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- - - i m nun i iimimi nil ifi 'iiy.'ininumm ' ' i * * r 1 * T Y , * m i THE OMAHA ; SUNDAY BEE , NINETEENTH YEAH. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , NOVEMBER 3 , 1889. TWENTYPAGES. NUMBER 137 , re I I 5O2 , 504 , 506 , 508 , 510 Seth 13th . . &O-JI , XIMi , 5 tO South Sf. St. , Corner Howard. < 5/0 .3fft / lever 11)1 ) York in Liquidation , . Must sell tlieir stocks , We have picket ! op tfiese NOW IS YOUR CHANCE FOR BARGAINS. ox DSOXHAV WK wiH.i. on-'K 6 Special Bargains in Unmade Dress Patterns , AT MISS THAN FACY TllK Ki ULAE 1 JUUK Ol' A\\'T0IIi\O IX S5BS.S : MOODS KTI31B JsBIOUN IX OMABIA THIS MKASO.V. ( I Containing 1O yards Double fold Oaeh- mji-o , inohidhiff buttons to match , for Consisting of 8 yards 42-inch All Wool Ohoviots , p n check effects , including butters to match , for All Wool Ladios1 Cloth , in mixed colors , very seasonable , full pattern , , with buttons to match , for Of oil shades in Henrietta , full dross pat tern , including buttons to match , for. . . . Gilbert very wide Tricots , consisting of 8 ycrds of material , with buttons to match , for Of elegant French or English Broadcloth in all the now grays , greens and black , Including buttons to matoh for J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS , 502,504,506,508,510 S. t. i" v . ft oi. WEEKLY SPORTING BUDGET , I Interesting News From AH the Western Association Cities. WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE. The IMatlO- Arena The Forest , Field and Stream The Local Bylcors City I'olo Lienjinot n d Ques tions Answered. Western Association Aff.iirB. Considerable influence has been brought to bear within the last two weeks to Induce the Sioux City club to leave the Western nsso- ulntlon and Join the State league , This league will be composed of Clinton , Dubuque , Cedar Unpids , Davenport , Burlincton and several other cities. The final appeal to Sioux City to Join the league was , made by E. F. Frawloy , of Dubuque , who wrote President Pcavey requesting that a repre sentative bo sent to the meeting to be held nt DOB Molnes to-morrow. No delegates will bo sent , Mr. Pcavy thinking that the "Western association is good , enough for Sioux City. The intimation that Denver might possibly bo dropped from the Western association ban aroused considerable fooling in the Mountain City. Uiwo Howe says that Denver will not Do dropped , but , on the contrary , bo repre sented by the pennant winners for IS'Jl. ' "And , " continued the Irate Dave , "I have positive assurance from the best of authority that there is not the sliglitost disposition on the part of the Western association magnates to throw out such a good ball town as Den ver , According to the constitution a club can not bo thrown out , but can withdraw , when the franchise reverts back to the asbo- elation. The idea of St. Puul'x franchise being given to Duluth is simply out of the question , Oshkosh will in all probability take the place of St Joseph next season , as the latter club has already withdrawn from the association. Denver will have the very best club money can secure iicxt season , and If wo do not'bring down tbo pennant , it will Do no fault of the management. " Milwaukee has been doing a good deal of wlnil work about going into tno American association , but anybody knowing anything ul all about th > ) present status of affairs in thai organization is wall aware that this is absolutely out of the question. Milwaukee will remain right whore she 19-in , the West , . orn association , and the management is al ready mapping out a vigorous campaign for next season , Shock has buon made captain of the team , and is now engaged in n bunt for ix couple of now twlrlora , a second baso- inan and an outfielder. Button will bo re leased. Bob Lowe , the Cream City's ' great outfielder , has been signed by Boston , but Just how this tins been brought about no one scorns to know. Ho U a wonderful Holder , the equal of MoAloor any day. It is said his contract with Boston is another piece of Manager Frank Soleo's slick work. Down at St , Joe thu base ball cranks claim that notwithstanding tnoy have been forever consigned to the boupby the papers of the cities In the western circuit , that they will bo on deck us largo us life next Benson. They acknowledge Unit there are many people in the mm : imgimtod with base ball , owing to the past season's ' glguntlu failure , but assort there Is sunlciunt