shoot well, but there are those who on almost any day when the weather condi- tions are fairly good can step to the firing poipt and make a creditable scor2, Practice makes perfect, applies well in this case, and not only must the shooter practice a great deal to become thoroughly conversant with all the many points required to make a skill- ful shot, but he must keep in practice con- tinually. By regular practice the muscles, the nerves, the finger and eye become so thoroughly trained that if a poor shot is scored it is due to something In the weather conditions or ammunition, rather than fective holding or pulling. “Instructions in Rifle Firing,” by Captain Blunt, is about what you want and can be ordered of the Forest and Stream, 818 Broadway, N. Y. LEON, Ta., Oct. 2—To the Sporting Editor of The Bee: Please inform me through the columns of The Sunday Bee if Bob Fitzsim- mons and James Hall ever fought more than once, and If so where and rounds.—George D. Miller, a Subscriber. Ans.—Yes, twice; four rounds each time, In Australia once and at New Orleans. OMAHA, Oct, 2.—To the Sporting Editor of The Bee: Will you publish the batting and flelding averages of the Western asso- clation for the teason just past?—Crank. Ans.—Yes, as soon as compiled. - COUNCIL BLUFFS, Sept. 28.—To the Sporting Editor of The Bee: Please state in Sunday's sporting columns what you mean by the expression “‘odds on’’ in betting.— R. T. Willson, Ans.—Where the bookmaker than the investment—2 to 1 bookmaker gives 1 against 2, OMAHA, Sept. 28.—To the Sporting Editor of The Bee: To decide a bet will you please answer whether Sullivan ever broke his wrist, and on who or in what fight, in next Sunday's Bee?—W. B. and P, C., Sub- soribers, Ans.—On Patsey Cardiff at Minneapol's. ELKHORN, Oct. 4.—To the Sporting Edi- ter of The Bee: In poker, playing jack pots, is a man required to have his ante up in case no one ‘‘comes in,” for a jack pot?—A. L. L. Ans.—If playing jack pots, yes, OMAHA, Oct. 2.—To the Sporting Editor of The Bee: To decide a bet, please answer in next Sunday's Bee when the Sayers and Heenan fight took place.—A Subscriber, Ans.—April 17, 1860. NORTH PLATTE, Oct. 1.—To the Sport- ing Editor of The Bee: Please state in Sun- day’s Bee of the 7th what the looks and points of a thoroughbred bulldog ought to be, and oblige several of your constant readers.—T. M. T. Ans.—A thoroughbred ought to be white, brindle. tan or pied. Fine coat, chest wide, back short, short wrinkled face, turnup muzzle, eyes black and round, jaws broad, lower one projecting, thick heels, short, rather low tail. They are usually extremely gentle and fond of children, OMAHA, Oct. 2.—To the Sporting Editor of The Bee: To decide a bet will you kindly stato In The Bee how many rounds Sulli- van and Mitchell fought in France, and oblige.—Burlington, Ans.—Thirty-nine, CORTLAND, Neb., Oct. 3.—To the Sport- ing Editer of The Bee: Will you please advise me exact ages of Pugilists Corbett, Jackson and Fitzsimmons, and date when Corbett and Jackson fought to a draw, and how many rounds; also what age is John L. Sullivan?—L. A. Simmons. Ans.—(1) Corbett is 28; Jackson, 83; Fitz- simmons, 32, and John L., 86. (2) Jackson- Corbett draw, 1891; 61 round —_— Lubrication Keeps Her Limber. When a bright-eyed, handsome woman, who has nearly reached the half century meridian, but who looks about 35, was asked how she managed to keen 8o young, she promptly replied: “I am simply an example of the good effects of lubrication. You know a stiff or creaking hinge or a sewing machine that gives out a doleful squeak when used needs oll, and I believe that human beings are often the better for a similar course of treatment.” “What do you lubricate with?' she was asked. *0, varlous things—olive ofl, cocoanut oll, gly- cerine and vaseline; each has its pecullar application, and you'll have to experiment for yourselt and see what suits you personally best. Cocoanut ofl Is excellent for all over massage, especially when one Is tired or has & touch of rheumatic stiffness; vaseline is best for tired and wayworn feet, olive oil to be used after a bath, and rosewater gly- cerine—i¢ it suits your skin—for the face amd the hands," offers less ‘on” means a de- | e number of | ARTIUL JUGGLING, wy Slelght of Tand that Any Clever Dep May Acesmpilah. The boy who Is able to perform & tricks In" ledgerdemain has the furnishing 4n oxéeedingly {nteresting tainment, while the time devoted to Ing them' might caslly be spent in some profitable manner, Among the varioud plements for sleight of hand tricks none hi been so common as cards. The firat twe rudimonts to be learned in handling A are “palming’’ and “‘making the pa first consists in conceallng a card In palm by simply pressing together the flest part of the thumb and several finge Making the pass is the teclinical tefm f shifting the top or bottom card to any place in the deck. A very celcbrated one, used by all professional card men, is the “Charlier]* pass. The cards are taken in the left han held by the tips of the second and thi fingers and thumb. The lower halt of thy pack, by a slackening of the pressure of th thumb, falls loose on the hand. The Mirs fluger 1ifts the outer edge of the lowee packet until it reaches the ball of the thumb. The second and third fingers now relax their pressure, thereby allowing the outer edge of upper packet (o pass edge of lower packet and to coalesce. This seems difficult, but it is not. Card men can make the pass sixty times a minute. CARD TRICK. There are a great many methods of ide: tifying a chosen card. The m MAKING A PASS. method fs the following: Invite some one to draw a card, while he is examining it press the cards together so as to make one end of them concave. Offer the pack that the card may be replaced. No matter how much the pack be shuffled you can detecl the card, for it will be flat, while the re= mainder show a curved line