Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1895, Page 9

i THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, AUGUST 93, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. THEY COULDN'T BAT Washingtons Helpless Before Wil- son’s Curves. NO TEAM WORK WAS SHOWN Colonels and Browns Are Again Beaten. CURRENT BASE BALL NOTES Utter absence of team work marked the playing of the Washingtons yesterday. It imay be that the local team has been given instruction by the manager in the past two Years, but the way the game was played yesterday would not convict any one of the offen :e. Repeatedly men were on first base with No one out, but no attempt was made to push them around. Every batsman struck hard at the ball, and the conseqvence was he was retired or forced the runner at sec- ond. Old ball players know that when they cannot hit a pitcher’s delivery safely it is well to try bunting. Bunting demoralizes @n infield more than the Hardest drives. The ball is hard to handle—it is so full of twist. As it rolls so slowly, the fielder fnust move all the more rapidly. The Quickest kind of a throw must be made. In fact, it has been demonstrated re- eatedly ‘on the local grounds that it is Bessible to win-a game by slow Infleld hits ‘where the most savage drives failed. But the local team never did it. Yesterday they went up like machines, one after another, hit the ball and went back to the bench. It is true that the vis- tors did some fine playing. Childs cut off veral sharp kits that ordinarily would have been safe, but Crooks, too, did some creditable work. In fact, the local team well supported Mercer, and he made tke only error, cost- ing two runs. But the team lost because it couldn't hit onsecutively. Perhaps the result would fave been the same had bunting and sac- Tificing been tried, but the patrons would like to hav: team work tried. Score: CLEVELAND. 1. 1 1 i 1 On cErminomed: mowooacoaoPr 3 ° 2 SOcOnMmHOn Sornoconcl ook oo8 nog ie First base on errors— Left on bases—Cleve- rst base on balls—Oft Struck out—By W! ind Cartwright ; McKean and ‘Tebs hours Other League Games. ‘At Philadelphia— Pitchers. R. H. E. Philadelphia. 4118 Cincinnat! 3.965 ‘At New York— New York....German-Rusie. 8 13 4 St. Louis....Ehret-McDougal... 6 9 T At Boston— Boston.. Nichols. -9 142 Louisville. McDermott. 5101 ‘At Brooklyn— Brooklyn. .Kennedy. 6 50 Pittsburg....Menefee-Hart..... 0 2 4 ‘At Baltimore— Baltimore 9 16 2 Chicago.. 8 91 "The League Record. | W. L. P.C. 629 Brooklyn... 58° 45.541 628 55 47 1539 ‘590 New ¥ 49 49 (500 “357 31 61 (337 {52 St. Louis... 31 70 ‘307 “546 Loutsville... 23 80 (223 ‘Standing of the clubs August 23, 1894: W. L. PC. M48 515 46 54 .400 43°55 439 41 60 “406 32 67 .323 Pittsburg: 32 68 .820 Today's Leugue Games. Washington at Baltimore @ games.) Louisville at Philadelphia. St. Louis at New York Pittsburg at Brooklyn. IT WAS A GREAT JOKE. ‘Adventures Yesterday of Burnham, the Laughing Umpire. From the Baltinore American. is Burnham, the umpire, smiled. He did more. He laughed outright. It is the first laughing umpire in this world of curios, and Burnham has a first mortgage as a museum freak. To think of Burnham liv- ing in the same hotel with Capt. Anson and laughing heartily within the hearing of the old man himself, especially when the veteran Is stinging under successive de- feats. Yet those are just the things that Burnham did at the Carrollton Hotel last night. The spirit that could go through a league game and laugh all the time, as though it were the best joke in the world, is not to be tamed by a five minutes’ talk even with your Uncle Nick Young, or to tremble under the castigation of even so mighty a veteran as Anson. And so last night Burnham laughed all the time as he told of his adventures of yesterday. When Burnham came to the hotel desk yesterday morning he found an ominous telegram from President Young, ordering his at- tendance on the august presence at once. When Burnham faced President Young, shortly before 1 yesterday afternoon, the umpire thought it the best joke in the world, and his face was illuminated by a glorious smile, and when Young spoke of the need of harmony, and told of Anson’s gbjection to him, and suggested gently that Burnham umpire in Washington yester- day, and get O'Day to come here, Burn- am could hardly contain himseif from laughing, and told his venerable uncle that he was working for him, and would just as leave umpire here or in Halifax, or at any other place where the temperature is nearly right. And when a liveried footman came in to announce that O'Day could not be found at his hotel to notify to come fiere to um- ire, Burnham thought it a still better Sox and when he and O'Day dodged each other all over the capital streets, and it ll ended in both showing up at the same time at the Washington ball grounds, Burnham was all but beside himself with wnirth, as he saw before him a day off, free from all restraint on his good humor. He qust reveled in it, and, while driving about vashington and eating good suppers, never gave a thought to Anson and his troubles. Bannon’s Suspension Removed. Thomas Fannon, the outfielder loaned ‘by New York to Scranton, was suspended last week for abusing Manager Barnle. Bannon has since apologized to Manager Barnle