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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt SUNDA.YvVrNOVEMBEll 10. 181)3-TWENTY ) PAGES ,
CHAT WITH THE BOXERS
JfoSignof Abatement In Iho Heavy weight
Championship Jaw Match.
'SOMETHING ABOUT OMAHA'S ' CHANCES
r Jtonft' * Klcrpn-Tho I.nnl of the AVIUI I'owl
-\Vlil8pcrlncsorllie Wliocl-Cuo rnitieri
of High Degree Ocnernl Cpnrtjr Oo -
1 Up nnil Duration * An wcred.
Moro and more circumscribed bccomci the
crblt of the prize fighter with cnch passing
day , nnd moro dinicult the task of grinding
out n grist for the delectation of the fancy.
But little hns occurred during the past week
worthy of mention other than the fact that
Btovo O'Donnoll , the Australian , and old
Ocorgo Godfrey , the Boston colored heavy
weight , fought a six-round draw before the
Providence Motropolo club ; Tommy Hyan
and Dick Kagan , the "Montana Kid , " stoned
article * for n ten-round light , nnd that the
mouthy war between Mitchell and Corbctt
c ihows but llttlo signs of abatement.
That Ihcro Is to bo no fight grows moro
* apparent ns tlmo flics , and It Is potting to bo
the very general opinion that neither man is
half so anxious as ho would have the dear
public think ho Is. It they wcro both in
s dead cuuie-st and so monstrously eager to
demonstrate- an indifferent world which Is
the bnst man they would have settled the
question long cro this In private. The al
leged $10,000 stake that each man has posted
nnd the matchless glory they are panting
Ti for should bo sufficient to bring them to
gether.
It was a slake , and oft-times a chuck
teak at thatthat the boys used to go out on
. the green at the peep o' day and maul each
other wltli the raw 'uns for. in the old days.
* But times have changed. Tlio only stake
. champions and what n raft of them there
nre light for nowadays Is nn Imaginary ono
that has Its existence In their minds ana
' advertisements only. It is the gate and the
big fat purse they are In such ardent quest
ot , and niuo times out of ton they split oven
. on this , maugor the way the fight goes.
. Happily , however , the days of big purses
nnd mammoth crowds have gene by. The
egregious demands , the arrogance and dls-
{ gtisting consplculty of the bully and the
Druggnrt brought this about , and no ono
t knows this bettor than Mitchell and Cor-
bolt. The big clubs were n good thing in
i their way , but the brazen fighters wouldn't
, lot"them remain so. They not only wanted
the colossal prizes offered , but wanted the
lion's"share of everything that came in at
the doorsand In fact everything in and out
of sight besides. Is It any wonder that the
game has mot an early death ?
Insofar as Jacksonville , Fla. , is concerned
- the big premier thumpers are about ns
likely to moot there as they are at Hoby or
Coney Island. The country guys who nro
* offering the purse , protection and other
etcetera , might as well endeavor to dam
, Niagara with their "stuff. " Such nn event
would cause the orange blossoms to droop
i nnd wither in shame , nnd the big preen
1 turtles and the alligators haven't , yet boon
1 educated un to a $23 admission fee. They
would simply go down in the mud nnd stay
I there until the clouds rolled by.
And Charlie Mitchell is to play the hero in
"RomanyKyis" for { 2,000 a week. It is *
worth moro than that. The man who is
coaching thu handsome Britisher linancially
is a shortsighted individual , and when
Charlie gets his $20.000 at the end of his ten
weeks engagement lie will still bo loser. I
thought all along , however , that Poney
Moore's pomery sec son-in-law wasn't going
to got ' 'trun" down entirely , but if ho , with
all his brilliant histrionic ability and didac
tical powers , sees proper to impersonate
Romany Hyo for the pitiful sum of (300 a
night ho can do so , that's all. I wouldn't do
it for twice the figure.
Now that Thalia nnd Mclpomcno have
twisted their flanges In among Charlie's
blonde curls and drawn him within Thes
pian's fold for an indefinite period , Jimmy
Uorbott , the bruisoful actor , will bo twice as
mud as over. Just as soon as Charlie , with
Ills bold gypsy band , gets safe out in Syra
cuse , Schenectady or Penn Van for his first
night's stand , you can look for Jem to put on
his plumps and buckle up his bolt and run
1 doVrn to Now York' again for the purpose of
killing tbo audacious Briton in a barroom.
