Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1895, Page 11

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Their Steady, Healthy Growth Due to Lactated ood, Babies When Weaning Do Not Throw It Up. Puny Ones Show a Decided and Im- mediate Gain. Lactated Food Babies Stand Summer Heat the Best. ‘There are many anxious mothers, now ‘arm weather the And they have every reason for being alarmed. ‘The hot, vertical sun beats down mercilessly on the Ittle ones; redaces their strength; robs them of high spirits; spoils thelr appetite and loosens their slerder hold on life, unless extraordinary care is taken that their food 1s free from impurities and suficler tly nourishing and strengthening. In thousands of cases where nursing, protracted tito warm weather, has reduced the vitulity and richness of the breast milk, babies that show signs -of fretfulness and often colle, become again fat snd sturdy when put on a diet of lactated food. It 4s undoubtedly true that babies that have the sdvantage of thelr mother’s milk seem to stand the heat of summer best, providing the natural food agrees with them. But when hot weather brings down the strength of both miother and child there is always dauger of the severe bowel affec- tions which come on so suddenly and are so often fatal. Practiced physicians prescribe lactated food to be kept always on hand and used at once on the first indication of looseness or loss of strength, or if baby {s evidently not thriving on its present diet. Lactated food 1s the diet physicians use in their own families. 2 PHOTOS FROM A KITE. An Ingenious Device Which May Be Useful in War. From the New York Herald. At five minutes of 2 p.m., May 30, 1895, probably the first photograph in the United States was taken by means of a camera held in the air by the upward pull exerted by a tandem line of tallless kites, near No. 32 East 3d street, Bayonne, N. J. The camera, with its surrounding framework, supported by two cross sticks horizontal to the earth, was fastened to the main line with guy strings. The shutter of the cam- era was shifted by the sharp pull of a string attached to a pressure mechanism working the shutter from a point fastened to the inclosing framewerk in which the camera rested, and from which it could be removed and used in the ordinary way. The camera, with its supporting framework, weighs about two pounds, and this weight calls for a pull exerted by the kite string of not much less than fifteen pounds. By the time the required lifting force was exerted two additional kites were helping with their individual tandem lines, making five, three of which were six feet and two four feet in diameter. Then came a persistent_and prolonged struggle with difficulties. The. camera had been tested at the earth, and the pull of the special shutter releasing string, to be extended perpendicularly~up from the ground, seem- ed to move the shutter all right, but when the vibrating, rising and falling kite string exerted its motion the camera would snap off too soon, owing to some sudden catch- ing of the string. I had taken many pre- cautions to see that the shutter would open and shut, with the result that it worked too readily. Went Off Too Quick. The camera snapped a number of times before it had been lifted very high. The camera and its apparatus had to be hauled down to the earth every time a picture was taken and the shutter mechanism prepared for the next picture. It was clearly shown in the high level pictures that the camera had taken too much sky. The back of the camera was toward the sun, but it ts prob- able that the pull of the shutter cord forced the camera out of position. The diffused light above and below does not necessarily fog the film, as shown by later pictures, taken June 9, 1895, In which grass, trees and houses are taken from a high point in the air. Unfortunately these pictures were spolled ‘| by my error in developing them, but enough fs visible to show that good pictures can be readily taken. It seems to me that the kite string cam- era will be useful, when improved, to map the position of an enemy in time of war, when strong winds would blow a captive balloon down sideways and endanger the photographer. By means of the kite string it Is now possible to look from a great height without danger to life and without the expense of a balloon ascension. It is a characteristic of all first experiments that many improvements are to be made, many difficuities to be overcome, and the experiments will continue with every pres- ent indication that successful pictures will be taken during the present summer. If we can practically place the humar eye at the height of the Eiffel tower it will seem to foreshadow the advent of aerial naviga- tion when men will travel aloft, where Prof. §. P. Langley has already sent an auto- matic motor machine without human guid- ance. a ——__+o+__—_ AS A THIEF CATCHER. The Ingenious Use of Electricity and the Flash Light. From the New York Times. Chicago appears to have a lively appre- clation of electricity as a thief catcher. It is not long ago that a barber in State street, who had a cigar stand at one end of his shop, found that his cigars were being unaccountably devastated. The robbery was invariably committed in the night. He sat up and watched for several nights, but the cigars were untouched so long as his eye was upon them; it was only when he slept that they again began to disappear. As a last resort, he brought in a camera just before dark, focussed it on the cigar stand, and so connected it electrically that when the latch of the showcase was pulled a magnesium light would be flashed, and a picture taken. The next day the cigars were unmolested, but In the camera there was a clearly defined picture of two boys who lived in the neighborhood, one in the act of opening the case, and the other pre- paring to receive the booty. The flash had seared them, and they had made off; but they were speedily arrested and forthwith sent to prison on the evidence of the