THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAKCTI 29, 1903.
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WIIOinE COLLEGE ATHLETES
tOoingi la the Field of Sport in ut
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VOTE ON COLLEGE BASE BALL
KfW FnIa4 Instltatlons Which Da
Ifet Pear Mar Tkf Arc far fka
Ga me Ob a Rir Professor
Wk Frankly Favors It. .
The recent referendum on the subject
f ummer base ball at Amherst, Williams
nd Wesleyan probably wu a surprise to
those persona who believed from the state
ments of professors In thoss Institutions
on other occasions that the sentiment there
was alt against that form ' of athletic
amusement. In all three Institutions the
students were strongly In favor of lotting
the 'varsity men do what they wanted to
outside of college aa long as they kept
their academic standing right. Coming at
a time when Cornell has declared most
emphatically against summer base ball
and the entrance of Its athletes Into pro
fessions! sport of any sort, the difference
of opinion la all the mora marked. The
three New England colleges named are In
harmony with the sentiment at Brown,
which some seasons ago recorded Itself In
favor of academic standing as the only
standard for the athletic requirement.
The -vote. It must be understood, has no
significance other than showing a decided
sentiment on the part of a majority of the
students of the three colleges in favor of
summer base ball. It Is not unreasonable
to suppose that the college athletic authori
ties will pay heed to the student sentiment
ao expressed. At Williams in particular
tecllng was very strong on the subject of
ummer base ball because the leaders of
student thought wanted It expressly un
derstood outside the college that the matter
of shortening schedules and prohibiting
summer base ball was entirely a matter of
faculty sentiment. They wanted to offset
advertising of Williams aa In favor of all
sorts of changes In the rules of athtletics,
which, although favored by . the faculty,
were not at all desired by the- students.
The votes at the three colleges resulted
as follows: Williams, 237 to 37; Amherst,
287 to 86; Wesley an, 118 to 7 all In favor
of summer base ball. In other words. In
these meetings 13 per rent of the Williams
men were In favor of restricting the game,
18 par cent of the Amherst men voted that
way and 38 per cent of the Wesleyan men.
About one-fifth of all the men In 4 he three
colleges who attended the meetings were
In favor of making summer base ball play
ing an offense. At Wesleyan, where the
vote against summer base ball was strong
est, the discussion was somewhat restricted
In tone because of the fact in large meas
ure that Prof. Nlcolson submitted thn brief
for the abolition of summer base ball. At
the three meetings 811 votes were counted.
Of these 842 were for summer base ball
and 169 against the participation in that
ort of sport.
Favor Samsaer Ball.'
It appears from the college catalogues
that the number of men present at these
three meetings represented a large part of
the census of the respective colleges. In
other words. It was a formal and determ
ined statement of the feeling of the under
graduate members of these colleges and
should be remembered In connection with
statements by members of the faculties of
Amherst, Williams and Wesleyan.
Previous to the meeting at Williams
there Was a great deal of discussion of
summer base hall. Prof. Henry ! Wild,,
In charge of athletics at Williams, was op
posed to summer bsse ball on the tradi
tional grounds. His viewpoint did not at
all appeal to the Williams Record, which
has been more than usually ajrgresalve In
asserting Its opinions of faculty , doings.
The result has been a sort of campaign of
education.
Prof. John B. Russell, a friend of sum
mer base ball, wrote several letters to the
paper on the subject, putting up a defense
of the gams very satisfactory In Its own
way. The 'net results of all this was a
more serious discussion of the problem,
both before and during the ma.s meeting,
and a vote on the subject that without any
doubt reflected the student Idea on the
subject. Dr. Wild, who reported to the
rcent meetlng'of the Intercollegiate Athletic
Association of the United States that sum
mer base ball was being controlled In the
New England colleges, must have had rea
son for serious thought after that mass
meeting.
Bummer base ball has been the hobby of
the college athletic reformer In our recent
times. He has declared time and again
that professionalism of other sorts will
creep In If the man who plays base bull
In the summer for hire Is permitted to com
pete with his purer brother. Now, as a
matter of fact, there is hardly another
sport which permits of professionalism and
playing for hire as does base ball. It
comes In the summer season, when the
college player Is on vacation and when
he has ample opportunities for taking part
in the game. The professional sprinter, the
professional oarsman, the professional foot
ball player and such like In college are
Impossibilities.
