Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 25, 1895, Page 16

THE WORLD ON TWO WHEELS Possibilities of the Bioycle as a Promoter of | Modern Romance, PROVOKING ELEMENTS OF THE BLOOMER trial Dise | of the bicycle greater than humping the wheel is not sentiment Lablish Ahe possibilities as a ro mantic agent are supposed. While as conducive to vehicles, It is pretty well ¢ enables riders so disposed factory anderstanding with The wheel has repeatedly an assistant to elof carries lads and where romantic airs tices archery. But it cago man to develop another cycle usefulness. In the day quests in and before troubadour beneath the adorable and tinkled the guitar in the shad ows of the palace or the castle it was in which she lived. The full of that sort of thing. Poetry is bursting with it and the in his fancy has put it on canvas, throwing in the necessary moonshine and clouds with silver linings. 1t was the ouly way to court a girl in Spain and Italy. All this has passed away. The dour s no more in evidence and the lier's occupation has chased ftself away. We are living in the push of the now. The love match Is made eel. The progres- sive Chicigo man, with his “bike” suit, slung his mandolin over his back, mounted his wheel and went forth to twang what he would not have talked. Everything was in his favor. The moon was primed for the occasion and flooded the follage with the me sort of effulgence that was employed when Dian slipped down the hill and woke the sleeping Endymion with a kiss. The dog was tied up in the back yerd and the man who had been watering the grass of the lawn with a_three-inch hose had turned oft the fluid of Lake Michigan and was over at the beer garden The young wheelman, stopped in the shadow placing one foo: und his wheel and played a summer night atmospt the melodies of Wedding,” “‘Promisc Hair Was Hanging Down H One by oné the windows were visitants, and the front steps cent mansions were whitened gowns and_ voices were sweet along the block, Then Wheely mandofin across his ries her quiver, and wheel. POSSIBILITIES OF Thomas Edison, the Qiscussing some ideas he has in regard to the development of the bicycle and giving the results of experiments he hax made on hix own wheel. “My house in Llewellyn Park Orange,” he says, “is one-sixth of a mile from my laboratory, and eighty feet higher up the mountain side, in order to save myself a heayy pull when I went home in the middle of the day, I designed a heavy spring, just large enough for the purpose, which was to be wound up by power from the laboratory engine and attached to the bicycle before I started up hill. I wanted this spring to supply most of the energy for tha ascent. “By the way, haven't you often wondered why springs are not made use of in bic or tricycles as accumulators or energy would be comparatively easy to adapt them for the purpose. The device could be o ar- ranged that when riding down hill, or even on a level, the rider could at will throw the Epring Into gear, and by degrees wind it up to its limit. Then w il was to be climbed or the rider wished to stop working for a short distance on the level he could turn on the power and let the spring give back some of the encrgy stored up in it. 1 don't see why this should mot be done. It could be arranged so that the spring could bo wound up gradually, so as not to make pedaling much heavier when on a level, and should, I think, be of sufficient power to carry a rider 1,000 feet or 0 on a good road with no up-grade without his doing any age is generally is warm as a that a satl it reach much less noise shown its value and hourly haunts prac Chi- bl to sylvan abide cupld remained for a sphere of of the andafter the window of hi and Spain stole whatever Is ar o nov t W a in trouba- gondo v on the w mandolin and with his of the house, ni b anced 1, until the Ipitant with The Fatal Her Golden Back veopled with of the adja with summer and low all viata Me' and his car his the Troubadour threv K. a huntr glided away as THE BICYCLE. inventor, has been believe it is a matter of only a few years at mcst before hundreds of miles of special bicycle roads will be built with sin- gle line trolley wires overhead. Riders will have motors on their wheels which can re celve current from the wires by trolleys, so that quick spins may be taken. This would open up a new fleld of pieasure and use- fulness to devotees of the wheel. With pneumatic tires the work of riding has, of course, been greatly lessened, and the chief reason Is that the enmergy wasted by the passage of a solid tire over a sandy road, for instance, is largely saved by'the pneumatic With the narrow solid tire the sand i pushed out at either side of the wheel and perma- nently displaced, and that represents so much work done and energy expended to no useful purpose. The broad pneumatic tire With its air cushlon inside. gives out the energy, but the sand does not yield, and thereby returns the energy in the form of a reaction which is transmitted to the ultimate source of the energy, the rider himself.” THE BLOOMER RAGE. In one of the parks of St. Louls the other day two handsome young ladies sped