Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1898, Page 9

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Models had to t the dog’s mouth, a necessary p gainst which the «nimal revolted But the puzzle was ultimately metal dies were cast from the and tiny platinum plates of double s were struck lo fit each Jaw. The olved was considerable, the tools « specially made. One mechanic zed on the case constantly for fortnight. The result is, however, tly satisfactory, and the tceth un- every ooth 1 Pittsbury KEELER AT THE TOP The Little Baltimore Fielder Leads the League Batsmen. HAMILTON OF BOSTON 18 SECOND ———— Buck Freeman is Right Up at the Front. CURRENT BASE BALL NEWS —————— The unofficial averages of the players of the Nationa: League covering the season just closed will prove interesting to the enthusiasts of the game, at least until the official figures come from President Young. As was expected, Willie Keeler again leads the league, although it was thought for a time that either Freeman or Daly cf Brooklyn would head him off on account of the few games they participated in com- pared with the Baitimore boy. But Daly's batting streak lasted only a week, and ne Grifted back until he just managed to land within the .300 class, while Freeman held on very tenaciously for a new man in the fast major league company. Keeler leads off with .391, Hamilton is second, with .374, Freeman third, with .363; Burkett fourth, with .319; Tenney, McGraw, -342; Smith, Cincinnati, .339; Dele- hanty, .236; Demontrevulle, joie, These are the first ten batters. ‘The other heavy batters who lead their clubs and are not in the first ten are Green, Chicago, .341; Cross, St. Loms, 321; Vaa Haittran, New York, .319; Dexter, Louis- Ville, 317; Jones, Brooklyn, .310, and Clark, Pittsburg, .305, The fuil list of the Washington players in batting list is as follows: Freeman, $12; Smith, .301; 300; Getman, .270; Wrigiey Weyhing, .1 ovan, 1%, and Dineen, .107. The latter is the tail-end of the batting list of the en- tire leagu Jack O'Connor leads the league catchers with an average of .! “Old Reliabie”’ Jim McGuire stands fifth, with an average of .967, and just tops Marty Bergen, who is touted as the best in the business. The averages for the pitchers are not given, no doubt on account of the time required to weed out the figures and the complicated tables. Nichols undoubtedly is the leader, but in this position the Washington twirl- ers make a poor showing, doubtiess owing to the poor support accorded them through- out the season. At first base Oliver ‘Te- beau of Cleveland leads, with an average of 87; Carr of Washington is down next tc last on the list, with figures showing at 952. Tommy Tucker, who was slated a3 a back number and was released because he could not field, stands sixth in the list of first basemen, with an average of and is tied with the much-advertised ney. Tucker has had 1,440 put outs, sits and errors on the scason, Tenney has had only 1,102 put out ts and 22 errors. If figures show any- thing in the case of these two players they demonstrate that Tucker is ahead of Ten- ney when fielding is considered. se Daly of Brooklyn i ader with an average of .076. But only 21 games, while who participated in 146 pectively, are tied in Wagner of Louis- basemen, his figures re, given in Lowe and and 132 gam fourth being Su ninth with an a McCormick, Gri nird bas York ague in George Wrigley is Delehanty his credit, with an average of Joe Kelley has His figures is, whose figures fourteenth in this list with ieads the left fielders while Selbach is fifth 944. In the center gard the honor of being best man. 79, while Mercer is next to last with are an average of 875. In right field “Buck” Freeman carries off the palm with an aver- age of .176, this young man making only one error in the 2) games he played. Gett- man is away down this list, his figures showing only .928. Delehanty of Philadelphia leads in base running, with Hamilton of Boston second. Bunching the players of each team in a batting whole, it will be found that Bal more is the hardest-hitting aggregation. having an average of 309. Washington Is well up in this line, being fifth, with figures showing .271. In fielding Washington abso- lutely carries the target, being last, with an average nd, a band of old-timers, he ATORS' LAST GAME. Beaten in an Eleven-Inning Contest by New York. Two