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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune (Newspaper) - April 29, 1900, Cincinnati, Ohio14the commercial Tribune sunday. April 29, 1900.amusements. Robinson s j Popera House tomorrow night at 8 30. , referee. Andy Bezenah Willie Mack. Rok a Muci Susor. For the Bantam weight championship Oscar Patsy Gardner Hal the Omaha his. Of Oil it . Fifteen rounds for a decision. Ten rounds. Mike Schreck Kidle Febre prices $2.00, $1.50, $1.00, 50c. On Sale at Strauss 415 Vine st. Lauer s. F Rii a a a a East fifth st. Stag cafe Gibson for a decision. House Cigar stand. Gossip of baseball reds and pirates play their seventh consecutive game Here today. Team has been a Surprise Western league has furnished Moat of the material for the big league Cluba league Park will be crowded As never before this afternoon when the reds play the final game of a series of seven with the much heralded wonders from Pittsburg. The performance of Bob Allens Surprise party against this team came so unexpectedly to Many that the impression is growing that the Cincinnati team of 1900 was underrated by the prophets who could not make themselves believe that the team would finish higher than seventh in the race with a splendid Chance for the Booby prize. It is much too Early to Crow Over the absolute failure of these predictions yet it is True that the team has accomplished much More during the first nine games of the season than was expected of it. It has played a hard hustling game of Ball. The fact that Uthe infield has been crippled in every game but one should also be taken into consideration for with Corcoran out of his position the team is minus its most valuable player when Fielding hitting generalship and everything that goes to make a grand ballplayer Are taken into consideration. Corcoran however will be in the game this afternoon while Irwin the Man who is hitting like a fiend will return to his familiar place at third. With the infield again intact and the pitchers showing improved form the reds May be expected to Cut a decided figure in the race from this out. None of the teams no matter How Strong they May appear on paper will have an afternoon s pleasure when stacked against Allens men and this fact has either already dawned upon the Wise men or they will shortly be enlightened. In the nine games played the locals have proven Many things. In the first place that old cry of a a quitters can not be raised for two great rallies in the ninth have pulled victories out of the fire. It has also been proved that the team can hit. In every game their stick work has been satisfactory. I done to even bar that game in which they were shut out by Waddell for every Ball he pitched was hit Between the seams but it was the misfortune of the batsmen to have the Ball go directly at one of the opposing fielders. Cincinnati is a great Ball town. The local team has always been Given Loyal support. Even last year when the team was a great disappointment the team was supported. This year Little was expected and so far a great Deal has been delivered hence it is Safe to predict that one of the largest crowds that Ever witnessed a Ball a Ante in this City will be at league Park a this afternoon. It is evident that manager Allen made no mistake when he sent Jack Cronin and Case Patton to the Detroit and Kansas City clubs of the american league respectively. If these men had been held it would Only have been for the purpose of helping the team Early in the season and to give the old Heads a Chance to get into form. Their work in the minor league however shows that they would not have helped the team As both have been hit decidedly hard in the games they have pitched. There is nothing in baseball which is so pleasing to spectators As Good clean hitting. Of course it is not very pleasant for a Home crowd to see their pets walloped As the reds did the pirates in Pittsburg the other Day but when the teams Are both scoring runs As a result of hitting or the Home team is doing it All the fans Are always Well pleased. Hitting is preferred to great pitching or circus Fielding not Only by the Public but by the players. The players naturally would rather do Good hitting than Good Fielding if they had their Choice for the reason that they Are Given More credit by the spectators for a Good hitting feat than for anything else they can do. On last years form the reds can not be figured As being a Strong hitting aggregation yet in the games the team has played up to Date hitting has been its strongest feature. It is absurd to suppose that the team can keep up the Pace it has set during the entire season. If it did it would simply walk Home with the Flag. There is bound to be a falling off at times but on the whole i think the team will hit better this season than Ever in its history and if it does it can be expected to finish Well up in the race. Take that Outfield of Barrett Crawford Smith and Mcbride and its dollars to doughnuts that they will All hit Well Over .800, and in the aggregate say about .325. If the Outfield bats that Well and Beckley bats As Well this season As he did last with Irwin batting Over .300, and Corcoran and Steinfeldt hitting close to that Mark not to speak of the catchers the Cincinnati team will not be in seventh or eighth place or anywhere near it. So far the pitchers have shown but Little form. To be candid Brett Ensten has shown the Best form but even he is not what he will be after the season is a Little older. I have no fear for the Success of the pitching staff. Allen is working his men just right and they will he a Surprise before the season is Over. Heretofore the pitchers have always been worked in regular turns whenever it was possible but this is not believed to be Good policy. It is better to keep the pitchers guessing As to when they will be called upon. A Man who knows that he does not have to pitch for two or three Days May not be so careful about his condition As the Man who does not know when