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ATHLETES AT HIGH SCHOOL
Omaha Boys Show Great Interest m
Outdoor Spoils.
CHOOSE OFFICERS FOR THE SEASON
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tuliiN ( if Fool Hull anil HiiHf Hull
Ton HIM lOlvc-lfd Otlu-r
iv XCWN.
The most notable event In amateur atlilet-
lea in tills section ot tlio great west during
ot a new anil
tlio laat week was tlio awakening
greater Interest In amateur sport nt Uio
Omaha High school. . The annual meeting of
the athletic association of tlio High school
for tlio election of olllcers , which was held
ou Monday afternoon , resulted not only In
officers to guide and
tlio choice of competent
direct the sports of the school during the
conclusively that
coming year , but showed
thcro Is an Intense and Immense Interest In
athletics among the boys on. the hill. This
latent during a part of
Interest may appear
the year , but when awakened It proves to bo j I
able-bodied and rather vigorous ,
Frank II. Knight , who imccessfully man-
need the affairs of the foot ball team last
and man-
elected president
'fall , lias been
ot the association. Alfred Dickinson.
ngor Dickinson of the
son of General Manager
Union Pacific railroad , U the now secretary
ball captain for the
and treasurer. The foot
eleven next fall is K. Tracy , who will ho re-
the eleven
halfback ot
membured as the filar
this
ball captain
autumn. The base
last
will be Frank U. KnlRht.
spring
ball nine to
base
The outlook for a strong
dla.
school on the
the Omaha High
represent 'bright.
exceedingly
Is
iiioiid this spring
will lie
the candidates for the team
Among enough of iho old men to establish a
found
this 'tho ' now
nucleus. Upon
strong
pretty will
hopes to build up a nine that
oaptaln
that it plays
win a largo share of the games
The battery positions and thu outfield arc
neauml 'to bo strong , and them uro a number
well for the In-
ber of new men who promise
Held , Tracy will probably bo called upon to
do a good part ot the pitching , unless a bet
ter man turns up , in which ovcnc the High
echool team will have two good pitchers.
Davlson is scheduled to do quite a good
deal ot the catching , nnd Is said to bo a
good player 'back ' ot the bat. Captain Knight
will play at shortotop himself , and those who
remember the good work ho has hcretoforu
done on the diamond for the High school
teams know that nothing will bo wanting-
that position , which Is , iby tbo b > e , a very
good position for a base ball captain to oc
cupy. Inthe outfield thcro nro Cortelyon ,
Cutcadcn and Freeman , all of last year's
nine , to start oft with , and several new play
ers ambitious to took after one of the Bar-
don spots. So It looks as though the High
school team would have a strong outfield.
Among the new players who arc anxious to
represent their schol on the diamond thla
spring four are considered as good as any of
the old players. With at fair number of iba
S2.-PrffleH * "cik aml wtU | fiomc K031- now
! ? . - , .al ' , Hr ? ' " 2 ° ? caon ror "ot believing
that the High achool will have one of the
beat .bttso . ball nloca that ever represented It !
yard to do
Lnvihin01 B"m toJUem lbat tboywew oins
DythluB irronr , but tbe next couple ot day ,
showed them their mistake , for they went
aroiMid with lame arms. That Is one thing
that youtig players , especially , and old play
ers occasionally , need to watch , they must
wait for Hie pas4jlng away of cold weather
before commencing on their outdocc work.
Fortunately In this case , but little or no iarm
was done , for Indoor work will take out the
stiffness of the boys' arms nnd they will have
plenty of tlmo to recover from the effects of
their indiscretion before the season opens.
Some practice work 'las been done la the
basement of the High school , but this place
does not offer the best facilities for Indoor
practice work. During the latter part of this
month the base ball candidates for the High
school team will begin regular practice work
In the gymnasium at the Turners' hall. There
better opportunities will be offered for good
yractlco work. The greatest need the base
ball candidates have at present la for a coach.
