Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1897, Page 9

— THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1897-24 PAGES. Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. N. W. One day of . very small furniture prices. We're going to start a few small lots of Furniture moving at the jump Monday by quoting very, very small Prices for the one day only. In fact, there are barely enough of the vari- ous lots to last out the day—so be quick. Parlor Tables with “Fi One lot of Parlor Corner holstered in_brocatelle.spring Handsome Mahogany Finish eae D250 White Enamel Iron Bede— babe $4.25 ae ase ... $5.50 seat. $i value. MONDAY. Beantiful Hair Mattress. Comfortable Bedford Corduroy spring bottom, full 5 t $6. Here i= Williams, Furniture, &c., 7th & DSts. ~ that curve : In the *‘ Keating!’’s The “Keating curve isn't a sy fad! The idea fs the re- the correet- ‘of which is a denionstrated It permits of a lignter, and faster running wheel sacrificing strength or The racers fa- $100 sa ness fact. kave a few Keatings with improvements In the "96 frames, which we offer at $75. 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No time to lose, though, if you desire to engage these scats—as they are being grabbed up very ly OGRAM’S, How About Those Photos You’ve Promised? * Don't you think it's aboat * . ‘s al time — make you some “MEZZO TINTS.” ‘They're “like steel engraving WASH. B. WILLIATS, LUSH’S BATTING EYE It Improved in the Last Month of Last Season. WARRANTED AN INCREASE IN SALARY Making Up the Schedule for the Coming Season. NOTES OF THE PLAYERS See During the recent flying visit of Mr. Earl ‘Wagner to Washington he, of course, called on President Young of the league, and in- cidentally went over the records of the Washington players. It will be a surprise to many local followers of the game to learn that “Billy” Lush, of whom great things are @xpected this season, batted at over a 300 clip during the last month of the season of ‘96. It is upon this showing. that Mr. Wagner granted the little right fielder an increase of salary over li st year, and the local magnate asks that local en-- thusiasts suspend Judgment upon Lush un- til he gets down to work the coming sea- son. Cartwright has also gotten himself into first-class condition; in fact, the big first baseman is in better condition than he has been for years, and says that if he does not show a big improvement over last season he will quit the league. This is a bold aseertion on Cartwright’s part, but gives indications of returning confidence, and should he bat as his friends believe he can there will be no kick coming on ac- count of the man at the initia! bag. Tom Brown is also in first-class condition, and if he plays as well as he did last season, barring the period in which te had a bad attack of charley horse, everybody will rest content, as Tom's headwork and base running are needed to heip the club along in a quarter where it is notably weak. At third base Charley Reilly will be given a convincing trial, and should he fail young Wrigiey will be placed on the third bag, and should he fail to keep up the pace to the satisfaction of Mr. Wagner a strong third baseman with a reputation that en- titles him to a thorough trial will be quick- ly secured. Harvey Smith cannot join the club before the 1st of June, but should this plucky little man play in the form he did last year it will take a remarkable third baseman to keep him out of the game. No trades of any kind will be considered by Mr. Wagner, but this does not imply that the club will not be strengthened should the necessity arise. The owner of the local club has a secret up his sleeve that will be an eye-opener to the local enthusiasts, but for satisfactory reasons the news has to be held back for some time yet until contemplated plans are rounded out and completed. Considerable adverse criticism has been indulged in by the Washington “fans” of late on account of the apparent listlessness of the Senators’ leaders, but this will be proved to be unjust, and when the proper time arrives it will be demon- strated that Mr. Wagner need not take the dust of any of the league magnates when diplomatic skill and base ball sagacity are taken into consideration. The thing most interesting to the base ball magnates, after