Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1894, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL. 7, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. ¥ “A GREY EVENING. ‘. BY H. HOBART NICHOLS. | WASHINGTON SALON! ! Annual Exhibition of the Washing- ton Society of Artista, HONEST WORK, WITH GOOD RESULTS A Glance Here and There Along the Line. aa: { NEW INTEREST IN ART —— HE FPOURTH annual exhibition of the Society of Wash- ington Artists will open Monday in the hall of the Cosmos Club. The hall has been divided into two galleries, one of which has been de- voted to water colors, pastels and Statuary; the other is given up wholly to works in oil. For those who have followed the annual exhibi- tion of the society from year to year, there are many surprises in waiting this year. Heretofore no limit has been placed on the number of works to be admitted by any artist. This year the committee drew the line at four, the result being that few artists sent even that number, thereby greatly simplified? the work of the-com- mittee, and contributed much in the start to the general excellence of the exhibition. But eighty-three canvases were rejected T 5 s - A a = =» wie ee eT Low Tide ia the Lageeus, by Parker Menn. this year, in previ ably less than five pictures in astel are shown, while of there are seventy-three. In those in ot! seulpture there has suddenly developed an/ unust interest, twenty pieces being | she ‘Ten of these are by Mr. Dunbar, | who is year is not alone in his class, finding there Mr. EWicott and Mr. Theo- Gore Mills. Mrs. Heidemann and Miss Clara Lizette Hill His flock shows that the old man ts driving them and the sheep huddle together with every head up as they patter along in the twilight. A more brilliant thing by Mr. Nichols is his “In the Orchard,” where he pictures a scattered flock of geese in the of Emil Meyer, Mr. George Fort Gibb: Miss Wilhelmina Von Stosch, Mr. R. Brooke and Miss Jane Bridgham Curti: Mr. Brooke's “Curfew” is the most impor- tant work he has yet shown. Involving many diMfcult problems, it {s not without serious faults, yet it is wonderfully strong in conception and tells a dramatic and fasci- nating story. It shows a group of peasants Proceeding homeward in the gloaming, just as the brazen harvest moon rises above the horizon. The background is dense wit gloom of thick woods, while beyond the sky throbs with the last lingering light of the sunken sun. Most of the figures are those of women and old age; manhood, youth and childhood are there. The man, a lusty peas- ant, turning, as he walks, to gossip with the women, holds aloft his scythe, the em- blem of his day’s toll. One woman carries an Infant, another leads and encourages a little child; an old woman and a girl be- tween them carry a huge burden of glean- ings. On a little distance is another group of peasants hastening hom Altogether it is a distinctly good work, better, it must be said frankly, In {ts pseudo-Ieraels concep- tien than in technical qualities. The light and shade are capricious and unequal, the drawing is sometimes “out” and at one or two points things are decidedly strained. Only pictorial license, for instance, would make a peasant hold a scythe up in the air while he is telling a story, when its weight very positively insists on a less la- bored position for it. Then, again, when there is seen a dark shadow on the old = Dinan (Urittany), by Carl Weller. sunny spaces below the old apple trees, “. ter the Rain” its a charming sketch of a hay field, over which wander here and there busy fowls intent on the providential grass- hopper. Closely following Mr. Nichols in sincerity and earnestness comes his brother, Mr. Spencer Baird Nichols, whose wood interi- ors seem to mark out for him a special field of effort, in which he is sure to be success- ful. His “Winter Afternoon in the Woods” is a marvelously sweet and tender interpre- tation of the poetry to be felt in the sunny spaces of an old oak woods in a Maryland or Virginia midwinter. One must unhesi- tatingly pronounce this a thoroughly s: cessful scene. In many ways it is the best landscape shown. Mr. Parker Mann gives us some of his strongest work in “Near the City” and “In the Lagoons.” The former {s a far-away sight of spires and walls and roofs, refined and illumined by the fading light of after- noon. There ts atmosphere and feeling in the scene, and Mr. Mann has secured an excellent result. The lagoon picture is a little awkward in {ts lines. The compos! tion 18s, however, redeemed by some very | faithful work in the painting of sky and water, and the whole scene “goes together” well. R. Legrand Johnston in three sheep stud- les shows evidences of power. His pictures are always interesting and tell their story | well. His “November Landscape With | | Sheep” is a fine composition. The dis-| tant glimmer of light beyond the fringe of trees is certainly poetical. The old shepherd lends a redemptive gleam of color to a foreground that, aside from the| flock of sheep, is modeled too monotonous- ly. Some individuals in the flock are re- markably modeled. Mr. W Sawyer interprets wood in-| tertors in the midsummer fullness of luxu- | riant green, in one called ‘orest Shade.” “Piney Branch,” a larger and