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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1897)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEJ3KUNDAY , SHPTEMBMl 12 , 181)7 , SPORT FOR SEPTEMBER DAYS Mn lmliii of ( ho HorJo ? th Luag Hair. WHAT THE OPtN SEASON DEVELOP A < Jn. (11(1 Siorf | KIUTKcxt Work- 'I'll ' * * Hull , I'lnyrrN mill Sprinter * l-'lttlil Tit I It mill Slmol- liiKT mill 1'lHlilnur. AM the ( all season approaches different fa 'parts put In tliclr appearance , for sport change \vlth the seasons ns well as bon nets ntul ( lowers. Already tlio High-action mid collcKC foot ball trams arc at work prc paring now material aiul hardening up 111 muscles of tlio old fur the full's cnmprlgn which I * now upon us. Tlio gama of too ball as It la now played by the colleges ! tlio outcome of tlio old Hugby modified tint many ot tlio rough elements have been cllm natod. Itc recall foot ball during the carl years of Its history wo will find that It wa played without much Idea of system or on Attempt whatever to play together as a team It was simply a succession , of Indlvldtm players , nnd the team which had the bes Individual players was the better. The gam was ono miocesslon of open running play In which onn man secured the ball and ra without any anslitancc whatever from hi fcllowH with thu simple aim to outrun hi opponents , It uecnmo at last , as the op posing team grew moro and moro expert I utopplng such plays , Impassible or nearly s to make ground In that way. and thu at tacking teams begun to think of dovlsln means of assisting the runner as ho ra &nd avoid If possible their habitual stand Ing nrotmd whllo the play was being mndi. Of courtie , thu Idea suggested Itself that b running with the man carrying the ba : some opposing player could bo blocked o and thu run continued much longer wlthou Interruption , Tlio plan was tried and worke to n charm , nnd thu barkn who did not ri cclvu tlio ball were coached to precede th runner and prevent any of thu opposln team as lung us they could do so from reach ing him. An Interference u It came to b known of tlneu or four men running bcfor the ball thus enabled thu teams which couh perfect this system to make long advance and the teams practicing It were remurkabl BilccosHful. The open playing was much ICB tnarkou and there was BOIIIU attempt at cun certcd action. With the aggressive growth of the gam there cainu a corresponding growth In tin defense. It was found that the old rule dc imndlng that tackles be made abovu tin waist prevented absolutely the effcctlvi stopping of these plays and the rules wort chasiged to permit thu tackier to grip the runner below the waist HO long OH he dii not strlku the runner below the knee. This waa n gieat advantage and the opposing team by running luw and falling In Iron of the advancing play found that they couli effectually stop the entire running mass and again the necessity for some new du vices was brought about. So effectual In fact was this low tackling that the running around the ends ki wha were called open plays wus found Imposal ble , or at luast Inimical to success , and the result was that the game began to develoi a-more closely played contest. It was found 'better to make ground through the center of the opposing team than around the ends for not only WHH the amount of grounc gained made with less actual work to the attacking team , but the strength of the op ponents was expended to a gicuter extent in stopping It. The open plays wcro almos abandoned and the close formations such as V-shapcd masses were formed. These for a while were remarkably successful , but so tedious did this game become that It was thought best to pass legislation against It , and accordingly the rules were altered so that thu effect of tlio plays was materially Increased. Again stern necessity was the mother of Invention , and the ( lying wedges which divide the men Into different bodies who withdrew a certain distance behind the line nnd running , struck Itwith Increased force as the ball was put In play. These , however , had a short life , for they were found to Increase the possibility of Injury too greatly. The American game of foot ball Is often likened to a battle , a foot ball season to a campaign , a team a body of trcop con tending for college honor as precious to themselves and their supporters as the honor of their country , the captain a field com maiider directing the movements of his troops on the held , the coach the commander-ln chief who from a point of vantage along the aide lines watches every movement of hit men and also the maneuvers of the enemy the .substitutes are his aides who transmit his orders to the captain from time to time ns he deems necessary. All this Is apparent to the old players who have contended on the gridiron. They are a * excited In watch ing the gumo as many of our old soldiers who witness a sham battle. The question was asked In last Sunday's Bee what the quarterback kick was and ' . will now take time to explain it , as it Is one of the now wrinkles. It h simply a trick whereby the quarterback on rccelvlnj the ball kicks It quickly to ono side am ahead. The kick may be to either sldo am Is to that extent unexpected. The backs o the team who are behind the kick run ou parallel with the line on which the b.il rests until the kick Is made. By running them straight down the field they can then start the ball as soon as thu opposing back- ' and have as goad If not a better chance ol securing It. The virtual effect then Is to secure a long forward pass , which scores a long gain , and which rests the attacking team greatly , besides disconcerting the op ponents. This trick was practiced elsewhere in such varied form that it has led to all the kicking In some teams being done from a kick directly from the quartet back or some person acting In his stead. In such favor has this style ot kicking grown that this year all tlio trams are likely to use It. The success ot a system or trick Is