he May be called upon to get into the game. N to is simply impossible to play for a Batter of toe hons Wagner kind. He has no particular Field in which he drops his Safe hits. The other Day he hit into All three Fields in one game and every one of his drives was for two bases. When Wagner is at the Bat it is Best for the Outfield to stand in their regular positions As far Back As possible and wait for something to happen. The method of playing for batsmen is often the cause of a loss to a team simply because it is not worked properly. I noticed in one of the Pittsburg games that when Steinfeldt came to the Bat the Outfield played towards right Field. That is the Field into which steiny usually hits simply because he naturally hits late and usually picks out a Ball which is Over the outside Corner of the plate. In this instance however the Pitcher after seeing that his Field was switched around for Steinfeldt. Kept the Ball Well in making it impossible for Steinfeldt to hit the Ball in the direction which was Best guarded by the fielders. This happened to be Bat factory from a Pittsburg Point of View for a High bounding grounder to Williams retired steiny. Notwithstanding itto fact it w As a display of poor team work. What is the use of playing for a batsman when the Pitcher exerts himself to prevent him from hitting the Ball into the Field which is being watched by every Man on the opposing team up to Date managers play their teams around to suit the occasion and then have their pitchers put the Ball Over the plate so that it is possible for the batsmen to hit it into his Mavorie Field thus giving him less Opportunity for a hit. H local patrons of the game have seen both the Chicago and Pittsburg aggregations and have perhaps formed an opinion As to where these team s will finish in the rave. Notwithstanding the fact that the Chicago aggregation is put Down i to finish Bear the Bottom of the ladder a Surprise Way lie looked for from this source. I sons Der Tom Loftus s capable manager and the Chicago team much stronger than it is Given credit for being. Ill venture the prediction that there will be no disturber in that team after the season Hae been on a month or so if there Are any now for there was no evidence of their presence while the team was Here. Loftus will get the Best work that has even been secured from that team out of it. As for Pittsburg i failed to see any championship chances for Fred Clarkes men. It is a hard he Tang and a fair Fielding crowd but so far As team work is concerned there is no More of it displayed by the pirates this Spring than there was by the colonels last season. Even that pitching corps which is considered so Strong by some critics has yet to show its Worth. Tannehill is a Star and Waddell May be one but Reuben will find it a hard Job to win his games with his Arm alone and allow his head to rest. Balloon ascension on his part can always be looked for. I have always doubted Fred Clarkes ability As a manager. As a player he has few equals but As a manager i fill to see where he enters. It is a matter of fact that Clarke has never played under any one who was Well up in baseball. He came to Louisville when it was a losing aggregation and is was a losing aggregation while he was in charge of it. Had Clarke had the Opportunity to play a year or to under a Man of the Han lop Selee Caliper he might be competent but All he knows about baseball he has a had to pick up watching the Good teams and he has been handicapped in this by the fact that he has been in the games nearly All the time a Man might be Able to learn a few things on the Bench but his mind is on the game and nothing else if he is ambitious. Clarke is a very Nice fellow personally and no doubt. Is very kind to his players but As a manager he will have to show something before he will be acknowledged. Ned Hanlon is working some new tricks with his superba which Are giving the desired result. Hanlon has never been in charge of a team which has not played the game scientifically. Every Point is played by Hanlon s team and that fact More than great hitting or pitching has Given him his pennants. In the opening game the superba turned the same trick twice and got away with it. Only one Brooklyn player reached first base in the opening three innings and he scored although not a hit nor an error was made. Sheckard was the Lucky Man and he got to first on balls. Keeler sacrificed to Doyle and Sheckard ran around to third on the play scoring on Jennings grounder to Davis. That this Wasny to an Accident reds from st. Paul. Corcoran Breiten Stern and Peitz Are the Only reds who have never drawn salaries from american league clubs. The list of players now in the National who have played in the american is an imposing one and is Here Given pitchers Nichols Cunningham Waddell Donahue Scott Phillips Newton Hughey tops Taylor Griffith Callahan. Fraser Killen Phillip pm Menefee Thomas Meekin and Hahn. Catchers Buelow Donahue Schelver Wood Kahoe Mcfarland Sullivan and o Connor. Quina Monte Cross Everett Ely Wolverton Mccormick Irwin Long Beckley Damp by Lowe Williams Meyers Dillon and Steinfeldt. Outfielders Barrett Dungan Smith Frisbee Slagle Beaumont Mertes Mcbride Crawford Mccarthy Burkett and Kelley. It is evident that the st. Louis club is decidedly anxious to have Mcgraw and Robinson join the Tebe aultes. It was rumoured about for a while that the Robinsons who own the st. Louis club really had no intention of playing the two stars from Baltimore but that they bought them with an understanding that they would refuse to play in st. Louis and that they would be kept out of the game by this scheme. It seems however that such is not the Case. The other Day Frank Dehaas Robison the president of the st. Louis club sent Mcgraw the following Telegram which is self explanatory a i will pay for a competent manager for Yarur business a wired he in effect Quot at a salary of $1,000 for the season which i shall pay to you. I will also see that Robinson has several Days at