THIS OMAHA DAILY JJEE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 4. 1001.
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HOW THE BASE BALL GOES
Omiha Team U Still an Aotir Candidate)
for the Pennant.
F0RTY-TH3EE GAMES YET TO COME
tliCKrstloii Hint All Other .Should
Stnml Out of the Wny and Allow
Uniiilin ii nd KiiiiNiin City
to 1'lKlit It Out.
With forty-threo games of base ball yet
before It, tho Omaha team Is still strongly
In tho race for the pennant. Though Min
neapolis skates right alons side by side
with It lately In a struggle far third place,
It Is hardly reckoned as a dangerous fac
tor, for the local team Ii certainly com
poicd of better stuff for real week-ln-and-wck-out
base hall than the Millers can
boast.
St. Joseph has a lead In tho percentage
column that really does not nmount to any
thing at all, for when the Omahans strike
tho gait for which their admirers are
patiently waiting forty or fifty points of
difference will vanish like chaff before tho
wind.
Kansas City Is really tho only hugo
stumbling block. With Its lead of much
more than 100 percentage points It lookH
far and away to tho housetops, hut even
that la not yet a wtone wall. With forty
three games In view much can be hoped
and consldcrablu of It accomplished. That
many contests offer a chance for many
radical huppcnlngs and alterations In tho
standing.
Tho great pity. In tho opinion of most
people, Is thut Omaha and Kansas City
cannot play It out for tho pennant against
caeh other from now on. Since away along
the first of tho season tho locals havo
never had any troublo in defeating the
Blues, taking either all three or anyway
two of tho dlffcrfnt scries.
Now It Is generally encoded both In
Omaha and Kansas City that tho two teams
representing thoso cities arc easily the best
In the league. So why shouldn't the
nchcdulo bo declared off and theso two
nines bo nllowed to go against each other
In a blood contest till the end? Of course
this Is preposterous and ridiculous, hut
there are a great many Omahans who would
llko to seo It done. They aro not nfrald to
let their pets meet tho vaunted champions
day after day In a test that would tell In
ovcry department of the game- which was
superior.
Of theso forty-threo games, which may
now bo fairly called crucial, twenty-one nre
to bo played on tho homo grounds and
twenty-two In other cities. This Is not
fiulto such ft favorablo percentage as might
havo been desired, but It Is good enough.
Tho very fact that Omaha has had such
poor luck on gamcx abroad heretofore
makes It seem certain that tho tlmo has
como for It to win on a tour.
Iltick to ( in ii li M .
Tho team comes back homo tomorrow
nftcrnoon and plays hero, beginning Tues
day, for six days, St. l'aul stickers will
bo tho first opponents and tbo Millers will
follow. That should by nil the rules of
precedent and merit mean at least four
victories.
Then tho boys leavo again after the
Sunday game and begin work abroad onco
moro, playing first at St. I'aul nnd next at
Minneapolis. Why not four more? Mnybo.
Anyway, they will lcavu Minneapolis Au
gust 18 and Jog away out to Colorado
Springs, where, immediately nftor that
Journey of almost a thousand miles, they
play two games on Tuesday, morning and
nftornoon.'' It (s hardly to bo hoped that
they will mako such a star showing nftor
that long trip cramped up In tho cars.
Tho next day they como northward a
llttlo distance to Denver, nnd after a scries
of three move eastward to Kansas City.
Three games thero nnd another trio of
contests nt St. Joseph will bring the date
to August 30, and tho Oato City trlbo will
then proceed to Des Moines, whero It will
play ono gamo on September 1 and two
on the 2d.
Then, with tho long trip endod, tho boys
will, turn homeward with happy hearts
nnd willing hands, Fifteen straight games
on tho longed-for homo grounds nt Vinton
street park will follow, nnd It will be sur
prising If they do not mako It about ten
victories. Tho contestants who will tako
their first "inns" will come In tho follow
ing order: Des Moines, St. Joseph, Kansas
City, Colorado Springs nnd Denver. St.
Taul and Minneapolis will bo tho only ones
who do not como. nnd they will be here
this week, nnd thnt makes up for It.
