Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 20, 1902, Page 11

BASEBALL SKIES ARE BRIGHT Opening Beason Shows Many Signs of Unusual Prosperity. WESTERN READY FOR FIRST GAMES Btart on Wednesdny Will the Teams in Good Con, and Able to ¥y B s Never Before, See ANl ition “What's the score?’ On Thursday the Natlonal league opened its playing season before such crowds as ve not heen present in years. New York had 24,000 persons, Cincinnati had a record proofedings. The Welmer case has gone oves for some weeks, at the instance of Nichols, and it is quite likely that when the decision is rendered it will be along the lines laid down by the Philadelphia court in the case of LaJole, when the con tract of the Natfonal league, which is prac- tically the same as all base ball contracts, was declared not of binding force. This does not alter nor abate the binding force of the moral obligation these players as- sumed, nor will it improve their standing with the thinking portion of the base ball public. How much better it would hav been for fairly with thelr manager, even if they did not get quite as much money. In time they will learn the value of a reputation for honesty in base ball. They will live to ap preciate the advantage of having a charac ter such as that of Frank Genins, for ex- ample, whose word s looked upon by man- { | these young men to have acted! THE OMAHA DAILY BE SUNDAY, APRII 20, 1902 11 a clean sweep of the western colleglate schedule as far as they cover it That some eficient coaching has been going on down in Lincoln Is most evident to those who watched the ‘varsity team play last year. This is still more plainly discernible because of the fact that every man of last year's team is back in the game save one. The improvement shown by the boys is very marked, and all of them show signs of being born to the game. In all three departments this superiority is noticed. The team can In no way be called one-sided. The boys hit, for they batted nine safe ones off Owen; they field, as is shown by the fact that they com- mitted few errors and kept man after man of the professionals from seeing firat base Nor Is their battery work delinquent Leatherby the school certainly has as good | It | womaha's Own" Have Made a Splendid He throws an excellent ball, cc rific apeed and mysterious Wright the old-time star in professional circles will second Troby in the box. Wright has not pitched for over two years, but is fast getting in shape, and will probasty pitch his first game Decoratiol uay C. Wilkins will do the catching. Wilkins did elegant work last yoar at the Union Pacific head- quarters, and comes well recommended. He Is an excellent batter, and a freak at base running. No other catcher has been signed, as Wilkine meets all requirements With this fine lineup, and McAuliffe, C Shiverick, E. Beil, C. Lehmer and T. D. Dinan as subs, the F. P. Kirkendall boys feel confident of winning the pennant CREIGHTON BASE BALL SQUAD bining ter ves Showing and Promise to Land to keep it up the year through if he begin it, else all he hase dome will count fa ught at the registrar's office. Colle ginns, too, seem fonder of the outdoor work and some fellows who refuse to participate at all in the Indoor gymnasium work dur ing the winter get out in their running togs | as soon as the weather opens up suffi clently for the cinder track feature. Paysical Director Barnes intends to make the game of hand ball a special feature of this summer's work a\ the park. This has been played before here to some extent, but this year it will be the favorite form of contest, and there will be a number of courts sufficlent to acccmmodate a good many players at one time Besides that, tennls and base ball will again be features, the diamond being one of the strongest points of advantage at the park. It Is not planned to have any addi- tional tennis courts beyond those of last | MAN'S MALADIES AND THEIR CURE. Millions of Men Have Been Wrecked on the Rock of Sexual Vice. THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN RESCUED BY THE STATE ELECTRO-MEDICAL INSTITUTE SPECIALISTS IN DISEASES OF MEN. attendance, over 10,000, St. Louis had 10,- agers as belng as good as his bond. He is|a college pitcher as ever twirled a ball year, but such extras may be necessary “I made up my mind soon after 000, and Brooklyn 9,000. Over 53,000 people never reserved at the close of a season, but | across an amateur plate since the time Well in the Liat. later. graduating from college that no &t four games is certainly a most cncour- simply says whether he will play with the | of Orlie Thorpe and later of Eddie Gordon I The quarter-mile track will be a popular one man was great enough, to | aging beginning from the magnates’ point | team next year. That is all the manager Leatherby is only a freshman, but he Is| . ..o 1ot have transpired in base ball | TeSort, as usual, and excellent sprinting master the entire fleld of medicine of view. It indicates better than any words | asks. How different it will be with the doubtless the star twirler of the team.