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22 THE OMAHA DAILY SUNDAY. MAY 15 , 1808. SPORTING GOSSIP OF A WEEK Omaha's Team Shows A Great Change in Ita General Piny , BATTING AND FIELDING IS BETTER Home Rorle * Sliojvo the Incrrnnc In but tlir Senmm'n Work In 1'oor Wlml the Oilier * Arc Ilolnir. Curing the last week a very decided im provement In the work of the Babes has been noticeable , both in the field and at the bat. In fact , during the scries that was played In this city with Kansas City , the general average of the work has been good and considerably higher than at any other time so far this season. This Is quite a bit of encouragement for the local fans , who hope to see In this an Indication of better play on the part of the aggregation. With the strengthening that Is expected to bo re ceived on the trip away , It Is quite possible that we may have a respectable team hero In no very distant future. As an example of the good work done during the series the following tables are given : UATT1NO AVERAGE. . AB. H. H. Av. Lyons < 18 11 41.4 HollltiK'sworth 17 35.3 Roat \l \ 1 33.3 JlurneU 17 11 35.3 6 5 31.3 McCauley } 6 20.7 Orlllln J5 Eustace 18 6 22.2 HaKcrmnn 3 2 22.2 Flnher 1 ? 1 6.1 ! Daub 0 00.0 FIELDING AVERAGE. I O. A. E. Av. Griffin 7 10 10H.O McCutllcy 14 5 100.0 lon.o 1 HiiKcrmun . Fisher ' 3 100.0 8 100.0 Daub jj 0 97.R 1 S7.5 llolllngMworth g Iloat ° 12 i7.0 bl.3 7 ICUBtnco ? 1 70.0 " ' ' ' " 'team" batting average was 25.U and the team fielding average 92.7. But while this series as far as avcrascs.go has been fairly satisfactory , the averages of the members of the team BO far this season have by no means been nearly as good. In the twenty ( -amcs that have BO far been played , in which the present members have In the main participated , the batting average has been only 19.9 and the fielding average has been 89.8. That Is hardly a record to bo very proud of , and the Individual averages as shown In the following tables do not tell a very satisfactory tale for any member of the team : BATTING AVERAGE. G. AB. R. H. TB. Av. Lyons 19 73 11 22 ' > 29.3 Grlllln 20 76 14 22 28 29.3 Burnett 20 73 14 21 33 28.8 Holllngsworth 17 63 C 18 21 28.6 Roat 19 75 12 20 21 20.7 HtiKermnn . . 10 42 3 10 12 23.8 McCauley . . . .20 75 9 16 19 21.3 Fisher 17 57 5 12 14 21.1 Eustnco 19 73 12 10 11 13.7 Daub 6 16 0 1 1 0.2 FIELDING AVERAGE. G. PO. A. E. Av. Daub . 1 22 100.0 Lyons . " 2 22J 97.5 liiiRprninn . 10 7 n ! U.2 Hiilllngaworth . 17 42 2S G 93.4 Orlllln . 20 27 27 8 90.0 87.3 27S < , Sfi.O 20 85.1 S II 19 fsl.6 Fisher" . . " . " . 10 10 14 81.1 These averages show the weakness of the team as It has-been displayed In the games here. The outfield must bo strengthened before Anything else Is done. Holllngs worth Is the only ono out there who Is doIng - Ing any kind of work either In field play or nt the bat. Burnett Is poor In the former nnd really Is entitled to a worse record on account of the execrable Judgment he has displayed very often , and his batting' has only been fair perhaps almost as good as anybody In the team , but not up to the mark that a fielder should have. Hagerman nnd Fisher arc flat failures In the field and have gone in simply because there has been nobody els'o to put there. Manager Fisher declares that he appreciates this weak spot , but has been unable to remedy it because ho could not get the men. He says , however - over , that he has a couple In view. Third base Is another vulnerable point , Eustaco being entirely Inadequate to hold'down the bag In any desirable sort of shape. His fielding has been poor and his- stick work has been worse. With these Improvements and another twlrler the team ought to bo In a position to win some games. On last Friday , because wo did not play and Detroit won , the Babes finally landed In the bottom hole , a neck behind both De troit and Minneapolis. Indianapolis retains her lead , with the Saints a good second The only other change in the table is that the Cowboys' are now installed In third place , with tbo Senators behind them at the end of the first division. A week ago their po sitions were reversed. During the coming week the western teams will have finished playing with them selves and will start on the trip around the eastern circuit. The outlook ( or Omaha Is not very promising , ( or after the team gets through with Kansas City today it goes ( or Indianapolis to play a- series ot ( our. At the same time Detroit will have Minneapolis on its home grounds , and it is a good chance that It will bo at least a breakeven. St. Paul la at Milwaukee and Kansas City at Columbus. These games will give the first Inkling ot the relative strength ot the east ern and western division ; . The sensation of tbo week In the big league has been the toboggan slide ot the Orioles , who dropped with a mighty thud In Bostontown , losing four out of five to the Beaneaters up to last Friday night. This slide has dropped her down to third place , and altogether too close to the