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THE OMAHA DAILY liEE; SUNDAY, MAY l6, 1002. 11 r OMAHA'S nOODOO BALL TEAM Thirteen Plajert Keep Their Colon Well at : Head of Bace. FIELDING AVERAGE A PHENOMENAL FIGURE Tram Work of the Leaders Show War They Won (limn front the "Mronaeat of Their Opponent. .'htrtcen hoodoo? Mebbe. Depends on the viewpoint. For ample, If una were backlog any other team In the Western league, one would bit thirteen I the emblem of bad luck. On the other hand. If one were loyal to the Rourk Itea, one would tar that thirteen la Just the right number. You know Omaha ha been playing with thirteen men on the team, and behold the result. A triumphal march. Three out of four at Milwaukee, three atralght at Peoria, two out of four at Ken aaa City and the tint two at St. Joaeph certainly looka good from the Omaha enl. Two of the losses ohotild have been wlna but for hard lurk. In Milwaukee a game waa lost because Umpire Latham got In the ' way of a ball thrown from the field, and thua robbed Griham of a boms run. In Kanaaa City another gamo waa lost because a fly hit Into right field took a queer bound Into the bleachers and what ordinarily would have been a certain out went for a two-baae hit. Graham waa the unfortunate victim In both these games. The steady, conalatent work of the taam In tha field contlnuos, but the Improvement In hitting la alight. One of tha traditions of the dia mond la upaet by the position of the Omaha team In the race. "It lakes hitting to win games" ha been proverb among tha fans for many years, but here Is a team with out a heavy hitter In Its regular batting order- winning gamea right along. It la be ginning to dawn on some of the wise ones that fielding is alao a factor. Omaha has wonderfully fast fielding team, and Its hitters are conalatent, so that victories coma with great regularity. The team hit ting average la but .250, while the fielding average la .957, a really phenomenal figure. Bobby Carter leads the regular staff of hit ters with an average of .288, and Calhoun and Oondlng are tied with an average of .983 for tha head of the fielding Hat. Brown and A.Uoway.make a ahowlng that will bo tha envy of a lot of pltchera, with a clean record In the field to date, and they have had plenty of chancea. The Individual av erages. Including the twenty games played up till yesterday, are: FIELDING AVERAGES. , Outs. Assists. Errora. CtancM ATrif. Allows? Q, 11 0 11 1.0O0 Brown f 2 1 ooo Thorns 1.0 4 LOW ' CsII.OUO II I 128 .! Oondlng M - I lit .3 yismtof ..... 3 I M .'70 Carter S 1:1 tt . . Orshsra ...... t 1 ,1 , I) . .K7 Cents M t z ' 41 .Ml stewtrt ; n rr i is! .7 Doles ........ 4 . 71 . m .S'O Hlckey 17 41 t ' ' 71 Owea I 11 I U .M7 BATTINO AVERAGES."' ' At fist. Runs. Hits. Avers. Orshsra .. 10 1 1 .360 Thorns 11 .131 Carter 73 17 11 . Calhoua 77 11 11 .171 Oenln M 11 12 . .164 riming 81 11 II .! Own 10 I ft .lid Dele. 11 11 10 .344 Stewart 7 II II .140 Htcker 74 11 17 .110 Goading 10 1 11 .1M Brows IT 1 I .17 Alloway 17 0 I .111 Omaha cornea home tomorrow to start a twenty-game evriea on the home grounds, the date being: Denver May 19, 20. 21, 22. ' Colorado Springs May 23, 24. 25. 26. tea Moines May 28 . 29, 80 (two games). Kansas City May 11, June 1, 1, 8, St. Joaeph June 5, 6. 7, 8. .. Within another week Omaha will have lta , relative position pretty thoroughly Axed In tha Western league, aa by that time It will have met all the other clubs and have decided comparative strength with each. Denver la tha most formidable of the teams to como and much local In terest Is felt In the aeries which begins on Monday. Denver la playing good ball and - la "quite anxloua to take a fall out of Omaha. Tha only real feature of the last week la the effort Milwaukee has made to atrengthen. Hugh Duffy haa weeded out hla bunch aa far aa possible aad has added a number of new faoea to hla gallery, with the laudable intention of ahowlng a better class of ball for tha reat of the season. Omaha exchange 'says:. "One of the unpleasant atorlea told djrlna the week la that Byron McKlbben went to Toledo to tamper witn Dale Clear a team. No state ment aa to hla success haa yet been given out. but for the aood of the Western Irague It Is hoped that he will fall. So far j on ot Denver and Welmer of Kansas City are tie only known hurdlers In the Western, and they are. two too many for the honesty of the game. St. Joaeph prob ably needa to be strengthened, but why not do It in a legitimate way? Duffy la finding new material for his Milwaukee team In National and American league caatoffa. and it certainly aecme that Mc Kibben could do aa well If he would only iry. me svnair ajao naa tha color of a confession of weakness on the part of the Western league, for In coaxing players way irom me Kansas city American team Its superiority is admitted. This ours W certain to gain aymiMthv for the orpoalttoa. It waa hoped by patrons of tha game on both aides of the controversy that tha teat of etrength between the two organisations would be settled fairly and without resort to any underhanded or dis honest practice. Inducing players to jump SHin tracts Irj manifestly unfair and amounts BEST FCrt .s.CASCAKKT l-tcovi. Ii thia Ilk Ce.ntljr. Th r. Bot an be4 tut in Um B.OUIV IsMTtnf tht U-roatsB . fcni MfUsMtl. 