Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1896, Page 8

3 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 189¢-FOURTEEN PAGES. (Fine Tailoring at the MINIMUM COST. Ne Man Can Afford To Buy Cheap Clothes. —No one can appreciate the above Paradox so much as the man who has drunk his full at the muddy spring of eap Tailoring." The thirst for SATISFACTORY TAILORING has become intolerable—we quench It at the minimum prices—$15—$20 —§55. E7New Woolens arriving most every day. You will be surprised to see what Fine, Genteel Suits we make up for $15. Morton C. Stout & Co., Merchant Tailors, 1112 F St. ap2t-f,m,w,23 HUTT CRESCENT BICYCLES T HOLLOW FRONT mits the dirt to pass reby re friction points, and chain. 9) Western Wheel Works. Wash. Branch, Cor. gth HALKY S. JONES, Jr, Mona’ HUTTERLY Repairs pase Site *cnrtiess Watches ind Pins—Lodge is Small’ prices, 632 G St. &c.. in gold and silver. » Clty P ap24-123 Base ball and bat given away with each Boy's Suit! PRICES DROP ON BOYS’ CLOTHING! If you haven't bought your boy bis new spring suit you are to be ated, for such low pri We sults have ed. We advise cons for $3. row, $1.85. sof punts vt J patterns, We after these 68. . with extra pate most eo mete Tomorrow, $ seasou's Boys’ Pants, 35: :3 prs. for $1. $8 Stylish Suits, all ar Also suita- ail men, Tomorrow, $s. The for the Dnplex Suits at Easter time was so great that we sold completely ut. We have ed a new shipment of th “Duplex” Suits, which consist of a reefer when buttoned up (for cool morn- ings and evenings) and dressy Ju Suit n buttoned back. Prices, $3 to §. PARKER, BRIDGET & CO., Clothiers, 315 7th St. “Wien Who Dress Well —know the value of a faultless shirt. adds to thelr appe: comfort. ready tO put for the rit shirts that fit close in the right pl where thes ought to be. tion always assured. It sort of a shirt epee st be made Shurtmaker, 9 9O8FSt. DON’T OVERLOOK THIS Offer. Twelve Cabinet Photos. $2.00. They're the beautifully finished $4.00 quality. ‘ Alpines for a dollar: Firest Brown and Black Alpine Hats ever sold for a dollar in this city—the nobbiest styles. You've often paid $1.50 for not as Zool. This is Duniap’s role D. C. agency. Chas. H. Ruoff, Up-to-date Hattter, 905 Pa. Ave. 20a 3 Pa. ave. WHEN FOUND, MAKE A NOTE O° ET OUT YOUR NOTE What? A 50 worthy of fts na: hundreds who've for you, ux ours has ever Served for Ble, difficulty in finding a $1 dinner 4 menu—sueh tempting cook- and served in such inviting style. From You'll have ER AND PENNA. A HAPPY ES arried lit - varied fe Is BE furnish th AUT carriage ever perisoned horses—and. en, Charges Is Just vacated—desirable few rs wat ted. Downey’s Hotel for Horses, 1622-1628 L SYREET--PHONE 555. ap23-200 nce IN SPORTING CIRCLES Another Starting Machine Tried at Benning. GOOD BATTING OF THE SENATORS Umpire Keefe Again Allowed Too - Much Wran gling. NEW CYCLING RECORDS The largest attendance of the meeting enjeyed a day of splendid racing at the Benning track yesterday, and a3 four fa- vorites and a well-backed second choice were successful, the sport was as profitable as it was enjoyable to the public. Another starting machine, the Brown-Fitzgerald one, which was used at New Orleans, was tried in the fifth race, ata mile, and proved quite a success. Three canvas strips are stretched across the track aout five feet from the ground, from arms on iron posts on either side of the track. ‘These arms are pulled down and held in place by springs, which are released by a pulled on the inner side of the track. springs are very powerful, so that when the lever is pulled the arms fly upward and outward instanianzously. ‘The horses line up behind the weobiay, and spring forward from a standing start the instant the webbing is raised. ‘The starter is cta- tioned a short distance beyond the ma- chine, and if the horses are wel: in mo- tion after they are released by the webbing he