Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1898, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1898-24 PAGES. WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. Annual February Clearing Sale. Parlor Suite Prices “Split in Twain.” Here are three Handsome Odd Parlor Suites grhich cannot be matched in arly factory in America—and as it is the policy of Willams never to show any but full, complete Lines of furniture—the order fs given to clove them out at once by splitting the prices square tn half: One Juxurions _Overstuffed Brocatctle, Parlor Suite, hesy- ily fringed, 3 elegaut. sbapel pieces. Former’ price, $00. To close, only as One Handsome 3-plece Soli Mahoguny Parlor Suite, beau- tifelly intaid. Former price, $0. To close... ‘One 3-piece Solid Mahogany to above. Reduced from $60 to Auminster and Gobelin Carpets at yard, avd Best 9c. Tapestrs Brussels at Gie. yard. All Portieres, Lace Curtains and other Draperies at 25 to 40 per cent discount. Wash. B. 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Jones, Granville 9 . i 8 Schmidt, 516 9th, : 111 11th at., next to, Palais Royal. gg ge ee rs ° ° 2 S| Private roome foe hairdressing, ana | Congr Wertare used ihe ot bean? 30s Pesteees sors. eeeeat S| ea ONESTQLE® T e'yur wi te mt cata” BASE BALL. WEATHER The Past Weeks Sunshine Brought Ont the Average Enthusiast. — CHANCES FOR: THE NET SEASON fi. \ Reasons Why the Senators Should GOSSIP OF HE GAME The extraordinary spring-like weather of the past week set the Washington base ball enthusiasts thinking of their favorite pastime, and as a result of these thoughts considerable gossip about the local club was indulged in at the many places where People congregate to enjoy their after-din- ner cigar. The Star base ball man ran against a group of this sort recently in a prominent gathering place for “fans,” and became an interested ItStener to the argu- ments and suggestions advanced about the Senators for next season. One bright young man said: “I am figuring on the Senators finishing feurth or better next season, basing my prediction on what the club did last year. The trade of McJames for Amole did not hurt the club a little bit, and why Mr. Wagner or Captain Brown should worry about an additional pitcher is a mystery to me. Of course, a first-class pitcher is al- Ways welcome, but just an ordinary one will not be needed by the Senators next year. The club did fairly well in the box last year, and is certainly not weaker in that position. To my mind, I believe the club has two or more crackerjack twirlers to help out Mercer. Cy Swaim made mon- keys out of the hard-hitting Baltimores-at the close of last season, and if he can be made to quicken his movements his tm- provement will be wonderful. Amole. will win as many games as McJames, although the base hits made off of his delivery may be larger. Dineen and Bresnehan are far above the average as to cleverness, and both these hard-working, quick fielders may prove first-class men. The other men on the reserve list of the pitching corps may or may not prove available for fast company. “Now, if these pitchers did fairly good work last year with the <erribly slow field- ing team behind them, I figure it that their records the coming season cannot help but show an improvement. The new Senators are base runners, something the club lack- ed last season, and through this specialty at least a dozen games should come our Way. I don't care who Captain Brown places on third, they will all be good with the bunt stricken out, and I claim that the Baltimore Birds are the only players thai create confusion with this sort of play. But Captain Tom will take care of thal club this season. With the bunt stricken out the Senators can play the oyster shuckers to a standstill, and Captain Tom hi developed a rew play that will check that club very effectually. This is simply bring- ing the third baseman up close during the entire game with the Birds and making them hit it out. Several swift ones may be lest at third in this way, but their loss is more than compepsated for by compelling the Birds to play straight ball. With the bunt out of the way, Tommy Leahy can play the third bag as’ ood as the average ™man_ outside of Collin$ and Wallace. “The club is certaijy stronger at first base, as Doyle is; equai! Ss gcod a batter as Tucker and in other parts of the gam the two players are not in the same cla At second the club alyo looks stronger, al- though I don’t want to hammer little De Mont, who is a great player. But Reitz and Doyle have -played together and will work like a clock well oiled. The out- field has not beer weakened, the catchers are the same great pair and as extra men the Washington club has the cream of the Eastern Less Under these cireum- stances I cannot ~ how the club can help finishing higher up. The Cincinnati club is the only:teamv above the Senators that has been strengthened during the winter, and for this reason the enemies’ known