Basket ball is the one sport that permits
of playing under the same conditions of
money making as base ball. College play
ers can and do make money playing odd
games through the season on basket ball
teams, but they again are playing In the
college year. The most vacation time play
they get Is In the Christmas holidays. The
oarsman, the soccer player, the lawn tennis
man, are ridiculous, considered as poten
tial professionals. So base ball has to be
the crying evil to ba attacked. There Is
no other sport played under the same
conditions.
It Is not very often that the views of those
In favor of summer base ball are set forth
at length. Bo perhaps for a change what
Prof. Russell of Williams has to say will
be more entertaining. In answer to Dean
Wild, he begins:
"Merely to assert that money again
must In no wise be associated with athletics
Is hardly enough unless it Is clearly pointed
out In what way this particular associa
tion of money we are consldoratng Is In
jurious to college athletics. Merely to
assert that the present regulation cannot
be removed without bringing down In
ruins the whole edifice erected In the cause
of pure athletics will hardly suffice for
proof that this particular regulation is
Inseparable from the other regulations.
"Now, Prof. Wild admits that what he
calls professionalism In college base ball,
does not prevent a clean and manly game.
Consequently the bad effects of profes
sionalism must be confined to the follow
ing: (1) Bringing Into college students who
have already attained such proficiency In
tha game that they are sure of positions
H1B
"In discussing the notable revival of
Interest In cycling the Saturday Even
ing Post gives the following sane and
very readable view of the wheel. It
present vogue and Its Immense pos
sibilities: "When the bicycle ceased to be a fad
there were still a good many people
who believed that Its popularity would
revive later. Nevertheless, the sport
of riding the wheel seemed to be pretty
dead, the collapse being at its worst
In 1901. In 1904 only two hundred and
fifty thousand bicycles were manufac
tured In this country. But in 1907
the number rose to seven hundred and
fifty thousand, and during the present
year no fewer than one million two
hundred and fifty thousand new wheels
will be ' turned out In American fac
tories. MBTXTAX. AS AOCOKTUSJtBO FACT
"These figures, which are official, af
ford the best possible proof of the re
vival of popular' Interest in bicycling.
Undoubtedly It was In the very excess
of the erase that did the most dam
age. People overdid the amusement'
and became tired of it. But a great
many of them. . are taking It up again,
and thousands of ' men who have not
bestridden a .wheel for half a dosen
fears are buying bicycles.
"The bicycle . dealers say that such
Jnsn are dropping In every day to
purchase wheels. One says that he Is
tired of riding on street cars and hold
ing on to the strap. Another declares
that he does not feel aswell as when
lie rode a wheel every day. A thtrd
has decided that he misses the fun he
tised to have when a bicycle was
always ready to take him anywhere,
llesldes, walking is a laborious method
of lecomotlon, comparatively.
TM IT-Olim WZXST,
"But It Is also to be considered that
the employment of the bicycle as a
vehicle of . practlcle utility Is greatly
Increasing. Many business firms keep
on hand and utilise from a dosen to
fifty wheels. Thus an electric-lighting
concern will have thirty or forty bi
cycles, perhaps, on which Us men go
about to make repairs and to attend
to various odds and ends of work.
Oooda are deliveded ' and advertise
ments are distributed by wheel. In
deed, the bicycle has here become la-
dispensable.
"Then, ,too, the comparative cheap
ness of bicycles at the present time Is
an Important help to the restoration
of their popularity. For forty dollars
one can buy a more satisfactory wheel
today than could be purchased for one
hundred dollars when the frenay was
at Its height ten years ago."
it XAxxa rom aooiroxT
First and foremost, the bicycle is an
economiser, and while that prosaic view
may have contributed to lis loss of social
potent factor In the present revival of
potent factor In the present revival of
cycling. It has mt-ruly taken a few years
for those possessing average Incomes to
realise and accept the manlfuld oppor
tunities that the bicycle presents.
The coming of the motorcycle for It
surely has arrived has not interfered in
the least with the Important place the bi
cycle has lately assumed. The motor
'' l enjoys a field that is all its own.
That fact is now well recognised. The
only question is as to the else of that field,
and di) this even the most enthusiastic are
unable to agree. That It is much larger
than the optimistic now believe. Is only a
conservative guess at the future.
