Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY UEE: a UK DAY, JANUARY 10. 1002.
J 1
BASE BALL UP IN HIS AIR
Mtfntt! Easy Abating Eats Other, bat
lUthlnf Muck Dtlig.
WESTERN LEAGUE MEET AT KANSAS CITY
Uxptillon at Ilenll Only Hrnl Thlnic
AchnmplUlirit In flpltn ot All
?prrr hninkliiK mill Xnnit
CnllltiK.
Hold your baio.
There's no occasion for any 0110 else
getting excited. It's the magnates' turn
and they arc making tho most of It. Prob
ably the thought that the public la getting
tired of tho row has not occurred to them.
They may yot hear the dear people exclaim,
ns did Lieutenant Mercutlo: "A plnguo on
both your houses." All this heating of the
ambient air and calling of names and the
llko won't build grandstands nor biro play
ers nor pay car fare, nor convince anyono
who will stop to think that there Is any
great degreo of sincerity behind It. It
may amuse the magnates, but It Isn't fool
ing anybody. Owners and prospective own
ers of teams will lose nothing If thoy will
gut together and settlo their differences
amicably. If they kcop up their bickerings
much longer thoy wll! lose everything, for
they nro persistently forcing to tho front
what should be kept In tho background
that Is, tho commercial side of tho game.
That professional base ball ban a com
mercial side has always been known, yet
tho most successful managers havo been
thoso who havo kept tho business end In
the background and havo mado tho sport
the feature. Just at present the quarreling
magnates of tho country seem to have re
versed this ordor, and havo put their per
sonal business Interests ahead of every
thing. Omahn In Interested solely because wo
are asked to play tho part of tho bono
over which tho dogs wranglo, and will bo
required later to furnish toothsome sus
tenance for whlchovcr dog comes off tha
better. It may bo that tho Omaha patrons
of bane ball enjoy being tho prize hung up
for n test of strength between rival leagues.
If they do, they havo so far been success
ful In concealing tho fact. No great pub
lic outburst of enthusiasm over tho pros
pects of olthor sldo has as yet been noted.
On tho other hand, there In much reason
to believe that tho nquabblo Is already hav
ing a depressing effect on tho public, and
If persisted In will result In the extermina
tion of Interest In the local team. No one
for a moment believes that Omaha can
support two teams, and mighty few believe
that Omaha will bo asked to. Nono doubt
the sincerity of cither Rourko or Handle,
either of whom would bo popular as man
ager of a team hero. Tho public does not
caro to bo called on to mako n cholco be
tween these two. Only one thing la left
to bo decided: In which league will Omaha
bo enrolled during tho coming senson?
That question cannot yot be answered, for
all tho assurances that havo been given
Two days were Bpent nt Kansas City
last week by the surviving magnates of tho
Western leaguo and tho prospective, who
had ns tholr guests President Pat Powers
of the Eastern league and tho National
Association of Minor Leagues, Secretary
Folber of tho nBsoclatlon nnd President
Bexton of tho Three I league. The guests
thundered their anathemas at Hlckcy nnd
Tebeau, and President Power most vocifer
ously reiterated his decreo of excommuni
cation against the president of the Amer
ican association. It appears from the pub
lished proceedings of tho meeting at Kan
sas City that, Mr. Mickey's offonsn against
Mr. Powers does not consist so much in
attempting to organlzo n now leaguo as It
does In aspiring to major leaguo honors.
Mr, Powers wants It distinctly understood
that he Is next out for a position In big
leaguo ranks, and that If there Is to bo a
vacancy, or a new place, ho Is to have It,
and not Hlckoy. And so, like tho Cardinal
Lord Archbishop of Rhelms
In holy nnger nnd pious grief.
Ho solemnly cursed that rascally thief.
Oh, thero nover was heard such n terrible
curse.
Hut what gave rise
To no little surprise.
No ono seemed, one penny tho worse.
Following the lead of his superior, Mr,
Socretary Pelber turned looso tho entire
vocabulary Of baso ball epithets nnd ob
jurgatory expressions on tho devoted
Hlckoy. Ho was followed by Mr. Sexton,
who, finding that all tho well-set terms
of denunciation had boon exhausted by
his predecessors, was forced to coin a
few new ones. He rose to tho occasion
nnd enriched the language of tho diamond
and tho nnnual meeting by tho addition
of numerous ornate and generally useful
expletives. And when all of theso things
were said and done, behold! Hlckcy wasn't
there, and consequently they never touched
him. In tho meantime Mr. Hlckcy seems
to have a shado tho better of this war of
words. He known what his rivals havo to
say about him, and they nro atlll In the
dark ns to Hlckoy'a Inward thoughts.
