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.
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( Kiilai'Kud from any I'hotnjgtvcn ( Hnliirgcil from any Photoivcn ) (
away with $25.00 worth of Omaha away \\llh $25.00 worth of
incrcliimdiHU. *
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1,500 PAIRS 1620 Fairs 1100 PAIRS 300 Fairs 2160 PAIRS 2300 PAIRS 5,000 Pairs
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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
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600 Pairs SHOES ,
In ,
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made to retail for to do ! 1800 ' ; MISSES'
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400 small lots 200 PAIRS DONGOIiA
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Fancy Vesting Top SHOES ,
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ISD 800 Pairs tittle Gent's
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All extreme novelties SHOES ,
On
bargain square made to
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Button and Lace. Made to retail for five and six retail at four and five dollars Made to sell at two.dollars a
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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 |
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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 |
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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 *