| , ... . Creighton university during the | Places of 100 yards or so in extent will be S Camey, Riky oEvilNe the hold the game has on the American | “rubber legs” when this cruel base ball ) Galnes and Townsend may prove practically | . ..° days bave been a source of gratifi- | there. Aside from the mere spirit of com- & surgety. & e people, and forecasts a successtul season.| war is over. | as strong against college nines, but when | o0 io the patrons of that institution and | Petition, most athletes recognize that run- bave tried to do this, but they Another satisfying féature of the situation they go up against such propositions as the | (T B AT PRIEES B 0 eports, By | DIE is the best part of the entire curri- have met with results usually dla- 1 the sharacter of (A6 Ball played. Not ; sirey. | Omaha leaguers it is doubtful if they could | & KT 000 TR B0 &t on ag. | culum when it comes to acquiring vitality appointing to themselves and - 3 | Despite the pipe dreams so widely circu- | 45 what Leatherby did here. Behind the : 4 ad rery ho A hing in often disaetrous to their patlents. in many years have the opening gam x g WAl gregation has made in its exhibition games | 30d about everyone who does anything Boen s0 stappy and full of life, At New | Iated during the weelt, some o | bat there are Doane and Bender; the latter, | (W B O RE0 Tl L 0 layers that | the athletic line runs besides, as elther an For this reason 1 determined early York the only Matthewson let Philadeiphia | ¢1¢ctd 0ne man and some another, habitues | 155, piays a corking game at second base. | FUR L8 et W SXREECETNC BRATE LIS | appetizer or a chaser. in my profeseional career to con- down without & tun—7 to 0. The Pittaburg | °f e Omaha laundries belng responsible ) jqq; year he pitched considerably ana | TRPCISS the DReta Tresion 'sARTe Cith o v S fine my practice striotly to a sin- champlons and’ the Pejuveriated St. Louts | {0f 0D° about Packard of Denver, the |,y makes a good man for the box in [jat Saown. frst ot ell, THer 1 bas & ete || OCAL HORSE NEWS OF WEEK gle line of diseases and to originat- team played 110 0, Chicagp beat Cincinnaty | Western league chose M. H. Sexton to be| case he 1s needed. Raymond, at first, is( 50 (o © "h" d‘ ‘d"’ et ”"_v A4 ing and perfecting cures for them." 6 (o 1, and Brookiyn beat Boston 2 to 1. | President, Instead of Jimmy Whitfleld. Sex- | 5 flelder of accuracy and a baseman ot [ wER BEAty HErd A COURSCNT BHCHCS | Gonatp About Owners and Drivers ot We, therefore, treat only what ton will make a good president, but he has | apgoiute good judgment. His sole trouble [N Bood coaching, has excellent chances o " P we are absolutely certain we can Only elghteen runs in fout games looks | obtaining & leading position among western Speedy Ones and Their Plans y very much llke midsummer ball. if |°n° thing to learn. The open Season ON|jg that he cannot hit the ball, either when |2 s B . e s positively cure to stay cured— the contests are hal ‘hot already. |81k closes when the playing season begint. |y is needed or when it is not colleglate clubs, In -the second place, it or the Summer. what will they be by (he time the players | H¢ Should restrain his vocal organs and | . pusiy” Rhodes, last vear's captafn, ia | i """':1“ Yk PNELIRORIVAVESES — VGIIGN‘.BIO, s"lct“m. Longest Estabiished. Most Successhut get well warmed up? The American | B¢t Into shape for the work that will de- | again at shortstop and covers a great deal oyal student support, thorough equipment | 7p, coming week will witness the or- ongest Es 3 ¢ league, tho Eastern. the' Western. tha | volve on him next fall, when the hot air|of ground In handsome style. He is not |8nd uniform discipline, from the fact that| gapization of a tri-city amateur driving “s"o-sax“al ueb""y and Reliable Specialists in Dis- Americsw essoctation, (he Phree-1 loagua | Order of business is reached again. HIs | certain on the grab, however, and half the | !0 the brief time of two scasons it has bullt | jyb, A, L. Thomas, secretary of the ' and a host of minor leagues, are coming |Arst official act was to unburden himself| time has to pick his ball up after he has |}iP 80 €irong a team Third, Crelghton | omana Trotting club, in charge of the June 0 'a IOUS Blflllfl POISOII cases of Men, as Medical en behind, and all over this broad lang |Of @ conversation, again pronouncing his| giready handled it once. To make up for ;’:';"” ;"‘f Omaha a permanent seat for|race meeting, will send the following no- on E ) Diplom, Licemsss . anl the great American'game has sway. For | anathema maranatha against the Hickey-|this “Dusty” has a throw to first that | b Eh-grade colleglate contests. The