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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-13

FOR SALE-A fine chicken farm well
equipped with modern appliances, fo-
sale at a bargain. Reidy Bros.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-13
Observation-Disclosures.

WANTED-To buy a gentle pony. Suitabl
for children. Address Frank johnson, car
of Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-13

WANTED TO RENT. ..
w ANTED-Board and room by couple with
two children aged three and six years.
Address with price ''P. 10" care of Argus.
WANTED-To rent a seven or eight-room
house with modern convenienCeS and cen
trany located. d. L. McNary, 1912 Fourth
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-13
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR SALE-Leather top rubber-tired phae-
ton mason make; also good harness for
sale. Address tx. a. Argus.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
spaidlnE'. Foot BAN Guide.

on the eve of the day when the foot ball
squads begin outdoor work, Spalding's in
cial Foot Ball Guide for 1902 appears for
peTusal. 1t is, as usual, edited by Walter
A. Camp and contains more interesting
gridiron information than ever. Eighty
half tones Of teams show every important
club In the country and also many Of the
unimportant ones in the east, such as high
school groups. There are many chapters
dealing with foot ball in it's various phases
and the rules, revised and in some respect
changed. appear in the back.
Extremely interesting is the list Of ALL
America teams, from 1889 down to 1900.
These are composed supposedly Of the best
players in each position in the country that
year and are picked by Walter Camp each
year. Many OF the names now familiar as
coaches appear in the lists. such as Stage
and King.
Camp also picks his All-Amerlca group
for 1901, naming a first, second and third
team. AS usual. he negleots the west en-
tirely in his selections, not naming a single
western man till the third eleven. when he
gives Heston of Michigan a position as half
back. Meanwhile. men from such minor
schools as Lafayette and Carlisle Indian
school are placed on the second and third
teams. while the first team Is gwen over
exclusively to Harvard, West Point, Col
umbia. Yale. Princeton and Cornell. Mr..
Camp does not endear himself to the west
by these tactics. With such teams as those
Of Michigan and Wisconsin In existence
last year, he sits in the east and gives the
prominence to men on inferior teams with
out ever seeing a game in the west. Other
critics condescend to notice Snow OF Michi-
gan and Curtis OF Wisconsin, but not Sc
Mr.. Camp. His frat team reads:
Ends, Davis Of Princeton and Campbell
Of Harvard; tackles. Cults Of Harvard and
Bunker Of West Point guards. Warner Of
Cornell and Lee Of Harvard; center, Holt
OF Yale; quarter, DAILY OF West Point; hall
backs, Weekes Of Columbia and Herman Of
Harvardi full back. Graydon OF Harvard.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

A Connecticut tobacco grower engages
girls to work in the fields by telling them
II improves their compilations.
blair Irwin, one of the few survivors or
the "Charge of the Light Brigade, MADE
memorable by Tennyson, now lives on =
small farm near Sharon, Mass.
Henri Houriet, a Swiss matchmaker, has
recently completed a watch made entirely
out of the ivory taken from q billiard pau
works and sase complete. 1t keeps sooo
time.
The Youngest grandfather in Kansas has
not yet reached the voting age. He L.
resident of Franklin county ana Is IN
de6ted to his Tise; a rr %ido rsce TtIv so"
A remarkable family passed through kan-
sas the other day en- route from lowe 70
Oklahoma. II was composer Oh niic1as,
daughters and grandchildren enough to al-
A Chicago man has procured a divorce
upon the ground that his wife had become
a. Christian Scientist. The wife wgs
charged with desertion, but perhaps sho
was only trying the absent treatment upon
her spouse.
New Orleans is to have a home for Or
phan boys, built out OF funds bequeathed
BY the late George Xavier Caretairs. MT.
young and had a hard struggle with the
world. He accumulated q large fortune
however. all OF which he has left for the
Roth the car and the sultan possess
jeweled swords and sabres of great, price.
But the most precious sword IN exlstenSe
Is that OF the gaekwar of Baroda. Its hnt
and belt are incrusted with diamonds,
rubies and emeralds and II Is valued at the
fabulous sum OF sL,1lO,OO.
Four million dollars is the sum annually
left In Paris by visiting Americans, ac-
cording TO a writer In the Petit PartsielE
Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes is credited with
spending 5000 a year on gowns purchased
there and Mrs, Mackay sometimes orders
10000 or SIS, 900 worth at a time. Among
male customers the best are said 70 be
Morgan, Carnegie. Sehwab and Vanderbilt
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
lar alleys for the FIRST time the coming sea-

