Nebraska Newspapers

    10 THE OMATTA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. XOVEMKBR 20. 1808.
GOSSIP FROM THE GRIDIRON
Near End of the Reason Gives Room for Some
Sage Reflections.
CORNELL'S ' CHANCE TO BEAT PENNSY
( lunkrrx In llml Slinjto nnil Not Very
' Clooil Spirit In Suite of Their
Loud Talk Lucnl
I'roRiiccti ,
The day when the turkey and the cran
berry sauce reign supreme Is the day when
tbo plgsMn reaches the highest point of its
career. Next Thursday Is Thanksgiving day
and when tin sun aAs upon It the foot ball
iraroti to all Intent * and purpcacs U over.
A Cow hattle.1 of tlie gridiron will occur
thcrciutcr , but the climax will have passed
auC iJtouet In the struggles wllf rapidly
descend to the zero point. Custom bait cs >
tjibllblicc ] Thanksgiving day as the culminat
ing point of the reign of the yellow oval.
In the cast the famehaa even anticipated
the coming of the day of thanks. Princeton
finished Its season a week ago. Doth Har
vard and Yale played the culminating game
of their schedules jcstcrday. Of the big
quintet of the east Cornell aud Pennsylvania
alone have a game to play and this couple
will have It out next Thursday. Out hero
lu the west , our Immediate neighborhood ,
there arc two Thanksgiving day games of
interest. Ono Is the Iowa-Nebraska game ,
that takes place at the driving park on the
Bluffs t'ldo of the river , aud tlio Kansas-Mlfl-
eourl struggle. The ono game that local
footballUts nlll want to sec will be the fight
between the Kansas City Medical co'icge
eleven , the team that Is very nearly tno
premier eleven of this west , and Tarklo
college. This will occur at the Ames avenue
park.
Cornell or Pennsylvania which ? Will
there bo a repetition of the surprises of the
year ? The sharks picked Pcnnsy to beat
Harvard , yet the Crimson won. The same
foot ball dement selected Yaleto down the
Princeton Tigers , yet the orange and t'jo
black of old Nassau nutter supreme. Penn
sylvania Is now chosen to conquer Cornell.
Will recent history repeat rtsclf ? That Is
the conundrum that confronts the opequla-
tlon on the result of next Thursday's game.
Certainly Cornell has never had such an
opportunity presented. Despite reports
that Pennsylvania has recovered from the
< lese of defeat that was Inflicted by the
Harvard Crimson , the Quakers seem to bo
more susceptible to a whipping at the
hands of the Ithacans than for several'ycaro
past. Their spirit has been broken ; their
main support has been torn away. That
famous guards' back play Is a relic ot the
past In the face ot a foe that Is up-to-dato
In foot ball matters. In a short two weeks ,
especially with a rather disorganized team
as the Philadelphia college has this year ,
no new defense of considerable strength can
bo perfected. Rumor has It that Coach
Woodruff has brought Into existence a
couple of new plays that will play have :
with Cornel Hans , but the foot ball expert
will take but little stock In them. A team
that can In ten days perfect an
offensive play that can bo as
universally successful as the guards
back , for example , would bo marked out ns
a phenomenon. Therefore the Quakers must
bo considered as an aggregation that has
been stripped of Its main means of offense
and must therefore tall back upon straight
foot bait. And If Cornell should break up
the guards back , as It shiuld , and It Pennsy
falls In Its new plays , as may bo anticipated ,
then Cornell has a most encouraging out
look. Pcnnsy's work of the season has
demonstrated' that Its backs are not phe-
noms ; they are an Inadequate supplement
'for the strong line that will unqurs lonably
face Cornell. Their fumbling , their loose
play which did not become a feature of th *
Harvard game , but was noticeable during
the entire season may bring as great dis
aster as It did when the team bucked the
Crimson. And Cornell has spent the last
ten days In quietly developing the strength
of Its eleven. That great progress has been
made was shown In the big score that was
rolled up against Lafayctto a week ago.
Take Into consideration the fact that the
Ithacans Invariably play their strongest
game against Pcnnsy and you have a propo
sition that looks no better than an even up.
Since last Saturday the sons , of Ell are
seeking solace In the reflection that the Blue
has the best possible excuse that ever was
produced as an argument In favor of the
vanquished. A myriad of "Its" and "might
have beens" are inspired by the unexplred
ronsatlon sprung on the Uluo when Poe made
his running ot ninety yards and more , the
flight to victory that win be recalled by
generations of UN sons as a response to for
lorn hope , a despairing cry , "Dlucher or
night. " Ell will forever hold that the eter
nal coquette , Madame Fortune , was an out
rageous Ilirt ; that Ell was a victim of the
blandishments of the woman In question.
But Princeton can return a healthy Roland
for Ell's Oliver , thusry : "Yes , you may have
had bad luck , but didn't you make your
own bad luck by bad playing ? " As to
ground gaining by actual bucking Yale
showed up to better advantage , but the
fumbling backs and tbo disorganized system
.mder which thu whole eleven worked were
things that caused the Blue much pain In
view of what It had been led to expect.