scrength will heip us. What I am heping for is a little luck at the start off. Luck cuts a great’ figure in the game, and if it comes our tent of two or three victorie: 21 jonal to the around April 21, and 23, the Senators will never be headed urtil the middle of July. Thes starts have been made and maintained for a montn by Washington clubs in the past, and then came the terribie slump. This slump will probably r the coming season, but inste: g a big hole in the ground itewill indentation.” Talk of simile can be heard all over Washington ay the enthusiastic over the new tcrial outfit, but mildly expresses it. splendid weather recently on tzp has caused the talking, and it will also bring several of the Senators to Washington eari expected shculd it continue. W Prophet DeVoe predicts a blizzard for February 28, and says that will wind up the winter, and the Washington base ball fcllowers are hoping his prediction may come true, as the club cannot get together too early to please them. The The propesition of the official scorers to take the law into their own hands, practi- cally, and give the results of players’ work as it should be, is one of those thinj which should have been done long ago. There are some features of the rules on scoring which have been eyesores to every Lody, players as well as scorers, becaus the tabulated results gave no clear idea to all the work done, or rather, just what done, that a man’s skill might be measured by the figures. No statistics, however, vill ever give a true verdict on any player's ability, though some of the changes proposed by the official scorers next year will remove much of the in equality of the present system. For i stance, the pitcher who holds down oppos- 4 ing teams to a few hits, fewer enough to make the game certain for his club, and then by fatal wildness through bases on balls allows the game to go to the other fellows, will not hereafter stand so high in the list. His wildness will be made to figure as i his work as it should, as it formerly went toward fixing him as a star twirler by the earned run route. Then the hit and run players wiil not be given a stolen base every time the ball is hit safely, and that will make a difference in the standing of thost who al- vays get assistance in base running from the man at the bat, and those who take the risk cleanly, unaided. It will make a difference in the compariscns made of the throwing of certain catchers. And finally this style will have its true effect upon the winning of games shown as it should be. The position of Manager Hanlon on the earned run paresis, of the league's scoring rules is the one which should be adopted by everyone who would like to have a change. Of course there is nothing com- pulsory about individual scoring, because individual scoring awilj;always differ in de- tail anyway, but,.if the scorer wants to stick to the estal rules he must take account of that whichyshould be, in equity, omitted. “When ;,Manager Hanlon and others say thatthe “pitchers should be charged with anxeaymed run when one results from a wijd- pitchya base on balls or a batter hit by the baj!, he takes the right grounds. If the ,poor,work of the pitcher is not to be takeg.intg account in scoring, then, similarly, their gpod work should not be given the impgrtange it is In the scores. In tabulating it be of a man’s work the good should € against the bad all the time. If a pltchef is so careful of his earned run record as to deliberately give 2 base on balls or hit! the batter with the ball he should be’fmade to shoulder the re- sponsibility. The;:rule among pitchers is generally not to give,a base on balls un- jess the next batter ig’one whose weakness the pitcher believes Ne has mastered, and his diplomacy 1s therefore in the interest of the game for his team. But as some one has asked, why pay so much attention to earned runs, when all that everybody is after Is to win the game? If the game ts won, what difference how many earned runs there were? There is only one right way to measure a pitcher's ability, and that is by his work as a whole, hits, bases balls, wild pitches, and this includes, course, those wild pitches which hit the Lach and is equal in effect to a clean tyle schedule, with its short ‘The new f' & good pitcher can be secured to help out Taylor and Carsey. Louisville has a better appearance than for along time. The late deal with Cincinnati, although helping the latter club greatly, benefited the Colonels. Pittsburg is a club that will keep all the prophets guessing. It may prove a great nm, and then again one of the rankest of outsid- ers. Brooklyn shows but little improve- ment on paper, although the club may take @ decided brace and win many more than last year. The one club which has Probably been strengthened most is Cin- cinnati. With that in and outfield and with the addition of Hawley and Hill to the pitching staff, the Reds should be in the race from the very first game and stay