Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-29
GENERAL GOSSIP ON SPORTS
Mixture of Evcrything Dished Up
Intended to Please the
Hot Boys.

Inc t00t pail managers or the Dig eastern
universities are busily engaged in making
dates for next fall. A number of the big
games have already been arranged. The
Pennsylvania-Corne conflict will occur on
Thanksgiving day, as in past years, and the
Quakers will meet the Crimson on November
4 at Philadelphia. Harvard will play Yale
at Cambridge on November IS. This leaves
two dates for Yale and Princeton to choose
for their struggle, November II and %. If
the latter is chosen an effort is to be made
to arrange a Princeton-Harvard game on the
other. Such an arrangement would probably
be a little too severe for the Crimson, as
it calls for three hard games on three sue
cessive Saturdays. By agreeing to meet on
November 30, however, both Princeton and
Harvard should have their warriors in first
class shape. There seems to be no chance
for a renewal Of gridiron relations between
Pennsy and Princeton this year. The date
Of the annual conflict between the Quakers
and the Chicago university has also been
fixed, the date being October IS. This game
will take place in Chicago this year. Michi-
gan is making strenuous efforts to arrange
a series Of games with the big eastern
~elevens, but nothing definite has yet resulted.
Its superintendent OF athletics has visited
Pennsylvania, Princeton and Harvard with
this purpose in view. The University of
Wisconsin is another western institution that
will have a foot ball team on an eastern tour
next fall and will try hard to make arrange
ments with some of the "big five
The Clipper Almanac furnishes a few sta
tistics that will not be consoling to the
fiend who wants to abolish foot ball on ac-
count of its dangerous character. 1t will
be remembered that some genius drew up
a list Of seven casualties that We're reported
to have occurred on the gridiron last season.
One Of the deaths was set down as having
occurred in Omaha and this may be con-
sidered as a criterion of the trustworthiness
Of tie rest Of the report. But however
that may be, the Clipper Almanac states
that just as many deaths occurred on the
diamond during 1897, and base ball is not
considered a very dangerous sport. Four
of the victims were killed by being hit by a
pitched ball, two gave up their lives in
collisions and the other dropped dead while
pitching. All the victims were amateurs.
American cricketers are to be able to
try conclusions with Australian knights of
the wicket and the crease this year. Aus
tralia some time ago made arrangements to
send a team to England and shortly after
they were completed the Philadelphia crick-
eters put out strings to bring the visitors to
this country. They have received a IA
vorable answer. The Australians will leave
for England in March, will stay in Johnny
Bulls isle during the summer and on their
return home will stop over in this country.
Philadelphia will have three games and
other cricket clubs in the country will I'M
doubtedly try to make dates.
Despite Tod Sloan's assertion that he
would never mount a thoroughbred
again the little Indiana boy has an
nounced that he will figure on the English
turf again next season. He says that he Is
under contract to the prince of Wales and
Lord Beresford for something over $40, 900,
although he will not name the exact amount.
II this figure is correct it will be the biggest
retainer ever paid any jockey on either side
OF the ocean. The sum of $1S, 500 was once
paid the remarkable English rider, Fred
Archer. Sloane is at present in California
on a hunting expedition.
The Police Gazette's Sporting Annual,
compiled by Sam Austin, has reached the
sporting editor. 1t contains the most valu-
able records in all lines of sport and COM
plete pugilistic records, interspersed with
likenesses of the more prominent scrappers.
The Annual this year appears in neat vest
pocket form.