Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. A WINNING OCTET Washington Singers Carry Off the Prize in a Competition at Pen Mar. One of the Features at the Great Metho: t Autumnal —s etehes of the Successful Vocalists. At thi: hele season’s “Methodist autumnal,” at Pen Mar on Friday of Isst week, feature of the afternoon services was I contest between mixed octets from Methodist choir of York, Pa., and this city. An octet from Baitimore was also entered, but, through the inability of some members to appear, they «lid not compete. However, they recruited from other than Methodist choirs, and sang the same selec- did the York and Washington sing- . and were marked by the judges just same as if competing. This octet did dingly well, notwithstarding the fact of but one rehearsal, and deserve the warmest praise. The Washington however, surpassed them, and a the Yori octet being com- Prizes In the shape of medal for each singer and a baton e leader will be presented to the vi tors in Baltimore in November, when a concert will be givea by the successful octet. Arranging for the Contest. Several weeks prior to this event the Rev. W. W. Davis of Baltimore, who had per- sonal charge of the business affairs of the great Methodist gathering, called upon the various mintsters in this city with a view of determining who of the musical dircct- ors was best fitted to undertake the task of forming an octet to represent Washing- ton Methodism, and, after a careful can- vass of the field, the selection fell upon Mr. Wm. J. Palmer, the precentor of Waugh arch, on Capitol Hill, and who also has exe ge of the musical affairs of the Ep- worth Le: strict. Mr. Palmer was waited upon, and, after earnest solici- : was pers! to undertake the task of selecting the voices best of work. His wide ac- » choir sin, was of great assist- ance to him in selecting the voices, as he . in order to e¢ S requisite to sucei from five different churc Douglas, Waugh and é being organized, there was left but a brief time in which to pre- the event, and, with but five re- er the careful direction of the ientious, careful study and work of its members, a remarkable v scon attained, and the si left Washington reasonably sure of a high position, if not the highest. music for the occasion was Pinsuti’s and Quee: a piece eminently for the purpose, abounding in ex- yression, points difficult of attack, and ng from delicate pianissimo to the xest fortissimo. Each octet was to this production, which was selected by { judges, and another of ion. The Washington con- as their number “Glory to Lamb,” by Froelich, a piece of great beauty and much variety, and one equally ffi it of mastery as the official selection. ingers labored under the disadvantage cate s of vo dings of expression and blending es were diminished by the autumn Washington Won. The contest was decided in favor of the Washington choir for their mastery of the selection and good training In chorus. The vocal representatives of the three “s were as follows: yashington—Sopranos, Miss Gerirude Dana, Miss Ida O'Neal; altos, Miss Emma Houchen, Mrs. D. Olin Leech; tenors, C. H. Henney, W. J. Palmer; bassos, Walter Homphries, Arthur E. Middleton; accom- panist, Miss Clara Belt; director, Wm. J. Palmer. York, Pa.—Sopranos, Miss Lillian Owen, Miss Nannie Minsker; altos, Miss Louisa Henry, Miss Bessie King; tenors, Seth H. Jones, Rev. Henry D. Flanagan; bassos, Phillip H. Sehreiber, George Pinkerton; ac- companist, Miss Henrietta Bastress; dl- rector, Seth H. Jones. Baltimore—Sopranos, Miss Emily H. Starkloff, Miss Nellie R. Bennett; altos, Miss Daisy Sherman, Miss Kate Sherman; tenors, David E. Francis, A. Cookman Leach; bassos, Wm. A. Groppel, R. Wilson Nichols; accompanist, Perry C. Orem; di- rector, Charles F. Bender. The judges were: Prof. D. Harry Sanders of Baltimore, Percy S. Foster of Washing- ton and T. H. Thomas of Cumberland, Md. Ss iting the Singers. After the contest the singers. volunteered ei te AEMIDDLETON: for a delightful program of musical selec- tions. “Oh, Hush Thee, My Baby,” was sung by Misses Starkloff and Daisy Sher- man, Messrs. Bender and Groppel. The York octet sang a selection. C. H. Hen- ney of Washington played “Jerusalem” as a euphonium solo, accompanied by Mr. Foster. Miss Dana and Mr. Palmer sang the beautiful duet, “Sweet Peace,” and the Strawbridge Quartet of Baltimore sang a selection. Misses Bennett and Kate Sher- man, Messrs. Leach and Nichols comprised the quartet. All the singers were then called before the audience, who stood and waved a Chau- tauqua salute In appreciation of the musi While the handkerchiefs were fluttering be- neath the green-leaved oaks the leaders started and the whole gathering joined in singing the hymn “Blest Be the Tle That Binds.” Washington octet will be heard in several concerts the coming season. The Winning Octet. Brief sketches of the Washington singers who were successful in the competition trial will be read with interest. They are all well known in local musical cir- cles, both for excellent concert as well as choir work. Mr. Wm. J. Palmer is the possessor of a fine tenor voice of great range and