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JULY
27, 1889:
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1SEBALL GOSSIP.
of the Beys Who Run
E-f Around the Diamond.
LmBINSON, LYONS AND SHINM.E.
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It Said te 11 the nut Catcher
iS in the Ateoelatlen and "Denny" 1.7001
'' Ke Slouch When It Comet te lilt-
X t!n
aiiu.. t .....-.. f t, AflilnflA rlnt, fa
K fcy many, according te The Stage, considered
J j the best catcher in me smericau hssecwiiuu.
i.Hs U a plucky, reliable back step, a great
thrower te bases, anu, in sueri, one ui m
!anct catcher! who ever steed behind the
fi plate. Ha belongs te that class known In
Usebell parlance as "brainy" catchers, In
teat be sTuuies tue work pninu vi j ua
' man that comas UDte the plate, and Is, tbcre-
t"fore,ageod man te coach young pitchers.
E-.V nktvm Inrnrlxtilr coaches Bewaril. anil
K te the former's Judgment It, in n great mens-
lir ttre, due tue laltcrs success.
. n.u.u. KwwM rata Altimntit nf tinnr-tll
it few catchers possess, and te that may lie
ES- attributed his success as a catcher, viz.: cool
ness. He seldom loses hit bead nnd w ns net cr
K knnwn te lese his temper en the bill field.
Het temncrcd plavers like Seward, Milllgati,
f i. nhuKceck. Baldwin nnd men of that lit can
i$? never be relied upon at critical stages of the
Iv. came or when the umpiring Is in the least
m .... t... LtJVa..l. nl.rMa Mmnltil pnnl
laUMJ, uuk twufc'j ,..j ...... -.,
and plays all the harder under adverse cir
cumstances, tn addition te being a first class
catcher, Robinson Is a fine batter nnd an ex
ceptionally geed base runner. He Is also a
geed utility man, being nble te piny any
position en the field outilde of the pitcher's
box.
Robinson was born
twenty-flre years nge.
tall and weighs 100
In Hudsen, Mass.,
Ha U S fect 0 Inches
Spy pounds when in
Sifn playing condition.
i !
He urst piaycu nan
With tba club of his
nsttve town, in
18S2, and two years
later he blossomed
out as a full Hedged
professional with
the Haverhill club
of tbe New Kn;
land league. While
with this club he
did such excellent
-work as te attract
the attention of a
nnmW nt Amr.
wilxiau noni.tsev.
V
hhsm v ftyM
KffiFtPi I
R m r 1
!r toen nrarwlntlnn unit Vnftnnil tpir-im rtlilm.
and In the fait of that year he rocelvod no
let than six offers from managers of major
league clubs. The Athletics' offer was the
best, or at leist he considered It the most ad ad
Tantageeus, and as a result he decided te
go te Philadelphia,
Manager Sharsig considers Itobinsen one
of the best finds he ever made slnee I10 lias
been connected with IwisebalL It was In
July, ISS-i, that Mr. and Mrs. Bbarslg went
en a trip te the Whlte mountains, and dur
ing their stay thcre the Athlctie manager
went down te Massachusetts for the puriKwe
of seeing the clubs In tbe New England
leagueplay. Ills object was te talon leek nt
the young players of that league, nnd if he
aw any premising ones In ths let te nip them
before any of the ether managers of tbe two
big leagues came around. Itobinsen im
mediately caught his fancy, and he made up
bis mind te secure him at any cost .Mr.
Sbartig bad a talk with Hebby after the
game, and an understanding was reached
that the latter would sign an Athletla con
tract as seen as the New Kugland tongue
season was ever, and he stuck te that prom prem
ise, though tempted with very flattering of
ten from ether clubs.
1 DENNV LTOSS.
' 'Denny" Lyens Is knew n le fame as the
hardest hitting third biseman In the jirofes jirefes jirofes
slen. The Stage says of him: He It a power
fully built man, 6 feet 10 inches tall, and
weighs CIS pounds. Net only does he rank
as tbe greatest batter nmeng the third Ikvso Ikvse
men of the country, but he travels in the
tame class of hitters with Ansen, O'N'cll,
Brouthers, Stevey, Cenner, Orr, Kelly nnd
Browning. In seme resjiects ha Is mera of n
terror te pitchers than either of the abeve
mentioned sluggers, for the reason that lie is
what Is kuownasafree hitter, by which is
meant that be hits high and low, In anil nut
balls with the same freedom, giving pitchers
nocbance te "work" him at all, whlle Ansen
and Kelly are Justus weak en low balls as
Btovey, O'A'eil, Cenner, Orr end ISreuthers
are en a high delhery.
Hitting the ball, hewever, Is net Lyens'
only qualification as a ball player. He Is n
lint class tuiru
liascmnii, being a
vendcrfully quick
find ncthe fielder
for a man of bis
size. He covers a
trout deal of
ground around
third, aud Is a hard
and accurnte
thrower across the
diamond. He Is
also plucky, and
never gets out of
the way of base
runners, lielng a
heavy man and net
DKtNV LO.VS.
afraid of collisions, few runners attempt te
steal third hae against the Athletics, and it
is never attempted unless the pitcher gives
them a big start. With Lyens te block them,
and such lightning throwers ns Itobinsen and
Cress te fire the ball ever, it Is almost Impos
sible for any base runner te steal third basa
against ths Athletics. This naturally puts
the opposing team at a great di$ad uutagu in
a close geme.
Fer a heavy man Lyens U also a very geed
base runner, as may be Inferred from the fact
that thus far this season he has stolen no bss
than twenty-three bases. Indeed, Lyens ut
present ranks sixth among tbe Athletics in
bate running, there Ixltig nine men en the
team who have stolen fewer bases than he.