camera. Another clever bit of electrical detective work has been done in a large manufac- tory on the West Side of Chicago. For several months many of the.girls employed in one of the departments have been com- plaining of thefts committed in their dress- ing room. Silk handkerchiefs, vells and money disappeared with increasing fre- quency until at length the management took the matter in hand. A double wire wes sewed in the lining of the cloak of a trustworthy girl, who was taken into con- fidence, and a spring jaw in the pocket was connected with the two hooks on which the cloak hung. The conducting wires were then run through a partition, along a mold- ing, and through the floor, to a battery, fitted with an alarm bell, and hidden in the room where the girls were at work fifty feet away. A purse was placed at the baftom of the cloak pocket, which could not be opened without closing the circult. In about three hours the bell rang a merry peal, and hurrying to the room where the trap was set the owner ef the cloak found one of the factory girls in the act of rifling her purse. As the delinquent confessed that,she alone had done all the stealing she was simply discharged. The electrician who designed the apparatus makes a specialty of that branch of business, He says he can cir- cumyent the knavish tricks of the smartest thief, and that between the electric light and the infinite variety of electrical detec- tive and alarm appliances now devised the cracksman’s occupation is virtually gone. ———+e+. Forest fires have broken out again west and southeast of Traverse City, Mich. THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1895—-TWELVE PAGES. 11 DEFENDER---VIGILANT Trial Races to Be Sailed Tomorrow and Monday. INGENUITY AND EXPENSE POT FORTH The Defender Expected to Be Valkyrie's Contestant. VARIOUS SPORTING NOTES ——_.___. NEW YORK, July 19.—The races which will be sailed off the lightships tomorrow and Monday will be the first real trial be- tween the successful defender of .the America’s cup in the '93 races—the Vigi- Jant—and the new sloop Defender, which is looked upon as being the yacht which will uphold America’s yachting honors in the races with Valkyrie III next fall. The so- called races, so far, between the Colonia and the Vigilant, with the iatest Herres- hoff ‘creation have been in nowise true tests. The Colonia is in far from racing form, her hull being very foul, while the Vigilant in the single run on last Sunday for a few moments was in an equally bad condition, No time was taken, nor was there a start or finish. Except for the fact that it was learned the new boat was re- markably quick in stays, and that even with the enormous spread of canvas and a tremendously long main boom she was re- markably stiff, the general public is as much in the dark as eyer regarding her true form. The race tomorrow will be the first opportunity for getting a “line” on the real merits of the new boat. Tomorrow's Race. ‘The two races to be sailed are to be held under the auspices of the New York Yacht Club, and are to be over the course outside Sandy Hook. A cup valued at $200 Is of- fered for the winner, with a $100 cup for the second boat, if four boats or more should start. . The races will begin at 11 a.m., and the start will be made off Sandy Hook or the Scotland lightship, as may be signaled. ‘The club's regatta committee have issued the following sailing directions: “Course No. 1—From the starting line to and around a mark fifteen miles to wind- ward, or to leeward and return, leaving mark on the starboard hand. “Course No. 2—From the starting line ten miles to and around a mark, thence ten miles to and around a second mark; thence ten miles to the finish line, turning the marks on the outside of the triangle to port or starboard, according as the yachts are sent around. “Starting and finish lines will be between a point on the flagship Sylvia, Indicated by a white flag, and the mainmast of the lightshiv. The starting and finish lines will be at right angles with the outward and home courses, respectively.” Cost of the Defender. The new boat, the Defender, without a doubt is the most costly racing craft ever constructed. Everything that could in any way suggest itself to the ingenious mind of her designer and builder to further her chances as a defender of the most valued yachting trophy In the world was provided by the syndicate that owns her. The crew that will sail the Defender are all Americans, from Deer Island, Me., and have proven to be a remarkably active and intelligent body of men, and they Lave been in active training, under Capt. Haff, for several weeks. English racing crews have been invariably better drilled than ours, but Mr. Iselin and Capt. Haff feel that this year it will be otherwise. The most remarkable feature of the many on the new yacht is the extent to which weight has been reduced, not only in the hull, but also aloft, and yet withal, not a particle of strength has been sacrificed. The plat- ing below the water line of manganese bronze gives wonderful strength, weight where it is needed, and a surface capable of a polish of the highest degree. Her top-sides of aluminum combine the requisité strength with a lightness here- tofore unthought of. Up aloft the blocks, always before this a source of great anxiety on account of their weight and their frequent breaking down, are marvels of strength and lightness. They have been tested up to a strain far beyond anything that they will be likely to endure. When first launched various parts of her stand- ing rigging were tried in a lighter metal, but on developing weakness tley were re- placed with steel forgings. She will be steered with a whee? which is a novelty on a craft of this kind, Inasmuch as it is a double one, and therefore, many think her builders expect her to be hard on the helm. This wheel is fitted with a bevel instead of the usual worm gear. General View of Her. To stand aft of the wheel and observe the broad range of deck forward, with only