Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1892, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR: | WASHINGTON, D. C, “SLICING SALARIES.” -_ Cutting Down the Cost of Ball Clubs. VAIN PROTESTS OF THE MEN. ~— President Young's Views on the Subject— Policy of the Magnates—How Abbey Threw Away Yesterday's Game and Washington's Chance of Getting Sixth Place. | even. ee eee HERE IS BUT A week left of the first division of the championship season,” says President Young of SS the National Base Ball $ League, “and from present indications base | Dall is rapidly regaining the popularity it en- joyed before the dis- astrous brotherhoodand | association fights. The | reports from the var Fious clubs indicate that the attendance is in- | ereasing all the time and every club in the | league this year will make some money and be | in a condition next season to reap some of the Profits to which they, and not the players, are | entitled. | “The reduction of the number of men to| thirteen per club will help us mmmensely in a| financial sense. It will throw about eighteen men out of employment, who will have to seek Places in the minor leagues. The saving in salaries, sapplemented by the saving in railroad fare and hotel bills for the remainder of the season, means a saving to the league of nearly | €100,000. This will be nearly enough to dis- | charge our indebtedness to the old association | clubs, and will make us practically free of debt | when the season of 1393 opens. | hile there hns been a disposition in some | quarters to criticise us for this step, I think when viewed from a business standpoint we will | hardly be blam: We concluded after a long discussion that it was about time the men who | have been putting their money into the gume reaped some of the benefit. Year after year the balance has been against them and no business organization can stand that, We are through | with the hu: ness and having achieved a | if ory of the game we propose now | ashare of the money. jereafter the league is going to be run on | strictly business principles. Salaries have got | to be reduced all along the line in order for us| to make anything. The present high salaries are preposterous. instance. It has a salary list of $63,000. Does . i lement the recent remarks on that subject ¥ one suppose that it received a fair rate of | lots and joined the New England League. With | SPP fe home ay pcre saveniad ae matters now | New Haven, four years ago, he made a remark- | in this column: Despite the amended code of stand? And so itis with every club. Next season you are going to seeauch acutin salaries ‘as will zaixe a how! from the players, but it will | not avail them anything “I eive sufficient number of p yers from each club to limit, although it will be men who are to go abso- d upon, as a number of themselves with players b= and will in time be their men go. The new is going to benetit the game, both finan- lly and from a playing standpoint.” some days before th Tately will be determi clubs will strengti relea bh 2 by other style of doing things has lost | ‘ague many friends. It is that the players have been This highwaym: the great base b well to ¢ all the plums for the past few years and that the “*m * bave been getting nothing bat bills to the fact remains that the plavers earned their salaries or they very speed- lis had to get that any m: influenced throug! The player bas no rights must respect. The latier is fh his pocket. He would re- | priced men with it. As President “The days of senti- r Or, ae Mr. the league is to be run | ciples.” All that sickly | ‘welfare of the national game” writers like to prate #0 much iy means the fatness of the magnates’ pocket books. In turf slang, “They're out for the stuff.” They're not engaging this man or that because of friendabip or because of what he has done for base ball, or that he has given Jory to the national sport. Not muchee. hey engage a player because they need him, and they pay him no more than they have to. out. burg rays: are played out.” “Her | | From the talk of some base ball magnates one Would suppose they had been conducting a | home for the friendiess. ‘That the owners of base Bali clubs have lost money in the past years is largely their own fault. They adopted an iliib- eral poliey toward their men—not even busi- | ness like, for no such practice obtains in any ba-iness—and they bad a revolt on their hands | that cost them. it is said. $300,000. | ‘Then they lost more money through their own treachery to one another. No one knows thin Mr. Young. The league adopted ation system. Players were graded in num limit of salaries | © knows that the thing was ide contracts were drawn up. ck knives and such ings to ‘i received as consideration many ways was the rule nence was that aalary lists The very dishonesty of bout what they were trying | soit has been right along. | windled one another and then id ou:bid club had Of course, having no club could un- ‘That would mean with- support. Players never com- to force the club owners to pay them aries. Individual players have held er offers. as they had a perfect right players have not combined magnates ax the magnates have drawal of pe bin the against the pla What a club paid a player it paid velun‘arily and becausethe player was worth that mcch to the elub. The ers who signed contracts early dso with the understanding that But the club nwn not only the . but their salaries, ot to engage any player who vant of a eut in his salary. There not another business or profession such a thing could or f the faithful men hard and who had to stand a He refuses to eubmit to the made. All the other Cin- mented to the decrease. | from $4,000 to $3.200. jease and was given the cinnati plavers Mullane’s salary 4 He vaid: “I bave al- ready notified Cincinnati officials that I eould not stand cut. Had I known this would have I would never have signed. | feel that Iam entitled to the mone tract cails aud if there’« any way Managers to that contract I propose to have my Fights. They can't trump up any charges against me. Ihave played as good ball as I could and bave given them all my time and attention.” } There are rumors of discontent on the part | of Holliday, Smith and McPhee, but Mullane is the only one who has taken ‘s decided stand against the reduction. | The official pruning knife that 1s swinging | around the league ¢ ding off the salaries Of the ball players came down on the heads of | ‘Von der Ahe’s pets. The Browns will fare bet- ter than any other team in the matter of reduc- | tions, and in regard to the cut Von der Ahe| Yes, the salaries of the players are to be | ere is no harm in its being known. und it neceseary to reduce expenses | fn order to break even, if possible, on the sea- | fon. As it ix, we have made no money to | ‘of. and I will feel satisfied if 1 pull out wi this season.” Jerry Denny is now on the wav to Louise from California. Manager Pfeffer accep! rms. Pfeffer aaid that