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TH50 OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY ? APPIL 14 , 1889-SIXTEEN PAGES.
TREMENDOUS
We received this week more Furniture Carpets , Stoves and House Furnishing Goods than were ever received in one week by any furniture
house in Omaha. We purchased the stock of two instalment dealers who were closing business , and must admit the fact that we have over
stocked ourselves. We really have more goods than we have room for. The actual value of this stock is $35,000 , purchased by us for less
than 50 cents on the dollar. We therefore begin to-inorrow the greatest sacrifice sale ever'attempted by any house furnishing goods estab
lishment in Omaha. This is a chance , once in a lifetime. We give the benefit of this purchase to our customers. Positively no dealers supplied
during this great sale.
PRICES AND OUALITI THAN
Olmmbor Suits worth $25.00 now $16.00
Double Sprlnp . > worth 8.60 now 1.75
Double Mattresses worth 4.00 now 2.00
Chairs ' worth .75 now .40
Tftblcs worth 3.50 now 1.75
Rockers worth 3.00 now 1.60
Folding Beds worth 50.00 now 2-5.00
Boolj Cases worth 16.00 now 7.60
Wardrobes worth 25.00 now 12.60
Pictures worth 6.00 now 2.00
Stoves worth 18.00 now 0.60
Gasoline Stoves worth 7.60 now H.60
Refrigerators worth 20.00 now 11.00
Baby Carriages worth 12.00 now O.go
Center Tables . . . .worth $ 4.00 now
Extension Tables ' . worth
Kitchen Safes worth
Pillows worth
Comforts worth
Lace Curtains worth
Parlor Suits. worth
Plush Rocker worth
Plush Chairs. worth
Ingrhin Carpets worth
Stair Carpets . * . worth
Brussels Carpets worth
Rugs worth
Bureaus worth
$1O WORTH OF GOODS , $1 PER WEEK , OK $4 PER MONTH. $75 WORTH OF GOODS , $2,50 PER WEEK OR $1O PER MONTH.
$25 WORTH OF GOODS , $1.5O FEE , WEEK , OS , $6 PEX& MONTH. S1OO WORTH OF GOODS , $3 PER WEEK , OR $12 PER MONTH.
$50 WORTH OF GOODS , $2 PER , WEEK , OB $8 FEU MONTH. $200 WORTH OP GOODS , $5 PER WEEK , OR $2O PER MONTH.
Come at once to avoid the rush. No trouble to show goods. Parties residing at a distance furnished with car tickets free. Special inducements to young people
starting housekeeping. Open evenings till 9 o'clock. All purchasers of $10 and over presented with a set of silver-plated Tea Spoons.
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SAN FRANCISCO , CAL. BALTIMORE , MD.
IN THE FIELD OF SPORTS ,
A Good and a Bad Hulo Included
In the Now Code' .
SOMETHING ABOUT OUR HITTERS
A Revival or Billiards The Bench
Show TafTy For liovctt Horse
Talk Plashes From the
Dlnmona Etc.
A Good and u Had Rule.x
ASE ball managers and
law makers , In all their en
deavors to improve nnd enhance -
hanco the great national
game , should bo encour
aged. Everything thnt vill
toad to increase the inter
est and excitement In thcso
struggles on the diamond should bo
carefully fostered. Anything that
goes to add to the intricacy of the
gnmo should bo sot down upon
heavily and peremptorily. Base ball
is a simple , honest , Invigorating and healthful
pastime , and the easier and moro compre
hensive the rules , the better for the perpe
tuation of the sport. In the exhibition games
played so far this spring the result of the
now rules have bocn closely watched nnd
p liberally commented upon. The return to
the three strike , four ball rule Is universally
I approved , but by tno abolition of tbo foul
tip catch ono of tbo prettiest , neatest and
most dlfllcult pluys In the whole game is
done away with , The majority of enthusiasts
cannot understand why this was done. It
was simply to encourage batting nnd base
running , and is a Blight curtailing of the
pitcher's advantages. It lo oven moro
damaging to the catcher , but ,
as a rule , base ball managers
have no oycs for their catchers In formula
ting their playing regulations. The pitcher
is the net , and all fatherly vigilance is kept
over him. All the catcher is expected to do
Is to get ui > behind the bat and take Ills medicine -
icino until knoekud out of all semblance to &
ball player , and Is laid uwny on the shelf
whence no back stop ever returns. Not
withstanding the elimination of the foul tip ,
ho must stand close up behind th'o bat , and
take his chuucos as boforo. This , rule , the
writer thlnlrs , Is both a severe und a bud
one. _ _ _ _ _
Mnko It A Gala Diiy.
