TITE OMAHA' DAILY TIEE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1004. -
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SFGirrins gossip of the week
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Doing right well.
Just to- show that the tear. la all right
when the player get together, the Rourke
family took flv came from the Colorado
Springs bunch during the week, and tum
bled that aggregation from the proud po
altlon at the head of tha column, mo long
maintained by It. The game lost to Den
ver last Saturday should have been
Omaha'e, and ao the whole series should,
but let that pass. If the team does what
is looked for with Sioux City, get six out
of the eight three will be played on tht
home grounds It will go west this week
In good position to make a fight for first
place. While Omaha Is playing Sioux City,
Des Moines Is playing St.- Joe, and that
ought to make a little difference In the
standing of the Hawkeyes. They have
iianging on just behind Omaha like a
cockle burr to a sheep's back, and promise
to make a great stand for the honors yet.
Denver and Colorado Springs are having a
session at present, the outcome of which
Is sure to leave second place within' reach
of either Omaha and Des Moines as the
result of the next series on the Moun
taineers' grounds. It Is not unreasonable
to expect that the teame from the valley
will make a better ahowlng on the occa
sion of their next trip west than they have
. yet this aeaaon. At any rate, the ,trlp will
,go a long way townrd settling the cham
pionship prospects of the four teams.
Umpire Kelley lost his home at St. Joe
'on Thursday, when he gave the game to
Des Moines. 9 to 0. In the beginning of the
ninth on account of the conduct of the
home team. Percy Chamberlain was real
provoked by Mr. Kelly's announcement.
ind declared his Intention of protesting
the game. On the same day at Sioux City
Umpire Keefe took an active part In win
ning the game for the bomo team, and
stuck several lines on the Omaha player3
who protested. Bobby Caruthers had to
stick a five-dollar plaster on Jnck Thorn
ton's mouth during the game Wednesday.
Verily, the umpires have their trouble,
even In a six-club league.
For those who delight In the statistics
of the game The Be offers a tabulation
of the pitchers' work so far this season.
It Is a very Interesting showing and will
convince more than several columns of
words those who wondfr why certain
changes were made. Llebhardt was the
greatest disappointment at the bunch, for
the promise he gave during the short time
ho was with Omaha last year Indicated
that he was a sure comer. President
Rourke expresses the opinion that Lleb
hnrdt hurt his arm during the early days
of the season In Colorado, when he went
In on several very unfavorable days end
pitched as hard as he could. He did nit
recover from the effects of this until after
he had gone to Rock Island, where he has
doing remarkably well. Omaha atlll
claim on Mm and In all probability
he will be wearing an Omaha uniform next
season. Big Ben Schafstall la another whi
didn't come anywhere near making gocd.
His arm waa gone when he came here In
the spring, but he was kept on In the hope
that he would come around all right. Ho
didn't get to the point of making good, and
although, he was with the team four weeks
on salary, he only pitched two and one-half
games. Benny Henderson blew up right
at start and easily earned his release. He
was sent In twice, going the full nine In
nings In one game and four In another.
During this time he was hit at the rata of
thirteen hits to the game.
Paul Companion Is ' the champion hard
luck pitcher of the.team, one of his loesos
Including a seventeen-lnnlng 8 to 2 game
with St. Joe. That was on May 17, and
came pretty early In the season for that
sort of sensational performance. But Com
panion has somewhat redeemed himself by
shutting Denver out twice, once on their
home grounds. He Is now out of the hos
pital and will be In condition to work again
by the time the team gets back from I'D
next western trip. He was Just rounding
to- for the season when he wss taken sick
and the club certainly lost the services of
"A valuablo man when Companion was re
tired.' War Sanders Is the stingy pitcher
of the team, making the batters on the
other sld work for everything they get.
Jack Pfelster la the strike-out pitcher and
Kddlo Quick- is the fielder. But thf y all
field well. Brown Is the pitcher who doesn't
allow safe hits and leads the list In games
won up to date. He certainly Is the find
of the year.
For the matter of that, the Omaha pitch
ing staff la -as good as any of them, and
the results that have been achieved during
the last four weeks Indicate this. Since
leaving Colorado Springs Omaha has played
twenty-nine games, meeetlng all the teams
In the league, and has won nineteen of
them. This Is a .6T6 clip, and Is better than
any team in the league has shown. Since
the Fourth of July the record Is not quite
so good, arid yet It Indicates what may
reasonably be looked for. The team haa
played thirty-eight games In that time and
won twenty-two of them. This la at the
rate of .679, and Is quite satisfactory. Since
Quirk and Sanders Joined the team Brown
and Pfelater have only to work In their
regular turns, and with a good msn In the
box every game, the fielders have more
confidence In the outcome. This mokes a
great difference In the style of play, and
Is counting big In the standing table Just
now.
