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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1897)
f\-\r A TT A T A TT IT U17''Ti" ! . < tJT1"XT M A VrAV n PASTIMES FOR FLOWERY SAY v Oompondium of Ontdoor Sports Gathered ? from Many Sources. COLLEGIATES AGOG OVER JUNE'S RACES fljicril of ( tie Wild DucK On ( lie Dln- liioiul mill In ( lie llltiK Kli-liI 1)H } ' The Turf nnil .Mlnccl- . litnuoiiH .Mnttcm. Thrro In no denying the fact that the Yale crow ! proving a disappointment this nprlng. It was thought on the first ejrmptomB of weakness that with the warming spring days they would how marked Improvement. Hut they have failed to fulfill expectations. Dur ing the past ten days they have maJe abso lutely no progrcw. On the contrary there lias been a decrease of speed noticeable In the boat , an well no In the form of the crew , Individually nnd collectively. It would now IJD harder than over to forecast Just who will compose the championship team. The situation li uncertain and unsatisfactory. The whole hunch of candidates acums do- morall/ed. The men pull together neither mentally or physically , nnd now faults arc cropping out dally. There Is a growing conviction that the available timber Is of a mcdlocro character only. Of course they have had many obstacles to contend with , In. eluding nlinrat uninterrupted bad weather and Indisposition among the men. Still the fol lowers of old HI ! claim that some advance ment nhould have been inario denplto all hindrances. It Is getting well along In thu season now , and unless a change cornea , Yale might anull relinquish all hopes of oven taking any sort of a place In the race. It la different with Harvard. I ace by the Iloitnn papers that Lehman , the Kngllsh coach , is bringing about the most flattering results , lie staitlcd everybody a few days 'igo ' by making Htlll another change In the personnel of the 'vainlty , Ho has placed Diddle , who has been ronlng three on the freshman crow , In Wrlglitlngton's placent bow , \VrlghtlngtotValong to three and pushing iMoilllon nut of the boat altogether. Up to till ? time Moulton seemed , to bo doing well , us ho had cut Ilolllatcr out every day for nearly a week. The- now man , Diddle , comes from Philadelphia. Ho prepared for Harvard at St. Paul's , where be was con sidered a very fine oar. Ho Is pretty light for the 'varsity , welEHlng only 1C2 pounds , and Onus not look strong enough for a four- mlle laeo. Dut nobody Is worrying about this new departure. Lehman1 has established i ; reputation for knowing what ho Is about Mid If he changed the a\liolo freshman crow 'Into the 'varsity It Is doubtful If Harvard's corrlUtcncu In bis Judgment would bo shaken In the least. The fact that ho has come ac.'osH the water dimply as a sportsman and u Jrlend , to help our crews , causes him to be ri'jpected and treated ns no hired coach co.ltd . be. No bill player ever Jumped Into popular ity ns rapidly as has Claude Jtlchcy , the Hols' young Inflclder. Ho haa not only nBtonUhcd the crowd by his brilliant play- liifT , but nemo of his fellow players as well. There Is not a short Btop In the league today , not barring Jennings Dahlen , .Smith or ; 'iiy of the other stars , who could have played ? > ettcr ball than Hlchcy has during the rercnt championship games. He hau not only * noldod and hit well , but his Judg ment at critical stages has been perfect. Il'i'ucicB not handle hlm elf llko a youngster ' .vlir Is playing his f.npt season : In league pcmiiUhy , but llko ono ct the old-timers who 'has grown gray-headed in the service. If thn games thua far can bo taken ns a cri- iterlnn , the Hods have secured cno of the riot promhlng playnrs In the country In Ilichuy. It matcers very little now whether Corcoran reports or not. In fact , If he were to K'rort for duty tomorrow It would not bo at all likely that Captain Bwlng would ta'fO Hlchcj' out of the game while ho Is playing mich fast ball. Ileports from the Kastorn knguo , where Rlchoy pluyed last year , that reached hero after Jllchey had nlllxcd hl Blgnaturo to a Cincinnati con tract , were most encouraging , but after the youngster had been BCCH in ono or two ex hibition games hern these reports were coti- yldcml exaggerated. It was naturally ex PfCt"d that Htchoy. llko all youngsters , would chow his best speed during the ex hibition games , nnd 'that ' , wnen the real thliij ; began ho would hardly bo able to stund up under the enemies' flro. 'But ' these calculations were- all wrong. It develops that Illchey was flaying 'possum during those exhibition games , but Just as BOOH ns ho saw the opposing leaguers ho Jumped Into the game full of ginger and played a perfect game. Hlchey Is one of the few youngsters whoso ability could not be JudgBd until the regular season opened , so says the Commercial Tribune. Louli Socltalexls Is the name of the full- breed Indian who plays right field for the ClovoUuda. Though Sotkalpxls' parents arc Btlll living on a reservation In Maine , where ho spent bin childhood , one would hardly believe - liovo that Socks was the offspring of half Civilized patents. There Is not a moro gentle manly player on the Cleveland team than Sockaloxls , IIo has an excellent education , and there Is nothing about his actions or his talking calculated to remind ono of the wild west shows , tomahawks nnd all that sort of a thing. Tbo young man Is a lluent con versationalist , who can toll many Interesting stories , "Thero Is llltlo difference In playing ball In the league nnd on the college teams , so fac as the game Ittolf Is conceined , " said bo while In Cincinnati the other day. "Of course , thla Is much foster company , hut I am playing the sarfio game now that I did ulx or seven years ogo. I have been playing ball with college teams ulnco 1891 , ami during that tlmo I have hal ! moro than 100 offers from Eastern and Western league teams , but I did not accept them because I was waiting for a chance to jump Into the big