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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MOENING, AUGUST 1, 189C.
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EASTERN LEAGUE
BASE BALL GAMES
Sprinffied aid Syracuse toe On y Clubs
to Play Yesterday.
STARS LOST THE WHOLE SERIES
Five Una OffDelaney in One Inning.
.Scranton Will Have More Than the
l.ual Trouble to Win in Toronto.
Springfield and Providence Seem
lint to U ct in Hot Water.
Yesterday's Kesult.
' prinf field H Syracuse 4
Yesterday was a rest day In the
league, save for Syracuse and Sprlntx
llflil. who played a postponed game, the
latter bafrftlng the third straight In the
lit'uuanr anploa hntu'Aftn Iho tlvr. rdllrtS
and winnins; its fourteenth out of the
last eighteen played.
Today the southern clubs each begin
a new series of three games and trouble
may be expected for some of them.
Scranton troes to Toronto, where the
prodigal Pittsburg-Albany-Canadian
affsMAttrm will tnalra a anoftlnl CktTnrt
to win favor In a city It once was forcou
to desert. Providence will find a warm
reception at Syracuse, where the Stars
have lo?t Ave straight and have prob
ably given llerr Kuntzsch all manner
of shuke-ui tits. The Rochesters seem
very HkPly people to break Springfield's
streak and let Scranton get past them.
It's a toss-iii whether Wllkes-Harre or
Buffalo will win the rubber.
Percentage Record.
5 . : 7!
o j c 1 S a :
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s eo & a.
Rochester
Providence
Toronto . . .
HutTulo ....
Syracuse .
Syracuse . .
Springfield
Scranton . .
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'I'vllayS Eastern League (James.
Scranton ut Toronto.
VVIlkes-Bat-r. at Buffalo,
rt-ovidence at Syracuse.
Springfield at Rochester.
Springfield'Syracuse,
Syracuse-. July 31. Willis, who bus not
recovered Ills old-time form since he left
tliv hospital, wan wllil today und I'eluncy
relieved him In the tlfth inning, when tin
visitors rolld uii enough runs to win the
gum. Smith pitched a. tine same l'nr
(Springfield. The playing of Kaimou was
it feature vt the cam. .Attendance. l.mi.
Score: .It 11. ft.
Syracuse 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 u 1 7 1
Springfield, 1 11 0 u : 0 0 it 0- 8 Id 3
Butteries Willis. Iielaney and Kyan: T.
Smith and Ounscjn.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Percentage Record.
P. W. I,.
'.'Ihcinnatl w til
Baltimore K ! 'Si
'level.-ind Sfi ii i
'hleaito Mil '2 .w
1'iltshurir So 4(i :i
KC.
,7S
.'i71
.:47
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.410
.318
Philadelphia 84 3S 4i
Brooklyn t4 : 4ii
Washington 0 34 4
New York 83 34 4
St. Louis 83 M
l.oulsvilie 81 "1 tin
Killch Anultfd I'mpire I. ally nnd
Wns Arrested.
Cincinnati. O., July 81. Killcn lost his
head In the seventh inning over a decision
by I'mpire Isally and struck the latter,
l.ully landed three times In return before
they were separated. Klllen was arrested
lor assault and battery and taken off the
K rounds.
Hlttsblirr won out in the eighth and
ninth Innings by batting Ehret all over the
lot. In the Reds' half of the ninth, with
one run In. men on third and first nnd
two out. Vangnn singled, but tlw ball
truck AlcFhee. Attendance. 3,M).. Score:
K.lt.E.
rinclnnatl 0 0 2 00 1 3ni? 3
I 'ittsburg 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 1.1 2
flatteries Jihrot and Vaughan; Killen
nd Merritt. I.'mplre-Lally.
Hnltimore.tVashiiigt n.
Washington, July .11.Kaltlmore defeat
ed W4ih.nitton in an exciting name today,
faptaln Joyce has been traded to New
Vork for Catcher Farrell and t'ilcher
Plynn. Score: H.H.R.
Washington 1 0 2 0 0 000 1 4 9 0
Baltimore u 1 0 0 0 0 S 0 1 & 11 1
liatterles Uerman and McGulic; Ksper
and Dark. Umpires Hotter and Mercer.