Knnsns City papers are most willing to
Bcconi to Omaha all that Is duo it. Tho
Kawtown peoplo. In fact, stand In awo of
only ono team besides their own, nnd that
Is Mr. Itourko's. This Is tho latest senti
ment from tho Kansas City Times regard
ing tho pennant chances:
Tho Tebenultes now havo ,i lend for tho
bunting of sa points, St. Joseph being their
nearest rivals. When n team be;lm li
lose. S3 points don't Inst mueii longer than
a snow ball In n certain warm place and
while, tho locals uro not likely to slump,
a couple of lost series would cut a big llg
ure. Thejo still remain to be played fortv
clght games, twenty-seven at Inmo nrrt
twenty-ono nbrond. St. Joseph haa twenty
six gnmes on the home grounds and
twenty-one abroad, nnd, llko Kansas City,
closes with u series away from home, nut
tt is Omaha which Is mostly to tic feared,
Tho Saints nre hardly considered danger-
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Omaha Is thin), belnit only
niy n fw
or thp r
mnlnlng game, twenty-six are nhroad and
twenty-one nt home. Hut even with n ma
jority of games abroad, the team Is ready
n factor In the race There will bp n, Iocs
trip nfter th next home series, but upon
the return the team will close the season
with fifteen straight games on the home
grounds. Hut the Illues have llttlo fear ot
belnt? pulled out of first place.
DENVER MEN OUT OF THE GAME
I'itrlier lliitlrr In Unci Itfimte nnd Cen
ter IMrliler .Meltiile Distillled
ultli u HroUcn Head.
Pitcher Ilutler, who has been twirling
for Denver, has probably dono his last day's
work In tho box this season, at least for
that team. Last Sunday's contest wltii the
Millers on the home grounds of the Colo
radoans proved his Waterloo, Ho threw
out the first Inning without any disastrous
consequences, although even thnt early in
tho game the boys from Minneapolis be
gan to bo too familiar with his straight
balls. Hut In the second it began In
earnest. Law hit safe to center field. That
did not look so bad when both McCrccdlo
nnd Cockman, who followed, Hew out. Hut
then McConnell hit safe to center nnd
Whltrldgo hit snfo to center nnd Doldcn
came up with a three-bagger that scored
tho trio. Rohc came to bat with Hclden
on third. Duller promptly hit him with
tho ball. That was enough for Dill Kverltt
and Schmidt relieved Dutlcr Instanter.
Tho pitcher has not since appeared In the
box. Kverltt has lost all confidence In
him, as It was not the first time lie- had
dono those same things.
Mcllale, Denver's center fielder, Is out
of tho gamo for this season. His skull
was badly fractured by n thrown ball a
week ngo Saturday and his condition now,
nftcr a week has passed, Is such ns to
protnlso no recovery that will permit his
playing this year. This Is a sad loss to the
Mountaineers, for Mcllale was a safo man
In his place, He seldom had errors chalked
against him and was a good hitter. What
makes It seem moro unfortunato was that
tho accident did not happen during a game,
Two of his fellow players were passing the
ball before tho contest commenced anil n
wild throw hit Mcllale, who was drinking
at the water barrel near by. Mcllale Is out
now, but cannot enter the game.
Denver's new pitcher, Frisk, seems to
havo mailo good on his try-out day, which
was last Wednesday. He succeedod In hold
ing the Omahans to eight hits and four
runs, while his bnckers secured fifteen hits
nnd seven tallies,
necent baso ball rumor Is to tho effect
that Jimmy Uyan, owner of the St. I'aul
club, Is now desirous of selling out all
bis Interest in the l'olnr Dear organization
and taking up tho Denver franchise. He
ought certnlnly to havo ovcry chance to
perform tho first named dicker, for St.
Paul baso ball stock Is certainly high this
j car. nnd Just at this tlmo especially so.
Whether or not ho can get what he wants
out west, however, Is another matter. It Is
not likely that Jimmy will do tho ono till
ho has tho other cinched.
Ketchcm, tho Kansas City middle fielder,
who also assumes the box position now and
again, still leads that team In tho batting.
His avcrago Is .3-12 and Itoblnson comes
second. Miller has mndo as many safo
hits as cither, but his luck nt sacrifices and
bases on balls has not been so good, so ho
has a total of "at bats" that shovo him
way down tho column on batting aver
age. "Mattle" McVlckcr, Des Moines' mlddlo
fielder, leads his bunch nt tho bat and also
tops tho outfielders' list for fielding avcr
nge. Perry Werden nt first baso Is high
fielding man among thoso around tho
diamond lines.
