THE SPORTING<"«v«IGMT. ,*<,, BY THE SIGHTING LIFE PUB. CO. CNTEHCD AT PHILA. P. O. AS SECOND CLASS MATTER. VOLUME 20, NO. 13. PHILADELPHIA, PA., DECEMBER 24, 1892. PRICE, TEN CENTS.
its dollars to cents that he will put n win that it may have. These gentlemen will ning team in that town around which the have no connection whatever with the new SOUTHERN moccasin bend entwines itself. No man had club, for their interests have been purchased AFFAIRS. more friends in the South than Gus Sehmelz, by myself and friends, and they will in con THE RULE QUESTION. and when he dropped in on Atlanta some sequence have no voice whatever in the man PRESIDENT HART MISAPPREHENDSTHE people thought that it was the belated comet. agement of the club." Ed Brown, at the Aragon,where Gusstopped, MEN WHO ARK INTERESTED. SELFISHNESS, ENVY AND OLD-FOGY- gave the whiskered manager a banquet, but "Who are the stockholders of ;the new or PROPOSED ROLE CHANGES. only two were there, because there was no ganization?" ISM BARS TO PROGRESS. room for more. "With the exception of the three gentlemen LOCAL MENTION. already named all the old stockholders will A Little Mixed on Propositions and President Ohl, of the Atlantas, has been be in the new organization, together with dictating to his private secretary for the past Messrs. Sherman, Barrett and myself and «E- The Small Hen Still in Evidence Iltt two weeks. That secretary seems to know sociates." Probable Resalts-The Umpire his work well, for but little that has been Mr. Sherman is the well-known young Trivial Objections, Absurd Propo done can be found out. However, it is lawyer. He has always taken an active in Problem-General News. known that Billy Murray, who managed terest in athletics, and ba.«e ball in particu sitions, and Malicious Comment. Joliet last year and plaved with the At lar. It was through his influence that Hutchi- lantas, will manage the team. Murray has son, who is an old college friend, was induced ATLANTA, G«., nee. 14. Editor SPORTING shown himself to be a good man and will be to play ball professionally. Besides being a BROOKLYN, Dec. 19. Editor SPOKTINO LIFE: I have just had a talk with President satisfactory to the people of Ibis city. He is stockholder himself, Mr. Sherman will repre LIFK: I takcconsi leraoleinterest in ruling Hart, of the Southern League, and I find a young, ambitious, honest ball plaver, and sent a large block of stock owned by some of the scverni suggest ions ns In a inrndincuts t U'e that he is opposed to some of the changes will do his best to knock Gus Sehmelz and his clients, and will act as attorney for the rules for 1893 which appear each issue in 'J JIK proposed in the playing rules, but in favor the other old-timers out. If Murray don't new organization. Sl'or.Ti.NG LIFE. Moment'these are very wood, of others of those advocated by base ball succeed many people in this neck of the Tom Barrett is the favorably known Board others are very bad, while some suggest a de leaders elsewhere. woods will be surprised, and President Ohl of Trade man, who has been a baseball crank gree uf improvement only. The difficulty is And from what I know of Mr. Hart and will be one of them. So far Murray has and amateur player for several years. that so few writers on the sulijcct of amend the esteem in which he is held in the South, done nothing towards his next year's team, "Why were not o'^ier names added to the ing the rules seem to look at it in (he light of I am prepared to say that whqn the people of lie has the best start in the South, and application for a chfetcr?" was asked. solely benetitting the game and of advancing this section of the base ball world learn his within a few weeks will be showing his baud. "Simply because i£.? re were not necessary, it towards the point of a perfected code of views they will be pretty generally sustained. I see that Baltimore has laid claim to and the three whose names are attached will rules. One will .suggest a radical ehanye be "For two or three years past," said Mr. Wadsworth and Frank Motz, but that may own the controlling interest in the club." cause it is a "tad" of his. Another will op Hart, "it has been apparent to all that some be like Cincinnati claimed Rumpus Jones. THE NIUV CLUB'S POLICY. pose all changes which are likely to ali'ect change was necessary. In fact, there are The only Burnous is under contract with At "What will be the policy of the new club?" "our great battery team" to any damaging those who have been calling for changes tor lanta and has been reserved as the law re "The policy of the new club will be tobeud extent; while others again are down upon more than that length of time, and I don't quires. Wadsworth and Motz are both in every energy to win the championship as any change of note which does not emanate know but that the first caller was right. tlie same boat. If Baltimore drafts them At often as possible." from themselves. 1 found justsuehopposilion The game demands changes, but I am rather lanta would be compelled to take the $1500 "How does this new arrangement aflect to improvement in amending the rules thirty opposed to the radical changes which have for the three men, but she would lots rather Anson?" years ago, when nearly the whole work of re been proposed." have the three men than to have the $1500. "It does not affect Captain Anson at all. vising the old National Association playing "What changes do you think are neces Mr. Monroe Biekart, out of the directors The long and faithful services of the captain rules each year laig >ly depended upon me. It sary?" I asked the president. of the Atlanta Base Ball Club, has been lying entitles him to be the arbiter of his own is the same now, andalways will be, 1 reckon, PKESIDENT HART'S VIEWS. at the point of death tor several days, but is future, as tar as his connection with the game the small minority wiio strive solely to bene ' As to the work in the game," he replied, now on the s»fe line of the mark, ana will be in Chicago is concerned. He not only retains fit the game at large in this respect, finding "I know of but one change that will do good. out to yell when the season opens. He is all the stock his old holding entitled him to, selfish opposition alike from cranky base ball And that is more batting. Give us a game one of the most popular young men in the but will subscribe for an additional amount." scribes especially of the new school old in which the stick is used freely, and we will city, and all during his illness the greatest "The general opinion seems to be that base fiHjU magnates and rull'j ball players. have a game with very few empty seats. To interest has been shown in his condition. ball is not as popular as it formerly was. 1MPKACTICA11I.R SUGGESTIONS. add that feature, I think the pitcher should E. C. BKUFFEY. What is your opinion ? Among the sugj.ctcd amendments which be moved back and a ball with more life in THE GAME IS ALL RIGHT. may be ranked wuh the class of changes it should be used. But I am opposed to put MULLANE KNOCKED OUT "The game is all right and will always be well calculated to retard the progress of the ting the pitcher hack as far us some of the the national game of America. It has its ups game may be named the following: people think he should go. The diamond on In an Encounter With Tough Curt and downs like everything else in the world, 1 Slaking the diamond field with five which we are now playing puts the pitcher and in my opinion lias worn out itc run of bases to it. (This wnuKl be a return to the fifty feet away from the batsman. The bases Welch. ill luck and will now proceed to climb back old Philadelphia Olympic method of play are ninety feet apart, and in reaching second CINCINNATI, Dec. 20. That Welch is as to its old place in the affections of the public. years ago.) the runner must cover 180 feet. I think the tough physically as the typical pine knot was That the ne\v owners are confident that such 2 Making the ball elastic (advocated by pitcher should so back and that the base lines shown by a little experience about three will be the case is proven by the fact that every slugging fungo-hitter in the land). should remain as they are. Some people weeks ago. Tony Mullane is rated high they propose to improve the ground at Polk 3 Prevent hunting and sacrifice hitting, want to move the pitcher back and to among ball players who profess to be clever and Lincoln streets with a $30,000 structure, (something which cannot be done without lengthen the distance between the bases three with their hands. He is looked upon as a which will have a seating capacity for at giving a severe blow to teamwork at the feet. I can't see that much good would be hard man to down at any game. So is Welch. least 12,000 spectators." bat). Accomplished by that. The sole object in About three weeks ago Tony came down SUNDAY GAMES ASSURED. 4 Deprive the outfielders of their use of the change, as I understand it, is to increase here from Chicago. Like everybody else, "Does the building of these stands mean gloves, (that is, prevent them from catching the batting and base-running. It we move Tony was carried away with the pugilistic Sunday games?" fungo-bit balls as mneh as possible). the pitcher back and leave tlie diamond as it cra/.e. In a \Vest End billiard room he ran "Well, it looks that way. The stock 5 Requiring out fielders to occupy "boxes " now is we may do that. But if we lengthen across Curt Welch, and the pair got to dis holders who objected to Sunday games hav as the pitchers do. (The very climax of ab the run a man must make as we lengthen cussing their merits in the scrapping line. EDWARD F. STEIN, ing retired, there seems to be no reason why surdity.) the reach of the pitcher, do we have any Finally it was suggested that they have a The Clever Young Pitcher of the Brooklyn Club. ;ve should not play on that day. I have 6 Shortening the base lines to SO feet frnsa advantage over the present situation? I ean practical lesson on the subject. Both were urged for a year past that the team be al base to base. (Ollering a premium to do see none. agreeable, and a messenger was dispatched to lowed to play games on Sundays dur away with base-running and team work at get the gloves. MIXKD-DP AND ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE. ing Ihe World's Fair period at least. I shall the bat.)' The two ball players stripped off coat and urge the new board to adopt the liberal 7 "Leave the rules as they are, they are "I think the pitcher should go back, but vest and donned the mils. They squared off that the base lines should be left as they are. A NEW LEAGUE. CHICAGO'S CHANGES. policy, aud I have every reason to think that good enough now." (So say all the old fogy in the most approved ring style and got down the vote will be in favor of open Sundays. magnates and the star cyclone pitchers of the Borne people want the pitcher moved too far to business. At the outset Tony had the best period.) back, I'm afraid. Those who advocate the "There are thousands of people in Chicago of it. He landed repeatedly and ducked a who work six days in the week in crowded, TRIVIAL AND ABSURD OMECTIONS. stretching of the base lines three feet want number of Curt's savage right-hand swings. A TWELVE-CLUB ORGANIZATION TO BE A NEW SYNDICATE IN CONTROL OF the pitcher put in the centre of that enlarged illy ventilated shops and factories to whom Among the comments on suggested amend Tony had the best of the first round. They an afternoon in the open uir witnessing a ments in your issue of last week 1 noticed diamond. That, in my opinion, would be -a got to work with a will in toe second round. mistake, as it would make the game just as FORMED AT ONCE. THE BALL CLDB. well-conducted base ball game w:ould be a one to the etle.'t that an enlarged diamond It was biff, bang, all over the room. Sud pleasure almost unrealized by those who are field would be objectionable on account of sorry for the pitcher as it is now for the bat denly Welch's right came in contact with ter. In fact, a pitcher who would not then more fortunately situated in this particular. "its spoiling the symmetry of the field." The Tony's jaw. The big pitcher's hands fell to Should Congress persist in holding the suggested increase in the base lines would be be knocked out of the box would be a curios his sides. He seemed to shiver in his tracks, Clubs From Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Spalding Holds tie Land, Waile Hart ity. Leave the diamond as it now is and put World's Fair management to the narrow- so small that none but the closest observer and then staggered and pitched forward on minded policy with regard to tlie Sunday won 1 '1 probn'-lv notice it, and as for it* the pitcher in the proposed centre, and then his face. It was a dead clean knock-out. It New Yorfc and Connecticut For Controls the Club Sunday Games lie will have more to do than he can with any question, it will be positively necessary that "spoiling its symmet y" how ver the chance took the combined efforts ot Welch aiul-tno as manv harmless places of amusement as is can pitt-siuiy no ..ml is ' 8 'lut'thing no fciluh, degree of satisfaction. If he is moved back men and a bucket of cold water to bring Tony to a half-way point between home and second, a Middle States League. Are Now Assured. . possible be open on Sundays to visitors who you Know, can find out." around to the laud of the living. will be in this city next summer." Another opposes it as "too radical a as it now stands, he will then be sixty-three change." There is nothing radical about it. feet and eight inches from the batter. That PITTSBURG TROUBLES. NEW YORK, Dec. 19. Editor SPORTING The not unexpected news was sent out from The cliangc from the square pitch to the is thirteen feet further away than he is now, LIFE: Hurriedly I send you notice that in Chicago on Saturday last that the Chicago EASTERN LEAGUE RESERVATION. throw was a radical change. The doing ami that seems to me too far by lots. Let us Alleged Possibility of a Receiver Be a few days there will be held a meeting at Club had changed hands. Such a reorgani n.vay with all catches on the bound was a add, say, five or six feet to the distance, and ing Asked For. the International Hotel, opposite post ofiice, zation had been expected ever since the A Question Awaiting Determination if it proves a success we can tell then whether radical change, but the simple extension of PlTTsnuRG, Dec. 19. There is a possibility New York, for tiie purpose o*' organizing a League's annual meeting, when President by President Byrne. the base lines is no more of a radical change or not it will do to increase the distance. If Middle States League. The following cities Hart announced the probability of the club's A Washington correspondent writes: "Mr. the experiment shows itself a success, leave it that a request may be made for the appoint than placing the home base within the lines ment of » receiver for the Pittsburg Base will he represented: Pennsylvania Heading, playing Sunday games next year. Said this Young has not answered the demand of the of the diamond, or that of placing first and alone; if it is a failure, we can easily depart Willkesbarre, Scranton, aud Pottsville; New despatch: Eastern League relative to the question of a from it, going either way we want to go. The Ball Club. This piece of news may be third bases with the foul lines. startling, but it is nevertheless true. Since Jersey Camden, Trenton, New Brunswick, TWO COMPANIES IN CONTROL. recognition of the right of the Eastern MOKE BATTING WANTKD. American people are fond of base ball, but Paterson, and Hoboken (Cuban Giants); "The Chicago Base Ball Club has been League to a reservation of its players of the they are jealous of the game as they first saw the close ot the season not a stockholder ex There is undoubtedly a general public de cept two has put up a dollar. W. C. Temple New York Poughkecpsie; Connecticut bought out, lock, stock, and barrel, by a past season. There is a rather delicate point mand for increase* facilities for batting, and it, and won't submit to any radical changes Waterbury, Naugatuek, and Meriden. It is new company headed by Jim Hart. A. G. to be decided before any definite ruling can such, for instance, a» the five base scheme." has anteed up $4000 and P. II. Auteu, of most assuredly so f>r tlie dt i ig »way wit1 Chicago, has put up $1000. The other stock proposed to make it a ten or twelve club Spalding, John II. Walsh and Mr. Trego, the be made, and Mr. Byrne, of the Brooklyn the class of contests kiuwn as "jiteher'i THE UMPIUE 1-nOBLEM. holders have played "shy." As a result a league, season to begin June 1 and end Oc. 1. heaviest stockholders of the old club, retire Club, will have to he heard from, as the games," and also for lessening me dangers President Hart is giving a great deal of very reliable authority states that if the bal It is proposed to play two games a week ou from active connection with the game. The matter has been referred to the sage of Brook arising from the "cyclone" pitching in vogue. study to the umpiring of the League uext ance of the stockholders do not pay up there each ground, to adopt the guarantee give incorporates of the new club are Jim Hart, lyn for adjudication. What is needed 111 the form of "improved season. He knows that the game demands will be an application made for the appoint and take plan, aud each club to have holi Mr. Sherman, a young lawyer, and Tom Bur- "In the estimation of Mr. Young the point facilities for batting" is not a more clastic good work in that department and that noth ment of a receiver. days to themselves. It is also proposed to ret, a Board of Trade man. The capital stock on which the reservation rights of tlie East hall to favor "funya" hitting, but a lessening ing can hurt it more than incompetent and A gentleman personally interested in the make Mr. Witman, of the firm of Witman will be $100,000. ern League hinges is whether these rights of the powers of the attacking force so as to dishonest men. club's affairs said to-day: "This financial Bros., Reading, Pa., president ot the league. ''The assets of the company, which include were not violated by the disbandment of the enable the batsman to do more place hitting, "I think" said President Hart, "that we feature does not at all threaten the status of Under his supervision the league is bound to the West Side grounds, at Polk and Lincoln League before the schedule had been played which is the very acme of skillful batting. should have the best men we could get, and the club. Two or three of the stockholders be a success. Two Sunday grounds will be streets, and the grounds at Hot Springs, Ark., out. There was considerable discussion over As it is now not one batsman out of a hun for that reason I urged that President Young are willing to take the entire club, but they in the league, Paterson has a new Sunday will remain under the control of the old com the question several months ago, and Presi dred can successfully cope in this respect should be asked to appoint the umpires for do not desire to pay all the money and allow ground, and so will the Cuban Giants have a pany until disposed of. The lease of the dent Byrne was entrusted with the task of witli the "cyclone" pitcher of the period. Ke- the Southern League. If it proves a success, other people to reapthe benefits. The club is new Sunday ground. More about the league South Side grounds, with its improvements unraveling the tangled skein, but BO far the move the riauge: ous, intimidating speed of the and I am satisfied that it will, every minor a profitable investment, and if stockholders when the meeting will he held next week. and the club itself, reverts to the new com sage has maintained a sphynx-like silence, pitcher's delivery, and tkerehv give the bnta- league in the country will be after President are to have the orotits they must put up the J. M. BRIGHT, Acting Secretary. pany, of which Hart will be president. and now the whole baseball world is hanging man a greater chain e to make a place Young to do the same thing. No one in the required capital. That's all there is about HART HAS HIS WAY. metaphorically on the lips of the man from thereby aiding splendid fielding and skillful Uni n is better prepared togive up good men it." The Date For Meeting Set. "The new club also secures a ten years' Brooklyn. base-running. Moreover,do away with tlu than President Young. I guess he must have lease on the Polk street grounds and will fit "Provided the latter finds that the Eastern NEW YORK, Dec. 21. Editor SPORTING foul ball injustice and make the called balls on file a long list of applicants for the places MONTGOMERY NEWS. them up for Sunday games. A. G. Spalding League did not violate its rights, then several and strikes equal, four and tour. These are in the big League. As that gift is so rare LIKE: Will you please state that the meet and John Walsh were the main opposers of of the clubs ot the major organization will indispensable changes for improving the these applicants can be sent into the smaller No Manager Yet Engaged Local Out- ing of the Middle States League will be held Sunday hall. The forming"of the new com either have to pony up $500 for each of tlie on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1893, instead of Tuesday, rules. leagues where their work can be watched, look, Etc. pany means that Chicago will have men of the minor association they hnve de INEQUALITY OF DEFENCE AND ATTACK. and if they prove good, Mr. Young can there Dec. 27, 1892, by request of some of the clubs that class of sport next year. With signs ou or else resign all claims to them." MONTGOMERY, Dec. 19. There is every that intend joining. I want to call the attention of the commit t e il,«nd with more ease makehisselections. reason the new company in view at the tee on rules of the League to the appended Mr. Young is the best man for the to believe that the base ball season is JOHN M. BRIGHT, annual meeting of the League, Mr. Hart position going to open up here with a rush equally as 153 Prince St., N. Y., Acting Secretary. TEMPLE'S ULTIMATUM. facts. Under the existing code of rules the lie I .ds that base f>all has ever known, and great as that of last season. The Association asked who would olay Sunday games next batsman and base-runner of the defense side T\ _ all down this way heartily appreciate WM. A. WITMAN, season. Boston, Philadelphia and Pittsburg the is now after material for the next season. Reading, Pa., Acting President. Let no Man Bother Him About Base in the game have to encounter sixteen risks friendly feeling he bas manifested towards Negotiations have been on with JakeWeihl, declared that they would under no circum Ball. of being put out in scoring a single run,whi;» this League." the team's left fielder last season, to take the stances play on the Sabbath. All the clubs PITTSBURG, Dec. 19. Editor SPORTING they themselves have but three chances of HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? management of the club. Nothing definite BERT ALLEN OUT. that played this year said they would do so LlFK: Will you kindly publish a card in scoring a run. The batsman can be put out President Hart is pronounced too on the has been decided as yet, however. again next, and the others were lion-com your columns, and give it due prominence, in six distinctive ways, as follows: bunt bit and the flat bat. Those of the old team Pietz, Fischer, Harvard's Great Catcher From '83 to mittal. stating that I have ceased absolutely all con 1 By being caught out ou the fly after hit "I think," he said, "that a, man might be Meara, Wiehl, Clark, and Sharp will return "Hart fully expects to have nearly every nection with the Pittsburg Base Ball Club ting a fair ball. '86 Dies in New York. club in 'he League playing Sunday games 2 I!y being caught out on the fly after liit- allowed to make a bunt and beat it out if he with the club next season. Four pitchers BOSTON, and its affairs, and that all correspondence can wnen there is no one on first. But if and another catcher will constitute the new Dec. 21. An immense circle of next year, including New York and Brook pertaining to the business of the Pittsburg tine a foul ball. there is a man on first the man at the bat membership for batteries. Conley, Quire friends and every Harvard man will be lyn. Tiie Polk street grounds will befitted BHSC Ball Ciub should be addressed to A. C. 3 I!y striking out, or being called out, ou should not be allowed to hit the ball that and Dunn are not being counted on too shocked to learn of the death of Herbert T. up handsomely and seating capacity for 15,- Buekenberger, president, Exposition Park, strikes. way when he has no idea of beating it out, strongly. Tlie last two cannot be found at Alien in New York this morning of periton 000 people put in. Allegheny City, Pa. 4 By a foul strike made in stepping out but thinking only of enabling the man on present, and it is doubtful whether the club itis. Only last Friday he was attending to ANSON'S POSITION. I do not wish to write base ball, talk base of the lines of his \ osition .o hit at the ball. that bag to go down to second. That, I wants Conlcy's services any more. business here, but was taken suddenly ill and The new agreement does not affect Anson, ball or hear base ball until the season opens 5 by batting out of the regular onlci. think, should be stopped. Then the The crank ean rest assured, however, that grew worse so rapidly that his family in Som- who retains bis stock in the land company next year, and would like to take this means b' By interfering with the catcher. flat bat should be cremated. The ashes Montgomery is going to have another good erville were telegraphed for. and purchases stock in the new company. of informing people who have any informa The base-runner encounters ten risks of should be scattered, and the man who next team. It ispossible Bill Stickney will play Bert Alien was born in Somerville twenty- He will manage the team, as usual, and will tion either to give or receive concerning the outs, a« be can be put out in teu ditlerent ways, suggests one should be barred from all base with the Montgomery team next season, fie nine years ago last March, aud was the son play first base. He will leave for the South baseball situation in this city to do their as follows. ball parks in the couMh^; is wanted badly, but has not fully decided on of the late Benjamin F. Alien. He was fitted early in March, and put in his preliminary business with the people who have it in 1 l>y bis failure to reach first base alter accepting yet. ______for college in the high school, and became in work probably at Hot Springs. It bao been charge. Yours very truly, W. C. TEMPLE. hitting a ball fair before tLe bull is held ou A LUCKY MAN. his freshman year a conspicuous figure at known for some time that Mr. Spalding has As elsewhere, base ball news in the South the base by a fielder. MORE BATTING WANTED. Harvard by reason of his winning a place ou wished to get rid of his base ball stock. He 2 liy his failure to return to first base is at a premium just now. Everybody seems the University bull nine. will practically have charge of the interna WON'T JIBE. without being touched by the ball in the to be awaiting the return of the Mobile team During the next four years he became one tional athletics to be conducted here next sea hands of from Cuba. By the way, I understand that The Magnates Must Listen to Popular Foot Ball "Would Not do For Base a fielder, after over-running that Demand. of the most famous players the University son and wishes to give them his entire atten base and then running on fair ground, the two Jacks have made money out of that ever had. In his freshman year he was tion." ___ Ball Players. 