Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1896, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1896—TWENTY-FOUR: PAGES. : STATE DELEGATIONS. They Are Coming in Force to the Great C. E. Convention. FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY Elaborate Details for the Trip to This City. ACTIVE INTEREST ANADA IS MAKING preparations to be well represented in Washington next month during the Christian Endeavor convention. All through the prov- inces great interest is being manifested in the convention, and the transporta- tion managers who are organizing tne delegations are in re- ceipt of daily inquiries for information. Ontario alone hopes to rally fully 300 dele- gates for the invasion of the capital of the United States; Quebec, Nova Scotia, British Columbia and the other provinces are also alive to the importance of the convention and are getting things in shape to swell the total of Canadians present at the con- vention. These guests from across the border may be assured of most hospitable entertainment during their visit, for the society in the Central Presbyterian Church, to which they have been assigned, ts actively engaged in preparations for their comfort. An attractive circular has just been is- sued to the members of the Ontario Chris- tian Endeavor Union by its transportation ma for the July convention, giving information concerning the convention city, program and meeting places; detailing the arrangements for transportation; telling something about the accommodations to be ected after arrival and estimating the st of the trip. A half-tone cut of Capitol, views of railroad scenery through which the selected route lies, and a cut of the Central Church, where the headquarters of the delegation will be lo- cated, are used in illustrating the pam- phlet. As is almost universally the case in these circulars, the Washington, conspicuously placed. ‘orming One Large Party. In compliance with the manifest desire of Ontario Endeavorers that the delegation from that province should come to this city as a united company, plans have been cem- pleted for a special Ontario excursion. The route chosen is over the Lehigh Valley rail- road start will be made Tuesday, from various parts of rendezvous at Niagara mentioned, and in the even- I train will begin its journey It is expected to arrive at the fon Wednesday morning, the the province will Falls the day Ing the spec’ southward. B. and O. Sth proxim) Thi will gi e the visitors a whole day ering efore the time of the pre- nary meetings Wednesday evening in the churches. The excursion train will be suitably dec: 1 with streamers and flags and al conveniences provided. A prog: Ibe arranged in advance, cum- mencing at Niagara and ending on the ar- rival in this city, including concerts, re- ceptions, retiring and sunrise prayer meet- ings, &c., in the different cars. Special opportunities will thus be afforded for so- ship and entertainment, and the time the delegation arrives the mem- bers will be thoroughly acquainted with each other and in a happy state of mind, The Ontario delegates are advised in the circular issued to them that bicycles will be carried free from the Suspension bridge and that all arrangements will be made for their passing the customs officers if the excursion manager is notified in advance. Doubtless a large number of riders will bring their wheels with them. : Estimating the cost of the trip, the cireu- lar gives a number of figures. the resalt of which is to show that traveling and living expenses during the whole convention per- tod can be brought down to the low figure ef $25, and conclades with the statement, “the expense will prove a profitable invest= ment.” The Headquarters State. From the state in which fs located the headquarters of the Society ef -Christian Endeavor, and in whose capital the last in- ternational convention was held, will come large body of delegates. Massachusetts always been represented by one of the largest and most enthusiastic delegations at Christian Endeavor conventions, and i r is to be no exception to the rule, to the present outlook. The vi Endeavorers from all parts of the world to ton last year proved to be such a benefit to all who participated in : that the young people of the to repeat the experience y © a part of the grat host gather in Washington next » official excursion will leave Boston Monday evening. July 6, connections being made from other points in the state. At New London the fine sound steamer City of Lowell, which has been chartered for the exclusive use of the party, will be rded, and the delegation will arrive in New York city Tue: morning. Break- fast will be served on the steamer, and the party will then be transferred to the ele- ‘ant excursion steamer Myndert Starin, for an all-day trip que Hudson, through the pa n into the high- lands, returning to Jersey Ci n the after- noon, where a special t ing. ‘The latter portion of the trip will be made over the Royal Blue Line, and the Massachusetts special is expected to arrive in the depot here about 9:30 p.m. Plans are being made for from 800 to 1,000 delegates. Of this number 300 will be members of the great Christian Ende.vor Gespel chorus, which led the singing at the Boston convention. Interesting exer- elses are planned for the excursion boats and the special trains. Massachusetts’ headquarters will be at Willard’s, and its church home in the First Congregational Church. Interest in the convention is in- creasing every day, and indications now are that the estimated number of delegates may be exceeded. As an indication of the enthusiasm manifested, it is said that one society has already enrolled qver a dozen of its members for this trip. ‘Treasurer William Shaw of the United Society of Christian Endeavor {s the transportation manager for the state delegation. The Empire State Delegation. New York is another state which has re- cently entertained @ Christian Endeavor convention, and for this and other obvi- ous reasons, its delegation will be among the largest at next month's great gather- ing. The trarsportation manager experts 50 Endeavorers from the empire state to attend the convention, ani Fas arranged for ‘ive special trains to carry part of this number to this city. Many will come by themselves. The first special provided will leave Buffalo at 10 o'clock pm. Tuesday, , and will arrive the next afternoon npie time for dinner and the opening sion of the corvention. Another train, known as the state spe- celal for western New York, will start from Rochester at the same time the Buffalo special