not so much In the trick Itself as In the prompt ness and energy with which It Is carried out. AlortncKs Is the first and most essential attribute of successful foot Kill and this Is rtally the secret of the success of any plan. Select a good plan first nnd then execute It with speed and certain assurance. This 1 * "what wins in foot ball. Omaha will have some foot ball of her own hero this fall , as both Frank Crawford and C , L. Thomas , the well known foot ball coaclicr. have signified their Intentions of staying hero and getting together two trams , which cannot only compete with each other but will be able to meet all comers from abroad. Including the teams of the Western Intercollegiate association , iA very general Interest was manifest In sporting circles all over the country last Monday In the second mooting this year be tween Wefera , the champrlon sprinter of America. If not the world , and Maybury and Ituuli , the fast pair from Illinois and Wis consin , A week ago Saturday Wefors , on Manhattan field , proved his superiority over these two men in a 100-yard handicap , but Monday the distance was 300 yards , May- bury anil Rush , the western representatives , ami Buck , another eastern ( Iyer , were the champion's opponents , and at the crack of the pistol Maybury jumped out In the lead and was not tackled by Wofers until well along toward the goal , when the champion went after him and passed him. For a short distance they ran sldu by side , but , It being evident that the western man waa "done , " Rush came on like a whirlwind and essayed to taclilo the Georgetown wonder , but It was no go. Wufers limply let out an extra link , and try as manfully as he might , Rush could not touch him. The big champion beat him out by ten feet , whllo Buck finished ahead of Maybury for third honors. AVefers time , 31 seconds , was juit two-fifths of a second behind the world's record , On the aamo day George B. Tinder , the Irish cham- p'on ' , now In this country , defeated Tommy Connect , the ex-amateur champion of America , in a two-w.lle run. It was a plucky fight , Conncff leading up to within I 100 yards of the tape , when the Celt , "by tremendous burnt ot * | > cod. pissed him and 1 unn out by fifteen yards , In ten minutes and i three seconds. Wo have our Parson Davlcs , Al Smiths tur Dwycrs , Corrlgans , Towksburys , Murphy ; and Stuart ! " on thin side of the herring pond but we have no prince of Wales. It Is nt secret that hli > itiyal nibs Is a sporttmai from away back , but Americans general ! ] do not know what a really old mm ono hi ! Is. Old King George IV never loved tin clement of chance halt ns much as does tilt ; celebrated scion of English aristocracy , am It Is doubtful whether history In any natlor can show a good running mate for him Ha ls nu fait In all clasps ot rport am docs not even elevate his royal probopch at the prize ring or cookplt. Consldcrlnf the prince's moderate commencement on tin turf , but few would have thought tiia within such a comparatively brief tlmo hi would be fortunate enough to secure tin highest honors of the running course , Thai the prince of Wales should have capturcc the prize and the coveted St. Loger at UK first attempt was delightful In the extreme but In tame ro.spcut.t the Ascot Cup victor ; of l'nr. lmmon a month ago. nnd on the eve of the diamond jubilee celebrations , Is muci mure pleasant for hi * duvont countrymen U look bank upon. The prince of Wales lias been more or low Identified with the turl for three and thirty years , although his flrsl visits to the race course were much carllei ilia n that. AH a little boy he saw some ol the finest thoroughbreds at Epsom nnd Ascot , nnd In this day nowhcro Is ho mo'o at home than upon his hack on Newmarket Heath When n student at Oxford ho hunted will Lord Macclcsflcld's hounds and later on , ovci the Badminton , and the Quern , and CotteS' more countries his royal highness has proven himself thoroughly at ease , whllo the Wesl Norfolk hounds have always found In him i generous supporter. Ho has had experience In hunting and shooting of altdcscrlptlon ( in all parts ot the country from his boyhood onward. While In India ho killed six tlgcn In ono day at Nop.iul , and during the eamc tour he derived much enjoyment from ele phant shooting and pig sticking. The wldel > Increased attention given to yachting has been enormously stimulated by the perform' an cos of tlio Britannia , and thn prince n ; keenly enjoys a sail before the wind as the pleasures of the field and the race course , But from the i aturo of things , his patron age of the turf was bound to attract most notice from the masses of the people , amoiifi whom the royal Jacket for three decades 1ms been a thing ot beauty nnd a Joy forever , If wo only had a prince of Wales hero in Omaha wo might stand a good chance ol representation In the Western Base Boll league In transmlsslsslppl year. The great feat of Star Pointer two weeks ago Is Btlll the talk ot local horsemen who have some recollection of how far oft the two-minute mark was at one tlmo. They re call that the discussion twenty-five years PRO was to the effect that 2:10 : might pep- haps be done In harness , but It would hardly be In their day. To seek to belittle the performance because It was done by n pacer ami not a trailer Is small business. Outside of the great city of New York the pacer has plenty of frlcndo , but because he was not fashionable a few years ago with the leadIng - Ing road drivers , the pacer has always been something Illegitimate at the metropolis. This was reflected after Pointer's great feat In the sporting press of that city , and the sldo-wheelcra have no thanks , owing to these newspaper boomers. What they have accom plished In placing themselves nt the top of the tree in records and attractions for the gate Is their own doings , and now them are four pacers or more , each of which can draw a greater crowd than almost any field of trotters that could bo got together. The names