Mew Yotk.Brooklyn.
New York. July 31. The New Yorks dls.
posed 01 tne Urooklyns rather easily to.
Uuy. Irwln'a men played without an er
ror and -knocked Harper out ot the box
In the sixth inning. Score: R.H.K.
New .Yorlc 0 0104400 V Vi t
Brooklyn 10 10 2O001511 4
JMtterles Meekln and Warner; Harper,
Kennedy, Bur rill and Orlm. Umpire
Hurst.
BoatonPhiladelphia.
tmston, July Jl. Boston defeated riill
ftdelphla with ridiculous ease today. Kee.
iter was fairly effective for live Innlnas,
but was batted for six runs In the sixth
and retired. A Una catch of Long's off
Pelahanty. Bannon's outfleldlng and Sul
llvart'i pitching Wern the features. At
tendance, 1,300. Score: IS.It.K.
Boston 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 -13 13 2
Philadelphia. 010 0 0 0000 1 6 4
Batteries Sullivan and Bergen; Keener,
lordan and Clements. Umpire-Lynch.
POLICEMAN PLAYERS.
Feranton Blne.Cont Ball Totsers
Are Now ia Training.
Scranton policemen to the number of
a doten or more have begun practicing
bftse ball tn order that a team may be
selected to do battle on the diamond
with the nine from the Wllkes-Barre
police department The challenge was
from Wilkes-Barre and was as follows:
Frank Robllng, Jr., Chief ot Police, Scran.
ten, Pa.
Chief: To the end that the policemen of
our two cities might become better ac
quainted with each other, both In the mat
ter of a social nature and for the koo. It
may do In the departments In which wn
belong' and believing there is no better
way to renew the old and form tho new
acquaintance, we hereby challenge th
men of your department to a friendly
game of bade bail In your city any day
in th third week Of August, excepting,
ot eottfee. ttavturday. the lUnd, to be fol
lowed by a return game In this city on any
date you might determine upon.
Hoping you and your men will accept
tlnse friendly advances In the spirit In
which they are sent I, as well as our men.
remain; Yours respectrully,
W. tl. Kline, Sergeant of Police.
Chief Robllng wrote accepting the
challengo, but left the matter ot date
to be given further consideration, as
beginning Aug. 13 the Scranton and
Wilkes-Barre Eastern league clubs be
gin their games at home. It was sug
gested by the Scranton club that the
proceeds be devoted to the Twin shaft
fund.
Who will constitute the Scranton po
lice nine has not been determined but
the following will practice several times
a week and front among them the men
will probably be selected: Chief Rob
llng. Kirst Lieutenant Davis. Desk Ser
geant Delter and Patrolmen Peters,
Dny. Karins, Kites, Duggan, Perry, Pal
mer, Marker, Peeney und George Jones,
DIAMOND DUST.
Scranton has won llvo and Wilkes-Uarre
four games out of nine since July 21.
Fraser, thu Colonels' twirler, ft the most
promising of any of the batch of pitcher!?
choson from the Western league ranks.
Out of the thirty-seven games played
last week between the east and west Na
tional league teams, the latter came up
smilingly with tanty-stx to their credit.
They do some things better In Kngland.
Over there the word of the umpire Is law,
and the player who objects is made the
object of derision by the spectators. Kx.
Just wait a year or two.
Seymour Is pitching winning- ball for the
SprinKtlidd Kaslern l.eamic club. He will
probably be recalled by the New Yorks.
Any kind of a pitcher will be useful to the
Giants Just now. New York Herald.
As the Sprlnglleld club stands at present
the nine Is Just as fust as any other ag
gregation of ball players in the league,
and heraftcr the Ponies will not be a
mark for the other clubs.-HnlTalo In
jiiirer. Pitcher YeiTick. of the Wllkes-Harre
Base Ball club, was nolllled by the man
agement of his relase Thursday morn
Ins. Verrlek Is undecided what he will do,
but will pmbably go to his home In Dan
ville for a few days.