WHIST PLAYERS AT MANAWA
Ccn tnil Annaolntlon Will Meet In the
New flnnt limine Friday
mid Sitturilny.
Tho midsummer meeting of tho Central
Whist association will bo held at Lake
Manawa on Friday nnd Saturday, August
9 and 10. This Is tho first session of the
organization since the midwinter meeting
In Kansas City last February. The mem
bership list comprises states as follows:
Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Mlnne2ota. Oklahoma
territory Is also Included.
The coming contest will bo for progress
ive pairs only. Three sittings will bo
held In this portion of the meet, ono on
Friday afternoon, ono Friday night nnd
tho Inst on Saturday afternoon. It will
bo nil ono game, however, as tho scores of
tho three sessions will bo added at tho
closo and tho winners figured from tho
totals.
Then Saturday night will come tho grand
finnlo of the meeting, 'consisting of n free-for-nll,
In which both women nnd men
will bo entered. This is a special closing
feature of all these tournaments. But
tons will be the prizes ns usual.
Tho first three sittings will be hold In
tho new boathouso at Lake Manawa and tho
free-for-all nt the Grand hotel. Doth con
tests are open to women ns well as men,
but It Is not expected thai many women
will be in the progressive pairs. About
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GOLF GAME IS BAROMETER
Certain Olais of Plajeri Sam aa an Index
to the Weather.
SEEKERS FOR AMUSEMENT AND SOCIETY
Another CInsi, I lie niitlnifiliiM, Hunt
tin- l.lnUn on Any Kind nt Uny, N
.Mutter Wluit the Tenineriitnrc,
nnd I'liiy Imlnstrlonsly.
A certain class of golf players act as
an accurato Indicator of the condition of
tho weather. It Is comprised of tho peo
ple who aro not in tho gamo especially
hard for the athletic benefit to be derived,
nor for tho purposo of becoming marvels
at It, but who simply play for amusement,
society nnd entertainment.
These golfers naturally do not discom
mode themselves any for the game and
that Is why they possess such peculiar
barometrical properties. When the weather
is nice nnd cool and In every wny propi
tious for nn easy, comfortable gamo they
are out In force. When It Is too hot or
too cold for the attainment of this caso
they stny In.
This class Is large, though not so mark
edly so In Omaha as In many other places
where the game Is older. It Is distin
guished by a sharply-drawn line from tho
other golfers, ho they fiends, habitues,
cranks or whatever else flcklo fancy may
choosu to dub thorn.
Hut during the past week there has been
no visible dcmarkntlon between tho two
divisions of golf attaches. The cool
weather, coming onco moro after weeks
nnd weeks of broiling heat, has tempted
them, ono and all, from their cool re
treats and as a conscquenco tho links about
the city have been unusually crowded all
tho time.
No one could tell the cnthuslnst from tho
more modest player Just now. They vie
one with tho other. During tho first three
days of tho coolness they camo out In such
numbers that they actually ran over the
edges of the course nnd spilled around out
side tho fence.
After the weeks and weeks of wearlsomo
watching for pleasant days the sudden
fulfillment was moro than nny golfer could
resist. Whether ho had been on tho grill
during that time In a sturdy determination
to stick by the game or loafing around the
cool, shady corners laying away frigid
drlnko it wns all the same. The ntmos
phcro called him.
IteKiirillrnn of Wentlicr.
Although tho actual coolness only lasted
really nbout three days, that did not make
nny difference. People got stnrt, and al
though It becamo much hotter Thursday
and later, they kept right on playing during
tho nftornoons. As n mattcro of fact, they
were many of them on tho courso in
weather Just ns hot ns that they had beon
bemoaning so long. Hut they didn't notlco
it, so it was nil right. The nbsoluto
frigidity of thoso few days had put heart
into tho entire number and sufilced to
cheer them on over the next hot spell.
Some of tho more particular old steadies
nt tho game nro not suited nny too well by
this sudden efflux upon tho links from the
clubhouse. All during tho hot weeks they
played along day after day, with fow to
bother them and oodles of room on nil sides.
