TJIJ3 O.MAHA DAI L V 1J13E: SUNDAY. MAUI1! I I, 1000. 11 IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS Bite Bill the Leading Topic in Local Sporting Circles. OMAHA MANAGERS SIGN GOOD PLAYERS l.nenl Ten ill Will He 'iilniiicil of Spli-mllil Miiterliil Nenr A iiroiii'li of IIiiki- Hull hriinoii A mime Mil n n kith to Actltlt), Managers Keith and Kourke of tho Omaha Itnsn Hall chili havo plunged themselves Into u regular whirlwind of luminous, ami, w 1th ilio signing tif players, tho manipulation of lliianclal affairs, the completion of arrange mnnts for KruUlltK and otherwise Improv lint tho base hall park nnd many other things piled upon them now us they are on the i hr nholil of tho opening of a professional season, the week Just past has been an ex ceedingly busy "lie. Ah gossip Moated up town from the base ball headquarters, In tho Nebrankn National bank liiiilillriK at. Twelfth and Fnrnnm streets, It wan eagerly taken up by the en thushiktlc faun who thronged certain con genial rmorls, wherein they could meet cer Ni'ln congenial xplrlts and talk base ball to tlirlr hearts' content. The mcrltB of this player and that player who. uccordlng to the nforcsnld gcuwlp, had been signed were con sidered and his faults. If any. were exploited w'ih equal zest. Nothing could more clearly Indicate tho Intercut Omaha bane ball en thusiasts feel In the newly organized West ' rn league than this attention anil discus hIoii idveti every movement made by the of llciils of the Otnahu club, iih well ns all tho olherit belonging to the league. The sub stantial character of the organization haH been kii well established that the pessimistic views of the "doubting Thomases" have given place to genuine pleasure at tho roieate-huid outlook. With the managers all t activity. An extensive correspondence with various play ers is in progress and contracts with some cracking good men have already been signed, while with othurs tho terms offered by the local management have been accepted. Tho most Important thing accomplished during the past week was the selection of Nonpareil paik, at Thirteenth and Vinton streets, ns tho ball grounds. It Is well thnt Monngers Keith ami Hourke derided upon ttilH park. Locntlon of tho grounds In ui.y'otlier part of the city would surely ihavo been a mistake. This fact Is merely mentioned by way of congratulation to tlui local iixinagcment for their lone- hcoded policy. Nonpareil park is sltunlid ho ctmvenlently that II ntfords every posslbl requirement for a ball park. Kaslly accessible i both Omaha and Smith Oniahn. without tho necepslty of n long, tiresome car ride. It will prove a magnet almost as strong ns the premuico of professional ball Itseir. Orc.it Improvements must nccissarlly be made. An Immenso amount or grading lias already been decided upon and for the removal of the 4,1100 yards of dirt J,'.00 has been appro priated. Tho grounds will lie leveled and graded to a nicety, and tho management prrmlces that the diamond will be an Idea) one. Grading will begin as soon as tho con ditions of tlio weather and the ground will permit. Work will Immediately ho started In the erection of the grandstand and blincbeis. These will bo modern In overs particular, provided with such convenience:! iih w.l 1 1 mtiko It a real comfort for anyone to "sit out" an afternoon's game. The com bined capacity of the grandstand anil bleach ers will be :i,C00. The thoim-ht han suggesjed Itself to Mnn-. ngers Keith and Itourko that perhaps It might be well to re-christen the chosen park, adopting somo now nhme Instead of the naniM which has clung to the park for ears'. In line with this, suggestions will bo received by tho local management and If any naiuo more desirable than "Non pareil," and which would prove mire popu lar to the public generally is found, It will be adopted. Already Manager Hourke, who has under ' bio wing of tho mamigerlul combine with Colonel Buchanan Keith the Held and play- Ing opeiatlons, has almost completed the membership of tho team for tho coming season. Besides the men now signed he has his eve on 11 few others whom he hem. n. land. Last night ho left for Chlenco nnd u small town down in Indiana, where he goes ,.. i.i.i ..... 1. .,.., .... ,1 111 iiuih 1,1,1 iii.iii iT-twf-11 ic it, inij uf llllt'U men whom ho particularly desires. Ono of thesu men, who is at present located In tho Indiana bailiwick. Is nn exceptionally choice player and Hourke In his efforts to secure bis services 1b opposing Malinger Connie Mack of Milwaukee and Comlsky of St. Paul, iHith of whom aro hot on the trail of the samn fellow. 1 Among t.ho men who have signed and re- ' turned contracts to play with Omaha this season nnd whose documents setting forth this fact are safely ensconced In Secretary Danny Taylor'H strong box are Billy Mc- Cuusland. catcher, who will bo well re-mem- RHEUMATISM, Sciatica, Lumbago or Lame Back Are Caused, Like So Many Other Diseases, by a Lack of Nerve Force. I Is a 1 liange 111 the we.itlnr enlur culd ur dampness, then the acid enntiui get out and there nre chills i in lie luuk. kldneju. muscles nnd bones, shunt lug P.iIiih In various purls r the h.ulv anil swollen Joints l-lectrliit ns applied In ni Dr. Bennett's Electric Belt Kllmliiates the raiise, Irlt mid .mloib, r linpiirllle. as thousand wii.. hu.l drugged themselves for sears without um i.lkr .1,. tuMif The must obstinate eases are readily relieved niul promptly ami permanently cured Mr M A II, Provo, I tali, wittc- I have been troulibd with ItllHt MAT18M fur the enrs. unit after wearing your belt for two months. 