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10 THE OMAHA DAILY 1VEE : SUNDAY , DECEMBER 4 , 1808. GOSSIP FROM THE GRIDIRON Lut Bites of the Foot Bill Saison Ara Performed by the Prophet * ALUAMERICAN TEAM HAS BEEN CHOSEN EQIeren Men Aicnlnnt Whom None Other * Can Prevail an the Grlil- Iron Cnptaln nnd Mnnnucr Properly DlnulplliicU. Now that the big Intercollegiate foot ball season has closed there Is much Interest , as usual , in the makeup of what has been termed an "all-American" team. The selec tion of this paper eleven Is quite the go , don't cher know , and no well regulated newspaper nor sporting editor can afford to remain out of the swim. Consequently Tbo Bee presents for the edification of Its read ers an eleven that could not bo beaten on the face of ibo earth. At the ends , one man will be accepted by pretty nearly all critics without hesitancy. By thin Is meant Palmer , Princeton's left end. A 100-yard sprinter who has made even time , his exhibition of speed In the Yale came was ono of the most remarkable ever seen on a foot ball fleld. He was down upon the backs In almost every Instance before they could eel the kicks and his tackling was so sure that he Is considered today one of the best ends that ever played on a 'varsity. Cocbrane of Harvard was not far behind him and In points surpassed him In his ability to punt and kick goals. At right end the best man seems to bo Hallo- well of Harvard , as fast as Cochrane and phenomenal In Individual play. Poe of Princeton , while he made the sensational run that gave the Yale game to Old Nassau , IB not up to the Crimson end. In all-around work. At the tackles two men showed forth more prominently than all others , two captains Hllltbrand of Princeton and Chamberlain of Yalo. As both played at right tackle , It IB difficult to select between them. Critics declare that Hlflebrand played a more ef- fectlv * game against Yale than did Cham berlain against Princeton , but the latter Im proved a great deal when he faced Harvard nd his friends feel euro he outclassed the Princeton captain. Hlllobrand gained moro In line bucking and , wbllo Chamberlain punted for Yale In both gamee , his work was poor and handicapped him. Asho was out of the line most of the time , Hlllobrand , who stayed at tackle , must bo ranked lightly ahead of him. Haughton of Har vard , chiefly on account of his punting , rank * closely to this pair. At left tackle Donald of Harvard seems to have earned first pJaco. He was almost as swift as his enda In getting down the field and was In strumental In scoring both of the great vic tories for the Crimson. If Haughton or Chamberlain could be switched to the other Vide of the line , they might outclass him. Bweetland of Cornell must also be accred ited with honorable mention among the Ucklcs. The best guard of the year was Hare of Fonnsy. His great runs from the guards- back , together with his fairly good punting , placed htm In a crass almost by himself. Brown of Yale and Boal of Harvard are about on a par , and Reed of Cornell Is well up. Either Brown or Boal , left guards , might look hotter at right guard than Mc- Cracken , who was not up to his last year's ttandard. Still the Quaker seems to have the lead , oven though many beTleve that Burden of Harvard la entitled to the place on account of his splendid showing against Hare. Overfleld of Penney , the fastest center ot , butt year , seems to be again the crack at this position , even If he was not.BO good , /affray of Harvard was the surprise of the oason , and 10 given second place , only be cause be was unable to play through the two championship garnets. Daly was easily the star Quarter on ac count of general all-around work. He ex celled In catching kicks and making punts , bia run * * ere superior to those of any one else and he possessed more headwork than any auartcr on a bis foot ball eleven for rears. Krotnor of West Point follows. Dlbblce of Harvard heads the list of half backs , as he- did In 1897 , but his play this year excelled everything he has over done before. He was also one of the best generals on the field , his work as captain of the Harvard team being considered superior to any other foot ball leader ot the Crimson. Outland , Pennsy's captain , also played left half , but bis work was 10 much better than all the rest that he must be picked as right balf. Next come Durston of Yale and Warren of Harvard , who outclassed all the other men. Whiting , the Cornell captain , started out In a moat sensational manner , but fell later In the season and was finally bun BO be could not play. As Charlie Young of Cornell played In only