20 TUB OMAHA DAILY IJEBj SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 14 , 18J17.
Facts and i'anoiea OoTicenring All Sorts of
Games nnd Athletics ,
WESTERN'FOOT BALL TEAMS AND EASTERN
Dr. IVIIcyVntHlriilT Coiiilinrc-n II IN
JnylinukrrN with the
finnic Uiiiiwiinlly VlriiU'ii .
Coach \Vyllo 0. Woodruff , formerly guard
on the Pennsylvania team and now coach
of the Kansas university team , Is nothing If
not enthusiastic obout the team ho 4iau
Iwllt up at l.awronce. Immediately after the
Victory over Iowa ho sat do\vn anil wrote
to the Pennsylvania management , uskltJS for
a game there between Pcnn anil Kansas
Eomo time after Thanksgiving day. It Is
Improbable that iho request for a game
in the Quaker City will bo granted , as It
Is not likely that the Kantus players could
hold Pcnn down to less than twenty points.
The Kantus coach compares the two teams
DS follows , \v.hlch comparison will he of
Interest to thoao who often ask how a strong
western team compares wlUi a leading east
ern eleven :
"At con-tor Pcnn would far outclass Kan-
gap , Ja Ovcrflcld Is one of the best centers
in this country. Ho weighs 195 pounds net ,
while Walker is but 1G5 pounds In weight ,
and , though strong and active , he is still
not so active oa Ovcrflcld. At guard's po-
jiltlonwe would , I think , hold them about
nualon defensive power , while at offensive
1 taluk Mosse will nuiko more sure guns
in-ill cither Pcnnsjlvanla guard. At tackle
they would outclass us again In all points ,
os ( Jutland and Goodman arc both excellent
ancn. At end It would bo different. Volghts ,
I urn sure , la a bettor end than either of the
Pennsylvania men , alii he Is stronger and
faster and carries the ball much stronger.
Galnca Is better th'in ' either man on his slile
In running with the ball , but he Is not the
tackier Hedges or Dlckson Is , and the posi
tions would bo just about a stand off. At
quarterback Kansas university is a gre.it deal
stronger Man Pennsylvania as Weeks Is no
such defonslvo player as Kennedy , nor can
lie "handle the bnll In passing to compare
' with him , but where ho la much superior
is In running powers. At left Iwlf back
Kansas university Is very strong In Hess ,
. .whoIs , In my judgment , more than equal
to Morlco and fully Jackson's eciKil. | The
other half Is not BO strong. Poorman Is
< lolng excellent work for ua just now , but
lie Is very llgit and would find It hard to
liold Ms own against Pennsylvania's strong
men. The full back Is another place where
Pennsylvania would outclass Kansas univer
sity. Minds Is an old experienced player
and would outklck Speak badly , but in run
ning po\vcr he would not so far excel us.
Speak Is very fast on his feet anl never
Blackens tip w"ion going to be tackled , so ,
Jf he Is stopped , It is usually after some
little gain. 'Minds ' Is a far stronger man ,
liut ho Is not the nervy player that Speak Is.
This is a coiurarleon of the two teams and ,
I think , n Just one , and from It you may
BCD upon what grounds I could base my
hopes of keeping them down to at least
twenty points.
" \Vagonhuist , the coach of Iowa , was very
enthusiastic In his praise of our team. He
thought It Mr ahead of any other team in
the west and that It compared very favorably
with the big eastern ones. Ho said the In
terference was tis good as anything he had
over seen In his lite , while the defense was
as a stone wall and could not bo gained
ngalnst by any ordinary team , but that it
would rcciuiro the very strongest offense In
the foot ball world. "
A call will be Issued soon for Cornell
frcshmnn ciow candidates. Captain Coleon
will start them working on the machines in
order to bo able to sift his material for the
heavy training , beginning In January. The
work will be very light , consisting merely
of practice three times a week In rowing In
the machine's. Attendance- will not be ob
ligatory. The method pursued last year of
having the ' \arslty men present to assist in
the coaching will doubtless be followed this
fall. Ici the winter , until the first selection
of candidates is made , the rush at the ma
chines in always great. It has been exceed
ingly difficult In previous years for Courtney
to show the hundred or so freshmen candi
dates nnd the thirty-odd 'varsity men the
Iiroper attention each afternoon. The uroli-
lem has been greatly aggravated by the An
napolis race coming so scon In the spring as
to entail the early choosing oC the ciew mem
bers , and consequently its rowing together
regularly on the machines during the winter
month ; ! .
The ro.iort that J. M. Kennedy , formerly
a professional oaiiwuii. had been engaged to
assist Hob Co' ' < in coaching the Yale univer
sity crow , has been emphatically dm led bj
Cook. Cook bays that Kennedy has been
hired to euro for the boats ut the Yale boat
liouse. He will act as a curator of the shells
and under the ordcra of the Yale coach will
ni'iko alteiatlons In the shells from tlmo to
time. Kennedy for sjnie years was In charge
of thu St. Paul Uoat club house at St. Paul.
Jllnn. , and las been engaged by Yale upon
the rasommomliitlon of Langford , stroke of
last ycur'fl Yale crow , whose home is In St.
Paul.
The annual crusade against foot ball has
eventuated. The season would probably net
1)8 eomplete without It. It happens along
nowadays Just as regular os the Yale-
Prlnciton game , but with more certain re
sults. The enl of the crusade can he na
safely prcdlcU-d this year as It has been
In the past , The movement will fall , for the
great Intercollegiate athletic spoit has
found too warm a place with the dear public
to be swept out of existence by legislators
who have not the faintest conception of the
' elements of the game and are Inspired
, onaluly by the religious press aided by
Tcubc'iis who have never seen n gamu of real
Iifoot ball.