There are any number of High School alumni
who are more or less advanced In the science
of lose ball , and U seems only fair that some
of them should take sufficient Interest In the
nine of their alma mater to give It the odvsu-
tago of their experience. Last season Frank
Crawford gave the boys some valuable In
struction In the art of batting and It Is hoped
by Captain Knight that Crawford may again
be secured to help along the work ot the team.
It Is probable that the greatest lack of the
boys tills year will bo In batting. If some
place Is found where batting may bo practiced
along with tbe other InJoor work for the
next few months , > . d some one secured who
can tell the boys bow to stand up to the
plato and how to use Judgment In picking
out the good balls wiitlo Jetting tbo bad
oiws go by n great start will be gained and
the players will go en the field In the spring
fairly well advanced.
At the University ot Nebraska Indoor ath
letics appear to bo progressing very well. All
la In' preparation for the basket ball gamra
between the university team and the ono
representing the Young Men's Christian as
sociation of Omaha. Tlio students count on
cue , If not two , victories. Last week In
speaking of the base ball team of the unlvcr.
slty The Bee said that the team would prob
ably be coached by Benedict , the star half
back of the foot tall cloven. That was a
mistake , The Benedict family proved too
many for us. The Benedict who is teaching
la the Lincoln High school and who will help
coach the base ball team Is an elder brother
of Ucnedlct , the foot ball player. Apropos
of athletics at the University ot Nebraska
The Bee received a letter from Kdward N.
Itoblcison. the former foot ball and base
tall coich of the team at Lincoln , the other
day. Ho la now at Danvcts , Macs. Through
his efforts and through the courtesy ot
Charles E. Patterson , sporting editor of the
Illustrated American , the cbamplo.T foot ball
team of the Western Intercollegiate Foot
Ball association of 3807 , received a very fair
representation , both plctorlally arid editori
ally , in the Issue of tbe Illustrated
American ot January 6.
The sad death of Marshall Newell , the best
athlete Harvard has produced in the last
decade , has called forth many tributes to
bis worth and sterling qualities from all
parts of the country , The following excerpt
from the data memorial ehows how highly
he was esteemed at Harvard :
An nthlcte In the best sense of the word ,
be loved fport for sport's sake nlono , In
foot ball strong nnd alert , he was effective
without belne rouijli. As nil oarsman ho
was persistent , determined , powerful. Al
ways to be trusted , Ills spirit never Magged ,
bis courage never fulurcd. Ho wns tried
often nnd never found wanting. His
character was us sturdy us his body.
Aside from the enormous Interest In boat
ing matters among the eastern universities
the greatest interest la shown In tbo develop
ment of base ball nines for the coming tea-
son. At all of the leading unlversltlca the
candidates have been railed out , and the
work of winter training begun , The follow
ing summary shows how tha leading eastern
teams start to work In reference to the old
stars loot and positions that will have to be
filled with new players :
I'rlncctou'a erc&tcut J ° ss W"J bo that pf
Jayne , to whoso pitching belongs much of
the credit of the success Princeton had last
season In defeating Yale. Besides Jaync ,
' Princeton will lese ex-Cnptain Dradley , cen-
terflcld ; Smith , second base ; Altman , rlght-
t field and pitcher , and Captain Wilson ,
pitcher and third base. Princeton has : Kcl-
ley , first base ; 'Captain Butler , shortstop ;
Kafer , catcher ; Hlllebrand , third base ; Bar-
' ret , third base , and Easton and Suter , out-
j fielders.
I Harvard will lose Paine and Scannell , one
j of the best college batteries In the country.
It will be difficult to nil 4holr places , al-
j though there is some good material In the
I lower ) classes. 'Ex-Captain : Dean , second
i base ; Stevenson , third base , nnd Beale , ccn-
I terfle-M , have also graduated. The men remain -
[ main ing are : Haughton , first base ; Chan
dler , shortstop ; Burgess , rlghtfield , and Cap
tain Hand , leftflcld.
