THE ( VMATTA DAILY BEE : SrXDAY , OCTOBER 1 , 18 ! ) ! ) . n
IN TflE WORLD OF SPORT
Ahtnmnal Sports Ar Taking the Place of
the Bummer Games ,
TIME FOR THE YACHT RACE APPROACHING
Inlet-oat In 5 | > nHn 5ccnm ( n Incroiiwc
from Scnnon to Kcnuoii mill ( lie
Modern Athlpln Aiiprnrn to lie
Superior to HI * AticrMor.
The bowling sermon has hardly yet pot
well under way , nevertheless nctlvo preparations -
rations are already being made for the fifth
nnnual tour of the Greater Now York Uowl-
ei > 5. When this wonderful aggregation of
pin knights closed their trip last season
With seven world's records to their credit
nnd a list of 233 victories against flfty-nino
dofcata , plans were laid to begin the coming
tour about October 1C. Tills , however , was
ifound Impossible , as the bowlers In the far
"west and nortlnvcet would not bo In shape
< to meet the eastern cracke that early.
The team will again tour the country
under the auspices of the Crawford , Mc
Gregor & Canby Co. , Dayton , O. , nnd Sam
Karpf will manage them. Tlioy will start
from Now York about January 8 , and after
spending a few weeks In the leading eastern
and southern cities , will proceed westward
ns far ns Salt Lake City and north ns far as
Minneapolis. Captain Cordes Is aiding Man-
ogor Karpt In selecting the players. So far
Iho list of players comprises W. Cordes , cap
tain ; Otto Foego , Individual champion of
Orcatcr Now York , henson of 1890-1000 ! Sam
Holdcn , N. Thyno , N. Jackson and Phil Wolf ,
who won the championship of America whlla
cnrouto last season. The remaining inem-
bora will bo oclcctcd eoon. The team will
play In Omaha about six days and all the
players are beginning to practice fn antici
pation of the event. The dates for Omaha
were originally about November 1 , but In
view of the fact that western and northwest
ern 'bowling clubs would not be organized
that early the dates have been postponed and
-will bo announced later.
) 'A great cycling carnival has been ar
ranged for Kansas City , to bo held in Con
vention hall , from October 11 to 16 , Inclu
sive. The fastest riders In the country will
enter nnd the affair will rival the races that
wo hold In Madison Square garden In Now
York City. Among the women riders will
Ibo : Tllllo Anderson , Llzzlo Glaw , May Al
len , the English champion , Ida Peterson and
"
Dottlo Farnsworth. The riders named have
boon training at St. Joseph for the event ,
and will go to Kansas City October 9.
John S. Prince , formerly manager of the
Valodroma track and the originator of the
Omaha Coliseum , has rented Convention hall
nnd 'will build a track in It. The curves
-will slant at an anglo of CO degrees. Tha
Velodrome's Beating capacity was re
garded os Insufficient to accommo-
dnto itho crowds that will attend
races where riders of International reputa
tion are entered , and oven If the Velodrome's
Brandstand. had been largo enough , It waa
doemodj odvlsablo to secure a track that
waa protected from the elements. The ex
pense incurred in holding a scries of races
In Convention hall will necessarily bo very
heavy. After the Tvomen's race Is concluded
on October 16 Manager Prince -will present
to Kansas City the first motor paced races
. -over seen In the west. The beat middle-
distance riders in the country -will outer.
'Among ' those -who have signed contracts are
Eddlo McDufflo and Tom Cooper.
Many wonder if the blcyclVia not losing
Ita hold on the public and , therefore , la on
the decline. Many times 'this question Is
propounded and , of course , there are many
answers , but the truth is , no matter what
anay bo said to the contrary , 'that ' there
are moro wheels being ridden today than ,
over.
over.Tho
The wheel is not dead nor Is wheel riding
defunct. The fad has simply "busted" and
lias been relegated to the rear , as all fads
must sooner or later 'be , and bicycling is
now on sura footing.
The boom which was given the bicycle a
few years ago and kept up until recently
would have forever killed a weaker sport.
It has , in fact , done the bicycle much barm ,
ibut Iho wheel was < too much In favor with
the real thinking lovers of out-door exerclso
to bo killed off. The 'bicycle ' craze or boom
caused people to buy wheels who had DO
UEO for them at all , and who , when the
first cnthuslaetn for them had died away ,
laid them aside or else , worse yet , returned
them to the dealer unpaid for and en Id the
bicycle was a failure. The real rider who
enjoys the sport for what there Is in it
continued through the craze years , riding
as he had always done , not too much nor
too little , and pitying , as ho should , the poor
enthusiast who rode a century every Sun
day one year nnd let his wheel rust the
uext. These old-tlmors who know enough
to know a good thing when they saw It ,
nnd also knew enough not to run It into
the ground , are rjdlng yet , happy with the
knowledge that the wheel l the greatest
institution of its kind , nnd that they are
enjoying Us full benefits. The business side
of the case Is oven more satisfactory to the
loyal wheelmen , There is hardly a business
or an occupation which la not benefited by
the bicycle , and many make the wheel a
necessary part of the clay's work. An army
of laborers of all classes ride to thplr day's
work , saving tlmo and car faro , and In the
coeo of oMlce men needed oxerclso U fur
nished. The wheel Is hero to stay and Its
Influence will 'bo ' felt in ycara to come. In
Omaha the pleasure-riding parties have
diminished In the last two years very
noticeably , but when the exposition Is out
of the way BO they can have Twentieth
street and tho'pretty Miller park ride , and
when Kd Coralftb gets hi * South Side boule
vard oponedi there will bo more wheels out
than ever. OmnhA wilt then ngaln have
as good wheeling rondo as anyone can do-
the.