Lyens first saw the light of day lu Cincin
nati, twenty-four years age. He started hit
baseball career with the Crescents, ene of the
leading amateur clubs of that city, In lisiSi.
He next joined the Shamrocks, the strongest
amateur club in the Olde metrojtelis, and It
was while with this club that his work at
tracted the attention of miner Icague mana
gers, and the Atlanta club, of the Southern
league, made a bid for and securud hU cer
vices. He played great ball for tbU club,
and easily ranked as the leading third Ixuo Ixue
inan of the Beut horn league, though such
players as W'errick and Bradley were nUe In
that Association that year. He also led the
Southern league in batting. In ths spring of
1S85 he played with the Trovldeuce reen cs,
and finished the season with the Atlantat. In
the fall of lSSTithe Athletics sucured him. aud
be has been with them ever since
witxuu fcni.NDtx.
An excellent portrait of William Hhindle,
'the clever third basemen of the Baltimore
c.uD, u given in a recent issue of 1 ue Clipper.
Bhindle, The Clipper miyi, was born Dec. 5,
18C3, at GleucebUr City, N. J., aud first play
ed with umaU-ur clubs of hU native place,
which U opjieslte Philadelphia, and is thu
Bunday resort of Quaker City lull players.
HU professional carter began in 1Ss5, with
the Eastern league team of W'llinliffeteii,
IM., as a third barman. The clubdibaud
ed after two months' play, and Shludle wrut
l Nnrfnllr Tn urltact Iia (lnf.lu.1 flu. tncrttt
4? with the Easteru league team of that city,
r voayiee tLlra base, ana of Uioe llla Inir in a
,6- V- majority of games In that rositleu liu ianke.1
i 1 jek
;ry saoend In the official at tragus at tha close of
Vj M. I.P.JI1.
1H "e u'san u'8 fcea&er of l&SO w ith tlte Utica
Srclub, of the International league, as a third
i'r Baseman. Jiu uaui wen the chanipienahli:
01 lue juicniaucuai
txAMima flint leal.
? Bbindle plajed
, third bate in
' tilnety-fclx cham-
i pienthlp games,
V and ranked second
;"- in the efUclal aver-
ages, with a field-
"i dtuz record of .fcTi
If 6fFfSR
j TV
X v Be gained quite a
nyu m uwj u n v
year, and attracted
IM attention of the
t tnMiigwt or many
si vee tvm pi uie
WILLUX PBBrPLX,
elder organizations and at tba close of the
year there was qulte a demand for his ser
vice, but the Detroit club managed te get
him. He played In a number of exhibition
games In the fall of 1&.4 with the Detroit
team, and did exceedingly well. It was then
predicted that be would certainly make a
very brllllnnt player. He played in twenty
championship games during 1887 with the
Detroit club, nineteen of them at third base
and one In the out Held.
In Iho Fprlng of 18S3 Manager Sarnie, of
the Baltimore club, purchased Shindle's ro re ro
Icase from the Detroit club and placed him
en third bate, where lie played remarkably
well, and did even better than his met san
guine friends dared te hepe for. He led nil
the third basetnouef the American associa
tion fcr ISsS, with a fielding average of .010.
In 135 championship games he accepted 000
chances. Bhlndle'a batting record for 1SSS,
In the 1S3 championship ganiet, wns.SIO. He
Is playing In brilliant form this Reason, both
In the field and at the bat. He covers con
siderable ground, nnd tries for every ball hit
w ithin his reach, and is also a very swift nnd
accurate thrower. That he Is one of the best
professional third basemen Is thewn by ths
high rank he has held each season in the official
Helding averages He It also a clever base
runner, being very fleet footed,
scenes aid scenes or scennt.
Perhaps no two persons ever keep a bate
ball scere alike, and It Is interesting te note
seme of the different cards kept at a gaina.
The same general system applies te all, but
the variations nre Infinite, Thcre it given
herewith six examples of scoring at a game
between New Yerk and Pittsburg. The
fourth Inning was particularly lively, says
The New Yerk Sun, three base hltt, two
bas en ballt nnd two runs being the feat
ures. Tha difference betneen the methods
of individuals could net be mero striking.
Ne. 1 shows the runt by cress marks anil tin
outs by numerals. It is very simple, nnd nl nl
lews the bcercr te see nt n glnnce hew the
score stands, but the Information coureyol
is limited.
The very simplest, nt shown In Ne. 0, ltn
only n single mark for each run nnd small
circlet for the outs. Women take great sat
isfaction tn being nble te mnke this scere. The
boyish enthusiast tries te keep a 11101 e ceiu-
I f I I I fe
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t- ti Js. eL
jt
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1.
a
fccenr nv the ritANKi
prehenslve scere by taking In Inte hits nnd
bas(t en ballt. Ne. .1 it n specimen of his
memorandum. He always hat n sharply
elnted lend pencil, nnd he can, by neat nnd
small marks, Iiave a clean and useful scere.
