on THE OMAHA DATLY 11EE : QVjNPAY , APRIL 10 , 1808 , JUSf BEFORE THE BATTLE Western League Teams All Hustle to Get Ready for Play ( O'BRIEN'S ' INDIANS ARE WORKING HARD Ilclntcil Snrlnn Hold * IJnck Practice , but YontiK-'Mrn Mnke ( lie Mu t of Their Mttiltc * Opportunities ) , ' Tn less than two weeks the Western League season will be under way anil the managers of the various clube are attaining every nerve to get their men under contract and In condition In time to get a good start In the mctf. This la proving to be a. difficult thing this year on account of the more rigid enforcement of the salary limit , and Omaha Is not altogether free from the difficulties that are In the way of various other clubs. Very fortunately , however , the Omaha play ers whose names are etlll withheld from contracts are getting Into prime condition with other clubs , and when they do allow up they will ihave but little left to accom plish In that respect. ( Meanwhile the players who are already In the city are hard at work and without ex ception they arc showing a form that Indi cates fast bate ball when time Is called. Friday was the first real summerlllo day they have had for out of < leer work and there was quite a crowd of fans out at the grounds to size up the aggregation. It seemed llko old times to bo out In the warm spring sunshine and see a dozen husky young men tossing the bull around the capacious park , and the vccne waa calculated to In- Bplro the spectator with on exaggerated Im patience for the opening game. There I ? ono thing that suggests Itself very forcibly after watching the Indians work for an hour and that Is that the club Is full of the sort of players who get Into the game at every Jump. There Is more ginger and enthusiasm to the square Ino'h than Is usually noticeable In a new team and ( ho boys wolk together with a will that promlrcs perfect harmony and effective team work during the season. Of course the practice lacks the system anil snap that would bo secured by the presence of the field captain and It Is to be hoped that George Decker or some equally capable man will bo hero to handle the team very soon. 'Manager ' 0'iHrlcn very correctly takes the position that It la not his business to Interfere with the players to any extent. That 1 what he wants Decker for , and as long as the men show their present ambi tious disposition ho Is contented to let them work In their own way for the present. And to eco the manner In which the Indians handle the ball , no one would suspect that team practice was Just beginning. There lane no suspicion of soreness In their movement * , and to all appearances they arc as lively and fit as though they had been on the field for a month. They arc as likely a looking lot of ball players on the field as were ever brought together and It Is a foregone con clusion that bcao ball In Omaha thlo year will be onappy enough to keep the grand Btand enthusiastic. llagerman and McKlnney show up especially well and Kddlc Lawlcr Is not a bit behind the best of the lot. Lawler shows the ball player In every movement , and overyo'ke who has seen him on the field be lieves that ho will play ball In the Western league right along and be In It with the best of them. That man , Turner , from Missouri Valley , Is showing up o > ie of the most variegated assortments of curves that has been dUhcd up on a local ball field. Ho has all sorts of speed and his drop ball would make a man cross-eyed. Steve Griffin shows all the ear marks of a mighty fast ball player. Ho Is In the game all the time and covers a lot of ground. All. Jbp catchers are In good form and the team would bo farlly well off In that respect even without Mc- Aulcyho will happen along a little later. The amateurs are working hard , and , while thcro will be no place for more than ooe or two of them on the Omaha team , there la scarcely a man In the lot who would not bo able to hold his own in professional com pany. The tardiness of Undo Sam's weather bureau In delivering genuine spring tem peratures Is materially Interfering with the practice of most of the Western League teams , and It will be a tight squeeze for most of them to get Intocondition , before the season opens. Neither St. Paul , Colum bus nor Kanais City has been able to do much outdoor work yjt , and as far as can 'bo ' learned Detroit Is the only city that has really accomplished much In that line up to date. The Dctrolts are still In training at Naahvlllo and their southern trip will bean an Important factor In bringing them aimtnd In good shape at the B.cnd off. Omaha Is really In much better condition In this re- spot than most of the other teams. Al though the atmosphere has been cold and raw slnco the players arrived , BO that their practice has been necessarily limited , they fcavo the advantage of having token excel lent rare of themselves previously and do not require as much hard work as the other teams. Every member of the team shows the result of this and they are not compelled to overcome 'tho lameness uvl sore muscles that so frequently handicap a team at the beginning of the season. What a commotion It will raise among the Chicago fans If Anson succeeds In his plan to control the team. And the Indica tion. ! seems 'to be that this will be the case before another week haa passed. It would ireally bo an extraordinary transformation that would make the man who was Incon tinently kicked out a few weeks ago the un disputed owner and manager of the team. In Hi IB case. President Hart would undoubt edly bo treated to the Game dose he put up for Anson and Tommy Burns' careful plans for the arrangement of the team would have to undergo scrutiny at the hands of an authority who has not been considered In 'that connection. Two or thrco of the players are alfcmly out with the announce ment that they will quit If Anson gets the club , but they might as well save their wind , Jf