more ambitious | scene, will be quickly recognized for Its! fidelity and thoronchness. All the multi- tudinous greens of the August woodland are there. and in their harmony make a gcod result. | Mr. Gardner A. Reckara. a newcomer in 2 “CURFEW, BY R. N. BROOKE. There is but one thing to be sald of this! Washington, is a careful and successful It is far in advance of those student of landscape. His landscapes show - nth a clear discernment of the qualities of SES Me Seats Shecthee, | wooded slopes, dintant kiw-ising clot ant ws the callow work of the student, the fading levels of the meadows. He gives iety, rar diividuality and earnest- a scene from Long Island sound, which {s a ness, it distinctly claims for the artists a = - ng ve nm of eee te aan asure of ise. TI ic Tegion. Yet his “Stream” is the best ot ee Linge oo public she three canvases by him. That is a may at least congratulate itself on {ts scene that deserves only praise. Mr. Reck- escape from the fads and fakes that honey- ard has hitherto worled in New York, but the New York exhibitions this year. has made his home in Washington, which are no platoons of nude females he finds a congenial and more promising ted with ox and splashed with "vironment. Pitted with ps Mr. E. C. Messer, the Nestor of Wash- three or four kinds of sunshine. In this ington artists, is well represented by “A line New York men have beaten us Bit of Old Washington” among the water- aouniiiataly colors—a brilliant little symphony of gleam- ing red walls and high, old, colonial roofs— and among the oils by a scene from down in Maine, where his sympathy with the northern landscape expresses itself in an excellent study. Langston Truesdell, who has not exhib- | ited under the auspices of the Washington | Society since its first nebulous and forma- tive effort, has sent two good examples of his thoroughly conscientious work. The larger shows a pretty peasant girl leading her well-behaved flock of sheep through the forest, whose autumnal wealth of color is boldly sketched. The figure is exceptional- ly good, and the treatment of the land- Scape, while at first sight it seems harsh and “painty,” is after all sympathetic, sin- cere and truthful. Mr. Truesdell’s “Little Flock” 1s a picture with which no quarrel can be made. Every part of it is good. It represents a Brittany peasant girl stand- ing in the midst of her few sheep, one of ‘4 | them snifling her hand in affectionate and | trustful familiarity, while from the fore- ground there runs toward her a lank and awkward young lamb, who wants to greet his kindly mistress. The whole picture ts | full of sunshine; the distance suggests Ten- | Byson’s hills, just acress the English Chan- ‘ors nel, with “their utmost purple rim.” A note ~~ | of color that is simply delicious is seen in Cape Cod Hill, Me., by E. C. Messer. There is an embarrassment of good work im landscape. Mr. Max Weyl is represented by a very pleasing glimpse of the inner depths of a fine old beech forest. The light and shade ts rather fickie and un- certain, the boles of the trees are care- fully done, and the distance is soft and luminous. “Evening” and “The Last Gleam.” smaller canvases by the same artist, are more in his conventional habit, but show a rare sympathy with the beauties of departing day. Mr. Carl Weller reinforces this year’s exhibition with four of his best works, one in water color, hung fm the west gallery, being a wonderfully brilliant bit of color, representing a street in an old Brittany village. His “Nantucket Heatus” wiil probably please those who see it more than his “Old English Farm House.” It is delightfully cool and clear, and, while very simple in composition, is bright in color and thoroughly heid to- ether. The English scene is a spot in 3 sented with a red roof and some ed geese. Sincerity and sim- Plictty are plain qualities of Mr. Weller’s work, and his pictures are certainly very plea Hobart Nichols fs represented on the | Bas Relief of Mrs. scnator Faulkner | y @ remarkably good sheep picture en- by U. S. J. Dunbar, A Gray Evening.” It is truly a gray | the popples in the foreground, where one evening, in which an old man is driving his in the light and another in ‘ti shadow flock homeward along the well-traveled tell how surely the artist was master of road. Mr. Nichols does sheep well and con- | the scene. fidently. It is very evident that he works jstinctively figure painting there are | from nature, both in landscape and figures. i ent examples to be found in the work | In excell woman and the man, and upon the figure of the woman between them a decided light, and upon the woman leading the child a still more positive light, where shadow might be expected, some confusion must en- sue. Mr. Emil Meyer when he has anything to Say on canvas speaks very clearly. There is no uncertain tone in his figure work. His “Critical Schoo) Report’ is an excel- lent interior. The figures are well drawn, although there is hardly sufficient action shown. The listlessness of each seems to indicate a sort of one-after-another quality in the figures. If there were more coher- ence in this respect it would be a better result. Mr. Meyer is not happy in his “Watching the Balloon.” The subject must, perforce, suggest Julien Dupre’s