the arrangement of their teams, is the make-up of the schedule of championship games. There is a great deal more in that than the average person would believe. Of course, the teams come first to the ppblic, but the magnate has his eye on the schedule as well. He fs looking to get as much as possible out of it. He wants all the Saturdays that can be work- ed in at home, and a3 many from home as can be conveniently forced into the sched- ule. Then he wants all the best holiday at- tractions at home, and to get the best pay- ing cities on the road. The public knows little about these things, and cares still iess about them, as long as they get a good game of ball. The work of preparing this schedule rests with President Young, as it has been found to be the better pian to trust to his fairness and judgment than to a committee, each member of which would naturally try to secure dates that would benefit his club. It is a very thankless job, no matter how one takes it, as the work seldom pleases everybody. Some one al- ways has a kick coming, and if he thinks he has received any the worst of it “Uncle” Nick will come in for a “roasting.” He will be accused of all manner of things in gen- eral, and in particular of favoring all the other clubs except his. Of course, some clubs are favored more than others, or at least it looks that way to an uninterested person, and no amount of explanation will make the matter look otherwise. The meeting of the league to indorse the sched- ule for the coming season will be held in Baltimore, Thursday, February 25, and all sorts of rumors are flying about as to the outcome of that gathering, but it is a fore- gone conclusion that little will be done out- side of the adoption of the schedule and a trade or two that may or may not border on the sensational. Nobody is permitted to see the schedule until it is brought before the meeting, and it {s all guess work to place the clubs on the big holidays and opening days. The trips west will be on the same general idea as last year. ‘That there is a contemplated deal on be- tween the St. Louis, Cleveland, Chicago ard Louisville clubs all the western writers believe. Every one of the above mentioned clubs can be strengthened in certain posi- ticns and an interchange of players would be a good thing for all concerned. Both sections of the league, the east and west, have in a manner become clannish, and as a result it is a hard matter to get a good player away from either section. The east- ern wing is decidedly stronger than the west and for thts reason, if for no other, the magnates beyond the Alleghenies should stick together. For instance, Chicago might trade a man to Louisville, and then to St. Louis. Cleveland needs an additional hard- hitting fielder and Louisville has a surpius in this line. St. Louis needs a good second baseman and Pittsburg can spare a man to fill the bill. Through these changes the St. Louis club may be braced up so as to be an attraction in the eastern as well as the western section of the league, and not enly one club be benefited, but all would ceme in for a share of the spoils. Cincin- nati has troubles of its own and has de- cided to stand “pat” on its present aggre- gation. No player can be released from that club without running the risk of weak- ening it full 30 per cert. The fdea of re- leasing Miller for anybody to play that sun field In Cincinnati is preposterous. Had scch a trade taken place it would have been a hard matter for the club to get in the first division. As it is now. with Hoili- day and McIntyre as extra yers, the club will come nearer than ft last year to carrying off the coveted trophy. One thing ts cure, if a sensation develops in the big league before the coming season opens it will come from the west. Everything is serene at the othcr end, but matters look blue out around St. Louis. With a good club in that city $50 would be cleared while $10 is being made in Cleveland or Louisville. The talk of doing away with Sunday ball in the mound city {s all bosh. The bill that recently passed the lower hous2 of the state legislature has yet to go through the senate, and then to the governor, and there is little likelihood that it will ever again see the light of day. Von der Ahe is hustling like a good fellow and it