power. For several years he was the soloist and leader of Trinity M. E. Church, but is now officiating as precentor at Waugh. He figured quite prominently in the great floody choir, and as leader of “Ye Old Folks” Concert Company added greatly to his reputation. To Mr. Palmer was given the task of selecting an octet from the Methodist choirs, and the wisdom of his judgment and his skill as a leader are man- ifest in the result of the Pen-Mar musical competition. Mr. C. H. Henney possesses a pure tenor voice of good quality. His choir work has been of recent occurrence, however, from the fact of his being an artist in the manipulation of the euphonium. As a so- loist on that instrument he takes first rank. He will, however, from now on give more attention to vocal work and en- deavor to do just as well with his voice as with the euphonium. Miss Gertrude Dana’s voice is a high soprano of much sweetness and strength. She sings with wonderful expression and never fails to make a good impression upon her hearers. She has been e fied with Waugh Church from her earlier girlhood, and is now soloist there. Miss Dana was a prominent member of the Moody choir and has done considerable concert work for several years. Miss Ida O'Neal's mezzo soprano voice has been heard for the past eight years at Hamline Church, where she ranks as leading soprano. Her tones are rich and ympathetic, and her execution exceilent. he has been heard frequently in concert. Miss O'Neal, like the other members of the octet, was a member of the Moody choir and did excellent work for that organiza- tion. Miss Emma Houchen is the contralto so- loist at Douglas Memorial Church. Her voice 1s of remarkable range and even in tone through {ts entire register. She is a member of the Douglas ladies’ quartet, which won golden opinions in Mr. Palmer’s Old Folks Concert Company. Her tones are full and sweet and she sings with much expression. Mrs. Ada O. Leech possesses a pure ccn- tralto voice of sympathetic quality. She has sung frequently in concert and cap- tures her audiences whenever she app2ars. Her earliest work in choir was done at Trinity M. E. Church, where for several years she was soloist. She is now soloist at Wesley Church. Mr. Walter Humphrey's fine voice has placed him in the front rank of Washing- ton baritones. His range is extensive, and his tones pure and sweet. He began vocal culture under Mr. Frank Baxter, and was a pupil of his up to the time of Mr. Bax- ter’s death. He has been for several sea- sons the baritone solcist at Hamline Church, and, though the recipient of offers from other churches, still retains his posi- tion there. Arthur E. Middleton stands well up among the leading bass singers of this city and possesses a remarkably deep and res- onant voice of excellent quality. He was soloist at Waugh Church until quite re- cently, when choir singing was abandoned. Since then he has not sung regularly at any of the churches, but has divided his time and talent among them. Mr. Mid- dleton has appeared in concert often, and astonishes his audiences by the ease with which he takes extremely low notes, — 780 Miles on a Fly Wheel. A small pet cat at the suburban electric lght works in Elizabeth took a long jour- ney to death yesterday. There are several very large fly-wheels in the plant, and at noon yesterday the cat attempted to jump through one. The wheel was revolving at the rate of nearly a mile a minute. The cat struck a cross-bar and clung fast, re- volving with the wheel. The cSgineer did not dare to stop the wheel until this morn- ing. The cat was then dead. During the eighteen hours the cat had been in the whirling wheel it had traveled. about 76) |GOLD AND SILVER PRICES Deputy Controller Coffin Talks on Auditor Baldwin's Figures, He Does Not Accept the Conclusions Deduced From Them by the Ad- vocates of Free Coinage. Mr. George M. Coffin, deputy controller of the currency, was asked by a Star re- porter today whether he had cxamined the statistics showing production of gold and silver for the past four hundred years recently prepared for the democratic ccn- gressional committee by Auditor Baldwin, and if so whether he was satisfied that “the value of silver during that time was fixed by the coinage value of the metal and not by the bullion or commercial value.” “I have not verified the correctness of the figures given,” said Mr. Coffin, “but assuming this I am very far from accept- ing the conclusions deduced from the 1ig- ures. “In the first place, the statement is made that from 1493 to 1850, while the world’s production of silver was 31.52 times as great as that of gold, the ratlo of com- mercial value was comprised between 14.14 and 16.25. Now, as these two ratios are the highest and lowest given in the mint report for the years from 1687 to 1850, I am inclined to think that no research has been made into the commercial ratios from 1493 to 1687, a period of 194 years. It appears from the best authorities that in the year 1526 the commercial ratio was about 11 to 1; In 1695 it was 12 to 1, in 1626, 13 to 1, and in 1670 the market value of silver had declined to 14% to 1. Further than this the facts