along clad in the highest style of the bloomer art After a while they began to attract attention; at ledst one of them did. The diffusive glance of the man who was looking casually at everything at once gave place to a co centrated gaze at one object; women blushed and looked angry, and men blushed and looked twice; small boys didn't blush and did giggle, and the young woman was the cause of it all. Finally, a mounted police- mun's eagle eye fell on h He put spurs to his horse, and after a race of 200 yards overtook the girls. “Excuse me, miss," sal 1s something wrong with The other young woman glanced at h companion and nearly fell off her wheel “Oh, Lord,” she gurgled, “they’re coming down." At this the Olive street youn stopped her wheel and dismounted wasn't a wise thing to do, perhaps, but probably it helped her to arrive at a speedier realizi- tion of her companion’s remark than would have resulted from a mental process, for be it known that when the upper section of a pair of bloomers is sundered from its moor- ings, the fact is more apparent to the wearer when she s standing than when she is sltting. ~ When the girl stood up what had been an Inconsiderable, though noticeable. hiatus in the continuity of her apparel be. came something worse The policeman blushed till - his Belmet smoked, the other girl scurried about like a hen whose offspring is in danger, and the wicked men gathered around and looked The girl in trouble appeared to be the cool: est person in the crowd of 200 people, With a deft jerk or two and a wriggle and a twist she restored the garment to its former posi- tion Miss Mary Smiley, daughter of Theodor. Smiley, who lives near Fergusonville, N. Y Is a somnambulist and has had some queer gdventures in her career as a_sleep walker. Last week Miss Smiley's father presented hor with a bicycle on her 15th birthay and also his consent to don a bloomer cos- tume. The young lady spent considerable time last week in practice, and after a five- mile ride the other day retired at night greatly fatigued. Shorily after midnight Mr. Smiley was awakened by hearing some one pass out of the front door and down the walk. Looking out of his window the farmer aw his daughter, arrayed in her bleycle suit, mounting her wheel for a spin_down « the ‘road. After taking quiie a ride she re- tprned o the house and was awakened by g old water, She was much as- lon a at Ihl m‘ summer correspo place, has taken to bloomers at Until last month not a Givided skirt of desoription had been seen, although it Was a well known fact that ali the young ladie who ride had costumes on hand, and only ted & leader. Now the more courageous ve donned thelr new suits and made their ot he, ‘“‘but your clothes. therc r woman S Oup now bas only ¢o seek out auy | | | | bloomers 1 | = [ s older | New | | | | in the | the most | early morning ecluded cycling haunts hours to find the fair riders | training for graceful riding postures in “ratfonal dress.” The new costumes are all | tn dark grays and browns or blacks through- out and oniy the fullest bloomer patterns, with high gaiters, are seen. Tt is now only a matter of days before bloomer imes | for the wheel will be altogether the thing at Newport Rey announced ather Wilson of that he does not approve for women, and that will gnize. any female member of his f he meets her on the street clad biturcated folly AS A VAC bicycle has of | not | flock in Terre Haute rec ATION RESOURCE. has not only opened fine oppor- s for recreation and exercise hun- of men and women who otherwise u‘un get Into the open air little, if at all but it hae further illustrated its usefulness by affording w method of enjoying th sal holiday, Its advanta says the York Tribune, are especially g n the cases of those whose summer vacation 1 brief, but those whose time fis longer will find it a delightful experience to take to th wheel for a week or two. Bicycle tours have for some time been popular with men 1 women have also taken extended journeys pleasure and profit and without experi g any serious inconvenience. Occa nally, too, family ups may be se aking their outing a-wheel, traveling, per- haps, several hundred miles In the course of tirce wecks. Hardly anything can more delightful than such a I affords nnequalled opportuni the country, for studying na- hand and for increasing s ige of birds and flowers and nly thing comparable with it in respect s tramping, Which Is far more we: ing, Involves the personal carrying of con siderable lvggage, and for the majority of women and young people 8 absolutely out of the question. On a bicycle, however women in average health and most boys and girls of 12 or 14 can journey from twen'y to thirty miles a day without exerting them- selves unduly or becoming overtired; and thus A family tour on wheels, covering 200 or 3 miles, or more, becomes an easy possibility in almost any direction where Rthere is a reasonable prospect of finding fairly good roads a &r n knowle The reap the full benefit of a vacation on bicycles it is necessary to abandon all thovght of re rapid riding. Remember that vou are out for health and exhilaration, not in order to do a