It lasted so long that wny that they for
got how hot It was along In the spring, a
courso crowded with players and balls all
about one.
So when tho flocks camo out last Sunday
In tho same old way the devotee, who was
already there for his Usual long, solitary
gamo, contracted a fow soro spots. He
didn't have as much room as ho had grown
to expect, nnd it was rather difficult nnd
disagreeable to become used to the
cramped quarters again.
Thero is no doubt of tho fact that there
nro too many golfers in Omaha for the
present links accommodations. Thero Is not
room for them nil. Of the hundreds of
players hero it must be calculated that a
certain pcrccntago will bo on tho lines nt
tho same time, nnd this proportion will
vary In size, with the tlmo of the day. Along
tho lato afternoon and evening it will be
especially large, nnd here Is whero tho
conflicts occur. Thero simply Is not room
on n lino day to play a big open safo gamo
go as you please. Ono Is constantly re
minded of tho too near and consequently
nnnoylng presence of a following or preced
ing golf neighbor nnd tho knowledge Is dis
concerting In the extreme.
In tho mornings nnd most of tho nftor
noons this Is not the case, but from
o'clock on It Is npt to be so. This Is es
pecially truo if women aro playing. They
naturally mako progress about tho course
moro slowly than the men and aro thus
tho Innocent causo of congestion If the
links aro at ail crowded.
Could He IMImlnnteil.
With moro courses this would bo avoided
nnd thus tho Bole objectlonablo featuro ot
tho gamo in Omaha eliminated. It seems
moro than probable that new links will be
constructed hero in more or less rapid
succession as the years go by. Those of
tho Omaha Amateur Athletic association
were tho first to follow the example set by
tho Country club. Others will como.
Thero aro plenty of peoplo who play golf
DISEASES OF MEN
Conaultntlon Free. Trrntmcnt liy innll.
Call or adilreaa lit) 9. 1-ttli St.
DnS. 9CAm.ES SBAnLCS, 03IA1IA,
to support the two now built nnd thero
may be enough to do more right now. If
there are not It will be but a short time
till the necessary number Is on deck. The
next venture In this lino will undoubtedly
bo a golf organisation exclusively, as that
Is tho big drawing card In modern amateur
nthletlc sports now and la nlinost the only
game that can draw sufficient money to
support a good club equipment, house,
grounds, etc.
The crowding that has been noticed on
local courses this season Is due solely to
tho many new players who have started
in this year. Next year there will be Just as
much of an Increase, with the chances fa
voring a larger one. With ono new course
this season it has been possible to care for
the new-comers, but If tho number of
beginners assumes the promised propor
tions next year It will be hard to do so
without moro links.
So there Is no reason why Omaha should
not havo still another golf course. There
Is ample room and many satisfactory
places aro open where It might bo built,
game peoplo will not stop at n matter of
distance.
Ill the Wheeling World
Tho "bicycle face," which haunted the
highways and horrified tho doctors a few
years ago, has given plnco to tho real
thing tho bicycle henrt. This Is no plpo
dream. A physician who attends tho pro
fessional riders at Manhattan beach pro
nounces It n dangerous disease duo to ex
cessive exertion. Harry Elkes and Johnny
Nelson havo It badly, nnd It Is responsible
for tho recent remarkable change In the
form of both of them. The doctor warned
Elkes not to race last Saturday and says
he believes tho slender Olenns Falls boy
will somo day drop from his wheel if per
mitted to engage In too many of theso
henrt-breaking struggles. He commanded
Elkes to stop riding nt tho end of thlrty
nlno miles Inst Saturday. Harry had ridden
tho race of his llfo Friday night nt Iloston
against Champion, tho Frenchman, whom
ho defeated by less than twenty seconds.
"A man following the paco game," says
Elkes, "should not race moro than onco
a week, and It would bo better If ho rode
only every fortnight. This trying to raco
overy day nnd travel between is n killing
proposition."
Tho marvelous cycling feats of Charles
Jones, former amateur champion of Aus
tralia and Now Zealand, nro Just now at
tracting much attention If London music
halls. Jones npparently sets nt nnuKht tho
centrifugal force and tho law of gravtly.
