TUB, eCBJLNTON, TBnJUNE SATUBDAY 1 MORNING .JULY 27, 1895!
Latest
BASE BALL.
EASTERN LKA61E.
Yesterday's Retails.
Seraatoa.. 6 Buffalo
Toronto. S Wilkea-Barra
Roehester. Springfield. 4
mats. 6 Providno S
Yestereuy in th Em tern league was
truly good day for the lower division,
all winning except Buffalo. All the
victories, except that ol Bcranton. were
won In the ninth Inning, and Wllkes
Etarre and Providence were beaten by
home runa. while a three-ibagger defeat
ed Springfield. The totala of the four
garnet, 33 and 17. would about make an
averare reiult of an old-fashioned base
ball contest.
Staadlag of Eaatera League Club.
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It la aome consolation to know that
during the past week, dating from last
Saturday. Inclusive, Scranton has lost
only one game out of five and has gulned
more In percentage than any club In
the league. The gain, however, does
not make up for the drop from .431 per
cent, on July IS or. .462 per cent, on July
. three weeka ago. The following ta
ble shows the standing of the club
now. compared with the standing a
week ago:
Comparative One-Week Table.
CLUBS. J jS$H3 3
prlngfleld I 8S;7(8JjS:.ll!....
Providence 44 27 .Si.t .....
Syracuse 4ff ltl.5T8i.53l.....01S
Wllkes-Barre l 32 .5401.636 OW
Buffalo i 40. .607.144'.... 1. 913
Bcranton Sl 3i.3i.4:M'.0!;....
Rochester Ul 47!.4l7l.5i....l.01!
Toronto a! 51i.514,.mj,....0U3
Today's F.sstent League Games.
Bcranton at Buffalo.
Wllkee-Barre at Toronto.
Springfield at Rochester.
Providence at Syracuse.
BLAMED THE IMPIRE.
Bat the Detailed Score Doesn't Say That
Swartwood Gove Scranton the Game
with Buffalo-Ward' Home Run and a
Triple.
Buffalo, K. T.. July 26. Inability to
And Johnson when hits meant runs was
responsible for Buffalo's defeat today.
Fournler was touched up pretty fully,
but he kept the htts well scattered ex
cept in the second Inning. Wise played
a fast game at second.
Umpire Swartwood was for the first
time this year away off In his rulings.
His decisions at first In the sixth and
Rlfltn innings In declaring Urquhartand
Lewee out when they were aurely safe
cut off two runs. Attendance, 1,200.
Score:
BUFFALO.
A.B. R H. O. A. K.
Bottcnus. If 5 0 10 10
Dowse, 3b 5 0 0 1 2 1
Shearon, rf 1 1 0 0 0 0
Clymer. cf 4 1110 0
Wise. 2b 4 1 2 3 4 0
Urquhart. 4 0 1 7 3 0
Field, lb 4 0 13 0 0
Lewee, ss 4 112 4 1
Fournler, p 4 0 10 11
Totals 35 4 7 27 17 3
BCRANTON.
A.B. R II. O. A. E.
Heine, ss 4 0 0 1 1 0
Ward, 2b 5 1 2 1 S 0
F.agan, If 4 0 110 0
Bannon, cf i 1 2 2 0 1
Stearns, lb 4 1 1 15 0 0
Huston, 3b 5 2 4 3 4 0
Meaney, rf..... ( 1 2 0 0 0
Smith, e 4 0 110 0
Johnson, p 4 0 115 0
Totals 40 I 14 27 13 1
Buffalo 0 00201100-4
Bcranton 0 2010200-6
Earned runs Buffalo, 3; Soranton, 5.
First on errors Buffalo,. 1; Bcranton, 3.
Two-base hit Huston. Three-base hits
Bottenus, Wise 2, Ward, Stearns, Meaney.
Home run Ward. Sacrifice hit Heine.
Stolen bases Huston 2, Meaney. First
base on balls Off Fournler, 2; off John
son. 2. Struck out By Fournler, 5; by
Johnson, 2. Wild pitch Johnson. Passed
ball Smith. Left on bases Buffalo, 6;
Bcranton, 9. Time 1.50. Umpire Swart
wood. CRANE'S HOME RUN.
It Wow Toronto the Game from Wilkes
Bsrre. Toronto, July 21 Toronto broke th
record today and won a game. Both
Crane and Coakley were fairly effective
and the fielding was generally clean.
The sides were even up when the ex
slant came to bat In the last half of
the ninth, with two hands out. He had
three balls and one strike on Mm and
then lifted the ball over the left field
fence for the winning run. Attendance,
300. Bcorej
TORONTO.
A.B. R. II. O. A, L
Bhlnnlck, Sb 10 12 4 1
P. Smith, rf 4 0 1 t 0 0
Freeman, cf 4 2 1 0 0 1
J. Smith, 8b t 1 0 1 I 0
Lutenberg, lb 4 0 2 14 0 v
Demon, ss..; 4 0 0 .3 1 0
Casey, It 4' 1 0,1, 0 0
Lake, C 4 0 0 I 1 0
Crane, p 4 1 t 0 I 0
Totals 14 5 7 27 It 2
W1LKE8-BARRJ3.
