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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1903)
r It f TITE OMAHA PATIiY HKE: SUNDAY, APKIL 20. 1903. 17 Mildly stimulating finest table beer for wives for mothers for everybody a health-building tonio carefully brewed only beer made from pure spring water palatable and thoroughly good. Delivered to any. part of Omaha, Council Bluffs or South Omaha. JETTER Em Order a case from the OMAHA Telephone 1542 or LEE MICHELL, wholesale BRE WIN SOUTH OMAHA Telephone 8 dealer, COUNCIL BLUFFS Telephone 80 BASE BALI G0S!L OFWEEl (Continued from Sixteenth Face.) mal tt Emporia. May 7; Fort Riley at Fort Riley, May 8; St. Mary'i at Bt. Mary'a, May 9, and Kansas State Agricultural school at Manhattan, May 9. TENNIS COMES TO THE FORE iforal Interest la the 1 and Maay New Art at Wo Oint Retlrti Players Work. Th,is spring tennla is pushing Itself to ward tbo ' front . until It begins to over shadow all other forma of ' aport In tbe number of people who aro actively en gaged In the playing of It. While only a few courta are a yet ready for the playera, ejsurta are being planned for or are in menial process ot making on all aides. The .Jwfft hot days of summer will And forty courts la tbe city and fully 760 players. While the greatest of the work la being taken up by clubs and groups ot people, a number ot the courts are private. Many ot these private courta are not really good courta, but they will tend to act as a great stimulus' toward the advancement ot tbe game, a they will give their owners a 'wonderful cpportunlty to practice con tinually and much oftener than if Joey had to- rely entirely upon club courts for. the opportunity to play. Local dealers, both wholesale and retail. In sporting goods declare that tbe sale ot tennis supplies this year Is already greater than that of last year, which was the best .year for tennis that Omaha had seen in alz years. Tbey have bought for local dis tribution 1.000 rackets and already tbe stock la some ot the grades has run low. Other supplies have been bought as freely. Entire new equipment has been bought for many of the old courta and othera have bought equipment for courts that have had their inception thla year. Several reasons have been assigned to thla sudden leap iuto favor in two short seaaons ot the game that had practically died out. Nationally tbe game has been coming more and more Into prominence again after a lengthy dormancy. It grew the eaat and two winters ago ping pong, parlor outgrowth ot the game, was in vented. Ping pong captured the hearts ot the people and reigned to the exclusion of cards, billiards, dancing and almost all other winter pastimes, but lta life was short. One year In tbe east and one and a halt in the west found It one of the pleas ures of the past, but It had aroused Interest In lta parent among many people who had never been so Interested before and the tennis courts grew In number and goodness with the Increaae ot players. Tbe fever spread to the weat. Last year the Field club held the Four-State Tennla tourna ment In Omaha and Interest was strong. The home people took hold ot the game and were soou fond pf It again. 'The older, players dragged their racketa from the dark cornera ot closets and garrets and new players flocked to the standard. Practically all ot the club courts that were crowded with tennis devotees last summer will be their haven this aummer. They are being leveled off and smoothed up preparatory to the starting of the game. At the Field club the six courts are being put In better shape than they were for the tournament last summer. Two of the center courts are being supplied with a brlckbrat underfilling, which makes them free drain ago courts. On these two tournament games will be played. The passing summer rains will not hinder playing for more than a few minutes, as they will dry almost aa quickly aa they are wetted. Tbe remaining four will be the aame as last year, ami they were, then, as fast aa any clay courts In all of the western country. Last year's tournament was a success, far greater than had been anticipated, and this year second tournament of the "Four States" will be held' on these same courts. Beginning August 17, the tournament will last week or ten days. The playera from abroad, who were considerable then, will return, and their number will be aug. mented by others who did not understand a year ago the excellence of It. The Field club will probably join the Western Tennis association and. being a member of that, othera, who play tennis more then well, will be drawn here. Besides, arrangements are being made by the club to hold a series of club, city and Intercity tournaments for small trophies. These will be In a way a sort of prepara tion for the larger tournament in August. mm mother should bo ( Every mother feels great dread of the pit in and danger attendant upon the most critieal period of her life. Becoming a source ot oy to all. but the sufierinsr and danger incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of misery. Mother' Friend is the only remedy which relieves women of the great pain and danger of maternity ; this hour which is dreaded as woman's severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is avoided by its use. Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent or gloomy; nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions are overcome, the system is raado ready for the coming event, and the serious accidents so common to the critical hour are obviated by the use of Mother's menu, "it is worth its weight in gold, says many who have used it. fi.oo Dottle at amor stores. Hook containing valuable information of interest to all women, will ft be sent to any address free upon application to Misers Mm At the Field club the greater number of the better tennis players are centered, and all that were there last year are with them this year again, with the exception of only one. From the crowd of youngsters, for the players at tbe club number 200, a number ot good men are expected to develop, and there Is little danger of the game waning there. The (our courta which the Young Men's Christian association haa placed at Nine teenth and Farnam streets are an acces sion to the courts of the city, for none were there before, and last year the asso ciation had no courta. Now they are to have 100 men playing through the coot, bright mornings, and tbe long summer evenings on these courts. The men themselves are mostly of tbe younger set, and few ot them are ex perienced players, but one never knows but what aome of the begt men may be making from this very class. Teara ago there were five courts to the west ot the Metropolitan club on Harney street, and they were famous as the Metro politan courts, but they have not been used for aome summers. Many men fa mous In the history of both western and eastern tennis. In the years gone by, have played matches on these grounds. Now a coterie of young men about town have gathered together and are planning to place four courta where the Dve once were. Little work Is- necessary to put th s courts in condition and but for a little darkness and dampness the courts will bo as good as any in the. city, with tbe ex ception of the tournament courts at the Field club. A few of the members are experiencsd players and all ot them have. In the past, played tennis to some exieut. Once or ganized, they are going to work bard and Intend to enter In the tournamenia as they are played from time to time. As yet no name has beon given this club, but It Is probable that It will be known aa the Metropolitan Racquet club, and will be continued Into the winter as a social organization. Tbe Shrlner courta, a few blocks up from the Metropolitan courts, have been reduced to two this year and are being put Into shape for play. The membership this yesr Is about tbe same as last, but bas been cut down to ten, which is all that the courts are able to accommodate. MANAGER TELLS OF ROBBERY Edale Hablaaoa laalats that Clarence Baalish Dlda't Get Fair Treatsaeat. Manager Eddie Robinson, for Clarence English, waa In town the ether day talking about tbe fight pulled off In Kansas City a week ago last Thursday night. "It was a palpaMe steal," he astd, and showed a number of newspaper clippings to back up his statement. ' "The whole thing," he declared, "wis ar ranged so thai English could not get tbo decision without his giving Yanger a clean knockout blow. Even tbe newspaper reports that went out from tbe Kaw were garbled more or less. Everything was fixed and there waa no hope for Engl ah from the atart. The refusal ot Yanger's manager to eves talk of another fght at once, despite tbe purse of 15,000 we oOertd, goes to erave that they are afraid of another bout. It was English's fight all the way through and the crowd knew It. Why, when tbe fight was over the ,crowd surged down on tbe stage the minute the decision was given to Yanger by Bardell and only the policemen saved them from the crowd, which was so frantic and calling names and threats after Bardell and Yanger. "The old talk about condition is an old one and everybody laughs when you begin It, but the truth of the matter Is that Eng lish was not in condition and had not been for a week preceding the fight. When he went In he waa wobbly and after the first round was tired out, but laughing. Yanger couldn't punish him. It was his own efforts which were wearing him out. But he was game and would have stayed long enough to put Yanger to the bad It tbe fight had been for a longer number of rounds. "The crowd was with English from the start and you won't find many who saw the fight that won't declare that it was a pal pable steal. Some of the papers came out the next morning and declared that It was the biggest steal ever perpetuated In tbe annals of the ring and they were not far from right. "Th athletic club know that tbe thing was not straight and have practically ac knowledged it by giving us the pick of the men that English Is to meet on May IS. We picked O'Keefe, and be has been signed for the fight. O'Keefe Is a welterweight and Is a good man. Not as good aa we might want, but It will be a good fight." Whether English was beaten out ot the decision at Kansas City Is a moot question and there is s great deal ot Indecision as to it. However, English proved himself one of the comers In tbe ring In this fight. He was fighting under adverse conditions and forced tbe fighting st all times. He la only 19 and young In experience, haa nerve and is a steady fighter. With a few more yeara added to his bead he will be one of the best men In bis clais in the country. When be was here with Robinson the other day he looked as fit aa a fiddle and strong as a bull. H bas a good reach and stands punishment well. When he stepped Into the ring at Kansas City he had a record of thirty-eight knockouts and decisions to his credit and never a draw. His backers were confident tbat he would win and they forced tbe Yanger odds to even money. Even after the decision went against him they remained confident and declared that they were still ready to back him and did everything In their power to show that they not only believed In bia ability, but believed that he waa wrongfully cheated out of tbe decision. It can readily be seen tbat it would be very undesirable for Yanger to have lost the fight, especially as he bas several big goes on at present. Besides Clarence Eng lish wss an unknown and it would look bad for Yanger to be cleaned up by an unknown. The Nickel Plate Road. Ia the short line to the east and the serv ice equal to the best. You will save time and money by traveling over this line. It has three through daily express trains, with thorough vestibule sleeping cars and American