is to be hoped that he will get what he is after. Because “Scrappy” Joyce made, such a wonderful finish with the New Yorke some of the enthusiastic followers of the club are predicting championship honors the coming season. The Giants played just as much ahead of their speed in the latter part of the season as they did below their speed in the early part of the struggle. The Giants at the best should come under the wire next fall about fourth, unless they get Rusie or a man in exchange for him who is fully as good, if not better, than the big boy from Indiana. The New Yorks are left- hand batters and they would do well to have a first-class left-hand pitcher. In getting one they would not only strengthen the team on the inside, but on the outside as well. With a first-class left-hander on the team like Breitenstein they would not have to go against him with their long row of left-handed hitters. What if the Rusie Problem should be solved by a trade of the thunder! for the auburn-haired left- hander? Stranger things have happened. This might come to pass. The bad feeling between Freedman and Brush should not enter into the question. Brush is willing to a certainty to make the trade, and if Joyce can have his way Freedman will settle an embarrassing problem for the league by getting Rusie off his hands, and also strengthen two clubs, the New Yorks about 15 per cent and the Cincinnatis about 25 per cent. Without at least one more crackerjack fielder the New York aggrega- tion with the best kind of luck will not be very much inside the first division. They need an outfielder badly. Stafford is out- classed by two such men as Tiernan and Val Haltren. Our own Winnie Mercer has been talking again, and has the following to say to a western writer about his experience in the pitcher's position. Mercer says that a young pitcher can get more valuable tips on how to pitch effective ball by watching the work of a seasoned pitcher in a game of ball than he can in throwing his arm out of joint in an effort to Perfect himself through the medium of practice. The theory may work well enough in “Winnie's” case, for he is an observing and clever pitcher, but in nine cases out of ten practice is the only thing that will benefit a youngster. It is easy enough to sit by and see how it is done, but it is decidedly another thing to do it yourself. The stern reality knows a theory for a twisting ball. It might be added that Mercer is expected to arrive in Washington next week, and will doubtless be one of the ornaments of the league meeting in Baltimore the week following. That Mercer is still a single man will be good news to hundreds of his admirers of the fair sex. Notes of the Game. Fred Clarke of the Loulsvilles refuses to sign for less than $2,400, and the manager of that club talks of beginning the season without this sterling player. It appears to be a case of not knowing a good thing when they see it. A man rated as being worth $10,000 is surely worth the limit. One of the best posted base ball men in the city made the prediction last Wednes- day evening, while surrounded by several professional players, that the Boston club would finish lower down this season than last. He said that Manager Selee and Pitcher *Stivetts would have to be let go tefore the club developed its full strength. Base ball 1s rapidly growing in popularity in Great Britain. There are two base bail associations in London, one for seniors and another for juniors. Each has four clubs. The best base ball grounds are lo¢ated at Derby. ‘They were constructed at a cost of $35,000. There are nearly twenty-five teams In the vicinity of Derby. The college boys as yet refuse to touch our national game, sticking closely to ericket. A dispatch from Louisville denies that George Miler, the catcher, has been re- leased. About half a dozen others are bound to go, however. The late Charley Radbourne’s work of pitching nearly fifty consecutive games, with a total of about eighty-five during the season, has never been equaled, and is not likely to, as a pitcher’s arm ts too valuable these days. Jim McGuire's record as a catcher in 1805 will stand for many a long year. z Ed. Hanlon fills the shoes of that most envied of mortals, “‘a contented man.” His champion Baltimore team is complete for the coming