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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1890)
I'hrrr The Omaha Sunday Bee tw t I . , , . I \ NINETEENTH YEAE OMAHA , SUNDAY MOBNING ] EEBKUARY 10 SIXTEEN PAGE NUMBElT 237 ; IB WWWW M WWW WWW THE LOCAL WOULD OF SPOUT , AH That 1b Portlnont and Importl- nont About the Diamond PUGILISTIC GOSSIP GALORE Hie Nntlnnnl Trnp Shooters Coinlnjt Tournaments The Gun Club " " The Wheel , the Horse nud Miscellaneous biiulus The YounRStcrB nml the 8lnr . Many of the old western league and western assoo'atton ' i > layers occupy today ns conspicu ous positions in the bnsobnll world ns any uf . the renowned old veterans of the National league or American association Two years , ago tbo older bodies turned up tholr nasal organs In dupust at the mention of the players of the minor orsnmzntlonB Tney belonged to a dlfleront bord and were not to bo mentioned In the same week with the players of the older bodies Hut what hns como to pass In thin bnof tlmoi Long , j& Nichols , Hamilton , Bcckloy , Sowdcrs , r" # Coonoy , Nnglo , Crooki , Hlclly , llollldny , Duryca , Eurlo , McAloer , Cody , Lowe , and a host of others will bo depended on the coming season to pull victory for the clubs of these old bodies as much as any of the celebrities who formerly considered thorn ( elves the salt of the profession The truth of the whoto matter is that it will only ro- nulroatwolvemontb or two lor the youun players of the leaner organizations to crowd Into perpetual obscurity nil the old stare " > This is something the brotherhood should glvo a thought to An Kxccllont New Utile The rule adopted at the Into mooting of of the Western association making It com pulsory bn the part of all the teams to wear whlto uniforms on the homo grounds , Is an excellent otio As the visiting teams will bo In different colored uniforms , this rule will assist In keeping players from being de ceived by their opponents attired similarly With themselves Many was thn deception practiced last year by the coachers running down the line from third , when that base and first were occupied , thereby Inducing the pitcher to llro the ball homo , and giving the man on first a chance to run down to second with safety Similar uniforms were also the cause of many ether ludicrous and fatal mis takes The local teams homo uniform will bo whlto shirt and pantswith cardinal caps , belts and stockings Crooks Sinry on Lathntn Jack Crooks told a very funny story on Arllo Latham last Sunday ovonlng at the meeting of the Western association moguls at the Millard , "It was in our first * gumo i with Boston at Frisco this wlntor , " said f ( , Jack , mid the umpire called Kelley safe at * j. ' homo 'What's Hint ? ' yelled Arlio Safe , ! j.S _ I said , ' repeated the umpire Arllo stared ME ' hard at him a few seconds and then flinging H " his arms aloft , ho whirled round several r times on his heal , then foil to the around Hat r upon his back with his arms and legs out stretched and lay so still that tbo players came rushing in from the field thinking that M ho bad actually fainted The umpire grow H polo as the boys gathered around him , and H edged off towaid the gala opening iuto the H btcuchors Comray took a look at the pros B trata clown and thou turning to the umpire , V snid : 'I'm afraid that decision , old manlias H ' killed tbo boy I'and I actually believe that H , California auckor would buvo fled hadn't Latham at this moment Jumped to bis feet " V Pnsto This In Your ( int W Below will bo found , in convenient form B to preserve for roforonco.-tho complete play Ing schedule for the coming season for-tho H Omaha team : B OMAHA AT HOME B With Sioux City April 29 , 27 , SO ; Juno 27 , 28 , SO ; August 20. 31 , 33. • Denver May G , 7 , 8 ; Juno SO , 21 , 22 ; August SO , 27 , 23. Kunsas City Mav 0 , 10 , 11 ; Juno 7,8 , July U ; August 29 , ! S0 , ill Bw - . Milwaukee Juno 7 , 8 , 10 : August 2 , 3 , 5 ; BT0k Sept 10 , 17 , 18. J St Paul May 30 , 31 and Juno 1 ; July 21 , 20 , 27 ; Sept 27 , 23 , 30. ' Minneapolis Juno 3 , 4 , B ; July 20,30,31 ; Sept 23 , 2-1 , 23. Dos Moines Juno 12 , 14 , 15 ; August 7 , 0 , 10 ; Sept 20 , 21 , 22. I * OMAHA AIlIlOAll AVith Denver April 17. 10. 20 ; Juno 30. July 1 , 2 ; August 10. 17 , IS Kansas City April 3J , 23 , 24 ; July 4 , 4 , 5 ; August 12 , 13,14. Sioux City May 1 , 3 , 4 ; Juno 23 , 34 , 2V August 23 , 21 , 25. Milwaukee May 22 , 23 , 34 ; Juno 10 , 20 , S3 ; Sept 11,13 , 14. St Paul May 25 , 27 , 23 ; July 10 , 17 , 18 ; Sept 1 , 2. 3 ; Minneapolis 10 , 17 , 20 ; July 8 , 9 , 10 ; Sept 4 , C. 0. Des Moines , Muy 13,14,15 ; July 11 , 12 , 14 ; Sept 8 , 0 , 10. B Harry MtK.oriiilck'a It turn B Harry McCormick , ono of the directors of B the Omuha Ball club , who has boon sojourn B lug on the coast for n month past , will return B homo this wcok , bringing Knolls contract > with hira , A special telegram announces BPr - that If Harry's whiskers hadn't gotten in his BT way bo would have also signed for Omaha Bf ' T w * tbo crack aocoud baseman of the Oaklands B The Question of Now Grnundn B President McCoruilclc ana his able aides B nro still negotiating for now grounds , and B last evening tbo prospects looked exceedingly BJ flattoriiig for scouring them The matter Bj will be definitely settled ono way or the ether , this week B Likely and Unlikely Mills There was an Impromptu mooting of the Bj Gate City atblotlo olub last ovonlng , on Bj < which occasion Manager Kllkonnysubmltted BJ • a report relatlvo to his work In booking at- Bj' tractions The ono event provided for , Uxod BJ f ° r a near date , Is a fifteen round contest bo- BJ tweou Paddy Murray , the South Omaha BJ barber , and J. J , Kennedy's unknown , for a BJ purse agreed upon by tbo principals The BJ ' report further showed that Pat Killcn of St BJ Paul wants a purse of (1,500 to moot Jack BJ Davis , which shuts that out ; also that Mlko BJ Dally of Bungor , Mo , offers to meet Jimmy BJ Llndsoy.at catch woights.buforo the clubfor BJ a purse of (500 , providing a 1X0 purse is of- BJ fered for a meet botwecn his brother Dan , BJ nud any featberwolght the club may bo lucky BJ onouph to secure Hilly Meyer will net meet BL * * * " Lindsay to a finish for less than a purse of Bf 1 13,000 , and Ton ) Hole agrcos , if the club will Bj bang up a purse of MU0 , to produce u Mlnno- BJ npolls man to moot Jack Uyan BJ Tbo report was adopted and Manager Kil- BJ kenny authorized to proceed and exorcise bis BJ own judgment In entering into contracts for J future cutertalnments BJ Billy Mejora unit Jimmy Lindsay BJ J , U , Kilkenny , manager