league. I feel Batlslled that 1 can hold my own In the league. It amuses mo to hear the crowd's v arwhoopy and yell when I go to the plate. Not that It reminds mo of my early days , for I never heard them , but because they expect to see feathers sprouting out of my hair and a tomahawk In my pocket , I left my home when I was quite young , and I have been lioiiio once or twlcn since then to visit my slater. .My parents are still living , but they do not llko to sea me. ( raving my people and mlugltng with the whites. After I received an education I found no moro pleasurd at my home , and I have been with the wlilto people over since , lleforo I signed a contract with the Cleveland club I used to play foot ball In the /all and winter , but slnco I have decided to make a living by ball playing , I have Riven up foot ball. " Sockalexls wao imolclng a cigarette while bo was talking , and ho handled It as artistically as the average college boy. Ho Is a strong , muscular follow , built as straight as nn arrow. Captain Teb au , In speaking of the Indian , said that bo thought ho was ono of the greatest ball players that pver denned a uniform. "IIo will bo much better after he lias played about a month or so , " said Tebeau , "but ho U playing well enough to suit mo right now , Ju t as soon as lie gets down to his sliced bo will steal his share of Is th baaes. He U a very fast runner , and Ls whllo ho does not seem to bo going very fast bo really tiles over the ground. " Kid McCoy U "more than seven , " and lie showed that plainly when he put himself under the managerial wing of Charley Gonslltiser , to quote .Macoii McCormlck. The latter Is an Ohio boy , from I'lqua , who spent It several years In business In New Orleans. Ho ls very fond of sport , la a dandy drussor. and bcsldre Is gentlemanly , brainy , and a hustler from Hustlervllle. Judging ( by what has happened since iMcCoy arrived In this country , I don't think that Dan Crccdon Is overly anxious to fight him at middleweight. Dan ha * taken on flesh very rapidly , and It take * the hardest kind of of work to reduce him to 160 pounds. McCoy demands that they must weigh In at 3 o'clock In the afternoon. To do this would bo almost torture to Creedon. I am not sur prised then to hear that Crccdon think * of of coins to Knglaud , luitead of tackling the handsome Hooslur boy , McCoy paid a visit to his Indiana homo thU week aud met with a very Haltering reception. Ills talk of beli.K wIllltiK to fight Fltulramons li. aa' In t laid laat week , In my opinion , a little premat'ire. However , he Is very safe In I making It , AR Pltz la not very anxious to reI I enter the ring again. ' .McCoy Is growing still , nnd by the tlmo Fltz's year of rest ha * passed , who knows but that ho may bo big enough tn successfully tackle the lanky antipodean , No ono would bo better pleased to see him than the subscriber. In parliamentary language I "report prog ress" In the matches between Peter Maher and Tom Sharkcy , the sailor boy , and be- twten Denver Ed Smith and Joe Choynskl. All of these men arc at work hereabouts. Smith nnd Maher tip at Morris park , where the Irish champion has many friends among the turfmen there. There Is a feelIng - Ing prevalent here that It will be very dim- cult for Warren Lewis to pull off the fight In his club house by the sea. IJrook- lyn has a German mayor , one Wucstcr by name , and to make n bad pun , a worstcr man for boxing sport can hardly bo found. I presume If Peter and the sailor boy wanted to fight with schlagcra Instead of gloves , his teutonic majesty would have no objections to their doing so perhaps he might oven referee their bout. I do hope , however , that they may be brought to gether. As matters now stand Sharkey la the algebraic X the unknown quantity of pugilism. He has been up against both Corbott nnd Kltzslmmons , nnd though Kit * did put him on the floor , there Is no ac curately telling whether ho did It accordIng - Ing to rule or not. There Is no man In the ring today who can hit so hard as Peter Mahcr. If he can't Jolt the sailor boy out I don't think nny ono can. Another thing I believe , and that Is that If Peter finds that Sharkcy can withstand his assaults five or six rounds , ho will lose heart nnd the sailor boy will win. Should this be the case what slugging matches are In prospective between Sharkoy and Smith , and Sharkey and Joe Goddard. Joseph D. Lucas' plan to rid the American turf of Its obnoxious surplus of cheap selling platers has brought forth the following com mcnt from Editor 3. D. Druco of the Turf , Field nnd farm of New York : "Jcscph D. Lucas , ft Missouri breeder , advocates a plan to rid the turf of Inferior thoroughbreds. He suggests that cnch lacing association give ono'race a week during the psrlod of Itn meeting for a purse of $400 , all to the win ner , who , upon winning , becomes the prop erty of the association. The horeo Is then to bo branded under the mnno nnd treated s nn outlaw by nil tracks. If a stallion , or mare , the progeny la not eligible to rcglstra lion. Breeders will benefit by putting n stop to the crop of weeds nnd by elevating the standard of merit. Under the present plan too inany Inferior stallions and mares enter the stud , nnd the sales marts are crowded with mere apologies for race horses which no one wants. The Lucas proposition looks feasible , and yet It Is sure to meet with objections. The chances are that through a series of misfortunes the career of a powlblo great speed producer will bo blighted , but with so many stallions and mares of demon strated merit In the stud this will not prove fatal. Wo can get along by using In rcpro ductlvo channels only animals of tested ex cellence , consigning the simple possibilities to utilitarian ranks. The Lucas suggestion should receive the consideration of thought' ful minds possessed of a desire to advance the fortunes of the turf. " Editor Frank H. Brunnell of the Chicago Racing Form referred to the matter