in it until the finish. Neither Boston, Bal- timore nor New York have been improved, while the Reds are almost like another team by the changes in the pitching de- partment. In Breitenstein, Hawley, Hill and Dwyer the Cincinnatis have four men equal to the best. J. Bentley Seymour, the New York twirler, although a young man in the busi- ness, has branched out as a teacher of the art of pitching, and has the foliowing to say to his fellow southpaw twirlers and aspirants for high honors from the center of the diamond: Lefthand twirlers have much to contend with, and but few achieve success. Lack of control is the most prevalent fault of the southpaws. To remedy this requires Jong months of careful, painstaking prac- tice, and the majority of young pitchers be- come discouraged and quit if they experi- ence reverses at the outset of their careet. Even when lefthanders attain fair con- trol, they are apt to have erratic spells dur- ing the early years of their experience. In the National League there are several crack southpaws, who give way to their weakness at times and hurl the ball all over the diamond. Despite this they are invaluable because of their speed. I believe in speed above everything. Hurl the ball at the plate with all your speed. Drive the batter back, and keep him guessing. This can be done by send- ing in a rising Inshoot. On the next ball the batsman will naturally edge away from the plate. This is your chance to deceive him by a fast out. Again he acquires confidence; but a sizzling twister within a few inches of his Tibs causes his teeth to chatter. Mix your curves up well, for any set order of balls would make you an easy prey to an ob- servant hitter. It is always advisable, however, to begin hostilities with the fast- est ball you can throw. Lack of headwork is the ruin of many a promising pitcher. It is necessary to make a constant study of your batters. Every batsman is weak in some particular, and when you ferret out this weakness you have him at your mercy. One man dreads a ball just shoulder high, which, to another, would prove a home-run oppor- tunity. A low twister, a few inches below the waist, drives many batsmen to despair and this should be employed frequently. Rucie, Nichols and other National League stars owe their success largely to their intim tte acquaintance with the strong and weak points of opposing batters. The sorest affliction of a young twirler is his tendency to get rattled. In the heat of a close struggle, when everything de; $ on the ball he is about to pitch, the often collapse and a wild pitch is the ‘The sovereign remedy for rattles is to wake plenty of time at critical moments. slight delay disconcerts the batter and regain your nerve at the sight of the man fidgeting around the plate. If you feel yourself givin; to your captain to come o: talk to you for a moment er s>, and th relaxation from the tension of the box will relieve you greatly. Whatever may happen, don't be zempted into a hasty delivery. Your arm canaot long stand the strain, and a tired arm means defeat. Don’t expend all your strength in the first few innings. Remember the game lasts nine innings, and a string of cight goos eggs will not compensate for < victory lost in the last inning. As the opening of the actual ptaying sea- son grows nearer there is less demand for the blac! ing,the rowdyism and obscenity for which the cry was almost unanimous last fall. Indeed, some of the very writers who were turning out half columns of mat- ter last summer and fall against rowdyism are now be ning to hedge as fast as the short time will permit. One goes so far as to say that the proposition to put the rowdy and. his obscenity and profanity out of the game will be a dead letter unless consider- abiy modified. This writer says it will be a good rule if modified, but a dead letter is not. “If it means that every player who loses his temper and swears is to be fined and suspended it will be a dead letter.” That is to say, the league will suffer if the profane and obscene players are removed by proper discipline. There is some ambi- guity in the sentence which may explain this writer's meaning when unfolded an- ether way. Perhaps when he says “every player,” he means that it should be the players of the otner eleven clubs, upholding his own club as a model, but should not reach out after “every player” to include the profane and obscene of one particular team. “Every player” should mean every player in the league. There should be no discrimination from whatever influence. Manager Hanlon is opposed to indefinite Suspension by umpires because “they are not responsible enough.” That is what he says, but there is another reason which everybody understands just as well as Mr. Hanlon. He favors suspension in aggra- vated cases. When a player makes a big row and fuss over a decision Involving only a question of judgment, it is an aggravated case. When the player swears at the um- pire and calls him