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Weekly Grist of tbo Things Athletic that
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. SOME PALAVER OF THE PUGILISTS
Go l | > Aliotit Hie Men Who Will Soon
1'lnlit for riiiintiiloiislilp of tin-
World OtltrrIM H of the
Circle ,
The world of the glovcmcn Is In a stale
of unusual quietude Just now , n sort of ]
reaction after the prosperous winter of the
Kaiiio that hag just closed. Soma ot the
topnotchcrs are Indulging In llttlo dinky
affrays , but the Tjlg majority are taking
a much needed rest. About the only battle
that looms up above the fistic horizon of
the near future Is the coming struggle be-
twccn ritzHlmmons nnd the burly Jeffries ,
the articles for which wcro signed 'by the
principals ami the Coney Island Athletic
club loflt week , a $2,500 forfeit being posted
by each of the parties at the same time.
This Is to bo another daylight battle , us It
Is slated to take place between noon and
2 p. m. on the afternoon of May 20. This
Is to enable the moving picture men to
get. a shot at the men , for the club that
pulls off the affair and the two principals
expect to get the biggest profits from the
fight In this way. Dan Stuart Is said to
have cleared up a mint of money over his
moving picture representation ot the Cor-
bett-Fltzslmmona fight , but the thing was
a novelty then , and It Is very questionable
whether the views ot the forthcoming light
will take as well unless Jeffries succeeds
In grasping the last chance by pulling
away from the wasp-walstcd blacksmith a
winner.
That the iblg Callfornlan Is eager to meet
the champion was well shown In the spirit
with which ho accepted the articles of
agreement. In no clause Is this bettor In
dicated than the ono In which Ocorgo Slier
Is named as the rofcreo of the bout. Fltz
nnd Slier ore as close as peas In a pod and
when the Chicago sporting writer's name
was first mentioned , Jeffries demurred. Ho
did not question Sllcr's honesty or com
petency , but ho did Intimate that he had
too friendly n feeding for Hed Robert.
No other name was mentioned by the
champion for the referecshlp , however , and
rather than have the meeting postponed or
( perchance declared off altogether , the
bollcrmaker gracefully acquiesced to the
wishes of the blacksmith.
In talking about the coming battle Jet-
fries Is moro free from the petty jealousies
that poison the judgment and vfnrp the hard
common sense tha.i the average boxer. He
does , not seem to bo swelled up like most
of the glovcmcn upon whom Dame Fortune
smllcB. "Fighting is a business proposi
tion , just the same as a drummer selling a
bill of goods , " Is his quaint philosophy.
"My father Is a minister , an evangelist , at
Los Angeles. When I made up my mind tu
enrn my bread and meat with the stuffed
mitts and tossed aside the dammer and the
rivets of my trade , my old daddy said :
'Jim , fighting Is as honest as bollermaklng'
If you are 'honest ' , and It there's moro
jS y In It , wash the grlnio of your trade
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Hut father also advlrcd me to go back to
rlvetliiR In the boiler shop If 1 could not
become n muster mechanic at the glove war |
trade. Daddy will stand for a flphlcr In
the Jeffries family , but If the blackomltli
should make of mo a lobster 1 must bans
up 'the ' gloves and put on the Jeans and rev
turn to the boiler shop , so ho sajs. There j
rtro two ministers of the gospel whoso sons i
are In the lng , Ilcnny Jordan , the clover i ,
llttlo KtiKllshman who bested George Dlxon ,
and yours truly , James J. Jeffries , Jr. "
The star of the er.itwhlle aspirant after
the laurels ot the Cicavywclght champion- I
ship , "ICIil" McCoy , was In the ascendency '
again a week ago when ho crossed arms
with that old veteran of the prize ring , Joe
Choynakl. The man who read the account *
of that affray must agree with the critic
at the ringside who declares that it was but
kindness on itio part of the young Hoosler
that saved the Callfornlan from the humllla-
the ' battle It was a case of "going , going , "
for'Choynskl , nnd It was but McCoy's will
that the final "gono" was not Hounded. The
many battles In the ring and the many
yiars of training that Choynskl has expe
rienced have been as successful In sending
him to the passe class as Hob Fltzslmmons ,
would bo capable of dtlng. There were alsi >
signs In McCoy's condition during the fight (
Uiat sounded a note of warning to the clover
Heart disease and what not arc
named as the possible ailments of the
fighter , and the diagnosis was serious
enough to ecnd him to the mountains nnd a
rest from the game for a time. This may |
shatter a chance for Omaha lovers of the
gnmo to see the slender young fighter , for ho
was figuring on appearing In this city this
spring , but If n temporary rest will put him
In repair ho may still pay Omaha a visit.