That Yale's eleven had not been drilled and
trained as It was last season was apparent
from the very beginning of the battle , while
opposed to the Dlue was an eleven that
could not have been In better trim. There
were no seriously crippled players like De
Saul Tea In the orange and the black's llnoup
and when later ono or two showed signs of
exhaustion they were relieved. As far u
physical condition went Princeton bad an ad
vantage and by that the Nassau eleven out-
clawed tlie Dlue. Princeton's line stood the
biffing and the banging of the much-touted
Yale backs with remarkable for
titude. As a matter ot fact
fact neither eleven had the advantage that
was anticipated. Princeton's line was ex
pected to bo far superior to Yale's ; really ,
the two lines were nearly equal , barring the
ends , whore the orange and the blicli had
the plain vantage. Yale's backs were sup
posed to bo as much superior to Princeton's ,
when , as a matter of fact , they ran nearly a
neck and neck race. McDrlde was looked
upon as by far a better kicker than any one
that Princeton could produce , whereas ,
after the flrrt few minutes of the game ,
Ayeirs was nearly equal to McDrlde. while
Wheeler made the Yale punters look Ilka
so many preparatory school men. Thus It
was a very even game. Thrice had the
Yalrntlana the Tlgc-ra on the run and twlco
the Tigers turned tha tables , but Ell slowlv
went to pieces under the strain and were
being outplayed rather oasllv near the < n'l '
of the second half. Prlnr.etpn , after Poe
had made his touchdown , played safe , as
the side line critics -say , and ( bowed con
summate generalship during < he remainder
of the gome.
Poe'i great run will put him In the fame
class with Lamar , Dudley Dean , Cadet
Duncan and "Snake" Amei , whole ex-
tmordtnary sprints on the gridiron stand < L
( tar events In the history ot the game. The
most remarkable of these runs was raa-te by
Lnmar In the Prlnecton-Yale game of 1SS3.
Ho got the ball within five yards
of the g al line and ran 105
yards , almost the entire length of
the field , dodged three good tacklen ,
making a touchdown and .winning . the game
for Princeton just two minutes before time
WM called. Tbe trick and the kicking ot the
rfoal turned the score from C to 0 In Yale's
iiuor to 6 to u against her. Dudley 8. Dean ,
In the game between Yale and Harvard at
Springfield on Nocemhcr 2H , 1SDO , got tht
bull on a fumble ninety yards away from the
Yale croM. He was a little , yellow-headed
lellou , end the crowd uttered a nigh as It
saw Ing , lanky Josh Harm ell start after
him. IHit Dean had the grit of a bulldog
and the speed of a ghost that day , He ran
as ho never had run before , Hartwell only
four fci.t away , and fell across the line.
That touchdown won the game for Harvard
and to this day players on both sides tell
how the great trick was turned. "Snake"
Ames didn't make one run that stands out
like those of Lamar , Dean and Pee , but in
the game between Yale and Princeton In
1SS9 he dl&tlngulshcd himself with a scries
ot great sprints , ranging from forty to sixty
yards In length , The Tigers snoned under
the Ells In that contest , and Ames was the
main Tiger In the bunch. On the strength
of ll he was elected captain of the Prince
ton team In 1890.
In view of Chicago's excellent showing
against Prnnay , demonstrating that the west
Is as Btrong In the foot ball nay as the big
majority of the team ? of the east , It Is rea
sonable to expect that next year the coat
and the west will bo pitted against each
other a goodly number of times. The Car
lisle Indians and Pcnnsy have this year met
IIMnols nnd Chicago , but In addition to these
tno It Is likely that Drown , Dartmouth and
poEolbly Cornell , will hold up the east end
of the proposition. Chicago will not be the
only one to look after the Interests of the
wret , for Wisconsin and Michigan complete
a trio that havp run a ncck-and-neck race
with it for supremacy.
Locally , foot ball for Thanksgiving day Is
In a rather tangled condition. The whole
thing seems to have been blocked by the
Unlverclty of Nebraska , which does not seem
to know whether it wants to play with
Iowa In this city or In Council Bluffs. For
some weeks now the statu university ath
letic council has been wrestling with the
problem , with no definite results so far as
announced. For muonp , that are not en
tirely clear , It scorns llkefy , however , that
the driving park In Council Bluffs will be
the scene of the annual conflict between
Iowa and Nebraska. If this Is the case , then
the local game to take placeat the Amrs
avenue ball park wlir bo a struggle between
the eleven of the Kansas City Medical col
lege and Tarklo. This will give the people
of Omaha an opportunity to see the work
of what la very nearly the real championship
eleven of this section of the country tlje
Kansas City Medics. They defeated both
Nebraska and Missouri and prayed a 6 0
game with Kansas. Tarklo haa a strong
little team , too , having held Nebraska down
to a close score earlier In the season. A
tight game will probably result next Thurs
day between these two.