A.B. R H. O. A. E.
Lytic, if 4 0 11 0 0
Bhannon, 2b t t 1 1 2 0
Lesotte, rf 4 112 0 0
Griffin, cf 2 1 0 2 0 0
Earlt, lb 4 1 I 11 1 0
Bonner, ss 4 0 2 14 1
Dlgglm, o I 0 0 1 1 o
C. Smith. Ib 4 1 1 I 11
Coakley. p 4 9 3, I t 0
Totals 25 4 t M 12 2
Two men out when winning run was
made.
Toronto ............1 0 9 0 0 1111-6
Wllkes-Barre 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0-4
Earned nins Wllkes-Barre, I; Toronto,
1 FirsV bass of rrors--Wilkes-BarTe, 1:
Toreate. g. Lett an bases Wilkes-Berra,
7 Toronto, 4. First ease on, balls Off
Crane, I; off Coakley, I Struck out Ly tie
1 'Hem rwi Craae.l Three-base htt
Karl, P. Smith, Lesotte. Two-bass hits
Lytic,. ahlnntok, Freeman. Double plays
Demos t to Lutenberr; coakley to Karl.
umptrsaaBney. pma-x.a. v
Events in
BreeUaridge Made a Triple.
Rochester. N. T- July 21 Rochester
pulled the game with Springfield out
of the fire In the ninth Inning by mak
ing the moat sensational finish thai has
been seen here this summer. The game
was brilliant from start to finish and
abounded In hair-raising plays. Don
oghue. Koohester'a new pitcher, proved
a puzzle to the Springnolda, and they
were unable to gauge hla delivery ef
fectively enough to pile up any sort of
a lead over the locals. Although Gru
ber was hit harder than Donoghue. the
Rochesters were not lucky in placing
their hits. When the ninth opened
with Rochester at the bat the score was
2 to 4 In BprlngHold's favor. O'Brien
drew four balls, and was forced at sec
ond by Daly, who in turn wan forced
by Lush. Hamburg singled to right and
advanced Lush to second. By this time
the rush from the grounds had ceased,
and with renewed hop the cranka
waited while "home run" BreckenrUlge
came to bat. Breckinridge lifted the
first ball that Gruber pitched Into deep
left for three bases, scoring Lush and
Hamburg. Keenan walked, and then
Berger cleared the sacks with a thump
Ing double back of second, and the
game was won. Attendance, S.500.
RoclHUter 1 00010004-1
SprlntffleM 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-4
Hits Rochester. 14; SprlngllelJ. Er
rorsRochester, 3: Sprlngtlvld. 1. Itatter-le-lonoKhiie
and White: liruber und
Uunson. IZurned runs-llocheiiler, , ;
SprlnKtleKl, 1, First base on errors
SprliiKtleid. 1. Two-base hits Lush. Mer
ger. Three-base hit Ureckenridite. Stolen
bases Lush. Hamburg. Shannon. Jons.
Lynch, lxiuble plays Mclonald to U'.l
bert; Donoghue to UreckenrUlge. Left on
bases Rochester. ; Springfield. I. First
base on balls-Off PonoKhue. 2; off Uruber,
4. Struck out By IVjnoKhue. 2; by Oru
ber. 2. Hlt-8hannoiK Paused balls Uun
son. Wild pltches-Orutwr. Time 2.13.
L'mplrf-Doeseher.
Simon Won the Game.
Syracuse. N. T July 26.-Slmon. In
whose place Lawler. of the Hurnells
vllle team, had Jut been algned. won
the game for the Stars today 'by a ter
rific home drive In the last Inning. It
was a brilliant game and was witnessed
by 2,000 persons. The Stars hit freely.
Gannon pitched great iball except In the
eighth Inning. Welch saved the game
for the home team by a sensational
catch In the ninth Inning. Score:
Syracuse 0 2010200 1-0
Providence 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 05
Hits Syracuse, 12: Providence. 12. Er
rorsSyracuse, 3; Providence. 2. Batter
iesGannon and Hess: Lovett and Me
Auley. Earned runs Syracuse, S; Provi
dence, S. First base on errors Syracuse,
;l Providence, 2. Left on bases Syracuse,
8: Providence, 5. First base on balls Off
Gannon, 4; off Lovett, . Struck out By
Lovett, 1. Home run Simon. Two-base
hits Gannon, Knight, McAuley I Sac
rifice hits Simon, Murray. Stolen basfs
Eagan 2. Welch, Cooney. Double plays
Eagan to Moss to Power; Strieker to
Cooney to Dixon. Umpire Hurst. Time
-2.10.
XAT10ML LEAGUE.