The strictly private or very cxcluslve were
card It unsatisfnetnry often te the maker nnd
nlnays te the oveiieokcr. Yeu cun feenn
rxaniple of It In Ne. 4. Fer the time being
It may be sufficient te prevent a repetition of
the frequent inquiry, "Let 1110 seu your score
card, pleatcT1 by the cnrrlu&s scenr nfter
Ults te the bur, but by n few obscrvntlem
Its key may be obtained. What cm thly 1 ca
son the scorer hud for using A. M nnd II. In
scoring the outs of O'lleurke, Hwlng nnd
Wnnl in that particular Inning It kneu 11 only
by the ninkcr of the scare nnd the innkeref ths
hcerer. Almest nny ether scere enrd en th
stand would glte the key te the characters,
but the underlying principles that nctuated
the use of them nre mysterious. The exclt exclt
nble tcercr often gets mixed, eecially if he
tries te receid mero than runs nnd outs. Res
whnt hieroglyphics tliere nre oil Ne. 0. Hit
card Is always dirty nnd crumpled, and hit
errors outnumber tliose en the field. The
comprehends 0 scere U readily understood b
the nserage spectator, aud was explained
with pleasuie by the maker. Ne. 0 is an Il
lustration of It, Beginning srlth the first
man at the bat In the inning referred te the
scere gives O'Hoiirke n 0, si ith a small hum
ernl clese by te ludlcate the first out Then
Whitney Is credited w ith a !ue hit by n dot
lu the upper left hand corner of the squat 0 et
first base, if it had lieen n two bae hit it
would hnve been Indicated by a dot In (he
upr light hand ctrucr or second base;Ifn
three Iumi lilt, by n dot In the loiter left
hand corner, nnd If a home run by 11 dot or
small II lu the low or right hind corner.
If he had stolen the hccenil befere Ciane
ndtnuceil him by a haw hit, the featsteuld
hnte been Indicated by S in the right baud
corner, or second bate, but the advances by
Crane nnd Qere, who mnde a base hit, are net
Indicated except by lens lug blank the ether
corncrsef the square. The ) tins nre indicated
by It, the larger the better, unless the team
is la a batting streak, nndn playir gocstebat
mero than ence In an inning. Tieruan took
first basoen ballt, and the fact Is Indic.itedb)
a small I) in the upper left hand corner or
first bate. Kiting wus thu second out, aud
Cenner took his bise en lulls. Ward tried te
bring in the men en the bas, but he iepwd
up a fly that st as c.i-lly caught. Thu various
plays are easily distinguished In this score,
and tliu method Is net tee "omplicated for
gencval use. It Is lcr te net attempt te be
extieniely comprehcnslve by recording the
errors, wild pitches, assists uud ether plays.
CeikuI Oencrat te lurUrj.
TiofessorZ. T. Stt ceney, LL. D., sthc
ssns leccntly nnpetnttul by President
IInrrleii ns United States consul general
te Turkey, it a minister, tmd comes from
n family of ministers. He lias been
chancellor of the llutler university nnd
editor in-clitef of Tlie Central Cltristian.
Hosatberii In Febniary, 1S19, tit Lib
erty, Casey county, Ky. When host a:
Os'enrsef nge his father mosetltoMn mesetltoMn mosetlteMn
coujion county, Ills., nnd licie the son at
tended the public pchoels until lie stae
15 sears of age, svhen he entered n semi
nary nt Scottsville, IIU, Here he made
enough money by teaching te enable
I,!,,, In en tn f!ll- .-j
reLa college, Kit- i&rl?
reka, Ills., for ti
time. In 1SC3 he
entered As bury
11 11 1 v 0 r s i t y ,
Gicencntfle.Ind.,
in sshicli institu
tion he remained
three j ears. Dur
ing oue year of
hi-i ceurse nt
Urocucastle In
ferred as pastor
of the church in
Z. T. SWCUKi'V
Paris, Ills. He stas called te the pas pas pas
torate or n church In Columbus, lnd.,
In 1671. llecently Hutlerunisersitycon Hutlerunisersitycen
fcrred en him the degrce of LL. 1)., nnd
last sviidcr tendered htm the chancellor chanceller
ship of the university, svhich 110 accept
ed. IIe it the author of the book of
travels, "Under Ten Hags." svhich has
received very faverable criticism from
the pr.ss. Dr. Sweeney is an eloquent
and forcible speaker, and is in the prime
of .1 v li;oreus manhood, ph bically ac
tive and mentally blight.
e-1 ee tl UUm
G. W I'.ewiluii, n he wen the English chain
pleuship running high jump of 1SS3, while
practicing for that llxture this year, fell In
peculiar tiny, tthilecleailug tifeet lOlnclies,
nnd broke his leg. He tt as said te be lu v ery
flne form, nnd the nccldeut happened only
one week pret leus te the greit event. The
accident wus caused by hU landing further
out than usual aud strikmg suddenly a 'aiiut
the turd greumL
Wetinfimtrr lit line Club.
It logins te leek ns f the Westminster
Kennel club ioeple will hate le presit for
a new location te held their show in uext
February, as It U positively suted thegaiilen
will be taken down in October next and tba
new building will net be ady till April,
IK). It will be a serious drawback te the
club If this turns out the case, as the Amer
ican institute building cannot begin te held a
Jtw Yerk show.
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STAGE DANCING.
Seme of the Best Points in a
Boek Recently Published.
HIDE, IF rOSSIHLK, AM. IIKFECTS.
Omit Care SI101J1I lie KtMrlwd te Make
the Movements of the Arms,. Leg and
Hotly Coralline tutu a Graceful Whole.
Nell lliircm.
The "Tlieery of Tlieatrlcnl Dnnclng" Is the
nnme gisFii a book recently published In
Ionden, from the en of Htewart D. Head
lam, who says he hat relied largely for his
positions ntmiNn kxeucise.
innterlnl upon Carle Illasls' "Ceda of Tcrp
si( hoie," that was given te the world In lftiS,
when Blasts was principal dancer at Ilia
King' theatre. Mr. Headlam puts his ob-J-ct
In apicarlng as nn author, according te
TheBt, Iuls Olobe-Democrat, as the ttLsh
"te enable the publle te understand liotter
than they de at present hew difficult the nrt
of dancing Is, se they may mero fully nppro nppre nppro
ciate dancers nnd their performances."
