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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1896)
18 Tina OMAHA DAILY STXHAV , OOTOIIHH is , taoo , * ' One dead robber and hU pn'-lncr In Jail charged , with murder ii'J robbery , puts a quietus on tlio claim that the blcyclo Is more valuable than the- horn * In facilitating the escape of criminal * . Tlic Minnesota In cident simply proves Hint the robbers wc nmateurs In tbo bu lciw * . They knew tht iipocd quttlltlos of the \vhcfl , ami would under fair conditions dlxtnnco nil other vehicles In a stralgbt-avay da h. llut they did not count on pursuers heading them off at various towns , ready and anxious to puncture ( heir tires. Nor did they make allowance for fickle weather and the hesitant qualities of a mud road. How different i'lth a hoMt > or even foot power. With either , beaten paths mlRhl bo avoided and capture delayed If lint prevented. The bl cycle was built for pleasure with Incidental business. They who pervert Its noble pur pose by making H an accessory to crime deserve thu fate of the Sherburno crooks. After six months of secret work an or ganization of the bicycle tire manufacturers of the United States has been effected ami Is In active operation. The name of the combination U the Htibbcr Tire association , and Us principal olllces nre In Boston. The association has adopted ft now form of tire guarantee , which will bo of Interest to all cyclists , and which on account of the gtrouKth of the organization behind It will co doubt become the resular 1S97 guarantee throiiEhout thii union. Ill form It Is as fol- "Wo agree to repair free of charge any tlrcfl that can bo repaired , no matter how the Injury may have been caused , provided such tires are delivered to us express pro- Fa > l\Vc further agree to replace free of charge any tire which on examination we find defective In material or workmanship , provided such tire Is delivered to us ex press prepaid. . . . "This agreement applies to all tires sold by us after September 1. 1S96. and expires February 1. 1S9S. "This agreement does not apply to tires Into which any so-culled nntllcak prepara tion has been Introduced. " The trouble with guarantees has. as every manufacturer knows , been the bugbear of the tire business , and oxery endeavor for the past two years to bring manufactur ers to agree to a standard frrm of guarantee has been abortive until the new association took up the matter. This guarantee In ex ceedingly liberal , and will have the effect of preventing or .deterring manufacturers from the use of poor material or workmanship ; no one can offer such a guarantee on any but a first-class tire. An Englishman , now In Washington , tells the Washington Test that bicycling Is even moro prevalent In that country than In this. "To get possession of the coveted wheel. " ho says , "our young women have been known to make uncommon sacrifices. The daughter of a clergyman , a very Intel ligent and popular young slrl. quite n belle In a highly respectable < et. hired out as a waiting maid In a part of the city rcraoto from her homo , and by saving her small earnings managed to buy a machine. B ) the merest accident her Identity was dis covered , and the story was made public , but the young lady did not lose caste by the expose , and her friends complimented her on her pluck. " According to Dald's own statement , his winnings this year amount to about an even $3,000. This Is In casn. Last year his winnings In class D aggregated over $3.000 , and ho had diamonds and Jewelry to burn , as It were. He made about one-fifth of his winnings In one week , the most lucky of the whole season. He was kept on the Jump nt the time , and rode by rail nt night and day. stopping only long enough to race. Beginning July 8 at Applcton. WIs. . he won $130 In two days. Then Rolns ; over to Chicago cage , ho entered two races In one day. and came off $200 ahead. From the windy city ho went to Buffalo , where he raked In $300 more , and without loss of time he went back to Ilattle Creek , Mich. , where he no- cured $200. This was the best week he has put In this season , but It kept him Jumping all the time. A well-known manufacturer. In speaking of the n , e of the- gear case In this country , this year , sayts : "An attempt has been made- to Introduce the gear case In this country Heretofore wheelmen would not encumber their machines with any device at all , bu the advance of time has changed many Ideas The brake will be a requisite next year , while the belt Is now considered Indispen sable. In nearly every city of Importance the lantern la used to a considerable extent , many ordliances compelling wheelmen to adopt It. Th < 3 gear case has many advo cates now. It Is considered the only way to keep the chain In goad condition. In the muddy season It Is of considerable advan tage. The grit and dust that accumulate In the small links retard thn easy prcgrea * of the wheel and causa considerable annoy ance. Many manufacturers are now experi menting with the gear case , and Its adoption on a largo sctlo In this country ecems only a question o ? a short time. " Unless one has visited a great bicycle fac tory It la not easy to appreciate the many delicate operatic na that the parts of a blcy clo are subjcc.ed to , the many tests that must be paired , and the huidreds of careful Inspections that the many parts mu t pass before they arc considered worthy or good enough to be assembled Into a bicycle of standard worth. Visitors to a big manufac tory are surprised at the extent of the plant , the perfect appolntmrnts and air of discipline that prevails throighmit. It doea not take the most Inexperienced long to see why It costs to much to build a good bi cycle. The most exacting care Is icqulrcd- the very best material * are necessary In ovcry part ; skilled labor of the highest order la essential to obtain the desired results and If any part , gets through the Inipoctlan room and la afterward found ImperfcU , Jt Is nothing short of marvelous. The czar Is fonl of exercising on the bicycle. ar.J Is said to bo a good wheelman. While staying recently nt the royal chateau of Bcrnstorff , In Denmark , ho one day , In company with Prlncca Valdcmar and Chris tian , took a spin along a highway that led through the forest. Ho had distanced his companions , and had i radically lost his way when he met n man whom he supposed to bo a peasant. He asked him In Danish to bo directed to the main highway , ana was atupoited to hear the man answer him In excellent Husslan. Ho was a Husslan detective , whoso duty It wns to follow his majesty In all his wanderings. The right of a bicyclist to leave his wheel on the street at the curb Is sild by thu newspapers to have been sustained In thu case of Buhrendorf ngatiut Drosto In a dis trict court In Now York City. This case was brought for the smashing of tbo wheel by a wagon while standing at a street curb. Carelessly running Into a bicycle standing at the curb on the street seems as clearly actionable as running Into any other kind of n vehicle would bo. llut on the qucatlon whether or not the collision was duo to negllgcnco It may bo Important to ronsldur that n