3 By his fail nee '» keep within the base trip. But that has always been the luck of "When it is taken into consideration that pitcher of the University team, but in the fol Many papers the game of baseball has not changed in any are agitating the question of path in running to first base. Jack Hooper. That man never hit a thing lowing season it was found that his talent lay AVhat President Hart Says. the professional ball teams organizing them 4 By being "forced out," after reaching in his life that did not pay him a dividend. important particular, it speaks volumes for more in the line of catching, and tor three selves into foot ball its President Hart, of the reorganized Chicago clubs and playing a his base safely, by the act of the batsman in I'm told that he once bought an old grave popularity. But the development of the years he made with "Ed," now Dr. Nichols, Club, was,interviewed at length as to the ob icries of championship games each fall. Man hit'ing a fair ball. _^ yard which had been abandoned and that in art of twirling the ball has reached the stage Harvard's famous battery, which carried the ject of the move. Said he: "It means that ager Hanlon said the other day: a that something must be done to bring the 5 By being touched by the ball i»Wre month Mobile began building out that wpy team to the college championship in 18S5. professional base ball in Chicago is to be "It would not work at all. The men who hands of a fielder while oil'a base. and he organized a land company and made batting up to its former standard. While the He was a prominent member of the Pi Eta transferred to new hands that is, if mine a small fortune out of the land which no one pitchers have improved in effectiveness, it play base ball as a rule would not do for lout (i By failing to get back to the base he left Society. He was also an honorary member can be considered new in that connection. bull. Ilt-furc each base ball season is over many when a fair or foul 11 y ball is hit, before such would have had a short time before. Hooper has resulted in the impairmentof the batting. of the Hasty Pudding Club. He graduated The Chicago Ball Club, owing to the pur says that Kelly, who will manage the team Gradual changes ^as to the pitching have of the players have some grudge against another, ball is caught an 1 held on the base he left in '8(i, and entered the real estate business in chase of the block of property on Polk street, and a foot ball gatue woulJ give them a fine op before he can return back. next year, will have one of the best teams in served to make the game lop-sided. This New York. He was also a first-class foot ball between Lincoln and the can Wood streets, in this portunity to get even. Thero would be some 7 By running three feet beyond the base League. Kelly has always been famous be obviated by the simple method of player, and could hold his own with the col city, and of the base ball grounds at Hot run between each base in order to avoid be *">r getting good players, and the chances are lengthening the distance between the bats lege experts at tennis. He was very fond of lively scrapping done before tho game was halt Springs, Ark., have become more a land com played. Again, many a valuable bnso bull ing touched by tlie bull in the hands of n oat the team be brings out will support all man and the pitcher. The distance now is billiards, aud ranked high among the ama pany than an amusement company, financi fielder. Hooper says. 45 feet, and the experience of the past two or teurs of New York. He frequently practised ally considered, consequently it was olftyer would be injured so as to lay him up for three seasons has demonstrated deemed a long while. I like the gauie anil think it a 8 By being hit by a batted ball while i mi Cr.UB AND PERSONAL NEWS. the fact that with George Slosson, the professional. wise by the board of directors, which in ning from base to base. Sam Altmeyer, vice presidcnlof the League the pitcher occupies a too important position, cludes the principal great one, but it would not answer for profes and to the exclusion of the remainder of the stockholders, to separate sional 9 By failing to avoid interference with a and one of the owners of the Macon Club, is the two branches of the business, allowing ball players." fielder trying to catch a fly ball while stand now addressed as "the honorable." Only a team. This is all wrong, and robs the game MOKE LIGHT. the old organization of that interest which has kept it before the to become a land com ing in or near the base lines. few days ago he was elected a member of the pany purely, while the new club will take Diverging Lines Won't do. 10 By interfering with a fielder trying to City Council of Macon, and hereafter base public and caused it to be recognized as the The Magnates Getting Down to the care of the base ball end." "Tim Murnane advocates a removal of the national pastime. More batting is the cry, field a thrown ball. ball will have a warmer advocate than ever Merits of the Discussion. THE DIVISION. pitcher's box 58 feet from the home plate and By way of offset to these advantages on the in the Central City. George Mfc-bridge, who and it would be the height of folly on the "The discussion ove'r the proposed change in "How is the property the judging of all hits part divided between the within five feet of first part of the attacking force in tlie game, tbu is to handle that team again this year, is now of the powers that be if the demands of the dimensions of the diamond goes wearily two organizations?" and third base fair. Tim Murnaiie never did batsman and base-runner of t'led.'fense force, in Macou, and is making the public were not listened to aud obeyed." on, with plenty of advocates for both the old his arrangements Portland Oi'egonian. "The old club takes all the real estate, the love an umpire, that isv'-evident. What a can only secure a run; first, by means of u for next year. He has a fuil list in, but so and new idea. When the League officials new club obtains the lease and improvements sweet and lovely picnic Lo! the Poor Um base hit; secondly, by the stealing of a base, far none of the players for the next year are meet in Gotham, March 7, thej will at least on the South Side grounds, a ten year's lease pire would have guessing at distances on and thirdly, the runner being baited around known, except York and Bailey. Yale's Freshman Class Barred Out. have more light upon the subject than-when ef as much of the Polk street grounds as is fouls. His life really wouldn't be worth the the bases, not counting, of course, the ''bat Manning, who has been signed to handle New Haven. Dec. 22. The faculty of Yale they gathered at Chicago, 'then Mr. Lester's required lor a base ball park and the franchise having with nine howling Indians yelling tery" and fielding errors in aiding him to Savannah, has gone to work, and is getting a College has decreed that the freshman class plan of a 93-foot diamond was only a few days in the National League." for his heart's best blood, immediately fol score a run. Under these circumstances tlw good crowd of youngsters about him. as a whole shall be prohibited from engaging old and but slightly understood. It is said "Are the stockholders of the two organiza lowed by nine other human wolves doing the injustice of penalizing him with at) out on n (Jus Schmelz, who managed the Atlanta* in in any inter-college contest in base ball dur that four of the League presidents are un tions identical?" same caper. Under Murnane's scheme Un hit foul ball, while not allowing him any oft- '8« and planted the flag in the Gate City of ing the coming season as a punishment for qualifiedly committed to the new diamond "No; Messrs. Spalding, Walsh and Trego cle Nick would really be troubled with appli setting advantages, as in tlie case of a fair hifi the South, was in the city one day thi.s week. the disorder in the foot ball celebration of and the vote on its adoption is likely to be become the sole owners of the old organiza cants for places ou the stall' of easy death." ball is very apparent. Gus bas signed to handle the "Noogiatis, aud Dec. 3 in New Haveu. Tery close." Cleveland World, * tion aud are retpousibls for any liabilities Chicago Herald, ClIADWICK. THE LIFE. the lookers-on, hardly perceptible, and EDITORIAL YIEWMEWS, COMMENT. this paper is not sensationally inclined, and PERSONALS. Collins to give them private view of"Bocm« THE SPORTING LIFE. yet large enough to be felt in many always speaks authoritatively and by the te-ra-ra." M book, sotk$ matter of American Association Tip O'Ueill —John S. Pullman, ex-captain of theAVes- PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT ways in the practice of the sport; as IF YOU want to make your next best friend has been playing the races an appropriate, acceptable and yet reorganization may be considered as defin all winter. leyanfoot ball team, has been elected mana for instance, somewhat enlarging the compara ger of (he Pennington Seminary base ball >'o. 81 South Tliird Street, Philada. tively inexpensive Christmas gift send him a itely disposed of and unworthy of further Winfield Scott Camp is reported to be in KY Tllli area for fair hits, making it more difft- j comment. Jacksonville, 111. team. Tbe newly elected captain of the same subscription to TiiE SPOUTING LIFE for 1893. team is Howard Ruler. cult to secure first base on bunt hits, First bascman Tom Golden is wintering Sporting Life Publishing Company. He will then have occasion to remember you No SPKCIAI. import attaches to the reor in Springfield, 111. President Hart, of the Southern League, equalizing the running with the throw gratefully every week daring the year. ganization of the Chicago Club except that it They call Lee Viau the "Fashion IMS notified THE SPORTING LIFI-: that he has Plate" promulgated the eontractsof Tims. G.Vickery TIIOS. S. OANDO...... President. ing, increasing the chances for success THE centering of denotes that President Hart's progressive down in Louisville. T. C. KICIITEn...... Vice PreMdeut. the pitcher not only re and Win. Summer with Nathville, aud of ful base-running and improving the duces the batsman's chances of injury from ideas have prevailed and that henceforth Chi Manager Charley Morion is putting in Danny Roland with Macon. J. O'Lli?*' DANDO...... Treasurer. the winter in Toledo. fielding both in the infield aud out wildly pitched balls by giving him more cago will have Sunday ball under League John E. Roschie, the well-known ex« auspices. If the Chicago Club had bowed to Pittsburg has laid claim to pitcher Jiuimy pla.ve;-, who is THK SPOUTING LIFE'S cor field, thus placing a check upon excess lirne to get out of the way, but it also does Galvin for next season. AH Cheques, Drafts, Munry Ortlrrt and the same thing for the pitcher. The in- the inevitable some years ago it would have respondent at Meadville, Pa., has been pro JRemittance* must be made payable ive batting and run-scoring. been much richer to-day, the establishment Ed Small did not sign with the New Or moted from the position of mail clerk to as Creased distance will make sharp line hits leans Club, as reported. to the order of In considering the last-named point of a rival Association club a year ago would sistant postmaster at Meadville. less dangerous for the pitcher, will make it Catcher Mike Cody is working not have been possible and baseball history as a Treasurer Ashlcy Lloyd, of Cincinnati, THE SPORTING LIFE PUBLISHING it must be borne in mind that at pres possible to field more ground and bounding moulder in Portland, Ore. thinks that pitcher Jones CO would, in all probability, of his club will be ST OFFICE 1SOX. IMS. ent the infielders are compelled, in hits, and especially reduce the number of have beeu vastly Ontfielder McCanu, claimed by Cincin the phenomenon of the season. He says that, dilferent from what it is. order to cover sufficient ground, to split or broken fingers now so frequent among nati, is wintering in Columbus, O. the young man has wonderful curves and i« ffKANCIS C. RICUTK1C, Editor-Iu-Cbief pitchers who won't shirk, owing to the short Stivetts, of the Boston as cool as an icicle iu tight places. MANAGER Gcs SCHMKLZ is quoted as say- Club, is the heavi play far beyond the base lines so far, ness of the pitching distance. Less injury to est-hitting pitcher in the business. Pitcher Schellermau, who has boon JAS. C. DAYTON...... Husiuess Manager. ine that "the enlargement of the base lines in fact, as to make it, as a rule, difficult pitchers means not only a saving of pitching Pitcher George Rcltger is confident that signed by Cleveland, carts around the poet- would be folly." This is a broad, positive, ipl handle of "Stump." material for clubs, but direct economy in he can pitch good ball next season. When '-Stump" TERMS: to properly take care of their territory ' unequivocal statement, which, we presume, and Cincinnati's own "Rumpus" collide, Biilwrlptlon, per annum dualize pRid).,...... ft4.OO money through continuous service of pitchers Weaver, of Louisville, is taking things and bases at the same time. The Mr. Schmelz has solid grounds- for making. somebody will sulleraii attack of nose-blee(L Six nionlhl...... " " ...... tt.'iH and the avoidance of defeats due to the lay cool. He is working for au ice company. "1 lire* mi'Uths...... ** " ...... 1.35 lengthened Now will Mr. Sehraelz kindly give an anx Arthur Irwiri has sold his Boston baked base lines would, however, off of valuable but injured twirlera. Ted Sullivan is angling for Si Sutclifle, SIliKlecoploi...... " " ...... lOc. ious community his convincing reason for whom he wants for Nashville's first base. beanery in Washington. His commercial INVARIAIU.Y IN ADVANCE. enable them to cover even more terri business hereafter will be limited to tli9 terming the diamond-enlargement idea "a Abner Powell will manage as well as TORE1GN rOKTAGB 81.O4 KXTRA Fttt 4NNCM. tory than now, besides guarding their As WILL be seen from our Australian let manufacture of hiscelebrated fielder's glove, folly?" By so doing he will uot only make a cover right field for the New Orleans team. bases better.while the outfielders ter this week, even in Australia there is dis the demand for which is continually increas ADVERTISING RATES: could satisfaction over the prominence given the reputation for himself and do the game some Ed Hutchinsoii, the third baseman of the ing. play somewhat deeper, and San Francisco Club, was married a short time (FIXED AND FINAL.) therefore pitchers, and so serious is this matter that it good, but he may also prevent a serious ago. Ex-President J. Karle Wagner is receiv > Cents P«r Line Agute Measurement get over more ground than now. has been made the subject of a report by a blunder by the rule-makers, who presumably ing the congratulations of his uumcrou* All the Western critics predict a great friends and acquaintances. On Sunday lust Now,does it still appear that because committee of the South Australian League. stand sadly in need of warning against future for pitcher Gus McGinnis, Chicago's "folly" and instruction he became a pnpa for the first time. The ad PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 24, 1S92. as to procedure. In find. dition to the Wagner family is a bouncing the present diamond "has stood the To ADVOCATE a 93-foot diamond without cidentally Mr. Schmelz may also be the putting the pitcher in the centre thereof is Arthur Irwin takes charge of the Penn baby girl. test of time" no change should ever be means of saving some good people further sylvania University ball players June 25 like putting the cart before the horse. The Apropos of the report that "pitcher TO CORRESPONDENTS. made in it? pain and mortification, since if the diamond- next. Davics, formerly of Milwaukee, now with main object of the proposed rule change is to enlargement idea be folly those who con Manager Billy Sharsig is at present in Cleveland, is studying nirdicinelhis winter," All correspondents of THE SPORTING secure more batting, with corresponding in ceived, proposed and advocate it must be the employ of the Philadelphia aud Reading the Omaha lice cruelly remarks that Davit's SOME OBJECTIONS DISPOSED OF. crease in fielding aud base-running, and this fools. Come, Gus, tell us what you "is studying medicine to get himself ready 19 LIFE are requested to return their cre know take it in the spring." President Soden, of the Boston Club, can only be fully secured by putting the about this piece of folly! Jesse Burkett will in all probability dentials for renewal for 181)3. Prompt pitcher in the centre of the diamond. The coach the Holy Cross College team at Wor Manager Powers can flo nothing towards is quoted as opposed to any important enlargement of the diamond to 93 feet is not THE question that the Rules Committee cester. signing men for New York until after the January meeting, compliance with this request will facili changes in the playing rules, and the vital as is the centering of the pitcher, but is must never lose sight of: Is this game de The well-known Cincinnati catcher, Lou lie says he means to give Meyers, has had an increase in his family. Ne\v York as slroug a team as he can possi tate the annual task of reorganizing following alleged remarks attributed designed to enabletheinfielders tocovermore signed for the profit aud glory of the pitcher; It's a boy. bly gather together. He is simply waiting; ground, to lessen the number of close deci or for the practice of all players and the for the word to go ahead. the correspondence corps, which is, by to him on the subject have been given Thomas E. Burns says: "I would rather wide circulation: sions at first base, to increase the chances of amusement of the public? Keep that in view, play ball than umpire, but as it is I cannot Jimmie Tray, an old Northwestern throwing out men at the home plate and to Messrs. Rule-makers and you'll come pretty help myself." League player, is pushing the reorganization the way, quite a task, owing to the "In my opinion nothing would be gained facilitate base stealing; iu short, it isdesigned near a proper solution of the problem of how The tr:msferof the Chattanooga franchise of the Michigan State League, and wishes to immense number of contributors THE by increasing the distance between bases. include Bay City, Sagiuaw, Grand Rapids, Not three out of five men who attempt to help fielding and base-running, while at this game may be restored to supreme favor from Ted Sullivan to President Nickline has to been completed. Muskcjrnn, Battle Creek, Lansiug, Mauistea SI-ORTING LIFE has on its staff. steal second base ever get there. Of course, the same time tending to keep down excessive aud prosperity. and Jnckson in the Tommy Hernon is wintering in Helena circuit. the increasing of ihe distance between bases batting and scoring. It is no surprise would increase the distance from catcher to A BROOKLYN base ball patron writes THE and pulling in his time as ground-keeper for that Ted Lark in leads SPORTING LIFE suggesting that as a means a gun club there. the Senators in hatting, his average of .282 ABOUT DIAMOND ENLARGEMENT. second base, but the increase in distance WITH the pitcher in the centre of the dia being very creditable when it is taken into would represent only a fraction of time in mond that player has a chance to develop of increasing batting the pitcher be handi Sam Smith and Frank March are winter consideration that he went into at least a About the most remarkable and most the passage of a ball in
if the clubs more equal it l» proposed by the CHATTANOOGA_ CHATTER. the ball park will be the erection of a grand !iat go to the amateurs will be of sufficient Adelaide Club to divide their team. The stand between the present one and the ST. LOUI^SIFTINGS. nemuersof this club are to be highly corn- alue to invite some of the crack cyclists iu BASE BALL. A STRAIGHT TIP TO SOUTHERN bleachers, for the convenience of ladies and ic country to compete. >!imented upon their unselfishness iu sacri- C'AMPBliLL. RESERVED PLA VKR9. their escorts. This will be erected in the HE PROBABLE MAKE-UP OF icing their own wishet and interests to the most approved style and will be furnished 'nterest of the game, and if their action is NEXT YEAR'S TEAM. THE CALIFORNIA Not at Liberty to Negotiate With with cushioned seats. The grounds will be CHAMPIONSHIP :uceessful in popularizing the game, the Other filled Clulis The Club's Charter Revised in in the tbe hollow portion back of L Tribute to Manager ANTIPODEAN MS. hanksof all true lovers of sport will be due the bases, where the rain generally forms Watkins Von -'oiilinnation of the Series Between o them. Such a precedent is unique in the Sehinelz's Hunt For Players lasting pools, and the pitcher's box will be der Ahe on Sunday Ball Chats Los Angeles and San .Tose. innals of manly sports, and is worthy ot emu- Young Blood Signed, Etc. moved back I hope. With Tebean and Other The third game of tbe unofiicinl series bc- LAWSON AT LAST TDRNS DP IH NEW 'ation by other bodies and in other pastimes. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 19. Editor Charleston is getting a hustle on itself and ween the Los Angeles and San Jose teams "The committee again wishes to bring for- SPOUTING LIFE: There seems to be an un is signing some high-grade players, amongst Players. vas played at Los Angeles, Dee. 8. San Josi: vard the desirability of the League appoint- derstanding, or rather a misunderstanding, whom are Twitchell, Hank O'Day, Swccuey ST. Louis, Dec. 19. Editor SPOUTING on on a close decision in the ninth inning. SOUTH WALES. ugumpires for all League games. Tbeadvan- among some of the players iu tbe Southern and O'Xeill. 11'E: Manager Walkius has \ good crowd witnessed the game, which wan age to be gained by this system cannot be for the last League that the rules and laws as to their re My best wishes to you and your innumer wo weeks been enacting the role of peace- nil of brilliant plays and close from start to :oo highly commended, and every possible servation by their respective clubs from able readers for a merry Christmas and inisli. Harper and one naker andgeneral whipper-in for Knell pitched, and both He Endeavors to Clear His English neaus should be used by the League to bring season to the other are not intended to mean happy New Year. From present indications Presid eut id good work. The other feature of tha his about." what their wordings are intended to convey. in this section, we think we are fated to en Von der Ahe. ame was the fielding of Stafford, Trcdway Record-Progress ol Base Ball NEW OFFICERS ELECTED. This is a grave mistake on their part, and dure a muddy Christmas and happy New- After a flying tour among the various gen- nd McGucken. The score: The application of the newly-formed South the players should not for a moment think Year. When Gus Schmelz runs his eagle lemen who are booked by the Boss for next A.NUK S. AB.R. U. P. A. Kj 8AN JOSE. A D. R. B. P. A.R Vdelaide Club to join the League was con otherwise than that these rules are promul eye on this may he consider himself the re eason, be announces that the demands of all Uruwu, cf.... 5 I 1 0 0 0-McGi;cki-n,]ff> 2 2 3 (I 0 in Australia, Etc. cipient of . «»... 400 2 I UjKverstt, re... 4 11 4 2 0 sidered and approved. Several unimportant gated for the purpose nud desire that they the best wishes and compliments ave been satisfied and a bairn applied to lcCiii]li-y.lb2 0082 alterations should be strictly o£frhe season from myself and Oi Dudley, Hi... 5 125 2 0 were made to the rules goveru- brother cranks he troubles of those disconsolate players who reihvay. If. 3 1 1 0 O'Clark.c...... 4 01 8 1 0 SYDNEY, Oct. 29. Editor SPOMISG LIFE: 11 g the constitution, but, the playing rules re- ADHERED TO AND ENFORCED. in this section of Tennessee. A. W. ave been claiming all along that they would Ii-uiil»ill.2b4 1 2 0 3 0|l)r-nuy. 3b... 3 0 1 1 (I uuin the yarne as last season. I understand that there are several players in iref'er death by the medium ol "cignrctte- .vile, if...... 4 0 I 1 0 lljH.rpor, p..... 2 001 1 « --On Thursday last, Oct. 23, 1 was addressed Inl'-ii.:ib.....3 0 1 as follows: "Mr. Chuck?" "Yes, sir, that's The election of office-bearers resulted as the League, who hive been reserved by their MONTANA'S LEAGUE ute" to playing ball iu St. Louis next sea- 4 I)] VcVcv, cf... 4000 0 (» follows: Patron, his Excellency the Gov clubs and their reservation has been officially on. liultriu, c... 400 1(1 2 lll,.«,kiib'li. 2b3 1 I 2 1 2 me; all that remains." null, |i...... 4 1 1 3 1 2lD»Wa)d. rf..,4 0 0 3 I) 0 "My name ia Lawson. ernor; president, the Mayor of Adelaide (Mr. recorded aud sanctioned by the president of To be Reorganized at Once For Next I hear that Willie Gleason, the midget I am a professional the Tutul...... 3i 4 1 27 13 ill Total...... 3* 5 H !!7 s a base ball l'\ W. Bullock); eight vice presidents, and League, who have been in correspondence Year. wonder with the strong right arm, is satisfied * AnselM...... player from America." with clubs other 01002000 1 1 "Is that so? I have heard Messrs. Leak and Krensler auditors. A vote than those who have re BTTTE, Mont., Dec. 11. Editor SPORTING vith the arrangements by which he will an .low...... 3 0000000 2 i of you, Mr. Law- served them, erve the son, and expected your arrival. Are you of thanks to the chairman terminated the with a view of offering their lFE: I trust you will allow a constant sphere in St. Louis next season, Kiiinrd itm Sttn .lose. Threa-bas* hit Uonliy. services for the coming ileason will, A'o-bti"* bit McGucken 2. Gienalvio, here on Business, or simply, taking a run- jroceedings. season. This is cer reader of your newsy base ball sheet to give of course, play the star pan in Sitcrince hits CLUB NEWS. tainly, to say the least, a most remarkable he twirler's box and will draw one of the -Glmialvin, Donnv, I)i-\V,ild, Uarpxr. First on .-r- around?" you some little news from this far-off North rs Los An*elH* 1, Sail June '2. First on ha]]' l.as "Well, Mr. Chuck, A meeting of the Adelaide Base Ball Club state of proceedings on their part and if western-mining camp. auciest salaries on the team. The report to tell the truth, lam brought to light hat Joe Qiiinn ittielea 4, San Jose 5. Left on bases Los Angi-lm 4, trying to kill two birds with was held at the Exchange Hotel on Tuesday would cause no end of trouble This is anything but summer weather, and will captain the team in case an .lose 5. Hto'on bast- Brown. Tr«dway 2. filoii- one stone. If lo themselves which ic is signed, is a hit there are any chances iutbe base ball busi evening. Messrs. McKee. Ewers and Wilson they would in future he mercury lingers around the zero point previous. Cnruthcrs Ivln, Knell, Everctt, t;iark. Struck nut By (Inner fiave much cause to regret. vill have charge of tbe . by ness ot making money, I am prepared to reported that their eltorts to reorganize the \Ve can only ac most of the time. However, the magnates nine on the field and Kui.ll 8. Wilil Ditches Knoll 2. UuiDire-Mc- Norwood Club bad met with no success. It I count for it by their supposed ignorance of and directors of the Montana State vill play right field,a position he is qualified Jonal.l. Tim" 2(1.5. offer my services either as a player or in League The fourth structor." s ultimately agreed that Liilingstone the fact that they are already bound to their ave called a meeting to be Held in Butte on o fill by virtue of his hitting abilities. gnme, played at Los Angeles would play with the Kent Towns and Messrs. respective clubs and are not at liberty to Monday next, to decide on what towns The report that Bobby has taken a farewell lee. 9, was a victory for the locals. Looka- "The chances of doing anything in that tender will >ugh pitched for the line, Mr. Lawuon. Mclntyrc, E. C. Ewers, Wilson, Dawes and their services to any other, and the contest for the championship in '93, salary )f the diamond, and intends embarkinir in Pukes and McNabb at least so far as you are iooner they become cognizant he hardware business, is very Patti. r the Angels till the eighth inning, when concerned, at present are not very great." Sellers would join the newly-formed South of this fact the imit, etc. Helena, Great Falls, Ogden, Salt Bobby Adelaide Club. Mr. S. Smith was elected better it is for their future welfare and pros Lake, Missoula and fiutte will be vill be a Brown next season, you can bank Cncll was put in the box. The game was "What do you mean, sir? I do not under repre nil of line points and was stand." lion, secretary vice Mr. Sellers. Tbe follow pects. I was very much amused lately at the sented. n it. fiercely fought to actions of an old-time I hear that the Boston folks lie end.- The score: "Then 1 will explain and come at once ing players have been chosen to represent the base ball crank, who Though we cjn hardly pay the salaries we will refuse to to evidently iccept Cliff Carroll OSANUK'S. AB.R. 0. P. A. K| SAX .TOSB. An.R.B. P. A.B the poin.. Your English champions during the coming season: never yet had the opportunity or did last year and at the same time want the for Quinn, claiming as record hns pre- inclination of perusing the hey do that their outfield is completed as it Bmwu, cf...5 2 3 0 0 o!Hc<:nokonJf4 0 1 1 1O ceeded you, and unless Messrs. R. Ewers, Tomlin, McKee, Smith, columns of a nnjority of the players back that played (afford, ss... 5 0 3 'i 3t|Ev,T-(t, 8'.. 4 0 (I 420 matters can be put thoroughbred base ball paper. low stands, and that the granger would be a right and satisfactorily explained, I, as Pippett, Taeuber and Grayson. with us then, those who do play in the Mon- TlcOaulpy.lbS 0 0 10 2 0! Dooley, Ib... 4 0 I 11 lo the I was scanning the cjlumns of ;ase of a fifth wheel forthe Hub coach. IIow- reciway. representative ol ». S. W. ball players, de The Kents held their fourth annual meet the last ;ana League during the season of '93 can rest If.3 1110 IjUlttrk, C...... 4 00501 cline ing at the General Havelock Hotel on Tues issue of THE SPORTING LIFE, when this assured that ii will be no Fourth of July >eit, some kind of a deal will be rigged up to ;liMiahiu2b4" 0" 0" 6 6 (II Dennv. 3b... 4 12 2 21 to accord you the welcome that should iring Quinn to .ytlo. rt...... 4 1 I 1 0 OlUnitT.. lib.....4 00251 and would day evening, Sept. 27. Mr. A. Foggo occu liaekwoods acquaintance of mine made his cague, and that it will play the schedule St. Louis. be given to any straight-going appearance, and after a As regards third baseuien we are pretty luleu, 3b... 4 0 1 3 1 3|McVey. cf... :) 0 0 001 member pied the chair. The secretary's report showed few general remarks out. Each town will be obliged to have one C...3 of the fraternity." asked me as to what was going on veil off, thanks. Newhall, McC'riliis, the t 0 4 1 0!I,.akib'illi,l'3 0 0 0 10 "Of what am 1 accused, Mr. Chuck?" [hat the club had experienced a fairly suc in the ;housand dollars deposited in a national HcNubt', i>.... :i 1 3 0 1 (. De Wnld.rf.. 301 1 12 cessful eeasou. The club had a small credit world. I shoved the paper uader his pro jank as a guarantee to pay players and um Philadelphia amateur, and Jack Crooks,are Knoll, 11...... 1000 10 "Read lor yourself." boscis he candidates for the third To.nl...... 33 I 5 -ft 13 S 1 then balance. Several good senior players have and requested him to see for himself. pires, also play the schedule out, and with corner of the dia- Tot»l...... 37 61227 handed Lawson a copy of THE After glancing it over for a moment nond, Crooks to cover the bag in case Quinn SPOUTING LIKK which lie eagerly scanned. joined the club, including a new pitcher and and jrotection we hope to start the season with as ,oa Aniielrt...... 0 0000131 l-« closely examining the bead-lines, evidently s secured. an J..w...... 0 0000010 0 1 What his thoughts were 1 do not know, but I catcher. Mr. C. Gross resigned as lion, sec ;ood backing and players as any minor retary, on a fresh hunt for election results or sensa league Before the flowers of the early May begin Kitrned runs Los AHgel'-s 1, San Jose 1. Tllree- can say he appeared much astonished and Mr. A. H. Kruss being elected to the in the country. i!i9e hit Ijj-tlp. Two ba«o hit Blown, Dtmny. position. The meeting was well attended tional news, lie exclaimed, "What in thunder Anson and Comiskcy are 'after Smith, our o flash their sappy hues Mr. Watkins will broke right up. Having finished the article do you call this! There's lave several more than the thirteen limit on 'ftcrifice bit* GtenaltiD, Baldwin, Lookabauzb, and recovered from the feeling being general that the club would nothing in here star third baseman, but the contracts he has
