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10 TIIT3 OMAHA DAILY ! HEE : SUNDAY , SEPTEMBEtt 18. 1808. WANING DAYS ON DIAMOND Bus Ba.ll Season Already Sputtering in Its Socket Eeady to Qo Out. POSITIONS OF THE TEAMS NEARLY FIXED nnltlnmre Mny Ovcrlmul IlnMoti mill ICnnnnn City JHiiy llvnt < Tut Inillnn- niuillK , lint ilic lli'nt of ( he I'lnecfl Are .Setltvil. Cincinnati can not finish one-two. That looks to bo a foregone conclusion now with the Heels In third place. Thnt long- prophcslcd strcnk of yellow with which Jluckcrlno Ewlng's troupe has been charged lias put In Its appearance. The Reds havn made n good , game stand , but Buck has ex tracted nil the hall playing that Is In the material that ho has at liaml. With a per centage that Is now llfty points less thnn that of the BeaneatcrH , In first place , and twcnty-flvo In the rear of Ualtlmoro , which Is second , thcro seems to ho no possibility for the Hcds to wind up better than In the third notch , with n good lead over Tubeau's Itinerant Micks. Under such circumstances there does not seem to bo au earthly chance left for the Reds , with but four weeks and B llttlo more of the season left. The four victories which the Orioles eccured from the Reds Is what has placed them so safely In second place. And It was plain championship ball that put them In the position , for If one considers the four games from every point of view he cannot ) mt admit that In every stage of the game. the Birds outplayed the Ewlng hand. In nil liut ono and the filial contest the Keds put up no sort of a fight at all. Thus the present team of champions nnd the Orioles will light It out for the pennant and It must be admitted that Boston has Bevcral shades the best of It over the Orioles. They have more games on the home grounds ; they arc now a score of points and more In the lead and their pitchers are In the best of form. It's odd that they are having the same run of luck that was with them during the last month or last season. Luck , of course , evens Itself up on the season , as a rule ; hut the Bean- eaters nro having their lucky streak just at the stage of the race when every victory counts. They played twelve games up to nnd Including last Friday , and of this num ber they won nil but one. The work of the Louisville club , however , has been the surprise of the year. On August 23 the Colonels were In the eleventh position In the race with a percentage of 36.8. Now they nro In ninth position with n. percentage on last Friday of 43.S , n clear pain of seventy points. $ n the space.of time between these two dates they have played a total of twenty-two games and of this num ber they have won seventeen nnd lost five. This is a record of which the champion aspirants might bo proud. If Colonel Pul- llam keeps together the same crowd of youngsters next season ho will make some of the other aggregations in the league look elck. It Is a tossup in the matter of selecting n winner of the Western league ehamplon- Bhlp. In three days , Including today , the season of this western organization will bo completed , nnd still It Is questionable whether Indianapolis or Kansas City will bo the winner of the coveted pennant. The two defeats which the Cowboys sustained nt the hands of the Senators during the week put thorn back in the running , but their great work with Milwaukee has made up for this. The championship will be decided In the series that begins today be tween the two teams. Never In the history of base ball has thcro been such a close flght. flght.A A geezer of a mathematical turn of mind lias figured out that If the sixty twlrlcrs employed In the big league were to combine their speed they would hurl n ball that would bo a cannon shot in effectiveness This Individual has figured that the com bined speed would bo 200 times that of ono of Ruslo's slow halls , such as collided will : Jennings' forehead during the summer am laid him up for a week. A ball hurled with such force would crush a man's skull ns easily as though It were an egg shell. It would pierce armor plate , if applied to a more effective missile than the mush balls of the league. Applied mechanically , it would operate n giant pile driver or haul a heavily laden train half way across the continent. Sixty pitching arms joined longitudinally would form a prodigious limb 150 feet long. This same genius has some figures re garding the distances twlrlers pitch. Ho based Its computation on the premise tha a .twlrler sends 200 benders during the course of a game. This means a Journey o 12,000 feet for his muscles during th < nfternoon. Twelve league artillerymen hurl the pellet over 111,000 feet , or nbou forty miles In two hours. On this basis the entire staff of base halls In the league's employ cover 5,800 mllea or thereabouts from the pitcher from April to November. Hov many more miles they travel on accoun of hits or throws to bases or in practlci this dope artist does not eay. Although the schedule gives Clnclnnat only two more games on the homo ground during the rest of