Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1892, Page 8

BASE BALL COMMENT. Work on the Diamond in Many Cities. 3 THE SENATORS’ GOOD WORK. hey Tighten Thetr Grip on Sixth Place— ‘They Lost and Won Yesterday—Changes in Positions in the League Race—Notes of General Interest. AYS AN INTIMATE friend of Fred Pfeffer the treatment ‘of that player by the Louisville clab’s direct- predict that from now on Pfeifer will play his own game. He can play marvelons ball when he wants to and there is no denying that he is head and shoulders over anybody in the Louisvilles ‘sen infielder. And he will adopt tactics that will turn their audiences greon. What will he do? [li tell you what he'll do. He will take his place at second base and ficid base hits, play the whole four positions and do such brilliant work that the other fellows won't know whether 4 is on their heads or their heels they are stand- “He will make great double plays with that great head work of bis and the fellows that should help him (not being up to his fine standard of scien- ‘tific infield ball) will let runscome in while Fred stands looking at them with a very vinble had a schooling that all the Taylors in the one Enow nothing, about, and he'll work "em, never fear. “T will predict right now that in less than two months the Louisville public will make an idol of Pfe‘fer and that he will stand higher than he Two games were played with the Brooklyns yesterday afternoon and the odd thing about them is that both were shut-outs and each side took a game. Abbey was in the box for the home team. He is about exploded as a phe- nomenon. It is to be hoped that the home management has about got through experi- menting for the season. Abbey was weak, de- eidedly weak, and it took the heart out of the jere supporting him. It is a well-known Bet theta beak pitcher will not be given the support given one who is doing well. With Gastright and Foreman it is a wonder why one Was not put in. Gastright has been given his ten days’ notice and Foreman's ten days expire today. This leaves the club Killen, Knell and abi Owing to the system adopted by the Management a couple of the pitchers have been overworked while the others have been allowed to grow stiff und rusty. Gastright pitched less ‘than ton days during the time he was connected | with the club. Like Foreman, he has not been | work@ regularly enough. The Washingtons made only three hits off Stein in the first game, Hoy meking two of them and Robinson the other. Only a few errors were made by the home team, but they were on hard-hit balls and consequently proved costly. The score ‘was 13 to 0. Acomplete metamorphosis took place in the Senators ig the second game. Knell was in the box and was effective. Only four hits were made and Washington's only error was Robin- son's fumble of a sharply bit bull. Only four hits were made off Hart, but three of them were amade when men were on bases, having been ‘ent there on balls, and these, with a fumble by ‘Tom Daly of a bit to right field, produced the runs. Several times the visitors seemed about to score, but the most brilliant felling pre- vented if. Dowd, Richardson and Larkin in the fourth made x double play, which caused a Blank, although Brouthers was just crossing the . In the ninth Robinson, Dowd and Lar- killed the visitors’ chances to score. Corcoran, the nimble shért of the visitors, sho did some brilliant work, capturing Dut” fee's fly in short left field, which seemed a safe In this inning Umpire Lynch gave his only questionable decision against the home team, deciding Larkin out on McGuire's hit to Hart and fielded to —— siciies cand Altogether it was a sharp, quickly play. g . abounding in good work. It put Brook- into third place and strengthened the Sena- tors’ hold on sixth. ‘The St. Louis and Cleveland clubs played sixteen innings yesterday when darkness put a stop to the game. Each club made three runs. Pittsburg defeated Cincinnati in a finely con- tested game. ‘Terry pitched finely, allowing Cincinnati but two bits. The score was 2 to 0. Philadeiphia won its fourteenth consecutive game by defeating New York. Both clubs wed well, but Keefe kept the hits scattered. score wax 6 to3. Chicago and Louisville played «close and pretty game. Each team Made six hits, but Louisville managed to get a un in the seventh inning, which won by the score of 1 to 0. Boston took two games from Baltimore—2 to @and7 to 2 The Baltimore's couldn't bat, while of course the Bostons could. ‘The results of the coutests yesterday caused changes in the positions of several of the clubs. Philadelphia Passed Erooklyn for second place. Pittsburg New York and now holds eighth place by | points. Louisville, by defeating Chicago, — elaven point: would have passed St. | as the Browns played a tie game with Cleveland, but the decision of the league di- z of May 21 not for- feited by St. Louis to Cleveland gives St. Louis gain of seven points, putting it three percent- age points of Louisville. ‘The league clubs rankas follows: BESELS | rer cont. e204 This question has been asked: ““Supposii the Washingtone and New Yorks are piring © of ball and the Washii have played Whe ianings and the New Yorks four anda bait innings ard the scors standing Washington, 4, and New York, 6, and the rain interf before | the New Yorks had played their half of the fifth | , bow is the game decided?” [According to rule 27 New York wins.) Dan Richardson's work at second base and | short stop this season entitles him to be called | the leading inticlder in the profession. He plays either position equally well.