pres- | ¢joq (o persons interested in amateur driv five months at least the crack of the bat, | tes and all that is connected with them, | jeaves him about twice as quick as that ""“’h ere of such _llr.un: collegiate teams | g flllp'l"fl, KMMY Newspaper Records the call of the coacher and the cheers of | espectally the players. The puerllity of [of any other player on the team. Hood |8 those of the University of Nebraska,| Dear Sir—A meeting will be held at the & he " rare oo | this attitude of the Western league was|and Bender throw swifter, perhaps, but they | Drake university, Highland Park college, | Millard hotel on Saturday, April 2, at Show. [ the “fanatics” will be hdard in every com L 3 : Washburn college and the universities of | P: M. for the Durpose of organizing a tri- munity, and the man wha doesn't talk bass | long ago exploded by the players them- |don't get the ball away as soon. It makes | Washburn : (I for the purpose of organising.a tel ball—and he ia very few and far between— | selves. Let Mr. Sexton stick to his work | no matter what position “Dusty” is in |South Daketa and Minnesota in mm;!;: of the rond drivers of Omaha, 4 bl eier complitions Kbl asessiats dissares AN WeaknealE WML ; v ; cer | contests w reighton fills a long felt | Omaha and Counc uffs. You ar an o d will wish himself.awa$ on an Arctic ex- |and see to it that the players in his own | when he finally gets the ball, it goes over | CONKS &l & e e s TR L pedition ot safe at the bottom of an oil | league are kept straight, and he will make | true to first base on the instant. THL Bestly b NN daRteRR ~otd t| e cxpect to plan for :‘rpvkly or sen To theee maladles alone the best years ‘ . y o y. Hood at third is better than ever, and stern side of | monthly amateur races, the horse winning s . GUHHESPBHBENGE well. . Nobody cares for him, anyway. |friends thereby Vs the most industrious and eager player | Creighton field is now about halt completed | the largest number of heats at the end of of our lives have been earnestly devoted " With the very auspicious start of the big | the season to be declared the champlon of and on them all our facultles are ccncen- a 4 - on the team. He reminds one constantly [and another week will witness the com- | yn& SERTRE 1€ ) ds to ::m: ::: r::n'2:’?::"«:.:".:"?:;;":v'u;,':f.’ B ":dym"m:.] Trr‘::?::mje‘:"l:?\r; 2:0‘:::’!:'i of little Pete Burg, the Omaha midget h}'lifln of the work. Excepting the portion $o ;'[m[v'yxuh fl,l!‘:lrvlunx:\:a'"::\m:\:r:«‘:r"v; "(i‘:l trated. Our consultation and operating| Many cases can be treated suc- him, and He longeth for the bieachers “even :‘m:fi:n rr:’lrr:m: of @ broadside, the bur- | utility man, for Hood is but a replica ot :‘lh?r;;'m’ llcrflfhnl( Is progressing, the en- 05 Bot Sestie to Taise e gy, ok & rooms are thoroughly equipped with every | cesstully at home. One personal as the hart panteth for the water brook.” | 4o 't 'whicn 1s that the race in the West- | BUre in size and actions. He .I.n“hn e e 1‘%01:”;»"'1:" pn[:u':;‘al\:“: AN THioMmas. sclentific apparatus, instrument and a-vml visit 1s preferred, but if it fa ime {1l not be on the square. This | Burg» habit of trying hard all the time. Flela thisd 1 e essential to the most modern methods o poskile ' or. Insonventant & I . ern league w His Aall across from third base on the long G painted on it in blg white tetters. | mpa firat turn of the track was leveled practice, and our references, both profes- On Wednesday the Western season opens, | is what he says: =~ 00 pe over- | throw to first is awifter than any that |All this work is so conducted that it inter- | o¢t gnd widened last week and is now in || slonal and financtal, are among the be#t| to call at our offices write a full with Milwaukee at Omaha, Peoria at Des| One featufe LT8G, THOhire are but two | leaves the pitcher's bos. feres but little with the practice of the | ypapno for fast work. The prospects for the citizens of this vicinity, who have beem| .n4 ynreserved history of your Molnes, Kansas Clty at Colorado Springs | experienced buse ball men identified with | The varsity outfleld fs even better than |teams. Every evening from 3:30 to 5:30 the | ymateur club are bright, and if an organi- cured by our treatment and made happy. and St. Joseph at Denver. The teams aro the Western leagie, Mg of K eticu: | the smaller circle, for there is not one |'varsity and second squad are at work in a | ,a(ion fs effected everything will be com- We want every affiicted man to fully and| °8se, plainly stating your symp- all In excellent condition and a lively race | ity wnd Rourke of QR S (FCSetw) | weak spot in it. Captain Jimmy Bell fn | practice gam. or knocking flles and | jiote and there will be no delay in getting ||| freely investigate our treatment. We | toms. We make no charge for pri- 18 expected from the very first day. It fs | Pase | o men In the Van Brunt or- fort and “Sticks” DePutron in middle have | Erounders to infleld and outfield, running | the ball rolling. ’ || treat ench cnse separately, sclentifically,| (oo counmel and glve to each only natural that Des Molnes, Peoria and ganiza mhnyx‘.lu- "A-r\;.