I nurns put rollers under Magnate ncall,
tied a can to him, and Joyously shunted
him Into outer darkness. Next they
awarded the Denver franchise to former
Magnate Packard, with tho distinct pro
viso that ho do not uso tho DroAdway park,
tho Improvements on which belong to Dealt,
Magnate Packard accepted. All the other
magnates wero named as a commlttco to
select the cities necessary to complete the
circuit. And having dono this, "the great
est and most enthusiastic minor league
meeting over hold-," ndjourncd to reas
scmblo at tho call of tho president, who
said ho thought he would get them together
about February 15. Some scoffer has sug
gested that February 30 would be a more
appropriate date. Tho net results of tho
mcotlng appear to bo: Tho assurance of
Pat Powers thai tho cities In tho circuit
will havo his support (moral, of course)
so long as they are content to remain In a
minor leaguo; tha expulsion of A. 1). Bcall,
and tho nwardlng of franchises for four
years to Manning and Nichols of Kansas
City and Packard of Denver. Tho circuit
so far ns mado up consists of Omaha, St.
Joseph, Kansas City, Colorado Springs and
Denver. For the other thrco towns thero
arc Sioux City, Des Moines, Milwaukee,
Peoria and Indianapolis. This rango for
cholco has narrowed perceptibly slnco tho
meeting adjourned, for telegraphic reports
from Indianapolis are to tho effect that
W. II. Watklns, who owns tho ball park
and American association franchise thero,
han turned down tho proposition from tho
Western. Many conflicting reports como
from Milwaukee. President Whitfield says
ho has leased tho old Amorlcan league
grounds, and President Kllllca of tho
American leaguo Mllwaukeo team says ho
knows nothing of nny such lease. Dill
Hourko says a company of Mllwaukeo
capitalists Is ready to take tho franchise,
although Tommy Dowd was an applicant
for It. At Kansas City a lot of people nro
unkind enough to hint that Jimmy Man
ning In not In earnest, nnd that tho Ameri
can team will havo a clear field there. In
view of all theso facts and rumors tho
Denver meeting of tho Western will bo
looked forward to with even raoro Interest
than was that at Kansas City.
Out In Denver thero Is much discussion
as to the desirability of tho franchise
awarded to Mr. Packard, weighted down ns
It Is with undcslrablo and even onerous
conditions. Hlght nt tho outset thero Is
tho promlso of a suit by Dealt. Tho charge
on which ho was expelled Is collusion with
Tcbeau. Thl hinges on a question of ver
acity between llcall nnd Whitfield as to
verbal Instructions from tho latter to the
former. Ileall says ho had authority to
trado his Minneapolis holdings for the Den
ver plant, nnd Whitfield says ho hadn't. At
any rnte, Deal lost money on the deal and
tho Western leaguo lost Minneapolis. Now
tho Western league proposes to make
Deall's Denver holdings worthless to him
by proventlng him from having a team at
Denver nnd preventing Packnrd from pur
chasing Deall's Icaso and Improvements.
All who ar familiar with tho sltuatlou
know that Denver had tho most conven
iently located grounds In tho leaguo nnd
that not another such a spot can bo found
In tho Queen City. Plonty of places for a
Sunday park can bo had, but no such place
for weekday games. So Mr. Packard enters
tho Hats out thore with the cortalnty of a
lawsuit and tho necessity of looking up a
new park ahead of htm. It is a big handi
cap and .tho' Denver fanatics realize It. In
deed, McClcllan of the Republican, who Is
tho beat posted sporting man In Donver,
says Packard will bo forced to buy Deall's
plant. Floto of the Post eayn ho and Harry
Mulnlx, who went to Kansas City as pros
pective applicants for a franchtso, with
drew because they didn't care to buy a law
suit; So tho situation Isn't so blamed rosy
at Denver, cither.
When It came to doing tho business Mag
nates Van Drunt, Rourke, Manning and
Whon the magnates at Kansas City ousted
Deall because of his suspected collusion
with tho hated Tebeau and substituted
Packard they exhibited lnordlnato Iongth
of something, whether ears or wits, the
leader may decide Last season Packard
was Tobeau's figurehead In Denver: ho was
n party to a fake transfer, of which all
the other mombers of tho leaguo wore
aware, tho object of which was to deceive
the Denver people Tebeau really owned
and controlled two franchises In tho West
ern league. Just boforo tho meeting at
St. Joseph Packard turned back to Tebeau
his shadow of ownership of tho Denver
franchise and Tcbeau was promptly ex
pelled. A thought which would occur to
an ordinary mortal Is: Would Packard, hav
Ing had tho close and confidential relations
ho sustained to Tebeau last season, bo his
mortal enemy next? And when Mr. Deall
saw other members of the leaguo taking
steps to protect thcmsolvcs, was ho not
Justified In taking some action to look after
his own interests nnd provide, If possible,
against further loss tu connection with the
Western league? The answer to this docb
not seem hard.
has no choice between Messrs. Rourke and
Dandle. It has always supported legitimate
"vrt In Omaha, nnd always will. It does
want to break down any established
lcgltlmato enterprise or business, but Jt
does favor tho expansion of that business
nhon poeslblo nnd Is willing to aid at nil
times to mako that expansion successful.
As to one side or tho other. The Dee has
tried at nil times to tell only tho truth, to
glvo both factions an equal hearing and
to furnish Its readers with the facts with
out regard to the Individual Interests cf
contending owners, Whatovcr the out
como of the present difficulty The Dee will
bo found In tho future, as always In the
past, loyally supporting the home team
contending for honest sport nnd freely
nnd fearlessly expressing Its opinion at all
times.
