Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1892, Page 7

ANY WHEELS WHIR. ocal Cyclists Preparing for a Host of Visitors. ROGRAM FORTHE MEET. Will Be Done to Entertain the Ex- pected Wheelmen—Those Who Have Bern Prominent tm the Work of Providing for the Guests. VER THE ROADS ON bicycles, on the steam- boats and cars the wheelmen from all parts of the country are com- ing to the nations! meet are good riders, and they ir firet ap at occasion in the history colors are white, blue new uniforms they will the parade. of the League of Amer- fean Wheelmen. which | begins on Monday. The | league is the largest | organization of the kind in the world, hav- | ing ‘a membership of | nearly 40,000 in the Pnited States, and it is expected that with the | riders there will be from 5,000 to 10,000 take part in next week's events. It is | Parpose of the members of the local division | Feceive and entertain the guests in such a ‘40 will reflect tredit on the people of jasbington and sustain the city’s reputation to This is the thirteenth annual meet of the L. W., and it is hoped that it will be the largest d most enthusiastic one that the organization ever held. The members of the local or- tion hvve done all in their power to make fair success and it now remains for Un- id eee ee eee oe eee order to carry out ti as arran; the members of the Yarious committees, will insuré the visitors a good time. EXPECTED VISITORS. . ‘Thé work of the hotel committee is not yet tished, as Chairman Humphrey is still receiv- communications from various parte of the | try asking for quarters. Most of the hotels will be filled with guests before | day morning and accommodations have | arranged for at many large boarding ‘Two days agoan amusing letter was dfrom Philadelphia, the writer asking | hhimoelf'and two ladion. "As he numerous meets he desired something and would be satisfied to house if one convenient to the street cars befound. He was particular about the in which to sleep, and he wanted Chair-| to assure him that there were | o bed and he wanted it all for about #5 week. : Hamphoey saspected letter was written by some local man ‘and mailed at Philadelphia to give it the of genuineness. He therefore ro- communication to his secretary, Mr. it. that | as a) ; Cs CAPT. MACDASIEL, ©. B. c. ‘The cycle clubs are all doing their best to- d making things pleasant for the visiting heelmen, and their houses will be thrown ppen to receive such of the visitors as arrive ‘advance. The handsome home of the Ca Club, on 15th street just below Pennsylvania venue, will be open to the visitors, although the ig not im the league. Thisis one of the oldest in the country and has one of the nicest Ata recent meeting it was decided to league men, anda number of clubs sent special invitations. to entertain the visitors apt. Macdaniel did not miss his regular run Sunday. which was one of the prettiest and gnjovable ones this season. Those who mntain, where an enjoyable time was spent the rocky cliff. From the top of the the wi got a lovely view of the ounding country, and in the afternoon they on their “bikes” via Rockville and The roads were in fair con-| most of the way and the weather was ing the trip an exceedingly pleas- one. CAPT. SANDOR. A. W. | Capt. D. L. Sandoe of the Arlington Wheel- | has not been on his wheel very often re-| itly, but he will lead the club during the CAPT. NEWMAN. C. I. B.C. Capt. Newman, the club’s road captain of the C.C. C. last year. He is an ex- cellent rider ai club a success is unquestioned. OTHER LOCAL OLUBS. The members of the Crescent Century Wheel- men, the Invincible Road Club and some of the Nomads will also take part in the meet. : STORE ROOMS FOR WHEELS. Owing to the large number of wheels that will be here some extra frovision for their storage was found necessary and the local com- mittees have Hotel building is the largest room ob- and its central location will make it easy of advess to the visitors. About 200 wheels can be stored in there. Another piace is the store room formerly occupied by Both- on Fastreet between 12th and 18th, while another room is located on 6th street CS mages the Baltimore and Potomac railroad sta The Ilinois division will have the use of -the Builders’ Exchange, on 13th street, and a stable in Georgetown has been rented for those who attend the races on their wheels. Tags have been secured for use at these places #0 that there will be no trouble about getting the wheels mized and the wrong wheels taken. SOUVENIRS OF THE MEET. The motallic souvenirs of the meet have been received from New York and they will be recog- nized as a ticket of admission to all entertain- ments of the meet except the races, as that will be the only event for which a charge will be made. “Everything else,” said a member of a local | committee, ‘will be free, as we do not intend to make cha: such as were made at Detroit and ‘Niagara Falls.” Tickets for the races are on sale at various = and drug stores and at the principal ho- MONDAT'S PROGRAM. Monday being the first day of the week, there will be department run at 9 o'clock in the morning, when those who participate will be iven an opportunity to inspect the aiaiags. Ste hame knee 4 ten aan Bren to Soldiers’ Home and Takoma Park, lunch being provided at the big spring at the latter lace. In the afternoon at 2 o'clock there will a meeting of wheelmen at the Columbia Athletic Club house, when speeches of welcome will be delivered by citizens and local wheel- men and responded to by league officials, in- cluding President Burdett and others. About this time there will also be a meeting of the club captains to discuss questions relat- ing to the parade. At the close of the meeting of welcome there will be a run to Fort: Myer and Arli: e which will be one of the principal runs ot meet and in which it is expected a large num- ber of visitors will participate. In the evening A CHAIRMAN RECEPTION com- MITTEE. at 7:80 o'clock the members of the Con, grestional Cycle Club will be serenaded by thi Overmfn Wheel Company's Band, at which time it