-lr"‘::;n‘l;:u‘\unl(“n(‘;‘«l held those jobs each for several years now | bases or fingering the willow. Since the closely watching it and caretully following SGAL CONTRACT Milwaukee will be handicapped to some ex- | with w ~ base but OTEATIRNOD . ofea' o |and they kmow their territory. Pitcher |arrival of warm weather the second eauad | Tne ground in front and to the east of || its symptoms with varied remedies through [ Patient a LEGAL ACT to tent owing (o the circumstances under | A" fly Yiays ago that the Western leagie | Towngend, meankhile, plays Fight so wefi |has been greatly augmented, and even if |ipo grandatand at the race treck has been every stage. hold to our vromises. ;uhxm?h:h:;;r“‘r:':r;h:rt"n(K:’r:‘:“w.‘;’::n:::c W Vi’ siiing, being: (he owner. of LA b B L Bt Bt f"'_’j";:“;f";:'f‘ T e o ot pmake the |leveled off. ~The judges' stand will be b evcelient conditicn and the indtvidual | OF the ta m wu’lrm-P{n'aln-h::“:f:;.xlm: he | to the box. m'“ _vnnm)ul“m hn“u‘:“ e 'o r;lrzl | moved a little to the west. As the judges' | References—Best Banks and Leading w% Men of this Cit Foster of the newer clubs s such as guaran- | number his six tenms and early in the day - 165 Patices Fhats b ellent material | stana is now located it 1s opposite no por- YOUNG, MIDDLE-AGED and OLD MEN ¢ Mee today or write tees their ability to make It at least in he can msend out his (|\b'!r\u‘(:|lnylm u: '\.w~ Beginning Tuesday the bfl)‘s start on Aiaonk ”’,'!o §3% bk Ttneh Aty ].mn of the grandetand, and hence a ciose for our which will explain the diseases we cure A teresting at the start and probably un- | oien 1Rt B4 i e lthflr first trip, playlog .the Cédar Ravids| il g Kh"wl“w :,': -m"“lu I, | inish cannot be obacrved. The position of the how we cure THEM TO STAY CUR comfortably lively before the close of the|do not know whether e will do that, but e thon. tikte, " thin “::;elnlz:";m‘::: g il EUET 2 judges” stand 1 about correct fa relation to | . pennant season. On another page will ||t conld be morker S DS e number of | ning up to Minneapolls, where they play |utility man. Murphy and Lanigan are also | e ‘;:,:,,d_mn;n;hou:d S et ,;‘s: Sut CONSULTATION FREE and CONFIDENTIAL. be found President sexton’s tsiructions | men iy aveyumped merican 3800, | he” University of Minmosota. two- xames. | Mmbitous “ifkelice.” Any of hese men e | e Urpense- would not warrant o The Office Hours 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sundays—10 a. m. to 1 p. m. / that but twelve have deserted us and they | The outcome of these last two contests |Tready to step in and fill a vacancy on the | oniy effect in moving the judges’ stand west interest by players and public alike. It is about as well digested and sensible a docu- ment as ever emanated ‘from a league presi- dent and shows that Sexton knows his busi- nese. If he will only stick to his present attitude and eschew conversation until the | time comes, hie will have the support of the | most loyal lot of fans that ever backed a | magnate. Arlie Latham, Dan Stearns, a Mr. Cox and a Mr. Morse are the umpires | engaged for the season. Latham and| Stearns are well known {n Omaba, Stearns especlally because of his having played here both with the local team and with the Kansas City Blues in the good old days. Persons who had the notion they were not seelng the real thing when they pat- ronized the Western league games now have an opportunity to revise their esti- mates, viewing the number of Western league players who have made good with the blg leagu Columns of newspaper praise are being devoted to Hulswitt, Dooin, Sammy Strang, Johnny Kling, Tommy Hughes, Miller, Schafer, Congalton and others who have gone from fhe West- | ern into the National or the American. These young men have gone {n with the | stars of the game, in many Instances suc- ceeding or supplanting them, and have proved that the coming generation under- stands the game thoroughly as well as the passing. Moreover, they have made it just a trifle hard for some of the older boys, for by playing ball they are com- pelling the aged ones to extend themselves. which {s a trifie dificult for & few of those who bave eo long depended on the magic of their names rather than fleetness of foot, strength of arm and clearness of eye and brain. Many of the youngsters will be missed from the west, but their friends wish them well in their new flelds. Kansas City is just now suffering from & bad ep*emic of “rubberlegitis,”” the Dale Gear team seeming to be most severely affiicted. The latest victims are Ketchei, the outflelder, Robinson, the inflelder, and