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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY , DECEMBER 14 , 1890-THIRtY-TWO PAGES.
SHATTERED jo the BONE !
Commencing tomorrow ( Monday ) and contiraiing indefinitely will inaugurate an
OVRRGOAT SALE
That will- quicken the sleepers , arrest the bargain hunters and paralyze competition that are overloaded with high priced m
goods , We mention a few lots as an index to the onslaught made throughout an entire line of the finest assortment , the
most complete workmanship , most handsomely finished and only real form-fitting garments shown in Omaha this season ,
Eight different styles and shades in extra fine Meltons , embracing blacks , blues , seal browns and medium dark and
light gray colors , our own make and recognized as the best fitting Overcoat in the market , and sold throughout the entire
season at the uniform price of
NOW REDUCED TO SELLERS AT
* These garments are all of the latest cuts , box backs , tape seamed with fly fronts , patch collars , with heavy satin
sleeve and honest silk serge and Italian linings. No such bargain has ever been offered in Overcoats. "
* Eight different styles , embracing all our $15 , $16.50 and $18 Overcoats , placed in this extraordinary inducement sale
at the uniform , price of $12.50. This line embraces black chevoits , short and dress lengths , box backed , tape seamed ,
with back and shoulders heavily satin lined and heavy cashmere skirt linings , just such goods as are now the rage in
* merchant tailor circles. Neat dark , medium dark , steel and light gray cassimeres made up in the highest style of the art
and trimmed to perfection ; have been leaders all the season at $16 and $18 , now reduced to $12.50.
Ten different styles in dress , half dress and general purpose or all around Overcoats , have been selling the season D
through at from $13.50 to $15 , embracingmeftons , cassimeres in plain goods , and novelties in wide wale patterns , D
chinchillas in all shades , black beaver and numerous fabrics not herein mentioned. This entire lot we place on sale D
tomorrow morning at $10.
The people of Omaha are well posted with our method of doing business from'the very beginning , and fully realize D
what a genuine cut in prices means when our name appears at the bottom. D
This opportunity is one in a lifetime. Come early. Come quick.
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RELIABLE CLOTHIERS , D
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ujNTm 8 P. M. ! r S. W. Corner 15th and Douglas Streets. D
1O 3P. KL Money . .M cheerfully refimded when goods are not satisfactory.
SPORTS IN EARLY TOTER.
Unusual Activity Experienced in All the
Leading Lines.
HALF-AND-HALF GATE RECEIPTS ,
TVIilHperlngs of tlio Fly Ins Wlicol
Indoor Huso ( mil Union and Clubs
HoiitH willi Unro Knuckles ,
Etc. , Ktc.
There is every evidence that Omaha will
mnko ono lust herculean effort this coming
season to restore her lost prestige , for it must
be confessed she was ono of the sorriest fail
ures as n baseball town la 1800 that could bo
found In ttio whole blooming country. On no
loss thnn two or three occasions no came
within an nco of quitting like n stcor , and It
was only the fallacious ho no of pulling out
what they had already Urea Into
thu hole that stimulated thorn to
continue oh to the oloso of the
season. The result was the club sunk just
J * , G5 good Iron dollars , and talk about mnd
Jilarch hares , hot hornets and crazy bed
bugs , you ought to hnvo attempted to talk
baseball about that time to Dlclc McCormick
or Ed O'Brnndt. teed ! ovonlu' 1
Now , however , they are peering Into the
future through rcsc-coloica specs anil are as
gnrrullous as niccking birds , and a < > bright as
a May morning. Undo Dick , ns the ponlal
ei-prcsldont of the association Is bettor
known , has turned over his interests In the
club to his sons Hurry and Secretary Brandt ,
and the two youngsters will make a rustling
firm. If they adlicro strictly to the policy al
ready outlined thuy will create a big baseball
boom hero.
About Chancing the Circuit.
, There isn't much of Interest transpiring In
"Western association base ball alTairs ] ust
now , but that matters will receive an im
petus of some kind or other within tlio next
six weeks there Is little doubt. Quo thing
can bo depended on , however , absolutely , nncl
that is that the circuit will remain Just ex
actly ns It Is , St , Paul , Minneapolis , Mil-
ivauUco , Sioux City , Lincoln , Omaha , Kansas
City and Denver , unless the franchise of ono
o [ thcso cities is purchased by some one nlso.