11 tt r4.i pUaMia l biavnrj io thmm lattsMtl Of ft cm- im-WtU. pill. CASCARKTt tr parvly ftbi &4 ouuihla mo smrlaU ot oUla juta- rU potion . TUf ftraj) ttsftd) Of th Ul- xl rm4ta)tt 4umt tr4 u4 nr fciflei aa a i m ft i a n PURELY ' VEGETABLE cr for pt lctkr U f form. ..... CABCABFTtl r n.ltvsjpik9. Tbe.1 T.)U LB -fB I ! fooa fross ouiiug im the ( -k, piii.il f 4 r tonttMlon In im twni 4 YtU 4ls- el Mrtsi mt a B V ASTiSEPTIC LAXATIVE klat aaa bad aae km4 la tn sktsat. OASCAstKTS) ton fa siat na bwls Bll!fti UYER tTl.VJUXT in 1 it .i7,.i.aw. ... UtrirtktM)ju4tAtnttl. , Don't fudge CASCARETt by othtr new, unll. anything elas that's gold, nly gsnulna. tiawar. ml ImtUU... I : CDT CATHARTIC maj tf warm. nr tmnrrth th Www 1 ud puitk Inn visWrtMin ktttlkf ( ippiO to nothing less than the encouragement Ot dishonest v ." This awakening of a hardened conscience Is something wonderful to behold. Every body Interested In Western league base tall want to see things done on the siiuare, but the Idea of the Omaha man that the Western lengoe mnanstes should quietly fold thtlr handu and watch such fellows as Teheau rob the league of all Its good play ers Is stretchlnc the limit. If these fel lows want to pisv In the Weetern lea a He we are glad to have them, and If McKlb b n can get them, three cheers for Mc Klbben. Mickey, Tebeau Co. did not pass anything up In an attempt to break up the Western lenaue. and If McKlbben sees a chance to retaliate and can take It, Mac Is the hero of the hour. It looks as thojgh the Omaha fans are getting fright ened before they are burned. It la prob H" thst they se a chance to maintain their lend If the other teams are not strengthened, and the prospect of St. Jo seph getting hold of some star members has almowt scared them to death. As a result they have thrown up their hands In horror and are praying that Mr. Mc Klbben does not so far forget himself as to secure a teum which can skin Omaha. Oo It, Mac; we are with you. That Inexplicable fatuity which leads foojs to venture where angels hesitate, hat moved the young man who presides over the sporting page of The Denver Tlme3, to express himself In the foregoing. "Omaha exchange" referred to la The Bee, the excerpt quoted by the Timet being frotn last Sunday's base ball column. The Bee gladly accepts any responsibility that may attach to Its stand for honeety In base ball and In all other forma of sport. That tha alleged "raid" on the ranks of the Ameri can association Is aa unnecessary aa It has been- unfruitful Is shown' by the fact that Omaha, which was for many days the storm center of the base ball war, got to gether a team which any city In tha union would be proud to support, and did It with out asking a single player to violate a contract or ant, other form of obligation. expressed or implied. Omaha suffered tha greatest individual losa of any team through the Jump of "Dusty" Coona to Louisville, and yet were, he to return to morrow it would take the management a long time to decide which pitcher to sup plant In order to allow Coona a place on the team. When Billy Kllngman asked Tommy McAudrews to Join his Milwaukee American teanT'McAndrewe went to Rourka and laid the caae before him. Kllngman offered more money than Rourke was willing to pay, and McAndrewa waa given hla release, .going, to Milwaukee with a clear record and hla friendship In Omaha unimpaired. What Bill Rourke did could have been done by any other manager In the Western league, except, perhaps, Duffy, Qulnn and Hart, These were handi capped by conditions which surrounded their entrance Into tha league, but they have done what they could and are still doing all that ran be done to atrengthen their teams. In this regard they are en titled to all credit, while only contempt is due the player who violates a contract, tha manager who encourages him to do It, and the newspaper which openly upholds the dishoneaty ot either player or manager, The Bee's readers will pardon a still further digression for the purpose of de bating a-question which Is somewhat per aonal. The young man of, the Denver Tlmea lets not a single day go by without taking a poke at Omaha. In last Sunday morning's edition he emitted, the following Joyoua whoop: Aa predicted the runaway representa tives of tha Soup Bone trust came to grief when they ran up against the alugglng Cornhuskera. They were not only let down, but it waa with a bump that rattled their teeth. Kid Nlchole did the twirling and the slugging Omahogs managed to make five hlta oft hla delivery while the Kansas City , team pounded the Omaha pitchers for twenty hits. The Nebraska team will