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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1899)
THE OMAHA DAILY UEE : SUNDAY , DECEMBER 1805) ) . it SON SETS ON THE CRIDIROS 8Von of Foot Ball Snrorisas Sees Its < Culminating Hour , HIGH SCHOOL EUV N HAS AN ADVENTURE Ointili'n. You tliu Kiicoiinicr Ilctl Unk of n Peculiar Itrnnil Ilarvnril CnrrlcM Oft ( lie SPIINOII'N Honor , The Omaha High school eleven ventured Into the enemy's country on Thanksgiving find had an experience. U was shorn of every privilege usual to n visiting team by Manager I'caraon of the Ilcd Oak aggrega tion. H was fed on ancient fowl for Its midday meal nod was served with muddy coffee. The visitors were assaulted on the gridiron by the townspeople of Ued Oal ; and nevcrn.1 were roughly handloj. When they attempted to resist , fpur of the Omaha players were nrrestej by n drputy sheriff and thrust Into a dilapidated Jail on the criminal charge .of assault with Intent to do urcnt bodily Injury , They spent the night. In nn unheated room , with scanty bed- clothing. They received bare traveling ex penses , amounting to $15 , when one-half of the uot p/occcdfl , $100 , was theirs accord ing to'co'ntra'ct. . In spite of all obstacles Omaha 'won by the score of 17 to C. Al together , the excursion was one which the local players look back upon ns an adveu- tuio rich with Incident. Tcnm'N Suitjiurl" ' ' ' " U lmll ' AVhcn the tram left for Hod Oak In the morning It was accompanied as far ns the depot by about 150 BUpportcrs. U was the Intention of the rooters to follow the eleven to the gridiron , but they were con fronted by a rise In the round trip rate for which most of them wcro unprepared. The railroad company had offered a fare of $1.GO provided 250 were contained In the party , and as the crowd fell short of this number the regular fare ! was collected and less than' twenty made the trip , an added unpleasant feature being the neceEolty of upending thd night In the Iowa town. When the team reached Ited Oak it was escorted to a hotel for dinner , 'but found that It had been preceded by the second i i eleven ot Vllllscn , which had left famine In I its "wake. The steward had mistaken the j I Vllllsca lads for the principal guests of the | day nml had served to their table the choice Thanksgiving repast Intended for the No- j brnsknnH. The Omaha boys were Informed that the earlier comers had practically ex hausted the supplies. What remnants cams to them were scarcely n start on the bounti ful dinner which they had expected to dis pose of. The captain , after tasting the coffee / In , , nu official capacity , announced that It was not fit to drink. The turkey was dis sected with difficulty and the gravy was chilled. The Htiuud left the table hungry , but there was no weakness visible when It lined up on the oval. Suiialililo ( Ivor ConiM'tciic.v. Before the game opened Manager Pearson ofi Red Oak entered protest ou McCormlck , 1 whom ho claimed was not carrying high school work. No proof was offered and cer tificates had not been exchanged , but the manager refused to allow his men to pla'y until his request was compiled with and the visitors yielded. The Omaha manager also protested against a plnycr on the sa-aio gr.ound. . but was unable to Hccure any con cession. ' Red Oak thc demanded that the halves extend for twenty-five and thirty minutes. The Omaha lightweights preferred u shorter tlmo limit , but wcro obliged to yield this point also. Captaln-.Tracy of Omaha won the toss and clioso to defend the north goal with a strong i wlndiat.hta back. - Ued Oak attempted to j ' kick off but the ball twice rolled out of bouhdi ) and came Into Omaha's possession. It wan kicked to lown's twenty-yard lino'and was brought back to Omaha's five-yard line by successive plays. At this point Tracy's on downs. By tackle bucks and line plunges they carried the pigskin down the Held and pushed IJngleliart over the line for a touch down , Thomas kicking goal. ImvmiN lleeoiuo Ilrlllucrriit. At this juncture hostilities commenced. A Red Oak enthusiast with an unsteady gait crossed the sideline and pointed out the faults of ttho local team to the captain and various players. An Omaha player pratoEtel | mildly against coaching on the field and the Instrude'r struck him with a cane. The' Ne- brasKon relumed tli6 blow and In an Instant the field was n surging mob. Several of the lied Oak players , appreciating their duty nn hosts , joined the Omaha squad and the battle .waged fierce. The townsmen used tholr canes and horns as clubs and the visi tors were barely holding their own