bal- loon picture, which is done so well that “NEAR THE City,” Jequal importance. He has a portrait of Mr. Crosby Noyes, which is done in a broad, confident way, very faithful in drawing, perhaps a little too hard in color, but, withal, a most excellent likeness. Mr. Mc- Donald's masterly work in ideal figure painting has in former years so strongly supported the exhibitions of the society in public favor that his absence is now con- spicuous. “Spaniard,” by Miss Curtis. A conventional but thoroughly pleasing portrait of Justice Strong by Robert Hinck- ley has a place of honor in the east gallery. Mr. A. G. Heaton is represented by several portrait studies, excellent in treatment. E. H. Miller has secured a very happy combi- of grace and accuracy evidently in ‘Portrait of Miss M.” There is credit- able work in the modeling and in the tex- tures. Miss Katharine Chipman’s portraits in water color—one of an army officer, the other of a young lady—aré exceedingly well erouene out. They show patient, confident work. A portrait study by Miss Mattingly cannot be left out of the list of best things in the exhibition. It is not too much to say that it contains the best example of flesh paint- BY PARKER MAN) @ comparison is disastrous. Besides, it is sible to see Mr. Meyer's figures and ndscape and fail to receive any idea of the balloon being the theme at all. He has given too much emphasis to side issues om this canvas. He is a daring colorist, and usually a successful one. The best impressionistic work seen in Washington for many years !s Mr. H. K. Viele’s sketch of the elevated road in New York on a foggy night. The scene is at the intersection of 6th avenue and Broad- way, where the clash and roar of the cur- rents of human activity meet and pass, mingle and cross in direst confusion and everlasting mystery. The tone is gray, and z Impressionistic View, by H. K. Viele. the artist has succeeded admirably in catching the velvetry depths of the mist, through which the ptercing brilliance of the electric lights glitters and radiates. The on-coming train overhead, the clattering surface car, the passing pedestrians, the green gleam of the street car's light, the glare of wet pavements reflecting’ the myriad lights are all realistic features of the scene. Mr. Viele ts to be congratulated on doing what older artists than he have attempted only to fail. Of his “Arrange- ment in Pink and Yellow” no such praise can be spoken. In a beautiful scheme of color he has introduced a figure so out of drawing that its defects fairly scream for mercy. Miss Von Stosch has a study of a young woman reading that is unique in treat- ment and noteworthy for its delicacy and the pleasing effect of the bright background of follage. The most remarkable work shown in the way of figures are Miss Jane Bridgham Cyrtis’ four studies. They are done in water color, but the draughtsmanship and | color skill shown make the medium used of Httle account, and lift them at once into prominence. It 1s safe to say that her “Study of a Spaniard” has never been “A Winter Afternoon in the Wood by Spencer Baird Nichols. equaled in any society exhibition here. It is a most direct and firm story of a Spanish vaquero, or muleteer, decked out in his best colors. The blue sash and red scarfe intro- duce rich counter notes of color, while the brown buskins and the swarthy face, black- ened by the rapid growth of beard, give | most interesting phases of experiment with | texture and flesh. The hard, well-muscled | limbs of the man, as he sits on the chair, are exceedingly well drawn. A most ideal contribution is Miss Curtis’ “Poesy,” the dreamy portrayal of a beautiful young wo- man, whose pearly skin is given with ex- quisite fidelity. “Pensees,” by the same ar- ing shown. It would be entitled to greater praise than this if what seems to be de- fective modeling were known to be accur- ate. As it is, it is, however, a remarkably beautiful study of an unusually beautiful subject. There are exceptionally good things in still life by Mr. Frank G. Doubleday, Miss Lillian Cook, Mrs, Doubleday and Mrs. Hoyle. In the realm of water colors our dear old friend James Henry Moser is several times | present. His “Cornwall Lake’ is a char- acteristic bit of New England landscape. faithfully and successfully painted. But the best thing of Moser's is what he cails “Moonrise in Autumn,” showing a corn- field at the moment after the whole land- scape is poised between the last gasp of day and the first tremulous breath of night. In other words, the first rays of moonlight are beginning to ‘vibrate in the chill night air, and you feel the spell of the mystery of the light upon you. This little water color of Mr. Moser’s is a success. Of his “Winter Dawn” and rly October” one cannot feel so sure. The hard, tight quality ef his snow is interesting, but the clouds are just a little more than one can believe. Mr. Parker Mann's “Storm on Rock Creek” ts a spirited little creation that visitors will go back to more than once. George Fort Gibbs has hit a good result in his “Wait- “The Boo! by Wilichuiaa . Stosch. ing.” It Is in the dashing style of his well- known and always good work in Vogue, Truth and Life. | Miss Bertha Perrie, whose successes | year after year