leaves. This train will be run over the Lehigh Valley and Baltimore and Ohio roads. The state special for eastern New York will begin its journey Wednesday morning from Utica, and will be run over the West Shore road to Jersey City, and thence to this city over the Pennsylvania lines. This will be done witout change bs cars, making a through train from tica. Special trains will be run also from New York city und Brooklyn over the Royal Blue line. The first will start at noon and the other at 3 o'clock Wednesday, and the run will be made in fast time. It is un- derstood that delegates can take any of the five trains. They are not limited to any particular one, but can choose that which will afford the most comfort and the greatest enjoyment en route. Arrange- ments are being made to have all or near- ly all of the specials arrive in time for the delegates to be present at the prelimi- nary meetings to be held Wednesday night. From New England. Vermont is going to send a good-sized delegation. The start will be made Tues- day, July,7, and from New London the party will proceed by sound steamer to New York. Coming over the Royal Blue line it is expected that the journey will be ende< Wednesday about 1 o'clock, leaving ssaple time to the delegates before the pre- liminary Wednesday evenirg meetings open. . “The enthusiasm never was higher in New Hampshire over a convention than at the present time about Washington, '06,” is the testimony of the granite state's ex- cursion manager. The circular issued by him shows an attractive itinerary for the delegation. Those who will join the party will meet at Nashua Junction the day prior to the convention, and start about 5 o'clock in the afternoon for Providence, R. I. There, together with the Rhode Island delegates, a steamer for New York will be boarded. At Jersey City the delegations from Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island will unite and come conventionward together. New Hampshire and Vermont will be quartered at the Grafton, and will be entertained by the members of -the Union M. E. Church, while Rhode Island goes to the Richmond and will be carcd for by the Fifteenth Street M. E. Church in_ its new edifice. But New .England and the.east will not furnish all the delegates which the local union will entertain. The west is alive to the importance of the gathering, and will be well represented at the capital city. It is expected that from 250 to 300 will come from far-away Minnesota, while in still further western states preparations are in. progress for organizing special convention excur- sions. From the West. Minnesota has issued one of the most at- tractive circulars that has up to this time reached the committee of ’06 headquarters. It 1s printed in colors, beautifully {llus- trated, and one entire page is given up to a map of the official route of the party—via the Burlington route to Chicago and then over the Baltimore and Ohio to this city. The special train bearing representatives from the state of the flour "ills will leave Minneapelis Monday evening, July 6, and will be run through solid to this city with- out change. A dining car will be attached, and meals will be served for the entire dis- tance. A short stop will be made at Chi- cago Tuesday morning, and It is antici- pated the delegation will be safely landed at the Baltimore and Ohio depot and on its way to its hotel, the Elsmere, about Wed- nesday noon. Even with such a long railroad journey, it will be possible for an Endeavorer from Minnesota to attend this year’s convention and return at an outside cost of $55. Stop- over privileges are allowed these delegates at Deer Park, Mourtain Lake Park and Oakland; and in returning, passengers have a choice of routes from Baltimore to Chi- cago, either via Cumberland and Bellaire or via Cumberland and Pittsburg. A num- ber of Minnesota speakers will be heard at convention meetings, and in other ways the delegates beyond the Mississippi will make known their presence at the July gathering. Joining with the excurstonists from Min- nesota will be perhaps half a hundred from North Dakota, who will also establish ho- tel headquarters at the Elsmere. From Distant Points. Nebraska expects to send In- the neigh- hood of one hundred and fifty delegates to Washington. The Endeavorers in that state are very loyal, and a lively interest is being manifested in the convention, the subject “Washington, '96,” being a regular Part of the program at each of the district conventions now being held throughout the state. Arrangements are being made to arrive in this city about Wednesday noon, July 8, by way of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. This delegation has been as- signed to the Fourth Presbyterian Church, and the visitors expect to find accommoda- tions in the private homes in the vicinity of that church. The newest acquisition to the family of states—Utah—will have some of its young people at the convention. In Salt Lake City especially are the Endeavorers en- thusiastic, and the excursion manager con- fidently expects to bring at least a dozen delegates with him, which he considers a good-sized delegation from Utah, consider- ing the number and size of the societies there and the great width of continent to be crossed in the journey. Colorado had sixty delegates last year at Boston’s convention, and hopes for as many this summer. In California the transportation committee is energetically at work stirring up an interest In the con- vention and booking a delegation that will travel a week before reaching the place where it is to be held. But Christian En- deavorers like to attend the annual gath- erings of the organization to which they are so loyal, and it fs this that is the cause of such unusual activity among young peo- ple all over the country, and that makes Washington the objective point in the plans of scores of thousands of those who ex- pect to attend the approaching convention, and the center of interest to many other thousands who will be unable to make the journey. a VIEWS OF LABOR MEN. Opinions Expressed on the Action of the St. Louis Convention. One result of the excitement over the re- publican national convention Is that every cne is taiking politics. At labor headquar- ters the candidates nominated at St. Louis were freely discussed. General Secretary-Treasurer John W. Hayes of the Knights of Labor said to a Star reporter: “In my opinion, the Knighis of Labor will make every effort in their power to effect a combination of all parties in opposition to the present gold standard. “The Knights of Labor are a unit