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Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27

There is no eight hour law in COWBOY land
during round up time We often count our-
selves lucky if we get off with much less than
sixteen hours; but the work is done in the
saddle, and the men are spurred on all the
time by the desire to Guido one another in
teats Of daring and skiliful Workmanship.
There IL very little quarreling or fighting;
and though the fun often takes the form Of
rather rough horse play, yet the practice Of
carrying dangerous weapons makes COWBOYS
show far more rough courtesy to each other
and far less rudeness to strangers than Is the
case among, for instance eastern miners. or
even lumbermen. When a quarrel NAV very
probably result fatally, man thinks twice
before going into il: warlike people or classes
always treat one another with a certain
amount Of Consideration and poii.eness.
The moral tone Of a COW camp, indeed. il
rather high than otherwise. Meanness-
cowardice and dishonesty are not tolerated
There is high regard for truthfulness and
keeping ones word, intense contempt for any
kind of hypocrisy, aud hearty dislike
for a man who shirks It's work. Many
Of the men gamble and drtuk. but
many do neither; and the conversation
is not worse than In most bodies composed Of
male human beings A cowboy wiz not sub
NIT tameiy 20 an insult, and is very ready TO
ayenge his own wrongs; nor las be an ever.
wrought fear CT shedding blood he Dos
sesses IN fact, few Of the errlasculated. milk
and water moralities admired by the pseudo
phiianthropists; bur be does possess 20 a very
high degree, the stern, manly qualities that
are so valuable to nation theodore
Roosevelt in The Century.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
WHEEL NOTES.

Rowe is matched for race with English
III North Shields, June ,.
The amount collected in Baltimore for az
penses Of the L. a. ". meet is so far about
$500.
Chief Consul Meallv, Of Maryland, has
been appointed a member of the L. A. w.
Racing Board.
H. P. Leacham and Cole Bell, two we'll
known riders Of Minneapolis, are 10 make a
trip East this season.
Mr. ". I. Fleming has reconsidered his
resignation Of the captaincy Of the Century
WheeImen of Philadelphia.
The second annual spring meet of the
Maine division, League OF American Wheel
men, VIII be held in Portland May 50.
Emma Abbott has been elected member
of the Star Bicycle Club, OF Detroit and
wears an elegant club badge, presented to
her at a recent reception.
An attemts is being made to match f W.
Allard. the fastest English professional
three-wheelist, against Horace Crocker, who
has shown great form on the tricycle..
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
MUSICAL MATTERS.

Miss Amy Fay viii play at the annua,
meeting of the Ohio Music-Teachers' Asso
citation in June.
August Hyllested, the Danish composer
and pianist, will continue his connection
with the Chicago Musical College for five
years, having signed contract to that eff
feet.
Vernona Jarbeau writes: az am perfect,
y delighted with my season. 1t has been
successful far beyond my hopes. / intend
TO play up to the second week in June. Ny
next season opens at st. Paul On August 20.
1t will extend TO Frisco, where | shall open
September 10"
Miss Francesca Guthrie has signed as
prims donna with c. ID. Hess for the season
OF opera IN Milwaukee during the summer
1t is reported that Rubinstein, the pianist,
has signed for an American tour, during
which he is to give fifty concerts, for which
he will receive go, 600 and has expenses.
Edwin Hoff, who has for two years been
leading tenor OF Colonel McCaulrs Opera
Company has becn en- gagged for the Conresd
English Opera Company, which opens its
summer season on June i. at Uhrig's Cave
ST. Louis, under the management OF W II
Morton and F. l. Perley, Of the Column bia
Theater IL Chicago.
Johann Strauss IS at present rewriting
his - SImpIicius, which, IN its new shape,
VIII probably be first performed In Berlin
He IS SAID 10 be also az work on new CD
eretta, The hbretto Of which y from the pen
OF Ludwig DOGGY, the Hungarian whose
comedy, = The KISS net with Such great
success al tie Vienna Burg Thester few
years ago.
The VIII o the Wisp'' trio, for female
voices, by Dr.. Louis Mas. wln be sung at
the n I. n Il Festival The chorus are
delighted with 81 1t Is quaint and TAX
Ing, and VIII lend pleasant contrast 70
the festival programmes. The Ave Maria"
b. the young composer, Mr. Huss. Is Eost
serious and POWERFUL composition for
soprano and alto solos, with LADIES' chorus.
a. the next Bristol fEns1 musical fest.
va the following works will be performed.
Gluck's "Ipaigeula,' NcEehzks's Rose Of
Sharon" Beriioz's Romeo and Jsiis-..
SuIilEan's Golden Legend" MendeLs-
sohn's Wa.purgIs Night and HauaeI's
Messiah" There vii be tsro raisce.
ianeoas concerts. The following pylrctoa!
artists have been engaged. AloaEl. Treo,s u.
Ps,eT, Lloyd, Banks and Staatie-.
Nine. A40@ai has been singin ? lsse,y in
beig.n-a and Holland. and has since given
. sersss - concerts Il Denmark, Ss-eden
ana Sorva7- Her first yfsss 70 Scandzua-
VIA vas great success; al Copenhagen
TIE hlEag and Queen were present. and after
the nrst ccDceEt A,ae. ASbani was sent for
AID c2sas.sasaia6k Is kea- 6hn Aana ~ sa4A
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
A PIea for College Athletics.