is hoped that Representative Jerry Simp- son, president of the club, will make a ae ‘ollowing this a stag will proceed wit the band to the Columbla Athletic” Clubs 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. OTMER RACE MEETS. ‘Thursday. the day after the meet, there will be a race meet on the new park cycle track at Baltimore. The park cycle track is ne\ splendidly located, has the finest sort of rotten rock surface, is one-quarter mile, twenty-five feet wide, with a thirty-foot homestreteh and banked ten feet high at the turns and is as hard and smooth asx floor. ‘This track was built on scientific principles for aspeed of 2.10 to the mile. There are to be eighteen events, which romize to be interesting. Arrangements will made to run an excursion to Baltimore that morning and many Washington riders will at- ten¢ the meeting and some will take part in the events, Following the races the Baltimore wheelmen c. B. OVERMAN, | will give an excursion and smoker down the bay on one of the large steamers, his ability to make the new | 1! asl uniform provided for the L. A. W. mem- by the constitution to be made as follows: “The coat shall consist of a single-breasted ‘sacque, square front, to button up close to the chin with rix L. A. W. buttons; f collar, closely around the neck: no ii lining, a of the same goods back to the arms and over the shoulders, double-stitched edges and welted seams; four outside patch pockets; two ‘small buttons on each sleeve at the underseam. “| “The knee breeches chall button at the bot- tom on the outside with three small L. A. W. ttons; reinforced seat; two hip pockets and watch pocket; French fly; five loops for of same cloth on tho waist band; the V notch at back to adjust with lace eyelets. “The vest shall be single-breasted, six L. A, no collar, four outside pockets. silk Iiged, falling visor, Le A: W buttons, black ,L. A. W. buttons, silk seae tat and silk cord: four ventilators racing and track rules are clearly de- by the constitution, so that every wheel- can thoroughly acquaint himself with tho lenge the racing under the auspices of tho under the auspices of the L. A. W. must necessarily be by amateurs. The subject say that “‘an amateur is never engaged in, nor assisted in, cycling, nor any recognized athletic money or other remuneration, nor competed with or against a pro- aon ‘8 prize ot any deneription.” membership of the leagne today num- bers about 40,000." It begun in 1880 with but 900, in four ithad reached 4,000. Four [ye ae taught EY THE LEAGUE MANAGEMENT. The officers of the league are: President, Col. Charles L. Burdett, Hartford, Conn.; first clubs are also entitled members, and league are 5 i PRESIDENT C. L. BURDETT. vice president, Thos. F. Sheridan, Chicago; sec- . Dr. G. Carleton Brown, N. J.; treasurer, W. M. Brewster, Quincy, Ill; secretary, Abbot Bassett, Boston. STANDING COMMITTEES. Membership committee—George C. Pennell, Eliza- beth, N. J. ; Howard L. Perkins, Providence, R. 1; ‘M. A. High, Cincinnati, Ohio. TERE ole ys—Tsaac B. wen. Provi- den r S Fasbarn Mi: Dickiseon vy York city. | Gomintiges on rights und priviiewes J. 8. Dean, oon, Mass Charles, Commi, Poushkeopsie, Hayes, iteg_ on Falco ant tovulstin ies ant iredee, Columbus, Ohio, Gol. ns—Wilbur T. Eitredee, .E. Johnson, urier-Journal, Louisville, Ky. . Racing E. Rayuiond, chairui | Dush avenue, Brooklyn, No ¥.: G and. Onto: Tous A. Mile "ae fenry lelphis, 5 at B48 West Jefferson C. Thorn, rec * Charles | fat ‘Ohio: Geor es 8. Louis. sion comizittee—Albert Mott, chairman, Baltimore, LOCAL DIvisi0: The local division of the L. Recently the officers elected at the last meeting made an effort to increase the membership of the di- | vision and their efforts were rewarded by an in- | crease of from less than 300 to nearly 1,000. Chief Consul Frank L. Dyer occupies the same relative position to the local division that the resident does to the national orgamzation, and | (his untiring efforts is due,to great extent the present prosperous condition of the league here. Vice Consul Churchill also comes in for his share of the credit, for he has worked night and day in the interests of the league, and in addition to this office he has handled the funds subscribed for entertaining the visitors, and has made the affair a sure success, Another official of the local body who has done good work for the division as well as for ‘the meet is Mr. W. H. Stearns, the secretary- treasurer of the division, who has been elected to sueceed himself at several annual elections. The other officers of the league are the representatives who are elected at each annual meeting of the division. CHAIRMAN 1. B. POTTER. Probably the most important department of the league is that branch which is under the | personal supervision of Mr. Isaac B. Potter. | He is chairman of the committee on highwa; and he states the matter in a clear and forcible wi “The supreme question which today agitates | the active members of the Wheelmen’s League and which ought, above all other questions, to arouse the enthusiaxm of the rank and file, is that of the improvement of common roads. For the past two years, mainly through the NSUL | efforts of the league, the subject has excited public attention and’ assumed an importance which has forced.it into the channels of stete- | craft and given to it an impetus which the wary and conservative politician is beginning to| | went to Milwaukee and then | Vickery. however, gives .Baltimore fifteen play- A GOOD BEGINNING. The, Senators Opened the Season), Th With a Victory. NO NEW FACES APPEARED. Bos The O14 Men Put Up a Good Game and Took Advantage of the Clevelands’ Errors— Umpire Mitchell Shows Considerable Firm- ness, ‘ Peebles i OE NEW BASE BALL season has begun and some of the enthusiasm characteristic of the ', springtime is noticeable now. There ix always greater interest in the start in a race than when half the course has been run. 80 itis probable that there will be a revival in the east- ern cities where league ase ball is played. All the élubs will have another chance, and