as fol lows In a recent IESIIO of his publication : "Tho St. Louis papers parade a plan , said to bo original with Mr. J. D. Lucas , which guaranteed to refine the American thor oughbred field. It Is really the old Idea of making the winner of occasional sjlllng races the property of the association furnishing the purse and the sending of such winners by the owning association , after being branded , to outlawry. Their progeny Is also , by the Lucas plan , to bo placed under the outlaw ban. The scheme will not do. The law of potaefslon Is fundamental. Every man has the right to do what he will with Jils own. The pinch of the present might force the man to do what he should not do , and punish the main body of the turf by sending what It should have In the present and the future outside Its limits. Ownership and the right to use what ono legally owns and legally operates , where nnd when one chooses , la an American fundamentalism. It would bo far moro Intelligent nnd less costly and clumsy for reigning turf bodies with con tent to appoint a board of censors , who could select horses for banishment Into a second , not an 'outlaw' class. The 'outlaw' term Is unamorlcan and offensive. Such boards or committees could use judgment aa to short pedigrees and Individual quality and save the main body of the turf much , that such a miscellaneous plan ns that pro posed by Mr. Lucas would , in its miscel laneous and bribing unwloldllness overlook and afterward regret. " The mile1 race course In St. Joseph , Mo. , Is again the center of attraction and It looks , nov llko th ° ro would bo two successful meet ings held there this summer , one In July and ono In the fall. Palmer L. Clark has the , matter In charge and everybody knows that hn has been a success In eucb enterprises. There are alreaxly about fifty horses In train- ing thErd and some of them | rank among the best. Ed Parker has In bis trlng King of Diamonds , 2:09H : ; Huasell T , 2:12U : : Stella , 2'lli ; Dependence , 2:10Vi : , and eight others that ar < \ promising. Mlko Tyler has Captain Hanks , 2:18 : } ' , . and seven or eight others Juat as good. The Ullgh school athletes are making great preparations for their annual field day , which will bo held Friday , Hay 21 , an ! from present Indications will surpass any event of the kind previously attempted. The card will embrace trials at all the popular athletics of the day and there Is n good chance to see some .High school records , which nro more than passing good , broken. There will be numerous candidates for each event and as the boya nre all In strict training n lively afternoon's sport may bo confidently expected , It was the original plan to hold the coming field day In conjunction with the IJlufTs High Kchool , but a misunderstanding arose over the tlmo for holding the same nnd the dual exhibition has been declared off. The Bluffs school has a number of likely young at'iletcs ' and there Is a very general regret that they will not bo eccn this spring In competition with the Omaha lads. Ponghkeepsle. Cornell , Pennsylvania , Yale , Harvard nnd Columbia have secured quar ters , and In a few moro weeks their crews The deep , far-reaching shouts of the coaches as they roor Instructions through the megaphone will echo and re-echo aa they ' roll nnd reverberate between the banks of the classic stream. The college and un- dergraduatea and alumni nre watching every move of the crew of their own and of those of the rival colleges. From now until the race 1 rowed college men will talk of noth ing else , think of nothing else , dream of npthlng else. The first week of July will see the races rowed , won and lost , Cornell , Yale and Harvard will meet on Juno 23 aud 24. Olio freshmen will row the first day and the 'Varsity crews the sec ond. On Juno 30 the Cornell-Pennsylvania and Columbia freshmen will meet , and on ist July 3 the 'Varsity crow. % of the same col leges will strain for victory. These are the great racra in which the college world Is the centered. The latest news from Yale , which of dampens the ardor of the followera of the fortunes of the liluo and almost uiakcu them dispalr , Is the withdrawal of Simpson , who has been stroking the boat. His withdrawal regretted by the undergraduates. He to considered the most skillful and experi enced oarsman In the boat , and It Is feared bis absence will lesson the proficiency of the crow. Simpson declares that Hob Cook doesn't I know his builnetti , and other members of for tbo crow agree with him. As far as can bo learned perfect harmony exists among the members of the other crews , It Is lucky but for Yale that the change comes so eoon , for go can bo remedied , and may not weaken the crow. hot The speed of a duck while flying has been ho subject of considerable controversy and Ho speculation. A number of statements giv Ing ing the speed of flying ducks have been made , ranging form sixty up to an high as you ninety mllea an hour. Just how these rates In speed were determined has been a mys lo tery. The cold fact was announced that a wllii duck could fly co many miles an hour , a unaccompanied with any explanation as to the the measures taken to ascertain thu truth tbo statement. Any ono having any ex perience with -wild - ducks knows that they sometimes fly faster than at others. A duck that has had two or three double-barrel shotguns discharged at It cover * more space H given tlmo than ono that la leisurely the proceeding to 1U fccdlm ; ground , but when It Is said a duck files so many miles an hour It presumably means It * ordinary trav eling gait , sajs the Washington Pott. The exact rate of travel of one flock of ducks has been definitely and exactly deter mined. Upon the Ncponset river n few days ago two men from the Dlue Hill ob servatory ncro measuring clouds by trl- angulatlon when a flock of ducks passed ncrosa the base line , which was about 8,190 feet long. Uoth olecrvcrs got a eet of measurements on the npox of the