Professor Richards makes pey plea fer col
lege athletics. He arguRs that two essentially
new forces are at work in these DAYS. dss-
tined to sap the physical strength out Of
young men, and thus ernasculasing charac-
ter. These influences are concentration Of
population In cities and the increased de-
nands made By knowledge on trans and
nerves To show hor population n concen-
trating be gives the following figures. Ia
Yale IN 1857, Of every 100 ssndsnts, q Is
came from cities a 5000 inhabsennss or
over. In 1871. Of every 100 Students. - came
from such cities. In 1851, IS cut OF every
100 THIS il a remarkable showing
BIZ. Tire proportion In Sheffield Scientific
school has rissn ssiEl more rapidly. He main
tains that tie syrsesa u Athletics In colleges
and elsewheye hsfys TO oounteract the dsssn-
tegTatins forces u city liz, to strsnsthsr
the young men against Il health, axa.na tbs
forces Of low hying. and keep them out u
crimes against se.t and socsesy. Il "a vel
known that bsse habits are associated with
Iocai physical disorders, and q oosrss Il
physical culture invariably is responded %
by nsorAl gain IL Is the ons Esoss important
lesson n morals cur age Eas % !ezrzI-1loos-
Tl<rrszs-rzf
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
90 The CRYSTAL SIipper.N

Captain Alfred Thompson, who, assisted
by Mr. Harry Is. Smith, wrote the lbretto
of THE Crystal Slipper" the next attrac-
ton at the Chicago Opera-House, has ar
rived in Chicago, and rehearsals of the
large chorus have already begun The prin
cipals in the cast and the ballet Will begin
rehersals upon their arrival from New York
next Monday. The scenery of the piece
has been nearly completed by William
Voegthin and assistants, and is declared by
that gentleman, who has painted the seen
cry for the best spectacles yet seen in the
thcsterS in this country and in England, to
be the most elaborate he has ever been en-
gagged upon. There will be three great bal
let's in the play, danced by the corps de bal
let and Niles. Rosina AstegianO and Clara
Quality, Little Itch and the Rinaldos. One
of the balets will be of a mot novel char
acter. 1t is entitled 1.-The advertisement
of nursery rhymes" The costumes are said
TO be suberb and altogether unique in de-
sign. In the nursery rhymes devertisse-
ment the stories of Little 30 Peep, the
Four and Twenty Blackbirds, Little Jack
Horner and Little Miss Muffet, Froggy
Would and the Lilly White Dack, Jack and
Jill, etc, are told in dance by the corps de
ballet, secOnGaS, eccentriques and pre-
mieres. Cinderellas carriage will be
drawn by four ponies, specially imported by
the Chicago Opera-HOuse for the prOduc-
ton. Up to the present time the total cost
to the Chicago Opera House of THE Crys-
tai Slipper" has been $4,000. Before the
18th of June, the day of production, these
figures viii reach S50,000-or nearly five
times the cost of placing the most elaborate
operate production on the stage Some es-
Inmates of the rlagnifcence Of The Crys-
tai Shipper may be gathered from these
firurpS
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.

Eheu Plympton Will sail for Europe about
the lst of June.
Fanny Gillette closes her season with
Mantel June ?
Louise Paulin made hit with "Our
Baoy's Nurse " in Philadelphia
Annie Pixlev closes her long and success
fu / season June 3 IN Chicago.
John Stetson is reported 10 have pur-
chased large interest in the Boston Herald.
Louis James and Marie wainwright Will
close their season at the Academy of
Music IN Chicago June ,.
1t has been settled that Louis Harrison
viii accompany the = Pearl of Pekin'' on
the road next season.
Mrs. L. N. Dunn sails for Europe June 8
on the Red Star steamer Nordland in search
OF rest aud pleasure.
-Loie Fuller has been engaged for Joseph-
inc IN 3" PInafore " for four weeks IN 81
Louis, commencing June4 1.
Tie first starring season of Joseph J.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
Morton's Method Of Changing the Maroons
Into Winning Team.

