Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-10

parlors, dining rooms and gun rooms The
clubhouse in the center. is two stories In
height, the second story being completely
OF glass, giving an unobstructed view OF the
shooting and Of the surrounding country.
and also affording dancing floor OF 40x70
feet The interior Of the entire house IN
lavishly furnished and fitted throughout.
AS to shooting, the Mott system OF iron
traps has been adopted of which there will
be three sets. The trapping will all be
done from deep trenches, while the pulling
VIII be done with a patent arrangement
which operates like the spindles in a music
box. Thus the trapper will not know who
Is shooting, nor will the puler be able
to control the device so as to tell which
trap will be sprung. Almost all the shoot
Ing on these grounds will be at blackbirds,
which are said to afford far better sport
and to give harder shots than pigeons,
though, Of course. both kinds Of birds will
be shot. There is little hope however, that
the DAILY grounds can ever be madc TO rank
with the European Monte Carlo. Here the
tournaments will be open to the world, pro-
fessonais, amateurs or whosoever sees
proper to nay the entrance. Across the
drink no professionals are allowed to COM
pete. 1t is strictly an amateur arrange
ment and the prizes range much higher
than they do on this side.
The foot ball giants of Butte have at last
sstible onrush. They went down before the
Olympics OF San Francisco on New Years
day to the tune OF IA to 4, in the presence
OF an enormous crowd The battle was a
cataclysm of hard knocks, a buclSing game
OF unparalleled ferCeness, giant against
giant and when the Californians evinced an
aptitude to annihilate the Goliaths from
Montana, the partisan crowd went all but
crazy. AS the game wore along the Buttes
became worried and confused. and. instead of
being aggressors, as In all their former
games, they were on the defensive the greater
part of tho time. There was almost an en-
tire absence OF clever massing and support
tactics in their rushes, and at times their
sturdy line was tossed about like so many
old shoes, and the relentless Californians
fairly walked up the field. 1t was o great
game however, a fierce, bitter, internecine
strife, in which hatred and malice played
prominent part, but which finally ended in
a victory for superior merit, skill and reso-
lutte playing. Appended will be found Butte's
record for the season:
Omaha University Club. b..................2O-O
Doane College Nebraska ka.................22-0
Nebraska City Athletic Association. .....2-4
Denver Athletic Club. ub......................20-0
University of Nebraska, at Butte.
University of Iowa, at Butte............32-6
Olympic Christmas day). y)..................1S-O
Olympic (New Years y)................4-1i
Athletes are generally looking forward
with considerable satisfaction to the carni-
val of sports to be held in the Madison
Square Garden on Saturday, February 13, un-
der the auspices of the New Jersey Athletic
club. Included in the contes-s on this occa-
sion will be two important nltional cham
pionships-the ten-mile fun and the two
mile steeplechase. 1t Is the intention of
the athletic committee 10 offer five prizes
for the ten-mile run, IL the amendment soon
to be voted on Is carried. The object in
offering an amendment to the constitution
of the A. A. U, in relation to allowing more
than three prizes in events OF five miles and
over was for the purpose of encouraging
long distance running la this country. The
only distance run of Importance this year
was the Marathon race. successfully con-
Quoted by the Knickerbocker club. Entries
for the ten-mile event on the card are eX-
pected from all the large eastern cities.
The two-mile steeplachase will be an at
tractve race, and 1t is always popular with
the spectators. In addition to the above the
following handicaps are open 10 all ANA
teus: sxty-yard run. handicap; 22O-yard
run, handicap; $780, yard run, handicap; cne-
mile run, handicap; ii0-yard run. handicap;
one-mile walk, handicap; pole vault for
height, handicap, limit six inches, and $50
yard novice rum There will also be two
bicycle races and several special events, IN
cluding a basket ball match.
After all the fourishing OF cymbals and the
sounding of brass, the effort to bring about
an athletic reconciliation between the col
lSBeS Ol 1dle anu fidrNaru is llhely TO go TOT
naught. There was lot of nice, amiable
talk made, but II seems that this was only for
effect. and that the managers of the brawny
lads OF these two great universities are not
at all anxious TO meet each other on the
friendly field of competition. That Bob
Cook and his last years varsity rowers have
undoubtedly had big influence in staving
off this desired amnesty there can
be no mistake Bob and his lads
have not quite recovered from the bitterness
OF the defeat they sustained at Henley last
year and they are aching to get even Bui
they never will. The trip across the big
ditch and the two or three months sojourn
on the other side Is too nice a snap to pass
up without a decisive kick, and il they can
get over there again this year by hook or
crook. Harvard can go to. for all they care
The present crew has certainly been selected
with this one historic event in view, and Il
Is reasonable TO expect that Old Eli is to
take one more shot at the Grand Challenge
Cup and then, lose or win. she will be ready
to kiss and make up with Harvard.
John Teemer, the veteran sculler, | no.
tice. possibly urged on by the hattery that
has been bestowed on Lehman. the English
coach at Harvard. has had his little say
about pulling a boat. John swears that
the American style is all right
Bob Cooks conviction that the British rig
ging. oars. and movement are the thing not
withstanding. The American balances. the
oar in the middle of the gunwale. leaving
the same spread in the water at all
stages. This allows him the fullest lever
age and enables him to work more sys-
tematically and with better effect than by
the long sweep OF the Englishman.
Alois p. Swoboda, the we'll known phys
ical culture teacher is contemplating a |
trip to Europe In the near future to in |
vestigate into the methods employed by |
the eminent professors there and to com
plete his own studies in this delicate |
science, The system now practiced by |
Swoboda is entirely now and that II IL
an improvement on the older methods OF ]
development and training is attested by
ing business men, he has now under pro-
cess of instruction and treatment. The |
principle of Swobodas system is the an