UndT tha bend of general instructions te
pupils, the author gets down te the opening
of the butlnett of his book. I'ractlce It the
esBential for ierfectlen, uud no ether nrt do de
inanilt closer attention. Temperance) In all
things mutt be strictly ebscrted, nnd no ether
excrcls must Ihi Intermingled. Particular
attention must be )ald the cnrrlage et the
liejy nud arms, with their motions easy aud
graceful, and nlnns s in nccordance with thesa
of the legs. Equal regard nni't lm glv en both
legs In os cry lessen and oxcrclse, se ene may
net excel the ether. Care must be taken te
acquire perpendicularity and an exact equi
librium, with the iK'rformauce correct nnd
precise., the sten brilliant nud light, escry
nttttude natural nud elegant. A Rort of
nbandeu must Iw thrown into the piisitlent,
the ceuntenance must Ihj nulmnted nnd ex ex
prrwslve. The ilanrcr must Iw s Igoreut but
net stiff, rnpld of movement, cartful te bring
nit defalk Inte harmony, in exact conceit
srlth the music, rnty lu elocution nnd satis
fled with the style of dancing the figure and
phjslcul potters nre best suited te.
One of the elite f things is te acquire n facll
Ity of turning the legs out completely. Te
this end relax the inutcies about the hips that
the upper part of the legs may met 0 freely
nnd the knees turn out. Prncticess 111 bring
seme wonderful resultt In suclidliectien. The
bending of the Unco must be easy, precise and
elegant. If the body is long raise the legs
higher than the general rules direct, and if
short let them be kept n little lower. Many
persons are tt hat are called close legged, aud
as mnny ethers bow legged. Pnlns must be
tnlen as far as posslble te remedy thew de
fects. Thu first Is better adapted for the se
rieus dance, aud should prcserve a gentle
flexibility In her execution, never extending
the knees except at the tcrmluatiens of eien
lugs, steps and attitudes. The bow legged li
1 wtter ut character nnd humorous dauclug,
nnd should endeuver te keep thu legs well te
get her.
The body should be, nt a rule, erect anil
upright en the legs. The chest should be
tliiewu out aud waist held in, with a gentle
bend, nud much firmness about the loins con
tinually pi csert oil during thu dnuce. Thern
must lie ue nffectntleu, benetcr, as this mart
ever thing. Thu head, shoulders und bust
should be supported nnd encircled by the
arms In et ery movement, se thnt they mi
present all legetliir n graceful plctuie,the
legs jxii ticlpatlng in the harmony. In the
steps the body must lie quiet, firm aud uu
shaken, yet eusy and pliant.
BACCIISKVUAN OltOUT FOn STUIIV.
The (Wiltien, opjiesltlon and currlugeef the
anus ere, perhaps, the tluee most difficult
things In diuciug. It It a law of nature that
when putting oue feet font rd or back thu
arm en the opjiesltu of tha body metes cor
respondingly with It. Obsarving this coun
terpoising of tha lieily as it dot lutes from the
central line of gratify gitej the dancer a
graceful appearance.
Thcre are two movements for moving the
wrists upward nud downward. Wheu the
meve Is te be mnde dots n, t tin vul.t must be
bent Inward, the hand met lug In a half clr
cl and returning te the first position, with
care net te bend the wrist tne sielently, at
it would then appear broken. The elbows
met e tn the same direction, with the differ
ence that when the elbeits bend the wrists
sluvild nUe be bent, Imparting te the met e
much grace. Icaru te held the arms as best
accords with the ph)slcui construction. If
short lu stature let them tw higher than the
general rule prescribes, and If tall let them
I lower. A geed daufcr should emit noth
ing that may tend te rraisdy cr cencjl her
personal defects.
It the point of Junction of the shoulder
bone with the lower bone of the arm be let el
w ith the palm of the hand, the shoulders low
and nlitats inctlenlej, elbows round and well
supierted,aud the fingers gracefully grouped
together, The position and carriage of the
urmt must le teft uud eusj I-et thum make
no extras agant meteiiiuut, nor permit the
least stiffness te creep Inte tlteir motions.
lloure lest thy Ih jerked by thu action und
lenctien of the legs; this is a great fuult and
sufficient te spoil a dancer, what perfection
soot er she may posses In the cxureis of her
leg.
'I he head should never be held exactly jier
jiendlcular, but should lucliue a little te the
left or right, giving the dancer a s iracleus
and pleasing expression. Dancers should
learn from cbaste pictures of sculpture and
tainting the real modeot dtsplus tug them
selves with taste and gracefulness.
Take care te make the arms se enclrcllug
that the points of the anus may be imper
ceptible. Hat Ing git en his readers a pretty
geed Idea of the disposition te be made of the
body in parts as a tt bole, Mr. Headlam takes
up the dauce Itself with Its s arleus steps and
movements. He thinks a truly geed dancer
should threw into her stejn a sort of light
and shade, and by exactness of the perform
ance distinctly mark each sarlatieu. The
"grands temps" should be wide, bold aud
easy te be most effective, with the ending
Una and ucriaht en t'ue Uzx In the "tern. &
ft?)
if $
m m
tcrre" steps there cannot be tee much ac
tivity about the Instep, nor tha feet bent tee
much downwards, at the first gives brilliancy
and f he hviter grace. In the "enchainments"
variety nnd novelty should be the constant
aim, with no elerated stept or long pauses te
cntue coolness. The "cntrechaT It a tight
step, during which the legs rapidly cress
each ether while In the air, as many at four
teen timet In tome cases. It It better te avoid
tee much of an effort, at it causes tee much
of a muscular effect e be pleasing te the
spectator. The most elegant "entrechaU"
are done by opening at tbe third cut.