one game , be cannot be ranked near the top , although bis work In the Thanksgiving game with Pennsy was fine enough to class him with Durston and Warren. At fullback there will be a diversity ol opinion. On account ot his long punting , noticeable for a couple of seasons , Hersch- bcrger of Chicago might be chosen by many , But Herschbcrgcr did not do as well aa last year and In Chicago's most Important game of the season , that with Michigan , O'Dcs clearly surpassed him at his own game , O'Dea's goal from the flfty-flve-yard lint was a phenomenal bit ot work. But dis tance Is not the main feature of a kick , If a punter goes beyond his ends , his kick lit worthless exactly the distance that the catcher runs back. This being so , the kicker who punts forty yards In a place where the ends can down the receiver gen eral on the spot Is superior to the ono whc kicks sixty yards to such a point where thi euds cannot reach him and a twenty-five yard return Is made. Hcrschberger ant O'Dea are of the latter class , Held of Har vard of the former. The placing of Reid's kicks , together with his superior line buckIng - Ing , will put him ahead of Herschberger , who cannot rank better than second. There fore the team of stars will Include the fol lowing : Ix > ft end , Palmer of Princeton ; left tackle , Donald of Harvard ; left , guard , Hare of Pennsylvania ; center , Overfleld of Penn sylvania ; right guard , McCrackon of Penn sylvania ; right tackle , Hlllcbrand of Prince ton ; right end , Hallowell of Harvard ; quar ter , Daly of Harvard ; halfbacks , Dibble ot Harvard and Outland ot Pennslvanla ; full back , Reid of Harvard. Harvard will lose moro valuable players than any other eleven next year. Coebrane , Donald , Joffray. Haughton , Dlbblee and War ren will be among the missing. Princeton comes next with the loss of Crowdls , Mar shall , Oecr , Black , Tllson and Crane. Yale will lose Cutten , Marshall , De Saulles , Dur- eton and Eddy. Pennsylvania and Cornell arc the most fortunate of the quintet. The former loses only Carnett , Hedges and Folwell , although the latter may return. Captain Whiting Is the only Cornelllan to go , although Reed may also bo absent. Head Coach Forbes of the Harvard eleven took occasion during the last week to criti cise statements made In The Bee a week ago to the effect that In past years blue blood , rather than merit , frequently decided the makeup of the Harvard foot ball eleven. As a Harvard man and as the present coach of the Crimson footballlste Mr. Forbes could certainly do nothing else , but the past his tory of Harvard foot ball Is calculated to make his rebuttal rather weak If ono takes the trouble to Investigate. The Bee Is per fectly willing to admit that In this respect the condition of affairs at Harvard has considerably Improved of late. But what was the meaning of the ultimatum that Cap tain Dlbblce Issued In the early part of the year and which made Its appearance In print , to the effect that this season merit , and merit alone , would entitle a candidate to a position on the team ? What was the meaning of an Intimation to similar effect made In public print by Dudley Dean , an old Harvard foot ball man , than whom no stronger supporter of the Crimson In the press exists today ? If none of the taint ot this character attached to Harvard spoil what was the object of these statements ? In recent years , as has been stated , a pedigree that ran back to the day of the Pilgrim fathers has not been so essential , but that this was ono of the requirements was notori ous In the early ' 90s. It was lamented by many of the Harvard undergraduates , who made no concealment of the fact , that they thought that this was responsible for Harvard's unsuccess In an athletic way. And among those who at that tlmo spoke In thle fashion to tbo writer were Included many who were not disappointed candidates for the teams , who did not give this as an excuse for their Inability to make the team. The action that was taken by the Athletic council ot the University of Nebraska dur ing the last week regarding the game that was played by the university eleven with the Denver Athletic cfub will bo applauded by all who have the Interests of pure amateui eport at heart. The university has taken a part In the movement to eradicate ever ) taint of professionalism from college fool ball , and In conformity with that resolve adopted the rule that "college foot ball teams shall play only with learns that represent educational Institutions. " _ Ag a further stcr In this direction It provided that no mac who failed to keep up to a required standard In his studies should be