TITE OMAnA DAILY BEE: FrSDAT. JANTAI.Y 31, 11)04.
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MAGNATES CRAWL TO THE DICTATOR
Eitmt Aetlnw ( Tot Years
Win He Eitl14 and
Make Him Walt ma
One Mora.
Tbeait.
That tells the whole story, but for th
fceneflt of tha Inquiring public wha mn
wiint Mitt of the details. It may be ft
down that Geirf Tebenu la now tha
whola thing In tha Western lesg-ie. Just
a ha la In tha American association. Mat
ter of tw lesguc. owner of franchises
In three towns, and of two In one town,
.with tha power of Ufa or death over all
tha outers, ba looms up bigger on tha baaa
ball horisnn than any other man. Four
yra ago ha finished his aotlva career
aa a player, having been with tha Colum
bus club at a salary of 11.3)0 that sea
son; how ha went to Denver and became
Interested In tha formation of tha West
ern league baa recently been told In Tha
Bee. Today ha abenlutely dominates two
league. Bo much for bis rise. Whether
his methods an to b commended as such
is another matter. It la probably enough
to say that ba la endorsed only by thoea
who are directly Interested In his move
man ta; hia career haa shown that ha has
BO permanent and abiding Interest In any
one but Tebeau. Omaha will sea mora of
bun and bis methods before the summer
ia ever.
Hers Is an editorial from tha Sporting
Mews of BL Louis that explains very
briefly why Packard quit the same. If
Tommy Burns of Colorado Springs can
ft an satisfaction out of It; he Is wel
come to It.
Burke and Bums are the only magnates
.of the Western league who participated In
its annual meeting at Sr. Joe. Mo., on
December 14, 1SH. at which the resignations
of I.ennon and Tebeau were accepted,
Rourke permitted to withdraw hia restgna
tion and Hlckey deposed. This was the
order of the proceeding as shown by the
minutes and Rourke makes affidavit to the
en i lertiises of the records. Burns will.
It la understood, teetlfy that no resignations
wre offered or acted upon, but a cut-and-drled
resolution was adopted, depriving
Tbesn. lnnnn and Beall of their rights
of membership without the opportunity of
making a defense. A. B. Beall of Sloug
r!lT will. It Is claimed, corroborate the
testimony of Burns, who. for two years
and o"r. through "misrepresentation" of
facta by Rourke and Packard has wronged
his recent ally and. conscience stricken. Is
leslrous of restoring him to his "rights."
Packard and Burke, the owners of the
Denver club, became suspicious of Burns
hefnre the time set for tha meeting at
Lincoln, hut concluded that he would not
go bevoml a refusal to further contrib
ute to the BUDDort of the Kansas City
club and went to Lincoln prepared to
finance It without hia co-operation. Btirna
not nnlv declined to advance money to
the Kansas City club, but manifested hos
tfiltv toward the Denver Darties doing so.
Thin was he first evidence that Burns
waa In collusion with To beau. Had he.
through unwillingness or Inability to as
further llahilltv. decided to withdraw
from his connection with the Kansas City
club, and allowed others to take tip the
burden, he would have escaped censure.
Developments will show the nature of hia
alliance with Tebeau. The details of the
settlement of the affairs of the Kansas
r-iw Miuh will rMkcnme nubile In time and
conjecture, which are now considered cor
rect, may find corroboration. Burn a went
Into the Western league-American asso
riMtion flrtit without consideration. He
. i- tha Ho nt hern hotel during th
laar annual meeting of the National as
sociation that while hia aasoclatee were
wondering- how they would get rW of
Tebeau and the rebel element In 1901, Be
isiimed direction and had -him and the
.H .. - - ' . 1 ... in e m minutes
CXnT this achievement, he gained naws-
paper prominence. He iiva up "
r.romleea and obligations be made to hia
Western league partners, but with evident
reluctance and waa careful to take to him
self all credit for the victory over Te
beau. References in large type to him aa
the "Millionaire Mine Owner. the West
em I-eague'a Angel." "A Gain Fighter,
etc etc . v re not distasteful to him and
served to rtlally recompense him for the
eontrtb-uons he made to the cause. As
a matter of raxrt. ne eminimi """"
to the support of Nicholas club than Pwf,"
ard or Van Brunt and waa far more dila
tory in responding than either. Packard
fulfilled every obligation that he assumed
and his proportion of the losses at Kansas
city have been paid without a. whimper.