Standing of National League Clubs.
. P. W. L. P.C
Cleveland .84 52 32 .CIS
Pittsburg 78 47 81 .003
Baltimore 72 42 30 .533
Boston . 72 41 31 .!;
Cincinnati 71 43 35 .551
Chicago S3 45 87 .649
Philadelphia .. 72 39 33 .52
Brooklyn 74 35 .527
New York 75 81 38 .630
Washington 6 24 45 .348
9t. Louis 79 27 52 .342
Louisville 72 14 61 .194
At Pittsburg R. H.E.
Pittsburg 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1G 1
New York 300010000-4 9 3
Batteries Hart and Merrltt; Clarke and
Farrell. Umpire O'Day.
At Cleveland- R. H.K.
Cleveland 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 11 16 0
Boston 0 00001000-1 7 2
Batteries Cuppy and Zlmmer; Dolan
and Ryan. Umpire Emslle.
At Cincinnati R. H.E.
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 i 0- t 2
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1- 0 11 0
Batteries Foreman and Vaughn; Car-
sey and Clements. Umpire Keefe.
STATE LEAGUE.
The disbanding of Allentown of the
State league will result In a change of
rchedule to accommodate the remain
ing clubs. The standing of the clubs
now Is as follows:
. Standing of Stats League Clubs.
' W. L. P.C
Cnrbondale 18 11 .621
Hasleton .,18 14 .563
Lancaster 13 14 .481
Pottsvllle 13 19 .406
Allentown 10 17 .70
Reading 16 14 .533
-uisoanaeu.
At Atlantic City- R. H.E.
Atlantio City ..,.. 4 0 0 4 0 01 3-26 17
Lancaster 00180140 0 t IE 5
Batteries Nevinf and Allen; Yeager,
Ely, Srybold and Arthur.
Yesterday's Games.
At Hasleton R. H.K.
Hsxleton 2 00 0 00000- 2 2 1
Pottsvllle 0000 000 0 0-0 I 1
COUNTY LEAGUE.
Seranton Y. M. C. A. Defeats the Dnn
more Morning Glories.
The Bcranton Young Men's Christian
association team won its second
straight game In the county league by
defeating Dunmore yesterday after
noon on the Bcranton bass bait club
grounds. The score was 10 to 2. Dun
more'a two runs were made toward the
end of the game on errors by Brook.
The Bcranton team won by the better
field, work and the heavier batting.
Dean pitched his usual good game and
was well supported by CHIIern. Score
Y. M. C. A.
A.B. R H. O. A. E.
Hoffner, ir I l 2 0 o 0
Murphy, 3b ( 2 t 0 4 0
Oelbert, rf 5 0 2 I 0 0
Owmis, lb 6 1 8 13 0 0
Olllern, c 4 2 I 7 I 0
Brooks, s Illlt
White, 2b t 1 4 0 I
Dean, p 4 11110
Reese, of I 0 0 1.0
Totals 42 10 19 27 ' 16 I
DUNMORE.
A.B, R. H. O. A, R.
Coughlln, Sb 4 0 1 I 4 1
Cuff, lb 4 0 0 1 0 1
O. Walsh, 2b I 0 0 1 S O
Flnnerty, a 4 0 ' 3 9 . 0 0
Ruane, rf 4 110 0 1
Kane, as I 10 11
M. Walsh, If I 0 1,111
Oolden, cf.. 4.0 I 0 0.0
McCawley, p 4 0 0 9 0 0
; Totals SI .8 7 27 . 15 I
: Earned runs T. M. C. A., 4. Two-base
hits Owens 1 Coughlln, Ruane.-Thres
base hll-aillern. Passed balls-Flnnerty,'
1 Struck oat By Coughlln, I: by Dean,
I. Left on bases-(TrM. C. A., I; Dun-
more, T. Stolen bases Brooks. Murphy,
Walsh. First oa errors-Y. M. C. A.. I;
th? Whol?
Dunmore. 1 Umpire Harry IIonewelL
Time 1.41
A meeting of the Lackawanna County
league was held la the parlors of the
Young Men's Christian association yester
day at 2 o'clock for the purpose of com
pleting the schedule and taking In two
other clubs In place of Olyphant. Simp
son club and the Anthracites, of Mooslc,
were admitted. A committee consisting
of President H. P. Simpson, T. R. Brooks,
Mr. Hockenbuiw, or Carbondale, and Mr.
Flnnerty, of Dunmoro, was chosen to ar
range the final schedule and draft a con
stitution and by-laws. Harry Hopewell
was appointed league umpire.
SCRANTON CLUB SCUEDULE.
Keraaton at Home,
29, SO, a with Syracuse.
1 with Syracuse.
I 8. 5 with Rochester,
f , 1 1 with Toronto.
10, 12. IS with Buffalo.
14. 15. M with Wllkes-Barre.
10, 11, 12 with Springfield.
13, 14. 15 with Providence.