Messit, the catcher, who went to sleep in the Gear fold and woke up under the blanket of Jimmy Manning. Gear has sald he would not make any effort to get them | back, nor will he pursue them as he did | Jakle Welmer, into court with injunction | will be glad to come back before the sea- son 18 very old. They will not find a place for them, however. These men were all offered much higher salaries than our enemles can afford to pay. The sensible players réal this fact and they have steered clear of the men who have sought away from the American as- to get them soclation. Hickey is very rarely guilty of such abso- lute rot, and the worst of it is that there are people out west who will be unkind enough to say that Hickey knows what he is talking about when be is debating fixed schedules, Even ! Van Brunt controlled seven of the teams, there Is no reason to think that the race would not be Yair, for the eighth is Omaha, and Omaha is after the pennant this year. Hickey will have enough to do to keep the American assocl- ation in good shape this year without wor- rylng about the Western. As The Bee has pointed out in the past, he has a lovely bunch of managers to control, with Tebeau, Walter Wilmot and Stroebel, and it he takes care of his own troubles he will be busy enough. NEBRASKA ON THE DIAMOND University Base Ball Than Redeems Its Promise of Exéellence. Team More Omahans who are Interested for any reason In the athletic side of the University of Nebraska were glven an opportunity last week to size up the base ball team that will represent the Institution during 1902. The result was highly gratifying and it the students were merely playing their good game on Wednesday and Thursday, they certainly have every cause to be proud of themselves as base balllsts. It would seem, too, that the exhibition of base ball shown by the 'varsity men during their two games with the Omaha leaguers will certainly be no more than their fair game, for competition with professionals of such class as Omaha's players is always more or less conducive to stage fright among ama- teurs. Therefore, it is very probable that the Nebraska boys can play as good ball as they did here two-thirds of the time throughout the season, and If they do it is bard to figure out anything oth than will be especially Interesting, as a gamoe between these teams last year was the flercest ome of the season, the Gophers finally winning. In May comes a longer trip with a schedule of eighteen games, and a large share of the laurel wreaths will certainly fall to the Nebraska boys on both Journeyt KIRKENDALL’S TEAM IS STRONG One of City League Nines Looks Mighty Good in Its Makeup, The F. P. Kirkendall & Co. base ball team will figure this season as one of the strongest aggregations in this city. South Omaha and Council Bluffs have been searched for the best material that can be had. Among the players signed will ap- pear a few that may be familiar: Art Kennedy, from last vear's Young Men's Christian Assoclation team, will play at short stop; he s a strong player, aud an excellent batter. Klofat will hold his old place at first, and Is a good man in that capacity. Flannigan resigned from the managership of the Unlon Pacific headquar- ter's team to hold second pad, and will never te found wanting. J. Welr, from Chicago university, will see that nothing strays past third. Welr has just moved to this city and the Kirkendall boys feel flattered in securing him. The outfield s exceptionally fine. Foley in left last year played an errorless game and is the star fielder of the City league. J. Croft is one of the boys from the house, and it would be hard to find a better man for right fleld. Croft is the best thrower in the team, and also one of the strong- est batters. Martin will eee that no home runs are made in center fleld. Martin is small, but what he lacks in height and welght, he makes up in his errorless field- ing and base running. The battery, the principal feature of the team, has at last been signed. Troby, who aid some work for the team last year, will do most of the twirling. Troby Is an Omaha product and, although he has pitched for four years, will make his first appear- ance in leading amateur circles this season Stomach Burns The focd we eat is treated as fuel by the stomach, like coal in a furnace. The process kmown as digestion burnse I, Causing Carbonic Heat. waste axceeds the repair and every organ must suffer, dealers togethe. who a! and witnessea its from sise. “For seversl years’ he writes, malady known as dyspepsia preie, aleo m; b tura| menced to use sens” 71. "1 have not If method is to use a m»mmmmm tain and will digest laboratory tests in gl Such as pie, cake, aid cannot help but benefit you. weakest stomach will tonics simply remove the cause. pepsia Cure on the recommendation of our short l|1; all those terrible pains and dyspe wife's, came back, and our f suffered one day with m; Dyspepsia Cure, and I recommend it Sound Stomachs Make Strong Men and Women. stomach is weak and needs a rest, the common sense tion like Kodol Dy that & healthy stomach should con- food without aid from the stomach. tubes, according to the U. 8. Pharmacopceia, Each Teaspoonful Digests 3,000 Grains of Food, cheese, meat, fats, beans, starch, ete, Surely the tion which will do so much without the stomach’s It is fair to suj ve some help. effect of indigestion but they will not cure life, When the stomach fails te This heat eriters the vital geuerate this heat by d!'m'lho y lacks nourishment because the Story of a Pioneer. 