Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1892, Page 12

= THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, S a ail ’ EPTEMBER 3, 1892—SIXTEEN. PAGES. A MANAGER'S PROBLE} How to Get Washington Out of » Twelfth Place, SOME CHANGES TO BE MADE. Prospects of Getting Mulvey—Ffforts to Se- care a Short Stop—The Country to Be Seoured for Pitching Talent to Strengthen the Box. © GET THE WASH- the twelfth place in the Teague race seems al- most a hopeless task, management will do its best to ac- complish it and there | ingtons out of but the | captaincy, giving his reasons, Von det Abe re- fused, then called his team together and said it would cost a man $50 if he disobeyed Caruth- ers’ orders, Billy Nash, the popular third baseman of the on elub, gives some good advice to dead- arm pitchers and throwers generally. He says: “Some infielders suffer a great deal from lame- ness or from an inetticiency of the muscles of the arm, which doesn't cause pain, but simply ‘a weakness. i have been singularly fortunate in this matter and I attribute it largely toa | piece of advice given me by Sutton, the famous | third baseman of the old Boston team. In | those days I used toatrip down pretty well for practice. One day on the Boston grounds I was complaining to Sutton that something was the matter with my arm. It soomed tor have nd strength; I couldn't give speed to a ball. ‘If you keep coming out here with bare arms,’ said Sutton, ‘you'll never have any speed.’ I took his advice and keptmy arms covered after thet. made it a point to warm up gradually, an never to throw a ball hard unt T felt'myself perspiring. The chill which strikes the exposed muscles seems to paralyze them, and I believe it should be carefully avoided.” YESTERDAY'S GAMES. The Nationals lost again at Cleveland yester- is good reason to be- | day—Abbey was to blame. With the bases full lieve that it will be done. Saturday it i a> tostrengthen the —— wherever possible. course at this part of the season it is difficult to get good men. The other clubs are not giving team them away. Yet there are men who are dis- | satisfied with their present surroundings and there are men who are doing indifferent work who would do better under a different manage- ment. So that the task of strengthening the team is not wholly impossible. It is by no means improbable that before long Joe Mulve3 will be seen in a Wachington uniform. The chief objection to bis coming here was the Presence of Manager Irwin. Now that Irwin bas gone every effort will be made to get Mul vey. While Radford is covering third base in a fair sort of a way. yet it must be apparent to himself that he is not filling the posi- tion as it should be played. His place isin the field and he can cover a field as few ean. He has proved himself to be one of the most valuabie men on tho team. Every one knows what a third baseman Mulvey is when he is satistied with hia surround course he will not come unless he is He proved that by refusing good offe Fearand remaining away from the diamond. With him at third the infield will be much stronger. With Radford in the ouitield that will be stronger. } It looks as if Duffee will have to go. This is Mauch regretted, for he isan earnest plarei He has been kept after being once released ‘the hope that he would once more regain his former grip at the bat, but he haen’t seemed to show that It is not unlikely that an effort will be made to secure Shortstop Gerina, who has just been let go by Cincinnati. He has shown himself to bea rattling infielder, and if he is obtained Richardson will go back to second and Dowd will retura to the field. Dowd has kept up his batting so well that there is now no talk of rele- gating him to the bench. ‘The fatal weakness, however, has been in the box. All the changes that were made by the recent mt seemed to be changes for the worse. Then, too, the club experi Bard Inck in the case of Knell, who seemed to be the star pitcher and who soon played cut. His weakness of giving bases on balls more than count bis skill as a twirler, and even illich have not been able to do much with him, showing that it was not because he didn't have heavy win i balls count in earned runs of the pitcher he might develop into a valuable man, but as it is now he is too much afraid of allowing the bais- men to hit his delivery. ‘The great fear among the Washington pitchers ii d would gement thay will be told to go in and pitch their best trust to the fielders to look out for the hits. they don’t obey these instructions they will togo. Killen and Meckin are two good ‘and under the new order of things good enough to keep. Another good needed, for Abber bas shown that he be relied upon. He has skill, but in phrase no “sand.” He is easily rattled the opposing clubs have found it out. Could ‘Washington get a Mullane or a Terry it would about what is needed. However, the man- agement is keeping its eves open and Mr. Wag- Ree will soap up the best he can find, It is unlikely that the changes will be made before the club returns. ‘Then they will start in afresh, and with along series of games on the home grounds will try to recover lost ground. Milligan has fallen off in his batting. A home run once in along while is very welcome when comes, but steady hitting is preferable. Just now it seems as if there ix a prospect of Berger iting Jack behind the batter. Berger rine i z in than Milligan, and unless Jack braces up in his batting may supplant him. Larkin hss the team and appears to be batting ‘with his old-time energy. It is fortunate for all hands that this is so. The management doesn't propose to carry any dead timber. ting as the trip of the local team hss been, the western trip of all the eastern clubs has been « surprise and disappomtment. ‘New York and Baltimore have been even more disappointed at the fall of their teams. From being up among the leaders they have fallen to the position of tail-enders. “The New York Telegram says in regard to the trip: If the pen- nant is eventually won by a western club it/will be largely due to the disastrous playing of the eastern men during the past three weeks. The work of their opponents should not, however, fail to receive the proper attention. for it''s deserving of great credit. Every club has done its best to take the second flag from thi« part of the country, and without the aid given by the Pitteburgs, Louisvilles, Ci Chicago», Cleveland would never have its p: ent good lead. In playing to w had no particular intention of belping the for- est city team. but that came as the result of their efforts to better their own po. By meritorious efforts Pittsb from eighth to fiffh in the race. week ends the team may be relied upon to go abead of the Philadelpbias. Anson's men have come up from tenth to sixth. and may also down the Phillies before the present series closes. il are also in tions before the week closes. While al