July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
Soranton Abroad.
27 at Buffalo.
19, SfO at Wllkes-Barre.
22, 23 at Providence.
Si, 27 at Sprlnglleld.
29, 30 at Buffalo. .
July M,
Aug. 17,
Aug. 21,
Aug. 24.
Aug. 28,
Aug. 31
Sept. 2
Sept. 1
Sept. 1
at Toronto,
at Toronto (2 games).
4, 4 at Syracuse.
7, 9 at Rocheater.
Shoving the Sphere.
Chadlie Helms, Herb Watres. David
Morgan, Kvan Jones, Professor James
Hughes and Daniel Phillips, Gordon
Noakes, D M. Jones, Will Burrlll and
other "has beena" hied themselves to the
Round Woods base ball grounds yesterday
afternoon and for two hours the natives
were taught how to piny ball. Errors
were as numerous as the urchins of Pata
gonia and brilliant plays were considered
dire nilxhnps, punishable by a fine. The
pitching of Jones and Lewis were the sole
features.
DIAMOND DUST.
Anson will have to give the "Colts" a
tonic if he wants to finish In the first di
vision. The Commercial Travelers will not have
a practice game today on accout of bicycle
races this afternoon.
In the Wllkes-llarre victory over Buf
falo on Wednesday, Jack Keenan pitched
his sixteenth winning game out of twenty
four. ,
Dummy" Hoy refuses to be transferred
to the Indianapolis club. H says when
he gets through with the National league
he will retire from the diamond.
The New Yorks generally make the most
successful Western trips of any Eastern
club, and the Chlcagos usually make th
most succeessful trips to the East of any
of the Western clubs.
The more President N.'E. Young's staff
of umpires for this season are tried the
more they are found wanting. They are
almost without exception a disgrace to
the great national games
With the retirement of Roger Connor,
the national game will lose not only one
of its oldest exponents, but one of the
most honorable men that was ever con
nected with It.
There la a rumor that Rusle Is sulking.
He certainly knows whether his arm is In
shape to pitch or not better than anyone
else. Meekln was permanently Injured I y
being worked when out of condition and
it behooves the management to be more
careful of Rusie. He la the stock in trade
of the club. New York Advertl;r.
Replying to an article in the Leader,
which Intimated, that the Scranton base
ball team was "simply no good," The
Tribune of that town says: "Scranton
ought to take a day off and give Carbon
dale a good spanking Just to take the swell
out of her head." If a date can be ar
ranged, however, when the soup eaters
are In the best of condition we will go out
to their funeral with the greatest of
pleasure. Carbondale never found any
difficulty in defeating Harrlsburg and the
only redeeming features In the Scranton
soup eaters are the three aenators they
secured from our State league. (The Trib
une's proof reader and compositors must
have conspired to not credit a W llkes
Barre paper with the above paragraph,
which The Tribune copied. However, we
might rise to remark that there are Idiots
among base ball writers the same as In
other walks of life and possibly this ap
plies to the Leader man, whose bump of
recollection does not contain tne game on
the Carbondale grounds before the season
opened and in which Carbondale was
spanked 15 to 1. The Scranton club Is
rank now, but goodness knows It was
ranker when the toy game was played
with Carbondale. Don't get a swelled
head, Mr. Leader man.
Amateur Ball Notes.
The Shamrocks will play the Morning
Oloriea on their grounds July 28 at 3 p. m.
A. Murphy, captain.
The Americans, of Dunmore, accept the
challenge of the Crackajacks and will play
them on Wednesday, July 31, at 2.30 sharp.
The Sunsets, of the South Side, will play
the Anthracites, of Mooslc, on Saturday,
July 27, on the Moosio grounds at 3.30 p. m.
The Green Ridge Senators challenge
the Anthracites, of Mooslc, to a game of
ball on Tuesday, July 30. Answer through
The Tribune.
The Rosebuds of Linden street, defeated
the Recorder Juniors. The Recorders
failed to make an appearance and the
game was awarded to the Stars. ,
The Anthracites, of Mooslc, defeated
the Lake Ariel ball club by the score of
iS to 11. The battery for the Anthracites
were Young, Mulroney and O'Nell.
The Anthracites, of Mooslc, accept the
challenge of the Green Ridge Senators and
will meet them on the Mooslc grounds at
J. SO Tuesday, July 30. John Deans, man
ager.
. The Rosebuds, of Linden street, chal
lenga the Eagles to a game of ball on Sat
urday at 3 p. m. J. H. Campbell, mana
gtr; Frank Oearns, captain. Answer
through Tribune. . '
The Americans, of Dunmore, challenge
the West End Stars to a game of ball
on Friday, Aug. 2, game to be played oh
No. 6 grounds, Dunmore, at 2.80 sharp,
M, Vaughn, manager; W. Haycock, cap
tain.