Bostonlans at ( ourth ( or comfort. She Is now at Phlla delphlu , and as that aggregation has not been doing exceptional work , may have a chance to recuperate. The week gives Cin cinnati a nice little lead , but after today the Reds do not play until Thursday , and then go up against exactly the same propo sition as the Orioles , but they will have the advantage in having the Beaneatcrs upon their own grounds. The Giants have continued their rush up the ladder by defeating the Trolley Dodgers and on Friday landed In fifth position behind Boston , forcing both Brooklyn and Chicago down Into the second division. During the early part of the coming week they have the Senators at home and then start on the western circuit on Thursday at St. Louis. This schedule appears likely to leave them in their present place , if not better. Pitts- burg is having an easy time with the Browni , and an a consequence has ( orged up to the last place In the first division , but this week the Pirates are up against the Orioles and may have a sudden ending put to their run upward , unless the latter con tinue to remain on the slide. Philadelphia , St. Louis , Louisville and Washington still remain at the bottom ot the list. Truly it has been a marvelous shaking up and one that in a good many ways was unexpected. The bad weather .since the opening of the league season has played havoc with the big league schedule. Including the games ol last Thursday there were 107 games played and thirty-nine postponed on account of rain or wet grounds. In the Western league the proportion hoi been much less , about one Came In five being postponed on account ol climatic condition * . Even that li bad enough , however , and base ball magnates in betk league * do not look lor anything more .han a fairly prosperous season. At the opening It was feared that the war would detract from the attendance lo a great doc tree. While this has bceu so , especially In .ho south , where a Icaguo or two has iil- ready gone under and others are tottering , ho war has not been anywhere ai nearly disastrous as the weather conditions. There Is the same complaint being heard 'rom ' Cleveland aleut the poor attendance at game * , despite the ( act that the Spiders are putting up such a raagnlficlcnt race for he flag. Outside the Sunday games the usual audience numbers less than 1,000. The alk has once more arisen of transferring he franchise. Up to date two cities are bidding for it Detroit nnd Buffalo. The alter U said to have considerably the lead ( a change is made. PICKING UP 'VARSITY CREWS Men Who Will Nit In the Stielli Dar ing the ItnrpH far Suiiremncy on Water. The 'varsity crow at the University of Pennsylvania has been chosen ( rom the six teen men who have constituted the 'varsity squad heretofore. The eight men not chosen for the 'varsity will still continue training nnd will compose the second crew. Both crows will row against Annapolis , the 'vaf- slty against the Naval academy 'varsity , and ho second against their second crew. Moth- ng has at present been heard trom them n regard to an early graduation at An napolis on account of war , In which case of course the race would not take place. The crews chosen were as follows : 'Var sity Coxswain , Wise ; stroke , Hall ; 7 , Klntzlng : C , Buckwaltcr ; C , Kervey ; 4 , Elucgcnberg ; 3 , Busch ; 2 , Ho well ; bow , Folwell. Second Stroke , Weeks ; 7 , Gardiner ; 0 , Gash ; 5 , Do Valln ; 4 , Snovcr ; 3 , Webster ; 2 , Fllckncr ; bow , Evans. . It will bo noticed that In the 'varsity Iheie arc ( our o ( last year's 'varsity and four of last year's freshman crew , none of the new candidates obtaining a scat , whllo the second crew Is composed , with one exception , of the new candidates , most of whom with a year's experience should prove good men. The Yale crew has been badly shaken up during the past wrek by the first misfor tune which has occurred In the course of the training. Greenleaf , who was picked out of the freshman squad last year by Coach Cook , and slated ( or a scat In the 'varsity boat , met with another accident which will probably keep him out of the crew this year again. Last year , It will be remembered that Grccnlcaf got behind In his studies and was prohibited from rowIng - Ing on this account. Last fall ho was the first man picked out by Cook for develop ment for the 'varsity boat. Ho had Im proved perhaps more rapidly than any other man In the boat and It Is difficult to say whether his place can bo filled. He Is suf fering from water on the knee and It Is doubtful Is he can get Into condition In tlmo to be of any use for this year's rnco. At present ho Is unable to row at all. The loss of Grccnlcaf compelled Cook to rear range the entlro boat. Instead of putting Grlswold In at No. 7 , Cook decided to move Neldccken up to this place and take Flint away from stroke and put him at No. 4 , In place of Neldeckcn. This arangcmcnt was decided on In order to balance the boat. In plnce of Flint at stroke Cook has sub