of the Gate City Bj Athletic club , Is In receipt of tbo following Bj loiter , which exylalns Itself : BJ Uostos , Mass , Feb 12. Dear Slrj Your Bj letter lu regard to an exhibition In Omaha BJ Wltb Jimmy Lindsay Just rccolved We In- BJ tended to visit Omaha two weeks siuco , but BJ lustead en mo hero , tiowevor , would say BJ tbat lillly Meyers would bo well pleased to BJ , Klve an exhibition lu Omaha , but 1 cannot fix BJ n date Just now , but think it can be arranged BJ for the last week of the prescut month if BJ that will suit you , I have hud numerous BJ1 letters from your city urging us to como BJ there , but as tbo Gate City club has been BJ j- highly recommended wo cnooso to negotiate . * f with you All wo deslro Is a friendly setto , BBsf * nui1 * ' ° l'er will do Just as ho agrees como BJr - . what may If we make a date with you we JT tjjj will waut 50 per cout of the gross rocolpts , | ' and if this Is agreeable to you lei mo know j Immediately and we will make arrangements - | monts at once Leb CuKNEr I Manager Hilly Meyers , lightweight chum J plou of the world BJ It may bejwoll to add hero that Manager Kilkenny has written to Cheney specifying his terms , and asking for a ten-round con test with six-ouoco gloves for scientific points , the event to como off in the Grand opera house , If said homo can bo secured Lindsay , however , while ho is perfectly willing to mcot the redoubtable - doubtable Billy In a contest to a finish or for a stipulated number of rounds will not con sent to run the risk of n lo s of reputation for nny Insignificant compensation Ho thinks ho Is na good a man ns Movers , and has many followers who share In his belief , and docs not care to Jeopardize Ills chances of f uturo glory and ducnts In a go with Moy * ors simply to edify the public nnd turn a few dollars for himself Ho would much rather fight Mojors to n finish for n good pnrso nnd get nil or nothing , and nt the same tlmo demonstrate who 13 the best man , and ns usunl Lindsay la prottv nearly correct The pair In a scientific contest , however , wou'd provo a great card and pack the Grand from pit to dome The Old Mnn'a Drfl Hilly Hawkins of Duluth , and who fig ured hero as Jimmy Griffins ' traluer and second In his two meets with Jimmy Lind say , Is out In the Des Moines Graphic with a challcngo to light nny light weight in the country for (500 or (1,000 a sldo , two ounce gloves , glvo or take from two to four pounds , any rules to govern Hawkins kins' challenge , however , dent go When ho was hero prepnrlng Griffin for the Lindsay mill , ho not only dnclarcd Mint Griffin would punch the Omaha man out In less than four rounds , but that ho himself , as old and stale as ho is , could put him to sleep In even loss time As nn evidence of Hawkins Judgment it is but necessary testate state that Lindsay had Griffin whipped In less than ono round in the first go and knocked him as dead as the proverbial mackerel in the second lu Just two mlnutos nnd seventeen seconds Immediately after this latter .triumnh Ldndsnv Btcmicd ill ) to Hawkins , nnd said : You nro the man who can stop mo m less than four rounds , are you ? " "I never said so , ' ! replied Hawkins , who had evidently been forcibly Impressed with the Omaha mans prowess Yes you did , " retorted Lindsay , and nil I want to say to you is that 1 think you nro a duffer Ill go right In this ring now and fight you to a finish for the purse 1 have Just won by beating your min Griffin Or If you are not In condition take all the tlmo you wunt to prepare yourself nnd then lot mo know I am always ready for such fighters as vou at n moments notlco , nnd I want to toll you to your tcoth thnt you can not best mo in four rounds or four hundred " Hawkins politely declined , saying that ho was in no condition then , and that ho was out of the ring , but it ho over did make another match ho would glvo Lindsay the preference In conclusion It might bo but fair to mention that Hawkins is really a good man , dcsplto the forty yoors he carries on his shoulders Ho bus whipped Harry GUnioro , Jack Plynn nnd ether good ones within tbo past four years , nnd Is de cidedly clover jot , but no match for Lindsay The Nntio.inl Trap Shooters Tom II Keller , the avnnt courier of the national trap Hhootlng combination , will ar rive In Omaha on Thursday next to bill the town and make preparations for the combinations bination's outfit here , which will , be on or about March 5. Originally the two teams were booked for Omaha In September , but owing to the cancellation of a number of southern dates , Manager Taylor has con eluded to Btop off here en route to the slope , instend of upSn the combinations return Frnnk Pnrmelco has nlrcudy received the lithographs and hangers for the exhibition , and upon Kollor's arrivnl will nssist him in comploting-arrangemcnts for the event So'far on the Hriptho'nvcsleni team has cloudy out-Bbot the eastern contingent , and where over the latter has come out victori ous , tbo cry of fake has ailscn In proof of the genuineness of nil these contests Mana ger Taylor now offers (103 to any team of live shooters in any of the cities the combi nation visiu who can beat the losing team in any of these contests When the combina tion shoots hero , an effort will bo made to take in this $100 , in addition to a challenge to the winners of the Omaha contests The Omaha team , who will in all proba bility bo pitted against the Blurs , will con sist of Frank Parmaloo , W. H. S. Hughes , John Petty , William Hrowor nnd W. H. Townscnd This is a strong quintctto und , they have an evcu break with the host five in the National combination , barring the ono fact that the latter will bo in tiptop form by reason of daily practice Next Stuur ltyN Shoot Extonslyo.prcparattons nro being made for tbo trap shooting tournament to como off on tbo Gwin & Dunmlro grounds aeross the rlvor , next SaturdayWashington's birthday There wl'l ' bo llvo bird matches and artificial contests galore , commencing at 0:30 : in the morning and continuing us long as there is light enough to shoot by All tbo well known shots in this part of the country have been invited , nnd with auspicious weather Muna- ger Dunmlro Is counting on a big attoadanco There will bo several special matches for stakes , and altogether the gunners will have a busy day day.Thn Thn Omuha Gun Club Tbo Omaha gun club , tbo oldest sports mons organization In the city , will hold a spoclal mooting at Gwm & Dunmire's store rooms , 1512 Douglas street , tomorrow eve nlng , for the purpose of weeding out all non-actlvo members , and again putting the club