Anson becomes the owner of the Chicago club any man whom he wants to play will play or got out of the game , and the players might as well bury the old grudges and make the best of It. While opinions may differ In regard to the general effect of Anaon's latest move , ho has thousands ol ardent admirers who will wish him all sorta of Ducceio In his new capacity , Connlo Mack turned a trick on a recalcitrant player the other day that will bo appreciated by managers who are having troubles of the same variety. The Mil waukee management has had more trouble with Third llaseinan Meyers than any other maa on the team , ' and this year Meyerc etarted off on the same tack. Slack had given him his ultimatum as to terms , but Meyer : hatched up a very pretty scheme to force his hand. Ho lives In Washington , and througt ; his acquaintance with Tom Drown ho In duced him to wlro the 'Milwaukee ' management - ment to ask It ho could secure Meyera' re lease , atack wasn't so alow but that h < tumbled to the scheme and wired back thai Meyers could not bo sold to the Natlona league , as he had nearly closed a deal to sel him to a Western association team. Tha settled the Washington end of the wire , bu it Is asserted that Mack has got his mad u | and la now really doing that very thing And Mr. ( Meyers is the ono who Is holdlni down the anxious seat right now , Inflrlil Kilo. Umpire Cantlllton Is getting Into condltloi Br practicing with Conny Mack's aggrega tlon. Catcher Clements eays the St. Louis pitch Ing staff this season la the beat the club ha bad ifor yean. . Milwaukee hag sold Dalyrmplo aad Deeche to the Mansfield club. Indianapolis haa fllei A claim for Dalyrmple. The Indianapolis club hai purchased out right from Plttaburg Pitcher Scott and Jess Hofmelater , third baseman. Talk about * biio ball year , why , they an even organising league \a \ Old Mexico , n < club hi * already been organized * Jstonterey. President Johnson has announced that th letju * umpire who doe * net a same through -the soaton will get a bonua o $100 , lie la late. Jake ncltman ot Washington tayi the Omaha tana are hungry for base ball ml be- Hoves the Omaha club In the Western league Is bound to make big money , Detroit has secured Inflelder Chaflm Stewart from the Louisville club , and has also signed ( First Baseman Ed Pabst , late ot Kort Worth. Catcher Trout has also signed. 'Minneapolis ' has signed Fred Smith , the crack second baseman ot last year's Prince ton 'varsity team. Ho la said to be very fast , and was nlgned on the recommendation ot Charlie Hcllly , who coached the team. Detroit leads the Western league In the number ot players H has on the string. It Is stated that Manager Vandcrbeck haa torty players in sight , Including nix catchers , a dozen pitchers , fifteen Infieldcra end eight outfielders. f Manager O'Drlen received a letter the other day tram Harnett , who will report In a day or two. Ho haa been putting In the winter firing an cwglne on a Kentucky rail road and wanted to stay at Louisville until ho got his March pay , , . The Omaha letter carriers are organizing a carryall party to attend the opening game. While some ot them will have to stay away to attend to Uncle Sam's business , there will bo enough In the party to make quite a respectable showing and enough nolso tor a hundred. Charles Cushman thinks the Milwaukee team will make a strong opening fight this season. The men have played together before and as they all arc experienced players they will not require as much coaching and will be steadier at the opening of the playing season. The first exhibition games of the season will be played at the Omaha ball park next Saturday and 'Sunday. Manager O'Brien has made a date with the 'Dtibuquo ' team of the Western association tor those dates and they will give the faos an excellent opportunity to draw a line on the Omaha players. Newton , la. , has a strong Independent team nnd Is arranging games with clubs In Iowa , Illkiolfi , .Missouri , Minnesota and Nebraska. Second Baseman Clossln ot Des Molnes and Pitcher ( Morrison ot Coon Haplds have been signed and President John C. Thompson Is negotiating with other strong players. It Is dllllcult to understand why the base ball writers arc manifesting no much anxiety on account ot ' .Malaclil IClttredge's alleged transfer to Omaha. The fact Is that Omaha doesn't need Malaclil a little bit , and If there was over an effort made to secure him It was dtxie under such close cover that no one here has been able to locate It. Doth the Reach and Spauldlng base ball guides for 1S9S have been Issued , and their contents as usual furnish a complete record of what people want to know about base ball. The publishers of these volumes have carried the fidracc ot compiling a lot ot Information Into a little space to a high degree of proficiency , nnd there are few thlngi con nected with the national game that can not be learned from these publications. Lew Camp Is practicing with the Omaha team and It will not he surprising If he wears an Omaha uniform this summer. Ho has secured his release from Indianapolis after his long controversy with the management and there U a strong probability that he will be slgnicd to play In the outfield. He Is In flno condition after his long rest and his hitting ability would make him a valuable member of the team aside from his local popularity as a player. The work of Improving the ball park Is progressing rapidly. The fence Is up , the diamond Is laid out and rolled and the grand stand and bleachers are rapidly assuming form. Anyone who does not believe that Omaha will have Ihe prettiest ball park In the Western league should take an hour off some pleasant afternoon and go out a > .id see the team practice. The people who have be come accustomed to seeing bane ball played ka washtub will scarcely know the game when they see It In the big park out on Ames avenue. WITH MOUSES AMI HOUSE OWXEUS. 