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Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
FIELD DAY AT DEAF AND DUMB
Many Events Cnrded and n GsOd Pro-
gram Carried Out.

tests test 5 Of the .Nebraska school for The Peaf
grounds Yesterday afternoon before large
number of visitors from the city. Every
bin, so that the smaller boys, and also the
girls could take part and enjoy the sport
as ;r,, well as the larger ones.
The obstacle race over fences and. wagons
and through barrels was so amusing that
1t had to be repeated twice, additional
The prizes were all good and showed the
good taste and judgment of the collectors
and distributors Mrs. Crane and Miss Bam-
Mcnamara, Mr.. Roberts and MIR. Blanken-
ship wers judges.
Lloyd Rhiley was the particular bright
and shining star in nearly all the contests
he entered and was regarded by the young
sters with great awe and admiration, as he
would walk up to the judges stand to get
one of the most amusing contests was the
shoe race. All the participants placed their
sho5s in pile and at the signal they had
to rush for this, scramble for their own
shoes, put them on and return to point of
regular cleats with twelve boys on a side,
and thsir difference of weight was only one
pound After yacilating back and forth
the West Side began to give and the East
won in about five minutes.
The following were the different events
First event, 1OO-yard dash. sixteen start-
ers: Lloyd Ridley won, A. Lamm second
second event, so yards, for girls eight
man second.
Third event, obstacle, 200 yards, twenty
starters: VIII Harrington won Harry Mey-
ers second, Carl Bates third.
Fourth event, potato race, for girls, twelve
starters: Ethel Lloyd won, Anna Johnson
second.
Fifth event, archery contest. ten entries:
Harry Meyers won, Fred Opper second.
Sixth event, nail driving contest, for girls,
Morse second
Seventh event potato race, e,even start
e?s: Chester Gabriel won, Pat Ragan
Eighth event, spoon and egg race for
girls, ten starters: Laurie Peterson won,
Ninth event, slit race seven starters:
Fred Opper won, Merrill Slower second
Tenth event tumber race, for women,
eleven starters; Clara Jansen won, Lourie
Eleventh event, shoe race, twenty start
ers: Pat Ragan won
Twelfth event, ball throwing, for girls,
seven entries; Mela Mckay won, Hattie
Coleman second,
Thirteenth event, tug of war, twelve on a
side: Harry Meyers side won.
Fourteenth event, so yards backward, for
girls, twelve starters: Mary Smart won.
Laurie Peterson second.
Fifteenth event throwing hammer: Lloyd
Rhiley won, Welland Stoyer second.
Sixteenth event, second obstacle race:
Willard Stoyer wen, Fred Opper second.
Seventeenth event hop, skip step and
jump; Charles Hartman won, Harry Mey-
Eighteenth event, pudding eating contest
Plenz won by getting out Is cents.
Nineteenth event, sack race Lloyd Rhlley
won, Harry Meyers second
Twentieth event, handicap, running quar-
ter of mile, fifty stanters; George Patter-
son won, Orin ThaYer second
Twenty-iirst event, slow wheel race, so
yards, eight starters: Lloyd Ridley won,
Willard Slower second.
Twenty-second event handicap, run half
mile, thirty-three starters: Jacob Zeiler
won, Charles Mack second
Iwent"-third event, obstacle race: Lloyd
Ridley won.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31

Buda-Pesth, Lasker and Cohn OF B,rlin.
and PUlsbury. Showalter and Steinitz Of
New York The pairing FOR the fast round
was as follows. Janowski against SChloch-
ter, Pnlsbury against Cohn, Maroczy
against Bird Teichmann against Tinsley,
Steinitz against TsChgorin. Burns against
Mason, Lasker against Blackburne and
Showalt:r against Lee.
Play began at noon and will be continued
until 1880 p m, with two hours interval
from 4:30 to $50 p. m.
At the 1880 p. IN. adjournment three games
were finished Pnlsbury could not do bet
ter than draw with Cohn, Burn lost to
Mason, Showalter lost to Lee. Lasker has a
bad position In his game with Blackburne.
The other games were unfinished. Burn
withdrew from the tournament after his
defeat and his place will! remain vacant.
In the one-round tournament, which Is
also contested under the auspices Of the tn
ternational congress and which op ned this
afternoon, the following twelve competitors
entered: Meises Muller, Marco Smith,
Physick Erskine, Jones' Taburlschikoff,
Marshall, Ess;r, Klimsch and Jackson.
In the evening session Mason sucCumbed
to Marocsy, Tschigorin went down before
Pll,sbury, Showalter disposed of Baird,
while BaCkburne and Teichmann again
adjourned their game In an even position.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Many Riders Refuse to Start Owing to
Poor Condition of COursc.

