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16 THE OMAHA DADDY BEEt SUNDAY , JULY 21 , 1SS9.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
HIE LOCAL WORLD OF SPORT.
luqulrlos About the Old Omaha
Bowing Association.
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A HORSEMAN TALKS POINTEDLY ,
Rounding Into the Homestretch
lintcnt No\vs From the Diamond
CollARUtn Attractions It oil
nnd Gun Miscellaneous.
The OliI Ilont Club.
What 1ms become of the Omnba Mowing
Rsnociatioal is n question thnt is frequently
nskotl. Two .voars ago tlua organization was
in n very heoHhy nnd vigorous condition ,
with llvo nnd energetic onlcors , qulto n largo
membership , and complete equipment , A
substantial boat house was built at Manawa ,
nnd which , by the wny. still stands there ,
nnd o full complement of boats purchased ,
nnd the members of the club could bo scon
Hashing over the smooth waters in friendly
competition almost nny ovcnlnp. To-day
the boats nro locked up in the boat-liouso ,
nnd all Interest In them , so far nt Omaha is
concerned , seems to have died out. One of
the principal intentions of this association
was to get on annual amateur regatta on
these waters , but the enterprise died
n-bornin' ' , and not oven n single rnco over
took place. Such gentlemen as Dr. Connor ,
Major Clarljson , Arthur Wakoloy nnd others
equally well known , were interested in
aquatics formerly , but of Into have been
undemonstrative. This is to bo ro-
grcttcd , as there is no healthier ,
more beneficial or enjoyable exorcise in the
whole category of manly sports than roxvlntr ,
nnd a miusunimnr nmntcur rogattu at Lnko
Mumuva would attract as much general at-1
tcntlon and patronage as anything thnt
could bo thought of. Cannot the old club bo
resuscitated ?
1'OINTJSU HO US 13
\Vlmt Are Our Lending Horse-hovers
Doing fur iho Sport ?
In conversation with n woll-ltnown horseman -
man last evening , the latter grow enthusias
tic ever the necessities of a racing meet of
Eomo kind or other for this city , but did not
look upon the chances of securing such uir
enterprise as very encouraging. Ho re
marked thnt n gentleman's ' club , for roadster
races , such us lias been advocated from time
to time In Tun Unc , would bo an excellent
institution , in itself , and afford a season of
pleasure each fall and spring , and even In
midsummer , that would bo unsurpassed.
"This , " ho continued , "would eventually
lead to something butter , bccauso , with
the right parties interested in the project
it wouldn't require a very great length of
time to give us a full-fledged genuine Joekoy
club , such us they liavo in St. Paul , Min
neapolis , Kansas City , unil in fact every
other city In the country of
nny pretentious or ambition , Why ,
look at St. Paul , what n magnificent
week they have Just had of it. All the big
running horses in the country , the crack
Derby winners , and all ; tremendous crowds
nnd it regular cala time for everybody. Do
you pretend to tell mo thnt such an event is
not u good thing for any city. It not only
affords amusement nnd protlt for all her cit
izens , but advertises the place far and wide ,
ns a thriving , lively , hustling , appreciative
and enterprising place.
"Hut I hardly think wo can expect much
hero in Omuha , lit least at present , when you
cons.uor that the State IJrceders' associa
tion couldn't raise from our merchants ,
hotels , saloons and horsemen a TOO guarantee
to hold their annual meeting hero , nnd it goes
to Hastings instead. This meeting , too ,
mind you , Is for Nebraska-bred stock nlouo.
nnd should have awakened the liveliest kind
of interest and competition throughout the
Whole state. There are twenty men in this
city ulono who could have well afforded to
subscribe half this amount themselves , in
their own private interests. Bat as I in
timated once before there Is too much
wind about Omaha's horse and alleged turf-
incu , to bring forth anything tangible in the
shnpo of u club or association. They will
probably bestir themselves after Lincoln or
Hastings , or sonio oilier llvo town in the
stnto , makes u move in this direction. It
V/ould bo funny , wouldn't it , if Lincoln
would got up n successful running and trot
ting meeting ! "
THI3 1SASH UAIjti SITUATION-
The Clinso Dowo the Home-Stretch
Mot null Furious.
1 If over there was an exasperating period
in the progrois of the western association
chase , it was last week when St. Joe , who
hadn't won but a single game from Omaha
during the whole season bofoio , ac
tually knocked the White Sox out
for two straight games. Had It
not been for Papa Button's team up
In the pine woods jumping upon St. Paul
nt the same time , and winning three
Ramos from bcr Omaha would have tumbled
inglorlously back into second place. The
Apostles arc still trailing doggculy nt their
licols , howover.wnlting for au opportunity to
dash to the Itont ,
However , if ono takes the trouble to an-
nlyzo St. Paul's work thesis days they will
find that her game is not ono whit better
than that being put up by Minneapolis , Sioux
City. St. Joe , Denver or DCS Molnes , and
nowhere nearly us strong us that of the
Omabus. The fact Is , that the wonderful
run of luck thnt attended the Saints nil
through the early part of the season , has , in
n great measure , deserted them , nnd they
nro now compelled to play on their merits ,
or not win nt all. Llko ICunsas City's
first mouth's spurt in the Ameri
can association , and the phenomenal
run Cleveland has boon enjoying in the Na
tional league , St. Paul has boon phtylng out
of her normal form , that Is , putting up n
.game that the individual or collective
strength of her men did not justify , and ono
which all competent authorities on the game
know full well she could not well maintain
throughout the season. From almost the
top notch in the association Kansas City has
gene down to the very bottom and is making
n frantic light to keep out of the last hole.