flock and several subsequent observations , nnd from these the height and cperd of the flock were ascertained. The height of the birds above the line was 958 feet and their velocity was 47.8 miles an hour. It Is not stnted what kind of ducks they were , but they were wild ducks , nnd their rate of speed was accurately determined. They were not specially in a hurry , but were on a business trip , neither wasting time nor making a record. The wind was blowing two miles an hour from the north , whllo the ducks wcro going southwest , ao that the test was fair. I What a magnificent specimen of physical manhood big Dill Lange of the Chlcagos presents , In this Instance at least looks do not belle his ability. He Is just as good as his appearance Indicates. Langc Is easily the greatest ball player of the present day. He stands at the head of his class. What Huck Ewlng wnn when ho was In hU prime , what Mike Kelly was before ho began to ngo and what Arllc Latham was before he lost his throwing arm , Langc Is at the present writing. He doesn't excel In one particular feature , but he Is pretty nearly the best nt any branch of the game. Ho Is the cham pion base runner of the world. He Is only a few points behind the best batter In the world. There la not n player In the league that cm beat him throwing , and ho covers as much ground as any outfielder In the big league. Ho entered the game ns n catcher , but was soon trnnsfcrred by Anson to the outfield , nnd has been thcro ever since. Big Ulll Is a walking advertisement for his team. He stands over six feet In his stockings and weighs over 200 pounds. Ho Is sure to attract nttontlon nnd provoke In quiry wherever ho may bo. Hero Is one case , nt least , where g9od looks Is a boost for a man's vocation. According to the Pall Mail Gazette De fender Is likely to race In English waters , the only question between the American syndicate nnd II. W. Wnlkcr , who wishes to buy thu sloop , being the price of thu yacht. In the event of the purchase being made It Is further stated Lord Dunrnven will fit out Valkyrlu III. to meet Defender. There Is no doubt that Defender Is for sale It a satis factory price can be obtained. It Is certain that her present owners will not race her on the other side this season. If she Is bought by an Englishman and raced In BrltUh waters her movements will not Interest Americans In the slightest degree. Of course , If she raced under the American flag , commanded by a Yankee skipper and manned by a Ynnkco crew , things ( would be different. John Splan was recently Interviewed , and talked entertainingly about the trotters. "People don't realize , " answered Splaln , leanIng - Ing his elbows on the table , "what a well- made piece of mechanism a horse IB. Any other machine would wear out with half the work that a horse does. Think of the miles and miles a street car horse goes or a race horse races and trains. Take Newcastle , for Instance , who has trained and raced more miles than any horse In America : I have often wondered how far ho has gone. In his life. " Splan shook hU lica'l meditatively and wiped elf an ovcrdoeo of horseradish from an oyster , "chicken , .Maryland . fashion , " ho said to the waiter , "and potatccs stewed In crtam. " "Especially when you think , " he resumed his home talk , "that 75 per cent of the people haven't as much sense as the horses they drive. Men particularly a few years ago would put $20,000 Into a horse and then give him In charge of a man to whom they paid not 1 per cent Interest on the money the horse cost them. "Thero was Johnson who , by the way , was ono of the two horses I had anything to do with who was perfect of whom you would not think. 'If he didn't have this or that , what a horoo hewould bol' " "Who was the other ? " the reporter In terrupted. "Uarus ; thcso two weie always Just right. Well , as I was going to say , Johnson , who held the record to the high wheel sulky once , was so nervous that 'If you locked him up In a stall ho would have a ring worn around ItEi In twenty minutes. Hut there wao an old groom who used to stay with him , have his meals sent to the stall , and sleep In one corner of It. He wouldn't even go to the pump for a bucket of water , but sent a boy for It. When he was with Johnson the horse was quiet as a lamb , ate well and slept quietly. , "A spirited horse needs companionship and something to Interest htm , Just as a man docs. ] You ought to see Joe I'atchen , whom wo are going to put up at our sale next month , with a bitch and eight puppies who stay In his stall. He lets them crawl around under bis feet , and bite his ankles , without even thinking of kicking or stepping on them. ) He'll put his muzzle right down close lo them and watch them. 'In the moat In terested way by the hour. " If the league magnates , when they were tinkering ! around about a now way to secure earned runs , had abolished thla feature alto- gether they wouldn't have been far from having done the right thing. An earned run Isn't ono whit better than a run that was made on the rankest kind of error. The general base ball public doesn't care n tinker's rap what kind of a run It Is just so their favorite team gets enough of them to win the game. If the earned run counted moro than an ordinary lun there would bo some sense in tryJng to keep track of them. There's the rub. What's the good of It all ? Some day a few of the brass knobs In scoring will bo eliminated. The earned runs are sup posed to furnish some criterion by which ono can determine which Is the best pitcher In the league. This , too , is n worthless feature. The public doesn't care which pitcher had the fewest earned runs scored against him. They are looking for the pitcher that olllclated In tbo most winning games and doesn't care very much bow ho won them. Harry S. Phillips of Montreal , Canada , and his brother iDllly'wero members of the small party iwho ran over to 'Frisco tbo night after the big fight at Carson. The