Foot ball TV 111 soon be attracting the atten
tion of the rport-lovlng public just as It
already claims the time and attention ot the
students and men ot much muscle , and a
superabundance of hair will be the center
of observation.
Foot ball Is surely a grand upoH for those
who arc able to stand It , and Is a game In
which both skill and strength are required.
It Is not a game to bo played Saturday after ,
noon by men and boys who have been con
fined ludosrs all week , but In rather a game
for which ample physical preparation muet
be made In order to avoid accident. It is es
sentially not a Rome for weaklings. It re
quires a man with a ntrong body which has
been trained and conditioned so that a slight
bump won't lay him up for life. For a person
no prepared foot ball Is not so rough and
dnngcroun as Imagined. You never hear ot a
serious accident In any of the games played
by the big toaniH where the men have been
put through a thorough course ot training , It
Is In the minor games In which players par
ticipate without sufficient training where alt
tha accidents occur.
The modern game needs an much "head-
work" to bo a winning ono aa a Filipino
campaign , nnd those who make It a success
are usually not found lacking In other fields.
Foot ball comes late In the year and is not
long with us , BO let us make the most of
tt while It Is here.
People do not wonder much that records
made by Improved machines and paced
bicycles are lowered year by year , but the
Decent lowering of others forme of athletic
records , not requiring any particular form
of apparatus , Is not so easily accounted for.
Why a college student of today should be
able to jump any higher than his prede
cessor oC fifty years ngo Is hard to under
stand. Perhaps , after all , the race Is Im
proving and getting etronger as the years
goDy , in spite of the wise heads who try
to convince us to the contrary. For all they
can say , there Is not an American record
for cither skill or endurance that has held
for any length of tlmo , a sure sign , It would
seem , of the growing strength and clever
ness of the American youth.
It wilt net bo many more days now until
wo will know for certain -which nation rules
the seas America or England.Tho great
International yacht race Is drawing excit
ingly near and speculation on the outcome Is
rlfo everywhere. For a boat that Is to bo
beaten out of her socku , the Shamrock seems
to bo attracting a vast deal of attention those
days , and all the supreme confidence that
Is being gushed over the country about the
Columbia's cinch should lie taken with a
liberal quantity of salt. There Is none so
bold as to dispute the fact that Sir Thomas
LIpton has brought over a wonderful ana
dangerous craft , and It will bo Just as well
to keep our hats on our heads until the first
race , at least , has ibeen run.
But Avhat a hubbub the affair la exciting.
Seems odd -when you consider that the In
trinsic value of the ostensible prize , the
Queen's Cup , won by the old schooner Amer
ica way back in ' 51 , isn't worth but a trifle.
And yet ir.tlllons and millions ot dollars
have been expended In attempts to take It
away from us nnd In our own successful
efforts1 to frustrate these attempts with
costly defenders. This is simply because
this insignificant go'b ' of silver Is the emblem
of supremacy In naval construction nnd eea-
manshlp the trophy of international cham
pionship of thor 'blue ' oceans. For nearly a
half century wo have owned the cup and it
would shock the whole nation , Indeed , were
vie to lese It now in this climacteric of the
world's shipbuilding. Let the Columbia wlii
and the civilized nations of the globe will
turn to the Unlled States for ideas on su
perior construction. Lot her trail behind the
Shamrock , and at a bound Britain will leap
to the fore and reap the benefits of an im
mense international commerce ebo has not
enjoyed for years. But -we are still in pos
session of the coveted trophy , and that la
nlno points of the law , and It the British
bark does out-foot us ( before Atlantic's
freshening 'breezes ' next week eho will have
to get up and get with more celerity than
eho has yet exhibited. The Columbia is the
boat for the connoisseurs , and is the boat
the Englishmen have patterned after In
their efforts to outpoint her , and It doesn't
seem pcsslblo for us to lose. If wo do , TVO
will have the satisfaction of knowing that
wo compelled the Britons to absolutely
abandon their old centerboard Ideas and
como down to our skeleton keels. But here's
to the Columbia , anyway.
MEN OF THE ROD AND GUN
Elliot Will Attain Defonil the Clmm-
plonnhl Title tit 1C nil inn
City Tills Week.
W. A. Kelley has returned from a two
weeks' chlckon hunt at Anselmo , Nob. Ho
claims ho had fairly good luck , killing forty-
nine In ono day.
Harry Melrose returned last week from
Atkinson with a goodly bag of chickens ,
which ho reports as plentiful In that re
gion.
C. n. Lane of Phllllpsburg , Kan. , Is In
town. Ho Is ono of the crack field shots of
Kansas and rays there are plenty of birds.
Fred Goodrich and party go to Valentino
this week for a ton days' duck hunt.
Tbo Iowa quail law Is up today and sev
eral parties frccn Omaha will make short
excursions Into the western part of the state
after Mr. Hob White.