Home on every trip the actions of Billy Everett in last sundays game when he was placed on the Bench for senseless kicking by Umpire of Day thus weakening his team has caused no end of criticism from the leading baseball journals of the country. The sporting news gives the following advice to the supervisor of umpires and president Young with reference to this matter first baseman Everett of the Chicago club was fined and put out of a game at Cincinnati by Umpire of Day. His successor Catcher Chance missed an easy grounder and gave the reds an Opportunity to win the game and they took advantage of it. A stupid and stubborn player who persists in kicking and gets himself benched should be severely disciplined by his club first because it loses his services and secondly because his conduct is calculated to bring the National league and game into disrepute. The attention of supervisor of umpires and players Day is directed to this Case. The report of Umpire of Day will be a sufficient basis for investigation. Everett should be Given the Opportunity to defend himself of course but the action of the Umpire should be taken As Prima Facie evidence of his guilt. If this offender escapes without punishment there. A a it a a a Ltd. My it i i s a a-7.u a. I George s. Davis Captain of the new York team and conceded to be the Star shortstop of the league when hitting Fielding and general playing is considered. Was proven in the fifth when Demont and Mcguire worked the same play. A Gene got to first on a scratch hit and went to third on Mcguire a sacrifice to Doyle. Asked about this feature of the game Hanlon said that he had been working for some time to perfect his men in it. A it can Only be done when the first baseman or Pitcher is mixed up in it a said Ned a because a first baseman in handling Tho Ball and running to cover the bag can not recover in time to catch the Man at third. If the latter is fast. Its the same with the Pitcher. Sheckard and Demont worked the thing a a the game is again being endangered by the actions of several of the new York players. Last thursday Doyle Grady and Selbach were fined for delaying a game in which Boston had gained an advantage in the final inning and which subsequently had to be reverted to the preceding inning in which the score was a tie. The very next Day Mike Grady was fined for kicking on a decision by the Umpire. The new York Public has never been in sympathy with the Rowdy ism which has been displayed at the Polo grounds in past years and it is to be hoped that president Young and supervisor of umpires John b. Day will give this matter their immediate attention and put a Stop to the senseless kicking. Spectators at Ball games enjoy seeing scrappy Ball but there must be a limit to the kicking and whenever it takes on such proportions that the Umpire is forced to Fine a player official recognition should be taken of that fact and the player notified that he is injuring his standing in league society. H the magnates Are overstepping All Bounds in the suppression of their players and by so doing they Are making friends for a rival movement which May be started at any time. The action of the new York club in suspending Charley Gettig Pitcher because he refused to accept the terms of the Chicago american league club to which he was ordered to report by the new York club is nothing Short of outrageous. If Gettig refused to accept the terms of that club he was choosing an Idle season for himself if he stood by his first determination. That surely was punishment enough if there was any necessity for it at All. In suspending this player for refusing to accept the terms the new York club showed How absolutely unjust the existing baseball Laws Are. No fair minded Man approves of such methods. Now that the magnates have an eight club league and the game is prospering some of them Are getting just a trifle Gay. They Are overstepping All Bounds of fairness. Such tactics will not have a Good effect on Tho Public and furthermore it May drive away the friends which would be needed if a Strong rival organization should take the Field something that is very Likely to occur before another season Rolls around. #1 it is a matter of record that the National league teams have been drawing All their new material from the leagues in the West for the past five or six years. The american league formerly the Western has furnished More National league recruits than All the other minor leagues combined. There is a Good reason for this fact. The teams of the american league Are in every instance managed by men who have retired from the National league men who know the game of baseball from a to z. It is Only natural to suppose that Young players Are much More Apt to learn something from old Heads like Charley Comiskey Walter Wil Mot Jimmy Manning. George Stallings Jim Mcaleer Connie Mack and w. H. Watkins than from some of the men who Are managing the teams of other leagues. Cincinnati steam is almost entirely an american league outfit. Of the reds manager Bob Allen is a former Indianapolis favorite and Kahoe Wood Scott Phillips and Newton also come from the Hoosier team. Beckley used to cover first for the st. Louis Whites in 1888, when the Mound City had a club in the Western association Elmer Smith played left for Jimmy Manning a Pennant winning Kansas City team in 1890, Charley Irwin covered Short for st. Paul in 1896, Crawford wore a grand rapids uniform last year and Hahn Barrett and Steinfeldt Are sex Detroi ters while Mcbride Cama to the will be others and it will not be Long before there will be As much Rowdy ism this year As there was last. The anarchists of the game can be easily held in Check if or. Day and president Young stand by the umpires in their efforts to make the players live up to the rules. Here is a Chance for or. Day to make Good his official declaration that a players must be gentlemanly in their conduct and language and must absolutely refrain from useless kicking and fault finding with the Umpire even when they