1 think It Is 11 wonder. It has done me more good than all f the drugs I have ever taken. I hud almost en tirely lost the use of my limbs, but now am nlile to walk with perfect ease and without limping The pain lias entirely loft my hands Please ueept my thanks for an almuit luli'm ulous cure. Any person Interested, who desires cation to 111c, can imve inn name an 11 auuress. MY BUl.T HAS SOKT. rtlLKKN, I'llAMOlS-COVlHtKI). WATIIH I'll AM HBH SPONOM HLKCTHODKS TIIA T CANNOT lll'HN AND MI.ISTKK AS On TUB HAlti: .MKTAL BLBl'THOPr. S CSBD ON ALL OTHBIl M K1"S ur I1HLTS My Belt Is warranted fur one year and can be renewed when worn out fur 73c no other bell eun be renewed tor any price. I guarantee my Belt to . ore Itbeii matisni In every guise. Sciatica. Lumbago. Lame Hack, Stomach. Llxer. Kldm-y and Bladder Troubles, Constipation Sexual Weakness Shrunken or l'lide-voloped Organs, Varicocele, Lost Vitality and all I'Ymuli! Complaints. My New Bleetrlcul Suspensory, for the 1 nre .f the irb us weaknesses uf Men I'HKB to every mute piirchm-er of one of my Belts It has also my Incom parable electrodes ami gives a full e urrt-nt without burning Call upon or write me today sac redly eontldentlnl- do not delay delays are lifuigerouti, Oct Symptom Blank. Illustrated Book and Literature. These aro sent free In plain sealed envelope Dr. Bennett Electric Belt Go., ItiioiiiD IS-VJI, DoiiuIii Block, 0iitilli llii.v lien's. Corner Itltli unit limine Stroctx, (IMVIIA, Mill. OKFK'K HOl'ItS-I'rom S 30 a m toS.Stlp m, Sundays, from to, 30 a m ti I p, m, bercd by Omaha fans an the good-natured ' of metropolitan cities llko Omaha, Denver elation team failed to score ngolnst the unl Min of Krln who presided over the destinies and others comprising the present clr- verslly team In the only game played with of the ball when It approached anywhere In the vicinity of the home plate In the Karnes played by tile Denver flulfs and the Superior team last season. He Is one of the best catchers In the business and, wlthnl, a good all-round man Jimmy Hoy an- other clever lad who played In Omaha last sesren as a member of the Denver and Su- perlor teams, will cover third base. John IleUmnn. who played In the Texas and the Central leagues, In tho latter Instance as a member of the Terre Haute team, will cover the Initial bag. Three other men from the Texas league are Mel Cooley and Speck i lliirlbtitt, both outfielders, and llcrt Dunn, , Chnj iiUI .sulil m llnve Been Snlli-iinn an Inlleldcr. Dunn Is n Nebraska man, hie I' li ! I lliiit-nli When lc- beme being at Weeping Water. j rented by Wiilciitt. Besides these the terms offered by the 1 Omaha managers .have been accupted by the Followers of the prize ring have hardly following professional men, each of whom is recovered from tho surprise occasioned b considered nn excellent player by all well- , the defeat of Joo Choynekl by Joe Walcott, Informed base ball men: Thomas Hess, I Thut the big heavy weigh; should be whipped catcher, of Brooklyn, N. V.. who played last ' by the guttapercha black from the Darba sonson with tho champion Richmond, Va., 1 does, a member of the welterweight class team In the Atlantic league, being the first and considerably handicapped by reason o' part of tho season n-colleaguo cf Joe Dolan of this city, who played with Richmond before being drafted by Philadelphia, and who has had six years professional experience; Kd I.auzon of Mobile, Ala., a catcher and first baseman, who played Inst year with the this match owing to his light with McCoy L'tlcn, X. V., team, and Is In the pink of ami the seeming Injustice done him In the condition, having been a member of the award of the decision. His friends pre Amcrlcan team which went to Cuba for a dieted that he would easily defeat Walcott series of games this winter. Jack O'Connell, nnd they have not yet recovered from their who played second base last year with thu surprise. team at Scrnnton. Pa., nnd who Is by no Choynski Is practically counted out of means a struticcr to Omaha fans, having pugilistic affairs from this time on, nnd the played with Qulncy In ISUi-UC when that city manner of hit undoing will never be for belonged to the Western association. "Jark" ! gotten. In extenuation of his defeat It Is will undoubtedly be the Beau llrummel of the ' related that ho entered the ring with a team, his personal attraction being so broken rib nnd suffering with nn attack marked that he Is better known as "Adonis." , 0f the Krlp. If this bo true and evidence I'd Dillon, a pitcher, who played last sonson indicating the reliability of the statement with Hartford, Conn., and Kay Potter, who presented It seems too bad that Choynski occiipicu wiu uox tor me Syracuse ltl""1 - wl" Introduce some down-east methods , of ball tossing for the delectation or mo i visiting tennis. This pitching aggregation will be augmented by Harry llurrell of Charles City, la . who is an ol l-tlmo artist in tho ball-tossing business. Only u few additional mien will now bo necessary, as It Is tho expectation to start off tho season with not more than seventeen or eighteen players. Tho remainder, how ever, will be selected with the greatest