The championship season of 1SS9 opens at
tbo local park next Saturday with Sam Mor-
jton's Minneapolis team. As this is going to
bo u ( rroat season for the game , It wouldn't
bo a bad idea for the local management to
Ignollzo the day with a few extra flourishes.
Ladles should bo admitted freu ; the grand
tund decorated with flags , and a good band
provided for an open air concert , to begin ,
say ut" o'clock and continue unifl the umpire
tarts the season of 'SO with his welcome cry
of "play ball , " It can bo made an occasion
IOPJJ to bo rcnsmbcred.
Taffy ibrTTovotti
A Brooklyn correspondent thus smears the
saccharine emulsion over our late lamented
pride i Lovott , our now pitcher , will prove a
valuable man to u , I think , Ho U a stocky1
well built follow , and capable of standing
great physical strain. The peculiarity about
i him ls that bo can pitch t good u gamu In
A cold weather as he can In the balmiest day
in Juno. I think 'Hovott Is about as near a
JV counterpart of the ( Hunts' great pitcher ,
Per Keefo , us it would bo possible to find. Ho
lias got many of the good'qualities ' that go to
make Kcefo the romnrkablo pitcher ho is.
His motions are Ufa ICeofo's and nobody
knovva whether to expect a swiftly pitched
D ll , cuttiug tUo conturof the plato.or a sloxv
putcurva that could not bo reached with u
telegraph polo. He pitches every ball with
the same motion and hU changa of pace and
control of the diminutive sphere is remarka-
& . Tboro U another good tlilrg about
Lovott , ho never forgets n batter. Ho is anew
now man In the association , but ho will have
the weak points of the association batters on
his fingers ends before the championship race
is well under way , and what no once learns
ho never forgets. Ho studies a batter as a
cnt does a mouse , and then proflts by the
weak points detected by his keen eye. ' If ho
finds that a batter cannot stop n low ball that
batter will never got a high ono Irom Mr.
Lovett.
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Scloc'fi Itulcs.
Manager Solco bos posted up in the dress
ing room at the ball park the following
rules. They nro very torso , but contain all
that is necessary if even half way en
forced :
1. Players must bo in bed not later than
11:30 : p. m.
2. Players must report at grounds week
days at 10:30 : a. in. and 3 p. m. ; Sundays at a
p. m.
3. Drinking will not bo tolerated. Any
player who drinks Intoxicating liquors will
pay for the privilege. "
4. Avoid bad company ; do not use profane
language : bo gentlemen at all times in fact ,
bo a credit to tbo game and the city you rep
resent.
F. G. SEI.KB ,
Manager Omaha B. B. C ,
Sizing Tlioin Up.
Enthusiasts , who have watched the Omaha
team In Us exhibition games during the past
ten days , are generally of the opinion that It
is the strongest aggregation of ball players
that has over represented the Gate City.
Ono cannot help being impressed with the
athletic appearance of the men. Thov look
like a well trained string of thoroughbreds.