season. He wants no more or no less than he has at present. He will enter the field with the players he has at present under contract and reservation, and has arnounced that he feels surer of tak- ing his fourth successive pennant than he did any of the other three. With Eagle-eyed Beckley and Jake Sten- zel already gone, and Bierbauer and Lyons on the cards for a trade, the Pittsburg club will come on the field this season with |.22 a badly mixed up team. Perhaps the change is a wise one, but St generally takes a whole season to break in four or five new men on a team. It wouldn't surprise a great many fol- lowers of individual averages if that grand pair, Cy Young and George Cuppy, should fall short of putting up the great game they have been doing for Cleveland for the past four or five years. Young and Cuppy are the most liberal contributors on the Cleveland team to the great record made by the Spiders. Should either of these twirlers falter the Cleveland lads will have a hard time getting or even near that Temple cup money next fall. Harry Mace, the well-known local ex- pitcFer and ball player, is negotiating with President Ban Johnson and Pat Powers of the Western and Eastern leagues for the pesition of umpire for the coming sea- Mace has a record of four consecu- son. .ccessful seasons in the minor egaes™ He has umpired in the Texas, Virginia, Atlantic and Eastern leagues. ———— cket, aged seventy-seven years, orca retired merchant of Easton, Pa, was foind dead yesterday hanging to a bed post in his room. He had been in ill health and despondent for a long time. Let ‘Us Talk 9 7 Club Uniforms With You. B Q rs @ mn &, & Boxing Gloves. ORDER YOUR ATHLETIC GOODS BY THE “L. & R.” ROUTE. We are out for your trade, and if good goods, low prices and our guarantee behind everything goes for anything, we think we shall deserve it—and get it—and hold it. Shoes, Sweaters and Golf Stockings we are showing the very newest things—well worth a visit, if only to inspect. A full line of Boxing Gloves—in every grade—has just arrived. Good Quality and Perfect Style,from Agents for ‘‘Ball Bearing’’ brand and others. In White and Tan, from . These Range up to $6. In Bicycle Suits, $5 $1.25 Come Here For All Athletic Needs. Larrimore & Ridenour, . “L.&8." 20UTR ~ 417 “NINTH.” | THE FIELD QF, SPORT Hotly Contested Handitap Race at the Skating Rink. rer CONTESTS «OF ~=—- VARIOUS What is Going’ on in Chess, Whist ~ and Bowling/Cirdos. COLLEGE RACE: COMMENTS —_—_>+—__—_. The 2-mile handicap race at the Conven- tion Hall Ice Palace last night, open to all comers, was won by “Chic” Cassin, Stites, second, and Morris, third. Hewes obtained fourth place, while Frear fell before the end of the race. The time of the race was 6:35%. Morris and Stites were the scratch men, Cassin, Hewes and Frear being given a lap and a half handicap. Hewes skated on cr- dinary hockey skates. Stites started off strong, and soon had half @ lap on the three men in front of him. Hewes was going slowly, Frear had dropped out, Morris had been left quite a distance, but Cassin was keeping up well. About the fourteenth lap, however, he lagged a trifle, and Stites took a fresh attempt to cut down the handicap, but he did not spurt until the eighteenth lap, and was unable to catch the flying boy, Cassin winning by about two feet. This is the first race young Cassin has started in, and his work shows that he has a future before him in this line of ‘sport. At no time did he slow down except at one corner on the fourteenth lap, and it was plainly seen that he was not in the best of condition. Stites has not been training, and was not In the best condition. A handicap Tace, of course, does not detract from the champion’s standing, and he still holds a Jarge share of the admiration of those who attend the rink. Morris had not skated since the two-mile event in the champion- ship series, and so was not fit to enter. Yet the race was exciting and hotly contested and was witnessed by a large gathering, which gave hearty encouragement to the fleet men on the ice. BOWLING. The Washington Athletic Club and Car- roll Institute major league teams rolled a set of tenpins on the alleys of the for- mer last night, and each club won a game. In the first game the Washingtons put up a score of 6 to 655. by