There were 117 players In the big league
In 1SS9. and of that entire number Just
thirty-three are still holding the honors
that they then achieved. Twenty-nine are
now in the minor leagues. In the Ameri
can association that year there were 133
players. f this number twenty-eight are
In the service uf the big leauue at present
and thirty-two are In minor leagues.
Tom Hums, the Springfield manager,
has decided to (five no more advance
money to players by check, draft or tele
graph, preferring to await their arrival.
He had a rocky experience in this matter
during the season and now the men will
get their money when they report. Kx-
chutigc. Hums bit I'litsburg for tl.uuo
advance once upon a lime. Philadelphia
Bulletin.
"Spike" Brady, who was a well-known
base ball player in the .Mississippi Val
ley a. few years atio, once attended church
in Imliiuiue, la., ith his club, which went
oil special Invitation. The jircuchod made
a special effort that consumed much time
"Spike" was asked what he thought of
the preacher. "He got around to third
all i lylit but suy, he was an ice wagon in
gettlnu home," the ball player unaweml.
"Kuicby Heraer is slill the same old
comedian be always was, and keen the
crowd In uuo.l huiiKir all ihruugli. He
ougbl to seek a pusitiuii in some comic
oiiru this winur, or else have one written
esprcliilly for him. entitled "The t.'raxy
Dutchman." Last y.ar, when he was
Willi Rochester and went in to pitch out
a yume. lie took Ihe crowd by storm, by
his funny uctlons. and Ihls year he Is Jut
us funny. Buffalo Cornier.
The lecent poor snowing- of the Cleve
land club Is dee In no small measure to
the Tebeau rase and the sensational ar
ticles la Ihe newspapers that followed ill
the wake ol Tebeau' arrest In l.oulsvilie,"
cays Manager Arthur Irwin. "Tebeau
makes the bluff ileal he doesn't car..- what
the newspapers say about him. but he is
no different from other ball players, uno
they are all sensitive to newspaner criti
cism. Hnikeii, .McAieer uici iii oimor
were attacked by the newspapers as ve
hemently as Tebeau. The base ball root
ers took up these utlacks and guyed the
Spiders from bleachers and grandstand.
Tebeau Is a thirty-three degree Josher
himself, but lie can't stand the roasts that
the public give him during the game. The
fact Is apparent that the Spiders have not
played their game since the trouble with
the l.oulsvilie club."
"Shied" Is the latest substitute word for
the time-honored "flowed" and "trim"
of tho hasp hall lets. Kastern base ball
writers are using the new word freely.
It is of English origin und use. On British
cricket llelds you rarely bear the word
throw" used. henever a glass-armed.
over-fed Hrlion mnkes a bluff at a throw
you i nn always hear a laudatory "Well
shi-ad, sir!" Irom the spectators. The word
Is all right. Webster spells the present
tense "shle" ami defines it "to throw
obliiitely: to toss askant." While the
word is all right, it docs not sounu as 11
it was going to ratch on among American
base ball professionals. Just Imagine Pat
Tebeau or Hilly Joyce calling snie tnat
sphere." Instead of "I row de ball, you
mutton-headed fool." Think of what
would happen if you went up in the Patch
and said, "He sh'od nicely," instead of
le trim it outer sight." "Shied" may
get along 'n Ihe effete east, but In the
virile r clonic west It won't do. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat,'
I heard the latest on Pete Browning."
says Tom Brown. "Peter had a cargo of
Kentucky oolong concealed on his person
one night last spring, and went lo the
Buckingham theater, a variety resort In
Louisville. He had just returned to town
after his first week with Tom Loftus' Co
lumbus club of the Western league, and
was celebrating. Whenever Pete has n
good streak of batting he celebrates, and
he was hitting the ball hard, cracking
out three and four singles every day. A
burnt cork song and dance team were do
ing their turn when Peter entered the
theater. One of the characters In the song
and dance sketch was dubbed Pete by his
partner. 'Say, old Pete, wha' hab you
been doln' der las' week,' he said. Pete
Browning thought he was the Peter re
ferred to. nnd. Jumping from his seat, he
yelled. 'What's old Pete been doing. Not
a thing. 1 guess. Only four hits every day
last week, ami two of those singles were
for three sacks and another was over the
fence for a homer.' "
AMATEUR BALL NOTES.