allowed to play fool ball , the purpose being to bar out men whc ! attend educational Institutions for no othei | object than to play foot ball either foi money or not. In view of the position thai the Athletic council has taken , It coufd d ( nothing less than to severely censure thi management of the foot ball eleven for vlo latlons ot both provisions and It performed Its duty as It should have done. That ac tion will probably result In Inestimable gooe In the direction of purifying the athletic at < mosphere of the university. Nebraska , It common with other western Institutions , ha ; not drawn so marked a line between amateui and professional sport as is absolutely neces eary and the emphatic stand taken by It ! athletic council will go far toward remedying - ing this condition , Whllo Princeton Is talking ot a triangu lar foot ball league , with the Tigers , thi uo and the Crimson as members , a rumoi comes floating from Ithaca that next yeai Harvard will resume her old foot ball rela tlons with the Hhacnns. If this Is so , thi tri-cornered league Is probably off , for It li not likely that Harvard will play Yale Pennsy , Cornell and Princeton , although 1 could very well do so. Harvard and Cornel played for several years until this season when It was the Crlmson's -turn to go ti Ithaca. Harvard refused to do that am Cornell would not go to Cambridge. Thi difficulty , however , Is to be settled , at leas it is so reported. Herbert C. Avery , right end of the Kansa team , has been erected as captain of thi Jayhawkers next year. Captain Morse de cllned re-efectlon nnd Harry Hess , the enl ; other veteran on the team , refused to be i candidate. The past season was Avery's second end on the team. As tackle last year h < was not a first notcher , but as end he hai been ono of tbo stars of the eleven. Barney , the Ds Molnee strong man , wai one of the members of the Latrobe foot bal team of Plttsburg. He will be In Oraahi again In the course of a few weeks. WITH HORSES AND HORSEMEf Mornl of the Home Sale at MndUoi Square Garden Contain * Food fur nrrederi. The student of horse values found much ti Interest htm at the Madison Squar garden sale in New York las week. 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Among them was a large , hand- eomo 3-year-old filly by a fashionably-bred young sire that held the world's record for trotting stallions a few years ago , and the finery made , flinty legged youngster was out of a mare that cost her owner $4,750 ICEH than ten years ago. The filly was Eound , clean and gentle , and , although undeveloped , ahe had trotted a quarter in 0:47 : the first time she was on a track. The man who sent her to the sale Is a prominent trainer and ho said the filly had cost him $ D7u. The Great Western circuit of first-class mile tracks , that shall rival oven the Grand circuit , Is now on the tapis. President T. C. Hancock of the Nutwood Driving club of Dubuque , la. , Is the leading eplrlt In the move , and as he IB a man possessing finan cial resources , unlimited push aud enter prise , force of character and general ele ments of success , the proposed circuit Is most likely to prove a reality. The halo of great tnlfo tracks surrounding Dubuque makes that city the natural head center of one of the very greatest circuits that could possibly be formed In so small a range of country. The natural and suitable members of such a circuit would be Jollet , Fcorla , Dubuque , Independence , Davenport and Mil waukee , with Terre Haute as a fitting point for a closing meeting. At all of these tracks were held great and succersfuf meet ings during the lost season , Dubuque and I'eorla especially holding meetings of Grand circuit proportions , as In fact did about all of the cities named. A group of finer mile tracks cannot be named In any section , and with but one or two exceptions the ship ments in this proposed circuit would be most pleasingly short. Verily the French breeder of trotters has a good customer In his government. This season the commissioners of the govern ment haras In that country have bought 181 out of one district and with a very few ex ceptions the entire lot were 3-year-olds. The best of the deml-sang horses ore bought In Franco at the town ot Caen and the com missioners spend as many days as necessary ' looking over the stock presented , making two divisions ot their work , that of buying trotters and that of buying stallions for getting carriage horses. This season they bought at Caen twenty-four trotters and 151 carrosslers , which , with the three stallions bought Immediately after the race for the Prix Mtnttcre , made a total ot 