FootballUts will have a chance to see a
good game tomorrow afternoon at the Ames
avenue park between Dellevuo and Taboo- .
The local college will in all likelihood be
downed , as Tabor demonstrated superiority
a couple ot weeks ago. But the Bcllovue
lads are game and predict that the lowans
wilt have a much harder time of It than
they had at that time. Bellevue Is composed
ot a lot of beginners , who , however , havu
been lately roundlng-to rapl'dly. They are
good Individual players , but are lacking the
harmonious teamwork' that comes only as a
result of much practice. They were beaten
by the Omaha Hlch school eleven by a
score ot 15 to 0 and by Tabor by a score of
29 to 0. but won a game with Fort Crook
by a ecorc of 10 to 0. Some hard work has
been done during the last week. The line
up for the game will be as follow * :
Tabor. Position. Bellevuo.
11. Hall. . . . ; center Frazler
Tcss right guard Wellsmlth
Pelllefcr right tackle Wertz
Day right end W. Kcrr
Gtilling- left guard Tliulm
OoaUteilow , II . . . .left tackle Butts
Wnltman left end. . . . McClenrxRhiui
Washington . . . .Quarterback . . . .Alexander
Hull. Ed Inft hnlfbnck..Zimmerman
Good fellow , H. . . .right halfback Backus
Laird fullback Bandy
The Thanksgiving game of the Western
Intercollegiate association will bo a etrug-
glo between Kansas and Missouri at Kan
sas City. The Tigers have been reinforced
by Liggett and .Howard , who have Just been
discharged from a Missouri regiment of
volunteers , and with their assistance they
are likely 'to give Kansas a much harder
tussle than was an'lclpated a couple of
weeks ago. Coach Fultz has been workIng -
Ing with them hard. On the other hand ,
Coach Woodruff seems to be at outs with a
number of the Kansas eleven , and > the lack
of harmony will probably result In a loose
ness of play. The sharps will not be sur
prised to see the Jay hawkers pull out a
victory with "the greatest kind of difficulty' .
WITH HORSES AND HORSEMEN
Death of Johimtoii HciuotcH the Un
beaten Clinmiil'on of the HlBU-
AVhceled Sulky.
Johnston , 2OC'/i : , the first harness horse to
cover a mile In .2:10 , > as put to death a few
days ago at Buffalo , where bo was owned by
Charles F. Dunbar. The great pactr was 21
years old and had outllvoj his usefulness , al
though his wealthy owner campaigned him
successfully at the minor nicutldgs only
three years ago. It has been well said thai
no other pacer ever outclassed the best
ones In training as Johnston outclassed alt
the other pacers o * his day. John Splan
drove him to bis record on the oval tracx
of the old Chicago Driving park In 1SS-I ,
when no other pacer bad beaten 2:11 : ? ; .
This marti stood unequalled until 1891 ,
when Direct lowered It a quarter of a second
end , but the lattcr's porfermanco was mada
on the kite-shaped track at Independence ,
which was accounted two or three seconds
foster than the 9val course on Which John
ston paced his mile In 2OOV4. : To this day
no pacer haa ever equalled Johnst n'a rtcora
to a high-wheel sulky on an oval track. Such
late-day champions as Star Pointer , John H.
Gentry and Joe Patchen have tried repeat-
coy to do the trick , but they always failed ,
and Joe Patchen at least received an ad
vantage of a ball-bearing axle In the sulky
when bo made his trials.
Johnston was a small horse , not very
strong ot physique or stout ot heart , and
experts say that the light-running pneu
matic sulky would have benefited him mere
than any other pacer that has held the
world's record. He was a bay gelding , foalej
In 1877 at Berlin. Wts. , and was bred by
James and Richard Carey , Ills a Ire , Bashaw
Colddust , afterward called Joe Bassott , was
a horse of obscure breeding , remotely de
scended from Hclnsohn's Pilot , the grandsire -
sire of the dam of Maud S , 2C3si : , and from
Dorsey's Gotddutt. Johnston's dam was by
Swettlng'8 Ned Forrest , said to be a son
of Brannock's Ned Forrest , the sire of Rob
ert Banner's noted trotter , Edwin Forrest ,
2:18. : Charles Mather entered the great
pacer -Charley M In his first race at De
troit In June , 1883 , but bis name was changed
to Johnston , In honor of his trainer , Peter
V.'Johnston , before the horss started , John
ston gained a record of 2:10 : In his first
campaign and was sold during the scasou
for $20,000 to Commodore N. W. Klttson or
HU Paul , nho owned him In his best days.
It Is reported that a big syndicate bit
been organized In Tcrro Haute , Ind. , to bid
on Star Pointer , the champion pacing stal
lion , when be Is offered at the Faslg sale.
