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20 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. DAINTY SUPPERS FOR WHEELING PARTIES. Send us the order. before you start and we'll have everything ready for you on your retura from the “run.” Or drop in any ime in the evening. We'll quickly arrange supper—eooked sad served in most invit- fag Sle. Evapthing in season always on hand. d@'Hote Dinners, 50c. m 5 to S. ys, 1 to 2. FRITZ REUTER’S FOTEL AND RESTAURANT, COR. 413 ST, AND PENNA. AVE. Je6-14d A Bicycle That’s A Work of Art. The World-renowned “WOLF-AMERICAN! Built ke a chronometer—no more perfect me- hanism can be fornd than in the Gnish and ac- arate adjus:ment of the Wolf-American bear- ings. A high-grade wheel, that {n improvements amt design bas never been equaled. §100 the ric for ladies and men. Fg W. Bolgiano, 1339 14th St. We lake Manhattans —a specialty of ours. We recom- mend them above all NEGLIGEE SHIRTS on the market. —The $3.50 custom-made shirt isn’t better in fit and finish. 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Mgr. 812-814 r4th St.4 Caeser TOMORROW'S BALTIMORE TRIP. It Promises to Be a Great Occasion for Both Cities. All arrangements for the Faltimore trip of the United Wheelmen have been made, | and tomorrow morning at 9:10 o'clock a special train will pull out of the Baltimore and Ohio station with a crowd of several hundred merry cyclists of both sexes on board. Rain only will prevent the trip, though it ts hardly probable that a slight shower will have any effect, even of a postponement the tickets both for the railroad and the meal will be good The details of the trip have been fully published in The Star. All their lamps and bells. the visitors are cautioned to carry Even though they | may be of no service In Baltimore, they come in good use on the return to shington. It is also suggested that each rider carry a repair kit. There has been quite a rush for tickets ast two days. The sale will close at 8 o'clock this evening. Under no circumstances will tickets be sold at the depot tomorrow morning. The reception at the Baltimore end of the line will be a hearty one, and fully 200 cyclists will be at the depot with a wel- All of the clubs of Baitimore have called runs to Long Branch Park for the day, and the assemblage of wheelmen will be the largest ever seen in Baltimore for years. Souvenirs for the occasion will be given to everybody on board the special train. The clubs will have banners and other emblems. The Queer Wheelmen will carry 100 pennants flying from a small staff fastened to the front of the wheels. The Columbia Athletic Club will have banners for the first and second lleutenants, and all of the members will have special badges. The Washington Road Club will carry !ts banner, and, in fact, all of the clubs will be represented by emblems of some sort. ARLINGTON WHEELMEN. Arranging for the Coming Meet in August. The Arlington Wheelmen have started into work with a vim for the coming race meet, which they will hold at the Interna- tional Park Saturday afternoon, August 22. From a list of the proposed events and the prizes to be offered it promises to be the meet of the season, and will undoubtedly draw out a large crowd. Contrary to the usual custom of race meets, the club will put up all the prizes and not solicit con- tributions from merchants and bicycle deal- ers. The prizes which will be raced for will be gold medals of different values, and warranted to be worth the price set upon them. There will be seven races, with a total of nineteen medals, the value of which is placed at $400. In fact, the medals will be distributed among six races only. The events will consist of a one-mile novice, with two gold medals as prizes; one-mile open, with three gold medals as prizes; third, mile open, three gold medals; two-mile handicap, with five gold medals; one-mile team race for the club champion- ship of the District, silver cup, valued at $50, and gold medals to the winning team; five-mile invitation race, three gold medal: In addition to these races there will be a letter carriers’ race between members of the Post Office Department, the winner of which will be given a complete new uni- form and equipments. In the two-mile handicap the total value of the five medals will be $85. The one- mile team race for the club championship of the District is contemplated to make an annual event, each of the clubs having three men in the race. The five-mile invi- tation race will be limited to about six en- tries, one from Philadelphia, two from Baltimore, one from Norfolk and two from Washington, and as a guarantee of good time there will be tandem pacing. ‘An application has already been filed for the sanction, and in view of the good prizes {t {s calculated that an extra good attend- ance of racing men will be secured from Philadelphia, Baltimore and surrounding cities. It is calculated to make this a prominent part of the race meet. The en- ry blanks will be put out as soon as the sanction has been recetved. The cup, which will be put up for the one-mile club team champlonship, is donated by Col. Thomas Marshall of the Losekam. The racing com- mittee of the club in charge of the meet consists of William Gettinger, chairman; B, F. Larconde, Frank Potts, Paris Bren- gle and Robert Stone. At the last meeting of the club held dur- ing the week seven new members were ad- mitted, among whom were Messrs. Brit- tain, Duyall, Schwinn, Billie Bims an Walker. Fred Sims has