CHICAGO, May 30.-The Wheeling road
race, the annual classic event of the Asso-
clated Cycling clubs of Chicago, was won
today by William Blum, with a handicap of
seven and half minutes Charles Merze,
an eight-minute man, was second. owing
only 2l1 Of the entries started. Among the
delinquentS was Al Montague, the colored
rider from Kansas City.
Shortly before the winner appeared at the
finish section of the grand stand at Gar
field park collapsed, preciptating nearly 100
people to the ground. No one was seriously
hurt, however, and order was quickly re-
stored.
Blums time was one hour sixteen minutes
and forty-three seconds.
w. B. Ferguson, a one-minute man. won
time prize in one hour and twelve minutes.
The last of the famous Chicago Memorial
dav road races was run today over the
Wheeling course. The twenty-five miles
from Wheeling to Garfield park included
all sorts of footing from boulevards to mud
roads, but brilliant sunshine and gentle
wind made the contest less trying than on
| many past occasions. The start from
there to the finish the course was lined with
crowds of sight-seers. afoot and awheel.
The entries numbered but 242, much less
| than usual, the agitation against racing on
| Memorial day having told heavily on the
general interest in the event. Hereafter, if
run at all, the Chicago road races will be
| held on July 4, but the hostile attitude of
many of the athletic associations towards
| road racing makes it not improbable that
| Chicago. In any event no more races will
| be run on Memorial day, the park commits
| sioners having refused to permit them
| after this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31

LONDON, May 30.-Tod Sloan finished
first on Lord William Beres ford's 6-year-
bay horse, Knight of the Thistle, in the
race for the Craven stakes of 200 soyereigns
at EPSON today. La Uruguay was second
and Hermiston third, The betting was 7
to against knight of the Thistle
The Epson plate of 500 sovereigns was
mare Tender and True. Sloan rode d. Sew
mours 3-year-old Clarehaven and was un-
placed. The betting was to ! against
Clarehaven. Richard Crokers Knicker-
booker was among the twenty-five starters
but failed to secure a place.
In the race for the Norbury plate of 200
sovereigns Lord Stanleys 6-year-old chest
nut horse, Golden Rule, 2 to / against rid
den by Sloan, and NJ DevereauX's 4-year-
old chestnut colt Frego.i, ridden by l..
Loates. ran a dead heat. Sloan raised an
objection against Fregol for boring"
which was sustained, and the race was
given to Golden Rule. Horatio Bottomly' 5
Labrador was third.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
RESULTS on THE RUNNING TRACKS
Half Time Wins prcnISncss stakes,
Eillrrnnc GnIIlmr I'm nnckn 81.

NEW YORK, May SO.-Tho attendance at
on Brooklyn handicap day. The card was a
poor one )nc In the ClOVtrdalc stakes
Fond Hope was favor!tc and cary iu the
Coming into the stretch, however, the tav r
ite dropped back to third place, while ORcck
drive all the way through, finishing a length
apart in the order named, with Fond Hopes
Half Time and Lakeland were the only
ones who elected to go against the speedy
Morris colt Ffligranc in the lreaknesS, anu
Half Time was made faNorile. MneR
StraightC ed out on the back StrUtCh itall
Time was a ,ength in front OF Fihgrane
Hero Lakeland moved up ana ,poCkeicd
Filigrdne and in the drive home the favor
ite won by three parts of length sum
mar!cs;
First race, six furongs; Continental wgn
Vertigo second Sanders third Time; ll5la
Second race mile and a furlong: Don De
orc won. Aaucena second, Jeannet third
Time: 1:54.
furongs: Oneck Queen won, Msericordia
second Fond Hopes third. Time: o:S6.
Fourth race fTSakness me ~ ,,S5So and 99S. saS.
ond. Lakeland third Time; lA1. a.,
Fifth race, selling, six furlongs: Hand
ball won, Nazarine second, concord thiru'
sixth race selling, five furlongs: T,lnke
won, Trumpet second, McMeekln third.
Ct51iiNCiSNAT1, May Summarizes,
First race, six furlongs, sellinG;; Hamp-
den Won, Flop second, Lucy M. third
Time: l:l1
Second race, one mile: DR.. Withrow won
Pat Garrett second, Lie Wanna third.
Time: las,
Third race, five furlongs: Jucoma won,
Calma second, Ida Ledford third. Time:
1:GS$..
Fourth race milo and an eighth the
Decoration day handicap: John Bright, l2i
tBeauchamp), to 2, won; lsabe., lO2 81.
Matthew'S, to l, second; May Hempstead
i07 IN Turner, . to 10, third Time; l:56
Batten also ran.
Fifth race. six furlongs, handicap: sam
ovar won, Bertha Nell second, The Lady IN
Blue third. Time not taken.
Sixth race, mile, selling: Monadour won
High Jinks second, Cynic third. Time: 1:4312.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31

Boat Race on CnyuEn Lake Ends in
Favor of Ithncnns.