He la past the prime of life, baa a large
Insurance business In Denver and la In
base ball because he la a fan. He waa
Tebeau a security for the lumber that
went Into the Denver park In 1W. Prior
to that time. Tebeau traveled to the '"lin
ing camp of the team he signed with on
advance money. Hia Columbus saiarv for
the n receding season waa O.Hw or there
abouts. Packard went Into base ball two
rears ago at the uncut solicitation of
Burns and Rourke Hia Denver invest
ment stands him W "9 and he haa lost
aa much or more at Kansas City and Mil
waukee. Dles-uated at the turn of af
faire at Lincoln and to eocme eonnec
tions that have recently hwme distasteful
to him. on the advice of his friends, ne
accepted Tebeau's otter for his club and
will get out of base ball. "?,"
ta closed. Hia retirement would be re
gretted by the better element In baae
baa
Now. let us read the thtmble-rl aging
resolution that was adopted hy the
Western league at Its meeting In Chicago.
Tou will note that the name of W. A.
Rourke la not signed to It:
Whereas, The members of the Western
prauinnil Rase ball rluba on
Itecember 1 WOL. In meeting; duly eonvened.
did vote George Tebeau out of said meeting
and did deprive mm oi am wuv-r
Kansas City membership In said Western
taiB.,, s n it
Wlires. Wa have examined the minutes
ef the Western league annual meeting,
held In Denver November O, 1Mb. at wuitn
im. TaimaiL who waa ante owner of
the Denver franchise, waa also voted the
Kanaaa City franchise lor a penoa oc icur
seers; and
Whereas. We have discovered further
vtdence which clearly defines Tebeau s
rights In the premises, and believing 1 our
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duty to reli ees the wrong es far sa It
lies In ur power, now therefore he It
H-enivd. Thai we. the mffnlerl of the
Western league, hereby recognise George
Tieau i legal r'ahts In the Denver and
Kanaaa City m"tnlerhlp In said Western
ieacie. and he is hereby reetored to sil
ngnts snd privileges sa a member In good
atamilng: and he it further
Resolved. That this resolution be In
corporated In the minutes of this meeting
this Jtn duv of January, 1!4. Chicago, Li.
To the above we. the members of the
Western leegue. do hereby attach our
signatures.
THOMAS F. BCRN3.
For Coloroado Springs and Milwaukee.
C. D. RAWI.N.
For Dea M nines.
R. R. BURKE.
For Kansas City snd Denver.
"Saver of sooth and prophet old. How
are we to know?" If the recorda of tha
league are to be handled so lightly, and
the whitewashing resolution so promptly
signed by Mr. "Me and Van Brunt" Burns,
who waa aft eager to Invest the whole
Portland mine towned by hia brothert in
his effort to exterminate Tebeau. what
ay we expect next? Bill Rourke s fore
sight may not have been on a parity with
hia hindsight, but he Is too much of a
man to stultify himself by signing any
such resolutions.
Rourke will have Just as much to say
abuut the affairs of the Western league
now aa he haa bad at any time nothing.
He la on the board of directors. Just aa he
has always been, with two against him.
and that la all he will get. lie owns the
franchise In Omaha, and will be allowed
to maintain a team her, and do bis best
to secure the public support, but be Is
against the proposition that hia business
Is at tha mercy of men who do not Uke
him; they can do what they did last season,
close the playing season ten days short.
and cut him out of the revenue of a series
of home games, or anything else, and be
ran like It or do the other thing. Burns
will find plenty of ways to annoy Rourke,
and will always be sure of tha support of
Sexton, who Is a Tebeau man out and out.
Lovely prospect for Rourke, Isn't It? Even
the home knockers couldn't ask for any
thing worse.
Another lltt'e man who has bumped
into tha Tebeau proposition during the last
week Is one J. Ed Grlllo, who lately gave
up the place of base ball writer on a Cin
cinnati paper to step Into the T. J. Hlckey
shoes. Mr. Grlllo began his campaign as
president of the American Association by
handing Mr. Hlckey a lovely package on
Incompetency and the like, and giving a
brief two-column outline of - how ha
proposed to run things. And. ail of a
sudden. George Lennon of St. Paul, who
happens to be the Tommy Burns of that
league Just now, la installed as chairman
of the executive committee, and Is
reminded by the board of the club that
the executive committee Is a live body
and Is expected to do Its duty. Its chair
man la vested with plenary powers, and
Just at present an outsider can scarcely
discern where Mr. President 3. Ed Grlllo
gets on. It's a cinch he will not have much
to say about the affairs of the league.