, libortyof enclosing you a cllpulng frcm the
Oakland Tribune of even datu oa the great
American lilulTor , J. J. Coruott. "
1 know how neil ho stands with you nnd fool
that the article Mill ho appreciated. I might
1 add that the article just about voices the uiil-
I vorsal opinion of all who know him out thla
I wny. Youri truly ,
r r. B. Ot coursu 1 do not wish my name nicn-
, tinned In-cast-you comment im this or use It ,
as It la not exactly In line with my business.
v Below follows the clipping :
"If Corbett and Mitchell are to fight I
, vrish to heaven tnoy would set about it and
cease from , the endless working of tnoir tire-
4 less , ugly , heavy , pugilistic Jaws. There is
a limit to all things , and these gentlemen
, long ago overplayed the limit of public pa-
tlcnco with their mouthings. Jim Corbott
was a pretty good sort of fellow , I believe ,
. before he blossomed out as a full-blown
pugilist , and had the misfortune , through
his own merit and through his opponent's
> being broken down by a long career of dissipation -
] pation , to lick John L. Sullivan , Since then
his head has become"so swollen that
' should think it would make him tired to
carry it around. Certainly It makes the
rest of us tired to see it and It makes us
. mill moro tired to hear it. The worst
i of the whole business about this wonderful
head is that it scorns to bo loaded and to bo
I all the tlmo going off without the slightest
provocation , and precisely as though its
' owner did not know it was loaded. Possibly
| ho don't. I confess to n well-grounded BUS-
1 plolon that its owner , as a matter of fact.
i docs not know much.
"There was a tlmo when I wished Corbett
well nnd Iwns glad when ho Holcod Sullivan ,
I because , like some other foolish persons , 1
had fond dreams of tlte uplifting of the ring
by the coming of the 'gontleman champion. '
* lean ace the absurdity of all that now. The
words 'gentleman' and '
'champion1 are not ,
and in tholr nature cannot bo , synonymous.
The passing of Sullivan und the coming of
Corbctt meant simply that ono sort of brute
liad been proven the inferior of another
cort. That was the question that was set-
, tied at Now Orleans , and the only question.
The Corbo.lt brute may bo a bit prettier to
look at than the Sullivan brute , but that is
' nil and , anyway , that is a matter of taste.
For myself , 1 confess to a preference to the
most brutal loolilng of the brute /onus when
Judging brutes , and Sullivan approximates
the typical brute of the ring ti great di-al
moro than does Corbott. Tnut , however ,
' niny bo Vocalise wo hnvo been more nccus-
toiucd to the Sullivan sort and so have set
j up thin sort.
, -'As to the pending fiztit , if It over gets
' beyond the jaw stapo , I urn free to say that
I would like to see Mitchell win It nnd for
( . several' reasons. It ii enough , though , to
\ etato tia.tr ] the victory of tlio Englishman
J would brhK ; Corbett down to oartli again
u wore offeolually than anything that could
f happen to1 hlm , find HO we would get a rest ,
' /BO fnr'tts ho was concerned , and so would
i his Jaw ; .Th&n * " Iwould - like to see Peter
I Jackson lick Mitchell and I think ho could
> do it , too and a Chinaman challenge Jack-
. ooa nnd Uck. him , und , us a titling Unalo , I
would Ilka to see u dog bite the Chinaman.
' We could all kick the dog then , und
1 brutality would reach its proper level. Of
course , if Corbott wanted to commence at
the foot of the ladder again by challenging
the dog 1 would have uo objections to that
cither , because ho w > uld Iiuvo no tlmo to
, talk in qucli a contest. The dog being
champion would dictate the manner of the
, bttlo and the puglllitlo Jaw would tmvo
, other work to do. "
I'urty good , Iin't it , to como so close from
Jimmy's uutlvo heath !
What about Tommy liyan'a match with
the Montana KidVM ft
\VM
} , Uonly _ another ,
. * - "i.1ff4tf * ti *
of Tommy's characteristlo engagements , but
I hardly look for him to Imvo the snap ho
hns cnjovcd In so many cajos. The Kid Is a
good stiff man at his viry worst and is apt
to make Tommy demonstrate about nil ho
knows Mtgnn was onlv slightly outpointed
In a po with Jack Dcmpsoy nnd made n
stand-off with both Young Mitchell and
Charllo Turner , nnd is rated , by those who
arc supposed to know , with the very best of
the 140-pounders. The contest is to take
place yet this month somewhere near
Bridgeport , Conn. , nnd will bo for SWWa
sldotho same old ad and the gate ,
hinge * , padlock nnd nil. Ryan is backing
himself , while Mike Hulcy , the southern
si > ortwlll furnish the dough for the Kid.
In a recent mention of our mutual friend.
Dick Moore , "A Crn'nk on Fighters" in n
Now York pink sheet snysi
"A hard man who is very much in earnest
is the Impiesslon that Dick Moore of St.
Paul , Minn. , makes of himself. Ho has
come to tlio front moro rapidly than any
northwestern pugilist of recent date , nnd it
a welcome accession In our middleweight
division. There is certainly power and
ability In a boxer who can have Martin Cos-
tcllo , the Buffalo , well in hand in seven or
eight rounds , and cam n decision over him.
This might happen , of course , it Costello
was''on , " out In the Police News of last
week Sam ITItznatrlck , a trustworthy trainer
and n truth teller , was enthusiastic over
Coatollo's improved condition nnd prospects.
Ho was reckoning two lights ahead , counting
on Moore ns beaten , nnd on having Costello
matched ncnin with his old Australian
foonmti , Dan Crecdon. It will have to bo
admitted now , 1 Judge , that Moore is the
bolter middleweightto oppose Crcedon.