The Dupont Gun club will hold Its regular
meet ( his week , at whlclr tlmo will be shot
off the big handicap prize phoot
The team from the Omaha Gun club and
the Dupont Gun olub go to Kansas City
about October 10 for n match with the Kan
sas City Gun club.
II , S. McDonald nnd George Moore went
to the Hlkhofn Saturday after snipe. Of
course they would not refupo to hoot a
chicken If they met ono sitting in the road.
C. H. Curtles nnd Frank Murray leave
this morning for the Crescent bottoms foi
snipe , which nro reported ns plentiful In
those marshes.
Uifo nnd Con \ounR are also going after
finlpo and will visit the Paplo.
n. M. Smith , C. W. Bishop nnd Gils Win-
dom go to Homo Shoo lake this morning for
duck , which nro coming In small bunches
on account of tire recent cold spell ,
W. W. Watt went to Honey Greek on
his blko last evening , taking his dogs with
him , ns wclltOs his gun ,
J. A. n. Elliot or Kansas City and W. 11.
Crcsby of Batavla , N. V , , will shoot n match
at Exposition park , Kansas City , October 3
nnd ! . The match Is for the Republic cup ,
now recognized ns the national champion
ship emblem. Both competitors nro well
known all over the country. Elliott , holder
of the cup , Is perhaps t3io moat successful
trapshot that ever lived , considering the
number of years during which ho has been
shooting in championship form and the
number of important contests In which ho
has figured , Mr1. Crosby has long been known
ns a great shot , but his most notable per
formances have occurred recently. Last
May ho won the Inanimate target champion
ship on nn average of five days' shooting ,
against the best shots ot the country. June
23 ho defeated Elliott in a match for tills
target trophy. Ho was then beaten by
Elliott , but August 23 again won over his
brilliant rival , by the decisive score of 139
to 128. For two years ho has won the cham
pionship ot Illinois.
GOSSIP OF THE GRIDIRON
All the ToniiiH Arc Ilounilliii ; Into
Slinuc for the Illn < 5nnic
Wlilch Conic Soon.
The Omnha High echool tc.Tin will coon
ibo in condition to meet any of its opponents
on the erldlron , as the boys have been out
in largo numbers and have been practicing
( faithfully for the past tWo weeks. There
Bourns to be more * enthusiasm around the
school hou&o about the great autumnal game
than ever ibofore , and It is this enthusiasm
and the knowledge that they h'avo ' the
backing of the whole school and the
teachers that makes the iboys work harder
In their practice and leads them to l > e-
Hevo that they are a winning team.
There has ibeen no lock of material so
far , as Tracy Thomao , Englohard , Griffith ,
McCrao , Taylor , Roberts , Marsh , Secrlst ,
Waller , Prltohard , Randall Hughes , Langtry ,
Kuhn , Herman Lehmer , Charles Lehinor ,
Welch Moore , Ktncald , Flook , Parrott ,
Flanders , Clark and Falrbrother have
been out nearly every afternoon , and several
others have declared their Intention of JoinIng -
Ing the squad as soon ad they get their
suits.
Tha practice grounds on 'the hill are ex
ceptionally hard , und the 'boys ' must have
well padded suits to avoid injury , and yet
this 13 good training fr the time when they
will play on other fields , which have been
plowed up BO as to soften , the fall. In the
game at Hastings the team showsd up re
markably well , ns they played a tie game
against a ticam composed of lull-grown men.
It always take excellent playing 'on ' the
part of a smaller team -to- keep the larger
and stronger , team from scoring. There
waa not a small man In the Hastings iteam ,
and some say that their smallest man waa
larger than the heaviest of the Omaha team ,
and yet they could not score. This , of course ,
shows that the team must not ouly have
played a good offensive gam * with the ball ,
but also .tackled . low and , h'ard ' on the ends.
The team Is well supplied with ooachero
and advisers , as Estabrook , Whlpple , Barnes ,
Louis Reed , Benedict and Bernstein , are
out dally putting the team through the
preliminary courses , and Crawford and
Thomas have Tx > ti promised to como up
later to fix up the team play and put in the
finishing touches before the big games. No
meeting has yet been held of the Inter-
scholastto association , tout ono will soon beheld
held , and a schedule of games arranged.
Nearly all the high schools In this vicinity
have teams , and all have signified a will-
ingncas to enter the league , but oven If no
league Is formed there will foe no dearth
of games. There is considerable rivalry al
ready existing between nha different teams ,
and this can only too settled on the chalked
field.
Foot ) llnll at Tnlior College.
TABOR , la. , Sept. 25. To the Sporting Ed
itor of The Bee : The foot ball prospects at
Tabor college are bright. The eleven is
working hard nnd is composed of some prom
ising new material nnd some excellent nnd
tried old playera. We lose Gocdfollow and
Hall , who BO distinguished themselves last
season as halfbacks , but we gain some men
In the entering class , who , with hard work ,
will be a credit to the cloven. Tbo schedule
will probably Include gamro with Amity college -
logo , Bellevue college , Corning , Red Oak ,
Council Bluffs , Omaha , and possibly Tarklo
college. The first gome of the season will
bo played at Malvern next Saturday after
noon with Molvorn.
