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THE SCKAJiTOX . TMBTJNE "WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1898.
Mm TME - SPORTING Willi
IB POWER IS BLUFFING
He Savs a Pacific Coast Club Is After
Him.
M'DEKMOTT IS XOT AXXIOtS
Think Power Is roar-flushing and Will
Let Syracuse Manager Settle It.
Players Will All Da Hera
SoturJoy.
Apparently Tom Powers will not play
In Scran ton this year. He Is an old
hand at the contract business and has
tried a four-Hush draw against Man
ager McDermott. who In turn, being as
crafty as Power, called the b'.uff. It
baa been a matter of Power wanting
more money from Scranton than he re
ceived from Syracuse last year, at the
Mine time Intimating that he wished to
play on the Pacific slope. When the
telegraphiccorrespondonoe reached this
point Monday niRht, McDermott dis
continued negotiations and yesterday
wrote Herr Kuntsssch, of Syracuse, from
whom Power was bought for $200, to
deliver the goods or return the two
liundrcd. ' AFTER THE PURCHASE.
Three weeks ago the purchase was
made and McDermott sent to Colorado
a contract for Power to sign. He did
not reply, nor could lie be located by
further letters and telegrams. Sunday
he. wired McDermott that the Scran
ton terniB were not satisfactory, and
McDermott wired back asking the Call
fornlan what his terms were. Power
replied, saying he did not want to play
here and was negotiating with a Pacific
coast club. Then It was that Scrnn
ton's malinger decided to call the bluff
and ho yesterday wrote Kuntzsch In
forming' him of Power's position and
asking "wot fell."
Valuable as Power Is, he was par
ticularly wanted only to captain the
team, as In Pierce Chiles, the West Vir
ginian. Mac thinks he has a man who
la all right for first base as far as the
position and hitting are concerned. So
Power with his four-flush will be left
to decide with the Syracuse manager
what he will do.
PRACTICAL GAMES.
Meanwhile, McDermott Is hustling
along his plans for the beginning of the
season. Dy Saturday the players will
report here and begin training prepar
atory to starting next Tuesday night on
t,he practice trip. Hartford and New
Haven are scheduled for the opening
games on Wednesday and Thursday,
but McDermott has a chance to begin
with Princeton and Orange and may let
the New England gnmes go by the
board, as the New Jersey dates are
much more satisfactory, on account of
distance, for a beginning. The other
aamea scheduled are:
April J" ami 18 at Pnterson.
April SO at New Hedford.
April 21 at Newark.
April 2! and 23 at Uroekton.
April 24 and 23 at Pall River.
April IT and "S at home, Cuban Giants.
April 29 at home, Carbontlule.
After reporting here and until their
departure the men will do a portion of
their training on a hand-ball court
which is being built at the northwest
corner of the groundfi near the dress
ing rooms. Any systematized ball
playing will not be permitted until the
scheduled practice games begin.
Piggy" Ward reached here yester
day and looks fit to play the game of
his life. During February and March
he reduced his weight twenty pounds.
Several players are en route.
Work at the park Is progressing rap
Idly and within ten days the property
will have been made as comfortable
and attractive as any In the league.
BOLWIXG CONTEST.
Begins Tomorrow llotueen the West Side
nnd Central City Clubs.
A bowling series between teams of
the central city and West Side will
begin tomorrow night In Backus' alley
In the central 'city. The West Side
games will be played In Warnke's al
ley. There will be five matches In each
alley.
Messrs. Warnke. Yoos, Allspaugh,
Kooiib and Jamicson comprise the
WeBt Side team, and Messrs. West
pfahl, Wharton, Stone, . Smith nnd
Evans well represent the central city,
The contest Is only for supremacy and
a supper.
Expect No New Kocnrd.
London, April 7. Lord Dufferln, the
British Ambassador to France; the Mar
quia of Lome, a son-in-law of the
Queen, and a host of other notables
will attend the Olympic games at
Athens. According to English athletes
now at Athens, there Is no promise of
anything liKe records being made.
A private letter says that unless the
foreign athletes lend Interest to the
games they will be a farce. The Greek
athletes In practicing, with the King
and Court and 3,000 of the populace look
ing on, could not do anything that would
even excite remark elsewhere. The
man who did a high jump of five feet
two Inches was applauded, and the
athlete who covered three yards In two
hops and a Jumpexclted enthusiasm,
Good Trotters llnrncd.
