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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1898)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.PAGES 17 TO 20. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871 OMAHA , SUNDAY MO11N1N& , 3TEBRUATIY G , ISJJS-TWENTI' PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CEXTH. I THE GREATEST SHOE SALE THE TOWN EVER 7 SHOE MANUFACTURERS MAKE 7 LOSSES-ALL YOUR GAIN. ONCE MORE ! ANOTHER SALE , AS WE BUY , SO WE SELL. AGAIN WE PROVE IT. WORD FOR WORD , PRICE SHOE FOR SHOE , EXACTLY AS WE ADVERTISE IT. GIVEN AWAY FREE. GIVEN AWAY FREE. Ml'E SI/15 O1L.KTTIJ PHOTOS and Douglas LIMJ SI/.K OII.UTTK PHOTOS ( Kiilai'Kud from any I'hotnjgtvcn ( Hnliirgcil from any Photoivcn ) ( away with $25.00 worth of Omaha away \\llh $25.00 worth of incrcliimdiHU. * ASK FOR COUPONS. ASK 1'OU COUPONS. 1,500 PAIRS 1620 Fairs 1100 PAIRS 300 Fairs 2160 PAIRS 2300 PAIRS 5,000 Pairs Ladies' ' Oxford Ties Ladies' Turn Shoes LADIES' IE SHOES LADIES DONfiOLA SHOES MEN'S ' FINE SHOES MEN'S FINE SHOEBlack HOYS' MISSES' INFANTS' YOUTH'S CBXLBS' Made by Field , Thayer & Maguirc to retail for two dollars lars and two and a half a pair , all sizes , blnck and tans , go on Micle to retail for a dollar main floor at Made by Rochester and Hav- and a dollar and a half go in Made to retail at $2.50 and $3 Black and tans plain and cal ! basement a pair all styles of toes lace lined different Made by Harding and Todd evhill Shoe firms to retail for at 38 styles and others of Rochester in . , and = , and congress in black and made to retail at five dollars a $3.50 $4and $ ; oo a pair lace in main floor tans on button and lace to retail at go on main floor at go pair go at at Fivs Dollars , 200 pairs small sizes go on main floor at If fLJ T1 B IS CHILI * a DONGOLA 600 Pairs SHOES , In , LADIES' ' mm SHOES basement made to retail for to do ! 1800 ' ; MISSES' up a ' PAIRS LADIES' All szes in , basement 400 small lots 200 PAIRS DONGOIiA Jar and a hilf go at PAIRS ( ) Fancy Vesting Top SHOES , A In basement , ISD 800 Pairs tittle Gent's D L ! CALF All extreme novelties SHOES , On bargain square made to In basement , Button and Lace. Made to retail for five and six retail at four and five dollars Made to sell at two.dollars a Ladies'real four dollar YOUTH'S real fancy 200 PAIRS Made to sell for three dollars. dollars a pair go at pair go at CALF < SHOES , R &lilti on main floor basement , Bovs' " .i . Youth V ' SHOES , 1 Worth $2. ' On main floor. WESTLRN UNI IN IS NEEDED Co'logcs Should Got Together on the Track and Field. WILL GREATLY HELP AMATEUS SPORT Opinion > f < ! ' riijwlenl Dlrrctfir < if itlir Unit TN | > of NclirnsUii XL liniMlcu CollfK" Plelil liny l ClllM 1'llllllllMl. Dr. William W. Hastings , physical direc tor of tlie University of .Nebraska , la onlliu- slastlcally In accord with the proposed Inter. state ) union foi the betterment of truck and Held athletics among western colleges. Such a combination amen IK tlio track and field fithlo'lc teams of the Htata universities of Ncbrabka , Io-\n , Kansas and Missouri was suggested In lafat Sunday's Issue of The Dec , nnd since then has been favorably com mented nn by a number of western collegians who am In E > mpathy with any good movc- jnont that will help along true amateur sport. In spenKIni ; to The lice about such a union , Or Hustings recently said"I bo- j lluvo It would bo a most excellent thing , nnd wish we. could bring It about. We Jiavo. our foot ball association , and certainly It's reasonable tu think that an association of track and Held teanm would be r.b great ft success Ono thliiK It would do , and that is to stimulate n greater Interest In thlH tlcpnrlincnt of Intercnllcglalo athletics , which is too often neglected. I mean to do what 1 can to help the formation of such an asso ciation. " Apropos of Intercollegiate athletics , the an nual spring meet of Nebraska colleges for track and Held ciports will bo held at Lincoln during the month of May. The data of the meet has not been definitely llxcd , but It will prol'ably bo held during thp middle of May , The gameo will bo contested In by ( ho representatives of three Nebraska Instl- tutloiu , University of Nebraska , \\'eslc > an untvtrslt } and OOUIIP college. Tor the col lege that w Ins the supremacy an Insurance company has offered u Imndsomo silver shield as u trophy. This ehlcld will bo up for Ihrro years , and the Institution whoso rep resentatives win the supremacy two out of three jcars will become the possessor of the shield , Oci TuesJay , 1'ebrnary 15 , the University of Xobratki will hold Us Indoor athletic