Lincoln Nebraska State Journal from Lincoln, Nebraska • 23

StjND AY STATE JOURNAL SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1008. 23 his stock Is limited only On packasa Sheppard has been running nearly King, Omaha 24 Auiun. 24 OWENS STILL IK THE LEAD NEBRASKA CHESS 1 row and other matters, an English publication, Life, says: "The Olympic games wll teach us many leasons. and not the leaat Important is that there Is something lacking In our method of retting the best puce out of the Britishers at the short distances and sprints. We are certain that we have the material, hut we don ot get the ebet out of it.

The ahow we made in the sprints to date Is scarcely worthy of us, and similar rvmark may Justly be made with regard to the field event. As to the latter, the number decided to date Is nine, and six of these have fallen to the stars and stripes and two to Sweden, Great Britain's only win be PIEBLO PITCHER HEAVY HITTER OF WESTERS IE AG IE. OLMSTEAD REMAINS SECOND i- Dir Halda Plmcc at Top la Tea Batting, "While Lineal th Liat al Beat FleUere." Pitcher Owens of Pueblo retains his lead as the heavy hitter of the Western league. He has, however, been at bat but twenty-three times, and if he participates In many more games" it will be the unexpected if he holds his place. The same arguments holds good in the case of Olmstead of Des Moines, who Is second In the list of While 'lowest in the team batting, with Jude again at the head, Lincoln as a team excels in fielding, and bids to retain the lead to the Bnlsh.

Following are the week's statistics: layers AB. R. H. a a 8 27 1, 3a va 431 74 139 404 69 l'J 412 65 ISO 7 42 103 240 32 75 443 kti Ave Owens, Fueblo Olmstead, Des Moines. McDonough, Denver Autrey, Omaha Belden, Denver Welch, Omaha Dolan, Des Moines Bader, Des Moines Caasady, Denver Clark, Pueblo Kinc.

Omaha .343 33J .319 .316 .315 .313 .29 .292 .289 .283 .23 .279 .277 .277 .276 .276 .274 .274 .271 .270 .270 .269 .264 .262 .260 .21 .256 .263 .252 .22 .249 .248 .247 .246 .244 .243 .243 .236 .231 .222 .214 .214 .212 .212 51 107 418 5 125 Denver 463 87 133 Dwyer, Des Molr.ei.i., 41'4 58 IS Smith. Pueblo $11 47 80 Patterson, 70 110 Green, Sioux City 172 23 49 Dexter, Des Moines 189 23 44 Flournoy, Des 62 114 Jude, Lincoln 401 69 112 ox, Lincoln as Bohannon. Denver 12 IS 36 HoKriever, Pueblo 34 9 Hi Maltlcks. Pueblo 435 69 Miller, Pueblo 248 32 Bornar, Des Moines 124 14 na o. 120 8 34 ii win, mruvci i'ltspatrlck, Des Moines 3l 45 103 Thomas.

Lincoln-a. 433 70 117 79 Weed, Sioux City Nelson, Des Holmes, SloUx lCty spencer, Pueblo Corhan, Pueblo Campbell, SlouslCuy Zalusky Denver Welch, Slou City Fitzgerald, Pitebla.i... 388 61 '104 49 -4 13 37S I8 6S 107 3 01 460 87 119 341 41 K8 314 48 80 98 16-26 76 15 19 dams. Denver Qlnnv HR 11 1ftK teller, omana 214 41 64 317 48 79 White, Denver Henry, Sioux ICUy Beldrn. Omaha 228 24 611 381 48 94 Davidaon.V Lincoln 431 61 108 Austin, Omaha 414 64 1C1 Klnneally, Denver.

276 44 67 Pritchett Uncoln 348' 33 '84 Andreas, Sioux City 376 62 Krueger. Iwnver 117 17 27 Francis, Omaha -398 61 402 46 NelhofT, Des Shea. Sioux City BolU-nbeck, Gaghler. Lincoln Ccntcher, Sioux COrbett, Denver ,0 veil. Denver Opnding, Omaha Galgano, Pueblo Ragan.

Omnha Kelly Des Moines Furchner. Sioux Mitzo Pueblo Hester, Sioux City Zinrani. Lincoln Hendvlx, Lincoln LeBsand, Onraluy McKay. Sioux City Starr, Sioux City Nichols. Pueblo Witheruuia Des Moines 202 17 80 6 457- 60 94 11 19 100 13 20 .200 283 Si 66 .198 100 16 19 .190 90 12 17 .189 So 7 18 .188 113 12 21 .156 188 22 35 .186 92 7 17 .186 28 27 63 .184 22 1 4 ,181 158 21 28 96 7 17 .177 74 8 13 .176 57 6 10 .170 108 7 18 167 78 7 13 .167 mill be sold to a cuntomer.

Ha guarantees that one out of avary eight If properly, pushed and protected from hontlla pieces will deralop Into a most beautiful queen ax the turn when queena are mot in demand. We trust ail our members will bear this In mind. Problem NO. 201 By B. 1.

Laws. pan nay i Black Bevan Pieces. White Five Pieces. White to play and mate In two moves. This problem la a nna example at tha present school of oompesers.

