Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1896, Page 9

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P.T.HALL,908 F St 09-200 Ladies’ Walking | < Bicycling Hats| 1 : Ladies who have been waiting will be lad to hear of the arrival of the new Walking and ‘Bicycling Hats—the new, stylish sbapes—Alpines. — Cons:dering quality, ours are cheaper than any others. ‘Sole agents Dunlap's Peerless Hats for_ men. Ruoff’s, 905 Pa. Ave. i 5-20 ier oan MAKING WOODEN CANNON. How the Cubans Build a Gun That ts Geed for a Hundred Shots. From the Caleago Record. ‘The Cubans, who are fighting Spain to gain independence, are obliged to use all sorte of things for weapons. Rifles, cartridges and powder are brought to them frém the United States in little ships which sail from Florida. Sometimes large vessels are fitted out in New York, which, if they escape the Spanish war- ships, bring large quantities of arms and ammunttions to the Cubans. But the revolutionists are In great need of cannon, and, as they cannot get the real kind, they make some out of trees. In the interior of Cuba grows a tree which has a winding grain. That is, the fibers of the wood go round, instead of extending lengthwise. ‘The wood of this tree Is very tough, and it is almost tmpossible to split it by ordi- nary means. When the Cubans want a cannon they cut down one of these peculiar trees, saw off a five-foot length, about one foot ‘thick, and remove the bark. Then they burn out the bore with red-hot crow- bars or pieces of iron pipe, and this burn- ing increases the toughness of the wood. While some of the soldiers are burning out the bore others cut green oxhide into a long strip by commencing at the center and cutting in spirals toward the outer edge, just as an apple is peeled. One end of the rawhide strip, which is about three inches wide, is spiked to the breech of the wooden cannon and a lever is attached to the other end. Two or three stout negroes grasp the arms of the lever and slowly turn the wooden gun. The band of green hide is kept under @ strain, and in this way the cannon is wrapped in one of the toughest materials in the world. The first layer of hide 1s wound to the muzzie of the gun and then back to the breech, and so on, back and forth, until a number of layers of raw- hide are wound on. ‘The gun, with its rawhide wrapping, is placed in a draught of dry, hot air, and al- lowed to harden. When this process is complete the Cubans have a cannon which can be fred one hundred times before it is useless. The wooden cannon shoots scrap iron, round stones and fire-hardened clay SMALL CLUB MEMBERSHIP. It is Attributed in the Mi to the Presence of the Scorcher. The question ts often raised why it is that Washington with such a large number ef bicyclists shovid have so many clubs with such limited membership. The ques- tion has been answered over and over again. It does not take much to show the why and wherefore of the matter. The old club man’s idea of a club run is quite different from the modern club run, though such should not be the case. The old club man and the old rider expects to see the men in regular linc, with the captain at the head and the Heutenant bringing up at the rear, at all times maintaining a steady and even pace, and presenting a uni- formed appearance. That this was the idea of club runs in the latter part cf the reign of the upright and the beginning of the existence of the safety there can Se no doubt, but things have changed since then. The racing fever was not near so catch- ing then as it is now. Very few of the men had aspirations for honor on the track. Scorching was comparatively un- known then, though it has now reached the state where it becomes alarming. The club runs of the present day in most instances are scorching events. A run 13 called for a place, perhaps an all-day run. At tke start it fs practically a race to see who gets to the destination first, and when the return home fs made the performance is repeated. Some riders can stand it; cthers cannot. Instead of making the day a pleasant trip it turns out to be a day of hard work. On the road the members of the club become separated, and the riders straggle along, with the road officers scattered. Very Httle attempt is made to keep up a line of formation, and a steady pace, and if such is done it ‘s rarely successful. Thero are a good many riders who can- not stand the fast gait. There are others who can, but who do not care to speed in that manner, as they ride for pleasure. That these classes outnumber the first- named is clearly evident by the difference in club membership and the total number of unattached riders. It is pleasing to note that the clubs are coming to recognize this fact and conducting the runs on a good basis, keeping up a line formation, having a pacemaker with a steady gait, and going at a speed that ures none. The success of this depends altogether on the ability of the road officers, and if they ex- ercise their authority they could easily keep up a good line. Of course, there are some club officers who do not care to ride in this manner, but unless the change is made the membership of the clubs will still remain at a small figure. == BICYCLE GOLF STOCKING And Its Adoption by Women as Lead- ing to the Bloomer Cestume. A