A bill to piohlblt the game of foot ball
was Introduced lu < the Georgia legislature
< ind paused the lower house. One of
Chlragq's notorious aldermen achieved
further notoriety for litm&elf by Introducing
an ordinance prohibiting the playing of tlu >
game there. His naino and picture got Into
print , and ho was probably satisfied that
"ho ilono his dooty as ho ecen It. " In the
meantime the games of foot ball In the west ,
in the cast , In the north and In the couth
are attended by great concourses of people
vtho are willing to endure all kinds of
Inclement weather In order to patronize the
popular game of young America Yester
day's game between Yale awl Harvard at-
tiactcd ono of the greatest gatherings of
epectators that over saw any athletic con
test In this country , and the indications for
a Blest crowd at the Yale-Princeton game
at Now Haven next Saturday and for the
Cornell-Pennsylvania game at Philadelphia
on Thanksgiving day are equally good ,
The wise legislators who have this year
singled out foot ball for their attacks have
evidently not been keeping tab on the Hat
of Injuries reported from other branches of
athletic spor.t. Now , It Is not generally
thought that dancing ta a fatal amusement
and ought to bo summarily estopped , Yei
fKiUlli ) Macldii , the champion waltzer ol
New York's Bowery , was hilled the other
. . night wlille dancing , 'tie ' was giving a turn
to a latly fjlend who tipped the beams at
219. Eddlo slipped and fell , the fat woman
fell on top of him , crushed in hla chest , and
that was the last of poor Eddlo. What an
uproar there would have been had all of thai
happened on the grUlron Held Instead ol
in a 'Howery ' dance hall !
A member of the Reserve foot ball team
whftb. was recently organized , writes to The
Bee as fallows concerning the work of the
cloven :
"SVa just started playing about a week
ego and have perfected the offensive work
"pretty well. Our team Is not very good ye
on the defense , but In a few weeks will lie
All right. ' Wo would llko to airango a fe'.v
Kanu'B with teams around town. Wo are
80lig | to play a scrub eleven next Sunda >
iifternooii and on Sunday , November 21 , will
] > ! ay the Plungers at Ilaecall park. Wo are
going to play the Crcccciitu of Crelghton
college on TlwnkBglvIni , ' day. The team la
JLJ follows : Kenny , left end , weight 137 ;
Lynch , li'fl tackle. H8 ; Daly , left guard , 162 ;
Jlojacn , comer. 157 ; Mauagan , right guaid.
365 ; Murolix , right tackle , l&O ; Power * , right
end , U7j Lynch , quarterback , 125 ; Tracy ,
left halfback , captain , 148 ! Qulnlan , right
halfback , 142 ; Lvnam , fullback , 152. "
SHOUT 11.11119 AMI Timill TAMC.
IlrutiilHy ll ni > in'nrl iK from tinI'rlr.c
Illnir lloforr llotliiir ,
The season of Uid prlzo ring Is on and the
clays of the fool baltlst arc In the ascendancy ,
Klghta are polled off almost nightly now and
foot ball games arc almost as numerous as
the leaves In the forcat. And several
casualties ami n number of Injuries to the
participants have occurred. This accounts
tor the fact that there Is rising once more
that ambition of good people to declare both
sports Illegal.
Prize fighting Is said to bo brutal nnd
foot ball is reputed to bo Just as brutal , If not
more so. That Is the belief of many peciile.
Without Investigating fully to discover
whether tholr"belief is right or not they
want the t\\o sports' abolished , Moreover , In
the something very , llko narrow-mindedness
that marks their Oosltlcn , they will not go
so far ns to try to nnd out If , In case there
Is an clement of 'brutality existing , this ele
ment could not be purged. As a matter or
fact , could not restraint possibly bring about
exactly the desired result * nnd still allow
wcallcd pugilism and foot ball to exist ?
Toke the case of foot ball. There Is not
Iho slightest doubt that the sport Is abused.
Hoys physically unfitted for the game and
without proper preparation are allowed to
take part In It. IKU Is nn Instance known
where any man hns been killed or has suf
fered serious Injury moro I nan In any other
i-oort , pioporUonaWly , when ho has been as
carefully trained as the members of such
.uams as Pennsylvania , Princeton , Harvard ,
Yale and the other larger -colleges ? The
conala will not disclose. . , ; ne.
In the case of the prize rlngi It Is site
to say that there arc but few men who
would now uphold the plain brutality that
marked the prize ring of the past. But prize
lighting has been gradually developing Into
licxlng and the tlmo will come when It will
become that. The "flghta" are far fewer now
and the "boxing matches" are coming to the
fore.
fore.True followers of bolh sports are working
hard to extract from them the elements of
brutality Hut may remain. The time would
come when such eltmctits would be entirely
eradicated without legislative assistance.
[ ( lit the natural process may be too slow
In that event would It not be better to try
to place such restraints upon the sports as
would render them moro gentle than to stub
bornly set about legislating them out of
existence entirely ?
This digression Is made In view of the
renewed efforts that are being made this fall
to abolish both sporto. The ring has played
about even iti the matter , Boxing Is very
nearly dead In New Orleans since the death
In the ring there. It was licpcd that the
halcyon days would return , bat nothing but
very limited bouts will probably be pulled
off for some time to come. On the other
hand , boxing Is once more eafe in San Fran
cisco. By a recent decision of the supreme
court of California the old board of super
visors has been declaicd legal. The beard
Is disposed favorably to boxing , while Us :
now board threatened to stop it. Incidental ! }
it may bo mentioned that the mayor of Troy ,
N. Y. , has announced that no glove contests
of any character will be allowed while he
holds his position. " " * "
Peter Matter may be a great big dub , but
ho has apparently set out on the line which
will wind up with Fltzslmmons. He IF
matched to fight Tut Hyan , the Australian
heavyweight , twenty rounds within six
weeks. A for/fit of $1,000 has been put U ( . ) .
