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19 THIS OJMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. APHIL 20 , 1891.-TWENTY PAGES.
IN THE REALM OF SPORT ,
The Latest Gossip About the Play and
Players.
THE PULLMAN ROAD RACE ,
Activity AnmiiK tlio I'HKS The Anm-
liiiir'H Movements 'I lie Itykci-H *
Column The Wheel , lloiw ,
Hod , Dog null ( Jim.
Four years ago H. D. Garden , then n rom
parativo stranger In Chicago , conceived the
Idea at promoting a road raeo for local bicycle
rider * from tlio Lclnnd lintel lo Pullman. Ho
called a number of riders together , tnlkcd the
matter over wltU them , onil the rc.suIt wns
thot Decoration day of 1M7 between forty
and llfty riders contested the llrst annual
Pullman road nico. The success of tlio event
was such that the promoter was Induced to
repeat tlio event the following year. The
rnco has grown In popularity every year
slnco , until It bin become recognized as the
greatest event of the kind In the world.
Last year the entries numbered nearly two
hundred and the Held of starters was the
largest ever known In this or any other coun
try.
Although Mr. Garden was nominally the
promoter of the race , ho always called In the
assistance of the various clubs of that city.
3UHIU 1UW llllllllll.S II U till I1-)1UI.IUL1UII IVIIVVtll
ns the Associated Cycling Clubs of Chicago
was formed , and It now embraces all the im
portant elubs of Chicngo. To this association
Mr. Garden deemed It advisable to turn ever
the management of the ovcnt , and at a meet
ing held last week all th" details wore com
pleted.
Heretofore the ovcnt has been open only to
members of local clubs , but It has boon
deemed advisable to open It to others , and ,
therefore , any member of n cycling club is
eligible to compote Ihls your , und n delega
tion will go ever from this city to witness the
rnco ut least. At the last meeting of the
association a complete code of rules was
drawn up , which appear on Iho entry blanks.
These ma } ' bo obtained at any of the cycle
hoiiso-i. The rules provided that entries
should clo.HO May 15 , and tbo handicaps ,
which will bo made , as last year , by S. A.
Miles , must bo published three days buforo
the raco. The handicap limit will be twelve
minutes , and thu rnlurs of pneumatic wheels
four minutes. The limit men will bo started
from the Lolund holcl exactly at 10:12 : , ralu
or slilno.
The indications nro that tlio prize list will
eclipse any heretofore presented. A com
mittee of ono member from each Chicago
club Is now nt work nnd has met with every
encouragement so far.
There Is no other city probably In which a
race of Ihls kind could bo successfully man
aged. In all other places it has been found
necessary to seek courses in Iho country.
Thanks to the Chicago pa > 'k commissioners ,
however , the whooliiion have not only boon
allowed to run the event annually , but a largo
force of officers has been placed at their dis
posal to assist In keeping thocourse clear , for
which the riders uro duly grateful. H is
confidently expected thnt tins year's en
tries will number 200 , the largest number
over recorded in the world for an event of
this kind.
Important Fistic ICvontH.
In loss than three weeks the great heavy
weight buttle between Peter Jackson and
Jim Corbolt will have been decided in San
Francisco. Several Omahuns will make the
trip lo Iho coast to see the clash. Corbet t Is
not leaving u.stone unturned In his truing ,
and his handlers , Donaldson and Dolnnoy.nro
sanguine thut ho will prove n Tartar to the
colored champion when they meet , Jackson's
trainer , Fltzpatrlck , bus ropoutodly stated
his his charge cannot stand ever four or llvo
weeks' work , nnd that In the days when the
finishing touches nro being put on Jackson
must bo watched closely that ho does not run
stale before the evening of the ontsrtnln-
incut. The Australian will do most of his in
door exercise at night. Ho has demonstrated
satisfactorily that a man who lights at night
should do the heaviest part of lib worlc at or
about the tlmo ho will engage in the Hstlu
combat. Not only does Jackson train nt
night between the hours of 8 nnd 10 o'clock ,
bnt whllo undergoing the sweating process ,
ho has his improvised gymnasium made bril
liant by numerous lights , which , ho believes ,
will materially assist to fumllinrizohim to the
glnro of Iho powerful club lights ut a time
when fighters who uro In training , us n rule ,
are taking their best slocp. Jack-son ,
generally speaking , uses good Judg
ment In nil mutters , nnd thcro is
a deal of truth in his statement
that a man's eye must bo clear
nnd quick when ho faces nn opponent.
"Sloop , " says Jackson , "has a great com
mand ever man , and when a pugilist has been
accustomed to go to rest at any certain hour ,
no matter what thu excitement may bo , ho
will feel the effects of combating It ut a time
when ho should fool ns bright ns a dollar. "
Neither man up to data has much Iho call In
the bolting , but In several Instances good
odds have been laid on the black man.
Tommy Whlto , who made a six-hour draw
fight with Danny Daly In this city last win
ter , will meet George Siddons , the Poorla
boy , in a finish fight for $1,000 und thu guto
May 0 , somewhere- - within fifty miles of Fort
Wayi.o , Ind. Unusual Interest Is being
taken in this encounter by local admirers of
the fistic art who remember the scientific
and desperate meeting above referred to , and
also from the fuel that White und Slddons
fought once before , a draw also , In twenty-
seven rounds. In the coining engagement
Slddons will bo handled by Tom Hyan , cham
pion welterweight , * whllo Harry Gllmoro
will , as usual , take care of Whlto. The lat
ter loft Tuesday for Wuucondu , Lulto county ,
Illinois , to go Into active training. Slddons
and Hyan hnvo boon hurd at work over a
week at Old Kim farm , the property of ox-
United States Treasurer Huston , Connors-
vlllo , Ind. Ho writes glowingly of his quar
ters nnd is rapidly rounding Into form. The
battle is an important one , ns it will place
the winner In line to demand recognition of
the champion In that class. Ed Hothcry and
Danny Duly of this city will bo at the ringside
on the .Itli ready to challenge the winner.
Jim Hall und Bob Fltzslmmons , thu redoubtable -
doubtable Australians , will como together fern
n $12,000 purse before the Twin City club nt
Minneapolis , July 22.
Sporty Sioux City.
Sioux CITY , la. , April lil. To the Sporting
Kditor of Tin : BIB : : The Hivorsldo boat
club has taken stops to join the Iowa State
Amateur Howlng association , whoso regattas
nro rowed ut Spirit Luko. It is made up of
clubs ut Cedar Kapli's , Clinton , Davenport ,
Burlington , DOS Molnes and other leading
towns. Clarence S. Argo and Charles Lund-
qulst attended a meeting of the executive
committee at Cedar liupids Thursday , but
the lack of a quorum prevented admission.
The two Sioux City club-j whoso houses and
courses are on the Sioux river , are the
strongest in the state , having an aggregate
of over llvo hundred members. The lilver-
side club goes in for pure athletics more than
the Sioux City club , but tlio latter has llvo
barges , two working boats , a pnir-onrod boat ,
in addition to twenty singles and doubles.
There Is every prospect for u very active
season In tennis. Many courts werh opened
last year. Sioux City representatives hold
their own against thoao of Cedar Haplds ,
DosMoines and Grlnnell In the state fair
tournament. Clubs have already organized
hero for the season , and practice has began-
It is expected that a local circuit will bo ar
ranged shortly. The bust known local play-
cts are S , U. Dlnsinoro , J. C. Duncan , win.
Bell , It. T. Patrick , \V. F. Morgan.
