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GENERAL SPORTING NOTES A wild and hilarious cheer went up Sat- urday when roaring Bill Kennedy stalked into the pitcher's box at Brooklyn and ground the new ball familiarly in his hands and glared confidently at Tom Brown, the senatorial center fielder. Five thousand spectators recefved thelr money's worth of base ball during the nine innings that fol- lowed. Brilliant work marked every min- ute of the contest, and when it was all over there were few who did not acknow!l- edge that the best team had won. Inciden- tally, Washington won by 4 to 3. Early in the me it looked though the home team would win easil They batted Mercer in the second in a way that at things, but the long-haired youth was as cool as an iceberg and set- ted down as though nothing had hap- pened. Again in the fifth the home team found his curves and batted out a run, making their lead 3 to 0. It was thelr 1 effort, for thereafter they could do ab: lutely nothing with Mercer, whose clever pitching, phenomenal fielding in his posi- and faultless support prevented an- BLrooklynite from reaching even fi There wasn't th emblance of a on the part of the vi: hout the entire game. idition to his gi fielded the { uiey's home head of him resembled a non ball in speed, and the Brooklyn out- nting yet as a re- ult of the ch . Cartwright demon- strated that he s eye on the ball by cracking out two singles, which were the kind that count. Selhach, in the ninth, ved the game from being tied and per- lost. Anderson hit the sphere ever- ingly and it sailed between center and ft field with all the appearance of a homer, but “Selbach hove in view like a low out of a cloud in left and clutched the ball in the nick of time. It was a won- derful plece of fielding, and the cheers for Anderson that wer- on the lips of every- ody burst forth into a roar of generous | fiela applause for Selbach.” Other Lengue Games Saturday. At Philadelphia, 16 At Cleveland, 2; Cincinnati, 1. At Boston. 10; Baltimore, 9. At Louisville, 0; Pittsburg, 14. At Chicago, 15; St. Louis, 8. Colts Deteat the Browns. Chris Von der Ahe’s Browns suffered their third straight defeat at the hands of An- son's Colts in Chicago yesterday. Briggs carried off the pitching honors In that he kept the hits scattered, and the locals were fortunate in sending the ball into the crowd th men on bases. nn gave an e% tion of star fielding, while Dahlen batted the ball all o CHIC Louis Earned rens— bas: hit Dowd, Hart, Sacritice bit Flyon, — Doubl By Douglas. Ba on of Hart, 7. Hit with ball— ours and thirty minutes. Time Two Weldman. Colonels Lost: Again, Through inability to bat at critical stages and poor base running, Louisville lost a close game to Cincinnati. The support ac- corded Pitcher Fraser was far below the standard. LOUISVILLE. R.M.O.A.E. Burke, If. -O3 100 OO251 -O1l200 -11610 -00500 19010 Lf 0 2110 Vaughn, ¢.. 0) Warner, 2 0 0 6 3 1 Dwyer, p.- 0 Fraser,"p... 1 21 4 2 1 ‘Totals ... 8 B2T15 4 91031000 x-5 -00000210 6-3 ville, 1; Cincinnati, 1, First, on errors—Loulsville, 1;° Cineinnat, 3. Lett on bases Louisville, 3 Cine 3 First on. balls — of Dwyer, Miller. | Doubl 3 er, Warner, and Miller. . Holmes. ‘Time OBrien; pitched ball Umpire—Emslie. ord of the Clubs, P.C| Clubs. -818 Brooklyn, Cleveland St. Louis. Louisville Balti more, Chieag. Louls¥i hington at Cleveland. altimore at Pittsburg. Philadelphia at St. Lou Boston at Cincinnati. New York at Louisville. Brooklyn at Chicago. GTON'S AVERAGES. WASH Senators Stand Fifth in Batting and Tenth in Fielding. An interesting table, showing the aver- ages of the league clubs and players up to April 29, has been prepared by the Philadelphia Press. In batting Washington ranks fifth, with Brooklyn at the head of the ladder, while in flelding the local club ts stated to be tenth, Philadeiphia leading. In batting, among 9 players, Rogers stands sixteenth, with an average of .36i; twenty-first, with >; McGuire twenty-third, with .833; Brown, thirty- fifth, with .313; Joyce, forty-third, with .206; De-Montreville, fifty-second, with .278; Cartwright, seventy-second, with 249 Abbey,* cighty-third, with and Lush, ninety-fourth, with .133. In fielding, among twenty-one catch- ers, McCauley ranks tenth, with an aver- ege of .462, and McGuire sixteenth, with 3 Among thirteen first basemen, Cai wright is at the foot of the list with .