think him As stated by the supervisor a patrons of the game Are so strongly opposed to a repetition of past offences that censure would almost amount to prompt action will prevent a repetition of the offence Everett was guilty of. H the single Umpire system belongs to the tallow Candle period of baseball and the Rich National league should give its patrons two officials for each game. Those who provide amusement for profit to the Public should be Liberal in the expenditure of Money to afford satisfaction to patrons. The owners of baseball clubs must not Only sell Good baseball to insure Success but must have their games played in Well appointed Parks and conducted on the highest plane possible. It does not require More than a moments thought to come to the conclusion that a game of baseball however skilfully played must be Well Umpire to be enjoyable. Nothing so offends a Follower of the pastime As to see a pretty exhibition of his pet pastime turned into a farce by an incompetent official. One glaring mistake of judgment or an incorrect interpretation of the rules will in Many cases dishearten the players disgust the spectators and prove the turning Point in a game. And yet the club owners with prospective profits ranging from $50,000 to triple that sum each to save a few thousand dollars have required one Umpire to do the work in 1900 which they complain was Illy performed by two in 1899. The Pittsburg club alone stood out for the continuance of the double Umpire system the seven other clubs casting their votes for a return to the single official for a game. Umpire Hurst who officiated in the st. Louis Pittsburg series had but Little trouble with the players except in the closing innings of the last game. His judgment was questioned on two decisions and had the official been less firm and fearless there is no telling what might have happened. On each occasion he had to pass on a base play and both went against the Home club. The players submitted to his authority but the patrons were loud in their expressions of disapproval in both instances. In one Case every newspaper representative conceded that his decision was Correct in the other not a Man on the grounds agreed with him. The play was close and As it came up at a critical moment the patrons looked at it from the standpoint of parti Zans. Hurst gave it As he saw it from the Center of the Diamond and not from the Best Point of View. Had there been two umpires at league Park last sunday the assistant would have been close to the base where each play was made and in a position to pass on it. In the Cincinnati Chicago series Umpire of Day declared a Ball near the foul line fair which the Cincinnati players and patrons thought was foul. It counted As a Home run. Decisions by Connolly and Emslie have Quot also been questioned. The competency of these officials is conceded on All sides. The retirement of any one of the quartet named would be a distinct less to baseball. They know the rules of the game and decide fairly and As a Rule satisfactorily but it is As much impossible for one of them to Umpire a 1900 game of National league Ball unaided As it would be to conduct modern hotels without elevators or electric lights. If the control of the first class Heaters in st. Louis were vested in one Man with a guarantee that no one else would be allowed to open or operate a place of amusement within five Miles of this City without his consent he could put kerosene lamps at the footlights and in the chandeliers and have the electric lights taken from the House. The National league has the exclusive territorial right to a City under the National agreement and abuses its monopolistic privilege to impose upon its patrons. The addition of three members to the staff would provide two umpires for each game. The additional Cost. Including salaries travelling and hotel expenses would not exceed $7,000 or less than $1,000 a season about $5 a Day for each club. The Public and the players demand that two officials be provided for each game and the sporting news predicts that this will be done before july 4. J. E. Grillo. The Ture Memphis meeting developed a stake filly in miss Bennett. Jake Marklein a Good things Haley and Gardner fight fifteen rounds tomorrow night turf and pugilistic chatter. The racing season is gradually a coming up the line a and it will not be Long before the local tracks will have their Spring meetings in full blast. Following the closing of the Memphis track yesterday Nashville will hold a six Days meet and then the bang tails will move on to Louisville. The Memphis meeting from All reports was As big a Success financially and artistically As any past season although the weather was decidedly Una Fordable a number of Days. Despite this the sport at Memphis was excellent and the track maintained its reputation for first class racing. The meeting developed George c. Bennett s two year old filly miss Bennett into a full blown stake animal and her performances were sparkling. Apparently she was the Best two year old at the track As her race in the Memphis stake at five furlongs would indicate. She packed 115 pounds in this event and easily beat Garry Herrmann 118 pounds lady Schorr 118 pounds and others. She turned the five furlongs in 1 01%, which is reckoned exceedingly Good time Over the Memphis track. Miss Bennett is described As a wonder for Speed and she does not seem to mind the distance she travels. Garry Herrmann that ran second to miss Bennett is highly thought of by turkmen who raced at Memphis and he is considered one of the Best Colts in the West which makes miss Bennett a performance All the More Brilliant. Miss Bennett last fall at the Newport track showed her Trainer Henry Mcdaniels a dizzy flight of Speed and she was carefully looked after All Winter. Mcdaniels told me lost fall that he had a Speed wonder in his stable and i am heartily glad that he has not been disappointed. Miss Bennett is entered in Latonia stakes and local turf devotees will have a Chance to see her