this means a great deal to clubs like the New Yor ks and Baltimores, who have so wofilly disap- pointed their patrons. All clubs have been strengthened except Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Boston. Philadelphia has dropped Keofo and apparently weakened itself in the box, but Proposes to try Knell, Ho was with’ Phila- delphia in ‘90 and did good work. Boston and Brooklyn don’t need strengthening. As to Washington, Manager, Irvin recognizes the fact that third base has bé’n the weak spot, although Robinson temporarily fille@ the gap. Joo Mulvey, the veteran, will succeed Robinson. We will miss Tomy Dowd on second, th reliable Richardson will be there. It is misgivings that one thinks of Cooney taking Dan's place at short. However, every oneho} for the best and all are disposed to give Mr. Ir- win fair show, for he is reported to have said that he did not have a fair chance last senson, having to take the team whieh Mr. Barnie bad gathered. ‘Then Meakin and Duryea will be seen in the box,in addition to Killen and Abbey. wae Manager Powers of the New Yorks says: ““W. will commence the new campaign with Jack Doyle at second base. Denny Lyons, who has been hobbling along for weeks with » stone bruise on his heel, is well enough to get back to third. Fuller, who sprained his back at Harris- burg, will resumo his place at short stop. I signed Newman, the left fielder, on. the reoom- mendation of Charley Morton. ' He waa a .350 hitter in the Western League. and the Chicagos and Louisvilles both wanted him. Harry Lyons will remain in center, for Gore's days as a Giant are over. O'Rourke will go behind the bat regularly to help Boyle out. ‘Tiernan remains in right feld. | Burke has played well for us, but his throwing arm seems bad. and for that reason he will Rave to go. There is no truth in the yarn about a trade of King and Boyle for Mul- ne and Harrington.” Manager Hanlon has arranged the batting order of the reorganized Baltimores as follows: Shindle, Van Haltren, Halligan, Stovey, Ward, Shoch, Stricker, Robinson, MeMahon. Cobb and Ferson will be the other two pitchers and Sutcliffe the other catcher. It is clearly a stronger nine than the old one. It is especially strong in having gotten rid of Welch. Manager Hanlon last night stated that he had accepted the terms of Pitcher Vickery of the Omaha team and had ordered him to report at once. Vickery has been pitching good ball in the Western League and is well known us having been with the Philadelphia league club several years ago. Together with Catcher Schriver, he ent with the Chicago club. Anson let him g6 after a short trial and he went to Omaha. ‘This addition of ers besides Manager Hanlon. Cub Stricker has been made captain of the Baltimore team and acted in this capacity yes terday. Van Haltren has for some time been trying to be relieved of the duties and yester- day morning tendered his resignation to Man- ager Hanlon. Pittsburg has added Joe Kelly of the Omaha team to his collection, Manager Tom Burns is hoping to put the Pirates higher than sixth place this season, Following is the personnel of the team for the eastern trip: Miller and Mack, catchers: Ehret, Terry, Baldwin and Thompeon, pitchers: Beckley, Bauer, Shugart and Farrell, on the bases; Smith, Kelly, Dono- van and C fielders. Terry and Corkhill went east in advance of the team, the former to rest np for one of the New York games and the latter to see his sick wife in Philadelphia. With Kelly on the team Capt. Burns will be able to use Smith in the pitcher's box quite often. His work in the box this season has been excellent, and he is better now than at any previous time. The team, enys a Pitteburg ex- hange, looks stronger than at any previous time this season, and if Capt. Burns adds a little snap and ginger to the part he will be called upon to act, there is no reason why our own should not make quite a showing on this trip. A deal for another pitcher may be made before the season is much older, but nothing definite on that score can be stated at the present time. Joe Kelly is an elegant base runner, strong hitter and fine fielder. Boston, Chicago, Louis- ville and other clubs were making strong efforts to induce him to cast his fortunes with them and the Colonels boasted openly that they would capture him in spite of Pittsburg's care So the Pittsburg officials, instead of ment. waiting for Omaha to go under, stepped in and purrehased his release, Boston people ‘im as the find of the season and Manager Selec wanted him badiy to cover left field for his team, as he considers him the peer of either McCarthy or Duffy in general ability. Capt. Pfeffer says: “I do not want any young blood. I Wouid ‘rather have Bassett, mny and Whistler than any of the stars in the West- ern League.” This, with himself at second, will be the Louisville infield, though it is said that Jennings will play short and Bassett will Goon frst, letting Whistler go to the field. Picher Clausen wus secured from the Western League. and Harrington have been reinstated i club. Curt Welch will re- wning in the field. Cincinnati is signed, sealed and sy . J, Walter Spalding and E. B. Tai- cott. Now base ball. Sekt se ee inst any in sec- ond division. B ‘One of the stockholders of the New York club saya the team is handicaped by the presence of Ewing on the team. Bobby Caruthers, who is hitting the ball for keeps this year. says he considers Haddock the best pitcher in the business. ‘Two or three league players have joined Tom Mike Kelly names Brooklyn to win the second Pennant. ‘The Columbus club has withdrawn from the Weerea cs oot ETS the nel be many cl in the person: of the soveral teams before long. If there is any virtue in the double season idea it will be brought out in the next four President Young late Wednesday night sent out # bulletin to the effect that the famous St. Louis-Cleveland protested game had been de- cided in favor of St. Louis by the league's board of directors. This the New Yorks in tenth place instead of being tied with Von der Ahe's team for ninth position. win