There are , however , a number of wealthy
Individuals In all parts of the country who
have promised to make t matters lively for
anyone who attempts to keep them from
securing the fastest pacer the world has
ever known , and If all ot these anxious
buyers come Into competition there will
be ome lively bidding. Star Pointer would
In that event probably sell for more than
the < 16COO which Mr. Murphy , his preseni
owner , paid for htm. John H. Madden , who
had Hamburg as a 2-year-old , has not ycl
lost his love for trotting h Tees , nnd ho has
been making some Inquiries about Stai
Pointer , which have led some people to be
lieve that he Is after the pacer. Mr. Mad
den has owned famous light harness horse :
ns well oa thoroughbreds , and although he
has not won many stakes or purses this
rear he has had a successful betting cam-
algn , and he may be the next oivuer ot Stai
1'olnter. Andy McDowell , the California
trainer , will also bid on the great pacer
He thinks the horse will bring about $12,000
and he will go that far at least.
The recent Illness of Hart Boswell , the
Kentucklan who bred the former trotting
champhn Nancy Hanks , calls to mind the
origin of the name of the famous mare. .
When Nancy Hnnks was foaled Dosncll wat
one of the few republicans In his neighbor
hood and , being a great admirer of Abraham
Lincoln's mother , he declared that he would
name the Oily after her. He said the name
uould attract the attention of the public
and In the Inquiry 0,3 to Its source ncvt
Interest would be created lu the woman
whose son became a great president. Mr ,
Doswell's prediction came true , particularly
after the mare won the championship.
In France substantially all'the trotter *
get a good chance to win some of the
money offered In purses. After the flrat few
weeks of the season purses are offered for
beaten horses horses that have not won so
much money , or so many stated positions in
races and that gives all owners an oppor
tunity to win some of the largo amounts con
tributed regularly by the government ; the
Soclete , and the various associations. A
suggestion Is made that this plan should be
introduced In our horse-racing system.
St. Q&tlen , the famous thoroughbred stal
lion , which sired Meddler , the anlmaf pur-
chad at a fabulous price , recently , by W ,
C. Whitney , Is now an American resident.
J , B. Haggln , the well known western horse
man of California , purchased the horse from
the Austrian government , which bought htm
In England for $70,000. The price paid by
Mr. Haggln was $7,500. St. Gatteu was a
wondrous horse on the English turf , having
been defeated but tbree'tlmes In four years'
racing. The performances of his son , Med
dler , give promise that as a slro St. Gatlcn
will stand as high In the horse world AS he
did as a racer. He Is 17 years old.
The thoroughbreds had a fairly successful
season , the feature of which was the oven
uUiiltiutlon of the money. John Daly heads
the list with winnings ot $48,721 , but the'-o
are a dozen others who are well up. Ot
Daly's winnings no less than $37,112 was
won by Jean Bereaud , the greatest colt of
the early season and the biggest Individual
winner of the year. After being sold to W.
C. Whitney , Jean Bereaud won $28,245 , or a
total ot $65,357 for the year. Marcus Daly
Is well up In the list , having won $35,243.
Captain Ed Pyle ot Lincoln has a full sis
ter to McFarland , the sire of Askey , the
latter being the sensational Kansas horse
who made a mark ot 2:08V4. : Captain Pyle
has been breeding his mare to Conrad , full
brother to Anteo , Anteros , Antevolo , J. C.
Simpson and Coral , and has several foals
from that mating. The latest report re
ceived from McFarland Is to the"effect that
ho was owned at or 'near Grand Isfand.
Pllatus , 2:09V4 : , the well known Iowa
horse , who was reported sold to the Austrian
government , Is still In America and an
lowan. Ho reached Des Molncs not long
ago and Is looking well. His racing dur
ing the past season was remarkable. i
Providence , Saratoga , New York City and
Rochester are all said .to be preparing to
apply for'membership ' lu the grand circuit.
BASE BALL IN WINTER TIME
Andy Goo e Frecdiunn Still the Mag
nate of the Joints and the
Pipe 4Drenm ! Over.
White Mr. Andy Goose Freedman may not
be exactly a persona grata to the fans of
Greater Now York , there seems to be no
doubt that he has what is commonly termed
a lead pipe cinch on the managership of the
Giants. Despite pipe line fabrications and
advance-season rumors to the contrary ,
Freedman was last week re-elected president
of the club at his old salary $10,000 per.
According to report , all the stockholders
were against him , but when the scratch
came Freedman dropped bis little wad of
stock and $30,000 worth belonging to Presi
dent Soden of the Boston club In hla own
favor and everybody else scrambled , to get
Into the band wagon. This action puts a
premium , upon Imbecility and asjnlnlty ,
such as was never Been on the emerald diamond
mend before last season. It also stamps with
favor the bulldozing tactics toward umpires
and the obscenity that marked the Actions of
the Giants during last season under 4ho
leadership of Scrappy Joyce. If reports are
true , In view of Frecdman's success , Joyce
will bo at the helm again next year.