Every club Is In good standing , without a ,
penny of Indebtedness to tbo association , and
nil talk about crowding out Sioux City , Lin
coln and Denver for Detroit , Toledo nnd
Indianapolis , is the veriest bosh. The three
mentioned will bo in It at the start nt least ,
although I apprehend the same old season of
doubt and Incertitude as to Sioux City ana
Lincoln being nblo to last over until October ,
the former In particular ,
So far as n bristling metropolis Is con
ccrnod , the future has a very lowering aspect
for the corn palace town , and It isn't ' likely
lior cltlzons nro going to unbuckle to any
measurable extent in the Interests of baso-
tall , at least not until the clouds now hover
ing nlong her horizon roll by , The defeat of
prohibition In this state was a woeful knoll
M the brlghtund active llttloclty up the liver.
Drive a pile or two hero.
Lincoln's prospects are much the fairest ,
lior only drawback being a numerical Insuftl-
clouoy to support such a team as they must
Imvo to contlnuo as part and par
rel of the Western association. 13ut
flon't lot anyone thlnli for a moment
though , pray , thnt tbo capital of Nebraska
Isu'tsomo pumpkins , for she is. Her busi
ness men are inuilo out of tlio sterling stuff ;
thc-3 nro enterprising , Intelligent and liberal ,
nnd generally carry to n successful issue any
thing they undertake , as great , big , overgrown -
grown Omaha has learned to her sorrow on
more occasions than ono.
Another potent element In Lincoln's favor
it that Dave Howe is ni the head of her team ,
probably the controlling ttockholder , nnd
Dv will surely give affairs such n momentum
down there thnt It nlono will likely carry the
llub through the season.
Quicker Out , the Doctor ,
mingled cry of warning and distress
that wells up from the depths of Kansas
City's ' thoracic region over the fear that the
American association is about to gobble up
Milwaukee creates only a feeling of disgust
with those familiar with Milwaukee's im
portance as a helpful factor of the Western
association. The quicker Milwaukee gets
out of the Western association the better , for
hero she has always been a disturber and
disintegrator. It may sound stvnngo to hear
ono interested in the Western association ,
above all others , talk In this style , but the
belief Is an honest one , fearlessly spoken ,
and , in the Immortal words of Patrick
Henry , "If this bo treason , make the
most of It. " Instead of being ono
of the best cities In the association , as Kan
sas City Is prone to believe , she Is absolutely
the very worst , and so far ns fealty to the
body as a whole goes , she cannot bo men
tioned In the same day with Denver , Sioux
City or Lincoln. Eai ly last spring , right In
the midst of the most momentous era in the
history of baseball , she put the constitution
and rules of the Western association at defi
ance , absolutely and incontinently refusing
to remit to President McCormlclc her guar
antee of $1,000 that she would piny the sea
son out. All the other clubs had p'ald up , it
was but a week previous to the opening of
the playing season , and the National
league and Brotherhood hostilities had
opened up in earnest , and what was Presi
dent McCormlclc to Ool IIo would hnvo
called a meeting and advocated the expulsion
of the arrogant Brewers had ho not antici
pated Irreparable disaster on account of iho
war , so ho did the best thing for the good
and safety of all ho abrogated the guarantee
clause of the association's ' constitution and
returned to cnch of the other clubs the 51,000
they bad promptly remitted. Why did Mil
waukee do thlsl Slmplv because she was
then bidding for a place in the American as
sociation and didn't know how soon she
might got there. She merely kept her hold
on the \Vestorn association a ) a incims of ex
isting until the opportunity arose for her to
desert her old confcres and go over to one of
the older bodies. She has been wanting to
get out ever since she got in nnd it Is about
time she had a little assistance from this end
of the lino. The fact that she was an appli
cant at the lost meeting of the American
association at Louisville for admission to
that body should alone bo sufllcioiit for any
action the Western association might feel
Inclined to take.
First Ilullu tin tor 18O1.