wants to play in Brooflyn and that he be exchanged for Pi ‘The Pitteburg club is willing, club is not. The Columbus team has been home ordered from Minneapolis. ‘(That means a disband- ment of the Western League, does if nét?” was asked of the president of the team yesterday and he replied “Yes,” "No oficial canounce- rh | ment of the fact has been made. mors, one of Chicago's new men, has al- ready been returned and Canavan is again playing second base, An exchange says of the Senators: “Paul Radford is the great ‘base on balls’ man of the Washingtons, and for that reason he is @ good man to lead off the batting list. “Young Abbey’s great fault is giving bases on balls, and he has lost most of his games through this ae ea a; 8 “« ‘Home Run’ Duffee is picking up great his batting for the Senators.” Harry Vaughn is catching as good ball as any backstop in the land today. He has outshone Charley Bennett and Jack Boyle in the recent series and held his own with Lave Cross, Under Capt. Comiskey's training “The Farmer” has become a ies Times-Star. In last Friday's game at Omaha young Darby of last year’s Portlands retired the heavy-hitting Columbus team in a nine-inning contest with- ont a single hit. Omaha, and Joe Kelly and Ed Hayes are the other two members of the team who graduated last year's New England League. John Ward says that Boston never intended to let John Clarkson go, fully expecting him to sign at a reduced salar; The Chicago Daily Globe, in a style truly western. gives the following enthusiastic opin- ion of Ward and his players: “These Brook- #, who bid fair to finish in second e hardiest feng of blue-necked mo have played here for several seasons. for battery and base-running. qualities, drilled and looked after by John Ward, and. best of all, paid salaries commensurate with their abili- ties, it is certainly not astonishing that they should play great ball. They can run like seared rabbits ona plank road, can field like demons on the wing, and they can bat as if the swiftest inshoots were but air balloons whacked squarely by a bed slat.” evs that Selected Objections to the “Bunt.” In some sections of the country at present a great cry is being made against bunting the ball. Some of those who are opposed to it say that it is mere child’s play and that the public and heavy batters are opposed to it. I do not entertain this idea. To successfully bunt the ball requires skill and quickness of foot. Un- less the player has the knack of bunting down toascience and thorough fleetness of foot, is almost certain of getti: to first base before the ball is fielded or he advances a base runner, it isa useless play. Such plays, however, have won many a game. Most of the record players would rather line the ball out and take the chances of making a two or threebnse hit than bunt for a single. It is not the eacrifice bunt hit in itself that dis- gusts people so much as it is the fruitless efforts of batsmen to sacffice, who don't know how, bs have not learned enough to know when to lo it. . Patrons of home games like to see the home | team win, asa general thing, and do not care how it is aecomplished if it is only done by fair Play. Sacrifice hitting, carried out as it ought to be by those who can do it, oftentimes receives as much approbation from the public. People are not yet, asa rule, disgusted with scientitic ball playing.—New York Telegram. Ward on Bunting. Capt. Ward eays in regard to sacrifice hitting: “To my mind a successful bunt is one of the prettiest plays in a game of ball, and you can’t tell me that it is no good, because it invariably sets an audience by the ears and never faily to bring down the house. Besides that it shows head work. Now, our club has a new system of bunting. as you will find. We have two bats that look exactly alike. One is made of soft willow and the other is of « very hard wood. Thus the opposing club can never tell by the looks of our bat whether our man at the bat is going to tap the ball gently for a bunt or whether he is going to hit out. Yn this way we can surprise the enemy at our will. Sometimes they are looking for a bunt, play a cloze fieldon us, and as a matter of fact our man has the hard bat. The result is that he hits the ball out through the infield and we win games. The argument that bunting is playing bull like giris | is all in my eye. It doesn’t matter whether you play ball like a girl or a baby so long as you can win from the fellows that play the game like men. Now, I don’t go in for bunting because I can doit myself. I used to bunt, but I very seldom do it now. My men can do it and we teach our players the system.” ‘The league clubs rank as follows: 4 him exert it and give us some | Guire lace, are | Earned rans—Clevel ‘Two-base hit, Zimmer. By Killen, 3; by Clarkson, Hor, McGuire, Duffee, Dav: “eo ; and 45 minutes. Umpire—Mr. eae on Sacrifice 2 is and WILL ROW AT SARATOGA. The Oarsmen Entered for the National gatta. Springs, N. Y., Tuesda® and Wednesday, Schmidt, eecretary of the N. A. A. 0.: Brooklyn, N. Y.—James Coughlin. Island City Boat and Athletic Associa’ Galveston, Tex.—H. 8. Matthews. T. Seaton. Narraj H.C. ‘kinton. A. Sullivan. Pawtucket Boat Club, Pawtucket, R. Albert W. Bensley. iH. W. F. Cady. James Hurley. | A. Thompson. Passaic, N. J.—James L. re E. Newton Atherton, Staten Island Athletic Club, West Brigh‘on, S. 1.