drops his flag. At the first trial yesterday all the horees were well bunched, but Mirage was not in his stride, and for that reason they were recalled. McCafferty, on Sir Dixon, thought it a go, as did Wapshter, on ‘Tomoka, and as Littlefield, on Tom Moore, lost his sti Trups, the three ran nearly a quarier of a mile before the ringing of the beil and the warning cries of stable boys and train- ers brought them back. The second effort was perfectly successful, and the start was loudly applauded. The stake event he Mt. Vernon, for old fillies, at half a mile, and the ful took up her five-pound penalty and won rather easily, the Morris’ Florian running second, Winged Foot third. The winner was a to mont’s Fidena got off b: splendid rac filly. ms, on Halton, won the first race from avorite. Bel but ran a and is a very speedy looking Tinge by a length and a half, Lancer being two behind, vorite. Halton was at 6 to 5, the fa- three started in the second Premier, Palmerston r, and they finished in that o1 The first quarter was run in 23 2-5, by ton, but he died awa: The win- s at 1 to 3. Golden Gate, the sec- ond choice, beat Chugnet a length in the fourth, at a mile and 100 yards, Eno beat- ing Augus Jelle, the 7 to 5 favorite, by But six lengths Ed. Kearney was a 6 to 5 favorite in the last race, at a mile, and easily beat Mirage by two lengths, he a head in front of-Sir Dixon. Prig led until well in the stretch, when he chucked it up. Today the federal stakes, for thre>-year- olds, at six and one-half ‘furlongs, !s the y stake event. Tomorrow the stake vent will be the army and navy _handi- mile, with a splendid field. A over the full course, about a half miles, will wind up the pert. THE GAME DRAGGED. Umpire Keefe Gives Another Exhibi- tion of Somnambalism. The game at National Park yesterday af- ternoon between the Washington and Brooklyn clubs, like Its predecessor, was awifelly slow; so much so that 7 o'clock was fast approaching when the seventh in- ning was brovght to a close, and Umpire Keefe brought the strife to an end. Wash- ington wis in the lead, however, and no kick was coming, especially so when the home club had established a record of four «ames out of six from the two representa- tives of greater New York. The score ye terday was 8 to 5, and the latter figure would have been decreased by two but for an unfortunate wild throw to first by Mer- cer in the third. 2 The exhibition was marked by a number of interesting features. Al Selbach made ene of the clearest home runs ever seen on a bail field, an exact counterpart of the hit t McGuire which won the game from le in the morning, Memorial day, ‘om Brown started the merrymak- y hitting the first ball pitched for a bat in the seventh. Jimmy stically apparent with gle eech of the four times he went to Win Mercer was in the box for Wash- on and had a little the best of it over . the onposing twirler. hington secured one In the first on Brown's home run, and increased it to two in the third on a base on balls to Mercer, a steal sIbach’s two-bagger. In their oklyn tied the score, when Mercer wild when two men were on bases. gton added two in the fourth, one in the sixth and three in the seventh, while ooklyn secured one more in the fifth and WASHT! 4 06 90 0600 500 810 5 BO 910 224 100 oso 2110 1 1 8-8 0 26 Brookisn, 1. First i. 1; Brookiyn, 8. Left Brooklyn, 9. First base off Stein, 3. Struck out— Home runs—Brown, elbteh, De titice hit—Grim. reer, Shindle, Corcoran, Chane Hit by Umpire—Mr. Keefe. ‘Time minutes, GAMES ELSEWHERE. Mercer. Rogers, oreuran Mercer, 1. 