the season ono with St. Louis nnd one with Cleveland yet Duel Ewlng has so arranged matters that tci : games will bo played in Cincinnati flv < with the Browns nnd five with the Cast nways. The revised schedule is as follows September 25 Cleveland nt Cincinnati (2) ( ) September 26 Cleveland at Cincinnati. September 27 Cleveland nt Cincinnati. September 28 Hcds nnd Cleveland nt St. Louis. September 29 Heds and Cleveland nt St. Louis. September 30 Reds nnd St. Louis nt St. Louts (2) ( ) . October 1 Reds nnd St. Louis nt Cincin nati (2) ( ) . October 2 Reds and St. Louis at Cincin nati (2) ( ) . October 3 Reds nnd St. Louis nt Cincin nati. nati.October October 0 Reds nnd Cleveland nt Cincin nati. nati.That That this Is n poor year for base ball from'n'financial point of view was again demonstrated In the woful slump in gate receipts on Labor day In comparison with past years. The turnstile count for the games played in the six cities this year was 43,119 , against 73,021 for last season , Sour Stomach "After I vrm Induced to try CANCA- BETH , I wilt cefprlio lyllliout them In thu bouse. Mr liter wai In a Terr bad ibape. and tor head cbed and 1 bad nomnch trouble. Now. ilnce tik- Inn Caicarctt. I feel Una. Mr wife bos also used them wtt ! > beneficial results lor tour ( tomacb. ' Jos. KHIUU.NO , I'/'l Couuress tit. , BULouli , Mo. rieaunt. I'alatablo. 1'otent. Tuito nond. no flood , Nerer Sicken , weaken , or Orljo. lOc , Sic.Xc. . . . OUC1E CONSTIPATION. . . . lir Bm.Jj ri , rtUlfO , UoXntl , Ktw Ytrk. 518 Bold and rtiyrsnicedbr all drug. gituto cV 11 1 : Tobacco iui > u. 68,617 for 1896 , C9.767 for 1893 , and 67,623 for 1894. "Tho war excitement has , of course , kept thousands from the game this year , " snya Secretary Robert Young , "but base ball has one off year In about every five , and we were due for n season of ofHshncss this eventful year of 1S9S , war or no war. " Chauncey Fisher Is no longer captain of the St. Joe team nnd Fred Heat has been appointed lo succeed him. On last Thurs day he was to have pitched , but sent word to Owner Van Brunt that ho was not In condition. It was the belief of the manage ment that this condition was brought about by continued Inebriety. It Is also claimed that Fisher has created much discontent among the players , nnd has failed to look after the interests of the owner of the team. The most surprising thing to those who have known how matters were going was that Fisher held his Job ns long ns ho did. Ho was suspended Indefinitely without pay nnd fined J25. The Hayden Bros , ball team will take n trip through Iowa during the coming week. They play flvo games , opening with Tabor on Tuesday , GOSSIP FROM THE GRIDIRON Prim-Holt IlriMVM the I.lni-n fivcii TtKlitfr Ariiiiiul tin : Cn nil III fit ox fur tin- Athletic Ti-fimi. An examination of the schedule that Princeton has arranged for the coming sea son , together with ono or two lines of policy the Tigers will Inaugurate this season , Indi cates that the university proposes to strictly maintain the ninatcur status of foot ball which constitutes the attraction that underlies the popularity of this great game. In doing this Princeton Is but following a course which she has pursued during the last ten or a dozen years n course that she of all the big colleges first picked up and which has made her the advance agent In the move ment to secure the absolute purification of college sports. The first step taken by Princeton In this direction was some years ago when the fac ulty required that students who engaged In athletics and especially foot ball must be up to the average standing in class studies. Something of this sort was needed. Even nt Princeton students who played foot ball fell behind In their studies and the situation was even worse nt other big Institutions In the east. It Is hardly moro than a half dozen years since ono of the big elevens imported a man for the express purpose of utilizing Is foot ball ability. He matriculated In duo orm , made a pretense of attending his lasses , and at the end of the season dropped iut of college. There was a well founded eport that ho had been paid for his services , inch an Instance of rank professionalism , al- hough an attempt was made to conceal It , caked out. It compelled all the college.i o follow In the footsteps of Princeton m orclng foot ball players to keep up their lass standing and the requirement Is almost inlvcrsal In the east now. Princeton , however , has taken even a more dvanced step. Ilecently the faculty of the Diversity decided that college athletes must : nako an even better showing In their classes ban these who do not engage In athletics , 'ho ' slightest falling off will result In the delinquent being ordered out of the game. This stand may appear a bit radical , but it ivlll have a good effect. It will do away absolutely with even the possibility that a man Is Induced to attend the university olcly because of his athletic ability. Princeton's schedule Is noticeable from the fact that It provides for but a single game