IT'S NOT TOO EARLY
To leave an order for ) oar
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CDAS. E. M0L0NY
TAILOR.
329 South lSlh Street
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on the vsrstty team, thereby discoursglng
other students from developing their ath-
letlo abilities; (2) maintaining In college
a dens of students whose sole aim Is to
play ball and who, therefore, make a busi
ness of that which la Intended, to be a re
creation only; (S) a perversion of the true
Interest In athletic games, playing to win
at any cost Instead of playing for sport's
sake and to win the subordinate end. the
Incidental result. ;
' "I think I ant quite safe In saying that
these are all the bad effects which Prof.
Wild can lay to the charge of profnslona(
Ism, - and It Is clear from his statements
that he does hold professionalism respon
sible for all of these undesirable things.
But I do not think that the last sin In this
category can be attributed to the associa
tion of college athletics with money. This
Victory lust," as Prof. Wild calls It, In my
opinion has no " connection with profes
sionalism, otherwise how explain the fact I
that after all the purgation of college
athletics from professionalism, that which
has been carried on for ten years and
more, this victory lust In our Intercol
legiate . games Is as strong as, if not
stronger, today, than it was when profes
sionalism reigned without check?
SOUTHERN TRIP ABANDONED
(Continued from Page One.)
SOLDIERS BOX AND WRESTLE
Interesting Contests Between Men at
Fort Rller.
FORT RIIE(Y,-Kan., March 28. (Spe
cial.) The boxing and wrestling matches
pulled off In the post gymnasium March
20 attracted, the largest crowd seen In the
gymnasium since the fight of last year be
tween Oaskin of Battery B and Flaherty
of Battery E. The event was well adver
tised and a goodly crowd from Junction
City came out on the cars long before the
contestants for the curtain raiser, which
was a four-round go between Coe of Bat
tery D, and Kinsman" of Troop C, crawled
through the ropes. During the first three
rounds Kinsman rushed matters and suc
ceeded In sending Coe to his knees three
different times, : and In the opinion of the
majority of the fight fans was entitled to
the money, but during the last round Coe
picked up courage and played the aggres
sive and, as he was on his feet when the
gong sounded, was given the decision. !
Corporal Hlldebrand of Battery A, Sixth
field artillery, had the better bt It through
out his four rounds with Torrence of Bat
tery D. The former Is a very clever mlt
pusher and succeeded In landing on Tor
rence whenever and wherever he pleased.
Torrence was a game scrapper and took
his medicine like a man and gave the
fans their money worth, but he was no
match for his opponent, who was given the
decision on points at the end of the four
rounds. Hlldebrand Is conceded the best
man In the post at his weight. '
Privates Conwall and McDowell of Troop
M, Tenth cavalry, put up the best scrap
of the evening. During the first two rounds
they were very cautious and both seemed
to be afraid of the other, and had It not
been that one of them hit the other a little
harder than was expected. It Is more than
probable hat the go would have been
very tame. McDowell landed a stiff right
on ' Cornwall's face tha beginning of the
third round, and. they went from there;
Both men were equally matched and blow
after blow was landed on the face and body
of each man. During the fourth round Con
wall rushed things and succeeded In land
ing on McDowell In great fashion. He'
rushed his man around the ring, , but was
unable to put him out. and when the gong
was sounded for the end of the fourth and
last round both- men were on their feet,'
but Conwell was given the money, aa he
had the better of the argument.
What was to have been a six-round go
between Private Matthews of Battery D
and Helnlng of .Troop I ame to an abrupt
close near the end of the first round.
Helnlng started In In whirlwind fashion
and succeeded in placing several well di
rected blows, but Matthews came back
with Interest and planted rights and lefts
on the face and body, rushing his man
from one side of the ring to the other, and
In two minutes after first entering the
ring Matthews sent Helnlng to the floor
for the count with a stiff right to the jaw.
The wrestling match between Frenchy
Filer . (Napoleon) of Battery D, and Para
dise of Troop K, Seventh cavalry, was too
one-sided to be interesting. The battery
man won the first fall with ease In S
minutes, 28 seconds, and the second fall In
1 minute and 36 seconds.
The Seventh Cavalry band furnished
mi: sto for the evening, and, although some
of the sport was tame, the other made up
for It, and the crowd went away feeling
that they had their money worth.