181 horse : purchased for a total price of 1,103OOC trance , or $238,600. From the breeders In the territory tributary to the town of Caen the government last month purchased 154 demt-sang stallions suitable for getting high- class coach and carriage horses. These stallions are practically , though not quite all , trotting bred , those that are not coming of strains "close to the blood , " and famout for great Individual beauty of conformation. . One hundred and eighty 3-year-old stallions were presented to the commissioners and 15-1 wore bought at a total cost of 901,000 francs , or $180,200 quite a handsome sum to be distributed among the breeders of any one locality. The lowest prlco paid by the French government at this "achat" was $1,100 and the high st somewhat above $2,000 The largest sums offered need not neces sarily be accepted , the owner being perfect ! ] free on such occasions to accept or refuse the price offered , just as though the dea was with another private individual. The famous Star Pointer will epend al least another season on tbe track before being retired to tbe stud. His new owner ex-Congressman White , has engaged Dave McCleary to train tbe champion pacer next i year. Horsemen will not be surprised to se < him go as tast as 1:58. : Although he die not lower bis mile mark this year , yet hit half at Philadelphia In :57'/i : has etaggcree every one who has watched his work. BASE BALL FOR NEXT SUMMEF Buffalo AlmoHt Certain to Be In the TVeitern League and Per- bapi Toronto. It looks very much like a cinch that Buf falo win be one of the stations In the West cm league to take the place of St. Josepl next season. President Johnson ot thi league and President Franklin of the Buf falo club last week arranged everything wlti the exception of ono hitch. The league ha : agreed to glvo Buffalo the St. Joseph clul with one condition. That Is , that if a cer tain Western league club , said to be Kan as City , wants Pitcher Danny Daub for $40 ( before January 15 , Buffafo Is to give him up President Franklin made an objection to till : condition , arguing that If Kansas City cai UPO Daub so can Buffalo. Thus the mattei stands , but this difficulty will In all prob ability bo overcome. There Is a strong likelihood also tha Toronto will be In tbo western organ Izatloi next season. The hitch occurs over thi price demanded by Arthur Irwln , who want : 56,000 for bis good wllf and team , while thi league offers balf that sum. Cold plunk to the amount of $3,000 Is considered a suf ficlent price , Inasmuch as Irwin does no own the ball park at Torouto and has rlllci the Toronto club of all Its good players ti strengthen Washington. Toronto would taki Columbus' place In the circuit , which. If thi Canadian city Is secured , win read In thi way : Eastern Clubs Buffalo , Toronto , In dtanapolis , Detroit. Western Club St Paul , Minneapolis , Kansas City , Milwaukee Dahlen and Lange are being hawke about tbo base ball market like so mud dead wood by President Conology Hart o the Chicago club. "During the seas n o 1898 neither gave the club the services the were capable of , " declares the Windy Clt president. "They did not do their besl Despite the fact that Dahlen had < he lead ershlp of the club , a position that shoul have made him ambitious , he was anythln but that. " Dahlcn's rowdyism , resulting I almost a dozen Invitations from the umpire to Increase the perspiration of the benci lost a balf dozen games for Chlcagi , whll Bill Large was too busy chasing soubrctte to do his best. The passing of these tw Chlcagoans has given rise to various rumoi of deals that they are to be traded fo Jennings and .Kelly , or even Delehonty e Baltimore , for a batch of Giants , Includln star Second Baseman Gleason , or for group of Colonels. Hart and Burns see : to want Gleason particularly , and Thornto may bo thrown in to fill the measure 1 exchange for the Giant two-bagger. Wit Everett at first , Gleason at second , Me Cormlck at shirt and Wolverton at thin the Infield would be fairly strong , althoug It is not certain that Wolverton Is fa : enough to hold down the last corner of th diamond. Jimmy Connor does not figure I this forecast , for he is occupying tbe posltlc ot Mohammed's coffin. "I expect to be on top again next seaso and expect to have Charles Comlskey i manager and captain of the Browns , " Is a announcement made by Chris Von der Ah which to most critics possesses the arora of a certain Chinese drug. "Der B-BS , however , has succeeded In deposing Muci .t e I enfuss from the presidency of tbo Brown and bo may not , therefore , be talkli : through a vent In his chapeau. As