U he wins Mahcr will challenge Ooddanl
and Sharkey anil If he wins once more he will
again challenge Fltz. H > an Is a li'tlo over
30 years of ageHe Is five feet nine inches
In height and weighs 170. He has fought
lor eight years and has the following record :
In bare knuckle contests he defeated
Billy Maybrlclt , Jack IEH , Frank Martin.
Sunbury Jack , Walter Holt , Joe Colvin uini
several others , nnd his first Rlove eonttst
was with Fred Hodson , w.ilch resulted In
a dniw in eight rounds. A like result fol
lowed his battle with Tom Williams , the
ex-cluimplon welterweight. Hu nloo diew
with "Dummy1' Jluce In the. final bout for
the first middleweight competition nt the
Crystal Talncc , Melbourne. Ilyan beat
Darkey Klnffi In sir rounds nml Joe Cullen
In five rounds , anil drew with Billy Siseon
In the final for the &ccond middleweight
competition. Ho afterward beat Sisson In
HLVGH rounds at the Melbourne club ; lost to
Jem Hall , flvo rounds : beat Chris Maloney ,
ilpht rounds , nnd Jack Morris , sly roundn.
With Dnn Creedoti hp fought n thirty-
round draw. "Bent Starlight , eight rounds ,
and Jack. Morris , eight rounds ; drew with
Slarllfht , seventeen rounds ; beat Alf Hld-
Icy , t'lffht rounds ; Andy Marshall , two
rounds ; stopped Jack Baxter , twelve
rounds ; Starlight , ( third meeting ) , nin
founds ; Billy Bell , ten rounds ; drew with
Dan Creedon ( second meeting ) , eight
rounds ; beat Charley Dunn twice In fifteen
and seventeen rounds ; drew with Neil
Ryan , twenty rounds ; beat Bill Whyat ,
thru' rounds ; lost to Jem Qulgley , twenty
rounds ; kriocked out Qulsley In eleven
rounds ; lost to Mick Dooley , twenty rounds.
Hyun , ut Melbourne , undertook to stop
Starlight In ten rounds. This tn k he
failed to accomplish , and the colored man
was declared the winner. Stopped Mlclc
Coghlan , three rounds ; knocked out Hariy
Conquest , two rounds ; knocked out Ned
Hyan , seven rounds ; knocked out Dan
Kecley , live rounds ; fought n draw with
Joe Goddanl , thirteen rounds ; fought God-
dim ! ( itraln , twenty-round draw , nt Jo
hannesburg.
The Creedori-McCoy match , which will bs
pullei off on December 13 , may occur In
Now Yoik after all. The sports In that city
have been greatly encouraged b > the elec
tion of Van Wyck , and they are confident
that the contest can bo held either In Ne\v
York or Long Island C'ty. It Is practically
settled that the fight will not bo pulled off
out of the borders of thU country. It was
for a time thought that It would occur In
Canada , but now it Is announced that San
Francisco will be selected If the light is
not allowed In Now York.
ThereIs a great holler being made over
the recent Lavlgne-Walcott mill In San
Francisco. The coast town will have a
rather bad reputation after while It It kcepa
un its gait. The San Francisco Post' speaks
as follows regarding the mill :
Thu fight was a fake. That Is about na
I'ortriln as anything can be. So well was
the fnko carried out , however , that It de
ceived Utfcreo Oraney anil natlslleil a ma
jority of the spectators ; but Inside facts
concerning the betting , hnvo leaked out , and
s'how conclusively that it was nothing more
nor let'H than n Job to llcecii the town. It
Is an cany matter to believe n glove con-
ifst a fnko , but ) n hard matter to prove It.
The fnets that hnve Icakcil out In this
case , however , leave no room for doubt
that thu contest was ono of the woist pieces
of Jobbery ever perpetrated In San Fran
cisco. It Is known Unit the Jobbers cleared
up In t'no neighborhood of $20,030 from the
pool boxes.
K must Etrlko one that Fltz Is rapidly
getting In line In the Juw practice. Will
ho fight Corbett ? Listen to this , to which
lie gave utterance recently in St , Louis ,
wSicro ho was playing : "I have given up
all Idea of entering the prlzo ring again ,
and under no consideration will I bo drawn
Into a match. Corbett will find plenty of
men who will bo willing to light 4ilm , and
I hope ha will cense worrying about me nnd
tuy affairs , The talk of offering a $15,000
purse for Corbett and myself to fight for
again is the rankest sort of nonsense. Why ,
who would want to see me punch him Into
Insensibility again ? everybody Interested In
the Kanio knows another go at Carson City
would result In my finishing him in a rounder
or two , No. I don't believe Corbett could
bo Induced to put on the gloves witli any
heavyweight uga'ln for a finish fight. No one
knows better than himself that ho has had
enough of the punching business. "
li ; JllllH.
Bob Fltzslmmons Is picking Pan Creedon
to hlp Kid McCoyas he saya Creedon Is
a good stiff puncher and a good blockcr.
Jem Mace has finally decided to retire. A
benefit will be tendered Mm , at which he
will tneet Bob Travers , whom ho licked
thirty > cars ago ,
John L. Sullivan hat passed1 up the legiti
mate and a short time ago made Ills debut
as a specialty urtlst at Proctor's Pleasure
Palace , New York , >
U U Bald that the Ohoynski-Jeffrks con
test , slated for next Tuesday at San Fran
cisco. will be postponed until after the
OoJcHrd-Slmrkey tetto , which takes ulico
on Thursday ,
Tao San Fninclsco Examiner quotes George
Lavlgno as being Billing to box Tommy
Hyan for the world's welterweight cham-
plon-.hlp. Lavigno Is willing alao to box
Dal Hawkins at 130 ppuaJe.