There Is a plan on foot to get Sergeant
Doyle of Troop K, Seventh cavalry, to go
on with Matthews for a purse and side bet,
and It is more than probable that the
event will come off In the near future.
Doyle won the championship of the Islands
at 136 pounds and Is a Very clever man.
Matthews is also cleVer end they should
be able to put up a fight that would be
well worth while.
MORE MONEY FOE ARMY AND NAVY
Franklin Field Will Be Mad to Seat
BlKK-er Crowd.
PHILADELPHIA, March 28. Pennsyl
vania athletic authorities have made a ne.w
proposition to the West Point and Annapo
lis foot ball management, by which all
hands will receive more seats for the an
nual foot, ball game than ever before, and
which It Is confidently expected will end all
controversy and land' the Army-Navy game
for Franklin field again next November.
Low temporary, movable stands will be
erected all around the gridiron, capable
of seating 10,000 additional persons. This
scheme will do away with the objections
raised by the university trustees against the
big temporary stand formerly erected at
the west end of Franklin field and at the
same time will furnish 6,000 more seats than
that stand. This will inorease the seating
capacity of Franklin field to 30,000.
have showed good form In punting and
will be worked hard In that line. Captain
Harvey has done some punting, and will
try to develop In that department. Four
or five of the men making the best showing
In tha spring practice will be furnished
with balls, so that thoy can continue the
work at home during the summer.
There are - three vacant dates on the
Oornhusker foot ball schedule and Man
ager Eager Is having considerable trouble
to find suitable teams to fill them. Games
have been scheduled with Minnesota, Towa.
Wabash, Kansas and South Dakota. These
teams will be played on the following dates
Minnesota, October 17, at Minneapolis;
Iowa, October 81. at Iowa City; Kansas,
November 7 or 14, at Lincoln: Wabash,
November M, at Lincoln; South Dakota,
October 8, at Lincoln. The dates left
vacant are October - 1 October 24 and
November 7 or 14. Colorado. Missouri and
St. Louis have asked for games with
Nebraska, but will not be placed on the
Cornhusker schedule this year. Colorado
would not come to Lincoln and Nebraska
wonld not go west, and so the negotiations
for a game were dropped. Manager Eager
could not reach an agreement with Mis
souri regarding the finances of a contest
and soon dropped the "show me" men
Sentiment against playing St. Louis is so.
strong at Nebraska that Mansger Eager
was forced to turn down a good offer from
the Mound City school. Negotiations have
been taken up with several other schools
and the vacant dates on the Cornhusker
schedule may be filled within a short time.
BADGER OARSMEN TO GET OUT
(Continued from Page One.)
tain Messmer has been sailing the discuss
In great form, many of his throws being
better than 130. .
Coach E. D. Angell of the basket ball
team has compiled statistics of the basket
ball seadon and selected an all-Western
judging the men on the records they have
made last season. On his team he places
Swenholt of Wisconsin and Lewis of Pur
due, forwards; 8chommer of Chicago, cen
ter; Harper of Wisconsin and Page of Chi
cago, guardsr-According to Coach Angell
the defeat of Pennsylvania In two succes
sive games, places the Badgers ahead of
them and gives the Wisconsin team the
position of second In the country. Wiscon
sin took one game from Chicago, while the
Maroons beat Penn In both of their con
teats.
WHITE SOX TOR THREE GAMES
Van leans Will Be Here Latter Part
of the Week.
The White Box will be In Omaha for
three games, next Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. It will not be the leading branch
of Mr. Comlskey's stars, but the Tanlgans.
The main team is returning from Cali
fornia by the southern route. Mr. Comls
key's fat son will be In charge of the
team which will visit Omaha and many
familiar faces will be seen In the Jlne-up,
including WeUlay, Qutllln. Babe Towne and
others. The team will be as good as any
other for a practice for Pa's Colts. -
Following these will be the Sioux City
team for April 11 and 12, the following
Saturday and Sunday, and then the Colts
will go to Des Moines for the opening of
the season. Ducky Holmes has a new line
of talent which he Is going to present to
the public this year and the fans will
be Interested In seeing what they look like.
Bellevuo may be played some week day.