Every man is in line futtlo. Cleveland and
Crooks were the only ones who carried much
suporlluous flesh at reporting time , but they
have worked it nearly all off. The team , at ,
a casual glance , oven , shows that It Is strong
physically , and woe to the team who sizes
them up othorxvise. Maybe the wise
acres who have picked out fourth
place for the boys are right In
their prediction , but if they get no bettor
than that position the other teams must all
show up two-fold stronger than they were
lust season. Clarke Is in bettor form than
over before. Willis has much speed and
gpod curves , Kennedy is pitching well , and
Is ambitious to do better. No ono who has
seen Proosser will deny that ho gives prom
ise of belngaftrst-clus.stwirlor. ThoOmahas
are thcrotoro butter fortified In the pitching
department than over boforo. There Is no
occasion to lament the loss of the "only
Lovett" the Now Yorks , in their game
with Brooklyn the other day. found In him a
veritable pudding. In catching , however ,
wo uro yet a trifle weak , agio's
work In faultless. Ho holds ono
pitcher's delivery asvoll us another , and
his throwing to second Is remarkable ,
Cooncy Is a strong backstop , but there is
constant use for him elsewhere , and It will
bo Impossible for Nnglo to do all the work.
In Andrews , Crooks , Coonoy and Cleveland
the team has the strongest inlield. In the
Western association. Strauns , Lolgliton and
Ctiuuvan or Messott make an outfleld that ,
when batting , Holding and twso running are
considered , need not take off their hats to
any of thorn. With this strong combination ,
under such a steady , reliable manager as
Frank Soloo , there Is no reason why the
O nui lias should disappoint ttio expectations
of their most sanguine friends.
Kvory Doc Has His Dny.
Everything U at In&t In readiness for the
opening of the spi-lng bench show , which
takes place next Tuesday morning at 1210
Fnrnam stront , and continues to the 10th In
clusive. Manager Ingram is greatly elated
over the prospective success of the exhibi
tion , which Is assured by the fact that ho has
already received nearly three hundred entries -
trios and they are still coming m at a rote
that makes his accommodations a question.
Among the dogs already entered are some of
the handsomest , most valuable and noble
bred In the country , and the show will boone
ono worthy of the most liberal patronage. A
largo number of winners ut the recent show
In Chicago will bo hero , and there will bo big
dogs and llttlo dogs , beautiful dogs and ugly
dogs , and dops of every siio , shape , color
and breed Imaginable , and the exhibition
will gu on record as the best ttitug in this
line ever HOCU west of Chicago.
About Our Hitler * .
Omaha Is certainly stronger tibitting \ \
It-
strength this season than over boforo. For
a good reliable every bay batter , Honest Joe
Strueo comes pretty near filling the bill. Ho
Is not like sorao hard nittors , who uro spasmodic
medic in their work. By that it is meant
man who go several days without a hit and
run across some easy mark whom they hit
out of the lot every time they go to
the bat , and thus fatten up
their batting average. Big Cleveland ,
too , when in proper form , is another great
hitter , and he'll make some of the chatterers
in the grand stand put a padlock on their
mouths yet before the season ends. Ho
ought to bo good for at least a hit a game.
Ho picks out good balls and rarely cocs
after ono that is not over tlio plate. Crooks ,
Cooncy and Andrews are all up In the front
rank , and Dad Clarke is an opportune hit
ter. Ho is not regular because ho goes
after two many baa balls. However , ho is
just as apt to knock out a threo-bagger after
a ball bo has to tip-too after as ho Is off of ono
across the plate. There's no use to chide
"Dad" for this fault , for ho knows his busi
ness better than any ono can toll him.
Leigh ton cuts a good figure at the bat , and
it is dollars to doughnuts will shortly
begin to "lino 'em out. " Messltt is
big and strong , and at times hits
well , and little Willis and Procsaer are any
thing but slouches. Everybody likes to see
Naglo como to bat at a critical point in the
game , for that is Just where ho gets In his
work. Canavan , as yet , has done little with
the stick , but ho Is as clean cut as a race
bsrso , and a line general player.
Tips for Turfmen.
A'eut York World.
"Tho Best Time on Record" Father Time.
"Dark Horses" Black ones.
"Short Horses" Ponies.
"Loft at the Post" Letters.
"Futurity Stakes" A wealthy man's
money.
"Tho Grand Prize" Eternal life.
"Well Bunched" Strings of bananas.
"Under a Strong Pull" A loaded freight
train.
"Very Crooked Work" Handwriting.
"Promising Youngsters" Bad boys after
being whipped.
"Out for the Money" Cracksmen.