president ot tbo Sporttmen'i Park clul which controls the franchise of the Browns , ho expects the National league to rccogulzo htm at the coming meet. Muckcnfuss , how ever , will also shy a castor In the ring , for , as receiver of the Sportsmen's Park club , he clalmi the magnates nill accord him all the rights and privileges pertaining to the St. Louis franchise. With both demanding recognition as the head of the National league In St. Louis , a knotty point con fronts the magnates. Whoever started afloat the tale that Vamlerbeck has offered $7S,000 for the Cleveland franchise and team Is charged by those who ought to know with pulling at a very bum brand of the weed. Van Is about as free with his money as Gaspard In the "Chimes of Normandy , " although he has dough to burn , If > ou detach a cipher you 'will come nearer to the figure that Van would offer. However , whether the tale Is of the dreamland character or not , Frank do Haas Robinson has given It out cold that the Spiders are not tor sale. It Is believed that the franchise will stay In Cleveland. Fandora Is working Its noodles In an effort to flguro out the future of'Scrappy" Joyce , while "Scrappy" has been going serenely on his way and Is not talking for publication at this stage of the game. Everything seems to Indicate , however , that " " 'un he Is his If "Scrappy" Is a wise casting weather eye outside Manhattan b rough for a diamond engagement for the season of 1&99 , for he Is likely to be among the missIng - Ing at the Polo grounds next season. His direction of affairs displeased a majority of the stockholders , particularly Andy Goose Frcedman , at the conclusion ff the last season. Who his successor Is to be Is hard to determine. Several Western league magnates are said to have been approached , but none of them care to risk their reputa tion under Andy. Georg * Davis Is also mentioned for the job. Some of the recent exchanges that have reached The Bee from Manila give ac counts of ball games that have taken place between nines representing different regi ments In camp. In the middle of October South Dakota skinned Minnesota by the close score of 7 to C. The papers are a little behind the times , for they score the games according to the old Rube , one , -two , thrco out , with big zeros. Chic Frazer , the Louisville star slab artist of the last two years , will be found In the Quakers' fold next season , according to a bulletin from the east. The consideration is said to be $1,000. Abbatttchlo , the well known Inflolder of the Quaker outfit , had two ribs broken In a foot ball game a few days ago. He was a member of the well known Latrobe eleven of Plttsburg. SOME MISCELLANEOUS SPORT Trnck Atliletcn Mnnnire to Pat Up a Few New Murk * for the Sea- con In Spite of War. The war has unquestionably had an In fluence In rendering more quiet the sea son that has Just ended In the matter of track athletics , yet the caliber of our ath letics has not languished and today it is possible to pick out a bunch of American athletes who woufd have no difficulty In de feating a team from any nation In the world. Possibly America could not hope for such a clean sweep as was dealt the English team in 1895 , but It would not fall far behind. Slnco Wefers has taken upon himself tbo cares and responsibilities of matrimony and housekeeping , he has done nothing , and does not seem to bo the same man who flagged fields an'd broke records at his seeming pleasure a year or two ago. There are at least two men , however , Tewksbury of the University of Pennsylvania and Rush of Princeton , who are probably destined to fill bis shoes In the short sprint , having gone below 10 flat. This trio , together with Matthew Long of Columbia , are the stars in everything below the quarter mile. Tom Burke of Boston Is the king of the quarter and the half , while In the mile America has had no better runner flnce Conneff and Orton than John F. Cregan of Princeton , who last spring won the distance In 4:23 : 3-5. In high jumping we have fallen back. However. Justin D. Wlneor , the Pennsyrva- nla wonder , seems to be on the way to equal Mike Sweeney's wonderful performances. He was almost successful In clearing 6 feet 6 Inches last spring , and has given other marvelous exhibitions since. There has been some rare broad Jumping during the last season , that mark of high class work , twen- ty-threo feet , being beaten by several men. The leaders ore : J. G. Remington of Penn sylvania , and Myer Prinsteln of Syracuse , N. V. Both have surpassed the old record of 23 feet 3 % Inches and have covered close to twenty-four feet. In the hurdro events A. C. Kraenzleln