when a deputy sheriff entered the field. He quelled the riot , but , by an oversight which he alone can explain , failed to apprehend the real causa of the disturbance. Instead , ho took four Omaha players Into custody and con ducted them to the county jail , which was In this instance u vacant store building. The game seemed hopelessly Interrupted when a Hed Oak lawyer's sense of justice over came his partisanship and ho secured the boys' release. p i The prisoners bound up their broken heads 1 and went back to tliu ornl. An Agreement was.mudo that the gflme should stop when ever an outsider crowed the sidelines and It p'roceedett Intermittently under this nr- raiiRrment. Red Oak kicked off and Prltch- nrd carried the ball back to Omaha's thirty- five yard line. Not once did the ball leave Omaha's paFflceslcn until the goal line was crofsej. Tracy , Kngrlhart , Marsh , Roberts , Welsh and Thomas carried the ball succes sively with perfect Interference until Un- gclhirt was again projected over the line and Thomas kicked another goal , with nine minutes of the first half Btlll to play. The half ended with the ball In the middle of the fleJd. Itcil DIIIf $ > eor < 'N ToiH'lnliMvn. In the second half Red Oak worked with the wind and made a better showing. After sev eral minutes' play , with honors even , n Rod Oak runner slipped through the line and carried the ball forty yards for a touchdown , the homo team's only score. Omaha recip rocated a few minutes later by pushing En- gclhart over the line In the prescribed fash ion for the third time. The game then pro ceeded to a peaceful termination , the final score ( landing 17 to C , In pplto of the rain n large crowd wit nessed the game ami the goto receipts amounted to ? 400. Coach Herbert Whlpple of the Omaha eleven says that acordtng to the contract Omaha was to have an option of one-half the gate receipts or Its actual traveling expenses. The former amounted to $200 and the InttoMo JI3. The Omahans were thankful to secure tbo $15. On the evening following the game n dance was arranged for the city's guests at the hotel. The boys were too thoroughly exhausted with the working , playing and fighting of the day , however , to enjoy this further hospitality and retired early. When the temperature of the rooms was noted there was a good-natured scramble for bed clothing until the sleepy ones succumbed and relied upon sweaters , Jerseys and a nat urally vigorous constitution for warmth. The squad returned on Friday morning none llio worse for the day's outing beyond minor bruises and contusions. MillHASie.V LACKS TI2AM WO11K. Lincoln IMnri * Slnnv TunisKIIIIW , but On Xot Work ToKdlii-r. As nn organization , a machine to play foot ball , tl'o Nebraska eleven failed to show oiiu solitary point of merit on Thanksgiving day. Each player made praiseworthy efforts to save the game .after the dismal showing of the first half , but failed to take Into account that he must subordinate himself Into the cog of a wheel. The Interference was scarcely worth mentioning and there was little sys tematic effort made to pull down an oppos ing runner. In the first half the Nebraska partisans thought of their team charitably and offered them n wealth of sympathy. They felt that the Lincoln aggregation had simply met a squad ot stronger , heavier men and that it was only a question of the lighter players sliding along over the expanse of mud under pressure of brute force. In the second half , however , the local team dis played a strength and vigor which over matched Us opponents , but came too tardily to eave the day. Then the wearers of thp scarlet and cream were moved by a righteoun resentment that their favorites had not risen to the occasion more seasonably. Tlio two touchdowns scored by Grlnnell were probably the moat sensational ever witnessed on nn Omaha field. The actor In the first was Lyman , left end , who took an Icy plunge for the honor of his college. When he was In full career ho encountered Drain of Nebraska at the brink of the pond. The local player gathered the runner Into a long embraqe and together they fell overboard. The force of that splendid sprint drove the men through the. water over the goal line. IleedlcEs of a bitter wind from the north , the young amphibians shook themselves and reported for duty. The second touchdown came about through a punt and loft the Nebraskans dumb with surprise. Their goal line was in danger and the ball was sent back to Benedict for a kick. The spheroid rose high and fell squarely into the arms of Halfback Burd on Nebraska's thirty-yard line. Burd fastened his fingers Into Us slippery surface and held on. Before him lay a clear field and he made a dash for the goal line. Not ono Nebraskan Interposed and the runner passed between the posts without deviating from n straight line. It was n marvel of good fortune and cleverness , an opportunity seized and carried out In the style of a veteran. Iowa's Interference was a thing to com mend. 