THE OMAIIA DAILY DEE; SUNDAY. MAY 29, 1904.
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SPORTING GOSSIP OF THE WEEK
Joining along.
The Rourke family hasn't got Into Ha
Stride yet, but It ia making an Immensely
batter showing In Ita work. Aa tha man
in tha aong said, "There are aoma things
that can not be explained," and no effort
la going to be made here to account for
aeveral of the apote noticed recently. What
we want to do la to keep our eyes on the
really brilliant work that la being accom
pllahed by tha fleldera, and overlook the
little breaka they make here and there.
Errora loae games, to be aure, but no team
u ever organised that could win every
rame, and the beat playera make ml ma keg
t critical timee. Keep In mind the fact
that two of tha inneldera are youngsters,
Juat getting Into faat ball, and that they
axa making a showing that promises much
for their future. Bhipke has shown that
ha thoroughly understanda the mechanical
work of covering third base, and la Im
proving day after day In his headwork.
He la tha find of the aeaaon, ao far aa third
basemen are concerned, and will be so
rated before tha end of tha aeason by
everybody. Ha la hitting a fair clip, and
will Improve In this direction, too, for he
has tha qualifications of a batter and only
needs experience In placing tha ball. He
lands aquarely, and aa soon aa he gets
ao ha can "pull It around" look out for
htm." Not a. whit behind Shlpke'a work
at third Is ' Howard's at second. He Is
learning tha game fast, and shows steady
improvement. He covers lota of ground,
and his stops and throws are clean, while
his batting Is getting better all the time.
Jack Thomas baa been a little off In hla
work during tha last two or three games,
but his errors are not tha result of In
dolence or Indifference. He Is trying every
time; for that matter, every man on the
team Is working hard all the while, and
every error made ia the reeult of a try,
and not because the player Is not willing.
They are taking every chance, shirking
nothing, and are doing work that will
surely win games for Omaha before the
aeason la ended. With the utmost harmony
prevailing among tha men, and everyone
pulling In tha aame direction, the promise
is confidently made that the Colorado
publlo will aea an entirely different sort
of ball when tha Rourke family visits the
mountains again thla week.
For tha edification of those who like tha
figures In the case, here are the etatiatlcs
of the players' Individual work up to
an Including the game of -Friday:
BATTINQ AVERAGES.
Dolan ......
Frees
Welch
Howard ...
Bhltke
Miller ......
I'felster ...
Thomas ...
Mebhardt .-
Carter ,
McCarthy .
Oondlng ....
Companion
Totals
An.
, 106
, M
, Vt
, 121
, 114
' 121
, 13
, 11
, 23
, 120
,
, 80
, M
R.
11
3
1
1
1
1
16
1
1
I
8
I
H.
40
81
S3
81
8
87
6
IS
3
A v.
.877
.844
.SH
.273
.21
.2M
.231
.229
.215
.If
.2"7
.18
.116
Last
Week.
.818
..111
."M
.25
.2 0
.26-1
'.m
.239
.214
.25)
.19
.063
.258
tha
was
. .837
batting
263, ao
.1.000 Ml Hut
without Bchafstall's record
average of week before laat
tha gain rn team average for tha week la
really live potnta tnatead of one,
FIELDING! AVERAGES.
. Last
O. A. B. TO. Av. Week.
8 0 8 1.000 1.000
87 4 . 142 .672 .971
11 12 82 .984 .975
23 1 24 .ftg .957
it 48 .940 - .921
1 69 .928 . 944
83 11 . 147 , .925 . .903
60 10 110 ' .910
I 8 . 81 .903 ". . .843
99 - 20 102 ' .901 .907
4 7 - M ' .879 .870
J 37 . .865 ,857
17 8 22 .864 .833
Pfelster i 0
Gondlng 106
Thomas 80S
McCarthy l
Miller i 43
-Welch 63
Howard ....... 63
Bhlpke 40
Companion .... I
Polan 83
Carter 47
Freeae ......... 84
Uebhardti ..... 1
- 766 878 84 1.227 .933
.921
Totals
Hard luck has camped on tha trail of tha
Western league players all aeaaon. but
tha worat demonstration of misfortune'!