certain number of miles in | a certain number of hours or day Don’t hesitate to ride at a moderate pace and to ake frequent rests. You will eat heartily and enjoy your meals, and will sleep as you have not since you were a child. You will acquire a handsome brown as to hands and face, which will excite the wonder and ad* miration of your town friends on your re turn. You will gain many interesting ex- per and layup @ store of memories that will prove a perennial delight. ~ Withal, you can have and enjoy all these things at a nfoderate outlay by the exercise of a little care and forethought. HE BICYCLE Considering the which the bicycle presents and modest air with which it move strange to the Washington Post t have created a great disturbance in the affairs of mankind on two or more continents, It certainly does not look as if it could build up or tear down great industries, but it has accomplished the former, and is charged with having effected the latter. Many millions of dollars are invested in the manufacture of the wheel and thousands of men are engaged in making and selling it. Thousands of miles of new and well constructed highways owc th tence to the bicyele. But the livery stab'e business, the manuficture of car riages and the horse-raising industry have lost m millions and seem destined to suffer still further injury from the intro duction of this vehicle. And now an outery frd quarter. The Tobacco Journal asserts, the force of positive conviction, that wheel has been the cause of great damage to the tobacco trade in general and to the cigar trade in partict Here is the Journa estimate of the measure of the disaster We do not exaggerate the I bike-craze has infatuated, enslaved at least calculation 500,000 males, whno wer formerly addicted to the smoking habit. If th 0,000 male slaves to the bike eraze aned themselves to smoking only, twe a day—this must be considered oderate calculation, as the bikeist ships less than from four to six horses at the shrine of his wheel—then the consumption of cigars is decreasing at the rate of 1,000,000 per day and 700,000,000 in a year, And the decrease in our cigar pro duction since the bike craze has set in has actually been 700,000,000 per year This would be decidedly discouraging to the tobacco industry If it were true, but it appears to be an exaggeration. The Phila delphia Record cites the statistics of the in ternal revenue office to upset the Journal' | statement. During the fiscal year just ended 30,440,370 cigars were manufactured in this sountry, against 4,066,917,432 in the previous year, The Record concludes that this in crease of 63 cigars in one year does not show that smokers have forgone their in dulgence in the narcotic weed to any great extent, and adds that the production of cigarettes and manufactured tobacco shows a still greater incr The influence of the bicycle as a disturber has been felt in many directions outside of industrial eirc Preachers have thun dered against it, and many writers in the newspapers and magazines have discussed it pro and con from every imaginable stand- point. Doctors, have denounced, and doctors have defended it. “Soclety” treated it with quiet contempt for some years, and then adopted it with an avidity that is atoning for past neglect. The courts haye been called upon to define its status and have de- cided that it is a vehicle and must pay toll on turnpikes and toll bridges, and must keep off the sidewalks and, at night, must show a light. In spite of all complaints, the bicycle has evidently fixed itself as a permanency. It is ridden by rich and poor, and by white and black. It is a democratic institution. WOMEN RIDE TOO FAR. No ordinary woman who rides one or twice a week should go ore than ten miles at a trip. That is perhaps an hour's ride, that may be easily extended to an hour and a quarter before that distance is covered; and it she does not feel fresh and in a glow when she stops, she may be certain that she has ridden too long. aturally there that healthy tired feeling which any one recog nizes after athletic exercise, but it is quite different from and never to be mistaken for the weariness which comes from too much exertion and straining of the ves and muscles, Very few women have ever beer injured on a bicycle who kept to this rule and limited their riding to normal distanc ie limit of distance, which is designated by the first feeling of weariness, 1# only a little more important than the l'mit of speed which the female frame is capable of under- going_ under healthy exercising rules Whether a man can ride at full speed for a long distance and still retain his good health is a dJdoubtful question. It is certain, how- ever, that no woman can Keep up a high rate of speed for even a genero portion of a mile and not create the beginnings of in- juries. The added strength required to in- crease speed even a little after a certain amount of power haz been expended is out of all proportion to the results. There is no relaxation of the muscles between revo- lutions of the pedals, nor any let-up on the nervous and muscular strain while the speed | lasts. The heart is far more taxed than