10 TTIE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OOTOBEB 2 , 1898.
LEAGUE RACE NOT YET OVER
Baltimore Still Has a Chance to Beat Boston
for the Pennant
TV/0 / OTHER POSITIONS TO BE SETTLED
Kerr York nnd I'lillailclililn nnd I lttn <
bare nnd Ioiil * > Ille Have n. Conplo
of Ncnt Mtllc Ilmin < cn of
Their Own to Ailjuit.
It Is an oddn-on bet that the final result
of the league race two weeks from yester
day will be one-two as Boston and Balti
more are placed now and any ono who would
I > Ick otherwise could bo accused of possess
ing moro valor than descretlon. To bo sure ,
there are all sorts of possibilities. For ex-
emplo , Baltimore may win nil six of the
jamcs ; with the Bean DemoIlRheis , but It la
Imrdly possible. There may bo a good hoi
finish , but that la about all the honor thai
the lllrdllnga are likely to get out of It. II
would be a good speculation for the sporty
boy to pick up at a premium all bets against
Boston that ho can find.
Well , the problem Is likely to be solved
very shortly. In fact , It may bo settled In
the next thrco days , for tomorrow the Bean-
caters commence the first of the series with
the Birds. By winning the majority of all
Baltimore has a good chance. By dropping
the majority they are still nblo to make It n
hot finish. By losing all , they are out of It ,
After finishing the scries Boston has three
with Brooklyn nnd three with Washington ,
n not very hard proposition. On the other
hand , the Birds have something a bit hardci
In six straight games with the Giants , three
on 'tho homo grounds and thrco In New
York. Then comes the final sirlos between
tbo leaders.
There are two moro races going on In the
league that are as warm , If not warmer ,
than this struggle for the championship
Ono of those Is. the fight between New Yoili
nnd Philadelphia for the last hole In the
first division. Upon the surface the Quakcri
have all the best of It. They have New
York , Washington and Brooklyn In thi
order named and It thcro Is tiot too big r
Etrcak of yellow zigzagging down their backs
they ought to win out , for besides the serlet
with the Quakers the Giants have six hard
ones with Baltimore. They wind up the
season with the Senators.
The other struggle Is the frantic cffor !
of tbo Colonels to overtake the Pirates ant
supplant them In eighth place. Plttsburf
lias a vantage by playing St. Louis during
the early part of the week , while Louis-
vlllo Is lying Idle , but this may bo over
come when the two teams come togcthei
( or a series on Thursday. After that Louis-
vlllo meets Cincinnati and Cleveland , bu
that Is no harder than the Cleveland am
Chicago proposition that the Pirates wll
have to buck against.
Every other aggregation In the race wll
wind up In the positions they occupy a
present.
Just fourteen days moro remain befon
the curtain will bo rolled down upon thi
season of 1898. A disastrous sort of a yea :
it lias been , too , -according to the flgurci
that have been given out during the las
week by President Nick Young. Only flvi
of the teams can figure out n balance 01
the profit sldo of the ledger. Of this nura
tor four have hart a fairly good seasoi
from a financial point of view Cincinnati
Boston , Chicago and Philadelphia. Louis
vllle , the only other aggregation whlcl
will pull out winner on the year , Is abl
to do so only because of the fact that th
team has braced up so wonderfully durini
tbo last few weeks. The moral of this con
dltlon of affairs Is that n winning team 1
absolutely necessary In order to enable th
owners to pile up the plunks. Clnclnnat
mode its money while the team was In th
league and a pennant possibility. As sooi
os It commenced to fall backward the at
tendances began to grow smaller. Bos
ton's team has been a winner all tbrougl
the season. Chicago acted the part of <
Hark horse to perfection. Philadelphia * !
late spurt Increased the number of the In
flowing dollars. There are exceptions ti
the rule , to ho sure , such as the cases o
the Cleveland and the Baltimore clubs. Ai
a general rule , howpver , the winners havi
been making the money , for all the rest o
the teams who could do no moro than re
tain their places or fall backward havi
been losing.
numore have been rlfo In the last montl
or eo that New York City will have n ban
tlmo retaining Its franchise In the league
the owners persist In refusing to nccedi
to the demand of their eleven partners ti
depose Andy Goose Freedman from thi
managerial helm of the aggregation. Then
Booms to bo no doubt that Freedman hai
most effectually killed the game In thi
metropolis. When a first division lean
reaches such a stage that but 300 and 401
people out of a metropolis containing mil
lions will attend the games either a cbangi
of policy must bo Inaugurated or else thi
city will bo dropped. Base ball managers
like everyone else , are out for the mono ;
nnd they will go where they can get It
The disgraceful actions of the Now Yorl
club , moreover , nro having a wider effec
than merely disgusting the fans of NC.V
York. Their actions on the road have beet
as bad as at home. It Is safe to say tha
after the evidences of dlsorganlratlon am
mutiny that was given In Washington dur
Ing the lost week the New Yorkers wouli
draw but small crowds In the Capital Clt ;
were the season longer. Tor the good o
the game Freedman ought to go and th
blgns seem to Indicate that ho will.