Affairs In the big leagues arc atlll as un
settled as nt any time dtirlne the last two
months. Several rapld-flrotypewrlters have
swung Into Una In the battle between the
Drush Insurgents nnd tho regulars, led by
Al Spalding, ard the explosion of verbal
lyddite during the last fortnight has been
something terrific. Up to dato there has
been no slackening In the fire, nnd tho "I-
regret-to-state" reports are yet to come.
When tho casualties are all noted, which
will likely b In March, the public will find
that tho base ball map hnsn't been greatly
altered, Andrew 0. Freedman and John T.
Drush will likely have disappeared and
thnt will bo about all. The latest broadside
from tho Irregulars concernod In the war
Is to the effect that Spalding will form n
now circuit, with New York left out. Dan
Johnson Is spending tho winter In com
paratlve ease. His circuit Is complete, his
managers are active and tho outlook for
the next season Is certainly a roseato one
to him.
All of which goes to provo that calling
nnmes doesn't convlneo the public; that
"saying so doesn't mako It so," and that
abuso Is not argument. Omaha Is anxloui
for baso ball and doesn't care to have tho
chances of tho team put In Jeopardy Just
to prcservo tho prospects of Colorado
Springs, St. Joseph nnd Denver. No moro
wclcomo announcement could be mado than
that Rourke and Dandle had reached an
agreement, and that all likelihood of a war
had rateed.
The Deo has been accused of "knocking'
the Western league. No chargo could bo
farther from the facts, Tho Dee has been
consistent In Its attitude from tho very
beginning. This paper advocated the ex
panslou of the league In 1901, but when
tho circuit was made up It gave loyal and
unswerving support to tho leaguo and to
tho home team. Now that Omaha has a
chnnco to get Into better company The Doe
wants to sco tho movo made. This paper
Why
4
RUBBER HEELS
Irvsure S&fefy.
II 0U wtir CREEPER HEELS it any tlmt of yir
ad ptcUlly amidst the dangers ot tha wlntar
month!, you will obtain PERFECTION ol comlort,
ABSOLUTE SAFETY and a mitchlm production for
ciiunuaiT in ruuinun,
Steel .Disc Creepers
ar an Invaluable addition of a rerfect safety appltnnoo
embedded In tho hlghtit grade nt rubber lienla eclipsing
11 former Ideas of comfort. The CKKKl'KIt li apart
of the heel, working automatically, Is permanent and
etfectlve requires no attention doubling the life ot the
heel and can do no harm to tho most dellcato surface.
For t alt by deiltrt generally, or by mall 35,. ",'.
Send tlie ol heel.
DEAMNB-SOOTT MF. 00., Jaokson, Mloh.
CREEPER RUBBER HEELS
Can t purchase! nnd attached to your shoes at 60 cents per pair
t tho following stores In Omaha: Drexel Shoo Co,, Fry Shoe Co., A.
W. Bowman Co. Council Illuffs: U, M. Sargent, C. N. Peterson, CI. W.
Bmlth, J, Peters.
Dunlop Tlra Co.. Toronto. Ont., Canadian Aitnli,
Wenr
Heom
Tf tcd for Effi
ciency. W'hlchkeepyou
rlihi tide up
Which outwear
all others
With correct
elasticity
Preventing
Nervousness
The best for
l lie money.
COUNTRY CLUB GETS A BOOST
A 1 in toil n Into llnltr.I Strife Holt
Ansoclntlon n Htronic I.ocnl
Cnril.
Tho longer thoy think nbout It tho moro
Jubilant become mcmbors of tho Omaha
Country club bccauBo of tho admission of
that organization Into membership In the
United States Golf association This wilt
undoubtedly give tho local club a great
boost for tho coming season, both locally
and nbroad, and It will have n considerable
effect to tho ndvantngo of tho club In
strengthening tho ties that bind some of
its mombers to It. Several prominent
Country club golfers had determined to
play at tho Omaha Field club this year It
tho links at tho latter place were lmprovod
In accordance with tho plans made. That
the new courso at tho Field club will be
standard length, besides offering far more
nttractlvo and alluring chances In the way
ot hazards, was largely responsible for this
animus. Its closeness to tho city was an
other strong factor.
Now that tho Country club Is recognized
as ono of tho official organizations In the
golfing world, It Is certain at least that
no Omaha players will allow their member
ship In It to lapse. Some may still play a
major portion of the time at the other
place, but thoy will maintain tholr connec
tion with the Country club Just for tho
soke of the national standing It gives them,
If for no other reason.
Coming right on top of tho extensive
Improvements planned by tho Country club,
and now well under way, this membership
certificate to an association having on Its
roster tho names ot all the prominent golf
clubs In this country Is a culminating tri
umph. It makes the Country club n legiti
mate golf club, and Its members nro en
titled to consideration now with any golfers
In tho United States. They can now also
enter any American event from their own
club, that being their only necessary quali
fication. Previous to this time It has been
necessary for any Omaha Country club
goiter who wished to participate In any
national tournament, or one ot any sort
held under tho auspices of tho United
States Golf association, to first Join a club
that was numbered In the ranks ot the
association. Till they did this tho Omaha
gutty chasers were outlaws, and could be
nothing more than spectators.