fad which appears to be on the in- crease among the riders of the fair sex in the District is the use of golf stockings, of exactly tha same design and pattern used by the men. The gatters of cloth are more largely worn at present, while a good many ladies use a boot, which laces above the calf. This latter style of footwear is somewhat expensive, and its use is limited. The wearing of the golf stocking, however, though just begun, is on the increase. There is no doubt but the use of the golf stocking will be increased, as they give perhaps a freer motion than could be ob- tained in a bicycle boot, and are less cum- bersome than a cloth gaiter. Should this stocking continue to meet with popular favor, the bloomer costume will undoubtedly be the next change offer- ed for woman’s approval. The gradual changes are all leading to this point. Since bicycling has been acknowledged to be of advantage and benefit to the fair sex, the changes in the riding costume have been great. The long skirts have been super- seded by a shorter one, and to suit the oc- casion it was found necessary to have a sort of bloomer arrangement beneath the skirt. If the golf stockings prove to be popular, the next move will be the throw- ing off of the outer skirt. The styles in vogue in the ante-bellum days extended the iength of the bloomers to the ankle. In contrast with this is the bloomer girl, or as more stylishly known, the “Knickerbocker girl” of the present. One is designed for use in bicycling, and the other was not. a HOW HE ERRED. He Wanted to Defend Heauty in Dis- tress, but Found He Wasn't Needed. From the Chicago Post. The beauteous creature was in tears, and consequently the young man’s blood boiled with indignation. Wouldn’t beauty in dis- tress mak2 any impressionable youth's blood boll? Well, rather. A great big hunk of a man had stopped her on the public street. He had address- ed a few words to her at first, and as she tried to hurry past him without answering, he had roughly caught her by the arm. “‘Le’ me go!” she had cried, but the big brute had merely laughed, and then said something to her fn a low tone, at which she had burst into tears. Clearly it was a case for intervention by any courageous gallant. Her tears were evidence that she had been grossly insult- ed, and her attempt to free herself from the big bully’s grasp was additional proof er she fan = need of succor. “Now, that'll do!” said the young man, warningly in a loud and resolute "tone. The big brute stopped shaking the girl and looked at the young man in surprise, while the girl's astonishmert was made evident by the way she opened her ey2s and stared. “She can hardly believe that she has a champion, poor thing,” said the young man to himself, and his bosom swelled with pride until the buttons on his coat threatened to give way. “Who yer talkin’ to?" asked the big brute, after he had partially recovered from his surprise. “You,” replied the young man promptly, more determined than ever to make a bold stand and a good impression. “I cannot stand idly by and see you insult and bully @ friendless girl—one who in every way is your superior. For every pang your dis- graceful conduct has caused her I—" “Ciimb his frame, Bill! suddenly inter- rupted the girl. “Don’t stand no gas from a@ spindle-shanked dude what iterferes with things that don’t concern him, or I'll wade into him myself an’ teach him that Le me own quarrels. Swipe him a = BASKET BALL SEASON Prospects of Increased Interest in the Game. STEPS TOWARD FORMING THE LEAGUE First Mee ing to Be Held This Evening. CURRENT SPORTING NOTES "The basket ball season will shortly be opened, and there is every prospect of in- creased interest in the game, a sure indi- cation of which is the increase in the num- ber of teams. The playing of the District: boys this year will be quite in advance of last year. Some of the old teams will drop out, but many more. will appear on the field. Steps are being taken toward com- pleting the local organization and the ar- ranging of a suitable schedule of games for the coming season. There is hardly. any prospect of opening games before next month, though it may be that one or two tmdependent games will be played some time this month. A eeting of the District Basket Ball League was to have been held last week, but owing to some cause the date was postponed, and the meeting will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at the Carroll In- stitute Hell. All clubs intending to or- ganize basket ball teams are desired to be present. At this meeting all of the clubs in the league last year will have the same representations and with them will rest the decision as to the number of clubs to be admitted to the league this year. of the clubs in the league last year will not be represented, notably the Young Men's Christian Association . While there were only seven clubs in the basket ball league last season, there will prob- able be at least ten this season. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected, a staff of competent umpires selected and committees appointed to draft a schedule and other details growing out of the or- ganization. Another Local League. While the District Basket Ball League is assured for the coming season, there is @ possibility that another league will be formed, the membership of which will be limited to the National Guard. It will be remembered that last year there was talk of organizing a National Guard Lz2ague, and the movement promised to assume some definite shape. Owing to the fact that it was rather late in the season be- fore the me tter was talked up it was deem- ed best to postpone the matter and if a National Guard League was to be organ- ized at all the opening of this season was the proper time. Last year two companies from the National Guard were represented in the District Basket Ball League—the Corcoran Cadets and the Miles Cycle In- fantry. Both of these companies will have teams again this year, and there is more or less doubt as to whether they will join the District League. With these two as a nucleus it would be an easy matter to form a league among the District guards- men. Steps are now being taking rela- tive to forming such a league and every- thing will be settled in a few deys. At the opening of the District Basket Butl League last season the rifle gallery of the National Guard was used as a playing hall. On account of the damage done to the elec- trical fixtures the playing of the games was forbidien about the middle of the season, and for the remainder of the schedule the two National Guard companies were com- pelled to play their games at other places. This year, it is expected, things will be dif- ferent. If a league is formed composed en- tirely of National Guard companies it is thought that the necessary permission can be obtained to use the rifle gallery certain nights during the week for the play. If this cannot be done the games might be played in the gymnasium of the National Guard Atheltic Association, on the top floor of the armory. The Corcoran Cadets and the Miles Cycle Infantry are the only two companies that form the athletic associa. If the other large companies that en- ter the league will join the association, the use of the gymnasium can be secured. The two above named companies will have teams, while a team would undoubtedly be Picked from among the ranks of the Em- met Guard. The Morton Cadets are willing to join the league, while the Suess Rifles are also anxious to organize a team. Last year the members of the Light Battery were desirous of forming a team and join- ing the District League, but it was too late in the season for them to be admitted. The battery was consequently counted on for another team. This will give six teams for the National Guard Basket Bail League, just about a right number to play a good number of games with good results. The Rules. ‘The rules under which the game was played last year have been the subject of much criticism. While the National Asso- ctatton rules for basket ball are simple, and do not permit tackling, slugging and the holding of the ball, the rules which gov- erned the playing of the District Basket Ball League last season were quite differ- ent. The rules were arranged for the occa- sion and were adhered to. They permitted @ much greater latitude than the National Association rules, and the rough playing was the subject of a good deal of comment. It was noticeable that at the opening of the league games the contests were witnessed by large gatherings, many of whom were ladies. The rough playing and the slugging had a disastrous effect upon the attendance. The attendance of the ladies gradually ceased, while the attendance of male spec- tators slowly diminished, until at the latter part of the season fifty spectators to a game was a large number. Sclence and skill had very little effect against weight and force, and some of the teams in the league complained bitterly of this. It is understood that at the meeting this evening the subject of the rules will be brought up. The Carroll Institute :eam. the Corcoran Cadet team and the Miles Cycle Infantry team have said that they would not join the league this year unless the jes were changed or the Nutional Association rules adopted. Whether the league officials will fail to heed their pro- tests cannot be pecvadertarsa) ee ea hardly be good policy to ignore the abjec- tons” raised. Nothing definite will be known until after the meeting. The Columbias. The Columbia Athletic Club will enter the field this season. Year before last their basket ball team was victorious, and suc- ceeded in winning the District champton- ship, and it is hoped that the team put out this year will be as successful. The com- position of the team has not been decided upon, and, in fact, little attention has been given to the matter outside of the deter- mination to organize a team. The annua) fall games of the club at Columbia Field have prevented any particular attention being paid to the composition of the basket ball team, most of the men who will most likely be on the team having spent the time in an attempt to get in shape for making some sort of a show in the games. Light Infantry. The Washington Light Infantry team, which won the championship last year, hat already started in for active work. Most all of the men of last year are on the team. Mr. 8. P. House, who acted as manager last year, has declined to serve for another year. At a recent meeting Mr. Jesse Lee was elected manager, but he declined the honor. From ail