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A REV EW OF
SPORTS
Some Leading Baseball Feat
ures of the Week.
;THE DEEOSING OF MB.L0VE
A Few Words About the Consolida
tion of the Two Leagues.
'THE DEFEAT OF CYCLONE MYER
Another weary week of baseball has gone
. to swell the weeks that haTe passed with
theirgood and bad records. I don't think
that any fair-minded citizen will find fanlt
with my ssyinff "weary week." Anybody
interested in the game who has found de
light in it during the week can, like Pip,
be happy under any circumstances. There
has probably been something that old
' licacue followers Admire. That organiza
tion has had the call in attendance; even
the Slayers' Lcacue organs admit that, and
it is' amusing to know their reasons
for the change. But while this fact
has given consolation to the old
leaguers, there haTe been many other
things that more than counterbalance the
pleasure. The standard of ball playing is
wretchedly lot and the aggregate attendance
Is growing beautifully less. The first flash of
excitement consequent on the appearance of a
newleague is rapidly vanishing, and. depend
upon it. the new organization will haTe a .hard
row to hoe from now on. And so will the old
League, but I still maintain that the latter is
better equipped To meet difficulties than Is the
new League. However, the week has shown
that both are losing money fast, and this being
the ease, the old Lcarue has much the best of
it, because its salary list Is less than the other
and it has been longer established, and there
fore Is more firmly rooted than the new
organization. Besides, the weelt has shown ns
that the old League Is advancing in public
favor. New Leagne supporters have fallen
wonderfully off at Boston, Philadelphia and
Brooklyn. These are very important points,
and if this falling elf continues I expect to hear
something drop, and drop very heavily.
The Week's Flavins.
There is not space at command to go into de
tails regarding the work of the various clubs
during the week. The teams managed by
Messrs. Anson and Wright continue to play a
great game, and I am more convinced to-day
than ever that A. C Anson Is the greatest base
ball team manager we have ever bad. To me
there seems to be no room tor dispute on this
question. His iudtrment and executive ability
are remarkable. New York is fst getting into
form, and Brooklyn and Cincinnati are going
along as usual. Boston is also improving, but
what is there to say of Pittsburg; It is painful
to express ones opinion on this point, but it
has to be done. I unhesitatingly say that the
Pittsburg Naiionsl League Club is an absolute
failure. In its present form it is an insult to
the baseball public to keep it on the road, be
cause ever body who pajs to see it play ball is
being Imposed upon. It must be something
very remarkable if better players cannot be
secured in the country; it would, indeed, be a
puzzle to eet a worse lot of players. 1 here is a
move on foot for other clubs to contribute the
best of their surplus players to the Pittsburg
club. It cannot be done too soon. And the
local Players' Leagne team has also made a
miserable show. But when we reflect, the
team's performance is not much, if any, worse
than itwas last year. Chicago's Players' League
club has also fallen to pieces and this bears out
whit I previously said, viz: They are not hit
ters enough to be champions. Boston. Brooklyn
and Cleveland aro going along as usual. New
York is playing much better and Philadelphia
continues to play very questionable ball. Alto
gether, there has been little, indeed, to be proud
of dunnc the week in the way of rood ball
playing.
Sir. Love's Deposition.
Few things have given me more surprise than
the result of the Lore-Fozarty case, or quarrel.
As tar as I understand the matter it was a
question of whose authority should prevail
that caused the dispute. Mr. Love, as Presi
dent of the club, claimed ruling authority, and
Mr. Fogarty. as manager, captain and player of
the team, denied that claim. Mr. Fogarty
didn't stop at a denial, but be stepped tu one
side and declared that he would not tom.h
another ball in the club until Mr. Love had
been deposed. This was anful; it caused a wild
consternation throughout the ranks of the P.
L., and Mr. Al Johnson went to Philadelphia In
the role of harbinger of peace. Finally it was
dibcovered that Presidents are nnmeron nnri
that Fogartys are few. and as a result Presi
dent Love was given to understand Mr. Fogar
ty was boss of the situation and that his
(Love's) presence couldn't be tolerated by
Mr. Fogarty, and down ent Mr.
Love to the depths of humiliation. I
do not intend to co into the Question in detail.