blcyclo la Ira * conspicuous than a horse and carriage. Therefore , whiithcr n driver ought to see and avoid It may In some circumstances bo more questionable than If It were a larger vehicle. ThU seems to ho clearly enough ono of thn Infinitely various questions of fa ct for the Jury. Whether a claim that the bicyclist alxo was negligent In leaving his whel at the curb waa left to Iho Jury or not , In the casa above mentioned , we do not know. It would clearly bo a question for the Jury It there were any special circumstances to make the net Imprudent , anJ prob&bly It would be ItM to In every case. Ballroom cycling la talked about. ShouM thlf gain ground what revolution It would bring about In dress ! "She wore a wreath of roses the nltht ; when first we met. " also n knlekerboekcr stilt In white corduroy vel vet , trimmed with Jowtlcd passementerie and golden leather boots. A Joy , Indeed , to the mother of several daughter * will he Iho cycling boll , ns who cnn take all her girls and tee them all whirling cround with the fair est and wraltlilt.it rivals they know and at- irr.ctltifi quite ai rr.uch notice , mnybe. How Immensely preferable to the melancholy dance , with Ita limited number of couples P.ml many young wallflowers. Illllt IIICVl'l.K UOflMMIt. HIMV an iiitlin liiNtlcVlirclvruiitnu I'tifiilNliuM Her Koiini , The bicycle has made conquest oven of the bicycle girl's boudoir. The private sanc tum of a girl who bikes If you are lucky enough to get a look Inside of It reveals the blcyclo fad of Us fair owner in all sorts of odd knlck-knncks and personal and do mestic accessories. From wall paper to fur niture these dainty ncals of enthusiastic' whcelwomen show a surprising number of novelties , all Identified with this ruling pas sion of the world of fashion and athletics. You would never find thcso articles at a blcyclo show , relates the New York Journal , for they are of a kind dear to tbo female heart , and are not known beyond the con fines of the dressing table. For example , the walls are covered with paper on which are stamped scenes portraying Incidents of a purely blcyclo character. The manufac turers , having found that this style of paper was In great demand , have exercised much cleverness In the way of designs. Ono of the oddest of these shows n num ber of figures of pretty girls and handsome men wheeling along a smooth country road. ( JraRS. trees and sky. as well as the cos tumes of the riders , are all faithfully ro- prodiiced , and the effect Is exceedingly pretty. Ono young woman has selected a number of designs , and , by placing them In order on the walls of her boudoir , has created n sort of panorama of life on the wheel. There Is the familiar picture of a srorclur , and another scene pictures the riders coasting down n hill , and n , third shows n party of men and women drinking at n roiilalilo well. To bo thoroughly In keeping with the wall paper , the furniture of the bicycle girl's boudoir Is also suggestive In every possible way of the silent steed. The cas ters of the chairs , tables , mid even of the dainty bed are made of tiny rubber-tired wheels. A prominent society woman and member cf the Mlchaux club , has n couch made from her own design , which , when folded up and placed against ( he wall , might read ily bo mistaken for a miniature quadrl- c-ce. The list of the smaller accessories neces sary to complete a cycling outfit nowadaja Is practically endless. A Broadway Jeweler showa as his newest design for a bicycle girl's watch a miniature sliver wheel with mercury wlnga caught through the spohos. For richer purses a few of these things arc made In gold , with the spokes glistening with tiny gems. Kvery cycler needs a watch , and the cases of those Intended for the bicycle trade nro all handsomely en graved with pretty little figures awheel. In stickpins the bicycle Is seen In gold , silver and enamel. Slccvo links In cold with the tiny wheels of platinum arc extremely popular. The decoration of handle bars with gold or silver monograms welded to the coarse metal Is also common. In this con nection It Is Interesting to know that Jewel ers report u lively call for bloomer garters. They are worn Just underneath the curve of the bloomer and differ from the regulation garter only In the fact that they do not show the buckle , and may bo In any shape the wearer desires. Tailors who make a specialty of women's bicycle costumes say that the skirts are rapidly growing shorter , and that the de mand Is for cloth and trimmings of the most striking character. This has also given an Idea to manufacturers of underwear. As a result of It corsets with wheels embroidered on them are seen In the shops , besides skirts made from goods stamped with the ubiqui tous blko. Golf hose of the same weight and pattern as these worn by men are being generally adopted tor use by women since the cooler weather has come. Russet leather shoes , with broad toes , have taken the place of the narrow toes once fancied by the women Idcrs. In leather goods the latest novelty Is a lainty "grip" of lizard Bklu , which Is swung 'rom the nhr.ulder by a white enameled strap. Joined with a silver or gold buckle. Stationers arc getting out bicycle station- cry In varied designs , and oven the glover Is making a special glove , with a padded palm , for the exclusive benefit feminine votaries of the wheel. .NO I'BKKUCT SAniU.U YHT. Annoyance Which the DuTeelH Cause Most of the manufacture nay that their wheels of the ' 07 pattern will differ very lit tie from tbo ones used this year. Ono thing , however , which every ambitious wheel maker has long been striving to bring out Is a satisfactory saddle. Although the mar ket Is full of saddles , every blcyclo concern having from ono to ten of Ha own design. there Is not , according to the dealers , n Bail- dlo amons them all that gives universal satisfaction. It Is commonly supposed , says the New York Sun , , that nearly nil of the complaints about uncomfortable bicycle scats come from the women riders , but Investigation shows that n great number of men arc also dissatisfied. In a recent Interview with a big blcyclo dealer a Sun reporter learned something of the discomfort and Incon venience suffered by men and women alike from Imperfect saddles * . Pointing to a man who was Just leaving the store with a. wheel , the dealer said : "There goes a man who would pay $50 If ho could find a saddle that suited him. Ho has tried no fewer than a dozen varieties and has brought them all back. Ho has tried saddles which were long and saddles which were short , those which were broad and those which were narrow , some which were as soft as n cushion , and others which were an hard as a rock , but none of thsm nulled him. Now ho has taken another ono to try. I'erhups that will please him. .but more likely he'll bring It bacl * In a day or two. Another customer has Just clcpped out who had a similar dlfil- culty In finding a saddle that ho could use comfortably. Ho tried ten different atylea before finding ono that ho would keep. Now ho has ono which answers , but causes him moro or leas annoyance. "Thoso are only fair examples of thu men who hunt high and low far