' Denver" Ud Smith , who waa supposed
to have goue to the Klondike , has bobbed
up serenely an ntsuager of a hotel at Vic
toria. He want * a go with ( Peter Jacksoa
and If ho falls In this he la ono of the as
pirants to meet the winner of the ( Joddanl-
Shurkey match ,
Tommy Ilyan nrU Tommy West have been
matched to box a tw nty-round bout before
the Empire Athletic club of Buffalo. The
first steps to bring the two together were
lecently lakcn by Tim Hurst , the base ball
umpire , who Is ono of the head push of
the cliib now ,
Joe Elms , the colored bnndim weight of
Beaten , who trained and seconded ( leorgo
Dlxon In all the Intter'g Important fights
during the last three years > Is In 'England
to meet any boxer nt 112 or 115 pounds be
fore the club offering the largest purse.
Ho may bo matched with George Carfleld
for a purse already Suitiiip by the National
Sporting club. . ' v
1IAH13 HAM , .M1TI38 AXI1 CO.M1IH.NT.
Itvln iM'ii-.Sfiihoii HiiniorN of
In Ilic It lr Cliilin.
This In the season when rumors of Im
pending reorganizations of the various big
clubs constitute the principal clement of In
terest In base ball circles anil every day
brings some new explanation of the deals
lhat arc alleged to be In the wind. As a rule
these stories arc merely speculative , and arc
disproved by the actual results , While every
successful manager may bo expected to de
vote a considerable partjf.pf the botwcen-
scason's period to looking up material to
strengthen the weak points In Ills team , It
Is comparatively seldom that such deals as
a dozen or moro that have "been heralded
during the last week , arcs carried Into ef
fect. Occasionally there 1 a case in which
two managers agree that thsy can exchange
men with mutual advantage , but In the ma
jority of cases In which this Is attempted It
develops that neither one Is willing to trade
unless ho gets a shade the best of It , and
the deal never gets beyond the original
rumor. If more than one or two of the vari
ous deals that have been reported by the
pieas dispatches ns being partlcally con
summated ever , materialize It will be sur
prising.
A sporting exchange devotes some space
to a discussion of a lack of ginger In the
present game of base ball and very sensi
bly concludes that' this IF responsible f&r a
good deal of dissatisfaction on the part of
patrons who like to see the game played
hard and fast. There is scarcely a ball crun't
who will not endorse the proposition that
the constant delays that diave somehow crept
Into the game detract very materially from
Its interest. In commenting on this fact
the writer says :
Nowadays you rnicly ever see players
change sides on the run. In olden days the
players used to 'nlirry ' to and fiom the
Held. Then the pitcher didn't have to
"warm up" every time he look his posi
tion by pitching a li'ilC dozen balls to one
of the bascmon. The bailer didn't have
to walk to the bench , take a drink of
water , borrow a chew of tobacco and
pick over a halt dozen bats before ne found
one to suit him. Then the batter came
straight to the plate on the run. Some
of his colloaftues , who hail also gone to the
bench ut a fast gait , picked out his favor
ite bat anil sent the bat boy with It to
meet the batsman. That Is the way it
should be nowadays.
There te too much droning between In-
nlnss. Then , too , there were not an many
grandstand pitchers as there arc now. Then
the twirlcrs didn't have to hold the ball
In their hand from eight to ten seconds
beforp getting In position. Then after they
sot into position they didn't have to pose
elBht or ten seconds more before delivering
the ball. In those good old days the
rltt'.ier didn't have to walk half way to
the catcher to receive the ball on the re
turn. He Just went along about his busl-
net' ! . i
litcause It takes longer to play a game
Is no slg-n that the spectators are Rotting
more for their money. It Is not quantity
they are after. It Is quality. Nine in
nings Is the required limit of a game. No
matter If it takes three hours to play the-
nine Innings or only an hour and a lialf
It amounts to the same thing as far as
quantity is concerned. Put life and vigor
In the game. Make the players rush out
and lush In , as If they were tryingto
please the public. It has come to pass
whore the league magnates will have to
take action. The sooner the better. If
President Young were to issue orders to
the umpires to Insist upon the players
coming to the batter's box more promptly
and make ths pitchers do away with their
little practicing passes between innings , it
might have n , salutary effect.
Evidence Is not lacking to indicate that If
the demands of certain players are conceded
another cro. of Inflated salaries Is In pros
pect. A few years ago a. limit was reached
that broke nearly every management In the
cauntry. and It was cnly after what amounted
to a revolution that e.ilarles were brought
down to o basis at which there was some
prospect of financial success for some one
besides the player.i. It was believed that
the tlmo had passed when a .big hulk who
couldn't earn more than $1.50 a day at any
other occupation could demand and obtain
a. &ilary of several thousand a year , but
since Iho pleasure of the hard times has
subsided there are numerous Indications of
a tendency to push salaries up to the old
notch. The managers have had , sufficient
experience to teach them that this means
uiin for them , and if they are foolish enough
to put themselves back where they were
five- years rtgo they deserve to lose money.
If averages count for anything. First Base
man Beaumont of the New England league
should turn up In faster convany. He
played 107 games twlth Pawtucket laat year
with a fielding average of .980 and ranks
up with the hexivy hitters with a batting
average of .333.
Topeka , Kan. , has the. base ball craze
? gain , and its citizens have alrcody raised
S2.000. Just on an alleged possibility that it
may break Into the Western association.
While there Is no probability that the money
will ever be needed for that purpose , the
fact shows an amount of enterprise In the
Kansas capital that might do some good , if
It could be transplanted to Omaha.
The Sioux City cranks will have a meeting
November 18 to select a conplo of delegates
to the annual meeting of the Western asso
ciation with a view to securing a franchise.
< : < INN | | > of tn ] > CIIIIK- ,
During the past season Van Ilaltrcn was
up nt the plate , exclusive of time * when ho
secured bases era balls , was hit by pitched
ball , or made sacrifice hits , 571 times leadIng -
Ing the league In this res-cot.