on a solid foundation For a year past scores of the members have lntorestcd themselves solves in no manner whatever in the welfare of the club , and these who bavo , uro tlrod of this Indlfforonco and are determined to bring about a nowordor of things All monitors not present tomorrow ovonlng , or who do not furnish a good excuse for ab sence will bo stricken from tbo roster ltlSMA.HKAULil3 'lUKC UVBNTS Seine Things AH Itnoo Follower * Hhoulit Know , KIncsom was the greatest rnca mare tbat ever lived She won fifty-four straight races aad never knew defeat She was bred In Hungary and won races in England , Austria and Germany , her total winnings amounting to (90,613. A few years ago a Hungarian , with a duo presence , visited this country ' and claimed to bo her owner Ho succeeded In fleecing several business men in each city ho visited , The mare died from on accident while oh the turf A quarter of a million dollars Is the most raonoy over put up for two horses to race for This sum was wagered at Natchez , Miss , In 1830 , Walker Thurston matching his horse Kodolph against Hon , J. F , Claybourne's mare Susau Yandoll for 2,600 bates of cotton * a sldo , It bolog equal to (250 000. Susan Yundell had a walkover for the money , as Kodolph took nick shortly before the tlmo sot for the contest The mot money ever realized from ono sale of horses at auction was that paid for the 33S hood of thoroughbreds gold by Wilt lain lilcnkiron at Middle Park , England , In 1673 , bo getting (512,575 for the 129 foals 18 stallions and 100 broad mares then dis posed of , The most money ever won by a trotter was earned by Goldsmith Maid , she winning very nearly (500,000. In doing this she won 33J heats In bottorthan 2:30 : , a record which no other animal over gained Stockwell , the noted English thorough bred , stood his last two seasons at ( J.500 , which is tnoro money than any ether borsa over stood ut , Axtell now stands nt (1,000 , which is the most over asked for a stallions sorvlcos in America Guy Wilkes , SslBtf , and his daughter , Lil lian Wilkes , 2:17 : % have the fattest com bined record for sire nnd daughter In the world Kobert McGregor , 3sl7 i\ and Uon- nlo MoGrogor , 3:13Jj' : , have the fastest com bined record for slro and son Thlrty-elgtl thousand dollars U the most over Maid ut uuutlon or privately for a year * ling , that amount having boon given by Sen ator Hearst for King Thomas nt J. 13. Hag gins sale In Now Yorlc city In 18S9. Maxi milian , the next highest priced yearling , broucht (20,001 in Enalnnd As high-class performer * both have been failures Eight thousand llvo hundred dollars Is the most money ever paid for a trotting brood mnro nt auctionSoSo,3:17fhaving : Drought thnt nt the Kittson Bnloin 1838. Alma Mater , Bold by Percy Tulbort , Lexington Ky , for (15,000 , is the highest priced trotting brood mare over sold privately Ono mlnutonjul thlrty-sovon seconds Is the fastest tlmo In which n mlle was 6vor run , Frying Pan gaining this record in Mel bourne , Australia , In 1SS4. Mnnrl , nt Wash ington park , Chicago , ran the fastest mlle over ruu lu n mco lust year , vizi 1:39 : 4 5. The English horse Gladiator , made a mlle and seventeen ynrda In 1:38. : Forty six years is tbo ago of the oldest Jockey now in active service In America , ho bolng W. Haywnrd , who Is able to hold his own with the best riders In tnis or any other country The lightest American Jockey was Hyslop , who could ndo at fifty-eight pounds The lightest English Jockey was Kitchener , who could rldo at the low weight of forty-nino pouuds The sonsationnl Axtell brought the highest prlco ever paid for a horse In any country 810" ,000. The Uncllsh horse Ormondo brought the next highest pneo SioOnO Tliootvnerof English Eollpso refused $123- 000 for that colobratcd lior3o. Six feet eleven nnd throo-quarter lnchos Is the highest Jump over made by ti mounted horse , that feat beinc accomplished by Koso- berry at Chicago Tuo nvcrago Jump of the ordinary hurdle horsn is only four feet Tbo noted English horse Donovan , al though only two seasons on the turf , has won more monov than any horse in the his tory of the worid , ho haviuc captured $270- 000 In stakes and purses Hanover has won more money than nuy American horse , (121- 577 being crodltcd to him Ulnir Athol , an English thoroughbred , brought moro money at auction than auy horse ever did , ho being kockod down at $02,000. Boll Uoy comes next at f. " > lO0Q. Ho was sold at Lexington , Ky , In lS'sS , and was burned to death recently at Versailles , Ky The only two foals to obtain records as three-year-olds of 2:20 : or hotter , thrown by ono mare are Boll Boy 2:19f : , and Himliv Hose , 2:19 : } . Their dnm , Beautiful Bolls , 2:21 % is by The Moor , out of Mlnnchaha.by Stephens Bold Chief , nnd Is eighteen years old Mariposa , the thoroughbred brood mare , owned at Belle Mead stud , Tcnncssoe , is the only mnro in the world whoso iirat ten foals were all winners They mo : Beatitude , Boulevard Helmsman , lillss Beatrice , Swift , Glidoaway , Eminot , Ada B nnd Mar shal Luke Thu Sportsman , started in London Bovernl years ago , was tlio first dally paper ever printed that is devoted to turr matters , A man named Fleming started the first paper In this country devoted to horse interests about the year 1800. It was published in Lexington , Ky " No moro peculiar race was ever run by n horse than that which took place in Silver City , N. M. , In 1S3S , when n mounted horse was matched against a professional bicyclist mounted on his vehicle It was for (20J and fifty head of cattle a side , thn distance fifty miles The horse won in three hours and forty minutes Th < ! Hvkors' flintier What a glorious day luat Sunday was for the whcolmou nnd everythinb' in the shape of a wheel in the city that would turn made us appearance The South Omaha club headed by Prof Dally visited the city in the forenoon The professor is getting to bo a Hard ndor The Omaha Wheelmen's club made two trips to the Bluffs and had twenty-firo men in line in the afternoon for a trip to tbo Fort Nothing looks finer or attracts moro attcn- , tlontUiana : line liuo of.cyclers.