Two tennis courts have boon ommod near
the bouses of the Ulvenluo and the Sioux
Cltv boat clubs.
wet grounds caused the game of the Sioux
City polo club to bo postponed from Monday.
It will bo played Saturday. The club has
nlrcady began practice.
The Klvorsldo boat club is organizing two
lady barge crews. They will bo elegantly
unformed. Tlio crows uro about made up.
Talk Aliout Vour StonowallH.
The stoiiowall InUelds of tno National
league have boon a subject of much discus
sion among baseball writers and talkers , but
the fact that the Western association pennant
winners this year will battle for the world's
championship with tint league victors this
fall , should Inlluonco the clalm&nu of the
league to study the Western's lulkld a tritlo.
Look over them carefully and determine
whether you thlnit any organization In the
country has much the Lost , of them :
Omnhn. l'o < itlotn. Mnrpln
McAuloy . II ) . Irwln
Shannon . 21) . Toinitey
\Vnlih. , . s . Huwo
Donnelly . lib . tluymond
Kansas City. at. Paul.
Htcnrm . 11) . O'llr n
Manning . 21) . Oonloy
I'lokott. . M . HIV
Uiiriiciitt-r . Ill ) . O'lloiirko
Slnux City. Denver.
MorrlMjy . It ) . o'llrlon
1'oreorun . Sb . Wrriluk
Mohol.son . ss . While
Hhltcck ( . lib . Mt-Uiirr
.Mlniiu.ipolK Milwaukee.
Iirlni : | { . 1b . Campion
Kurlo . ill . < irlm
SliiiKurt . M . Shock
Mliler . : ib . . . Alberts
H New Dog.
Norman Ilaker's now pointer dog Is n won
derful animal. Ho is thoroughly broke and
so is Norman. If anybody should lay down
? . )00 for that dog It would drlvo Norman
crazy. Ho has only had him a week , and al
ready ho cats fresh meat right out of the
great pitetmr's hand. In Texas It was all
they could do to got him to eat scrap Iron.
INorman can also take of his coat and vest ,
which most always contains a hundsomo &J.V )
chronometer and a lot of bills , and lay them
on the ground and tell the dog to watch them ,
while ho gees a couple of blocks for a beer ,
and the dog will follow him. His bark , too ,
Norman says , boiled down a trlllo , Is n sure
euro for clmrloy horse. In fact , so well has
ho trained him , that when ho tells him to go
'out of the house , he goes right under the
bed , and nobody bnt a broomstick can got
him out. If anybody wants n pointer on any
thing they should not fail to go to Norman.
Kloitv Clty'H Flvo Hundred.
George J. Common , the well known sport
ing catonr of Sioux City , telegraphs the
sporting editor that ho will bo down this
morning with about live hundred citizens of
the corn palace town to ehoor the Huskers
on to victory this afternoon. Well , Georgia- .
as a quiet tip , you are informed that It will
require something besides cheers to land
your pumpkin-rollers on the right side of the
score sheet , not intimating nt nil but what
you have a rattling good team , and that the
ohaso will bo a merry one.
The 1 1 IK' ' ' School Tonm.
The high school baseball team for lS91wlll
go Into the Held as follows : IHitler , 2l > ,
Baker. Ib , Taylor , o , Keene , ! lb , Thompson ,
m , Kelley , rf , "Brown , rfKoblnsonss , Hesse ,
If , Hoff'imn , p. _ _
on Many Fields.
Tlio two Cincinnati grounds are seven
miles apart.
Clarkson gives promise of his ISb'J form for
this .season.
Little Coonoy comes from a small state
Hhodu Island.
Chicago's IJrothorhood park will comfort
ably scat 1-1,000. ,
Tom Kinslow promises to bo high up in the
batting this year.
Smith and Maul will probably bo released
by the J. Palmerites.
Glasscock thinks Denny Is really playing
"tho game of his life. "
Mayor of the Phillies was married at Dan
ville , 111. , last Tuesday.
Chicago and Cincinnati both made stray
bids for "Silver" King.
"IJliek" Ewlng will this season play his
llrst championship game in Ciuclnunti , hla
homo.
The flrooklyns have won championships
two successive seasons. They want to tnako
it throo.
Drew , the California ! ! signed to catch for
Cleveland , has reported. Ho looks Ilka a
good man.
Gcorgo Smith and Bob CInrko will make
the Clncinnatls attractive when they play in
Brooklyn.
When King signed a Plttshnrg contract it
was with the agreement that he should not
bo reserved.
Hearst will uropiro the opening game be
tween the Now Yorics and Brooklyns at East
park April 27.
Bill Brown has signed a Now York con
tract , but ho will probably agree to a transfer
to Philadelphia.
Hollly , the now third baseman of Plttsburg ,
has made a good Impression among the mem
bers of the team.
Clements Is a great catcher. Ho Is as touch
as a horse car mule and never quits until bo
( jots knocked out.
Con Dally is one of the best throwing
ateliers In the country. Con can also slug
lard once in a while.
There Is not. a player on the Chicago team
ivho draws a § 4,000 salary. But they'll all
get what thuy are promised.
Pete Browning presented each of his fol-
ow Pittsburg players with two bats as soon
is ho reached St. Augustine.
Sam Thompson has been advised to cot rid
nf his appetite for homo runs. Harry Wright
has tried for years to euro him.
"Tom" llcrgor'.s work in practice has en-
bused his Plttsburg friends. Manager Han-
-on thinks ho will bo n great catcher.
It is about settled that Carroll will lead on"
, ho batting order for the Pittsburg club.
Fre-d - is thumping the ball In great form.
Cincinnati rejoices because both their re
cently acquired players , Smith and Itad-
bourne , were In pennant teams last year.
Souio ugly rumors como from Hot Springs
as to the physical condition of Pitcher Hhlnos.
It is to bo hoped tlio rumors are not true.
On next Wednesday the Clovelands and
Jlnclnnatls will parade Porkopolls In a couple
of tally-ho coaches "and the band will play. "
Pittsburg cranks are now calling their
tea'ii the "Bridegrooms , " ns Beckley , Berger
and Carroll have all been married d'uring the
winter.
Corkhlll will make n strong acquisition to
the Athletics If ho has recovered the use of
his arm. Pop was a Philadelphia copper ten
years ago.
It was n big crowd In St. Louis Sunday ,
but there were not Ifi.OOJ on tlio grounds by
7,000. Half that many people makes u very
big crowd.
Bid Gloason will have to look to hlslaurols
this season. In Thornton ho will IIml a
worthy rival and fellow assistant l n the
pitching department.
Paul Hlnos Is one of the old guard and
would play much better ball If bo took moro
gymnasium exorcise during the winter. Paul
has been playing since 187U.
From lii.OOO (1) ( ) on Sunday to 800 on Tues
day was a big tumble in the St. Louts crowds.
If every day In St. Louis was Sunday Von
dor Abe would make inouoy.
So ward's arm , which started out so well , Is
again showing some signs of weakness. It
was hoped that the once great pitcuor would
como around all right again.
Van Haltren has not been batting vcrv
hard for Baltimore. Pitcher Will Daly , of
the Boston club , struck Van out throe times
in a recent game at Baltimore.
Jack Boyle gave Pitcher Dwyer an aw fit
lacing In tno last St. Louis-Cincinnati game
Jack knocked out two throe-baggers and n
"homer" In four times at the bat.
Gil. Hatllold started off brilliantly for
Washington. Ho accepted .seven chancesl
without an error , made two runs , two hits ,
one a three-bagger and stole four bases.
"Chicken" Wolf and the other Loulsvillo
players have boon Interviewed , and they uro
all conlldcnt that Loulsvillo wilt once moro
carry off the pennant. That settles It.