At te Iho stylet of dancing, the serious is
the hardest and most exacting, as it requires
clots study and can only be appreciated by
connoisseurs. This ttyle it at geed as lest
through neglect. Tbe dancer suited for such
should lie large and symmetrical. The detnt
character dancer should be of mlddle stnture
and fine form. The ttyle is a mixture of all,
but with the grand efforts of the serious
emitted. The comle and imsteral dance
should be left te the smaller and thick set
performers, and these should study the nat
ural habltt of the country they wish te rep
resent. Men mutt dance In a manner very different
from women; the tempt de vigeur and bold
majestic execution et tbe former would have
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HKMI CnAUACTr.ll AND COMIO HAXCEUH.
a dlsagreeable effect lu the latter, who must
thine nud delight by bright steps and grace
ful motions, nnd by a modest soluptueusness
nnd abandon in nil their nttitudes.
NEir, uuneEss.
The American theatre going publle has
licen spoken of ns being demonstrative, but
cot nlfectionate. Thcre nre, la truth, net
very many actors and actresses en the stage
lu this country who have really Inspired
their audiences with that kind of personal
legard that (staid te be te common in Eng
land. Among the few, hewever, It is safa te
tay thnt Neil Burgess Is numbered. The first
newstbat the accident by which he wnt se
frightfully burned at his home In New Jer
sey net long nge would prove fatal probably
caused many n (icrsen a momentary pang et
sorrow who had never seen him off the stage,
who only knew him with the glare of the
footlights lu his face. Ijiter, when the doc
tort said he might iesslbly llve, hit many ml
mil cm fetched n sigh of relief, which was
Intensified still later h hen the neitsthat he
ttntonthe high read te record n as sent
out. This last pleasure tt a tempered, how hew
os or, by the statement that Bui gess would
neser be nble te go 011 the singe ngnin; that
"Jelah Allen's Wife" would henceforward
be obliged te send her homely wit te cheer
mankind through the lips of seme ether und
probably less genial actor, nud that the
"Widow Bedott" must lu the .future, for a
time nt toast, be presented by a stranger.
Burgess was born In Bosten forty-thrce
years nge. When he was still a youth lis
went en the tn
riety stage and
gradually dropped
into female charac
ter Impersonation,
rapidly becoming
known as ene
w lie se naturally
sirlle humor wat
nhanccd by the
unique Hun of work
the qunlnt New
England comedies
- uu uiu su we'll. 71.
Ha worked ImPd
nnd made a sue- KE"' "uruess.
cess. Ilisnerkwas artUtlc, net mere bur
lesque. Mrs. Darnaby liiblis in "A Quiet
Fauiil'' took se well that he had n play
trrltbn which allowed him te guide his mirth
In his enn way. It was "Jeslah Allen's
Wlre." I). II. Locke ("rotreloum V. Nnsby")
then drnmatized Ter him hit own "Widow
Bedott," which was first produced (according
te The Clipper Annual) at Providence, It, I.,
March 23, IbTO, and was sesn In New Yerk
at Havcrly's March IS, lbbO. He brought
out "Vim; or, Jeslah PulTy's WIfe," his
former "Jeslah Allen's Wife'1 rechrlstened,
at the IllJeu Opera house, In New Yerk,
March CO, 1&& By a curleut arrangement
(a kind of treadmill) in "Vim" he appeared
te ride a horse at full cpoed. In 1MJ Neil
Burgess married Mis Mary Stoddart, a
ulece et J, IL Hteddar', of tbe Madisen
Square theatre.
AN ADMIRABLE WORK.
Hie Mil nil t!tiii or Dr. Mi-Cntli, 1-uCuly
Krectrtl at riliicetim.
Levers of the sincere In art are gieatly
pleased ssith Mr. St. Gaudens' mural
statue of Dr. McCosh, ex-president of
Princeton university, tthicli Is heresvith
illustrated. The movement ler the erec
tion of this statue originated and tvns
confined te the class of 1S79, tt hicli gra
duated ISO men, nmeng them being
Cleveland II. Dedge, C. C. Cuyier, Hareld
Gedwin, Jehn F.irr, Cdtt.ird V Shel Shol
den, William li. Isham, Jr., nud William
K. Wilder, of New Yerk; Cel IMttin A
Stevens, of C.iMle Point; Cyrttt II Mc Mc
Cetmick nnd Hev. Themas C. Hall, of
Chicago; Professer Weed row Wilsen, of
Wesley nn university, the author of "Con
gressional Geseinment;" Leuis O. Van
uxem nnd IZdtvartl II. Tretter, of Phila
delphia, and ethers, nnd the amount de
voted te it was 12,000.
The statue is placed te the left of the
npsu in the Mnrqu.iud chaiel of Priuco Priuce Priuco
ten, and rests en a bracket In ti
border of Afiicnn marble, designed
by Ilauferd White. The osture
faT. OVl)lir..Sb' MCOSU.
cIiem'ii by Sir. St. Gnudeus it ene
which will lendil) be recalled by
most peeple tt he have seen Dr. Me'Cesh
In the pulpit, and as n recent writer in
Harper's Weekly has aid, "represents
the commanding nnd forceful intlier
than the lienign and reflective 6ide of
Dr. McCosh' nature."
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MACHINES FOR FLYING.
NONE BUILT AS VET THAT ARE
PRACTICALLY 6UCCE5SFUL.
Sema Arfeunt of the EtTbftj That Have
Reen Made te Overcome Katnre'a Ate
lierrence of Han't Acting the Tart of
IllnL
np grandeur of the
sights te be seen among
the clouds with noth
ing between man nnd
earth must have been
ene of the inducements
which for a century
have tempted him te nnvigate the air.