It ts not very difficult, but contains soma beauti ful mates. 4 a I 1 1 8 1 4 1 8. Bolutlon to No. Kt 8. Solved by E.

P. Sahrp and Dr. T. B. Casterllna.

Mr, Rosewater, who Is president ot the Omaha cheas club. Is city engineer ot Omaha, and from what We hear, we judge him to be a chess player ot no ordinary skill, It ought now to be possible to have a Lincoln-Omaha match, or If this is nbt possible a Beatrice-Omaha match would do. Sorely something along these lines could ba done. It la thesa tournaments that keep alive our members and makea up the latent enthusiasm of time honored chess champions. PROF.

B. F. MOSER. Sec'y. Neb.

State Cheas Ass's, DIVERGENT AIM. Taft Waal Do Whllat Bryan Waala Dare. The gist of Mr. Taft's pronouncement we take to be this: That Mr. Hooaevelt has rendered yeoman's serv-loo in arousing publlo sentiment against growing abuses of various kinds; that the necessity of further wakening no longer exists; that the work of reformation must now be taken up seriously by full grown men and carried to completion In sane, proper ways to the end that further like, disturbances and their inevitable consequences may be averted.

This, we gather. Is the task which, as he sees It. confronts Mr. Taft It Is quit the contrary, of course, of Mr. Bryan's conception of what would be his duty In the event of his' election.

He la as fend of novelties as Mr. Roosevelt himself. Whatever wll attract -atten tion and seem good to the populace la meat and drink, for the old doctor. Ue cares as little for actual accomplishment and- complotion, such as Taft would strive for, as Mr. Roosevelt.

Tha only mrand of work that can produce real results Is patient drudgery, than which nothing Is mora distasteful to your highfaiutin lover ot the limelight. The question Is whether we haven't had about enough spectacular sport to last us for four years at least Taft seems to think we rave. Bryan seems to think haven't And there you are! Harper's Weekly. i At the Nerve Ceoter. Candidates are aalected with care.

The Ideal telephone girl must have Imagination. Bh must see with her mind's eye all that Is taking place In any transaction on the, wires and the girl who can't (Id that wilt never get very high. In fact, this element is a vital one in every branch of the telephone service. It applies to the dlvl- slon superintendent bf the plant as well as the man In overalls who Is splicing cables and -wiping joints down in a manhole. And ever for the splicers there Js a school, and a good one.

Qualify, and then concentrate, la the whole A vice president In one of the large constituent companies aid: The faoulty of concentrating the work In hand Is the chief secret of success In this business. Take even a cable foreman. We had one old Irish. foreman who was the most perrece man In his line I ever saw. He bad mastered the gentle art of having twenty men doing something at once, without having to drive any o- mem.

One day when I was superintendent I was watching him work a gang of men In Duane street. The president of the company passed and said 'do you know who that waar says he. was the said "He looked over his shoulder for a eoond and then got down on his iob again. ald he, 'I haven't got any time to keep track of thlm, i That was the secret of his worth. There Is another Interesting school maintained by the telephone companies In large cities, which they call the postgraduate school." It was run for the sole purpose of taking old operators who learned the business some years ago and bringing them up to date.

It Just shows how the business Is changing, Improving, and growing In its requirements. In view of this Increase in demand the salaries of operators, and In fact of all classes of employes, have been largely Increased In the last few years. The manager of a central office ten years ago got 120 a week. Today that position commands as high as $3,000 a year, but the good man of ten years ago can't do the work that is required In the same Job now. The methods have changed and advanced, It's a bigger half of tho figure la left, but its else Is really terrific.

This colossus was fifty-seven feet high. It weighed tight thing. J. K. Mumford, In Harper'g Weekly.

BEST. The faithful helm commands the keel. From port to port fair breeses blowj But tha ship must sail the convex sea, Nor may she atralghter go. go. man to man, in fair accord.

On thought arid all the winds may wait, But tlia world wilt bend the passing word. Though its shortest course be straight. From aoul to soul tha shortest line At best will bended be; The ship that holds lire stralghtest eon Ma Btlll sails the convex sea. John Boyle O'Reilly. HEALS -A Praatdent: Mr.

J. H. Mockstt. lr. Lin coln.

tea oreildent-Dr. J. M. Curtis; Ft. Calnoun.

becrciarr-treaiurar Prof. B. F. Iloser. Beatrice.

(August TX 1908.) At last ai in communication with the secretary of the Kannai state chase auociailon. endeavored to have a mateb played by correspondence, but the aecreiaiy says that at present It will be impracticable; but, ha suggeats that we migtit have an over-the-board match at acme neutral point, either in nortnern Kansas or In southern Nebraska. Ha tmnlta that about six could taae part la such a match. This, we think, would ba nne thins, and now tba correct thing to do la to have a tournament in tha different chasa eentars to sea who would be aent aa delegates. For Instance, Lincoln having moat of the player could send three, Ft Calhoun one, Dannebrog one, KeamerNene, Beatrice one, Omaha two, and ao form.