with an athletic club eleven. This is the result of the agitation of last year regardIng - Ing club teams , when It was alleged that the elevens were made up largely of profes slonals who were Induced to Join the clubs by being offered nominal positions In the cities in which they wore located. The charges were never substantiated , but there is llttlo question that they could bo proved to some extent. The schedule provides for a shorter season than that of any other university. It closes on November 12 , fully two weeks before Thanksgiving day. There will bo no games this year with either Harvard or the Carlisle Indians , but Brown university Is added. The full schedule Is as follows : October 1 , Lehlgh nt Prince ton ; October 5 , Stevens nt Princeton ; October S , Franklin and Marshall at Prince ton ; October 12 , Lafayette at Princeton ; October 14 , Maryland Athletic club at Balti more ; October 15 , Naval Academy at An napolis ; October 19 , open ; October 22 Cornell at Princeton ; October 26 , Penn > sylvanla State college at Princeton ; Novem ber 2 , University of Virginia at Princeton ; November G , Military Academy nt West Point ; November 12 , Yale at Princeton. Two moro of the hlg five , Harvard and Yale , have considerably shortened their schedules for this season. The two wlm up with their game on November 19. Cor ncll and Pennsylvania , however , still mark the close of the season with their Thanks giving day game. The schedules of Harvan and Yale are as follows : Yale September 24 , Trinity at Hart ford : October C , Amherst nt New Haven October 8 , Williams at Now Haven ; October 15 , Newton Athletic club at Newton ; Oc tober 19 , Brown at New Haven ; October 22 Indians at New Haven ; October 29 , Wcs Point at New Haven ; November 12 , Prince ton nt Princeton ; November 19 , Harvard at New Haven. Harvard October 1 , Williams at Cam bridge ; October G , fiowdoln at Cambridge ; October S , Dartmouth at Cambridge ; Octo ber 12 , Amherst at Cambridge ; October ! ; > , West Point nt West Point ; Cfctober 22 , Chicago Athletic association nt Cam bridge ; October 29 , Indians nt Cambridge ; November G , Pennsylvania nt Cambridge ; November 9 , Yale at New Haven. The last week has marked the opening of the foot ball campaign. Before Us close most of the Institutions all over the country had called their elevens together and were engaged In preliminary practice. At some places the season was already so far advanced that games were played yes terday. Other preliminary games will be played during the remainder of this month , but the bruisers are not scheduled until the opening of October , a week from next Saturday. By that time the foot ball critic will bo able to slzo up the strength of the various elevens. The prospects at the University of Ne braska for a good eleven have wavered dur ing the last few weeks. A month ago they were of a bad color from the fact that several strong players of last year's'team were away with Nebraska volunteer regi ments , which apparently were not likely to bo mustered out. Then carao the orders to the Second regiment to return home , nnd the hearts of the Nebraska students were . lightened , for with the regiment came back Hay ward and Pearso , the two strong tackles. But the fires of hope have again died down , for U Is said that Hayward will not re-enter the university and Pearso will probably bo unable to play at any time during the season on account of his illness. On top of this comes the report that Shedd , the full buck , has accepted a position In the Beatrice schools and will not return. About half of last year's team will ho missing , therefore , but still Coachcr Yost has a better start than conchem of past years , who nevertheless have always turned out creditable ) elevens. The team and candidates were called out for practice during the latter part of the week. St. Joseph will be on the gridiron this year with a couple of elevens. The Central Medical college will have a learn In the field , and the Ensworth Medical colh-ge will also bo represented. The latter will have a crack team If reports are true. The fact that Bevcraf experienced players olt the teams of the "big four" of the east have taken up the study ot meJlcluo at Ens- worth indicates that Ensworth will bo In It this season on the gridiron. The follow ing Is the schedule : October 29 , Kansas University nt St. Joseph ; November G , Wil liam Jewell college at St. Joseph ; November 12 , University of Nebraska nt Lincoln ; No vember 16 , Kansas City Medics at St. Jo seph ; November 24 , Ilnskdl Indians of Law rence nt St. Joseph ; November 30 , Univer sity of Nebraska nt St. Joseph. Dr. John Doyle , who In ' 91 played right half with Crescent Athletic cub ) nnd ' 93 with S3. Mary's , Kan. , team , wll coach the doctors , while Dr. Humphrevlllc of the college fac ulty will look after the correspondence and business end. Foot ball prospects at Missouri university nro brighter than last year nnd Indications point to a fast team of Tigers. Five of laat season's