been transf. from the honorary to active membership. and in the} | they were pr | menced among the ladies, and is bound to ALL IN CONDITION Senators’ Pitching Staff Appears All Right. LADIES INTEREST IN GAME GROWING Howl Against Umpires That is Unjust. ee GOSSIP OF THE PLAYERS Boer eas The Senators’ pitching staff, up to date, appears to be all right. King went through his second game Thursday, and demon- strated that he ts back in his old-time form, the eleven hits indicating nothing more than that the Louisvilles would have got about seven hits had the fielding be- hind the pitcher been as clean as in the Cleveland series. Mercer's Waterloo from Cincinnati has drifted out of sight, and “Richard” is himself again. The one bright spot in Mercer's makeup Is his willingness, which lifts him head and shoulders above every other man in the same line in the league. When a pitcher begins to get good he immediately recognizes his worth, and proceeds to reduce his value by pitching as small a number of games as possible; but with Mercer it’s a case of “I’m at your ser- vice at any time.” Capt. Joyce fully un- derstands this, and Mercer will never be spoilt by too much work. German Is aui- other good man as regards willingness and ability, and can be depended upon to go in at any time and to win a majority of his games. It is not every club that comes along that will do as well against him as the Clevelands. Al. Maul is one of the best fellows in the business, and can be de- pended upon te do good work at all time: but needs urging to go Into the box. If Al. had the same spirit that abounds in Mer- cer, there 1s no telling where the Senators would finish at the end of the season, but his local admirers and patrons of the game will have to be satisfied to witness his ability In infrequent chunke. Should the local pitching staff take thelr regular turns in the box, Mercer, Maul, King and Ger- man, the visiting teams would be on the guess continually, and even the good work the Senators are now doing would probably be eclipsed. Another bouyuet should be thrown Mr. Wagner on account of his Idea of making onthe Senators are at home, "Phere may be shrewder magnates in the league, but they have yet to materialize around Washington. The scene last Tuesday at National Park was worthy of a great painter. The big grand stand held fully 5,00 ladies, and it is a safe bet to make that fully 500 gentlemen were present. who would not have been there but for the additional attraction. Fully 10,000 ladies’ tckets have been 1s- sued, and the talk they have occasioned is @ better advertisement than a page in a daily paper. As soon as one ladies’ day has gone by the fair sex begin the gossip about the next; this talk warms the latent base ball enthusiast, and besides going to the one game, very likely {t restores him to the ranks of rooters, and the local man- agement {fs the gain How many cases Iike this have occurred this summer is be- yond calculation. No particular section of | the city Is affected by this fair sex Interest | in the game. Over on Capitol Hill, the far- point from the grounds, they have the craze as bad as in the localities close to National Park. Try and borrow one of these tickets? A person would imagine 1 on sheets of pure gold and studded with dlamonds. One lady was overheard xing to a friend at the park last Tu that she had to call on | eight different lady friends before she found one who was not going to the game, | and she had to almost chloroform eighth lady before she could get the ticket. | What makes the outlook better for Mr. | Wagner is that the craze has only com- assume gigantic proportions before the sea- son is over. Wagner, Brush and Byrne are all advocates of “‘ladies' days,” and for shrewdness this trio stands alone in the} National League. The second week's expertence of the western clubs in the east has demonstrated more emphatically than ever that. there are but two clubs from the land of the set- ting sun worthy to uphold the reputation of that section in the base ball world. It wos thought at one time that Pittsburg Was entitled to first-class consideration, but as headless players and “quitters” they belong in a class by themselves. Cleveland and Cincinnati alone are doging good work, and, as predicted by The Star lust Saturday, the latter club Is creating a | sensation along the eastern elreuit by their | splendid playing under adverse circum- stences. The Cleveland club can always be depended upon to do good work away from heme, as its members are naturally pug- nach , and so long as the grounds are fatrly good, \t matters not where they are located. To take the Clevelands out of the western end of the league, as {ntimated by a sensational dispatch from Cleveland dur- ing the week, would be foolhardy, as that section is already too weak to be attractive to the eastern base ball audience. ‘The other western clubs are lamentably weak. Chicago shouid do better now that the hole at second base has been stopped up by the signing of Pfeffer, but the pitch- ing department is too weak for the club to get in the first division. Von der Ahe of the St. Louis club is to be pitied. Breiten- stein makes a great kick for the limit, $2,500, secures it, and besides is given a bor us of $200 before Joining the club. Then the little German with a big name goes into the box and is knocked out as regu- lerly as a young blood from a minor league. Von der Ahe has kept away from the club, as his enemies insisted he should