Not many high scores have yet been rolled
In Omaha. as the play is but a week or so
old, yet that of Miss Louise Goerne is go
notable as to merit especial mention. She
threw 1853 at ten pins a few days ago, and
this is q great record for SO early in the
season. Miss Goerne held last years record
for women at this game, with 22O. The
bowlers are casting their eyes over
the high scores left over from last season
and they will begin going after them soon.
Here are the city scores at the various
games which will be the moving spirit in
no little fierce bowling this winter:
Clark's Alieys-Ten pins, Miss Louise
Goerne, 220; Miss Gussie Lehman. 213; Mrs.
w. c. King, 2l2; Mrs. 1. 8. Hunter, POS;
Mrs. II. Beselin, PIP; Plumber Read, 290.
Nine pins, Charles French, "a. Cooked hat,
9. Conrad. 20. Four back, G. Conrad, L. o..
Shrader, Charles French, "a. Five back, G..
Conrad, 17 Seven up, Charles French, LOG.
Seven down, c. Conrad, /. s. Hunter, 9.
Cooked hat and feather. F. g. Butler, G..
Conrad, Charles French, 8. Duck pins, g.
H. Mullin, 124. Rubberneck, Charles French,
1e1. Kankakee, C. H.. Mullin, rs.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
BATTING

Slowly but sadly the Denver fans are
putting ambition behind them. What had
been apparent to others for weeks has at
last percolated through the adamantine
skulls OF the elect who have eheered the
Grizzlies when they won and roasted them
when they lost. and now the deadly fact
has been assimilated. that Denver will not
win the championship this year, save by
an ~unlooked-for combination Of cireum-
stances. One lonely little ray of consoling
light pierces the gloom In which the Colo
RADIO fans sit ~enshrouded. and that is that
Omaha may not win the p%ennant. Even
this has the disadvantage Of being the
same hope to which they have chung all
season. Not a dope sheet has been turned
out from the Cherry creek factory during
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
The Umpire.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: st. Peter-What
was your business on earth9
The StrangervI was a base ball umpire.
81. Peter-Indeed. And what is your own
opinion Of FOUR own fitness for admission
here?
The Umpire-Me2 Why. I'm as straight a
shoestring as you ever let in.
st. Peter-Tm afraid I'll have TO dispute
that.
The stranger-what? Dispute IL? That's
Just enough from YOU II you amt back on
the bench inside Of twenty second I'll hns
you $50.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

Washington Star; II dont's think be
meant 70 be overbearing." said the monarch
pensively.
ITO whom DO you referG" inquired the
court oficiAl.
ITO that American capitalist. Perhaps /
merely imagined it; but I can't help sus-
pecting that he assumes airs OF quiet SUI
periority because he could enjoy power and
wealth without being obliged TO ride behind
. brass band or make spseeheG"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

Pitcher Virgil Garvin Of the Chicago
whitestockings contributed his share 20 the
hilarity Of the closing season by winging a
barkeep who wouldn't loan him money and
then knocking out the copper b sought
to arrest him. Maybe II Charley Comiskey
will follow up the lead Garvin has un-
covered, he will discover the real reason
why Chicago isn't likely to land the pen
nant again this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

on the ball as hard as he landed on the
Baltimore soubrette, he might stand a show
Of filling the place Of the brawny Ne
brasksn on the Cincinnati team. But n
New Magnate Herman wants 10 see a
bargain counter rush, Just let him give II
out that Sam Crawford has been uncon-
ditiopally released.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
ANOTHER TENNIS TOURNEY
Field Club Men to Have n Little
Handicap AFFAIR of Thei
own.