names which have their origin in the slums, the case is aggravated just in proportion to the length of time wasted and the color of the remarks. The senseless Kicker, the profane and obscene player,should and will be squelched, wheth- er he belongs to Hanlon’s howling dervish- es or Freedman’s band of angels. President Brush has been working hard on his reso- lution and the magnates with contrary views, if they defeat his purpose, will at least recall the fact that they have been in a rumpus. A Gossip. Capt. Brown closed a contract yesterday with a local firm for the manufacture of the Senators’ uniforms for the coming season. Brown believes in. patronizing home indus. try, but in addition he will be in a position to “nail” the manufacturers in case there is anything defective in the clothes. Earl Wagner wrote Capt. Brown, approving of the proceeding and negotiations were closed at onc “Dick” McHale has been heard from. He is in San Francisco and writes that he will do his best to find a permanent position on the Washington team, and is keeping in first-class condition by participating in a game of base ball about twice a week. Mc- Hale also adds that he sees “Pepper” Reitz frequently end that the second baseman is almost down to playing weight and is in perfect health. Just when everything looked the bright- est for the Cincinnati management, a dark cloud looms up in the shape of a kick from several of the players over salaries. The team should start for the south March 2 but only five players have-signed contracts, and Capt. Ewing says no one will go with the club who has not signed a contract. From the present outlook Buck’s band of warricrs will have to play basket ball in- stead of base ball if they go south. The humorous side of the Von der Ahe kidnaping was the carriage ride with the detective that the St. Louis enagnate took in his native city. Chris was struggling and yelling like a Commanche almost con- tinuously, but when his friends saw him pass by in the hack they waved their hands toward and mentally ejaculated that the old man was having another good time. “I shouldn't be surprised to see Cleveland and New York fighting it out this year. Both teams have a superb lot of pitchers, Boston has but one really great one. We have four. So has Joyce’s team. The Orioles haven't helped themselves by the trade with Washington. | kind of luck we ought to finish in front of tke two teams that CABLE CHESS MATCH|> F. B. Walker Nominated for a Place on the Team. CANDIDATES OF OTHER CITIES Draw in Game for District Cham- pionship. TWO READY TO CHALLENGE The Washirgton Chess Club has received @ communication from the cable match tear committee, stating that at the con- ference held in Brooklyn January 19 to determine the best method of selecting the remaining players for the cable team for 1898 it was decided that the clubs already communicated with be requested to send to the committee a list of players whom they deem streng enough to play on the team, the players to be native born in the United States, and such as can give their time uhquestionably to the two days’ match, March 18 and 19. The executive committee acted on this commuricaticn the past week, and voted to present the name of F. B. Walker, the District champion, as a suitable person for the team. Mr. Walker suggested that other names be added to the list, but the com- mittee was of opinion that there would not be more thar one person selected to repre- sent Washington, and that if a local player is chosen Mr. Walker was the proper rep- resentative. A lively fight is going on in Philadelphia for a place or places on the team. It is generally understcod that Walter Penn Shipley is favored for a place, yet in the junior tournament cf the Franklin Club W. Bampton finished first and Shipley came second. Bampton is a very strong player. Two or three years ago he won first prize at the summer meeting of the New York State Chess Association, an:l was last year considered in connection with the cable match team, but was probably not selected because of the differences be- tween the Brooklyn and Franklin chess clubs. The tournament for the champion- ship of the Franklin club is now in pro- gress. It is understood that the result of the tourney will decide who shall represent the Franklin club on the team. Mr. Kaiser is making a great showing. He has de- feated Kemeny, who pls Showalter for the championship of th d States, and other strong players. D. Stuart Robinson was in the lead about a week ago, having won 3% out of 4 cames played. The Chicago papers are saying favorable hings in favor of Sidney P. Johnston, who mentioned for a piace on the team. It is said in English papers that Unie Amos Burn has consented to play on the British Burn is team in the coming match. Mr. one of the strong*st players in Two years ago he played in tae team, but last year, for some reason, he de- clined to play. : The ninth game tor the championship of the District of