Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1897, Page 9

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Lidies’ ‘and men's models. $35. Wesiern Wheel Works, Sa and & ste, H. S Joves, Jr., Migr est mir: bi THE SENATORS QUIT Game Lost After a Long Lead Had Been Obtained. ae eee AL, MAUL TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY Progress of the Tennis Tourna- ments. CURRENT NEWS OF SPORT Today's Schedule and Weather. « Poston at Washington—clear. 7 Philadelphia at Baltimore—clear, Cleveland at Cincinnati—clear. New York at Brooklyn—clear. Pittsburg at Chicago—cloudy. Louisville at St. Louis—clear. ~ Sunday Games. - Cleveland at Cincinnati. Louisville at St. Louis. Record of the Clubs, E 4S mt July 31, 1896: Clas, w. Philde'pyia.. 29 4 Broo’; 2 38 43 ry 1657 The Baltimores won the third game of to 2 in the third inning, and should have held the Orioles in check. When it was seen that they could make no headway against Mercer's pitching, and that the Senators were batting well, the Baltimores fell back on the Cleveland tac- ties of talking their opponenis out of the game. How well they succeeded the score shows. Jack Doyle was on the coaching line at third base whenever the rules per- mitted, and when there was not a runner on bases stretched himself on the grass. From this point of vantage Jack hurled a continuous flow of language at Mercer and Reilly that cut allusions to_p: deeper than a knife, his records, ability as ball players and insinuations as to yellow Streaks and quitters worrying both these players more than they were willing to ad- mit. As a result Reilly was continually in the air, being unable to stop anything at critical times and interfering seriously with Wrigley’s work at short. it took his mind off of his work, and his exhibition of pitching was one of the poor- est he has ever given. Had either of these s got back at Doyle in kind: it driven him from the field. ‘Te- when playing as_a result, shows them as Reilly and Mercer were In Mercer's case these tactics and, beau adopt the Orioles, up just as badly erda: Maul given a chance at the start of the contest to demonstrate whether his right arm had resumed its cunning, but he lasted only part of the first inning, be- irg unable to get the ball over the plate, or when he did pitch true the Senators would paste it good and hard. Hoffer relieved him and was hit hard, but was lucky in getting out of tight places, although his work in the last four innings was very cod. The fieiding of the Orioles was su- perb, Keeler’s fumble of a grounder in right being the only misplay on their part. The Senators, outside of Selbach and Rell- ly, played good ball, the work of Wrigley and D+Mont being particularly brilliant. 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Reilly went to first on balls and to second on Abbey’s out, and then home on Wrigley’s single to right. Mercer then drove one at Jennings that was too hot to handle, letting Wrigley to second and landing him safely on first. Tom Brown then came to the bat and fan- ned at two high ones. Hoffer again sailed one up in the same place, but this time ‘Tom met it good and hard, and when it came down it was on safe ground among the bleachers in right fleld. Not satisfied with this continuous hitting, Selbach walked up and pasted the leather for three bases in left, the ball caroming off the fence. DeMont then flew out to Stenzel in center, and Selbach came home with the fifth run. In the fifth inning two more runs were scored by the Senators. Selbach hit to left center for two bases and came home on De- Mont’s drive into right, which Keeler fum- bled. DeMont went to second on the error, and home on Farrell's safe drive over third. From this out nothing but ciphers were placed on the score board to the Senators’ credit, while the birds chased five runs over the plate in the sixth inning, placing them two runs ahead, and then two more came their way in the elghth, making the final score 15 to 11. ; Hillary Swaim relieved Mercer in the sixth inning and held the visitors down to two safeties in the last four innings. Sten- zel got a little too abusive of Umpire Ems- lie and was ordered from the game, O’Brien going to center and Quinn to first. Jack Doyle was out of