Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1894)
THE OMAHA DAILT UEE : SUNDAY , JUN.HT- - ' , 199,1 , CHAT WITH THE BOXERS Tommy Hjnn and Mysterious Billy to Settle an Old Score. ALIX AND FLYING JIB AT UNION PARK WlilxpcrltiRi of the Wlicol-Tho Shooter * k nnil the Flulicrii Tlio Jtaurha Knnilly , k'i 'i Uoinlpnml the CiiitonmrUriel of l.ocul b | orU. Tommy Uyan and Mysterious BUI ; Smith have at last boon matched for a finish flsht. Flic Twin City Athletic club at Minneapolis nets the attraction , and It will come off iarly In AURiisf , the exact date not yet be ing set. There are no two men In the country whom the western red-hots would rather see come together , and I predict a Jammed house for the club when they do. Uyan has a legion of friends In this city , and a big delegation will most surely make } ho trip , and to a man their money will go on Tom. Barring accidents , the ques tion as to the superiority of the two men with the Omaha contingent Is as good as set tled. They regard the event already as all over but the shouting. The quid nuncs re gard Tommy an a "moral , " but I caution them not to bo overconfident. I have seen too many money made favorites bowled over withln'lhp past , three years to be In a hurry to pick the winner In this case. I cannot help but look upon Ilyan as the man , however , and yet there Is plenty of time to stake your bank notes and silver pieces. The two have already had a corjplo of limited shys at each other , and on all hands It was agreed that the western lad had much the test of both. Indeed , Colonel Hopkins told me that In their last meeting Tommy made a monkey out of his lurid an tagonist , and' liad him as good as out as early as the third round. But Tommy didn't get him In the third or In any other round , and the referee made It a dead heat. This Is something those who arc contemplating speculation to be careful. Another thing , scanning the records of the two men , 11 looks as If It ought to be a long and stiff battle. Physically the men are well matched. They will scale at 112 pounds , which means Smith's very best weight , while with Tommy It is a question. He was as 'big as Dick Moore when I saw him at Jacksonville last winter , and weighed , walking around , 179 pounds. Can he peel off enough of this to get at the standard and be good and strong ? He never would light below 110 , you know , and two pounds more Is such an additional trine that I am In clined to bo leary. . If Tom can get to weight all right I will have no hesitancy In declaring what I think. But I will wait and sec. All of you folk who have htudled the game know how unsatisfactory figuring on a fight er's form by comparative , analysis Is. It very often leads up to false conclusions as to thq relative merits of men , and yet it Is our only menns of Judging men who have never made the whole journey. If Bill beats George In seven rounds , and Jim beats George In two rounds It Is only logical to think that Jim can lick Bill , all things being equal. But this "think" Is often wrong , as has been exemplified a thousand times within the magic clrolo. I dp not want Tommy's friends and I am one of them to Infer by the foregoing rc- "marks. that 1 bellevo Smith will beat him , for I do not. But I do believe that It will bo Injudicious ; for them to Install Tommy as an odds on favorite two months before the fight. The men are both too good , and this lncllna.tlpn on the part ofhis followers Is more duo to sentiment than sound Judgment. It la the wofsl sort of'financiering to back a man simply because you admire him. If you have taken Ihch- measure , and are sat isfied with your knowledge of their pugilistic ability , then pjck one for a winner , that Is all right , and shows speculative sense. Other wise you might as well throw up heads or tails for choice. In Appearance Tom and llllly do not differ much. Both are tall and stralgnt as arrows , with square shoulders and finely modeled arms and legs , Uynn being the best of the two , as Smith's underpinning barely exceeds average size. Both are good looking men. Smith's face Is expressive of fierce deter mination , but at the same time is clean cut and even classical In outline. Ho .stands five feet nlno and three-quarters Inches. Ryan has a wonderful muscular development about the neck and back. His legs arc perfect , and he Is one of the most agile men who ever en tered the ring. Ho Is a quarter of an Inch shorter than Smith , Ho is a hard hitter , marvelously clever , quick as a cat and strong as a tiger. Smith has many of the same qualities , but fights differently. Ho rushes In Ilko a bull at a barn door and relies al most wholly on swinging blows and never gives an opponent much rest , mokes him mix matters , and up to the time ho met Uynn his great strength In close quarters always stood him In good stead. Tom's left In hta face tamed him wonderfully In both of their meetings , and It will bo Tom's loft that will turn the trick In August next , It ho turns It at all. In reviewing the situation , Peter Donohue says : Well , whatever you may say or think abiut Champion Jim Corbett you must give him credit for being consistent In at least one respect ho will not light In England. He ap prised the National Sporting club of London of his determination , and