of history show that prior to the discovery of America in 1492 gold was seldom more than ten or eleven times as valuable as silver, but after that the price of gold rose because of the great supply of silver. As to this greatly fncreased supply of silver, after 1492, see figures in the mint report showing that the total world’s product of gold, 1661-1680, .180 ounces, against 5,221,160 ounces for 1493-1520, while the product of silver rose from 42,309,400 ounces In 1493-1520 to 216,691,000 cunces in 1661-1680. So the facts are these: That instead of the ratlo from 1492 to 1850 being comprised within a variation of 14.14 to 16.25 the variation stead, and this great decline in the value of silver was manifestly due to the cnor- mously increased production between 1492 and 1687, when the great fall in its price occurred. A Factor Ignored by Free Coinage Men. “The stable value of silver compared with gold between 1850 and 1872, when the ratio of production was only about 6 to 1, ts, I think, mainly accounted for by a factor which is practically ignored by free coin- age advocates, and this is (1) the vast ex- pansion of the banking system in most commercial nations, but chiefly in the Unit- ed States and England, and (2) the large addition of paper money to the currency of the United States, which did, and still does, the work of an equal amount of gold and silver. “With regard to the first of these causes, statistics show that in Great Britain, which has practically had the single gold stand- ard since 1717, checks, drafts and bank credits furnish fully 99 per cent of the en- tire money circulation of the people, while less than 1 per cent is specie. As to this, statistics repeatedly gathered with care in the United States show that 90 per cent of bank deposits are checks, drafts, &c., and only 10 per cent is paper or metallic money of all kinds. 5 Large Amount of Paper Money, “Now, as to the second cause, the large amount of paper money which, in the Unit- ed States, between the years 1862 and 1873, supplanted the place of silver and gold as money, was, and Is, a vital factor in the silver question, which is not given due weight. “Look at the figures: In 1862 the entire Paper money of the United States was about $200,000,000 state bank circulation. In 1873 this had been withdrawn and in its Place were $350,000,000 of ‘‘greenbacks” and about $50,000,000 of national bank circula- tion, a total of about $700,000,000 in 1873 against $200,000,000 in 1862, or a net in- crease of $500,000,000 of paper money dur- ing those few years. This great volume of paper money largely offset the reduced pro- duction of silver from 1850 to 1873, and with some minor causes, helped to sustain its market price. But coming to the period between 1873 and 1895, when the production of silver again largely increased, this paper Money kept its place in the circulation, bank credits greatly increased instead of diminishing, and thus silver became sub- ject to that universal law of nature, the law of su and demand, and in obe- coped law its price steadily de- SEASON OF FOOT BALL! = Gallaudet and Eastern High School Play-Today. ——i, ____ BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR THE SPORT More Teams and an Increase in Populaé Interest. t —_-—___ CHANGES IN THE RULES The foot ball season will open this after- noon with the game between the eleven of Gallaudet College and the Eastern High School eleven. The outlook is bright, and the game promises to be more popular than ever. There will not only be an increase in the number of teams, but an increase in the number of games. The rules have been modified repeatedly, tending to reduce to a minimum the advantages for brutality. Mass plays are prohibited. Though team work under the new rules will not be af- fected, the change will tend to encourage individual work, consequently permitting a more open game. It all depends on the way the team Is coached as to whether or not the team work will suffer through the efforts of the individuals to make a display for themselves. While individual work éan oftentimes be done to advantage, It is poor G. B. Whitlocke, Mgr. Gallaudet. S. Maupin, Captain Eastern. policy to attempt to do such where the chances of the team are in any way Jeopardized. This change will have the effect of causing many people to change their opinions regarding the game, and to view the sport with as much pleasure ae they would a game of base ball. Proposed Teams. Few of the clubs have formed their teams for the season. Nearly all the clubs and colleges have men in training, from among which the teams will be picked. It will probably be two or three weeks before the line-up of the teams is announced. The C. A. C. team has not been picked, nor has the team that will represent Columbian University. None of the class teams at Georgetown University have been selected, while the team of, Gallaudet College has not fully got down'to working order. The Weshington Light Infantry will organize a club, and Howard University has men in training more than enough to make a good eleven. It is not likely that a foot ball team will be established at the Catholic