the fewest possible obstructions in the way of skylights and hatches, ts assuring of comfort for the crew handling the sails. There is only the barest possible rail, but In place of it on each side a long cleat is secured to the deck to afford the crew a foothold when working the craft. Below decks the Defender is a mere shell. A floor is aid down, two bulkheads are in place, and a few state rooms fitted up. The crew live aboard the tender, Hattie I’almer. The best possible dimensions for the new craft at present obtainable—for the owners and builders still refuse to make the actual ones public—are: Length over all, 126 feet 6 inches; beam, 23 feet; draft, 19 feet; lead water line, 90 feet; total sail area, about 13,000 square feet. As there has been scarcely a day within the past week that some new measure- ments are not sald to be the correct ones for the spars, it is scarcely worth while publishing their several lengths, excepting that of a new main boom, which 1s to be 107 feet long, 5 feet ionger than the one row in use. The Sails Provided. The outfit of sails is most liberal, no less than four mainsails being supplied for her. The sails are all made with the cloths run- ning from the luff to the leech, and are of duck, especially woven for this purpose. That the Vigilant is in true racing trim there can be no doubt. Whether the boat has been improved by the recent changes that have been made in her—namely, the lengthening of her bow and the cutting out from her keel aft of a section weighing 1,000 pounds and substituting a piece of oak in place of the lead—is a subject of speculation. Mr. Gould, her owner, and Mr. E. 8. Wil- lard, who has charge of the boat, claim that the recent alterations have improved the boat from fifteen to thirty minutes in a thirty-mile course. The amount of money that has been ex- pended on the Vigilant to fit her for the trials 1s sald to be $60,000. When it fs re- called that $30,000 was the highest estimate of the expenditure by the Boston syndicate that ran the Puritan in 1885, it will be seen that yacht racing nowadays—at least, the racing of yachts for the America’s cup —costs a good deal more than it did a few years ago. It may be that the races of to- morrow and Monday between the Vigilant and Defender will do away with «he neces- sity of formal trial races !ater on. Should the Defender beat the Vigilant easily in both races under conditions that satisfy the America’s cup committee, the committee may decide that no further tests between these boats shall be necessary. THE DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs at the End of the First Series. It ts expected by those connected with the organization that the second series of the Departmental League schedule will open most auspiciously tomorrow at Na- tional Park. It is between two of the strongest teams in the league, and as it has been the expressed wish of many that a game could be arranged between these two clubs, it is thought’that the attend- ance wil! be very large. The teams are those from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Washington Light Infan- try, and as there is a great deal of rival- ry just at present between the two clubs, a sharp,well played game Is looked for with a fair degree of certainty. The Bureau team has ended the first series at the head of the list, and it is not going to give up its position without a rong effort being made to prevent its~d Infantry team made-@,wonderful showing the last two or Paths eart and sueceeded in pulling itself up to the third place in the league. With tl art of the second series with all the c| on the same foot- ing—no games lost no games won— there is every reasoa to suppose that all the teams wilt take+om renewed activity and struggle for tht ‘supremacy of the second series of th #chedule. Joe Ber- nard will do the pitching’ for the Bureau team, with Beach atiihe receiving end, while “Billy” Wise gut essay to do the tossing for the soldiét Boys, with Gilroy to back him up. Orspadg and G seen happen, thou » Bi Wise are ponfdent of their ability to hold down the hard hitters|o% botii of the teams. The make-up of the fw clubs in the game will probably be; 4408 B. E, and P, Position. w.L.L Leach Third, base Wisner Madigan Second base © Winkle’n. Flaherty Lett field Kleinsch’t McCauley Short stop e Cropley Center field Heydler Doyle Right field Shreve Beach Catcher Gilroy Bernard Pitcher Wise Helmerich , First: base Stewart Relative Strevgth of the Teams. Both infields are about even in the mat- ter of strength, although Wisner nray have a little better record on third base than Leach. The outfield of the Infantry team is probably stronger than that of the Bu- reau in the matter of fielding, and it re- mains to be seen whether it is hard hitting or not. The batteries of the two teams are about even, with the shade of differ- ence in fayor of Wise, for the reason that several of the players on the Infantry team have played behind Joe Bernard and know his little wiles and tricks that he sometimes resorts to to put out the unwary batsman. It is confidently expected, how- ever, that the best game of the season will result from the coming together of these two clubs, both financiafly and in the matter of gocd sport. These two teams are about the hest paying teams in the league and are backed up in better shape by their friends than any others. For this reason, it is expected that the receipts of the day will mount away up from where they ysually are and serve to strengthen the financial standing of the league. First Series Ended. The first series of the league schedule ended yesterday with the defeat of the Treasury team by the Bureau. This puts the Bureau at the head of the list, with a clean number of victories and no defeats. The District Commissioners stand second, with one game lost—the unlucky game which they played with the Money Makers. The Light Infantry stands third, with the three games which they lost in the early part of the season staring them in the face. The Army and Navy team.is fourth, with the same number of games won and lost, while close behind it comes the Treas- ury Department, with four lost and three won. The Government Printing Office is hopelessly at the tail end. of the proces- sion, with six games lost and two won. It is expected, however, that after the show- ing which this club made with the Army and Navy team in its last game with that club that {t will finish well up in the sec- ond series. The standing of the clubs at the end of the first series is as follows: W. L. P.