very sensibly adds that ho cannot sco where ho would be bene fited by fighting In London for $15,000 , when ho can secure a purse of $35,000 on this sldo of the big pond. No ono can find fault with Jim for Ignoring the English club's offer under the circumstances , but there Is ono thing that may militate against his chances of getting the bigger purse. That Is Jack' Eon's aversion to fight In the south. Peter IcnouH the prejudices of the southern people against men of his color , and It was this knowledge that caused him to stipulate for a battleground north of the Mason and'Utxan line. Ha has declared ho will not fight In the south , and as ho Is qulto as positive In hla ways as Corbett Is In his , the chances for a fight are very slim. It takes two mon to mnko a flght , and at the present lima It scams to mo that the two men will not meet In the same ring. As It Jg now , the articles of agreement signed by Corbett and Jackson are of no more value than the paper they are written on. They have been violated by both men , and the men show dispositions to violate them tea a greater extent , In splto of the clause call ing for a fight In America , Jackson agrees with a London olub to fight In England , while Corbott Ignores the torrltortiil clause and dickers \vlth an organization In the south. Jackson knowb full well that Cor bott wl.l not fight abroad , and James know a that Peter will not go to Florida to fight ; hence they , fool safe In going nlong as they are at present. The prospects lire that the affair will end Ilko a French duel , with the honor of the principals appeased , without the letting of blood. When championship honors are settled thus , It Is tlmo to have every day Sunday , MAIISHALLTOWN , la. . Juno 13. Sandy OrlsWold. Spoiling Kdltor of The Ilco ; Will you pleabo bo kind enough to put thla dial- ) ongo .In The Omaha Bee In the sporting no\\s ? 'Chls "coon" Is a wonder , and If you have nnj men there In his cliiB.i would bo glad to hour fr/iin thorn , C , A , Close. MAUSHALLTOWN , la. , Juno D. I here ] > y challenge any 135-poinul man , give or take five pounds , In the slulc of Io\\u or Nebraska to a ton-round glo\e contest for $100 a side And Ktto receipts , which will no doubt ait'Uimt to $500 or $ fiOO after paying ex. penaca , winner to taKe nil. Fight to take place \vltlilii twenty-live miles of Marshall , town , la. None but good men will bo recognized Jim Seller * . Marshalltown , la. Hollers' ch.tllvngo finds u place In these coluniim not In cause I take much slock In hln ability to uhlp nnjbady , but because I tea n rhniice tar a little -aiiort. It Sellers ! vlmt ho * uy lilt challenge would tie < "ll iii compauiwl With a few slmoloona t ( "iriK'Bl of gtmU fttltlu. Out let that If Mr. t'loio , who l evidently Sellers' will < ! > o UW M forfeit , I will produce a man fdrTlilpiifiid wo" will try and demonstrate jutt'liftywonderful'thi coon Is. | HAJjPY QIIISWOLU. I.ntrn JToimliTlii iiiimlm. Thcso arc bright day ! * for lawn tennis In Omaha. The tournament on the club ground on Harney street and the "members-only" tournament of the Young Men's Christian as- Boclallon to begin , ' idiriorrow are nothing more than the outward and visible signs of the Inward llfo and enthusiasm that have placed this most healthful game In Ihe very front rank among outdoor sports In Iho city. It Is doubtful If even base ball can command as great a number of players In Omaha as lawn tennis does now. Tlmo was when the Englishmen had the game In their own hands , when they held all the championships , and so far as public play was concerned they came very near monopolizing the whole .thing. There were of course always a few" Americans who wcro to be found In the courls , bul now they are very largely In the majorlly nnd some of them are qulto In ( he front rank of all. Speaking In n general way the English followers of iho feamo are confined lo Iho Omaha club. There are In Iho lown , how ever , an already large and constantly In creasing number of private clubs , some ot which number almost as many members as the central organization , which has Us courts on Harney strcel. The Young Men'a Chrls- llan association has even more members , Ihough probably feucr who are In constant practice ; yet Ihe extraordinary number ot enlrles for the tournament this coming week shows that they arc not dead. There Is the Cass Street club , which Is In quite a flour ishing condition , and the Windsor Place club and others too numerous to mention. No private boarding house Is any longer complete without at least one court. The Shrlncr , three blocks west of the Omaha Tennis club , had a courl ready before April closed , and very soon another was added right alongside. . Now these two have proved entirely too Inadequate foe the enthusiasm lhat Is manifesting Itself In the game and Iwa more have been added on Ihc same lot. And Omaha Is not the'only town In the state that can make a good showing In lawn fcnnla. Hastings always has manifested a considerable Interest In the game , and the fact that she lias.been promised the doubles ch mp'ons . p tcurn mert tl Is year la making the local club hustle qulto a little to have things up to the Up-top by the tlmo the date for thai event comes around. This , It Is now practlcallyVdeclded , will bo