games were scheduled to be played in New York Saturday between the Wash- ington and New York clubs, but the cold weather afid semi-darkness allowed but one contest to be pulled off, the Giants winning that by ter playing eleven innings. We skin were batted hard by the ms, but the errors made by the eighteen players had more to do win with th g and losing of the game than the pitching. Jack Doyle's error in the first part of the game, coupled with a few hits, allowed the Senators to score four runs, but Jack came to the rescue later on with a double, after the side pould have been retired, and drove the run over the plate that was necd- ed to win. Little Casey between the third base and behind the bat, and his k was the feature of the game. The weather was raw and cl but 200 spec- tators turning out to witr ast game cond game were d to call the play- clare the on of hen it was de ¢ field and de er Saturday league scores: 10; Baltimore, & Philadelphia, 8. Louisville, 5; Cleveland, 4. Chicago at Pittsburg, bad weather. HOW THEY FINISH D. Record League © : ‘The table below shows how the different bs fared in the Inter-club series: Season's of the National 1 (ood woIdalysVA\ | Chicago: Cleveland, Phiiadetphia, 4 New York Lontsrill Brooklyn. . Was hingtow St. Louis...} 2 -/47,333,60/68 68 71|73\76)S0'01 1001111807 jost, standing of the are as follows: ‘The games wor clubs and perce: and Age Clubs. aA Boston 47 Baltimore 3 6tt Cincinnati 60 L605 cu sian 8S OS eveland.... St 6% Vhiladelphla. 78° 71 CENTRAL, Organization of the Foot Ball Team for the Season. The foot ball team of the Central High School will play the second team of Gal- laudet College Friday at Kendall Green. save the dog much needless pain. Levity. eit Jourgal. clurer grew very earnest. onvinced,”” he exclaimed, “that n who does her own cooking is more likely to find a place among the angels than the woman who doesn’t! ow a voice obtruded itse!f harshly. eae she cooks with gasoline,” said the The line-up of the Central teem will prob- «bly be as follows: Sherwood, center; Gun- nell or Lowell, right guard; Woodwara, left guard; Barnard or Jones, right tackle: Hunter or Groff, left tackle; Tindall, right end; Brush, left end; Underwood or Saf- fold, right half; Began or Tower, left half; Ells, quarter back; Devlin, full back. They will also play the following matches: Oc- vober 26, first team, Gallaudet; November Georgetown Reserves; November 11, Eastern High School; November 16, George- town Reserves; November 23, Business High School. = = Other games are veing arranged with the Episcopal High School at Alexandria, Maryland Agricultural College and Gon- zaga College. COLLEGE FOOT BALL MATCHES. How the Work Saturday Compared With That a Year Ago. The results of Saturday's games of the leading foot ball college teams and those made last year with the same teams fol- low: 1898. Pennsylvania. Lehigh. Princeton: Naval Cadets 1897. + 40] Pennsylvania. ‘0 Lehigh. inceton.. ©, West Point. 4) Did not play. : au Did not play. 12 Dickinson.. 6 Lafayette A BAD ASON. Financial Gains and Losses by the Base Ball Magnates. Chicago, Boston and Cincinnati are the big winners on the baseball season just closed. all three clubs having made small fortunes. Philadelphia has probably made a fair profit. Pittsburg and Louisville have probably made expenses and something over. Washington has lost heavily. One of the heaviest losers is New York. Neither President Freedman nor Treasurer McCall will discuss the disastrous showing made by the team, but it is stated that the losses wil! amount to not less than $40,000. The attendance at the polo grounds was by far the smaliest ever seen there. Brooklyn has not such an expensive team as Manhat- tan, but its losses are almost as great. New York has made big money for years and can stand to lose heavily. It is the same old story in Brooklyn, however, every year. Mr. F. A. Abell, the chief owner, is obhged to pay from $10,000) to 340,000 for the pleasure of owning a club, but he smilingly pays up and makes plans for the next year. He has lost, it is said, over $100,000 in base ball in the last few years. SCHEDULE TOO LONG. Washington and Cincinnati Played the Greatest Number of Games. Out of the 924 games scheduled for the National League in the last season sv7 were played, the other 27 having been left unplayed for various reasons. Not a single club completed its