of hrr.i.rrarett,: b0i. team. By the first of April these men will arrive In Omaha mid will proceed to gambol on tho green a few bars In the way of preliminary exercise. loosening up their limbs and exert' lug their strength n bit. Within a week after this preliminary practice In started the team wm K, sulllclcntly well organized to give a Hrsf clnss exhibition game, and such has been arranged for April 7. The Omaha originals have volunteered to meet tho prnfesslnials, nnd tho event will be one of extraordinary Interest, as the fans will llnd It ditllcult to curb their Impatience to see the men who are expected to carry Omaha's fair iianno In a becoming manner through the. base ball slcgo of the coming summer. This game will nlfo be In the nature of a benefit, as the proceeds will be used to good ad vantage by the local munagoment In arrang ing for the opening of the season. At a meeting of the Omaha Originals Thursduy night organization was effected for the coming year and the team starts out under decidedly Mattering circumstances be cause of the recognized ability In amateur circles of the members. Fred Bradford was chosen ns president and manager. John Dlnecn secretary. Joseph Scully treasurer, Ed Lawler captain, players. Bowler, catcher; Kcully, Bulllvun nnd lawler. pitchers; I-eary. llrst b.iso; Waller, second buse; I.awlcr, sbortotop; Foley, third base; Jcllen, lcft Ilelil; Dlncen, ccnterfleld; Hoffman, light Held. Now uniforms, nil black In color with white trimmings, have been ordered. Tho magnate's of the Western league nrej having their Initial family Jar over the adoption of n satisfactory schedule and the meeting to be held shortly In Omaha for the purpose of deciding this weighty matter promises to be of much .Interest. Tcbcuu "'' Hourke, who were appointed at tho Des Moines meeting to draw up a schedule. agreed upon one providing for 120 game 'y wli Uam- ixi' "l nom" slxtv atiroail. iTesidcnt nicitey, nowevcr, is not Just exactly suited with It and has a sched- ule of his own in course of preparation i which he proposes to spring on the Omaha 1 w,xii, Tim timidnt- i.r n uM,,v,ini rr n ,.,v ,,.r. ...c, .w, . . slx-dub league Is a decidedly difficult propo- sltlon. but it In safe to predict that the magnates when they get together again will bo able to settle upon some satlnfactory basis upon which the season's games will be played The present Indications nre that the league will go through its first seaHon with only six clubs. Tho report that Leadvllle anil Colorado Springs were likely applicants for the vacant places In the circuit turns out to be a fairy tale. No such smnll towns ns thee can hope to gain entry Into the society Willi this weakness nf the nervn'ix Hsteiii the digestive organs get de ranged and the food not being plop, tiy illgi-xtcil turns sour ami ilu rem. It l.i t hat the mid Is taken up In Hi- 1I ...). making It acid instead if remaining ulknlltio Nature, iih usual, tries to throw IT the Impurities In the blood, ami u-r-eeds tu some extent while the went her Is mild and the patient v not exposed In iinv way. but Just as soon as there Mr T C . Pueblo Colo . writes- Your Belt ts lertalnlj doing me nn immense amount of good. It Ins helped the HI I Ml -MAT1SM In my shoulder- and my bowels have not been as regular In ninny vears As I have worn your Belt onlv ten days I mil much encouraged to write to either of the above on appll- cuK. , The J. I'lerpont Morgans of the new league who are nt the head of the Des Moines club have engaged at a handsome salary J. An- i drews to manage their team this season, Andrews played third base for Minneapolis t last season and has nlnce been drafted by ' Louisville Into the National league. It Is presumed that his release was purchased at a high figure. PALAVER OF THE PUGILISTS less weight, leas height nnd other physical disadvantages, seemed utterly Impossible lo such an extent, Indeed, that Choynski 1 money went begging nt 5 to 1. Choynski , had been much In the public eye prior to snouiil have been the Victim of such n mis- fortunc.. Wnlcott now has n.nlritlon. fnr ri.,in. honor3 amI l9 mix0Ufl t0 nKht nny onP tne more prominent the man the better. In speaking of a match with Champion Jeffries he says: "I think I can lick anybody In the busi ness nt my weight or twice my weight. I am now anxious to light Jeffries or any one else. I never had any doubt as to how I would faro against Choynski nnd 1 guess I s?-; - thing or two about fighting. Choynski gave me only two or three hard wallops, but I gave him good ones In return. The only thing which bothered me In the tight was my linger, which was Injured. Every time I struck a blow It pained me. But as long ns I won I guess this did not amount to much." Wulcotl has been matched to meet "Mys terious" Billy Smith, the welterweight champion, for a twenly-five-round go nt the Broadwoy Athletic club March 30. It Is not Improbable that Smith will knock gulleywest the negro's heavyweight championship Ideals. It must be admitted that bis defeat of Choynski Justifies In a measure his deter mination to take on still other heavyweights, but It must be remembered that he fought Choynski weighing 147 pounds, and could hardly scale much above 13S. Fighters like Choynski nnd Creedon may be "cinches" for Joe. and he may also have a chance with "his kldlets," McCoy, but Jeffries, Sharkey. Corbett, Kltzslmmons