Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1897, Page 9

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Western Wheel Works, ~—of having a break-down when least pre- red for tt by riding an unknown * auc- tion” wheel. de the *Keating’?—not a init” Be S75 is now but ‘The 186 model has been cut to $50. WEST END CYCLE CO,, 730 15th 001-168 Columbia Bicycles, $50. = STANDARD OF THE WORLD. ante have a Sew Mosel 46 a on hand, and while y lest will sell them at «ach. " These best bicyeles ever built, 1897 Colu mbias, ———<—<——— ee Which are now selling, ail medels at $75. Pope M’f’g Co., vena 817-819 4th St. The Cruixer Alert on Her Way to Ocas, Guatemala. Word has reached the Navy Department that the crulser Alert, which was sent from San Francisco to Guatemala to pro- tect American interests during the pending revolution, sailed from Acapulco, Mexico, ‘Thursday, for Ocas, the nearest seaport to Quezaltenango, the scene of greatest action at present. The Alert stopped at Acapulco only long enough to take on coal and pro- visions, and will proceed direct to Ocas without further stops. ‘The sailing of Admiral Se:fridge’s flagship, the San Francisco, Thursday from Aigiers, which reported to the Navy Depart- ment by cable in the usual routine way, yesterday, appears to have led to another report that she had sailed with sealed orders, which would indicate that’ an im- portant secret mission was to be fulfilled. AS a matter of fact the vessel sailed for Tunis, and the Navy Department was so notified. Moreover, she has had no orders from the department of any kind, but is moving entirely at the discretion of Ad- miral Selfridge. She is sailing away from Spain and Tangier, and is ‘obah S- Uned to Turkish ports. = wee Secretary Long has instructed Admiral Sicard, commanding the North Atlantic Squadron, now at Yorktown, Va., to have all of the vessels of the squadron rendez- The torpedo boat flotilla, composed of the Foote, Porter, Ericsson and Cushing, are urder orders to leave New York today “ under command of Lieut. Commander Kim- ball, beginning their long cruise of drill and evolution along the South Atlantic and gulf coast and up the Mississippi river, which will last well along into next spring. | ....and return.... | ‘| ~ Pennsylvania -Railroad ans EXGUFSIONS. 4», $2.00 hiladelphia | P Sunday, Oct. 3. | ‘Tickets geod on all trains leaving Sixth street station, 7, 8, 9 and 11 a.m., an@ returning on special leaving Philadelphia at 7 p.m. and all reg- ular trains sume day except Congres- | sional Limited. $1.00 ALTIMORE .and return. Sunday, Oct. 3, ‘Tickets good on all trains going an: returning except the Congressional Limited same se80-3t AMONG THE WHIST PLAYERS Today marks the opening of the fall sea- son of whist. Minneapolis faces the hold- ers of the A. W. L. trophy at Toledo. The Toledo players are well calculated to hold the honors won at the seventh congress, and though they have lost three successive matches to a team of four players in their own club, the last by the decisive score of twelve tricks, still the knowing ones will conelude they were only making some ex- perimental plays that will not be used against a team that has a reputation sec- ond to none in the country. The’ Mianeap- olis players have always ranked high, and it will not surprise the eastern ciubs to have Toledo go down before such stal- warts as Bronson, Briggs, Hemphill and Montgomery. Baltimore is watching this match with great interest, and, should Minneapolis win, Baltimore will not journey so far to take her turn for the cup. Should Toledo win, Baltimore will try for the trophy, and will send a team capable of playing “win- ning” whist, as there are no truer sports- men in the league. They will have che good wishes of all the eastern clubs. Velan was in conference with the presi- dent of the Atlantic auxiliary last Wednes- day relative to the earty intercity matches, which is to be hoped will give the opportu- nity for frequent plays, that was looked for after the inauguration of the Atlantic auxiliaries. The match between Brooklyn and the New Jersey auxiliaries occurs to- y- The C. Bi. C. will have a match tonight between the members of the club and their guests. There will likely be sixty or eighty men engaged in ccmpass whist. The co: mittee decided ‘to adopt the “handica system. Nine of the players are star play- ers, and will give one-half, one and a half and two tricks each night to the players in the classes below them. The committee re- serve the