Yale lies lost by graduation : Ex-Captain
Keater , contorfleld ; Lcttou , first base ;
FIncke , third base. Murphy and DeForeet
have also been graduated. This spring the
team will have : Captain Orecnwny , Hecker ,
H ami in and Sullivan , catchers ; Hazen and
DeSaullc-a , second base ; Camp , shortstop ;
Wallace , Farnam and Sullivan , outfield.
Of last year's team at Cornell three of
the regular men have left the university ,
leaving the positions of Icftfleld , shortstop
and third base vacant. The other positions ,
however , will not necessarily bo filled by old
men , as It Is expected there will bo a lively
ccmpctltlcn and some of last year's players
will have hard work to make thc-lr pcsltlooa
on the team. The Cornell team will be
captained by Young , pitcher and catcher , and
will bo coached by Harry Taylor , ' 88 , Arthur
Field , ' 92 , and Clyde Johnson , ' 95.
Yale's prospects for a base ball team that
will redeem Uio Blue for the defeats it
suffered on the dlamcnd last spring appear
to bo very good. Both the battery positions
need strengthening anJ much Irt expected of
Cadwaladcr , the freshman who distinguished
tilmsclf at center on the foot baI ) ten in , as
pitcher. These of last year's team \\iio are
now in college and who will bo candidates
ag'aln this season arc : Hazcn , second base ;
Camp , shortstop ; Feary and G. Hecker ,
pitchers ; Goodwin , catcher ; Sullivan , out-
llclder ; Hamlln , pitcher ; Wallace , outfielder ,
and Captain Grcenway , outfielder. lo addi-
tlcti to these men who played last season In
the championship games tbcre Is Do Saullc.i ,
the foot ball player , who played second base
two years ago , but who was out of college
last year. Hazen has aso ! been on tbo foot
ball field this fall , and so have Sullivan and
Qreenway. Hazen played second base last
Juno , anl played It well , and it Is therefore
doubtful whether De Saulles will be able to
displace him. Little Camp will bo remem
bered for his good all-around work , and es
pecially for hln work In the bax , Feary , who
was a ( substitute pitcher last season , only
played through par to of the big games , and
so did Hamlio. Goodwin was prevented from
catching throughout the season by Illness ,
Ho Is a pplenjlj man beMnd Uio bat , and as
ho staled out of foot bail last fall It Is
thought ho will be able to play through the
base ball season , Sullivan did fairly well as
a substitute catcher last year , but really be
longs to the outfield , where ho will probably I
bo tHcd this coming season , Wallace alto
did well in Uio outfield last year and Is a
Broil man for any one cf tneeo position. * , If
Optaln Grcnoway Is unable to pitch ho will
go buck to the outfield as he did lest year ,
At Prlncetwi they are already talking
about the probiblo nr.akc-up of the 'varsity
nine. There are a number of Important
places to fill ami the talent on bind Is Mil
to be nu'lo promising. Kafer , who Is to.
sldcred lo bo the beat catcher In : ny ef the
unlvcmltles. will again p/ay behind .ho bit.
"King" Kelly will once more cJVtr firs'
base and Duller will resume work at pliort
Held , Kaston will bo the left flol-'cr , but 1.
all other places new nun will bu trie ! . HI ) ,
lebrand , the foot ball pJ ! > er , will be a can
didate for third base , although 'iiartett U
still in the university , The former may tutu
cut to be a strong man for the box , as he
lv o already done some good twirling. In
pitching , by the way , tbo Tigers may bo
weak. Querau , 4 euletltuto last year , in
regarded as a good crto , but ho lacks ex
perience. 'Priest ' , who comes from Smith
academy , St. Louis , wltji quite a reputation ,
Is another candidate , but outsldo of tlieso
men the talent Is sowce. Robinson is anx
ious ) to fill Bradley's ' pjaco In center field ,
whllo Watklr.s ar.1 Anglo arc- trying for j
third base and short stop , respectively. Mat-
tls , who captained thcr Lawrencevlllo team |
last year > Is on the list for tie outfield. Dun i
can ia thought to bo' tile llnal selection for
second base , as Captain Butler praises
him highly. Brady , a good outfielder ,
will also bo tried In the box. On the whole ,
the team cannot be expected to ecjuat laat
> ear's champion aggregation.