Buffalo, N. Y., April 7. Fire at the
driving park last night destroyed the
stables leased by Alonzo McDonald, the
well-known trainer, and 20 valuable
horses were burned to death. The fire
was caused by the explosion of an oil
stove In one of the cleaner s rooms,
There were 30 horses In McDonald's
string, most of which arrived here last
Thursday. Among those which per,
Ished were Red Qothard and Blue Bird.
The stables were owned by J. C. Ham
lln, and were valued at $10,000. The loss
on the horses Is estimated at about
175,000.
Foreign "Hikers" Coming.
Tom Eck Is In Europe with his team.
and promises to return In August with a
long list of foreign riders for the fall
races. The prizes In this country will
I Hava the Largest
And Most Complete
REPAIR SHOP
In tha City and Can Do
Brazing,
Enameling,
Nickel Plating,
Tir? Utolcanizing,
ETC., IS WELL IS UN Y BICYCLE FACTORY
G.M.FLOREY
' 222 Wyoming Avsnaj.
-: a .til C-1 BIHLOUKL
be larger, the races will be more numer
ous every week, and America Is attrac
tive to the foreign rider as a rule. Many
match races will be run during the sea
son, and it Is not improbable that
Michael, the little Frenchman, may be
seen In this country. Hamilton Is at
tempting to get on an hour race with
this rldrr f r a large stake, and he
makes an offer of J.00 for training ex
penses If Michael will come over to this
country to race.
TIM 1 HE TKKROK.
I'mplro Hurst Severely Kossa a Foorth
Clacs 'enippcr.
Over In Ashland, Pa., where Tim
Hurst spends his time when he isn't en
gaged in the ring as referee or on the
diamond curbing unruly ball tosscrs,
an athlttle club was started several
weeks ago. Of course Tim started It
and was at once elected president,
treasurer a.td match-maker. Ills liirt
nn.ve was to engage Casjier Leon and a
Philadelphia star, Steve Flanagan, to
box at the opening show of the evening
of April 7. The town of Ashland was
billed "like a circus" for the show and
esldents of adjacent villages have been
saving up for several days. Hut Flan
agan wired Mr. Hurst us follows:
Philadelphia. Murch 30.
Have another tiithl on for that tilttht.
Don't want yours. 8TKVU.
Some matchmakers would have start
ed post haste for Quakcrstown with an
ilea of discussing the situation and in
hieing Flanagan to change his mind.
Tim is not that kind of a matchmaker.
"I'll drop that guy a few lines," he
said quietly. Here are the "lines:"
New York. March 30.
Mr. Stiff Flanagan:
Vour televrnni at hand. Do von think
I am a duffer? Why did you promise two
weeks ago to box this man? llpcause yoj
wanted to string me alous possibly, but
you 'have made a mistake. Vour graft
is boxing fnke four-round bouts witn
inlxed-ule stiffs. You are afraid of your
soap-bubble reputation. Somebody might
stink a pin in It. Hoping the police w.ll
cut short your professional career by giv
ing you six months twice a year, I remain
TI.MOTIiY HFIldT.
P. 8. I figure on stettlnc even for the
IU.30 the club has bpent for advertising
wnen i meet you. i, li.
Flanagan is going to have Hurst ar
rested for Impiopeily using the United
States mails.
BASE BALL NOTES.
Buffalo docs not want Pitcher Eampe.
Jack Houston has begun playing with
New Orleans.
Shun noii hits sold pitcher Luby to
the Curbondnle club.
Kochester bus loaned Third Baseman
Henry to Lancaster.
Tommy Bannon, the New York out
fielder, will be one of the Jersey City
farmers.
Camptleld, with Wllkes-Barre last
season. Is Maying with Dallas of the
Texas league.
Buffalo hns signed a Western pitcher
by the name of Roach, making five
twlrlers In all.
The cievelnnders struck out more
times during isj than any other team,
Washington excepted.
The National league last year tried
IS umpires, of whom five are on the list
announced to ofllcinte this year.
There are still 31 men on the Chicago
pay-roll. This list Includes nine pitch
ers, and Chicago will release none of
them for the present.
To Washington has been assigned the
V.lng of the major league staff of um
pires for the premier game on April 16,
with New York, and his name It is
Timothy Hurst. Washington Post.
Third Baseman McUraw, of the ual-
tlmoreB, Is 111 with what hns been diag
nosed as typhoid fever In the Atlanta
hospital. If this Is true, Donnelly,
drafted from Springfield, wll surely re
place McUraw.