of Chicago and Pennsylvania has displayed a speed that Is remarkable. In the Intercol legiate games he finished the low hurdles In 0:233-5 : , lowering the world's record a full second. In the high hurdles on the same day he made a record of 0:15 : 3-5. Incident ally , this same KraenzMn should outclass anybody as an all-around athlete. A man who can , as he has done , run In even time , high Jump six feet , broad Jump better than twenty-three feet , put a shot forty feet and hurdle faster than any man on earth , maybe bo held to bo the full equal of any ono alive , not accepting Klely , the Irish champion , who hurdles , jumps and throws in first-class form and has never been headed in an all- around contest. Yet , when Kraenzleln came from Chicago to Pennsylvania , a couple of years ago , he was likened unto a big horse. He was a six-footer , of rather awkward car riage and heavy , weighing about 180 pounds stripped. In the shot put. there have been few de velopments and no one is worthy to be ranked -with George R. Gray , the Canadian artist In this lino. McCracken. the Penn sylvania foot ball player , puts the shot I forty-four feet , and this Is about as near as anyone has gotten to Gray's forty-seven feet The records made by Mitchell with the fifty-slx-pound weight etlll hold , but his I best records with the hammer have been j be-aten a dozen feet by John Flanagan , while : tvo classic collegians , McCracken anil the Callfornlan. Ehgren. have surpassed his old 1 record. Flanagan , the Irishman Just over 1 from the old country , does our hammer ' throwing nowadays. He was Invincible In 1 Ireland and be Is Invincible here , b-lng aa ' far In the lead with the hammer as was | Gray with the shot , Wefers In the dash | race , or as Chase and Sweeney were In ; hurdling and high Jumping respectively. : His last mark was 168 feet four and one- 1 half Inches. 1 . There has been a notlcnble ra'atng In the standard of college p-le-valters. When Clapp and Johnson of Yale and Hoyt o ( ' Harvard all cleared above eleven feet at the ' I Intcrrolleiilate championship list May. It | ' was the finest exhibitions of polo vaulting t ever plven In tbe countrv. Clapp has since , raleed the record to cloven feet ten and one- , ' half Inches , the world's record. / In this connection should bs mentioned the latest remarkable- performance mai'e bj M. J. M. Newburn. the famous and almost phenomenal broad lumpe * of Ireland and i the holder of the world's record. Ne.wburn' , accepted figures heretoforeh'vo > io n i twentv.four feet six and three-quarte > i 1 Inches , but aceordlne to the I t * t batch ol . eportlne exchanges from across the wa'er. he , hns cast thli reco-d completely In th ( ; ehada by clearing the astounding distance 3 of twenty-five fret three Inches , or ro-r\e- \ , , thine llks one foot seven Inches furthei TOY OPENING TOMORROW. Our Customers Know We Are Toy Headquarters * . IRON STI3AM BOATS , lOc , 2..c , 48c , 08c DHOWN1E TEN 1'IXS , 08o UlRh Clinlrn , lOc , ISc. 23o IHON STHEBT CARS , S IIOBBS , OBo IRON F1IIK ENGINES , 20o , 4Bc , OSc. BLOCK WAGONS , 48c , 08o. ORCHARD & WILHELM CARPET CO. than the best jump of any other athlete past or present. Despite the roars that were made last winter against the six-days' bicycle race In New York on the score of Its Inhumanity , another event of the same kind starts in Madison Square Garden at midnight to night. The field Is the most representative lot that has over gathered In an Interna tional contest and will Include the best rid- era from many parts of the world. Among tha men who will pedil around the track for six long , weary days for glory and In cidentally a share of the $8,000 prize money , are : Charles Miller , the Chicago motorman who last year won the race and broke the record. Slnco then he has made a trip to Europe and defeated the best men there in a famous seventy-two-hour race. Teddy Halo Is also entered. Frederick Michel , a Swiss who rode second to Miller In the Paris race ; Joyeux , the Frenchman who was third In this same event ; Cistac , an Australian ; Stephanne. the French Ions-distance rider , are among the other foreigners who are entered to compete with quite a batch of Americans. Teddy Hale , the bughouse cyclist , who started out to ride as many centuries this year as there were days , Is out of bed again. He rode a century every day for 252 suc cessive days and then succumbed. He will ride eight more centuries to make 260 for the year and will then retire. An Englishman propored to beat his record next year by riding 305 centuries on one course. Says Halo regarding this : "I see his finish. He'll