meeting at Lincoln , and It promUea to bring out a largo number of Interesting contests The meet will be hold on Charter Ua > . nnd will undoubtedly bo large , ) attended Throughout thewinter fie prellmlr. . r > trial * in the Indoor cvonU l.avo been lulJ , and on Charter Daj tl.c contest will bo ( ho fouls , in which the three- best men In each event will enter. Too cvento that vvl'.l ' bo on the card on this occasion are. Standing broad Jump : ttandlng high jump ; hop , step and Jump ; t\utty.he- ) | dash , rings' Jump ! cr liclght ; horizontal bar jump for height ; hori zontal bar distance- snap ; horizontal bar vault and running high kick. Some new rccordi arc expected , especially In the stand ing broad and the atandtag high jump. In eddltlon to theie events there will be ex- lilblttona In three Indoor games : volley ball , ( udoor bate ball and baoket ball , Th University of Nebraska , will also hold an liuloor athletic meeting at L'nco'n In the middle of March , and Its llrst outdoor meet In the middle part of April. Doth of these events will bring out n number of nc-w athletes from whom much Is expected In the trl-collcgiato meet In the middle of May. The game of basket ball has taken , o. firm hold on the followers of sport throughout the west this year , as It bio previously spread through the east. Games between college teams , club tcame , tad especially teams representing Young Men's Christian assoulatlous. ha\o been numerous In thlo vlcln ty lately , and mcst of them have been well contested. The game between the tcama representing the Young Men's Christian en- aoclatlon of this city and the 1'i.ilverslt } of Nebraska last week In this city wco a splendid oxhlbltlon of the game , the victory of the v Lsltorn being obtained by one small point. On Wednesday of this week , Febru- aiy ! ) , the Young Men's Christian association team of this city will go to Lluco'n to p'.ay the Young Men's Christian etuoclatlon of that city. A return game between the bame two tcama Is promised for thi.s city later In thu seasoiii Another game , or po'slbly two games , that are on the tapis for the near future will bo between the Youig Mcn'A Christian aEvoclatkm teatre of Omaha and Sioux Clt > . Alfred II. Jones of St. Louis , member of the registration rnmmittee for the western < is- 6'clntlnn of the Amateur Athletic t'nlon of the United States , semis Hie following circu lar to The Boo : At the recent mooting of the Amateur Athletic union , held In New York , prac tically nil the powers that were formerly In the board of governors nnd subcommittees , were given , to the members of the reslstni- tljn committee. Knch member of the retaliation committee. In bin own dlHtrlct , ban full charge nnd jxnAcr over the athletes for fiat dlHtrlct. He IHIH the right to sane- tlon ( mines , scrncduln primes for Amntuur Athletic union clubs. suspend athletes , re- Instnto athletes nnd try all eases of In- fnu'UoiiH of rules. All application ! ) for re'trlHtrntloiiH should bu sent to the number of the registration committee fur that dis trict. The Amateur Athletic union now has' ' under Its control basket ball. All teams must register A basket ball team playing ' without n Hanctlon will be illsmmlllU'd am ! , suspended. However , when a basket ball ! team la * registered n sanction Is given for tie * year. It I.IOCH without a > Ing that nil nmnteur athletes must register , whether plavlnir on hixket ball teams or not. A regjstciert nthlcto receives , besides the pro tection or the Amateur Atnlctlc union , nn 1VJS card , -Which will admit him U all Amateur Atilctlc ) union ehamplonshlps and district championships , boxing and wre t- llng championship)1 , billiard championships nnd to cnamplonshlps of other Important events. The western association Includes the fol lowing states .Missouri. South Dakota , Kentucky. Wyoming Indian Territory , Ne braska , ArktnsaH , Kansas , New Mexico , Oklahoma , Noith Dakota , Colorado , Ohio , Indiana ami Illinois. Uvery amateur athlete who bus had the slightest oxporleni'O well knows the neces sity of having ono governing bed > for all branchm of sport. The pure amateur ls pro tected Without such protection ho will tlnd oftentimes that he Is competing In athletic meetings nnd games wherein pro- febfclonnls or seml-profetslonals nro ad mitted , nnd thus he Is not only tmmll- cnpprd , but llnds that 1ic lias no redress whatever unlesa It bo nn endless urtrument. I'nder the rules of the Amateur Athletic union every athlete has a tuuranteo Unit ho U competing with amateurs. He has the Amateur Athletlp union back of Tilm and may be sum that all charged will bo Investi