The first real big, "only" day for Omaha
will be April 23, when the Omaha bunch
will return from Des Moines and Bloux
City for the opening of the league season
at Vtnton street park. On that day the
mayor will throw the first ball, .the new
pennant will be raised and the flag will
be raised.
The exhibition games which Pa has ar
ranged for the team, all of which will be
played at Vinton street park, will give the
fans a chance to see what the Champs
really look like this year. They will see
Autrey starring at first, Jimmy Austin
shooting them acros front third with his
old time vim, Oraham making all sorts of
grandstand plays and Captain Franck run
ning the whole bunch with his cool noodle.
The pitchers will be the problem and as
three will be worked In each game, tha fans
will have a good chance to else them up.
NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE LEAGUE
Base Ball Teams to Bo Inltea for a
' Schedule.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March 28. - A
move for a New England Intercollegiate
base ball league Is being agitated by Wil
liams college, to go into effect next sea
son, aa the schedules are practically com
plete for this year and the necessary steps
for the formation of a league would oc
cupy too much time. Such a. league was
In existence until 1901 and the present time
seems propitious for the arrangement of
another Intercollegiate contest of this na
ture. As proposed by Williams, the league
would Include Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth,
Wesleyan and Williams and might possi
bly be extended to take In Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and the University
of Vermont, thereby giving no little Im
portance to the winner of the champion
ship.
HARVARD TRACK SQUAD BUSY
Crimson llopeo
Irons Bine
to Wis
TaU Time.
BOSTON. March 28. Harvard's track
squad has settled down to hard work, and
talk Is rife of the meet with Tale. Har
vard's chances this spring look bright, and
with the development of some promising
new material from last year's freshman
team the Crimson should again wis from
the Blue.
ROAD EXPENSES OF A BALL TEAM
What It Coats a Big Leagne Organisa
tion to Travel.
In a couple of weeks the cry of "play
ball" will be heard In eight' cltle of the
American and National league circuits. The
great game today Is one of the country's
biggest Industrie. There are more than
thirty leagues In addition to the big organi
sations, and they do business on fairly
broad lines. It Is conservative to say that
fully 113,000,000 will be spent before the
various pennant races are concluded. The
big leagues, of course, spend the greater
part of that. They employ the best players
at salaries that would look good on the
pay envelopes of some bank cashiers. They
occupy plots of ground In cities where land
Is dealt out by the square foot, travel
thousands of miles on the best railroads
and stop at hotels that millionaires make
their headquarters. '
An Idea of the expense of running a ball
club may be gleaned from the traveling the
National and American league clubs will
have fV do this year. American league
teams will travel 96,772 miles and the Na
tionals 92,466 miles In order to fill out
their scheduled championship dates. At 2
cents per mile and at the average of eigh
teen men to each team the sum of 867,766
will be paid the railroads alone, and that
does not Include Pullmans, meals on trains
or hotel expenses. It Is likely that each
club will spend In Pullmans during the
year close to 82,000 and in hotels nearly
ts.ooo.-
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pressed for cash closed out to us at a remarkable sacrifice the goods mentioned below.
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Kitchen Cabinet
S16.50
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satin, walnut, has nlckel
glnc work board, largo
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65 pounds. Also ,
every other con
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a high priced
cabinet. We have
sold this identi
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at $25.00. A car
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There'B another kitchen cabinet fully as fine as
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SIS Dressers SS.29
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$22.60 Dressers ....$15
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This Chiffonier
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Solid oak, full size, five
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a rattling good bar
gain for its great
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we cannot mention,
all priced equally low.
Never had such
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bar-
$5,000 Purchase and Sale of Laco Curtains
Monday the most radical bargains in new spring curtains, thousands of pairs closed
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So these bargains are very timely.
$1.29
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$8.59
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$15.89
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the big sale man
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so that Its matches can be completed the
day before the two days allotted for prac
tice for the national matches. Just before
the National Rifle association matches
will come those of the Ohio State Rifle as
sociation, Including the contest for the
Herrlck trophy, one of the handsomest In
the world. It Is probable that the New
Jersey Rifle association will follow with
its matches during the first week in Sep
tember as usual.
CLAY C0UKTS AT LOTUS CLUB
Plans Are Laid for Interstate Teanls
Tournament la July.