Then Cleveland , who two weeks ago was
crowding the mighty Uostons for the lead
in the league , has won but two games in the
ItiHt twelve played , nnd has tumbled from n
close second back to a bad third , and will
Boon bo fourth.
Hut to return to Iho Western association
race. Minneapolis and Sioux City nro both
in it yet , though Omaha and tit. Paul Imvo a
long load , which , It is to bo hoped , Omaha
nt least will not loso. However , the gap
separating the loaders , from the two teams
mentioned Is not HO great that it cannot be
easily bridged. Some good luck for them ,
nnd , of course , the reverse for Omaha and
St. Paul , will make a big chnujjo in a mar-
vclously short time.
The rnco for the league pennant Is still
furiously hot , Uostcm and Now York run
ning neck nnd neck , with the lican Eaters
with their nose to the front , anil Philadel
phia , Cleveland and Chicago scrambling
frantically for third place , and Indianapolis ,
Washington mid Pittsburg ever the tall oud ,
with the cuuncca In favor of the teams
us named , As to the lead , Uotton
must keep n big club in. soak for Now
York when they meet m their next series ,
which will Inevitable decide who ahull holu
the honor ,
The American association is affording as
much excitement us any of them , and prom
ises to bo n very sultry chase to the end.
Within the past weak Hrooklyn has Jumped
over the Athletics Into second place , and
would have jumped still higher hud the other
teams done their duty when they mot Vender
dor Abo's lambs ; but they didn't because St.
Louis kept right on winning Just as the
Urooklyna did , so the distance between tlio
two remained , up to the latter part of the
week , practically unchanged. "Dcr boss
club , " however , 1ms struck an unexpected
enag in Cincinnati , nud Brooklyn keeps right
on knocking out game after game
nnd It looks as If she would bo able to take
the loud In the next trip of the western teams
bast. Cincinnati , too , is ulso playing stiff
ball. She has passed Ualttinora and Is rapidly
overhauling the Athletics and In yet a dan-
Korous factor iu the race , if she can but
maintain her present paco.
Disappointed Hlotix Olty.
n-wo ball affair * at Stouic City nro a little
yrobbly , The management la their pique
cud ills appointment over the te.im't recent
bad tbowlng , hnvo undertaken to got oven
by unjustly mulcting tholr boat men various
ly in the sums of $23 to $100. First IJasoinnn
Powell caught a 1100 dose , nnd Webber ,
Selbel , Crotty , Cllno and Hollman $50 each.
In addition to this , the directors announce
that if there isn't ' n general bracing up the
players will bo released and the club dis
banded. The trouble with Sioux City is that
they began the seaion with too great expec
tation * . They Imagined they had n team of
world beaters , anil that the Western associa
tion pennant wns ns good ns theirs before n
ball had pecn pitched , when everybody qual
ified to judge Just what a base ball team Is ,
knew that the Corn Huskers had but a
mediocre outtltnt best , and that , if they suc
ceeded in keeping out of the last hole
they would bo getting , as the turfmen
say , n run for their money. If
Sioux City should disband , however , Sioux
Falls and Lincoln both stand ready to step
in nnd play out the ncnson In her stead , nnd
there is little probability thnt the association
Is going to suffer nnd material inconvenience
nt their hands ono way or the other. If tlioy
do go out , however , without playing oat tbo
schedule , It Is a safe bet that it will bo many
n loiiRBO.iBon bcfora they can hope to got back
In nny first-class circuit again , nnd csueolally
the Western.
The P
Manager Prlnco , of the Coliseum , reports
most favorable progress In regard to the or
gnnlzntlon of n western polo league. Barnes ,
of St. Paul , Merion , of Minneapolis , and
Common , of Sioux City , have already signed
a number of men , nnd are manifesting ns
much interest in the scheme ns they do in
base ball. Manager Prlnco expects to se
cure the members for n first-class team from
out the ranks of the Omaha ball team , and
will endeavor to secure Canavun , Nichols
and Willis on the return of the boys this
weak. Cunnvan Is nn export , nnd will prob
ably be. made captain and manager of
the local team. The season , It is
thought , can bo Inaugurated about
the midUlo or last of October.
Immediately after the close of the exposi
tion at the Coliseum , the building will bo put
in slmpo lor polo. The organization of the
league should bo pushed forward with all
possible expedition , us the game will afford
splendid snort for the long winter evenings ,
and when once introduced hero there will bo
no possible doubt of its popularity.
Unlawful Chicken Shooting.
LEXINGTON , Nob. , July 17. To the Sport
ing ICdltor of TUB BEE : In your issue of
tbo 14th you have n brief article touching
upon the unlawful killing of prairie chick
ens. Vou also quota the law , but it con
tains nothing about the close of the season.
Please state when the law Is up. You nro
perfectly correct nbout the birds being
killed out of season , however , nnd your
effort to bring the guilty parties to Justice is
a commendable ono nnd should receive the
aid and support of every legitimate sports
man in the stato. There have boon parties
out shooting young chickens in this part of
the state for the past week , nnd the gun
clubs should take cognizance of the
fact. If they expect any sport after
the season opcps , they will have
to bestir themselves and check this outra
geous slaughter. In the small towns a good
deal of this unlawful shooting is done by
lawyers , doctors and other professional and
business men , and moro's tholr shame. They
pay absolutely no attention to the law in
this regard , nnd never will , until they are
made examples of. "Lot no guilty man es
cape , " should ho the motto In this matter.