Kelly has signed Mains , n pitcher whom
St. Paul released and with whom they then
made terms. Mains was on his way through
St. Louis enrouto to Kansas City , when
Kelly headed him oil.
Curt Welch made a phenomenal bnuk-run-
nlng catch In the tirst game against the Bos
ton association team. Curl can do It right
along when ho bus his "oyo In. " DIckey
Johnson Is In the same boat.
Association men who load off ; Athletics ,
Hnllman ; Baltlmores , Welch , Bostons , Brown ;
Cincinnati * , Soery ; Columbus , MeTninmunv ;
Loulsvlllos , Taylor ; St. LouU , Hey ; Wash-
ingtons , Hatllold. All good ones.
JVUh n littlu luck Columbus would have
broken oven with Loimvlllo In the recent
series. In the llrst game Loulsvillo won by
making live runs in the ninth Inning , when
tlio game was In Columbus' favor II to 2.
Pottle , who dodurtcd his frlenJs In the cast
to sign a Loulsvillo contract , has already
been laid off by Chapman. Unless n player
bo sure of his abilities ho had bettor play
ialr with the men who have been his friends.
St. Louis turned out an immense Sunday
crowd , but fails 10 average ftUX ) n came dur
ing the week. U U In the cities liUo Balti
more and Philadelphia , where every week
day crowd Is n good one , that money will bo
mado.
The capture of Slattory rounds up the Cin
cinnati league team ,
"Juice" Latham Is driving n street car nt
Utlca.
Jock Halllgan leads the Lambs with the
willow up to date.
Joe Mulvoy is playing a very 1,203 n year
third base this year.
Will Garlleld Is pitching for the Oaklonds
out In the California league.
The Corn Huskers this nftornuon , and that
means n crowd of1,000 or more.
Washington Is pushing Its way down to
the old familiar place In tbo eight hole.
Martin Duke Is starting out In good trim.
Ho showed up well In the exhibition games.
"HI HI" Dixwell Is much pleased with
baseball In the west. Ho says It Is way up In
G.
The batting average of the Lincoln team ,
ns based on last season's official ilgurcs , Is
.21SI.
.21SI.Dan
Dan Stearns tnado a winning of fT > ! W the
other day. Ho got a 100 to 1 shot in n horse
raco.
raco.The
The Western association has four playing
managers Kowe , Shannon , Manning and
Tobouu.
They say that Goodonough of the St. Paul
team is about as fust on the bases us the best
of them.
It looked for n time as If Denver was going
to losoMcGlono. The American association
was after him.
White Wings Tcbcau says ho doesn't kick
as hard as Dave Uowo. Howe smiles and says
it's a stand-oil.
Knnsa City loses n good man In Donahue.
Ho was about the best catcher In the West
ern association.
Manager Harrington offered Jack Piekott a
silk hat If Kansas City defeated St. Paul
three out of four games.
Norman Baker has been presented with a
f-'lOO pointer , a liver and white English , by
the mayor of Dallas , Texas.
If a poor beginning means a good ending
Milwaukee , Kansas City and Lincoln will bo
right in It by next October.
W. A. Nimlck has retired from the direc
tory of the Plttsburg club and has been suc
ceeded by i\l 1C Scandrett.
Mannlne U willing to admit that the light
for the pennant will bo a licrco one , but ho
says Kansas City is stiro to win it.
A baseball "fan" writes to the Evening
Times of Kansas City , asking If Jack Uowo if'
still alivo. The question is referred to David
for answer.
Watklns'St. Paul contingent made It pretty
warm for everything that came Its way at
Hot Springs , but they played like a lot of ice
wagons hero.
Shugart surprised Kansas Cltinns with
his clean-cut-go-for-nnythlng style of short
stop playing. Ho mid ono off day and rolled
up three errors.
Canavan didn't sot the Scloto river on fire
by bis Into playing nt Columbus. Ho has
been laid off. Was bit on the knee by a
batted ball , and wont lame.
Captain Nod Hanlon predicts that Pitts
burg will finish llrst or second. Ho will bo
right unless the team lands third , fourth ,
lifth , sixth , seventh orolchth.
King said to a Cleveland man one day last
season that no matter whether the Brother
hood proved a failure or success , ho would
never go bao'c on Von iler Aho again.
Ed Crane has played in but two games this
voar. and ho has managed to crack out two
lilts In each of them. "Chain Lightning Ed
ward" is very much in it with the stick.
Joe Qulnn will never regret It If ho puts up
n fust game at second this your. The Trium
virs admire Quinu as a man , and good playIng -
Ing Insures doe a raise in salary for 18D3.
Hadbourno pitched in moro winning games
for the Boston brotherhood team lost season
than any of its pitchers. Ho pitched thlrty-
ulno games , of which they won twenty-seven.
Martin Duke Is ono of the best pitchers In
the country. If ho keeps up his good record
some Longuo club will buy his release from
Minneapolis and give him a big increase in
salary.
Lincoln moans business and Dave Howe
will fight like a tiger for his rights. There
will bo some tall kicking when Howe goes to
Denver to conquer Tobeau's gang of moun
taineers.
Omaha won the series with Lincoln for the
entire gate receipts , f.ireo to ono. Omaha's
prollts foot up nearly § 1,000. out of which she
generously paid Lincoln's expenses. Sport-
Imr Times.
The Loulsvillo Colonels found Alex Easton
in easy pitcher to slug. Wait until the
Colonels run up against Bufllngton's famous
Irop on some warm day \vhon "Buff" Is feei
ng llko himself.
"Old Cy" Sutcliffo is doing some great
catching and some marvelous hlttlne out m
) mahu. But , by the wny , the whole Gate
3ity aggrogution is grout with the stick. -
s'ew York World.
Cincinnati was tno first league team in
S'JO to take In n brotherhood player Arllo
jatliam and the last ono In IS'.ll tovrocoivo
reinforcements from the Into organization
Hadbourno and Slattory.
iV. L. Johnson's mission In life Is to "got
oven" with Prince und Wagner. Ho says us
eng as thcro Is law the Athletics mm Bos
ons will not bo allowed to break it by play-
ng ball In Ohio on Sunday.
Barston is doing good work for Minneap
olis. Barston's love for old firewater lost
ilm his job with the Chicago Brotherhood
club last season. Harrington won't stund
that kind of monkeying.
John Irwln hasn't set Suit crook on flro vet
out nt Lincoln bv bis first base play. The
) luuchers are voioifoiously yelling for Flan-
lagan. John seems to bo smoother with his
tongue than with bis fins.
lack Howe will add additional strength to
.he already formidable Lincoln team , .lohn
irwln and Juclt Howe ought to pull well
" .ogother , as they played 'lonsldo each other
"u lust year's Buffalo club , of the Players'
eaguo.
Omaha has a heavy team that will got
: nuny heavy fulls before tlio leaves begin to
'urnjellow. Omaha , however , is ns good as
: bo rest , so there will bo some high and lofty
tumbling all ever the Western circuit.
Sporting Times.
"Cy" Sutcliffo and Larry TwltchoH clasped
liands und fell upon each other's nocks nt
Omaha. "Thero are only two of us loft , " snld
Cy. "Yes , und you bet wo know enough to
ICCOP In under u National agreement , " ro-
pllod Twitcholl.
Capt. Jimmy Manning , of the Kansas City
team , Is batting llko u four-timo winner. Ho
Is also bundling his men well , playing a
strong second base game , und declares his
intentions of carrying elf the Western league
banner for the second time the same old
song all round.