Ex-Uovernor McKiniey was given a
silver pass by President Robinson, of
..levelund, and here is wnat ne sain:
I have your courteous compliment of
the Mth Inst. Please accept my thanks.
I enjoy few things more, as a relaxa
tion, than to witness a good game of
base ball.
Big George or "Mike."
' Mahoney, the
pitcher, is In
nny amateur
Herculean Georgetown
bigger demand than
nltcher In the country.
But the Major
managers will
league magnates and
waste valuable time by
fabulous offers
and attempt to corral him Into the big
league. When Mahoney graduates
from Georgetown he will settle
down at his home In Boston and prac
tice medicine.
It will be worth the price of admis
sion this year to hear Jennings and
McUraw conversing In Latin with Jack
Doyle during the progress of a game.
They can call Tim Hurst a horse-thief,
a highwayman and a dog-kennel bou
quet In a dead language, and Tim don't
know a word about it. Whereas, if
"Dad" Clarke or Patsey Tebeuu at
tempted It In their East Troy American
alive language, Mr. Hurst would be on
In a minute.
Of Big BUI Clark, with Scranton last
year, a New York writer sarcastically
says: "Mr. Wllllnm Clark, of Pitts
burg, Pa., a member of the New York
base ball team, Is a large, strong young
man of somnolent disposition, with a
tendency to assume attitudes of repose.
It Is not unlikely that Mr. Clark would
bo a difficult man to arouse at night it
the house took lire. In the game at
Manhattan Field. Clark, In a comatose
condition, stood near first base In the
coachers' position. Pitcher Seymour
was at the bat and Manager Irwin
urged him to knock the brass tacks out
of the ball. Mr. Seymour took good
aim nnd drove a bull ot Clark like a
shot from a Hotchklss gun. Clark
heard the bleaeherlles yell and looked
up just as the pigskin struck him In the
middle of the back. He cost n re
proachful look at Seymour for thus dis
turbing his siesta and then resumed
his nap."
The New York base ball club has, ap
parently without nny reason, cancelled
its date with Syracuse on the Polo
grounds for April 7. Manager Kuntzsch
Is at a loss to'uudertstand the why and
wherefore. "The oti'v reason that I
can think of for this action," said he,
"Is that they may be nfrald of the
Stare, who are the best tenm that the
Giants are to meet during their exhibi
tion season. It wouldn't look well for
the team to be beaten by a minor lenirue
club." Syracuse Herald. Isn't that
juicy? The reason Is "apparent" to
anyone conversant with the game in
that the Polo grounds, ovlng to de
layed repairs, will be unfit for use for
several days yet, and Manhattan field,
which Is being used for the Giants'
practice Is not adapted to good, regula
tion gnmes. But It's a pity the game
was cuncelf'd and Euch an opportunity
lost for reducing the fIkp of Kuntsseh's
hat band. Doubtless the Suit City root
ers will believe In all good faith that
there Is no trnm In the IMg league thnt
dnres run up against their nrrirrratlon
ot $500 beauties. Springfield Union.
AMATEUR BASK BALL NOTES.
The South Side Base Ball club held
a grand ball at Central Park hall Mon
day night.
H. W. I-uckcy, the Moosle crack
twlrler. will wear a Wllkes-Barre uni
form this season.
The Moosle Pouplars are reorganized
for the coming season, and Manager
Mulr says the team will make the lead
i.m mi i tit uts hustle.
Patrick J. Philbln, the fust outfielder
of the Mlnookas. would make a valuable
acquisition to some of the minor 1oukuu
teams. Philbln Is u good hitter and u',1
around player.
John J. O'Neill, the well kt.own
cntcher of the Mtnonka basn bull team,
will do backstop work for Stroudsbur
Norn-J I school the eaily :'art of the
season, O'Neill Is a promising young
player and ranks as one ot the crack
amateur catchers of this region.
A TWO-MINUTE TROTTER
Myron McHcnry Says Such a
Speedy Flyer Has Beta foaled.
MAXY OKXEKS IDSSESS HIM
That Is, The Think They I)o-Boaner
' Hopes Snnol May Do it Pecu
liarities of Some of tha
Famous llor. es.
That was an ant remark Myron Mc
Hcnry recently made over In New York
w lien asked ns to the two-minute trot
ter, eays a writer In the Chicago News.