It is too ridiculous to deal exhaustively with. I
ask, as there ever a more preposterous pro
ceeding in the history of base ball? Could
there be any thing used as a stronger proof to
show that the new League is entirely devoid of
backbone and nerve to right for principle? Why,
what does the Philadelphia case mean? It
simply means that no gentleman with a grain
of intelligence or dignity would, under any cir
cumstances, be President of the Philadelphia
Play ers' League CInb. The new League now
has an outrageous precedent of in own making.
Whenever a popular player cannot have his
own way because of the interference of a petty
Eersouage like the President of a club, all that
e ueed do is to strike until the obnoxious
0111:111 is bounced. Poor Mr. Love.
An Example of Plnck.
Certainly there are many baseball clubs the
directors of which deserve great credit for the
plucky way in which they have met and treated
with difficulties. In very many instances we
have had noteworthy examples of a heroic ex
penditure of labor and money, and such, cases,
whether we find them in baseball or other con
cerns of life, are always worthy of encourage
ment. Well, I don't know of a case deserving
more of our acknowledgment than the case of
the Cleveland National League Club. When I
say this I am not unmindful -t Chicago, Phila
delphia, or, in short, any other Instance. But
there are some peculiar features about Cleve
land which we can all admire, notwithstanding
the very thoughtless talk ol Mr. Robinson
about the changing of the schedule. When
the ceneral breakup occurred Cleveland was
like a stranded ship left high and dry. It bad
just finished a season lu which, for a new club,
it had made a remai kable showing. The play
ers have been gotten together at a very great
expense. Cash, and lots of it, had been spent
freely in securing these plajers. Everything
was hopeful and prosperous looking when
tho reiolt took place, and then the
directors and stockholders of that club saw
the results of their labor vanish like
vapor on a windy day and the work
ot their money scattered to the four w inds. In
the twinklinz ot an eye the very fine structure,
metaphorically speaking, which had been
pluckily built up, was razed to the ground.
Well, thedlroctoisol the club didn't sit down
and cry. They again went to work and gaib
ei ed together the best material at coiurhand to
erect another. How well they have eucceeded
we can all judge by looking at the work done
bythete.mot Lall players now representing
Cleveland in the Natioual League. Under the
circumstances that team has, indeed, done
well, and bad the team another pitcher like
Beatin, it is reasonable to say mat Cleveland
would be one of the prominent aggregations in
the contest. I can never lorget tbu very unfair
treatment that the Cleveland National League
stockholders have received at the hands of the
plavers they got together last year. Tbey, the
stockholders, bravely put up $15,000 for a team,
only to be in a sense pilfered by other people.
Fair play is fair play, and my best sympathies
are with the second effort of the Cleveland Na
tional League people.
Dlrrctor O'.WII's Opinions.
During the week one of the most important
and, I should add, most Interesting features in
the baseball world has been the opinions of
Director J. P. O'Neil. The opinions I refer to
are those which appeared in Ins Dispatch a
few days ago. Briefly stated, se expressed
the idea that if it were not for the censure and
odium wtieh would emanate from a certain
class ot newspapers the majority of baseball
officials, both in the National and Players'
League, would be ready to talk consolidation;
that Is, suggestions would be made to pool
issues and make one good organization out of
the two that are now wearying the baseball
public. This, I think, is a fair condensation of J
us notions oi au. un en. auxx, i aon-t want
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to imply that he offered the suggestion. He
did nothing of the kind. He simply gavo his
opinion as to the feelings of baseball officials
generally, and added that there did not seem
any hope of the suggestion referred to being
made. I am aware that the opinions of Mr.
O'Neil have been willfully distortcd.but most as
suredly tbey meant nothing more nor less than
what I have just stated. Well, now I believe
every word that Director O'Neil says on the
matter, and probably mare important truths,
as far as baseball is concerned, were never
stated than those contained in his remarks.
His remarks cqntain two leading features
about the wisdom of a consolidatisn, and the
second Is tbo cotraralce or hypocrisy of the
baseball officials. Let ns talk about tbo latter
first. Mr. O'Ne-l savs that In his opinion tho
majority of baseball officials, that is, stock
holders and directors, would be glad to have
this ruinous qnarrel ended by shaking
hands over the breach, and making
one good organization out of the
two somewhat interior ones, but that a
fear of being called "weakness" prevents these
officials from declaring themselves or from
maklnp anv effort to have a deal effected. Now
isn't this humiliating to those wbom we call
business men connected with the two Leagues?