'The man with the ball throw him self Jnto the action low and hard In almost every case , finding that his fellows had found a hole largo enough for him to oc cupy for a good gain. The runner's progress was further enhanced by the hundredweight - ' weight pressing in the rear , the Nebras kans being plainly heavily outweighed. Wheeler , a center of splendid avoirdupois , assisted each onslaught on the line to the limit of bis 210 pounds , while Thiel and Capron , weighing 174 and 193 respectively , lent their weighty Influence when occasion offered. Wheeler Is also considered formid able as a drop kicker , and the enemy's goal Is In danger anywhere within the forty- yard mark. 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It was n delicate question whether the same signal should be given or whether there should be a place- kick for goal. The latter was a perilous enterprise In a muddy field with a slippery ball , but the effort was conscientiously mado. The at tempt failed miserably , the ball scarcely rising from the ground. It was no error of generalship , but simply the fortune of war. Considering the weather , which Is also no fit topic of discussion , the crowd was satisfactory. The Young Men's Christian association , lessees of the park , however , took It seriously to heart that the day of all otljers , when It was hoped the debt on the park would bo lifted , should have dawned so Inauspicuously. On any ono of a score of preceding days the grounds might have been filled to overflowing. YI3AIL OP KOOT 11AM. SriU'UISHS. TrnniN l.i-'titi Into I'roml- iii-iifL1 mill Knvorlti't Kail. A foot ball season ot peculiar uncertainties ended on Thanksgiving with another chapter of surprises. Wisconsin's easy victory over Michigan was an overthrow of all expecta tions : . When Its reputation during the year Is considered , Michigan played a surprisingly weak game , whllo Wisconsin showed consld- crablo Improvement. The unexpected hap pened also In the overwhelming defeat of Columbia by the Carlisle Indians at New York. Pennsylvania easily disposed of Cor nell , showing that the Quakers have re gained their old-tlmo form. Illinois met the worst defeat of Its history In the game with Iowa , which has maintained to the end the matchless form displayed en the Omaha grounds. The Wisconsin-Michigan game was a glorification for "Pat" O'Dca and his won derful leg. Almost unaided and against ag gressive play , the Wisconsin mainstay HT , .is long punts ami more than all bj an accurate field gcal , rolled Up a score of 11 to 0 against Michigan in the first half , the final tally beIng - j Ing 17 to 5. The game was .one long Wltcon- j sin Jubilation , the eventual score being only | n qucstlcw of size. The other game In Chicago - i cage between the maroons and the Ilhodo ! Islanders was won by the home team playIng - i Ing without Kennedy. It was the third game , ot thu west against the cast and like the ' others was creditable to the Occident. The game was Chicago's In the first half and Brown's in the second , but the first was thn larger half , the final score standing 17 to 0. j The laurels of foot ball In the west this year have easily been won by Wisconsin and Chicago who have como through without a defeat from a western team. Wisconsin's | defeat at Yale , C to 0 , was the only victory j recorded against the Badgers. Michigan has | not put up the gait expected and Illinois , usually the fourth eleven In the west , lias dropped away down In the list and Is abso lutely without class. The University of Iowa is entitled on its work to rank third , whllo Us friends would back it second to 'uono if opportunity could , bo offered for a competent test. The western teams this year have proved boyond-a doubt that they are the equals in science and strength of their eastern contemporaries. Cornell seemed entirely Inadequate to the occasion on Franklin field Thanksgiving day , and on only one occasion was It able to make the necessary five yards. Only once was the ball In Cornell's possession when less than forty yards separated the Ithacans from thu red and blue goal. Tlmo and again Pennsylvania marched the ball down the field , paying small heed to the New Yorkers' defense. On