-C.) Clubs. W. L. Pc. and P.. 7 0 1600 A. and 'N, + 4 .500 6 1.897 Trea B 4 1428 625) Yesterday's, Game, For six innings yest#tday the team from the Treasury Departiggnt held the cham- pion Bureau team down to three runs and three hits. The boys fYtim the money-mak- ing establishment of Unmele Sam were begin- ning to feel very sHXKY, especially when a case of rattles pa, the Cashiers two runs ahead, but a yovmg man by the name of Thompson started a little circus of nis own at second base,'/and that settled the matter. od ‘he Bureav boys made five runs and the game. It is the generalimpression that the Money Makers thought they were going to have a “snap,” but:the way in which a black-haired young mati’ downed their hopes with inshcots, cuteuryes and drops was a cautich. Mills’ piteneg was one of the features of the game, and he could give points to some of the/feague pitchers oh how to field their position. He made a magnificent: catth of a” Mine! dall off Me- 's bat in the third inning, and in the fifth, with the bases full and only one out, he retired the next two batters by his own efforts. Maize was greatly in evidence at third, but Barrows was missed at second. Bolway was obiiged to look out for that pesition, and consequently was unable to do credit to his own. Gavin played a good first end Farreil caught a good game be- hind the bat. The outfield, as usual, was rank, and it was generally thought that as soon as the Bureau boys began to knock the ball out of the diamond they would win. Such was the case. Joe Ber- nard was the principal item in the victory of the Bureau. He struck out twelve m and with any kind of backing would have held down his opponents nicely, as he only aliowed them three hits. Beach caught a good game, but McCauley had an off day, and, as Madigan had an injured finger, the infield was a little broken up. Cropley was played at second and filled the posi- tion very nicely. The outfielders played an excellent game, one of the catches of Schaffer being of the phenomenal order. Farrell led both sides at the bat, with two timely singles and g double. His first single started the circus In the fifth, where Mills got in his good work. Beach also batted well, although he did some questionable ball playing when Farrell was endeavor- ing to reach home in the seventh. The game was one of the best seen at the park in the Departmental League series and was undoubtedly better than some league ex- hibitions. Mr. Sneeden umpired, and, while his decisions on balls and strikes were a lit- tle off, his work on the bases was excellent. The attendance was good. The score: TREASURY, | | B. B. AND P. MeCanle! 1 Croppley, 0 Beach © Helmrich,ib 0) Farrell,e 2/Shaffer,rf. 0) Bernard,p coNcoMMMon HocoHommen cat] Hoomemoo Bureau, 5 ‘Treasury, Left on bases—Treasury, 10; Bureau, 8. First base on balls—OM Mills, 2; off Bernard, 4° Struck out—By Mil by Bernard, 12. ‘Three-base hits—Flaherty, Croppley and T. Farrell, Two-base hits—Leach, h @) and Helm rich. ‘Stolen bases—Mills (2), Buchanan, ‘Thomp- son, Croppley Beach, Helmrich and Bernard. Double plays—Hoiway, Gavin and Farrell; r and Gavin; feCauley. Hit by pite By Mills,’ 2; by 2. Wild. pltch—Stiits, Passed ballBeach. —Umplre—Mr. Sueeden. ‘Time of game—2 hours and 10 minutes. Notes. The league is without the office of a chief of umpires. It was abolished at the last meeting. The Infantry are playing a new man at short in the person of Lee. He is a good shortstop, though he does not get much time in which to practice, and when Wise is in the box he fills wp the gap between second and third most acceptably. , ‘The addition of Cropley to the Bureau team has been a great advantage and has strengthened the club very much. He is a good all-round player, and is a nervy little catcher. He and Bernard make a very smooth battery when it comes to easy working. 2 When McCauley does start in to make errors he makes them all in one game so as to last him for seyeral occasions. He is as good a shortstop as there is in the league, however, When! he has his playing clothes on, and very Tew balls get by hi:n that he really tries for. 2 The Treasury team is pwiling up exceed- ingly well of late. Bolway at short seems to have given the whele team confidence, and the different fieldeys are playing their positions with a great deal more life and vim than they were wont to do, When it comes right Gown to the best outfielder in the league there seems to be no doubt that the application should be placed at the door of “Doc” Kleinschmidt. There is not a player in the league that krows how to go after a ball as well as does, and none that knows how to eeze" it after it is caught as he does. A heavy batter and a good outtielder is an excellent combination, and ‘Doc’ possesses both of the requirements. As far as third basemen are concerned, it is the general opinion that Wisner ts about the best in the ranks of the league. There is somcthing about the way in which Phil. handles the ball that betokens the fact that he knows how to go about it, and when he makes an error, which he oc- casionally does as well as the best of them, he is readily forgiven. Gilson seems to have lost his batting eye lately. When he started in at the beginning of the season every one thought mfall. The Light} cellent hitter, but these predictions —— that he was going to develop into en. ex- ve not been coming true of late. Richardson deserves credit for tne way in which he held down second base in the