1 budtaots ety Seven Seares ad 1s Lhat et has said n wenty sever and in that time has sol ~ Jow in business there. He located in Topeka towa of « few thousand izhabitasts to it present ka, Kan, ‘more He has been ol ha y wife and I suffered with that ferrible ‘or indigestion. We commenced to use Kodo! Dys- After Oll“flfl, id in & jents passed awa, My a "could be enjayed as when we wate ‘stomach since | com- all of my fellow citd Cure, which con- In the that even the Cathartics and stimulating Read What Physicians and Pharmacists Have to Say. bl T have lately been much troubled with " writes M. 8. Meade, Attieboro, Mass. “L umactst of £ hardly Layihing wihout Drepeves Cure) hich 1 : with most Prapared by E. C. DeWi¥ & Co., Chicage. ha S S g, SR A o doctor o give the best results.” Omaha, | ‘varsity squad. Even here some of the po- sitions are and will continue to be hotly contested. edic’” Murphy, Kehoe, Colfer, Prendergast and O'Hanlon are fighting 1t out for a position In the infield, while Cal- laban and Bucklin will fight it out for shortstop. Leftfielder Clark has been mak- ing 5o good & showing behind the mask that not unlikely that he will share that position with Captain O'Keefe during the season. Besides being ecientific with the mitt he Is quick on his feet, has a terrific arm and a eure eye at the bat. Third Base- man Creighton has started out with the rocord of best hitter on the team. Even Lynch and Dineen have not secured as many hits from “Pa” Rourke's or the All 'Varsity tossers. The departure from school of Wilcox, the student coach, is a severo loss to the pltch- ing department, but with Harry Wetcn and Bucklin, the new young student who has been unable to join the squad until re- cently, the team wlll not be so very much weakened. Moreover, Colfer, Kehoe and O'Hanlon will have opportunity to display their efficiency in this line. In addition to the already published schedule games nave been arranged with the Nebraska Indian team and with Drake university. Y. M. C. A. OUTDOOR ATHLETICS Ames Avenue Park to Be Again the Scene of Association Activity T Summer, After a winter passed in strenuous en- deavor to secure a new and uitable athletic park, the prospects now are that all at- tempts to get a more desirable location than that of last year will be fruitless. and ttat the Young Men's Christlan association will be found once more disporting itself in the big enclosed park at Twenty-fifth street and Ames avenue. This 1s somewhat of a disappointment to the local association athletes, as several times during the winter months it has been (hought that arrangements were practically concluded for the securing of several different sites, all nearer to the city htan the Ames Avenue park. Such success would have had no small effect. too. upon the attendance at the work during the outdoor season, as it is a considerable strain upon-a man's devotion to sports and callsthenics to be compelled to make a three-mile journey before he can begin his daily routine and duplicate it after his ex- ercise is finished In only that feature, however. s the Ames Avenue park undesirable, for it has every other, recommendation, including many that a new site would not posse: It has several valuable fixtures that it would cost something to duplicate, such as the grand stand, the fences, the locker and bath house, and the water service. Again, the Ames avenue field furnishes about four times the ground space that could easily be secured elsewhere, without golng out as far or farther. There are a good many acres open at that place, and there is noth- Iog In the way of track or fleld facilities that there is not room to supply. In the matter of attendance the renewal of the lease for the Ames Avenue park grounds will make a very appreciable dif- ference. A regularly training squad of fifty men and boys a day on the average will be considered a good showing &t the park during the summer months. Some days, Saturdays especlally, it will run up to 200, but the overlap will not comprise athletes who are working constantly, being more those who come out now and then when they have the time and inclination simul- taneously. It is rather peculiar, anyway, what a great difference the change