The Nay Aug Stars defeated the Pine
Brook Slashers by a score of 9 to 0. The
Nay Aug Stars challenge any rluh In the
city tinder 15 years of age. Steve Nolan,
manager; James Bryden, captain.
Tho Mooslc Populars accept the chal
lenge of the Morning Glories of Dunmore
and will play on Sunday on .Mooslc
grounds. Thomas Mulr, manager.
Bicyclists Clam Rnkc
Many members of the Scranton Bicycle
club will spend Sunday at the club's sum
mer cottage ot Lake Ariel. Tonight there
will be a clam-bnke and music will be sup
plied by the Lawrence orchestra. The or
chestra will remain at the club house over
Sunday.
Taking No ( linnccs.
Caller-"The Insurance on my summer
hotel nt the seaside has expired. I would
like to renew it and huve it Increased a
little.
Fire Insurance Agent "Hasn't your sea
son closed?"
"Yes. but-"
That .closes the Incident. Good morn
ing." Chicago Tribune.
BIG BILL" MASSEY
HAS BEEN SIGNED
Attached His Name to i Scrantoi Con
tract Yesterday.
WILL PLAY FIRST BASE TODAY
He and Wurd Have (.one to Bofl'alo.
Hutch and Keister Will Try for
Third Base Honors. Want Griffin
Has Accomplished-Accepted the
Management of a Demoralized Club
nnd Has Done Better Than Mc
Dcrmott.
"Big Bill" Massey. has signed. He
has put his fist to a Scranton contract
and will wear the club uniform in this
afternoon's game at Toronto. While
trying to land Massey, the Scranton
association officers hud, at Manager
fSrilfln's request, been angling with
Freodman for "Hill" Clark, the 18H5
Scranton first baseman, who was sold
to New York when the old association
tieeded money to keep itself put of a
hole. The Clark deal has been dripped.
Massey was with Scranton In 1894. He
followed Marty Swift to Corbondale In
IS','5 and played there this year until
j the team went to smash and he with a
few others was transfered to Pottsvllle.
The latter club went to the wall last
week and Massey went to his home In
Philadelphia to catch his breath. The
Philadelphia National league club tried
to get him and so did Tom Burns for his
Springfield team, but Massey said them
nny.
Marty Swift was In Scranton Thurs
day and that was the beginning ot the
end of tho negotiations which within
twenty-four hours had the big first
baseman's name to the contract. Swift
returned to Philadelphia that night
and was here yesterday noon with his
man.
Massey left here on last night's 12
o'clock Lackawanna train for Buffalo
where he will report to Orlltln and go
with the team to Toronto for this af
ternoon's game. .
Ward went wlih Massey.- The second
basemans strained stomach has Im
proved with the week's rest und as the
team Is suffering from the absence of
his hitting and Infield work it was
thought best to get him back In the
game at once.
With Massey on the first sack, Hutch
inson and Keister will be candidates
for third. The latter will probably be
the choice. His poor playing with
Scranton has not been a real example
of his ability. A player who can play
In fifteen games for Baltimore when
that team Is having such a hard bat
tle to keep up In the National race,
wouldn't have been In the game fif
teen minutes had he not performed
better work than he has for Scranton.
Hut his poor showing with Griffln has
been due to some cuuse unexplalnable
iml which, comes to all players at
some time during a season. By the
time the club reaches home, the cranks
will be wondering- why he showed tip so
poorly early In hla Scranton engage
ment. The fact that Pitcher Ijvett, who
has been signed by Scranton, was re
leased by Rochester, does hot belittle
his ubillty. Baltimore takes cast-offs
and so does Anson. Dan Shannon with
Koine uf Ihe same kind Of cattle Is
leading the race, und Springfield. With
Heilly and Puller, Is shooting to the
front so fast that one can hardly See
them fly by. Shannon, on uccount of
his friendliness fur Orlrtln. would like
ti see Srruiitoii win from every team
In the league, Rochester excepted.