This, wa think. Is better than a correspondence match. We therefore aak tha aaOTatarlea of the various cluba to start a tournament to decino as to delegates, and for any other Information write the secre tary ot th state association. It was our rood fortune td be enter tained In Llncoin last week by soma ot our brother chenslats. Wa had.

a most enjoyable lima, and through the courtesy ttf mine hoats, Honors ware more or equally divided. We must not forget to mention our great chess problem expert, Mr. Sommer, with whom we spent the wee nm' hours of morning looKlnr over and enjoying all that ts poetic In chess. Durlns- Dr. LaKker's Enxllsh tour he gave aixty-iour exhibitions or simultaneous choea, playing l.W games, of which he wan L1Q3, draw Son and lost but sixty.

The Cunard mall steamer Campania, from New York, on arrival at Queens-town on Tuesday evening, reported that an Interesting wireless chess niatoli took place during the voyage between saioon naaanna-era in tha Camnenla and saloon naaaenaera on hoard tha White fllar Uner Oceanic, which was bound for Plymouth and Cherbourg. Tne matan oegn on Friday last at 3 p. ana conttnuea until 10:90 n. m. on Sunday, when It was aeciai-ea a draw.

Danish Gambit, Frlm tha Vienna Congrasa, 1808. Mleses White. Bergcr-Black. 4 P-K 4 4 PxP I PxP 4 PxP l'-Q 3 3 Q-4 3 HtwO 3 Kt-R 4 Kl 1 it a Kt I 3 3 Kt I (a) KlxKt PXB 3 tJ-K 2 3 P-y Kt 8 4 P-Q R.4 8 Kt ft' 18.. 4 B-svl 2 4 II O-O 4 toi 2 -K 2 IE Castles, BK 8 23..

Kt u-M 4 4 P-K Kt 3 ch i (d) OXP R-K. R-B 8 4 v. 3 P-R 30. Kt 4 R-B 1 31., 4 Resigns. (a) Tne natural move la v).

(b) Thli seems very doubtful. 4, even at tne risk of losing tna exenange whicn la by no nieuna inevitable, would bolster up tho black game and provide some counter attacK. 10 If xpok, KxKlj 2. KR-Kck, K-B 4 Q3 is bat-ter); iif. P-yt 4ck, K-B 2H.

B-BcJ. HI. R-K. 3ck, and wins, (d) perhaps unforeseen by black, but Kt Xi was scarcely better, (e) If li flk, BK 3 best; 28. It-K, W-Q or R-B .28.

U-S Ick, SO. Kt gok and wins. Opening: Evans. Henry Howard, iilk creek, white. Vi.

Dr. T. M. Trlpietl, Beatrlck, black. White.

Black. l.U'-K 4 P-K 4 3 W-Kt 3 4 H-B 4 Kt 4 BxP 4 4 4 PxP 7.. Castles Kt 1 (a) 8.. P-K 8 (b) P-Q i (0) Ml QxP' I Q-B I ..1 (d) VI i 12. Kt 8 BXKi KtxU- (e) Resigned.

Mr. tiownio neie resignou, mm no black has completely demolished bis at a) The dootor objeota to the compro-mined defense. Wa don't blame Mm. (b) Why wis move () Fine. This Is the safety valve, td) Looks like good time going to waste.

Short and sweet out couia wniw draw it? uviuw the Omaha chess club. We woro mora than pleased to know of the starting ot a new club in Omaha and we sincerely hope that it will live on and thrive, and become a great olub. Effective August 1, 1808, the chess nt.Linlv.rl tha Omaha Chess club with twenty members, occu pying room wo, iTO, urannma uium.ii. OflTcers elected were Andrew Rosa- .1. tit Warftn.

vlea president, and John II. Bath, secretary- treasurer. Omaha, but for various reasonsv ala- bs nded. Several players from other cities nova In rimsha rnrmiy in.n iu. and the Interest In chess has taken new life.

iliri lis uh dred plavers of chess In Omaha and Council Bluffs It Is fully believed that wit 11 this gooa sian 1119 cmo win permanent and will Increase In strength, t. 1- 1 t)it nlavara will be developed and that the Omaha chess CIUO win soon nw sum nv own In competition with those of neighboring cities. All chess players who may visit Omaha are Invited to the room of the new club. The address of the secretary-treasurer Is 1023 Harney stroet, Omaha, Through error we recently stated that Mr. Undeils of tlio Free! Presse was not a chesa player.

We beg to stand corrected in the matter. The gentleman plays with more man average ability. Uf Vnrth nf Hi- nelntlns Arm of Jacob North ft Co. of Lincoln, Is an other recent aoiuiion to our iiiioir growing membership. Mr.

North has full charge of tho work on the Lincoln city directory and has liosta of friend. Mr. H. uriswoid 01 Hiiwiin nas utcnln renewed his membership in tha association, mr, unsworn is v.v nrnfrialnn anil lu.a ranantlv placed on the market a greatly Improved uranu in pawn seen, limy arv sum only In paekagea of eight seeds, and as 24 1 4 .167 63 3 9 .143 89 11 12 .134 80 4 4 .133 98 4 13 .122 75 7 9 .120 87 3 10 .115 46 1 6 40. 2 .4 .100 73 2 7 .096 92 4 .091 19 3 1 .003 7 0 0 .000 fH4f4444)44)4444444)44 LESSONS TAUGHT BY OLYMPIC CONTESTS The recent Olympic games in Lon don showed conclusively the enormous growth of track and field sports throughout the world in tho last ten years and the Immense difference be tween the first Olympic revival in is 96 and the one Just passed.