'lints .for ilie JuneMtctlnR of the Fair mill Speed 'Aniiiieliitloii. The Omaha Fair and Speed association Is apldly gettlng'thlngs In fhape tor the light larness meet which will be held on the fair grounds Juno 28 to July 2. The Board of Mrcctors , which has the affair directly In harge , Is meeting regularly every Thursday night and has already cleared awuy a whole ot of the necessary preliminary work. \mong "other things , the privileges have al most all been let and at figures which will ut Into t'ho cotters ot the association , about hrec tlmea as much as In past years. It Is too early , yet to secure any t < or of \ line on the .quality . and quantity of the horses that will come here. The entry ilanks are being distributed , ' but as they vlll not have to bo sent In for a couple of months yet it Is Impossible to tell the char- cter ot the flyers who will hammer the rack. All the members of the committee are confident , however , that tbero will be ilenty-of good horses entered In every event , as good money ID offered In all the races. Particular attentlop Is to bo given to the udglng. A good beginning ha as been made n the selection ot Starter Updegratt , who will occupy a similar position at all the other meets on the circuit. The track Is beginning to look lively. Teams are at work on It constantly now , and t Is almost In first-class condition for traln- ng. This Is expected to be on in real ear nest In the very near future If the weather warms up a bit. There are already repre sentatives of several stables on the track. During the last week a bunch of horses came .from South Dakota and another from Licmara , la. A Kansas City stable Is ex pected to be on hand with more during the coming week and there are prospects ol others. Owing to the distance of the grounds from : ho city the tiicccss of the meet will de pend in considerable measure upon the street car and mllroad companies. If three can bo Induced to give proper and prompl s'ervlco to the track there seems to bo little likelihood that the meet will pan out In any but a good way. If , on the other hand , a half an afternoon must be spent In getting out and returning from the track the attend ance ! cannot bo expected to bo great. A committee from the speed association Is now at work trying to Induce the tranpportatlor companies to look at It In the right light. U will depend largely upon these verj came companies , too , whether a running meet will bo given hero during the summer The association Is very seriously considering the matter of giving eomo two weeks ovei to the runners In the latten part ot Augusl and thcro is a very good prospect that suet a meeting will bo determined upon. Tali also rests In a great measure upon the fur nlshlng ot proper transportation facilities If these can bo secured there seems to hi no obstacle In the way of making a ver ] lai'so success out of such an affair , partlcu larly slnco there will bo to many people litho the city this summer in search of amuse ment. If ouch a running meet Is finally decide ! upon the speed association will run It li such a way that the best element In thi city and not "touts" and track followers wll bo catered to. Assurance ot this Is give : In the personnel ot the committee. This ver ; came fact is a guarantee that no dlsreputabl methods will bo employed to make mone ; out of the meeting. The affair would agali be under the control of the Board of Dlrec tors , but the members ot this body do no draw a cent of salary for their labors. 6Ior over , the association would hardly count c nance anything of a disgraceful character. In smuch as It la made up of practically al the business element of the city. It woul be entirely different were the 'meet 'run b some private corporation , In It only to money , i John H , 'McDonald ' Is one of the memuer of the committee who Is In favor ot a run nlng meet and he has mapped out some c too details. He te figuring on having a flftee days' meet , commencing-with August 15. Ove (1,000 worth of purses will bo put up eac day , each worth about $200. Occasional ! a bigger purse , say one of $500 , will bo hun up. The matter has progressed so far tha some well known eastern turf men hav coma to the city to look Into It. The meeting will not be ot an outla' character , but will be run * under the rule of the turf congress. Consequently It la b < lleved that several hundred ot the horac running on eastern , track * -will be attracte here. There will not be among them , In a probability , any ot the big derby winner but there will be plenty of hones who hav been considered good enough to enter In sue event * . om radical change * In Uf rule * were c fee ted it the annual meeting of t'ho Ameri can Trotting ItcglPtcr araoclatlon In Chicago cage lout Wednesday. The grade of the lUndanl trotting and pacing stock was heightened and the qualifications for registry on the association books were made more rigid. Five seconds were clipped from the record that must be reached by the "get" of both pacers and trotters , the former being placed at 2:25 : and the latter at 2:30. : Fol lowing Is the new set of rulca embodying the trotting qualification ? : Tno progeny of a registered standard trot- Ing horse and a registered standard trot- Ing marc , A stallion sired by a registered stnndnnl trotting horse , provided his dam nnd grand- dam were sired by registered standard trot ting horses , nnd he himself has a trotting record of 2:30 : nnd Is the sire of three trot- cm with records of 2:30 : from different marcs. < A mare whose sire Is n registered stnndnrd rotting'norso and whose dam nnd grand- dam were sired by registered standard trot- Ing horses , provided she herself has a trot- Ing record of 2:30 : or Is the dam of one rotter with a record of 2:30. : A marc sired by n registered standard rotting horse , provided her llrst , second and third