Indued , it is n question if Moore Is not on
his record the best tried and proven of-
Atneilcnu mlddHnvoighls. Greggalns
was , it U admitted , drawn down
out of his proper class for his meet
ing with Crcodon. Moore has grown upto
middleweight"having been lighting until re
cently as a welterweight. Ho hns been at
Iho game eight years , I am told , although
his present ago is but 22 years. Ho is not nn
unbeaten. C'larley ' Kemmlo defeated him ,
as also , I believe , Charley Johnson did.
Those reverses of his eaily career hardly
count much in view of his recent victories
over Shadow Mnbcr , George Kcsslor and
Martin Co&tollo. I should call It that Moore
is at the top of the trco in our American
middleweight class , and that the Job of
shaking him down and out is a job for n
champion. Ho needs to widen his rcpula-
tlon by winning achievements away from
homo , but to tackle the best , as he has done
in the northwest , and beat them out is sig
nificant of Mooro's solid merit. "
As a winter haven for pugs Omaha doesn't
seem to be in it to any very measurable ex
tent this year. Last winter and the winter
before there was quite a galaxy of short
haired punchers sojourning within our
gates , but this winter there isn't a single
representative hero known beyond his own
llrcsldo. SANDV GUISWOLU.
The 1 lituiliHgl lite Cninc.
The Lincdln boys with their great Flippln
may expect to have an easy time with the
boys from across the Big Muddy. If they do
there may also bo a big disappointment and
surprise "in store for them. The Denver
games of. the two teams are no criterion.
The Iowa cloven had just begun practice
several changes for the better havo'becn
made since then. Un the other hand Ne
braska had the experience of several hard
fought battles.
It Is also true that the Kansas Jay
Hawkers boat the Ilawttoycs , but only by
"flukes" and bad umpiring , it is said. A
man named Hca'/h , whom , it is alleged ,
had c'oached'tho Kansas team , did that Job
and his work at times was so "raw" that the
crowd on the side throatefied to mob him ,
while ono burly ex-Pennsylvania student
nfTni'n/l * . ' tn nnv nno \ vlinvnnlrt anvioli t.hn
jay. " Two rank errors , in themselves enough
to change the game to un Iowa victory , was
first allowing Kansas llvo po'nts for u punt-
over goal , anil the other was allowing a
Kansas off-side player to carry the ball over
fora touuh-down after a punt by their full-
biicir. Then , too , the brace the Iowa cloven
took in thu second half of the game 1 They
scored twice and only allowed Kansas to
cross the goal lines once. *
These things show conclusively that the
Nebraska collegians will have to fight hard
"or lose. Iowa feels confident of victory. For
about a week now they have been coached
specially on stopping "lino smashes , " so that
the invincible Fllppin may run against a
stone wall'with jagged projections- the
Thanksgiving day game. The offensive line
work and end playing of the team is con
tinually growing better , and the interfer-
ferencu as now played is hard to break
through.
Omaha pcoplo will remember Stiles and
Hall , the be-whiskored center and guard re
spectively. Well , they are both gene now ,
but in place of Stiles , as the Kansas City
Times said , ' 'Iowa has a man named Rogers
who looks like Sandow , the strong man , and
who can gives Stiles a quarter and beat him
the half ut center playing. " Rogers weighs
184 , and yet Stiles never met his equal. As
guards Iowa has big "Bob'1 Ingersoll nt left ,
who weighs about 205 pounds , and plays in
proportion. He bueKs the opposing line like
the great "Bob" lugersoll ntlacks Iho
chinches. At right puard is Snowball"
Pritchard and his nose mask , u modest IBS-
pound boy , who made "Hamll , the hole-
maker" ot the Kansans. "a hole-maker for
the other side , " as a Baker university man
told him after the game at Kansas City.
Ah Tackle Iowa has "Blocky" Aldrieh ,
who played guard last year , and Van Oostor-
hout , who plays his old position this year in
greatly improved form. '
Iowa's ends are the nerviest men on the
team White and Tyrrell both new men ns
regular players , but of some experience and
hard and sure tacklcrs.
"Prince , " Sawyer is at bis old post at quar-
lerandin good form and is a veritable "never-
fumblo" and grcaVman with the runnors.
Myers and Hess are the half backs. Myers ,
familiarly called "Dago , " is the star player
of the team and never falls to make ground
on his line smashes.
Captain Elliott is the veteran football man
of thu team and has played before an Omaha
ciowd twice already , and should bo n famil
iar face. He played tackle two years ; last
year ho played half back , but now ho cap
tains the team from the full back's post.
There are few better punters , surer ground
gainers or moro quick sighted generals on the
football field than Elliott. Ho watches
ovcry opportunity and plays the game with
vim and to win. Ho has tbo entire confi
dence of his men , Mr. Elliott was employed
in the office of Rich , O'Neill & Sours until
the opening of the football season again this
full.
full.Iowa's
Iowa's team will not disappoint its ad-
mli-ers and expects to win the league trophy
this fall.
ling Oiuiiliii u Chance ?