sex have been going on the New Yorks have been steadily fal til they have struck tenth place. Were it not fo: fact that Baltimore, St. Louis and Washir were 40 persistent in remaining at the tail end the Giants wonld no doubt go further down the Jadder before the:r return home. ‘The St. Louis @ f sacrifice he-Temocrat appreciates A recent issne © the persist to pound out long hits on a pitcher ery they can scarcely touch, when a the infield would yield good: . The bard hi of the Browns | not attempt to use these sacrifice tactics Yesterday until the game was praciically lost. *bunt’ sacrilice was a factor in the runs made in the seventh and is no good reason why sim: not have been employed in the beginning of the game aud a run or two more secured.” The Louisville Commercial laments the lack of nerve on the part of the Colonels. It says: “There is a growing suxpicion in local base circles that Pfeffer's Colonels have very little, Manz, of tae game blood that should courre through the veins of every Kentucky colonel. Frou. ine chief, Col. Frederick Napoleon, down to Col. Merritt, who marche in the rear rank, there is «lamentable lack of that-never-say-die spirit that should be the most prominent char- acteristic of a team of colonels.” Yon dor Ahe laid Ciitt Carroll offbecanse of a funny accident. O'brien singled and the bell | broke through his hands and lodged in his shirt | iS to coax it | le success as | = Cliff danced around, trytn; ita hiding place, with as li usually attends the efforts of a man to locate his wife's pocket. Darby, seemg Carroll's predica- md, and continued on to third amid the convulsive laughter of the crowd ment, sprinted to seco and Carroll's confusion. Hawke plaved left field, by direction of President Von der Ahe, and Cliff lo:tered on the bench during the rest | He got them all by burlesq! of the jue. ‘The abuse of Chiengoans of “Old a. ealled forth the following from Comiske; fe a shame for the cranks tc treat Anson do, but there w a clique there for teams in the same city. experience on that line. the game Carnthers went to Mr. asked to be relieved of the | duy. of jhead and fi this | has got his eye again on the ball. | ters behind him that he didn’t | games. Under the rule of making bases on | ths tonm, and he has been picked out os a roark attack. That 1 the natural result of two I ave had personal After the St. Louis Maroons were routed oat of St. Lonis there re- be made a wild pitch, allowing Davis to score. As Tux Stan stated on | Davis had reached first on a hot grounder to oxed | Larkin. Had Abbey promptly attempted to cover first he could have put out Davia. ‘A singleand ndouble scored the other run for the Cleve- lands. Milligan scored the only run for Wash- ington. He took first on Davis’ high throw in attempting to field his hit. Richardson put bim on third and Milligan scored on Duffee's sacri- fice left. ationals bit hard enongh to win ordi- and put up the best game of any of the eastern clubs at Cleveland, but the Clevelands played a phenomenal game. Base hits were re- eatedly turned into out, Dan Richardson ad ten accepted chances at short. Dowd | played an excellent game at second, his errors being on dificult balls and not costing any. | thing. The only other error was Larkin's fai ¢ to get a hot liner, and had Abbey kept his ded the position it would have been an out. ‘The team has been playing good | ball this week and their return home will see a | turning of the tide of enecese. | Chicago lost to Boston yesterday because of | Ad. Gumbert’s unstendiness. He hit two men | with pitched balls and two of his bases on balls | materialized into runs. Stivetts pitched for | Boston. | Chicago. 10000000 0-1 02000101 0-4 Earned runs—Chicago, 1; Boston, 1. Two- | base hits—Ryan and McCarthy. Stolen bases— | Lowe and Nash. Double plays—Nash, Quinn, Tucker and Long; Quinn and Tucker. base on balls—Off Gumbert, 4; off Stivetts, 3. Hit by pitched ball—McCarthy and Quinn. By Gumbert, 2; by Stivetts, 3. game—1 td p mbert, Time of hour and 45 minutes. Umpire—Mr. | Heavy bitting by Cincinnati and errors by iriffin, Brouthers and War: and Latham; MePhe mith: McPhee and Comiskey: frouthers, Time of game—I ates. Umpire—Mr. Burne, Allen, the Phillie’s shortstop, fourteen chances yesterday and accepted them all. This good work had iis effect on the rest of the nine. [for the Quakers played without error. St | Louis made twice as many hits—10—but they | were scattered. Weyhing and Hawley were t tehers. . Louis. 00010000 1-3 Philadelphia... 0 2.0000 1 0 x—1 Farned run — Philadelphia, 1. Two-base hit—Thompson, Three-base hit—Delahanty. | Stolen bases—Werde Double plays—Allen | and Connor; Hallman'and Connor. First base ) -¥, 2: off Weyhing, 2. Struck out—By Hawley, 8; ‘by Wevhing, 6. Time of | game—1 hour and 40 ‘minutes. Umpire—Mr. | MeQuaid. The Baltimores could do nothing with Elmer Smith's delivery at Pittsburg yesterday and were whitewashed. The home team batted Cobb hard. | Pittsburg.......0 0 222200 x—8 Balt more...-1. 0 0 000000 0-0 Eorned runs—Pittsburg, 5. _Two-baee hits— Farrell and Sutcliffe. Three-base bits—Miller and Shugart. Home ran—Donoran. Stolen | bases—Donovan and McGraw. Double plays— | Mack and Bierbauer; Shindie and Sutcliffe. First base on balls—By Smith, 3: by Cobb. 2. Hit by pitched ball—Beckley. ‘Struck out—By Smith, 4: by Cobb. 2. Time of game—1 hour and 50 minutes. Umpire—Mr. Lynch. The Colonels and Giants played two games yesterday at Louisville, the Giants the first and the Colonel was touched up lively in the first game, while King was very effective. After a brief’ inter- | mission the second game was started, with Stratton and Rusie aa the opposing pitchers. Stratton had the visitors at his mercy, while Rusie was given miserable support. Louisvil 10000000 0-1 3010002006 w York, 3. Two-base hi | Doyle, D. Lyons and Weaver. Home run— | Doyle. Stolen bases--Burke, Fuller and Doyle. | First base on balls—Off Sanders, 2: off King, 3. Struck out—By Sanders, 4; by Eing, 3. Time of game—1 hour and 50 minutes. Umpi | Mr. Snyder. | Louisville . oo1200101-5 | New York. 0200000002 Earned run—Louiville, 1. Two-base hits— O'Rourke and Wheeler. “Thres-base hit— MeMahon. Stolen baxes—Brown (2) and Strat- | ton. First base on balis—Of Rusie, 2. Struck ous—By Stratton, 2; by Rusie: 4. Passed ball— Boyle. Time of gume—1 hour and 30 minutes. Umpire—Mr. Snyder. | and Brouthers -Phee, | hour and 45 mi STANDING OF THE CLUBS. me ltl Cube. =) cute | gls| E é \E\3l Girgelana- we Pittebune 473 } Brooklyn - 300 | Pisinayhis Fe Gnelonat. a6 BASE BALL PERSONALITIES. Will Gumbert’s release from the Pittsburg club has been recalled, and he is again on the | local list. Asa player and manager Billie Barnie was a success andacredit to the game, and it iss | matter of regret that he did not give satisfac- tion as an umpire. ‘The Bultimores had to walk from the hotel to the depot last night asa punishment for getting | defeated. if they drop three in Clevelaitd they | will probably be required to walk home.