Wo are slow In getting our games sched
uled bccauso of the laxity of other Institu
tions In deciding on what they want and
whether or not they are to have elevens. It
Is possible that wo may have a game will :
Wcsleyan , though It Is rather indefinite Juat
at present. A college at Hastings Is very
engor to play us also. I fear the expense
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TEKA.MAH , Sept. 21. To the Sporting
Kdltor of The Bee : Tckamah will be right
In line with a strong team this season and
If the Intcrscholnstls league Is still In ex
istence will surely bo heard from , as the
prospects are brighter for a strong team
this seaeon than they have been for years.
Our team will consist mostly of now ma ! i
terial , but will bo strengthened by several j
of the old players of last year. Our team
will average about 14S pounds. As wo have
not yet arranged our schedule or determined I
definitely the positions for our players wo
cannot nt present give them. Can do so
and will give schedule by November 1 or
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CHICAGO , Sept. 22. To the Sporting
Kdltor of The Bees The two 'varsity
elevens between which Chicago divides Its
sympathies ore already In the field In a par
tially matured condition , though the college
year lias barely opened. Stngg has had the
University ot Chicago squad In raoro or less
faithful training since the middle of August ,
and It Is already showing good form. The
Northwestern men began active work moro
tardily , Captain Hunter only arriving nt the
university yesterday , In time tor the openIng -
Ing recitations.
Chicago will apparently continue Its open ,
running game , and the clover dodging in
the practice contests this week was a feature
which had evidently been carefully culti
vated. The line , and particularly the center ,
appeared weak and mass plays were not fre
quently ettempted. I the game with the
Englewood high school on Wednesday Ham-
Ill and Henry , the speedy halves , and S.lack ,
left end , made repeated long sprints , the
latter In ono Instance clearing seventy-five
yards through a broken field , The ecoro
was run up to 45 to 0 against
the lilch school boys , Contain Kennedy
kicking every goal but 0110 with surprising
accuracy.
Stagg's revolutionary experiment of
putting a 180-pound man at quar
ter has proved a success , as Ken
nedy gets Into the plays with the agility
of a man two-thirds his weight. The cx-
porlmont naturally Is not conclusive , as it
all depends on the man.
What gains Englewood made were through
right tackle and guard , where the 'varsity
showed to poor advantage , and at one tlmo
the youngsters promised to work through
this weak spot to the goal line. At center
also Webb failed to hold his man , nnd the
entire line looked decidedly Insecure. In all
other ways the 'varsity did good work , the
punting being exceptionally strong. Ken
nedy frequently sent the ball fifty yards ,
getting It away quickly and at a good
height , which enabled the ends to get down.
There was , the high running and tackling
usual to the beginning ot a season , but the
men show a vigor nnd fire which must bo
encouraging to thceo who wear the maroon.
P. B. Barnes of Omaha , physical director
of the Young Men's ChrlHtlau association ,
acted as timekeeper In the game with
Englewood. He was on his return from a
vacation trip to Boston nnd New York.
Athletic affairs at the Northwestern uni
versity are in a state of confusion. Trot. J.
Scott Clark , after flvo years' leadership , has
resigned , leaving the control In the hands of
Dr. Holllstor , the ex-Pennsylvania athlete
and Bclolt foot ball coach. The lattcr's posi
tion will bo similar to Stagg's at Chicago ,
except that he will oxerclso more complete
power. The Evanston squad shows an abun
dance of heavy material and the purple ad
herents hope for a reversal of the triple
defeat of laat year nt the hands of Wiscon
sin , Minnesota and Chicago.
A new plan has been Introduced which It
Is felt will put the eleven on a far moro
effective footing. The remoteness of the
law , medical and dental schools , which are
located in Chicago , has hitherto made it 1m-
pOEslblo for them to compete for places on
the team , ibut this year players from the
professional schools will eat at the Evanston
training tables nnd Holllster will have his
pick of 900 men Instead of 400. The dental
school has produced n numbed of capital
players and three of them are expected to
make the 'varsity. They have an advantage
In ago and weight.
Local collegians do not take kindly to the
recent decision to locate the Michigan-Wis
consin game In Chicago on Thanksgiving
day and promise that It will be hopelessly
overshadowed by the homo contest. Wis
consin is .to play Illinois In Milwaukee on
November 11 , however , and the management
feared that the brewers could not support
two games BO close together.
WILL B. WELSHANS.
In general , it may be said that the best
foot ball material to be found in any of the
eastern colleges this season will bo found
at Pennsylvania. This Is a comparatlvo
statement. Never before baa Pennsylvania
had eo many men at the start of a season ,
and they are good men , too. It should
have no difficulty at all In turning out a
line of unusually strong caliber. Itsends , ,
though hardly likely to bo up to the stand
ard of recent years , are etlll likely to bo
first-class , whtlo behind the line Its pros
pects at this time are much better than
last season. This means , of coureo , a
stronger eleven than it had last year and
unless signs fall or accidents intervene , a
successful team.
Next to I'ennsy Harvard recms to have the
best outlook. Its line of last year did very
creditable work nnd this season rcrmalns al
most Intact , and what vacancies there are
' with the material
can easily bo 'well filled
at hand , leaving nothing but the problem ot
Ilxlng up the back Held. This of course
will bo far moro difficult , as there Is little
chance of Its replacing Dibble and Houghton
with us efficient men , and while Daly may
remain nt quarter It cannot hope to have aa
well rounded an eleven ns that which won
the championship lost fall.