I am In receipt of a half do/on communica
tions urging mo to boom baseball und see
whether Omaha' cannot got a club in the
now Western association. So far as that is
concerned I can answer positively that she
cannot , for the simple reason that not n
sinplu individual has manifested the
slightest interest in the scheme. John 1 .
Barnes , ono of the committee appointed to
select the three- remaining cities , was hero
for a day , but ho left without receiving any
oncouragomunt whatsoever , and Iho proba
bilities nro that the projectors of thu now
organization have dropped the Gate City for
good. Lincoln , I see by tlio press down
there , will send n man to Indianapolis next
week to see what sort of u show the Salt
Creek vlllugo has 01 getting in In Omaha's
stead , It would bo a cplo. sal joke on the
metropolis If she succeeded. Mr. Hlckoy
pees to the Ilooslor capital in Lincoln's
interests. ,
To those who nro so unsfous to have the
game boomed and restored hero , I , would say
it would bo a good plan for them to slioiy up
at Handle's , tlio baseball headquarters for
yoais , and manifest tnoir intentions by a
proclamation of Just , how deep they yill go ,
or in plain Kufdlsh how much casli they will
glvo to restore professional baseball to
Omaha. A first class team cannot bo sus
tained on wind , Players may survive the
winter on n snowball diet , but in tbo sweet
summer time nothing less than itrawborry
shortcake will maintain i them. lug order
that they got this there must bo gate re
ceipts , and o well supported club .to back
them up. The gentlemen who are ao iuipor-
luimtu thatTjiK BBB boom the sport can
accomplish great thlutrs by coming out iu
tlio dally prints themselves , raveallng their
ideas and plans und stating just how much
stuff they-would llko to put into the good
causa.
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Bet. Farnam and Harney Sis. OPEN' SUNDAYS 10 to 4.
> lo orcanization the now Western Inafruo , ns
t now stands , is bound Jo bo , itis only nee-1"
issary to do n little figuring. Iloro nro a
n\v rough cstiulates to go un :
For instance each club must Imvo nt least
hirteen mon , nnd with Kansas City , Sioux
City , Minneapolis , Milwaukee , Toledo ,
ludmuapolis and ColUmbus 'ana any ono
other of the several cities mentioned , they
must travel to the extent of $2.000 cnch ;
'lotcl bills on the rend will cat up $1,800 moro ,
ir.larics at the $1,800 limit. § 8,100 ; umpires ,
$750 : league expenses , $50 ; ground lenso ,
$000 ; uniforms , balls , advertising , water ,
etc. , § 1,000 ; first class protection , $500 , or
nearly $15,000. All of which must be gotten
out of ISO games , and with such dead base
balls in the circuit as Milwaukee , Indianapolis -
apolis nnd Toledo it cannot bo done.
On the other hand , a western league com
posed of Omaha , St. ' Paul , Davenport , Dos
Aioines , Sioux City , Kansas City and Lin
coln , with a $1,000 salary limit , could bo
made a success unquestionably. They could
swim through the season -with twelve mon.
Their railroad expenses would not exceed
51,000. hotel bills $ l,500-salaries. $4,500 , um
pires $ -100 , league expense $50 , ground lease
000 , uniforms , balls , advertising , water ,
etc. , $1,000 ; third class protection 100 , or a
total of $9,271.01.
With the single exception , probably , of
DCS Moincs , all of these cities would play
Sunday ball , which is an oi-onvhelming fac
tor in each club's success in this circuit ,
while In the circuit as it now stands tlicro
are not four Sunday towns. , ,
Statesmen Cue Iuihor .
"Billiards is ono of the best games for
boiled brains , " writes Frank C. Carpenter.
"John Quincy Adams "found this out years
ago nnd ho bought the first billiard table
ttiat over went into the white house. There
is a billiard table in the executive mansion
today , and it is said that President Cleveland -
land handles ) , ho cue for an hour at a time
af tor ho has been worried to death by the
oftlco seekers. President Garfie'd ' was also
a good billiard player and ho was also fond
of croquet and ball. Arthur used the
billiard table of the white bouse vory'freoly
nnd his best brain tonlci came from a game ,
of this sort. Ex-Senator Palmer of Michi
gan had a billiard room in his house , where
his follow senators often came to play. Ho
was troubled a good deal by insomnia and
ono of his best receipts for slcop was to got
physically tired , Senator Butler of South
Carolina plays a good cumo of billiards , and
I am told that Heed of Maine and Crisp of
Georgia uvo exports with the cue. "
of tlio Wlieol ,
IVooder. rirns will bo used to a great extent -
tent next season.
Lady cyclists \yllj bo Interested to know
that the divided skirt is being universally
adopted as the most becoming and comfort
able for riding.
The Tourists took their reuular club run
last Sunday , tholr destination being
Bcllovuo. Plattsmouth will bo their goal
today. A largo turnout is anticipated.
Tlio Omaha Wheel Club house is crowded
nightly with tlio jolly members who find the
comfortable quarters a great attraction. A
series of winter entertainments nro talked
of.
of.Tho
The entertainment committee of the Tour
ist Wheelmen Imvo postponed the club ban
quet until some time the following month ,
desiring to glvo the banquet In the now club
houso.