right to rank any player higher after the first month who they think has been underrated. Should the committee rank themselves as star players, some of the good players might exclaim, “What egotism; put a man on a committee, and he thinks he ranks A No. 1.” If they put . the committee, headed by Capt. Prince, justly decided to increase the interest of whist in the club, and have taken the proper steps, and the C. Bi. C. will regain its former prestige. Although it will miss Lindley Fogg, it still has a score of good players of whist, including some championship players. The C. A. C. also has much to encourage its whist contingent. All summer the whist room has had a quorum, and the interest is on the increase. The whist committee meets at 4 p.m. today to arrange for the regular Wednesday night contests, which will begin next week. A full schedule of; the play, whether “handicap,” “draw for partners,” or being aliowed to select whom they wish for partners, will be decided: in committee and given in full in next Satur- day's Star. Dr. Lewis, a_ strong, intelligent player from Indianapolis, has recently joined the club. His play is of the highest order. Playing the game of Work, Mitchell and Bunn, he will be a candidate for any team. He has taken up his residence here, and, though not a convert to the Columbia-Club style of play, is a strong, common-sense player. ‘The recent accessions to the whist room are crowding to the front for honors, and there will be some surprises in store for those who think they know all about it. The weak point in many of the players is their inability to read the last three or four cards. They tackle a game requiring all the ingenuity of an expert, faise card, where they deceive partner, and lose trick after trick trying to imitate better players, instead of playing the informatory game, enabling them to place the unplayed cards In other words, they try to compete with the swiftest when they are still in swad. dling clothes. Any player who has an ambition to play @ good game must study the literature of | 294 voters. His own card sense will stand good stead in many trying situa- Players, that he must understand, or he will find himself always a Schoolboy in the presence of some players. The recog- nized familiar with, and the knowledge need not warp his own judgment, if his judgment is ripened by years of experience among the best whist players. The most trying position to be placed in in the supporting card game ts to hold K. J., with ten led by partner, or holding K. 10, with jack led by partner. Here both partner and you are short in the suit. If second hand has ace, with four others, ace will bé played second hand. If second hand hold queen and four othefs, second hand will not cover. and the writer has saved many kings by under-playing the jack with ten, or play the jack on the ten, according to your holding king, jack or king, ten. Another very trying position is holding king, Jack, nine, and your partner leads eight spot, upon whizh second hand plays ten. The ace is also likely to be in second hand, and the suit will not live three rounds, and the writer has found it a trick winner to play king third in hand. These are some of the trying positions in which third hand is often placed by partner in the “short suit” game. Holding the major ten-ace, with three or more others of a suit, not trumps, it is often very difficult, when second hand plays uiue or ten, to tell whether to finesse the queen, and your holding in trumps: must determine your play of ace or queen. The Woman's Waist Club of Washington are keeping in practice, and there is mark- ed imvrovement in many of che players, who have matches two or three times a ughsis has taken great interest ‘The uembers will meet play in the whist world he must be | Wm. F. Hummer, the | Wm. M. Kennealy, 1 Baie stead of the lower cards of a sequence, second, third or fourth hand, and the all too numerous departures from the regula- tion play which one meets in any whist club in the country where he may happen ty be, will soon degenerate the noblest card game into a pure guessing contest, unless some concerted action is taken by the whist fraternity at an early date to dis- ccurage the craze for false carding, which seems to have taken such fast hold of so many of the brethren. Otis says: ‘The middle and end play of a hand is the point of play which gives evidence of whist abil- ity or the reverse, but the majority of whist writers of the present day lay more stress upon the opening leads of hands than upon the ability to read the cards from the sixth trick to the end. They neg- lect the beautiful features of the game, the whist play of the entire hand, and make the play of that card the acme of practi- cal whist knowledge, and thrust the other twelve cards one side as of little conse- quence. To them the play of the first card indicates the whist ability of the one who opens the hands, ard any play after that dwincles :nto insignificance.’ These few words refer to the advccates of all sys- tems who are continually harping upon ‘openings,’ as they each lose sight of the play of th= entire hand in the cheap scuffle fur whist notoriety. It is safe to assert that nine-tenths of these writers if placed at whist tables would not be able to locate the last three to five cards in each of the other players’ hands. Until a person is able te do this, he or she should refrain from posing as an authority upon the tech- nique of the game."’ A story is going the rounds of the clubs of how an ardent follower of Foster trieu to win a convert to the short suit game this summer at Garrett Park. The fair young whister in question is a good whist player, and won her spurs in several hard- fought battles this last summer. Having a partner who thoroughly understood her game, she had success after success. She extolled the beauties of the short su:t game, and assured Judge Long that in an evening's play she would convince him of the trick-winning value of her game. The judge is a strong player himself, and he selected a member of the Maryland Club, one of the finest common sense players in the country, and it is safe to say they put up the game of their lives. There was no short suit led that was not led to dis- aster. 1} Judge Long said: “I-never play for wagers, but I would not have had that young lady beat us that evening for any sum of money.” Soe GEORGE NOMINATED AGAIN. Democratic Alliance Names Him for Mayor of Greater New York. The Democratic Alliance of Greater New York last night unanimously nominated Henry George for mayor. = ‘The nominating speech was made by Charles Francis Adams. ‘The nomination was greeted with enthu- siastic applause. The platform in part follows: The Democratic Alliance is a body of democrats loyal to the policy of the great democratic party of the figtion. Our aim and object was to find a Wasis for united ection of all democrats in the pending mu- nicipal contest. We deemed it essential that the democratic party of Greater New York: should reaffirm the Chicago platform, Pledge itself to the policy of municipal ownership and operation of franchises, and to the principle of direct employment in- stead of the contract system. The action of the city convention of Sep- tember 30 is clear to all men. Tammany and her allies hide away the uational ban- ner of democracy and are ashamed to march under its folds. Tammany and her alles separate themselves in principle and policy from the democratic party, and must be looked upon solely as a lozal hody of unprincipled spoils hunters, unfit to sit in the counsels of the party whose doctrines they ignored and whose" honor they betray. It now becomes our solemn duty to lift up the flag of true democracy, and to ap- peal from faithless and treacherous leaders to the rank and file of honest democrats ————see—__ Transfers of Real Estate. First street northwest between O and P treets—Mary V. Brown et al. to Thos. C. Brown, part original lot 11, sq. 616; $10. Garfield Heights—J. Russel Barbee to lot 6, bik. 10, lot 10, bik. 7, lot 2, bik. 15, lot 16, blk. 5, and lot 13, bik. 2; $10. First street northwest between O and P streets—Thos. C. Brown to Sarah E. and Mary V. Brown, part original lot 11, sa. 616; $10. First street northwest between O and P streets—Sarah E. and Mary V. Brown to part of original lot 11, . G1G; $5. : Seventh street northwest between B and Pennsylvania avenue—Frank T. Brown receiver, to Bridget W. Duffy, lot 7, 461; $9,800. : Myrtle street between North Capitol and Ist streets nertheast—Sarah H. Church et vir. Melville to Balthasr Gerlach, lot 214, sq. 675; $1,600. L street northwest between North Capitol and Ist streets—Lewis Collins et ux. to Royal A. Hughes. lot 75, sq. 620; $10. New Jersey avenue northwest between M and Morgan streets—Chas. C. Cuppett oS - to Wm. D. Crossman, let 73, sq. 535; Twenty-sixth and I streets northwest— Chas. land, part lot 1, sq. 5; $750. Third street northwest between E and F streets—Henry M. Green to Theo. W. Tyrer; gion = lot 13, sq. 581; $12,500, md A. Heis- Sq. 210; $10. Mary Loch to Sasuct ut > Part lots 17, 19, 21, sq. 781; street kell to Ada M.. Hild, lot A, usetts avenue ni 3d and 4th & Columbia Heights—Thos. W. Smith et Stephen —y trust to R. Wi trustees, iiliams, lot 38, ‘ Guilty of Careless and. Indifferent is ah entirely changed . W. Darr, trustee, to Thos. M. Bo-. |MJAMES,, TO BLAME Pitching. {SENATORS SEPULD HAVE WON EASILY . + uN Severe -Disappointment to the Local Patrons, 230 3 Ng CURRENT” NOTES:-OF SPORT Today's Schedule and Weather. Washington at Baltimore—cloudy. Boston at: Brooklyn—rain. Philadelphia at New York—rain. Cleveland at Pittsburg—clear. Cincinnati at Zouisville—clear. Chicago at St. uis—clear. _ Sunday Games. Cineiniiati at Louisville. Chicago At St. Louis. Record of the Clubs, W. I. v.c.)_ Cw W. L. Pc. - 98° 38 710) Brookiyn.... C071 08 20, 39, :698/Pistsbhrg... 59 71 SP 47088, Coteag 57 71 -56)' Philadelphia. 54 77 527) Loulsvile... 5277 1458 St. Lou! 1225 . PC. 7.489 Chieag Pittaburg. Special From a Staff Correspondent. BALTIMORE, Md., October 1, 1897. The less said. about the game in Balti- more today between the Senators and Orioles the better. ‘290 the heads of the Washington club con- cluded it would be best to pitch McJames again today and try hard for the victory that would cinch the position. But Me- James proved a dead one of the rankest sort, throwing’ down the players as well as the managers, and thé game went to the Baltimores by the score of 7 to 4. What made the defeat all the more se- Vere on the fifty or,more rcoters that fol- lowed the club over from Washington was the fact that the birds were weakened by three of their ‘best players, and those that did play did about everything possible, out- side of deliberately throwing the game to help the Senators alorg. With runners on the bases not a coacher could be seen Inthe boxes ailoted to them and in a dozen different ways the birds displayed their sympathy for the visitors. But McJames officiated in the box for the Senators like a man wko had been taking a Rip Van Winkle sleep and couldn't get his eyes open. He started off by pitch- ing a slow curve over the plate, and by the greatest good luck the ball refused to go safe. Then he woke up in the fifth in- ning and conclded to use speed, with the result that he ’sént,man after man to first on balls, and then,.after an error had been made back @ hii, forced an addit‘onal run over the plate with another free pass to first. ad About the tiime’Captain Brown would con- clude to pull“him ‘out of the box Jimmy would take otf, a Spurt and strike out the opposing batsmen in great shape, thereby fooling his captain as well as the birds. On top of hig\bad (work with the ball was that heart-bttakiny, careless air’ of 'Jim- my’s, which he garried throughout the game, ‘that dij more to break up the men with him than a dozen errors or as many bases on ball, - — ‘This carelesshess*is what angered every- body with sympathies for Washington. ~'To think that they were rooting and hoping with-all their hearts, and then to find ane _of the players, who should have been still more interested, take about ug. much ‘in- Kterest in the game as a South Sea Islander does in the Cuban, war., SE Ee. Mr. McJames was promised a trip home immediately after the game if he placed the Senators securely in sixth place by winning yesterday, but from Mr. Wagner's talk last night in the Carroliton Wotel,Jim- my wiil be lucky if he leaves for the south before the 15th and escapes a stiff fine. The “Wizard,” Mr. Hoffer, was on the rubber fcr the Orioles, ‘and ‘while he was hit-hard and g1ven heartless support, he was effective with men cn bases, and four double plays helped him out considerably. Jennings, Keeler, Robinson and Doyle were out of the game, the former going heme to get married: the second to Brook- lyn to rest up for the Temple cup series, and the latter was on the bench, dressed like a fashion plate and ready to leave on the 5 o'clock train for Boston to look out for the Baltimore players’ interest in the forthcoming Temple cup’ seri Clarke was on first, Quinn at shert and O'Brien in right, “thé trio playing almost.as weli as the stars they supplanted. The Orioles secured their first run in the first and aptly illustrates McJames careless werk in the box. Stenzel reached first by forcing Kelley at seccnd, stole second handily and third with the greatest of ezse, as he got such a lead from Jimmy that Farrell knew it would be useless to throw