His condition , however , will necessarily put
an cud to his negotiations looking toward
a return match with Sharltey and another
bout with Tommy Ityan.
Tommy Ityan Is having his busy day Just
now and Is sailing all over the country In
pursuit of easy marks , which pursuits nets
him a pietty penny , by the way. In the
early part of this month ho will land In
Chicago nnd go a Journey that It will he
worth while the sports of this city to ace.
Ho Is matched to take on a pretty hard
customer In Billy Stlft , who Is heavy enough
to glvo the wily Thomas a hard run for the
money.
Old Peter Manor , who has steadfastly re-
fused to tuko on Gus Huhlln , although ho
has threatened to "poonch" him out of the
business , has finally come down from his
perch und has signed articles with the
Akron lad. The two are to meet at the
Lenox Athletic club In Now York on April
li In a'twenty-round affray. Maher has
been the unconscious comedian in the heavy-
weight circles of the country during the
last two years. There is enough yellow In
his makeup to supply a carload of oranges
with coloring extract , but ho has been In-
slstent that ho would take on no one ex-
cept Fltzslmmons or Sharkey aud would
not look at these until a $20,000 purse was
offered. Every student of the boxing game
knows that the Irish champion has a Jelly
fish for /backbone / on every occasion ho 1'
confronts a first-class man and the admirers
of the ring would steer clear of any en
tertainment In which he appears against
anything else except an easy mark.
TIMELY CHAT FOR THE FANS
ItcniM of IitU > rcNt Iii the Itcnliu of the
.Sport ( hat Will Soon lie
All the Git.
There was never such a mtiddlo In upper
base ball circles as exists at the present
time. The no-bob are scrapping like so
many felines and canines with every Indica
tion that-they propose to keep It up. The
schedule that was. adopted last week Indi
cates that the Tjlg league will at least start
the season with a doren clubs and may
continue through the year with the same
number of stations , but the strife that Is ,
now tearing the ranks of the magnates ,
asunder Is nothing moro than a premonition
ct the dissolution that Is bound to conic
when the ten years' agreement expires In
1901. The hotbed of dissension just now Is
Louisville , which Is very much dissatis
fied with Its place on the schedule nnd ap
plies such pet terms to the men that made
It up aa "worso than midnight assassins ,
robbers of a more delicate caliber than
highwaymen , etc. , etc. " The schedule gives
Itoiirbnnvtlle but six Sunday games at homo
Instead of the usual seventeen or eighteen.
As Louisville Is a poor ball town and gets
all Its receltps from the Sunday games , this
schedule has given rise to the cry that the
magnates , such as Hart , Drusb and Soden ,
have conspired to freeze out Loulsvlllo and
the ether clubs which refused to graccjfully
withdraw from the league or to sell out at
a reasonable figure. This Is but a speci
men of the wrangling that Is going on and
shows how the wind Is blowing.
Another storm center oj the squabbling
Is Now York City. Andy Goose Freedman
U apparently In the fight for keeps. Ho
absolutely refuses to satisfy Ruslo , Mcekln
and Seymour , the trio of iiltchors who have
gone on a strike , and as flatfootedly refuses -
fuses to release or soli them to any ether
club. Ho has taken no steps whatever to
boost up the outfield of the Giants , which
Is admitted to bo the weakest In the whole
Icaguo. The team Is so short of men that
n regular iiractlco cannot 'be played. Thoeo
who have watched Freedman's actions de
clare that all this Is with a purpose. They
insist thai ho wants his team to bo BO weak
that no other of the clubs will get a whac'.c
ot the former big gate receipts in the
metropolis simply In order to play oven
with the magnates -for the slights they put
upon him In the past. But .Monsieur Freed
man Is likely to suffer the experience of the
man who bit off his nose to splto his face ,
for the fans will unquestionably patronize
the games of the Trolley Dodgers In preference -
enco to witnessing these of the Giants.