The renascent fixture in Athens took place while the stadium was only half built and Its announcement attracted very little attention in the world at large. In all there were about one hundred entries for a program of fourteen events, and there were missing several of the classic contests, since dug up and added to the, list. Principally because Boston is known as the modern Athena the Boston Athletic association for the 1896 meet mustered a small team, along with which went a few private Individuals who paid their own per sonal expenses. American won the meet easily with nine firsts; that is, Robert Garrett of Princeton, E. H.

Clark and T. E. Burke of the Boston A. A. won two events each, and E.

H. Hoyt of Har vard and James B. Connolly and T. P. I Curtis of Boston each won a first, and tnese made up the American team.

England sent a few men, and they went home with three firsts, while a Dane won the weight lifting, and the remaining event the Marathon race was won by a Greek. Though the performances were In no instance above the average, still the meetat- tractea universal attention, a fact which partly repaid the prombters. ine next competition was due for 1900. and as Paris had the exposition that year, the French capital was thought to be the best place to hold the games. The entry list was more, than double that of the preceding fixture, nearly all the' European coun tries representatives.

America had a sort of a mixed combination, the main strength being supplied by the New York Athletic club and the university of Pennsylvania. Of a pro gram of twenty-three events, America won seventeen and of course the lion's share of the honors. England got four nrsts and France and Hunsrary one each. The Olympics of 1904 came to Amer ica and were held In connection with the St. Louis exposition.

The entry list was an improvement on tho Paris meet, yet the affair was little more than a repetition of the A. A. U. na tional championship, the only forelgn- 01-B ueing two ureeKS ana an Australian. With tho exception of the weight lifting, which was won by Ka-kousls, a Geek, all the titles stayed In America," the championship for the point honors being won by the New York A.

C. In. the meantime the utariiiim 4n Athens was finished and the Greek government announced -an -Olympic meet, for 1906, a sort of Ihe regularOlympio fixture.kButthis In no way affected the meet for it drew an entry list of more than BOO ath- leics ana every country with a nen- chant for track andx field sport mln- giea in fne rray. Needless, perhaps to relate, America again came out on top, but it was noticeable that the countries which were unable to score a single point six years previous had caught on td the knack of doing things and the Swedes, falling to make a point in Paris in 1900, were third, while Belgium, Hungary, Finland and Austria had something to their credit and France and Greece made more points than ever before. it Is understood that no matter what the international Olympic committee mignt do or where they might take the coming Olympics the Greeks will for all future time hold Olympic games of their own in Athens everv four years, beginning with 1906.

That this plan will be carried out there Is no doubt, for already the program has been arranged for 1910. But the London Olympics Just cast have been a record breaker every way nearly 8,000 competitors and almost two full weeks of competition. Here at home many persona think it wag unfair management to have only the winners In the trial heats go Into the second round. On the other hand it is contended that there is wisdom in the proceeding, because a man once beaten' should stand down, and there is a good precedent for time to come. For Instance, at the Athens meet of 1910 the entry list will likely reacn close to 4,000, and to allow the second men in the trial heats to work into the second round will mean that the meeting will occupy three days more than the London! affair.

Whatever else this Olympic meet ing has shown, it has demonstrated that American methods In competition and training are superior to those of any other hand. Still the English, although they are wise to many wrinkles in vogue here, do not care to try them. Commenting on points that struck him In the stadium and Eng lish expert said: "A wonderful thing occurred In the final for the free style lavolln throwing at the stadium. Three men. a Swede, a Greek and a Norwegian.

competed, and each man threw exactly the same distance as ho had thrown in the heat In which he had previously been engaged, the records being meas ured to a quarter of an inch. Think of the perfection In training which this Indicated. It means that Lemming, for example, can throw 178 feet 7 1-2 inches, a.id no more. At the same time he does not throw less. Ho knows what Is his best and he does it every time.

On the other hand we find an Englishman who can run 1,500 meters under four minutes, being beat en by a couple of yards by an Ameri can whose time Is four minutes three and two-fifths seconds. We may say that this Is the result of bad tactics, but the American runner Is so trained that he knows exactly how he can- run a given distance In the shortest time. He knows what his pace is at the start end at the exact point at which he ought to commence his final effort. Other competitors are nothing to a man who knows from constant practice and experiment that he can cover the- distance most rapidly in a certain way. The same principle Is employed by American Jockeys In horse racing, and the horse, therefore, always does his best, win or lone.