the Carrolls, and won by 41 pins. In the second game the Carrolls put up a score of 758 to 756 by the Washingtons, and won by only 2 pins. This was the clesest and most exciting game rolled in the league series this season, and was only decided in the last box when Armstrong of the Carrolis made a spare, while Kidd of the Washingtons broke. This game was the first one that the Carrolls have won in the Washingtons’ alley this season. Har- low rollled in this game in place of Locraft. Kidd made the highest scofe of the even- ing, 180; and the best average for his side, 168 1-2." Rice rolled the highest score for the Carrolls, 179, and the best average for the evening, 169. DiMeult spares were made by Kidd, 5-0-10; Fuller, 4-5-7-8; Arm- strong, 2-7; Merritt, 1-8-8; and 1-3-6-6-10 by ice. ‘The score follows: Washington Athletic Club. FIRST GAME. ; St. Sp! Se. Sp Schlesinger .134 blesinger 6 Martin 114 1 Martin 1 Fi eg 4 2 20 FIRST GAME. SUCOND GAME. Se. St. BE. 8 Rice 79 2 25 Mer az 0 4 24 Stone . ee Veet 1 6 Locraft . v1 oO 2 4 Armstrong .156 0 2 2 05 Totals ...065 5 1p! Totajp . 9 24 Rowling Averages: Below will be found the averages of the players of the Second Team Bowling League for the first half of the season: Total Club. Games. pins. Averages. 1 W.S.B. 8 1261 157 5-8 2 C. 1 12 1852 154 13 3. . 12 1801 150 1-2 4 I 12 1743 145 1-4 5. B12 1716 143 & 6 855 142 Ts BOS 141 45 8. . B 8 1129 14 1-3 9. 1 6 834 «139 0. B. 10 1389 1389-10 1. ©. 10 1357 135 7-10 2. B11 1489) 185 4-11 C4 (536 134 C10 1306 130 1-2 C12 1544 128 23 B. 2 256 128 A.C. 8 1011 126 3-8 A.C 12 1482123 1-2 Bo 2 (242 121 Cr 12 1437 1199-12 ALO. 4 «(4738 (118 1-4 SB. 2 231 115 12 m Totals. Cr w,S.B. W.A.C. 710 71 642 8522 S419 ‘7708 pyre 11 95 213 20 180 Standing of the Teams. = To Pet ‘on. Last. iy. cent. 10 2 2 838 Ly ee 12 417 3 9 12 250 CHEss. Progress of the Washington Club's Championship Tournament. ‘There has been no change the past week in the standing of the leaders in the cham- Pionship tournament at the Washington Chess Club. The game scheduled between Messrs. Hanna and O'Farrell was started, and at the time of adjournment O'Farrell was one pawn ahead, with the chances for victory in his favor. The game, a Pon- ziano, opened by Hanna, was most exciting, first one and then the other appearing to have the advantage. Special interest at- tached to the game, as a lost game would spoil the loser’s chances for first place, while a draw would haye a like result for O'Farrell and probably for Hanna. ‘Tharp and Walker, who are in the lead, will meet next Saturday evening. The re- sult will probably decide the question of supremacy in the club. Mr. Harris won his last game from Mr. ‘Tucker, and now stands fifth in the race. If the Wright games were eliminated, he would be tied for third “place. . Hé-lost to Mr. Wright, and, under the rules, Messrs. Tharp, O'Farrell and Hanna, who had not played him, scored a won game when that player withdrew. c Messrs. Gwyer and tthe, played eet game last Saturday evesigg, jwhen. Mr. betts played hurriedly, “has done in other games, and lost in consequence. Messra. Gwyer and aac gre now a tie for the special prize of . South- worth to the player who ined the high- est score next to the regular prize winners. ‘Wednesday evening M¥- Hana’ played “a Ponziano against Tucker and won in thirty- four moves. Mr. Tuckersqia} the open- ing well, but became short of time toward the end, and was outplayed, by his more experienced adversary. ~ ‘The following is the scure: (9 date: decided to hold a rapid transit chess tour- Nament on the evening ‘of Washington's birthday. These tournaments are quite popular in New York and Brooklyn, Thirty seconds are allowed for each move. A announces when twenty-f ive seconds have elapsed, and when the half | minute is announced ‘all ‘the playérs must move. Those -who do not move on time in case of a draw, the ers toss up to see which shall play inthe fe The tournament continues until there is but one player left. ‘. J. W. Showalter, wife of the olinm: pion: of the United ‘States, “win erobabtr play: y'are no match for participate in the women’s international chess tournament be played in London. The London ‘News is of the opinion that there is but one person to whom we must look in the future as a possible rival