- . * " There are several things which would make an immunso improvement in the club't , turn out First , more uniforms ; second , more uniform riding , such as keeping ut a regular distance , better line and a steady pace These are features that the road officers should attend to Do not ride so close nor quite bo fast on crowded thoroughfares Ibis will enublo you to form In single file passing a narrow place Instead of straggling nil over ibo street and riding a block bjforo fonnincin line again Why dent Porrlgo have moro wheels for renton Sundays ! Every wheel ho had last Sunday was going all day and ho had to turn away several during the afternoon , oven giving up bis own wheel Mr J. Harold Child , local consul for St Louis , spent it few days in the city last week in the Interest of the Wurwlc people Ho was vary enthusiastic over the fine runs the wheelmen of Omaha have , His state ment that the many advantages Omaha offers to wheelmen should make it ono of the foremost cycling towns in the United States , is true There is oaly ono thing that will ovar bring this about and that is the more general adoption of the safty wheel , and the sooner the , ridois und would-bo riders realize this the bettor It is such an uncommon thing to sea a bearded man rldo a whoet in Umuha tbat it seems an impossibility for the small boy or the Ancient Order of Hcd Necks to keep from insisting on having a pipe full of them Tbo Omaha wheel club will now have the finest and in fact the onlvclub house In the city Situated on the northeast corner of Seventeenth and Chicago streets , wnoro they enjoy tbo five largo elecantlv arranged rooms , piazzas and barn In fact everything connected with the premises Is all that could bo dcslrod for a club of this description And what an elegant gymnasium the barn will muko It will bo fitted up Mombcrs of the Omaha Wheel elub should bostlr themselves and sea tbat this thing is carried thruugh successfully They have a fine opportunity to make their club one of the leading clubs of the country , east or west You can oil C. O. Candy Ho Is here wltb the now 1S9J Victor safety He will glvo an exhibition of fancy and trick riding this afternoon - tornoon at 2 o'clock at 1315 Dodge street , froa to the public It will bo well worth taking in Mr , Candy has a universal repu tation tor his untauo entertainments Mr Bert Cole of Grand Island , the cham pion threo-milo amateur of Nobruska , spent most of last week In the city Bert never missed a night nt the six-day race , while ho was * here This race has drawn a good many riders outside of the city Mr Kelley of Lincoln , Mr , Nlcodomus of Fremont and several others who did not lcavo their names on the roglstor The tournan\ent to be given'under tbo nu- spices of tno Omaha Wheel club on the 27th inst , promises to bo ono of the best ever held in tno Coliseum building It will bo made up with professional and ama teur races , - roller skate races and fanoy skating , trick bicycle riding and a drill by a picked corps of riders from the c ub .ub.A. A. II Perngo has offered some very good prizes , which will bo well worth competing for The club will spare no expense or pains to make this , their initial entertain ment , a complete success , The club will depart from the club room upon their run this afternoon a 2 o'clock p. m. sharp Every member who can Is re quested to attend Flashes I'm in the Diamond Omaha's now catcher , Bird , ought to prove a very fly man Cyclone Duryca was marrlod to a St Paul damsel on Tuesday last Taylor Stiafcr has signed to play second for Louisvllla this season Fred Jovno , as yet , has failed to catch on for next season Ho is In Chicago , Curtis and Wblto both Bigned with Den ver yesterday and Kowo has his team about completed It uow looks as If Han't O'Dav would suc ceed Ed Hongle on second for Minneapolis O' Day is a good one . Des Moines feels very ere ever tbo de cision of the arbitration committee awarding catcher Cody to Cleveland Bob Black , who was with Sioux City the luttor part of the past season , has signed with the Washington league club Charlie Abbey received an offer yeaterdae from tbo Wheeling , Va , Trl-Stato leaguy club , which he will doubtless accept Old Tom Dolaa , who , it comes down i through mls ty legend , drove the refractory rblnosoros into tno ark , has been released by Denver ] Billy Klusrann who hai mgnod with St , Louis , Is said to have onllfolv recovered the use of his arm aud Is throwing better than everboforo * , Mr nnd Mrs Kid Nlshols return to Kunsas City today , and on Thursday next loavn for Boston , where they expect to per innntly reside The opposing coachers will hnvo a great time rattling Pitohor McConnell , of the local team , next summer hell turn a deaf car to thom Manager Seloo write * that ho Is contem plating n western spring trip with the Bos ton team nnd is desirous of n date , here nnd at Dos Moines Manager Cushman of the Milwaukcos , predicts that Catcher Thnyor recently Blgnoil by Omnbo , wWprovo nj big a fav- orlto ns Tom Nnglo was Trodway , ono of Donvor's big sluggers last year Is in Ironton , O. , and snys ho'd IIko to go Into the brotherhood Bettor got a gold situation in a rolling mill Jack Carroll will captain the Minneapolis team the coming season , una if ho doesn't drlvo the bleachers crazy with his discordant cackle it will not bo his fault Elmer Fester und Ed Ilonglo have gene broke ever tholr Minneapolis rink Fester swears there hasn't boon enough Ice in the northwest this wlntor to cool a cocktail Dnva Howe assorts that Undo Abnor Dalrymplo will lead Omaha's best man In batting next season , but with Elinor Cleveland - land nnd Mlko Hlnes hell never bo In it Tim Hnrst , of last seajon'a WeBtorn asso ciation umplro stuff Is at Battcrsen , Eng land , associated with Charlie Mitchell In the muoagomont of the Washington music hall Dan Cassy , who wa3 ono of the Phillies twirlers last year , will execute some of his grape vine twists for the Mllwaukeos this year Manager Cushman signed him yesterday day , The only Lovott Booms to have boon over looked In the general shufllo Bin fats should bo n warning tb all young twirlers whoso crnnlums are affected with tumor oslty In the general scramble for young players Chnrllo Abbey should not bo overlooked Ho would make n good man for any of the minor lcaguo teams , and can bo addressed in care of Tim Bee Denver 1ms a fine third baseman in Nick Smith , and Itowo says hell ' lead 'em ' all the coming season Nicholas wasn't ' at hlmsolf I a portion of last season , but ho is in great form now Joe Vi9iior , nn old Omaha ball tossor , Is said to bo ono of the finest pool players in the country Cntchor Docnor , of Philadel phia , is also an oxpurt , and there is talk of a match between the two i Kansas City Is well pleased ever the work of the scboaulu committee , and well she might bo , for without being oven repre sented at the mooting , she has got decidedly the big und of the bargain Dad Clarke reports tbat ho was never In butter health , or mora anxious to play ball He is practising iudustriously , aud will re port hero In the best of condition March 10. Clarke will bo the Western association card this year , George Shock hasJflnally como to terms with Milwaukee 1'iio mild roasting ho re ceived from tbo Western association press had the ollect to reduce the swelling of bis conk to such anox ton t that bo was only too glad to again sien wtth'tho ' Brewers Ed Mullen , the handsome and gentlemanly tfcore card proprietor of last season , has affuln secured the contract for tbo present year Ho is going to ! give the fans some covoltios in the way oflattractive cards this season , with the pictures of cirls and birds and flowers and things ohitho first page Burdlck of.tho Sioux Citys is very wrathy nt Omaha for the way.fa , which she lam , • basted him lus rnlpnn'idecldrcs5jell ! ' ! < { orfolt S2T ) of bis Bal.iry for every game the Nobrns- kans win off of him next season He mo.ns probably that hell forfeit it to himself Jack Crooks has registered a vow that after Saturday next ho will cease to blow 'cm off until the beautiful begins to fly next November It Is quite probable , how ever , that Jack will provo tbo roik on which many a schooner will go to pieces lone about the dog days Toppku is still yearning for u ball team , and swears , by the gods of Olympus , shell have ono too , oofore the spring Is fujly sprang , If she is compelled to habilitate Hiram Dillon , HonryiStrong , Chirlio Holli- day , Arcbio Williams , George Veal , Sam Kodgors , Cliff itaiter , Ellery Prcscott end Joe Wilson in Jerseys and force thorn on the Hold Manager Leonard will probably make dates for exhibition games with the Cln- cinnatis , St Louis Browns and Burlingtons the moro tbo better , for exhibition games beat all ether practice out of sight On the Kith of April the Oinnbaa leave for Denver where they open the regular championship season on the day following The ball will bo set rolling on the homo grounds with Sioux City Aoril 21. 27 and 39. Secretary Ed O'Brandt will notify the Omaha players to report hero Muroh 20. Manager Leonard willmrrlvo Frlduy , Feb ruary 29 , and turn attention at once to tbo renovation of the ball park A number of improvements will be made and tbo grounds put in perfect shape for the first ex hibition game , which , will be played April 3 with the Cleveland lo-iguo team The Spid ers will also play here on April 4 , 0 and 10. The famous veteran George w. Bradley , , wbo plavod third base for Sioux City last year und hold up bis end witb the best of tbom , has offers to manage the New Orleans nnd Waco clubs of tbo Texas league , and will probably accept ono of these offers un less ho can get a piaco with ono of the National league teams Meantime , tiowevor , he is open to ether offers He says bo has a good pitcher , a shortstop , second baseman and two catchers , all good fielders , strong batsmen and temperate men , whom ho can sign for any minor league clubs Bradley's ' address is 2248 Willlngton street Philadel phia Ho two professions are so allied as tbat of the baseball writorand player , and yet , as a matter of fact , the bond of friendship bo twecn the two ia of the frailest kind Few ball players who read the humorous or regu lar incidents of the gumo pause to plcturo the patient man with pan or pencil ! sitting down to body thorn forth Ha is hidden , witb a few exceptions , behind bis work , and aims so to bide himself * Ills pen is oftener dipped In the milk pf human kindness than in gall , and yet the good things ho does are sea unnoticed , while , tbo ill are roinein- Eas for all time , Billy Holbort , the star catcbor of the old Mets , told the follovvlug'story ' at a banquet Ir Now YorK recontly.J Billy stood on a chair and said bo wished tp relate tbo story of the only game of ball tbat ever ended by the score of 214 to 3. "fne Flaffertys and Moollcaus , " began Hilly , " wore the contest ing teams It was the ninth ' inning The score was 2 to 2. The ; FlafTortys had been retired and tbo Moolicans'bad two men out MoManus , u rolling mill man , was at tbo bat Two strikes were on . him He hit the ball end split It In twain , " Ono half went over Flsbklll rlvor , thd other half ledged In the corner of tbo rlgbtjlleia fence McManus , clad In overalls , started around the bases Just ns ho reached thd second base ho fell aad broke his log * Ills , oolloagiies rushed to the fence , toro of ! < t board nud made a splint for MoManus' log Then McManus bopped around the rest of the dlstaaco and got to the plato Just as the half ball from the right field foil into tbo catchers arms Tbo um plro decided that tha doughty rolling mill man was halt safe aad half out , as only half of a ball bad been returned , and so bo gave the game to the Moolicans by the score of 2K to 2. " Mi o'llauenu * IjoohI Spirts It Is a good plan to trust no man who abuses his horse The Omaha Schutzenveroln will make many improvements at their already tine range at lluser's park early In the spring Several fair bags , of ( jirigtatl and mallard were made la the marshes near Missouri Volley during tho'mlld weather of the past week Jack Davis and Jimmy Lindsay , are requested - quested to communicate with Senator Mor gan , mau&ger of tbo Mechanics pavlllion , Portlaud , Ore , Wilbur F , Kuapp , undoubtedly the fastest blcyclo rider In the country , has rotlrod per muuontlv from the rnco trnolc nnd is In the real cstnto business lu Portlund , Ore , and doing well At the Loxlnrton , Ky , , horse snlos Inst Tuosaay O. W. Plckott of this city , pur chased a brown colt , Wlnslow Wllkos , for (4,250 , nnd Chnrllo Offut purchased the bay mare Darkness for (000. Dunmlro and Pnrmelco hnvo received n score or moro of letters from protnlnont trap shooters ever the country In tbo past three weeks , nil oxprcsslng their intention to been on hand for the big April tournament 11. II , Bratidols has Just received from friends In England n line specimen of u mas tiff pup Huiro Is very fond of his Importa tion nud says ho would not take (1,000 for tbo dog Senator Morgan Is making n barrel of money out of the Mechanics pavlllion , Portland , Ore , nud has become so popular with the sporting tratomlty out there that thev talk of running him for mayor in the spring By the waytho Senator writes tbat although ho has nbandonod professional byklng , ho woull bo pleased to make a match race with Ned Heading for fifty or ono * hundred miles for (250 a sldo and then swear oft for good , Well , Senator , you remember thnt Heading lindn century posted with the writer for weeks for n race with you , nnd ho snys It Is still open Como oft now , or lny down Ed Smith of