indications, Mr. John 8. Robinson will be elected manager. Harry Lee will be captain of the team this year, having proven his ability last season. The team this year will consist of Ernest and Jesse Schefhirt, Harry McCabe, Samuel Shreve, Fred Burnett, J. O. Waters, Claude Given, Royce Hough Walter. Mc- Cal Washington A. C. The Washington Athletic Club, it is un- derstood, will also be in the league this mined, While there will be several new men, a majority of the players of last year will stay on the list. The Eastern Athletic Club will also have a team in the league. This club last year had quite a strong team and stood up near the lead. Since that time the membership of the club has large number of mer the.team will be:som compared with the men have been in. pr) Some increased wonderfullyy and there is an abtmndance of miterial from which to pick @ good team. Most aot the members of last year will be cai tes for the team this year. Oorcoran jets. The Corcoran Cade! ve an unusually ick from, though t ght in weight teams. Sixteen tice for the game for some time past ‘aré rapidly getting into good playing tritti Harry Ward, the instructor of the Young Men’s Christian Association at Norfolk, Va., who last year had the champion team of ‘the south, was in the city recently, dnd he coached the team and gave them ‘a number of good points as to playmg the} game under the National Association $ul¢s.. The composi- not been picked out, thoigh there is ma- tion of the team for lcoming year has terial enough to pick out two teams and still have substitutes. Messrs. Clark, Coe lina, Davis, Guista, Walters, Dodge Moll, Schroeder and McGlue of last ye team will play this year. Messrs. Thomp- son and Burton, who played last year, are now on the sick list, and it is not known whether or not they will rlay this year. Among the new candidates are Messrs. Bouley, Rowland, Munck, Q’Conaeli, Chick, Mills, Putsche, Godey; and David Collins. Carroll hiatitate. The camposition pf the Carroll Institute team is als> unknown, but tha club will most likely have practically the same team as last year, which was quite strong, and which finished the “season in second place. The team of the Milés Cycle team will be almost an entirely new one. Frank Libbey, who is captain, E. A, Pitkin, R. H. Atkin- son and several.others who played on the team will not be in the ranks this year. ‘The company has a numer of good men, from among which a good basket bell team ought to be recruited. Queer Wheelmen. The Queer Wheelmen will come in the ficid with a team. Though starting out as & new club it will not have an entirely new team, as a good many of the members were on other teams last year. No regular practice has been commenced as yet, and it is surmised that the team will consist of George E. Bcyd, captain, and_ Messrs. Charlies Long, E. A. Pitkin, Paul von Boeckman, R. H. Atkinson, Jannero Pow- ers and John Woeruer, with Robert Cloak- ey, Fred. Vogt, Frank Ghiselli and L. O. Slack, substitutes. * One thing that will be felt by t local basket ball league will be the abs@ice of a suitable hall in which games can be played. At present the hall of the Wash- ington Athletic Club and the armory of the Washington Light Infantry are the only two halls in sight. Should the Co- lumbia Athletic Club join ihe gymnasium of the club can be uscd, and if the Carroll Institute team enters the league their gym- nasium can also be used, making only four halls, which is a rather small number for a league cf ten clubs. The Eastern Athletic Club has no.sultable place for the games, and the National Guard Armory can hardly be used by the District League. The Queer Wheelmen will also be unable to furnish a suitable hal) for playing pur- poses. If the last three clubs join the league their games will have to be played entirely in the halls of the other clubs. CLOSING MEET OF. THE SEASON. Bicycle Races to Be Held Saturday, October 24. The closing race meet of the season will be given Saturday afternoon, October 24, at the Internationab Athletic Park, and promises to be an ‘extremely interesting affair. This will be;the ‘last race at the park for the seasop, and the meet has been gotten up at the request of a large number of local ridets, who have been ex- tremely anxious to éstablish some records for the District. When looked at it seeme remarkable that there are so few local records, the only tWo of which are the paced and unpaced’ mile. For all dis- tances below the mfje and above it, run- ning to five and ten miles, no records have ever been made, either paced or unpaced, and this’ meet, being an official affair, will give all of the riders’an opportunity to ex- hibit their speed and establish some sort of a record at any-lrate, just so long as there Js a record for the ae rict. The man- agement o! wi |& R00 Uist of prizes'tor the opin ‘events of the meet, though for the record attempts it’ is hardly likely that any prizes will be put up. No entrance fee will. be charged for the record attempts, though a charge will be made for the other open events. The entry blanks for the meet will be out by Tuesday or Wednesday and ready for dis- tribution. One of the principal races of the meet will be a one-mile tandem race for the championship of the District. Paul von Boeckman and