perform. Jakey Marklein also has Garry Herrmann in the two year old events at Latonia and it is Safe to say that the first time the son of Esher is carded to go to the Post there will be a big crowd of Cincinnat ians on hand to see him perform. Secretary Charley Price and his hustling assistant Des Dressen Are preparing for the Louisville meeting in grand style and the famous old Churchill Downs course will be Radiant the opening Day. The stake feature of the first Day and for that matter the meeting. Is the Derby and this year it is attracting unusual interest. Most of the interest however centers around lieutenant Gibson the favorite for the race and every one interested in the Western turf is anxious to see How he performs. Should he take the big race without much trouble it is the general opinion he will have the Latonia st. Louis and american de roles at his mercy. The opening Day at Louisville this year can in consequence be counted on to be a Banner one and i look for the course to have a fifteen Day meeting that will Knock out the records of the past three years. Immediately following to he Louisville meeting the Gates of the Newport track will be opened and the local race season will be inaugurated. By this time the sport will be in swing at st. Louis and Chicago but the Newport and Latonia people so far have not exhibited any alarm and they Are very confident of having successful meetings. Newport and Latonia will alternate the local dates and race every other week until july 4, when the season will close. Both tracks have the Promise of the Best class horses in the West and every stall will be occupied. Both tracks will conduct an open betting ring and every bookmaker of repute will be privileged to hang up his slate. The open betting ring was taken to very kindly last season and of the racing is High class hereabouts this season it is Safe to predict the meetings will be most liberally patronized. H a bookmaker John e. Mcdonald is reported to have won heavily on the mounts of Tod Sloan and Lester Reiff in England last wednesday. Sloan scored a Victory with full Ripe and Mcdonald backed the american jockeys mount for a Kings Ransom. Mcdonald was also Down very heavily on the horse Lester Reiff Rode to Victory. Mcdonald is Well known in the East among the bookmakers and is reckoned one of the biggest operators in the business. N Jimmy Michael for the Strenth time has quit the turf and returned to his first love the bicycle. Michael is reported As saying he could not resist the Cycle fever hence his abandoning the idea for the present at least of becoming a jockey. Jimmy will do Well to stick to his wheel for it will bring him Many More dollars than the Saddle if the latter brings him any at All. Jimmy can consider himself Lucky that he caught the bicycle fever. The american contingent of jockeys in England which consisted last year of Sloan Martin and the two riffs has been re enforced this season by More candidates for Riding honors including Ben Rigby the sex outlaw and other american jockeys May follow later. There can be no doubt that Sloan a first successes were chiefly due to his ability to get off Well and secure a Lead of a few lengths without taking anything extra out of his mount while the crouching position assumed by him was certainly an advantage in avoiding wind pressure especially where the wind was Strong. While the adoption of the so called american seat which Sloan has always exaggerated has not been followed by English jockeys to any extent there has been a marked change in the Way in which they ride their races from end to end instead of leaving the real race for the last half or Quarter. T As to the Short Stirrup All the English jockeys bar Madden have taken up three or four holes in their Stirrup leather. In this respect the English jockeys have followed american ideas while a number have also adopted the idea of Riding to a certain extent and at any rate Over certain courses by the formerly much despised a clock a a in order to accustom themselves to a better judgment of Pace. An English turf writer whose opinions Are highly considered on the other Side goes so far As to say a if Only our jockeys and stable boys learn to ride a mlle and a half Gallop by furlongs against the clock it will prove a distinct advantage to them and they need not then fear the american before he embarked on the turf Jakey Markleton dabbled a bit in local politics and of course it was but natural that he should in the trend of events count on Many politicians As his friends notably George b. Cox Garry Herrmann Squire Gass Gus Kirbert Rud Hynicka and others. Jakey was not Long on the turf before he had a Colt named after Cox and he was a pretty Good breadwinner and still is for that matter. Among the Bunch of yearlings that Jakey purchased last year was a handsome Chestnut son of Imp. Esher out of silk gown. The youngster showed Jakey some fast worn. To in casting about for a suitable name he concluded he could do no better than name him Garry Herrmann. Marklein just before shipping his stable to Memphis a couple of months ago was feeling particularly Good Over a Nice bit of work Garry Herrmann had showed him when he met Squire Gass. They adjourned to a neighbouring cafe and under the mellowing influence of the Amber fluid Jakey grew confidential and whispered to the portly Squire a a not a word but in a going to kill pm at memphls.7 \ a you Don t say indifferently replied the Squire. A a a so. In a going to Send you three tips a said Jakey a and you will have All the summer Money you this startling piece of information resulted in the Squire standing for three rounds in succession while Jakey wisely winked and blinked and in stage whispers swore him to eternal silence for As he said a them newspaper Fellers might Ketch on and spoil the the balance of the tale had Best be told in the language of Gus Kirbert who with the balance of the gang was to have been in on the Good things. This is How the Well Laid plans of Jakey and the Squire