2 hours aud 1 M of game Some Surprises ‘aused by Some of the Results. Hill's wildness and Miller's poor work at third were in the main responsible for Louis- ville losing to Pittsburg at Smoketown. Cas- sidy was badly injured in a collision with . Pitchers. Smith. RHLE. 462 3 365 By perfect play the Beaneaters succeeded $25 and $90 Sultings going at $2 We Are Sharing Our Good Luck ** * —with our customers. We made a “ten °° strike’ in ing a lot of FINE WOOLE: *** and instead of charging regular prices—$23 ae 6 d $30—are making them to measure, in eee ir usual itless style, for ONLY $20 *** PER SUIT. i Haslett & Pistel, “co” 9 Tuilors, 1417 PI AVENUE. ap24-20d Ballyowen Home Spun Knickerbocker Sults—the thing to wear for ing, ete. Genufae Irish cloth, with ex- rdinary wear-resisting qualities, Tweed Suits from $5.00. & Stinemetz 1237 Pa. ave. n.w. and Son, ap2: ae Largest stock of fishing tackle, guns, athletes’ ne- cessities and bicycling sun- dries south of Philadelphia —and finest store since the improvenients have been completed. Tappan’s, 1013 Pa. Ave. wh10-3m,20 in shutting out the “Champeens” at Baltt- mere. But six scattering hits were made off Nichols, Collins sustained a badly sprained ankle. Pitchers. R.H.E. Boston.. Nichols . -710 0 Baltimore. . Clarkson 068 St. Louis was worsted in a@ hard-fought battle with Chicago. Both pitchers received poor support. Pitchers. R.HLE. ... Briggs -8364 Breitenstein 176 The Phillies made it three straight from .the once Giants, and the crowd at the Polo Grounds expressed great weariness at the work cf the home team. Clark’s delivery was pulverized in the second inning, and eight runs followed. Pitchers. Philadelphia...McGill, Carsey.. New York.Clarke, Flynn, Doheny. Standing of the Clubs. Clubs. W. L. P, Philadelphia... 5 1 4 Pittsburg. ..., 5 1 (883 Baltimort Washington 2 .666 St. Louls. Cleveland, 2 1600! Bosto: Chicago. 3 (671 New York. ; B 1500 Louisville BASE BALL GOSSIP. And now for the “Champeens.” No game today. Washington goes to Bal- timore tomorrow, and will face the Orioles at National Park Monday. Then an ab- sence from the city until Tuesday, May 26, when Cincinnati is to be entertained here. Again did Umpire Keefe permit a tire- some continuation of senseless wrangling, when {t was not only within his province, but his duty, to stop the same. McCauley’s throwing to second base is worth careful observation. Mercer persisted in rubbing a new ball with dirt, and Mr. Keefe promptly called for another Spalding, but Win finally suc- ceeded in rendering the second far from spotless, ‘just for spite.” ‘The fighting propensity of the home club this season in endeavoring to get the best of everything is in big contrast to the sit- uation heretofore. e Mercer's wild throw to first in the third was the result of slipping in going after the sphere as it approached from the bat of Mr. La Chance. Very seldom dces Capt. Griffin fail to wrangle and bring out a copy of the rules. It was necessary for Keefe to threaten to put him on the bench and draw his Watch in order to end one of the debates yesterday. Had it not been for a carriage at the end of the left-field bleachers, Selbach would probably have caught that high foul fly in the fourth. McCauley is a diplomat in dropping pitch- ed balls with th> intention of enticing base Turners to start. With three men on bases in the fourth McCarthy succumbed to the siren throws of Mercer. Selbach’s fielding was up to the standard, and his antics at the plate and on bases were as entertaining as usual. “Isn't he grand?” more than one pretty girl in the stand was heard to remark when Mercer cracked out that two-bagger in the sixth, which sent DeMontreville across the plate. ‘The “all up for the seventh inning” cus- tom is as vigorous as of yore. Selbach’s home run was a beauty. Those persors entertaining any doubt as to Rog- ers’ ability with the stick would do well to glance over the record for the week ending yesterday. Bonner's hit in the seventh, which Brown pulled down, to the surprise of everybody, looked good for a home run. Yesterday's New York's inficld is as strong as it can be made, with the ma- terfal on hand. Poor Irwin! Lucky Philadelphia! Capt. Nash of the Phillies made the first