gated by that body. Following closely upon the suggestion raado by the New York Suu that Cornell university might eend au invitation to the winner of the Oxford-Cambridge- race to row In a genr al elght-oared-hhell regatta at Poush- kcejsle conies the InformatLn that Illundell- Maple of the London Honing club , after con ferring with the rowing management at Ithaca IMS gone to the Unlvers ty of Penn sylvania to find out the views of the 'men ( hero relative to the visit of an amateur crew of Unglish collcglaiib or others to this country next June Cornclllans have for some itlmo been favorable to a v lt by an E'ngl sh crew , and } t Is said that II. C. Leh- mann , Harvard's English rowing coac-h , who bns gone home for the winter months , will do what ho can to assist DlunJell-Maple In the scheme to bring A crew here. In that case It is rjulto probable that Harvard -will content to enter n regatta on the Hudson with crews rep esentlng Cornell , Columbia , University of Pennsylvania , anJ ( some big London boat club. If w thin the next month it can bo definitely settled whether an English trew can come hero or not , Cornell w 111 be In a position , lit Is said , to make a positive iepl > to the challenge sent to Ithaca by Yale. It really begins to ilcok as though Cornell were about to provo ithatcry gogd legattas may bo held without the nld or con sent of the New Haven authorities. Hobert D. Wrenn , who has been selected by Captain Dlbblcc to represent Harvard uni- vtislty on the Pcot Uall Hules committee on February 19 Is n remarkable all-around athlete. Besides being a champion at tennis , ho wi u ono of the best quartei backs Harvard over had. Ho was also n clover base ball plu > oi , and could handle a lacrosse stick , too , with some of the cracks. Wrenn has also shown proficiency at golf , nnl Is ono of the finest Ice hockey platers In America , his great ex hi I ) tlon wltli the St. Nicholas team ' dm ing the n Inter being the subject of much j comment , Wrenn mas umpire in the Yale- ' Indian foot ball game al the Polo grounds last fall He Knows the rules and the game and has some excellent Ideas to put In the I form of suggestions , Wrenn , It IB believed , will prove a broad-minded rule maker. His v.ens on the quarterback being permitted to run with the ball Immediately after he las r crheil It fcm 'he .enter lush may have w eight with the committee , us Wrenn has played quarter and knows well the possibil ities of the placo. The Princeton 'txue. ' ball management has engaged "Lady" Ja > no , the htar pitcher of last je.ir's nine , and tx' Captain Jerome- llradley to coach the candidates for this > eai'n team. Jay no will have full chcrgo of the pitchers and Llradley will act as general coach. Manager Wilton has also signed Wil liam Clarke , catcher on the Baltimore nine , to coach the team for a ft.v weeks before the big games with Harvard and Yale. Captain Ilutler says that prcllmJtury practlco In the ta.e will begin Immediately after the mid-year examinations , Since the clcno of the foot ball season athletics at thu Carlisle Indian , school have consisted of the regular gymnasium drill of ono hour a day and basket ball between picked teams of the school. Director Thomp&on would not allow the .Indians to schedule garnet' ' with other teams , though a great many challenges were received. Ho thinks foot ball , track athletics and bouo iball enough sports for the Indians to meet other schools In. Captain Pratt hashed hod the meadows to the \\cet of the school flooded , and the Indians very frequently play hockey , and some uro developing into right skillful player ? . > At the coming meeting of the foot ball rules committee of eastern colleger at New York a now point may bo considered. In the past the olllcla4 rule Ibook upon which referees and umpires have had to depend while odlclatlnti at games laai cot con tained a sjstematlc suijhnary of the duties of these Individuals. There have been many instances where n referee or umpire has betii compelled to look all over h.n guIJo for a nile covering a simple point in play. It i is suggested therefore that If the com- | mltteo will make a separate chapter In the j book for the use of officials , Riving a surn- marlrcc ! list of rules and references and fcottlnd apart the respective duties of the referee , umpire and linesman , considerable time may bo saved In hunting up questions in dispute. Thcio hav'q been many points decided cfflmnd by referees who , by not having caiefully read the rule book , be lieved that they recclvf-d the right to give a final decision , and afterward It was learned that these same