the game on account of the injury to his hand received in Wed- nesday’s game. BALTIMORE. WASHINGTO> RHO.AB. RH.O.AE. 3315 22100 410 $2 30152) 4330, 112430 2.0 0 O Farrell, ¢...0 1220 23 0 v|Tucker, 1b..11 1 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 Rellly, 3b, 21500 13 4 6 o2001 Lo 2 12640 500 11010 0100 90010 119 0 oo000 002 -00000 » 16 -11 14 2712 3 rm 502 0-45 Washingun, 0000-1 ‘Batted for Mercer in sixth. +Batted for Swaim in ninth. Earned runs—Washington, 4; Baltimore base hits—Keeler (2), St bach. Three-base_hit—Sell Stolen bases—McGraw, Kelley. Double plays—Me- * to Reitz to O'Brien; Reitz to Jennings to Quinn. First base cn balls—Of Mercer, 4; off Maul, 4; off Swaim, 3; off Hoffer, 2. Hit by pitched ball By Maul, 1; by’ Mercer, 3; by Swaim, 1. Strucl fi Wild piteh—Swai Baltimore, 12. Sac- ie, O'Brien. First base on Time—2.45. Umpire—Emslie. McPhee Again in the Game. The Cincinnatis secured the first game of the series from the Spiders at Cleveland yesterday by the sccre of 8 to 2. Breiten- stein held the home club down to six hits, and received excellent- support. Corcoran was hurt and McPhee was brouz into the game for the first time in many weeks. CINCINNATI. ' CLEVELAN: K.M.O. AE, 1.0.4 -E- = eet 0 7102 0 seat 0 2004 41 132 00 006 02 2 378 ee 903 00 013 00 910 10 Totals..... 8 11 27 13 4 Cin: farati x—¥ Cleval ind. 0-2 can Siruck ot piteh—Powell. ou, 2. Wild Umpire—Hurst. Browns Defented Colonels. A close game was played at St. Louis yesterday between the Colonels and Browns, the home club getting the verdict by the score of 7 to 6. Both Donohue and Cun- ningham were hit hard, but a fortunate single by Grady drove in the winning run in the ninth inning. ! 1, R.H.O.A.B. R.H.O.A.E. 2°10 0 Clarke, If...1 2°16 1 -1 0 1 0 2 Stafford, 3241 2323 0\¥ 2400 -127111W 01200 9 15 0 0 MeCree: 3200 14 5 3 1 Johnson, 0230 © 2 2 4 0 Wiison, 1330 Murphy, ©...0 0 4 0 0C1 1030 Doaunue, p..9 0 0 3 06 oo001 “Turner . 0 0 0 0 0 Evans, p. 0000 |tDexter.- 0000 Totals.....7 1427 14 4 Total 12125 13 3 ‘Turner batted for Donahue. {Dexter batted for Cunningham. Two out when winning run was made. Louisville... -1100010034 St. Louis -20010110 29 Earned run man, Clarke, ¥ Houseman, MeCreery ‘olen bases—Harley, Doug seman, Clarke (2), MeCreery Triple ‘toss, Houseman and Grady rst base on Of Donahue, 1; off Cunningham, 1. Hit by pitched ball--Werden. By Donahue, 3; ‘truck out- yy Cunningham, 3, ‘Tim land. Umpire—MeFar- Anson’s Men Played Stupidly. The Pittsburgs won the second game of the series at Chicago yesterday trom the Ansonites by the score of 7 to 5. The home club put up a stupid game both in the field and at the bat, and were unable to hit at the right time, the playing of the Pirates being directly opposite. CHICAGO. PITTSBURG, R.H.0.A.E.| RH.O.AE. 1 2°06 1 0) Tannehill, cf 12°20 6 114 3 2/Smith, If....1 0 210 He 2 ior O-et 00150 oo61 231020 0110 12340 o120 2140-0 Conner, 0254 14120 Kriggs, p....0 0 2 1 00000 Kitiredge, 6.2 3 8 4 00601 02000 00100 Tot tls. 7143016 1 citeago. 0800 0-5 Pitt-burg. 100027 Earned runs—Chicago, 2; Pittsburg, 1. Left on bases—Chicago, 12; Plitsburg, 7. ‘Two-base hit— Hastings. Three-base hits—Dahlen, Thornton, Con- nor, Kittredge, Davis (2). Stolen bases—Rveritt (2), Callahan, Ely. Double plays—Dahlen, Counor and Anson; Kittredge and Dahlen; nor; Dahlen and Anson: Struck out—By Briggs, balls—Of Briggs, 2 ‘Time—2.45. New York Beat Brooklyn. The Giants and Bridegrooms played at New York yesterday, and the former se- cured the victory by the score of 3 to 1. Rusle pitched a, masterful game, holding the Trolley Dodgers down to four safe hits, while Payne was hit hard. by Hastings, 4. er om Hastings, BF mpire—Sheridan, Bases on 3 of Hughey, 2. NEW YORK. BROOKL: RALO.AE, : -H.0.A.E. V'Haltren, ef 1 1 0| Griffin, cf... 0°00 0 6 rf..0 0 | Jones,” rt. o200 201 1000 ones 1050 ason, 2b..0 2 y 11300 Holmes, If... 1 1 6|Schoch, 25...0 1 4 20 Clark, Ib. 0 1! Burrell, ¢..20 0 2 0.1 Warner, ¢.:.0 2 1) Payne,'p....0 0 0 3 0 Rusie, p 2 0}G. Smith, #0 0 3 4 0 ‘Total 1» 2i Totals.....1 4214 1 New York. 79000200123 Brooklyn. 13200100000 0-1 Two-buse hits—Davis (2), Stolen bases—Davis, errors—Brooklyn, 1. 