Hi- replied tnut he'eonsidered h had
already been foaled, but it was quite'
different getting him from wire to wire
in two minutes. Many a man owning
a favorite fast one fondly hopes he may
have the honor of furnishing to the
world this much anticipated commod
ity. Back a few seasons, when Charley
Marvin had Sunol down the line, he
showed her nt Detroit to the high
wheels a half In 1.02i. and had she
stayed sound I really believe to 'the
pneumatic bike she might have put the
record very close to the great divide.
Mi'. Bonner still hopes to get her sound
enough to stand the ordeal, but It Is
very doubtful if she will ever be what
she was iuj a K-year-old. When on her
trips during her race days it was Im
possible for an outsider to get near her
stall door, so excitable was she, and
few cared to risk her accurate aim
with her lively heels. She was par
ticulaily bad-tempered.
A VICIOl'S CAMPAIGNER.
Little Jay-Eye-See was so gentle a
lady could approach him with safety at
any time, always ready to take a tid
bit and allow his glossy coat to be
stroked. One of the most vicious horses
ever campaigned was old Robert Mc
Gregor, 2.17V4. the famous "monarch
of the home Btretch." When owned
at Glens Palls, N. Y., by W. E. Speer,
but one man could hitch him with
safety and he always wore a bottom
less muzzle.
Days when anything displeased him
he would walk his stall like a Hon In
his cage, occasionally lashing the sides
of his stall with his heels or roaring in
his rage, yet this man Dan Hurley
could ttiter, hitch him, groom him, al
ways, however, well urmcd and on his
guard. On such days he would sweat
ns profusely as If going to a race. Once
harnessed any one could get up and
drive hlni, nnd he never made any dis
turbance on the road.
Another which I used to see trotting
and dangerous to be near was Orange
Bud. 2.21 '4. yet his care-taker was a
mere slip of a boy, not over 14 or so.
He especially hated colored people and
had at two or three times killed or
maimed his attendants. The old chap
was sold for a song because of his un
ruly disposition and raced well till last
season, when In his 20th year he seemed
entirely outclassed. He wus one of the
purest-galted trotters one ever saw. A
stngular fact Is that both of these
maneaters had for a dam a daughter
of Seeley's American Star.
DEXTER HAD TRICKS.
Dexter was none too pleasant about
the stable as I remember him. HIckock
has often remarked ns of old St. Jullen's
dislike for him, and on his occasional
visits to the old fellow after he was
turned out at Mr. Morrow's California
ranch he still bore his old trainer de
cided ill will, resenting any attempt
at friendliness. Track life Is apt to
sour them, but now that training meth
ods are so changed trotters and pacers
i re not so generally nippy or touchy,
lew get anywhere the rubbing In .the
old days arid trainers have far less pro
fanity and loud talk about the stables.
It pays to start a horse right and
little things happening to them In their
young days arc retentively remembered
throughout their careers. De Bary,
2.1it'i, by Nil Desperandum, had a pe
culiarity entirely different from any I
ever saw displayed. He would not pull
a sulky on or off a track and had to be
attached to it on the track and then
unhitched after each heat. Work days
he always refused to work at speed,
save the reverse way of the track, mak
ing it somewhat dangerous to work him
out.
Golden used to work him at about
noon, as at that time few If any were
on the track. Hace days he would
score with his field and was manage
able, though a notoriously bad break
er. The black stallion Dr. Franklin,
2.31, by Generr.l Knox, was similarly
odd as to working the right way of the
track, and made his record the reverse
way, but Inter on, I believe, they got
him out of the notion,
THE TttOT'l IN(i STANDARD.
New Utiles Adopts J b the American Trot
tliiR AHoeiiitlnit.
Chicago, April 7. A new stant'ard
was agreed upon at the annual meeting
of the stockholders of the American
Trotting Association of North Amoilca.
The following resolutions were
odopted:
Believing that the time basis for tho
trotting Ht.'iiulard should be gradually
eliminate'!, and that no anlmil should bo
eligible 10 registry hs a brcrdlng animal
fokly on account of It3 perfonnalics or
the pe:loruian.?i:s ot us relatives, tnore-
fore, b it
Ui-sclvtd. Tl'nt tho following standard
rules ua mil pro heivhy adoutcd to control
registration, lo r.o Into i-lfict May 1. 1SH7,
siibjc-ot to the approval of the stockhold
ers of the American Trottmg Resistor as
sociation at the annual meeting to be held
Auri . 857:
When nn animal meets the requlremonts
and is duly registered, it should be ac
cented as n stamltird bred trotter.