grudge Is tha oasa of Tommy Mesaltt, tha
clever catcher, who was with Kansas City
last season, and who started this aeaaon
with Colorado Springs. In one of tha
first games away from home, played two
weeka ago at St. Joseph, Mesaltt got a
finger split and was laid eft. Hla hand
grew steadily worse. In aplta of all the
surgeons could do, and laat week his right
arm was amputated to safe hla Ufa Thia
la probably tha first case on record of so
slight an Injury to a ball player resulting
ao seriously, yet Mesaltt will feel none the
totter because ho has established the rec
ord. Messltt was a vary popular - player,
clean In hla ways, a good catcher and
batter, and will be sorely missed by Colo
rado Springs, as well as tha players' who
have been associated with him during the
laat two seasons, .
Omaha will gat a chance tomorrow for a
peep at the made-over Sioux City crowd.
Tha Injection of new and seasoned material
Into the team ought to work wonders.
Andrews has some good pitchers, Jarrett
being especially promising, and at leaat
one good catcher in Hess. His team was
particularly weak In the outfield, but the
addition of Jack Lawler and Tom Fleming
ought to end that trouble. He will have
a pew aecond baseman, too, and expects
to make a much better showing In the
pennant race than he has heretofore. In
(act. all the managera are going out for
the bunting now, and a very lively scram
ble may be looked for. Just at present St.
Joseph 'Is playing the fastest and most
consistent ball of any, and aome cf the
wise boya think Percy Chamberlain's bunch
Is headed for the top. It la likely to
repeat the performance of three years ago,
when Byron McKlbben set his crowd to
going and they fairly run over everything
on the' Western diamonds for about three
weeks, till they had the pennant fairly
cinched, and then quit cold. It seems
the altitude of first place Is too much for
the Balnts, and that they do better when
down about third or fourth place, and are
acrapplng for that.
One thing the Omaha people will have
to be thankful for during the aeason so
far Is the excellent order the players have
maintained during the games, and away
front tho grounds, for that matter. Each
of tho visiting clubs has behaved In the
most orderly manner while In the city, and
Umpire Keefe has not been bothered at
any time with the fussing and jangling
we had been used to In other years. The
settlement of the war haa aurely had one
excellent effect on the playera. And thla
la not because the club spirit la lacking,
either, for the games have been as fiercely
fought for as ever, but It has been without
the disgusting exhibitions of "rag-chewing"
of aeasona past.
In the big leaguea tha rade la being
watched very" closely, the National league
chase particularly holding the fans' at
tenton. The fight that Frank Selee'a colts
have been making la one that rejoices the
local cranks, because ao many of that body
are personally known In these parts. Slagle
and Brown used to play In Omaha, Kllng
In St. Joe and Welmer In Kansas City,
and the Omaha contingent feel a deeper
Interest In Chicago for this reason than In
any of the other teams. At present Chi
cago is winding up Ita first home aerlea In
a blase of glory, and will go east for the
first trip In good position. If Selee's men
all get well at once and he la able to put
his real team on the field during hla visit
to the eastern clubs, he will show some of
his old friends a quality of baas ball they
have not seen In many years. Just now
Omaha has three pitching graduate In
tha big leaguea who are getting their full
share of head lines. Brown, Hughes and
Owen. Each Is doing fine work for hla
club. The Pittsburg alump la the only
thing that haa excited- any particular com
ment. It la a fine exhibition of how faat
a good team can go to pieces when it loses
Its fighting heart. The same men who were
tha pride and wonder of their fellow coun
trymen laat aeaaon are now tha objects of
pity, and all' because they have let their
courage ooze out If Fred Clarke can get
them together again. It will be another
cause for rejoicing, for Clarke Is a Ne
braska, too.
Sioux City wlll'be the next burg to be
shown what tha members of tha Omaha
Gun club know about puncturing pigeons.