of trotters of the day are no longer household words with llie great uneducated public , but they know that the record- breakers are pacers and they want to see the best and fastest that can be shown. Star Pointer ia a Klondike all in himself , and the races between him and Jou Patchen will draw the largest gates of the season. It Is not necessary to speak ot Jnhn R. Gentry now , for , in addition to not having shown nt his best this season , his best Is nowhere near as good as what Star Pointer has dane , and Joe Patchen Is just as likely as not to better the Gentry record before long. Two weeks ago Dclahanty of the Philadel phia team still held the honor of being the champion batter of ths National league. "At that tlmo , however , Fred Clarke , the Ne braska boy with Louisville , was close on to liis heels , and during the past ten clays has gone by him like a stake horse passes a pliucr. On Thursday last the Nebraska lad had a percentage of .408 ; Dolahanty , .400- Koolor , .3DO ; Lally , .3S2 ; Kelly , .371 ; La- Jolc. .305 ; Stcnzel , .359 ; Lange , .3,11 ; Mc- Gulre , .318 , nnd Stahl .347 , and today these are the ten leading men. Clarke Is hitting In a phenomenal way , and If he can come anywhere near to maintaining his present lick , he will top them all by a big margin on closing day. Nebraska fans are justly proud ot tills great player. The Brooklyn Chess club , I see , has sent circular letters to all the prominent chess clubs of the United States , inviting them to counsel , contribute and otherwise' ' assist this club In Its next cable contest with the British Chess club ot London , which Is a rifle gilly , to say the least. In 1836 the Irooklyn and British organizations framed a lot of articles to govern a so-called Anglo- American match. In which these two clubs assumed the leadership ot their respective countries. Two annual contests have been > layed , the Brooklyn club winning the first In 1SDG and the British the match of the iresent year. This defeat seems to have fallen like a wet blanket on the Brooklyn outfit , who would allow no outside American Jlayora to assist them In the two matches above alluded to , and now , with further disaster staring thorn In the face , they arc calling on American players from anywhere : o help them out. But they are likely to ) e disappointed , for this cable contest , so tr as this country Is concerned. Is simply n Brooklyn Chess club match , and other rules and provisions must bo made before outsldo players will feel Justified in respond- ng to Brooklyn's cry for help. I have ro- iclvcd ono of these circulars with -the request o hand It to the secretary of the local chess club , Local lovers of light harness racing cer- alnly have a grand treat laid up for them n the approaching state fair races. They will open up ono week from tomorrow aftor- loon and continue throughout thu week , ind from a racing standpoint should eclipse any former meeting held hero In years. Thu speed ring committee has been and Is still vorklng Industriously to bring about Just this esult. and , Judging from the largo Held of lorses that will bo seen In each ovcnt , and ho excellent condition In which the track vlll bo put , their efforts will bo crowned vlth unqualified success. Work baa been In operation on the track for the last two' ' veeks , until now It is ns smooth and elastic is the most fastidious driver could desire , and If wo < ! o not sou some record-smashing vo will nt least witness some marveloualy list time. With auspicious weather this In novltablo , as the horses will bo hero and the rack calculated for nothing else but their cry best efforts. There will bo three events an the opening and closing day , and four ipon each of the Intervening dates , ono f which will bo n running event. This Is n Innovation with Omaha trotting meet- IIRS , but as there will bo all sortH of people aero during the fair the Intention Is to try nud please thorn all. There are hundreds of overs of good homes who wouldn't glvo a > lcayuno to see all the trotting nnd pacing he equluo family could accomplish between low nnd doomsday , but would walk all < lay nd sit up all night for the chance to see ho gallopers In motion. And , vlco versa , hero uro scores and scores of enthusiasts who are built exactly the other way , and vho would rather witness a 2:30 : trot or ace than the great English Derby. So , by he ineiienl mixed card , the management xports to please all , On Monday , the ponlns day , the 2:35 : pace will o the premier attraction , although boll of lie other events will bo of the most merltor- OUH order. In thu pace will be a field of ilrtcen as good horse * as can be scored ogother wosl of the Father ot Waters , The aclng event Tuesday , 2:14 : class , will also ave thu call on public attention , although icro will be a crowd of horses In the 2S3 : rot. And ou Wednesday the slduwheelers 111 again reign supreme , for this is the day ho 20i ; > nags will compete. The 2lfj ; trot , owover. which precedes the big pace on 10 card , will bo a hot affair , with an ex. raordlnary line field of starters. On Thurs- ay the 2:10 : trot will have the call , and on > lday wo are to have a series of lesser vents , trotting , pacing and running. Tlia track preieati a lively scene tlueo mornings , AH there are many horses alread ; on hand and the early try-outs Are ox cccdlngly Interesting. The quarter-stretch paddock and lawn are n very carpet ot sof green grass , nnd with the picturesque sur rounding * , n morning at the track Is a pleas ant and profitable pastime Indeed. The desperation of Jim Corbcll In till futile attempt to keep prominently before tin American public Is as pitiful an It Is grotesn.ni ar.d unsatisfactory , While he seldotr has the presumption to talk fight nny won bo had nil of that commodity knocked out of him out at Carson his favorlto mannei of procedure Is to belittle Fltz's victory The ox-champion Is uow barnstorming orci the country with pennyroyal base bill clubs Ho charges A