Denny would be Thompson, a youn; East End Gymnesium. Thompson was want ‘New York and Chicago, but the boy's prseoed de ihe should” play with the and Gunson of the Bel Robinson th injuries: a m ican pe ie first base. Cobb i« | one of the biggest favorites in the profession. list. Manager Hanlon is visiting several of the Western League clubs and promises some new members for the club by time it reaches Louisville. President Hart of Chicago has signed First Baseman Decker and Second Baseman Conners | of the Joliet clab. The men will play in the | Chicago-Boston game next Monday. From | present indications the team before it starts on | its long eastern trip will be greatly strength- | ened." Heretofore there has been a scarcity of | players. The league was not allowed to draft | From the Western League in the ‘playing see- | son, but the Western League is now upon its last legs. | ‘The Washingtons have played at Cleveland, Pittsburg and Chicago this week and have split This sort of work kept up will land the club at the head of the second division—not mite as high as Barnie promised last winter. jut then many things have happened since Bernie left. Today and tomorrow the boya lay the St. Louis Browns and wind up on Vednerday with the Colonels. Then will follow the beginning of the second season in Wash- ington, opening on Friday with the Spiders and following with all the other western clubs before a short trip is taken, Washington should do better than seventh in the second season. The Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette says of the Washingtons: The Senators are a good team and no mistake. If they do any bad playing they always perform it before they come here, as they have so far thia season put some very good work off their hands in Pittsburg. If they displayed any shortcoming yesterday it was in base running. Had they been a little better in hadaran more and mavbe two. They were very clumsy and slow on bases in the seventh inning. Their first two men at bat made a double and single respectively, and not arun | was scored, all because of Milligan’s ice-wagon- like movement in getting round the circuit. The visitors have a good pitcher in Abbey, and he pitched an exceedingly goo game yesterday. Ouly eight singles were made off his delivery, but, unfortunately for him, the majority of these hits were made just when they were most effective, Hardie Richardson is playing short for New York and the New Yorkers have discovered that the old man hasn't outlived his base ball days by @ good deal. He isthe kind of aman who is worth a dozen addle-pated youngsters who pull balls off the clouds one day and fall down the next—men you can’t depend on_and who are a positive weakness to any club. ‘The New York Sun says of recent playing by Hardie: ‘Crane received great support, the work of Richard- son, Doyle and Ewing’ being of an especiaily high order. Richardson put up one of greatest gamos yet seen at thort. He wasevery- where, and his pick-ups and throwing were ex- cellent.” Burns and Brouthers are having an exciting | race to lead the league batsmen of the first season. There isa alight difference in favor of Burns at present. Brouthers is number two. Tommy Corcoran, Brooklyn's clever short Take the Boston club. for } stop, was formerly a Western Union messenger | ro boy in New Haven. He graduated from the able record at short field and was snapped up by the Pittsburg Players’ League team in 1890. | Last year he was with the Athletics, Capt. John M. Ward is one 8f the representa- | courtesy on the ball field and for the modera-| tion with which he accepts rank decisions of the | umpire. Capt. Anson wishes that bunting could be done away with. What, does he mean the pen- | nant “bunting?” No, we will have to keep that | right here.—Boston Globe. | e right field on the Washington grounds is| apt to knockout any but experienced playe Donovan, the new Pittsburg outfielder, says it is awful hard on the eyes, and that Paul Rad- ford is the only Washington outfielder who can get the ball every time.—Exchange. Frank Bancroft was manager of the Provi- dence team when they played the memorable eighteen-inning game with Boston in ‘82 and he has the double honor of being with Cincinnati in its record-splitting gume this year. Said the biggest stockholder in the Pittsburg club the other day: “We will reduce no salaries, but our men must earn their money or expect to be released. Next season the pay roll of this | club will not amount to over $30,000.” | Cub Stricker is doing very creditable work at | second for the Baltimore clab. Roger Connor is about the best waiter in the business. In nearly every game this season he | has had one or more bases on balls. Anson is looking after some hard hitters to build up his batting strength for the second | draw well and make lots of money away from home whether winning or losing. Early in the season Capt. Anson offered a prize of £50 to Kittridge and Hutchinson. ‘The one who has the best batting average at the end of the season will rake down the money. Barns is still batting heavily and will prob- ably lead the league. Morgan Murphy, the star catcher of the Cin- cinnatis, is dangerously ill with typhoid fever. It will bea long time before he plays again. Shortstop Smith is also in very bad rbape. The difference in team work between the New Yorks and Broollyns is #0 notable that no one who has watched both play can be surprised at | the difference in their relative positions. | ‘The Pittsburg uniforms are dark blue, with flaring red stockings and trimmings. "They make the players look like alot of bill board | pic Cineinnatis never come in from the field | but what Comiskey callaup one or two men for a lecture, without any curtain. Petey Brown: ing aud Tip O'Neill are the most frequent re- cipients of admonition. : vmiskey is very angry over President interference in the case of Pitcher Meckin, who has been awarded to Washington. respect they would certainly have | taking a look at Umpire Mitchell's work, be- cause four clubs had protested him. Mitchell made several close base decisions, all hgainst the Phillies, but his decisions on balls and strikes were good, Mr. Young declaring they were the best he had ever seen. A has been circulated that the Orioles were about to sell out or be transferred to In- dianapolis, and that John T. Brash was engi- neering the scheme, but Secretary Herman Von- derhorst denied it in the most emphatic terms. | It is not likely that Brush would place another club in Indianapolis after the repeated failures in that city. Manager Hanlon’s Rules. ‘The following rules have been printed over Manager Haplon’s signature upon cards which | have been distributed to the members of the team: Players must report at the grounds not later than 9:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. None but players are allowed in dressing room. Dnting the progress of the game players in uniform: when not sctively