n bicycle Rent adapted to their use , Men of about middle Bgi serm to have greater difficulty In pro curing comfortable saddles than the young msn. A good many of Iho former ride bi cycles betauan thn erclso of wheeling given them now life and vigor. A majority of the young men who rlilo arc. HO In fatuated wlih the oport tint they don't take time to think about saddles ; they arc glad to be able to afford a wheel with a seat of any sort. Middle-aged men never have any reluctance In coming to us twenty times , If ( hey think It Is neces sary , to get the right Khnned saddle. They always explain precisely what the defect Is , end , after a while , we are generally able to remedy the fault. There fore. wo usually feel more confident of being able to nupply a man with a seat thai lie will like than wo do of 11 ml I rig ono to suit a woman , An experienced dealer Is fre quently better able to determine what style of seat a woman Bhould use than she la her self. There are certainly better Baddies In the market today than over before , and II Inventors continue ! as busy on thla line ai they ore now , the perfect bicycle saddle ought soon to be forthcoming. " A prominent physician In the city , who U an enthusiastic wheelman , has a vadllo which was recently Invented and patented by ono of his female patients. In appc.inuirp It Is longer and somewhat narrower than mont middles. Ita Inventor believes the sod die will meet the requirements of her net tatter than any Ihnl H now In uit > . On saddles the physician nald : "Tho only complaint that I ever hear from my patlento of 111 effect from cyolinn U hlngod on an Imperfect saddle. There It a mint of money awaiting thn person who will Invent and Introduce a mdille which shall combine the qunlltlr * of ease an I rigidity In such a dextce as to inaku It ac ceptable to riders of both sexes. There nr > young women of my acquaintance- who have tried no fewer than a doien styles nf IMU dies , and who complain constantly that none of them U suited to their uae. Of course the trouble U often eaiwed by n rldvr'x Igno rance nf how to properly niljuat the vaddlo , and It Is nlso caused by carelessness. lit plenty of Instances the saddles which nre condemned cuuld , with a little pairs , he djust < < l 'o as to ciiuse the rider mi illit-om- 'ort whatever. It la none the Irmi true , lowcver. that there U tierlous need of n iloycle seat from which many of the faults now present shall be eliminated , nnd It Is ny belief thst before next spring both wheel- tien and whrclwomcn will be able to And lust the saddle they want. " A-\\ IIKIII\C. The l."oklnif niniw. Have you iie\er fet : the fever of the twir ling , whining wheel. Of the nildlng uiul ivnlmiiiK of the uhlnltiK cnuiKH of utoe'.V Never telt your sei'acs reel In the Klamour ami the glmliiejw of the intaty mornlns aky , AH the white- load riMhc * toward you , as the ( lexv-l > .itbed banks s llp liy , And the hilk.s m'e so.irliiK high ? Never known the boun Hers luioynnco of the billowy , breezy 1'llK Of the pine scouts all around you , nnd run ning , rlp-lli < g rll'x. dinning memory of life's Ills iHhlng U tailing through the sunshine , by the whulv wol'l ' ami plain. . Thu illrttaiit blue IteUhts lurliiK. onward , upwaKl , to the si rain Of the whirring wheels' refrain ? Fled from prison , like n prisoner , sped the turning , Hpurnlni ; wheel. riiameil the eUy'x stir and HtniRKlliiK , jar ami vexlnit. none can heal , For thejieace the lletdf reveal , Ami with pplrlt o'pnrate , stralnlni ; above the town's low reach , Found a tender .satisfaction , which the steadfast summits teach ? In their silence fullest speech. Never known the wistful wnnrVrlnir linclc , In p'easurablo pnlii ? Met the klne. from milking sauntering to piiHtiircs 5uvr"t itK.iln Stm-'ijling up the wide-maroil lann ? You have never felt the Kindness , nor the glory of the dream That exalts , and tlreil eyes linger still on sunset , mend ami utreani ? Haste , then ! Taste that bl3 ! supremo. Helioi-H < f the TtinrlHt Wlieelitien. The necessity of having larger ouarters and the addition of a bath room has become apparent to the various members of the club as a matter worthy of more than passing notice , nnd la at present one of the principal topics of conversation. In order to retain the present membership and Increase the numbers something of this kind must be ilone. and to that end the committee ap pointed at the last meeting are laboring bard to get suitable quarters. They have almost succeeded In their endeavors , nnd will probably soon be located In their nc\ . home. Harry Jones , ono of the wlde-awahr members. Is ncrv busy making preparations to have open house on election night , and while the election returns will be brought right to the club rooms some sort of an Impromptu program will bo rendered , Inttr- Hporsed with cigars , and possibly light re freshments. Wo arc glad to sec this move end the clublnlght emulate the example by making It a regular weekly feature , where they could meet nnd bring their friends. Mr. Jones deserves due credit for the Inter est he Is taking In behalf of the club at the present time. Frank Newcomb suggests that we give c ball some time In the near future. That U a. good Idea , and wo bcllcvo that It should bo carried out at an early date. Hero Is a chance for the entertainment committee to do something. The frequent visit of the members at the club rooms during the past week U a good sign , and we trust that none of them will lese their present Interest , but will call oftener. Country tours will soon bo over for this season , and let us meet and get ac quainted with each other. Captain Spencer announces that the run today ( Sunday ) has been changed to read Glcnwood , la. , Instead of Springfield , Neb. If It storms and prevents the club from going this time It will eccm useless to try to huvo a scheduled run there , as several attempts have already been made , but ap parently without bclnft able to accomplish that end. Glenwood Is a very nice place and the wheelmen are always accorded a warm reception by the citizens of that place. Omaha Is noted for her wide , well paved streot-s , but should n stranger chance to visit the city at this tlmo It Is doubtful If ho would enjoy a spin around town or even a drlvo In a carriage over the slippery pave ment which has occasioned no little amount > f unfavorable comment during the past 'ew inonti3. ! Again , a number of strcota ire occupied by unuccd car tracks , which would be far better removed than to re main as they have been for years simply in obstruction In the streets. Numerous other things have been cited from time to tlmo that should Interest every resident of Omaha , but particularly the wheelmen. The -.lirowlnj ; of glass and other rubbish Into the street has been partially abolished and - decided Improvement noted , the Associated "ycllus Clubs going to the expense of having i register printed and placed nt Kuhn's Jrug store , In which these complaints were to bo entered. Chief of I'ollce Slgwart Kindly tendered the services of ItU men to help eradicate this by seeing that all such .hings were promptly removed aii'l thu city ordinances strictly