not be so confident that It Is J ulng to run away with everything In the eague now, and the chancea are that since the Ice has been broken- the other teams will frnoT it easier to let the Omahogs down. - Omaha' present position in the pennant race' la the best possible answer to that sneer, and In fact to the fusillade of similar flings from the same source. The fact that Omaha has met the same team that Den ver haa glvea alao a Una on the reapectlve merits of tha two. It la not thla point that Tha Bee how want to debate, but another of far more vital importance to the West ern league. As a base ball center Omaha needa no defense. Men who are familiar with the history of tha game In the west know that no more loyal or liberal sup porters of the game exiat than those who have made the game a success in this city. These people do not demand that the hdme team win every game, or that It win the pennant each year. They merely want good ball, and the players know that the visiting team la treated as fairly and at cordially at the home team ao long aa It plays clean, honest ball. In all Omaha's bass ball ca reer but one umpire haa been mobbed, the unapeakable Bausweln In the days of 1890, and wa have had to 'put up with soAe pretty bum umpiring at that. But when an Omaha man digs up hla quarter or half dollar for a seat In sun or shads aa hit purse or. fancy dictates, . he . demands the quid pro quo In the shape of a ball gams that It worthy of the name. Thta brings us to the real point at Issue. . When tha American association people were trying to get Owner Rourke to awitcb hit allegiance and desert the Western, the Weatarn mag nates promlaed that If hs would ttlck with them they would glvs Omaha tha bait of base ball. All the argument brought In favor of Rourka'a going Into the American hinged on the proposition that Omaha be longed In'a faster class. Rourke could not In honor withdraw from the Western, but he guaranteed that Omaha would get faat hall. Hla tbars of tha premlae has been THE EOVELS ..... CAHCARKTS locrn b Aww of stmlVin naralnfUOUa or. A Whlcft by tha mother Mak bar tut Ik mildly pur- Stl na hma aula uft rtta fftMJi n BOON FOR MOTHERS u wmi'j . tiif winy i U" for ika b-ta-i CASCARCTtf ra Uki by tUo chtl- 4ra. Tktoy vo4. u4 4 food. bP lB-Cwlto na rnmpa n4 kill ! 4riv off worm n4 tvll htnda of p r - lta tbavl ltT tn th PLEASE THE CHILCRES bowola of th grow. 0114 CAftCARKT tkn PfcHantly, par tkwanil. or gura io4 ko rra ny of onatittn, Binttar h ol4 n4 obaitn. r r tha Dioaoy will b UarfUy rfn44 CURE EUARARTEE9 yon 4ruiaa. CAncAtLrrn r oI4 br nil 4rug iav for lOc tAc, HEALTH FOR 0 CEITS poo o ecur4 nil will pro iktur Rartt and put yon o a ilfti! ro4 W pa i f ftitd Hrmtntot prrnntQt medicines you btvs triad. The art and infinitely superior. Try ten-cent hog today, if not pleased get your money back I Larger boxes, 25c or 50c. Sample and booklet milled tree. Address . gg ' Tsau imcs,t.nna toh,mhssis. fulfilled, for ha has got together a team of which Omaha ti proud. In many respects it la tha most competent that aver rep resented the city on tha diamond. At pres ent U outshines the other teams In the league aa an arc light outshines k tallow dip. Omaha people are not afraid of their favorite, losing, but they do not care to pay good money to see a first-class team play on which Is no match for It. What Omaha asks Is that the Western league magnates take some steps to bring their teams up a little nearer the Omaha stand ard and give us a pennant race that will ha a race and not a procession. With three teams above the .600 mark and five below the .300, there Is no occasion for speculation. The papers around the circuit are welcome to abuse Omaha all they like if It will only Induce their teams to play ball. Ono of the odditlea of the great national gome waa exhibited at Chicago on Tuea day, when the Chicago Nationals with one hit scored two runa, and the Brooklyn team with five hita scored no runs. On Sunday Brooklyn shut Chicago out, on Monday the dot. waa repeated, and Tuenlay Chicago reversed the order and shut Brooklyn out. This Is certainly remarkable ball playing. Incidentally Frank Seles la making a very good showing with his bunch of young sters. He has tried them well against the best the league can show, and it holding third place in a race where the only fight Is for tecond. If the reporter! are not using yeast on the figures, the western half of the Ameri can association circuit Is doing much better in matter of attendance than did the east ern. Milwaukee and Kansas City are turn ing out fair crowda under the conditions ot divided base ball, while Minneapolis and St. Paul are having dally attendance that looks like Sunday figures at Toledo and Louisville. But the figures have not yet mounted to the point where expenses will be met. If any dependence la to be placed In the Information at hand at to salaries and the like. UnlesB more people -pay at the turnstile the circuit of the