We prefer In this country to stick to Did fashioned methods, occasionally lore where we ought to win. Presumably to train perfectly would be too much trouble." The race between Kheppsrd and tho Englishman Wilson In the 1,500 meters Is what the critic referred to. for II son had covered the- distance In 3 minutes 69 4-8 seconds In tho British tryouts for the Olympic team, yet the American beat him In much slower time because he was a better Judge of pace, Of all the men on tlm Amir lean team Hhcppurd might be said to be thu strangest. As ho stormed on the gang-plank of the stcainehlp to go away he was sallow and weak looking, apparently with every poi blllty that a upell of seasickness would render hltn totally unfit for sthlrtln purposes. Some time before that he had been examined for thn police force, and tho doctors agreed that ho suffered from enlargement of th.i heart and some.

other organic ailments of a serious nature. His application for the pollen force was duly relented, nnd It was singular that It ahould.be msdrt public the very day he won the 1,600 meter race In England, beating the Best men In the World. six years, having been at the game since he represented Brown preparatory school in.epen competition. His best distance seems to be the half mile, at which he has come closer to the world's record than any other dls. tance ho has tried.

At the fall games of the New York A. C. two years ago Sheppard ran It in 1 minute S3 S-S seconds, and this was only a fifth or a second slower than the world's record, made by C. II. Kllpatrlck In 1896.

About half way in the Journey ghee- pard was slightly Interfered with and many of those present thought that but for the mishap ha would have equalled If not surpassed Kllpatrlck's mark. In dealing with the theory that America le from one to two seconds faster for the half mile than England Sheppard proved to be no exception, for ho did not run as fast abroad. The final of the 800 meters was his very best performance and a long way more classy that what ha did In the longer distance. With Just and Sheppard In the race the Olympic officials marked off the half mile, which was further than, the W0 meters, jtnd the understanding was that the runners should on. Sheppard carried out the arrangement and hit the half mile mark In 1 minute 64 seconds ex actly, or two-flftha of a second slower than his best time In America.

Of the track events won by the American team the 110 meter hurdles stands as a real topnotcher and by the -Englishmen and others Is regarded aa the greatest performance of the Olympics. Forrest Smfthson of tho Multnomah A. C. of Portland, won In the astounding time of 15 seconds, knocking all previous world's records into the clouds. The distance according to our measurement Is a shade over 120 yards, the record for which Is 15 1-1! seconds, by Alvin Kraenzlein.

and to think that Smith-son clipped a fifth of a second from it has a meaning more Important than appears on pappr. Kraenzleln's best effort for the 10 meters was 15 2-6 seconds in Paris In 1900. iThat lrv'thson should move fast over the sticks Is only natural, for he Is a good broad Jumper, a front rank sprinter and with plenty of power around his back and loins. After the A. A.

U. championship last year Smtthson stayed In tho east for a while, and there was a report that he would this year carry the colors of the New York A. out it seems hit registration was never transferred, as he had to return to his native terri tory. There Is a belief hovering In the air now that Smlthson will stay in the east after his return from abroad. The win of C.

J. Bacon of the Irish A. A. C. In the 400 meters Is an Illustration of what can be accomplished by a man with a set purpose.

Away In the early spring Baoon began, to train specially for this event, for he saw It was one of the softest spots In the Olymplo tryouts. Hillman was the best man at the game, but he was not so awfully dangerous, as the three foot hurdles were a little too high for him Bacon Is tail and leggy, and this with fair amount of speed fitted him for the race. His world's record of 65 seconds was rattling perfor mance. In the running high Jump no such squad of high class performers had ever before been' seen together, and the statement is borne out by the fact that seven men cleared 6 feet In tho final round. The winner; H.

F. Por ter of the Irish A. A. got over feet inches; Con Leahy of Ireland, Dr. S.

Somody of Hungary and G. Andre of France tied for the second end third at feet 2 inches: H. A. Gidney of the Boston -and T. Mofflt or the university e-f Pennsylvania "a-ot over 6 feet 1 inch, and N.

Patterson, Chicago- A. did I feet 5 3-4 Inches, and though he tnadi a couple of good attempts he had to quit, and the old record of 6 feet li 8-8 inches, made by M. F. Sweeney in 1895. will stay on the books a little while longer.

Porter Is a native of Bridgeport, and Is 24 years old. He has Jumping for several years, Ms best previous mark being In Madison Square garden last winter; when he cleared 8 feet 3 1-4 incnes. Tnougn a big man. Porter carries himself with great activity over the bar. He Is 8 feet 2 1-2 Inches tall and the beam at 185 Homody and Andre Jumped off but a neither could go any higher a tie was ue clared for second ana tnira in tne Jump off the bar.

was not lowered, as is the custom In America, but the men had three more trials at the same hela-ht. Andre, the Frenchman, was tne youngest competitor of the lot If not the youngest contestant In tho Olvmnlcs. He Is not yet years 010, and so little was known of him that he was not among the regular selec tions ofv the French team, though a short time ago he had Jumped 1 inch and won the 110 meter hurdles In 15 4-5 seconds. He Is 8 feet tall and well porportlohed, so that for the first time in her athletic history JYano has hones of a mgti lump re cord breaker. Dr.