on this issue, and will man all meetings of all parties during the present campaign, and insist on a discussion of the financial ques- tion in preference to the tariff. “Organized labor generally will have something very pointed to say in the very near future on the past record of the re- publican nominee for the vice presidency, Mr. Hobart. “We have discnssed in our board meet- ings, officers’ meetings, assemblies, £c., plans for the coming campaign, by whici We expect to make absolutely sure that when the election is over the laboring people of this country will have secured beyond any question a fuller reeognition of the rights, interests and needs of labor than has ever been conceded them before. In the present breaking up of parties the Knights of Labor, covcring as ihey do the whole country, every state and congres- sional district, are in position to exercise a decisive influence in the election.” Mr. H. B. Martin, a member of the ex- ecutive board of the Knights of Labor, said: “What the working people of the country want {is more work and more wages. They cannot get this without an increase in the volume of money in circula- tion. No lezislation proposed by any of the existing parties will give the working peo- le of the country more work and more wages unless there is coupled with it an in- crease in the volume of currency. If Mr. McKinley and Mr. Hobart will satisfy the working people of the country that their election will secure an increase in the volume of money, they will probably get their votes, otherwise they will not.” President Milford Spohn of the Labor Union said: “I don’t think, from what I know of the sentiment of the working »eople, that the ticket will be as popular with them as the politicians desire. No man nominated upon a single gold standard platform will 1e- ceive the hearty support of that class of voters who are convinced ‘hat the prevail- ing financial system is largely the cause of our business depression. “Vithout argu- ment, many will oppose the ticket because it is favored by the money power. As a matter of principle, they will refuse to sup- port the representative of any financial principle which is maintained by the mon- ey dealers of Europe and their agents on Wall street.” Mr. James F. McHugh, president of the Federation of Labor, declined to have*any- thing to say in reference to the nominees. —_— Crazed by the Lack of Snow. From the Boston Herald. One of the most prosperous lumber mer- chants of Sangerville, Me., is now In an in- sane asylum because of a lack of snow dur- ing the past winter. Last fall he took big contracts to cut and deliver lumber, and, after cutting it, could not deliver it because there was no snow, a most unexpected and unusual contingency. Disappointment and anxiety did the rest. Central SHAND RE-ELECTED Again President of the District Christian Endeavor Union. OTHER OFFICERS CHOSEN LAST NIGHT The City to Be Alive With Flags and Bunting. THE BICYCLE RUNS ——— Miles M. Shand of the Calvary Baptist Church was last night re-elected president of the Christian Endeavor Union of the District of Columbia. This action was taken at the annual meeting of the union held at the Gunton Temple Memorial Pres- byterfan Church, corner of 14th and R streets. Other officers were chosen as fol- lows: First vice president, Anson S. Tay- lor, Union ‘M. E. Church; second vice pres- ddent, E. A. Clark, Metropolitan A. M. E. President Miles M. Shand. Church; third vice president, Miss Florence Shuffle, E Street Baptist Church; record- ing secretary H. G. Kimball, Western Pres- byterian Church; assistant secretary, Paul E. Sleman, Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church; corresponding secretary, Miss An- na J. Bell, Calvary Baptist Church; treas- urer, D. Fulton Harris, Vermont Avenue Christian Church. These officers will enter upon their duties September 1 next. Gunton Temple Church was comfortably filled with Endeavorers last night, but it was not crowded. A number of good rea- sons operated to diminish the attendance. Calvary Baptist young people were pick- nicking at Marshall Hall, the members of the First Congregational and Mt. Pleas- ant Congregational Churches were spend- ing the day at Chevy Chase, Mt. Vernon Place M. E. Church went to Mt. Vernon Park and the Moody Choir gave its ex- cursion to Bay Ridge, so that a large num- ber of those who are usually on hand at Christian Endeavor gatherings had duties elsewhere. But their absence had no effect on the voting, for ballots had been dis- tributed in the societies some weeks before, when the actual balloting had taken place; only the casting of the society's votes by the several presidents and the counting of them by the tellers took place last night. Preliminary Exercises. The meeting opened with a brief praise service, led by a selected choir of more than fifty voices from the ranks of the convention chorus. Chairman C. S. Clark of the music committee was in charge and Harry G. Kimball accompanied on the piano. An exercise of responsive Scrip- ture reading was led by Samuel G. Wise, first vice president of the union, and pray- er was offered by Rev. Carl H. Elliott, who is temporarily supplying the pulpit of the Gunton Temple Church. After a contralto solo by Miss Florence MeNelly, Secretary Herman C. Metcalf yead the minutes of the last annual meet- ing, which were adopted, and he also brought up for consideration an amend- ment to the constitution, providing for an additional office in the union, the assistant secretaryship. There was no opposition to the amendment and it was accordingly favorably acted upon. ‘Without formal ceremony, the presidents of the several societies then cast the bal- lots as voted by their members with the tellers, Messrs. C. E. Paul, C. J. Hepburi and W. W. Everett. The ballots were counted and the result announced at the close of the meeting. 