the ball. Quinn’s safe drive to cen- ter brought him home. In the fifth the birds cinched the game. Bowerman drew a base on balls and easily stole second on account of McJames’ long, swinging, slow delivery. McGraw beat out an infield hit, Bowerman going to third. McGraw started for second, and on Far- rell’s bad throw Bowerman scored and Mc- Graw went to third. Kelley then walked to first and Stenzel singled; McGraw coming home. Kelley went to third on Stenzel’s hit, and came home on O'Brien's single. Quinn and Reitz were then passed to first, forcing Kelley home. Washington made their first two runs in the seventh. Leahy singled to center and went to third on, Wrigley’s single to right, scoring on McJames’ fiy out to Kelley. Sel- With everything to| Reitz, 2p gain, in the shape of winning s:xth place, | Rov bach beat out an infield hit, and Gettman’s fly was muffed by Stenzel. Wrigley came home on De Mont’s single to the infield. In the eighth the Senators tore off two more Tuns, after two men were out. Selbach beat out a hit.to Quinn and De Mont drew a base on balis,. Farrell's single sent Sel- | bach home, and De Mont. followed him on ‘Tucker's safe drive to left center. _ Notes of the Game. The spectators, with the exception of @ half dozen Washington rooters back of the Senators’ bench, were almost lifeless, re- fraining from cheering gbod plays, and the work of McJames made it worse. happiest boy in town, but he lost no time packing up his goods and getting down to the depot. Manager Wagner was so pleased with his work that he told him he could go home, and Mercer caught the 8:30 train out of Baltintbre. > Wrigley played a great game at short yesterday; his st. ply wondertir, order. ay As he saw ed to slide Ned Hanlon of the Baitimores man since the Bos- series." Ned has been sai over the sailing country on the clouds for the last three seasons and the Boston victory on Monday brought him back to earth with a dull thud. “He now talks to people tke the Ned Hanlon of old. In the series at Baltimore Tommy Leahy has been playing up close, under instruc- tions from in Brown, and in this way killed off all the desire on the part of the Baltimores to bunt. Chances were taken on line drives, one or possibly two getting away from Tommy, which he might hi knocked down had he been further back, but a@ great deal more was gained by com- pelling the Orioles to cross bunting off their books for the Washington series. It seemed to be the general impression among the Baltimore and Washington play- ers and managers that Bill Joyce's stay in New York is nearing an end. There is no satisfying New York. They kicked on Ewing, even after he had won them the champicnstip, and now they are after Joyce, notwithstanding that Bill has landed a second division in third place. Schmelz is the man “touted” for Joyce's place, and “‘ is from the bench” will rule the rcost at the. Polo grounds next seascn. Manager Barl Wagner was not feeling the best tcnight over the defeat today, as he thought McJames should have pulled off a victory with a little more headwork and nerve. All Earl asks for next season is good health. He says he is not in the predicting class, but can’t help saying that 451 | Washington next season will be fightin, -445 | for something better than sixth place. Gut- 42 | Side of McGuire and Farrell there will not be a man on the Senators’ pay-roll next season who will not be fast on his feet. President Young took in Thursday's game, and of course was pleased over the result. ‘477\| Umpire Hurst met Mr. Young at the Cam- "43 | den depot for final instructions, and the -443 | chances are Tim and Emslie will officiate during the Temple cup series. H. H. F. BALTIMORE. R.H.O.A) AE. McGraw, Sb 110 00 Kelley, if... 1 1 2 00 Stenzel, cf. 3 2 2 41 "Hrien, rf. 1 1 3 20 Quinn, ts... 0 2 4 o1 022 0° Clark 2009 20 7105 5 Oo Hatter 7020 BO 0° ‘Tetals.... 7112710 1) Totals... 16 2 *McGuire batted for McJames in ninth inning. Baltimore, -190900400027 Wes <inzton. -0000002024 Earned rens—Baitimore, 2; Washington, 3. Two- base hits—Hoffer, Home ran—Stenzel. Stolen bases—Stenzel Quinn, Bow- MeGraw. 1k Quinn. and and k 2, Reitz aud Clarke. 