on the ISth and two subsequent days' of July , but no for mal announcement of this.can be made until after the adjourned meeting ; of the state association which Is to be h'eld on ths 21st Inst. Lincoln Is this year making an al most desperate struggle for the singles championship event , and if It were not that ono of the two events has already been con ceded to one of the smaller towna of Ihe slalc , Omaha w'ould probably be willing to concede that she had some claim to It. Last year , however , the Lincoln club almost dropped out of existence , and this year it has been revived In a semi-lifeless stale. But It Is not so much the actlvlly that ib manifested by the local club that should oh does determine the location of a champion ship competition as the Interest the general population of the clly Is likely to take In the affair. There Is no use In all the strong men In Nebraska congregating In a town where no ono cares "to see them play , let aloncs the llttlo mailer of paying their cash for It. Ono of the primary objects of the state association , presumably , Is lo furlher the In- teresla of Ihe game' throughout the slale anrt to Increase Its * popularlly. The annual championship 'competition Is about t'.io onlj thing that the state has In the way of cduca. llonal exhibits , and though there may bo some reason for allowing ono of the two cvents'-to go ou of 'Omaha once In awhile with the Idea of working up a boom In some of tjio smaller cities , It certainly seems that until there are other cities lhat can give some assurance of bejng able to pay the entire cost of the affair and providing prizes for the winner out of the gate receipts , both ot the events should nc.ver leave Omaha In the same year. The Omaha club has been umieccssarlly generous already In Its often * to not only pay every cent of the expenses of the singles , If-they-are played here , which of course wouldjje obligatory on It , but also to contribute suhstanllally lo Iho cost of the prizes for Iho doubles at Hastings. Among the smaller towna there Is also a very lively Interest In the game. Geneva has a-club with a membership of thirty , not at all bad for a place of less than l.COO in habitants , and has applied for admission to the stale assoclallon. Imperial Is moving at quite a lively , gait and will no doubt be heard from before the summer Is over. Ord , which had a very successful llttlo touinament of her own last year , Is now gelling into shape again and Arapahoe Is also wide awake. It Is too early yet to say very much about the city tournament In Omaha , although It has been In progress for xne whole ot the past week. The number of entries was unusually encouraging am5 the only pity Is that it Is so difficult to get In more than a very few hour's play Just before dark each evening. If It were only possible to devote the whole day to It the whole thing could have been ended long ago. The Interest in the ladles' event Is due largely to the novelty of It , though In years gone by there have been similar events In the city. It Is unfortunalo tha't so many of the strongest piayers In the city were unable to find parlnera who were willing to compete , but It must be said that for an experiment It has proved a. great success. Sulllclent ladles have appeared to show that the other sex docs not monopolize the tennis of the community and their per- foimances In court during the last few daya Is sufficient evidence that there la at least scmo merit In their play. More than one of the ladles competing In the tournament has a good Idea of the game , and nol only that , but has practiced It aufllclenlly lo become able lo dtf what they want to do with any ordinary ball that cornea to them. By iho end of another week there will be 'heller opporlunlly lo Judge of Ihe success of iho tournament , not only from a financial standpoint but , what after all is more Im portant to everybody In thla case , ua an exhibition of first class tennis. Omaha has among her players several of no mean ability. THE PIA'KUS AT UNION I'AKK. Opening of thn Itrltr.'H Trotting : Meeting- Is'ott Week. The Clinton H. Brlggs trolling meellng , which comes off at Union park , over the river , Ihe 20th. 27lh and 2Sth of this month , Is creating a great .furoro among western race people , and will doubtless be the best trolling and pacing session held In tills part of the country for years. The purses" and special moneys aggregate over $10,000 , more money than haa bcon pui In any three race meetings here for ten years , All horsemen who know iho manage , ment know that what ho says will go. Cach purse Is bona fide and will bo paid ut Ihe. wlro us soon as Iho Judges have announced Iho winners. In addition lo iho ten regular events there will bo several special events ol national Interest and Imporlanco , and two of thcso will cost a little mint of money. Both Allx , 2:70 : , the queen of thu racing world , and Flying Jib , holder of the pacing record , will go an exhibition mile , and Flying Jib will starl In a half mlle pace. Mr. Salisbury wll bo on Ihe grounds wth h j famous string and will show Dan Lo\\el ) , the California Cy < clone. Besides these , there will ho oilier special events , any ono of which should pack the stands to repletion. W. P. McNalr. who Isworking fn conjunc- Uon