home run of the season on the New Yorks’ ercunds, Anson says all the new men that he has under contract for Chicago are reliable, = he does not want to part with any of em. Friend, the pitcher Anson picked up from the New England League last year, Umpire Sheridan and Capt. Latham came to blows in the Browns’ dressing room after yesterday's game at St. Louis. ‘The players interfered before much dama 49 was done. The trouble was brought about by a close decision at the plate in the eighth inning, when Dowd was declared out. Latham protested so vehemently that he was sent to the bench. After the game Latham renewed the discussion, and his offer to fight was accepted. “Capt. Joyce of the Washingtons pre- dicts that the Senators will finish this year in seventh or possibly sixth place. He also says they will finish ahead of New York.” —Baltimore Sun. One Cleveland paper has already slated the Orioles for the second division, on the ground that McMahon, Hoffer and Hem- ming are “not effective in the least.” Charlie Zimmer of the Cleveland team wrenched his back Tuesday. It grew worse, and yesterday he was sent home, and will be unable to play for possibly ten days. O'Meara has been wired for. Cartwright, who has been acting captain in Joyce’s absence, indulged in some very senseless kicking yesterday. Even _ the spectators, partial as they are to the Sen- ators, became impatient, and cried for him to stop. The people want to see the boys wia on good hard hitting and clean field ing. There 1s no sympathy with childish kicking and sulking. No team ever lost by being gentlemen. Last fall Kegers and McAuley, then of the Providence team, and now playing fine ball for the Washingtons, were recom- mended by the Sun to the New York club. President Freedman went to Springfield at the time to see them play, but refused to draft them on the ground’ that they were not fast enough. J. Earl Wagner is to be congratulated on securing their services.— New York Sun: Georgetown and Trinity. Georgetown University willl meet Trin- ity College of Hartford on the college cam- pus this afternoon. Trinity is stronger this year than ever before, and has given each one of the leading "Varsity teams in the north a hard rub. Trinity gave Penn- sylvania quite an argument, and played Virginia a close game yesterday, and tho outcome of today’s game will show whether Georgetown will have an easy thing with Pennsy tomorrow or not. Capt. Harley will put a strong team in the field, and although the club looks upon the game as won, still the Trinity team is a strong enough one to make the wearers of the blue and gray play an exceedingly careful game. The two teams will come up as follows: Georgetown—Harley, 1. f.; McCarthy, c. f.; Mahoney, 1b.; Tracy, p., McIntyre, s. Lamb, r. f. ty—Davis, 1. f.; A. Gage, c. y Graves, 2b.; Coggshall, p.; A. Langford, W. Gage, c.; Glazebrook, Glynn, 3b. . Langford, 1b. Accident to Wefers. The Georgetown relay team may be with- out the services of B. J. Wefers at the in- tercollegiate meet at Philadelphia, for which the runners will leave tonight. We- fers was inadvertently epiked by Walsh while at practice yesterday, and the acci- dent may keep him from competing in the relay race. He is the strongest man on the team, and his Ices will make an immense gap in the Georgetown’s team should he be unable to run. C. A. CG. Bowling. The second assignment of the second se- ries in the cocked hat bowling tournament of the Columbia Athletic Club finished its quota of eight games to each man last night, the scores made being rather an im- provement on previous ones. J. Brown and Perry were tied, with a total of 97 pins each, but Perry made the highest score for a single game made during the evening, 36. Fleming, 2b.; es The players who have not compfeted their full quotas will bowl tonight and tomorrow evening. The pins scored last night were: J. Brown. : Perry . ‘Treadway . Goodale Stokes Sutton ...... Arranging for the Regatta. The board of governors of the Columbia. Athletic Club held a meeting last night In order to consider the matter of holding a Potomac river regatta. As the Potomacs chose a special committee some time ago to confer with similar committees from the Columbia end Analostan boat clubs, a com- mittee was appcinted last evening by the Cc. A. C., its members being S. W. Stine- metz, Lieut. Charles Baker and R. W. Ryan, and as soon as the Analostan club is heard from the three bodies will get to- gether and decide upon the matter. CANNC Pea NDI CHILTON, H., ELL, F. 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With man- ufacturing facilities that have never been touched heretofore and advantages in buying cloth, it is lit- tle wonder that we’ve brought prices down one-third Five dollars today brings you as good It’s made a great awaken- Its known we're doing Its known Mertz It’s known we stand to give back the money if the goods are not as represented. What’s the Use Paying Higher Prices? Price Makers. WOW WOW WOWS our tailoring is and /Vlertz, 1412 Park et., Mt. P, Evi Albany McCALL, J. McCALL, 8. W McCLEARY, J. [Metropolitan $40 P st. n. 15th st. on. pngressional + Cochran | Rhdde island ave oe - Arlington, Zi0 A st. we. fi801 Conn. ave. 1108 Gth st. nv, Arno Ho! AT0S TT. ave. n. ICHTAKT onl ROLL it. Vernon Hamilton 1681 16th st. now. Artin: “1111 T st. fetrepol 2109 Ma. ave STRON. STROWD, i407 F st. n. 263 ‘Roanoke ‘et. a; Metropolitan Rizes jeiropolitan Capitol st. Coun. ave. pitol at. Hamilton . ave. De, at. ne. ‘arnum rmantie Ehbitt Ebbitt WOODMAN, Congressional woopwanD, Metropoiltan WOOMER, E. -Hanilton WRIGHT,’ A. B., “Mass. -Riges —__—+ A National Peril. From Puck. The dinner hour had arrived, and they were all grouped about the curbstone, de- vouring the contents of their pails. “Sippose all this war talk ends in war,” said Riley, “who's goin’ to do the foightin’?” “Phe Hkes 0’ you an’ me,” answered Du- gan, scornfully. “Did yez sippose the United tes Senate ‘u'd do it? “Phwat I want t’ know’s this,” went on Riley, thoughtfully; “‘sippose the walkin’ dilegate turns oop when the foightin’ ‘s be- ginnin’ and ordhers us to quit because there’s non-union min among the troops?—” But the 1 o'clock whistle screamed at this juncture. —+e0e——____ He Was Too Good. From the Woonsocket (I. I.) Reporter. A certain married lady on Bernon side sat up till 12 o'clock the other night wa‘ting for her husband to come home. At last, weary and- worn out with waiting, she went to her bed room to retire and found the missing husband there fast asleep. Instead of going down town he had gone to his room. She was so mad that. she wouldn't speak to him for a week. —\__+o+____ A Misnomer. From Trath. Mrs. Newed—“I don’t understand why they call these things dumbwaiters.”” Mr. Newed—‘‘Why not?” Mrs. Newed—“I have learned from this dumbwaiter all I know aboyt the other people in these flats.” , RACING! RACING! Benning Race Course. <i Te SPRING MEETING OF THE DAILY UNTIL MAY 2. ye The Federal Stakes for three-year-olds and Four Other Races Today. Army and Navy Handicap and Steeplechase Tomorrow. Admission Hereafter Grounds, $1. to All Parts of the Ladies, 50 Cents. Trains leave Sixth Street Station at 2:00 and 2:30 p.m., returning im- immediately after last race. BEN HELLEN, Secretary. it x0): 'S. S HOWLAND, President. Barth’s “Coca, Beef and Celery Compound” ~ —a spring tonic for both young and old. Splendid remedy for persons who are suffering from lassitude and that feeling de- scribed as “run down.” to its proper condition. Regulates the bowels—improves the digestion—relieves that “tired fecling” and tone up the system A Novel Offer: A written guarantee goes with every bottle of Barth's “Coca, Beef and Celery Compound,” and if the medicine does not do all that is claimed for it, money will be refunded. You