"Great OJds" Museum freaks.
"In the 2Ji Class" Swout sixteen.
"Takes the Dust" Strcot-clcanors.
"Tumbles to Himself A norpolsc.
"Famous Plungers" Whales ,
"A Waiting Uaco" Negroes.
"A Spring Mooting" Muster of the housecleaning -
cleaning brigade.
"Pocketed" Handkerchiefs.
Onmhn's Thoroughbreds.
The horsor reporter made a Hying trip to N.
I. D. Soloman'a Spring Valley stock farm
yesterday afternoon , and found no loss than
forty-six head of trottiug bred stock domi
ciled there. Nino-tenths of thcso animals
are standard bred.
Prominent among all thcso is tbo colt , Ed.
Rosewater , with a record of 3:80 : > - us a two-
year-old.
Take the chances and climate combined ,
with which this horse has had to contend ,
and It must bo acknowledged that ho Is ono
of the greatest , if not the greatest , two-year-
old In the world. Hu GJUIO from the balmy
land of the blue grass to this cold cllmnto
started in n race with aged horses , but ho
won all the same , and scored the
remarkable record of 2:20tf. : This colt was
sired by Vnsco , ho by Harold , the sire of
Maud S. , 2:08 : f , dam Mary B , by Vinoo , by
Vindox , by Blood's Hlaclthawlr
Next comes Black Wilkes , No. 86-41 , dam
Fanny Bella by Confederate Chief. This
fellow is grandly bred. Ho has never been
developed for speed , but is a getter of speed
as a two-year-old by him bus shown a trial of
2:42. :
2:42.WInslow
WInslow Wilkes , two-year-old , trial 242 ; ,
by Black Wllkcs , dam Alodo by Belmont ,
the sire of Nutwood , 2:18. :
Among the best of Solomon's brood mures
Is Minnie R , trotting record 21'J ; ; pacing
record 2:1G : > { ; with running inata 8:03) : ) ,
Mlnuio was sired by J. C. BrcckcnrluVe ,
dam untraced. She 1ms a fine foal at sldo
sired by Also , son of So-So. Will bo bred to
Rosowator.
Hello , buy mare , record 2:40 : , by Daniel
Lambert , datn by Ethan Allen , 8:25 : , su-
I
porlor breeding. Belle has a magnificent
foal at side by Rosowater.
Temperance Lady , spotted mare , by Mnm-
brine Patchion , dnm by Hall Storm , foal at
side by Black Wilkcs.
Alloige , grey mare , uy Almont , No. 33 ,
dam untvaccd , will foul to Roscwater.
Lady Saturn , bay mare , by Saturn , 2:22 : ,
dam untraced. The Lady has a flno filly foal
by Black Wilkcs. Solomon is sweet on this
fllly , considering her a ruro combination of
blood and speed.
William Daly & Son have nt their barn ,
lli-'O South Thirtieth street. Gail McMulmn ,
bay mare , eight years old ; record , 8:84 : ;
sired by McMahun , 2:21 : ; dam Gail Hamilton ,
by Hatnblctonlan Chief.
Pilot , bay mare , six years old ; slro Con
spirator , by Contractor ; dam by Boy Pilot.by
Black Pilot , sire of Pilot , Jr. This mare has
been bred to Trenton , and the produce will
bo ns fashionably bred as could bo desired.
Jowsharp , bay mare , flvo years old , sired
by McMohan , 2:21 : ; dam full sister to Gail
McMuhan.
Irwln M. , bay gelding , four years old , by
McMnhan , 8:21 : ; dum , a thoroughbred mare ,
is handsome and very speedy.
Belle Thorno , bay fllly. three years old ,
sired by Hawthorne , by Maine Hatnbleton-
ian ; dam Gull McMahun , 2:31 : ; is another
beauty und should go very fast.
A hindsouio span of bay fillies Is also In
this lot.