If the Brush resolution had fulfilled th
rosy results that were predicted for It , sucl
acta as the Giants have been guilty of thi
season would have been Impossible. As :
mutter of fact , however , the Brush rule ha
proven to bo a delusion nnd n snare. Ther
has never been n season when EO many dls
graceful occurrences have happened on th
diamond. Even In the homo of Brush him
eelf , the other day an umpire was assaultc
by ono of his own team. Some few of th
clubs have tried to live up to the Brus
principles , but it Is safe to say that ncx
year they will do nothing of the kind. Ther
are many base ball critics who believe tha
the rowdyism of last year had its effect
xipon the attendances this season , althoug
the war was unquestionably a great caus
for displacing the game In popularity , an
It Is freely predicted that next year wll
aee still fewer crowds on account of th
rutllanly conduct of teams this year. Th
Brush rule Is all right It Its provisions ar
enforced , but 'tho trouble is that they ar
uot.
The Increase in the pitchers' effectlvcnea
or the decrease In batting skill haa this yea
resulted In much lighter batting than In an
season since the lengthening of the pltchln
distance. There has also been an unusui
number of pitching feats as a consequcnc
of the light batting. At the now pltchln
distance until this year thcro was but on
pitcher who came anywhere near pltchln
a full game without a hit being made o
him. In a game pitched by Cy Young fc
Cleveland against Cincinnati last year , th
Cleveland scorers credited him with n hit
less game , but the Ciucy scorers clalme
that three pln > s that were scored as erroi
ehould have been hits. Barring this on
questionable game , it was a rare occui
ronco until this ) car to see fewer tha
five hits per game. So far this season , however
over , there have bevn 150 games and nior
( n which ono side or the other has mad
only five hits or lets. In about 100 game
ono side or the other has made four hits 01
less , and In no less than seventy-four one
sldo or the other has made less than foui
ItlU , Thrco games have been pitched Ir
which no hit was made , eight In which bul
a single hit was batted out , fourteen wttt
only two hits and thirty-one In which onlj
thrco hits were safely bitted out.
GOSSIP FROM THE GRIDIRON
Dig rlvo TnkliiK SslocU of Material
mill rimlliiK Matter * Hotter
Thau WIIH Hxncctcd.
A bit of an Inkling of what the big five
will probably do on the chalk ribbons thli
season can bo discovered In the practice
and the games of the last seven da > s. The
annual fall training of the canvasbacl ,
athletes has progressed a couple of week ;
and more , nnd this time has suniccd tc
break In the numerous candidates. Of course
It Is too early to speculate on the chances oi
the different elevens. As a matter of fad
It is never wlso to do the pry-lnto-tht
future act In foot ball. The Princeton-Yale
came of last year was an example of the un <
certainty of the gridiron game , for the
cranks did not speculate upon the questloi
of whether the Tigers would down the Blues
but upon the problem of how big a score
the Nassau contingent would run up. Thcj
did not run It up very high.
Ono Important fact , however , has beer
displayed by the practice of the week tin
largo dcaith of line men. Halfbacks tun
fullbacks , particularly the former , are de >
cldcdly plentiful , but heavy fast men tc
occupy the center of the line arc sadly lack'
Ing. Therein lies the great weakness of bott
Princeton and Harvard this season. Cornel
Is somewhat better off. Yale , despite tha
It has a veteran team on Its hands , Is some'
what nflllcteil the same way. Of the entire
quintet , Pennsylvania seems to bo the onlj
ono that is up to the standard in the rust
line.
Pcnnsy's entire center Is showing up Ir
great shape Hare , McCrackcn , the guard :
and Overflcld the center. They nro certalr
to hold their places. It would be impossible
to find the equal of this center trio amonf
present foot ball stars and difficult to dls-
cover their equal as a trio In tbo past
Goodman , last year's left tackle , is out fo :
his old position , but it is promised that hi
will bo given a race. There are a dozet
good candidates for this and the other tackli
positions. Carnctt and DeSllver , both sub
stltutcs of last year , seem to have the call
Captain Outland , who was at right tackli
last season , will bo back of the line In oni
of the half positions. Hedges and Folwell
who played the ends last year , are still ii
the same positions , but are likely to bi
given a tussle , too. Of several candidates
McMahon Is the most prominent. Ho playci
in last Saturday's game and did splendidly
In the back field Gardner has the cal
on quarter and Outland will be at one of th
halves. The other half will In all probablllt ;
bo Harrison. The latter Is a speedy runner
an artful dodger and full of sand. In boll
the games played so far this season ho ha
made sensational runs. Walker Is sta
tlonary nt fullback , It would seem
Ho Is punting up to the mark set b ;
Jack Minds last year and Is a gocx
runner , but Is weak in drop kicking. Al
around Pennsy Is in excellent shape. He
team is practically selected with posslbl ;
the texceptlon of the ends and the tackles
nnd thcro is a question about them slmpl :
because there Is so much good material t
pick from.