KA.XSAS CITTMo. . , Nov. 20. ISOO.-Notlcels
hereby given of the following matters :
COXTIUCTS.
With Kansas City ElinorE. SmithGcorgo
Hogrlcver , William Hoover nnd James H.
Manning.
Denver Joiopli Werrlck and John E. Mes-
sitt.
sitt.SU
SU Paul C. S. Abbey , Michael J. Treat , J.
II. McMahon , Fred Schmit and Q. H. Mc-
Hnle.
At tbo annual meeting of the Western as
sociation , hold nt Omaha on November ] ,
1S90 , L. C. Krauthoff was elected president ,
secretary nnd treasurer of that body. Ills
address is 427 Nelson building , Kansas City ,
Mo. L. C , KiiAtmioiT ,
President and Secretary ,
Half and Hair the Proper Tiling.
There is qulto a good chance that It will bo
"half and half of the gate receipts next
season after all. The association clubs have
been canvassed and tnero is about nn equal
number for and against the percentage plan.
Kansas City will strenuously oppose a change
becauiosbe expects to ngaln make money ,
and don't ' want to divide with nnyono , She
will bo supported In her advocacy of n con
tinuance of the guarnntoo system by Minne
apolis and Milwaukee , and probably St.
Paul. Tbo Kansus City people nro already
at work on the Apostles endeavoring to
swell their nut over their pros
pects for tremendohoom next season ,
but ] ust where this unparalleled
boom is to como from , would bo ui interestIng -
Ing thing to hnvo explained. Of course St.
Paul will mnko n better showing next season
than she did this , from the simple fact that
she couldn't ' make a wane one , but so far ns
any marvelous improvement is concerned , I
f-jr ona don't see wbero it is to como ib.
Surely there nro but few indications of it so
fur. However , that is neither hero nor there.
St. Paul , in her condition , would do a very
foolish thing to vote agalust the percentage
plan , and 10 would any of the other cities for
that matter. Tbo percentage plan Ii tbo only
feasible nnd equitable ono for the Western
issobiaiion , nnd what Omaha , Sioux City.
Denver , Lincoln nnd St. Paul should Is
combine together and bring It about. The
percentage plan assures unthreatcned exist-
3nco throughout the season , with the possible
cluince of maldng a little money. The guar
antee plan means , after the season is a month
or so advanced , smooth sailing for two or
three clubs , and shallows , nnd bars and
breakers for tbo balance.
Indoor Baseball Rules.
As Omaha lias at last organized her league
of Indoor baseball , Tin : BIK ngnin lays be
fore Its renders , for the benefit of those not
familiar win the new game , a synopses of Its
rules and regulations.
The game was Invented by George W. Han-
cook and Augustus J , White of the Farragnt
Bout club of Chicago in the year 1837. It can
bo played In nny form which allows the nec
essary spuco for the bases. It Is played with
a largo , soft ball nnd n bat which resembles n
billiard cue , being S feet and nine Inches
long nnd Itf inches In diameter. The four
bases are l } { feet square. There nro nine
teen rules which , govern the game , as fol
lows :
The pitcher's box shall bo G feet long bv 3
feet wide nnd 23 feet from homo base.
The basoi shall bo twenty-seven foot apart.
Eight or nine men may plnv on a side.
Only shoes with rubber soles can bo used.
Only straight arm pitching will bo allowed.
A batted ball Inside of foal line Is fair.
A batted bnll outside of foul line shall bo
foul.
foul.Third
Third strike caught Is out.
A foul tip or lly caught U out.
Four unfairly pitched balls gives striker
first baso.
A pitched ball striking the batter Is a dead
ball , but iloos not give base.
A base runner must not lea"c his base
when the bull Is in the pitcher's band.
A runner must not leave bis base on a ball
not struck , until It has reached or passed
thi ) catcher.
A halted t > all caught in rebounding from a
wall Is not out.
In overrunning first base the runner may
turn back either way.
If a batter purposely kirks a ball ho has
batted ho is out.
If a bnll rebounds nnd strikes batter ho is
not out.
The game shall bo Judceil by two umpires.