The Mooslc Popular! will play the North
End Stars on Saturday, Aug, S, If they
wish, on the tatter's grounds, ss we can
not play on Saturday, July 27. If accept
able answer through The Tribune. Tbomns
Mulr, manager. . ..
LOVE'S BAROMETER.
No matter If her brow is wrinkled deep
With frowns thst drlvs away her lovtr's
sleep.
t
Na matter if her lovely blue' eye hath
That In It which betokens oomlng wrath;
Na matter If her ruby Una give fsst
Cyclonic words and many a withering
.blast;
No matter If ber heart, sometimes so
warm,
Is full to overflowing with the, storm
Thou soeskest true. Barometer. X sweaf,
When .saying always: Changeable, yet
For, though she changer a dozen times a
day.
She's always fair as la the month of May.
From which she's namedand ttver I'll .
Prefer her wrath to any other's smile.
Harper's Basar.
World of Sport
GENERAL SPORTS.
All arrangements for the big bicycle
race meet at the Driving Park
this afternoon are complete. The
track has been put In first
class condition and the . Class
"A" records may bo broken, as many
of the fastest Class "A" men will be
present. Many of the flyers arrived
yesterday fternoon and evening and
are quartered In different hotels.
The Lawience band will furnish
music at th Park from the new band
atand, on top of the grand stand. This
will be the first affair to take place In
the park since It has been renovated.
The changes made are extensive, and
the park today Is one of the finest In
the country.
Following la a list of the prizes and
the events to be ridden:
One mile novice First prise gold
medal second prlxe, sliver medal.
One-half mile open Flrat prise dia
mond, valud :)(; second vrlse, diamond,
value $15; third prise, diamond, value
110.
One-fourth mtle oik n First prlxe, dia
mond, value 1-5; second prlxe, diamond,
value $15.
One-half mile (for boys under 16
years) First prize, gold medal; second
prlxe, silver medal.
line mile (championship of Lacka
wanna county First prise, diamond,
value $25; second prise, diamond, value
$15.
Two mile lap First prlxe. diamond.
value $Ui; second prise, diamond, value
$-V; third prlxe, diamond, value $10.
Two mite ha nd lea u First urlze. dia
mond, value $50; second prize, diamond,
value $5: third prlxe. diamond, value
$15; fourth prlxe, diamond, value $10.
One mile open First prize, diamond.
value $50; second prize, diamond, value
$J5; third prlxe, diamond, value $10.
Master Lelioy Davenport, of Middle-
town, N. Y., the champion boy trick
rider or the world, will give an exhibi
tion between the races.
MASTER LEROY DAVENPORT.
All the final heats will be paced by
the peerless tandem team, Gregory and
White, thereby avoiding any loafing'
which generally makes races tiresome.
and good, speedy pace will be the result.
The races will begin at 2:30 sharp.
The admission, whloh Is only 25 cents,
should attract a large crowd, as the
usual admission for similar affairs Is
fifty cents.
Take a half day off this afternoon.
and enjoy yourself. Green Rldge and
Providence cars run near the entrance
to the park.
WHIRLS OF THE WHEEL.
At Calford, England, Thursday, the bl
cyclist Weatherley covered a quarter of a
mile with a flying start. In 26 4-5 seconds,
making a new record.
Walter Pearson, aged 19 years, son of
ex-Mayor Pearson, of Allegheny, Pa., Is
lying at the point of death from the effects
of his ride In the Cleveland-Pittsburg rond
race last Saturday. There Is no hope of
nls recovery.
The following are the miles made by
John Lawson, the "terrlbl Swede," when
he broke the American road record for 25
miles at Chicago recently: First, 2.18-11;
second, 2.18; third, 2.17; fourth, 2.20; fifth,
2.28; sixth. 2.22W. seventh, 2.80; eighth, 2.30'i:
ninth, 3.204: loth, 2.27H; 11th, 3.30 4-6; 12th,
2.32; 13th, 2.23; 14th, 2.17Vh: 16th, 2.30; 18th,
2.38 1-8; 17th, 2.274; 18th, 2.34; 19th. 2.2Si;
20th, 2.36; 21st, 2.31; 22d, 2.37Vi; 23d, 2.39; 24th,
2.24; 25th, 2.48V4.
AMONG THE PUGS.
Ryan and Billy Smith have agreed to
meet at the big carnival. -
Dempsey's days are growing shorter. He
keeps himself alive only by the use of
stimulents.
George Green, "Young Corbett," Is do
Ing pretty well. His victory over Shadow
Maber was a conclusive one. He la to
meet Tommy West soon, and Is ready for
Jack McAullffe.
In reply to Tom O'Rourke'a offer to pit
Joe Walcott against Jimmy Handler and
Kid Laving on the same day. Handler's
manager, Fred W. Volgt, says: "Handler
has always steadfastly refused to box
colored men, believing they should be In
class by themselves, and hi does not now
see any reason for breaking that rule. "
They Will Play This Afternoon.