do, and it !s not doing a whit better. Bret- tenstein was thought to be strong, and his strength was expected to help out the club, but if he turns out a counterfeit the club has no hunch over the Loutsvilles, as the latter has a corps of pitchers that Will im- preve. The sensation of the week, from an east- ern standpoint, was the playing of the New Yorks. Here was a spot that ft was thought the western clubs would brace up on, but up to date there is nothing too hard for the Giants to throw down. Of course, they have met the weaker clubs, but their pltch- ers have been doing well, and the team bats as it did two years ago, when it gained its great reputation. It is to be hoped the good work will continue against stronger pitchers and teams, so that the slump, that is bound to come when the eastern teams get a whack at them, will not be great enough to affect the attend- ance. The three games played by the Washington and Cleveland clubs demon- strated conclusively that the Senators are not in the Giant class, and that there are two clubs ahead of the local boys that are bound to take their dust before the season closes. The howl going up all over the country against President Young's staff of umpires should be frowned down by the press, in- stead of encouraged. The chief objections are registered against the staff on their de- cisions on balls and strikes. Hardly one patron out of ten is aware of the fact that balls pitched now are so bewildering that the best of batters are fooled, owing to the change of pace adopted by the best pitch- ers, and why the cnlookers, fully a hun- éred yards away, some to the right and left, should be better judges than the um- pires is a mystery. One objection that car- ries weight {s the protest against allowing the players too much latitude in the matter the | 7 claims that Lush out of line in his en- @eavor to score in Inesday’s game, but he entire audien ith him, isiie was in the it position to see the lay, and undoubtedly. gave the decision as saw it. Instead oF Bey ting the umpire, r. Wagner recognized the fact that eve: qoortal is Hable to make mistakes, an that the series was a'hard one in which to satisfy everybody. Magnates Brush, Freed- man, Stuckey and Von Der Ahe would do Well to copy Mr. Wagner's course under ike circumstanves, ag it shows the right spirit, and js liable to lead to better work by. the umpires. To have the players down he umpire is bad enough, but when the Freres join the kickers’ class, then, in- deed, the umpire has a hard zow In front of He It 1s to be hoped that Mr. Lynch will be given an opportunity to display his in Washington before long, and thi assignment the Washington-Raltt- more series will comé' his way. Clubs. nd Ww Baltimore “2.35 45 “A26| Petsbure Cinetonath -.25 16 .G10! Chicago Philadelphia.25 16 ‘g10|New. York. Poston .....23 16 \640| 8. Lents rockin 20 19 °513| Louisville ‘anding June 6, 1895: pe W. L PC Clubs. teburg . 12.676) Philadelpht: Raltimore 12 ‘g00 New York. Olneinnatt 18-583 Brooklyn Chicago 16 ‘379 Washington. Clevelana 1S Bit st. Louls Boston .. 13.567) Louisville Today’s League Schedule. Cleveland at Baltimore. Pittsburg at Philadelphia Louisville at Washington, St. Louis at New York. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Chicago at Boston, THEY PLAYED ROCKY BALL. Bat the Senators Batted Well and Thus Won. Nobody out and nobody going to get out,”” calmly remarked Jack Crooks during the first inning of the game yesterday. It was the first In several days at which the spec- tators could lean back and breathe easily, for Washington started off at a jump, and in the opening Inniag tallied almost enough runs to win the game. The diminutive Cclonels were kept chasing the ball, and after eleven Senators had gone to bat a rest was taken, with the home club five points in the lead. Washington did not win because of gilt-edged fielding. Six misplays were nade, the majority grossly inexcusable, and they were responsible for several of the sev- en runs credited to McGunnigle’s men. The home team bunched hits in four in- nings and scored freely in each of the quar- tet, while the Louisvilles touched up Maul at intervals, but only twice could they get together with the stick. By the eighth Inning Washington had in- creased Its lead to 10, but Louisville crept up to 7, which was uncomfortably close, as matters were progressing, so Joyce's men indulged in the daily ninth inning rally and batted out four runs. While there was no dearth of batting throughout the nine Innings, only two hits for more than one base were made. Charley Abbey reappeared in the game, and his appearance was followed by loud demonstrations of approval, which were vigorously continued when’ the popular right fielder led off with a safe hit. Clingman did good work for Louisville, Jo: and De Montreville handled neatly some difficult chances. Cartwright batted opportunely. It was Ladies’ day at National Park, with the attendance up to the standard. ‘The score: WASIIIN LOUISVIL RU AE -H.OLA Brown, ef. 1/1 2°0.0 Clem'nab.. 10°16 6 Joyce, 2b. 1 0 4 4°41 WCre 1800! A rf.. 2 8 1 O 0 iChirke 3 100 Bel If. 2 2 2 0 0. Warne 601 Crtws't1b 2 2 7 2450 M'Guire,c. 8 1 4 2800 I 120 1100 125 OB 20 ce (GS a L5G O--k s....14 14 2011 Tot 7112713 2) ner out for inter ferenc 50008 00041 rans Clark bases. p axe hi Stolen Douts balls—On ashing y Maul, BF Wild pit -Two hours and en Umpire—Extial ie. rty-three miuutes, EZ @ The only feature worthy of note abeut the New York-St. Louls geme was the fact that the Glents won, making {t two straight from the Browns. ST. Loris NEW YORK. Dowd, cf..1°2°3°0 Pe ora Niland, rf. 0010 26806 Quinn, 0224 8110 Connor, Wh. 0 111 1 2920 Earrott, 16 0 9 2 9 Seo) Tat Meyers, Bbi 1 8 8 114.0 0 Crore. a8. 