certain per cent of the re- . celpts for exhibiting himself on first base land has been known to realize as high a ; i $24 for a slnglo exhibition. Ho pls at Cleve land , O. , today , where ho plays with the Shamrock Stars this afternoon. Two year ; ago this played out old stiff wouldn't Imvc opened his lubberly mouth for tbr\ce \ thai sum , but today , talk about a sliver dollai looking llko a cart wheel to Jim , what's the matter with the Ferris wheel ? nut of Ms dlstralght methods. Ho had himself Inter viewed by Homo young and guileless rcportci on his arrival In Uio Forest City the other morning , and this Is tlio sort ot Blurt he coughed : "Yes , that counterfeit beat mo nil right , but , say , boy , do you know that ho never got a copper ot the purse that Stuart offered us. No. Well he didn't. Tha story ol what the Kangaroo made out ot the flght has never been made public. The fact -Is Fltz got the honor , but I got the dough , All tlio money ho lias received ns a result ol the big fight Is his abaro ot the vcrlscopc receipts , which Is 15 per cent. As far as the $15,000 purse Is concerned , Fltz never got a dollar of It. H was never Intended that he should. This was all understood beforehand , When the articles of agreement were signed Fltzslmmons made Ms own proposition , which was agreed to , that ho would be satisfied It ho was allowed 15 per cent ot the grots receipts of the verlscope. Relative to the stnko money , Dan Stuart put up $5,000 for Fltzsimmons , and the $5,000 which 1 put up went to Stuart after the fight. If I bad won the flght Stuart would liavo given /jc $10,000 of'the $15,000 purse. Hut as Fltzslm mons won , Stuart did not have to glvo n cent , according to the terms. Another as tonishing feature of the fight Is that the alleged certified checks held by Stakeholder 'At' Smith wcro simply fakes. I will swear to this. Immediately attcr the fight they were turned over to Dan Stuart. My future plans are to buy a National league franchise , It possible , nnd force Fltztimmoiia to glvo mo a return battle , which I think ho will do next year. " Did living nnd breathtag sport over listen to such a mass of lusano gnfT ? The vert- scope. Now the fact Is both Fltzslmmons and Corbctt were leary of the machine from Its very Inception. They are 'both "cinches" and closed out their prospective Interest ! ! several days before tbo light , Stuart taking chances on the weather alone and stagle- handed. And why did Corbett's part of thr stake money go to Stuart ? Was Fltz simply fighting to enrich the Texan ? If he was that wns the first time bo ever appeared tor charity. And Jim will swear the certified checks held by the venerable Al Smith were fakes. Then this old gentleman sport was a party to the double-cross handed out to the public. I would hate to tell him so to his face. Ills future plans are to buy n Na tional league franchise. National league of what , banner carriers ? Then he Is going * to force Fltzslmmons to meet him again , and ho thinks howill. . Of course he will. It Jim forces him to , but I think he has a think or two coming. His days of forcing are gone forever , sivo the "forc-'ng" ho Is .doing now. Ob yes , Jimmy. It Is too bad that that red headed , freckled freak forced you Into the dunghill stakes , and I don't see why you don't fall back on the Harry We'dons. Joe Prltchards , Horace Fogels and other re- portorlal multl-mllllonalrcs , who knew you could llclc the earth with one band tied be hind your back and a Smith and Wesson gm In tbo other to help you out. Don't Jump no hard on poor old Fltz ! You'll chase him Into a. premature grave If you aren't careful. After ten years of comparative luxury and case. Jack McAullfTe , the famous lightweight champion pugilist , has returned to his old occupation. A decade ago ho wns a cooper and today he can be found working on his old bench In a Wllllamsburg shop. During his absence from his trade McAullffe has won and lost several fortunes. He became thn champion lightweight In short order and made a tour ot the country , meeting all comers. Wearying of this sport , McAullfTe turned his attention to race tracks. His luck was phenomenal. He amassed a further fortune in a few clays , and set all the mem bers of his family up in business , and then tried to double his fortune. Ho refused to take the advice of friends , nnd soon lost all the money that he possessed. This caused him tn return to the prize rlns. His re appearance was not the success of yore. As a last resource McAullffe decided to work for a living , and as ho said the other day , as ho sat at his bench with perspiration pouring from hl.H brow : "I can safely say , from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves In ten years. I have not quit the rlnp for good. If I feel after a few months' hard work that 1 have regained my health and strength , I will en deavor to get another match. In the mean time , however , I. shall stick to my bench. " Vale ! My good Jack ! The very ungracious way In which 'Joe Walcott , the colcrcd cake walker from the Barbadoes , and George Dlxon , another son of Ham from Halifax , treated those tweets ets of the coast , Georgu Green and Dal Hawkins , In 'Frisco recently , appears to liavo acted ns a thorough estoppage of 'urther matches out there for the black boys. Immediately after the Dlxon-Hawklns fight the California club trotted out Solly Smith 3ml matched him against the little Hallgonlan and the night Joe Walcott put a quietus to George Green's pugilistic career Kid Lavlgiio was matched with the Bardadoan. Both matches are off. Smith would not agree on i referee 'or stakeholder and Livlgne rcfufcil to weigh In at 3 o'clock , nnd that Is the sum total of the dcfugolty on the surface. But there Is a different state of affairs under neath. The probable truth is that Smith knows that Dlxon is his master and Lavlgne realizes that ho conceded too much In matchIng - Ing himself against , O'Rourke's black demon at 13G pounds. Be that as it may , there