players , Hill , Troy , Liggett , Howard nnd Woodson , will be In school again nnd all will play foot ball. Coach Fultz , from Brown university , will arrive at Columbia In 1 a few days and early practice will bo car ried on. Howard will again bo a candidate for center , but ho will have nn opponent In Ballew , a William Jewell man , who has en tered the university. If Ballew shows up well Howard will bo ono of the tackles , Hard- lug of Jefferson City , who played with the j Virginia Military Institute team last year , taking the other tackle position. The mighty "Ad" Hill will again play guard and Liggett will seek his old place at quarter. Wood- son Is ambitious to succeed himself as full back , but Masman , a St. Joseph boy , who played with the Yale freshmen In ' 96 , will give him n hard tussle for the place. Bun- gardt and Harris are promising candidates for ends. The team will bo weakened by the loss of Floyd Cramer , who died at Chlck- mauga. Ho was one of the halves last sca- on and was a great ground gainer. As has been said , however , the outlook s better than ever before In the history of nlverslty foot ball. Eight of the university ilayers and substitutes will bo on hand vhcn practice starts In earnest tomorrow. tringer , who > layed left end , will be back t his old position. Swartz , Williams and Benedict will be back for the half positions. Captain Melford will return. Ho played enter last year , but there Is a possibility of his having to go to left tackle. Turner nd Hanson , the two big guards , are ex pected tomorrow. Cowglll will bo back at quarter. There Is also a good part of the second team back , and this contains some good material. Plllsbury , who played sub- acklo last year , Is In good condition to fill i tackle on the 'varsity. Drain plays quarter a little light , but makes up In quickness and steadiness. Some good finds will ho made n the new material. Gnrrett , who played full back on the 'varsity team ot ' 90. has ntered school again. Yont , a brother to the Yont who played on the ' 93 champion earn , Is out for a position. Brew , Gilbert , Irvln and Bailey are all good men who may jo able to make the team. Changes have been made In the schedule slnco It was published n couple of weeks igo. The game with the University of Wis consin Is off , but one Is being arranged with the University ot Minnesota. This will be played on November 12 or 19. The full sched ule Is as follows : October 1 , Hastings college nt Lincoln ; October 8 , Ames college nt Lincoln : October 1G , open ; October 22 , William Jewell at Kan sas City ; October 21 , University of Missouri , at Columbia , Mo. ; October 29 , Grlnncll at Lincoln ; November G , Kansas nt Lawrence ; November 7 , Kansas City Medics at Kansas City ; November 12 , open ; November 19 , open ; November 24 , Iowa at Omaha. FOR LOVERS OF GUN AND ROD Duiioiit Cluli'M AmnttMir Tournament Itlil.s Knlr to lie n Ilouorrt- lirciiUlni ; SUCCCBM. On next Tuesday the third annual shootIng - Ing touurnament of the Dupont Gun club will commence upon the grounds of the Omaha Gun club on the Iowa side ot tbo river and will probably continue during the remainder of the week , although the pro gram calls for the wlndup on Friday after noon. U will bo the most successful ama teur shoot over held In this section of the country , or else the signs read wrong. The committee which has been -working up In terest In It has secured a fine field of amateurs and every possible arrangement has been made to glvo them a good time , lots of money and a chance of doing some good shooting. It Is confidently expected that the entries i every day will bo over 100. In the- bunch i will bo shooters from Iowa , South Dakota , Minnesota , Missouri , Illinois nnd Nebraska , and among them will bo a number of cracks. No professionals or manufacturers' agents will bo allowed to compete In the tourna ment events , although It Is likely that some will bo on hand and will shoot among them selves. A fine program has been arranged I for the three days. It Is as follows : 'Wednesday Morning : Six events at fifteen blue rocks , $1.50 entrance ; afternoon , four events at fifteen blue rocks , entrance , $1.50 , and a shoot at ten llvo birds ; entrance $5 and $15 added. Thursday Morning : Sis events nt fifteen blue rocks , $1.50 entrance ; nfternoon , four events at fifteen blue rocks , $1.50 entrance ; n race at twenty blue rocka for the championship of the transmlsslsslppl ter ritory nnd the championship emblem , $1 en trance ; a shoot at ten llvo birds , $5 entrance and $10 added. Friday Morning : Six events nt fifteen blue rocks , $1.50 entrance ; afternoon , four events nt fifteen brae rocks , $1.50 entrance , and an event at fifteen llvo birds , $10 cn- trance and $20 added. In all probability n big llvo bird shoot will bo held on Saturday , although It is not down on the program. If this Is ar ranged It will bo at twenty-flvo birds , and the entrance fee will bo $23. With such a purse up a hot race would certainly ensue. A dozen shooters nro anxious