Phillips boys are millionaires and wcro out for a little swing around the circle , and , together with Emll Ilrandles of this city , after leaving 'Frisco , proceeded on down to Los Augcles , then across Arizona and Into Texas , making stops at El tPoso , Galveston and Dallas , and a winding up two weeks later for a ten days' stay at Hot Springs. Harry Phillips , the elder of the brothers , has been ono of the best known sporting men In the country. He brought Jean Carney over from England to fight Jack cMoAullffo and was John L. Sul livan's backer when ho fought Charlie Mitchell hi .France. While In Chicago the other day iHarry and Eddie Smith of the Times-Herald had a long talk on bygone events' and Phillips told the Chicago journal some facts about the Sulllvan-Mltcholl fight that are not very generally known. "Thero Is quite a story to our trip across water , " ho said , "and especially that part It which refers to the fight In France. John and I went to England In October , 1SS7 , and he mada his flrat appearance there on November 9 , in St. James' hall. 'My contract with him read that I was to 4)nil ) backing up flO.COO In any match ho might choose to make. ( About three weeks after we reached England wo made the .Mitchell match. Sul- llvan trained well and I accepted all tbo bets could hear of. When < wo crossed the channel the battle I had tip $3S,000 and was still offering money nt C to 1. Mind you , I had never seen the English champion stripped , wo were the best of friends. Wo had to tip a hill to reach tha battle ground , the Mitchell party being In advance of u . I overtook Charley and banterlngly offered to ner him a couple of monkeys1 or $1,000 he would noli dare enter the ring with my man. laughed good-naturedly , and then , point- I to Sullivan , said ; "I'll make the worst monkey out of that have brought over here you ever saw your life. Harry , you haven't a chance Ing beat uie today , or any other day. I'll a beat him to ribbons. " Hut ho wouldn't bet cent on any proposition. John entered ring In grand condition and the result looked to ho foregone. I was tremendously the surprised when Mitchell threw off his of clothes. He waa a great picture of athletic and strength , but my faith In Sullivan was too strong to bo shaken by the appearance of the other man. Wio men did little fighting In flrnt few rounds , and I grew tired of watching them walk around and occasion- ally rest on the ropes , I think It was In the eighth round lh t Sullivan got close to hU man and landed what I think was the most powerful blow I ever saw struck. U landed just above Mitchell's ear and knocked the handsome fellow ft < i fiUff as a lo ? . Good seconds brought him mp ell right for the next round , nnd nttcr that tre battle was nil Mitchell's. The blow struck In that round Injured Sullivan's right nrm nnd he was not able to use It nfter that. "Would ho have lost ? It was a certainty ho would hud I not been able to get a draw. He was black and blue from his waist up nnd so weak ho could hardly drag his feet out of the mud i of the ring. It began to rain after the fight had gone on for a time , and thaU ectnned to take the life out of the big fellow. Mitchell tu-ed far better tactics. He'took ' every oppor tunity to rest , while Sullivan refused to sit down between rounds. That lundoubtedly took much of his strtngth. After Mr. Amglo had declared the drnw Mitchell Jumped over the ropes nnd rnn over the gross llko a fleer. Sullivan had to bo half carried out. Wo cut the boots off his feet , Mitchell having spiked him continually. Wo nppeale-1 to the referee , but Sullivan declined to let him take any action In the matter. U cost a good aum to get that drnw , how much I do not care to say. " LAKE WASHINGTON , April 2S.-To the Sporting Edltot of The UCQ : I have received numerous Inquiries frdm Omaha and vicin ity asking about the Minnesota fishing , the opinion seeming to prevail that It does not open until May 1C. ThU U a mistake The open season begins Saturday , May 1 and judging from Indications thq early IISF fishing will be Immense. Of course we have had unusually high water , hut It has subsided to almost the normal depth , and all the conditions for magnificent sport with line nnd rol could not be bettor. There has been ji good run of bass , pike , cropplo and pick crcl , and aa for big black sunflsh and sheops head , they are thicker than over , and I con fidenlly lee ) : for better sport than wo have had hero for years. Pat Sheolian. ColU-Ki- < > > (4 VlfUirloiiR. The Crclghton university ball team met the High school aggregation on the college campus last Thursday and overwhelmed thoni by n score of 14 to 2. Doth sides played good ball , but the college boys from the beginning had the best of It and showed tno better mettle. Owing to the fact that this Is but the second game of the season for the universities , their batting was not up to the average and by no means what It will bo before the end of the season. The High school boys were unable to score until the tlfth Inning , when a wild throw from the field to third let them In. In the sixth Inning Cuscaden met with an accident , which , though not very serious , caused him to retire fron' the game In , favor of Cotton. Welch pitched an excellent game for the college nnd was ably supported by all the team , and especially by Helling , who caught IB n most creditable nanner The boys hope to arrange another amo with the. High schools for the near future. The score : CrelKlitons . 1 1 HlBh scliooi. . . . . . . . 