7 Miles M. Shand, who has been re-elected to the head of the local union, is a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. For thir- teen years he has been identified with Christian Endeavor and other religious work in this city, and is well known to every member of the District union. He was chairman of the committee on finance of the prejiminary committee of ', which made the successful canvass prior to the selection of this city as the meeting place for the international convention this July, and he is the present chairman of the con- vention entertainment committee. ‘The other officers are prominent in Chris- tian Endeavor circles and well-known work- ers. Vice President Taylor is the vice chairman of the committee of '6; Miss Shuffle, the third vice president, is the present chairman of the union’s missionary committee; Harry G. Kimball is the aid of the convention music committee; Paul Sle- man is one of the members of the press committee; Miss Bell is chairman of the church section of the staff of the reception committee, and D. F. Harris was until very recently assistant secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association. Beside the election of officers, three prom- inent pastors made fifteen-minute ad- dresses to the Endeavorers on “Three Con- vention Necessities.” Rev. Dr. S. M. New- man of the First Congregational Church spoke on the “Necessity of Hospitality Rev. Dr. T. 8. Hamlin talked about the “Necessity for Faithfulness,” and Rev. Dr. 3. H. Greene concluded with a few words as to the “Necessity of Spirituality.” These talks were all pointed and of practical ben- efit to those to whom they were addressed, and the speakers were listened to with marked attention. Between the remarks and at other appropriate times during the program, the choir rendered suitable selec- tions in a manner creditable alike to them- selves and to their leader. Flags and Bunting. Some months ago the decorations com- mittee for the Christian Endeavor conven- tion sent out letters to societies in foreign countries asking for flags of those coun- tries with which to decorate the three tents that will be used for the principal meeting places during the convention next month. So far a number of responses have been received, and flags from Mexico, Spain, Norway, England and France are either in hand or on their way to Chair- man Tuckey of the decorations committee. Three flags are sent by societies in each country, one for each tent. They are of silk, and will emphasize to the thousands of attendants upon the July convention the international character of the gathering. Countries that cannot send a large delega- tion, or even none at all, can feel that they are represented by these flags, and their interest in the organization and its conven- tion will be recognized by those who do attend. Chairman Tuckey is very much encour- aged also as to the prospects of an elabor- ate decoration of the city during the con- vention season. He believes the flying of flags and festooning of bunting will be gen- eral, not only in the business section, but to a large extent in residence portions of the city also. Members of the auxiliary and central decorations committees have been making a pérsonal canvass, distribut- ing circulars to merchants and others, ask- ing their co-operation in this matter, and have met with cordial assurances of in- terest. Mr. Tuckey .is very much pleased over the spontaneous responses given re- quests for decorating places of business and private houses, and expects that a very pleasing effect will be the restilt. The Proposed Bicycle Trip. Yesterday morning the bicycle sec- tion of the excursions committee went over the route proposed for the first early - morning rihiftmapped out for the visiting delegates: The start was made promptly af*'8™ o'clock from in front of the Whitd”Fuse and the party went out 14th street#itWrough Whitney ave- nue, into the Soldiers?iHome. The outside rcad to the right was followed all around the grounds, leaving, by. the cemetery gate and going along the Hock Creek Church and Shepherd roads’ td Brightwood. Here the ladies in the purty dismounted for a brief rest, while a few of the men pushed on to the site of Fort Stevens, which is in- cluded in the run ag inned. The return was by way of the “ifth street road. Tho morning's practice 'triy. demonstrated that the run can be made within the time plan- ned and that those, taking it will be able to return to their homes in good season for breakfast. J The party was in ‘¢hatge of John G. Muir, chairman of the bidycle section of the ex- cursions committee, and included the fol- Iowing persons: Miss Furmage, Miss Hatch, Miss Rose, Miss Warman, H. G. Kimball, Geo. L. Beeler, L. §. Schoenthal, Jas. L. Neill, Geo. Davis, W. V. Graves, Mr. Crit- tenden, Mr. Stewart and Fred Warman. Tuesday morning next the bicycle party will go over the second run planned for the early morning, starting from the White House at 6 o'clock and going ever the Woodley, Tenleytown, Loughborough, Ridge end New Cut roads to Georgetown and back to the starting place. It is desired that es many members of local societi¢s who ride wheels; and‘ who care to take the run, whether they*belong to: the excursion committee or'nat, will join the’ party next Tuesday morning. The bicycle section: is anxious to have the visiting wheelmen and Wheelwomen escorted on all official runs by as many local riders as possiblé, and these practice runs are given for the purpose of familiarizing those who are to be hosts with the points of interest along the various routes’ mapped out. ,Tuesday and Friday mornings, at 10:30 o'clock, a chorus composed of Juntor En- deavorers of the city meets in the First Congregational Church for rehearsal, un- der the direction of Percy 8. Foster. It is the desire of those in charge of the junior work to secure a chorus of 500 voices, and all young people under fifteen years of age who would like to become members of this chorus are invited to join and to meet at the church for rchearsal. There 1s being trained also for this particular feature of the convention an orches- tra, led by Miss Mattie Bartlett. Ac- cording to the program as at present er- ranged, Saturday morning will be devoted to junfors, and the members of the local junior union are now hard at work prepar- ing thelr exercise for this rally. With this special exercise, a large chorus and an orchestra, Junior Christian Sndeavor- ers will be quite prominent during the great convention. EARLY MORNING RIDERS Detights of a Bicycle Spin When the Day is Young. Women Who Are Up With the Sun and Fly Over City Streets and Country Roads. An early morning spin either over the asphalt or over a favorite country road is now an essential feature to the wheeling woman's entire happiness. For the woman who must go it alone, and there are a great many in this city, a& in every other favor- ed portion of the universe, there !s comfort, security and delight in a morning appe- tizer of this Kind. From 6 to 7 is also a popular hour for beginners and their pre- ceptors, and a whirl through any or all of the residence streets will disclose kinder- garten oy graduating exercises of this de- ription going on, just the same as if the yele craze had only struck the town a week ago. The advantages of