Nebraska Newspapers

    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. LADiia aik ,
IlrufiIII for Ckltktitir i Knyliik Ufa I
nnndllran.1 . in Ur.l > uj tM nj.ulllo\
llioin , ml l with blue tltl > o Tuke
; nDOlhrr * Ktfutt tlaitgiroui tvLttllu-
ttouiand iMttattotu , Allruxgl.lf.f.r Dd4au
la lUnf.i for fiartlcuUri , uitlauaUll aa4
" Krllcf fur r.adlra , " In l l < r , br rrlnra
Mull. 10.OOOTi-.ilrnt.nl.I. Haa , ffr.
' Si " * ' * " " " * ° " " * -14- * " ' "
M e/aU'Ucii - - -
Most Complexion Powders
have a vulgar glare , but Pozzom'ala n true f
beautlflor , whose eUects are lasting.
Stand up for Nebraska !
Do it "by subscribing
For The Bee
And sending it
To all your friends.
The' Bee is a thorough
Nebraska Newspaper.
A Great
California
Story * . .
. . . nv. . . .
BRET IIARTE
. . . .on. . . .
The Big Strike
on Heavy Tree
Hill.
A Companion to "The Luck
of Roaring Camp" and
Oilier Famous
Tales.
BEG.AN
PUBLICATION
APRIL 4 IN
Sunday
"THREE PARTNERS"
is a story of early mining
days in California. In it
Bret Harte returns to his old
style the virile , sympathetic
style which made his fame.
His characters are miners ,
and , although the tides of
varying fortunes float them
out into the wider world ,
they come back to California
in the end as managers of
large enterprises. The
"partners" who made the
big strike are Jim Stacy ,
shrewd and stern ; George
Baker , boyish and loveable ,
and Philip Demorest , dreamy
and generous. Mixed up in
the ingenious web of the
story are a number of west
ern studies. Our old friend ,
Jack Hamlin , the gambler ,
makes a brief , but pictur
esque appearance. Then
there are "Whiskey Dick"
Hall ; the villainons prospec
tor , Steptoe , nnd the cun
ning Belgian , Paul Van
Loo. The love element of
the story Ls furnished by the
beautiful , Mrs. Honcastle
and the fair but heartless ,
Kitty Baker.
Sunday
WATCH FOR IT
j READ IT &