dnms nre each sired by a regls- ercd standard trotting horse. Qualifications for pacers : T.ie progeny of a registered standard pic- iB horse and a registered standard paclivg mare. A stallion sired by a registered standard uclng horse , provided his dam nnd Krand- am were sired by registered standard pac- ng horses , nnd ho himself has a pacing rec ord of 2:25 : and Is the sire of three pacers with records of 2:23 : from different marcs. A mare whose sire Is a registered standard pacing Yiorse nnd whose dam nnd grand- ani "Were sired by registered standard pac. ng horses , provided she herself has a pac ing record of 2:23 : or Is the dam of one pacer with a record of 2:23. : A mare sired by n registered standard aclng horse , provided slip Is the dam of two > acers with records of 2:23. : A mare sired by a registered standard aclng horse , providing'ner llrst. second nnd third dams were each sired by a registered tnmlard pacing horse. The orogeny of a registered standard trot- Ing horse out of a registered standard pac- ng marc or of a registered standard pnc- ns horse out of a registered standard trot- Ing mare. The following officers were elected : Prcsl- ent , W. n. Allen , Plttsfleld , Mass. ; vice iresldent , Samuel 'Baker ' , Chicago ; secretary , . H. Stelner , Chicago ; treasurer , P. S. Gor- on , Chicago ; directors for three years , F. S. Gorton , Chicago ; A. M. Oarcclon , Lewlston , Ie. ; C. J. Hamlln , Buffalo , N. Y. ; W. I. iayes , Clinton , la. ; W. M. 0. Hill. Dallas , Tex. ; G. W. Hooker ; 'Brattleboro ' , Vt. ; W. P. IJams , Terre Haute , Ind. ; M. J. Jones , Hod Oak. la. ; H. D. McKlnncy , Jonesvllle , Wis.j II. C. McDowell , Lexington , Ky. At the Cloverdell stock farm dispersal sale at Colmar , 'Pa. ' , last week sixty-eight head of horses brought $20,160. The big price was paid for the dam of Joe Patchen , Josephine I'oung , which sold for $2,000. A 4-year-old half-brother ofNancy Hanks was sold for 1223. ; The great stallion , Director , for vhom the stable la said to have paid $75,000 , irottght only $1,275 , and Hed Wllkcs sold for .ho s'mall sum of $ COO. Director Is ono of the finest bred trottcw In the world , but ho Is 21 years old and his future usefulness In the stud Is problematic. Red Wllkes Is 24 years old Ho Is the sire of 139 horses In the trot- Ing list , Including .fourteen that have trotted a mlle under 2:15. : Trncli Tnlk. There will bo no running races at Vexing- cm this season. In six years the get of Daron "Wllkeg won over $150,000. A half-mile race course Is being bulit at Juncau , Alaska. In all the interior towns In California the pool rooms have all been closed. It Is reported that Robert J has been per manently retired from the track. Venezuela has a new tariff schedule which las doubled the former duty on horses. "Tod" Sloane rode eighteen winners In 'allfornla ' last week out of twenty-nine mounts. Nearly 200 patents have been Issued for lorseshoep , but not ono of the inventions ias ever come into general use. f The 2:05 : pace at the Hartford meeting this season ought to be a hot one Judging from' the following entries : Planet , 2:04 : % ; ttu- , blnstcln. 2:05 : ; Lottie Loraine , 2:05 : % ; Peart Onward. 2:06V4 : : Ananias , 2:00 : % ; Prince Alert , 2:07 : % ; Dan Q , 2:08' : * . and Quadriga , Sl'OHTS OP THE STUDIOUS YOUTH. IntemclinlnNtlc Foot Ilnll Lenifue 1 RcttliiK oil * Solid IlnNlN. The constitution of the Iowa-Nebraska In- terecholastlc Foot Call league , which was recently formed In this city , has Just been issued In very neat form by the executive committee. The following high schools are members of tbo league : Omaha , Lincoln , Council Bluffs , Red Oak , Tek'amah and Ne braska City. An executive committee com posed of one delegate from each school shall have power to appoint all sub-committees and to transact all business which may como before the league. It Is provided that there shall be one regular meeting of this committee each yearat Omaha , on the first Saturday In December , and at this meeting the schedule for the-following year shall be arranged. At this meeting the champion ship of the league shall be formally awarded , the reports of all sub-committees received and other business transacted. The principal articles of the constitution ore as follows : This league shall bo divided Into two sections by the executive committee , nnd the schedule shall bo arranged so that each team shall meet each other team of Its section. The championship , In either section , shall be awarded to t'ne team win ning the greatest number of league games In Its section. In case of a tie , It shall ba awarded to the tlelng team having the least number of points scored against It In league games. The league champion ship shall be decided by a final game be tween t'ne two section-champion teams. The executive committee , . In making the year's schedule , shall specify the time nnd place- for this final game. In this spot-Ill- cation the executive committee shall choose ellYier Omaha or Council Muffs us the place for this gome. In case tlio team from ono and only one of these two cities Is to bo a contestant this final game shall bo played at the ether of- the two cities at the tlmo provided for above. Under all other conditions , the game shall be playei ] as provided for by the executive committee In the year schedule. In all league games the visiting ! team shal pay Its own expenses. In the league cham pionship game , each visiting team sYiall receive the amount of Its expenses for this gnmo from the gate receipts the sur plus being divided evenly between the two teams. In case fne receipts do not equal the total expenses of the two teams , the gate receipts shall be divided between them In the ratio of the distance traveled. Any team fulling to meet Its engagement shnll , unless failure be caused by unavoid able accident In traveling , or by postpone ment with consent , In writing , of the ot'ncr team , forfeit that game and bo liable tea a fine of ten dollars ( $10) ) to bo. Imposed by the executive committee , . which line shall go to the team to which the game was forfeited. Great care IB taken that none but bona fide high school boys shall participate In tbo league games , as Is evidenced by the following articles : No man shall play In this league for mor than four years. Not later that ten days before any gam. .the . managers of the two contesting team shall each send to the ether nnd to th fecretary of the league n guaranty In th following form , 'with ' the full names of th players and substitute ( players , all over th signature of the principal of the Bclioo from whlcH the team comes. The members of what Is known as the Iowa Intercollegiate- compact have adopted a set of rules for the government of college athletics , which lhavo recently been drawn up by Prof. J. V. Sims of the University ol Iowa , who was delegated for this task. Th new rules are unusually strict , ami provide for the expulsion of a student from his In Btltutlon If after signing a declaration o eligibility he shall violate either the let ter or spirit of the pledge. This measure 1 of on unusually drastic nature , and a viola tlon of the spirit of the rule , if Its enforce ment -was attempedwould In all prcfoa blllty prove a troublesome problem , for 1 would be a rather trying task to convict nr athlete of violating the spirit of the rul If ho declared be had no Intention of sue ! violation. Violations. In fact , are dlfflcul enough to prove , for at athe present tlm there are alleged violations among wester athletes , and protects ihave been lodge which have' been disallowed because th athletes could not be preyed conclusively t have vlolataed the letter of the law , althoug U a med clear that jtho aplrlt of the rul ) u4 been Infringed. Ifee members of th compact are : UnlvrmUx et Iowa , Iowa Cltr ! ; oy college. Cedar lUpliU ; Drake university , Jew .Molniw ; CorncU itodcKC , Mount Vcr- ton ; Luther college , Decorah ; Parsons col- ege , Fatrfleld ; Upper Iowa university , F y- otto ; Iowa college , Qrlnncll ; Slmpfn col lege , Jndlanolaj Tabor college , Tabor , Never before In the history ot the Univer sity of Nebraska hav , the , prospects for field nd track athletics been do promising. The rzanlratlon , ot a Intercollegiate aseo- latton has been perfected and the date set or the meet , which will bo on the campus , s May 14. The colleges and universities who vlll bo represented are Doano college , Wes- eyan university , Hastings college and Ne- iraska university. Tlie outlook Is cncourag- ig also for the state Intercollegiate meet In his city during the exposition. Kansas , owa , Minnesota , Colorado , Doanc , Wcsloyan nd a half a dozen other Institutions have ilrcady expressed themselves as favorable to tils pan-western contest. Minnesota has tallengcd Nebraska this year to a dual track meet , and Kansas , Iowa and Missouri have flered to meet us in a quadrangular league/ The eastern rowing situation Is reported to > o cleared of the clouds that so obscured It ast week. Cornell has very plainly tdld Yale and Harvard that It would not agree to ny change In the dates as originally pro- > osed by Yale and Harvard , and agreed to ly Cornell. Were any change now made n the dates Cornell would have also to iiango Its dates with Pennsylvania and olumbla. Coach Rudolph Lehmann of the Harvard nlvcrslty crews has arrived from England , nd on Thursday again took charge of the raining of the crimson oarmson , lie. la said o have a likely lot of men from which to raft a crew for this year. The bulk of last ear's oarsmen are on hand , and their expo- ence of one year should prove of great bone- t to Harvard. Durlns the last week the Yale crew has xpcrlcnccd ono ot those setbacks that seem o come In the training of every 'varsity Ight. About the first part of the week the rst eight seemed to go to pieces , and the len have not yet been gotten back Into the oed form In which they were rowing irevlous to the last week. The trouble In 10 boat seems to have been a tendency to wing out of line in an endeavor to reach out ar on the catch. The created a scissor-like ovcment of the bodies In the boat and threw 10 shell off Its keel. The crew will remain n Now Haven during the Kastcr recess , Just s formerly , and during vacation time Mr. ook will have them on the water twlco n ay In the shell In addition to doing a great eal of coaching In the pair oar. By the end t the recess It will bo possible to pick out 10 final eight that will represent Yale this ear. Very few changes have been made In 10 make-up of the first boat and It Is not kely that the present order will bo changed cry much. Flint has been retained at troke , Grcenlcaf is still rowing at No. 7 and Allen at No. C. McQeo , who was rowing at so. 5 , has been behind In his studies and has md to remain out of the first boat some me. Cross has been put In at his position nd Is doing good work there. At No. 4 , XledeckPn is still rowing , while Brook has > een kept at No. 3 , and Captain Whitney at lo. 2. BOw oar Is probably more uncertain : ian any other position In the boat. Wll- ani ? . last year's freshman stroke , has not een In good physical condition , and Patter- on Is being tried in his place quite fre- uently. i , II.ATHEH OP ' THE 1'UC.II.ISTS. i ) entli of nonrvre Stottt 31ny Stop 41ic Game In'ColiimliiiH. The death of George Stout last Friday from lie effects of n blow delivered In a fight with Oscar Gardner at Columbus , O. , Is the third Ins fatality which has occurred this year , t came as a shock jto a'good many of the porting clement of the ci'ty , especially those vho have been here ifor ten years past , from ho fact that both the deceased and the man vho delivered the fatal blow are very well known In Omaha. Gardner and Stout both made their professional