Tennis men Of the Omaha Field club are
not yet satisfied. They now announce a
parting tournament for the year, a club
handicap affair in singles only. After two
early season club tournaments, after a
rousing midseason city tournament in
singles and doubles, and finally after the
triumphant interstate event, still these
hends want more tennis, and thus the latest
scheme.
The new tourney will Tuesday,
September 9. Entries will close at 8 o'clock
the evening previous. 1t will cost rs cents
to play. The committee in charge OF the
tournament Comprised J.. ". Towle, ]. s.
Brown and o. 8. Erwin. Towle is chair
man and in charge Of entries. They may
be made to him at room 1852, Bee building.
More enthusiasm is expected for this anair
than any previous club tournament. The
interest worked up over the interstate
tournament is expected to accomplish this.
Fully twenty players In singles are ex-
pected. H..
The handicapping will be a feature that
will attract entries. This will be thorough.
The continuous play in the interstate event
and before and since has given a good
line on the merits Of the different players
at the club and they will be ranked and
handicapped more fairly than ever before.
The system OF sixths will be used. This
is said to be the only real fair and prac-
teal method Of handspring in tennis.
Prizes, too, will prove a strong lure.
For first prize there will be a high grade
racquet and case. This Will be adorned
with a silver plate, appropriately engraved
for the winner. The money received
through the entrance fees. probably IS. will
be spent for the second prize.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

And the players from other cities who
were in Omaha for the Interstate cannot
get over their good time. One and all
they are writing back to repeat their
thanks, and the newspapers in their home
towns are giving Omaha and the Field
club the incest OF notices.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
BOWLERS ARE GETTING BUSY
Winter Campaign Plans Take On Shape
and Promise Much Sport
cOMMERcIALttAsUE NOW TALKED ABOUT
Omaha League Divides IT'S season ana
win Play Two Champion
ship Terms During the
Coming Winter.

Two bowling leagues are now the pros
pect for the coming winter in Omaha. The
latest scheme promulgated by the rollers is
to inaugurate . commercial league in addi-
tiou to the Omaha Bowling league. The
new organization would. Il is planned, fol-
low lines similar to those of the base ball
league which has been carried on among
the commercial houses for some years. The
leading firms will have representation with
a team Of bowlers, the league membership
to be limited to nine clubs.
II is confidently asserted that far more
ease will be experienced in securing a reg
ular, faithful and reliable bowling team
from each. house than has been the case
with the base ball teams. It will require
only half as many men and far less equip
ment. In addition to that feature the bowl
ing contests in the league will always be at
night, while base bali games required after
noon attendance, a thing difficult for the
employees of the wholesale houses. At night
their work will never conflict.
Should this addition of a new bowling
league be contaminated the result would
doubtless be greatly to the advantage OF
the game in Omaha. It has been a much
considered problem since last winter how
the sport was to grow much more here, 1t
having made such phenomenal strides dur
ing the years of 1900 and 1901. This new
league seems to come as a happy solution.
1t would certainly concentrate and extend
the bowling interests Of a. large number Of
commercial house employees. Many who
have in years past been more or less devo-
tees OF the game, but who have not in
dulged in any special squirt of enthusiasm
over 1t, will thus be enrolled on the lists
~ fhn orAapf nnac Tho larl ~ nruanfvad
competition in the past has been solely re-
sponsible for their rather desultory attach
ment to the sport, and the new league will
furnish this incentive.
The plan is Of further interest in tina II
means, IL Carried out, that there will be
developed here shortly a new line of stars.
The old guard has had things its own way
now for quite a spell. Each year there is
a bunch OF bowlers who take practically all
the high honors, and their names remain
the same from season to season. They are
the best In the present league, and they re-
main so. But a new league win mean forty
or fifty new bowlers rolling oftener than
ever before in their lives. The three games
a week will not in themselves be so much,
but, finding themselves in a league, open to
public scrutiny and criticism, everyone OF
them will wish to make a good showing
and will practice for 1t. Practice makes
perfect. and in pursuance Of this maxim
the new league should not he many weeks
in existence before a new generation of
Emerys and Reads and Denmans and Hart
leys should spring up. When that time
comes the teams Of the new league should
rank up well with those Of the old, and
then there will doubtless be some interest
ing post season games etween the cham
pions, team and individual. Of the two
leagues.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
'ASE BALL GOSSIP OF WEEK
Omaha in Second Place with a Coed
OhanO. Of Getting First
RACE FOR PENNANT BECOMING FENCE
Record Of shutout Games shows How
Desperately the Teams Are
working on the windup
Series This Season.