—Philadel- phia Inquirer. While Comiskey is a strict disciplinarian be never hurailiates a player before the public. | ‘What he his tocay to his men be dooe in private. He also frequently inflicts fines when necessary. Dut he would rather influence his men by wise counsel to try to play better ball. — Harrington and Rhmes before the opening of The lorg-suffering umpire again ‘the next championship series. roft of Cincinnati — | Um can beat any team. Whe: Catcher Bird, our old ly Bird” of the At- team was first lantie L Club, recently released by Mr. we any tne players. but still they Von dee Ab, 0 probably with the fa- | lab in the €100 to play them. Whenever loes of the Eastern President Nick | sg leuue team had « day ther took up tbe offer. | Young of the National has not bad any ‘The * te always insieted ca having their own | applications for Bird's services. ‘Umpire, ard as & result they won e' I nen | Me ie that is the rounds. It | late W. H. Hurlburt once said: “I have |smay be true and it may not: Anson humiliated | found out that a @5 umpire can beat a €30,000 = s w President Young says that the club al- elled the it from an umpire or rier it i,” do thove_ who of ‘the air cries of great man, out?” aud “What are the bat from Anson's know that an umpire handle bout his decisions in Wash- imany city in the country? Just | Here they work directly under the are re tein. President cutti an umpires they sai stand to reason that an um® President Vo: ‘will do his utmost to render fair and clear | announces that under such circumstances? Every one will hen his employer's | a gen- It noo gos tt Spann Boston ease be thought worthy cut incentive to work among | borne even greater then the mer- league ‘When you have both incentives ealaxion. You can expect the most faithful et ae ieamies fedneeda ‘that the are wrong when they howl at a decision off, Detter from the umpire’s position than the press box. and from Eg le tail F F if x e a Duty or no duty, if the club loves Chris gives the whole which is steeped in believe.” Good news comes of Hatfield from Seattle, where he isa player. Seattle papers say that Gill Hatfield's playing is not excelled by any short stop in the country. In the up of the Eastern sbterpenens es arent Sharrott of New York, Fields: the itcher Second onnelly and Fielder Griffin, all of New Haven, have Deen signed by Buffalo. There is s heap of sense in this suggestion by the Providence Telegram: “Take out the base hit column, likewise the error column, and you will see closer games and also better ones, There is a feeling among some play- ers that if they whang at the and get @hit they are all right. Play out the string every time and make it safe. Win games.” It would also work the other way. Fielders would 0 after hits more zealously if they were sure fir efforts to make @ put out, even if unsuc- cessful, would not @e charged as errors. Under the present system the rules are plain enough, but the sc.rers persistently disregard them, and eren official scorers “roast” a fielder with an error when a hit should go down. es “Farmer” Thompson of the Phillies was never in better condition and his batting shows it. He bangs on well fora you —New York Evening Telegram. And this same old farmer didn’t begin to do his batting early in the season—like Hardie Richardson. Milwaukee would like to have the franchise of the Louisville ball clab, but she stands about as much chance of getting it as the Baltimores do of winning the pennant. An offer of $30,000 in cash has been made and refused. A.new rule cost Anson a game last Saturday. Cincinnati had the game 3 to 0, and were play- ing their last half of the fifth ‘inning when the storm came up. It is the first this season, too, that the rule has been called into play. “It's | just my luck.” growled Anson; “if it isn't the | crowd it’s the rules; but the rules are’ good and | must be obeyed.” The Cincinnati club will probably reinstate m and Rhines before the opening of | the next championship series, says an ex-| change. Most people are at a loss to know how | a sober, upright, quiet player like Harrington | always was until this season should suddenly | 10 an inveterate drinker and brawler as | did this summer. Morgan Murphy, Sg- uratively speaking, broke the big feliow's heart. Until Murphy signed with the Reds Jerry was king. He caught the crowd. He | was a big favorite and was applauded time and aguin for his fine work. Murphy’ senaational catching totally echpsed Harrington's best ef- forts, Itwas ‘heartrending for the big fellow to play second fiddle to the newcomer. The applause and adulation heaped upon Murphy stung Harrington to the quick, and in a mo- ment of weakness he could see ‘no other way to stand the ignomy of being pushed to the rear except to drown his disappointment in drink. It was jealousy that put poor Jerry on the black list. turn he Manager Powers of the New Yorks said the other day that O'Rourke would be put behind the bat. Doyle and Harry Lyons have been signed, and Burke, who was released from Cin- cinnati, will also be secured. In the event of the New Yorks securing Burke he will be placed at second and Richardson, H. Lyons and Tier- nan will play the outfield. No fault can be found with the batting of Gore, but his fielding, base running and general work have not satis- | fied Manager Powers. In other words, he wants young and ambitious players. The poor Giants! They need a lot of patching up. An official bulletin has been issued by Pr@i- dent Young stating that the board of directors hed unanimousdy decided to set aside the de- | Louis game of May 21. On this occasion St. | Louis was due in Cleveland for two games, and becanse of a delay on the rai failed to arrive in time. Lynch, therefore, declared the game forfeited. Manager Hanlon, im coming across a lot yes- terday, says the Baltimore American, discov- ered a phenomenon in the way of a pitcher. His name is Josephus Go-at-em-oski, and he is likely to be with the boys today. Besides his speed he hase few slants never before discov- ered. If the it arrangements can be success- | fully