The llrst will stand In center field nnd give
Judgements on the second nnd third bases.
The other snnll stand behind the catcher nnd
Judge all points of the gmno. The two will
change places nt the end of every Inning.
They must not bo members of either club In
the game . .
The umpires shall bo sole judges of the
gnrao.
Will Omnlm Sell Out.
Tne fairy story tellers now have It that the
American association has agreed to make
good all the money Toledo lost last season
and buy her a franchise In the Western asso
ciation to bind the bargain. The American
association may change her mind when she
comes to price n franchise out how , for Judg
ing from the sound Sioux City , Denver nnd
Lincoln nro making , It will take a good many
stncks of blues to buy them out. However ,
it may bo Omaha's franchlso the American
refers to as a soluco for Toledo , for that , ns
TUB BKK stated several weeks ago , is only
held at $0,000 , and that surely is as cheap as
dirt
Around tlio Office Stove.
Ono of the Indians engaged in the ghost
dance in Chief Gall. Two to ono Dave Howe
hns turned Indian. O , P. Caylor.
The Ohio mangots therein baseball as well
as In politics. McNabb , Denver's star twlrlor ,
was born In Mount Vornon. Times-Star.
The first catcher to over wear n mask in n
professional gamowas KUdta Tbnyor , with
Omaha a short tlmo nt the outset of lost sea
son , nt Newark , N. J , , In 1873 ,
Ous Alberts of the Mihvnukoes Is handling
a lover on a Milwaukee electric car. IIo
signed that contract without n "kick" for n
cent of advance. So says Mulford ,
The authorities all harmonize- the ono
opinion that the Western association in 1 SOI
will oo n hummer. Well , 'ors 'oping thnt
the authorities are all on the dead correct
steer.
Shugnrt , who played a brief period last
season with , tbo Chicago brotherhood club ,
has boon signed for uoxt year by Manager
Harrington forthfi Minneapolis team , nnd
lha probabilities nro that h'o has 'got a crack-
inn good mnn.
Look out for a pnnlc on Wall street ! The
report comes from Milwaukee thntMnnagor
Cushmun hns invested 8:3,030 : , in real estate up
there.
Ex-Prize Fighter John S. Barnes , former
manager of the St. Paul's , now of the Spo
kane team , is in trouble In the fur northwest.
Upon trying to bunco somebody , that's nil.
Dave Howe has moved his family to Lin
coln , which doesn't look very much ns though
Lincoln wns to be kicked out of this nssocin-
tion. Trust Brotherhood Dave for staying
qunlitios.
That old chestnut burr nbout Joe Hcrr's
having rctiiod from the diamond is on its
tireless circumnavigation of the country.
Herr has been in the stable for keeps these
two years.
Tommy Kcarnn , with the Omaha's the
greater part of lust season , is wintering at
Hochcster , N. Y. , whore ho will plnv next
season , and it's dollars to doughnuts that ho
plays well , to boot.
Letters will reach President Krauthoff :
of the Western association If addressed to
427 Nelscn building , Kansas City , nnd you
hot he'll bo getting a good many of them In
the next three months , too.
Manager Suleo must have thriven all right
last season despite the biothorhood war , ns
ho Is putting In the winter months superin
tending the construction of n couple of hand
some tenement houses at Mclroso , Mass.
The first baseball bulletin for 1891 comes
from the president of the Western associa
tion , which is n'poiutor that tin ) Western Is
not apt to let nny timothy sprint ; up under
her foot during the present administration at
least. The bulletin rolorrod to will bo found
in another column.
The Sporting Times , In her new dress , is
Just us chic nnd Just as pretty nnd jvist as In
teresting as she can ba ; in fnct , she just
knocks tnu eternal striped socks off any
other base ball slicet In the land. Ono thing
is lacking , novovor , and th.it is a proof
reader who knows the map of the world from
a character and.
Wnlly Andrews , who Is wintering In Meni-
plm , would like to try It for Oimuia again
next season , out there is little prospect for
old tar legs to ever pot back noro. Ho was n
great ilrst Imsomnn , no ono will gainsay thnt ,
but his pa wars nro rapidly on the wane. If
Wnlly could Just give Charley Horse and
John Barleycorn n rap on tlio point of the
Jnw bo might again got back In his old flrst
class.