enforced. Foi n few- weeks reports were made and promptly at tended to ; then the wheelmen , If they chanced to sec a pile of glass , would ride around It and let the next party do the same thing. Instead of simply making a note , of the- place nnd taking a moment's tlmo to enter It In the register ami have It cleaned up. Thua the wheelmen apparently fall to appreciate a favor when the au thorities stand willing to assist them , and let a few of their number look after these things. Some of the past experiences of the mem bers , as related by them to one another while sitting around the club rooms or congregated In some favorite haunt of the wheelmen , ere of sufilclcnt Interest to war rant reproducing In our notes and serve to bring back memories of happy daya gone by. Every ono knows Tom Spencer , the genial captain of the Tourists , who ls ever on the lookout for nn opportunity to add to ovnry movement that has for Its object social enjoy ment , and an ho was talkluj ; with a party of Tourists the other evening ho related a very Interesting account of one of his trips a-whcel last year. Mr , " Spencer has a long Hiring of centuries to his credit , bavins won the gold medal for riding the meat ccn- turlca last year. Speaking of one of hl rides , he aald : "Well , as century runs are on tap , let me tell you fellows that Cyclone I'cto , Wll" " Barnum and myself had more fun than nnj one. Thla waa c little over a year ago , we left hero at 8:45 : p. m , The moon wua a big as a bay stack , and the roada were In good shape. The first thing that crossed cm- path waa between here and Florence the moonlight road hog gave nn n chcne from Miller park to the wild west town , then we had smooth sailing until we passed the ten mile house , when wo got dc < wn In Ihr jungle , the old moon made a eneak , and from there on to Calhoun wo bail much Joy Nltl "Who should plow through the dark first was discussed. Barnum and I'eto thought 1 should go ahead , because my hair rcsombtce' a head light. It was two to enc ( not 10 to 1) ) and I had to take the lead. Well If wo ( lid not hit a merry clip , high bridges , holes am UORH cut no figure. We were 'out for r century. I'ete nalil nur names would b < taken off the boolui If wo wont back , "We were now at the long lane this tide of Calhoun , and the wheels made straight for Btubcn'i cafe. We noted our wheels nKalnat the pump , went Inside and hid a couple of the Jonjr fellows. Wo mounted our wlitcli and started north. As wo neared Deflota the weather man rame to our rcttcuo and let the moon out In the front row , which inad < It very pleasant riding to Tckamah. Here t tliu viither iy iu-3l. ; , a look at IN le's face , nml trti'd tr iftikt It rahi but failed "Wnfltitrtvd bncK , nml three hungrier tn y never rode a whwl between Tekninati an llermnn. I'd * tried to catch a mudhen but fulled.Yhn > wr > rolled Into Herman we nwi-re-never li\le \e the place without MMUO. thin * to rnt."W ' ? utrMleil nrouml iin'll ve found a rt t uratu that Is 'ilo : cd ull night. ' Itv n now 1:70. : and we hnd a snap arousing the old boy. T Jipr ) | limlrte we had a K < l time. The bill of f re consisted of bananas , milk , Klngcrgnup * . oynler * and hot eotfee , which we put .iiway until further onlcra. I'ete fell Into a 'trance Irom 111 * bit ? nunl 'anJ ' It took a fcr"Mi' deal of prsu rlon to get him along , bill hf came to life when we r.ot Into Blair. > i "The nlghl watch iptnt I'rto's face , nml 1 made Ihe talk df my life to persuade his nibs that IVlo wasn't a lightning roil agent , but n common every-day wheelman. He warned us about claying out ( if the elty , afttr dark. Wo made our escape and never quit the wheels until we tackled old I'onca hill , where we were all glad to walk. When wo got to tlie top our troubles were over for the night , and wo slid Into town In time to get to bed before tits oilier boys were out. " WhlNperliiKM of IheVlieol. . Wheelmen all over the United Stales are at present turning their attention to politics. Wheelmen political cluba are being formed In nil towns of any nlze and olllce Beckers are working all manner of schemes to catch the wheelmen's vote , which Is almost 7C per cent larger thin year than ever before. Candidates who declare themselves In favor of good ro.ids. clean streets , etc. , are prclty sure to "be remembere * ! by the voting wheel men nt the pulls on election day. The l.oiguo. of American Wheelmen Bulletin nnd ( ! oed Ho.ids .MaKazlne , which represents In the nc'Rhbotlnod ' of 70.000 voters , recently eaniM out and declared llcclt In favor of sound money , aud In each Issue devotes several pagca to the discussion of the money question , and many other large cycling papers throughout the country are dovotlm ; a great deal of spice to politics. Yester day wns what wan known as Wheelmen's day all o\er the Munlry. and speeches were made by hundreds of prominent upoakers In different pntts , especially to the wheel men. Colonel Albert A. I'opo. who Is at the head of a company that 'emplojs more men than any- other bicycle mannfaetoo In thc'world , had the following to say In n letter to his agents throughout the country : IIAUTFOUL ) . Oonn. , Uet. l.-Dear Sir : Thu eurreney question of today Is , It aceim > to me , the most Important national IH.-UU that lias arl'i'nilnee 'ie elO. e of our civil war. The question n > | iinrely put In , "shall tie have good or bad moneyV" though. tbrauRli the sophistry of skillful agitators. It has been HO twlnied a1 * to read , "shall we have a gold standard or free coinage ol sl'.ver ? " I want a dollar that even when melted Into bullion will buy a dollar's worth of I'roduce In the open markets of the world , uiul t.'ils Is the only way \ve can have rt non-changeable unit of value. Just as the yard Is n standaul and not an elastic measure. Experience l.i always the best teacher , and experience has demonstrated the fuel Ihnt all monetary values have been rcferiert to gnt < l u n standard whether In god ! countries or In regions where the free coin age of silver him been lei.illy establish * d Fifty-three cents worth of th > w ilte int'tn- stamped nt the mints of Hie t'nlted Suite ) Is nothing more or less than : i t'nltcd States domuid note to pay to the bearer 41 centc plus the market value of the eoln. Nr- iVeire of auy imllon on earth ean orent value. A man In business life Is wortl- what his arsets will In Ing and not the faei value of the. notes lie may have circulated In the market. If , with the-llmlted coinage of silver. Up value , rolatlvo tn KOld , has constantly do creased. It IH .certainly logical to coueludi il-at under the free colniigc of silver then would l e a still greater disparity of values Tin ) unlimited use of silver as a eoli would , in my judgment , brlnK about tin greatest financial calamity that has eve' visited the .United Htates , and would b followed by .dlstrJt-s * among nil classes sue * as we have never1 seen. H would bear ver > heavily upoii thijworklnsnien , and cause n gradual rlstf-ln the price ( if necctuiltles ; noi would It make u. proportional advance In the pay o { the wage-earner. We nro runnlm. ; our factories nnd have on our p.iy roll" over 2,5m ) men , boeauso wo believe Unit 'the common House of the- American people will bring about thn rlgbi solution of this question , nnd that the poll of next November will demonstrate thlF fact. If I thought Hryiillvnuld be elected on the free fcllfcr platform , 1 should feel li my duty to clonvOnwn our factories tomor row , thus thrpwlng out of employment hundreds .of worthy m-n by a stun which would lie neecflsfiiry to protect ourselves , for wo believe that , wlr.'i the free silver party In power , we have enough stock made up to last n lout time. Personally , I nin an independent and bnve voted three times for ilrnver Cleveland , but Ibis fall my ballot will be cast for the lepubllcan ticket because I believe In honest money. Yours truly. AI-IJEUT A. POl'E. Very little advertising Is being done by the bicycle manufacturers nt this season of 'ho year nnd therefore many of the younger and smaller exclusive bicycle papers nre being forced Into consolidation and In some Instances suspension of publication. How ever , wo look for the usual number of these Journals to spring up at the opening of the 1R97 season , only to collapse at the end of ! t. \ \ hrelmen clioild : be careful about sub scribing for such sheets. Mockett of Lincoln seems to bo the only jno of the Nebraska racing men who are competing In the races on the Texas circuit that has won anything so far. I'M won a hot half-mile event at Dallas on Thursday last. In which ho defeated such men as Wells , the California ! ! ! "Zlinmy" McFar- ! and. Orlando Stevens and other crack riders. John Lawson , "The Terrible Swede. " who competed at the Qooglers' meet and the ic- ccnt slx-d.Ty fiasco In this city , left for Chicago Monday , where he will ride a sent , ono of Tom IJck's paclni ; triplets , which are being used In-ithc record trial of John J. Johnson nndMichael at Ourfield park track during this month. While In this city and on the Nebraska circuit Lawtion made many friends , all of whom hope to eeo him return to these , parts next eicason. In Franco the tandems Invariably carry the man on the front scat and his fair rom panlon behind hlm Hero the woman rides In front , where .she get ? all the air and an unobstructed view , while the man on tin rear saddle doc.i all the work. Local Consul I ) . J. O'llrlcn of the League of American Wheelmen has sent In the names of forty new applicants for member ship In tbo Icagtm within the pant two weelta. Till * puts Nebraska's membership In the organization over the 400 mark which entitles us to another representative In that body. Mr. O'Brien says that he hopes to see this state have 1.0i)3 members In the Icagtio before 180S. If , , everybody would hustle for members like Ilavu bus i : would not take long to exceed the thousand mark. Charles Hall , ono of our prominent racing men. will spend-his spare tlmo during the coming winter iiiontli.i in hulldlni ; a triplet which , wheri confplcted. will bo manned by the three Hall brothers , Dick. Virgil and Charles , each trt whom have splendid records an sheedy raclni ; men. nnd will be used In pacmg our Incut llyvm during their spring training. - ' . Columbus0i wants thu J&97 League of American Wheelmen race meet. Many In ducements aii' offered and the HiiHlneaB Men's leaguii of that city In an Invitation says : "Our wide , wcll-pavod Htrentu mi'1 our splendid country roads will ( dense tin wheel men of the nation. Our parks and public places will Interest them nnd , heat nf all , that warmth of wnlcome wo can give , tbo liberty , thu freedom which makes each gucit feel at 'home , will lend the swift rldura of thu world to congratulate tliutn- aolves upon Ithc Judgment that fixed thu meet of 'D7 at Columbus. " Columbus has 10,000 cycllata , ICO miles of paved xtrcets nnd a line race track. Oinnlia will offer oven greater Inducuments than thcxo for the national meet In ' ! > 8 , Br sides offering the name that ColumbUH dors It will throw In thu great Trunnmlsalsslppl exposition , Jacqiiclln , the French rider , won $11,000 from January 1 to July Ifi. The talk of Inferior purses In Kurope does nut net-in to apply In Jac'iucll.n'n case , The pnrsco there are Just an they are here , only It Is harder ( o win on the other sldo than It Is here. That Nls what an American racing man recently returned ( torn Franco says SpurtIng - Ing Newfl. While them may bo some foundation for the above , at the same time wo can hardly see how U can be no , In view of the faet ( hut during the whole of ( his neaion'a racing Bald , who Is probably Americas fastest rider at the present time , only won something Ilko $3,000 , ThU would Indicate tbut races are harder to win on this side or eluc the purses muut bo smaller , 0 * GOK51 A This appears to be a sort of transition period between summer nnd fall nporta. As a matter of fact It Is the dividing point be tween those two nports of the summer and fall base ball and foot ball. Two weeks ago the former ceased to reign. The latter has I'icn coming , but has not yet fully made Its witreo upon the field. A week or possibly a little moro will find It In full possession. Consequently thin past week baa been some what meager of events In sports of the field. Yet the talk of foot ball Is filling the air. The big college teams nro rounding Into shape for the mighty final contests , upon which , In a few short weeks , the eyes of the entire country will be fixed. It Is the experimental period. Vacancies appear on all the teams. The multitudes of candidates are being tried In the positions , nnd arc being Bitted In the search for the best man In the right place. It will bo weeks yet before the lineup will bo fully decided upon. U la thus Impossible ns yet to correctly gauge the relative merits of those teams which me. looked upon as the giants of the gridiron. To bo mire , they have played ' _ ! aracs already , but the teams have tgo much of a "thrown together" appearance yet to bo thoroughly estimated. Still the contests seem to Indicate a general weakness and carelessness that looks alarming. From the present outlook a foot ball man of years would Judge that at least three of the colleges would not have the elevens such as have built up their fame of past years. Pennsylvania appears to bo the strongest and the most advanced for the season. She promises to turn out the crack eleven of iho year. So far her scores have been larger .han those of any other of the teams. Next o her comes Cornell , who appears to be n the eve of a season duplicating and pcs- < lbly surpassing that of two years ago. In that year hsr stock went sky-high , but. like he stick of a rocket , came down again last year. From rcpor's ' she Is building up an \ecllent team again this fall. Yale. Har vard anil Princeton all seem to bo 'way back n the procession. They are apparently very backward. Their games have been 'ooscly ' played and they have been almost icortd against on n number of occasions. \a a matter of fact Princeton has already nid blx points against her. The score was .nadc last week by the Carlisle Indians and alsed havoc In the hopes of Prlncctonlans jvcr the country. Their fears were In n neasure allayed when It was learned that .he touchdown was made oil