William Mack is the possessor of Lady
Ellis , trial U : ! ( ) ; buy mare nine years old ,
sired by Ohio , 1410 , dam Mary Scott , by
Scott's Chief. Lady Ellis is very speedy and
grand. She will foal to Dark Night and bo
bred to Trenton. 4152. Mr. Muck also owns
a span of buy geldings , a four und live year
old , full brothers , sixteen hands high , both
hind ankles white up to fetlock and only five
pounds difference In their weights.
William Watson bus a ringer in his late
purchase. Ho Is a strawberry roan pacer
and can j.nco way down in the well I won't
say how fast , but If any of the boys tackle
him they will think the bottom bus dropped
out of time ,
J. S. CaullloM has just purchased the
highly bred brood mure , Florence Lsired by
Security , dam Eumm Graut.by Rceconstruc-
tlon , 3:2'J. : ' Emma Grunt ; is full sister to
Funny Wheolock , the duua of Uonnlo Mc
Gregor , record , 2:10. :
ChnHlnt ; the Spheres.
There seems to bo a revival of billiard In
terests in most of the largo eastern cities ,
and sllgtit additional activity Is oven noticeable -
able hero In the principal billiard hulls , such
ns Foley & Darsts , Billy Thompson's , the
Millurd , the Murray and Woodtmuiflio's.
Since this new Impetus has been given the
game many old pluyers have taken ui > the
cue , nnd may bo neon of afternoons und evenings -
ings trying conclusions with younger adepts ,
and endeavoring to regain their former skill.
The rooms above mentioned .aro thronged
every c von Ing. It seems to odd zest to ttio
after-supycrsmoko to "chase the spheres" for
hulf un hour or BO. Some of , the popular sa
loons In Chicago , St. Louis.nnd Cincinnati
make no pretense of charging regular patrons
for the playing , buing satisfied with the rev
enue from the bar , which invariably accom
panies sueli contests. .
While Omaha has no very notable musters
of the cue , she can boast of u number of de
cidedly clever amateurs ,
Frank Kcniston , un old-timer , has boon the
crack local player for yours ] ana Is Btill con
sidered by many to bo the champion , partic
ularly at the balk-lino CTIUUHo always
plays beat when there is a wuger on his win
ning. Keniston Is , also , very smooth at fif
teen ball pool ,
Frank Mulr Is fond of billiards , and at
cushion caroms Is n hard man to down ,
The finest in town , however , Is Lieutenant
Arrowsmitu. Ho is what the boys call u
"prand stand player ; " that Is , ho puts on the
excruciation , und never plays so well as before
fore a largo audience. Tim lieutenant , too ,
has u peculiarity of blaming ull "iniscucs"
and "misses" on the stick , Ho never uiukcs
a failure through luck of science it is the
stick ttiut goes back on him. However , ho
is a tine player , and it ID a treat lo wutch htm
when ho encounters a foeraan half way worthy
of his ash. Ho makes wondrous fancy shuts
and Is tlio poetry of gracefulness.
Bill Woods , of the Bunk of Commerce ,
erstwhile a great player , still likes to drop
round occasionully nnd wield the stick winlo
ho relates to the crowd what a phenomenal
garuo ho used to put up back In the sixteenth
century.
Colonel Frank Purmolco thinks ho can
play but ho can't , lie keeps a private cue
at the Millard and will allow no one to use
it under any consideration.
Al Cahn plays a line game of balk line.
Ho handles the cue with the grace of a pro
fessional , and will keep any of thorn busy to
boat him. Ho Is nls an fait at pool.
Totn Boyd iinds surcease in propelling the
bulls from soiling tickets und talking his
friends to death. The melody of Tom's chin
is something that would gjvo Orpheus the
night sweats. ]
Arthur Rcmingt-jn is very fond of the
three-ball game , and never hesitates to piny
any of his "pals" for a "small bottle. " ' In
fact It Is real St. Jullcn or Pomery See on
the side every time.
A. M. Andoraon. after some great lega
combat in the police court , likes to go over
to Tom Foloy's and punch the ivories for an
hour or so. Hois quito clover.
Charllo Crallo usually takes up the cue to
keep in practice when his daily duties in
tickling the key in the telegraph ofllco is
over. Ho is a strong player.