When Sam Morton went to St Paul to
visit the Maroons last week, says the Chi
cago Herald. his gripSack held nine big
sponges and one axe The latter implement
of destruction was welded with telling eff
feet before the president of the Western
Association had been in the Twin City many
hours. With one sweeping blow the careers
of Arthur Clarkson. Nicholson, Crooks and
Ingraham as Maroonites were cut short.
The Chicago club had grown into the habit
OF losing games with such notorious regu-
larlty that their manager decided upon
heroic course of treatment, and four of the
team were disposed Of to the highest bid
ders One new man, Hoover, of the Arson
corps. was signed. Then the high dsgni-
tary returned TO Chicago, and the Maroons
won their first game subsequently played.
But the spon ges were left behind, and con-
tributed in no small degree TO the change
in the clubs fortunes.
The eyes of the various members of the
team had become SO dimmed that they
couldn't see the ball. They made vicious
funges at the sphere as IL left the opposing
pitchers hand, and though it may have
been an inflated Rugby, IL might as well
have been globular atom. They simply
made diagonal passes through the air and
took their seats on the bench But Nor
toms sponges, well saturated with soap and
water and properly applied, soon removed
the cause of the trouble, and when, next
DAY, they faced the Minneapolis twirler,
they banged his curves into the far corners
of the park, and retired their opponents
with row of ciphers. Morton has pre-
scribed that his eye-water be used regular
" hereafter, and, in consequence, the Ma
rooms may be expected to Soon advance
from the rear.
Rain during the past week has interfered
badly with the associations schedule games,
and no one of the clubs has played its al
lotted number of contests Des Moines has
chung to the head of the list, but its lead is
of such slight percentage that both Kansas
City and Omaha may force 1t to take third
place within day or two The season
opened at Milwaukee Saturday, May 10, and
Manager Hart has, from reports, supplied
his patrons with handsome recreation
grounds. The local management has also
managed TO cope with the difficulty of sup
plying a Sunday crowd with seats, and the
grounds on Lincoln street in this city are
now capable of taking care of 5000 addi-
tional spectators.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27

TIE greats. precau.ion ia. rollroad oons.
panies have tsksn % sass y@4rs % guard
against the ssib.iisy Of aecSaEz:s has bes7
tie allowances - engDeers Of Of. bozrze
sisep and ress between sAoh Zip. Mary Q
time both my ersrnas and myself cass, scA-
wares. dropped .sss~p frpxa fA:igss I'D sr-
haus.sos, vito or eraia va rrxkt,g along
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Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS.

Borchers looks like good one. Arson
says the youngster is a wonder. In practice
play recently the old man could not gauge
the Californian's delivery at all.
After the second Howell Rowe race. April
2S. j. Lee and f. ". Allard had a 10-mile
bicycle race for $50. Lees machine broke
down aud Alard finished the race alone in
Bonn. 50 l-5s,
The first Of series Of three Safety bicy-
Gle races between Jack Lee and F. ". Al
lard took place at Long Eaton, Eng, April
%, the distance being 10 miles. Lee won
by foot III Som. 35S.
The New York Club has elected the fol-
lowing cers;-President, Z. j. Shriver;
President, F. W. Kitching; Secretary,
f. l. Stott; Treasurer, j. 5. Roy; Captain,
J. NJ MacFadden; First Lieutenant, j. Ii.
Tripler; Second Lieutenars, a. Y. Pringle
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
THE NATIONAL GAME.
CHlCAGO'S PULL FOR THE FLAG.
Anson's Team Proving, Much Stronger
Than the Wise" Men Predicted.