"We 'were among the clouds of the
lesvcr stratum," said nn ncrenaut, while
speaking of nn ascent he made in 1 834,
'and had befere our eyes the magnifi
cent spcctncle of their formation. The
forces of nature moved them te and fro
in a kind of sullen majesty, new piling
them into a mountain just above our
heads, and then, as the mass toppled te
its fall, depressing it suddenly, as by a
blesv from the hammer of seme invisible
Titan, making rifts, through svhich sve
ww the fair green lands, and quickly
closing them, ns the vaporous monsters
rolled into fresh combinations. It stas
the inner temple of creative power, per
haps the grandest sight revealed te hu
man eyes, and sse steed entranced in
silent admiration."
It would be qulte Impossible for one
possessing appreciation for the grand
nnd the beautiful te se great n degree as
the man who vvrote this poetic descrip
tion te make ene nsccnl vt itheut tt isii
ing te make another.
INI-LATINd CAMPBELL'S ILL FATED CRAFT.
It was en June 5, 1783, that the first suc
cessful elevation of n het nir balloon was
accomplished by its inventors, the Ment'
gelfler brothers, nt Annonay, Trance.
On this occasion the balloon st as sent up
without carrying any person svith it. It
reached n height of l,r00 feet. Ascents
svere 60011 after made In presence of
King Leuis XVI, his queen and his
court. The properties of hydrogen gas
a gas fourteen times lighter than com
mon nir ssere discovered iit 1700, but
the Montgelilcrs, who sent up the first
balloeou fieventeen years later, appear
net te have known anything about the
gas, using hented air ns it is used in the
tissue paper balloons of the piesent day.
They built a llre under the balloon, fill
ing it tt ith smeke, vv hich they seemed
te consider the metive power te lift the
balloon instead of expanded air. The
first persons rash enough te go up st ith
a balloon used this dangerous method.
They stcie Pilatre de llezier nnd the
Marquis d'Arlandes, who made the
ascent en Nev. 21, 1783. They ree te
a height of 0,000 feet, nnd descended
safely near Pai is. When ene considers
that sufficient (lre svas necessary te re
quire the carrying of extra fuel, and
ceme te regard the inflammnble tcxture
of the material of the balloons, ene can
appreciate the fiightful lisk run by the
aeronauts.
Ballooning beennie qulte in vegue dur
ing the first tss-e years of the invention.
Indeed, during the first year an ascent
tvns made in ss hich the change in the
barometer between a high and low posi
tion stas noticed. During 1781 there
svere fifty-tss e ascents made. Out the
DE tl.tl'SSET'S AtR SHIP.
principle ence having been discos eml,
seemrel te lie as dormant, te far as utili
ty U concerned, ns if it svere still un un
knesvn. Nothing remarkable followed
these earlier cxcjimcnt3, and of lata
years the hepe that men sveuld be able
te navigate the air by means of the ordi
nary balloon alone has given place te ex
periments in Hying machines. These
have often combined mechanical contri
vance ssitli the old balloon system,
though at times they have assumed the
form of stings. P.tcn In this form the
body of the II) er has usu illy been cov
ered svith n costume capable of holding
a light gas.
Considerable attention has been called
of late ten nest idea en the part of Dr. A.
De Bauset, of Chicago. De Bnuset's plan
is te use n vacuum, tthicli, being lighter
than any gas, lie claims will have a
greater lifting power Hut the pre&sure
of the ntmo-phero fiem ss itheut sseuld
necesharily render it essential that the
material of s hich the lialloen is made
should Iks capable of tesUtauce. indeed
6uch material tt euld has e te be of stevl
or something having equal resisting
pett er.
Dr. De Uatiset pietx.es te construct a
c)linderef htcel plate one-forty-fourth
of mi inch thick. 1'retu this he exhausts
the air, thus getting a bttet anc) , as he
expects, capible of lifting n considerable
weight. The vacuum is icgulated by
valves, by which it is luci eased or di
minished nt vv ill by means of powerful
pneumatic pumps driven by stoiage bat
teries and elictric meters. Horizontal
motion is becured by means of coiiiieuikI
exhausting aircrews or pi epellers, capa
ble of displacing 270.000 te 3O0.QO0 cul4e
fe
J&f V '
feet of air per mlnute an energy niffi.
dent te drive the air ship seventy all
an hour.
Anether machine k that of Car)
Myers. It is shaped something like a
Derby hat, which is filled with gas. The
rider sits In a scat hung beneath and
works n screw propeller. Still ethers
have lifting scresrs beneath and screws
for steering, all these leaving auxiliary
lifting power in n balloon from which
the machinery is suspended. They arc
all complicated and cumbersome, nnd
the danger of any part net working
properly at a distance above the earth it
MYERS' OA8 SITE.
se great that wlse people would net b
likely te trust themselves te the air in
the keeping of such a machine.
In the winter of 1881 an old man
named Zephanlah Phclp3, 73 years ei
nge, svhe had long been given te tht
study of perpetual motion and flying
machines, took a machlne he had built
te a tower built en the summit of Talcetl
"mountains, near Hartferd, Conn., and
carried it te the top of the tower. The
contrivance included a gas gcnerntei
with turbines nnd two triangular wings.
The gas generator was easily worked
and in a few minutes both turbines were
in condition te start. The old man
opened the valves nnd seating himself ic
n loop of rope suspended under the gen
erater pushed his machine from the
tess-er. The turbines lowered rapidly,
nnd the flying machine and its ridei
moved slowly nway. Fer a moment the
machine rese a fesv feet and then began
te drop.
Phelps found his generator losing
pesver svith every second, and attempted
te discover the cause. By seme mistake
lie opened the discharge valve, nnd in
stnntly svas falling rapidly, svith his tur tur
blne motionless nnd useless. The only
check en his descent svere the tsve tri
angular svings. Tliese spread out and
checked somewhat the descent. Still hi
fell svith constantly increasing velocity,
nnd after a descent of several hundred
feet he Btruck the trees en the Simsbury
plains below. Ills fall was broken, bul
nevertheless he lest his held en the rope
loop, nnd tvhile the machine caught in
the branches he fell svith terrible feice
te the ground below, breaking his hij
nnd soveral ribs.