game between the G. P. O. and the A. and N. teams. He had something like twelve or thirteen chances and accepted them all with but one error, and his work “was clean cut and pretty. Havens is a hard-working catcher, and does the best he possibly can to get his men in winning shape. The way in which his boys showed up against the warriors proved to be somewhat of a surprise to the letter team. Betts, Sneeden and O'Neill make a trio of umpires that is hard to beat, and spec- tators at these games are not anneyed by the everlasting wrangling and kicking that is indulged in in some contests. The District building boys have strength- ened their team, it is sald, by the addition of some new material. Four new men have been added to the personnel of the team, and it ts expected that they will play winning ball in the coming series. The W. L. I. boys are enthusiastic over their manager, Mr. House. Taey declare that they would rather win a game for his satisfaction than they would for their own. He treats them Nke lords, and the W. L. I. Corps backs him up nobly in the work. The Bureau lads drove out in a "bus the other day to National Park, and on their way home narrowly escaped being run into by a cable car. The boys were feel- ing so good over their victory that they did not see it. The Bureau seems to have forsaken its old love, Orspada, and are pitching Ber- nard right along. Perhaps they are saving the tricky “Jack” for the second series. As soon as Harris settles down he will play a good shortstop for the District Com- missioners. He has, played good ball for the Maryland Agricultural this season, and has already proven himseif to be very handy with the stick. Contrary to expectations, Sweitzer lasted for more than four or five innings the other day, and now holds the strike-out record with Joe Bernard—thirteen men. Barrows is making some great catches at second base. During practice at the park the other day he pulled down several that looked like line hits for two ,or three bases. Each of the teams has five games to play in the second series, and there are about six clubs which have secret hopes of com- ing out with a clean record at the end of the season. If the Light Infantry wins this series, it will be a great game between it and the Bureau for the championship, and if the Commissioners win it the fur will fy when they play the Bureau. ympo”’ Jones’ spiked leg is getting along very nicely, and it is not thought that it will cause him any inconvenience in the next game which the District Commis- sioners play. The W. L. I. does not need any new play- ers on its team. N they need is to play their men regularly In the same position, with plenty of practice, ahd the result will show it to be a better plan than trying ex- periments. “Pop” Kellar is beginning to bet on the number of home runs he will make in a game. If some of the other players had worked as hard as Thornburg in the game which the P. O. D. played with the Bureau the result might have been a little changed. He might not have known just what to do, but he tried to be in the game at all times. Buchanan is a sharp little fieider, but he does not know how to catch the ball ex- actly right. “Doc” could give him a fer lessons that would be to his advantage. The line ball that Mills caught off Mc- Cauley’s bat-in yesterday’s game was one of the hottest balis that has been knocked to a pitcher in any game this year at Na- tional Park. There was not a second be- tween the time it hit Mac’s bat end Mills’ hands. . Flaherty is playing a good left field for the Bureaus. He seems to be under the ball every time {t is put into his territory. Madigan hurt his thumb in a door and was unable to play in yesterday’s gume. He will be all right for Saturday's game with the W. L. I. same old reason is given for the de- Teat of the Treasury team—the lack of out- fielders. As soon as the ball was knocked out of the diamond the Bureau lads could walk around the bases with safety. Barrows was unable to play yesterday, and it is thought that if he had been in his position the case of rattles which started with Thompson's two errors would not have occurred. * A terrible thing for the champions to be held down for six innings by one of the, tailead clubs. They can blame Mills for it, however. One of the best catches of the season was that made by Schaffer in right field yester- day. He was obliged to keep running near- ly all the way to second base in order to re- gain his balance after catching the ball. Although Umpire Sneeden was a little off in his balls and strikes yesterday, and fa- vored the Bureau a trifle on them, yet his decisions on the bases were all eminently fair and right. Those who could see from an elevated position decided with him on nearly every occasion. Kellar er does something wonderful or ridiculous in a game. His catch in yester- day's game was a magnificent one, but the chances were ten to one on the ball if it had been knocked straight into pis hands. Beach should be called down for his at- tempts at questionable ball playing. When Farrall was running home yesterday in the seventh inning he was caught between the bases. The ball was thrown to Beach, and when he saw that he could not get it the threw Farrall on the ground In order to keep him from making home and scoting a much needed run. When Thompson went to the bat the time yesterday it looked as if he migh! some pumpkin, from the way in which he coolly waited for four bad ones from Joe Bernard. quent events, however, proved the fullacy of this supposition. “Johnnie” Heydler is now playing his customary position. John never was in- tended to play an infield position, and he felt out of place there. He will look after center gamlen, however, as weil as the best of them. 2 ‘There is a rule about no one but the play- ers and the Officials of the league being al- lowed on the grounds or on the players’ benches. It should be enforced. One of the Bureau “rooters’’ made an ex- cellent remark yesterday when he said he thought