In short, is it not just what little children would
do or jut how they n ould act? I am convinced
that everybody connected with the affair is
tired or it, despite their vanntings to the con
trary, but they lack the moral courage to say
to one another. "Let us try and stop this bum
bug." This kind of conduct reminds me of the
lines of an old poet, who says:
Is It rasnlv. Jnst or brave.
If truth hath shone upon thee,
in rnnrnl the Uzht It raver
Capth e of the world's opinion;
Free to speak and yet a slave.
Now just the kind of slaves referred to aro
the baseball ruaenates in the present instance.
For fear of a few Irresponsible and clap-trap
clamorers tbey hesitate to do lhat which truth
and sound buiness principles point out as the
very best thing that cin be done. For the life
of me I have ever been unable to see wherein
there is any cowardice in following tbeprompt
ings of truth or in doing what is right.
About Consolidation.
Of coure.I don't expect that we will see any
thing like a consolidation of the National and
Plajcrs' Leagues, for the reason that there is
too much cowardice among the magnates to
even venture a public suggestion on the mat
ter. That is one reason, and a potent one. But
there is another, viz., the cherished desire of
each League to kill the other, body and soul en
tirely. The National Leagne people look upon
their rivals as usurpers; nothing more nor less
than pure, unadulterated usurpers; something
like the old-time freebooters. This thought,
right or wrong, will certainly wield a great In
fluence toward preventing any reconciliation
whatever on the part of the old Leaguers.
Probably, Samson-like, they would be more
willing to die with their enemies than share
with them in any celebrations. I am persuaded
that this sentiment wi'l prevail so strongly that
nothing like a consolidation wui ever take
place. Tula being so, to me it seems
to be unnecessary to argue the pros
and cons of a consolidation. But there
is a feature that is within my legitimate
province, and that refers to the public. In this
baseball fight to a finish, what respect Is being
paid to the public by the contestants? The sole
object of the contendinc parties is to kill each
other as parties, and that being the case I fail
to see that the desires of the public, as far as
good ball playing is concerned, are being at
tended to at all. The excellent clubs of last
year have all been split up, and there is now a
cencral scramble after the public's dollars, just
like a crowd of urchins tumbling over the top
of each other after the pennies thrown out by
a generous man. That, unfortunately, is the
state of affairs at peent. Public and every
thing else are ignored in the efforts of tho
graspers to trample rouen shod over one an
other. On this point let me add a few words
from an editorial which appeared m the New
York Bun the other day.
Pomp Strong; Words.
The Sun says: The American public is a long
suffering and broad-hearted institution. It is
full of sport, yet it would even endure an In
jury to the most glorious form of it, if In any
way it would help the general welfare. Bat it
desnises humbug, and it bates to have its feel
ings played upon for any other purposes than
tho openly offered for its sympathy. Any de
creased interest in the national game is due to
the appearance of tho Players' League.
Whether their bid for control of professional
baseball was just or otherwise the new League
must bear the responsibility of having robbed
the game of its supreme magnet of attraction,
a national championship; for, so long
as both they and their rivals live
for rivalry, there can be no champion
ship which can be regarded as final. But to
suppose that there is any difference between
those two great baseball associations
in their desire or plan to kill off each other, as
tho Ward party would have the publlc;think,is
a noise ueiusion man ever anectea tne eye ol a
stricken-out batter. There is a. victim marked
for slauchter on eitbpr side, and it is what the
Players' League spokesman here terms "fair
business ria!ry.rt These baseball
leagues are the most highly perfected trusts in
tbu great trust country, the Plajers League,
perhaps being rather more complete in details,
though we Buppose lhat there is really no sub
stantial difference betw een them. Not only are
tbe bound together in an offensive and de
fensive alliance as regards employes, but any
member of the trust is to receive assistance in
money from the others if, through its individ
ual weakness, the circle is in danger of break
ing. At present they are both in rull blast, with
full companies of players with high salaries.
But that is temporary. One must break, or at
least ueuu 10 iuo otner.
Brnnrll's Admonitions.