It would ,not be surprising, too, If this
event would glvo tho Improvements at tho
Country club now being mado a- little boost.
Somo thousands ot dollars are to be spent
in piping the course nnd enlarging It as
much as space will permit. The only re
gret of Country club members Is that thov
have not sufficient ground to mako a regu
lation course of the standard length. It
may be that now an effort will bo mado to
annex a twcnty-acro tract to the south or
cast or west and play tho courso up to tho
big 6,447 yards limit set by tho Midlothian
links at Chicago. At' present tho courso
hero Is only 4,768 ynrds long, and when
lengthened as now planned will bo not moro
than 6,500 yards, which Is ntlll 600 yards
short of standard. It will take more ground
to get that extra third of a mile.
The benefit which the club would derive
from having standard length links can
readily bo porcclvcd. It would then bo a
legitimate and official placo for tho holdlnc
of nny state, Interstato or oven national
tournament events, the United States Oolf
association governing. Oolf Is 'growing
stronger In the west every day, nnd soon
cities went of Omaha, such as Denver, will
bo wanting admission to golf tournaments,
Tho Gate City will be the logical location
for western affairs cf this kind as soon as
tho sport grows strong enough west of
hero to partially balance Its power in Chi
cago.
Then that 6,000-yard course would hold
tho players to tho Country club course llko
leeches. They could got all tho prepara
tion right hero at home that thoy needed
to enter contests anywhere. Distance would
be at their command for practice and brassy
shots could again come Into regular play.
WRESTLING MATCHES FIXED
I.ncli nnd CJrrrnninn to .Meet Hnturdity j
Nlarht nnd Cnrrnll and
Ilurna Follow.
Two wrestling matches, both of consider
able interest to local mat mon, will bo
tho revival In that line ot sport In Omaha
during the next two weeks. Doth aro now
assured nnd the dates set. One is betwocn
wrestlers of conslderablo fame, the other
between two local advocates of Nelson holdi
In all their intricacies.
On January 25 Peter Loch and Frank
Greenraan will try for tho best two out of
three falls at the Trocadero, the event bo
Ing a portion of tho athletic tournament
to be hold there that night. Theso two
mon have been trying to framo up a match
for some months past, and their friends are
glad to know that thoy nre coming togethor
at last. Greenmnn Is a fireman on tho local
force. Loch has been known in Omaha
wrestling matters for some time. The men
have mot once bofore, Loch winning.
One week after this contest comes a
match ot greater Importance. It Is the
coming together of ffio fo:ty Former Hums
aud Josoph Carroll of Spokane, Waah.
A RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY
Dr. McGrew of Omaha.
The press and public have come to recognize the value of his professiounl services in all dis
eases and disorders of men. His practice now extends all over the west.
A Medical Expert
I'erhaps tho most outward and visible
evidence of tho esteem In which Dr. Mc
Grew Is held throughout tho west is tho
fact that ho haB been called on several oc
casions to give expert medical testimony
In the district courts of the state. In each
case Important Issues hung upon the nature
of various vcnernl diseases and disorders
ot men nnd nono other than tho most re
liable specialists of unquestionable pro
fessional Integrity and ability could bo
allowed to testify. Dr. McOrew Is a recog
nized authority with tho bench and bar of
Nebraska and his opinion In enscs of this
kind is, never questioned. Ills professional
caroer has extended over n period of
twenty-six yenrs, fifteen of which havo
been spent In Omaha. During that time ho
has treated and cured thousands ot cases
ot contagious blood poison, strlcturu,
varicocele, hydrocele, gleet, loss of vitality
nnd associate diseases. His treatment for
blood poison Is equal to tho celebrated Hot
Springs treatment, without tho wntcr and
nt less than ono-half tho cost nnd can bo
taken nt homo without tho knowlodgo of
nnyone. Thou?ands of men throughout the
western states could bear witness to Dr.
McOrew's successful cures hundreds after
their cases had boon given up ns hopeless
by other physicians.
nn. M.tiitnw at Mm n:i.
Dr. McGrew Says
In n recent interview with n representa
tive of tho press Dr. McQrow said: "I be
lieve tho time Is rapidly approaching when
tho old stylo of general prnctlco will glvo
way to specialized practice by men who
have made tho study of ono dtsenso or clnss
of diseases their ono object In life. Tho
general practitioner cannot hope to competo
with the spcclntlst who brings nil his skill
to bear upon one particular disease. It Is
so In other professions It will soon bo so
In medicine. Even now no well-informed
person goes to tho family doctor for affec
tions of tho eye, car, nose or throat. He
goes to a recognized spcclnllst and In .due
tlmo wo shall have specialists In the treat
ment of smallpox, typhoid fever nnd other
dread diseases, When that tlmo comes
such diseases will not longer bo classed na
dangerous. I began tho prnctlco ot medi
cine more than a quarter of n century ngo
nnd through cholco nnd a deslro for special
work becamo u specialist In diseases nnd
disorders peculiar to men. It has been a
life study, nnd whntever success I may have
won has been duo to persistent determina
tion to thoroughly master ono lino of med
ical practice, to tho end that I might suc
ceed where others sometimes failed."