The third annual banquet of the Tourist
AVheolmun will occur this mfinth and will
probably bo held at their club house. The
club's riding season closes on the 00th of
this month , when the club medals will be
awarded ,
Carter Harrison , Chicago's martyred
mayor , was good friend of the wheelmen.
Hiti untimely death was as much felt atndug
the cyclists us among his acquaintances of
otlior walks in life.
James R Kbersolo of Omaha Is a candl
data for the oftlce of etiiof consul of the Ne
braska division of the League of American
Wheolmon. Mr , Kbcrsolo will undoubtedly
make an uftlcleut oftlcer.
Parisian irallco ofilccrs have adopted the
wheel , and it is a common sight to see a
doughty patrolman' skimming- noiselessly
along the pavement in pursuit ot some of
fender of the majesty of the law.
Donvcr is making a great play for the ' 01
national meet. Western cyclliti should all
help the Deuverltes * 'clnch" tbo plum. It is
about time that the league of American
Wheelmen wus doing something for the
west.
The Tourist Wheelmen clo e their riding
season with today's run. A full nnd com
plete tabulated statement showing the
club's achievement * in the way of club and
medal mileage wilLJbo" published in next
Sunday's BEK. .j i
E. C. Bald rode a quarter mlle flying start
on tho-Hartfprd track Simday , October 2'J ,
in the phenomenal , jtinjo of 24 H5 seconds.
This Is undoubtedly the fastest tlmo for a
quarter made to date , yet tho. record does
not go , as it was made on tlio Sabbath.
Ed P. Walker was elected to the ofllcc of
vice president of the Tourist Wheelmen last
Thursday evening to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Mr. Moody. Mr.
Walker is nn active wheelman , a prominent
worker in the club and will make a good
club leader.
"Jonnio Jonson" is slashing great slices off
the World's records at Independence , la.
Those old fossils who have doubted the
speedy western boy's .ability to make rec
ords have drawn In their horns and are look
ing on at his wonderful performances with
ns much admiration us his most sanguine
friends.
Several local wheelmen , members of the
city clubs , demonstrated to the public on
election night that the bioyclo is n rapid
means of dellverine messages. The city was
patrolcd nearly all night by speedy riders ,
who carried the returns from the different
polling places to a local paper , and in most
cases the service rendered was quite satis
factory , deliveries being made promptly and
rapidly.
The different cycliug journals are rustling
briskly for matter to fill their Xmas num
bers. Bearings promises' to outdo all pre
vious efforts nnd will send out to' its many
thousand readers a mngaziuo replete with
interesting reading , engravings and tabu
lated records. The Wheel , Hoferco nnd
Cycling West will all be models of the
printer's and engravers's art.
The "informal smoker" held at the Tourist
club house furnished A very pleasant oven-
ing's enjoyment for the twenty-live or thirty
club members who attended. Excellent
music by the Omaha Xlthor club and Fred
R. Walter helped materially to while the
hours away. The "smoker" broke up at ft
Into hour , ovcry ono expressing an opinion
that they had had a good time.
Fred L. Moody , the genial vica president
of the Tourist Wheelmen , has removed from
the city permanently. Ills resignation as
an oftlcor nnd member of the club wus ac
cepted nt the lust regular uusincss meeting.
Mr. Moody hns been an enthusiastic and
valuable member of the Tourists nnd his
withdrawal from the club is felt with great
regret. His clubmates ono und all wish him
the biist of success iu whatever htutlon in
lifo ho may take.
Henry Frcdrlckscn won the' special prize
nt last Thursday evening's high live games
in the Tourist championship contest. Ho
caused a deal of merriment when ho started
in to unwrap his prize , which was done up
in a neat package. Several hundred yards
of tissue paper wcie unwound , dlscloslcg at
last a gigantlo cigar , Weighing about a
pound. Henry had JUSLceat off before the
wrapping had been unwound and the players
enjoyed his amazement hugely.
Tom Kck , ho of tligtqyor ) ] { locks nnd old-
time Coliseum fnino,3 certainly ono of the
greatest trainers of tuf/Jage. His superior
handling of "Yonnio Ygnson" this and lust
season bus aomonatr.TOwy this. Added to the
years of experience najt racer himself Is his
Icnowl'idgo of just ftpw to train u set of
muscles for speed , fij > w Judgment and a
track generalship of JjdMjioan ability , all of
which he Imparts to $ ( sl > rotGge in on in-
credlblo short space gt _ - -
If nothing occurs ftfja \y the present pro-
coedlngs tbo Tourist w colmon will bo "at
Jiolilo" in their elegan I uo\v quarters ot
1009 California streo . the first of next
month. The residence [ erred to is an elab-
orately finished one , rep 9te with all modern
improvements , and wHJ" plvo the club men
n beautiful , .commodioi and comfortable
club house. Hot aiuL knnd water , steam
heat , billiard tnblesrj ifilo parlors und
cheerful grate flres. For ? mo tlmo the club
lias found that their prosent.cottago wus too
small for their needs ami have been looking
up n moro suitable house. They will lit up
the house In a manner to suit the most fas
tidious of club men and lii accordance with
their means.