a Iliikc. Within wo minute * after the kick-off the Tigers hnd Iho ball on their opponents. ' five-yard .Inc. There It waa fumbled nnd a husky rct'skln. breaking through , ran the length if the field with It and scored. This was enough to Inspire the Indians with such .Im that they shut out the Tigers In the ilrst half , but In the second they allowed .wenly-iwo points to bo lulled up against them. Foot ball In this vicinity Is enjoying the same boom as In the cast. At Lincoln the Nebraska University team Is being put through a thorough course of training by Hoblnson of Brown University , a well tried player. Jones , the captain , hns not come back yet , but Is expected shortly. In the meanwhile , Orlle Thorpe , last year's end , has been filling the position and has been showing himself fully capable. The team Is not In hard straits for ma terial. Wiggins. Thorpe , Kellar , Shcdd , Packard , Oury. Whlpplo and Dungan are ull of the old men and substitutes who have returned , and the places of Bill King , "Bud" U.JMI > ( i uauti ii'iiuru . , , opuoner anu rair will have to be filled with new men. There seems to be plenty of new men on hand for the vacancies and It la , even hoped that a good acrub can be maintained through the mason. The team played Its first game of the season with Doano college yesterday. Next Saturday It goes to Columbia , Mo to meet the Missouri State University uai.i for the first game In the Western Inter collegiate seric-s. Two weeks later they meet Kansas State University at Lawrence , Kan. , and Thanksgiving day they play Iowa State University team. It does not seem probable that a match will bo arranged with the Deliver Athletic club. If none can bo hail the team proposes to make up the loss by a trip to Texas during the winter. The Iowa team Is reported much stronger this year than ever before , and under Coach Bull of the University of Pennsylvania Is rapidly developing the style of play which has been characteristic of that famous team for the last two or three years. Saturday last they met Stasg's Chicago team , aud the eloic score of C-0 shows how they have developed. Kansas has her usual strong t nm. and under the able coaching of Hector Cowan. Princeton's famous old guard , prom ise ? to win all her championship games. The Missouri State University did not show up as well as was expected In her Ilrst same , ns the Agricultural college nt Ames , la. , not only won from her , but shut her completely out by n score of 12-0. Doane's famous eleven has lc.it many of her old men and Is having to develop almost entirely now material , which Is altogether too light. 9he lost her first game to u little team at Tarlilo. Mo. , by a score of 1C to 0 , and thla disheartened the men ea that Captain Leo has had dlfllculty * In getting them out to practice , but under the stimulus of Coach C , S. Thomas they are developing aame team play , but the backs are altogether too light and cannot do much against the heavier lines. Omaha will have plenty of foot ball this fall. The game of tha season will , of course , be between the Nebraska and Iowa teams on Thanksgiving day. It was for somu tlmo questionable whether the match would bo played here , us the Lincoln pco- jilo wanted It. In their city. Thu Iowa lads , however , favored Omaha. The dllllculty WRS settled last week when Frank Crawford of the University club went to Lincoln , and returned with all arrangements made for the garni , nt University park. It would bnvo been unfortunate hod the deal fallnn through , as the Thanksgiving gnmo between the two cullcKCH IH becoming as much of a sporting and social ovcnl in this city as the big guinea In the east. But Omaha will nut bo dependent upon Imported Unma. This Is an It should be. There Is plenty of good foot ball m'atcrlal in this city , and there aru plenty of ex- 'varsity playera hero to coach them Into shape. As a matter of fact. It Is piisalblo to raise an cloven of old graduated playern In Omaha that would be able to glv any western team a ttiBnlo. The difficulty is thut no effort has been made to get them nut. A llttlo urging would do thu work. The nlKht of the discarded canvass , the view of the gridiron and the dirty uniform : ! Is to the old player like a red Han In a bull'n face , or the smell of pnwdur In a sports man's nuse. The fever never dlca. Thu start IIUH been made. During the early part ( if the past week FYunk Craw ford started the ball rolling by calling the old timers together. Ho received such Mip- t-orn thai ho laid plana for a ropreiontatlve Omaha Icain So far little practice lisa been dune , but thn prospects are good , Thu seusnn's schedule Include * a considerable number of games , ono with thu Denver Athluttu club , and ponslbly one with the llntto , Mont. , team. Omaha foot ball play ers want nothing better than to run up against the latter with a trained team , on account of the drubbings the northwestern Klinla huvo administered to Nebraska teams during the pant fuw yearn. Another local team was started last week from the membership of the Thuraton rlllea , and ! U to bear thn name of that body. It Is fttlll In embryo shape , but "lied" Colomun , the captain , la ambitious to have a crack team , and Is receiving llbtr.il support from about twenty candidate The Omaha High si-houl also has a splen did team competed of many good players. Gordon. Clarke , who was captain nf the Omaha High School team for two years , Is now field captain and playing quarter back on the Chicago University team , while Will Oardncr plays half for the name team. The Chicago papers were all loud In their praise of the work done by these t\.o men In thn recent Chlcago-lowa gamo. The reported -tleath of Oigood , the once noted foot ball player. In Cuba , at the bands of the Spanlarls , recalls the fact that Weilierbcc. his once great rival at Cornell , also met a tragic death. Osgood and Wctherbee were members of the Cornell Unlveralty Foot Ball team tn the fall of 1S92. and the two men , while great friends , were rivals for glory on the Held. They cultivated different styles of play , and played together for the last time In thn University of Michigan game nt Detroit In 1S92. In which game were al o Crawford. Jcfferlcs and Thomas of this city. Wetherbco was elected captain of the Cornell team for the next year , nnd as r result Osgood entered the University of Pennsylvania. The ensuing Minim ; r Wethcrbec lost his life heroically on Lake Champlaln In the hopeless endeavor to save the life of a drownlrg boy. Osgood went to Cuba and enlbted In the cniwc of the In dependence of the Island. He attempted ti force a breastwork held by the Spinlirds. Ills men were beaten back and he and his bodyguard are said to have been cut down Osgood has played both foot ball and tennlr In Omaha , where his parents formerly re sided. The University of Nebraska Is scheduled to play the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor on November 16. It Is a good Indica tion for western foot ball , these games with the moro eastern colleges. Mtchlgtn will have games with the far cast. Scores are deceiving , yet It will be possible to estimate In some manner by such a chain the rela tive ) position our western teams bear along- sldn the eastern giants. There will bo another advantage to be gained. Such games will assist In the development of western foot ball. The game has undoubtedly been making tremendous Etrldea here In the west , nnd yet It has failed to icoch the eastern standard. This Is at once apparent to the observers of the play of both western and eaatern teams. The Introduction of famous eastern players as coaches Is having a great effect In the proper direction and will be mightily as sisted by games between the teams of the two sections of the country. This movement Is sulllclcnt to call up n beatific vision In the minds of the foot ball lover. Why Is It not possible that In the years to 'come , not many at that , the champions of the cast and the champions of the west may meet annually In the mighty contest of strength , skill , science and endurance ? What would bo the re sult ? They say the empire of the world moves westward. The week has not passed , of course , with out the usual portion of pugilistic clap trap. For n wonder Corbett and Fltzslm- mons have been quint , although the chances nro that It was not their fault. The news papers arc getting on to their faking talks and have finally tumbled to the game of the big blowguards. Hi ere Ls about ns much chance of their getting together anywhert In the near future as there Is of the moon being made out of green cheese. One wns believed at ono tlmo and so was the other. Sharkcy Is rapidly developing Into ono of the push. Ho loft for Now York last Tuesday with the threat to pull the pro boscis out of Corbctt's face If he would Tiot stand by his agreement and fight. Dis patches have so far failed to make mention of any nose-pulling match. Fiddlesticks ! If they tome together they would hurl "liar" In each other's teeth for awhile , possi bly renew the agreement , and ono or the other will back out. Yet the San Francisco Athletic club Is looking upon the match In good faith. U has offered n purseof $10.000 for the fight and has deposited a forfeit of 5,000 plunks. Corbett bays he's willing. Of course. But there are conditions , and very fair ones at that , continues Mr. Corbett. Those con ditions have not developed yet ; but they will before the fight Is to come off , If by iny chance It ahould be fixed. If SharKey don't get a scrap by nose pull ing ho has announced his Intention of lookIng - Ing for his meat In Joe Godilard In Aus tralia. This Is sport , they say. and It has Its defenders. Only last Sunday the sporting writer on a local sheet felt called upon to rush to the rescue. Frightened at the decadence of thin so-called sport , the off- scouring of the real pugilism of long ago. bo compared foot ball with It. To exctiso the bestiality of the prize fighter , he spoke of the "brutality" and other things of tin- foot ball player. Ho hinted of Innumerable broken bones and many dentils oil the grid- Iron. Ho was talking through his bonnet and only exposed his Ignorance In his vapor- Ings. Ings.The The writer of this column this week has followed the game of foot ball for years. Ho has himself been In games , and hotly contested ones at that. In games that this alleged "brutality" has occurred. During all these years he has heard of ithree deaths from Injuries received upon the foot ball Hold. Is bate ball " " a "brutal" sport ? Far moro fatal accidents have occurred from ptched .balls or otherwise on the base ball field than this. An to physical Injuries that have not re sulted fatally. The- writer knows ot no permanent Injury received by any player during these same years. True , arms have been broken , and BO have legs. Wrists and ankles have been sprained. But such In juries have been far less common than Is generally reputed. In fact , not more than one or tVo accidents rrMiiltlng In broken limb * have usually befallen u team In the course of a season. At ) the possibilities of training are being developed , accidents arc becoming rarer. Upon Investigation It will bo fouiul that they were very few and far between last year. Foot bull Is not a game of marbles , nor ono for'weaklings. . It la meant for men , physically -ibust and sound. For such It Is safe , but chances of Injury muatjio taken In It us In every other physical game that oxlsts. It Is not Intended for Hitch men us are not physically able to take a rough and tumble chance with his fellow men. It Is rough , but It Is not brutal. The supera bundance of vigor nnd spirit , that perfect training and continual excrclu ; > Imparts , finds vent In possibly rough bundling cf opposing players , who understand fully what to expect , and take It as a matter of course. Not one player out of a hundred wantonly Intends to Injure or docs Injure an op ponent. Is such tin * case In pugilism ? A prize fighter enters n contest with the sole In tention of dlsuhllm ; his opponent. Is It oven the case In base ball , grand sport OK that la when It Is properly conducted ? Dur ing the senaoii many caavs are each year reported of efforts of players to aplke or otherwise Injure members of opposing trams. This has been a dlercaslon. I Intcmled to follow the Sharlsoy-Corbclt bluff , with a little comment on the I'nlmcr-Murphy fight for Iho bantamweight chnmplonahlp of the world at London Ittnt Monday night. That was a fltilit that wuJ nnnrer a ucUntldc con test than anything that linn occurred of late. Yet ileitpllo the fact thut there waa no knockout , arid but little physical punishment received by either man , I'almcr muni untln- factorlly obtained a victory. It was a twenty-round go , Boston * ! ! Johnny Murphy was expected to go down , and the Illdit simply dnmon trited : that hu U no longer n man for the ring. Ho din/wed that ho waa no lunger Ihe cliap who fought Cal McCarthy and others of equal note on thla Dido of thu pond. Illn light foot and cnolnciui and generalship arc all goiio and were lamentably missing. Phy- vlcally puffed he wan , but hU absence from thu ring since 18 : : i has changed the mnn Ho was llttlo moro than u plaything In the hands of Iho young and vigorous ICngllih rbamplon llut Murphy allowed that hewai RIMIIP. PedUr , while not aiming for A knockout , forced Iho lighting from thn start. Ho landed continually , whlln Murphy could not touch him. Yet the latter stood It through In the finish. Upon the name evening Joe Waleott of Boston and "Sealily" Bill Qulnn of Penn sylvania had a go at Mnspctli fur money and glory. It was a warm fight , but Wnl- cott had the advantage from the Blurt , Th punishment ln > ttnvu "Scaldy" Bill was severe , hut the latter Mood under It until the knockout blow In file seventeenth round , Waleott Is now going over the water to eat up anything of his weight that happens along. The other event of the evening , between Dick O'Brien and Dick Moore of St. Paul , wns of local Interest , ns the latter lighter Is well known In this city. It wa u ten round go at catch weights. In the flm round Moore did some clever work and had the advantage , tn the second the gong only saved O'Brien. In the fourth , however , O'Brien got down to work and continued it In the fifth , when he sent Moore to the Hoor. fights at Maspeth seem