Prof. Massey Howard Is fond of the game
and a handy man at the balk-lino.
William Badger is n corner at cushion
caroms , nnd very expert at straight blllards.
E. C. Fithian is' the champion local "bank
shot. " Ho seldom misses a possible score of
this description.
Harry Parrish Is to be seen frequently po-
dcstrlunizing around a table at the Palace.
Ho is quiet but nervous , and pluys n superb
cushion carom cuino.
Hurry T. Warner Is an excellent player
and always attracts a crowd of interested
spectators. Ho In a comparative stranger in
the rooms , but when in good play Is no aoubt
the equal of Arrowsmith or Kcniston. Of
late years ho bus confined himself strictly to
business , and given the balls and cue the
go by.
Del Rudd , Charlie Lewis and John Morri
son are devoted to tno pastime , and all moro
than average fair pluyers.
Hurry Hunter and Dog Show Billy Ingrain
engage in a bout now and then for a petit
vial and a smoke at tlio Murray. They uro
both wuy up , and furnish a flrst-clusu exhi
bition.
Among tlio pool players , Mr. Davis , of th o
Millurd , Is unquestionably the king bee of
them all. Tlioro tire but few players In the
city but what ho will play ono pocket nculnst
their four. His conception of geometrical
angles Is something marvelous. Ho also
pluys billiards with sufficient dexterity to
make It Interesting for any of thu town
players !
Charlie Beck Is another extraordinary pool
player , even being thought by eomo to be the
superior of Davis. The writer , however , has
never seen Mr. Heck play , and is consequently
quently disqualified as n judge.
Billy Thompson , Harry Shnrpc. Chnrllo
Jeans , George P. Cronk , C. i' . Korshaw ,
Mail Currier Tuttle , J. E. Ebersole and
Arthur JollifTe are nil 11 fteen-ball pool
sharks , and many of thorn strong nt pin pool.
There are quite a number of other good
players in the ctly , but the above tiamed
have led Funt.
Tlio Hnrilin Toiiriuunenr.
On Tuesday morning next , the Hardln
shooting tournament will open up ut
the new gun club grounds , on the Iowa side
f the river. The management have made
olnboiato preparations , und the shoot will bean
an unusually interesting ono. Five thou-
snnd llvo pigeons und spurj-ows have been
secured , and ns a largo number of the most
celebrated trap shots of the west will bo in
attendance , the four days' ' tourney promises
great results.
Trap , Dos nnd Gun.
The Omaha gun club's roster of officers for
the current year are W. H. S. Hughes , prcsl- I
dent ; John Field , eocrotnry , and Goodloy
Brucker , treasurer. Bourd of muimgors ,
Meflsers. Hardln , Gwln and Petty. Dr. A.
H. Worloy has been delegated to solicit
prizes for the summer shoot.
George B. T/schuch , of this city , and Col-
onp. loffmuyr , of Council Bluffs , spent three
daj fjp the Platte lust week amoiif tlio wild
fowl. Tlioy brought to bug VJr Hutching
gceso und brunt , nnd fifty or sixty ducks.
The Oinabn gun club will hold their first
regular shoot of thg season Tuesday uftor-
noon next , on their new grounds across the
The Goto Olty Gun club will hold their
first shoot of the season on the afternoon of
the 21st on this now grounds across the river.
Charlie Budd. of DCS Molncs , the cham
pion whig shot of Jtlio world , und J. R. Slice ,
another shotgun celebrity , will bo hero Tues
day next to participate in the Hardlu tourna
ment.
Tno Lo Fovro Gun club will hold their
their annual election next Tuesday evening.
A New Troulni ; Circuit.
A trotting circuit has been established Sby
the turf men of this city , Kearney , Grand
Island nnd Denver. The dates for the races
at Kearney have boon fixed 'for the 4th to
the llth of Juno , and nt Grand Island the
week following. Purses to the amount qt
S5.GOO will bo hung up , nnd the enterprise , it
Is thougpt will bo a success.
Flashes From the Diamond.
Pitcher Wlnkleman goes to Baltimore.