decision's chould have been made by the umpire.The University Ath- lotlo club has not heard definitely from the various colleges whether the date of Fcibruary 19 Is acceptable to the members of the committee or not. but there Is lit tie doubt that when tha.1 day comes round the colleges will oil have their delcg-aten present. It Is reported on geol authority that Walter Camp of..YnIe has nrked for EUgge.stlons from the 'jrarloua universities , and when the proper time cnraes he will place before the commltjco carefully worded changes for their dcllbpratlon , Some per sons eay that the change made by the west ern colleges re-gardlng the scoring of points will receive moro attention than any other j reform drawn up by Stags and his frlcndu. j If this proves to bo tlio case It Is safe to i say that one point In that rule will be con- i demned without a dlsri-ntlng volco , From i what has been gathered by careful Investiga tion 'tlio ' Institutions represented on the rules committee believe thct Instead of rc- I during the value of a Iflck from the field It > should bo Increased. Tlioro are so few good field goal kickers In this country that eastern experts bellovo this style of play e\o } \ < Jbo encouraged Ini stood of handicapped- They set forth the argument that If a1 } goal from the field counts moro than any ! other point to bo made In n foot iball Im tch there will bo more attempts to make-such polnn ! Goal kicking ten vears ago * as the feature of rill iv.mci. , but up jo fust season It was allowed to fall Into p/aotlcal dhuse StaKg'p lda that a goal frtan tlio field should not recclvo more crrMlIU than a touchdown Is not re-sardrd with favor hereabouts Of cource It Is realized that.a touchdown In the resuP of thi < Imdcst Wrfd of physics ! wcrk , an I really shaws the superiority In flghtln' ' ? ! strength of ono team over another , but It i will ibo admitted by those who have rtudlcd fo-it iball that to bo able tq kick a goal from the field at a critical point Is an accomplish ment that merits unstinted praise nnd ex cites the admiration oftlti ) most pessimistic , j i Therefore It is chwn toy those who BIO | ' Interested In the ma'klnK of new rules' 'Jiat 1 this ono accomplishment , which has been . permitted to fall byl the wayside a bit , i I should bo rejuvenated nd encouraged. i OMII.n Tiu : > ivikTinv : : i.nvcri : . I | / i Humor ( lull ( In- Tell in Mil ? > < > < Conn-I I Hen * { ' .IIIKCM Cuiiiinenl. | A week ago Omaha was rejoicing In the i apparent certainty that it was once moro a figure In the Lose lull world and cveiy- ono was lalklig of the prospective compost- I I tlca of the Omaha Western League team { i : just as though base ball bad been an Inci dent of local eport right along. It had been I ofllclally announced that we had captured I | the plum without an cffor.t and everyone wai happy. Dut two or thrpo da > a later there vvero many and various rumors that tbu announcement was not quite no "official" ca It might have been. It was stated in the eastern papers that there was still a hitch In the program and that the franchise might after all go io Qran < 2 < Ilaplds or Den Molnw. How much foundation exists for these re ports is not apparent.Whether It Is meielj a ouppcsltlon based on the fact that the two cities mentioned continued to fight afar it vvcs announced that they were not In It , or whether some real obstacle had been encountered. Is not In evidence. Unlesn additional developments throw some lighten on the situation. It Is doubtful whether there Is cciy pcsltlvc intention on the rart of Messrs. Schuman and O'llrlen to change their program. lo nnj czoe , It la certain that such a step would meet a vigorous op position from President Johnson and other magnates of the Western League. Tlitfaa have lad numerous exjicrlfntca with Grand Ilaplds ns a league city , and they have all tended In the same direction. That town has never been a succctu as a baoo ball city , and the conditions there are no differ ent from those that obtained when ( /noi\ teams wemt broke there in previous jearo Fiom a business standpoint DCS Molncs Is nn Impossibility , no matter how enthualao- tleally Mr. Frlck and his otsoclates may insist that the town Is equal to the com pany. On ( ho other hand base ball under the right sort of management has paid In OnMha. It Is morally certain that It will do BO again. The prospects hero were never more encouraging , and BI-J between the and the two other cities mentioned there la no comparison. It would certainly Indicate a deplorable lack of foresight If the ir.ctn- agement should allow Itsalf to be cajoled Into going to a fcirull