On a wooden track, four feet high and
eighteen feet In diameter, Inclined nt nn
nnglo of sixty degrees, he whirls nround
nnd nrqund on nn ordlnnry road-racing bi
cycle, geared to SO. As he rides his body
Is parallel with the floor. Every move
ho makes is plainly' perceptible, because
the track Is grilled on tho side toward
tho footlights.
In starting Jones rides nround the flat
center of tho track a few times and then
plunges directly at tho side ns It ho were
going to Jump them. Instead ot that ho
appears to rldo up It part way, makes a
sudden turn and by going at great speed
maintains his equilibrium.
While going nt this rapid gait ho stands
on the upper sldo of his machine, pedaling
with his loft leg through the diamond
frame. Then ho sits sldewise, pedaling
with his left foot on the right pedal. His
arms nt tho tlmo nro extended over tho
handle-bars.
After this Jones dons a shirt collar and
waistcoat, coat and hat, and begins riding
at full speed around tho track. Ho llgfits
a clgarctto nftcr making a few revolutions
and then proceeds to dlsrobo, nftcr having
taken his bands from tho handle-bars and
leaving the guiding of tho machino en
tirely to tho postlfin of tho body. Whllo
doing this ho removes the garments down
to tho last one.
His last feat Is tho most spectaculnr.
Whllo riding at full speed he removes his
handle-bars and throws them away and
again trusts to the Inclination of his body
for guidance. While at top speed ho sud
denly Jumps from the wheel. His body ap
pears to slide through the air almost nn
rapidly as the wheel for a second, and
thero appears overy probability that ho
will bring up against tho wooden track
with n hard thump, nut ho suddenly turns
nnd lights on his feet In tho center.
It Is estimated that while riding his speed
produces a prcssuro of four tons on tho
track.
Tho, tcrrlblo speed of tho American
riders has driven somo of tho European
atars onto tho boats bound for home. Tom
Linton nnd Luclcne Orognot, pace follower
nnd sprinter respectively, found that discre
tion was tho better pnrt of valor, admitted
themselves beaten and started for home.
They could neither of them get Into llrst
class shape. And two American rldors
found European riders too fast for them
and are returning this way Charles W.
Miller, paco follower, and Frank H. De
may, amateur sprinter. So the exchango Is
even up.
Tho Increased favor with which Amer
ican bicycles aro being received abroad
each year Is emphasized by moro liberal
orders from the leading European dealers
each season. Orders from all parts of
Japan, Asia and Europo have boon received
during the sprlns and summer and ono of
the most Interesting purchases of the year
In this line was that made for tho crown
prince of Japan, whoso representative In
thi3 country bought threo 1901 bevel-gear
chalnless bicycles for him.
Tho twenty-second annual meet of tho
League ot American Wheelmen, which will
bo held In Duffalo during tbo week begin
ning August 1", Is attracting more wide
spread attention than has beon given to
any previous meet held within the last
decade. The enthusiasm of tho old mem
bers of the league Is making Itself felt In
all sections of the country and many new
names aro being added to swell the ltst of
loyal wheelmen who havo pulled together
for so many years In tho Interest of better
roads nnd tho rights nnd privileges of
wheelmen on the highways and railways of
the country. Those wheelmen are coming
to Buffalo by the thousands and tho people
of tho city, as well as tho local wheelmen,
aro at work planning for their comfort and
accommodation. Cyclists who do not find
It convenient or desirable to tour to Buffalo
should not fall to bring their wheels with
thrsn, ns from nny section of the city tho
Pan-American exposition can easily be
reached ovor smooth asphalt pavements or
parkwny cycle paths, whllo the magnificent
scenory and many points of historic Inter
est along tho Nlngara frontier can bo
easily reached and fully enjoyed by tho
wheelmen,
Tho Buffalo wheelmen aro well organized
and several efficient committees havo been
nppolntcd to make arrangements and plan
entortainment for the vlalttng wheelmen.
Tho meeting of thn International Good
Rouds congress, which Is to bo held In
Buffalo September 16 to 21, will attract the
attention of wheelmen throughout the
country. Plans will be discussed for Im
proving the roads of all sections of the
country nnd the estimated cost of the work
per mile will be figured nut In a concerted
movomcnt to Interest congress In the
scheme. A plan Is belnjj considered to
mako the governor of every state In tho
union a vice president In tho organization
and to have him enlist the representatives
from his stato In tho movement. The
various wheeling and automobile societies
will be represented at tho convention and
every effort will be made to outline a
plan of campalng to continue during the
entire year.