at one end. A’ slight pressure on the opposite direction will make all stralght again. Here is a very Ingenious way of finding a card at the sece ond guess. Tell any one to draw a card, Hold the pack behind your back and tell him to place his card on top. Pretend to make a great shuffiing, but only turn thaf card with its back to the others, still keep~ ing it on top. Hold up cards with their faces toward spectator and ask him If the bottom card is his. While doing so Inspect his card at leisure. He, of course, denle it, and you begin shuffling again. He wil] probably ask to shufle them mmsc"—exnutl‘ what you want, since you know what the card 5. Take back the cards, shufle themy unull You get at the bottom and show him the card, To call the cards out of the pack requires palming, and, it well done, is & puzaler, Throw the cards on the table, faces down, Spread them out and tell a spectator as you name a card for him to touch one, which you take up. First name the ace of dias monds. This card you have previously cons cealed In your left hand. He touches card, which you take up without showing the face of it. This may be the four of hearts. Put it in your left hand on the ace of diamonds, covering the latter. Now, call for the four of hearts. He touches any other card, maybe the two of clubs, whiel you call for as before. Continue until s cards are drawn. Then substitute the la drawn card, which is a wrong one, :‘ course, for the ace of diamonds, or conce it in the palm of your hand. Strew them , on the table, and while they are looking: them make way with the one in your lefi hand. A good plan Is to tell them to write down the names of the carde as ou call them out, 50 there may bo 1o mistakds y PALMING COINS, { Many clever tricks can be done with cof Palming here is even more nccessary tl With cards, A very common way of paligm Ing a coin is by the “jerk back.” Plach the coin between the second finger and ¢ thumb of the right hand, and holding ope| the left hand four or five inches below § throw the coin with some force into the palm of the left hand. It should fall fla with an audible smack. At the same mos ment the left hand makes a quick upward ement to the extent of an inch, thereb, Jerking the coin back into the palm of the tight hand, which closes just enough to res tain it. - Robert Honain, the prince of magicias glves the following method of making two colns pass from one hat to another: The coins are first shown in the right hand, and then apparently transferred to the left, but really palmed in the right. The performer takes up with the same hand one of th hats and shows that it is empty, in so doin; laying the cofns flat against’ the lining. While still holding this first hat he makes believe to drop the coins from the left hand Into the second hat, in reality dropping 4 from the right hand into tha first hat, THE spectators hear the sounds and see the left hand, n which they supposed the coins tb be, brought up empty. The keenest eaf cannot be certain from which of the two hats the sound comes. After this you mutten - some mystic words and the colns TO TURN INK INTO WATER. Take a vase with black sllk lining., Poy It full of watir. With a ladle which hag| hollow handle and an outlet Into the dip out from the vase. The handle of ¢ ladle holds about a spoonful of ink. Whel the ladle is thrust into the vase the finl runs out and colors the ladle of water. offer this for inspection. Then, throwing handkerchief over the vase, pretend to Invoking the powers, but in reality graspin the black silk lining, which you pull out with the handkerchiet and display to the ase tonished tpectators a vase of pure water: This is really a very excellent trick and is much used by the expcrts. Another fllusion Wwhich causes much laughter is that of bore rowing a high hat from some one and aj parently thrusting your finger through PC For this purpose make a wax finger on & cork body colored like life. Insert a sharp needle in the hinder cnd of it. Palm the whole thing in your left hand. While pres tending to discover some hole from the fne 8lde thrust the needle through from the outs slde. Thin turn the top of the hat toward the audience and show the finger, wagging it about by means of the needle on the fn: side. To remove it reverse the pr carrying off the finger with the left han: At the same moment pull the right arnl’ away with a jerk, as though the finge: were rather tight In the hole, The feat o catching a cannon ball might also be inds cluded under this head, as it is really & sleight of hand. The trick lies In the loade Ing. The performer places a ball in the mouth of the cannon, but Instead of leavin It there he allows It to roll out agaf through the ramrod, which is hollow. then conceals |t about his clothes and w the cannon is of powder he appears with the ball in hl hands or lying at his feet. A trick whiel for a long time has been the object of mue curlosity s the “cabinet trick.” A cabim is brought on the stage, having threa soll sides and a front door. An assistant s inside and his hands are tied with a to an upright post. Soon as the door clos:d hands are seen waving and the af sistant’s coat comes flying out. Immi ately he door is opened and everything found statu quo. The illustration explal this very clearly. The cabinet is solid every particular except the middle pos which drops with a spring when the closes. This frees the assistant’s arms 4 he rapidly performs the various feats, places his arms and signals that he ready, o Cook's Imperial, World's Falr “high aword; excellent champagne; good effery cence, agreeable bouguet, delicious flayor.” ee— Tickliog Number Three. Judge: She—I will marry you, Ge since you wish it so much, bt 1 tell frankly [ can never love you so much my poor dead husband, He—1 suppose you did love poor J¢ very much, Bhe—I don't mean John., I mean before blme , - = ¥ o~ X shot off with great combustiony .+ ;