{ Among twelve second basemen, Rogers is ninth, with 12. Among eleven third base- men, Joy is last, with .643. Among thir- teen shortstops, De Montreville {ts second, with .982. Among twelve left fielders, Sel- bach is fourth, with .926. Among thirteen center fielders, Brown is sixth, with .047, and among elght right fielders, Abbey is feurth, with .siv. Among fifteen pitchers, Mercer is second and McJames thirteenth. McCLOSKEY TO GO. ‘The Manager of the Louisvilles is a Disappointment. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 4.—The direc- Spring Neckwear, 5o0c. Not hard to find what you want here. You'll want "most every Tie we have— year thi . Lots of new ones, too. New colors—new effects — in 4-In-hands — Bows— Puffs and Tecks. 50c. EF SPRING .VERBYS, $2, $2.50 and $3. C. Lewis & Son, NEW YORK AVENUE. |R 142 my4-14a tors of the Louisville Base Ball Club have decided to release Manager McCloskey. Capt. O'Brien will have charge of the team until a new manager is selected. Base Ball Notes. This is the day scheduled for Gus Schmelz to join the club in Cleveland. There is no doubt that Joyce ts captain of the team. At one point in Saturday's game two balls were called on Mercer, and McCauley, as usual, started to move up behind the bat. “Stay back,” directed Mer- cer, but Joyce added, “Come up, Mac.” Mercer entered objection, but Joyce's rul- ing was carried out and McCauley donned the mask. Boyd will probably start off in the box against the Spiders this afternoon. Mercer is surely Brooklyn's jonah this year. He has pitched in four games against Griffin's men to date, winning them all. The cranks have dubbed Washington's left fielder “Murderer” Selbach. He cer- tainly killed an unusual number of base hits in the three games played. The Broolkyn bieacherites are nothing if not origi Said one to another on the smoking car on the way to Eastern Park Saturday: “Are you going steerage or sec- ond cabin today?” “I guess I'll go second cabin if T can’t get a good berth in the steerage,” was the response. All of which are esthetic terms for the bleacheries ard pavilion, The bleacherites had fun with Mercer early in Saturday's game. His s!ow move- ments in delivering the ball made them impatient, and they tried to get even by keep'ng tabs on each motion. When he struck an attitude they choruse his jong sweeping motion was the s for a long-drawn-out “two” and the de- livery of the sphere a sharp and deci “three.” It didn't bother him a bit. Not a base on balls was given by Merce! throughout the nine Innings Sati Such pitching ts sure to win. He r record in fielding, getting two put outs and six asst: He made two hits and stored one run. There is a good day's work for one pitcher. The Senators did great ten hat in those last four innin m work at the Seven hits, including a home run, two sacrifices, not to kK of three stolen base: ows that were not lucky in winning their game. Mercer’: rs balk in the second was peculiar, the least. He made a comple nout to deliver the ball, nd then drew back for no apparent s It was the first actual balk of the season, and Mr. Lynch had no other re- course but to advance both runners, La- Chance scoring and Shindle going to third. to swing as though al say What's the matter with the New Yorks?" asked a red hot crank ef Captain Griffin on vay down town In Brooklyn Saturday. the captain. over here. Corcoran came near precipitating a triple play in the second inning. His_ sacrifice bunt was a little pop fly that Iropped just in front of Mercer. Had the pitcher caught the ball he could have thrown to second, from where it could have been passed to first in time to cateh LaChance and Shin- die. As it was, Mercer caught it on the bound and threw Tommy out at first. McCauley’s home run hit in Brookiyn, when Cartwright was on first in the sixth inning, Saturday, combined with Selhach's rhenomenal running catch in the ninth in- ning, won the game for the Washingtons. The Lrockiyns had things pretty much their own way early, but Mercer pitched a fine game. He kept the home team's hits Well scattered, and his quick work on infield Krounders cut off several hits.