lei i pugilistic eruption threatened In the City nf the Golden Gate. The apparent fake be tween big Joe McAullffe. the dradbcat and llnle shyster , and Jack Stclznor , the old ulow horse , which fizzled on the eve of Its happening , has loft a bad taste In thu mouths of lovers of the sport out there. To top off this comes ' .ho flunking of the Smlth-Dlxon and Walcoit- l/ivlgno contests , as wo.ll as the Choyntiltl- Jcffrles affair , and the dead games and red- lots are hollering murder In conceit , nnd I 2on't blame them. Sure-thing managers and imnco-steerliiK pikers outnumber respectable lien with sporting tendencies so overwhelm- ugly out there that It Is Impossible to pull .wo consecutive events off on the square , As I intimated in the sporting columns of I'ho Boo the afternoon after the fight. Tommy [ Ivan's five-round draw wuh Kid McCoy at Syracuse last Wednesday night was a virtual victory for Tommy. It will be recollected .liat McCoy Is really < i light heavyweight , hat ho stands tlueo and one-fourth Inch03 iWicr than Ryan , has n reach as long ns 3ob FltzilmmoiiB , Is three years younger i ml has been touted as n likely ; and'Idato for fights with eueh men as 2hoynskl , Goddard , Sharkey and Corbett , Vgalu In their meeting at Maepcth , eighteen nonths ago , McCoy knocked Ryan out In Ifteen rounds , and ever since that event ho las been strutting about this fitful stageon ils shape. To be ) sure ho has whipped such datcra as Dick Moore , Dick O'Brien and Australian Dohcrty since that memorable -larch - night , but it cannot be truthfully lalmvd that bo has lud a Elnglo fight that houldinvest him with the reputation ho has otod about this terrestrial sphere for the sat year and a half. Ryan Is the only cally flrat-cIasBor ho 1ms ever met , but onsiilerlng all Ills advantages , and the r.u- ng ho has been given , he thould whip 'ommy without ru III Ing a hair. But ho can't o It , ho didn't do It , and never can do It. lowever , to not presume that I Imply by lila that I think Ryan can whip McCoy , for am still untatlsfled ai to this point , but do think that he can glvo htm plenty ot lit any time they may meet , and I do think e had quito a fcbado the best of their In- irrupted collision last Wednesday night , [ owover , they have been matched again , and I for ono m content ; ftvalt and co wlut I * co. See ? J'I 1'OIIHST , l-M KM ) AN1) STIIHAM. WrcUly Trniim Ith Thnte Who Shout nnd Klxli , Whllo It mny bfe trlio that there are a few more pralrlo chlckon to bo found In Iho bird's favorlto haunts throughout this state this fall than thcN has boon for several years past , there Is no denying the fact thnt the very ( jencfal report ot their ptontl- fttlncM almost cveryw/icro / that was rlto weeks previous to JlioopmlnK , of the soison was cxtravaRantly overdrawn. The stories brouRht In by thd 'nt/mcrous parties who have been afield since September 1 do not bear out the wlldcyed ante-season legends , but Instead cqmcs the almost unanimous luRiibrlous plaint that "thoro are no birds. " Goodley pruckcr acd Hilly Nason , who spent the first day ot the bpm season out somewhere - where In the region 'of Nellfih , nd bagRcd sovonty-slx young birds , constitute the only party who hns returned with anything llko an encouraging report. Of course this was a satisfactory , In fact , a big day's shoot , and brought back to the memory of these two old gentlemen sportsmen the halcyon times of the long ago. lly the way , 1 failed to note last week that Mr. Druckcr very kindly remembered the sporting editor -with a brace of flno birds. Slnco the 1st there have been scores of parties out , and all points In the stale liavo 'been ' touched , but none , so far as 1 have been enabled to Icarin , have met with any thing but the most meager success , Captain C. H. and W , D. Townscnd of this city were encamped a week In that fbrmcr matchless chicken country north of Norfolk , together with Dr. IMrber , C. V. Jenkins , Prank Davenport and Al Dcgner , ot the latter city , nnd whllo had , they an out-of- slRht time , their slaughter of the birds wns not of n character to merit the distinction of B.JIHO hogs or butchers , Tlio party , I bo- Move , brought to bag something like forty or fifty birds. However , the weather waa al most Intolerably summerlsh , the country beingas dry as powder everywhere , and the keenest nosed dog In the world would hove been as good as powerless In locating tlie birds had they been In the vicinity. IJIlly Townscnd's Old Cap Is about as good a chicken dog as can bo scared up In this sec tion of the state , but Illlly cold ho novcr came to a single stand , and he would have found Just as many birds with a goat. There Is nothing conflicting about the re ports that have been coming In since the open season began , they are unanimous nnd emphatic on. ono point nnd that Is thit Ne braska's pralrlo chicken Is rapidly becoming a fable and a romance. Halny weather , however , may work a change. Damp soil , grass and vegetation may enable the- dogs to get down to their work , and It may be , develop the big crop of birds we heard such electrifying reports ot Just prior to the legal tlmo for killing them , They may have been In hiding all this time In the depths of our limitless cornfields , and humid me teorological conditions may bo all that is necessary to start them out Into the stub- bio and the grass , whrro both biped and quadruped may liavo some sort ot a show at them. There Is ono thing I annually observed , however , and that Is the prospects for slath ers of game are always brightest when thu fever Is coming on In. the fall , just before tlio season rolls round ! " when the law gives you pprmlsslon to shcldertho hatnmerlcss ami go forth In n.uest | bjlthe same. A day's profitless tramp , however , beneath the rays of a torrid sun wjoijka a speedy disenchant ment , and the Jnded/Bportaman / knocks oft a big percentage wr.oir } the reports ho crst- whllo so avldlousfy.piilped down , The Uupont Gull til b Is making