000020000-- liirned runs : Crelghtons , S. Two-base hits : Noonnn. Welch , Hurt. ClmmberH Cortclyou (3) ( ) . Helwlg. Unses on b.ill.s : Ofl Welch , 5 ; off Mathews , 7. Struck out hi Welch , 14 ! by Mathews , S. Umpires : Lat terly and McKell. _ CmlnhyM The Cudahy Diamond fc Base Ball club has organized for tl\a season of 1SD7 and would llko to hear from , .all amateur clubs Swifts and Hammonds preferred. Address Manager Cudahy Diamond C Daso Ball Club South Omaha. IiAllOIl AM > Khodo Island has 3,200 [ factories. Buffalo makes "fire-jroof" wood. i Europe makes 80,000,000 pins dally. Germany has l.OOO.WO textile workers Our wlno production' In 'f ' S9C was 89,700,000 gallons. t , ' Ono million matches require a pound of phosphorus. Nearly every national ilabor body ! now publishes a Journal devoted to the Interests of Its members. ' The United Drothcrtiood'of Leather Work ers , on Horse Goods xvillh61d , Its annual con vention in St. Paul Juno 21. In 1S85 American cotton was first sown In Asiatic Hussla. The Russian factories now make about $1.000,000 worth of goods ' annually. Russia has 00,000,000 sheep , bearing 178,457 tons of wool. Nino-tenths of the whisk brooms sold nnd used In the United States nro made from broomcorn grown In Kansas. .Most of the brooms are manufactured In Itochcster nnd other paitern cities , but the raw material comes from Kansas. The United States consul nt Zurich ex- pi esses the opinion that within n > ear alum inum will bo produced at n ccst which will enable It to be sold at about 27 cents per pound. This is the result of Improved and cheapened proccoscs. A writer In Gunton's magazine proposes that organized bodies of capitalists who are engaged In manufacturing Industries take off n quarter of an hour from the work-day each year on Thanksgiving day , until the eight-hour day Is universally established elSi The export of furniture from the United States In the year 189C was without n parallel Sial allel In the country's history. It was $45- 000,000 over 1895 , a total of $228,571,000 , which waa over 2G per cent In value of our total cxporto. This fuel is olgniflcant of the genius of the American. Inventors and nian.- ufactureiH. , Statistics gathered for the forthcoming re port of the labor commissioner show that the labor unions of Kansas are fast going to pieces. ' ! There are now only about fifty labor unions ! In the state , with an aggregate mem bership of about 5,000. Thcso are largely Inni Karsaa City among the railroad men nnd packing house employes. Handicapped as Ireland Is , she can boast of the largest shipbuilding nnd the largest brewery concerns of the world ; of supply ing half the pcoplo of the ISrltUh Islands with their iluen collars , tablecloths , handkerchiefs nnd shirts ; of placing on their breakfast table the choicest oacon ami butter although thcoo generally masquerade as products of Wiltshslre and Dorset and of beating the Scotch hollow with their famous "John Jnmo- hon. " The shipbuilding yard of Harland & Wolf , Ilolfnct , covers eighty acres and em ploys 3,000 n.en , \IIH | mill Fruit tor Drain WnrUcrH , Blanched almonds glvo the higher nerve or brain muscles food ; no heat or waste , says Good Housekeeping. Walnuts glvo nervu or brain food , muscle , heat and waste. Pine kornals glvo heat and stay. They servo oa substitute for bread. Green water grapes are bloodl purifying ( but a llttlo food value ) ; reject pips and uklns. UIuo grapes are feed ing and blood purifying ; too rich for those In who suffer from the liver. Tomatoes Higher nerve or brain food and waste ; no heat ; they . are thinning and stimulating ; do not swil- | low skins. Juicy fruits elvo moro or loss nl the higher nerve or brain , and some few muaclo food and waste ; -no heat. Apples supply the higher nerve and mu.iclo food , but do not give ntay. Prunes afford the highest nerve or braln < food ; supply heat and wa te. but are not muscle-feeding. They ehould bo avoided by these who suffer from the llvor. Oranges arc. refreshing and feedIng - Ing , 'but are not good if the liver Is out of order. Green figs are excellent food. Dried figs contain nerve nnd , muscle food , heat nnd waste , but are bad for the liver. The great of majority of small fresh seed fruits are lax Its ative. All etono fruits are considered to bo Injurious for these who suffer from tbo liver , tbo aud should bo used cautiously. Lemon * and tomatoes should not bo used dally In cold weather ; they have a thinning and cooling By effect. Raisins are stimulating In proportion tion to their quality. of I.lKlit IlroUe In. Detroit Journal ; "If I understood you rightly you called that cake wo had. for din poundcake. " "Yes. Why ? " "Oh , nothing ; only It occurred , to mo after ate it that you might have cheated your self. " "Tho landlady made no reply at the mo ment ; but In tbo silent watches of the even- she telephoned the butcher to maUo it tound steak Instead of a porterhouse. " Hrnouli't fo The French poodle has set the fashion for world's arletocratie lap dogu in the way 14-carat gold bracelets , ablaze with Jewels spangles , with which to adorn his high born legs , land with a collar and shoulder tmrness to correspond. Tbo coat of these small trappings must , of course , vary ac cording to the aizo and number of jewels UAOd. ' CO-OPERATIVE | HOME BUIUMC Convention , of tbo Nebraska Leagno of Local Associations at Fremont , SOME POINTS FROM THC PAPERS READ ilon of HIP Sorrrnl I'lnni nnil 1'nllclcfl lu Von no In llnllilliiH anil I.onn Aninflntlon * Coin- liiilnury Itcicrtc I'll ltd. The fifth annual meeting of the Nebraska State League of Local Loan and JJulldltiK associations , held at Fremont last Tuesday evening , brought together many \etcrans of the co-operative movement In the state , and a moderate number of new Adherents anxious to garner wisdom from the moro experienced In practical management. K\cry Important feature of association work and policies wcro considered In the papers read , and some of them provoked lively comments by tlio dele gates. The older association policies , ns well as Improved systems so-called , each had their advocates , and n spirited exchange ol views sustained Interest In the proceedings throughout a session of five hours , "I have attended every meeting of the league since It was organised " said a dele gate after adjournment , "and I have been Instructed nnd gained new Ideas ot