carried out a strong team of American | layers will invade England next month. Any Fret-class amateur player who desires to become a member of the team will address Al Lawson, Middletown, N. ¥. Frank Dwyer arrived at Cincinnati on Thurs- day from St. Louis, and was at once installed a member of Cincinnati's twirling corps. After | Duryea had pitched fi i inst Cleve- land in the exhibition, which was played to fill iu an off day, Dwyer went in and finished it. ‘Two hits were made off his delivery. The magnificent spurt made by the Philadel- pha club, beginning during the last week in jay, resulted in eight successive victories up to June 8. Onthatdate Harry Wright's men dropped a game to St. Louls by the close score of7 to Gand two days later Cleveland came along and scooped up two games by scores of 8 to dand 6 to 8. It looked then as if the Phillies | had run their and were going back into | the old rut, but it was only « temporary shut | of, next day they began a glorious | career of victory by beating the “Spiders” 7 to | the Phillies have scored thirteen | continuous victories, a record which bas only been equaled bythe Chicago club this year, but the record of the home club, twenty-one The Cincinnati club will probably reinstate cision of Umpire Lynch in the Cleveland-St. | ( 2 it i ts iu ie i # F A. A. U, Base Ball Championship. It has been decided by the base ball tee of the Amateur Athletic Union to have the championship of America competed for this A Yale Ball Player Badly Hart. Carter, the Yale catcher, who was disabled by ® blow received from Hallowell of Harvard in Thursday's game, is ina critical condition at = Gare of his tong | the Hotel Vendome, Boston. He has been in- sane ever since the accident and the physicians are fearful lest the injury result in a serious | case of concussion of the brain. Ridgeway, one of the Yale substitutes, and a trained nurse are inattendance. Carter’s parents have been sum- moned. His absence from the Yale nine will cripple it in the second game with Harvard next Tuesday. ———_+-e-+____ THE CHESS WORLD. ¢ Problems, Games, Solutions and Solvers— Notes. PROBLEM No. 127. By A. V. BOATRITE. White to play and mate in three (3) moves. FROBLEM No. 128. By A. F. MACKENZIE. S@wHkh22aD 8 QB7 KR3 Q8 QR7 QKt QR3 KR7 KB7 Kz @ieaniii KS QB7 KKtS KEt KBS QB6 QKté White to play and mate in two (2) moves. GAME No. 68. BIRD'S OPENING. ‘The following brilliant gamelet was time aro fu Boston. Mr. Burrille, 0 POF 2 PRS ERYBS 3 FOR S BRS $KReB3 Brkt) 5 PxB PRS 6B-QKt BK 12Q-Rte Kt KR4 (a) And white announced mate in four moves. \e swaps every time he has sn oppor- flaring of nent. ‘There was about cas: astied on the queen's (c) aud safest. (d) Another big error, which throws away the game at once. P-Kts would have yielded sume hope of equalizing matters. Huctpould have a Co Pad a ee cating by M. anoweLl the youns Farisian who mating © frost Teputation aindng the cracks of the Cafe de ia Resence. It being M. Janowski's turn to move he (white) forced the ganieby the followiug beautiful line of play: WWQxBPch KE: Kt-QB2 Kt (K2>B3 17 Brktech K-Rte bien van K-gis IS FRT ch RQ K -QR3 19 K-Qb7 ch K-QKtE AND SOLVERS. |-KKt sq.—4 points, Solved by heat problem: A.V. Boatrive, Cooley (31), Hamilton, Gs Bion Behrend (19), stad, Dr. Je! alin, apes is, 0, 133. “Key is Knight, 8. C. A.V. Gisizer, Hamilton, Kent. THE MULTIMATE ONE-MOVER. ‘There are forty-seven, ways of nears, Mee Wen Boxter effecti mate in one 120ve. xter_ of No. Tnulanaavenue, city. wan ihe frst solver to send complete list. The ther compstitors who discovered, Site ates gore Mew a ber pokr. olstad. NOTES. Mr. Gunsberg thus interestingly comments on the recent match for the Américan cham- pionship between Showalter and Lipschutz: “We heartily congratulate’ the winner on his muccess, and of the play of Showalter we can only say that in spite of his bad score the play was full of life and animation and often highly ingenious, in fact, much better than one would imaginedrom the final result, the explanation for which might be found in temperament as well as liability to blunders, arising from the same cause.” ‘The first two games in the Von Bardeleben- Walbrodt match were drawn, while the third was scored by Hert Walbrodt. Polner has won the big Russian handicap, just finished at St. Petersburg. A second-class player (G. A. Halbach) got second, while the mighty Schiffers had to content himself with Lee won the Divan handicap at Sim London, with a score of 1234 out of 16, beat the first rates, but lost heavily against the odds takers. third money. ns, jollard second with 113 and Loman third, 11. Loman Max Judd has declared his intention of must defeat Showalter before the New Yorker would accept the challenge. Amos Burn, the celebrated English master, is residing in Chicago and is an occasional visitor at the Chicago Chess Club, Champion Lady Tennis Player. ‘For the second time the title of champion lady tennis player of the United States belongs | to Miss Mabel E. Cahill, the representative of the New Haven Tennis Club. A large and fash- ionable crowd gathered yesterday afternoon at the grounds of the Philadelphia Cricket Club to witness the struggle between Miss Cahill and nis Club for the honor of holding the ehampion- ship of the net for the coming year. Miss Call was expected $0 win’ fitm ties taoee imecasere mere joore 8 | tors by the it battle she made. For | paper epsrtoess Cre mam eee cae | superior © ee pepe GS lucky 0} ent by score to | won’ the chanspionehi; ‘Miss Bessie Moore of the Hohokus Valley Ten- | various NEXT MONTH'S MEET. Little Remains to Be Done by Local Wheelmen. PLEASANT TRIP TO SCRANTO) eh See Tk of a New Bicycle Cluab—The New House of the C. C. C. About Ready.for Oc- cupancy—Capt. Newman's Experience in Canada—Coming Runs of Local Wheelmen. order, and the