The Lotus club of St. Joseph has de
cided to build five clay courts at the club
house for the use of the players In the
Interstate Lawn Tennis tournament, which
will be held at St. Joseph, July 14 to IS.
Tennis men of St. Joseph are elaied over
the decision of the Lotus club, as It will
enable the players of the Missouri town
to give a meet which will compare well
with any in the west. They say their only
hopels to have courts as good as those of
Omaha and have some of the Omaha play
ers Join In the tournament sport. The cot
tages of the Lotus club have all been leased
by the association for the week of the
tournament and will be used to house the
guests, who are expected to number at
least seventy-five.
TALK OF NATIONAL BUTE MATCH
Meeting: at Camp Perry Get Hick
Attention.
WASHINGTON,' March 28-One of the
principal topics of conversation among mil
itary riflemen Is the national matches to
be held at Camp Perry. O.. the coming
summer. States are rapidly being equipped
with the new Springfield rifle and every
rifleman will have an opportunity to try
out the new weapon and demonstrate his
fitness for the teams when the weather
permits the use of the ranges. Several
states and territories not hitherto repre
sented are expected to send teams and the
attendance of Individual riflemen will be
greatly augmented. Tbe War department
will have on hand more regular troops
than ever before and possibly more of
ficers. It Is probable that every state and
territory, with one or two exceptions, will
be represented, together with various
branches of the service and the colonial
possessions. More prises will be offered
than ever before, the range facilities will
be greater and the attendance will un
doubtedly be the greatest in the history of
this country. -
The national matches will begin on Au
gust & with the national team match, te be
followed by the national Individual and
national pistol matches. The National
Rifla association will arrange 1U program
JACK JOHNSON'S LIMITLESS THIRST
Colored Man Try In a to Drink All tha
Wine in New York.
NEW YORK. March 21 Jack Johnson
seems to be cutting out a pace In the Ten
derloin that will fade anything on the rec
ords of Young Corbett snd other while-
lighters. Johnson was In court the other
day complaining that "a couple of skirts"
pinched two diamond rings and the 11.500
rock out of his shirt front. Joe Cans says
that if Johnson's thirst isn't quenched soon
there "won't be no mo' wine."
KLWIUt IS LI. 11
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WAnTED-AfflDEn AGENTS
EACH TOWN
district to
and exhibits
sample Lamt Model "Ranirnr" bicycle furnished by u. Chir Menu everywhere re
ilunf money last. Wriu for fmi partuutdirt ana trntcuu tfrrr
MO MONKV RKIilllKlil) until vou receive and anDrove oi l
en inmn, .nvwh.ri in the IT. S. nniktui a rwti 6rtiat in advance. eVweav mr. and
allow ICS uaib' w ivr-ji, a null, awing wtucn time you may n me uktvcib m.
put it to any test you wtah. It you are then not perfectly sauahed or do not ansa to
keep the btcyclehip tt tuct u
n
om
S b
L
til vrul reci
fricu and rtmarkatU ttcial tffrrg to rider ageuta.
pprove ot your bicycle, we snip
In advance, trtjay frtieht, and
mi
ct
hjrjt tn iu at ntr ,inmw nH im nnJ mat A. Mi mm mi.
paftvAety spiftrs We furnish the highest trade bicyclea U is possible to make
Awllnl rSUWI.d at one small profit above actual factory cost. Voe save $io
to $if middlemen's profits by buying; direct oi us and have the manufacturer's f uar-
I. inj nus HLI I ucyci or a pair ui urea uun win
receive our catakxues and Learn our unheard of Juctff
sntee behind your bicycle- IMJ
at mny yrtct until
YCll WILL BE ASTOKISHED Tr C MYeTM
our
:fONU
y have a number on ham
roromutlT at oners rancinr fr
Misvrn DBSlrra single wne
VVHelta-DftHIVl., equu
lomfncti we can make you this year. We aell the highest trade bicycles for leas money
titan mr other fartorv. We are aatiilted with Si -oo nrotit above factory CM
MCTCLJS DKALKKa. you can sell our bicyvles under your own Dam plats
prices. Urdcra tilled toe day received.
UAKUJUUILLKS, Wt SO no
d taken in trade by
3 to or eMO.
We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, bat
r Clue
liu an retail stores. These we clear out
SlO. IJearrintive bamin listl mailed free.