arouse a lively expectancy, has four landscapes that fairly surpass her- self. They are rich in color and full ef sen- timent. Felix Mahony’s talent shows itself in a snappy, vigorous study of an old man. He also shows a landscape that gives prom: ise for him in that direction. the head should, however, be his prophecy |of better work in figures. Excellent among many good things is Mr. W. H. Holmes’ study of a red cloud overhanging the stag- rant, marshy landscape of some river of jbay. It ts exquisitely tender and harmo- nious, | Charles Lannan’s “Old Home in Massa- | chusetts,” dge of the Woods” and a ‘Company of Boulders,” the latter in oil, though showing a peculiar mannerism, are attractive. Walter Parris ts at his best n his Sussex village and his dignified Colorado | mountain landscape. His rendering of the | endless masses of snow and the orchard- like expanse of pinon forest is accurate and extremely picturesque. In sculpture H. J. Ellicott has a fine large bust of George M. Dallas, designed for one of the vice presidential niches of the Senate chamber,an equestrian statuette of Gen.John | F. Reynolds and cne, also, of Gen. Sheridan | in the full spirit of the famous ride. Theo- | dore Mills gives a statuette of Gen. Spinner, | Miss Clara Hill, in a fantasy of the sea, en- vou titled ‘‘Undine,” and a portrait in relief, shows a skillful and artistic hand. Mr. SS. » BY CARL WELLER. tist, 18 a nearly full-length figure of a beau- tiful young woman. The theme is so un- conventional and pleasing that it cannot be forgotten. Nor can her “Despair,” hanging not far away. This is a wholly different subject, and again there is masterly treat- ment shown in the forbidding and depress- ing face of a middle-aged woman of the lower foreign classes, to whom all that lite holds dear seems lost. Mr. F. S. Fisher shows himself to be a Wberalist in his hree Friends” and “Young Artist.” The former is a big, fat fiddier, holding a bass viol entirely out of osition before some music set precisely so e cannot see it. If the drawing were up to the color this would not be a bad picture. There are some excellent portraits in this year’s exhibition, some evidently und: taken simply as studies, while others show most thorough workmanship. Admirers of Mr. Harold McDonald, remembering his beautiful “Day Dream: and the “Portrait ." which he exhibited last year, will be disappointed to find that he is not represented this year by anything of Robert Hinckley presents a charming por- trait bust of Mrs. Hinckley. Spencer B. Nichols, in his portrait bust of Mr. J., gives a quaint and pleasing study of cha Mr. U. S. J. Dunbar introduces this new feature in his port He has in this way g¢ wife of Senator Faulkn Leo Wheat, M and Mr. E. 8. Wills ar has also portrait busts of Mr, Riggs Rev. G. F. Williams, and a strikingly life. like statuette of the late Senator Kenna. J. A. TRUESDELL. — In No Condition for the Opera. year a t bas-relief studies. nm portraits of the Mrs. Dunbar, Mr. From the Chicago Record. Mrs. Backbay (during the Boston season)— “I'm not going to another opera.” Komonwealth Avnoo- fercy! Why Mrs. Backbay—“‘My doctor’s forbidden it while my voice is so hoarse.” jing his remarks to the umpire, batsmen, GOOD ON THE LINES The Washingions Have a Lot of Hustling ‘“Coachers.” PLAYERS 10 BE KEPT ON THE JUMP Joyce Expects to Beat Out Five Clubs. LATE DIAMOND GOSSIP ———— es In case the known and unknown con- tingent of players representing the cupital city of these United States in the great race for the National League base ball pen- nant during the year 1894 does not win as many games as the tossers, runners and sliders in question claim they are gcing to cause to be recorded on the right side of the championship record the Wash- ington cranks will at least get the full worth of the price of admission in solid amusement. Coaching is one of the features displayed by Manager Schmelz’s men and a ma- jority of them are artists in that line. At times during the exhibition games between the “Kids” and the “Vets” played in the past two weeks the members of both nines in the field, at the bat, on the coaching lines and players’ benches, and even the injured men seated in the grand stand, have been shouting at the top of their lungs all at the same moment. Coaching carried to such an extent has seldom, if ever, been witnessed in Washington be- fore. It adds interest to the contests and will undoubtedly cause a number of the visiting clubs to suffer from “rattles.” That Ward is the star shouter cannot be denied. With the second baseman of the “Kids” as a competitor, whole tribes of Comanche, Apache, Sioux, Shawkohawnee and all other species of Indians would in- stantly assume a silence in which the peaceful wooden cigar store sign would ap- pear loud. When one of the “Vets” makes an error or strikes out, Mr. Ward invari- ably utters a rollicking steam calliope laugh, executes a cress between a clog dance, double shuffle and Mobile buck, and then all over tlw field is heard, “Well, well, well, that’s all right!" Capt. Joyce, as a talker, can give any woman odds and then come out ahead at the end of nine innings. His favorite ex. pressions are “Get in the game, there!’ “Put some ginger in it,” and when two or more of his men are on bases, nobody out, and a good hitter at the plate, “ we won't do a thing now; oh, no!” At all times, either when coaching, fielding or running bases, Joyce is giving good, solid advice to his team. After each bad play he tells what should have been done, and he is equally as liberal with praise for good work. It will not be the fault of the third baseman if the Senators finish in last place. Dugdale and Selbach need no instructions as to how to use their lungs and “White Wings” Tebeau can say a few words when necessary, and often, in fact, when they are not absolutely needed. “Ginger” is a word also much used by George. Al. Maul is also in the front rank as a conversationalist, and even when in the box | he keeps up a perpetual fusillade, address- base runners and fielders. It 1s amusing to} hear him say, in a voice full of tenderness, | “Come in, little Paul,” or “Go out, little Paul,” as he desires Right Fielder Radford to play in close or further out. Abbey may be classed as a living example | | of perpetual motion, so far as his tongue and limbs are concerned. As a base runner he paws the ground In a manner that would surely cause the most impatient horse to | turn from black, white, gray, brown, spot-! ted or sorrel to nile green with envy. Rad- ford always makes himself heard, and when things are looking decidedly dark for the “Veue” It is cheering to hear him shout, “Only two men out, remember.” Even Joe Sullivan, the silent, has caught the fever, and in the close game on Wednes- aking himself heard to good advantage. Big Bill” Hasamaear, who never claimed | | to be a rival of Adonts, but who has become than any of the New York players. decidedly popular with the occupants of the | rig! eld bleas » OW! roic | bein ine with the retainer or aia heen Bostons’ skill in placing hits bids fair to be | ing with the remainder of his personality. | Besides Sullivan's advent as a coacher | during Wednesday’s game. McGuire twice stole second base. As the catcher success- fully completed his first effort, a mighty cheer arose from the spectators, and Mac stood on the bag and waved his cap with joy. When he later again landed safely on | season, the audience was awed to silence. | At an exciting moment during the same game Pitcher Black of the “Kids” retained his self-possession remarkably well. It was | the ending of the seventh inning. Maul was York of the Norwich team c’ | on third,,Abbey on second and McGuire at 4 | the bat, with three balls and two strikes | tection to President Young. called. ‘Almost without exception everybody | in the field was yelling. Repeatedly Black | lowered his pitching arm and waited for the receatly in a railroad accident. din to cease. 1t continued, however, and finally he let go the ball, Umpire Snyder cried “striker out” and everybody breathed once more. : 4 PERMANENT INSTITUTION FOR THE Nervous, Skin and All diseases! of a_ special | Mature suc= cessfully Principles. ACure Warrante Remarka { NO EXPERIMENT POSITIVELY CURED BY AND A GUARANTEE G Varicocele Fourteenth Street Cable Cars pass the door. 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ANEW AND XNEVER-FAILING METHOD, IVEN IN EVERY CASE TREATED. PITTS leans last season, is showing up well first base for Washington,” says an ex- change. Ren Mulford says that Col. Grim of the Louisvilles is paying $11 per day for the purpose of enacting a thinking part. The Baltimore Base Ball Club have been practicing the past week in Macon, Ga., and have shown up pretty well. Though Vaughn of the Cincinnatis is offered within $200 of what he received during the war of 1890 he refuses to sign * George Davis there are two factions ri says there a in the Boston team, one headed by Duffy and Tucker and the other by Stivetts. “Old Horse” Radbourne has assaulted the league breastworks at six different points without getting in. The ‘phillies will wear striped stock- ings this year, and will thus be right in line with the Easter styles. “Tommy” Lovett's engagement by the Bostons is merely one of probation. If he pitches good ball he'll draw a salary. ‘All the unmarried men and geographical widowers of the New York team board together on the heights back of the Polo Givand stated last week that his only team desire now is for a left-handed pitch- er. He thinks — a player is a good arti- re hal q tyes New York enthusiasts have al- ready announced their intention to go to Baltimore on the 10th for the league open- time base ball was played on a lot, and the players were remunerated by. the collec- tion which was taken up during the game. Presided Young has presented the Senator with a season ticket, which admits him to any league grounds in the country. It is said that Tom Tucker will receive the fame salary as last season. He wanted more. Hawley of St. Louis is expected to de- velop into a Rusie. Buckley will coach him as he did Rusie. Bill Brown wants to bet Anson that Louisville will beat out Chicago in the league race, and still they come. Robert Lowe, the Bostons’ second base- man, was united in marriage Tuesday even- ei to Miss Hattie Hughes in New Castle. uckley says his arm is all right again. He has subjected it to the most trying testa, with the most satisfactory results. The greatest surprise of