9 1 OF i466 M'Far'd, c. 11 2 1 0 /Parreli,c. 010 20 Donahue, pO 10 0 2 Wile p1 0010 Totals -7122710 7 St. Loni Touts, 2; New York, 5. First w York, 2. Left on bases—St, First base on balls— Of Slarke, y Clarke, 1. Three-base hit—Farrell. —"Two-base hits Connor, Ternan Sneritice hits—Niland, Donahue. Stolen bases —G, Davis, Gleason, (2), Cros (3). Double plays-—Mevers and Connor, Tiernan and W. Clark; ‘onnaughton and W. Clark. Wild pitch—Donahue. Umpire—Henderson. ‘Time—One hour and. forty: three minutes, Anson's Winning Spart. Boston was quite a good élistance in the load over Chicago until the sixth inning yesterday, when the Colts made # rpurt and crossed under the wire first, with a good margin to spare. Stivetts was hit hard, the feature of the contest being the batting of Ryan. BOSTON. CHICAGO. Tli.9-4| TE oan Plamitgnet 2°0°2°9 Ql erenitt, ap BPO aR wre, 2h... 0 0 5 5 0! Dahl 2831 Duty, 1f.01 11 1) 8400 Gollins, 3610 0 8 6 1 2826 211001 8200 0 O11 2 0 Decker, 1100 11-1 0 oPremer, 0410 onithiue, 11210 cas ee Totals.... 6 42714 8) Totals .. Bosten 95000 Chieago 30010 Eurued runs Toston, 1; Chicago, 8. hit—P Home runs—Ryan (2). eritt. Double 2 ot Tucker (2). First on balls Ty Se etey a Terry, 6.” Hit by pitched ball—Bergea.” Stra out “By Stivetts, L. Passed bull—Bergen. Time Two honrs and ‘thirty minutes. Cinpire Lynch, Kennedy Too Much for Cincinnati, With the score 10 to 1 egainst them, Buck Ewing and his Reds died hard In Brooklyn, playing the game for all it was werth until the last man was out. Ken- nedy was too much for the visitors, while both Dwyer and Gastright fed curves that were promptly gotbled up. BROOKLYN. i CINCTN: 2 1H.0.A.B. TH.O.AE. 4°40 OBurke, if.. 02°80 6 21 0 Oflor, of...106 704 1 44 9,9 20 2 ol x 21 Shindle, 8b. 2 1 9 27.0 701800 M'Chrthy,lf 2 8 B 00 00100 Bhoch, oo210 00110 Burrill, ¢..0 0 2 Ok 00200 Kennedy,p. 0 0 1 8 0, 583800 w oO 10 eel 00000 Totals....10 13 27 122! Wotnls....1 624 BA *Gray baited for Gatien in ninth inning. 40208100 x40 : 00010000 0-1 Earned runs—Brooklyn,.6; Cincinnat!, 1. First base on errors—Cincthnatl,’ 1. Left ‘on’ bases. Brook; ; Cincinnat!, 9, “Bases on ballg Of Kenn Struck out By Kenneagn 2 fret 1—MeCarthy. erifice hits—Hoy, Ie bee. Stolen bases—Shintfle, Met it by pitched ball= pitch—Gestright. Usp! gdme—One hour and thirty-nine minutes, of Kicks against decisions that cannot be reversed. Umpire Lynch has established a precedent that all the umpires would do well to follow, and why they do not take the same course {s another mystery. The work would become much easier and the game more enjoyable to the onlookers. The work of Hmalie during the three games with Cleveland could hardly be improved upon, when the hot nature of the contests is taken into consideration, yet the um- pire was criticised after every § ime, one writer going so iar to place Hob at the bottom of the list of ampiree in the matter of ability. Outside of Lynch’s great gener- he has very little the le, alship on the field, best 0: Joe Corbett Pitehea Well, Cleveland bunched hits and Baltimore bunched errors yesterday. The result is plain. Esper was taken out in the seventh inning and Joe Corbeit, brother of the once Champion Jim, substituted. The Spiders made but one hit off the Younsster during the two innings he twirle: BALTIMORE. { CLEVELAND. He -0.A4.B.) it over Ems! and, with Hurst, vee men stand alone at the top of these ‘Wednesday's game Earl Wagner tty otiect lesson that the other Would do well to follow, tnat Is, magnat: indorsing 1e boring unger is unde! mpire’s work even while tho impression peas hig club a | rae ‘BR.Y.O.4.B. me TET ae TT | 2b. i | O'Con'r, e- 2 i i ‘2 i runs—Baltinore, 4; Cleveland, Two- pase hits Jonalage (2), Donnelly, Doyle, Kelley. | Hant as the best, and the pri | ers had on tap the first part of the s sagas Stee. plare—Hurkett tite, “Base 0" . Dees Seth tad ratte lowe Phillies Try the Senators’ Trick. Philadelphia won out in the ninth, amid great excitement, although Pittsburg scored seven in the first three inningsgon errors and free batting. Killen was batted for a total of thirty-six bases. PHILADELPHIA, PIITSRURG, | ulen, a8. ries O) Smith, it.. ryre 8 40, ¢ shee sce el'nty, if 8 2 $ . | Bteisal, cf. § g ° o'sou, FEB 8 Lyons,” 8. 1 8 8 provers, 103 8G J glBeckles, 1b 1 1 9 0 all'n,” 2b. 0 1 i/Bler'er, 20 2 27 0 =f 28 4 ODowvan, ro 8 BO 4 ugden, wueld, p, Ba TY otic: y: 11348 tals .. 9182717 8 ‘Totals ,. 