—Cin- | cinnati Enquirer. | Connie Mack has nailed the fleet-footed Ham- ilton six times this season in attempted larcenies of the second bag. Mike Kelly is laboring with an attack of mus- cular rheumatism in the shoulder and hip. Harry Wright, the manager of the Phillies, advises the bail cranks to wait until the eastern trip is over before they size the Cleveland Spiders for the winners. Clements has returned to Philadelphia and is | nursing his injured arm. | The New Yorks and Brooklyns hare taken | quite @ drop in team batting and their fielding | not up to the usual standard. ‘The Chicagos have defeated the Washingtons in eleven out of twelve games. Moriarity and Kuehne will be retained by St. | Louis for awhile at least, but in all probability the team will play the season out as it now fa. Ex-Manager Tommy Burns is now a league umpire. |, Elt Chamberlain zequested Capt. Comisk to give him « lay-off at his own expense until he feels better and can do justice to himself. Tucker bas not made an error in eighteen games, Jake Stenzel, the champion hitter and crack allaround player of the Northwest Pacific League, has been signed by Pittsburg. Donovan is evidently good work in | Pittsburg. Commenting on his play the Post says: Donovan scored three runs _—_. splendid base running. is the run getter of the team. The Pittsburg club. hae recalled Baldwin's release by giving Ms Bucken- berger the right to decide if. be be taken they |on the eastern trip, will take alling against | bim beyond doubt. Capt. Comiskey says there has been a mis- chief maker and tale bearer in the Cincinnati team all season. Smith is them Viau did the Emsilie. | Brooklyn won and lost yesterday's game. Dwyer and Hart pitched. Cincinnati. 21001040 x8) | Brooklya. 00003000 2-5 Earned runs—Cincinnati, 4; Brooklyn. 4. | Two-base bit—Daly. Three-base hite—Vaughn, | Holliday and Kinsiow. Stolen baxes—MePbee and Latham. Double plays—Coreoran, Ward 4 CURRENT TURF NOTES: Comparing the Speed of Nancy Hanks and MaudS STAKE OF UNCERTAIN VALUE An Effort to Get Ormande, the English Champion—Proposed Revivsl of Racing at Jerome Park—General Notes From Post and Paddock, pore ERR TE ARVEL AS ONE MAY when the two recent great performances of Nancy Hanks are con- sidered and giving the great mare all the honor due her, the } question arises could not Maud 8. (203%, oval track,) and Sunol (2.08%, kite track,) do as well, if not better, hooked toa pneumatic- tired sulky? Upon this subject Mr. Bonner, the owner of Maud 8. and | Sunol, is reported to have sara: “There is no doubt that Nancy Hanks isa most wonderful speeder, and her performance at | | Independence was certainly remarkable. But, | to my mind, it decides nothing, so far aa the comparative standing of Maud 8. and Sunol are concerned. As I have stated before, the per- formance of Maud S. when she trotted a mile in 2.083 still stands unchallenged on its merits. Neither the mile which Sunol made in 2.0834 nor the record of Nancy Hanks, when she re~ | cently covered a mile in 2.073, established any- | thing in this respect. Nor does this last run of 2.0544 rob Maud 8. of her position. Of course, | the figure made at Independence stands as the record until it is lowered, but the men inter- ested in speed horses are all at sen as to its meaning. First, the kite-shaped track upset all our calculations, and then the pneumatic-tired sulky comes along and knocks us completely off our reckoning, Nancy Hanks’ mile on Wednes- | day having been made under a combination of both of these factors, Iam naturally at a loss | where to place it, in comparison with the record made by Maud 8. on a circular track and | drawing an ordinary sulky. As yearly as I can | make it out—and experienced men with whom I have talked the matter over agree with me— this performance cannot be taken as cutting under the performance of Mand. It is gener- erally admitted that the kite-shaped track is | trom two to three seconds faster than the ciren- lar track, and trotting men are equally unani- mous in the opinion that the pneumatic sulky is faster than the old-fashioned sulky before | which the mare made her record of 2.0824. How much faster it ix is the question to be deter mined. It has been reckoned ald the way from one to five seconds, It may be even more than | that; no one knows. ‘That it is faster has been established again and again recently.” VALUE OF THE FUTURITY. Morello and Lady Violet, as predicted in this column, ran first and second, respectively, in the futurity stakes a week ago today. It was | extensively published that the value of the | stakes would be $75,000. But $75,000, however, | represented what the value of the stakes would have been had every one in it promp their forfeits and entrance money. not done, of course. and hence €50,000 more correctly represents the true value of the big | race--not in cush, because there 18 a good deal of paper consequent upon the conditions of | the rich stake floating around, and unless th: owner of the winner is a champion in| the art of “dundom” he will never sce | the fall amount by about one-fifth. The fa- turity and other big stakes read exceeding well m paper. ‘Their value is abnormal in theory, | but the man whose lot is in a suficiently forta- nate groove toaid him in capturing one of them quickly discovers that the tempting sums | are the calculations of an oversangnine, too en- | thusiasticmind. Messrs. Van Ness and Singerly, | Joint owners of Morello, fifth winner of the | faturity, could probably impress any one whose | curiosity prompted themn to inquire that instead of $75,000 accompanying the victory €30,000 or | | perhaps less was the actual cash «mount. RACING AT JEROME Pa! | Anew story has been started to the effect that there is to be a revival of racing at Jerome | Park next year under the auspices of a number of men who will have the sanction of the board | | of contro! and will have dates allotted to it, | probably the off days of the Monmouth Park meeting. There is a lot of mystery hanging about the scheme and it is probable faat it was started by the board of control people, who do | | not like the appearance of a newcomer in the | racing field in the shape of the Wiman-Corrigap | party, that are to build a track in Staten Island | and race in opposition to the Monmouth Park | | people. Jerome Park is not @t to race over as | it is at present, and if there is any foundation | for the new scheme the projectors will have to spend a large sum of money to put the track in | | condition +o that it will attract either the borse- men or the public. Jerome Park was good | enough in its day, but it is now entirely’ out of date. GONE AFTER ORMONDE. Chas, Reed, the owner of the famous Fair- | view stud and the man that paid $100,000 for the stallion