elaborate preparations for 4X3 j second annual tourna ment , which wllR be held on Its grounds on the lake , Sept < Snb < jr 21 , 23 and 20. There will bo an all-cfly program at both live birds and targets , with $100 money added. The tournament la for amateurs only , and the prospects are exceedingly bright for a large attendance./ Revl Howard MacAyeal and Dr. W. J. Galbralth spent several days at Lake Wash ington , Minn. , last Week. While they had considerable s | > ort'wlth'pike and sheepshoud , but few baas made their appearance. Wo received a pleasant call last Monday from our veteran reader , Mr. J. H. Ager of Llnco'n , Neb. , says tlio American Field , who for many years has looked upon the weekly visit of the American Field with pleasure. In speaking ot the game ot his state Mr. Ater ; remarked , as sportsmen of many other states have remarked , that Nebraska baa good enough game laws for the protection of game , -but owing to their non-enforcement game Is becoming scarcer every year. There la no provision for the payment of wardens , and it Is only , by the moral suasion of the lawabldlng citizens that the laws are ob served at all. Two years ago. In a ten- mile drive through the sandhills , he saw over fifty dozen pralrlo chickens along the road , rotting , which had been left thus be cause the market-shooters could not get them to market before they spoiled. Mr. Agor reports quail very plentiful this year , and curlew shootkig will be good. Ne braska , like many other states , Is In need of sound game law legislation ; there Is no reason why wild fowl , prairie chicken , quail , plover and geese shooting should not bo as good as ever , and wd .ask the sportsmen of Nebraska to get together and earnestly try to have elected legislators who will take an Interest la game as well as mercan tile matters ono Is as necessary as the other tor without recreation , as afforded with the dog and KUO , mercantile pursulls become sordid occupations only ; with recrea tion afield one's dally business becomes a pleasure also a means toward an end. Let It not be said of we Americans that a gov ernment by the people for the people Is a failure ; that we do not know our Inheritance , and that we do not know how to save the game of our country , and if we did we dare not do It , for fear ot our neighbor's enin.ty , or because the politician's string la around our pecks and wo sdare not utter a word through fear of being strangulated. Let us , wo say , begin work now to elect legislators who have the Interests ot sportsmen at heart as well as other Interests. Let all the clubs of every state unite for this pur pose good will como of It. Charllo Metz and the writer spent. Sunday at Stanton , Neb. , with Gus Loerko and Gus Ilendrlcks , hunting chicken. Wo found Uio hunting never boiler , but no birds. A trip of forty miles showed ono Hock of young birds , which flushed a quarter of a mlle In front of the wagon. Four single birds wcro Jumped and killed , besides some six or eight Jack rabblta and a brace of upland plover. J. A. H. Rlllott of Kansas City and Charllo Grim of Clear Lake , shoot their championship malqh on the Omaha Gun club ground ! ) across the river Friday afternoon , October 8. Kd Krug Is making preparations for his annual autumn flsh'Ing trip down at Lang- don. He haa received the best of reports from these famous waters and 'Is anticipat ing a great month's outing. Deputy Warden Crobeo of Council muffs seized several hundred yards of nets from u wagon nu South Fourteenth street Friday afternoon nnd destroyed the samo. The deputy warden had followed the parties who bad the nets acrosif the brldgo from Iowa. The sporting editor acknowledges a friendly call from Stuto 'Fish ' Commissioner Ober- floldor of Sidney.'Mr. . 0. Is an cillclent mem ber of tbo board and 'Is liiftrumental In sustaining a high class of work throughout the state. ' - LANQDON , Mo. , Sept. C. To the Sporting Udltor of The lice : In your Issue of Sun day , September 5 , you publish a nattering notice of my piscatorial skill In enticing bass from the waters of La leu Nlshnabotna at Langdon. In the main the facts are as stated , but In ono Important particular an error has crept In. My fishing was all done from Frank T. Nogt'a Langdon hotel Instead of John Ilrown'a Hunters' resort. I hava swung the spoon from Drown's down to the station hero , and at none of Uio places have H made the catches that have rewarded my work between .the station at Langdon and the wagon brlngp , which Is IIvo miles below here. I find thu bass larger and moro plentiful along the banks below here than above. lly kindly correcting this In your next Sunday's Issue you will oblige. Ernst Hopps. Arnold's liromo Celery cures headaches. lOc , 25c and SOc. All drugglul * . AUCriON HOUSE SECRETS Articles of Historic Vnlno Sold for n Eong in Washington. INTERESTING PLACE FOR RELIC HUNTERS IlniiNclmlit KlYrrtN nf SlntfHiiioii mi Diplomats Tut lt ) fur it Price I'll ( InIIIUvlitrme nf Ue- WASHINGTON , Sept. 4. The passion fo collecting Is becoming very pronounced I this country. ICllo Magus , toned down , I found In innro than ono American cltj Hero In Washington ho stnlka In audio rooms and haunts second-class turnltur stores. Tliero Is no place In the Unite States which affords him n finer field , o yields Mm a richer harvest than the nation' capital. It Is.heer that have dwelt th great of the land , hero foreign cmbasslc liavo their hnbllat , and hero Is the inos transient population of the hemisphere. 