the western coast the University of California led Stanford by the decisive score of'32 to 0. For the first four years of its history the Palo Alto college was unbeaten , but Berkeley aroused Its sleeping energies in 1896 and since that time the blue , and gold baa been paramount. The results of the past lew weeks In foot ball have not lessened the complication of the situation. Harvard , having beaten every body , counted on defeating Yale and win ning a nominal championship. The Blue line came close to scoring against the Crim son , however , and the result was 'unsatis factory , although the laurels still rest largely with the Crimson. Owing to the in and out playing of the other 'varsity elevens. It is a useless task to attempt to grade the other teams on psr- formance. The University of Chicago leads the point list , with 30 ! ) , won from prairie college elevens In bunches of 12 to 70. In seventy-six points scored off the Northwest ern university cloven , Chicago holds the rec ord of the year. The following point list shows how the leading teams stands : HARVARD. Harvard 20 Williams 0 Harvard 13 Uowdoln o Harvard 20 Wesleyan o Harvard 41 Amherst o Harvard IS West Point 0 Harvard 23 Bates o Harvard ll'Brown o Harvard 22 Indians . . , 10 Harvard 16 Pennsylvania 0 Harvard 11 Dartmouth . , . . , . . . . 0 Harvard 0 Yale , oj Total 210' Total "io YAMS. Yule 23 Amherst 0 Ynlo 46 Trinity 0 Ynlo 28 Hates 0 Yule 12 Dartmouth 0 Ynlo ti Wl'.consln ' o Ynlo 0 Columbia 5 Yule 2 ! West Point 0 Yule 42 Pennsylvania State 0 Ynlo 0 Harvard 0 Yale 10 Princeton 11 Total 2D1I Total "l(3 ( COLUMBIA. Columbia Mi Walton G Columbia 2CiRutgerH 0 Columbia 21 Union 0 Columbia 0 Princeton 11 Columbia 40 N. Y. U 0 Columbia 18 Amherst 0 Columbia ft Ynlo 0 Columbia 1C Stevens 0 Columbia o Cornell 29 Columbia 15'West ' Point 0 Columbia 22'nirfipouth ' 0 Columbia 0 Carlisle 45 Total 22ll Tdtnl 01 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. Chicago , . . , 40 Knox 0 Chicago 12 P. & S 0 Chicago "S Notre Dame fi Chicago , 17 Cornell fi Chicago 58 Oberlln 0 Chicago C Pennsylvania . . . , 5 Chicago < 1 Purduo 0 Chicago "G Northwestern . . . . 0 Chicago 17 Brown . . . B Chicago 20 Minnesota 0 Total 5m Total "S I PRINCETON. , Princeton 2S Maryland 0 Princeton o Annapolis 0 Princeton 12 Lafayette o Princeton HiColumUa 0 Princeton 12 Pennsylvania State 0 Princeton 23Vpt Point 0 Princeton 17 " ' ' ' o Princeton 0 Cornell 5 Princeton IS < n..vn Princeton 30 North Carolina . . . .Princeton 12 Imlims j Princeton G Wash , nnd Jeff. . . . I Princeton 11 Yule I Total . .1E3 Total 21 ! UNIVERSITY OK PENNSYLVANIA. Pennsylvania ranklln & M'shl. . 0 I Pennsylvania r.eblgh 0 Pennsylvania Buckncll 10 ! Pennsylvania U row n G ! Pennsylvania Virginia o I Pennsylvania Indians 16 Pennsylvania Weuleynn G Pennsylvania Lafayette G Pennsylvania Chicago 5 Pennsylvania Harvard 16 Pennsylvania Michigan 10 Pennsylvania State College 0 Poniuylvanla S.Cornell 0 Total 267 Total St COHNKU. . Cornell 12 Colrote 0 Cornell Syracuse 0 Cornell 12 Hamilton 0 Cornell 12 Williams 0 i Cornell 0n I ) rnell fi I . "his1 > n Cornell 5 Princeton 0 Cornell UlColumbla fl Cornell fi'Lafayette ' 0 Cornell 0 Pennsylvania 28 Totnl ml Totnl "ci CARL1SLK INDIANS. ' Indians 21 OettysburK 0 Indians 5 < i Rusqur-hnnna 0 Indians 1C Pennsylvania .t. . . . 5 Indians * . . . . IB Dickinson . . . . . > . . . . 5 Indian * , 10 Harvard 42 Indinns 32 Hamilton 0 Indian * ' 0 Princeton 12 Indians St Oberlln 0 Indians 45 Columbia 0 Total 2SO Totnl 41 BOWLING GAINS POPULARITY Sitter RxtnlillNliiiifiit f UcKiitittliiti Alley Intcrcxt In ( iitinc He- cotitci AVItlos'ircml. If Interest ntncng Omaha sportsmen con tinues to Increase as rapidly as it has In the Immediate past In the game cf bowling , It will not bo long until the American game of ten pins will gain recognition In this city on a par with pool , billiards and other pop ular Indoor games , Slnco the establishment In Omaha of a regulation alley , the sport has continued to Increase In popularity and now , less than two months since Us cpcn- Int , an interest has been aroused which Is remarkable. In speaking of the game 1 Omaha , Homer Kirk , manager of the alloy mentioned , said n day or two ago : "When a game of any kind begins to attract the attention of wo men you can set It down that that game has corno to stay. Well , that's Just what has happened with bowling In Omaha. The women have heard their fathers , brothers and sweethearts talk of It so much that they are anxious to enjoy Its pleasures and there Is no game which can furnish moro real enjoyment and healthful