St. Blaise, has gone to Europe. His | ultimate destination is South America, where he expects to be able to make some sort of a bargain with the present owner of the famous English race horse Ormonde. If he can secure the horse he will bring him to this country and replace St. Blaise as the bead of his stock farm ith this famous horse, who in the atmosphere of this country may be able to overcome the “roaring” proclivities which have caused him to be condemned as a horse to breed from by some of the English breeders. Prince Charlie was a ‘“‘roarer” when he was brought to this country, yet he recovered from that trouble here and was one of the most successful sires that has ever been in the stud in America, TORF TOPICS. Messre. Walcott & Campbell have released Jockey T. Sloane from his contract. Major Domo will hardly be seen again this year. His lameness has than was at first anticipated and a long rest will be required to get him around. The application for license of the following ons were orted favorably: Trainers— john Briggs, James Murph: Daniel Sullivan, Moses Grant and y. Jockeys—Alonzo Clayton and Joseph Vignus. |" Ed. Corrigan has purchased a tract of ninety acres of land tive miles below Mobile and near he bay front for the purpose of making a pri- vate race track and training grounds. ‘The site is one of the finest in this vicinity for the pur- | pose and he preferred to make his own track to | purchasing any of the three tracksalready fenced upon which he had options, ‘Morello as a yearling cost $100. The colts | and fillies pitted against him in the futurity cost collectively $90,000. Their estimated | y da half? |g Potomac iain wach a crippled, condition that it is likely that he will be s! and will race no more. He will be used asa| stallion at the Hurricane farm, which is fast | becoming prominent as the ‘birthplace of | winners. brod As Gen. Sanford has some of the best | mares, with records that made them | famous on the turf, Potomac has « chance to be | the sire of some great race horses, eed ‘Lamplighter’s victory eT ity cap was. a popular one, and has firmly estab- Iished his fepatation as ai colt incom- parson wit the colts of the same ago. Mr. rillard won $25,009 on the colt, which, with | | the €7,000° frat, money’ in the ‘take, fakes | Ma? Mamilton was surprised when Mt Loril- lard banded hi a $1,000 bill when he returned to the pad | man and off the ae: own more serious | } pped to Amsterdam |. glance as if it would accomplish the desired Tesult—that is, to do away with the bookmakers entirely and have nothing but the mutual and auction pool system of betting on the of control tracks. The system desired result. ‘That was done by taking out | the telegraph instraments and giving notice to the police authorities that no outside commis- sions world be received or placed with the Peftmny MeLangulics’ Mt m fimmy Me! "a Muscovy yearlings, purchased at Mr. Chas. Reed's sale at Mon- | mouth Park, ran a remsrkable trial over the | | Gravesend race track Wednesday morning. The | Muscovy-Holmdel colt worked three furlongs | | in 3734 seconds, running the first quarter in | | Mig seconds, | He carridil 122, pounds and ran with comparative ease. ia almost fifteen hands high and is powerfully built. Wyndham Walden and other astnte judges who have seen him at work think him one of the grandest earlings they have ever looked over. Tho | Muscovy-Woodflower, by the Ill Used, year- | ling, was not far behind his stable companion in | the trial, but he did not carry nearly as much | weight." McLaughlin haa had many tempting offers already for the Holmdel colt. | Doggett. on Dr Hasbrouck, on Wednesday rode a remarkable race. ‘The bridle broke soon after the start, and the jockey was forced to grasp the bit ring with the fingers of one hand in order | to hold the horse's head up. But Dr. Hasbrouck was so far superior to his competitors that he had no dificulty in winning, despite the acci- dent, It is amazing, however, that stables are so carelessly managed that bridles break in races. If all straps and buckles were thoroughly inspected every day, it would be easy to detect the weak places. Hundreds of thousands of dollars may be lost on a horse at any time by the breaking of a rotten band. It is more: than likely that the Guttenberg track will be opened about September 15, as a conference of the “big four” was held recently with this end in view. It is feared that if the horses now running at Saratoga are not fur- nished an opportunity to earn purses in this vicinity, they may be sent west, in which case it might be diificult to induce them to return when needed, and the Guttenberg people will | therefore likely inaugurate their fall and winter | campaign earlier than usual. 3 WORLD. Problems, Games, Solutions and Solvers— Notes, PROBLEM No. 145. By ROBERT SAHLBERG. Black—6 pieces. White—9 pieces, ‘White to play and mate in two (2) moves. PROBLEM No 146. By OTTO HESSE. In the Bethlehem, Pa., Tunes. @® 2 2 A kts Ks KKt2 EKG ap 3 White to play and mate in three (2) moves. Posted. Tt would be tention of pusine tn the end div sed pla selierne to ale deh doen not prowupt attack of the SB dto ce an Ror B-B, 3 or follow with R-B2 gnd to: ‘of the ‘thirty-fourth move. Black—Hodses. White—Delmar. SOLUTIONS B. AND SOLVERS. QB [ A. V. Boatrite robleime tast Fer Wil publish them D.G. 8. Your t and 0. Wurzburg. ited. hort! Thanks for the ‘Twoers preferred, however. ly. Ko Tact ng niprasibie for Mrs Interpoves Kt and Q-03 suc Recemary. Cou Er Gs You are mistaten, Weim tied for first piace. NOTES. Dr. Tarrasch has refused Herr Lasker's challenge to play ® match for £500 on the | grounds that the latter has never won an Intor- national Tournament. We think the stand | taken by the Nuremburg doctor is untenable. ‘The criticism in the Dublin Herald by the | Irish champion, Porterfield Ryn, on Dr. | Tarrasch’s recent victory holds the committee | charged. with the management of the tourna- | ment directly responsible for 134 points in Turrasch’s score, the number by which he led at the end. By ‘mutual consent the game be- tween Tarrasch and Alapin was declared drawn. Dr. Noa in his contest with Alapin failed to | make twenty moves within an hour, and the latter claimed the game by forieiture. ‘The | committee rejected the claim. Loman, with a winning position against Tarrasch, also failed to | make the required number of muses in an hour and the committeo awarded the game to Tar- | rasch, Alapin thereupon from the tournament, and although more than half of | the seventeen rounds had been played the com- mittee refured to allow his score to stand. Thus his one-half of the drawn game was restored to iynd’s statement, but international higorine and rk, Tarrasch. This ‘s Mr. Mr, Steinitz points out » variance between it and the report, contained in the Deulsches Iv undertaken,” ears the “It isa common sight to see LATE COUNTRY RUNS. Outings of the Local Wheeling Clubs, & car- avans loaded with tons of sugar, & Jolting over our pavements upon tires al ly narrow. W: that ehould use six- inch tires nse but three, and with beavy loads, and many horses with calked shoes, go smash- ing the life ont of the pavements, serenely free from all restriction, while the people who pay for. the streets never murmur. i trouble is that no one government is in office jlong enough to undertake euch madly needed A LONG RIDE INTO VIRGINIA. nent organization in order these time-taking matters may be efficiently handled. “Yes, we know people will say, ‘If you abol- ish the'toe calks from horses’ shoes they will Capt. McDaniel apd Associates to Cover Over | ‘ Four Hundred Miles—The Relay Race to Pittsburz—Georgetown’s New Bicycle Or- ganization, slip and be unable to draw heavy loads.’ That Pee Ps, {+ Jost the Point. If horses cannot draw verr eavy loads the pavements will not suffer so USTLING FOR THR) heavily. But Liverpool horses are roughed so much - talked - of relay | that in ippery weather they manage to draw bicycle race between the Jonds allowed upon the wagons they are this city and Pitteburg hitched to. Let us have subways, restrict the iva thing of the past eg | "eight of loads to the width of tires and abol- a thing Past ®0 ish the shoe calke and we will not have such far as the local wheel- | disgraceful eyesores as our average city pave- men are concerned, and ments.” ‘the honors gained, if any were gained, be- long to the military eycle company, which Bicycling Among French Women. Saye Margery in the American Athlete: Miss Sarah Law, a young lady visiting Bou- |Togne, wears a cycling costume composed of forms a part of the | /08n¢ : : District of Columbia | rn knickerbockers, knee skirt and belted National Guard. As . published in yesterday's Stak, the riders tooka | __TB¢ French, with their usual aptitude for Message from Gen. Ordway to deliver to the Pitteburg Leader. This race was to have taken Place some weeks ago, when some of the racing tind was awarded ta dress, oF the ides of one, men of the city had promised to ride the first | intended to appear as an ordinary walking stretch of the country between here and Fred- | dress, but drawn up into Turkish trousers by erick, but a postponement was found necessary | Means of eyelet holes around. the bottom and on account of the Homestead affair, and for | fue or four yards of lacer. The details, which : spare you, are bewildering. some ‘reason the military cyclists took the | . is ve pris» alae aweary of this subject, this much ado about ‘hat the relay race ts over the fast riders | 2OUNNE, this making difficulties where none discussion of the wheelwoman’s costume. A prize was offered by one of the cycle journals building and regulation have not been more | The main | raising a mountain, have gone into an elaborate | Oh! I am so | THE RACE IN EIGHTS. What the Rowing Men Are Inter- ely fast crews since the famous ‘sialon of “lichigan had the honor, being the not on! Rot only of ‘the noribwest, but of the country, jor they were the winners at the national re { 2 gattc in senior foure ested in Now. | Their style of rowing. while #t can hardiy be | called pretty, there being no attempt at -retty blade work i. ne of those strong “get strokes that has made the northwest and cinliy M famous on the water. ‘the Hillsdales won at the national regatta three consecutive ttmes— REGATTA OF THE POTOMACS. General Gossip From the Boat Houses— Talk*About the Proposed Potomac River Navy—The Staten Island Events—Other News of interest. down stream with a swift eirrent, over « course one and a quarter miles straight away, d made it im 6.57% in 1877, at the national W LEASE OF life bas been taken by the Potomac fore this, howeve: on the Detroit river, the Emeralds of Saginas och. pailed the mile anda balf down stream BoatClub. What- ‘ow, at the national this vear the races were j ever may be the nile and « half with « turn and the time cause I do not de, of course, = a new aroord and ie - seal weary to give bere, but the fact that pun aes oe was a foul and the crews rowing from the on » It leade all three-quarter-mile stake bouse gives the mate- ; fame. . m which it is possible to prove the tes the fastest crew rowing in fours The fast time made by other crews the others in the number of mem- b “ ch | hemed was on a river and always with more der, If met cack, oT Jew current, but. the "three-quarters sid is y Wyandottes on Saratoga lake, having ne wasa banner week, in so far as life about the boat house was concerned, this week has been as much so, and the credit for all this is given to the club regatta, and rightly so, by all Means. The only regret is that these semi- monthly club ,contesta were not begun two month¢ ago. No attempt seems to be made to explain why they were not. The rivalry which has sprung up between some of the crews who rowed in the last club races hax deepened, and t, Was in 4.08 Now, reducing the course to one-quarter of a mile, for put parison, it fs found that the WabeW covered the distance ina Is, the Emeralds in 7835 Wyandottes in 81 seconds. Thus, making allow- ances tor the current under the otber twocrews, the Wyandottes made really the fastest time and are entitled to the reputation of one of the fastest crews, if not the fastest, we have. be remarkable part of their victory lies in ct that the crew hed « brand new sbell, declined to use it. preferring to use the old fe obtainel a speedy ad- OPxb, 2g Reig: 37 338 e } | has returned from a trip to Harper's Ferry and | appeared from in front of him. | any remuneration for the devastation of his } there could be no “roosting too bigh” explana- | much noise over the iime stone pike. are paving some attention to the coming race meet of the Columbia Cycle Club. THE C. ©. C. MEET. Although the date has not been definitely decided upon the racers have been on the track during the past few days training for the event. It is the intention of the club tomake this meet a cycling event of the season, and it is more than | likely that it will be held at the Y. M.C. A. | Park about the time of the G. A. K. encamp- ment. Among those on the track recently were Messrs. Clapp, Hutchings, Dyer, Yeatman, Wood and Simms. Simms, Wood ‘and Clapp hold championships for various racing events, | and it is thought that some of them will a*tempt record breaking. GEORGETOWN'S NEW CLUB, Georgetown wheelmen are showing great in- terest in their new club, and notwithstanding | the warm weather of last month and the bad condition of the ronda scheduled runs were made with a large attendance and a correspond- ingly good time. A great many friends of the club also attended the different runs, as it is | the policy of the members to invite all fellow Wheelinen who wish to join them on their man pleasant trips. Among the most notable of lust month secries of events were the