Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
than the best Jump of any other athlete
past or present.

Despite the roars that were made last
winter against the six days bicycle race in
New York on the score Of Its inhumanity
another event of the same kind starts In
Madison Square Garden at midnight to-
night. The field Is the most representative
lot that has ever gathered in an interna-
tional contest and will include the best rid
ers from many parts Of the world. Among
the men who will pedal around the track
for six long, weary days for glory and in
cidentally share Of the $4,000 prize money,
are: Charles Miller, the Chicago motorman
who last year won the race and broke the
record. Since then he has made a trip to
Europe and defeated the best men there in
a famous seventy two-hour race. Teddy
Hale Is also entered. Frederick Michel a
Swiss who rode second to Miller in the Paris
race; Joyeux, the Frenchman who was third
in this same event; Cistac, an Australian;
Stephanne, the French long distance rider,
are among the other foreigners who are
entered to compete with quite a batch OF
Americans.
Teddy Hale, the bughouse cyclist, who
started out to ride as many centuries this
year as there were days. Is out of bed again.
He rode century every day for 252 sue
cessive days and then succumbed. He will
ride eight more centuries to make 260 for the
year and will then retire. An Englishman
proposed to beat his record next year by
riding 365 centuries on one course. Says
Hale regarding this: II see his finish.
He'll go crazy as sure as shooting. An that
saved me was that I Travelled around and
had a change OF scenery"
Jacob Schaefer, Eugene Carter and Billy
Cation are about to open palatial billiard
parlor in the City of Mexico Schaefer and
Carter will make a three months tour OF
the west before going to Mexico. About a
month ago Schaefer stated that he was anx-
ious to play Ives special match Of 1900
points, to be played in blocks Of 600 points
and another match OF 500 POINTS, 10 be played
in blocks of 400: one match in New York
and the other In Chicago. and Ives to ha We
his choice OF either game for New York This
statement was made through Phil Roche
Schaefers hacker. but ELECTED no response
from Ives, although he Gves) stated about
two months ago that he wished another se-
ries OF matches with the wizard" There
can be no very great excuse for Ives re-
tcence, especially as he is playing in splen-
did FORM as shown by his practice work with
the cue.
It is announced that the Olympian games
that were to have been held in connection
with the Paris exposition are off unless some
effective persuasion can be brought to bear
on the officials In charge. These games were
to have been the second In the series that
, was started In Athens In 1896, when Amer
leans carried off pretty nearly everything in
sight The French government, although in
tending to make amateur athletics feature
at the exposition has refused to recognize
Baron Pierre Coubertin, who has been one OF
the main spirits Of the Olympian games.
The baron is now trying to get up move
ment to go 1t alone and hold the games out
side the grounds and is soliciting the sup
port of this and other countries. Unless
the French recognize the Olympian contests,
! IL seems probable that the athletic interests
! of the United States will follow one of two
| plans-they win hold games under American
| auspices only or join with Baron Coubertin.
| The fifth annual reretition OF the Snor's-
mems show that is to take place in Madison
7 Square Garden In New York, from March 2
to II next, promises to be the crack IA jack
of the series, according to the prospectus,
An artificial lake seventy-fve feet long,
forty feet wide and eight feet deep, con-
tanning 200 900 gallons Of water, will occupy
the center Of the building. Upon this will
occur water polo, swimming and other
aruatic contests. Log cabins and tents that
Will portray life In the woods. and Indian
| camps, occupied by families OF Indians en-
1 gagged in their home occupations. will be