Omaha has a mascot In the way of a live ,
energetic and hustling manager , nnd his
name is Daniel Webster Shannon. It isn't n
three-legged dog , a monkey or a dirty , greasy
coon that pulls out the victories for a team ,
but nlno live , sturdy players with an intelli
gent director ut the head.
Plttsburg cranks nro now hotting oven
money that President J. Palmer O'Noll will
sign Mike Kelly before the season is half
over. Judging from the past , all that Is
needed to got Kelly to Plttsburg is for Mr.
O'N. to tuuko bis mind up on the matter. H
would bo fun , at least , to see J. Palmer and
the "King" como together on a negotiation ,
"Will Buck Ewlng draw In Cincinnati ! " Is
a conundrum that Is propounded week after
week since last January. Yes Buck Ewlng
will draw in Cincinnati. He'll pull the gang
from "Over the Hlilno , " the elite of "Muddy
Bottoms , " In fact , the crowd will como from
twenty miles around when Buck Ewing
catches his llrst league championship game
before a Cincinnati crowd. Buck Ewlng Is
the greatest ball player on earth and Cincin
nati claims linn us tier own ,
A Cleveland correspondent says : "Quito
an Innovation will bo started hero in the
place : where the scores of bisoball gamoi
are received. For tlio first tlmo slnco iho
Western league nas been In existence tbo
score of that organization will bo given
precedence ever the American association.
If Ihero uro uuy crunks In any city In the
country moro stubbornly partisan than these
of Cleveland , somebody ought to start on uu
investigating tour and discover them. "
tlio AmnuuoM.
Hughbanlts Is u great couuhor.
Patterson U playing second base ,
Ben Nelson pitches a strong gamo.
Bradford Is batting better than over.
Bowmans batting U away out of sight.
KlolTncr captains the Shamrocks and dto.s
1' . well.
Hurley covers moro ground than any fielder
In Omaha.
The Nour-arlols will have now suits.
Green seems to Arotho provnillng color nt
present.
Drexcl and his bat will bo with the Whoil
club team. _ _
Thu Nonparlels play the Crane company
team today.
Grandjean Is putting up n good Held and
batting hard.
Harry Monies will cover third base for the
West Omahas. jy
Crotghton | j ciHflilng great ball for the
West Omuhn tca i.i
The Models of dAincIl Bluffshnvoaground
t the driving park"
Llnnhun will surely go lo Blair and do the
atchlng for that tQ m.
Gatowood will wircr short stop for the
Vest Oimihas for the present.
Dick MoAulillo Is thinking of returning to
Omaha. Ho Is a great player.
The Falconers nro it fair team and have
n good battery In Miller ami Gadke.
Jerry Mahoney will captain the Nonparlcls
his year. Ho Is the right man too.
The Omnhn Wheel club expects to secure need
; oed pitcher ono who U said to bo a daisy.
"Spud" whore's your freaks I Como trot
in out and lets see what they are made of.
The Shamrocks hnvo signed Kennedy , n
oft handed twlrler the only ono In the city
oaguo.
The West Omaha and Shamrocks meet to-
lay on the latter * grounds near the M otz
irowery.
The N. B. Falconers cross bats to day with
ho Models of Council Bluffs nt the Council
Hulls driving park.
Bowman has not signed with the Crane
company team , but will continuo to hold
lown llrst bag for the West Omahas.
The Crane company team were a little
surprised ni being defeated by the West
Omaha team Sunday. Williams was given a
varm reception that made him think ho was
no pitcher nt till. Karrigan and his Killers
ire laying for the boys and say the next time
they wont be In It at all. Wo shall see.
The West Omaha team as now made up
onslstsof ' Crelghtoncatch ; Hart , Graudjoan ,
S'olson , pitchers ; Bowman llrst buso , Patter-
sou second base , Gatcwood short stop ,
Jowles third base , Hurley middle liield ,
Nelson loft Held , and one or the pitchers
right Hold. The boys would like to hear
'rom nil teams wishing to play them ,
especially Missouri Valley , Blair , Nebraska
City and Fremont.
In an item from Missouri Valley they claim
, hat no team took the sorlos from them last
season. The City Steams bog leave to differ
with them. Thuv plavod them three games
ast season , two at Missouri Valley and one
n Omaha , winning those ulayod at Missouri
Valley by the scores of three to two and
eight to six , and losing the ono played hero
, hrco to ono. Missouri Valley had a strong
team , but were not in it with the Steams ,
Work has commenced on enclosing the
Nonpnrlol grounds Fifteenth and Vinton ,
and they will be opened some tlmo In the
earloy part of May. It Is the Intention of the
management to glvo a Hue athletic tourna-
ncnt commencing with an oxhiblton by
t'rof. Porcival's turner class , also polo vault
ing , foot races , and etc. , the whole to wind
up with n game between the Nonpsrlols and
a strong team probably the West Omahas.
The grounds will bo titled up In llrst'class
shape , grand stand , bleachers and ovorvthlnu
.o a llrst class Park. The admission will bo
Lho same as charged in the Chicago City
.cogue , auiaturo games 10 cents. The Non-
iuriels have selected their team and it is
made up as follows : Laccy catch , Jellon
pitch , Flynn first base , Shannnhn second
base , Bradford shortstop , Jerry Muhouoy
third base , Frank Mahoney loft Hold , Mc-
Aullffo right field , Moriarity middle field.
Apollo Club Notes.
Flescherhas not yet decided whether ho
will go east to attend the race meets this
year or not.
The Ducros brothers , two of Ireland's
flyers , are coining to this country this season
uud will locate in Chicago.
The run for today. , will probably be to
Fairmont park , the" roads Doing m to poor
a condition to take a long trip.
Moars spent a few days In Fullerton and
Hastings last week , and the business houses
all closed In honor of pie ovont.
At the regular ra'onthly meeting lust Mon
day several now mambers Avord admitted.
The membership is growing rapidly.
Belgium will hnvo a national cycling meet
this spring. The programme will be made
up of events similar to those of our American
meets.
Many of our fiynrs are spoiling to eot n
race out of Mr. Clarke , Hastlng's ' would bo
champion. If Mr. Clarke knows when ho Is
well off ho will stay In Hustings.
The Apollos give their second monthly
social next Saturday evening at the residence
of Mr , E. H. Smith , their secretary. Mem
bers and lady friends are Invited.
There will probably bo a handicap road
race Decoration day from this city to
Bellevue , all the dyers Intend starting ana
many have began to train already.
Thirty men In Chicago have formed a co
operative elub and will purchase pneumatic.
tired safeties , one ouch week for cash. Each
member pays $5 per week. The xvcok that ho
receives his wheel ho pays SSfi.
Local Sports.
The snlpo are In and the gunners are mak
ing big bags daily.
It requires pretty near n professional to
down Georiro Hicks at the fourtcon-lnch boll :
line billiard game.
"Burst" is the very latest coined in sportIng -
Ing circles. To challenge u man to "a ono-
milo burnt" means a run.
If the Drivincr Park association hurries
things along , basaball games tray yet bo
played at Uiverslde park.
The subscribers to the Sioux City baseball
association have paid up nicely. The club is
now in good shape financially.
A six-oar barge , capable of carrying twenty
persons and costing $ W ( ) , and twenty single
bouts have been ordered in Now York for
the Ulvorsido boat club.
The Twin Citv Athletic club has offered n
810.000 purse for Hall and Fltzslmmons , the
ovcnt to como off July 23 , on the night of
Derby day. Maybe Sain Morton ibii't. a
hustler.