one reaizes at the moment, and that species | of tingling or numbness in the nerves and | muscles which often results is only a slgn that they have both been overtaxed. THE BICYCLE WALK. An Tilinois physiclan has discovered that the present extreme use of the bicycle is fast tending to make the great American people a decidedly pigeon-toed race. The constant revolving motion of the feet and lower legs us they turn the pedals has given (o the gait of those people who are much addicted to the bieycle a peculfar turn which the pro- gressive doctor calls the bleycle walk. Those who remember the days of the roller skating crazo will probably recall the effect that e ercise had on the gait of those who practiced it, particularly the gait of some of the young women of the age to be easily affected. They took on at once a rollipg, swinging, half-glid- ing, rhythmjcal step that resembled the mo- tlon of roller skatifig a8 closely as coutd be by apy opg not on rollgrg. Bo it will be with the Hnyfi' walk, says the aforesaid Illinols fluclur. exgept that instea, eing only a e N T el ibd bert the blcycle fever promises to be, wher fad enjoyed but a briet exiat: s or AS A DISTURBER. unassuming appearance the quiet it seems at it should another with the n The the a most hardly n by roller skatlng | in | comes in there | learning to ride | dates will be October 15 and 16, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1 89 than the pedaling motion of the whe plled to the walk, but it gives to a who has it a decidedly pecullar appearance Notice a cyclist who is affiicted. It that when he lifts his back foot in walk- | he does not put it straight ahead, but | back a little, as he would have to following the pedals, and then swings it high, almost up to the calf of the other leg, before sending it forward. The pigeon-toeing and causes the sufferer to “interfere” after the manner of horses, The interference comes her up though because of the swing of the foot as it goes forward The pigeon-toeing fs acc-unted for by the position of the feet on the pedals, There the toes turn In and down and the heels turn up and out, the pressure being borne on the ball foot. ecullarit racers BICYCLE SUPERSTITION The wheelman who allows a h him will die before the year i out. To be chased by a vellow dog with one blue and one black eye indicates a bad fall. To see a small boy with a slung shot beside the road is a prophesy of a puncture If you pass a white horse driven by a red- haired lady your rim will split unless y say “Cajundrum” and hold up two finger The rider who expectorates tobicco on the track will lose a spoke It you take your machine to shop it is a sign that you will not new suit of clothe Kicking the man who asks the your wheel is a sign of hi riches within the year. wheel i€ the sign of the double ap: person ing carles it trom bicycle walk es are most noticeable se 10 pass the repair buy that " of and m honors donkey To attempt to hold s the BICYCLE Breakdowns to saddles on long rides, to up a 275-pound lady sign of a soft spot. NOTES. re likely to happen If the injury cannot readily be repaired the saddle can usually be re- inforced by placing the ccat bencath leather. Thus comparative comfort will be insured. Your (rue cyclist is a man of many devices and minor ‘mishaps on the road merely serye as opportunities for exerclsing his ingenuity. The Appleton, Wis., Bicyete club is 1 of a movement to build that city, which will be the first of its kind in the state. The path will run from the State road parallel with College avenue to the new fair grounds, a distance of 3,352 feot It will be six feet wide, sub-drained, and built of fine gravel, thoroughly packed down and rolled, and finished with a top dressing of crushed’ cinders. A few years ago that when they met the mere fact that they were sufficlent_excuse for starting This is changing now, especially in and near the city, although proper questions about the road, etc., always meet a courteous reply. Still the feeling of fraternity is not so strong as it was when riders were not one-tenth as numerous as they are now. Far from city, however, the comradeship is more con- spicuous and pleasant salutations between men going in opposite directions are the rule These are sometimes varied by an ap- propriate remark about the weather. A few concerns b already completed their 1896 designs and have turncd out their first lot of samples. One large eastern house has its samples of 1896 models now entirely i and in two months it will be ship- ping wheels by carload lots. A cyclist who had lost his friends asked an old woman if she had seen a man on a bicycle along there. She answered: *No sirj but I saw a man mending umbrella at the top of yon lane.” The cyclist went up the lane and was el to find that the man mending was his a Who had come a cropper and was sitting among the ruins of his machine, Whisperi Omaha s state 16 and 17 say ska meet thing for th the cycle path in wheelmen were anywhere on 50 _few the road bicyclists was a conversation. ix of the wheelmen who meet peka August that it wa: r ahead of the League members got some- r dollar. By showing their