At Princeton the prospect is indifferent ,
but not wholly bad , Although It won from
Yale last year it did not have a strong team
at all , Princeton will lose Cowdls from
the line , and alto Gear and Black's place
behind the line must bo filled. There seems
to bo llttlo hope that the Princeton eleven
will approach in strength any of the teams
which have played flwt-class foot ball for
old Nassau.
Aa for Yale , as usual , nor condition IB de
plorable. It Joses nearly all of last year's
teami , which , though a very Inferior ono ,
yet contained several very strong Individ
ual players. Thla individual play was the
causa of Yalo's disastrous defeats lust year
nnd unless it unexpectedly evolves a good
training system Is likely to bo again a fail
ure , whllo the Individual stars will be lackIng -
Ing to redeem the eleven. Chamberlain will
bo greatly mUsed and so will Cutler , but
neither will bo to sorely needed as Ely and
Da Saullre , either of whom might have de
veloped eomethlng llko marked team play
out of the new material at hand. Benja
min , too , Is an important toss ,
But the success of n foot ball team Is not
duo so much to good material as to good ,
systematiccoaching. . For this reason It
would bo folly to suppose that the ranking
of these four colleges In tbo above order IB
unalterable. Disconcerted work would ruin
enther Pennsylvania's or Harvard's good
chances , concerted work make either Yale
or Princeton strong , So It U bolter to ex
amine < the possibilities of the systems and
utylco of play than to Judge the teams on
thulr material.
Yale again stands out of the fcur incut
markedly in this respect. She has neither
eyvtem nor style at present , Since ' 05 ehe
has retrograded very decidedly. Her nar
row-minded athletic policy , noticeable In all
lines ot t > port , 1 $ responsible for thU , She
In not alive to Iho now developments of the
ftnmc and Is almost a back number In her
style of play. Falling to appreciate this fact
"ho has change * ! coaches and systems ot
coaching tlmo and again nnd has only man
aged to Introduce a more chaotlo condition ,
Unless she radically departs from her prac
tice ot the past two years this fall she wilt
go even further back.
Princeton Is In much the same condition ,
duo to the fact that Its contests are confined
entirely to Ita games with Yale. U Is fol-
lowing the eamo style ot play it hag followed
for ton years , with a single break when
Balrd's phenomenal kicking led. It to de-
vclop a kicking game against its judgment.
The difference between its playing nnd
Yale's Is that In the last ten years It has
had consistent and good coaching along Ita
adopted line and has really played that style
of came well. This has been responsible for
its succors with Yale and will score for tt
another victory unices Yale Improves vastly
, nnd unexpectedly.
! Harvard achieved success last year by dc-
1 parting from Its old systems and adopting
| the moro up to diito methods. U abandoned
theoretical foot ball taught by two dozen
I coaches and Instructed Its team In the prac-
! ttcat game taught by ono man. It used end
I running judiciously nnd line bucking to a
goodly degree and It kicked long nnd well ,
It may bo truly said that Harvard owes Its
success last year principally to kicking. Ita
brilliancy In this regard , however , was duo
not so much to remarkable kicking as to
good , strong , consistent kicking coupled with
good end work in following the ball. Its
i ends and kickers worked harmoniously to
gether.
And this l not nil. Its hamllln * of kicks
was so greatly superior to anything shown
on the gridiron in years that It decreased
the efficiency of its opponent's kicking pro-
i portlonatcly as it Increased its own. Never
| will It get two men to work together ns
Dlbbleo and Daly did. Daly remains , but
Dlbbleo will bo sorely missed. Another full
back may not work so well with his ends
as Houghton , either. This remains to bo
developed.
BRIEF BASE BALL GOSSIP
\o < ci of Intercut Concerning Plnrern
mill Kvcntu Crmvforili a Ne-
ItrlinUa liny , ROCN to the Front.
Samuel Crawford , the clover centerflelder
for Cincinnati , now playing such phenomenal
ball and batting with the top-notchers 1n the
National league' ' , Is a Nebraska boy , his
homo being at Wahoo. Ho Is only 20 years
of age and played his first base ball with the
Norfolk team In 1897. Last year bo played
with Wymoro and had much to do with the
team from that city , gaining the reputation
of being the best team In the etatc. While
with Wymoro ho played leftfleld and was
always put in the box when a hard game
was on hand. It was he who pitched the
game against the Nebraska Indians last year ,
whining his game and holding them down
to two hits. Young Crawford is a barber
by trade and held a position In that capacity
while playing at Wymoro last year. Ho
always had a desire to get in faster com
pany and took the very best care of him
self. 'Ho ' never tasted liquor and did not
use tobacco In any form. He was one of
the heaviest batters on Wymore's hard
hitting team and won several games by his
batting alone. His first professional ball was
played this year , when ho was signed by
Hamilton , one of the. clubs In the Canadian
league. Ho played there a short time and
then went to Grand Itaplds , where he played
such phenomenal ball that he attracted the
attention of several clubs In the National
league. Chicago and Cincinnati both tried
to secure him , but Clclnnatl was successful
and since he joined that team two weeks ago
he has been the talk of the eastern press
and Is lionized by the Cincinnati fans.