stituted Williams , the stroke of last year's freshmen eight. If these changes In the crew prove effective It Is likely that the or der of tbo eight will not bo changed again. It Is now late In the season , nnd Coach Cook Is anxious to get his regular eight picked out as early as possible. As the race with Harvard and Cornell will come earlier than usual this year It will bo necessary for Yale to decide upon the make-up of her crow as soon as possible. BASE BALL AMONG 'VARSITIES ' I' , of JT. IlnlilM n Very SiiccenHfnl Sc- lon with Ita Wenterii Comiirt- Itorn Kanterii Uvciit * . The recent trip of the University o ( Ne braska base ball team was more successful than had been anticipated. The ( eature of the southern trip was the thlrteen-lnnlng game with Kansas university , resulting In the score of 9 to 9. The umpire called the game at-the close of the thirteenth inning on the request of the Kansas management. Nebraska made but two errors during tbo game , and had ten hits. Kansas had eight errors , but made sixteen hits. In the ninth inning Nebraska apparently scored n run , but the umpire called the runner out at the plate. A pleasing feature of the game , which was played on the grounds of Kansas uni versity at Lawrence , Kan. , was the very cordial reception which was given the Ne braska boys by the Kansas students. The visitors were met at the train , late at night and in a drenching rain , by almost the entlro student body , and were escorted to their hotel. During their stay at Lawrence they were shown every possible considera tion , and the good feeling that prevails be tween both teams did much to obliterate the memory of that unfortunate affair on the ( oot ball field at Lincoln last ( all. It is a pleasure to note the return of 'Deacon" KIndler at second base on the University of Nebraska team. He remained off the team during the first part of the season because of a great amount of scholastic , work and a desire to represent his alma'mater In debate. Some thought less undergraduates at Lincoln began to "roast" him unmercifully , and sarcastic comments on his absence were even * printed on the score cards , but KIndler kept quiet. He joined the team at Lawrence , Kan. , last week , and played a star game. He made one run , two two-base hits , had seven putouts - outs , four assists and no errorsat second base. In batting KIndler was excelled only by Bliss , left fielder on the Nebraska team , who made two home runs and a single out of six times at the bat. A number ot the star athletes of the University of Nebraska have enlisted In the volunteers , and It Is needless to add that when the militia men were physically ex amtncd all the university athletes were passed and became government soldiers without delay. Billy Hayward , who has played a great game at tackle on the Nc braska team for three years , Is captain of the Nebraska City company. Harry Oury , center on the team for three years , and manager of tbo championship team of 1897 , is captain of another company. Pearse , who played the other tackle on the Nebraska team ( or three years , and Wiggins , who made a great name ( or himself at the end of the four years just passed , have also enlisted in the Nebraska volunteers. Billy Dungan , a former player on the team , Is In company A , Second infantry , and Corporal Harry At wood of the same company was a star player on the eleven of the University ' of California. If the war should last till ( all and the boys need any extra exercise they propose getting up two scrub ( oot ball elevens just to keep In good condition. One of the best of the big eastern college - lego games was that between Harvard and Cornell at Ithaca last week. The game went to Cornell , 8 to 5 , but the New York state boys had to work hard for their vic tory. Each team made twelve hits , Bole and Blair doing the pitching for Cornell and Morris ( or Harvard. Cornell won be cause its pitchers managed to keep their opponents' hits scattered , no ' less than thirteen Harvard men being left on bases. A return game will be played at Cam bridge. Princeton' * nine received a hard blow lost L week In the resignation of Flrit Baseman Kelly 1 , the hardest and most reliable hitter 'on the team. Deep desire ( or learning ( Is i the reason assigned , but that Is the stock explanation these days. A week ngo the Tigers played well at Ithaca , defeating Cornell by 3 to 0. The Tigers did not show up well at the bat , making but four hits , and only scoring In one Inning. In the field both teams played well. Barring wildness - ness Cole pitched effectively for Cornell. The feature of the game , however , was the steady , effective pitching of Hlllebrand. Ho shut the Ithacans out In every Inning , was hit safely only twice , and gave but two bases on balls. This was a splendid performance , considering the quality of the : cara ho , was pitching against , and should give the Tigers encouragement ( or their Yale and Harvard games. Against Lehlgh last Wednesday Hlllebrand