The Rourlce family Is keeping up Its
record for shutout games. Two years a to
It became famous all over the country for
handling the whitewash brush, snd this
season It Te showing a disposition to re
gain the name. So far. Including Friday's
game. It has shut out Its opponents nine
times, and has been shutout five times this
season. St. Joe haa been the hooloo
team for the Rourkes, shutting them out
three times, while the Grizzlies admlnls
tered the other two coats. Twice Omaha
has lost by the score of 1 to 0, and twice
she haa won by the same score.
A comparison of stttlstlcs fof the season
up to date is most favorable for the
Omaha team so far as batting is concerned
and - gives much hope for the eventual
triumph of the Rourke family. In 1W
games played up to and Including Friday
night, the batting figures are:
AB. R. ' H. ' Ave.
All opponents J.3B4 M7 721 .21
Omaha 479 .249
The play for the last week has been of
tlio most encouraging kind. While the
hatting has sagged a little, it Is not fatal,
for the team has been against the best
pitching that could be afforded by the brag
tvirlers of the other teams. Vollcndorf,
McNeeley, Villeman, Kostai and Jurratt
aro not too good men to fatten batting
averages from, and It Is no disgrace to a
team to lose seven points in a week's work
against them. But the fielding continues
to improve at a rate that is gratifying.
Every man on the team Is doing better
than 90 per cent now, and that is what
counts. Here are the statistics:
BATTING AVERAGES.
Last
AB. R. H. Av. Week.
Welch 378 bO 112 .2i '!
Freese 122 18 He .K'.6 .302
Howard 40? 6b tM .2!K .27
Dolan So9 U 19 .m
Thomas t2 106 .261 .Ml
Gonding rt 29 W .2:0 .2 1
Cate- 877 til 87 M6 .2:1
Schlpke ' 161 it U .Mj .il9
Quick 33 3 7 .219 .2U0
ltrown 92 10 17 .18 .2U6
Thlel 66 11 11 .107 .2'
Pfelater 69 9 AM .147
Companion .... 61 6 .lid .118
Sanders 20 2 1 .0j0 .0 3
Totals 3,102 4u3 760 .245 .252
FIELDING AVERAGES.
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0 27 0 27 1.000 1.M
1 15 0 1 1.0(10 1.000
434 91 11 636 .979 .978
4 45 1 50 .8S0 .976
940 49 31 1,020 . 9.0 . 964
28 2 1 81 .968 1:000
169 18 If .9.' . .9il
66 66 7 128 . 945 .1.30
ll8 257 27 4n2 .940 .935
202 16 223 .9o3 .927
2 67 4 63 . 9tf .937
193 25 16 233 .931 .9 4
116 1M 82. 846 .916 .9.9
242 273 65 46 .903 .899
.2,562 1,129 208 3,890 ' .946 .943
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While wa are talking about the Colorado
Springs series and the fan who Isn't talk
ing about that la making signs the sta
tistics are of such a character as to show
that there was no mistake about it. It la
Impossible to show In cold type Just how
much Omaha outplayed the . Willie boys
but something of an Idea can be obtained
from this ahowlng. Omaha went to bat
but forty times during tha series, and the
Springs was up forty-five; on the other
hand, Omaha had to play forty-five tlmea
in the field, while the Springs went on the
deferslve but forty times. In a small
way this might affect the averages, and It
la well to keep it In mind. The batting
record of the five games was:
AB. R. H. Ave
Omaha 167 30 35 .T3
Colorado springs its 14 36 .21
The fielding record shows up even more
strongly In favor of the home team. It Is:
O. A. E. TC. Ave
Omaha 135 68 T 210 .967
Colorado springs 121 64 15 190 .921
A team batting average of .223 Is not so
rery hefty, but as the hits were of the
aort that count. It Is certainly good; and
when It la recalled that the aluggera of
the visiting team could only hammer out
an average of .212. the work of the heme
team with the bat looks very One. On
the other hand, the difference in the field
ing Is remarkahle. Omaha had a total of
twenty more chances then the visitors, and
still the comparison Is .967, a certainly
wonderful team Average, even for a single
aeries of games, against .921, which Is some
what below the work one looks for from a
crack base ball organisation. Howard
was the bright particular star for the home
team. He waa at bat twenty-one times In
the five games, and made ten hits, a bat
ting average of .47. In the field he ac
cepted twenty-isx chanoee without an er
ror, or more than five to a game, which
Is going some for a second baseman. His
field play all the way through was of the
brilliant order. Dolan accepted twenty
four out of twenty-five chances, which Is
not bad for an old man. Jack Thomas
showed Jack Thornton how to play first
base, even when playing the "Inside" game,
for while Nill did most of the fine work
on Thornton s bag, Thomas looked after
his alone, and handled his sixty-one
chances without even the sign of a slip,
ana acme or them were of the hardest
sort. Welch and Carter each took care
of twelve chances In the outfield. Carter's
throwing saving one game for the home
team, and Oonding had twenty-two chances
and no error.