Patsov Oliver Tebcuu is playing a great
third for Cleveland.
Twineman , of tha Dcnvers , Is showing up
strong with the stick.
Chippey McGarr , in the absence of Jimmy
Manning , is acting as captain of the Cow
boys.
Sioux City has signed Monk Clino. the old
Louisville favorite. Genins has been lot
out.
out.Lovott of the Brooklyns is the first pitcher
this season to strike out three men in suc
cession.
Proesscr , of tbo local team , was the first
man to make a homo run this season , and
Clarke next.
Cincinnati Is proud of .Tim Duryea , their
Western association pitcher. They say ho is
as speedy as King.
Andrews has u very sere ankle , nnd is
extremely doubuful whether ho will bo nblo
to play for three or four weeks.
Kansa * City has tendered Omaha * 2,000
for Clarke- It is said. However , Omaha
cannot ufford to part with Dad just now at
any price.
The Pioneer Press says that Fog-horn
Jack Crooks nnd his diamond budge are hadly
missed from St. Paul's streets and ut the
matinees.
Omaha must have another catcher. Naglo
will not bo ublo to cntch day in nnd day out ,
and It will bo n suicidal procedure to take
Coono.v from short.
Kearney has a base ball stock company
with a capltnl stock of J5.000. They say they
are bound to have the strongest team outside
of Omaha there Is In the Rtato.
Under the now rule less strike outs but
moro bases on balls is noticeable. It Is a
hard matter to determine which of the two
la the worse drawback to the gutno.
Manager Wntkins , of the ICnnsas Cltys ,
while here laut wceic , made the local iiiun-
( igemcnt a handsome offer for Clarke. Ho
will not bo released , however , nt any price.
What the Oinuha team needs worse than
anything Is a rclttif cutcher. Cooney should
never bo falcon from short , that will bu dis
astrous. Naglo , however , should huvo an
able assistant.
Naglo says that the Omaha infield , pitcher
and catcher , Is ull that 'ought to bo pitted
against the St. Joe's in clminpioriElilp games.
Ho thinks they uro entitled to Just about such
u handicap.
Omaha has a Jewel In young Willis. Ho
UBCS his head , us well us his arm , In pitching ,
and is bound to become u great favorite hero.
So far , his work In the box has boon prc-oml-
mmtly good.
St. Paul papers assert tbut Manager
Humes asks $3,000 for Pickott's release
Pldiett 1s the most overrated player In the
whole wost. Ho would probably last through
a gumo or two In the National league.
It is going to take an urtlbt to distinguish
sacillico hits from "llukea" this season.
While a sacrifice hit Is as creditable to a bat
ter as a safe hit , who can suy when u micri-
fico ; it is really mudej Now , don't all spuak
at once. " '
Catcher Harter , the old Omaha pluyer , is
wltn t.'io Qulncy team , which wu booked for
four games here this weekUs full roster
of players ombraccj. Hurtcr , Kottridgo and
Murphy , catchers ; Damnrls , Collins and
Henry , pitchers ; Murray , first ; Larknjs ,
second ; Nulton , third ; Spill , short ; Murphy ,
left ; Hmiry , middle , und Luuinun , right.
Botli "Chlpprty" McGurr nnd f'Poet"
Burns , while hero recently , declared they
u on Id rather pluy bull In Omuliu than In any
city m the country. McGarr also paid the
present local team a high compliment , to the
effect that as a whole they were 80 per cent
stronger than last season's aggregation.
Second HuRcman Bill McClelland , late of
Brooklyn , now of Denver , recently uiado
quito a record in masonry , snys the Chicago
Herald. Last Wednesday evening week ho
was made a Knight Templar by special dis
pensation in the St. Bernard commandory ,
and two evenings later ho was admitted to
Mcdlnah temple ns a noble of the mystic
slulno. McCIellan pluyed with the Chl-
cages n few seasons ugo , and has boon with
the Brooklyns during the past three years.
The coming season ho plays in Denver , nnd
his position in the nine will be cither second
bnso or short stop. McCIellan } s believed to
be the only base ball player who Is a nobla
of the mystic shrine , and his great popular *
ity with his associates accounts for his usu
ally rapid strides forward in masonry.