In the dust
For the second time this season another
club than Omaha is leading the league. To
the outcome OF four OF the hardest fought
games OF the present season this result is
due. Colorado Springs made two runs In
thirty-six innings In its last Omaha series,
and won two games. That combination is
not likely to occur again in a lifetime Of
ball playing. but It cost Omaha the lead.
Milwaukee has been playing pennant ball
ever since the squirt started, but the Angels
are on the road now and are certain to drop
a few, while Omaha will DO receiving at
home, and has splendid prospects Of hitting
another winning streak. Twenty-Five days
still intervene before the close OF the sea-
son, and q lot Of things can happen in that
times Hard coal win be Just as cheap
this winter whether Omaha wins or not, and
the price Of gas Is not likely to vary any.
but the furnaces will run longer and the gas
blaze later into to night IL the team does
come out ahead. for then the fans will feel
like sitting up and talking about Il. And
Papa Bill Rourke he feels so good over the
patronage he has had during the summer
that he has about decided to 20 into the
show business this winter. II he can ng-
ure out some way to adapt the old Omaha
uniforms to the costuming OF the chorus, II
is likely he will make the venture.
How ferocious the winding up games all
over the country are may be gagged by the
fact that during the six days ending with
Friday eighteen shutouts had been regis
tered In the four big leagues. Five OF
these were / to 0 games. one was 2 to o,
four we're 3 to 0, two we're 1 to 0, one was
5 to 0, one 9 to 0, two were 8 to 0, and two
were 10 to O.. Here are the statistics fol-
. remarkable series Of shutouts:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
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the suit cases go to the tall young men,
the stick pins to the others.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

omaha's weakness at the bat was made
the more apparent during the week. In the
frst place It allowed Monk Foreman to get
away with a .three-hit shutout, a thing he
never did In his life. but now In his dotage
he scores II against Omaha. In the second
place. at least three games were lost for
lack OF a timely hit. But IL we didn't hit,
we helded like a lot Of wonders. Eddie
Hickey negotiated eighteen hard chances in
Ave games without a skip, and then Frank
Genins took third and cared for eight
chances in two games In perfect form.
Stone made twelve hits during the week. an
average Of .4sO, and caught twenty-one flies
with no errors. These figures do not in
clude the two exhibition games played at
Des Moines;
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

II is to laugh when we read that New
Magnate Herman of the Cincinnati Reds
has told Sam Crawford that he will sign
for next season with Cincinnati or be re-
leased today. But that 10 the news that
comes out from the haunts Of the Reds.
Manager Joe Kelly is inclined to be a
little uppish since he has taken the team
and won a game or two. and relying o n
Jailbird Mike Donlin, believes he can blum
Wahoo Sam. II Donlin could only land
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

the season on which Omaha has figured,
and yet Omaha has zone right along settina
the pace for the whole bunch. Second place
Is the aim Of the Denverites just at pres
ent. and the probabilities are that the
Cubs will be mighty lucky ~ they get
second.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

The nnal round In the consolation dou-
bles, left over from the Interstate tourna-
ment. was played OF during the week, and
Young and Caldwell won from Clarke and
Haskell in two straight sets, Ga, Ga. Thus
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

H.. M. Holland of G%alesburg, Ill, the
six-footer who took first prize In the
consolation singles, and with Sanderson
won second place in the championship dou-
bles, wrote BACK to Chairman Blish Of the
tournament COMMITTEES as soon as he
reached Galesburg. Mr.. Holland Is chair
man of the board Of control OF the Gales
burg Tennis club, and is an absolute
sportsman. An extract from his letter
reads:
Mr.. Sanderson and myself will always
remember our stay in. Omaha as one OF
the most delightful outings we've ever en-
can express the hospitality and the favors
shown us by the club. We heartily agree
genuinely good people in the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

President Thomas Jefferson Hickey Of the
American association has done as fine a.
little bit of sidestepping as one would wish
to see. Down at Louisville recently Cap
tain Grady of the Kansas City team dis
puted one of Umpire Jack Haskell's de-
eisions. Grady called his men of tho field
and Haskell gave the game to Louisville.
On receipt OF the umpire's report. Presi-
dent Hickey impulsively notified Manager
Dale Gear that he had fined Captain Grady
5000 and that the captain would stand
suspended until he had paid the fine out
OF his salary, as the club would not be
allowed to pay 1t for him. Manager Gear
asked President Hickey IL he didn't mean
81, and Hickey answered that 5000 was the
correct figure. Then up rose Captain Grady
and said he would be several things In the
vernacular Of the game before he would
pay the fine. One would have thought the
president Of the league was an umpire
from the way Captain Grady talked to him.
Manager Dale Gear also told the president
that the Kansas City club would be dis
banded IL he undertook to carry out the
sentence on Grady. Up to date Hickey has
made no public reply TO this outburst from
the Kansas City crowd, but Grady is still
playing and Haskell is still umpiring. and
tho fine has not yet been paid. Maybe 1t
will come up under the head Of unfinished
business when the league meets In Novem-
Der. Or. Grady may mail the check to
Hickey the day o'Brien sends the thousand
to Sexton to pay for his reinstatement.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