BLOOD POISON
NERVOUS DEBILITY KK
ory, Despondency nnd nil nnnntnnil weakness nnd disord
ers cured pernmnenlly.
in all stages and conditions
cured by a treatment which is
far moro satisfactory nnd successful thnn "Hot Springs" treatment nnd nt loss
than half the cost. All breaking out and signs ot tho disease disappear at onco.
A. cure that Is guaranteed tor life.
VARICOCELE AND HYDROCELE POSITIVELY CURED IN LESS THAN TEN DAYS.
Thero novor wns and possibly never will bo offored a treatment for Varicocele and Hydrocolo that gives such entire satisfaction nnd so completo a permanent
cure. Its simplicity nnd quick cures nro Its greatest recommondatlon. Dr. McQrow hns devoted 2G years to tho treatment of Vnrlcocelo and Hydrocele, nnd it Is
but Justice to him to say without fear ot contradiction thnt his treatment of theso diseases has no equal anywhorc.
AN ABSOLUTE CURE IS GUARANTEED.
DR. McGREW'S TREATMENT FOR STRICTURE GIVES AN ABSOLUTE CURE IN LESS THAN FIVE DAYS
without pain or hindrance from business.
THE DOCTOR'S QUICK CURES AND LOW CHARGES
nre dally proving what a great good can bo done for men at a NOMINAL EXPENSE. TREATMENT DY MAIL.
OIT1CK IIOl'llS 8 n, ni. te 1 I. in. nnlnyn, S n. in. to i. ni. I'. O. IlOX, 7(111. Oilier over -IT, Mn. lltli Nt., Hot r oeu DoiikI ih mill I'ariiiini Ntft,,
U m n tin, Nclirn.kn.
Burns Is too well known In Omaha nnd tho
middle west to require description or com
mont. Ho Is old nt tho business nnd has
wrestled all tho good middle-weights In
America, besides somo foreigners.
Carroll Is nn Interesting athlete. Ho lias
a grand physlquo, standing a little more
than six feet tall nnd being built heavily
nil tho way up and down, with a very full
chest. Ho enmo to Omaha tho past week,
It being the first time ho had visited tho
city. Just now he Is In Chicago, wheru
ho Is training for the event nt the cnicago
Athletic club. Tho, match Is catch weights,
so tho westerner need not tako off any
flesh unless ho desires. Ho says ho will
work off Just a few pounds of his 175.
Tho Washington man talks entertainingly
of wrestling. "It's a peculiar sport," ho
said. "Unless two men aro very evenly
matched, ono Is certain to gain a very
speedy victory. Any man who Is much
my superior nt tho gamo can throw mo onco
n mlnuto. Everything seems to count In
this business. Of courso weight Is n great
ndvantngo, but quickness Is a great deal
of It. The successful wrestler goes by
fits and starts. Notice any of tho big ones
In tho gamo and you will sco tho truth of
thnt statement. They rest nnd remain
aulet for a tlmo. then they go nftor their
antagonists, working with whirlwind speed
In nn endeavor to secure a fatal Hold and
make It go."
These men will wrcstlo at tho Trocadero
on February 1. Tho sldo hot Is $500, which
Is already posted. Both are good-sized men
and It will bo a grand struggle. Burns Is
much stronger thnn his weight warrants,
and Carroll Is somewhat herculean In ap
pearance, nlthough his work is not known
here.
BOXERS ARE GETTING BUSY
Kvctit of Mnch Interest Come Once
a Week with fireut
IteKiilurlt)'.
Boxing enthiiBlnsts are getting tholr fill
Just now, for fistic events havo becorao
matters of weekly occurrence Tho fight.
at South Omaha Friday night between Eddlo
Gardnor and Olo Oleson was nttonded bv
a big crowd, and thoro was every ovldcncq
that tho eport la ln'hlgh favor In the Qato
City and Its southern neighbor this winter.
With that long-expected event como and
gono, Interest Just now centers In tho com
ing Whlttnker-Smlth contest, billed for
next Saturday night. Tho match between
thoso two colored boys la In mnny ways a
climax In tho boxing caroer of both men.
Locally It Is altogether so.
A long period of rivalry explains this, and
tho fact that both aro Omaha men and havo
mot before enhances tho situation. Each
has a cotcrlo of friends nnd supporters who
aro placing all tholr faith and conslderablo
of their money upon tho outcomo of this
bcut, nnd none ot the Interest displayed In
the affair la of tho Impersonal typo. All of
theso things mean that tho contest will he
keen and fast from tho start and Its result
will be decisive.