Cornell has finally agreed on an answer to
the challenge of Yale for a boct race thlfl
spring. It was sent to New Haven this
week and Informed the boating authorities
of Yale that Cornell would Join Yale and
Harvard In a race at New London ! this year
If Cornell tie allowed ito came tbe oauroo
for a similar race next year. If ever Cor
nell's sportsmanlike ijilltles show1 out to
good advantage it was" when this generous
answer was sent to Yillo's conditional chal
lenge. In the flnt place , It was generous
of Cornell to notice at all a conditional chal
lenge from a defeated ! crow. The idea of
Yale's attempting to iiamc the conditions
for a "boat " race in 180 $ , after having ( been
defeated by Cornell In 1897 , struck every
falr-mlndeJ athletic critic as preposterous
ana absurd. But Cornell has waived Its
conceded right , as the winner of the last
IDtcrcolleylato boit rac , to have something to
say about the conditions of this year'fi race
If only It be permitted to name Iho course for
the race next year. If any one
wishes to say that such a proposition as
Cornell has Just made Is not fair , generous
and sportsmanlike lie should rise and remain
standing until coiiritoei. He may be hard
to Hnd. U Is hardly fair to illscuts what
Yale may or may not do until the athletic
authorities there have had an opportunity
of thoroughly considering the answer from
Cornell. For the sake Of Intercollegiate sport
It Is to bo hoped that Yale accepts the
proposition made by Cornell. 'By ' so doing It
would gain more respect among the lovers
of the highest and purest sport than 'by ' any
act Yale has done for n long tlmo. Yale
has everything to gain and nothing to lose
by the acceptance of the proposition of
Cornell. To bo sure Cornell would In all
probability not name the favorite Yale course
at Now 'London ' for the ISO ! ) race , but It
would put Yale to no greater disadvantage
next year than Yale would put Cornell to
this year.
The late dispatches from tlio east regardIng -
Ing the boat race between the crews of
Cornell , Yale and Harvard announces that
"the stuff's off , " Yale has declined the
conditional acceptance by Cornell of Its
conditional challenge. This was announced
on Thursday afternoon ; Captain Colson of
Cornell lias received a reply from Captain
Whitney of Yale to the effect that Yale
will not have anything to do with a race for
18)9 ! ) In which Cornell.la to participate and
name the course. Cornell said It would
accept Yale's Invltettoo to row at New Lon-
don In 1898 If It might be allowed to name
the course for 1899. but Yale la not Inclined
to give any chance to Cornell for a race next
year and it's no surprise that Yale resents
the idea of any other 'college crew suggesting
the course for a race , even If that other crow
should happen to be > tbe champion crew.
Tommy Cumlng , thq * star catcher of the
Orange Athletic club , ) nys ttat be wan a
member of the lll-fatrd New York amateur
t : > am which was taken abroad not long ago
by Al Lavtson.
" \Vo v.ad only seven men when we landed
In 13ng' ; id , " said Cumins , "and we wcce In !
\ toirible slaw , La Don went outside of the ;
tavern In which we were Mop. Ing and law
two laborers. He asked'them If they wanted
to earn a shilling apiece and they jumped
at the chance. He took them to thu ground * I
where we WTO going Id I lay that afternoon
and made them put on uniforms. Then ho
compelled them to pull their bate ball cupd
down over tticlr wrs and faces , so that they ,
could not be recognized. W'icn T\e got on tbo
field these two fellows were ordered by Lawson -
son lo play so far out in the field that It was
Impossible for them to get hold of the ball.