for the language he used last week. Mr. Barnie accepted the apology, and re- Moved the suspension, which allows Ban- non to play ball again according, as he may return to New York. Mr. Barnle would not keep him on the team. Carbon- dale 1s ralsing a hue and ery because the suspension is not lifted against Pitcher Luby, whom they want. Mr. Barnle said the directors feel that Luby struck base ball a bad blow, and that they would be stultifying theniselves if the suspension were lifted. Rase Ball Notes. Several members of the Cleveland team began wrangling over Umpire O'Day's de- cisions early in the game yesterday, and he fined O'Connor $2: In the absence of Umpire Burnham, Reltz and Donohue umpired the game at Balti- micre yesterday. They were satisfactory, The Senators left this morning for Baiti- more, where two games are to be played this afternoon. John Malarkey will pitch the first and Joe Corbett will be given a chance in the second. The Clevelands left last sylvania, where they a play two exh!- Bitton games today at Sunbury and Wil- Mamsport. Keefe did good work.—Philadeiphia Times. foes. was the only western club to The three games with Cincinnati drew over 16,000 people in Philadelphia. Robinson of Baltimore is hurt, and will be out of the game for several days. In the eighth yesterday a fierce foul tip came off Lange's bat. The ball fairly nipped Robbie on the thumb and_ knocked that member out of the socket. He silently pull- ed the injured member back into place and played the game all through. The Boston amateur base ball team played another game. against a local nine at Der- by, England, yesterday. The game, which was a most interesting one, was witnessed by a large crowd of people. The visitors won by a score of 6 to 3. Burns is having hard luck since he joined the Giants. First he fell over a fence and Hawley knocked him out with a pitched ball. All the home clubs won yesterday except the Senators. It was quite a feat for Kennedy to shut Pittsburg out and only give them two hits. In the first series the east has won four- teen games to six for the west. Biil Hassamer has been released by the local management and Tém_ Brown will take his place in right field. Bill has been very unlucky in his batting lately, all his drives going straight at a fielder. Manager McCloskey of Louisville has accepted his terms, and will play him on first base. Bill has been popular here, but base ball patrons are fickle. The Washington management complains because Pittsburg has farmed out Infielder Niles to Milwaukee, when he was claimed here. Not worth a fuss; if he’s not good enough for Pittsburg, Washington doesn’t need him. O'Day had little trouble with the players yesjerday. It was refreshing. Chippy McGarr made one of the finest plays of the game. In the seventh he cap- tured a foul after a long run through left field territory. : Abbey had in the previous inning made the star catch of the day, taking a drive by Wilson about a foot from the ground while on a stiff run. It was the best play made by a Washington outfielder in many games. Burkett was retired ina singular manner in the fifth. He hit a grounder, which struck Mercer on the leg, and caromed at right angles over to Cartwright, who didn’t have to move to put Burkett out. The worst error Mercer has made since he has been with the tocal team was made in the third inning, when, with an easy chance to retire a runner at first, he threw far over Cartwright’s head, advancing two runners, who afterward scored. Crooks had a novel experience in the fourth inning. With one strike and three balls, he attempted. to tap the ball and fouled it. ‘Striker out,” cried O'Day, whereupon the Spiders looked dazed, and Cartwright went up to expostulate. O’Day was convinced that Crooks had only two strikes, and, the next ball being wide, he took first. ;, Charley Esper has not appeared at Union Park since Saturday, when he was given leave to go to his home in Philadelphia to spend Sunday. He did rot report Monday, as he was expected to do, and on Tuesday telegraphed Manager Hanlon that his child was ill. Wednesday another telegram said that the child was better, and that he would probably be on hand yesterday, but his manly form was still missing.—Balti- more Sun. Manager Watkins of New York will place Tom Bannon on first base, because Doyle still complains of a lame ankle, and Mr. Watkins does not think that Wilson knows how to play the bag. Davis is again field captain of the team. There is a rumor afloat that John M. Ward will manage the Philadelphia team ext season. Brodie has paid the fine of $50 left as a legacy by the lamented Umpire Hunt. Harry Staley has bobbed up with Wheel- ing in the Iron and Oil League. Lucid, released by Brooklyn, is pitching cracking good ball for Phitadelphta. Yesterday's victory made eleven straight for Baltimore. CHACE DEFEATS FISCHER. Crowntirsbicld Sprained His Ankle in Yesterday's Tennis Playing. Codman and Terry brought their long contest of the previous afternoon to a rather inglorious finish: yesterday in the Newpert tennis tournament, Terry taking the odd set, 6-love. Malcolm Chace was pit- ted against Fischer. He started out strong- ly and excelled chiefly in carefulness of play, making most of his strokes count, while Fischer sent