Why not an amateur billiard tournament
between Sioux City and Omaha ) Wo have
some speedy people with the cuo. For ex
ample Gcorgo Hicks , George Morris , Dick
Booge , .Miko Welch and Tom O'Mura ,
Helen Baldwin , Franklo Nelson and Aggie
Harvey are in a bicycle raeo which com
menced at Detroit last night. Jack Prince ,
Ned Heading and 'Ulll Clark are pitted
against the girls and uro handicapped fifty
miles.
Peck & Snyder , the Now York sporting
goods house , has prcsenlcd Will Doano with
n handsome tennis racket , emblematic- tlio
championship of Nebraska. Mr , Doano will
bo expected to defend the saino against all
comers.
It turns out that Fitzgerald has not the
consumption , although ho has had some
trouble with his IUUKS. It was merely a
bronchial affcctationf-niid ho Is much better.
Ho will probably pitdi In the first game on
the homo grounds , .1
The Corn Huskork open May 5 on the
homo grounds with1 * the Denver team.
Sioux City merchants will close up their
stores and help to made n holiday for Homo.
There will bo a public parade with brass
band and oilier trliirmlhgs.
Tim O'Hoarnc , thd South Omaha- heavyweight -
weight who fouKht""ti draw with Barney
Taylor at Germania 'lull ( ! a your or HO ago ,
was recently juRgod'ln'Indlana for his fight
with Dan Sweeney. ' 'fib ' was released last
Tuesday , however , Chicago sports paying his
line , which amounted'H'f.VX ( ) .
There is a hitch lu'.i'tio ' organization of the
Driving Park nssoJiafipn. There Is a dispo
sition to rule out Bob Kncubs , the most
noted racing man and Jockey in this region.
ICncob-i says ho is bound to 'bo In It. It's an
old factional trouble that has divided Sioux
City horsemen for many vears.
O. P Caylor tins made a strikingly bolddo-
par'uro ' in ttportlng journalism. In olden
times it has been the caper to scissor out the
scores of all games and hunch them In the
weekly papers. The Sporting Times will try
a now tack and promises weekly tables showIng -
Ing the Individual batting and Holding aver
ages of every player In all tha loading base
ball organizations of the land. It U n depart
ure that will likely be appreciated , for your
crank likes such figures and ho cots the
scoroi from the dully press. Mulford
There are In Nebraska several horses that
have records of 2:27 : or bettor. Among them
i.ro Pactolus , 2 :2. : " > * , ' , at three years ; Shade-
land Onward , 2'oVji ; ; Egbnrtlmo , 8:25 : , at
thr-'o years ; Hobble P. , 2:2(1 : ( ; Bob Sprague ,
iiJ a4 ; Wlnslow Wilkes , 211 ; ; Ed Koso-
water , 2:20' : ' . , ' . Then there uro others not
marked qulto as low aa :27 : , but go In that
and considerable bettor. Take Byron Slier
man , with n record of 2:2 : ? , but has shown
hnlf-milo trials from ItlO to 1:07 : , and full
miles from 2:2(5 : ( to Ur.H ) . Then there Is Gra
ham's Munibrlno with a mark only n quarter
of a second over ; 27 , but who can go along
the track in loss tlmo.
N'obroska CltyV Claim * .
NKIIIIAHKI Citr , April 2 ; ) . ( Special to Tun
Bui : ) Ever slnco bruolmll became popular
Nebraska City has hnd n club In the field.
For several years she held the state and al
ways held her place well up toward the top.
Last year she had the strongest amateur
chit ) in the state , having won a majorlly of
games from nil comers and the only games
she lost wore wen by the combined talent of
nit the clubs In Omaha ,
The club was made up of the following
players :
Captain anil Catcher A. Sidenoy , former
ly of the Illlnois'lowa league. Ho wns not a
particularly brilliant player , but steady and
safe at the bat and a veritable stone wall bo-
In M.I It.
Pitcher and Shortstop Earnest Mohler ,
formerly with the Kearney club. Mohler
was a promising young player when the sea
son opened and before it closed he was recog
nized as the phenomenon of 1890. His won
derful quickness In pitching up the ball and
"gelling it to llrst" exciting the admiration
of all beholders , whllo as a pitcher ho had
the best of batters nt his mercy.
First Baso-Bllly Wilson , formerly with
the Kearney club , vVllson on llrst , Wilson at
the bat. Wilson nnywhcro on the diamond ,
is n perfect player , and always a gentleman.
Second Huso Hurry Gatewood , formerly
with the Eden Musees of Oinnhu. When In
good form , Gatowood was the finest second
baseman this state could furnish , and In
addition was a sure batter and daring base
runner.
Third Base This base was covered in the
early part of the season by U. Schanot , com
monly known as "Shorty. " He It was whom
the boys depended on to "put her ever the
fence , " and the pitcher that could prevent
his doing so was to bo congratulated. Ho
also played third up to n professional stand
ard. Later In the season business required
his retirement and big Jake Thompson took
the contract. Everybody knows Jake , and
everybody knows ho Is a first-class ball
player when "in form. "
Shortstop and Pitcher Charley Hnnscll ,
also from the Illinois-Iowa league. Hcliublu
and earnest , every game was the "game of
his life. " No nonsense nl > out "the signer ; "
ho played overv game to win , and played It
well. A sure batter and the swiftest runner
In the team , he often put the winning run on
the right side after the game was apparently
lost.
lost.Left
Left Field George Stroblc. Stroblo Is a
homo boy , but n veteran on the diamond , and
no liner Holder ever occupied that part of the
pasture. Absolutely sure on files , ho also
possessed the other qualifications of a
Hold on being n sure hitter and good base
runner.
Center Field Frank James , also a local
player , but ns uood as the best , his record
as a batter and base runner putting him
close to the lop.
Kight field Aiiko Conioy our suite a
credit to any team and the prldo of ours.
Couley , in the opinion of these who are
posted , Is the finest right-Holder in the state ,
his throwing to first and third from deep
right being the flnost over seen on the homo
grounds.
Among the mnny notublo games the club
played was ono played in Falls City. The
latter town had imported n celebrated At-
chlson battery and players from all over the
adjacent country , and were conlldcnt of
winning , but after the game they realized
thoj' had not boon It , th-t score standing f > to
0 In favor of Nebraska City.
They also played a ton-Inning game with
the Nonpareils , winning by a score of U to
10. But the game that excited most en
thusiasm was pluyod with the latter club on
n Sunday afternoon In July , and was the last
cf a series of three games , each club having
won ono. The grand stand was
packed and the funs were out In
lull force , as the Nonpareils were
considered the strongest team'ln Omnhn , but
dosplto their well earned reputation , and
their desperate offort.thoy fell victims to the
tune of IS lo 0. Again at a later day , they
were beaten by a score of 12 to 2.
The City Steams also tried conclusions
with Nebraska City , but lost the series , the
score standing to 2 on the first game In
favor of Nebraska City ; S to 7 in favor of
City Steams the second game , and 18 to ! l In
favor of Nebraska City Sunday afternoon.
Outsldo the Omahas a tcun ; kiimvn us thn
Johnstons , had formerly prided themselves
on being the champions of southwestern Ne
braska , but the llrst meeting with Nebraska
" 'jty ' , resulted in a defeat for them by a score
of 12 to 1 , and subsequently were beaten out
of sight , and ceased to claim anything.
Later lu the season they were defeated by
the Lincoln Giants by a score of 7 to 0 , and
whllo it was a good game , the Giants would
icver have won it , had the Nebraska City
lot put lu an imported pitcher as an experi
ment.