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teur base bell players in this neck of tlm
tt umi a resioeni or umaha for many
yenrs. has Just closed an arrangement with
the Stors Brewing company whereby he
will manage a crack base ball team next
season for the gtorx company. While Mr.
Sago la already casting Ms eagle eye about
for available talnt he does not think the
team wl!I make Its debut before the open
Ing of tho next season. It Is the Intention
to enlist such players as will be able to
compete with any team In the state, and
It Is believed that the organization of this
team will be a, stepping stone toward the
formation of a state league. Mr. Sage has
had a thorough training Jn the base ball
business and served r.s umpire for a part
of the first season of the Western league's
existence. He also managed the old Mets
team. In many of the larger cities the
brewers have teams and In a few cities
there are brewers' leagues.
The near approach of the foot ball season
finds the athletic authorities at the Uni
versity of Nebraska busily preparing for
a term of marked activity. Captain Bene
dict, Assistant Coach Westover and Man
ager Davis have been holding almost dally
conferences since the first of the month,
and If half of their hopes .materialise the
most ardent Comhusker rooter need have
no misgivings or dread as to the ability of
the Nebraska eleven to bub tain the repu
tation achieved by the middle west cham
pions during the past several years.
Coach Walter C. Booth has devoted him
self to the study of law during the summer
vacation and when ha has rounded out his
fifth and last year aa coach at Nebraska
he will step Into a lucrative law practice aa
the Junior member of a prosperous New
York firm. Booth's Cornhuskera fought
their way through the entire season of 1902
without a single point being scored against
Ihem, while eleven points, a single touch
down and a goal from the field, represented
tha combined efforts of all opponents In
1903. Such records are seldom attained In
e game of the gridiron, but Booth Is
re concerned than ever In his desire
to make his last year with Nebraska the
most eirccepsful of all. Recent Information
from the bulky ex-Prlncetonlan Is to the
effect that he will come to Lincoln the first
week In September, prepared for the most
strenuous campaign that he has ever In
augurated on the Nebraska campus.
Gossip emanating from Wisconsin uni
versity during the early summer credited
Manager Kllpatrlck with having said that
Booth would not coach at Nebraska this
year, and that ha was negotiating with
Wisconsin, looking toward his engagemeat
a foot ball mentor at the Badger Institu
tion. Rush letters of Inquiry to Booth have
brought a response from him that the Wis
consin story was a canard, and that he
never contemplated not fulfilling his -contract
to again take charge of the Corn
huskers, although It was to be his final
year.
Meanwhile Captain Benedict and Assist
ant Coach Westover have been bestirring
themselves In a hunt for new material.
How successful has been their quest cannot
be determined until the men actually ap
pear garbed In the moleskins, but If half
the promises materialize Nebraska will be
represented this season better than ever
before. The long array of veterans holds
out special encouragement. Among the
linesmen, Borg, Cotton, Barta, Robinson,
Mason and Wilson are all pledged to re
turn. Five of these were full-fledged reg
ulars In last year's team, while the sixth
waa a substitute. In the back field will
be three veterans, the senaatlonal Bender,
Fullback G. Mason and Captain Benedict,
who played end last year, but will return
to the back field, to hla old position at
quarter. There la a strong possibility that
Booth will switch Wilson to the back
field and make him a halfback. Wilson
proved himself a terror in lugging the ball
In the only game he was tried out last
season, the final contest on Turkey day,
and on the basla of hla performance on that
occasion it la quite likely that he will be
commissioned aa a regular half. A long
list of experienced playera from the amaller
colleges - has given the assurance that
they will take work under Booth, and from
these and his veterans there Is every indi
cation that the Comhusker coach will be
able to mould another whining team.