What cyclist has not heard of "Karl
Kron" or read his charming book- '
"Ten Thousand Miles on a Bioyclo ? "
Ills numo always uallsback memories
of the pioneer touring days when
"Expert Columblas" 'with straight handle
bars , solid tyres , braided cycling cos
tumes , club buglers nm\ \ waving club pen
nants were all the race. The Iteferoo ha *
this to say about him : "It was Saturday
last. Pushing a 48-inoh Expert Columbia of
the vintage IbSO , clad in a white flannel
riding suit , with black stockings and llttlo
round white hat , with Lamson's luggage
carrier and wearing a bloyelo watch , was
Karl Kron , pioneer tourist. la j ears gone
by his name was prominent. Ho was start ;
ing from nn uptown bicycle store for n fifty
mlle spin over "Long Island's roads. " Ho
still sticks to the good old ordinary and con
temptuously refers'to the safety as a velocipede -
podo much beneath his notice. Karl Kron
will'remdin , probably , for -many years to
como , ono of those cycling "freaks , " so vivid
a reminder of the long ago.
In ThloKot niift Stubble.
Billy Nason has migrated to California.
Dick Morrcll and E. II. Barrett of Mil
waukee , are slaughtering the quail down at
Arapahoo.
The ducics and geese have about , all
levanted and it is quail and rabbits only
from now on.
M. C. Peters and James Smead bagged an
oven dozen quail and several mallards at
Honoycrcek Monday.
Yardmastcr McNeil of the Union Pacific
was up above Florence last Sunday , and
came back with a bag of thirty-two ducKs ,
mostly mallards.
Henry Homan wns in the stubbfo at Chap
man a nay recently anil killed a line bag ot
quail. Ho corroborates the general report
of plenty of birds.
Georgo'Sinall spent a day out near Clarks
last week , bagging seventeen quail and
three jacks. He reports the birds quite
plentiful out that way.
The Omaha nnd Bern is Park Gun club-
weather permitting will hold a big sweep-
sinkes shoot at their grounds across the
river Thanksgiving day.
J. M. Davison of Percival la. , was in the
city Thursday. He says the shooting on
Forney lake , near McPaul , this fall w.s bet
ter than it has been for years.
Fred Fuller and Editor Gabo Runklos
went over to Manawa Tuesday and killed
oh , ever so many mallards , cranes , pelicans ,
swans , duuks and dickey birds.
"They Are Off at the Gut" See , at the
Diamond pool rooms threw the No. 8's into
the carcasses of nine squirrels and sovcn
quail down on the romantic Papplo last
Sunday.
Frank Smith , Charles A. Coo and C. N.
Dolt/ put in a couple of days iu .thicket and
htubblo out on the B. & M. last week. They
are now all growing oleaginous and happy
on quail on toast.
Those old veteran 'gooso slayers , George
A. Hoaglnnd , .f. J. Dickey nnd W. P. Me-
Farlano , together with Will Salisbury , spent
three dayti at Sutherland last week and
bagged forty-six geese , principally big
Cauadas.
J. C , Head writes fiom Hastings that ho 1s
having tlio best quail shooting of his life.
Ho avers that some of the blrda. are ns big
as chickens and that ho has grassed fifty-
two without n miss. The medal awaits J. C.
on his return ,
M. C. Peters owns the best bred Iowollyn
setter iu the city , She is registered and was
broken by the noted T. G. Davy of London ,
Ont , Mr. Peters also hns in hand Easter
Lily , another full-bred Lewellyn , owned by
n. M. Dobbins.
Jlmti. DoBevoiso of the Itook Island , wore
out n milt of McGlnty clothes up In the
brush above Florence the ether day , chasing
a rabbit. Ho shot into n bunch of quail ,
when a rabbit jumped up and Jim dropped
his Lofover nnd wont after him. Ho chased
it into Jack Woods'saloon about half past
7 that overling ,
"Bloridy" Clark , A. J. Webb and Will
SImcral spent last Sunday at or near Colum-
UUB. Slmoral had clmrtored a freight car to
bo on the ttlda track at U Monday morning to
bring In tholr geese , The oar was there nil
right , but the geese got away. Wobhy ,
howovorgot sovcn tealwhile Bloudyand the
lawyer got very tired.
Fred J. Lamb of Sidney , la. , and the
acknowledged champion shot of his baili
wick , has been In the city several davs.
Fied has had some great duck and snlpo
shooting this season , having shipped to Chicago
cage U.UOO ducks und 1,400 snipe , nil of which
ho killed himself. Says he can kill moro
gnmo tuau any ono man in this country. It
might bo proper to add that Fred saw the
city by moonlight.
Billy Hoagland is just iu'from Gothenburg.
Ho icports the honkers about all gono.
Saturday Might a week ago ho says they
flew over southward bound by the thousands
and ho anticipated great snooting the next
day. Accordingly ho was In his hole-on tlio
bar before sunup and , although ho stuck
tboro until 0 in the evening , ho didn't got a
feather. Tlio birds all vrcnt south nnd ho
despairs of any further sport this season.
