Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-07

o. f. Harlan, COOK, NeD.-lne gun Clup
rules will be forwarded you by Mr.. William
Townsend Of the Dupont club, to whom l
handed your request.
of The Bee: Please let US know in Sundays
Bee how many you can count in a game
of cribbage with three deuces, one tray and
one eight. l claim you can count hfteen-six.
Henry Schroeder.
twelve.
CEDAR BLUFFS, Neb., March 4.-To the
Sporting Editor of The Bee: A bets that
Maher did not get the championship belt
upon a foul. How did Maher come in possess
sion of the belt.-F. w. Lee.
ns.-Ma never had a championship
belt and never will have. Corbett pretended
to make him al present of the championship
and that is the only claim on it he ever had.
FREMONT, March S.-To the Sporting Ed
itor of The Bee: Kindly answer: In a
AS we understand it a blaze is five court
cards of any suit. Answer in next Sundays
Bee and greatly oblige.-A Subscriber.
Aps.-Not unless agreed upon by the play
ers before the game begins.
OMAHA, March 4.-To the Sporting Editor
of The Bee: Please answer the following
question in your next Sundays paper: A,
B, G and ID are playing poker. A and B
are playing a pot alone, G and d not having
! stayed with the ante. Are they entitled to
see the hands when A calls b? You will
understand this is no jackpot. Your decision
is to settle the argument. A. F.
Ans.-Yes. all the players in the game
have equal rights.
RANGE BLOCK. March Ito the Sport
ing Editor of The Bee: Kindly decide this
dispute: A contends that before the Sulli-
van-Corbett fight John L. was the champion
heavyweight of the world; that when Corbett
won that fight he became, ipso facto, the
champion; that Corbett transferred the
title to Maher, that Fitz whipped Peter, and
by that fact became the champion. and that
when Sharkey received the referees decision
in the Fitz-Sharkey fight he became the
champion and that today Thomas Sharkey
is the champion of the world. B claims
that there is a flaw in AS chain of reason
ing?-A and B.
Ans.-John L. was never champion of the
world, nor Corbett, either. Corbett did
present Maher with the championship of this
country, and FitZ won it from him. The
Sharkey-Fitz contest was not a championship
affair and Sharkey remains the big dub he
always was.
COOK, Neb., March Ito the Sporting
Editor of The Bee: In playing whist A bets
B that the dealer should have the trump
that is cut on the bottom. b bets that he
should not. Which is Hoyle? Please answer
by return mail and oblige.- George #. Nor
rissey.
Ans.-No answers by mail. Neither is
" V ~ 'hNa Pug aA5 VAN u Sibbi
the trump remains on the bottom of the
deck until turned.
NORTH BEND, Neb,, March 5.-To the
Sporting Editor of The Bee: How many
rounds were fought in the Corbett and Sulli-
van fight for the championship? Please an
swer in Sundays ~Bee.-George E. w.
Springer.
Ans-Twenty-one.
OMAHA, March 4.-To the Sporting Editor
of The Bee; Kindly decide the following
and oblige undersigned: A contends that
Billy Welsh defeated Corbett in 1886, or there
abouts, which b denies?-Jerome Schofeld.
Ans.-A Is correct.
DAVID CITY, Neb., March 4.-To the
Sporting Editor of The Bee: Please answer
In Sundays Bee: To what extent are the
people living in the District of Columb
DISTINGUISHED, and also whether soldiers en-
listed In the regular army are disfranchlsed?
This to settle a dispute.-C. e. X.
Ans.--D Entirely. () Regular army SOL
diers retain their franchise in the state in
which they enlisted.
CORDOVA, Neb., March 4.-To the Sport
ing Editor of The Bee: To settle a wager
please state In Sundays Bee which has the
advantage in reach, Corbett or Fitzsimmons?
IF. NJ. Dorsey.
Ans-They measure exactly the same. al
though it is claimed that Fitz has a slight
advantage,
COOK, Neb.. March 4.-Will you please
state in Sundays Bee, In order to decide a
bet, who has the longest reach, Corbett or
Fitzsimmons William A. Schapers.
ns,-Six feet and one-half inch each.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, March 3.-To the Sport
ing Editor Of The Bee: Can you give me
the name and address of bookmakeT on spring
races at New Orleans and Arkansas? Reply
In Sundays Bee ana oblige?-Joe Poole.
~Ans-chambers in Hot Springs; Lamoth in
New Orleans.
SIOUX CITY. Ia, March 4.-To the Sport
Ing Editor OF The Bee: Please state In
Sundays Bee how many deaths occurred dur
ing 1896 as a result OF foot ball aceldents?--
H, II. Sears.
Ans--Three.
RANCHES1ER Wyo,. March 3.-To the
Sporting Editor OF The Bee: To decide a
bet. please give In next Sundays Bee the
time and place OF Jake Kilrain's death ana
ohlige?-J. X. Guild.
ARs.--Jake Is running a lushing ken down
In Baltimore aad viii be through here next
Sunday enroute for the big eight at Carson.