The game of alley ball that was to have
been played at the court or Thomas Lo
san. in Prlceburg, between Michael Gil
roy and Martin Flnntwry, of Dunmore;
Michael Cosgrove and Patrick Barry, of
Hyde Park, on Thursday, was postponed
on account of the rain and will take place
this afternoon at ISO,
SHE WAS A LADY.
A short, broad-backed young man, with
hair the color of a parsnip and the honest
sunburn of the cornfiold ori his face and
hands, walked Into the office of a Detroit
hotel on night last week and wrote on
the register In a large and scrawly hand:
"Jonas Bee and lady, Michigan."
"She's your wife, I suppose 7" queried
the clerk as h looked at tne record
"You bet! Bin my birdie since I o'clock
Mils morning!"
"Then you'd better put her down as your
wlfo.
"Jess as you say," replied Jonas, and he
took the pen and made tne entry to read
"Jonas Bebee and wife, who Is a lady."
"ShWs a lady, Is she," growled the clerk
as he scanned the new record.
"You kin bet your last dollar she is,"
heartily exclaimed the new-made hus
band. "Yus, sir, you kin gamble your last
shilling that she's a lady from tip to toe.
Is that entry all right nowr
"Yes. It'll do. I guess."
Then gimme a room, and a durned good
one, ' too, and we want beefsteak and
mashed 'taters fur supper. Yes, sir, she's
real lady, Sarah la, and that's how I
cum to fsll (n love with tier. Took her to
a picnic, and while every other blamed
woman ate punkin pie out of their hands
she put hern oa a chip and used a silver
fur a spoon t Tou bet she's a lady; and If
you ketch her puttln' her knife In her
mouth at the table I'll slap $2 on to the bill
and never say a word. Detroit - Free
Press.
TWO LOST LETTER STORIES.
From the Youth's Companion.
An English merchant was advised by
hla agent that a check for i00 would be
sent to him by the next mail. It did not
come and the 'merchant at one made
complaint at the poatofflce. The postman
on the route was called In by the post
master, and. In answer to questions, said
that the missing packet was duly received
and delivered. He remembered It dis
tinctlyits shape, color and postmark.
Aa his habit was, ha had poked It under
the house door, with two other letters
and a 'newspaper. The merchant's wife
had picked up three packets, and was
positive there had not been a fourth.
The postmaster went to the house and
examined It carefully. Then he looked
Into the back garden. Hla eye lighted on
a litter of puppies. A thought struck
him.
Have the dog knnel cleared out,
please."
"Nonsense. Whyt"
"Kindly have It cleared."
"Well, If it must be. Thomas, take out
the straw."
On the floor of the kennel, torn Into a
hundred bits, lay the missing letter and
check. A current of air along the passage
had blown the letter about. The puppies,
naturally enough, hail pounced upon It as
a plaything, and had had a good time.
Mr. Haines, who tells tills story In his
"Forty yeprs at the postofltce," adds an
other equally good. A merchant com
plained of the Ions of a letter mailed from
his uttice, containing some hundreds of
pounds in Bank of Englamd notes. Finally
an expert from the IPostoflice depart
ment called upon him.
"Believe me, sir," the expert said, "I
have an object In what I ask. Will you
kindly sit at your desk and recall each
operation conneoted with the missing let
ter?" "With pleasure. I sit here. I take a
sheet of thin note paper and one of those
covers. Then I write my letter and fold It
up so. Next I go to my safe and take out
the notes, enter their numbers, fold them.
put them In the letter, and the letter Into
the cover. Then I sral them ail up as
you now see me do."
"Just so; and what next?"
"Why, my clurk comes In and clears off
my desk for the post."
'But you wrote this one at noon, and
the post does not go out before night."
' Oh, yes, of course! I quite forgot to
say that a money letter, for greater se
curity, I put in a left-hand drawer."
Which one?"
Which? Why this one. I open It so.
and I bless my soul! aoodtiess me! I
am very sorry for the trouble I- have
given. Here is the letter!"
KISSES AND THE NEW WOMAN.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Mrs. Maria Lee, of Bountiful. Utah. Is
the latest development of the "new wo
man." Mrs. Lee is very pretty and her
husband Is very much In love with her,
much to her dlwgust. She is a new woman
and declares that there should not be any
such thing as love between the sexes. On
this account she resists all the demonstra
tions of affection which Mr. Lee would be
pleased to shower upon her.
For the paat three months Mrs. Lee has
refused to allow her husband to kiss her.
A few days ago he asked her for a kiss.
and when all hla pleadings proved to be In
vain, he determined to extort the ovula
tory embrace from her by force. Mrs.
Lee resisted, whereupon Mr. Lee drew a
revolver and threatened that If Mrs. Lee
refused to give him the kiss to which he
believed that he was entitled he would
shoot her. Mrs. Lee, knowing perfectly
well that the revolver was loaded and be
lieving that her husband would put his
threat into execution if she persisted In
her refusal to kiss him, grudgingly con
sented to allow him to touch her lips, al
though she first endeavored to coax him
lo put aside the gun. But the amorous
man was not to be fooled by any such
transparent ruse, and, revolver In hand,
he took his kiss.