4; off McJames, 5. Hit by Struck out—By Hoffer, Left on bases—Bultimore, 10: yas First base on errors—Baitimore, 2; Washington, 1. ‘Time—1.55. Umpire—Hurst. Pittsburg Coming Up. The two games played at Pittsburg yes- terday between the home club and Cleve- lands, went to the Pirates by the resvect- ive scores of 11 to 10 and 7 to 3, thereby placing the Pittsburgs up in the bunch with the Washington and Brooklyns in a try for sixth position. Hoffmeister won the first game with a timely triple with three men on bases, while the second was pulied off on account of timely hitting by the entire club. The second game was called on accout of darkness at the end of the seventh inning. 1031303 FIRST GAME. PITTSECRG. ND. 1.H.O.AE. H.O.AE. > 3106 2 a2a2 e 2220 ° 110 00 0 ooo? 1 2100 5 1100 4 1/Origer, c. 2800 9 Qi Malisery. 320 3 0 31 15 7 Totals....10 29°24 6 3 ‘inning run was made ° ° ittsburg, 5. bas> hits—Dono- ee-bass hits—Hoffmeister, Ely, Sacrifice hit—Padden. ‘Stolen duet. First base cn balls—OM McAlister, 4. Struck out—By Hawley, 3; ter, 6. Left on bases—Pittaburg, 6: Cleveland, 12. _ First base on errors—Pittsburg, 1; Cleveland, 4. Time— 2.00. Umplre—0'Da: SECUND GAME: PITTSBURG. ! CLEVELAND, -H.0.AE. R.WO.AE, 11006 Smee Stamnes’ Bl osranenneb Hastings, Fi Umpire—0'Da; Lost on Ritchey’s Error. Cincinnati played at Louisville yesterday and the Colonels walked away with a hard earned victory by the score of 5 to 3. Only five hits were made off of Breitenstein, three by Nance and two by Clarke, while Cunningham was hit hard. An error by Ritchey in the third inning lost the game. LOUISVILLE, | CINCINNATI. Ht ).A.E. R.H.O.A.E. Clarke, I 240 2300 Stafford, 016 13300 G, Smith, 0520 00120 Wagner, cf. 0 0 3 0 1900 Werden, 1b. 0 0 9 1 11290 Dexter oo31 o311 $ 3110 1300 002 2.008110 0 1 7 OBreit’steiny 0 3.01 0 B27 1 ville, 2: Cincianati, 1. YAncinnati, 1. Left cn ‘hases—Cin- cionati, 6- First base on balis—om Ireitenstein, 1. Strnck ‘out—By Conningham, s Home run—Nance. Two-base hit. hit--Cunuinztam. Stolen ases— les. Double play—Ritchey and Beckley. ‘ balls—Beckley, Cunningham. Passed iter, 2. ‘Pime—1.36. Umpire—McDoaald, STRENGTHE! ST. LOUIS. der Ahe Secures Three Columbus Players. ST. LOUIS; Mo., October 2.—President, ‘Von der Ahe of the St. Louls Browns an- nounces that he has purchased the release ef three Columbus, Ohio, players for next ond-baseman; Genins is a clever outfielder, end Daniels is a good pitcher. In addition to those, he has secured a pitcher named Kostal# who was with Louisville last year and the Central League this year. “Careless 21 Indifferent.” By winaing yesterday's game the Wash- journey will probably be played at Frost- ‘burg. .Md., October 14. For the first time the definite make-up of the teams and the Positions ef the men have been decided. These details will be as follows: Ali-Americans—Aderson, 1b.; Tebeau or Nash, 2b; Collins, 3b.: Dahlen, ss. sae, , f.; Burkett, 1. f.; Fey owell and Rhines, pitchers. Bantimete seam tanks: c.; Corbett, Pond and Horton, pitchers; Griffin, ¢.°f.; Kelley. 1. f.; Keeler, r. f.; O'Brien, 3b.; Doyle, 1b.: Reitz, 2b.; Jennings, 2s. + BASE BALL NoTEs. After the final game of the season in Baltimore today the Senators will scatter to their homes from the oyster city, Sel- bach and Brown being about the only play- ers that will return to Washington, not counting De Mont, whose home is in this city. Selbach returns -to gather up his belongings, and he, too, will leave for the ‘west Monday. _ The Steinert cup series between the To- ronto and Syracuse clubs has turned out @ fizzle, the Canucks have won three and ‘the Stars one game, with one tie. The Syracuse won't play any more games in Toronto and the same can be said of the Toronto players as regards playing in Syracuse. As a consequence the clubs will probably disband today, and the scatter to their homes on tonight's trains. Mercer showed headwork when he shift- ed from slow to fast balls. The Orioie gang was looking for the slow ball all through the game.—Baltimore Herald. The local rooters were afrati of that slow ball. The Baltimores have always killed it. TRAINER FOLEY ARRIVES. Interest in Athletics Aroused Georgetown University. The arrival of Trainer William Foley at Georgetown University Thursday night has aroused and penewed all the latent interest and energy in athletics at the institution, and henceforth sport may be expected to boom in ‘all its. phases. The first event of interest will be an ama- teur bicycle meet, to be held on the college track Saturday, October 16, in which all the local amateurs will be entered, besides a large number of outsiders. With Fred Schade (aw), “Zimmy” Moran (law), Dan- nemiller, a special student; Halstead (law), and Alexander, all fast riders, Georgetown will more than hold her own. Following this meet, three weeks later, Saturday, November 