Club meals, ranging in price from S6o to 11.00. are served In Nickel Plate dining cars; also a la carte aervlce. Try a trip over the Nickel Plato road and you will find the service equal to any be tween Chicago and the east. Chicago de pot, Harrison St. and Klfih Ave. City Ticket offices, 111 Adams St. and Audi torium Annex. John Y. Calahan, Genera! Agent, III Adams St., room 198. Chicago. UAIT FEATIBES OF LIFE. James F. Pieroe of Chester, Pa., found something waa tugging at his shad net while drifting near Chester island, and after a struggle landed a sturgoon weigh ing C50 pounds. Ha has been fishibg the Delaware for forty years and this Is the biggest sturgeon he ever caught. The owners ot an enormous sheep ranch In Montana suffer so much from the con sumption by. prairie dogs ot the tender shoots of grass, which are an Important part of the diet of sheep, that they have determined to Import cats enough to ex terminate the dogs. The first company ot 100 cats Is being recruited at St. Paul. A facetious writer In the New York Post shows anxiety for the future of the cats, their work being accomplished. He says if tbey do kill tbe prairie dogs they will have the choice, subsequently, ot starva tion, cannibalism or brigandage. An engineer on a Kansas railroad has made a request to be allowed to run faster than sixty-five miles an hour, because a Jackrabbtt has been making tun of him on his run. A ackrabbit Is noted for Its speed, and this particular jack. It seems, has been In the habit of coming out ot his burrow, just south of Olathe, Kan., when he hears the flyer coming early In the morning, looking up and winking at the engineer, and then, throwing back bis long ears, racing alongside tbe track. He seems to know tbat the engineer may not run ahead of his schedule, so he keeps up only a fslr speed, but at tbat he often gets on the track In front ot the locomotive, and, putting up one foot to hia face, spreads out his toes and makes a stgn perfectly familiar to all small boys, which is ex pressive ot the highest scorn and derision. This is a true atory and vouched for by a Kansas paper. The commissioner of street cleaning In New York City, Mr. Woodbury, haa been explaining how the municipality derives revenue from every bit of street sweepings and refuse collected In New York and be la proud ot the good results from tbe city's Incinerator and "dlgestor." "Now what do you suppose," he said, "frequently clogs up tbe sifterT Why, hairpins! Do you know we sell tons of them and get quite a revenue from them? And what do you euppcae came out of the 'digester' the other day? Two II bills. After the refuse U sifted," he continued, "it goes into the digester and later on Is covered with oil. The top Is skimmed off and what do you think we do with that? Why, that goes to Holland or France and comes back to this country aa perfumery." In 1889 H. B. Dunbar, a former hotel keeper ot Boston and Cincinnati, obtained a divorce from his wife despite her vig orous opposition. An agreement waa finally reached by which Mr. Dunbar was to pay her (89,000 In annual payments covering a long period of yeara. Upon the execution ot this contract Mra. Dunbar permitted her husband to obtain a divorce. With tbe amount ot money she was to receive she could provide fcr herself and children very comfortably. But Mrs. Dunbar had re ceived only (8.000 when Mr. Dunbar went into bankruptcy. After his discharge from hia debts under the bankrupt law bis former wife brought an action in the city court ot Boston, tbe contention of her attorneys being that he was not discharged from this obligation by the bankruptcy proceedings Mrs. Dunbar lost tbe suit In the lower courts, but Immediately appealed the case and had tbe decialon reversed by the su preme court ot Massachusetts. Now Mr. Dunbar has appealed to the United States supreme court. The Munchener Neueste Nacbrtcbten an nounces tbat a big pressed corn beef de posit has been discovered In the Yellow stone park. "Evidently," says the Neueste Nachrlchten, "enormous droves of cattle have, during the triocene period, been caught by a revolution ot tbe earth and burled by the thrown down mases, Tbe ex tensive saline deposits In the district pre served and seasoned the meat; the cold ot tbe Ice period kept It for aeons, and under the Influence of the immense pressure ot the masses of earth and stone It has been transformed Into a kind ot salt meat, which, as to taste and nutrltiousnesa, la not In-, ferlor to corned beef." The Chicago Jour nal adda some still more wonderful details regarding the discovery of mustard and boiled cabbage in the same neighborhood: "When the cataclysm occurred the beast who were canned, so to apeak, were graz ing on a field of mustard, and the grinding of the glacier pulverized the mustard, flavored It with the oil ot the animals and impregnated their flesh with It to the queen'a taste. As for the boiled cabbage and boiled potatoes, they evidently grew uncooked in great abundance In those days, for millions of them are found within half a mile of the corned beef mine, boiled and kept bot by hot springH, in which this re gion abounds." You cannot set a first-class dinner un less tbe wine you aerve is Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne. You Don't Have to be a Mathematician To run a Waverly. It Is almplloity itself, always ready the most desirable method ot transit for business far pleasure for ladles for gentlemen A complete Electric Automobile. affouag every convenience of operation and com fort in rldlnr. Prices 1850 to 11500. The Thomas King of Gasoline Automobiles. Can be speeded at the rate of 26 tulles an hour without the least trou ble. A lady can si art and stop It with one foot. Pretty deaigns every modern feature safe aud sure. Prices, 1 1,2:0 to S1.400. Second-hand Auto mobiles from (400 to $900. J. J. DERIGHT & CO. 1119 Fortiam St. OMAHA. NEB.