University. The Orient Club, it is unde! stood, will have an eleven, while the Wash- ington Road Club is also contemplating the formation of a4 team for gridiron hon- ors. The High School boys are making plans to form an interschool league, which will include the Central, Eastern, Western and Business High Schoois. The Canter- bury Athletic Club, it is understood, will organize a team, while the Washington Ath- letic Club calculates on doing the same. The Eastern Athletic Club is also likely to have a team out on the field, and there are a number of other clubs that will un- doubtedly be represented, to say nothing of the younger players, who will get all the sport that is possible to obtain out of the game. District Championship. The subject of the championship of the District has been talked of considerably of late. The Columbla Athletic Club now holds the honor. The team which will represent the C. A. C. this year will be fully as sirong as that of previous years. Since the refusal of the president of Georgetown University to permit the 'var- sity eleven to play outside foot ball there have been no games to decide the cham- pionship. It is understood that the Co- lumbian University eleven when organized will play the C. A. C. boys for the cham- F. C. Smielan, Capt. Gallaudet. plonship, but this fs hardly likely. It may be that some of the other clubs will step up and play for the championship, but nothing definite is known. Another thing not yet settled is the Thanksgiving day game, the most im- portant event in local foot ball circles. It is understood that the Columbian Univer, sity eleven is making arrangements to have one of the northern college teams come to play on that day. The C.A.C. team fs also making preparations for a big Thanksgiving day game. If no game can be secured with/any of the local clubs arrangements will be made, if possible, to have the eleven from the University of Virginia come. It mAy be that the Virginia Military Institute team will be in the city, should it not be possible to arrange a game with the University of Virginia, Columbia’s Team. The C.A.C. eleven this year will be under the management of Mr. Charles A. Cabrera. On his call the men assembled at Columbia Field last Monday, and started in for prac- tice. Most all of the old men showed up and a good many new ones, among the lot being Fred Sims, thé speedy bicycle rider. ‘The men have been practicing all the week. The team has not aw yet been selected, nor is It likely that it will be until next week or perhaps the week” dfter. A captain will be elected some timé-during the week, and most likely Pat Wells will be the man, he having held that position last year. Games for the fall’season are now being arranged for, and Manager Cabrera expects to have quite a number of good games. Dates have already been agreed upon for games with the Maryland Athletic Club, the Hampton Club and the Philadelphia Foot Ball Association. An effort will be made to secure games with Harvard, Princeton and Yale, when these college teams are on their southern trip. ~ . At Georgetown. ‘At Georgetown University the interclass foot ball work will be pushed forward with energy, and already considerable rivalry is evidenced for the interclass champion- ship. There will be four teams at the school, representing the classes of '97, 98, "99 and 1900. None of the teams have as yet been picked out, though there are a large number of candidates for the honor. The class of ’98 has taken the initiative in the matter and elected William O'Leary as captain, with W. W. Dickson, manager. The tussle for championship lies between ‘the clesses of '98 and 1900. The freshmen eleven is an unusually large and heavy one, and their size is calculated to help them coniderably. The class of "97 has some excellent material in its ranks, but it is doubtful if the desirable members can be induced to piay. The class gf '99 has what is regarded as the weakest team though this eleven may possibly surprise the other teams. Columbian. Columbian University has not as yet made arrangements for its foot ball eleven. The athletes have had as yet little time to get together, and nothing definite has been done. No call has been issued for the men to begin practice, though it is likely Oyster and Albert—Central. that such will be done perhaps next week. The, college has considerable new materia! that could be used to strengthen the weak spots of last year’s team. With most of the old men back, the Columbian eleven this year ought to make some sort of a showing. Light Infantry. Being so successful in the Basket Ball League last year, and demonstrating the athletic abilities of its members, the Light Infantry boys will organize a foot ball eleven from the members of the Athletic Association. Manager House ought to be able to get up an excellent team from among the members. The team of the In- fantry ought to be heavy enough to pla} the team of the Columbia Athletic Club for the championship of the District. The Infantry boys, if anything, could make the eleven heavier and stronger than the C A. C. eleven. If the members could get enough practice they ougut to be able