Yours , etc. , S. B. E.
For the benefit of S. B. E. and others who
may bo in doubt nbout the opening of the
season , it Is again stated that no ctiicKcn cau
bo legally killed until the first day of Sep
tember. Sport. Ed.
A. Tennis TournumotU.
J. H. Lathrop and n. S. Nichols , of the Y.
M. C. A. Athletic club , have atiout completed
arrangements for n tennis tournament to beheld
held nt the park of the association at the
corner of riarnei' and Twenty-third streets ,
commencing August 1 , and continuing three
days. Entries arc open to all clubs in the
city , and ns there Is a larger number of these
organizations than is generally known , the
management is expecting a very interesting
mooting. There is n number of crack play
ers in the city , several of whom are members
of the above mentioned club , and it is quite
likely that some spirited contests will bo wit
nessed during the tourney.
The Building Apollos.
The last run to Manawa by the tnombors
of the Apollo club was a delightful nnd
eventful one , despite the bad roads. There
were ten of tno boys who made the trip , nnd
they had some great experiences in getting
stuck in the agglutinative soil and getting
through miniature lakes and rivers.
Bolndorf makes a first class lieutenant ,
but don't "scorch Oscar. "
The idea that u boys' bicycle club couldn't
bo successfully maintained in Omaha has
been thoroughly exploded by tbo healthy
condition of the Apollo. There are quite as
many boy riders ns there nro groivn mou.
Any boy under eighteen years of age de
siring to Join the Juvcnllo bykers' club
should address Doit Wertz , president , 1C07
Douglas street.
Two now members were taken hi during
the past week. This gives the Apollo a total
roster of twenty -five.
Ono of the pilgrims broke his handle-bar
on Sunday's run , but ho tied It up with rub
ber bands nnd completed the trip all O. 1C.
A run will be made to Bellevue on the 21st
nt 3:30. : Members will meet at the club
rooms , Sixteenth street und Capitol avenue.
A motm the Omnliii AVIiccliiion.
Hun to Missouri Vnlley to-day.
The Thursday evening runs uro being well
attended , even these hot nights.
James Joseph I starts on n tour of Iowa
next week , und intends to bo gone at least
thirty days.
William Emerson starts for Boston shortly
nnd of course takes his Victor with him ,
ho is going to visit his old homo and show
the Bean Eaters how the wueclmon of the
west ride ,
It may not bo generally known that cattle
herding can bo done on n trlcyclo. Of
course it is not quite a success , but if a
header or two bo taken the nldo or top of a
cow is a pretty soft place to nllght , so at
least is claimed by one of the wheelmen.
The run to Plattsmouth was attended by
only seven members nnd all suld they had
n "largo" nnd quite wet ( perspiration ) time ,
and of course say the Plattsmouth boys nro
all right , The start homo was made nt
0:80 : nnd Just ns the boys got half way across
the Plattsmouth river bridge , n tram wns
heard coming , nnd such scrnuibllng for
"sleopora" was never before dono. How
ever , nil were in places of safety before the
train reached them , The second lieutenant
was Hcon iv ing ever a water barrolj holding
on to his 'Uco wagon" llkogrlni death. The
ride homo was made In three hours.
M. F. Vun Horn , captain of the Lincoln
wheel club , wat in town lust Thursday and
attended tne club run. Ho thinks the run
to Council Bluffs the finest he ever saw.
If any unattached wheelman wishes to
Join the Omaha wheel club ho should nuply
to Perry Badolctt , the secretary , at the
Omaha National bank for ppphcntion blanks.
At the last meeting the following appli
cants were elected members of the club : C.
C. Pcabody , J , L. licnrltzy , J , II , Itcod and
Frank Bacon.
Ttiera nro several applications m for the
next mooting , nnd Indications are that more
names will bo acted upon that evening than
ever before.
The boys nro vary anxious to keep the run
to Missouri Vnlloy out of the papers , because
of the fact they thought the proprietors of
the eating house and hotels would closa for
thnt day if they hoard the olub was coming.
It teems the last time the boys were there , It
took the VulleyltOH n week to otock up , und
how could they help it , when the boys order
ing , said this : "There In nothing on this
bill of faro I do not wr.nt. "
Flushes From Ilia Diamond ,
-Dun Shannon Is now playing short for
Louisville.
Umpire Fessondon has been f.rcd from the
Icaguo tttnlfv
Toronto haslet Swift , Oiuaha's old second
boeouian , tro.
Big Qeorgo Wilson is catching great ball
for \Voostor. \
Young Freeman is pltcnlng for an amateur
team at Atchison ,
To Molnes has signed Pltchnr Huston , of
the New Orleans club.
Old I'apa rfuttou has been depoied ns cap
tain of the Milwaukee nnd Shooc appointed
in his placo.
Morton , of Minneapolis/ signed Dev
lin , of the St. Louis Browns.