debut In this city nd their careers .have . been watched with considerable lntcrestivby their acquaintances icrc. Tho'telegraphic dispatches do not state what sort ot a blow the fatal knockout was and not much Information regarding the ght Is given beyond the fact that It was a warm one. The two men undoubtedly went at each other with a goodly amount of vigor , rom the fact that there was considerable feeling between them. Stout has had the worst of his encounters with Gardner , but wan eager to show himself as good a man. When the news regarding the ring tragedy rrlved last Friday , The Bee published some- hlng of Stout's career , and there Is no use n repelling It now. He was the acqualnt- nco of Tom Foley , Ed Rothery , Buck Keith , Jhatlcs MoOre end other sporting men. They all felt a deep regret over the outcome f the fight , In which they have been dis playing a considerable amount of Interest. The fatality will probably bring about a postponement of the 'McCoy-Ruhlln mill , vhlch was scheduled to occur In Columbus , n May 5. It Is hardly likely that the author- ties will be permitted , even If they so de sired , to let this fight' borne oft under e.xlst- ng conditions. Before Columbus was se eded as the place for 'the battle , however , hero was some question whether It would ie allowed to take place there , and It was practically agreed If any objection a/oso that some other place would bo chosen. Consequently quently the flght may still take place.Al - hough a victory over Ruhlln will hardly lelp McCoy along the championship ladder .o any great extent , yet It will give a line on his abilities against big men. McCoy appreciates this , and Is said to bo trainIng - Ing faithfully for the flght. He declared : he other day that If ho was whipped he was ready to retire from the heavyweight busi ness and stay In the middleweight class , fie appears to have no fear of the outcome , however , as ho also said that after the Ruh lln fight ho would be ready to take on Maber. , Local pugilistic sports will be given a taste ot the article In the near future It something does not step In to Interfere. On last Thurs day articles were signed for a twenty-round go between James Adams and James Chalfpn. The bout Is to take place In South Omaha on the night of May 9. The men are to welsh In at 152 pounds at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the day of the contest. The go IB to bo under Quecnsberry rules , with the lightest gloves allowable , The referee has not yet been chcsen. Chalfon has been In the city for some time and has been waiting for a match. He was up before a reputed. Chicago wonder at Crelghton hall last winter , but did not have a chance to show much of what he was made of , as the police stopped the bout after his dusky opponent had brought blood with his head. Adams Is a id-irk horse , and Is said to bo an Australian. 'Tho ' two men appear to mean business , for-they have each put up $50 In EM Rothery's hands , and will put up $75 more on May l.riiri addition to this side bet the men will box for the gate receipts , 75 per cent going to thoiwlnner and the rest to the loser. a ( if | A good hot flghtr hould bo the result o ! the meeting between tgam Kelly and Kuvo Sullivan , who arc considered about the beet In their class In this country. Articles for the go have been sighed' and Tom O'Rourko guarantees that the'-rithtch will be safely pulled off In the Pilnwn clubhouse at Long Island , where the 'Mt ' Coy-Creedon match was fought. New Yortt''Sports ' are somewhai dubious about O'RqUrkb's ability , to do this slnco no boxing has" " 'bfen ' allowed In New York for eomo tlWievbut O'Rourko has backed up his talk'WlQi money. Sullivan is recognized as a fighter1 * of the Kid Lavlgno type , which means that he Is a heavy hitter a constant , persistent1 aggressor , and a glut ton for punishment. Kelly Is regarded as one of the most scientific pugilists for his weight In the country and has a splendli record. Ever slnco he first became pronil nent In the ranks of the "amachoora" Kelly has worked his way to the top of the heap by the most effective kind ot pugilism. Ho Is game , fa ft. a fighter at all stages , and one of the best of ring generals. His gentlemanly - manly behavior has made many friends fo him , who believe ho will succeed George Dlxon as the featherweight champion. In Sullivan , however , be will have bis mos dangerous opponent , and If they meet the battle will doubtless be of a most ecnta tlonal nature. i i Pedlar Palmer , who comes out under the title of "Undefeated Retired Bantam Chain plon of the World , " has given It out cold that bo has permanently retired from th ring and gives as a reason that his hand have gone wrong. Ha Intends to do th - TTH-I mi usual thing by Rolng Into a theatrical troupe and MfD hewill como over to this country , A dispatch from California announces two matched for Jim Jeffries , the 21Dpound Ightcr , who put 1'eten Jackson out ot the justness. Jeffries1 nan signed to fight both 'ctcr Matter ami Qua Ruhlln , and will tcavo 'or ' New York Immediately after hi ? bout with "Mexican Pcto" Bverett at the Olympic on April 16. This action on the part of 'efTrles thoroughly side-tracks Shnrkey and caves htm no one to flght until July at east. The fight between Jeffries and Mahcr will como off at Sytucuso on 'May ' 20 under ho management of Tom O'Rourko and will > o called for the championship of the world. cftrlcs and Ruhlln are to meet In Cincin nati on June 10. Dclaney and Madden will nanago this battle. With three matches on hlu handu alt to bo decided before the mld- Ito ot June Jeffries will be a pretty busy man , and If ho goes through with flying olors ho will 'bo In a position to talk chain- ilonshlp. 