went astray. _ a now the Squire kept mum about the tips a said Kirbert a for he Wasny to going to Tell us until the morning of the races. Jakey went away to Memphis and soon we All saw by the papers he had three Good ones in Garry Herrmann Harry Pulliam and the Mecca so we All Laid Low and smacked our chops thinking of the Good things that were to come. Well not so Long ago the Squire went Down to the fishing Camp but forgot to Tell any one of us to open a Telegram if it came for him. The Squire was not gone two Days before a message came for him in care of Freddy Salmar. Of course no one knew How important it was so Freddy put it in his Safe and when the Squire came Home a few Days afterwards he handed it to him. He took one look at the contents and then we had to Send for smelling salts ammonia bottles and a doctor. While the Squire was in a dream we looked at the Telegram and what do you think it said a Wood Rice Garry Herrmann and Schnell Laufer. Cinches. Get Down heavy. We looked the horses up and the first was 6 to 1, the second was an even Money shot and there was As Good As 15 to 1 against the third. The Squire had another spasm when he Learned the Odds and he took a sarcastic shot out of Salmar and every one else for not opening the Telegram. It was an awful blow but i got the Squire in a fairly Good humor later on by telling him about the Good suppers we used to eat at Jakey a House opposite the Oakley track. You know since Oakley closed Jake does not Cook much at his House any More and we All miss mrs. Marklein a Fried noodles big steaks and Young chickens very Here Kirbert ceased and there came into his eyes a tender look while the Corners of his Mouth drooped a bit and a plaintive sigh issued from his lips. It it was a very trying Day for or. Pettin Gill at Aqueduct. The jockeys were More fractious than usual and fines were inflicted. Some of the starts were Good and others very ragged. The bad ones were particularly the fifth and sixth races when or. Pettingill lost his temper his patience his judgment and Ever Long else. The explosion finally came after Connie had been kicked. Slack Rode up to the starter and said a this Mare can to a Why can to she Start a asked Pettingill. Quot she a been kicked and is bleeding a replied Slack. Quot i done to see it a returned Pettingill. Billy Barrick standing near chipped in and said a Why sure she a bleeding. Ill show you where a and Barrick started for the track. A you get out of Here a shouted the starter a for ill break this stick Over your head a and he raised the Flag threateningly. Barrick discreetly retired. Had he started to give or. Pettingill an argument there would no doubt have been a Case of get together. Charley White the referee was on the grounds and Terry Mcgovern and dal Hawkins who were also loitering on the Lawn could have been pressed into service As seconds. It might have been an interesting Side Issue to the York world. N Jeffries besides being a Man of activity and science possesses great strength and he is very Well just at present says the new York journal. The Champion in the course of his Dally routine varies his work considerably in an Effort to break the Monotony that accompanies training life and he invariably gives exhibitions somewhat aside from the Fristic line for the entertainment of his visitors. He is Strong and rugged and there is a marked contrast Between the present Jeffries and the Man who fought Sharkey a few months ago. His injured Arm has resumed its original shape and causes no trouble at All. Those who believe the californian has gone Back would do Well to visit the lock Harbor training Camp before the big Mill. One of the feats which Jeffries accomplishes is to lift two men in the air on his extended hands. Tommy Ryan and the champions brother Jack take up positions on either hand perched on Medicine balls and Jeffries forces the pair upward at arms length. This is a difficult task As Well As a dangerous one especially when it is considered that the weight of the lift is close to four Hundred pounds. Jack is almost As big As his brother and weighs about 196 pounds while Ryan Scales about 165. The Medicine balls add about Twenty pounds to the weight. The recent farce Between Terry Mcgovern and Tommy Warren the old time fighter evoked the following from right Cross in the new Yorr journal it was a shame. May and december in the prize ring but the Money god must be served even if youth be made the grooved executioner of old age. Terry Mcgovern a terrible Terry a the toughest and Cleverest Ard liveliest fighting proposition of his weight the Champion in his class and the Champion-1st Champion that Ever climbed through the ropes a Winner a a Outh at the very Apex of the fighting age and poor old worn out Tommy Warren a Man More than 40 years of age. But the protest of the goddess of sport was drowned in the jangle of Coin to come and the fight was pulled off. I am glad to say however that there were a few blushes for the proposed Slaughter at the Broadway athletic club last night. Terry himself had nothing but pity for his intended victim. That Case hardened crowd that frequents fights and always rouses to the sight of blood Rose almost to a Man and cried for Quarter. Warren was Only on the auction Block for one round. Sam Harris Mcgovern a manager told Terry Befu be the Bell sent them out not to Hurt the old Man. It was Good advice. Had Terry Cut his real fighting self Loose there might have been a funeral. John White was the referee. The men got the usual instructions which is part of the program and then put up their hands. The Champion sparred As if he were giving an exhibition with his grandmother. He tapped Warren on the shoulders taps that would not have knocked Down a House of cards and smilingly kept away from Warrens feeble efforts at retaliation. The smile was full of pity. Very different from the Vic love guard with which a the terror frightens other antagonists into fits. It was such a sorry sight that the crowd became uneasy. A take