watermelon | run on Friday, the 26th, and last Sunday's ran to Marlboro, Zi ‘The watermelon run was to the residence of | Mr. George Gude on the Riggs road, and over the sandy ‘nnd dusty road leading to the fine watermelon patch of the host twenty-five pairs of legs pushed as many wheels, and there wore as many empty stomachs when a pile of the luscious melons were reached. One member, 80 the others say, got on the outside of two large melons and then he | whispered toa neighbor to know if anybody had | counted the number of metons that had dis-| pelled him to say “enough,” although he | thought @ melon on the road would be refresh- ing. It was Mr. Gude's treat and he refased melon crop and thus the firat watermelon run of this new club ended, It was a perfect success. A fast ride with a good dinner at the other end, an all-around good tiny Be: and supper at | nuning went to make up the incidentals of the ide to rlbore’. er of the Alliance Hotel at Marl- boro’ had the hired man catch enough chickens for the hungry crowd the night before, so that tion on Sunday. The trip was a most enjoyable | affair, and although Marlboro’ is not on the | September schedule it is likely will make a run there this month. The schedule of runs arranged for the month of September is as fojlows: Sep. 4. Sligo... “© Bethesda, ). Watermelon r . Dickey's, Great F . Silver Springs. : etzger's, Riggs Koad. bin Jobs... . Fairfax Court House. . Roundabout, guess. that the club a [7:30 p.m, The first busines meeting of the club is to be held at the house of Mr. Guy Collins. All runs stert from: 32d and M sireets as the club has not yet secured quarters, There are two rans heduled for tomorrow, one in the morning to Sligo and the other in the afternoon to Bethesda, | CAPITAL BICYCLE CLUB. For mote than a week past the members of | {Yo the Capital Bicycle Clut have been oiling and | polishing their wheels preparatory to their start on their annual tour this afternoon, In this club this is the eveling event of the year and the one to which the members look forward | with a degree of satisfaction that is only to be realived on a trip through the historic and romantic Shehandoah valier. Capt. Mac- danicls has completed all arrangements, and the nine members who are going to make the Jong journey will meet at Lynchburg, Va., to- morrow. Several members of the party left | this morning. while the others will leave on the | late train tonight. Those who are going to make the journey are Capt. Norris Macdaniels, Ed. B. Olds. E. E. Stephens, James McComb, H. G. Douglass, Allen Boteler, Irving William: son, Ben Wilkins and Harry Towers, Two of the party. Ben Wilkins and Ed Olds, will :ake their cameras with them and they will bring back a large part of the beautiful valley country on | raper. Mr. Irving Williamson, the legal ad- | viser of the party, is known to the wheelmen as | “Judge” =) he has promised to defend his co- | defendants should they fall into the hands of the law for failure to have large enough lights on their “bikes” or for their tires mi The trip will cover more than 400 miles and will consume the beter part of ten days. OTHER CLUBS. Capt. Southwick of the Columbia Cycle Club tomorrow he will lead the club members on a run, ‘The regular runs of the Arlingtons and Cres- cent Century wheelmen will also be made to- morrow. Last Sunday the Crescentg rode to Alexan- dria, where they had a watermelon fenst. | exist! Has common sense been taxed so high by tho French government that it refuses to alight on Gallic soil? Here is some more of their bosh which bas been kindly sent to me by a friend across the water: “Bicycling is becoming very fashionable among French women. when they get into the country or settle for a time at a seaside reso ‘The reason for the popularity of the wheel is that it affords a q@ite exceptional opportunity for the display of ® beautiful figure and form and for clothing them in very novel garments. Ladies can, and now do,wear breeches of Suede Raiters, and seem not at all afraid of showing that they are doing so. Their cheviot suits, which adorn them above those breeches, are cut very short, and show a neat waistcoat. gold chain and charms, anda coat open at the collar adorned with most fanciful | buttons, mostly huge. The throat is surrounded ¥ Wlace ruffle, a little smaller than the Eliza- bethan one.” WHAT SOME MILITARY CYCLISTS DID. A serious problem that engages the attention of the East India authorities is how to provide for the celerity of movement which is essential to the prompt suppression of revolutionary out- breake, saya the Army and Navy Journal. Long marches are exhaustive in that climate, and horses for mounted troops are exnensivt und difficult to procure. The use of the bicycle | 1s now suggested a a meansof solving the diffi- culty, In the United Service Magazine Maj. de Brannon Holmes proposes a cycuist corps, and instances the fact that last October a section of troop B of the twenty-sixth Middlesex R. V., in heavy marching order, carrying ten pounds of ammunition, rode, we ure told, on cycles 100 miles in less then ten hours. In July, 189, Sir Evelyn Wood wrote in the United Service Magazine: “I believe parfinment could not make a mistake in sanctioning the raising of at least 20,000 volunteer cyclists, and possibly Modesty com- | somewhat iater this number could with advan- | tage be greatly increased.” ASSES ES BIG ‘The Extermination of Elephants and Giraffe in Africa. From the Geographical Marazine. An ar ir. Bryden in the last proceed- ings of the British Zoological Society says the days of the giraffe are numbered. A few years ago herd of seventy or cighty of them were often met in various parts of Africa, Bryden says that nineteen giraffes are now a large herd. They have been hunted 0 merci lessly, both by native and foreign sportsmen, that they are rapidiy be- coming extinct. The intelligeat African king. Khama, has, however, taken the giraffe under his protection and hopes to save it from exter- mination, He has forbidden the hunting of the giraffe in bis large domain, and in this way he hopes they will multiply in his country. It is an interesting fact that Russia hae preserved the Europear bison from extinction by setting apart a forest in Lithuania for them and per- mitting no one to moles: them. It has been very gonerally believed. says a writer in a recent number of the Great Divide, that the bison has become practically extinct, but that behef does not appear to be borne out by facts. Not very long ago Capt. Anderson sent out Burgess, the civilian scout attached to in the National or Yellowstone Park in ‘yortimg, to make a journey south of the Hayden valley. The ‘purpose of the trip wat to see whether any signs of poachers could be found and also incidentally to dis- cover what could be learned as to the game in the open country to the south. The scout has lately returned and made his