and Ituhlln are too heavy for him, nnd tho best that can bo fore shadowed for Walcott Is the championship In tho welter nnd middleweight classes. In order, though, to gain that much glory he must meet nnd defeat Tommy Ryan, ".Mys terious" Billy Smith nnd Frank McConnell, the three best men Iti the ling today at thoso weights. Helatlvo to his failure to attend the Dixon benefit and tho rcsultnnt notlco from Man ager Consldlno of tho Broadway Athletic club that tho ex-champlon will hereafter be barred from appearing In that club Hob Fltzslmmons says: "I don't care If tho Broadway or uny other club bars io. There are plenty of other places to be had where I can light. I have never asked any odds of tho Broadway Athletic club, especially of Mr. Consldlno. They tried to keep mo from making a liv ing onco before, but they did not succeed. I am In the business for nil there1 Is in It nnd If I have Incurrel any one's enmity I' can't help It. As regnrds not showing at Dixon's benefit I will say this much: I have always admired Dixon, as he was n grea lighter nnd a gentluman. I would have con trlbuted nnd boxed had any of the parties Interested In the benefit come to me nnd nt --- lpast showed that I was somebody. Not ono. however, approached me. and I felt the slight ns keenly ns any one elBe would havo done under tho circumstances. Every one of the other fighters was boomed along. but no mention, with 11 few exceptions, was matlo of my iitune. Dixon Is a fine follow nnd I'm sorry now I did not box for him." Champion Jim Jeffries disputes the clnlm that his light with Corbett May 11 will he a shady atlair by saying: "I cannot help 11 lf tho 8l,or,1"K Public Is of tho belief that I thcro something unfair In my battle . ,.11.1, i.mutii. - mm" mm 1 muse people aro doing down eust, but you can rest assured I'll best Corbett lf I can, anil I believe there is no question of my ability to do so. However. If I was absolutely con fident of putting Corbett out in the first round I would never enter the ring with out a referco In whom the sporting public ns well us myself had perfect confidence. I do not propose to lose to Corbett or to nny other man, and will not do so unless 1 am club for tho election of officers nnd other thrioughly beaten out Important buslnes- will be held nt tho olllco "I am not money matt, nnd am not look- I of the secretary, J. B. Reynolds, 1S02 Far ing for the leust sbudo the best of It. On 1 nam street, on Saturday evening. All mem the other hand, I will not take any the hers and those Interested In the game will worst of It. From what I hear Corbett Is ho in attendance. tialnlng hard, and his closest friends say he lOilfldcntly expects to beat mo." HONORS IN BASKET BALL I nlverxlty I'ive (iiilms (lie Cliiiniihin ship iiiruuuli nn I nlirol.eii l.lsl (lf Victories. Captain Andreson of the I'nlverstty of Ne braskn basket ball team wishes It understood that his flvo stands without peer In tho stato and Is entitled to tho championship of Nebraska. Ho Is In error, as will be seen from tho extract (uatod, In supposing that nn effort has been made to assign such lu-nors to the Omaha Young Men's Christian asportation team. "LINCOLN. Feb. 28. To tho Sorting Kdllor of Tho Bee: Last Sunday's Be,. Will . tallied on article attempting to show that ! tho Omaha Young Men's Christian iifsocla- tlon basket ball team Is entitled to the stato championship. Tho following Is n paragraph clipped from the article contninlne som statements to which I wish to reply: " 'The Lincoln Young Men's Christian as sociation team takes exception to a report recently puhllEhtM th.it tho university five has been considered tho champion of tho state. It is said to bo the ease that the as sociation defeated tho university during the present season with a comfortable margin. The nteoclutlon. therefore, camo to Omaha on Washington's birthday desiring to com plete Its list of victories by carrying home the scalps of thi Omaha association. The Omaha men won, however, by tho score of 31 to It. and If it hud not been for the unfortunate encounter wih the university three weeks ago the Omaha team would bo nnrlvuled In the state.' in tho first place tho university team has not Inst a gnmo In thn last two years und has beuteu tho Omaha Young Men s ChrU tlon association team In the last three gamut played with them. "TJiu Lincoln Youug Men's Christian aio- i tnem this year, while It Kored fourteen points against Omaha in the Rame there February 112. The Lincoln Young Men's Christian association team was prevailed upon lo go to Omnhti as a substitute for the university, not because It was u better team, hut because the university team con- tains several track men who are preparing for spring events nnd do not care to go up against Omaha s foot ball tactics this late In tho season, although we succeeded In beating Omalm with cafe in that 'unfortunate en counter' by a score of 2t' to 14. "WILBt-'U K. ANDKKSON, Captain of the University Basket Hall Team.'' SCORE IN THE ELKS' TOURNEY Wliliters it f Hie Order Make a (ionil Miimlnir at Ilitlf-Wny I'oliit la Winter's CniitcM. Tho KlkH' Whist club has resumed Its play and great Interest was manifested nt Its .last meeting. It meets every Monday oven i"g. and expectB In a -fe.w weeks to be nblq Issue n challenge to the Council Muffs 1'Jlk Whist club. Tho scores for the meeting on February 