A etory Is floating westward that Chauncey
Fisher , who haj been drafted by Baltimore ,
Is net to operate his wing from the Oriole
rubber , but Is to bo transferred to the Buffalo
club next season. That Is , Ned Hanlon
drafted Chauncey with the understanding
that he was to be taken off his hands by
President Franklin of the Buffalo team.
From this the oft-told tale Is revived to the
effect that the New York city will bo one
of the Western league circuit next season.
Western fundom will remember that a
couple of months ago Franklin broke off th
negotiations that were to have landed him
In the western organization because the
macnates refused to turn over to him tbo
St. Joe players unless he assumed the In
debtedness of the St. Joe club. When this
proposition was sprung on Franklin ho ad
vised the magnates to cease such joking and
clip newer gags from a comic paper , and
departed In a huff. This looks now likea
bit of stage play , for , If It Is true that the
wily Franklin has hooked Fisher , he boa
secured about the only article ot value from
the bunch of selling platers that formed the
St. Joe band. Mr. Wise Guy Franklin may
now go back to the magnates , tell them that
he don't want the St. Joe team with Its
Incubus of debt and consent to join the
Western league circuit.
In St. Louis , Von dcr Aho Is engaged in a
war with his former secretary and manager ,
B. S. Muckenfuss. It is a legal war. Vender
der Abe Is trustee of the Sportsman's Park
and Club association , the corporation owning
the St. Louis Browns , and Muckenfum Is re
ceiver of the same. The outstanding Indebt
edness against the club Is many times over
as much as tbo club would bring If sold , and
for more than a year there has been a battle
among the creditors , every ono anxious to
get the first chance at any asset that might
come In sight. Mr. Von tier Ahe U fighting
the receivership bccaure , he maintains , It
was unnecessary end was obtained by "un
fair means. " In doing so "der boss" makes
a most Interesting point. He says the bond
holders are trying to get the franchise away
from the Sportman'a Park and Club associa
tion , but that they can't do It. They can't ,
he says , for the simple reason that the cor
poration never owned the franchise. U U
owned eolefy by Von der Ahe himself. Ho
was the owner of tbo franchise In the old
American association , and when the National
league and American association were con
solidated the St. Louis franchise was given
to him In exchange far the old one.
One of the thlnst Von der Ahe is trying
' to do In his suit Is to set aside the release
of Pitcher Taylor to the Cincinnati club.
'
Philadelphia Is said to be after Pink Haw-
Fey , Clncy's crack eouthpaw. Another first-
class twlrlcr la absolutely essential to the
. Phillies , and ts Cincinnati has a super-
I flulty of box artlfts , tbo deal may be con
summated.
BLATHER OF THE PUGILISTS
Xcxt Few Ilnyi Pull of Event * of In
terest to the Followcm of the
Rlne nnd It > Goiln.
The next week will bo something ot a
red letter week In the current history of
the stuffed mitt. Two flghts of considerable
Merest are to bo waged. One Is the Cor-
bttt-Sharkey affair , whleh takes place on
Tuesday evening In New York. The other
la between Kid Lavlgne and Tommy Tracey
and occurs on the sarao evening at San
Francisco. In addition to these two bat
tles , there Is to be a llttlo affray at Louis
ville between Jimmy Franey nnd Jimmy
Ryan that will probably amount to some
thing. Oscar Gardner and Dlxon Were
down for a fight on Wednesday , but that
haa been postponed to December 9i lr IB
reported. Corbctt and Sharkey will meet
In the biggest pugilistic event of the year.
In sizing up .their respective merits It Is
hard to tell who will hnvo the ultimate ad
vantage , they so far surpass each other on
certain lines. For exatriple , Corbett
has not the strength of Sharkey ,
and Sharkey has none of the
solenco of Corbott. Sharkey Is 27 years
old nnd Corbett five yearn older. Sharkey
has led a temperate lite , while Corhefrt has
gone at a rapid pace. In weight Corbett
scales 185 to Sharkey's 179. Corbett haa
the advantage In" reach by three Inches.
If Corbett should r tnln the stamina that
ho possessed when ho met Mitchell and to
some degree when he fought F\tzslinraons \ ,
he should smother his opponent without
much. difficulty , but the sharps do not believe
that ho Is the name man. Sharkey's 'temper
Is another thing that Is flkely to cut con
siderable figure In the final result. The bet
ting Is : Corbett , ' 1 to 2 ; ' Sharkey , 10 to 7.
The fight between Tommy Traccy and Kid
Lovlgno will have considerable effect upon
the lightweight championship. Lavlgno has
been conceded to be the , rightful bearer of
the laurels of that class for some time , but
he has pursued the paco'th'at kills and It Is
| said that he Is stated for the route to Haa-
j benvllle. He has not been In the ring for
long time and admirers of the fistic ex
ponents will be Interested In discovering
whether ho has retrograded or not.