the Baltimores’ trip has been the work of Keeler. He fields finely, runs like a deer and bats hard and often. He has far exceeded expectations. The once famous star center fielder of the Boston team, “Dickey” Johnston, has come into view as manager of the Kingston, N. Y., club. Fred Dunlap and John Coleman, who, a few years ago, were very prominent figures in the base ball arena, are in business in Philadelphia, the former as a real estate dealer, and is well fixed. He has seen but one game since he retired, and has lost his interest. ing that a special train to carry them sured. Ts mewn eons from St. Louis that Chris Von der Ahe will manage his own team. The “boss” manager has done s0 for years, but now he expects to sit on the bench with the players and pull the string. Farrell says he will not play if he does not get the salary he asks for. He denies that he is suffering from a “swelled” head. The question has been raised whether Sage’s acceptance of u ieague umpireship |will bar him from the amateur athletic a sprinter. gr now vis rumored that Capt. Anson will give Radbourne another chance. There is no end to Capt. Anson’s charity. ‘The Chicago Tribune says that in order to complete his team Mike Kelly should sign Anson, and then cruelly adds that Chicago will willingly part with the old "Yan Haltren says that Jerry Denny played great ball in California the past win- ter. He declares that while Denny's fielding was as good as ever, his batting was better than he had ever seen It. Both Treasurer Talcott an@ Manazer Ward said yesterday that the New York club has not decided to “dock” Farrell for | |day last surprised the regular patrons by the time he misses by not reporting, dating from Monday. Ward and Davis practice batting = are placing their hits, Ward in particular very proficient in this respect. The copied by all the big teams this year. | several other interesting scenes occurred! The batting order of the Bostons at the beginning of the season will be pretty near as follows: Lowe, Long, Duffy, McCarthy, Nash, Tucker, Bannon and catcher and pitcher, whoever officiates. “Dad” Clarke. with New York this year, ‘was with the Omaha club at.the same time | Ward's post of guardianship, and thereby that “Kia” Nichols pitched for that team, | about tied his record for the whole of last | under Frank Selee’s manageme; A dispatch from New York says that Man- ager Dave Foutz has signe? Korwan, a crack pitcher from the Norwich, team. At the same time M Conn., vices of Korwan. He hi applied for pro- Catcher Bennett fs having artificial legs constructed to replace the natural ones lost Pitcher Nichols thinks Bostoy will miss Bennett's services more than it imagines. When Campeau was signed by Washine- ton he was expected to captain the team. Manager Schmelz watches every point of Now he writes asking Manager Schmelz for the games and when one nine is in the field Permission to stay in New Orleans a month The study of | he directs the other what to do. There is no question that he will make a wise selec- tion for the permanent club. In conversation Joyce expressed it as his | | | | opinion that a great many people will be fooled by the Washington club before the close of the season. July and August, he says, are the months to judge the work of he boys, and the “Senators,” according to | their captain, are going to finish ahead of at least five others. A number of out-of-town newspapers are | poking lots of fun at the home team, such as “Another carload of Gus Schmelz’s Senators have reported for practice,” but “Wait, just wait,” says the manager. The Triple Competition. ‘The $50 gold medals to be hung up by Mr. Louis Callisher and Mr. Earle Wagner, re- spectively, for the fastest runner and the best thrower in the base ball profession will ; be provocative of some excelient sport dur- ing the coming season at the National Bali Park, Washington, says the Philadelphia | Press, It is probable that a committee of three, consisting of one member each of the Columbia Athietic Club, ¥Y. M. C. A. and Carroll Institute, will be appointed to take charge of the contests, doing ail the meas- uring, holding the watches, etc., so that if a record is broken there will be no question as to the correctness of it. Entries must be made at least two weeks prior to the time, | when the club to which the player entering | for either of the events may belong plays in Washington. On the first day of each series the watches will be held on the boys as they endeavor to lower Harry Berthrong’s record of 14 3-5 seconds (by the way, made in Washington in 1868) in making the circuit of the bases. | On the second day the hundred-yards straight-away dash will be run. Should | there be more than one entry from the visiting club the men will be pitted against each other. If there is only one entry from | time. On the third day the throwing con- | tests will take place. Taken all in all, the | base ball patrons of Washington will be much more favored®than those of other | cities, for they will have an opportunity of seeing these trials in addition to the games without extra cost. What Farrell Says. Catcher Farrell was interviewed in Bos- ton a few days ago. He said he wanted it distinctly understood that he is not suffer- ing