One of the good things done bv Secretary
Brunei!, of the Players' League, during the
week is the admonitions sent out regarding the
slowness of some games and the treatment of
umpires. Some time azo I drew attention to
the weariness consequent on tho long ana
Biawij piayea games, it mine it was a game
between Pittsburg and Cleveland, at Exposi
tion Paik that prompted my remarks on the mat
ter. Since then there have been several games
in which players have become quite devoid
of all activity and 'have allowed the proceed
ings to drag on until the spectators have be
come wearied enough to leave their seats and
go home. This is contrary to the spirit of bae
ball. Games must be played with a dash that
keeps everybody on the lookout, and the nearer
the national game gets to cricket In slowness
of motion, in the same proportion will it lose
its bold on the American public Bat the most'
important part ot Mr. Brunei's admonitions is
that relating to the treatment of umpires.
Tuts is a very important feature, and the ad
vice given on the matter is very timelv, indeed.
This early in the season there has been much
unreasonable delay and considerable bad
foelmg generated by useless "kicking"
against decisions of umpires. We
have had some cood samples m
Pittsburg. I profess to be a friend of the um
pire. My sympathies go out to him because of
the numerous uureasonable objections platers
have made against him. There are many
playefr, and I co Id name them, who reallv be
lief e that they are in duty bound to raise ob
jection to almost etery decision that an umpire
makes against tbtir side. These players
imagine that in making hostile demonstrations
against the umpire they are increasing their
fame, because of the responsive veils of appro
bation tro u some very thoughtless and unlair
minded spectators. A player who is a constant
"kicker" in the respect I have named is no or
nament to the game; besides, his objections,
gocdor bad, are worthless because of their
frequency. By all means umpires should keep
an eye on these players and flue them on every
reasonable occasion and the fines should be
deducted from thoir salaries. In the majority
of cases the umpire gets into disrepute with
the spectators entirely through the designed
demonstrations of players. Unfortunately at
every ball game there are many spectators
who on all occasions back up the objections of
the players rather tnan give the umpire the
benefit of any doubt. Players know this, and
tbey pander to that element because, I am
sorry to sa, a felluw-feeling of rowdyism and
unfairness makes them wondrous kind. I do
not for one moment claim that umpires are
always right in their judgment; but I do claim
that they havo honesty of purpose on their
side. As a rule an umpire has no party or side
to serve, and as a rule be is in a better posi
tion to judge a point than any of the onlookers.
If these facts were borne in mind there would
be less unpleasantness during games. But
above all umpires Should mark the nlavers 1
have above referred to. When an umpire bas
given a decision on a matter of judgment there
is no use whatever in stopping the game to
arguo the point, as the decision cannot be re
versed. Bowen and Slyer.
As a rule cyclones are very bad things to en
counter. Some of them cannot be stopped by
any agency, and they carry all before them.
The "btreator Cyclone," known as Billy Myer,
however, is not of the irresistible kind. All the
wind was effectually battered out of that par
ticular Cyclone on Thursday night at New Or
leans by a mundane nnit known among pugilists
s Andy Bowen. It is therefore only fair to
speak of Mr. Bowen as "Tornado" Bowen after
his achievement of knocking the "Cyclone" to
smithereens. Well, doubtless many people
would be surprised at the defeat of Myer by
Bowen. The latter has sprung into prominence
quite recently, and is another proof of the largs
quantity of pugilistic material at command in
tnis country. Mv readers will remember what
I said of Myer when be and McAuliffe stood in
front of each other so many hours In
Indiana some time ago. I then 'did not ex
press a very high opinion of the!"Cyclone,"
and as a result I was taken to tasktabout it bv
Western admirer of Myer. Since that time,
however, I have noticed nothing on the part of
Myer to cause me to change my opinion of
him, and bis last encounter only Koes to prove
that my first estimate of him was the correct
one. Myer is a cyclone onlv If there is no op
posing cyclone near, but when ho meets op
posing forces anything like his own, his cy
clonic powers soon become reduced to what an
old salt would call a capful of wind. In
Bowen the Cyclona met an opponent who
simply beat bim at bis own game. According
to .the account of the battle Myer began with
his cyclone tactics and Bowen responded
similarly. As a result the Cyclone spent all of
his wind and didn't know enough about fight
ing to take care of himelf. Bowen did. He
too, was winded, but jnst kept dodging round
until opportunity allowed him to reach out and
knock more windout of the Cyclone. The latter
displayed his innocence of flchting by nrging
Bowen to stand up and figh, but to justify his
name he should have pummeled Bowen
whothcrbe '"stood up" or not. I don't mean to
say that My ens of no account as a fighter. I
simplv repeat what I have all along main
tained, that be Is not a first-class man
by any means. He is lamentably devoid
of good ring tactics, and anybody
who can defeat him with a pair ot five ounce
gloves can defeat him in any style His en
counters prove him to be a cyclone only in a
glove contest of a limited number of rounds.