WashlnRton went back on Denver In tholr
deal for third biuomim Swoony ,
Hcddy HnnrAhnn has succeeded Ed Hen *
glo ns cnptaln of the Minneapolis team ,
It begins to look ns If the Corn Iluskers
were nbout to throw up the sponge.
iCncll , of the St. Joe's , shut out the Corn
Huskers without A hit in a game last week ,
Omnhn nnd Denver nt the local grounds to
morrow nftornoon , nlso Tuesday nnd
Wednesday the last games until August 8.
Columbus Is Raid to bo reaching out for
Cnnnvnn of Omaha. Sporting Llfo. That's
all Columbus is doing , though , "reaching
out. "
The Corn Huskers nro crying like babies
bccauso they cnn't bent anybody. If they
don't win n game before long , they threaten
to quit ,
Ted Kennedy has returned to his old-tlmo
love the DCS Monies team. Burdiek , too ,
It Is said , is nbout to sign with the Prohibi
tionists.
Minneapolis has signed Outfielder Drlscol
late of the Atlantic association. Milt West
hai been released , nnd Morrison nnd Dug-
dale nro to bo lot out.
The crunks up In St. Pnul went stark mnd
when the news came in Friday thnt Mil'
wnukoo had defeated the Apostles for the
laird consecutive gamo.
The Denver team nro butting llko Tltlnns ;
but their Holding u not up to the standard ,
However , Rowe says ho wants two out of
tbo three Ramos of this series.
All talk nbout deposing Sam Morton from
the secretaryship of the Western nssoolntton ,
Is tno veriest twaddle. Ho may , however ,
fnil In nn election another season.
Miller , who Is playing short field so well
for St. Paul , was a catcher In the Trl State
league last season. Tnls year he went to
Chattanooga and inado a success ns a short
stop.
The Omnhas leave Wednesday evening for
tholr second triu to Uio northern cities. They
will bo absent until the 8th ofugust , when
tlioy return for a month's slcgo on the homo
grounds.
ICid Nichols is without a doubt the strong
est pitcher in the Western association , an !
by the close of the season will bo worth sev
eral thousand dollars to the Omaha manage
ment. At present there nro no less than
llvo clubs after him.
The Omubas will return from Stoux City
to-morrow morning and in the afternoon
play the Donvcrs nt the local park. McNabb ,
Denver's now crack pitcher will bo in the
box , and the chances nro that a flno game
will result.
The Mtlwnukoos surprised themselves last
week by winning three straight games.
Uncle Ezrn has strengthened his team in tho' '
pitchers' box by the addition of Knouff nnd
Davlcs , and with the old stand-by Grifllths In
good form the brewers promise to do hotter ;
work from now out. (
Last winter Omaha was ready to sell tho.
release of Second Baseman Crooks , whom
Philadelphia , Indianapolis , Washington and
Columbus are now trying to buy.for the sum
of $500. Solco offered to release him to Can
ton if that sum were paid , but the Ohio team ,
would not give thnt much. He was consid
ered a "white elephant , " and the manage
ment did not know what to do with him.
Finally , however , they decided to give him
another trial , nnd the way ho has been piny-
ing since Is a matter of base ball history. ,
Last winter his release could have beonj
bought for n song ; now it would take three !
thousand slmoleons. Star Sayings.
The players who graduated from the
Western association to the American -last
year are holding their cud up. Holllday ,
ono of the contlgcnt , leads the association in
batting with an average of .557 , while Burns.
Johnson , Hoover , Conway nnd Sterns all ,
hnvo averages of .300 or over. Long , Earlo.S
McGarr , Shannon , McCarty , Duryea nndj
Reynolds nil have averages more than .250. ; ]
Lovett nnd Swartzel nro over the .200 murk , "
while Plckott and Gunson are the only ones
who fall under that percentage. In fielding
these players also rank high. Of the pitch
ers , Duryea takes rank over all the associa
tion box-men , while Conway ranks fourth.
Lovott ninth , McCarty seventeenth nnd
Swnrtzol eighteenth. This is remarkable
playing.
Miscellaneous Sports. , . '
W. G. Albright , Joff"W : Bedford ntrtll
Hnrry Deuel , spent the past several days
black bass fishing at Blue Lake , la.
President Dick McCormick , of the West
ern Base Ball association , and Marsh Kcn-
nard , are enjoying their usual summer out
ing among the woods and waters of northern
Minnesota.
The woodcock season is now at its height ,
and a good many birds' are reported in the
cornfields and reaches of timber roundabout
Horseshoe lake. Thv ; morceau of all game
birds Is a rnrety at best , however , and a bag i
of a dozen would be abig ono at any time or
placo.
A great manv teal duck bred nt Honey
creek nndVhlting this senson , and sovcrnl
broods of young mnllods have been seen.
Wood duck are quite plentiful at nil the ad
jacent lakes and marshes , but a , gua should
not bo raised against them before Septem
ber 1.
Jim Stephenson Is organizing a coaching
party for the Yellowstone park country.
Two six-horse coaches will bo
- tally-ho trans
ported by rail to Ode.nthonco the drive will
uo made to the geysers , Beaver canon and
other points of interest , the party camplug
wherever nightfall finds them.
Lily Williams announces that she has re
tired from professional blcy9lo riding.
A. B. Palmer , of the Douglas boat building
company , \Vaukegan , III. , Is In the city. Ho
will make an effort to revive boating inter
ests here.
J. R. Hawkins , proprietor of the Blue
Valley kennel , Beatrice , was in tbo city
yestorduy.