him off a went rumbling through the place. But the exhibition went on Warren no doubt thinking that he might do something for the nonce but Good natured Terry Cut Loose a right hand swing that landed solidly on Warren s chop. The instinct of the Flagter blotted out the thought of pity and Mcgovern hooked Warren on the jaw with his left. Warren of course eat Down with emphasis. Then the crowd became indignant. A take him off a went ringing All Over the House. When Terry went to his Comer he said to Harria that he did no to want to fight Warren any More. Harris agreed with him. So did the crowd and the Little Champion was cheered for his magnanimity. A French Boxer was an innovation among the local fighters yesterday says the Chicago chronicle. His name is Chas. Mayotte and he has been in this country four months coming Here from new Orleans where he gave a number of exhibitions of his skill in hitting with hands and feet. Yesterday afternoon he went Over to a North Side gymnasium and was Given a try out with a a big Zimmerman. The latter is something of a Strong Man but was like a child in the hands of the Frenchman who Between kicking him in the jaw and swatting him fiercely in other parts of his big Frame knocked his Man Flat on the floor fully a dozen times. Zimmerman a face was so full of feet and hands All the time he could scarcely catch a full breath. The foreigner wears soft shoes when he is fighting but from the looks of the bout with Zimmerman they must be about As a Oft As a two ounce Glove and fully As effective. It is probable the Savate artist will be Given a Chance to exhibit at an Early show Here. Oscar Gardner known As the a Omaha kid a and Patsey Haley Are carded to Box fifteen rounds in Robinsons opera House tomorrow night under the auspices of the Cincinnati athletic club a new organization in the local boxing world. Haley and Gardner have each agreed to weigh 116 pounds at 3 of clock the afternoon of the contest but i doubt if Gardner can do this weight. Gardner and Haley have met before the former being the Victor in the third round. Haley had the worst of it in weight hence the match tomorrow night at 116 pounds. If Gardner comes to this weight Haley a chances for Victory will be much brighter than if the kid is overweight. Gardner is too Clever a fighter and too hard a hitter for Haley to concede much weight. Unless Haley has improved lately he will find Gardner just As hard game As he was a month ago and the latter should carry off the Victory. A Clever and fast bout can be reckoned on. Especially As Haley has been training faithfully for the go. Haley will be remembered in this City for seme very Clever fights he put up last Winter and unless Gardner is in Good fettle and Strong he will find the Buffalo boy somewhat of a Surprise. George Siler has been engaged to referee the Battle and the Veteran will be warmly welcomed by his Many admirers in this City. Manager Mckee has arranged two preliminaries. For tomorrow nights show the first at six rounds Between Willy Mack and Andy Bezenah and the second at ten rounds Between Joe Frommel and George Grant two heavy weights. The initial boxing carnival of the Cincinnati club should prove a Success and a big House will no doubt Greet the boxers tomorrow night. Sam Assur. Rambler bicycle. Quot the highest order of play does not always make the most a the most astonishing feature of whist is the immense variety that May arise Cut of a very simple elementary Structure. It is really one of the simplest card games known consisting in a making tricks a according to certain conditions which a child May learn in a few minutes and yet How to do this in the most advantageous Way is a problem that has occupied Tho most powerful minds for owing to the annual tournament saturday night there was no play in the individual tournament at the Cincinnati whi3t club. The scores in the play of the pair tournament monday april 23, were As follows Buss and Southgate. 7.30 Thompson and Watts. 3.40 Rouse and Scheidemantle. 3.40 Johnson and Mcdiarmid. 1-40 Burgoyne and Mcclure. 1.40 Kerper and Burt. �?1-09 Curry and Denny .�?2.40 Sattler and Upson a. �?2.60 Bradley and Rennie .i�?4.60 Neff and Espy. �?6.00 the standing of the pair tournament at the close of play up to and including monday april 23, is As follows Watts and a 15.10 Johnson and Mcdiarmid. 11.15 Buss and Southgate. 7.20 Kerper and Burt. 4.25 Kerper and Curry. 3.20 Southgate and a. Henshaw 2.40 Scheidemantle and Rouse a a 2.05 Mcclure and Burgoyne. 2.00 Southgate and bradley�?1.50 Benton and Curry a 1.75 Buss and Burgoyne. A 2.25 Black and Hosea a 2.25 Bradley and a. Espy. A 4.8o Hodges and Mclaren a 7.90 Sattler and Upson. A 8.90 Neff and Espy. �?11.00 the Price Hill plus scores for wednesday were As follows mrs. Hannaford and mrs. Resor. 4.25 mrs. H. H. Nelson and mrs. Buhrman. 2.25 mrs. Titus and mrs. Woodward. 2.25 mrs. Harkness and mrs. Howard. 1.25 h the plus scores for the Fem Bank club were As follows mrs. Beeson and mrs. Kite. 3.00 mrs. Morse and mrs. Caffa a. 2.00 mrs. Rouse and mrs. Wilson. 1.00 a the championship contest was played off saturday afternoon at the Cincinnati whist club rooms by the winners of the morning afternoon and evening sessions of the alms hotel tournament. The winners were mrs. Hoadley and or. Watts. 6.67 mrs. Anderson and mrs. Ernst .1.33 the following Are the High scores at the Clifton golfers for the past week or. Powell and miss m. Neff. 10 6-7 or. Palmer and mrs. Scott. 6 6-7 or. Scott and mrs. Ives. 4 4-7 or. Clark and mrs. Burton. 3 6-7 or. Crawford and mrs. Rawson. 2 3-7 or. Graham and miss Hunt. 2 3-7 or. Hughes and miss Macmillan. 1 4-7 or. Dean and miss Crawford. 1 3-7 or. Andrews and miss Bradford. 3-7 or. Hill and miss Neff. 2-7 n thursdays Auburn whist scores were North and South mrs. Sachs and mrs. Freund. 3.33 mrs. Shine and mrs. Meyers. 2.33 East and West mrs. Humphreys and mrs. Cullun. 2.66 mrs. Griffith and mrs. Woodward. 