Bowen appears to be a good man, and I won't
be surprised if we hear of a contest being ar
ranged between him and Jimmy Carroll that
Is. if Carroll can fret down to weight. But
Myer"s defeat by Bowen causes the contest be
tween Mjer and McAuliffe to look more sus
picious than ever. I am convinced now that
whAtlsaid regarding the McAuliffe-Myer af
t - it took place was right.
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Yankee Sntllvnn.
A correspondent, well informed in pugillstic
lore, writes me regarding Yankee Sullivan.
My correspondent takes exception to state
ments made in a recent sketch of Sullivan's
life by a writer who is now in San Francisco.
Tho correspondent says: "The gentleman now
in San Francisco evidently knows little about
Sullivan's early history, and not much more
about any particular part of bis life time. He
gives us to understand that Sullivan learned
his flgntingat the place where he was born,
Bandon, Ireland, and in his sketch also fails to
distinguish any difference between things Irish
and things English. 'Yankee' Sullivan's right
name was Francis Ambrose. When but a lad
he left bis home at Bandon, Ireland, and made
his way to London, where be learned what little
he knew of boxing. He subsequently was con
victed of stealing a coat at Epsom races,
and sentenced to penal servitude at
Botany Bay for seven years, not 20
years, as the sketch referred to states.
After serving part of the time Country Mc
Closkv, who was a sailor and who was defeated
by Tom Hyer in a battle of 100 rounds, assisted
him to escape to America. We are told that
he went to England from here as the 'Plow
Boy' to fight Hammer Lane. He did no such
thing. Lane's party knew exactly that Lane
was matched to fight James Sullivan, of
America. Ambrose bad changed his name be
cause of being an escaped convict. The match
was perfectly well understood before Ambrose
left America. He defeated Lane, but not by
superior fighting, because Lane broke his arm
In a fall in the third ronud and fought 31
rounds with one hand. I also question tho
statement that Ambrose, alias Sullivan, was
the first champion of America. He
and Tom Hyer fought for the
championship and Hyer defeated him
Hyer won by incessantly throwing Ambroso to
the ground. The San Francisco writer inti
mates that Ambrose knew he wouldn't be
banged for his offense of ballot stuffing. This
is wiong. He certainly knew he would be exe
cuted just as Casey was for a similar offense,
and be, Ambrose, committed suicide rather
than go to the scaffold. There are many mis
statements in the sketch in question, but these
aro some of the leading ones. I mav mention
that Ambrose, or Sullivan, brought Heenan to
prominence and was instrumental in arranging
tho fight between Heeuan and Morrissey."
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Not Accomplished, bnt Triclcr.
Would space permit I would like to say many
things regardinc Ambrose, simply because
there aro so many false notions existing re
garding him. There is a well grounded opinion
that be was a great boxer, when ho was nothing
of the kind. Jem Ward, who probably had as
good a chance to judge him as anybody, and
was as good a judge as anybody, declared that
he was a "vicious and tricky man, but no
boxer." Ward also added that Ambrose would
defeat anybody who could not box any.
In a word, Ambrose seems to havo
been an Inferior type of Tom
Savers. However, ha was a remarkable man
considering the times in which ho lived. He
had no model here to copy, because, even
when Morrissey and Heenan were matched,
one had a foot runner as trainer and the other
bad to import an Englishman. This shows
how backward the science of the "manly art"
. than Cf rnn..n VntiVft" Rnllivnn tlin
name he is generally known by, deserves all
credit as being a great man in his day and amid
his surroundings. But . the correspondent
quoted above tells some truths about mm.
Slavln's Refusal.
Doubtless there was considerable sur
prise among spotting people the other day
when Hlavin'M declaration to the effect that he
wouldn't fight Joe McAuliffo was learned.
After all it seems that pugilists and profes
sional bruisers have a great notion of dignity.