with Mr. Brlggs In the perfection of the coming meeting' , U already on tlio grounds and pulling In every hour at hard work , A trip lo the park will convince Iho most skeptical thai nothing Is to be led mi- . done. Great Improvements have been made both in Iho stands and on iho truck , und to * ! day Union park Is iccond to no course. In thn I country , U always has boon famous ns a fast track and ono as1y | kept In order , bul this spring It Is oven better than at any tlmo In Its hlctory. Horsemen who are a ) , teady upon the ground nro congratulating themselves upon the highly satisfactory con. dlllon of things , and although narty In the ; season they are predicting some tmiasiied I records already. | The fact that All * , the queen of trotters , 1 1s to be litre , along with thai pacing wonder , Flying Jib , has created a widespread Inter est and co great Is the curiosity to see these magnificent animals that Urn rallroaJa will all run cheap excursions on the diys they arc here , and It would Ho no surprise to ecu 10- 000 people on ) > and on these occasions. Tlit' field q ( homes entered thus fnr I * ex cccdlngly largo and embraces on the lilts some of the greatest trotters' In the country , and "by the tlmo of the closing of the , entries next Saturday , the 23d , there will be double as many fine horses hero as at any previous" meeting for years. The money hung up , and Iho unswerving faith racing people have In Manager Brlggs and his promises , com bine In making the outlook for the coming meeting better and brighter every day , and with good weather there ils no doubt bill what a tremendous success should bo scored. The ex hibition miles of Allx and Flying Jib alone would bo sufficient to fill any grandstand In the country , and will doubtless prove equally attractive here. i j Both the Omaha and Council Bluffs busi ness men and turf lovers are much Intercsled In the success of Mr , Brlggs' first enterprise and will allow nothing to escape them that would have a tendency to augment nnd en hance his chances for a triumph. For the benefit of horsemen who have not ycl seen the program a synopsis of the card Is again given. The complete program ft 111 appear In nexl Sunday's Bee. Free-for-all half-mile dnsh. $ flOO No. 1 - - pace , - No. 2-2:33 : trot COO No. 3 2:25 : trot WO No. 4-3:00 : trot.i i COO No. 5 2:20 : trol Sf No. C 2H5 Irol COO No. 7 2:10 : pace iOO No 8 2:15 : pace f > 00 No.l'aclng , foals 1832 (2 ( ln3) ) MO Special lo bo announced lale r. . . , . , . . , . 5,000 , Mr. Brlggs has Just received Informallon lhat a large delegation 'of trolling horse people ple will be here from Chicago nnd vicinity , nnd dally his prospects of a big success grow brjghter. ' Wheeling nt I'rcmont. The Crescent Cycling club was organized at Fremont last week with twenty-eight charter members , and the following ofllclal rosier : President , Frank Srack ; vice president , II , Fredrlckson ; secrelary and Ircasurcr , Tony Plambeck ; captain , J , D. Johnson ; first lieutenant , George Ganger ; second lieutenant , James Sllvey. The charter members , J. D. Nussle , George Gauger , , F. 0. Sllvey , J. D. Johnson , H. Fredrlckson , . Jake J. Jensen , A. N" . Smith , G. A. Hltjnidti * . Fred Gumpert , Fred Mall , John Kiel , A. ; E. 'Hagcnslck ' , C. H. Balduff , Grant Srack , TOny Plambeck , J. W. Sttfwart , C. C. Main , J. L. 'Buckley , H. H. Beede , C. V. Swanson , Blllle Jones , W. V. Uodge , Frank Gumpert , ' Dell Sweet , George H. Meyer Artd Sidney Moon. The schedule for runs for .this monlb was as follows : June 10 , Hooper ; 13 , Arlington ; 17 , North Bend ; 20 , Nlckerson ; 24Krugers Lake , nailing ; 27 , Cedar Bluffsli - , J. D. JOHNSON , Caplaln C. C. C. Copple to Hob llurrls. GRUNDY CKNTElt. la. , June 11. To the 'Sporting Edllor of The Bee : I see by Police News Bob Harris ? of NIobrarn , Neb. , challenges any man In America lo run n sevenly-llve yards foot race , barring Mor ris end Quirk. I will match Mr. Harris seventy-live ynrds pistol shot starl , Shef field rules to govern , for any part of $ : > OiJ , rnce to take place In Omaha nny lime wllhln ten days notice. So , Mr. Harris , If you mean business send a forfeit to the Sporting Kdltor of The Bee , or nny bank. Am willing to let any newspaper man t.e- lect pistol flrer and referee. Now , Mr. Harris , if this proposition is not satlsfac- lory to you , then you make one. All 1 want is a rnce nnd everything fair nnd square on both Bides. I don't want nny the best of it , nnd if you want to run , I Ihink this proposition will suit. So , come on , Bob ; let us have a race , , Yours re spectfully , W. H. COPPLU. _ Tor the Next Six \VcrUg. The Rourke family migrates lo Des Molnes tomorrow for three games , JuneJD , 20 and 21 , Ihen Ihey come home'again ; for eighteen straight games at the Charles"slrcet park. Juno 22 , 23 and 24 the Rock Islands are here ; June 20 , 27 and 28 , Pe"orla ; June 29 , 30 and July 1 , Jacksonville , and July 3 , 4-4 , the Yellow Boys from Qulncy ; July 6 , 7 and 8 , Des Molnes ; July 9 , 10 "and 11 , St. Joe. Then they go down to Lincoln for three games , July 13 , 14 nnd'15 ; Des Molnes , July 17 , 18 and 19 ; then home again for three more whacks at Thomas , Jeffenon Hlckey'a Salt Creek clodhoppers , July 20 , 21 and 22 ; July 23 they