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robably in more prosperous condition than ously damaged and there were other un ny of the other Chicago clubs. The new seemly goings-on which did not meet with IE'8 SIDE OF IT. ear will be entered with a good snug sum in ihe approval of the better and larger clement A LITTLE le treasury and all bills paid. President of the club; yet when charges were preferred MOVE. errick says that the Lincolns will occupy nothing could ever be proven. Rather than "DEAD-BROKE" MAN SAYS HE IS home of its own, and not one called "own" remain and contend with such conduct longer r which it pays rent, as other clubs are do- some of the members quietly droppod out and THE RACING BOARD MARE A FEEBLE oined the Atalantas. President Knight last "KOT GUILTY." week appointed Peter Murrav, H. L. Lang BLUFF AT DOING THEIR DUTY. ThePullman racewillnotbe run underthat and E. J. Decker a committee to investigate ame next year, but the annual race the all the afiairi of the club and if possible A Hew League Organ Sensation to be reatest race in the world will be run over place the blame for the trouble where it It is Hall-hearted, Valueless and nother course, probably the Sheridan Drive, ustlv belongs and report to the club at the Thor i which case it will be twenty to twenty-five regular meeting a week from Thursday night. Sprang Racing Men and Their jiles over level boulevard roads. Then It will then be decided whether to continue oughly Characteristic Some an the speed of Eastern and Western men the club at the present or anew location or Plans For Next Season and Tnis. e compared under equal circumstances, The whether to disband altogether. New Facts For Them. iillman race and its tortuous course never llowed of this. CHICAGO, Dec. 19. EditorSrORTiNGLiFE: SHOAVLETTES. After having in their possession for nenrly In a recent letter the writer was the author America is to have a rim factory. The hreeweeksthedenmnu' thattheydotheir > u y of a somewhat warm roast of "Dead Broke" lanagerofthe Nottingham Machinist Com- What the Enterprising Managers 11 regard to liie fl want and open violation Wylie. Since that time quite an acquaint any, Limited, of Ilkestown, Eng., Mr. 0. H. Have Done to Add to the Pop of the racing rules by alleged amateur riders ance has been struck up with the gentleman alf, was in Chicago this week. It is the ularity of the Cycle Show. now in the South, ibr the purpose of manu in question, and he has been found to be itention of his company to open a factory iu The management of the National Cycle facturing records to order, the Racin" I'o-ird hardly the fiend incarnate which he was de lis country for the manufacture of Ball hol- Show announces that W. II. Barbei% trick 'iave published the three-weeks old demand picted. Wylie was bold enough to speak DW tubing, patented, used at the present rider, who has travelled with the Howard 'without comment" in the official t.u,,,lin. plain of the "push" with whose power in the y nearly all the prominent makers of Eug- Athenreum Co., Thatcher, Primrose and [i will be seen by this ihutthe Board docs not West he was unacquainted, and got himself nd. ___ West, Keilly, Wood & Co., respectively, and consider any such communications worihy into hot water at the outset of his career in William Hoefler, ot Geneva, N. Y., will of "comment." Only trips in a legitimate and the Windy Clarence H. Mead is in the Southern States give City, lie had never been at a n the interests of the Monarch Cycle Coin- THE STEARNS RACER. WEIGHT, 2O POUNDS. PRICE, $175. exhibitions. open manlier similar to THE SPOUTING Lire Western meet before, and being unacquainted any. These two have excellent reputations, and ones are disgraceful enough to draw front the with the actions of the Western cycling push will be a change from Maltby and Canary, august Racing Hoard either "comment" or was naturally very unfavorably impressed. Joe Goodman, of the American Cyclist, BUNKER HILL who have been engaged heretofore. 'warning." While it is true that the Rae- His impressions, as put in type in the Jour aid Chicago a hasty visit this week, leaving TIPS. GOING TO SPLIT. It. has been arranged that the opening cere ng Hoard's "comment," or "warning " nal office, were about what the impressions amount to Imt little, still it is the Board'* u Wednesday. ___ WHAT IS GOING OX IN It. A. W. THE CAMFORNtANS WANT TO DI monies take place at 8.30 with addresses by of the general public are, although, Wylie Hon. Edwih H. Stuart. Mayor of Philadel duty to do both in (hiscase ot the professional being a cyclist, is probably not quite so severe. C. H. Weld, assistant manager of the Royal AFFAIRS. VIDE THEIR DIVISION. ecord maker. Sneers on the part of Racing Cycle Works, was in this city this week phia; President Tucker, of the A. C. C., and All being so, does it not do cycling harm? ihe presidents of the Board of Trade and [Joard members against such papers as at- I take pleasure in presenting to the readers eeking to place an agency for Royals for The Boston "Herald" Tips Oft* a Lot Such a Move WiH do Much to Pro etnpt to force the League officers to do their Chicago. of Inside Information iu Bourse. of THE SPORTING LIKE a rather manly let mote League "Work iu the The Germania Orchestra, the finest in the loiinden duty in this matter will not ocier ter received from Harry Wylie this week: The Illinois Cycling Club gavethree prizes the Matter. Far West. city, will render concert music the entire teu louestjournals untramellcd by organN'ic "'CmcoT' care of BPORTINO LIFE. My or the highest scores made in competitive BOSTON, Dec. 18. No good reason exists SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. The meeting of days of the show. ' onors, Irom showing up tl e cowan.ice of t'.ie Dear Sir:—I note what you have to say in re ames of billiards, pool and bowling during why all should not run smoothly at the Na- he new board of Division officers of Ameri- The regular stated meeting of the officers a"ing l!i>;;rd. 1 he Referee in culling t e gard to iny connection with the Chicago 'Push' November. Joe Burton, at three-ball bil- ionnl Assembly. The election of officers is a :an Wheelmen on Friday evening last was of the Pennsylvania Division L. A. W., has board's attention to the open violati no U at Milwaukee and knowing it to be merely from iards, ran 24 and received a handsome cue. aregone conclusion. Messrs. Burdett, Brown argely attended! Of the twenty-six meni- jeen adjourned to meet at Philadelphia, Jan. tiles did a creditable nnil praiseworthy 01- . what has been told you, feel that some explana t bowling, four back, I1 red Strong ran 73, mid Sheridan have a fair field and uo op )ers comprising the board eighteen were 8, so that the representatives of the division mt all the thanks it received therefore was tion is due from me. l)id it ever occur to you nd at filteen-ball continuous pool H. C. ponents. present in person and four by proxy. The may take in the show after attending the he following in tl;e offi 'H! hull in written that success in cycling is very much like going Chisholm ran 27 balls. Much interest was It is doubtful if any discussion arises upon chief consul's appointments were confirmed business meeting. This plan could be fol- )y a menil er of the Racing Board: to the oirous? As soon as a man reacTOs the aken in the games. he magazine Good Roads, as it can at any without opposition. owed by the surrounding divisions, such as 'Ihe Itrftt'ce'ii siiiiciiuUu i jr lue enforcement front row all the fellows on the back seats insist ime be disposed ot at a fair profit. The following standing committees were Sew York, New Jersey, Maryland, Del of the strictest spirit and letter of the unfortu on bis sitting down out of sight. (Mr. Wylie At the Chicago Cycling Club a handicap In the selection of next year's Racing appointed: aware. nate Aiuateur Kule is really quite touching. forgot to credit this simile to its proper source, jool tournament with fourteen entries is in 3oard President Burdett will probably have finance and executive George H. Strong, The contracts for carpenter work, steam "In its last issue it wastes a. whole case of >rogress. The prize, a gold watch, is being no great difficulty. It is generally admitted )akland; L. Devany, San Francisco, and R. beating and lighting have beeu awarded, and capitals in reprinting the rule, and then culls SPORTISO LIFE. En.) I went to Milwaukee in lotly contested hat the majority of my occupation as a journalist, to see and know for by the speed merchants of the present Board will U. Welch, San Francisco. the expense of these, together with the rent upon the lltieing Board to ilo its duty in regard he race track the past season. >e retained. Rneing board R. A. Smyth, Alameda; of the Bourse Building, in which the show is to that Milwaukee trip. Now, if the licferfg all. Unfortunately I went with the 'Push,' but Chairman Raymond once stated that under Robert Inglis, Stocktou, as soon as I awoke to the realization that the and EL C. F. Smitb, to be held, will amount to $7000. will oniy name names, facts and (inures and Lumsden's success on the race track the 10 circumstances would he again accept that Los Angeles. During the pa-t week applications have nd them to the lioirl, instead of vaguely gen- atmosphere in their surroundings did not agree past season does not follow him onto the in. 1 ifficult and thankless position one which Touring board L. W. Lovey, San Fran with me I left them. Hence the tumult. been received from the Hill Cycle Co., Chi er ilizing, I have no doubt it will be surprised at loor diamond, as his team, tbe Kenwoods, ot >rings him into decidedly undesirable no- cisco; J. M. Miller, Vacaville, and N. C. cago; Win. Read & Sons, Boston; Indiana lie resulting "The doings of this choice section of wheel- he Midwinter consequence-*. League, have yet to win a oriety. The head of that special committee Jordan, Riverside. liicycle Co.; Metropolitan Cycle Co., Read- "I also have no duubt but that the Chicago dom have been aired in the cycling press on i.eagne game. Lnmsden says he sets the pace ins been, and always will be the subject of Rights and privileges Thomas B. Knox, : ng, Pa.; Bovril Beef Co.; Cycle Guide; many another occasion, until the press of the oo much only to lose by a narrow margin on iiucli criticism from the cycling riders thoroughly appreciate the Ii>fcr*e'« kind papers and San Francisco; W. N. Kirnball, Sacramento, singer Wheel Co., through Wall & Bover, terest in their welfare, *nd are duly gmttful country fairly reeks with their misdoings. You he homestretch, most of his team's games the cycle racers. and A. C. Banta, Fresno. Philadelphia.; Peerless Cycle Co., Cleveland, know them well and you can judge them. You laving beeu lost by one run, or two at the But since he has accepted the presidency Koad improvements P. erefor. Indeed, I should not be surprise-] if H. Bernays. Oak O.i Acme Bicycle Carriage Co., Newark, N. ey were to suow their appreciation also know something of myself, and I think it most. ___ of the International Cyclist Union, perhaps land; T. B. Cutter, Eureka; II. B. Sperry, J.; Niagara Machine Co., Buffalo; Stover by a public would be a very hard matter for you to imngine le can be induced to retain his present office San Francisco; testimonial." Last Thursday evening the Cook County George H. Mastick, Ala ?yele Co.. Freeport; Codman & Shurtliff; me in any role than that of a gentleman. It is or another term. Then again, he may claim meda. and W. A. E. Noble, Los Angeles. Cycling, Philadelphia; Warwick Cycle Mfg. This means that this member of the Racing Wheelmen nominated the regular ticket for that the latter office 3oard dislikes iieing called upon to do hii not necessary for me to make answer to the as he annual election, as follows: President, demands his undivided Rules and regulations F. H. Kerrignn Co.; Grand Rapids Cycle Co.; U. S. Cycle sertions of those "perfect gentlemen" (as the attention. and Dr. J. C. Spencer, San Francisco and Mfg. Co.; Simonds Rolling Machine Co., luty and consequently answers the argument 0. R. Barnett; vice president, L. R. Crawford; Mr. Raymond has made a most efficient Dr. H. B. Ellis, )f his licenser w t sneers. '1 hey will nut dol proprietor of the hotel is now pleasod to call secretary, R. C. Craigie; financial secretary, Lo« Angeles. [''itehburg, Mass.; Guest & Barrow, Birming them). I can only brand their words as worthy chairman, and deserves no small degree of Transportation H. F. Wvnne and L. D. ham, Eng.; Francis Clemeus, Phi.adelphia. ic and bis fellow n.e ubers must net they si all* P. C. Stubb; treasurer, J. E. Crump; board of praise. lot dodge. If the writ r of the item quo e 1 of their origin, and consider the source. I con lirectors, P. D. Fenn, H. B. Hart; captain, Owen, San Francisco, and W. J. Alien, Los sider it a great stroke of fortune to be at cuts By the removal of Mr. Crowther from Angeles. inew the rules of his own Hoar I hew mid Win. Blair; first lieutenant, H. B. Davis; Philadelphia to %now that "tacts and figures" are not needed with this crowd BO soon after my arrival in Chi second lieutenant, A. G. Boston, the interests of the Dexter, of Sacramento; Eckstrom, ofStock- HERE'S HELENA. Moore; third lieu listrict he now represents will be taken care on; Maguire, of San Francisco; Percival, of n this case, or in any other when the Racing cago. It is better to have them as enemies tenant, J. E. Diekinson; color-bearer, B. Sal Board wants to act; "suspicious circum than as friends; as the latter they would em if by another. Whether or not the New Eng- Los Angeles, and Lee, of San Francisco, were Happenings in the Montana Metropo vage; bugler, F. Y. Coffin; delegates to Asso and member will stances" are all that are required. Will barrass me; as enemies they are harmless. Very ciated Clubs (three to be be changed remains to be elected delegates to the National Assembly. lis From a Cycling Standpoint. elected), C. E. Gra seen. The matter of securing nn official organ for ven a purblind Racing Board declare that truly yours, HABRIT IIILLIABD WVLIE." ham, W. Blair, L. R. Crawford, F. B. Hart, HKI.ENA, Mont., Dee. 13. Fxlitor SPORT there are not ''suspicions circumstance*"" It is thought by many that Mr. Crowther the division was referred to the executive ING LIFE: Once in O. R. Barnett, C. II. Stephens, F. E. Crump, will remain more a little life is return the present eases? If, with all that has been In A. J. Nicolet the Grand Rapids Cycle R. C. Craigie, H. E. on the hoard as the New England committee. ing to the Helena Wheelmen. The recent Skinner. member, and that Mr. L. A. Miller will be The principal business considered was-in said about the case, the pure, upright and Company secured a prize this week. "Nie," Independent nominations as follow* were financial downfall from last August's tourna Ificient Racing Bo-ird riii noi set-an. tiutig as the boys call him, left Chicago Thursday :he fortunate man who, for a year at least, connection with what is known as the "South ment left a mark that was quite noticeable. made: President, E. J. Morrow, C. F. Gra will escape the bitter and sometimes suspicious inall that is going on in the South to accept a position on the road with the ham; vice president, F. B. Hart; secretary, unjusti ern question," relating to the forming of a Their second annual ball held last Thanks above company. fiable criticisms of the cycling press. separate division in Southern California. et them cast their eyes upon t!ie following A bright young fellow and E. U. St. Clair; captain, F. 15. Hart, H. E, giving night was a social, but not a financial, telegram, published iu the Milwaukee Sen good business man, he will score a success. Should -Mr. Raymond decide to retain the The hoard unanimously adopted a resolution success; but it was the Skinner, P. H. Greene; financial secretary, chairmanship, the only changes cause of bringing the tinel: Dealers may well be proud to do business H. A. Hoyt, C. H. Brown; director, C. H. likely to declaring itself in favor of a separate and in boys together again, and harmony seems with him and to count him as a friend. occur are the transfer ot Mr. Crowther to the dependent division to comprise the counties once more to prevail. NASHVILLE, Tcnn., Nov. 7. Sercambe-Bolu Morrow; first lieutenant, E. Furner, R. C New England district, and the appointment fyc'e Muntifacturiitg Co: Craigie, B.Salvage; second lieutenant, F. W of Santa Barbara, Vcntura, Los Angeles, The annual mcetine was held on the llth How much a. Roy Keator, the speedy little traveller de of another member from Pennsylvania, or Orange. San Bernardino and San Diego. The inst., at which the following officers ior the week will you give for Johnson, Rhodes and Osmun, A. G, Moore, U. A. Hoyt. the dropping of Mr. Crowther to make way members residing myself, they to become veloped in Chicago this season, has entered ClIICOT. in these counties will im ensuing year were elected: J. H. Emery, members Milwaukee the employ of the Inter-Ocean and says he for a man from the Quaker City. mediately declare in favor of a separation, resident; O.C. Kirkwold, vice president; Ciub, to bre ik all record* from one mile to The greatest friction will manifest B. may give up racing next season,but he won't. CHRISTIAN CYCLERS. itself at and so soon thereafter as the details can bear- 5. Hummel, secretary; Chas. N. Reinig, one hundred? To commence work this week if Makers, amateur clauses or no, he will be the constitutional convention. Questions of ranged a vote of the entire membership of treasurer, and our champion af Montana, W. satisfactory, you to sead Saucer hereto help get found on the track. Keator is now under Brooklyn's vital importance will be considered and the the division will be taken, and if, as there is L. Swendeman, captain. records. This id business. Answer quick. Dominies Band Together constitution amended in its weakest (suspension, but expects reinstatement, when For parts. every reason to believe, a majority is favor As the past season has started the ball a T. W. ECK. Cycling They'll Wear Knee- The amateur rule that great bone of con able thereto, the Southern division will be or he declares his every action shall be above Brecches and Parade, rolling for on the pafh, the following one This wns sent "collect," as a matter of suspicion. Too. tention will receive a decisive attack from ganized and recognition asked of the national will BROOKLYN, Dec. 19. The present a most decided improvement. u i se,and when the money was not forthcom. Clerical Bicycle race promoters and others. The Kaeing body. Many new ones, who have already placed i ig, nrw business arrangements for "ani;,t-urj Chicago's "push" is being scattered to the Club was organized yesterday afternoon Board will make a proposition that the ama On Saturday, the day after the meeting, a t e r orders for when twelve clergymen met at Dillard's teurs light wheels will enter the records" wc-re made elsewhere. What do. s four points. Tom Roe is in New York, be divided into two distinct and sepa letter was received from Secretary Bassett arena and try for championships. t tat great, fe irless Racing Boardiwant hi fo e Howard TutQein Syracuse, Nicolet in Grand rooms, on Bedford avenue near Hancock rate classes the first to be composed of the inclosing an opinion by President Burdett to street, Brooklyn, The Holler Hardware Co. have taken sev it« suspicions arc aroused? Will no other Rapids, J.'~ «, £t points outside of Chicago, and decided to appear ou unsullied amateurs who race more for glory the ertect that, certain conditions being com eral special ord rs and are promising a full li nt less forcible than a club cause their as and now it isjuid "Billie" Young is going their wheels in knickerbockers. than anything else, and the second class of plied with, there was no reason why two or Rev. Dr. Farrur, of the First "pro-amateurs," line of all kinds of wheels, especially racers, tute brains to become suspicious in this ease? to the Pacific coast to work. Most of 'em Dutch Re or riders in the employ ot more separate divisions should not be founded for the following year. Cun it be that a Racing Board, half of whose will meet at the Cycle Show, however, and formed Church; Rev. J. Winthrop Hugeman firms, who may race for prizes without limi ' i a State. This was very encouraging to the Ph. D., and Dr. Heisehmann, of A talk with Mr. Padenande, vice president members are engaged in the cycle trade, and then won't Rome howl? St. Peter's tations. Southern representatives,Messrs. Tliayerand of the company, gives away that last season's, all of whom are more or less interested in German Lutheran Church, were the origina In the first case it will be suggested that Cowan, who returned to Los Angeles last Harry Ililliard Wylie's story tors of the club, all three being their first one, has been a most satisfactory same, is afraid to act in this case simply be of his "deac enthusiastic the value of prizesi be restricted to a certain evening satisfied that the establishment of a one, and says that he thinks cycling has come cause one of the trade has put its money into broke" trip across country appears in the wheelmen. Some of the ministers to whom limit. Southeru division is now assured. Sport-mien's Review Christmas they went were horrified, but others to stay in Montana and gives him encourage this Southern scheme? Can it be that our number and is turned a That the amateur rule in its present form ment to further increase his stock. pure Racing Hoard so often raises the cry Tery cleverly written. Chicago men who willing ear to the proposition and finally sue is obsolete and needs reconstruction, all ad of 1X>W BRIDGE W. L. Swendeman, the champion who has ' trade influence" simply to distract attention were disposed to revile now only admire the cumbed. mit; but just how to efl'ect the reconstruction ! in two years won thirteen from the Board'sown man's nerve. He is very minute in his de The proceedings yesterday were secret, bti is the question. medals (all firsts) trade-controlled actions? scriptions, and after the adjournment Rocky Times Ahead For the Athletic will ride a Huinber Racer, the balance mostly There is not an honest, fair-minded on the whole story runs along Dr. Heisehmann tolc The color question is also threatening to favoring the Columbia aud Cleveland. looker in this whole ntfair who will not ad Tery smooth. Three chapters only appear a World reporter: create considerable discussion in the League. Club's Racing Teams. this month. "I was elected HELENA. mit that the Racing Hoard does not or will Fifteen more are to come, am president, Rev. Dr. Harri The South, led by W. W. Watts, of Louis Secretary llnghes, of the Manhattan Ath not act in this matter until these "records" if up to the present standard will bring him son, of the Bedford Heights Baptist Church, ville, Ky., desires the line drawn so tightly letic Club, writing to the New York World vice-president; Dr. CANED WHILE DIMNG. have been made and the trade placated by fame and fortune. J. M. Farrar, treasurer as to prevent any colored riders from being says: getting its money's worth; then, and not un and Dr. Hageman, secretary. We adopted a elected to membership. The Northern divi Herbert A. Githens captured $2000 "There is every indication in the air of a What Happened to the President of a til then, will our mighty Racing Board act. worth constitution and by-laws, and I guess tha sion, however, are more generous, and, while revolution in amateur athletic circles. The re of prizes this past season $560 at the recent was about Prominent Southern AVheel Club. Can amateurism, sell-respect or cycling ever all." they undoubtedly favor local option on the cent decision of the Athletic Club of the Schuyl- prosper under the control of sueb automatons Milwaukee tournament. If there ever was a "Did you decide on a uniform?" queried the matter, wiH make a determined stand against NKTV ORLF.AKS, Dec. 16. Among the clubs simon-pure amateur Githens is the one. A kill Navy to refrain from paying the expenses ;s compose the Racing Hoard of the L. A. W.? reporter. excluding colored riders from the entire of amateur athletes in the future was a most of this city fast becoming prominent both as Tbeyare falsealike totheirteaehingsaudtl:e modest, unassuming fellow, friends and foes ''No," he replied, "that is still an open League ot American Wheelmen. a pleasure and athletic organization, is the r alike delight in seeing him get there. question. significant move. Th« Quaker City's crack Louisiana Cycling pious preachings; they are swayed by per We probably will wear a uniform It may be pertinent to state thatduring the organization spent $15,000 on athletics last Club. Its members are sonal motives and coerced by trade interests; Poor but it will be something very quiet." past twelve months the League membership ever giving some enjoyable entertainment, or old League, how its friends (?) d< "Knickerbockers?" year. they are puppets in the hands of such men abuse it. The dog and his much-wlked-o in the South has almost doubled, and that roaming about the neighboring country in as Eek; tiiey arc a disgrace to the "Of course. We can hardly ride machines during that period Alabama, "It will not ajjfiin bo said that the greater large parties, on the alert tor pleasure. Its L. A.W., membership will never be in it when the Georgia, Arkan part of this was spent illegitimately. In the and worthy of neither the confidence nor re present sensation is sprung. What it is nc in long trousers. But is there anything wrong sas and the Carolinas have been added to di- riciers have been recognized as the fastest in spect of even Iheir in a minister appearing in such attire? I visionhood. future the A. C. S. N. will confine itself to the the State, and all records arc held by them. own fellows. We have one will say,but if It does come out the origi payment of legitimate expenses of umatetrr ath Last evening done with them. They can neither be shamed, nators say the official organ will be forced to know it was considered unconventional, bu The basis of representation of States will this club gave a most sump goaded or driven into doing their duties; they times are changing now." probably be changed, as under present ar letes, and the day is not very far distant when tuous supper at Denechaud s Hotel, and fifty publish addresses of applicants as of yore. the Cherry Diamond an 1 tha Winged Foot or riders have passed beyond the line where honest "What is the idea of the club?" rangements the national assembly and divi enjoyed themselves to their hearts' journalism can reach them. There remains Jnlien B. Bliss, flTA. Githens, C.W. Davis "To give ministers on opportunity to enjoy sion board of officers are too large and ex ganizations will join hands with the A. C. S. N. content. The supper began at 9 o'clock and in this matter. The two crack New York organ but one thing left to do make T. W. Eek "Bob" Thorne. Y'oung and a dozen other healthful exercise. The care of the soul i pensive. lasted until far into the night. Air. Edward chairman of the Racing Board. will compete nt the Milwaukee tournamen all right enough, but if the health of the body The present basis is that of one representa izations hayo perhaps spent within the lust Newman acted as master of ceremonies, and Dec. 26. Diamonds will be offered as prizes is not looked after where will the preache tive on the division board to every 100 mem twelve months $.'-'.(1.1)00 each on athletes. The Major W. W, Crane was his assistant. Taking Advs. in Trade. "and the greater numberwillcome to Chicago be? There are hundreds of ministers in thi bers and one delegate to the National Assem greater part of this amount was spent illegiti The members had planned quite a little It so happens that with the upstarting of Sanger and Nicoll will not compete, so they town who would preach better and take : bly to every 200 members. League clubs are mately. I predict that the day is not fur dis- surprise for their president, Mr. J. M. Sher- many cycle journals has arisen a desire to say. Poor old Sanger is reviled everywher more cheerful view of life if their bodil; allowed one representative to its first 20 mem taut when these two organizations will follow rouse. After the meal had been done justice have a large number of advertisements, so as now, even his friends in the Milwaukee health was better. And to my mind there i bers and one for every additional 50 mem the example of the Athletic Club of the Schuyl- to Major Crane was called upon to talk, and to make a good show; and in many cases, we wheelmen having renounced him. no exercise which is so beneficial as bieycl hers. kiil Navy. Athletic clubs can spend money on in a few well chosen remarks he presented fear, these advertisements are simply taken riding." Under this rule the divisions have Jarge athletog wrongly and still be within tbe lawa of Mr. Sherrouse with a handsome silver-headtd on spec., those accepting Ihe orders not hav At this month's meeting of the Milwaukee When asked what the plans of the organi delegations and boards of officers. New York, the Amateur Athletic Union of the United walking-cane. Mr. Sherrouse had done good ing any reasonable expectation of being paid Wheelmen the committee's move to lay San zation were Dr. Heisehmann replied: "W for instance, has a division board of officers States. service as president, and the members took for them. This, in addition to being bad ger's resignation on the table was killed, am will do precisely what other bicycle clubs do consisting of 40 representatives nt large, and "It remains to be seen just what effect the this method of showing their appreciation of trading, is obviously unfair to legitimate it was unanimously voted to accept his resig We will go about the country ou jaunts am fully that number of club representatives. Its cutting off of the payment of expenses for ath his worK. A general good time followed and business men, as it places the speculative nation without regrets. enjoy ourselves." delegation to the national assembly consists letes will have upon the growth of athletics. I every one had something good to say. traders on the same level as the legitimate Among those present at the meeting wen of 20 members, in addition to the chief con think that the very moment a reform ia institu The club lias been exceedingly prosperous ones, who do pay for their advertisements, Van Sicklen says if the raaker's-amateu the Rev. Dr. Junor, of the Mount Olive sul, vice consul and secretary-treasurer. To ted during the past year, and having laid aside and aflords those who have not the means of clause goes through next season he Presbyterian Church; Dr. Garrettson, Arch a better class of amateurs will spring into quite a large sum, the dinner \yas know: call such a large board together entails more existence, and the very moment that the era given as a meeting their liabilities an opportunity of one who will belong to that class. deacon; Dr. Harrison, of the Episcopaliai or less expense on the division, and to send celebration of the club's condition and the bringing their wares before the public in the Church; Dr. Evans, Dr. Breed, of begins when amateur athletes compete once approaching Christmas. the Sand such a large delegation to the national as again same manner as those who do not srek to Lumsden says the report that he will ridi Street Memorial Church, and Dr. MOST. A sembly means additional expense. for the honor of winning and for tbe The committee who arranged the supper under the colors of the New York Athletii pleasure that there is in tbo g.ime, just so soon evade their obligations. Indeed, in many number of letters were received from othe The California delegates will request thai was as follows: Jeit Frederic, chairman; J. cases, it gives them an advantage, as a mau Club next seaspn is untrue, as is also the re pastors expressing approval of the project their State be divided into two divisions, the will amateur athletics begoiue uioro popular W. Dodge and Ed Newman. port that he will ride under any other than than ever before in this country." who is not going to pay for his advertise including one from the Rev. J. M. Locke, o wheelmen of the San Francisco and Los An ments is likely to be much more lavish t.mn Chicago Cycling Club colors. the Schermerhorn Street German Evangel Read between the lines. This means that geles districts being now practically divided Senatorial Sarcasm. the man who desires to pay 20s. iu the £. cal Church, who said that he does not kno' by the mountain. the racing men are not going to be paid even Wheeling. C. W. Davis, the speedy Chicago Cyclin. how to ride, but intends to joiu the club am in promises by the big athletic clubs next The following lettter tells its own story in Club man, President Burdett, it is understood, favors who tied Zimmerman's quarter learu. Ihe idea, but is of the opinion that when a season. Poor "amachoors;" tueir's isan uu- a thoroughly Morganesque manner: A $25,OOO Texas Club House. mile flying start record ot 27s. last season, i happy lot, truly! NEW YOKK, Dec. 20. Frank Egan, Esq., SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. to be State is divided into two sections it shoulc . Ib'. 'lhe Alimo married to a sister of E. W. Ballard SMOOTH AS GRAVY, EH? not be allowed to gain by it iu the way Rev. Sir Yours of yesterday asking me to Wheelmen, at their monthly meeting on the his fellow club member, in the spring, am o cast my real estate eye over an inclosed clip delegates. ______TROUBLE IN THE CAMP. 14th inst., passed a resolution to incorporate Bays he will not race next season. Facetious Comment on the Kind o ping regarding Colonel Pope's alleged denial the club under the State laws, with an that he had ranged himself among the cash "Good Roads" America is Stole New AVheels. How the Existing Differences in One oi authorized capital stock of $25.000, and to Herbie Githens declares he cannot rad prize people. Now, my dear sir, life is very build a club house and a quarter-mile track. next season, owing to his rapidly-increasing Blessed With. HARTFORD, Dec. 15. About Dec. 1 two New Jersey's St rongest Clubs Arose. short and taxes very high, and I have little Could one ask Hartford bicycles, with pneumatic tires, were A committee consisting oi C. J. Clwbot, Olto electric light business, but says: "You know for smoother roads tha NEWARK, Dec. 18. The recent defection time to pay to journalistic amateur chat Pracger and George Walter was appointed to I always say that." ours? Not smooth in the sense that aspha shipped from Hartford to a point beyond the from the Business Men's Cycle League will terers, sued as the fresh youug man of the or soup are Hudson river. Before the wheels reached make all necessary arrangements for site, smooth, but in the same sense th: shortly result in one of two things the bet Chicago Tribune seems to be. I have Elliott etc. The club has been steadily increasing, The Stokes Company's store was robbe< nice thick gravy is smooth. How exaggeni their destination one of the crates was empty terment of its condition or its dtsbandnient, Mason as a witness that the interview did Wednesday night. ting it is to gaze and the cycle was nowhere to be found. Sus twenty-two new members haying been en Billy Herrick's desk out on the expanses o although the latter alternative will De take place, and that Colonel Pope did say rolled during the last three mouths. H. H. was broken open and, it is said, one of th liniitlessness and long to go wading acros picion at once pointed to the traiu men, and, accepted only if it is seen by President exactly as I said, and it was the truth, the thieves after a thorough investigation, Constable Foy, Joe Debona and II. C. Stone were carried away that ballot of the Cen the highways and deepways to the other side Knight and those who still have the interests whole truth, and nothing but the truth. elected to membership at the last meeting. tury Road Club. Staggering under the loac No Charon waits with magic boat to ferry u Moore, who had been detailed on the case, of the League at heart that no other course is Colonel Pope, while favoring cash prizes, he spied the name of R. G. Belts in a prom over, and we llounder. What more impres arrested a bralceman called Charles Mayer, open to them. A special meeting of the did not speak disrespectfully of our friends, SheriflTand Jurymen Stealing Bicycles. nent position. Dropping the load in a frigh sive scene than to see the supervisor of th but whose correct name is said to be Charles League was held op Tuesday evening for the the amateurs. Has the young man any wit CAKTHAGK, II'., D"e. 13. The jurymen, he run, pursued by conflicting thoughts, anc corrugated brow standing on the brink o Roundbler. The wheel .«as found in a cellar purpose of discussing the reported droppi ness to Col. Pope's denial of my truthful Currens, Walton and Hredette, charged with thus saving the ballot for future generation one of these sloughs, and wondering whethe on Olmstead street, where the man boarded, out of members, and to determine upon some story? I return you the clipping. Kindly stealing u bicycle frnin a freight car at Ply in. Herrick is letting this ballot recline for he had not better frame a resolution to pas and the brakeman locked up. course of action to remedy the trouble. Out bury it alongside of William Peun in that onth tour months ago, were arraigned to-day. while, planning new conquests, for he find the Board while yet there is time? Let th of 126 members, it appears, only 14 resigna old burying ground of yours, where you bury Curren turned State's evidence, implicating it a difficult job to find men to serve who ar spirit of harmony prevail, and with along Joe Judge, the New York wheelman, won a tions have been handed in. Those who took so many amateur tables. This is for publi Bredette and Walton. Walton went to capable. pull and a strong pull demand wide tire two mile indoor race in 6m. 16 4-5s. the other this step were dissatisfied owing to the be cation, and kindly mention my name in big in default of $1000 bail, Hredette was Queens county has done it. Mon'roe count night. Buffalo thinks Joe will hnvo to go faster havior of a certain element which had gotten print. Professional chatterers like to see oned in defaiiH of $75;> t'onds and Curr The Lincoln Cycling Club says but little o is going to do it. Let Onondaga come straj than that if be wants to win in Buffalo. A race into the club. their names in big type always. Will see bonds in $5(.>0. Tin- sheriff isal building, but one of these days may surpris gling along in the procession, and meud i between Judge and Jake Linneman, who will Articles of more or less value were missed you at the show. Yours, for C'lsh prizes, man who i« implicated. The bicycle Chicago clubdom. The club treasury i ways. Syracuse Herald, race indoors, would be an interesting affair. ,lroiu the club room, machines were malic W. J. MORGAN. in the ground six miles west of i'lyu THE SPORTTJSTQ
