Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1896, Page 9

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He further stated that as large a force ossible to advantageously en- ngaged in New York putting the nt in order, and that if they h Shap everything would be com- pleted this week, and the cars be in read- Iness operation about the last of next is the Intention to run three cars for purpose of thoroughiy adaptability of the system for var service. Me. Har very e' thusiastic over his system and seems to no doubt of its ability to give entire nm. Its trial will be wate t by all who are interested it was week. I on this line grea rapid transit on street car lin dh none more than who live along the lines of the nd Belt rail- F of this cit mpanies have motive power. 1 Federal City Lodge, 20, has entered upon the new term by installing the fol- lowing officers: D. V. Chisholm, N. G.; G. T. Prewitt, G. H. Baxter, recording secretary; G. W. Uline, financial secretary J. KR. Tedrow, treasurer: John H. Wo P. G. M., degree director; E. F. Huggin: warden; E. H. Easterling, conductor; R. Mann, © G.; F. Borden, LG; HL Weber, R. SN. G.; 5. &. Crump, 1 D Mr. Linn, R. S. S.; Geo. Eakle, L. 8. §. Eugene Liger, R. 8. V. G.; E. E. Rankin, i. & > E. W. Crutchfield, chaplain; W.H The report to snd Lodge shows t maintained the high sta: the € t this lodge has ding for ich it a this jurisdiction by an incre: numbers and finances. A reunion nembers Is announced for the 29+ . in Melford Hall, Sth and I streets northeast, and an excursion to Marshall Hall : st 12, upon w occasion the lodge will have as its guests Maj. W. T. Galliner and his command. consisting of Grand Canton and Canton Potomac, P M., in full dress uniform, escorted by ‘Canton Potomac Drum Corps. ——— Grand Officers Elected. At a meeting of the Grand Encampment, 1 oO ¥. elected FE. for the following officers the ensuing year: were Andrew grand se- and junior - Morrison, Warden, E. H. Pearson, grand scribe; John H. Seiffert, grand treasurer. The ‘grand patriarch made the following appoint- Tents: A. R. Vermillion, grand marshal: 1. A. Kalbach, grand inside aentinel, J. @ King, outside sentinel. > -— South Wi ton Democrats. The South Washing-on deaiwrats w hold a meeting next Tuesday of >ing 808 7th sireet southwest to rpify the nom- inations of Bryan and Sewall and organize @ campaign club to work in Schait of their election. PECL CPT MSF GPS TPP ESS PNP Sear yore Coren a WHY THEY FELL DOWN| $-3s%-% of Mr. Robison of the Cleveland club wants coaching abolished, and it is dollars to pen- nies that his wishes will be attended to at the next meeting of the league magnates. What the “Spiders” and “Orioles” would do without coaching is a hard guess, but one thing is certain, if the new rule ts adopted, there will be several clubs up near the top that are now out of the pennant race. It i: a safe estimate to make, that fully one-fifth of the games those two clubs win are placed to their credit through their coaching and fighting tactics. Wheth- er the patrons would enjoy the lifeless games is a question. There 1s all the dif- ference in the world between legitimate coaching and billingsgate, that has recent- ly come under the head of coaching. The umpires have the remedy in their hands, but through lack of encouragement from the magnates, refrain from exercising their full power. Let the players keep up the fair and square ccaching, but abolish alto- gether the rowdy tactics of clubs like Cleveland, Baltimore and Pittsburg. The game would be benefited by the change. One of the Philadelphia papers is con- tinually howling for Messrs. Reach and Rogers of the local club to spend $20,000 and thereby secure a winning team. Such advice as this ts simply absurd. It is a question whether three times that amount would secure a first-class team for the Quaker city unless several of the players Were offeret in the exchange. What the Phillies need are pitchers. The club has been weak in the box for years, but the exceptional batting ability of the team has kept them in front. Why don’t the Phila- delphia paper suggest several first-class pitchers that can be bought? Rusie can be had by excharging Delehanty and Taylor, but Taylor is above the average and Dele- hanty almost stands alone, while Rusie’s lity may or may not be first-class. ‘'Bil- ly” Nash ts taking the only wise course, that is signing young pitchers and trusting to luck to find a good one. With one first- class man in the box and the team fully in accord with Nash's ideas they would go up the pennant ladder with a rush. Sa Analyzing the Playing of the Senators While Away From Home. CE HITTING NEEDED SACRIFI s The Western Division of the League Doing Unusually Well. LATE BATTING AVERAGES —— If “all the world leves a lover,” what is more true than “all the world loves a win- ner?” When the Washingtons were play- irg ball that took them up among the lead- ers nothing could be sald of the team that Was too laudaiory. Errors were made in