—H. Janeen. Ariel Rowing Club, Baltimore—R. E. L. sant. en StPet Boat Club, Philadelphia—Edwin ey. ward Durnham. J. Ryan, Fred Hawkins. Campbell. Toronto W. Right. Argonaut Rowing Club,’ Toronto, Ont. McKay, jr. ompson. Farragut Boat Club, Chicago—W. 8. Donnell. XN. Morgan Quill, bow; Geo! stroke; John O'Regan and J. G. . Tig! tutes respectively. v er Boat Club, Philadelphia—Job: win Hedley, stroke. Cavanat ugh, bow; John Gleason, substitute: ward J. Ce |. Carney, stroke. son, bow; Edward L. Case, stroke. N. ¥. A. C., New York city—J. A. Demy mpsey, stroke. N. bow; G. Sunnyai Durnan, stroke; Wm. J. Bryce, substitute. Pawtucket Boat Club, Pawtygket, I. J. Kirby, bow; Frank E. Hol strok stroke. Albany Rowing Club, Albany, N. Mulcahey, bow; M. F. Monohan, stroke. Argonaut Rowing ‘Club—G. H. Muntz, R. G. Muntz, stroke. bow; 8. Small, stroke. oat Club, Detroit—Fred D. 3 ish, bow; Frank A. Lyon, stroke. Atalanta Boat Cinb,New York city—Max bow; Win. Leu, stroke. Argonaut Rowing Cl Ki ir., bow; A. D McKay. ji Sewell, substitute. more—R. H. Bond, bow; W. stitute; George J. Turner, substitute; Thomas G. Ford, stroke. | Harry Couch, | Paul Lankin. Henry Warren. Institute Boat Club, Néwark, Robert Hancock, Atlanta Boat Club, Vavieu, bow; J. | substitute; H. Sander, 3; F. Van Holland. | stitute; I. H. Holloway, stroke. New York ci Dixon, bor B. Barvhardt, stroke. | Argonaut Rowing Club, Toronto. | bow; E. Senkler, 2; A.D. Crooks, | H. Senkler, 3; 8. Sewell, stroke. Bogart. bow; A. P. Burritt, substitute; Gerrard, 2; W. A. Smith, substitute; V. 3; in, stroke. Senior Four Oars; Wyandotte Boat Institute Boat Club, Newark, N. J.—Harle: Argonaut Rowing Club, Toronto, Ont. Donble sculls: Varuna Boat Club, Brooklyn, r. e Freetl 1e, subst Parke, bow: Alf J. Cottingham, substitute; ide Boat Club, Toronto, Ont.—J. Ryan, bow; John Guirrane, substitute; Edward H. Brumming, 2; J. Sel A. Goodman, substitute; G. W Bennett, 2; J. Wallace, George 8. Ewart, 3; D. MeKa; betitu ubstituie; F. Moss, hite— ‘O'Connor (2). Cleveland, 8. Char Re- Following are the entries for the national re- gatta to be held on Saratoga lake at Saratoga July 26 and 27, 1892, received from Mr. O. P. Janior single sculls: Varuna Boat Club, tion, y Crescent Boat Club, Boston—Thomas Philbin. insett Boat Club, Providence, R. I.— Central Boat Club, Boston, Mass.—Michael — Manhattan Athletic Club, New York city— Albany Rowing Club, Albany, N. ¥.—Peter haney. Don Amateur Rowing Club, Toronto, Ont.— —E. Senior singie sculls: Aquacknock Boat Club, Metropolitan Rowing Club, New York city— New Van- Hed- ‘Gatlin Boat Club, Chicago—Jas. Henderson. Crescent Boat Club, Boston—Wm. Caffrey. Mutual Boat Club, Albany, N. ¥.—Charles E. Darby is doing great work for | Bulger. Sunnyside Boat Club, Toronto, Ont.—Ed- Sunnyside Boat Club, Toronto, Ont.—Jobn Bradford Boat Club, Cambridge, Maes.—Joseph W. Bergin. Manhattan Athletic Club, New York city— Albany Rowing Club, Albany, N. Y.—Harry Rowing Club, Toronto, Ont.—Jos. .—B. Argonaut Rowing Club, Toronto, Ont.—F. | Th a Me- m_Y. Ed- Institute Boat Club, Newark, N. J.—John ; Ed- Catlin Boat Club, Chicago—James Hender- sey, 1.—Geo. :e. Manhattan Athletic Club, New York city— James Donoghue, bow; Joseph F. Donoghue, —E. J. bow; Argonaut Rowing Club, Toronto—H. Small, Pair oars: Iona Boat Club, . Philadelphia— echt, w York city—W. substitute; J. I. jtard- Lau, lub, Toronto, Ont.—R. D. Crooks, substitute; R. : Ariel Rowing Club, Balti- Astoria Athletic Club, Astoria, Long Ieland— | rge Burchell, substitute: Richard Gray, W. R.. Taylor, jr.,. substitu N. J.—Thomas T. Knowles, bow: Ed. McBarron, substitute; | Henry Lueitstarer, substie tute: Thomas Curran, 3; Gus Diebold, stroke. . BE. sub- Toronto Rowing Club, Toronto—Charles Argonaut Rowing Club, Toronto, Ont.—C. A. T. Robin, track and the New York city pool rooms was a short, decisive one, last- ing but two racing days, | the pool rooms compro- mising with the track. ‘There are as many as ninety rooms in opera- tion at times in that city, which shows the ‘enormous busincss done ’ by them. The effect of these rooms upon the attendance at the race tracks in the east is most disastrous, The bookmakers doing business at Monmouth are uttering most plaintive howls of distress these days. If they are tobe believed there is nothing Dut loss for them day after day, with most dis- tinct visions of a vanished bank roll and dire poverty before the winter winds begin to blow unless there is some immediate and most pro- nounced change, The falling off in attendance at the tracks is simply appalling. As things now go the time cannot be very far distant when the representa- tives of the eastern courses will be forced to put their shoulders together and make common cause against the hundred-headed city pooling | monster. Unhelped “Phil” Dwyer made a| | fight last year, which don this spring because he received no support from the others, b Yet the bo show ks of the Brook- lyn Jockey © that the meeting at ravesend Inst autumn, when the association was under a tremendous expense for lice and for precautionary measures to prevent the pool rooms from getting the racing news Was more profitable than the meeting thi spring, when affairs were manaed in | way and the pool sellers wero permitted yo business without hir The pool rooms may not b: ns has directly, t been «! t they are ace and Profits to such an extent that the will ultimately be forced to make termiuation. near futur any past year, the pool sellers r. ho ve carried the rich cream of the business and have left nothing but the “skim" milk —pretty that—for the race tracks. That Tammany is by all odds the best three- year-old of the year there seenn to be no rea- son to dorbt, as he has effectua'ly dixposed of nearly all the other claimants to the crown by | his victories in the realization and Lorillard stakes. His Highness, who has never been himself this vear, has yet to make his bid for | the highest honors, and so has Lamplighter, | but neither of these has displayed anything Warranting one to believe that eiher of them could ever defeat the son of Iroqui« and Tul- Jahoma when meeting him ut anything ap pronching even terms, It scems most likely that they will have to be content with fighting it out with that rattling good colt The Pepper | for second honors, and it is no sure thing that | he will not be able to dixpose of them as easily as Tammany has of all his antegonists. It seems as if the true “sporting blood” was | dying out among the people that hi agement of racing stables nowada: tles royal that were #0 commot lust decade, seem to have fallen into innocuous desuetude, and the stake races, instead of being the best races that are run, are among the most commonplace. Trainers seem to hate to put their horses into races