Nearly every day he makes a homo run and
Is already recognized os the best batter on
the team. Hlo Nebraska admirers ore par-r
tlcularly proud ot the record he Is making
slnco gettlnp into fast company. Crawford
also played for a short time -with the
Superior team and has many friends all over
Nebraska.
New York tried out Fleming nnd Wood
ruff , two new outefllders , in a game with St.
Louis. Both of them are from the Now
England league. Fleming showed up all
right in the field , "but " Woodruff did not got
a chance to show what ho could do. Neither
ono made a. bit.
Thomas Clonoy , manager of the Princeton
University Base Ball Association , announced
that Arthur S. Hlldebrand had been elected
captain of the baoo ball team for the ensu
ing year to succeai Froderldk Kafer , re
signed.
Jack Cronln , Detroit's star pitcher , has
( bean sold to Cincinnati. Ho won twenty-
six of the thlrtylno games pitched by him
'during ' the season. Ho reported at Balti
more.
According to u St. louls report , the now
infield of the now league team in St. Louis
will consist of Joyce , Glcason , Davis and
Collins. This is a case where seeing will
bo required for 'believing. '
The Detroit Tigers made twenty-eight
homo runs during the season , Slater lead
ing with sovcn , Ryan and Stalllngs five- each ,
Dungan , four , Barrett and Frisk two each ,
Dlllard , Buolow and Lowoo one each.
The drafting season begins October 1 nnd
lasts to January 1. During this period Na
tional League cluba have the privilege of
securing any minor league player "by paying
$500 for a Western or Eautew league man ,
| 300 for an Interstate league man and. | 200
jor a New York State league , Now Englander
or Connecticut 'league man.
There is always a great demand for noted
foot ball players for coaches. Princeton Is
furnishing Cochrano of last year's cloven , aa
Instructor of football science at the University -
| sity of California , and Bannard goes to Car-
hell , The University of Pennsylvania fur-
j nlshcs co-achea for Annapolis , Swathmoro ,
| Knlpo , lown , Bclolt , Denver , Pennsylvania
I State college and University of Nevada.
All that the proposed anti-National league
' 'baseball organization ncejs , says the Chl-
I cage dispatches , Is capital , The base ball
Filipinos are shy of funds , nnd us it would
take a million dollars or so to start the new
league , Its prospects 'for opening for busi
ness jwxt spring are not over bright. It
will tnlio better financiers than ClirlB Von
, dcr Aho , Harry Qulnn and Ted Sullivan
i to find angels enough to float the new
league ,
NOTES OF THE CRICKETERS
Tin ; Ten in of CrlcUelern wlIuh I'r'nce
IliiiiJItMlnlijI IlroiiKlit ivllli Him
Are AH KipiTtn.
For the first tlmo elnco It has been CUB.
tomary to play a yearly International
cricket series the lovers of the game are to
have an opportunity of seeing a team that
v.-lll truly represent the amateur strength
ot England , K. S. RanJItslnhJI , the Indian
prince , who Is the acknowledged champion
cricketer of the world , has 'brought ' over
ulth him on the oteamsblp Etrurla the very
lloivcr of English amateur cricket , bis eldo
containing eoven men who act as captains
of strong English elevens. For instance , A.
0 , MacLarcn Is captain of the All-England
eleven , and also of the Lancashire county
tcami , The Prince himself captains tbo Sus
sex county eleven. 0. I. Ilobson Is deputy
captain of Hampshire and Invariable take *
charge of the eleven In the frequent absence
of Captain Wynyard. d. L. Jesbup captains
the Cambridge university team , S. M , J.
Woods is the SomersoUihlro leader , and A.
E. Stoddard and A. Pr lost ley have both cap
tained strong touring eleven * to Australia
and the Wogt Indlc . Other members ot thf
vIMtlng party nro O. Ilrann of RUHM-X , C
lj , Townsend of ( lloiiccsterrhlro , V , Barton ,
the crack Hampshire professional ; H. T. J.
Bosanquct , who was hero with Warners
team last fnlli W. Llewellyn of Oxford , and
J. Robertson-Walker of Middlesex.
A. C. MacLarcn Is ono of the best batsmen
In England. Ho won his reputation na a
first-clans batsman before ho left Harrow.
The form ho shown ! at reboot \\as go fine as
to justify the remark that ho played llko
n man among boys , Slnco thceo days he has
never looked back , and now he elands at the
head of English batsmen. He holda the
record for the highest score In first-class
cricket 124 against Somersetshire. Ho has
always played with brilliant and consistent
success In England for Lancashire nnd In
representative matches also , but his per
formances In Australia have been oven moro
notable , HU style In batting Is nn example
of a perfect adaptation of means to uts.
Ho l not n batsman with striking peculiari
ties or distinguishing strokes ; ho Is too good
for that ; ho can play every stroke there Is
In cricket nnd that Is what U for him the
most natural , simple nnd effective manner.
I'rlnco Kumar Shrlo Knnjltslnhjt first cnmo
into prominence on a member of the Cam-
' brldgu eleven In 1S03.