open their second long trip at St. Joe. playing there also on the 21th and 25th ; then mov ng"on * to Rock Island , Pe- orla , Jacksonville and Qulncy. On August 10 Peorla opens up on the'home grounds for her final games here , Ihe other easlern learns following In order. , ' last Throe ( allies with St. Joi > . The following slallslics will give some sort of an idea of the comparallvo work of Omaha and St. Joe In the series of 'ganies played on the home grounds last week. If It hadn't have been for the Rourkes' outrageous work in the second game the Mtssourlans would faro badly In the exhibit : < AB. R. II. SB. E. Omaha 126 32 41 8 19 St. Joe , . , . .121 31 36 14 13 Omaha won the first and .last game and In the second game was guilty of enough yel low playing to last them several months. In tlili pnmo thpv madetwelyo -of their nine teen errors , while the St. Joes made nine teen of their thirty-six hits , and eighteen of their thirty-one runs. Expunge this game and the leaders would make n poor showing 'indeed. Chin Concerts at'I ho Park. Manager Rourke hereafter will guard right field. field.Thomas Thomas Jefferson Hfckey's farmer boys will bo hero this afternoon. Frank Shelbeck , with Omaha In 1892 , is making a good substllute for Pltlsburg. U Is dollars to dimes tint St. Joe Isn't as good as third at the end of tlio season. Omaha should bo In the lead by July 4 , that Is If she plays the game she Is capable of. Omaha wants one more pitcher and must have him , If Papa Is compelled to buy Kid Nichols. The ordinary patron of the game thinks a change of umpires In Omaha wouldn't bo bad to take. Joe Walsh wasn't fast enough for Sioux City and was given the chase. He Is now with Detroit. Inasmuch as there Is no game here Thurs day Manager Rourko will make Friday ladles day this week. ' Young Dolan , a local amateur of well known ability , has been Installed at third and Is doing well. * Gil Hatfleld Is the Hero of Toledo. He won a game Iho oilier day by a llmely four- bagger In the nlntli Inning. Oulsldn of Ihe Nallonal league Ihe West ern association Is the healthiest .base ball organization In Iho couiilry , The ladles department In the grandstand at Charles Street park has been nicely carpeted and otherwise Improved. Wood , released from Omaha , has been In stalled permanently on Buck Ebrlght's tc m and Buck was w'lsc In t > ecurlng him. The Lincoln Farmers are oul for blood , so Thomas Jefferson Hlckoy says , and Intuinl lo lambaslo the lite out of the Rourkca this afternoon. Jock Munyan and Gcorgo McVey arc hard working , earnest players. The extremes ! crank cheerfully overlook ? any errors Ihey may make. * Ppdrocs Is doing as good fielding and lilt- ling as any man on the team. Ho has a weak arm , which Interferes with his throwIng - Ing , but ho's plenty good enough as It Is. W , 11. Lucas , a 33 degree manager , tins taken charge of the Qulncys. It Is to bo hoped thai ho knows a little more a fount managing a ball learn than ho does about umpiring. Next Friday , opening day with Rock Island , has been set aside by Manager Kourko as ladles day and a grcal crowd will jloubllcss be present to cheer iho boys lo victory. Kid Fear stands a good chance , of gradu. atlng with faster company In another year. Ho playu Ihe kind of ball' that uarmn Iho cockles of the crank's heart. Ho Is always on the hustle. Billy Moran has had templing offers from Mobile and other Southern league-cities , but \ery wisely preferi to stay here. He la cno of the mainstays of the team , and It would bo extremely dlsaslrojs to | : EP him. With fair weather loday Ihe biggest crowd of Iho Bcus'.n will be on hand to tea Papa rub It In on the farmers Several big ex cursions will arrive this morning , and the chances are that the fullest capacity of Ihe grounds will be tested. The Omahas arcat Des Molnes Tuesday , \Vidnesday and Thumday and on Friday opn up hero with the Hu.k Islands. Ono or two of the Rourku family have been blowing 'em off lately and this la to Inform them that Papa BUI has bis eyes WK MAKE WJ3 MAKE WE MAKE WE MAKE . WE MAKE WE MAKE SUITS. SUITS. SUITS. SUITS ! , ' SUITS. SUITS. The Greatest of all Custom Tailoring Concerns in WE SUITS. MAKE the World .offers what none other CAN OFPEER , WE SUITS- MAKE AQT TIT f OT T'T ' TA ATPFM T ? oUliOiLUl lUUKUDlv WE MAKE WE MAKE E 'jl SUITS. SUITS. I ' ( < ' Custom Made , up-to-date 1 WE MAKE - clothing t from cloths of unquestionable quality. WE MAKE d 1 SUITS. SUITS. WE MAKE WE MAKE SUITS. 1 * SUITS. WE MAKE WE MAKE SUITS. SUITS. WE MAKE WE MAKE SUITS. SUITS. CUT TO ORDER. WE MAKE , WE MAKE SUITS. SUITS. The quantity of goods purchased enables us to place orders at the mills and avoiding the 50 % profit which , ; WE MAKE usually goes to the jobber and com WE MAKE SUITS. when you can have your 'clothes cut to order at mission man before the ordinary tai SUITS. the ordinary ready-made prices. lor gets his goods , it allows 'us to Our stock embraces every grade of materials from make Suits at the usual prices of $ . Leaders our $13.25 to the wants of the most fastidious society man. READY-MADE GOODS. WE MAKE WE MAKE UITS. SUITS. WE MAKE 408 North 16th Street. WE MAKE t SUITS. SUITS. ! open. A lay-off without pay Is the best they will get. Jack Munyun Is probadly one of the fin est , If not the