—Baltimore Sun. Griffin and McCarthy have done no bat- ting In the last two games. ‘They've got what you call a poor batting streak s Joyce, “but when they get their gait look out. You've got a great team here and they'll be in the hunt before long. tll be great if when we come to Brooklyn again our two clubs are together near the top. Anyway, Washington will be a big drawing when we come here next time.” Manager McCloskey Saturday traded Out- fielder Wright and Catcher Boyle to the Pittsburg club for ‘Third Baseman Cling- man. Catcher Con Dailey has been released by Brooklyn. Ele Dan Brouthers ts of life. He never played any better ball than he is now. And Louisville did not re- ceive a dollar for his release. Bewen and Zearfoss are not going on the western trip with the New Yorks. They are both on the sick list. Bowen has a lame arm and Zearfoss is troubled with an affection of the eyes. The Philadelphia team, with any kind of luck, will be a strong factor in the league race. There are plenty of big hitters and a corps of excellent pitchers, besides equally good fielders. As Capt. Nash has absolute authority, he is almost sure to get win- ning results.-New York Sun. At the opening game in Detroit the other day Charles Bennett, the famous catcher, caught the first ball pitched across the Plate by County Treasurer A. I. McLeod, who represented the mayor. First Baseman Cassidy of the Louisvilles, who it was feared would be out of the game for the rest of the season, has had his wrist examined and the Injury found to be comparatively trifling. He will be in the game again next week. Pitcher Nichols says that this will posi- tively be his last year on the diamond. He says he has made arrangements to go into a business next year in which there is more money than base ball. If this be true, he 1s evidently trying to make his farewell the most brilliant of his career on the dia- mond. In Pittsburg recently, when Shearon of Cleveland was at the bat, with a man on third and another on second, Manager Te- beau walked up to the young man and sald: “If you get to first I'll give you $20, and $50 if you make a safe hit." Shearon struck out, and Patsy was very sad, as the out re- tired the side and he was the next hitter. Manager Hanlon has released Pitcher Gray, who was secured from the Toronto team at the opening of the season, to the Columbus, Ohio, club. Will Keister, the new fielder signed last week, will relieve Donnelly at third base for Baltimore in some of the western games. John Smith, a brother-in-law of Pitcher Ruste, is responsible for the story that the big twirler had to come to terms with the New York club. “That home run hit of McCauley’s in Brooklyn wag one of the prettiest I ever saw,” said a Washington rooter, who saw Saturday's game. ‘Cartwright had just made a stinging single, which went to cen- ter field so quick that he could not possibly have got beyond first bag. He was waiting for a chance to steal when McCauley’s crack rang out like a pistol shot. I never saw a ball travel so fast. It was a liner, but simultaneously with the sound from the wagon tongue McCarthy and Griffin turned and ran. They ran and ran, but when they reached the bell it had spent its energy and lay among the weeds in deep left center, The ball went directly between the two fielders. .The crowd was a large one, and they applauded the lively catcher | very generously. “Selbach shows his disappointment as well as his joy, 2nd he shows both too much. In the game Saturday he struck out at a critical stage in the game, and angrily slammed dcwn his bat. The crowd jeered him, and when he came to the bat again they howled at him. Selbach doesn’t need to take points from any ball player in the country as far as ball playing is concerned, but just the same his popularity will not increase and his playing, will not be im- preved by antics showing either joy or arger. A ball player can play ball every bit as well if he doesn’t do anything but play ball in a game. DISTRICT LEAGUE SEAS It Ww n't tell, I'm sure,” replied I've got all I can attend to having a new lease 1 Open This Afternoon at Na- tional Park. The new District League of base ball clubs will begin the season with its Initial game at National Park this afternoon at 4 o'clock, the game being between the Can- terbury and the Shamrock athletic clubs. The schedule has been made up, the open dates at National Park being divided be- tween the District League and the De- partmental League, the former taking the first three days of the week. Four clubs are presented in the new league—the Shamrocks, Canterburys, Eastern Athletic Club and Mile Limits. All the teams are made up of ball players, and some pretty and close contests should be played before the end of the season. A feature that Is calculated to draw many of the “fans” is the posting of the score, by innings, of the Washington-Cleveland game. The teams will take the field as follows Shamrocks. Position. Canterburys. Fitzgerald . -Pitcher........ Warren Powell catcher. Loveless Boucher. «first base. Hammacher Dougherty second base. -Roth Handiboe. third base. oftess Costello. short stop. -Flatherty Hughes. left field. Williams (capt.) Quill (capt. -center field ‘Hussey Norcom. + Tight field. Quinn THE TENNIS: SEASON Interesting Gossip About Players, Plans and Prospects LARNED AND FOOTE 10 GO ABROAD Favorites Who Havg heft the Field and Their Successors. WOMEN EXPERTS Saturday marked the opening of the lawn tennis season of 1896. ‘The first of the long series of official tournaments began that afternoon in New York, New Haven, Cam- bridge, Princeton, Philadelphia and Chi- cago. The interscholastic championship movement has assumed greater proportions this spring than ever before, and the tour- nrament will be held in six different sec- tions. Harvard and Columbia organ- ized the Interscholastic Tennis Asso- clation jn 1801, and since then the meetings have grown in importance each year. Yale and Princeton, which join- ed very soon after the association was formed, have been followed by the Chicago University and the University of Pennsyl- vania, both of which will hold tournaments this spring. The winners from all four of last year’s sections were present at Newport last Au- gust to meet in the final series of matches National Interscholastic champion- il is expected that there will be ants next surimer fur the honor. Leo E. W: of Brookline, Mass., who holds the title, will be ineligible this r to de- fend his claim to it, as he has entered Har- yard, while G. P. “Sheldon, Jr. Whitman, the other two inte have also entered college—Yale and urd, respectively—so that there will e a vacancy which must be filled by some new player this year, The interschelastic tournaments will be and followed by the state chumpionships, most of which are scheduled for the week of June 17, It was intended that some day the national championship tournament should be restricted to holders of state and other recogalzed champtonships, to prevent the great rush of less expert players from entering this most important tournament of tne year, which should be in some way limited ‘to experts. This plan, however, has not been put in operation as yet, and it is doubtful whether it will ever be perfected so that it can be carried out. Some such restrictions should be put upon the cham- orship entries in order to raise the stand- ard of play in our annual Newport meeting, which is now altogether too crowded by inferior players, who are completely out- classed, Dearth of Experts. There is lttle doubt but that there are more good second-class players in America today than ever before, but there is a dearth of first-class experts. As one after another of the veterans drop out, there is left a vacancy in the “upper ten” which Is rot easy to fill satisfactorily. At the of last season there were really only eight first-class players who. were still actly and several of these will be out of com; Ution this year. Larned and Foote will go fo England this spring, Hovey and Hobart have both been marri¢d since last season ended, and neither will be seen much tournament play this year, while Chase, Wrenn and Ni last year. Howland and S$ el will net play as much vens wHl probably be the most active of the experts, while Bud- Jong, Fischer, Ware, Whitman, Paret and two or three others of the d-cl men, will try to fill up the gaps in the ranks of the veterans, Howland’s record last season Was particularly brilliant, and if he finds lime to play throughout the coming sea- son, he should be among the very top m at the end of the year. In fact, with Lar- ned out of the race, Howland’s chances for the championship should Be ‘second to none. Up to midsummer he had not been beaten by any one but Larned last season, despite the fact that he had played in all the prom- inent tournaments throughout the spring. At Newport he was again beaten by Larned in the semi-final round, after a brilliant struggle; and with another year’s exper- fence he will make the most dangerous