Sullivan hesitates about Jackson because the
latter's skin is black, and Slavin flatly refnses
to meet McAuliffe because he has been beaten
by Jackson. But Slavin will condescend to fight
Corbett, who will neither fight Sullivan,
Jackson nor McAuliffe. This would all be hard
to understand if one word, a cimmon sticet
corner word, did not fully explain it. "Boodlo"
is the kev to the situation. I had some a 1
mlratlon fur Slavln's mauliuess, but I confess I
am disappointed is bis flat refusal to meet Mc
Auliffe. I firmly believe that the -McAulif o
party think their man as good as anybody and
are prepared to match him against anybody.
True, money is the obiect$money to be gained
in exhibitions gotten up on the strength of be
ing matched, but that's how the business isrnn
all round now. Nowadays the managers' in
terests are paramount to that of the principals.
The latter are merely employes and the former
are the bosses of tbe business. Pkikqle.
Or all the so-called "booming" towns
none hare such a prospect for rapid and sub
stantial growth as Spring City, Teun. Its
iron and coal advantages exceed all others,
while its healthlnlness, beautiiul and level
topography, its pure mountain air, its clear
mountain streams, its vast water power, its
neighboring summer resort can be found
nowhere else. Go to the sale of town lots
Jane 3, 4, 5, and get a great bargain in
building lots ot a future great city. Excur
sion rates on all roads. Situated on the Cin
cinnati Sonthern road, 65 miles north of
Chattanooga.
GARFIELD MONUMENT DEDICATION.
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M. of the 29th and running through to
Cleveland without stop. Also for special
train leaving 1'ittsburg at 6:30. Allegheny
at 0:40 a. M. of 30th. President Harrison,
with members of his Cabinet nnd other
notables, will attend the dedication, which
will be an event ot national interest.
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COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
Harvard slated for Winner in the
Games at the Berkeley Oval.
PRINCETON'S CHANCES NEXT BEST.
The Hen In Wbom the Hopes of tne Differ
ent Institutions Lie.
HOSE EHTBIES THAN EVER BEFOEE
rWEITTEN FOB THE EISPATCD.!
In view of the near approach of the inter
collegiate championships, one of the greatest
events of the athletic year, it may be of in
terest .to tbose con
cerned in the success
of the rival colleges to
consider their respec
ive prospects for first
place.
The meeting will be
the fifteenth given by
the Intercollegiate
Atbletio Association,
and the first for the de
cision of the ownership
of the newMott Haven
cup presented by Dr. J.
S. "Vhite. the old cup
having become the
property of Harvard.
Additional interest
is lent to the contest
by the fact that Harvard
C. H. Shemtl. Yale, has decided to make this
her only effort to have her name engraved on
tbe new cup, as bereafter all her athletic bat
tles will be fought on New England fields
alone.
Up to this year the championship has been
decided by the greatest number of "firsts,"
"seconds" counting only in case of a tie. Last
February the Association decided to count
points instead of firsts, allowing five points for
a first place, two for a second and one for a
third. This rnle will, of course, result In
greatly increasing tbe list of entries, and prob
ably 500 names will be found in the 15 event in
place of the 320 ot last year. This, together
with the extremely hieb order of performances
that will be done, will make tbe meeting the
greatest that has ever been held in the history
or amateur athletics. The work of selecting
winners at any athletic meeting Is difficult
enough, as anvone who has tried it knows. In
the case of the intercollegiate meeting this
difficulty is greatly in
creased. College men
somehow have acquired
the belief that by de
ceiving one another and
disparaging their real
chances to outsiders,
their- chances of win
ning are increased.
Hence they lie most
readily to reporters,
when interviewed, and
the news sent by college
correspondent them
selves too. often bears
the impress of tbe ath
letic management's
band.