only thing left is to wait until the latter part of next month and carry out the excellent program that has been arranged. For the assured success of the meet much credit is due to Mr. W. H. Stearns, secretary- treasurer of the division, who is also chairman of the entertainment committee. Mr. Stearns isan active worker in the interests of cycling and has labored hard for the success of the local division of the L. A. W. The other mem- bers of this committee are E. H. Shuster, Wm. Muehleisen, C. F. McEnany and L. H. Sykes. ‘While under the general head* of entertain- ment will come all the amusements, runs and other pastimes arranged for the visitors, Chair- man Stearns’ c ittee will look the more important events exclusive of the races. The several runs tobe made during the first day of the meet will be conducted Dy subcom- ittees, as hergtofore published. The theut party will probably be abandoned, as the com- inittee was unable to secure a company to pre- sent a play for the occasion such as was wanted. The two principal events in charge of the en- tertainment committee will be the excursion to Marshall Hall and the big ‘‘smoker,”. on both of which occasions everything will be free to league members. The “smoker” will be the closing event of the mect. It will be held at the Casino, where there will be music, fireworks and speeches, It is ex f large attendance at the smoker,” aa that will be the time for the visitors and home boys to exchange their greetings. Chairman Overman of the reception commit- tee is still receiving letters from all parts of the country asking for information as to accommo- dations as well as to other matters pertaining to the meet, so that it is possible that even a larger number of visitors than was at first anticipated will. be here. _ The list of members of the local division is increasing, the last persons to join being Mrs. H. J. Palmer, Thos. 8. Scrivener, E. H. Pull- man. W. ML Leavitt, Roscoe G. peatle, E. L ipple, Jos. Burrot G. A. Brower, H. Goth BW. Moore, W. B. Be Pue, L. L. Hunter, B. F. Mitchell and J. K. Shively. ‘THE SCRANTON PILGRIMAGE. The pilgrimage of the wheelmen to the Penn- sylvania meet at Scranton last week was a great suecess, both in point of numbers and the good time at Scranton. There were twenty-three wheelmen in the party, most of them wearing the pretty black uniform of the Columbia Club. A special car, decorated with steamers, on which was painted,’ “Come to the Washington meet, July 18-20," was attached to the Koyal Biue train late Saturday night, and the party went |through without change of cars, reaching Scranton early Sunday afternoon. At the depot they were met by a committee from the Scranton Bi Club and escorted to the Lackawanna Valley Hotel, where they were- quartered during the meet.’ During their stay in Scranton they were entertained in the most hospitable manner by the Scranton wheelmen, who gave a banquet in honor. cf the Columbia Club. Vice Consul Churchill, who had charge of the party, ex- tended a hearty invitation to the Pennsylvania wheelmen to come here next month, and the invitation was accepted with a hurrah. Several of the party entered the races, but the company was entirely too fast for them, as John 8. Mount of the Capital Club was the only one to secure # prize of any sort. A vote of thanks was tendered the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for the special car, and the Scranton wheelmen came in for their share of the gratitude because of the royal manner in which they treated the Washington party while in Scranton. THE “THREE C.’8” CLUB HOUSE. ‘The Columbia boys arrived home in time to witness one of the memorable events in the history of the club, the occupancy of the new club house at Mt. Pleasant. “The club has taken formal m of the house, which is situ- ated on such an elevation and in such a pleasant place that it will attract the members from the city in order toenjoy the cool breezes in the evenii ‘The formal o} and lawn party will take place nett week. = THE CAPITAL CLUB. The private run, which was anticipated with so much pleasure last Sunday by several mem- bers of the Capital Club, did not materialize, and so there was no regular run that day. A number of members, however, went out on the road and several members of the Camera Club got some good snap shots. Capt. Macdaniel has not yet decided upon a run for tomorrow, but there. will, in all proba- eat bewrun, which willbe announced to- it. Arrangements are being made for a two-davs’ run on the 3dand 4th of hext month, ‘Tt i the intention of the club to start from here Satur- day evening preceding the Fourth of July and go by train to Hagerstown. From there a start will be made eatly Sunday morning to Penmar. After spending « short while at that beautiful and historic place, the trip will be resumed in the direction of Westminster and Gettysburg. It is ikely that Sunday night will be spent at Gettysburg Springs. Monday morning the bat- flefields will bo visited and then the return will be made over the road as far as Baltimore. Messrs. Ea. Olds and Harry Towers will prob- ably make a tour over a different route, as the former, a member of the Camera Club, wants to look fot _new fields to conquer. Their plan is to train to Cumberland an i beautiful mountainous country as far as Rom- ney and from there to ride to Winchester. On the route Olds expects to get a number of good pictures, CARROL INSTITUTE’S CLUB. A bicycle club has been formed among the members of Carroll Institute and the wheelmen have selected for their captain Mr. T. A. New- man, ex-captain of the Colum‘ia Oycle Club. challenging Lipschutz in January if in good | The club is yet a young organization, and ow- health at that tine, It would seem as Bite ing to the absence from the city of Sept. New- le man not many club runs have The captain