But this Is not the end of the story.
Mrs. Lee became very highly Indignant at
her husband's conduct and declared that
she would sue htm for divorce, as she
didn't care to be the wife of a man who
would extort a k'.ss from his unwilling
spouse at the point of a revolver. She
therefore sued for a divorce. When Mr.
Lee heard thla he became very angry and
damaged hla case by knocking her down
and beating her. After thla he left her
and did not again call on her. She there
fore secured a divorce by default.
It Is a pity that Mr. Lee should have be
haved In this manner and jeopardized his
case. It would have been interesting to
see whether the law would have sustained
the new woman in her suit for divorce on
the ground that her husband had extorted
a kiss at the point of a revolver. The
right of a woman to refuse kisses to her
husband should be decided In order that
there may be no doubt as to her rights or
the man's.
ODDS AND ENDS OF SPORT.
Cleveland, July 24. Monday will see the
opening of the Grand Circuit meeting at
Cleveland. The total number of horses
entered Is 234, or 75 more entered than at
the Detroit races this week. A special
train will bring all the horses down from
Detroit after the races Saturday.
Rata Baby was sick, we gave her Casterta,
When she was a Quia, she cited for Oaeterta.
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SEEING THE F0XEI6X SIGHTS.
The Ball dame of the Romans and Bow
It is Mayed-Aa la teres! lag iterative
of a Great tiniest. :
George Ade, In Chicago Record.
Florence. Italy. Juno 26. Pallona la to
this part of Italy what baseball ks to the
United States and the Idol of too smaU
boy Is a bronze-colored copy of Capt.
Anson by name Mansenelll, or some
thing very much like it. A few people
may be surprised to learn that tier In
Florence the inhabitants do not spend
all their time in showing reverence for
art. As a. matter of fact, very few of
them go Into the galleries from on
year's end to another, and moat of them
are mldly amused at the passionate
devotion shown by tourists. There has
been so much Ruakln and renaissance
talk about Florence that a stranger
might expect to find the place one vast
att gallery peopled by mortals of severe
and critical expression. Instead of that
he gets Into thoroughfares of the most
modern and unhandsome buildings,
with by-ways devoted to smells, noises,
doorway life and contended poverty.
If he wishes to see the master-piece of
Michael Angelo he must consult a guide
book, but to witness a game of pallone
one has only to follow the crowd.
The road to the ball grounda leada un
der a crumbling Roman gate In order
that the past may be shown In rldlukms
contrast with the present. Just outside
t'he line of the old walls Is a little park
with a forlorn and tattered merry-go-round
In the center of It and beyond is
the ball ground. At first only a high
wall of fresh unpalnted pine can be
seen, but after passing around one end
of this there came Into view a tight
fence with a hole in It (the) ticket office).
and two boards missing (the gate).
Above the fence could be seen a row of
hats and there were visible signs of ex
citement on the "bleachers."
Pallone Is not so expensive as base
ball. A good seat In the sunny section,
well removed from the center of play,
costs 6 cents (American money). The
best of the uncovered seats are 10 cents
each, whtle for 20 cents the spectator
may touch elbows with the aristocracy
on the hlgh.canopled platform and have
a chair all to himself. On thla day the
attendance waa about 800, scatteringly
distributed through th3 three sections
facing the court.
This court was about 75 feet wide and
300 feet king, paved with cement, and as
level as a tiled floor. It extended north
and south, and along the west side was
the pine wall, at least sixty feet high,
Goal posts were painted on the wall,
one at each end and one In the middle.
The court was divided through the mid
die by a plain white line, and there were
no otiher markings.
It may simplify matters to say at the
beginning that pallone Is a mixture of
tennis and handball, the objects being,
after the ball is put Into play, to send it
Into the other court, so that It cannot
be returned, or else drive it, by one
neroic stroke, the length of theJ field and
Into the goal.
There are three payers on each side.
The players wear white uniforms, and
vne sides are distinguished by colored
easnes. on this day h was a game be
tween Rome and Florence. The Ro
mans wore purple sashes and the Flor
entines had red ones. And the game was
wen under way.
If you can picture the hub of a car
riage wheel hollowed out from one end
and covered thickly with short, blunt
spikes of wood, you will know what
each player used In driving the ball.
Inside of this large, prickly, awkward
appearing wooden glove was a band-
hold. Between plays the men walked
over to the wall and pounded their
gloves against the boards so as to get a
firmer grip. They seemed to do this
either from force of habit or to relieve
the strain of exciting play, the same ss
a Chicago bell player rubs his hands In
the dust and then wipes them on his
shirt.