of seasons makes In the enrollment of the athletic classes at the gymnasium. Just now there are 750 men and boys working regularly, about a third of the number being boys. Nonpe of them are going in as yet especially for track athletics, the work belng mostly calis- thenics and games, with apparatus tasks, as the wishes of the Individual may de- sire. But whem the hot weather comes there will be a noticeable dropping off, as the squad which will take to the park then will be about all the men who are working to any extent. This s not true in college and univer- sity gymuasiyms to any extent, for there the calisthenic gymnasium work Is in many cases required, and in others it is & mat- ter of course credit, 80 that It pays a person | M. J. Brown of Oscecla, the ewner of | J to bring it opposite the grandstand wiil be a slight shortening of the home stretch. Last Sunday brought quite a number out on the boulevard and several brushes were reported. Most of the drivers turned into the Driving park and stepped thelr horses around the track. Mr. McAvoy was compli- mented on his work in putting fhe track in condition. B. B. Wood was behind a 6-year-old gelding and brushed it at a 2:30 clip a time or two. Dick Thompson drove a black racer called Black Hawk and tried to get John Bishop, Jr., to brush with him, but the latter, who had been driving his horse for some time previous, did not care to take the challenge. Mr. Bishop drove his young colt eeveral times around the track, one quarter being speeded in 36% seconds, a 2:2 galt, pretty good for a green colt without much work this spring. It 1s rumored that Mr. Bishop will place his colt in Pat McAvoy's hands for tralning and, it he proves fast enough, have him raced late in the eummer. Hugh McCaffrey was driving a 4-year-old mare called Rose, She is a daughter of Vyzant, 2:17%, a noted Towa sire. During the week several business men stole out for a quiet brush. Mr. Kyle was noticed driving a fine large sorrel gelding belonging to A. L. Patrick. Mr. Patrick has a raate to him and they will make a fine carriage team. News from Lexington says that the young Conqueror colt now at John D. Creighton’s Ashland Wilkes farm is showlng a lot of speed. A. L. Patrick sold half interest in this colt to Mr. Creighton last spring. He is by The Conqueror, 2:12%; dam, Godella, 2:19%, by Aberdeen. He is a nice, clean- gaited young stallion, very fast, and should step some. Mr, Kyle broke him last spring, when he was 2 years old, and soon after- ward, with little or no preparation, drove him a mile in 3:20 to a heavy breaking cart. A pair of cobs driven by Clinton H. Briggs is one of the best looking teams In Omaha and has the additional advantage of being well bred. They are within three days of being the same age and welgh within a few pounds of each other. They are both by Montgomery, a grandson of Electioneer. The dam of one is by Nut- wood, second dam by Grand Sentinel, third dam by Happy Medium. The dam of the other {s by Charles Caffrey, granddam by Slander, t*ird dam by Flying Cloud. Louls Metz will soon be seen behind his 11-year-old gelding, for whom he has pur- chased & new wagon. Mr. Metz takes a great deal of pride in this horse and has been in many brushes in the six years he has owned him that have resulted istactorily for bim. The gelding is out of Bonnie Sprague,. at one time quite well known in this part of the wei Mr. Metz expects to be with the amateurs in the near future. Dr. Ewing Brown is driving a stylish pair of trotting bred horses. Another good- looking team, and one recently purchased, is owned by W. J. Burgess. There are not & large number of saddle horses in Omaha, but the majority are good ones. B, Rosenthal rides a bay saddle mare that is trotting bred. W. 8. Summers also owns a good saddler. Mayor Wilson of Fremont has purchased of John Van Wert of Alblon the brown race horse H. D. Parsons, 2:22%, by Robert Ryan 6650, sire of Belle Colley, 2:09%; first dam, Sally M, by Broadwell, granddam, Claypool, dam of Belle Colley, by Critt den 433. This horse took his record at | Hastings in August last. W. A. Wells of David City, Neb., has a number of very promising youngsters by Pactolus, 2:12%, that are being trained by Harry Smith, who brought out Col. Wood- line, 2:22% H. H. Smith of David City met with a serious accident while driving a pair of 3-year-old colts, A neck strap broke and the pole fell and ran into the ground. throwing Mr. Smith out and breaking both his arms just above the wrist. State Electro-Medical Institute, 1308 Farnam St., Bet. 13th and I4th Sts, Omaha, Neb. Lilly B, 2:27%, visited the Keystone farm last week and had a chat with Superin- tendent Thomas. That some of the time was spent In preising Conqueror colts may e easily guessed. Lilly B is by The Con- queror, 2:1214, dam Panthea, the dam of The Corporal, 2:12%, by Dunton, son of | Romulus 