Freodman'a base ball expenses for the year
are estimated to bo $100,000 , and be him
self will have to stand more loss than any
other of the magnates , for there are other
baao ball towns In the country besides Now
York.
In comparison with this disturbed condi
tion of affairs on the big league circuit the
situation of Yankee Doodle's game In
Omaha Is llko unto the calm of a pond. To
bo sure there la not much to It , but still
Omaha fans will have a chance to eeo n
little of the game as played by amateurs ,
"Amateurs are generally put down aa
dubs. " nays Harry Sago , who has been con-
reeled with Omaha baseball for a number
of years , "but they're not so worse. I bavu
run up against many a professional In
knocking around this part of the country ,
and I've seen the sprightly amateur r-lay
rings around the ball tosser who earns hln
dally bread by the sweat of his bro\v. I
nm not referring to the scintillating star
such as graces the base ball upper tcndom
as Illustrated by the big league , but I do
refer to such a lot of lobsters as made up
the Omaha team In thi ) Western league cir
cuit last year. I'll venture to wager tUat
amateur teams will glvo as good exhibitions
of America's great game as thu Babes ot
! d t season , but n thlrteen-lnch persuader , !
aided and abetted by a stick of dynamite ,
would fall to drive the fins * to their games :
in the same numbers. There's ( he rHo
cncojxstwcen the professional and amateur.
There Is n tort of halo , in many cases or
tin , around the brow of the professional Ih
the opinion of the average fan , that com
pletely throws the amateur in the shade. ' *
Duck KcitU's Originals of Jatft year wilt
jo rejuvenated again this season and Duck"o
crlno \ predicts that they will constitute the
premier ( band of ball tosscrs In theo parts.
The , aggregation will be made up much the
same ; as last year , the positions being filled
fts follows : Taylor , Murphy and Scully ,
pitchers | ; Don-man and Shannon , catchers )
Dorcas , flist base ; Drndford , second base ;
Waller , shortstop ; Lawlcr , third base ; JclAl
len , left field ; Wliltney , center field ; ono
of the tv.triers , right. The grounds of the
team , will bo the old Nonpareil park at Flfall
teenth { and Vlnton , which Is to bo decorated
with a number of Improvements. The
bleachers will be repaired , the diamond will
bo emooothed , and a bathhouse and dress
ing | room will bo built. Duck has not ar
ranged his schedule as yet , but he promises
a good scries ot games during the season.
The comparatively few players wlio repre
sent Omaha In the ranks of the big leagues
have flown the city. Unsc ball fans ot the
city will bo pleased to learn that Lou
Camp has been asked to attach his autois
graph to the bottom ot a Now York contli
tract. Ho rcccl\cd ithc Invitation to Join
the Giants last week nnd left for their
training grounds at Patcrson , N. J. , on
Friday. Ho has-no ildca where ho Is to be
placed In the makeup of the Giants , but
Is probably slated to do at least a subsll-
tuto role In the outfield , where New York Is
lamentably ] weak. Joe Dolan has been
elgncd | | with the Illchmond , Vn. , team , and
also left to Join his band last week. Ho has
absolutely tabooed everything that tends to
break ) down a man during the winter and
has ] , failed to look upon the wine when It
js red. He Is In first-class plmpo and has
no Elgn ot the glass wing that tiampered
jl last year. Mcllvalno , the twlrler who
cut | so much Ice In 'the ' Canadian league last
season , will stay there during the coming
year , and promises to duplicate his record
of last season. Finally , Jack Haskcll lias
been offered an unlplreshlp In the Western
Icaguo again , aud it Is up to him to accept.
" " " "
The Western league will not adopt the
now 'balk rule that was Incorporated In
the regulations of the .big league at the
spring meeting. At itho meeting of the
Western league nabobs It was determined
to stick by the old rule , 'but ' the umpires
will bo Instructed to see that It Is ruoio
rigidly enforced.
Dusty Miller , the outfielder of > the Keds ,
has manipulate , ! high balls of liquid manu
facture far moro than the other sort since
the spring training of the Ewlngitcs com
menced and ho has been sent to Clnclnn
natl. , Ho claims that the weather of the
training quarters at Columbus , Gn. , does
not agree with him. This looks as If Mc-
Brlilo wcro slated to cover the right lot
for the Ilcds this year. Jack Taylor , the
thirsty 'twlrlor ' from St. Louis , has also been
dallying with the flowing mug quite fre
quently slnco the practice season has opened
and | a ticket of leave has been flashed In
his face as a threat by Duck Bwlug.