8132415 1 fone out ‘when winning run scored, hiladel phic Pitteburg bik8 Earned runs—Pittsburg, 1; Philadelphia, 9. Two- base bit—Grady (@), Sullivan, Brouthers (8), Neb, Thompson, Three-base bits—Thompson, Hulk Home runs—Beckley, Delehanty (2). Saci bit. Hallman. Stolen bases—Smith, Stenzel (2), Lucid. Left on bases—Pittsburg, 7; Philadelphia, 9. Struck out—Hulen, Grady, Lucid. Double play— Ely, Bierbauer and Beckley; Nash, Hallman and Brouthers; Hallman, Hulen and Brouthers; Hulen and Brouthers. First base on Rises ur 3; Philadelphia, 1, First base on balls—Of Lucid, Hit by pitched ball—Sulliva Umptire— lurst. Time—Two hours and twenty minutes. Base Ball Note Last chance at Loulsville today. Mercer and Cunningham will probably do the twirling. Frazer is favored with a most peculiar style of delivery. Tom Kinslow, wearing a picturesque Louisville uniform, made his initial ap- pearance on the coach line yesterday. McCreary covers right field in quite an active manner. There ts @ lack of “backing up” noticed on the part of the Washington players. “Three cheers for Loutsville” persistent- ly shouted a lone Kentucky rooter in the left ficld seats throughout the game, and “Calliope” Miller cautiously whispered to Hs (colleagues, “Boys, we've one friend eft.” “I had my boy out before early mass scrubbing: that ‘score board,” explained Hon. James Saffel just before the game, “and he has been at it constantly all day. it, Just look at ‘tis blurred worse than ever. Howsoever, a new board will be up in time for Monday’s game, and then, I hope, no kick will be coming.” Mr. Wagner took a hand in the matter ard sent out ‘a man with a scrubbing brush. As a result it was possible to dis- cern the figures of the out-of-town games with something approaching ease. When the remainder of the new stand {s put up, according to Mr. Wagner, the score board will be shifted to a position near the stand, back of first base, and within range of even near-sighted cyes. “Say, Jack, you don’t seem to be very much in the game this year,” was shouted at Crooks from the Louisville bench as he was proceeding toward third base yester- ay. “Strikes me your entire club fs not very much in the game,” was the prompt reply, and a painful silence followed in Colonel ville. Catcher Zimmer's picture is in this week's New York Clipper, and it's a ood one. Perhaps this honor was responsible for the big chief striking out in Wednesday's game. And Fred Pfeffer has at last got away from Magnate Freedman. Lucky Fred. He will play good ball for the Chi-agos and strengthen their infield 50 per cent. Fred was given the glad ‘and in Boston, and the | same greeting will meet him whecever he 1s recognized; a simple tribute to a gentle- man. The Win Mercer button is selling fest. That first Cincinnat! game queered the sale a little at first, but his victory in Pittsburg and his great game against the Clevelands have restored the good-looking pitcher to the hearts of the local fans. Earl Wagner might trade Selbach for Delehanty, Duffy or Mike Grifia, but it is doubtful. ‘The game the litle German is putting up at present 1s as good and Dril- part about it all is that he likes to play Where is all that ginger that Jimmy Rog- son? He never opens his mouth now, or even smiles. Come, y e are lots of s that enjoy your lively work, and be- » it helps to enliven the other men. To think of Tom Brown batting cver .300. There's luck for you. Everybody theught his good days were over, except Wagner and Joyce, when he left Louisville, but {t Was only the company that deadened his batting eye. Jimmy McCauley will be back in the game before long, and the “old reliable” will be given a well-earned It seems as if the more games McGuire catches the ter ball he plays, both behind the bat and with the stick in his hand. Very few clubs have two catchers that eclipse Mc- Guire and McCauley. The Cleveland players were as pleased to hear of Pitcher King’s good form as though he was to give his services to their club. Tebeau, O'Conner, McAleer and McKean sre all personal St. Louis friends, and the others are close up. Capt. Joyce couldn't resist the opportun- ity to place a “‘Iittle’’ on the Brooklyn Handicap. He and “Foghorn” Miller had a century apiece on Sir Walter at 7 to 1. No wonder the Senators got in the game in the last inning. The results from Grave- send had just come in. Charley Abbey had Clifford. Jack Crooks won't tell the horse he had, but Joyce 1s willing to wager he bet on Sir Walter for a place. Did you notice how the “hold out” game was played on Clevciand last Tuesday? It made even the Cleveland lads smile. When the Senators were at the bat and a ball went over the stand it never came back, and a new ball was put in play. When the Clevelands were handling the willow the balls came back so fast a new ball was out of the question. Have you noticed that the Cincinnatis have falled to quit? Hardly a good word was spoken for this club when {t came east, yet it Is sont honors with the “Spiders.” Cartwright hit very opportunely in Thursday's game, all of his hits bringing in runs. In Tuesday's game it was the re- verse. Luck plays a big part in batting, and unless a man hits every time he goes to the bat it is hard to get a ne on him. Had Ed. hit in Tuesday’s game as he did in the gaine Thursday, the Senators would have won hands down. The one defect in the Senators’ play while in the field appears to be the want of Proper coaching. Time after time the field- ers go after files and then let the ball go to the ground for fear of a collision. This can be avoided by promptly calling on one man to make the play. On the infield tho play {s too fast to be called. Cartwright should help out occasionally. Delehanty strikes out oftener than any other man on the Quakers The Baltimore players don’t mind being hit with a pitched ball when it will win a game. Breitenstein is getting bumped with an astonishing regularity. It's funny that a story about playing for his release has not been sprung long ago. The triple play by the Pittsburgs Wed- nesday was the second made in the league this season. The first was made by Reilly, Truby and Decker of the Chicago club, on May 2. Cleveland heads the procession just now, and is bound to keep close to the band, with that hustling Tebeau at the helm. Tebeau, like Hanlon, has the practical knowledge to get good work out of only medium players.