2(5 aro as follows -N'OHTll AND SOL'TII. White and A. H. Brlggs Ilrown and Mcciure Henze and Sea tine 1 1 KAHT AND WKST. A. II. Brlggs and Cole l.atloceiir and Abbott Sehlebley nnd Schoedsnch 121 121 l.W 1(0 1IJ The full score of the Elks' winter toiirnn mean Is given below. The piny began In November and will continue until May: Player. . Points. Ous Belize 221 H. J. Scalinell 2IS Grant Ilulflzer 207 Dr. II. e. Sumiioy 207 I-. W. Schlebu S04 II. W. Wheeler 20i John Keith 201 W. IT. I.ndoceur 20.1 W. II. Nelson 202 II. I- Kuekcr M W. Etoster 20.1 (leorge P. Crook 201 F. A. Castle 2CI Oily I-eggett 2"! tleorge P. Moore 201 Ueorgo l. Mason 201 W. It. Taylor 201 Frank L. Brown no Goodly llrucker I'.'t I. yslo I. Abbott t!Vi A. S. Hiiggs 1! W. W. Cole 195 It. It. Dullle 1M Moso O'Brien l'.tt l. J. Uirkin 1!M Mrs. O. W. Shields 191 John A. K'ervnn Ui (I. A. Sehoedsach VJ7 E. I.. .Iruketn 197 .1. P. White 1!S Charles Cockiell I'M u. cabin vn A. 1). Toiiznlln lto George K. Abbott 199 James Alnscow 199 (His llllz 199 A. II. Comstock 199 An Important point which even tyros at whist learn early Is to be wary about forc ing partner early in tho play of a hand when you are weak In trumps yourself. If. In that situation, you force your purtner before It Is evident thai the adversaries have mastery in trunikS, ho Is Justified in supposing that you havo four trumps or two honors otue guarded. If you force your partner when you have less than this strength the chances are that ho has four or more trumps him self; nnd If he has they are usually more serviceable to aid you in getting In your long suit than for rulllng purposes. If you deceive your partner by forcing til in un necessarily, ho will alter his entire game on tho supposition that you have trump strength yourself. If your partner has ruffed and not led trumps, you have more excuso for forcing him, but even thon the force Is dangerous, nnd the situation should be care fully considered. If he la void of your long suit and one round will establish the suit, It is generally best to force him with n losing card. If ho Is void of tho enemy's suit you would naturally bo more cautious. Of course. If your partner has trumped a doubtful trick he thereby shows weak trumps, nnd you should force him nt every opportunity, whether you nre strong or weak In trumps yourself. If he hns trumped a surely adverse trick ho has done It under compulsion, and Is likely to havo had four or more trumps dealt him, especially If you hold three or less. Your future course guides him as to your weakness or strength. OPENING OP CRICKET SEASON Me 111 lie r of OiiiiiIih ( lull (lriiiilr for (lie Sfiisim Tea 111 Mr on m'r Than K or llcfiirr. The prospects for cricket next season were , , tin ,( u.-ij,tt. in ,1.1 vtiwtit ii.a, r ,.w i, . 1 . never brighter than they are at the present ' tmP. The Omaha Cricket club, which has iwnys been the mainstay of the gamo In j thls section of tho country, will appear on tnu nPld as soon ns mild weather Is assured, Tll clul, im bPP existence for the last twelve years, but the last two years, from a cricket standpoint, havo been Its most hoc- cessful This progress Is naturally gratify ing to the old members, who have stood by tho club through thick and thin Not onlv has tho club made a mnrk In this cty, but It Is known over the country ns a dangerous opponent, hnvlng won the cham- piotisliip or tne oriii w esicrn WriCKCl ns- soclntion In 18H8. Tho first individual prizes at tho association meotlng In Winnipeg last year were won by members of the Omaha team. The club Is looking forward lo acquiring several new players who have lately arrived In tho city nnd. In addition to the "old re liables," a belter tram than ever will bo hrought out. The annual meeting of the ATHLETICS AT THE Y. M. C. A. One itt tile M 10 11 U est lliise Hull Tenuis In Hie West Will He (trmuileil Indoor Vtliletle Mi-ellnu, The Ames avenue park will be opened tho latter part of the month by the Young Men's Christian association management and prac tice In baseball and Held sports will beln nt once. A meeting of the baseball nsplr nnts has been called for the purpose of or ganizing and forming an intimate of what material may he relied upon. If tho players so far tinder consideration are secured tho association will have one of the strongest aggregations in tho west anil one capable of holding Its own against any ordinary pro. fchH,""1 nl"- Kri,,,k (,wfor''- t" "o11 """own lo.ich and nthlete. will play behind tho bat and It Is "pectcd that Henry Clarke will occupy tlio t- Clarko had a continuous exporlcnco as twirler for the Ann Arbor 'varsity und played ono season with Cleveland. Lyslo Abbott will probably play at Hist and Bene dict at second or third. Benedict has had four years' experience with the University of Nebraska and ts one nf tho best In llelders In the state. Moore, who caught with tho Stato university team last year, will also hold an inrleld position. Other candidates who have been spoken of nre Waller, Hoagland. Sprague, Francis und Kuhn. Tho baseball games so far scheduled are with the Kansas university on April 30 nnd with tho University of Nebraskn on a date not yet determined. Tho sevoml Indoor athletic meet under tho auspices of the Athletic league of North America will be held in tho association gymnasium on next Saturday night. Teams from Lincoln, Council Bluffs ami a number of local turnverelns will ccmpete for the cups with the association athletus, Tho events will be as follows: Twenty-yard dash, 12-pound shot-put. standing broad Jump, running high jump, time standing broad Jumps, pole vault, hitch and kick, fence vault, quarter-mile potato race. BARRON WINS FROM CHAMPION Nelirnxka hvn I'lnjcr ( iitelien I'llls liur.i (in II (iuiinl Vftei- OfTcr Inu 11 M.lltful llefeiioe. Tho score of tho game played at Table) No. 2. in Harr N. PlUsbtiry s blindfold exhibition at Lincoln, wherein P. J. Harrou won from the champion, Is as follows QI'EEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED. wiiite-FllMmtv. Bluek-B.irron 1-P-U. I. 1-P.U I. 2-P-U1I 4. 