Somody Is the cham- nlon of Hungary, which title ho won last year witn a wap or ieei i- inch, and he has cleared 23 feet 5 inches in tho broad Jump. The conclusion to be drawn from the result of tho discus throwing Is that they either uae wrong tape lines on the continent or else the mlaxlles thov throw are short of the regula tion weiaht. Jucrvenln, the Flnlander, has a record of 143 feet 3 Inches for the free style of throwing In his own ennntrv. nnd the fact that he couldn't come within 15 feet of it In England creates a suspicion right away. A report has it that the ground was very sloppy, and this may have bothered tho Finn; but it did not bother Sheridan, who won with a throw about two feet less thnn what won for him In Athens In 1906, Dearborn of the New York A.

C. was the big disappointment In this event. At the tryout meet he beat Sheridan and broke the world's record, and when the account came that he was not even placed hte New York A. O. men could hardly credit their cyeHlght.

It is not known yet style." Rose was rather poor in the hot and tho foreigners were disappointed when they did not see a put of fifty feet or thereabout. The ground was very soft, and the Californium who Is a very big man, could not gather enough speed to get hla proper drive In delivering the weight. The most pleased man among the shot putters was iJenls Horgan, who was cecond to Rose. Denis beat W. W.

Coe of the Boston A. A. and he was better satis fled with that than If he had won first medal. Two years ago at tho na tlonal A. A.

V. championship things looked good for Denis, but toe un expectodly came siting and Just beat him out for tho title, and Denla was sore, John Flanagan a good work in the hammer was mainly due to the handball ho played during the winter. On his off days ha would encase film self in half a dozen sweaters and play five or six hard games, after which he would go homo and stew out for an hour or so. This removed a lot or superfluous flesh and made John spry and active as a kitten, From the reports cabled serous, It Would appear that there was a slrotig protest over the tug of War and the wrestling bout between Beck, the Eng' Ilslunun, and Narganes. the American.

The English papers scarcely refer to these contests. Narganes and his loan Were at It for 2 minutes 49 second. when Beck won the bout from a crows buttock, Regarding the tug of war Cassaay, Denver 21 Andreas. Sioux Cttv an Fleher, Omaha 19 Clark, Pueblo i rox, J-Jnooln 13 Pritchett, Lincoln All other players nave leas than vs. Team tuns Denver.

.267: Pueblo. Omaha, Des Molnea, .249: Uiouut City. Lincoln. .232. Team fielding Lincoln, .960: Bloux City, Omaba, Des Motnaa, Pu eblo, Denvsr, .941.

iiaertnee hits Llnooin. 1(4: Donver. 1(3; Omaha. 144; Pueblo, 124; bioax City, UU; jlms Moinea, m. Stolen basesPUeblo.

24(: Sioux City, 211; Omaha, 2W; Des Moines. 178; Lincoln, in; uenrer, isi. THE OLD GARRETT. TaJasfa SaaTgeste fcy Glaace lato Ita Rabblak Hess. (New Tork Weekly.) About the genuine old-fashioned garret there is a wonderful charm.

The garrets in your modern houses are shams. Indeed, they are not garrets; they are attics, and the probability Is that they are plastered, and painted, and set off with French bed- steads and cretonne lambrequins. The kind of garret we mean has an existence only in old houses. In houses which have "been In the family" for two or three generations. The beams overhead are large enough to support the weight of a cotton factory.

There are loose shingles on the roof which tosa and flutter like some living thing when the autumn winds blow. Across the rafters spiders have hung their gossamer tapestry, and the skeletons of a myriad of hapless files which buzzed a score of years ago, are dangling from the insidious fabric. There la a wasps' hest in the corner. but the Inhabitants are friendly enough if you do not ditsurb them; and the bright, black-eyed mouse under the loose floor will creep up shyly toward and then flash back again to his hole If you move ever so slightly. The windows of this old garretiare small, and many of the panes of glass have been broken.

Some of them thrifty hands, now perhaps lying still In the family burylng-ground, have mended with blotches of putty, which still cling to the crevices where the wind whistles in like the moan of a disembodied spirit. Upon great poles which cross the garret, and are suspended by hooks from the rafters, hang strlnes of dried apples, and -circles of dried squash and pumpkin, and bell-peppers, faded and pale with age and dust; and there are gourd-shells of seeds Whose virtue has long since departed; and bunches of fragrant herbs, saved up by some dead and gone grandmother, in case anybody should be sick. touch the withered bundles, and the air Is full of faint scents of thyme, and pepper mint, ana nyssop; and' we think of the green river-banks where the pep permint or our childhood grew, and the ceaseless voice of the advancing river ever calling us away, away, away. eaves lies the discarded lumber of the pant The old spinning-wheel, whose cheerful bun made music In the cheery kitchen of a hun dred years ago, as, turned by the cneerrui hand of some now fortrotten beauty. It drew out and wound off upon Its long spindle the fleecy wool which- was to be woven Into fabrics to cover the brave hearts-of those who fought for libertyj and the tender breasts of the young mothers who, even then, were nursing poets, orators and statesmen upon their knees.