Although Coach Forbes of Harvard ha
given it out that no professional tralnc
was ta help him out In preparing the tear
for the big games , the Crimson has neverthc
less secured the services of Jack McMastert
the old Princeton trainer. "Jock" for year
was a fixture at Nassau , but the overtrain
ing of the Princeton eleven that resulted ii
the last year's defeat by Yale was charge
to him and as a consequence ho was dropped
Formerly a good athlete himself , Jack has
stock of training principles that are founder
largely upon experience and with their as
slstanco ho has turned out a number of win
nlug teams. Whllo possibly there wer
flaws and defects in his system , over
Prlncetonian who has passed through hi
hands will regret that the genial Scotch
man is gone , for ho was over ready with ;
word of encouragement nnd all the assistance
anco in his power to help along any fresh
man with athletic ambitions.
Both Torbcs and McMastcrs appear to hav
an easy foot ball future before them thi
season , for as usual the Crimson eleven ha
started out well. While men like Doucettc
Cabot , Bouve , Wheeler , Haskcll , Shaw an
Garrison will not be back on the team ther
is said to be a host of good material o :
hand. As with all the others of the bl
elevens , thcro Is a plentltude of good me ;
for back of the line positions and the place
towards the ends of the line , but the centc
nnd guards are rather weak. In fact , 1
this respect , the Crimson is behind the othe
xeams , for there Is not a man certain of on
of these middle places. Several candidate
are belne tried out , but none of them ar
proving highly satisfactory.
At old Nassau the late discouraging out
look has brightened considerably and it i
predicted that despite the manner in whlc
Princeton is handicapped at the openln
of the season , she Is quite likely to give a
good , If not a better account of herself , wit !
new men and the now methods that hav
been Inaugurated than occurred last soaso
at Now Haven. Nassau has ono of the bca
foot ball machines of the country. Her stu
dent attendance is hardly moro than hal
of that of the remainder of the big five unl
versltles and yet she has alwa > s given
good account of herself. They live , cat an
sleep foot ball In that little Jersey towr
They have good advisers and are not afral
to play the game In a fierce way and plus
nnd silk are not common goods there. Bu
Princeton holds the unique and unusua
position of having lost the most of her ol
men. Her beefy center of the line has dls
appeared and her quarter and halves hav
chased the pigskin for the last time undc
the orange and the black.
Hlldebrand nt right tackle , Booth at ccn
tor , Kdwards at right guard and Hotter a
right half are the old men who seem to b
fixtures. Craig , who plavcd left end las
year , has returned , but will bo given
fight by Oglesby. who tried for the place las
season. The other end Is undecided. Mill :
a freshman from a prep school , Is th
most likely candidate for left tackle , an
Fllson , a graduate student from Lafajctti
Is picked for the other guard to replac
Crow dls , for the bulky guard of last yea
will not reappear on the glrdlron this fal
These men glvo prospect that a strong lln
will ultimately bo formed , and back of th
rushers things look even more cncouragtnf
Ayrcs , a hard line hitter and a good puntci
will bo at full. Hotter , and cither Lathro
or Crane , are picked for the halves , and th
fight for quarter bos already narrowed dow
to Suter nnd Watklns , both tried and ol
scrub men. The coacbera are not man ]
but such as they are have been stars I
past seasons for example , Mortal , the note
fullback , Biff Lea. the great tackle , Howar
Brokaw , the end of ' 07 , and Little Johnn
Poe , the hardest line hitter of his welgt
that ever bestrode the chalk lines.
On the other hand. Yale , who , a coupl
of weeks ago , seemed likely to have but
couple of vacancies to fill , has a deplete
line on Its hands now. The back field Is n
It was last > car. Charley DeSaulles Is c
quarter with his valuable substitute , Sulll
van. Tor half backs , there are Benjamli
Corwln and Dudley , the three 'varsity ha !
backs of lost > ear , and practically all th
men who were tried back of tli
line last season. At full back wl
be found McBrldo of lost year
team and Marvin , the first substitute. Bi
In the line n proposition presents itself
Center Is vacant , for Cadwaladcr has let
for faculty reasons ; right tackle , where Cap
tain Hodgcrs pla > cd last fall , Is open ; rlgh
puird is left by Chadwlck ; the places o
Hazcn and Hall at the ends must bo filled
for the latter , like Cadwaladcr , got Into dlt
flcultlcs with the faculty last year. Thi
ends furnish the great problem. There an
several good candidates for center , amonf
them Cuttcn , the minister , who tried las
year , and Cuntmh , a 250-pound giant fron
Honolulu. Marshall , the big fellow whi
nearly ousted Cbadwlck , will be in the va
cant guard position In all probability. Cap
tain Chamberlain will fill one tackle post
tlou and Durston seems to be the favorlt
for the other position. There are good can
dldatcs for the ends , but none of them ar
of exceptional quality , although they nr
old scrub men. The most prominent ar
Slocovlch , Hubbell and Schwcppc , all thrc
of whom tried for the positions last fall.
Cornell's team seems to be In a sort o
chaotic state as yet. This Is the result o
the fact that there are a largo numbc
of candidates and n large number of po
sltlons to bo filled. Heed , Lucder and Sweet
land are tbo only ones of last year's lln
who are In the game , and Captain Whltlui
Is the only ono of the back field. The center
tor Is the particular problem , with th
most prominent candidates , comprlaln
Dormer , Nnmack and Chlsholm , all subs
The next toughest proposition Is furnisher
by the fullback position , for which , also
thcro are thrco available candidates , Star
buck , Slelcher and Will , but all of then
seem to lack some qualifications. Gcorg
Young , a brother of the great quarterbaol
of last year , has succeeded the latter. To
the other vacant positions thcro are a larg
number of candidates. Whllo none of th
prospective 'varsity men have shown u ;
as stars , they nro pretty evenly matcuoi
and are all being tried. The cxpcrlmcntlUi
has resulted In rather loose play and wa
responsible for the touchdown that Colgat
scored a week ago.