It Is reported that Frank Chance , who !
graced the utility list of the Orphans last
season ( nnd who is slated for the same role
this year It ho Is retained by Chicago , has
been farmed out to St. Paul. Chance Is
willing to Join Comlskey If It is an out-
nnd-out sale , .but . promises to 'balk ' If ho Is
tied to the Orphans.
Jack Doyle , the veteran backstop , who
was released by the Quakers last season ,
has been offered a Cincinnati contract. It
Is not believed , however , that he Is Intended
to grace the wlndpad ot the Reds , but that
he Is to 1)0 farmed out to Indianapolis. If
such Is the case a scrap Is likely to .take
place between the Hooslers and Jimmy Man
ning , lev the latter has claimed Boyle for
the Kansas City team.
The Kansas university 'base ' ball nine Is
commencing to work down to hard pan ,
having been scurrying over the emerald
diamond for the last two weeks. Its sea- j
son opens next week , when It plays a'a '
series of three games with the team of I
the ' Haskell Institute. Frank Jewctt has
been elected manager and Ad Housh captain -
tain ' of the team.
NEWS OF SCHOOL ATHLETICS
A A'miilipr of ItcuiH of Intercut About
IOWR nmlebrnnlut Amateur
Klclil SiiorlN.
The coming spring promises to be ono
of the most Interesting In the history of
field sports In Nebraska. Omaha will get a
share of the prosperity of this branch of
amateur sport , owing to the fact that the
budding athletes of the High school propose
to figure In It to a considerable extent.
The youngsters have been engaging In
Indoor training at the gymnasium of the
Young Men's Christian association under
the direction of Superintendent of Athletics
Darnes and If winter ever evacuates the lap
of spring they will soon bo engaged In out
door practice. They will make their first
public appearance In the early part of May ,
when a competitive meet will bo held In
this city. All of this will .bo . simply prepara
tory to the meeting of the Nebraska Intcr-
scholastlo Athletic association at Lincoln ,
where they expect to carry off n good many
of the firsts nnd seconds. The meeting will
bo held In connection with the university
field day of the Nebraska university on May \
13. According to a recent communication re
ceived 'by the sporting editor from Athletic
Director Hastings of the State university ,
who has Interested himself In the High
school athletes and the welfare oftheir
association , the preliminaries of the meet
will bo run off on the morning of that
date and the finals will bo sandwiched In
> between 1 the university events In the after
noon. Director Hastings has not received
all the entries for Jho trials , lint expects
that a considerable number of schools will
bo represented with teams.
The sporting editor has received a com-
munlcatlon i from President Derry of the
lown ] State High School Athletic assocla. .
tlon I , In which he expresses a desire to nr-
range a dual meet with the .Nebraska . as-
srciatlon. Prof. Hastings believes that the
Nebraska Icaguo Is still a llttlo too young
to undertake to compete with the Iowa lads ,
but has not absolutely vetoed the Idea.
Prof. Dernsteln of the- local High school ,
who Is president of the Nebraska association ,
Is quite taken with the Idea.
The High School association of Iowa Is
looking forward to a suo3essful season.
President Berry writes that the state meet
will bo held at Davenport on May 19 and i
that H promises to bo moro successful than
any previous meet. The association Is
planning to send a good team to represent
the state at the Interscbolastlcs In New
York City and Is also arranging a dual
meet with the High school lads of 1111
nols.
The prospects of a dual meeting between
the University of Nebraska and the Uni
versity of Iowa are bright , although no
definite arrangements have as yet been
made. If Che event should take place , liow-
ever , Its scene will bo neither Omaha nor
Council Bluffs , as the negotiations for
grounds have not been satisfactory. The
meet will In all likelihood be hold In Iowa
City and the date will be about IMay C.
in a letter to the sporting editor Manager
McDonald ot the Iowa track team is en-
thusiastla over the team of his university.
Ho writes as follows : "Iowa's prnspccts are
good. A larger number of candidates than i
over before are trying for the team. A few
of the old staudbys , such as Drown , the '
idistance man ; Williams , the walker , and
Louis , the high Jumper , are again ill school
and can bo relied upon < o take places. Iowa
tbla year meat * Urn University cf Jlluna-
l
| | Rota at Minneapolis on May 1.1 , Orlnnell in
May 19 , takes part In the state meet en
, May 2C and the Intercollegiate on June 3. "
The dual Indoor meet between the State
university and the Young Men's Christian
association , which was to have taken place
on April 7 , ha * been postponed for .1 week.