entire schedule of 154 games. Cincinnati and Washington played the greatest number of games, each piay- ing 152 out and leaving two unplayed. Louisville left three unplayed; New York, Chicago and St. Louis, four each; Balti- more, Boston, Philadelphia and Cleveland, five each; Pittsburg, six, and Brooklyn, nine. The Grooms played fewer games than any of the other clubs, 145. Two of Baitimore’s unplayed games were with Boston, one with New York, one with Brook:yn and one with Philadelphia. The last two were actuaily played, but were tied games that could not be piayed off. COLLEGE FOOT BALL ELEVENS. Players Whose Names Will Be Fa- miliar for the Next Few Weeks. The composition of the leading college feot ball elevens this season follows: Harvard—Lett end, Cochrane; left tackle, Burnett: left guard, Burden; center, § gent: right guard, Beall; right tackle, Mil right tackle, Haughton; right end, Hal- lowell; quarter back, Daly; left half back, Dibblee: right half back, Kendai!; full back. Warren; fuli back, Reid. Yale—Left end, Sharpe; left tac Me- Gee, Cook; left end, Richards; left guard, Brown, Andrews; center, Richardson; right gvard, Marshall, right tackte, Chamberlain; right end, Coy; quarter ek, Sullivan; left half back, Corwin; jeft half back, Town- send: right half back, Benjamin; ful! back, McHrid Cornell—Left end, Duvall; Jeft tackie, Alexander; left. guard, Geo. Young. jr.: center, Dorner; right guard, Leuder; right tackle, Sweetland: right end, Cross; quar- ter back, Young: left half back, Morrison, Whiting; right half back, Windsor; full pack. Bryant, Will. Princeon—Right end, A. Poe; right tackle, Hillebrand; right guard, Edwards; center, Booth: left guard, Mills; left tackle, Geer; left end, Palmer; quarter back, Rosengar- ten; left half back, Reiter; right half back, G. Lathrop; full back, Black. Pennsylyania—Left end, Folwell; left tackle. Goodman; left guard, Hare: center, Overtield, McCloskey; right guard, DeSi!- ver; right tackle, rnett, Reugenberg; right end, Hedg: vr back, Gardiner; left half back, ; right half back, Coombs; Brown—Left end, urn; left tackle, Hapgood; left guard, ler; center, Me- lendy, Phipps; right guard, Carter; ‘right tackle, Sheehan, Melendy; right end, Hunt; quarter back, Pratt. Sherlock; left halt ck. Holman, Reilly, Paine; ‘right half back. Richardson, Goldsborough; full back, Bates. Slocum. Carlisle Indians—Left eud, Rogers; left tackle. H. Pie left guard, Wheelock; center, Smith; right guard, Scott; right tackle. B. Pierce: right end, Archiquette; quarter back, Hudson; left half back, Sen- eca; right half back, Miller; full back, Me- toxen Base Ball Briefs. The Senators were consistent till the last. Bostons defeated the Baltimores at Wee- hawkin yesterday, 4 to 3, and incidentally divided $500. The Boston players are to be given a re- ception and benefit Wednesday. The Bos- ton magnates may ignore the players of a victorious team, but it is hard to hold the “fans” In check. = All the base ball prophets spoke well of the Washingtons last fall, and they fin- shed in the eleventh hole. This fall the ame wiseacres condemn the Senators to the demnition bow-wows for the next sea- son, and perhaps the local “fans” may be treated to a beautiful surprise In 1809. During the benefit gar at Louisville yesterday Hans Wagner, the Colonels’ eman, beat Hatfield's great throw 33 yards 1 foot 7 inches by one yard and a half inch, throwing the ball 134 yards 1 foot 8 inches. Fred Clarke went around the bases in 14% seconds, equaling the record. In the Wi-yard dash Leech, a lately-signed minor league:, defeated Cla. ke by 6 feet, doing the distance in 102-5 sec- onds. As a result of the games a tidy sum of money will go to each of the Colonels. Tom Corcoran, the Cincinnati short stop, was married at 10 o'clock Saturday morn- ing to Miss Daisy Sykes of Clifton. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Donnelly at St. Mary's cathedral in Cov- ington. ‘The couple left for Niagara Falls and the east after the ceremony. -They will spend the winter at Corcoran’s home in New Haven, Conn. Talk about making a finish, that Boston team has a record. They won 33 out of the last 27 games they played this season. ‘They weré against all kinds in that time, but never wobbled until they put the pen- nant on the safe side. True, the team had luck, but they made luck come their way. Few of the fans have noticed that Louis- ville during the last half of the season won a percentage of games not far from .640. If she starts in that way next year, and the Chicagos and the offspring of Cleveland get in the hunt, maybe there won't he some rare sport in the west, and maybe the east won't suffer when they come to this neck of the woods! I would not be surprised to see the west in 1800 with four clubs in the first division during most, if not all, of the season. Some seem to think that the Colonels were playing be- yond their natural galt—spurting, so to speak—but a club seldom spurts in that way for three months. They will be heard from next year, and watch the Chicagos, also. Now, if Philadeiphia is handled right and Irwin can put the Washingtons in the game the league will have a lot of clubs weil matched. It should be a good race, something like a well-planned handicap on the turf, where every horse is supposed to be in the game.—Ctncinnatt Tribune. —_—— Assessment a Proper One. The attorney of the District has rendered an opinion to the effect that an essessment of $41.31 levied against St. Mark's parish for a sidewalk laid on A street northeast was properly levied, the work having be2n done under the act of August 7, 1894. THE "VARSITY TEAMS Glancing Over the Leading Foot Ball Elevens. GOOD PROGRESS: IN-THEIR WORK den Men Likely to Represent the Big “Four. HARVARD’S NEW POLICY ‘The timber for the ‘varsity elevens on the gridirons of the “big four’ in the foot ball world has about b2en selected, and the process of turning it down to championship form is well on. With the exception of Pennsylvania, the big elevens have rounded into fair shape considerably earlier in the season than in prev.ous years, and th> coaches have had less work in the weeding- out process than usual. This fact has fig- ured materially in the showing of the teams during the first part of their schedules in that a dev2lopment of team play has been evidenced that could scarcely have been ex- pected so early. Yale. . Yale is following the same conservative, careful syst>m of training that has turned out so many winning teams for the blue, but, as previously stated, has been playing remarkably good foot bail, considering the age of the ‘J8 season. As usual, with the approach of the harder contests, there has been an influx of coaches at New Haven within the last few days, among whgm was Frank Butterworth, whose arrival was marked by even harder work all around. Butterworth was largely responsible for th2 condition of the eleven which last year lowered the “‘Tigers’'’ colors, and, it is needless to say, will have considerable to say in the making up of this year’s team. There is a pote in the center of Yale's line which is bothering the coaches con- siderably and bids fatr to prove hard to fill satisfactorily. Six men, three of whom are new, have been worked in the center position during the past week, and the ex- perts are hardly yet satisfied, though the theolog’, Cutten, evidently has the call. Brown and Marshall promise to prove fix- tures in the guard positions, and McGee, providing he continues to show the game he is now playing, will probably play the opposite tackle to Captain Chamberlin. Sharp, Coy and Siocovitch are out for the end positions, and the first two named have a little the better of it, as Slocovitch is de- cidedly erratic in his work. Behind the line Yale is especially strong. De Saulles, barring an accidént, will undoubtedly re- main at quarter, and McBride will proba- bly do the kicking: For the backs Benja- min, Dudley, Townsend and Marvin give a selection hard to better, as they are all good ground gainers. Benjamin and Dud- Iey would possibly prove the stronger com- bination. Princeton. Lafayette gave the’ Princeton ‘Varsity a surprisingly stiff argument last Wednes- day and found ‘& number of holes in the Tiger” line whith’ will need considerable strengthening before the big games. Prince- ton is playing the same plunging game as of yore, with a very heavy team, but with considerably more dttention paid to the value of a kicking #ame, a result largely due to a decided’ find“in Matties, a new man and promising full back, who puts plenty of distance into,‘his ‘punts. The Princeton center trio hardly Jack in weight with Crowdis, Booth’ and Edwards in the posi- tions, but !s hardly aggressive enough. Hildebrand and,Geef make a strong team in tho tackle pasition, and