American will be due for reformation before the sea son ends. NEBRASKA'S BASE BALL TEAM Splendid Showing Mad. br 'Varsity Boy. on Lonsj Eastern Trip. After a season unapproached In lta suc cesses by the experience of any previous' University of Nebraaka baae ball team, the present components of that organization have Just returned to Lincoln at the close of their last long trip with a moat com mendable record of victories to their credit. Indeed, the trail of conquest It almost un broken, only three defeate marring a scroll of twenty games. One of these three gamea, at leatt, the Nebraskans had no business to lose, for it waa to Kansas at Lawrence, Kan., and it waa lost to a team that tha Cornhuskera defeated three tlmea this season by good margins and thould have beaten again. Another of the three, too, tha one with Northwestern university at Evanston, 111., thould properly have been taken by Ne braska, aa Inexcusable mtstakea loat It. The game loat to Notre Dame, however, by a score of 2 to 0, was well earned by ..the Catholics. Probably the moat pleasing victory ot tha season waa that over the University of Minnesota, which had heretofore always beaten Nebraaka. Thlt waa, acconfpllthed In the. -Gophers' own- territory, .Then came another flattering conquasU over Purdue untveralty at Lafayette, Ind., Which .marked the first time that Nebraska had ever been able to win a game in' that state, the team having Included Indiana . 4n Its ..annual trlpa for five yeara aad mare. The other two gamea which Nebraska deservee especial credit for winning were with Knox college and with Highland Park college. The latter team had for two yeara been tha champions of the trans mlssouri country, Nebraaka having fallen before the Dea Molnea aggregation, in 1901. They took revenge good and plenty 'thla year, with a clean and wide margin of Vic tory. It waa also very heartening for 'varsity fana to see their college cubs play the Omaha league team to ao close scores In Omaha. Thla . showed more clearly than anything elae of tha aeason how far above the previous 'varsity etandard the present team la. The Omaha club Is far atronger than It haa been for two years back, yet In both 1900 and 1901 the Gate City profes sionals merely played with the collegians, while thla year they played ball with them. When Rourks's men went to Lincoln it waa rainy and muddy, and the 'varsity men did not .how up any better than- In previous yeara, losing by wide scores, but It turned cut that thia waa due to the un favorable conditions, which were far less disturbing to tha experienced leaguers than to the amateura. When tha boya cams to Omaha It was s different, tale, and the leaguer, found out after one exciting tea-inning gams snd s hairbreadth escape from defeat that they must work against the cubs to win. With dry grounds and the stage fright gone, the Nebraska lada certainly made a fine ahow lng for their school. It haa been remarkable what a good road team tha collegians have made. Arguing from that. It would teem , certain that It they bad . met the two eaatern foes who vanquished them on University Field at Lincoln, where every inch la familiar, they would have defeated the visitors, for the errors which lost the Northwestern game at , leaat have never been made by thla team at home. There remain only games with Highland Park and Crelghtoa university to play now, and the 'varsity should end Ita achedule with a flourish by defeating both, although each la a corking good team and likely to ba a hard customer. Captain Jimmy Bell la to be heartily congratulated ' for putting out for the first time a Nebraaka taam that could defeat eaatern competi tors, and It would aeem that tha nln. la now following surely In the steps of tha foot ball aquad. SOUTH OMAHA JUNIORS OUT Baa. Ball Team .f Merit Re.rc.nlaea aad Is Ready lo Metl All -Camera. South Omaha's Junior baae ball team, which mad. auch a splendid record laat year both her. and abroad, I. again In th. field with a atrong aggregation ot play era. Tha boys will represent the Union Stock yards again thla year. At ' a re cent meeting the club elected th. following offlcera: Anton. Lott, president; , Louis Ferguson, vies president; H. R. Sills, busi ness manager; Harvey Rsnwlck, secretary and treasurer. Th. tegm will Una up a follows: , Marcus Adams, Prank Qulnn, Grant Caughty, pltchera; Charles Miller, Walter Harhten. eatchara; Antoae Lott, Drat baa.; Jay Lefler, ascond base; Jess Clark., third bass; Dal. Talbot, ahortstop; Frank Me Mabon. Charles Afcofer, Lous Ferguaon. utaeldere; Jo. Cox. Charles O Hare. Wil liam Scovilla, aubetltatee. The boya wish to axpreas their thanks to th. bualness men and other friends who to liberally aawtsted them In putting cloaa t. $150 In their treasury. They will doa their new unlforma In about tan dayt and wUl then U' ready to play all Junior Uama In their class, a 16-year age average. Man ager Elite la already making arrangements for the trip