Omaha daily bee., 1890-01-05

The shallow places in the Missouri RIVER
which is lower at present that It has been
known in a quarter OF q century-are re-
ported to be literally swarming with buffalo
and cat fish.
Jimmy Caravan writes Manager Prince
that at the end of the polo season he hopes TO
bring the champion team of tine New Eng
land league TO Omaha for a series of games
with the champion team OF the Omaha city
league for the gate receipts.
Jem McHale, the Philadelphia pug whom
Umpire Tim Hurst wanted to back for a
finish fight with Jimmy Lindsay last fall,
was knocked out with a punch by a novice
at New Orleans Wednesday night. Hurst
was behind him.
Leon Lozier of Council Bluffs won a 100
yard foot race for 5000 a side at Atlanta, Ia,
New Years day, beating AL Tharnish a yard.
The latter claimed that Lozier beat him by
taking advantage of the bungiesome work OF
the starter, aud wants to run the Bluffs man
again.
Advices from the north state that no less
than 5000 head of deer has been killed by the
Indians in the Wind river country during
the past two months-in a majority OF cases
simply for their hides. 1t is no difficult matter
to perceive that it will require but a very few
years longer to entirely exterminate the
game in this region, now unquestionably the
finest hunting grounds in the whole country.
The six-day bicycle race for the twenty
four hour championship Of America, which
has been fixed for the Coliseum the second
week in February. will undoubtedly prove
one of the finest cycle tournaments ever held
here. The list of entries Is already very
large and by the time the gong sounds for
the start on the opening night there will
probably be the greatest array OF wheel tai
ent ever witnessed II in any previous similar
event.
jimmy Lindsay, the local champion light
weight, is perfecting his plans for a trip TO
California In February. He will go under
the management OF a we'll known Omaha
sporting man, and stand ready to meet any
and all Corners in his class. II there Is
money before the clubs out there for such
pretenses as Jimmy Griffen, Lindsay should
reap a bountiful harvest. All evidence con-
sldered Lindsay is as good AS any light
weight In the country.
Pugilism is again at q low ebb IN this city,
and yet no expressions OF regret are heard.
Al its very best, If it has such q condition, it
is O thoroughly demoralizlng sport, and one
that cannot be too thoroughly deprecated.
The manly art of self-defense is all right, but
when it is put into execution by q couple OF
the short-haired simply for the purpose Of
| warding of the bloody onslaught of one an
| other for the ediiication Of q crowd of idle
| and vicious men, IL Ia another matter and
does not properly belong TO any class Of
sport.
M. j.. Kettleman and F.. S. Skinner, q brace
of skin sprint runners, who endeayored to
get on a race here a week or TWO ago, but
failed for the lack OF a sucker, got In their
work IN great shape at Wichita, Kan, last
| Friday. A would-be sport named William
Trenans was the producer" He backed
Skinner for $500. IL being fixed with Ket-
| tleman to throw the race, Of course, which
he did not do, but run it out on Trenans and
won. II was the same old story of tho
"double-cross, and TO get even Trenaus as
| saulted Kettleman and would have shot him
had 1t not nave been for the Intervention of
| the bystanders.
There is q vast contrast between the sport
ing arena today and that Of twenty-five or
thirty years ago. Then the race courses
Furnished the only sporting events Of the
day, save now and then q prize fight or cock
| ing main, while now every first class city in
the land boasts not only OF ITS race course.
but It's ball club too. There are prize fights
every night, foot ball, lacrosse, polo, rowing
and yachting and q hundred aud one other