eiich. A curious case recently decided by more beer than any other zecher. A friend THE TRADE. They have been followed by mobs, chiefly the Saxon Court of Appeals, sitting at Dres of mine who has been studying (beer d rink good-liumored, ever since leaving Kuldja, but WHY WE LADGH. SPORTING LIFE den, however, seems to convey the idea that, ing chiefly) yi Germany tells me of a queer LATEST NEAV8 PROM MAXUFACT- have only on two or three occasions been iu in Saxony at least, the law is yet undecided YES.'SWEATKO OCT. PUBLISHED WEEKLT AT race he participated ; wnile i n the land of VIUXG SOURCES. actual .danger. At these times the flooring of The oyclista who take long runs in order to as to whether the bicycle is a vehicle or not. Bismark and pretzels. Your true zecher al their chief opponent and once or twice the South Third Street, Philada. At Krocsen there is a toll bridge over the show of revolvers, which they carried, but reduce their weight muy be said to _oe thin BY THE lows nothing to interfere with his favorite New Inventions Changes In Style ning out. Mulde, and only foot passengers may cross pastime, and no matter how foolish a thing never used, was sufficient to bring them out free. A young man who rode a bicyclcacross Movements of the Men Who safely. The officials showed them the great )rting Life Publishing Company. may be proposed to him he is always ready BfiAINS VS. BOODLE. it was charged the regular fee fora two- Make and Sell the Wheel. est kindness, and through the Eastern "Going to start a wheel wheel to join in if there is to be any brer drinking paper, I hear." r THOS. S. DANDO...... President. vehicle, and paid it under protest. in it. Naturally there are cycling zechers, THE REDUCTION in weight of track racing Provinces detailed a squad of cavalry, as a "Yes. McSpot's going to supply the money F. C. RICHTKR...... Vice 1'resident. Having occasion to return the same way, he wheels to a point which might properly be rule, for their escort, apparently rather as an and I'm going to furnish the brains." dismounted from his machine before he came the same as there are clerical, political or considered a practical minimum has been a honor than for protection. J. CLIFF DANDO...... Treasurer. military ones. A lot of these pedaling beer (A month later.) to the bridge and walked across, carrying his problem engaging the attention uot only of "The magistrate of Suhchau, through the "How's that wheel paper of yours ca wheel on his head. This time the toll- absorbers, while engaged in a beer duel, bicycle manufacturers, but of the more kind offices of the resident Belgian customs Ml Checques, Drafts, Monty Orders and challenged each other to what was perhaps along? j don't see it any more." gatherer protested, but to no purpose. Suit practical racing men. official, furnished them with officially "Busted last week." Remittances must be made payable was then Drought against the wheelman in the queerest bicycle race ever run. A road Oil the first page of this issue we present an stamped squares of cloth to hang before the to the order of leading from the city where they were as "Run out of money?" the local court to compel him to pay toll and illustration of the "Stearns Racer," made by machine handles, bearing the words, Yu li "No; run out of brains." costs, and a verdict for the defendant was sembled was famous for its beer houses. Ac Messrs. K. C. Stearns & Co., of Syracuse, N. wen jen traveling scholars and telling to cording to my informant they averaged about THE SPORTING LIFE PUBLISHING CO. rendered. An appeal was taken to the Su Y. The weight of this wheel is stated to be all aud sundry their nationality and desti W1LLIE KNEW HIS BUSINESS. preme Court, which reversed the decision of two to the mile for every mile of the twenty- twenty pounds, and the manufacturers claim nation, somewhat as one fastens a tag upon a POST OFFICE BOX, 948. five that Willic "Please, please, papa, can I hal the lower court and found for the plaintiff. road meas tired to the adjoining it embodies great strength and stiffness, with child consigned to distant friends. bicycle?" . FRANCIS C. KICHTEK, Editor-in-Chief. Appeal was again taken, this time by the city. 'Twas a road after a zecher's heart, and the lightest practical weight. The propor Their plans for the future include the cross F. A. EGAN...... Cycling in consequence the race was run over it. The Papa (wearied out with teasing and bl_ Editor. rider, to the court of last resort, which de tions are correct mechanically, and in steer ing of J;ipan, whither they proceed at once ginning to get angry) "How many times dol cided that toll could be collected only for contestants all started together, and at every ing it is very steady. The position of the via Shanghai, and of South America, or, if JAS. C. DAYTON ...... Business Manager. one of the beer houses each man had to dis you want me to say 'no?' " vehicles which came in actual contact with rider gives him absolute control of the wheel. the route is practicable, the southern portion Willie "J don't want you to say 'no'at all, the bridge; judgment reversed, verdict for mount and drink a full pint of beer before It is built of finest quality, seamless steel of the United States. It should be said that TERMS: he could continue his journey. Twentyuied papa; I want you to say 'yes. 1 '1 Subscription, per annum (pi-slage na!d)...... $4.OO the wheelman. This decision opens up a tubing, with forged steel connections through they are traveling merely for pleasure. field tor the impecunious cycler who seeks started and five finished, the balance fell by put; racing saddle, chain and pedals; ad A GOOD REASON. Sil months...... " " ...... 3.25 the roadside disgraced,because theirstomachs ThifemontliB...... " H .._...... 1.25 to avoid the toll-gatherer; in future all justable seat post. It will be built for a stock Boston still claims to be the hub of cycling Single copies...... " " ...... lOc. wheelmen in Saxony will have to do is to could not hold the beer the contest called wheel, and we predict for it a very large sale SYRACUSISMS. for no other reason than wheeling first spoke INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. approach the toll-taker with their wheels tor. the coming season. Tho Century Club Entertains Its there in this country. FCRHON F08TAOE S1.O4 FXTRA FIR ANNUM. carefully borne aloft, and that terror of the * » The rims are orange enameled, and the poor traveler will be forced to let the tourist Every now and then the report creeps out frame either black, blue, carmine or orange, Friends A New Club House SHE TIRES HIM SOMETIMES. ADVERTISING RATES: pass upon his way unchallenged and un that tins or that "old. timer" is no longer an with gold striping. Price, $175. and a New Wheel. When you see a married cyclist very much (FIXED A\D FINAL.) charged. Blessed indeed is the law when it 'active" wheelman. No one seems to know SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec. 19. Editor SPORT inflated you inusn't jump at the conclusion 2O Cents Per Line Agate Measurement. favors ua. just what the correct definition of an "active SPEAKING OF GETTING the news regarding ING LIFE: The Century Cycling Club en that it's because his wife blows him up. wheelmen" is, and in consequence of the ADVERTISERS should forward their favora BO as to things of importance in the trade, how about joyed a ''very much good time" last week at teach tin bv TMirtday morniiiK.ua this paper go»i to vagueness of the charge it is all the more THE SPOUTING LIFK and the tire trust? their progressive euchre party, held at the Would it be proper to say that a punclured 1-un EVERY THt'USDAY AT 2 P. M. COMMENTARIES. dreaded by those accused of it. The latest None of onr contemporaries seemed to know James street club house. Mr. Joe Ruhltook pneumatic has an "injured air?" rider charged with this high crime and mis anything concerning this important deal upon hisshoulders the responsibility of mak NEW YORK CITY BUSINESS OFFICE. This "cycling hump" hullabilno is getting demeanor in cycling is George D. Gideon. until they read of it in THE SPORTING LIFE. ing about 200 guests happy, and he scored a WATER ARGUMENT. 14 and 15 Tribune liulldin?. wenrisome. very wearisome. If things keep Never was a man more wronged than the nnd then they began writing letters to the decided success. The members of the Cen "What ridiculous advice is printed in the Where complete flies cau ba fuuml, extr;i coplei ob on the way they ure going I shall expect to hand-capper of district C. Not only is Mr. tire manufacturers concerning the truth of the tury Club are just awakening to the fact wheel papers. Look at this: 'Don't go into tained anil sutiscriptio' s mid Hdvertisemou's recMTwI see the jay press and the fresh pill peddlers Gideon almost as persistent a rider as I re matter. The information thispnper received that they have a pretty good orchestra of the water after a ride.' " by A. FRANK UICHAItDSON, General Ageiit lor pointing out every humpbacked man in the member him to have been more than a dozen "What is there ridiculous about thai?" Newspapers of Kliuwn Circuifttioa. three weeks ago in predicting this combina their own. Their performance on this occa country as an example of the evils of cycling. years ago, but besides this he is a crack boxer, tion was authentic, aud the future will show- sion was creditable to Prof. Sikes' director "Well, you niiiy go in the water after a There were humps and round shoulders be an expert swimmer, better than the average that the combine is not only probable, but ship. The orchestra rendered abi,ut fifteen ride, but /go iu after a bath. See?" fore ever a wheel was made and there will be with the shotgun, as a yachtsman is well to actually exists at the time this is written, but numbers, among which were the "Base Bull HEW YORK HEADQUARTERS. the same deformities a thousand years after the fore, and can paddle a canoe with the is withheld from the public until it is in a Overture," "High School Cadets' March," MUCH TO BE PROUD OF. the last bicycle on earth has been won or best of them. Mr. Gideon may have a few more perfected state. and "Monastery Bells." The following gen "Is Raymond proud over all he knows of In the future THE SPORTING LIFE ridden by an "amachoor," so let us have at more athletic abilities than the ones I have tlemen comprise the orchestra: First violins, amateurism?" will have a New York office at 21 Park least a partial rest from this constant ding- mentioned, but the ones named arc sufficient A SHANGHAI correspondeentof the Cyclist^ I). E. Engel, H. T. Babcock; second violins, "Not much, he isn't. He's proud of what How, where Mr. Willis B. Troy will act dong at the "bicycle hump." to show how far from being a non-active ath writing on the pneumatic tireqnestiou, makes E. B. Htingerford, U. K. Snow; cello, 0. Wal he don't know." One of the greatest and most common de lete Mr. Gideon really is and how very uu- dire complaint concerning the failure of the ters; first cornet, F. W. Hurst; second cornets, as representative and look after the formities of the day that are laid bare by the pleasant he could make it lor the man Iwho rubber connections between the pump and J. E. Fuller, Gco. II. McChesncv; clarionet, SHE WAS POSTED. prevailing style of men and women's attire thinks that George D. is a "has been." valve. In the hot. moist climate of China, he He (enthusiastically) "My amateurship is interests of this paper. L. W. Beekwith; flute, C. W. riogart; bass, like that pure white rose iu your hair. It is one that, with a little care and attention, * * * says. "The tires act perfectly, but my bete C. S. Lewis; trombone, I, J. Snyder; drums, is " can be remedied. It is the round-shouldered I thought I had found a modest violet noire is that unfortunate little scrap of rub W. P. Chatfield: piano, A. J. Speich. The She "Artificial?" EDITORJATviEWS AND COMMENT. or stooping habit. I say habit, because it re blooming unseen in Memphis when I first ber tubing which we are given tomake a con booby prize is said to have gone into the sults from habit, not necessarily from cycling. ran across ''A Safety" there on the Sunday nection between the valve and the pump. In keeping of M. J. Myi-rs, who, despite the Look at those assembled in any public gath Times. 1 did my best to bring him fame and VERY QUESTIONABLE. OCR RECENT EDITORIAL advocating a this climate pure rubber open to the air, as fact that he is one of the Century sprinters, "There is a rumor that McSpot has aban more radical and sensible riding costume for ering which is the most removed from a renown by placing him before the readers of that is, rots very quickly, and consequently could not get away from it. And now the THE SPORTI.W LIPK, but alas, he does not doned racing." wheelwomen has not met with the approval cycling one, and see what you find there. it is of ordinary occurrence for you to begin ladies have formed a whist club, and will 'He has, has he? Well, it's time he did, we had hoped for it. Mrs. Grundy's reign is Even the best natural figures show a ten seem to view it so, and in the last issue of his to blow up your tire; when a 'swish, swish,' meet every other Wednesday at the club dency to stoop, while paper he thus chides me: his racing has always been very much aban not yet ft thing of history; her sway over femi in the narrow-chested announces the fact that the air is coming house. The members of the Century appear doned, "ft ninity is yet powerful, and she says there it is marked to a painful degree. Let us "I am down-hearted boys, I hardly know out of the wrong place, you utter a naughty to be a very happy family. Long may they must be long skirts, and clumsy ones, too, or no drop the cause of all this and seek for a rem what to write about, at the samo time I am word, cnt off the offending piece and proceed, live and prosper. MODEST. cycling for women. We suppose the only way edy for it. By raising one's self leisurely elated, and why do you ask? Well it has come the burst generally occurring just where the Forty-five now members have been elected "You inherited quite a nice little fortune," to convert wheehvomen to the proper cos upon the toes in a perpendicular position about in this way: A well known enstern paper metal fitting fastens into the rubber tube." tothe Syracuse Athletic Association, nmong said Swifter. tume for the enjoyment of cycling is to show several times each day this deformity can be has seen fit to criticise my remarks on the Our correspondent further adds, "Now why the members being Austin R. Dickinson, Jas. "Yes," replied McSpot. them that its adoption is not a new depar easily rectified. To do this properly one great (?) and only Senator. Now, boys, please cannot some maker make a pump with a Pcvine, Edward B. Salmon, David K. Mc "Well, I suppose you'll quit ruung for the ture, but really the revival of an old one must be in a perfectly upright position, the give me your sympathy and I will explain mat curved end to it, with a loose screwcap at the Carthy, George A. Koft, William M. Brown, maker's money now?" which far antedates tiie birth of Mrs. arms dropping at the side, the heels well to ters. end which can be screwed directly on to the Harry R. Becker, Fred A.Ballard and Frank "I had thought of it, but I concluded to Giundy. By the patient archseoloeical re gether, and he toes forming an angle of 45 "In a criticism upon a few lines written for end of the valve, thereby doing away with L. Moyer. Several of the old members have make no change in my manner ot racing. I search carried on by one woman it has been degrees. The rise should be made very this arrangement of double screwcap and been rubbed off the list for non-payment of don't want to be accused of vulgar display." slowly and this column some weeks since, the cycling edi proved, for the gratification of all wheel- from the balls of both feet, and tor of SPORTING LIFK takes mo to task for uiy rubber tubing." Those manufacturers who dues. The total membership is now 5i>5, all women and others, that the bifurcated gar the descent should be accomplished in the are sending pumps abroad might do worse paying members, and the bulletin-board con The fresh air fund taking up a subscrip same way, without swaying the body out of genious ir, 'orthography, word painting and than give a little attention to this matter. ment supposed to be specially distinctive of such like.' lie seems to object to the conversa tains thirteen more applicants,eight of whom tion to buy ail inllator with. the masculine toilet rightly belongs to the its perpendicular line. The exercise is not must necessarily be "waiters" for awhile. an easy one, but may be accomplished by tional tone I assume with tbe boys and scath JUDGE TOWNSKND, of the United Slates feminine dress. The women of Judah, it ingly retunrkj 'as a native product, cycling The governors are greatly at sea as to the WHEN "BUSTED." steme, were the first wearers of the garment perseverance and patience. It can he mod District Court, has filed an opinion in the selection of a financial secretary, and the The careless wheelman, whosuffers a punc ified, too, by standing first on one leg, then should be proud of this young and brilliant case of the Overman Wheel Company and nutter will be held open for some time to ture to his tire and finds he has in bifurcated form, and man, perceiving the journalist who left his in- onvenienee and comfort of this article of on the other. Inflating and raising the chest is wasting his talents in endeav the Pope Manufacturing Company vs. Henry come. Prcs. Hazard has been suggested by tlator home, is very much like a bankrupt ess, evolved by the superior intelligence of ttt the same time is purt of the exercise, and oring to teaoh the Southern cycler how to J. Curtis granting the motion tor preliminary some as the man tor theplnce, but there are he can't raise the wind. ^oman, appropriated tho same for his own if persevered in will ultimately show an in sooot," injunction restraining the defendants from a more who are "agin" it. The situation at se, and doomed his womankind to encum- creased chest measurement, development of ''My dear boy, it is sad to think, what a further use and sale of pedals for velo present seems to point to the selection of some DOES HE CLING TO 'EM, TIIOHGH? Tber their limbs with flowing robes which lung power, and a perfectly straight and change a few years residence in that chilly lati cipedes, containing improvements, granted to person outside of the board of governors at "Why is the 'amachoor' like ivy?" render it impossible for them to cope with erect figure. If nature, occupation, careless tude has caused in your naturally genial warm Albert II. Overman by certain letters patent. least. The coming banquet of the Associa "UecHuse he may be green, but he clings ^ roan, either in useful avocations or amuse ness or even cycling has curved your spine, Southern nature, you used to appreciate a typo The suit is over an improved method of tion at the Yatcs, our swell hostelry, will be fast to the rocks just the same." ments. Wo hope that now these facts have by following my advice as above you will ac graphical error, and those of us who used to pedals in which revolving rubber shafts are a grand affair, and the committee ure said to been proven, that ourtair sisters in cycling quire an erect carriage. know you here in the South, hardly expected used. II. J. Curtis, of this city, in the inter have several surprises to spring, the nature TRUE, VERY' TRUE. will once again come into their own in this * » you to become an iceberg so soon. Ideas must est of A. Featherstone, of Chicago, claimed of which cannot be guessed at. There is not "What is your definition of an amateur?" matter of dress, and that we and they will be An English wheel paper finds fault with have been scarce with you when you allowed to be the first manufacturer of bicycles louse much activity going on at present outside of "That he ceases to be one whuu he must be benefited greatly by the change. the repeated use of "not in it" by writers on your faber to descend from its usual high stand the improved method of pedals over which preparing for the coining series at polo. The defined." the American cycling journals. Our foreign the suit was brought. Vice President George clnl> members are decidedly anxious to get ard to attack a poor little contributor way down A fool's ONE OF THE MOST often employed argu critic says that the use of such "slang" causes in this neck o' the woods. You should attack P. Day was seen by a reporter in regard to into their new club house as soon as possible. paradise Pure amateurship. ments of those who oppose cash prizes is that an unnecessary lowering of the journalism of a fotrnan more worthy of your steel." the case. lie said it was a small matter and TheStearn's wheel, manufactured by E. C. when cycling ruccrs compete openly for cash the sport. I agree with my English brother would in no way affect them. Stearns & Co., of this city, is rapidly coming DOr.'TI.TKKTOTEI.T. 1THHFORK A PREACHKB. in this matter, " 'Twas ever thus, I never loved a flower," Chambcriin, White & Mills for the com "What kind of a wheel are you riding?" instead of secretly for the same thing, as they so far as I, too, hold the same etc. See how my efforts to bring fame and to the front. Arthur Benjamin, one of our now do iu this country and England, that the opinion he does regarding the too frequent plainant, Officld, Towle & Lithcuiub, of Chi- ernck riders, has jroue West in the interests "Kb h! here comes the minister." fortune to "A. Safety" have resulted? cagn, for the defendant. result will produce a decadence and degrada use of slung upon the p:i£jes of cyc'ing pa THE COMMENTATOR. of Mr. Stearns, and as "Ben" is a good fellow tion in the sport. France to-day leads in pers, but when he says that "uot in it" is nnd a real live hustler, the local machine THE DIFFERKNCE. slang, then I most emphatically decline to FOR THK EIGHTH consecutive year the "Ah, well!" said the wheel "you have many ways in cycling. Long noted as the Popo Mfg. Co.. of Boston, publish the Colum will profit thereby. The Y. M. C. A. boys least athletic of all European nations, France endorse his opinion. Like every Englishman TIIE PLEASURES OP CYCLING. had considerable tun at their gym. last Tues changed greatly since you first got me." this critic of ours must believe in Shakes bia daily pad calendar and stand, a most day "Changed?" said the rider. "How?" to-day is pushing ahead in cycling as noother practical and business-like memoranda night. It was ladies' night, and the hall country in tiie world is doing. Her manu peare's ability to employ good English; in "What the Bicycle Does and Accom was crowded to witness the entertainment "Then you used to love me; now you love fact, it may be admitted that.nnyonc who can plishes For Those Who Are Wise calendar. The calendar proper contains one furnished by to use me," said the wheel sorrowfully. facturers are turning out wheels as light and leaf for each day in the year, each leaf ar Instructer McCormick nnd his as perfect as any that England or America to-day u«e the langnnge such as William did Enough to Hide It. athletes. The contestants all acquitted them cannot be said to be a slangster. Accepting ranged so that it can be turned to at any selves admirably. The standing was changed, TRADE FIGHTING. can show; in tires and other cycling equip The pleasures of the wheel as it is made time, with ample space left fur memoranda. Pealer "lam haying a fight with flrite, ments she more than holds her own; she has Shakespeare then as a model, let us take up now are incomparable. To sit behind the however, aud Schug now leads with Acker- a copy of the immortal bard's works and Upon each leaf appear brilliant words on the man, second, andCourtney, third; Chadwick, Lite & Co., over their delay iu shipping me set the world a talking with her magnificent fastest of horses is to hiivc only a small part new "Gospel of Outdoor Health and Happi the lumps I ordered over two months ago." cement tracks, the like of which in perfection turn to Scene 3, Act IV., of "Winter's of the pleasure of driving the wheel, and de the former leader, dropping to fourth place. Tale," where Shakespeare makes the servant ness," with expert advice on the building of Karl G. Heyne made a running jump of about Smarter "Ah, I see; a sort of light-wail of detail cau nowhere else be found; and her lightful as a gallop is, no cyclist, however American roads. fight, as it were." racing man on path and road hold their own say, in bringing the rustics clothed as satyrs fond of the horse, would exchange wheel for 5tt. in grand style. Fred Aekerman broke to Polixenes: "And they have a dance, the pole vaulting record of the Y. with the best of England's and America's. horse. When roads are dry ordinary hills A LIST OP recent patents, reported espe M. C. A., A round trip the racer's. All this, and more too, has France done for which the wenches say is gallimaufry of gam are no check to the rider, and a run of cially for the tnulf by W. K. Auchinbaugh, scoring !lft. 4in. The "Alhambra" polo team bols, because cycling, and yet so fair-minded and logical is they are not in it." With this fifty miles in a few hours is a moderate effort. patent attorney, Washington, D. C. Copies has been re-organized. G. WHIZ. MONEY VS. SPEED. your Frenchman that he has not thought it as my authority I must decline, as before The wheel has a very practical utility, and of those patents may be had of the above "Mr. Slow-pay, what is your idea of the advisable to cloak his money prizes with any stated, to consider the expression unuer dis its moderate use is a source of physical and named attorney at ten cents each, with pos FACTS IN PROSE AND VERSE. coming wheel for next season?" official declaration that it was something cussion as other than good lorm. En passant mental health. With an hour or two of tage added: "That it is very, very slow coming." else; ever a hater of shams, prudery and hy I might remark that there seems to be few leisure the rider of the wheel can strike for 488,392 Pneumatic tire, Waiter B. Hardy, Itolli Rhyme and Reason Are I'nited pocrisy, ycur French rider has ridden openly phases of human thought or speech in which the parks or woods, the small physical ex Boston, in Their Kftbrts to Show the Non- "A display the late William was not himself very much Mass., assignor to the Revere Rubber advertisement" the "ama for the cash and has proclaimed the fact "in it." ertion filling his lungs with new air and his Company, same place; filed July 28, 1892. Advertiser His Errors. choor" in racing costume mounted on his everywhere. brain with freshly-oxidized blood, changing Serial No. 441,47o. Tommy Edge speaks his little piece as maker's machine. It is true that in deference to English . the whole aspect of the world. Good, foxy, old amateur! ITow kaleido 488,395 Cycle-stand. William M. Justiie, follows: clamor certain second-rate riders who could It is a question whether it is merely a pre Pittsburg, Pa.; filed April 18, 1892. Serial No. "P. T. Barnum, than whom no one knew "A slick racing board" the toboggan. not possibly win a cash prize have organized scopic are thy changes and how wonderful judice, or whether there is a sacrifice of dig thy ingenuity to avoid the blind-eyed Racing 429,534. more about advertising, addressing a body of an amateur organization copied after the most nity for the professional man in the riding of 488,464 Stand for bicycles, Herman C. business men at Bridgeport one day, said: THE REASON OF IT. approved English and American models, but Board from being forced to expel thee! I the wheel. With a very strong disposition to "Why is it when a rider is riding fast the the fact remains a proven one that French have known and studied you for these many ride, the mnn who has reached the years when Wiedenmann, Philadelphia, Pa.; 81ed March 21, 'You Jo not, any of you, advertise enough. You papers refer to him always as 'spinning enthusiasm and success in cycling cannot be years, and the result of my study has been the pleasures of the table are supposed to be 1892. Serial No. 425,753. ought to use printer') ink every day. You are along?'" attributed to any other than the stimulating to convince me that you are the most finished his chief concern is reluctant to appear on 488,594 Pneumatic tire tor vehicles, Alex asieep and want your business to run itself. "That's easy. Because he is going at top effects of cash prizes. We do not believe product of modern hypocrisy that civiliza the wheel, having the idea thntthere is some ander T. Brown and George F. Stillman, Syra Standing advertisements in a paper command speed, of course." that even the most rabid of anti-cash prize tion has ever produced or cycling welcomed. thing "sportive" about it that is not in strict cuse, N. Y.; filed Jane 20, 1891. Serial No. confidence. The man who for a year lives in theorist can deny these facts, unpleasant You are alone in the world of athletics, a accord with the dignity he is expected to 396,983. one community and leads a reputable life, even HE WAS DEAD ON. thougn they may be. brilliant gem of paste, which to the purblind bear. Whether it is because the Drea^her, Trado-marks, 22,223 Safety bicycles, The though he be oi moierate ability, will grow in Wobbles (us Ncwun tumbles off his wheel) In other and plainer words it lias been optics of the Racing Board and the wor the lawyer, the doctor, the merchant or other Henry Senrs Company, CMoazo, III.; filed Nov. the confidence and esteem of his fellows. "Hello, didn't you know this was a greasy proven in France that cash prizes are a most shippers at the snow-white shrine of pure man of mature years on the wheel is still an 28,1892. Essential