Fred Benzinger , formerly of TUB BEE'S.
reportorlal staff , now ot Lincoln , has been
chosen referee of the Iowa Amateur Rowing
association's annual regatta , which will beheld
hold at Spirit Lake next Thursday and Fri
day. Fred Is a member of the Cedar Rapids
club ,
J. Castle , a Minnesota pug , is booked for a
fight near this city , on the 10th of August ,
witli F. Murray , an exponent of the manly
art from the fort.
The Waterworks rlflo team of Florence
has issued the following challenge to the
ritlemen of this city : We , the marksmen of
Florence , hereby challenge the marksmen of
Omaha to select a team of eight men to shoot
against our team a match , open sights , " 00
yards , for $25 a side.
A wrestling match between Evan Lewis ,
the strnnglcr , nnd McMillan , the strong man ,
Is one of the probable events down for the
Coliseum witUIn the next-throe weeks.
Stlllman G. Whlttnkor , the well known
byker , was married to nn estimable young
lady in Cleveland. O. , on Thursday last. Ho
will renounce cycling and go into business.
Senator Morgan nnd W. F. Knapp.togothor
with Misses Baldwin , Oakes , and Brownure
running a series of races at Denver this
week , commencing with to-day , The combi
nation did a ilattermg business at Salt Lake ,
and in fact do well wherever they appear.
J , J. Hard In , who , with the Senator , is at the
head of the combination , is in 'Frisco , where
they are booked for a six-day race.
The regatta to bo hold at Spirit Lake uoxt
Wednesday and Thursday , under the aus
pices of the Iowa Amateur Rowing associa
tion , promises to bo u very interesting affair.
Tbo Council Bluffs crows consisting of
Henry Bowman. Wallace Patterson , W. H.
Sherradcn , Loekwood Dodge and Charles
Hcno , ns crow number ono. and W. Buck-
man , Harry Huns , C. F. Reid , Jaok Williams
and Marhh Treynor , as crew number two ,
leave for the lake this evening accompanied
by a largo number of friends.
anil Ann \vcra.
To decide a bet will you please state Just
What constitutes an earned run in a game of
bulll-Wallaco H. , city.
Ans. The onlclal rule governing earned
runs is : "An earned run shall bo scored
every time the player roaches the homo base ,
unaided by errors , before chances have econ
offered to- retire the aide. " According to
this , everything counts In earning u run
save positive fielding orrorssuch nan muffed
fly or thrown ball , a juggled grounder , wild
throw , wild pilch , and basa ou balls , Tuo.
co.lo Is deficient nnd should be amended In
several respects.
Will you please answer the following in
Ku.viu'v'fl ' BEE : Who leads the Western
association batteis ) Of what nationality are
John L. Sullivan find Ike Woirl Why do
you ca ! ( Pickott , of iho Kansas City's , an
overrated play or I Fair Play. Hotel Barker.
Ans Crooks led up to July 1. Irish.
English. BOCAUSO It la foot , Ho 1ms
nlrondy boon laid ottibjr the Cowboys for un
satisfactory play ,
Please nnswor in your sporting columns
the following to-decide n bet ! Hnvo
Mitchell nnd Olcarytover mot in n sparring
contest or ficht , at fco , bow many times
where , nnd who waui JI. L , , Omaha.
Ans. Yos. Twice. At Philadelphia nni
Now York. Mitchell w.on both times.
Will you kindly Inform mo through Tni
BRR the fastest tlraq on record for n 100-yan
foot-rnco ? W. S. Cola , Bcntrlco.
Ans. 0 > fs. George Sownnl ( Amorlcnn )
turnpike road , Unmmcrsmlth , England
September 80,1981.
Kulo 35. section 1National rules , baseball ,
says i "A block is n batted or thrown ball
thnt is stopped or handled by any person nol
engaged In the nnmb''i Is a ball delivered
by the pitcher to the bntsmnn a "thrown
ball , " within the rule , nnd cnn n block bo
declared on n pitched ball , because It is
handled by nn outsider nfter passing the
cntchorl Thoo. W. Irving , Glenwood , In.
Ans. They nro identical. It Is nblookj
the same as on a batted or thrown ball.
Can you tell mo who nro the best bnso run
ners in the League , American nnd Western
associations ! Runner , Starlight B. B. Club.
Ans. In the Western association , Willis
nnd Cnnnvnn rank very high , as does Hun-
rnhan of the Minneapolis team , Cnrroll of
the St. Pauls , Alberts of the Mllwaukees ,
Glenn of Sioux Citv , McOnrr of St. Joe nnd
McClollan of the Delivers. In the League ,
Sunday , McKoan , Ward , Fogarty , Brown ,
Tiornnn nnd Scory nro nmong the topnotch-
ors , nnd in the American , Holllday , Nicol ,
Hamilton , Stovoy , Latham , Smith and Marr
nro nil fast men.
To dccldo n bet , will you please nnswor
tbo following ! Suppose a fly ball is batted
to the center fielder , who makes n square
muff , the batter makes first , is ho credited
with a base hitj J. H. Lathrop , Union Pa
cific Headquarters.
Ans. No.
Whnt is the best bicycle rccordlfor n inllo
nnd who holds it. B , JJ. , Avoca , Nob.
Ans. 2S204-5. W. A. .Rowo , Springfield ,
Mass.
A Bed-Time SOUR.
Frederick Hews.