where they have got to fight to get the money. They want bloodless victories, and the result ix that most stake races are the poorest that are to be seen in a day's racing and the selling races the best. All this is, of course, wrong if racing is for the purpose | of improving the breed of horres, as its ad- herents and advocates claim. It was «0 years | ago, and an ownes was always looking around | for a hard place into which to put his horse if | | he had « good one. so that hisreal merits might | be ascertained. The trainer of today, and the | Chief, bred by the Duk: was compelled to aban- | fo 3 @id not land an enormon: amount of money with Queenie Trowbridge, but the industrious touts got in their work. and several heavy plungers played the mare boch in the city, hp eh and country clubs of Boston, the lant Club of Philadelphia, the Rockn- Meadowbrook, Essex County, Country Club, Morristown, Richmond County, Queen, Suffolk and Queens county clubs. J. B. Haggin is now in San Francisco. Tt is likely that he may return to the turf next year The success of the horses owned by Marcus Daly, one of hit partners in the Anaconda Min- mg ny, may inspire him to « friendly rivalry. Mr. Haggin bas a number of yearlings to draw from for two-year-old racing and is ex pected to secure his older horses by purchase. The following thoroughbred stallions were received in New York from England. They will be sold at public auction: Ben Strome, horse, 6, by Bend Or; St Eclipse, brown colt, 4, Ventnor, bred by Capt. E. € croft, brown horse, 5, by St. Simo: Giadss, by Gladiateu een Vic and Radnor, bay colt, ster; Pilagree, by Macaroni, bred by M. J. V. Laurence. So excellent a judge of racing and race horaes as Mr. John A. Morris sid at Morris Park re- cently that any good horse in regular traming at our tracks could go nock the Jong- distance record, regard degree veneration by the befo de’ wah sportsmen, higher than Gilderoy’s Mite. Mr. Morris be- lieves that the turf is progressing, and tells how people looked at him when he came back from Engiand twenty years ago and eaid that he saw ahorse carry 120 pounds and runa mile im 1.39%. They thonght he wns crazy There ix a achem way with the forfeit list and crew without forfeits, pleted, fs to ha on foot to d ribute $50 t oft have every breeder who trained and raced horses contri ute the same amount. At the lowest calc tion a stake fund of 100.000 would be raise which could be divided into at lea stakes, #0 arranged as to have them take p on diffe ation to add at least $1,500 t raced fot over ts track. Mr. Pierre Lorillard, whose gelding © ke last turfme eked th Satur- m, filly we eCafferty, ba: from 100 to 1 down to 3 tol. were rnmors that Queenie was another horse, a ringer, in fact, and it was also hinted that Ed orrigan ‘still owns the filly. The board of ‘ontrol I investigate the matter. coe —— FOR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. Friends of a Washington Man Propose to Pash Their Candidate. Ithas hitherto been the invariable custom upon the election of officers at national en- nents of the Grand Arm to accord to partment in which the encampment is the selection ef one of the chief places, asually that of the senior vice commander-in- While this has been the practice for me time there is no rule, it is «tated, confin- sng the selection thus made to that particular chief or the junior v should not be allotted to the local department in which the encampment is held, which, by an anwritten rule, is entitled without dispute to the highest places, Knowing the extcblished custom and witl commander-in-chief pradent bh all influence “riends of late have tion peti repared for sign titled to a vo department encamp- ment, requesting that th their choice be presented tothe natio mpment as a ndidate for the office of sc sior vice com- mander-in-chief. Some members of the G. A. R. think the fact that the candidate thas sought to be brought forward 1s the most promi- nent supporter and hardest wo owner a8 well, is not looking for such, races, | with one or two notable exceptions. He is on the lookout for “soft spots” for his hordys and will race them only when he finds such places. | | The result is a lot of lop-sided races, with 2to 5 | favorites in the betting, a fact that tells almost | | to a certainty that the race is to be a lop-sided | one and a procession rather than a race. The owner of the favorite likes this sort of thing | because he is racing for the money that he can get out of the ring instead of for the fame’ and | the honor of victory, and the stake as an inci- | dent to pay for the stable expenses. The largest of the piungers on the turf today | is M. F. Dwyer, but no one ever sees him in the ring. All of his bets are placed by his commis- mers, “Joe” Vendig and “Smiling John” Kelly. ‘The latter probably has more friends than any other man on the turf, and i self a pretty shrewd and successful bettor. When he places a commission for his friend, Mr. Dwyer, he goes about the ring very rap- idly, stopping for an instant at a sand where j he finds odds that snit him, and, getting on a box alongside the bookmaker, he whispers his commission in the waiting car, makes a mem- orandum on his racing card or in a note book, and jumping from the box is away to interview another bookmaker in the same fashion. keep- | ing this up until he has got on all theamoney he wants. | . Smith, who is better known as “Pitts- | burg Phil,” is another of the plungers that a great many of the sinall bettors always follow when they are making their bets. He is a par- | ticularly quiet young man and looks more like | adelegate to the Christian Endeavor conven- tion than like one of the nerviest speculators in ring. Thoroughly abstemious, faultlessly dressed, bashful as a young girl apparently, he makes himself felt whenever he goes into’ the ring. and he places his money quietly, quickly nd in cash instead of on credit, as do so many f the heavy speculators. ‘What that magnificent race horse Salvator is | going to become a great sire woud seem to be foreshadpwed by