has now returned and Sunday and Wednesday evening runs be Capt. Newman's trip wasa delightful one. He was accompanied part of the way by R. L. Barrington and Mr. Ellsworth. Ali spent only several hours about Watkins Glen his wheel proved valuable means of transit and he was able to see more in the few hours on recently. the A i Hy ‘ted that there will be the to weloome the visitors and er ee Se 4 . ‘The Women's Wheel “and Athletic Club of BELT i ge Hu: i reli i i 3 EE Fel li i New divisions written request of three members, indorsed by a majority of the members present.” pears to me that in many wheelwomen the cycling division should be #0 numerically weak. were Ia Buffalonian I should be proud to long to fo flourishing an Women's Wheel and “Athletic Club undoubt- ‘miles, This is one of that vicinity, and they are the first ride it on’ single wheels. All rode BReumatics. | On Monday the party rode from ortamouth to Maplewood (Boston), 6134 miles, in 9 hours, including stops. England, whose wheelwomen still seem under the spell of Mrs, Grundy, says the Builetin, has come forward with the idea of a “Lady Cyclists’ Association.” While we are at ail times delighted to record any advancement made by the fair sharers of our cycling pleas ures we are not prepared to predict a very brilliant future for an association named as above. To begin with we donot think there ¢xiste any need for a purely woman's organiza- tion, an doubt its receiving either oP TOPeT, suPPOTK oF management in the hands of its fair members. We believe that the interests of the wheel- Ls are cared and better Larpstar ‘eon cycling associations managed and controlled by thelr Wocthets ah totes tan they can ever be in a purely woman’s club. Mr. and Mrs, G. J. McArthur of Malden, ‘Mass., made a tandem century on Sunday, June 12, as follows: Malden start, 4:20 a.m.; New- latter tours ladies ter | DUFYport (forty miles), 8:20 a.m.; Portemouth twenty-four miles), 11:20 a.m, After a three hours’ rest for dinner the course was again taken up at 2:20 p.m. Newburyport (twenty- four miles), 6:10 p.m.; Ipswich (twelve miles), hardy couple rode home to Malden, twent} eight miles, arriving at 10 p.m. The thermom- fer stood at 112 degrees in the sun. Mr. ai Mrs. McArthur are members of the Mystic Wheel Club. At Minneapolis quite recently. a member of Ladies’ Cycling League in response to a toast ead: “The gitls of today who hold promi. not scream when they see a mouse, nor get frightened when a snake crosses their path— the girls who ride on cycles. Miss Anna I. Lewis, Miss Jennie Huble; Mivs Coyle, Misw Jope and Miss Elizabeth Fa cett are additional fair recruits to Pittsburg’ inci army of wheelwomen. The Oldest Wheeling Club. Because of the numerous discussions as to the age of the oldest bicycle club the American them being the following: Boston Bicycle Club, founded February 12, 1878. San Francisco Bicycle Club, founded Novem- ber 28, 1878. Montreal Bieyele Club, founded December 2, 1878. Massachusetts Bicycle Club, founded Febru- ary 1, 1879. Capital Bicycle Club of Washington, D.C., founded February 7, 1879. pghitfialo Bieyele Club, founded February 22, | 1879. Salem Bicycle Blub, founded March 1, 187: a Noreester Bicycle Club, founded ‘April 9, 1879. Harvard Bicycle Club, founded April 17, 1879. Philadelphia Bieyele Club, founded May 22, 1879, Brooklyn Bicycle Club, founded June 4. 1879. Germantown Bicycle Club, founded July 5, 1879. Providence Bicycle Club, founded July 7, 1879, Detroit Bicycle Club, founded September 2, 7 Of a list of nineteen cycling clubs organized in 1878-9 only two have positively disorganized, while three have a doubiful existence. Wheeling Fixtures for July. Fixtures have been announced for July as follows: 1. New Britain, Conn., Wheel Club's race meet. 1. Canadian W. A annual meet, Kingston. 2. Tourist C. C. race meet, Paterson, N. J. 2. Hyde Park (Mase.) ©. C. race moot at Read aX Pittebnrg, Pa. Cycle events Allegheny A. games, 24. A. C. ©. of New Jersey. Race meet at Rahway ninth circuit meet. < iS Annual meet Missouri division at Spring- je! 4. Poorman road race, Hamilton to Cincin- sti. nai 4. Second annual race meet Watertown Cyclers, Watertown, N. Y. ‘4. Nebraska division meet at Hastings. 4. Annual meet Texas division at Houston. 4.-Annual meet California division at Sacra- mento. 4. Porkopolts Wheelmen’s race meet, Cin- cinnati. 4. Lockport (N.Y.) Wheelmen’s race meet. 4 Race mevt Alameda B, C., Alameda, Cal. 4. Orange county (N.Y.) Wheelmen’s race meet, Goshen, N.Y. 4 hockland ‘County Wheelmen’s ttanooga, Tenn., road and track races, Address L. B. Graham, ° 4. Bayonne, N.J., N. J. A. C. games, one and two-mile safety, handicap. Erie, Pa., fitteen-mile open handicap road race. Erie wanderers. 4. Bridgeport, Conn., ten-mile road race. Bridgeport Wheel Club. piiser: Me: Race meet at the Saco Driving : 4. Chrysostom Wheelmen, twenty-five-mile road race. New York. gid Annual meet Slichigan division at Bay ity. ; 4-5. Iilinois division meet at Springfield. 4-5. Meet Ohio division at Dayton. 4-5. Tournament of the Columbia 0. C. and Colt B. C.,Hartford, and midsummer meet Con- necticut division, Addross H. A. Fletcher, sec- retary, box 53. 46. ‘Annual meet Kansas division at Wichita, 9. Plainfield, N. J., twenty-mile road race. $18. Smith tour from New York to Washing- ton. Address C. H. Smith, 21 Putnam avenue, Detroit, Mich. 11. Annual meet Tennessee division at Jack- son, 12-13. Annual meet of the Kentucky division at Lexington. 