Sway to nnd fro in the twilight grny ,
This is the ferry of Shndowtown ;
It always sails at the cud of day ,
Just ns the darkness is closing down.
Rest , little head , on my shoulder , so ,
A sleepy kiss Is the only faro ;
Drifting nway from the world wo go ,
Baby and I in a rocking chair.
See where the firebugs glow and spark ,
Glitter the lights of the stmdowland ;
The pelting rains on the window , bark I
Are ripples lopping upon its strand.
There where the mirror Is glancing dim ,
A lake with its shimmering cool and still
Blossoms are waving above its brim ,
Those over there on tbo window-sill.
Rook slow , more slow in the dusky light ,
Silently lower the anchor down ;
Denr little passenger , say good-night ,
We've reached the harbor of shadowtown.
EDUCATIONAL.
In Germany tuo public schools nro nil
taught by men.
Co-education of white and colored students
is practiced in the huv schools at Baltimore.
New Young Men's ' Christian associations
were founded at twenty-two colleges last
year.
In Connecticut , "tho land of steady habits , "
the nverago pay of the public school teacher !
is (300 a year. . j
" Bololt has received a gift of $100,000 from1
Dr. D. 1C. Pearson , > wbo also enriched Knox
college by n gift of 550,000.
The scholastic year nt Princeton will here-
nflor bo two Instead "of three terms , and the
number of olectivcs will bo increased.
The average number of pupils in the Bos
ton public school is 01,584 , und the total cost
per pupil for the year has been $33.01 , about
iho same as for the previous year.
The young ladies of Wisconsin universityi
nro studying carpentry , nnd It is said that1
they nro us successful at this as they have
been in their intellectual studies.
William H. Sago , of Ithaca , has given the
Cornell University Athletic association nine
acres of land for an athletic field. An un
known friend has donated $3,000 to fit up the
field.
field.Tho
The board of trust of ICnox college has
been apprised of n gift of $50,000 from
Dauiel K. Pearsons , of Hinsdalo , 111. This
consists of Chicago real estate which will
yield an Income of about $3,500 a year.
Arrangements are bcinu made for a gath
ering on the site of the old "Log college , " nt
Hartsvllle , Pa. , September 5 , to commemo
rate the founding of the college in 1720 , nnd
the commencement of tbo great educational
work of the Presbyteriau church in this
country. President Patton and ex-President
McCosu are named ns speakers.
Accordfng to recent statistics there nro in
Cuba 720 public and 537 private schools , with
au average attendance of 40,853 children of
both sexes. The annual cost of maintaining
the schools is $5(10,220 ( , which amount is fur
nished by the lift municipalities on tha island ,
The proportion of schools to inhabitants is
one to every 1,205 , and ono child attends
school for every thirty-eight Inhabitants ,
Eight thousand schoolboys were made
happy recently in New York by the pre
sentation of a handsome gold medal , n prize
for their fine appearance in the centennial
civio parade. They won this in competition
with all of the organizations that marched
in that great pageant , nnd nrc justly proud
of tholr success. The presentation wns made
in the main hall of tbo board of education ,
which was decorated for the occasion with
Hags and bunting , The medal is a very
handsome ono , und the inscription roads as
follows : "Awarded by the Industrial , Com
mercial and Educational Bodies of New
York City , May 1 , ISSO.to the Public Schools
lor fin o bearing in tbo Civic Parade. "
SINGUJjAIllTlES ,
It is reported that a flouting island thirty
yards in diameter has been found in Hone y
Lake , Idaho.
There nro three brothers In Terrell county ,
Georgia , whoso aggregate height is nineteen
feet. They weigh 000 pounds.
A petrified turtle weighing over twenty-
six tons has been unearthed In Parka coun
ty , Indiana , nnd the monster Hooslcr Is to bo
removed to Cincinnati.
As Will Durocher , of Esoanaba , Mich..was
eating his supper n few nights ngo a stroke
Df lightning" violently removed his shoes ,
leaving him badly burned and shocked.
A now dog from Holland has a long mnno ,
\ short bodv , a sharp bark , a head llko a pig ,
ulg cars and no tail. Ho has appeared at
English dog shows.and is fashionable and
oxpenslvo.
William Mooney , S'Of West Pike , Potter
count , Pa. , has a peculiar head of hair.
When a storm approaches every hair in his
head stands out strulghL and as he wears his
Imlr very long lie ia quite a ridiculous sight.
On that account bq never leaves the house
when it Is cloudy ,
On the lawn of Joel Scarlett , nt Konnott
Square , Pa. , n few tivcnlngs since , a circle
about four feet in diameter scorned to have
boon scalded In the grass. On closer look it
was found covered with yellowish fungi ,
which turned bluish pluck when the sun
came out. The phenomenon has been ob
served several tlmps , and wan called a
"fairy circle. "
A special from f'L'lpton , O , , says : "Tho
other evening Mrs.llqubon Ryan , living nine
miles northwest of hero , gave birth to n girl
having a double head. Tbo double bead rests
on one neck , und has four eyes , four ears ,
two foreheads , two mouths and two noses.
The famous Jones double baby , born twelve
miles northwest of hero thruo weeks ago ,
was brought to TJpton this evening , and is
to remain hero for six months. Excursions
will bo run hero from every direction , "
tiost Him the Champagne.