are the judge—if dissatisfied your money is returned. That's fair, isn’t 50 cents bottle. it? MERTZ’S Modern Pharmacy, F and 1th Sts. NEW BIKE LEVICES. San Shade and Fiy Fan Among the Latest Schemes. From the New York Herald. The discomfort experienced by riders un- der a hot, glaring sun has resulted in a number of simple attachments being put on the market which give a delightful shade without adding much extra weight to the machine. These devices differ slight- ly in construction, but all are detachable and consist mainly of a perpendicular bar pivoted to the handle bar and carrying a shade of some light material which inter- cepts the sun's rays. But the manufacturers do not stop here. In summer riders are bothered very much by flies, and several attachments consisting of fly fans, revolved by the turning of the pedals, have just appeared on the market. Whether they will serve their purpose, how- ever, remains to be seen. A patent for a bicycle saddle with a rest for the back of the rider was issued last week. It operates automatically and col- lapses when the rider alights, so that he ts in no way hampered by it. From a hygienic standpoint this back rest is regarded as a great improvement upon saddles. Many wheels are being fitted with pneu- matic saddles, and riders who have used them speak highly of this air-cushioned seat. It affords a comfortable seat and responds to every movement of the rider. A nut device designed to increase the speed of the regular safety bicycle has been tmtroduced. The machine is rigged with a double chain and gear, so adjusted thi one turn of the pedals produces two revolu- tions of the wheels, and while the common model covers eighteen feet of ground at a stroke of the wheelman, it is claimed that the double gear will cover thirty-six feet. It is believed a mile a minute is within the capacity of a double-geared wheel, provid- ed the rider can stand the clip without losing his breath. Strenuous efforts are being made to manufacture a bicycle boat that in time will come into use. Another of this type an. of machine, whose construction is very in- teresting, was patented 1. week. It consists of a bicycle-like frame and a pair of boats supporting and pivoted to the frame. One or more paddle wheels are also carried by the frame and operated by th pedals In the same manner as the bicych Steering gear and rudders are also pro- vided and are operated by the handle bar on the frame. Such a device would hardly do for rough water, however. It is possible, thouch, that we may soon see a bicycle boat sailing on one of our smooth water streams. Another of the many inventions for sup- porting a rider in the saddle consists of an adjustable belt to surround the wheelman's waist, straps connected to the belt and adapted to be connected to the ends of the handie bar and an adjustable strap con- necting the rear under side of the belt and the bicycle seat. This device gives rest to the rider’s back and permits him to ride with hands off the handle bar when he so desires. Bicycling has many advantages, and a mew one due to the pneumatic tire has just come to Nght. The rider is completely in- sulated from the earth and consequently its impervious to the attacks of the electric fivid. Wheelmen can ride through the heaviest thunderstorms without fear of be- ing struck by lightning. —-+e2+—_____ tw Lucky. From Harper's Barar. “I ses you had a shop-lifter at your place the other day, Berker.” “Yes. It's lucky she came Thursday in- stead of Wednesday.” “Why 50?” “Everything she took had been marked Gown fifty per cent. If she'd come the day before, we'd have lost that.” 02 Accommodating. Feom the New York Weekly. Murderer—“Yer honor, if yez don’t moind, wud yez plaze change the day for me execu- tion? Sure, it goes agin’ me conscience to be Nung on Friday—a fast day.” Accommodating Judgo— ‘With pleasure. 1 will appoint the Monday before.’