Omaha daily bee., 1890-01-12
miscellaneous local SHORTS.

The Omaha gun club has resolved to pros.
ecute any and all dealers or commission
merchants who expose any game for sale out
OF season, The law for deer, chicken and
quail has expired.
Ed. Corrigan, the we'll known Kansas CITY
horseman, was in the city yesterday.
Tho local middleweight boxing competition
opens at the Atheneum club rooms two
weeks from tomorrow evening.
Tn funeral of the late Dan Sullivan, who
was known as an umpire and who numbered
his friends among the ball players by tine
hundreds, took place from his brothers. resi-
dence in Chicago last Monday.
On next Tuesday evening at the coliseum,
Immediately before the commencement of
the polo game, Win Pixley and George san
shay, u couple of fast young wheelmen, will
ride a two-mile race for a small prize.
Manager Prince has now received six en-
tries through The BEE for the great six-day
bicycle race to begin at the Coliseum Feb
ruary lO. In addition TO these four other
entries have been made, and the outlook for
q great race is iiattering.
A professional six-day six hours a day
pyclcle race begins at the Mechanics
pavilion, Portland, Ore, on the Goth. Jack
Prince of this city has entered for the con-
test and will leave for Portland some time
the latter part of this week.
Fred Fuller, with IN average of 1OT. won
the sChuetzen verein's first prize, a handsome
gold medal, Cor the past seasons shooting,
Next season the vercin will adopt the new or
classlted rules. All the members who made
an average of .S5 this year will constitute
the first class, and all under that the second
class.
Tom Eek, the cycle manager, has returned
from Europe ard is in Minneapolis, where
he Is arranging for u six-day skating match
OF two hours duration each night, to come
OF at Hengle IL Fosters rink. Such pro-
fesslonals as Paulsen, Dowd, Mccormick
and Black have signified their intention to
enter INTO the contest.
1t is quite probable that the patrons of the
Gate City ATHLETIC club will have an oppor-
tunity some time along in the early spring
months to see a fight as is Il fight. Manager
Kilkenny has been negotiating with Danny
Needham-now in Conformation a contest
with Jimmy Lindsay, and it looks bright for
a contamination of this end. Oh, my, what
q mil these two would make.
The Gate City, Omaha Guard and Willard
polo teams have withdrawn from the city
league and disbapded. This leaves five
strong clubs yet in the league, who will play
the season out, u new schedule having
been drawn up for that purpose. The re-
naming teams are the Wheel Club. Cont
n%entals, HANDLERS, Morses and Council
Bluffs. Each has made rapid Advancement
IN the Silence OF the game, and as they are
evenly matched, all coming games will bo
much closer and more interesting.
Jimmy Lindsay has contracted to knock
Patsy Murray out in three rounds at South
Omaha some time within the next three
weeks, and a forfeit of $50 was posted the
other evening for "A bet of 500 II side that he
Will do 1t. The winner Is also to take the
entire gate receipts, and the contest is to be
governed by Queensbury rules. In South
Omaha the fraternity claim that Lindsay has
bit of more than he can ''chaw,r and they
are willing to bet to the limit that Murray
wins.