Moro games could bo mentioned , but the
above suftico to show that the claim of No
braska City to having the strongest amateur
team in Nebraska during the season of 18'JO ' ,
was abundantly proved.
In the language of the manager , Porter J.
Hand , the team thut ho managed hero last
season was n "coc-coo. " "Port" Is a great
lover of ball and is now organizing a team
which hu will turn loose nealnst. all comers.
His toarn last year was dubbed the Lolhik'h
block club. It was about n stand-off on the
number of games lost and won , but the hard
est tlmo ho had was with the Ninth street
club , when It took fourteen innings to decide
the winner. The score was 12 to 11. The in
dividual cast of the club and their positions
wore us follows :
II. Hull , p. ; W. Hnllonborg , c. ; J. J. Hand ,
1st b. : W. Craven , ! lnd b. ; Goorco I.oihigh ,
ss. ; George Thomas , : trd b. ; O. Dammun o. f. ;
\ Hill , r. f. ; C. Goldsmith , 1. f.
Quo-lions and Answors.
OMAHA. AnrllSH. To the KporlInKdllur of
TUB HUB : I'louso lvn mu NniMu'n hutting av-
< Tujn for IStc.l. Also Urmilmrt's nvurami In
Omaha for 1SDO , and liN total uvtiiago In
Omaha 'inn St. Paul combined for tlio same
year.
Aus. (1. ( ) Naglo , 85 games , ,2US ; (2. ( )
Urqelmrt , 81 gamos,237.
OMAHA , Aprils. ' ) . Tn the Sporting Kditor of
THE BIK : I'loiiM ) publish In Sunday's HKK
the score of the two lost games with Mil
waukee last smison on the Otuaha grounds ,
I but the llruwers did not- make twlco us iiKiny
runs as Omaha Prank II.
Alls. Six to 5 , and 0 to 5 In favor of the
Milwaukces.
Ktrtms. Nob. , April "J-J. To the Spurting
Kditor of TUB liBK--\Vlll : you kindly Inform
mu IhroiiKh query column of Sunday lt ! : > : ,
which edition of iho Dully HKK N nioslduslra-
bld for a huso bill : crank. Am a Hiibsurllior of
tlui morning 1IKK , and looked In vain for nn
account of the Sunday game with Lincoln.
What was thu amount of the total gate re-
colptsV M. A.
Ans. (1. ( ) Either : you got the base Pall
nowsin both editions ; (2)Sunday's ( ) game was
there all right ; ( ! l ) About $2,000.
Coi'.N'li < IlMifTN , la. . April 211. To thoSixirt-
InK Kdltorof TllK llBKi Will yon pluasn tull
mo In your Sunday sporting column uln > ri' I
can KI > I u mastill' or half-blood lioiind and bull
dox pup ? 1 liavn lu'uu looking for ono but cai
Hnd no ono that raises llitnn anil I thought you
wmiul he likely to know of soniu brcuderi.--
lowa.
Ans. Hardln Brothoi-s , Juninta , Nob. ; J.
H. Day , jr. , Saybrook , Ct.
DKS.MOINKS , la. , April 2.1.--To tlio Sporting
IMllornf TIIK Urn : I'louso
: publish In Sun
day's HKK Iho American .Shooting association
rules govcrnlni ; double-turd shoots. anclnbllKi
u number of readers hero.--Herman II. Hern-
don.
don.Ans
Ans The rules for single-bird shooting
govern double-bird e mtests not conlllcttng
with the following : Trans 10 yards apart ,
pulled simultaneously. The rise , 2(1,21,2 ( ;
and 21 yards respectively for 10 , 12 , U , 111 and
20 bore guns. Bulb birds should be on tin
wluir when shot ut. If only ono bird Hies am
shooter does not shoot ho gets another pair ,
or if ho does shoot and kills ; but If ho shoots
and misses , the bird is lost , but In such an
event must shoot at another pair , with u lull
charge of powder only In ono barrel , and ho
not lo know which barrel contains UiU , thu
referee loading the gun. If both birds uri
killed with ono barrel , It Is "no birds , " and
iho shooter shoots at another pair.
Whllo Dugdalo and Honglo were coming In
from u Kansas City ginnu iho other day ,
Dugdalo and a stranger got Into a dispute
which wound up with the offer of n but of a
bat by Dugdalu that Minneapolis would boat
Kuiibus City out in the pennant race. The
otter was promptly accepted. "I'll take nu-
otner of those , " remarked Ilcnglo. "I'll bet
you u dozen hats , " replied the stranger , "if
you'll play third Imsu. " Henglo inudo a
record at Kansas City onro ut third base
missing everything.
See Potter & George Co.'snd ,
May Brookyn has made n great success In
'Tho Pharisee. "
Mmo. Scnlchl will go with the Ferrari
opera company lo Buenos Ayros.
Max Alvnry , the fasclnallng ttmor. will ho
one of iho singers at the coming Huyroulu
festival.
Eduard Hcmotivl will begin n six months'
our In thu United States Sept. 15. He will
got ? 11,000 and expenses.
Queen Margheritn of Italy Is on expert
tcrfnrmcr on the mandolin , nnd has all In
strument valued at $1MK ) .
The Alhninbm opera company Is being or
ganized In New York city under Iho direc
tion of J. Edwnrd Fulton.
Marie Tempest with nn augmented com
pany will appear at the Auditorium , Chicago
cage , during the week of May -I.
Geo. Monroe nnd Lltllo Kosobtld occupied
l box Monday evening at the opening of
"Tho Waifs of Now York" nt Boyd's.
W. A. Mestuyjr is qulto 111 at Ued Bank ,
N. J. , where hu has u handsome placo. His
wife , Theresa Vaughnn , l i nursing him back
to health.
In the church register Goraldlno Ulmur's
iiisbnml signed his numo "Felix Tilken. " it
s stated , adding "otherwise Known us Ivan
Curyll. "
The wlfo of C. D. Hess , the opera manager ,
ins obtained a divorce from him on the
ground of desertion. They have been mar
ried thirty-two years.
Agnes Huntlnglon has boon offered S.VK ) n
week by Horace Sedgor , the London theatri
cal malinger , to return there nnd play thu
tillo role in "Kouin Hood. "
Miss Sydney Armstrong has scored the
loners of the production of "Men and
Women" by Charles Frohman's stock com
pany nt the Columbia theater , Chicago.
The Eden Museo people have given up
liopo of securing ino Grand opera house for anew
now inusbo. They nro no\v looking around
for u new silo on Furimm or Douglas street ,
Johnstono Bennett will bo seen next sea
son In the tlllo part of the comedy "June , "
which is now running in London. Miss Ben
nett will shortly sail for London to witness
the production thcro
The English comedian. George Barrett ,
will make a tour throughout this country
next season. "Another Man's Show , " a
comedy by John Harrison , Is the piny In
which Mr. Barrett will be seen.
Pauline Lucca will open n school lu Vienna
next fall. It Is said she will take only eight
pupils and will glvo "four lessons at a time. "
Surely not four vocal lessons at once ; oven
so versatile a woman ns Lucca could not do
that.
MissHMinnn Gale begins her starring tour
early In September. She will bo managed bv
Mr. Theodore Bromley , formerly ill roe tor of
the Booth-Barrett combination , and will bo
supported by nn unusually capable company.
The first production of Scott Marble's now
play , "Tho Patrol , " will take place at Hock-
ford , May 2. The story Is founded on police
life In Chicago. A. 11. Simon , Iho infui-
ugcr , has spared no expense lo make it n
success.