out In the atate and would be gltd to hear from all Junior teams de siring a game on this trip. Address all challenges to H. R. Ellis, manager Union Stock Tarda Junior Baas Ball club, 221? N street. South Omaha. CREIGHTON CHANGES PLANS "Omaha's Own" 'Varsity Team Aban dons Ita Northern Trip and Takes On Horn. Gamea. The northern trip through Dakota and Minnesota which waa acheduled for the Crelghton Untveralty Base Ball team dur ing the last week waa abandoned, because members of the faculty thought It entailed too extensive an absence from classes for the playersx Crelghton's short eastern trip waa cer tainly a great success. The Isda on tha' hill felt that they had a clever aggregation thla year and they expected to give Simp son college a hard atruggle, but they hardly hoped to do more than make a good showing with Highland Park. They underrated their own strength, and came home with scalps of both the Highlanders and the Slmpsonlans in their belts. The Simpson men put up a hard fight from the first and It took the Omaha lads nino bard Innings to defeat them. At Dea Molnea the Gate City collegians found Highland Park ready for a hard tussle, for Nebraska had left word that Crelghton was exceptionally atrong thla year. At the end of the aecond Inning, when laat year's champions bad obtained nine runs, it looked as if the rumor were false and the Crelghtons were outclassed. Then the students from Omaha began to play an uphill game, auch aa had not been teen in a long time. Shutout after shut out was administered to the Iowans, while the Omaha men began hitting wherever and whenever they pleased. Such slug ging had never before been seen on High, land field. Before the game closed seven teen aaf. hlta were credited to Crelghton, more than any two teams had obtained from the champlona In the last two yeara. AH this shows the value of stick work and the Crelghton university men should fully appreciate the endeavors of their coachera in this department. First base haa been one of the weak posi tions on this year'a team. When Welch waa out of the box he filled It perfectly, but with Harry tn the box, and there he la In most heavy games, a first baseman was hard . to develop. McCaffrey and Stone were tried and both filled the position pretty well, but accident, or absence pre vented them from steady work. James Mahoney, a freshman from St. Mary's col lege. Is the latest candidate. He Is a big six-footer, built more for the gridiron than the diamond, but his agility Is amazing for one of his stature. His weak point la at the stick. Owing to special work he was unable to come out during the early spring and profit by the excellent batting practice that the ethera Indulged in. When the management abandoned the northern trip two gamea at home were Im mediately aubstltuted, and though they were not with the heaviest of teams, still they proved Interesting and well played ball gamea. Thla week witnesses two very hard home gamea for "Omaha's Own." To morrow Highland Park will meet Crelghton on the home ground, and It la pretty cer tain that the "Scottle." will make a ter rific fight to win the game and thua avenge their defeat at Dea Molnea and break even with Crelghton for the season. On Satur day occurs the gam. of the aeason, for then Crelghton will battle against the Ne braska "Varsity boys, and If It be safe to Judge -on form, the contett will be a fait and a' close one. TOURNAMENT FOR AMATEURS Tennis, Golf and Trap ShootlnaT for Three ' Day. at Lincoln Thla Month. Sportsmen of the middle west, no matter what tbelr especial hobby may be, are to be offered a great treat at Lincoln during the last week of May, the occasion being a grand western interstate tournament, in cluding Bhootlng, golf and tennla. The lo cation of the affair will be on the grounds of the Lincoln Golf club, and alx entire days will b. consumed In the meet. In tennis . the western Interstate cham pionship in both singles and doublea will be played, there being only those two events. May 29, 30 and 1 are th. daya for th. tennla matchea, and to the winner of the . .ingle, will go a handsome silver cup, valued at $40. Th. runner-up will get another, valued at $25.- There will also be a consolation prize. In doublet the two winner, will receive eaqh ..silver cup, value $50 each. In golf. May 28. 29 and JO will b. given over to the play for the western interstate championship cup, for th. wettern Inter state amateur championship and for. the club western Interstate championship, teama of five td enter. The program i. split up as follows: Wednesday, May 2S. ft a. m.: Qualifying round at medal play for1 western interstate championship cup, value 140, to become the property of winner; alao for second sixteen (consolation prise.) Cup value, 126. Playera making the lowest sixteen scores In the qualifying rounds 18 holes to com pete for the championship at match play; the alxteen players making the next lowest scores to compete at match play for the consolation prlxe. A special prize will be given for the loweat acore In the qualifying rounds. 