rival Champien Hovey will have to contend against in the defense of his laurels. The European excursion of Larned and Foote this year promises to be one of the fextures of the season, and American en- thusiasts have high hopes of some flattering results from Larned’s play in the British tournaments. Since 180), when Campbell played abroad, we have not been repre- sented in England by any tirst-class player, and never, before or since, by as capable a Player as Larned. He was ranked fourth in the country in 1808, and second in both 1804 and 1895. In fact, by many excellent judges, Larned is thought to be fully the equal of Champion Hovey today, and per- haps better fitted than the Boston crack to meet the English experts on their native heath. He is a faster and more brilliant player than Hovey, and this style of tennis is thought to have the only chance of beat- ing the Briushers. With English Cracks, Larned's plan 1s to go over early in the spring and play in a number of the most important of the spring iournaments in both England and Ireland, winding up his foreign campaign at Wimbledon, where he expects to play for the championship of All- England, which is practically the cham- pionship of the world. Foote will join him late in June, and may also play at Wimble- don, but could hardly be expected to live many rounds against the pick of the Brit- ish players. Larned, however, should be in his best form by the time the final test is reached, and it will take fully as good play as that shown here last spring, by the Brit- ish champion, ‘Dr. Pim, to put him out of the hunt. Larned was badly out of form last June When Pim and Mahoney played over here, and did not make a favorable impression against the distinguished visitors. That they are not Invincible to American skill was shown by Hobart’s victory over Pim, however, and with Larned in his best form, Pim, Baddeley or any of the other En- glish idols should not be out of his reach. A recent prediction of a conservative American authority on the game was that Larned would be ranked fourth or better in England at the end of the season. ‘There will be no very important changes in the program for this year’s tennis on our side of the ocean. All the big events of last season are again on the schedule, and a number of new ones as well. The two challenge cups that were won last year by Larned for the third and final time, will be replaced by others, and tennis at South- ampton‘and Seabright will not suffer from the disappearance of tte old bones of con- tention. Three other important challenge trophies tremble on the verge of final own- ership this season, however, though Lar- ned’s absence from American courts will probably give them all a new lease of life. Stevens and Larned Rave each twice won the middle states trophy—the oldest still in competition, by the wdy—and a third victory for either would make it his per- sonal property. ‘There’ are’ still excellent chances for its being saved'for future com- petition, however, even if’ Larned should change his mind at the last moment and stay on this side of the Atlantic to defend his championship; for Howland and Hobart have both announced; their intention of playing at Orange next month, while Wrenn may be seen there, too, Larned also holds the valuable Longwood,challenge bowl, and another victory for either: him or Hovey would sign the death warrant of that trophy. The Norwood Park challenge cup is also held by Larned, and this year would make it his property, while another vi tory for the magnificent Tuxedo Park chal- lenge cup would make that Chace’s private property. Handicap Tournaments. A special feature will be made this sea- son of handicap tournaments, and already two important events of this kind, open to all comera, have been announced to be held at Orange (in connection with the middie states championship) and at Longwood (in connection with the annual tournament there for the big Longwood challenge bowl). A specfal handicapping committee has been appointed to adjust the odds in these events, and to promulgate handicapping in Sas se a es Seale eeebontecesientoediesied CROCKER sdoetostestostonteatoate doaeseciosiesies Ce a a ae ee i i a a go in a day or two. . Ave. L. E. Ware. A new England has been adopted, this year, the players will be separated by quarters of fifteen instead of bisques and halves of fifteen, as heretofore. The