engaged’ mast re- | main seated on the bench. | When at home or abroad players must retire = later than 11:30 p.m. and arise not later n 8: am. | At all times, whether at home or abroad, | players must dress neatly and behave like gentlemen. A penalty will be attached for any violation of the above rules. Anson's Gay Streak. day's defeat,” says the Chicago News. | old fellow seems to be laboring under an illu- | sion. He seems to think that the club is win- ning instead of losing. ‘Get out here early in ing, boys; get out early,’ he began | a8 he sat over in the corner oiling up his bat. ‘You needn't think that just because we are winning right along we don’t need practice. If we don't keep up onr morning work regu- ig headed and over cont t thing you know we will come out here some day and Jose a game. We must | learn to etand success. So don't fail to be out | in good season. Of course it would be unrea- | sonable to expect any improvement in your | present errorless playing, but it can at least be | opt up to it present standard. If we don't keep up right along the first thing you know | | one of us will go up to the bat one of these | times and fail to make # base hit. Of course | that wouldn't make much difference—to lose just one hit—but then the crowd might guy us and I could never stand that. I would quit playing base ball in a minute if the crowd | It would kill me. I'm very | The old man talked along | in this strain with much seriousness for a while | and then he burst out laughing. He haw hawed and guffawred and paw pawed until his sides | ached.” | | | ‘The Powers of Umpires. The Brooklyn Eagle makes these very sensible marks about the abuse of umpires, which rules giving greater power toumpires to enforce the written law against the disputing of um- | pires’ decisions. the captains of teams and their | ‘sof the release of a| tive men of histime. He is noted for his | Players sill keep in the old .rut of kicking | m agaist the decisions of umpires which are | marked only by errors of judgment and not by illegal interpretation of the rules. Under the code of rules neither the captain of a team nor ‘any player is allowed to dispute the decision of | an umpire in which only an error of judgment | is concerned, the penalty for a violation of the | law being either a tine of from @5 to #25 or the Temoval of the offender from the game. And | yet there is not a game played in which the law | in question is not openly violated and with ap- parent impunity. | Cannot be dischargad until the meet is virtually MANY WHEELS COMING A Week From Today Oyolists Will Be Here in Force, PROGRAM FOR THE BIG MEET. Details of Final Preparations for the En- tertaiment of the Visitors Expected—News of the Local Clubs During the Week—Other ‘Matters of Interest. —s——_ OMING FROM VARI- ous parts of the country the wheelmen will begin to arrive here a week from today to attend the thirteenth annual meet of the League of American Wheelmen, , which will be held on Cs Monday, Tuesday and Nie, Wednesday of the fol- OK) ON RS lowing week. As pub- A tishea in Tux Stan Inst Saturday, the work of most of the committees is about finished, while such committees as those in charge of the races, runs and reception will begin about the time of the meet. These committees, however, have already done a large amount of work, but they over. ‘The various committees have dono their work to the complete satisfaction of Chief Con- sul Dyer, who presided at the meeting of the executive committee this week, when the final reports were made by the respective chairmen of the committeos. ‘The time announced for closing the entries for the races is near at hand and Chairman Smith of the racing committee reports « small number of entries thus far. le he has not from many of the record breakers in the league, he expects that many of them will wheel intoline early next week, so that the rac events will be an attractive feature of the ect. The Capital and Columbia clubs are going to keep their honses open for the league visitors, al- though the Capital club is not a league club. At 4 recent meeting of that club a special invitation ‘was extended to numerous clubs to enjoy the | leges of their home during their stay Members of the Arlington Wheelmen and the Crescent Century Wheelmen are also interested in the meet and are doing what they can toward i affair a success, THE PROGRAM FOR THE MEET. ‘The program for the three days’ meet as well | as for the preceding Saturday and Sunday: has been changed somewhat since its publication several weeks ago. Tho first work will be done by the mombers of the reception committee, who will meet all trains, beginning Saturday orning, and receive ali visiting wheelmen, whether they are league members or not, and | see that they are escorted to the proper hotel. Their work will continue until the visitors aro _ bere. Saturday afternoon the arriving visitors will be given an opportunity to take short runs through the city and on the ronds near the outskirts. Sunday the club houses will be open and there will irene be a ser- | mon on wheeling preached at one of the churches. During the day there will be a num- der of informal runs to such places as Cabin John bridge, Takoma Park, Bladensburg and The most objectionable feature of this kicking | abuse is its cowardly character. Not only do | and easy of access, the whole of the eighteen contestants in a match | view the umpire as their common enemy, but the thousands of spectators follow the discred- | | itable lead and all are supported by the scribes, | (ase an or rather a majority of them, for there are few writers who try to protect’ the defenseless umpire. If there were any reasonable excuse for this disputing of decisions, if there was anything | possible to be gained by it, it would not be #0 | d. But there is positively not a si He point | of any kind to be guined. In fact, if the truth must be told, the whole object of the kicki is to vent the ill temper of disappointed play- ers for the errors they commit on the head of the utterly defenseless umpire. It is not only folly plain and palpable, but it is a mean, dastardly business thus to attack a defenseless man. ‘The league clubs rank as follows: pe Manager Irwin's phenomenon, away yesterday's game to the Chicagoes by his generosity in sending Anson's men to first bave. He gave seven’ men bases, Each side earned one run. The hits were equal—7 | each. The score was 7 to 3. Baltimore split even with Cincinnati, win- ning the first by 4 to 2 and losing the second | y 12 to 5. Cobb was batted out of the box in the fourth inning. Then Foreman took his place and did excellently, only one run being made in the next five innings. Other games resulted: Ward is sure to lead the league in base run- ning in the first half. | “This is a funny business,” saya Bug Holli- | “We get paid to knock the cover off the ball and pitchers get paid to keep us from hit- ting it.” Mr. John B. Day's salary as president of the | New York club suffered # material reduction at the same time the players received their cut. Burke is making quite a number of errors at econd base for New York, but he is hitting well | d running the bases to win. Pietro Browning let out an awful “holler” on the cut made in bis salary. At first he kicked over the traces and said he would quit, but last night he took a good sober thought onthe sub- ject, woke up Treasurer Lloyd and put his name toa new contract at the reduced rate.