] Ho represented England In 1S9C , and was
a member of Mr. StoJdart'a Australian eleven
In 18D7-OS. Ho has played for Sussex since
1S95. His great fame an a bntsmnn Is due
'
not only to his success an measured In runs ,
but also , and In chlot , to the originality and
j peculiar charm of style. Nothing Is as cf-
j fectlvo as n striking result produced \\lth-
I out any apparent effott. There are ninny
batsmen who make some' ono stroke vltli
such wonderful case and effect that all their
, other strokes rocelvo in comparison but
scant appreciation.
In HanJHslnliJI's case every turn of ItU
bat has the appcaranco of extreme facility ;
to such a degree , Indeed , that his style
Boems almcst casual nnd careless. The dis
tinctive .tralt ot his cricket Is an electric
quickness both In the conception nnd exe
cution of lila strokes. Thereby Is ho able to
do fiuch things that a slower eye and wrist
dare not attempt. In making the ordinary
strokes ho differs from the run cf batsmen
In that ho judgit ) the flight ot the ball about
halt as soon again , nnd can thoretora shape
for his stroke moro readily and 'With ' more
certainty. At the same tlmo he need not ,
owing to his -marvelous rapidity of move
ment , allow himself as much margin for
error as others find necessary , and It IB
this quickness that enables him to take ,
oven upon the fastest wlckctn , the most
unheard of liberties without fatal results.
Who , for Instance , 'but ' RanJI can hit acrcss
a fast straight 'ball ' without either being
jowl oil or making an appalling nils-hi 17
Yet Ranjl finds not .tho . slightest difficulty
n doing so. Thla hook Is perhaps his most
notable stroke. Ho bos a miraculous knack
ct timing the 'ball accurately from the pitch ,
and flicks It round to the on-alde with sup
ple yet terrific power. Ho meeta the
Ulghtly over-pitched delivery with a similar
: ilt , reaching right out EO" as to clip the
jail before It pitches. There never has been
a greater master of cutting and leg-play.
In cutting his faculty for quick and accurate -
rate timing gives him the power of varying
and placing his stroke , as well as of making
It with force and precision.
His leg-strokes are sometimes called
"glances , " but they are really wrist-
strokes , as the ball doea not merely hit the
l > at , but It la turned asldo with allko forc
ing movement. Ills forward play Is some
what unorthodox , as ho walks out to the
ball as ho hits , but H Is none the leas
strong and sufc Ho can drive finely In all
directions when In tno mood ; Indeed , at his
lost , he can use every stroke In the game.
Ho is a 'beautiful ' fielder In any position.
Ho excels at point or in the slips , whqre
there Is scope for his qulcknesa , 'but ' as he
can pick up n ( ball very clean , catch any
thing and throw well , he Is almost equally
as _ good as extra cover or. In. Iho long field ,
Hi's ( bowling Is somewhat underrated. Ho
rarely s ° cs on without getting a wicket or
having a "catch missed off him. He bowls
modlum pace , keeps a gcod length , makes
the ball break from the off nnd has plenty
of resource. Ho Is the keenest of cricketers ,
Very observant , and Is also a flrst-ratc Judge
of the game.
The prlnco strengthened his aide In bowlIng -
Ing at the last moment , and now Is quite
well off In this department , Jeesop , Bosan
quct , Weeds and Townsend being a remark
ably strong quartette , whllo Stoddart , Mac
Larcn , Itobson and Hanjl lihnsolf can all
bowl fairly well In case of necessity. It Is
in batting , however , the visiting team Is BO
much stronger than any of its predecessors.
Ranjltslnhjl , MacLarcn , Townsend , Brann ,
Robson , Woods , Stoddart and Joasop are
all the very cream of English amateur bats
men , and Barton U one ot tha most con
sistent scorers among the profecalonals.
PALAVER OF THE PUGILISTS
McCoy Wlnn Uncle I/out I.nurcln by
Defeating McCormlcIc AVrdiieM-
ilur Other nine : \oten.
McCoy had a day of reckoning Wednesday
night at the Lenox Athletic lub , Now York ,
before a crowd of 4,000 people , and with that
treacherous left ho made a mighty effort to
wash out the stain of defeat which the giant
McCormlck placed upon him a few weeks
ngo.
McCoy floored his antagonist several times ,
but McCormlck was not satisfied with short
breathing spells and so "lay down" on his
own accord , just keeping within the tUne
limit all the whllo and proving what a big
dub ho was , and that It was merely a chance
blow that got the decision at the former
meeting , .McCormlck was continually try
ing for ono ot thceo obancea at their meet
ing Wednesday evening , but the "Kid" was
too s/harp / to bo caught at the same game
twice and was watching him like a hawk all
the tlmo , eo that all of 'his ' efforts to catch
McCoy unawares were of no avail ,
The spectator ! ) all became dleguatod with
McCormick'u performances , aa did also Rot-
orce Charles Whlto who , In the eighth round ,
pent McCormlck to bis corner and declared
McCoy tha winner , which decision mot with
the hearty approval of all , and once more
placed McCoy back to his old position of
general favorite In the eyes ot all the lovers
of the manly art.
Peter Matter was at the ringside and when
the men had entered the arena Issued a
challenge to the winner.
The heavyweight championship 1)81110 ) be
tween Tom Bhurkcy and Jim Jeffries will
< aka place on October 27 , Instead of 23d ,
This was decided at a meeting held yester
day between William A. Brady and Tom
O'HourkP. when Iho fishltrs' managers
flgpsctl lo prtpono flip mcetliiR n few days.