ITHACA, n. Y, May 3O.-The Cornell
University of Pennsylvania boat race,
which was postponed from the scheduled
time of $3.50 this afternoon, was finally rowed
at 1880 O'Clock this evening: The lake,
which had been exceptionally rough al!
day, queted down by 6 o'clock so that
Referee Mumford was able to call the Cas-
cadilla- Cornwall, which was scheduled TO
take place after the Cornell-Pennsylvania
race This race was started at G:55 p IN.
and Cornwall won from Cascadil.a by Il
length.
Cornell and PENNSYLVANIA were ready for
the contest Immediately after the first race
had been rowed. The observation train re
turned to the start and Cornell reached
Cornell did not let out until within about
300 yards Of the finish. The men in the
Cornell boat then rOwed a th.rty-thrce
stroke while Pennsylvania went to 81 The
Ithacans gained slightly and at the end won
by fully half length IN ll:26l2.
Pennsylvania's time was ll:%. Both crews
finished strong and pulled to the boat house
in good form
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31

Two-base hits; Dexter, Magee, Kelley,
Farrell First base on error:
BROOKLYN l. Left on bases: Louisville. 4;
Brooklyn. z Struck out: BY Magee 2; by
Dunn. !. Stolen bases: Daley, g Base on
balls: BY Magee. 2; by Dunn, 2 Double
play: Wagner tunassistedD HIT by
pitched bah : Farrell. Time Of game one
hour and fOrty-two minutes Umpires;
Lynch and Connolly
The afternoon game brought out crowd
OF 1890 pcopl-. 1t was a struggle through
out, the Brooklyns carrying of the victory
by I to g. Brooklyn punched three hits in
the second, scoring three runs. In the
eighth base on balls to McGann, Days
single and some daring base running
brought in the winning run. Score, after
noon game:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
ST. PAUL, May 8o.-Mornlng game:

ST. PAUL, May 3O.-Morning game:
fsaIasaDo. st; BqsI ,i:5 :" ] - 5 !
,',. Batteries; S st. Paul, DgpzeT and Spies;
Score afternoon game:
fS fndipnapois iPaaiiii;',, =. 3 - 70 :
Batteres ST. Paul, Fricken, McDin and
KANsXs CiTY, May 8o@In n't the morning
=ame the Blues were unable to hit Daub
and the Bisons won easily Pardee was hit
freely and was given poor support by the
R.HE.
Ransds Eaffsls city. altS S3SS IL u e 9
Batteries: Buffalo. Daub and Diggins
Kansas City, Pardee and Boyle.
The Bluss took the afternoon game, out
batting the visitors. After much botch-
work in the field Voix redeemed himself
and saved the game by his hsavy hitting in
RH.E.
Kansas City :. o 0 0 . '--6 10 3
= Batteries; Buffalo. Gray, and Mccauley;
MILWAUKEE, May 8o-The Brewers re-
ceived a terrible drubbing at the hands of
Of the home pitchers were battcd out of the
box. Score:
R.H.E.
Columbus ......3 % is
Batteries: Columbus Briggs and sullivan;
Milwaukee, Hart and Vollendorf. Speer and
Barnes
The Brewers turned the tables on Colum-
bus this afternoon in a contest rsplete with
good play. Cross was hit freely, while
Rettg5r was effective Score:
R.H. L.
SGiVmSRs Efi%nSRse .':. =. . SO g ? &1S ! !
Batteries: Columbus, Cross and Sullivan;
Milwaukee, Rettger and Speer
NNEAPOLIS, May 30.-'rhe Tigers err
rors lost the game this morning. Friske
pitched a good game, but the support be-
hind him was awful at critical moments.
Parker was wild in the ninth. but the Mil
lers had too large lead for the Tigers TO
win out. Attendance, 1000. Score:
Minneapolis =. o o 1o4 o ali .
Detroit ........0 0 0 2 0 A 10 6
Batteries: Minneapolis. Parker and
Fisher; Detroit, Friske and Ryan.
The Millers pounded Cronln for three
home runs three,,bagger and a double
this afternoon and then could not win the
game. Carey made two of the home runs.
Cronin struck out tan men. Attendance,
5000. Score, afternoon game:
RH.E.
Minneapolis -. 0 / / 2 o 0-6 .
Detroit ......... 0 o 0 2 o II Ii /
Batteries: Minneapolis, Hutchinson and
Fisher; Detroit, Cronin and Bu.low.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
English Cricket Matches.