E. A. Pitkin of the Queer Wheelmen, who were defeated at the cir- cult races by Greer and Smith, feel their loss keenly, and they will make an attempt to win back their honors. There will be another match race between Smith and Day and Shearer and Hebard. The list of events will most likely be as follows: One-mile novice, prize, gold medal; one- third of a mile amateur unpaced record one-mile open, one-quarter mile amateur un- paced record, one-mile match tandem race between Lang Shearer and Elbert Hebard and Eddie Smith and Frank Day; two-mile unpaced track record, amateur; two-thirds of @ mile, open; one-mile tandem race for the championship of the District, five-mile unpaced track record. In addition to these there will probably be several other races added to the pro- gram, making the meet essentially a field day for the local cyclists, and closing the season in an appropriate way. WILL BEAR WATCHING. Cornell Might Make It Merry for the Big Four. The Philadelphia Inquirer says: Cornell will bear watching this year and if the Ithacans do not make it merry for cer- tain of the ‘big four,” it will be worthy of a notch in the cider barrel. The re- ports from the Cornellians’ stronghold are just a bit laughable. They would have one believe that Cornell was plodding along in the old hopeful way. Wait. Sanford, ex-Yale, has eighty candidates in charge at Cornell, and Sanford has de- veloped a new interference, which he ex- pects to smash smithereens out of the crimson forwards. Cornell plays Harvard on the 24th at Ithaca, ard all the concen- trated energy of the coachers and players is directed at that game. The Ithacans are sawing wood in good style at present. And among Cornellians the chances of victory over Harvard are regarded as fair- ly_even. It would not .be surprising if Cornell did take a thrashing out of one of the big fellows. She played Princeton to a stand- still last year, and gave Harvard a tie dur- ing;the first half of the game at Cambridge. To"be sure, Pennsylvania beat her badly, but the Pennsylvania.team on last Thanks- giving day was invincible. It could have beaten anything. Everybody is fullxof hope at Cornell, and Sanford himself>ts kndwn to have ex- pressed the opinion ‘that if his materiai “held together,” Cornéll would have a team that would stand in‘ the’ front rank. If Cornell should whip“Harvard, it wouldn't do a thing with thé’ Prinpeton game the following week, Octbber’ 31. ‘he little Jersey town would hardly hold the crowds. And then suppose Yornell should down the Tigers. And then suppose Harvard should win from Priateton; And then sup- pose—Oh, Gee! t s FOOT BALL AT'¥ORT MONROE. = An Exciting Armg vs. Ends ina Great interest hasIbeen’ taken in army and navy circles inthe foot ball game played Friday afternoon dh the gridiron at Fort Monroe between the eleven of the army and that of the White Squadron, now at Hampton Roads. In the last contest between the two organizations the navy won. The army team is composed of cffi- cers from all over the Atlantic coast, and ig the strongest the army has had in years. The game was exciting, and was witnessed by a large crowd of visitors. In the first half the naval officers scored four points, and the army had nothing to their credit. The second half gave the army four, and tied the score, The officers of the garrison were assisted by Mr. Dick Armstrong of the Hampton Club, and one or two others. Lients. Stout and Lott of the 6th Cavalry and Dr. Wood from Fort Myer went down. Navy Game }hour of the day with foreign, civil and military measures, ROYAL PLAYERS Ives, the Billiard Expert, Chats of His Experience in Europe. INDIAN RAJAHS FOND OF THE GAME Prominent Men Abroad More Inter- ested Than Those Here. j PERSONAL TRAITS ———+—_—_ You ask me to narrate my experience with celebrities the world over whom I have played billiards with or have seen play that grand old game of nerve and selence? Well, I will do my best to give you an entertaining story. I have, as my readers are probably aware, traveled through the greater part of Europe and a fair portion of the orient. I have met emperors, kings, potentates, statesmen and men of rank and affluence in almost every land, but the greatest enthusiast upon the subject of billiards I ever ran across is his mighty highness, the Rajah of Kapurt- hala, in India. He has many other titles, but I forget them all. He is a magnificent fellow, a very prince of good fellows, in fact, and does not stand on his rank with his friends and intimates. I was his guest for six weeks, a few years ago, and I ought to know what I am taiking about. His highness is princely in his generosity, as a man who has an income of $1,125,000 @ year can afford to be. I used to go out hunting or fishing or engage in other sports with him and his suite, and play billiards with him in his palace at night. He doesn’t care for French caroms or Ameri- can billiards, but is perfectly fascinated with the old English game, which, as most people on this side of the water now know, is a combination of pool and billiards, be- ing played on a table twelve by six feet, with six pockets in it, Kapurthala, who is a big man, but little under six feet in height, weighing two hun- dred pounds, and but twenty-four years of age, can play this game fairly