will probably hold their places. On the ends, Poe, La- thrope. Palmer,and..Craig are the selec- tion, with the choice in favor of Poe and Palmer, who are possibly the faster men and will prove more effective in a kicking game. In the back field Rosengarter will prob- ably play quarter and Matties’ full back, though Wheeler is a possibility In the lat- ter position should he succeed in getting his injured arm into shape. Report has ft that “King” Kelly may don the canvas again, and in that case his position behind the line is assured, as he is one of the greatest ground gainers Princeton has pro- duced, The Princeton eleven is not as strong today as the veteran team which wore the orange and black last year, but the material is good and will be well worked out before the big games are due. Harvard. Harvard goes into the ‘98 season with a radical change in policy, and one decidedly for the better. Past seasons have taught the crimson kickers the worthlessness of complicated formations and elaborate trick plays, and the Harvard coaches are drill- ing the team his year in hard, plain foot ball with the best of results. ‘The maternal at Cambridge has always been of the best, but has generally been sacrificed to the hobbies of favored coaches, and the change isa well-timed and will undoubtedly prove a wise one. ‘The weakness of the team e denced in the games already played is a leaning toward individual play—a fault which will prove fatal against the faster teams. Boal, Sargent and Burden torm a strong center trio, which will scarcely be bettered, while Eaton and Mills wil prob- ably hold the tackle positions. Cochrane and Hellowell seem the choice for ends, and Daly and Sawin are trying for quarter, with the choice in favor of the cormer. Dibbler will play one of the backs, and Kendall or Gierasch the other. Reid will in all probability take the full back po: tion, though he is at present laid up with an injury received in the Amherst game. Harvard scores so far speak well for the change in policy, and the crimson team promises to make a better showing this year in the big games. Pennsylvania. The matcrial in the University of Penn- sylvania team is first-class, and the Quak- ers have, as usual, been piling up big scores in their darly games, but a decided slump has taken place during the week, until the Varsity finds considerable trouble in holding the scrub in practice, and the Quaker adherents are wondering why. With Hare developed and McCracken in the three center positions Pennsy is very strong, and Goodman and Carnett promise well in the tackle positions. Folwell and Hedges or Coombs will play the ends. Gar- diner needs considerable training at quar- ter and may be.diaplaced by Hedges, who has been tried (in at position. Walker has been putting up. a fair game at full back, though somewhat slow. He ts by no means sure of the position. Captain Out- land has been playing about all the game for the backs, ‘though Harrison, In spite of his light weight, is promising and may be able to hold?’ hi#’ place. The Quakers need to take a decided brace, however, and a number of changes will probably be made in the team before the Harvard game. A Comparison. While a comparison of the relative strength of the/first/elevens is hardly yet warranted, indications show that probably can teday put the strongest tcam in the field; Princeton, Harvard and Uni- versity of Pennsylvania following in the order named, Harvard takes precedence over University ef Pennsylvania now from the fact that the crimson’s back field is faster and should win at an open game, since the line work of both teams is about on a par and Pennsylvania proportionately weak in a kicking gamo The .inv-up of the teams in Saturday’s games, particu- larly Yale's eleven, will probably give a fair idea of the final make-up of the 'var- sity elevens. Outside of the teams represening the “big four Cornell is worthy of mention, as the Ithacans have been steadily winning their way up on the gridiron In the last three years and bid fair to make a place for themselves in "98. Their dicisive vic- tory over the Carlisle Indians evidenced considerable strength, and the Quakers have not yet forgotten the argument the Ithacans gave them last year. Young, the Cornell quarter back, is one of the headiest players in the game and a wonderfully ac- curate drop kicker. It is safe to say that Cornell will