Joe Choynski has passed Into the acre and
yellow as a Dghter , as waa evidenced by the
showing he made a week ago In Phila
delphia against Gils' Uuhlln. The clumsy
Akron giant forced Choynski to sprint and
seek the floor to escape a knockout all
through the six-round journey. Things
would have been reversed when Chonskl
was In his prime , despite the disparity In
size and weight , for ho could easily have
circumvented the Ohio man's superiority
of Inches In height and reach by his clever
ness. Choynski has 'been In the game for
upward of ten years , and It Is but natural
for him to decay. Ho Is paying nature's
debts. With his passing the heavyweight
stage loses ono of Its greatest stars who
was barred from * achieving its ' 'highest
i honors only because of his Inferior stature
and weight.
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j Billy Dimmer and Pedlar Palmer , two of
the cleverest exponents of the manly art ,
ever produced from across the pond ,
I and , In fact , anywhere , will engage in a
mlxup on December 6 , before the National
Sporting club of London. Billy RotcV
i ford , Chicago's stuffed " mitt artist , who
disembarked on English shores some weeks
ago with the purpose ot meeting Palmer ,
has been knocked out BO effectually by
Illness that his match has been Indefinitely
postponed. The Palmer-Pllmmer go Is to
take its place.
SOME MISCELLANEOUS SPORT
* r
German System of GymnnMnm Train
ing to Be Given it TltoroQKU
Exposition Here.
A complete exposition of the German
gymnasium system will be given at Ger-
manla hall next Friday night. The Omaha
Turnvereln will on that cvonlnc Rive its
second gymnastic carnUal. Prof. Retzer ,
the director of the gymnasium , had been
training the claees for several weeks In
preparation for the event aud declares that
It will be ono of the finest affairs of the
> kind ever held In Omaha. The program for
the evening Is as follows :
March Orchestra.
All scolars will enter hall.
Tableau
, a Dumbbell drill , accompanied by
I music "Belle of New York"
i b AntnfonlBtlc games ,
Thirty-live boys of class II ; C to 13
I years old ' .
Tactical exercises and calisthenics , ac-
compalned by music -"Bella Hocca. "
Twenty-four girls of class II ; 7 to
12 years old
Exercises on parallel bars
Boys of class 1 ; 12 to 14 years old
Bxerclbes on swinging ladder ( see-saw )
Sixteen girls of class II
Pyramids on table and chairs
i , Boys of class 1
1 MiiHlo orchestra
Address . .President O. T. V.r C. W. HalUr
Exercises on two aide horses
i Twenty-four boys of class II
a Club swinging with positions ;
. . . .Members of active and junior class
b Solo Bwlnglng Otto Wurl
Hoop nnd wand drill , accompanied by
music "Georgia Camp Meeting"
Girls of class I ; 12 to 16 years old ,
unit Indies' class
Heavy Kymnastlcs..First division Actives
Pyramids on horses
. . . .Members of Active and Junior cUss
'
There have been dog shows and horse
shows and cattle shows galore In this coun
try , but probably the first snake show that i
has ever taken pface In the world happened
In New York last week. The occasion was
the "World's "Snake Show , or the First
American Intercontinental Exhibition ot
Reptiles. " In addition to ophidians , toads
and lizards , tbo second cousins of tho'family ,
were admitted. Nearly a mile of snakes
was present and 300 varieties wore entered
tor the blue ribbons , which were tied around
their necks last night , when the show 'closed.
Tom Jenkins has Issued a cbaMcnge to 1
wrestle Charles Wlttmer of Cincinnati for'
the Graeco-Roman championship of the
world. Rocber claims that title , 'but has
never properly defended It , and Wlttmer
EcemiD to be the only one who Is properly
entitled to It. Jenkins gUva considerable
promise as a wrestler , but his showing
against Abdul Hall , the Sultan's Lion , a
couple of weeks ago was of such a nature as
to place the Turk In a class by himself , bead
and shoulders above all the artlats of the
mat In this country. Kvan Lewis , who poses
as ono of the best wrestlers In tbo country ,
bad a similar experience at the bands of
Yousouf. These two performances by the
premier Turks demonstrate that the follow
ers of tbo Butian are too big and strong for
Americana. Americans have gone up against
them with the Idea that they are licking In
science , but the Mohammedans have proved
that they are up In ( he fine points. H Is to
be regretted that there Is no man In the
United States to meet the latest Turk at bis
own game and give him a fair battle on ( he
mat. Roeber ought to be able to make a
showing , but he appears to have a streak of
yellow running up and down his uplnal
column that prevents him. from seizing the
opportunity.