Then our shortstcp was put Into shcrt leftfield -
field and our centcrflelder was moved around
toward right , whllo the second baseman
played practically In shortfleld , with the first
baseman looking , out for most of the latter's
usual territory. It was amusing to me as I
stood behind the bat to hear the Englishman
say :
" 'What a bloomln' queer way , dcocher-
know , these Hamerlcana 'ave of placing their
field. We must learn U and bo up to date ,
ddnchersee/
"When the game was over , and It was the
only ono wo played , Lawson left suddenly.
I was the only fellow in the crowd who had I
a return ticket. The others didn't get enough
money to come back to America for at least
two months. "
J. B. Brine , who makes a business of visit
ing the big universities and colleges , says
lie heard several prominent foot ball men
at Cornell speak favorably of sending a
request 'to ' Yale for a game next year. As
Cornell's record In foot ball , ns In rowing , U
clean , there seems to lie nrJ good reason , ac
cording to Impartial Judges , why Yale should
not consent to such a contest. Cornell's
gamca with Princeton , Harvard and the
University of Pennsylvania have of late
been considered In the first rank of Im
portance. It Yale can find a place for Cor
nell In her next year's schedule the gamo.
will probably JJQ playeJ at New Haven , ns j
the Ithneana arc willing to concede this I
point. Now York Sun.
I
Jn itrack and field athletics In the cast
there Is a good deal of preparatory work
now in progrees. It is generally conceded
that Uio race for first place at the intorcol-
leglato moot will bo 'between Pennsylvania ,
champion of 1897 , and Yale , with Harvard n
sure third. At iircfienfc Yale looka upon the
University of Pennsylvania as Its most
dangerous rival for first place In the Inter
collegiate Banies. The Quakers will un
questionably lie stronger than olther Har
vard or Princeton , and Yale ! therefore
looking toward Penmrylvanla as the most
formidable of all the contestants In next
year's games. At present every Indication
points to Yalo's having a strong team , lint
track athletics combine so many elements of
uncertainty that the real strength of the
team Is never tcoted until It has gone
'through Its most severe and trying compe
tition.
Durlnp the last week no less than 130
freshmen handed their named lo Captain
CoUon as candidates for Coniell'n fresh
men crew. This Is by far the largont
registration Cornell over had. About sixty ,
five weigh over the required 150 pounds ,
each averaging 1G4 pounds. Captain CoUon
ficcrar ) Bctlsllcd that Courtney will turn out
an aggregation of freshmen better than that
of last year. It wll | bo remembered tliat
Jart year's freshman crow was the first
freshman crew of Cornell university that
over mot defeat , and Cornell has been turn
ing out freshman crewr ? for more than
twenty years. It Is quite natural , 'there
fore , that an unusual effort should be made
Hi IK year to turn out a stronger freshman
craw than over before , and from the start
It Inokn as though this effort might prove
Rucceuiful ,
n.vijij ii.u.ii MIC.V j.v wivruu TIIIR.
SriiMoii When TliiTiIx 1,1 < do hul
KlKTiilfiflon to Clirunlt'li'
From now until spring practice opens will
be tlie period of ebb tide In base ball In
terest. By the first of the year the composi
tion of the tluba Is usually pretty thoroughly
ellled and the bulk of the big deals have
been consummated , The three months Im
mediately .preceding the opening of the
season are mainly devoted to the more dc-
ullcd preparations for the struggle. The
managers are fully occupied In seeing Unit
their players get Into proper condition , In i
a ncak spot iicro and there
and in returning more or less freezing
negatives to 'the ' demands for advance money
from Impecunious players. 'Most of these
matters are of little more than local interest
and In a city like bmaha , which Is for the
present at least outsldo of the active clrclo
of base ball affairs , there Is little to keep the
Interest of the fans alive. As far as our
chance of a place in the Western league
Is concerned there is absolutely nothing new
in the situation. The matter seems to stand
exactly wbcro It did at the end of the
Chicago meeting , and after the firbt
avalanche of rumors and alleged Inside tips
tbe discussion has been dropped and no
one is the wiser.