Of all the bigger eastern elevens Wcs
Point has the neatest schedule , provldln ;
games with three of the big teams. A ver
strong team Is not expected , because man
of the members of last year's eleven ar
In service. There la a prospect that th
annual game with Annapolis will bo re
sumed , but it will not bo incorporated 1
the schedule until the matter is definite !
settled. The games arranged up to dat
are as follows : October 1 , Tufts ; Octobe
8 , Wcsleyan ; October IE , Harvard ; Octobe
22 , Lehlgh ; October 29 , Yale ; November
Princeton.
The candidates for places on the foot bal
team of Kansas university have put in ;
good week of practice , and already a secon
eleven has been chosen to give applicant
for positions on the 'varsity exercise. Ton
of last year's teams nro again back 1
school. They are Captain Mossc , who wll
play guard again ; Avery , who Is trying fo
tackle ; Hess , who will play either half o
quarter , and Speak , who may DO one of th
halves. Blackburger , ' 97 tackle , has no
jot been on the field , but is likely to don
suit soon. Simpson and Buzzl , "subs" laa
year , are trying for end and half , respect
Ively. Moulton , who holds the unlverslt
speed record , is trying for a position be
hind the line , as nro Harrison , who sprint
well ; Hamilton , Silver , Owen and Algei
The last two named are candidates for quar
ter. Silver seems most likely to make full
while Moulton and Buzzl appears to be 1
itho lead for halves. Tlpton Is the find o
the jear among the applicants for line poai
tlons. Ho is a 215-poumlcr , but Is active
Ho is trying for guard. Tuckei , 180 pound !
will try for end or center. Woodward c
last year's second cloven , also Is a candl
date for center , while Walling , Gavin , Wll
cox and Alexander are all after line pusl
ttons. The following is the schedule fo
the season : October 15 , Ames college , a
Lawrence ; October 29 , St. Joseph Medics , n
St. Joseph ; November 5 , Nebraska unlver
sity , at Lawrence ; November 12 , Medics , t\ \
Lawrence ; November 19 , Minnesota unl
verslty nt Minneapolis ; November 24 , Mis
sourl university , at Kansas City.
Thcro is moro foot ball enthusiasm at th
University of Missouri than has yet bee
displayed this season. A week ago bu
seven men turned out for practice , but th
number has been increased to a score dur
ing the last week. The team has not yc
been decided upon , but the following ar
practically sure of their positions : Howari
center ; Harris , end ; Parkerm , guard an
Woodson , tackle.
The University of Kansas , which had
game scheduled with the Kansas Clt
Medics tomorrow , has cancelled the game
The Nebraska eleven has consented to tak
the dote.
PALAVER OF THE PUGILIST !
Kid MoCo > 'a Conitrdl ) Kick Euan An
I'rulmbllllr of n MrotliiK Ile-
tueeu He nml Curlictt.
In that little Incident In New York th
other day Kid McCoy demonstrated the
ho has\ more than Jabs and hooks and cut
In his pugilistic repertoire and at the sam
time proved that he is amply capable c
raising the yellow bunting of .a cowardl
spirit. It would have been a good thin
and would have been universally applaude
had McCoy stepped forward with an invlta
tlon to a fray with skinless gloves , but hi
kneeing aud kicking of Corbett was th
act of a cur and will stamp him as such i
the minds of the admirers of the rope
arena. To crown it all ho ran away whc
the Pompadour made his attempt to ge
after him.
It is to be hoped that this is the last ac
in that pugilistic bluff which was slated t
culminate in a meeting In Buffalo on Octobe
15 , It Is settled that this affray will neve
come off and the whole result of it has bee
that the boxing game is brought into
further disrepute. It would bo an cxceller
thing if the heavyweight class could b
purged of its McCoys nnd Corbetts and mad
up of a lot of fighters such as are seen i
the lighter poundages.
Corbett declares that ho now proposes t
go out after bigger game. The marks tha
ho has picked so far are Jeffries and Shai
key. The pugilistic public will look wit
Interest to see whether ho will really try t
meet the latter.
Sharkcy has been wandering eo long wit
n chip on his shoulder that report has It th.i
Charley Mitchell will come over the pen
| with Dick Burgo to accommodate him wit
a scrap. The Englishman is getting rathe
old and passe for the game with the mitt
and It Is not likely tha't he would last Ion
before the stalwart rough-and-tumble sallc
lad. It Is not probable that If bo Is In earne :
about such a meeting , but If he is he wl
not have to wait on Sharkcy ) ' > ug. Th
latter has demonstrated that bo Is not
parlor fighter such as come of the to
notchcrs among the heavies have prove
themselves. He Is likely to take on altno :
anjbody who cares to go against him.