and Harrison pitched well , but the Tigers again showed weakness , being only able to score six runs and make six hits. An odd game was that between Cornell arid Syracuse. Cornell had nine hits and Ive errors and Syracuse two hits and eight errors , and yet It required twelve Innings for the Hhucans to win by 6 to 4. The feature of the last week In college base ball was the splendid work of La fayette. On consecutive days and on foreign grounds she beat Harvard 8 to 1 In five Innings and Ynlo 3 to 0 In a full game. She made but eight hits herself ( four by Wol- brldge ) In the two games , but fielded splendidly , making only one error. The big factor of the victories , however , was Pitcher Kevins. He pitched both games and allowed but nine scattered hits , three to Harvard and six to Yale. Kevins Is one of the best men In the college ranks today. It Is too bad that ho Is open to the charge of being a \eteran of six years on n college team. The Insldo working of that abomination to amateurism , "slimmer ball , ' " Is being aired In the courts at ( lenesco , N. Y. Con gressman Wadsworth , whoso son Is Yale's first baseman , Is a sportsman , a lover of base ball , the hounds and all that Is manly. Ono of his penchants Is to run a "summer nine , " composed In the main of Yale and Princeton 'varsity players , and a strong team has been the result. The present suit Is brought by W. J. Bolt , a Buffalo uni versity student , to recover back salary. For three years past Bott has played base ball In professional teams In order to obtain money with which to prosecute his medical studies , and for his effort to secure on education Bolt cau only be commended , but ' mark you , ho has been securing It from a team on which play Yale and Princeton 'varsity stars. BLATHER OF THE PUGILISTS HriicMval of the Orcnt Wlnrt Jamming Co lit CM t Ilctwecu PHm liiinion , Corbctt niul Kill McCoy. The announcement made by Fltzslmmons during the last week that ho would take on both Corbett and McCoy on the proposi tions made by them previously did not create the excitement that the lanky cham pion perhaps expected. This may have been because the public's attention Is too much taken up with the war , and then again H may havq been because 'the whole buslnes * was looked upon as an advertising fako. One thing appears to bo very certain and that Is that this last outbreak of Fltz will not create much confidence In his good faith until the ring Is actually staked out. The announcement made by the red headed Australian Is that he will accept thu offer of "Kid" McCoy of $10,000 for a fight at the middleweight limit , and also the offer of Corbett of $25.000 : for a , chance to regain ] the heavyweight championship. FlfaT'Bd'Vl ho would meet either man before a regularly organized club offering the biggest purse , but stipulated that there must be a side bet of $10,000 , and both fights must take place before the last of September , this year. Tacked onto this proclamation Is the bet of the champion and his manager of $2,500 that neither McCoy nor Corbett will make good his offer. It was up to the two challengers and Cor bett at once wired his manager to repeat his old offer to stup the lanky one In ten rounds and to put up some money. The money Is not up yet. McCoy has probably been too busy In his training for his Ruhlln fight to pay much attention to this minor proposition of Fltz. Anyway he has not made his spell yet , but he will be out with It In a day or so , dollars to doughnuts. Money talks , however , and only when a piece of thu coin is In sight will the sporting public consider that there Is anything but a lot of wind-Jamming In the matter. The critics out on the coast are not at all willing to admit that Referee Oreggalns was right in giving Jeffrlf , the better of it In his recent go with Sharkey , although there Is not the slightest suspicion that the referee had anything handed to him to In fluence htm In hla decision. The prevailing opinion Is that Sharkey was as good as Jeffries in every step of the match and that the right decision would have been a draw. W. W. Naughton of the San Francisco Ex aminer , who Is considered among the best of pugilistic critics , has this to say : It wasn't an overwhelming victory by any means , though. The Los Angelesan didn't draw far enough ahead of the broad-backed sailor to warrant being hailed as "tho com ing champion of the world. " He will need to meet Sharkey again , and win by a bigger margin before any such * honor can bo con ferred upon htm. In these days of limited bouts and unsatisfactory verdicts , the Sharkey-Jeffrles affair might have been called a draw without working Injury to any one. It Is true that If blow for blo- were tallied Jeffries bad a credit balance In his favor. But when it was all over there was scarcely a mark to show for his blows. It was with the rieht band at the bodv that ho scored mainly. His dread left hook did not reach the mark once in every nosslble ten times , and what baffled It was