change should be a decided improvemen Among the women pla: Promises to be as exciting as last. though no new experts have been di ered as yet, and few, if any, are expected who will be able to’ compete succ F against last year's leaders, still the com- petition between Miss Hellwig and Mi: kinson of Brooklyn, Miss Moore of Ridge wood, . J., and Mrs. Toulmin of Philadel- phia, is expected to be as close as € Miss Atkinson, who now holds the pionship in singles, doubles (with M Wig) and mixed doubles (with her of New York), will defend her claim to the championship at Philadelphia, next month. Both Miss Hellwig and Miss’ Moore, how- ever, are certain and either of them will make the champion play her very est tennis to retain the hono from her clubmate last sprin, wig defeated Miss Atkinson tw! and this has added much unc outcome of the Philadelph rew event for women has been establi this spring in the championship of Jersey, and this and the middle champlonship for women will imme: precede the championship Philadelphia. The entries for the tenth annual open tournament of the Southern Lawn Tennis Association will clcse Monday, May 1S, with Mr. Willlam P. Metcalf, the secretar: of the Bachelors’ Lawn Tennis Club, 13:1 F street. The committee in charge of the tourney from the Bachelors’ ciub consisis of Messrs. A. H. S. Post, John C. David- son, Yates Pennington, John Hinkey, Har- ry R. Grower, Horace H. Wescott and Wm. P. Metcalf. COLLEGE BASE BALL. Columbinn Defeats the Middies— all parts of the country. This committee is composed of Dr. James D: ht, Clarence Hobart, F. H. Hovey, Richard Stevens and Georgetown and Pennsylvania. Columbian University of this city went to Annapolis Saturday and defeated the naval cadets very nicely by a score of 12 to 8 Although the Columbian team was weakened by the absence of Dalzell and Johnson, it made only one error, Beard pitching a steady, strong game. Only six innings were played. The score: RHE. Columbian 0300 91210 Cadets -14 080-86 Georgetown again defeated the Univer ity of Pennsylvania Saturday at Philadel- phia by the close score of 14 to 13. The game was exciting because of the close- hess of the score, misplays being numer- ous and both teams giving wretched sup- port to its pitchers. Georgetown made 11 hits to Pennsys 11, and, while Mahoney was hit hard at times, he struck out ten Pennsylvania men. The score: R.H.E. Georgetown 2402400021411 8 Pennsylvania 00122042281 9 Batteries—Mahoney and Maloney, and O'Donnell and Middleton. The Catholic University met Gallaudet College on the university grounds Satur- day afternoon and defeated the men from Kendall Green 10 to 4. Only six Innings were played, and the condition of the grounds made sharp fielding impossible. McTighe was largely responsible for the victory of the Catholic boys, striking out seven of his opponents. zi Howard. University defeated Wayland Seminary Saturday afternoon by a score of il to 5. Howard made 17 hits and 4 errors to 8 hits and 7 errors tor Wayland, the figures telling the story of the game. ‘Whe unexpected happened Saiurday, and Cornell deteated Princeton by 12 to ly, through the inability of the Ligers to hit Young, a freshman who pitched for C nell. Young made a wild piich, but gave no bases on bulls and struck vut fift ot his striped opponents. Wiison also pitched a good game in streaks, striking out tweive Cornell men, Cornell mage 4d hits and 6 errors, while the Jigers made AMS and o errors. ‘Fen innings were played, and tne game Was a see-saw one trom beginning cto end. ‘This 1s the first victury for Corneu over Princeton in years. Junior Ball Players. ‘The Mahones have defeated the Myrtle street boys by 15 to 7, Challenges should be addressed to J. K. Rice, captain, 22 K street northeast. ‘The Young Kilroys have defeated the Hancock Stars 3 to 1. The winners woull i to hear from teams whose members ate under sixteen. The battery is Nickols and Ruddy. Send challenges to L. Nickois, 458 C street northwest. ; "The Kendall Laddies have reorganized for the season. They have defeated the Ken- dall Greens by 11 to 4, and the Eastern Stars by 20 to 7. Challenges wanted from teems whose players are not 0 thirteen. Address G. F. Scott, manager, 54 L street ni rt. "one Golden Crown Base Ball Club have defeated the Young Defenders by: 16 to 12. The Golden Crown players are as follow