The weakened showing that Kid Lavlgrj
made against Krno the other night was ne
entirely unexpected. It Is no secret th :
this premier two-hander hitter of bis poundage
ago a couple of years ago has been dally
Ing too numerously of late with tbo flago
that flows. Whllo Crno Is a vicious flghte
and can take any amount of punishment , h
U not of a caliber that ought to worry
champion , unless of late he has made remarkable
markablo Improvement. Consequently tli
fact that he plainly outpointed Lavign
oven though ho did not secure the dectslo
seems to be proof of the fact that th
Lavlgne who confronted him la no longc
the Lnvlgno who BO thoroughly polished off
Joe Walcott only a few months ago. In
this showing ono can find reason for
Lavlgne's refusal 4o again take on Jack
Daly , for the Wilmington lad Is without
doubt a crack and would the next tlmo
make a most strenuous effort to oust the
present champion out of his seat. Erne wan
probably a surprise for Lavlgne , who In alt
likelihood did not expect him to be such a
tough bundle as ho found him.
The coming month ought to see some good
fistic battles. Among those that are slatinl
Is ono between Tommy IIan and Jack Hen
ri er , In which the former will make his
formal debut Into the middleweight dl-
| vision , whcro ho has long belonged. It Is
i an opportune time for Kyan to do this , for
now that ritzslmmons and McCoy are prob
ably unable to reach the weight limit and
Dan Crccdon is labeled with the has been
sign , ho will not find mauy doughty oppon
ents to oppose him in his march to the
championship. Besides this go there Is a
possible scrap in prospect between Santry
nnd Dixon , the Lavlgne-Burgo affray and
several of lesser account.
It looks as it the boxing game had run
j to the end of Its rope in sleepy Quakertown ,
which , by the way , is hardly as sleepy as it
j is generally painted. During recent months
there have been a considerable number of
affairs pulled off In Philadelphia , some of
them of qulto a bit of Interest , and condi
tions have been far more healthy than
| those In Gotham , Since "Doc" Payne was
I used up In the ring a week ago , however ,
'the ' boxing clubs have been notified to dls-
, continue their contests , and for a little at
least ono need not expect to hear of any
gi'ove meetings there. It is something of
a coincidence that Just nt this tlmo thcro
seems to bo a lessening of the restraints
that were put about the game In San Fran
cisco , the Santry-Dlxon and the proposed
Jeffrles-Corbctt matches are slated to take
place on tbo coast.
WITH HORSES\ND HORSEMEN
of the bcnncm I'crforiiicil"b > -
the IlnriiciiN Uncord nt I.ouln-
tlllc During ; the AVcck.
The feats that were performed on the
grand circuit this season have been thrown
In the shade by the great work done by the
speeders at Louisville during the last week.
The average time was very good nnd not
a few records were broken. The fast per
formances commenced with the very first
day. On Monday Blngcn tirotted the fastest
heat of the year by going the mile In
2 06 % ; John A. McKerron trotted the fastest
inllo for 3-year-olds by going In 2:12 : % . On
Wednesday the phenomenal Klatawah
again broke the world's pacing record for
3-year-olds by lowering the mark to 2.05V4 ,
a remarkable bit of work. On Thursday
Directly paced the fastest heat of the j-car
In which members of the prospective two-
mlnuto class were not entered ; Mary Cel
este trotted the fastest heat for 2-year-olda
of the year In 2:17 : % . These feats were
possible by a Targe- number of competitors
In all the events , attracted by
the big purse money. The final great )
light harness meet of the year occurs at
Lexington and some other phenomenal per
formances will probably bo seen there.
In all this work , however , there Is nothing
that gives promise that the world's trotting
record will bo .broken this season. While
there are a number of young trotters who
have shown good speed , they have all foiled
to come within less than three seconds of the
mark. Ever since Star Pointer passed the
two minute mark , horsemen have been lookIng -
Ing for a speeder who will do the same ,
but the development of the horse of this
gait has apparently not reached the proper
point as yet. However , Blngcn has made a
mark which has been surpassed by only
five trotters Allx , 2:03 : % ; Nancy Hanks ,
2:04 : ; Azote , 2:04 : % ; Dlrectum , 2:05'/i : , and
Fantasy , 2:06. : Only two others , Beuzetta
and Ralph Wllkes. have equalled his time.
With the work of the last week several
additions have been made to the 2:10 : list.
There are now nineteen trotters In the class
and forty-six pacers.
It Is the consensus of opinion among cir
cuit followers that Star Pointer Is In bst-
ter form this > ear than last , and that ho
will beat his mark whenever the conditions
are favorable. Ho Is moro than fifty pounds
heavier than he was in 1S97 , his coat Is
moro lustrous and glossy and ho goes with
out touching the knee that ho struck last
fall. After his engagement at Des Molnes
on October G , ho will bo taken to some fast
track In the southwest to camp out for the
rest of the season , Owner Murphy having
three or four tasks for him to perform In
addition to beating his present record of
1 59Vi. Ho will ho sent to beat the high
wheel sulky record of 2-06 , now held by
Direct , and the wagon record of
2 01 % , held by Joe Patchen. It
is not unlikely that ho will also
start to beat the two-mile record of
4-1014 made by Chchalls last year. Not a
few horsemen believe that he can cover the
distance in 4:10 : or better.