The Nebraska echedule has been altered
by the addition of a midweek game early
in October, the 'varsity to stack up against
an aggregation made up of alumni players.
The receipts from thla game will go aa a
benefit to "Chick" Bhedd, an end on the
victorious team of 1902. Bhedd sustained
an Injury In the game with the Haskell
Indians, from which he haa never fully
recovered. ' Hip trouble act In. followed by
frequently recurring absceaues, and his dis
ability, it is feared, la permanent. The
first stiff stunt of the schedule come with
Colorado on October S. The Comhusker
must play this gams In Boulder, where
the rarer altitude ia ever a serious proposi
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however, expects to win by a reason
ably decisive score. The Minnesota
game Is the big one of the entire
schedule. The Cornhuskers humbled the
vaunted Gophers In 1902 and thereby pulled
off one of the most sensational surprises
of the year in ti.e west. To repeat thla
performance is Booth's fondest dream. The
Cornhuskers, aa they were In 1902, -will be
very much autwelghed, but with the sen
sational Bender, the resourceful Benedict
and terrlflo rushes of Wilson and Mason,
Booth reckons that the Gophers will at
least know that they have been in a foot
ball game, and that with a shade of luck
in favor of, hi pupils the victory may
perch on their banner.
Iowa is also looked, upon as a formidable
opponent this year. Last season toward
the close of the schedule the Hawkeyes
came with a burst of apeed that waa en
tirely unexpected and almoat phenomenal.
This aeaaon most of the veterans will be in
the lineup. The Iowa game comes a week
after the clash with Minnesota and if the
Cornhuskers are badly battered by the
Gopher It Is conceded that Iowa will stand
an excellent chance to take Nebraska's
me sura Next on the list comes tne strong
Haskell Indian team, an aggregation which
has been a stumbling block for every bunch
of pale facee In the Missouri valley, Ne
braska alone excepted, for the last three
years. It is not doubted at Nebraska that
the red men will marshal Just as strong a
team as ever and It will therefore behoove
the Cornhuskers to summon all their ener
gies If the Indiana are to be once more de
feated. The Haskell game will be played
In Kansas City, on which occasion the foot
ball enthusiasts In the metropolis on the
Kaw will get their first glimpse of a Com
husker team In four years.
Omaha grade have also mad a bid for
one of the Nebraska gamee and the ath
letlo authorities approved their plaint by
scheduling the game against Crelghton uni
versity for the Nebraska metropolis.
Omaha put In a bid for the Iowa game, but
the athletic board ruled that the university
campua waa the proper battleground for
uch an . Important contest. The echedule,
as revised, follow:
September 17 Lincoln High school, at
Bept'ember 14 Grand Island college, at
October lOrlnnell college, at Lincoln.
October 6 Nebraska alumni, at Lincoln.
October 8 Colorado unlveraity, at
Boulder. .
October lfr-Crelghton university, at
geous special car. The greatest care will
be taken of it, on the trip. If-Shere ever
was a hampered-pampered mamma's darl
ing, it will be that boat by the time It
reachea Oshkosh. Already, with its new
aalla, new paint and new everything, it
looka like a fighting bird. The tan here
are out for the blood of their rivals. It
looka as If they were sort of up against it,
as they will buck twenty boats of their
own clasa, and none of them aloba,' by any
means. But, never say die, they are go
ing to do their best. It is more or less an
experiment in sending the Manawa, as It
has been beaten by the Argo on the lake
here, but the sailors want to learn, and as
the Argo went last year, they Intend find
ing out what the Manawa will do In the
same waters, so that they, can build a
boat, some day, that will at last win the
championship In the great meet. The
Argo won third place last year. The spe
cial series of races were finished last week,
the Andover winning the last race by a
gdol margin, while the other two boats
fought between themselves, the Manawa
fouling the starting buoy and losing It
points. This gives the Argo the prize, It
having made 20 points, with the Manawa
second with 14 and the Andover third with
10 In tha series.
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October 22 Knox college, at Lincoln.
October 29 Minnesota university, at Mln-
"Novimher S Iowa university, at Lincoln.