Once more the fine Italian hand of (i.
Tebeau is to be faintly described behind
the screen that divides the Innermost from
the Inner in American association affairs.
round-robin la signed In which the mag
nates pledge themselves to stand, each for
all and all for each. This concerns only
the "charter members,' and provides there
shall be no merger or withdrawal of any
during the life of the franchisee. Aa thla
agreement waa taken to Milwaukee for
signature by Dale Gear, who is tha Tebeau
figurehead at Kanaaa City, and aa Kanaaa
City waa maJAiujr the big uproar over Te-
beau'a Intention to leave that town in th
new Western when the merger takes place.
It la easily seen that it la but a bit of dust
to blind the Kansas City eves to the wily
magnate's real Intention. The rwond-robln
won't be worth a darn when Tebeau gets
ready to Jump It, and tha Western league
haa shown how easily black can be changed
into white if this great master of baae ball
trickery only wills it
Btlll again la the little transparent sham
of letting tha Lincoln and Pueblo franchises
lie "dormai.t" during tha coming season.
Rata. Why didn't the Western let the Mil.
waukea and Kansas City franchises, that
had tangible representation. He dormant?
Neither Lincoln nor Pueblo haa a franchise
In the Western, and In the case of Lin.
coin, at least, there Is no application far
one. Lie dormant. Indeed" Lie unborn
would nave been a better way to express
It. And why? In order that the fiction of
population may be kept up, and the West
ern retain Its place In class A under the
national agreement. If.lt was population
they were after, why didn't the magnates
plant those "dormant" franchises In New
Tork and London? That would have given
them people enough. What a bowline farce
that Chicago meeting waa! With some
rag-a me music and a dancing chorus It
would be a mighty good "musical comedy."
In the meantime, Hun-alt for tha bob
tailed lecgue: Papa Bill win begin to get
together his warriors In a few days, and
when the frost gets out of the ground he
will have them prancing around down at
Vinton Street park, getting ready for the
opening of the season. He is to have
Colonel Frank Selee and his Colts here for
guests again thla spring, they are coming-
in April, and Bill wants to have his as
semblage ready to larrup the Chleagoana,
Just as they did last spring one game.
Sis clubs is better than no base ball, and
Tebeau and Burns ean't give it to Omaha
any worse than she has had It tn this Una.
Bo, pleas look pleasant.
Don't be guided by aham prejudices. Or
der Champagne according to your own good
taste then It'll be Cook a Imperial.
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-IN'TWE WORLD
SHOTGUN EXPERTS ARE COMING:
Wee at Oaaasja This Week Will
Draw Lara Crowd ef
hooter.
Beginning on Tuesday , and concluding
Friday of thla week the local sportsmen
are to act as host for one of the biggest
shotgun tournaments ever held In this sec
tion of the country. This event la known
aa the Interstate midwinter target and live
bird shoot. Aa originally planned the tour
ney was to constat of three distinct shoots,
one to be held st St, Joseph, one here and
one In Kansas City. The St. Joseph shoot
waa held in due style and the Omaha
marksmen came off with second money. The
second shoot Is tn beld in Omaha this week
and then the third and last one will be
held at Kansas City.
The announcement is made that the tar
get eventa are open to amateurs only,
though experts are welcome to shoot at the
targets. The live bird handicap la open
to ail and tha regular interstate rules will
govern. Shooting will commence promptly
at o'clock each morning and tha grounds
will be open for practice on Monday, one
day In advance of the tourney. The head
quarters for the shooters will be the Mil
lard hotel. The money for the shoot will
be divided on the following basis:
Fifteen target races, 35, 30, 20 and IS per
cent.
Twenty target races, an, 35. 3J. 16 ana lu
per cent. .
uv Dim races, nose i. a, anu .
Announcement Is made that Fred C.
Whitney of Des Moines will cashier the
shoot. Whitney Is one of the best known
sportsmen In the west and haa officiated In
the capacity of cashier oftener than any
marksman In the west.