—£z- change. Pat Powers sa; it is not the catching that affects Amos Rusic. He simply hasn't the speed and control of last ir. Stein, the old Chicago pitcher, is doing good work for Brooklyn. Charles Farreil, Pittsburg’s all-round man, He can play anywhere but pitch, and some day he may be abox star.— Globe- Democrat. Von der Ahe says it is a dog-in-the-manger trick for the league to keep Lovett out of work all summer, when there are several teams that need his services very much and Brooklyn does not, that team now having the thirteen men allowed by the rule. Manager Irwin states that. Hoy and MeGuire must submit toa reduction in salary or—well, they'll find out.— Pitishurg Chronicle. There is not a player in the big league that will escape the reduction in salary. The amount agreed upon by the league magnates is 20 per cent and that figure will be followed to the letter. Baltimore's share of the Fourth of July game Was about £3.000. Not so bed for the tail-end- ers of the leag Buck Ewing has added a “glass leg” to his collection of “crockery.” There wasa small meeting among the St. Louis Browns yesterday afternoon when Presi- dent Von der Ahe told them that it was abso- lutely necessary for him to cut down the sala- ries. The reduction is 8 the they would play dig-ealaried men dec no more for “der boss” if he cut them down 1 cent. Galvin was more vociferous than others, and asked for his release at once. In the twinkling of an eye “der boss” gave it to him and wished him God » in his future undertakings. In all probability the “Ol Sport” will be. around again and thy to equare himself with Von der Ale. Most of the play- ers fully realize how useless it is for them to Temonstrate with the At Cleveland —First game—Cleveland, 2 runs, 6 hits and lerror. Brooklon, 3 runs,7 hits and errors. Second game—Cleveland, battery, | Young and O'Connor; 7 runs, 11 hits and four jerrors. Brooklyn, battery, Stein and Kinslow; | 10 runs, 11 hits and 4 errors, At Pittsburg—Pittsburg, battery, Ehret and Mack: 4 runs, 9 hits and 5 errors. Philadelphia, battery, Weyhing and Cross; 3 runs, 5 bite and Oerrors. At Louisville—Lonisville, battery, Hemming | and Grim: 2 runs, 5 hits and 5 errors. Boston, | battery, Stivetts and Kelly; 7 runs, 10 hits and 4 errors, TENN Preliminary Rounds in Singles of the ©. A. C. Tournament. OMPLETION OF THE preliminaries in singles in a) ff the tennis tournament which has been in pro- S jgress on the court at the . Columbia Athletic Club pues house during the past two ks ‘has’ been reached. The entries were divided info three sections, and each player jin each of the sections met every other player in his section. The percentages lof points made by the individual players jare given in the accompanying list, and | while they represent as accurately as possible | the comparative merits of the players in the | sections they are necessarily not available for comparison of rank of players in another sec- tion. Percentages made are as follows: See. 1. Davidson, 90 per cent; Shields, 87 cent; Metcalf, 81.5 per cent; Wedderburn, 57.50 , 58 per cent, and Peters, 42.50 per cent. Sec. 2. Young, 75.83 per cent; 8 71.67 cent; Campbell, 70.63 per tent and Gertin other places within a short distance of the city OF ES ee Pe at eee Oe re ene a eae ree Re which to be interesting. Arrange- Se a riders will attend the and some will take part in the events. THE WHEELMEN'S FOURTH. Although the wheelmen have been busily en- gaged in attending to affairs pertaining to the meet, they did not neglect to celebrate the Fourth of July on wheels, Members of all the clubs, including the Capital Bicycle Club, the Ar Wheelmen, the Crescent Century, the Columbias and the Nomeds were somewhere on The pretticst run was that made by the Capi- tal club, under the leadership of Capt Mac- daniel. It was » two-days’ ran and as trips had proved so sixteen mem! were present, an excellent showing for such a long run. Saturday at 5:30 o'clock in the afternoon the patriotic sixteen boarded the “ishermen's” train on the Baltimore and Ohio road an went to Hagerstown, where they feaetered at the Hamilton House, cer ‘was spent at ub rooms of ‘Hagers- town Bicycle Club, where they were cordially welcomed. After’ breakfast Sunday morning the men fell in line and rode over the excellent road to the Blue Mountain House near Penmar, where they were caught in one of the heaviest storms seen there this season. Not- withstanding the storm an enjoyable time was spent, and in the afternoon the clouds cleared away and the sturdy wheelmen pushed off in the mud for Gettysburg. When they reached Monterey another storm overtook them so that when they started for Emmitsburg and Get- tysburg the roads was so badly swamped in places that it was found necessary to walk. It was 8 o'clock in the evening’ when the six- teen wheelmen rode up to the Eagle House in Gettysburg and dismounted. There they re- mained over night, and early Monday morning five miles, and stopped for dinner. Here rty divided, one section riding to Baltimore take the train and tho other party wheeling all the way home, coming’ by way of Hood's Mills, Cookeville, ‘Brookville and Sligo, reach- ing here at 9 o'clock at night in time to view the fireworks in the city from the distant hills. ‘Those in the party were Capt. Macdaniel, Irving Williamson, Dr. William Wirt, Ed Olds, ©. R. Edmonston, J. T. Mount, J. E. Leaming, Harry Towers, D. E. McComb, B. W. Hanna, Gray Douglass, E. E, Stevens, W. M. Dougal, Ben, Wilkins and. E. Reltzel, A number of the party rode pneumatic tires, and none of them met with an accident. BELAY RACE TO AND FROM BALTIMORE. The Columbias had no called run for the Fourth of July on account of the lawn party. The lawn party was @ great success, and was largely attended. ‘omorrow the club house will be oj afternoon to welcome the Cheeaj n in the 1 Wheel men, who are coming over in answer to an invi- tation eent to them by relay riders. There aro to be eleven relays, and it is hoped that the round trip will be made in six hours. The re- lays ave been as follows: irst relay, from Washington to Brightwood, 8 miles; second, from Brightwood to Sligo, $ miles; third, from Sligo to Burnt Mills, 4 miles; fonrth, from Burnt Mills to Colesville, 4 miles; fifth, from Colesville to Ashton, 6 miles. Ashton is half way, but the second half of the route will require six relays gwing to the steep hills and heavy grades. Sixth relay, Ashton to High- lands, 4 miles; seventh, Highlands