to make a splendid shoving. Gallaudet. The Gallaudet College eleven has been hard at work for the last two weeks. F. C. Smielan, of Ohio, captains the eleven, and also plays center, which posi- tion he has held for the past three years. Hodges and Hastings will be the guards. Both are heavy men, the first weighing 177 and the latter 170. Hodges played the same position last year, while Hastings ‘s a new man, but he has shown wonderful improvement in the preliminary work of the season. The tackles will be Brock- hagen and Brooks. They weigh 174 and 165 pounds, respectively. Brooks was a guard last yea put has been successfully holding his p nt position. Roth and Wormstaff are comparatively light men, but their quickness makes up for that. They will be fcund on the ends. L. Rosson 4s playing quarter, Capt. Hub- bard's position on last year’s eleven, He is the lightest man on the team. W. Rosson and Darby have been selected as the regular half backs. Rosson is well known to the foot bali public, but Darby has yet to make his first appearance. The greatest difficulty has @een found trying to fili Price's position at full back. At present Hall, a new man, will be found there. He is quite a muscular man and tips the beam at 170. Among the old men who played on last year’s team and who are trying for positions on this year’s are Bumgardner and Haig. Hannam is a new man, and will in all probability be one of the subs. G. B. Whitlocke, of Ill!nots, who man- aged last year’s eleven, has charge of the management this year, and so far has ar- ranged the following games: Games Arranged. October 3—Eastern High School, at Ken- dail Green. October 24-St. John’s College, at An- napolis, Md. October 31—Mt. St. Mary’s College, at Emmittsburg, Md. November 14—University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, Va. November 21—Franklin and Marshall, at Lancaster, Pa. He is also trying to arrange a game with the U. of P. team. He had the option of September 30 in Philadelphia, but the faculty would not permit the team to leave town cn that date. If a game cannot be arranged with the ‘varsity, the reserves will be brought here, probably, November 7. Games are also being arranged with Johns Hopkins and City College, both of Baltimore, and tke naval cadets at An- napolis. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES. Plan to Form an Association to Con- trol All Sports. The boys of the High School are talking about the feasibility of a plan by which the several high schools will be united in an athletic association, which will have control of all interhigh school sports. “The pian is to form an athletic club in the dif- ferent schools. Each school will be allowed three representatives on the exscutive com- mittee. It is the pur- pose to have this committee secure the recognition of the as- sociation by the Ama- teur Athletic Union. Some of the Central poys last year in quired if they could be admilted to the field games which were held under the auspices of the lead- ing colieges, but were informed :hat on ac- count of the high schools of Washing- Wm. Hallam. ton having no athictic association they could not be admitted. ‘The interhigh school track and field meet was under the auspices of the Interhigh School Athletic Association, which is the forerunner of the proposed association. It was composed of three representatives from each schcol. Mr. Philip Tindall was chair- man and, together with Mr. William Hal- lam of the Eastern, secretary, the success of the meet is due. Mr, Tindall will not return, so Mr Hallam will no doubt be elected chairman. Hyder B. Farrow and Fred N. Aibert were on the committee from the Central, and they will talk up the proposed associa- tion at their school. Eugene T. Gough and Darra White will attend to organzing the Business club, while Charles Taussig will Gevote his time to make the Georgetown part a success. ‘The Eastern school has already formed an athletic club and all that is required of them is to elect their representatives. If the proposed plans are carried out, the High School will be able to send away to the spring meets, to which high school bcys are admitted, a track team which will no doubt bring honor and credit to the Wash- ington institution, as some speedy runne=s are found in its ranks. oe FIRE IN A SCOTCH THEATER, ‘Three Corpses Recovered From the Ruins. The Palace of Varieties, an Aberdeen, Scotland, playhouse, was burned Wednes- day night. A search which was instituted among the ruins after the fire resulted in the finding of three corpses. It has been ascertained that forty persons were injured by being burned or trampled in the panic. Thirteen have serious hurts and are in the hospital. —__—__-+-_____ Spurn Support by Gold Democrats. ‘The candidates of the regular (silver) democratic ticket, in St. Joseph, Mo., have repudiated the indorsement of the ticket by the gold democrats. The latter, while having a state ticket, decided to indorse the county silver ticket, but a meeting of the candidates on the latter was held yes- terday and it was decided that the support of gold democrats was not desired, and their indorsement was not