1 p. m.: First round western Interstate amateur championship 18 holea, match play. 2:80 p. m.: First round, aecond alxteen, for consolation prize 18 holea, match play. Thursday, May 29 :S0 a. m.: Second round western Interstate amateur cham pionship 18 holes, match play. 10 a. m. : Second round, aecond alxteen, for eonaola tlon prlxe 18 holea, match play. 2:80 p. m : Semi-final round western Interstate ama teur championship 18 holes, match play, t p. m. : Semi-final round, aecond sixteen, for consolation prise 18 holes, match play. Friday. May V 9 a. m. : Start of the match play against bogey for the club western Interstate championship. Teams of five and only on. team from each club to compete 18 hole.. Cup to the club of the winning team, whose namea and scores shall be Inscribed thereon; value, 110. 9:40 a. m. Final round western Interstate championship 18 holea. match play. 10 a. m.: Final round, aecond sixteen, for con aolatlon prise 18 holea, match play. Scores in the Anal rounda above to count. If de aired, in team play against bogey. 1p.m.: General handicap. 18 holea, medal play. Limit of handicap allowed any player eighteen strokta. First prise, cup valued at i. to become property of winner. Also prise for the best net score. 1:30 p. ni : Handicap, 18 holea, meial play. Open to Lincoln players only, for tt t of McGregor golf sticks. Score In the Seneral handicap to count In thla event If f sired. Also prise for Lincoln player making beat net acore. Shooting will begin on May 21 and con tinue through May, 27 and 28. All targets will b. thrown free. There are twenty-five events echeduled tor amateura only. Mathematical Demonstration. Harper's Magaxine: "How la thia. Alex ander T" aald Mr. Pot hurst. "You told me at the beginning of the century that you were going to etrlctly limit yourself to smoking ten eigara a day, and, it I am not mistaken Is my count here you are puffing away on your twelfth." "True, my dear," answered Mr. P., "thla Is the twelfth cigar today, but a. a matter of fact I hav. only emokad eight I never amoke over two-tblrde ot a cigar; can't do It without scorching my mustache. 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S. combines both purifying and tonic properties, something that cannot be truth fully said of any other remedy. OUR MEDICAL DEPARTMENT: At the head of this branch of our business are doctors of experience and skill who are thoroughly familiar with all the peculiarities and symptoms -of us fully and freely, and our physicians will give each individual case careful and prompt attention, for which service nothing is charged. Vast numbers are taking advantage 01 our offer of free medical advice, and the tures are often hastened by timely suggestions received from our physicians. Book on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. FIELD CLUB'S NEW QUARTERS Handsome Buildings Await Formal Opening at End of Month, IMPROVEMENTS MADE DURING SPRING New Dancing Pavilion Added and Equipment of Clab Hone. Changed In Manx Es sential Respect. With 125 aerea of Ideal rolling grounds, dotted in just the right placet with treea and laid off after a perfect model in va rious athletic fields, with a complete equip ment of club houses and accessories and with almost 600 enthusiastic members, the Omaha Field club will accomplish the formal opening of lta second season on Saturday, May SI. Thia affair will be almost aa much a housewarming In honor of improvements Just completed to the value of $10,000 aa It will be an opening gala day in greeting to spring and warm weather, which la the fonudatlon of existence of outdoor athletic clubs. Far more pleated with the hand tome addition! to all department! of their summer borne than the fact that the time to occupy It haa came are moat of the members, and their pride la well founded. The Field club waa generally regarded at a very handsome and desirable place when It made lta Initial bow in tha summer of 1901. Loud were the praises aa to He loca tion, lta fine club house with lta handsome furnishings and lta athletic accommoda tions In all lines of amateur aporta. Tha member who vlaitt the place on May 31 for the first time thlt year will hardly be able to believe hla eyea, ao great hat been the transformation. Ever since the frost left the ground and even before that a crowd of workmen haa been swarming over the club prop erty, exerting every effort to make the Im provement the more radical and the addi tions and changes the more atrlklng. Un der the direction of the executive 'commit tee tome thousands of dollars have been thoroughly spent In a very thert time, and to judiciously that the moat faatidtoua member la-unable to think of anything more he wishes the club could offer. , What the Chances Are. Most Important of all the Innovations It perhaps the new building, located Juat weat of the other one. Thia