The old man fainted from the pain and
lay unconscious for nearly half nn hour,
Coming te his senses, his groans finally
nttracted thoattentien of a chance passer
by, svhe came te his rescue. The old
mansvns nearly dead from pain and cold,
nnd fainted en lieing removed. He svas
taken te n neighboring house, about a
raile distant, in n critical condition. The
particulars of the less of Campbell's nil
ship and Aeronaut Hegan are still fresh
in the public mind.
Pci haps v hen the problem of nir navl
gatien has been Belved eotne ene will
gather up the statistics of perils and les.
of life nttending the experiments pre
ceding the solution.
THE NEW TROTTIN3 WONDER.
Rur, the Sensational Gelillnc That May
Heat Maud S.
HeieUa picture, taken from The Bosten
Herald, of the sensational trotter Guy, that
net long age made a record in Cles eland et
S:11K. ItU believed by nmuy that he will
be able seen te beat the best time ever made
by Maud S , the present queen of the turf.
G uy Is a black gelding, 1"! hands high and
0 years old. IIe Is 1- Kentucky Pi ince, nnd
his dam Is Flera Oardiucr, by Seeley's Ameri
can Star. Guy was bred by Charles Back
man nt Steny Perd, N. Y., and was sold by
him in the fall of 1SU te J. B. Perkins, of
Cleveland, for $4C0. Mr. Perkins took him
te the Tw In Llm farm, in the vicinity of
Clet eland, tvhere he was allow ed te luneut
all winter, aud after being broken In the
firing was turned out te grass. At this tlnie
Uuy did net thou much secil even te halter,
and but few of the friends of Mr. PerUus
had n kind word te say In behalf of the little
black colt.
In June of the same year Blr. Perkins ex
pressed his willingness te sell the colt for
f-HV) te a New Yerk gentleman, but h train
er ndt Ied him te try his speed befere .lling.
Mr. Perkins consented, nnd Guy was given a
half mlle iu 1 :23. Mr. Perkins did uet think
this iierforinance was jiomible, and he subse
quently made n visit te Guy andwltuessed
the youngster make a half In 1:21, thus beat
ing his llit trial by two seconds. By this
IierformanceGuy'ssaluessos raised te $l,.r.00,
which proved tee steep a price for the New New
Yerk parties and the sale was net made.
Bljertly afterward Ouy trotted the half in
hlU and then In 1:10. -
As these iierfermances ttere made ever the
half mile farm track, and as Mr. Perkins saw
that he had a weudei ful colt iu baud, he bad
him transferred te tha Cles eland Driving
park, tt here, lu his llrst performance, he made
the half lu 1.13, which fixed his valueat
f5,000.
The wonderful f peed of the little 3-year-old
did net remain without being neised about,
and omeng theso who weie attracted was W.
J. Gorden, who, en witnessing him de a half
the first tune lie tt as et or sent ut top speed in
1:10J, purchased him for flO.OOO.
Guy was net started up again in 1SS3, but
In the fellow lug spring he was Given seme
slew work, and showed up se well that $20,000
was refused for him.
In the fall his traiuer, Millard Saunders,
worked Mm moderately, and found, after a
few trials that he had a temierameut that
it would take long aud patient training te
otercemo. He had Kieat speed, and seen
showed aquutter in IWJtf seconds, a half in
1 .Oii'i and set eral miles in 2 20 or better. T.
J. Dunbar took charge of Mr. (lorden's
horses In 1SS.", aud liegan working Clingsteue
und Guy te the pole, Tha pair made their
first public anpearauce at Pittsburg in July,
when they started te beat 2.23. The) trotted
the llrst mild lu '.' 27 and the second In 3.21.
One month later they mib started te beat
2:10 ever the Cleveland track, and succeeded
lu tiettiuga mlle nud ieieat in 2-l")f, 2-17
The quai ters in the second mile were finished
lu 315s., Sle, M4s., yyis.
At Hurtful d the pair weie started te beat
the team record, but failed, finishing the
three trials in 2 S, 2 21K, - II' The quarters
iu the third mile were flnMied in SCKa.,
Sljjs , 318 , 8Jfa. Three exhibition miles
were trotted at Sprlugfleld the following
week in 2 23J4', 2 21, 2 23.
In ISsrt Splan conditioned Gu) and drove
him In the Guaranteed stake ut Detroit,
where, In the first heat, he llnUied third, Wil Wil
eon w innlug iu 2 10J4 He ss us fourth In the
second heat, tt hich w as also tt en by Wilten
In 2 19 V, and he was distanced by bad act
ing iu the third heat.
Soen afterward, heweter, Splin drose him
n mlle barefooted, hooked te a cart, escr the
Cleveland track in 2.17,11 Last year he ap
peared ou the track in Trainer Saunders'
hands again, and met with much success,
though the thoreughbiod bleed that coursed
through his veins nude him nervous and er
ratic, at times. At Cleveland, Aug 2, In
beat Fred Feljer lu thiee straight heats, tha
Uw.f belnjp ?;lVf,3.l0,3;lS. At Buffalo
-y r --
isafk ItcailtasWUtef'
uu usxiv ait we t cr iiiihj n HJM fJC
and get a mark of 2:HJ. At HemellsvtUt
he beat the great demon Clingstone, aad
later, at Hartferd, he was ctf rted te beat
2:14, and failed la the attempt, though fas
covered a mile in 2il5,V.