finest , crlbbago player In the wcsl. Ho says he held 30 In his hand ono tlmo and 19 In his crib , when he had 49 to go , and won a house and lot.or a lot of houses , I forget which , at Rosevlllo , O. , on the game. The pennant chase Is becoming hotter and holler , with St. Joe , Hock Island , Jackson ville , Omaha and Peorla neck and neck for- first place. And yet. there Isn't a club In the whole body that hasn't a chance yet. Uven the Yellow Boys from Qulncy mlghl calch on. The local colored ball players have organ ized a learn which they think Is able to spank any amateur team In the city. It Is as follows : First , George Taylor ; second , Gcorgo Hubanks ; third , Frank Mauplns ; right , Danger Talbot ; middle , Darkest Lewis ; left , Charles South ; catcher , Glas cow Graham ; pitcher. Kid Millar ; substllute , Jim Hall , the Australian. H ot the Wheel. Osmond , the English champion , has retired permanently from tlio path. Ho finds he can'l get In shape. The joint run and picnic of the Omaha Wheel club and Ganymedo Wheel club has bcqn called off for today and will bo held next month sometime. Captain Walker has postponed Iho club picnic which was lo have been held In Iho grove al Fort Calhoun loday and Iho Tourlsls will have a regular club run In- slcad. Our old p-ofesslonal friends , Martin and Ashlnger , don't seem to get up quite enough speed to win much of Iho French gold. They ore having bad luck , riding In third , fourth and sixth marks. The Missouri Valley Wheel club passed through the city Sunday afternoon onrouto for home. They left the Valley In the mornIng - Ing , crossed the river at Blair and followed the Blair road to Omaha , returning on the other side ot the river. . The Tourists "go a-flshlng" again noxl Sunday , Ihe prospective polnl bolng Augus- tine's Landing. Club members are requeslcd to take along lunch and two or three good throw lines and Invite your friends who rldo and fish. Bicycling has Infected the members of the 400 In New York and "coaching parties" go a-begglng. The ladles rldo quite well and their gentlemen friends go along to carry the sunshades , etc. Cycling with thcso people ple , however , Is only a fad and will soon do | a very lame dcalh. Henry 13. Tasgar , Ihe genial president of the Tourist Wheelmen , starls for Daven port , la , , on thu 30lh Inst. IIo Intends to make the trip in about four days with the aid of n sail which ho has rigged out on his "bike.1' Henry has becomu qulto a sailor In the last few days and claims lhat his sail will aid him greaily on his lour. The wheelmen oft Blair will hold a bicycle meet ami tnurnaimmt on Monday , Juno 25 , and have secured several hundred dollars in prizes to hang uii.for the ambitious speedy ones to ride for. iThc races will bo run on tliu half mtlo track toutliunst of town. Several Omaha and Council muffs cyclists will atlend. A tun-mllo handicap Is on Iho program , as well iss several quarter dashoa and half mlle scratch races. The Joint run lit the Tourist Wheelmen n. C. U , nidgewiy. a prominent wheelman of Grand Island , stepped over a few hoard In Omaha Tuesday , wUlle the repairer tlnkvrcd up his mount , lia hiving met with an acci dent on the Military road coming In from Fre mont. He left Grand Island Sunday morning , reached Fremont M the evening , riding the distance of 110 mllta In fourteen hours. He la making a tour over Nebraska , his destina tion from Omaha btlng n.ittsmoutli , from there to Line Jin , from there to Hastings and eventually homo again. Ho was well burned by the sun and Untied by the wind. Harry Wheeler has "mala a monkey" o { the French gentleman picked out by the i knowing ones to "lick Zlmmle. " M. Louvet j Is the gentleman's handle and ho doubtless I writes his name "Dennis" now. Wheeler rode i away from him on the finish like a freight i train running wild on the down grade. The Frenchman tried his best to catch on , but the Yankee's pace was too hot and he had lo content himself with second place. Zlmmle was an Inteieslcd speclator. and the Ganymede Wheel club last Sunday was a corker for attendance , fully thirty wheelmen taking advantage of the beautiful day and sand papcied roads. ThO starl was made from the Ganymede club rooms at' 8:30 : a. m. and the run to Reel's post- office was made In forty minutes the dis tance Is U\elve and one-half miles. Here a stop was made In order that the two ball teams attached to the clubs could come together In a friendly contesl. The Tourists were short of players and a picked nine , composed of Tourists , Ganymedes and farmer boys , were sent into the diamond lode do battle with Iho Gandymcdo Giants. The game was a hot ono and the Ganymedes added another scalp to their belt. The score was 10 to 5 in favor of the 'Medea. Ktnyre and Lewis performed the battery work for the 'Medes , and Smith and Clark did like service for the picked nine. Hoff- mler of the Bluffs umpired a fair game , although he became excited In the second Inning when the picked nine were at bat and forgot lo fccoro two men who ambled over the plate. He acted as scorer as well as umpire. If Iho batteries had been sup ported at all iho game would have been a line ono ; the numerous errors marred the game. As It was only a couple of safe hits were made off either pitcher and enough slrlko outs