Frank Seleo , the manager of the Boston
club , telegraphed Jimmy Uynn recently for
his terms. Itynn sent them , with the proviso
thnt they wcro not to go if the Players'
league continued on its feet. Selco accepted
the terms , but wanted a positive answer ,
which Hynn would not give , and the deal fell
through. Jimmy Is now rj/rrettlng the fnct
that he did not < lo the business when ho hud
the chance. Boston Hernia.
The swelled head players who deliberately
tried to wreck the league , should bo made an
example of. nnd should no'ver ngnin bo per
mitted to piny in tbo Katfonnl league. Let
them bo relegated to tlie-Amorlcan associa
tion , and thcro end thelr'dnrcors on the dia
mond. There are , of oontee , mnny men In
the Brotherhood rnnksmtho were dragged
into the movement who'should bo taken back ,
but the league should npt crowd out the bravo
boys who helped to win the battlo. If It does
it will suffer In public estimation.
Mannger Van Horn and Captain Toboau of
tbo Delivers are glving.oywy . Indication of n
pnlr of hustlers , nnd wl ) ! doubtless furnish
the mountain metropolis w th such ball next
season ns hcrctoforo 1 0 , has only dreamed
nbout. A.s an Initiatory strike the signing of
Thomas Toad Hamsey , the lusher , however ,
does not strike mo as a very masterly ono.
This is the roll-plato era in baseball
to got rid forever of players of the
Kamsoy stripe , nnd the moguls should
not overlook it. The drunkard , tough nnd
hoodlum , ns well as tbo insubordinate must
golf the purity of the game Is to b < > main
tained. The older bodies undoubtedly have
their visual organs open to the situation and
will not lot it go unimproved , and the
minor leagues should not bo slow In follow
ing suit. Tncro Is some danger , it must ba
admitted , of the western association , or a
number of its clubs , nt nny rate , loading up
with this sort of material , for the simple
reason thnt It will bo cheap. Omaha , how
ever , will not bo ono of this class. She had
a couple of players on her payroll lost season
that como under ouu of the above heads , but
they couldn't play hero again the coming
year , so says the- management , If they
played for nothing.
"All talk of putting n western association
team in Indianapolis. " says A. G. Ovens , "Is
premature. Mr. Brush tolls mo that ho know
nothing about such a move , and declined to
sny what ho would do if such a proposition
would como to him. He says ho never said
thnt the Western will bo stronger than the
American association. It Is not Improbable
that someone will want to Include Indianapo
lis in that circuit , but ns yet no inovo in that
direction nna been made. I naked Mr. U. If
ho would take any interest In such n club , but
ho relvsod to answer. I do nol think n minor
league team would go hero. Indianapolis
cranks want the bast or none. "
A correspondent suggests that Sporting
Times publish a list of nil the nowapapors In
the country , which steadfastly stood by the
league nnd tbo national agreement , through
all this bitter light. I would cheerfully com
ply if tnoro was mucn of such a list. The
Cincinnati Times-Star and Enquirer , the
Cleveland Leader and Press , the Philadelphia
Timns , Bulletin and Transcript , the Boston
Journal and Tin : OMAHA Biu nbout answer
the requirement. Oilier papers gave a par
tial support. For instance , the New York
Sun editorially was on the right side and the
Herald was unbiased. But tlio out-and-out
patriots wore a small band , indeed. Now ,
however , those are all right sldo up. Now
York Sporting Times Editorial.
The talk of Boclile.v , nnd other players of
BigJnko's ilk , about regrets over the collapse -
lapse of the brotherhood league , and that
thuy nro not uneasy now because they know
nil the boys will bo taken euro of , Is sicken
ing indeed , when their course during the past
year Is taken into consideration. No honest
ball player , who stood by the Icaguo during
her trials of the past season , Mid played hon
est ball to the best of his ability , should over
under nny circumstances bo displaced for
such unreliable cattle as Jake Bocktoy. It Is
players of the Beekloy-Mulvcy-McKcan-
i'lchott stripe who should suffer , and not the
honest men , though tlioy may not happen to
bo up to those ducks' playing strength.