GREAT REVIVAL OF TENNIS
Good Old Qime is One Mors Utcominp
Popular in Omaha
CHANGES IN RULES AND CONSTRUCTION
So tv l-'inilcn n I'oiniinrlimi llctwi-m the
Old anil tli New Wn.vs of lltimlllnu
the Itui'iiticl .Mcmorlrr of Tour
nnliu'iitn of Other lliijn.
The seven days' wonder among the tennis
players Just now is tho great Improvement
In tho construction of all the paraphernalia
of the game over what It formerly was.
Most of thoso who aro frequenting the
courts this season aro players who havo
not handled tacquets before for six or
eight years. Therefore they aro all
stocked with a great store of tennis tra
ditions and memories. This fact naturally
causes a system of thorough and comploto
comparison of everything connected with
the gamo then with what tho sanio features
are now.
Difference In expense, alterations In style,
rules nnd grounds nro all discussed, but
tho theme ot greatest Interest Is the
"means by which" Itself. In racquets, balls,
nets, oven In llno-mnrkcrs nnd tenuis shoes
and racquet cases and presses, a great Im
provement In material nnd manufacturo Is
plainly apparent. Tho stuff Is not so much
cheaper than It was five years ngo, but It Is
a greut denl better ot Its kind.
All the locnl tennis men who took
active part In tho gamo several years ngo,
when tournaments of tho hottest nature
were of constnut occurrence throughout'No
braska and tho west during the season, re
member how thoy would then go through
such tilings. It was no unusual occurrence
at all for a heavy player to grind the gut
stringing ot his racquet clear through
during a single tournament, and sometimes
this would happen even In ono day during
an especially fierce and long match.
Of course It wns only hard driving players
who would do such things as that, but now
adays there Is not a man who handles a
racquet who can beat n holo through It In
a week of constant playing. It was tho
quality of tho gut that wns responsible. Tho
grit nnd sand nnd dust from tho court
would get In the cloth covering of tho halls
and grind away nt tho gut strings nt every
stroke, biting its way through them. Then
when worn thin, a smnsh blow would break
them.
Old. Time Custom.
It was then tho custom to string nil con
test racquets with a much lighter gauge
of gut than tho ordinary size. It wns thin
and moro elastic whllo It lasted, but wore
out quickly. That kind of stringing nlways
went through In a hard match. But lots
of tho big size would bo pounded out, too,
nnd that never occurs now.
All racquets aro now strung with the
regulation stnndnrd gnugo gut. Tourna
ment nnd championship players uso this
tho same ns nil others. Though tho thin
gut wns moro resolent, It wns found that
It did not havo tho power behind It which
tho extra weight of tho heavier gut brings.
Then thero were disadvantages In play
In using tho light size, ny tho tlmo It
commenced to wear It would glvo much
moro than tho larger gnugo and this Is a
drawback to play. A thin string worn
hnlf through will sag very badly, whllo tho
big ono does not show It so much.
Tho great object to bo secured In playing
a tennis mntch is to got a racquet that
will remain Just as near tho same as pos
sible In tension nnd shapo tho match
through. A player cannot well change
clubs, for ho becomes accustomed to ono
and ho wishes this to stay light all along
If It will. Tho thin gut never did thlb.
The thick stringing dors, or very nriny
so, nnd the least possible difference Is tho
wlshcd-for result.
In all other lines tennis equipment sur
passes what It was when the gamo was last
at its height In popularity. Racquets re
tain their shapo better, nets nro better
woven nnd tho knotting Is Infinitely su
perior. Nets nro now oven guaranteed to
last a length of tlmo that n denier fivo
years ago would never havo dreamed of
mentioning.
And the price Is no moro nnd in many
cases a llttlo less. So tennis players nro
satisfied, both from n financial nnd sport
ing standpoint nnd they nro glad to think
they can buy n ball that will not rip In
every seam tho first day and shrink to
two-thirds Its normal size In a week.
FAVORITES WINAT BOWLING
John Yooniu'pi Skill Enrim for lllm n
nitf Arlior Vltnu Ten
pin Ilnll.