bunches, but the batting of the men saved them time after time. Nothing was said of the weak playing of their opponents, both at the bat and in the field, but that they won was sufficient. ‘Then came the state of affairs designated es the “slump,” while in reality it was simply a bracing up of all the clubs along the line. The same kind of game Is played today that was played in May and June, but defeat after defeat comes the Sena- tors’ way instead of victory. Local enthu- siasts are too prone to form quick conclu- sions without going into details, and as a result when their hopes and predictions go awry an unreasoning censure is bound to crop out. In the long string of victories that are credited to Mercer fully one-half were won by the stick work of the team behind him. Then the pitchers of the opposing teains Were whipped in shape and the hitting of the Senators fell off, and defeat came their way. As a result of these defeats no credit is given the pitching abilities of their op- ponents; that the Senators have lost their batting eye Is the conclision reached by every one. When the Washingtons made their first trip the St. Louis and Louisville clubs were disrupted by releases and factions, and the Chicagos were losing games through weakness in their infield. Since then the signing of Sullivan and Turner and placing of “Tommy” Dowd in com- mand have braced the mound city team up to a wonderful degree of effectiveness. Their pitchers have always been good, and their good work is beginning to tell. In Chicago that gentlemanly and_exception- ally fine second baseman, Fred Pfeffer, has med busin; at the old stand and in nd as a result the Chicago team is in fourth place. In Louisville our own Jack Crooks is giving that club the After the Clevéland club gave the Phillies that coat of whitewash Thursday, and al- lowed them but one hit, the local people came to the conclusion that they had no kick coming over the two shut-outs admin istered to the Senators. Almost every player on the Quaker city team is a hard hitter, and if they could make no headway against the Spiders, what chance had 07 boys, demoralized as they are through uc- cidents and sickne’s, to secure a victory? The Spiders are settling down now for the run home, and the team that wins from this out to the close of the season will have to chloroform them before the game begins. Just think of the string of twirlers they have. and their victories will not appear sc wonderful. Young, Cuppy, Wallace and Wilson are undoubtedly the strongest quai tet in the busjness, and the foxy Tebeau has now signed McDermott, late of the Louis- villes, and the chances are he will turn out to be as good as any one of the Spiders’ big ‘our. What a great boost sacrifice-hitting has received this season. Cincinnati leads the league in this respect, and also leads in thc number benefit of his experience and ability,coupled Cleve nane oC eR eee an rite the enlereatie: work ot dimmy: Rogers |) ace tay rec pa ee ee et and as a result the “Kentucky Cherry Pie” | fead’ in’ ther gemeont ec eens, fOr the is not as easy to digest as in the first part of the season. Cleveland, Cincinnati and Pittsburg are playing the bail that has all along been expected of them. Coupled with these conditions are the fact that the umpire will favor the home team three times out of four, and the home rooters” are just as effective in other cites as in Washington. Tom Brown was signed as much for his experience to steady the younger players as for his fielding and base running. “or the last month he has been unlucky im g ting hurt, and his great strength is missed. When Crooks and Rogers were traded for O'Brien there was hardly one man out of ten that didn’t agcee with the man- agement in the exchange, ample this is for teams to learn the art of going out to advance a runner! “Buck’ Ewing hammered this idea into the Cin- cinnati players, and their winnings have been the sensation of the season. There ore few strong hitters on “Buck's” team, anc had they played the old game it fs a que: tion whether the first division would hev¢ seen them at all this season. Of course, their pitchers have done great work, and credit should be given them, but an in vestigation into the facts will demonstratc that sacrifice hitting has done more to placc the team in the lead than the fine work ot the pitching corps. Von Der Ahe appears to have struck a but recent de- | winning combination at last. He shifts velopments have demonstrated that the | managers and captains as readily and exehange worked more harm than good. quickly as the pawns on a chess board, and In Rogers" cuse the loss was not felt, as he | finall was on the bench. In Crooks’ loss the infield was disarranged, and all the signals and team work had to be gone over again. O'Brien is a good man, and he will demon- strate his worth before the season is out, and for many seasons to come. With Brown back in center and harmony re- stored in the infield as to working to- gether there can be no question