enthusiasm left to support a team iu good uhapu next year. Thu , how ever , i idle talk. The association cannot afford to allow St. Joe to remain within her ranks another year , and ills not at all prob able that they will do so under any olrcum- Htancem There In but liitla news obtainable from St. Paul. Manager Thompson writes tua base ball editor of TUB Bur. that the story of St. Paul dropping out of the western us- noclailoi } is all bosh , but Instead , lie will have a btror.iter team than ever next year , nua try to tuba the majority of falls out of Omaha. He has iu view men to take the plucca of Uetlly , Worrick and Carroll , ami n phenomenal young twirler whoso name he refuses to reveal. A movement was set afoot In DCS Moines n week ago to dispose of S1U.OOO of their base bull stock at * 3 ( ) a share , with u view of re taining their franchise in the Western asso ciation , but tbo effort was attended with discouraging results , and there is but little likelihood of the nrohihition capital remain ing with us. DCS Moines had bettor make up her mind to rest content with state lea gue honors. That is her proper sphere. In Minneapolis the national game Is kept booming at nil seasons , and from the micr- gttie work of Secretary Morton , it is evident that she intends to sot u hot pace for thofiug next season. In Omaha the enthusiasm , owing to the sale of the team's star players , is at an un usually low ebb. However , President Mo- Cormlck Is now practically the solo owner of the club , and after the uncertainties of the situation are cleared away , ho will bo heard from , Omaha will have a fine team next year , the public can rest assured. AVhat Will the ilarvpst Be ? Base ball affairs , to say thu least , arc in a very un sett led und ominous condition , and a solution of the problem will bo u hard one to get at. If tbo National league and the broth erhood actively enter upon hostilities at their respective meetings this month , It may bo confidently anticipated that many of the bul warks that have HO long and so adequately uphold the game will crumble awav. This will throw tilings into such a chaotic mess that years must clapso before they can pos sibly bo straightened out und righted again From the present outlook this seems inevita ble , as the brotherhood has gene so far that thcro is no backing out , und the league will certainly not make the wholesale concessions demanded of it. What will bo the result of this unfortunate complication upon the minor bodies is the question that naturally presents Itself ) And It Is un easy one to answer. It means nothing short of their utter de struction. of the minor associations. as their vitals will bo sapped away by the older and more wealthier or ganizations in their own nroservatlon. For mer laws und agreement will go for naught. On tlm part of the league it will be anything to down the players' confederation , and the rights of the minor associations will bo lost sight of and trampled upon lu the fight. Their players will bo taken away from them as fast as they dovolouo sufficient strength to warrant thorn a place in thu league , and In this way DUJO ball in all the minor cities will bo kept In such n state of turmoil and uncertainty that it will require but a short time to disgust tlm patrons , and bankrupt and disoandlng clubs and dissolv ing associations will follow each other in such rapid succession that the hardiest crank of all will ba glad to toss un the opongo and cry enough. Omaha is already experiencing a foretaste of what is to como , in case this rumored war is actually declared. There may bo. however , u conference yet this month between the bolicosa iactions that will lead toSomo sort of un adjustment of the trouble , und that Is what all buso ball patrons uro ardently hoping for , Tlio Frlico Cyolu CIiuso. The bicycle tournament , under the man agement of John J. Himiln , at San I'l-un- cisco last week was an overwhelming suc cess. The rauo clos.ed Sunday night , the score standing as follows : Baldwin SSI , Knupp 815 , Morgan 6'X. ' , Reading SOO , Ouues Tul. O'Brien TJ . Baldwin , Oakes und O'Brien were given 100 miles handicap. The last day of the mutch was by no moans uneventful. There was u llorul ex hibit , that almost rivaled that of thu recent exhibition of tbo Stata Floral soeiuty. Miss Baldwin received n magnificent design of a biuyclo done in ( lowers and a beautiful Mal tese cross , Miss Oakes received a fioral bi cycle also. Miss O'Brien was