—Sporting Life. Please name the medium player on the “Spiders,” ‘A reversal in form is in no way remark- able for the Phillies. For years they have played just this very kind of ball. Strong at home, weak when abroad. Now winning everything in sight, and then taking a losing streak, and being beaten by despised tail-enders. Such is the uncertainty of base ball. “I know it takes me 8 or 10 seconds to deliver the ball, but I have an object in be- ing monotonous,” says Cuppy of Cleveland. “My object 1s to study the batsman and get him guessing. Of course, they claim they can study me at the same time, but T think I have a shade the best of the argu- ment.” < If Inks would only stop smoking ‘cigar- ettes he would be BP excellent pitcher, but no man indulging that health-destroying habit can expect to be strong and healthy enough to pitch ball or be fit for any other kind of athletic work. Inks should now stop nana J and get down to business, for if he don’t he wil] goon have to quit base ball entirely—Philadelphia Ledger. College Base Ball. Brown easily defeated the University of Vermont at Providence, R. I., yesterday afternoon. Score: 16 to 4. The Princeton nihe yesterday were put ‘ough & shai All ara tol pare at jay. Pine ter 2 wilt ne me with aie rete ‘Se. en. he bats Smith er rhe i ome Nee tus ry n on in to fill the vacanoy, Wheeler Solng to second base, and dley to center field. Easton will be in the box, YALE’S TRIP ABROAD Twenty-Seven Years Since Harvard Want. With the Same Purpose. AMERICAN CREWS ON FOREIGN WATERS Plucky Struggles That Were in Vain. HARVARD THE PIONEER HE YALP_ UNI- versity eight and their substitutes sail for England today. It has been almost as hard for an Amer- ican crew to win a cup in the English regatta at Henley as for the English to win back that Amer- fea’s cup they lost so many years ago—al- most as hari, for America has suc- England has totally ceeded once where failed. It is twenty-seven years ago this summer since the first American amateur boat crew wént to England to measure blades. Dur- ing the winter of 1867-3 a number of let- ters were exchanged by the rowing men of Oxford and Harvard relative to a race dur- ing the following summer. A three-mile contest between eights was considered, but the race fell through, as it was impossible to reach an agreement on details. Lut a race was arranged for 1869 for the Putney Mortlake course on the Thames, something | over four miles. It was between fours with coxswains. The race was rowed August 17, and was as determined a contest as one could wish to see. Oxford won by three- quarters of a length of open water in 22 minutes and 17 seconds. The time shows that it was a hard race. Bell's Life, the great English sporting au- thority, said of the race: “A more gallant or determined contest—one alike honorable to victors and vanquished, and worthy tn every respect of the first meeting between the amateur oarsmen of the old and new | world—it has never been our lot to chron- icle, and we imagine that few of those who had the good fortune to witness the strug- gle from start to finish will readily forget the scene presented yesterday on the Thames from Putney to Mor:lake.” The Life also said: “Though beaten, the losers have assuredly lost no laurels in this con- t on the contrary, they will feel that their opponents found them foemen worthy of their steel.” English Crews Come. It was not until 1876 that English and American oarsmen again met. Three Eng- lish crews entered in the centennial re- gatta on the Schuylkill at Philadelphia— London Rowing Club, Trinity College of Cambridge University and Dublin Univer- sity. It was the first time that English crews appeared on American waters. Twenty thousand persons lined the river banks, and there was the greatest interest in the occasion, Dublin University was beaten In its trial heat by the Eurekas of Newark, N. J., and Trinity was beaten by Yale, the well-known Bob Cook rowing bow. The London Rowing Club defeated the Northwest Crew of Chicago and Yale in its trials. In the final the Englishmen were pitted against the Watkins and Beav- erwyck fours, It has been sald the visitors lost the race through paying too much attention to the Watkins crew and neglecting the Beav. wycks, who crept up on them unnoticed, and, by @ fine spurt near the finish, won by three feet, Mr. John F. Huneker said, im an article shed some years ago, in speaking of the contes' ‘There was never a better op- portunity to compare the crack crews of England and America than during this great regatta. The London four were per- fect types of English athletes, heavy, brawny and stalwart, and a revelation to the oarsmen of this country, from the fact that such rowing and such clock-like pre- cision of stroke had never been seen be- fore. In contradist: tion to this, the Yale crew Were representatives of the style of the true American athlete—greyhound- built, lithe, wiry, with muscles like whip- cords, and as black as Indians from ex- posure to the summer sun.” Columbia Wins at Henley. Two years later another international aquatic contest followed. The crack Co- lumbia College four, stroked by Jasper Goodwin, rowed at the Henley regatta and won the Visitors’ cup for college fours. They defeated Dublin University and Uni- versity College of Oxford in the trial heats, and Hertford College, Oxford; in the final. The victory caused immense