as to the Senators winning games. Now is the time for the real well-wish- ers of the Washingon club to stand by the team. y found the right checkmate in Tommy Tommy Is a brainy, hustling player and, as his ideas have proven winners, the men with him have laid aside their griev- ances and settled down to work. Sullivan and Turner have added to the battine strength of the team, something very essen- tial If victories are to be won, and on tor of this the German magnate has dropped out of sight. Should Von Der Ahe take a trip to Europe or Greenland every sum- mer the changes are the St. Louis team would perman@ntly rest in the first division Chris is a hard loser, and believes in shak- Remember, the Philadelphia club has | ing up the players after every defeat. Who Son but two games on tkis trip, and no | knows but that. “Tommy” has hypnotized one ever claimed the Senators to be a bet- | his boss. ter team than the Phillies. can stand by a winner, but it sand” to stick to a lose The local enthusiasts should have more nerve and sand, and instead of hammering a club ccnfronted with all manner of handicaps ckeer them on, and as a résult a good rec- ord will yet be obtained. The latest batting records are just out, and that “kid” at short stop is leading The first game home comes with Balti Tore next Friday, and, as it is Ladie day, with band attraction on the side, it safe to say a very large crowd will turn out. Everybody will want to see for themselves whether it is hard luck or careless playing that has pulled their idols out of the firs division. and it is safe to say the Senators will do their best to that D , get back in the affec., the Ww ‘ashington team in batting, being tie | tion of their admirers. The Baltimores are pith Hamilton of Boston with “34. “Sel- | a great attraction, and will be in champion: bach comes next with O’Brien, who ship form, but the game nevertheless will be worth going miles to see. THE NUREMBERG Tot was batting up around villes, hi dropped itst above William Joyce, who has his credit. McGuire, Mercer and Bsgown have dropped out of the .#) class. Bur- kett still leads the league batters, but has failen off slightly, and now leads Jennings by only two points. These two pla: are the only ores in the league that have an average of over .400. Most of the players have slumped off a littie, but Del- ehanty and DeMontreville are the excep- tions and both have made advances. The following table of figures shows the stand- ing of batters having averages of .300 or MENT. Pillsbury, the Brookly Boy, Beaten by Blackburne. The fifth round of the international chess tournament was played in Nuremberg, Germany, yesterday. ‘ Marco beat Schallopp in a Ray Lopez, defended by the latter with 2..P—Q R 3, after forty-four moves. Schlechter beat Winawer in a Ruy Lo- over: . pez, defended by the latter with 3..P—Q 1 Burkett, Cleveland. R 3, after twenty-nine moves. Jennings, Baltimore ; Delehanty, Palladelpbia. Lesker disposed of Showalter in a Petroff $-McCreary. Louisville. defense after sixty-six moves. 3—Lange, Chicago. Teickmann was defcated by Schiffers in G—MeKean, Cleveland. a four knights game after thirty moves. _—Tiernan, New York Blackburne beat Pillsbury in a queen's s—Clements, Philadetp! gambit after sixty-four moves. S-Sterzel, ‘Pittsburg. Albin beat Charousek in a four knights —C. Miller, Cincinnati gcme after thirty-seven moves. %—Clark, Louisville Tschigorin easily disposed of Porges in 10—Kelly, Baltimore. a giuoco piano after forty-one moves. Ji—Childs, Cleveland. Steinitz only drew with Walbré after forty-six moves, the latter giving a per- petual check in a Ruy Lopez, defended by Steinitz with 3..B—B 4. Terrasch beat Janowski after sixty-nine moves in a Ruy Lope: doctor with 3 P—Q R 3. The unfinished game between Winawer 1 ecler, Baltimore 13—K. Smith, Pittsburg. 14—Burke, Cincinnati 15—Do: Baltimore. 16—Jones, Brooklyn i7—Hamiiton, Boston —De Montreville, Washing 18—Stivetts, Boston.. and Charousek resulted in a draw after 1%-Setbach, Washington eighty-four moves. 20—Anson, Chicago. —- ae arson On the Longwood Courts, —Grady, Philadelphia Hovey and Wrenn both won their match- 21—Evereti, Chicago. 22—Brouthers, Philadelphia. 23—Long, Roston Pittsburg. ‘hee, Cincinnatl. ien, Louisville and Wi: Joyce, Washington. —Merritt, Pittsburg. 28—Van Haltren, New York. 20—G. Davis, New York 30—Vaughn, Cincinnati $i—Cuppy. Cleveland. es yesterday in the Longwood tennis tour- nament, und they will meet this afternoon in the final round for the big Longwood challenge bowl. Summary: Championship singles—Semi-final_round. F. H. Hovey beat C. R. Budlong, 6-0, 6- b: RD. Wrenn beat Richard’ Stevens, 6- 7, 6-3. Handicap singles-Third round. L. ¥. Ware, scratch, beat G. H. Carter, fifteen, 6-3; J. D. Forbes, four-sixths of fiftee! s2—Ryan, Chicago.. beat W. L. Jennings, two-sixths of fifteen, 33—George Smith, Cincinnati. 