the fact which is noted in the | | Californta papers devoted to the turf. ‘That is, | | of the fifteen foals which have been thrown at | cess of the present department commander, over whose election there was some controversy, will provoke opposition to bis candidacy. It is said that petitions in favor of another comrade as candidate for the same office will also soon be placed in circulation, with a view of securing all possible strength for their ca didate. Comrades John C, 8. Burger and Jas. Pipes are named as the rivals for the office mentioned. It is now stated that there will be «candi- date also from thix department for ofice—no less, in fact, than that of m- mander-in-chief. It has been claimed by many that this office should come to this departme: in September, and he the friends of ( P. Lincoln, ai presen P missioners of pension who could both be would grace the positic cussing the situation wit “While it may be toc it is evident it will be well influence in the matter not to jad & manner as to either widen the diff ready existing or to obtain for the ment of the Potom: be secured. Thisleity is the proper p office of the commander-in-chief, and ( Lincoln the proper candidate, Let all unite in the effort and he will be elected “As comrade Linooin is a citizen of the state of Michigan, it has been suggested by some of the parties interested for other candidates that his mame should be presented from his own state department of the G. A. Bi Comrade Lincoln's afiligtion with the Army is located in the Department of the Potomae, and he could not be a candidate from any other department notwithstanding the suggestion.” Col. Lincoln was a prominent candidate for the office of commander-in-chief # year ag: but withdrew because it was feared his tinued candidacy might injure the chances of the city of Washington, which was contesting is Club, the it was claimed that ied by losing Mullane and Morgan Mur- i ¢ | Wyandotte, Mich. —M. C. Busha, bow; Wm. R: | Rancho del Paso this year, with Salvator as | f°F eee, 0S eae 7 then the members will be kept busy. A| The following Saturday there will be a race | recognize. To those who are in touch with the | phy will not be able to play again for six weeks. .|.| 2 | Ocobock, 2; N. ‘T. Langlois, 3; E. B. Nellis, | their sire, twolve are ofa chestaut color, with Se Se ceennan So Reateae com bas been rented for the club's headquar- | mect, which promises to be one of the star race | details of this movement it is obvious that the | The players with the club are Latham, Brown- E/#| 5 | stroke; T. J. Langlois and August Loeffler, sub- | the white feet and the white strip in the face wot apiteacnadhcosnes ty ters during the meet, and the guests of the | meets of the season. It will be held in Phila-| time has come fora closing of ranks and a| ing, O'Neil, Holliday, Smith, McPhee, Rhines, Ba) 2 stitutes, that were the characteristics of their sire. oe es ee jelub will find their hosts equal to the occasion. delphi. The famous Pennsylvania Bicycle | stronger and more systematic cffort to attain a | Chamberlain, Vaughn and Rettger. oe Fairmount Rowing Association, Philadel- TURF NOTES, eS Oe a The Century Road Club from Chicago are com. | Club will conduct the meet, Prominent racing | successful result. Thus far the work of the ir rx So see = —W. H. Brownell, bow; J. R. Paul, 2;} Civil Service has broken down. ‘The Young Men's Christian Association base ing as guests of the Arlingtons, and the club | men from allover the country, as well as a| national body and that of the several state di-| Chicago recured Roat, Decker and Parrott O 1909.8 | Louis Oiand, 3; John Snowden, stroke; C.W. |, rion if he ball nine defeated the Young Men's Catholic bas rapped out their own program for enter- | number of Canada riders, have signified their | visions has not been carried on with the con-| from the Western League. When Decker 8 4000-0 | Preisendanse and C. B. H. Watch. substitutes. | “Father” Bill Daly says if he wins $100,000 | C.,"teum by a score of 13 to 4. Holbrook In addition to pa: ting in | intention to be present and compete for the | currence necessary for the best reaults. It is | mildly arked Anson if he was to play first base & 0008.9) Atalanta Boat Club, New York city—J. H. | this season he will be satisfied. nd 0" : end McCann end White em the {the various events of the L. A. W. the annual | valuable prizes offered. one of the objects of this paper to set forth | the big captain flew into a terrible rage. Anson % °° | charmbury, bow; F. Fi@eman, 2: < Weldon, 3; oa Oyen on jexeursion of the club will take place Wednes-| The track on the grounds of the Tioga Ath- | briefly the policy of the ional body of the | drew himself up to fullest height and, in aes ERE * M. T. Quigley, stroke;C. Lunyack and Wm. Lau, | batteries. McCann was punished so severely ww. On the 7th of next month the Arlingtons | letic Association,on which the races will be run, in the work of road improvement and to | language that would not appear very pretty in| | The New Yorks opened the second champion- | substitutes.» in the first inning that Myers was put in the hold a race meet on the Y. M. C. A. track, | is being put into better and better shape every | suggest to the several state divisions the im- Print, le proceeded to crush any ambition that | ship series yesterday afternoon ed ae D an | Wolverine Boat Club, Detroit—Thomas Walsh, box and materially saved the score. The tickets len which acedsion fs ji |day. ‘The subcommitteo on track are work- | portance and possible methods of harmonious | Decker might have had of playing first base for | exciting twelve inning tie game with the Pitts- bow; C. L. Van Damme, 2; John Magerman, 3; | chase that were issued for the and not will Jeham:pionship | ing with extreme energy to have all improve- opr sige tl igo club. He informed Decker that he | bt The batting at times was heavy, but | ‘Thomas , stroke; Wm. Gearing and be honored at the ¥. M. 0. A. Park, at 17th and | ments done by July 23, and it seems more than oe She concerning the organiza- | was the only man that would play first base for fielding kept the score down. The score, | James Fleming. substitutes. U streets, this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, when | likely that the inception of a new Tioga track j tion to effect the object stated Chairman Pot- | Chicago and when he couldn't do it he would Albany Rowing Club, Albany, N. Y.