many balls beyond the back line. Fischer's style was good, but he seemed unable to command his strokes with accuracy. In the second set was seen as good tennis as has been played during the week. Fischer was at his best, and easily ran out the first three games. Chace had apparent- ly not fallen off in his work, but Fischer had come up to his best standard,.and for the time Chace could not count When Fischer dropped off a little, however, as it was inevitable that he should do, Chace’s sure work again became effective, and he soon had the score at games-all. From this point out it was a hard fight, and the play was full of brilliant strokes, long rallies being almost the rule, and apparent- ly impossible returns frequent on each side. Each was doing his best, and the score ran along very closely, the games alternat- ing. Fischer led until it was five-all. In the odd game the fight was continued, but when Chace finally took it Fischer appar- ently gave up the struggle and let the other go with surprising quickness. Meantime several other matches had been contested and finished. Hovey and Crown- inshield were opposed to each other, but had hardly begun playing when the latter sprained an ankle and was forced to de- fault. Howland took three sets from Terry, the last two with ease, but the first only after a long, hard fight. The summary: Second round.—Terry beat Codman, 5—7, *Third round.—Hovey beat Crowninshield by default; Chace heat Fischer, 6—3, 7—5, 6—4; Howland beat Terry, 9—7, 6-2, 6-3; Budlong beat Ryerson, 4—6, 6—2, 6—2, 6-1; Larned beat Henshaw, 6—0, 6-0, 6—1; Hinckley beat Smith, 6-3, 5—7, 1—6, 6-2, 6—3; Neal beat Jones, 8—6, 64; Foote beat Ware, 4—6, 6—4, 6-0, 8-10, 86. Consolations.—Preliminary round.—Scud- der beat Avery, 6—2, 9-7; Willing beat Hale, 6—2, 6—2; C. E. Sands beat Beaman, 64, 6-3; H. W. Herrick beat Brooks, 6—8, pee 7—5; Tete beat Arthur Taylor by de- Fault. First round.—J. F. Hobart beat Hatch by default; Jennings beat Lord, 6—0, 6—0; G. 2. Herrick beat De Garmendia by default, A. S. Taylor beat Brown by default; Thomson beat Post by default; G. L. Wrenn, jr., beat Boag, 6—1, 6—8, 6-3; W. A. Jones beat R. P. Davis by default; Lewis beat Stillman, 6-0, 6—3. Second round.—Jennings beat G. P. Her- rick, 6—O, 2—6, 6-1. PRACTICE FOR FOOT BALL. Penn’s Advance Guard Leaves Lake Ontario. The University of Pennsylvania is the first of the colleges to put its foot bail team to work. The advance guerd of the university foot ball squad, under Capt. Carl Williams, left last evening en route for Grimsby Park, Canada. This first squad consists of back-fleld and end-rush candidates. Capt, Williams’ party will be joined along the route by these men who live at a distance from Philadelphia, prom- inent being Coach Woodruff. In all there will be about fifteen in this advance party. In a couple of weeks about twenty candi- dates for the line will be sent to Grimsby, and the whole party will remain there dur- ing September, returning in time to play the first game on Franklin field wit “Jack’’ Shell’s Swarthmore team, on Sep- tember 30. Grimsby Park, the place chosen for this preliminary work, was discovered by Wood- ruff and Williams, and Director John C. Bell readily acquiesced in their choice. It is situated on Lake Ontario, and is an ideal place for conditioning atkletes. It is a cool, healthy resort and the water Is excellent. Last year’s great team will again play with three exceptions. These men are End Rush Rosengarten and Half Backs Osgood and Knipe. Gelbert, the other end on last year’s team, will be dropped back to half back. Consequently Pennsylvania has to make two ends and one half back. Those who. accompany Capt. Williams are solely candidates for the back field and ends. In addition to the little quarter back leader, the old men who go up are Full Back Brooke, Half Back Gelbert, Tackle Minds and Substitutes “By” Dickson, Bas- sett, Walter Thayer and “Eddie” Blair. Later on Pitcher Schoenhut is expected to leave the ball team at Chambersburg and join the Grimsby encampment. “Jack” Minds, the right tackle on last year’s team, is a member of the party, as he intends to try his hand back of the line, for a time at least. It is Pennsylvania's policy to play only on college grounds and with college teams. Every Saturday the Pennsylvania eleven will play on Franklin field, with the excep- for tion of November 23, when they play Har- vard in{Cambridge. In addition, they will play at poms every Wednesday except two. The same of the home schedule will be with Cornell on Thanksgiving day or the following Saturday. Mr. Bell emphat- ically says that there will be no game with Yale or Princeton. CROQUET CHAMPIONS AT NORWIOH. Jacobs and Strong Break Even and Burgess is Given a Surprise. Prof. Bishop surprised Burgess: at Nor- wich, Conn., yesterday afternoon, when he wor his first victory by defeating the young man from Lynn. The game was not bril- lant, but Bishop knowing the accuracy of his opponent’s shots “wired” him before trying to make arches, and as a result Burgess could not get a shot at the ball. Prof. Jacobus and Champion Strong fought hard over their two games and broke even, each winning one because of the other’s misplays. This leaves the re- sult very close between Burgess and Strong, the