Tbe Amateur Athletic union Is consider
ing the advisability of inaugurating a new
policy of expansion. Every county In the
United State * will bo aiked to organize a |
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For the purpose of turning $10,000 worth 0f oriental rugs into ,
cash at once , Mr. G. T. Pushman will hold an/auction / sale of , .the ,
choicest selected and largest line of rugs ever brought to Omaha ,
Rugs will be sold at auction on Monday , November 21 and
'sale will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday , for three days
only , beginning at 10:30 : a , m. and 2:30 : p. hi , ' each' day on the. second
end floor of our store. ;
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The sale will be entirely different in character
from the usual auction sale of rugs , the rugs being strictly as represented - -
sented and the sale conducted on honorable methods. These ]
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rugs'were not bought ro sell at auction but are-up-tb "the.stail- '
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dard of any heretofore shown in this store. *
Yours very truly , , '
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P. S. All who attend this sale will receive an illustrated
booklet giving reliable information of all the different kinds of orien
tal Rugs , the only one of its kind ever published.s
branch athletic club under the union
rules'and develop athletics In the rural
districts , as' ' Is the plan in the British
Islea. The scheme Involves much labor ,
but it is believed that It can be success
fully consummated.
There Is considerable contention Just
now over the choice of an athletic director
who is to look afte'r the sports' end for
the United States at the Paris exposition In
1900. W. Hale Thompson of the Chicago
Athletic Association has' been most promi
nently mentioned for the .position , but ho
now finds himself bucking up against A.
A. Stagg of the University of Chicago.
It has been decided that five Instead ot
three matches , will be played between the
cricket elevens of England and Australia
In the former country next year. The
matches are eacli to be limited to three
days.
WHIST.
The members of the Women's Whist club
met last Wednesday afternoon as the guests
ot Mrs. Crlckore at the Frenzer. It wns
the first meeting of the season and no play
was attemp'cd. The afternoon was devo'ed
to organization and the following officers
were elected : President , Mrs. Rogers , 3210
South Thirty-second street ; secretary , Mrs ,
H. H. SallabUry , Thirty-second and Caos
streets. The meetings will occur at Interval *
of two weeks and the next will bo held at
the residence of Mrs. Blanchard on Park
avenue.
Five tables were engaged at the Wednes
day evening meeting of the Omaha Whist
club and the following scores were
registered :
North and South-
McDowell and Sackctt 207
Hoth and Cahn 21U
Shea and Mlllurd 4M\ \
Coe and Lawrenro . . . . ' 'JOI
Sumney and Burrell 2 < rj
Total Tio27
Average -16
East nnd West
Scanned and Stlmson 1S9
Garner and Conmtock 17 $
Jordan nnd Boulter 102
Bubhman and Thomas Ibl
Tucker and Stubblns 1SJ
Total 9J
Average ISo
The first Important match of the season In
Now York was played at the Brooklyn Whist
club last week , when twenty-four men , rep
resenting the New York State association ,
Buccrostully defended the Brooklyn trophy
against tbo challenge of the New Jersey
players , who were defeated by the close
score of eighteen tricks to fifteen.
In a collection of reminiscences of Glad
stone by an EngHbh correspondent to "To
day" there Is an Interesting anecdote of his
method of playing whist. The Inference
from hla account would be that he would
be a most undesirable partner to one accus
tomed to observe the rules of the game. The
correspondent writes as follows :
"While at Brechln castle Mr. Gladstone
played two or three rubbers of whist each
evening. I ptuyod agalnpt him the first evenIng -
Ing , when Lady Dalhotisle was his partner ,
and the second evening with him. The same
trait was evident whether you were partner
or adversary. Ho played bis own band with
very little regard to his partner's. Whist
was not a game he cared much for or played
often , but when he played It he gave bis
whole mind to the game , as to anything else
which he undertook. His play was anything
but orthodox. Of rules be took lltUo heed ,
and he did things which would have scan
dalized 'Cavendish * or Clay. It was evident
that ho thought out bis whist as ho went
along , constructed , or rccoustructed , the
science of the game for himself ; never led a
card without a clear reason In his own mind
for leading it ; never forgot a card ; took no
chances ; trumped all doubtful tricks ,
whether himself strong or weak In trumps ,
and almost never led a trump till late In the
band. Ho never found fault with his part
ner. Such matters as signaling for trumps ,
or echoing , or other conventional language
of the game ho Ignored. If he had played
long enough , be might have invented them
over again for himself , as Pascal did the
axioms and propositions of Euclid.1' . .
CH SS.
The evidence bearing upon a misunder
standing between T. N. Hartzcll of Kearney
and Paul Nelson of Pllgcr , contestants In the
Nebraska Correspondence tournament , has
been received by the chess column of The
Bee for decision , from C. Q. DoFranco , sec
retary of the association. The game , which
progressed as follows , bad reached the seven
teenth move when the misunderstanding
occurred :
KING'S GAMBIT.
White Hnrtzell. Black Nelson.
1 P to K 4.
2-P to K B 4. 2 P takes P.
3-Kt to K B 3. 3 B to Q B 4.
4-P to Q 4. I 4-B to Kt 3.
5-B to Q U 4. 6-TCt to K B 3.
0-Kt to Q B 3. C-Kt to Q B 3.