An obscure Item In an eastern exchange
states a fact that might bo Important If' '
true. It alleges that Frank Sclec Is on a >
still hunt after tlio Grand Itaplds franchise ]
on his own account. If this Is a fact there {
are some reasons for believing that nn Omaha i
club is rticluded in his calculations. It Is ,
well known that Selco was In correspondence
with a number of Omaha people last fall
with a view to putting In a Western league1
club here , 'but no ono has over ascertained
whether he had fully abandoned the Idea or
not. It was shrewdly suspected that lila
overtures had no other purpose than to In-
diioe President Scdnn to proffer an advance
In salary as an inducement for htm to re
main In Boston , but this Is also a matter
of speculation.
The latest development In the St. Louis
situation IB somewhat at variance- with thn
reports previously- circulated nnd Incidentally
It Indicates that the old man Is not getting
lost In the Ehudlo , Humor had had It that
Von dcr Aho was on liecrgo of financial i j
dlMolutlon , but the latest move bears thu I
earmarks of a shroud scheme to recoup at
least a part of his losse ? . Ho has had him
self appointed as receiver fop the club for
the express purpose of pajlng off the debts i
of the concern. The croJIIors are divided
Into eight classes , of which Chris Is seven. I
and It Is expressly provided that these seven |
classes must be paid off first. Von iler Ahu's
claims aggregate something like $75,000 , and
as It Is stipulated that all theno must be I
settled before tlui other creditors gut a ecnt
It IK plain that the old man la not Hiving
himself any tbo uomt of It.
In view of the present complement of
most of the major league- clubs all sugges
tions to the effect that Omaha would nnd It
Impossible to got a winning team together
even If the Grand Rapids franchise wai
secured Is nonsense. Wherever the franchise
ID ay go there will not bo the. slightest dif
ficulty in getting together a fairly t > lrong
team to go with It. Whllo very little can
bo expected from the Grand Itaplds reserve
list there will bo scores of good players on
the market before the season opens , Thcro
hag never been such an array ot open drag
nets as have been set for young players this
winter. The Philadelphia club has thirty-
ecven men on Its list up to date , of whom
thirteen are pitchers , Most ot the other big
clubs have nearly as many and when tbo
weeding out process begins thcro will be
players galore. U would bo remarkable In
deed If a competent manager could not cull
nut a respectable team with such a galaxy
of umbltlouu youths to choose from.
Hliliilonil I > UN ( ,
Tbo 1'litsburg club will travel 2,701 miles
for Its sprltig practice gainoa and Us rail
road fare and hotel bills will aggregate up
ward of $3,000 ,
It Is rumored that Cumlskeyantn to get
hold of the Duliuquo , la. , tcum , ComUkey
was horn and raised In Dubuqun , where ho
Is still very popular.
The Philadelphia club now rejoice * In thn
poszcHBlon ot thirteen pitchers , eight
catchers , four first basemen , tcven second
basemen , six shortstops and cloven out
fielders. What a houKO cleaning Manager
Stalllngs will have In Hie spring.
Sunday base ball Is now practically aunired
In New York. It Is proposed to inako Sun
day ball a misdemeanor and Impose a toe
of $50 for each offense. As the New YorkiJ
club can surely count on receipts running
well Into the thousands every Sunday tha
fine will not ho particularly burdensome.
The Chicago pitching staff for next sea
son , as it now stands. lo Claik Griffith ,
James Callahan , Walter The nton , "Danny"
Filcnd , Herbert Hilggs UUKIT Den. . . ; .