acceptable. The independence of the silver men has caused much comment, HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS Selecting the Foot Ball Players for This Year. TRAINING HAS BEGUN The Coming Annual Championship Contests. | SOME PROMISING PLAYERS The foot ball players of the several High Schools are hard at werk. Each school has a team. Each school hopes to win the championship and each school favors a series of inter-High School foot ball games. There will probably be three games—Central vs. Western, Eastern vs. Business, the winners playing the third series for the championship. The agreement made between the schools last year de- barring the alumni and those not in good standing in their respective schools from participating in any of the inter-High School games does not find favor with the Eastern end Western boys, who claim they have not the advantages of the Cen- tral school and that the games should be played under the old conditions, when the alumri znd boys who have attended were allowed to play. The Central. The Central schcol, which has success- fully defended the title to the champion- ship for the last three years, is in a fair way to egain beat out its opponents, although the games will be warmly con- tested, especially those with the East- ern, who will no doubt push the Centrals hard for honors. The Centrals have a larger at:endance than any of the other schools, ard, therefore, have more material rom which to pick a winning foot ball team. No one can explain it, but the larger boys of the High School are found at the Central. Jolly, who graduated last year, has re- turned for a special course. He is cap- tain and will play quarter back on this year's team, while nis presence will giv. the boys mere confidence and will assure the Centrals of having a competent quarter. Guy Oyster, who played full back, and Fred Albert, who was right half back, have both returned and with such men in the line up the Central rooters will feel sure of victory. Eugene Gough, Captain Business. Capt. Jolly of the Central, rell of the team » is strengthening in defensive and The coaching of Co of ‘94 and Tindall of the team wonderfully offensive plays. The old men who will play this year are Jolly, captain, quarter; Oyster, full back; Albert, right half back; Paskell, center; Kimmell, guard. The remaining positions will be tried for by Ballanger, Barnard, Bogan, Shuster, Ball, Wyman. Caidwell, Watson, Underwood, Ray, Hoge, and Tabott. The weight will be about 100 pounds, being about fifteen pounds heavier on the average than any of the other schools. The Exastern. The Eastern boys were in the field soon- er than their opponents, owing to the ef- forts of Mr. Emory Wilson, one of the faculty, who has directed the Eastern boys in athletic affairs for the last three years, and whose coaching in foot ball and base ball has worked wonderful improvement i nowing of that school. Maupin is captain and right end rs team. He is a brother of Bob Maupin of the C. A. C., and has two brothers upon the Eastern team—John Maupin, center, and J. G. Maupin, who plays the other end. Hoover, who was half back on jast year's second team and sub- quarter on the first team, will play quar- ter, taking the place of Gilbert Kelly, last year's captain and star player. Hun- ter, Bell, Potter and Evans are all new men, who have had experience with other teams, and who will no doubt add strength to the line up. To the Eastern High School and Gallaudet College belongs the privi- lege of inaugurating the District foot ball games. The game will be played this even- ing, and a good idea will be obtained of s ve teams’ strength and what cted from them during the com- ing season. The Busine: The Business team will be under the management of Dana White of this year's graduating class, and will be captained by Eugene Gough, who was right half and captain last season. The team will be very light, the average weight being about 140 pounds. The following are trying for posi- tions in the line up, which will be decided upon next week: Duffy, ouarter; Slater, Hooker, Walker and Kingdom, ends: Buck- ley, Shomo and Myns, tackles; Aj Mahoney, guards; Connors center; Weaver, Gough (captain) and Russ, PIANOS AND ORGANS. _ Some opportune PIANO BARGAINS. 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The material is new, and a light team, with an average of about 140 pounds, will v their represent tern in the coming season's games. The best known player on this year’s team is Charles Taussig, who has a brother with the Cornell University eleven one on the Naval Cadets team. The Une up is as follows: Burch, center; Manakee, left Walter, the and guard; Blackistoi left guard; Smart, right Taussig, left end; ‘Lincoln, right Gordon, quarter: Buck, full’ back: Leetch, captain, left half, and Lungford, right halt. The Georgetown boys, backed by the Western rooters, hope to show their op- ponents what a light team with plenty of enthusiasm can do. —— A Swift French Vessel. From the Revue Industrielle right Probably the swiftest vessel in the world has recently been built in France. 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