to hav tlejl one thing at least , even If no cham pionships were exchanged. That was that fighting to a knockdown Is to bo allowed In ork Mate. The affair was certainly known to the | > ellen of Maspeth. as It had been extensively advertised and several thousands were prevent. The racing at the Lexington meet his been fine In the face of not ovcrfavorlnc conditions during the pnst week Tha weather on a number of days ha been bad and rainy , but nevertheless the trark re mained fast. Only one record was chipped during the seven days. Orrln Hlckok drove the spanking pair. Josle I ) and Miss HIta. double over a mile In 2:09 : } ; , thi- half b ne made In 1:01. : This Is something of an event , as It Is a new record In the team pace , the former belnjj 2:12'4. : The time In the other races was good , but did not come up to the top mark. One of the Important events of the week was the race for the Blue Grass stake , worth I-.OOO. for 2:19 : trotters. It Li of Intercut from the fact that H Is one of the ol Ust n the association , having been rjtabllshc.l In ISiG. It was then worth $350. and wan for 1-year-olds before 1 ! > D . The first stake was won by the great homo. Blackwood Jr It was carried off last Wednnday by George J. the favorite. In three straight heats , the best time made being 2:17 : > 4. The week wns nlso noteworthy from the fact that evidence waa adduced to sh .v that harness racing Is still on the- square At any rate It was shown that horsemen arc willing to do the right thing , although the Incident does not speak so well for the bookmakers. In the 2:10 : pace , on a week ago yesterday , Charles A. Basslnl of the .New Jersey State Fair association entered his horse. Hoyal Victor. Ju t before thu raeo the regular driver , John Penman , was unable to drive , and Dunbar was put on the reins. Uasslnl feared the result and told Frank Hurdlek. a pool seller , so , but ho nevertheless refused to hedge on the MOO with which he had backed his horse Hoyal Victor lost the first heat , and It wa-j alleged that Hurdlek told Bnsslnl that $1.000 had been booked In his name against the horse. Baralnl was sore , and protested. During the conversation Uasslnl's horse won the second heat , and It Is alleged that Hurdlek urged IMsslnl to throw the race. This Dnsslnl refused to do In the presence of witnesses , and his hcrso won the next two heats and the race , leaving the owner loser although ha was winner. H la refreshing to note that upon Investlga. tlon the Judges ordered the pool seller to return to Uasalnl one-half of the $1.000. It seems , however , that If they had enough evidence to do that much , they had a sufllcle'iicy to order the whole back , aud to exclude the disreputable track follower from the sheds. There Is altogether too much reputed rottenness about the truck tc countenance a deal of this kind , even by n compromise , and every suspicious act should be most severely frowned down. Yet the Incident sulllcea to show that there are some horsemen who wish to BCO horse rac < Ing kept pure. The season of fall 'racing la In full blast all over the country. Another meet w.li Inaugurated during the week at Morris Park. The big event In the northwest of the week 'was ' the coursing tournament at Huron. S. D. There were thirty-two dogs In the tourrnmcnt. which was for the Water. lee cup and some $ .1,000 In pursed. The sport was opened on Tuesday and continued during the rest of the week. The running was line nnd the majority of the lioumld were In excellent fettle. Rabbits were trlllo shy , but , nevertheless , there was a sufficiency. A glance at the entries , as they have been published from day to day , will Indicate that there was any amount of good dog flesh on baud. Some of the hounds arc of great pedigree. The Australian cricketers sailed from America with a couple more scalps added to the string which they had the week before last. Dm Ing the early pait of the week they mot thel Chicago Wanderers and didn't do a thing to them. The Chl- cagoanu made a total of IDS runs in two innings , while the foreigners respe > ' _ J33 In a single Inning , thereby winning by a Innings and thirty-seven runs. The victory was even easier In San Francisco. In tha latter match the Australians did not put forward their best eleven , nor did they play the game they have played In thu country. On last Saturday the finals In the Inter collegiate lawn tennis championship tourna ment were played off between Drlscoll of Georgetown university , the Pacific csst champion , and Whitman , of Harvard. The latter won In three straight sets , his scored being C-2 , C--I , C-2. ItiiNi * Hall C < > HNI. Hugh Jennings bus the honor of bavin,1 ; had his hide punctured by pitched baha moro tlme.s than any other man in the leaguu thla year. He acted as stop for forty-nlno pitched balls which lauded on every part of his anatomy from his hair to his toes. Some of the balls were- strikes and might have been avoided , but Hughey U built on the other plan. The colleges nro already beginning to work upon their base ball teams of next year. Harvard's candidates were called cut last * week. Mark Baldwin la a "has been" since ho has announced hU Intention of entering tha University of Pennsylvania for the purpo a of utudylng medicine. U la Interesting to note that there are otlieru hcsluYs Baldwin who aspire t < > the. dlstliigiilshment of u shingle. The Washington team has two , and Harvey Smith and Jimmy McJamcs are an * other couple. W. Arlington Pond of thu IJultlmores la also talking of going to a medical acbool. It will be Interesting to watch what effect the Introduction of league stock will have on the amateur college team. Crack pitch ers and players once In a while graduate from colleges , but they rarely graduate to them. It U a cinch that the old players will feel the fever when thu Benson opcr.'i nnd before , nnd while- they will be unable to > ! ay In the games , they will be dead wlllwn o coicli. The presence of Baldwin and Har vey Smith at the University of Pennsylvania ought to have some effect upon next ycar'g team ot that Institution. Will Baltimore have a championship team icxt year ? She- certainly will have a team , lint It appeals to bo doubtful whotlivr It will make a hard try for the pennant. Th crowda were poor this year , and It U .mM consequently , that the Dultlinoro 'nxi : are losing their Intereat In the inme. The poor attcmlnnuo at the Temple cup series cnppe.t Ihe climax. It IH charged that Baltlmoro ina had too many championship teams , nnd Jio fans have conic to the conclusion that tbo pennant la a too easy winning. J flue Burkelt of the Clovelands In un officially announced an leading thu ImlKineu of tint league for the second auasuu In mic- ccHnlon , Ilia figures are .114 , with u total of .nil ) , He made 2.1U hlta , with a total ot : i2 ! bUHcx. and scored 1G7 num. of which 28 were doubles , 1C trlple.i and C all the way mound , Hi ) Htolo JJ liasw. Delehauty. Jiowwor , waathe heaviest lilttor of the season. Ilia liauu hit per- contugo waa .399 , with a total of .CIS. Ho made 33 double * , 18 triples and 13 homo run . In Chicago out of five tlmr * at bat the boy made four hotucra and a lnuu. !