to Clarks. ville, 3 miles; eighth, trom Clarksville to Co- lumbia, 6 miles; ninth, from Columbia to Elli- corner of Fulton and Lafayette avenues, Balti- more. The six relays, composed of twelve of the best riders in the Columbia club, who are to cover the distance from Ashton to Baltimore, will leave here tonight and at rings, about © half tile from adkton, and the ton ke men who are to cover the distance Chesapen from Ashton to Washington will leave Baltimore at the sume time and spend the night with the Monday being the first day of the week, thero willbe a department run at 9 o'clock in the morning, when those who participate will be | att opportunity to inspect the public | dings. ‘Two hours later a run will be made | to Soldiers’ Home and Takoma Park, lunch | being provided at the big spring at the latter | place. In the afternoon at 2 o'clock there will | ‘= mecting of wheelmen at the Columbia | Athletic Club house, when speeches of welcome | will be delivered, perhaps, by Col. A. T. Britton | ‘and Commissioner Douglass, and responded to | by President Burdett or other league officials. | About this time there will also be a meeting of the club captains to discuss questions relating to the parade, At the close of the meeting of welcome there will be a run to Fort Myer and Arlington,which will be one of the principal runs of the meet and in which it is expected a‘ large number of visitors will participate, In the evening at 7:30 o'clock the members of the Congressional Cycle Club will be serenaded by the Overman Wheel Company's Band. at which time it is hoped that the Hon. Jerry Simpson, president of the club, will make a speech.” Following this a stag party will proceed with the band to the Columbia Athletic Club house, | where there will be a smoker given by the mem: | bers of that club. During this time there will be an entertainment in the hall of the Builders’ | Exchange, which will be given for the special benefit of the lady cyclists by the Washington Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar Club. This will close the first day of the meet. The first event Tuesday morning will be the grand parade, which will start from the Capitol at 10 o'clock, passing along Pennsylvania ave- | nue in review before President Harrison. In the line will be the officers of the league, numer- | ous cycle clubs from all sections, as well as the local division and the military cycle corps. There will be a special division for unattached wheelmen. The parade will be on the streets in all probability for about one hour and will disband at the base of the Washington monu- ment, where the photograph will be taken, In the afternoon the races will be held on the track at Analostar. Island, the track of the Columbia Athletic Club, which can be reached by ferry from the foot of High street. On this occasion the wheelmen are requested not to ride their wheels, big excursion to Mar- shall Hall on the steamers Macalester and River Queen will follow. ‘The River Queen will take the party from the race track and the Muacal- ester will leave the 7th street wharf with those who do not attend the races that day. ‘The ex- cursion will be free to L. A. W. members and lunch will be provided for ali who take ad- vantage of the opportunity to visit the beauti- ful mansion of Col. McKibben, where the famous plank shad dinners have added popu- larity to the place. Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock Chairman Chatfield will have charge of the big run to Cabin John bridge, when he promises an at- traction at the other end and advises strangers, “Den't miss it.” The ladies’ run, which is to be a social event for the fair vex, will start at 10:30 o'clock, Sol- diers’ Home being the destination. In the afternoon the second day’s racing will fill the program and at nigh: the meet will close with a gigantic “smoker” at the Casino Park. ‘This promises to be a great event, so far as the league is concerned, and everything will be free toleague members.’ The Overman Wheel Band will be in attendance and there will be several speeches by league men. ADVICE TO VISITORS. “Be sure to bring your bicycle lamp and bell” is theadvice given by the local committeos. ‘The Ebbitt House isto be the league headquar- ters during the meet,and every league member is supposed to go there and re; in order to receive a souvenir badge, which will entitle him to all the privileges of the meet. All appliggnts for membership will be given a souvenir ‘and will be entitled to the same privileges sa full- members. e "The chief consuls of the sovers@ divisions are issuing orders to the members of their divisions cent. ee. 8. O'Leary, 99.37 per cent; Southgate, 80.62 per 5 en om Saloon, 53.75 per cent, tt, cent Finals in eingles and the consolations will be layed off in.the court at the Columbia Athletic Giub house on Monday and ‘Tuesday, Jaly 11 and 12, and the doubles will be played off on th, All the contests to begin Fedderburn and Young vermus Davidson and Metcalf. Tthas been decided in response to the re- peated request of interested in tennis gutside of the club to open the final contests to court also to the the ‘Visitors will be admitted to the tennis at the club house on G_street and overlooking the court. i LEER ‘The Parody. ‘From the New York News. Great Song Writer—‘Mr. Jones, when is my out?” i concerning their pilgrimage to this city to at- tend the meet. Some divisions have arranged to come on special trains, as many as 300-coming from one city alone, QUARTERS OF THE VISITORS. Columbia contingent at Sandy Springs. ‘The men of both clubs who have spent the night at Sandy Springs will be posted along the | road at the proper stations, the Chesapeakes toward Washington and the Columbias toward Baltimore, Sunday morning, ready to take the ‘message as it is forwarded along the road. The m will be forwarded from Washington to Ashton by five relays of Columbia men, who will start for their respective posts at 7:30 Sun- day morning and be taken up as above stated by the relays who have been posted from Ashton to Baltimore. The answer to the me will be brought from Baltimore to Ashton by the Chesapeake men, leaving Baltimore about 12 m. Sunday, and delivered at Ashton to the Chesa- peake relays who are covering the distance from Avhton to Waehington, and ought to reach its destination about 3 p. m. The subject of the message will be an invita- tion of the Columbias to the Cheenpeake Wheel- men to visit them in their new home. The message will be started from the club house at 9 o'clock. CENT COUNTRY RUNS. The Arlington and Crescent Century Wheel- men took Fourth of July runs through the country, the former club going through upper Maryland. The run of the latter club was a short one to Langhams in the afternoon. Along the Conduit road and a picnic in the woods was the program of the Nomads, and the men wero warned in advance to take hammocks and bun- die carriers on their wheels, The relay race, arranged