amusement to the women than ten pins. In our alley we are not so situated that we can open It for the patronage of women , but if some ener getic man should open up an alley mid have certain times set apart for the women , he would bo agreeably surprised at the success of the venture. " Omnlm bowlers who are entitled by reason of their proficiency nt the game to bo clashed among the experts are awaiting with pleas urable anticipation the visit of the Greater New York bowlers. For the past four years IhlK team 'has ' been making annual tours through the country and has done much to perpetuate and elevate the sport of bowling. During their fifth annual tour , which will begin early next month , the New Yorkers ! will visit Omaha and a match will be I playpd hero February 15. The best local bowlers will bo selected to meet the visitors and in preparation for this event much practicing is going on. From the material which exists here and other that gives promise Of splendid development bowling leaders express the belief that a team may bo selected which will give the "champions of all champions" n run for their money. In ono of the popular local bowling alloys there used to bo a sign. It conveyed the Information of a magnanimous offer made by a brewing company , In which It offered a $10 gold piece to any bowler who should in ten Innings make nine counts that Is , knock every pin down but one In nine out of ten times at bat. The sign has been turned to the wall. When It was first put up It was Intended moro as an Incentive to careful playing than anything else , but soon some oft the local experts became B ° proficient in the game that the offer prom ised to force the brewery people to raise , the price of the amber brow in order to come out oven on the prize money won by the bowlere. J. Smead , the well known local sportsman , who beside being an expert bowler is also ono of the crack wing shots in town , carried away the first half-eagle. Mr. Smead bowls a pretty ball and a scratch with him Is a rare occurrence. At the tlmo he won the prize he made five straights , missed ono in the sixth frame and bowled the remaining four in an errorless manner. Johnnie Caldwell , one of Buck Keith's popu lar pharmacists , was the next lucky man. He made a run which looked like a record- breaker , for bo bowled nlno straight frames , but missed ono In the tenth , and carried nway a shiner for his accuracy. To enliven interest among the bowlers another prize offer will soon be made , by which $5 will bo given any ono who makes 80 out cf a possible 90 at four-back , or 70 out of a pos sible 00 at cocked-hat. CRICKET STILL A LIVE ISSUE it nf the Ancient fi'iuni' \n ItfilHon IVIir It Should Xot Thrive. COUNCIL BLUFFS , la. , Dc-c. 2. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Mr. Lawrlo In his letter of last Sunday denies having as serted that cricket had declined In public favor In England. Ho may not have use < l thofio exact words , hut his remarks In The Bee of November 12 would undoubtedly con vey that Impression. His article was headed "Cricket IB becoming a back number. " Now , I leave It to anyone to decide what other conclusion could possibly bo drawn. Mr , Lawrlo may not have written the headline , but If ho did not , that only shows the Im pression ho would leave on readers of his article , and It was to endeavor to remove this false impression that I ventured to write to you two weeks ago. Mr. Laurio'H remarks can hardly be recon ciled with the fact that the last season of English cricket has been unequalled In point of Interest in the history of the game , and the fact of the number both of pcctntorti and players having been greater than over before is an effectual answer to the state ment that the game is "too slow for the players and altogether uninteresting to the spectators , " at any rate as far as England U concerned. There would have been no mltmndcriitandlng In the matter If In writ ing on a game which In known tliu world over ns the English national game Mr. J.aw- rio had made it clear that hla "observations across the pond" were to bo applied solely to Scotland , and ho would not have been considered at all unfair If at the same tlmo ho had admitted that , In comparlson with England , the gome had never flourished there at all and as a matter of fact had al ways been a back number. Mr. Lawrlo thinks the game too slow , but may ho not himself bo putting the cart be fore the horse ? Can It bo possible that Mr. Lawrio Is too slow for the game ? J. H. SIMMS. DECIDE FATE OF BASE BALL 'M from ViirloiiH Mi > < - < 1 1 rrc Tomorrniv Io