feature, thb wotd "Phan " 'On the same principle, a newspaper adver road?" pronounced success, and that the theories of ones glistens like a Kohinoor. To those unusual sight that there is the sense of inap- tom." tisement becomes lamilinr to tbe eyes of the Newun "Yes, I tumbled to it promptly." what will happen when they are introduced whose eyes are undimmed by either preju propriateness, or whether there is something render. It may seldom be read, still it makes dice or personal interest you are naught but here is not born out by the experience of in the thing itself that is inconsistent with RODE IN KULDJA AND PINGYAN. the name and business of the man familiar, and PARLIAMENTARY. French riders, Americans are not less honest a bit of glass, neither flawless, spotless nor the seriousness of demeanor expected of ma its presence in the columns of a paper inspires Maker "I may be a little previous, but I Tior in any other way different from French pure- turity, is a nice question. Probably it is only confidence in the stability oi its enterprise.' came to offer you $3000 to ride for me next I admire you for what you are, not for what St. Ijouis Tonrists Who Have Ridden season " men when it conies to ft question of this kind. because more mature and professional nieu Par and AVide Amid Strange Barnum was a successful man. We commend Frenchmen and Americans alike are in you are supposed to be by the inmates of the do not ride that there is any thought about his advice to the enterprising cycle maker. McSpot "Hush. The previous question ii oyclingfor what that there is in it for them; amateur blind asylum. Really, I didn't it. A lady in a sedan chair would seem al Countries and People. "It is a common expression of merchants that never debatable; I vote aye." what then is the good of endeavoring to de think that you could turn a new trick in the most ridiculous now, though time was when Two St. Louis wheelmen, inexperienced in 'business is BO dull it will not pay to advertise.' clare that they are not? Why must a man racing thimble-rigging that would deceive or uot to be "toted" about iu a chair was not to foreign riding, have done without serious What should wo think of tho workinguian who, when he races be condemned by a silly sen astonish me, but you can, not only one, but a be respectable. difficulty what Stevens, theexpert American, Cycling Gussedncss. dozen of when work is scarce, would not try all tho timentality to declare that he is doing so for them, each newer and better than Anyhow, there is life and health in the recently attempted and failed to accomplish harder to find it? The duty of tho merchant or The "cussedness" of the moifern cycli t honor, glory and fame? Why make of that the one which preceded it. Down in the rational use of the wheel, and a getting rid of the crossing ot Central Asia on bicycles. takes various quaint forms. Whether a niuu land where terrapin and oysters bloom and manufacturer at such times is to create business man a brazen liar or a sneaking hypocrite? Is the anxieties that crinkle the face and whiten The heroes of this exploit are Alien and by offering now and effective styles, by seeking cm ride fast or not, he wants to look a the man who rides under these conditions as blossom my old friend, the amateur, turned the hair, and as long as it is kept apart from Sachtleben, who began their longjourney on scorcher, so he gets a safety without mud a neat trick towards (he end of the last rac the day after their graduation from college. now customers and pushing beyond usual worthy of praise or trust as the one who tells what are known as professional sports it is neighborhood limits. He should not sit down guards, or uny of the other impediments of ' you he rides for a living because he can ride ing season. Tracks no less than makers must sure to increase in popularity and more and In a letter to the North China Daily News, the roadster machine; sets his handles low, have records for business reasons, and for written by its Paoting Fu correspondent un and wait for trade to come to him, but seek: it Setter than he can do anything else? When more to lure even preachers from the study on every side and through the use of every humps his back, anil wears a iieylif/e attire : man rides for his bread and butter is it not business reasons tracks must pay for records. out into the sunlight, until men come to be der date of Oct. 30, the story of the remark which has the merit of cheapness. Then the A new track wanted a new record, so it asked able ride is told as follows: lawful instrumentality. When trade is dull a :air to suppose he will ride more honestly lieve that their dignity is not such a brittle more active winter comes, and mudguards chuckle s >ftly and carefully than when he rides for fun? If the amateurs to put in bids for the perform thing as to necessitate the rejection ofa royal We were surprised yesterdav by the sud exertion must be made to secure it and think that the giuitt scorcher will comu our friends, the objectors to cash prizes, must ance. When the various bids were opened it road to health and pleasure. Milwaukee den apparition of two American gentlemen than when business is brisk. When times are and buy them and fit them to his machine. argue against them let them use facts, and if was discovered that they varied anywhere Sentinel. traveling on bicycles overland from Tash- flush and money plentiful it requires but little But he doesn't. If he were to fit nice, neat their supply of these essentials for a winning from $1000 to !f'200 per record. The track . « kcnd, Russian Transcaspia. Leaving Con effort to sell goods. There is not so much need mudguards to his semi-racer people might argument be small we would commend to people were not rich, and thinking that He Puzzled the Policeman. stantinople last autumn, they proceeded by of advertising at such times." think it was only a low, common, vulgar them a study of the cycling progress France "beggars should not be choosers" they de way of Teheran and Askabad to Mery, Bok Printers' Ink, in language more poetic, roadster machine, so he fits up a strip of cided to accept the $200 bid. This was, I I had an amusing incident at Whetstone by has made under a cash prize regime. the aid ot the new electric cycle lamp, which hara and Tashkent), where, by the kindness says: roughly shape cheese drum, or a piece of curd think, a tandem record. They come next in of the Russian authorities, they were allowed "What makes the trader's bil to hum? what makei board, or something else equally unsightly. value to a single-wheeled record, because the sorely tried the temper of a fat policeman. CYCLING'S CHRISTMAS should be a merry Observing him standing with his back to to winter. Leaving Tashkend in May, they hia clerks iterayirc? These devices are horribly ugly; they often one. The twelve months which have elapsed amateurs don't have to work so hard, don't crossed to Kuldja, in llli, where they were It isn't 'drummer1 sout by train, nor messages by weigh more than proper mudguards, they you know. Understand, these record-breakers wards me, I switched off the light, which can wire; si«ee the hist yule tide have made a year of be done without dismounting, and delayed seven weeks waiting for supplies by Nor talrsmea's wily artiSce, nor don't work as well, the attachments coino were amateurs, pure amateurs, spotless and rode slowly Russia post from Siberia. chief accountant's plenty and prosperity in all things connected past him. "Where's yer light?" cried "Rob Ml. loose and the things get in among the spokes, with the sport. Particularly have American imdefiled amateurs, mark you. Need I say, They were strongly dissuaded at this point But the lumping, humping bus'new, which roulleth or rattle wretchedly, and hours of valuable then, that the $200 has to be paid in lawful ert," but I went on and heeded him not. He vheeTTRen many things to rejoice over; they then started running, and after I had been from attempting the journey across China, from the ads.? time are wasted; but that doesn't matter. have increased and multiplied beyond even amateur form not in cash. and were repeatedly assured that the attempt Oh! the ad.; oh! the ad.; The cheese drum or card board mudguard The record chased 100 yards I switched on the light, and their own hopes; they have been able to go was made, and with the sweat allowing the "Bobby" to catch me up, in would cost them their liv«. They left, how The light fantastical]., looks palpably impromptu, and folks can still abroad and wrest from their dearest foes the of victory yet dripping off him the amateur ever, in midsummer, knowing no Chinese The ooluiuu unil the paragraph the pafe that see that the machine is a light one. It is of the quired what he wanted. "Where's yer," he faces ue\YS, laurel wreath of racing supremacy; they spokesman of the duet appeared before begun, but seeing the light and knowing and carrying only such supplies of money no importance how the faked-up machine have set the whole country working, voting, the track officials, and in the classieand busi and clothes as could be strapped tothe handle It naves tho merchant's bus'oeaa from a-goiof to feels, so long as it looks scorchcrish. But it ness-like wny of the modern amateur quietly that I had not dismounted, he stopped short to ilj« bad and agitating for good roads; they have done and stared. "What's the matter?" I said. bars of their machines. Their route was by By a-rakiufc in the patronage the public can't is imperative that the home-made mudguard much, gained much, and lost nothing in the enquired, "Well, where's the stuff?" The offi way of Uruuisti to the border of the Gobi at shall took tough and untidy, or the whole cials informed them that he and his partner "Oh, it's all right, I thought your lamp was refuse. march of progress in which they are not far out," said the discomfited guardian of the Haini- They were twelve days in crossing The clerk, 'e knows above a bit; the salesman, Vs a value of it is lost. Wheeling. removed from the head. May Santa Claus were at liberty to make their choice of any the desert, the sand being firm enough for goods to the law. "Ah!" I remarked,"drink is the curse j»j; bring to every wheelman the gift his heart valueof $200 and the officials would of this country! Why don't you take the them to ride the greater part of the way. The-drummer,'Vs a gentleman; the errand boy's a holds dearest; to the amateur a golden, halo pay the bill. The gentle amateur said that it At Suhchau they struck the western end of boy; Speaking of that old Noah's ark patterned was pledge?" and giving him a temperance tract, <>!'saintship, to the cash prize advocate the customary for himself and partner to do which I had found in the train the previous the Great Wall, the line ot which they fol But the swellest bloomiu' artifice (to call a spade a wheel the spring frame one the well-known golden dollars of sensible award, to the "ama- all their amateur business through a friend of evening, I rode away, leaving him firmly lowed for nearly 400 miles to Lanchpw. spade) English writer says very truly of those antiqui theirs and they would buy their prizes from From this point they were obliged Is the way the gay advertisement yanks ID the bloom hoor" more pay and less work, to the ranker under the impression that he had "got 'em to strike iu' trade. ties exhibited in the Stanley Show: "There increased orders and decreased expenses, to him and forward the bill later on. In about again." southeast to Singan in Shensi, whence they were dozens of fearful and wonderful machines a week from the Northern home of these pure Cycle Record.^____ have come by way of Pingyan and T'aiyuan 0)i! the ad.; oh! the ad.; ,11, whether they be amateur, "amachoor," The uoresisted ad. on exhibition, and plenty of old ideas were, as < > maker, a plentitude of peace and good ones came a bill from a pawnbroker for two to Paoting Fu. Continuing to Peking and usual, trotted out as novelties. Spring wheels diamonds, value $200, and the track people J. C. Kerrison secures re-election to the That urotles in the newspaper, and peeps into the i ill, prosperity and good cheer is the sincere board of officers of the Massachusetts Division Tientsin, their journey across Asia was com par., seemed to be tbo favorites in this direction, i ish of THE SPOUTING LIVE. paid the bill. Verily the pawnbroker is an pleted. The entire distance, with the excep It koers the packers busy, and it makes the quite a variety of these monstrosities being on important and essential factor in modern in rather a peculiar fashion. The board, of offi tion ot Kof'nor glad, cers has declared the election of F. T. Hayward the short stage across the Transcaspian view. All had the springs quite unprotected, WHEN THE LAW first came in contact with amateurism. He is the alchemist of cycling desert, was made on their wheels. As tt fetches iu the customer from places near and as void, there being no such man in the divi far." and none of the inventors were practical the bicycle the law found itself for once at who transmutes the famous "iudivisable They have been singularly free from acci , « «disadvantage. Some of the laws' learned prize" into the bright gold of cash prizes. sion, and voted that 3. C. Kerrison was entitled dents. Their bicycles, which are of the safety enough to grasp the very obvious fact that the expounders declared the wheel to be a . . to the seat, he having a larger number of votes pattern and cushion-tired, would have held Why She Sorrows. springs will rust and break and would prove an pleasure vehicle, others declared it a public Do you know what a zecher is? Of course than any other defeated candidate. Mr. Kerri out almost without breakage had not the The sight of snowflnkes otorim the hill. endless source of trouble, far worse, in faot, nuisance; some said it was entitled to an you don't; but don't let that disturb yon; son, believing that the Beat belonged to O. W. hind wheel of one of them been kicked by a Brings to my troubled heart a sense of ill, than the crudest of the pneumatic tires, which aal use of the highways, while others were there are many more just as ignorant as you Hayward, offered to resign in his favor. The mule. Two spokes were broken in this way. The steadfast sun straightway begins to swim, they are intended to supersede. All of these in chief consul informed the board that Mr. Hay- Others followed until the rim itself suc And, seeu thro' mUty tears, to me looks dim; ventions arc, of course, going to 'lick creation,' r as certain that it should bo debarred are in the matter; in fact I was until lately. Sorely my burdeupd bosom aches nnd aches In this country and in most of In Germany a zecher is what might be called ward had already been appointed on the board. cumbed, and when the machines were led \Vh«noD the hill I eee the feathery fUkee. just as they were last year nnd years ago, but I [he machine is now classed as a ve- an animated beer keg. since he is a man i We congratulate Mr. Kerrison on hit regaining into Paoting Fu the injured wheel wai use- Tbe wherefore of uiy sorrow jou would knottf fancy creation will live a bit longer in suitu at eutitled to all tho privileges of whose sole boast and endeavor is to drink ' political power; he d«l«rve» Uj leu. It ii now under«JU«g repairs. The unt road sleeps btaeatii Uiesuuwl them." THE SPORTIISTQ
has been $3000 laid aside as a permanent fund, and the treasurer ha: $700 on hand for current CLI^NG. expenses. I S2 y°ji Know Herbert Gaskill, in his day on» of the fastest men who ever sat a wheel and drove it around jjl ALL ABOUT ROAD AND TRACK. a race track, is now keeping lap scores on the nimble *HE WORK OP THE MEN waiters in a Boston restaurant. In WHO other words, Herbert is "checking grub" in the LOVE SPEED. Thorndyke. New Year RcsolOtiopS. f Front Driving Safetie! Recent Racine; Events on the Race The world's ehompionsMp idea is, In itself, splendid. Nothing could be moro glorious, if Track and the Road Club Tour A3SD naments we could do it; but I must say I regard a bona and Individual fide representative, genuine amateur world's Only one week more is left to make tip your list of new resolves for Efforts. championship raee as absolutely Utopian at the coming year. Let us offer a few. present, at any rate. NGLE TUMBLES TIME. Dr. C. Z. Bahl. who has shown speed and 1 1893 ORMOHDES? fcr Makes a New Ten Mile endurance on both track and road during the RESOLVE * past season, will start on a wheeling tour across '$ IF NOT, WRITE TO faord For the Pacific Coast. the contiuent in June next. Early in the 'FKANCISCO, Dec. 12. The ten mile spring he will begin a course of training to fit That you will buy the best bicycle. (VICTOR is that best.) Frace held yesterday over the San Lesn- him for the journey. rtriangle was a success in every That if you decide on a pneumatic you will see that \ The American Ormonde Cycle Co. particular. The Track Committee of the Associated it has an inner ITe following clubs gent representatives: % 2081-3 Seventh Ave., New York. leme, Alameda, San Francisco, Alameda Cycle Clubs of Buffalo, is corresponding with tube, removable through the rim. (That means a VICTOR, too.) rC'ounty Wheelipen and Orientals. The back Baltimore, New York and other cities for the That you will not buy a bicycle holding every cross road "record," ^ •^••^ stretch of the triangle was a trifle slow, ow purpose of securing plans for a cycling course. but, ing to a new coit of gravel. Nevertheless, A track once laid it U proposed to hold a race instead, a machine that is built of the finest material, in the best manner, and the coast record was again lowered for a ten meet every Saturday. mile road race. A. Cramer finished first The Telegram Cycling Club has received a for all-round work. In 32m. 12s. L. A. Vidy was 2d. in 35in. 27s.; formal invitation from the Racing Board of the That if you prefer a cushion tire, you |standNo,61and63, H. L. Mayo, 3d, in 35m. 60 2-5, and I. Pfahls, Milwaukee Wheelmen to participate as a bodv will buy an arch tire, not a "hose 4tb, in 36m. 41 l-5s. Cramer and Mayo each in tbe tournament at the Exposition Building pipe." (There's but one arch tire and it's great VICTOR.) \ PHILADELPHIA SHOW. hfld a bad fall during the race. The event Christmas week. It is likely that the invita was under the auspices of the California Cy tion will be accepted. cling Club. The officers of the day were: There is a rumor going around that the RESOLVE Referee, George H. Strong; timers, John Sultan of Morocco has a gorgeous $2000 bicycle. Thayer and Captain Hancock; judges, T. R. iVe don't Knox and spend restless nights over such news. Gentleman's Mr. Ballard. The Pacific Road We know several people who have gorgeous bi That the VICTOR bicycle is the best, and that you will ride one; be Club attended the race in a body and after tUIRB SPRING. wards cycled to Haywards. cycles which cost them nothing and bring them cause it is guaranteed by a company responsible beyond question; because in a few dollars. They never brag about it! Bordeaux will have its own cement track you will be satisfied. Racing For a Club House. next season, and it will cost no less than $20,000. NEW YORK, Dec. 18. The great athletic The cement will be over a foot thick, so as to panics at the Madison Square Garden on prevent it cracking with the heat in the sum Saturday afternoon and evening, for the mer. Tbe small dressing rooms will be let at benefit of the New York Press Club's build $50 ner annum. A mere trifle for a cath prize ing fund, were a huge success. The enthus OVERMAN WHEEL racing man. CO., iasm of the crowd broke out when the two Diile bicycle race was in progress. Two Buffalo's Associated Cycle Clubs at its last Boston, Washington, Denver, San trial heats wery necessary, and in each the meeting appointed a committee to investigate Francisco. contestants persevered as if they had the re the possibility of constructing a first-class race cord in view. The first heat went to L. track in Buffalo. It is to be hoped that the Kanschkolp, of the Metropolitan Wheelmen committee will be successful, as Buffalo racing (110yds.), with E. T. Ran, Centaur C. C. interests bave long suffered from the lack of a IB, less. (80yds.), 2d, and N. C. Servier, M. W. decent track. (135yds.), 3d. The time wae 7m. 3'2 l-5s. In It is practically settled that the cyclers of GARFORD MFG, CO., Elyria, Ohio. the second heat F. F. Goodman, Riverside Germany and Austria shall next year go for the Wheelmen (120yds.), was 1st; C. F. Granger, record established by the horse-killing military R. W. (130yds.), 2d, and J. W. Judge, R. W. men not so long ago, between Berlin and Vienna, (scratch), 3d. Time, 7m. 30 4-5s. The final for tbe Unions of Austria and Germany are ar 1892 HARTFORDS! heat resulted in a very good race, Goodwin ranging to co-operate in the organization of a finishing 1st; Granger, 2d. and Rauschkolp, race over the course. 3d. Time, 7m. 38 4-5s. In the match Nicodcmi vs. Cottereau, for 100 kilometers, the latter came off victorious. Bits of Racing News. It is stated that Nicodomi was unwell, anyhow . Racing's wine is sometimes drunk from the he was left at the 77 kilometer, and was some quassia-cup. distance behind at the finish. Mr. F. de Civry "Birdie" Hunger is going to try his luck is ready to back Cottereau against Nioodemi for ftt indoor racing. $5000, from one kilometer to 24 hours. Credepda If the Prince of Wales ever races his mount Prof. Richmond, president of the Savannah will be a Roulette wheel. Wheelmen's Association, is in receipt of a loiter Billy Murphy seems to be making out very from the secretary of the Anerusta Wheelmen, Good as Gold well in the bicycle business. inviting the wheelmen of Savannah to be their guests during the Mardi Gras festival in Au Drop a $500 bill in the amateur's pocket gust on Jan. 24 and 25. It is likely that a and watch the "amachoor" be born. HARTFORD, PATTERN C. HARTFORD LADIES', PATTERN D. number of Savannah's crack riders will go. With Solid Tires, 7-8 in., - $100 With Solid Tires, 3-4 in., - - - $100 for Sal? by all Attempting to reform an "amachoor" is The Springfield Club is the only large or equal to putting jour fingers in a fire to put it ganization in Massachusetts not a member of " Cushion Tires, 1 1-4 in., $105 " Cushion Tires, 1 1-8 in., - $105 VICTOR out. the L. A. W. There is good reason, however, " Pneumatic Tires, 1 3-4 in., $120 " Pneumatic Tires, 1 3-4 in., $120 Agents. The amateur who gives himself away to for the Springfield Club to remain outside the the Racing Board is apt to lose his self-posses League. It has some most valuable profes THE HARTFORD sion. sionals in its ranks whose loss would be of CYCLE CO., HARTFORD, CONS. The test case against the four winners In detriment to the sport as well as to tbe club. the Pearce Cup race for furious riding has been It is said by one who ought to know that dismissed. D. T. Bowers, an old-time racer and member of Hard luck is another Briareus, for when a the Maryland Bicycle Club, will be seen on tbe racer "gets it in the neck," it U from a hundred track next season. Bowers certainly was a fists at once. good one in bis day and there is no reason to be |4ave You Seales? Wonder if Osmond will be one of England's lieve h« has lost his cunning. Holland, too, it representatives in the world's championships Is understood, ia to become a Maryland Club next summer? man. Johnson has promised to compete at Mil Figured on a basis of the usual fivepoin's for waukee if his "record" engagements will permit firsts, tbrce for seconds, and one for thirds, the "S3 of his doing so. N. Y. A. C. quartette of racing men last season Sanger says he positively will not raee in scored 650 points. Zimmerman alone rolling the forthcoming Milwaukee tournament. Well, up tbe phenomenal total of 359. The M. A. C. what if he don't? scored a total of 840 points. It is doubtful if A three-cornered race between Burke, Ed these records have ever been approached in any "WARWICKS" wards and Ehvell, the California last men, ma; any other branch of athletics. be arranged early next year. If the World's Championship Committee And then read the Guarantee of the Warwick Cycle Mfg. Co. If Diogenes were in cycling to-day he are successful in carrying out their pro would find his search a tough job when it came gramme, which is, wo are told, to run next to looking for pure amateurs. year at Chicago a representative championship race, in which "all the competitors are to be WARWICK CYCLE MFG. CO, Springfield, Mass. The Buffalo A. C. pool team wants to pliy amateurs, not in name, merely, but in reality," Kirkwood the Press C. C. (Am for any amount from SI to I think we shall have to class them the clever $1000. Whew! Gamoling, ain't it? est set of men the world has seen yet. for the Raleigh campaign, to life won't be so ments that bave now become profitable fixtures, hard as he at present imagines." and whose George Collister, a member of the L. A. W. "I see that Sanger, of Milwaukee, wishes to Recorder. number will grow with suitable sur TWO 6RCAT L AD RS. T-aoing Board, is a believer in cash prizes, it is race Zimmerman. If Zim should meet him _The Exposition diamond tournament, which roundings. The patronage of the public is al caid. Mr. Collister is growing wiser. next takes place Christmas and New Year's days, in ready assured, and now something must be done season Sanger will beat him il Zim for A French journal states that Shorland has breaks his neck immediately after tbe start; Milwaukee, promises to eclipse anything of its the safety and comfort of the performers. promised to go over nest March to France, with otherwise, Mr. Sanger is, in my opinion, away kind ever before held in that city. Already Referring to Prince's race in Savannah re '93 Catalogue Now Ready. an off eye on the 24 hours'road record. out of it. He is probably making a bg bluff there are sixteen local riders entered. It is ex cently, a local paper tells how the young W. E. Hicks, well known in cycling cir for notoriety." Sporting Times. That's just pected that the Chicago riders will enter before darkies were prevented from getting a free cles as an advocate of flying starts in racing, about the size of it, Doctor; you've called the next week, but Billy Young, one of the Chicago view of the event as follows: "The crowd on expects to make a tour abroad very soon. turn. cyclers, is authority for the statement that the the outside of the fence was not as conspicuous "WE WILL boys will all be as usual, owing to BE AT THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW.'1 Wonder if Chairman Raymond became con- Walter Banger has resigned from the Mil here and in trim for some hot the vigilant patrolling by Terted to the Engliin theory of allowing no waukee Wheelmen. Sanger'a action in resign events. A number of local racers will make Captain Doyle's French ground-kceper, who trade man to race while he was in England? ing from the club has caused considerable talk their first appearance on any track at the com acted as provost marshal, and filled the hearts of among ing meet, and some "black horses" may develop. intending ticket-evaders with mortal terror by KIRKWOOD MILLER & CO., Rumor sayeth F. Ed. Spooner and "D. B." the local wheelmen. He was brought flourishing Wylio out under their auspice?, they say, and it "The sudden wakinz of the National and brandishing an old-style, brass- are to double up for a tandem record trip was mounted dragoon pistol about 1 Sin. in from Chicago to New York early next season. principally through the efforts of the club that Racing Board is due mainly to the stand taken length 17 Rush St., Peoria, III. he was brought into prominence. They are, by THE SPORTIXG LIFE, which, since the Board and equal in calibre to an ordinary yacht can An American racing team is likely to go to non. Had some of the darkey boys, who were England early in the spring, returning with the therefore, inclined to look upon his action in forced the abandonment of its proposed Southern anything except a favorable light. tour, is determined that the Board shall look scared into the woods by the sight of it, known world's championship aggregation of nure ones. that tbe deadly-looking affair was not loaded Warwick, the racing crack of a couple of into'the actions of cycling club tournaments in As there are no flying start records for any paying the expenses of certain riders in order they might bave passed a more pleasant after flflTI-FRlCTIOH Bfllili CO., distance over a mile, some aspirants to record seasons ago, and whose libel action so crippled noon." the National Cyclists' Union, has, we are in to secure tneir attendance." Milwaukee honors should have a try at acquiring fame and Everybody knows that the G.0.0. is no glory. formed, instituted proceedings against throe of Journal. Yes, we did wake them up, and what the leading English cycling papers to recover is more we do not propose that they shall go to good for speed compared with its rivals. It is O1RSS., What's in a name? A great deal some sleep again if prodding has any effect, The out of place on the track, and its practical ex times. An American marksman named Zitn- damages amounting to $30,000, and, what is Make the most perfect ball for cycle work. Our men more, he feels nuite confident of getting a ver Racing Board in tbe role of the Sleeping Beauty pulsion therefrom should rather tend to throw are nierman has just beat all the European rifle in the pure amateur fairy tale, has had its light on its good qualities. We have been hots. dict against them. Warwick reports having all skilled ball makers. Nothing but the best material used. had , a good time of it amongst .the cash prizes Jay. laughing at it for two years as a racer, but as » T. Summers, of Bombay, who won the one during his visit to Australia. roadster it Dossosses points which still give it a Hear what Wm. Bown, of Birmingham, England, says: mile handicap The subject of a cycling track, lo be under place. It is essentially at the Gymkhana race meeting, tbe control of the wheelmen ot Toronto, the poor man's bicycle, s mentioned in our last issue, was ridine a "Harry C. Wheeler, the M. A. C. racing is one and one must say that after a good many years of "They are very fine, the best I have seen." "Raleigh." man, started to work for the Raleigh Company that every winter occupies the attention of local wheelmen, and cycling on every kind of wheel, I find nothing W. W. Stall, the yesterday. Bv noontime he remarked to Billy it is up again. This time, mainly goes easier at ten miles an hour than the G.0.0. maker of Trotting Sul- Charley Wilson, the trainer at Herne Hill, Cainpbell that the labor was "awfui tough." Of because it should be a good business speculation, is said to be a sort of "Enquire Within" upon some permanent Possibly I am unique in regarding actual case kies, says: "We buy them because they are course it is. When a rider has only to do five benefit is looked for. The of propulsion at a moderate speed and cheap everything so far as racing uud racing men miles a day, he thinks ordinary toil is laborious. Torontos have invited the co-operation of the the best on earth." Capacity now nearly lire concerned. other clubs in the ness, as qualities of any value in a bicycle. He will, however, have it easier when be gets matter, and it is pofsi ble that One would have thought that they would have At a recent banquet in Elizabeth Chairman over to the "show." And, later, he will train next season will see ft new track for tourna- 2,000,000 per month, Write for samples and Raymond answered to the toast "Digestive appealed to a rather large class of buyers, but Organs." Wonder if that's a new name for the speed is king nowadays, and all other virtues prices. league's organ? are nothing accounted of in the days of records. 0-. <3-H.