Klrs't The pioaeay c-f a reslstered
standard horse and a registered standard
tiit:in'i mure.
Second A stallion sired by a registered
trotting horse, provided his sire and grand
dam were sired by registered standard
trotting hours, and he himself has a
(lotting retord of 2,Si, nnd is tho sire cf
three trotters with records of 2.30 from
different mare.'.
Third A mure whose sire 1? a reslrtered
standard tro-ttinn horse a:;d whose dam
and grand cam were sired by registered
standard troKirp horiM, provided she her
self l-.us a r?cord of 2.S"). or Is the dam of
one trotter with a record cf Vg. ,
Fourth A mure sird by a registered
standard trott'.nrt horse, provided she is a
dam of two trottcra Willi records of 2.3rt
by different sires.
Fifth A mare Eircd by a ro;;!rtoryl
standard trutlns . hoivc, provided her
lli-Kt, secon.l and third dnnit ar," each
by registered standard trotting hor.
Sixth The proguiiy.oC n stsitiuard trot
ting horse out cf a standard .pacing more,
or of a Etand.'ii'd pacing I'.oi-e out ot a
stsndord troitir.i. nitre.
And fcr painu horses substitute tho
word "paclny" whenever thj worj "trot-
COR A NtT.V DICVCLC or tho repair ol a
Wheel, see
E. R. PARKER,
Who has the longest expeilenck in this line of
any man in the city. Vsu will save money by
following this sd ice. ai tPRtCE T.
ting" occur, and the record tSB" when
ever th record "J.0" appear.
It Is further resolved that on and after
May 1. 1X97. the fres charged for regis
tration of all animals over i years of ago
shall be doubW the regular frea.
Retting on tha Handicaps.
New York. April ?. Brooklyn Henry
of Navcrre, S; Clifford, 8; Kecnan, IS;
Lazxaror.e. 20: Halma. 12; Dr. Rice, SO;
Dorian. 10; Counter Tenor, 15; Bright
Phoebus. SO; Sr.Walter. 10;Nankl-Pooh.
10; Hornpipe, 25; Belmar. 20; The Com
moner, CO; St. Maxim, 20; Vinctor. 75;
Senator Grady. 30; Ben Brush. 30; Sara
goa full; Governor Sheehan, 60;
Lake Shore; SO; Handspring, 40; Con
noisseur, 40; W. B.. 0; Emma C, 75;
Stephen J., : Eloray. 100; King Ar
thur II.. 75; Flora Thornton. 100; Pal
ladln, 100; Primrose, 80; Forget, 75.
Suburban Henry of Navarre. 2:
Clifford. 4; Keenan, 10; Lasxarone. 20;
Halma. 12; Dorian. 15; Counter Tenor.
15: Bright Phoebus. 30; Sir Walter. 8;
NanH-Pooh. 12: Hornpipe. 20; Belmar,
20; The Commoner, 60; Senator Grady,
B0;i Vinctor. 75: Handspring. 40; Sara
gossa. 100; Lake Shore. 80; Connoisseur.
40; Emma C. So: Stephen J., 00; Flora
Prlntroae.'io; Dutch Skater, 75.
WHIRLS OF THK W1IEI L.
A bicycle club Is about to be organ
ised at Plttston.
The South Side Bicycle club held
their regular monthly meeting last
evening.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Scranton Bicycle club will occur to
morrow evening.
Charles Murphy, one of the slickest
of the Class B riders, has been made a
professional at his own request.
The board of directors of the oreen
Ridge Wheelmen held their monthly
meeting last night in the club house.
private cement track Is now being
planned for tho use of the Princes In
tho royal family at Stockholm. Sweden.
Found. On the streets of wukcs-
Barre nil of the old solid and cushion
tired wheels which were used In this
city during the seasons of 1S90-91.
Howard Davis, It. A. wamDow ana
I. L. Rowlson, of the Green Ridge
Wheelmen, were last night elected dele
gates to the good roads convention In
CRrbortdale.
The Fenton bicycle which Is so popu
lar all through New York state Is being
admired by -the bicycle cranks of the
city, and a large sale of this machine la
Iri'ured In Scranton.
The South Side Bicycle club. In con-
Junction with the South Side board ot
trade. Is making arrangements lor a
"good roads" movement In that sec
tion of the city. Let the good work go
on. . .