6-1, 6-1; R. T. Parke, three-sixths of fif- 34—Griffin, Brooklyn. teen, beat A. L. Williston, three-sixths of —Peitz, Cincinnati. . fifteen, 6-2, 6-3. —Lowe, Boston.. . Fourth round—J. F. Talmage, jr., scratch, —Irwin, Cincinnati beat R. T. Parke, three-sixths of fifteen, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; R. Hooker, four-sixths of fif- teen, beat F. E. Howard, fifteen, 6-5, 6-5; J. D. Forbes, four-sixths of fifteen, beat }—Tebeau, Clevelan: —Thompson, Philadelphia. 37—O'Connor, Clevelani —Gleason, ew York W. K. Shaw, two-sixths of fifteen, 6-2, 6- 38—Donovan, Pittsburg. - L. BH Ware, scratch, beat A. 8. Pier, two- 39-Sugden, Pittsburg. = sixths of fifteen, 6-3, 6-4. 40-Stafford, New Yor! 41—Pfeffer, Chicago.. 42—Andéerson. Brooklyn - In team hitting and fielding the Senators show up exceptionally well, but then aver- ages evidently don’t win games or the lo- cal boys would be doing better. The fol- Colambin Heights Wheelmen. The Columbia Heights Wheelmen hav2 arranged a watermelon run to Takoma Park, Thursday evening, July 30. The start will be made from 1326 Princetoa lowing figures show how the different | Street, and an enjoyable time is antici- teams compare in batting and fielding | pated. strength: re Haverford at Bristol, England, es: The Haverferd College cricketers arrived SE ‘4 : at Bristol, England, yesterday from Eton —Cincinnati e and started a two days’ match with Clif- 3—Pittsburg . x ton College. The home team won the toss 4—Washington 3 Philadelphia . 6—Chicago . 7-New York and decided to bat on a splendid wicket. When play ceased for the day an even 400 runs was scored for two wickets. ———__ SoBrookiy ; At « Disadvantage. 10—St. Louis From the Chicago Record. —Louisville ~. “Strange about that burglar getting ar- rested while dressed as a woman.” 1—Cincinnati -346) “Nothing queer about that. He couldn't Cleveland . + .94t] find his pistol pocke: $—Pittsburg . @ 34 arse 833 FOR DEBILITATED MEN, eae peo Se Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. O Washes “$321 Dr. J. B. ALEXANDER, Charlotte, N.C, says: ae +982 | sIe'is mot only pleasant to the taste, bat raaks &—Brooklyn . 931 among the bist of nerve tonics for debilitated 7Chieago . men.” GOOD WORK. KEPT UP Také Another Game at Louisville, PLAYED: BALL IN-PROPER STYLE ——— Joyce's Men Rumored Negofiations for Phila- delphia Players. SPORTING NOTES a CURRENT Record of the Clubs, Clubs. Ww. L. PY W. L. PC. Cincinnal.. 56° 28 .683 v1 36 43.456 Cleveland... 53 25.679} Philadelphia 35 48 14 Baltimore... 51 25.671] Washington. 33 42 | Chicago. 48 37 .665| New York... 31 46 Pittsburg... 43 25° (651/ St. Louti 23 56 Boston. 42 35.5: 1 57 Standing July 25, 1895: Clubs. WoL. PCy Clubs, w. Cleveland... 50° 32.610) Philadelphia 3s Pittsburg... 45 81.502) Brooklyn. 2) 3 Boston. 29° .5kt] New York. 80. 1576] Washington. 36 -55¢] St. Louts. B4 (55x Louisville..; 14 Today's Schedule, Washington at Louisville. Baltimore at St. Leuis. Boston at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Cleveland, Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at Pittsburg. AGAIN BEAT TRE COLONELS. Washington's Seventh Consecutive Defeat of Louisville. With the lapse of time the belief that the Washington Base Ball Club has succeeded ‘n pulling out of the rut of despond and de- feat grows stronger. At Louisville yester- day Joyce and his men again played base ball. When hits were needed they made hits, and, in like manner, scored runs. A comfortable lead secured by the Colonels Was overcome, and all in all the team rep- resenting this city gave such an exhibition as delighted the fans earlier in the season. It was the seventh consecutive victory this season of Washington over Louisville. McJames twirled for the Senators, while Cunningham was in the box for the Colo- nels. Twelve hits were secured off the de- livery of each, but those lined out by Wash ington bats were bunched and timely. Louisville secured three runs in the second and added another in the third, and mat- ters assumed a dark hue from a Washing- ton standpoint. However, the situation was changed soon thereafter, for Joyce's followers began sending in braces of runs, and continued the merrymaking until the conclusion of the eighth inning. Umpire Letts was in hot water from start to finish. LOUISVILLE 1 2ifush, rf... 1 2 1 4 O/MJames, p. 0 0 a 12-2! Totals.... 8122610 3 Clingnian out for interference, Washington. . oO 022022 x4-8 Louisvill O%1020010-7 Earved runs — Washing 4; Laut base hits MeCreery, Rogers, Selb errors. Washington,” 8: Tbutsville, 1 t MeCreery, Cutninghams. Sacritic ille, : ley First base on balis-OM MeJuines, 2 ham, rick out By Medames, Jam, assed balls Miller, McGuite. r ex. Time—‘Two hours ands minutes. Umpire—Betts, "s Men Stopped, Brooklyn scored five runs in the second huning at Chicago yesterday and ,won the game then and there. The Colts were all right In the slugging line, but the Brooklyn fielders were always in evidence when the sphere descended toward earth. Ann CHICAGO, R.H.O. o10 013 002 our o Anson, 1b Ttyan,’ rf. 20.0 Lp. O Donohue, ©. 0 2 2 oO 3 og ‘Totals... 