3; off Payne, 2. Joyce. Struck oy Gate “Tine 28." UmpenD Day. Allen Played With Boston. The Bostons strengthened their hold on first place yesterday at Philadelphia by defeating the Quakers by the score of 7 to 3. Orth pitched great ball until the eighth inning, when Boston hammered five runs across the plate. Clements split a finger and Long sprained his ankle, Boyle reliev- ing the former and Bob Allen the latter. BOSTON. R.H.0, Hamilton, ef 2 ‘Tenney, Ib.. Holmes, Gleason, Clark, VanHaltren, First base on First base on balls—Off Rusie, le, 3; by Payne, 2. Sacrifice hit— | - (3) leseswenceny ConmcommnoP Hees! coccommoont Bl wewcmerwonoo?’ wl noconcccecl oN! onawockonud! ft fe t on bases—Boston, 5: Philad@iphia, 4. Sacrifice hits— Long, Nash. Time—2.15. re—MeDonald. Base Ball Notes,‘ The Bostons start @ series of four games at National Park today with the Senators, Nichols and McJai being the opposing Pitchers. As Boston is the favorite club of the Washington aay in'the race for the pennent the Beaneaters Will doubtless re- ceive a‘hearty reception. Kelley and Hoffer had it at the bench when Reilly stole Home from third. “1 wouldn't pitch you in a thousand years It I had my say,’ “safd Kélley. “knocking again, eh?” says Hoffer. “You've been try- ing to get me off the ted all this season, and [ guess you'll sticceed. Now go up to the plate and strike Gut Itke the red-headed duffer you are.” Heffer, O’Brien and@ Clarke all caught it red hot for allowing tle steal home of Reilly's. Emsife had‘ no tight to call time, as there was no one hurt and Hoffer should have done his warming up with Clarke. “it was a crazy play and nothing else,” said Jack Doyle, and a majority of the players agreed with him. Stupid playing doesn't take with the birds. Where 1s Tommy Tucker's ginger that he brought along with him when he first came to Washington? This has got to be an almost untyersal query. Come, Tom, you're no quitter and your coaching braces up the team wonderfully. That is a fast pair around second base. Both Wrigley and DeMont are good throw- ers, and when the opportunity offers dou- ble plays will be pulled off the reel with lightning rapidity. Policeman O'Day says he would not have taken either Doyle or Stenzel out of the park if they had not abased him in the most vile manner. The management had nothing to do with the retirement of these two players, and they can thank them- selves for being thrown outside the breast- works. That was a funny break that resulted in Stenzel being ordered out the game. Ems- lie had passed on and Reilly and Stenzel were chewing the rag over the play. Reilly said he had caught him easily and Jake called him a liar. Emslie heard the word “Har,” turned quick as a flash, thinking it was meant for him, and ordered him out of the game. Jake tried to explain, but it was without avail. Walter Wilmot, ex-Chicagoan, and lately manager of the Minneapoiis, has signed with New York. He will join the Giants by next Monday. Third Baseman Donnelly has also been signed by New York. Joyce will play first base. These two players will add greatly to the strength of the New Yorks. Frank Redding has recommended Second Baseman Beck to the Louisville manage- ment. He is with Toledo, has a batting average of 4) and fields like lightning — Louisville Times. ‘We'll pay your fines,” is the manage- ment’s tip to Doyle, McGraw, Stenzel and others. The umpires could put a stop to this by levying a series of fines that would soon call for a new set of orders from Von der Horst and Hanlon. Louis F. Sockalexis, Cleveland's cele- brated Indian outfielder, was yesterday punished by three fines of $25, $50 and $100, respectively, for breaking the club's rules. President Robison also suspended him without pay until he shall again be in playing condition. George Tweedy Stallings made a serious break in the ninth of the second game. The bases were full, with»Fifield on third. A long fly was knocked to Tannehill, and Fifield did not score on the throw. Stall- ings ran out to Fifield, and in the loudest kind of a voice called him the vilest kind of names. People in the stands were as- tonished.