Miscellaneous Sports.
Billy Honnessy , formerly of this olty , nnd
Dan Gallagher , of Fort Worth , Tex. , fought )
near Peoria , 111. , Thursday. The referee
ailed the battle a draw , and was chased
clireo miles through the woods. Honnessy
tis in jail.
Dave Bennett , the pedestrian , leaves for
California Tuesday. Ho has entered in the
six-day go-as-you-pleaso at Frisco. Ho has
been practicing on a bicycle whiles sojourn ing
In this city , and in tirno will mnkd'a rider.
Wilbur F. Knapp loft for Hot Springs ,
Ark. , yesterday. Ho has several races on
Imnd tliore , and will not return to Omaha
until after the great Chicago tournament.
Wilbur Knapp , Dave Bennett , Clinrlla
Ashinger und John Hourlhuu are nt Hot
Springs.
The new officers of the Goto City Athlctlo
club are Charles McCormlok , picsldcnt ; O.
C. Clark , vice president ; Billy Mugnor , seo-
retnry ; Frank S. Parmeleo , treasurer , and
Jimmy Kilkcnnoy , manager ,
Lottlo Stanley has challenced Mile Arm-
alndo to race 100 miles , 500 miles , or forty-
eight bourn , for the sum of $1,000 usldo , the
race to take place at Pitttburg , Boston , or
Philadelphia , six weeks from date , nnd the
winner , in addition to the stake money , to bo
the champion lady bicyclist of America.
QiifHtiotiH und Answers.
To decide n bet , plcuso answer the follow
ing question : In a gnmo of crlbbngo A plays
a 4 snot ; B plays a U spot , then A plays a C
spot , counting 1C-2 with n run of U. B then
plays a tray , tnklhg four holes for the run of
four. A claims ho has no right to the rui. of
four , as the 0 spot Intervenes. P. , Omaha.
AIIB. A is correct.
Will you please state In Sunday's sporting
columns who will umpire thu opening cham
pionship games hero ) T. L. B. , Slxtceutlt
sircot.
Ans , The umpire's schedule has not been
made out UH yet , and it is not known who
will umpi.-o the inaugural games.
In last Sunday's "diamond flashes" you
sluted Unit there ) were flvo cx-jsatjoiml
league players with the Denver team this
year. Who uro thoyl'-Doubtful , Omana.
Ans. Doan ] , Dalrymplo , llowo , McQuuld
and Sllch.
Can you furnish the names of this season's
Dos Molncs ball club } John Andrews , Coun
cil Bluffs.
Ans. Hart , Brynan , Alexander and Em-
mcrko , pitchers ; Traflloy , ICcnyon und Cody ,
catcnors ; Smith , first ; Phchin , second ; Con-
neil , third ; Macullcr , short ; Muskroy , right ;
Tllden. center ; Pntton , loft , and Mondunuall
Mill.
Mill.Will
Will you kindly explain the moaning of
the last part of section 10. rule 4tt , Kpuld-
Ing's ' base ball guldo for ISbli , whore It saya ;
"But If the base runiiLT , In attempting to
reach u base , detaches it before being
touched or forced out , shall bo declared
sofol"-P. ; F. Jngulls , Long Pine , Neb.
Ans , If the hue bag becomes loosened
from its fastenings and U displaced , If the '
runner touches It ho is safo.
Will you please gtato In the columns of
Sunday's BKB on what day of the Hardln
tournament the blggcu pigeon Bhoot takes
plauot Who Is the best wing snot , Frank
Purmolco or John Petty f A Subscriber ,
Omaha.
Ans. Friday , the last duy , Your last
question wo are unable to answer some con
sider Petty the superior , others Purinelco ,
' '
To decide a bet w'l'll you kindly Btuto how
many homo run * Danny Stcurna made fasi >
season. Also please htato hU present salary
with the Kunsab City tcam.--I < . A. U. , .
Omatm.
Ans , Nino. Don't ' know.