re- port, which is to the effect that there is an abundance of elk: in the Hayden valley, but it is in respect to the bison that his di he raw and approached quite close to several herds of bison, which be counted. One of these contained 78 animals, a second 50, a third 110 and a fourth 15, Besides these, single bisons were seer, and at quite a some other scattering groups which could not be counted. Mr. Burgess does not hesitate to say that he saw fully 300 animals. Itis not to be supposed that at the time of this visit anywhere near all the bison in the k were collected in the Hayden valley, and t is altogether reasonable to believe that ihere are 100and perhaps 300 other buffalo in the rk besides those which Mr. Burgess saw. Faking, however, the lowest number there would 'be 400 “buffaices in the National Park at the present time. This is be- lieved -to be o conservative estimate and to be considerably under the truth. ‘These bisons are to be divided into six classes —calves, yearlings, two-year-olds, ihree-year- olds, bulis and cows, This would “give us, ‘at tho lowest estimate, from fifty to’ seventy breeding cows. White ail these cows may not produce year, they must represent an annual in- crease of at least thirty-six to forty head. This is taking the most unfavorable view of the number of cows and the rate at which they breed. Mr. Burgess is entirely disposed to t the calf crop among the of calves each | the races rowed yesterday showed that the | patched up boat, which Gen, Russell A. members had taken the trouble to practice | Presented to the Montie brothers at Rootes, tm {and prepare themselves for the event. The Uhl Stak econ te bed boat house was weil filled with the friends of it Sooke tte ~ by leg, = the club, and the informal bop which followed | rongh is it, but tee ‘nae the races was enjoyed by quite large number | won esery race init in which it has started— until a late hour. The races began at 5:30 and were reeled off ts promptly as possible, and resulted as fol- lows: Single ceall—Von Dachenbansén won from Maurice, second by balf length. Double-working —There were four entries and they Auished in a bunch except Magee and Nolan, who won two lengths from Riggs and McGuiggan and Dr. Hendrick son with Spurgeon. four-oared race, as in the firet regatta, closely cont and was anybody's race until the finish was reached and crossed first by the cedar boat, hausen, bow: Magee, 2’ Exner, 3, and Olver, six feet from Dorle, ; Blair, 3, and Gaddess, stroke, in the paper boat. The cight-oared shell race was handily won | by the crew having Gaddess, stroke; Magee, | Médert. 6: Spurgeon, 5: MeGuiggan, 4; Nolan, 3: Hendrickson, 2; Doyle and Fague. coxewain. | The losing crew was handicapped by the boat, which was not only large, but too heavy for | the crew. | In every respect the regatta was a snecess and drew to the boat house a large number of the friends of the club. lowed the races and the dancing room was at all times well filled. The third of the series of the semi-monthly | elub hops will be given next Friday, Septem- ber 9. Admission to the hops is by card only and the number of cards is limited. | Now that so much new material has become available and, in order to give every one a chance to win a prize, I would suggest that an cight-oared race be arranged for the members of the club, and, in order that greater interest be taken therein, let it be for prizes, a | many of the new’ mer have not yet pur- d club buttons let | the prizes bea club button of the design re- cently adopted for each member of the winning crew. With this in view I am sure the mem- bers would all train and practice to make it 4 good race, and it would keep up the interest « month longer. If the c same the tter to raise the necessary amount by tion from among the members. Itis worth any ones trouble to go to the | boat house and hear Doyle and Magee nightly | sing the nursery rhymes so familiar to us all. Wiggenhorn is looked upon as s coming “waist” man, and fora man who has never | handled a sweep, is doing well. He is willing to jrowand a wiling man learns quickly. He | should come down and row regularly and get | into -hape for next year. Page isa good one and will strengthen any crew. The gig crew having Riggs, stroke; Thomas, | 3; Dr. Hendri 4 Spurgeon, bow, with Von Dachenhause. coxswain, is a well- crew, and with a little practice will be fast. THE ANALOSTAN BOAT CLUD. The crews that are to take part inthe annnal club regatta on Thursday next are rowing reg- | little different from ordinary club races. There will be no processions. ‘The interest of the men | in the coming event is equaled only by the en- | ergy of Capt. Fisher, who, after having selected the crews with a view to Laving them balanced as equally as possible, gives each one his daily | persoual attention. "The races will start | promptly at 5 p.m. All’ races will be one mile | and a turn, starting and finishing in front of | the boat house. The eight-oared race will be a | mile straightaway. slowly recovering from an abscess, but he will hardly be able to row any yy | more this season, and that fact necessitates a | change in the fours. In one boat Perkins will row in the bow scat; | Marshall, 2; Longstreet, 3, and Poesche, stroke. The other four has ‘Rodrique, bow, taking Stearn’s place; Smith, 2; Chandler, 3; Leet, stroke, and it will be a tight race, ‘The gig crews remain the +ame as last week and are rowing regularly. The eight-oared crew will be made up today and will be composed mainly of the vider rowing men of the club. cing will follow the races. Admission to the boat house is by card only, and this is an invariable rule upon occasions of this kind, and righty +o. At a meeting of the board of governors this week Messrs. Koberteou, Fischer and Whiting | were appointed a committee to confer with | similar commitiees of each of the other two clubs upon the subject of an cight-oared shell | race this month and is pr ‘at any time to meet the other committees. The committee has power to act in the matter, | Deno is developing into an excelient coxswain, of which ciass gf experts a ciub that rows “eights” and gigs cannot bave too many. Several war cance stag parties during this month to various points, both nearby and dis- tant, are in contemplasion, COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB. having Von Dachen- | An informal hop fol- | ularly,and the quality of the races will be a | eight races, RECORDS To RE PROED oF. “Nothing eucceeds like success,” and as It is |the “wise man who knows wh: | enough,” the “Atalantas” of Ne | wise men, bécause they j which ane om I make | that they have this season won sixty-one medals urteen banners and two silver cups and [are still rowing, having an entry et Staten | Isdend regatta Labor day. and. to Capt. Theo- dore Van Kaden i» due the credit of the splendid showing of his club. Equaliv ax good a