At Springfield he failed la an attempt te
beat 2:1.1, yet a few days later, at Merrltanla,
N. he beat a great Held of horses ant
wen three straight beats la fast time. On
Sept. 23 he trotted a mile laHilSWattbs
abeve mentioned place, and at Philadelphia,
a few day later, he beat rtetaline Wilkes in
three straight heata, At Bt Louts, en Oct
4, be wen against Hoaallne Wilkes and Whits
Stocking In 3:19, 3:10 and 8:18tf, while a.
Cleveland, Oct. 29, hs made a mil In 2:13,
Three dayt later he tried te beat 3:13, ans
just equaled that work.
Last year, he wet beaten for big stakes al
Springfield, Rochester, Detroit and Hart Hart
eord, but hit defeat wat net due te lack e
speed, but rather te hit nervous and xcitabU
nature.
His SitliV performance at Cleveland, "
row dayt age, It still fresh In ths minds ei
the readers of this paper.
OBSERVATIONS ON WHIST.
tia tsnnna Vtttr a
There. Are Twn TTavt te Flay the Oatee
According te an Enthusiast.
There are two kinds of whist One It solely
a game for amusement In thlt gams, all the
cards having been dealt out te the four play
ert and the last ene turned up te show the
trump, about all that each player it required
te remember It that the ace it the highest
card and that the deuce is the lowest; that
you mast fellow suit se long at you have any
cards left of the suit led; that In case you
haven't you can trump or discard from an
other suit, as you think Lest, and that, in a
general way, it Is liest te play second hand
low, third hand high, and net te trump your
partner's ace. At tills game one can laugh
and talk as much as he pleases, but In the
strict sense this is net whist The real whist
is a game te be studied. The real game is
objected te by some people en the ground
that it Is tee much like work.
"When we play cards," say they, "we de
it for amusement te kill time. If we want
te study anything tat will take up some use
ful branch et knowledge. If we don't want
te de this alone, why, we will club together,
but the Idea of four peeple sitting down with
out saying a word ter hours at a time and
nt Intervals slapping pieces of pasteboard en
the table and then Imngine they are having
a geed time bah 1"
New, this munds very well, but there Is a
hitch in It The point Is right here. People
don't play n hist for study alone. If they did
thcre would lie very few whist players. They
play It for amusement That Is the way the
game started. But after awhile people ba
gan tn crcelve that by following certain
rules they could get mere eujeynicnt out of
thegamn tlnu If they pln)ed It at random.
Thus the c;-iiiie udt iiuccd te Its present state
of ierfectien. It was found that net only
tt as it a seurce of guat pleasure, but of great
intellectual profit It strengthened the mem
ory; It had the elTect of making the mind
mero systematic, and It offered a splendid
field for the study of human nature.
But it must net be Imagined that tq order
te enjoy tbngiine it Is first necessary te at
tain any great srellelency. A few simple
rules ure nil that ni e necessary te start w Ith
After the nevice lies learned these rules he
tt HI take as much enjoyment out of the game
as he would get from casino, eucher, Dem
Pedre or ether familiar Raines. But after he
has practiced for seme little time he will per
ceive that ts hUt is a geed deal mero than be
at first thought that it Is a various language
spoken by the silent cards, se te speak, and
svhich constantly grows mero beautiful and
harmonious ns lie advances into Its mysteries,
se that thu enjoyment of the game Is ever en
the Incrcase mid the player has the great
satisfaction of knowing that when be sits
dewu te play net only w 111 he have a geed
time, but ulse a pi olltable ene. Ot ceurse,
he might spend his tlme te lietter advantage,
but ene must have seme mental recreation,
and nil that w hLt pla) crs claim for the gama
is that the person who ence gives it a fair
trial will uetcr desert it for nny ether.
Ten Lansing.
CHESS AND CHECKERS.
Chess problem Ne. 20.
Black.
nj t'rwz
L... W jS
m Lissa
.-tj-m 1 tHST . fl' sec
m j m m
u iMsm i
S3 hSJA-xn P,
UJ22Z!. jjm
M i k. . A Li,..! !.,.. I
an n n m
White.
Whlte te play and mate In two me vet.
Checker Problem Ne. 20 By P. Frey.
Black 7, 8. MS, Ml, MS, 10, IS, 20, 21.
m i m i
!0nQfll'
m n n w i
GO EDeggeii
'"VWtt jvf rnm r .
umimm
White 5. l. 1. 27. U0. SI. 32.
White te play and win.
SOLUTIONS.
Chess problem Ne. 19:
White, Black.
L.QxPx. L.PxQ.
2..Btort0mate.
Checker problem Ne. 19: Black Ml, IS",
13, 19, 2a Whlte-5, 9, M0, 12, 17. Either
te play and tt ia.
White Black.
L.lOte 7 1..U te 5
2.. 9 te 0 2.. 2 te 0
S.. OtelO W. wins.
Black. Whlte.
1..19te23 1..10tel9
S..20te3l 2..19te2U
3.. 31 te U II. wins.
Vieblenil).v"K" Xe. 3.
HI ick 3, 7, 10. 2.", 21.
' ' A'." .& I"?
Wliile 1" ID. 2. 9, 2ii
Hint k te play and sv in.
(.'. II. Smith, of this city, sends the i or
iwt solution te chess problem Ne. 10,
l'ltein.r.si no. 2.
' Mes-.bai'k," vv he selv in the tw e hooker
pnibleiiis in last Saturdays Intuikun
ei.H, writes: "The ihecl.er problems ap ap
pearlng in jour Satimlay night paper are
neat. All losers of the game can rrenlitably
place tliein among their collections, espe
cially Xe. 2, by " I P.."
Pollevvlng Is the solution te Xe. 2, bv I.
II:
White 80211 110
Illaik 2720 1 15
2.- 21 1019
20-27 2I.-31
11 S ;i 10
4-11 31 S
10 tl
White wins.
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