The target team race will be at fifty
targets per man. the teams to consist of
five men each. This event Is open to shoot
ers from Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Ne
braska. There will be an optional Indi
vidual sweep. Entrance, C money to be
divided 3a, , 20 and 15 percent.
The T. L. Combs trophy, a beautiful cup
worth $W, is donated to the management
of the shoot by the T. L Combs Jewelry
company of Omaha and will go to the high
gun In the target team race, ties to be shot
off at 25 targets. The cup will be open
hereafter to challenge by an eligible Inter
state shooter putting up IE sgalnst the cup.
holder to name date and place wtthin thirty
days or forfeit cup, all such matches to
be at fifty targets per man. The manage
ment of any Interstate team shoot may
redeem the cup, to be put up at open com
petition, by paying the hoider tlO. The
contests for the final ownership are to
be held in the Omaha midwinter tounuv
menta of IMS and 19ul and any former
holder la to be eligible to compete for final
posflession.
The program for the big midwinter In
terstate shoot is aa follows:
Forenoon .first day, Tuesday. February 1
Vvent Entrance. Added.
1 15 Dlckev-blrd targets i.tw iu
2 15 Dickey-bird tartlets l..v W
J -"0 Dtckey-bird targets to 10
4 15 Dlckey-bird targets l.S 10
5 IS Dickev-blrd targets 1.50 10
1 Dlckev-blrd targets 2.00 10
A fternoon
7 is nickev.hfrd turrets .... 1.30 10
a 15 Dlckev-blrd targets 1.50 19
-20 Dlrkev-bird targets 2 10
10 IS Dlckey-bird targets l.n 10
11 15 Dlckev-bird targeta 1.5 10
12 20 Dlckev-blrd targets S-Oft 10
13 X Dlckey-bird targets 2.0
Forenoon secona aay, v eaneeuay. o-
-iinrv 3
Event Entrance. Added
1 15 Dlckev-blrd targeta O.50 .10
2 15 Dlckev-blrd targeta 1.5 10
Dtckey-bird targeta W
4 15 Dlckey-bird targets.. L5 W
5 15 Dlckev-bird targeta......... 150 10
t 30 Dlckev-blrd targets 2.09 10
Afternoon secona any
715 Dlckey-bird targets 15"
g 15 Dlckey-bird targeta 1.50 10
2ft D1okey-b1rd targets lOS K
On Thursday the open live Dira nanai-
cap event will be pulled oft, the handicaps
ranging from twenty -seven to thirty-three
yards. Each gun Is to have rwenty-nv
live birds, the entrance fee to be S3L
Fourth Day. February 5. Interstate team ,
- a. ll sva. Vslas wae r-rrWaa Hirsrlg. ivw I m
rHir-p . I1TV Mil VaCta I. W vi 1 J . W uta
Tht will be an optional individual
sweep, 110 entrance. Money in sweep oi- i
vided 38. 30, 20 and IS per cent.
Expense of Team Races High team pays
nothing. If five teams enter, second high
pays 15 per cent, third high 20 per cent.
fourth high 30 per cent and fifth high 35
per cent. If six teams enter, expense will
be dvided 30. 25, 20. 15 and 10 per cent.
If more than six entries, will be divided
In proportion. In target team race, ex
pense will be divided the same. In the
team races, plgeona will be trapped at 20
cents each and targets at 1 cent each.
George L. Carter, state game warden,
was in town last week, filling out licenses
for tha local sportsmen. It is made a
fineable offense in this state for a game
atar to go tn quest of gam outside his
own county lines unless he haa a state
permit or license. The license which Mr.
Carter haa furnished the local sportsmen
says that the open season for gees and
ducks In Nebraska Is from September 1
to April IS; for chickens and grouse from
October 1 to November 30; for quail from
November 1 to 30. A hunter ,1s permitted
to bag- twenty-five birds of any kind for
one day's shoot, but he may hav ten
geese, fifty ducks and fifty other birds in
his possession at any given time.
The announcement waa made during the
week that the Grand American Handicap,
which la the big shoot among the sports
men of tha United 8tats, will be held at
Indiana polls, beginning tWlne 20. the week
following the republican national conven
tion and rates hav been granted by all
the railroads of th country. Heretofore
this big event has been beld hi Aprlt
Some Idea of the magnitude of th Grand
American Handicap may be gathered when
it Is stated that at this event in Kansas
eJlty last year 101.330 traps were thrown.