271. Lilly B received her record last year as a 3-year-old, and Is the first Conqueror colt, not owned by the Keystone farm, that has been given a record. Her owner has been asked to'price her a num- ber of times, but has refused to do so. He would not accept a bona fide offer ot | $2,500, an excellent price for & young horse with a slow record. Mr. Brown and sev- eral other competent judges believe that Lilly B will beat 2:10. She is certalnly bred In speed-producing lines, being by a ' sire of 2:10 speed, and out of a dam of | 2:12 speed. Mr. Brown will give hér care- ful preparation and start her in July and August in the pink of condition. She has been entered in the $1,000 stake to be trotted at Seward, August 5-8. John Locke of Oseeola has exchanged Annie Woodlock, 2:26%, by Woodline, 2:19, with a Sfoux City party for Richbald, a green 4-year-old colt by a son of Nutwood. Mr. Locke also has Norvina C, a good mare by Norval Chief. Toney W, 2:18%, who took his record on a heavy track in Texas last year, will be raced this season, probably beginning at Omaha. The Omaha Trotting club s receiving | much commendation from horsemen in | taking the stand they did by declaring two | of their early closing stakes filled, when | other meetings with more entries declared | them off. One nominator, J. T. Slusher of Bern, Kan. expresses the general sentl- ment in the following words: “I want to congratulate your association on the stand you have taken independent of the others 1t is certainly an injustice to horse own- ers to prevent them from entering in simi- lar events elsewhere.” Arch Johnson of Hastings will probably ship three horses to the Omaha track to trein and begin the season's campalgn ul‘ this dlace. Mr. Milhone of Clarinda, Ia., has shipped his mare Lonzia Duck to the Keystone farm. She is by Lonzine, son of Gambetta Wilkes, dam Vilette, by Vyzant. M. B. Showers of Mitchell, 8. D., in writ- ing an Omaha acquaintance, says that he | owns a very fast colt by The Conqueror, 9:12% Superintendent Thomas of the Keystone | farm is breaking a fast 6-year-old mare by Woodline, dam Ollle Scott, the great brood mare, by Strathmore 408, grand- dam Laura Logan, by American Clay, 34, third dam by Crusader, fourth dam by Tom Hal The David City track has been plowed up and worked over and will soon be In per- fect condition Horse affairs at David City are picking up wonderfully and when the meeting comes off July 15-18 things will be ship-shape. Pactolus, 2:12%, Is siring a fine lot of speedy colts in the vi- | cinity. His owner, Mr. Aldrich, has sold his farm’ southwest of town and purchased | & larger place in the valley, where grazing is better. Mr. English is working the young things by Pactolus and everything i doing nicely. The dam of Harry Smith' fast 3-year-old pi r, owned by W A. Wells, is the dam of Mabel L., 2:20, by Almedo Wilkes, granddam by Tremont. Friday and Saturday of last week, April 18 and 19, saw many borsemen at Des Moines at the Tattersall sale of high-cl horses C. H. Horne of Maxwell, Neb., has sent his mare Princess to the Keystone farm. Princess is by Prince, son of Ethan Allen, , dam Lady Envoy, by Euvoy. Princess | @eeseeses | @eeeeeess Why Not Get the Best; IT COSTS NO MOREM The Easy Running Tribune Coaster Brake, Starts out all the old-time wheelmen ugain. It ride them—not hard work. them and you will The only bicycle that stood the test of a mile in 57 seconds. Competi- tion record was won on the Tribune; 1st place and time prize also; In the road race last In fact all of the important events were won on the Tribune. Price $40.00 and $30.00. Crescents, $25.00 and $35.00. Rugby, $35.00 and $45.00 Andrae, $35.00 and $40.00. ' Tires, $1.50. Open evenings. LOUIS FLESCHER, 1622 Capitol Avenue. is a pleasure to Call and try ride no other. year. Clark’sBowling Alleys 131315 Harney St. Biggest-Brightesti-Best e 5 S +® To obiain over 360 on wn Investment ot one dol'ar. . Natlohal Bank ref For full particulrs and cireulars, on- tucky Mutusl Sweepstakes Associa MILTON YOUNG, Mg Lexington, Ky, : TARSY. }."afll,,glm..,.. .- ¥ uiacor e i oy - Joul Ca s N TR N PR P Bold by Sherman & McConnell Drug Co., 8. W. Cor. 16th and Dodge Sts., Omaha. broken as a 2-year-old and has been driven only about a dozen simes each year since then. Superintendent Thomas hitched ber up and found that she was quite speedy. = J. B. Adams of Genoa, Neb., ls negotiat- ing for the sale of a pair of standard-bred chestnut mares by Woodline, 2:19. The dam of one is by Dictate, 2:23, the other Is out of the dam of Batteen Onward (3), 2:19%, by Combat. Carriage horses, not only in Omaba, but 21l over the country, are commanding high prices. The first large importation of Rus an Orloff horses was recently sold in New York. A palr of dapple geldings, unreg- istered, brought $6,400. The average for the twenty-elght head was §1,243 per head.