tick- ets they were admitted to the racss, which alono saved them the cost of their year's membership, and again by presenting their tickets at the hotel they received the rate promised to league members, and were not taxed a quarter or half-dollar mors per day than they should have been, and the ac- 4(v"\"\!u|4’||[l\n\ at the hotels were far su- perior to those at Kearney. Again, the Prizes were of full value, and the winners of the state championships were not pre- sented with medals which they were ashamed to show, as was the case in our division The who were prosent at both meets say they thought they were treated well at’ Kearney, but when they saw the way the Topeka people put Kearney in the shade they came home disgusted with the way they had been entertained in Nebraska, and coula not praise Kansas enough. It s quite evident that A racing men are much class B men. This was demonstrated at the Lincoln meet August 15, when both Mockett and Mills, who are class B men, went one half mile against state record. The best they could do was 1:04, while one of our class A men did the same distance (about fifteen minutes after the B men had made their trialg), in 1:00 1- or nearly four seconds faster than the class B time. On Friday, September 6, the new one mile track at the state fair grounds will b formally opened. There will be a numbes of bicycle races on the program, and it is expected that all of Nebraska's best men will be pres:nt to compete for the valuabl: prizes which will be put up. The Associated Cycling clubs have the bicycle part of the program in charge, and promise to make it interesting. At the last regular meeting of the Omaha Wheel club, which was held last Tuesday evening, there were ten new members ad- mitted,” and several dropped from the list on account of non-payment of dues. The names of those dropped will be handed to the Associated clubs, who will put them on the black list, which will pre- vent them from joining any club in the Wheel. _The atiended the hoys Nebraska's class speedier than her raska men, Hayman and Pixley. esented the state at the Kansas di- vision meet, held up Nebraska's reputation in good shape, The first day, in the only open event, they finished first and second, defeating the winner of the Kansas state champlonship, and again on the second day they ran first and second in the main event again defeating Kansas' best men, who were Hackett of Olathe and Woodlief of Ottawa The Kansas boys have, however, promised to e up to the Omaha meet this fall and turn the tables. a Wheel club i parade during fair week, and is going to give the people a surprise when it urns out. Its plans are all being kept se- cret, and only club members know anything about how it is to appear in the pageant, but it 18 safe to say that it will be as it always is and always has been, at the top of the heap The Oma preparing for he grand Lincoln’s third of a mile track is undoubtedly the fastest bicycle track in the state. The surface I8 fine and the t@irms can be taken at top speed without danger, the banking belng almost perfect. There is no reason why Omaha cannot have a track as good as this one. We have more clubs, more wheel- men and surely more money. The Ass clated clubs should by no means allow Li coln to “set the pace and win the race It is true that we have a couple of so-called fast bicycle tracks, but neither of them com- pare with the Lincoln oval. Edghill may be fast and may be able to win long races, but he was riding out of his class last Wednesday evening. Ralph Brown, the boy who won the messenger race, showed a great deal more speed than Edghill, aud can give Rim “cards and spades” In a mile race and then beat him out. Edghill scems already (o be one of the has beens The Associated Cycling clubs are hard at work on the preliminaries of the na nal circuit meet which is to be held here this fall. They have been assigned another day in addition to the one they already had, so the The prize list will be second to none ever given in the west, and as such men as Bald, Cabbanne Titus, Gardiner, Cooper and Bliss, along with perhaps twenty other crack class B men will be here, the publ'c ne:d not fear but what it will see the best races ever run in the west. An effort will also be made to get the professionals, Johnson, Sanger, Tyler and oth- ors, and if this effort is crowned with success the big grand stand at the fair grounds will undoubtedly be crowde} to its utmost ca pact y Thé Columbla team, composed of Hi Edwood and Pixley, leaves for Kansa Thursday evening, where it will In races on Friday and Saturday. Dickey will accompany the team. yman, City compete Manager The bleycle walk is nv\hlnl nm or lgss | Willlam Schoell left Tuesday moraing for . | will be | | upward the | enver, his home. He will ride his wheel the entire distance and try to lower the rec. ord he made coming here, haviug ridden the entire distance from Demver to Omaha In a little over four days. He expects to return in three days. The use of the blunt-edged plug patch in | repairing simgle-tube tires is becoming a'most universal. It makes a strong and durable repair, and 18 so easily placel in position that ‘ the veriest novice can perform the work. | Lenven trom a Tomest's Note Hook. Our Jolly bugler is blossoming into quite a ‘“speed merchant.” DM you see him win his last Wednes ght? Charlie Edwards has all the signs d class A man and, mark my words, be heard of In pretty fast company son if he takes care of himself and is han- dled rightly, The Tourists are prouu of him Mne first mile post of a number which will be planted by the Tourist Wheeln tury club, was placed in position kamah last Friday week by Chief Centurion Hynes, Dave O'Brien and Russell Condon. The post is painted white and inscribed with the words W. C. C.