The postponement wnn mmlo to Rlvo the
Coney Island club more tlmo to arrange Its
bo < lng carnival , to take place during lie
week ot tha big battle. There will bp three-
days' fighting. On Wednesday , October 2i > ,
Dlxon nnd Curler will fight , nnd on the fol
lowing night Gardner nnd Jordan will meet.
Pedlar Palmer -will Iswuo a challenge to
flRMl McGovern ngnln nftor hla ninlch with
Will Curloy has taken plaos. If McOovcrn
refuses to give him nnothcr chnnce the Eng
lishman will retire trom the field.
Terry McGovern has ncccplod nn offer ot
MOO per weak to tour with a theatrical
company ior six months. Ho will moot all
comers In to\ui.i whore the boxing RRIIIO is
open.
Oscar Gardner declares tlmt he will give
Terry McGove-rn no rest until the llttlo
Brooklynlto agrees to fight him. Accord
ing to Gardner's statement , ho cAn fight
fitronR at 116 pounds , nnd Is willing to innko
that weight for .McUuvern.
Barring accidents , the Hart-Murphy fight ,
scheduled on October 21 In Sioux City ,
should Us n great battle. Those who think
"Australian" Billy Is "cut of It" frfim old
ngo or dissipation should have seen him last
week. His improvement tinco liln arrival
In Sioux City two mouths ago Ins been phe
nomenal. True , Hnrt got the decision last
week , but many thought It ought to have
been n draw. Murphy was constantly on the
nggrcastvo nnd Hart is enlltlcvl to unlimited
credit for his cleverncps In escaping punish
ment. Next month , however , Billy will flRht
moro carefully , and the betting among Sioux
City sports Is In his favor. It acems Im
possible on the strength of his previous
showing that Hnrt ran bwit him , nnd with
thii Australian's present knowledge ot his
methods It will take nil the Chicago man's
skill to save Mm from dofent.
H Is announced scml-officlally that thn
receipts of the McGovcrn-Pnlmcr fight
amounted to $16,922. The fighters reoelvcil
$5,000 each nnd the club retained the balnuce.
That Oscar Gardner Is serious In hln In
tention to meet Terry McGovern nt any
weight from 114 to 130 pounds was demon
strated when Paddy Sullivan posted $1,000
to < blnd a match. Upon hearing this McGov-
orn'a manager paid that ho would meet
Sullivan sometime this week to arrange a
battle , to take place next January. Tha
Broadway club htia agreed to give , he-aides
a good guarantee , a percentage of the gate
receipts.
THE GRKAT PSYCHIC.
Life Reader nnd Scientific Demon
strator of Oult Force.
Waa seen yesterday at his parlors , 602
South Sixteenth etreot , by a BCo representa
tive , and although ho was very busy and
had a number of people waiting , he took
tlmo to say n few wordj ! pertaining to hla
business. When asked If It were his Intan-
tlous to remain In Omaha for tiny length ol
time , "ho said wo shall remain hero so long
as wo can do good good. My mission IB to
liolp thOEXj who are In need of ndvlco and en
lighten these who nre In the dark. " Here the
gentleman paused , and after a brief hesita
tion continued : "I want you and every
body else to distinctly understand that I
give positive proof of spirit return and by
my wonderful power of occult force I can
aid any honist Investigator In putting asldo
the screen of futurity and solving the mys-
terlea of the great beyond. Do you have
much skepticism to contend with ? " Thla
question brought forth n smile , utter which ,
in a serious tone , the doctor answered : "You
see nature has endowed the human race with
a reasoning faculty and people today do not
take readily to a thing unless It appeals to
their nilnds os being reasonable ; 6 *
It often becomes necessary to pro
duce manifestations wlilch are usually
termed phenomlunl by the skeptlca
However , after I have once given n person
n reading It Is not n difficult thing to nnn- (
hllato the skepticism. Of course you undor1-
stand I have a few callers who only coine
through Idle curiosity , nnd are not by any
means seeking the truth. This class Is very
lepulalvo to mo and I never have any time
to spend on such people. At this juncture
Iho doctor apologized for not 'being able to
devote any moro tlmo to an Interview and
gave the writer and friends nn urgent Invi
tation to nttond a lecture which he will hold
In Patterson hall , Seventeenth and Farnam
streets , this Sunday evening. As ho was
leaving the room ho turned to remark , "It
you como to my lecture perhaps you will
hear something you didn't heretofore know.
Good-bye. "
Dr. Lee Harrlden Is surely a man who
would Impress anyouo that ho possesses won
derful -personal magnetism and remarkable
ability. He is a man of largo stature and
has a pleasing appearance. Ills tone of con *
vcrsntion Is also very pleasant and he mani
fests the characteristics of an honest and
upright gentleman and a man of culture ana
refinement.
THIS WEEK
The Viking
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Wo can gave you from $5 to | 15.
Omaha Bicycle Co.
Cor. 1(1 ( tli & Chicago.
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$5OOOSTOCK OF
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, ,
AT LESS THAN FACTORY COST.
I have Just purohaspd Deere , Wells & Company's entl-e ntook of
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lonjj a they last
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