This year' there wlU be six days of shoot
ing. On Monday a preliminary program
will be arranged for the men entering; so
they may become acquainted with the
grounds and the tournament proper will
begin on June 2L There will be five acts
of traps, three of which are already In
position.
Y M C A ATHLETES NEED DATES
Basket Ball Laaaralahee Imm
Teaaea Caaaet Ftad Werthy
OaBHaeata
the
The Toung Men's Christian association
still finds that lis hands are tied in the
matter of getting dates for basket ball
gamea. With the exception of the Sloux
City dates, there has been much that la
uncertain about the basket ball season thus
far. The remark waa made at the Toung
Men's Christian association the other day
that banket ball does not seem to flourish
this winter aa It haa in the past. It la as
serted that most of the winter athletes are
devoting their energies to other lines of
sport, principally Indoor gymnasium work
But this does not seem to offer a satis
factory solution of the matter to those who
have sa Inquiring mind. It Is held that
the comparatively new games of hotkey .
squaan, curung ana similar games are
largely responsible for the scarcity of bas
ket ball players.
Whether thla be the true solution of the
matter is undecided, but the tendency of
the Toung Men's Christian aaaociatloa and
ether al hie tea to diseard basket ball for
other tines of sport can not be doubted, for
the evidence that thla Is so may be aeea en
vary kaad. Th bar, log horaa, fciga Jump
snd other events are coming Into line this
winter aa never before. It la urges! that
basket ball, at best, is a little too much on
the herole and demands the undivided at
tention of Its adherents, and even then but
five men oan participate in a game and
thus the rank and file of th athletes are
merely spectators, which has come to be
something distasteful to the average Amer
ican youth. The banket ball enthusiasts
are found among the high schools and col
leges, none the lees. The lovers and fol
lowers of foot ball think they are right at
home In witnessing a game of basket ball,
so dearly do they love anythtng which he
semblea their favorite fall sport and which
they would have continued throughout the
year If It wer within their power.
The Toung Men's Christian association
bovs were Jubilant over their trip to Sloux
City last week. Although they came off
second bestr they are confident that a good
showing was made. In one respect at least
they have reason for congratulation. Ray
mond Cornwall, a member of the local
team, won, the three standing broad Jumps,
cover! ng 30 feet and t Inches, and breaking
his own record. This la the record for this
event for the west. .Mr. Cornwell Is a good
athlete and hopea to make a good showing
In thla event and the fifty-yard dash thla
year at the St. Louis exposition.
ANXIOUS TO KNOW LOCATION
Traaesalsstaalssl tlelfere Waat Get
a LJae eat Place of Tearaa
naeat.
Transmlsslsplppl golfers are anxious to
have the directory announce definitely
whether the 1904 championship event Is to
be held over the Minlkahda course at Min
neapolis or elsewhere. A majority of the
directors favor this course, but no definite
announcement of their decision In the mat
ter can be made at this time. The Minl
kahda course Is a nine-hole affair with a
total length of 1850 yards and a forty-two
bogey. The length of the different holes Is
as follows: 1. 310: 2. 360; 3. SIS; 4, K, 6, 170;
. 440: 7. 44; 8. 140; . SX.
The Minlkahda club has a beautiful lo
cation near the west shore of Lake Cal
houn. The clubhouse, which Is of colonial
design. Is situated on a high bluff overlook
ing the lake. From the porches one can
seen Minneapolis In the distance, and from
the street cars on the boulevard on the
east side of the lake tha golf club build
ings appear to advantage. The club haa a
resident membership of 400 men and 350
women, and was organised in 1K. The
clubhouse and grounds, covering sixty cres,
were opened In 189. The nine-hole course
lies directly behind the clubhouse. The
Minlkahda links have something of a
name because of the smoothness of the
greens and the beauty of the surroundings.
While the course lacks the hills and woods
which constitute the natural haxards. arti
ficial bunkers placed throughout the course
offer the element of uncertainty that makes
the game attractive.