21027 14 Chicago. ay 5 00020 o1 o52 hits— Griffin, — Anderson. Txuble plasy—Corcoran and I on balla Of. Friend, 4: pitched | ball—Grith Wild pitches -E fire—Lynch. out—By Friend, 2. Time—Two hours. St. Louis Played the Baby Act. It required thirteen innings to decide matters between St. Louis and Baltimore. At the close of the ninth inning the score was 4 to 4. In the tenth Baltimore added three more, and St. Louis did likewise. Baltimore forged one point to the front in the twelfth, and in its half St. Louis promptly tied the score. In the thirteenth, however, Baltimore scored five, and then St. Louis played for darkness with such persistency that Umpire Emslie finally gave the game to the champions, 9 to 0. ST. LOUIS. BALTIMORE. K.H.O. A. E RH.U, A. EL Dowd, 2b 3 51 Sullivan, 100 Boo Bid 622 200 o20 600 $32 Totals. 813 3817 0 St. Louis....2 0 0 1 Baltimore 10210000030 Louis, Donnell Reltz, . ‘Three-base hits— MeFarland, Sacrifice hi levers, Stolen bases—Dowd, Keeler” (3), Double plays— Doyle (un: Jennings, Doyle; Jennings and mand Dowd. First base on balls—Of 6. Hit by pltched bat ut—By Donohue, 4; ings, “OF PLAYERS. Joyce and McCauley for Lave Croxn and Grady. A rumor to the effect that Joyce and Mc- Cauley of the Washington base ball club will be traded for Cross and Grady of Phil- adelphia has gained circulation. The fact that Mr. J. Earl Wagner has several times expressed himself ag eptertuining a high opinion of the abilicy of Cress 2s a ball player adds weight tothe rumor, and the local fans are considerably stirred up. When the rumor reached Mr. Wagner at Louisville, it is reported that he laughed long and ioud. He denied emphatically that such a deal has-eter been thought of and characterized the rumors as the joke of the present base pall geason. At Phila- delphia, it is said, the glleged deal is also denied. The representatives of the club owners in this city ecldre that Joyce has had absolute control bP the players and the running of the téam at all times since the opening of thé’'sessbn, reports to the contrary notwithst&#aing. Decided toDisband. The District Ledge’ held a meeting at the Eastern Athletic Tlub last evening, with President Kneesi in the chair, and decided to disband for the rest of the sea- son. This action was taken on account of no reply havirg been received from Mr. Wagner in regard to the use of the grounds. YALE WILL KEEP ON TRYING, Her Crew to Visit Henley Again With an English Boat and 0: From the New York Sun. HENLEY-ON-THAMES, July 11.—With the departure of the American oarsmen to- day from Marsh Mills House interest in Yale boating will once more teke a specu- lative turn until the fall, when every one will be anxious to see what changes Bob Cook will introduce as the result of the lesson Yale learned at ‘Royal Henley.” Great changes will probably be made in American college boating as a result of what American coaches have seen of En- glish crews. The lines along which these changes will be made, however, will be rad- ically different. The best English coaches—Trevor-Jones of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Lehman of Le- ander, and McLean of New College—agree that Yale's oars are too wide in the blades for any water, and deadly for such course as Henley. Trevor-Jones and M: Lean attribute Yale's defeat to her oars, and now say that they considered it a fa- tal mistake for Yale to attempt to use her wide blades, The theory of the narrower blade is sim- ple. Yale's men are seated in the center of her shell. The English crews are seated four men on either side of the boat. The English oars are six inches longer than Yale's, and two and a half inches nai rower in the blade. The Englishmen have consequently a greater leverage, with less resistance from the oar blade. It is easy, therefore, to appreciate how Yale's men, though equally as strong as Leander’s‘ pulled themselves out during the first half of the race and were unable to raise their stroke when Leander spurted and went ahead. Yale did phenomenal work by her sheer pluck, and surprised the Englishmen. Tre- vor-Jones is certain Yale would have won with English blades, and Mclean agrees with him. Bob Cook is eager to make the experiment. All England is eager to have Yale come again, and it is as good as de- cided that Yale will be at Henley again next year. The Yale graduates who were here prefer that Yale should come to Hen- ley to row until she wins. Then Oxford and Cambridge will stand ready to meet Yale on a four-mile course, and this 1s what Yale most of all desires. As soon as Coach Cook and the other graduates who were at Henley return home a meeting of Yale's boating men will be called. A plan will then be laid before them to have Yale get an English shell and English oars and experiment with them. Next year all Yale's training will be done with Henley as the objective point. The crew will be taught to row the Henley dis- tance, and such changes as are necessary will be made. From a financial standpoint, Yale has found that it costs very