Broken and worthless, the old kitchen table lies dismantled with the rest of the rubbish. Long since.lt made way for the polished mahogany, or black walnut, and there is no one living- who can remember thai, good cheer with whloh It used to bsoread. and 'the healthy," wholesome faces wmcn grew thoughtful around It, when ''father asked the blessing." A pair of faded. moldy slippers, once, perhaps, worn by some colonial bride or danced Ip at some rustic fete fitted to feet which once were light and gay, but which long since grew tired of wandering, and paused to rest beside the still waters. A bonnet of another generation, its faded ribbons dropping Into threads: a sunshade of an obsolete pattern, a luoi-vrarmerj sucn as was worn to keep the feet of ancient churchgoers from eoBgeallng i the three hours' sermons which thosri saint! void ministers used to tprejach.

those great urtplastered churches, where there were no chimneys, and which, stood on windy hills, a century ago. Ah! it cost some sacrifice to go to church then. The rusty warmlngrpan, filled with hot coals from the fireplace, made glad the linen horhespun 1 sheets of ancient times, nangs on the wall; and beside it the old tin lantern, perforated holes to let out the light from thei tallow candle which used to be -placed -within, An old military cap, its nodding plumes devoured by the moths, Ita gold lace tarnished, its very form distorted by time and hard knocks; a colonel's saddle, moldy and forlorn, borne once on the gallant back of the wild war-charger, whose bones have bleached for numberless decades on some' forgotten battlefield; a broken spura a tarnished sword oh, what a tale they tell of worldly pride and ambition! What a lesson to the man who fancies that his deeds and his memory shall be Immortal! Hore. In the corner, Is a little Chair a little child's high chair one. leg gone, the back crushed in, the paint discolored; but somebody was happy when It was bought.

Mother's eye gleamed when she saw the homely little flower painted on the cross-piece; father thought with pride how well his youngest darling would look sluing bravely up In a chair of his own at the table, 5A chest of old books, with their quaint letter-press, and their prim little stories of impossibly good children who died early, and who on their death -beds preached sermons that would put a bishop to whame: an atH las, on which all of our beautiful country west of Pennsylvania figures as "The Great American a torn New England primer, containing the Iron-clad creed of our Puritan ancestors; a bundle of old almanacs; a juvenile arithmetic; an old tune-book, and a few odds and ends of tract literature. The garret Is, dark and we stifle in Us atmosphere, but It is a treasure home; and when the wind blows we love to crouch In Its darkest corner and hear the brave ld timbers strain as they stand up and face the blast, and dash It back -In bold defiance; and when the summer rain falls we listen to; Its soft patter on the monsy shingles, and It is like the lullaby the mother sings tf her drowsy child, who, tired of play, tired of chasing the butterflies, comes home to rest when the night falls comes home to gather strength for what lies beyond In th buHy strife and struggle which we call life. Dosrsrlra Dine yilh Owners, (New York Kun.l Most rnntauntiil have a rule which forbids a patron from bringing a dog to the table, hut In Hrooklvii 01m eatlna house proprietor found It profitable to cater to women who have a fondnens for 1M and a delre to have them for lame companion, Any Unv at the lunch on hour three or four women may f'11 eaung at tun piece, tneir petn sit-ting hexlile them on siiecinl high chairs, Hoicute'a dinner In served on a sperlul pime wnh-n in uiueea on a ieig in frorjt Th truth Is regnrdfcl by most peok pic as an Innult, ing the tug of war. There must be reasons for this other than those which appear on the surface. In ome departments we have dona splendidly.

In the long distance events we have swept the boards, but that is because so much attention has been paid to them for several years and there has been special preparation on tho riant lines. Is, however, something radically wrong Wtn our sprinters. We have the men In the past, and wc have them now. But they are not brought out as they should be. If It be necessary to re form our methods we must do and our Inherent conservatism roust not stana in the way- or effecting a mucn needed Improvement, with a view to producing better result.

We aro not croakers, but we emphasise what our trans-Atlamlo friends have done this week and last In the field and sprint and we must not be too obstinate to learn from them nor too proud to profit by the polnu they are able- to give us." Then referring to the objections It says: "Tho general public does not worry Itself about the technicalities of sport. It ltkus to ace tho races. It appreciates clone flulMhes. nnd It has an almost unerring Instinct for what good and bad form. All tho uother that haa been made has.

been duo to mlsap- prcnenslons, real or assumed, and there is the less Justification for them, because the conditions which have boen objected to pave been known for many months, and tho entries of all competitor was made with the full knowledge of what these were. i. To read the Culminations In some of our foreign contemporaries ond would be Justified in deducing from them that no one had an knowledge befo arriving In England of the rules that would govern the various events, one point was made perfectly clear throughout, that tho rules in force in the country where the games are decided shall be the rules for the time being. "Mr. Duke, who captained the win ning team In the tug of war, has been provoked Into issuing challenge in reply to the plaint about the boots of the men of whom ho 1 zao proud.

They are sportsmen to tho backbone, put tiie incident must be considered closed by the statement of a member of the U. B. A. team that tliey were satisfied wth. the result, and Know they had met better men at the game than themselves.

'We know really nothing' about tug of he said, 'and before we can hope to hold our own with such a. clockwork team as you can put In the field we must have considerable practice. Your men won easily, and they would win easily again, and what more need be said. I have nothing to say, at any rate, and there will be no more pulling by us." HERE'S A PltliB ATI ltd PAKE). Story of How Fielder Caught Bird Instead of Ball.