well, as his reach enables him to get well over the table and command almost any kind of play, while his youth and strength prevent fatigue. In his games with me he would play as earnestly to win as he would to gain a diplomatic triumph over the mon- arch of a neighboring state. He has an equable temperament, however, and would never manifest any marked impatience when the tide of fortune went against him. Kapurthala gave me munificent monetary tokens of the regard in which he held me, as well as some costly jewels. I am going to visit him again this winter, but of that 1 will speak later on in this article. A Dead Game Sport, The greatest billiard player I met out that way, however, is Patiella, also a rajah, even richer than Kapurthala and but little inferlor in rank, being, for instance, the same as the governor of New York state is to the President of the United States. He is a decided contrast to Kapurthala, only about five feet five inches in height, and weighing about one hundred and thirty pounds; a little fellow like Jake Schaefer, Billy Sexton or George Slosssn, but he is a dead game sport. He owns the best stable of race horses in India, as well as the finest jot of polo ponies. He is guii.g to take his polo ponies over to England this coming spring and see what they can dc in the shinny-on-horseback gama with British horseflesh. Patiella, too, is princely in his hospitality, and I had plenty of fun at hunting and like sport with him and his suite during the day, and playing billiards with him at night. He is a cool, steady player, and never ges rattled or excited at play, as people of the extreme east are wont to do. He married a pretty English girl named Jennie Brown a few years agu, and the marriage proved extremely popu- r. in England I met pretty nearly all the sreat men of the land, including the Prince of Wales; his chum and ever-faithful friend, Capt. Remington Wilson; Lord Chief Jus. tice Charles Rus-<cll, now in this country; Lord Salisbury, clever Joseph Chamberiain, colonial secretary; Lord Charles Beresford, chief of the admiralty; the late Sir John Astley, Sir Charles Dilke, and many others of almost equal renown. None of these great men, with the exception of Capt. Remington Wilson and Lord Russell, play much of a game of billiards, although they all love the sport. Capt. Wilson is the best amateur player in England, and he would make me hustle a bit at times to beat him. The Prince of Wales loves the game, but he is only an average player. He is one of the most charming gentlemen I ever met, no airs, affectation, or nonsense of aay sort. He is thoroughly democratic and dig- nified In his manner, and the most popular man in England. If the country were turned into a republic and there were an election over there tomorrow, he would bs its first president, and he could hold the office for life. The English Champion. I had arranged to play a match game with John Cook of England before the prince at Marlborough House, but Cook up and died on me, and the match fell through. John Roberts, the English champion, was what diplomats call persona non grata with the prince, and I could not play with him at the palace just then. I hope the “incident Will be closed,” as the diplomats call all that sort of unpleasantness, when I go back that way, and that I may. play Roberts before the prince of good fellows. Lord Chief Justice Russell came to see me play at Carlsbad every match I en- tered in, and was deeply interested in the game. He loves it through and through, and, for a maa who has as little time as he for play, he 1s a pretty good player. In Germany I met, among other celebrities, the Emperor William,Caprivi,Dr. Schuenisger (Bismarck’s famous physician) and Prof. Bagus, the celebrated sculptor and warm personal friend of the young emperor. Prof. Bagus, it will be remem- bered, designed the heroic statue at Berlin of the present emperor's grandfather, Wil- Nam I, for which he received a million marks. Prof. Bagus and I played many games of American billiards together. He is a left-handed player, and, as he is six feet two inches high, has a fine reach and puts up a pretty stiff game, running 50 or 60 at a crack. ‘The German Emperor. Emperor William is a pretty fair player. but, as his time is taken up almost every he gets very little chance for practice. The emperor had ar- ranged that I play a match game at his palace when I was in Germany, but somé foreign complication came up just at that time which called for all his attention, and the game was of necessity deferred. I will play it when I go over there again. William fs a fine, manly fellow, and looks every inch the warrior he is. He is a good sportsman, too. I never saw the warrior that wasn't. In France I met pretty nearly every man of note. That is the country of billiards, you know, and almost every public man plays the game; not so much to acquire skill as to pass a pleasant hour. They have great players in France, but I never saw a public man there who could put up much of a game. I saw the murdered president, Sadi Carnot, pley, and he was hardly up to the average. I met him, but never played with him. I have also met the present president, Felix Faure, but never played with him. He plays an average amateur game. In my own country I have never m!ngled much with public men, because they do not seem to have any enthusiasm about Dil- Wards, or any other sport, for that matter. They forever keep to the grind=tone of poli- tics. United States Senaior David B. Hill, for mstance, has a beautiful biiliard room at his mansion, Wolfert’s Roost, near Al- bany, N. ¥., but he scarcely takes i!me to eat, 60 absorbed is he in the game of poli- tics. President Cleveland, I am told, shui up the billiard room that Chester A. Arthur in- stituted at the White House, ani it is now used as a store room. Roscoe Conkling, John A. Logan, Matt Carpenter, Zach Chandler and other great statesmen were accustomed to handle the cue. The present day statesmen don’t play billiards. 