—50 miles.”” The others will be placed in position at an early date. The Century club is growing in mem: bership rapidly, several applications being on file with Secretary Kingsley annual | century run will be taken Septemb The course will probably be the one to Tekamah and return The second trial of the hill climbing cham plonship contest occurred last Tuesday even- ing, the hill s 1 being the one on Burt street, which it Thirty-fourth street and ends at Sacred Heart convent Twenty-two men started in the trial. 8. J Howe won first place, Frank Newcomb sec- ond, L. Hartson third, and H. Gunther fourth. Hartson and Gunther are now tied for first place with a total credit of five points. The race up the hill was a pretty one and the | fight for the finish between Howg and New- comb was exciting. The men finished sev- eral feet ahead of the bunch and lapping wheels, Two triais will be held in Septem ber anl the final fn October. It is every body’s medal now, and one cannot pick the winner. H. K. Smith acted as referee and Messrs. Marsh, Guldner, Fanchar and Bouk as judges. Had the day been fair and the roads ride- able last Sunday the century board would have had its hands full auditing applica- tions for membership. Over fifty members of the club entered their uwmes upon the club register for the start in the annuul century tour of the club, and forty-eight did ctualiy start, the largest delegation of wheei- men that ever left the city on century run. The road officers are confident that they could have pulled the majority of the large crowd through on the 100-mile spin, the riders suffering no inconvenienc beyond a_little wearin, s it was, the shower of th ly morning, while it did not reach further south than Florence, was very heavy and pronounced north of that point and made the roads very bad to travel over, £0 bad in fact that the major portion of the club turned back at Coffman and gave the trip up. Several, including Captain Smith, Russell, McCormick, Fitzpatrick Hayes, Hartson, Spencer, Parish, Randall Melton, Freeman and Counklin started for Glenwood, la., and ran afoul of another rain | storm and an abundénce of mul. Some trained it back to the Bluffs and others waded back, carrying their mounts upon their shoulders, finishing their centuries upon the Dodge street boulevard. About the pluckiest ride of all was that made by Messrs. Jenkin, Guuther and Bouk, who, after reaching Coff- nan's, kept on their way and rounded the itury post at Tekamah. Their total time was good considering the hard pull through the mud _and rain, being less than eleven hours. They were the only ones out of the crowd that startel that succeeded in making the called run. It cannot be said that the run a great success, yet it was enough say that the run not bandoned. The run for today is called and will be in charge of C. E. Jenkins, who has been appointed to take the run out Should the roads be unrideable or rain set in the run is declared off. There is but little doubt the run will be largely attended shon'd the day prove fair and roads zood. The distance for round trip is-seventy-eight miles. Dinner will be taken at the New York hotel. The committee appointed to look up the matter of uniforms for the club made its report at the special meeting held last Mon- day evening and the club adopted the uniform recommended. White golf cap: white duck knickerbockers and white doubl breasted coats and black stockings will make an appearance of which the club may feel proud. The uniforms will be worn in the parade of September 16 for the first time Members should leave their measure with G. M. Randall as early as possible in order that suits may be ordered and be ready before the parades. novice of a wiil next sea- 20 t 50 to was to Fremont with the Ball Cranks, Truby, Rockford’s seeond baseman, is now with Anson's Colts. He played his first game at Baltimore on Wednesday and made a fine impression George Darby is pitching for some amateur country club down in Kansas. He preferred $15 a week to being bilked any longer by that man Rowe. We used to know him out here as | O'Day, but Chicago has dubbed him O'Day, and yet his real name O'Day. It's ‘awful to get mixed way, isn't it? They say that Joe Quinn of the Browns has struck out but three times in eighty-nine gomes. While playing with Des Moines in 'S8, in a game in this city, Burdick struck him out four times—every time he came to bat. Elmer Foster, who was exhumed by the Minneapolis club a few weeks ago and played one game, has