lit:le more to send a crew to Henley than it does te New London. REMARKASLE WHIST HANDS. Stories Recalled by the Yarborough of the Recent Match. From the New York Sun. One of the most remarkable hands in the long annals of “the royal game” was held at the recent whist congress. The hand contained no trumps and no card higher than a nine, but still took three tricks. It has been figured that the odds against holding such a hand and taking three tricks are 6,284,000,000,000 to 1, so that the players who participated in this game might continue steadily at whist until they were several times as old as Methuselah without having the hand recur. The hand was what is technically known as a Yarborough, but it was not an urdi- nary Yarborough either, for that name ?s appiied to any hand that contains no card higher than a nine. The chances of hold- ing a Yarborough is a trifle less than 1 in 1,800, and the odds against holding a Yar- orough without trumps are 14,000 to 1 The Yarborough hand preserv e fame of a certain whist-playing English lord, who was once a famlliar figure in the card rooms of the London clubs, but who might by this time have been forgotten but for this one hobby, which has connected his name with a certain combination of cards. and from which he is reputed to have ob- tained substantial returns during life- time. Proctor that Lord Yarborough’ name was given to any hand that held nothing higher tan a nine because that gentleman had a standing offer to bet £1,000 to £1 that such a hand would not be dealt Proctor goes through a calculation to sho’ that this was a perfectly safe bet, as t odds against such a hand are 1 to 1 It is said that Lord borough laid his wager many thousand times, and that on ouly a few occasions did he lose. ¢ writer has figured out that if this noble devotee of the game made his bet wi eich member of a whist party on ninet one or ninety-two evenings out of a year for ten years, he should, on the theory of probabilities, have lost twenty times. His total losses would therefore have been £ v9; but during the same period he would have won £36,500, which would have left him the very respectable margin of £16,500, or £1,650 per year, To the inexperienced player the Yarbor- ough hand seems abcut as bad as one could possibly hold, but when properly handled it may become very effective, as shown by the illustration given here. Although there seems to be no recorded instance of a Yar- borough without trumps as successful as this one, nearly every writer on whist has been able to cite one or more cases where the holder of a Yarborcugh has been suc- cessful in using it to throw the control of the game into his partner's hands and in taking one trick. One of the most famous games in which the Yarborough hand figured was played in Calcutta. An English duke, renowned for his hign play, was sitting in the game, and offered to lay his hand would take a majority of the tricks. Th> cards on which he offered the bet made up a magnificent hand, including the command in trumps, but through the poverty of his partner's hard and the skill- ful management of the Yarborough held by one of his opponents the royal gambler lost his £25,000, Thoigh the Yarborough hand is rare enougi, so that a man may very possibly have played whist for many years without holding one, it is by no means th hand at whist. As there are 635,013,559,600 ways in which a whist hand can be made, there 1s opportunity for some peculiar com. hinations. One that the young player fre- quently sighs for is that which will give him all the trumps. When it is computed, however, that the chances of all the trumps being in one hand is 1 in 158,753,380,900, the wish will appear almost hopeless. Still it is testimony to the amount of whist play- ing that goes cn in the world that this hand tas been held several times. Of course, oniy the dealer can hold this hand, and the ‘figures above represent hi chances. The odds against a player's get- ling this hand when he sits down to a same are four times as great. One instance 1s related as occurring at the United Service Club, Calcutta, Febru- ary 9, 1888, when a new pack of cards was dealt and all the trumps fell to the dealer. The same thing has been reported at least twice since then. At the Montauk Club in Brooklyn, on the second deal with a new pack the cards fell In suits. The hands were framed and are preserved in the club. The lowest possible hand that can be held, counting nimerical strength, is made up of 4 twos, 4 threes, 4 fours and 1 five. ‘The chance of holding this combination is also represented by the ratio of 1 to 158,- ToS, 380,900, Another peculiar arrangement of the cards 1s that by which one pair of part- ners holds all the red cards and the other pair holds all the black. An instance of this was reported from the Westminster Hospital in 1888. It is told that four play- ers siting down to a game in London drew for partners, and each man drew an ace. An ingenious mathematician, with nothing better to