The Chicagos continue to play winning
ball,and it now seems probable that the end
OF the month VIII see the club at least FIVE
games in the lead for the league pennant.
Croakers must ROW admit. says the Chicago
Herald. that Arson has collected f0rmId-
able body Of men about him. When the
team finished playing the weaker clubs Of
the league the cry was raised that Boston,
New York, Philadelphia and Detroit would
surely explode the idea that Ansons men
were even in the hunt. Well, New York
and Boston have been here. and the old man
has sent them away on crutches. II Phila-
delphla and Detroit make their escape in
better order they viii have to play stronger
ball than they have been doing of late /,
is the opinion Of many old members Of the
Chicago club that nothing bIt physical dis
ability can prevent them winning the PEN
nant-
The playing of the team the past week has
been quite satisfactory. krock won great
honors by his magnificent WORK against
New York and Boston. and Baldwin and
Borchers bounded into popularity by daub-
ing the whtewash all over the Bean-Ea.-
ers. Borchers, by the way. has a staanch
admirer in Arson. The OLD man spent sew
eral hours last week L trying 70 hit the
CaLf0-nian's curves. Wien he found ne
ccuIda' place the bsu safely &c put on his
coat, went down to7yn, and tod Spaiding
that he had caught another wonder. Van
Raitren' ; Enishap last Tuesday was due 20
the weather. This was evident 10 any fair
minded critic 4 pitcher who depends o.
big curves for success IS iost on wet dsy.
He couldn't pitch ish-bal into pan L such
weather. Stif fingers ea1 not curve Dan,
ana slippery ball can not be controlled By
a curve pitcher TItoozDb tried I; and was
beaten Gu, of sight Van EaiireR DID 10
better.
But il was 10. al Anson's fault that Van
Haltren went into the hex- The Californian
asked 70 be pirsed sgainss Garrison, and his
desire was granted Flint, Daily aEd Daring
did some great oack-siop WORK tie pas.
week. ana tie 6zta.Rai ias szssa team
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
SPlINTERS FROM THE BATS

Gore and Dalrymple have struck streak
of batting.
Lille, the old Kansas City fielder, is play
ing in Texas.
Denny is now doing the strong batting
for indianapolis.
Big Schoeneck, of the Maroons, has a
'Charley horse"
The Maroons have had a shaking up
They needed it.
The race is probably between Chicago,
Boston and Detroit
If Petit does not pick up in his batting
Farrell will be put in right field.
Upto a recent date S4o6.l5 had been for
warded to the widow Of Pitcher Ferguson
Bryan refuses to be sold to minor
league. He should be given show.
Foutz has showed up much better than
Caruthers SO far, but the latter is pitcher,
and when he strikes his gait, look out.
The Chidago-Minneapolis games of Sep
TENDER II and Is, at Chicago, have been
changed 20 Minneapolis July . and May 81.
jim White denies the report that he had
signed conditional contract, and says that,
so far as he is concerned, Manager Watkins
may cover the players bench until the seat
of his pants wears out without worrying
him.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27

has been steady and brilliant. Burns play
at third has been particularly clever At
the bat the club has shown great strength,
Ryan, Sullivan, Pfeffer and Burns keeping
pace with the gait they cut out at the be-
ginning of the season, and Arson, William
son and Petit gauging the ball with greater
accuracy. Farrelfs stick work has also
been of great value TO the team.
Boston and New York have suffered de-
cided setback by reason of their collisions
in Chicago and Pittsburgh. Detroit, how
ever. has picked up little, thanks to the
Washington and Philadelphia teams, and
PIttsburgh's strong uphill game is begin
ming to crowd the Quakers for fifth place.
Indianapolis and Washington are in the
rear, with the chances in favor of their re-
naming there
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
STOMACH SLIDE.

home club. the on-lookers will always laugh
at the antics Of a base-runner as he slides
under the guardian Of bag in order to es-
cape being put out Ii is . peculiar thing,
this sliding to bases. There Is decided
knaCk about i. and few men attain any
thing near perfection in il. The men who
excel at it in both the league and aSsocia-
ton can readily be counted on the finger
ends, and those IN the second grade Of the
study are not numerous. either.
Zazel has gained notoriety, fame IL you
please, by her daring, by her plunges from
lofty heights into strong nets. but the
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
AQUATIC SPORTS.

The regatta OF the Canadian Amateur As
section viii be held July 2A
The Peterson Paine boat race will take
place at Victoria, b. c., June %
General Paine has changed his mind, and
will put the Volunteer into commission.
Harnm, Mckay. Hosmer, Ross and Couley
Go not appear TO make very rapid progress
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
THE LEADERS.
Standing of the Clubs at the Close of the
Fourth Week of the Season.