—R. Gra- the Richmond and Dan nine will | will be titly ushered in by one of the "greatest | tor refers to the agitation of the question and | retire from the business. Nichols was wild at the start hom, bow; D. E. Carlin, 2,9. G. Moran 3; play the ¥. MC. A's. race meets ever held in Philadelphia. says: “Herein lies the key to the whole ques- ‘ — after he found the plate the visitors hi James Bowen, stroke; BR.’ Comstock and E. J. The and Danville boys have just | There will be eleven events, including several | tion, and in its solution there is room and work | The St. Louis Browns have not strengthened | with ease, compo clean hits. Boston could | ‘Mulcahey, substitutes, come from Atlanta with the change in the ‘tandem and | for ‘all. For effective purposes it must be | themsclved. It is tiready'a strong teem It | do nothing with Gleason, The feldne ct Gane Modoc Rowing Club, St. Louis—Arthur Eve- | office and have the reputation of knowing how @ | directed among those classes whose interest in | they cun put up effective team work they are all | cock and a catch by Carroll were the features. son, bow; Frederick 2; Frederick to pay ball. good roads is @ pecuniary one and whose purses | right. Getzein, Galvin and Gleason are The score, 20 to 3, Koenig, 3; Harry Cooper, stroke; John Burger. Pentathlon games were postponed on must contribute to cS cost of building and | trio of pitchers and Breitenstein can help out and CI the second | substitute. " account of the heavy rain Thursday, but will A. W. 18. maintaining them. common road, while | once ina while. Browtis will bother ‘em | series for the National League championship at | " Don Amateur Rowing Club, Toronto, Ont.— take place Monday afternoon at 4:30 o' in a general way the property of all “the peo- | all this trip if there's anything like harmony | Eastern Park yesterday afternoon with an ex- | James ri bow; Alfred; Reyny The Y. M. ©. A. Reserves wal poy the and Or- ple is in more immediate and direct sense, | among them. The best thing to be done is to | citing eleven-inning game, m which the home Thomas Kenney, 8, Patrick Kenney, stroke; Just now the very best and most exciting | Weather Burcaus at the ¥. M. ©. A. his gan! ye farmer's wa} and the intel nt go. le is an arrant re came out game istor. J afternoon. tzation letéCrooks go. He i disturber. team even: it The Listor. and James Hurley, substitutes. races that are run are those between the selling ‘The Reserves defeated the Weather The constitution provides that the L.A.W. | farmer, therefore, as well as the immediate eh ee abounded in pretty plays, but the batting was| “Senior eight oars: N'Y. A.C. New York pla ‘Bureaus on Wednesday by « score of 10 to 7. shall be a confederation, composed, first, of all with whom he deals in his local | Clarkson has joined the Clevelands and there it. 5 4. city—W. H. Pickney, bow: J. R. Crawford, 2;|" The running of the ea@tern horse Eclipse at oy a gE state divisions now having 100 or more resident | ™Tket, must receive the arguments and facts | is no question about his having strengthened the ‘second season at! C.". Knoblauch, $; F. W. Howard, 4; E.’ F | the Ws Park track did not the A Bathing Beach Suggestion. tad = which appeal for better roads.”” them. homme yesterday afternoon by deteating Louis. | Hanbold, 5; E. 8.’ Giannini, 8; A.C.’ Clarke, 7; wey. pled ‘Sennett & Warn, have | Tothe Rattoref The Evening Stars ERTS ville. feai were heavy batting of | §. 8, Hunt, stroke; D. G. coxewain; E. | been directed to leave the track with their! Ihave watched with interest all along the Setsea $30,000 Worth of Diamonds. Among the players who were not asked to ac- | the home team and mal catches by | T. Keane, E. W. vs stable. « Progress of the bathing beach and was in hopes x 3 cept a reduction in their salary were Pitchers | Clemente, Delehanty and Jennings, Walcott & Bird eh ‘The customs officials at New York have seized | tlmming and Healy and’ Cevcher Deve ot could not touch Weyhing. thiee singles | = ~ Sindee ester at Congress would make an appropriation for its | im any of or territory. $30,000 worth of diamonds from A. J. Backus, | Louisville. President Stucky sent them the | being all they could get off that the ‘was $10,000. atenden, bee on tay tone Oise to Gt Any amateur wheelman of good character, @ negro, who wasa passenger on the steam- | ten days’ notice of their release. It is Clement his Dd aod Alec, 2.093, will | matter, and as the beach has to be closed for ship Philadelphia, which arrived from Guayare, | that Dowse will be signed b; trotat the kitetrack for | want of funds, would it not be advisable to Veneaula. A passenger on the same steamer Feats naple article proved too axboh for pan pe need parva woe i sea open it again and say, Scents to each was a handsome who fore the club's departure that a ‘Comanche wot his divisions = "| Sut Venezia "ts “Ea. Amesining” ‘Backes | Reaerencnetes gee ese ane. ond by-laws of his division. out Venezuela as ea ly. are the only two-year-olds voi was arrested af the request of the Venezuelan | may sign another pitcher and consul general to await extradition — ‘The negro was thoroughly frightened and told | The close of the first cham; a tale, saying that “La Ameri- | finds the Bostons in the lead, but Tis testes boning, "Thin caer hesenen ne, ba Proves Freier te, Cincinnatis, ‘suthorities do not believe. Mme. Leroy ‘was | and Philadelphias are liable to have seen at her hotel last night in to the | to say about first naan anes ‘ut “indi Mionied his | aificely where they have rest of but indignant to see $r- He said, wae te Gyro Dt Towle te Mable to upafew pee fod ¥ towel learned to- night was els stolen was said if