If the transmlsslsslppl championship is
beld over the Minlkahda course there Is
every reason to believe that the annual
contest for honors with the Western Golf
association's picked team will be held over
the same course and at the same date. Tha
Transmlsslsslppl Golf association team won
a victory over th Western Golf association
last fall and the- latter haa been looking
for a return engagement ever since. The
TransmlssiBsippl Golf association directors
think It would be well to kill two birds
with one stone and have both events held
at the same rime inasmuch as the Trans
mississlppt Golf association's best golfers
will all be present at the tourney and If it
can be pulled oft at that time they will
not have to make an extra trip somewhere
else at another date. If this is dona the
TTansmlssiastppi Golf association champion
shin affair will take an extra day and tha
I contestants will be required to devote ex-
. .nnual Bhamulonshln
tourney.
Golfers throughout th land are now ask- I
lng when Ihe United States Golf association
will become a real national governing body.
Those who would Uke to see the parent or
ganisation assume a mora democratic as
pect have had their attention called to the
iollowlng facts:
There, are thirty "aaeocl&te" golf clubs
;n the United States Golf association.
Only tha aaaociaie-1 ciUDa nave ma njni
to vote. . .
Allied" clulfc pay dues and may each
send a delegate to a United States Golf as
sociation meeting to "look on." "Allied"
club delegates can not vote. .... ,
There are more than l.biO golf clubs In
the United States eligible for membership
In the national organisation.
Tha proportion of the east against tha
west in the associate club membership la
25 to 6.
Allied clubs are really victims of "taxa
tion without representation."
Annual dues trom all clubs might well
be baed on a unit of membership, th min
imum to be 15.
Editor Crafts W. Hlgglns, in th current
issue of the Golfers' Magazine, takes up
this question and discusses It In the follow
ing manner:
We have grown accustomed to calling the
Unltod States Golfing association the na
tional body, and its champions national
champions. Such a designation, however,
is a decided misnomer. There are about
l.Si gnif clubs in the United States, and
members from four-nftsa of these clubs
are not eligible to co-rrfpete for the United
State Gulling association championship,
aa their clubs are not members of the
United Statee Golfing association. How In
the name of St. Andrew can auch a com
petition be Justly called a national contest,
or an association of only 26 members out
of l.w be designated the national body, la
beyond my comprehension. Instead of being
a national association the United States
Golfing association Is merely an oligarchy,
and aa at present constituted will always
remain auch.
Tha fact should not be forgotten that tha
Untted States Golfing association- can no
longer wear the clothes It donned when It
was an Infant. Its constitution and bylaws
ware devised long ago. when SO per cent of
tha golf was played tn the territory of the
Hudson river. There la now much more to
the game than when It was played by a
few enthusiasts In ths territory of New
Tork City, yet this fact does not seem to
have any weight with the "powers that
ba."
Two well known golfers on this side have
arranged a trip to the other side of the
Atlantic in the spring. They are E. V.
Byera, finalist for the last two years In the
amateur championship, and winner last fall
of the Ekwanok open tournament, and F.
O. Horstmann of the Chevy Chase club.
Messrs. Byers and Horstmann will be ac
companied by Horstmann s two Bisters and
will make an extended tour of the English
links, being ths guests of Norman and
Mansfield Hunter, the two brilliant British
golfers who did such good work In this
country last year when the Oxford-Cambridge
golfing teams were here. Byera and
Horstmann will participate In the open
tourney at Sandwich In May.
A "Golf Enthulast" aska what consti
tutes a stroke tn golf. Several things enter
Into a stroke. If by any means whatso
ever, whether Intentional or otherwise, a
player cause his ball to move, except off
the tee. he is said to have taken a stroke,
or. to speak more to the point, he must
take a stroke. Cases have been known
where a ball haa been touched on the green
with the putter, where a stroke was not
Intended, and where it was not counted.
but If an opponent aaw fit to do so he could
compel the player to count even such
maneuver aa that a stroke. Very little
latitude la granted ia tournaments in this
matter at strake, As snianetraOsg thla U
Cures
B. W. DENNIS
CURED OF
RHEUMATISAl.
miSS ELLA HARRIS
A Nurse Girl,
Cured by Uricsol.
For a booklet ask
Sherman
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COR. 16TH
may be stated that the practice stroke la
forbidden unless the player walk off a
pace or two from his ball, place his back
to tt and make the stroke In the opposite
direction from which he Intends to make
his real stroke. If. in addressing a ball,
the latter be moved, either by direct con
tact with the club or because something
lying near the ball haa been touched by the
club and caused the ball to move, a stroke
Is counted, whether the player Intended to
make one cr not.