Arountl the OHlce .Stove.
Kansas City has her hooka out for Billy
Kluaman.
Chattanooga's ' fans are lamenting over the
dropping of that city from the Southern
league circuit.
The St. LouU Brown * have dropped both
of the old Western league graduates , Good-
enough and Twinehnm.
Jake Wells expects to manage the Mobile
team .next season. That means that there
will be no club at Pensacoln.
Toledo is hustling for her now Western
league toara. John J. Carney , the ox-Cow
boy , has been signed as manager and first
base.
E. H. Decker , the old catcher , has been
sent to nn Insane asylum. Ho believed ho
was wealthy nnd had n mania for drawing
CHOCKS on banks in which ho had uo do-
posits.
Detroit stands as much chance of breaking
into the National league as .Toliot or Grand
Rapids. The league as at prcsentconstitutod
will remain as it is until the magnates de
cide to return to an eight-club basis. Chicago
cage Herald.
Dad Clarke is up to his old tricks. New
York offered him $1,500 for next season with
n good slice of advance money , but Dad hold
out for $2,000 , and Johnny Ward told him
to go.
The new Southern league will open April
15 noxt. The salary limit will be $1,000. J , B.
Micklin of Chattanooga was ok-otcd presi
dent. There are to bo but eight clubs In the
circuit next season New Grlcans.JS'abhville ,
Atlanta , Mobile , Savunnah.Augusta.Clmrles-
ton and Memphis.
It is the same old story from Milwaukee.
She no sooner gets into a minor league than
she begins to talk of the big organization.
Harry Quln now says he has an option on
the Louisville francnise , but ho qualifies the
assertion with "whenever that club is willing
to quit. " He might be able to get the sumo
thing on Chicago.
Billy Harrington expects to manage the
Sioux City Baseball club next.scason. Har
rington thinks the now Western league Mill
bo u big success. Sioux City has its inouoy
up nnd will certainly bo in the circuit. It is
expected that an organisation will bo per
manently effected at the meeting to bo hold
in Indianapolis tomorrow.
with tlio Olovcu.
Tlio pnelllst whoso fortoK gab
Would pioudly scorn uvuslve blabber ,
If his Billclont Ihis could jab
Asdoftly us Ills loiigiio can jabber.
I'uck.
Jacksonville claims the big mill as "a
cinch" for Florida.
The Olympic club Is confident that all the
clouds now hovering over them will bo
swept away in time to give them the inter
national mill.
Tommy Hyan and D.inny . Necdham are to
meet in Chicago for ten rounds in January.
Tommy shouldn't , allow D.inny to go half
the journey ,
The now club at Chicago has offered
GeorgJ Dixon a $1,500 piuao to box six
rounds with Frank.McHugh . , Tommy White ,
Van Hcest or Solly Smith.
'Tls ' said that Mary Anderson received In
structions in boxing from Charles Mitchell.
They wore given nnd taken to relieve the
monotony of n sea voy.iiro.
"Fred" Johnson , who fought George
Dixon , has challenged Morgan Crovvthor to
fight at eight stone ten or twelve pounds
for 300 a side und thu largest purse at Lon
don ,
The story has Juat leaked out in the east
that n month ago Joe Choynski was drugged
by a "con" man named Gcorgo Stevenson
and robbed of 1GOO in Carey Welch's Now
\orkdlyo.
At n "mass" mooting at Jacksonville to
protest against the Corbott-Mltchcll contest
taking place there Just 121 people turned
out , and that included ministers , ladles and
school cinldrcii. "Jnx" would probably llko
the big mill.
"Billy" Kobmson. better known as "Cock
Kobln , " nnd "Tom" Williams of Australia
have been matched to fight in London nt
ten stone six pounds for n purse of 309.
The fiuht is to tuko plucu In the National
Sporting club In Decombpr. Should Wil
liams win Ho will return to America nnd
challenge "Billy" Smith of Boston to fight
again.
TulU of tlio Iliirnomon ,
There Is already considerable talk of a big
trotting meet for Omaha in June nsxt ,
Clint Brings is in Syracuse , wheio ills very
Bucccsaful string of 'W flyers are ntublod for
tbo winter ,
Charleston , W. Vu. , Is to have a now rnc-
lug association. The stock will tie IIO.OOU ,
in flOO shares.
Pansy McGregor broke the world's year-
Hag trotting record ut Hnlton , ICuti. , doing
tbe distance in 21 ; K <
Ex-Governor D. H. Francis of Missouri is
likely to bo chosen president of the Si. I/iuls
Fair and Jockey club , vlco Holla Wells , who
recently resigned.
The celebratPd Texas race horse. Gov
ernor Row , for wnlcli hU owner , L. F , Per
ter , refused $5,000 , died of congestion of thu
lungs ut the San Antonio Jockey club stables
the other morning.
Turfmen in Now York nro trembling now
that the republicans have the machinery ot
stale. Diclc Crokor , who was considered
"tho power behind the throne , " is now n
weight to the business.
Yo T.imbion and all the ether flyers hi tlo ;
Kendall stables are to bo sold under tno
hammer at Chicaco , November 25. Chris.