In addition to these
obstacles which the col
legian purposely throws
in the way of the truth
seeking athletic proph
et, there is another per
plexing element to be
dealt with in tho shapo
of the dark horses an
nually turned out by
the smaller colleges, of
whose progress from
one championship to
another it is almost im
possible to keep in
formed, owing to tho B". Mapes, Columbia.
fact that they may not have com
peted in a single open meeting
the year past. Thns every one re
members how at the championships last year
the novice from Amherst, O. O. Wells, romped
in alono on tho finish of tun mile run, in the re
markable time of 4 minutes 29 4-5 seconds, and
carried dismay Into the hearts of the yonng
men who had backed
Harmar, of Yale, or
West, of the Uni
versity of Pennsyl
vania, against the
field. It is verv evi
dent, therefore, that
an intelligent fore
cast ot the outcome
of an intercollegiate
meeting can be civen
only by one who is
intimately acquaint
ed with the work of
tbe individual ath
letes. In tbe 100
yards and 220 yards
dashes the struggle
for first place is to a
certainty to lie be
tween Yale and
Princeton. For three
yetrs Shernll, of
Yale, has been the
holder ol tbe cham
pionship in one or
lintli nf tliACA ovanla
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HI and he was up to last
tail consiaereaasure
double winner for
1890. But Princeton
now has a worthy
rival to his speed in
Luther Car, Princeton. Freshman Gary,
whoso triple win at Detroit last June at the
Western championship meeting, when he did
the 100 vards in 10 seconds, the 220 vrds in
22 1-5 seconds, and tho 440 yards ln""63 2-5 sec
onds, proved bim to be a phenomenal runner.
Shernll, at the Yale College games, ran the
distance in even time. He Is, too. a more con
sistent and reliable performer than tbe Prince"
tonian, and for this reason should take the
event with probably not more than afoot to
spare. Tbe third place and odd point ought to
go to Moen, ol Harvard, though Robinson, of
Yale, will push him hard.
The 220 ards dash will, it is needless to say,
prove another magnificent race, but tho first
and second places of the hundred will be re
versed. Thoso who witnessed Sherrill's racced
running in the final 30 yards of last year's 220
H. Fearing, Harvard.
will not be surprised to see him falter attain at
the finish this year. Cary will run through
from start to finish at the same pace, and ongut
to win by over a yard. Vrodenburg of Prince
ton should beat Robinson of Yale for third
place.
In tho qnarter mile, as in the 100 and 220
yard dashes, there are two men who completely
outclass the rest of the field. W. C. Downs of
Harvard and W. C. Dohm of Princeton, should
tbey meet In this event, will make a grand
race Ihe latter lut year broke tbcinter
i ollegiate qnarter mile record, doing tbe dis
tance in 50 fcecond", while only a fortnight aeo
the Harvard man covered it In 50 seconds. If
Dohm does not run Downs should win the
quarter easilv, with Connell of Columbia and
Kuddy of Princeton fighting for place, the
chances favonnc the Princeton man.
The half-mile, with such a field as Dohm,
Downs, Vosburg, of Columbia, Reynolds, of
Yale,and Fearing and Wright, of Harvard, will
afford the best half-mile race that bas been
seen for a long while. Dobm is almost a sure
winner for this event, be holding the American
half-mile record of 1 minute 5o4 seconds, while
no one of the other competitors has over run
in 2 minutes.
Five men will start In the mile run, each of
whom is capable of doing well under 4:38.
Wells of Amherst, holder of ihe Intercolle
giate mile reeord, and the Intercollegiate cham
pionship; Hornbostel. of Columbia, who
finished in third place last year, but a few
yards behind Harmar, of Yale; West, of the
Univcrity of Pennsylvania, with a record of
4.34: Lowell, of Harvard, who a few weeks ago
tied the Harvard record of 4sCS3-5; and Lloyd,'
of Yale, wbo ran such a good rare at the Indoor
games of the Yale and Second Regiment Con
necticut National Guard last March. It is easy
enough to pick Wells as a winner, but second
an d third are harder to name. Probably Horn
bostel, of Columbia, will take seoond and West,
of the University of Pennsylvania, third.
The mile walk is probably Columbia's event,
Mcllvaine, who won the event last year in record-breaking
time, is walking in good style,
and bis chances are further improved by
Bates' absence from Harvard, the- result of
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overstudy. Bardeen, who, at the Harvard class
games, walked a mile without any one to push
him or make pace in 7:20, will hurry him every
step of the way, though. Collis. of Columbia,
who, at the Manhattan games, walked such a
Plucky race 3gainst Lange, ought to beat
Mitcheson for third place.
At these same Manhattan games Columbia
no donbt sustained a severe shock to her belief
that H. Mapes baa "a sure thing" of both
hurdle races. The way he will have to skim
the sticks to beat Williams, of Yale, and Fear
ing and Lee, of Harvard, will be a caution,
Williams stands the best chance of scoring.