the early morning ride for womankind, and especially for those who have not got rid of their “nerves” and feel covetous of the entire thoroughfare for any uncertainties‘ of their shining steed, are very great. The pleasure afford- ed by the quiet of the streets, the absence of vehicles, jhe longer intervals between street cars or herdics, gives the wheel- woman such a comfortable sense of secur- ity that few of those who commenced in the spring to acquire the habit of early ris- ing and early riding find any trouble now to gain five or ten minutes each morning or two on their regular schedule. A Question of Clothes, For that other woman, and she Is very humerous and always will be, who has some.inyention, of her own in the way of costume, some new kink in her bloomers, as it were, or the trial of a new way to wear her hair with a new hat pin, the morning hour is the time when she can give her undivided attention to finding out whether she has scored a success or not. Then. you, negd-not wear your: veryrdatest wheel togs for these exercise spins, be- cause early audiences are not critical, and old clothes have a charm of their own. The preference for long spins in the ecuntry, or at least a distance far enough to enable the rider to come back with handlebars flower-decked, even if it is only the modest field daisy. are so pronounced that they seem the ambition of nearly all the wheelwomen at present. In contrast with these long rides there are others of the feminine wheeling fraternity who ride like a breeze, but who never seem to™ven- ture more than a few blocks from their own doors, and, indeed, most of their pret- tiest riding is evidently for the delectation of the good folks at home. This latter class have been also devotees of early morning rides for the past year, and are just as ardent in their devotion now as ever. To Market Awheel. Wheeling to market and home again with the wherewithal for breakfast neatly arranged in a small basket, is another of the practical uses to which the early morn- ing riders adjust their exercise, with the sensible idea that in doing so they will probably bring home a good appetite as well as the material upon which it may indulge. Many of those who took up the wheel as a means of reducing their avoidupois have found it something of a delusion and a snare in this particular. So much fresh air is injected in the lungs and such a general refreshing up of the system fol- lows that sharpening effect on the ap- petite is a certain result, and the flesh is not scared off very much. But it does correct the slowness and laziness of the average fat person's movements, acts like magic with rheumatic tendencies, and if in many cases one’s weight and girth are not perceptibly decreased, the surplus pounds are given a healthier tone and are by no means as hard to carry. —_—.__ Cuba's New Postage Stamps. From the New York World, What ts probably, the, first stamp of the Cuban republic to go through the New York post office affixedi:to a letter has been received by Emilio “el Sastillo. The letter was postmarked Havana, and the stamp was canceled in that eliy. That it was not noticed by the Spanish authorities is re- garded as strange,°#s the stamp bears no resemblance to those provided by Spain for use in Cuba. eae ‘This is proof positive! that the insurgents in Cuba are not metrly’'a band of maraud- ers and pirates, with ected abode and no slesplsed by thd THe stamps of Spain are despised by thé patriots and are never used by them now fn sending a letter from one point of the {Slahd to another, pro- vided, of course, that) the place and the country between are under control of the insurgents. The Cijban republic stamps are very neat. The body consists of the shield of the republic. The only differences are in color and in the figures denoting the denomination. There are four denomina- tions, 2, 5, 10 and 25 centavos. The centavo has a Value equal to our cent. The stamps are manufactured here in New York. The Spanish stamp that should have been on the letter bears the head of Alphonso, the boy King of Spain. Se Her Impression, From the Chicago Tribune. Papa Gust arrived from down town)— “Well, where's Bessie? Why. isn’t she running to meet me, as usual?” Mamma—“Bessie has been naughty and disobedient. I have kad to deprive her of her pleythings, and she has been weeping bitter tears in her own room for the last half hour.” Voice of Bessie (from adjoining room)— “Tears ain't bitter! They’re salt.” T Bi i GEORGETOWN’S TEAM Review of Its Work During the Past Season. WON SIXTEEN OUT OF TWENTY-PAREE Mahoney Leads in Batting, Witha Percentage of .316 HARLEY THE BEST FIELDER ‘The base ball season at Georgetown Uni- versity has closed for the seaso1, and the team has practically disbanded. Though the work this year has been gratifying it does not begin to equal the record of last year, when Georgetown’s crack team came near winning the intercollegiate cham- Pionship pennant. Considering all in all the base ball team this year has made a good showing, though toward the last the playing .of the members was of a very ragged order. This was particularly ‘no- Uceable on the northern trip, which was disastrous to the club, and which disap- pointed many of the students. Up to the time of taking the northern trip the team managed to play good ball, but off of the heme grounds the boys lost their nerve, and while they batted the ball with their accustomed vim, most of the games were lost through the costly errors made at critical times during the game. This season the schedule of games, as prepared by Manager O'Brien, embraced twenty-three games, and the 'varsity team comes out at the end with a record of six- teen victories and seven defeats. This gives an average of , which @ good showing considering the make-up of the team this year. While only twenty-three gemes were played,there were several more that had been arranged for early in the season, but which were prevented on ac- count of the weather. With the article of ball playing the ‘varsity boys were then putting up. the victory column would have been swelled a couple of notches. The batting of the team this year was nearly equal to that of last year, and ac cording to the batting everage as summe. up there are eight men who come above the .250 mark. “Big Mike” Mahoney leads the batting with an average of 316. He held this honor last year. He has a record of six home runs, four three-baggérs, five two-base hits and twenty-eight singles, in twenty-three games and ninety-five times at the bat. Lambert, who promises to de- velop into an excellent pitcher, stands next with a batting average of .2v1. He has, however, played in eigiteen games, appearing at the bat but seventy-three times, according to the official score. Flem- ing, the crack second baseman, stands third on the lst, while Capt. Harley, Dan McCarthy and “Stump” Reardon ‘stand fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, they cach playing in twenty-three games. The batting averages of the team for the sea- sen follow, the last five names in the list being substitute players: Gms. A.B. R. B. 23° BS IX 73 18 2B 100 38 14584 23104 BO 23 104 38 2B 98 Bw 2 B 2 2 2) 8 8 300 413 0 3 6 1-2 0 2 4 09 60 0 ing averages of the team show the relative standing of the men, the following table will show more clearly the total number of bases secured by every member of the team: H.R. 3B. 2B. 8 Mahone: 64 5 B&B Reardor 26 9 MeCarthy 244 Hurley. 