the umpire must be in the grand- stand. There is a little too much coaching and managing being done from this van- tage place to suit those who go to see the game for the sake of seeing good sport. Some of the teams are not provided with extra good coaching material. The District Commissioners probably lead in this branch of the art with “ mpo” Jones and “Tub- by’ Dickinson to lead off in the work, al- though Bolway ‘and some of the Bureau boys make a very good showing on the side lines. If all the games of the second series are like that which was played at National Park yesterday the management will have no trouble in filling up the empty seats. The game yesterday surpassed some league exhibitions in fast playing and fine catches, The three double plays will show the fiela- ing part of it, while the heavy hitting of the Bureay lads in the seventh and eighth innings earned them what they receiyed in the matter of runs. first it be PROFESSIONAL BALL PLAYERS. The Senators Get a Drubbing on Ac- count of Careless Playing. The Terre Hautes administered a crush- ing defeat to the Senators yesterday in the shape of a score of 26 to 10. The Wash- ingtons were all mixed up in’ their posi- tions and made no attempt to play ball, disgusting those who had paid their ad- missions to see the game. They were reasted in the most approved style this morning. Abbey pitched and, Selbach caught. McGuire played first: Boyd, sec- ond; Cartwright, short; Mercer, third; An- derson, left; Stockslale, center, and Maul, rght. The left-handed batters batted right- handed, and vice versa, ard when the game was finished the residents of the town were the most disgusted lot of people in the country. Philadelphia was somewhat beaten by Pittsburg yesterday, the score being 23 to 6 Carsey was knocked out of the box and Lampe fared little better. The score: Pittsburg . 5441340x-2325 1 Philadelphia -000200040-6 8 4 New York won easily from the Colonels. Boyle played first bese throughout the game. The score: Louisville . - 200103000612 3 New York. - 60030001 x—10 13 1 Baltimore won from Cincinnati by hard hitting and opportune errors of the Reds, The ecore: Cincinnati -900000011-249 Baltimore . 22120201x—-1013 3 Gumbert was knocked out of the box in the first inning and Cleveland won as they pleased from Brooklyn. The score: Cleveland 80000400x—1215 3 Brooklyn .. 220000000-461 Boston and Chicago played a remarkably fire game yesterday, the latter, however, coming out ahead. Lange's outfield pla: was the feature of the pare: The sitar 9200000002 5 2 010000000-150 ‘of the Clubs. ial W. L. P.C.{ Clubs. W. L. Pc. -594| Brookiyn.... 87°81 .544 Baltimore... 38 26 694) Philadelphia, 35 31 1530 r 4% 31 -5S7| New ¥. 35 32 522 86.400 8.833 182 RESULTS IN TENNIS. Gee Won First Prize in the Le Droit Park Tournament. In the tournament of the Le Droit Park Tennis Association which has just finish- ed first place was won by Gee, who had been picked as a winner. It was not an easy thing for ‘him, however, and both Brush and Merrill gave him a hard fight. Gee will now have to play Frank Butter- worth fer the Le Droit Park trophy. In the doubles, Gee and Chauncey took first, and W. Brush and Norwood second. = the consolations, Moran won from Per- ns, The prizes were: First prize, singles, gold hunting case watch; second prize, gold cuff buttons; first doubles, two Slo- cum tournament racquets; second, two ten- nis coats; consolations, tennis suit. Following is the score: Proctor beat Per- kins 6—4; Gee beat Moore 6—3, 6—4; W. Brush beat Norwood 7—5, 6-4; C. Brush beat Bliss 8—6, 6—0; Merrill beat Graham 6—3, 6—4; Chauncey beat Moran by default; W. Brush beat Proctor 7—5, 3-6, 7-5; Gee beat Chauncey 6—4, 6—4; Merrill beat C, Brush 6—4, 7—5; Gee beat W. Brush 7-5, 6—4; Gee beat Merrill 7—5, 64, 6-3; doubles, Proctor and Merrill beat Graham and Perkins 5—7, 6—4, 6—4; W. Brush and Norwood beat Moore and Davies, 6—4, 6—4; Gee and Chauncey beat Proctor and M. rill 6-3, 6—4; Gee and Chauncey beat Brush and Norwood 6—4, 7—5, 6—2, L, A. W. Bulletin. The following bulletin has been issued by Chairman Gideon of the L. A. W. racing board: Alva W. Stewart, Ridley Park, Pa.; E. Outhouse, Fairfield, Me.; Watson Coleman and Daniel Connolly, Boston, Mass., are hereby declared professionals under clause B, amateur rules. R. P. McCuréy and Geo. B. Mershon, jr., Philadelphia, Pa., are transferred, at their own request, to the professional class. J. H. Baldwin, Newark, N. J., is suspend- ed from class A, pending investigation. Vv. C. Weddell, Buffalo, Y., is suspend- ed for ninety days, for entering novice race after winning a prize. M. F. Hill, Aberdeen, Wash., is trans- ferred to class B, at his own request. ‘Transfers te class B, under clause F, class A rules—W. E. Becker, Minneapolis, Minr.; B. B. Bird, St. Paul, Minn.; J. M. Campbell, Spokane, Wash. ‘Transfers to class B, under clause G, class A rules—S. Wilson, jr., Newark, N. Fes J.; W. E. De Temple, Buffalo, N. Y. Werek and H. F. Huehne, Buffalo, N. A. L. Brunner and Vincent Dole, Kansas City, Mo. Transfers to class B, under clause B— Chas. Cohen, J P. Spalding and Robert Cain, Louisville, Ky.; da. W. Heyer, Bridgeport, Conn. Suspended from all amateur racing, pend- ing investigation—Willie Bleckner, William Maizing. Chas. Besso, Paul Everett of Oak Harbor, Ohio; Geo. Bowland of Martin, Ohio, ard F. M. Klippman, Toledo, Ohio. Dwyer's Don Alonzo Claimed. LONDON, July 19.—After the race at New Market yesterday for the selling plate for all ages, in which Mr. Michael F. Dwy- er’s Don Alonzo took second place, Capt. Machell, who entered Belgravia, ran third, claimed Don Alonzo under the conditions of the race for selling. ‘Won a Cup. LONDON, July 19.—Watts of the Royal Scots won the Dally Graphic cup at the Bisley rifle meeting today. At Sandown. LONDON, July 19.—The Sandown Park second summer (Eclipse) meeting opened today. In the chief event, the Eclipse stakes, there were eight runners over the Eclipse stakes course, about a mile and a quarter, Baron Schickler’s Le Justicier won the race, which was for 10,000 sovs. Whittier was second and None the Wiser third. To Buy the Stanford Track. CHICAGO, July 19.