to Lasker, and that person is Pillsbury. After a season of rest, the News looks for- ward to a great contest between these two masters, who, it states, are so eminently fitted in every respect to contend against each other. The Pilisbury National Chess Correspon- dence Association has received a challenge’ from the Orilla Chess Club of Ontario, Canada, for a match by correspondence, each team to consist of from ten to six- teen players. The challenge has been ac- cepted. The friends of Judge Chas. P. Latham were much surprised to hear of his death, which occurred Tuesday in this city. The judge was formerly a member of the Wash- ington Chess Club, but lately had been connected with the Richmond, Va, club. He was a player of unusual merit, and rendered good service to the Richmona club in its match by correspondence last winter with the local club. The following is the score of the game played in the tournament at the Washinz- tcn Chess Club between Captain O'Farrell ard Mr. Tibbetts. The loss of the game practically settled the captain’s chances for first place: P.0'Farrell. E.Tibbetts,;P.0'Farrell. E. Tibbetts. (White) Black.) | (White.) _ (Black.) 1P-Ki PKS |27 KU-Kt3?. P-@5 E P—Qt 28 R-KB y 3 Kt_Qp3 Kt-KR3 |29Q-K2_ B-QKts beet. Set eae P=) x! 6 PRRs 32 Q-QB2 Kt—KBs — —! stles 7 B-@ a Cas 8 PxP KtxBP. (34 K—Kt2 Kit 9 Kt—B3 Ko 3 K— Kt 10 P—QR3. -Kt_QB3 |36 KtxKt = ixKt gee, be eas fe 12 P- x t- (BS) --! i 13 Kt 9 39 Kt-KB2 R_OT P-OKi3 [40 RxR GR EOKRS [#1Q-0R, P—gnr BoQRI2 |42 KtKe QT B2 |43 R—B2 Kt = 44 xP B_gBt P- 45 RxB PxR B-Qh QxP Qxkr Kt—R2 a7 P-KtG QQ? Kt_Qpe P Qk BrB —BS P—KR+t Kt 50 P_KKt¢ PxPch Kt] [SU KxP | Q—KtTch R-QB 52 K-R5 | Q-Kt3mte A Whist Problem. The following is one of the latest whist problems: What is the best play under the following circumstances: West deals and turns the eight of spades. The first two rounds are as follows: North. East. South. West. 1 D6 DS DK DI 2. c3 cs ct c2 East's hand was: Spades—K, J, = 6. Diamonds—0, 5. What should east lead at trick 3, and why? WHIST. Match Between Baltimore and Was! ington Players Being Arranged. A match between All-Washington and the Baltimore Whist Club is being arrang- ed, the teams to consist of from ten to twenty-four on each side. The first match will probably take place on next Saturday evening at the rooms of the Baltimore club. The Capital Bicycle Club will send about a dozen players, and the Columbia Athletic Club will be represented by a like number. The match will commence at 8 o'clock and will terminate in time to let the Washington party take the 11:30 train for home. A return match will.shortly be played in this city. The Baltimore club re- cently played the Walbrooks a match. There were twelve players on each side, divided into three teams of four each. Twenty-four hands were played. The Bal- timores won by three tricks, having gained nine tricks on the last round of eight deals. Next Wednesday is the day set for the match between Mrs. McCrea’s team of this city and the holders of the women’s whist trophy. The trophy has been in the pos- session of Mrs. Andrews’ teom of Philadel- phia, one of the best ladies’ teams in the Quaker city, the past few weeks. Mrs. M. Crea’s team is composed of herself, Mr Mrs. Hawley and Madame de Si- bourd, and if the quariet plays as it Is capable of doing the trcphy will be brought buck to the city by them. The regular Wednesday evening contest at the Columbia Athletic Club was brok up Wednesday evening by the annual ec -- | tlon of officers. .Mr. J. R. Hampton. cue of the whisters, was elected a member of the beard of governors. One of the prettiest hands played in the match between the Albany Whist and Co- lumb‘a Athletic Club was deal No. 9, in which the Washington team gained three tricks. The queen of spades was trump, and east had the lead. The play was as follows: Table No. 1. North. East. South. West. Deal. Columbia. Albany. Columbia, Albany. oh AUX 3D 4D D 2. 6C 4c 3c oh 2H 3H AHX TH KAX JH 5D. 50 100 BSX 36 sD 7D AC 3S Js KSX : D oH Qu 1 43 23 & 1 78 98x 4 Bt 5S. 2b SSX 1 P 108X 10H 6H Columbia, 8; Albany, 5. Table No. 2. North, East. South. West. Deal. Albany. Columbia. Albany. Columbia. 