Smith , the plunger , although not u financial
wreck , has all the expc-ricncc'in ' racing horses
that ho wants. " O
G. Walbaum , the king of Guttonberg , is
singing Inn minor key jusc now. The people
ot Hudson county , irrespective of party ,
have elected Colonel John J. HoiToy , the re
publican candidate for sheriff , and that
means gooaby to winter racing on the hill.
Clmmplon Killu Shot ot HID Army.
Sergeant H. M. Davidson of company G ,
Sixteenth infantry , lormorly stationed'at '
Bellevue , now nt Salt Lake , dropped in on
the sporting editor for "n brief chat last
Wednesday. Sergeant Davidson is tha
champion rifle shot of the United States
nrmy , if notiof the world. Ho holds govern
ment medals handsome solid gold trophies
that represent about $1,000 in monoy.'won ut
tlio ( illtorcnt army competitions during tlio
past lour years. Davidson IB champion ut
ull distances , nnd in the last competition ho
made a score of 22 out of n possible 2T on tbo
moving target at 800 yards. Sergeant David ,
son's Home is in Bloomiuglou , Tc'iin.
QurBtloiiH null Auawarii.
OHD , Nob. , Nov. 19. To tlio Sporting rdllor
of TUB UKK : Who Is " .Himppoi" Uuulson ,
how old und wliuio from ? 1' . U Q ,
Ans. HMs the champion Joekoy of the
United States US years of age , from Now
Jersey.
OMAHA , Nov. 11. To ( lie Spoitlii IMItoroI
TUB HEK : A bets It lliutlf n IIUUI'M nuinunp-
pours twice on n ballol.siiy undoiird by hoili
independent , und duniocrutli : pal IV , und you
inaliua ciov ) aCloreacb that that tJno\\ti your
ballot out. H siiyr , It counth once. I'Juutu hiiy
who wliiH , AHubscilIu ! ! .
Ans. The courts will shortly answer this
question for you.
SOUTH AiniuiiN , Nub. . Nov. 10. To ibu Knott
ing IMIlorof Tiih Ilisu : In a club hum ttliut
Kiiniti cutints , und how many pointsIf them
Is n book o ( riiluMKOVurnliiK Hi" iibovo pltiiu !
let u * know through no.xl innul'iy's DKK wheiu
thohiiiniican bo obtained , und oblige -Auburn
Utin Club.
Ans. You can schedule the points to suit
yourselves. Tliere Is no book on this sub
ject.
HITIIPIIISB , Nov. lli. To tlio Kpottlne KOItor
of Tin : IIIE : : 1'limsu Hlaio In yoiu Sunday' * Jlin :
\shethorornutlhuro u u Ineed of do s known
us Itusslnn bettor , and buttlu u illijmtob. . U.
Neiil.
Neiil.Ans.
Ans. There is.
GIIANT , Neb. , Nov. ID , To tlio Pjiortlns Hill-
tor of Till ! UKK : To deeldo ubul Kindly ansuur
Iho following question In Till : . bn.Mnv Jlii : .
Did Uhnrlcy Mitchell uver incut JaeUson In
thu nng ) A. Homier.
Ans , Ho did not.
OJIMIA , Nov. 11. To thoFporllns Kdllor of
TIIK IIKI : ; In u iwo-liaiidod KUIIIU nfeilbunKti
A IIIIH fuurhcuits in his liunil nnd Iho llflh Is
turned , H hol * 0 that the llubli only founts
four according to American association i ulus ,
Ans , A wins.
OMAHA , Nov. JO. TO tlio Hportlni ; Hdllor of
TIIK ( IKK ; In four liunded KIIIHU of high live A
und II , Uund n piirtnuiii. Auml II have -ID , (
anil I Ml ) . Uunil IHild U und htivo jack und
Ijulli liven , A nnd 11 getting IdKbi low and aiuno ,
WJilcL wins ) Vuja.
Ans , A und B ,
Constant Header See above answer , II
covers your question ,
A method of foir signaling IIUH been Intro
duced on ( several branches of tlio North Lon
don syatcm of the Uioat Northern railway
of Knglunu which obviates much of thu un
reliability anil complexity of tlio b.vatuma
hitherto used. A wiru U laid In n pipe from
the signal box to the various signals , nt
which brushes of copper project four or llvo
Inches ubovo the side of the rail nearest the
signal. A similar brush , which connects
with an Indicator nnd bell on thu engine , it
llxcd to the tnginu footplate , \\hw thu
signal points to danger the two brubhua
como in contact nnd the tinuing of the bull
und the warning of the driver by a mtulu-
turo signal on the engine that tlio line is jiot
clear Is tint result. The arrangement can
be readily switched off In tine wcatlior BO as
to become inoperative.
The dissolute and disreputable marquis of
Qucensberry has been muriied to n rich.
young und beautiful lady. To the credit ol
America it must bo remembered that tin
bride Is not one ( if our country wo in on.
DoWltt's Witch Htt70l Salvo cures sores.
Witch Hazel Hulvo cures ulcer *