-A.3STT, I»ro«9it. id GS-osa.. 3VXsr. The man who races only for glory would "Billy Mulliken, who has been dubbed at extend his folly to others in order to convince How different times the "Pocket Edition," "Ede No. himself that there is nothing extraordinary In would it seem to you 2," and "Little Billie," the crack racing man, his practice of it. hts resigned from tbe Baltimore Club. The Inclination direct cause of it was a refusal of the club to IT RIDES WITHOUT HANDLEBARS! enforced to meet opposition be to ride a wheel several pounds pay a bill for comes determination; a fact those who combat ejpenses of $300. Mulliken spent the tendency of racing men towards cash prizes two weeks in Springfield training at the club's (hould remember. lighter than the one you have expense. He also made several trips without authority from the club. Some time in Septem /~)N AUG. 28th, 1892, Thomas S. Morrison, of Clarks "Choppy" Warburton, Osmond's trainer, ber the secretary ot the club gave Mullikin a £0t up an "old-timer's" race for ten miles and a been pushing along, and feel check and asked him to sign a receipt for pay- ^^ burg, W. Va., rode from Chicago to Elgin and Aurora $250 cash prize. "Choppy" got the $250, too, men in full to date. This Mulliken did, but and back to Chicago, covering in all 117 miles, in twelve when the finish came. that it's strong nfter considering it, asked for the receipt and The Anerley, a crack English wheel club, enough, too? wanted to return the check. The secretary as hours elapsed time, ten hours actual time. He rode a decided at its general meeting to hold a 100 sured him that the transaction was perfectly iniles time competition and sealed handicap at clear, and told him so; still Mulliken insisted, Bight, by moonlight, next season. and finally the secretary bad to tell him that be LIGHT MODEL D ARBEL, Racing men should always look at the The STEARNS is built for practical, easy ser could not see it; hence the resignation." 7f«- possibilities of expulsion through the wrong end eorrfer. Geared to 65 inches, the whole distance WITHOUT HANDLB of an opera glass; this will just about bring the vice. Four weights one for the racer, 20 pounds The Dunlop tire people have issued the fol affair within the range of possibility. lowing circular to racing: "There is some mis BARS, and was accompanied by ten North Side Chicago men | Those combating cash prizes, who think apprehension regarding the matter of Dunlop all finishing together. they can prevent the success of sensible rewards \ one for the "scorcher;" 28 pounds one for the racing tires for 1893, ind we shall be glad if you COMMENT IS UNNECESSARY, f for racing, might just as well try to beat back will permit us to explain why we have not rec a gale of wind with a palm-leaf fan. medium weight rider, 32 pounds one for the ommended the public to purchase our new Rumor has it that the Boston Press Cycle detachable tire for tbe racing path at presant. Club Racing Board will receive a Christmas heavy rider, 37 From the experience gained during our exhaust ARIEL CYCLE MFG. CO.:::: GQSHEN, IND. present in the form of an answer to its appeal pounds. ive trials of our detachable tire, we are satisfied to the Racing Board. Rumor ia a lying jade. that it will be found as fast on the racing path Ernest Osmond, Freddy's younger brother, Among all these isn't there one for you? Or, as our fixed tire, upon which all the '91 and '92 is a bicycle agent in London. lie has lately championships were won, if not faster; but we invented a new way of building up the rear if you are an agent, your chance is NOW. are not yet satisfied regarding the perfection of WESTERN WHEEL WORKS: | framework of a wheel, which is said to have the rims suitable for detachable racing tires, much merit. and being very anxious that our racing riins We shall have our full line, consisting of NINETEEN The new Brussels track will be opened in should be thoroughly tested, we have not recom CQ ICYCLES, at the Philadelphia Cycle Show stands, n, May, 1893, and Messrs. Stroud and Shorland mended the trade to stock our dctachachable tire have promised to be there. The track will be The Stearns oieycle yet, until this detail is quite perfect. Directly 12, 13 and 14. tour laps to the mile, eight yards broad, and we are satisfied with the strength and lightness We will positively make EVERY wheel that an agent made in cement. of the racing rims we will be prepared to supply racing tires in detachable form. Meanwhile we will have sale for, and put pneumatics on 24, 26, 28 , If the inventive genius who is wasting his Orange Rims. know that there are talents trying to construct many riders who will con inch wheels. a chest rest for long tinue to prefer our present fixed racing tire, and We shall distance racers will turn his talents to making we supply them with every confidence, and be ready, while in Philadelphia, a back straightener for short-distance riders, he'll somewhat improved in details." agencies for '93. tit-mo nearer arriving at a long felt want, as it E. C. STEARNS & CO., were. Sole Agents According to some authorities it Is estimated for the R. L. COLEMAN CO., At the recent monthly meeting of the SYRACUSE, N. Y. that there are over half a million cyclists in the Springfield Club the treasurer reported that Eastern, Southern and L'nitod Kingdom, the manufacture of cycle! Middle States. 35 $42 US was cleared from the tournament. There affording employment to about 45,000 peopl*. Barclay St., N. Y. THE SIPORTINQ
cycl* for anv distance u nrler fifty milei and CLING. eighteen pence for a tricycle. DON'T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT. Italy u - iucky country; it is always com fortable touring somewhere there. At present ASK OUR 1893 the northern part is suffering from a bad attack AGENTS WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT FAR AND WIDE. of weather, and with winter coming on cycling ry Christmas! may be said to be over for the year, but in cen tral and southern Italy and in Liguria the lycling Club life flourishes in Germany. Rood season is just beginning. MONARCHS. Nic Kauffuian it the proud father of a new A Western rider eir. overtook threo wheelmen on the road, and shortly afterwards the emir* The Stanley Show netted about $3500 to the party were visited by a down-pour of rain. Has yoitr forgetfulness cost you time, money club. While waiting for it to clear up the trio intro A free exhibition of tires is to be given at the dncrd themselves, and the rider was astonishe 1 or inconvenience? Have innumerable little things Cyclists' Club house, Brussels. to learn that their names were respectively which you wished to remember The San Francisco Bicycle Club is the lecond Shauer, Sprinkel and Storm. Fact. slipped your ruin oldest club in tbe United States. Thr Ct/ctint'i letter sheet bears tbe legend: again and again? Kaufman, tho American trick rider, is every ' Circulation about 40.000 copies per issue per where in Europe regarded as a marvel. m mth, which is larger than that of any other Wise men improve upon existing patterns in "Heel publication." Ten thousand a week is ous _ cycles and leave fools to do the inventing. certainly surpassed by several wheel papers in England T. S. Holmes has and this country, and Mr. Sturmey resigned tbe presidency of should come out of his shell the Associated Cycling Clubs of New Jersey. and learn tbe fact. Columbia Desk Calendar Paris baa a daily A contemnorary drags out the old chestnut as cycling paper now. Very to there being progressive wheelmen, those Frenchmen, eh? half a million cyclists in Great CJUOULiD YOU. Britain! They used to cackle abiut that fieure The "Rekord" is the name of a rear-driving six years ago, at least, and since then they gear by a system similar to bevelled cog-wheels. have prated about the "development of the It is considered a heinous offence to ride a sport." Perhaps these "authorities" will put cycle anywhere near the city of Constantinople. these statements together, and reconcile them, One English maker uses over tun tons of the it they can. finest steel each week to make cycle chains Says a contetnnorary: "A good tip to pre from. vent side slip on macadamized roads, when rid The Massachusetts Division has nearly 5000 ing along a slope, any, for instance, at the side members and a balance in its treasury of about of the road, is pcd.il as much as possible with $3000. the foot on the lower or gutter side." Wo can A military corps has been organized in the give a much better tip than this, and it is Aber- BloomflcM, N. J., Cyclers, with H. M. Thomas nethian in its quality. It is, "Stick to de middle as captain. of de road." Fame has nothing left for tbe wheelmen now "When somebody invents a bicycle who is that tbe souvenir tpoonmaker has added the cy satisfied with something less than 400 or 500 clist to hi) list. per cent, profit, wheelmen will be as numerou* Thirteen makers are now working under as blue bottle flies." Exchange. Ye?, and GET ONE FOR 1393. patent rights grunted them by the Pneumatic when daily papers employ wheelmen, not shoe Tyre Company. maker-', tn edit their cycling columns we won't have any such rot as this item appearing in The Grand Duke Peter, of Russia, is a regular public print. rider of the safety. Pete know." a good thing when he sees it. Bad roads are obstacles to free mail delivery, Our 1893 line will consist of four styles of the finest wheels in America. Eighth Annual Edition Now Ready. friendly intercourse, to visitinit the neiehbor, Fluted cranks somewhat similar to Look us up at the Philadelphia Show. Catalogues ready January ist. the old tho village, the town. They increase the dull style of bayonet forks are now made, but of ness of the farmer's course, small and neat. life. They are bad for cities. They make driving difficult and some MONARCH CYCLE CO., The elliptical chain wheel did not appear to times impossible. They cut off the farmer and 42-44-4«-48-->0-52 NORTH HALSTED STREET, CHICAGO. See What Its Constant Users Say of it. excite much interest at the Stanley Show, nor the market gardener from his market, or make did we expect it would. transportation far more costly. It Is well-nigh Indispensable. A young woman has recently taken a bicy One necessity to good roads \a the wide tire. JOHN O. PAIGE, Insurance Agency, Boston. cle with her to India, where she expects to The tire of three to four inches wide, with the May be thinking I have found it very convenient. make use of it in missionary work. of buying a wheel E. D. WHITNKY, Sec'y-Treas. Vermont Division, Li. A. W. front axle shorter than the hind one, is almost It is just An automatic inflator for pneumatics has been equal to a road roller. It crushes down the ir the tiling I wanted. NATHAN M. LEVY, New York. patented. It is attached to the hubs of tbe to ride yourself. You may NEED It is handier than a time table. regularities and keeps a beaten, hard, smooth ttOBEKT J. BUBDETTE, Bobinsnest, wheel end docs away with pumping. track. The narrow tire is responsible for mttny YOU Bryn Mawr, Pa. A cycle show will shortly be held in Belgium. of the holes and the soft condition of even the the exercise, and it is the most SENT Makers exhibiting will have no expenses beyond imperfect roads now in existence. PBEPAID ON BECEIPT OF 2O CENTS. the carriage, and every facility will be given. No one for a moment denies that the present agreeable exercise of modern times. A club reception was written up by a local roads are economical, convenient, indispensable, Address CRLENPBR DEPARTMENT. | daily in the South as a. "brilliant ripple in tbe compared with the corduroys, the bridle paths, oyoling swim." How's that for language, eh? the rough roads through the forests of fifty and May want an agency, as you doubt- H. N. Meyers and J. Hinckley, two New seventy-five years ago. Well, the same im -- CO. York wheelmen, have left for a six months' provement over the roads of to-day that the less know where you can place a few. pleasure tour on a tandem bicycle through tbe roads of to-day are ov*r the pioneer roads 221 Boston would he worth ns much more to the community. If so, write us and we will give you points on Boston., 3STe-w "TTorlc, Clxicag-o, I'ilford H. Barber, the trick bicyclist, is now A baby carriage with pneumatic tires is in the . Joseph, Mo. He will give exhibitions in deed iv novelty. One would think that the the towns down the Pacific slope before his average nurse could push a baby carriage fa«t HANDSOMEST high-grade wheel on earth, the return. ei"U2h at present, and thflt it should scarcely be likely that anxious mothers would view with The New York Athletic Club has issued a call equniiiinitv the prospect of their for $3775 in darlings he'-nt bonds issued by the Citizens' Bi- br>unc d out bv an unexpected b< cvcle Club prior to und of tha it> consolidation with the India rubber wheels. However, the invention STERLING New Yorks. may have its use. A cycling writer objects to tho sight of a The cyclers of Vienna, kl fls we have already CYCliE rider in EngUnd who smokes a pipe often remarked, have a very bad time, but at le riding. Better a pipe than a cigarette, last there seems should say. a slight chance of their being better treated in future, for tbe police have re 236-24O Cafpoll five., Chicago To protect a cycle patent all over the world it ceived so many bitter complaints about the ill- is necessary to take out sixty-four patents, in as usage and annoyance to which riders are sub many different countries, tbe estimated cost of jeoted by men, women and children that orders which is $17,000. I AM A bare been given for summary action to follow The "best" wheel is always easy to discover every future complaint. In advertisements, but the "worst" one seems General Marzano, of the Italian army, had re never to bo beard of. Queer, itn't it, that all belief in the possibilities of tho cycle as an in bicycles are the "best?" strument of war, but Colonel Massaglia hns It is fifteen years ago since the first dwarf taken a great interest in the matter and the n- afety appeared. It took tbe form of Blood's sults be obtained with hiscyolis-ts at themanfeu- "pony" bicycle, and had a hinged double '93 crank, Tres CLEVELAIJDS were so satisfactory that the General i-< driving a 40-inch wheel. quite convinced, and the cycle is now in a fai*- Since 1882 eyeliner has been an obligatory way to official adoption for army purposes by course at the Neustadt Military Academy. As the Italian war authorities. early as 1885 military cyclers took part in the The Michigan wheelmen must be a vfry su annual manoeuvres with success. perstitious set. The recent meeting of the board The finest and best Hire Over 25,000 signatures have been secured to of officers of the Division at S'ginaw, was an the French cvclists* protest against taxation. If example ot this When tbe p:T v sat down to of wheels on the market. there were twice as many more it would not af dinner after tbe meeting, it wa< found that fect tbe Question with the Panama. Canal politi there ware thirteen present, and. in order to cians of France. break up tbe fatal number, A. 0. MrGa-rett, Send for our '93 cata The Harlem?, Riversides and Manhattan* r nfseti'ing the Ovirnan Company, was mn will contest for the bottle of wine offered by a in, and later on showed the Michiganders the logue, which hotel keeper in Tarrytown to tbe first wheelmen new '93 model Victor. gives a com who rides to his place from New York after "The inflated wheel shown at the Agricul- midnight of Jan. 1. turar Hall may be of use in America, where plete description of the An exchanze accuses Col. Pope in his good Arthur du Cros declared a 9in. pneumatic tvre 4 AGENT, road crusade of trying to "hitch hia wagon to a was necessary to comfort, not to speak of speed, Btar." Certainly this is a high aim, and as such but at home here we shudder to think of t o is a laudable one, and, what is more, bids fair havoc a festive thorn or playful pin would to be a successful one, too. wreak." Wheeling. Mr. Du Cro» flatters us; An English policeman, finding a cyclist with we never use any tire smaller than an 18in. one, a lightless lamp destitute of oil, filled the can and prefer it to be a solid one lit that. AND CONSEQUENTLY HAPPY. Nothing from his own home and refused payment. We like getting facts in cases like this. The invitations of the Lincoln Club to a re Cleveland hope Thread be will be promoted to a oaptairoy Tire, at once. He deserves it, surely. cent "blow-out," are thoroughly Chicagoesque, sccaswwc; The importations of cycles and accessories and can be appreciated by all who h»ve lately soj' U"ned in that into France during the first eight monthi of smoky metropolis of mud. On this year amount to nearly one corner is a picture of a masked high way man $1,600,000, and the armed with a revolver. estimated weight of the same is about 554J The robber is made to tons, and nearly all from England. say: "Here, Cully! Dis here is a donation H. A. LOZIER & CO., pirty. Out nil ver stuff. Seat--nt- All information free. AN6LO-AMCRKAN IRON &MCTAL AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. held back for publication in \V. E. Al'GHlNBAUGH, CO., WKITK FOK CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS. UcGill Bldg., 908-24 G M., N. W., tho St.1.", 8o3kv<-'nir, an advertising scheme con WASHINGTON. I). C. nected wi* Vhe Show. MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF In France lachines of under 561bs. are car REMINGTON ARMS CO., ried any distance for a simple registration fee ATEST CYCLING PAPERS, PERIODI of 11 L CALS ANU HAND BOOKS troni nil pang EVERYTHING PERTAIMXO TO CYCLE MAMFACTIRE AND REPAIR. OFFICK: WOHKS: penny. In Germany the same principle nf tho wurld receivwl wniln ]v »i.d For Sale, Send npplies. only tho registrition fee cosU sixpence. (or list. FUETCHER & CO.. £13 E'E^.KXi ST., 315 BROADWAY, SEW YOUK CITY. AT ILION, N. Y. But in England a shilling is charged for a bi- 43 E. Van Bureii St., Chicago. THE1 ORTHSTG LIFE.
organization, and would aid such a move CRESCEN^ITY CHAT. From the Two-Eyed League also comes balance, but this is doubted, as ment in every way possible. the same high opinion of Mac's work; so if CALIFORNIA CULLINGS. more money than his Frisco confre Like Canton, BASE BALL. we also have an inter-urban WHY THE LEAGUE WAS MADE A my judgment of McLaughlin's abilities was hunt for strengthening material, electric street railway between this city and at fault I have plenty of company. These A MANAGER BOUNCED FROM THE TWELVE-CLUB AFFAIR. LEAGUE. makes no bones about losing money 3 Wellsville, four miles distant, which has a opinions are not expressed by friends alone, Jose. The town, which paid well last population of nearly 2,j,000 people. The owner but from all sides comes the same praise of A Fear That Some of tho Old Clubs Vamlerbeck Deprived of His Fran went tu pieces early this year and the of the road, A. L. Johnstou, of Cleveland, Mack's good work. ences frequently did not pay expenses. being an May Not Toe the Scratch—A chise and Los Angoles Dropped BASE BALL IN CUBA. enthusiastic base ball man, would, START A BOOM. League, however, is ready to start out afro without doubt, aid the project. Chapter on Umpires. From the Circuit—Lange Signs for 1893. One thing in its favor is that it We hope that correspondents Wake ap, brother correspondents. I should ha from other NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 18. Editor like to see all correspondents from the South AVith Chicago—Coast Drift. no debts to work off'. It would have c!eare< cities will wake up, aud with a little effort it SPORTING LIFE: The playerg of the cham money LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE VISITING will be an easy matter to start the ball roll ern League cities pitch in and boom our SAN FBAXCISCO, Dec. 1.5. Kditor SPORT this year if all of the improveraeiiti. pion Houston team, of the defunct Texas League. Come, boys, spare an hour to put ING LIFE: The officials of the California on the Haight Street grounds had been paid ing and have Ohio once more, as in days gone League, at least nine of them, are employed League usually for when completed in 1891. Part of the AMERICAN TEAM. by, the leader among the State the sport before the readers ot'TiiE SPOUTING wait until January to wind Leagues. in this city, aud they are keeping in fine LIKE. The readers of this paper look for up the base ball business ot the season, but nioney earned this year went to pay off this VULCAN. trim by playing Sunday games against the news from the different cities of the circuit, this year they decided to gather at an earlier indebtedness. All players have been paid ia local clubs of semi-professional players. and they are disappointed at your continued date in order to settle the championship full, and with the coming season properly 'earn Well Received and Pa- FOREST GUT FINDINGS. THE COWBOY PLAYERS silence. There is plenty of ground you can tangle, and possibly with a view to do a manipulated, there is no good reason why last Sunday played against a semi-profes work over, so get a move ou and let us hear little bit of retaliatory work against one who the magnates should not make money in 1893. nized Details CHAXGKS 1XTHK RULES THATCAN sional team at Sportsman's Park before a fair from you. had wrought them an injury. So last Tues COAST DIUKT. and Scores ol audience. The game was well contested, BE EASILY MADE. and The Pelicans will start in to win from the day afternoon a majority of the members of I have noticed in several Eastern exchanges the Games Played, Etc. the playing of the Houston boys was very first game. We will not be satisfied with the League assembled at the headquarters, a story that a new complaint among bull The Overtaxed Pitcher—Euterprising good, considering their long lay-oft from prac anything lower than first place, so look out with President Mone in the chair. Messrs. players has appeared in California, and the tice. The special points of the game and the Mr. llobison—The Double for us, gentlemen of the League, and stop us Harris and Finn were in attendance, but case is cited of Pete Sweeney fainting on the most interesting features of the playing were if you can. Robinson was forced to remain at home on ball field from "straining the muscles II A VAN A, Cuba, Dec. 12. Editor SPORTING Game Idea—Notes. Uos SOIK. of the I/IKE: Kelly's All-America team haa caught Rogers' fine back-stopping and throwing to account of illness, and Vanderbeck probably heart." As a matter of fact Peter's fainting CLEVELAND, Dec. 19. Kditor SPOUTING bases, Kremeyers' first base-playing, He- thought he would not be welcome, so be did spell had no connection with heart complaint on here and is doing finely. The team is draw LIFK: ing well, and the boys are the object of con liase ball interest is just as much ban's work at second and the outfield work, not come up from Los Angeles. There was whatever. He was struck by a thrown ball alive here as it ever was in mid-winter. The hard hitting aud splendid base-running of LINES FROM LOWELL; not much enthusiasm or interest over the in a delicate portion of his anatomy below siderable social attention, Mr. Carlos Ayala, talk about enlarging the diamond, the secretary of the Cuban League and chiel chucking Donahue. proceedings, and the usual hangers-on were the belt and the pain was so intense that re the pitcher hack, increasing the "safe" bat PITCHER MASON, A LOCAL BOY WILL, THE SPINDLE CITY BE IN IT missing, asroe cranks bad a very clear idea lief came only with unconsciousness. sporting writer of the island, leaving nothing ting undone to make our stay both pleasant ami territory, etc., etc., gives the fans some who has signed to play with Memphis next NEXT YEAR? of the business about to be transacted. There The San Jose and Los Angeles teams are thing to talk about, think over and write to season, was in the points for the Zatavairs, was one stranger at a part of the meeting, still playing off theso-called extra-champion profitable. the newspapers upon, and so the interest, THE FIRST GAME. and his work was very creditable for one so Nothing Definite Regarding Member however a young gentleman of pleasing ship games in the City of Angels. The teams buoyed up by the lively base ball columns of inexperienced against such sluggers as com ship in the New England League— mien and address, who made a business-like, are running an even race aad it is probable The first game was played on Nov. 27 be one or two local papers, does not drop be tween the Americans and posed the cowboy team. With a heady and News of Players and Gcu- straightforward address on behalf of the city that the entire series of eleven games will be tne Havana team, hind. That there will bo many changes in experienced catcher to coach him Mason of Los Angeles, asking that the Southern played before the issue is decided. the Cuban champions, and was witnessed by the rules next season seems to be admitted eral Comment. fully 5000 people. Daniels would show up very well. He has plenty of city he retained in the circuit for 1893. The The damage caused to the Haight street was in Uia box by all, but the patrons of the game are ask speed, some very fine curves ami excellent LOWKLL, Dee. 19. Editor SPORTING LIFE: young gentleman was Mr. Al Limllcy, and grounds by the wind storm has been repaired. for the Americans, and had the Cubans at ing to be heard in this discussion, and it's The New Kngland League meeting takes his mercy when base hits control ot the sphere. He has a fast high he created an excellent impression; but his The loss was not so heavy as at first reported. were needed. altogether proper that they should be. ball that will play the deuce with batting place Jan. 18, 1893, at Young's Hotel, Boston. arguments proved futile. The plans of the Foot ball is taking hold out here this win- Billy Earle was given a warm reception by A FEW KECOMMKNDAT'IONS. I have not received any definite answer in his Havana admirers. The Americans records, and displays grout coolness and managers had already been mapped out; in ter and for a time has superseded birse ball. out Some of the changes that I have heard ad nerve when in a tight place or being hit regard to whether Lowell will be represented fact, tlie programme was almost cut and The sport has been given a boom by the classed their opponents in base-running and vocated by the at the meeting and try to gain admission. team work, and as a consequence best patrons of the game in freely. Manager Graves has made an excel dried, and although the magnates did not act rivalry between the teams from the State and the nimble this city may be summed up as follows: lent choice in signing Mason, and if the They have plenty available time to get to hastily they felt too indignant to listen to Stanford universities. Walter Camp and Cubans had to bow to the inevitable. The gether and send a representative and Iiustle umpiring of Mr. Utrera was 1 Increase the base lines to 93 feet. change in pitching distance (if made) does any plea from the South. McClting, of Yale College, hava been im perfectly satis 2 Put the pitcher back eight or ten feet. not hurt his delivery, he may prove a very matters along. ported to coach the teams. factory to both teams, following is the offi Everything seems favorable for base ball NO CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE YEAR. 3 Give the batter four called balls and valuable man for his team. The first subject before the meeting was the Despite all that has been said about Jerry cial score: four strikes. in Lowell in 1893. The electric cars run to Denny not going East next IIAVANAS. AB.R. B. P. A.K1ALL-IMKR'8«B.B.». r. A. K FRANK CUAVK.S disposition of the pennants for K'j2. San season, I doubt 4 Run the safe batting lines five feet ^out and fro from the grounds, and to secure Mike if be will remain in California. The rela Goa»ile»,21>..2 U 0 t 3 3 York. If...... a 21 100 has selected a course tor his future guidance, Mahoney for manager would make base ball Jose was awarded the pennant for the first If. Ufrn'l,3b,1 0 0 1 0 2 Earln, C...... 4 2 I S 10 side of tirst and third bases. which, if'siirictly followed out, will establish half and Los Angeles given the flag for the tions between the third baseman and Mana Arouio, h....S 0 2 1 1 (I Frauk, 11) ...3 1 0 6 5 Make all foul bunts strikes. boom in the old Spindle City and would make ger Finn are not so cordial now as they were A.IIern'2, - 8 0 0 0 2 2. his reputation as a manager, and I sincerely one think that he was enjoying the old hal second season. Then the question of the Durtoe, 3b.... 4 2 1 .1 6 Abolish the Hat bat. hope, Frank, that you will meet championship for the year came up. It was some months ago and the latter has inti Pinto, p, if... 3 0 1 0 1 llOilks, M...... 4 1 1 1 7 Make the rule regarding balks either in with suc cyon days of '87 under the McGunnigle mated that he will not want Denny again. Garcia, cf... 3 0 0 1 U UlCelt nfrer.cf. 4 I 1 3 cess in your new departure. While our opin regime. During tiie coining week I look for shown that Vanderbeck, of Los Angeles, had Q-.naUro, c_:i 0 0 6 2 0 OTunnor, 21) 'i U 0 211 pitching or throwing to first more emphatic. ions may clash on certain points, entered into private arrangements with the Some of the San Jose players have asserted The changes could be made without endan old man, ] a decided boom in base ball circles here that Finn did not pay them for the last two Koyer, Ib.... 3 0 1 9 0 2 Daulela, v... 3 G 1 0 SO am not so blind to justice that I cannot see abouts, and toward the organization of a good, San Jose players to play off the extra series, E. Uer'z,rr,i>3 0 0 !_ 1 ol \Viltrock, rf. 3 u 0_ 0 gering the game in any way. The innova merit in your work as a manager nor give aad that the players of that team had de days of the season. Finn says that he has Total...... 27 U 5 2110 101 ToUl...... 3(19 tions are not revolutioiiaryand are worth try strong stock company, and toestablish a team full receipts from all except Denny and ti 21 justice where it is deserved, no matter how to represent the New England serted their manager (Finn) in order to HavariHB...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ing. League on a farther Everett, ami with these men there is some All-Americas...... ft 02043 antagonistic our ideas on other matters may strong and firm financial basis for the pros the tricky designs of Vanderbeck, 0-9 ENTERPRISING MR. ROBISOX. be. The League (hereupon declared that the so- dispute over a petty allowance for street Knrued runs All-Americtu 4. Thrrc-bwe lilt President Frank Uobison, ot perous season of 1893 that is predicted. car fare. Eai-le. Sl'iluii lnisca Daniels, Ettrle 2. York 2, Duf- the Cleveland THE NEW MEMBERS OF THIS LEAGUE The New England League next season will called championship games now being played feo, O'Couuell 2. Uiiipiro Ulrsrn Tiraa 1.50. Club, is taking an active part in the agita in the Southern metropolis are nothing but Reporters have been struck with the bas« tion now going on in favor of more boule are worKing silently, but with refreshing en be the strongest minor league in the country, ball cruze. Teams from the Examiner and THE SECOND G«ME. ergy, to put their clubs on and Jacob C. Morse, who is secretary of that exhibition contests, and as there had been no vards and parks for the city. Mr. llobison a solid basis. official games between the winners of the Chronirle played here last Sunday. Either Four thousand three hundred] and twenty- They are not rushing around in useless haste organization, will leave no stone unturned to the scorer was bribed or his record was af seven people assembled at the Almendares has volunteered to begin a subscription list halves, the championship for the year had with $2500; obtain 40 signatures for similar but slowly and surely gettinguiatters in first- make it as successful and financially compact terward doctored, as the etrorcolumn showed Park Dec. 1 to see the best picked team ou class shape, and when tho League as the base bull world ever heard of. not been decided. By taking this action the amounts and help get UOO snoscriptions of gong founds for League gave the present San Jose-Los a suspiciously small amount of blunders. the island tackle the Americans. Wads- the opening games these clnbs will be found GENKllAL MENTION. Edward Hutchinson, who played third base worth had too much steam for the Cubans, $1000 each. President Robisou is one of the Angeles series a black eye, and it has been city's very best citizens, and when he goes prepared for the struggle, and they prove in Mike Bradley, who captained the Lowells for Oakland this year, was mariied last while- on the other hand the Americans took fants only in name and age. hinted that the early meeting was partly into anything he does so with all his heart. last season before it went under, and after called with the purpose of striking back at Thursday at Sacramento to Miss Kittie Hal- kindly to Rosas' curves, Duffee, Earle, THAT ten hoft, of the latter place. The bride ha» Frauk and Gettinger Doing especially famil He proposes that Cleveland shall have as BIRMINGHAM FREAK. wards signed with Manager Leonard, of the Vanderbeck, who had been a disturbing good a ball club as any city in the country, The proposed tariff on the national game Lewistoii team, will act in thatcapacity again clement in the organization all year and been a teacher in a Froebel kindergarten for iar with the sphere. Gilks and York won in Birmingham must Imve originated in the three years. J. M. CAUKOLL. long and continued applause by their bril and tliis means that we arc to have just such next season, and also cover short stop. Brad who had caused the season to end in a fiasco. a club in 1893. No one can begrudge Frauk think-tank of someone desperately against ley was one of the stars of the League the That the decision of the League in declaring liant fielding. Official score: the sport; he must have some terrible .spite ALL-AMKR'S. AB.K.B. P. A. Ej ALL CUBAN. A8.R. 8. P. A.E de Hass Eobison any good fortune. past season. the games unolh'cial will hurt the gate re SAVANNAH SAYINGS. York, K...... 5 0 1 4 0 0 ROHM, P...... S II 2 0 10 A GOOD AMil'MEST. against the "Magic City" Club, or be an Bill Hawcs is in the pawnbroker business ceipts at Los Angeles is certain. escaped lunatic. "" K»rl», C...... 5 4 3 S 0 (I F.Horna'i,8s5 0 2 042 One argument advanced by THE SPOKTING I hardly think tiiere are in this city, and is making a comfortable liv VANDERBECK DUMPED. Everything Favorable For a Success- Frauk, 1U...4 2 3 0 1 E.l'rai«,:ib... 5 Oil LIKE last week in favor of setting the pitcher enough of his kind in that city to carry it ing out of his transactions. The report that lul Season in 'J>3. Duffer, 3b... 524 3 1 Aicano, If.... 4 102 through far enough to make it a law. If it Mr. Vanderbeck's case next came up for back is worthy of a good deal of considera was promulgated by a New Bedford corres SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 17. Editor SPORT-, Gilks, ««...... 