former having won eight and lost three, with one yet to play with Dickey, while Strong has won seven and lost three, with one to play with Dickey and Bishop each. In the second division Wahly of this city is still leading, but Fay took his scalp very readily, and it is possible for either Towne or _ Chalfont to tle him. In the third division Cody lost his first game to Dr. Davenport, and Cody, Finn and Campbell are playing ex- cellently, with doubt as to result. Prof. Jacobus is the holder of the Van Wickle badge, and having been challenged by Champion Strong they commenced the contest yesterday. The result of the play was that Jacobus won two in succession. ‘The scores: First Division. Apgar..... DD. Butier. Chalfont. eonnant MR. MAXSON WINS. The Old Washington Archer Takes the Championship. Yesterday was the second day of the seventh annual meeting of the National Archery Association tournament on Bat- tery Lawn, at Dayton, Ohio. First was the second single York round, 100 yards, 72 arrows; 80 yards, 48 arrows; 60 yards, 24 arrows.—W. B. Robinson won. Second, ladies’ national, 60 yards, 48 ar- rows; 50 yards, 24 arrows; 398 points.—Mrs. J. S. Barker won. S . Championship ladies’ natioaal round, won by Mrs. M. C. Howell, with total of 132 hits, 756 points, which is 43 points over the world’s record. Second ladies’ Columbian round, won by. Mrs. M. C. Howell, 50 yards, 40 yards and 30 yards, 24 arrows each distance. Ladies’ Columbia, won by Mrs. Howell, 141 hits, 969 poirts. Seeond American gentlemen's round, 60 yards, 50 yards and 40 yards, 30 arrows each distance, won by W. B. Rcbinson. The York round championship was won) by W. B. Robirson. ‘American round championship, by L. W. Maxson. —_____+0+-____ TWO MEN AND A DEVILFISH. A Desperate Fight for Life in a Boat Of the Pacific Coast. From the San Francisco Examiner. ‘The Giglic brothers, who own the fishing boat Salvator, had a lively tussle with a big devilfish off the Farallone Islands last ‘Tuesday. They crippled the monster at last and stuck him with a knife. Now what {s left of him is hanging in front of the fish market on Merchant street. He is a particularly devilish-looking speci- men of a bad family of devilfishes and measures within a few inches of thirteen feet on the longest of his eight cruel-look- ing tentacles. The under sides of those long, tenacious strips are dotted as full as they can be of vicious mouths, each fully an inch in diameter. Whenever Mr. Devil- | fish clasps one of those long, clinging tenta- cles to anything and sets the mouths to sucking that particular thing is in a way to go wherever Mr. Devilfish minds. Joe Giglio might have been at the bottom of the sea now if a lucky stab by his brother, Bart Giglio, had not lafd out the monster. The two men were fishing for rock cod off the Farallone Islands last Tuesday, when of a sudden Joe Giglio felt a tre-| mendous strain on his line. The line was a stout cord armed with big hooks, and he knew that it would hold almost anything short of a whale. He didn’t have devilfish inmind, though. His idea was that he might have hooked some big fish that would prove a prize in the fish market. So Giglio braced himself and met the strain. He shouted for Bart to help him. Bart knew that something big was on the other end of the line, and he braced himself behind his brother. Then they lay to it, devilfish at one end and Giglio brothers at the other, each side wondering what kind of a crea- ture was making such a desperate fight at the other end. Inch by inch the Giglio brothers hauled in the line. At last the waving tentacles shot through the water, and the fishermen knew they had hooked something they didn’t want. They pitched the line away and tried to escape, but it was too late. The angry devilfish clapped a six-foot feeler over the side of the boat, and in two seconds the men were fighting for their lives. The Giglios knew that their only hope was to stun the creature. One grabbed an oar and the other a hatchet, and, keeping out of the reach of the long tentacles, they watched for an opportunity to get in a smashing blow. Bart Giglio, with his hatchet, struck off a section of the tenta- cle nearest him, but that didn’t do much good. There were plenty more tentacles and plenty of fight in possession of the fish. All the while the boat was rocking at a furious rate. For a time it looked as if the waves might help the devilfish in its efforts to elther upset the boat or clamber into it. For the first few minutes in the rocking strife the devilfish had it pretty much hig own way, for the men found they had their hands full in trying to keep their places in the boat. Joe Giglio thought so certainly, for a lurch of the boat sent him rolling head first right past the blazing eye of the enraged fish. A tentacle shot around him, and the next moment he was tangled up in three of the monster's hideous de- fenders and fighting the hardest fight he ever fought for his life. It might have gone hard with him but for his brother. While the devilfish was busy getting a good grip on the chest and neck of Joe Giglio and a satisfactory pur- chase on the boat, Bart Giglio pickea up a short club and managed to put in a smash- ing blow on the head of their foe. That didn’t do much good, and he looked about for the hatchet to cut the gripping tenta- cles from around his brother. “The knife, Bart, the knife!’ Joe. “Stick him with your knife!” Bart wanted to slash off the tentacles, but Joe, fighting hard against them, still had breath enough left to tell Bart to cut into the throat. But the fish didn’t inten to let a fisherman stick him in the throa' with impunity. When Bart made a plunge a swinging arm shaved his body so closely that he barely escaped being caught as Joe had been. Bart picked up the club again, and, after several attempts, man- aged to get in several blows on the crea- ture’s head. That dazed it so that for a moment the tentacles moved aimlessly. Bart saw his chance and plunged his knife ace) into the soft pulp of the creature's neck. That settled the fight. Gradually the feelers relaxed, and Joe Giglio, blowing for breath, got up and stretched himself to see if he was all right. They pulled their dead foe into the ves- sel aid set sail for the city. Now the devilfish is strung up before the fish stalls on Merchant street, and the Giglios and their friends are telling all about the big fight. Yesterday several epicures in the devilfish line saw the limp creature and promptly bought some of the tentacles. There are those who say an arm of a devil- fish boiled or properly fried in ofl is a very tasty dish. The Giglios say that may be so, and that certainly they prefer to have their devilfish boiled hard rather than climbing over the side of thelr boat with fight in his eye. shouted VALKYRIEIN DRY DOCK Workman Busy an the British Oup Challenger, DEFENDER “RUNS: AGROUND AGAIN —— The Cup Race§,*to Begin. on Sep- YAOHTING GossIP NEW YORK, August 28—The work of Preparing Valkyrie III for the potlead, which ‘willbe applied tomorrow, was begun today.. The, yacht.will. not. be -coppered while in dry dock this time, but it is likely that the work will be done just before the races for the cup. There is little doubt that the yacht will be ready to leave dry dock by tomorrow night: She will, however, probably not be floated until Monday morning, but the Englishmen will conceal thefr doings in every way pos- sible in order to prevent the curious, news- Papers and others from obtaining the most meager knowledge~-of the yacht’s per- fermances. Hundreds again gathered on the pliers surrounding the dry dock, and among them there seerued to be a feeling that the Amer- ica's cup committee should not"have given rotice that the first race for the cup. shall take place on September 7. One yachtsman was heard to say. that ‘even' although the cémmiittee had conferred Valkyrie III Off Bedloe’s Island. with Mr. Glennie, Lord Dunraven’s repre- sentative, and reached an understanding with him, they would have shown better taste in waiting until Dunraven arrived before issuing the announcement, and it would be in ample time to do it then, for the 'Teutonis is due here on Wednesday. Valkyrie’s hull was- indeed. damaged’ on’ the trip across the’ octian, says a New York special: It was not battered out'o¥ shape, a8 one report world ‘Have it, but the fore part of the:racer underwent 'a”seVere shak- ing up, and, as a/result, a reverse frame has’ had to be putin by the workmen at the Erie basin at New-York, and a number of slack rivets had'to'be cut out and heav- jer ones substitutéd: This work was ac- comp#shed yesterday!‘under the eyes of a thousand or more ‘6f the curiously inclined, who, curiously enough, did‘'not know” It was in progress. I) = : Onthe other hand, litts stated that the report that the braces had buckled was emphatically dented by every one connected with the boat. Wriat: probably started the story was the removal of some strengthen- ing stays and struts‘which her hull was braced with for-the:Atlantic voyage, which is preciscly what was done to the Vigilant whén she went 'across‘last year. The machinists were‘not the only marine doctors who gave @ tonic to the Valkyrie. A force of thirty carpenters turned to at an early hour to burn the white-painted topsides with charcoal fires and also to plane the same woodwork. While this work was going on ten experienced riggers, alixhaving that distinctive rol that: Indi- cates the shellback, cruised back and forth along the top of the graving dock, ‘bound from the racer to a near-by loft with the spare spars of the visitor. These are to be stored in the loft until she starts to return to England. It was ascertained that instead of the Valkyrie’s rudder being bigger than that of the Defender, as is generally supposed, Valkyrie’s Bow. it 1s smaller. Its exact size at the widest part Is 3 feet 8 inches, while the Defender’s is 4 feet, even. An expert said yesterday that one of the officers of the Valkyrie told him that her spread of canvas would be 14,000 feet, or about 1,000 more than the Defender. ‘This would indicate a time al- lowance of over two minutes to the latter. The Valkyrie’s Spinnaker. The Valkyrie’s spinnaker boom was rig- ged in board. Like the rest of her spars, it is tremendously long, though in di- ameter it is not proportionately as heavy as the mast. Like the gaff, it is hollow, and appears to be made of spruce. It is strengthened by eleven steel bands. There are six on the gaff. In length the spinnaker boom runs from a point about five feet above the