lli > uruiiii- : Izu AVi-Ntvrn Tomorrow morning In the parlor of the Mlllard hotel will be settled the fate of the proposed Western Base Ball association. The leading exponents of the great American game in the middle west will meet together ' at that time and dtacuss the whys and \ wherefores and como to gome conclusion. If | the reports from the various cities In the midwest now depended upon to take mem bership In the reorganized association are favorable and the representatives from these cities give expression to the honest convic tion that a team can be successfully con ducted , then will tbo western association uprlug Into life again. That such a conclu sion will be reached now seems certain. Enough cities In the middle west have al ready Indicated their deslro to gain admU > fiton into tbo association and have backed thia up with satisfactory financial credentials to Insure the successful outcome of the dreams of Buck Keith , Tom Hlckey and ! thousands of baee ball enthusiasts throughout - j out the entire west No good reason exists J why anything should arise at the preliminary meeting tomorrow to frustrate thwc plans. That Omaha will keep abrc : t of IhoWocet- slon there IB no doubt nnd after the prelimi naries nro arranged by the magnates tomorrow - ' row Omaha lovers of basa ball can be de. pendod upon to go down Into their pockets and produce , each man acdordlng to his nbll- Ity , for the rehabilitation of professional base ball next season. OMAHA AGENCY. GOLF COURSE HtiUiiiNlnNM on Oiuntin Inillim llr.irr- vntlon llm - IXnlillmhcil Coulirtr I.luliN , Short lint I'rott } . The newest Rolf course Is 'the Coghnr links on the Omaha Indian reservation. The 'course. Is not long but one of frent beauty nnil offers a medium amount of ilimcutty , It Is an obloiiR , under two miles In circuit , en circling the Omnlm agency. There are eight ) holes , with cross links at two points. On ono side three greens In succession for stal-t- Inc and finishing goals niako the opportunity 1 for a long or short game. The course was laid out by Miss Light of Knlrtield , la.vh6 , Is visiting at the agency. There nre less ' than a dozen players at present , but thuy units In enthusiasm. The Kountzo Place Golf club made Its iim round on the links at Twenty-first and Urn- met streets on November 2f > . The afternoon was spent mainly In becoming accustomed ! to the topography of the course anil the new 1 clubs In the hands of the players. The en thusiasm manifested by all the players nugurs well for the future of the club and I already quite a number of old golfers have ! Bjnt In applications for membership. It Is not anticipated that much progreeu will be made until next spring , but It Is the j Intention of the members to take advantage ' of all the good weather during the winter and Institute a systematic practice around the course on all possible occasions. Yesterday an increased number turned out for play In pplte of the cloudy weather and considerable progress was made by the bo- glnncrs , who number a largo percentage of the players. Though the links are rather cramped , the course crossing the Twentieth street boulevard four times , they were found to bo very satisfactory and their convenient location Is a strong point in tholr favor. l.olf r.t Iit'iuiirx. LEMAUS. la , . Dec. 1. Locr > / .Tiatches have been played upon the golf links hero every day this week. This Is Interesting chiefly no a record. It la not probable that such j a record will bo repeated In this bllr.znrd j belt In another decade. Today , the 1st of December , the enthusiasts were as hard at the game as in August. The club has 100 members and is In a Nourishing condition. Mrs. J. Simpson holds the season's record j for women. Mr. D. F. Yates lias the best Individual score. There is every promise of an enthusiastic golfing season next year. 1'robably a state golf association will bo organized , largely through the energy of the Lemars club. The Iowa clubs which have expressed a Interest In the proposed asso ciation uro the Burlington , DCS Molnes , Davenport , Marshalltown , Cedar Rnplds , Sioux City , Fort Madison and Clinton clubs. In case an association Jn formed and a state tournament follows , both Marshalltown and Cedar naplds want the honor of the first tournament. TAKE PRIDE IN THE VICTORY 0111 nh a SIOOCTN | Promt ot SIICCL-NH Scored liy ltiiiri > NcntiitvoN in Matcli with KmtNiia City. All of Omaha's sportsmen are proud ot the reco'rd made by the ten shooters who repre sented the Omaha and Dupont gun clubs In the Inter-city shoot held ut Kansas City Friday and Saturday , November 24 and 23. Their winning In the contest with the repre sentative shooters of Kansas City was indeed a victory , In which the participants them selves ns well as all other local sportsmen many take pardonable pride. The match was for fifty birds to the man and the ten representatives from the two cities shot In pairs , each pair shooting its full quota of birds. The first day six pairs werb shot off and Omaha secured a lead of eleven birds. The scores the first day were as follows : Omaha : Schrocdcr18 ; Bcr- sheim , 43 ; Uruckcr , 40 ; Plumber , 45 ; Mead , 4fi ; Bray , 47 ; total , 2G4. Kansas City : 'Por ter , 42 ; Allen , ,43 ; HIckmah , 42 ; Curtice , 39 ; Cockrell , 45 ; Herman , 42 ; total , 253. For the second day Omaha had In reserve Parmelee , Klraball , Crpblll and Grant , Kan sas City also kept Its best men In readiness for the second day and in the four pairs which wcro shot on Saturday Kansas-City won every one. At the conclusion , however , the shooters from the city on the Kaw were yet two points under Omaha. The second day'n shooting was a brilliant exhibition. GoJUleb of Kansas City made the star record , scoring 49. Ho was paired with Parmolee , who scored 47. Dan Hray made a score of 47 In the firt't day's shoot , BO that he and Parmoleo were tied for the second best record. Omaha's representatives in the contest were F.-ank S. Parmolee , J. P. Smead , J. C. Reed , G. H , Drucker , Dan Bray , G , A. Schrocder , F. S. Crablll , T. Grant , U. Kimball - ball and Gus liershclm , All nro loud In praise of the treatment accorded them by Kansas City. Saturday night after the con test the vlsltois were tendered a banquet and good fellowship rolgned supreme. The Kansas City shooters vied with each other In their efforts to make- the entire occasion A pleasant and successful ono and they did HO well'that the locals are already begin ning to plan that the return shoot in this city January 20 may be equally as pleas ant. "Great credit is duo our team for win ning the shoot , " said one of the partici pants , The birds were a hard lot , each ono was selected , and , under these circum stances , the Bcoros were remarkably good. The Kansas City shooters are a royal lot of fellows and wo shall never forgot our pleasant and friendly contest with them. " SILER WILL LIKELY RETIRE Will Prolinlil.v Alinndoii Prize lllHK JleiMiuxu of OniioMltlon to llln I.iiNt DrulNloii , The unfortunate and uncallod-for criticism of RefereeOcorgo Sller'a decision lu the Joffrles-Sharkey fight will In all probability bring to a close the prominent and Impor tant part which Slier baa taken In many of the big bouts during the years since he demonstrated his effectiveness as a referee. No true sporting man liau over hail thd au dacity to openly question filler's decision when ho declared Jeffries the winner In > the last big mill. It IB true that 'there ' has been an exhibition of the dog-ln > - thLmanger act by some fellows who style themselves sports and who have boldly acfiertcd that Bllor robbed Sbarkoy , But Investigation has shown In every case that those fellows- self-styled sports lost all that they could conveniently spare , nnd more , too , In some cases , on Sharkcy. A man who will complain when ho loses money on a sporting event IE not a truo-blue fiport. , This beingtbo case , thy bowl that these small-bore fellows baa made doss not leeeen the character nor the- standing of George Slier as a referee. Because of the opposition , however , ho will hardly care to enter tbo ring again as ' an olllclal. Tom O'Hourke , Sharkoy'a manager - ' ager , has barred Slier from ofllclallng at any of tliu fights to be > held before lila club In Gotham. In doing this O'RourKe has metely tf.ken advantage of the howl rahcJ by tha j einall-boru sports to vent his own dlnap- polniment In the failure , qf his man Fh r' < oy i to win tbo ctumpionshlp from Jeffries. Sportsmen will family commend nor endorw , this action on the part of O'Hourke , but the ' fntt that ho h s taken it throws Slier In t-alhor n delicate position and one from whleh the only graceful retirement left him Is to nnnounco his withdrawal from the ranks of pugilistic reterew. U also floats out this way fiom New York th.it when Billy got together to arrange far a bout between the present champion pug nnd the "handsome hag-been" the matters of the referee cnme tip mid Slier was voted down. Uesplle these slings , lion ever , Oeorg ? Slier stands today ns the best referee who ever officiated at n prize light nnd com petent Judges of pugilism endorse most cm- phatlcally the laet decision he > made , which aroused nil this needless nnd pucrr.o nn- tngonlsm. Tim Hurst Is most frequently mentioned as Sllpr's successor among the devotees of the squared circle. Hurst has a splcndlJ reputation and a wldo acquaintance. No decision that he has ever made has over Icon questioned nml ho has a wny ot keeping n fight going , which makes him n general favorite , especially with the crowds who witness a pugilistic contest. In this wny the contestants never got a chance to loaf and the people who pay their money to see a fight surely "net their moucy's worth.1 The last big mill rcferccd by Hur.M was the Sharkcy-McCoy affair nnd under his di rection It was a lively exhibition. MAY HAVE NEWBOAT HOUSE _ Co ii in-II IlitiiTn HimiTH AVI11 F.ltliiT Krci'te v House or Hi-model l > ri > Ni > nt Omt'.i Milling n. The Council Uluffs Mowing association may como Into posscfslcn of a brand new boa ( house at Lake Manawa. The Omaha .t Council muffs Hallway and llrtdge com pany desires to secure possession ct the fifty feet of lake frontage owned by the as sociation , and In1 exchange therefor agrees to erect a magnificent new boalhouse on the southern shore of the lake. A meeting of , the'association was hold In Counc.il . Bluffs i recently , when the matter was taken under j consideration. The oplnlcn Fcemcd to prevail - | vail that the offer was ono by which I ho na- j sccla'ion .would profit. No definite action 'was fallen , however. At all events llio proposition of the railway company will either be accepted or else the present boathouse - house will bo remodeled so that the rowers from Council Bluffs and Omaha , who yearly enjoy the privileges of rowing on Lake 'Manawa , will assuredly have a better boathouse - house next year. A committee of the Conn- j I ell Bluffs Hawing association , consisting of ! ! Messrs. Torrey Evuroi't ' , I * O. BcslcyV. . F. j I SjppV. . A. Maurer and Wallace Shepard , has the matter under consideration. H will report at the next meeting and then a de cision will be reached as 'to ' wbother n now bcathouse eUall bo erected or the present one remodeled and Improved. SO.Mi : I.AT13 IXVKXTIOXS. By a new method of ImiiKliiK curtains the fnlirlc c.imiot bo Injured und the curtain can be suspended In any position , a .strip oC spring steel beliiK formed into a circle , with the ends crimped together , to form n spring grip to engage the fi1)rc. ! KliiPhllKh ! powdi rs are made to luirn with a rnyal Intense flame by a new discharge apparatus which has a small lamp burning with n round flump. UIP . placed In n bulb nnrt thrown vertically thf tlnmr > to ipnlto It ns H nspemls. Kor tisv In plcklmr fruit n new itevlcd Is formed of n. snrk , to bp scoured to tlin person - , son , with < i short , llpxible ttibo mwcndPd 1 on the end ot n short pole to reach nmrby i fruit nml deliver It to llio Imtf. I A new attachment for window sash bnl- 1 nncn Is designed to ring nn alarm when the 'window ' Is tnoxed , tbp shaft on which the pulley Is suspended being extended through the window easing nnd ending to n pnlr of I clnpper. , which nre revolved inside u bell ! whrn the window Is moved. I An Improvement ! n revoking1 chairs lias i been pntpnted by a Mnssaphuai-tts tmui , thn under fratno of the ohnlr supporting a pair of tint springs , whtoh uro free to rl. o nlut full under pressure , Hie rockers resting on the springs nnd forming a sprliiff suit olid rovkrr combined. In n new device for nipnsurinsr bolts of cloth without unrolling them ft llexllilo strip of stool l ! graduated for bolts of different widths , tlie measure brine Inserted In tbo bolt mldwnj- between tbo Inner nnd outer folds , to obtain the approximate * width of nil tbo folds. Envelopes * pan bo rapidly nnd neatly opened bv o now Imploiiient , which lins a inetiill ! basp to rest on the desk , wltli- flange on ono side , nt the bottom of wlllon Is a thin blade of steel , which enters thp fold of tbp ! ln : > nnd outs It oft us tha envelope- drawn through. Water toservolrs nre automatically kept nt the proper level by n now wnsto sate , which Is pivoted on cltlur side of tlie. outlet - lot , with n pocket attached to the Ktitp ut rlKbt niifrlos , to bo llfto.i . with tin- overflow , the weight of thu water overbalancing the Kate nnd nllowltiK It to open. Tbo market Jms a now "solf-oponltiR" can liavttiK a narrow strip of Hlfol for use an n n opener , with n ronlral hole In olio ctld of the can. In whlcli the liond end of the strip Is Insprtod , with a sharp projection on the slrfn whlfli cuts tbo can head a3 It Is revolved. 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