that this event should bo added and It very probably will The championship race will bo ono of the events of the- tournament , because It will j represent the amateur Inanimate champion- i ship of the country west of the Mississippi ' river. H Is expected that there will bo moro than 100 entries , for the emblem that Is to bo shot for Is a handsome silver cup , properly engraved. There will be four moneys In each event. In addition to this coin the management has added $350 In the shape ot prizes for aver ages. In these the medium shooters are provided for as well as the cracks , for there will bo money for low averages as well as high averages each day. There are to be ten prizes of each and each will bo worth $5. The shooters will commence to arrive tomorrow , and the majority will be on hand on Tuesday. On the latter day the Omaha Gun club grounds will bo open to them for practice purposes. The season of all others which delights the hunter Is fast approaching , In fact , In a small way Is already here. It will bo some tlrno before the flight of ducks from the north will commence , hut at the present tlrao there Is excellent shooting on many of the lakes , sloughs and bayous where the ducks have bred. Many places In Nebraska are prime breeding grounds and thousands of teal , wood duck , spoonbills and even some mallards breed hero. The young birds are now fully grown and fairly strong of wing and afford fair sport and really a better op portunity for a good bag than Is to bo had when the flight comes down from the north. They nro not so strong of wing as the birds which have had a long flight and what Is moro Important to the average hunter , they are not FO wary as the ones which have run the gauntlet of the hunters on the way down. They afford fairly good sport and servo as nn appetizer for what Is ahead when the big birds the mallard , red head nnd canvas back , with the lordly Canada geese and the noisy branc como down from the north which require all the skill of the gunner and v knowledge of the hunter to secure a good bag. Some good bags have been made at Cut- Oft and other neighboring lakes. So far as chicken shooting 1 * concerned , the present season Is likely to provo a bitter disappointment to the hunter In spite of the fact that birds nro plentiful where they have been protected. The first week of the open season was so hot nnd dry that dogs could not work , nnd It was Impossible to tceurti many birds. The sudden change to extreme cold , with frosty nights , will cer tainly cause the birds to assemble In largo Ilocks , which will not stand for a dog and which the hunter U unable to get within gunlisot of except In rare Instances. The only chance under such conditions Is to break up the big Hock and then pick up the scattered birds. When the weather Is cold , however , the birds fiy BO far , as a rule , on the first rise that following them to pick up the stragglers la not small task , oven when It Is possible to mark them down. Although It Is still a bit too early for duch shooting , hunters have been successful In bagging some already. A considerable number of tbo sports have been on the shores of Cut Oft lake during the past week and have succeeded In doing nicely. Reports from fishing and lake resorts In this neighborhood nhso Indicate that the birds are commencing to move. Leo Spratlln , Jim Kclby and Jim SheUnn of this city , together with Will and James Griffiths of Philadelphia , left last week for the Big Horn country , whcro they will spend n couple of weeks. The party win fish nnd look after smaller game , but they nro loaded for deer and big game. Fishing has been at a low ebb. Parties have been out to nearby resorts and have had ] only fair luck. PALAVER OF THE PUGILISTS Probability Hint Antliorlllcn Will Ke- lleve Corlii-lt mill McCoy of the It do look ns If the two artists with the big mitts , McCoy and Corbett , were to have a bit of trouble in meeting before the Hawthorne Athletic club slnco last Monday night , when a sheriff , backed by a cordon of blue-coated and brass- buttoned defenders of the pace , studc a billy 'twlxt Frank Erne nnd Kid Lavlgno and even refused to permit a | pair of boxers to Indulge In a harmless pre- j | llmlnary. The proposed bout between Erne and Lavlgno was to be a forcrunnsr for the Corbett-McCoy mlxup. If the authori ties permit Lavlgno nnd Erne to box they can not see their way clear to stop the Hoosler and Corbett , was the way the club management argued. The interference of last Monday night , however , places the club In n critical hole. In order to bring about a meeting be tween the two heavies the management ot the club will have to exercise all thu influence it has boasted of and it will have to do it quickly. Hundreds of patrons of boxing who counted on witnessing the battle will have to have assurance that It will take place , for they nro not likely to take the chance of a trip to Buffalo to see n fiasco. The Hawthorne thorno club asserts that the interference of last Monday night was nn attempt of a