16. Tournament at Tonawanda, N. Y. 18-20, Annual 2. N. J., team race, Union com- veay sabe hd Pee Oe coming tate Se N. J., and return. Address J, J. Wood, 817 W. ‘New York. 28-80. Cot . Summer meet Masse- chiusetta division, Middle States Regatta. The middle states regatta will be held August 180n the Passaic river. The quarter-mile i k : Hl i FE Po a even if there did we are inclined to | 6:20 p.m. ‘Here the century ended, but this | ‘| especially the manly sport of rowing, helping nent places are the strong, healthy girls who do | Bicycling Journai, in a recent issue, published | alist of anumber of pioneer clubs, among | AN ANNUAL FIXTURE. ‘Trying to Establish a Potomae River Regatta, LOCAL SUPPORT‘ SOLICITED. tan and Potomee boat clubs and the Columbia Athi tie Club—eompos- | ing the joint commit- | tee on the Potomac river | regatta, held at the Po- tomac boat house dur- ing the past week, the | question of “ways and means” was discussed. | The fact was soon developed that the “ways” | | were all right, but the question of “means” was | the only drawback and the only possible hiu- drance toa local regatta this year. The clubs, individually and collectively, are unable, as clubs, to shoulder the money burdens, Their treasurers have need for all the money coming into the clubs, for it must be remembered that their only support comes from monthly dues, and asin many, very many, instances members are slow or neglectful or willfully careless about paying their monthly dues it ean plainly be seen that surpluses are « very scarce article. | Expenses goon just the same for repair and care of boats, for insurance aud taxes and jan- itor hire and the thousand and one things nec- essary to carry on such an organization. The clubs are willing to do all the labor connected with a regatta. To work out the details of euch an affair entails a very large amount of work and some expense, for, aside from certain extra “fixins” necessary in the preparations for every race, the clubs would be at the expense of en- tertaining to some extent the visiting crews. Now, it seems to mé that as the clubs ere fix- tures here, having their own property and will- ing to do all they can to elevate athletics, and to make moral and stronger men of the young | | men who are willing to row, the local’ pride | in them should be sufficient to help them ont, |and from among’thoso who do not belong to the clubs should come the money. In other words, when the clubs decide finally upon the question of holding a regatta the question of money should not be a bar to its successful con- summation, ‘Take, for instance, the city of Boston. There | every yearacertain amount, sufficient for all | purposes, is appropriated for ‘one da: | and this includes a regatta (which is ‘a fixture) | and certain sports on land. See how the crowds |turn out. The matter of local pride mrkes | every event a successful one, and the rowing men and the field athletes inciude the city | fathers in their daily prayers, Take the city of Lynn, Mass., with only a | | little over 55,000 inhabitants. What does it do | to encourage rowing this year? The New| England Amateur Rowing Association holds its | sixth annual regatta this year on Lynn harbor on July 4, and the city ‘of Lynn presenta an | élegan? prize to each winning oarsman and an | elegant banner to the clubs of winners. ‘This |isnosmall matter, for there is every class of race from the junior single to iho senior eight, including ‘ingle canoes and four-oared working boats, and forty-one prizer will be pre- | sented besides the banners. Now, why can- | not we stir our local people up to such a pitch | of interest, and let be 200 who will give S5each; that amount would not be missed. | Of course, it is out of the question to ask ai assistance’ from our local guardians or ci fathers; they have officially n: i Then’ when once started le' mac river regattaan annual fixture. Crews out | of town could then have something to count on, | and they would get ready for Washington just | as they do now for the other regattas and many | of treatment here, they say, and like to come. ‘Make this a fixcure and the Potomac river re- | gatta would in a little while draw the eves of the rowing world to it,and local interest in rowing would come back to the old standard, a boat for every man and every man ina boat and the river full of boats, ©. A. R. ENTERTAINMENT FUND. | My suggestion to place the date and the re- gata itself at the disposal of the local executive committee having in charge the entertainment of the G. A. at ite encampment, beginning Sep- tember 20, has been well received and to many seems practicable. A regatta would certeinly | be w novelty to many thonsands of the veterans and a feature which no other city has had in its rogram of entertainment. Should we fail Ii this os well as fail to receive assistance from the business men, who this year have been pretty well taxed in the subscription line, why | not then by a popular subscription of a dollar or two from each of the members of the club aise the necessary eight hundredor a thousand | While taking a trip up river this week it sug- gested itself to me that if we only ‘bnd a pull ‘with Congress, had some one to vigorously pre- sent our claims, how nice it would be to have Included in the appropriations for “improve- ment of rivers and harbors” a little item of, say, $10,000 to improve our river from the new bridge up to, say, the Potomac landing. By improving it I mean to blow up (or down) all the rocks now so dangerous, including the Sisters” and the ‘‘Hens and Chickens” and id Adelaide” and sundry other jagged, rugged projectious, which often when least ex- pecied, even by the old boating men, suddenly scrape the sides of one’s boat. A POTOMAC RIVER NAVY. It has several times been suggested and there seems no good reason why it would not be a| good thing to form a Potomac river navy. Naturally there would be some jealousy in the | ization and every man but the one elected | undertaking it succeed. Take the Schuylkill Navy. strong organization that is and what « wer initself in aquatics, and this began ‘om small beginnings and clubs not so strong asours, And just as