Athletic Director Barnes of the association
has a considerable numbci' of men In train
ing and expects to have a good team for the
affair. The selections are to bo made dur
ing the coming week.
NEBRASKA WRSITY BASEBALL
Stuto I'nlM-'rNlty Will lime iv < ! on l
Ten in nml HUN Arrnnni-il n Full
.Srn-iiiii'K Sclii'ilnlo.
Despite the rather vague promise of spring
given by the weather man the athletes of the
State university are awakening. More In
terest than has been displayed in past jears
is being shown In all branches of sport and
this particularly the case with base ball.
if the sun chances to bo out the coming
week the ball grounds will bo the scene
, ot much activity. Captain Ucedcr has gath
| ered together enough material for two good
teams. For the last six weeks dally work
has ] , toccti doiio In general body .building . In
the , gymnasium and work In the cage. Out-
t door , runs have been taken with rccularlty ,
i with some battery work , though tins weather
i has , buou rather tro conducive to stiff
j fingers , and rheumatic Joints.
llase ball has rapidly developed In the
university in the last Ilvo years and this
i ycar'.s , team promises to surprise somo'of
| the best colleges of the middle west which
will bo mot on the long spring trip. The
work of last year's team was very satist
factory ' considering the manner In which the
team was cut to pieces by the warfevcr. _
| "
Of the old men seven have returned , "among
them the entire old list ot pitchers , which
fact , without regard to some new material ,
guarantees first-class work In the box
! Of the pitchers Molford Is probably In the
lead. 1 Ho Is a typical college athlete. Ho
captained the pennant-winning foot ball
team ot last year and at center for the last
i four years has been unrivaled In the west.
. .
Ho Is a strong , heady pitcher nnd has good
control. | Manager Illlss , Gordon nnd Rhea
are the other old Uvlrlers , HHss Is a south
paw with a good arm. Gordon needs only
to get In his old form to make n very
effective player. He Is very speedy and has
good control when at his best. Among the
;
newer men Stringer and Hell are both
anxious to show what they can do on the
rubber. Stringer shows as speedy a delivery
j"
livery as ever seen on the university
grounds. Ho has become a llttlo heavy
| f
slnco the foot ball season , but can get Into
condition with hard work.
Moore , last year's catcher , will have to
look ' to his position. Lehmer , an Omaha
High school man , will beat him out It hard
work can do it. Moore Is handy with the
big pad , throws well to second and has the
advantage of being strong with the stick.
Iloth of the men understand the backstop
>
business. 'At ' first "Dusty" Rhodes will conj
tlnuo to hold forth. "Snapper" Kennedy
|
thinks lilm a very promising player. If
"Dusty" can only get to finding the ball
as safely .with . the stick as he does with his
long arms ho w.111 bo an Ideal first bag man.
As yet second base belongs to anybody.
McDermott , captain of the Virginia State
university team for the last two years ,
seems a little In the lead at present. Kings-
bury , the strong left tackle of this yar's
foot ball team , and Orandall , who played
with the Omaha High school team , play
the position satisfactorily. Third will bo
In Gordon's care when ho is out of the box.
Reede will he out with good weather nnd
Is expected to show good form. Captain
Reeder will direct the game from short.
Ho Is an active player and conscientious
with his rnon , giving everybody plenty of
chancea to show what he can do. The out
field will bo cared for by the extra pitchers
and o-ne or two new men. Rhea Is prob-
ably a fixture at right. Cascadden and
Cortelyou , both of the Omaha High School ,
an , Hyons and Johnson are all good
men.
men.Freddie
Freddie Darncs and "Snapper" Kennedy
have been with the 'boys for the last month ,
coaching In the cage and on the grounds.
Barnes Is an old university boy , with a
pitching record. They both leave for the
cast soon.
Manager Bliss has secured a flno schedule.
The list following Includes the games thus
far arranged , subject to some minor
changes :
Home ( runnilN.
April 15 Washburn college.
April 27 Missouri State university.
May 0 Kansas State university.