2-P-K 3. 3- Kt-lJB 3. 4- B-KKt 5. C-P-K 3. tl-Kt-B 3. 7-B-CJ 3. fc-P X P. 9-lt x 11. 10- Kt X Kt. 11- U-QB. 12- Catles. 13- B-Kt. ll-U-K. 15-Kt-Q 2. Ifi-Kt-B 3. 17Kt-tJ 2 tn) b-Kt-H. 1-Kl-Kt 3. 20- Kl-K 2. 21- Kt-B 4. 22- lJ-B 3. 21-P-KKt !. 21-K-H. SSQ x tj. 2 It-Kt. 27-Kt X Kt 2S-H x KtP 211-K-Kt. J-Kt'KH 5. 4- B-K 2. 5 C11st.es. C- yKt-lJ -2. 7-P-QKt 3. S-Kt x P. -Q X II. 10- 1' X Kt. 11- P.QIi 4. 12- P-ll 5. 13- P-H i. II- P-yKt I. 15-Kt-U 3. IC-Kt-t 2. 17-H-Kt 2. IS-tJH-K. III- P-Kt 3. 20- K-H 3. 21- Kt-B. 22 U-Q 3. r.-Q-Kt 4. .'l-y X P. 2? 1 X Q. 20-Kt-K 3. 27-IllQ 3) X Kt. 2-U-UIl. 211-B-B. .W-U(K 31-KB 1. 31- H X P. 32 It X Ktl 3.1-K x It. 31-lt-lt li. :r-H-Kt 7 rh. 3D-K-K 2 37-H-Kt I. 3S-K-K 3. .".O-K-Kt .". 31- U X QP. 32- lt-Q .V 3.1-It x It eh. 31-P-K 4. 3.- !-( 5. 3H-K-B. 37-P-K B. 3S-P-Q fi eh. utf-llcsignv (ill At this point lillsbury offered to call the game 11 draw, which Mr Barron de clined. White hud reached thai tiolut In development where, because of Black's skillful defense, he did nut cure to move uny piece but his Kt. Black's 32d move decided the game, Plllsbury failing to guard too Kit'. The llrst round of the second annual cor respondence tournament of the Nebraskn Chess lusoclatlon Is nearly completed. The final round to decide the championship will Include tho winner nnd second place mnn In tuch section making six players, ouch of whom will play two gunien simultaneously with each of the others. II. II. Hammond. Vymore. In Section A; K. V. Diddle. Omaha. In Section II. anil Prof. B. L. lllnman. Lin coln, In Section C. having finished with scores of fity to l'-i, 6V4 to Vi. ami C to 1. re spectlvcly, are puro of a place In tho II mil round and havo been not Hied lo begin play. The records of each section are ns follows SBL'TION A. P. J. Barron, Lincoln: 1 to I; Bdwnrds vs. It., nnd II. vs. Ilnrtzell to play. L( Bdwnrds, Lincoln: 2'4 to 24; B. ' s. Barron, ami I-:. vs. Ilnrtzell to play T. N. Ilnrtzell, Kearnuy: 2'n to Bd wnrds vs. II., Itnsmussen vs. II., and Bar ron vs. II. to llnlsli. N. II11I1I. Daiinelirog: Finished 3i2 to 3'. II. B. Iliimmoud, Wymnre: PlnlsluMl ri to Ufa. C. L. Owen, Omaha: Flnlsheil 1 to 3 A. Itasmusseti, South Omahn: 5 to 1, 11. vs. Ilnrtzell to finish. B. It. Tyson. Nebraska City: 0 to 7; re signed all games because, of press of other duties. SUCTION II. F. W. Blddle. Omaha: Finished 'i to 14. .1. II. Black, Kearney (deceased): 1 to t. It. B. Brega. Callaway: 5 to 1; B. vs. Bills to llnlsh. V. It. Bills .ninomtleld: 2'i to Vf. Pat terson vs. B., Swim vs. B., and Ilrega vs. K. to llnlsh. C. Q. DeFra'nee, Lincoln Finished r, to 2. T. C. Patterson North Platte: 0 to ; P. vs. Kills to llnlsh. A. Powell. St. Bdwnrd: 3i. Finished 3i to C. B. Swim. St. Bdward: 214 to vs. Bills to llnlsli. 3Mt; s. SUCTION C. . J. M. Brittier. Omaha: D'(!l to 'i: B vs. Itlco to finish. J. M. Crosby, Fremont: 1 to I; Nelson vs. C, and C vs. Hlce to llnlsh. N. O. Cirltlln. St. Udward: Finished 34 to 34. B. L. lllnman. Lincoln: Finished tl lo 1. Paul Nelson. Pllger; .1 to 5; .N,. ys. Ur.oiliiv to llnlsli. 11. B. Hlce, Orand Island: I tn 1; Bruner vs. It., and Crosby vs. It. to llnlsh. M. F. Winchester, Dannebrog: Finished 4 to 3. Dorr II. Carroll. OothonhurR: 0 to 7: resigned all games because of press of other duties. Bmanucl Lnsker, chess champion of tho world, siivs: "lf It wore a gamo only, chess would never have survived the serious trials to which it has, during tho long time of its existence, been often subjected. By some nrdent enthusiasts che-v has been elevated Into u science or an art. It Is neither; but Its principal characteristic scums to he what human nature mostly delights In a Ilghl. Not a light, Indeed, such ns would llcklo tho nerves of coarser natures, where blood Hows and the blows delivered leave their visihlo traces on the bodies of tho com batants, but a fight In which tho scientific, tho artistic, the purely intellectual element holds undivided sway." WRESTLING CHAMPIONS MEET Winner of the tiololi-tiiillimtlne Mlitoli Invited In .Meet Crowe of HiIn lily. Frank dotch of Humboldt. In., who recently won tho stato wrestling championship, will meet J. Oallnntlno tomorrow night to settle tho iuestlon of supremacy, as (lallantlne claims the championship of Nebraska. The tniutrh will occur nl Fort Dodge, In., and will piohably be followed by several others. M. J. Crowo of Omaha has recently Issued n challengo to notch, and the latter Is dis posed to look on It favorably In case he comes olT safely In U10 contest tomorrow night, (lotcli sii) s that he will entertain a proposi tion from Crowe tn meet within n few weeks either in Fort Dodge or Omaha. Crowe's challenge