that navy js now a suc- cess 80 could we be, and then what crews we could get out in the shape of composite crews if that feature were adopted, and then the an- nual regaita and what not. The Old Dominion Boat Club of Alexandria, now safely housed in its new and 4 SPECIAL RACE FOR ALL EIGHTS. As boat clubs adopt nearly everything else that the college crews make a success of, why to keep pace with the healthy boom that city has taken on, has torn down its old boat house, and li eS The club's. z i Hl tt i E its rT vs Hi i 5 i i: iH i invited to attend. There were no formal printed invitations. On account of the work to be done by at least two crews here pt very few of the local boating men availed them- selves of the invitation. The Old Dominions have a set of officers who are always hustling for the success of the club and are bound toxycceed in giving the old town | a good boat club and they feel encouraged by | the support given their efforts, as is plainty shown in the healthy increase of membershi ‘The oficers are: Albert Brean, president; J. A. Schway, vice president; Gilbert J. Cox, ‘secre tary; Harry Burke, treasurer; L. E. Uhier, cap- tain; Ashby Miller, first lieutenant, and Carroll Ashby. second lieutenant. Mr. Prancis docs not have the time to give it that active attention that he formerly did, but is still identified as ‘one of the trustees. "In the last regatta held at Alexandria. July, 1888, the Old Dominions won the gig race from the Columbias and afterward for the state championship defeated the Rives crew in the race. Officers of club have ex] a desire and willingness to assist in making the Potomne river tta a success, and as they are as much ‘on the Potomac as otir clubs they should be in- vited to send a committee and havea place in the joint committee. It would materially help to make the affair a ruccess, and if the Potomac river nay is formed the “0. D. B.C.” would surely come in and add its weight and infu ence. T. MC. A. AND BOATING. The Y¥.M.C. A. is seriously contemplating adding a rowing department to its already suc- cessful athletic features, and Carroll Institute also proposes to add rowing to its list of ath- letics. ith the three additions to the local clubs the navy could not but be a success, and it would grow in strength, and we conld readily have annual regattas at small expense to each. POTOMAC BOAT CLUB. The junior “eight” took ite final spin os terday and left this morning at 9:20 over the Baltimore and Ohio for Baltimore, and about the time Tux Star appears on the street it will be going up the line to the starting point and there meet the eights from the Staten Island, New York, the Vesper of Philadelphia and the Neptune of Baltimore, and in a moment, almost as soon as the word “go” is given, you will and see such churning of the water that you can almost imagine secing a Mississippi side- wheeler stirring up the water and mud when she moves. The crew as it will row today ix Mills, stroke; Exner, 7; Oliver, 6; McCoy, 5; Roulette, 4; Mason, '3; 'Gaddess, 2, and Yon Dachenhausen, 1, with either Doyle or Warden, coxswnin. Warden has been laid up for the past week, but is now nearly well and hopes to go to Balti: more today. Many rowing men have expressed the opinion that the members of the crew should have gone | over yesterday and bad a spin over the course and familiarized themselves with the course and then had a good night’s rest and in shape for this afternoon. The light-weight four is going to begin next week to row regularly, and if they keep to- gether the “‘corts crew” will make a good show- ing ina light-weight class, and as this has al ways boen a feature of our river regatta it hoped that it will be again one of the events. ring the coming week the eight-oared shells will be in demand by many of the men who have been unable to get seat because the crew was rowing the old boat. Members desiring to row will find it to their thus get the benetit of the practice. A four which promises to surprise some of the members at an early club regatia will have as one of the waist mea Lieut. Merritt. It will and wound up with a dance at the boat house. A large number of members have goue over to Baltimore to “see the crew win.” THE COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB. ‘The fact that so many juniorsare rowing regu- larly is evidence that the interest they have taken has ‘come to stay,” and without any diticalty | two crews are gotten out almost every day, and | naturally there is some rivalry between the jasiors and che “mixed” crews, the latter har- Ing generally about five intermediates aprinkied through the crew and the juniors make up the eight. Several spirited brushes with each other and with other crews on the river have created some | excitement during the week, and while it gives practice to the crews it helps a crew in training to have another row alom, over the course. During the week first one club won and then the other. It is these things that keep the men from getting “rattled.” One of the best aids to the intermediate eight last season was the tri-weekly race over the course with the seniors. The crew which showed some on ‘Thursday evening was the mixed crew (having in it five intermediates) and was seated as fol- lows: Lee, stroke; Camp! A 5 H. L. Biunt, 5; McGowan, 4: 3; O'Leary, 2; Burroughs, 1, and De Sasure, coxswain. With Hannegan as coxswain the gig had out Martin, ,stroke; Lewis, Ballantyne and Harry Lee and moved along nicely. ‘The presence at the boat house of Howard Gibson ‘several times this week inspired the boys with the hope that he would come regularly and in his accustomed seat as coxswain coach them as be alonecan doit, but he will not allow himself to be persuaded to come and work ain. ig Blunt, De Sasure, Burroughs and a number of others went to Baltimore today to see the