town merely because ' It seemed to bo making a gieater effort ( o I secure their presence. The objection which the management is quoted as making 'to Omaha Is that they were afraid that Sunday ball would bo In terdicted. If the lest of the story is equally . gauzy thu local enthusiasts have small rea- i son for anxiety. There has never been a ' i really seilous effort Interfere with Sun I day ball in Omaha nsid If the gome Is prop el ly conducted It is &afo to assume that | none will bo raised this > ear. Messia. Schuman and OlUrien were abundantly as sured of that when they weio here two weeks ago and neither of < thcm hab the Mlghtcst icason to apprehend any Interference on that score. Whllo thcro Is as yet no substantial reason for anticipating a change of program on the part of tlio league , It is impossible to den ) that the difference In the recep- tlons accorded to the Icaguo olllclals In the three cities was easily discernible Tlio visit of President Johnson nnd the prospec tive managers to Omaha was entirely un expected , and thcro was no opportunity to gicet them with a delegation of basu ball ciaiy bublncus men such as are alleged to havu received them at Grand Haplds. ilu * it Is to bo assumed that the men who propoEo to run en enterprise llko a first class ball club are astute enough to look deeper than that. It Is apparent Co them as well as to anyone else that the condl- tlons hero differ very radically with those that obtain at Grand Haplds. Local bull- , ncs3 men have been carrying a heavy load In the various enterprlbca 'that ' have hcui j designed and executed to upbuild the- city , i Last and most Important comes the exjjosi- I tlon , which Is appropriating the tlrno and money of nearly all the enterprising bus I-1 ness men of the city Most of them are ncgi i Icctlng their personal Interests to attend to this public duty , and It Is certainly not sur- pitting that they are unable to take the , Intel eat In the location of n ball club here j et this tlmo that they would If their shoulders - I dors were not already overburdened , Busi ness men llko thwo who control the frau- chUo certainly understand that a proces sion and a brats band Is not all that Is essential to make a ball town. If they should propose to locate the ttatn in Ottumvva or Wichita , it Is probable that the whole town nnd some of the country would turn out to meet them. IC'-ii ' busln m would run riot , but it wouldn't pay salaries nnd guarantees. If the gentlemen were net mm by delega tions of Omaha business men ready to make them all sorts of promises If they would bring the franchlte here they certainly saw enough to convince any reasonable person that the city had struck the up grade and was coming fast. And it is reasonable to suppobo that this was what they came to bCO. It Is worthy of notice In this connection that tno day after the dispatch attacking Omaha's chances appeared President John- Eon positively declared that the franchise would tome to Omaha , all reports to the continry notwithstanding. Ho qualified thiH by the remark that If tlie street railway company would do the right tiling there was no question about It , and this remark undoubtedly contains the milk of the cocoa- IIUE. It was intimated at the tlmo that the talk that the ofllclals had with the street railway olllclals while they were in Omaha was not entirely satisfactory. The long expected ofllclnl ndmlcslon that I Anson Is no longer a member of the Chicago I team was ono of the events of the week , nnd while it was universally expected , It serves to permanently settle a question that has furnished a subject for mare discussion than any one event of the winter. Old Arcio Is I out of It and Tom Hums wilt probably step I into Ids shoes. Alison's future Is still un settled , and ho absolutely refuses to talk about his dlEinlHsal or his plans. Hut It Is certain that the man , who , whether he Is manager of the Chicago club or not , Is one of thci biggest guns In the bane ball world , will not lack for opportunities. If the owners of Omaha's Westein League fran- chlso could Induce him to come to Omaha they would make the hit of their lives , and the town would bo basa ball mad enough . to satisfy anybody. The make-up of the rejuvenated Wchtnrn cssoc'atlon Is still somewhat Indefinite. There nro several gars In the circle , nnd whllo thcro are enough aspirants to fill the vacant places , a satisfactory circuit has not so far been agreed on. DCS Molncs has pulled out entirely , being stark mad over an alleged possibility of getting Into faster company , although It would not bo sur prising If thcro was a string tied