an marvelous an exhibition of avoidance on the Bailor's part as was ever witnessed within the ropes. In addition to displaying wonderful cleverness In ducking and In de fensive work generally , the sailor proved conclusively that he can "fight clean" when the exigencies of the occasion demand it. Once or twice he forgot himself to the ex tent of hitting In the clinches , but when the ever-alert gallery hooted him , he ap peared as crestfallen and guilty as a school boy caught robbing an orchard. There was a 4 < I-won't-do-lt-agaln" look on his face , and to his credit be It said that he kept the oromUe ho made. In the two last rounds Sharkey continually held his own. In the final he piled Jeffries vigorously , and , to my way of thinking , was In the better shape of the pair to continue the fight when the referee forced them apart. Considering the gay and gallant contest the sailor put up , his clever foot work , his capacity for punishment and the unflinching manner In which he stood uo aealnst a man taller , heavier and apparently stronger than him self , the writer , had he been the referee , would have certainly called the contest a draw. Jeffries must ( eel like breaking a second lance with the sailor before con- .tlnulng his journey toward the champion ship goal. But whether Jeffries really bested Shar key or not , there is no question that the fight has given him a boost toward the championship. If It did nothing else , It showed a most remarkable Improvement in hla method of fighting. Ho is down now for a go with Maher , to take place about June 18. More than that , the result of the match places Ruhlln right in line with the best members of the heavyweight class. Sharkey boa held bis own and defeated many of the big fellows. Jeffries has de feated Sharkey and Ruhlln played even with Jeffries. So if McCoy defeats Ruhlln the former will be considered a match for any of them. . The Ruhlln-McCoy match U the nest In Importance , and ltM * > t bo pulled o * At Syracuse next Friday nlfcht. Iho following are i the comparative measurements ot the two men : ' " n MrCoy. "i"M Ruhlln. 5 feet It Inches. . . Height ( .6 feet 1H Inches 33 Inches Waist 35 Inches 76 Inches Itoach 79 Inches 18V4 Inched , . . . . . Shoulders I'M Inches 33 InchesLength 6 ( > tlMht arm.32 Inches 32 Inches.Length AC left nrm.32 6-8 Inches HVi Inches. Right biceps . . . .13'/4 Inches " ' * " ' - - - - 12H Inches. . . Contracted lift Inches 12 Inches. . LctPblcfepa 12 % Inches 13 < 4 inches. . . Contracted 14U Inches 11 Inches , IllRhtforearm . . . .13H Inches lltt Inches. Left forearm . . . .12',4 Inches 67-8 Inches , Right wrist . . . . 8 Inches Inches , , Lett wrist 7 % Inches Inches , Right hand 10 > t Inches Inches , . Left hand 10 Inches Inches. Right thigh 2311 Inches Inches , . Left thigh 25 B-S Inches Inches , . Right calf 16 Inches Inches , . . Left calf 15 % Inches Inches Ankle 10 Inches It will bo noticed 'that Ruhlln has the best of ( t In all points ot the game and McCoy's only apparent chance of winning Is In outpointing and outboxlng the other fellow. Another piece of interest In pugilistic circles was the final matching of Jimmy Darry and Casper Leon for twenty rounds. The fight is to take place in New York on May 30 nnd will bo for the bantamweight championship. Leon is said to be In excel lent shape and his friends are backing him heavily. Another match arranged Is one between Tommy Ryan and Tommy West for New York on June 13. The bout Is to be twenty rounds long and Is td be for a purse of 2,500. Now laugh 1 Llko many another fighter , Oscar Gardner did not live up long to his resolution not to enter the ring again after killing.Stout. . . The other day he made arrangements for several fights nnd Incidentally talked as follows : "It looks very much to mo as though I had been used as a tool to save other people In this town. "When I got In trouble I followed the advice of persons whom I considered my friends , but It has slnco developed that they were not thinking of my welfare , but were fixing things to save themselves. It seems very queer tome mo that I should bo Indicted for 'prize fight- Ing1 and the matter stop at that when It Is apparent that If there was n prize fight there must have been some one who aided and abetted the affair. Does that not look queer to you ? " The Omaha Kid will fight to get money to defend himself against the charge. Ho Is now matched to box Eugene Ilezcnnh , Freddie Began and Johnny Van Hoest. The contest with Van Heest will take place at Memphis , Tcnn. , on May 22 , and the other two will occur during the latter part of next week. "Pedlar" PalmeriVhasc challenged George Dlxon to box for $500 a side at the National club of London. T.ora | O'Rourko In reply says ho will back jDlxou ( or $5,000 against Palmer If ho will cqmo to America and box. O'Rourke will also ( guarantee Palmer a purse twice as la go t"a3 that which the National club will offer. FOR DEVOTEES Or GUN AND ROD ComliiK Slnte Shnot PromlMCH Mucli for