May 9 Nebraska Indians.
May -Nebraska Indians.
May 25 Iowa State university.
Kltn ( < Tli Trip.
May 11 Kansas 'Agricultural ' collegt.
Mya 12 St. 'Mary's ' college.
'May 12 Washburn college.
.May 13 Kansas State university.
May 15 ( Missouri State university.
May 17 Indiana State university.
( May IS Wabash college.
May 19 Do Pauw university.
May 20 Purdue university.
May ? 3 Beloit college , Wisconsin.
May 24 "Wisconsin " State university.
Jlay 27 Notre Dame.
The team will also ibo seen In Omaha If
arrangements are successful. The series
with Iowa State university Is for the pos
session of a $50 gold cup.
FOR LOVERS OF GUN AND ROD
A Little ( > ONNI Aliout Mm nml Things
I'crtiiliilnt ; to Hie Shot ( inn
mill Hit' I'Mnli I'olv.
The season of the ducks and the gccso
ought to be tin full blast in this bcctlon ot
the country , but seems to bo supplanted
by the everlasting winter with which the
weather man persists in Inflicting Omaha.
Conditions are not so unsatisfactory further
to the west. The sand bills are still frozen ,
but tbo western length of the Platte has
become open and the sportsmen out In that
section of the country send in IB
reports ot the big flights of ducks id
geese , These announcements are becoming
so numerous that the local hunters are seri I-
ously considering the advisability ot passing
up their duck grounds hereabouts und mak
ing Incursions into tbo wilderness.
During the last week or so locnl hunters
have been niaklns trips up and down the
river and to nearby lakes , but they nil re
turn with the same tale of woe. Judge I von ,
M. C. Peters and M. A. Hall took a trip to
Qulnnebaugh and came bock with hardly
enough birds to make a division. Frank
Smith and Dllly Marsh , WoUeman , Walter
Watt und Charley Curtis were among these
who dalllod about Florence lake and the
river to the north of the city , but they re
turned with less than a duck apiece. Frank
Vanderburg , the telephone man , reaped.tho
biggest harvest of all iby securing a bag of
twenty-seven birds.
Dllly Drawer and C. W. Dlshop formed a
pair that took a.llttlo trip up tbo river a
week ago. They tramped around all day
without getting within gunshot of a brace :
Finally , however , a ( lock of seven or eight
redheads alighted among the decoys that the
two were guarding and tholr eyes watorei
at the opportunity that was offered them , etec
"Let mo take a shot at 'em , " whispered
Drower , and Dlshop assented. Dllly echo <
his gun and blazed awny at them , but the
whole bunch of .birds climbed the air , not
QUO remaining behind , although Brewer sen
the other barrel after them. That was the
last chance of the day. An Investigation
developed that Drewer had no charge in his
gun.
gun."Jllllv
"Jllllv thoucht ho could shoot birds nith
air nnd profanity. " nislicn nald after the
couple returned homo without a bird.
KIIBMONT. Mnrch 36. To the Sporting
Killtor of The Dee : What Is the beat thing
to do with the enclosed flh story by a
prenchcr of Incllnnn ? I wish Nebraska hnd
the fish laws that I also enclose , but I can
hardly stand the story without help. If you
say I should bcllcvo It 1 will try. Helped-
fully yours , J. M. CHOSI1V.
One of the clippings sent In Mr. Crosby's
letter was the following :
"Carl (1. Thompson of Warren owns a
pond COxlOO feet surface dimensions and
from four to six feet deep. In May , 1893 ,
ho placed In this pond four pairs of small-
mouthed bass. Fifteen months later he
seined the pond nnd took from It 1.017 bass ,
averaging ono pound each. In addition ho
took between COO and 700 yellow perch , worth
1100 In the market. "
The other enclosure was a synopsis of tJic
IMi laws passed by the last legislature ot
Indiana after nn agitation that has been
going < on for ten years. The following con
tains the gist of the new laws :
"Fishing In nny way , except with lioofc
and line , Is prohibited between January 1
and July 1 , except In April , In all small
streams and lakes , thouqli allowed In private
ponds. The fish commissioner Is permitted
to lloeime the ieo : of seines from July 1 to
September 30 upon the appllcant'3 giving
] bond that the seines will not be used at
other : seasons. Trapping , epenrlng or
I poisoning llsh or catching them by unll-
| , censed | seines In any waters except private
ponds ' ] Is punishable by a line of from-$10 to
f50. ; Catching more than twenty-four pounds
, of bass In ono day Is punishable by a flno
of ' $10 for each fish unlawfully taken. Flsti-
,
t Ing with a trotllno .having not moro than
fifty ' ' hooks Is allowed except In May and
|
June. > ' The use of more hooks or of a trot-
\
llnu ' | In those months Incurs a penalty of
, $ uO to $100. Entering upon the land of
another 'to ' draw a seine without the owner's
permission Is punishable by a fine of from
$5 to $200. Any person found with an un
licensed selno In his possession may bo fined
$201' . "
This latter clipping Is respectfully re
ferred to the men In Nebraska who arc
likely to throng Nebraska's legislative halls
when the next session of the lawmakers
tnkM place. There Is a crying need for a
change In the gnmo lawn of ttio state , but
there Is no branch of sport that needs moro
, protection than the science of Izaak Walton.