7 Castles. 7-Kt to K Kt C.
8 QB tnkes P. 8 CnstlOB.
9-K to R. 9-Kt to Q Kt G.
10-Kt to K Kt 5. 10 P to Q 4.
11-Q Kt tnkes Q P. 11 Kt takes Kt.
12-11 takes Kt. ' 12 1' to Q B 3.
13 Kt takes K R P. 13-R takes Kt.
14-U takes R < ch. ) 14 K to H.
15-P to Q 11 3. 15-B to Q B 2.
10-B takes B. Jfi-Q tnkes B.
17-P to Q 5. 17 Q tnkes K n P ,
checkmate.
On the seventeenth move It wns White's
Intention to play P to K 5 , which would
have continued the game with the advantage
decidedly In hla favor. His postal bearing
this move , which has been forwarded to the
roferc * . reads P to Q 5 , however , and no
moro fatal move of course could have been
made. The game Is accordingly forfeited to
Nelson.
Hartzell has filed a counter-charge to the '
effect that ho should be declared winner for
the reason that Nelson on several occasions
consumed moro than seventy-two hourn-uhe
period mentioned In the rules , In making
reply. No proof or specific Instances ar
given , however , and the case therefore Is
Incomplete. Nelson lives In the country
and hia malls are accordingly delayed , to
that there would bo an adde difficulty' In
proving that mare than the prescribed time
had elapsed "between receiving and posting
replies. " The additional point is brought ]
out by Mr. Nelson that the claim regarding I
time should have been made at the date the j
offense was alleged to have been com
mitted. I
T. N. Hartzcll Is ono of the strongest I
players In the association and It Is not
probable that the loss of the game will
seriously cripple his scare. Other gamca
In this tournament have also been lost on
technicalities , Hold losing two and De
France one.
Problem No. BO , by C. Q. De France , Lin
coln. Freeborough says : "Mate with two
bishops is conducted on the same principle
as mate with B and Kt. The adverse K
Is driven Into a corner with one free ad
jacent square , on line or file , and then the
other B Is brought up ; one check clous
i the flight square and another mates the K. "
J The problem , or , preferably , ending , below
Is not difficult , but Is Intended to Illustrate
the mate with two bishops. On a clear
board eighteen Is the maximum number of
moves required to mate a lone'lC with two
bishops.
Wblto to play and mate In six moves : ,
BLACK.
WHITE.
Problem No. 40 : Freeborough's chese
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Endings , treating of mate by B and Kt , ' says :
"Mr. Marks 'proposes , as "a simpler coursi.
easy to remember , that tbo black K should
be driven to one sldo of the board by 'TC
and B only , and that the Kt be brought
up afterward. " It should also be remem
bered hat the black K should finally bu
driven to tbo corner torrcspondlng In color
to the squares commanded by the white
B. In problem No. 49 thpro Is no escap *
for the Black K. Tb ? mate Is as follows : '
White. ' alack.
l-Hilll.l , l-K 'o Kt ( bc.t > .
This move prevents Black's escape at
*
3-K to Kt E. 3-K to Kt ( or R ) .
If Block nt this plnro movfH K to II
irmtj will bq irndc with Kt nt KB 6 ; If K
to Kt , White mutes with It at Kt 7.
4-K to JCt 6. '
'Tills move Imprisons the Black K. allow-
Ins him only two s < | utiro for movement.
to B 2.
sit la really Immaterial whether the Kt
' ' ° Kt 3-1"- mission is
Strif , { , 'B.2 qrfKt - to
reach KB 6 In the fewest possible moves. '
C-Kt to O 3.
7-Kt to 1 ? fi or Kt 4 7-K to Kt.
on to Kt 7 mato. <
If Black moves (1) ( 1C to R Whlto r * .
P" * y ( | ) to Kt 6 , followed & )
U to U C , and mat In club ! moves
There are a number of by-plnys that may
be made , ami , Htrlrtly npakiwr.this ilora
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{ Solutions bnvo | > cen. . received , from N. J.
Crosby of FremontA. , , tlasmussen of South
Omaha. N. 0. Prlfftn of St. Edwards ,
Thomas C. Patterson ofNorth Platte.
A young lawyer waa oneway making a
plea before Lord Russell , relates the Caff-
dkln. It was late In the aftcrno-n. the hour
for adjournment was fast approaching , and
the young barrister , anxious to .finish be
fore closing time , wa * hurfylnu flo'ot ' ? ua
beat be could. Suddenly ho spoke of 2 C .
n , D , Lord RiwseU f Interrupted him
sharply : "You forget yourself ! sir , " hs
said sternly. "You forget yourself. That
Is no way to addrcsi UiLs court. " The tyro
waa profuse In apologies , and , pxpl ln that
he only meant to refer to'3 Quenn > Bench
DlvUIon of the law reports , But * the chief
Justice refused to be appeased. " Why. ' " he
cried , "I might as well say to you , U. B. D. "