record, | comparatively speeking, because made by much smaller club, is that made by the Catlin | Boat Club of Chicago, which has eighteen times | been a winner this season, and being entered in | late regattas hopes to be so fortunate as to wi | enough more to make it an even twenty. | Now, why cannot we arouse enough enthe- | siasm in our clubs to make « showing for our | river after the style just mentioned. There is | no good excuse for our being #0 far bebind in | the procession. Let's wake up, and next vear | get up nearer the band wagon. ‘Itcan be done, | Let's put a little ginger into our officers, and let them double the dose to us privates, and with a good deal of patience and energy and Little brains Tam sure we can again make some of the crews in other waters feel that we know @ thing or two about rowing. to revive the declining interest in rowing and keep it going for auother month at least is still only an attempt and nothing want of support and prompt action, and now the clubs can in # short while crawl into their | shells and, covering themselves with the reflec- | tion that they have not thit season done their duty, fall asleep and dream of the races they dreamt about all this summer with their eyes wide open and Jacking only the energy and yuh to go inand win them, for it is my very nion that the Potomac river clubs never had surer chances for winning, not were | they, for the most part, ever better equi | with crews that were capable of winning this year. THE STATEN ISLAND REGATTA. The arrangements for the annual.celebration in the shape of field and water eports to be held September 5 by the Staten Island Athletic | Club are all perfected, and rain or «bine the | fames and races take place. The: entries | were given by me last week and since then the following entries in the eight-oared shell races have been furnished me. The entries are not numerous, but they are of such a quality that close, exciting races may be ex From | what I have heard of the Ne 1 believe it will win han been strengthened since June 25 and is not #0 heave as it wae then. Rowing men bereabouts are all squeezing for the Neptunes’ success af Bistes Inland, © The entries are as follows: Intermediate eight.ot 10.30 a.m.—Staten Island Athletic Club, New York; Neptune Boat Clu, Balto., Md. Ju- nior eight. at 11:15 a.m.—Staten Inland Ath- Club; Triton Boat Club, Newark, N. J. | Neptune Boat Club, Baltimore, | Boat Club, New York city. Senior or cup race, at 12 o'clock—-Atalanta Boat Club, New York city: Institute of Newark, and Staten Island Athletic Club of New York. John F. Hum- meker, A. C.8. N., of Philadelphia, will be the referee. tune junior iy. The crew The visitors’ committee is of C.J. Kintner, formerly of the C. A.C. of this city, and now of the Staten Island Athletic Club; F. L 7a intibese uated F. L. Raduwoid, 8. AC. Atamecting of the N. E. A. R.A. regatta | committee, under whose auspices the Labor | Dav regatta ac Boston will be beld, Henry Whiting Garfield, president of the National Association of Amateur Oursmen was, elected dA. R. Sweet. vice president of the d TK. A., was elected starter and the other | officials from ‘among the officers of the clubs | having eutries in the regatta. A POTOMAC RIVER NavT. ‘The fact that there isa movement on foot to form a navy, composed of the boat and athletic clubs on our river, has set some of the mem- bers, at least inoue of the clubs, on edge and jets natural with some people they want to | know the whys and wherefores of everything | and criticise the methods of apportioning the | staff of officers asx merely suggested here as having been outlined by some of the members of the three clubs ax the proper way. The Schuvikill , composed of the clubs of Philadelphia, is largest and most fio it does think thai the National Park this year will be from 75 to 100 animals. However this may be it is quite clear that there is in the National Park, living under entirely natural conditions and yet pro- tected from attacks by man, a breeding stock of bisons eufliciently large to keep that reser'a- tion fully stocked for all time, a condition which cannot fail to be very gratifying. KARRY WARD'S PERPORMANCES. Mr. W. Harry Ward, the champion fancy and trick rider of the District, figured in two | cycling events aBuena Vista this week. Mon- day evening he gave a performance there, the | occasion being ix honor of his mother's forty- seventh birthday. The party went over on t steamer Florence and, after an exhibition on the wheel by the champion, there was sbme faney dancing. Supper was served and those present spent an enjoyable evening. Among those present were Mr. and Mra. Haliday, Mr. and Mra. , Mr. and Mrs, Stokes, Mir. and dre, Wm. B Fowlers Mr. and 1 , Mr. and Mra. A. Fotvler, Mrs. Ritter, Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. Stamford, Mr. Coit, Mrs. Ward ‘md Mrs. Collins, Rev. ‘P. A. Crist, Misses Brennan, Miss Blanche and Lestie Loveless, Miss Van Arnum, } Old Mose Perdun was one of those drunkards who can remain sober for months at atime, then go on a tremendous spree, stay drunk » week, sober up and be an exemplary citizen again for months. A neighbor told old Mose's wife of a new preperation that, could be used unknown to Miss Zantzinger, Mines Bertio ‘and hs | him and would effectually kil his appetite for Florence Haliday, Nissen Katie and ro so procured it and used it according to di- mbers, Miss May ‘Chambers, Miss | Fections. Stokes, the, Misses Grifin, Mies Riley, Somare | O60 S07: etvtr st, Pesseticy cod Mate, gemt te et, Nira oe Araum, | town and got of whisky, E Word Ttdidn’t taste right.” Tt made him sick. He it it in his climbed in and drove home Ata meeting of the board of governors of |} | the Columbia Athletic Club this week the sub- | |ject of the inter-club cight-oared race this | | month was called to its attention, and a motion | Was made to appoint a committee to confer in | the matter with the Analostan and Potomac clubs, both of whom bad appointed their com- | mittees of three euch. Upon receiving due consideration the board decided not to appoint | @committes for the purpose named at this meeting, as itdeemed it best to first consult | the rowing men. Action will be taken in the matter early in the coming week. It is very unfortunate that there is such delay | he strongest man wins. The officers aret Commosore, vice commodore, > treme urer and logkeeper, en Now, thixisall very simple,and it is hoped that the interest shown in the past week in the move AGAIN TRE INTERNATIONAL REGATTA, ‘The suggestion msde by me in this columm that we make an effort to secure the interna- tional regatta for our river next year, provided bes pen which, at its best. has been a poor one here and almost | During the past week been out in sections and end in as eA | eit i f hk FE is i i fit HH 86 5 1 i it : Mts d = ‘to hold such a Paes a Pe er Eerie Sa a recd [See ye