it a combination ot pleasure placea. Most Important It the huge dancing pavilion, which monopolixea the ground floor. Thia will prove one of the strongest social drawing earda the club possesses. It is of great extent and la wide open to the outdoor air, there being nothing more between It and the open atmosphere than a pillar here and there. Meanwhile all round and about the pavilion it a broad veranda, which la practically a portion of the dancing floor, at one may walk from one to the other without ao much aa atepplng over a alll. At protection for tha dancing floor agalntt Inclement weather the veranda will aerve, with ita wide, extending roof. Then there will be huge curtains of aubstantlal material that may be lowered all around, cloalng the pavilion In completely. At one end ot the hall la a little room to be utilized aa a cozy corner, a tete-a-tete rendetvoua. Below are four handsome bowling alleys, with ample accommodations for caddlea and pin boys. May 17 will aee thla building completed. Just now only the milling Is delaying It. The dancing floor waa laid Friday and Saturday and now the bowling alleya can be put In, a careful Job. Werk of tha Wantea. The addition of thla new building means some changes for tha better tn the eld one. What waa formerly' bowling alleya It now locker rooms and sbower br, for the mea. The reception room haa bTa greatly Im proved and a special committee of women, named as a subcommittee of the house com BL00D RASHES AND PIMPLES FROM I BAD BLOOD. PAIWCAH, K v., March 17, X90J. . OhnTLKmkn : Some two years sro I suffered a great deal, caused on account of bad blood ; small rash or pimples brokn out over my body and kept getting wots day by day for over a year. A doctor told me that it would cost one hundred dollars to cure me. I could not at that time span this amount, and seeing S. S. S. advertised in the papers, and having also heard it had cured several people in this city, concluded to try it. After ttsine the medicine for some time, taking in au nix or seven bot tles, I was entirely cured, and am very glad to recommend it to all needing a good blood medicine. Yours respectfully, loao Clay St Edw. C. Long. blood and skin diseases. 1 hey are in the truest and best sense of the word specialists, and for this reason information or advice from them proves most valuable and helpful. Persons suffering from Rheumatism, Sores and Ulcers, Conta gious Blood Poison, Carbuncles and Boils, Scrofula, Malaria, Catarrh, Eczema, Tetter, Psoriasis, Salt Rheum, Acne, or any of the diseases originating in the blood, are invited to write mittee to secure furnishings for It, hat suc ceeded wonderfully. The membera were Mrs, Byron Smith, Mrs. Sumney, Mra. J. H. McDonald, Mrs. W. C. Sunderland, Mra. II. L. Whitney and Mra. J. B. Rahm, chair man. These women Dave solicited for do nations all the membera of the club within their reach, and the stock of pillows, cush ions, pictures, furniture and money they have accumulated la a lasting credit to their Industry, They only regret having been unable to aecure the addresses of many ot the members, and wish to announce that any help from those who have not yet been approached will be very thankfully received. The cafe ia a work of art thla season, and the broad veranda on the old club house la even more Inviting and attractive than before. The f first meals were served in the cafe a week and more ago and there have already been several dinner partlea held there. The opening day itself will Include a re ception in the afternoon and a dance In the evening, both In the new building. Then there will of course be all manner of things to eat and drink and music win filter forth from every nook and corner. Meanwhile there will be an ample ath letic side to the opening. A base ball game, c tennla tournament, a golf conteat and a bowling tourney will offer a field to suit the taatea of one and all, for If you don't like one do the other. Y. M. C. A. ATHLETES ARE BUSY Physical Director Barn Selects Route for Annual Trip jt Hlklna- t'lnb. The route for the fifth annaul tramp of the Boya Hiking club, soon to occur, has now been chosen, and everything la In readiness for the start on June 18. Phys ical Director Barnes of the Young Men's Christian association will, aa usual, have charge of the journey, and he haa just returned from a little preliminary pedes trtanlsm of his own, during which trip he located the course over which he will lead the boys this year. "I have a beautiful trip mapped out from Omaha to West Side, Ia., and re turn," aald Mr. Barnes. "It will take the boya through a moat delightful piece of country, following the Boyer river most of the way. West 81da la eighty-two miles from Council Bluffs, so the lads will do altogether a little over 170 miles In their tour. W will take a week to It, so It will be eaay. I took my time golug over and three daya waa more than I could conaume. . West Side Is on the Chicago & Northwestern