Denver , tbo man who mndo a chopping-block of the Marino , ib out In a challcngo to light any man In the world , whlto or black , big , llttlo or middling size , for from (1.000 to $5,000 n sldo , London ringer or glove lulos , within two mouths of signing of articles , the buttle to take place within 500 miles of Denver There Is no doubt that Edwnrd is n hard man to down , but ho Isn't a marker to his bnultor , Bat Mastorson A better man to hnvo behind you In a tight pinch than Mastorson docs not llvo If bo's "wid yoh" bo's "wld yoh nil throw and its a big red apple against a hundred dollar greenback that there will bo no great rush of hcavy-weichts to Ueuver to nci'opt Smiths challenge It Isn't meant by this oithcr tbat they would not tret fair play , but Bat Is a power out In Coloralo , und few fighters would care to antagonize his Influence Now if Bat will ngreo to offer n (3,000 purse for n fight botwecn Smith and any peed man who wishes to try him , end will volunteer to rofcrcc the battle , no doubt Smith would bo spcodlly accommodated , Questions and Answers Con you glvo the Btud book number nnd extended pedigree of the famous polntor dog , formerly owned In Kansas City und called Al Wotzel's Mack ? Polntor , city Ans , The dog is not roglstorod Please answer in Sundays Bke In play ing pin pool , if n ball rolls against a pin and does not knock It dowu ( but ronulns ncainst it , causing it to loan a very little , is the pin counted down , or must it fall before it can bo countodl T. II F. F. , Sloan , fa Ans It must fall Will you please auswer and settle a dis pute A nud B uro pluylntr O and D rail road euchre 'A deals , picks up the trump and calls for B's best card and goes it alone Cllkowiso coIIb for D's best card und plays it alone A secures three tricks nnd C two , how mnny points is A entitled to and how many would C it ho had tnkon three tricks ] II and It , Lincoln Ans A can count but a slnglo point If C had taken throe tricks It would have been simply n euchre , two points In a four handed game of seven up A deals , turns a Juck , B bogs and the cards are run and run out , docs the point for ' .ho Jack turned up count ! Old Sledge , city Ans It does not Charles H. , Omaha The Bee has no space for comment upon the probabilities and pos sibilities to which you allude The situation of today should bo sufficient to occupy the attentlonjrttho veriest crank on earth Mo 1 Kinhoifwos expelled , by < t thoaloaguaJa iS ! ; ! ) , and reinstated ) n 1883. Ho is dead Oharllo Sabins , Omaha You are an old enough sport to know that all bona fide challenges should ' bo accompanied with a cash deposit Can ynu please inform mo in what inning the winning run was made in tbo raomorable first game between Pes Moines nnd Omaha , in Omaha , 1888 , und who made the run ? Who were the pitcheral J. J. J. , Des Moines , la Ans In the eighth Bug Ilolllday Cush man nnd Burdlck , Will you plonse publiih in the sporting col umns of The Bee of Sunday , February 15 , the name and address of a Nebraska taxi dermist ! S. II Carey , Now York City Ana Charles Breeso , Lincoln In spoaltlng of anas boscbas , the mallard duck , I notlco old authorities Audubon , Trumbull , Forrcstor und ethers speak of tbo mule as u milliard nnd the female as a wild duck " Why is this ? Duck Shot Bartlett , Ia Ans Different authorities call the male bird mallard , groenhoad and wild drake , but both male and female como properly under tbis bead The male Is now designated by duck-shooters as the drake and the female as tbo boo , instead of mallard and duck , - as In the old days The tortn wild duck covers ull var lotles of the untamed bird of tbis species Will you please state in Sundays Bee , to docldo n wager , whether Patsy Cardiff in his fight with Peter Jackson in April last , staid six or nine rounds ] Whut was the purse Antipodean , Omaha Ans Cardiff was not whipped until tbo tenth round , and oven then was able to go on Three thousand dollars Caa you kindly Inform mo who holds the tiotting record * Has Maud S's best time ever boon equalled ! When did the Ameri can horse Iroquois win the English derby ! St Albans , Holdrogo Aub , Maud S , 2:08Jf : , made July 10,1S85. Never boon equalled In 1831. Our GilueU Youth On the toilol tabic belonging to ono of the gilded younu men In a city that once wna known ns Now Amsterdam , the powder-box was oxidized silver nnd crystal , with puff and contents of Illy whiteness , says the Now Yorlc Sun A little box of route accompanied it as a Batollito uttonda its planet , and the eponpo whurowlth to apply it had a Bilvor holder to match the silvor-baok- ed bruehos and ether toilet appurton- nnces It Is said to ho quite habit for oxqulsito younp men to touch up their complexions u bit when going out of an ovonlng , and that they are much moro clover facial artists than their fair Bis ters , ono of whom laid on too liberal allowance of a certain powerful lotion with a most ludicrous result Her countenance became overspread with a most dollcato vernal tint , which defied ull attempts at removal until the next morning , and moat olloctually de stroyed her matrimonial prospects of i the moment A young man bolonglng to the gallant company of OBthotio top rollers spends as much money on his wedding trotissouu as a bride Ho has six do/.on of each garment in uuder- wonr , always in Bilk His slumber robes are symphonies of blue or nllk , laced with gold cord and daintily om- broldorod His stockinprs ulono uro full of artistic interest , his braces em broidered with gold and silver apple blossoms , and his corsets are fantasies and rhapsodies Never liivo Up If you suffer with asthma , bronchitis , or any other dlseaso of tbo throat or lungs , nothing can surprise you moro than the ra piditnprovemout that will follow the use of SANTA ABIE If you are troubled with catarrh , and have tried other modlcines , you will bo unable to express your amazement at the marvelous and instantaneous curatlvo powers of OALIFOUNIA OAT-nCURE , These remedies are not secret compounds , but natural productions of California Sold at (1 a package ; throe for (3,50 , and guaran teed by Goodman Drue Go THE CHURCHANDTHE SCHOOL Rev Dr Joaoph T. Dttryon Glvoa Hla VIowa on tlio Subjoot RIGHTS OF THE CATHOLICS No Ono Cnn Object If Thy Provide Their Own Kdiiontlonnl lu st I tut Ions Thn Prln- clplo or Taxation Parochial Schooln liult'v.Dr.JottDh r. Ditiyn There can bo no doubt that the pro 1 utos uf the Roman Catholic church are ' onrnost and determined in tholr purpose to pines a school in every parish In I order to combine secular and religious Instruction , and