LONDON, May 3O,-Sensational scoring
terdav between the Surrey and Somerset
eleven. Surrey had the first innings and
batted al yesterday and part of today,
highest records in cricket. Abel contributed
81 runs and not out Hayward l5s, and f.
ID. S. Crawford l29. Somerset made poor
When play for the day closed Somerset had
l65 runs for nine wickets.
LONDON, May 30.-The cricket match be-
tween the Australians and oxford uni
yersity, which was begun yesterday. was
continued today. The Australian eleven
scored 1903 runs for Its first inning and the
OXfords made SO runs for one wicket down.
The first inning for oxford closed with 3i1
''.n- and all out, At the close of play for
the day the Australians had scored ll0 runs
for two wiekets in their second inning.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
Iryineton-MiIburn Road Race.

NEW YORK, May 3U.-A. W. Ross OF the
Passaic Athletic club of Harrison won the
five mile road race today. He had a handi-
cap of five minutes, but his actual time
was 1:12:19. e. A. G. Hanson of Perth Am
boy, who had handicap of one minute,
made the fastest time and thereby won the
time prize. His time was 1:0S4O. which is
seven seconds slower than the course
record. Charles S. Lee of NeWkirk, q two
minute man, won the second time prize in
1:10:20 Is.
One hundred and twenty wheemen ac-
ce2ted the handicap allotted and started.
The race as usual drew a great crowd.
When the starter fired the pistol for the
start at l:40 O'Clock there were close to
10000 people lined along the course. The
race was toward IrYington, two and half
miles, thence to Milburn, five miles, back
to Irvington, thence to Milburn again,
back TO Irvington once more. and thence
to the start.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31

NEW YORK, May 3O-Following are the
weights for the Parkway handicap to be
run on Thursday next at Gravesend: Ban
astar 127; Don de ORC, 120; Pink Coat and
st, Cloud, III; FiHgrane, 116; Ethelbert,
Bangle and Voter, ll5; Hand Bah, Previous
and candlsbiatGR IA George ox B9SXdeT I2;
Boy and King 1O7; Autumn, Great Land
and Iitule Saint, 1866 Azucena, Ways and
A o II NJ. l05; Matanza and Martha II. 102;
Lakeland, Howard Mann, DR. Eichberg,
Hungarian, Sir Hubert, HIS Lordship; Duke
stream 100; Jefferson and King Barleycorn,
9s; Alpen 90; Glenoine. Handpress and
ClonsLlla, So; Jeanet, 92; Ellerdale, 80.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
HoNoRs EVEN IN HARLEM REGATTA
New York Clubs Divide Prizes with
Out-of-TOwn Competitors.

NEW YORK, May 30--The day was a
good one for racing in spite of cross winds
gatta association over the one-mile course
on the Harlem river was highly successful.
The honors were fairly well divided among
New York and out-of-town clubs. Ihe
Philadelphians had practical walk-overs in
senior singles and single fours.
The final race of senior eights: with the
Athletic club Union of New York, and
Columbia university freshmen was one that
viii live long in the memory of the row.
ing enthusiasts. The Yields unfortunately
lost their rudder. but an even course was
kept, the New Yorks winning by about a
boat length over the Cambridge boys, with
the Columbia freshmen third.
Most of the other events were not eXclt-
ing. The senior quarter-mile dash was
Juvenal of Philadelphia and Vought of New
York. Vought jumped away at a furious
when he was caught by Juvenal, who won
bV a boat length,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31

was the nve-mile pursuit race between
Eddie McDufic Of Boston and Charles
ChurCn of this city which was won by the
latter. Conditions: Church given handicap
of 100 wards purse Sl5D, winner to take all.
Neither man caught the other but church
was decided the winner, having made better
time. Churchs time was II .l6 McDuthes
time, ll,3S.
proved to be the star of the Associated
cycle club races at Charles River park to-
day. The Butler brothers, Nat, Tom and
rider left. Nat Butler and Frank Walter
rode an exhibition mile ON Il motor tandem
in 1 .5S 20
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
R.H.E.
r. II. 70
Results of college Games.