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The celebrities I have playod with in my own country have been for the mosz part athletes famous in some line, and, strange to say, I never saw one, rot even a crack rifle shot, who could play nach of a game of billiards, although some of them could do pretty well at pool I wave played wich John L, Sullivan, Jim Corbett, Bob Fitssim- mons and Edward Hanlon. Haalcn was pretty fair at English billiards, and Jobn L., Corbett and Fitz passaole at pool. None could, however, ody French or American billiards for sour apples. I am going over to India agein this winter at the Invitation of my friend, the rajah. From there I will go to Europe, visiting every country of note, not forgetting Rus- sia, which I failed to take in on my lest trip. Friends have arranged that I shall play before the young c: the youthful kaiser and other crowned heads. When I return I will tell you all about it. COUPER AND BALD TO RACE. WHll Be Matched for the Champio: ship and a Stake of $1,000. Bald and Cooper will be matched this week for a series of races, to decide the championship of the country, these two men having been tied in points at the close of the national circuit in this city, leaving the question of a champion in doubt. Both men are at Chicago now and the matter will be closed within a few days. Three mile races will be selected, best two in three heats, one to be decided at Louisville and the second at New Orleans probably, the thigd to be decided upon after the second has been won. Sire stake . In their work of the year the foes evenly matched. Bald has defeated Cooper nig es — fourteen : ee Ares circuit Bald beat Cooper eight times and was beaten by Cooper eopeta axe? late in coming into winning form. Both men have won twenty-nine points in the = SS eight on the circult an PeaNe C_ IVES. Fifth Round of Chess. The fifth round of the intenational chess masters’ tournament was played at Buda Pesth Saturday. The results: Walbrodt beat Janowski in a Ruy Lopez after 32 moves. Marco beat Charousek in a king’s gam- bit declined after 64 moves. Pillsbury beat Noa in a Dutch game af- ter 23 moves. Winawer beat Popiel in a French de- fense after 54 moves. % Maroczy beat Tarrasch in a queen's gam- bit declined after 47 moves. Albin beat Schlechter in a queen's gam- bit declined afier 41 moves. Tschigorin had a bye. Saturday's Foot Ball Games. The scores of Saturday's foot ball contests follow: At Washington—Gallaudet College, 24; Central High School, 0. At College Park—Eastern High School, 6; M. A. C., 0. At Orange, N. J.—Yale, 12; Orange, 0. At Philadelphia—University of Pennsyl- vania, 10; Dartmouth, 0. At Princeton—Princeton, 16; Lehigh, 0. At Providence, R. I.—Brown, 44; Amherst, 6 At Schenectady, N. Y¥.—Hobart College, 6; Unicn College, 4. At Ithaca, N. Y.—Cornell, 48; Western Reserve, 0. At Lancaster, Pa,—Franklin and Marshall College. 4; Haverford College, 4. ‘At Syracuse, N. Y.—Syracuse University, 20; Elmira A. C,, 6. At Andover, Mass.—Boston College, 14; Andover, 6. At Brunswick, Me.—Bowdoin College, 4; Tufts College, 0. At New York—Jaspers, 8; New Jersey A. A. C., 0. At Cambridge, Mass.—Harvard, 18; New- ton, 0. United Wheelmen to Meet. A special meeting of the United Wheel- men will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at 510 11th street to consider the proposed building of a bicycle path between this city and Baltimore. As the subject is full of interest a large crowd is expected to be in attendance. Columbia’s Field Sports. The annual fall games of the Columbia Athletic Club were held Saturday afternoon at Columbia field, and, though the sport was good, the attendance was very limited. There were several surprises. A. R. Speare Charles Cabrera in the 100, the Spans tne 440 yards run, while McKelvin managed to defeat McGirr in the one-mile run, fainting at the tape. Schade won the one-mile open bicycle race and Clum se- cured the two-mile handicap, Sims falling in the first race and injuring himself. Wefers Runs in Record Time. Bernard J. Wefers, the famous sprinter, was the star at the field sports at Mary- land Oval, Baltimore, Saturday afternoon. He was in fine form and succeeded in equaling two world’s records. He covered a hundred yards in 94-5 seconds, which is 2 world’s record, and 220 yards in 22 sec- onds flat, which is one-fifth of a second slower than the world’s record. On a sec ond look at the course it was found that Wefers had gone five feet further than 220 yards, and all agreed that he equaled seconds. 