9ig.co-SRDE ig SDI a aD gp 3c ox a 8S 4D 6sx 38x 5o SH JHx 91 AHX 10H 4H on Ksx KH 6H ™ ACK oH 38x ic The basket ball circles have been rather quiet lately, In the local league interest appears to be lagging as the season draws to a close, the games in the schedule being farther apart than at first. As it is now there are barely four more weeks of play- ing. The local season will close on the evening of March 9, and the wind up will occur soon thereafter, perhaps a few post- pored games being necessary to be played in order to determine the standing of the clubs at the finish. There are only six more scheduled games, and three postponed games. The standing of the clubs is interesting. While the Washington Light Infantry team is in the lead, and will undcubtedly finish the’ season as champions, the other clubs will have to struggle for pcsitions. The tie of the three clubs for second place was broken by the Carroll Institute de- feating the Washington Athletic Club. The honor was short lived, however, and the three clubs are again tied for honors. The Washington Athietic Club by losing two games is once more in the rear. The star dirg of the clubs up to date is as fol- lows: Name. wl P.c. Wash. Light Infantr: 1,000 Carroll Institute. -668 Eastern Athletic 6085, Corcoran Cadet Corps. Queer Wheelmen. Wash. Athletic Club. The games next week will be very few. This evening the Washington Light Infan- try. and the Eastern Athletic Club play a game at the armory. Next Saturday the Corcoran Cadets and the Carroll Institute will meet. On this game depends the breaking of the tie between the two clubs. The Baltimore Y. M. C. A. central basket bell team came over from Baltimore last night and defeated the Corcoran Cadets by a score of 14 to 5. In the first half the Corcorans scored three points to the ¥. M. rer at) Nawnne .| C. A.’s two. In the second half the Balti- moreans braced up and made six goals, making the score at the end stand 14 to 5. Bevans, the center, @ splendid throw across the room, scoring a goal. The Cor- corans ed a strong game, but they the visitors. The teams: Right forward Davi -Left_forward. Dodge Center Clark Right guard alters -Left guard. ‘Bonlay Goals—Bevans, 5; Rolf, Krieger, Davis, 5. Goals on free throws—Baitimore, 0; Corcoran, 4. 5 NOT EAGER TO ROW YALE. Cornell Prefers the Arrangement of Last Summer. > A special dispatch from Ithaca, N. Y., repeating last year’s regatta on the Hudson are made : 5% Nickel The toughest, strongest and most expensive steel made. Its use insures ow the rigidity *Columbias’”’ SSS Sees give. Pope Columbia Riding Academy, 22d and P Sts, it a Baz, legitimate strain, will cause a “Columbia” frame to i of Steel, and endurance that i are famous for. No however great, Mfg. Co. J. Hart Brittain, Local Megr., 452 Pa. Ave. mE DIAPONDS « JEWELRY WILL BE SACRIFICED PIONDAY « TUESDAY —AT THE— EVERETT AUCTION SALE. Monday and Tuesday have been set apart for the quick disposal of the remainder of the Jewelry and Diamonds. These two days will witness some of the most remarkable bargains ever offered. - There's no sensible reason why you should pay full prices to the jeweler now, when you can buy Jew- elry and Diamonds of such unquestioned quality as Everett’s at whatever price you choose to bid. Will you grasp the opportunity? SEES ~“y SRO ORO never occur again. Monday or Tuesday. OD | Sees am Sales daily At 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. At Everett’s Art Store, §230-Lr VA Let nothing prevent you from ! : , } d | <x Its equal may __ coming either , ' PDODODOR™ : announcement comes from Cornell, yet a statement by Prof. Wheeler, faculty ath- letic adviser, indicates that Cornell will not agree to Yale’s admission to the race with Harvard unless Yale agrees to the admis- sion of Columbia and Pennsylvania. Harvard is in no wise opposed to meeting these other two colieges. She could not agree to meet them until after the Yale ne- gotiations were completed in fairness to Yals, but there can be no doubt that she will row both, provided the Yale matter be adjrsted to permit it. She will not, how- erer, row two races to do so. The next few days will witness interest- ing devetopments. TO FIGHT IN THE MORNING. The Big Contest to Come Of Between 10 a.m. and Noon. All the errangements for the Corbett- Fitzsimmens fight at Carson have been completed. It has been asserted that the fight would take place between noon