1U.V CMJnS MAl OUT SEASON. lnpontN Elect Their omccm nnil 'Ar- ' rntiKc Series of Shoot * . The target shooting season Is nearly at tand , and both of the local gun clubs are > lanntng to make a big success of the eport his year. The Interest In shooting la ma- crlally Increasing as the swelling member- hip rolls testify and the clubs will provide lentltul opportunities for Indulgence. The annual meeting of the Dupont Gun tub was held at Townscnd's store last Tucs- ay night , and the program for the season as partially laid out. New officers were Icctcd as follows : President , George Moore ; Ice president , C. W. Bishop ; treasurer , lenrj' McDonald ; secretary , B. W. Snyder. 'he ' board of directors will consist of Jco oldsmlth , W. 1) . Towneend nnd Charles urtls. Nearly thirty new members were dmlttcd at this meeting , and more than ie usual Intercut was In evidence. The new Ulcers have not had time to fully decide on 10 program for the season , but It Is settled tat the grounds at East Omaha will be fitted p In first-class shape , and that a scries of weepstakca will run through the entire cason. An effort will bo made to make the egular events as Interesting as possible on iccount of the exposition , and It Is expected lat this will be the must successful season iat the club has ever had. The Omaha Gun club will hold Its annual leetlng at the Commercial club Tuesday Ight , when ofilcers will be selected and thu rcllmluary plans made for the S3asou's port. There la a vigorous movement on foot mong local sportsmen which promises to do way with the wholesale depredations of un- crupulous fishermen at Cut Off lake. The vatcr has been plentifully stocked with bass nd other fish , but the raids of these ma- auders threaten to depopulate It unless trlngent measures are taken to put a stop o the abuse. It Is for this purpose that the Omaha Fish Protective association Is be-lng rganlzcd , and It Is given out cold that the rganlzntlon Is Intended for business. The ncmbershlp already Includes all the better lenient ot local sportsmen , and they pro pose to put a stop to Illegal fishing In Cut Off lake by ono means or another. If a Igld enforcement of the present game laws alls to produce the desired effect more vlgor- us measures will be resorted to. From now n It will not bo healthy to throw n seine In lieso waters , and the men who are known to o guilty will find themselves In a very serl- us predicament unless the practice is topped. Empty Shells. Henry Homan went to Noble's lake yce- crday morning to try the fishing. President Blngliam of the city council and County Commissioner : Harte went out to \ahland ono day last week and killed a half dozen nice jacksnlpe in a few hours shooting. Secretary Gillan of the Board of Education , Charley Hart , Pete Tuttle and one or two others spent a day at Kelly's lake t'urlng ho week. They had lots ot shooting but very few ducks. Arrangements for the annual tournament of Jho Nebraska State Sportsmen's associa- lon' , which occurs nt Omaha May 24 to 27 , ire progressing satisfactorily and the indi cations point to the most successful shoot ever given by the association. Fred Gilbert has accepted the challenge of J. A. R. Elliott to a shoot for the Star cup and that of Frank Parmelee for a race of the Dupont trophy. Ho has selected Vatsan'o grounds for both matches , the Star cup contest to bo shot April J.2 and the race vlth Parmeleo April 14. The new Iowa game law prohibits the shooting of ducks or other wild fowl from a > Jipd. Attorney General LMllton Remley has handed down an opinion that this law Is good , and that it Is the duty of the etate authorities to prosecute offenses against I'hls clause as much as violations of the close season. On Tuesday , the first day of the Reading ournament , ono squad of five men made an extraordinary record in a 20-target event as follows : Banks 20 , Glover 20 , Brewer 20 , Money 19 , Fulford 19. Close up was an other squad , namely , Elliott , Helkes , Trlm- ) le , Fanning and Young , with 97 out ot .00. Elliott broke ninety-nine out of 100. 3anks and Gilbert 98 each , and Helkes 97 ; truly top-notch work. SOME : EXEHAL , SPOUTING GOSSIP. Omalin. Cricket Cliilt PrrpnrliiK for n. Lively Summer Ciimimlicii. Tbo Omaha Cricket club la looking forward 0 a decidedly successful season this year. 1 la preparing , too , to get into the swim pretty early , because it wants to make some thing of a showing In the northwestern tour nament , which will be held In this city In July. Play will commence Just cs eoou as tic weather will permit. The practice will jo held as In the past on the field In Kountze Place. From preeent Indications there will je plenty of material from which to select a Irst-class team. The club nicmberttilp Is aelng Increased at a good rate , and as all those coming In are players It looks as If there will bo all kinds of chances for prac- llfp. lit addition to thlH the club will IIAVO the advantage of coaching , uch aa It iiovcr tun had betorc. At A consequence , the club bellovm that It will bo ttblo to more than hold up Its end In the tournament , All the arrangements for the tournament are being carefully planned. The local club will havn quite A taak upon ltd handa In properly lookIng - Ing after It and the visitor * , an several hun dred people will bo attracted hero by It. The new base ball park ( IAS already been leased for the matches , which will consume five days. iTem i Tom Folcy returned from Chicago dur ing the early part of the week , wht5ro tie wltncj5cd the match between Ives and Schacffcr for the bllllnrd cdomplonshlp of the country. Ho brought back with him the cue with which the young Napoleon of the Ivory balls won the mated. Folcy pays It was a great contest between the two bll- llardlfits nnd was worth going the distance to FCC. This match , whlcti seems to have given Ives top place to the realm ot bil liards , was not without Its sensational fea tures. When the diamond emblem ot cham pionship was handed to Ivca , he returned It at once with the remark that the donors , the company under whoqo auspices the match occurred , could do something else with It , The cracks are Inclined to ngreo with his position. From all accounts the emblem Isn't worth more than $75. The money that was on the match waa put up by the players themselves. The bowling tournament under ttic auspices of tdo Omaha Plattdcutscho Kegcl club , which Is going on nt Krug's park , still con tinues. Ilie play on last Monday night re sulted in the following score : Ten Nine Three ' i I'ln. Pin. Pin. J. Busch 1CI 3 21 G. Ilelf 13D 2 IG K. Odefey 110 S 15 F. Stocckcr 137 5 2 F. ThonmH 201 0 30 11. M. Mo'nr 101 2 19 J. F. C. Hlimohr W. 7 30 H. Ucselln 152 0 2S P. Schroder 13U 6 2t W. Krug 4 21 W. F. Stoecker 10S R 31 A. Itniiulea 175 3 21 H. Tlbke ! 