figure conspicuousty in the season's records. LOCAL FOOT BALL MATCHES. Georgetown's Team Defeated by Swarthmore. The first local irtercollegiate game of the sezson was played Saturday afternoon at Georgetown University between the local college team and the eleven representing the Swarthmore, Pa., College. The visitors, while lighter than their opponents, won by 11 to 6 The day was an ideal one for the sport and the game was witnessed by near- ly 1,000 spectators. For the local team Kenna put up an ex- cellent game. While the men had weight on their side, they were somewhat slow in giving and carrying out the signals. For the visitors, Farquhar played an excellent game, kicking one goal from the field, b sides kicking goal after the first touch- down. The line-up of Georgetown follows: Right end, Gracie; right tackle, Casey; right guard, Moore; center, Long; left guards, Jones, Rutherford; left tackle, J. English; left end, Applegarth; quarter back, Collins; right half back, O'Brien; lefc half ‘back, Cullen; full back, Kenna. Virginia, 10; Gallaudet, 0. The University of Virginia eleven defeat- ed the Gallaudet College team by 10 to 0 Saturday afternoon at Charlottesville, Va. ‘The Gallaudet eleven lined up as follows Left end, L. Rosson; left tackle, Ownbey; left guard, Jones; center, Andree; right guard, Brooks; right ‘Kle, Carpenter; right end, Stutsman; quarter back, Bum- gardner; jeft half back, W. Rosson; right half back, Waters; full back, Geilfus. Y. M. L, 33; Columbian, 0. ‘The foot ball team of the Columbian Uni- versity went to Lexington, Va., Saturday and played the team of the Virginia Mili- tary Institute. being defeated by 33 to 0. The local boys were outplayed by their op- ponents at every point, and were no match for them. Columbian lined up as follows: Beard, left end; Green and Weaver, left tackle; Green and Osterman, left guard; Cummins, center; Saunders, right guard; McGown, right tackle; Meigs, right end; Rye, quarter back; Fowler, left half back; Tyndall, right half back; Norcom, full back, CYCLING GOSSIP. Bicycle racing, as far as this city is concerned, is over for the season. Under the rules of the league no riders can train on a suspended or blacklisted track. With @ suspension staring them in the face the local amateurs are not likely to keep in condition on the Park Bicycle Club course. Nor will those professional riders who did not join in the outlaw movement. ‘The meet which was scheduled for Oc- tober 22 by the Athletic Association of Georgetown University will hardiy Se held. This meet was to have come off on the Park track. The Georgetown University students belong to the Inter-collegiate Ath- letic Association, and as this association is affiliated with the League of American Wheelmen, the rulings of the latter body are observed under the terms of affiliation. Any rider that the league suspends or blacklists Is through courtesy suspended or blacklisted by the Inter-collegiate Associa- tion. If the riders of Georgetown Univer- sity and the other local amateurs and pro- fcessi- nals rode on the Park track at present they would all be suspended. Hence it has been practically decided to call off the meet. As the track surrounding the ath- letic field of Georgetown University is not at all suitable for bicycle riding. the meet will be called off; at least that Is the state- ment of Mr. Donlon, S. J., who has charge of athletics at the university. It may be that some time the latter part of this month, or possibly some time next month, the fall field and track games of the col- lege will be held, in which will be introduced several bicycle events. An instance where the action of the League of American Wheelmen has been sustained occurred last week at the field and track meet of the Columbia Athletic Club. The club fs In the Amateur Athletic Union, which organization is affiliated with the league. At the first of the outlaw race meets Paul von Boeckman officiated as a timer, while E. H. Neumeyer, jr., was one of the judges. Both were permanently sus- pended from officiating in any capacity in the future at a league track. Von Boeck- man was entered in the hammer-throwing contest last Saturday at the C. A. C. meet, and also in the throwing of the discus. In the latter event he was looked upon as a winner. Neumeyer was selected as one of the fleld judges. Roth of the men were thrown out and Von Boeckman was more