Nclirnnkn Trap ArllxlH Dr. MIllL-r'H FlxhiiiM : Privilege * ) . Beginning , n week , -ifrom Tuesday the twenty-second annual tournament of the Nebraska State Sportsmen's association will commence on the jgrouuds of the Omaha Gun clUb. It will , consume four full days and will attract to this , city all the shoot ing cracks of the country , all of whom were In attendance at Charlie Budd's shoot in DCS Molnes during the last week and will be at the Missouri tournament In Kansas City during the coming week. A good many of the shooters are expected to arrive on next Sunday evening. A considerable portion tion of them will stop , at the Mlllard hotel , which has been selected as their headquar ters. Pretty nearly all thd arrangements ( or the tournament have been completed by the managers , who are O. W. Loomls , F. S. Par- melee and J. C. Read : They have gotten up a program of exceptional interest. There ' are to be ten events 'each day for the first three days , and eight'on the fourth. Each event is to be twenty targets , $2.50 entrance and $25 added. This , will make a total of thirty-eight events , open to all comers , with 'a total of $950 added. In addition to this , there will be cash prizes of $10 each ( or the first five general averages ( or those who shoot through the entire program. On the ( ourth day a couple of ( eatures will be added In the shape of two events open to shooters ( rom Nebraska only. One will be twenty-five targets ( or the state champion ship at targets. The entrance ( ee will be $3 , the purse to bo divided in ( our moneys. The first will get a gold championship medal and 40 per cent of the purse , the second 30 per cent , the third 20 per cent and the fourth 10 per cent. The second special event Is to be fifteen live birds , thirty yards' rise , ( or a diamond badge , emblematic of championship at pigeons. The entrance ( ee Is to be $15 , divided into ( our moneys , to go at 40 , 30 , 20 and 10 per cent. The American Shooting association rules will govern during the tournament. ShootIng - Ing is to commence at 8:30 : o'clock each day. Black powder and tenigaugo will be barred. All purses will be divided Into five moneys 30 , 25 , 20 , 15 and 10 per cent and all ties , except in the state championship events , will be divided. In the two special shoots the tie will be shot off. All professional shooters and manufacturers' agents will pay CO cents extra in all open program events and these who average 90 per cent or more any day will pay an additional 50 cents In each event on the following day. The extra money thus secured will constitute a ( und which will be divided among all amateurs who shoot throughout the entire program , regardless of averages. No amateur , how ever , who obtains any portion of the general average money will como in on this divvy. Charlie Budd's shoot * was a very success ful and memorable-ono. It was principally noteworthy in tho''fact that Charlie Budd himself appeared -'to ' have come back to life and rfradtf himself world's champion at reverse angle shoot ing and established a new rec ord. His score ot flC' Ut of 100 Is expected to stand for many a day. The previous rec ord was 90. As a'lresult ' of the three days of target shooting ( Gilbert , the Spirit Lake phenom , stands at the top. On Thursday In the final score he waa-tied for fourth place , but his two high averages of the two days before helped him ouUnParmelee runs sixth with a nice score. ilThe totals of those who shot all the way through out of a possible COO are as ( allows : LeRoy . 554 Gilbert 561 Pulford . , .rwJ ielkes 546 I'owera . cf jrlmm 544 Clllott . 637 Fanning 540 Merrill . UO Ruble 631 Marshall . K2I Parmelce 527 Edwards . BIS Glover . . . .520 Mortensen Dickey 516 Hood Budd 607 Hallowed . 4& Courtney 4S7 Klbby . 472 Kline 474 The Omaha Gun club expects to hold a special meeting in the near future to admit several candidates who 'are ' knocking at its doors. The club will have Its regular weekly shoots every Saturday during the remainder of the season. 1C Dr. Miller decides to allow the public to- enjoy his big fish pond at Seymour park , local fishermen will be given an opportunity to enjoy come excellent sport. The lake has been I enlarged during the last year front twenty to forty-two acres and It Is chock ( ull ot game fish , principally bass and croppy. There are some good big ones , but as the majority of the finny Inhabitants are young they range ( rom a pound to a pound and a quarter and it half. There seem to bo millions of them there , and even at this weight the game flth will ( urnlsh royal sport. Dr. Miller has been somewhat doubtful about allowing the public to share the pond because ho was not sure the privi lege would be appreciated , but thcro is no question that the local fishermen would jump at the chance. "I believe that I will put In a number of boats , " declared Dr. Miller last week , "and let Omaha fishermen try their luck In my pond , This opportu nity , however , wilt be given