enthusiasm in this country, and established Columbia's eminence in boating. It undoubtedly had a great effect in inaugurating rowing in college fours, which prevatied for a number of years. Columbia's victory is the only one America has gained in foreign waters. Cornell's ‘81 Trip Abroad. Cornell, after rowing in fours for two years, decided that she had a good enough crew to pit against English brain and brawn, and determined to capture the Vis- ttors’ cup won by Columbia. Her entry at first was rejected, for the requirement that foreign entries should be made some months prior to English entries was not complied with, but the crew sailed, never- theless, determined to challenge the win- ner if barred out. The regatta authorities, however, walved the requirement, but re- fused to allow Cornell to row for the Vis- itore’ cup, holding that it was q cup for “college” fours, whereas Cornell Was a uni- versity. No amount of explanation availed, and Cornell was forced, if it wanted a race, to enter the contest for the Stewards’ cup, | a race open to fours from all the world. The trial heats were rowed June 80, 1881. Cornell drew a position in tha heat with the London Rowing Club and the Thames Rowing Club. Cornell's crew weighed 664 pounds; Thames, 631, and Loxdon, 656, the average weights being: Cormell, 166; Thames, 155, and London, 164. Shortly after the start Cornell and Lon- don fouled and the crews were sent back for another start. There 1s little doubt that Cornell was to blame, for ghe was :ry- ing to cross the bows of the other boats to secure the inside position. The old Henley course had a bad bend, and a crew having ! the outside on this bend was never known to win. Consequently Cornell, having that position, strove to leave it, to get the “pole,” as trotting horse men say. There is little doubt, then, that she was in fault. But public Interest in the race was so grea+ that {t was felt that it would be Inexpedi- cnt to make a point of the matter, and the umpire wisely ordered a fresh start. Again Cornell's four jumped into the lead, which was maintained until the crews reached ‘he bend. Then the race became a procession. The crew having the inside went ahead and the others fell in behind. No crew could row against that current on the outside station. x In order to obtain a race with a college four, a contest wes arranged between Cor- nell ‘and Hertford College, Oxford. It was supposed that this would be an actual in- tercollegiate contest. But the Hertford College four was not the Hertford crew that rowed that year for the Visitors’ cup, but a crew composed of two college men and two graduates. It was, in fact, the crew that defeated the Thames Rowing Club for the Stewards’ challenge cup. The race was rowed Saturday morning, July 2, over the Henley course. It was nip and tuck until Corneil’s shell ran into the bank from hug- ging the shore too eloeely- A spurt put them on even terms with Hertford, but again poor steering ran them too close to the bank and the port oars upset a child. So much time was lost by this catastrophe that Hertford obtained a commanding lead and Cornell paddled in. It might excuse Cornell’s bow to state that the veteran Thames crew lost their race on the pre- ceding day by running into the bank where Cornell did. Since then the course has been changed. Cornell at Putney. 5 Holdjng that there was luck In odd num- bers, the Cornell men decided to enter the Metropolitan regatta at Putney, on July 14. The race was for the Thames challenge ——¥ cup for senior fours, and they were to meet their former rivals, the Thames and Lon- don Rowing Clubs. The Metropolitan re- gatta rowed from Putney to Hammer- smith bridge, and vice versa, according to the state of the tide. The course was 6 great improvement on that at Henley, but &n acquaintance with its peculiarities Is of value, It is somewhat in the shape of a greatly extended letter §- reversed. ‘There &re two bends in it, the first being on the Surrey side and the other on the Middle- sex side. This is the first portion of the course rowed over annually by the Oxford and Cambridge elghts, There was a good attendance of boating men, but the public interest in the regatta was not near #o great as in the Henley contests. In fact, it Was regarded merely as an encore affair. m in London Sportsman says of the race: he fours got away well together, Cornell ly and in time, slightly gow London quickly r owever, and by : mond’s boat house had secured Ages length from Cornell, who were, If anything slightly leading Thames. Half way concrete wall the ° clear, while the c: tween Cornell and 1 faving slightly the e Proaching Walden" eee oe the Thames Kowir to manifest itself itors terms leading for a few equalized matters, Ap- 8 the superior power of ng Club crew also begah vis- slighuy they were on the new embankment, over the Americ 88 quickening pod at the top of altered to the Crab Tree, where the home crew Tene, Yet half a length in front. The pair thence made over Surreywards, ant Thames, butting in @ few extra thick ones Cr the soap works, shot right aheat of formell and ‘took the inside berth, treating the visitors to their wash. ‘The ‘visitors Ter Snot done yet, however, as they pressed the Thames men hard to the finish) matne taining their style to the end, and Ing beaten for second <a or 0 lace b is 1 length. Time § min. 19 eet." ‘The courte about a mile and three-quarters, but the Was rowed with the tide. T: Wa de. © second behing ge Cmy three-quarters