Shannon said that. When he decided
to let l.iivett go he notilled t.irlllln.
lnvelt hud lost heart with Rochester
and usked for his release. When Lov
ett or any other player reully loses
tldrlt a manager can do nothing but
releuse biin. but ill nine cases out of
ten If the arm. eye and head ure right
the player will do credit to the club he
signs with, and this Is likely In LoveM's
ense. He will go In the box against
Toronto this afternoon.
It Is just now a favorable opportunity
to compare the work of the team under
McDermott and C.riflln. Mcpermott,
when he resigned on June 13, hud the
management for just about a month
and a half, and Orlflln has been man
ager for a like period almost to a day.
Anyhow the club has played 35 cham
pionship games under McDormott's
mnngement, and 36 games since Orlf
lln took the helm.
When McDermott resigned the club's
record was:
Played, 3fi; won, 11; lost, 21; per cent., .514.
t'nder t!rifnn the record Is:
Played, 36; won, 10; lost, 20; per cent., .444.
That is since June M the club has won
five more and lost four less the number
of games than while McDedmott was
manager and under Griffin has played
.130 per cent, better than under McDer
mott. In other words, Griffin has been
nine games better than McDermott, and
with the odds against him at that.
All that is the showing made In fig
ures, but Uriflln Is entitled to greater
credit, considering the loss of Harper,
Johnson's Illness, Brown's truancy,
Berger's, Outcalt's. Kagan's hands and
his own Injuries, Meaney's leave of ab
sence and the Latham and Corbett dis
appointments. McDermott had five
whole months and unlimited money
privileges to gather together a good
team, while Griffin took the aggrega
tion In the go-as-you-please and de
moralized state in which the Fall River
man left It.
Griffin has done well. It Is time hats
were raised to him and a guess made
that Scranton will finish al least as
good as fifthand Scranton was the
club tipped by nearly all the Eastern
league writers to finish eighth! That
doesn't seem likely.
CASES LIKE TEBEAU'S.
Muekeri-m on the Hi mond Must U
Stopped for Good.
Cases like that of Tebeau In Cleveland
mean disaster to the national game?
unless vigorous measures are taken,
says John M. Ward In the New York
Journal.
The time must soon come, If these
proceedings are allowed to go, when
respectable patrons will become dis
gusted. A limited amount of kicking
would probably do no harm, if It could
be kept within bounds. But there Is
no way that this can be done. The
system has now reached a point .where
Its only correction lies In Its entire ex
termination, and the root of the trou
ble, as well as the remedy, reet solely
with the club owners. They meet every
winter, and among other things they
seriously pass a resolution or enact
some rule to do away, with the evil
of kicking, and unanlmnus'y hand over
the absolute control of these matters
to President Young with Instructions
' to see that the letter and spirit of the
4
law Mre strictly enforced. And then
straightway the following: spring each
magnate Instructs the captain of his
team to go In the fight for everything
In sight and the club will stand all
fines.
The present rules are as full and se
vere as language can make them, but
they will never have any force until
the club owners themselves assist in
their enforcement. Let them enter into
an Iron bound stipulation with a pen
ality for Its violation, not to Interfere
In any way with President Young's
control of the umpires, never, under
any provocation, to protest one of them,
except for actual, proven dishonesty;
not to pay or offer to pay any nnes for
players; in short, rely upon President
Young's experience and ability to select
competent umpires, and then permit
him to insist upon their enforcing the
rule and uphold them in doing so.
ENGLISH VS. AMERICAN.
Wallace Ross Compares the Two
Styles of Rowing.
Wallace Ross, tho well-known profes
sional sculler and ex-champion of Eng
land, In commenting on the showing
made by the Yale crew, says: "You
know as well as t do that the talk about
English oarsmen knowing; more about
rowing than they do in America Is
silly.
"Years ago wo rowed the narrow
blades and long oars, and discarded the
English style of rowing, with the seats
paired. In order to get greater leverage.
"I will tell you the reason the Eng
lishmen defeat American crews at Hen
ley, and that Is so apparent that almost
anybody should be able to explain It the
Instant they look at the names of the
men that makes up the Leander crew.
"The Leanders are picked men, who
have made big names in 'varsity crews
or have Bculled themselves to fame In
English regattas.
"Look nt the Nickalls and Hollands,
all finished scullers, who have rowed
for years and will compare favorably
with many professionals In experience
In sculls and crew boats.