mudo lumpy with a huge harp. Kn&pp was presented with a sllvor-mouuted umbrella' from a local wheelman's association. The City I'olo The directors of the Collseu'ii will put down a hard maple floor and introduce steam beating at tbo building immediately in order The height we have readied others cannot elfinh , nor rnu they touch us on prices. Wo IIMO just reeeiT-Ml from our buyer In the east n complete line of Seal IMush Garments of correct Mjlos , trimmed in the latest Cushion and perfect lilting shapes , which wo offer for next week at from Of Nenmarkets mid Ulsters no received nn endless variety and will sell them at attractive prices from Walking Jackets nml tfh'sliionnblc Wraps in imported mid domestic fabrics , ire received in nhiimlniiconnd quote them nt AND HIHER. M'e now carry bejond a doubt the lnrgost stuck in this brunch iu Onuhn , nud not nlone are dctermiueVLitb. lead in style * , qunllly mid llnlsli. but ulso sell at price' . that no competitors dnrc to loueh. to bo in readiness for the opeping of the season by the City Polo League. Maungcr Prince states that tour teams have already been orgunl/od , viz : The Continentals , the Falconers , the Morses and the Omaha Wheel Club team , and that ho has applications for the other four which will complete the leaguo. Two games uro to bo scheduled for each week during the season , which is to continue from December 1 to April 1 , mak ing a series of forty games in all , /I Iilttlo of Kvcrytiling. Tom Connors and Arthur Uothery will meet upon the mattroas at the People's to morrow evening ; for a purse of 550. Con nors , the champion catch-as-catch-can wrest ler of America , will endeavor to down the local man twice In twenty minutes. At the same place Tuesday evening Baldwin , the Omaha strong man , will moot the cb'ampion under similar conditions. Joe Austin , the Grand Island pug , demon strated fully Tnursday ovoKinp , in a sot-to before the Uato City Athletic club , that he has no business in the same ring with Jack Davis , the St. Paul heavy-weight. Jack Crooks , of Columbus , O. , arrived in the city Friday uud loft for Kansas City last night. The pecso and brunt are at last affording fine sport along tbo Platto. The birds have como in in countless flocks nud the bars uro covered with them , and hunting parties are departing und returning daily. Shooting is reported excellent ut Cozid , Gothenburg , Willow Island and Ogallala. A meeting has been culled for Wednesday evening at Billy Meldrum's shop in the Ware block , for the purpose of organizing u local koiinol club. Frank Chrysler , a member of tbo Lefovor gun club , and a fine field shot , has returned from Denver lor the winter. Jimmy Lindsay is training hard for his coming contest with Jimmy Griffin. He has Rotten down to I'll ' ) pounds , and is as hard ns nails. Hols conlldont of victory. Griflln too , is losing no timo. Ho Is steadily nt work under the incntorship of Billy Hawkins and ready at a moment's notice to stop Into the ring. Ho says ttiu contest will bo over in leas than six rounds , and that ho will leave Omaha with Lindsay' * curls dangling at bis belt. Arrangements have been made by the Lin coln gun club far u grand tournament to beheld held on the state fulr grounds , beginning on the morning of the 23th of November und continuing .through two days. It- will bo styled the Hrst annual tournament of the Lincoln Gun club , and the coutests will bo open to all comers. Assurances of u largo attendance ot marksmen from abroad have been received , und tha club confidently ex pects the event to prove n bic success. All matches will bo governed by the American Shooting association's rules The commuted In charge of arrangements comprises Messrs. G. A. Bush , who i ? cap- tulii , G C. St , John and C , II. Clarke , secre tary. Messrs. Frank Parmolco , John Dun- mire , Billy Brewer and other well Known shots will attend from this city. State PUh Commissioner Lew May , of Fremont , was In Omaha a couple of days this week. In speaking of the hatchery business , bo stated that the private car.to bo used In transporting the finny tribe , woulu bo ready for sorriconl ; uboutton days. In fisticuffs , the next important contest will uko place before the Gate City Athlotio club , between Jimmy Lindsay and Jimmy Griffin. Dunk hunters nra much discouraged , as the birds are so scattered that but few good bags have been niado. What promised to bo 11 fine season , is turning out one of tbo poor est ou record. The