the loser thereby. It might be stated that while Von Boeckman was at the first out- law race meet, and while he wore the badge of a timer, his watch was broken and he was really unable to officiate. During the winter the fight between the outlaws and the L. A. W. will relax con- siderably. There will, however, be several occasions, which will be sufficient to let the public know that the struggle is on. Prominent in the indoor events will be the six-day race at Madison Square Garden, New York. It 1s said that no rider will be permitted to start who has refused to de- sert from the league. This is aimed at the sprint riders who stayed with the league as long as the outdoor racing season remained open, and with the opening of the indoor season are willing to ride anywhere. In connection with the six-day races a num- ber of sprint events have been held, and last year one of the Butler boys won $450 at one sweep in the Madison Square Gar- . This year he and several other riders vill not be given a chance io ride. It would look strange if the chairman of the racing board of the league was obliged to call E. C. Bald, the ringleader in the re- bellion movement, ce champion of the year, especially In view of the fact that Bald 1s under suspension, pending the pay- ment of a fine of $200. The only chance of avoiding it Is to get a number of new cir- cuit meets, give sixty-point firsts, and en- courage some good rider to participate in all, 80 a8 to enable him to pile up a score equal to that of Bald’s at the time of his suspension. This, it seems, is the plan of the racing board, though it seems to be a hard matter to get tracks that are willing to run such big events. A sixty-point na- tional championship race has been granted for a New England town, and it is likely that before the month is out several other places will be granted such a race. The chairman of the racing board could only do this, however, and show his animosity in the matter. By his own statement, only a Umited number of increased score cham- plonships can -e allowed, and these are granted by a system, and not by chance. The future developments in the fight will be awaited with interest. ane local riders are now turning to road racing. With track racing practically set- tled for the season, the chances are that there will be several road events this fall. The first event so far scheduled is for Thanksgiving day, being the annual event held on that day, and a ten-mile affair. it will be for amateurs only. The entry blanks for the road race have made their appearance, and can be obtained at 2 Pennsylvania avenue. The feature of th contest will be the prize list, which will be the best yet arranged for a iocal road con- test. Programs for the occasion will be published, which will be good souvenirs. While considerably over a month off, much Interest 1s already taken in the race, and many of the local amateurs have begun hard training. According to the last official bulletin the total membership of the League of Ameri- can Wheelmen is 84,716. Last year about this time the membership total reached the big figures of over 100,000. The member- ship of the local division is 626, whereas last season the total membership was a few short of half as many more. In the current issue of the official bulletin of the league is an interesting editorial from the pen of the editor, Sterling Elliott, chief consul of the Massachusetts division. Under the caption of “What Must We Do to Be Saved,” he has quite a long article, the trend of which is decidedly against the league control of racing. He says: “The L. A. W. was not organized to pro- mote racing, nor was racing named among its objects from 1880 until the assembly meeting at New York, in February, 1895. “In future chapters I shall undertake to show: 1. That under conditions the control of racing is a decided disadvan- | tage to the League of American Whelmen. 2. That the control of racing by the L. A. W. ts not for the best interests of the rac- ing men, race promoters, or race specta- tors. 3. That the cause of cycling would in no way suffer if bicycle racing were dis- continued entirely, and, fourth, that nearly all the trouble the league ever had was paneed directly by its connection with rac- ny if any reader of this paper can produce a logical argument in favor of a continu- ance of L. A. 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