Although the league championship season
has advanced only month the Chicago
team has taken commanding lead in the
contest for the pennant The team is
simply playing winning ball individually
and collectively it is strong and steady.
Its strength in the box and behind the bat
is conceded, and its fielding and batting
ability corresponds. That il appears
stronger than any team it has played with
can not be denied. 1t has lost only two
games on the home grounds, one to New
York and one to Boston, and these two are
regarded as the strongest teams 1t will
have to meet. The fact that WEIGH won
one game for the New Yorks has no sgnifi-
canoe, since the tables were turned and
weighted down the second time WEIGH
faced the team. Neither does the fact that
Clarkson won a game have any signif-
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
TO THE CHECKER WORLD.


Tnomas B. Mfller.-Let US hear from you
pften.
j. Burns.-It is the most complete one we
pave received on Nos. 80 and 81 But we are the
recipient OF great many that are sound.
y. Gould d. L. Gorton. J. A. Sweeney and A.
a Bush.-We are indebted TO you for contribu-
tons, which shall appear as soon space per-
mits.
Edwin N. Truen-That is the only way 10
become thorough. 1t may take three hours to
tnemorlze the first game, but the second will
invariably take less time and soon you can learn
one in few minutes. Do not get discouraged
Columbus, o., and Geneseo, H., players are
forming a checker club. This makes over
fifteen clubs organized within the last two
months. The game IS rapidly coming to thefront,
and our numerous readers have by this time
learned to appreciate the many beauties which
IT contains. If this continues we VIII ere long
be able to cope with our foreign brothers
There are over thirty checker clubs in the city
of Glasgow, Scotland and we know of no reason
why there should not be as much interest
taken in the game on this side OF the water.
POSITION NO. 34-BY w c. BELDEN,
WHO CAPTURED FIRST PRIZE IN THE FAMOUS
Eortd PROBLEM TOURNEY.
Black-i & King
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
Kupeser WILLIAM. Phsnome.ai L.ek.

AUpesoS WtUfsm's FhsnomenAi LEX
a Characteristic sssss Of tia az,s Eracercr
" iRiazn vas hss geuuioe good nature. lie
vas ais0 fpnd q good toa.s- ~ g EG1. sAs
tunt<-ren lad twsusye4ss bost q game 10
fore him, WITCH etey SID be bad Kidd
S-ni,fngiy be qacted Tie ~orris q gaxEs-
pe&re. ''Tters srs more ss:rss 1, beavso Azi
&c stee1, For . - oos . EirEcas LII I
zhoaid tz-s kAlsesi tveasy <tS.s keea While I
lad oEly twenty-five e-xys<saF-S0<sas
ITA.~sz.rs
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
rrErFTRI STfnI

dropping or plUnging into net. knows the
difficulties aad has time 70 gauge her dis
tances Not 50. however. with a base
runner. lie must spring away when op-
portunlty offers, and by throwing himself
head foremost or feet foremost To the earth.
slide along the ground towards has goal,
over peooIes and thrcEga N1d and dust.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27

The two above euigmstical conceptions are
apt to deceive the majority of our readers
The authors name is sufficient to warrant
No "a being above the standard. No. IS has
been used by Mr.. Hopkins as q weapon for the
unaware at the Chicago Club. He gave it to Us
for our column and said: haze given this to
oil the leading players in the city and not one
OF them solved it at the first attempt. We will
give two copies of Bankers Match Game Book
for the best solutions received. BE sure you
are right and then
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27

When giving the above position we only al
lowed taose TO Compete for prizes who had
never before contributed TO any checker publ
cation; and, as surprising as IT may seem TO
our many readers, 1t Is nevertheless true that
IL brought out over fifty players who claim that
this is their first attempt. After examining all
solutions received we have awarded prizes to
Edwin NJ Truell Robert Kelly and W. Il. Smith
Mr. Kaufman sent US thirty variations on the
above position, knowing that he could not get
a prize. He says: Just think OF 1t, the idea of
getting many variations from problem with
SO few men on the board -
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27

The st. Lambert Boat Club, of Montreal,
has just elected officers as follows: Presi-
dent, John S. Hunt; Vice-President, w.
Percivsl: Secretary, P. Thompson; Treas
urer, W. Beattie; Captain, L. Betournay.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27

: AA-N-AS ~ , ~ AN@ACA > ~
base-sli6jng does. 1t
matters not how close
and exciting a game
may be, how great the
disappointment viii be
if defeat IS the lot Of the
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-27
sS>Nllx~
Daily q Eagle
OUR CHECKER COLUMN.
J. T. DENvIR. EDITOR.

Address, all communications and exchanges for
TINS department. to the CHECKER EDITOR, GIL West
Fifteenth St, Chicago III.