running meet of the American Cour sing club , concluded lust week' ut Great Band , [ Canaan , was thu most Impartant event that has taken place In the greyhound world for years. There was a large attendance und some magnificent sport. YaiiK Adams , thopronrietorof the Chicago Srortlng Journal , one of the brlgntost , neatest - est and newsiest llttlo sheets in thu country , is at the Mlllard. Mr. Adams aUo enjoys the distinction of being the champion linger billlurdUt of the world , lie made TIIK Bui : u pleasant call. In another week there will bo a regularly organized baud-ball club m Omaha , uud It will bo the only ono'wost oi.Ghirago. Den ver wishes to put twp Chicago men against anything Omaha can" produce , and will risk $ . " > ( )0 ) on the match- while Casey , or New York , will wager fron'i $1,000 to 32,01)0 ) on a homo panic , either double or single. From latest accounts , Hoc is having a tough time on his ride from San Francisco to Chicago , and it is doubtful if ho will make the trip inside of fifty-nine days. The American Shooting association will likely hold a mammoth shooting tournament in St. Louis next spring. Major J. M. Tay lor , the manager , is'-thero ascertaining per sonally tno prospectS for holding such an event. Messrs. Parmoloo and Dunmirc , of this city , will endeavor to'induco , Mujor Tay lor to fix a national tourney for this city im mediately after the St. Louis moot. The famous trotter Axtoll has been taken to Washington park , Chicago. He will bo kept there for a month , and then will Oo sent to the farm of W. P. ljums , at Terre Haute. Local Wheel Notes. But little has transpired in local wheel cir cles during the past week. "Nations move by cycles , " says Emerson. Boys also move by-cycles. The Omaha Wheel club will put n team in the City Polo league , and a winner , too , so the boys say. The Hauiblers mot last evening and reor ganized , starting out with a nipmborsliip of twenty-one. A run to Glonwood bus boon called for the Omahaclub for to-day , but owing to the un favorable condition of the roads it will prob ably bo postponed. Nod Heading , the soldier" bicyclist , has settled in Portland , Ore , , un'd. will stand in with Senator Morgan in his management of the now Coliseum. The Wheelmen's Gazette tolls of a village preacher who , as bo picked himself up after tnklnir a header , solemnly remarked : "Will some layman muko u remark suitable to this occasion. Will Pixloy , of the Apollos. Is anxious to rai'o with any amateur wheelman under twenty years of ago in America. IIo is un doubtedly one of the fastest young riders in this country. The question now on the tapis Is where will the February meeting ot the National Assembly take place ) The general opinion is that it should bo hold' at Now York , al though New Orleans aiid St. Louis have Doth been suggested. If flxed for St. Louis the Omaha Wool club Will probably send u representative. Thu supreme court ot'lndlann ' has Just do- cidej two bloyclo cases. In one it appeared that a wheelman' riding on the sidewalk ran ' against a man , knockud'hlm down and in jured him. Tno court holds that an action for damages can bo maintained first , on the ground of negligence , us the sidewalk was fourteen feet wldo and .there was nothing to obstruct the passage of tan blcyclo or the vlow of the rider , and seVond , that riding a bloyclo on a footway U unlawful. On the latter point the court say's 'sidewalks are for the use of pedestrians , * not persons In vehicles. It rules that iililoyclo Is u vehicle , and that a person has nb more right tq pro pel one on the sidewalk than ho has to ride a horse or drive a team thoro. In the other ease the accident occurred in the street. A wheelman going In the contra of the road at the rule of fifteen miles an hour approached a team of bpraes within twenty-five foot of their faces before tutnlng aside. The horses became frightened , ran away , smashed tno carriage and injured the complainant , who was driving thorn. The court decided that bicycles bavo thp same rights as teams on u highway , and hence that a wheelman Is not liable for damages caused by frightened hornos unless ho U shown guilty of negligence. Notnl'uth of . Frank bolee'd path will not bo strewn with roses In Boston. Ij , requires a vast quantity of nerve anu uenulno ability Uio , to manage a team like the blg'llean ' Haters , nnjl Slloe will probably wiaij himself safe back lu Omaha before the season Is far advanced. 