"It Is not necessary to go across to
get a speedy cr.ew, for pick eight of our
best men In this country and set them
at it for a sprint of a mile and a quar
ter under a good coach, and they will
make the boat jump faster than the
college crews.
"Form is all right In Its place, but
when you are In for a dash of that
distance you must row naturally and
sit naturally In the boat, or you will not
be able to keep hammering- away for
the full distance.
"When you see n contest betweeen the
college crews of both countries In neu
tral waters you will be able to decide
which stroke Is the more effective and
not until then. '
"No professionals know the correct
style and the Leanders row as nearly
like professionals as any amateur crew
that ever sat In a boat."
ABOUT TOM SHARKEY.
"Hilly" Dclaney Doesn't t'nderesti
mate the Sailor's Prowess.
The many sporting men who are spec,
ulutlng Just now over the possibility
of the battle between Tom Sharkey and
Jim Corbett coming off. and the ulti
mate result of the same, will rend
with Interest a letter which was re
ceived from Billy Delatiey, Corbett'S
trainer. Delaney, who has been with
Corbett for many years, and who has
trained the ex-chumploti for all of his
pilnciput battles, gives u good opin
ion of the fight and incidentally has
something to about Sharkey, of
v horn he seems to know considerable.
Deluney's letter, which is dated Oak
land, Cal.. reads as follows:
"I am .working at the race track, but
It Is closed until October. 1 am very
much interested In having the Sharkey-
Corbett tight come to a head. I have got
a chance of getting a club room that
I used to run. Well, now ubout the
fight, which I'm sure you must be anx
ious to henr ubout. We were out there,
of course, to win, but found before
we went very far that we lacked steam.
Sharkey is a tough customer of the
Goddard and Jim Herge, the 'Iron Man'
type. 1 saw him stop Joe Ohoynskl In
two rounds. After renting half an hour
they tried again, nnd nt the finish of
the eighth round he had Choynskl
pumped out, while Sharkey ,was fresh.
He Is a bis. Innocent fellow, and. he Is
In good hands. Lynch and Danny
Needham, who are friends of mine, are
looking nfter him, and they sincerely
believe that he can win from Corbett;
and If the go can be pulled off I am
sure Sharkey will be there when the
bell rings.
"Now, If Corbett can get In condition
again he ought to win, but he must be
fit to finish the sailor. I have no Idea
where the fight will come off. They ore
making a play for Nevada. Should the
fight come off near Ne,v York I may
go out and see the old vllluge again,
but New York Is a long way from
here."
AM0N0 THE PUGS.
The Philadelohla nniw ..
- - , . 1 . ' 1 1 tne
Various athletic clubs an intim.,nn. .....
boxing bouts had been carried to extremes
iei, ami mui greater vigilance would he
exercised In the future. In consequence
Of this and other nimnp. . v. A . .
the different clubs met and decided to shut
uown auring tne summer. The game was
stopped three years ago. and It is only
within the past year that it has been per.
mitted to go on.
Hank Barnett. of iho c-nr.-
club, and Tommv KlK- 11,.
Spider," sparred four 2-mlntite rounds ha-
ore un emoioFcope mat-nine on the top of
a building in Bleekman street. New York,
the other morning. About HW well-known
sports were present by invitation. The rx-
11.0111011 wo mm up witn a very good Imi
tation of a knnck.nn ,.! nnnui.i
the limited interval between the rounds
the setto was a very pretty one, only
straight hitting being indulged in.
nuo riizsimmons nasn-t stopped talk
ing. "I'll tell yon about this man Shar
key." said he to a London mtnH.r k
other day. "When I was training for my
fight with Maher, Julian, as he was com
ing 10 my training quarters, met Sharkey s
father In the train. The old man has
mnnev. nnd l flpari Hlnelr in t,iu it-
told Julian he wanted to get him in good
nanus, w!Fneu mm 10 spar with a man
VhA cnillil tiiflph him .AtMulliti.- f..u.
suggested that Sharkey should come on
10 my piuce ann oox witn me once or
twice a day. Well, would you believe It,
Ihe nlil mon cnnlil tit hanni,.ln t. : . -.
to do so anyhow. Sharkey would not have
11 ai any price, as i told you when I
came to England, I am not a blow head,
but It makes one 111 to hear of Corbett
unit flhnrk.v Utftttlnv fnp t K nhom..inn-
ship. If 8hai-key will make a match with
ttIA fit III' him ttffttr mnttal ha Uinta nn.l
all the gate receipts I stop him. I'll do
more, in laci 111 tune notning ir he can
tnntt tin n vu in.l m. fni fs.itt. Mnn.1. 1 .