6, an invitation track and. field meet will be held on.the college field, in which it is expected that the le: ing universities will enter teams. The Uni- versity Athletic Association is confident of the participation of teams from Colum- bian and Pennsylvania, and looks forward to the entrance of at least one representa- tive from” Princeton, Yale and Harvard. The events will be the 100-yard run, yard run, the quarter-mile run, the half- mile run, mile run, pole vault, high jump. running broad jump, the 220-yard hurdles and mile and half-mile bicycle races. Gold medals are to be awarded to all first place winners and silver ones to second place men. The athietes already at the univer- sity form the nucleus of a strong team, and assure their alma mater of a good showing in the matter of points. The prominent men who have returned thus far, and who will enter the contests, are: Julius Walsh, ‘98, the fast short distance sprinter; Frank McAnerney, "98, and Wm. Maloney, two excellent hurdlers, the latter xlso being a good man in the dashes; Geo. Lyons, 1901, a fast quarter and half-miler; 8. Logan Owens, 1901, a promising man at the short distances and the hurdles: M. Waieh, 1901, a strong broad jumper; Chas. Claiborne, "9%, an excellent man at pole vaulting and high jumping, and L. Nagle, @ good mile runner. Besides these men, the students count on the early return of Bernard J. Wefers, the Peerless sprinter, who has been doing such Wonderful work all the summer, and the Probable attendance of John Fianaga®, the champion hgmmer. thrower, who has also done exceptional work during the season just closed, and Long, the champion quar- ter-miler. - ee - With the attendance this year of Wefers and Long. in addition to Lyons and J. Walsh, Georgetown will undoubtedly have the champicn relay team of the country. With this expected array of talent, Georg town may be looked forward to for many surprises during the season of "9i-'98. Star Polater’s New Record. In one of the most sensational races ever seen on the Illinois state fair grounds, and in the presence of over 60,000 people, Star Pointer yesterday afternoon at Spring- field, defeated Joe Patchen, h's formidable rival, and in addition lowered the world’s ig record for a race, making the mile 1-2. The fastest mile heretofore made in a race was in 2:1, which was made at Indianapolis on September 18 by Star Pointer, when he defeated Joe Pat- chen. The time by quarters—First, ¢ end, 1300; third, 1:30 1-4; mile, 2: 29 3-4; sec- 12. Schade Wios Four More. Fred Schade of Georgetown University is still keeping up his winning gait in en- deavoring to equal Zimmerman’s great record. By winning all the open and handi- cap races at Roanoke yesterday he swelled his record up to sixty-one first prizes. His wins were as follows: One mile handicap; time, 2:22. One half-mile open; time, 1:08 1-5. Three mile handicap; time, 7.14, state record. One mile open; time, 2:19. The Janey-Beckwith Contest. The Eureka Athletic Club of Baltimore, whose club house was burned to the ground Thursday’ morning, has secured a tem- porary club house for the twenty-round battle between Jim Janey of Washington and Lon Beckwith of Cleveland. The quar- ters secured are at Hesse’s Park, and the club house formerly used by the Empire Athletic Club will be brought into service. ‘The management of the Eureka Athletic Club will, in the meanwhile, take steps \coking toward rebuilding the structure. —mean 2 luxurions growth of hair, Cooper's Ha'r Success stimulates th: giands to healthy action, prevents the loss of hatr, curcs dandruff and is a great hair tonto, Bee. bettie, MERTZ’S~ ;Pharmacy, 11th and F Sts REPORT OF ACCOUNTANT Condition of the Affairs of National Life- Maturity Insurance Company. Litigation Over the Disposal of the Fands—The Investment De- posit Certificates. In the case of the National Life-Maturity Insurance Company, for which a receiver was appointed several months ago on the petition of Mr. Frank Hume, one of its @irectors, who charged that it was in an insolvent condition, the expert accountant appointed by the court to examine the books of the company and report as to the financial condition of the concern has sub- mitted his report to the court, and it will afford interesting reading to the hundreds of stockholders and certificate holders. Mr. Hume, in petitioning for the appoint- ment of a receiver for the compan and since 8190 an investment deposit cer- tificate business, the affairs of the com- pany being managed