to secure the attend ance ol us many of llioohllilron of Cath olic parents as they are able by tlio prossuru of oxhorlatinn nndovon of spiritual authority Tholr reasons nro declared They inuan to hold the chil dren to the faith of tholr parents , and to bind thom to the church Wo have no ground ( or doubting the sliicority of these manacrors or the Interests of the church The Catholic people ire likely to bo as honest as ether people They certainly glvo the usual proofs of genu ineness by their devoted labors , iuhI self sacrificing generosity to the various in stitutions which o.xprcss the lifo and per form the will of the church Since they believe that the churoh touches truth mon need to know , nnd performs func tions thnt mon need to have ftilllliod 'ln order to tholr salvation ; they naturally desire to preserve the luflucnco of the church ever men's minds Why should they not bo zealous for the church , if they think it to bo essential to the welfare faro of mankind in this world and the world to como It cannot bo doubted that under certain - tain conditions thco might bo daugor that the ctiildron and youth of the church would bo weaned from their rovoronoo for the church and its teachers , and drawn into unbelief , or positive disbolioforcvon radical Bkopti- cism Statistics make it ovldent that for some reason or ether there Is a loss to the church of the equivalent , at loust , of the number of children born to Catholic Daronts in tnls country Seine of the prelates may believe that the inlluonco of the public school is such as to assist the general tendency to that degree of freedom of thought , which pushed to the extreme ends in infidelity But it is likely ethers think that the public school iB not responsi ble for the result positively , but is connected nocted with the result negatively That is to say , the public school does not una cannot impart such instruction as tends to make the children good Catholics Accordingly they would substitute the parish school , 'in which they would have the common branches taught , and in addition the doctrine , order and offices of Iho churoh They would have the children from the first instructed hi the mcaniug , uses and worth of these , in order that they become - come attached to the church , and not bo weaned from It by the general Influence - 'fluonco of the spirit of'tho agotlb _ . , Besides , the true and onrnost Catholic is interested in the present and future welfare of the children of the church In his view morality is essential to the good of the individual und the community thbeon- dition of industry , thrift , frugalitytem- poranco , purity , and nlso of the social order , righteousness aud equnlity bo twecn man and man , community nnd community , nation and nation The future of the race depends upon the culture of the individual in truth , good ness and justice Ho believes that the principles of ethics as taught by the church are sound , that the rules or morulf- laid down are rooted in these principles and should bo taught and in culcated And further , he believes that the principles and rules of moral , action must bo made offectlvo by the use of the mqtlvo forces in the soul of man To moral instruction must bo uddod the sanctions of religion and there must bo a development of the roliglons affec tions and sentlmonts in order to ad herence to right principles nnd con formity to standard of right action There"cnn bo no doubt on this point , viz : that history toaohos the fact that morality has never boon attained save under the influencosofroligion When mon have had faith in uns ' eon powers , and have believed that these were in control of mankind , and were disposed to favor the good and Just , and to visit with vengeance the evil and unjust , they hnvo been moved by fear to do right , or in some way to atone for the wrong they have done ; nnd the cost of the sacrifice has operated to make thom more careful to shun Wrong doing in the future And as often as there has been a belief of Immortality , and a coavic- tion that the experiunco of tin endless lifo will depend upon the character formed mid the deeds done here in this world , mon have boon checked from their tendencies to evil , and disposed to try to do right It the Catholic people belbnvo all this , they may como to the conclusion thnt the publio schools do not sulllclontly provide for moral and religious toaoh- mg and truining , and ulso that , as creatures of the state , they cannot ; and , tho/eforo , they muy think it to bo tholr duty to provide schools in which tholr children may have the care of tholr souls provided , as well as the nurture of their minds If they proceed to do their duty , why should any of us complain ? It scorns to bo the conviction of the American pooolo generally that , it is do- si ruble to associate the children of all classes in the relations of school lifo In this way it becomes certain that all alike rocolvo the touch ing and training ncodful to enable thom to bo good oltizons in a community which is democratic in spirit und re publican in its organization Hut usido from this the association of children and yot'thfl together tends to save thom from narrow views and prejudices , and ou the ether hand to cultivate generous Buntimonts , and nourish-good toolings Different clusses and races are brought into sympathetic connection , und friendships nro formed , which will lust into raaturo lito , and in this way the people will bo woven into ono piece The schools , In fine , tend to induce the unity , sympathy and harmony of a true community Still , If the Catholic people think and fool as I do , what shall bo done by the rest of us ? It is not possible to ques tion their right to fouud parish schools This right has from the beginning been conceded to ether roliglous pcopo It is too late to ( revoke it If then , they boo fit to provide the buildings , the toaoherd aud the books and usk no favors of us , what have wo to say ? It Is true , wo may sav tnu slutoshall insist on such a grudo of teaching und train ing m shall ho ncodful to intelligent H citizenship And It mav bo that are H publio cannot cannot ovist in prosperity H unless this is assured And so thii H state may have a good claim to the M right of inspection and nlso to demand Bl that the Instruction shall bo up to it Hi proscribed standard , H If the Catholic people add to the claim , H that they may establish and conduct H these schools , the further claim that H they shall receive a proportion of tlio H money ot the people collected for the H purposes of publio Instruction , this H starts qulto anchor issue which H