Columbia between Mr. F. B. Walker and Capt. Patrick O'Farrell was played Tuesday evening last, ana resulted in a draw. The captain had first move and adopte a guioco piano. Mr. Walker varied frem the ordinary play and departed from the books on his eleventh turn to pluy. He offered to give up exchange on his thirteenth move, but the captain was too wary to accept it, as he would have been mated in four moves. Mr. Walk a strong attack and won a twenty-fourth mov He continuation and ¥ qvish the pi He c p2rpetual check on but traded off pie pretty, both sid win. The score: Opening—Giuoce Piano. lack. secured his ul his first P 6 PxP 7 Bg 8 Ext 9 Tsk Casties kt — 23, 14 KtxKt WG Kt—-K:3 16 Q- Q Pais: P-Q Drawn. The game attracted a great deal of atten- tion. The match stands: Walker, 6; O'Far- rell, 2; drawn, 1. It ts understood that as soon as the present match is over there a at least two players ready to challenge th winner for a match. Mr. L. Tharp has long been waiting for an opportunity to play for the District championship, and he will probably be given the first opportunity. The Washington Chess Club has been vis- ited by a number of strangers this week. First there was Mr. Joseph E. Fiske of Boston. Mr. Fiske is a member of the Boston Chess Club. He says the people of Boston are taking great interest in chess at present. A warm reception was given to Southard, the rd player, who has played so successfully at the last two in- tercollegiate contes Both Burille and Young, who are mentioned in connection with the next cable match team, were present. He thinks Burille rates higher as a player than Young. Then there is Mr. Moore, a strong player of the Mercantile Library Club, Philadelphia, and Mr. But- finton, another strong Philadelphian, both of whom were here on Thursday. Ex-Rep resentative Buck of New 0} s also dropped in for a few 3. The eral, John W Griggs, chess player, omp! and is proud of it. While governor of New Jersey he usually attended the meetings of the New Jersey State Chess Association on Washingion’s birthday, ani sometimes took part in the annual ament. The match of ten games of checkers be- tween Charles Farquhar and A. W. John- son at the Highview Club resulted in a vic- tory for Mr. Farquhar by the score of two to one. Seven gamcs were drawn. A spring tournament is talked of at the Washington Chess Club. It has been sug- gested that each player play two games with each other contestant, and that two games be played each week. Messrs. Harris and Thomas agreed to de- cide the tie between them in the cham- pionship tourhey of the club by playing one game. They played last Saturday evening, the result being a draw. They will again play off the tie. CYCLIST EDWARDS’ ENDURANCE. Has Wheeled Forty-One Centuries . ‘This Year. Cyclist Edwards is riding his forty-sec- ond century today. He started January 1 “to ride on his chainless wheel 100 miles every twenty-four hours. He was then at Yonkers, N. Y. He wheeled not merely 100 miles, but covered nine miles more for good measure, and this he continued for thirty-one consecutive days, all the centu- ries after the first being wheeled over the roads of Long Isiand. Then he crossed over to New Jersey and reeled off three centuries through the pine woods of Lake- ‘wood. New York city, halt a thousand miles were recorded on his cy= clometer in that city, Then he came to it entailed. He enable him to | derstood that the Arlington 0 ‘3 less (than their worth Q —You never bought such Hair Brash values. Kutire stock of the Martin & Browne Co, tn the sale. 43 Cents For. 75c. and $1.00 Brushes. : Q 69 Cents For $1, $1.25 & $1.50 Brushes. 20% off all our own stock. MERTZ’S Modern Pharmacy, lith and F Sts. U tetz-a6a enough to discourage most éyclists. The Show was blinding, almost rendering an ob- ject. twenty feet away invisible. Many times on the trip he was stopped by the drifts of snow. Friendly ald was at hand, however, and a man hitched a horse to his buggy and fastened a snow plow behind it with a man sitting on it for a weight. Be- hind this Edwards went four miles, which was half way to his next station, where a lady in her buggy drove in front of Ed- wards to protect him from the storm for twelve miles. The snow was so thick that it was impossible, in looking from the side of the road, to discern horse, wagon or bi- ey It had been decided from the re- ports that had been received by telephone from Lakewood that that was the best place and the only road that could be rid- den and Edwards was sent there. Arriving at Lakewood, to his gre prise he found as much snow there as he had left in New York. Finally the party went to the Tom's river road and found a five-mile circuit around the lake. In the afternoon they got out scrapers and cleaned a path, which required the work of six men, a horse and a plow. The path was six laps to the mile, and upon this Edwards finished his t The next day it was very cold, the ther- mometer showing tour degrees