local crews win. What has become of the senior four? Hasn't a warm enough to loosen their joints’ ‘THE ANALOSTAN BOAT CLUB. The junior four left for Baltimore yesterday afternoon on the 3:15 by the Baltimore and Paseaics of Newark. This ie the big crow of college boys that made it so interesting for the Atlautics and Arthur Kulls and Institutes at Es FEene elt Tho Old Dominion Bost Club of Alexandria, | THE AMERICAN DERBY | It Will Be Bun Today at the Chicago Track. GREATEST EVENT IN THE WEST Gossip Regarding the Suburban— Match Reve Between Montana and Majer Dome «t Sheepshead This Afternoon for Tes Thous- and Dollars. OTWITHSTANDING the fact that the reso!t of the suburban of 1892, ran Saturday las, is claimed by some te have been due to Lamb- ley's want of judgmert in making so much use of Major Domo, it i fair to premume thet the best horse won. Montana, the winner, is a bay colt and was bred by Mr. J. B. Hage gin at the Rancho del Paso farm in California, He was sold as a yearling in New York for $6,000. His breeding, as will be ween from the following tabulated pedigree, is excellent, being by Ban Fox, a first-class race horse, who un- fortunately died in 1887, very early in bis stud career, as did also his dam, Queen, which was ohce owned by Mr. P. Loril- lard. Queen wax by Scottish Chief, whose daugh ters have on the other side produced such good ones as Common, winner of the 2.000 guineas, derby and St. Leger; Donovan, winner of the derby and St Leger, and Melton, who likewise captured these same classic events. Montana ® grandam is by Parmesan, the sire of tw: derby winners, Favonius and Cremorne, and ir out of afull sister to Tomato, winner of the 1,000 guineas and the dam imported Mr. Pick- wick. the sire of Picknicker, &c. Montana's | peditgree shows some close inbreeding, his dam cing inbred to Sweetmeat. He has two crosses of King ‘Tom, which includes two Glencoe crowses, besides which he has two other frow Glencoe crosses on his sire's side. Strange to say there were only three horses in the suburban which were the juce of im- orted mares by native sires, finished rst. second and third in the alphal order of t ‘ir dams’ names,viz.: Queen, Sweet H: — jome, | MAJOR DOMO'S PEDIOREE. Major Domo, the second horse in the subur- ban of this and last year, is a brown horse by Tom Ochiltree, out of imp. Sweet Home. He was foaled in 1896, property of the late D. D, Withers, at the Brookdale stud, but not provi up to his owner's standard of worth he was sol: at public sale October, 1390, for £2,800. Ax he advanced in age he steadily improved in form, and is today no doubt @ better horse than ever before. He started twice during the present year previous to the suburban, winning the Brookdale handicap, 1}, miles, with 112 pounds up, in 1:54 from il, Longstreet, &., and the Parkway handicap, one and one-sixteenth miles, carrying 120 pounds, in 1:47, again beat- ing Russell and others. He is « large and finely made animal and possesses a marvelous burst | of speed, as did also his dam, imp. Sweet Home. JHE PErPER, The Pepper ts looked upon as # formidable opponent to His Highness in the realization stakes. He bas size, bone, conformation and « great turn of «peed, which is backed up with gilt-cdged breeding. "He has shown in his races that he can cover a mile in fast time, and acte as if he could run four-mile heate if necesma His trainer, E. Brown (“Brown Dick”), maki no secret of his belief that his colt hase chance to win the race, and mays he is as good as, if not better than, any horse be ever trained, which is waying a great deal, as be trained | Troubador, Raceland’ Dine Wing, Ruperts and many other high-class race horses, AMERICAN DERM, ‘The American derby, the greatest racing event of the west, will be decided at Washing- would prefer to come here. They get the best advantage to come early and regularly and | ton Park, Chicago, today and promises to be « great race. With » good track it is believed ‘that there will be « field of at least «dozen starters from out of the following: Prince of zre, Julius Saxe, Robert Darks | Several of the above have not started this year, but among the others are notable three-year- |olds which have won choice victories this spring. | The race looks to be between Faraday, Carle bad and Azra. j ‘HERE AND THERE. Gov. Plower of New York has signed the bill to make it a criminal offense to tap the tele- graph and telepbone wires, lesrs. Walcott & Campbell's fine colt | Peawra bas broken down and it is feared so badly that be may never be able to #tart again. | Itis pretty safe betting that at least seven trotters will equal or beat 2.03 this season, If we were to pick the seven we sbould name | Nancy Hanks, Sunol, Palo Alto, Allerton, Nel- | son, Delmarch and Axtell.—Boston Spirit of | the Hub. |. The board of control announces its inten- tion of enforcing the rule made just « year ago | to the effect that jockeys who are discovered betting on the races will have their licenses re- | voked. and that any persons making bets for any jockey, or those knowingly receiving the | sume, will be ruled off. During the seventeen days’ racing at Morris Park there were 102 races ran. Ihe money added amounted to $138,200, with a total, in- cluding stakes, entrances and surplus in ins | race of €217,582.50 for the meeting. In the 103 | races run 320 horwes contended. and pheu- | Bob Soden, the well-known jocke; | trainer, died at Chicago ols wna: f monia. Pool rooms in Boston were swindled out of about 6,000 on Wednesday by tapped wire | returns on the Coney Island Jockey Club's races, It is believed that the wires were tapped betweon Hartford and Providence. WINNERS OF THE SUBURBAN. Wetcht. p ‘eights and distance, 115 and Ly miles, respectively. Montane again. race will be a sweepstake of 62,500 each, $5,000 added by the club. g 5 é i nis