1 lu-li'H I'rom mo Dlanionil. * Charley Koilly's mother Is lying danger- ouuly ill at Princeton , N , J , Wllllo Malm , Bt. Pauls telephone pjlo ro- WINTER EXTRA ! EXTK.A ! 2 cases I.adio * ' Vests uud runts. Hue white merino , hnuv and soft , elegantly llnMmlj'uiliio iiiie 2 casrR Genuine Sanllnry Vests nud L'iints , natural wool ' heavy nud soft , worth $1.00. . ( i ciucs extra Hue Medicated Scarlet Vols and I'anls , bean- tll'ul goods , woith $1.25 4 cases Ladies' extra flue nud heavy pure wool Itibbed Vels. LONG SliKBVKS , piiilc , scarlet und niilural wool. $ I.oU uiluc. Long Jersey ( JIOM > s , in black and colored , at Extra long Fleece Lined ( Slopes at "clloiiU Kid Lacinjr Gluves , in all colors uud black , nt Ladies' line AH Wool Cashmere Hose , black and colors , worth lo 555c. Ladles' elegant French Cashmere- Hose , worth oOc Ladies' extra heavy All Wool Cnshiucrelldse , worth "oc. . . . tater , is eating snow balls at North Wynd- ham , Maine. Joe Worrick , of tbo St. Pauls , has been sold to Baltimore for ? 30J. It is said that Burdiok will got 52,300 from Sioux City next year in his mind probably. Chicago is making ovortitros to Milwaukee for Davis , the Brewers crack twirler , Boston has already gobbled up Nichols , and now It seems Soleo Is afterClarko. too. Conway. Pears , Smith , Healy and Saw ders will do the intoning for Kansas City next year. I. B. Freeman , the well known young pitcher is still in the city , open to an 0113 oge- inont , for next season. Barnie , ot the Baltlmores , is after Out fielder Murphy , of the Apostles , to supplant old Joe Hornung. The St. Paul club has promised to give Glasscock's younger brother , Jim , a trial. Jack says Jim will inako a ball player. Patsoy Oliver Toboati quit the season In Cleveland with a very bad attaok of charley liorso. His Jaw , however , is still as sound as cvor. Bob Black , Sioux City's short stop , will Dlay In Louisville next season , that is if the Fall's Cay management can purchase -his rclcuso. Ex-Mannger Watklns , of the Kansas City team , lies dangerously ill at Kansas City , Mo. , with pneumonia from a told cantractud at Scdalia , Mo. First Baseman Wordon , Pltchor Fred Smith , Third Baseman Jolco and Catcher Sago , all of the Toledo club , ara in aomaud for major league clubs. Cleveland did not take wall to Sandy Ma- Dormott's umpiring. IIo oHlcIatcd in un ex hibition game there about u weak ago and narrowly escaped balrig mobbed. Jim Burns , of hist season's Omahas quit the season in Kansas City , with both hands frightfully crippled. The winter's rest , however , will bring thorn around all rlgnt. Sum Morton Is on the lookout for a shor stop to take Hunrahan's place. It wont take much of a man to fill the bill , as Hunruhuu'a play during the past season was decidedly ' 'yellow. " The five loading base runners In the West ern association this year wore : Poonnan , Milwaukee , 07 ; Crooks , Omaha. ' . ) : ! ; Ctino , Sioux City , 90 ; Carroll , St. Paul , 80 ; Silch , Milwaukee , b3 , It Is staled that Barnlo has lines out for four or five short stop players , but the chances are that either Sales , of the Hamil ton club , or Hnnruhan , of the Minneapolis club , will bo secured. Clarke Is steadily growing in popular favor and demonstrating that as pitcher , bailer and base-runner be is one of the bast playars over seen on a California diamond , Sun Francisco Chronicle. Knoll's box work shows lack of practice. Give him work every dav In the week und the ex-Oaklundor will steady down und put a quality bull that would Keep uuy team in the country guessing , Charley Hoover , Kansas City's crack catcher Is now enjoying himself hunting and fUlilng near Lincoln , Nob. While scullllng In fun at Lincoln the other night Charley lost tils big solitaire diamond. Charles C. Campau , left fleldor of the Do- trolls , will use that voice of his calling out stations on the Michigan Central tills winter and with his strong right arm will operate the brakes on the train. Perry Werden , un old Western league player , now on the Toledo pay roll , Is to branch out this winter us a pugilist , being matched for a finish IUht with some local scrapper in the city by thu luUo. Kid Nichols struck out 33S men during the past season ; Mains , St. Paul , sent the moat men to bases on balls , 251 ; Fagaa , Denver , bad the most wild pitches , 05 , und Duke , of Minneapolis , lilt the most batsmen , 4'J. No loam can boast of as many bard hlttor as Columbus can. MoTuuiany , Marr , Crooks , Koilly , Johnson , Dalley and O'Connor uro bard and sure bitters , and many a pitcher will como to grief when bo faces this uxt'ro- Cation , The league brought its present fight on Its bands uy adopting the crazy-horso classlllca- rule , u rule , by the way that was novur lived up to and which was never intended to bo 1 Case Comforter Calico s Yards Wide , Worbh lOc. 200 pieces Heavy ( Jvny I'laid SKIRTING - FLAfflEL , YARD. ( Jood ( Jnality Dress Style Ited and Itlack Plaid With Fringe , 200 Gray BACH. r > 00 Horse BLANKETS enforced. This is it warning against all bluff legislation. The ppico paid St. Paul by Columbus for Hlolly was § 1,000. instead of $2,500 , us re ported broadcast through the land. It has leaked out that the nature of the hitch in the Boston-Omaha deal for ICiJ' Nichols is that Nichols insists on ono-hulf or the purchase money. The Omaha manage ment would uo foolish to allow the presump tuous youth n single nickel. Ben Young- , the Western association ox- umpire , is now soaking his fortune in the mining- regions of California. Ho mis great expectations , and , while ha is not mooting with much success at present , ho hopes to see the day when he will bo worth a barrel of gold , Wornclc evidently was out of ) ) lace at third base when ho played with Louisville , as the past season ho was tried at second by Ht. Paul and played a wonderful game m that position. Ho will undoubtedly strengthen the Baltimore1 * , as in addition to being tl good Holder he is a hard hitter. Minneapolis is rapidly acquiring reputa tion as u "falco" city. The latest piece of "news" from Morton's bailiwick is to the ef fect that Spalding and the Boston triumvirs are interested in the Brotherhood league , and that they have invested u largo sum of money in the undertaking. In view of Sualding's threat to fight the brotherhood to the end , this is a rather flshv story. Billy Hart , the pitcher , lias returned from his engagement with the Dos Mninos club and is sticking typo on an aftaraoon duily. Hilly says base ball has been an awful "frost" lu Dos Monies this summer. Last season they had a champion team , and the poor tall-omloraof this season in consequence drew crowds of the two-mcn-and-yollow-dog description. Cincinnati Comorcial. Ex-Manager Watklns , it Is said , spent ovar ? 2J,030 in getting tlm present Kansas City team together. This Includes thd purahnse of the old Western association franchise from Menses , but not any salaries. Ho 1ms also been allowed to civo liberal salaries , and his salary list it is claimed , has been larger than that of any other team in the as sociation uxcopt St. Louis , Brooklyn and the Athletics , No less than flvo Important base ball meet- ing-i will bo hold in New York within the next two weeks. The brotherhood moatm ? will bo thu first , Nov. 4 ; the board of arbi tration moots Nov. 11 ; the Joint committee on rules Nov. 12 ; 'i'hu National league Nov. lit and M , and the American association Nov. 13. In some rospoets the brotherhood moot- In ) . ' will ba the most important of the lot , as It will bo likely 10 largely Inlluonce the action of the others. Charles Hackott ought to make an oxcol- leiu manager for Kansas City. Ho lias ox- jiarioneo , tact , patience , self control , dignity aim un iron will , all essential to success In the position. IIo has developsJ probably as many urauk playars as any man in the busi ness , and has always succeeded In getting team work out of his men , as evidenced by Ills showing made with thu Cleveland , lirooklyn , Newark and SyiMcu < > o teams la the past. There is no club In the American a&socia- tlon that has had so many of its players laid olt with Injuries an the Kansas City team. Kvor slnoa curly in May the club has never at any one time hud Its regular teur.i in the Hold , Burns , Hamilton , Ling , Hoover , Al- vord , 1'iekett , Con way and Hwartzel have nil boon unable to play far long periods at a time , owing to injury or sickness , llowuvnr , she got about bur proper place in the pen- nunt race , next to last. In 1830 , vvhon Jack Crooks was playing with Minneapolis , an iton stating that Jack ivas the son of the famous Indian lighter , General Crooks , was started oa the rounds. It has recently boon resurrected , and Is now enjoying Its second "swing around the oil1- clo. " But thcro 1s nothing of it. The gen- oral's natno is Crook without the final a \vhilo Jack's ' name is Crooks. Jack's father , Colonel William Crooks , IB one of St. 1'aul'n