—Pittsburg Press. Manager Hanlon said iast night that he had not in any way lost contd in Maul’s ability as a pitcher. “His y today,” said Mr. Marlon, “was one of those things which will ;occasionally hap- pen to any pitcher, no,matter how good his control usually is. Maul has not pitched in a regular game for a long tim Being in Washingtdn, ‘too, where ma were anxious to see him do poor work, doubt had its effect, on ‘him, although he thought not. I did hot Grge him to pitch today. He was willing’ and not afraid to face the hostile crowd. Ji is likely that I will have him pitchtyg Qext week, or as soon as I need him.” If there was ever d striking commentary upon the honesty of basg ball it was fur- aished Tuesday, in that great ten-inning struggle between Cilicagh ahd Cincinnati, says the Chicago News, Galeago wants to age pennant. The west 1s long overdue. Tebeau's their ways, are not,ponijlar here—nobody cares to see them do anything. Pittsburg, like Chicago, iS hopelessly out of the race. The Colts, from Anson to Donahue, want to see Cincinnati get that flag, and would break their necks to throw down any team that had a chance in opposition to the Reds. The three lickings given Boston, the good thrashings administered to Baltimore and New York were evidences of so much good will toward Ewing’s men. Yet Ewing's men come to town, and the Colts go at them just as if they were rank outsiders, and do them in ten innings of real ball playing! Anson could have won the eternal grati- tude of all Cincinnati by a little slackness —by letting the Reds get away, 5 to 4, or something that way, with the game. He didn’t. The fight the Colts put up was as hot as if the Clevelands or Baltimores were their foes for the afternoon. It is safe to say that not once did even the distant idea of # lay-down enter the head of one Chi- cago player, nor did a Cincinnatian think of proposing such a thing. Base ball is al- most the one grand and honest sport, and the sport that would keep all the gamblers hopelessly guessing. LARNED. WINS. Cincinnati get that due for the flag— dians, owing to Carries Off the Tennis Championship at Longwood. There was some rattling good tennis on the Longwood courts yesterday, and the upshot of it all was that W. A. Larned !s the victor of the tcurnament. The dashing young Jersey player disposed of Nesbit, the last survivor of the English experts, and of J. D. Forbes, who is plucky but lacks experience, without any trouble. Now Larned will meet Champion “Bob” Wrenn for the challenge cup. The cup must be won thrice consecutively to be- come any player's permanent property. Larned has already won it twice. If he downs Wrenn this afternoon the cup is his. If he loses he must begin all over again. Larned took his match in the semi-finals from Nesbit in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, 8-6. Nesbit was in anything but good form and: played most erratically. Larned took mat-. ters with the utmost coolness. Nesbit made a desperate stand in the last set, but could not stand the pace. In the meantime Forbes had vanquished Budlong with great ease and met Larned in the afternoon in the finals. Forbes was very much fatigued, however, and his Seasoned little antagonist, who had saved all his strength in the morning game, sim- ply walked away with him. he first set was close, 7-5, but the next two, at 6-2 and 6-1, were tiresome. The summary—singles.—Semi-final round. W. A. Larned defeated H. A. Nesbit, 6—2, 6-3, J. D. Forbes defeated C. R. Budlong, 2-6, 62, 6-2, 6-0. Finals—W. A Larned defeated J. D. ened) Forbes, 7—5, 6—2. WESTERN TE: IS TOURNEY. Fischer and Neely Pat Up a Grana Game in. Doubles. Kreigh Collins and, Wm. S. Bond fought out the final round of jhe western lawn tennis championships,yesterday at Chicago and Collins won, |). The contest was one pf the best ever seen In the west, bdt n showing mar- velous ability, but Cojling was steadier at critical points. ponies Chicago's last surviving team was de- feated, however, in, the, doubles, J. W. Carver and L. H. Waidner losing to E. P. Fischer of New York and John C. Neely of Chicago. . Now, at the best, flié west can have but half a representation in the annual strug- gle against the east for first double honors. In the doubles Fischer and Neely played ®@ game that made Chicagoans apprehen- sive over today’s game, The big New York man smashed and drove in perfect style, while his Chicazo mate lobbed better than the best previously seen in the