by a board of direct- ors, its capital being $20.00. Mr. Hume charged that reason of adverse lesisla- tion, hard times, ete., the directors and officers could not make a stat would show a favorable | tion, such as to enable it | business; that there were $ pending unpaid death losses against the company; that the company was indebted to persons holding investment deposit certificates for more than $230,000; that the company had $106,000 in assets, and that the board of directors had earnestly endeavored to pro- tect the interests of policy and certificate holders. The company admitted the allegations of Mr. Hume's bill of complaint and Judge Cox appointed Mr. Job Barnard as the re- ceiver of the company. Naturally, the ad- mitted insolvency of the company was a matter of great surprise to the great ma- jority of the certificate and stock holders, and on behalf of E. L. Reinhold and others Marietta, Pa. Attorneys Birney and | Woodard filed a petition, praying that the books of the company be carefully exam- ined by an expert accountant, and that the entire fund in the hands of the receiver should be applied to the payment of per- | sons holding investment deposit certificates, as that branch of the business had proved to be profitable, and also because by the terms of the investment certificates it was provided that such fund should be used for the benefit of certificate holders only. ‘These petitioners charged that the com- pany in a statement published June %, 1895, claimed to have assets belonging to the certificate investment depositors alone of over $530,000, the greater part of which was represented to be loaned on real es- tate security; he also charsed ihat withia six months prior to the time of the filing of his suit the company’s agents and oM- cers represented to him that the ecmpany was perfectly sound financially. The accountant appoiuted by the -ourt, Mr. James Bayne, in his report, a very voluminous document, states that “from September 1, 1888, the date of the first sub- scriptions to the ‘loan fund,’ until March 1897, inclusive, there was received, und | that portion. of section 3 of the certific | which reads, “The loan fund shall be up of the-balance of the net monthly pay- ments after the first quarter, over and above 5 cents per share monthly, etc.,” the aggregate sum of $7:),285.09." He claims that the certificate inv: branch of the business earned as pro! more than $108,000; from money by certificate ‘holders over $1 loaned to the life insurance by ch of the business, and was used in paying death ] losses. Contrasting the company’s condition, as shown by its published statement’ of June 30, 1s9 , With the acta; condition, as if shown by the company’s books on that date, the accountant says the hooks show that the company had only £179,000 | mortgage assets, whereas its pri ment, as above, asserted it had $i He claims, too, that the books of ghe *om- | pany show the company, in making loa took notes in twice the amount loaned, and then treated them as double assets, the account.nt. saying: “As the reasonig whereby hotes representing twice amount loaned upon them, can be richuy claimed as an asset for their full amount is very far from clear to my mind, I shall content myself with merely stating the facts.” The accour-tant’s report, it is expected, will assist the court in determining w/heth- | er the fund on hand shall be paid to the holders of investment deposit certificates, as contended for by the attorneys for the certificate holders, or whether it shall be epplied in liquidation of death losses. ESTES ET ELECTRO-THERAPEUTISTS, The National Society Elects Officers and Adjourns. The National Society of Electro-Thera- peutists, which was in session at the Eb- bitt Heuse, elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Dr. F. M. Frazier of New York; vice presidents, Dr. Clara V. Gary of Boston and Dr. A. W. Bailey of Atlantic City, N. J.; secretary, Dr. S. Willard Reading of Philadelphia; treasurer, Dr. J. B. Garrison of New York. j Additonal members of executive commit- tee—Drs. F. A. Gardiner of Washington, D. C., and W. HK. King of New York. wasted in matching figures. eseoseectes cenoces: 6 We Are Ready To e send Your Carpet Out! Ready to make it—lay it—and line it FREE! There won't be any charge for the two or three yards that are offer ever made in Washington—and it is Cash or Credit! This is the greatest Carpet OlOOLOO99 50009000 Solid Oak Bed Room Suites, $13 up. : Double Strand Woven Wire Springs, $1.75,