only to sports men and gentlemen and I do not wish any others about. As a result I will not permit any one to catch and take away more than enough for immediate use say ( our or five pounds. That is enough for anybody's use , and to catch that much ought to satisfy the desire ot any true sportsman , " If voather permits the Dupont Gun club will have ita usual club shoots this after noon and the much-postponed sweepstakes may also bo shot off. The Missouri state shoot commences at Kansas City tomorrow and wll contlnuo through the week. There has again been but little field sport during the past seven days. No one cares to say that he has been out after birds , If ho has been , and the fishing season has not yet fully opened up. Assistant Secretary ot the Treasury W. B. Howcll has decided that a sportsman's gun Is not entitled to como Into this country from a foreign country free of duty as a part ot his household effects. It Is said that the Missouri Commission Merchants and Grain Dealers' association of St. Louis proposes to bring before the at tention of the next legislature of the state needed legislation for the better protection of game in Missouri. Last month the Missouri State Fish com mission received 2,000,000 wall-eyed plko spawn from the northern lakes. They will bo hatched at the St. Joseph hatcheries and distributed in the streams of the state. State Fish Commissioner Delavan of Iowa recently liberated 200,000 lakte trout in the lakes In the vicinity of Spirit Lake. The Fish Protective association of this city has been getting in Its work. Last Tuesday night the deputy marshals fell In upon a number ot fishermen who were at work putting a seine Into Cut Off lake. The seiners skipped , but a big seine was captured. WITH HORSES AND HORSEMEN Trainers oil tlio Knlr Ground * TrncU WurklnK n Number of Cuinimlnn- crn nnil Monir Cirecn OIU.-M. There are a number o ( good horses being put through the preliminary training to this year's campaign out at the new fair grounds this spring. There are a number of well known flyers In the outfit , but the ma jority are green ones without a mark. Of the latter there Is a likely looking batch and Eomo of them have shown up well on the fast track. In the course of the next couple of weeks a considerable addition Is likely to bo made to the stables. Al Russell has under his caro-Charandos , 2:141,4 : ; Godella , 2:16 : % ; E M O , 2:27W. : and Omaha Wllkcs , 2:25 : , all pacers with the exception1 of Godella. Golden Star , 2:19 : % . and J J , 2:18U. : are the property of Frank Wlckersham of Tracy , Minn. , who also has a bunch of green horses. Trainer Wilson of Pierre , S. D. , has Mattlo Paterson , 2:16 : % , and Amber Day , 2:25 : % , both trotters. Charles Moore of Columbus has a nice little bunch , Including the ( allowing : Corporal , 2:12 : % , trotter ; Hector , 2:29 : % , trotter ; North Star , 2:18 : % , trotter ; Tom Lee , 2:16 : % , pacer. The stable of Elmer Bros , of Al liance Is represented by Nell Caffrey , 2:17 : % , pacer ; Lula Bascom , 2:24 : % , pacer ; Queen Carrel , 2:22 : ,4 , trotter , and a likely 2-year- old named Redmond Wllkcs , who Is out of Baron Wllkes. Ed Kennedy of St. Edwards has Llna V , 2:17 : % , pacer , on the track and Doc Plckard'8 De Orley , 2:29 : % , Is also train- Ing. Ing.All All these owners have In addition to these horses a number ot green ones. Besides them a number of animals of the same char acter are being trained by W. M. Boyle of Lemara and J. F. McQutre and J. B. Stetson of Omaha. Charles Lane has a promising 4-year-old , but he Is being broken in for road work and will not be cam paigned. The track Is In the finest kind of condi tion , firm and smooth and fast. It Is being improved every day and this will be kept up up to the tlmo that the harness meeting will be held In the latter end of June and the early part of July. The trainers who are at the stables are taken with it completely. It has never been in such condition since it was built and it would not be surprising If some exceptional time is made upon It dur ing the meeting. Owing to the cool weather that has been on tap previous to this week the horses were not sent around the track very often , but with the warming up they are being sent out daily now. No time of exceptional character has yet been made , but some of the campaigners have gone the mlle In a thirty clip , not at all bad ( or the belated season. The board of directors of the Fair and Speed association has about finished up all the arrangements ( or the meeting , although at iti regular weekly meetings It Is finding a considerable amount of routine business to get out of the way. It is now waiting ( or the arrival of the entries , but very few of these will bo sent In before the date of the close ot the entries , June 11. With the nice purses that have been put up , how ever , It Is confident that there will bo a good field of starters In every race. Although generally forgotten , a eon of Hamblctonlan 10 was virtually