deck to a point about three feet above the mast hounds. It is thus about seventy-five feet in length, much longer than that of the Defender. In fact, as each of the spars is added to the Valkyrie, the immensity of Valkyrie’s Stern. her propertions becomes more and more apparent. Unquestionably the new Englishman is not only the heaviest sparred yacht ever floated, but also the best rigged. Her rig- ging is both stronger and better adjusted tran that of the Defender. And it is upon the fine lines of her hull that the Defender must rely if she expects to keep the cup. Valkyrie’s First Sail. Mr. Glennie said that the work of tuning the cutter up had progressed much more rapidly than he had expected, and that it wonld be completed by Saturday night. She will be floated then or on Sunday morning, but will not go out for a sail until {amiss with her hull. Monday. Those in charge do not eae taking the initial sail on Sunday. sails will be bent just outside of the and then she will go down to the Horse Shoe. It was also learned that Capt. Cranfield has made arrangements to dock the yacht between the international races. The dock at Erle Basin has already been secured. Valkyrie’s Big Steel Boom. Whether Valkyrie wins or loses on Sepr tember 7 she will be dry-docked there on the day following, and again on September 10. If a fourth or fifth .race be necessary to decide the series, she will dry dock be- tween the dates fixed for these. “To Dry Dock the Defender. The Defender has made arrangements to dry dock at the same place on August 31. This date will fall on a Saturday, and workmen have already received orders to report for duty that day to receive her. Bhe will be floated the day following, and, barring accidents, it will be her last ap- pearance in the dry docks. Mr. Iselin, it is understood, has discovered that the Defender can do better with a A Stern View of Valkyrie. a little slime on her hull than otherwise, and he prefers to give the new champion a full week’s go in. the water before the first in- ternational race if the Defender be selected. ‘The plans of the Vigilant are 1<t known definitely, but it is said that Mr. Willard has come to the conclusion the! he has done all in his power to make the center- board boat's bottom perfect, and that it will be unnecessary to haul out again. Defender Runs Aground Again. ~ Another mishap, though not a serious one, befell the Defender while on her way from New London to Bristol, R. I., yester- day. E : She was sighted off the mouth of the har- bor just after 2 o'clock, sailing steadily in the light breeze. At about 2:30 she ap- peared to have come to an anchorage off Hog Island lightship, but instead she was aground. The deep keel which has already caused so much trouble, took bottom on the shoal that runs off from Hog Island, and the Defender was again practically helpless. Her position, however, was not in the least serious, as the wind having been very slight, the yacht’s headway was not great. The same tactics which have been successful in previous mishaps of the same sort were at once tried, and in about half an hour the yacht cleared and was seen standing up the harbor. She dropped anchor off the. Herreshoff dock at about 4 o'clock. Workmen were waiting for her at the dock to begin the work of overhauling her. A large number Defender. of yachtsmen and others who had heard the numerous stories concerning the dam- aged condition of the new boat were gath- ered about, but the most careful inspection of the craft failed to disclose anything Chief among the men on the wharf waiting for the arrival of the yacht were a corps of riggers from Boston, who at once went aboard after the Defender anchored. ‘Their first work was to remove the top- mast and then the work of overhauling was prosecuted until nightfall. Meanwhile Valkyrie HI. the steel workers were framing the new topmast bands, and labor on the metal boom was not allowed to cease, and will be continued day and night until the work is completed. Mr. Iselin denies that the Defender has sustained any damage. BRISTOL, R. L, August 23.—At an early hour this morning a stiall army of men from the Herreshoff yard resumed work on the Defender and now she iles off the dock entirely stripped of her rigging and with her mainboom and mainsail lying on deck. These will probably be taken ashore this afternoon. The preparations for the stepping of a new mast will be be- gun this afternoon, and it is understood that the steel gaff and boom will be rig- ged with the new mast. The America’s Cup Races. The following notice regarding the first race for the America’s Cup was posted on the bulletin boards of the New York Yacht Club yesterday afternoon: “The first race for the America’s Cup is’ fixed positively for September 7. “A. CASS CANFIELD, “New York, August 22, 1895. Secretary.” Dunraven Starts for New York. The White Star Line steamer Teutonic sailed Wednesday for New York. Among those on board are ‘Lord Dunraven, the head of the syndicate owning the yacht Valkyrie III, now at New York preparing. for the America’s Cup contests, and his party. Lord Dunraven received a cordial recep- tion from the passengers when he went on board the steamer. He was sanguine and in the best of spirits. Tumbling Run Regatta. ‘The annual regatta of