He is steady and reliable, and will lead Mapes
past the tape In the 120-yard hurdles by a very
small margin. Fearing, of Harvard, will be
third. The low hurdles will be a victory. I
think, for Lee. of Harvard, with Williams
second and Mapes third. New records should
be made In both events.
Tho rule passed by the Intercollegiate Asso
ciation last February barring "sarety" bicycles
from the championship has deprived Harvard
of what was almost surely a first place. Davis
cannot ride an ordinary wheel as fast as a
"saf etv," and for this reason Clarke, of Yale,
should win. x)avis ought to be second and
Greenleaf, of Harvard, or Weare, of Yale,
third. For tbe first time in five years there Is a
prospect of the high jump going elsewhere
Waller C. Dohm, Princeton.
than to the University of Pennsylvania. Web
ster, who has jumped 5 feet Uii inches, is still
in collese, but has not jumped so well since
Page, who tangbt him now to jump, left col
lege. Fearing, of Harvard, who won tho high
jump at the handicap games of the Boston
Athletic Association by an actual jump of 5
feet 10K inches, will win.and Webster will beat
Green, of Harvard, for second place. The run
ning broad jump will probably go to Princeton,
v. Manes, of Columbia, with a record of 21 feet
9 inches, second, and Green, of Harvard, who
recentlv broke his college record by jumping
21 feet 7 inches, will be third.
Welsh should, however, win the pole vault
Crane, of Harvard, who has a record of 10 feet
1 inch, will take second, and Ryder, of Yale,
third. Yale. Columbia and Princeton will send
the best tug-of-war teams to tbe games, and
me places win ue uiviueu uetneeu iucui.
The hammer and shot competitions are about
as uncertain as any events on tbe programme.
In the shot, Janeway, of Princeton, holds the
championship over from last year. Shea, of
Harvard, has twice early in tbe spring put tbe
shot over 3S feet, but has been going back
steadily ever since, and Yale is very quiet
about Elcock, a bad sign for other colleges.
Then Allen, of Harvard, has put It 38 feet 11
inches, and.Ainberst, Lehigh and the University
of Pennsylvania each have a man able to put it
over 36 feet. What a chance to pick a winner!
Janeway is also throwing tbe hammer in
good shape, and, although Lehigh has devel
oped a splendid athlete for this event in Det
willer, who throw it 91 feet 3 inches, the
Princeton man, with bis weight and strength,
shonld throw it a trifle further. Bowser, of the
University of Pennsylvania, who won the event
last year, has not yet this spring covered SO
feet.
These 15 events comprise tho ones which will
be fought out on tho 31st of this month. The
tabulated score of points, which tbo four lead
ers will probably make, is as follows:
Har- Colom- Prince-
vard.
lOOyardsrun 1
220 yardjrun 0
140ardsrun 5
bSO vards run 3
1-mile run 0
1-raile walk 2
120 yards hurdles.... 1
220 yards hurdles. ..i S
2-mile bicycle 3
ltunn'g broid jump 1
ltnnnlng lilch jump 6
lG-pouud hammer... 0
lS-puund shot 1
'lae-of-war o
Pole vault 2
bla. ton. Tale.
0 2 t
0 6 2
12 0
0 S 0
2 0 0
6 0 0
2 0 5
10 2
0 0 S
2 5 0
0 0 0
0 5 0
0 2 5
5 2 1
5 0 1
Total 30
21
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Tbe crucial tests will be fought out in the
hurdles (low and wide), and the turning point
Wells, Amherst.
decided by tho broad Jump, In which Dohm
has made snch good improvement that the
orance and black Is counting on him for a first.
Although eight records were broken in the
Berkeley Oval last year, and that meeting -n as
by all odds the mon successful athletic meet
ing ever given In America, it is certain that
with a good day the meeting this month will
tclipse even that. And the interest aronsed by
the games will fall short only nf that created
bvthe Yale-Princeton foothill i match of last
Thanksgiving. College Athlete.
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First time ever seen in the city,
Paul Crowley, the Phantom Boy
And nnmerous other very interesting
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In the Theater the Beautiful Melodrama,
"HELD IN SLAVERY"
Will he presented by the young, talented
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