burled alive In * eastern Nebraska ( or .several seasons. John Carrlngton of Tecumseh , Neb. , pur chased from Powell Brothers , Sbadeland , Pa. , Golden Girl , by Golden Bow , and ShinIng - Ing Star , by Guiding Star. Ho afterward Induced Ambro Whlpplo of Sagerstown , Pa. , to ship Southslde , son of Hambletonlan 10 , and Ryse Duke 654 , by Hambletonlan 10 , to hla stables at Tecumseb , where they should make a specified number of seasons on joint account. Not so very long afterword Car rlngton became financially embarrassed. Ryse Duke was disposed of to Vanderpool Brothers & Black , Lincoln , Neb. , and South- side sent to a local livery stable awaiting Whlpple's orders. That gentleman remained in Ignorance of Southside's whereabouts until an enormous ( eed bill bad accumu lated and the stallion was advertised for sale. Some western friend advised Mr. Whlpple regarding the disposition shortly ot be made of his horse , who at once started ( or Nebraska. A compromise was made with the party holding the feed bill against Southsldo and he was returned to Sagerstown. During his period of exile at the Tecumseh livery stable this unfortunate son of Ryse Duke's Hambletonlan was al lowed to serve mares at whatever ( ee the owner saw fit to give the attendant some times a pint of whisky , again a pony keg of beer , whllo occasionally a smalt payment in cash was made. Southslde was a brown horse without a chow of white , ( oaled In 1865 and was out of a daughter of Burr's Columbus. He had the atralghtest hind legs ever built undera trotting bred horse and s not represented In the Year Book by a performer1 , sire or dam. Golden" Hlrl after ward passed into the hands of Major Dean , Frankfort , Kan. , and obtained a trotting record of 2:2S : % at Topck'a during the sen- son of 1S83. Shining Star was. sold to E. L. Wilson , Marysvlllo , Kan. , and Is the dam ot Knciis , 2:09U : , a chestnut pacing son of Karataa 8,504. Ityso Duke Is repre sented In the list with three trotters , two sons that have each sired a 2:30 : trotter and ono producing dam. The tiew rules ( or standard registration , which were adopted by the American Trot- .Ing Register association recently and go into effect in November , are said to bo ot such n character as to debar the pcdlgrcct of many fust trotters and many dam * and sires of fast trotters. As an illustration of how the rules will work the following cited : Wcro Dlrcctum , 2:05 : % , and Huldu , 2 08 % , still unregistered when Iho rules go Into effect they would then be Ineligible , and should the great pair be mated and the resulting foul take a record of two min utes It would still have to remain outside the trotting register , whllo .a ( oal with three generations of standard ancestors , but unable to trot n mile In 2:30 : , would bo In eligible. Again , In the future some of the Fastest trotters , bred in lines similar to Dlrectum or Hulda , or some great slro bred on lines similar to George Wllkes , Elec tioneer or Dclmarch , will bo found to be shut out of the register. It Is claimed that the adoption of the new rules will bring to the fore a stud book which will take In the pedigrees of all great trotters , for a very fast nnd game trotting stallion , n great slro of race horses or a mare productive of speed in the highest * degree will never bo overlooked , even though such may bo In eligible to standard registration. For such horses there will nrlso n necessity for Bomu nuthorltatlvu book , and unless the register association recognizes the demand for It some ono else will. Senator A. , 2:10 : , lately sold by Clarence Alexander , DCS Molnc * , la. , for (6,000 ( , t * go to KM rope , * M bred by C. A , ORiktlt. Wlntorsct. In. , nnil foaled Iho property of Joe Woodman , Des Molncs , who od ) htm ( or $20 to Mr. Alexander. At that tltno the A stallion was about n big as n pint of elder , r 4 WAS shaggy as n Shetland pony In winter and Altogether an unlike a prospect for & great race horse as could well bo Imagined. No more unlikely $20 worth wag over pur chased. fUnlitc Cnlli. Lewis G. Towksbury finds Robert J , a ptr- fect roadster. Bcrnlcp. 2:15 : , will bo raced by Bush Bros. . Des Mottles , la. , this year. The 4-ycar-old Prlnco Caffrey , 2S4y : , V. ' . bv Charles Caffrcy. dam by McMahon. 2:21 : , > , J Is being shaocd un for the season'n racing by Trainer Scully of Lincoln , Neb. Mason City. la. , Is winning the reputation of being the finest training place for trotters in the northwest. There arc two tracks ono a half-mile course and one a mlle in length. G. C. Smith of Nelson , Neb. , has a full brother to the pacer. Peorla. 2:13. : that ha Is fittltiK for fall racing , and local fancier * of the light harness horse are much In love with the youngster's way of going. Nancy Hanks' 2-year-old flly , Narlon , Is a well built youngster and has so far dona all that has been asked of her at the Forbes farm In Massachusetts. They think she la n trotter. 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