the Tumbling Run. ravy takes place at Pottsville, Pa., today. There are thirty-three boat clubs at the vig dams of the Schuylkill Navigation Company now, and all of them have en- tered for_one or more of the events. The prizes are very handsome, including a sil- ver cup, silver knives, forks and spoons, arm-chairs, paintings and a number of articles useful in the boat club houses. The day will be observed as a holiday, and all business will be suspended. GREATEST TWO-YEAR-OLD RACE. Unusually Large Number of Starters This Year. NEW YORK, August 23—The greatest two-year-old race ever run in this country will be seen at Sheepshead Bay tomorrow. It will be the eighth renewal of the Fu- turity Stake, which will be worth about $70,000, the exact value depending on the number of starters. In no previous Futur- ity have sg many great horses started, as the following probable list will show: J. J. McCafferty’s Applegate, 122 (McCafferty.) P. F. Dwyer’s Handspring, 120......(Sims.) Blemton Stable’s Hastings, 118...(Perkins.) D. Gideon’s Requital, 115. J. J. McCafferty’s Jefferson, (Thorpe.) *A. E. and D. H. Morris’ Formal,113(Penn.) Pueblo Stable’s Crescendo, 113. -¢ ) A. H. and D. H. Morris’ Intermission, 112 (Littlefield.) (oggett.) P. J. Dwyer’s Axiom, 110. Blemton Stable’s Merry Prince..(Clayton.) Marcus Daly’s Silver If, 108.......(Ballard.) C. H. Perry’s Mormon, "108. ) J. R. and F. P. Keeng’s Peep o° Day, 108 faral ) *C. Littlefield’s Bonaparte, 108. J. J. McCafferty’s Wishard, 105. *Doubtful starters. “LUCKY” BALDWIN DISSATISFIED. Doesn’t Like the Way Rey El Santa Anita Ran. There has been considerable gossip at Saratoga over “Lucky” Baldwin’s ex- pressed dissatisfaction of the running of Rey El Santa Anita Wednesday in the Spencer handicap. Baldwin is much dis- satisfied with the form shown by his colt in that race, and says he intends to have him trained in future by some one other than Sam Hildreth, who is at present hand- ling the string. Baldwin, immediately after the race, left the grand stand for the paddock, where he saw Isaac Murphy, and asked for an explanation of the colt’s poor showing. Murphy was at a loss to explain this and said that Rey El Santa Anita had no speed after he had gone a quarter of a mile, Baldwin was under the impression that “Murphy had been imbibing or that he had been “got at,” as Baldwin expressed it. After the-race when he had seen the Jockey he became satisfied that he was mistaken. Rey El Santa Anita’s form of late has been most erratic. On August 16 he beat Clifford in the most impressive style, while Wednesday he was badly beaten by Sir Excess and Saragossa. The latter was stiff and sore and entirely unfit. JOE PATCHEN WINS. John R. Gentry Defeated With Ease at Chicago. Joe Patchen won three straight heats from John R. Gentry at Washington Park, Chicago, yesterday, and won them with the greatest ease. There was a strong south’ breeze blowing down the stretch, and Starter McArty de- |Jayed the first heat of the big event until after the second heat of the 225 class. Af- ter scoring a couple of times, McArty gave the’ word on even terms, the heavy wind and track precluding the -possibiity of breaking a record. : ‘To the half they raced neck and neck, when McHenry called on Sentry, and he forged to the fore, abetted by the whip. Curry sat still and in the stretch made his call. Patchen responded gamely and won easily in 2.05 1-4, with Gentry a length to the bad. . ‘The time by ‘quarters heat, was: Quarter. .3 half, 1.02 1-2; three-quarters, -1.32 1-2; mile, 2.05 1-4. In the second heat Patchen led all the way. McHenry went tc the whip at the half, but Gentry could not respond. Curry -pulled -Patchen’ up, jogging home in 2.07 14. After this heat Curry announced that he ‘was-going for the record, and would not wait for Gentry. : The third heat was easily Patchen’s, as Gentry had tired under punishment in the previous heat of coming into the stretch. Altogether, the race was a vast disappoint- ment to the 12,000 persons present. At no time did Gentry act as though he hud a chance to win a heat. EXCITING JUMPING RACE. 7 this, the fastest Horses Take Many Falls in the Bever- wyck Steeplechase at Saratoga. There was a sensational steeplechase at the Saratoga track yesterday. Lion Heart cut out the running, the rest following safely until the Liverpool was attempted the second time. There Lafayette fell. In racing for a position at the water jump the second, time,,St. Luke stumbled as he landed, falling heavily. Woodford, who was close behind, could not get clear of the prostrate horse, and fell over him. “Brazil, St. Luke’s rider, was slightly in- jured, but Chandler, Woodford’s rider, was not, and he hastily scrambled into the saddle and set off after Lion Heart and Carracas. Woodford had hardly left the water jump before Beverwyck, who was far in the rear, came along and, in trying to nego- tiate this jump, fell: He, too, was re- mounted by his rider and set on after the others. Going to the Liverpool for the third time Carracas refused and got in the ditch. This left Lion Heart by a quarter of a mile in front.of Woodford, who was far in ‘front of Beverwyck. 