of a length ehind the winner, so that the finish wi intensely exciting. ad Cornell at Vienna, Notwithstanding their defeats, the Cor- nell men went on to Vienna and rowed the crack Austrian four. ‘The race was rowed August 11. Vienna was ablaze wi ment over the occasion. The p voted a great being headed “W al of space to it the items en Contra America.” course was three miles, one ard a Dat miles up stream against a swift current end return. Thourands of spectatora lined the banks, and three large steamers Packed with people followed the bonte Cornell took the lead, and ten lengths from the turn was four length in the lead. The: ate reek faltered, put his i h r water n Cornell's stroke oarsman hand to his head » let car drop, and fell back. Of course. the crew rowed at once to the shore. This pas the Shinkel scandal that excited the boating world fifteen years Was that he had sold out gamblers. It was a sad ¢ trous trip. The Hillsdates’ Expertenc In the following year the cham: teur four of America, the Hilisda’ ago. The charge to the Vienese d to a disas- ama- 1 went to England. They were not admit ed at Henley, but arranged a match with the Thames Rowing Club over the Putney-Mort- lake course. At Hammersmith bri were a length in oar broke his sea’ that something w their energi by two lengths ever, @ remarkably fast f credited with rowing the course in nineteen mii 3 fourteen sé s, the ‘astest ever made by a four e - s miles to arrange last year The au crews went read. University eight and Club four of % Me mind. Cor @ fluke, and Jost her m nto are f 1 won a trial he the race thri collapsing, when th nearly rowed, and the crew lead. The Argon: rowed a and the win: ‘as in do nouncement was maie by looked like a dead heat. was in Disenssing Yale's Pre LONDON, June 6—As the time Henley regatta approaches the pr of the English crews are eagerly di As a result the eight of Oxford lege) 1s ebsolutely certain to « challenge cup crew, which w tionally good, and with no bett than last year they could he cc to win. Magdalen College, Oxf: likely to enter, while. from Cam! Trinity Hall and First Trinity are « to enter cre Truth, comn pee upon is also both ected enting upon the Henley pros- ots, Bays: Neither London nor the Thames is likely to have a first-class crew. The old men have paszed away, and there are none to take thelr plac “Leander seem: bridge to stren; en its crew Cambridge races are not untt and they will be of no avail un dle of June. The old oarsmen w had much training, and it doe as if Yale will nave such a com} her as her presence demands “Rumor says she has a very « ) be relying and, indeed, it is not come unless she had « good ch ning.” Not Behind English Oaramen. The Philadelphia Press, of which veteran oarsman, the Bob Cook, ts one of the publishers, editorially eays of the Yale trip to England: “Rowing is probably the amateur sport in which this country is farthest land. Outside of Yale Unive doubtful If a crew wholly made up teurs could be got together that wou g004 prospect of winning !n a race with le best English crews.” he Press forgets the crushi of the English crews at Philadelpt and the victory the Columi nd hind defeats 1876 of four at Henley in 18’ ROWING. The preparations for the coming Potomac river regatta ace being pushed forward rapidly. The committees of the loc bs are working with a will, and con >unt- ed upon to do anything toward making the ch event this year «ne of the mcst notable ever held in the city. The ccmmittecs have held a number of jolat mectirgs and have been busy arranging details for ue com- ing event. side of the regatta the gre: taking on haz Joint cc st_under- e is the 1s of ten c be held « ng of July to the green le Marshall Hall. ‘Tho regatta will follow days later, and it is hoped to than sufficient money out of the to pay for all of the ex ini arranging for the aquatic sports The committee of the join which will have charge of ali ex ef the excursion will be Mescrs Moore, rer ing the Anal Ciub; Charles A. Baker, representing the Columbia Athietic Club, and O. representing the Potomac Beat one trip will be made, and in vi fact that the excursion precedes gatta, the affair will be Mberally ized by the Washington peo helping to make (he regatta a affair. The entry blanks for the will be out early next week. Th will embrace a one-mile race for junior and intermediate eights. Heret« the distance for these races has been a mile and a half, which necessitated a turn to ccmplete the course. By adopting a mile course the turn is oided and ves a straightaway distance. The other ra: be over a mile and a mile and a he will consist of junior and senior light-weight fours ani junior sc prizes will be a silk flag to the crew in each eveat, and gcld the members of the crews, in the permanent trophies which for every year. The Evening senior fours is now held by the phia Barge Club, who won it last that club ig expected to send a to defend the trophy. The Post the intermediate eight was won by the Baltimore Athietic Club organization is prepared to fight prize for anothr year’s porsession ‘Aerials of Baltimore hold the Masoz their junior four crew winning it last year from the Analostans. Th r before the Analostans won it from the Cclumbia Boat Club, who had held it for two successive years. Any club holding the trophy for three years is entitled to permanent own- ership, and the Aerials are out for this honor. P. P thereby successful ve ous TACE: events s will f, and ar ar and