Searchlight , 2.04 % , has quite a history
for a youngster. When ho was a yearling a
Colorado miner named Kicker showed up
at Lexington , nnd for ten days beat the
bookmakers every bet he made. The bookies
laid all kinds of prices on impossible things ,
only to go down to the lucky miner. Klated
with his luck , ho purchased the colt Search
light from W. H. Richfield , "the honest
faimer" of Lexington , paying $3,000 for
him. Later the plunger's luck turned and
ho Jumped to South Africa , wheio it is said
ho has made another fortune. When ho left
the colt was seized as ono of the assets of
the estate , and went under the Inmmer at
(250. With this sale ho drifted still farther
v\cst , nnd Tom Keating , after driving him
, i little as a 3-year-old , Induced Lewis Crel-
lls of San Francisco to purchase him and
race him last season.
The little American Jockey , Ted Sloan , is
opening the e > es of our KnslUh cousins
across the water more than he did last year.
His record of sixteen winnings out of twcn-
t-seven mounts is a phenomenal perform
ance , particularly nsj many of the wins were
on long ehots. The case with which ho is
outdoing the beefeating Jocko ) s seems to
teach that the riders of the thoroughbreds
over there are by no means of the same
mcttlo as those on this sldo of the water.
Sloane never did in America what he has
done in England , even though he is the
premier Jockey of this country
WHIST.
In time of peace a well known contribu
tor to whist literature has been "The Colonel
nel , " or in military life , Colonel Andrew
Hurt of the regular army. Those who re
member his work will enjoy the following
incident related of him by the Providence
Journal ;
"Being In command of the Twenty-fifth
infantry ( colored ) at Camp Thomas , Chickamauga -
amauga , he Informed his troops that they
would have to play ball on hour each day
In order to get accustomed to the southern
sun. "Now , " said the colonel , "you boys
come out and wo will take a turn at ball
playing. I am going to play with you. I'm
not Colonel Burt while playing , but simply
Andy Burt , Now , play ball , " It soon came
tbo colonel's turn nt tbo bat , and with a
vicious svslpo ho drove the ball hard past
second. A large , greasy , black soldier was
coaching and yelled as the colonel made a
dlvo for first "Hun , Andy , run , you tallow-
faced , knock-kneed eon-of-a-gun , get your
three bags ! " The colonel stopped at first ,
turning on his heel , returned to the homo
plate , and donning his straps , remarked :
HEAT Cures
You can't euro a sere throat by
treating your toe.
You cnu't cure Rheumatism by
treating your blood.
The trouble's in the bono the
muscle. You must warm up the
stllTnesg , and then oil it as you
would a rusty machine.
It lias been discovered that cer
tain drugs , when applied hot , poss
ess superhuman Influence over pain
and inflammation. That 1 < one
reason why Herculean Hot Oil In
variably cures Rheumatism and all
minor inflammations because it is
to bo applied hot. The other lies
in its powerful qualities. It actu-
nlly steams the pain an rust away.
It goes straight to the bone , sootn-
inu , strengthening , rebuilding. It
arts on the nerves it starts a
healthy circulation in a word it
cures positively , and that's all
there is about it.
A power that will cure Khcumfttt m will
cure any minor Inflammation. The Hot Oil
li simply wonderful lor pulti or tlghtncqilu
rhc t , neuralgia , > ere throat , rte * . , anil the 15o
dottle * nre JIIH the thing for thic ailments.
Ufcd nt night , n lone way toward well In the
mornlnR Inill'ponwble for children. It's
something you ought to know about.
PROOF
From Mr , S. D. Qcrmond , Agent
of the Wolls-FntKO Express Co. ,
Elintrn , N.Y. "Two or thrco vreoVs
ago 1 sent my sister In lilnghnmtoii ,
Mrs. Q. E. Davis , 11 Lyon street , a
bottle of Herculean Oil. She has
had rheuinatlstu very bad for sev
eral years and nothing seemed to
help her. 1 Imrdly thought It
would do her any KOCH ! , as she had
It all through her system , but ev
erybody was talking 'Herculean
Oil , ' so "I thought I would have her
try it. Strange to say , it seems to
hnvo entirely cured her , and has
made- mild sensation there. My
sister is more than enthusiastic
over it. "
From A. S. Sntterlce , for over 80
years one of Ktmira's leading gro
cers. A Rheumatic Landmark-
would not have believed anything
could have given my rheumatism
such relief. The llrst one or two
applications stopped the pain , and
I'm taking more comfort today than
I have in years. Uoth my knee
joints wcro about played out. The
hot oil is better than the Hot
Springs treatment. "
For Sale in Omaha by Sherman & McConnell Drug Co. , 1513 Dodge St. I
M 1 P
"I'm Colonel nurt from this tlmo on , 01
until further orders. "
Four tables were occupied nt the Omaht
Whist club rooms on Wednesday night
north and south vanning by a cotnfortabli
margin.
NORTH AND SOUTH.
nedlck nml Morsmnn 2V
Comstock mid Jordan . . , 21 <
Lawrence nnd Molklo 20
Harkness and Mlllard 2V
Totnl kt
Average 21
UAST AND WEST.
Strauss and Garner 201
liurrell and Sumney 2if
Snckctt nnd Crumner 'M
Shea and Allec ? 2U !