Personally, the two boxers aro of radi
cally different types. Each will weigh In
on next Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
122 pounds, but In physlquo one Is tho grey
hound, the other tho bull terrier. Whlt
taker is a llgbt-complocted man, tall for
his weight and correspondingly slender. Ho
s neither thick through nor wide across.
Smith Is very black and vory short. Ho
Is stocky and rather heavily muscled.
Both men have been training now for
about two weeks. Smith has now quarters
nt Thirteenth and Douglas streets, well
tit ted up. He works hard much of the time,
punching the bag, skipping tho rope, box
ing for points, and then roughing It hard
for a few minutes with some man twice his
slzo. Whlttaker Is quartered at the Thurs
ton hotel. He Is going In hard for road
work, and goes his night miles every morn
ing. Ho Is a most consclentous trainer and
spends his afternoons Indoors, working
with the bag and gloves nnd doing finger
exercises,
George Slier, fistic editor of the Chicago
Trlbuno and referee of the highest standing
and widest reputation, has been Becured to
take care of this contest. Slier himself will
bo a great card, He has officiated at many
great battles and has dono his share of the
work In the heavyweight championship con
tests.
A battle royal between six colored men
will start the preliminaries Next will be
a wrestling match, Peter Loch and Frank
Greenmnn having finally como to terms. Tho
sldo bet for this match is $50 und tho purso
tho same. Tho bout will be at catch
weights, best two out ot threo falls, pin
falls only. Two four-round bouts will fol
low. Young Stnfford and Potcr Hooney, well
known welterweights, will do a stunt, nnd
then Clarcnco English nnd .Kid Gleason,
lightweights, will top It off with some rapid
flro work. Tho affair Is being given undor
the nusplccs of tho Omaha Athletic club.
BOWLERS WATCHING BUFFALO
Omnlin I.riiKiir linn Deep Intercut In
CmiKrcNK Which IIpkIh
Mnnriii)'.
Clnh .HtiiiulInK".
W. L. I'.C. High. Tot. Av.
Omaha 31' 14 .KS8 971 38.8BO S3 5-9
Clnrkson 2(5 19 .577 9ft! 37,698 K37 2-3
Onto City 25 ?0 . 555 911! 37,771 S3S
St. Charles 21 21 .533 !I7 37,641 836 5-9
German 23 2J .511 9lil 37,507 833 4-9
Western 21 21 .406 936 36,928 820 2-3
Krug Pnrk 20 25 .444 924 36,274 806
Nntlomil 10 33 . 222 923 31,186 766 1-3
High score, Selleck (Western), 229.
The close of tho first week of the sec
ond half of the season finds tho leading
tenm In tho Omaha Bowling leaguo contest
Btlll dropping down, nnd now scarcely moro
than 100 points In percentage separates tho
Omaha team from tho Clarksons. This
latter quintet won with flying colors tho
contest for second place, It having been a
tie for that position last week with tho
Goto City nnd St. Charles teams. Tho
Gato City men took two games of their
sorles Tuesday night, nnd tho only way
for tho Clarkeons to surpass this was to
tako all thrco Thursday night from tho
Krug Parks, which they did. Mcanwhllo
tho Westerns took two from tho Omahns
nnd this let them Into sixth place, putting
tho Krug Parks down to soventh. Tho
Nationals took two from tho St. .Charles
and nro now making creditable records.
Although tho gnmo has gone steadily on
hero, Omaha bowlers havo very nearly for
gotten tholr own leaguo In tho approaching
national championship tournament ot tho
American- Bowling congress, which com
mences at Buffalo tomorrow nnd lasts nil
tho week. Local rollers aro keenly Inter
ested In this affair, tho moro so bocauso
tho Omaha Bowling league Is a. member of
this congress. No team from this city will
flguro In tho meet. Ono lono player, Al
Krug, captain of tho Germans, will try his
luck at Buffalo. He has entered In the one
man contest.
Entries for tho events nro nil that woro
expected. Thoy are In threo classes, five
men teams, two-men teams nnd Individual
competition. Buffalo has thirteen flvo-men
teams entered, Chicago nine, New York
nnd Brooklyn six each. Twenty-throe
otbors from divers points bring the total
up to fifty-seven. That makes 285 men In
this series. In tho two-men list Chicago
has twenty-four, New York fifteen, Buffalo
fourteen, nnd thero nro 107 men In all.
Thero nro 209 Individual entries, and Chi
cago has forty-six, Buffalo thirty-four and
New York twenty-six. Tho total number
ot players entered In nil events Is C01.
Tlay will begin Monday night. Tho tour
nament will bo held on tho Now Palace
alleys, built for the purpose, Theso aro
tho handsomest alleyB west of New York
City. The prevalence nnd popularity of
bowling throughout the country by sections
Is shown by the entries, whtch follow:
Klve-Mnn 'lVniii.
Buffalo Pleasure. P. Koerber, captain;
Imperials, C. Kellnr, captain: Iroquois,
William Tenjost. captain: Casinos, John
Lannen. captain: Hydraulics. J. Faulkner,
captain; Excelsiors, V. C. Hubbard, cap
tain: Actives, Josoph F. Suttner, captain;
Curloys, Charles C. lluppcl, captain:
Hendlers, Louis Hendler, captain: Phillips'
H. C Joseph Phillips, captain; Big Chiefs,
Nick Miller, captain: Leberwurst, W. J.