511 0 3 (i A.Garcia, C...3 I) 0 4 tion. That was the statement that the pitcher does come into force it will snrcly crush out pondent in a past issue of THE SPOTTING consideration. Little time was lost in dis Gattiturer, ct.5 123 11 M. Plata, r'.. t (i 2 2 base ball in cussing this somewhat shifty gentleman, and ING LIFE: The outlook for base bull in O'0onooll,21>5 1 1 5 1 0 raiturlx.a,2b4 014 himself would, in time, thank the League for Birmingham and that is to be LIFK did Mr. Hawes an injustice, and if greatly regretted, for the magnates of that the New Bedford correspondent has without much ceremony he was deprived ot Savannah next season is very bright, and by Witiruck.rl..4 0 0 0' (l Cachurro, Ib 4 0 II 12 0 II the change, [believe that is true. 1 have any his franchise. This was a mild way of stating the looks of(nines at the present time it will \V»J»wo'b,p. 511 0 0 0 R.Oiirda, cf.. 1 0 l_ 2 01 heard pitchers soundly abused for losing 2 to city are full of sand and nerve, and would manhood, or has any rudiments of a gentle carry their club clear through the season that he had been expelled from the associa be one of the best cities in the League, if not Total...... 44 12 16ZT Total...... 3S I 9 27 14 7 1, or 'A to 2 games, when they had used up all man, he should come and square himself. the best. Savannah has All-Amenca«...... t 0 :) 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 even at a loss. Mr. Hawes never had to knuckle down tion. Then a motion was made that Los An a population of their strength and all their ingenuity to win. to geles he dropped from the circuit of 1893. b'0,000 people and a large floating population All-Cuban!...... 0 000 0001 0— 1 The work of the eight other men, whether AH THERR, MONTGOMERY. what he stated in his letter a few weeks ago Karued runs Al!-Amcrlca3 7. Two-l)ftBO bits to THE SPORTING LIFE, and, furthermore, I President Mone espoused the cause of the in summer. The new park is to be located Duffei;, O'Counoll, M. Piiitf. Sacrifice bit Arcauo. good or bad, was forgotten, and the story of I can hardly explain my feelings or give town, and claimed that under a popular man right in the middle ofuhe city and can be Three-base bits GottitlKer2. Stolen bauus Krault, the game would be summed up in this way, any very conclusive and positive reasons for am sure that Mr. Hawes never visited that town that isoft" the map for a number of years agement base ball would thrive there next reached from any end of the city in fifteen IJuffe*, York 2, Earle, Gilki 2. Uiiluiro Ultera. "Oavies lost it," "Young was responsible," my ideas on this subject, but I fancy some year. He thought that the falling oft in at minutes. The patrons of the game will hava TIIR THIRD GAME. "Cuppy wasn't up to the mark," or "Clark- how that Montgomery is a doubtful starter past. tendance, toward the latter part of the year, no difficulty in getting there, as three ele On Dec. S nearly 3000 people saw the Fe son didn' have his usual speed." in next season's race for the pennant. Now, Arthur Whitney is taking things cool, and nothing seems to bother him. He is liv was largely caused by the unpopularity of trie street car lines will run right by the Club taken into camp by the Americans. "Why," some one would ask, "was he hit Red bird, do not jump at mo without giving me management, who had antagonized some of park. Daniels took things easy after the second in hard?" time to explain my ideas on this doubt. ing on the shady side of Easy street, with a big, fat bank account. I guess Arthur is the most influential people in Los Angeles. The base ball cranks here, and there ar« ning. The score: "Oh, no; only four hits, hut that was two From the statement made at the end of the done Finn said that he could not see how the game lots of them, urc delighted that we are going IT H. AB.R.B. P. A. X SLl-.lMKR3.AB E.B. P. A. I more than we made." last season, of this club's financial standing, with base ball for good. Cudworth could prosper another year in the new town. to have professional ball again. Mr. Long Hernaiid'z.885 03 1 11 Turk, If...... 520 3 10 How many times have yon, Mr. Tlichter, and its prospects for being in the race next is acting as wine-clerk in Tom There had been too much talk of jobbery has nmile lots of friends since he has come Prats, 3b..;... 400 2 10 Earle, o...... 532 .1 20 and other base ball patrons heard similar season, I should suppose that it would be a my Boyle's emporium next the post office in Arrauo, If... 4 1150 IjFranK. II)....5 2 2 10 00 ami a "Northern combine" all season to do here, and says the outlook from his stand remarks? sure starter in 'ft3, but somehow or another this city. point is even A.Ciar'a. Ih,c4 1 2 6 2 :t DnHee,:ib.....5 0 1 1 51 Jack (irady, formerly catcher of the Read the game good, and the fact that the season, brighter than he anticipated. Macla.cr.Sk.. 4 0 2 I 2 0;Gilk«, M...... 6 0 I 131 I remember one game here last summer the fear has taken possession ot my mind through Vanderbeck, had terminated in a By engaging Jimmy Manning for manager with Washington. The score was a tie and that the Montys will be scratched before the ing. Pottsville, Trenton, Newark, Lowell, K Garcia rf. 400 0 0 0 Ueltinger, ct 5 12 2 10 umpire culls "play ' !'!" ' r " -ning Brockton, fizzle, would sour many of the ball patrons. he has delighted everybody, as they know Cucbu'o.c'lb 4 0 1 7 0 2;UICk>unrll,2b4 1 0 521 a man was on third for Washington, with and Charleston (S. C.) teams, was When put to a vote it was decided to drop from Manning's past record as a manager and Marlli.ez. p.. 4 0 I 0 0 lIDaniols, p... :l I 1 0 30 two out. After two strikes and three balls games. elected councilman from Ward Three in this a ball player lie has no superior. MacVu,2b,i;( 4 I I Si -I)I -IjOliaplu, rf... »n_« 0 00 city lust Tuesday., Jack will receive Los Angeles from th« Leaeue, and the fol We only had been called on Laricin, he hit sharply to SUSPICIOUS OF , . . : :. the lowing resolution.* were given to the press wish that he will keep up, if'tiot surpass all Total...... 37 3 H 24 CI21 Total...... 4010 9 ?7 173 an innelder. AH error resulted and the honor of sitting incur new city hall, which" his former Fo...... 0100001 10—3 I am suspicious, also, of another of last sea has been erected for publication: records. game was lost. son's circuit dropping out before at a cost closely on to Mr. Long says that Manning has his eye* All-Anierica»...... 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 S x 10 "Davies lost it," was the song that night. the season $300,000, which will be dedicated next May Kttoletd, That it would bo for the best inter BfcrueJ runs fo 1. Two-base bit! KirK Gollin- of '!>3 opens. There are manypeculiarpoiiits some time. He is very ests of base ball in the future that tb« license on several good men, and expects to get their ffer. Tbree-bagB bltu Ilprnandf/,, Mucia, Aivario, A. "How so?" I asked a group of noisy fans. in the present attitude of this doubtful popular in this ward, names to contracts very soon. All the crank* "Why, he ought to have struck Teddy out." mem where he has hosts of friends to pilot him of tho manager of the Los Angeles Club for a Garcia. Stolen ba-ieS'-York, Kiirlo, .Frank, ALuield. ber of the League which have given rise to club ia the League next season be not renewed. here want to see is Savannah do up Atlanta, Umpire IJernaud*-/,. Time 2.10. GIVK THE OTHERS A CHANCE. my suspicious, and many others, in a position along. Augusta and Charleston aud they will ba THE FOURTH GAME. Consistent, wasn't it? The pour pitcher Dan Sweeney, of the Birmingham Club of Jicsnlved, That tho license at present held by to more fully understand the inside workings the Southern League, is taking Mr. Vanderbock be revoked; and happy, as there is great rivalry between those On Dec. H a large and enthusiastic audi goes into the box under the present rules of this club, arc almost prepared to give odds excellent cities aud everybody will turn out to sea ence witnessed the game between the Eagles feeling that however well he pitches a defeat care of himself, and great things can be ex Rewired, That owing to the actions of Mr. on the correctness of their views in the mat pected Viinderbeek Los them. and the All-Americans. The latter team means that he must stand all the blame. ter. from him for the approaching season AnguUu be dropped from the Savannah can offer special inducements to Only of '93. League. handicapped themselves five runs, or in other once in a long time is a pitcher let off WHY TUB LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP WAS IN- League clubs coming South for spring prac words, they had to be five runs ahead of the by the assertion that his support was poor. I Mike Flynn, of last year's Portland, Me., THE CIRCUIT FOR 1893. tice, as we have a fine climate, a good park, Eagles at the end of the ninth inning or for am not quite sure that putting the pitcher CREASEIi. Club, is in this city disengaged. Flyun was In talking over League affairs with some An informal discussion followed on the cir and Sunday games can be played at the park feit the game. Wittrock was in the box, back fifteen or sixteen feet is exactly the one of the star catchers of the New England cuit lor next season, but no definite action at Thunderbolt, which is five miles from the and was at his best and mowed the Cubans right thing, but I do believe that the dia parties on the inside of the local club matters League last season, and should not be over I thoughtlessly uttered ,the above question, was reached. A petition was received from city and is easy of access, as twoelectric lined down as fast as they stepped to the plate, mond should be larger and the pitcher eight looked by the managers the coming season in the directors of the San Jose team, asking run out there. The amateur games out there while on the other hand the Americans hit feet further away. Then tho responsibiiity and my surprise may be easily imagined when making up their aggregation. I was informed that it was to meet just such that the Harden City be r*taiucd in the last season averaged two and three thousand hard and ran bases like "deers," and as a will be divided among nine men, and the old Umpire Mike Mahoney, who ran for nomi- League, but the communication was quietly people, and with two good professional teams consequence pulled out an easy victory. idea of placing all the obligation upon a a break as tiic above failures to start; that najion for Councilman from Ward Five, was it was far easier to reduce a league to even tabled. Applications were also received from playing there the attendance would go to six The score: pitcher's shoulders will be abandoned. defeated by a close margin. This was Mike's Sacramento and Stockton, asking for fran thousand easily. All clubs coming down. • AGI.Rg. AB.R.B. P. A. RJALI.-AHCtt'S AB.U, B. P. A. K I remember ridingout toagamewith Hugh numbers than to increase the number of first attempt, and his friends predict him a clubs. Then I was informed that the total chises. George Boreher.s, the ex-pitcher, South would do well to write to D. A. Lonp HIM**. 2b..... 5 0 0»l> 1 3 York, lr...... -j-6.:l 3001 Dailey, the one-armed, pitcher tcii years ago. sure winner in the next municipal fight. wants to manage the Sacramento team next and secure dates. Mr. Long has received Praia, 3b...... 3 0- 2- - I T Karls, o...... 4 11!)''11 depojit to be made by all the clubs before Mike has offers fpom the Eastern aud New J'asliu icza.p. 4 0 1 I 4 0!Frank, lb....3 1 1 10 0 I A fan f»n along beside Uie carriage and season, while John E. Moore would like to several letters from League clubs asking for houtcd: the start would at least hold in check any England leagues for next season. have charge of the Stockton Club. Both Garcia, o...... 3 0 0 4 2 4jUnffei>, 3b.... 4 0 1 1 4 0 clubs doubtful of going through the season Billy Merritt, the star dates, and will have lots ot games throughout Lopez, cf..... 3 0 0 2 0 2|(iilk«. >«...... S 3 2 3 0 0 "Win that game, Hughey, and I buy you a catcher for Louis communications were laid over until the March. Ducn, Ib.....4 0 0 5 0 II supper." as such a deposit $500 would be forfeited ville's League Club and also one of the 0 0 Ottlinger,cf. 3 2 2 S if any club fell by the wayside*. regular meeting in January. While it is Charleston we hope will have a good club Komero.w... 4 1 1 1 0 2 O'(k>unell,2b5 1 0 1 3 0 "Tell the other boys that, maybe we'll leading catchers in the League last season, very probable that the League circuit for and give us a lively time when we come to Valdcls, If... 3 0 I 1 0 OjWittrook, p.. 5 2 2 0 2 0 in," said Hugh; "a pitcher can'^. win a game I expect I shall receive a terrible going has entered the wood and coal business in 1893 will consist of San Francisco. Oakland, Martinoz, rf. 4 00 2 01 Wadswo'b.rfS 020 1 ° over for the opinions herein expressed gether. They will probably sign Coleolougb. without help, vbut he's expected to all the re this city at the corner of Watson aud Law Sacramento and Stocktou. it is by no means as Total...... 33 I 6 241U3 Total...... 3il'li 14 27 113 same." '*?> ' &i garding the doubtful solidity of some of the rence streets, where he is so far doing a pro one of their pitchers, as that is his native Earner! runs All-America* 7. Three-base certain that Los Angeles is out for good, as borne, and if kept in proper order there is no btls old clubs, but I am only giving vent to my fitable business. Merritt is a great favorite President Earlo, Gllk«, York. Stolen bases York 4-. GilKl 2, ' TIIR nOUDLE GAME PLAN. suspicions. I only hope that they may Mone strongly favors thut town, better pitcher in the country. Frank 2, Gitiingor prove in the Spindle City, where his numerous and Mr. Lindley may 2. Struck ollt Wittrotk 7. Um I wish some of TIIK SPOUTING LIFE'S utterly groundless and all the clubs be in it. friends bring enough pressure THE CLUB ORtiAXIXKD. pire-Ctrera. Tim* 1.55. „ many bright correspondents would givfe their wish him success in his new enter to bear to cause the League officials to re- Base ball is now an assured fact for this city AVe play three more games here, leaving WORDS OF PRAISK FKOM TEXAS. prise. Success to Merritt. He is also keep c^psider their resolution. views on the plan ot playing two five-inning ing Mr. Lindley is for next season, as all the shares, amounting for Key West the 1'Jth inst., vdiere we will :ontests each afternoon, instead of one game The many readers of your paper will no hiniK-If in trim for the opening ol the said to be very popular in the Southern citv to sixty, Inivc been taken, and there are in try and repeat the usual dose. After finish of nine innings. Why isn't it a good idea, tice that my high opinion of Umpire Me- season pt '93. and has a large following. He is a promi quiries for as ninny more. Mr. Long at first ing there we will leave for Mobile, no other Laughlin's work with the Southern League Umpire Henry McGuirc, of the New Eng nent member of the Mr. Kditor? You know that the attendance land Los Angeles Athletic decided that he would only place sixty shares, dates having bee.n made. Aa to a great time, at the second game played in a city is always last season was not without foundation. In League staff, is wintering in this city. Club, an influential organization, and if any b;it (is lots of our best citizens want more he we are surely having it in Havana. l,T p to- your Texas letter in last weeks' issue of Tun He was one of the fairest umpires that stepped influenced by the result of the first game. on one can make the game pay at that place may put out forty more. Mr. Long called a. date our trip, financially, could not he better, For instance, if the Philadelphia Club comes SPORTING LIFK the opinions given by the the diamond last year, and should not be next year, he ought to be able to do so. meeting of the lovers of the game and citi and. with the few remaining games to be in here and wins the opening garde the attend Texas people was of the highest character overlooked by Secretary Morse in making Messrs. Finn and Harris are strongly opposed zens in general for the Hth inst. It was cluded, no doubt we will leavo the island ance on the second day will be o'OO or 800 and a correspondent from Rock City also up the umpire staff for the coming year of to taking in the town again, however. The largely attended by all classes of our people, with a few pieces of coin in our pocket;. All less than if Cleveland won. speaks highly of Mac's work while in that 1893. former said yesterday: "I think that Stock- and one-third ot the stock was immediately the boys arc well, but anxious to reach home True, this proves the honesty of the game, section ef the country. I sec my friend, Mr. D. A. Long, formerly ton and Sacramento will make good ball subscribed. The meeting was adjourned un tor Christmas. W. E. YORK. t the fans do' not always think of this. My opinion ot McLaughlin's work with the of Lowell, and who did reportorial work towns next year. I know the former will til the 17th. and a permanent organization Now, suppose two five-inning games are indicator was not based so much on what I on the Daily AV«v?, of this burg, is making a furnish enough money to guarantee the ven was effected by great success with the Savannah Club, of the electing tiic following officers: FOB ANMMUO fjKAGTJE. played. We win one and lose the other. saw of it, as it was upon the high opinions ture, and 1 am well satisfied that Sacramento President, F. C. Lovell; vice president, H. Who cares? The crowd has seen two good published in every paper of the cities he offi Southern League. Duiiny, when in Loweil, will hold up her end in financial matters. In 11. (iainsburg; secretary, I). A. Long, treas East Liverpool Ready to Fall in With games. Suppose we lose both ignrnes. The ciated in. Your correspondents and those of was always a hustler and a great admirer of '!I4, when Los Angeles and San Jose have urer, Jos. F. Doyle; directors, L. Kcllcy, P. disappointment will be no more keen than if the St. Louis A'ews also had nothing but the national pastime, and was instrumental been out of it for a year, it would then be II. Fitzpatrick, »li(! Project. in organizing the champion New England George Meyer, M.S. Morris EAST LivEurooL, ()., Dec. 10: Editor one nine-inning contest had been played. It praise, for his decisions. It was only on one good policy to form asix-clubleague with all and T. D. Rockwell. we lose the first we can turn in aud or Uvo occasions, and then without any just League team here in '87 under McGunnigle, of the towns interested in the circuit." SPORTING LIFK: Rallard's letter from get the which contained Morgan The above officers and directors are yon- sympathy ol the crowd by playing like thun- foundation, that any criticism against his Murphy. Dnfty, I.ANGE FOB CHICAGO. tlenien of good business standing, and under Canton in regard to the possibility of an Ohio work Cudworth, Shmnick, Eddie Kcnnedyj>nd a League, as suggested by your correspondent ler for the second. I think the idea worth was made. * Colonel Robinson has been at his old tricks stand base ball thoroughly. Work on tha cousidcriug. PIIESIDKNT YOUNG'S APPOINTMENTS FOR'93. number of other players of note. park will be from this city some weeks since, has brought Managers of clubs in Eastern, New Eng again. Some time ago a morning paper an started about Jan. 10, and will about quite a revival of baseball talk, and ODDS AND ENDS. If Nick Young concludes to accept the nounced that Fred Carroll bad been commis be ready by March 1. Mr. Long says it will The hundreds ot friends that Eddie Seward land, Southern and other league teams, in the probabilities of a professional team for office of appointing the staff of umpires for comprising the makc-uoof their clubsshould sioned by the Chicago Club to sign Will be one of the finest base ball parks in tha the season ol '!Ki are being discussed with made up in the Wisconsin League last season this League next season, I expect we will Lange, the Oakland outn'elder, and Bill South. Mr. Long is very enthusiastic over not overlook Charley Farrell, Billy Mc- the meeting, considerable vigor. Like Canton, our thriv vould be delighted to see him ou the League have some excellent men to fill the thankless Guirk, Eddie Cull, Jack Roache, Mike Ularke, the San Jose back stop. The same and says in all his experience ing little city had to be content with an in itaffnext year. position of umpires and the experiences of journal a few days later slated that Robinson he has never seen base ball slock subscribed Johnny Clarkson writes that Flynn, Eddie Flanagan, "Yay" McCarty, so quickly. I dependent team, which, however, passed he is having last season with its disgusting and roivdj- Bill Haines, Billy Tliornton, all of whom are had signed Lange. I asked the reporter his have seen the list of players through.one of the most highly successful ;reat success ou his Western hunting trip. kicking be missing from the diamond in '!«. wintering: at their homes in this city, and iuthority tor the latter statement and he said whom Manning expects to get, and if he gets nesons ever known in the history of the city. Charley Ziminer is participating in all the Ijrupires thus appointed and properly in thut Robinson, in the presence of his fellow- them he will make things warm for other ndoor base ball games who have played for years with the best teams The Canton team were our most formidable at Red Cross Rink. structed in their duties and the proper-inter in the country, and who arc all acquainted mnnngers, Finn and Harris, had asserted that teams in the League. foes, whom we succeeded in defeating by the THK SPOKTIXO LIFE is a welcqjpe visitor pretation of the rules would receive an ex lie had secured Lange's signature to an Oak The certainty of having professional ball hese with all the well-known managers through ctoest kind of a shave in aseiies of nine mid-winter days and keeps up the in- cellent schooling in their duties and work, out the base fcall community. land contract. One day last week Lange here next season has started the amateur games. The success of the past season has erest in the greatest game on earth surpris- and would thus be prepared to graduate to caught for a team of society swells in a ohar- clubs to organize, and by the looks of things I am still open to manage some good, strong there will be a city caused a demand for a more exciting gntde iigly well. the major league or leagues, should there be minor league club for the season of 1893. I ity game and I asked him whether he had league with four good of the national sport, and from the present Ex-Treasurer George W. Howe leaves fcr two senior bodies in the future; they would signed with Oakland or Chicago. Lanae re clubs in it. They will play while the League can furnish a strong aggregation ot ball play club is away. outlook it seems that a determined effort will he Pacific coast this week. He expects to have gained valuable experience on the dia ers for any team at a moment's notice, and plied that he would be playing under Anson be made in the near future to place Uie game ieo all the home games next summer. mond, and could enter the higher classes next year. The effervescent Colonel doubt We would like to see Harry "Wright and one that wtll be a pennant winner. his team down on a solid and more permanent footing here Mark Baldwin slipped into town and out fully competent for their work. Such a Success and prosperity for the glorious less tried to scare off the Chicago agent, but again this spring, and also^ than it has ever before enjoyed. Jack igain very quietly the other day. He didn't course wouW be beneficial to all parties. pastime for the season of 1893. his bluffdid not work. If the statements he Washington, as both teams are well liked, Dawal, the hero of many seasons, ranging tare to be quoted on the proposed new dia- THE FINKS MUST UK ENFORCED. is alleged to have made regarding the signing and made many friends while they were hero Put the pitcher back and place him in the lust spring. Jim Curtis" Colorado saloon 'from the almost forgotten Iron and Oil iipud, but expressed the belief that he would I see much stuff written every week a^out middle of the diamond. FRANK P. THYNE. »f other excellent members of his late team is 'League to the late lamented Pacific North- vin his suit against Mr. Von der Aue. rules fors. the protection of umpires being., ire on a par with his assertion in the Lange a base ball headquarters, and you can find .west, is one of the most earnest rooters in I was mistaken last week in saying that made. I think with the present power of case, then I am afraid that Robinson's the cranks there any time of the day. Ha jfavor of an Ohio League, Jack is well and )avis was second among the League's sac fining and putting a plaver out of the game FIGHTING FOR LIBERTY. auiidle of contracts is still innocent of signa- will probably cover right field lor Savannah.. ! fevorably known throughout the State, and rifice hitters. He was first. A misprint an umpire lias all the protection he can wish . tires. The Colon el, however, nothing daunted, II. 11. H. would certainly be among the first to catch on gave first place to Weaver, of Louisville. for. It in a great measure remains with the Sylvester Wilson Still Trying to Evade continues to talk of the excellent team he Every ball player with whom I have fin the event of a new organization. Jack has talked umpire's firmness as to how he is treated by Prison Duty. will have in the coming season, and if he is A GOOI> PLACE. been taking things easy since his return from favors the four-balV-four-strike plan. the players. Of course, when clubs pay to be believed he will gather an aggregation The Orioles will find Johnny Wadsworth, NEW YORK, Dec. 21. Sylvester F. Wilson, the coast, but will with the new year puss their players'fines it destroys the umpire's manager of a base ball-club of young wo of stars who will carry off tho pennant in a Players Need Not Hesitate to go . the remainder of the cold season by making of this city, a good pitcher if they have means of enforcing order and discipline to walk. signed him as reports aver. men, convicted of abduction over a year ago South. pitehers (of crockery),at the new West End some extent, but even then he has a potent and seeking to evade the execution of sen- FINANCf A I. MATTERS. Billy Volt'/, who managed the Chntt;inoo;;» Pottery. » Charley Dewald is expected home from means of compelling obedience and order by California soon. He will have no trouble iu x-uce t» imprisonment for five years ever Now that the season of 1892 is a thing of Club in the first St.uthern League organized, My friend, Billiard, seenis ».to have over-. putting the offender out of the name. since the General Tsjwff of the Supreme he past, a retrospective glance will not be seven years ago, writes that players need not looked several first-class towns which should finding employment next summer. The local colony of professional players AN UMPIRE MUST BE 1'IUM Court dismissed his appeal, has taken an ap nnpportune. The California League on the fear to go South and adds: "There is only ' certainly be classed among the possibilities. with the players. If he shows from the first peal to the General Term of the Supreme whole did fairly well financially. Yunder- one drawback, but after you act accustomed It would not do to forget such cities as Toledo, tipped the Ooddard-Mahcr fight correctly. game George Rettger is practicing daily and has that he will be obeyed during a game, L'ourt from the order just granted by Judge ieek. at Los Angeles, is currently reported to to that you will wish tho season was twelve Mansfield, Dayton, Springfield, Zauesville. find judiciously inflicts fines, and, asa last re Ingrahiim vacating the stay which he bad lave cleared all the way from $4000 to.jCOW), months lung, instead of .six. The drawback and who knows, perhaps Columbus, though greatly improved his control of the ball. Ed iSpurney will-cpn»e home from Ann Ar source puts the offender on the bench he will secured from Judge Pratt. of Brooklyn. ind he certainly did not let any opportunity is the heat, and pel 1 never heard of a pl;:yer that citv has had a pretty rough time in base not only have no further trouble, but the Two headquarters detectives were trying )nss to add outside pennies to his earnings. being prostrated by heat during the entire ball for the last few years, but stillTthere are bor thiiversity in tne spring and reorganize the "Old Leaguers." ELMKR E. BAIKS. players will respect him for his firmness aud io find Sylvester F. Wilson, the female base Humor hath it that the gentleman is a money time I wns there. The people are tho most thousands of patrons in the Capital City who grit. ' ball manager, yesterdav. They had been lender, and if he leaves Lo.s Angeles it wilt liberal, enthusiastic and hospitable I ever would gladly welcome the sport even in the I see by your Texas letter that my high watching him in expectation that Judge le with more dollars in his pocket than when mot. They treat you a little cold until they >ra of a State league. ^»-Tii« SPORTING LIFE will be mailed opinion of I'nipy-e Mcl.aiighlin was not [ngriiham would dismiss Judge Pratt's stay. lie entered that town. Harris, the San Frun- find you are all right, aud if you arc, tiiei« \fauajrer O. Y. Travis and ex-President post paid to any address in the United States misplaced. The people of that State scemad to They 1-oate* him at the Gedney House on cisoo manager. says that ,he came out even, is nothing too good for you. The huttis ar« V. A. Calhouu, of tne old Ohio Valley and Canada one vear for $4.00, six mouths for Imve also discovered the good qualities of Monday night, but before morning lie gave while Robinson also chums that the debit equally as good as our« up here, and the only League, ate both heartily in favor of a Stats $2.25. three mouths for $1.26. Mac witu tho indicator. them the slip. aud credit accouuU ui the Oakland teuiu slow things you'll uud are the railroads." THE FE.