Corbett will meet Maher and beat him.
I'll sien articles five minutes later and
flrht Corbett for all he Is worth. I am now
nreuared to face any man In the wo. Id
t have not already whipped."
1 1 RRKXt V MQt'KEZERS.
Prom the Times-Herald.
The men who are howling for "more
money" are the men wbo propose to drive
all the gold out of circulation and cut In
two the value of all the silver and paper
now circulating.
BICYCLE RIDERS
BEAT THE TRAIN
Stearns Sextuplet Races with the Empire
State Express.
COURSE WAS HALF A MILE LONQ
Sextuplet Was Four Lengths Ahead nl
the FinishRiders Had Been Care
fully Trained for Their Effort.-Sev
eral Photographs Taken of the
novel r.vcni.
Concerning the wonderful perform
ance of the six Stearns bicycle riders
who on Tuesday were pitted against
the Empire state express, the Syracuse
Post of Wednesday says:
The Stearns sextuplet was pitted
against the Empire state express Satur
day Inst without any previous an
nouncetnent that the nice was to take
place. Owing to an accident, however,
the trial was not a success. Also with
out previous announcement another
race wus held yesterday.
The place selected for the novel con
test was about a mile west ot the West
Genesee street crossing of the Central.
At that place there Is over a mile of
smooth cinder track between tracks
Nob. 2 and 3. All the morning yesterday
a section gang worked on this stretch
of cycle track, and before noon It was
In good shape for riding, although not
quite as wide as desirable for the best
results.
CAREFULLY TRAINED RIDERS.
The men who manned the sextuplet
have been in careful training for months.
Nearly every afternoon has seen them
working away on the pedals at Kirk
Park, and early In the morning the Cic
ero plank road course has been taken.
In this manner the men obtained full
control of their machine. W. H. Bex,
the well known local racer, was steers
man. He has become so proficient that
he Is able to steer over any road that Is
passable.
Quietly and without any particular
noise the men have been In training ever
since the spring weather opened. The
secret leaked out, however, and before 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon the course
was lined with people. The Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western and Central
Hudson otttciuls took great interest In
the experiment. Thus it was arranged
that the Delaware, Lackawanna und
Western train which nearly caused
some funerals In Syracuse last Saturday
went out a Utile ahead of the Empire
state express. Before the latter train
left the station the engineer and con
ductor were notified of the triul and
word was passed along amone the pas
sengers. The Empire State express left the
station 011 time and steamed out toward
Ueddes, all the time gaining headway.
At the curve Just west of the West
Genesee street crossing several men
with white flags were stationed. As
soon as they saw the Empire State ex
press coming across the bridge over the
canal they gave the signal. The sex
tuplet began to gel under motion und
soon went Taster and faster. When Ihe
engine wus ubreast of file machine the
six si rapping young athletes hit It up
In good shape. Paster and faster went
the tniln and faster und faster went
the sextuplet, the machine gradually
crawling ahead of Us opponent. The
high speed was continued for half a
mile, when the "sex" was nearly four
lengths uheud of the train. At the cul
vert through which the Solvay refuse
Is curried uway the men were obliged
to slow down. They dismounted right on
the brink of the culvert.
PASSENGERS EXCITED.
The passengers un the train seemed to
be very much Interested In the race.
Nearly every window wus up and heads
poked out regurdless of cinders or
smoke.
Of course the Empire State express
was not going at Its fastest speed when
the race took place, us it wus ton near
the station for the train to attain its
greatest speed. , The pace, however,
was nearly forty-five miles an hour, as
estimated by experts who were on the
scene.