In the following problem , contributed te
the current Whist , by Dr. C. T. Mllllken ,
clubs are trumps , South to lead and wilt
North to win seven tricks.
3 A , 9 , S , 3.
11 3.
C-J.
D J. 9.
? 7' ' S-Q , J , 10 , 6.
N. 1I-S.
C-IC. W. E. C-Q.
D-10 , 7 , 6 , 5. D-S.
11-9. 5.
C A.
D-4 , 3 , 2.
CHESS.
The following "short meter" game was
recently completed In the Nebraska Chese
association tournament between Messrs ,
Hartzell of Kearney and Powell of St. Ed
ward :
KING'S BISHOPS , GAMBIT DECLINED.
Whltci Hiirtzell. lilatk PouUl.
1 1' to It 4 1-1' to K 4
2 1' to It B 4. 2-lCt to It H 3.
3 I' takes I' . 3-Kt takes 1' .
4-Kt to K B 3. 4-P to Q 1
5 P to Q .1 5 ICt to B I.
G P to Q 4. C Kt to It 5.
7-P to U 4. 7-B to It 3
8 Q to Kt 3. S-l' to Q Kt 3 ( a )
9-H to Q 3. 9 B to It 2.
10 Custles ] 0-Kt to Itt 4.
11 Itt takes Kt. 11-B takes Kt.
12-B takes U. 12-Q takes B.
13-P takes P ( b ) . 1V-B to U C.
14 U to B 2. 14 Castles.
15 1' takes U P ( ch. ) llt takes B.
16 Q takes B ( ch. ) If. It to Itt.
17-Itt to Q B 3. 17-ltt to It 3.
lr ! U to B 5. IS Resigns ( c. )
Notes by Mr. Ilnrtzoll :
( n ) All "book" to ninth move.
( b ) A good deal of slaughter to gain n P.
( c ) Must exchange Q for H or bo mated
in a few moves.
The score of an excellent game between
Tschlgorln and Marco In the recent Vienna
tournament was as follows
TALKBEER GAMBIT.
\Vhltf Tschlgorln. Black Marco.
1 I' to K 4 1 I' to It 4.
2-P to K B 4. 2-P to Q 1.
3 1 * takes Q P. 3-P to It 5.
4 B to Kt 5 ( ch. ) 4-1' to B 3
5 P takes P. 5 Itt takes P.
G-P to Q 3 C-Kt to It H 3
7-Q to It 2. 7-B to It Itt 5.
8-B taken Vtt ( ch. ) R-P takes B.
9-Kt to It B 3. 9-Q to II 4 ( ch. )
10-B to Q 2. 10-Q to Kt 3
11 Kt to B 3. 11 Q takes Kt P.
12 Castles. 12-B to B 1 ( ch.-
13-K to II. 11 Cnstles.
14 P takes P. 11-Q R to Q
1B-P to It 5 13-lt R to It.
1C Kt to Q R 4. 16-Q takes B P.
17 Itt takes B. 17 Q takes Itt.
18 B to It 1. 1S-C ) to R 6
19-Q R to K. 19-Kt to 0 4.
2iQ to It B 2. 20-Q R to Kt.
21-B to B. 21-Q to It 5
22 Itt to Itt 5. 22-P to It R 3.
23-Itt to It I. 21-R to Itt 5
24-ltt to Q 6. 24-It R to Q Kt.
25-P to It R 3. 2-U to Q 2.
20 P to B 5 2fi U to K B.
27 Q to Kt 3. 27 It to R
2S-P to It 6 2S-P takes P.
29 P takes I' . 29-R lakes R ( ch )
SO R takes R. .0 B taltps P.
. (1 ( Q to Itt 6 31-Kt to B 5
32 Q to Itt 3. 32-R to Itt S.
33-lt to R 2. 33-R takes B.
31 R takes R. 34-ltt to It 7.
35-Q to K 5 S5 Kt takes R.
36-Kt to It 8.
According to foreign chess columns Dr.
Tarrasch has challenged Lasker to a match
for $5,000 a side and the chess championship
of the world. The intelligence does not
seem to be so generally credited on this
elde , however , because of the fact that
Tarrasch Is not In the habit of making pro
posals of that sort. He has never been
prominent as a match player but believes
that the question of chess supremacy should
bo determined by International tournaments
rather than by Individual contests. Thcra
Is much talk of a visit from Janowskl , the
brilliant Polish player from Paris , who
wishes to meet Show alter in n match at the
Manhattan club. There would be little sig
nificance In the contest , however , as neither
of the players Is a representative champion.
Problem No 43 : By Joel Frldllzlus , the
Swedish problem constructor. White to
play and mate in three moves :
BLACK.
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?
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ll f .3 + ' ?
nirJM t Att , ! * > & * ;
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6 * it ) i f&y t rnv % " 3
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WHITE.
Problem No. 42 , by M. P. Ames , Geneva ,
Neb. , done by
1-Kt to It 6 ( dls ch ) 1-K to R tq.
2-q to Kt fc ( ch ) 2-H takes Q.
3 Kt to U 7 , mate.
Solutions received from E. R. Yundt ,
Schuyler , Neb. , and C. O. Dcl'rance , Lin
coln.