| Seining Is so common In this part of the
j
' state , In particular , that the fish commis
sion has almost given up hopes of being
able to keep the rivers , streams and lakes
stocked and la Inaugurating a policy whereby
no fish will bo dumped Into the waters
where fish arc being scooped out by Uio
wholesale.
AMES , Nob. , Mnrch 30. To the Sporting
Kditor of The Dee : Please let mo know the
| following In next Sunday's Uco : First , Is
there any other means of killing geese and
ducks known than by the pun ? We are iiol
allowed to go shooting down hero. Second ,
Is thcro ot that makes
' not some kind a gun
j I no report ? If so , whcro and from whom can
It j , bo obtained ? Are air guns any good in
this line ? Incidentally , might mention for
your Information , the sky Is almost dark
hero at times with geese and ducks. The
| Platte river Is covered with thum. Yours
ruly George E. Keys.
I bcllcvo that some of the weezecgecs
vho placed the present game laws on the
Nebraska statutes were Inventing some sort
> f a gun llko the ono you mention , but It
has not been put upon the market yet.
Jack Owens and a llttlo party Invaded the
ountry around Corning , Mo. , In search ot
ucks , but caino back almost empty-handed.
Con Young Is the proud owner of a pointer
log that during the last week gave a speci
men of Its Intelligence , which Con declares
: urpasses anything on record' . Young sent
ho animal out to a ranch near Herman last
veek to allpw him to browse. Two days
afterward Con received a message from a
ocal railroad baggage office to the effect
hat his dog had Just reached town and1 or
dered him to come after the animal or pay
torago charges. The dog had tired of his
country surroundings , jumped on a passing
jassenger train and returned home to this
city ,
team shoot between city and county
officials will be one of the sporting events
of the Immediate future If the municipal
cracks accept a , challenge which has been
ssued by the occupants of the county build
ing. The challenge suggests a ten to flfty-
) lrd > race between teams of five or ton
men for a supper and the price of the birds.
The city fathers can select either blue rocks
or live birds and they are given thirty days
n which to work tholr courage up to the
shooting point. County Commissioner Gus
Harto will probably head the county team
and President Dlngham of the city council
will act as captain of the city hall delega-
lon if It concludes to enter the race.
( liiPNtliinn mid
FREMONT , March 21. To the Sporting
Editor of The I3ee : I suppose you get nu
merous Inquiries regarding the game laws.
A great many shooters here would like to
snow In what shape the law Is In at this time ,
lias any game bill been passed ? If It has ,
what Is It , and when docs It go Into
effect ? X.
'Ana. ' The only game law passed by the
legislature Is what Is known as the Alex
ander bill. The only change that this makes
n the present law Is regarding the ship
ping of game. It prohibits any tranuporta-
.lon company under heavy penalties from
receiving game as baggage or freight , so
that If It la technically enforced a man will
liavo to walk or ride a bicycle , horse or
wagon Into town with the game ho kills.
The law will go Into effect ninety days after
the legislature adjourns.
Jo Flood , South Omaha : Postage rate
on letter to the Phllpplno islands I C cents '
for each half ounce : letters for United
Status boldlurs , 1 ! cents.
NEBRASKA CITY. March 28. To the
Sporting Editor of The Heo : How does
Ilobert iMantel pronounce his name ? E , J.
Mason ,
Ans. Accent on the last syllable.
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