1 10 H. Hohnhoff SO i" 12 H. Schroder 181 5 14 H. Hlshel 13 5 2S Thco Heuck U3 . . 40 W. Vosa US . . 21 The roll of honor In the contest Is : J. F. C. Rumohr , ten pins , 220 ; nine pins , 10 ; Fritz Thomas , three pine , 43 ; H. Tlbke , four plus , SO. Berkeley oval In New York , for msoy years the most famous spot in the history ot American Intercollegiate sport owing to the fact that the annual Mott Haven games have been held there. Is about to become the athletic Held of Columbia university. The plans of Improvement now under way will moke It superior In appointments to any field In the world. The field will contain a bicycle track of wood , ' a cinder path for running , hurdling and other such sports , with a perfect field within , covered with a turf of eight years' growth for base ball , foot ball and lacrosse. Columbia college during the last five years has deteriorated In the athletic world , owing to the fact that It has had no first-class facilities for athletics. With the finest field for sport on the two hemispheres the university Is expected to occupy a prom inent position lo the college .world. Cer tainly there should bo something In the air of the oval to Inspire Columbia's young men of speed and muscle. Hundreds and hundreds of recorJs have been made three , It being estimated that on the 'Berkeley ' cinder path nearly 800 records have been broken by the members of the various college and other athletic associations. Yousouf , the "Terrible Turk , " has become the target of wrestlers all over the country , so that the sultan's pet will have no need to go back to hla country without a full trial ot American wrestllog muscle and skill. The 'Mohammedan ' has gen ? up agalns.1 a couple of ambitious wrestlers already since his fiasco with Rocber , anJ has polished them off without trouble. Another bout between him and Roebcr has been arranged. In the coming contest thcro Is to be no chance o ! a repetition of the Turk's tactics. The platform Is to he protected by ropes and the Turk has been given to understand that pushing Is not allowed. Athletes of both the new and old worlds will be grieved to learn of the death of Alexander A. Jordan In New York last week. For years Jordan was the only rival of Malcolm Field for all-around champlorchlp honors , and the laurels he won In a brilliant campaign of about ten years are cow re corded In athletic history. In 1SS7 ho won the all-round athletic championship , a feat which means much in the athletic world. Ho renewed the title in 1S90 , and helped himself to the triple crown In 1891. In the latter year ho made a score of 6,189 points , which has never been excelled. Jordan's specialties were broad Jumping aad hurdle racing , and , although ho could effectively take up all other branches of track and field sport , It was In these ho excelled. Several of the hurdle records ho established stand to this day , and , besides , he enjoyed the proud distinction of being one of the very few Americans who ever won -English cham pionship medal. IHe accomplished this feat at Crewo In 1883 , the same year In which Tommy Couneft won the mlle run from Pollock Hill. The Columbia University team won the fifth annual championship Intercollegiate fencing tournament , which was held in New York last week. Three teams were entered , representing Cornell , Columbia and Harvard universities. Dentil of n Piinian * 'Army Dr. Oliver Albert Judson of Philadelphia , who has Just died , was a famous army sur geon during the war. He wau a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion , the Sons of the Revolution , a Fellow ot the College - lego of Physicians , a member of the Acad emy of Natural Sciences , vice president of the Pennsylvania. Institution for the instruc tion ot the Blind , a manager ff 'he Children's hospital , a consulting physician at Blockley hospital and a physician of the * Philadelphia dispensary and ot the Howard hospital. t Don't Put It Away t I on the Shelf. * A A- J You are right in using Wool Soap for woolens. All J J careful people must do that. But you are wrong in putting J J Wool Soap away until the next washing day. You lose J 'X nine-tenths of its value. X J It is impure ingredients that make other soaps shrink Y J woolens. But these do more than shrink wool. Used on J .X fiQe goods of any kind , they eat the fabric. 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Munyon hns made a special study of the dis eases of children and linn prepared specifics for fevers , croup , cholera niorbm , dlnrrhcras , coughs , colds , Eorc thronts , worms nnd other childhood mala dies. Mothers should keep nil these remedies in the house for pro- trctlon ngalnst emergencies. Time U every- thing in doctoring1 i 1 children. A few doses of the proper remedy , k given nt tha right tlmo will prevent long : nnd dangerous spell n ot Illness , and sava many n dollar in doctor'n fees. Munyon'n Homoeopathic Homo Remedy Company compound n sepal ntohpcclfic for each disease. They nrc for sale by druggists , mostly for s cents each. Personal letters to Professor Munyon , 1505 Arch street. 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