CAMBRIDGE, May 3O.-The Harvard nine
the visitors down to three short hits while
Harvard batted Young hard at times
Score:
Harvard .........O 8 10 / o *E7
Cornell ...........2 0 0 0 0 % 2
Batteries: Harvard, Fitz and Reid; Cor
nell, Young and Gengor.
WILLIAMSToWN,, Mass, May So-Am-
herst, 10; Williams. s.
ing the University of Wisconsin men down
TO four hits, Miller struck out fifteen of
them. Wisconsins errors We're costly.
Score:
R.H.E.
Wisconsin .......0 . 0 0 O-l S
Batteries: Michigan, Miller and Lunn;
Wisconsin, Jackson and Hensel
GAMER lDGE, Mass, May 9O.-Harvard, Z;
NEW HAVEN, Conn, May So.-Yale Ii;
New York Athletic club, o.
IOWA CITY, Ia, May 3O.-Grnnell, 30;
Iowa, 3. Called in sixth inning, rain.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31

way was struck by an extra through freight
near Coolville today and was thrown high
in the air with it's four occupants section
hands. Two Of them, Wuliam Bashnell ana
Otis Dodd were instantly killed, Thomas
Faherty, section foreman. was probaoly IA
tally injured. The other man was severely
injured Fog prevented the men from see
ing Tho train I'm iimn 10 esCane.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
EXCITING GAME OF CRICKET,
saints Against sinners, the Former
DnIIinr Omt NicInrlnms.

Cricketers had an exciting game yestor-
daYat Twentieth and Emmett streets, the
teams consisting of the Saints and Sinners
of the club. After desperate battle the
Sinners gave them such scare that
Cautain Francis of the Saints was COM
pletely overcome with an attack of heart
trouble, and had to be conveyed home in a
carriage after the game. For the losers the
batting of Jim Cameron and the bowling
OF Lennon were the chief features, and for
the winners the batting of Simms. Taylor
and w. Vaughan, and the bowling OF
Simms and w. Vaughan were of the high
est order Quite a crowd of the fair sex
We're out to cheer the Saints to victory, and
their success was due, in a measure, to the
assistance they received from that source
Tho score:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
PRINCETON WINS FROM CORNELL
Tigers Secure Scventy-Two Points q
Opponents Forty-Fivc.

ELMIRA, N. Y, May 3O.-Princeton won
the athletic meet with Cornell. scoring q
points to Cornell's 45 The weather was
perfect, the track was fine, the attendance
1900. Results:
one hundred-yard DASH Jarvis, Prince Pr,,(,
ton won; Kratz, Princeton, second; smith,
Princeton, thtih. Time 0:09 4-5.
Half-mile rum, Cregan, PRINCETON, won;
Bassett, Cornell, second; Chamberlain
Princeton, third Time: 2:0i l-5.
One hundred and twsnty-yard hurdle;
Ripley, Cornell won; Wilson, Cornell. sec
ond; Herndon, Princeton, third. Time:
O:16 2-5.
Four hundred and forty-yard run: Jar
Wis, Princeton, won; Alexander, Cornell,
second Hastings Cornell third. Time:
One-mile run: Cregan. Princeton, Won;
Biliinger, Cornell, second; Chamberlain,
Princeton, third Time: 04:55.
Pole vault: KenZie and Deming, Cornell
tie; Moore, princeton, second. Height: 10
feet inches.
Running high jump: Carroll. Princeton,
won; Curtis and Liebinderfer, Princeton,
Running broad jump: Bottger, Princeton,
won, % feet " inches; Won Krugi Prime %
on second, q feet Az inches; Larkin, Cor
nell third, q feet inches.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
INTERNATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS.
Three Americans Among the sixteen
Admitted To PLAY.

LONDON, May 30-The London interna-
tional chess congress opened at st. Steph-
ems hall Westminster. in this city, today.
There was large attendance of repre-
Great Britain. Sir William Hart Dyke
opened the proceedings with a brief ad-
hearty welcome TO the foreign players,
There is tremendous interest I'm the con-
tests in which NJ assrs. Steinitz, Pillsbury
and Blackburne are 10 participate.
1t was announced that the committee had
decided TO admit the following sixteen chess
masters for the international tournament,
which is 10 be the principal feature of the
congress; Blackburne, Burns, Bird, Lee,
Mason, Teicbmann and Tinsley of London;
Tschigorin of St. Petersburg Janowski OF
Paris, Schlechtlr OF Vienna, Maroczy OF