railway, the second station eatt of Denlsoa, Ia." With the advent of real spring weather the local athletes of the Young Men's Christian association gymnaalum have left their Indoor haunta with a leap and a ahout and are at laat turned loose to gambol In the open air at the athletic games and exercises which they have been working at on a reduced acale and In limited space all winter. Already the athletes have taken the measure of their field and track accommo dations at the Amea Avenue park; already tha well known equipment of tweatera, Jerseys, running breecbea, short legwear ct varlout descriptions, shoes ot divert klndt and towela and bandagea have been transferred from the gymnasium lockers to those in the park quarters, and the sprint soil has already known the weight ot many lightly clad feet at tht varloua runt, Jumps, hurdles and vaulta were gone through with. Rain all during the early part of last week kept the onea who are training oft tb tracks for several daya, but tbey were out again Friday, and on Saturday was held the first brush of the year, a short program of contests between various members of the ateoclatlon. Next tn view. In addition to th regular acheduled work-oist every dy, ia a contest between the champions of the association And of tbe Omaha High school in a regular track and field meet. Thta will occur In the wt' IMPURE BLOOD CAUSED DEBILITY AND LOSS OF APPETITE. Kashvim.8, Tksn., March 30, loot. OENT1.EMEN ; For over two years I euftered greatly front impure blood, causing me to feci debilitated and unfit for work: had no appetite and could get no relief from doctor or medicines of any kind, until finally alout seven years ago I was persuaded to try S. S. S. I soon noticed a change in my health for the better. . I con tinued its use, and at the end of three months 1 waa completely well, and toy appetite -haa been good ever since, and I now weigh 250 pounds. I consider S. S. S. the best blood medicine to be found any where. Yourt truly, R. SlDEBOTTOM. 610 S. Market St. Clark's Bowling Alleys! 1313-15 Harney St. Biggest-Brightest-Best ! DR. McGREW (Agi 53) SPECIALIST. Dtas amd Dlaoaaaaro ( Jftaet Oafcr. B Years' EBrlaa. 15 " 1st VARICOCELE 5S& foSSSSOf. safest and most natural that haa yat bean discovered. No pain whatsnrar. no euttlna! and doaa not Interfere wits work or buaf BMs. Treatinaot at ofhea or . at bozoe aad , permanent cure guaraniead. - - -. Hot Springs Treatment- for Sypiiills And all. Blood Diseases. No ."BREAKING OUT" on tha akin or face and. ail axtantal eigne of the disease diaavpoar ft out A treatment thai, la mora sueo-waful aud far more itatlataetory than -the "old form" of treatment and at Use than HALF TUU COtiT. A cure that la guaranteed -z b permanent for life. OVER 20,000 ae""ty?Uria of rtuoSif anU ail Unnatural waaj-net ef snaav, sftiiotur. Gleet. Kidney and Bladder la aaea, Hydrooale. cured par-xuutauUjr. lIUAratilCS LOW. CtiSHHtXTlOIt FHJC10. Treatment by mvOL P. O. Boa: 7te Offioe over Il . lath atreet, batwaaa Far ajb and Poustsuw ah.. fiMiHi., future, although the date la not yet def initely determined upon. It will comprise a complete program of track and Held eventa, thirteen, in all, at followa: One bundred-yard daah, 220-yard daab, 440-yard dash, half-mile dash, mile run, running high Jump, running broad jump, pole vault, 120-yard hurdles, 220-yard hurdles, shotput, hammer throw and relay race. Thta event In prospect meana aome hard hustling in training by the probable mem bers of both competing teama. The High, school boys of athletic Incliaatlona have for tbe moat part' been training at tbe associa tion gymnasium during the winter, and ao the competitors will be youtha who have been working side by side for months, and they will for this reason have more or leee of a measure of each other's ability. For the same reaaoo, too, neither will have bad any advantage over tbe other In outdoor work, as both have juat left tha trata and hardwood floor for tbe tuntbtn. tnd mother earth. That makes tt certain that all the boya will be compelled to work hard from now on, for In at least half of the eventa their Indoor work of tbe winter haa given them no cbance for preparation. Take the hurdle races and the ham mar throw and shotput especially and gymnaalum facilities are not adequate for work along those lines. In tbe runs, too, starts can be practiced in tbe gym and also dlatanca runa, but there ran be no dashee ot more than a few yards. 80 at present none of the athletes are fitted to any extent for the meet, and In order to make a good ahowlng they muat needa do aome tamest work be tween now and then. Tba only department In which tbey do not need Improvement it breathing, for In that they will doubtleta ba In fair form from constant indoor prac tice. But all the other desirables, such aa atrlde, distance, track craft and the re aarve spurt la the runs, must be brought out again by some Judicious atteotlon te tralnlag along tbote lloee.