tourney. Together they made a combination which would have taken splendid tennis to beat. Bu 5 Single tournament, final round—Kreig Collins beat W. 8. Bond, 9—7, 6-8, 6—2. uble tournament, semi-final round—E. P. Fischer and J. C. Neely, jr., beat J. W. Garver and L. H. Waidner, 6-3, 5%, 0-1 Consolation singles, semi-final round—R. W. Conde beat eb Wy, Halsey, 6-2, 6—1. RH. beat |. H. Stoll, 6—1, i, The finals in the double tournament will be played today, the wiriners of the match being eligible to represent the west against the big team in the east at Newport for the championship of the United States. The contest will be between Ware and Sheldon of Harvard and Yale and Fischer and Neely of New York and Chicago. ~The C. A. C. Tennis Tourney. The semi-finals in doubles in" the C. A. C. tennis tournament was played yesterday on Columbia field. Shields and Pomeroy defeated Davis and Taliaferro, 6-4 and 7-5 The former team put up a beautiful ex- hibition and won on strong net play. Davis and Taliaferro played well, but were erratic at times. A large number of spectators were present, and the brilliant plays that continued throughout the match were li erally applauded. The finals will be played this afternoon in the doubles, and the championship de- cided. Shields and Pomeroy will meet Cronin and Wooten, and a most brilliant match is looked for. The finals in singles will be played Monday, when O'Leary will meet Pomeroy. eae ERLE MIDSUMMER MADNESS. The Relation Between High Tempern- ture and Morals. From the Philadelvbia Record. Rev. Dr. Da Costa of New York, who in his time has done some good histori work, as well as some poor sociological work, recently arraigned summer weather —or better, perhaps, people distracted with heat and humidity—for seasonal immoral- ity. The sermon was sensational and of little value, except for the reflections it has aroused. The question which promptly sug- gested itself is: Is morality dependent on the weather? As a corollary it may be ask- ed: Is hot weather productive of immor- ality? Were the latter question true one could understand the law of northern the- ology on the principle of elective affinity which consigns the incorrigibly wicked to the hot climate of Tartarus to spend their endless wicked days. But if badness be the product of the weather the theologian should surrender his function of converting men to the weather bureau, to the phy sician or to the biologist. In other words, Dr. Da Costa's line of argument tends to the destruction of his function as a preach- er. If crime or vice be a matter of sea- sons, then character is a concern of the pharmacist. Yet there is a curious confirmation of the doctor's theory to be found in vital sti tistics, expecially in the official records of France. June is the great month of the year for suicides. This is especially true in the United States, and, indeed, is prac- tically a problem of isothermal lines. The explanation lies in the depression of ner- vous energy consequent upon the relaxa- tion of fiber due to the transition from cool to warm weather. The summer solstice comes about June 20, and then the tropi- cal summer of our latitude begins. As scon as the constitution has become adjusted to heat the suicidal impulse ceases. It is the transition which taxes personal energy. Men miss the tonic of cold air stimulus and of the oxygen of low temperatures. Once adjusted to the change, then character bits become normal. It is the atmos- pheric changes which the thermometrical nian has moral reason to dread. Thus on the eve of a storm one’s muscles get rheu- matic in age or under bad pathological con- ditions. In a certain sense moral characte is dependent on meteorolog! But exception must be taken to the no- tion that summer is worse for good be- havior than is winter, There are many reasons why the warm season should be favorable to mor: Is, among which is that people live more cut of docrs, and are near- er to nature, the great, good mother of us all. The less ‘artifi we are, and the more we live as nature provides, the less we violate the by st standards of social study worth an extend- ‘ociologists, but our theory ation. r point to consider. Dante puts the devil in ice up to the uttermost pit of hell. concession to a southern