A prominent English manufacturer is
publishing In his advertisements a Ions;
list of royalty and people of rank who
are riding his wheel. England will un
doubtedly have the same trouble witn
the titled fraternity that the L. A. W,
had with Class B.
A meeting of the promoters of the
Drorjosed Scranton-Carbondale-Hones-
dale cinder path will be held Friday
evening at the Hotel American, Car
bondale. The Green Ridge Wheelmen
and the Scranton Bicycle club will send
delegates to the meeting.
The latest thing In the musical line
Is the "Yellow Fellow Two-step," a
tuneful and catchy piece of music dedi
cated to riders of Stearns bicycles. Its
composer Is W. B. Rogers, of the fa
mous Seventh Regiment band, isew
York, and the publisher la J. W. Pep
per. Philadelphia.
C. M. lorey nas receivea a sspaiaing-
Bldwell bicycle carriage. It Is a very
unique affair, being the latest edition
to the bicycle family. It is a three-
wheel machine, built upon the ssme
principle as the luggage carriage, hav
ing a carriage seat In place of the box
as on the carrier.
One of the attractions at the Pentl
Cycle club show held recently at Read
ing, Fa., was the exhibition at tne
booth of the Wyomlsslng Cycle com
pany of diamonds, silverware, medals
and trophies won by Champion Charles1
W. Krlck, who will ride a names
White flyer this season.
The racing season In tills section of
the country will be formally opened on
Memorial Day (May SO) with race meets
at Binghamton, Allentown and Elmlra.
The Scranton flyers will divide between
Binghamton and Allentown. Keller
will probably go to the former city,
while White will try his Cleveland
racer In the Peanut City,
The following members of the Scran
ton Bicycle club participated In a club
run to Plttston on Sunday last: Cap
tain Harry Lucas, Jack Connolly,
Barny Connolly. H. C. Wallace, Will
iam Boyle, Ernest Gllmore, Fred Ed
wards, George Gardner and George
Hintermlester. The roads were rather
heavy, but the ride was thoroughly en
Joyed, nevertheless.
Charles Coleman, the fastest rider In
the city, and one who promises to be
one of the fastest In the country, will
ride a Syracuse racer this summer,
having purchased same of Blttenbender
Co., local agents. He will be handled
by "Pop" Foote, which means fast rid
ing for Charles, as "Pop" Is considered
one of the best trainers In the country.
and also knows a good machine when
he sees It.
Hyde Park wheelmen are getting
very much discouraged over the condl
tlon of Robinson street. The mud on
that thoroughfare at present Is from
six to eight Inches In depth, and the
riders are compelled to push their
wheels on the sidewalk from Lack a
wanna to Main avenues, which is fully
half the distance from Wyoming to
Main avenue. Will It ever be paved?
la the question now troubling the
wheelmen of the West Side.
SPORTS OF ALL KINDS.
Racing at Newport, Ky., is expected
to begin on or ebout April n.
Santiago, owned by Lucky Baldwin,
hns been retired to the stud.
Richard Croker, or his friends, have
laid SZjO against $25,000 that Montauk
will win the English derby.
Al. Smith has offered to bet $500 that
Fitzsimmons would not agree to fight
Corbett vlthln Fix months.
A cablegram from Athens says two
hundred and fifty foreign athletes are
entered for the Olympian games.
The Elkton (Md.) race track people
annonuce that their meeting of 2ft days
will begin Saturday, the 11th Inst.
Cinderella, the famous brood-mare,
has drooped a fine brown colt by Han
over. Two of her foals lip.ve sold for
$in,CC0 and SM.oni) respectively.
Mrs. Andrew Moore, of Lebanon, Pa.,
was the owner of a 210 pound dog
which tiled recently.' She had been
offered $209 In cash for the animal by
an agent cf one of the Vandcrbllts.
The mayor of Cincinnati refused to
receive Jim Corbett In his office. He
probably preferred that Jim should first
get a reititntlon by meeting n few
mayors of smaller towns. Washington
Pott.
Arthur Bradley and Richard Ingram,
two fnctory hands employed at Haver
hill, Mass., cngnfred In a. prize fight tho
other night, and as a rsi!t the latter
died nt mldi'lght. The fight was to bo
a friendly one.
Joe E. Penram's great horse Sara
goEsa, which Is entered for the Brook
lyn Handicap, to be run In June, has
gono wrong and will not be ablo to go
Into training for the race. In the win
ter bookB he was heavily played by
Canadians, who got as high as 100 to 1
against him.