22) 2 Fleming. 1-53 2) Lambert. o 41 2 Lamb, o 8B 1 Ik Laughiin. o21 3 McIntyre. 21 2 2 Tracy’ oO 2 4 Fir oO 1 ‘Tytals... 84 88 215 This table Is of special interest because the batting ability of the ‘varsity boys can be seen at a glance. There is probably not another college club in the city that can show up a total like this. Work in the Field. In fielding Capt. Dick Harley stands ahead of all members on the team. Ac- cording to the official score Captain Har- ley is credited with only two errors in twenty-three games, while Flynn played in only two games. Dugan is the only man dn the team who played in a game but who failed to get either a put out, render an assist or make an error. McLaughlin shows up the poorest of any member on the team, his fielding average being .725. The next two men are Lambert and McIntyre, and they are each nearly ten points ahead of McLaughlin. While standing well in the batting averages, McLaughlin's poor field- ing averege was caused more by his wild throws from third base to first than any thing else. Lambert's fielding average would have been much better had he play- ed entirely in the box, but as he covered first almost as many times as he played in the box his errors at the bag bring him down considerably. Maloney, the plucky little catcher, stands third on the list, in spite of the fact that a good many passed balls are charged to him. The fielding averages of the team in reg- ular order follow: Flag oO A ER AVE 24 2 2 9m zz 0 #4 166 2318 16) 92) = a 7 OS 9 2 15 44° G14 cn ed ee 2) Reardon. - 21 66 22 Lambert. + & 13 8 McIntyre. ee ee ee McLaughlin. + 19 81 18 Dugan. 0 8 0 2000 In the pitching departments the showing made 1s excellent, and, of course, “Big Mike” is the star, not only in the number of games played and the number of strike- outs, but in everything else, and this fact helps him out materially. Tracy really has the best showing of any, but that is due to the fact that he was not put against any of the strong teams, and consequently his average is fattened thereby. The standing of the pitchers this year, according to the official score, is as follows, the number of games appearing to be larger than the totai number of games played, though this is due to the fact that in several games the pitchers were changed: Games. 8.0. B.B. H.P. W-P. Aver. Mahone: 14 90 85) 1010 a2 Lambert. 94 4 2 11 SM ‘Tracy ee ee ee) Next Year's Team. Already the make-up of the team for next year is being talked of, and it is hoped that the university will be represented by a strong aggregation. This is Harley's last year. This will leave the ‘varsity team without a captain. It has practically been decided to put Dan McCarthy at the head of the team next year, and he will un- doubtedly fill the position efficiently. He is a steady player, a sure hitter and is never rattled, and has refused several offers from professional teams. “Big Mike” Mahoney will be back again next year, and unless there are some new students, the same pitchers will be used next year. A new catcher will also be a probability. Malcney is an excellent ball player, and has made a splendid showing, but he is en- tirely too light to stand the terrific delivery of Mahoney. The rector of the university has cautioned all of the members of the base ball team about playing either pro- fessional or seml-professional ball during vacation time. If any of the members do this and are found out, the faculty will prevent their playing on the team next year. GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP. Royalty has “gone in” for sport very successfully this year. His royal high- ness the Prince of Wales, for the first time in history, has won “the blue rib- bens of the turf,” the great derby, and jcy thereat was great of the loyal Britons. The victory of Persimmon has been cloud- ed, however, by the defeat of the princ2’s crack cutter Britannia by the new Meteor, the property of his nephew, the Emperor lllaaBSESoE>=QO™el——_—_—__ - Wilhelm. By the ‘Persimmon” is rather an odd name for an English horse. The persimmon is a fruit which rarely matures in England, but there fs no ac- counting for the nomenclature of the turf. ge interesting book could be written about There is no genuine American who does not wish Bob Cook and the Yale crew the best of luck at Henley, but there are few who confidently expect them to win ther2. The conditions are greatly against them, the climate, the food, the course and the fact that they will have to compete in a foreign land. Of course, there will be a lot of Americans at the race, and the boys will be cheered by them until the welkin rings. Of course, the Yale boys are likely to be sharply criticised by English rowing experts as to thelr form and style, as well as stroke. They are gall: boys, and de- ore success, whether or not they achieve it. A TENNIS EXPERT. Thomas A. Drincol the Loc: Thomas A. Driscol, who 2olds the local college tennts championship, and who held the championship of California for 1893, now at Georgetown University, will return to the game during the summer and en- deavor to bring himself back to fine form. He will play in doubles during the summer in all of the prominent tournaments of the Pacific coast, with Samuel Hardy, the present champion of the coast. He has re- cetyed offers -to play in.doubles with sev- eral of the'best players in that section’ of the country, but he has decided to play with Hardy. Driscol has not been playing in his usual form this summer, although he won the intercollegiate championship of the D!s- trict. It is expected that his summ work in California will bring out his us: form. He will represent Georgetowa U versity in the intercollegiate tournament to be played October 6 on the