conduct. This is a ed research by will stand inv There is anothe in his “Inferno” his chin, and in This ts a distinct When the colored minister told - Sregation that bad negroes would Sees as soon as they were dead he justified his doctrine on the ground that heat would not scare a negro. So weather has color condi. tions. What is more to the point is thie: A city preacher finds his congregation de. pleted in the hot season: collections are small, and it is an arduous task to finance the parish through the summer. How will a really sincere and honest man regard this problem? We do not believe in at- tributing sordid motives to such men. There are sufficient grounds for taking other views. A man naturally thinks that what he fs unaccustomed to is necessarily “out of joint.” Twenty years aso one of the foremost of Philadelphia rectors said, at a public funeral over a baby, that he never saw a poor man leading a child along the street without thinking of the uplifting worth of that child. But why “poor man?” It would have been more appropriate to have said that rich men, diverted by a score of considerations, were humanized by young life. This rector simply felt that the people who did not come to his church, and whom he could not reach, were bad from the start. This idea is common. A Puritan woman, looking at an Italian wed- ding in this country, condemned the whole thing as an orgy, chiefly because the lan- guage was unfamiliar; and to her all unknown tongues were immoral. Now, it is true that summer girls are not winter girls in dress or in manners. This is what our New York rector cannot tol- erate. It is a change of costume that makes a change of character, in the opin- ion of many people. What we are not used to we think wrong. Now, let a roue try any salacious experiment with a girl in a bathing dress or on the dancing pavilion of @ seaside hotel, and see if he be not “called down” promptly! The fact that people in their leisure resorts are more exuberant than in their winter homes is of no earthly moral account. Henry James’ story of “Daisy Miller” is true and genuine. The summer girl only transfers her ecclesias- tical allegiance from her rich town church to the needy summer church. People take their character everywhere. And it is the American ‘rule that there are no places, climates or conditions waere honor changes. It is a glorious thing that our girls are re- ceived and cherished on their own terms everywhere. There is no country on the globe in which morals between the sexes are so discreet, chivalric and fine as in the United States. It is not low-cut gowns nor bathing suits, nor a suspension of contri- butions to the parish, which touches the question of morals. Honor of the sexes is indigenous; and our girls take glorious care of themselves and of our whole national character. There is nothing finer than our “summer girl.” ———-+e«______ They Came Back Together. From the Omaha World-Herald. Joe Teahon, traveling passenger agent of the Wabash, has returned from a trip through the state, and tells this story: “AS we were approaching Talmage the other day a lady with a poodle dog came into the smoker. A traveling man called her attention to the character of the car and told her she had better. go into one of the others. She declared that she was so- ing to remain right there, and she told him he must not light and smoke the pipe he was filling with tobacco. He opened the window and calmly lit his pipe, and was puffing away, when she again de- manded that he desist. He again told her that she could go into one of the rear cars. It went on ,for a few minutes, when she leaned over and snatched the pipe from his mouth and threw it out of the window. That traveling man was at a white heat firalty found him, and were their troubles, when the poodle ning up the track with the pipe in mouth.” ext: risks. As I’m near-sighted in one eye, they wouldn’t take me at all.” DISTRICT TOURNAMENT. In the match for the chess championship of the District between Messrs. F. M. Wright and F. B. Walker, two more games heve been played the past week, each player winning one. The ninth game was a queen's gambit declined, opened by Mr. Walker. The game was even for twenty-three moves, although Mr. Walker had the freer