Tha 800 club of that town holds Its tenth
annual tournament during June 7, I and
and of coiirse tha local sharps with tha
scatter gun habit are planning to go up In
force and kill all tha birds and bring home
all tha prise money. It Is barely possible
mat tney may quit a little short of thla,
aa a matter of .fact, but it is equally sure
that Omaha will get her share of every
thing that is hung up. Tha managers of
tha 800 olub have at last fallen into line
with tha atandard already adopted by all
flrat-clasa gun oluba and tha coming event
will be a distance handicap affair shot with
tho Sargent system of traps, with tha sat
offs at from sixteen to twenty-two yards.
In their prospectus, which, by the way, la
a very neatly gotten up little affair, tha
Boos assign as the reason for their de
parture Into the handicap field that the
amateurs down In thla and other necks of
the surrounding forests are getting ao
much better than tha professionals that
tha amateura of the other division who
never get away from home haven't a
look-in when ' It cornea to a meet when
there Is anything in sight worth shooting
for. Hence the handicaps. Of course this
makes the Omaha contingent .smile pretty
hard, for handicap shooting is their long
suit But ths Sioux City people will get
lots of experience, anyway, and entertain
a crowd of good fellows. Meantime the
range over Council Bluffs way la tha dally
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scene of lota of good shooting and scores
that never sea tha outside of tha fence.
It la curious to notice what an attraction
any picture of outdoor life haa for the
busy, duaty throng that travela back and
forth upon tha streets of a city. To Illus
trate: This week a sporting goods house
has had displayed In one of Ita windows
a dosen. or more of handsomely wrought
calendars, a part of the mission of which
ia to advertise a brand of smokeless pow
der. The top part 0 one bears the picture
of a young and appropriately attired sum
mer girl In a canoe, struggling with a rod
and line, at the other end ot which It Is
fair to presume Is a three-pound trout.
His lordship's nose and tall are sticking
temporarily out of the foam. Another of
the pictures Is that of a sportsman taking
a shot at a largbear In a shady and
rock glen. Bruin Is standing conveniently
still, down hill and broadBlde, and -the
presumption Is that he will eventually get
his quietus, though, like the case of the
painted ship on the painted ocean, nothing
happens. But It is amusing to e?e the
crowd about the window and hear the
surmises as to how much the girls fish
will weigh when she geta him, the sur
mises aa to whether he la well hooked or
not and how much longer it will take to
finish the Job; whether the bear will be
killed on the first shot or whether he will
live long enough to mix things with the
man and ao on down the line of pictures.
And then the dusty and tired onlookers
rush along with "I wish I were there"
written as plainly on their faces as If they
had said It In half a dosen different lan
guages. There Isn't ordinarily much resemblance
between an automobile race and a prise
fight, only that there is apt to be more
gore wasted In the former than In tha
latter. But one point of similarity that
haa cropped out In Omaha since Dick
Ferris came to town and began to talk
race la the amount of gaa and printer'a
ink that haa been indulged In by the chal
lenger and the challenged. Ferris seems
to be talking on tha level and aa If he
really thought that hla machine la the
best ever, and while the others are long
on talk on the aame general lines as to
their machines, they don't seem to come
up with the plunks that will try the thing
out and show who Is who. In other words,
one on the outsido might be excused for
coming to the conclusion that one was
afraid and the other "daan't." However,
thia temerity may wear off after a time
and tha hot air develop an auto-race that
will be worth aeeing.
General athletics at the Toung Men's
ChrlaUaa association aren't In aa flourish
ing a condition aa Instructor Pentlaud
could wish, and while there are Incidental
reasona, the main one is the time-honored
one of a lack of room. In other words, the
association has no field larger than the
dimensions of a second-rate back yard and
the track meets and other -events that
would be forthcoming are therefore out of
the question. Ths work of tha Indoor
classes Is practically suspended for tha
season and hand ball has become tha popu
lar diversion. Tha gymnasium has been
converted into a one-wall court and tha
game has sprung Into immense favor, es
peclally among the business men who are
members and frequenters of the place. Tha
association thla year haa only three tennis
courts in place of ths four of laat year.
