The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-07-11
Milwaukee would be pleased.


everyone this year. That team has
never won a pennant in the National
league and IL would do old Ewing's
heart good to finish even in third place.
Last year they managed to hold their
own for the eighth place. Excellent
team work is responsible for their fine
showing so far more than anything
else. The Cincinnati players are per-
feet gentlemen both on and off the
ball field. There is no ridiculous rivalry
among them and no Ill feeling that
prevents them from playing well to-
gether such as existed in the Boston
team last year. II there were few
more clubs like Cincinnati in the
league and fewer like Cleveland, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, then baseball would
be respected by a larger number of
people.
The annual rowing regatta at
Henley Thames may be likened to
the yearly meeting at Epson, when the
Derby stakes are run for. and the
Grand Challenge cup for which a Cor
nell crew competed unsuccessfully for
in 1895 and Yale is competing this
year, may be compared with the blue
ribbon Of the turf as being the trophy
of all, in it's class, which oarsmen are
proud to take part in winning. The
regatta was established in 1899, when
the cariac of 10 Iaf 70,
were inaugurated and the Grand Chal-
lenge cup, purchased by public sub
scription, was first raced for and was
won by a crew from Trinity college,
Cambridge. This year the representa-
tives of the United States, Yale. failed
to win it as usual. Even DIR. w. 8.
Mcdowell was defeated, and by r. K.
Beaumont in the races for the diamond
SOULS. The Leander crew, this years
winners, had no walk away, however,
for Yale easily distanced all other
crews.
Umpire Hurst took all the fight out
of Stencil and Hauley of the Pitts
burg team the other day. During the
game they tainted and threatened
him with punching after the game
When the game was finished Hurst
walked off with the Pittsburg players
and after passing out of the grounds,
told Stencil and Hauley to repeat the
language they had used. He stepped
up to Stencil and struck him in the
jaw and, turning, dealt Hawley a
similar stroke. Neither player re-
scented the attack.
The United States government wants
to know how long it would take to send
a packet from end to end of the United
States. If the plans determined on are
carried out a message will leave the
the Pacific coast and will be delivered
exclusively by bicycle sometime this
month by the commandment in New
York city. The route will be from San
Francisco to New York. AS it is purely
a question of speed. the shortest route
across the continent will probably be
picked out. The country will be dis
tricted into something like seventeen
each district to be under the
command of division commander,
who will determine the length of the
relays and the men who will have the
honor of transmitting the message
across the continent. The relays will
be about fifty miles, where the roads
are good and the country level and
less in the mountain dis
tricts. Stearn wheels will be ridden
exclusively throughout the trip. In
Nebraska the route will be direct from
Cheyenne to Lincoln, and thence to
Omaha. Mr.. Henry Doyle. represent
ing the New York Journal, has charge