The Milwaukee club has signed three Texrs
league players Pitchers Weyhlng and Black ,
burn and Shortstop Hall ,
Jamison , the big Indian pitcher of the
CnilNle school , Is anxious to become a pro
fessional , and has hopes' of getting Into the
National league.
Alison's ten-vear contract with the Chicago
club Is ea d to have * expired October 30.
The base ball debt at Cornell Is &ild to
bo 31,300 , the naval deficit ? CflO and the foot
ball surplus $2GOO ,
The Western league magnates have wisely
determined to put a curb on rowdyism In
the ranke of the players next season. The
hoodlums will be heavily fined by President
Johnson , and he will have the earnest sup
port not only of the directors of that organi
zation , but of every club owner ,
IIOHSUMI3.V AI.I. LOOK I'MSAS ! ? ! ) .
SOIHOII'NVork < if ( lIiirni'NX HIK-LTM
U'IIH Vrry I'rofltnlilc ,
The trotting season Is over and the harness
lace horseman are emphatic In their asser
tion that nj year was BO successful or moro
brilliant In performances. The attendance
at all kinds of meets Is said to have sur
passed any previous year and ( he racing has
met public approval. All kinds of coin has
flowed Into the pockets of race ; , track man
agements , with several " exceptions.
The record for the "year has really been
unparalleled. With the exception of the
world's trotting record , nearly all
other previous pacing and trotting
records have been broken , The event of the
year was the passing of the two-mlnuto
mark , that goal that hat been coveted for
years and years by the followers of the track
aril which eeems to have been made possible
only by , the pneumatic sulky. To this
uslltent wheel must be ascribed largely thU
mark , for how otherwise is it that the "high
wheel" records of Maud B and Johnston
have not been touched , though efforts to bat
them have been made ? Let this he au It
may be. The two-mlnuto horse has como
and new visions of future posslbllltUu of the
harurte horee will dance before the gaze of
the track followers next season.
The season's work brought out eomo excel
lent material. Nineteen trotters and forty *
seven pacers entered the 2:10 : cltim fpr tbo
flrst time , Tweuty piccre srevfoueVf to th ?
And tlio Imntl plnyed on If yon chn't
l > lny In the band yon cnn work a
music box do yon Know we've a whole
lot of music boxes Ut'slnii Music boxes
there is nothing better ninde plays
anything l.XM ( ) tunes that's pretty near
everything they're ' ? U -fLMO-aecord- -
IHK to size but the most popular ont > Is
only Siri-lt's iMHx'JOxll Ini'lii's with
the tun ? slioc'ts 15 % Inches In diameter-
ex tra discs only li < ) e each come to the
sfof * ! we'll show yon how easy It Is to
pla.y . one the tone Is elegant of course
If you'd rather liitve a piano we've got
\mi-at the right i [ price too.
A. MDSPE.
Music and Art. 15S3 Douglas
\\hat \ cnn
bcntlcer for wedding precuts -
cuts tlijiji steillnwwllver
pieces-most of
onr Holiday pitrulniw of CSorham sterling
silver Is now on display-without doubt
it is htiiidsoiutist and most complete
line of new sterling silver 1)LT ) , llnu goods
ever brought Into onr store and
we nro just waiting-ami anxlons-to
show them to yon-ami let yon know
how- reasonable th. > y are-let us have
the pleasure of showing you the llne-
100 engraved vMtlng cards and comt-r
engraved plate for $1.50-100 cards
printed from your own plate. Jfl.OO wed
ding Invitations are onr speclaltv mail
otders promptly attended to.
C ; S. RAYMOND CO. ,
Jewelers ,
15th and Douglas Sts.
M hut H dc matter wid me fur do Qureii
-I'm a daisy 1'-r selling di > stoecker
Ive-cent cigar-an' '
- my dad's hot on me
trail wld prices fur do dealers fur Mon
day only he cut dese prices wid my ax
ring tobocco ( dealers' price )
UtUtle Ax IMng , per pound ] Sc
Climax IMng , per pound ; ; r.c .
riper Ileldsiuck IMng. p ; > r pound. . . f > i > c
Smoking tobacco ( dealers' price )
Duke's Mixture | 2 ox. ) , per pound. . : > 7e
Meerschaum ( L m. . ) . per pound 27c
Seal North Carolina Cut Hug (2 ( UK. )
per pound MC
Swot Caporal Cigarettes ( box f > < ) f ) ) . . < : i.70
No mail or telephone orders filled.
1404 DOUGLAS.
2:10 list lowered their records. Moro heats
were trotted and paced in 2:10 : or better
than In nnv other season. A green trotter
in h'a ' first season , The Monk , made the phe
nomenal tlmo of 2OS'4. :
The sensations of the eenson occurred in
the pacing events. It Is questionable whether
the marks will be displaced next year. The
five fastest were made by the following pac
ers : Star Pointer , 1C9 > 4 ; John H. Gentry ,
2:00' : , $ ; Joe Patchen , 2:01 : % ; Robert J , 2:01 : % ;
Frank -Agan , 2:035i ! The males also eel , u"n
good marks , the records of the five fastest
being : Bessie Bonehlll and Lottie
Loralne , dead , heat , 2:05 : % ; Pearl C
and Pearl Onward , 2OG'XAngle : ; 1) ,
2:07. : It Is predicted that next season will
bo devoted moro to the pulling down of the
trotting record.
IliiHt from tin * TrnrkM.
But ono trotton has taken a record of 2:10 :
or better on the Pa'clflc coast this year.
Rev. J. W. Arncy , the Michigan preacher ,
has quit the pulpit and will race his horses.
, Direct , 2OD : > A , i the former pacing cham
pion of the world- was tried at the trot
recently and made a hair-mile In 1:05 % .