1 Is from the households ot the elders In th social and political Israel and the birds o passage in the social nnd political groa world that collectors gather their stores. Ono bleak day In winter , not a grca while after the clcso ot thn war ot 1S61-63 , mnll throng of buyers and collectors wer gathered In the salesroom at Sloan's. Th auctioneer was monotonoously crying bid and knocking down household plunder of nl character and descriptions , llnsincss wa dull and prices correspondingly low. There had been sent from a warehouse In towt several vanloads ot geode that had beci in storage for many years. Packed In a. large box was an enormous piece ot Scvre : ot several gallons capacity a punch bowl o admirable workmanship and handsome de sign. Nobody seemed to know whence 1 camo. or what its history , and when it wa knocked down for a beggarly price no par tlcular notice was taken of It. The pur chaser was a prooperous-looklng man , a merchant prince of Baltimore , and he ex hlblted a quiet satisfaction connected with It Ho alone knew that ho had como Into th ownership ot Daniel Webster's famous puncl bowl. The vessel had a history. It had been presented to the "Great Expounder" by ni Kngllsh admirer and had supplied the bro\ for many a festivity aUa fine old Knglisl manor house. . The October club has paseci cups filled from it over the water decanter It has given vigor , If not melody , to th lungs ot Hoger Wlldrakcs as they sang : We'll drink till we brltiR In triumph back the king , a ditty as popoular among the torlos of th reign of George II. as It was among th country gentry of the time ot Charles II. HOW DANIEL , WEBSTER UllEWED PUNCH. It was a valued privilege to sec Webste brow punch in this bowl. No alchemist li search ot the fabled elixir of life was eve more careful In quality , or quantity. There was the Monongahela , the Cognac , the Santa Cruz , the Schiedam , the Madeira , the llur gundy , from a pint to a quart of each. Thcrt were the lemons , each perfect In color , it soundness and development. There were the flavorings a suspicion of cinnamon and more than a suspicion of clove. There the sugar In exact proportion of a quarter of a poun < to a quarter of a gallon. Lastly , there was a lump ot butter , golden , fresh from the churn and Innocent of salt. And there were other Ingredients , now forgotten , which fac makes the brewing of Daniel Webster s punch as much of a lost art as the forging ot the Damascus blade of Salladln's BClnTT- ter. ter.When the bowl was flowing then It was that the "God-like Dan'l" put forth all his powers in the heating. This was done bj means of an iron wedge' that had riven a giant oak of the forest and polished brlgh from constant use. Heated in the coals of a lire of hickory felled In June and dry sea- soiled until Christmas , when red hot , the great Webster seized It with the tongs at the butt , dipping the edge slightly and gently Into the brew. When the first pronoutrccd "siz" greeted his attuned ear , he withdrew It for an instant and then repeated the p. > formnnce. Again and again and again dli ! ho thus going deeper every time until the whole of the wedge was submerged , the but ter entirely melted , and the punch of the oxtact temperature that Lucullus would have approved. Talk of the nectar quaffed by gods on high Olympus ! It was swill In com parison. A bumper of the Daniel Webster punch , brewed by Webster himself , made of the national debt a waiter's Up. THE UNSTRUNG BOW OP ULYSSES. The Baltimore merchant conveyed his treasure homo in triumph and made a partj of friends old whlgs , whoso hearts were sonrr.il vvltii thn wounds dealt their idol by the national conclave that preferred Scot ! over him In 1S52 , old whlgs of Baltimore , wlu loved Heverdy Johnson , but adored Danlo Webster. They set about brewing the Webstei punch , as the receipt was fixed in their mem orles. and this occasioned garrulous but rev- ercnd discussion. All was ready for th ( wgdge. But , alas , the only hand that coulil bend It was In Valhalla communing wltli other Styx. The wedge slipped the tongt the first dip , fell to the bottom and shivered the bowl beyond repair a Just punishment tor the profane Goth that would dare the cunning of the "glorious Daniel. " Back about Van Burcn's time there was n card party In Washington made up of Henry Clay. General Wlnfleld Scott , Mr. Bodlsco , the Husslan minister , and Mr. Fox , the Brit ish minister. Clay and Fox played against Scott and Bodlsco. Kach was n skillful player and Clay and Bodlsco wore often brilliant In snatching victory out of the Jaws of defeat. The stake was $100 a game , and on ono occa- slon they played for a week at a stretch with verv short intervals for sleep and refresh ment. At the close Clay and Fox were twelve games ahead , which shows how evenly matched they were. The table on which they played was sold at auction years after and fetched ten times its value. The purchaser was the agent of a New York club and ho was prepared to bid fourfold the successful bid had It been necessary , PENDLETON'S MAHOGANY. Fifty years ago things iwero "run wldo open" In Washington. Pondloton's club house was the resort of every sporting solon at 'both ends of the capital. There that jirodlgy , S. S , Prentlsa , was seen nightly in company with Wise , Crlttenden and John M. Bolts , It was a favorite resort of Wllllo P. Mangum , the most loved senator In congress , and of John B. Thompson , tlio greatest master of ridicule congress ever knew. Pondleton was frequently there , and so was Humphrey 'Marshall. ' The suppers were superb , and nioro brains wore gathered around Pondlcton's table , more > vlt flashed across it and moro wisdom there descended to folly than at any other similar retort on the continent. When Pendleton's effects emerged from the storehouse , long after his housu was closed , they came under the hammer , and the larger dining table found a purchaser in a citizen of Now Orleans , the proprietor ot an establishment on Royal street. There Is In ono of the minor committee rooms of the house of representatives a part of the original building , an article of furnl- tur > with a tradition ; It may bo history , It may bo logend. The romance goes that when TTenry Clay was secretary of stale , or the dominant personality In me or the other housm of congress , It Is not exactly clear which , ho laid the Spanish government under great obligation to tbo United States by means ot some negotiation he conducted or