"It's just 8 o'clock. "
"It's twenty minutes nftor 4. "
"Bot you wino for the party I'm
ritrht. " said the llrstspoukor , emphasiz
ing hiB remark by snapping down the
heavy gold lid of his watch.
"Dono6uid the other.
The Marie Antoinette and Charlotte Car-
day fichus take the load for light wraps ,
They may bo inado In cashmere , muslin ,
lace , crepe du chlue , or silk muslin ,
To OFFICE SEEKERS ,
The Palace die Building of
THE BEE BUILDING.
A Superb Court , Perfect Ventilation , Thoroughly
Fire Proof
WELL LIGHTED OFFICES ,
HARD-WOOD FINISH ,
TILED CORRIDORS
Fifty-Eight Vaults ,
" Lighted by Electricity ,
Night @ Day Elevator Service
THE BEE BUILDING ,
Seventeenth and Farnam , offers attractions for Professional
Men , Insurance Companies , Brokers , Real Estate Agents and
Business Men , who desire elegant , commodious and fire-pr6of
offices at reasonable terms.
For particulars apply at the Counting Room , New Bee Building
ffl
ing-
AT THREE MILES A MINUTE ,
How. ttfo/'WoemB 'Transit System
Will Annihilate Timo.
AN ELECTRIC BURGLAR BOUNCER
It Sounds tlio Alarm and Lights tlio
Gas at tbo Snino Time Tlio
Mndtlalcno cTIicotlolltc
Omalm'n Motor Line.
s , Bcwnreof tlio Mat.
The Wooms railway system , incorpo
rated under the name of the Electro-
Automatic Transit company , of Balti-
nnro.lias patented a multiplicity of
electrical and mechanical appliances as
n preliminary to putting1 the system
ocularly to work whenever required.
By this oloctro-autoinatio arrange
ment it is claimed that a speed of three
miles a minute can be attained and
maintained on level tracks , and two
nilcs a minute on heavy grades and
curves.
The motor car is eighteen feet long
and two and a half feet square at each
end. It is pointed in front , the wedge
or point being below the longitudinal
center , adjusting it to the air pressure ,
, hus keeping the car down to the track ,
fo reduce atmospheric friction to a
minimum all wheels and electrical ap-
iliancos are placed within the walls of
, ho cars.
The road is to be built on the surface
of the ground , with track of twenty-four
nchcs caugo.
The mail and express cars are tele
scoped in forming a train , the
ormor into the end of the
motor car , and the latter into that of
ho ono preceding it , forming a lloxiblo
ruin of cars , offering an unbroken sur-
ace to the air.
The rear of the roar car is pointed
n a similar manner to the front of a
motor car , thus preventing any
motion ns the train rushes on its way.
The motor may pull ono car or a train
of cars.
AU trains will bo controlled from a
generating stiitlonwhoro will bo placed
in electrical generating plant.
Electrical brakes are to bo used , and
trains uro started , stopped , speed
lessened aud backed at will from the
station.
Special appliances will inform the
operator in charge of the generating
station of the exact location of the
train from the time it loaves or passes
my given point until it reaches its des
tination.
The patents of the company number
143 In the United States and the prinoi-
) iil countries of the world , covering the
vital details of this novel system.
The principles npatonted involve
special form of rail , making it impossi
ble for trains to jump the track at any
am of speed ; form of electrical f > afoty
rail , carrying Iho out-going current
and returning thosamo on the same rail
this , rail can bo passoa by pedestrians
or vehicles with perfect safety ) ; form
of conductors and rails combined , with
nbulution of the same for carrying cur
rents over long distanced ; means of
starting , stopping , backing and con
trolling trains from the generating sta
tion : method of regulating the electri
cal current automatically on trains
vhllo in motion , incn-asing the power
n ; ascending und decreasing ,
the same in descending grades ;
nouns whereby trains automatically
register themselves at every statlpn at
hey pass every mile track ; form of
ournuls und boxes for fast speed to
ivold heating ; reducing the uir pres
sure -ut high epocd to u minimum by
pointed cars splitting the air in front
and provcnUm ? suction in the rear
while in transit ; reducing the cross-
section of cars to a minimum and en
closing the wheels and electrical equip
ment within the walls of the same to
offer as little resistance to the air as
possible ; telescoping the cars of a train
to present to the air an unbroken sur
face ; special switch for rails ; keeping
the contro of gravity of the whole train
below the axles.
Patents have also been secured for a
passenger system which applies to the
conversion of existing steam railroads
into electric railroads.
A series of experiments have been
made at Laurel , Md. , to show what the
Weoms railway system will do.
This experimental line is a circuit of
exactly two miles. Over this route
there are twenty-ninechangesof grade ,
some of them vorv heavy , oven to the
extent of 103 foot to the mile.
It is claimed that at this experiment
station two miles per minute uro made
around the heavy curve , or the equiva
lent of ono hundred and eighty miles
an hour , or three miles a minute on a
level track.
A visitor to this experiment station
sees many things to surprise him , says
the Baltimore Sun. There are no ex
tensive works , and the motor car , when
it comes out from under its shed in
obedience to the will of the engineer in
the distant plant building where the
electric dynamo generates the current ,
moves deliberately , slowly and with
absence of all sound.