Wallace, Ellis, F. Guest, Meaghe! Mulhall, Watson, W. Guest, Maddox, Fry. Chal- lenges desired from teams under thirteen. Address Alex. R. Allan, 522 6th street southeast. YESTERDAY'S RACE OF HOMERS. Shown in a Flight of 200 Miles. Great speed was made by the birds of the Capitol City Flying Club from its 200-mile station, at Kittreil, N. C., in the setond race of the present season, which occurred yesterday. Early in the morning the lib- erator telegraphed Race Secretary N. 8. Brown as follows: “Birds hberated at 7:65; weather fair; wind southwest.” The following was the result: First, W. H. Keyworth, “Red Bandanna” W. H. K. G4; average velocity of 1331 yards Grent Speed a minute. Second, W. L. Gary, W. F. 45 average velocity, 1330. Third, L. G. 0: dorff, 0. B. average velocity, 15: Fourth, A. C. McLain, J, N. 228; average velocity, 1304, Fifth, W. R. Keyworth, This is but another evidence of our underselling abilitics. \ we intend to ask as much for shoes—men’s, women’s, or children’s—as asked by other shoe mercl We enjoy the surging crowd and the satisfied faces g “new era” shoe selling. Get in early Tuesday morning—before the sizes become broken. Ought all CROCKIER’S, Shves Polished Free. 1} | stretch, when Ryers WILL SELL MEN’S $4 LIGHT TAN SHOES FOR $2.65 TOMORROW! CONSIGNED to us to sell at omncel 900 pairs of Men’s $4 Russet Shces have been consigned to us with instructions to sell at once by Hathaway, Soule & Harrington, makers of the best shoes for men. Four styles of toe in the “LIGHT TAN” SHADE SO FASHIONABLE this season. soiled. the regular price! TO GO AT §$2.* PAIR) We NEEDN’T NEEDN’T NEEDN’T NEEDN’T NEEDN’T NEEDN’T NEEDN’T NEEDN’T tell 906 F Street. ry Every pair is a grand value at four do shall alwa of the thousands of friends we are niaking by our NEEDN’T tell you how this tailoring store be- came such a wonderiul succe tell you why we do the largest tai ing business in the city— tell you prices are much lower than other tailors— tell you the phenomenal tailoring going on here— tell you prices are kept down to popular basis— tell you of the continued growth « made-to-measure clothes— you takes— tell you that we don’t have diss fied customers— tell you not only fairest and best treatment, but liberality character- izes every transaction— NEEDN’T tell you of our leadership— MERTZ axo MERTZ, SAAR RASA Some are slightly Ie uars— z eee lead. Never again do ants. me eaten seeded : mietetetetetete o we will correct all mis- Price Makers. v Vow ec. 124; average velocity, 120. xth, D. H. Darting, W. F. 204; average Si . Sami. Walla Alexandra, 8S. W average vs Eighth, H. K. Bliss, red ck. c., “Dris- . 303; average velocity, 1291. Ninth, Wall, H. C. W. 19; average velocity, 1258. The club will have ite 300-mile race from Rennet, S. C., next Sunday, when it will have for prizes a spring overcoat, given by Parker, Bridget & Co., and a set of china- ware, given by John W. Schaffer; also the National Federation diplomas. CLOSE OF THE MEETING. Racing at the Benning Course Closed With Fine Sport. The initial meeting of the recently re- organized Washington Jockey Club closed at the Benning track Saturday, with a day of splendid racing. It first appeared that the attendance would again be very small, but the second train brought out a very large crowd, and if a third train had been run, the attendance would have been easily the largest of the meeting. The feature of the day's sport were the Washington handicap, at a mile and a sixteenth, and the Sheridan Steeplechase, at three miles. In the former Roundsman, Tinge, Sir Dixon, jr., Paladin and Captain T. started, and they finished in that order, the time being 1.50 3-5. Littlefield, on Pala- din, made the running until well into the took Tinge to the front, where he was at once joined by Roundsman, ridden by Doggett. There was a fighting finish down the stretch, Rounds- man finally winning by a head, half a length between second and third. Pinge should have won, and, with the jockeys changed, would easily have done so. Roundsman won at 2 to 1, Tinge, 8 to 1, and Sir Dixon, jr., at 3 to 1. Four started in the steepleechase, the longest run here since the days of the old Ivy City course, Lafayette, Frayling up; The Peer, ridden by Brazil; Woodford, Me- Inerney in command, and Chevy Chase, Rowan, piloting. After a magnificent race, during which the jumps in the infield were passed over three times, all jumping