July has gono and the crack bowlers
havo carried away tholr prizes for tho
month. As was predicted laBt week no ono
succeeded In heading tho high tenpln men
at either of tho alleys, for their scores were
remarknblo ones nnd may not bo duplicated
for many months to come.
So John Yocum won the big nrbor vltae
tcnnln ball at tho date City alleys, where
his record for July was 207, nnd Frnnk
Conrad took the monthly prlzo for tho gamo
at Clark's alleys, whero ho had rolled up a
247 score that no ono could surpass. Charles
Roscnburg won tho fivo-back prize at tho
Gato City rendezvous with a scoro of 16,
Tho hottest month of tho year Is past and
It has left a record of the most phenomenal
lot of bowling for such weather. Only three
days of August havo passed, but from Indl
cations portrayed In them tho fever Is to
continue and grow strongor as tho cooler
days come on. Already tho rollers aro at It
hard, chalking up the high scores for tho
first week's prizes nnd for tho monthly
honors. Here nro n few of tho things they
havo been doing tho past week:
Gato City Alleys Tenpln scores of 200 or
better:
Frnnk Conrad, 210, 207. 207: C. S. Senmnn,
20rt. 20X 210. 222. 203. 201: W. II. Stnnhcnhor.it.
223. 208; W. C. Nelson. 201; Hen Hull. 211. 201;
C W. Turner, 214; W. II Dnle, 221; Frnnk
Hlckey. 203; C. H. Hrlrionliecker. 200. 203; W
S. Sheldon, 251; Hubert Encell, 210; Ted
Nome, :iu; w. f. uiaruson, i'uo; u. u. HKin
nor. 202,
Clnrk 8 Allyn--Tenpln scores of 200 or bet.
ten
. It. Wlcman. 220. 217: W. T. Abnll. 205
208: M P. Huntington, 213, 213, 211, 210, 229,
222; W. H. Emery. 205, 221. 217. 201, 209, 213.
w. li. Htnpnennorsi. ;us; ueu ,enio, sw; u.
Senmnn. 229; A. Colo, 210, 211, 220- W. W
Hartley. Sfi7: M. n. Encell, 201; W. W. Cam
cron. 201, 211. 200.
Chnrles French won two prizes on these
alleys Inst week, that for four-back, with
S4 pins, nnd thnt In ninepins, by malting 29
in tnren successive games.
Charles Senmnn and M. H. Huntington nro
n tie with 229 ench for tho week's nlnepln
prize.
Hum 1 1 n k C!oHli,
W. S. Sheldon has made far and away tho
big scoro of tho week by rolling out 254 at
tenpins at the Gato City alleys, It would
not be surprising If this mark stood good
al through August for tho monthly prlzo.
The match series of eight rounds between
tho Gato City team and tho Omaha Redding
company team Is finished and rosultcd In u
victory for tho former by tho largo lead of
957 pins on tho total score. Tho match was
for a purse of $50.
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I do rot treat all diseases, but cure nil I treat. I treat men only, nnd euro them to
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engngo the skill of a dentist. Or If you nro burning with fever or shaking with
chills, tell your troubles to n family physician, They enn do more good than I can,
for I do not treat such complaints, nor pretend to euro them.
Hut If you huvo one of tho serious diseases peculiar to men, such ns VAUICOCEI.R,
KIDNEY o.- UHINAKY TROUBLES. CONTAGIOUS ULOOD POISON. SEXUAL.
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These discuses nnd weaknesses of men, nnd thoy ntone, nre my specialty. To them I
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which time I have discovered and developed various forms of trentmcnt which
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to Investigate) u cure that has made llfo a now to multitudes of men?
UlDIPflPRI C Under our Electro-Medical treatment this Insidious dlsenso rapidly
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CTDIPTIIDC Our Electro-Mcdlcnl Treatment dissolves tho strlctuio completely
OlnlUlUnC nil removes every obstruction fro mtlio urlnnry passage, nllny nil
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tries. It contnlns no dangerous drugs or Injurious medicines of nny kind. It goes
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contnglous blood taints In the system, or physical nnd mental dccllno frequently follow
Impotency. In treating diseases of nny kind wo always remove tho origin ye euro
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