The cigar-shaped car , painted a
bright rod and moving sharp end foremost -
{ most , at first sight does not seem a won
derful tiling as it goes quietly along the
track , but later , when the engineer at
the dynamo puts on moro power , or as a
steam-car man would say , moro steam ,
and the creeping thing on the ground
hastens its movement until it fairly
Hies , and becomes a moving speck of
red. spectators feel the progress being
made in applied science and talk of the
wonders of electricity , nnd the great
things it will accomplish in the active
ulTuirs of life in the near future.
Kloctrlo motors In Factories.
A late novelty in the application of
electric motors to the movement of ma
chinery is found in the now factory of
an electric motor company in Now
York city. Each machine is run by a
separate motor , thus doing away with u
line of shafting and all the bolls run
ning to it- The vibration ib very much
reduced , and the machine shop is far
less noisy than the average. A dyn amo
in the biuemont furnishes electricity.
Mechanics have for some time used
electric motors to run machinery so
placed as to make it dilllcult to get
power from n line of shafting or to run
machines which travel within given
limits , such as transfer tables , traveling
cranes , etc. , saya the Chicago Kuilwny
Hoviow. In such co/ies the use of elec
tricity is especially valuable.
In the equipment of u now shop elec
tricity thus applied also possesses ad-
vantngCH , The amount of power re
quired to drive a main line of shafting ,
bolts and looao pulleys on tlio counter
Hhnfls , is coiibiaorablo , and when but
a few machines uro in opera
tion the power expended nt the
machines forms but a omall portion
of the whole. By this arrange
ment of motor * , however , the jio < vor
furnished is mod with hut little los > < in
transmission , and when a machine is
not in use , no power is expended in
keening hi motion shafting und belting
used In transmitting powers it.
The motors should run nt a given
speed with but a small porcouiago of
variation. The possibility of adjusting
the speed of the motor to suit upooiul
cases and still have a uniform motion io
an advantage which in some classes of
work will prove valuable. The results
of this application will lie watched with
interest , und , if uccqstfful , may be the
means of a much wider application of
electricity iti machine shops.
Now \Vay tij Cnlcli Ittirclnrs.
The burglar's lot , says the Washing
ton Post , is not a Imjipy ono in this lat
ter part of the nineteenth century.
Not only dooo Judge Bradley take every
opportunity of inllicting long sentences
upon him , but the fertile brain of the
inventor , where the inventions are ap
plied , has either made it almost impos
sible for him to carry on his businebs or
raado it easy to catch him in the act of
so doing.
Inventions of this kind are well nigh
perfect , and the inventors are practi
cally nt a standstill until Mr. Burglar
adopts some now way of circumventing
thorn.
The devices used by our great safe de
posit companies , sucli as the tine lock ,
are well known , ns are many of those
for the protection of houses nnd Bloros.
The latest In the latter line Is known
as the electric burglar alarm. This
simply consists of an annunciator , a
picco'of matting , the electric wires.and
the battery. The matting is lined with
wires , which are connected with the
battery and annunciator. This mat
ting is placed inside the door , near the
safe or other place where valuables are
kept , or anywhere that the burglars
might bo suppobed to stop. The mo-
ho does stop on the matting the annun
ciator rings and keeps ringing until
somu ono comes. It also shows the lo
cation of the burglar , and by an elec
trical attachment for lighting the gad
enables the burglar to bo observed ,
In the device used for stores there
are three switches. By raising end
when a customer enters the store the
boll rings twice , thus indicating the
presence of a cubtomor. If two switches
are raited the boll keeps ringing as long"
as the person re mains on the matting ,
while If all throe uro raised , as they
usually are at nignt , the boll kcopa
ringing oven after the visitor leaves
the matting.
In the bumo way the wires may bo at
tached to the doors , and if an attempt
is made to open them the boll t'nigs ua
if the matting had boon stopped on.
An Hlcotrlo Tliuoclolltc.
At Muddulonb , Italy , where a battery
protects the island of Caprera , nn elec
tric theodolite bus been hot up for the
purpose of giving hidden gunners the
exact distance and directions of an ene
my's ' vessel whether stationary or
moving , suj'H Practical Electricity. The
gunners are stationed behind n hill , on
which is placed the electrical appara
tus ; and are enabled to llro with tlio ut
most prcolblon , whllo any olloctivo re
turn fire is prevented by the inability
of the fee to fix the location of the in'
visible guns. _
Tulio Condulta.
Experiments nro being made on tha
continent with a novel form of conduit
for underground mains. The conduit
consists of a glass tube , protected by u
thin coating of specially prepared co-
merit , und inclosed in n cast-iron pipe ,
Hie iron being run on hot. Bare con
ductors can then bo used , und It IH as
sorted that not only is tlio ineulatlon
very high but that the conduit Is cheap
and perfectly air-tight. How the dif
ference between the coolllcloiit of ox-
imnsion of glitHs and iron is accounted
for , Buys the London Electrician , wo unj
ut a loss to undorHtiind.
The Fiuiirn nf Hlno trinity.
In u recent interview Thomas A. Edl-
KOII bald : "You unk mo about the falura
of electricity. It is the coming motivd
powor. It will bo used on all the rail *
road , * bomo day , but the point is to got
an economical engine. My theory late
to have immense dynamos located all
along tiio line of the road , and have
the electricity convoyed from these
stationary onginnu to the locomotives
by wlrns through the rails. For example -
ample , I would p.ut two big -engines be
tween Now York.u-nd Philadelphia , and
onouph power could bo furnished to
whisk tha limited ut the ruto ot 100
an hour. "