by a Pittsburgnews- paper, which was to have started from this city yesterday, was postponed, as stated in | Thursday's StaR, on account of the Homestead labor trouble. The first eight relays between here and Frederick were to have been ridden by local riders, CLUB NorEs. J.C. Churchill of the Columbia Cycle Club went to Baltimore Monday and acted as judge of the races on the Park cycle track The annual excursion of the Capital Clnb will take place July 26, to. Marshall Hall, ou the steamer Macalaster. Wednesday evening, July 20, the Arlington Wheelmen will go to Sisrahant Hall. ‘The Arlington-Columbia road race takes place Tuesday afternoon on the Conduit road. The club teams have been on the road a number of evenings in training for the race, which prom- ises to be hotly contested. There ismuch rivalry between the clubs on account of previous races, the Columbias holding a handsome silver cup won at the last race on the road. There will probably be a attendance on the road and the event will be interesting if the race is not stopped by the police. Owing to tho relay race between here and Bal- timore there will be no club run of the Colum- bias tomorrow. ‘There will be a special meeting of the Colum- bia Club held this evening at the club house. Capt. Espey and Victor Watkins of the Cres- cent Century Wheelmen are now on the road near Warrenton. They lefthere Wednesday and expect to return tomorrow. pemeeeS A Meteorological Lesson. To the Editor of The Evening Star: As is well known to the world, many, even distinguished men, have held the idea that rainfall could be induced by concussion, and last year many thousands of dollars were pended in the attempt to produce rain. The assertion has been repeatedly made by the ad- vocates of this idea that we always have a thunder storm on the evening of the Fourth, after the general of the artillery and fire- works of the day. this was not a fact, and did not always occur, it has been so re- tedly referred to as such that man; July. ’ But this year the “local” came on the of the 8d’ or before the celebration of the Fourth had commenced, and Fourth there was no storm, but «cool, t sum- po einocyand iment y hoc does not Because one event follows another it is not any reason that fore the second event bes natural storm “of the have been will Chicago, and New England 7 brag fc iy Bt Lt Bang rg Bear eek Peietarke oy Rm ae Oxford, Conn., has © quarters, and the | on e 0 Philadelphia and ‘New Merk ‘abe "Ea order to produce it the meteorological con- bien provided for.” vet Save SM” | Gitione ‘mass be tovorehte, aed; or often on: they rode to Westminster, a distance of Sneniy-| sry bottinn Senos tee. SATURDAY, X. 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES. 9 ROWING IN THE GIG. Building Up Orews in the Boat Clubs. GOSSIP OF THE BALCONIES. How the Recent Regatta at Philadelphia ‘Was Maite a Success—An Appeal to Aquatic Enthusiasts—The Coming Nattonal Re- gatta—An Old Question Revived. ORE WORLDS TO conquer is the battle cry and the Anslostan Boat Club will not be satisfied until more bloody scalps decorate ite belt, soto speak, and to this end Capt. Fischer is hustling among the members for another junior four, and with such men as Longstreet. E. Warren Day, McReynolds, Whiting, Poesche, Prentiss and Marshall to draw from there is good reason to believe that he will hold in his hand another winning card. Day is rowing regularly in the gig, prepara- A good gig crew out on Thursday had in Perkins, Poesche,Day and Stearns, with Fischer, coxswain, and moved well. A four that attracted attention by reason of its movement and good blade work was com- of Perkins, stroke; Poesche, Stearns and ue. Johannsen is confining himself to single shell rowing. Goodrich isa regular visitor at the boat house and delights in filling the coxswain’s seat in a gig. The plan of taking out new men in the barge and instructing them in the use of the sweep has been adopted, and, as si ted here sev- eral times, cannot help but do a power of Lieut. and Mrs. G. Carlyle Whiting «pent the Fourth at Cape May. The, lieutenant has re- turned, His better spend some time at the On Wednesday evening the barge took « gay y to the Analostan-Potomac landing. ios of the were the Missos Banks, Miss Leete, Mis McCrellis, Miss Quackenbush and Mrs. Louis A. Fischer. The crew consisted of ‘Messrs. Stearns, Crenshaw, McReynolds, Chan- dier, Leete, Poesche, Perkins and Fischer, cox- swain. Dancing and refreshmenteat boat house afterward. COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB. Blunt has fully recovered from his illness and is again rowing, and was in the eight, which is making steady improvement in speed and style, and as{t rowed on Thursday had Lee, stroke; Blunt, 7; Church, 6; Johnson, 5; O'Leary, 4; Mann, 8; McGowan, 2; Burroughs, 1, and Han- , Coxswain. | | ne cott City, 4 miles; tenth, from Ellicott City to Catonsville, 5 miles, and cleventh, from Cateus.| 7,2? tie Mille to the Chesapeake Wheelmen’s club house, | “There is plenty of material to get out a good junior four from, and the crew which will make the best of them move along should be kept together and rows as follows: McGowan, stroke; Mann, 8; Harry Lee, 2, and Burroughs, yw. ‘The regularity with which most of the above rowing men come down should certainly be an example for many more of the club members to follow. Adam Johnson was out several times in a crew this week. Bates should be induced to come down [and row regularly in the “eight,” his work in the barge, one evening this week, being no- ticeable for ita smoothness and regularity. ‘The junior eight is out every evening and the crew is gradually getting into shape. ‘There are so many men anxious to row, and, aa all cannot be in the same crew, and as it takes the | best men to make the best crew, ‘a survival of | the fittest” will, of course, be brought about by the weeding-out The remodeled “four,” after several import- ant changes, is like a new four and is much by the men. The barge party given by Dr. Lee Harban on Wednesday evening to the Unyoura Club was an enjoyable affair. Of the members of the club present were the Misses Dillon, the Misses McCullough, Miss Saxton, Miss McBride, Miss Xoung, Mise Steir, Miss Bivens and Miss Stid- m. 5 ‘The crew consisted of Dr.W. D. Wirt, Mesers. Bingham, Carr, Sturtevant, Ralph Lee, Bates, Francis, Johnson, Byrnes and Harban. POTOMAC BOAT CLUB. Immediately after the race at Baltimore sev- eral of the junior eight went off on trips for which engagements had been made, and for the time being the eight is not used by the full crew, vut in its stead the crew is made up of some of the regular eight and some new aspir- ants for seats in shells. On Monday next, how- ever. the crew will again get together, and will again start in training. this time with the hopes of going to the middle states regatta August 13. ‘The crew very eagerly watched from afar the result of the junfor eight race at Philadelphia