Miss Fannie Ward , n young lady who made
her debut with Elsie Leslie , playlni : alter
nate nights with her In "Little Lord Faunt-
leroy , " has been engaged to play the part of
Cupid in the coming extravaganza at the
Chicago opera house.
That merry sunbeam of the dramatic world ,
Hosinu Yokes , has succeeded In charming
Now York once moro by her clover imperson
ations nt Daly's. She Is , If anything , more
clover than ever , and her season has a very
bright outlook.
The scones , plans and models for the
"Thermidor" production have been com
pleted. The play will bo produced early in
beptombor. Miss Elsie Do Wolff will play
In the leading part. She Is expected to arrive
from London early in July.
Mrs. E. L. Davenport Is reported to bo sick
unto death. The expectation of n fatal termi
nation has for the last two or three days
greatly unnerved her daughter , Fanny , so
that it has boon a dlfllcult matter for her to
got through the performance of "Cleopatra. "
That Herr Scharwenka will establish a
inuslo school in New York city seems now to
bo fairly well assured. The school will bo
known as the Scharwonku conservatory , und
engagements have been made with Hichard
Arnold ns violin teacher and Adolph Hartdo-
gen as 'cello teachor.
Kearney has erected a beautiful now opera
house , which Is to bo managed by Hobert
ATr lnvlinlilt4 nf lliifnlii. Tt. will } in fni'nmrlv
opened Mav 1 , with Frank W. banger's "Mr.
Barnes of Now York. " The seating capacity
of the house Is 1,100 , and will bo equipped
with all modern requirements.
A loiter from Charles Mnploson seems to
contradict thu report of the great success of
"Tlio Henrietta" In London. lie culls itslm-
plv a fairish success uud does not think it
will last loi.fC * This is probable because the
subject is intensely American und will hardly
bo likely to Interest Londoners.
The Emma .Inch English opera company ,
now ploying English opera In Moxic-o , made
n successful debut in the Toalro Nazionalo ,
City of Mexico , in "Tanuhnusor. " Miss
.Emma .Inch received an ovnllon at her entrance -
trance , and divided her success with Miss
Georglno von Junuschowsky , who made a
hit as Venus.
Linda Gray , " the play In which Mrs.
Langlry Is now trying her fortune nt the
London Princess theatre , was written n
number of years ago by Sir Charles Young.
It has been acted with succors In the English
provinces by Lady Monckton. The author
remodeled nnd partly rewrote It n year or so
before his death.
Francis Wilson Is a great book-lover , and a
special student of Horace. It was Eugene
Field's translation of Horace which made
Wilson very desirous of meotlni' the poet.and
nn intimate friendship Is the result. Now
the actor is preparing to publish this spring ,
nt his own expense , u lltllo book containing
all of Mr. Field's Horace translations.
Mr. Nat Goodwin's name wns recently
dropped from Iho proposed list of now mem
bers of the Players' club founded by Edwin
Booth. The reason for this somewhat sensa
tional "snub" Is said to bo bocnu&Q Goodwin
Is a comedian and comedians are as liable to
be us funny off the stage as on , nnd fun U at
a very low ebb In the Players' club ,
Last week , in St. Louis , Stuart Kobson
bad the honor lo bo presented to John L ,
Sullivan. The two actors had quite n discus
sion In reference to the highest forms nf dra
matic art. Mr. Sullivan assured Mr. liobson
that thu brain won ; of his now calling was In
every respect agreeable , but "that those cus
sed ono night stands was killing him. "
Mr. Frank G. Cotter , who is to manage Iho
coming lour of Mmo. Modjoska , writes thut
bis slur received Haltering oilers to appear In
St. Petersburg , but the Kusslun olllcials ,
having a fear or hatred of everything Polish ,
refused Ihelr permission. The actress is ex
pected to arrive in this country the latter
part of Juno and will begin her tour in Sep
tember.
M. B , Leavltt telegraphs from Denver to
friends in Omnhu that neither Al Itaymnn
nor anybody else will got the Broadway thea
ter in that city away from him ( Loavttt ) . It
Is evident , therefore , that the latter is light
ing hard for it , but Mr. Lo.ivitt bus nlrctdv
stated that he did not want the theater par
ticularly , that it had been offered him , but
that ho would only accept It free from encum
brances or lawsuits.
Of all the great composers of the present ,
Verdi , ns a whole , bus been most Independ
ent of WnKiior. Ho avoids tlio leit-motif ns
if it. were poison , and ui-on In orchestration
seeks out Independent paths , Vet oven the
most Teutonic critic will acknowledge that
Verdi 1ms progressed , and In an extraordin
ary degree , sl'ico ho brought forth his first
opera a half century ago. In IWIil ho brought
"Oberto dl san Bonifacio" before the Milan
ese public , and won iimnodmto rucogn tion ,
Ho wus then twenty-six yoiiM of ago. for
Verdi was born In the sumo your In wliich
Wagner saw the light ISlii.
It Is understood that Sir Arthur Sullivan
has been corresponding with Mr. Harry B.
Smith , thoCbiftuo librettist , with a view of
securing the services of the latter as a col-
liiburaleur in the production of comic opera ,
sajs the Chicago Daily News. There Is good
reason to suppose that tin ) entente cordiale
between Mr. Gilbert and Sir Arthur ciinont bo
restored. Mr. Smith gnu * to England next
summer nnd will remain there two years.
His comlo opera of "Kobln Hood" has been
hlghlv successful In London , mid to this cir
cumstance Is pioliably duo Sir Arthur Sulll
van's anxiety to secure thu talonlcd yount ,
auihor's .
co-oporatlon.
The revelations regarding the condition o
Mary Anderson Navarro have filled actors
and actresses on this side with astonishment.
It had hitherto boon supposed that she was
In llrst rate financial situation , but the glvlnt ,
up of her sitting room at Bournemouth , niii
confining her living ( lunrtcrs and thoio of
her hubsand to u small bedroom would
o Indicate otherwise. There In , however , o
itisplcion among those well Intormed here
hat saving money has brcomo n monoinikiln
on the part of Our Marv. For several yeArs
> ast she had cut down nor personal expcndl-
ures , and , lu fact , these of her family , to the
smallest limit consistent with living nt nil.
"The last man to cnw swords with lid win
ilooth , " said ono of Beaumont Smith's
friends of him , as that actor started olT to
St. Louis yostordnyehriiiilclos the New York
World. There was perhaps moro slgnlHcancu
in the phrase than In the pcrsonidlly nf the
man , but the statement is believed to bo ab
solutely true by veteran observers of the
stage who saw Mr. Smith's Laertes tir Mr.
llooth's Hamlet at the Academy of Music In
Urooklyn , for Ihey do not believe that Mr.
Booth will over play again. Beaumont
rfinlth , by the way , succeeded. Gus ThoinuH
in iho management of Iho McCullough club ,
the arlHtocrallc nmntour theatrical organlzu-
tlon of St. Louis. Thomas was very popular *
with the members of Iho MeC'ullbugh club
ind they nro said lobe correspondingly de
lighted with the genuine nnd lasting success
of his new play "Alabama. "
Mrs. Langlry has a now scheme and ono
Hint gives every promise of .success. Ita
features are a syndicate to boom the his
trionic ventures of the Lily for the coming
season , with the nest egg of Utt.OOU sub
scribed by ono backer , and with six otho
society men pledged to put up 100 a woelt
for that laudable end The subject for this
unique , or , mure strictly speaking , complex
arrangement Is said to bo in the finest kind
if feather , full of good looks , line spirits nnd
lilgh hopes , despite thu fact thai her last
season's production of "Cleopatra" cost Rome-
body besides the spectators lo's of money.