Landefeld, captain; Seneca B. C, J. F.
Howell, captain.
New York-National H. C Charles K.
Starr, captnln; Btmrton 11. C, Joseph
Thum. cnptnln; Fldolln, William Amann,
captain; Cyclone, C. W, Lelieau, captain;
Standard I). C, O. J. Olson, captain; nose
dale B. C D. FrerckB, captain.
Chicago Tosottl B. C. Georgo Bangnrt,
captain; Standard H. C, IJ. Orelshabor,
captain; Crencent B. C, Charles L. Bus
tlan, captnln; Worden's Htnrs. Fred Wor
don. cnptnln: Hnfmann H..C, Frank H.
Brill, captain; Thompson's Colts B. C W.
V. Thompson, captain; Weber B. C
Charles F. Labahn, captain; Levy's Stars,
J. F. Burke, captain; Anson's H. C A. C.
Anson, captain.
Detroit-All Star B. C. (1), AVllllnm Spitz
loy, cnptaln; All Star 11. C. (2), John Ford,
captain.
Brooklyn Grand Central, J. Selster, can-I
Direct From Distillery
To Consumer
Cooke's 0. F, C. Rye Whiskey
7 YEAR OLD 3O00
iiltllHIKlfiif
nikiiiii
WHISKEY
'luaijZZcnrfit'
tOOKEttCONIMvj
b, CMICAOOi
Any fcaak
COOKE & CO., Dl
For 4'otorftd
Four Full
Quarts
Here is a whiskey that has been on the mnrket over 25 years
andlsesteemedforitshighqualitywliercvcrwhiskeyisdrank.
Every drop of this rich amber liquor Is mode from the
choicest grains in copper stills at our own distillery, and is
nfjed in the wood at our own storage warehouses until just
right in flavor and color nnd perfectly pure.
It is a pleasing whiskey, rich, mellow and smooth, and
must not be judged by the low price at which we sell it. It
is priced low in consequence of being made and aged on our
own premises and sold direct without middlemen to make
additional profits necessary. If sold through dealers this
whiskey would cost $5.00.
We (hip COOKE'S C. P. C. RYE In plain boxen, without mirks to Indi
cate content!, inii prepay cxprctt on all ordera for four quarta or more
when accompanied by remittance of $3.00.
If the fooda are not all we claim, and perfectly aatltfactory, you are re
queued to return them to us at our expenie, and on their receipt we will it
once refund your $3.00.
r comatreUI rnc will wll jm afour niiaa.olal rupoa.lbllltj !
atlllera. Mall Order Depot, 73 to 81 Dearborn St., CHICACO.
ad point! weal there la h alight additional eharara far cxprraaace.
tnln; I'alnco li. C, Nick Jnckaon, cnptnln;
Kclio 1). C, It. S. BaumclHter, cnptnln;
Arlington li. C, E. Bertram, cnptnln;
Monarchs, Herman J. Maims, cnptnln;
Prosperity B. C Oscnr Hammer, cnptnln.
Cleveland Farmer li. C, George Hum
mer, captnln; Culumct B, C, II. F. Stelgel
mclcr, cnptuln.
Columbia. O. Columbus B. C, H. Col
lins, cnptuln; I'aluco 11. C, J. N. Reed,
captain.
Akron, O. Peerless H. C, Frnnlc Cohen,
captain; Grand li. C, B, Al. Frees, enp-
Kr'lo, Pn.-Tho Hrlos B. C, II. F. Stnhl
brodt, cuptuln; Badgers, J. T. Hcrlock,
cnptuln; Kcyatono B. U., W, Downing, cup-
IUII1
Indlananolls City Club B. C. Churl i-h
Gardner, captain; Marlon U. C, Hobcrt II.
llryHon, captnln.
kanim- city, Mo. Kansas City 11, C,
Hubert P. Barso. captain.
Minneapolis Minneapolis B. C. II. N.
Fowler, president.
Peoria Peoria club, August Potcr, cup
tnln, Itochcster Rochester Tonpln B, C J. D.
McGulre, cnptnln.
Syracuse U. C. C B. C, Bernlo Maurer,
captain.
Toledo Toledo B. C, J. W. McCornilck,
cnptuln.
Wheeling, AV. Va. All Wheeling B. C,
William Fottc cnptuln.
Belleville, -fll. Pastime B, C, William
Elwert, captain.
Niagara Falls Schwartz 11. C, Charles
Sehwurtz, cnptaln.
Toronto Munson's Torontos.
Ttvo-Miiit Team.
Chicago 24
Hufrnlo u
Now York 15
Indianapolis u
Erie ('.:
Akron 'i
l in:aw nsviiie i
Brooklyn
uouimmiH, u,, l
Cleveland 4
Detroit 1
Knnsns City 3
I.os Angeles 1
Ponnynn l
Peoria. 2
Rochester 2
Ht. Louis 4
Toledo , a
Topeka 1
wiieeung, w. Va. 1
Bellfivlllo a
Scrunton l
Niagara Falls J
Total 107
Individual Hiitrlrn.