November 12 Haskell Indiana, at Kanaaa
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November 19 Bellevtie colleg at Lincoln.
November 24 Illinois unlveraity, at Lincoln.
Baron Election, the 7-year-oia Itunon
owned by John Northcott, local agent for
the New York Life Insurance company,
died Wednesday night from atrangulated
hernia of the email intestines. The horse
won second place In the 2:18 pac at 8hen
andoah, la., Wednesday afternoon and
took sick at I o'clock In the afternoon. It
is itald that the exertion- of the race did
not conduce to the death of the stallion.
Baron Election was one of the feature of
the raolng matinee given by the Omaha
Driving club laat Saturday afternoon at
the Sprague atreet track. The atalllon
made the mile In 2:lBtt, finishing In splen
did atyle. The track waa alow at Shen
andoah Wednesday afternoon. The horse
made the heats in 1:19. t:18 and 1:20.
Mr. Norcott bought Baron Election laat
February for $1,600.
Tha Manawa must hike to the far north
by Ita lonesome. The Argo ataya to home,
all on account of "no action," as the re
port comes, on the application of tha
Manawa Tacht club for membership In
the Inland Lake Yacht association. The
Manawa starts today on its trip In a gor-.
Record of the Omaha Pitching. Staff Up to and Including: the
Game of August 12, 1904.
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The high batting average secured oft
Banders la due to the fact that he was not
In good form when he Joined the Omalia
t.iim. and was hit twelve tlm. In tha
j f.iat gutue ii 11 to tie J aud 11 tec a Umea la
the fourth. He had prophesied this, and
It waa not surprising. He is in the beat
of condition now, fur be Is getting the
work he needs.
Those handling the interstate tennis
tournament to be pulled off on August
22 at the Field club ground, wish it to
be distinctly understood that the affair is
an interstate tourney and not a local one.
And they also wish is to be known that all
tennis players are Invited to take part.
There seems to be a general belief that
tha tourney is only for the crackerjacks,
and that it Is useless for an average man
to bump up against such men as Wldner
and Hunt, and that It would be the height
of bad taste to so. This is just what
the committee want to blot out of the
minds of the racket wlclders. Anybody
who has a fair knowledge of the game is
asked to give In hls'name, and especially
the tennis playera In the amaller towna.
Of course. It Is nearly a cinch that the
average player will be licked, and In some
cases licked badly. But that won't cut any
figure. It Is easy enough to swallow a
licking, and one Is bound to pick up a
number of new wrinkles from watching
me otners play and which will come In
handy when you go back home. Others
will learn the tricks from you, and there
you are. Tennla will be on the improve.
ana it is tnia that every genuine tennis
player would like to see.
The premier event of the local tennis sea
son will be the open tournament for the
middle west championship that commences
August 21 on the superb courta of the
Omaha Field club. Thla event, aanctioned
by and held under the ausplcea of the
United Statea National Lawn Tennia as
sociation, annually attracts tennis men of
national reputation. The entry list this
year promises to eclipse all previous tourn
amenia not only in numbera, but In the
higher clasa of players ertfer.-d. R. o.
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vau'unua, wno nas Deen making
such a name for hlrhaelf thla yer, is in
correspondence with the commltt and
will undoubtedly be on hand. L. H. Waid
ner of Chicago, a national champion In
doubles, has promised to enter should be
not go on for the national event at New
porx on augusi if. K. B. Lee, a partner
of Hun In doubles, also expecta to be prns
ent. While no definite word as yet haa
been received from Frank and Fred Eber
hardt, the crack Kansas men. It la aafe to
aay that the former will appear to defend
his title of middle west champion In singles
and with his brother will no doubt make
a hard try for the honors in the doubles.
F. R. Sanderson, the holder of te cup in
1902, and with H. M. Holland tha double
champlona of 1903, has written that he and
Holland will certainly put in their appear
ance. Accompanying them from Oalettburg,
III., will be R. D. Fletcher and the versa,
tile Allen Ayrault Oreen. Dr. Sheldon of
Kansas City, and his partner, Mr. Vernon,
who last week won the Missouri valley
championship at Kansas City, are also
practising hard In anticipation of carrying
olt a few of the prises. From Sioux City
a large contingent is expeotod, which will
Include Messra Oilman, McNeil, Baker,
Hilea and Howell. C. H. Forney and H. W.