position. Then he sacrificed a piece, which turned the tide in his favor, and he won in thirty-four moves. The finish was very pretty. Perhaps the hardest-fought game of the match was the tenth. Both parties had the advantage at times, and both were peshed for time at different periods of the match. Mr. Wright won in sixty moves. The match now stands: Wright, "5; Wal- ker, 4; drawn, 1. The following is the score of the eighth game in the match: Opening—Queen's Gambit Declined. Black. B.W 3 r White. F.M.Wright. F. 1 Pas BY. QxPch QE 40 RxReh — itxit {42 Gxech KxQ Black prevented the white king from crossing over to protect the pawns, and when white’s three pawns had been cap- tured with the loss of two black pawns, the rook was exchanged for the kuigh! and black won with his remaining pawr Black missed an opportunity to get a pret- ty win on his thirty-fourth move by Q-R4 ch. followed by R-KS ch., Q-Q7, R-BS and The summer tournament at the Washing- ton Chess Club is proving more interesting. The leaders are changing places, and it is impossible to pick the prize winners, Une of the surprises of the week was the de- feat of Captain O'Farrell by Mr. Ray. Mr Ray has hitherio been an unknown quan- uty. Captain O'Farrell, consequently, falls back to third place. Smith continues to play in excellent style. He won from Har- ris this week, and is now im first place. Mr. Finn is second in percentage. O'Farrell also won from Tibbetts, and Thomas won from Campbell this wee Following is the standing of the players to date: Won. Lost. Mg 24 1 4 a 1 4 | Crofts. o 3 2 |Prend 70 3 S. C.Dunham leaves in a day or two for the Alaska gold fields as the represen- tative oz the bureau of labor. Mr. Dun- ham is a prominent member of the. Wash- ington Chess Club, being chairman of the executive committee. He has had charge of the Washington end of tire corresp 2n- dence games with the Northwest Club of Philadelphia. One game has been decided in favor of the local club, and in the un- finisked game a victory is also assured, us Washington has knight and five pawns against knight and two pawns. Mr. Dun- ham will be gone about a year. The July number of the American Chess Magazine has been received. It fully justi- fies the promises made for it by the pub- lisher in the initial number. The magazine states that the board of di- rectors of the Brooklyn Chess Club has adopted a resolution appointing a commit- tee to make arrangements for the next cable match with the British Chess Club. It is stated that a tournament is to be ar- ranged, to which all the strong players of the country will probably be invited to en- ter, This is for the purpose of assisting the committee in selecting the team. A resolution was also introduced inviting the co-vperation of all the leading chess clubs | - - MERTZ’S. Ice Cold Soda, 5c. 160 for Yesterday. oa the lucky heloer? Imported Bay Rum, Y, pint, 27c. 1 pint, 47c. ‘Tits i th finest of Imported Bay Ram, is Just prior to the pasaaze of in prowes one will hawes With you, a Angness to hare our gue pur Mertz’s Lanoline With Orange Blossoms, Per Jar 25c. we ean highly Knowing a trial will prove ftw m Mertz’s Pharmacy, 1 ith & F Sts, SyS1-ood in the country in the arranging of the match. In this connection the British Chess Magazine is authority for the statement that the British Chess Club was formally issolvel on June 1, and that the club is to be reconstituted in new headquarters This will probably not affect the coming cable match. The current number of the American Chess Magazine contains an account of tue exhibition of Pillsbury at the Washington Chess Club last month. The account is, slight changes, word for word as it appeared in The E at withoat credit. Of course. having the magazine copy from ti or, ‘but We submit that credit given where an article is copied bodi . York Clipper. and several other newspapers copied the same ghcount, but gave proper credit. : In the gallery of noted Americans who play chess is the well-known face of Sprakcr Thomas B. Reed. In the portrait gallery of champions of 1897 the magazine contains the portrait of B. Walker, champion of the Washington Chess Club. eels Mr. Lowrs*s Equestrian Feat, From the Kansas City Star. 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