The new coiners to the 2:03 : list , pacing ,
tMs year , are Frank Dogasli , 2OI'/i : ; Bumps ,
2:01 : i ; Planet , 2:04 : % , ani Gulnctte , 2:05. :
AVhcn Joe Patchoa made Ills first start he
was In tto hands , cf Oscar Ames. Then
came Gcers , Curry , Dlckersor , and Atkinson I
and now at the- end of the season Atnea has
him again.
A relay of six thoroughbreds raced five
miles recently nt Philadelphia against four
bicycle cracks and the hoises won In nine
minutes and fifty-four seconds , with the
wheelmen 300 yards behind. |
Joekey Charley A. Thorpe , formerly of
this city , but who now claims Whiting , In. ,
as his home , passed through the city List
week with his wife. He has ridden the i
season In Europe and .will winter on the
coast. I
Since July 4 Star Pointer has traveled over '
8,003 miles on cars , and has piced twenty-
six heats below 2:05 : , nine 'heing 2:02Vi : : or
better. It Is computed that the champion
has spent more than one-third of the time In ,
traveling.
Hllma has to her credit the double dlstlnc-
tlcn of having won the two big stakes of the
year , the Detroit aad the Transylvania $3,000
stslco at LexlDgton. She was also the winner
of a big trotting stake. Merchants' and
Manufacturers' $30,000 stake , at Ileadville.
WITH THIS DiaVOTKUrf OK
I.c'iulliiK Trump trnm I < Mv < nnd u CIIH -
In Polnl.
"Tho South Side Whist club" met recently
to reorganize for the winter's season. The
club was formed last year by the women In
the vicinity of Ilanscom park , and meets o.
alternate Tuesday afternoons In the homes of
its members. The membership Is composed
entirely of women , and now numbers about
a dozen. The president stated that trophko
have been established to mark proficiency
In the game and that great Interest is mani
fested In the results of each aftornoon'g play
The winners at the Initial meeting , held last
week , were Mesdamcs Tlppcry and Smith.
She salt ! also that the members have de
voted themselves to attaining a scientific
btandard and that during business hours all
dlficupslors of styles and outside matters arc
sacrificed to the pursuit of the silent game.
At the opening meeting Mrs. lilanchard
was selected president anil Mrs. Hall , secre
tary. Kour tables were present , and the fol
lowing participated ; Mesdamca Hlanchard ,
Hall , Drlscoll , Marty , Crlckmore , Rogers ,
Smith , Fuller , Krico , Tlppery , Shelley and
Salisbury.
nurrell's team of medicos defeated Jonea'
team In the match for the trophy last Satur
day night by five yolnts , Reed's team , con
sisting of Ileed , Illnuharc , Uelndorff and
George 'Scrlbncr , qualified as the doctor's
opponents next Saturday night.
Many articles have been written on the
BdvUablllty of always leading trump from
live. Nearly all discussions and decisions
are based UQOII 'the balance of the hand of
the player holding Rye trutupa , and the gen
eral opinion seoraa to ba that unless the
otrength of the hand warrants It trumps
should not bu led. White IB a partnership
game and < /fundamental theory of Dr ,
Polo was that tilt' two liando should be played
as one. It the hand Is too weak to open
trumps from flve It'followa that the alterna
tive will bo to lead.'Iroin a n'cah suit , which
Is al\va > s dangerous , as the chances are two
to one that you hc-Ip the adversary Instead
of your partner. Again , If you bold flvo
trumps , you hava aao suit of not moro than
( wo turds j If youirliavu such a weak suit
some one must -hold long in that suit , and
thu chances arc -one In three that It Is your
partner , Heturnlng to the old saying that
"two rounds trump never does any harm , "
It would appear wUe to open with trumps
holding flve. Bvou If your partner returns
tliu trump it IB not necessary to continue
< Uu lead unless the fuco of the cards warrant
It. Of course the above refers to an original
leader , lor U not the original leader the ( all
or the cards may show that a trump lead Is
not advisable. The player who leads trump
from five olays a sound game , but the genius
at whist Is ho who knows always when to
make or not to make the third lead of trumps.
In a match game nt the Omaha club the
other evening North held trump ( hearts ) S ,
C , 5 , 3 , 2 ; spades , A , 10 , 8 ; diamonds , 0 , J.
S ; clubs , K. S. Seven of hearts turned by
West. North led three of trumps ; South
played queen , which U'est took with ace
and led back ten of trump , which held the
trick , South discarding a. small club. West
next led a small diamond , which North cap
tured with the jack. North , p'aclng king of
hoirts with Hast , led a third trump and found
them all in West's hand. West drew all the
trumps , made all his diamonds and then
led clubs to his partner , who held ace and
queen , and North and Souta had to be con
tented with ono trick. If North had led
spades Instead of trump at trick four he
would have forced Went and have made at
least three more tricks , This hand lost the
match.
The scores at the club on Wednesday night
were as follows :
North nnd Sou'.li
Coe and Shea 210
A. W. Scribner ami Hlrd 211
Critmmer nnd McNutt 210
.Tordon and Lawrence lies
Heed nnd Illnehart 2t *
Thomas anil Bushman 207
Aline nnd Burrell 201
Funkhouser nnd Garner 201
Averajre- 20LI
East and West
Peters nnd Coakley 211
Uelndorff nnU Serlbner 2 < jD
Douglas and Ilcdlck I'OO '
Jones and Jlelkle TOS
HaiAlcs iind Uruncr 207
Comstock > lnil Silpley 207
McDowell nnd Stanford 207
Scannell and Pope 201
Average 207
The llrst ten for the month of November
nro ns follows :
Numc. Score. | Name. Score.
Coo lOlCrummer 10
Shen , . , , lOJordon ! )
Ijawronco HIDoUKlas 7
McDowell "IBurrell ( i
llclndorff GjCahn C
Km- tiltriuSM 1'lnyorx.