do, has figured that if the same playe’s continued their game every night except Sundays this situation would not recur until they had all reached the ripe old age of something over 900 years, WHIsT. An effort is to be made this fall to revive interest in whist at the Columbia Athletic Club. The club comprises among its mem- bers a number of good players, and a few years ago its team held a prominent place among local clubs. The last couple of years, however, the club has not been rep- resented by a team outside of its own rooms. This has been mostly due to the lack of some one to lead in the matter. There is now prospect of all this being changed. Some of the members of the club have been trying to induce Dr. Walls to join the club, and give whist a boost. It is proposed to join the American Whist League, and send a team to the congress, and also t> play matches with the Balti- more Whist Club and local clubs. Dr. Walls is favorably impressed with the proposition, and will probably be found on the club rolls this fall. He is one of the best players in the country, and with the material at his disposal ought to have a team that will do credit to the winged ar- row. Among the members of the club and those who it is thought will join should whist be given encouragement by the club are Messrs. Safford, Taliaferro, Hampton, Mason, Bingham, Sabin, Jacobs and Mason. Safford is the well-known authority on waist, Taliaferro 1s a member of the Mt. Pleasants, Sabin and Jacobs formerly play- ed with the I Street Club, and Bingham has SedesoeSendendondondendoadoateadoateatoeteetoeeedeeteeteeseedendeadeadonteeiiete Were Not Gomeg To “Bust” E Terms: Tattle down and a Uttle each week. 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On $100 worth Your money back if goods are not as represented, Castelberg’s Nat’l Jewelry Co} 103 Pa. Ave.—Next Door to Star Office. Baltimore Store, 108 N. Eutaw St. 4 LLL EIEIO deed ‘don the C. Bi. C. team at the league | play MARYLAND REPUBLICANS. congress. ‘ : Whist is quiet at the Capital Bicycle | Meeting of the Clifton Park McKinley Club. There is a good deal of playing over and Hobart ( The third meeting of the of hands played at the recent congress. One hand in particular attracts attention. MeKinley and It occurred in the match with Newton. | Hebart Club of Clifton Park, Md, was Low, having the lead. the King of | held last night its headquarters a diamonas, his long second hand | Clark’s store. Routine business was fT d the jack. ner, Borde iransacted, after which, under the he held the ace and a small diamond. Borden | )/AUSN IC™ | , ‘ took the trick with the ace, and led bac | aganivcnd memeners | Wsitors entered into a discussion : | prevailing topic, silver hausted Mr. Low was enabled to make the | it) Wim. HL Clark, the senior vi <i- or three tricks in his diamond suit. On the | aont or the elu overplay. the Newton player, playing third (2°0t of the club, an influential mer of hand, kent back the ace cf diamonds ana{the community, addressed the club, and Hocked his partner's suit. The Capital Ii- | Save clear-sighted ideas on the carrency cycle Club gained four tricks on the hand. | question, favoring the plank in the rm The piay as it turned out was beautiful, | platform on t sul but it is pointed out that the play might | rjamin F. Pe have cost a trick. The play indicated that | lowed Mr. Clark w Low held the queen of diamonds, but he | ments inst change of, existing ary system in the l might not have held the next highest. Then on the third round of the suit it would cost | a trump to take the trick. | ticns of the mon 1 from Wednesday evening at the Capital Bi- on and General Allan cycle Cinb two fours played twenty hands State central commit luplicate whist.with the result (hat Messrs. | tee commendatory of formation of the Carr, McComb, Usina and Henry defeated | club and signifying Uuir decir ag Messrs. Low. Pripce, Barnes and Dr. | present at the proposed tatitication meat Stearns by thirteen tricks. The winning team had the more experienced players. ing. he corresponding se i The Capital Bieycle Club contemplated | that the republican ciuh of 4 an informal whist match at altimore this | been reorganized with | Mr evening with the Ballimore Whist Club, in | Govld as president, and that connection with their bicycle run, but word e made for the org of a club yas received that most of the Baltimore | in the Colesville distri next are away from hom ly the whist part of tb © Was abandoned. and conse- trip to Balti- The next meeting of the club will Place on the 3ist instant. when it hat further instructiv enon the financial qu en ep ita maa KENSINGTON. lessons ¥ tion CHECKERS A niatch for the checker championship of n Rich- the world has been arranged | ard Jordan, the Scotchman, and J of Pittsburg, Pa. The match con forty games, $500 stakes, and is to be in Scotland, commencing August 20 Jordan has won set matches from Mr. | - and Mrs std Danlop of Baltinvr annette Milliken. Miss Bessie of Mrs. Rete Is