4 the record of 21 4-5 Over 600 Started and Over 400 Re- turned. Six hundred and thirty-eight bicycle rid- ers, including seventeen young ladies, made the 100-mile bicyle run to Frederick and re- turn to Baltimore yesterday. The run was under the auspices of the Century Cycling Club of Maryland, and it was the biggest affair of the kind that ever took place in the south. It was calculated late last night that 423 had finished, and each will re- ceive a handsome oxidized silver medal in the form of a Century Club's badge. Among those who rode from this city to Frederick yesterday were: J. F. Murrehl, Walter C. Handy, Charles H. Fisher, A. W. Leeke, A. E. Wisner and Charles H. Coons. Short Suiters Won the First Match. The first match of the season for the American Whist League challenge trophy was played at the Knickerbocker A. C., New York, Saturday. The holder of the trephy is the whist club of New York. The New York team has made itself con- spicuous by its success in using the so-° called short-suit game advocated by the New York Sun, while the Philadelphia club plays the ‘standard long-suit game. The result was a victory for the short- suiters by eight tricks. Great interest was taken in the match, prominent players from various cities com= ing on especiaily to see it. Next week New York must defend the trophy against New Jersey, and the win- ner of that match will have to play Provi- lence. SE OLDEST BOAT KNOWN. Small Craft in Use 4,500 Years Ago Added to a Museum. From the Chicago Journal. There is in Chicago one of the five vldest small boats known to exist in the world. It has just come, all packed and stayed for its long voyage, from the Gizeh Museum of Antiquities at Cairo. To the generosity of Mrs. Cyrus McCormick the Field Colum- bian Museum is indebted for a rare gift E. E. Ayer learned in the course of his search for interesting things in Cairo last winter that there had teen placed in the Gizeh Museum three boats of marvelous age and curious design. Investigation proved that the boats vere indeed of the rarest value, for never before in arch- aeological history have there veen discoy- ered anything of the kind which approach- ed these beats in age and interest. A viking craft found in Norway some time ago was of use in about the year 10W) A. D., and at once became famous as by far the oldest specimen of water craft in existence. The boats in the Gizeh Museum, it was decided by the learned ones, were used at least 4,000 years ago and were contemporaneous with the Dashur pyramids of the eleventh Egyptian dynasty. With this boat, which will be installed in the museum, and the two which remain in tke Cairo museum, were two more, which still rest in tae sands which stretch deso- lately from the Darshur pyramids, near which they were all found. It is expected that before long the remaining two Will be brought to Cairo and properly installed. The five boats were found buried at a considerable depth not far from the famous largest pyramid, and in such orderly form and with such mathematical relationship to the great pile of stone that It was evident that they had been bured with design at that particular spot. All were brought to the light and air at once, and, after ex- amination by scholars, proving their mar- velous age, their preservation from the eie- ments was at once deemed necessary. The boats were found to be alike in the material of which they were constructed and in their genera! dimensions. The cedar of antiquity, which entered into so much of the construction of things of wood, was vsed for building these boats. While the equipments of the boats had generally di appeared with time, the edges and ends were ragged and little warped, their shape- ly outlines still remained, so rigidly in evi- dence that the modeler’s skill in giving grace and shapeliness was evident. The boat that is in Chicago now was well if not better preserved than any. It is 30 feet long, 8 feet of beam and 4 feet of hold. It had been propelled, of course, by oars, but the points of contact for the oars were not in evidence. A well preserved and peculiar- ly marked and designed piece of rudder of wood was found rear the boats, and that has been brought to Chicago as the accom- paniment of the boat now here. Two of the boats were propped up and covered for preservation until they could be moved, and three of them were put in shape to be cerried to Cairo. The Dashur pyramids are nearly twenty miles above Cairo, on the opposite side of the river, and some seven miles from the bank. Eighty men were required to carry the boats, one at a time, to the river steamer on which they were transferred to Cairo. There, in the museum, they were proppe4 and stayed with iron and ceder sufficiently to preserve them for exhibition. About 5 per cent of the original amount of wood was all that was necessary to add. From the design and cecoration of these boats it is presumed they were in distin- gvished use, such as for the transportation of spices, perfumes and offerings of the na- ture that were carried to the resting piace of the royal dead in the pyramids. Having performed these sacred duties for allotted times and persons, it is supposed they were then placed to remain forever near-the age- erduring mausoleums of the dynasties they served in life and death.