suggestion ho made In ealutlm of BOIUO ontauglemont Spain wan engaged In with some power or other. The tradition Is not exactly clear on that head , and the writer's Informant Is no longer among the living. However U may be. the mrntel aforesaid Is there , and a pleca of handsomely carved raeitilo ; It Is now yellow with age and dis colored by heat. The ornament was sent to thin country from Spain to bo presented to Mr Clay , who , for obvious reasons , could not accept It. For many years It found a lodgement In a storage room , and finally l < was sent to Sloan's , where it was knocked down to tiio highest bidder. Mr. Hlndinan , then a member of congress from Arkansas , ami later a general in thu confederate army , was the purchaser. Ho caused It to bo placed In the committee room In tbo capital , and there It remains to this day. SO.MH DIPLOMATIC FURNITUHB. In Grant's time there was a quartet of itautles who rendered society at the national capital exceptionally brilliant. They wore Mine. CatRcary. wlfo ot the Humlnn minister ; Mine. 0rcln , wlfo of the Portuguese minister ; KAto Cn o. daughter of the chief Justice , andMrs. ) Williams , wlta of thn attorney RcnerXI , Mmo. Calamity's be.iuty hnd delighted oath hemispheres , nnd It was said that to her st-dtictlvo fascina tions Russia owed moro than ono diplomatic triumph. However true this may bo , certain It was that Russia Interposed to dcfo.it the treaty of Washington , by iho terms of which the Alabama clulmn were submitted to the court of Arbitration , which hold Its delibera tion nnd adjudicated at Geneva , Society Is nn adjunct of diplomacy , or diplomacy Is an adjunct of society , It Is not exactly do- tormlned which , and BO It was that society put more than ono flnner Into the arbitra tion plo the "High Old Joints" wore cooklnp , and It was said that Mmo. Catacazy plunged the whole ot both her shapely hands Into It , and up tn and Including her plump and dimpled elbows. Anyhow , General Grant's Administration Intimated to the czar that Cutncazy was getting to bo persona non grata , and soon after CnUciuy and his beauteous spouse wcro recalled. Of course , they could not toke all their household plunder with them , and most of It was sold at fftbnlouB prices to those ot our people who dearly loved a lord , . A REJECTED BEDSTEAD. 'But we won't go the Chinese , dearly as wo love the "Rooslil.ins , " the Prooshlans and the llallylans. " That's as Hat as was Fal- staff's determination not to march his coni tlngcnt through Coventry. Not a great whllo ngo the Chinese legation pulled up stokes nt Dtipont Circle and moved over to Mount Pleasant , where the new quarters wcro sumptuously furnished and fitted regardlrs of expense by an upholsterer from New York. The old belongings that had done scrvlco so long at Castle Stewart , Including that novcr-to-be-forgottcn occasion of the pig- feedings that created such a. stir about two' lustrums ngo , were exposed to auction sale. There was an enormous bedstead of solid mahogany that weighed little less than a ton. Dlxon II , Lewis , Humphrey Marshall and Tom Reed , all three , so far from filling It , would have left roonv. enough for Grover Cleveland. Ono old lady with Hovera coun tenance , over which "Good housekeeper" was written in every dialect of a dozen dif ferent languages , gave It a most critical In spection and then soliloquized : "If there Is n bedbug In there , " touching n place hi the carving with Uio ferrule of her parajol , "It would require tht > United Slates army , and navy , too , to dislodge him. " There was a reserve , bld ot $100 for the bedstead which cost China $1,000 , but there was no advance on It nnd no sole , nt least not on that bid. The above are only a few , a very tow , of the articles ot virtu sold here that have American association. There have been numberless sales of articles collected hero , and associated with great or notorious for eigners. 'TIs Imagination that raises man above the brute creation , Imagination at once the glory and bane of mankind , BO nooessnry to our grandeur , so destructive of our happi ness. Itili'Nllons mid . \iix\vrr * . OMAHA. Sept. 11. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Will you kindly Inform me why a park policeman nas any right to order respectable people out of any part ot the park to the central part while they arc behaving themselves ? Harriet C. Ans. My dear Harriet , whllo this hardly comes within the province of sporting , 1 will say that the park policemen have no right to thus Interfere * lth respcctabla people ple while they are behaving themselves , but oh , well , I'll see you some time and tell you nil about it. HARTINGTON , Sept. 10. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Please answer In Sun day Bee : Jf in three-ball game billiards. If the shot ball jumps from the table if the balls are not spotted same as when the game started ? Reader. Ana. Yes. i BENNINGTON , Neb. , Sept. 0. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Please state In Sunday's edition -where Tommy Ryan , pugilist , makes his home , or was ho over a resident of Omaha , and oblige ? Constant Reader. Ans. (1) ( ) Syracuse , N. Y. (2) ( ) Yes. LOWELL , Neb. , Sept. 7 To the Sporting Kdltor of The Bee : Will you please tell me when our present game law expires on shooting prairie chickens and quail , and kindly oblige ? I. J. Herring. Ana. January 1 , 1SS. BUTTE , Mont. , Sept. G. To the Sporting Editor of The I3ce : Will you kindly decide the following : In a game of crlbbago A and B arc playing. A plays 3-spot , B4. . A 4 , B C , A 2 , B 5 , A ace and B 3-spot. B claims a run of six holes. A claims different. Who Is right ? . Will look in next Sunday's paper for answer. Constant Reader. Ans. B. AUBURN , Neb. , Sept. 10. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Pleauo answer In Sun day's Bee : Who Is considered the best pitcher in the major league this season ? A Subscriber. Ans. 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