visiting Miss © is the next. Brown of Hawick, Frazer of Dundee, Stew- is sponding # art of Kelty, the “Herd Laddie,” and Fer- rie. He now appears to be at his best. Reed is champion of this country. A year or more ago he made « trip to Great Britain and played against the best checker experts to be found, with creditable re- sults. He now aspires to be checker cham- pion of the world, a Utle, it 1s believed, ver held by an American. d Kouster of Greenberg, N.C, spending several days with Mr. W. at Oak Knoll, Miss le FitzveraM of Raliine ‘ks with Mr. and Mrs. Ge “H.W” held t spotting of Miss 1 WAS postponed till the Ml be held at th society Miss Dot Miss ‘The international chess tournament at Nuremburg began Monday and will con- tinue every day except Sunday for eighteen days, closing two weeks from today. Las- ker took the lead by defeating Steinitz in eos oe apa the third round. He is closely followed, | ae Mee. WM. Terre, 8 ¥ s ~ mer WI however, by Janowski, Walbrodt, Steinitz, re Ben, Mew wn Tarrasch, Tschigorin and Schlechter. The of Ma Americans have not yet distinguished of akin, Ma Mra, Mari themsel v: Showalter tried to win a has heen placed at tik drawn game from Charousek on Monday, strte toads but lost it instead. Then he secured a Sic gig Reel peg posi draw in the game with Dr. Tarrasch, but | at the hands of Wi- | The King’s Messen; again suffered defeat at the hands of the hen es of the nawer of Warsaw, who had previously lost to Tschigorin, the Russian champion, and Janowski, the Italian representative. Pui bury was obliged to content himself with | aws against. Janowski and Schlechter. The veteran Steinitz defeated Schailopp, the German expert ichman and Maroc- , but lost to the champion, Lasker. Ja- nowski and Walbrodt have obtained an un- usually good start in this tournament. Mr. BE. P. Hanna, the chess expert of the Washington Chess Club, is spending his vacation at Ocean Grove, N. J. > Complaints of Subcontractors. Subcontractors on District work are loud in their criticism of some of the methods of doing business in vogue at the District building. It is customary to retain 10 per cent on payments until the final payment is made. Why this is done seems a puzzle. The building inspector says he does not know. The trouble is with subcontractors and unreliable contractors. The latter, be he shoemaker or pop corn vendor, can’ un- der the present arrangement obtain a con- tract to build a public building, provid gives a sufficient bond. Some men, it is al- leged, are unscrupulous, and have’ no he: tancy in beating every one they can. District is protected by the bondsmen, but the subcontractors and the poor laborer: have no redress. True, if they file their claims in time, the auditor holds up the next voucher due the contractor, and ad- justs matters as best he can. But it is too frequently the case that payments are made far in excess of outstanding bills, and the subcontractors and laborers have to divide the miserable 10 per cent fund. A case in point occurred last week, when only Sz 1-2 per cent of original claims were paid subcontractors. Inspector Brady is not in favor of the way things are going at (he present time. He says the only way to seiule the matter is through legislation which will give the Commissioners author- ity to build school houses and other puilic buildings by day’s labor. —— For McKinley and Hobart. The McKinley and Hobart Interstate Re- publican Campaign Club was organized at mith, iil b America August 4, at the ‘hinson, Md., is the guest 1 da lawn juart, sufferers on Mary this “evening ing of all the Mra. W. D. Wugbes of ¥ of Dr. Wiber. The font daughter of Mr. mun, who are eceupying the Friday afternoon, Mr. Eaton, who has been the guest of his day ter, Mra. MeCathran, has returned to bis home in New Jersey. Mrs. Joun BL Davi ashington Is the guest and Mrs, Haw ex cottage, dic has been called to Williams. port, Pa., by the serious illness of ber mothe Miss Bell Anderson of Sundy gucst of Mr. Deane on 4th ay Mrs. Thomas Dowling dias opened her cottage ou 3d_ avenue, Mrs. H.W. Brekford and daughter have returned to the city. Miss Bertie arick entertained a pert, at lunch Thursday 4a a {i jiss Keene, the guests being Misses the Ebbitt House last night, where a num- | Menor of Miss Cg Pe ber cf republicans met for the purpose. | and Messrs. Moul iton, Rittor and Allen. The officers chosen were Maj. W. S. Odell, | Two carloads of sione are expected t arrive im a few days and will s directed by the stockholders he used te ionpeore the ae president: George 8. Eme pcaneaaces a! cn oe Henry Billings, financial secr-tary: E. Thompson, treasurer. John Middleton, 7 N. Mills and A. A. Forbush were chosen ice presidents. A committee was appoiniad to arrange for a ratification meeting at an early date. The club will mect again Monday nigh? next at the Riggs House. > What She Would Do First, Fron che Cleveland Plain Dealer, “Ii a handsome man were to propose ta you, Clara, what would you do first?” Pu down the shad