Jacobs of Abilene, Kan., will also be on
hand. A large local entry Is aLao sx doc led.
While the committee Is anxious to secure
as many first-class entries as possible, It Is
specially saxlous to hear from the younger
players In Nebraska and the surrounding
states, and, in fact, anyone who la at all
Interested In the game. While a tourna
ment ia usually a matter of competition
among the cracks. It is held essentially for
tne benefit of the younger men to serve ss
a means of Instructing them In tournament
play and in the finer points of the game.
Burely, there are ton ids players of local
renown In cities of the state like Lliiooln,
Hastings, Grand Inland, Centrul City, Nor
folk. Wayne, Wausa, Wakuneld, Bloomfield,
IXai-Unglon, etc., who could not help but
Improve their game by coming In contact
with players from other towns and states,
and It Is to these players especially that
the committee urges that they send In
their entries. Even If they cannot expect
to win the big cup, the consolation prises
excel In appearance and value most of the
prizes given for first place In tournaments
hereabouts and the experience and practice
they would receive would be of Incalculable
benefit to them.
Every effort will be fnade to make the
stay of visiting players most enjoyable. A
series of entertainments for every evening
of the week has been arranged. This will
Include dinners, dances, smokers, automo
bile rides, besides other features that will
be Introduced from time to time. It has
never been said that a visitor went away
from the Field club without a most en
thusiastic opinion of its members, and this
year the tennis men promise to outdo every
effort that they have put forward In the
past.
Prizes to the value of $1300 will be given
and these Include the big $150 challenge
cup, which must be won three times (not
necessarily in succession) before It cau
become the permanent property of any one.
So far the names engraved on It are as
follows: N. A. Webster, 1901; F. R. Sai.
derson, 1902; F. L. Eberhardt, 1908. The
two challenge cups In doubles must be
won twice In succession by a team before
it can claim the actual ownership of them.
A handsome $56 cup haa been selected tot
the winner of the tournament, to become
his aotual property, while the runner up
will 'receive a handsome piece of silver
or cut glass worth $26. Prises correspond
ing in value will also be given the winner
and runner up in the championship doubles
and the winner and runner up In both
consolation singles and doublea
The committee In charge, of the tourna
ment consists of F. M. Bllsh, 11. T, Clarke,
Jr., C. H. Young, 8. 8. Caldwell, J. N.
Haskell, J. W. Towle and William M.
Wood. Mr. F. M. Bllsh, chairman of the
committee. First National bank building,
will gladly answer In detail any inquiries
as to the meet. Owing to many people, not
member of the Omaha Field club, being
anxious to witness the games, it has been
arranged by the committee to place admis
sion tickets to the tournament on sale at
the Myer St , Dillon Drug company, Six
teenth and Fafnara street, and the Sher
man & McCor.nell Drug company, Sixteenth
and DoilfcO streets, as well as at the Field
club gate. Season tickets, good for the
whole week, will be sold for $1, a lid single
admission tickets 60 cents.
It is expected that the Field club will be
well represented at the sixth annual Tii
State Tennis tournament at Sioux City on
the 15th of this month. Among the players
who expect to attend are Borlbner, Chus.-,
Pollard and a few others. Mr. W. 8. Gil
man, Sioux City, the president of the Trl
State Tennis association, la confident that
this ear's tournament will draw the largest
entry that has ever been held.
Who says duckT Nearly every man who
owns a gun and a host of others are say
ing so at present and preparing for Sep
tember 1. From all parts of the state
oome reports that the birds are hatching
In great shape and from present evidences
It looka aa if tha local ahootlng thla aea
aon will eclipse the past few years. Round
by Foumey's lake and Pacific Junction,
Ia., much good sport Is expected, but
especially at the former place. t
The Jacksnlpe flight this year was very
much bum, and it Is doubtful if a dozen
of these birds found themselves in the in
side of a bag.
Oeorge Roger put up some pretty shoot
ing at the Omaha Oun club grounds last
week, his score being 48 out of 60,
Dr. A. B. Walker, of Union, Neb., was
In Omaha last week and had a bag of
eighteen speckle-breasted plovers, which
he bagged around his home town.
Fred Ooodrich and wife leave tomor
row for Lake Coronas to get In fishing.