must bo carefully considered by H statosmou on tlio ground of H political oxpodloncy It would seem M that a people committed to the prlncl- H plos ot religious freedom , fulfill tholr H whole duty , when they protect all H classes In the onjo.vtnont of tliolr rolig- H ious faith , worship and practice It la H not iui'timboiit on thom to teach any ono H creed , or maintain anv ono form of ro- H liglotH discipline H It may bo plausibly said that if the H Catholics touch and train tholr children H In their own schools , and reach tlio H grudo of instruction which is doomed H to bo nocoEsury for the integrity nnd H welfare of the state , thev have done H their part , and should not bo taxed in H addition to supply Instruction to the | children of ethers The answer Is that H the state docs not impose on thom the H obligation to supply instruction for thole H children , but oilers to supply it froolv ; H that the state docs not iutorfero with H the family and the church , nnd these H are able to care for the moral and ro- H Ugious training of the children ; that M the public schools do inoulc.ito the com H men morality of clvllizod and Christian H peoples ; and , Ilntilly , that the publio M schools do not at all interfere with the H family and the church by nny instruc- s H Hon which undorniinos the faith of the H pupils in their parents nnd roliglous H teachers H If it is said that the teaching of the H truth of science and history will destroy H the faith of the youth in their roligioii , H thnt is a concession of weakness which H no Catholic should bo willing to make H It may turn out that ho is afraid of the H nineteenth century in general , rather H than of the common school in partlcu- H It is not by nny moans true that all H the members ot the prlosthood are H afraid of the Inlluonco of the publio H schools , and it is cor tain that a largo H aumbor ot laity are entirely satis lied H with them In tholr view the touching H of religion should bo conllnod to the H family and the church , and they do not H perceive how the teaching of the truth H ot scioneo nud history can hinder the H faith of tlio Intalligoiit in the eternal H verities of religion H Moan while there uro two duties which H nro plain and sure Wo must boo that H there can bo no ronsonablo objection to H the teaching ollored by the publio H schools Nothing should bo done with H the intention of assaulting the faith of H any child Nor should History bo H taught in any such way as to prcjudico H the youth The facts should not bo sup H pressed , nor distorted They are us H they nro Still it should always bo H taught that the times ohungo und wo H clmugo with thom Whnt has boon H done in the past , need not bn expected H in the future The Protestant toaohor H may be as much of a coward as he sup H poses the Catholic priest to bo Lot | truth have a fair Hold and it tisks no H favors The nineteenth century is not H the tenth nor the twelfth H It should bo the aim of every good H citizen to take pains to son thnt , the H public schools uro as good as they can H be made Puronts will perceive the H advantages olTorLd to their children H and will accept thom on their behalf H This they can do only by removing the H control of the schools from political H partisans There is no absurdity moro H absurd than this , that wo entrust the H education of youth to small politicians , H who know as little of the principles and H methods of sound education as they do H of most other things If an upstnr ' t ia H eager for a political career , and thinks H that the first stop of the ladder is a H local ollico , aad regards the position of H school trustee as a potty gift , which ho B can reasonably domund for his services H to the party , and his request for it is M granted , there is no moro wicked H outrage on the parents of the B children , and the state which fosters H Jhom for its welfare What can the M nvlsost and most faithful school suporln- H tendont do , with the best of intentions H and the most earnest endeavors , if ho H must be placed under tho.control of a H commlttoo incnpablo of comprehending H the first principles of pedagogy , and M unqualified to judge intelligently of the M qualifications of touchers und the fitness M of text books There 1b no place In M which a fool looks bo foolish us on a M school board Ono would think that a M raomont of genuine solt-consclousnosa H woula bo folio wed by a bow of roslgna- M , tion and rotlromcnt to nsphoroof up- M propriato obscurity How long will M these who love their children and their M country submit to the Interference of M small politicians with their most Hacrod fl and essential interests ? H Do Actors F el EnnitloiiH on the Btage H For the offectlvo simulation of grlof , | I much prefer sobs to tours , writes fl Fanny Da von port in the Washington M Post An audience cnn hear you sob , M but it cannot always boo you weep • I U am occasionally carried away through M the force of my imagination so that I M am In keenest sympathy with the suffering - M foring of the onnractor portrayed , but H as a general thing I um entirely misH tress of myself H I emphatically deny the possibility | of an actress actually experiencing the H nml emotions of the chaructor nor | truyod My judgment rebels ugainst | so rash a theory In the fpurtli act of H "La Tosca , " for iustanco , I murder a H man Is it to be supposed for tin inH stant that I have the omotious of a murH doross ? How cau IV I never murdered H any ooo , Yet I know It 1b perfectly possible - H siblo , through thd devices of stugo art , H to sot clearly before nn audience a H picture of the mingled remorse and H terror which ovortnko the woman who H has done the dcod I do not moan to H udyocato mechanical acting , but rulhor H tlmt the actress should command her H omotious , und not lot thom command H her , olsu boiuo absurd and omburrubslngr H results might follow There nro parts H of "La Tosca" where I am bo wrought H upon by the dramatic situation that my H hands shako , and I grow cold and rigid , H but this is simply a rollox Influence ox- H crtod by the scones through which I am H passing , nnd it is rather physical than H mental I have como elf the stage from H this act numb und exhausted but not at H all doprcssod in spirits It I hud ever H actually felt the omotious nf that act I H should not have boon able to finish the H pity pity.Dr. Dr Uiriioypractico limited to catarrhH ol disoascs of nebo and throat Iloo bldg H J.Iarriago resulting from love at tint ikU H is not generally wedded bliss on a par with sour milk One or tbo other nets swindled H and oftca both H