well, they finished as named, there being a length between first and second, and eight between second and third. Time, 6.31. The winner was at § to 5, The Peer being at evens. But three started in the first race, for two-year-olds, at five furlongs, and the favorite, Lizzie B. II, at 3 to 5, easily beat Bicycle Girl, at 7 to 5, a length, she eight in front of Wandering Willie. Prig was the even-money favorite for the second race, at six furlongs, but Doggett easily shot Septour, at 8 to 5, to the front, beating the favorite by a length, he two in front of Hanwell, the third horse. Only three started in the fourth, at six fur- longs, Intermission, the 1 to 6 favorite, winning in a walk, Silk and Lodi finishing in that order. COLUMBIA CLUB BOWLING. Myers Wins the First Prize in the Cocked Hat Tournament. The cocked hat bowling tournament of the Columbia Athletic Club fs finished, and while the scores have not been of a sensa- tional nature, the bowling has been of the steady order. The last six men to finish their quotas of twelve games rolled Satur- day night, the bowlers and their scores be- ing Myers, 102; Sim: ; Dene- kas, 98; Callan, 97, and Bennett, 76, Myers wins the first prize in the tourna- ment, the George J. Seufferle medal and the championship for 1896, The second prize for bowling over the sec- ond highest number of pins goes to Sydney Y. Smith. Chas. Denekas wins the third prize for bowling down the third highest number of pins, and Thomas Callan wins the prize for bowling the highest number of pins in any one game The tot: roughs, 231; Perry 213; Fowle, 200. FORT MYER WON, alrymen More Expert at Polo Than the Civilians. The Chevy Chase and Fort Myer polo teams met Saturday afternoon on the grounds of the former organization, Fort Myer team winning by a score of 1. The soldier boys made an excellent showing in team work, and clearly out- ointed their opponents. Messrs. 8. M. Henry, Lewis Earle, David Porter and D, B. Turner made up the Chevy Chase team, while the Fort Myer team consisted of Lieuts. Short, Stout, Hyer, Rhodes and White. A dinner was given at the club house at the conclusion of the game, m honor of the Fort Myer men, and in the evening a dance was given. HENLEY CREW SETTLE the 3 to k and Capt. Treadway Have ked Out the Men. Yale’s Henley crew wes decided upon last night. Bob Cook arrived Saturday at New Haven, and at a conference between him and Capt.Treadway prday afternoon the «leven oarsmen who will be shipy ong- nd June 6 as Yale's representati were picked out and three of the fourteen men now in training were accepted. The of- ficial Nst of the successful candidates fol- lows: Stroke, George Langford; No. Treadway; No. 6, A. M. Longacre; Philip Bailey; No. 4, James Rod William Beard; ander Brow bow, James Simpson; substitutes, T. Marsh, Payne Whitney and The coxswain will be in all Thomas Ludlow Clarke. The three dates who were dropped are Theodore Mil- ler, David Rodgers and Stewart Patterson. Miller and Patterson are strong oarsmen, and it is a source of surprise that they should be dropped instead of Marsh and Whitney. COLUMBIAN PRE Bob Ca to GAMES. First Annual na ‘Track The first annual championship ficld and track games of the Columbian University preparatory department will be held this afternoon at Columbia Field, 17th and @ streets, at 4 o'clock. The games are only open to the members of the preparatory de- partment, and the winners in events will have a try for a gold medal given by Prof. vn G. Hodgkins for the best all around ath- ete. Californian Athletes Coming The Pacific Coast Athletic held its field and track games cisco last week before 6,000 ps Assoc at San F The Frocecds of the game will be used to pay the expenses of the team which the state university will sent east to compete with the athletes of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and other colleges. The time for the track events, the 100-yard dash, was slow, track was soft. Dole topped t pting new as the bar at 10 feet 142 In the pole vault, which is a new School put the 16-pound shot 41 feet irches, a new coast record. Thomas Car- roll, a professional hammer thrower, threw a 14-pound hammer 171 fect 9 inches, which was said to be the worki’s record. Stanford coast record. A. Cheek of Oakland High Me University athletes won the world’s record. Edgren of the U. C. threw the 16-pound hammer 136 feet 11 inches.