on the Fourth, and regretted their inabillty to be in it, as it would have given them an opportunity to see just what they could do, as they were going fast at Baltimore. The time made by the winners at Philadelphia, the Palisades, was 8.01 1-5, and considering the fact that the cur- rent gave them from five to ten seconds over the course, tie time was no faster than the Potomac eight made in practice several times, and their chances for wining would have been even. The Vesper crew, which was nearly rowed out by the Potomacs at Baltimore, es- sayed to try the senior class in such company a8 the “Chippies” and the ““Maltas,” and as a con- sequence rowed to a standstill before the taille wa a. Mills, stroke; Roulette, Oliver and Von Dach- enhausen, a good junior four, were out in the new boat several times this week, and with a little time together would bé a surprise party to some one. Anew combination was rung in on the light weight four this week, and with Horah, stroke; Dickson, Anderson and showed up well. ‘The brush with the funior four above on Thurs- day evening is claimed by the Chippies “asa win” big ones, but the former were the only ones who saw or felt the foul. Gaddess is out of town. Dr. Exner has « lame arm, the result of a spider bite. He hopes to be able to row on Monday. Bingham and Anderson are fast learning how to handle themselves, and being willing and strong will make good ones, ‘Moore, Harry B., is making rapid progress in his single, and in time will do well. ‘One of ‘tho jolliest parties to spend Sunday and the Fourth at Colonial Beach consisted of prevented the latter's cup of joy from fair one who fell over- HOW PHILADELPHIA ENCOURAGES BOATIXG. Interest in rowing is on the increase every- where except upon our own river, and the stand- ard by which this interest is measured is the the success of this crew. The regatta Seeree ne ek Be Sek ove Selita thn battery bd; for them, as they claim they were fouled by the have been so fortunate as to go out of town to take part in ‘They have always wally entertained, and win or lose it was just the same kind of treatment for victor and van- Now, what can we do to bring into per our rr ical belief in reciprocity in thie and ow that the well-known hospitality of our city still existe? AN APPEAL TO THE BOATING MEX. Give a regatta this year here on our river. But you say “our clubs cannot afford to spend dollar for such an event; they need all their money to pay, as far as possible, theit current expenses.” As this is true, then get together, | beside your excellent joint’ regatta. committee, another committee each club, a lot of hustlers and let them see one ‘hundred business men and others who have a pride in our clubs and in our river and secure fromeach only ten dollars, and there we have our fund, | amply sufficient to gives first-class affair, and what friend of rours, able to do so, would not give that small amount, if pro; y Spproached and the matter properly Bow r-| if a few— indeed the number can be counted on. the fingers of vour hands—can give several thou- sand dollars to make the Schuylkill re- | gatta ‘a success certainly your persuasive powers can enlist the interest here to the extent of $1.00 divided among so large a num- ber. You will be told that our business men have subscribed to the G.A.R. fund. Many have; and then look at the lists and see how many have not, and then strike the latter for your subscription. Of course I premise my suggestions above on | the possible failure and the uncertainty of se- | curing material aid from the G. A. R. fund and | the adoption of the novelty by the executive | committee asa feature of the encampment. I | believe, however, we will have the assistance of the citizens’ executive committee in the matter. Ihave been informed by several members of that committee that they individually think it | cannot speak for the committee. To such an extent is it looked upon favorably that our joint “regatta committee has been invited to | present the matter to the executive committee | at its meeting the coming week, and let us all | hope that the suggestion, which was first made in this column some weeks ago, may be found as practicable to the citizens’ executive com- mittee ax it seems feasible to us. ° THE RACING AT PHILADELPHIA. There were few surprises at the Philadelphia regatta. Nearly’every race was won by the crew which the majority of the knowing ones gave ont as tips. The New York Athletic Club's | senior eight won as usual, but had to work hard for its victory, winning by only six fect. The Malta crew, ‘as here predicted, gave them a very close rab, and if Coxswain Lapp had not lost some grotind in steering near the finish the result in my mind would have been « little different. This crew will no doubt be at the national regatta to try conclusions with the “Chippies” for the championship, now held by the latter, and what a race that will be. ‘y may be interesting to know why this crew is called the “Chippi It is a well-known fact that ew York Athletic Club hada very fast made up of some of the most ex- ced oaramen to be found. At last junior crew was gotten together and in several casting slurring remarks as to their ability as oarsmen, ially after a little brush down the course, and by way of nickname dubbed them the “Chippics.’ them together and soon brought ‘order out of chaos and the result is one of the finest crews afloat, rowing from a regularly organized club. The crew beat the twice champion Atalantas at | the national last year and have never been beaten, except by the “Cornell” eight at Pas- saic May 30, and although it is over a year old the crew are still called the “Chippies.” THE NATIONAL REGATTA. As the time for holding the national regatta at Saratoga lake approaches, dates being July 26and 27, the interest therein increases all over the country in boating circles, this regatta being the championship event, and many win- ners in the season's early regattas go there to fight it out for first place, and many take ad- vantage of the chance to try again with those who during the season beat them, as the longer time for training and practice makes many a crew a faster one that was at a disadvantage by reason of chilly, bad weather earlier in the sea- son. For the first time in the history of the national aseociation its races, excepting the eight, will be turning races, and it remains to be seen if the change will prove a good one. It is hoped and believed that the change will not only prove popular with the spec ctators,who can | see each race from start to finish, but will meet with general favor among oarsmen. The executive committee bad the cl under advisement for some time and the action was taken not only because it scemed wise in its judgment, but the manifest sentiment among very many of the club hout the country made the action necessary. At nearly ali the big regattas of the nortwestern and me tern associations the races are with a