These are at tha corner of Nineteenth and
Farnam, and on aocount of their nearness
to the bualneaa center, as well as because
they are good courts, are exceedingly pop
ular and In constant use. The fourth court
located at tha same place, had to be aban
doned for tennis purposes this year and for
a peculiar reason. For years, apparently.
tha glass and paint store next to thla court
haa taken Ita refuse onto . this lot and
burned it Laat aeaaon developed tha fact
that tha ground was ao full of amall parti
clea of glaaa that balls and tennis shoes
were out to pieces In no time and made It
Impossible to play the game on this court
with any degree of aaUafactlon or success
So now it Is to be tha "athlatlo field" of the
association, and what out-of-door events
are undertaken thla year will be held her.
It ia rather small potatoes, but will have
to do. Tha same cause lack of territory-
is assigned as the reason for the assocla
Uon not maintaining a ball team thla sum
mer. There Is aa good material available
this year aa there waa laat when the dia
mond was out on Pinkney street. Thla
aummer the directors refused to stand for
tha expense of maintaining, this because
It is ao far removed that last aummer It
waa seldom anybody but the members ot
tha teams engaged ever got to see one of
tha games. Tha tennis tournament which
la to begin Monday on the Nineteenth atreet
courts la preliminary to the similar events
to be held In June and July and la doubtleea
inaugurated mainly for the purpose of sis
Ing tha players up with a view to a proper
fixing of the handicaps in the more Impor
tant events. The entries for this closed
Saturday night and ahow the names of
aome of the beet players In the city among
the younger claaa. Among them are George
Raamussen, W. S. Hlllers, H. K. Ray, A.
B. Tebbena, H. W. Lamps, R. B. Wheelock,
George Wood, G. F. Gllmore, Leo Wilson,
Edgar Bache, J. B. Lewis, L. R. Yost, C.
Sherff. W. I Harris, R. R. Ralney, D. M.
Barclay, Carl Myera, G. M. Robinson, 'vtal-
ter Jonea, Jack Hall and R. Wilson.
One of the best collections of horse pic
tures that Omaha can boast of la that
owned by Ted Beecher and attractively
displayed at hla plaoe on Sherman avenue.
They are of uniform else and framing and
are for tne most part nign-graae prints
that ahow the aubject of each up In splendid
atyle. Every horse of note, either trotter
or pacer, that haa been on the turf during
the laat ten years la shown together wtth
Ita beat record, where It waa made and the
name of the owner and driver. Beecher,
by the way, la an enthusiastic horseman
and a good Judge of them on the hoof aa
well aa on paper. He owna one or two that
can go along aome and apenda much of bis
leisure time behind them.
Tha average person would be surprised
to- know how many organised ball teama
of tha amateur division there are In and
around thia city of Omaha. Juat aa an
Indicator It may be stated and It Is as an
that ona sporting goods concern alone
haa furnished uniforms and outfits for
forty-one teama thla aummer and there are
doubtless others which have provided
nearly aa many. Another truth Is that
mostfcf them can play the game all the
way long. Of the better known of the
amateur nlnea tha Thurston Rlflea team
seems to be carrying oft tha honora thus
far, with tha Originals and Delta teama a
cloaa aecond and third. Tha Jettere and
Armours of South Omaha are in tha front
rank, too, and the Vlctora and Coronas
would question Judgment that left them
out of the same claaa. There is aome talk
of reorganising the laat yeara Ideal team,
even tbua late In the aeaaon. The Joe
Braltha and the Suburbans of Council Bluffs
are In shape though they have not played
any games of note aa yet. probably becauae,
the Council Bluffs seaaon la ao far behind
that of what tha native born Omaha player
la used to. Now that Pa Rourke and hla
rustlers are on the road the fans will have
a chance to see how well the boya who
play for glory can do tha diamond stunts.
Tha Arst race of tha season for tha Lake
Manawa feet took place yesterday after
noon. It waa the Initial number In the
club aerlea for the Jaequemjn and Lindsay
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for tha first and tha balance of the club
boata for tha laat named cup. In claaa
K the Argo haa been the favorite all tha
aeaaon because It haa shown Itself to
be tha faster boat in an average wind
and how good waa the judgment of the
Inland aallora who picked It for a winner
la ahown by the result of the race as an
nounced in another column. Tha Manawa
showed better in heavy wind laat year
than did tha Argo, ao that aa a matter of
fact It la a good deal of a question of
breese between the two boata, ao evenly
are they matched. Of the special A class
tha Xenla and the Grebe are considered to
have tha advantage, with the Favorite,
but little If any In tha rear. Tha Swallow,
Petrel, By Georgia and the Vitesse have
not really been .tried and no one knowa
what they may be able to do, while the
Andover Is another of the good ones that
Is not yet in commission. Today 'a special
series of races Is being sailed and tomor
row the first holiday race for the Huber
mann and Bowling cups will be sailed, so
that It Is plain to be seen that the Manawa
members have gotten busy with a ruah.