much value at each , " This sentiment epitomizes the annual harvest of league meetings. In hanging together for self-protection the local associations accomplished results unlocked for at the outset. They opined uu a bioadcr field for acmlty and Improvement , for wld- onlng the knowledge of the men charged with the practical management ot assocla- tlon business. The league meetings enable them to exchange Ideas , to discuss plans and policies , to give their experiences In the various phases ot business. In this lies the Importance of annual meetings , and that held In Fremont surpassed Its predecessors In scope of papers read nml the vigorous discussions had. The session of the league opened with an address of welcome by Hon. 13. II. May ol Fremont. He expressed bin apureclatlon of the honor ot greeting the delegates and wel comed them to a typical home city , lie ex tolled the great good accomplished by buildIng - Ing and loan associations throughout the country. They had enabled their member to acquire half a million of homes. Over 7,000 associations , he Bald , had assets aggre gating $700,000,000. Their beneficent Inllu- cnco was constantly expanding , scattering throughout the land fresh seed of thrift , which gradually develops Into a home Though comparatively now In Nebraska they have entrenched themselves In popular estimation , which makes their future secure President Phelps responded In felicitous terms. RESERVE FUNDS. The paper of Jlr. C. IDentley of Grand Island on "The .Merits of a Law Requiring a Reserve Fund , " dcaervo first rank among the papers read. Although Mr. Bentley Is engaged In the banking business , ho has taken great interest In the development of building and loan associations. Ho Is the author of the amended stale law of 1S91 , and has endeavored to Improve It during the legislative sessions of 1895-97. At both sessions , bills providing for compulsory re serves wcro Introduced and fulled. Oppo nents of the reform were possessed of the Idea that the proposed reserve fund was something similar to that of fraternal In surance associations , and as a consequence the proposition did not receive much favor. Mr. nentley disabuses this Idea. IIo saje : "The building association reserve Is netlike like the bank reserve an accumulation of unloancd cash kept to cover unlocked for withdrawals. It partakes more of the na ture of a bank's surplus account ; It appears on Uie credit side of the balance sheet. It Is not Invested separately from other funds but , like all other credit Items , such as 'dues , ' 'Interest , ' 'fines , ' etc. . It Is offset on the other side by Its proportionate shaio of the general assets. This explanation Is rendered necessary by the fact that. In some quarters , the Idea prevails that a building association reserve Is kept on hand unprof diictlve , either In cash , whcro It may be stolen , or in banka , whcro It may bo lost. "The building association reserve is that part of an association's profits which is not ' divided , but which is tot aside or kept back for the purpose of covering future losses ; or , perhaps It would bo moro exact to say for the purpose of covering losses that experience has taught us may be In actual existence , although the fact of their existence moy bo unknown to us. Its chief use is to protect persistent and future mem bers from tho. liability of bearing moro than their duo share of losses on existing in vestments , and to fiiruhh some assurance that the association's shares are actually worth their book value. "It Is not necessary to tell a practical business man that losses will sometimes occur , oven with the most careful and con servative management. The test of success In anv line of business Is not absolute ex emption from losies , but the use of such sound Judgment combined with such care ful and painstaking Investigation as will reduce the losses to a minimum bearing but a small proportion to the gains. LOSSES INEVITABLE. "A review of the history of those loans from which , In a well managed association , losses have arisen , would reveal the fact that at the tlmo such loans were made the managers had good reason to bellove that the loans were desirable that the borrowers were solvent tint they were men -who were In the habit of meeting their obligations promptly , that the amounts of the borrowers obligations were not disproportionate to their ability to pay , and that the security pledged had nn actual value which , after allowing for possible depreciation , would bo ample 'o cover the amount of the loan with Interest nnd costs , In cnso n change tn the borrowers' circumstances should render dor It Impossible for them to repay their loans and the asHnclatlon should thus bo compelled to foreclose the mortgages , or In some other way to seek to reimburse Itself out of the security. "Aa building association managers , llko all mortals , are liable to err , It Is never abso lutely certain that all the facts concerning the borrower and his tecurlty have been definitely ascertained nor that the managers have always acted with the utmost discretion view of the facts at their command. Too favorable estimated may be made of the bor rower's character and circumstances , the forecast on to his probable ability to maka future payments may bo erroneous ; ap pralsors may fall to learn all the facts bear ing on the present and future value of the security , or , knowing these facts , errors of Judgment may occur In making the appraise ments , and oven with the utmost care on the part of the association's legal adviser , de fects may Homrtlmes be found In titles that wcro at first coi.Hklerod good. So , It happens , after all the pains taken In endeavoring to obtain absolutely good security that a loan sometimes made which , neither at the tlmo Us making nor at any other tlmo , Is worth face and , unknown to the managers of the association , a Iocs Is made the Instant borrower receives the amount of his loan. B Losses