1.66 k a the High scores at the Cincinnati whist club ladies night were mrs. Anderson and or. Rouse. Mrs. Burgoyne and or. Hosea. 6.17 mrs. Cook and mrs. Upson 4.50 or. And mrs Cawford. 2.83 mrs. Grazar and mrs. Poyntz. 2.50 mrs. Davidson and or. Upson. 0.33 n the Avondale athletic whist club plus scores for monday night were As follows j North and South t Iti or. And mrs. Dominick. 6.00 miss Bryant and mrs. Baldwin. 6.00 or. And mrs. Strobridge. 4.00 or. Littell and miss Sinclair. 2.00 East and West or. And mrs Clinton. 7.00 or. And mrs. Waddell. 5.00 or. And mrs. Breneman. 1.00 or. And mrs Resor. 2.00 mrs. Goodhue and or. Comstock. 1.00 the members of the woman s whist league in Detroit will be pleased to it see All the members of the american whist league and of the woman a whist league at the hotel Cadillac on monday evening april 30, at 8 of clock. Club secretaries Are requested to announce the invitation to their clubs. The occasion will be a reception tendered to the president mrs. Clarence Brown and sex presidents of the league. The hostesses will be miss Biddle mrs. William c. Williams mrs. A. C. Mcgraw mrs. A. Y. Ladue mrs. A. E. F. White mrs. Donald Maclean mrs. David Carter mrs. E. S. Thayer mrs. Oliver Phelps mrs. Allen Atterbury mrs. Noel c. Of Brien mrs. Frank a. Osburn mrs. James t. Shaw mrs. James e. Davis and mrs. C. E. Mason. The local committee in charge of the Congress also wishes to announce that no Entrance fee will be charged for any event during the Congress. The Cincinnati woman a whist league will Send two teams to the Congress mrs. Watts Captai mrs. Ernst mrs. Grevo and miss Queen form one and mrs. W. T. Irwin Captai miss Dollie Strader mrs. T. Dohlman and mrs. Comstock the second also a pair mrs. Charles Anderson who is a member of one of the special committees and miss Lucy Herron. Mrs. F. M. Felton. Mrs. Guthrie and miss Hunt go for open contests. The scores of the Avondale Clifton contest at Clifton on Friday evening april 30, resulted As follows Avondale. Or. Clyde Johnston and miss Iredell 171 mrs. Watts and or. Comstock. 165 or. And mrs. Breneman. 1�3 or. And mrs. Banning 163 bicycles with extra reinforced frames ire the unchallenged leaders of wheels to Day because they have each season been offered for Sale with full Assurance that the latest models were the a a Best Ever built the same Assurance is Given with 1900 Ramblers. They have no feature which a genteel person would wish to have changed they Are High Grade in every detail. Price #40 in fiction invited. A just or Aono Booklet free. Also Clipper and Ideal bicycles with other prices. Rambler Branch store 516 main st. We. L Smith mgr., Cincinati. Newport and Covington agents Are Louis Marx amp Bros. Or. And mrs. Fisher. Or. And mrs. Crawford. Or. And mrs. Dominick. Or. And mrs. Dodd. Miss rust and mrs. Goodhue. Or. And mrs. Enger. Miss Worthington and or. Meader. Or. And mrs. Bosworth. Clifton. Or. Rawson and miss Neff. Mrs. Scott and or. Powell. Mrs. Shipley and or. Graham. Mrs. Doormen and or. Mcmillan miss e. Goshorn and or. Shipley mrs. Kinney and mrs. Peebles. Or. Duhme and miss Bradford. Mrs. Neff and miss Davis. Miss Goshorn and or. Morrison. Or. Resor and miss Morrison. Or. And miss Brown. Or. Small and mrs. Woodrow. Totals. Avondale Clifton 161 160 157 155 152 145 145. -142 104 162 158 158 157 156. 156 i 153 152 i 151 149 143 .1.878 .1.866 difference Points. 12 score Points. 6 the Avondale club was delightfully entertained afterwards by the Clifton club at supper Clifton taking her defeat in a most charming and Graceful manner and it will shortly again Challenge the Avondale club for supremacy. The contest will in All probability be played at the Avondale club by reason of the clubroom at the Clifton Golf club being too Small to accommodate the Large number of players. Prizes will be awarded to those on each Side making the top score. H k the Cincinnati whist club As usual was in the Lead in the contests of the annual tournament at the alms hotel with mrs. Miles f. Watts and mrs. Hoadly or. Clyde Johnson and mrs. Watts winning trophies. The Cincinnati woman a whist club was ably represented by mrs. John Ernst and mrs. Charles Anderson. The Price Hill club was upheld by mrs. J. L. Closterman and miss Cio Storman. Mrs. Clarence Jones and mrs. Vincent members of the Lucy Blackburn whist club won top score in the afternoon and or. Clinton and or. Banning members of the Avondale athletic club carried off one of the trophies in the evening. The six pairs played saturday afternoon for the championship of Cincinnati. Full account of this contest will be Given in another part of the column. K h Chicago whist association will hold a whist carnival at the Tremont House Cal Cago May 31, june 1 and 2. The Central events of this carnival will be a contest Between teams of twelve be presenting the whist association of Michigan Ohio Indiana Chicago Wisconsin Northwest etc., and a pair contest also open events. Handsome trophies will be offered for the contests. All whist players whether experts or beginners Are invited. An Entrance fee of fifty cents will be charged for each contest. The a. W. L. Trophy. The match Between Tho two Grea teams representing respectively the american whist club of Boston and the whist club of new York for the Challenge trophy resulted As was generally predicted in a Battle Royal. It fact it was quite the game of the season and Captain Ward has every reason to feel proud of his teams work which eur Ted its Victory by Superior All around play. The final score of gains 25 top indicates that the play on both sides was above average and during the first half of the match this was unquestionably True. But when it came to the second half new York after making a Fine spurt and tying the score on Tho first four deals grew quite unsteady and was outplayed from that time on to Tbs finish at the rate of half a trick a Deal. Carter s liver pills. Absolute Security. Be null Carters Little liver pills. Must Emmr signature of 5m Pac simile wrapper below. 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