All these races count as trials to determine
hich boat shall be the defender of the
Manawa challenge cup which the Lotus
club of St. Joaeph will endeavor to "lift"
In the races acheduled for June IS, M and
2E. All these races are started Immediately
In front of the main pavilion at the lake
and the boata are all numbered for tha
benefit of the onlookers, the Argo being
and the Manawa 11. The improvements
to the club, house and It'a aurroundlnga aa
outlined In thla column a week or two
ago are now completed and the whole aur
roundlnga rendered quite Ideal. -The
Council Bluffs Rowing association have
also made elaborate preparations for an
active and enjoyable season and much time
and money have been expended In tha
furtherance of this object
Tha program and entries for the first
matinee of tha Omaha Driving club tomor
row afternoon are complete, aa announced
In yeaterday'a Bee, and the Indications
are that not only will the club have a
moat auspicious opening for the reason of
the Bprague atreet park and track, but
It looks, to Judge from the entries and the
raeea arranged aa If this first meeting
would be hard to Improve upon. If the
standard of excellence thus established la
maintained throughout the season and
there la no reason to doubt that it will be
tha matinees will attain to an Im
portance from the Bland point of the
horseman that has never been spproached
In a like series of meetings In this city
before. Arrangement are now nracttcatlv
complete for the appe ranee of Dan Patch
for one iay between the dates of Septem
ber I and t which will undoubtedly prove
as great a drawing card ss did the
performance of Cre-u 1t year when
he estshUshed the world's record for a tnfle
that still remains Intact.
The' l1nton f"'- Driving club hs
ten Into rar for the season and am one
e ralea and resolutions, that have hn
ert1ed urti to awern tha conduct of tbe
matinees ar wn that are girlta timely
end euraestlve for the Om.ha organisation.
Tn a recent communication from P n
Powell. Jr., tha secretary and . treasurer, he
says:
rrrS wlll.ki an-araed from time to
time similar to the ones held last year,
and, In addition, the governors have de
cided to give one special meeting aome
time In August. A very attractive pro
gram will be arranged for this meeting,
consisting of all classes. We will also
have a band of music on the grounds dur
ing this meeting. It Is now our Intention
to have this meeting last for throe days, If
we can get enough entries to Justify us in
doing so.
Admission will be charged at the gates;
no complimentary tickets will be Issued to
anybody. We have every reason to believe
that this meeting will be a great success,
snd the gate receipts will materially as
sist the club in its future work.
In explanation of the above meeting, I
wish to say that It will be held under a
new ruling of the National Trotting Horse
association, which allows matinee club to
hold one meetlnir each vear. not to exceea
three days, st which admissions can be
charred and no records or bars be given
to the winner. Heretofore this has not
been permissible.
Ribbons will be given to the winners at
each of our meetings, end. In addition,
hHriHanme nuns will be srlven to the win
ners of all races at our special meeting
In August. . . m
At th close of our meetings In the fall
a handsome cup will be given to the winner
or each or tne rouowing classes:
To the horse that wins the most races
during the season.
To the driver who wins tha most races
during the season.
To the horse that wins the fastest race
during the season.
Nearly all of the details decided as above
by the Lexington club have been the sub
ject of more or less discussion among
the t members of the Omaha organisation
and considering the high standing and auc
cesa that haa alwaya been achieved and
maintained at Lexington, their vlewa may
be considered worthy of adoption, In aoma
partjculara. In thla city. It appeara that
It would bo Impossible to charge an ad
mission fee to all the matinees, as waa
favored by some of the Omaha club offi
cials, and still conform with the rules of
the national association.
QUAINT FKATTOEs OF LIFE.