—Tom Williams, the California turfman and manager of the Bay District track in San Francisco, ar- rived in Chicago last night. Mr. Williams, in speaking of the racing outlook on the Pacific coast, said everything looked fa- vorable, irrespective of the threatened war- fare with Ed. Corrigan. The Californian’s object In coming east Is to induce some of the rich turfmen, such men as the Dwyers, the Keenes, Belmont, Ruppert and Lorillard, to accept some stock in his track The race track ground has been offered to him for $650,000 by the Stanford estate, and he hopes to purchase it, with the assist- ance of some of the rich eastern turfmen. With their interest in the track Williams is convinced they will send the best in their stables this winter. ———— EXPENSE OF BICYCLING. A Young Man Who Found It Was Not as Costly as Yachting. From the New York Tribune. “If it weren't for the expense I think I should ride a wheel myself,” said a young clubman, into whose ears talk about bicycling had been dinned all year.” “There's where you make the biggest mistake of your life,” declared one of the listeners. “Why, that’s the thing about bicycling—-it’s so cheap. You pay $100 for your machine, and that ends it. You get a guarantee for a year, and have the cheap- est and best run of your life.” “That's what the fellows said when they got me to buy that yacht,” responded the first speaker, dubjously. “It was only a little boat, and they said that after I paid for her the running expenses would be a mere trifle. You know how that turned out. It cost me $1,000 to have the bow remodeled; I had to get new safls and everything else new. The, skipper robbed me right and left, and ran’ the yacht ona rock up the sound. I was buying things and paying for things week in and week out, and the summer's sport cost me just double what I set out to spend.” “Of course it did,” said the friend “Yachting always does. But bicycling is different. You couldn't spend $150 on it all summer if you laid awake nights studying up schemes to do it. There is no call to entertain your friends, as there is when you own a yacht." There was a further discussion, and it wound up in the purchase of a bicycle by the man who wanted to economize. After all, $100 seemed very ttle for six months of fun, and so he was persuaded that it would be best to buy a special make of a wheel at a cost of $125. Of course, he must have a bell, but that was only $2; and a jantern, and that was $5, as cheap ones would leak and wouldn't stay iighted; ard a cyclometer, which cost $2. Then came a stand, at $1.50; and toe-clips, at $1; and lubricating of] (only 25 cents), and f{llumi- rating oil (only 40 cents), and graphite (a modest 25 cents), lock and chain ($1.50 was the figure for thes>), and a pump ($2.50). When it came to clothing. there was a pretty penny to pay. A handsome suit cost $25 to make; it was so light In color that mud would ruin it, so the clubman before long bought a second one for possible rainy weather. This one was $15. Kanga- roo bicycle shoes cost $4; two pairs of Scotch woolen stockings, $8; two woolen shirts, $7, and a sweater, $. The young man wanted to go touring, and $3 more went for road maps, A leather luggage- carrier, also for trips out of town, was $6.50. One of his tires sprang a leak at the valve and had to ‘be sent back to whe fac- tory, so he bought an extra one for $7.50 to use meanwhile. He had one collision and came off pretty luckily, the bill for re- pairs being only $6.50. It cost $1 to have two punctures mended. A watch to be fastened to the handle bar, with frame, was $4. His first saddle didn’t suit, and a second one involved the expenditure of an- other $5. “Well, how do you like bicycling?” some one asked the young man who was econo- mizing. “It's great. I hope to have a comp! outfit of sundries by next spriz if they Gon’t invent too many rew appliances In the meantime. Expensive? Well, it isn't as cheap as it's cracked up to be. but it's away behind yachiing—several thousand dollars behind.” tee. Steamer Macalester to Ma Indian Head, Thursday, F‘ day eveni: gs at 6:30 p.m, alt Hall and y end Satur- SST HE GAVE UP HOPE, Commodore Howell Confronted With Terrible Enemies, PREPARED FOR THE LAS? SUMMONS How He Was Almost Mi Saved From Death. AN IMPRESSIVE RECITAL. Here and there in the busy, bustling world Individual works away with’ mind and muscle active and alert, careless of the nolse and con- fusion around hint, and intent only upon carrying out some great purpose inborn of genius. Such @ man is the inventor who nod Soutien acer gives his life to his labor jess cal i ae ae es Ss before him for solution. He is different from his brothers. They have their allotted tasks to be done in an allotted time, and beyond that they fas at Called on for endeavor. But the inventor's is Mmited only by the rules of science and plysic. It ineans long and wearying research into re! that may result only in misfortune; Persistent and relentless; the [tivegse peel into day, and the wrecking of the physical system on behalf of the intellectual. There lives in Washington at No. 935 H street Dorthwest @ representative of this class of men to Whom the progress of the world is more nearly due than to any other. He is Mr. Commodore P. How. ell, and he has followed the art of discovery and improvement in mechanics for many years. Unitke fo many of his professional colleagues, be has Heved success, and two of his inventions are ly known for their valualile character and Great merit. These are the Howell stecl cross bits and the Howell nut lock for railroad fish plates. a Jong — Mr. Howell kept in the wi es wrestling with Affected bis health very, bela re ieee “I am an Inventor, as you are aware,” said Mr, Howell to a reporter of The Evening Star, “and like most men of that class, am not regular in eating and sleeping. In my case