The next thing to take Into considera
tion is the 'ball. Up to the present time
tnis terming story of the Italian na
tlonal game may read like a set of rules.
but It must be remembered that all
really Important contests are delayed
rrom one cause and another.
Inside the ball was hollow rubber.
Outside tt was tough leather. When
It came down In the hand-court It
bounced lightly but onoe. Wlhen It was
knocked wildly out of the bounds It
made a hole In the tiled roof of a humbla
dwelling house. Aa often as it fell
among the opectatora there was
scramble to get out of the way, for
It was six Inches In diameter and the
usual speed was that of a busy cannon
ball.
There are one or two other things to be
remarked. The game did not begin un
til 6:45 p. m., by which time the entire
court was shaded, and on each side there
was a left-handed player, because a
right-handed player could not have re
turned the ball when It came whizzing
Into the south court only an Inch or
two from the wall.
The ball was always put Into play
frotn the north court. A big Roman
stood at the top of the Inclined plank
and potaed the heavy glove above his
head. At a sharp signal he ran down
the Incline, bringing the glove forward
In aa long swings A second player.
tiwenty feet away and facing him, tossed
the ball, which was caught on the return
swing, and sent flying some 250 feet
down the field. No sooner had it
bounded from the glove than a Floren
tine, with fluttering sash, was running
to meet it. As he ran he drew back his
knuckled glove and held ft In readiness,
Without slacking hit speed he brought
the glove around with a whole-arm
movement, and the big ball bounded
high Into the air, and would have fallen
close to the iwall In the Roman half but
for the fact that a bald-headed, knotty
little player, who faintly resembled
Mayor Swift, of Chicago, was there to
give It a resounding whack and send It
back to the Florentines. This time it
flew so Close to the wall that the left
handed man In 'returning K knocked
splinters from the pine with his spiked
carriage hub. But he put It back safely.
and there were cheers and shouts of
"bravo," even In the midst of the un
finished play. A Roman, by a clean
stroke, sent It well Into the center of the
other court, and the largest Florentine
came on a run to meet it. Ha sfhovted
to a second player who waa coming from
one aide to get out of hla way. The
Dlaver fell to the ground to avoid the
swing of the spiked glove, and the big
Florentine "smashed" thebatl a running
stroke which sent It to the other and
of the court and Into the goal although
If it had been foot or two higher the
point would liava counted for the
Romans.
Then the "rooters" cheered an um
pire, or referee, who had not been heard
from before, bellowed some thing- and
made a mark In the dust wMa Ma cane,
a small boy changed the figures) on tb
bulletin board, and th ti4j of the mo
men, aa unconcerned aa all hero are
apt to be under such trying circum
stances, slouched over to tb wall and
tapped hi glovs .for new koM.
The score itt this tine showed a slight
ad van. tag for Rom, as nearly as) a
dased foreigner could interpret th buH
letln boaru. wneiner or not tM aa
mlrabl performance on th part of the
big Florentine inspired hi comrades
With confidence and "rattled'' the Ro
mans tt la difficult to say, but It Is a
fact that for fifteen minutes th men In
red sashes played hard pallone. The .
little one made all sorts of impossible
drive wthlle bugging the wall, and a
second executed many oarmoa against
the wall and kept the Roman guessing.
Once he sent the ball out oil the court at
a right angle but he appeared to excuse
this miserable error by pointing; out to
the big player that there was ' some
thing the matter with the wooden glove.
An American left fielder could not nave
been more ingenious under the circum
stances.
There were but few really bad plays.
hawever.and only once during the game
did a player miss th ball when he
struck at H. Wonderful accuracy and
great strength were displayed In driv
ing the ball king distances. In spite of
the great size of the couit It was not
uncommon for the ball to lie driven back
and forth eight or ten times without
coming to the ground, although it was
allowable to strike it on the first bound.
The men also showed alacrity In getting
out of one another's way which was
very wise of them, considering the kind
of gloves that were being swished
through the air.
The counting was much the same as
In tennis and after each "et" the side
changed ends. Bookmakers offered
odds on each set and also on the entire
game, and If a spectator didn't want to
bet on the playing he could buy lottery
tickets at any price from 2 2-5 cents
each upward. A man with a silver half
dollar could have the rarest kind of a
sport all during the game. The book
maker occupied small pine booths, ana
did not present an affluent appearance.
Refreshments were on sale, and for
the equivalent of 1 cent a spectator
could get a glass of water slightly tinc
tured with anise. Under the Cheering in
fluence of this drink the crowd re
mained good-natured and sympathetic
The Italians, at least those In Italy, are
pleasant people to be with at this sort
of a place. A stranger is accorded
courtesy, and the game 1 explained to
him In Florentine dialect
In one respect the crowd was very
sportsmanlike. Of course it sympathised
with) the Florence team, but it applaud
ed the good plays on both sides, and did
not applaud the errors of the Romans,
even though these error added to the
Florence score. It preserved a decor
ous slk-nce.
It might be added, in conclusion, that
Florence won.
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