To hole In one. That Is the ambition
of the golfer. One he has accomplished
that feat he can die haj.. Therefore, on
Andrew Tweedle of the Omaha Field club
pass In hia checka with a contented mind;
he can now look forward to the remainder
of hla span cheerfully and with a srene
countenance For he has done It. He was
playing a match with F. N. Lewar, and It
waa at the thirtieth hole. He smote from
the tee and the ball roae beautifully, hit
the edge of the putting green, took a wee
bounce and cuddled up In the hole. The
caddie noticed It first, Immedlatuly gave
voire In Jubilation and waved his anna
frantically. Andy la a Scotchman and
never gets excited but he walked a little
fastr than bis wont snd when he discov
ered he had done It, be sat down and awore
sentimental Scutch "cumi-i," All hla life
had he been playing golf, and all hla life
had he tried to do thla. Aud now It waa
flnhhed. All past labor with tantalizing;
blinkers, all past trials and all the tribm
latlons which hedge about a golfer, faded
away In the glory of the' moment. And
that was not all. For before he finished '
the course he lowered his own record by
one, making 76.
The finals for the Beaton cup are booked
to take place In September, but the exact
date Is not known yet. The cup has been
played for twice and won by Judge Shields
In June and W. K. Cundlff in July. The
match for August hss not been played yet,
but the winner In It will compete with the
other two for possession of the trophy.
It Is almost an assured fact that Omaha
will have some automobile racing hers this
month that will give the people-something
worth going to see. A few of Omaha' en
terprising business men, together with most
of the automobile dealers, are backing up
the enterprise, and If it is possible to get
the machines they will have them her.
The big race meet close at St. Louis Au
gust 21, and the same machines are sched
uled to race at Detroit August 26. The ef
fort now Is to get them here between tbfse
two dates. Barney Oldfleld, who Is now
driving a Peerless racer, would be here;
also Winchester, with his Franklin raoer,
and Webb Jay with his racing whit
steamer. The Wlnton people are being
negotiated with to send out the famous
Bullet No. 2, and there will probably be a
Pope-Toledo racer also. This will make an
aggregation that will put up the very Swift
est running to be seen on any American
track, and if the arrangements can be com
pleted to get this bunch hers It will be a
great thing for Omaha.
Antoraoblle Topics.
C. B. Horton of the Western Union Tele
graph company purchased a four-passenger
automobile runabout from II. E. Fred
rlckson last week.
It Is cany fiiougn to be pleasant
When your automobile's in trim.
But the man that'a worth while
Is the man who can smlln
When he has to go home on a rim,
Alonzo Tullls and family made a run to
Neoraska City last week In their Rambler,
and except for the machine showing an in
clination to climb up a stone wall near J.
Morton's residence, the whole trip was a
J. W. Grant of Bloomfleld, Neb., spent
several days In the city last week looking '
over automobiles. Before his return home
he purchased from H. E. Fredrickson a
four-passenger light car and drove home In
his new machine.
Barney Oldnuld, the famous automobllist,
ran his new machine, the Green Dragon,
at Toronto, Canada, last week, in which,
he made several miles In 1:1)3' and two
miles at a trifle under. This machine is
the biggest and moat powerful that tha
Peerless company hua ever turned out.
success.
Tuo l eerless Motor Car company ha re
ceived an order for a thirty-flve-horse
power car for John D. Rockefeller. The
oil king has always been averse to the
automobile, but recently bought a couple
of runabouts for the use of his employes
on his estate near Cleveland, and ho bo
rne so Interested in the game thnt now
he has ordered a car that will accommodate
his entire family.
A. Z. Moore, Dr. C. H. Dewitt, WllbW
Mlckelwaith and A. F. Bear, all member)
of the Rambler club of Glenwood, Ia.,
drove Into Omaha lust week In a Rambler,
and after a short stay returned home.
Mr. Mlckelwaith was so pleased with auto
mohlllng that before he left he purchased
a Rambler himself.,
Benjamin Turjen, "more familiarly known
i-s "Two John," a half breed, at Uoneaten), .
fc. D., is one of the first of his race to dis
card the historical broncho of his fere
fathers for an automobile. He was in
Omaha a ahort time ago, aaw the "hell
wagons." we. s enchanted with them, and
his soul was not satisfied until be was the
it oud possessor of one. During the land
nttery rush he tok parties over the res
ervation In his Rambler, and la nrw using
the same machine In taking locating par
ties over the grounds. His wa'4 the only '
autj used for the purpooe and he drevr
almost more trade than all the old-faah-ioned
rigs put together.
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