Frank Isabel and Walter S. Woods. Woods
and I-iibcl are the now men. Tlie former
wao "Tom" Burns' star pitcher last season
| on the Springfield team.
It Is stated that out of the 300 men who
have applied for places on thu umplro staff
of the National league President Young lias
so far selected but two new men. Thcso
arc I2d Swartwood and Tom Connolly. Presi
dent Young a IPO gratcu that the old .ind
experienced umpires llliu Hurst , Kmsllonnd
Lynch ullll be permanent fixtures behind ,
the bat , while the now men will be rc-
strluted to base decision' ] .
"I read a few lagcs In ono of the Now *
York papers about crippled ball players
who waltzed around the diamond with ,
wooden shafts and mltt.s with the lingers
lopped off , " writes Dad Clarke. "Kelly , the
first baseman of the I'rlrccton team , who
has a club foot , and Dally , the pitcher
with the one wing , vcro lined up In thlu
bunch of cripples. Now. If the guy that
wrote that article took a census of the ball
teasers with no heads ho would have
enough on his ll t to fill h directory of
Greater Now York. "
HITS OK A 1.1. h'OKTS HI' ' t
I. oral fofVitr ( lull J'roiulNc l
On next Thuisday evening Iho tug-of-war
teams of the Turner Wheel club nnd of the
Tourist Wheel club will have another matcli
In Turner hall to Kclt'o ' the matter of jtu-
promacy , which wnt left undecided at the
content Bovcriil weeks ago U Is Intended
thIf time to Imvo Iho thing to a finish. In
stead of bring for five mlnutoi , the pull Is
j to last thirty If necensRrj , nnd It Is Judged
j that at the end of that longlh of tlmo ono
: or the other ot the tea inn should glvo out.
i The conditions provide that If at any tlmo
. In the half hour either team IK ablu to pull
the rope ono foot It will bo declared the
winner and the fatrli will end at that point ;
If , however , neither sldo Is able to drag the
ropu a foal over the mark , the team having
thn advatitugu at the end of the thirty mln >
lite.a la to bo adjudged the winner.
This contest ought to bo a pretty warm
one , Inasmuch an both loams have kept
right on practicing after the last contest ,
both being nnxlous for another match ,
Whllo this tug will be the ft-atuio of the
evening , ( hero arc other good things on the
program Ono of these will bo another lug-
of.war between trams of the 11 , & M and
Union Pacific Wheel elubs. Thu former Itf.
sued the challenge. ' and the hitler accepted It
liiot week. Them Is probably little doubt
that a match will later bu arranged between
the wlnni-is of the two contests. It now
remains for the Omaha Wheel club and the
Hemlfi Park club to got Into ( lie push ,
lU next Thursday's cntcitolnmrnt there
will bo other events on the program , con
sisting of exhibitions by the turnere , heavy
weight exhibitions by Dan Baldwin an-J
dumbbell c'xerclHPH by flclvnko.
The proposed alllamo bntwren tlio Ama
teur Athletic Union of this country and tint
Amateur Athletic Aesoclatlon of England him
riot only been knocked nvorhoard by tlio
latter body , but has resulted In fiomo ad
verse criticism of American sporting method *
by our cousins across ( ho water , The Sport-
In ; ; Llfp of London speaks atxiut thu matter
an follows :
All honor to the Amateur Athletic * awo.
elation for refusing lo INten to tlie volru of
thn charmer. It would have been n blR
Hi I nff In ono nciise to co-operate wltli tha
Anmttur Athletic Union of America , but
fntul In nnolhor. After many year * ' haul
lighting KnglUjfedlliletlc ? .ire now elcnn , It
IK not to In America , with duo ri-cpect to the
executive , who have honestly luborul to that
t-iirt Given the desired nmalg.imatlon.
Americans would have Iho tight to run nt
any Amateur Athletic association meeting
over here , which would juver do.
It Is not likely that Americans will
much dle p over thlu dcolslou , M any