tuinly Hurt the batting ability of many crack he city now In progress nt William J. batters. P«ifln (150)-4, 5, 4, 2, 0, 16, 6, 8, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 5, 0 0 Cuntzsch's place, on North Salina street, has 0, 3, 0, 2, 0, 1, 4, 2, 1. 0. 0. 2, 2, I, 3. 2. 0, 24, 17, 0, G' 4 .SEBALL. "Jim O'Rourke is affected wpeoially hard. BILLIARDS. truck the popular fancy. The room is 2. 0, 0, 23, I. Total 150. Average -S 21-13. Best The 'Orator' waa always a terrifio low ball rowded at every series, and the interest is runs 24, 23. FOOTBALJ bitter ar..l had great difficulty to adapt him >ecoming decidedly widespread. Some very H«rrl«on (175) 1, 0, 1, 0, 10. 0, 0, 0 0, 8, 6, 0 1 8 self to hitting a high ball. lie has not fully food pool is being played, 7,0.16,1,0.0.13,15,19,0,1,0,5,3 0 13 10 I 104 LOCAL BILLIARD NEWS. and at the present ,0,0,2,1.9,1,4. Total 174. Average 1 6-4^' HONORS FOR KICKERS. overcome the difficulty yet. Roger Conner was inie it appears that it will take a great cut run* 1'j, 16. another IT ROBDST ENOUGH. player who could 'kill' a low ball. He THOMAS BULLOCK MAKES A GEN juesser to name the winner. The prettiest Following is the record of the tourney up A Notable Reception to the Pennsyl is still handicapped by his inability to hit high EROUS PROPOSITION. cries of games thus far played came off last o Sunday, Dec. 18: vania Foot Ball Team. bill's successfully. Mike Dorgan and John laturday evening before a packed house, Games Bwrt High Probably never before in its history ha> PALPABLE REASONS FOR BASE BALL'S Clapp, on tho contrary, cou!d scarcely touch He Will Give $5OO For a Tournament "he contestants were Hoyt Spencer and plaved.Won. larry Fournier, Lost. tuu. atrrugo. he college chapel of the University of Penn. low balls, but could crack out shoulder balls with and Invites McLaughliu and the ball player. The friends n, 150...... G « ... JO 710-20 ylviinia held such a splendid audience, nu >f each were out in force, and when an espe- Hgber, 300 ...... 54 1 61 12 LOSS OF POPULARITY. any player in the country. The change of the Bnrris to Take Part. merically, mentally and physically, i rule where they were debarred from asking for ially good shot was executed, and they were hatclier, 200...... 7 4 S 60 75-21 Thomas R. Bullock, of Providence, R. I., arrlsou, 175...... 7 3 4 35 7 ne which assembled within its wall's tho style of ball they wanted tent them out of reqtient, the followers of the contestants ight of Doc. l(j informs us that he intends to get upa tourna would let apron, 2C5...... 78 4 52 10 6-20 to take part in the r<( the business much sooner than they would out yells that would do credit to a uskiiu, ISO...... 7 S endered ment which shall take place in his city, com >aml of wild Comanches. 4 29 6 iJ4-!16 the victorious foot ball lean Too Much Science at the Expense of the otherwise have gone. This particular iiBou, 200...... 6 t 4 65 8 'here were present men of honor HI mencing the latter part of February next or erics was a battle royal from the call of time, Maggioli, 3UO...... 7 1 "Hundreds of other players were badly handi not later than the first of March. 8 18 720-40 n every procession and in every walk < capped and many The tour ind the earnestness of the players was shared Vigor, Dash and Action That Gener were obliged to retire perma nament is to represent the Eastern States if it lie larger proportion of them alumni nently, as iu the ease of Dorgan and Clapp. >y the spectators to a man. Considerable ^eun." is possible to get the players. The game to ash was wagered in small amounts, and SHAEFER BEATEN. ate and Sustain Enthusiasm, J»hnny Troy was a slasher on a low ball, and be played will be the 14-iiu'h balk-line on a EMBLEMS OP VICTORY DISPLAYED.' _ many spencer and Fournier battled hard to save a time h:is bis stumpy little legs circled 5x10 table. Mr. Bullock will give $500 for heir friends' bacon. Defeats Him in a Two-days' The chapel was especially decorated for the| ha^es for the old Mets OQ a home-run hit off a cash prizes. Edward McLaughlin and Ed The style of play of these men is directly Match in Paris. 'Ccasion. Directly over what are known as Dee. 20. Editor SPORTING low ball." ward Burris, of this city, are requested to An international two-days balk-line match, IIP "faculty seats" were suspended banners, IilPK: There are a very few iliogica4 people »t variance, bpencer is a slow mechanical Continuing this line of thought Sam Crane take part. Mr. Jiullock will represent his layer, while Fonrnier is a dashing run 200 points, for 5000 francs, between Jacob inblcms of victories on river and land who profess to believe that the boycotting of in the New York Press says: own State, and young Eames, of Massachu baefer and Maurice Vignaux, was played at cliieved by representatives of the University. base ball is due to the away. It is said that considerable fault is troubles aud trials of "A return to this setts, is also on the list. Mr. Miller, of New ic Cirque d'Eme, Champs Elysees, Paris, In the centre was displayed the very the past the revolt, the charging and rule could do no harm. The aeing found with Spencer by his brother con- object for which it was abolished has not been Haven, has been written to with a view of esiants who claim, that the long player )ec. 20,21. Each day 600 points were played. rcditable record of the victorious '92 foot counter-charging and general demoralization sending a player to represent Connecticut. all team, wiiieii is one of fifteen games which disgusted the public. All this hap attained, and as more batting is demanded it nonopolizes all the chalk that Manager FIRST DAY'S PLAY. would surely work it toward that end." Mr. Bullock is anxious to have New York f untzsch can possibly furnish. Spencer will Both champions began slow, fearing each on out of sixteen played, the only defeat pened beiore the opening of the season of State represented, but in the ustained being at the hands of the powerful 1892, and there is uo Yes, yes, but it would not be enough. The absence of John nvariably use the chalk before every shot, ther, and during thirteen innings the play question but that the Randolph Heiser, who is at present in Paris, fas moderate, but after "ale team. Surrounding this were arranged patronage in the fore part of the year was all chnnces are that it would merely handicap nd should he happen to overlook the act his this interval both it is difficult to name a player who is to rep ttentlon will be called to his duty very sud vanned to their work. In the fifteenth essay na set design innumerable ''red and blue" that could be desired by any reasonable the pitchers, without increasing the batting, resent that State, lags, the whole having a verypleasiugeffect. magnate, or, what is ot still more importance, enliven denly by his friends in the audience. The Schaefer made a prettily compiled 127 by and this, too, when the most ex As it is not probable that many States can kill at close play. THE PROCEEDINGS. travagant wages were paid. So public dis ing the game. core of this series was about as close as it He broke down on au be represented, owing to the paucity of com ould possibly be made. Founder lost the asy carom and Vignaux scored the necessary Provost William IVpptr was to have pre- gust, whatever it might have been, was uot ided, but he was unable to attend owing to of the petent experts at the present day, and as it is eries by his continual attempts at seemingly 00, leaving the balls well placed for au A HAMBOO ROMANCE. necessary that there should be not less than mpossible combinations. He would always pening the next day. Iness, and Dean Horace Jayne took his QUALITY OB QUANTITY six or seven plavers, it might not be a bad Twenty-two innings were lace and made the introductory address. Dr. Eastern Pipe Hitters Dream of An eave the balls all over the green, and Spen- played, the hlgh- to cause a boycott of the sport. The fact of idea to try and get Dodds and Walker, of ;er would profit thereby. Fournier died hard, st runs of each side beinc: Schaefer, 127, V'illiam White followed with his already good patronage in the early part of the season other Revolution. Pittsburg. This, it is true, would make four lowever, and when the series ended he 3, 60; Viguaux, 98, 89, 79. "The final scores iiiious defense of foot ball men and foot ball disposes of that argument effectively. It CINCINNATI, Dec. 20. Out of the East piayers from this State, but as the tourna vanted but two balls. Spencer was so de- vere: Vignanx, 600; average with unfinished laying; but the event of the evening waB elniws that the people were iu the state of comes a story that Is aa gauzy as the dreams ment can probably not be strictly one to ighted with his victory that he forgot to break 27 3-11; Schaefer, 585; average, 27 13-22. oh n C. Bell's speech on the prrs'-niation of mind to cultivate in themselves a liking for of a student of the old bamboo. Base ball represent a specified number of States it hake hands with his opponent after play SECOND DAY'S PLAY. old foot ball watch charms to each member the game, and that after attending many ex has not yet recovered from the results of one should make but little difference where the vas over. Following On the second night f the team. hibitions of is the score of the best Vignaux ledofF, piling it, the dead science of the thing revolution, and yet there are some innocent players come from as long as they are East cries of pool ever played in Syracuse by ip IS points and followed up witli breaks of TUB PRESENTATION SPEECH. palled upon them, as it could not help doing, souls who take stock iu pipe talk that an ern experts and are competent masters. amateurs before an audience where>a cham- 28 and 127. Schaefer led off with a break of Mr. Bell said: "We have been waiting for aud they reluctantly remained away and sub other rebellion is contemplated. The Phila Presumably the tournament is to be ft lioiiship is at stake: , a few minutes later scored 66 and followed years lor this opportunity, and it is not only stituted other pastimes for their once-beloved o celebrate the delphia Inquirer prints the yarn as a special handicap one, although no reference to this Spencer 5,li, 2. 8. 12. 7, 8, 3, H, 6. 9. 5, 11, 4 100. t up with a break of 40, when he missed. nucce.ss of the foot ball team sport. There is no getting away from this from New York. It runs so: fact is made in Mr. Bullock's letter. If it is Fournwr to, 4, 13. 7, 3, 8, 7, 12, 4,!», 6, 10, 1,10 98. Vignaux responded with lint we meet here, but also to show that fact, which shines breaks of 71 and 54, out as prominently as the "It has just leaked out that the National the intention to have all men play even up, Scratches Speucer 6, Fourtiter 7. vhich Schaefur answered with a break of 8 .thirties have taken their place in the monarch sun at meridian of the clear day. Lcagun of Professional Ball Clubs is to have then McLaughlin should be dropped from This tourney is developing a surprise to and missed twice. urriculuin of this University. Why? Be- The people went out to the grounds in the opposition in 18'JM, and that the opposition will the list at once. No tournament can hope to he general Syracusan, as it was not known Vignaux then tried again and scored one ause nothing adds more to the educational early part of the season hoping to find the be in the be financially successful or ot interest to the hat our city contained so many good pool nly, missed, then followed nstitutiou, nothing advances the graduate strong shape of the American Association, with a break of 13 athletic contest that would please which is to be reorganized. general public where an expert of McLaugh- )layers. Of the contestants Spencer, Four lext, with a score of 136, which the highest urther along the course of life than the them, and were disappointed It is said that it. teady nerves, the fearless,opportune with a pretty, number of verv prominent ball players have liu's ability is to play on even terms with nier, Hummell, liaker and Goodwin have ireak of the day, and this gave him a very action a ccientilic exposition of the tine arts iu the such players as Bullock, Burris, Dodds, ;howu up very strong, and the battle as be- lecided lead, which Schaeter was unable to >ot ball training supplies a man. We are iu tport, and this beautiful but engineered the movement, and that they have he race with the other three leading colleges, promised to play in the new Association. Walker or Eames. We do not wish to cast ween these players will be worth witnessing. >vercome. Vignaux subsequently ran out IIKFKMINATB nd we mean to stay there. We have already ENTERTAINMENT "The Association circuit, as at present out the slightest imputation on the ability of Spencer, Goodwin and Hummell.are careful, asily by making a run of two points, which not only did not please them, but was also so these men as players, but we dp wish to see painstaking players, and series iu which they IB followed up with an unfinished run of 52. istaneed one of pur supposed invincibla tiresome that there wan no lined, is to include lioston, Philadelphia, Brook pponents, and we intend to go OQ until the incentive to keep lyn and the tournament a success. This can only be ire contestants are generally very lengthy, Schaefer's best three breaks were 83, 9-1 up the patronage. There is something more Baltimore in the East and Chicago, St. accomplished, but by making the games >Iue as well is downed." Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati in so ifanager Kuntzch did a very creditable act ind 99 points respectively, giving him a total than mere local pride required to till a base the West. close as to cause them to be of interest to the Saturday evening in stopping the As Mr. I'cll made each presentation speech Now clubs are to bo organized in Boston, Phila series be- f 982 points. ballpark. Local pride is a great assistant, public. McLaughlin's game at its worst is ween Goodwin and Baker at 1'2 o'clock, so Vignaux had decidedly the best of it all the o the players of the team a strong-voiced but there must also be something in the con delphia and Chicago. Tho Baltimore, St. Louis 25 per cent, stronger than the game of any of is to keep within the letter of iiidergraduale iu the rear ot the chapel and Louisville the law. The vay through, making 600 points in eleven in tests themselves that strongly attracts. Ro clubs are reported as being solid the men we have named. Such being the ourney is running along smoothly, and re- nings, his average being 54 6-10, while his pould shout "Who is Camp?" or "Who is bust, manly action always appeals to the for the new deal, and there is eve>i prospect case, it would be worse than preposterous lects credit on the managerial ability of ppoueat's average was 39 7-10. SehoffV" to which the whole assembly would purely American or the Americanized Euro that Mr. Byrne will jump the Broolnyns over to say nothing of the injustice to have the 'Willie" Kuntzch. The only bad feature espoud,,'lie's all right" and give a rousing; the League trace*. 'Huh! Kah! Hah! Pennsylvania!" pean. Action, energy, robust business or poorer players meet McLaughliu on even of the affair and at which any fault can pos Caroms. play, is purely American and becomes both "George H. Williams, who was so popular as terms. sibly be found Till! MKMKNTOES is the practice of allowing A merry contagious and infectious to the foreigner. the president of tho Chicago Players' League On the other hand, if we are not greatly contestants to occupy the referee's chair. Christmas to oil. iven the players in the form of a small silver The American is as much a lover of science Club, 13 to control the Chicago franchise, and mistaken, Dodds, Burris,Bullock, Eames and Although the player acting in-that capacity A prominent Chestnut street room U said to ootball fashioned for use as a watch charm. as any other, but he must have it in its Tom I.oftus H said to have grounds and backing Walker play about alike, and the battle, or may be strictly honest, there will be oppor- a for sale. )u each was the date of the victory over the proper place, and he has shown conclusively for a now club in Cincinnati. Tom Lovell, of series of battles, between Dodds, Burris and uuitics for scoring a point in bis own favor Harry J. Bergman paid a flying visit to New ['rinceton team aud a small "P" iu red aud that he does not consider base ball the proper the Lovell Arms Company, is reported as being Bullock would simply attract national atten at times, or of "playing a favorite" among York a few days ago. )lue enamel. place to illustrate that at tho head of the new Boston Club, and in tion. They would, in fact, be of almost as lis fellow contestants. Fouls, < !(-., claimed Tho numerous friends of John D. O'Connor Ex-Captain Schoff was called upon for a FASCINATING ART Philiidelphra one of the big clothing firm of much interest to the profession at large as a ind allowed at the right moment, have lost will regret to hear that be is on the sick-list. " peech and said a few words, thanking the series of contests between Ives, acuity and Messrs. Bell and McCredy for to the sacrifice of robust athletic deeds. He Snellenburjr, it is said, will control the new Slosson and nany a game, and it >< sometimes u very easy Edward Burris bids fair to Schaefer, while the public would watch the matter to put in the claim ruin his physical heir interest and the students for their sup- uses the sport of base ball as a relaxation Athletic Club. »ucccsslully. Sev appearance owing to his threatened corpulency. from business cares and to relievo the wear "The outlines of tho new association result with very general interest. Of course eral ot the contestants who are known to be Dort. Maekcy also was obliged to address are all A. G. Brandt, of Scranton, was in town aud tear on mind, hence he does not pay for perfected, and all that now remains is to call a the same rule would hold good with Walker good, every day pool player", have not shown a few he audience, and said that heretofore it had a teat ou the stand to analyze intricate melli- meeting and Eames if they played a series of games any ability thus f ir, probably owing to the days ago, and reports the billiard bush ess to be ilwnys been the aim of ihe University to de- for permanent organization. In case )rosperuus "eat qds of scientific play and study out the beau Brooklyn refuses to join it calculated to be on a par with Do Ids, Bullock "act of there being soinethiiigatftake, thereby in his city. Princetou. Now that this had been ac is authoritatively complished, next year they intended to wrest ties as he would a business problem. His stated that Washington will accept a franchise." and Bnrris. These are facts which we hope ausing a nervousness not displayed in John Fair is on the road traveling for a mer relaxation aud amusement he came there for Mr. Bullock will consider and act on accord Viendly contests. At presentwritingSpencer, cantile hou?e, and is said to be making so much victory from Yale. He thanked the different There is more pure, unadulterated fiction ingly. There is uo reason why he should not Fournier or Maker are each looked upon as classes for coining out aud playing class ad wants. His mind is partially ovcr- in that stuff than has been money that he is putting on airs. vhelmed with the grouud out for a do so, especially when lie has plenty of time vinners, but a Quaker City lawyer cannot games, and called upon them to turn out science of business, and uo coon's age. For a newspaper to indorse it is Joseph Capron and Sutton, the Toronto bil- Ijuiet entertainment will dethrone the king between now and March next. call the turn, so close is the work thus tar. iardist?, igain next your, as they needed fully thirty almost past belief, but Harry Diddlebock, in are to play two matches at Toronto young men for their team ot '93. .bought for even a moment, and so he left It is not necessary that all experts should I'hc standing of the contestants up to Dec. 19 >ne to be 14-inch bulk-line and the other at his sporting review of the week, places his be on a par with Ives, Slosson, or Schaefe*. "ollovis: OTHER INCIDENTS. the beautiful exhibition with a partial admis name to the assertion: traight rail. sion to himself that it was a very pretty af Wore such the case the game of billiards Woo. Lost. Prt.l Won. Loit. Pet. A rousing foot ball solo aud chorus, written !;ienrer Errmnuel Brunswiok, the wealthy fair, but his business cares u ere still on his "Some very influential men are at tbe be:id never would have attained its present popu ...... 3 0 1000 I,pmp...... 1 H .333 billiard especially tor the occasion, was a feature ot of the new organiz ition, and they are men who larity and wonderful hold on the public. I umnidl...... 2 0 1UIIO Hvindorl...... I 2 .333 ablo manufacturer, of San Francisco, was killed be evening. David H. Hulimrd. '93 college, mind; the relief had not come; he was not Uikar...... I 0 low Patteraon...... 1 2 .3:13 entertained "out of himself" anil the mental not only have inSuenoe in the business commu What the public like to see or anticipate, is a n Chicago, Dec. 16, while trying to board a sang the solo part and the Glee Club rendered. Go..dwii)...... I 0 lOOOjIIarr.uiii ...... 1 2 .333 State street cable train. the tire still remained and he was therefore uot nity, hut they have the money to back anything contest that shall be so close that it is ever in Alien ...... 3 1 .750,M. tuumfer ... 0 2 .(>0« chorus, which ran: incited to keep up a they undertake." doubt until the last point is made. Such II. Funriiierl. 1 .5Ull|Ji, ! oii»ck...... U 3 .OUO James B. Byrnes, who has not visited thip Arlftin-, S^tioff mid Tliornlon, too, IJunky V»il aud Mit
MATIC. Adelaide Fit! Aiinu "?nt out with a horse THE RING. back party »t Fort Worth, was ;!iro»u freis her PLAYS PUODUCED. saddle violently, and could not act again for a The Marked Success week. IS IT ON THE IjEVEL t esentccl in New York and An of Scott's Emulsion in consump Norma Yeagcr, of ''Tha Ensign" Co., and Some Doubts About the Coming Hall- tion, scrofula and other forms of other in Washington. Flora Hadley, of the "Milo a Minute" Co., have Fitzsimmons Fight. Star Theatre in New York City on signed for the support of Mr. and Mrs. Hobert hereditary disease is due to its grit of Dec. 19 was produced for the Wayne. Now that the articles of agreement have first been signed by Hall and Fitzsimmons, the powerful food properties. e in this country by Mr, E. P. Willurd, Managers Aronson and Hill disagree in their . J. M. Barrie's comedy New York papers are discussing thegenuiiie- in three acts en- relations at the New York Casino, where Mr. ness of a meet between these two men, and ed "The Professor's Love Story." The Aronson controls the house and Mr. Hill the .st was making covert assertions that the fight will as follows: company. be fixed. According to them these two men oftfiuT Goodwill!)...... Mr. Willurd Scoifs Emulsion Sarah Bcrnhardt met with a cool reception in are not the enemies they seem to be. Airne* Ouodwille ...... Miss E'hel Dotitflii1* rapidly creates healthy flesh Effle Proctor.,...... _...... M:04 Eniros Rivers Moscow because she is a Jewess. Rich eeason- These papers base their claims on that Pifz- 50 Dr. Cmena...... Mr. H. rune ecat holders offered thoir tickets lor her scries at simmons once before laid down before Hall, proper weight. Hereditary Dr. Yfll-iwleen...... Mr. (Inijh darting any price. and of their scheme to star America. Fitz- Sir George. GlldiDit...... Jlr. Louis H«oeii taints develop only when the Max. Rosenbcrg, now with "The Clemcnceau simmons as the champion and Hall under an J.«dy Gilding...... Mi's alaxlno E.Hoil assumed name as his trainer. When Fitz system becomes weakened. Downer Ladjf Gilding...... Mi-8 Nannie Craodock Case," has secured a new society drama, which 100 would meet a good man he wastooffertoback $3 IVe...... Mr. F. II. Trier he will place on tbe road this season, with Emma his trainer against him, bat the men quar H on. Jers...... _.-Mr. Royce Curletou Boll as tbe star. Nothing in D*»Bon...... ,...... Mr. Aithtir Tiffany reled and the scheme fell through. the world Lucy White...... MlK Marie Bnrruiuhs Minnio Wilson has joined tho Isaac Payton It would be no surprise if the men had of medicine has been For Three Dollars and Fifty In this piece Mr. Willurd scored the most Co., replacing Miss Keencs ns leadinff lady. come to such an agreement, but people who popular success in his career in this country The Intterhas gone to Hot Springs to be treated are in a position to know assert that the men so successful in dis so far. The play was followed throughout for a throat trouble. are enemies, not such as some people claim, Cents we will deliver a pair wilh interest and often with delight uy an It was not lack of nlayers, hut of money, but enough to prevent any fake in their com eases that are most audience that crowded the house, and at the with which to pay $62 to an importunate cred ing fight. Both men, nnd Fitzsimmons in menacing to life. Phy of good Calf Blucher-cut shoes close of the evening the applause was such itor, that closed the tour of "The Kentucky Col particular, have too much at stake to attempt as to compel more than the customary onel" in New Orleans. a thing of this sort. The fight will undoubt sicians everywhere acknowledgment. Jlr. Willard asked the Edward Milton Rovle, author of "Friends," edly he on the square, but still a great many prescribe all sizes from A to S. audience's permission to congratulate Mr. declares would feel much easier, and are inclined to it. that friendship between him and Lucins believe that there Barrio by cable upon the success of "The Henderson, who enacts tbe actor-pianist, pro would be more fighting if Professor's Love Story" in America, which vided the theme for tbo play. the purse were half the size. Prepared by Scntt * Bowne. N. Y. All drmrcriiti. permission was unanimously granted. Frederic de Belleville, the well-known actor, TUB STORY. has been engaged by tbe "The Professor's Love Story" sketches Coghlans to play the Shoulder Hits. in it for money. When I get enough of it I the love aflUir of an illustrious part of Caunt Orlofl-a "Diplomacy." He takes Jim Hall has wagered $100 with Billy Mad ill retire." savant, who. the placo of Frederic with all his learning, lived to be forty years Robinson. den that Mitcbell will fight Corbett. New Orleans is going in for pugilism with a There was a shortage in actors for Robert CLAFLIN, old before he suspected the existence of love, April 5 ha.« been settled upon aa the date for rush. The following purses have already been except as a curious disease in others. He Griffin Morris's "Love and Money" in Kansas the Hall-Fitzsiuions fight. offered by tbe Olympic «nrl Crescent clubs: City, employs a pretty girl as secretary, and one and tbo author became the comedian of Frank Slavin offers to come to this country Fitz$ininion8 and Hull, $40.000; McAuliffe and the Company day wakes to the fact that something has for the final week of the tour. and meet anybody in any club for a purse of liurge,$20,000; Ryan nnd D*wson, $5000; Sla 831 Chestnut St., gone wrong with his work; he can no longer An incident of realism in a Nebraska per $10,000. vin and Goddard,"$l0,000; Murphy and Dixon, concentrate his attention upon his pet dyn formance of "Undo Tom's Cabin," a few days Dick Ash knocked out * Duke" Baxter in an $5000; Lewis nnd Roeber. $2000. This is a amo. The eminent physician, an old ago, was an emotional outbieat by or* of the toUl of $82,000, and they are still at it. friend, whom he consults, diagnoses the case eight-round glove fight in a barn near Bridge- Philadelphia. bloodhounds, the beast biting one of the actors port, Ct., on Dec. 14. Billy Leeiloui, who is matched to fight Jack as one of love, which excites the Profetsnr's in earnest. At Troy, N. Y., Dec. 13, DanShaughenessy, & Maeee before tbe Long Island Athletic Club on ire, for he sees no woman except Lucy White, the 28th liis secretary. The friend advises travel, so Bernard Shaw's realistic play, "Widowers' local pus., won an eleven round fight from Tom inst., has gone into Irainini; for the NOTE. We have the sizes and the Pi-ufcssor packs up his books and tells Houses," has been produced at tho Royally Strawbridge, of A buny, on a foul. match at Philadelphia. He now neighs 165 Theatre, London, by tho Independent pounds, but gays be will have no trouble in gret- Hiss White, to get ready to go, too. Theatre Tony SUnnard. of Wilmington, Del., offers to Company. The work satirizes tho tingdown to the stipulated weight, 154 pounds. In the end the Professor's eyes ore opened, owners of 0ght any light-weight pugilist in the country measurements of houses in the slums. Mat'ee is training at his home in East Boston, 2500 Base Ball and he proposes in duo form to Lucy and is for tbe championship and $500 a side. Herbert Hall Winslow, the playwright, Mass., under the mentorship of Charles Farrell. accepted, but not before he has run the has At th» Palo Alto Club, San Francisco, Dec. sued bis wife, Daisy Winslow, for George McDonald has challenged Champion gauntlet of a designing widow, whose own divorce, al 13, light-weight George McKensel, of Australia, Players. intrigue defeats itself, leging desertion. Mrs. Winslow will Johnny Griffin on behalf of George Johnston, of and nearly loses his contest. bested a local light-weight named George Hcrbst. love through the jealousy of the old maid Both parlies are at Yankton, S. Dak., in which England, lo light to a finish for u stake of $1000 Bister, who wants no other woman in her State the suit has been brought. Ex-President Fulda has been asked to accept i. side and tbe largest purne offered. McDonald the management of the California Athletic brother's house. ChnrlesTownsend, Club. says that Dill Baxter is a poor fighter, and that the well known nlay writer Fulda was tbe executive The charm of "The Professor's Love Story" and chief of the club in its Johnsion is his superior in science and hitting actor, is starring in a repertoire of his own palmy days. is in the manner in which it is told and in a plays, and is said to be meeting with success. power. Dick Nowton, of the Coney Island Ath vast number of effective details, for of action His season "Reddy" Gillagber has telezraphed the pres ielio Club, has promised to offer a purse for the there is i.* booked solid till June in the almost none. Some of the most largest towrs in New York State. ident of the Olympic Club, New Orleans, ac mill. effective hits are devoted to the low comedy cepting hn proposition to fight Dempsey John for » Walter Campbell, of Philadelphia, and "Billy" Jove aflairs of }i country wench and her two K. Kellerd was released by Helen Barry purse of $3000. last week co he could accept an offer from John Erne«t, of Williatnsburx, will meet in the Cler- rustic admirers, the incidents being drawn Jim Mcllale, of Philadelphia, is trying to ar- tnurt Avenue Rink, from oneof Mr. Barrie's books. The dialogue Stetson to appear in "The Crust of Society." Brooklyn, on January 16, Miss Barry will produce Pnul Potter's new rance a match with Billy Frazier, tbe ex parson. in an ei^bt round bout. "Mike" Leonard, of throughout is clever,and thcsubsidiary parts, He as those of these rustics, stand by themselves comedy, "1'he Duchess," at Washington, Dec. 19. wonts the contest to be for a purse of $1000 Brooklyn, and Frank Steele, of Boston, and and a stake of $500 a side. "Eddie" Loeber as full of amusement, and are not merely "A Nutmeg Match" has been revised by the and "Mike" Mulroy have a'so been matched verbiage to fill in the time the star is off the author, William Ilaworth, and several of the Owing to inability to complete its fighting to fight eight rounds. The tour nament will stage. parts are materially strengthened. Annie arena the Crescent City Club, of New Orleann, bo under the auspices of the Hamil has changed the date of the Boweu-Fielden ton Athletic Club. THB PERFORMANCB. Lewi* is meeting with deserved success in her BILLIARD TABLES. The acting was worthy of the comedy. Mr. creation of the role of a spirited young New fight from Doc. 22 to Jan. 7. "Billy" Frazier has offered to meet Professor Willard disclosed an aptitude for dry, amus Kngland girl. In a terrific six round slugging match in New Danty, of Pawtuoket, R. I., before the Metro- The Brimswick-Balke-Colleuder Company, pole Club, of ing comedy work that few of his American William Winter's new volume of poems bears York City, on Mimlay niiht, Sam Lawrence, of Providence, for a pursn of $f>00, Manufacturer* of tho meeting admirers gave him credit for. His picture of the title of "Wanderers," and contains a good Brooklyn, knocked out J'ie Walsh, of New to occur in January. Frazier a!*o agreed to concede Danty live the professor was laughable without descend portrait of the author. W. T. Prico has put York. The fight was for $100. pounds in weight Billiard, Pool and Combination Tables. and fight ing for a moment to caricature, and the gra- out a book called "Tho Technique of the Dramn," "Cully" Fcrgoson, a Rockford, 111., barber, on him at 133 pounds. Dunty replied Importers of and Wholosale and K«l:iil Dealers lit datious from age to that ho "prefers the Coney Inland Atbleti^Club, youth under the magic and F. F. Mackay has written an ambitious Dec. 13, kro:ked out Arthur Sta;kpole, former BILLIARD MATERIAL OF EVERY of love were admirably pictured. Miss Marie span ing jartnev of Johnny Wrtnrs a $700 purse, and will out bo rcatly to DESCRIPTION. treatise on the art cf acting. Van Hcest, in MAIN OFFlCIiS: SCO Ui-oadway, Burroughs played the pi.rt of the pretty twenty-six fight until April." N»nv York; Nos. 4. O. S, 1O ami 13 W. (ith St., Cincinnati Eugene O'Kourke, now prominent in the cast rounds. The contest was for a $200 Nos. JSti.-J and 2(j-> \V:ibasli Avn., Cliicil^o; No. US S. 4tli St., St. I.oul». secretary very prettily, but she was absurdly The of "Tho Isle of Champagne" at the Manhattan purse. mayor of Newport, Ky., has signed a overdressed fur the part. licence for the operation Opera House, New York, will star next season The backers of Danny McBri Je and "Dolly" of too Newport Ath Miss Douglas, Miss Elliott and Miss CVnd- letic Club, which 1002 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA. in a big scenic production of a now Irish comedy - Lyons, the Now York bantam-weights, met at is intended to be a rival of the dock did good work, and it special word Coney liland IS*Branch offices and gult-aruouis iu all priueipal citios. H. J. BER.GMAN, drama, entitled^'"Shaun, the Post," under the Coney Island Sunday to arrange a fight be and New Orleans athletic clubs. should be awarded the excellent low comedy The first fight to occur before tho new work of Miss liivers and Messrs. Tylcr and management of George W. Lederer. tween their principal], but «ould not come to associa terms. tion will be between Mike Norton, of Cincinnati, Orleton as. the most amusing rustics seen on Minnie (J:\le Ilaynog will begin her season on and Abel Lloyd, our stage for many a day. Frank Carroll, of Toledo, and William Coon, of Tcrro H mte, Ind. Tbe Dec. 26 in New York. Her repertoire includes fight is for a purse of $500 and PORTRAITS and FRAMES! of Watcrtown, N. Y., light-weights, fought five side st.ikos of Sflnd us at once a photograph of Tourwlf, or anv m«'in!«'r of your "The Hunc'ibaclt," "A> You Like It," "Romeo $500 Hirnily, I r "The Duchess" in Washington. rounds at Alcxanderville, 0., Dec. IS. The bat each. The men will weii;h in at 118lbs.. or dead, and v.-e will make you from it nn oiil:u-^«''i I'orlrjiit. with fi-n mplr!*, nnd Juliet," "Much Ado About Nothing." "Tho FREE Before Goddard abiolulMT n-M of tiargi-. Tliie offer is mado In order to introduce' our ni-w T'.irtrnitg and I'reracs in your vicinity.icinity. At the National Theatre, Washington, D. Lady of Lvons," "[ngoniiir," "Pygmalion and tle resulted in a draw. Knock-downs charac left for Chicago Billy Mad den offered Maher Put your name and urtdrcus on bncU of photos, and wiml it to BROOKLYN ART UNION, 627 Marcy AVO.I C., Oee. 19, lie-leu Hurry produced for the Galatea," "Twelfth Night" and "ilacbcth." terized all the rounds. S250 to go to Chicago and COr. Hart St, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ketor you to any bonk* In this city. spar with Goddard for a week. Several of the first time Paul M. Potter's comedy, "The Bron.'on Howard has received At An?onia, Ct., Dee. 5fl, Mike Branch, of a letter from a Irishman's friends advised him to go, but Peter Duchess." The cast was: man who Brooklyn, was unmercifully pounded in a ten- says be has made his pile in lumber: wouldn't listen to it. "If ever I put on a glove Th" Puchm of Iluutiugtower...... Helen Barry that ho is bothered round "go" by Frank Brant, of New Haven. Anno UVriiiKton...... by his wife's elegance, anil with