Imported roller chains sad yedalSa pans, repairs sag
'rn aj to m
els. lmno
equipment of all kinds at ka(f U tumal rttaii frictt.
'(U)50 DEBGETtiOai. POuCTUaE-PBCCF 'l2
n RFI F-JIFA1 Kin TIRES .5KI5 I i
I a mmmmmm aaw mmtm mmm. w- . IV
1 I 1 n. , -o..-,. . j. juissii'ssi.swai miunam. . aW m
f8J0 per pair, but to introduce w wtll Ar "' '
KO MORE TROUBLE FSCM PICTURES
NAIL, Tacks or Glass will not let the
air out. eixly tnousana pairs aom uuh year.
Over two hundred thousand pairs now la use
DCMORIPTlOMl Made in all sizes. It la lively
it
v
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UP once or twice in a whole season. They weifjh no more than
and easy ruling, verydurable and lined inside with
lecuu quality oi
tia and which
fied customers stating that their tires baveonly been pumped
enm-iul aualitv of rubber, which never becomes
noroua .nil wnirn cicmea uo uuiu uunLium wiimnji snow
lug theatrtoeacape. We have hundreds o( letter from satis-
lZr...'.'!.'.' t:tm H
r-.i4fcsjsas.atu is. I w Mimmm-itvv f - J
wp - ....... .,,-.-.. .. . - V---4T
r
ICotte) tha thlok robber tra4
A" and puuetur strip "H"
and "IV aim rtna strip " H"
to prevt at rim cutting This
tire will outlast any oUaer
tnake-riOFT, tXAAUO an4
JENKINS SAYS HE WANTS A MATCH
Willing; to Take Oa nosers or Gotch,
bat Not Hack.
NEW YORK, March 28. Tom Jenkins
want to wrestle either Frank Gotch or
Joe Rogers. He does not " say anything
about Hackenscbmidt, Jenkins met Hack
enschmldt once, and, evidently, he is not
anxious to repeat the performance,
No More Stout Corsets.
"I had to wear a 28 corset three and . a
half months ago," remarked a well-known
south-side club woman at the Biennial
last night, "Yesterday I bought a 24, and
I have It on now." 8 he turned a smiling,
beautifully colored countenance on the
group of wondering women. "No!'1 she
answered. In reply to the querry, "I didn't
have to exercise or diet. I gnf H ounce
Marmola. H ounce Fluid Bxtrart Cascara
Aromatic, and thi ounces styrup Simplex
at the druggist's, mixed them myself at
homet and took a teaspoonful after meals
and at bedtime. It made me lose 12 to 16
ounces of fat a day Just where I needed It
the most. There isn't a sign of a wrinkle
either. It takes off the fat where you want
It off without forming bags of flabby
yoa
ordinary tire, the tincture rcsiatinif qualities beinK niven ,
by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the '
tread. The regular price of these tires wja.so per pair, but for
advertising purpose weare tniklne a special factory price to
the rider of only 14.80 per pair. All of del shipped earue day etter ts received. We ship C O. I. oa)
approval. You do not pay a cent until you uave exatntueu ana louna unn strict ly a re p rear n lea.
Wc will allow a cash dUoount of 5 per cent (tnereby making; tne price s.or per pair) u
rait KIII.L t'ApiH WITH OKIk.Tt and enclose thia advertutcuieut. We will also send
nickel plated brass hand pump. Tire to be returned at OUK expense if for any reason they are
not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to u Is a safe as in a
bank. If you order a pair of these tire, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster.
wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you nave ever used or aera at any price, wt
don't buy any kind at any price until you stud for a fks'rof
know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order.
We want you to senu us a truu oixier si once, nence mis rcmarxaoie tire oner.
mmm ffr-r-n Vrns-o don't buy auy kind at any price utiul you scud for a p.'rof
If YUU fil-i-iJ i JbO Hedajcthorn Puncture-Proof tire on approval and trial at
the special Introductory price quoted above: or write for our Dig 1 ire and Htinxiry Catalogue wnaca
describe and quotes all makes and kinds of tire at about half the umial pricea.
nn a row IT" bat write u a postal today. 1M NUT THINK OaT BUYING a bicycle
UU till I WW fit i or s pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wunderful
oilers we are making. It only coats a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW.
MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, D 259, CHICAGO, ILL. '
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