2 Meantime, .while all these mishaps had taken place, Frayling had remounted La- fayette and set out to get some of the money. He caught up with Beverwyck three jumps from the end, and both horses, racing their full speed, stumbled and fell the second time. Cahill was thrown clear of his horse, but Frayling was not, his right foot being caught in the stirrups. He could not extrjcate himself and Lafayette *galloped “oft ‘with him dragging on the ground. After.a furlong nad been covered and just as the hors crashed through the fence, Frayling’s foot became loosened from the stirrup, and he was fortunately saved from a horrible death. Lion Heart kept on his way without mishap and fin- ished en easy winner, in front of Woodford. Racing Meeting at Atlanta. It was reported last night that Capt. H. C. Maddux and two capitalists of New York have leased the race track near At- lanta, Ga., and that they will hold a fall and winter meeting there this year. The course is within a mile of the exposition grounds. The track is six furlongs long, with the homestretch and backstretch elghty and sixty feet wide, respectively. The” léssees-intend ta hold their meeting either under Jockey Club or Western Turf Congréss rules. Oden Bowie will be the presiding judge, and “Tom” Flynn the starter. Five purses, none less than $400, will be hung up each day. Jockey Tribe Injured. Ed Tribe, the light-weight jockey, was loading a shotgun in the yard at his home im Paterson, N. J., last night, when the powder exploded and perforated the right side of his face. One eye was closed, and it is feared the sight is destroyed. His face was badly lacerated. Sporting Notes. Tim Scanlon of Pittsburg and Tom Mc- Carthy of DuBois, heavy weights, met for a twenty-five-round go at Kittanning, Pa., Jast night. Scanlon whipped his man in the second round. e-At the races at Tipton, Ind., yesterday Joe Guynan, a well-known driver, was thrown from’ his sulky and received in- juries from which he will die. F. E. Schlatz, a veterinary surgeon at the Alexander. Island track, has bought Para- gon and Arundel from Fred Girth. He will himself train these horses. Jack Falvey of Providence and Leslie Pierce of Philadelphia fought twenty rounds to a draw before the Gladstone ; Athletic Club at Lowell, Mass., last night. Both weighed 132 pounds. After the bout Falvey challenged Pierce to fight for $500 a side, and the challenge was accepted. Chris Von der Ahe has signed a new first baseman named McFadden, and the latter will probably play his first game with St. Louis today. SPRINGFIELD, Il, August 23.—The date for the fight for $1,000 a side between John Connors of this city, ani Mike Small of London, the latter the 100-pound cham- pion of England, for the bantam-weight championship of the world, has been fixed for September 2. DENVER, August 23.—George Hall and “Frenchy” Osborn have signed articles for a finish fight Saturday at Gillett, in connec- tion with the wild west show, another ad- vertised feature of which is a genuine Mexican bull fight. DENVER, August 23.—Charles Kemmick of St. Paul, once famous as the champion welter weight pugilist of the northwes' has died in this city of consumption, ag twenty-five years. He had a record of thirty-three fights in which he was vic- torious. ————— THE MARYLAND BENCH. Guion Miller Nominated — Ferdinand Williams Decline The republican judicial convention of the sixth circuit was held at Point of Rocks, Md:, yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Guion Miller of Montgomery county was nom!- nated as the candidate to be voted for at the approaching election for associate jndge to succeed Judge John T. Henderson. Ferdinand Williams of Cumberland was officially notified yesterday by Gov. Brown of his appointment to fill the vacancy jn the fourth circuit caused by the death of Judge Henry W. Hoffman. Mr. Williams has sent a letter to the governor declining the appointment. When asked his reasons for declining, Mr. Williams said: “I stated most positively shortly after the death of Judge Hoffman that I would not become a candidate for judicial honors in this cir- cult, and when my name was suggested as an appointee before any appointment was made that I did not want the appoint- ment. I, of course, have my own personal reasons for not wanting to enter the fight this fall, and do not care to disclose them.” Mr. Williams’ friends, who were so anx- fous for him to accept the appointment, ex- pressed great disappointment, and ’ say that they will not nominate a candidate, but will ask Mr. Wm. J. Read to run on an independent ticket. It is understood that Mr. Read has agreed to do this. Mr. Read is a republican, and was the first to an- rounce himself as a candidate for the nomination on the republican ticket. THE EVENING STAR has a Larger Circulation in the Homes of Washington than all the Other Papers of the City Added Together, because it Stands Up Always for the Interests , of ALL THE PEOPLB of WASHINGTON; does not Strive to Divide the Community into Classes, and Array one class Against - >the ~~ others; Contains the Latest and Fullest - Local and — . General News; and . Surpasses all the Other Papers in the City in the Variety and Excellence of its Literary Features. It Literally Goes Everywhere, and is Read by Everybody. It is, therefore, as an Advertising Medium, without a Peer, Whether Cost or Measure of Publicity be Considered. *