wcro made to turn a profes sional green with envy. After the ball game the wheelmen lode on up to the Valley , where a line dinner was served at the Cheney , The boys encountered n terrific head wind on the return Irlp which made progress rather of a task. Another game Will soon be played when the regular ball team of Iho Tourists will cross bals with iho 'Modes. The ball learn of iho Ganymedes are BtlllIhe champion cyclist base balllsts ot the valley , having never been defeated. ' Qticslluiu mill AiHirrr. ) < . UUHWCLL. Neb. , Juno II , To the SportIng - Ing Kdltor of The UCQ : If , In playing n Kami : of hall , llrst IMFO bo occupied by huso runner nnd a man nt bat t > atn u liner to pitcher , which pitcher fnlls to hold , In the batsman out , and In bane run ner entitled to llrsl base ? Or can n double play b made by Ural InuohlriK Imso runner und Ihcn louchlnj ; first b.isu ? llatanian stopped running. toea fatlurq to run put the batsman out ? Please nn- swop In Bunduy llee. O , K. Hrlggs. Ana , (1) ( ) If a fly , batsman Is out. (2) ( ) \'ft > , ( J ) No , not unlesx Ji" Is put out. He can wall : to Drat If he feels Ilko It and guts them. FIHTH , Neb , , June U. To the Sporting Udllor ot Thu Hcu : Will you please an- HWLT Ihe following question In your Sun day paper ? In a KUIIIP of base ball Hi HI banu WUH occupied by Imfu runner. The man nt bat made u fair hit ( Kioundur ) that went about twenty feet lo right of second huso. The baseman not the ball , Bteppud on Ihe line bolwfen llrst and Htu- oiul las j. i\nd bslween the i miner ( who wn fprced from llrsU and second basi . The bafeiimri neither touched the runner or oven attempted to do so. bul throw ; the hull to llrst to make u double piny. \ \ hen the runner reached Hecoml biise he WHS culled hufe. Was the decision right ? W , j , crandull. Aim. It was. CARSON. lo , . June } 2-To ; the Sporting Hill tor of The lice : Will yon kindly in form us of the whereabouts of UulHt , thu base ball pitcher ? The last wo heard of him hu "ay pluylng with I'lultsmoulh. Carson Dane liall Club. An * . Know nothing of ) IB | whereabout ! ) . Thin , however , will probably catch hit. eye. eye.OMAHA. . June 10. To the Sporting nd- Itor of The Dee : Please mute In The Sunday Bee whether the rules governing contests at the Scotch i > lc.nlo are sucn that nn amateur ran enter without losing his amateur standing , Amateur. Ana. Don't know their lules , but no amateur can compete for money. OMAHA , June 11. To the Sporting Ed itor of The Hoe : Will you please answer in your Sunday Issue of The Itce whether the Council lihiffs lace track has been en larged since June aSS'J ? C. Wilson. Ans. No. VILLISCA , In. , June II. To the Sport ing Kdltor of The IJcu : Does rule 15 , sec tion 6 , Include bulls Htruck at by batter ? 1'lenne answer In Sunday Dec and oblige A Reader , Ans , Certainly. HURLINC.TON , la. . June 11. To the Sporting Edllor of The Jtee : Please let me know it St. Joseph , Mo. , had a ball learn In the Western league or Wcstein nssoclallon since ISSrt , ami If so what year it was , and If they finished the nea.son ? C. F. Kkfelt , ICJ5 F Btieet , Lincoln , Neb. Ans. In 1SS9. HEBRON , Neh. , June 11. To Ihe Sport ing Edllor of The Hee : During Ihe ball Kntno al Ohlowa yesterday. Ohlowa vs Hebron , Iho Ohlowa club left the field In the last half of the ninth Inning , nnd I , aH umpire , declared the game U to 0 In favor of Hebron. There IH considerable money tip. and ihc stakeholders refuse to give up the money until you decide my light to declare the game. Here are the circumstances : In the last half of the eighth (8th ( ) Hebron went to bat , knocking out llvo rims In their half of the ninth ( Olh ) , making the pcore 12 to 7. Ohlowa went to bat , mnda two ouls In onc-lwo order ; Mul- llnex of Ohlowa cumo to bal nnd batted a loiifr lly to light , which 1 supposed fell In foul MI omul ( ami I still think It did ) , | hut ho nnd the club kicked and lefl Iho field. The malinger nnd captain of Hebron lold inn lo call It fair and give the batter - tor third base , which 1 did. Still Ohlowa kicked. Then the Hebron club told me I to give thu batter n home run , which I did , but us Ohlowii saw no show to win the Kume. they still refused to pluv. I culled u halter and walled one nnd one- . half minutes and declared the hatter out , making three out. The Hebron hoys still said to let It BO. Then I revurwed iny de cision and gave Ohlowa twenty minutes lo play , anil then declared the game 0 to 0 In favor of Hehion. Now I consider thu Hebron boys gave them all the chance they were entitled to , nnd , what Is motu , It was with reluctance that I reversed my deol- xlons. One- thing more and I will quit. Has or Ims not n pltchpr a rlBht lo ralsti his fool fiom Iho pinto when he delivers thu ball ? The rnlu conflicts. One cluuso hays one foot shall be In contacl with the . plate , defined In rule 8hllo another clause L says , "He shall pot raise either foot unless In the act of delivering the. Imll. " Pleuso answer the nbOvo through The Ilco nnd oblige W. P. Hurt. Ana. (1) ) Yon were correct. (2) ( ) He can raho his foot , ALLIANC'K , Neh. , June 9.