indigestion was the first result of such habits. ‘Three years ago, however, I was taken with nervous prostration from too close application to business. I really Sot so bad that I was afraid to go to sleep at night, and often would call Mr. Romaine, in whose house I lve, and tell him that I thonght I should die. I even went #0 far as to arrange my affaira, feeling that I must soon give up the struggle. Doctors did not help me at all, so one night when I was feeling almost worse than ever before I remembered having read of Paine's Celery Com- Pound for nervous and run-down persons, so I sent to Mr. Williams’ drug store, corner of 9th and F Streets northwest, and got a bottle of the com- pound. In twenty-four hours’ time I felt that I had been regenerated, for I felt ike a new being. I think it is the best tonfe in the world. Since that time I have made two trips to Europe, but never went without being well supplied with the compound, for I would ‘as soon think of starting on a trip without ready cash in my pocket as to start without a goodly supply of Paiue’s Celery Compound. I think it was 2 good tdva on the part of an Irishman, who said to me in Belfast, after he had taken the compound, that it would be a good thing to keep on the breakfast table. “I have bought it and given it to hundreds who did not feel able to buy it for themselves,” con- tinued Mr. Howell, “and I never knew a. singl case in my experience where it id not produce the very best effects. I had a Indy friend who was a ‘total wreck,’ her doctor said. I induced her to try Paine's Celery Compound, and now her family buy St by the half dozen bottles, it wrought such a cure in her case. You have my permission to use this interview in any way you may feel Aisposed. T could fll page after page on the good results of Paine’s Celery Compound which are of my certain knowledge." $$ —— FRIEND OF THE TRUNK. A Member of the Brotherhood of Baggagemen Talks. From the Detroit Free Press. “How do so many trunks get broken? repeated the baggageman, as his face took on an anxious and weary look. “Well, that’s a question which has puzzled me for @ good many years, and I'd give a good deal for a satisfactory answer.” “The baggage smasher doesn’t have any- thing to do with it, of course?” was sam castically asked. os “Not @ thing, sir. That's where the pub- lic does him a rank injustice. In the old days they have smashed pp a trunk oc- casionally, but in these modern times trunks are handled like glassware. I've been on the road for seven years, and dur- ing that time I have not even ripped the handle off a trunk.” “But trunks come off your car smashed up. “Yes, sometimes; and I've had people complain of me and try to get me dis- charged. They were laboring under a mis- apprehension, however. In seven cases out of ten the trunk is damaged before it leaves home. People never send a trunk to the p until the last minute.” “Is the motion of the train hard on trunks?" “Very hard, sir. It jars the nails and screws loose, and the first thing you know the sides of a trunk all fall in, and I am blamed for it. We have to stand trunks on end, you know, to economize space. While in that position they ere still more susceptible to the jarring.” “It doesn’t hurt a trunk to drop it from. the car door to the platform, does it?” “Not the slightest. On the contrary, if it is an old trunk the shock will tighten it up as good as new. On my run I save the public at least $3,000 per year for re- pairs to the trunks. You have seen two men seize a trunk and fling it on top the pile on a truck. At such times you think you hear the sound of breaking glass, but you are mistaken. It is the loose lock of the trunk settling into place and saving the owner at least 50 cents in cash. You have seen a trunk fall from the top of a load on a transfer truck, haven't you?” “Yes, I hav : “The noise was like bursting open a door, and you probably felt like giving some+ body a piece of your mind. The Injury purely Imaginary. The fall simply bo! ted the casters on and strengthened the hinges. I am sorry the public labors under the hale lucination it does, as it puts a man in a bad light. I suppose you som times stand around to see your trunk put on the car?” “Yes, I often do.” “And when you see ft rolled over and over, and ended with a bang, and spun half way’ down the car, you feel @ cold chill?" o ‘Well, chill no more. Such handling is really a benefit to the trunk and should be an extra charge. Dear me, but I wish the public was more appreciative!” “How would you go to work to damage a trunk?" “TI do not know, I have lain awake nights and speculated and planned and worried, but have never solved the question. There is no way I could do it. In case of a wreck a-trunk might get damaged, but while un- der my care it is as safe as its owner in the parlor car. For years and years I have handled at least 500 trunks per week, and in no case have I been to blame for any damage. I wish the public understood this, as it would make my life more cheer- ful. It is useless to hope, though. The baggageman is a slandered railroad man, and so he must remain while people travel with trunks.” And he caught the handle of an old trunk, gave it a wrench which broke both hinges and split the cover, and sighed dreartly as he turned to his work checking off. “The Pennsylvania railroad is the best and popular route to Atlantic City and Cape May. Fast express service leaving Washington at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m, : —_ Where Men Are Weak. chison Globe. teeters who has to work for a living has no time to work the men, and the men are such chumps that they have to be worked to be secured. A girl who neglects her work to curl her hair and bat her cyes at the men stands a better chance of winning 2 husband than the girl who makes her dally work her first object, This is not complimentary to the men, but men are great chumps, and every-day oc- currences prove that they are particularly chumpy so far as the women are cou cerned.