pugilistic promoter of boxing in New York to ruin the club and this may bo so. But the public don't ' care a straw for the knocks and bickerings of rival boxing promoters and must bo satisfied that It will get the worth of its money before it pays the price. The trouble will probably result in a de cision regarding the legality of the Horton law. This statute gives any club In the state a right to pull off boxing contests. U even permits of a glove flght to a finish. The Hawthornltes propose to put their case to n further test by appealing to the courts for an Injunction to restrnln the authorities from Interfering with their boxing enter tainments. In the meantime the two principals In the proposed Queensberry fray are having a wordy battle over the situation. McCoy has declared that the fight can not como off , and says that Corbett Is afraid to meet him anyway and Is thinking of stopplnc his training. This has boosted.up . the courage of the Pompadour , who Insists thai McCoy is trying to sneak out of his match , declares the flght will como off If he baa to follow McCoy to the moon nnd is rlght- cously keeping up his training. It's a case of horse and horse probably. If the Hawthorne people fall In their ef forts to pull off the fight the argument should certainly not lack for a scene. Tom O'Rourko has demonstrated that ho has enough of a pull to keep his club run ning , and If McCoy Is sincere In his desire to meet Corbett ho might accept tbo O'Rourko proposition , even If ho does netlike like Tom personally. A California club \ has come forward with a proposition , too , nnd now Dan Stuart has shied his castor In the ring with an offer to engineer the fight at Carson City. Besides this Interference with the flght of the lightweights , last Monday night was quite notable as a result ot two other fistic entertainments. Ono of these occurred In Philadelphia , nnd this was featured by the fact that the wane of the veteran glove- scarred champion of the barriers , Joe God dard , was apparent In the weak-kneed showing ho made against Joe Choynskl. Some years ago Goddard disposed ot the Hebrew twlco In four rounds of bloodletting game battles , In which science nnd brains wore thrown to the winds and brute en- durnnco reigned supreme. Choynskl's first clash with Goddard took place In Sydney , Australia , in February , 1891 , nnd they met again six months later In Melbourne. In both conflicts Choynskl was hammered tea a pulp. Choynskl , however , has Improved ' ns a boxer slnco his early tangles with the barrier champion , nnd at Philadelphia ho turned the tables upon old Joe , peppering him all over the ring nt every angle , from a right swing to a clever Insldo Jolt or Jab. The other event of the evening was the setting of Dan Creedon's star. Although Creedon claims that his left ankle waa sprained after ho had been toppled over by the heavy Quaker City middleweight , the excuse will 'hardly bo accepted. Critics say It was Bonner's blow that kept Cree- don dazed and senseless on the sanded floor of the ring , and the Quaker City lad had many another shot of the same kind In the locker. Time was when Creedon was good enough to go up against Fltzslra- mons , but the Creedon who faced the champion In the two rounds In 1S94 and the Creedon who fell before Jack Bonner were two different persons. Creedon will now be ranked among the catch-penny class that are forced to take anything that the moro or less scrupulous managers hand them. On the other hand , Bonner's vic tory makes him a formidable candidate for the middleweight championship. McCoy has graduated from the division and Fltz- slmmona Is also out of the 158-pound class. Creedon was regarded as the next best to McCoy and Fltz , but his defeat makes Bon ner the favorite , and the latter will quite likely face Tommy Ryan in his next tilg fight. Bonner Is a Phlladelphlan. He was born at Summltt Hill on July 14. 1874. His height Is flvo feet nlno and one-fourth Inches ; his weight In condition Is 156-153 pounds. Ho has been fighting slnco 1891 and has never received worse than a draw. In May , 1S97. ho sparred six rounds with Kid McCoy and knocked him down In the last round. No decision was given , Ho has been against Dick Moore several times nnd has beaten htm once nnd has drawn the t other times. The National Athletic club has offered a puree of $17,000 for n meeting between Fltzslmmons nnd Sharkcy , but the Aus tralian refused to consider It. He can hardly bo blamed , for thcro Is no doubt that ho was given the hot end ot the poker on the occasion with his fray with Shar kcy on the coast. A burnt pugilist ) dreads the nro about as much ns any other old thing dos nnd It Is not likely that the offer of the 'Frisco association will tempt Fltz. Tommy Trnccy , who Is now In San Fran cisco , has been matched to fight Kid La vlgno , the flghtwclght champion , before the National club , the leading pugilistic club on the coast , next October. Lavlgno should have no trouble whipping Traccy , If ho Is one-half as good a scrapper as