Why shouldn't soma of the golf courses
In this part of the country get into shape
for bidding for some of the big tourneys.
It seems that the big national event la
going begging. Some are also worrying
over th iocatlon of the Western Golf as
sociation championship event this year, as
th question of what course it will be
played over has thus far proven a source
of speculation and disappointment. Shonk'
the United States Golf association do the
right thing and make its governing policy
more democratic, then the golfers m thla
section of the country will feel like coming
forward with claims to recognition. If one
or two of the big tourneys oould be held
out thla way It would do more to advance
golf than anything that could be devised.
which is not saying that the gam la not
progressing hereabouts, for ther Is no
gam in th United States that la making
such wonderful strides as golf-
LAWN TENNIS TAKES A SPURT
St, Croix Clah Will Get Sew Cesrts
and Belld a Club
Heaae.
Tennis as a role doesn't figure greatly
In the mid-winter sports, but a recent
move of the St. Croix club has brought the
game prominently to the fore for the time
being. Finding that It could not again se
cure the use of the courts on Harney street
near the Metropolitan club, the St. Croix
club has determined to secure a tract of
ground a little further out, but still easily
accessible to the members. Here a club
house and other accommodations will be
provided, and at least ten courts will be
laid out. I
Ths St. Croix club had a very prosperous
year last season, and at lta meeting on
Tuesday night th outlook was so encour
aging for membership during the coming
year that the directors determined to go
ahead. Two available tracts of ground.
with areas of from three to five acres, are
under consideration, and a decision will
soon be reached aa to which will be taken.
Either Is said to be admirably adapted to
th club's needs. On these the courts will
be laid out, th club house built, and a
fine lawn spread, so that the members will
be able to Indulge In their favorite sum
mer sport under the most encouraging con
ditions. Already the club has a member
ship of about If, and this will bo In
creased during the spring. Efforts will be
made to Interest the women In the game
one more, to lend additional sest to tha
sport. At th club house social functions,
dancing and the like, will be among th
features of the summer campaign.
Thla move on the part of the 8t. Croix
club merely emphasises the importance
tennis has resumed ss a sport in Omaha
and tha west. The Omaha fixture, tha
midwest Interstate championship, haa at
tracted attention from ail the tennla world.
more than ever because of the high claaa
play at tha meet last summer and the qual
ity of the contestants. Such correspond
ence aa had been had during the winter
seaaon lndicatea that the gathering of ten
nis men In Omaha next fall will be the
greatest ever assembled In the west, not
even excepting the Chicago affairs. At
present the plans comprehend holding the
midwest Just far enough ahead of the New
port to a!!ew the western cracks to play
here and then go on to tha national tourna
ment from here. This is being done at the
Instance of a number of celebrities who
want to take part in both meetings.
The St. Croix club haa been admitted to
membership In both the National and West
ern Lawn Tennla associationa. thus mak
ing its members eligible to enter any of
the tournaments, eaat or west, tt ia too
early yet to even gossip about the sum
mer's play, but the St. Croix people plan
on holding a number of local competitions,
to which all Omaha players will be Invited.
The scope of these may ba extended to ad
mit players from abroad, but this has not
been decided upon. With the St. Croix thus
active sa th spurt, the Field club keeping
up its magnificent efforts and the Bhrlners
snd ether Tganimations in lively existence,
tennis bids fair to ea)oy a prominence ia
Omaha it has not had, la masr jeara
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Sought his fortune in thf gold fieMs of the frozen N'orta
contracted severe rheumatism and suffered for three years.
He took Uricsol after trying tiany so-called cures. Read
here what he says:
Saa Francisco, Oct. loth, Ufa.
rHesol is th only remedy I ever took that did me any good, and furthermore,
th only remedy that has not injured my stomach.
Crlcaol has helped me greatlr and I keep my Rheumatism In control by Its oc
casional use..
I have recommended It t others and have noted Its beneficial effects.
B. W. DENNIS. 103 Sacramento Street.
Miss Ilarris was glad to give her testimony. She? suffered
continually and had lost all hope of ever getting well. Sir
bottles of Uricsol eliminated the excess of uric acid and she
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San Franoisco, Oct. Id, 1901,
I am a years old and have been a nurse girl since I waa 13 years old. In the lat
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became necessary to give up working. I could scarcely lift anything. Doctors hav
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