.. 40
.. U
Oswego 2
Rochester '4
Tonuwanda i
Toledo 4
Topeka, Kan 2
Wheeling, V. Va. 1
Brudforu l
IColumhus lu
Omnha
Ht Louis
Krranton
9 Niagara Falls..
Total
209
Chicago
New Vork
Buffalo
Brooklyn
Krle
Detroit ,
Akron
Buldwlnsvlllo ...
Belleville
Cincinnati
Clovoland .,
Indlanupolls ....
Kansas City ,
I.os Angeles.,.,,,
Long Branch....
Tenoln scores of 200 and better at tho
Oate City alloys: H. D. Reed. 207. 202 ssi
216; James P. O'Brien, 211; C. B. Brlden-
Decser, zoi, 210, 208, 222; B. F. Hull, 203;
H. W. Hanson, 208, 207; Lyman McConnoll,
228; Southev. 201; "Plumber" Read, 210;
P. K. King, 213; F. Wilson, 202, 238, 202; IS.
Baldwin, Grand Island, 218; W. Emery, 21C;
Lehman, 203, 216; Conory, 225; Henry
Baden, 204; F. Jurgonson, 212; M. BcnKolo,
213; "Vic" Hayes, 200, 221, 209; J. H.
Hwartz, 232; F. (Jocme, 211; J. W. Watch,
200, 220; W. Bowman, 200; A. P, Wutters,
210; James Flndlay, 210, 202, 210; James
Lynch, 208; Sheldon, 210, 208, 201, 221,
Tenpln scores of 200 nnd better at Clark's
alleys: J. II. Hodges, 204, 212; E. U Leh
mann, 201; E. Ii. Rogers, 212; C. Colsoin,
200; W. C. King, 219; W. F. Clarkson, 205;
"Plumber" Read, 217, 229, 220, 202, 212, 221,
Clark's Bowling Alleys i
1313-15 Harney St.
Biggest-Brightest-Best
msm
Relieves Kldnev!
Ik. 0. aF I I . m
at Bipaaer:
trouble at once.
Cures in
48 Hours'"
URINARY
DISCHARGES
nime bTW
nwBri of tirles cntintermu. .
r
Uach Cap- y'",
nile bean the IMIrM l
imLUiiz
Your Fortune Told Free.
BY THE ZODIAC, ttrr i.S;
Wo will sond you a Horoscope Head
Irg of your life nnd a most Interest
ing Book on Astrology, if you sond
tho date of your birth and n stamp
for return postage. Our readings havo
made penpl happy anil full of hope
nnd surcpHH. Address MAGAZINE OF
MYSTERIES. 22 N. William St., N. Y.
City.
202, 205, 203; R. A. KoIIb, 211, 217, 201, 200,
212, 244, 209, 222, 200; King Ucnman, 213,
215, 228, 200, 200; I). J. O'Brien, 213; M. ft.
Huntington, 203, 203, 202; H. U Fowler,
211; W S. Sheldon, 222, 204; William
Weber, 211; W. T. Heft, 212; B. W, Christie,
230, 212; Charles Soaman, 213; F. Conrad.
213; 208; Tom Reynolds, 235, 202, 217, 213,'
W. W. Hartley, 204; F. J, Bongelo. 207, 223;
Joo Polcar, 230, 211, 201; Jlra Gardner, 208;
Graham, 220; Frank Fogg, 203, 216; W. II.
Emory. 222, 207, 213, 216, 203, 212; Al Krug,
215; Charles Zarp, 211; L. Weymuller, 212;
H. Bcselin, 224; G. B. Irons, 203; B. Roth,
201; C. J. Francisco, 201; Jack Fredrlckson,
200; A. E. Parmelco, 204.
Tenpln Bcorcs of 200 and hotter at Lent
& Williams' alleys: William Zltrman, 2C5,
203, 225, 21C, 201; R. B. McConahoy, 269, 232,
203, 236, 203, 236, 200; Frank Elllgan, 205;
Ahmanson. 237; M. F. Forscutt, 214, 206,
225; Will Hlnrlcks, 220; H. H. Rhodes, 236;
O. Benson, 201; E. Zltzraan, 200; Fred Bliz,
219, 203; C. II. Mayes. 205; II. Frltscher,
202; II. Baden, 209; 8. Elerman, 205, 210; L.
S. McConnell, 221; William Bowman, 206;
H. aordon, 200; W. A. Chapdler, 218, 202;
T. R. Coburn, 215; F. J. Conery, 202, 210; R.
Rocho, 217; Ed Cudahy, 203; J. Gleason,
211; E. A. Crolghton, 224; A. T. Swensen,
221; O. M. Zarp, 215; O. E. Selllck. 329; Ed
Lawler, 200; Tom Reynolds, 203; F. A.
Klrkpatrlck, 211 ; D. L. Dodgo, 201; It.
Stoetzel, 203, 231.