Is for a imrse of $100, and thn winner to tako the entire gate receipts. I IN THE WHEELING WORLD. V v $ i$ - i $$$ 4. The press-booming committee of the League cf American Wheelmen hn. under gone n remarkable change of tune since the , Philadelphia assembly. Before thut meeting ! the boomers sent out weird tales of wot), I mingled with denunciation of the other fel t low. Now It Is rag-lime melodies of tho ! "Whistling Kufus" orde,r, and Chief Boomer McCarthy Is doing the cakewalk turn with tho curving grace of a professional. An nouncing the surgical operation which lopped off the racing board cancer, Chulrman Mc Carthy says: "From Mnlne to California and from th. lakes to tho gulf the press congratulates the League of American Wheelmen upon Its dlvorco from cycle racing. For four years tho question of whether the league should discontinue Its control of 11 raclug depart ment has agitated the organization and wheelmen generally. During the Inst year the (iustlou assumed an acute stage owing to the oppoiltlon of a purely racing body nnd because of tho stand taken against thn department by many of tho lead era of tho league. The statement was repeatedly nuido that racing troubles were tho cause of the decllno In league membership, and that If thn national assembly discontinued this fea ture the organization wuuld receive many applications from wheelmen who take greater Interest In tho more dignities! ob jects of tho league, such as highway Im provement, securing of wheelmen's rights and privileges, hotel accommodation.', read maps and touring facilities and the many other object for which tho League of Ameri can Wheelmen has been constantly striving 'Slnco the assembly almost unanimously 'Ifdded to drop the racing department those, who have consistently opposed t, as well as ! JJiJcc WltSVOIlS Ourrinscs Concords lJliitctotis Spring Vnrotiis ltirm Wagons Just re 'elved two carloads of these line vehicles. . JE. Fredricfc&on J'hono 21G1, JSicyclc 1IHIO STKM.IMiS. SNUMi AND tfr.tUMl. CIIAINLBSS S7.Y0O THE MANSOfU The I1MMI MAN'SON KOAH Wlti:i:h Is Mrlill.v Itluh Kimle. niul litis nil the In test Impi'momi'iits. fullv miunuitei'il. I Mice. .v.i'.'.lKi viisli; .S't.'i.oti on ilino; I'qtiiil lo nny wheel selling fur .lu. Wo lutvo tlio Lost S'J.'.tMi wheel in oiiuiliii. Cood si'eoiKllmnil w licoN -.Ss.(x), .sio.ito niul M'j.oo. Now Tin's -V.V-T), .yj.riti. .:i.im). r.i). Omaha Bicycle Co., Cor. Kith and Chicago Sts. those who favored it. have congratulated the league and freely predict that the organiza tion will Immediately feel tho tiled of the action. In tho centers of uopiilutlnn this effiot Is already being felt, nnd It will prob ably noon extend Itself to the other locali ties of the country. The larger cities have usually taken the lead In league recruiting, nud as they have been tho most opposed to racing it Is natural to suppose they will be tho first to show the favorable effects of the action." The fair sex in Cuba is gradually taking to the bicycle. In Havuna women aro to bo found at night getting on and falling off wheels under tho friendly cover of ilark-nei-K in their efl'ortn to learn to ride. When a Cuban woman has .mustered the trick and ventured abroad sbo docs so, however, with skirts sweeping the pedals. Were some of the short-skirted nnd bolegglned beauties of the stattM to appear in Havana In all their glory there would be grave danger of a revo lution nlmply by reason of the general cere bral iullammatlnn which would thereby be caused. It Is going to be a line thing for theso people If the use of the wheel can be niado general with both sexes. The men need tho exercise to give them muscles, In crease their thews and Bluews anil deepen nnd broaden their chests. The women need tho exercise to train them down. Cuban belles are all too fat. No wooner does tho nvorage Cuban girl gut married and reuch tho ago of 23 or 21 than she begins to pile on ndipoto tissue at such a rate that her llguio bicomej smothered. By nature for some reason that no one seems able to ex plain the superior of tho men, at least physically, she grown In size with her ye-ars until thcro Is no propm tlon between tho two sexes. This physical supeilority of the women over the men has been constantly remarked by Americans In Cuba, ami many explanations have been offered for It. Their better morals, their general abstinence from tho use of tobacco, which the men begin In very early youth, and tho fact that men nctsl more exercise to arrive at their normal stature than do women, may nil have Mome tlilng to do with tho difference. At any rate the men would certnlnly be built up by the use of the wheel, and tho women, having a tendency to become overfnt, would cer tainly be trained down. The trustees of the Cycle Tindo Protective association, organized to buck the trust, aro determined tn put up a wnrm fight against tho American Blcyrlo company, should the latter prosecute for alleged Infringement of the now famous bottom bracket patent. The trust people claim that It Is Impossible lo mnke the frame of a bicycle without Infring ing tlie patent In finest Inn. This the out siders declarn to bo nonsense. Various de vices can be used In Its plane. Bather than depait from ncreptcd methods, which would Involve largo outlays, however, they will j light the ease to a llnlsh nnd have prepared ' to expend nny sum nccofury up to $100,000 I for that purpose. J Although the patent was Issued nearly I twelve years ago no attempt was oiade to enforce It until recently. During the Inst ' twelve yoirB not less than 10,000,000 bicycles ! embracing this feature have been matlo. Todny thn bicycle Industry gives employ- t ......... ,l,n..HK,l.. I.. ..II I Mil-Ill lif ninny iiiijiintiimn UI llll'll III itll JI,1I m of the country, who, were tho patents sustained, would be thrown out of work, tho royalty demanded by the trust being quite prohibitive. How small n chance the trust has of enforcing Its demand may bo Judged from the fact that the bracket Itself costs 25 cents or less, while the amount of tho royalty demanded Is $1. " Tho South African war Is hnvlng a very depretHltig Inlluctire upon the Kngllsh eylo trade. Under normal conditions a good yoar would undoubtedly have gladdened tlio hearts of manufacturers and dealers. The over production which caused a stagnation two or three years ago has ceased and most of tho bankrupt, stocks forced on tho markets have been disposed nf. In cnuseruen"e of the wnr, however, a large number of orders placed with manufacturers have been counti rmnntled. Many ihousunds of Britons who at home aro users of bicycles havo bren culled to the front and many others oxpct to follow them, anil tho call upon tho public for the aid of the various army funds lias had a tendency to make a groat many people restrict their expenses. In nutniburless cafes the old wheel will be made to do service an other year. Kvcry diligent student of Mnthei dorse remembers tho young woman at Itiinbut Cross who when engaged in equestrian pu. Mills, wore "rings on her lingers anil belli on her toes by means of which she wa furnished with musl "wherever sho goes J World Bicycles s long as thej last for $30.00 Other wheels from $l!oo up. ond hand wheels from $..00 up and examine them. J3eirgain& lit) YOl KNOW THAT VH AltlC SKI. LINO A ... STERLING BICYCLE for $33 Tills wliei'l is Itiiiile till of 'lis. if. I niul I '.MM n:itis nntl is by fui' the lili;ut"-i li;iti;:ilii m ever otlVroil 111 ll lileyele. We 3 told you before, only a few lei I lit thut it Ire. ED T. HEYDEN, Manager. Nebraska Cycle Co. Cor. 15th and Harney, sIll-and BICYCLES Stearns Knmblcr Barnes Columbln Wolf American $40.00 $50,00 $21 no fob a Li:(it;i:. $13 0(1 for a new wheel complete. We have no agents. We pay no commission, but we sell Davis, Sin ger, Standard ami Do mestic Sewing Ma chines anil Drop Ilea Machine. as low a SKi.uO. Second hand machine from $1.00 up. Mi ndav only We rent machines 7,".c per week. We seP parts fur every machine manufactured. We rent ami sell typewriters. GERGE E. MICKEL, Manager An Inventor named (Joss, mentioned by a Paris paper, has sought In a soniewnat dlllereni manner to nffnrd to the riders nt bicycle a similar delight. It Is proposed to adjust n hurp of suitable dimensions to tho frame of a hlcyelo between tho rider's knees. Fach harp string, or wire, would be provided with Its own hammer, ami tho hummers would be operated by the spikes on a revolving cylinder a music box cylinder. In fact. The last mentioned portion of tho apparatus would derive its movement fiom a special sprocket chain from tlio ped als. The mechanical features of Ihe plun are simple anil feasible. The onlv part of tin scheme about which one can have any doubt Is Iho musical. It Is conceivable that in solitude on a lonely road a person might be cheered by a lively anil pretty melody, auto matically rendered. Bui a procession of wheelmen, each riding at a different rate of sied from his follows, playing a illlforeiit tuno nnd huvlng nn Instrument pitched In a ililfercnt Uvy, would produce rather startling results. On the whole, It is to bo hoped that M. (Joss' dream will never ho realized. One of tlio most troublesome things, that H rider hns to eonlund with is a leaky valve. A device to prevent this hns Just been Intro duced. The Inventor declares that It does nwny with the leaks resulting from the method of fasleuiliig tho valve In tho stein of tho tire, by tho winding of fluo wire around It. This vnlvo clamp, as It Ib culled, ronslsts of a brass threaded collar spilt down on each sldo. It Is fitted down over the rubber slum of the tiro, after tho valvo In lilted, ami on to which n second corru gated collar Is screwed. As tills second col lar Is snowed down tho valvo is securely clamped In. the pressure being oven nil around. Tho coming season will show a return to iho use of tho sinnll sprocket wheel. Denl ers say tho ilnvs of high-gear wheeltl are over and only tho rider that wants people to lie) levo thnt ho Ik a racer will rldn a wheel of a gear higher than 85. Last season thcro suotned to bo a tendency to return to low gears and ninny riders used ns low ns n 72 genr. Thoro Is n groat advantage In Iho latter when It comes to hill climbing. Tho condition of the British hlcyelo trado Is deplorable, ns far us tho owners aro con cerned. According to the Irish Cyclist, the capital Invested aggregates $10,000,000 In round numbers. The net profits for ISA!) amount to a trllle moro than $fi00,000, or m per cent, which, for practical purposes, might ns well he nothing. W S Philpot. Albany, Oa says: "De Witt's Little Knrly Hlsers did me mora good than any pills I over took." Tho fa rnouH Hull pills for constipation, bilious ness md liver and bowel troubles.