1 The press teports tellng how little Keely, pitcher of tho Washington club, came nar to dropping a pop fly, owing to a bird flying Just under the ball Just as Keely was all sot for the catch, recall tho great catch that Out fielder Treadway, onoe a National league atar and 1 member of the Brooklyn club, made one September afternoon on the Brooklyn grounds', while the team was having a hot contest with the Now York team, says the Chicago Inter Ocean's nature faker, It was In the ninth inning of the game, and the score was close. with every player on edge, When two men on the basest Parke Wilson, tho catcher of the Giants stepped to the plate and laced one away out In deep right center. At the crack of the bat Treadway tore aftor the ball, thfl two New York runners on the bases, as well as Parke Wilson, know Ing that there were two men down, kept on toward tho plate Now, Treadway was a sensational outfielder, and as he was not a speedy runner, any ball that was knocked anywhere out of his territory was a hard chance for him, and frequently forced him to pull off one of those one-handed catches for which he was a famous. Ho as Treadway speeded after the ball he saw that If he was going to make the catch he would have to It by Jumping In the air and bringing the ball down with his ungloved hand. Acting upon the lm-pulne.

Treadway gave a mighty leap, and while in the air he made a grab at the ball, but Instead of grasping it his fingers closed around the body as a small bird. When Treadway struck tho ground he thought In hla excitement that be had the ball In his hands. As he started to throw It the feeling of the thing ruiiHcd him to look down, and then he snw thut a unique catch he had made. Of course the three New York runners were safe, and tho gunie wan lost. As TreHdway stood examining his catch the entire Brooklyn team came running dywn the field shouting maledictions on tho head of Treadway.

But when they hud been shown the bird and not the ball they were as a mn zed as Treadway himself. Right then and there the; Brooklyn club adopted the bird, and for several years afterward It was the only nmMCot that tho club carried. i)K THING AND AKOTIIP.lt. mrn The rate of production of gold Is approximately 11,000,000 a day. Babylon was probably the first city to attain a population of a million.

The area of tho city was 225 square miles. In the gcnral synod of the Lutheran church 124 congregations have Increased the salaries of their pastors thin year. f4lnce the earthquake and fire at Hun Kranclaco 9.800 buildings have be eroded and 4,000 others remodel-ed, The dlHwter destroyed 28,000 building. Naxos Is. noted for its emery stone, which Is carried over to Syra In sailing vessels, for storage In the government depot, whence Its exportation takes place, London's greatest rush hours aro from -8 to 9 In the morning and at about 0:30 In the evening, Between 8 and 164,000 persons enter the city, between 6 and 7 175.000 leave, It takes four years to train a lion for exhibition work, and only one amnio! In four Is fit for training.

A well trained Hon Is worth five times the price of one untrained. The center of population In the United Flutes In was Nix miles southeaMt of Columbus, Ind. In 18X0 It was eleht miles west by south of Cincinnati, Mince 1790 It has moved 619 miles, Nealakln Helnrna to tVliton, (Krom the Fur Ne 1 ((siskin, which one of the moat val lied fins uleiidlly hoen liiei'Mxina In d'Hliitf the IhkI few year. Ht(i-i thai Ihln KHiton the com of the Hall, Omaha Olmatead. Denver Wengrer.

Lincoln- Jones, Lincoln Jnokson, Denver Johnson. Lincoln James, Pueblo Chabeck, Denver Freeman. Sioux City Eonno. Lincoln Rhodes, Omaha Ilonska, Pueblo Fielding. Players' Weaker, Lincoln Vlnriska: Puebla PO.

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ipner 7l.o-t., Oil fi-rr ntnyer has to exceed S-Clineo h'ts Denver n.m'iier. l.lni-oln ti4i1ftn. Unrnln Thomas, Lincoln 26 21 fc 0 ZZ0 jJUIIU iUlJJ UJ.IL1U Sore ami Ulcers are Indication of Impure blood. They show that the circnlatio lias become Infected with germs and poison, which are being constantly discharged Into the open place to Irritate the delicate nerves, tissues and surrounding; flesh and Veep the Kre in a state of inflammation and disease. Whether these impurities in the blood are the result of some debilitating sickness, an old taint from a formet tlistrane, or whether it is hereditary bad blood, there is but one way to cure sores and ulcers, and that is to ptirify th blood.

salves, lotions, are often beneficial because of their cleansing, antiseptic effect, but nothing applied to the surface can reach the blood, where the real cause is, and therefore cannot cure, a a S. is the remedy for sore and ulcers of every kind It rets down to the very bottom ot the trouble and remove every trace of impurity or poison, and makea a lasting cure. a a change the quality of the circulation, SO that instead of feeding the diseased part with immtritie, it notiriabe and heal Die irritated, inflamed flesh and cause the ulcer to fill in with healthy tissue by upplylng It with pure, rich blood. Book OU Sore tutl Ulc guj My me.lical advice desired sent free io all who write. TSUS SWIFT SPECIFIC ATLAITTA, 'or will be almost promotive..