old settlers and a democratic politician of tome note. Ho was colonel of a Minnesota regiment during the vvnr , honcc his title , Elinor Foster and 12. J. Handle are busily at work arranging a programme for their winter sports at the P.thico leu rink on the the biwo bull grounds at Minneapolis , The AND Onr stock is by ftir the largoot in the city rind our prioos the lowest. COMFORTERS , UxtraiirdinurjYaliuM in COMFORTERS , Worth Tor D.inlilu A Very Finn Sateen COMFORTER , A Lurgo SIXH Kier ( ! down COMFORTER , Worth $ IU)0. ) A Full Si/.e , WlilteorOray 1'air. Large Si/c White Wool nlr. A , Hue White Ain\ool \ ifornia Blanket , rink Is the largest in the country , with a skating surface of six laps to the mile , and during the coming winter it U pi-oposod to give a soricis of races batwoon the champion skaters of the country. The llrat race will bo between Axol Pnulsen , the Norwegian champion , and Elmer Foster , who Is one of the most export skalars in the northwest. In addition thcro will ho base bull and polo games on skates , whuelb.irrow races , carni vals , fast and fancy skating exhibitions , and other unique novelties in the sporting lino. The best batting team made up of Western Association plovers , according to the aver ages , would be composed of Enrle , Milwau kee , catcher ; Hudson , Minneapolis , pitcher ; Morrissey , Milwaukee.llrst baseman ; Crooks , Omaha , second baseman ; Keilly , St. L'anl , third baseman ; Clinc , Siouv City , short stop ; U.ilrymplc , Denver , loft fielder ; Ivrlug , St. Joe , cantor Holder , und Troadway , Denver , right Holder. The best Holding ; Naglo , Omaha , catcher ; Duke , Minneapolis , pitcher ; Andrews , Omaha , first busoman ; llcnglo , Minneapolis second b.isotnan : Urudloy , Sioux City , third baseman ; Macnllar , DJS Molnos , shortstop ; Drlscholl , Minnoupolla , loft fielder ; Coono.y , Onaha , center Holder , and I'tttton , Dos Monies , right Holder. The best base running ; Fanner , St. 1'iiui , catcher ; Hart , Des Molnes , pltchor : Havves , St. Paul , Hrst baseman ; Crooks , Omaha , second baseman ; Cllno , Sioux City , short stop ; Carroll , St. Paul , loft Holder ; Silch. MilwaU- kco , center Holder , and Poor man. MilwauKo , right Hcldor. QuofltlniiH null AiiK\vor , Can foil please intorm mo who led the baiting in the American association fur the past four seasons , previous to that of JSSUI Long T. , Hustings. Anns , Browning , Louisville , 163.V Orr , Motrojiolitan , 18SO , and O'Neil , of St. Louis in > 87 and 'S3. J. T. W. , city You lost. The run doca not ununt. To decide a wa'for will you please state In Sunday's ' sporting coluunu thu op''n season for ducks in Nebraska I Hobort II. Forrost , Omaha. Ans. There Is no law in tills state regu lating wild fowl shooting , as greatly m Ith needed , Aftur the birds have boon uxtor * minuted thcro will bo plenty of protective legislation. How many tunes did Sullivan mid Paddy Ilynn meet und what was the result of each meet ! Where was John L. born and how old Is ho ] Also please give mo the record for running high Jump , standing high Jump with and without weights. Athloto.Ccntral City , Ans. Three times. First In n bare Jinuclcle light for the championship of America and $5,000 u sldo at Mississippi City , on February 7 , 'S'J , Kyan being knocked out In 10 minutes and 80 seconds. On January ID , 18S5 , Kyan undertook to stand before bulllvan for four rounds at Madison Sijuaro pardon , Now York , but the police stopped the fun In the second round. In November , 1SSIS , the two giants mot again In San FranoiBco , and Ryan was knocked out In the third round. Huli ning high Jump 0 foot 1 inches , imido byV. . Uyrd Page ut Philadelphia , October 7 , 'S7. Standing high jump with weights , 5 fuel > % inches , T , F. Kearney , Brooklyn , Scptomtor 11 , 'SO ; without weights , G fact , ' 4 Inches , W. Sorcn , Molt Haven , May ii'J , 'bO. Can you Inform an old patron of the turf thu best trotting record for the past season. An Old Driver of Uod Cloud , Lincoln. Ans. The best lima inudo during the past season WJH mudo by Guy0 \ } { ; then fol lows Axtoll , 2:12 : ; Hullo Ilnmlin , 2:12 : % ; PuloAlto , 2WSunol : \ \ , 2l3 f ; Bonny Mu- Grocer , 2:13 : % , und NelBon , 211 ; , ' , The paccm liavo reeled on" the mile us foliowm Gold Loaf , Uslltf ; Urown Hul , 2:12K : ; Uoy Wllkos,2l2 > , Hul Pointer,2:1'J : ; Bessemer , 2:13jUudd : ; Doblo , 2ii'J ; ' : Wlllioi-a M.,2ll : , Lillian , 2:14 : Konncdj's East Indlu Bittora.