from a case of swelled head. Farrell was perfectly willing to play in New York for the salary offered, provided | that Washington saw that he got as much money as he got last season, and this could | be easily done out of the large purchase money that was paid to secure him. He did not see why he should suffer in such a deal. All he wanted was as much as he got last season. He was not a bit concerned | by Manager Ward's threats. He could get along without New York as easily as New | York could without him. Caught on the Fly. George Tebeau of the Washingtons was the first league player to be laid up from injury. From present indications the New York Club will carry seventeen men this year. Ed Crane was laid up with his lame knee for three months last winter. John Clarkson is another pitcher who ts reported to be in the best kind of condi- tlon. When young Richards began catching in a recent New York game a man shouted the visiting club he will be sent against £°t or six weeks longer, and it has been granted. So it is probable that Joyce will be appointed captain. Mr. Coogan has presented to the New York club the tall flag staff which has been standing on Dead Head hill, back of the Polo Ground grand stand. It will be brought down into center field and erected in place of the one that did service last season. The new pole is the highest in Harlem. A New York paper says: “Cub” Stricker is the first member of the Washington mul- titude to get his release from Manager Schmelz. From yesterday (when salaries begin to run) they'll drop from the Wash- ington roll like hickory nuts from a hickory tree on a windy day after the first heavy frost. Manager Bancroft of Cincinnati has grown facetious at the expense of “Gus” Schmelz. He proposes that when the Wash- ingtons play in Cincinnati the local team shall double discount the “Senators” by taking two runs off their score every time the Washingtons make one. Pitcher Meekin reached Gotham a few days ago and reported for duty. Hi ap- pearance is good, and he promises to do satisfactory work this year for the New Yorks. His coming was delayed by his fath- er’s canvass for the nomination for mayor on the republican ticket at New Albany. The caucus, or convention, was held Sat- urday, and Meekin, senior, thirty votes. President Kerr of the Pittsburgs an- rounces “officially and finally” that his team will play no Sunday games despite ail temptations held out. St. Louis offered the club $1,500 cash to play in that city next Sunday, but Mr. Kerr says the offer would have been declined if it had been $10,000 in- stead of $1,500, and he adds, “This is a fight for principle and not money. George Van Haltren is roasting the Dagos. He says: “We New Yorkers won't do a thing to Pittsburg this year. They haven't pitcher, except Killen, who amounts ything, and I always found him easy to hit.” The cranks in the Smoky City have put on war paint over the insinuation that they are not in it, and Charley Power calls Van “George In-a-Trance.” Van has been in a dreamy mood at times, but it is pretty safe to say he will be wide awake every tme that New York and Pittsburg clash. Manager Ward is having trouble with a few of his men, but he is bound to come out ahead. An exchange, in speaking of his ef- forts, has the following: Ward has been somewhat harshly criticised for his deter- mined opposition to the demands of Farrell and Rusie, owing to the fact that when he was only a plain, ordinary piayer he was wont to stand out each year for a big ad- vance. The fact that he generally succeeded in his“strike”is used against him. Ther¢ does not seem to be much sense or justice in this complaint. He is now a manager, liberally paid to look after the club’s interest. It makes a heap of difference which side of the fence a person is on. A man of prop- erty fs never an anarchist, and a landlord deprecates the “no-rent” movement. President Reach of the Philadelphia club told a good joke on himself at the league meeting. He was in the Fifth Avenue Hotel one day getting his shoes shined, when another gentleman who was going the same operation looked and said: “Al. Reach, Al. Reach.’ tor,” said Mr. Reac' ‘I did not think that you knew me.” “Not know you? Your face is photographed in my mind. I have chased your bal. The Senator, who was no other person; than Senaior Gorman, who was once a crack center fielder, and the occasion to which he referred was the time Al. Reach made four home runs in Was beaten by to Ward: “Is that Farrell?” When Ward and Van Haltren get on bases there’s sure to be some scientific base running. They make a great team. “Cartwright, who played with New Or- succession in a game. No wonder the Sen- ator did not forget that. The senior Sena- tor from Maryland has always been a lover of base ball. He knows many of the players personally, and can go back to the The center field fence on |erounds has been m and the bleachers |fence taken out, giving about thirty feet |™gre room for long hits. | comparison of the batting records of 1892 and 1893 shows that the five feet differ- lence in distance between the pitcher and batter has materially affected the batting averages. The year before last only twelve members of the National League had an average better than .300. Last