gone back into his crypt again, and will probably remain off the earth’ until the '86 crop of young blools make their appearance, “Spokane” once gave promise of becoming a king, but he “nutty” and success made him nuttier, and he soon passed into the rozette stakes. One time when Sioux City was playing in Minneapolis and the whole team was sitting out in front of the Nicolet one evening “Spokane” Foster turned to Manager Barne. and asked How many pitchers have w got now?” “Six,”” responded John §. “Well, I guess I'll go up and throw one out of the window,” continued Foster, and he got up and went into the hotel. A moment later and there was a crash that made every man jump to his feet Spokane had gone to his room, seized the wash pitcher and fired it out of the window Tom Brown at' last been chased hy Der Poss Bresident Brown is one of the old-timers, but this means his retirement from fast company. Ijemember Brown well when he first cameyfrom California and played with the Buckeyes of Columbus, 0. That was fourteen or fifteen years ago, ard maybe he wasn't a hummer in those days! Ace Stewart is not with Chicago on this trip. Anson ‘“sot” ‘him on the bench to redus the tumorous condition of his cranium and took youngsTruby of the Rock- fords east with him:instead, Big Bill Lange did mot turn up at practice at the Chicago grounds:the other morning, according to Ren Mulford, and it daveloped that Bill was out on the prairie with a punctured tire. Nearly all the Chicagoans are bicycle riders. Sarcastic Quaker scribes are shooting charges into Jack Boyle, They claim that he is batting left-handed (because he wants to ape Sam Thompson. *‘Captain Jack” doesn't kick half as much in Philadelphia as he does on the road. Thus far in the .Fhiladelphia-New York series the Glants have been outclassed in all departments of the ame save base run- uing. The Phillies outbatted them had the best of the fielding cientific ball didn't go in the series, as only three sacrifice hits bave been made and all are on the Quaker side of the ledger New York only stole five bases, but that beat Philadelphia’s figure by cne pair, ob serves the Cincinnati Post, 1t s quite Nkely that Pitcher Thomas of the Peorias will yet be seen with the Pitts burgs this season. Ae soon as Dugdale is convinced that be Is out of the race he will swap Thomas for Connie Mack's 1,000 simoleons too quick. Dug knows a thing or two or three. Manager Ells of the Grand Rapids West- ery league team is casting longing eyes to- ward Omahd, The Clevelands bave won the serfes from Louisville and Brooklyn, Pittsburg from St Louls and Loulsville, Chicago from Washing- ton and St. Louls, New York from Chicago Washington, St. Louts and Loulsville and Brooklyn from Louisville, Jimmy MeAleer of Cleveland recently pur- chased a residence costing $5,600 for his mothe: He 1s said to be a “sure thing” Chatter “Tank' Rank' Hank this is up has to to ) for mayor of Youngstown, This will retire Des Moines buzzing in Western assoclation may be gratified has L 0., next him from base ball, the Western her bonnet league and if she pennant bee wins the | her ambition | Bread and Butter Buckerino Ewing of the Cincinnatis s either afeared or He juggles with more pl r in the big circuit. a aso or The 1 purcha my than Joe Kelley that he ought a wig. E been something Anson Chieag has $25 the know, Adam? While away lost thirtee isn't Milw Frank Sche play a deeper ehort in the league, and it that playe a short player living. Umpire Haskell has ision on a ball or quickzess and then gazing far away in until the ball is ret hinds, &1ys the Ro If anybody kell rouses nambulisy waves his a peey forgctten all atout gazing, but at tha wn with one elbow cap down to t lien the The present west means struggle. It tion to whether iy will have the first division. cinnati and division h eastern t end. Three appointed. It is estimated per cent more ga good throwing eate Ryan have Pitcher Martin strained a tendon play a man ulevilles imation Th they told to wea awtul has bets other from looks 1 and th pitcher's ar wil as the rs in th s are that The collapse ball club base ball carcer strutting, rubbering get out and work for day morning the chise away from weeks ago in this pa phorically N T, Neb. ing Editor of The a right to cut an. does not see him, this?—A Reader. Ans.—He has pire does not no u se are PLAINVIEW, Editor of The Be pitcher passes behin ing in his position, Aug. on to fair ground an the batsman out? ball?—U. E. Foster Ans.—He is out CREIGHTON, Sporting Editor of the following question by Whe delive behind the ball, rolls Frank Beymer. Ans.—That is the now days. No answer MONDAMIN, ing or of The | columu of a batsman the ball, the batsman, Bee 8. A. Spooner. Ans dozen foot artists. ago by Crum, DEADWOOD, L s, in y A B is first ur ne ru nd second place. K. W. n WAHOO, Aug. of The Bee firs stop, who muffs the Does pitcher get a on a missed third batter out at first? Subscriber. Ans, surd trap ball rule, of the rules many an a strikeout years. The catcher LINCOLN, Editor of The Bee: Station, by the writer and Jones. that it Charles Hurd. COUNCIL BLUFF! Sporting Editor of kindly inform me in not?