The history of the same of ciies-3 , of Its ori
gin and development Is such as to make any
student proud of Its accomplishment. Its rec
ord aul world-wide popularity place It easily
at the head of all the Inventions of man to
obtain pleasure and profit from.the passing
hour.
An played by the Hindoos unknown cen-
tiirlci ago the game bore the name "Cliatu-
ranga , " or "Four Armies. " Sir William
Jones , the llrst Englishman to master Stns-
krlt. nacc3 thu origin of the n.istlmo at
3,900 years before the Cirlstian era. .Ac
cording to the Oriental method four men
sat at the tablu board. There were sixty-
four squares lu use , aa now , and each man
plajeu eight pieces , making the same , total
as In the modern game. There were the
rajah , elephant , horho , tirlp and Jour pawns
to each player. These correspond to the
king , rook , Itnlght and bishop of iho latter
version. The play passed In rotation ar.J
cuch man was obliged to move the pleca
determined by the cast of a die , This ele
ment of chance was eliminated by the play
ers , of the fifteenth century , who remodeled
and renamed the game. During the 400
'
> cars s'lnco there has been no change In
the laws , of 'Its government ,
A game is given below which uas played
between W , It. Lighten of this city and L , .
C. Molso of Eniporlu , Kas , Mr. hlghton la
ono ofi-tho best known or local players and
Mr. Molso has the reputation of putting
up ono of the strongest and most original
games in hla state , The game was rather
hastily playc < l and was one of eight ftnUhcd
'In ' an ovenlng , The slight errors noted can
bo attributed to this cause. The game waa
a king's bishop gambit , which Involves , as
chcs p.layers are familiar , the t > acrlllco of
the king's bishop's pawn.Vhltc' thirteenth
move was one of the errors Inevitable In
a flfteen-mlnuto 'game , and resulted In the
loss of 'a ' pawn and u favorable poslHon.
His hvehty-fourtb move , also , was probably
Intended for rook to knight's square , as that
would hav preserved the pawn. The prog
ress of the game was as follows :
White-Mr. Jlolse , Ulack-Mr. Lighten.
1-P to K 4. 1-P to 1C 4.
J-P to K U t. 2-1" tukes P.
3 B to I ) 4. 3-P lo 1C Kt 1.
J-Kt to K II 3. 4-R to Kt 2
& P to Q } . E-Kt to Q D 3.
& -P * p 1C 5 C-I > lt > K U 3.
7 Oumleft 7-K Kt to K 2.
S-P ttf Q U 3. S-P to Q 4.
H-li to Kt 3. < 9-I to K It 4.
10-Kt to H 3. JO-Q to Q 2.
11-11 to Q U 4 , 11-1' to Q K 3.
12 U Jo Q 2. , 12 OastlOH ( K It. )
13J to K 2. 13-IC' , takes Q I' .
11-1' takes Kt. It-Q takes U.
13-1 to 1C 11 4. 35-1' to Kt 5.
1C-H to Q 3. 3G-P takes Kt.
17-Q tali'vti P. 17 B to K C.
18-Q tnkea P. 18-Q to Q 2.
1D-Q 11 to K Sq. 19-P to 1C H 4 ,
20-1' to 11 5 , 20-Q to 1C 3.
21 K to 1C 8. 21-IC to A 2.
-K to , ICt 3. . 22-It to K Kt B < J/
Ion know there'n jrhlnc to l o an Ice
Cnrnlvnl nt the Kxiwsltltm ( jroiiiitls-
t lore will IKJ
skatliiK 1
nn < a Qiinen-iuul
tncro will lie lots of otlipr places wlioro
yoi onn sknto-lf yon'vy tlio sktitea-now ,
.you vc the mnm > y and wo'vo the skates
lots inule-otir skates niv the coleltnteil
rock & Sn.vtler kliid-ovi-ry boy , girl or
man or woman ( hut can sknto will toll
yon that tin- IVvkSnytUr ska to Is the
sKati' to buy wo'vu nil sizes and all
kinds.--at nil | irlees , no inn Her what nrlco
you not a Peek & Snytler cuiiranteed
skate it's a oed time to slide Into our
store and skate out.
A. C. RAYMER ,
DKKS' IIAKDWAHK IIURE.
1514Fnnmm St.
There's nn use liolntr tit doubt for
meres no 6ther shoe store In Onuilia
where va lit us arc MS hl Ii ni > and priee *
ns low down-Di-ox 7 , . siiooinan stivs
theres no ( itH-stion jilmut It-iin quostlou
inn that we've jjot the ilitest line of linn
siloes for tlie lmllen yon huve ever had
tlie opportunity of Hiving tliev are tlio
over iM > lnilnr cork tilled soles-in lliu lat-
ents lasts-an Ideal wlnler shoe leej ; > s
yonr feet warm and dry wit hunt rnh-
lK > rs-lltlit-Ht.vllsh-iind luuulsoine till
sixes and wldths-tlu-e * prices ? : i.)0 ( )
St.r. . ( ) and if l.oo when hi doubt como
here.
Drexel Shoe Co , ,
1410 Ftirimui Street
Now fall catalogue now ready ; mailed
for the tisklii"
It Isn't merely old age that makes eye
sight dim there's little defect ; often'In
the eye while young or In middle lile
which If taken In time can be easily
rectllled our Mr. A. I. Agnevv is a gtui-
uate optician of over thirteen years' ex
perience and will make a thorough and
practical examination of your eyt-s ab
solutely free-it's an easy matter then
for ns to furnish the lenxes that are re
quired for we grind thorn hero and
know to an ahfdlutc certainty that
they're right before we allow yon to
wear them there is a hit In the adjust
ment of the frames onr mamifacluring
department sees to It that this is prop
erly done come and see us and let us
see your i\yes.
Columbian Optical Co ' !