With this letter Mr.. Holland enclosed a
clipping from a Galesburg newspaper
which says nice things about the tourna-
ment. II reads:
The treatment received by the fellows
while at the tournament they report as
excellent. Nothing was too good for them
All the privileges at the club, with It's
swell appointments, were thrown open TO
them. Besides there were dances and
smokers and banquets every evening. The
Phi Delta Thetas gave the winners a
smoker and a banquet Friday night. Inc
Omaha Field club had charge of the tour
nament and the Galesburg players are loud
In their praise of the club grounds. The
six dirt tennis courts are the finest In the
west, and the bowling alleys, ball grounds,
billiard halls, golf nnke, ETC., they say,
are all hrst-class, and the club members
world. They report Il one of the mosi
pleasant trips they ever made.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
WEsTERN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
LEAGUE
AssoCrArIoN.

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IL this doesn't indicate earnestness on
part OF the players, It would be hard to find
good evidence in support Of the proposition.
omaha's part In the performance is quite
conspicuous. as the Rourkes gave two and
received two coats Of whitewash during
the week. Colorado Springs being on the
other end Of the affair. Kansas City and
st. Joseph had a duplicate set, splitting
four whitewashes even between them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

All these things and many more will be
settled at a meeting OF the Omaha Bowling
league, which is soon to occur. September
20 is the day set, and at that time all these
questions OF two seasons or one, Of sched-
ule, OF the number Of teams and Of this
and that, will come up for consideration.
II Is easy to say now what most Of the
bowlers wish in regard to these things. but
it cannot be predicted what they will
finally decide to do, though their course in
most Of these matters would seem to be
cut and dried at this early date.
The opening Of the alleys around the
city has started the game on in earnest
already. for the weather is so cool that
people relish bowling now, as they usually
do not until october. One fact noted by
the alley keepers is that there are many
new faces this year. This, they say. is a
sure Indication Of a lot OF new bowling
material. for the old ones come In slow
but sure, while those who have but recently
become fascinated with the game wish to
get to work as soon as they are allowed on
the alleys. The summer resort plays no
small part In building up the bowling
patronage for the following winter, for
more people learn to roll for the first time
in, such places than In any city alleys.
Wherever you go now for a vacation you
ind the bowling alleys a prominent factor
In the entertainment and many people will
learn the game for fun when they would
not think Of going into a bowling resort in
a city and showing on before a lot Of cracks
while endeayoring to get on to the tricks
Of the epoRt. At a summer resort everyone
10 in for everything and II anybody pro-
pOses bowling all are agreed on doing 1t.
So IL often happens that some man OF
woman who never picked W a ball before
will do 90 while on his or her vacation and
will develop 4 fondness for the game and
an aptness in II that he persistently stays
by and euitivates when ne returns 10 ths
city for the winter, Even the alleys in the
resorts about Omaha have seen many be-
ginners learn 10 play ana then improve
this summer. and IL IL a einoh that some
Of them VIII be seen bowling IN the regu-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

SOM bowlers are saying that 1t will be
a hard matter to secure material for the
nine teams planned. This is scarcely be-
lieved, despite the fact that a few Of last
years most prominent rollers do not in
tend to ~re-enter the league race this sea-
son. Wood. Hartley has announced him
self as one who will stay out of the league
proposition, and 1t is said that c. Conrad
will do likewise. The dropping out Of a
few men should not be felt to any extent.
There were surely enough good ones bowl
ing toward the end Of, last season who
were not many club, and these will be
back. It should not prove dificult to re-
place the men who drop out. and then
some bowlers do not think that any of
the enthusiasts will do SO when it comes
down to play. They Will not believe that
Wood Hartley or anyone else will stay
away from the game.