year, with |the pitcher five feet more distant from the batter, sixty-five men ha batter, st 4 an average better | The y eran Harry Wright played in his | first game of base ball in 1 | Knickerbockers of New york. "Dicker Pearce played first in 1855, with the At- | lantics, and was in the game as a player for | thirty consecutive seasons. Jack Nelson has j also played for thirty consecutive Seasons. | He began in 1892, with a junior club, and last played in 181 with Albany. Caesar Augustus Calllumpus Filiokara- | mus! What next? Mike Kelly is now after | “Old Sport” Jimmy Galvin, who twirled the laration of Indepen- ed, for his Allentown vurg Telegram. il make his final appearance week. After that Michael energies toward getting the 0 shape. sphere before the Dec! dence was promulgat téam.—Harris! Allentown team William Kennedy signed @ Brooklyn Rase | Ball Club contract Wednesday afternoon. He is in good condition, having practiced at his home. There is only one more player to be heard from, and that is Griffin. The } latter is expected to report any day. The Phillies are probably better fixed tn chers than any other of the league clubs. With Clements, Boyle and Cross, to say | nothing of Grady, who hasn’t yet had a cS nee to size up to league company, they hould never go wrong back of the plate. {Reports from an the cities on the twelve- club league circuit show a gra’ interest in the practice ty ball teams. The stockholders in the various | clubs are hopeful of a return to the day# nds were paid, and they atend | noes of not betn= digannointed, | Capt. Comiskey says: “Rall players are often accused of being an ungrateful lot of men. I used to defend them on this but I must confess that recently I have about come to the conclusion that the aver- age plaver is inclined to throw down his best friend. It's a broad assertion, but my experience has been a severe one. There are some true men playing the game, but you can quickly pick them out of every team.” The Pittsburg Bese Rall Club ts after mascot who will outclass all others. It is @ twelve-year-old boy who fell from the sev- enth story of the Railroad bullding,Denver, Col., a few weeks ago. He struck a number of telegraph wires, bounded into the alr and finally landed on the back of a horse. The animal was killed by the shock, but the boy was only stunned and soon re- covered consciousness. In three minutes he Was receiving congratulations on his luck, When Joe Campbell met Chris Von der Ahe he volunteered the prediction that the Browns will finish about twelfth this year, “You tink so, do you? Vell, somepotty has got to git der worst end of it at the Anish, he continued, ain't it?” echoed Chris. “Vi,” de dime dat I could haf pought “I saw whole plocks of proberty near to man’s Park for a song.” ™ Joe aian’t. admitted that he was not a singer. Mercer may turn out to be a good base ball pitcher, but he will never become popu- lar with the Washington public until he pitches more and poses less. It's a goof thing for a twirler to take time to gather himself together at critical moments, but he should not waste time unnecessarily, The public has a right to see ball players piay ball, NOTES. Mr. Wells M. Sawyer will open his exh!bi- tion in the Fischer gallery next Monday morning. The paintings—landscapes and marines—are serious, conscientious interpre- tations of nature, rendered in a broad, comprehensive manner, which gives dignity to any subject. The pictures are largely out-of-door work, and, being taken directly from nature, display the varying atmos- pherie effects and tender coloring which is the peculiar characteristic of artistic work done in the open air. This ts particularly noticeable in “A View of W: ington,” “On al, A Summer Day on the Ana- costia” and “A Study of Willows.” A num- ber of admirable marine views are treated in a more impressionistic manne each one the artist's sympathy with and ap- preciation of nature is strikingly apparent. Of Mr. Truesdell’s 1891 Salon picture,which is also in the present exhibition, Mr. Albert Wolff, the distinguished French critic, wrote in Figaro: t is simply the best of all the animal pictures in the Salon.” One of this artist's best paintings, “Going to Pasture,” is owned by the Corcoran Art Gallery and is familiar to all Washingtonians. Other fine specimens of his work are In the pos- session of many private collectors in this city. Mr. E. C. Messer is to be seng-atulated upon the result of his very successful exhi- bition, nearly all of his paintings being marked with that fascinating little tag, Sold.” Amongst those disposed of was ne River Roa " which was purchased by Mr. Fred. Douglass. This canvas has at- tracted much admiring attention. Mr. Max Weyl is at work on a small can- vas representing a late autumn woodland. Though still unfinished, it promises to be one of his most successful studies, - oo A Tiresome Delay. From the Chicago Inter-Orean. “Poor Mrs. Oftenwed is perfectly heart broken over her husband's death.” hard—No wonder, poor dear. it will be a whole year before to catch another hi , ———<e-+——_— The New York conference of the M. BE. Church Thursday referred to a committee resolutions demanding the expulsion of Representative W. C. P. Breckinridge from Congress.