Omnlm has tbo smallest number of 'roil-
dent ball players , 1 would bo willing to wager
a pretty penny , than nny city of similar di
mensions In the country. Thord nro also
fewer ball player * winter hero , nnd the city
has turned out 11 loss number tlmu any place
I can name. The only player of nny notori
ety hero now Is Joe Walsh. This Is his
homo ; ho is married nnd Is in business hero.
And by the way , what n pnragon of a ball
player Is this same Joe Walsh , both In de
portment as a citizen and In his playing nbll-
Itv. There lire lew such men in the vrofos-
slonanother Bob Allen over aanln. And
what n game Joe did put up the pist.season ,
ns neat niul clean and phenomenal , as that of
nny man In the country. Little Coonoy notes
os copied.
Secretary Brandt Ij still negotiating with
D.iuny Shannon to gunrd second and captain
the team next season , and the cranks uro nil
praying that ho may bo secured , Danny wns
a great favorite hero In 183 $ , nnd would bo
welcomed back with open arms. Whllo
Omaha reserve ; ! nil the men who closed with
her in 18'Jl , tliero is no doubt but what fully
one-half of them are booked for an early ro-
Ioi30. : Among them nro Cleveland , Hanm-
hnn , Moran nnd Fagln , and possibly O'Con
nor. Works , Canuvan , Willis , Clarke , Eltol-
Jorg , Stonzol , Newman and Urquahnrt nro
those in the best standing with both the pub
lic and the mnnngeinent. Knell , too. who
Jumped us for the Brotherhood , Is confidently
expected to bo returned , and with these men
to build upon , Omaha's prospects ore surolv
anything but poor.
H is an Inconirovcrtahlo fnct thnt the
American association has always stood in the
way of minor league representation in the
board of urultratiou and bids fair to uo so in
tbo future. Thnc organization will certainly
oppose the elevation of the Western associa
tion to the dignity of "a party of the first
part. " Philadelphia Press. Tliero has been
a good deal said about the Western associa
tion making the effort to ba placed on nn
equal basis with the League and American
association , nnd she really ought to do It , all
her friends nnd patrons think , for the idea of
her paying tribute to a body like the Ameri
can association wus during the past season ,
extremely nauseating. However , If
President Krauthoff Is the power to whom
the western enthusiasts are looking up
to clovnto this association to the altitude of
the two elder bodies , they will bo disap
pointed , that's nil. President KruuUioft told
the writer at the annual mooting In this city
a month since that ho considered the Western
association much better oft under the present
status of things nnd It wns not deslrablo for
her to hocomo n party of the lirst.part to the
national agreement for various reasons.
What tbeso were ho failed to uncover , but
as long as Krauthoft said so , I , for one , am
willing to take his word for it. 'J'ho points
ho overlooks in the Interest of the Western
association won't bo big enough to impale a
beef upon , nny way , nud there nro little
grounds for worry.
\Vitli Unro
Pntsoy Fallen of Chicago wants to match
Ooorgo Sldilons ngnlnst Danny Daly for * JOO ,
nnd will In all probability bo accommodated.
Siddons is the man who won on a foul from
Tommy Miller at Now Orleans some two
months mo , nnd tbo mnn who nlso "done"
Tommy White to a tune.
Jack Illghtowbr , the gentlemanly young
colored pugilist , recently defeated by thu
Binds Pearl of Minneapolis , is booked for a
finish light tomorrow night , with Prof. Har
ris , another colored knight of listiana , nt/
Gcrmania hall , South Omaha. They will
contest for the irate receipts.
Tim Hurst , the now manager of Slonx
City's huso bnll loam , is starring this winter
along the Atlantic seaboard with Jimmy Mc-
Ilalo , the Philadelphia lightweight cham
pion. If Timothy would like to see his
protege go oft Into n quiet Httlo nnp without
much effort let him bring him out hero and
rnaUotiKO for him with Jimmy Lindsay.