go crazy as sure as shooting. AH th-it saved me was that I traveled around and had a change of scenery. " Jacob Schaefer , Eugene Carter and Billy Catton are about to open a palatial billiard parlor In the City of Mexico. Schaefer and Carter will make a three months' tour of the west be-fore going to Mexico. About a month ago Schaefer stated that he was anx-- lous to play Ives a epeclal match of 1,200 points , to bo prayed In blocks of COO points , and another match of 800 ro'nts ' , to be played In blocks of 400 ; one match In New York nn < l the other In Clilcapo , and Ives to have his choice of either pame for New York. This statement was made through Phil Roche , Schacfer's backer , but elicited no response from Ives , although ho ( Ives ) stated about two months ape that he wished another so- rlea of matches with the "wizard. " There can bo no very great excuse for Ives' re ticence , especially as he Is playing In pplen- illd form , as shown by his practice work with the cue. It Is announced that the Olympian that were to have been held In connect'on with the Paris exposition arc off unless some effective persuasion can bo brought to bear on the officials In charge. These games were j to have been the second In the series that , was started In Athene In 1S96 , when Amer- | leans carried off pretty nearly everything In sight. The French government , although in tending to make amateur athletics a f amro at the expos'tlon ' has refused to recognize Baron Pierre Coubcrtln , who has been ono of . the main spirits of the Olympian games. I The baron Is now trying to pet up a movement - ! ment to go It alone and hold tlie games out- Bide the grounds and Is soliciting the sup port of this and other countries. Unless the French recognize the Olympian contests , It seems probable that the athletic Interests of the United States will follow one of two plans they will hold games under American auspices only or join with Baron Coubertln. The fifth annual repetition of the 'Simr' * . me-n's show that Is to take place In Madlcon Square Garden In Now York , from March 2 to 11 next , promises to b'e the crack-a-Jack of the series , accord'ng ' to the prospectus. An artificial lake seventy-five feet long , forty feet wide and eight feet deep , con taining 200,000 gallons of water , will occupy the center of the building. Upon this will occur water polo , swimming and other nnuatlc contests. Log cabins and tentf that \.ll portray life In the woods , and Indian I camps , occupied by families of Indians engaged - | gaged in their homo occupations , will be features of the show. There Is to bo also a big game park , enclosing In a miniature forest live specimens of buffalo , moose , caribou , efk. deer , antelope and other large game animals. Native live game birds and fish will bo on exhibition. There are to bo bowling alleys , and revolver and pistol ranges and on top of tbe garden association championships and other events at inani mate objects will take place. These are a part of the features , and If they are pre sented the show wilt be a bummer. Adlal , the second "Terrible Turk , " had an easy time of It with the "Terrible Rus sian" at Philadelphia tbe other night. He gained a half Nelson on the Russian and got the first fall In 2 minutes and IS'/i seconds. The second round was still briefer. The Turk went after the czar's subject like a pup after a bone and won tbo second fan In 39 seconds. Adlal Is a remarkable Indi vidual , from the standpoint of muscular de velopment , but has given no evidence of possessing anything but ordinary science. COLLEGE AQUATICS WAKE UP Talk of Cornell and Pennnylrnnla flowing at Henley Fallowed by Storlei of Harvard's Changei. Queer stories are coming by way of Cor nell and Pennsylvania regarding the possi bilities of crews representing these uni versities visiting Henley next spring. To cap the reports , a cablegram as follows has been received from across the waters : "The secretary of the Henley regatta , speak ing at the annual town ( Henley ) dinner , said he confidently expected that crews from Cornell and Pennsylvania would compete In the races next year. " This cablegram was reproduced in the Cornell Sun with only this bit of a comment : "Tho secretary evidently Old not speak with authority , " but it Is difficult to observe where the "evi dently" cornea In. At Pennsy , on the other hand , no effort I ? made to conceal the de sirability of sendlnc a crew , If only the financial part of It can be assured. You can be certain , tro , that If Cornell can stand It financially , and no lutmrmouiitahle condi tions are laid down , the Ithacans are likely to bo on hand , for they nro dead game. Just how the Intercollegiate rowing situa tion on this side of the big water will de velop It Is still Impossible to tell. . It looks like a cinch from this distance , however , that Cornell will pass up Yale and Har vard , slnco thu Ithacans cannot con sistently refuse to ittw the I'ennsyl- vanlani afttr last j ear's defeat. Tim ( Jink- crs , as the colleKo aqiuitlo chixmploiiH of ' ! 