One advaiiUge nt least which this combi
nation will have over the mothud of the or
dinary manager will bo that whllo it pro.
vides theatres , company , costumes , decora
tions , scenery and machinery , il can also
furnish a pretty good-sized audience.
Mr. Will Palmer sayswith , reference lotlm
reported sale of "Alabama" to Mr. Al ( lay
man , that his brother , Mr. A. M. Palmer.had
disposed of a half Interest onlv , and for usa
of the play outside of New York. Mr. Hay-
man Is to take the play under his own man.
agomont. assuming onllru control nnd re.
sponslbllity , nnd pay to Mr. Palmer half the
proii'.x. The purclia.se pdco paid In cash was
a large sum. The surrender of Iho Madison
Square theater , says Mr. Palmer , was for
the reason , llrst , that the house was tou
small since tbo building inspector required
the removal of slxtv seats , to make profita
ble the keeping of a high-priced stock com
pany there , and second , because It Is his
brother's intention to make Palmer's theater
a stock theater. He demos that bis brother
Is preparing to retire from the management ,
or that ho Is embarrassed In his business
affairs.
The operatic wardrobe of the late Emma
Abbott , one of Iho richest , most expensive
uud complete over used by nn American
artiste , is now being sold In Chicago. The
dead singer hud over forty operas In her rep-
ortolro.and probably nvoragcd three costumes
for each und every role. A largo number of
these costumes were made bv Worth and
Felix of Parks or Kedforn of New York ,
! l tt let lf : lll t * l\i n lit iflll ( If 11 I a t nt * 1 < ! 111 * i mtt > rt < tf
In design , utilizing thu finest laces nnd fab
rics. There are magnificent costumes worn
In Kuy Bins with mantles , a number of
white Juliet dresses of the richest fabric
trimmed with the finest laces. The gorgeous
costumes used by Hernanl , the sable velvets
of Lconoro , the bright Carmen and Bohe
mian Girl dresses ; robes trimmed in roval
ormlno and embroidered in line spun gold ;
robes that are as delicate as a gossamer , and
others whoso lavish ornamentation makes
them weigh 1.10pounds ; every nrtlclo of cos-
liimo from dainty boots to lints and fans Is
there. No such collection was over exhib
ited in this country before , and now they
have to bo sold for n fraction of their cost-
mournful memories of the cheerful cantn-
trlco who pleased so long and pleased so
many. Mrs. Lizzlo Abbott Clark , the viva-
clous , bright-faced sister of the dead singer ,
and tno only member of the family resem
bling her , bus charge of the -sale. She can
give a history of every costume In the largo
nnd varied collection.
A LItth ; Child Shall Load Them.
The anecdotes current about little Don Al
fonso aru simply Innumerable , and appealing
ns they do to every mother's heart , go fat
toward increasing the popularity of tha'
throne throughout spaln.
Ho Is exceedingly frank and unrestrained
Iti tlin nvnrncclnn nf lifu rmtntmiu nutrnMnllir
when they concern Iho personal appearance
of his llogos ; and although extremely discon
certing to the parties Immediately concerned ,
they constltulo a source of delight to everybody -
body else. It was only with the greatest dif
ficulty that his mother was able to Impress
upon him the necessity of abstaining from
making remarks of this character in an audi
ble tone nf voice nt church. Her admonish
ments , however , bore unexpected fruit. The
king manifestly took it for granted that the
Instructions to remain qulot and silent during
divine service applied to others ns well us to
himself ; for shortly afterward , when Iho
royal family nnd tlio court attended mass In
state at Atlocba church , little Dun Alfonso
suddenly interrupted the prcaoior In Iho
midst of ono of his most Impassioned and eloquent -
quent perorations by commniullng him , In n / - *
shrill and piping tone of voice , to bo still , unUr
not to inulto "such a noise In el.uro i. "
St Oeor o lion roil.
Englishmen all honor their patron Saint
George , and for this reason the sons of St.
George of Omaha assembled at Wolff's hall
on St. George's eve , under the auspices of
Shakespeare Lodge No. 217 , and by a social
and dance appropriately commemorated the
ovont. About ono hundred nnd fifty mem
bers and friends enjoyed tlio following excel
lent litcrurv programme , which was presided
ever by the D. D. S. P. , W. H. Adams , who
made ii few remarks in regard to tlio bonoll-
rial und soclnl features of the order :
I'lanoSolo . Mr , T. .1. Kelly
SOUK Tlio Anchor's Wnl lied . Mr. It Dlllln
t electionfcrmlnlo. i . I Violin , , Mr. l.ovel Dunn
, | | | M.s | j | . Monitor
Hesitation . -Mr. Shepherd
Hong Muniorv'H Dream . Mrs. Hlinpson
Duet -Down Whe.ro the Violets ( irow .
Mrs. I. Doinjlas and Ml s Ilrenlon.
Cornet Solo . . Mr. I' . Klllston
Pilot l-arboaid Wutoh .
Mis. l.lttlelluld and Mr. Smith.
- Mr. . , , , , , ,
Holoctlon-Cavutlna f ftMr. !
Hong . lrIt. . Whurry
Diiut . Messrs. Smith and Tlu nijison
I'lanoSolo . Mr. T. . I. holly
At the conclusion of thollterury progrummo
all were regaled with refreshments , after
which twenty-two numbers , under the able
guidance of Mr. Louis LIHloficld , wuro
danced , unlil nwa' in Iho morn of SI. George's
day , all participants expressing delight for
the excellent entertainment afforded them by
the Sons of St. Georgo. The following com-
mlttou was In charge : F. ( J. Hobdon , II.
Evans , 11. K. Skotehloy , jr. , H. Townsend
und John Douglas. _
/\77j > 71j.v. .
The report of tlio supreme recorder shows
n total momborshipon March 1 of 2.71,010 , nn
increase during the month of lf > f > i ) . The
membership in Nebraska on that da to was
7 , ( < O.V
The beneficiary orders are now disbursing
every month , on an average , the enormous
sum of Si.000,000 lo Iho widows nnd orphuns
of deceased members. Everyday , Including
Sunnily , about sixty-seven thousand dollars
uro thus paid to rolfovo distress and anxiety.
The fraternities uro especially the friends of
the homo and all their efforts are in the
direction of protecting the family nnd loved
ones of their members. The grout Judgment
day idonu will reveal the amount of good
done by thu orders and thu extent of their
charities.
The Koyul Neighbors of Camp No. 2 will
give their initial socltil Wednesday ovenlng ,
April 21) ) .
A trlbo of the Daughters of Pocahontas
will bo organized in this city in thu near
lutiire. This order Is the ladles' branch of
the Ked Men and already about one hundred
und llfty ladles have enrolled thomsolvoi us
charter members.
The following U n list of the officers for the
ensuing year : Mrs. C. E. Allen , oruclo ;
Mrs. J. P. Henderson , vlco oracle ; Mrs , E.
G. Fisher , recorder ; Airs. W. E. duly , re
ceiver ; Mrs. A. Crawford , chancellor ; Mr.s.
( Ml. T. Itiupen , iimrshul ; Mrs. J. E. Van
Gilder , inner sentinel ; Mrs. C. Van Gilder ,
outer sentinel.
On Wednesday afternoon , April 22 , a now
feature of woodcraft wus introduced In
Omaha , it being the orgunUIng and Inslltut-
Ing of a camp of Koyul Neighbors , the ladles'
auxiliary of the Modern Woodmen ot
America. A delegation of ladles from Coun
cil BlulTs organized thu new Omaha cum"-
which will be known us Cump No. 2.