The two wcro matched once , but owing to a
fortunnto misunderstanding for Mciialo they
never cnmo together ,
Danny Daly of Hnngor , Mo. , nna Tommy
White of Chicago , the "bamtunis who made
the remarkable light of ninety-one rounds
to n draw , a week ngo Saturday night , will
bo tendered a grnnd beiicllt nt the Or.ind
opera house next Friday evening. Ihoy will
bo pitted ngainst o.icli other for ten rounds ,
nnd thnt tlioy will bo lively enough to sat
isfy the most fastidious is guaranteed by
tholr wonderful performance ) of n i\cclcngo.
The two kids nro nuiot , gentlemanly little
fellows , as tlio world goes , who follow light
ing as n profession , nnd ns a consequence nro
deserving of a good attendance on the occa
sion ot their benefit.
The nnxt and probably the greatest fistic
event thnt has ovnr tukcn plnco within the
classic confines of the two Omahas , on the
programme , is the 51,000 finish fight Between
Jnek Davis , tbo local hen vy weight ,
and Pat Allen. the conqueror of
Jerry Slattory of St. Louis , These two
Titanic gladiators were to have met within
the squared clrclo before the South Omaha ,
athletic club , hut the club failing to respond
with u purse which Allen thought would not
equal the gate receipts , their backers wisely
concluded to got It off under tholr own indi
vidual auspices. Consequently it will take
plnco nt Uormnnin iinll , South Omaha , ono
week from tomorrow night , Docembur , for
the original st'ikos posted with Ed. Hothory
some two wouks nio. Those stakes consist
o'f $ JOO a aide , Davis being backed by two
well known local mercantile gentlemen , and
Allen receiving bis collateral through St.
Louis sources. Thnt the battle will ho n great
one there Is no fui'lhor doubt , as the uvomon
came within an ace of settling It last night on
the sidewalk In front of the Murray hotel.
They met there with a number of friends ,
and D.ivls Jumped onto \llcu about interfer
ing with the clubs nrrangemonts , saying that
ho thought that be wanted to Rot out of the
light altogether , Allen listened qulutly a mo
ment , then took up the argument in
earnnst and informed Jack ho wns ready
to fight for the money already posted , right
then nnd there. Then ho retaliated on Jack
by declaring that ho didn't think at nny time
that thu Omuha man wanted to fight , nnd
that the club's refusal to hang up more than
JwlOO was understood by IJnvis. This nil but
brought them together , the Interference of
friends , nnd the proximity of u fly-cop , being
the only elements that wcro effective in
warding off a despsrato publlo light. Both
men are very bitter and will glvo fistic
patrons a barrel of sport on the evening of
the ! Wnd.
_ _ _ _ _ _
All About the Aiunloiirf ) ,
Billy Rouvlto Is in business with his brother
at Grand Island ,
The Nonpareils will give Morcnrily a trial.
They all pronounce him a good one ,
Bcrwcln of the Bluffs threatens to have n
team In the field next season that will do
them all up.
Managers of out-of-town clubs looking for
talent next season would save trouble by
calling nt Hnwloy's gymnasium , nsho can se
lect a full coterie of players In n few Ifoiira.
Fremont has signed the Tirhnor brothers ,
ns well as n buttery from GiUeiburg , III. , for
next season.
The different indoor teams will have n
practice game of baseball nt tlio Coliseum
this afternoon.
Hughes nnd Heady , last season's ' ( Jrnnd
Islnnd battery , put up n peed nrtlclo of bull
In the Indiana and Illinois league the past
season.
The report of the Missouri Yalloy tonm in
its game with Omaha mnittcurs closes the
second chapter In the infamous manner In
which they ( the Omaha amateurs ) were
robbed nnd coerced out of decided victories
by that team lust season , nnil sanctioned by
their manager , who compelled tonms to play
under pcnaly of forfeiture of their guarantee ,
when the umpire's decision wns so unjust ns
to cause indignant feelings nmoiig the spec
tator. ) .
Lon Camp displnys poor Judgment In ap
plying the word dubs to the local nmatour
tonms in general His bend now is about tbo
sl/.o of n grain olovntor. but when thn season
opens it will be nbout the size of n liiu''huit.