turn. The indications point to the entry of many crews who have never rowed at the na- tional regatta, and many of these come in be- cause of the change named. The challenge plate and cups of the associa- tion will go to. winners of the senior singles, doubles, ‘pairs and fours, and, of course, in | dividual gold medals to each winning oarsman | and silk banner to his club. | _ Entries close July 12 and must be addressed to the secretary of the associztion at this city. Of course, entries bearing postmarks as of that date will be received. Itis unfortunate that not one of the local clubs will send a crew to represent our river, as they would no doubt make a good showing, | and by winning bring all the more credit to the city. The reduced raie of fare, being Just one-half the regular fare, will induce many rowing men to go. By special arrangement with the Trunk Line Association the low fare holds from all points in the east on such roads as B. and O. railroad, Central of New Jersey, Delaware and Lackawannaand Western railroad, | ij Chicago and . and West Michigan, Cleveland and Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis railroad, Lake Shore and Mi ‘Southern, Michigan Central, Norfolk and Western, Pennsylvania railroad, ia railroad and many others, and tickets are from the 22d to the The “ "s line” of steamers persons for whom the certificates ( ys the be presented in order to obtain the low rates. THE “ELECTRIC.” | I if ! i { | i I i 4 8 F H ih 7 ile fl | is a good thing and favor it, but of course they | of the seats were sons of the mem- bere of the | wold’? eight. The | latter | crew frequéntly “guyed” the juniors, Well, Davy Roach kept | amvo- | Skull fractured, and from the latest LORILLARD STAKES. Another Big Threo-Year-Old Race Today. ——s TAMMANY'S REALIZATION. - ‘The Bicycle and the Trotter Important Sell- ing Race Rule Monmouth and Brightos Beach —Sale of Strephon—Hetters Worsted— Kacing Goss! -- N ORDER TO PUT an effectual stop to Dinckmailing owners, who aqueeze what they can out of the owner of the winner of @ selling race, the following rule has been adopted by the board of control “Any person who shall attempt to pre- vent another person from bidding on the | winner of « selling Tace, or claiming or demanding any portion of the surplus from the owner of the winning horse, or the owners who are entitled to it, shall render himself liable to be warned off the coure. The rule is a good one, and one which was ime ug the frequent denials made” by M. P. Dwyer that he had the shghtest inter est in the Brighton Beach Association, it is anid in every resort frequented by horsemen that he is the controlling spirit of the track by the sea, Tt is also said that he and no! clee was at the bottom of the present fight with the pool- rooms. The roomkeepers are very bitter im | their remarks, and say that when the fight be- tween the board of control tracks and brighton ‘was going on last year Mr. Dwyer did all on Lee to nbarrass the former | The statement that Brighton would ran ag Monmouth on Saturdays is attributed to Mr. Dwyer, and he is put down as the person who caused the clush of dates, as he would race Longstreet, K Votomae and other stars | at Brighton, and by *o doing draw the public | away from M vk. | Says the York Sun: Those who carefully | study the progross of speed realize how formidable ai chine sto even t great feat on Monday Ie a mile, flving +tart, den’s exploit of riding a half mile from # stand- | ing start in 1 minute 33-5 seconds on Tuesday lw ually ¥ ‘The former is 12-5 seconds faster tha: ting time for the seconds, ma fastest recoguized trot vt mile Maud 8.* 301-5. at Narragansett Park, Providence, am * time is fully — to LO2 from a fiving start, aud most bicycle authritios would claim that it is equal to 1.01. Either of these Inst two times is superior to the best trotting | time for the half, which is Sunol's 1.02\, made on a kite-sbaped track. The following tuble shows the comparative standing of bicycle and trotter 2 rRorrrs. *A flying start. The realization stakes at Sheepshead Ray last Saturday resulted in a victory for Tammany, the finish being as predicted in this column, Tammany isa chestnut colt by Iroquois, out of Tullahoma, and was bred at the tad, in Tennesse, and sold to Marcus Daly of Anaconda, Mon.. asa yeurling. Ass two-year- old be won the great eclipse stakes at Morris Park, landing that $25,000 prize handily with odds of 100 to Lagainst him. He also won the criterion # takes asa two-year-old. Early this spring it was rumored im racing circles that iat Byrnes bad a second Salvator in Tam- many, and when the colt came out at Morris Perk and won the Withers stakes handily, run- ning the mile in 1.40 and carrying his ‘stake weight, the public huiled?Tammany as the crack three-year-old. His next appearance was at Sheepshead Bay, where he was a great favorite for the tidal strkes, To the utter amazement of the talent Charade defeated the crack in 1.41 1-5, a very fast race at the weight over a. ciroular track. That defeat explains the good price egainst Tammany last Saturday, He ise splendidly molded chestnut, about 15.3 hands high, with a blaze face, his long, low, sweeping stride carries him over the ground ab a great pace. LORILLARD STAKES TODAY. Today at Monmouth the Lorijard stakes, at 134 miles, will be run, the following being the probable starters: Azra, Tammany, Huron, Shelibgrk, Mars, The Pepper and Patron, 122 pounds ench, and Yorkville Belle, 117. If Tam- many is as good as he was last week in the real- ization he should win, although the starting of the western cracks, Azra and Huron, throwsmore uncertainty over the result. Yorkville Belle shonld also run well, and the race will be the test three-yeur-old event of the season. the finish will be fought out between Tammany, | The Pepper, Yorkville Belle and the two west ern entries, about in the order given. MERE AND THERE, Sloane, who ix wise in his generation, rides two-year-olds without a whip. La Tosca has been sent to the stud. She is the greatest daughter of St. Blaise and was the fastest filly at a inile in the history of American racing. ‘The six-year-old mare Nancy Hanks failed to | lower her own best prev | Belmont Park, Philack succeeded in lowering + track record of 2.11%, by half @ second. The bookmakers ure complaining of light betting. Most of the plungers, except Michael F. Dwyer. and most of the «mall «pec- ulators also, were badly crippled | Bay. So many favorites were defeated at that | meeting and public form went so far awry that not extend himself as in the past. At Washington Park, Chicago, in the third race Thursday Revolver, the favorite, stumbled and fell and Morse and Future, who were fol- lowing immediately in his wake, came down @ Washam, on Future, had bis Hart, on Revolver, was pulls up after a strong gallop. Ju seems to have left his at yn or in the mud bank where boat jim was grounded on Monday. He is likely to fs i if i : : | rane a gd