Chronic RlioinnaiUm cured,
Dr. B. H. Hettinger, Indianapolis, Ind..
says: "For several months after Bm-aln-lr.g
my ankle I was severely afflicted
with Rheumatism. I finally tried Del
etion's 'Mystic Cure' for Rheumatism,
and in 4 days could walk without my
cane; two bottles cured me sound and
well, l.taltu great pleasure In recom
mending the 'Mystic Cute' to all who
are afflicted with Rheumatism." Sold
by Carl Loroni, Drugclst, 418 Lacka
wanna avenue, Scranton,
STOBTIXC GOSSIP.
Comaaaata oa All Branches of tha World
of Sport.
Anything about Tim Hurst seems t
go down East now. Cartwrlght. of the
Senators, tells this one: "We were
playing against the Plttsburgs, and
they made a great kick against some
decision. Hawley threw the ball on the
ground, executed a wing dance on the
slab and moved toward Tim. The
other Pirates in the Infield followed
htm. Tim rushed to meet them and,
as they stood around the plucky little
umpire between second base and the
light. 'And will you look at that big
Irishman coming in, too?' said Tim, as
he brushed the kicking Pirates aside
and rushed toward right field. When
Donovan saw Tim rushing toward him
he turned and walked back to his posi
tion. 'Have you got any kick to make,
Donovnn?" yelled Tim. 'Not against
you, Tim, responded the Piratical captain."
John L. Sullivan and Snnkey. the
evangelist, met in a railroad train the
other day, nnd they had quite an r.rgu
mcnt over boxing. Sullivan finally
brought the argument to an end by say
ing to Sankey: "Now. Mr. Snnkey, we
all know you're sincere, but don't you
think that even In your game there are
a lot of bunco sterers?" Sankey
laughed, and took it good-naturedly,
but he did not come back at Sullivan
with a general denial,
"Why Is a pitcher generally the
weakest batsman on the team? Easy
enough. Been use ho Is afraid of beln:
hit by the ball." says Billy Joyce. "He
is the first to see the pain and Injury
inflicted by hitting a batsman In a
tender spot, and when he lays out a
man he feels badly over It, If he has any
heart at all. Old Jimmy Galvln, one
of tho best pitchers who ever stepped
on the diamond, was hit on the head by
a pitched ball while playing with the
Bur ai club, years ago, and hovered
between life and death for a week. Af
ter that accident he hated to go to the
bat, and wbb, ot course, an easy thing
for the pitchers, as ho generally struck
out. Tony Mullane was notorious for
hitting pitchers In the pitching arm
while they were at the bat. it may
have been accidental on Tony's part,
but a suspicion prevailed that it was
done with cold-blooded Intent, and with
a view, of course, to crippling the oppo
sition. Jack Btivetts and Kid Nichols,
of the Bosotn team, are two of the best
hitting pitchers I have ever seen."
The Fowler "sex" which has been
matched for a half mile race with the
New York State Empire express, and
which Is now on its way to the scene
of the battle is a wonderful piece of ma
chinery. This match has created
considerable comment In cycling circles
throughout the world and the Idea of
the "sex" beating the train has been
hailed with ridicule on all sides. But
the knowing ones have taken a more
conservative view of the situation, and
by a little calculation, have proven
that for the above distance it is possi
ble for the "sex" to come out of tha
race with laurels resting on the should
ers of the six brawny riders, who will
ride the six-seated locomotive. The
riders have not yet been named, but
six of the speediest wheelmen in tho
country will man the big machine. The
bicycle is the fourth turned out by the
concern and said to be stronger in the
head than the first. The gear will be
198 Inches, compounded, requiring but
98 revolutions to the mile. It the men
turn their pedals once a second they
travel a mile In 1:38. Two and one
half revolutions a second means a mile
In :39 1-5, and three revolutions a mile
Not one High Grade called the "Best on Earth," but eight
Leading, Well-Known and Popular Machines. Every one guar
anteed against breakage by accident or otherwise.
OUR LEADERS:
ST EARN S Tha Yellow Fellow.
SYRACUSE-Crlmson Rim.
BAR NES-White Flyer.
PEERLESS Blue Biri
Also a large complete line of Medium
department, under the management of
command your attention.
lAiuiirriiiiii
sales agents:
W. E. BITTEN BENDER.
WILLIS A. KEM MERER.