The people whom ho culled dubs nro not so
anxious to piny professional ball ns to follow
n manager nil over town and use nil his olo-
qucnco upon him to sign with his team upon
nny terms , and then na his ball playing wus
not up 1x3 the marl ; to allow liU reservation
for next season. Hu will bo only too anxious
to play with the dubs , who will give him the
razzle dazzle , so they sav , anyway.
Ixicnl MlHoiilluiHsoiis Sports ) .
Tom Kck , the well known professional
bicycle faker , Is * uow training pugilists lit
Minneapolis.
Harvey McOrow nnd Judge Shields uro
banging away nt the qimll up at Sioux
river today.
There will bo another old-fashioned lurkoy
shoot on the beach nt the cast cud of tlio
bridge this nfteinoon.
There Is llttlo or tie doubt but what In-door
baseball will prove a success In Oinnliu , It
hns caught on big In Chicago nnd the eastern
cities , and if there Is nny genuine sport In It
Nebraska's metropolis must have It , to.
The Council UlufTs Hlflo club held their an
nual election of olllem-s last wcok , the selec
tion being ns follows ; .T. G. Tluton , presi
dent ; A. E. Avery , vlco president ; ,1. C.
Hoffmayer , treasurer ; F. A. Siickott , socro-
tary. For the executive committee the fol
lowing gentlemen were elected : W. ,1. Lau-
torwasscr , P , J" . Mulhollund and Charles
Mutthai.
QurslloiiN nnd
Floiiiu ! answer the follnwln qucstlon Infiun-
dny'ri ltii : : uiidduclilii abut ; A. II , (1 , Dund I !
are RhuUIni ; dice. A lurkoy Is tlio llrst | > rl7ti
niiila ) cents the sno > inU , high man to tnKnllmt
and next hluh man second. A and H shako
four aciHiiaoli nud IIDYI In them ooincnO with
tluco iicusund u 11. illof iluuoiis. Whowlni
Houond prliuV. . II , , lluliboll , Nub ,
0 carrlos. off the 20 cents. That's plain ns
mud.
mud.Will
Will yon please stnto In Sunday's HUH
wlietlinr the iloalur In u iniinti of liluli live liua
nny right to a trump dlseurdud by another
plnyorllowlor , Ulty.
Certainly not.
J. M. T. , Lincoln , Noli. Onnnot furnish
you with the address ofthapirtyyou inquiru
about. IIo is n sort of H pugilist.
Will you plraso Atiitclnthohp irtlntt columns
of biiixliiy'rt MKB whether a < ! ( ) > [ iniiHt buro ln-
loiud to ho iillowocl untrv ut a licncli Miow ?
( 'an ynu furnish thu Hold trlul wlnnliiKS ot
ItolitJutcH ? lllil honvurtiko a prUu un thu
buucliV linvcrlck , Con nol I IllulTH ,
1 , Yes , in nil shows neld under the Ameri
can IConnoI club rule . U. No. 'i. No.
\VhoMliodituniiluii wltiK shnt of ililscoun-
tryV ? s fc'rcd l > l > e.v r considered BHow
Inni ; trt n Hotter pup nllnlnliij ll > t yiowtli ?
lllOKhOn. Illnlr.
(1) ( ) J. A. H. Elliott of Kansas Oily. ( 'J )
Erb was tbo holder onca of the American
Hold cup , which Is symbolical ot the cham
pionship. ( M ) About twelve months , U not
retarded by sicknens.
In hlRli live A Mill. II holds sovtni truinii
nnd ( lisvanUu llvo In onlor to sut A. Can A
count the llvo'/ Please i\m ; or lnTiiK SUNDAY
HKK , J..S , ItuyinoiiU , Niuonee : , 2Nub.
Yes.
1'lonso answer In Tun HUNfiAV UKIS the fol
lowing ! Wlit-ro did lliinxlcr , pitcher , i'n < 1
drntty , ontcliur , play hat ymir ? Also wl < r *
dlil Uruivoll , nlso of thu IsM ) tun.ni of Him.
City , play last year ? Tom Hinllli , Nowui.ui
Qrnvo , In.
Hunglor nnd Grotty with tlio Texas league ;
Crowoll with Syracuse.