grounds of the New Haven Lawn Tennis Club. His work at New Haven will be watched with great interest by the tennis experts, as he will be the first of the Pacific coast cracks to play in the intercollegiate games. The Pa- cific Coast Association has had several rep- resentatives from time to time in “he na- tiona] tournament at Newport, but Driscol will be the first of the western men to play in the intercollegiate. After his return to Georgetown Untver- sity next fall Driscol expects to compete in the tournament of the Bachelors’ Clu of this city for the champioaship of the Dis- trict. He will play in the singles, and it might be that he will also run in the dou- bles. At the recent tournament of the Southern Tennis Association he was un- able to compete on account of the exam- inations which were in progress at the university. At the opening of the next school term he will be free in this respec and the tennis players of Georgetown ex- pect great work of him in the Bachelors Club tournament. CHESS. Local chess circles have been quiet the past week. At the Capital Bicycle Club whist has monopolized the attention. At the Washington Chess Club play in the correspondence match with the Brooklyn Chess Club has been interrupted by the temporary absence of the Brooklyn club's champion, H. Helms. The local club con- tinues to hold its own in the games, and if anything, has improved {ts position. The continuous handicap tournament is nearing completion, the close of the pres- ent tournament being on the 30th instant, and members are endeavoring to increase the percentages. No games were played in the Walker-Tharp match, which stands 2 to 0 in favor of the former. The second game in the match between Messrs. D. A. Usina and F. B, Walker, however, was completed, and resulted in a victory for the former. Mr. Walker blun- dered on his thirty-fifth move and lost a piece, which decided the game. The score now stands one each, The moves made were as follows: D.A.Usina FB er( D.AUsina FRWalker (White) d8lack.) White.) Black.) 1P-Qt Pgs Q K2 2Kt-KRR BRS 3 QKr_Q2 Kt_Kns 4P QKIS P—KS SBR Pons 6P-K3 Kt-B3 [31 RRS TRtKS Kiakt = |32 aw 8 PxKt Kt_gz | Qn g 9 Kt-B3s Q-rkn [35 Q-Kt Nn 10 P-QR3 BK 135 Q_Boch 1 B-K2 BxKt 36 Qxk 12 BxB Kur 87 RxPen 13 Castles P- BS Qa 14 B-K2 39 Q— Boch 15 Q-Qi 40 Gr 16 P-QKtt OR-Q 41 ReRch 17 QxgRP 42 Q-BSch 18 Q-Q¢ Kt 43 Q- 19 QxKtP — BxPch 44 OxKE 20 KR BK 45 R—OKt 21Q-R6 Kt 46 Qs? 220 RS Kt 47 OKs BP-Bs BR .48 QxQ 24P-R5 PKS 49 BaP? and won easily. & B-K2 PKS i . A match of five games up for $300 a side has been arranged between Jasnogrodsky, New York state champion, and Burille, who defeated Bird in the late cable match. The match will be played in New York city. . The final regular practice’at whist at the Capital Bicycle Club on Wednesday even- ing, preparatory to the congress of the American Whist League, next week, showed the following results, sixteen hands being played, compass whist: East and west—Pelouze and Johnson, 118: Mattingly and Costen, 111; Prince and Wil- ams, 111; Henry and Barnes, 104. North and south—Carr and Barrick, 100; Fogg and McComb, #7; Cole and Quacken- bush, 96, and Wooten and Low. $ The whist committee then held a meet- ing and selected the following delegates and alternates to the sixth congress of the league, to be held at Brooklyn next week, commencing on Monday Delegates—H. N. Low, Lindley Fors, Irving Williamson, Alexander Britton, Ben. F. Cole and Jules P. Wooien. Alternates—Earl Quackenbush, D. E. Mc- Comb, T. P. Borden and Chas. M. Barrick. To contest for the Hamilton Club trophy the committee selected Messrs. Low, Bar- rick, Wooten and T. P. Borden. This con- test is the most important held at the con- gress, for the reason that the title of cham- pions for the coming year goes with the cup. Playing for the cup begins on Tues- day, sessions being held both afternoon and evening on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Each club plays an equal num- ber of hands against every other club, or against every club in its section. The four clubs having the highest score of matches won from opposing clubs shall enter the semi-finals, which are played on Friday, the four clubs being paired by lot, and on Saturday the winners in the semi-finals play the deciding match for the cup. Forty-eight deals are necessary to decide the semi- finals and finals. The next important event at the congress is the American Whist League trophy con- test. This is played for on Friday and Sat- urday. Each club plays a certain number of deals with every other participant, the number to be determined after the number of entries 1s ascertained. The winner of the trophy shall be the club scoring the greatest number of matches won. This play will be conducted under the s - erally known as “Howell's Moditic: the John T. Mitchell Progressive System.” The Capital Bicycle Club's representatives in this contest will be Messrs. Britton, Quackenbush, Williamson and Cole. ‘The Minneapolis trophy contest 1s the important event for club pairs. For this the C. Bi. C.’s have selected Messrs. Fogg. and McComb. Play begins on Tuesday afternoon and continues afternoon and evening throughout the week. During the first three days each club plays a match of four hands or more against every other pair in the contest, or against every other club in its section, should it be necessary to divide the contest. During the last two days the twenty-four pairs having the high- est scores play a match of four or more hands against each other. In addition to the foregoing there will be two progressive matches for fours, the first on Tuesday and Wednesday, permitting teams proposing to participate for. the league trophy to take part; the second oc- curs on Friday and Saturdey, and fours which do not qualify for the semi-finals in the Hamilton Club contest can participate. There will be several other members of the ciub at the congress. Messrs. W. J. John- son and L. C. Rines will attend the latter part of the week Henry Jones, better known as “Caven- ish.” @ writer on whist, has come from ndon to attend the congress. Speaking of the relative merits of American and English whist players, he states that the average Englishman is content to play the game as it was handed down to him_hy his grandfather, while the American is Content with nothing which his observation does not commend to him as being the best, and it is the natural consequence that the gen- eral run of American players are more pro- ficient than English players. en Sn eS Oe ueoen COLLEGE AQUATICS Poughkeepsie’s Contest Inaugurates an Era in