Aside from the mere experiment of
seeing nt what rate of speed the "sex"
could go, one of the objects of the trial
was to get a photograph of the race.
Arthur Yates, the official photographer
of the New York Central, was on hnnd
ith four cameras. He was unable to
get a picture, as the sextuplet was so
far ahead of the train that both were
not in the fields of the cameras at the
same time.
Another attempt nt a picture was
made when the east bound Empire
State express came In. The same
methods were used, only the men on the
sextuplet were careful not to get ahead
of the train. Four excellent negatives
were obtained.
FIRST CLASS BICYCLE RACES.
To Be Hun at Meet of Green Kidgc
Wheelmen.
Everything indicates that the race
meet of the Creen Ridge Wheelmen at
the Driving Park, August 8, will be the
best ever held In the city In every re
spect. The riders will be the best, races
fast, and the prizes large. Races will
be tandem paced and record time will
probably result.
Miles Gibbons, of this city, will give
an exhibition of trick and fancy rid
ing for which he is noted. The Lacka
wanna county choinponship Is exciting
considerable interest among local riders
and many conjectures are offered as to
the probable winner. Races called at
2.30. Admission 2i cents.
DRAMATIC NOTES.
"Evangeline" will tour the country next
senson.
Yvette Gnilbert will be seen In America
next season.
De Wolf Hopper is to produce "El Capl
tan" In London.
"Simple Simon" Is the title ot A. Bar
net's new burlesque.
Charles Klein is writing a new farce
comedy for May Irwin.
Denman Thompson will next season re
vise "The Old Homestead."
Otis Skinner's new romantic play will
be called "A Soldier of Fortune."
"Father Satan," an English melodrama,
has been purchased by J. W. Walliek.
Lydin Thompson will be seen In a new
role In Birmingham, Kngland, next month.
Jennie Yeamana is going into vaude
ville. She has signed with Weber &
Fields.
Lewis Harrison will play the principal
comedy character In "Lost, Strayed or
Stolen."
The title role in "Too Mitch Johnson"
next season will be played by Eugene
Jepson.
Minnie Maddern Plke will appear next
season in "The Right to Happiness," a
play from the German.
Mantell's repertoire next season will In
clude "The Husband," ".Monbars," "Coral,
can Brothers." nnd "Othello."
Lillian Russell will appear next season
In Strauss' "Waldmelster" und Von
Suppe's "The Model," as well as the new
operetta "An American Beauty."
Joseph Hawertn will probably play tbe
role of the hero In Bret Marie's new
drama, which Charles Ki-ohman will pro
duce in Philadelphia In September.
During his New York engagement John
Drew will be seen In "Rosemary." "I'n
der the Bed Robe." "A Man In Love."
and a new play by Madeline Lucette Ry.
ley.
The money value of the "floral trlbtrtes"
at the funeral of Sir Augustus Harris Is
said to have exceeded SIO.OUO. There Is
talk in London of building a Harris memo
rial. Forty-eight hours before the nomination
of tho u'ctorial Mr. Bryan was secured
William A. Brady telegraphed to that
gentleman an offer of IIO.OUO for ten lec
tures In the East.
It is reported that John S. Clarke, the
veteran comedian, contemplates returning
to the stage next season and touring this
country In "The Heir-at-Law," "The
School for Scandal" and "Toodles."
The good news comes from London that,
before retiring to private life, Jean de
Reszke Intends to take up tne roles of Blcg
mund and Sigfried, end that' he will ap
pear as those two heroes of the Wagner
trilogy In New York next winter, with
Edouard de Resxke, of course, as Wotan.
The tour of Fregoll the transformation
artist, will begin tn Boston on Sept. J.
Fregoll Is to receive $t!,000 a week for seven
performances and will give Ihe major part
of the entertainment himself, presenilis
one sketch in which he will Impersonate
eighty characters.
William Dean Howells has submitted
a dramatization of "Silas l.aohum" to
Sol Smith Russell, William H. Crane, Jo
seph Jefferson and others, but none of our
well-established comedians is ready to risk
a motionless play. Mr. Howells firmly lie
lleves In chareters without plot for the
stago as well as in books, however, and
he writes In strenuous condemnation of
other dramatic forms.
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