—George Allen, Ans.—He has not ROCKPORT, Mo., ing Editor of The Bes form me what is the a cle?—M. C. ' SHENANDOAH, Sporting Editor the B. Please should answer in have said Ans.—That place forty miles from & might not. JORDAN, that mediate have failed to HERM Hay three we me two vials of * \d one-half Xt summer MRS, Wi lent My of You will other bottle tile of plea by of price. #c, or f '8 MEDICINE c0., New York: N I ¥ 1 It has blige m Small pocket; & would e Hans Hansen of the Peorlas, and in will mas if they succeed. agg will beat out New way N straight games aukee's manager beck of W p than any other play er turning to one «de the ctord should Kick on the himself from at the tators often e game wh st e end of his nose invasion a great deal in th practicaily the Cleveland, Chicago are candidatc west, looking of the teams will have to be dis bum wings." Dike n his pitching arm. off for the balance of the season. f the so-called fitding close to one and swelling him Aug Bee of the base: and is such If a 1 the batter, and 1s lying across his right shoulder, 1 Can a with an_error if his hands do not touch the Neb., The the ball hits his bat behind him fair ground, is it w s by la., Aug. questions and an of 100-yard foot race, first, by whom made and wher ne and four-fifghs. he dassent rs than any man. Te will neither re like ta very much get a better mar spectacles instead §! while you tha Adam don't rega‘ing York What, h the Milw and Dave either, hing Rowe on is sald tc might be added stop deep than il any A habit strike t giving with 1ght and satest abstraction the I rned to Reg ster Gaz sion Has secming som a momej n wit think he n he is st moment b n one knee, his nd off game u a puils hi and is ready up with the bali th by the championship seitle the ques eastern or westerr majority of te:ms in Pittsburg, Cin for five of the the same & while toward Boston th, would win team poss:ssed Bo'h Gan el a:d of Minneapol's He | ha Denver bas: D prot will bly W, and his daily bread. Fri iation fook the fran as was predicted kicked him meta. out of their compa Answers. To the base it the Has Sport umpire there but base, right, cut a it the him wha you going to do about it? 20.—To the all delivered by th while stand hits his bat, which and bound to first, is be charge is felded fielder No. Aug Bee in Sunday's ) 19.—To the Please answer Bee and the pitcher the batsman a falr hit ball?- um mail. 1 o the Sport Please give in your sw ay es decide i ccond and third 50 latest date Made by a hall time several week: the wonderful Towa amateur. ., Sporting Editor of The Bee xt Sunday's Bee, a foot ra mone Who gets Aug. ~To the Please answer to decide a bet e in which there A and B tic first and secon To the Sporting Editor case , batter hits a high one up over short fly, strikeout and strike, 1 (1) That's what he s, which is condemned by about everybody save the brilliant members committee. prevents many a pretty play and has saved infielder from (2) The rule giving the pitcher an assist on has been obselete is given an assiit this case and the first baseman a put out. Neb., Aug. 18.—To the Sporting By answering the will confer a favor that will be appreciated.— The next McKibben has been released by Aug. fa of The me the name of some & M. railway in Nebr find good duck and goose shooting this fall your some generally is good shooting.—M. would be hard You might find tolerable sport off thirty annis; there is a man or 1s the batter out an assis catcher throw Jecide a small wager between a couple of country cranks by an. swering these questions and oblige—An Old under the ab The present rule a deserved ersor. for several in Will you kindly ad vise the writer who the contestants were i1 the prize fight which occurred at Busenbock's Butler county, It is claimed by ““The Heroes of All Nations' that the fight was between Coburn and Jones, 0., August 31, 1867 was between McCool above you Ans.—Mike McCool and Aaron Jone: Aug. 21.—To the Bee: Wil you Sunday's Bee if Des Motnes 23.~To the Sport- Will you please in test time ever made oodwin, what distance? ug, 22 Be place on ~To the Please glve the line of Ka whore I can Sunday paper. place where B. 1 there 0 name, then again you ‘6 77 ” FOR HAY FEVER. Elberon, m« which do in MORSE, il with Hay Fever, suffering vials cured Before this, fef until frost cam you bet,” EDWARD Iruggist ot me ant pellets—fits your druggists or 1 v all the last five Win Fever sk, for y vt., This year (18#4) I was very and after two or a (riend sent The use of one 1 never got re- I will trey it STRASFLE, writes: “Hive with May Fever a smail bottle 4 Kreatly by sending an- t sent prepald upon for §1.00. HUMPH- wad 113 Willlam 8t, and mail if it is not asking too much of you is at bat which is a wild pitch going dodging and . best record n Bob Emslie the other day t nslie’s umpiring was said to have aukees g ] n pitcher’s te, has settles l n first 1 1 Rowe's quit 1 runner any rule for t Sporting 1 t spring. | Qne A. -Vastly Enlarged and Improved Slnce Its l.a itV Visit,——— RINGLING BROTHERS W{IRLD S GREATEST SHOWS. 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