AUTISTIC. SCIKXTII.-IC AVI ) I'UAC-
TIAI. OI'CTICIAXS ,
DRVVISIt , OMAHA , KANSAS CITV , I
16(9 ( Champa. 211 S. 16th St. 915 Main.
We. restore broken tenth to their nnt-
nral shape by building them up with
beautiful contour weld liilinss for years
wo'xv made a specialty of jold lliliiis
and have attained a perfection in ( lie art
only reached after years of experience
our work is right up to date and wo
guarantee our gold lilllngs to stay 'i. ' ro
we put them careful and painstaking
assistants including a lady attendant
our small gold ( tilings are J.OOv < en : :
examine your teeth and tell yon Just
what is needed also the cost If they've
got to come out why w'H extract them
without pain or gas for .TOc a tooth wo
use gas when desired lint the price Is *
more.
BAILEY ,
\ > nr ! lil Floor I'liMon Illlf.
: ilierli'iro. ICItli ami
23-K ' 'o n 2. 2,1 u to n Sq.
21-H to X U Sq. 2I-I { t ke It
2.1 Q takes H. 2.V-U to 1C Kt Sq.
Wnltc resigned.
Pliiillio'N CiM-nt ( inir INiriil.
Alex H. Find lay , who was larscly Instru
mental In sUirtlii ! ; the Omaha GjlC club last
summer , Is now playius the Koine in Now
England and ho is Ehowluj ? tm ! easterners
much that tlioy never dreamed of about
driving and putting.
"Mr. Kimlliy probably stands without a
peer ninong Aincrlcau Kilters , " writes
ono cnthvelastlc arimlicr of Ills play at Con
cord , N. II. , about a week ago , when he bioko
his own recoid nf 3G by making the nloo
helm In 34. The next bsst record for the
coutfco Is 39 , made by IS. H , Conant , one of
the foicmost business men of Lowell , on the
same aftcinoon. In an e.vlilbUljn game with
Mr. Conant Mr. Klndlay nude a iccord of
70 for the eighteen holes
Tlie Cccicord Monitor ras this to say In
praise of the man and his work on the llnlci :
"The skill ol ! an artist is seldom united with
business ability and personal charm such as
Mr. Kind My possesses. Ills style Is a model
of accuracy , ease and Jlnlsh. Ills magnificent
drives never fall to call out a chorim of de
lighted cxc'ainallona ' from the spectators ,
\shllo his fliprtxich shots always rem to
Htriko every liuiro and mound at Just the
right angle to reach the cunter of the green.
It was noticed that his app.-oachiiiR was
much lower and swifter tl-an It was In July.
Ho apparently takes a gauge of his distance
fiom the ground by taking a little dirt at each
Fliot , so that topped halls nro unknown to
him. As this method of play tendo of ftflulf
to loft thcf lull hn Is im\v using a midIron -
Iron for approaching Instead of u loftcr or a
moshlc , "
Flndlay recently met A. II. Ki-nn , who has
the reputation of belcij ; tlie biggest cup
winner In America , at Lexington , Maes. In
an elghtpon-holo match the cx-Omihan won
by a up and " to play. The Doston Transcript
says that Klndlay's driving In this contest
was almost without -option far and uro ,
Ho made the tlrot flvo holes In the hecood
half In seventeen strokes.
Mr. Flndlay now holds over thirty iccnrds
In Now England. lie has bucn playing theie
now for just four months airl is apparently
Improving all the time. Next season ho , vlll
be a hard man to bC4.t. ,
Tixi Oluilli'iiui-H.
The following challenges have been re
ceived by the sporting cdlior thia week :
OMAHA , Nov. 11 To the Sporting' lidlcor
of The Bees AVIllUm F. I'orlcr , better
known an the Ht. Paul Kid , colnic-d bil
liard player. Issues the follojAlng1 oliallengo :
I will play any colored billiard player In
Omaha , or tlm state of Nclirai-k.i , for tli > ,
li : or f2r > n tide , straight rail m fourteen-
liiL'li balk line bllllui < l . I run lie fauml at
22U Houtll FlftuPiltSi. Cohen's Bhoo UrCBHliiK
U' F. TOUTKH. St. IMul Kid.
OMAHA , Nov [ i. To the Sportliw I'Mltor
of The Ucc : Learning that MlH < l.llllo Wll-
llama IB at present In tills city and as I
huvo done Home trsirk work mywlf , but
huvo not entered the prnfc-'HHloiml rank , I
should like to meet her , lu n m.itch race
from ono to fifty uillt-H , to < 1rrMn a ques
tion I heard discussed j-n l mimnior ns to
my ablU > ; y to deK-iit her Hoping he will
favor mo with a inc-etln , I rcin.'iln yours
truly , KATIK IIUIIIN
In the future [ lib importing editor will pty
no attention to challenge ) fro'n pinfouslonals
unless forfeit money Is poMeJ < o show the
good faith of thn challenging parties
Till ) lIPKt Hl-IIICll > ' for ( ll'OIIJI , CdlllH
mill llroiit-liltlM ,
"Tho best remedy for croup , colds and
bronchltlB that I liuve Ltcn able lo find. "
sayg Mr. Henry Ottfl of JndUnapolli , Ind. ,
"is Chamberlaln'a Cougli Itemed/ , For
Umlly UHO U ban no. equal oa the nurkot , I
gladly recommend u , "
of Nicoll tailoring reveals
the completeness of its
excellence. It is equally
noticeable in the men's
cheviot suits at 15 , or the
fine textured fabrics at 45.
Suits to measure at prices
between those figures , and
every conceivable weave ,
color and pattern lo select
from.
Dressiness in every Nicoll
Suit.
Overcoats $15 to $ o.
Trousers $5 to
Kfirbach Block ,
209 and 211 So 15th St
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wiilght In y < > ld itton jou ntva It. Alilr' " .
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