-To the SnortIng - Ing IMItor of The Bee : Will you plensu send me n dcscilpllon of how to lay oul a one-half niilo race course , dimension of I stretches clKht turns , etc. , so wo can KO ahead nnd lay out tlu > track. We have the money raffed and arrangements made for ( lie hulldlim : of u line race track ami | fixing up n fair grpund. A , J. Hlmonson , , President of Association , j Ans. Lay off two struiKht sides , 600 feet . each , ( parallel ) , and 43. ! feel li Inches I apait , connected at each end with a per fect semi-circle ( imllns. 21M feet 2 3-H ) I Inches ) ; place the fence exactly upon u iinu bo formed ( which IH the Inxlde of the trork ) , and the tinok will mermure exactly , half n mile thrco feet from the fence ; the otitpldo fence to be placed according to the Width of the track di-slred. If not con- i vcnlcnt to obtain an engineer to um Ilio riu yen , It can bo done at follows : Place , u ulro with a loop at the mil , loose enough to turn upon the lnke , and measure ution this who i ) feet { r.-ll ( Incht'B ( the ladlui ) i of thw curve ? , ' which , from the center stake , will exactly iwii'U the ends of the xtralKlil linen ; then descrlbo n seml-clrc e , iH'KliiiiliiK at the Binl of one MrulKht "Ide , . iniitliii ; down u nlnkn every twulvo feet , If thai IH the length of the fence panels de- Blreil. C'HICAOO. Jums 13. Handy OtUwoId , ' Sporting Editor of The tit" : I have a friend here , Mr. J. McDonald , who is experienced eportfcman , nnd for almost the first tlmo In his life Is without a good bird | doc. I hava myself shot over hU dona In A9UO ltf < and I know him to bo uj Judffe of these things. He wants a. well ! broken dog for field work , and I I no better authority than yourself rTwhohw to apply. Give us the nanle of ) BOTT1O. ; breeder or trainer , or both , who can Ul | < thu bill and do It without chargingHO fancy a price as to put It out of the aueel lion. Answer at onco. If convenient , Ih I care of address on this envelope , and' ' greatly oblige C. F. Barnard. I j Ans. Write. C. W. Hamilton , Pawlet , Neb. COUNCIL BLUFFS , In. , June 17-To th , Sporting1 Edllor of The Bee : Please state hVnexl Sunday's Boo whether Umpire Cllno i Is Monk Cllno. who was lefl field for Sioux Clly In ISOO.-Subscribcr. Ana. No. COUNCIL BLUFFS , la. . Juno 1C. To thp Sporting Kdltor of The Bee : Please let me know through next Sunday's Bee what Is the best batting average. In one wmo nnd how many bases made by the batter , and by whom made. I think Ihnl Munyan of this year's Omahas has Ihc besl. Ant I right ? A. F. P. Ans. Munyan made four home runs and two two-baggers In a game with Jackson ville , which Is as good as any record I kribw of. DAVID CITY , Neh. , June14. . To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Will you please Klvc me dliectlona for Inflating a. hot air balloon , or tell me where I can se cure them ? C. K. Miuphy. Ans. Write to Could , arconaut , thla city. DeWltt's Witch Hazel Saivu euros ulcers. DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salvo cures pile ) . MYSTERIEs'oF FLCIUDA. An Underground Itl\er Unit Mnlico Thine * Very I.ttely , Two miles south of Gainesville , Flu. , Is a prairie. At certain seasons strangers won der why It Is called a "prairie , " for they look out upon a broad strclch of water so deep that storms churn Its surface- Into , rolling white-capped billows. At times ton commerce of Iho lake Is done by uleamer , while at other times ihcro Is not water enough to float a canoe. In fact , saya a writer In the Florida Times , I have crossed the pralrlo In the steamer and again tjavo gone over Identically the same route ID A stugo from whoso wheels clouds ot dust would roll. On Iho edge of thu pralrlo , half walled In by rock , dense \slth Immense trees drnpml In long festoons of moss. Is a pool of water called "Tho Sink. " The depth of It had never been Hounded , From tills sink aa underground river flows ami makca Its waj ; no ono knows where , Sometimes an aero or so of land , trees and all , will fall Into the underground river , and then the drainage of the pralrlo Is obstructed and the pralrlo "KOCH dry. " In a year or two Iho rlvtr will hava seeped around Iho obstruction and then the prulrlo "goes wet , " In Ihe nelghi borhood of Gainesville there * are hundrcda of ihcso sinks , all of tftem as round au a dollar and averaging from a quarter to a half acru In extent. Norlh of Golncbvlllo Is u prolly and mya- lerlous bpot called the "Dovll'B Mlll-liopper. " A large stream of water comes down hill with considerable force and disappears In a pool that 1ms no visible outlet. Near Hrooksvllle Is another pool very similar to the Devil's Mill-hopper. A 'stream of waler pours Into It and dhmppcars In a whirlpool in tlio renter. Throw a log In It und It will circle the pool many limes , gradually drawIng - Ing nearer to the center , Suddanly Iho log disappears. - Some growBomo stories are connected with , the BrookBvllle | > : ol. It U * ald that the place U haunted for the reason that many a man , and woman , too , haa mysteriously disappeared In H , nevnr to be heard of after ward. In the pioneer days of that part of the country , BO Iho alTles no , there was ft kecrot Kocloly which washed all Its dirty , lliifii In that pool , In other words , If a man or woman gave grave off once to any , members of the society , he or h w gagged , bound , find In the darknet * . of thrown lulo tb pool.