Display Parlors, 3131 Spruce St.
Riding Academy, wyomm? aSS? toP Floor.
Arrangements
Bicycle Parlors.
BITTENBENDIR
In :32 2-3. This latter would mean that
the train, with a record of :32 2-5, would
have to beat Its own. time to beat the
sextuplet. according to the calculation
ot the wheelmen who have mounted the
wheel.
Some of the things absolutely re
quired by the modarn wheelmen are
as follows;
A camera.
A foot brake.
A "96 sweater.
A cyclometer.
A repair outfit.
A chronograph. -
A bicycle stand.
A '96 name plate.
A bell or whittle.
A luggage carrier.
A "hygienic" saddle.
A d?:tacl.aMe sprocket.
A new pair of t c clips.
An adjustable handle bar.
A lamp that won't jar out.
A detachable wheel guard.
A pair of ball-bearing shoes.
CAKE OF THK riCYCLC
If the cyclist will fallow these direc
tions, any a St. Louis Glabe-LX'-morat
writer, h will pay very little for repairs
and will have a wheel that runs easy and
looks well.
(ret the following named tools: (a)
Chamois, cot cents; !) clean rag; (el
coal oil run; (0) dust rag; (c sponge, cost
10 cents; (f) soft hir pulo brush, i inches
wide, cost 2T cents; (si old whisk broom,
stubby; h screw-driver with mjuare
edges, cost 20 cents; (il floor pump, coat $1;
(k) small oiler, cost 10 cents.
As soon us you come in from a ride hang
the wheel up by the frame or have a stund
that supports the frame so that both
wheels will revolve.
Remove the mud from tires with aide
of H.
Rub them off with D by revolving the
wheel. '
Cleun the dust on rims with F.
Clean frame, pedals and crank with F.
If there Is any mud on frames or rims
use K dampened with water. Use S3 lit
tle water as possible and only on muddy
parts.
Clean spokes with B unices there Is mud
on them. In which case use C, then li.
Clean chain with G, then C and rub In
a l:tt:e graphite.
Rub tho whole wheel, except tires, with
A. By doing this often and keying the
wheel In a dry place you will tlnd is un
necessary to use any kind of polUh.
About every hundred miles or so take
the chain off and soak for an hour in tin
pie pan full of coal oil; 4vke it out and rub
with C, then let It seak over night in an
other pie pan full of ipuro lard o.l, rub It
well with It and put It' on wheel. Adjust
rear wheel so that the chain has play, but
not too loose. You will find that a chain
cleaned In this way will need very little
graphite, as the lard oil penetrates all the
bearings.
In adjusting the rear wheel you can tell
whether It is in straight by seeing that the
rim Is in the center of the bottom fork.
See thnt lie screws and Jam nuts are up
tight that hold the rear wheel In place.
To clean bearings run gasoline through
itlll It comes out clean, and then rive them
a good oiling with the best lubricating oil
you can get. Do this In tha open air by
daylight. Keep the gasoline in an air
tight can or bottle.
Adjuat the bearings to that the part
revolves freely, but so thore Is no side
motion or play.
Do not got any oil or gasoline on the
tires or on the jobber on the pedals.
Keep the machine well oiled.
Keep the tires well inflated. You will
find a floor punt!) a great advantage.
See that all the nutn and screws are
tight. Do not ust a large wrench or you
will cut the thread.
Be sure and get the directions for re
pairing your tires from the makers.
Always clean your wheel as soon at you
come in from a ride. It will be ready for
immediate use.
There Is no change of cars of any class
between New York and Chicago via the
West Shore and Nickel Plate Roads.
LARGEST DEALERS OF
IN THE CITY.
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FENTON Blue Crown
A EVI E R I C A Truss Frama.
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HUPBERS
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One in Kussia,
One in France,
One in Portugal
One in Mas.
WE SELL THEM.
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Linden Street. Opp. Court Has
WB ALSO HAVE
Ll-MI-MMS AND UNIONS.
ITS A FLYER
and the velocity of wind, steam and
'!rs are suggested by Mi proiresi,
the bicycle Is the most Important Inno
vation In means ef traval since tha Intro
suction of the locomotive, and we are In
the Infancy of its use, eontructloa and
meane of propulsion.
Heelthy-mlnaed people are those Wht
oommend and practice Its uaa.
To euch we noed hardly say. Tour May.
should bo tho latest and beet
Call and examine ours before buying. ,
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