and 3 o'clock on the 17th, but Dan Stuart yes- terday said that it would come off between the hours of 10 and mid-day. Dan ex- plains that the light is particularly good at that time, and that this will give the eastern afternoon papers a show at the thing that they would not have if the con- test was to come off in the evening, owing to the difference in time. AN ACCURATE “SET-UP.” A Proposed New Device for the Bow- ling Alley. The ten-pin alley is every day growing more in favor as a popular amusement. Clubs are being formed in every city and bowling contests are a matter of general interest. Here is a proposed new device for an absolutely accurate set-up. The pins are suppiied with holes in the bot- tom which act as a socket to receive, when set-up, small metal pegs, protruding from the floor of the alley. These are made to Gisappear in the floor after the set up. By this means the pins are always exactly in the same place. Junior Base Ball. The Zephyrs have organized for the sea- son with the following players: McQuay, Griffin, Ike Mooney, Carter, Burdette, Ats, Dorsey, Bristow, Bennett. Address chal- lenges to Mr. E. Griffin, 1682 15th street northwest, Sanday Racing Opposed. The greatest interest in the L. A. W. meeting yesterday, at Albany, N. Y., was in the question of sanctioning Sunday racing, but it was defeated by a vote of 77 ayes to 161 noes, the states voting as follows: | | | | | | New York, 15 ayes, 33 noes; Pennsylvania, 2 ayes, 26 noes; Rhode Island, 5 noes; South Carolina, 4 noes; Tennessee, 4 ayes; Texas, 3 ayes, 1 no; West Virginia, 1 aye, 5 noes; North Carolina, 4 ayes; eleven of the executive officers voted no. Cc. A. C. Smoker Postponed. Owirg to the death of one of the most popular members of the club, Mr. John W. Sims, the Columbia Athletic Club has in- definitely postponed the athletic smoker ar- ranged for tonignt. Electro-Chemical Industry. From the London Engineering. The actual production by electrolytic methods of either chemicals or metals is less in Great Britain than in either Amer- ica or German; one chlorine and soda fac- tory has started on a large scale at Helens, but there have been so many accidents to their turbines and dynamos that very little of their product has been put on the mar- ket; the Hargreave process for producing chlorate of soda is working satisfactorily at Northwich; the Castnor-Kellner works at Weston Point are progressing, but noth- Ing has been produced; three aluminum works have been started in England dur- Ing the last five years, but have been stopped owing to the rapid fall in prices, and none of them are working at present, although the works at the Falls of the Foyers will be in operation next year. In France, Germany and Switzerland there ts a much more flourishing condition of affairs, due partly to thelr water-powers and to their better trained scientists. All of the undertakings appear to be prosper- ous. In Norway great preparations are be- ing made for utilizing the waterfalls. The mcst successful development of electro- chemical and elected-metalinrgical Indus- tries is in the United States. ‘The whole number of plants for electrolytically refin- ing copper is twenty. There is only one company producing aluminum, and one or two at Niagara Falls for producing chlo- rate of potash. Chlorine and soda are made at Saltville. Va. The Slemens and Haiske gold-extraction process is most promising. and it is used by elght mining companies in Africa, who treat 60,000 tons of tailings menthly. This may quite displace the old zinc-precipitation process. oo Their Ardent Wooing. From the Philadelphia Press. The handsome young Reginald de Bracey indolently stroked his mustache. “You are not absolutely uncongenial, Miss Goldweight,” he said. “You are not quite so imbecile as you lcok,” rejoined the wealthy, albeit not comely, young woman. ‘You belong to a number of new woman clubs, charities and other affairs, do you not?” he asked. “Oh, certainly,” was the apt reply, “and jou, I know, belong to twenty clubs or so. I see no reason why we should not be hap- py. Yes, ycu are not all undesirable or 41 elegible. Retain all your club member- stips by all means. I accept you.” And they lived very unhappily until she ot a divorce and went on the stage. A Long Wait. From Harper's Basar.