Rowing. EIPERIENCE OF TWENTY-FIVE Sixes Tried, Then Fours and Eights Finally Adopted. AN OUTLOOK OF PROMISE a eae HE INTERCOLLE- giate boat race cn the Hudson this: month begins an-{ other era in boat, racing. It is just! twenty years since! the fcyr crews thats will meet this year! last measured Dlades. Since then» the rcwing colleges | have abandoned; sixes, tried fours, | and have settled on! eights as affording the fairest test of aquatic prowess. The old intercollegiate * races, inaugurated in 1 were rowed in | sixes. The first year only three crews com- peted—the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- lege, Harvard and Brcown—and they fin-/ ished in that order. The distance was three miles straightaway. The following year Amherst, Bowdoin, Williams and Yale were added. Amherst bad an unusually fast crew and created a new record for the” distance, winning in 1622, a record waich stands yet unequaled. Harvard was sec- ond, Massachusetts Agricultural third and Bowdoin, Williams and Yale in the order named. In 1873 Wesleyan, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell and Trinity joined the association, Yale Jumped from the ignominy of last place in 1872 to winner in 1873, Wesleyan being second by only two seconds, Harvard third and Dartmouth, Amherst, Columbia, Bowdoin, Massachusetts Agricultural, Cor- nell, Trinity and Williams as named. Prificeton was the only new comer in IST4. Columbia won; Wesleyan secon. Ther came Harvard, Willicms, Corn: Dart- mouth, Trinity, Pginceton and Yale Hamilton and Union colleges sent crews in 1875, but finisked so far in the rear their time was not taken. Cornell won; Colum- bia second. Then came Harvard, Dart- mouth, Wesleyan, Yale, Amherst, Brown, Williams and Bowdoin. Princeton with- drew. In 1876 the crews had dropped to six in number. Cornell won, Harvard sec- ond; then Columbia, Unicn, Wesleyan and Princeton. The withdrawal of Yale and caused the dissolution of the These two colleges decided to © rowing to their annval race. Harv sociation. their It was gen- erally felt’ that an intercollegiate race without Yale and Harvard would be in- complete. The Childs Cup. Outside match ra there were no In= tercollegiate contests until Mr. Gcorge W. Chiids donated the Childs cup, to be rowed for by fours on the Schuylkill. Columbia had in 1878 sent a fast four to the Henley regatta in England, which had won the cup for college fours, and this stimulated that class of rowing in this country. Cor- University of Pennsylvania, Bow- ‘Princeton and Wesleyan began training fours, and in 1879 Columbia, Wes- yan and Cornell met on Lake George in a mile and a half straightaway rac Co- lumbia won in the remarkably fast time of 8.26, making a new record. Wesleyan was second, Cornell last. The same year Princeton, Columbia and the University ct Pennsylvania rowed for the Childs cup on the Schuylkill, the same distance, Penn- sylvania winning. Harvard that vear de- feated Yale in eights over the four-mile New Yondon course in 20.15, making a record which was not broken until Yale created a new rex in IRSS, 2.10 lumbia that year defeated Wesleyan, ro: ing in fours, Columbia, Cornell and Pennsylvania met again in fours on Lake George in ISS). This time Cornell won, Pennsylvania ond and Columbia third, but Columbia won the Childs. cup race at Philadelphia, de- feating Princeton and Pennsylvania Cornell's champion four went to E) land in ISI, but were barred from the college race. In the open race they were beaten. Prineeton this year defeated Co- lumbia and Pennsylvania for the Childs cup, and Columbia sent an eight against Harvard, but was beaten. The following vear witnessed a revival of the intercollegiate race in fours on Lake George. Pennsylvania won, Wes- ieyan second, Princeton third, Cornell fourth and Bowdoin last. It w most hotly contested One o' Cor- nell crew collapsed and Princeton's stroke fainted just afler “the line was crc Pennsylvania a, m won the Childs race at Philadelphi Colum! ‘ated Harvard's ce at New London In 1883 Cornell's four again won at Lake George, Pennsylvania being second, and Pennsylvania for the third time won the Childs cup at Philadelphia. Harv eight defeated Columbia's. sylvania’s four defeated Cornell at toga, and also in the Childs cup r Philadelphia Harvard's eight again beat Columbia's. In 1885 the race tn college fours was transferred to Lake Quinsiga- ght in a four-mile mond. Bowdoin, Cornell, Pennsylvania and Brown took part. There w nam- ber of fouls and the race was given to Bowdoin, Next year the crew went hack to Lake George, where Bowdoin’s four won, making the new record of 8.16 for one and a half miles straightaway. Penn- sylvania was second. Cornell wiped ovt her defeat in ISS at Lake Quinsigamond by winning the Childs cup race at Philadelphia, defeating Penn- sylvania and Coiumbia, ‘the latter taking Princeto: place. In 1886 Pennsylvania again won the Childs cup race b fault, no other crew appearing. Cornell won the race for Intercollegiate fours in ist on Lake Quinsigamond, and this ended the races of the association. She also took the Childs cup race by defaula This ended the college rowing in fours. Meanwhile Columbia and Harvard had Veen having their annual race in eights, Harvard won in 1884 and IS85, Columbia in 1S86 and Harvard in 1887. Yale and Pennsylvania in the meantime had arranged annual races in hts at New London. The first was rowed in SSG and th s , and Yale won all. They were rowed over the four-mile course. In 1 Pennsylvania and Cornell met in eights, when Cornell won. They have since met yearly, fortune favoring Cornell. One year the race was transferred to Lake Minnetonka, Minn., owing to the great in- ducements offered. Record of Winners, . Last year Columbia entered the race be= tween Pennsylvania and Cornell at Pough- keepsie and won, Cornell being second and Pennsylvania third. This year Harvard enters. It was the general wish of Loat- ing men that Yale would ent yut the New Haven students preferred an English trip. Next year it is safe to say that the wearers of the blue will be found lined up with the other four and the In Rowing Association will have other period of its existence, one is to be hoped will not be a short The following is the record of the Intercollegiate Association's ey Year. Institution, Oars. Dist. IS71- Mass. Agricaitural... 6 3) 1s72— Aeeneemennnan It dred and fifty thousand bicycles owned by the three qnd a half millions of people living in New York city and Brooklyn alone. If that is true, every tenth person in the two cities owns a bike. For Other Sports See Page 20,