IIP was a year ago , but his recent lights with Jack Daly would Indicate that ho Is going back. Lavlgne Is about Clio cleverest light weight seen In this country since Jack Me- Aulllf's day. For a man of his weight his punching power Is something fierce. Young Grlffo , after drawing twice with the Michigan boy , said he was the toughest proposition ho ever tackled In this coun try. Grlffo warned poor Andy Howen to pass up Lavlguo , but the New Orleans man paid no heed to the ndvlce , nnd died from the effects of the trouncing ho received from the Saglnaw lad. WITH HORSES AND HORSEMEN Clone of ( he ( irniKl Clri-ult mill AVhnt the HtietTH Have . \oci > niillNlicil | During tinSiiiMon. . With the meeting tnat closed nt Ulgby park yesterday the racing on the grand cir cuit was closed for the season. Following this will now come nn almost Innumerable Ion of meets at county fnlro and along minor circuits for the next month. Among the bigger events Is a full four weeks' meeting at Galesburg , 111. Among the more im portant ones Is the Louisville meeting from September 26 to October 1. Then wll'l como the premier light harness event of the sea son the two weeks' meeting of the Kentucky - tucky Trotting Horse Breeders' assocla- , tlon at Lexington from October 4 to 15. \ This Lexington meet ) will offer the magni ficent sum of $73,000 In purses to the racers. Not one of them is less than $1,000 in vnluo and many of them contain $2,000. There are four fixtures that will particularly at tract horsemen and will undoubtedly bring together the best horses In their classes from all over the country. Ono of these Is the Kentucky Futurity for 3-ycnr-oldo , which will pay the winners the munificent ' sum of $16,000. Then there Is a futurity i for 2-ycar-ofds which pays $3,000 and the ' Tennessee for 2:09 : pacers , which Is a purse I of $4,000. The greatest Interest , however , ' ' is likely to bo centered In the Transylvania , a trot for the 2:13 : class for a purse of $5,000. One of the latest 4-year-old pacers to en ter the 2:10 : list , the fllly Lena Ilussi-ll , 2:09VJ : , is owned by B. n. Latta of Tekamnh. Lena Is a very well bred mare , her dam be ing a daughter of Duke of Brunswick 14236 ; grandam by Jay Gould 197. Mont Hussell Is a son of Lord Russell , sire ot Krcmrin. 2:07 : % ; dam Mona Wllkes ( daugh ter of Gcorgo Willis , 2:29U : , etc. , by George Wilkes 519 ; grandam Hamlet ( dam of Startler , 2:25) : ) , by Hamlet 160. Mr. Latta purchased Mont Russell from Mrs. W. M. Irvine , Richmond , Ky. , and Lena Russell was sired when the colt was a 2-ycar-old. Joe Patchcn and John R. Gentry are to meet at Readvllle , Mass. , September 22 , for a purse of $3,000. After a season's talk of match races between the stars a race has finally been arranged and It should produce a sensational contest. Patchen Is hardly In condition to go such a hard rnco as Gentry will put up , and It looks as If the bay horse had a little the best of the match. Mr. Marks has been working Patchen himself , and the big pacer has had but few workouti of the kind that are needed to fit him for a bruising race. C. Ij. Garrison Is working a string of seven full brothers and sisters over the half-mllo track at Geneva , this state. All are by Bow Shot and out of the mare Fllly. C. H. Hayward ot Indlanola Is breeding carriage horses and single drivers of a high type. Captain Ed Pylo of this state has taken to Philadelphia a carload of first-class road horses and a number of well bred and well broken 3-year-olds that will do for racing another season. A. R. Goalsby of Falls City has a year ling colt by Red Wing , son of Red Wllkes , dam by Calamity Dick , that Is exceedingly promising. J. B. Davis of Falls City has purchased j from Ed Kenter of the same place the 3- I year-old colt McAllen , by Mclnls , son ot Robert McGregor , dam by Coriander , that 1 Is said to have trotted a mile in 2:40 : as a yearling. Searchlight's endurance and wearing quality border on the marvelous. The great 4-year-old was shipped from Cleveland to i Portland , Me. , then back to Dubuque , In. , then back to Boston and still ho keeps at . cdgo and almost unbeatable. j The ex-champion pacing stallion John R. Gentry now heads the list of 2:04 : stallloni ns n sire of speed , having three In the list , with two Insldo the 2:20 : list. Jim Ramcy , the latest and fastest of the trio , Is appro- prlately named after Gentry's first driver. Report says that since Mnttle Patterson , 32:09'i. : . was sold for $7,000 horsemen are prospecting for fast trotters In South Dakota as earnestly and with as good assurance of success as the miners nro for rich claims In , the Klondike region. i The Chamber of Commerce of Dubuque , la. , purchased 10.000 tickets for the recent meeting nt that place. The great western pacer , Chehalls , Iras been sold for $7,000 , and under his new owner ho has not been doing as good work i as when Frazler drove him. One of last year's sensational performers , The Monk , 2:08U. : has been sent home because - cause ho has refused to race. CHESS.j The following sample of "rapld-flre" chess was recently engaged in by Metiers. Edwprds and Owen , prominent Nebraska chess play ers. The game was adjourned at the nine teenth move for lack of fighting material , the contestants being mostly dead or wounded as in the battle of thu ants : FRENCH DEFENSE. Drawn. White Edwards , Blnrlc Owen. 1-P to 1C t. 1-P to K 3. 