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HlIIIIllllCKN.
There is now pending in the courts of
West Virginia a case which vividly Illus
trates the Inherent tyranny of husbands.
It unfolds a distressing narrative of do
mestic infelicity nnd family discord which ,
from small beginnings , have now culminated
In a suit for divorce. The plaintiff , whom
It is unnecessary hero to name , has applied
for an absolute separation and bases his
appeal upon the solo ground that his wife
persists in eating onions in open dis
obedience to his positive orders !
The plaintiff in his application states that
ho has repeatedly warned the defendant
cgalnst partaking of onions In any foim ;
that she has proralEed tlmo and again to
icform , only to plunge Into still deeper ex
cesses whenever bho could afford to buy an
other peck of the fragrant tubers , and
that , finally , upon going home a few daya
ago and discovering from the tc\ture of the
atmosphere In the front parlor that she had
Indulged In another wild orgy of onion feastIng -
Ing , he left the house In desperation nnd
despair. Wherefore , the petitioner respect
fully represents to the honorable couit that
his peace and happiness have been destroyed
and that he Is entitled to a decree of abso
lute divorce , and for this ho will ever pray ,
etc.
Now , while there Is no present desire to
Idealize the American onion or to Intlst
that Its pervasive assertivcncas Is wholly
bcjonil criticism , we must bo permitted to
doubt whether it constitutes a valid ground
for divorce , sajs the New York Mall nnd
Exprebs. It has its uses as well as Us
abuses. Its functions in the domestic
economy are varied and well defined ; its
accents , uttered In an undertone , lend zest
nnd charm to Innumerable masterpieces of
culinary art , and in the tenderness of Its
jouth It possesses , even in Its raw condi
tion , a certain pungency which delights a
healthy palate. It is doubtless an acquired
taste with moot persons Just as musk Is ,
for Instance , and thcro are times when it
clings and lingers longer than It ought , but
It Is straightforward , natural and unaffected.
All onions smell alike to the will-ordered
nostril. When one catches the aroma of
this modest tuber ho alwajs knows Just
what It is. Thcro is no deception , no vague
ness about it. It has the virtues of frank
ness , constancy and couiageous Individuality
to a degree not surpassed oven by the boiled
cabbage , which ever and anon fills the halls
of the city apartment house with Its osten
tatious fragrance
Aside from Its demonstrable merits , how
ever , It Is to be kept In mind that the onion
is a perfectly legal Institution There > s
nothing in the constitution which forbids
persons from ' eating it. The Revised
Statutes nowhere prohibit Its use , and tlicro
Is no state , wlh the possible exception of
West Virginia , vvhcro the marriage law
requires the wlfo to love , honor and obey
and abstain from munching onions. The
nround upon which the plaintiff In the
above-mentioned ease bases bis application
for divorce serins to bo unsound and dis
tinctly lacking in strength The wife's obli
gation to obey can hardly bo construed to
Include the husband's ordri's as to her dirt.
She has a right to eat what she pleisrs ,
oven to the extent of garlic , if she Insists ,
and If the husband abandons her on any
such pretext she can bring an action for
desertion ,
The plaintiff's case Is absurd. HeIs a
petty tjrant. It Is quite possible that ho
uses offensive perfumes , it may be that ho
chews tobacco or smokes a rank pipe of the
vintage of 1875 , and It is not impossible
that he is an amateur performer on the cor
net Any of those pernicious habits Is ten
fold more heinous than eating onions , jet
the probabilities are that his wlfo would
scorn to seek a divorce on any such grounds ,
The West Virginian's suit Is not only a base
attack upon personal liberty , but an Insult
also to ono of the noblest products of the
vegetable kingdom , whose health-giving
qualities and aromatic vigor assert them
selves from tlmo to time In every household.
The case will undoubtedly bo dismissed with
costs on the plaintiff , and the chances are
that bo will bo In bad odor with bis neigh
bors for a long while to come.
MlniKMl ( III * rollit.
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for the benefit of all on board In telling of
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Oil ! , 8E1RUS I Mm.
n little animal ho had bought for his boy to
drive , and dilating on Its gcod points.
"Docs It belong to the 'cquus aslnua' fam
ily ? " asked the scholarly nnd quiet appear
ing gentleman across the aisle.
"No , sir , It belongs to me "
"Samo thine , " and the red-faced man
never turned u hair
To IUo WHI nml linpitlly
Use "Garland" Stoves nnd Ilangcu.
A Chronic ICIclu-r.
An ttngllsh paper tells a ftory of a man
who was attacked by inflammatory rheu
matism and was carcfuly nursed by his
wife , who was ve > ry devoted to him In spite
of his fault-finding disposition. His Buf
fering caused her to burst Into tears some
times as she sat by his bedside.
Ono day a friend of the Invalid came In
and asked him how ho was Betting on.
"Badly , badly , " he > exclaimed , "and It's
all my wife's fault"
"Is It possible ? " naked * the friend In sur
prise.
"Yes. the doctor told me damn places
were bid for mo , and there that woinan sits
nnd cries Just to make the air molat in
the room "
Miss Hamilton Griffin , a half sister of
Mary Anderson. Is cultivating her voice in
Germany and will moka her debut oa *
Unger next year.