After a 'separation of four decades from
hip mother, during all of which time he
knew absolutely nothing of her where
abouts, ' Attorney L. S. Draper of Siou
City, la., arrived at Zaneavllle, O., meet
ing hla mother, now Mrs. Joaeph Prangle
ot Railroad atreet Draper la also an ex
tensive real eatata dealer of the Iowa city
and quite wealthy. The atrangeat feature
of '.he case Is that the parents had sepa
rated, each thinking the other was dead,
and both remarried. Tha meeting waa
brought about through' a pension agent at
Marietta, O. The Draper family . lived at
Ellda, Allen county, O. Tha father waa a
civil war soldier, and upon bis return from
the war he left his wife after a quarrel.
The father, with hla aon and daughter,
went to Newton, Ia., in 18GS. The aon re
mained In Iowa, but the father removed to
Tennessee, where three yeara ago be died.
Ruth, tha t-year-old daughter of Charles
O. Walker of Bennington. Vt, had a re
markable escape from death by falling
from the platform of a southbound tram
which was running forty milee an hour.
Mr. Walker, with hla two children, Ruth
and Ina, reached tha station Just aa tha
train waa starting; Tha fathor plaoed Ruth
on tha platform on the first ear and turned
for tha other child. Before he could pick
her up ths train was moving too fast for
him to board it Little Ruth was sitting
oa the (root platform, where aha managed
to remain for about three miles, holding
ber two small bundles and an umbrella.
She raised ber umbrella to prevent her hat
from blowing away, and tha atrong cur
rent of air under the umbrella carried
it with tha child ollnglng to- It off ths
train. She landed in a aandcut uninjured.
Tha fireman, who had happened to be look.
Ing back, saw aoma person leave the train.
Tha train waa stopped and was run back
until tha child waa met She was trudging
along tha track. Ona of the paaaengera on
the train reoognised tha child and brought
her safely home.
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Ona of tha moat interesting characters
of Bremen, Oa., Is Wyley " Davis, who is
now 108 years of age, according to authentic
record. He settled In this community aa
early aa 18C8. At that Ume tha oldest resi
dents of thla section say he bore all tbe
marks of age that belong to men of ft)
yeara or more. "Uncle Wyley," as Jlr.
Davis la generally known, la common an.
cestor' to Ave generatlona of deaoendante,
the children In the fifth generation being as
old aa 14 yeara and living near Nlckajack,
In Cobb county, Georgia. For tha greater
part of his Ufa Mr. Davla haa not been
engaged In bualneea at eaxeaslvely hard
labor, but a great portion of his time haa
been apent In tha field sports of hunting
and fishing. He waa a crack ahot when
bears, deer and wotves abounded In hla
aeotlon, and ao well waa hla eyealght pre
served that at the age of 90 he oould shoot
a rifle accurately without the aid of spec
tacles. Ha waa never alck except for a
few weeks with fever many rorfl ago,
when ha aecured aooommodatlona under tha
ahade of a tree and treated hla ailments
himself.
"Hera are 100 bright new pennies, Mr. Li
cense Clerk," aaid Mlaa Sophia II. Moras
of St Loula, who applied with her sweet
heart, William B. King of the same ad-,
dreas, for a license to wed at the St Loula
city hall. The lloenee clerk held hla hat
while the amall oolna Jingled from tha
hands of tha bride-to-be. "You haven't
got any smaller change, have you?" ha
asked, when Miss Morse, with a algh of
relief, unburdened . herself of the seeming
wealth. "No, that'a tha smallest we have,"
answered Miss Morse, "and - the chaasjf;
oomes In really handy, too. Our (rlends
collected the pennies and made us promise
to take out our license with them. "They
think It'a a good Joka on ua, but I wish,
they would collect aeveral thousand of
them, for there are a great many thlnga
needed to begin housekeeping on, don't you
know, and it takea the pennies to get them,'
too."
The Mexican maguey tree furnishes a
needle and thread all ready for use. At
the tip of each dark green leaf la a alender,
thorn needle that must be carefully drawn
from Its sheath; at tha same time It slowly
unwinds the thread, a strong, smooth fibre
attached to the needle, and capable of being
drawn out to a great length.
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