above zero, and the snow frem an inch to a half foot t sur- deep. After riding around Lakewood, it was found that Ocean avenue would fur-’ nish a good circuit, and the snow plows ed the road, showing the of smooth ice. cold may be made by brought to him w surface to idea of the intense from the statements who said that his food, ile he was riding, would be frozen by the time it arrived from the hotel to the read. Oranges froze so quick- ly that it was impossible to eat them, and he had even to throw away his cigar, whieh would freeze while being held in his mouth, During the aftern he was paced by two tandem teams of them carried him twenty-five miles in one hour and twenty minutes, and the pacers rode so hard that they had to quit. The next day he rode over the same course. The wind had blown snow on the road again, and it b to be cleared off. Edwards presented a queer sight while rid- ing. The frost on his face and clothes wa half an inch thick, and he bore the appear- ance of a typical Santa Claus rather than a bicycle rider. He subsisted mainly on beef tea, which had to be taken from the hotel boiling hot. us by the time it reacheg him it was almost cold. VON DER AHE HELD. Judge Bam m Decides That Capture Was Legal A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa. ys: Judge Joseph Buffingto: > United States circuit afternoon, rendered his Chris Von der Ahe case. ball man w manded to Detective “ i handed t last night tting in of » of two deputies in th riff Harvey A. Lowry. to pay the money - of S to be abl morrow on the judgment for which he is ained. If he does he wili be used Von der Ahe was kidnaped has grown from om /W a bitter pill s bill of costs will have to judgment ob- He will have to swa shape of $M4)—Bend St. Louis trip. T! pay in addition to the tained by Mark Baldwin Judge Buffington surprised the crowd in the court room by reading the opinion. In substance, it was that a bailor can take a bailee at any time or from any place. A man released on bail, he said, only trans- fers the custody of himself from the sheriff his bailor. Many opinions to this effect were quoted Among them is that of Judge Daniel Agnew, formely chief justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, which was the strongest case in point. At the con- clus of the reading of the opinion De- tective Bendel reached for Von der Ahe. Attorney J. Scott Ferguson, counsel for Von der Ahe, notified Judge Buffington that he would appeal to the United States Su- preme Court. Attorne: ding toid him that Congress had n act abolishing appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States in proceedings of this kind, and that the only Way to reach that tribunal was by a habeas cor court. Mr. ready to quit, and turned Von der to the two deputy sheriffs, Ale over Fifty-Mile Clab Race. While nothing has as y>t been definitely decided upon, it is likely that a novelty will be introduced the early part of the present bic} racing season in the shape © proj-« -known. bi nas St, who believes will not only mark a from the established sing, but will also prove an interesting and profitable event, the former for the public and the latt v the management. Middle-distane> match racing seems to be popular all over the country, and a parture from this, the middle-distane: race will practicalig prove a match e with more riders on the tra strictly pure match contest 1-day a de- club quence, there are double sama from For this reason the distance lieved, that and it is argued many club members who could ii and treble this distance within the time, and not feel any undue offe the exertion. is fixed at fifty miles, because it is it wil be agresable to all contest . The only change would be the transfer of the scene of the riding from the road to the track, and as the latter has a smooth sur- face, much better time can be mad>. As before stated, nothing definite has been settled upon, though the projector is actively at work on the project, and bas r:ceived considerable encouragement from the club riders. The race will undoubiedly be held at the International Athledic Park, « junction with the amnual rac? meet on Deo- eration day. So far as known, each club will be entitled to enter a team of five men for the race. A limited amount of paces. at any one time will be allowed. This is to keep as few people on the track, outside of the conti as possible, and virtual- ly means that only one pacing machine will be allowed at a time. ‘The Century Cycle Club has agreed to enter a team in the cont=st, wr are also willing to be represented. The Levant Whe-Imen have been approached, and the club is reported to be not averse to envor- ing five men. The Washington Road Club is also expected to send in a team, while ther? is @ possibility of a team being sent representing the Columbia Athletic Club. With four clubs, or twenty men, on the 4 race Of some importance can be locked for, though the number is rather large for the one event. ? &