arising In this way , however , are of rare occurrence In well managed associations , far the greater part of the losses In such associations to caused by such changes In the value of tba security anj the circumstances tbo borrower as could not bo foreseen or pTHE JRIUHPH OF LOVE ! Happylnd Fruitful Marriage,7 'V E fjr MAN who would know the CKAND TRUTHS. Iho J'laln Facia , I he Oil Seer Hi and the New Dlicorerio ol Medlca I Science aa applied to Married Life , who would atone fcr put ful. 1 lle < and avoid future pit.1 i falli , should wrilo for our 1 vronderlul little book , called "Complete Man. . hood and How to Attain f > . - * , 1 man we will mall one cop/ tutlruly Vrev , In plain scaled coyer. ERIE MEDICAL CO , , reasonably bn suspected at the time that the lonn iras made. " AN 1NVALUADLB SAFEGUARD. Mr. ncntloy reviewed at length the many tdverso conditions with which associations contend , all of which unite In rendering an adequate rcJerro the basis of permanency and proeperlty. In conclusion , he Mid : "Tho building association Is pre-eminently the savings bank of Nebraska. H Is the wage-earner's bank and his resort when ho needs credit to buy or build a. home. It Is the pioneer of co-operation In our state. If there Is a cause that deserves the careful consideration of the legislator It U that of the building association. Its members de mand and deserve protection against fraud , against unfairness , against features that threaten the Integrity , ( ho perpetuity and the future usefulness of the system. They de mand the prohibition of Inequitable devices that , llko the separate expense fund , can be lined by declgnlng promoters as a means of ficcclni ; the public Dut , above all , wo need the compulsory reserve fund , so that every association In the state may bo led to adopt the most cqultnblp moilo of settlement with Its outgoing members und that , by so doing , the entire system may not only grow In strength and In the deserved favor of the people ple , but have Milch a vigorous existence as to pave the way for successful effort * In other departments of co-operatUo activity. " SERIAL ASSOCIATIONS. Mr. J. E. Arnold nt Schuyler dlscussci "Tho Relation of Series to Each Other In a Serial Association. " Aa n preliminary , he modistly stated that whllo Schuyler did no have the best association In thu state , I had one of the best. "The relation of serlci to each other , " he said , "Is that of partners and ns such should share In all tbo profits and lu all the looses , equally. " In following this rule the Schuyler nssocintlon determines the profits for the dividend period , ns wcl as the losses , If nny. After this Is done nnd before the profits aru divided n proper deduction Is made and carried to the reserve fund for the protection of the younger scries With regard to the profits derived fron cancellation of shares before maturity , ho Insisted | that they properly belonged to the association nnd not to the scries to whlcl the canceled shnrcs belonged. THE DAYTON PLAN. Mr. Elmer li. Ilryson of Omahii descrlbei In detnll what Is generally known as th Dayton plan. It la a departure from the orig dial Philadelphia plan in that premiums for priority of loans nre done away with series dispensed with , and nil profits reg ularly divided. "Tho system of accounts , ' ho said , "Is simpler under the Dayton plan than under the serial system , and at the em of t.ich dividend period each Individual hnro holder known exactly where lie ptands , how much he ewes the association and how mud the association ones him , bo he n borrowing or ill-positing member. The Dayton tilnn con templates the accumulation of a reserve fund , generally 5 per cent nf the net earnings for a given period. Tlio withdrawing stock holder necessarily cannot share In the flna. distribution of that fund , being held ns n safeguard against unforeseen leases. " OBJECTIONS TO GROSS PREMIUMS. Mr. G. JI. .NaUliigor of Omaha nrgueil against the gross premium plan of loans. Tills system consists of bidding for priority of loans , the amount bid being deducted fron the amount of the loan , the borrower paying Interest on the face value of the shares bid Mr. Nattlngcr showed 'than competition and the lack of It caused bids to vary from 20 tn as high as CO per cent. "It was not the regular attendant at the meeting who was obliged to pay such high premium for money but rather the poor man with ilko poor se em Ity , who was forced to accept his money at such usurious rates , and this made It impossible for him to complete his homo In the manner Intended. This gavu the asso ciation such security that a compromise often stared thorn In .tho . face or a fore closure suit , as the stubbornness of the bor rower might dictate. " Mr. Nattlngcr asserted that the associa tion In selling Its money In this manner finds one borrower paying 7 or S per cenl per annum , and another at the rate of 12 or 15 per cent. The gross premium plan was therefore both unjust and Impracticable "The trend of building and loan associa tions , " ho declared , "Is more toward that o co-operatlvo banking , and In our growing statu It Is the better , safer and moro equita ble plan for their development. " Papers wore also read by Mr. Truesdell of Fremont and T , J. Fltzmorrls of Omaha. The officers of the league for the ensuing year * are : C. J. Phelps , Schuyler , president ; Dr. C. A. Marshall , E. H. May , G. JI. Nnt- tlnger * , vice presidents ; Elmer E. Bryson , Omaha , secretary and treasurer. The next meeting of the league will be held In Omaha. C. F. Bentley of Grand Island , G. M. Nattlnger and T. J. Fltzmorrls of Omaha were elected delegates to the Na tional league convention , which meets at Detroit next July , and they are commis sioned to bring the 1898 convention to Omaha. THE AGENT OF HEALTH Mlulatuto Kncllih Diamond lirnnO. ENNYROYAL PILLS P-r Original and Oalj Genuine. - Arc , alwftT * rrlliblt. 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