8 , favor tin open regatta on a fair course , to which oil colleges and universities sball be eligible. Cornell will unquestionably bo found here , whether the regatta 'takes ' place at Saratoga or PoughVcepfilp. Yale and Har vard will be welromct to enter , but If they refuse they will bo left to amuse themselves In their "mo and you" affair at New Lon don. Following -tho dropping of Bob Cook by Yale comes the announcement that the services of Andrew O'Dea , 4ho Auptrallan oarsman , who has labored with the Wiscon sin crowd , have been secured to coach the crown of the Crimson. B. 0. Storrow will retain the position of head coach and will continue to perform Its duties. O'Dea lias been engaged aa Instructor In rowing. Ho will bo expected , by rowing v > lth the men In singles , pair oars and fours , to instill the principles of rowing Into the men go that when tha etqht Is picked there will be a largo number of candidates perfect In the details of rowing from whom to make the selections. Storrnw's work will be with the eight as a crow alone. In connection with this system an effort will be made to en courage the founding of b'at clubs. By this means It Is predicted that enough men will participate in the sport ro that the time when Harvard crews , from the excellence of material , will bo almost unbeatable , seems ulinoat at hand. A (30,000 boat bouse Is to be built for the 'varsity and the Weld Boat club Is about to erect a new house to cost { 23,000. Finally , every vestige of the elabo- Our Award at the Transmississippi Exposition Exclusive , Highest Award on Beer Reads our diploma a positive distinction and above all other awards. In addition to th above we alto received the gold medal. OUR BLUE RIBBON BEER Is the leading bottled beer In Nebraska Mora of It sold than any other , which fad proves its superiority. Omaha Brewing Association , Telephone 12UO. Strong Unnk is Death r DR. CHARCOT'S TONIC TABLETS ' "tlioni'lrptwllltcly eunrantred irmrdjlcr tha li * l"l Nen"usnc" ana MelantUolj c u ea ktirm ' Wlj'ijli.iiiA TKR FOt'K BOXKS to C'li o any enMI Mih n pcsllho i Htm unr. H''r ' ' " 1"1 " ' " wnei , ai.il to dcstroj ma THE T4BLBTS CAM DR GIVCN WITHOUT LNowLtnoe OP THE PATIENT" 'vTRflNR IIRHItf " " ' Sf IHITJ- , Poverty "liHJfiU Unlilftniiil Ilrniii. Vnon recolnt of HO 00 w nlll mall JIM lour Ml IxaSa aiidnnsi. tire iwrltccM ir.i.M-niiiro . U cn ofTefincI Mc > ern , Dillon llriiff Co. , Hole Agent * Kith and Fnriiniii , Oninlin , Neb. rate iiystcm started by Englishman Lehmanu has disappeared. Animer * . - SIIURIPAN , Wyo. , Nov. SH. To the Sport ing Killtor of The Bee : A bets II that Cor- bolt and Sharkey fiKht lasts nine rounds. I Who wins ? Frank Woodruff. Atts. The whole thins was a fake. It was > flflit and therefore the bet la drawn. PORT CUOOK. Neb. , Dec. 1. To ho I Sportliu ; Editor of The DCS : 1 Ho * miny rounl.s did Gils Hiililrn , the Ohio champion and hiu MtUnv firjhl ? 2. Did McH/v r'lt Ituhlen em , or dlil Huhlui stay the limit and Ji'cCoy ' get the decision at the end of I the twuity rounds ? I.ert Cblen , Compi.ny T. Twenty-second Infir.try , Fort Crook , Nob. Nob.Ans. Ans. 1. Twenty rounds. 2. Ruhlln stalij to the limit , and McCoy got the decision WKSTON. Neb. . Nov. 2 ! ) . To the Suorttau Editor of The Bee : How many rounds ill * the Corbott-Sulllvan fight last ? IM W. Fancy Ana. Twenty-one rounds. From Mew Xenlnnd. REKFTON. New Zealand. I am very plraspil to state that since 1 took the agency of Chamberlain's medicines the sale has been very large , more especially of tbe Cough Remedy. In two yean I have sold more of this particular remedy than ot all other makes for tbe previous five years. As to Its eflcocy , I have been Informed by scores of persons of .the gfod result * they hme received from It. and know Its value from the use of It In my own household. It In so pleasant to take that we have to place the bottle beyond the reach of the children. 13. J. SCANTLEPIIUY. The small bouquet which the late ompiew of Austria held In her hand a * oho lay on her death bed at fieneva wns taken to Vienna \ and given to the emperor , who had It desic cated by a new method invented by Rodeck. put Into a fianie and placed above his writ * lug desk.