2-P to Q 4. 2-P to Q 4. 3 Kt to Q 15 3. 3 P takes P. 4-Kt takes P. 4-Kt to Q 2. B-B to Q 3. 5 K Kt to B 3. G Kt takes Kt. C Kt takes Kt. 7 K Kt to B 3. 7-P to It 4. S Castles. S P takes P. 9-Kt takes P. 9-P to K 4. 10 Kt to H 5. 10 B takes Kt. 11 H tnkea B. 11 Q takes Q. 12-H takes Q 12-B to 1C 2. 13 B to K Kt 5. 13-Castles , 14 B takes Kt. 14 B takes B. 15--B to 1C 4. 15-Q H to Kt 8q , 1&-K to Q 7. 16-1' to 1C Kt 3. 17-Q It to Q Sq. 17-H to Q Hq. 1S-H tnkeH U ( eh. ) IS-H takes H. 1J H lakes H ( ch. ) 1D-B takH 1C. Aggressive and direct play by woman Is shown In the following game won by Mlas Fox of the London Women Chess club against Josopbat of the Metropolitan Chess club on the fourth board In a n'atch between the clubs named : SCOTCH OAMBIT. Josnnhnt White. Fox Blark. 1-P to 1C 4. 1--P to K 4. 2-Kt to 1C B 3. 2-Kt to Q B 3. 3-P to rj 4. s-P takes P. 4-B to B 4. 4P to Q 3. 6 Kt takes P 5 Q to B 3. 6-Kt takes Kt. C-I' takes Kt 7-Cnstleji. 7-U to Kt 2. S-Kt to It 3. 8 Castle ; * . 9-11 to Q .1 , P Kt to Kt. 10 B to C } 4 , 10-d to Kt 3. 11 I1 to y Kt 4. ll-P to 1 } 4. 12-B to B 5. 12-B to 1C 2. 13-P tiikcs P. 1.1-P takes P. ll-H tnkes Q P. 14-Kt to II 3. 15-11 taken H. 1R-Kt takes II. IB Kl tnkes Kt. 10-H takes Kt. 17-Q In H .1 17-11 to 1C Kt 4. IS-y takes n ( ch. ) 1S-IC takes Q. HI M lakes u. 19-Q takes II. 20 Re.Hl Problem No. 41 : From , the London TltiH'n ; whlto to play ami tnato In two moves : 1) ) LAC 1C. WHITE. Problem No. 10 done bv : 1 K to U 3. 1 1C tnkes Q P. 2 Q to Kt S ( eh. ) 2 1C moves. 3 < } lo B 7. mate or 1 1C to 11 ? . 1 1C takes B P , 2 Q to H S ( ch. ) 2 1C moves. 3 g to Kt S , tnato. WHIST. The following hand , played nt the Arling ton club , London , and contributed to "Whist" by Cavendish , has given rise to considerable discussion. The- score Is six all , straight whist , nlno of clubs turned by West. Notes by Cavendish : Tricks. Wfst. North. East. South. 1 5 H : ! II 4 H A It 1H SS 6 S 2 S K S H ! > S 7 S 3S Q B 4 J S r > D IS AS * 4r r C 11 2 II 1C II U 11 f Q I ) 9 D 8 2 D 7 A D * 10 n so 4 n 7n 7S 61) 8 C 7 D JO n J H Q H S 11 4 C 10 1 K C 711 10 S E 8 \ 11 3 C ! 2 U .1C' Q C 12 . " , C 10 C A O K D \ 13 li I' 10 II 7 C 5 G Wins the trick. Notes Trick I : South can count the ten of spades In East's hand subject to n false card by West , for which there does not seem to bo any substantial reason. Trick fi : Opinions nro divided as to the rctiirn of the heart , several good players thinking that , nt tlio score , South should continue the spade to force his partner. I am rather Inclined to the force , but find myself , In a decided minority. After this trick ( North can mark the jack of hearts lu West's hand. Trick 0 : East leads up to declared weak ness , in diamonds. Some players contend that hu = t hlioultl lead a trump ( see his ; hand ) ; with this I do not agree ; but If he ! had four trumps I think ho should lead one. one.Trick 8 : North concludes that East's diamond lead was probably from weakness nnd that ho ( North ) may be overtrumped. HP therefore trumps with the eight. For this ho was tnkcn to task by his partner In 1 the | KMt mortem. It does not seem possible L to place the seven of cl In mo mis nnd North's piny , though unfortunate. Is apparently qulto defensible. ( I played North. ) Trick 9 : South trumps his partner's win ning heart nnd ( trick 10) ) leads a spade. This position was ono of considerable doubt. It would require nu elaborate analysis to determine where the best chance of the odd trick lies ( see score. ) Without going In'o this It may bo stated that trumping tht heart probably titkes the more favorabla chance. loiiN ant ! AHUM or * , OMAHA , Sept. 13 To the Snorting Editor of the Bee : Will you ploaxc pub lish In your Sunday Dee the rules for playIng - Ing high five ? 1 cannot llnd them In lloyle's book of games. A Constant Header Ans. Write to 12. C. Snydcr , oaro of The Hoc , for a copy of his high live rules. That compilation Is the authority the world over. OMAHA. Sopt. II. To the Sporting Editor of The Bco : Will you kindly tell inu what kind of an education Is best sullen for following the profession of a play wright ? I Hoadlt. Ans. Literature should bo your main study , Go to bonio college that makes u specialty of It. CHADHON , Neb. , Sept. C. To the SportIng - Ing Editor of The Dee : When was the Missouri river at Its highest mark In the year ISS17 W. L. Miller. Ans. April 24 , 1SSL It reached 23 feet 10 Inches that day. OHANOEH , Wyo. , Sept. 5. To the Sport ing Editor of The Bee : What year did thu husband of Queen Victoria of Englana die ? Also date of birth ? E. B. M. Ans. 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