to tlio withdrawal. It seems to bo the prevalent impression that Hock Island anil Sioux City will como In In place of DCS Molnes and Qulncy , and In that CBSO the association will not suffer materially by the change. Ot tumvva is also a red-hot candidate for a franchise and President Hlckoy Huyn that there Is not the slightest doubt that the as- . sociatlon will bs reorganized on a successful i basis. Ho Insists that all talk of a hitch , on account of the St. Joe franchise Is rot. | , In his opinion the town Is perfectly ready to keep the franchise Itself and lie believes that a team would pay If It was properly managed. Hero , as elsewhere , the game has been Injured by the lushing charac- tcrldtlca of some of the players. Diml , Kancas City has signed Third Dam-man Hoover of Dallas , who was considered ono of thu best Infleldcrs In the Texan league. PKtsburg lias accepted the terms of Out- fielder L. W. Llppcrt , late of the Ilurllng- > ton club , a good batter und fast basu run- no. . Indium t't the latest state to get Into the tate league builtuibs. A meeting will boon bo called to perfect an eight club organisa tion , Slncd 1890 Nichols of IJcston has won 21C and lost 123 panics. Young of Cleveland < Ji the earno tlmo has , a record of 21C won and 11G lost. The sale of I'crry WonUci to the Minne apolis club marks the second e.\it at King 1'cio from the Mnjoi league and Ills second engagement with Minneapolis Plttsburg has released Hilly Merrill to Kan sas City. Merrltt was unpopular with the roolers and ihey mode It to warm for him that ho was dead willing lo get out of town. Some Wichita fans arc working up a Kansas-Oklahoma league with fair prospects of success. Wlchlla has Hie light Idc-u If she can't get Into the Western association she will have a little league of her own. A Chicago report is to the effect that pla > vvrlght Cliarllo Hojt Is negotiating 4o purchiibo the Chicago club , the only ob- MaclQ being the prlcoj J100.000 Is offered and $150.000 asked Alison , who owns onie- fourtli of the stock , thlnl.s $ lCOOOOf Is a fair price. It is reported that IM. Cllno has been signed by President .lohnsjii as a Western liaguo umpire. Another authority lies It that Habltell , Cantllllon , SherMan acid Aianassaii will conslltute Iho league slaff nnd both agree that Cliarllo Cushman Is not in It. Dad Clark Is In trouble again. Ono of the newspapers In his homo nt Oswego , N. y. piloted n btory In which Dad figured as being engaged In a sensational bout without gloves with the stage manager at a local theater. Dail ays lie wuhii'l there at all ami that the w'ory was maliciously con cocted to Injure his reputation. I'oor Did. President Frlck says he will retain Hlckcy. Lohninn , Pace , Molilcr nnd Andievvs , of last > car's team , If ho in given the ( Jrand Haplris Wenterci league fruiuhlse , and play 1'ienton , "Ducky" Holmes and Lctchor in tlio ouifleld. Ixjliinun will manugo the team. It would bo a whole lot moro In point if Mr Frlck will tell what ho will do If ha don't get the franchise. Prcblde t Powers of Iho Hasteni base ball Icaguo has given out the batting averages for Iho past season of that organl/allon. AmonK Iho bailers "Dan" llrouthira of Spilngfleld , leads with the llrio pereontago of 415. James Nenr.on nnd Woods of the Biino club are lied fat ne < ami place at 3CC. \\ooila , who has been drafied by Chicago , leads thirty-two pitchers In ( Icldltig , with u percontagu of 9S3. ( ; ITTI\ : m\i : Kcji''iiH < ; msr % I.oeul MmroilM I'ri'iinrlnir for tlm Sprluu CiiiiiiiriUrn i > n Die I'lnllc. Last week was barren of events In the shooilng world , and about a 1 that Is left la them Is to prospect on the cliancra for tport that the coming cluck weapon oUeru. A few gerso have already been < ihot along the Platte , and ! n a few weeln the i < ; > ort will bo on In earnest. All the Icdlcuttans point to fcome excellent i-hoat ng. There Is cer tainly water mougli to plcaso Iho ino.it fas tidious , and II o local tiunton ) are anticipat ing no end of fat hagij C'.rly In March. Jack Faming did como clever shooting at ( lie JIaml.ton , Out. , tournament , and now there U a good dral of talk of a match between him and Fred Gl.bert for the * live bird trophies. It Is noticeable , however , that the proposition does not seem to como from Fanning. Ma } ho ho thinks ho o.a beat the Iowa boy. and maybe he don't. If pinna that bnv6 been made are succcea * fully executed thcro will ho a tncotlng at the Great Northern hotel In Chicago tomor row that will have an Important bearing on hunting and Hulling In tlio western states. U is the flrat uteo lu tbo direction of u *